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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2 | Title: | Edith Pearl Rennison Genealogical Papers
| | | | Creator: | Rennison, Edith Pearl | | | | Dates: | 1913-1975 | | | | Abstract: | Edith Rennison (born 1908) was the descendant of William Adams of Connecticut, whose son John migrated to the Western Reserve in 1810 and settled near Columbia (Lorain County), of Thomas Osborn, who settled in Columbia Station (Lorain County) prior to 1812, and of William Rennison who came to Olmsted Falls, Ohio in 1876. The collection consists of family genealogies and historical anecdotes of the Adams, Osborn and Rennison families. Also included are miscellaneous family deeds. | | | | Call #: | MS 4364 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Rennison, Edith Pearl, 1908- | Renison family. | Adams family. | Osborne family. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Ohio -- Genealogy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 3 | Title: | Samuel L. Egbert Account Book
| | | | Creator: | Egbert, Samuel L. | | | | Dates: | 1830-1850 | | | | Abstract: | Samuel L. Egbert (1801-1885) was an early resident of the Western Reserve of Ohio, arriving at Fairport, Geauga County, Ohio in 1828. By 1830 he was a resident of Chagrin Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio (later Willoughby Township, Lake County, Ohio). Egbert married Frances Miller (1793-1880) and had several children. He worked as a carpenter and joiner. He also served as postmaster of Willoughby, ca. 1853-1861. The collection consists of one volume of business accounts concerning his carpentry and joiner business and general household accounts. The book was also used by his son, William Henry Egbert, as a copy and notebook. | | | | Call #: | MS 0454 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 volume) | | | | Subjects: | Egbert, Samuel L., 1801-1885. | Account books -- Ohio -- Lake County. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Willoughby (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Carpenters -- Ohio -- Lake County.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 5 | Title: | John Barr Papers
| | | | Creator: | Barr, John | | | | Dates: | 1842-1873 | | | | Abstract: | John Barr was a prominent resident of Cleveland, Ohio, and officer of various literary and historical organizations. The collection consists of letters addressed to Barr in answer to his solicitations for information concerning the first settlers in, and the early history of, Cleveland and the Western Reserve; together with Barr's reminiscences of Wooster, Ohio, ca. 1873. Correspondents include John Ackley, Amzi Atwater, D.H. Beardsley, Gilman Bryant, Lewis Cass, N. Crookshank, Oliver Culver, D.C. Doan, Thomas Goodman, Julius C. Huntington, Alfred Kelley, and Stanton Sholes. | | | | Call #: | MS 0759 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Barr, John. | Pioneers -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Wooster (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 6 | Title: | Dr. John M. Henderson Papers
| | | | Creator: | Henderson, John M. | | | | Dates: | 1810-1892 | | | | Abstract: | Dr. John M. Henderson was an early pioneer of the Connecticut Western Reserve in Ohio, arriving sometime before 1813 in Chagrin Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. He established a successful medical practice and in 1834 co-founded the medical school of the Willoughby University, Willoughby, Ohio. He was a trustee, treasurer, and secretary of the Willoughby Medical College, and was awarded an honorary degree in 1837. He also served as a postmaster and justice of the peace of Chagrin Township, Cuyahoga County (later Willoughby, Lake County), Ohio. The collection consists of an account book, correspondence, election tickets, resolutions, bylaws, minutes, essays, petitions, and legal documents including agreements, receipts, bills, depositions, inventories, oaths, testimonies, summons, subpoenas, notes, bonds, judgements, writs, settlements, and executions. | | | | Call #: | MS 0533 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Henderson, John M. | Willoughby Medical College. | Medical colleges -- Ohio -- Willoughby. