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occasionally in his work. They were married about 1835, and began their life together, each aged 24 years, in a story-and-a-half cottage on St. Clair street near Bank, West 6th, street. For many years, this cottage was the first residence east of the Kennard House.

Afterward, Mr. Hutchings built a large brick house on the south side of Prospect street below Erie, and some years later the well-remembered public school building was erected on the lot west of it. Friends expostulated with Mr. Hutchings for building so fine a dwelling so far from the Public Square. It was considered as out of town.

Later, he exchanged it for a farm, and built a home on Rockwell street, corner of Bond, where now stands the Rockwell public school. Mrs. Hutchings was a very intelligent, wide-awake woman, and a member of the First Methodist church, to which society and its membership she was greatly attached. She died in 1895, outliving her husband 40 years. They were buried in Erie street cemetery, and the family lot is marked by a monument.

The Hutchings children:

Susan Hutchings, who died at 30 years of age.

Frances Hutchings, m. David Hawley, son of a pioneer.

Berthena Hutchings, m. Daniel Gardner; 2nd, L. J. Howland.

Samuel Hutchings, m. Mary Richardson.

Kate Hutchings, m. Aaron Orwig.

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Willard Crawford was a millwright, and lived, in 1837, on Orange Alley-Johnson street. His wife was a Miss Sarah Hosmer of Newburgh. Her parents lived on a farm, now the site of the Ohio State Hospital.

She was extremely neat and frugal, devoting all her time and attention to household affairs, traits which she transmitted to her daughter Helen in a marked degree.

Children of Willard and Sarah H. Crawford:

Randall Crawford, m. Mary Welch, daughter of John Welch of East Cleveland.

Helen Crawford, m. Joseph Shields, commander of the famous Shields Battery through the civil war. A fine man.

Mary Crawford, m. John Surbury.

Mrs. Randall Crawford, the only surviving member of the above generation, for many years was a prominent worker in the First Methodist church, but later became an ardent disciple of the Christian Science movement. Her son W. J. Crawford is a well-known citizen.*

* Mrs. Crawford and her son have both died since above was written.

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Edmond and Lucinda Caswell Mott came from Vermont, in this year, and settled in East Cleveland.

Their children were:

Rhoda Mott, m. Daniel Dewitt

Sarah Mott, m. Alva Jones.

Lucy Mott, m. Truman Buck; removed to Minnesota

Mary J. Mott, m. Roderick White.

Caroline Mott, m. Stebbins Ely; removed to Iowa.

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PEASE

In 1835 there was living on Lake street between Seneca and Ontario a young couple not long married. The youthful head of the house, Charles Pease, late of Warren, O., was a book-keeper for Robert McNeil, dry-goods merchant on Superior street, who, evidently, went out of business in the panic of 1837.

Directly across from the Pease home lived Mrs. John Erwin, a sister of Charles Pease. They were the children of Judge Calvin and Laura Risley Pease of Warren, O.

The name of Charles Pease does not appear in Cleveland's second directory, that of 1845. He had returned to Warren to aid in the promotion of a local railroad that failed of success, but through this experience he gained an insight into the railroad business that made his services valuable in that line, and he became secretary of the Mahoning Valley R. R., which brought him and his family back to the city where he continued to live until his death in 1895, aged 84 years.

As a son-in-law of Prof. Kirtland, the noted naturalist, he could not but become interested in natural history, even if he had not from youth been an ardent and intelligent lover of the fields and the woods. He purchased a homestead in Lakewood where, surrounded by forest-trees and birds, shrubs and flowers, his family lived an ideal life. The home bore the suggestive name of "Whip-poor-will."

Mr. and Mrs. Pease were very tender-hearted toward anything capable of suffering, and had little sympathy with the hunting mania possessed by so many men.

Especially were they incensed at the useless slaughter practiced by the type of sportsman who kills harmless animals and water-fowl merely to brag of prowess, and without making any use of his victims.

It goes without saying that none of the feminine members of the Pease or Kirtland families wore aigrettes on their hats or in their hair.

Charles Pease never added to his own income through the misfortunes. of others. His integrity was proverbial, and his generosity most unselfish.

Mary Elisabeth Kirtland, wife of Charles Pease and daughter of Prof. Jared P. and Caroline Atwater Kirtland, was born in Waterford, Conn.,

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in 1816. She died in Washington, D. C., at the home of ex-Senator Conger, in 1891. She was a faithful, congenial companion of her husband for nearly 60 years.

The children of Charles and Mary Pease:

Jared K. Pease, died in Cleveland in 1836.

Charles Pease, b. 1835; m. Hester M. Hotchkiss, dau. of Orvis Hotchkiss of Rockport, O.

Caroline A. Pease, b. 1838; m. Will- iam L. Cutter of Cleveland.

Frederick K. Pease, b. 1843; died 11 years of age.

PENNIMAN

Elijah St. John Bemis, owning a printing and book-publishing plant on the south side of Superior street, had a partner in the business as early as 1835, by the name of Francis B. Penniman. He may have come to Cleveland from Utica, N. Y., before 1835.

In May of that year appeared the following marriage notice

"In Utica, N. Y., Francis B. Penniman, one of the publishers of the Cleveland Whig, to Mrs. Jane W. Broadwell of Utica."

The Pennimans resided at 160 St. Clair street. They are not in the directory of 1845, and meantime may have returned to Utica.

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POPULATION, 5080

VILLAGE OFFICERS

President, John W. Allen

Treasurer, Nicholas Dockstader.

Postmaster, Daniel Worley.

Marshal, Elijah Peet.

Recorder, Edward Baldwin.

In this year began a western land boom. There was a great rush from the New England and Middle states of agents and land promoters. Northern Ohio and eastern Michigan were the storm centers of this great movement. Thousands of families came west by way of the lower lakes and the Erie canal, or by the south-western route through Pennsylvania to Pittsburgh and from thence to Cleveland.

A line of steamers was established between Buffalo and Detroit. These boats were crowded with passengers at a fare of eight dollars each. Even small steamers were made to carry from 500 to 600 people.

Long lines of big wagons and ox-teams came in from the south and were encamped on Superior, Water, and Bank streets, so that it became almost impossible for residents on those thoroughfares to cross from one side to the other.

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Hotel and tavern accommodations were inadequate for this constantly increasing emigration, and private families were forced to open their doors to the homeless women and children who otherwise would have lacked shelter.

Mrs. Weddell, Mrs. Moses White, and other women living on Superior street, complained of being annoyed by day and robbed of needed rest at night by the continuous stamping of horses in front of their dwellings, and what was more distressing the cries of young children camping out in the wagons that filled the street from the Public Square to the river.

We may rest assured, however, that these good women whom this history, we trust, will make household names, did everything within their power to ameliorate the condition of the luckless people stranded at their doors.

Married. "Smith B. Clampitt to Miss Joanna Darrow, all of this village." (Herald.) Smith B. Clampitt, at this time was a carpenter. He became a contractor, and very well known as a citizen. The family lived on Bolivar street, and later on Columbus road. The first wife of Samuel Clampitt died in 1834.

"Married. In this village, Oct. 24, by the Rev. S. C. Aiken, Mr. Kellogg G. Sloane to Miss Mary Ann Tomlinson, both of Cleveland." (Herald.) Mr. Sloane was a coach-trimmer and harness-maker, No. 64 Superior street. The family lived on St. Clair street.

Died. "Wm. F. Ludlow, son of Robert and Lydia Ludlow of St. John, N. B., aged 34 years." (Erie st. cemetery.)

Frances C. Fuller opens a young ladies' school on the Public Square (between Marshall's drug store and the court house).

"Married. In Buffalo, Darius King of Cleveland, to Miss Julia Burr of Buffalo, N. Y." (Herald.)

Joel Scranton appointed administrator on estate of Stephen S. Lyon, part of lot, 207 Michigan street, belonging to same.

Porter Bliss of Sodus Point, N. Y., was drowned in 1835 while living in Cleveland. He was 34 years old. His wife and child returned to Sodus.

Married. Hamilton Hough and Mary Peet. (Herald.)

Marshall Carson, well-known painter of the town, was married, this year, by Rev. Elijah Willey, to Miss Jane Eliza Cook. They took up their residence at 37 Bank street near Lake street. Mr. Carson added to his paint business that of wall-paper, and was a successful merchant for many years. His son succeeded him. Mrs. Carson may have been a sister of Samuel Cook, an early merchant whose marriage this year is noted as follows : "In Buffalo on the 16th ult. Mr. Samuel Cook, merchant of Cleveland, to Miss Angeline Carson, of Buffalo."

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"Married. Charles G. Collins, merchant, to Miss Rosina P. Jennings, all of Cleveland, Nov., 1835." (Herald.)

Married. "In this village on Tuesday evening last, Mr. Hiram V. Wilson, counsellor at law, of the firm of Payne and Wilson, to Martha Ten Eick, daughter of Col. Richard Smith of Grosse Isle, Mich., Dec. 24, 1835." (Herald.)

Married. "In this village, by Rev. Willey, Robert McBay, to Miss Sarah, eldest daughter of Luther Hunt, Esq." (He was a carpenter living at 158 St. Clair street, and on Bank street in 1845.)

Died. Catherine, wife of Joseph Rees, 27 years old. (Erie st. cemetery.)

The streets of the town in the early part of this year were generally torn up. They were being graded. Houses and stores on the lower part of Superior street were standing on stilts high in the air.

"July 4th, 1835, was celebrated in great style. People came from all the surrounding country. Mr. Hurd delivered an oration in the Public Square, and at 3 o'clock in the afternoon the steamboat Commodore Perry took a party of gentlemen and ladies for a ride on the lake. (Aaron Clark's private journal.)

"The Baptist Congregation, having hitherto held services in the Academy, will do so in Court House, until its church is finished." (Herald.)

J. M. Martin has a large advertisement in local newspapers. His drygoods and millinery store is opposite the "Bank."

Harvey Rice, administrator of the estate of John Hayward, Andrew Hull and Ebulous B. Johnson. (Herald.)

1835

From the Cleveland Advertiser

THURSDAY, JULY 30

FIRE ! FIRE !

"A little before 12 o'clock last night, our citizens were aroused by the cry of 'Fire!' which proved in ravages, the most destructive that ever occurred in this or any other town in the western country of any importance.

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The whole range of buildings from the book-store of James Kellogg, to the Mansion House, is laid in ruins.

The fire was first discovered in the rear of the extensive block of brick buildings on Superior street owned by James Kellogg, and occupied by himself as a book-store and dwelling, also by

Stickland & Gaylord, druggist and wholesale grocers.

C. L. Camp, hardware and dry-goods. store. Loss, $7000.

The Bank of Cleveland.

George W. Benjamin, boarding house

After destroying this valuable block the flames proceeded westward, leveling in their course

Mr. Newel Bond's stock manufactory..

Mr. Joseph Ranney's grocery.

James A. Briggs-Law office.

Varnum J. Card's-justice office.

Moses White's building, occupied by William Alden's shoe-store.

Edmund Clark's building, occupied by two families..

Benjamin Hutchins' merchant tailorshop.

Joseph Sargent-looking-glass manufactory

William Wells-bakery.

Daniel A. Shepard-chair-maker heavy loss.

Robert Bailey's tin-shop.

A. Chadwick's dressing-room.

Mr. Irwin's tin-shop.

John Brown-hair-dressing

Mr. Whittimore's-recess.

"The further progress of the flames was stopped by the solid wall of the Mansion House and by the indefatigable exertions of the firemen and citizens. It is feared that it will be necessary to tear down the latter building.

One life was lost, that of a girl 13 years old, named Maria Wright, who lived in the family of Mr. Benjamin as a domestic.

The origin of the fire is unknown to us. It is said, however, to have been first discovered on the outside of the rear building occupied by Mr. Benjamin."

"The damage to the Mansion House has not as yet been estimated. The loss to Mr. Segur the proprietor was very great owing to the careless manner in which the furniture was removed."

Cards of thanks to the business men of the town for kindness shown to the sufferers in their efforts to re-establish their stores and shops appeared in the Advertiser from time to time in the following months.

It is probable that when James Kellogg built this business block he moved the frame-residence that had occupied the lot for many years to the rear of it, and that it was in this dwelling where the fire started.

The site of the Kellogg buildings is now occupied by the American House.

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No clergyman of a strong personality could live an active clerical life of 44 years in a community without becoming an individual to be consulted or taken into consideration in any moral or religious movement in contemplation. It was natural then that the Rev. Samuel C. Aiken who came to Cleveland in 1835, to take charge of the First Presbyterian society, now the Old Stone Church, and who was its active pastor or pastor emeritus for that length of time, should become the central figure in the religious element of the city.

He baptized a small army of children, in some cases three generations of a family, performed innumerable wedding ceremonies, and with words of hope and tenderness officiated at the last rites of many scores of Cleveland's citizens. Small wonder, then, that his name and memory is still cherished by surviving members of his flock who recall his eloquence and his ministrations.

Though simple-mannered in his social life, his bearing in the pulpit was that of great dignity, his speech deliberate and impressive. He was fearless in criticism of what his judgment condemned and was the first Cleveland pastor to openly denounce slavery.

His salary must have been a secondary consideration with him, for, when the distressing panic of 1837 ruined financially many of the members of his church, he voluntarily relinquished $300 of his salary, which, at the highest figures of that day, could furnish but a modest support.

Dr. Aiken was born in Londonderry, N. H., and was 44 years old, not yet in the prime of life, when he came to Cleveland. He was a descendant of one of the Scotch-Irish founders of that town. His first important ministry was in Utica, N. Y., where he remained 18 years.

Many strong ties of friendship in Utica must have been severed, and doubtless many blessings followed Dr. and Mrs. Aiken to this far western home. He found conditions here quite different from those he left in the older town, but he brought to bear upon them his keen judgment and religious experience of many years. He was often shocked by the lack of orthodox belief in the community, "yet never," it is said, "in favor of winning to the church by other than staid old-fashioned methods."

Dr. Aiken was married when he came to Cleveland, and had children. His wife Delia Aiken, maiden name not learned, died in 1837, at the age of 37 years, and was buried in Erie st. cemetery. That same year, 1837, is recorded the deaths of two young children of the family.

Dr. Aiken married 2nd, Miss Henrietta Day, a member of a fine, New England family. She was related to Judge Sherlock Andrews, and the John Aliens. Her health was impaired so that for many years she was an invalid, and therefore led a quiet life. She died in 1867, aged 67. She was a sister of Mrs. Maria Younglove and of Miss Emily Day. Her husband survived her twelve years.

The Aiken family lived at 120 Prospect street soon after their arrival in the city, and later on Erie street, and while residing at the latter place they also had a summer home in Summit county, where Dr. Aiken spent much time in his old age.

In the library of the late Reuben Smith of this city, there hangs a

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fine picture of Dr. Aiken, a valuable possession, and one of great interest to every one connected by tradition or affiliation to the Old Stone Church.

The family of Dr. and Mrs. Aiken consisted of two sons and an only daughter. The latter, Helen Aiken, in personality, both physical and mental, much resembled her father. She was dignified and reticent, except with relatives and intimate friends. She married Edward Day of Albany, N. Y., a distant cousin of her mother. Charles Aiken married Antoinette Cleveland, a beautiful and gifted woman, the daughter of Daniel Cleveland of this city. They both died in San Francisco, Cal. She was a prominent worker in the U. S. Sanitary commission during the civil war.

The youngest son of Dr. Aiken was lost sight of before his father's death, and it was rumored that he died and was buried at sea.

Dr. Aiken died in 1879, aged 83 years, and is buried in Erie st. cemetery.

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ADAMS

Cleveland was honored in 1835 by the arrival of a Revolutionary soldier, who for several years drew his pension in this city. He bore the historic and family name of Samuel Adams, and of course was of Massachusetts stock. But after the close of the War of Independence, he removed to Vermont. He had a large family of children, several of whom were sons. These settled in and about East Aurora, N. Y., and after a sojourn there of a few years, one by one removed to Cleveland.

Mrs. Samuel Adams, Sr., wife of the veteran, was a Miss Anna Stone before her marriage. She died in 1842, and was buried in Erie street cemetery. Her husband the following year went to live with his son Lucas, who had preceded him to Michigan, and there he died shortly afterward.

The second son, Joseph Adams, who was a lawyer, at once opened an office at the corner of Ontario and Prospect streets. He was one of the ablest criminal lawyer in the state, and maintained a large and lucrative practice. His marriage was a romantic one. Upon his arrival in New Haven, Conn., on a business trip, he saw standing on the platform of the depot, either about to take a train or awaiting the arrival of some friend, a very attractive young girl. He was instantly interested in her, and she afterwards confessed that the tall, slender, and distinguished looking young lawyer caught her fancy on the spot. He made inquiry, learned that she was Miss Louise Clark, and before many days had passed received an introduction. They were married and he brought his bride to Cleveland. Afterward, her sister came to visit her, met Truman B. Peck, and became his wife.

When Joseph Adams was 70 years of age, he retired from the practice of law, bought a farm in Minnesota, and went to that state to manage it. He said to his nephew upon leaving, "You wait twenty years, and then come out, and I will show you the finest farm in the state." But he fell far short of reaching his ninetieth birthday.

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His brother, Samuel Adams, Jr., married Lucy Enos of Connecticut. She was a cousin of Nathan Perry, Jr., and therefore had kinsfolk to welcome her when she came to the city. She was then about 40 years old, and her oldest child, Samuel E. Adams, had preceded her here two years, and was studying law with his uncle Joseph.

The family lived, for a time, near Clinton Park, in one of the "Twin Cottages." Their relatives, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Paine, occupied the other. Previously, or afterward, the Adams family resided on the east side of Wood street, East 3rd, the second house south of St. Clair street. It is yet in as good condition as it was 70 years ago.

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Adams, Jr., had five children.

Samuel E. Adams, m. Ruth Bugbee, daughter of Ebenezer Bugbee of Geneseo, N. Y.

Harriet Sophrona Adams, unmarried

Charlotte Adams, m. Capt. Rowland Johnstone.

Amos Adams, m., ----- ------ and removed to Michigan

For over 60 years Samuel E. Adams practiced law in Cleveland, and was as noted a lawyer as his uncle Joseph. For a time, he was in partnership with Judge James M. Coffinberry, a distinguished member of the bar. Like most lawyers of the day, Samuel E. Adams was eloquent of speech, quick at repartee, and ready to meet in verbal warfare any of his peers.

It is to him we owe the statue of Moses Cleveland, standing in the Public Square, for, in an historical address before the Old Settlers' Association in 1880, he suggested and urged that the debt the city owed its founder should be recognized in that manner. And at the dedication of the monument, eight years later, Mr. Adams made the address of the day at Music Hall, on Vincent street.

Mr. Adams was also a high degree Mason. He died in 1893. Children of Samuel and Ruth Adams

Georgiana Adams, m. Samuel Leonard.

John F. Adams, m. Celia L. Oviatt.

Albertine Adams, unmarried.

After the death of Mr. Adams, his widow and daughters moved to Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Joseph Adams, son of Samuel and Lucy Enos Adams, followed the lakes as a seaman, for a time, and afterwards, for many years, he was in the Standard Oil Co. He had three children.

Ruth Adams.

Lucy Adams, a beautiful girl who died young,

Frank Adams, associated with his father in business. Died in early manhood of consumption.

Mr. Adams and daughter Ruth reside on East 84th street.

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Samuel Sterling Atwell was another Cleveland blacksmith who dignified that useful occupation by his honesty, industry, and other sterling qualities. His parents were Joseph and Ruth Sterling Atwell. He came here from Watertown, N. Y., in the early '30s.

His blacksmith shop stood on Erie street opposite the cemetery, and his residence was No. 77 Ontario street. Mrs. Esther Atwell, also from Watertown, and but the bride of a year, died in 1837, aged 25 years. She left no children.

Mr. Atwell chose another helpmate from Watertown. Miss Eliza Cheeseboro of that place became his wife. She was 23 years of age when she came to Cleveland, and her married life extended over 36 years. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Atwell was an unusually happy one, and its quiet hospitality was shared among many appreciative friends and neighbors.

Their son William was a handsome, manly fellow, and their daughter Mary, three years younger, a pretty, slender girl, was very attractive. Both were children in whom their parents had every reason to take pride.

The Atwells removed to the West Side, and lived- for a time on Washington street, and later bought a residence on East Franklin street.

William lost his life when only 21 years of age, in the civil war. As sergeant of company B, 27th O. V. I., he was killed in action July 4th, 1862.

The bond of affection between brother and sister had been unusually strong, and William's death was a crushing blow from which Mary Atwell never recovered. The parents, likewise, were prostrated with grief, and the whole community sympathized with the family in their bereavement.

Afterward Mary Atwell contracted an unfortunate marriage which led to much pecuniary loss, and both mother and daughter soon succumbed to grief and misfortune, leaving Mr. Atwell bereft of fortune and every earthly tie.

After a year or two of loneliness, Mrs. Laura White, a very estimable woman who had been for many years an intimate friend of the family, married him, and for the rest of her life devoted herself to his comfort. He died in 1890, aged 82, nearly 60 years of which had been spent in Cleveland.

The family burial-lot was in Erie street cemetery until recently, when the occupants of it were reinterred in the new cemetery in Warrensville.

Ensign Benjamin Atwell of New London, Conn., a soldier of the Revolution, was the grandfather of the Cleveland pioneer.

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INGLEHART

Among the prominent physicians of the city previous to 1840, was Dr. Smith Inglehart. His wife was a Buffalo lady, a Miss Maria Johnson. Her sister married the famous Buffalo clergyman Dr. Lord, who had charge of a Presbyterian church in that city through a lifetime of two or three generations.

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Mrs. Inglehart is remembered as a pleasant little lady with very nice manners. She died early, and her husband married 2nd, Miss Sarah Johnson, a cousin of his first wife. The wedding was in Old Trinity Church, corner of Seneca and St. Clair streets. The Ingleharts boarded, for a time, after coming to the city, with the W. V. Craws, and then commenced housekeeping on Broadway between Cross and Ohio streets. Their nearest neighbors were the Stricklands and the Handersons. The house previously had been occupied by the Chamberlains.

Mrs. Maria Inglehart left three children.:

George Inglehart, m. Miss Culberson of Solon, Ohio. They moved to Chicago.

Fred J. Inglehart, m. a Buffalo lady.

Maria Inglehart, m. James Gill. He died, and his widow resides in Glenville. The family burial-lot is in Erie street cemetery.

1835

The wave of immigration that struck Cleveland in 1835 taxed the resources of the village to the uttermost to find adequate accommodations for the countless families that poured into the city by steamboat, canal, and stage-routes. Several new streets were laid out, and large lots near the center of town were divided into many smaller ones, and built upon. The view of the river and the flats was beautiful, and any location that commanded it was eagerly seized upon for dwellings. Little did anyone dream that the edge of the big ravine, then so charming, would one day be the site of poverty and vice.

Ashbel W. Walworth was then living on a farm at the junction of Broadway and Ontario streets, and he allotted the south-west part of it, and sold lots to the new residents. And because of its location, the street they faced was given the name of Hill street. It was a beautiful spot. And very restful was it for the busy housewives who lived thereto pause in their work and look from door or window across the river-valley to the high hills of Newburgh. Several New England families built homes here before and after the '40s, the Cottrells, the Bakers, Gunnings, Judkins, and others. The writer has been unable to learn much of their posterity. Two of the families intermarried with those who came earlier, the Judkins and Bakers.

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CHANDLER

Alstead, New Hampshire, lost and Cleveland, Ohio, gained several well-known families of the former place in 1835.

The Brainards, the Benjamin Rouses, the Binghams, and the Chandlers were some of them.

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In September, 1835, Joel Chandler, his wife Sophia Smith Chandler, and their three children, Joel, Sophia, and Mary, seated themselves in a big farm-wagon. The father whipped up the black horse, and its mate the bay one, and the start for the three weeks' trip to Ohio was made. But first there were many farewells and lingering handclasps from neighbors and friends ; for the undertaking was far from being an easy one or a light one. Would it prove successful? Those left behind hoped for the best. Had not word come from the Nathan Brainards, the Elijah Binghams and other former townsfolk that all was well with them in that western land?

And if nothing serious happened on the way there, Joel Chandler and family might eventually share in the good fortune that seemed awaiting every one who chose Cleveland for a future home. The travelers spent that first night with the Stowells, relatives living in Rockingham, Vt., and all the following day the faithful black and bay team trotted through the beautiful Green Mountain scenery. As the son of the family wrote fifty years later:

"Across the Empire State we passed,

The Keystone State came next and last."

Upon reaching Cleveland, they were sheltered by Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Rouse, living on Superior street.

"Dear old neighbors we had known

In brave New Hampshire's land of stone."

Mr. Joel Chandler settled on a farm outside of town. Think of the corner of Prospect and Bolivar Road as a suburb of Cleveland ! Yet that it was in 1835.

Two years later the financial panic struck the city, and struck it hard. Whether of this, or because the sandy soil of the locality proved unproductive, has not been stated, but in 1838, Mr. Chandler invested in a farm in Richland, Summit county, O., and removed to it.

Hiram Smith, a brother of Mrs. Chandler, also came west and settled on Vermont street, west side.

The children of Joel and Sophia Smith Chandler

Joel A. Chandler, m. Martha M. Buck.

Sophia M. Chandler, m. Judson Culver.

Mary Jane Chandler.

Francis M. Chandler, m. 1st, Effie Barney ; m. 2nd, Mary G. Mahon.

Jennie A. Chandler, m. Clarence Ellsworth.

George L. Chandler, also Irving, Laura, Orson, Park, deceased.

Mr. Francis M. Chandler, whose office is in the Williamson Building, represents the Joel Chandler family in this city. He is the popular treasurer of the Old Settlers' Association. One of his sons, Capt. C. DeForest Chandler, U. S. A., is being mentioned often in scientific circles.

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George B. Judkins and wife came from New York state near Albany. Mrs. Judkins was Mary Sproat, daughter of Robert Sproat. She was born on Broadway, New York City, in 1816. Her father was a building contractor, and business called him to Albany while Mary was yet a little girl, and Albany still a quiet, old-fashioned city.

As a child she went with other children to call upon the last patroon Van Rensselaer and bid him a "Happy New Year." For which greeting she received from him a gift. He sat in a huge kitchen surrounded with baskets filled with children's hats, tippets, mittens, etc., and by a table heaped with books. Every child who called upon him was invited to help itself to some article at hand, anything it preferred. The event was anticipated with much interest by Albany children, rich and poor. And so his little New Year callers were of all sorts and conditions of children. The better bred selected books or candy, while those who stood in need of clothing were made happy by a garment of their own selection.

Mrs. Judkins lived until recently. At the time of her death, she resided with her daughter in a pretty home on E. 111th street. She was an exceedingly interesting old lady with a phenomenal memory concerning early Cleveland days. In her declining years, she was tenderly cared for by her daughter Martha, a former successful public school teacher.

The father of the family died many years ago.

The children were:

William, George, Martha, and Emily Judkins. The latter married Walton Pelty.

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BROOKS

Among the hundreds of families that poured into town, during the boom of 1835, was that of a widow 48 years of age, her two sons 21 and 24 years old, and a little daughter.

The arrival of this family was an asset to the village of that day as it is to the city of the present time. Mrs. Joshua Brooks and her sons William and Oliver became personally known to all business men in town, especially the homesick, unmarried, and lonely ones boarding at hotels and thinking longingly of parental homesteads in the far distant east; for she established a first-class, private boarding-house for men only, which for many years was a home indeed to several well-known citizens.

