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SCOTT

Martin Bowen Scott of Deerfield, N. Y., aged 37 years, while on a . western tour in search of health, visited Cleveland in 1838. Evidently he found it here, as he remained and lived 34 years afterward, dying at the age of 71.

He was of an old New England family, the first American ancestor of which was Richard Scott of Boston, 1633, and M. B. Scott seems to have been the first of his name in this immediate locality. The year following his arrival, he married Miss Mary Williamson, daughter of Samuel and Isabella Williamson, who was 26 years old, well instructed in all the refinements of life, well educated, and, as she was born here, well known.

Mr. Scott began a business career that proved highly successful, benefiting not only himself and family, but the city as well.

Hitherto the river had been lined with old wooden warehouses that were anything but ornamental. Within two years Mr. Scott had built a steam elevator of brick, a new departure in more ways than one. "The Scott Elevator" was a landmark and the pride of the river for many long years.

But Martin Scott's patriotism left a more deeply engraven record than any mercantile venture, however epoch-making. He gave the first $5000 of the civil war loan asked for by the national government. That is, he was the first Cleveland citizen to respond to the appeal, thus setting an example of confidence, and of faith in the final result of the conflict between the North and the South that was invaluable locally.

The children of M. B. and Mary Williamson Scott were:

Isabelle Scott.

Martin Scott

William Scott, died unmarried.

Charles Scott, m. Belle Ledling.

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MORGAN

One beautiful day in January, 1910,. the writer rang the bell of the Dorcas Home on Addison Road, and at request was ushered into the room of Mrs. Henry Morgan, who, for some years, had been boarding in that place.

Mrs. Morgan was found reclining on her bed as she had been having a slight attack of "grip," and in a feeble condition physically. But there was no weakness of the mind. As she lay there in her pretty, attractive room, the sun shining in upon her, revealing every feature of her fine old face, she talked freely and charmingly of her girlhood, widowhood, and motherhood.

It was difficult to realize that she had passed her ninth decade of life, had passed through such vicissitudes of circumstances, and yet could so vividly recall the long gone years when she was young and Cleveland but little more than a village.

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Her parents were Joseph and Clarissa Perkins Hodges of Petersham, Mass., who came west in 1834 and settled in Geauga Co., O.

(Joseph Hodges was a soldier of the War of 1812.)

Her grandmother, Silence White Hodges, was a descendant of Peregrene White, first child of Plymouth Colony, and her great-grandfather, Timothy Hodges, was at the Defense of Boston, and served three years in the Continental army.

She was a bride at 18 years of age, the wife of Henry Morgan, who was living in Cleveland that year, 1838. Just when he came here, I forgot to ask. He was a carpenter 24 years old, from Westfield, Mass.

Their first home was No. 52 Prospect street. Ten children came to the household, seven of whom lived to maturity.

In 1857, when her youngest was a babe of five months, Mr. Morgan died. A glance at their birth-list will give the ages of the others-think of it!-3-5-11-12-13 and 14 years.

And we can but conjecture whether her eight brothers and sisters living in as many towns of the Western Reserve rallied to her relief in this dark hour, or whether, as was the experience of so many widows of past years, she struggled on alone.

The family were then living at 68 Prospect street, perhaps the same one as in 1838, but renumbered.

Children of Henry and Hannah L. Hodges Morgan:

Francis Louise Morgan, b. 1843; m. Thomas H. Wall, of Cleveland.

Charles H. Morgan, b. 1844; m. 1^st. Julia W. Barney ; 2nd, Helen F. Throop.

George E. Morgan, b. 1845; m. Sarah E. Clark.

Richard B. Morgan, b. 1846; m. Aurelia M. Jackson.

William C. Morgan, b. 1852; d. 1860.

Dr. Franklin Morgan, b. 1854; m. 1st, Mary C. Orr; 2nd, Winnifred Webb

Clara Alida Morgan, b. 1856; died 1874, unmarried.

Mrs. Hannah Louise Morgan died July, 1910.

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VAN TINE

Robert F. Van Tine was a soldier of the American revolution, who served his country for three years, and was discharged a cripple for life. He was a member of an old Dutch family of New York and lived in Steuben, that state, where he married Mary B. Chapin.

Their son William H. Van Tine was born in 1820, and some time between 1838 and 1840 came to Cleveland. He married Julia Maria Herrick, daughter of Maria and the late Sylvester P. Herrick of Vernon, N. Y. The young couple at once joined the Presbyterian church, and thenceforth for half a century were Sabbath School workers. Their home was on Brownell street.

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In 1892 they celebrated their golden wedding. Mr. Van Tine was a produce merchant for some years, then went into the insurance business, in which he was best known.

The children of Wm. and Julia Herrick Van Tine:

Cornelia Van Tine, m. Edward H. Pardue.

Robert Van Tine, died aged 21.

Wm. H. Van Tine, Jr., m. Mary Long Hogan.

Julia Van Tine, m. J. P. Moody of Syracuse, N. Y.

Rensellaer H. Van Tine.

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BRAINARD

Jabez Brainard, born 1759, son of Simon and Hepzibah Spencer Brainard, a soldier of the American Revolution, rests in Erie street cemetery at the right of the main drive, and not far from the Erie street entrance. His brother Simon Brainard was a lieutenant in the Conn. Continentals. His brother Jeptha Brainard served seven years in the revolutionary army. His brother Asa Brainard also was a soldier of the American Revolution.

The parents of these patriots lived in Chatham, Conn. Soon after the close of the war, Jabez Brainard married Lucy Bingham, daughter of Deacon Elijah and Sarah Jackson Bingham, and removed to Leamsted, N. H., where he lived many years. He was a leading member of the Presbyterian church of that town, and was familiarly known as "Deacon Brainard."

His only son Nathan Brainard established himself in business in Cleveland, and hither at the death of his wife came Jabez Brainard seeking and receiving in the loneliness of his declining years the ministrations that only kinship and love can bestow. And in this city, in 1852, in the once well known Brainard residence on Sheriff street, he died aged 94. A large part of the history of Cleveland is to be found in the lives of many old families of this city allied through marriage to the descendants of this revolutionary hero.

Deacon Jabez Brainard was of slight build, and of medium height. He had blue eyes that twinkled with mirth, or shone with intelligence. He was exceedingly original in his speech, withal a Puritan by inheritance and instinct, a markedly pious man even in the days when irreligion was rare in the community. His desk, a beautiful piece of Colonial furniture, stood in the library of his grandson, the late Prof. George Brainard, and doubtless is still treasured and used by the family.

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GRAY

The Gray brothers, four in number, who made their first appearance in Cleveland in 1833, were of an old New England family. Their father, Urel Gray, lived in Bridgport, Vt., where his children were born. Their mother, Betsey Case Gray, was also of Puritan stock. The family removed to Madrid, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., while the children were still young. In 1833, their second son, Admiral Nelson Gray, with his wife and two little children came to Cleveland to live. In 1838, Joseph W. Gray, youngest son of Urel and Betsey Gray, joined his brother here, and he was soon followed by another one, Ami Nicholas Gray, and lastly came Ransom Gray, the oldest son of the family.

The latter did not live many years after his removal to Cleveland. He was a blacksmith. His widow Rhoda Gray outlived her husband many years. They were both buried in Erie street cemetery. There were no children in this family.

Mrs. Betsey Case Gray joined her sons here after the death of her husband, and in time was laid away beside Ransom in Erie street cemetery.

Ami Nicholas Gray, the third son of the family, was also connected with the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and was in the post-office when Joseph W. Gray was postmaster. He spent some years in Columbus, O., in an official position, and lastly in Washington, D. C., where he died. Soon after his arrival in Cleveland, A. Nicholas Gray joined the First Baptist Church, and thenceforth his brothers called him "Deacon," to which he responded with good-natured acquiescence.

But from the fact that his older brother and himself possessed the same initials grew many complications. The most troublesome came through their mail. Finally, Admiral N. Gray said to his brother A. Nicholas Gray:

"I am tired of opening and reading your letters, and surely do not want you to be reading mine. You will have to change your initials; call yourself Nicholas A. Gray."

"How many times must I change my name?" queried the long-suffering young man. "Ever since I joined the church I have been `Deacon,' and now you ask me to be something else!"

However, he yielded, and thenceforth was generally known as "Nicholas" Gray, though all his relatives and intimate friends continued to affectionately address him as Deacon.

He married Miss Anna Lewis. They had several children, but only one lived to maturity, a daughter, Alice Gray, who married Dr. Flower, and, until recently, has lived in New Haven, Conn. This little girl was the idol of her parents, and while they were living in Columbus, she was the intimate friend of every member of the legislature because her father's constant companion, and thus daily a visitor at the Capitol. At the time, Mr. Gray was the Plain Dealer's Columbus correspondent.

Joseph W. Gray, the youngest brother of the family, was better and longer known in connection with newspaper work than the others. He was editor and publisher of the Cleveland Plain Dealer from 1842 to 1862, covering a critical and exciting period of the country's history. He died in the second year of the civil war. Had he lived to its close, the political policy of the Plain Dealer undoubtedly would have been less aggressive, its attitude toward the southern states less partisan.

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Mr. Gray was an ardent admirer and staunch supporter of Stephen A. Douglas, a presidential candidate in the campaign that elected Abraham Lincoln, and they were warm personal friends.

Much has been written of Joseph W. Gray, the most satisfactory of which is contained in an article by George Hoyt in the Sunday Plain Dealer of August 24, 1902. It covers an entire page and contains portraits of the three Gray brothers associated together in the purchase and publication of the paper. All three evidently were fine-looking men. The face of Joseph is that of a poet. Mr. Hoyt says of him

"He was a handsome man of medium height ; rather slight in build; hair black and brushed back of the ears, where it was lightly inclined to curl; eyes bright, genial and laughing; in person scrupulously neat and always becomingly dressed."

Joseph Gray seems to have been as much beloved by his associates, as was his caustic pen dreaded by his political opponents.

The Plain Dealer was first housed at 15 Superior street in a building also occupied by Sandford & Hayward, pioneer printers and publishers. A big book suspended from the second story was their sign.

To the right was the hat store of Richard and Nicholas Dockstader ; to the left that of Worthington & Stair. Afterward the plant was moved to the old Atwater Block at the foot of the street and facing it.

Mr. Gray was one of the early postmasters of Cleveland, his term of office extending from 1852 to 1858. The post-office, at that time, was on the west side of Water street, corner of St. Clair.

Mr. Gray lived in a pretty cottage, 253 Superior street, near Erie, the site of the Colonial Theatre. It set back quite a distance from the sidewalk, and its lawn was ornamented by a fountain, usually active, and a source of curiosity to children.

