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CYRUS ELLITHORPE, a fruit grower of Catawba
Island township, Ottawa county, was the first white
child born on Kelly's Island, the date of his birth
being Oct. 15, 1832.
When about three years old, he removed with his
parents, Henry and Elizabeth (Neal) Ellithorpe,
to Danbury township, Ottawa county (then a part of Huron
county, however,) and four years later came to what is
now Catawba Island township. Here he received such
a limited education as was obtainable in those days in
the old log schoolhouse with its slab seats, and like
the majority of boys of that date was early inured to
the arduous duties of farm life. He has always
devoted a portion of his time to agricultural pursuits,
and during the spring and fall for fourteen years was
also engaged in fishing on Lake Erie, but of late years
his chief occupation has been fruit culture.
On Sept. 10, 1867, Mr. Ellithorpe was married on
Catawba Island to Miss Emma Reynolds, born Aug.
23, 1850, a daughter of Andrew S. and Adeline
(Stevens) Reynolds, who located on Catawba Island in
1855, where the mother still resides; the father passed
away June 20, 1892. To the union of Mr. and
Mrs. Ellithorpe have come ten children, namely:
Cora I., born July 7, 1868, now the wife of
Thurman Leslie, of Toledo, Ohio; Orrin A.,
born April 11, 1870, was married Oct. 25, 1894, to
May Tompson, of Port Clinton, Ohio, and they reside
on Catawba Island; Marion R., born Feb. 5, 1872,
now the wife of Herman Mierke, of Fremont, Ohio;
Myra E., born April 10, 1875, wife of William
Hyde, residing near Lacarne, Erie township, Ottawa
county; William P., born June 16, 1877, still
under the parental roof; Asa A., born Jan. 10,
1881; Charles R., born Feb. 23, 1883; Pearl
B., born Mar. 4, 1885; Lloyd R., born April
22, 1889, died Jan. 31, 1892; and Mildred A.,
born May 28, 1892.
In May, 1864, Mr. Ellithorpe enlisted in the
service of his country as a one hundred-day man and was
attached to Company K, One Hundred and Thirty-ninth O.
V. I. He did guard duty at Point Lookout, Md., and
on the expiration of his term of service received an
honorable discharge; he now holds membership with
George H. McRitchie Post, No. 524, G. A. R.
Politically he is an ardent Republic. Mr.
Ellithorpe can well be classed among the most
prosperous and successful fruit growers of the Island,,,
his orchards being among the best cultivated and most
productive in his section of the country. He is a
man of unassuming manner, and he and his family are held
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HARLEY HOLLISTER ELWELL.
The subject of this brief biographical sketch stands
prominent among the most successful and influential fruit
growers of Ottawa county.
He
is a native of the Empire State, born at Meridian, Cayuga
county, November 14, 1818. Spending his childhood
among the picturesque hills and valleys, lakes and streams
of that beautiful country, where, at that time, the "Red
Man" was not an infrequent visitor at the rural homes as
he wandered from his tribe, as though reluctant to yield
his paradise to the white usurper. Mr.
Elwell's father was a New Englander born in
Vermont, where his early years were passed. His
mother, Mary (Acker) Elwell, was reared
in the Mohawk Valley, as were her parents, who were of
Holland ancestry. Mrs. Elwell's
rare gifts of character were supplemented by the practical
qualifications of that sturdy people, and admirably fitted
her for the trials and duties of pioneer life. From
this excellent mother, whose early death was an
irreparable loss to her family and to society, Mr.
Elwell inherited much of the integrity, firmness
and decision, which has characterized his course through
life.
In 1835 he accompanied
his father to Lapeer Mich., where he remained until 1838
when he came to Ohio, locating at Plasterbed, Ottawa
county, where he was engaged for a short time. He
then bought and occupied a farm in Sandusky county, and at
length settled in Sandusky City, where he lived over
thirty years, serving as engineer and conductor for
different railroad companies. In 1864 he was injured
in a railroad collision, and unfitted for the business.
In the following year he located in Danbury, Ottawa
county, where he now resides. In 1840 Mr.
Elwell was united in marriage with Miss
Alice Lachlison, who was born in England, Apr.
30, 1820, and died Aug. 9, 1849. The surviving
children of this union are Annjemmetta Louise,
widow of the late Fletcher Hartshorn, and
Abner H. Elwell, The year 1853 was
again the nuptial year with Mr. Elwell,
when, in the land of his nativity, at the home of E. H.
Burnham, Esq., he was married to Miss J. A. Burnham.
Of this parentage there are two surviving children:
Alice Jennie, now Mrs. T.
W. Payne, and Burton H. Elwell.
Politically, Mr. Elwell has always been a
Republican, unswerving in his support of the cause which
that party has espoused. He is one of those men to
whom the term "selfmade" is appropriately applied.
