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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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