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Physicians -- Ohio -- Willoughby. | Court records -- Ohio -- Willoughby. | Willoughby (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Willoughby (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | Lake County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Lake County (Ohio) -- Genealogy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 7 | Title: | Florence Sadler Strimple Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Strimple, Florence Sadler Family | | | | Dates: | 1848-1969 | | | | Abstract: | Florence Sadler Strimple (1865-ca. 1938) was a Bay Village, Ohio, resident who compiled much material on her ancestors, the Sadler, Lilly, Shook and Tryon families. The collection consists of correspondence, biographical and historical sketches, genealogies and genealogical notes, legal documents, and clippings concerning the Sadler, Lilly, Shook and Tryon families. The collection primarily pertains to the genealogy of these families, but also includes local history of Bay Village and the Rocky River Valley. Of particular interest are the family stories relating to pioneer life in the Western Reserve. | | | | Call #: | MS 4390 | | | | Extent: | 0.50 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Strimple, Florence Sadler, 1865-ca. 1938. | Sadler family. | Lilly family. | Shook family. | Tryon family. | Carpenter family. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Bay Village (Ohio) -- History. | Rocky River (Ohio) -- History. | Rocky River Valley (Ohio) -- Antiquities.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 8 | Title: | Severance Family Papers, Series III
| | | | Creator: | Severance Family | | | | Dates: | 1775-2005 | | | | Abstract: | The Severance family was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio, family known for its philanthropic activities. Solon Severance, a Cleveland banker, was the son of Solomon Severance and Mary Helen Long, and a brother of Louis Severance. He was also a descendent of John Walworth, an early settler of Cleveland who was a civil engineer and was appointed in 1806 as the Custom Collector for the District of Erie. Solon's wife, Emily Allen, was the daughter of Dr. Dudley Allen, and the sister of prominent surgeon Dudley P. Allen. Solon and Emily's daughter, Julia Severance Millikin, was the wife of Benjamin Millikin, a noted Cleveland opthalmologist. Julia's children included Helen Millikin Nash and Severance, Marianne, Dudley, and Louise Millikin. The collection consists of admission tickets, agreements, booklets, books, charts, church records, correspondence, deeds, diaries/journals, estate documents, forms, genealogies, historical accounts, invitations, journal articles, leases, legal documents, licenses, memoirs, military passes, a museum catalog, newspaper articles, notes, obituaries, personal accounts, poetry, a sermon, and wills. | | | | Call #: | MS 5140 | | | | Extent: | 2.41 linear feet (5 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Allen family | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- 19th century | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Western Reserve | Hadden family | Harkness family | Kinsman (Ohio : Trumbull County) -- History | Long family / Medicine -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Milligan family | Philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Prentice family | Robbins family | Severance family | Tryon family | Woolworth family
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 9 | Title: | Walworth Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Walworth Family | | | | Dates: | 1774-1884 | | | | Abstract: | The Walworth family was one of the most influential families in the early history of the Western Reserve of Ohio. John Walworth and his family settled in Painesville, Ohio, in 1800. While there, he served as a deputy postmaster, justice of the peace, and judge. In 1806, the family moved to Cleveland to facilitate John Walworth's posts as Inspector of the Revenue for the Port of Cuyahoga and Collector for the District of Erie. He also served as a judge in the Geauga County Court of Common Pleas and as postmaster of Cleveland. His son, Ashbel W. Walworth, assumed many of his father's business responsibilities and official posts, including postmaster and collector of customs at Cleveland. He was treasurer for the Corporation of the Village of Cleveland and the Cuyahoga County Civilization Society. His son, John Walworth, continued his business interests in Cleveland. Several brothers of Ashbel W. Walworth, including J.P. (John Periander) Walworth, moved to the southern United States and established a branch of the family along the southern Mississippi River. The collection consists of correspondence, financial records, legal records, official documents, architectural drawings and various ephemera. Contains detailed correspondence concerning land transactions for the Connecticut Land Company; records of the post offices of Painesville, Ohio, and Cleveland, Ohio; records of the Port of Cuyahoga; records of the Circuit Court of Geauga County, Ohio, Corporation of the Village of Cleveland, and the Cleveland School House; records of the Cleveland Branch of the Erie Bank of Pennsylvania; land valuations