The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-01-01
SUFFIELD.

vs<uy SUkE1ELO.
Correspondence.
Last Saturday, Dec 2lst, we CON
signed to her last resting place On
earth, in Kent's graveyard, the mortal
remains of Chloe Cook, born in the
year 1888, and died December 10, 1879,
aged 81 years, month and IL days.
The life of Chloe Cook, being long
and eventful one, and so closely con-
nected with early pioneer life, your
correspondent took some interest in
finding few facts or incidents con-
nected Herewith, as tribute to her
memory, also thinking it might be in
teresting to the many families of old
settlers who read the Press. In our
researches we were kindly assisted by
Mr.. Hale and Mrs. Bradley of. Moga-
dore, beside what coulddbe learned
from the family: no "a snsg }al
Chloe Moore was thei daughter of
Nathan and Julia Moore, born i'll o the
town of Jericho, Vermont, October "a,
l176S. From there they moved, to Sails
bury, Connecticut. On the 1st day of
April, in the year 1890, Nathan Moore,
Captain Douds and Bradford Waldo,
all residents of Salisbury, with their
families, started for Ohio, with six
yoke Of oxen and several horses. In
the latter part of the month of May
they arrived in Garfield, Ohio, being
obliged to stop several times to rest
their oxen, and making the latter
place their home, and dived there till
1907. In that year they, that is, the
Moore family moved. to Springfield,
Summit county, and settled on what
is now. known as the Crist farm, We
hope we don't digress by mentioning
here some remarkable incidents in the
life of Nathan Moore, as learned from
Mr.. Hale and others. He was six feet
four inches in height, weighed Obs,
was remarkable for strength and con-
stitution, a great hunter, was, known
to go three days at a time without food
on his hunting and surveying expedi-
tiOns and give what he had to men of
less endurance. He assisted as a sur
VCyoi< III 10y AhS OuC LhC anu
counties of Northern and Eastern
Ohio, and was in consequence much
absent from his home, which was sur
rounded at that time by wild beasts
and savages, His, strength, bravery
and social habits made him quite ia
vorite with the Indians at that time.
They called him by the name of Ho-
Pen. 1.,.....- -..t.!
Chloe Cook, or Moore. was married
at the age of % to David Cook (Which
must be in 1SiO.) At the breaking out
of the War of 1872, her husband, David
Cook, entered the army, leaving her
and an infant child alone in: their
home, then consisting of log hut at
the Center ofSuffield, a couple more of
such being the only residences there.
She often related an incident of that
time. On her way to her fathers
house, about four miles through the
woods, with her child in her arms, she
came to party of British soldiers en-
route to one of the forts of Northern
Ohio, and being frightened, hurried to
SSo 9" aJ AAOAAA ehOh1y W hOh OhO vi thC
soldiers came to her and kindly offered.
to carry her little girl, which he did
some distance. She was the oldest of a
family of six, all of whom passed away
before her. She had a good education
for that time, and retained fine men,
ory to the last. Many of the old lady's
stories would be interesting, but for
fear of encroaching on space omit
them. She had eight children, one
died in infancy, three died at mature
age, Mary. wife of Israel Potts. John
and Nathan are dead; Lee lives in
Suffield, Rachael, wife of Solomon
Stallsmith, lives in. Randolph. Calvin
in Brimfield, and Orange, the young
est, unfortunately lost his mind and is
at the County Intirmary, Shalersville.
Her daughter-in-law, Clarinda Cook,
widow of Nathan, where the old lady
died and had her last illness, deserves
great credit for the patient care taken
of her in her helplessness. The last
four years of her life were very troub-
lesome, as by an accident about that
time she had her hip put out of joint
and could not walk after, besides being
blind for nearly four years, 30 i,-
Asleep in Jesus far from thee. f,...s-5 =. I
Thy kindred and their graves may he, a--l
But thine is stiIl blessed sleep, -
: From. which, nOneeyer wakes toNveep.!
EVA.
+ y INFORMATION WANTED.f
A'gentleman in Boston, Mass, who
signs himself G. Granville Way, ESQ,
Mo-. Is Somerset St., says he is writing
ia, historic and genealogical work ION
the descendants of. Henry Way, who
came to this country in $780, He has
discovered a missing link in the per-
son of David Way, of Suffield, and
has written for information concern
ing him.. We are about to answer his
letter and refer him to Richard and
Ransom Baldwin, Atwater; solomon
Way, of Sufield, and Mrs. Martini
Springfield, Ohio, connections. of the
Way family. At the same time if any
of the old pioneers of Portage County
would feel like corresponding with the
gentlemen named or through the