Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-07-13

ling through this neck, by which, hav.
ing dam of ten inches high on the
opposite side, he secured fall of
six feet In the river. On the lower
end of this tunnel he erected -four
ing mill, which he still occupies.
In the speculating seasons of 1886 |
81 it was supposed that Boston would
soon rival it's eastern namesake. AL.
fred and Trad Kelley, and other CAPT |
talsts formed company called "The
Boston Land Company" purchased |
the land in and around the village,
laid out city, and made calculations,
like most other proprletors of paper
cities, but to be disappointed. The
city is still there, but the inhabitants
ar missing. This township which is
Town 5, Range IL, being one of the
equalizing townships, was cut up into
strips, and attached to other townships
to make them equal to the average
townships of the Reserve. Tract
in this township, lying on the north
end, and west of the Cuyahoga, was
attached to Eaton, in Lorain county,
and belonged to Judge Kirkland. Tract
lying south of tract /, was attached
to No. 5, in Range 10, now Columbia,
in Lorain county, and belonged to
Levi Bronson, Harmon Bronson, Azor
Bronson, j. Prichard, and Calvin
Hoadly.
The equalizing of the townships was
done by committe who went through
each township from east to west, and
from north to south. In going through
Columbia they went north about three
! fonrths of mile west of the centre,
which was swampy almost the whole
way. In passing through from east
to west. they went about mile and
a half north of the centre, crossing
| lAoShy IhtNSi WhCEt thCiC NdS IO Dol-
tom land and they set the township
down at third rate and attached Tract
2 in Boston to it, to make it average.
When Judge Kirkland surveyed out
his tract tract y which was set to
Eaton, he found a surplus Of 200 acres.
He then ordered his surveyor, AL
fred Wolcott, to survey Tract 2, which
was attached to Columbia. Here was
found surplus of 400 acres, and Kirt.
land ordered his surveyor to equalize
the Tracts by taking 129 acres from
tract 2, and attaching it to tract l,
This 129 acres Kirkland afterward sold
4 to Robert, and Thomas Brannan--the
first payment for which was made in a
barrel of whisky-which, in those days
/. was a legal tender. When Harmon
Bronson came into the township, find
ing the Brannans on his tract, he
: commenced an action of ejectment
| against them, and after a severe liti-
cation Kirtland's equalizing was SET
aside, and the Brannans ousted.
, From the numerous streams running
, through the township, it might be sup,
! posed to be unhealthy-but observation
{ proves this not to be the case. In 1886
:. there We're living in the township, five
persons of about 100 years of age
| Henry Brown, Andrew Johnson
t Thomas Brannan, Eleazer ellison, ant
: Eleazer Mather. The first three OF
e them were Irishmen. Brown died ii
: 1881, aged 1O3, Brannan in 1929, John
i, son in 1884, ellison in 1s41.
At the building of the canal one Of
0 the laborers died, and just before tn,
/ lid of the coffin was screwed down
e old Brannan went to take Irish lea
: of him. Looking down upon his de
= parted countrymen he says: "Pathric
o you and / have long been friends
II We have taken many good glass o
II grog rogither-but now we must part
| Pathric, ye have got Until house y
e can niver get out of-Pace to ye
8 ashes, Pathric"
J. When digging the canal, in th
# township, near what is called Jonn,
e cake lock, a number of ancient skull
!, were dug up, and thrown up with then
We're antique copper coin. Being con
J. siderably corroded, they were consider
# ed of no value, and lost, or throw
.s away.
The date, and coming cannot now b
d ascertained. Whether these skull
e have any connection with the FORTH
v cations described in Bath, which ar
II about mile south of the lock, ca
e. never be known. II the skulls el
u humed at the lock had been preserved
st so as to compare them with thos
q. found in the mounds, and forts in Bath
d Il might have thrown some light o
h the subject-but the skulls, like tn
coins, were thrown away as wortl
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