In this cottage were entertained many notables, both local and national. Mrs. Gray was well-fitted to be the mistress of such a home. She was Miss Catherine Foster before her marriage, and the daughter of a pioneer. The writer regrets that more cannot be learned of this lady, the wife and companion of so noted a Cleveland man. She is said to have been a very handsome woman, and shone in society.

Mr. Gray's death in 1862 was premature; brought about by an accident through which one eye was destroyed and the loss of the other threatened. He lived on for a year with his nervous system shattered, and unable to either read or write. His widow removed to Los Angeles, California, where she died at the home of her daughter.

Ransom, Admiral N. and Joseph Gray were all buried in Erie st. cemetery.

The children of Joseph and Catharine Foster Gray:

Josephine Gray, m. W. H. Harvey; lives in Can Bernardino, California. She was a widow in 1902.

Eugene Gray. As a lad this son was noted for his remarkable beauty, and was selected by Wolcott the sculptor as a model for the Perry monument now established in Wade Park. He removed to New York City.

Lewis Gray.

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DOLMAN

The residence and millinery store of Francis and Catherine Dolman adjoined on the east side of Seneca street.

They were from Bath, England. In the early '40s, they extended their business by opening, for that period, a fine establishment on Superior street, corner of Seneca, a site that in recent years Webb C. Ball, the jeweler, occupied so long.

This business venture was very successful. Dolman's millinery store for three decades or more was one of the features of Superior street, and popular with the sex that then, as now, delights in pretty things.

The couple bought a farm on Cedar avenue in the vicinity of what is now East 90th street, upon which they retired. It consisted of about 17 acres, and extended south to Quincy street. Through this farm Mr. Dolman cut a street and called it Bell avenue.

The children of Francis and Catherine Dolman:

Albert Dolman, unmarried..

George Dolman, m. Miss Umless.

Dr. William Dolman.

Jane Dolman, m. Jabez Fitch

Adelaide Dolman, m. James Crocker.

John. H. Dolman, m. Julia Wheeler.

Dr. William Dolman was a surgeon in the civil war. He died in the south. His brother John was a paymaster during that conflict, but lived to return home and engage in the railroad business. His widow, a daughter Jenny, and a son, his namesake, reside on Cedar ave. on the site of the old homestead. George Dolman, the only surviving member of the family, resides in Denver.

Mrs. Catherine Dolman was a keen, bright, old lady who lived to be 94 years of age. She died in 1897, having outlived her husband 18 years.

The family all lie in Erie st. cemetery.

1839

Mayor, Dr. Joshua Mills.

Postmaster, Aaron Barker.

Married. In this city, by Rev. Bury, W. J. Gordon and Miss Charlotte Champlin.

"Died. Levi Beebe, of Waterbury, Conn." (Erie st. cemetery.) "Died. Charles Tracy, 46 years." (Erie st. cemetery.)

The southeast corner of Euclid avenue and Erie street is a cornfield. The southwest corner is a grove in which political meetings and other gatherings are held.

Euclid ave. is still a bad road to be avoided. Teams and carriages find Woodland ave. much better driving this side of Willson, East 55th, as it had been improved with gravel.

About this time T. P. Handy and M. C. Younglove purchased lots of five acres each at $100 an acre on Euclid ave. just beyond Huntington st., E. 18th.

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BECKWITH

The name of Beckwith has been best and longest known in this city through the firm of "Beckwith and Sterling," pioneer carpet merchants of the town, the senior member of which was Thomas Sterling Beckwith. He was born in Lyme, Conn., in 1821. His parents removed to Glen's Falls, N. Y., where his father died, leaving a widow and a family of young children. Two of these were William E. and Thomas S. Beckwith. Their mother, Jerusha Sill Beckwith, made her home in Granville, N. Y., where her children had educational advantages, and where afterward her sons through employment in local dry-goods stores learned many details of that business. After a clerkship of four years in Granville, Thomas Sterling came to Cleveland, just in time to become a real pioneer of this city. He entered the employ of Alexander Sacket, and afterward followed his brother William into the firm of P. M. Weddell & Co., one of the partners of which was Dudley Baldwin.

Here, doubtless, Mr. Beckwith acquired some of the business ability and absorbed the business code of integrity for which Messrs. Weddell and Baldwin were noted. In 1857, with his brother and Frederick A. Sterling, yet living, he started the first store in town, dealing exclusively in the sale of carpets. Previous to that time drygoods firms handled carpets on a small scale, as does the big department store of today on a large one. The establishment of the firm of Beckwith and Sterling was soon followed by another one dealing solely in carpets, and these two firms absorbed the trade so that for many following years, local drygoods merchants ceased to handle that branch of the business.

Mr. Beckwith was a very religious man and all testimony concerning him shows that he tried most earnestly to reconcile his business with his faith. It is said of him that he was honest in the very bone and fiber of his being. He told the truth and nothing but the truth. He never deceived a customer, nor allowed his employes to do so. One of Mr. Beckwith's strongest convictions was that religion should be free to rich and poor alike, and at his death he left a fund which he hoped would be the means of establishing a perpetual line of free-pew churches. The first one built through this fund was called Beckwith Chapel. When it became self-supporting the fund was to be withdrawn from it, and another free-seated church or chapel erected. Beckwith Chapel was located on Fairmount st., E. 107th, near the Western Reserve University and Case School of Applied Science. Recently its congregation united with the Third Presbyterian Church and is housed in a beautiful and very costly edifice opposite the college grounds and called the "Euclid Avenue Presbyterian Church."

Mr. Beckwith was greatly interested in the Bethel, an institution devoted primarily to the welfare of seamen, but which later included also the city's poor, especially its widows and children. For 20 years Mr. Beckwith was superintendent of its Sabbath school. This, in connection with his regular attendance on church services, must have made his Sabbath an arduous day for him, especially when advancing years had robbed him of early strength and vigor.

Mr. Beckwith married in 1849, Sarah Oliphant, daughter of Robert W. and Mary Raymond Oliphant of Granville, Washington Co., N. Y. The groom was 28 years old and the bride 27 years. Their first child, a

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little daughter, lived but two months. It was 15 years before their next child was born, a son, and he was followed by another son within a year.

Meanwhile, Mr. and Mrs. Beckwith had taken into their hearts and home two little girls to whom they gave devoted affection and care. Mr. Beckwith died in 1876. His widow survived him 24 years, and in 1900 was laid beside him in Lake View cemetery. One who knew her intimately says that "she was a noble-hearted, sweet-mannered lady, who in all Mr. Beckwith's labors and trials was inded a `helpmeet.' After his death she gave to their four children the guidance and care he was no longer permitted to bestow, and so far as was in her power carried on the good work and continued the record of benevolence he so well began."

The children of Thomas S. and Sarah Oliphant Beckwith:

Kittie Beckwith, b. 1849; died in infancy.

Katherine Louise Beckwith, adopted, b. 1858; m. William Otis Knight ; m. 2nd, Addison Hubbard.

Fannie Isabella Beckwith, adopted, b. 1862; m. Cassius B. Clark.

Thomas Sterling Beckwith, b.1864; unmarried

William Oliphant Beckwith, b. 1865; died 1885.

The last residence of the Beckwith family was 3813 Euclid avenue, near Case, East 40th st.

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SOUTHERN

William and Anna Pixley Southern were residents of Ithaca, N. Y., when they concluded to come west. Mr. Southern was a farmer and a cooper. He was born 1809, and of New England ancestry. His wife, born 1807, was descended from German emigrants. Mr. Southern purchased a farm in Rockport, and the family lived upon it, at first, in a log-cabin, which gave place some years later to a finer but no more substantial edifice.

Mr. Southern dealt in staves considerably, which kept him much in touch with Cleveland, and members of his family began to live here at an early age, and three of the children married into East End pioneer families. Mr. Southern died in 1871, and his wife in 1876. Their children:

Julia Southern, m. Peter Bower of Rockport..

William Southern, Jr., died in the civil war.

Lemuel M. Southern, m. Libbie Gale, dau. of Martin Gale..

Chrystopher Southern, a fruit-grower of Rockport, O.

Mary Southern, m. Anderson

Joseph Southern, a fruit-grower in Rockport, O.

Elvira Southern, m . John Ingram of Cleveland

Susie Southern, m. Peter Clampitt of E. Cleveland.

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WINSLOW

The Winslow and Hamlin families of New England settled in Jefferson Co., N. Y., thence removed to Richmond, O., and about 1839 changed their place of residence to Cleveland. The heads of these families were warm friends, and their children continued the intimacy through life.

Tisdale Winslow was a direct descendant of Gov. Winslow of the Mayflower. His wife was Mary Armitage of Albany, N. Y. Their Cleveland home was near the corner of St. Clair and Bank streets. In their declining years they removed to Mansfield in order to be with their youngest daughter Alyoa, whose home after her marriage was in that place.

Alonzo A. Winslow, one of their sons, was a prominent man for many years in the civil and political history of the city. He served as sheriff, and was thenceforth known as "Sheriff Winslow" to distinguish him from the other well-known men of the same name in the city.

He lived in a picturesque cottage on Euclid Ave., cor. Giddings Ave., East 71st. A brook ran through the place, spanned by a little bridge. This was once the site of a log-tannery belonging to a man named Curtis, and the little stream was called Curtis Brook. When the Giddings family settled near by, and Giddings Ave. was laid out between the lots, the brook was thenceforth Giddings Brook. A huge garage now covers the site of Mr. Winslow's cottage.

The children of Tisdale and Mary Armitage Winslow:

Susan Winslow, m. Mr. Chapman.

Abby Eliza Winslow, m. Isaac Seaverns.

Alyoa Winslow, m. William Rhodes.

John Winslow.

Alonzo P. Winslow, m. Alvira Lyon of Willoughby; 2nd, Emma M. Johnson.

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RANSOM

Chauncy S. Ransom was the son of Stephen and Sally, or Tally, Grey Ransom of Watertown, Conn. He came to this city in 1839, and became associated in business with Lucius M. Cobb on Center street in the manufactory of sash and blinds. He was also in the lumber business.

His wife was Ann E. Younglove, daughter of Moses and Hannah Younglove. She was the sister of Moses Younglove, Jr., the pioneer, and half-sister of the Cobb brothers.

Mr. and Mrs. Ransom were married in Cambridge, N. Y. Their first home in Cleveland was 162 Prospect street near Brownell, from which they removed to Case Avenue where they resided the rest of their days.

Mr. Ransom's young sister Tally Ransom, while on a visit to her Cleveland relatives, died in this city.

