The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-09-09
THE PIONEERS,
AFFULL ACCOUNT OF THE PROCEED
lNGS AT THE TWELFTH ANNUAL
Reunion of the Pioneer Association of Portage
ana Summit Couniies--List of Deaths
During the Past Year--0ther Inter
eSting Proceedings.

ana Summit Counties--List of Deaths
During the Past Year--0ther Inter
esting Proceedings.
The Pioneer Association of Portage and
Summit Counties held its twelfth annual
meeting at the beautiful grounds Ill
Kent, Thursday, September =, 1856.
The weather was all that could be de-
sired. At 10 o'clock NJ. Kent, president,
called the large assemblage to order, and
the exercises We're as follows:
MusIc-Streetsbnro Band,
Music-Pioneer Band,
Prayer-By Rev. X. b. Marsh.
Reading minutes of last meeting-Sec-
retary A. NJ. Sherman,
Music-Bands,
Secretary 5 Annual Report-A M. Sher-
man,
Treasurer's Annual Report. FL. Par
melee. This report showed the Associa-
ton to be entirely free from debt, with
over 800 in the treasury.
The secretary, A. NJ. Sherman, then
read the mOrtuary list of twenty-five
members the past year, as follows:
MORTUARY LIST.
Mrs. Mary Chapman, born in Massachusetts
October q, ,l7S7; died in Rootstown July %, 1886,
| aged 9S.
Edwin Barber, born in Litchfeld, Conn. June
2S, 1897 died in Ravenna April "a, 1885, aged SO.
Charles c. Bronson, born in Woodbury., Conn,
| July 5, 1901; died in Tamadge, o., April IL,
| 1856, aged s..
| John Thompson, born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
1903; died i'll Kent, May IL, 1885, aged S2
| Mrs Julia GOss born in Litchfeld, Conn.,,
October G, lSO3 died in Kent March 25, 1856,
aged 81.
| Cur,.ss DeForest, born in Woodbury., Conn.,,
| July l2, 1903; died in Kent January Il, 1886
aged 81
Horace Reed, born in ROOtstOwn, o., October
g. 1906; died near where he was born, February
10, 1886, aged 81.
Mary Terry, born in Turin, Lewis County, N
Y, April IL 1906; died in Kent, o., February 8,
1886, aged 20.
Rev. Thomas B. Green, born in Litchfleld
Conn.,, January Il, 1903; died at CuyahOga Falls,
o., March 81, 1886, aged 7s.
II. N. Andrews, born in RootstOwn, o. July
8, lSOS; died in Rootstown, March IL, 1886,
aged ~.
Fanny Cochran, born In Redstone, Pa, June
H. lS'ai diod in Stow, o.. May ), 1886. aged 76.
Samuel Buel, born in Berks County, Pa. June
IL, 1902; died in Brmfield, o., February, 1886.
aged y.
Joshua Lobdell, born in western New York
September IL, 1SC9; died in Kent, o. August T.
1885, aged 16.
Mrs. Lydia Burt, born in Massachusetts Sep
tember "a, 1910; died in Kent, o., March . 1856
aged -.
Elvira Deming, born in Brimfeld, Mass. Sep
tember p, 1911 died June 10, 1855, aged -.
| II MI
1Sl2 died in Hiram, o., July 49, 1886 aged a.
Henry w. Bill, born in Hiddletown Conn
October, 1872; died in Cuyahoga Falls, o., May
g, 1886, aged "A.
William Harmon, born in Stow, o., October
20, 1916; died July ~. 1856, aged 20.
Mrs. Eliza Cutler. born in Connecticut June
Isle; died in Rayenna, o., September q, 1856
aged g.
Harriet CAN, born in Stow, September 25, 1918
died June 26, lSS6, aged 6S.
Mrs. Amelia Hunt, born in Hudson, O., No.
vember6 1919; died at Cuyahoga Falls, o. March
"a, lSSti, aged G7.
Mrs. Elizabeth Brown, born in Goshen Conn.
July l6, Is.2; died ut Cuyahoga Falls, O., ,Novem
Der ~, 1885, aged 6i.
Lucy A. Galloway, born AT Chippawa, o
April p, 1877 died at stow, o., OCTOBER 8, 1855
aged IS.
IiOii- INuihS uOTH at
r Vineyard, May 3, I19S; died at Cleveland
August %, 1856; aged SO.
Oliver B. Deebe, born at New London, Conn.
October Il, 1907; died at Cuyahoga Falls, o.
September l, 1886, aged rs.
: Full biographical sketches of all dece
) dents, carefully prepared by Secretary
| Sherman, were read and listened to with
solemn interest by all present.
FNaIl "a i,,t
ment for the seating of seven hundred
At II O'Clock came the dinner call anC
hundreds surrounded the well filled table
and did ample justice to the appetizn.
viands, while sprightlY converse and hu
morous jokes passed around. The table
were filed again and again, until all wer
e served.
I At2 O'Clock music of the bands was th
1 signal for the reassembling of the audi
. cnce at the stand. Hon. George W. Raff
4 of Canton, then delivered an able ant
Instructive address, followed by u shorte
one from the Hon. Judge Darius Cald
well, of Cleveland. No epitomized sketcl
could do anything like justice to thes
= distinguished speakers. Their addresse
: were replete with pleasing and humorou
e accounts of the entertainments, amuse
a ments and pastimes of the young folks o
h early times,as well as graphic description
; of the privatiOns and hardships of tn
,, patriotic, sturdy pioneers, who settled il
the primeval forests of the Buckley
y state. Following the regular addresse
Z were a recitation by Rev. II. b. Mars
e and volunteer speeches by the venerabl
L ex-editor, s. A. Lane, OF Akron, an,
n others, after which the following officer
d were elected for the ensuing year: presi
Il dent, Marvin Kent, Kent; vice president
8. d. Harris, Ravenna; secretary, Hon
A. NJ. Sherman, Kent; treasurer, Luthe
- FL. Parmelee, Kent; historian, Portag
county, +. p. Brainard, Ravenna, Sum
II NIT County, no election directors, f.
: Brainard, Ravenna, s. A. Lane, Akron
It Daniel Bogue, Rootstown, Captain Isaa
v Lewis, CuyahOga Falls, j. ]. Bradley
), Stow, Seneca Green, Franklin, A. ]. Sher
man, Brimfield, 0sman Thomas, Streets
bOrO, Il. NJ. Crane. Shalersville, ii. A
Sackett, Tallmadge, Grant b. Turner
Cuyahoga Falls, LOra Case, Hudson.
The success and present prosperity o
y the organization is mainly due to the I'M
| hChb, OctIc ctdI.
4 Sherman and Treasurer Parmelee. Itl
i. for the interest of the association to keel
these gentlemen in their respective posi-
. tiOns so long ~ they can be induced Z,
serve. No further business appearin,
the meeting adjourned for one year, ,afte
which hands were shaken, farewells wer,
sand and the pioneers departed for thei
e respective homes, all the happier fo
4 having been present.
= The proceedings were intersperseC
5 with chaste and appropriate music b,
: the StreetsbOro band of whom it may b,
irnthfully said that for liberal publi,
spirit, tasteful uniforms, musical talent
and gentlemanly department the mem
bers of the Streetsboro band are tn,
j peers of any country band in Ohio.
: Only twenty-five deaths the past year
< in a membership of over thousand, al
= over sixty years of age, evidences tn,
= hcalthfuIness of n Portage County eli
mate, the average age of the decedent'
being nearly seventy-seven years.