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THIS township was named in honor of Governor De
Witt Clinton, and was organized June 7, 1825. Its population in
1870 was 1,502. The following is a list of officers of
the township, as appears upon the official record:
1838. Trustees - H. Beall, N. Chase, R. Newkirk; Clerk -
Thomas F. Jones; Treasurer - Tobias M. Gibbon.
1842. Trustees - Samuel Powers, James
Aylesworth, Thoams Battles; Clerk - James Keys; Treasurer -
Tobias Gibbon.
1843. Trustees - Thomas Shreve,
Thomas F. Jones, robert Pocock; Clerk - James Keys; Treasurer
- Tobias M. Gibbon.
1844. Trustees - Thomas Shreve,
Thomas F. Jones, Robert Pocock; Clerk - James Keys; Treasurer
- Tobias M. Gibbon.
1845. Trustees - Thomas Shreve, William
Beall, James Newkirk; Clerk - A. G. Beall; Treasurer -
Tobias M. Gibbon.
1846. Trustees - Thomas Shreve,
William Beall, Robert Pocock; Clerk - W. H. Keys; Treasurer -
L. J. Jones
1847 and 1848. - Trustees - Thomas
Shreve, James Aylesworth, William Beall; Clerk - W. H. Keys;
Treasurer - L. J. Jones.
1849. Trustees - Samuel
Powers, John Robinson, William Aber; Clerk - Henry Shreve;
Treasurer - L. J. Jones.
1850. Trustees - W. W. Brown, John Robinson,
Thomas Shreve; Clerk - Henry Shreve; Treasurer - L. J.
Jones.
1851. Trustees - James Aylesworth,
Timothy Baker, W. W. Brown; Clerk - J. H. Lee; Treasurer -
Henry Shreve.
1852. Trustees - John Shearer,
James Moore, John Rainey; Clerk - L. D. Odell; Treasurer -
Henry Shreve.
1853. Trustees - John Rainey, John
Harper, John Coble; Clerk - L. D. Odell; Treasurer -
Benjamin Lyda.
1854. Trustees - Robert Filby,
John Harper, Aaron Lehr; Clerk - James Rainey; Treasurer -
Benjamin Lyda.
1855. Trustees - William Beall,
Silas Funk, J. W. Newkirk; Clerk - J. E. Yocum; Treasurer -
T. M. Gibbon.
1856. Trustees - Silas Funk, W. D. Fouch,
J. W. Newkirk; Clerk - P. Newkirk; Treasurer - J. H. Lee.
1867. Trustees - Silas Funk, W. H.
Keys, J. W. Newkirk; Clerk - P. Newkirk; Treasurer - J. H.
Lee.
1858. Trustees - T. M. Gibbon, W.
H. Keys, Moses Lockhart; Clerk - J. E. Yocum; Treasurer -
Irvin Keys.
1859. Trustees - T. M. Gibbon,
Emmet Eddy, Moses Lockhart; Clerk - J. E. Yocum; Treasurer -
Irvin Keys.
1860. Trustees - H. H. Reinhart,
Phil Troutman, George Fike; Clerk - W. J. Bertolett;
Treasurer - Robert Manly.
1861. Trustees - W. W. Brown, A.
Keister, George Strock; Clerk - A. Tidball; Treasurer - W.
H. Keys.
1862. Trustees - John Rainey,
George Carl, Z. Lovett; Clerk - Isaiah Jones; Treasurer -
Robert Manly.
1863. Trustees - John Rainey,
George Carl, Z. Lovett; Clerk - T. G. Odell; Treasurer -
Robert Manly.
1864. Trustees - W. W. Brown, H.
Hinkle, John Shearer; Clerk - J. E. Yocum; Treasurer -W.
H. Keys.
1865. Trustees - W. W. Brown, H.
Hinkle, John Shearer; Clerk - Henry Shreve; Treasurer -D.
K. Jones.
1866. Trustees - John Rainey, John
Jones, J. Moore; Clerk - Henry Shreve; Treasurer -
D. K. Jones.
1867. Trustees - John Rainey, J.
W. Newkirk, W. W. Brown; Clerk - W. M. Knox; Treasurer -
Henry Hinkle.
1868. Trustees - John Aylesworth,
William Aber, J. W. Moore; Clerk - J. B. Odell; Treasurer -
Robert Mauly.
1869. Trustees - J. W. Newkirk,
John Aylesworth, Warren Aylesworth; Clerk - J. H. Hunter;
Treasurer - Robert Manly.