Mr. Ransom was a member of the city council for a time, and did excellent service. He was dubbed the "Watchdog" of the council because of his faithfulness and accuracy.

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He died in 1888, aged 78 years, and his wife passed away in 1896 at the age of 86.

Children of Chauncy and Ann Ransom:

Minerva A. Ransom, m. Charles Winans of Adrian, Mich.

Moses Y. Ransom, m. Isabella Gorham.

Emily Hooker Ransom, m. Daniel Pritchard.

M. Y. Ransom's daughter is the wife of Howard Yost of the Society for Savings.

The family burial lot is in Woodland cemetery.

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GORDON

William J. Gordon was born on a New Jersey farm on or near the site of the Monmouth battlefield. He was 21 years old when he came to Cleveland in 1839. If there was a dollar in his pocket at that time, it had been earned by him and was neither borrowed nor a gift. He possessed many talents, but the one talent that made all the others possible to cultivate or practical for use was the faculty for business, the keen sense of commercial value, and of financial opportunities. Accompanying this was a masterful spirit capable of bending circumstance to his own will, and for having his own natural way. He was independent in thought and action all his life. Starting with a small grocery on River street near the foot of St. Clair street, his business culminated in one of the largest wholesale groceries in Northern Ohio, and known as the house of Gordon & McMillen.

Mr. Gordon also entered the iron trade, which was exceedingly profitable, and added to this were banking interests. He had a singularly well-defined dual nature. In private life he was poetical and artistic. He had much distinction in person, in manner, in bearing, and in intellectual outlook on the finer phases of life.

He accumulated a large library, many valuable paintings, beautiful statuary, and other works of art, results of years of travel abroad. Without special training in the field of landscape gardening and the art of bending nature to his own sense of beauty, he had that province of activity entirely at his command, a master of one of the finest forms of esthetic development.

At 23 years of age, he married Miss Charlotte Champlin. Her mother was a widow who, in the late '40s, became the second wife of James Lawrence. The first Gordon home was 39 Huron street, near Prospect. In 1856, the family was living on the west side of Water street near the Government property. Mr. Gordon remodeled and added to this home until it became an imposing mansion for those days. In the rear of his grounds he erected a facsimile of a ruined abbey which, for many years,

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was a landmark for that part of the city and an object of much interest and inquiry to passengers entering or leaving the city by steamboat or railroad.

Some time in the late '60s, Mr. Gordon purchased land on the lake shore and Bratenahl Road, which was added to from time to time until it comprised 152 acres. Upon this he spent a fortune. Every effect of long vistas, wide expanses, unusual grouping, and occasionally of vivid coloring, effects that only a past-master of landscape gardening could conceive, were produced. These, with the lake and lagoon, made the park one of the most beautiful of its size in the country. And this, at his death, he left a free gift to the city.

Although the name Gordon had no place upon Cleveland records until the year 1839, it is destined to remain there perpetually, unless some future mayor of the city, born elsewhere and whose interests and reverences are confined to the parks and cemeteries of his native town, follows the example of a predecessor, and runs streets and electric lines through Gordon Park, thus ruining or eliminating it.

It seems no more than just and appropriate that the long years of personal labor on the estate Mr. Gordon left to the city should make it always distinctly associated with its former owner. He gave to it not only of his means but of himself. Early and late he could have been found on his grounds directing surveys of its beautiful walks and drives or overseeing the planting of some rare tree or shrub, frequently himself handling the spade.

Meanwhile, at the marriage of his only son he turned over to the latter the Water street mansion, and retired to his lake shore estate, where he remodeled an old farm house standing at the north-east corner of it. In time this house became completely covered with American ivy, converting it into a unique and picturesque feature of the park.

Mrs. Gordon died in this home. She was a woman highly regarded and much esteemed by many friends. She had a kind heart and was easily touched by the sorrows of this earth, of which alas ! she had had her share. Her declining years were saddened by the death of her only daughter in young womanhood, the waywardness of her son, her own continuous ill health, and other serious troubles. Mr. Gordon outlived his wife some years. He died in 1893.

Children of William J. and Charlotte Gordon:

Charles Gordon, m. Mary Smithe of New York.

Georgiana Gordon, m. Count Alphonse Vinain (Quatorze) of Belgium.

She lived but a short time after her marriage.

The widow and children of Charles Gordon reside in New York City, and no member of the family is now living in Cleveland. Daisy Gordon, daughter of Charles Gordon, married Daniel Rhodes Hanna, and had a little daughter, Elisabeth Hanna, who, with her mother, resides in New York City.

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HANDY

Truman P. and Parker Handy had a brother associated with them in Cleveland and in Massillon, O., but whom ill health forced out of business. He never recovered from a stroke of paralysis, although his life was prolonged many years. He died in 1891, aged 72 years. This brother was Augustus Handy. He married 1st, Harriet Spencer of Massillon, and they had two children.

Augusta Handy, m. Capt. John R. Johnson.

Harriet Handy, m. John W. Manahan.

Mrs. Harriet Spencer died in 1851, seven years after her marriage, leaving her two little daughters at a tender age. Augustus married 2nd, in 1856, Fanny J. Babcock, of Truxton, N. Y., who died within ten years. She also left two children.

Truman P. Handy 2nd, m.

Helen P. Handy, m. Dickenson.

The family home was on Superior street. Augustus Handy died at the home of his eldest daughter, Mrs. Augusta Handy Johnson, on E. 43rd st.

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HAMLIN

William H. Hamlin and his wife Mary Trowbridge Hamlin of Great Barrington, Mass., accompanied or soon followed the Winslow family to Cleveland from Richmond, Ohio.

Their children were:

Sarah Maria Hamlin, b. in Courtland Co., N. Y.; m. Harvey Johnson.

Maryette Hamlin, m. Ezra Hoyt; lives in California

Julia Hamlin, and William Hamlin.

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JOHNSON

Harvey Johnson of Milton, Saratoga Co., N. Y., was born in 1815; married Sarah Maria Hamlin in 1838. They lived in Richmond hamlet, Lake Co., Ohio, a year or two, then removed to Cleveland.

The children of Harvey and Sarah Maria Johnson, all born in Cleveland

Isabella Johnson, m. Carlos A. Smith.

Emma Johnson, m. Alonzo P. Winslow, a second wife.

Harvey Johnson, and Cora Johnson.

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BURY

Rev. Richard Bury who was rector of Old Trinity in 1839, and in later years of Grace P. E. Church, was born in England in 1792, but came with his parents to this country when he was eight years old.

His father was William Bury of Bury, near Manchester, Eng., his mother Mary Barnett Bury. They had three children, only one of whom married. The family lived in New York.

Richard, the youngest child, studied medicine and then theology, graduating from Union College in 1812. He became rector of Trinity Church, Albany, then had charge of a parish in Poterdam, N. Y., and in 1830 received a call from St. Paul's, Detroit, the same year that Rev. S. C. Freeman left Cleveland and took charge of St. John's, Detroit.

Richard Bury remained in that city nine years and then came to Cleveland.

He was married in Sand Lake, N. Y., in 1819, to Mariette Gregory, dau. of Uriah M. Gregory. She was 26 years old, and the groom her senior only by a year.

The children of Richard and Mariette Gregory Bury:

Mary F. Bury, b. 1820, in Albany N. Y.; m. Horace Gray.

Elisabeth Bury, b. 1822 in Albany, N. Y.; m. Rev. D. D. Gregory.

William A. Bury, b. 1824 in Albany, N. Y.; m. Eliza Resiune (?).

Charles Bury, b. 1825, in Albany, N. Y.; unmarried.

Theodore Bury, b. 1827, in Albany, N. Y.; m. Miriam Dwight.

Richard A. Bury, b. 1830, in Albany, N. Y.; m. 1st, Caroline Choate ; 2nd, Mary Hoag.

Caroline Bury, b. 1831, in Detroit, Mich.; m. George W. Bloodgood.

Henry A. Bury, b. 1834, in Detroit, Mich.; unmarried.

Rev. Richard Bury came back to Cleveland, to take charge of Grace Church.

Mrs. Mariette Bury died in 1861, and two or three years later Mr. Bury married Mrs. Zervia Fitch. She survived him a number of years. He died 1875.

The family lived on Clinton street, afterward changed to Brownell, and again to E. 14th street.

Miss Mariette Gray of Grosse Isle, Mich., is the last survivor of her father's and mother's family.

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The euphonious and biblical name of Phyletus Francis is so unusual that probably but one man in Cleveland ever bore it.

The Francis family that came to this city at an early day was of old, New England stock, dating back to the seventeenth century. One member of it, Ezeriah Francis, living in 1815 in Hamburg, near Buffalo, N. Y., hailed from Vermont. His wife, Lavina Cheeseman, was a native

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of New Jersey. They settled in that part of Hamburg called "Chestnut Ridge," but some years later removed to a farm in Chardon, O

In 1839, or near that date, their son Phyletus, whose trend of thought and activity was toward commerce rather than agriculture, left home prepared to enter any field of honest endeavor leading to what he had in view for himself. His first venture brought him to this city, and here he made a modest success in life, married and had a family of children.

His early life on a farm had given him a love for horses, and he became interested in the purchase and sale of them. At one time he kept a livery. In the later years of his life he dealt in real estate.

In 1843 he married Miss Sarah Mead, daughter of William and Rhoda Mead, the Cleveland pioneers. The Francis home was on Erie street, opposite the cemetery. They lost their older children, only the two youngest of the family living to maturity.

Phyletus Francis died in 1884, and his wife Sarah Mead Francis in 1906. Their graves are in Woodland cemetery. Their children were:

William P. Francis, m. Hannah

Payton. They reside on Stanwood Road, East Cleveland.

Rhoda Lavina Francis, m. John J. Stanley (well known in his connection with the Cleveland Electric R. R. Their home is 8211 Euclid ave.

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A business depression overshadows the city. It began in 1837 and lasted for five years. Hundreds of families who had settled here in 1835 and 1836, returned to their former homes or removed to cities and towns farther west. Much valuable Cleveland property was sacrificed by owners unable to pay taxes upon it.

Many business men of the city who remained in it were hampered for years by debts incurred during the panic.

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Caleb B. Butts married in 1822, Sarah Ann Ross, daughter of John M. and Eliza Ross of Dover, N. Y., and in 1840 they removed to Cleveland. Two years later they were host and hostess of the American House, 42 Superior street. It was built about 1836, and Isaac Newton had had previous charge of it. Deacon and Mrs. Butts were active members in the First Baptist Church, and greatly interested in its advancement and prosperity.

In 1872, they celebrated their golden wedding at the home of their son Bolivar Butts, whose daughter has in her possession large oil portraits of the worthy couple which are admired by all who knew them.