She kept plenty of help, among which was a porter to handle trunks and furniture, and a hostler to look after the horses of her guests. She made a fine living for herself and daughter, and doubtless assisted her sons to establish themselves in business. In the financial depression that followed within two years of her arrival here, when strong men were

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struggling with disaster, or surrendering to a hopeless situation of their affairs, Mrs. Brooks kept on the even tenor of her way undisturbed and unaffected by the financial storm.

She was born Melinda Keith, daughter of Ruel and Abigail Allen Keith of Hardwick, Mass. Her American ancestor was Rev. James Keith, first minister of Bridgewater, Mass. He was born in Scotland, 1644.

Miss Keith married Joshua Brooks, Jr., of Lincoln, Mass., a town in which six generations of the Brooks family have lived. He removed to Burlington, Vt., and died there in 1829, six years before his widow and children came to Cleveland.

He was the son of Joshua Brooks, Sr., who was one of the farmers at Concord Bridge the sound of whose muskets were "Heard round the world." Joshua, Sr., and his father also served in the Revolutionary army at later dates.

The first American ancestors of the family were Capt. Thomas Brooks and his wife Grace Brooks, 1634, who settled in Watertown, Mass.

Children of Joshua and Melinda Keith Brooks:

Martha Barrett Brooks, b. Pittsford Vt., 1809; m. William Cleveland ; d. Orange, N. J., 1875. Cleveland, 1854.

Oliver Allen Brooks, b. Middlebury, Vt., 1814; m. 1840, Elenor Bradbury Kingsley ; d. Cleveland, 1892.

William Joshua Brooks, b. Salisbury, Vt., 1811; d. unmarried in

Melinda Keith Brooks, b. Burlington, Vt., 1828; d. unmarried in Cleveland

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BAKER

John Baker and his wife Christina McArthur Baker settled on the new Hill street in 1836. They came from Charlottsburg, Ontario, and their home was filled with happy, hearty sons and daughters. The older boys attended a little country school on Pittsburg street.

The children of John and Christina Baker:

Henry Baker, m. Mary Knowlton.

Peter Baker, m. Miss Shannon.

William A. Baker, m. Mary Lampson.

Elisabeth Baker, m. Frederick Kittridge of Norwalk, Ohio.

Charles Brayton Baker, m. Bertha Roberts.

John Baker, Jr., unmarried.

Edward Baker, unmarried.

Christina Baker, m. Hamilton Stickney, and raised a family of very bright children. They lived on the west side.

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Oliver Allen Brooks was 21 years of age when he accompanied his widowed mother from Burlington, Vt., to this town in 1835, and for 57 years was a familiar figure on Superior street, one of that thoroughfare's best known merchants.

He began his business career with very limited capital and at a time when the whole country was in financial distress, and that he succeeded in gaining even a footing in the commercial circles of the city shows that he must have possessed unusual business acumen and tenacity.

He became associated with Henry D. Huntington in the sale of crockery and glass ware at No. 5 Superior street, sign of the big- pitcher, which eventually developed into a large wholesale and importing business both in Cincinnati and this city.

He was one of Cleveland's epoch-makers through the building of the first modern business block on Water street corner of Frankfort.

It was a stone structure of fine proportions.

Mr. O. A. Brooks maintained several active commercial relations, among which was his connection with the Society for Savings as a trustee, and as a director of the Ohio National Bank.

For 28 years he was a vestryman of Trinity Church and for 14 years held the same office in St. Paul's. He was loyally devoted to the Protestant Episcopal faith, and ever prompt, faithful, and wise in the discharge of his duties as an officer in the churches with which he was affiliated. The Trinity Church Home for the invalid and the aged claimed his special interest and service; for 22 years he was its treasurer.

In his family relations he was a devoted husband and brother, unselfish, indulgent, always thinking of others rather than himself. He died in May, 1892.

Elinora Bradbury Kingsley, whom Mr. Brooks married Sept., 1840, was the daughter of Rev. Phineas and Parnel Keith Kingsley of Rutland, Vt. Her father died in Brooklyn, Ohio, her mother in Buffalo, N. Y.

Mrs. Brooks' American ancestor was John Kingsley who settled in Dorchester, Mass., about the year 1638. She was of the eighth generation in line from this progenitor. Her feminine forbears were Abigail Woods, Abigail Palmer, Ruth Adams, Sarah Sabin, and Mehitable Morey.

Mrs. O. A. Brooks was a charming woman greatly beloved by her family and friends, and during all the years of her residence in Cleveland a valuable worker in Old Trinity and its "Home."

A bronze tablet memorial to Oliver Allen Brooks is erected in Trinity Chapel, and his name is inscribed on one of the pillars of Trinity Cathedral.

The children of Oliver and Elenora Kingsley Brooks:

Oliver Kingsley Brooks, b. 1845; m Hattie E. Gill of Meadville, Pa.

William Keith Brooks, b. 1848; m. Amelia Shultz of Baltimore, Md.

Charles Ernest Brooks, b. 1851; resides in Indianapolis, Ind.

Edward Howard Brooks, b. 1854; m. Agnes Endicott Chapin, dau. of H. M. Chapin of Cleveland.

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So many men of early Cleveland became prominent merely through their bank-accounts and accumulation of real estate, men whose names never appeared in connection with public duty or public service, that it is a pleasure and a relief to write of one who was a citizen of Cleveland in a higher sense, one who had civic pride, and was willing to give of himself to the city of his adoption whenever necessity prompted.

For long years no one was better known in this community than George A. Benedict, who became a member of it in 1835.

He was the son of Amos Benedict of Watertown, N. Y., whose father was a lieutenant--in the-revolutionary war. Amos was a cousin of Platt Benedict who founded Norwalk, Ohio, and planted the forest trees that make Main street of that town famous for its beauty.

When Amos Benedict died in 1816, his funeral services were conducted by Rev. Lyman Beecher, the celebrated divine. George A. Benedict was then but three years old.

His widowed mother was Ann Stone, daughter of Capt. Stone of Litchfield, Conn. She lived but ten years after the death of her husband, leaving George an orphan at the age of 13.

Relatives on both sides of the family cared for the children's physical comfort and their education. George attended Union College two years and started to finish at Yale, but the death of an uncle, who was financing his course in the latter, compelled him to leave college. He studied law, and in 1834, was admitted to the New York bar.

After his arrival in this city, he became associated with John Erwin, and he was also of the firm of Benedict & Hitchcock.

His public life began as city attorney in 1840. He was clerk of the first, local, Superior Court, president of the City Council, and, from 1865 to 1869, was postmaster of Cleveland.

But as one of the proprietors of the old Herald and its editor was George A. Benedict best known.. His share in the daily newspaper was acquired in 1853. All through the dark hours of the civil war the policy of that paper and its splendid editorials guided by intense loyalty to the Union, was a power in keeping alive the spirit of patriotism in the city and throughout the

Western Reserve.

Four years after his arrival in the village of Cleveland, Mr. Benedict married Sarah Francis Rathbone, a lovely young woman, of Brownsville, N. Y. Her father was Amos Rathbone and her mother Mary Williams Rathbone. The American progenitor of the family was Richard, 1574.

Mrs. Benedict lost her mother in early life and thereafter made her home with an elder sister, Mrs. Thomas How. Professor How was a fine scholar and he carefully guided the young girl's studies, so that her education was unusually complete.

In addition she was very musical; for years she sang in Old Trinity Church choir. Her daughter Mrs. William Crowell inherits her mother's musical gifts and is an accomplished pianist.

During Mrs. Benedict's 63 years of continuous residence in Cleveland she was closely identified with its social, religious, and charitable life. Probably no other woman of this city had as many friends, acquaintances, and well-wishers as Mrs. George A. Benedict.

She died in 1902 at the advanced age of 87.

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The children of George A. and Sarah Rathbone Benedict:

George Stone Benedict, b. 1840; married Clara Woolson.

Mary Williams Benedict, b. 1845; m. William Crowell, son of John Crowell..

Harriet Amelia Benedict, b. 1848; m. Henry Sherman, son of Judge Charles Sherman and nephew of Gen. Tecumseh, and Senator John Sherman

George S. Benedict, the only son of the family, served as paymaster in the navy during the civil war. He was instantly killed in 1871, in a terrible railroad accident between New York and Albany. At the time of his death he was a brilliant editorial writer for the Cleveland Herald. His wife was a sister of Constance Woolson, the American authoress.

Mrs. Crowell and Mrs. Sherman are both widows, and are residing near each other on East 93rd street.

George A. Benedict died in 1870, aged 57 years. His sister Harriet Benedict who made her home with him after his marriage died in 1840, aged 30 years.

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In 1827, Elijah Bingham, a lawyer living in Alstead, New Hampshire, married Miss Thankful Cadwell Hutchinson, a young lady 22 years of age. Her father was Major Samuel Hutchinson, a prosperous merchant of Alstead, who had come to that town from Sharon, Conn., and later removed to this place and died here.

A few years after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Bingham removed to Cleveland. They lived for several years in the late residence of Horace Perry on the south side of the Public Square.

Mr. Bingham purchased land on the south side of Prospect street, and extending through to Garden street. This he allotted, laying out a street which he named "Cheshire," and upon which he built a comfortable home. He took absorbing interest in the new street, planting many forest-trees on each side of it which grew to noble size, their branches meeting overhead and presenting a beautiful view from Prospect street looking south. Alas ! they met the fate that in recent years has befallen the foliage that once made the down-town streets of the city so unusually attractive-they died from coal-soot and devastating insects.

Upon Cheshire street long stood the homes of many well-known Cleveland families, who clung to them until forced to leave through the decadence of the neighborhood. John D. Rockefeller was one of these.

Mr. and Mrs. Bingham lived in the home they built, for many years. They there celebrated their golden wedding, and there they died, he in 1881, his wife ten years later. Mrs. Bingham was a gentle, quiet' woman, very retiring but greatly interested in all that was transpiring in the outside world, and warmly sympathetic with sorrowing friends and neigh

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bors. She is said to have possessed the first Chickering piano in the state of Ohio. Her two brothers Samuel R. and Amos Hutchinson were wellknown manufacturers of the city, who in after years returned east to live.

Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Bingham had seven children but two of whom lived to maturity.

Ellen Bingham, m. Roland R. Noble, a fine man greatly respected. They had two sons who died in young manhood.

Charles Edward Bingham, m. Isabelle Taintor, and died shortly afterward. His only child, Miss Edith Bingham, is a young society woman of the city residing with her widowed mother on Euclid Ave

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A notable arrival this year, 1835, was that of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Cleveland from Litchfield, Conn.

Mr. Cleveland was a brother of Mrs. Erastus Gaylord who had preceded them to the city by two years, and both were the children of Gen. Erastus Cleveland, a cousin of the founder of the city.

Mrs. Cleveland was a Miss Julia Gold, related to several noted New England families, among whom were the Sedgwicks and the Wadsworths. Gen. Elijah Wadsworth, of Canfield, 0., was a cousin. She was educated in Litchfield and there acquired accomplishments and developed gifts that not only enriched her own life but were reflected on those of her family and friends. She had a taste for drawing and painting, and through her guidance and instruction her youngest daughter, Mary, early gave evidence of unusual talent in that direction. This gift was transferred to her granddaughter, Miss Emma Cleveland, in a marked degree.

Mrs. Cleveland was a thoroughly domestic woman in the wider sense implied in that expression. Devoted to the happiness of her husband and children, she ignored-all outside claims upon her time and attention that would interfere with her duties as mother and housekeeper.

Possessed of much literary taste, she spent her leisure hours in reading to her children and assisting them to memorize the poems in which she delighted.

She died in 1852, and what was mortal on earth rests in Woodland cemetery.

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Cleveland had a family of four children, all of whom left the impress of their personality upon the community in which they lived. Especially was this true of Judge James Douglas Cleveland, whose long life was spent in the city, coming to it a lad, and whose death

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was a personal loss to every one who had ever known him. He was every inch a gentleman, gentle, refined, scholarly, judicial.

He married Miss Charlotte Bingham, daughter of James and Charlotte Kent Bingham of Claremont, N. H., who survived him but a year or two.

The second son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Cleveland was Doctor Thomas G. Cleveland, who served as a surgeon of the 41st O. V. I. in the civil war. He married Miss Harriet Wiley, daughter of Nathaniel and Harriet Hunt Wiley, of Nassau, N. H., and Watertown, N. Y. Mrs. Wiley was a sister of Mercy Hunt Abbey, the first wife of Judge Seth Abbey.

Antoinette Cleveland m. Charles Grant Aiken, son of the Rev. Samuel Aiken.

Mary Cleveland remained unmarried.

Antoinette Cleveland Aiken died in San Francisco, Cal., aged seventy-three years. She was a prominent worker in the sanitary commission during the civil war, and was the author of several volumes of verses. One poem was a widely quoted patriotic appeal, which helped to prevent the breaking up of the Hartford, Farragut's old flag-ship.

She left three children who are residents of San Francisco. Her husband was a son of Rev. Samuel Aiken, the pioneer pastor of the Old Stone church.

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CLARK

Ashabel Clark, son of Cyrus and Annie Trumbull Clark, of Cooperstown, N. Y., was a resident of Cleveland in 1835. He was a man of wide business experience, in Albany, in New York, and of Cleveland.

November 18, 1835, he was returning by stage-coach from Columbus, Ohio, where he had been on some errand. He sat by the driver, chatting with him, apparently in perfect health and in the best of spirits. Suddenly he swayed away from his companion, and would have fallen from the high seat to the ground, had not the driver seized and held him, at the same time calling upon the other passengers for assistance.

Mr. Clark was found to be dead.

His wife was Sabrina Loomis, daughter of Capt. Amos and Lucy Tilden Loomis, twenty-nine years old when thus suddenly widowed. She had three sisters, Mrs. Aurelia Tracy and Mrs. Laura Aiken, both residents of Painesville, and Mrs. Lucy Ely of Cleveland.

Mr. and Mrs. Ashabel Clark had one child,

Mary Clark, who married Dr. Maynard.

Mrs. Sabrina Clark married (2nd) Charles Brayton, and will be found in the Brayton family sketch.

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Any mention of Dr. Cushing brings to the mind of all old residents of the city the kind, genial, faithful physician and friend, Dr. Erastus Cushing. But to subsequent generations it suggests Dr. Henry Kirke Cushing, eldest son of the former who followed, long years, in his father's footsteps.

From 1835 to 1911, a period of 75 years, father, son, and, for a few years, a grandson were leading physicians of the city and with a reputation and with patients in many miles surrounding it.

To be so remembered and beloved as was Dr. Erastus Cushing hints of more than art of physical healing, the ability to cure mental distress and heartache as well. He was an American. Six generations back was his ancestor Mathew Cushing who settled in Hingham, Mass., in 1638.

His father was Dr. David Cushing of Stafford's Hill, Cheshire, Mass., where Erastus was born in 1802. His mother, who bore the distinctively New England name of "Freelove" Brown, was the daughter of Joseph Brown of Cheshire, but formerly of Cumberland, R. I. Dr. David Cushing removed in 1812 to Adams, Mass., and died there two years later. Erastus thus lost his father at the age of 12 years.

His medical education, however, was of the best and most thorough. First, with a local physician; then, in New York City and at Williams College. After practicing his profession for ten years in Lanesboro, Mass., he completed his studies at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Therefore, when he removed to Cleveland in 1835 and at the age of 33, no physician could be more finely equipped for his work than was Dr. Cushing.

Until his seventieth year he remained in the harness, assisted in his later years by Henry Kirke Cushing, his son, who had received his medical degree.

When 24 years of age Dr. Cushing married Miss Mary Ann Platt, daughter of Abial and Charlotte Mead Platt of Lanesboro, Mass. Like her husband, she was descended from a long line of American ancestors both on her father's and mother's side.

It needs scarcely be added that her grandfathers Abial Platt and Stephen Mead of Lanesboro were Minute-Men of the Revolution, and saw active service.

Mrs. Cushing died in 1868, aged 62.

Dr. Erastus Cushing survived her for 25 years. He died in 1893 aged 91 years, and was placed by the side of his wife in Erie st. cemetery.

The Cushing homestead, which long years had been a landmark of the south side of the Square at the beginning of Euclid Ave. after the death of Mrs. Cushing was demolished, and the Cushing Block erected on the site.

The children of Dr. and Mrs. Cushing were all born in Lanesboro, but of tender age when brought to this city. The eldest son was eight years old, the younger one seven years, and the only daughter a babe of five months. They were

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Henry Kirke Cushing, b. 1827; m. Betsey M. Williams; d. 1910.

William David Cushing, b. 1829; m. Caroline J. F. Shaw of Lanesboro; died in Cleveland 1874, and was buried in Erie st. cemetery.

He represented navigation interests in the city. His only children died in infancy.

Cornelia Cushing, b. 1835; married George Patrick Briggs, son of a Massachusetts governor. She died in Cleveland of consumption in 1858, and was buried in Erie st. cemetery. There were no children

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Henry Kirke Cushing, son of Dr. Erastus Cushing and Mary Ann (Platt) Cushing, was born in Lanesboro, Mass., July, 1827, was brought from there to Cleveland when his parents removed hither in October, 1835, and lived here till his death, Feb., 1910. He graduated at Union College, 1848, studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, receiving the M. D. degree there in 1851, and practiced medicine actively in Cleveland till about 1893, when he withdrew in favor of his son Edward F. Cushing who had come home after medical school and hospital training and begun practice here in association with him.

Henry Kirke Cushing served as Surgeon of the famous 7th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with the rank of Major, from May to August, 1861; Professor in Western Reserve Medical Department, from 1856-1865, 18781881; afterwards trustee of Western Rserve University for several years.

He married in Cleveland, June, 1852, Betsey Maria Williams (daughter of William Williams and his wife Lucy Fitch). She died in Cleveland, Oct., 1903. Of their ten children (all born in Cleveland) three died in infancy. The others were:

1. William Erastus Cushing, b. Sept., 1853; A. B., Western Reserve, 1875; LL. B., Harvard, 1878; married Carolyn J. Kellogg of Pittsfield, Mass. ; lawyer, Cleveland.

2. Alice Kirke Cushing, b. Feb., 1859; resides in Cleveland

3. Henry Platt Cushing, b. Oct. 1860; B. Ph., Cornell, 1882; M. S., Cornell, 1885; Professor of Geology, Adelbert College and Cleveland College for Women ; resides in Cleveland; married Florence E. Williams of Ithaca, N. Y.; three children living.

4. Edward Fitch Cushing, b. June, 1862; B. Ph., Cornell, 1883; M. D., Harvard, 1888; Professor of Diseases of Children, Western Reserve University, 1894-1911; on Lakeside Hospital Staff ; married Melanie Harvey; died in Cleveland, March, 1911; one child, Edward Harvey Cushing.

5. George Briggs Cushing, b. April, 1864; resides Acampo, Calif.

6. Alleyne Maynard Cushing, b. Aug., 1867; died April, 1903.

7. Harvey Williams Cushing, b. April 1869; A. B., Yale, 1891; M. D. and A. M., Harvard, 1895; Associate Professor of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University; surgeon, Baltimore, Md.; married Katharine S. Crowell of Cleveland ; four children.

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For twenty-five years or more Jonathan Gillette was a successful Cleveland merchant. Part of that time he was associated with Isaac L. Hewitt and Richard T. Lyon in the commission business on the river.

Mr. Gillette was identified with the growth of the city from some year in the early '30s until 1862, the date of his death. He was a generous, public-spirited citizen, interested in every good work, churches, schools, and charitable organizations. He was genial and hospitable, with a circle of warm and admiring friends.

He was born in Windsor, Conn., in 1808, the son of Jonathan and Mary Skinner Gillette.

In 1839 he married, in this city, Susan Sloan, one of the accomplished daughters of Major Douglas W. Sloan, late of Williamstown, Mass. Their beautiful home on Euclid Ave. adjoined that of T. P. Handy, No. 60, and Parker Handy (whose wife was Mrs. Gillette's sister), occupied a dwelling near by.

In this home Mr. Gillette entertained a bountiful hospitality, his charming wife presiding with rare grace and dignity. She also made her home a delightful family circle as well as a social center, and maintained it until Mr. Gillette's sudden and tragic death, an event over which the whole community mourned.

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Gillette, Mrs. Parker Handy, and several members of the Sloan family rest in Erie street cemetery, to the left of the main drive.

The children of Jonathan and Susan Sloan Gillette:

Harriette Douglas Gillette, married William Leete Stone, A. B., A. M., LL. B.

Douglas Cogswell Gillette, died in early manhood.

Jonathan Edwards Gillette, died in early manhood.

William Backus Gillette, married Mary Apgar

Three children died in infancy.

Mrs. Harriette Gillette Stone, the only surviving member of her immediate family, resides in Mt. Vernon, N. Y. Her husband, the late Col. William Leete Stone, was an historical and biographical writer of prominence, accomplishing much valuable work. He belonged to many historical and literary societies, either as an honorary or corresponding member.

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GOULDER

Christopher Goulder, Sr., and his wife Julia Brooks Goulder, came to Cleveland from England in 1835. They brought with them an interesting family of two sons and three daughters.

Mr. Goulder was a sailor, and both his sons followed the same occupation. The family lived at 23 Bond street where Mrs. Goulder died in 1856, having outlived her husband a year or two. He died while away from home, and was buried in England.

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The children of Christopher and Julia Goulder:

Catherine Goulder, m. Benjamin Horan, who was first assistant or secretary to U. S. Minister to court of St. James. Mrs. Horan died in London in 1859.

Christopher Goulder, Jr., b. 1815; m. in 1846 Mrs. Barbara Freeland, widow of John Brown.

Harwood Goulder, unmarried.

Emily Goulder, m. ------ Crosby.

Julia Goulder, m. Hiram Blunt. They removed to New York City where Mr. Blunt died in 1859.

The children of Christopher and Barbara Goulder, Jr.::

Charles Goulder, b. 1847; m. Marian C. Clements.

Robert Goulder, b. 1849; m. 1st, Rebecca Jacobs ; 2nd, Lizzie Herren.

Harvey D. Goulder, m. Miss Mary Rankin of Washington, D. C.

The youngest son of this family is a prominent lawyer of the city residing at 7023 Euclid Avenue. His wife, recently deceased, was an exregent of the Western Reserve Chapter D. A. R., and a member of the Cleveland Woman's Press Club ; a woman much beloved in the patriotic and literary societies with which she was affiliated.

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Jarvis F. Hanks possessed several talents and many virtues. He also may have had faults, but moral cowardice was not one of them, else he never could have faced the disapproval and, in some cases the serious displeasure, of a minority of the Euclid Ave. Congregational church, that Sabbath morning, so many years ago, by carrying a violin into the choir of which he was chorister, and, first softly tuning it, boldly draw the bow across its strings and lead the singing of the first hymn.

Many of the congregation were interested and pleased at the innovation. Others were shocked beyond measure, especially the oldest members, who looked upon the "fiddle" as the instrument of the Devil himself. The church was stirred to its foundations. But progress, musical progress, at last won out, and soon the strains of a violin soaring above the highest tenor or soprano voices lost all novelty, and as the sustaining power of the instrument became noticeable its value was appreciated, and, in time opposition ceased.

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In those days, the Congregational church stood on the north corner of Euclid ave. and Doan street, E. 105th, back of it was a small cemetery dotted with grave-stones. Here many of the earliest pioneers were laid away in their last sleep. When the church organized a Sabbath School, Jarvis F. Hanks was its first superintendent and in the Sunday School auditorium of the costly church edifice hangs a very life-like picture of him.

He was also an artist as well as musician. His regular occupation at first, was ornamental sign-painting, which developed eventually into a higher class of work. He received many orders for portraits. Some of these, showing considerable merit, still hang on the walls of Cleveland homes. He was especially fortunate in portraits of aged people and of children.

Jarvis F. Hanks was a very public-spirited citizen and took a leading part in anti-slavery and temperance movements. He was the oldest child of Joseph and Anna Frary Hanks of Pawlet, Vt., who, shortly after their marriage, removed to Pittsford, Otsego co., N. Y., where their son was born in 1799. Eighteen years later, with their family of eleven children, the youngest a babe in its mother's arms, they set out in a prairie schooner for Gallipolis, O., near the Ohio river, but after many years of what proved useless hardship in that region, they returned east. Several of the children eventually made their home in Bloomfield, New Jersey, where the parents died and were buried in the cemetery of that town. The American ancestor of Joseph Hanks was from Holland, while the descent of his wife Anna Frary Hanks is traced to the Pilgrims.

In 1823 Jarvis Frary Hanks married in Charlestown, Va., Miss Charlotte Gasbee, daughter of Christian Gasbee of Rockingham, Va. She was born in 1802 and died in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1890.

Mr. and Mrs. Hanks came to Cleveland in 1835, bringing with them a family of young children, who in after years were scattered from New York to California. But one, at this date, survives, Mrs. Leffingwell of Colchester, Conn.

The first Cleveland home of the family was on Muirson street, but for many years afterward it was on the north-east corner of Euclid Ave. and E. 93rd street, the present site of Charles Wasson's residence. There was no 93rd street, however, at that time. It was laid out through his own grounds by Mr. Wasson's father and named Amesbury Ave. Mr. Hanks died in 1853 and was buried in Erie st. cemetery.

The children of this family were:

Romelea L. Hanks, m. Everett Clapp of New York City. of New York.

Henry G. Hanks, m. Ellen Barker of San Francisco.

Frederick L. Hanks, unmarried.

Edwin J. Hanks, m. Anne Deal of Philadelphia.

Virginia Hanks, died in her 20^th year in Cleveland.

Arthur T. Hanks, m. Mary Buckley

Leslie C. Hanks, unmarried.

Walter S. Hanks, m. Ellen----

Emmeline C. Hanks, m. John E. Leffingwell of New York

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Jarvis F. Hanks had a brother, Oliver Hanks, who came to Cleveland in the early '40s, and lived on Euclid Ave. near Lakeview cemetery. He was a fine man and much beloved by his brother's children.

His daughter, Mrs. Emily H. Prentiss, resides with her daughter in Bloomfield, N. J., while Mrs. Catherine Hanks Whittlesey and Mrs. Josephine Hanks Street still make their home in Cleveland. The three sisters are accomplished women.

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James Madison Hoyt was but 20 years of age when he came to Cleveland fresh from his graduation at Hamilton College, and entered as a student the office of Andrews & Foote, two of the most prominent lawyers of Cleveland, both of whom succeeded to the judicial bench. This is mentioned because not long afterward they took the young man into partnership with them, which indicates that he must have been exceptionally bright and unusually promising for his age.

Mr. Hoyt was the son of David P. Hoyt and Mary Barnum Hoyt, who removed to Utica, N. Y., from Connecticut in 1820: There was a large exodus of New England families into western New York about that time, and a few years later many of these families who had settled in or near Utica, again sold out and removed to Cleveland or its vicinity. Several of the best known pioneers of this city came here from Utica.

After Sherlock J. Andrews became a judge of common pleas, the firm name of Andrews & Foote was changed to Foote & Hoyt and in the same year, 1836, Mr. Hoyt made an eastern trip, returning with a bride, Miss Mary E. Beebe, daughter of Alexander M. Bebee, LL. D.