1870. Trustees - Robert Popock, W.
H. Keys, Warren Aylesworth; Clerk - Thomas Hall; Treasurer -
S. B. Prowell.
1871. Trustees - J. W. Moore,
Henry Snyder, John Rainey; Clerk - William W. Wise; Treasurer
- Z. Lovett.
1872. Trustees - S. B. Prowell, J. W.
Moore, A. K. Eddy; Clerk - Thomas Hall; Treasurer - W. J.
Bertolett.
1873 Trustees - James W. Moore,
Abner Eddy, Isaac Brown; Clerk - Thomas Hall; Treasurer -W.
J. Bertolett; Assessor - John Hughes..
1874. Trustees. - Isaac Brown,
Henry Snyder, Alexander Carl; Clerk - Thomas Hall; Treasurer
- John Jones; Assessor- Joseph Tribbey.
1875. Trustees - Henry Snyder,
Alexander Carl, John Aylesworth; Clerk - Samuel Pomeroy;
Treasurer - John Jones; Assessor: Joseph Tribbey.
1876. Trustees - A. W. Shearer, P.
W. Moulter, David Foltz; Clerk - Samuel Poweroy; Treasurer -
C. V. Vaniman; Assessor - Alexander Carl.
1877. Trustees - A. W. Shearer, P. W.
Moulter, F. M. Barton; Clerk - C. M. Lovett; Treasurer -
C. V. Vaniman; Assessor - R. S. Newkirk.
Justices of the Peace
- C. Spafford, April 23, 1831; Aaron Lytle, June 14, 1832;
C. Spafford, May 6, 1834; William Jewell, May 30, 1835;
Chester Spafford, October 20, 1836; L. D. Odell, April 28,
1837; Thomas McConkey, July 3, 1839; L. D. Odell, April
16, 18140; Thomas McConkey, July 16, 1842; L. D. Odell,
April 13, 1843; W. W. Brown, July 23, 1845; T. M. Gibbon,
April 21, 1846; W. W. Brown, April 12, 1848; T. M. Gibbon,
April 12, 1849; W. W. Brown, October 29, 1851; James
Aylesworth, April 21, 1852; W. W. Brown, October 21,1854;
James Aylesworth, April 17, 1855; W. W. Brown, October 30,
1857; James Aylesworth, April 14, 1858; James Taylor,
October 25, 1860; James Aylesworth, April 13, 1861; James
Aylesworth, April 15, 1864; John Robison, April 13, 1866;
James Aylesworth, James 8, 1867; E. G. Oldroyd, April 13,
1869; James Aylesworth, April 12, 1870; E. G. Oldroyd,
April 9, 1872; James Aylesworth, April 15, 1873; E. G. Oldroyd,
April 12, 1875; John B. Odell, April 13, 1876.
Reminiscences of Hon. Lorenzo D. Odell. -
My father, Nathan G. Odell, was born in Queen Anne county,
Maryland, November 4, 1872. He was a farmer and miller, and had
nine children. His ancestors were Irish, but had removed to
England, from whence they immigrated to America. For a number of
years he lived in Virginia, and was married in Berkeley county. In
1800 he removed with his family to Adams county, Ohio, and thence to
Wayne county, April 16, 1811, remaining there until the fall of 1830.
When he arrived, there was not a white inhabitant
living in what is now Clinton township, his nearest neighbor living on
the Perrysville road, near the residence of the late John Pile,
in Plain township. The Finleys, Hellars, Eagles and
Burns were living near Tylertown. He first entered the south
half of section 19, and afterwards half of section 29, new in Holmes
county, and his land was the first entered in the township. His
improvements were the first made in the township, and they were erected
in 1810 by him, the year prior to his removal. He cut wild hay the
year after he came, and kept his stock on this dried wild grass.
The site of this cabin was about 20 rods south of the house of the late
Isaac Newkirk. He found what is known as the Big Prairie
covered with wild, and sedge grass, some of which would grow to the
hight of ten feet, and was most difficult to suppress and conquer;
the timber was scarce and principally oak and hickory. Father soon
began the construction of a grist-mill, which was located about four
rods north-west and close to the bridge spanning the stream near the
late Isaac Newkirk's barn, and on the road from Big Prairie to
Lakeville. This mill was 25x25, two stories high, hewed logs,
shingled roof, breast-wheel, puncheon floor. The burrs were made
from nigger-heads, gathered upon section 18, in Clinton township, on the
farm owned by Ira H. Aylesworth. The hopper was made of
split cherry. There was not a sawed board or sawed stick of timber
in the mill, and was built by A. Trux, of Richland County, Ohio.