and tax lists for Cleveland and the Fire Lands; and legal records of Litchfield County, Connecticut, and New London County, Connecticut. Correspondents include William Eldredge, Frederick Miner, Gideon Granger, Calvin Pease, Samuel Huntington, David Abbott, Nathaniel Ledyard, Lewis Cass, Oliver Phelps, Charles P. Barnum, Lewis Morgan, and Oliver Forward. A calendar of correspondents is included in the register to the collection. Insight into the social relations of the Walworths and their relations, including the Dunlap, Beattie, Strickland, Keyes, Wren, and Avery families, is seen through the correspondence between the women in the Walworth family. | | | | Call #: | MS 1901 | | | | Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Walworth family. | Walworth, John, 1765-1812. | Walworth, Ashbel W., 1790-1844. | Connecticut Land Company. | Erie Bank of Pennsylvania. | Postal service -- Ohio -- Painesville. | Postal service -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Customs administration -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Land value taxation -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Schools -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Lighthouses -- Ohio -- Fairport. | Court records -- Ohio -- Geauga County. | Court records -- Connecticut -- Litchfield County. | Court records -- Connecticut -- New London County. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Painesville (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 10 | Title: | Alexander Harper Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Harper, Alexander Family | | | | Dates: | 1755-1935 | | | | Abstract: | Alexander Harper, a Revolutionary War officer, brought his family to settle in Ashtabula County, Ohio (then a part of the Western Reserve) in 1798. The settlement was named Harpersfield by the family after their hometown in New York. After Alexander Harper's death in September 1798, his widow Elizabeth Harper was joined in 1799 by Alexander's brother Joseph and by her daughter and son-in-law, Margaret and Aaron Wheeler. Elizabeth's children; William, Elizabeth, John A., James A., Alexander, and Robert, all became prominent members of the community. In 1814, the Harpers were among those who organized the Harpersfield Commercial Company. Most prominent of the Harper brothers was Robert, who married Polly Hendry in 1815 and began construction of the family homestead, Shandy Hall. Robert was a lawyer, farmer, businessman, Superintendent of the Public Works at Cunningham Creek, and a member of the Ohio House of Representatives. His nephew, Rice Harper, was also a prominent lawyer and businessman, and was involved in the Ohio Rail Road Company with his uncle. Robert Harper's daughter Ann moved to Sandusky, Ohio, shortly after her marriage to Dr. Aaron Austin. His eldest daughter Ellen lived at Shandy Hall with her youngest sister Jane and Jane's husband, Alexander J. Harper. The last owners of Shandy Hall were Stella and Ann Harper, the two daughters of Alexander and Jane Harper. After the death of Ann Harper in 1935, the property was maintained by the David Z. Norton family, cousins of the Harpers. In 1948, the Norton family donated Shandy Hall to the Western Reserve Historical Society. The collection consists of letters, financial accounts, business files, legal documents, military records, and other documents related to the personal and business interests of Alexander Harper (1744-1798) and his descendants. | | | | Call #: | MS 3231 | | | | Extent: | 11.61 linear feet (14 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Ashtabula County (Ohio) -- Genealogy. | Ashtabula County (Ohio) -- Politics and government -- 19th century. | Ashtabula County (Ohio) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. | Court records -- Ohio -- Ashtabula County. | Deeds -- New York. | Deeds -- Ohio -- Ashtabula County. | Deeds -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Harper family. | Harpersfield (Ohio : Township). | Harpersfield Commercial Company. | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Ashtabula County. | Ohio Rail Road Company. | Ohio. Militia. Division, 4th. | Ohio. Militia. Division, 9th. | Postal service -- Ohio -- Ashtabula County. | Public works -- Ohio -- Ashtabula County. | Shandy Hall. | United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 27th (1813-1815). | United States. Army. Ohio Cavalry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865). | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Social life and customs. | Women -- Ohio -- Ashtabula County -- Social life and customs.