Their first home was on Chestnut street; afterward they purchased a home on Huron Road south of Prospect Ave. and near the Huron street Hospital where they lived many years; finally they removed to Euclid Ave. where they both died. Although a successful lawyer with a large clientage, Mr. Hoyt was not contented to practice his profession. It may have been too exacting for a mind inclined to metaphysics, and to deep religious revery. Therefore, after 10 years of law he relinquished it for an occupation that gave him more time to enjoy the things he most cared for. He entered the real-estate business, bought several of the original ten-acre lots surrounding the city, allotted, and sold them for residential purposes. With Col. Hiram Wellman he became interested in the growth and development of Ohio City, now the West Side. It is claimed that he opened up over 100 new streets in the city.

He was an ardent member of the Baptist church and a lay preacher of that denomination ; supplying vacant pulpits either in the city or in surrounding towns. For 26 consecutive years he was the superintendent of the First Baptist Church Sunday School, loved and revered by. two generations of its children. He was also an interesting and valued

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contributor to leading reviews. He traveled abroad and published in book form his experiences and impressions of foreign lands.

Mr. Hoyt's eldest son was a Baptist minister who was settled over churches in Pittsfield, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Brooklyn, N. Y.

The second son was named for James M. Colgate of New York City who had married Mr. Hoyt's sister. The eldest daughter of the family, a beautiful young girl, died in 1854.

Lydia Hoyt Farmer was a bright, ambitious woman who gave her later years to the pursuits of literature. She had several books published.

James H. Hoyt a lawyer of the city was perhaps the most gifted member of the family. He is a brilliant public orator, and his after-dinner speeches have become celebrated throughout the state of Ohio and elsewhere.

The children of James and Mary Beebe Hoyt:

Rev. Wayland Hoyt, b. 1838; m. Maud Mansfield.

Mary Ella Hoyt, b. 1840; died 1854.

Lydia Hoyt, b. 1842; m. E. J. Farmer, son of James Farmer, a Cleveland banker.

Colgate Hoyt, b. 1849.

James Humphrey Hoyt, b. 1850; m. Jessie Taintor of Cleveland.

Ellen Hoyt, b. 1856.

The death of Mrs. James Hoyt, Sr., is registered in the family Bible in the handwriting of her husband. "My beloved wife Mary Ella Hoyt of unspeakably precious memory departed this life Feb., 1890, aged 75 years. Thus our married union lasting 53 years, 5 months and 3 days was severed."

Mr. Hoyt died suddenly of pneumonia following an attack of grip.

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Among the men who came to Cleveland in 1835 and made business ventures was L. M. Hubby. Unlike many of his contemporaries who risked their all and failed in the financial depression that followed, he won out and became one of the city's properous business men.

At first he was in the forwarding and commission line with a warehouse on River street. Hubby & Hughes became a familiar landmark in trade along the river.

When the pioneer railroad of Cleveland, the "Three C's," was built, he became its first general freight agent, and from that time on gave all his attention to the railroad's interests. Within five years he had become its president. This was in 1854. His fitness for the position was soon proved. At that time the road was 135 miles long, and its stock was on the market below par. When, 25 years later he resigned the position, it was 500 miles in length, and its stock had sold for 180. Meanwhile it had become the C. C. C. & St. Louis Railroad, or "The Big Four."

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Mr. Hubby recognized his civic duties to the extent of serving the city as an alderman for several terms, and he assisted in establishing Cleveland's waterworks system. Leander Mead Hubby was born in 1812, therefore was but 23 years of age when he came to Cleveland from Columbus, Chenango Co., N. Y. He was the son of David and Phebe Mallet Hubby.

Three years after his arrival here he married Sarah F. French, daughter of Haynes and Sarah Hughes French of Maidstone, Vt. She was born in 1815.

Mrs. Hubby became prominent in the social life of the city, and in its benevolent activities. As a member of the board of managers of the Cleveland Orphan Asylum, and of the Lakeside Hospital she did excellent service, and during the civil war she was an active worker in the Cleveland branch of the Sanitary Commission.

The family lived at 110 Lake Street until Mr. Hubby had erected a fine residence on the south side of Euclid Ave. beyond Willson Ave. and in the neighborhood of the Boltons, Sackets, and other families. A terrific gas explosion in 1878 destroyed the Hubby mansion and seriously injured members of the family.

The children of Leander and Sarah French Hubby:

Sarah Louise Hubby, b. 1840; m. Charles W. Doubleday..

Frank Winfield Hubby, b. 1841; m. Catherine Maria Germain

Ella French Hubby

Miss Ella F. Hubby is the only representative of the family remaining in Cleveland. She spends part of each year in Los Angeles, Cal.

Col. C. W. and S. L. Doubleday have two daughters, Louise and Ella Doubleday. The family reside in Washington, D. C.

Frank W. Hubby is an attorney of 31 Nassau street, New York City. He has three children : Rollin G., Lester M. and Frank W. Hubby, Jr., and a grandson, Frank Winfield Hubby 3rd.

1835

LUKE DEWEY JOHNSON

Luke Dewey Johnson and his wife Hannah King Johnson were living in their native town in Pittsfield, Mass., when in 1855 they decided to come west.

They settled in Newburgh where Mrs. Johnson died. Luke D. Johnson then married Louisa Ely, daughter of Merrick and Louisa Farnum Ely. She lived but a short time, and Mr. Johnson married 3d her sister Lucinda Ely. The latter was but nine years of age when her parents removed from Deerfield, O., to Newburgh. She was educated at a private school on Prospect street, and one in Elyria, after which she taught

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school at Doan's Corners, boarding meanwhile with Mr. and Mrs. Miller Spangler.

After her marriage, Mrs. Johnson's home was on Lake street. Within a few years the family moved to the Ely farm on Kinsman Road, where Mr. Johnson died. He was buried in Erie street cemetery. Mrs. Lucinda Johnson after long years of absence from this farm recently built a pretty home on it for herself and to be near her children who occupy adjoining bungalows. She was a member of the First Methodist Church when its congregation worshiped on St. Clair street. She ' lived to be very aged, but her faculties were preserved to a remarkable degree. Few people had such vivid memories of bygone days, or had witnessed such wonderful changes in the city's growth and population ; fields and meadows where once horses and cattle grazed, or where wheat and corn swayed in the wind, now closely built up streets of houses or business blocks.

The children of Luke D. and Lucinda Ely Johnson:

Merrick E. Johnson, m. Louisa Moreau, granddaughter of the pioneer Thomas Rummage. Mr. Johnson is a well-known business man of the city.

Louisa Johnson, m. Major Charles H. Smith (recently deceased).

Mrs. Smith has long been a useful society and club woman. She is a member of the Western Reserve Chapel D. A. R., state regent of the society, War of 1812, and assistant historian of the Woman's Department Cleveland Centennial Commission. Her three married daughters, cultured and charming women, reside near their mother.

1835

DILLON

(Organization of the Roman Catholic Church)

Although this city was settled mostly by New England people of Protestant proclivities, these were joined from time to time by a limited number of emigrants from Ireland, and occasionally from Germany, who sadly missed the services of the mother church in which they had been baptized and reared. These Catholic pioneers looked longingly forward to the time when they could worship God in the old accustomed way.

To them, in 1835, came a young missionary priest, the Rev. John Dillon, who organized a Catholic church. For a few years the society duplicated the early experiences of their Protestant brethren; holding services in private dwellings, school houses, or any place available. A little one storied frame cottage on the west side of Erie street near Prospect sheltered the society at one time.

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With the true missionary spirit, Father Dillon could not long rest contented under such conditions, and he began the struggle for a church building. He was aided in this by non-Catholics whose respect and good will he had gained. A visit to New York City in further search of funds yielded him about $1000 in gifts of ready money and of pledges.

But, alas ! the devoted young priest did not live to see the consummation of his hopes and plans. He died in October, 1836, soon after his return from New York. It was a sudden and severe blow to his parish.

The Cleveland Advertiser of October 20, 1836, contained the following

"The death of Father Dillon will be deeply felt by his bereaved and afflicted church. He was one of the first of our clergy in point of talent and piety, and though he labored in obscurity, yet he labored faithfully and well."

The Rev. John Dillon rests in Erie street cemetery, but a short distance from the grave of the Rev. Stephen I. Bradstreet, first pastor of the Old Stone church.

The families connected with Father Dillon's parish were: Detmer, Mathews, Alwell, Tuley, Wamelink, Lawler, Smith, Ffitspatrick, Duffy, Golden, Toole, McCarthy, Bryne, and Mulcahy. Only the sir-names of the above could be ascertained.

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TRACY

James Jared Tracy, who died only recently, was, with but one exception, the oldest citizen of Cleveland, had lived longest within the limits of the city. He came here in 1835, and remained a continuous resident of the town and city for 75 years. In all that time he was identified with its banking interests, as his first employment was in the Bank of Cleveland, and he was a banker when he died. He saw the village incorporated into a small city, and watched it expand and absorb all the towns adjoining-Ohio City, Brooklyn, Newburgh, Collamer, Glenville, with the residents of many other suburban ones spending all their business hours in the city as far east as Painesville, and Gates Mills; as far west as Elyria and Lorain; as far south as Bedford and Cuyahoga Falls.

His knowledge and experience in real-estate was greater, perhaps, than any other man in the city, for he had seen down-town property sell for a few dollars a lineal foot, and again for as much a square foot. When he came to Cleveland, there were yet many houses used for residences west of the Square. On Water, Bank, and Seneca streets there were two or three stores near Superior street, but all the rest of their length clear to the lake were homes-homes of the rich and poor alike.

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Ontario street north and south of the Square was a fashionable resident street.

Euclid ave. had less than a dozen houses on its south side, and on the north side a little east of the site of the Williamson building stretched a pasture full of bushes and wild berry vines, and where horses and cows grazed. It ran back and down to the level of Superior street, and the old board fence that enclosed it on that side reached from near the present Superior entrance of the Arcade almost to Erie street.

Across this field, one evening, Mr. Tracy tried to make a short cut in order to head off some companions, and to arrive first at the home of some ladies upon whom the young men intended to call. The others went around by the Square. Mr. Tracy got mixed up with the blackberry bushes and tore his clothes, so that the tables were turned, and the joke was upon himself.

He was the son of Gardner Tracy of Connecticut, who married Catherine Lansing of Lansingburg, N. Y. Her father, Jacob Lansing, was the founder of that town. In 1823 Mr. and Mrs. Tracy removed to Utica, N. Y. Their son James began an active life at the age of 14, working in a store. His uncle and aunt, Alexander and Mrs. Seymour, and T. P. Handy removed to Cleveland, and he soon followed them. Both Mr. Seymour and Mr. Handy were officers of the Bank of Cleveland, and he was given the position of teller, a responsible one for a mere lad, showing that already he had established a reputation for honesty and ability.

He made his home for some years with his relatives, the Seymours, and afterward at fashionable private boarding-houses and hotels, until his marriage at the age of 64 to Miss Jane Foot, daughter of George A. Foot of Detroit, Mich.

Mr. Tracy had two sisters living in Cleveland for some years-Catherine, who married John E. Lyon, a prominent business man of this city, and Susan H., who married Asabel Barney of Otsego, N. Y., who also became identified with the commercial life of Cleveland. (His brother, D. W. Barney, married Azuba Latham, sister of Mrs. T. M. Kelley.)

Both were charming women, well bred, the kindest of neighbors, hospitable, and a great addition to the social life of the town. Long after their removal to New York City their years of residence in Cleveland were recalled by early friends here with expressions of the kindest appreciation and regard.

The home of James Tracy after his marriage was on Euclid ave., east of Erie street. Evidently, he did not share in the present belief that in the near future the avenue will be a distinctively business thoroughfare, as shortly before his death he built an elegant mansion only a few short blocks beyond his former home.

He was one of the members of the "Ark," a celebrated, early club of the city, composed of a few men having congenial tastes, and fond of books and sports. He was a quiet man, not given much to public enterprises of any sort, but always ready to help when any demands were made upon him for charitable purposes, and he had a reputation for kindness and consideration in business matters. By birth and breeding he was a gentleman, and never forgot to be courteous.

His wife is much interested in educational and philanthropic work.

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Her sister, Mrs. George A. Stanley, was a resident of the city many years, and during that time a well-known society lady.

The children of James J. and Jane Foote Tracy:

James Jared Tracy, m. Florence Comey. Catherine Lansing Tracy, m. Lindsey Wallace.

1835

SKED

Alexander Sked, for long years a beloved deacon of the First Baptist church, was born in East Lowden, Scotland. He was the son of John and Jean Gray Sked of that town. He married Ann Roberts, at the age of 30, and they had eight children born to them. In 1831, when a little past 50 years of age, Mr. Sked with his wife and children crossed the ocean and started a new home in New York City. But circumstances were not as favorable there as he had hoped, and in 1835 he came to Cleveland.

He had been a gardener all his life thus far, and he continued the business here with good success. His three older sons were of age to be of considerable assistance to him in the work that he found awaiting him, for, about that time Cleveland was having a horticultural boom. Nathan Perry had started a large garden on Perry street, and the Rev. Elijah Willey, a Baptist clergyman, had laid out several acres of fruit trees, vegetable and flower-beds on Woodland ave., corner of Erie street-East 9th-and Mr. Sked's skillful services must have been in much demand and greatly appreciated. There were many other smaller gardens scattered all over the town, though the flowers and fruit they contained were common varieties that had been divided and exchanged over and over again. Mrs. John Blair and Mrs. Duty had some choice floral treasures, and Gov. Reuben Wood and the Merwins, who had moved out on the Detroit Road, near Rocky River, had wonderful gardens for that day, as Mrs. Wood had spared no expense in collecting rare trees, shrubs and flowers. The Sked family lived west of the Old Stone Church, in a house facing the Square.

After Mr. Sked had started a greenhouse and nursery on Perry street, near Central ave., he removed to that locality, and at his death, in 1868, the business was carried on by his daughters, Jane and Margaret Sked, and continued for many years. Margaret, the last member of the family, died May, 1912, aged 86 years.

The Sked family was much esteemed, especially in the society of the First Baptist church, to which they had given loyalty and fealty when it was poor and struggling. They came to town just two years late to be charter members of it, but their long and complete identification with the

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society made Deacon and Mrs. Sked regarded as its founders. Mrs. Sked passed away in 1861, full in honor and years.

The children of Alexander and Ann Roberts Sked:

Betsey Sked, m. Zebulon Jones, a.

brother of Mrs. Deacon Hamlin.

John Sked, m. Sarah Bartlett of New York. He removed to Michigan

William Sked, Jr., m. Stella Carey.

Alexander Sked, Jr., m. Elisabeth Cullen.

Susan Sked, m. Daniel Austen

Jane Sked, unmarried.

Margaret Sked, b. 1826; unmarried

Samuel Sked; moved to Westerville, O., and married there.

The Sked family are interred in Woodland cemetery.

1835

ST. JOHN

Aruna St. John was nearly 50 years of age when he arrived in town with his family of five children, and later two Cleveland-born children were added to the household.

Mr. St. John was the son of Daniel and Abigail Holmes St. John of the noted Connecticut family of that name, one which members of it usually pronounce "Sinj un." There were several of the Buffalo, N. Y., branch of the family living in the city at that time, distant cousins of Aruna St. John. He was a millwright and followed that occupation while residing here, a period of about 12 years.

He removed in 1850 to Richmond Mills, Ontario Co., N. Y., where he prospered in business. The family residence in this city was 58 Champlain street.

Mr. St. John was married twice. His first wife was a Miss Frost, and she may have been the mother of one or more of the older children. The second wife was Mary Sweet, who was about 42 years old when she came to this city. She died in Richmond Mills at the extreme age of 95 years.

The children of Aruna St. John:

Fanny St. John, m. Sylvester Johnson.

Daniel St. John, m. Elverette Lewis.

Hiram St. John, m. Lois Bacon..

Cornelius St. John, removed to Louisiana.

George St. John, m. Delia Millard

Charles St. John.

Edwin R. St. John, m. Elisabeth Hennshett

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UNDERHILL

The Cleveland Herald of April, 1835, contained the following announcement

"Dr. Samuel Underhill of Massillon, O., has associated with Dr. W. F. Otis for practice of medicine. Office-Union Block, cor. Superior and Union streets."

Dr. Otis was a conservative in theology as well as in medical lore, and to be associated with him inferred that his partner was a safe man both in theory and practice. Imagine then the shock to this Connecticut bred, orthodox community when the newcomer was found to be a liberalist of extreme type.

Dr. Otis dissolved the partnership in haste, evidently, as both men occupy separate offices in 1836, and who could blame him for refusing longer to share friends and patients with a man possessed of such revolutionary ideas concerning religion, and of moral and business ethics?

For Dr. Underhill believed that the fixed order of things which governed our community was faulty, and he openly criticized church-members who in their business transactions kept merely within the letter of the law.

Moreover, lacking an audience, perhaps, he started a weekly sheet in which he promulgated his queer doctrines. We may be sure that it was looked upon with horror, and tabooed in many a household. Its policy, as outlined on the printed page, would fail to startle or astonish the reader of today, whatever may have been the effect created in 1836. Indeed, the first item sounds strangly familiar.

"OPPOSED TO ALL MONOPOLIES.

"In favor of universal and equal opportunities for knowledge in early life for every child."

(This was before the day of public schools.)

"Teaches that virtue alone produces happiness.

That vice always produces misery.

That schoolmasters should be better qualified, and then should have higher wages.

That the producing classes are unjustly fleeced.

That nobles by wealth are as offensive to sound democracy as nobles by birth-both are base coin.

Discourages all pretension to spiritual knowledge.

That priests are a useless order of men."

"Inserts the other side of the question, when furnished in well-written articles."

Which shows that the doctor was as liberal as he professed. It would have been difficult in that day for him to secure a hearing in any other local publication.

Dr. Underhill must have been of middle age when he came to Cleveland, as his son James Underhill was associated with him in the book and job-printing office, soon afterward established in Union Lane. The

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publication of the "Liberist" was more a vehicle for expressing the doctor's advanced thought than a means of profit, while his professional practice must have been limited to patients who were in sympathy with his views.

Dr. Underhill was an ardent temperance worker. He pleaded for the cause through the "Liberist," and all through his life frequently gave temperance lectures. He had the best of company in this work while living in Cleveland, as many leading citizens of the town had started an active crusade against the liquor traffic.

Dr. Samuel Underhill was born on the Hudson river near Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He was of old Knickerbocker stock, his ancestors having been early Dutch settlers of New York City. His parents were Quakers, and from them he acquired his independent habit of thought.

He married Debora Storey, who was also a Quakeress. Two of their children were born in New York State, and the third one in Massillon, where the family lived a short time before coming to Cleveland.

The sojourn covered a period of about ten years.* Some time in the '40s. Dr. Underhill removed to Tonica, La Salle Co., Illinois, where he engaged in farming, and where he died in 1874.

The children of Dr. Samuel and Debora Storey Underhill:

Eliza Underhill, m. William D. Hill of Portsmouth, N. H.

Mary Ann Underhill, m. 1st, Joseph Ross of Cleveland ; 2nd, W. D. Hill.

James S. Underhill, m. Miss Wiggins of Massillon, O.

Maria Underhill, adopted; m. Gen. James Barnett.

Eliza Underhill Hill died 1858 on a farm in Putnam Co., Ill., and her sister, Mary Underhill, married Mr. Hill, after the death of Joseph Ross. Mary died in Cleveland. Her son, Norman L. Ross, is a civil war veteran, now living in Winnipeg, Canada.

James S. Underhill died early in 1875 at Tonica, Ill. His wife survived him but a year or two.

The name Underhill seems to be connected, locally, at least, with the medical profession. There was a Dr. Underhill in La Grange, Ohio, and one in Huron County, who practiced medicine for 50 years or more. Dr. Samuel had a brother Isaac, and Dr. Abel Underhill was another brother.

* The family lived on Orange Alley, . a popular resident street of that day, which eventually was remained "Johnson street."

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Joseph Ranney was born in Middleton, Conn. He lost his mother when he was a young child, and experienced many hardships in consequence. He early learned the trade of making boots and shoes with the Sages, very prominent shoe-manufacturers of Rochester, N. Y. The apprentices who served their time with Mr. Sage received kind and fair treatment.

Joseph Ranney came to Cleveland with Sylvester Ranney, also a boot and shoe-maker, doing business in 1836 at number 10 Superior Lane. The family lived at that time on Orange Alley-Johnson street.

Mr. Joseph Ranney was a deacon and very prominent in the church to which he belonged.

He married Lucina Fox, a lovely character, to whom a large circle of friends were much attached. She died aged 77 years, having outlived her husband 13 years. They both rest in Lake View cemetery.

There were but two children that lived to maturity in this familyMary Ranney, who died at the age of 30, and Sarah J. Ranney, who resides in E. 89th Place.

1835

RAYMOND

Samuel and Henry Raymond, brothers, born in Bethlehem, Conn., arrived in Cleveland in 1835.

Henry became a book-keeper at D. Russell's dry-goods store in the Kellogg building.

Samuel had been married two years previously to Miss Mary North, daughter of James North of New Britain, Conn. The North family had lived for generations in that town.

Mr. Samuel Raymond engaged in the dry-goods business. His first store, a little wooden building, stood on the site of the present Rouse block. His partners were Henry W. and Marvin Clark, and the firm was known as "Clark, Raymond & Clark." This retail store finally grew into a wholesale business, and under Mr. Raymond's name became known all over northern Ohio.

Upon coming to the city Mr. and Mrs. Raymond identified themselves with the Old Stone Church, and three generations of the family have since that time been earnest workers and supporters of that church society.

The Raymond home was No. 15 Lake street. In the fall of 1866, Mr. Samuel Raymond's health demanded a warmer climate for the ensuing winter months, and with his wife he started for Havanna, Cuba, via New Orleans.

They took passage on the steamer Carter, which exploded when abreast of Vicksburg on the Mississippi, and burned to the water's edge. Mr. Raymond's life was lost in the catastrophe. Mrs. Raymond's leg was broken, and she received minor injuries, but was assisted to a bale of cotton floating in the river, to which she clung until rescued by a passing steamer.

Her long widowhood which followed this sudden and sad bereavement

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was alleviated by the constant and tender ministrations of her only daughter who died middle-aged and unmarried while in one of the Gulf states in search of health.

The Raymond name has ever been an honored one in the city of Cleveland. All the years intervening between 1835 and 1912 the family traditions for honesty, integrity, church activities and works of benevolence have been maintained.

Henry N. Raymond died but recently. His home for many years was on the south side of Superior street, east of and adjoining old Trinity Church. When Bond E. 6^th street was opened from Superior street to Euclid ave. the extension cut through the Raymond lawn on the east of the house, leaving the latter on the southwest corner of the two streets.

It was the only one remaining of the row of stately dwellings that once adorned that side of Superior street from the Public Square to Erie -E. 9th street. One by one they were torn down to make room for towering business blocks. The Cleveland Leader Printing Co. leased the property and has erected a huge building for combined newspaper and office work, and the Raymond home, the last old landmark of that locality, has disappeared.

The children of Samuel and Mary North Raymond:

Henry North Raymond, m. Elisabeth Strong, daughter of John and Helen Strong of Schenectady, N. Y.

Mary Louise Raymond, died unmarried

Samuel A. Raymond, m. Emma Stone.

1835

INGLEHART

Among the prominent physicians of the city previous to 1840, was Dr. Smith Inglehart. His wife was a Buffalo lady, a Miss Maria Johnson. Her sister married the famous Buffalo clergyman, Dr: Lord, who had charge of a Presbyterian church in that city through the life time of two or three generations.

Mrs. Inglehart is remembered as a pleasant little lady with very nice manners. She died early, and her husband married again, Miss Sarah Johnson, a cousin of his first wife. The wedding was in old Trinity Church, corner of Seneca and St. Clair streets. The Ingleharts boarded, for some time after coming to the city, with the W. V. Craws, and then commenced housekeeping on Broadway, between Cross and Ohio streets. Their nearest neighbors were the Stricklands and the Handersons. The house previously had been occupied by the Chamberlains.

Mrs. Maria Inglehart had three children:

George Inglehart, married Miss Culbertson of Solon, O. They moved to Chicago.

Fred J. Inglehart, married a Buffalo, N. Y., lady.

Maria Inglehart, married James Gill. He died and his widow resides in Glenville.

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One of the most interesting men who came to the village of Cleveland was William Milford, a well educated Irishman of striking personal appearance and polished manners. He came from Geneva, N. Y., where he had been living about five years, or from the time he reached this country, and was naturalized in 1830.

He was a merchant here for several years, having a controlling interest in two stores, "Wm. Milford & Co.," dealers in staple and fancy dry-goods, doing business at 61 Superior street, and "Milford Harding & Co.," upholsterers, 12 Water street.

Later on, he was a forwarding and commission merchant.

His residence was 10 Erie street, a few doors north of the May property, and this home was one of the happiest and most attractive in the city. Here was dispensed a hospitality most cordial and almost universal. The Milfords had no children, but Mrs. Milford's widowed sister, Mrs. John McLauren, and her two children, William and Mary McLauren, were members of the Milford household for some years, and the nephew and niece were tenderly loved by the childless couple.

As a citizen, Mr. Milford was always active and enthusiastic in promoting measures for the advancement or betterment of the town, often serving as chairman upon such occasions. He assisted in organizing the first Board of Trade, and was President of the City Council in 1840. Twelve years later, he appeared to have abandoned commercial business, and become landlord of the American House, in which he died in 1854.

Mrs. William Milford's maiden name was Miranda McKay, daughter of Col. Robert and Sophia Clark McKay of Caledonia, Livingston Co., N. Y. She was married in 1830, and was 25 years old when she came to Cleveland.

Mr. Milford died on the eve of a serious commercial depression, and his estate, when settled, fell short of all expectations. The trustee who had it in charge failed, and the Milford property being involved, was mostly swept away.

But Mrs. Milford was a woman of great courage and wonderful fortitude. Although in delicate health, and seemingly unfitted through her previous sheltered life to cope with the world, she bravely declined all pecuniary assistance whatever, and succeeded in supporting herself for 20 years, or until her death in 1874.

She was in the employ of the post-office, and for three years was librarian and custodian of the Historical Library. She made this latter position a labor of love, the compensation being very small, and threw herself with enthusiasm into the task of classifying and caring for the books and antiquities stored there. Her love of children led her to spend much time upon those who frequented the Historical rooms, making their visits there educational. She was a beloved member of Trinity Church, from which her funeral services were held, and attended by a large assemblage of admiring and attached friends.

Her nephew, William E. McLauren, became a member of the Plain Dealer staff; left journalism to study for the ministry; became rector of Trinity P. E. Church, and later Bishop of Illinois.

His sister, Mary McLauren, is remembered as a very pretty young girl, with beautiful hair. She married John S. Conant of Monroe, Mich.,

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and was last living in Princeton, N. J., where a son was attending college.

1835

MENDENHALL

Dr. George Mendenhall, born 1814, in Sharon, Conn., was the son of Aaron and Lydia Richardson Mendenhall. He graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1835, and came directly to Cleveland. He had been a diligent pupil, ranking high with the faculty and his fellow-students, therefore it followed that he "made good" in character and in his profession, and won the attention and respect of Cleveland people at once. He came of a fine Quaker family, the American ancestor of which came to this country with William Penn.

Dr. Mendenhall remained in Cleveland nine years, and then removed to Cincinnati, where he became very prominent as a physician and as a patriotic citizen.

During the cholera scourge of 1849 he worked day and night at the bedside of the stricken, and won the admiration and gratitude of the community by his tireless devotion to the path of duty. He also took an active part in the civil war, giving valuable service to the Sanitary Commission. He was most generous and kindly to his poor patients, his sympathy quickly responding to any appeal of the unfortunate.

