Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-02-16
Fort the Portage Sentinel
Historical "reminiscences.

there then. emitted hoypaver the names
of Eva - u,s,. T.asb p,.;,. on;,,o 'f,n,f;,x
and fon, kash a,,,, e. :, A,,,,.,
tgf,s s, ~ R...l yv;nasar. sI,sst9f
Loona;s. Seth Harmon and Ems u,,man.
making total If twenty seven man. of.wbom
three only still reside there: to wit $ Wm.
Skinner, Jacob w. pett,bone and setb Har-
uon..E 0r he va.nen t,,en br.ds Of families
there one n remains n Nart,,a. AIRS. McIu-
,as,,.s ma Mrs. ns;t.,a;,,,v If y. Pond. .was
recently liginy ifb, tbera And know not if anv
othe,s, l;y;aa of N ,ba. i;st. In,ba ,b;rtv
g.. 81 h.,e - l,.,, 49,.
,,, ,,ossaarad h,t fs,u Of those. all r;o.aa,,.,
:, ,ts.ssI -, ~. ,;,,;,, 80 s.,
Tas settlement, after 1906. progressed
slowly for several years At the enm,nence.
mes,t IL The war. IN 1917. tI,era were f;f,v
men residiro Is RIa,tna s.sf "a ,,aa,. o,d .and
upwards. = hose. M ,n,s E cau a;vt,. bat the
Est may may not Be sufficiently interesting 10 70 r
readers TO ius,ifv its i1;ser,;on.z Rnt nine of
them reside. there now and. there are I be-
lieye butt a ar u of Them new Ev;ne. Daa,b
has silenced bopt two third. ,t. ,boss nen il
now so years. ~
Roaps-The first road laid ont in The
north pa1t of PORTAGE conn,u vos the road
from Warren TO Cleveland. laid ont abont ,ba
wear 1900. passinp bv tba Center Of Nelson
and Hiram. and faylovv;no bv the center l;oa
to the west line of lot "a, the east lot in Man.
tua; thence bearing south westerly. to the
residence of Esu. Sheldon. and to the center
of Aurora: and thence. throuob dense vii.
deraess, 10 what il now Newbnrob. then n
Fart Of Cleveland. From sbaldons in An.
rora, to sNewbureh wa. 90 miles between
houses.
The road f.om Rayenna tbroneb the aast
mari Of MAMMA to Roston ,v.. l.;J o,, .ho,+
1soa. md about tba o,,no ,;,,a ,ar,.,, .
wear or t,y, hitter tba road from, P,;,eavs,s
to Chill aot,,a ;no tl,,,o,,,h ,ba or... oe
Aurora. By Hudson and The MD portaoa Tn
laos the ,raad was Il ii from Warre, bv. tho
no,4,, MATT of 1yindban and nv C,.rrst..v;,,a
tie sou,h nart Of Hiram Tho .o,,t,, n,,t of
Mautua, to ESQ. Sheldons. in Aurora. Tn
1911, The road was laid. OUT ms now travelled
f1on, tile west lire of lot "a, in Manlua, along
the. center line, by the center of Mantua, and
to n fztlIes e. nter eff Auroia.
The f gislature, session Of Ia11-12, an
propriatod money for state road, from Char
don by Ravenna, to the South line of Portage
county, and for another from Cleveland to
Warren and both were opened the same
year, nearly as now travelled !; the last pass
lug through Aurora Center, and by Sheldons
intersecting the other at the place known as
the Brick Tavern, in Mantua and by Garretts-
vile. Those three are BOW the most impor-
tant roads;in that section + the county.
The pepulation Of Nelsoa was nearly as nu.
merors in 1912, as that Of Mantua. Hiram
had then but few families, no more than about
ten. ii.
The first mills erected in Nelson, were
saw aud a grist mill, at Garrettsville, COM
nienced 10 1905, by Col. Garrett, from Phil
adeIphia, father, of David J. aud Elisha Gar
rett. lie. scarce lived to complete the work,
ard get the grist mill in operation.
ss1st s1st,s building Of the first mill in Hiram. at
II. r ap;,ls af tho f.nvarnoais r iver was at.
X Iao7 IN, ar,,,ar 'p,,t,arso, s,,
E.o J.,v If tcbastire zf,onn R,t a food
:. M, s, t,,e fal, be fare the he dam was cor,.
nlat.d ard "a ,,;ad i aT and. ,bs work was
,ta .d.nad fo,. ,,at In lana m. dam
=, r.b,,;,t and IN. he 1v,,ter f,,lov;no saw
Mil s. 8 . q o,,era,;o,,n |,,;,,,, ,,,er,.s
sTbs ,;rst min bu.lt i Man,n. WINS ,, ..w
min sbr Ran; D,asaar and RAM; Dresaar Jrz
,,t,.a ,,,t,,..t a5s ~ b,.ck Rr,ot ,bas n1,ce now
l.,,,,.,ddlb la,,n II lbv 7T,,,;d Ne,son
Tba frat scbonl kent in MAMMA was
..anaht bvs Ms. Martba Cocbran. Of Anrora
:, .l. s,,n,,or of 1ao7 The .c1,oo1 WA. b,t
.,,,.,t S. ,at;,,,sd hat .h,,+ ,;ao Itnos
Kent in a loo bonse built for that purpose. on
the farm now owned by Beni. Moore. The
teacher became. the winter following. the
v;fa If Ebenezer; Sheldon. Jr. z..sss-zs.ii.t5f
The first man scboo, in Mant,,a ,vas ta,ubt
bv John Harmon. in a small room of Judge
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