| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Noah M. Bronson Papers
| | | | Creator: | Bronson, Noah M. | | | | Dates: | 1811-1838 | | | | Abstract: | Noah M. Bronson was an early settler of Medina County, Ohio, who served as a county judge (1823-1830). His son, Hiram, was sheriff in 1828, an Ohio congressman from 1865 to 1870, and a participant in the unsuccessful Cleveland, Medina and Tuscarawas Railroad Company from 1851 to 1857. The collection consists of a family record book containing the accounts of a store operated by the Bronsons and E.M. Oviatt, including a history of the Bronson family, references to the store's dealings with the Wayne, Medina and Tuscarawas Turnpike Company, details of transactions involving the values of labor, land, food and clothing, and five loose receipts. | | | | Call #: | MS 3777 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Bronson, Noah M. | Bronson family. | General stores -- Ohio -- Medina County. | Pioneers -- Ohio -- Medina County. | Medina County (Ohio) -- History.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Reid Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Reid Family | | | | Dates: | 1797-1857 | | | | Abstract: | In 1818 Harris Reid and his wife, Sally Spencer Reid, and children, Henry M., Polly, Laura, and Eunice, moved from Connecticut to a farm in Granger Township, Medina County, Ohio. Henry married Persis Treeman in 1857 and, after three years in Michigan, they settled on the Granger Township farm inherited from her parents. The collection consists of a single volume containing the accounts of Harris and Henry M. Reid and detailing the prices of various goods and services such as medicines, livestock, food, blacksmithing, rented rooms, and labor. Also included is a brief genealogical outline of the Reid family, beginning with Harris Reid and continuing through Eunice Louisa Reid, the youngest of Harris Reid's children. | | | | Call #: | MS 3778 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Reid family. | Reid, Henry M. | Reid, Harris. | Medina County (Ohio) -- History. | Granger (Ohio : township) -- History.
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