Dr. Mendenhall married during his residence in Cleveland, and his wife spent six happy years in this city. She was Miss Elisabeth S. Maule of Philadelphia, Pa. Her family, dating back to French extraction, came to this country early. She was a most excellent woman, and most congenial and helpful to her husband. She also was a worker in the Sanitary Commission, and spent much time in the Cincinnati hospitals, visiting or nursing sick soldiers.

"Women of the War" contains a detailed account of her services, rating them highly.

The children of Dr. and Elisabeth Maule Mendenhall:

Charles Mendenhall, m. Fanny Carlisle.

Emma Mendenhall, m. Larz Anderson.

Laurance Mendenhall, m. Margaret C. Neff.

In 1836, Cyrus Mendenhall and Samuel Richardson were in partnership, doing business in Cleveland Center Block. Dr. Mendenhall also had his office at the same place. As his mother was a Richardson, these men were his relatives.

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Dr. Ozias Mather of East Haddam, son of Dr. Augustus Mather, married, in 1808, Harriet Brainard. She was the only daughter of Deacon Jabez Brainard, the revolutionary soldier, a sketch of whom appears on another page of this work. She was also the sister of Nathan Brainard, the pioneer.

Dr. Mather died in 1813, in Washington, N. H., and Harriet Brainard Mather was left a widow with two little sons, one of them an infant born the year his father died.

She married, secondly, Edmund Lawrence of Groton, Mass., and in 1853, while on a visit with Cleveland relatives, she died, aged 63 years, and was buried in Erie st. cemetery. Mr. Lawrence survived her but a year, his death occurring in West Danvers, Mass. Her children were:

Henry Brainard Mather, b. 1809; married, 1840, Ellen Everett, daughter of Charles Everett. Henry B. Mather died in Boston, Mass., in 1884.

Samuel Holmes Mather, b. 1813; m. Emily Washington Gregory.

Samuel H. Mather came to Cleveland in 1835, when 22 years of age. He was admitted to the bar the following year, and practiced his profession for 15 years. He was one of the founders of the Society for Savings bank, and for many years was connected with it as its president. He was a most substantial citizen of Cleveland, honest, upright, a leading member of the Second Presbyterian Church, and always to be found on the right side of every worthy movement in its support or encouragement.

The establishment of the Society of Savings alone was a most valuable event to the community, assuring safety for the small savings of the poor, and enabling the business man or others in temporary need of money to borrow it upon real-estate security at reasonable rates. From a small venture housed in a frame building, it occupies a many-storied and imposing structure on the site of the Giddings-Crittenden dwelling on the Public Square.

The marriage of Samuel Holmes Mather to Miss Gregory in 1842 united two famous lines of American ancestry. He was a descendant of the Rev. Richard Mather, and related to the celebrated Increase and Cotton Mather. His bride was the daughter of Dr. W. M. Gregory of Albany, N. Y., and her mother was Lucretia-Ely-Gregory, member of the famous Massachusetts family of that name.

Mr. Mather was a cousin of Silas, Henry and Joseph Brainard, pioneer settlers of the city.

The home of Mr. and Mrs. Mather in the latter years of their life was a stone structure on the north side of Prospect street, east of Sterling ave. Here, probably, was planted the first Boston ivy known to this locality. As it grew year after year its tendrils rapidly extending farther and yet farther, covering, at length, the entire facade of the house, the new and beautiful vine was watched and admired by the public, and the Mather residence became an interesting landmark of the city.

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The children of Samuel H. and Emily G. Mather:

Frederic Gregory Mather, b. 1844, m. 1st, Cornelia Alcott; 2nd, Alice Yager.

Ellen Augusta Mather, b. 1847; m. Richard H. Mather of Amherst College.

Mr. S. H. Mather died in 1894, and Mrs. Mather in 1900. They rest in Lake View cemetery.

There are no representatives of the family now living in the city.

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The following wedding notice appeared in the Cleveland Herald, January, 1841:

"Married by Rev. S. C. Aiken, Dr. Benjamin Strickland and Miss Hannah Walworth."

"The editor received a remembrance with above notice. Joy and prosperity attend the couple."

The groom came to this city from Vermont in 1835. He was then 25 years old, and opened a dentist office on Superior street in a frame house standing near the present site of Marshall's drug store, and after his marriage he occupied this house also as a residence.

Mrs. Strickland was the youngest child of John and Juliana Morgan Walworth, the Cleveland pioneers. She was born 22 years after her brother Ashbel Walworth, and the year her sister, Mrs. Dr. Long, was married. Her father died when she was an infant, and her mother, four years later, married William Keyes, and lived on the north side of Euclid ave., not far from the Public Square.

The Stricklands removed their residence to one that was built on the Walworth farm on Broadway near the old market house, the doctor retaining his downtown office. Eventually, they again united the two in a handsome brick dwelling three stories high, set close to the sidewalk. It occupied the site of her mother's last home on Euclid ave.

Dr. Strickland was a tall, reticent man, with singularly austere bearing and cold manners, all of which may have belied his real nature. He was prosperous, and his dentistry practice in Cleveland extended over 50 years.

George Marshal, who was a near neighbor of the Stricklands for many years, and a warm friend as well, once gave a delightful pen picture of the couple. He wrote

"Although they were well mated, they were somewhat dissimilar in disposition. He was staid, retiring, isolated. She was outspoken, companionable, cheerful, and happy, in her daily walk and conversation. Her

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extreme vivacity, overflowing spirits and youthful manner would lead one to fall far short in guessing at her age. It is safe to say that this good woman maintained all the elements of youth during her entire life, and at no time would the term `old' become appropriate to her.

"During the civil war, her only child, a son, enlisted in the navy without the knowledge or consent of his parents. The anxiety as to the whereabouts of the lad and distress over his possible fate was more than the mother could bear. Hosts of friends called upon her to express their sympathy for her in her trouble." One of them, however, was truly a `Job's comforter' of the feminine sex. Said she

`I fear that this trial has been imposed upon you in order that you may be humbled for the worldliness you have exhibited in building, furnishing, and adorning your earthly abode so elegantly.'

Mrs. Strickland replied:

`For mercy's sake ! If this is all the consolation you can bring me in this hour of trouble and sorrow, I wish you would leave my house at once.' "

This only son of the Stricklands was very little comfort to them in their old age through spells of mental unbalance. He died some time before his parents passed away. The latter event transpired for both in the same year-1889.

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Alexander Sacket, for long years one of the most prominent merchants in town, had his first glimpse of Cleveland in 1835-the year he became of age.

He was the son of Augustus Sacket of Sacket's Harbor, N. Y. He had received a liberal education, and, though young, considerable mercantile training as well, therefore, well able to cope with the difficulties and obstacles inevitable in his new business enterprise.

His first employment was with Peter Weddell on the corner of Superior and Bank streets, the site of the Rockefeller building. But it was not long before he branched out for himself and started a dry-goods store just west of his employer on the site of the Johnson House, and now also covered by the big sky-scraper. In this enterprise he was aided and advised by Peter Weddell, who delighted in the kindly help and encouragement of the young in their first start in business life.

Alexander Sacket married Miss Hannah Johnson, born in the city and one year his junior. She was the daughter of the pioneer, Capt. Levi Johnson.

She remained ever a quiet, domestic woman, caring little for events that did not include her husband and household of seven children. The family lived at 37 Ontario street, as early as 1837, and later removed to the south side of Euclid ave., near what is now East 67th street. The

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homestead was roomy, and well adapted for the happiness of a family of young people, and was surrounded by spacious grounds.

Eventually, Mr. Sacket changed his business to the river front, where his warehouse long remained a landmark in that locality. And upon retiring from this, he gave his remaining years to real-estate transactions, in which his son-in-law, Mr. V. C. Taylor, was, and yet remains, a prominent and popular dealer.

The children of Alexander and Harriet Johnson Sacket

Margaret Sacket, married Virgil C.. Tayler, son of Hector and Polly Carter Tayler.,

Harriet Sacket, m. Henry Rumbaugh of North Carolina.

Mary Sacket, m. Charles Brown of Buffalo, N. Y.

Levi Sacket, m. Rose Barcley, dau of Dr. J. T. and Hannah Barcley.

Ellen Sacket, m. Dr. H. H. Baxter a practicing physician of the city.

The only son of the family to reach manhood became an active business man in the community. He died in the prime of life.

Alexander Sacket died in 1884, and Mrs. Sacket in 1897. The cemetery lot of the family is in Lake View.

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Rev. Vernon Dyke Taylor, a Presbyterian clergyman about 36 years old, came to Cleveland from Connecticut in 1835, and took charge of the Bethel-a chapel for seamen. He was an earnest worker wherever stationed. His previous church had been in a constant revival during the seven years he had been its pastor.

He was the son of Amos Taylor, and born in Hinesburg, Vermont. Two or more of his uncles are said to have perished as prisoners in the famous Sugar House near New York City during the revolutionary war.

Rev. Mr. Taylor_ was married in Vermont to Miss Charlotte Hall Curtis, who died in Connecticut in 1830, leaving three children. He married, 2nd, Catherine Maria Woodruff, of a well-known Connecticut family, who accompanied her husband to Cleveland. She died two years after her arrival aged 27 years, leaving two young children.

The family of little ones attended school, and were very much taken with their teacher, a Miss Susan Judd, daughter of William and Sarah Root Judd. Her parents removed from Northampton, Mass., to a town south of and near Cleveland. Miss Judd was a graduate of Williston Ladies' Academy of her native city, and with her family passed through Cleveland on their way to their new home. She remained here

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and taught in a private school. It was before the days of the public school system.

The premature death of Mrs. Catherine Woodruff Taylor, leaving a household of children with no relative in the city to assist the father in caring for them, appealed to Miss Judd's tenderest sympathies, and at the urgent solicitation of Mr. Taylor she married him and became a beloved step-mother to the family, one whose memory was revered by them.

Rev. V. D. Taylor built a home on Erie street the year he came to Cleveland. It was diagonally across from the entrance to Erie street cemetery, and numbered "273." An alley separates it from what was once a Methodist church. Here Mr. Taylor and both his wives died. Here his daughters were married, and it remains in the possession of his youngest and only living child, Mrs. H. P. Welton of Fort Wayne, Ind., who returns to Cleveland nearly every summer on a brief visit.

Mr. Taylor and his wives Catherine and Maria Taylor are buried in Erie street cemetery at the left of the main drive not far from the main entrance.

The children of Rev. V. D. and Charlotte Curtiss Taylor:

Cornelius Hector Taylor, m. Julia Edwards of Southampton, Mass.

Ella Eliza Taylor, m. Rev. J. H. Scott.

Mary Louise Taylor, m. Amasa Strong of Geauga Co.

The children of Rev. V. D. and Catherine Wadsworth Taylor:

Timothy Dwight Taylor, removed and died in Illinois.

Edward Payson Taylor, m. Augusta Eno of St. Louis, Mo.

Children of Rev. V. D. and Susan Judd Taylor:

William Henry Taylor, D. S. P.

Charlotte Elisabeth Taylor, m. Rev. H. P. Welton, a Baptist clergyman, who is a teacher and lecturer in a Bible Institute in Fort Wayne, Ind.

Cornelius H. Taylor graduated from Western Reserve University in the class of 1846 or '47. He was twice offered the presidency of that institution in after years. His first pastorate was Huron, O., where he remained for a long period, and where he was much beloved. At the time of his death in 1875 he was pastor of the Third Presbyterian Church of Cincinnati. His classmate in college also a Presbyterian minister married Ella Eliza Taylor, his sister. Another classmate, Mr. Bushnell, accepted as his first charge the pastorate of a Presbyterian church in Sandusky so as to be near his friend in Huron.

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Morgan Lewis Schermerhorn was only one of hundreds of other New York children of his generation who were named for a distinguished and favorite son of that state. He was born in 1806, and his parents were Cornelius and Catharine Van Rensselaer Schermerhorn of Albany, both of Knickerbocker lineage. His mother was a sister of Gen. Solomon Van Rensselaer of the War of 1812.

M. L. Schermerhorn was considered an unusually attractive man, handsome and debonair. An old lady who as a child visited relatives in Cleveland in the winter of 1835, says that Mr. Schermerhorn and his brother-in-law, Judah Colt, figured prominently in the social life of the town.

Chess was much in vogue, that winter, and as Mr. Schermerhorn and Mr. Colt were experts in the game, they were constantly in demand at evening entertainments. Mr. Colt also had the advantage of being a fine looking, gay young bachelor, fresh from the more stirring social life of the east, and fertile in suggestions for additional fun and frolic.

Mr. Schermerhorn was a lawyer, but appears to have practiced his profession seldom, using his knowledge of law to further the various interests in which he was engaged. After his sojourn in Cleveland, he returned to Albany, about 1840, and for many years was in the government service.

In 1825 he had married Elisabeth Colt, member of a well-known family of New York, a high-bred, accomplished woman. She died at the birth of her youngest child.

The children of M. L. and Elisabeth Schermerhorn:

Matilda Schermerhorn, b. 1826; m. Edward Baker, and resided in England.

Judah Colt Schermerhorn, b. 1834; m. Frances H. Clark.

Charles Schermerhorn, a well-known Baltimore merchant; b. 1848; m. Charlesto Applegarth.

John C. Schermerhorn, b. 1850; m. Caroline Hognic ; removed to Texas.

Judah Colt Schermerhorn, who had lived in Cleveland during his early childhood days, became a civil engineer, and his business eventually called him back to this city where he lived for some years on Ontario street.

He died suddenly while on a trip to Texas. Meanwhile, his wife, Mrs. Frances Schermerhorn, an exceptionally lovely woman, had died, leaving a family of little children bereft of a mother's tenderness and sympathetic care, and Mr. Schermerhorn married again. His second wife was the late Mrs. Dennis.

Two children of Judah Colt Schermerhorn have been residents of Cleveland since childhood-Charles R. Schermerhorn, and Mrs. Mary S. Paddock.

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For 50 years John Shelley was warden or vestryman of Old Trinity Church, and in all those years he was in weekly attendance upon its sacred services, save when ill or out of town. One of the duties of a church vestryman is to seat "the stranger within the gates," and many are they whose earliest recollection of Sabbaths in Trinity is that of John Shelley's figure, straight and sturdy, ushering visitors up the main aisle to comfortable pews, or, as warden, contribution plate in hand, moving slowly down it to the soft sound of clinking coin and to the beautiful strains of an offertory being played or sung. Probably no one is yet living whom he first seated or to whom he passed the plate in the little church on Seneca street.

John Shelley was 20 years when in 1835 he came from England to the village of Cleveland, then numbering but 2000 souls. He had started from home with a business project in view, which local conditions, at that time, made impractical. The next step was to look about and determine what was most in demand in the little town and least supplied. It proved to be gentlemen's clothes. Therefore, Mr. Shelley opened a custom-made tailoring establishment, at number 15 Superior street, advertised the fact at once in the local newspapers, and saw that the same had a conspicuous place in the first city directory of 1837. But he was too shrewd a business man to continue in an occupation of slow return when fortunes were being made in land allotments. So he put his own hand to the real-estate wheel and sent it spinning to profitable ends. He built a fine stone house in the most beautiful part of Prospect, near Perry. Trinity Cathedral now overshadows it. There were more prominent business men probably living within two blocks of that corner of Prospect street than in any other neighborhood of the city. For years before his death Col. William Edwards was the sole survivor of that group of men, and his widow pluckily remains in her attractive home, unmoved by the allurements of what, at present, are more fashionable districts.

Mr. Shelley died in 1889, following an illness of three months. It is said that, next to family and church, he was devoted to his friends. In times of pleasure or pain, sorrow or rejoicing, they were sure of his ready sympathy and aid. Therefore, upon the day of his funeral, scores of gray-haired men and women crowded the ample parlors of his home to pay their last testimony of respect and affection.

Mrs. John Shelley married in 1839, Clarinda Russell, daughter of Alanson and Nancy Caulkins Russell, early residents of Cleveland. We quote from one who knew her well:

"There were few like her. A sweeter, purer woman never livedalways busy on her Master's service, always thoughtful of others, and lovingly doing for them."

She was a devoted member and worker in Trinity Church nearly all her life; one of the original members of Lakeside Hospital, of the Church Home-for aged women-and one of the originators of the Diet Dispensary-now defunct-which, for long years, was the most beautiful and practical charity the city has ever known. In hundreds of cases, weeks or months of suffering among the sick poor were alleviated and made endurable by daily gifts of delicious beef tea, fresh eggs, milk, etc., and,

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above all, by personal sympathy from the members of that organization. That funds could not be secured for its further continuance was a reflection upon those who withheld their dimes, rather than those who declined longer to give their dollars.

Mrs. Shelley did in 1877. There was but one child in the family:

Mary Shelley, m. Edmund Pechin.

From girlhood to middle age Mary Shelley Pechin was a prominent society woman. She was closely identified with all Trinity church activities, and an ardent supporter of the Diet Dispensary, which her mother had helped to found. She is a Colonial Dame, and a Daughter of the American Revolution. For several years she has been living in Buchanan, Virginia.

1836

CLEVELAND A CITY

POPULATION ABOUT 6000

FIRST MUNICIPAL OFFICER. ELECTED

Mayor, John W. Willey.

Attorney, H. B. Payne.

President of Council, Sherlock J. Andrews.

Treasurer, Daniel Worley.

Street Commissioner, Benjamin Rouse

Aldermen, Richard Hilliard, Joshua. Mills, Nicholas Dockstader.

Marshal, George Kirk.

Councilmen, Morris Hepburn, John R. St. John, Aaron Stickland, Horace Canfield, Archibald Smith.

Fire Chief, Samuel Cook.

Postmaster, Daniel Worley.

(Sketches of all the above men and their families will be found in this work.)

A year of great prosperity. From March 15 to November 28, 1901 steamships and vessels arrived in port.

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Mr. Benjamin Sears, who accompanied his parents from Delaware Co., N. Y., to Columbia township, Lorain Co., in 1836, and passed through Cleveland en route, is still living, in a peaceful and comfortable old age, although fully 12 years of age when he made that early western trip. His impressions of the town were very favorable. He says that Superior street was not then yet relinquished to trade ; that there were still many private residences, with their dooryards fenced in, on each side of the street from Water street to the Public Square.

Mr. Sears is the father of Mrs. O. W. Carpenter, 12434 Detroit street, city.

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William T. Smith was born in 1811, and when yet a lad he became a member of the family of the well-known Oren Sage, a shoe-maker of Rochester, N. Y., and thus learned a trade most valuable in those days. Mr. Sage had formerly lived in Ballston Spa, N. Y., and a close friendship existed between himself and the parents of William Smith.

They were John and Nancy Keysler Smith of Ballston Spa.

In 1835, W. T. Smith married Frances L. Smith, daughter of Elias and Prudence Crary Smith of Groton, Conn., who had removed to Rochester, N. Y. The young couple, though bearing the same name, were not previously related.

About the time of their marriage, John Seaman, who contemplated starting a shoe-store in Cleveland, persuaded Mr. Smith to join him in the venture. The firm of Seaman & Smith conducted a shoe-business on Superior street for half a century.

Deacon Smith was an earnest, devout member of the First Baptist church, and much venerated in the community. Long years before his death, his head was crowned by a luxuriant growth of silver hair, giving him a striking appearance. He had much sympathy for young people, and his gentle face usually beamed with human kindness.

Mrs. Smith was one of four young married women living in Rochester, N. Y., who had been girls together, very much attached to each other, and remained intimate friends all their lives, which were protracted until very old age. They were Mrs. W. T. Smith, Mrs. John Seaman, Mrs. Sylvester Ranney, and Mrs. Horace Ranney. They all helped in the formation of the First Baptist church, therefore charter members, and the bond of sympathy between them was strengthened in their efforts in behalf of that struggling little religious society.

Mrs. Smith was a tall, fine-looking woman, a great worker in her home as well as in her beloved church society. She taught in the Sabbath School from the time her family could spare her to do so until younger hands took up the responsibility her aged and feeble ones relinquished.

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In many ways she was a most remarkable woman. When about 78 years of age her eyesight was restored to her, and she never lost her hearing.

About this time she took a fancy to fine needle-work, and without any instruction began to do embroidery such as many a younger and more experienced woman would have been proud of. The writer had the rare pleasure of meeting this good woman, and listening to the tales of her childhood, her enthusiasm over her girlhood friends, she could scarcely praise them enough, of her early life in the city, the growth of her beloved church.

The oil portrait of a lovely woman hung in her sitting-room, and upon inquiry, she explained that it was that of an aunt, the daughter of a clergyman, and who was very dear to her in years gone by. This aunt must have had much to do with her mental and spiritual training, for she told two incidents when she had received gentle rebukes from her, in the days of youth and thoughtlessness.

They were both visiting an eccentric relative, when Mrs. Smith made a remark of criticism or ridicule. "I never discuss my hostess Frances," was the reply. Another time, Mrs. Smith spoke to her of the dreadful looking hands of a relative, worn and ill-kept. "Oh! but think of what those hands have done!" she exclaimed. "Think what useful hands they have always been, what helping hands!"

The Smith home was for a few years at 63 Bank street, and afterward for 45 years it was Number 97 St. Clair street. Mr. Smith died in 1888. His wife lived into this century, dying in 1906, aged 92 years.

Prudence Smith, an unmarried sister of Mrs. Frances Smith, and who was probably visiting or making her home in Cleveland, at the time, died in 1843, and was buried in Erie street cemetery.

Children of William T. and Frances Smith:

Henry A. Smith, m. Lydia Dwight of Chicago.

Albert B. Smith, m. Elisabeth Lewis; lived in Bellevue, O.

George E. Smith, m. Claribel Albro of Cincinnati.

Franklin Smith, twin, m. Louise More of Meringo Park, Ill.

Frances Smith, twin, m. Louise Sherwin of Sherwin & Williams.

Charles A. Smith, m. Harriet Goldbraith.

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Col. John Younglove, who led his regiment on the battlefields of the American Revolution, had many grandchildren, but none of them could have upheld to a greater degree the family name, or more justified family pride than did his grandson, Moses Cowan Younglove, who at the age of 25, sought a newer field than his native town, Union Village, N. Y., and one offering wider opportunities for business success.

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His father, Moses Younglove, Sr., died in 1811, a month before this only son was born, and from the age of four or five years, a step-father had helped attend to the latter's physical and spiritual needs.

Moses C. Younglove had no capital to invest when he reached Cleveland. His only resources were an alert mind, able to recognize Opportunity when he met it, common-sense, and willing hands. He found employment in a small book-store on the north side of Superior street, and, within a year, it is claimed, had purchased a share in the business, and such was the faith in the young man's honesty that his note was accepted without security or payment.

The firm was now "Wetmore and Younglove." The partner was Edward Wetmore, a fine young man, who, within a few years, sold out his own share of the business to Younglove and removed to a suburb of Cincinnati.

In the Cleveland Directory of 1845 we find the following:

"Younglove, M. C.-book and stationery store, book and job printing, and book-binding, 46 Superior street."

This stand was under the American House. Seven years elapse, and with John Hoyt he has started a paper mill at 137 Broadway, the first one in the city. Meanwhile, five of his half-brothers had come on from New York state to join his fortunes, and three of them, Brutus J., Caius C., and Junius B. Cobb, had taken charge of, or purchased the bookstore.

Other pioneer enterprises were started by Mr. Younglove, and these, in connection with real-estate deals, made him a very rich man. He owned a lot on the Public Square, part of the Horace Perry estate, now occupied by the Park Building, and 10 lots on Euclid, from the corner of Willson Ave., East 55th, to the residence of Samuel Kimball. The Penna. R. R. station and tracks cover the one nearest E. 55th street. These were but a part of his real-estate holdings.

He died in Los Angeles, Cal., at the age of 81, having lived 56 of those years in Cleveland.

The wife of Moses Younglove was Maria Day, daughter of John and Maria Powers Day. Her father was a Cleveland merchant. (See Day sketch.) She was born in the Catskills in 1823, and was but 16 years of age when she married Mr. Younglove.

She was a gentle, refined lady, of much mental poise. One of her sisters married the Rev. Samuel Aikin of the Old Stone church.

The family residence was first on Lake street, and the last one on Euclid, corner of Handy, E. 19th street. Mrs. Younglove died at the age of 61, and was laid to rest in Lake View cemetery.

The children of Moses and Maria Day Younglove:

Caroline Younglove, b. 1842; m. Willard Abbott.

Albert Younglove, died in Alexandria, aged 26.

Cornelia Younglove, m. Edmund B. Meriam. She died 1891.

Gertrude Youn glove, m. Caleb E. Gowen. She died in 1884.

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Caroline Younglove Abbott, or "Carrie," as she was known to hosts of friends, had a life that encompassed 60 years of vicissitudes. She was interested in and a worker in several benevolent and church societies. She was an active member of the Cleveland Sanitary Commission during the civil war, and one of the vice-presidents of the Woman's Department, Cleveland Centennial Commission of 1896. The sad news of her death in Rome, far from home and friends, cast a shadow over many a Cleveland household.

Of her children, seven in number, only three lived to maturity. They are:

Frank Abbott, m. Mary Root.

Caroline Abbott, m. Homer E. Keyes.

Gardner Abbott, m. Lois Allen.

Cornelia Younglove Meriam had two children:

Marie Y. Meriam, m. Charles Ingersoll.

Albert Y. Meriam, unmarried.

Caleb and Gertrude Younglove Gowan had a son Albert Y. Gowan, who m. Margaret Smith.

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Mr. Thomas Wright Morse of Greenwich, Conn., was 28 years of age when he came to Cleveland in 1836. His wife was Sarah Malvina Paff of Hemstead, Long Island.

With Benjamin Dodge, he started a clothing store in the Exchange Building at the foot of Superior street, afterward the Atwater Block, under the firm name of Morse & Dodge.

Mr. and Mrs. Morse boarded with Mrs. Benjamin Rowland, on Lake street for a year or two after their arrival. Them Mr. Morse built a large brick house on the east side of Erie street, the third one from Euclid. He lived there for a number of years, then built on Euclid Ave., just west of where the Hickox building stands, and, finally, had a beautiful home on the lake shore in Glenville.

Mr. and Mrs. Morse were a very warm-hearted couple, evidenced by many acts of kindness. While boarding with the widow Rowland, who came from Bordertown, N. J., they became interested in her and her children. And after she gave up keeping boarders, she made her home with the Morse family until her death. The children of it were much attached to her. She had a son who kept a book-store, and a daughter,

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Jane Rowland, who, it is said, never married. She taught school for some years.

The Morse family was one of the instances, in those days so common, where consumption seized upon a household and took from it every member.

The children of Thomas W. and Mrs. Morse:

Theodore Morse, m. Susan Holder of Berlin, Worcester Co., Mass.

Virginia Morse, m. Ogden Crittenden. She died in Cleveland, about 25 years of age..

Josephine Morse, m. Allen O'Brien.

Charles Morse, m. a New York lady.

Fanny Morse, m. Ogden Crittenden. Her sister's widower.

George Morse. Died 16 years of age

George was the first to die of consumption, and he, and sister Virginia Morse Crittenden, were laid away in Erie street cemetery. Charles and Fanny removed to New York, and died there comparatively young. Mr. and Mrs. Morse joined them in New York, and passed away to the other life from that city.

The only remaining member of the family and living in Cleveland, is Susan H. Morse, widow of Theodore, an intelligent lady of advanced years, who, with her sister, equally interesting, is making her home at 13535 Euclid Ave.