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 11 | Title: | Jonathan Warner Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Warner, Jonathan Family | | | | Dates: | 1804-1996 | | | | Abstract: | Jonathan Warner (1782-1862) was an early pioneer settler of Jefferson, Ashtabula, County, Ohio, in the Connecticut Western Reserve. Born in Connecticut, he traveled to the Western Reserve in 1804, and permanently settled in the Jefferson area in June 1805, where he farmed. He married Nancy Frethy in 1807, and they had 11 children. Jonathan Warner served as an Ashtabula County justice of the peace, county recorder, and county treasurer. In 1822, he helped organize the Ashtabula County Agricultural Society. He was very active in the antimasonry movement and the Antimasonic Party, and helped establish and run the Ohio Luminary, an antimasonry newspaper in Jefferson. Warner also was an Ohio state legislator, served as the first mayor of Jefferson, and was elected a judge of the Ashtabula County Court of Common Pleas, serving until 1846. The collection consists of correspondence, a biographical sketch, typed transcriptions, deeds, agreements, contracts, surveys, a lease, a petition, a record transcript, lists, indentures, wills, genealogies, newspaper clippings, account sheets, county treasurers' reports, receipts, powers of attorney, a wolf scalps subscription list, and obituaries. The letters of Jonathan Warner to his family in Connecticut describe in great detail the land, weather, crops, wildlife, social events, and fellow settlers of the Western Reserve. Descriptions of Warner family journeys back and forth from Ohio to Connecticut are also included, as is commentary on events and battles of the War of 1812, political discussions, descriptions of land transactions and business opportunities, farming conditions, and financial concerns of Jonathan Warner. Correspondence of the women of the Warner family often includes commentary on family life, religious and social activities, work, and other facets of daily life in the Western Reserve. Jonathan Warner's political involvement, particularly with the antimasonic movement, is well documented. Correspondence of Warner with James Moorhead, Alfred Kelley, Cyrus Smith, and Henry Dana Ward is included. | | | | Call #: | MS 4848 | | | | Extent: | 1.90 linear feet (6 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Warner, Jonathan. | Warner family. | Frethy family. | Antimasonic Party. -- Ohio. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Ashtabula County. | Women pioneers -- Western Reserve. | Women -- Ohio -- Jefferson. | Farmers -- Ohio -- Jefferson. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Description and travel. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Economic conditions -- 19th century. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Politics and government -- 19th century. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- 19th century. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Biography. | Jefferson (Ashtabula County, Ohio) -- History -- 19th century. | Ashtabula County (Ohio) -- History -- 19th century. | Ashtabula County (Ohio) -- Politics and government -- 19th century. | United States -- History -- War of 1812.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 12 | Title: | Harper family papers, 1755-1935 (1814-1851)
| | | | Creator: | Harper family. | | | | | Harper, Alexander, 1744-1798 | | | | | Harper, Joseph, 1742-1805 | | | | | Harper, James A., 1776-1820 | | | | | Harper, William A., 1779-1827 | | | | | Harper, Alexander, 1788-1833 | | | | | Harper, Robert, 1791-1851 | | | | | Harper, Polly Hendry, 1797-1847 | | | | Dates: |
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| | | | Call #: | MS. 3231 | | | | Extent: | 24 reels of microfilm. | | | | Subjects: | Harper family | Harpersfield Commercial Company | Ohio Rail Road Company | United States. -- Army. -- Infantry Regiment, 27th (1813-1815) | Ohio. -- Militia. -- Division, 4th | Ohio. -- Militia. -- Division, 9th | United States. -- Army. -- Ohio Cavalry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865) | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Western Reserve | Women -- Ohio -- Ashtabula County -- Social life and customs | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Ashtabula County | Court records -- Ohio -- Ashtabula County | Postal service -- Ohio -- Ashtabula County | Public works -- Ohio -- Ashtabula County | Deeds -- Ohio -- Ashtabula County | Deeds -- New York | Deeds -- Ohio -- Western Reserve | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Social life and customs | Harpersfield (Ohio : Township) | Ashtabula County (Ohio) -- Genealogy | Ashtabula County (Ohio) -- Politics and government -- 19th century | Ashtabula County (Ohio) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century | Shandy Hall
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