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Caleb Butts died in 1888 at the home of his daughter in New Jersey, while there on a visit, and Mrs. Butts survived him but three years.

The children of Caleb and Sarah Ross Butts:

Eliza Butts, m. Chester Demming,

of Stockbridge, Mass.

William Butts, m. an Eastern lady.

Bolivar Butts, m. Martha Cather daughter of Robert and Margaret Norton Cather.

The latter was identified long years with Trinity church as a vestryman.

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FREESE

The names of Freese in connection with the Cleveland public schools covered a period of 21 years, and for 40 years more it remained familiar to hundreds of middle aged men and women. Today there still remains in the hearts of many former pupils yet living tender memories of Andrew Jackson Freese, their high school principal, their honored superintendent, their beloved friend.

He was born 1816 in Levant, Maine, the son of Gordon Freese, a poor farmer; few New England farmers were not poor in those days.

Andrew was a slender, delicate lad, unfitted for the rough, hard work on the farm. At ten years of age he lost his mother, Hannah Allen Freese. It was a most distressing loss to a child who particularly needed the tenderness and intuitions of a mother to tide him over the difficulties that faced him at that period of his life. He had an alert mind, was fond of books, and very studious, so it was not long before he was able to teach in country schools and in that way to fit himself for college and to work his way through it.

In 1840 the Cleveland public schools were established, and at the age of 24 years, Andrew J. Freese was sent for, and became the principal of one of the grammar schools of the city. Seven years later, July, 1847, when the first high school was opened in the basement of a small Congregational church on Prospect street, northwest corner of East 7th St., Mr. Freese was placed in charge of it. There were 24 pupils, all boys ; but the following year girls were admitted. For several years the average attendance fell far short of 100, and part of the time Mr. Freese had but one assistant.

In 1853 when the public school system of the city had grown to such proportions as to need a man of educational experience to give it his whole time and attention, Andrew J. Freese was the natural candidate for the position, and thus became the first superintendent of the Cleveland Public Schools.

He held the office for eight years, and that he remained in it no longer was a reflection upon the Board of Education for the year he retired.

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The man who superseded him retained the position but two years. Since then the office has been filled successively by many men. Some of them gained reputations, more or less deserved, for great ability in their line, but not one was better fitted personally and mentally to manage the school system than was Andrew J. Freese. The writer entered a grammar school of the city in 1857 and well remembers the enthusiasm that prevailed in the class room during the frequent presence there of Mr. Freese. He made every pupil feel alive, alert, and inspired with the idea that books and study were the most delightful things in this world. He had a happy faculty of drawing out the very best in a pupil, and even a stupid one would respond to his adroit questioning in a way to astonish the regular teacher.

Mr. Freese remained a resident of the city until his death in 1902. During the long years of his inactivity in educational matters, for he was but 45 when his connection with the public schools was closed, nothing seemed to give him such satisfaction as an occasional visit to a school building and to offer prizes for exceptional work.

The year he was made principal of the high school Mr. Freese married one of his young teachers. She was Miss Elisabeth Merrill, daughter of Rev. Moses and Nancy Lee Merrill of Haverhill, N. J. She was born in 1825. Her father was a Methodist minister famous as a Greek scholar. He settled in Brooklyn, O., and Elisabeth attended the Academy of that town. Like her father she was scholarly, and a natural linguist. She excelled in mathematics and rhetoric. Miss Merrill taught in Brooklyn and subsequently became an assistant in the Cleveland high school. She was a very amiable young woman and often her marriage proved to be naturally domestic although retaining her interest in intellectual pursuits until her death in 1893.

The family lived on the corner of Prospect and Huron streets, the site of the Osborn Building.

Mr. and Mrs. Freese had two daughters, only one of whom survived.

Elmina Freese, married James G. Hobbie of Belfast, Maine. Resides on Hampshire Road, East Cleveland.

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Charles W. Coe, son of Dr. Benjamin and Matilda Parsons Coe, followed his elder brother S. S. Coe to this city in 1840. His first employment was secured with Newton E. Crittenden the pioneer jeweler on Superior street. Afterwards he became an accountant for Pease & Allen, the River street commission merchants, and later was associated in business with his brother and with Charles Hickox. C. W. Coe was an unselfish, generous-hearted man with frank, genial manners. He resided with his widowed mother at 112 Lake street, until his marriage in 1846 to Miss Maria L. Ives, daughter of John C. and Lucy Coe Ives of Oswego, N. Y. The couple lived at 48 Ontario street. The lot adjoined that of

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S. S. Coe. The Hotel Lincoln now covers both the Coe lots. To the north of them lived Henry Castle, Augustus Foot, and Joseph Sargeant. Later on, Mr. Marshon, engaged in millinery, built a fine home. All three houses are still standing.

The children of Charles W. and Maria Ives Coe:

C. C. Coe, b. 1848; m. Emily Lamb of Toledo, Ohio.

Matilda L. Coe, b. 1850; m. Evard Parker Leland of Holliston, Mass

Mary E. Coe, b. 1856; unmarried

The Charles W. Coe family removed to Toledo in

Mr. Coe died in 1909, aged 87 years. Mrs. Coe died in 1902, in her 81st year.

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Hezekiah and Huldah Cobb Ford, of Cummington, Mass., had four sons who became Ohio pioneers. Two of them settled on Euclid ave., near Mayfield Road. They were twin brothers, Cyrus and Darius Ford, born in 1790. They came to Cleveland from Cummington by the way of Massillon, where they remained for a time engaged in an attempt to raise silk worms. They contracted malaria, and were so prostrated by it that a change of residence was deemed advisable. Cyrus Ford bought a farm of 100 acres on Euclid ave. for $18 an acre, and another of the same size on Mayfield Road, near the Garfield monument, for $16 an acre. He lived to sell 4 acres of the latter for $1000 an acre.

The Fords were partly Quaker in descent, and therefore took a decided stand in their views on the slavery question. Their homes became stations of the famous "Underground Railroad," and they helped many an escaping negro to reach Canada and freedom. One of these was a beautiful Kentucky girl and a little boy, both so nearly white as to easily pass for such. They had been sold to a cruel New Orleans planter and fled north into Ohio, being passed on from one anti-slavery family to another until they at last reached the shores of Lake Erie and were received and secreted in the home of Cyrus Ford. A little steamer was then plying between Cleveland and Port Stanley, but its dock was being closely watched by emissaries of the southern master. The woman was dressed in rich apparel, her little boy disguised as a girl, and they were driven in a fine turnout to the boat, and those watching out little guessed that the elegantly attired lady who walked over the gangplank was the poor woman they had planned to seize and return to slavery.

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The Fords were esthetic in their tastes and progressive in farming methods. The acres of forest and field they purchased soon became orchards of fruit and gardens of vegetables and flowers. Mr. Ford was never afraid to try anything that came to his notice, and his experiments were more often successful than otherwise. Mrs. Ford was Clarissa Whitmarsh, daughter of Deacon Jacob and Anna Poole Whitmarsh. She was about 50 years of age when she came to Cleveland. Very tall and very vigorous, she made light of her frequent task of weaving from 20 to 40 yards of linen or woolen cloth. Her hair, of a Titian shade, never turned gray, but retained its color and its luster to the end of her days.

She was a woman who could do her own thinking, arrive at her own conclusions, and give her reasons for them with logical clearness. She was inclined to be reserved with strangers, but friendly and chatty with people she knew well.

The children of Cyrus and Clarissa Whitmarsh Ford:

Horace Ford, m. Sarah Dawes.

Henry Ford, m. Martha Slaght.

Lewis Ford, m. Anna Fenn.

Horatio Ford, m. Martha C. Cozad.

Francis Ford, m. Mercy Fuller.

Mary Ford, m. Jesse B. Fay, attorney.

Nellie Ford, m. W. J. Alton.

Arthur Ford, m. Anna Barclay of Willoughby.

Clara Ford, m. Lyman A. Gould of Indianapolis.

Ella Ford, m. Will Brunner.

H. Clark Ford, m. Ida Thorpe.

Kate F. Ford, m. Bryant Whitmore.

Alice Ford, m. George Ashland, M. D.

Harry Ford, m. Minnie Hull.

Louise and Julia Ford.

Frank L. Ford, m. Eva Hurlbut.

Edwin Ford, m. Nellie Keith.

Maria Ford, m. Rev. Harry Jones.

Charles, Minnie, and Fannie Ford.

Harriet Ford, m. William F. Sprague.

Grace Ford, m. James Monroe.

George Ford, m. Frances Bailey.

Lewis Ford, Jr., m. Bessie Mead.

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The mother of Moses Cowan Younglove, Mrs. Chauncy L. Ransom, and those well known early citizens, the Cobb brothers, was so unusual a woman that the little to be secured about her-only stimulates the wish to know more. And could one of her children be alive to tell the tale it surely would be an interesting one.

At nineteen years of age she married Moses Younglove who died within two years, leaving her with a little daughter. Ann Eliza Younglove, who married Chauncy S. Ransom and died aged eighty-eight, and a son, Moses C. Younglove, born a month after his father's death.

After five years of widowhood she married (2d) Solomon Cobb, and within the next fourteen years nine children were added to her household. Again she became a widow, and subsequently joined her older sons, who had preceded her to this city to engage in business with their half-brother, Mr. Younglove.

The nomenclature of her second brood of little ones is most original, and hints of many things concerning herself, strength of character, indifference to established precedent, continuity of thought, and, for those days, a rare knowledge of ancient history.

It may have been a revolt against the ever-recurring biblical names in her own family. Her father was David, her first husband Moses, her second one Solomon, and both her mother and herself were "Hannah." Doubtless she had uncles and aunts and cousins who were Davids, Daniels, and Hannahs.

As will be noticed, her own daughters received the beautiful stately names of Marcia and Lucia, and they proved by no means misnomers.

Mrs. Hannah Cobb was fifty-two years old when she came to Cleveland, and, with three of her sons and perhaps both daughters, resided at 83 Seneca street.

As a family Mrs. Cobb's children were book sellers, book publishers, and manufacturers of paper to make books, and, if one can absorb knowledge through the handling of books, they should have been, and probably were, exceptionally well informed.

The children of Solomon and Hannah (Younglove) Cobb:

Lucius M. Cobb, b. 1817; m. Mary McMillan. He died aged 74 yrs.

Marcius L. Cobb, b. 1819; m. 1^st, Catherine Ward ; 2nd, Anna Gray. He died age 72 yrs.

Junius B. Cobb, b. 1820; m. Alice. Aldrich Wilkinson. He died aged 73.