It was originally intended for grinding corn, but a small bolt was added
for the manufacture of flour, which was turned by hand. This mill
stood until 1822, and was called "the old corn-cracker." In 1825
he built the mill near the residence of the late Joseph Newkirk;
but prior to this, and as early as 1814, the first mill was erected
here, some Indians helping to raise it. These red scalpers were
qite numerous, and a block-house was constructed on a slight eminence
north of the late Isaac Newkirk's barn. Here the people
would assemble at night and sleep. A small stockade stood also
where John Rainey now lives. Father removed to St. Joseph,
Michigan, and died October 25, 1835.
The first settlers of Clinton township: Nathan G.
Odell, John Newkirk, Joshua and Thomas Oram, Mr. Brewer, Thomas Odell,
Abner Lake, Sen., Jacob Funk, Abner Eddy, Thomas McConkey, John Jones,
Stephen Morgan, Asa Griffith, Jacob Kunmere and his father,
Christian and John Smith, William and J. Wells,
Reuben Newkirk, John B. Brown, Henry Newkirk, Thomas Gorsuch, Joseph
Newkirk, Ira and Philip Aylesworth, Shadrach Benham, Noah Whitford,
Lorenzo D. Odell. After them came the Leydas, Pococks,
Shreves, Keys, Bealls, Metcalfs, etc. Mr. Brewer built
a cabin on the east bank of the Newkirk spring, about twenty feet
from its source, which Henry Newkirk subsequently occupied for
general shop purposes, the few shanties being built on Mr. Rainey's
place, and on a knoll west of where John Aylesworth now lives,
and where there are yet some apple trees standing. These were the
first houses built after my father's.
The first election was held in the cabin of John
Jones, where Thomas A. Brown, resides. Nathan G.
Odell was chosen first Justice, but refused to serve, when James
Priest was elected and served during his life. John Smith
was the first Clerk of the township. The first public road opened
was the one running form Wooster to Loudonville. An Indian trail
extended from the head of Odell's Lake to Millersburg, and
another trail from the same point diverged to Jeromeville. This
Indian town was located on the north side of the lake, and contained
about three hundred inhabitants under Mohican John.
What is known as the Big Prairie, was at first looked
upon as impassable swamp; it was soggy, wet, full of ponds, dangerous to
cattle. In Brown's Lake a son of Samuel Shreve, aged
seventeen years, was drowned.
A man named Thompson, was the first man who died
in the township. He was an emigrant who took sick while stopping
with John Newkirk, where Mr. Rainey lives, and died there
and was buried to the rear of the house. Dr. Henry Peters
was the first physician in the township, and was located at the
intersection of the roads, at the Newkirk graveyard.
Thomas Oram's wife was the first white person who died in the
township. In 1814 Reuben Newkirk and Thomas Odell,
two young men, went to Wooster to procure a coffin, carrying it home on
the backs of the horses. Each bore one end of it, though at times
the ends would strike the trees, when they would singly, time about,
have to carry it on their shoulders. The first resident of the
township married was Thomas, son of Nathan G. Odell, who
was joined in wedlock to Nancy Drake, of Holmes county, in 1813.
Some of Harrison's men encamped a little north
of east of father's house, and he sold them meat and other provisions.
The fist school-house built in the township was called
the Newkirk schoolhouse, and was situated on Henry Newkirk's
land, near the stream issuing from the Big Spring, and where the road
crosses it. It was a small log affair, the neighbors having met
together, cut them and erected the house. It was covered with
shingles, and contained three long benches for the children, and a
fire-place running the whole length of it. The first teacher was a
lady named Theory Parker, of Holmes county, who received
seventy-five cents per week for her services.
The first church was built by the Disciples, about one
and one-half miles north east of Shreve, on the farm of James Moore.
Revs. John Chester, Lewis Comar, Jewell Mitchell, etc., were the
pioneer ministers of this denomination.
The Methodist curch, near the Newkirk spring, was the
first of that persuasion in the township, and erected in about 1843.