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WILSON

Hon. Hiram A. Wilson was born in Madison Co., N. Y., in 1808, and read law with Francis S. Key of Washington, D. C. He came to Cleveland in 1834, and was the law-partner of an intimate friend, H. B. Payne. He is described as a very fine-looking man, tall, with dark hair and eyes. He died of consumption in 1866.

He was a Judge of U. S. court, and for long years at the head of the legal fraternity of the city. He married Martha Smythe, widow of Mr. Ten Eyke of Detroit. They boarded at first with Mrs. Wilson's sister, Mrs. Jane Merwin. Afterward, they lived on the west side of Bank street, near the Weddell House, and finally on Willson Ave., named for the family, and now E. 55th street. Judge Wilson purchased 100 acres of land on the east side of it and built a large brick house on this property near Euclid Ave.

Mrs. Wilson was short of stature, plump, and considered very pretty. She filled a prominent place in the social life of the city, as did her sis. ters, Mrs. C. M. Giddings, and Mrs. Noble Merwin.

There were but two children in the family, Jennie Wilson, who died of consumption, and Mary Wilson, who married W. S. Chamberlain. The latter had a daughter, Jennie Chamberlain, who was a beauty of international fame. She visited England and became a favorite in court circles, and eventually married into the English nobility.

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In 1836 Sheldon Pease, a Cleveland vessel-owner, had a small steamer called the "Robert Fulton" plying in the summer between Buffalo and Cleveland. On this boat William Bingham, a mere stripling of 20 years, took passage in the last stage of his long journey from Andover, New Hampshire, and from its deck caught his first glimpse of this city just incorporated, and with a population of less than 5000.

When, in 1904, Mr. Bingham closed his eyes in his last sleep, the population was over 400,000. In 1836 the eastern line of the town was East 14th street, with scarcely half a dozen houses beyond East 9th. In 1904 the city stretched eastward five miles from that point, with one continuous line of beautiful homes, lofty apartment houses, and innumerable places of business. Few Cleveland pioneers lived to experience such changes, and Mr. Bingham was duly appreciative of the fact. He took much pride in the city of his young manhood and of his very old age, and loved well to dwell upon its wonderful prosperity.

William, Edward, Caroline and Joel Bingham were the children of Cyrus and Abigail Foote Bingham, and were born in Andover, N. H. They all became residents of this place at an early day.

Their ancestor, Thomas Bingham, was one of the founders of Saybrook, in 1660, and their grandparents were Stephen and Sarah Long Bingham of Lebanon, Conn.

Flavel Bingham, a cousin of William Bingham, was well established in this city at the year William graduated from Yale, and persuaded the latter to join him here and seek his fortune in the fast growing town.

His first occupation was with George Worthington as clerk in his hardware store, and two or three years later he purchased that of Clark and Murfey and thus founded the firm of William Bingham & Co., which is still in existence. He served the city of his adoption in many valuable ways, his presence on any board or committee establishing its prestige in the eyes of his fellow townsmen, through his reputation for unswerving honesty. His public services through his many years of citizenship seem to check off the various important measures undertaken by the city from that first year of its existence through all the intervening ones until the date of his death.

Mr. William Bingham's business interests covered a wide field of activities. Besides his wholesale and retail store, he was connected with banks, railroads, and other institutions of mart and commerce, either as director or share-holder.

He was the first president of the Union C , and a citizen member of the Loyal Legion.

Mr. Bingham married in 1842 Elisabeth Beardsley, daughter of David H. and Cassandra Hersh Beardsley. They began housekeeping in a small dwelling east of the home of the bride's father. It was 74 St. Clair street, between Ontario and Seneca streets.

Later they lived on Euclid ave, on a lot upon which, years afterward, Samuel Andrews erected a palatial residence. This property Mr. Bingham exchanged for one on the same street west of Sterling ave. where he died.

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The children of William and Cassandra Hersh Bingham:

Caroline Bingham, m. Charles Brayton.

Cassandra Bingham.

Charles W. Bingham, m. Mary Payne, daughter of H. B. and Mary Perry Payne.

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CLEVELAND

Dr. Benjamin F. Cleveland, brother of Daniel, and of Lucetta Cleveland Gaylord, came here about 1836, soon after his second marriage. His first wife was Maria Trumbull Goodwin. He married 1836 in Oswego, N. Y., Elisabeth Putman, 19 years of age, daughter of Aaron and Mary Greene Putman.

Their first child was born in Cleveland.

Dr. Benjamin F. Cleveland graduated from Hamilton College. For many years he was a practicing physician in Madison, N. Y., and a chemist. His name is not included in the list of physicians given in directory of 1837, and he may have been associated during his residence in Cleveland with his brother in the drug business. His home was at 91 Seneca street.

His daughter Mary Elisabeth Cleveland, b. 1828, in Madison, N. Y., married James Orson Seymour. She died in this city in 1857. Her children live in California.

Lucy Greene Cleveland, b. 1837, in Cleveland, married Eben H. Moore of New Haven, Conn.

Katherine Sloan Cleveland, b. 1843; married John Jackson Eddy, and resides in Boston, Mass.

Dr. Cleveland had seven children, but only those who were born, or married in this city, are noted above.

1836

KELLY

Moses Kelly, who was destined to be long a central figure in the city, came to town just in time to witness the panic of 1837, and whatever sanguine expectations he had cherished before starting west from his native town, must have "gone glimmering" as soon as his feet touched the city's only pavement, in front of the Commercial Bank of Lake Erie.

Mr. Kelly was a lawyer and he brought to Cleveland his legal lore which was his only capital, at a time when the numerous men of his profession were breaking ranks and fleeing before the storm. However, the situation resolved itself indeed into the "Survival of the fittest," and

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Moses Kelly remained to win an enviable footing on the bench and at the bar.

His parents were Daniel and Mary Roupe Kelly of Groveland, N. Y., and his grandfather was a soldier of the American Revolution. He was raised on a farm, graduated at Harvard College, and was 26 years old when he reached Cleveland and opened an office in the Hancock Block. He made his home at the Franklin House. Three years later he married Miss Jane Howe, the accomplished daughter of General Hezekiah and Sarah Townsend Howe of New Haven, Conn. Judge Kelly became a law partner of Thomas Bolton, one of the ablest men at the bar. The firm

"Bolton and Kelly" was well known all over northern Ohio. When the senior member of it retired it became "Kelly and Griswold." the latter, member of a distinguished Connecticut family, came to the city at a much later period.

Mrs. Kelly was an exemplary wife and mother. Her mind was well stored through years of constant reading. She was fond of literature and often wrote on various themes for her own pleasure and the gratification of her family, but resolutely declined to have them published.

The family were of the Protestant Episcopal faith, and Judge Kelly was one of the founders of St. Paul's church, and was one of its vestrymen during the years that it stood on the north-west corner of Euclid ave. and Sheriff street.

The first home of the family was on Lake street between Ontario and Bank streets, where it lived for some years, after which Judge Kelly removed to a fine residence on Euclid ave. Euclid Place, now East 69th street, was cut straight through the site of the Kelly homestead some years after his death, 1870.

Mrs. Kelly lived 82 years.

The children of Moses and Jane Howe Kelly:

Frank Howe Kelly, m. 1st, Florence Jewett; 2nd, Katherine Pettee. They reside in Willoughby, Ohio.

Jane Eliza Kelly, died unmarried.

George D. Kelly, m. Katherine Wick of Ashland, Ohio. He died 1891.

Margretta Sterling Kelly, lives in Willoughby, Ohio.

Clara Howe Kelly, m. Earl Wright of Ann Arbor, Mich.

The family lot is in Woodland cemetery.

Frank H. Kelly was judge of Cleveland Police court for some years. He was held in much esteem by members of the bar, many of them considering him superior-to any previous occupant of that position.

1836

DAY

William and John Day, of Catskill, N. Y., accompanied by their widowed mother, Lucy Day, arrived in this city in 1836. They belonged to the well-known New England family of that name, whose ancestor Robert

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Day came to Massachusetts in 1630, a family noted for its intelligence and patriotism. Many of its members fought for their country in the war of the American Revolution, and many more have given civil services equally as valuable. When they arrived, the Day family found relatives long established in the village, from whom they received a warm welcome. The brother started a dry-goods store on Superior street, but William soon withdrew his interest in it.

He had been educated for the ministry, and before coming west had officiated as pastor of an eastern church. But throat trouble obliged him to resign from his duties. After a few years' sojourn in Cleveland, he was again able to preach and had charge of the Bethel Church on Water street.

Before her marriage, Mrs. Day was Elizabeth Waldo Allen, a cousin of John W. Allen and Mrs. Sherlock Andrews. She was a finely educated and well-poised woman yet young in years, and assumed charge of a private school for young women. It was located on the west side of the Public Square about 60 feet north of Superior street.

Here were educated her own family of four little daughters, as well as scores of misses, the matrons of yesterday and today. The private schools of that period taught more than book knowledge. They strove effectually to mold character as well, and to fit young women for social and domestic life.

Beautiful needle-work, one of the accomplishments of that day, was taught in all its branches, and not to be able to sew properly was to concede a lack of education. Good manners were taught by precept, and, as the head of the school was a lady, by example also.

The daughters of William and Elisabeth Allen Day:

Mary Elizabeth Day..

Julia Sawtelle Day.

Ursula Allen Day

Lucy Waldo Day.

The youngest and only surviving daughter yet living in the city is an accomplished musician whose word carries weight in all things musical. Many friends are drawn to her for her mother's sake, and equally as many for her own.

Lucy Day, the mother of William and John Day, lies in Erie street cemetery. She died at an advanced age.

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FITCH

Grant Fitch, son of Zalmon and Betsey Mygatt Fitch, was born in Canfield, 0., 1809, and came to Cleveland when he was 27 years old. He married in Buffalo, N. Y., 1837, Mary C. Baldwin, daughter of James J. and Candace Beach Baldwin, and seventh generation from Joseph Baldwin of Milford, Conn. Her grandmother's father was a soldier of the Revolution. She was but 18 years of age when she accompanied her husband to Cleveland.

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Grant Fitch lived but three years afterward, dying in 1840. Some years after his death, his widow married George Williams, late partner of her husband.

The only child of Grant and Mary Baldwin Fitch was:

Mary Grant Fitch, married 1st, Carl G. Bratenahl, of Cleveland; 2nd, Edward G. Day of New York City.

Grant Fitch was a banker and broker, doing business with a relative, under the firm name of Williams & Fitch. His early death was deeply deplored by his family and friends. He was buried in Erie street cemetery.

1836

FOOTE

Jonathan Foote with his five sons, Jonathan, Fenner, David, Asabel, and Solomon, and his daughter Lovice removed from Colchester, Conn., to help found the town of Lee, Mass.

The first religious services in that town were held in a barn, and the hay mow served as a singers' gallery. The five sons of Jonathan Foote with their sister constituted the choir, and a poet and wit of the time wrote of it:

"David and Ase sang base,

Jonathan and Fenner sang tenor,

Vice and Sol beat them all."

Solomon became a physician, and in 1798 married Miss Betsey Crosset of Pelham, Mass. He died in Rutland, Vt., ten years afterward, leaving two young sons and a daughter. But they were left to an intelligent, Christian mother, who brought them safely through the ills incident to childhood, and the temptations that beset youth. The sons worked their way through college, the eldest, Solomon, helping his younger brother Jonathan. The former became a lawyer, a U. S. Senator, and a very wealthy man.

Jonathan Foote chose to follow the family profession, and studied medicine. 1836 found him established in a Cleveland practice. His office was at the corner of Public Square where Marshall's drug store is now situated. He was then about 32 years old, and had been living in Whitby, Ontario, for a few years. He married in 1835 Robina Dow, who was born in Scotland. She died in 1884.

The children of Jonathan and Robina Dow Foote:

William Dow Foote, b. 1836; m. Mary Francis Leggett.

Margaret E. Foote, m. Dr. Henry Warren.

Helen, and Mary Foote, unmarried

Henry S. Foote, m. Harriet E. Clark.

Mary E. Foote, m. B. McQuay

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In the month and the year that Cleveland was incorporated as a city, March, 1836, John Erwin, 28 years of age arrived in town and opened a law office with George A. Benedict at 31 Superior street.

He was the son of Capt. Samuel Erwin, U. S. A., and Rachel Heckman Erwin, and was born at Painted Post, N. Y. His grandfather was Col. Arthur Erwin of the Revolutionary army.

John Erwin graduated at Union College, Schenectady, then, having chosen the law for an occupation, looked about for the best or most convenient place in which to secure a legal education.

His choice of Canadagua, N. Y., probably colored his whole life, for it was there he met his future wife, Nancy Pease, who was temporarily residing with her uncle Hon. Gideon Granger of Canadagua and attending school.

She was the daughter of Judge Calvin Pease, a prominent citizen of Warren, Ohio, and well-known all over Northern Ohio. Her mother was Laura Grant Risley Pease.

Three months after settling in Cleveland, Mr. Erwin set out for Warren. There was a typical June wedding, and he returned with his lovely bride and set up housekeeping on Lake street between Ontario and East 3rd. Directly opposite lived Charles Pease, Mrs. Erwin's brother.

In the course of time John Erwin bought a lot on the north side of the Public Square between the residences of Charles M. Giddings and Hon. John W. Allen. The Society for Savings stands on the Giddings site, and the Chamber of Commerce on that of the Allen's.

On the east half of this lot he built himself a home. James F. Clark had previously erected a fine residence on the western half.

Like many other professional men of that day, Mr. Erwin, realizing the future greatness of the city and the consequent increase in value of its real estate, added to his practice of law that of land agency. He assisted in the promotion of the residential district of Kinsman Road, now Woodland Ave., having bought a tract of land of seventy acres fronting on this street and extending back to Broadway.

To this locality he moved with his large family of children in the year 1850. That part of the property touching Broadway is now occupied by the Standard Oil Company.

Mr. Erwin died in 1888, having outlived his wife Nancy Pease Erwin nearly 20 years.

The children were :

Calvin Pease Erwin, died at 17 years of age .

Cornelia Erwin, m. Dr. William H. Beaumont.

Laura Grant Erwin, m. Charles Pease..

Lillian Heckman Erwin, died unmarried, 40 years of age.

Arthur John Erwin.

Florence Heckman Erwin, m. Henry L. Page.

Mary Pease Erwin, m. Cyrus E. Johnston.

Kate Granger Erwin, m. James McCrea

Leonora de Orco Erwin, m. Capt. Henry H. Wright, U. S. A.

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Rodney Gale, born 1811 in Petersham, Mass., narrowly escaped a title of nobility preceding his name. One of his parents, which one is not stated, had been reading the life of Sir John Rodney, and so impressed by that character of history and romance as to wish the little son who came into the household about that time named for that hero. But the choice was not unanimous, and finally the father declared, "We'll split the difference and call him plain 'Rodney."'

The parents were Daniel and Elisabeth Holland Gale. They had other children who remained east. Their daughters attended a young ladies' seminary and there met Miss Marion Williams, daughter of Thomas and Nancy Hanks Williams, who was also a pupil of the school. A warm friendship between the young girls resulted, and when the brother met Miss Williams he soon felt for her a much stronger feeling than contented his sister.

He came on to Cleveland in search of fortune, but before finding it to any great extent, he returned east and claimed his bride.

Their first home was on Frankfort street. Afterward, Mr. Gale bought on Lake street corner of Bond, East 6th. The lot extended north to the lake. The family occupied this home for 60 years.

Rodney Gale was a man of strong literary tastes, and associated with men who also loved books and the retired corner of a library. He belonged to the Young Men's Literary Association, and was later a member of the "Ark," consequently, after the death of Leonard Case its founder, he was a trustee to whom was entrusted its property and tradition.

Rodney and Marion Williams Gale had two children:

Mary Hoyt Gale.

George Rodney Gale, m. Helen Richardson of Boston.

They were educated in the Cleveland Public schools. Mary was a popular teacher for many years, appreciated and valued by friends and pupils.

Mrs. Gale died at the age of 39, and Rodney Gale married secondly, Charlotte Williams, his wife's sister.

The children by this marriage were:

Charles Gale, m. Bertha Deckert of Philadelphia, Pa.

Carrie Gale, m. Oscar Chapin.

1836

CROSS

David W. Cross, a lawyer, but best known as a business man, lived in this city for fifty-five years.

He was identified with the Western Reserve Historical Society, the Kirtland Society of Natural History, and was one of the founders of the Shooting Club that purchased one thousand acres of land neap Sandusky

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Bay, and also an original member of the "Ark." He was a silent factor in several charities.

He was connected with the developing of coal land, and was a partner with Oliver H. Perry and H. B. Payne in opening up one hundred and fifty acres of coal in Mahoning county.

Mr. Cross is said to have been a man of strong character, pleasing personality, and sterling worth.

Mrs. Cross-Lorain Pool Lee, of East Bloomfield, N. Y. was a daughter of Major Seth and Sally Lee. She came to Cleveland in 1836 on a visit to Mrs. Thomas Bolton, who was then living on the north side of Euclid Ave. near Muirson, afterward the residence of George Gardner.

While in the city Miss Lee met David W. Cross, who was a student at law with Mr. Bolton. They were married and began housekeeping in a cottage nearly opposite the Boltons, and afterward built and occupied an elegant home on the same site.

Mrs. Cross was a bright, capable woman, and possessed a vigorous mind. In later life her physique changed, and from a slender woman she became stout.

She lived on Euclid Ave. until her death in 1875, some years previous to that of her husband who died in 1891.

The only child of this family was

Henry Cross, who married Stella W. Wood of Peninsula, O.

1836

HARRINGTON

Benjamin and Mrs. Harrington for many years host and hostess of the Franklin House, 25 Superior street, succeeded the Scovils when the latter gave up the house and removed to Kinsman street and private life. The Harringtons were immensely popular with guests and friends. Stories of Mrs. Harrington's kindness to strangers who were ill or out of funds have been handed down as instances of her warm heart and sympathetic nature.

They were both Vermonters. Mr. Harrington was born in Shelburn of that state in 1806. He was the son of Capt. Benjamin Harrington who followed the seas for many years and afterward settled down as a merchant in Shelburn. Mrs. Harrington was Miss Chloe Prentiss, daughter of Samuel Prentiss of Rutland, Vt.

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Harrington, Jr., were married in 1832. They went to live in Canada, at first, but within three years had found their way to Cleveland, and here spent the rest of their lives, about 40 years. Mr. Harrington was postmaster of Cleveland from 1858 to 1860. He

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was a man of kindly impulses, and generous-hearted. For many years he was a vestryman of Old Trinity, and his wife was an active and loyal member of that church society. After leaving the Franklin House, the family lived on the north-west corner of St. Clair and Seneca streets.

Mrs. Harrington's sister, Joanna B. Prentiss, who was many years younger than herself, lived with the Harringtons. They were childless and the sweet-faced, stately maiden was the idol of their hearts.

Mr. Harrington was one of those early residents who foresaw the wonderful growth of the city and wisely invested in real estate. He built business blocks and realized a moderate fortune. His wife died in 1873, and his own death occurred five years later. He left all he possessed to Joanna Prentiss, his adopted daughter, and she, in turn, passed it on, in 1883, to Mr. Harrington's nephew who for many years kept a livery stable. May Harrington, daughter of this nephew, was the first wife of Dan R. Hanna. She had three sons.

The Harrington family rest in Erie street cemetery.

1836

HITCHCOCK

James Kent Hitchcock, 23 years of age, was one of the young lawyers who started to practice their profession immediately after acquiring it. He was a member of the firm of Randall and Hitchcock, which seemed to do a successful business.

Mr. Hitchcock was a son of Samuel and Mary Adams Hitchcock of Sandy Hill, N. Y., and a direct descendant of Luke Hitchcock, an American ancestor of 1644.

His father and mother were living in Warren, O., as early as 1824, and he may have come to Cleveland from that town. In 1841 he married Mary A. Kellogg of Utica, N. Y., and twelve years later their residence was 39 Euclid Ave. Some time previous to 1860, they returned to Utica, N. Y.

The children of James K. and Mary Kellogg Hitchcock:

Mary Hitchcock, m. Edward H.Wardwell of Utica, N. Y.

Margaret Hitchcock, m. Henry Young of Newark, N. J.

Harriet Hitchcock, m. Edward H. Wardwell.

Samuel Miller Hitchcock, m. Caroline W. Hawkes in Cambridge, Mass

Mary Adams Hitchcock, a sister of James K., married in 1836 Julius Kelley of Kelley's Island.

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When young Robert Carran came to Cleveland in 1836 from the Isle of Man, he was accompanied by his two brothers, who went on to Michigan, settled near Detroit, and died there years ago.

The father of these pioneer Manxmen was John Carran, and their mother was a member of the Skelton family. After her death John Carran came to this country and joined his sons in Michigan, where he spent the remaining years of his life.

Probably, there is no one living today who became residents of Cleveland in 1836, save Robert Carran himself, now aged 102 years.

The Early Settlers' Association delight in doing him honor, not merely for his great age, but because of the value his life has been to the city through all his long years of goodness, of usefulness and of patriotism.

Furthermore, his presence at the annual meetings of the association is undoubtedly an encouragement to many there who are bending under the burden of fourscore years or more. They look at the familiar form and face of Robert Carran, and say to themselves

"If I live as long as he, I have 15 or 20 years yet coming to me."

Robert Carran married Elisabeth Kneal, and, as will be seen below, four of the five sons she gave him served their country as soldiers of the civil war. All that kept Louis, the fifth boy, at home during that period of civic storm and stress was his age, too young to be an acceptable recruit.

Robert Carran, Jr., was attending Berea College when he received a letter and some pocket money from his oldest brother then at the front. Seized with patriotic fervor very prevalent and exceedingly contagious at the time, he ran away from school and joined the army. Another student and his particular chum accompanied him.

William Carran, the youngest of the four soldier boys, fell a victim to typhoid while his regiment was stationed in Tennessee.

John, the oldest brother, came back at the close of the conflict, wearing a captain's bars, and Thomas those of a first lieutenant.

The mother of these sons died, and Robert Carran, Sr., married 2nd, Miss Ann Quayle of a well known Newburgh family. She also passed away, and today Mr. Carran makes a home with one of his children in Lakewood.

Children of Robert and Elisabeth Kneal Carran:

Capt. John Carran, m. Emma Wilcox.

Lieut. Thomas J. Carran, m. Louise Proudfoot..

Robert Carran, Jr., m. Eva A. Lee of Virginia.

William Carran, died in Tennessee during civil war.

Lewis Carran, m. 1st, Mary Ryan; 2nd, Grace Cassidy

Charles Carran, m. Hattie Ritter.

Fanny Carran, m. Plina Robinson.

Nelson Carran, died unmarried.

Martha Carran, m. Robert Carr.

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John Bennet and his wife Charlotte Powell Bennet of England settled in Cleveland before 1837. The exact date has not been preserved. He was a ship chandler and his business place was on River street. The family lived at first on Water street, corner of Frankfort, and afterward on Summit street.

John Bennet bought the piano that Francis Harding brought to Cleveland from New York, and known as the first one owned in town. He purchased it for his wife, who was quite musical and for his two young lady daughters. Mrs. Bennet was noted in town for her unusual beauty. The daughters inherited their mother's good looks. Both had beautiful dark eyes, and dark auburn hair.

Mr. and Mrs. Bennet were buried in Erie street cemetery. The former died in 1870. His wife outlived him many years.

The children of John and Charlotte Powell Bennet:

John Bennet, Jr., m. Amanda Canfield

Sarah Bennet, m. William Fletcher.

Charlotte Bennet, m. Charles Marsh.

The son of John Bennet, Jr., is senior member of the firm of Bennet & Fish. His only sister is Mrs. F. A. Tamblyn of the city. Mrs. Henry Kendrick, daughter of Sarah Bennet Fletcher, resides in Chicago. Flora Marsh, daughter of Mrs. Charlotte Bennet Marsh, married Hilliard Powers. His only daughter is Mrs. Norman King of this city.

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BARTLETT

For half a century or more no men were better known in Cleveland and Cuyahoga Co. than the Bartletts, father and son. Both were county auditors or city clerks for long terms of years, and wardens of old Trinity Church.

Joseph Bartlett, born in 1795, was the son of Nicholas and Hannah Barker Bartlett. His wife was Lydia Boden Meek, the daughter of Captain Thomas Meek, who was a prisoner of war with Nicholas Bartlett during the Revolutionary war.

In 1837, Joseph Bartlett, then acting as Recorder, was living on Prospect street between Erie and Sheriff. He died in 1864.

Mrs. Bartlett outlived him 22 years, dying in 1886, aged 89 years. She lived with her son Nicholas, meanwhile, and was adored by her grandchildren. She took active part in all activities of Trinity church, and was one of its oldest members.

Nicholas Bartlett, son of Joseph B. and Lydia Bartlett, was born in 1822. He married Lucretia A. Brown, daughter of Benjamin Brown of New London, Conn. Her father died aged 28, when she was young, and her mother, Sarah Brown, died in Sandusky, O., in 1852.

Mrs. Nicholas Bartlett was very dignified, tall and slender, well read, and spiritually minded. She left Trinity church when Grace church was organized, and remained an active worker in the later until her death.

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The family lived on Superior corner of Muirson street, and afterward on Prospect street.

The children of Joseph Bartlett:

Nicholas Bartlett, married Lucretia A. Brown.

Benjamin Bartlett, married Mrs. Louise Mould, widow of Henry Mould.

Lydia Bartlett, married Robert Weaver.

Capt. Joseph Bartlett, married Persia V. Gray. He was an officer in the civil war.

Thomas Bartlett, married Georgia King. He was president of a crude old company that piped the first oil.

Mary Bartlett, married Henry Roeder.

1836

BACKUS

The educational advantages of the town were enhanced valuably this year, by the establishment of a classical school for lads preparing for college. The enthusiastic young master of it was fresh from Yale where he had just graduated at the age of 23 years. He was well fitted for the task, as his own education had been acquired through his own efforts, financially, and he had learned much of practical value outside his college life.

Franklin T. Backus was born in Lee, Massachusetts. His parents were Thomas and Rebecca Couch Backus. The father died leaving his widow and a large family of children with limited means of support. The family had previously moved to Lansing, N. Y. Young Backus worked on a farm, clerked in a store, and did anything else that opportunity offered. Meanwhile he was studying, and fitting himself for college. After entering Yale he spent his vacations in hard work, earning the tuition and other expenses that would enable him to return to New Haven and resume college life.

Upon coming to Cleveland, he entered the office of Bolton and Kelley, and all the time not required by his boys' school was devoted to the study of law. He was a successful teacher who was able to enthuse his pupils with a love of books, and an ambition to become good and useful men. The writer has heard old citizens of years past who attended the preparatory school speak of Mr. Backus in eulogistic terms.

He became a prominent lawyer of the city, and during the latter part of his life engaged in various business activities. He was one of the pioneer promoters of the oil trade, and died leaving considerable property. In 1842, he married Lucy Mygatt, daughter of George Mygatt, who became a resident of Cleveland after 1840. Mr. and Mrs. Backus left no family. A niece resided with them many years. She died recently. In 1892, Mrs. Backus gave $50,000 to the Law School of Western Reserve University, as a memorial to her husband.

The first home of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin T. Backus was for many years at 134 Lake street.

