Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-02-21
OIdeu Times.

consider themselves neighbOrs, and men,
bers of the same community. To crafty
this interest, friend who dates her settle
ment in this place among the first. and
whose memory has a more than usual de
gree of retenliveness, has consented TO IA
vor US with the history of those days, as
they have become daguerreotyped IN her
mind, as she may have the ability to bear
the Task of communication. The nara
tor is Mrs. SAMUEL STRONG, the mother OF
Mr.. A. D. STRONG, and her cOmmunica-
tions will lose nothing from her tone and
STYLE of character, and the strength of
memory which she will call to her aid,
She begins these narratives with the ad-
vent of herself and fathers family, on the
25th of October, 1910, having left Ac-
worth, N. H, on the 25th of September
Through this journey of month"; she
says, I'VE rested on the Sabbath, and
reached here with our teams in good con-
di.ion. Different was it with Others, who
left on the same day with us, but did not
observe the Sabbath for the rest of them
selves and animals. They did not arrive
until after we did-sOme of whom were
Two weeks behind US, and all with teams
worn out. We stopped on the east side,
at the place now occupied by Mrs. E.
Dickinson, and it was here that father and
mother both died.
We found in Ashtabula, Eben Duty, for
merly of AcwOrth. He came here in 180S,.
spending his first year in Painesville. He
then moved to Jefferson, and took the job
for making the brick for the first court
house. of Mr.. Colwell, who owned that
township, and lived there. His residence
was short, giving as a reason for leaving
the place that it was $50 muddy" He as
sisted in building the court house-work-
ing as a mason. He moved to Ashtabula
in the spring of 1910, fearing, as he said,
that he might lose his children in the
mud. He continued to work upon the
court house until its completion in 1870
10.
Seth Thayer came to Ashtabula in 1905,
from place in Connecticut called Pen
nyroyal Hill," and brought with him
quantity of-the first-pennyroyal seed.
He lived on the South Ridge, not tar from
the present residence of ]. 81. Woodman
AS he was a sailor, he could not endure
SO lofty perch. and therefore, moved 10
the lake in 1910 or IL. He put up log
house little east of where Lake ST. now
terminates.
Thomas Benham, called Father Ben
ham," good Methodist, like most of his
posterity, lived on or near where his
grandson, Asahel Benham, now lives. He
also was from Connecticut, settling here
! in 1903. Both himself and wife died
there. Religious services were held at his
house every Sabbath, though there were
| only his wife and his two sons and their
wives TO assemble As neIghbors increas-
| ed, they also came in. When the NJ. 4.
preachers came along. in due time, his
house was their home and their church,
until the "Block House." built. little
further south, and on the west side of the
Austinburg road His two sons-Samuel
and Adnah-aDd their families, came with
him. Samuel occupied place short
distance west, and Adnah, one not far
from the present residence of Mr.. S. c.
Smith. Samuel brought out three sons
and two daughters, while his brother had
but one son.
ESQ. Perrin, the first ]. P, lived on the
South Ridge, still further west and near
the present Stowe place. They came as
early as 1908, but where from, 1 am unable
to say.
Joseph Carr, wife and several children
lived on the low ground north of Mr..
Woodlands residence. He came from
Youngstown, Pa, about the year 1903.
Matthew Hubbard and wife and three
children-Mary, Amos and Sally-came
from Middletown, CT, in I807-8, and
lived, in 1910, on the hill, opposite the
residence of W. F. Hubbard. The Poplar
tree that so long stood upon that beautiful
eminence, the boldest landmark of the re-
gion, now no more, was put out by him,
| in front of his hOuse-a frame building,
and one of the two first built in Ashtabu-
la. His LOG Palace" stood near the
south end of the Round Head Road, lit
tie to the left.
Elmira-Wm Jones' wife-and three
children, and Mrs. W. Wiley, now living
on the Austinburg turnpike, with James
and Susan, lived near the residence of the
late Jabez Strong, now occupied by W.
A. Church. They came, also, from Mid
dletown, as early as 1903.
Other families came in from Middle
town; among them, two named Story.
One located on the Round Head Road,
about where stands the house of Mr.. Ram
age, but the locality of the other is not re-
membcred. They came about the year
1907, but finding it hard place to live in
without work, went back about the year
1912.
At this time-1810-Amos Fisk,
wife and two children, occupied their
new frame house, which stood until re-
Gently, about where DR.. Hubbard's house
and Office stood until removed, some year
or two since. They came, too, from Mid
dletown. CT, stopping at Waterford, N.
Y, and thence to this place in 1908.
Mr.. Cant, wife and four or five children,
lived IN the old log house built by Mr.
Fisk, near the big spring, now owned by
2. H. Watson, Esq.
Enoch Fuller, wife and two children
lived near the present residence of D. M
Strong. He was for many years miller
for Hall Smith. He came here in ISO7-s
and his subsequent wife came with Mr.
Colwell, the proprietor of Jefferson. They
were married in Jefferson-probably the
first wedding in that place. Josiah Fuller
now living In Saybrook, was their eldes
child. Horatio, their second child, diet
before il was three years old.
! Rev. Joseph Badger, wife, two daugh
tiers and two sons, lived on Badger Brook
4 Lake st-in the house now known as
. the Hill House, but for long time known
as the Badger House. Mr.. B. came from
| Connecticut as a missionary