Lucia M. Cobb, b. 1822; m. Elijah Reed Fenton. She died at 82 yrs.

Brutus J. Cobb, b. 1824; m. Rose Bill. He died aged 76.

Caius C. Cobb, b. 1826; m. Helen M. Andrews, daughter of the Cleveland pioneer. He died aged 72.

Cassius C. Cobb, b. 1827; m. 1st, Susan Blackwell ; 2nd, Ella Hittle. He died aged 83

Marcia L. Cobb, b. 1830; m. Edwin Stair. She died aged 46.

Daniel Wells Cobb, b. 1832; the only one of eleven children to die in infancy

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Mrs. Sophia Hodge, the mother of Mrs. David L. Wood, and Orlando J. Hodge, lived long enough with her daughter in this city to entitle her to space in this history of pioneer families.

She was the daughter of Abel and Anna Caulkins English, and was born in Lebanon, Conn. In 1810, her parents removed to Hamburg, a farming district near Buffalo, N. Y. Here, in 1820, she married Alfred Hodge who had been recently given a government position in Mackinac, Mich., and the young couple started at once in a sailing vessel for that far-off, frontier fort.

Mrs. Hodge kept a diary of each day's experience throughout the eight years she remained there, and of her journey to Mackinac. In it she relates of the boat passing Cleveland so close that she had a good view of the village : "A few houses, most of them painted white, standing among the trees high up on the lake bank. They looked very pretty and gave us a good impression of the place." At first, Mrs. Hodge was the only white woman in Mackinac.

Mr. and Mrs. Hodge returned to Buffalo in 1828, and four years later, Mr. Hodge fell the first victim of the cholera epidemic of 1832. His widow was left with three little children, Mandana, Alfred, and Orlando John Hodge, the latter but four years of age. She died in 1846, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Wood, 55 Wood street, and was buried in Erie street cemetery.

During the last days of his long life of 84 years, her son, Col. O. J. Hodge, wrote in detail the personal experiences of his boyhood, manhood, and old age, a precious and private legacy to his family. The writing is very fine but clear and distinct as script, and is a remarkable exhibit of the possibilities of a man 84 years. With but an inkling of the vicissitudes of the writer's life, one could imagine that its pages would be of absorbng interest. The simplicity and sincerity of its diction makes it almost a classic, while often its pathos moves one to tears.

Left fatherless at a tender age, his life at first, was a long struggle with poverty. But he was singularly proud spirited and independent, insisting always upon earning his own way. In later years he had a supreme contempt for a dead beat or a sponge, knowing through early experience that seldom, if ever, is a man obliged to beg.

When but a lad, he walked, from Cleveland to Buffalo in order to enlist in the Mexican War, and at his death, he was the sole survivor, in this locality, of that conflict.

His association with his brother-in-law, General Wood, gave him at an early age a working knowledge of the printer's trade which resulted, years afterward, in the establishment of the Sun and Voice, Cleveland's first Sunday newspaper, of which he was for 11 years editor and principal owner.

The public life of Col. Hodge embraced so much and lasted so long that space will not admit of enumeration. Only here and there can it be touched upon merely. As a legislator at Columbus, he was Speaker of the House for four years. He was president of the Sons of the Ameri-

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can Revolution, of the New England Society, and of the Old Settlers' Association.

The experiences of his early life made him particularly sympathetic and tender-hearted with children. Many a little newsboy has been marched into a shoe store by Col. Hodge and had his feet properly shod, or guided elsewhere to displace his ragged coat for a warmer one. The constant appeal of dependent childhood and of suffering animals led to the organization of the local Humane Society, of which Col. Hodge was charter member and for long years an active worker.

At 27 years of age, Col. Hodge married Lydia R. Doan, daughter of David Clark Doan, a Cleveland pioneer. She died in 1879, from the effects of an accident. This marriage of his youth was a happy one upon which he loved to dwell in reminiscence. "Lydia was the most truthful person I had ever met," he affirmed. "I never knew her to equivocate in the slightest degree."

They had one child, Clark R. Hodge, who married and died in early manhood, leaving no family.

In 1882, Col. Hodge took a most fortunate step in marrying Mrs. Virginia Shedd Clark of Columbus, a young widow many years his junior but with tastes singularly in accord with his own. Intelligent, accomplished, and possessed of a lovely disposition, her devoted companionship cheered and comforted the last 30 years of Col. Hodge's life.

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Beginning in the late '30s, for nearly 20 years, Gennet Overacher was landlord of a hotel on Ontario street, corner of Michigan street. Part of the time he was located where Seth Abbey had once "kept tavern," and later he managed the Farmers' Hotel on the opposite corner.

Mr. Overacher had daughters who attended, with Elisabeth Blair and sisters, the select school taught by Miss Maria Blackmer, afterward Mrs. George Worthington. The mother and children-of the Overacher family were recalled by Mrs. Blair as refined in manner, and greatly respected.

Gannet Overacher may have been a descendant of Michael Overacher, a justice of the peace who was a Mayfield, O., pioneer before 1819.

The following marriages are recorded in Cuyahoga Co. probate court:

1820. Adam Overacher to Chloe Burk, by Michael Overacher, J. P.

1821. Joseph Witten to Esther Overacher, by Michael Overacher, J. P.

1821. Moses Metcalf to Sally Overacher, by above.

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In 1836, Edwin Smith turned his back upon Windham, Conn., where he had been born, grown to manhood, and married, and set his face toward the west in search of better opportunities than old Windham had thus far afforded him.

It demands considerable courage in a man 36 years old with a family depending upon him to relinquish a certain living and start off to encounter he knows not what hardship, misfortune, or failure. But courage and endurance were an inheritance with Edwin Smith. Had not his father been a drum-major in the battles of White Plains and of Monmouth in the war of the Revolution? And surely possible poverty and western wolves were no more dangerous than cannon-ball or leaden bullets. His patriot father was Nathaniel Smith, and his mother was Submit Huntington of the well-known Connecticut family of that name.

Edwin Smith started his hazard of new fortunes at Black Rock on the Niagara river, but remained there but a year, then tried Newark, O, which place proved no more satisfactory for the business he had in view than had the former. Cleveland then became his next field of experiment, and the family arrived here in 1840, just in time to become pioneers of this city.

Mr. Smith soon became established in a forwarding business in a warehouse on the river, and the family settled on the east side of Bank street near Lake street. But after a time, a new house for it was erected on the south side of Prospect near Perry street ; one that in future years became the residence of Dr. John Sanders, Jr.

Here Mr. and Mrs. Smith lived until 1870, when they returned to Connecticut, the children, meanwhile, having reached maturity, and well established in life.

Mrs. Amanda Smith was the daughter of Andrew and Phila Stowell Frink of Windham, Conn., was 37 years old when she came to Cleveland, and lived to be nearly 90. She must have had an exceedingly interesting father, judging from the picture of him hanging in the library of his grandson R. F. Smith. It is that of a fine-featured, noble-looking old man, the face framed in beautiful white hair that looks as soft as spun silk.

Close by hangs a picture of the homestead built by him in the 18th century. It is typical of the time and the place, wide, two-storied, its front entrance in the center and flanked on either side by many green shuttered windows.

Andrew Frink for long years was the village blacksmith, honored and revered. He never came to Cleveland, but his daughter was the link that connected him and the old town on the Connecticut river with the new one on the Cuyahoga.

Edwin Smith was the brother of Mrs. Kelsey, Sr., who was also a Cleveland pioneer. Mr. Smith and his wife were members of the Old Stone church on the Public Square, and their son Reuben was "Deacon Smith" of the same society for long years.

The late R. F. Smith was president of the Cleveland & Pittsburgh R. R. He was a man whose honorable life was patterned as closely as possible from those of his paternal and maternal grandfathers. His recent

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death was keenly felt and sincerely mourned by the Old Stone church society.

Children of Reuben and Rebecca Smith:

Clifford C. Smith, m. Emma Lewis of Chicago.

Augustus F. Smith, m. Mary P. Sackett of Cuyahoga Falls.

Carrie B. Smith, her father's companion and housekeeper at the time of his death.

The children of Edwin and Amanda Smith:

Andrew Frink Smith, died young in Black Rock, N. Y.

Reuben Fairbanks Smith, b. 1830;

m. Rebecca Wylie Peters of Colchester, Conn., daughter of Gen. Peters.

Ermina Smith, died unmarried.

Edwin Smith, Jr., m. Louise----- of Ravenna, O. He died in Oakland, Cal.

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David Lusk Wood, son of Eli and Laura Lusk Wood, was born in Barkhamstead, Conn. His paternal grandparents were Obidiah and Roxa Burnham Wood.

David L. Wood sailed the lakes in the summer and set type in the winter season. But at heart he was neither a sailor nor a printer. All his tastes and inclinations leaned to a military life. At the age he came to Cleveland-21 years-he should have been about to graduate from West Point-a full-fledged Lieutenant, U. S. A., instead of seeking employment as a civilian in a strange city. But occasionally there are people who by sheer will-power rectify Fortune's mistakes, and David L. Wood was one of them. There had been no money nor influence to land him where he belonged-in a military academy, but that did not prevent a born soldier from remaining one all his life.

A few years previous he had left Connecticut where born, and came west as far as Buffalo. There he joined the Buffalo Guards, the crack militia company of that city. In 1837, while on a visit east to relatives in his native state, word came that the government needed the services of the Guards in patrolling the boundaries between this country and Canada. The latter had a small civil war on her hands, and certain American citizens were taking sides too openly, she complained. Young Wood hastened back to take his place in the ranks of the Buffalo Guards, and for his services at that time he received 160 acres of government land-possibly now

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the site of some flourishing city or town. But we may rest assured that neither Wood nor his comrades held on to their bounties long enough to realize any future values. Wild, western land was far off, and money in the hand temptingly near, especially in those days of scarcity-so these young American Esaus parted with their possessions for a song.

In the summer of 1838, the Buffalo Guards came to Cleveland on a steamer to visit our own military organization-the "Grays," and young Wood accompanied it. It was quite natural, then, that when he came alone in September of the following year, he should at once affiliate himself with the Grays. He was requested.. to organize a "gun squad" as auxiliary to it, which he did, and thenceforth was "Captain" Wood.

During the Mexican War, he opened a recruiting station in the city, and raised a company, which, however, was not forwarded to the scene of activities, the sudden close of the war making it unnecessary. After that episode he was "Major" Wood.

Meanwhile, Major Wood was active in all military affairs of the city, and when the civil war broke out, with it came his opportunity. As Quartermaster General, under both governors Chase and Dennison-he armed and equipped over 100 regiments, and gave to six of Ohio's noted generals in the war their first military instruction.