David H., son of Henry and Jane Newkirk, was the first
person buried in this graveyard. The pioneer ministers in this
denomination were Revs. John Lane, James Goff, James McIntire, Joseph
Foster, Frederick Ruark (Ruark was a half-nigger, and married a
beautiful white woman on the representation that his complexion resulted
only from "the burnished livery of the sun"). Henry Ditmers
built this church, and its first minister's name was Samuel Whiteman.
Jacob Lee, Nathan G. Odell, William Greenlee, Joshua Oram and
Benjamin Bauer were the pioneer members of this church, and after
them came Joseph and Henry Newkirk, James Leyda, etc.
The Baptist church was organized in 1816, by Priest
Jones and David Kimpton, and its earlier members were
James, Jonathan and William Wells, John and Stephen Lamert,
Charles Isbell, Alpheus French. Its first minister was Rev.
Alpheus French, who was licensed the year the church was
constructed. The present Baptist church was built in 1855, by
Samuel Bennington. In this township in the early days were the
following distilleries, owned by Almond Aylesworth, Henry Shreve,
Thomas McConkey, thoams A. Brown, Mahaley McConkey, one of the land
formerly owned by Samuel Power, and another near the mill of
Joseph Newkirk, conducted by John Comer. * *
Cornelius Quick built the first mill, at the out let of the lake,
1825; his dam back-watered the region, and raised the lake about
eighteen inches. Nathan G. Odell sold the land, as he did
not desire litigation, to John Comer at a reduced price.
Comer bore a law-suit and soon "whaled" it to Quick. It
remained in court a number of years, and, as protracted and malicious
litigations do, well-nigh broke up both parties.
Abner Eddy, Sen.,
was born in Salsbury, Conn., Apr. 4, 1773. His father was a native
of Rhode Island, and his grandfather was an Englishman. He
remained with his father, who was a tanner and leather dealer, until he
was twenty-five years of age, when he was married to Martha Chapman,
of Litchfield, Conn., in 1798, when he removed to Birmingham, and thence
to Luzerne county, Pa., thence to Madison county, New York, and thence
to Erie county, same state, having been in the neighborhood of Buffalo
when it was sacked and burned.
From Erie county he removed to what is now Clinton
township, in 1815, settling on the place now occupied by Asa Eddy.
Though Mr. Eddy can not be classed with the first grade of
pioneers, he nevertheless entered the county at a period when there were
but few white settlers, and when the surrounding country was a
wilderness. On his arrival he built a log-cabin, in which he lived
for thirteen years, when he erected a brick house upon the foundation of
the original one, and upon its completion, in January, 1830, he opened a
place of public entertainment, called "Eddy's Inn," in which he
continued until the opening up of the railroad, in 1852.
Judge Eddy's house was headquarters for
stage-men, public officials and speculators, who traversed the old
coach-line for nearly a quarte rof a century. This coach-line was
owned by Neal, Moore & Co., of Columbus, and superintended by
K. R. Porter, of Wooster, who also had stock in the route.
This route extended from Cleveland to Cincinnati, and the travel upon it
was simply immense. Mr. Eddy was appointed Postmaster in
1822, the first appointment, probably, in the township, and retained the
office for many years. He was elected Justice of the peace about
1822, the first record in the journal bearing date of May 13, 1822, and
the first case he issued upon was that of Albert White against
Abner Lake, in a civil transaction. From the appearance of
Judge Eddy's docket, and his old files of papers, he must have done
a thriving business, for he had them nearly all brought before him,
"dead or alive," from John Driskel up to the Baptist minstrel or
the Methodist class-leader.
He slammed even justice into the face of the professional Christians the
same as into the professional thief. The Driskels, the
Jewells, the Rowans, the Conner and Lytles, and
the notorious Nathan Nichols and Jones, all were at times
brought under his jurisdiction. One party he sent to the Wooster
jail for thirty days for stealing a hog.
When Judge Eddy* settled on his place 63 years
ago he encountered many obstacles, before which men of less
determination would have succumbed. In going to Wooster, for the
first five years he had to go by the way of Newkirk's, for the
reason that he could not cross the prairies east of him. Near his
house were distinct remains of beaver dams, and rattlesnakes and
blacksnakes. Deer roamed the county in abundance, and a fact
notably observable was that they remained in that section ten yeas
longer than elsewhere in the county. Cranberries grew north of him
in abundance, and so plenty were they that his son, Asa Eddy,
remarked to us that "he could pick a bushel in an hour." They were
finally destroyed by drainage and general pasturage. He had eleven
children, eight boys and three girls. His death occurred June 22,
1861, in his 89th year.