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In September, 1835, Francis Harding of New York City issued a small neat circular calling attention to his upholstery and window curtain establishment newly opened at No. 9 Leonard street close to Broadway. In this advertisement he states that he has had nine years' experience in his line of work in Europe, and for the past three years has been employed by the best known cabinet maker of the city. This business venture must have proved unsuccessful, for the following year he came with his wife and child to Cleveland, and opened a shop and store on Water street. This time he had a partner, William Milford, a prominent citizen of the town who had active business interests other than the Water street establishment. This partnership evidently did not continue many years, as the city directory of 1845 does not contain the firm of Milford and Harding.

Francis Harding was born in Brighton, England, and according to his New York circular, he immigrated to this country in 1832. In 1835 he married Sarah Philadelphia Barrett, and their first child was born in New York City. Mr. Harding was an inventor as well as an upholsterer. In February, 1837, he applied for two patents ; one for a machine for curling hair for mattresses; the other for cleaning and restoring feathers for beds and pillows. His applications contained the names of several leading citizens of the town, George Hoadley, Hiram V. Wilson, and Harvey Rice being among them. It was accompanied by a drawing of the model machine, finely executed by Jarvis Hanks, afterward a successful portrait painter.

The Harding family lived several years on Water street, West 9th, south-east corner of Frankfort. Mrs. Harding was born in London, England. She was very musical, and brought with her to Cleveland the first piano possessed in the town. Afterward it was sold to John Bennet who had a household of grown daughters. Both Mrs. Harding and Mrs. Bennet were sweet singers, and as they were near neighbors, they often sang together, accompanied by the piano. This beautiful music attracted much attention, and old citizens recall their wonder and admiration when as boys they hung over the Bennet gate or sat on the fence listening to the tinkle of the only piano in town, or to the vocal music that it ofen accompanied.

Mr. Harding moved with his family on to a farm at the corner of St. Clair and East Madison, East 79th street. The Rev. Mr. Varian, the once well known Episcopal rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd, afterward bought this property, which remained in the possession of his daughters many years. The firm of Milford and Harding dissolved and the latter took another partner, who proved a rascal, and managed to ruin Mr. Harding within the course of a few years.

Mr. and Mrs. Harding soon after died, leaving a family of children, the youngest of whom was but six years of age when the father passed away in 1851, and two years later the mother followed him to the Better Land. The only surviving member of the family is Mrs. Mary Harding DeWitt, of East 79th street.

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The children of Francis and Sarah Harding:

Francis B. Harding, b. 1836; m Sarah Coy. He died 1895.

Mary F. Harding, b. 1839; m. Peter J. DeWitt.

Thomas E. Harding, b. 1841; m. Mary Scott. He died 1905.

William R. Harding, b. 1843; m. Jemima More. He died 1908.

George C. Harding, b. 1846; m. Jenny Hunnewell ; died 1905.

1836

HERRICK

In 1815, Sylvester Pierce Herrick of Vernon, N. Y., married Maria Marcia Smith, daughter of Levi and Mary Olmstead Smith. Mr. Herrick was a country merchant doing a good business in a store on the public square of Vernon. He died in 1828, leaving two young sons and two daughters. Timothy H. Smead, a printer, married one of the latter and removed in 1836 to the West Side, Ohio City, where he edited and published the Ohio City Argus. The Smeads were joined here by Mrs. Herrick, her daughter Julia, and the two sons.

Mrs. Herrick contributed articles to the Argus, at the same time editing a small monthly, called the Mother's Magazine, a very creditable publication which lasted several years. Mrs. Herrick was an unusual woman for her day. Left a widow, she had raised her little family of children to honorable and useful maturity. She was born in 1798 on the Van Rensselaer Manor in New York, and having an admiration for that historical Knickerbocker family, she named her youngest son for it.

She lived in Cleveland for nearly 60 years, and died at the residence of R. R. Herrick in her 98th year. To the last she kept abreast of the times, reading the daily newspaper without glasses.

The children of Sylvester and Maria Herrick:

John Sylvester Herrick, m. Mary Comstock. He died 1887.

Mary Elisabeth Herrick, m. Timothy H. Smead; d. 1829.-

Julia Maria Herrick, m. William H. Van Tine; d. 1898.

Rensselaer Russell Herrick, m. Adelaide Cushman; 2nd, Mrs. Laura White Hunt, of Norwalk, Ohio.

In 1845 the Smeads and Herricks were all living together at 19 Ontario. street, John Herrick was then a printer, and Rensselaer R. a carpenter. The Smeads removed to 10 Cedar Ave., where they spent the remainder of their days, and where their daughter Mary still resides.

Mr. Smead is said to have been "a splendid craftsman, a man of much

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ability, and one of the best printers in the city." He was associated with the late Edwin Cowles as "Smead and Cowles."

Rensselaer Russell Herrick became a very successful business man and accumulated much property. He entered politics, and was mayor of the city from 1879 to 1883. After his marriage he settled on Prospect street, owning the entire block on the south side of it between Huntington and Cheshire. Upon this stood his residence, a handsome brick block of homes, and a frame terrace of four cottages. An illustration of the above can be found on page 67 of Orth's History of Cleveland.

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BRADBURN

Manufacturer, wholesale grocer, and distiller were successively the occupations of Charles Bradburn who came to Cleveland in 1836. He was born in Attlebury, Mass., in 1808, and was the son of a Massachusetts cotton manufacturer. He was a pioneer in the wholesale grocery business of the city, and built the first warehouse for that purpose only, at the foot of St. Clair street.

He took great interest in local educational matters. He served many terms as a member of the Board of Education. In the establishment of a High School he took prominent part, and fought long and hard the opposition its promoters encountered. His portrait in oil hangs in the Central High School building on Willson Ave.

His fine library, the collection of a lifetime, was destroyed in a fire which burned a fashionable boarding house in which, after his wife's death, Mr. Bradburn was located.

Mrs. Bradburn was a Miss Eliza-Stone, of Lowell, Mass. She was a very estimable woman, whose influence with her family was strong. Her husband and sons adored her, and her death proved a calamity which involved each of them in the same manner and degree. The Bradburns lived on Miami street, then on Woodland ave., corner of Brownell street, in a double brick house, the other half of which was occupied by Willard Burnham. The Bradburns afterward resided in a cream-colored, vine covered cottage on Euclid ave. adjoining the Ursuline Convent. Judge Griswald, later, built a substantial brick house on the site, and this, in turn, gave way for the Colonial Arcade buildings.

Mr. and Mrs. Bradburn had two sons, Charles and George Bradburn. The former married a fine woman and died leaving a little daughter, Ida Bradburn.

Charles Bradburn, Sr., died within a few days after his son's death, and George soon followed his father.

The family all repose in a vault in Erie street cemetery.

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Aaron and Submit Arnold Leland came to Newburgh from Vermont. Aaron had four brothers who were all in the hotel business, and his own sons eventually became noted as hotel owners and landlords all over the country, especially in New York and Chicago.

Mr. and Mrs. Leland were both large people, in mind and body. They were very generous and hospitable. Mrs. Leland had the best business head of the two. She was a splendid manager of affairs. Mr. Leland was a jolly, good-natured man, and both were fine dancers, and fond of that pleasure. Their sons Horace, George, Jerome, and Charles, married New York or Chicago ladies. Warren married Isabella Cobb, daughter of Ahira Cobb of Cleveland. She lost her life years afterward in a hotel fire. Clarissa married Col. Noble Wiggins. They lived in Springfield, Ill., where Col. Wiggins kept a large hotel for many years.

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BAUDER

Charles L. Bauder was an early furniture dealer of the city. He came here from Utica, N. Y., about 1836, and after a sojourn of a few years in this place he returned to Utica, but repenting of what may have seemed to him a retrograde, he once more made his home in Cleveland, where he remained until his death in 1876.

His parents were Ludwick and Catherine-Klock-Bauder, of St. Johnville, N. Y. His mother was a daughter of General Klock from whom Fort Klock derives its name.

Mr. Bauder's furniture store was on Water street and the family lived there until their return to Utica. Their second home was 31 Prospect street corner of Hickox, where Mr. Bauder bought a lot and erected a dwelling.

Mr. Bauder was 24 years old and his wife but 21 years when they came to Cleveland. She was Miss Hannah Northrop Eddy before her marriage to Mr. Bauder. She died in 1873. There were two brothers of Mr. Bauder residing in Cleveland in the '40s. The family burial lot was in Erie street cemetery.

The children of Charles and Hannah Bauder:

Emily Josephine Bauder, b. 1830; m. A. E. Hoon. She died in Kokoma, Ind.

Lucy A. Bauder, b. 1834; m. Charles M. Eldred of Elyria, O.

Viola M. Bauder, b. 1841; m. Albert N. H. Piper. She died 1882.

Olive J. Bauder, b. 1846; m. W. H. Polhamus, now an honored veteran of the civil war.

Eva. F. Bauder, m. Samuel Hunkin.

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Oliver Perry Baldwin became a resident of Cleveland in 1836. He pacticed law and edited a paper for two years, then removed to Virginia. He was widely known in the south as an editor and a senator. He was the son of Capt. Daniel Baldwin who lost a leg at the battle of the Brandywine.

O. P. Baldwin married Eliza Shefney of Virginia. He died in 1878.

While living in Cleveland he was noted as an eloquent speaker, and was a favorite orator on public occasions.

1836

TUCKER

The arrival of Rev. Levi Tucker in Cleveland followed immediately upon the completion and dedication of the First Baptist church, corner of Seneca and Champlain streets.

This society had its beginning three years before, when, one February day, a membership of about 16 people held one of its obligatory ceremonies, baptism by immersion, at the foot of Water street. It must have taken heroic faith that bitter winter day to walk into the icy waters of Lake Erie, be immersed in it, and then walk or ride home in a cold wind with garments clinging and dripping. But it was no unusual sight in those years of self-sacrificing Christianity.

The first minister, Elder Tucker, was born in Broome, N. Y., on the national birthday, July 4th, and was 32 years old when he took charge of the Baptist church. He was the fifth child of Charles and Charity Stevens Tucker. When he was twelve years of age, the death of Mrs. Charity Tucker left a large family of young children motherless. But the father, with unusual sense and ability, managed to keep his home and his children within it. Levi received his education in Hamilton college, and was ordained a Baptist minister.

In June, 1829, he married Jeanette Griswald Lee, daughter of Rev. Jason and Jeanette Griswald Lee of Butternuts, N. Y.

Mrs. Tucker had a most unusual genealogy. She was descended from Mathew Griswald and his wife, Ann Wolcott, and belonged to what might be called "a ministerial family." She was the wife of a Baptist clergyman, her father was a Congregational minister of Lyme, N. Y., her grandfather was Rev. Jason Lee, Sr.; and the Rev. Joseph Lee, and Rev. George Griswald were her great-grandfathers. Her only son became the rector of a Protestant Episcopal church.

Mrs. Tucker was a delicate woman, but she entered into her husband's work with enthusiasm, and assisted in his pastoral duties to the limit of her strength. The personnel of the Baptist membership was particularly favorable and satisfactory for a pastor's wife who was frail and beginning a new life far from her mother and girlhood friends. For the little religious body was like a family of affectionate sons and daughters. Any sorrow that befell one member was shared by all, and there were many instances of mutual interest, affection, and practical help and sympathy. "The stranger within their gates" was always noticed and wel

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corned. The women of the church, like those of all other denominations, worked early and late for its financial and spiritual welfare. Most of them were young, many were brides of a recent date, and all were bound by ties of religious fervor and personal friendship that strengthened with the years, and lasted until death.

Any social function of the First Baptist church during the last decade of the past century was made interesting by the group of white haired women present, addressing each other by given names and making mirthful or mysterious allusions to the events of bygone days.

And the younger set, being initiated into the detail of church activities, listened enviously, recognizing that nothing happening in the prosperous present would ever seem so interesting or worth while as those "twice-told tales" of the early struggles of the church society.

Elder Tucker remained in Cleveland nine years, long enough to become much endeared to his little flock. He has been described as a most lovable man, and his departure for the east was sorrowfully regretted.

Evidently, he had almost prophetic faith in the future of the city, and great confidence in what steam would accomplish for the world, according to an incident related of him.

A number of friends, irrespective of denominational preferences, were dining at the home of Erastus Gaylord, and in the course of conversation, Rev. Levi Tucker remarked that there were those present who would live to see Cleveland a great and populous city. Furthermore, he went on to predict that a railroad would reach, some day, from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

This when Cleveland numbered but 6000 people, and railroads were being talked of merely, the first one to enter the city yet 12 years in the future.

The company smiled at his assertion or frowned at it, according to temperament, but all thought it presumptuous. Possibly, some lively young matron whispered to her neighbor beside her, "He must think some of us are going to be ,Methuselahs," and doubtless others thought, "It takes a minister with no knowledge of practical affairs to predict such ridiculous and impossible things."

Elder Tucker became quite a traveler. He visited the Holy Land, and wrote letters from it that were widely published. He died in Cincinnatus, N. Y., in his 49th year.

Mrs. Tucker was two years younger than her husband. She passed away in Boston, Mass., at the age of 45.

Levi and Jeannette Lee Tucker had three children, two of whom are yet living.

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Elisha Woodridge Tucker. Died young, and buried in Erie st. cemetery..

Mary Jeannette Tucker. Married Henry Dwight Peck. Resides in Virginia.

Rev. Joseph L. Tucker. B. 1842. Rector of Christ's Church, Mobile, Alabama

Mrs. Edward Lansing Harris, well-known in the social and patriotic circles of our city, is a grandniece of Rev. Levi Tucker, her grandmother having been his sister.

1836

TERRY

Dr. Charles Augustus Terry of Hartford, Conn., had but recently received his medical diploma when he came with his bride to Cleveland and began a practice of his profession that lasted through life.

He was the youngest of the five sons and two daughters of Col. Naathaniel Terry of Hartford, who was a member of Congress, and a descendant of the Terry who emigrated from England with William Pynchon, and became one of the earliest settlers of Springfield, Mass.

Dr. Terry's mother was Catherine Wadsworth, daughter of Jeremiah Wadsworth, commissary general in the revolutionary war.

She built an elegant mansion on Prospect street, Hartford, where the Terry family resided many years, and where Dr. Terry was born. This house and the adjacent one erected by her brother, Daniel Wadsworth, are among the finest specimens of New England architecture in the late 18th century.

Col. Terry's five sons, Edward, Henry, Alfred, Charles, and Adrian Terry, were all unusually handsome, spirited young men, and because of this and their high social standing, they were early dubbed "the Hartford Princes." One of these sons was the father of Rose Terry Cooke, the poet, and writer of short stories. Another was the father of General Alfred Terry, distinguished officer of the civil war. A third brother, Alfred, married the daughter of Gen. Hezekiah Howe, sister of Mrs. Moses Kelly, a pioneer of Cleveland.

The Terry family possessed musical and artistic ability to a marked degree.

Dr. and Mrs. Terry made their first residence in town at 109 Superior street. A few years later they were living at 43 St. Clair street, which was on the north side of it, near Water street. Dr. Terry afterward built a three-storied brick house on the same street, between Bond and Wood streets. It had a high basement, and this the doctor used as an office. In this home the family lived long years, and here Dr. and Mrs. Terry died only one year apart.

Mrs. Terry was Julia Woodbridge, daughter of Ward Woodbridge, a merchant of Hartford, Conn. She was of a well-known Massachusetts

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and Connecticut family, many of whom were noted clergymen. At the time of their marriage, Dr. and Mrs. Terry were considered the handsomest couple in that part of the state. Mrs. Terry had many warm friends in Cleveland. She was a fine woman, intelligent, cultured, and refined. She was an invalid several years before her death, which occurred in 1871, and her husband followed her a year later at the age of 61. They rest in Erie st. cemetery.

Their children consisted of three daughters:

Ellen Frances Terry, b. 1837. Married Prof. Charles F. Johnson of Trinity College, Hartford, Conn.

Julia Woodbridge Terry. Married Col. Henry Closson, U. S. A.

Eliza Hudson Terry. Died young.

Ellen F. Terry was prominently connected with the Northern Ohio Sanitary Commission all through the years of the civil war.

1836

WETMORE

The junior member of the firm of Younglove & Wetmore, book-sellers, book-binders, and stationers, 40 Superior street, in 1836, was Edward Perkins Wetmore. He was the son of Dea. Oliver and Esther Arnold Wetmore, and direct descendant of Elder Brewster.

He was an honorable young man, liberal in his dealings, and greatly esteemed by his friends and business associates. His generosity and kindness of heart is said to have been unbounded.

He married, in 1851, Mrs. Frances Norton Dockstader, widow of Butler Dockstader, of Cleveland. She was the daughter of Elisha Norton, first postmaster of Cleveland, and Margaret Clark, his wife. Her grandfather, David Clark, came to Cleveland with his family in 1800.

Mr. Wetmore left Cleveland in the '50s, and settled in Cheviot, Hamilton Co., O. He died in Cincinnati, where he had previously removed, and been engaged in business.

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WHITE

Philip White, a painter and glazier, came to town in 1836 from Durham, Green Co., N. Y. He was 42 years old and had a family of at least four sons. They lived at 126 Ontario street.

Mr. White lived but seven years after his arrival here. He died in 1843, and was buried in Erie st. cemetery. His son Albert White was a soldier of the Mexican war, and died in 1847 at Pueblo, Mexico.

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Lampert White, born 1818, was a citizen of Cleveland for 50 years, but none of his nephews or nieces seem able to tell of his immediate family. He died in 1868, and was placed beside his father and brother in Erie st. cemetery. He was a painter, and in 1856 was a constable and living at 116 Perry street.

John S. White, b. 1825, came with his parents to Cleveland at the age of eleven, and when old enough was associated with his father in the painting business. In later life he was in a drug-store with the Gaylords, and afterward dealt in oil.

He was a drummer in the Cleveland Grays, a member of the old volunteer fire department, and at the breaking out of the civil war enlisted in the 103rd Reg. O. V. I. He was a warm-hearted, generous man, quiet and methodical.

In 1845 he married Margaret Wolverton, dau. of Henry Wolverton. of Michigan.

The children of Henry S. and Margaret White:

B. F. White, m. Minnie Adams.

Mary White, m. L. H. Root.

Fanny White, m. W. H. Silverthorn.

1836

STEWART

Royal Stewart was one of the early Cleveland lawyers, but the year he came here has not been learned, but probably between 1836 and 1840.

He married Miss Sarah Sabin, daughter of William H. and Sallie Forman Sabin of Onondaga, N. Y. Her mother was a niece of Judge Forman of Syracuse, N. Y.

Miss Sabin studied Latin and the higher mathematics, and afterward entered the celebrated Willard Seminary in Troy, N. Y. While there she was the room-mate of the future Mrs. Wm. H. Seward, then Frances A. Miller, whose husband was one of President Lincoln's cabinet.

Miss Sabin married Royal Stewart in 1832, and soon after finishing her course at the seminary. She died in this city in 1849. Her husband probably returned east and died there. His name appears in the 1845 City Directory, but not in that of 1856.

The children of Royal and Sarah Stewart:

William S. Stewart.

Ellen E. Stewart, m.--------- Dickinson; resided in Brooklyn, N. Y.

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For many years, beginning with that of 1835, and remaining long after its owner had removed from this city to Chicago, a warehouse stood on River street bearing a large sign, upon which was painted in bold letters that could be easily read by every vessel entering the harbor

"T. RICHMOND."

It stood for the Hon. Thomas Richmond, who once did a flourishing mercantile and shipping business in Cleveland and Richmond, the lakeport of Painesville, which he founded in 1831.

He built many vessels, and was one of the pioneers, if not the one who established the iron ore trade with Lake Superior mining districts. One of his epoch-making enterprises was the building of the "Dean Richmond," loading her with grain and sending her, via Welland Canal, to Liverpool, England.

Mr. Richmond was the son of Nathaniel and Abigail Wood Richmond of Taunton, Mass., and Banard, Vt., and was about 45 years of age when he settled in Cleveland. He was in the war of 1812, serving as valet to a captain, being considered too young for enlistment as a soldier, but bound to be at the front in the conflict. He went to Syracuse while yet a lad, and while that place was bearing the primitive name, "Salt Paint," and engaged in its sole occupation, the manufacture and sale of salt.

In 1822, he married Olive Yale, daughter of Charles Yale of Salina, N. Y., who was a charming young woman 22 years of age. The first ten years of their married life were spent in Syracuse ; there was a sojourn in Painesville and Cleveland for 15 years more, then the family removed to Chicago, Ill., in which city Thomas Richmond became a leading citizen, one of its most famous founders. He built the "Richmond House," long known as a Chicago hotel. He was also in the Ohio legislature, and represented his district in the Illinois senate as well. He died, at the extreme age of 97, in Woodstock, Vt.

Two of his sons married into old and prominent Cleveland families. The Cleveland residence of Thomas Richmond was 132 Superior street.

The children of Thomas and Olive Yale Richmond:

William T. Richmond, b. 1822; m. Catherine Sargeant, daughter of Joseph and Laura Brooks Sargeant of Cleveland.

Charles Yale Richmond, m. Caroline Gibson of Buffalo.

Allen Richmond, b. 1825; m. Helen O. Crittenden, dau. of N. C. and Maria Crittenden of Cleveland. They moved to Chicago in 1858. Helen O. Richmond outlived him, and died in Cleveland.

Holland M. Richmond, b. 1828; m. in late life Elisabeth Shessber of Milwaukee, Wis.

Joseph Richmond, b. 1830; m. Maria Sawtell. Lived in Chicago.

Olive Yale Richmond, m. George G. Smith. He was born in New York. They lived at Suspension Bridge.

At least three sons of this family, Charles, Allen, and Holland Richmond, left no posterity.

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There were four men by the name of Southworth living in Cleveland before 1840. Two of them were brothers, the sons of John and Lucy Barker Southworth of East Haddam, Conn. Their widowed mother followed her sons west, and died here, and was buried in Woodland cemetery. Harrison Grey Otis Southworth, the older brother, born 1815, was a printer. He died of consumption in 1839, unmarried.

William Palmer Southworth, born 1819, came to Cleveland in 1836. He learned the carpenter's trade, at which he worked for many years, and became a builder and contractor on a small scale. Some time in the late '60s, he opened a small retail grocery-store on the n. w. corner of Ontario and Champlain streets, and established a business policy that was new to the trade, and one it was freely predicted would surely fail.

Every sale was on a cash basis. An article had to be paid for then and there. No accounts were entered, because no books were kept. The wealthiest customer in his purchase amounting to $50 or more was granted no more favor in respect of payment than the poor one whose purchase was less than a dollar.

Some of the former, accustomed to the convenience of monthly bills, argued with him and pleaded in vain.

"Pay down or go elsewhere," was his only reply. Mr. Southworth possessed great executive ability. He was a strict disciplinarian in the conduct of his business. There was no waste nor leakage. His methods enabled him to sell on the smallest margin of profit. His first store-room soon became too small, and he removed to a larger one across the street.

"Southworths" became a household word, and yet remains the leading retail grocery of the city.

Mr. Southworth had no use for a lazy or indifferent clerk, but was most appreciative of one who was ambitious and loyal to his employer. A young clerk attracted Mr. Southworth's attention by his faithfulness and industry, which led to positions of trust and finally admittance to the firm.

Mrs. W. P. Southworth was Miss Louise Stark, 24 years of age at the time of her marriage in 1855. She was the daughter of Jeremiah and Lucy Champion Stark. Her life was full of activities, and she was always reaching out for the truth in spirit and in doctrine. A most useful woman, who longed to see the world better, and especially easier for woman-kind. She was kind-hearted and sympathetic, ready to help in any good cause.

The family lived for many years on Euclid ave., where it is intersected by Huron Road. When business crowded that locality they removed to Prospect street above Sterling ave.

The children of William Palmer and Lucy Stark Southworth:

William Southworth.

Mary Louise Southworth.

Frances Southworth, m. Frederick Goff

Otis Stark Southworth, m. Georgi ana Lee, daughter of James M. Lee..

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The name appears in Cleveland as early as 1812, when Eleazer Loomis, 24 years of age, died and was buried in the Ontario st. cemetery. He was a son of Eleazer and Julia Coleman Loomis of Connecticut.

There has not been a time since when some member of the Loomis family has not been represented in Cleveland as a permanent resident of the city.

Gilbert and Anson. Loomis, sons of Devester and Beeda Clark Loomis, of Sangerfield, N. Y., were engaged in a wholesale and retail grocery business at 14 Dock street in 1836. They boarded at the Cleveland House on the Public Square, now the Forest City House.

When they came to Cleveland, has not been established.

Gilbert Loomis was born in 1810, and died in 1841. He married in 1838, Eliza Ann Moore. Their children were:

Jennie Augusta Loomis, b. 1839; m. Harriet Loomis, b. 1841; died with-

Henry Lewis. in a month of her father's death.

Anson Loomis was born in 1812. He was married and had been living in Missouri previous to his residence in Cleveland. His wife's maiden name was Charlotte Brown. She died in 1856, and Anson Loomis in 1863. They left no children. The Loomis families had a lot in the Erie st. cemetery.

Laura Loomis, a sister of Anson and Gilbert Loomis, married George Mix of Waterville, N. Y. She removed to Cleveland, and died here in 1881.

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SARGEANT

Samuel Sargent, son of Joseph and Lucretia Williams Sargeant of Mansfield, Conn., was a younger brother of Joseph Sargeant the pioneer merchant of Cleveland. He lived in this city twice, moving away and returning again. His business while in this locality has not been ascertained.

Several members of the immediate family removed to Round Prairie, Minn., and a number of the grandchildren still reside in that town.

Samuel Sargeant married in 1836, Mary Parmalee, daughter of Horace Parmalee. She was then 21 years old, and she died 75 years of age. Samuel was born in 1803, and died 1891.

The children of Samuel and Mary Parmalee Sargeant:

John Henry Sargeant, m. Sophia Dimon..

Joseph Sargeant, b. 1843; m. Lucy M. Woods..

Fanny Eliott Sargeant, m. Francis C. Chase.

Samuel Sherman Sargeant, m. Susie McCarohan

Walter Sargeant, m. Sarah E. Hersh

Grace Sargeant, m. Charles W. Woodruff.

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John Galt Stockly was born in Philadelphia, Pa., 1799. He was a son of Captain Ayres Stockly of Accomac, Virginia, and Mary Galt, his wife, of Philadelphia.

He early showed an inclination to follow his father's love of the sea, by running away and enlisting in the navy. His mother, who was a widow, had no difficulty in securing his release, as he was a minor.

In order to hold him and prepare him for a life at sea, should he still with later to follow it, she apprenticed him to Capt. Ogleby, owner of a ship-yard in Philadelphia, to whom he served his time faithfully, and so successfully, that with a partner he started a ship-yard of his own, known as "Berriman & Stockly," on Front st.

Again he was seized with a desire for the sea, and, selling his interest in the business, he took voyage to the West Indies, later to England, and other countries.

About 1830, he was sent by our government as custom officer on a line of small steamers plying between Buffalo and Chippewa, and used as a means of communication between this country and Canada. On one of these trips, he met a young French girl, Mlle. Duchatel, and soon became very much interested in her. He also met some American capitalists who were planning to invest in mills on the Welland canal, and was secured by them as superintendent of their interests.

A portrait of Mr. Stockly as a young man was painted in Philadelphia by a Portuguese artist, Manuel de Franca, about the time he left that city.

It is the portrait of a large, handsome, and very attractive young man.