But he wanted to be at the front, and although passed the age of service, he accepted a commission as captain in the regular army, and was wounded in the battle of Stone River.

Gen. Wood was a frank, outspoken man, who had no use for shams in any guise. Previous to 1840, a grove of oaks and chestnuts pressed closely upon the rear of the Case homestead, facing the Public Square, and extended from the present site of the City Hall to the lake. A street was cut through this and named Wood street. Gen. Wood built a home upon it where he lived the remainder of his life. At that time it was numbered 55.

Mrs. Mandana S. Wood was the daughter of Alfred and Sophia Hodge of Buffalo, N. Y. Her American progenitor was John Hodge, 1643, a Connecticut farmer. Mrs. Wood's widowed mother resided with her for a short time, and also her young brother, Orlando J. Hodge, who in after years became one of Cleveland's most distinguished citizens.

Mrs. Wood was a woman of much intelligence, a constant reader, and possessed a wonderful memory. No local event, whether of public or local importance, was ever forgotten. She was at the front part of the time her husband was in ser-vice, and while there did her whole womanly share in ameliorating the condition of sick and wounded soldiers. She had a keen sense of humor, which enlivened her own life, and brightened that of others. Dr. Beckwith, a noted local physician, told an amusing and characteristic story of her, which was printed four years since in the Annals o f the Old Settlers' Association.

The only child of General and Mrs. Wood was Laura Sophia Wood, born 1841. She married, in 1867, Nelson H. Lawton, son of Acres Wells and Elisabeth Clark Lawton, and is now a widow, residing in New York City. No children.

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For over 200 years or since the days of the redoubtable Capt. John Smith of Jamestown, Virginia, an unbroken procession of John Smiths have been blazing the way for civilization from the Atlantic to the Pacific. English and Irish Johns mostly, but with here and there a Schmidt or a Smitt that denoted Germanic origin.

The first John Smith of Cleveland, and the only one for some years, was a young Irishman from Baileyboro, County Cavan, who came to the village in 1833. He left behind him a young wife and two little children, which accounts for the tireless energy, the ceaseless industry of the three years he spent alone in Cleveland, often sore at heart with home-sickness and with longing for the dear ones across the water.

It was a joyful time, therefore, that day in 1836, when his family joined him here, and it was again reunited. Mr. Smith had purchased or rented a small farm in Warrensville, just over the Newburgh line, and upon this he settled and cultivated for the next ten years, at the end of which he removed his household effects back to Cleveland, where he spent the rest of his days. He was a charter member of St. Mary's church, the first one of the Roman Catholic faith, and the intimate friend and staunch supporter of the Rev. John Dillon, and today the Smith family possess a valuable and historic souvenir, the Bible of the young, beloved first priest of that parish.

Mrs. Smith belonged to an Irish family, the name of which has long stood for brilliant intellect and for fervent patriotism. She was Catherine Sheridan. Only two of her four children reached maturity. These were

Patrick Smith, b. 1827; m. Margaret Olwill.

Theresa Smith, m. William Quigley.

The family lived first on Spring street, and for many years following at the north-east corner of Erie and St. Clair streets.

Patrick Smith was a lad of nine years when he became a resident of Cleveland. In time he became so thoroughly identified with work on the local river and harbor that old citizens naturally associate him with it in any contemplation or conversation regarding early days of navigation. The sight of a tug steaming in or out of the river, or the rattling chains of a ponderous dredge deepening or widening the channel, suggests at once the progressive mind that introduced the former, and the masterhand that added to and perfected the latter.

One can imagine the pessimistic remarks that greeted "Pat" Smith's first little steam-tug, the first one on the river.

"It may answer for row-boats. But for vessels and barges? Never!"

And the never-ceasing surprise and interest with which one watches a saucy, capable little tug of today marshaling a big freighter in or out of the harbor can be but a fraction of that experienced when the first one made its trial trip.

Mrs. Margaret Smith was the daughter of Philip Olwill, also an early resident of the city. Her mother was a McGrath. In all the 59 years of Margaret Smith's life her first and only thought was for other people. Her own wishes, her own comfort always came last, after every one else

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was provided for. She was an enthusiastic temperance worker from the days when, as a very young girl, she helped to fashion regalia for the St. Patrick Temperance Society, to those in which she knelt in prayer in saloons side by side with her Protestant sisters in the temperance crusade of the '70s.

The children of Patrick and Margaret Olwill Smith:

Estelle Smith, m. James Cunnea.

Louis Smith, m. Margaret Farnan.

James Smith, m. Elisabeth Dwyer.

Angela Smith, m. Dr. Arnold Peskind.

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PHILLIPS

A private school for boys, called by its eccentric head "The Sacred Classical Shades," was one of the features of early Cleveland. Many and many a time within the past 75 years gray-haired men-growing fewer and fewer as time elapsed have exchanged reminiscences of the days when they were pupils of the famous school, and have laughed hilariously over the memories of their boyhood pranks, and of the speeches and eccentricities of their old schoolmaster.

He was the Rev. William Phillips of Leeds, England, a Baptist clergyman most proficient in Hebrew, Greek and Latin, who, at 45 years of age, came to Cleveland from Buffalo. Previous to that time-1830-he had had a varied experience, the most exciting of which was that upon several occasions, he had missed becoming a very rich man, his exceedingly impractical nature always preventing him from embracing opportunity.

He was the son of a prosperous manufacturer of military uniforms who was able to give his children exceptional advantages. In 1811, William Phillips married Elisabeth Pryor, who brought to him a fortune, the larger part of which he proceeded to lose through injudicious investment, and by the shrinking of values, caused by the Napoleonic wars, which absorbed what remained of it.

In October, 1829, with his wife and five children, he sailed from England as a missionary to Canada, where he purchased a tract of land which subsequently he allowed to slip out of his hands. London, Ontario, now stands on the site. He removed to Buffalo, N. Y., and while there bought 150 acres within a half mile of Fort Dearborn, now Chicago, Ill.

The family started for that place on a steamboat which touched at Cleveland on the way, and here Mr. Phillips was informed that cholera was raging in Fort Dearborn. He concluded, therefore, to go no farther, and sold or exchanged the farm for a house and lot on Ontario street, between St. Clair and Lake streets, and remained in Cleveland, where he opened a classical school on the corner of High and Middle streets. As

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before stated, many of his pupils became prominent in the business and professional life of the city.

Later, he removed to a farm in Warrensville, and taught in Newburgh. W. S. Kerruish and Moses Watterson attended his school at that time. After working his farm for a number of years he returned to the city to spend his last days. In 1866, when nearly 81 years of age, he delivered a lecture in the country, walked ten miles home in a November storm, and contracted pneumonia, from which he died.

Elisabeth Prior, wife of the Rev. William Phillips, was as interesting a character as her husband, though his opposite in disposition and temperament. She came of a family made famous through valuable inventions. Her father, John Prior of Skipton, Eng., was a clock manufacturer. He made and erected several large turret-clocks for cathedrals and minsters. To him we owe the useful though exasperating alarm-clock. He was the first to notice that the hip-joint form could be utilized in mechanics, and brought into use the ball and socket-joint, now universally in use. By attaching this device to a wind-mill and adding a fishtail vane, he invented a wind-mill yet used on innumerable farms. This talent has been inherited in the fifth generation by Arthur L. Bauder, A. M., B. S., an inventor of the present period.

It is claimed that Elisabeth Prior's wedding portion was $80,000. The privation of pioneer life, therefore, must have been unusually hard after one of ease and luxury. But no records of complaint or reproach have been handed down to Elisabeth Phillips' grandchildren. Like other members of the sisterhood of pioneer nobility, she accepted disappointment and reverses as ordinances of Providence, rather than the result of human mistakes or folly.

She was passionately fond of flowers. A plant called in England the "velvet plant" was a special pet which she brought with her across the ocean, nursed it through the rigors of a Canadian winter, thence to Cleveland, only to find that it was a wayside weed encumbering the pastures of this vicinity. It is known as the Mullein weed.

Mrs. Phillips died in 1855, and is buried in Erie street cemetery.

The children of William and Elisabeth Phillips:

George Prior Phillips, b. 1812; died 1885, unmarried.

Eliza Phillips, b. 1813; m. Levi Bauder ; died 1883.

John W. Phillips, b. 1816; m. a widow; d. 1884.

Sarah Phillips, b. 1818; m.---------; d. 1901.

Thomas Phillips, b. 1820; m.------; d. 1907.

All these children, save one, left descendants. After the death of his wife, the Rev. Phillips married a Mrs. Patton, who died three years afterward.

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Dr. Robert B. Severance and his wife, Diana Long Severance, of Shelburne, Mass., gave to Cleveland four sons who, for all too brief a time, commanded the attention and admiration of the best element of the town in early days.

Dr. Severance was a student of his father-in-law, Dr. John Long, a distinguished physician of Shelburne, and practiced his profession in that town until his death at 44 years of age, leaving four young sons the oldest 18 years of age, the youngest but 8 years old.

In addition to his practice, Dr. Severance had opened a store for general merchandise adjoining his residence. It was the only one of the kind for miles around. In this his two oldest boys, Solomon and Theodoric, acquired a knowledge of business at a very early age, which served them well when the death of their parents threw them on their own resources.

Dr. Severance was a fine man, deeply interested in public affairs, and very generous and philanthropic. His children were:

Solomon Lewis Severance, b. 1812; died 1838; m. Mary H. Long..

Theodoric Cardeno Severance, b. 1814; m. Caroline M. Seymour.

Erasmus Darwin Severance, b. 1817; died 1840; unmarried

John Long Severance, b. 1822; died 1859; unmarried.

These sons were all well equipped with unusual ability and talents. They were musical, and while living in Cleveland belonged to the choir of the Old Stone Church, and were enthusiastic members of local musical societies. None of them followed their father's profession. Solomon was a merchant, and the others all entered banks and filled important positions in them when mere lads.

Solomon Severance proved to be the most valuable member of the family to the city, as he left two children who have been identified with its social and business interests for nearly 60 years past. He opened a dry-goods store at No. 57 Superior street, and in 1833 married Mary Long, only child of Dr. David and Juliana Walworth Long. A brilliant meteoric phenomena occurred that evening-November 12-which was long referred to as "The night of the falling stars." It was most unusual and lasting. Many timid souls were sure that the end of the world was at hand.

Mr. and Mrs. Severance began housekeeping in a home Dr. Long had erected for their use on part of the Long estate, and situated on Huron street, south of Prospect street. Their wedded happiness was of short duration. Mr. Severance-never very strong-developed a bronchial trouble which obliged him to seek a warmer climate where he died in 1838, leaving two sons

Solon Severance, b. 1834; m. Emily C. Allen.