Judge Eddy was a useful, valuable and
intelligent citizen, and performed a heroic part in the early settlement
of the county. Emmet Eddy, his son, was born in Madison
county, N.Y., Feb. 25, 1807, and removed to Wayne county with his father
in 1815, and Asa Eddy, another son, lives on the homestead farm
entered by his father on his arrival in the county. They are men
of business and intelligence, and scrupulously honest in their relations
of the world. They are men of independent minds, energetic
workers, devoted to agriculture, stock raising, and are honorable,
hard-working, prosperous and wealthy famers.
Thomas
McConkey, was born in Washington County, Pa., in 1781,
and removed to Ohio about the beginning of the war of 1812. He
first stopped a short time in Wooster, purchased a farm near Millbrook,
remained there a year, and then removed to the farm a short distance
east of Shreve, and where he lived until his death, February 29, 1869,
having in the meantime accumulated seven hundred acres of land. He
was married to Elizabeth Hague, and had two sons, and seven
daughters. He was a member of the Disciple church, and served
three years as Justice.
William H. Brown,
was born Mar. 23, 1815, in Pike, or what is now Clinton township.
His father, John B. Brown, was a native of Loudon county,
Virginia, and immigrated to Wayne county with the Funks, in 1813.
April 6, 1837, he married Phoebe Lee, the union resulting in the
following children: Elias, James, Hugh, Caroline, William W., Mary
M., Millard Fillmore, David Stephen, Phoebe E. He was elected
Justice of the Peace in 1845, and held that office fifteen years
consecutively, and served as township Trustee and School Director for
the last thirty-five years. He is an excellent citizen and
successful farmer. Thomas
Shreve Henry
Shreve, the eighth child and fourth son of Thomas
Shreve, was born near Shreve, Mar. 5, 1826, and has always been a
citizen of Clinton township, and a man of prominence in the county.
He is a steadfast Democrat, and has held all the township offices.
He was elected County Commissioner in 1859 over Benj. Norton,
and re-elected over James Aylesworth in 1862. He has had
seven children, one of whom, a daughter, is dead. His son, Ezra
D. Shreve, of Wooster, is the present County Surveyor.
Ira H. Aylesworth, Sr.
James Aylesworth
Philip Aylesworth
John Aylesworth
Joseph W. Kean
William Kean
The Leyda Family -
[PHOTO OF ELIJAH POCOCK]
Elijah Pocock John
Newkirk Henry
Newkirk Isaac
Newkirk Lorenzo D.
Odell Reuben
Newkirk John W.
Newkirk John
Rainey Isaac Lake
Shreve -
named after Thomas Shreve, was originally called Clinton Station.
It had its beginning and date of existence with the completion of the
Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne Chicago railway, and is one of the most
enterprising villages in Wayne county. The north part was laid out
by D. Foltz and George Stewart, and the south by Thomas
McConkey and D. K. Jones - ten acres on each side - but now
has far extended beyond these limits. The first sale of lots took
place in March and April, 1853, at private sale, and some disposed of at
public sale in May, the same year. The first lots bought and sold
in the village were by D. K. Jones, on which he built a
store-room and residence, the same being at present owned and occupied
by him. The first house built in Shreve was a two-story frame,
erected by Neal Power in 1853. D. K. Jones was the
first postmaster, and opened the first dry goods store.
Christian Roth, now living in Wooster, built the first hotel.
Dr. W. Battles was the first physician, locating in 1855.
James Number's child was the first one born in Shreve, and the
first woman that died was Miss Barbara Muterspaugh.
It was incorporated as a village December
26, 1859, the citizens most instrumental in this enterprise being
Albert Richardson, V. D. Manson, D. K. Jones, John Robison, Joseph
Dyarman and William Batdorf. The first election of
village officers was held at the hotel of Captain W. H. McMonigal,
on March 10, 1860, and resulted: Mayor - V. D. Manson;
Recorder - William M. Knox; Trustees - D. K. Jones, John
Robison, Joseph Dyarman, James Taylor, William Johnson. The
officers since have been as follows:
Mayors. 1861 - Abraham Tidball; 1862 - Henry Everly;
1863 - William J. Bertolett, M. D.; 1864 - Zephaniah Lovett;
1865 - V. D. Manson; 1866 - V. D. Manson.
1867. Mayor - Elmer Oldroyd;
Councilmen - Albert Richardson, Daniel Gillis, William M. Knox, Z. B.