Though lacking the advantages of college education, he has
obtained much of that most valuable information which
comes from observation, experience, and general reading of
books and current events, and has made for himself a
character and reputation that places him in the highest
regard of those who know him best. He is a man of
influence, whose good citizenship has never been
questioned, and his name deserves an honored place in the
history of his adopted country.
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WILLIAM GRANT ELWELL,
of Erie township, Ottawa county, a thorough and
experienced railroad man, is a son of Thomas
Franklin and Ellen (Mananay) Elwell, and
was born in Ottawa County, Ohio, July 22, 1862.
Thomas Franklin Elwell was born in New
York State Mar. 30, 1822, was married Sept. 5, 1841, and
died Oct. 22, 1866. His wife was born Sept. 26,
1824, and died Sept. 27, 1893. They had ten children
born to them, as follows: Arthur,
June 20, 1842; George F., Jan. 2, 1844;
Angenette, Mar. 12, 1846; Alice
E., Oct. 23, 1848; Amanda L.,
July 18, 1851; Rosetta, June 26, 1854;
Ross J., June 26, 1854; Martha E.,
Aug. 19, 1858; William Grant, July 22,
1862; and Zelpha, Sept. 2, 1864.
All but two are living; Zelpha, who died
Aug. 8, 1887; and Amanda, Mar. 24, 1893.
William G. Elwell lied in Ottawa county
until his marriage. He received a liberal education
in the public schools of Lacarne, Erie township, Ottawa
county, and in 1879 began the study of telegraphy with
C. F. Hosford in the Lake Shore railway
office at Lacarne, where he remained for one year.
He was then baggageman at Oak Harbor, Salem township,
Ottawa county, for one year, after which he returned to
Lacarne and completed his study of telegraphy in 1882,
accepted the position of night operator at Marblehead
Junction, in Danbury township, Ottawa county, which he
held for some time, and then for eighteen months was out
of office work. From Marblehead Junction Mr.
Elwell went to Rocky Ridge, Benton township,
where he was night watch for two years. He then
accepted the position of night operator at Shawville, in
Ridgeville township, Lorain county, which he held some six
months, after which he went to Lacarne, and was night
operator there for four years. He was next promoted
to the position of station agent at Lacarne, Ohio and
continued in that capacity for two years, being further
promoted to be station agent, operator, and agent of the
United States Express Co. at Rocky Ridge, which positions
he now holds. For about fifteen years Mr.
Elwell has been connected with the Lake Shore
road as an efficient operator and a thorough railroad man
in all lines of his work.
On
July 26, 1892, William G. Elwell married
Miss Lena E. Beebe, of Lakeside, Danbury
township, Ottawa county, the ceremony being performed by
Rev. T. S. Ayers, in the auditorium at
Lake Side. Since their marriage they have resided at
Lacarne and Rocky Ridge, and they have had one child,
Lucy Maude, born Oct. 5, 1893.
Mrs. Elwell is a daughter of Bela
B. and Lucy (Farnsworth) Beebe, of Lakeside,
where she was born Dec. 14, 1869. When she was one
year old her parents moved to Defiance county, Ohio, where
they lived four years. They next removed to Seneca
county, and after living there six years returned to
Lakeside. Mrs. Elwell obtained her
education at Lakeside and at Ada, completed her literary
work at the latter place in 1888, and in the fall of the
same year began teaching at Catawba Island, Ottawa county,
where she remained eight months. In November, 1889,
she took charge of the school at Lacarne, and held that
position four months, after which she went to Lakeside as
clerk in the Cobb Bazaar, remaining there through the
summer vacation. In the fall of 1890 a position in
the public schools at Lakeside was offered to her, which
was accepted, and she remained three years, during which
time she was married to Mr. Elwell.
Mrs. Elwell's father, Mr.
Beebe, was born in Dec., 1833, in Lorain county,
Ohio, where he lived until 1865. On May 1, 1860, he
was united in marriage with Lucy Farnsworth,
who was born Jan. 15, 1854, in Defiance, Ohio, and they
had three children and adopted one child. The names
and dates of birth of the children are as follows:
Miles H., April 1, 1861; Charles
L., Aug. 26, 1866; Lena E. (Mrs. Elwell),
Dec. 14, 1869; and Bertha Belle, Dec. 2,
1878. They are all living. Charles
is in Detroit, Mich., and Miles is in
Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Beebe served
three years in the war of the Rebellion, from 1862 to
1865, and after returning from the war located for a time
on Catawba Island, Ottawa county, thence going to
Lakeside, where he now lives. Mrs. Elwell's
mother married William Jackson, Nov. 12,
1891; and lives in Allegan county, Michigan. The
maternal grandfather of Mrs. Elwell, Oliver
Farnsworth, was born June 18, 1796, and died in
1882. His wife, who was Edna King,
was born in 1810, in Vermont. They were married in
Boston about 1825, and had twelve children, nine of whom
survived them.
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