Lewis H. Severance, b. 1838; m. Fanny E. Benedict of Norwalk ; 2nd, Miss Florence Harkness of Cleveland.

Theodoric C. Severance entered a bank in Elyria at the age of 15. He came to Cleveland in 1836, and in the years he spent in this city was

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teller and cashier of three different banking establishments. He removed to Boston, from there to Beaufort, S. C., where he was in the government service, and finally failing health drove him to the warmer climate of California, where he died in 1892. In 1840 he married Caroline M. Seymour, an accomplished young lady of a distinguished family. She was then 20 years of age, and is yet living-a resident of Los Angeles, Cal.-and very prominent in the social and club life of that city.

The children of T. C. and Caroline Severance:

Orson Seymour Severance, d. young.

James S. Severance.

Julia Long Severance.

Mark Sibley Severance.

Pierre Clarke Severance.

Erasmus Severance, died at the age of 23.

John Long Severance was taken into the home of Dr. David Long after the death of his parents, and became very dear to the members of that family. He was looked upon as an own son, and great was their grief shared in by the whole community-when he died in 1859.

All of the Severance boys had been, from time to time, members of the Long household the loss of their parents and their childhood home appealing closely to Mrs. Long's tender, generous heart.

Mary Long Severance, also, in her young widowhood returned with her little sons to her father's home on Woodland ave., where she lived many years after Dr. Long and his wife had gone to their reward. There she remained until advanced age and failing eyesight, together with changed conditions in that locality, made a new home in another part of the city imperative. An elegant and commodious one was erected on Euclid ave., at the north-west corner of E. 89th street. Here Madame Severance continued to welcome friends and entertain guests until shortly before her death.

Other mention of this pioneer will be found on previous pages of this work. She was one of the finest types of the women of her generation gentle, courteous, sympathetic, ever conscientious in regard to duties and obligations pertaining to her family, the community, and the church with which she was throughout her long life affiliated. Madame Severance was the first person the writer interviewed in reference to the undertaking of this work, and her instant recognition of its future value, her expressions of encouragement, and ready offers of assistance from her rich storehouse of memories were potent factors in the continuance of research through periods when its magnitude and difficulties seemed too great to be met or overcome.

Pages 279 to 283, inclusive, contain priceless data contributed by Madame Severance.

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The arrival of Richard Winslow, in 1831, gave the shipping interests of Cleveland considerable impetus, for he was a ship-builder and vessel owner long years before he removed to the city, and became possessed of a large fleet of boats afterward. Large, comparatively, for what was considered that years ago, sinks into insignificance beside the number and size of the present ones.

Although he came here from a southern state, he was a "down east Yankee," born in Falmouth, Maine, where he learned all there was then to know of ship-building. He was descended from a brother of Gov. Winslow. In 1812, when about 43 years old, he went to Ocracake, N. C., and while there, nearly 20 years, engaged in active business.

At 45 years of age, he married Mary Nash Grandy, a lovely young. woman very much his junior. She became the mother of eleven children, most of them boys. Three little daughters died in the same week, soon after coming to Cleveland, of an epidemic peculiar to childhood, and the triple bereavement was a blow from which the mother never recovered.

It is said of her that she was small and slight, a typical, southern woman, soft-voiced, gentle of speech and manner. She had been used to colored help, and unaccustomed to household work. She found conditions in Cleveland so widely different from those of her southern home as to be most bewildering and discouraging.

The families who kept maids, in those days, were the exceptions ; the women of each household usually performed all the domestic tasks, even to the family washing. Dear, little Mrs. Winslow tried hard to "Do while in Rome as the Romans do" with varying success.

Northern cooking also was quite different from that of the south, and it is recalled by those who were children then, that their mothers, who were fond of Mrs. Winslow, and sympathized with her in her domestic difficulties, often furnished her recipes, or came to her rescue when seemingly overwhelmed with household cares-for she had a large family of children.

The Winslows lived in a small frame cottage-No. 2 Euclid ave. close to the Public Square.

Mrs. Winslow became a member of the St. Clair street Methodist church, and her memory is still cherished by those yet living of that society. She died in 1858, and when the First Methodist church was erected corner of Euclid and Erie streets, now the site of the Cleveland Trust Company, her sons furnished a memorial window in her name. This was removed to the recent new edifice farther out on the avenue.

Richard Winslow was 62 years old when he came to Cleveland, and 88 years of age at his death in 1857. He was a money-maker, and, during his life here, added much to the competence he brought with him.

The Winslow family had a vault for many years in Erie street cemetery. Six children of the eleven born to them failed to reach maturity. Those who lived were:

Nathan Crane Winslow, b. 1812; m. Mary Ann Clarke, dau. of Dr. W. A. Clarke.

Hezekiah Winslow, b. 1815; m. Helen Clarke, dau. of Dr. W. A. Clarke.

Rufus K. Winslow, b. 1817; m. Lucy Clarke, dau. of Dr. W. A. Clarke.

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Edwin Winslow, b. 1824; unmar- Richard G. Winslow, unmarried.

ried. Died at his residence, 28 Died 1854, aged 40.

Cheshire street, aged 82 years.

Hezekiah Winslow left Cleveland about 1860, removing to New York city. He had one child, a young daughter, who died in Paris, France, while the family were in Europe.

N. C. Winslow lived on Superior street near Erie-No. 254. He removed to Buffalo. He had two sons, William and Henry.

Rufus K. Winslow was the only one of the family who remained in the city permanently. He owned extensive vessel property, and in most respects was very like his father in his business and personal characteristics. He had but one child, a daughter, now Mrs. John Chadwick, who lives in Paris, where her mother, Mrs. Lucy Clark Winslow, died while on a visit there, removing the last of that family from the beautiful Euclid ave. home it occupied so many years.

None of Richard Winslow's descendants now remain in the city.

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George B. Tibbets was a well-known citizen of Cleveland through his office of justice of the peace-one he held for 18 consecutive years. He was nearly 40 years of age when he came to this city from Schenectady, N. Y., where he was born. He was the son of John and Elisabeth Van Vorce Tibbits. His mother belonged to a fine Dutch family of early New York. George B. Tibbets married Tacey Kellogg in Buffalo in 1824. She was a sister of Dr. Burr Kellogg and Mrs. William Shepard, both of whom were Cleveland pioneers in the '30s.

Mr. Tibbets was book-keeper for a business firm during the first years of his life in the city. The family lived at 48 Erie street-E. 9th. Their first child was born in Troy, N. Y., and the others were all natives of Cleveland. Mr. Tibbets died in 1866, aged 71, and his wife in 1850, at the age of 44.

Children of George and Tacey Tibbets:

George W. Tibbets, b. 1830; m Elisabeth Rudman. He was a patent attorney, and engineer..

Elisabeth Tibbets, b. 1833; m. Horace E. Dakins.

Mary Tibbets, b. 1835.

Henry B. Tibbets, b. 1838; m. Fanny Castella. He was a wood engraver

Ellen Tibbets, b. 1844; m. Charles E. Sawyer, and removed to Los Angeles, Cal.

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In the Cleveland directory of 1837, there appears the following

J. Outhwaite.

Christopher Outhwaite.

J. & G. Outhwaite.

The initial of the first stands for John, and those of the last John and George. The four were father and sons, and their arrival in Cleveland five years previous to this date was a decided gain to the town; not so much in added business activities, as through the high moral influence exerted by these men.

John Outhwaite, Sr., came to America in 1830 from Hunton, Eng., and settled in Buffalo, N. Y. His wife, Mary Coates Outhwaite, lived but eighteen months afterwards, and was laid to rest in one of the old cemeteries of that city. She left eight children, the oldest of whom was about twenty-two years of age, the youngest eight years.

The children of John and Mary Outhwaite:

John Outhwaite, Jr.-

Christopher Outhwaite, m. Appelina Harris.

George Outhwaite, m. Harriet Hodgson.

Mary Outhwaite, m. John Blackwell,removed to Iowa.

William Outhwaite, m. Delia Tay lor. He died in Kansas.

Joseph Outhwaite, died in young manhood

Margaret Outhwaite.

Anne Outhwaite.

In 1832, John Outhwaite, Jr., came to Cleveland to look over the field with a view of removing the family here, should the outlook be favorable. He was soon joined by his brother Christopher, and a few months later by the rest of the family.

John and George Outhwaite were grocers at 87 Superior street. The father, with the help of his sons, carried on a candle and soap-business. He lived at 184 St. Clair street.

The family had high ideals of life and conduct, and most of its members at once became identified with the small, struggling Methodist church, and for many years, which included the life time of some of them, were earnest and devout workers in that religious society. The names of John Outhwaite, Jr., of Christopher and his wife, and of Margaret and Anne Outhwaite, appear upon the early church records, and they were among those who sacrificed much in order to build the first church edifice on St. Clair street.

John Outhwaite, Jr., was the only son who remained permanently established in business here ; the others came and went as circumstances or inclination dictated. He was actively engaged in the opening of iron mines in the Michigan peninsula, and assisted in the founding and settlement of Marquette. He was born in 1811, and died in 1872. He married Anne Hodgson, an English girl, who died young, leaving a daughter, Mary Anne Outhwaite, who afterward became Mrs. Jay Morse. Her husband was a prosperous business man of the city.

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Mr. John Outhwaite, Jr., married secondly, Martha Peet, daughter of Elijah and Martha Williams Peet, and sister of Mrs. Jacob Lowman, and of Mrs. Hamilton Hough.

The children of this second marriage:

John Outhwaite, 3rd, m. Mary Nelson.

Joseph H. Outhwaite, m. Annette Boyce.

Caroline Outhwaite, m. Col. James Pickands, of Pickands, Mather & Co.

Christopher Outhwaite, son of John, Sr., was talented, very spiritualminded, and naturally inclined to the ministry. But early circumstances prevented. However, he gave much time and thought to the support and upbuilding of the church, and sometimes supplied in a pulpit when he found it vacant in towns where he chanced to spend the Sabbath. He was cared for in his declining years by his daughter, Mrs. Gould of Lincoln, Neb.

Christopher and Appolina Outhwaite had four children:

Milton Colt Outhwaite (named for a pioneer Methodist minister).

Sarah Coats Outhwaite.

Charlotte Outhwaite, m. Hon. Charles Gould of Nebraska.

William Outhwaite.

Harriet Hodgson, the wife of George Outhwaite, was a sister of Mrs. John Outhwaite, Jr. She also died young, leaving young children. He married secondly, Mary Poole of Zanesville, 0. The family lived south.