Campbell, J. H. Hunter; Recorder - J. H. Todd; Treasurer -
A. Seeberger.
1868. Mayor - John Pomeroy; Councilmen
- A. Richardson, A. E. Becker, E. H. Montgomery, W. J. Bertolett,
John Robison; Recorder - W. M. Knox; Treasurer - S. D.
Adams.
1869. Mayor - J. H. Hunter;
Councilmen - D. S. Smith, t. F. Bedford, G. W. England, Obed
Smetzer; Recorder - C. M. Kenton; Treasurer - S. D. Adams.
1870. Mayor - W. J. Bertolett;
Councilmen - P. H. Ebright, H. Everly, John Thomas, V. D. Manson, Wm.
M. Knox., J. B. Pomeroy; Recorder - J. H. Todd; Treasurer -
Z. Lovett.
1871. Mayor - C. M. Kenton; Councilmen -
John C. Thomas, John b. Pomeory, S. D. Adams; Recorder
- J. H. Todd; Treasurer - Z. Lovett.
1872. Mayor - John Robison; Councilmen
- Isaac Brown, David Smith, B. F. Mohn; Recorder - John H. Boyd;
Treasurer - B. F. Mohn.
1873. Mayor - John Robison; Councilmen -
J. C. Thomas, A. Todall, Obed Smetzer, Isaac Brown, David Smith, B.
F. Mohn; Recorder - E. G. Oldroyd; Treasurer - John M.
Robison.
1874. Mayor - John Williams; Councilmen -
John Jones, Jacob Eberhart, Lenry Lefever, J. C. Thomas, A. Tidball,
Obed Smetzer; Recorder - E. G. Oldroyd; Treasurer - John
M. Robison.
1875. Mayor - John Williams; Councilmen -
John Tomas, Benj. H. Palmer, John B. Pomeroy, John Jones, Jacob
Eberhart, Henry Lefever; Recorder - William W. Wise;
Treasurer - John M. Robison.
1876. Mayor - Daniel Barcus; Councilmen -
W. H. Grossjean, Lemuel Wilent, Jacob Weiker, John Thomas, Benj. H.
Palmer, John B. Pomeroy; Recorder - Willialm W. Wise;
Treasurer - John M. Robison.
1877. Mayor - J. D. Barcus; Councilmen -
John Jones, B. H. Palmer, Jacob Eberhart, W. H. Grossjean, Lemuel
Wilent, Jacob Weiker; Recorder - William W. Wise; Treasurer -
D. B. Pocock.
Shreve School. -
In 1868 the corporation limit of the village of Shreve was
constituted a school district, separately and by itself. An
election was held on the 1st of May, at the instance of the Board of
Education, authorizing them to select grounds and adopt measures to
procure funds to construct a school-house. It was resolved that a
house be built, and that it be of brick. Bids were received, and
on motion of Henry Everly the contract was let to John P.
Wise, June 23, at his offer of $788. Edwin Oldroyd
was the first teacher occupying the new house. In May, 1867, it
was resolved to build a new school-house. After due deliberation
contracts were let, and a committee, consisting of A. Richardson, A.
Seebarger and John Jones, appointed to superintend its
construction. The first members of Board of Education in Shreve
were John Robison, W. S. Battles, Henry Everly, Albert
MOST OF PAGE 802 MISSING. stones by which
their possessors climb to greatness ___ ___. The mold of the
American society is so uniform, and so equalized are its various
classes, that in the competition for honors the solid merit alone of the
competitors is called in question. [PHOTO OF W. BATTLES]
Thomas S., the father of Dr. Battles, removed from
Philadelphia to Cumberland county, Pa., where he sojourned for less than
two years, thence directing his steps to what was then called the
farther west, located in September, 1833, one and one-half miles north
of what is now known as the village of Shreve. His father being a
farmer, young Battles had an agreeable future, such as we record
of Firestone, plying the arts of husbandry and the tillage of the soil.
Here he discovered the true alchemy of transforming
J. H. Todd, M. D., was born
in Franklin township, February ......
David Yarnell was born in Uniontown, Fayette county, Pa.,
Mar. 19, 1818, and, with his father, immigrated to Wooster at an early
day in its history. He has lived in Clinton township since 1844,
having purchased a farm formerly owned by Elijah Pocock. He
was marred in 1839 to Mary Wagner, daughter of Nathan Warner,
and had six children - four boys and two girls. His wife dying in
1855, he afterward married Miss Laura Henderson.
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