The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-12-22

man said be heard timber falling il
0ur direction, and was anxious +
know what 1t meant. 8 He said he wa
not aware that there was. any one il
that part of the country, but was glat
to find neighbors so near. He sail
that Judge Qninby, Tof Warren, wa
agentfor the township, and had sen
him in TO commence settling, with /
promise of so acres of land for max
ing the first Improvements. He in
tended to ochop off q piece for sprin.
crop, put up log cabiIg and the mex
spring m0yeE0utl here I'VE helpeE
him put up a log house, and think i
was the first in the township II.
came with the expectation of gettins
the 80 acres. promised him, but .thl
proprietor died, and he never got
title. He Afterwards moved to Aus
tinburgh Truinbun county, and dice
there. sfz.4 5p-.t5 sfs
In the fall of 1905 George Haymakel
and his father, J acob Haymaker, came
into toWnaIld built a house on The
west side of lthe river, near where
MlT, Kent's new mill now islands.
think rederiek. Haymak came the
next spring, and bought so acres O.
land taat J ohm Tucker nal contracted
for. 1t included most of the upper
village, He built house on the east
side of the river where the read used
10 cross. James ID. Haymaker5 was
born in the year 1909, and his mother
died soon after. John and George
Haymaker commenced building a mil
where Kent's mill now stands. in the
summer of 1907, and got it running in
the fall of 1903. The mill stones were
common hard-heads, worked out by
Bradford Kellogg Of Hudson. The
mill was not finished when they COM
menced running. They put up-crotch-
es and laid poles across, as temporary
covering for the hopper and a little
bolt that turned by hand, sitting out
the coarsest of the bran. Andrew
Keiso was the Milf-wright. They
kept it running until ISL. when they
sold to Jacob Reed Of Roofstown, who
rooted the building. When Reed re-
paired the building he. employed a
Mill-wright from Mahoning county,
whose name was Powers. He was
genteel looking aud full Of manners,
but he soon found ont that it would
not do to wait for manners so much.
Provisions were scarce and hard to be
got, and when meal time came every
one pitched in and helped himself.
One day my brofher-in Jaw, George
killed deer and brought
it IN. A good mess oft was cooked.
The call was given, all came with a
quick 8 step, sat down and began to help
themselves. 1t was not long before
the Mill-wright got choked, became
black in the face and got up gagging
and strangling as if for dear life. The
rest OF the company set to help him,
by pounding him on the back, and
some got holdsof his throat aud tried
to force the meat up, but all in vain.
They began to think they were going
to lose their Mi1l-wright. Finally as
last resort they got him out of doors
on a big stump and had him jump,
from it. The third jump brought up
the meat and saved the man. S =
Reed kept, the mill running until
1885, when he sold out to William
Price and George DeReystef. V They
made quite an improvement IN the
mn IS - = = z
In 1926, OF rs, they erected q hemp
mill and sent to Kentucky for hemp.
seed which they let out to the neigh
bors to raise hemp for the mill. Ifook
some and raised a big crop, which their
mill brokesand dressed, but it.did not
pay we'll zA.fterytwo or three wears
they quit the business with quite a
loss. In 1897 they built a forge, and
putsup a "trip hammer, which they got
10 operation in 1928 or 9, for the pur-
pose.of manufacturing scythes, axes,
and forks. In February. 1881, VIM.
Price went to New Lisbon. to get
large grindstone. On his way home
with it the wagon upset, throwing the
stone on him and killing him. In
March. 1885, there came a freshet
which swept the whole thing down
The river, mill and all. In May of the
same year, .Zenas Kent and David
Ladd bought the mill site and built
she mill which stands there now and
9 owned by I'll. A. and A. NJ. Kent.
Portage county was organized in
summer of 1908, and Cuyahoga in
LSl0. Previous to that time Tfum-
pull county county covered the Wh0fe7
Western Reserve. = 5. -
The township of Franklin was or
yanized and a meeting held for the
election of township officers in 1916.
The votes all told numbered TWELVE
The first officers elected were Amasa
Hamlim, Elisha Stevens, George Hay
maker, Trustees; John Haymaker,
Justiee-of the Peace, and Hubbard
aurlbut, Township Clerk. Jacob
Reed and John Tucker were Judges
If the election. The names of the.
7otors were Amasa iHamlin,. Elisha
stevens, George Haynaker, John Hay=
maker, David Lilly, Hubbard Hurl-
,urt Jacob Reed, Alexander Stewart,
Adam Nighman, lillian Williams,
JhristiaH Caekler, SEN, and Andrew
Aelsosl This constituted the voting
population of 1915, all Of whom haYe9
rome to that land from whence no.
raveler returns.v ea S9l sFsss,5stz3tl' !
The first lawsuit in the place was
between Christian Gackler, SEN, and
David Lilly. They both lived near
sandy Lake, north of Earlville. Lii
y had a piece oats adjoining the
axe which was not fenced ON the lake
ide. The said Cackler's geese got
nto the OATS Whereupon Lilly killed
luite number of them. He claimed
here was no law for geese. Caekler
'lalmed that geese were property and
le must pay for them. He refused.-
lawsuit ensued before Esquire Hay
naker.s Lilly stood out for some time
,ut finally settled by paying two shil-
ings ahead and acosts.sL ~ . @.a