EDWARD L. ANDREWS, was born at Burton, Ohio, May 14, 1839.
Thrown upon his own resources early in life, he is purely a self-made man,
and has won an enviable reputation both in educational and agricultural
circles for his progressive methods and advanced ideas. He attended
the subscription schools in his boyhood, and when a mere lad began working
by the month, usually receiving about $8 for service until he could do a
man's work. In August, 1861, he enlisted for three years to aid the defence of the nation's flag, joining Company B, Forth-first Ohio
Volunteer Infantry. After nearly a year he was attacked with
inflammatory rheumatism, and was confined in different Southern Hospitals
for some time, his life being dispaired of at times. He was
discharged on account of disability at Laynesville, Kentucky, in June,
1862. He then returned to Burton, Ohio, and has since been engaged
in farming.
He was married soon after his return, to Emily S.
Silvernail, of Burton, and they have one child, Minnie, the wife of Frank
Hosmer, an enterprising young farmer of this township.
Mr. Andrews is a Republican but not an active
politician. He has been a Mason for over thirty years, and belongs
to the G. A. R. He and his wife are consistent members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is Steward.
He has been very successful in the management of his
property, and has 232 acres of spendid land in an advanced state of
cultivation. For many years he has been a close student of botany,
and is familiar with the life of every tree, shrub and plant in Ohio.
He has also given much attention to geology, and has mastered the subject
so that he clearly understands the earth formation of northeastern Ohio,
and has corrected many errors made by men claiming to be experts.
Although making no pretentions he is a thoroughly scientific student, and
his opinions are considered with great deference by geologists throughout
the country.
Mr. Andrews took charge of two old pioneers, John and
Nancy Fox, who were helpless for several years, and as a return for his
kindness they gave him a deed to their farm, which he now cultivates.
Josiah Fox, the father of John, was a soldier in the war of the
Revolution. He came from Pennsylvania to Burton and bought his farm
of the Connecticut Land Company. A brother of Josiah went into the
war also, but was never heard from afterward. |
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EZEKIEL MORLEY. Kirtland, Ohio, June 7,
1858.
Mr. Whittlesey: - In reply to your enquiries in
regard to Ezekiel Morley, I will answer as nearly as I can.
He was an uncle of mine, not my father. He was born in
Glastenbury, Connecticut, in 1758; died in Chester, Geauga county,
Ohio, August 6th, 1852, lacking nine days of ninety-three years.
Emigrated from Genesee county, New York, to Chester,
Ohio, in 1832. He was a Revolutionary soldier, and drew a
pension of ninety-six dollars a year. Was one of the surveying
party in running the lines of the Western Reserve in 1796 - '97, and
assisted in erecting the first log cabin that was built in Cleveland.
He supposed himself to be the first white man that saw Chagrin Falls.
Enclosed you will find his signature.
My father was seventeen months older than uncle
Ezekiel, and was a Revolutionary soldier. He died where I now
live, aged eighty-six years and six months, having lived with the wife
of his youth sixty-three years.
Yours, Truly, Alfred Morley |
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