He was a leader and favorite in social circles in the Quaker City, and when he settled in Allenburg as manager of an enterprise that was to make so much business for a little, no-account village, he soon became a leader in everything. His wife, Mlle. Catherine Duchatel Stockly, was born in San Antoine, Lower Canada, and was the youngest of a large family. Losing her mother before she was two years old, her oldest brother took her with him, first to St. Albans, Vt., where he was engaged in the fur trade, and later to Chippewa, Canada, where he had a fur hat manufactory.

She was married to Mr. Stockly in June, 1831, at Niagara Falls, on the American side. They went-to house-keeping in a little home in Allenburg on the Welland canal.

The first child, Mary, lived less than a year. Then a second daughter came to them, and she was also called Mary after Mr. Stockly's mother, Mary Galt Stockly.

The second Mary is now Mrs. Mary Stockly Cary of Cleveland (since deceased).

In 1837, the Canadian Rebellion broke out, and all American citizens holding property in the Dominion of Canada were ordered to swear allegiance to the English government, or leave.

Mr. Stockly could not thus relinquish his American citizenship, and although, by this time, he had acquired a large interest in the now flourishing mills, he gave it all up, chartered a vessel, loaded her with wheat belonging 'to him, and with his family and household effects, sailed off

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for the little town of Cleveland on the opposite side of the lake. Thus John Stockly became a pioneer of Cleveland. He was fond of telling that when he walked to shore from the vessel, and began prospecting for a home, he had just 25 cents in his pocket with which he bought oranges for his little daughter Mary.

The first roof that sheltered them was a tavern on Seneca street, south of Superior. He soon found, a new row of stores, but lately erected on the south side of Superior street, called the "City Buildings," of which he rented No. 6, and had his cargo of wheat hauled there and offered for sale. From this beginning resulted a business now known as Kendal's seed-store, Ontario street.

Mr. Stockly sold out to John Stair & Son, who, in turn, sold to A. C. Kendal.

The first home of the Stocklys was on a little street on the hill overlooking the flats, Commercial st., and on the east corner of that street and Seneca was the First Baptist church.

Mr. Stockly made the acquaintance of Sheldon Pease, a well-known business man, residing on the corner of Superior and Seneca streets, and soon after met Hon. John W. Allen, a leading lawyer, and the three became fast friends for life.

The family moved to the north side of Superior street near Seneca, and lived there until the seed-store passed into the hands of Mr. Stair.

Mr. Allen, who owned a farm on Kinsman street, persuaded Mr. Stockly to move onto it, and experiment in the cultivation of mulberry trees and the raising of silk-worms. Congress provided the plants and the silk-worm eggs. Mr. Stockly built a cocoonery, and made a careful and thorough trial of the project. But it was not commercially feasible, as American silk could not compete with that of foreign manufacture. The experiment, however, proved very interesting. Silk threads were spun from the cocoons into twist, and there is yet in the family a handbag which was knitted by Mrs. Stockly out of the home-made twist she had spun.

The farm was separated from the town by a broad stretch of woods, and for a time, after the mulberry scheme was abandoned, Mr. Stockly raised vegetables, but he was never intended for a farmer, and soon returned to the city, building a house on land he had purchased at the foot of Water street.

Meanwhile, Dr. Upson of Talmadge had discovered coal on his farm and looked to Cleveland for a market. Mr. Stockly took the agency for the proceeds of this mine, secured a yard for it and a little office on the river, and offered it for sale. But no one wanted the "nasty black stuff" when wood was so cheap and plentiful. But he finally persuaded the steamboats to try it, and it was found a success. He then hit upon the idea of sending a wagon-load of it around the city, and giving it to any one who would make a trial of it. Thus he was a pioneer of the immense coal-trade of today.

Mr. Stockly soon saw the inadequacy of our harbor facilities, as the river was narrow and, in bad weather, almost impossible to enter. He then began to plan for a pier at the foot of Water street on his land, "as," he used to declare, "I own to Queen Victoria's line, and no one can

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hinder me." In due time it was completed and known as "Stockly's Pier," and one of the best landings on the lakes.

He also was instrumental in having Water street graded down to Wall street, newly opened, making an approach to the lake much as it is today. He was very anxious to have the lake-front extend all the way from Water street to the city limits, and strongly opposed the building of the Lake Shore railroad where it is, thus ruining what, he considered, the greatest beauty of the city.

The frequent occasions upon which sick or dying sailors were brought ashore with no place to take them, made a deep impression upon Mr. Stockly's sympathies, and he recognized the great need of a hospital with special reference to their needs. It resulted in the building of a Marine Hospital.

One incident in connection with this was especially pathetic. A poor Indian chief, named Jocoset, Walking Bear, with other members of his tribe, had been on a mission to Washington, and was returning to the west. He was taken very ill and brought ashore by the officers of the steamboat upon which he was traveling, in a dying condition, and left on the dock to die.

Mr. Stockly's big heart was at once touched, and he had the Indian carried into the bedroom of his clerk, and sent for a physician. Everything was done for his comfort, and his life was prolonged, by this attention, for two weeks. At his death, Mr. Stockly headed a subscription paper to defray necessary expenses for burial in Erie st. cemetery, and a stone erected at his grave.

Mr. Stockly was a man of strictly temperate habits, and never touched tobacco in any form, and was kind-hearted and generous to a fault, often to his own undoing. Incidents without number could be given to illustrate and show the spirit of a man loved by all who knew him.

As changes were made in the grading of Water street compelled the removal of his cottage residence on that street to Prospect street near its intersection with Huron.

At the time of the civil war, Mr. Stockly was too old to enlist, but joined the hospital service and was doing good service on one of the boats that went with Admiral Porter down the Mississippi river, was taken ill, and sent home. He never recovered, and died May 17, 1863. He was buried with military honors in Erie st. cemetery; but afterwards removed to Lake View to the family lot of Stockly and Cary.

Catherine Duchatel Stockly was a domestic wife and mother, to whom the care of her family was her first concern, and her children, of whom she raised six, have always showed the results of that helpful care, and have endeavored to do it credit.

She was born a Catholic, but as Mr. Stockly was an Episcopalian, they attended Trinity church, corner of St. Clair and Seneca sts.

During the great revival of 1844, she was converted under the preaching of the celebrated revivalist, Prof. Finney, and thenceforth was a member. of the Old Stone church, where her children were raised in its Sunday School and its service. She was a good neighbor, fond of a few people, but had no desire for general society. She survived her husband

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18 years, living a very quiet life with her children and grandchildren, dying in January, 1882.

Children of John and Catherine Stockly:

Mary Stockly, b. 1834 in Allenburg; married John E. Cary, 1852.

Sarah Frances Stockly, b. 1841 in Cleveland ; married Capt. Albert Watrous.

George Washington Stockly, b. 1844; married Olivia Devereaux.

Anastasia Virginia Stockly, born in Cleveland ; married Otis B. Boise.

George W. Stockly, the only son in this family, was long a prominent citizen of Cleveland. He was engaged in mercantile business, and president of the Brush Electric Company. He had previously studied law, and been connected with banking interests. He died in Atlantic City, a few years ago.

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WILLIAMS

The life history of William Williams, pioneer of Cleveland, runs up and down a gamut of many years of change and circumstance. It begins in comparative comfort in East Windsor, Conn., sinks into poverty and privation ; rises on to a plane of hopefulness and great expectation ; drops again into financial failure and domestic bereavement, but ends at last in a beautiful home on Euclid Ave., Cleveland, where, surrounded with comforts and the possession of leisure to enjoy the mental stimulus the stress of business had long denied.

Had William Williams been able to choose his forbear, he could not not have selected a more typical New England ancestry from whom to descend than the American progenitors of his family, whose posterity through nine generations has been noted for traits of character conducive to reverence, patriotism, honesty, spiritual growth and mental vigor.

There came a time when a son of Samuel and Margaret Huntington Williams, because of prevalent and adverse conditions in New England, faced the necessity of some radical change in the methods of providing for his large family of growing children.

For, although 30 years had passed since the close of the revolutionary war, the effects of that conflict were still felt. Taxes were high, the farming community had become impoverished by unwise and wasteful tilling of the soil, another war with England threatened, and a pall of business depression had settled down over the whole country.

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It seemed to Ebenezer Williams and his good wife Martha Porter Williams (daughter of Nathaniel Porter), that it would be wise to get out from under all this, to take their children to that western land of promise, the New Connecticut, and there make a fresh start in life.

Therefore, in the fall of 1811, the family started on their journey to Painesville, 0., the place selected for their new home. Two large wagons, a span of horses, and a yoke of oxen conveyed the party to Buffalo, then considered the outpost of civilization, which was reached about the first of December.

Here the father made a mistake of judgment that caused much suffering, and nearly cost the family their lives. He listened to the advice of some one who evidently coveted his entire outfit, and schemed to secure it far below its value. It was represented to Mr. Williams that farther progress by land would be doubtful if not impossible, and that the rest of the journey should be made by water.

He therefore sold his horses and oxen, meanwhile securing passage on a small schooner that lay anchored in Niagara river. For three weeks, one-third of which time their teams would have brought them to Painesville, they waited for a favorable wind to take the vessel out of the river. How or where the family was sheltered through those winter weeks of waiting has not been stated, but probably on the Canadian side, as Buffalo, at that period was but a poor little hamlet of log-cabins, while western Canada had been settled by American Tories for nearly three decades. At last, late in December, long after navigation at the present day is considered closed, the little schooner rode out upon the lake, bearing its precious freight of human lives. Three days of the weather that December sometimes bequeathes would have brought it in safety to Fairport. But, alas ! no such good luck awaited, but icy winds, and boisterous waves that tossed it about like an egg-shell, and drove it from its course again and again. When, finally, Fairport was in sight, the dangerous surf would not admit of landing the party, so the vessel had to run back to Erie, the nearest harbor on the lake.

We cannot pause to conjecture the distress of the parents during those days of discomfort and danger. Probably, none of the party had ever before been upon the water, and to its peril was added, day after day, a new experience, the horrors of sea-sickness. Erie was but half the distance yet to be journeyed, and Mr. Williams had to purchase anew, or hire teams in order to finish it.

Painesville was at last reached, and here the family received from earlier settlers of that town the typical welcome given to the newly arrived and exhausted pioneers.

The following year, 1812, Mr. Williams purchased the log-courthouse which had been abandoned when the county-seat removed to Chardon, and in this home, in time altered and improved, Mr. and Mrs. Ebenezer Williams spent the remainder of their lives. Its size and location peculiarly fitted it for the accommodation of the wave of western immigration that many long years swept by its door, and for the numerous travelers doing business in that section of northern Ohio. It was, there

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fore, used as a tavern, and to this source of revenue Mr. Williams added a small farm of 20 or 30 acres.

William was nine years old when his parents removed to Ohio. He had little opportunity thenceforth for an education such as his inherited instincts and ambition craved, and the story of his efforts for self improvement, as told by himself, is most interesting, and should be an inspiration to every other boy alike situated, though it would be an unusual one who could follow his example of overcoming obstacles that seemed insurmountable.

He spent his leisure moments in ciphering and solving the problems in two old arithmetics or patiently copying over and over again some writing-lesson until he became a ready reckoner and an unusually good penman.

Then opportunity came his way.

A highly educated gentleman from Warren, O., stopped for a night at the Williams tavern, and became so interested in the lad, that he persuaded the parents to allow him to take William to Warren, promising to care for and educate him; but within a year his friend and benefactor died, and he was obliged to seek another home and other opportunities.

Meanwhile, he had attracted the attention and interest of Warren's foremost citizen and banker, Zalmon Fitch, who took the bright, ambitious boy not only into his office, but into the shelter of his own home, giving him the chance of a life-time. Here he remained six years, then accepted a situation in a Buffalo bank. While in the latter city, his shrewd foresight led him to make fortunate investments in real-estate, the increased value of which furnished a fine capital for future business ventures.

Mr. Williams remained in Buffalo 12 years, and in the winter of 1836-7, removed to Cleveland, where he engaged in banking and in the real-estate business.

In May, 1825, he married Miss Lucy Fitch, daughter of Zalmon and Lucy Mygatt Fitch of Warren, O. The young couple began housekeeping in Buffalo. But the dream of a long life of happiness with his first love was scarcely entered upon when it was shattered by a sudden blow, death claiming the young wife, August, 1829, aged 20 years.

The children of William and Lucy Fitch Williams:

Betsey Maria Williams, b. 1828; m. Dr. Henry Kirke Cushing, 1852; d. 1903.

Grant Fitch Williams, b. 1829; m. Laura Cook, 1855; d. in Kent, O., 1870.

William Williams married 2nd, Laura Fitch of Warren, daughter of Zalmon and Betsey Mygatt Fitch, and sister of his first wife.

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Children of William and Laura Fitch Williams:

Laura Williams, b. 1835, in Warren ; m. Edward L. Day..

William George Williams, b. 1837 in Cleveland ; took degree of A. B. in Western Reserve College, 1861; m. Martha Portor Hastings; died in Oakland, Cal., 1905.

Charles Tudor Williams, b. 1839 in Cleveland. Took A. B. degree in Western Reserve College, 1862; served his country in the civil war from May to October, 1862, in the 8th Ohio Vol. Infantry; married 1st, Mary P. Carver; 2^nd, Mari Carlsen ; President of the Cleveland Box Co.; resides Cleveland Heights, O.

Lucy Williams, b. 1841 in Cleveland. Married John D. Crehore

Edward Porter Williams, b. 1843, in Cleveland. A. B., Western Reserve College, 1864; served in the 85th Ohio Vol. Infantry, in the civil war from May to October, 1862. He married Louise M. Mason of Utica, N. Y., in July, 1869. Was vice-president of the Sherwin-Williams Co. He died in Glenville, O., in 1903.

Mary Cushing Williams, born in Cleveland, 1846; married Henry Allyn Harvey; died in Cleveland, 1907.

Julia Mygatt Williams, b. 1848, in Cleveland ; died in 1855.

The family residence was on the north side of Euclid Ave., till the place was acquired by the city for the opening of Bond, now E. 6th street, after which it was on Euclid Ave., nearly opposite the end of E. 24th street.

Mrs. Laura Fitch Williams died in Cleveland in 1852, when the eldest of her seven children was 17 years old and the youngest but four years.

Mr. Williams outlived her 36 years, dying in 1888, aged 85 years. As will be noticed his three sons, born in Cleveland, graduated from Cleveland's college, and two of them served in the civil war.

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WHITE

Bushnell White, a lawyer of early Cleveland, was born in 1813, the 10th child of Levi and Polly Dole White, and 24 years old when he came here from some town in Massachusetts.

Little can be learned of Mr. White, save that he led, outside of his office, the quiet, retired life of a student. He was U. S. District Attorney for a time and an able one.

His wife was quite an unusual woman. She was Elisabeth Brainard Clarke, only child of Levi Hubbard and Mary Griswold Clarke. She was born in Middleton, Conn., in 1811. Her father was an associate editor of the New York Commercial Advertiser, and later he was a judge of the New York City Courts.

In various years Miss Clarke lived in East Haddam, Conn., and in Carthage, N. Y. In 1824 she became a pupil of the famous Troy Seminary, founded by Mrs. Emma Willard, where she remained four years, graduating in 1828.

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When Gen. Lafayette visited this country, he was, as he said, delightfully entertained at the Willard Seminary, and, upon that red-letter day occasion, Miss Clarke was selected for one of the reception committee.

At the age of 32, she came to Cleveland on a visit to friends, and here met Bushnell White, to whom she became engaged.

Mrs. White had much strength of character and a power of mind which impressed itself upon all who came within her influence.

Her fine, intellectual endowments enriched not only her own life, but that of her family. She frequently contributed to magazines and newspapers. To the end of her days she remained interested in the best literature of the past and in touch with that of the present.

She lived to the advanced age of 88, having outlived her husband 14 years.

Mr. and Mrs. Bushnell White had but two children. The youngest, a little daughter, died in her tenth year. Their only son, John Griswald White, is a well-known lawyer, and a factor upon which city officials count in any designs upon vested property rights. He knows his Cleveland well, and stands by, ready to defend in her times of need.

With no immediate family to provide for, he has, in a degree, adopted the Cleveland Public Library, bestowing upon it thousands of books, many of them rare and most valuable. They are preserved as the "John G. White Collection," and it is steadily being enlarged.

The family residence for over half a century was 187 Lake street.

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Jesse F. Taintor was one of the many natives of Colchester, Conn., who forsook that charming, old Connecticut town in order to found a new home in Cleveland, O.

He was the son of Charles and Sarah Taintor, and in 1834, he married Eunice S. Pierce of Colchester. Three years later found them settled in Cleveland on Clinton street, West Side, and Mr. Taintor established with a firm of lumber dealers. Later, he became a teller and cashier in the old Merchants' National Bank.

But Mr. Taintor was best known to Cleveland citizens by his long connection with the post-office, which extended over nearly a quarter century, being its trusted cashier for that length of time. Meanwhile, he indulged himself in the real passion of his life, the love of flowers. He became an authority on trees, and flowering shrubs, and established at his later home, on Euclid Ave., near Perry Street, one of the first private greenhouses in the city.

Mrs. Taintor was Eunice Pierce, the daughter of Sylvester and Eunice Shepard Pierce. Her paternal grandparents were John and Zerviah Spaulding Pierce.

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She was a woman possessed of lovely traits of character, devoted to her husband and children, patient, brave, and calm through every trial she had to face. She was very refined, and her bearing was dignified, but gracious.

Mr. and Mrs. Taintor had seven daughters who married into families long identified with Cleveland.

Anna Taintor, m. H. M. Peckham. Dead.

Sarah Taintor, m. Henry M. Boardman. Dead.

Mary Taintor. Living in the old homestead.

Isabell Taintor, m. Charles Edward Bingham, son of Elijah and Thankful Bingham

Jessie Taintor, m. James Hoyt, son of James and Ella Beebe Hoyt.

Catherine Taintor, m. Lieut. Andrews, U. S. A.

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SMITH

Anson Smith of New London, Conn., 43 years of age, came to the city in 1837, and engaged in mercantile business on River street.

His wife was Amy Crocker Beckwith before her marriage to Mr. Smith.

They lived on the West Side, then Ohio City, for a year or two, then removed to Euclid ave. and resided in the "Judge Cowles house," afterward the Ursuline Convent.

Mr. Smith later built a stately Colonial home on the corner of Euclid and Muirson street.

In after years, Col. Harris, who married a daughter of Stillman Witt, purchased this house and remodeled it, tearing away the two-storied pillared porch and otherwise destroying the previous Colonial effect.

Mr. Smith died in 1890, a very aged man. His wife had preceded him to the grave 13 years before.

The children of Anson and Amy Smith:

Hamilton Lamphere Smith, m. Susan Beecher of New Haven, Conn.; 2nd, Julia Buttles of Columbus, O.

John Robertson Smith, d. aged 17 years..

Cornelia Smith, m. Judge John King of Dubuque, Iowa.

Henry C. Smith, m. Harriet Lufkin.

Virginia Smith, m. Lyman Farnham of Mass.

Genevive Smith, m. Dr. W. H. Beumont

Josephine Smith, m. John E. Huston of Columbus.

Carlos A. Smith, m. Isabelle Johnson

John Robertson Smith, was a soldier in the civil war, and died from the effects of it.

Members of the Smith family reside on East 81st street.

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The year in which this family sketch is written, 1912, is a notable anniversary, not only to the grandchildren of Simpson Thorman, but to thousands of other residents of this city. For it is just 75 years since young Thorman landed at the foot of Superior street, far from his native home, alone, and among strangers.

Little could he then have dreamed what his arrival in Cleveland would signify in years to come. To him belongs the distinction and the honor to be the first of his long line of ancestry and ancient faith to settle in this city, and one of those who erected herein the first altar to Jehovah the God of Abraham.

This altar upon which burned the sacred fire was sheltered at first most humbly. Today it stands in a costly synagogue of rare architectural beauty, within whose walls a great organ and a gifted choir of voices proclaim that "the Lord is in His holy temple." But none the less fervent was the sacred chant of the little congregation that gathered each Saturday in that pioneer day to establish in their new home the faith of their fathers.

Simpson Thorman was a Bavarian 23 years of age when he left home and friends to seek new ties and a livelihood in this country where for nearly two centuries men of his race had found political and religious freedom; men who, in turn, fought in the War of American Independence and by their industry, frugality, and rare foresight constantly added to the wealth and prosperity of their adopted country.

Mr. Thorman landed in New York City, where he remained two years. How it happened that he left it finally and came on to Cleveland, to become our first Hebrew pioneer, has not been learned. That the forerunner of our immense Jewish population of today was a man of integrity, of business ability, possessed of pleasing manners, and esteemed by all his associates, is the testimony of those who knew him personally. His shoe-store was at 25 Ontario street.

Mr. Thorman was the first of his faith to found in Cleveland a home, his marriage to Miss Regina Klein being the first wedding, and their little son who came within the following year, was Cleveland's first born Hebrew child.

Mrs. Thorman was born in Germany. Her parents were Julius and Retta Rosenbaum Klein.

Mr. Thorman was also the first Jewish member of the city council.

He is said to have been a man of kindly impulses, and charitable according to his opportunity and income. There were years in succession when our Jewish population was largely increased by families who, escaping from intolerable conditions in the old world arrived in Cleveland in dire need. The Thorman homestead, though filled with little ones who, from time to time, had come to bless and sanctify their parents' union, was never too crowded to afford shelter for a night or two to these poor people or until a roof and employment were found for them.

And Mrs. Thorman. What of her?

The answer is to be found in her children. Nine of them called her "mother"-the name that in a large household stands for tireless devotion, endless self-sacrifice, unfailing love !

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The four sons and five daughters of Regina Thorman lived to be fine. men and accomplished women. All married happily and well, and a large number of representative Cleveland families of the Hebrew faith today boast of their Thorman blood.

Kaufman Hayes, a son-in-law yet living, though advanced in years, is one of the best known business men of the city.

One of Mr. Thorman's granddaughters married Martin A. Marks, that broad-minded, scholarly philanthropist, member of the Public Library Board, and destined to be Cleveland's future mayor.

Another granddaughter married Sigismund Joseph, head of a big manufactory.

Still another granddaughter is the wife of Rabbi Moses G. Gries, that brilliant pulpit and platform orator, whose eloquence captivates, and whose argument wins the respect of his audience.

The children of Simpson and Regina Klein Thorman:

Samuel Thorman, m. Clara Aarons.

Frank Thorman, m. Selma Emrich.

Judah Thorman, m. Julia Goldburg.

Fanny Thorman, m. Philip Erlanger, of Terre Haute, Ind.

Laura Thorman, m. Philip Schloss.

Elisabeth Thorman, twins, m. Kaufman Hayes.

Esther Thorman, twins m. Jacob Wiener.

Simon Thorrnan, m. Hannah Marx.

Rebecca Thorman, m. Michael Wiener.

Samuel Thorman removed to New York City.

Judah Thorman lived in Terre Haute, Ind.

The father died in Terre Haute, in 1881. His remains were brought back to rest in Willet st. cemetery.

Two brothers of Simpson Thorman came to Cleveland at a later day. They were Meyer Thorman and Simila Thorman.

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KELSEY

Who of the past generation does not recall with a reminiscent smile the miniature steamboat floating in the fountain at the southwest corner of the Public Square, and the crowd of eager youngsters following its every movement, making wild rushes and frantic scrambles to secure a closer view whenever it approached the outer rim of the basin? and staid adults, and often old age were not above pausing for a moment on their way through the Square to watch the small craft and to guess in just which direction it would next head.

How fascinating were the little figures on the deck ! the gallant captain always and bravely in command; the faithful watchman ever on the

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lookout ; the sturdy wheelsman perpetually on duty ! All three stood for thorough seamanship and were in no wise responsible for the erratic steering of their little craft.

No, the beautiful toy was not purchased and placed there by the board of public works, nor by any other department of our city's government. It belonged to a man who was nearing or past his 80th birthday when he whittled out the boat and carved the tiny figures laboriously under a microscope, his only tool a pocket knife.

One could rest assured that the little steamer was perfectly true in detail for its builder, Capt. Lorenzo A. Kelsey, in his day commanded the finest passenger boats on our Great Lakes; one of them the "Chespeake," then considered to be the last word in size and in elegance of appointment. Fashionable Cleveland and nautical Cleveland strolled down to the river, and climbed the steep hill, returning, in order to view the much talked of steamer as it lay at the wharf ready to take on its first cargo and passengers.

It was characteristic of Capt. Kelsey to place his toy in the Public Square where it might amuse and instruct the youth of his city. To the very last of his life little children clung to his hands certain of sympathy and affection, and young people adored him, and, today, his grandchildren cherish his memory as a rare bequest.

He was the direct descendant of William Leet, one of Connecticut's earliest governors. His father was Eli Kelsey of Leyden, a little village in New York state, where Capt. Kelsey was born. The latter was 34 years old and had a family when he came to this city in 1837.

When the fine New England House was erected at the foot of Superior street, he was persuaded by many friends to become its first landlord. One can imagine that the position of clerk was a most important office in that hotel. For there were professional dead-beats, even in that day, needing some one of sterner mold, than was Capt. Kelsey, to thwart their dishonest schemes. For he was generous to a fault, and seldom could deny an urgent request. Even the little steamer in the Square fountain was begged from him by an impecunious artist, much to the regret- of the Kelsey posterity.

In 1848 the city of Cleveland proffered the highest gift it could bestow upon Capt. Kelsey, and he became its mayor and chief officer. The annual salary was $4001 In view of this, and the hundred and one demands upon a mayor's pocket-book, by no means his official one, it is not surprising that the mayor of 1848 was quite willing to retire from office at the end of the year.

Mrs. Lorenzo A. Kelsey was a typical New England woman, intellectual, reserved, and possessing a high standard of womanhood. She had much mental poise, and dignity of bearing. In their younger days, her granddaughter thought Grandmother overstrict in her judgment of what was proper or otherwise, but in their later years were wont to refer to her standards with pride and accept them as wise and most conducive to self-respect.

Mrs. Sophia Kelsey was the daughter of Minor and Submit Huntington Smith, and was born in Windham, Conn., in 1806. Her grand

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father Major Hezekiah Huntington went with the first troops raised in Connecticut to Boston at the breaking out of the revolutionary war, and was there when Gen. Washington took command of the army. Major

Huntington was a mechanic, and is believed to be the first man in America to make a gun. He was paid $74,000, in Continental money, for making and repairing fire arms for the army. Continental money had begun to depreciate, and by the time he reached Hartford from New York he could scarcely buy a breakfast with a hundred dollar bill. Major Huntington was first cousin of Samuel Huntington, signer of the Declaration of Independence, president of Congress, and governor of Connecticut.

Capt. and Mrs. Kelsey lived for over fifty years at 242 Kinsman street, now Woodland ave. It stood opposite Brownell street, East 14th, and was torn down recently. Here Capt. Kelsey died in 1889, and Mrs. Kelsey in 1893. Both were buried in the Kelsey lot at Erie street cemetery, but were removed to Lake View in 1903.

Children of Capt. L. A. and Sophia Kelsey:

Eugene O. Kelsey, m. Mary Nicholson of Providence, R. I., still living at 232 Cabot st., Lowell,Mass.

Antoinette C. Kelsey, m. Gen. J. H. Devereaux of Cleveland. She died a widow in 1911, at her home 3226 Euclid Ave.

Theodore R. Kelsey, unmarried, killed in battle at Chickamauga, during the civil war.

Ada Helen Kelsey, unmarried; d. 1907.

