Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-11-18

The PAinesville Telegraph has commenced
Publishing "Sketches Of the Pioneers" and
appropriately opens the series with Gen Ed.
ward Paine, the founder Of Piinesyie Gen.
2. was born in Bolton, Connecticut in 1854,
became blacksmith, and in the Revolutionary
War held the post of Captain over a company
of "Silyer Grays." For this service his country
gave him pension. From Connecticut he re-
moved to Aurora, in Western New York, and
thence to New Connecticut. Wequoto:
ln the Fall of 1895 he conceived the project
Of making an excursion into tue Western wilds
of Ohio, for the purpose Of, tracing with the
Indiana Accordingly he aud his Oldest son,
Edward Paine, Jr., fitting themselves out with
the needed articles of traffic, and with pack
horses, started out on their journey Of trials,
privations and sulierngs At Buffalo they
purchased a sail boat, disposed Of their horses
slowed away their goods in the little boat, aud
commenced-to say the best that can be said
for it--a petilous voyage. Coasting the lake
as fast as the win is and waves would carry
them, they at length reached the mouth Of Guy
ahoga River, and landing, fixed upon that point
as one favorable for the purpose Of the journey.
Here they found only two white persons--Job
Stiles and his wife-with an unbrOken wilder
ness for any extent on every side, ranged by its
untamed red men. After arranging matters,
Gen. Paine left the son to carry out the plan of
the journey, whilst he started on foot, and
alone to return through the pathless woods to
his home aud the abode of civilization OF
the incidents of that journey, none are preserve
ed to this day But the region about Grand
River struck his fancy, which iipeued eventu
ally into a desire to mako a portion of it his
/ own property, and to establish thereon his final
home In the Spring following ais son return.
ed to Cayuga, and in 1898, he went to Connec-
ticut, and purchased Of Henry c. Huntington,
| in tract No g. in what afterwards, in honor OF
its first settler, was called PaiaesDWe, one thou.
sand acres of land
The next thing iG order was the removal of
his family to these wilds which he had chosen
for his future hone. Through his influence
Gen. P. secured a company to 60 with him as
settlers Among this party were John Miller,
Judge John Walworth, Eleazer Pai g, Jedediah
Beard, and Joel Paine, who were heads of fam
lies the whole company numbering &C.
| They left Aurora on the 9th of March, 1900,
with sleighs, intending to take the ice at Buff
falo, and travel on that 10 Grand River; but at
Cattaraugus, 30 miles West of Buffalo, the ice
in the Lake failed them Here their troubles
were greatly augmented. To travel by land
was impossible;and their only course was to stop
until the Spring should give them a clear Lake
and calmer weather by which 10 make their
place of destination. The work of raising some
log huts was dispatched as soon as possible,
and the families moved in us comfortably as
| their rude habitatiOns would permit. This
being done, several of the men drove on their
stock, in March, and went to work to prepare
for the coming of their families left behind
them. The latter event did not take place un
I'll the lst Of May. As one Of the mislortunes
of the delay at Cattaraugus, should be mention
OF cattle from eating rushes; anu TINS was a sac
one, inasmuch as the party had no more, o
either cattle of horses, than were needed to car
ry on the operations of the ensuing Sunni er'
Gen z. and his little colony lost no tlmC
after their arrival On the interval, or bottom
lands, the Indians had made some improve
ments, and had grown some patches OF corn, an'
these being unoccupied, the at the earliest see'
time planted these cleared grounds to corn, po
tRtoes, and garden vegetables; aud at an earl,
time in the Summer, the settlers had an abun
dance Of the latter articles, and in the Fall
fine crop of corn.
PainesyiIle, as it may already be Inferred
took its name from Gen. Paine. lie was eleG
Ted to the Territorial Legislature OF OHIO twice
lie was one of the enterprlsing, influential me
fthe Northern part of the State. lie lived
( see the marvellous changes that take place In
Is country during period of forty years, whe
inhabited by the representatives of the indon
table Yankee Nation He passed down
the grave" at the green old age OF 90 years al
/ / month"; the 2sth of August ls4l. His o
homestead, on the bottoms mostly, OF Graz
River, still retains its name of the paine Farm
and in all probability will retain that design
ton in succeeding times, thus perpetuati
the memory of the Pioneer of Painesyllle. who
deeds, influence, and example, "still liyes'
bless his kind.