Margaret and Anne Outhwaite, the youngest children of the pioneers, never married. They spent their long lives together in this city, and the death of the former in 1908 severed a bond of sisterly devotion which rarely has been equaled.

Miss Anne, at this date, December, 1909, lives at 2350 East 50th street. A companion tenderly administers to her comfort. Here Miss Anne receives her nephews and nieces, and welcomes old and life-long friends. She is a gentle, refined woman, and very interesting in conversation. She has resided in the city, probably, as long, if not longer, than any one living here-79 years.

For some time after her arrival in Cleveland she lived with her brother Christopher on the north-west corner of Euclid and Erie streets, on the present site of the Hickox building. The dwelling stood then in the woods. All about, and especially looking to the east, nothing was to be seen but trees. Mr. Thomas Jones, with his large family of children, lived on Erie street, adjoining the Outhwaite, and his children were their playmates.

Miss Outhwaite attended the private school on Superior street, conducted by Lucinda Hickox Caldwell. Thomas May's little daughter Helen also was a pupil, and one of Miss Outhwaite's cherished memories is of a children's party given by Mrs. May in honor of her daughter's birthday. As a child, Miss Outhwaite stood in mortal fear of the cows which roamed the streets at will. She was sent for milk every day, at some place not

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far from home, and often breathed a childish prayer, while on her way there or back, that she be preserved from harm.

In after years the Outhwaites bought a farm near Woodland ave.then Kinsman street. In time, this part of town was allotted, and a street cut through their place was named for the family-"Outhwaite ave." Outhwaite school and avenue were named for this pioneer family.

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The American ancestor of the Lowman family came to the east shore of Maryland in 1700. Jacob Lowman and his wife Anna Foltz removed in the latter part of that century to Hagerstown, Md. Jacob Lowman died, leaving a widow and children. Unfortunately his farm was mortgaged for quite a sum of money and his young sons remained or returned to it to work out the indebtedness. When the mortgage was raised and the mother and younger children in safe circumstances the boys went out into the world to seek their own fortunes.

One of them was Jacob Lowman, Jr., the dear, honest, straightforward Cleveland pioneer, who in 1833 at the age of 23 walked all the way from Hagerstown to this village. He was a blacksmith, also a wagon maker. His first employment was with Elijah Peet.

Whatever had been the influences affecting his previous life, he could not have chosen to work for any man who could so attract the best that was within him and hold him to that standard as would Elijah Peet, the earnest, Christian pioneer, through whose sturdy, steadfast faith was established the first Methodist Society of the city.

Jacob Lowman, Jr., boarded in the family of his employer--as was the custom of the day. But it was not long before Minerva, the oldest of the household of daughters, held captive his heart and he longed for a home of his own with her dear presence installed therein.

They were married, and began housekeeping at No. 10 Walnut street. Meanwhile, Mr. Lowman was making and selling carriages and vw aggons in Vineyard Lane.

Mr. Lowman entered fully into the church life of his wife's family, and after Mr. Peet's death, took his place, in a measure, in the Methodist Church activities and shouldered much of its financial obligations. Jacob Lowman was a straightforward honest man in his business relations.

A characteristic story is related of him in connection with the controversy that arose between the Methodist Church North and South on the question of slavery. About one-half of the local society became impatient over the delay in separation from the Southern Church, and concluded to secede and start a Wesleyan Methodist Church, which they located on the corner of Euclid and Hickox streets. They claimed all the movable possessions of the First M. E. Church, and accordingly and very unexpectedly stripped that edifice of its pulpit and pews.

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Mr. Lowman was soon made aware of the loss. The next Sabbath when the depleted congregation came to morning service, wondering how it should be seated, the auditorium was found provided with long planks resting upon waggon boxes or hubs and in the very spot where Mr. Lowman had been accustomed to sit in his pew he was found calmly seated on the end of one of the planks and in his usual attitude-head slightly drooping forward in reverent meditation.

He died in 1881.

Mrs. Minerva Peet Lowman brought into her own home all the traditions of the Peet family regarding kindness, hospitality and loyalty to religious convictions.

She was an unusual woman for her day. She had much literary ability and possessed a small library chiefly of religious books. She conversed easily and intelligently on questions of theology and biblical lore with the Methodist clergy that so often thronged the parlor of her home. She was musical, to what extent can be estimated by the bound books of instrumental and vocal music that her sons cherished as part of her personal possessions. She had a sweet voice with which she entertained her friends or used in sacred service. She took advantage of the arrival of a French gentleman, who became her neighbor,-a Mr. De Gollier-to acquire the French language, which she learned to read and speak fluently.

But she was not physically strong and was of a nervous, high-strung temperament. She died in 1857 while comparatively young, leaving three little sons.

Children of Jacob and Martha Lowman:

Mather J. Lowman, m. Harriet McNairy.

Charles Elijah Lowman, m. Lara Sarchet.

Dr. John H. Lowman, m. Isabelle Wetmore, dau. of Capt. Henry Wetmore.

For many years the youngest son of the family has been a distinguished physician and surgeon of this city, and considered an authority on subjects connected with the medical profession.

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SHEPARD

The history of Weathersfield, Connecticut, became linked with that of Cleveland in the early half of the past century when members of one family after another of the old New England town became residents of the new Ohio one. Among these was the Shepard family that for five generations had been prominent in the commercial, religious, and social life of Weathersfield. Its American founder was an English ship-builder who settled first in Middle Haddam, Conn.

Edward Shepard, his descendant, was a furniture manufacturer of Weathersfield. His wife was Mary Ayrault, great-granddaughter of Dr. Nicholas Ayrault, a French Huguenot. Generations of Shepards and

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Ayraults lie in the old cemetery of Weathersfield. The table vault of Dr. Nicholas Ayrault with its weather worn inscription on the big flat stone, covering it, is ever of interest to the antiquarian.

Three sons of Edward and Mary Shepard came to Cleveland in youth, and remained here, actively engaged in business. Daniel Ayrault Shepard was the first of the three to make the venture, and opened a small chair manufactory at the foot of Vineyard lane. He subsequently married Louise Gates, and together they spent over 50 years of life. They had no children of their own, but their home always echoed with the voice and laughter of youth. Besides their nephew and two nieces who were frequent guests, several homeless children from time to time were members of the household. Mr. and Mrs. Shepard were Presbyterians, and always actively interested in the social life of the Third Church, corner of Euclid and Brownell streets. They frequently entertained the church societies at their home on Prospect street, not far west of the present Rose Building.

Mrs. Shepard died in 1888, and her husband the following year, aged 79 years. At the time of the disastrous fire of 1835, Daniel Shepard was a heavy loser. His chair factory and store, just below the present American House, was entirely destroyed. He renewed his business at 27 Water street-W. 9th.

Charles Lewis Shepard and Edward Shepard, Jr., joined their brother in Cleveland a few years later, and at first were engaged in the drug business, but afterward were either in partnership with Daniel, or active in furniture manufacturing on their own account. Edward was the oldest of the brothers. He married Helen E. Thompson. Their first home was on Rockwell street, near the Square, and afterward on Cheshire, a few doors from the north-east corner of Prospect street. Their only child, John Potter Shepard, who reached manhood, died unmarried.

Charles Shepard, b. 1812, the youngest of the brothers, was the member of the family who retained closest touch, through his pen, with the old Connecticut home, and he kept his mother, Mary Ayrault Shepard, posted regarding the daily lives and adventures of her Cleveland sons. She also was a ready writer, and several beautiful and interesting letters from both mother and son are preserved by their grandson.

Charles L. Shepard married 1st, Elisabeth Hurst, a young English girl. They attended the St. Clair street church, and were members of its choir. Their only child was Mary Elisabeth Shepard, b. 1839; m. Bruce Huling. A son, Charles L. Huling, residing at 13087 Euclid ave., possesses a rare and interesting historical volume compiled by some of the leading families of Weathersfield of the present day. It contains much valuable genealogy and data. The work was published in Hartford, Conn., and its issue private and quite limited. No other history of Weathersfield has been written, to date.

Charles L. Shepard m. 2nd, Matilda L. Gorham. Their only child, Fanny Gorham Shepard, m. Charles L. Strong of Cleveland. Shepard Strong, a well-known real-estate dealer, is a son of this couple.

Mrs. Fanny Shepard was a well-known society lady, and entertained often and in fine style in her beautiful home adjoining that of D. A. Shepard on Prospect street. The Weathersfield homestead of the Shep-

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ards is yet in the possession of the family. It is two doors north of the historic Webb mansion, which reminds the writer to add that Daniel Ayrault, grandfather of the Shepard brothers, was an early and enthusiastic patriot throughout the revolutionary war.

All the late members of the Cleveland family lie side by side in Woodland cemetery.

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Elias Root, son of Moses Root of West Stockbridge, Mass., married Nancy Sabis. He lived in Cooperstown, N. Y., where his children were born, and came to Cleveland in the early '30s. His home was 76 Bank street. He was deputy sheriff in 1845. His son, Elias Root, Jr., married Elisabeth Hoyt, and had two children-Orville, unmarried, and Margaret, who married Arthur Claflin.

Ralph R. Root, son of Elias Root, Sr., was a Cleveland dry-goods merchant as early as 1856, and continued in that business until his death. He was one of the organizers of the firm of Morgan & Root, now Root, McBride & Company.

He married Miss Anna Y. Tubbs, dau. of John and Cornelia Tubbs.

They had four children, Frederick, Mary, Walter, and Cornelia Root.

The widow of Ralph R. Root resides on Ambler Boulevard, city.

Failure to secure necessary data makes any correct or complete sketch of this important pioneer family impossible.

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PARKER

Dr. Marcus Crary Parker, son of Peter and Louisa Griswald Parker, who came to Cleveland in 1840 from Enfield, Conn., was a botanic physician and druggist at 86 Superior street. His first residence in the city was 56 Seneca street West 3rd. It is claimed that he was the first man of this vicinity to successfully experiment in the refining of petroleum in its crude state. He lived in this city nearly 50 years, dying in 1887 at his home on or near Woodland ave.

The wife of Dr. Parker was Frances Rust Dickerson, daughter of Jonathan and Fanny Dickerson of Northampton, Mass. She was 18 years old in 1831-the year of her marriage. Her death occurred in Cleveland in 1871.

The children of Marcus and Frances Parker:

Eliza R. Parker, b. 1832; m. 1^st, Capt. Read of Sackets Harbor, N. Y.; 2nd, David Hammock of Southington, Conn.

Mary Parker, b. 1834; m. William L. Holcomb.

Cordelia Parker, b. 1836; m. Dr. George Oliver.

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