Josephine H. Kelsey, m. John F. Cutter, son of Orlando Cutter and a hero of the civil war. Mrs. Cutter, a widow, resides in Meadville, Pa., and her daughter, Miss Josephine Cutter, is connected with the Hathaway-Brown school.

On page 284 of John Kennedy's History of Cleveland will be found an engraving of L. A. Kelsey.

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FRISSELL

A monument in Erie street cemetery contains the following inscription;

"Erastus Frissell, b. 1801; d. 1879.

Adeline Converse his wife, b. 1826;.d. 1878.

Henry Frissell, b. 1826; d. 1878.

Grace McLaughlin of Scotland his wife b. 1826; d. 1853

William Frissell, k;. 1834; d. 1850."

In the city directory of 1845, Erastus Frissell, a shoe-maker, is living at 31 Champlain street, also Henry Frissell.

Captain Erastus Frissell was an early resident of the city. He was probably a son or a nephew of the above.

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Rev. Ova Phelps Hoyt lived in Cleveland several years as a worker for the Society of Home Missions. He had been its secretary previously and lived in Utica, N. Y., in which place he settled in 1830, six years after his graduation from Andover Seminary. He was also editor of the Western Recorder, published in Utica, and, at the time, in a flourishing condition.

He was the son of Ezra and Jerusha Hoyt of New Haven, and married in his 26th year, Mary Clark, daughter of Solomon Clark. Their first child was born in Potsdam, N. Y., and their youngest one in Euclid, Ohio. While living in Cleveland, their home was 56 Bank street.

As recorded in Cuyahoga County marriages, the Rev. Hoyt''s services were in frequent demand at local weddings. He removed to Euclid, and thence to Kalamazoo, Mich., where his death occurred in 1866.

The children of O. P. and Mary Clark Hoyt:

William Clark Hoyt, b. 1826; m. Sabine Paige.

Henry E. Hoyt, b. 1828; m. Mary M. Lewis..

Mary E. Hoyt, b. 1832; m. James A. Palmer of Kalamazoo, Mich.

John M. Hoyt, b. 1834; m. Elisabeth Bailey. He lived in Detroit.

Sarah J. Hoyt, b. 1840; m. Isaac M. Tripp

1837

Washington's Birthday was a gay holiday this year. The day was fine and pleasant, cannon were fired in the morning and at intervals during the day. The sailors made a huge schooner with full sail, and a portrait of Washington was hung in the rigging. This was placed on wheels, and drawn through the streets by six white horses. In the evening, a splendid ball was held in the assembly room of Kellogg's Block.

The front of the building was illuminated with 272 candles. (From private journal of Aaron Clark.)

JULY FOURTH CELEBRATION

The four fire engines of the village augmented by one from Ohio City, West Side, decorated with flowers, were each drawn through the streets by four horses with flags on their heads.

One side of Superior street was kept clear for Sunday School children who marched in classes with the teacher leading and preceded by the superintendents. They went to the Baptist church on Seneca street, the largest in the town, and listened to a fine oration by Oliver P. Baldwin.

In the grove of forest trees northeast corner of Superior and Wood streets, a dinner was served to all ; toasts were drunk. A boat ride on the lake finished the day's program.

(Aaron Clark's private journal.)

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There was much surprise and considerable interest manifested when, in 1840, it was rumored about town that Willard Burnham and Charles Bradburn were planning to build and occupy a double brick house "way out on Kinsman street"-present locality corner of Woodland and Brownell.

The comments of neighbors and business friends over the news were uniformly disparaging. Every one thought that the Bradburns and Burnhams were making a great mistake, that the spot chosen was too far from school, church, and business.

"I hear you are going out into the country to live," was a frequent remark that greeted members of both families.

But spite of all objections and criticism, the flitting was made, and not many years elapsed before it became the fashionable thing to live on Kinsman street. Houses were built on both sides of the street, each one a little farther east until, by the year 1860, what is now Woodland Ave. was lined to Willson Ave. with beautiful homes.

The distance to town was from one to two miles, and there were no street cars. But men did not object in those days, to the necessary walk to and from business, and for the benefit of their women folks, nearly every resident kept a horse and buggy, while a considerable number of those who could best afford it had, in addition, fine turnouts.

These were supplemented by a line of public busses which ran at stated intervals to and from the Square.

Attractive cross streets north and south of the avenue were allotted. Burnham street was laid out close to the double residence, and named for Mr. Burnham. In after years it was changed to Brownell street. Longwood Ave., a little farther out, was named in honor of Dr. Long whose residence adjoined it.

The home of Messrs. Burnham and Bradburn stood back from the street surrounded by a peach orchard and was reached by a long, broad path bordered with flowers.

Both families were hospitable, and the spot was the scene of many pleasant gatherings of neighbors and friends.

Willard Burnham and Miss Matilda Wheelock were married in 1829. The bride was the daughter of Ephriam and Matilda Upham Wheelock of Southbridge, Mass. Both of her grandfathers were patriots of the American Revolution, and an ancestor was one of the founders of Harvard College.

For a few years the young couple lived in Boston, but in the fall of 1837, they started for Cleveland intending to make it their future home. Their little daughters Emily, Eliza, and Caroline found the three weeks' journey a tedious one. They began it over the first railroad laid out, between Providence and New York. Then up the Hudson river to the Erie Canal, westward to Buffalo, and thence by boat to Cleveland, a familiar route to thousands of other pioneers bound for Western Reserve.

Mr. Burnham opened on Superior street what was known as the "Boston Dry Goods Store." A long platform ran across the whole width of it, reached by two steps. Their first home was on the north side of

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Superior street above Wood street, and on the present side of the gas office.

Mr. Burnham died in 1852, leaving his wife a widow with six children. She survived him thirty-five years. It was said of her that she bravely assumed all her cares and duties, with this great sorrow pressing upon her heart, without a murmur.

Her subsequent life naturally was one of complete self-denial. Even after the children were all married and settled elsewhere in life, their happiness and interests were her own. No sorrow that came to them but was doubly felt in her own heart. She always had a kind word for those outside of her own family, who stood in need of her sympathy, and her friends were legion.

She died in the harness, suddenly, painlessly.

Children of Willard and Matilda Burnham:

Emily Burnham, married Dr. A. Everett. She died at the age of 31 years.

Eliza Burnham, married Charles.Dickenson, of Chicago, Ill.

Caroline Burnham, married Alfred Ely, of Cleveland.

George Burnham, married Mrs. Wilson, and lives in San Diego, Cal

Abby Burnham, married Charles Pettengill

Harriet Burnham, married George Avery, and has lived all her life in Cleveland.

1837

KIRTLAND

In 1837, Jared Potter Kirtland, a distinguished scientist of national reputation, honored this city by choosing it for his future home. He was 44 years old, and died at the age of 84, having maintained, meanwhile, a continuous residence here and causing the name of our city to be better known, perhaps, than through any other of its prominent citizens.

He was the son of Turhand and Mary Potter Kirtland of Wallingford, Conn. His father was a large stockholder in the Connecticut Land Co. and its general agent. This caused a removal of the family, in 1803, to Poland, Mahoning Co., Ohio. Jared remained in Connecticut with his maternal grandfather, Dr. Jared Potter, a distinguished physician of Wallingford, who adopted his grandson and, at his death, left to him his valuable medical library and a sufficient sum of money with which to finish his education.

While attending lectures at Yale College, young Kirtland pursued the study of botany, mineralogy, and zoology, subjects in which he had been intensely interested from childhood, much more so than in medical lore, although receiving the education of a physician, in accordance with the expressed wishes of his grandfather.

Prof. J. S. Newberry, who prepared a complete and interesting sketch of Jared P. Kirtland for the Cleveland Herald of 1879, says of him

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"For two and a half years he pursued his professional labors in Wallingford, but devoted every moment of unoccupied time to the cultivation of the natural sciences. Plants, flowers, fruit trees, minerals, birds, fishes, insects and shells, all received a share of his attention ; and his careful observation brought to light new facts in regard to all."

And this knowledge he passed on to others. "He became the teacher of thousands, of doctors, and farmers, and florists, and horticulturists and naturalists, teaching all of them things that made them better doctors, better farmers, better naturalists and better men."

He bought a large fruit farm on Detroit street about three miles west of the Public Square, and upon this he built a comfortable residence for his family. In time it became the Mecca of nature-lovers.

"He won followers and devotees from every rank and condition of life, young people, particularly delighted to study under his directions. At one time, six young society women walked from one to two and a half miles, twice a week, in order to practice taxidermy under his supervision.

"He was an ardent patriot, a generous and public-spirited citizen, one who shared his ample means freely with all whom he thought deserving of his bounty. During the civil war when 69 years of age, he offered his services to the government and for some months acted as examining physician of recruits.

In 1815, Dr. Kirtland married Miss Caroline Atwater of Wallingford, Conn. They had two daughters. Mrs. Kirtland and one of these daughters died when the little girls were quite young. The surviving one, Mary E. Kirtland, married Charles Pease of this city, a sketch of whom will be found in this historical and genealogical work. Mrs. Caroline Kirtland was a lovely woman, a fit companion for her really wonderful husband.

Dr. Kirtland married secondly in 1825, Miss Hannah F. Toucey of Newton, Conn., whom he outlived several years.

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BUCKLEY

Hugh Buckley and his wife Winifred Nolan Buckley sailed from Liverpool, England, for America in 1835. It took them eight weeks and three days to make the journey. They landed in New York and remained there two years. Then, accounts reached them, doubtless, of the newly fledged city on the shores of Lake Erie, and they came on to see for themselves if Cleveland was as beautiful and as prosperous as it had been represented.

But, alas ! they reached here when business was completely prostrated, the bottom fallen out of everything, in the panic of 1837, and several years following, and, for a while, the Buckley fortune must have seemed dubious.

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In the course of events, the family removed to the East End, where the three sons and five daughters grew to maturity, married and settled in that locality.

Hugh Buckley, Jr., did gallant service for his country during the Civil War. He became very popular as a citizen, and filled public positions of trust. He was a warm-hearted, genial man.

Mrs. Margaret Buckley Eddy has been connected with the Cleveland post-office for many years. One of her sons, Walter Eddy, a fine young man, is a civil engineer.

Children of Hugh and Winifred Buckley:

John Buckley, m. Lucy A. Lee.

Mary Buckley, m. Byron Meeker..

Lavina Buckley, died in 1857.

Margaret Buckley, m. Louis B. Eddy.

William Buckley, m. Henrietta McConnell.

Hugh Buckley, Jr., m. Amelia M. Cope

Julia Buckley, m. Lester Hender shott

Catherine Buckley, m. Everton C. Cope

1837

CONGAR

To the right of the main drive through Erie st. cemetery and not far from the front entrance is a weather-worn headstone, its inscription nearly effaced. It reads, "Abigail, wife of Hanford Congar."

In the little Cleveland directory for 1837 there appear in the list of professional men living in the city the names of James Conger, Attorney, and Horace Congar, Physician.

The latter was the son of Handford and Abigail Congar, who then were living on a farm on the bank of the lake west of the city.

Handford Congar was the son of Ephriam (Ephraim?) and Experience Eastman Congar, who were both born in New Fairfield, Conn., and married there in 1787. The family settled in Oneida Co., N. Y., about the year 1800, and nine years later removed to Genesee Co., where the parents died.

Their son Handford was a local justice of the peace, tavern keeper, and interested in packet boats after the completion of the Erie canal. Some time in the '30s he came west and settled on the farm on the lake shore.

His wife was Abigail Mellen. At her death, although the family lived miles away from it, she was interred in Erie street cemetery, where so many, in and without the city, were being laid away in their last sleep; for already it was a beautiful spot and gave promise that in the coming year it would be much more so.

The children of Handford and Abigail Congar received a liberal education. The eldest daughter attended a popular seminary of New York state, and the sons were given professions.

The children were:

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Mary L. Congar, m. William B. Olivia Congar, m. Dr. Herman Leon-

Smith. ard of Strongsville, O.

Horace Congar, m. Louise Hayden.

Alvin Congar, m. Nancy Belknap

and removed to Elyria, O.

Mrs. Smith removed to Ohio when her oldest child was an infant. Her husband was a native of Linden, N. Y. A daughter of this couple is Mrs. George Mulhern, of this city.

Horace Congar was a-tall, slender man of grave but kindly manner. Some time after his marriage to Miss Louise Hayden he removed to Buffalo, N. Y., where he lived many years on Pearl street, a popular and successful physician.

When past middle age he began a work, The History of Medicine, in which he was assisted by his wife, a very intellectual woman of New England birth. She was a niece of Anson Haydn, a pioneer real estate agent of Cleveland; consequently a cousin of those fine useful women, the Haydn sisters, so long known and esteemed by all old Cleveland families.

Dr. Horace Congar and his wife had no children of their own, but adopted several. Two faded letters written by Dr. Congar to his father in reference to one of these, a boy, are filled with expressions of soliciture for the lad's future and a desire that he prove to be all that the good doctor hoped for him.

After the marriage of their last adopted child Dr. and Mrs. Congar came back to the old farm, "Shady Cove," on the lake shore west of the city, which was occupied by Mrs. William B. Smith. Here the medical work was finished, and here Dr. Congar died. His widow returned to her girlhood home in New England, and lived there several years previous to her own death.

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GARDNER

Col. James Gardner reached Cleveland just in time to witness the financial crisis that nearly overwhelmed the young city, and which, it is claimed, depopulated it 50 per cent. The hopes and expectations he entertained of the future, which led him to close up or sell his furniture manufactory in Pittsfield, Mass., in order to engage in a hazard of new fortune in this western town, must have vanished when he faced the situation here.

He brought with him a wife and five children, one of whom was destined to be an important factor in the future history of Cleveland.

Col. Gardner was born in 1805, the son of Jonathan and Abigail Babcock Gardner.

In 1828 he married Griselda C. Porter, daughter of Ebenezer and Eunice Yale Porter of Lee, Mass.

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Col. Gardner and a Mr. Cornwall started to manufacture furniture. The interest of the latter was bought out by John A. Vincent, long established in business, and the firm became "Vincent & Gardner." Their factory and store was on Water street.

Although comparatively young, 32 years, when he came to this city, Mr. Gardner had filled positions of honor and trust in his former home town. He is said to have been the last Colonel of the Massachusetts state militia.

During the mayoralty of Abner Brownell, in 1853, he served as one of the trustees of the city, his associates being Geo. F. Marshall, Henry Everett, Richard Parsons and W. J. Gordon.

The home of the Gardners was on Champlain street, at first, and afterward on St. Clair street.

Mrs. Gardner died in January, 1861, and Col. Gardner followed her to the "Better Land" only six months later. They belonged to the Presbyterian Church.

Children of Col. James and Griselda Porter Gardner:

Jane Gardner, b. 1829, in Pittsfield, Mass. ; m. Samuel Sterling of Cleveland, born 1821 in Salisbury, Conn.

James Porter Gardner, b. 1831.

George William Gardner, b. 1834 m. Rosilda Oviatt, daughter of General Orson Oviatt of Cleveland.

Mary Louis Gardner.

Frances Elizabeth Gardner, b. 1836; m. Joseph O. Taylor of Chicago.

Samuel Stebbins Gardner, b. 1839, in Cleveland; m. Harriet F. Sniffin of New York.

Rev. Theodore Yale Gardner, b. 1841; m. Charlotte A. Gates of Elyria, O.

Sarah Adams Gardner, b. 1847; m. Henry Cook Tibbetts of Kentucky.

James P. Gardner was a merchant of the city for a number of years. He removed to Cincinnati and became connected with newspaper work as a writer. He served in the Civil War in an Ohio regiment.

George W. Gardner entered the employ of a steamship company when but 14 years of age and for five years sailed on the lakes, until his desire to be a sailor was satisfied. He entered a bank as a clerk and afterward went into the grain business and built the Union elevator.

As years passed he became actively associated with many big business enterprises in the city. He entered politics and for eight years was a member of the city council. For two terms, from 1885 to 1893, he was mayor of Cleveland, and a most popular one. His love of the water clung to him through life, and he became the first commodore of the Cleveland Yacht Club. He was a fine looking man of medium height, who appeared more like a genial lake captain than a business man and the highest officer of the city. He was universally liked and greatly loved and admired by his friends.

His wife was a charming woman of domestic tastes who gave her whole life to her family of seven children. She died in 1899. Mr. Gardner outlived her 12 years.

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Philip Battell, a lawyer, in partnership with R. M. Chapman, was practicing his profession in this city in 1837. The year he came here is not to be found. He was a graduate of Middleburg College, Vt.

He had a highly educated wife, a woman of fine antecedents, and exceedingly well bred. Her maiden name was Emma Hart Seymour, daughter of Hon. Horatio and Lucy Case Seymour. She was born in Middleburg, Vt., and attended Willard Seminary, Troy, N. Y., entering as a pupil in 1823.

Mr. and Mrs. Battell left Cleveland some time before 1845, and returned to Middleburg, Vt., to live in the old Seymour homestead. They had two children.

Mrs. Battell died, leaving her husband and these children most bereaved.

1837

BARNEY

Danforth N. Barney and Ashbel Barney were brothers who came to Cleveland some time between 1836 and 1840. They were merchants of the city many years, and at length removed to New York state, in which locality they had previously lived.

Mrs. Danforth N. Barney, Cynthia, and her infant daughter died in 1843, and were buried in Erie street cemetery. Subsequently, Mr. Barney married Azuba Latham, daughter of W. H. and Azuba Jinks Latham of Thetford, Vt. She was a sister of Mrs. T. M. Kelley and Mrs. G. B. Murfey.

Ashbel Barney married Susan Tracy, sister of James Jared Tracy, so many years the dean of Cleveland's banking interests.

Mrs. Ashbel Barney, like her sister Mrs. John E. Lyon, was a charming society lady whom every one admired, and many tried to imitate.

1837

BLISS

Sidney D. Bliss of Castleton, Vt., son of Bradley Bliss and Annice Wood Bliss, removed to this city in 1837. He was 37 years of age. He was married to Maria Bradford three years before. She was born in Berkshire, Vt., and died in Wickliffe, O., in 1870.

The widowed mother of Sidney D. Bliss came with him, or joined him, and died here.

The children of Sidney and Maria Bliss:

Louisa Bliss, b. in Cleveland, 1840; m. Joshua S. Clinton of Grand Rapids, Mich.

Mary J. Bliss, b. 1837; m. L. B. Smith of Wickliffe, Ohio.

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Seth W. Crittenden, son of Oren and Candace Whitmore Crittenden, was a resident of Cleveland at least thirty years. He was here and in business when the directory of 1837 was published. He remained in the city until 1868, when he removed with his family to Utica, N. Y. He was a cousin of N. E. and Joseph H. Crittenden, pioneers of Cleveland, and evidently came to the city some time before 1837.

He was in the insurance business while living in this city, serving as secretary of a Cleveland company of whom Edmund Clark was president, and six other prominent Cleveland men directors.

Seth W. Crittenden remained a bachelor until his forty-fourth year, when he married, in 1854, Miss Cornelia G. Bacon of Utica, N. Y. She was the daughter of William Johnson Bacon, for many years Justice of the Supreme Court in New York state, and Eliza Kirkland Bacon his wife.

Mr. Crittenden is recalled as a small slender man, in delicate health, with very kind, pleasant manners. And Mrs. Crittenden is remembered as a fine-looking, accomplished lady, much admired and respected by her friends.

Seth Crittenden died in 1888, and rests in Forest Hill cemetery in Utica, N. Y. .

The children of Seth W. and Cornelia Bacon Crittenden:

William B. Crittenden, m. Bessie S. Swigart. He died June, 1900, leaving Edmund and Alice K. Crittenden. The widow and children reside in Brooklyn, N. Y.

Walter H. Crittenden, m. Lillian H. Haines. Mr. Walter Crittenden is in business at 206 Broadway, New York City, and resides in Brooklyn, N. Y.

1837

COE

The family name of Coe has never been a common one in the city. It does not appear in the annals of the town until the summer of 1837, when the small schooner Charles Crooks cleared from Buffalo, tied up at a River street dock, and landed a passenger, Samuel Sage Coe, a slender lad of 18 years. In his pockets was barely enough money with which to pay for a day's board and a night's lodging. But, spite of his slight physique and youthful bearing, the boy possessed a man's courage and bravely faced what might betide him at the top of the steep hill that led from the boat to Superior street, then the only business one of the town.

He had come from Oswego, N. Y., his birthplace. His mother was a widow, which accounts for his early self-reliance, and this mother had been struggling for ten years to keep her children together under one roof. The father Benjamin Coe died in 1827. He was a leading physician of the town of Oswego, but the amount of his practice never overbalanced the credit accounts on his books, and at his death, long standing bills due the estate were never paid.

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Mrs. Benjamin Coe was Matilda P. Parsons, daughter of Col. Eli Coe, a soldier of the Revolution, who died in Oswego, N. Y., 1830, aged 82 years. She was a member of the Springfield, Mass., Parsons family.

Young Coe soon secured a position in Cleveland that paid him $30 a month. It was a clerkship in the firm of Ransom McNair and Co., commission merchants. Three years after his arrival here, he was joined by his mother, his younger brother Charles, and Mary Coe, the daughter of the family. They all lived together at 112 Lake street, until after the marriages of the sons.

S. S. Coe was in the produce and commission business for some years, then drifted into insurance, and with his brother C. W. Coe, became very well known all over Northern Ohio as an agent for popular insurance companies. The brothers were gentlemen in the best sense of that term, as befitted their birth and breeding.

S. S. Coe was a man of kind impulses, and in his business was considerate of others. During the last years of his life, he met with some reverses owing to the panic of 1876. He died in , and with his wife, mother, and sister, lies in Woodland cemetery.

In 1856, Samuel Sage Coe married Gertrude Allen, daughter of ---- and began housekeeping at 46 Ontario street, corner of Hamilton. It was one of the finest residences in that locality. His brother, married ten years previous, lived in a house adjoining it, No. 48.

The children of S. S. and Gertrude Coe:

William Rawson Coe, b. 1854. Sage Coe, b. 1861.

Gertrude Maria Coe, b. 1864; Mrs. Thornton P. Smith.

No members of this family are living in the city.

1838

"Jabez Foster died 1838, aged 39 years, also his wife Jane Foster." (Erie st. cemetery.) They lived No. 30 Seneca st.

"Died. Cynthia, daughter of Ebenezer and Mary Gregg." (Erie street cemetery.)

Died. Charles Prentiss (The inscription is defaced. He may have died earlier.)

Died. "Robert Houston Backus, son of the late Rev. Azel Backus, D. D., Pres. of Hamilton College, aged 36 years." (Erie st. cemetery.)

"Died. Francis (or Frances) Reed, of New York."

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Although a late pioneer, coming to Cleveland at 51 years of age, and some time after his married son and daughter had settled in the city, Zalmon Fitch in the 32 years of his residence here was such a leading figure in financial circles that he merits considerable space in any history of early Cleveland. A pen-picture of him given by one who knew him well is of value in this connection.

"He had a fine face and figure, courteous to all, always richly though plainly dressed, and with the most scrupulous neatness, he was a conspicuous figure on the street, in the church, and in social life. He had large dark eyes and was thought to strongly resemble Daniel Webster. A man of high character and unblemished reputation, he was universally esteemed and respected, and by those with whom he was most intimate, greatly loved."

He was born in Norwalk, Conn., the son of Haynes and Ann Cook Fitch in the sixth generation from Thomas Fitch the American ancestor. His father served in Capt. Jabez Gregory's company, Connecticut militia, in the Revolutionary War.

In 1804, when only 19 years old, he came west and started a store in Canfield, Ohio, said to be the second one established on the Reserve. Four years later he married Betsey Mygatt, daughter of Comfort and Lucy Knapp Mygatt, pioneers of Canfield from Danbury, Conn. Mrs. Fitch was eighth in line from Joseph Mygatt of Hartford, Conn. Her grandfather in 1778 was Lieut. Col. of the 16th Regiment of Conn. Militia. In the war of 1812, Zalmon Fitch served under General Wadsworth in defending the Ohio frontier after Hull's surrender.

The first bank established on the Western Reserve was in Warren in 1813, and named the "Western Reserve Bank." Mr. Fitch was made its cashier, a position he held for 23 years, or until he became its president. In his hands was nearly the whole management and control of the funds of the canal then in process of construction. His decision was final and satisfactory.

A very interesting story is told of the manner in which Mr. Fitch sent money to eastern banks before the days of express companies. He would sometimes take as high as $50,000 in bills on eastern banks to Pittsburg, driving his own team, and exchanging them for Ohio money. He was generally accompanied by his wife's nephew, Comfort A. Adams, a lad of 17 to 19 years. The money was carried in a carpet sack under the buggy seat. The first stop was at Poland, 20 miles, for dinner, where the carpet bag and robes were given in charge of the landlord, Chester Bidwell. The next stop was at Darlington, and the baggage placed by Mr. Dunlap the landlord in a small closet adjoining the bar room, in charge of the night watchman (a big yellow dog). The next day at Economy, 20 miles, for dinner, the precious bag was given to the Economite brothers, in charge, and then 20 more miles brought Mr. Fitch to Pittsburg. The same amount of Ohio bills had then to be carried on the return journey, where stops were made at the same places with the usual precautions.

Mr. Zalmon Fitch lived in Warren in 1838, and in October of that year, removed to Cleveland where his two children, Grant Fitch and Mrs. Laura Fitch Williams, were then living. Soon after coming here, he un-

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dertook to straighten out the affairs of the Bank of Cleveland, which was embarrassed through the panic of 1837, and the utter collapse of Cleveland's real estate boom. Later he associated with George Williams (who had been partner of his son Grant Fitch) in the private banking and brokerage business under the firm name of George Williams and Co.

The children of Zalmon and Betsey Mygatt Fitch:

Lucy Fitch, b. in Canfield, 1809; m William Williams 1827; d. in Buffalo, 1829.

Grant Fitch, b. 1810; m. Mary C. Baldwin, 1837; died in Cleveland, 1840.

Laura Fitch, b. 1814; m. William Williams 1832; d. in Cleveland 1852.

Zalmon Fitch married 2nd Rebecca H. Salter of New Haven, Conn. She was born in Tiverton, England, and died in Cleveland, 1879, aged 89 years. There were no children of this marriage. Rebecca Salter Williams had been a music teacher ; and as her husband's grandchildren and great-grandchildren successively reached suitable age, she took delight in giving them their first lessons on the piano.

The Zalmon Fitch home for 20 years was on the south-east corner of Prospect ave. and East 9th street. Mr. Fitch then bought and removed to a house on the north side of Euclid ave., nearly opposite E. 14th st., where he died in 1860.

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BINGHAM

Edward Bingham, second son of Cyrus and Abigail Foote Bingham, b. 1821 in Andover, Conn., came to Cleveland a year or two after his brother William arrived. He was associated with the latter in the hardware business until his death. He married Esther Sandford. Her mother, Julia Clark Sandford, was a sister of Albert and Aaron Clark of the city. The family lived at 83 St. Clair st. in 1856.

The children of Edward and Esther Bingham:

Julia Bingham, m. Luther Allen of Cleveland..

Albert Lucian Bingham, b. 1862.

Arthur Bingham, m. Nellie A. Whitney of Cleveland

Joel Foote Bingham, b. 1827, brother of William and Edward Bingham, spent a few years of his late boyhood in Cleveland. He studied for the ministry and was ordained in the Congregational church, but later embraced the Episcopal faith. He settled in Hartford, Conn. In 1869, Western Reserve College tendered him the degree of Doctor of Divinity.

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