| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Adams, Asael Family |
| Title: | Asael Adams Family Papers |
| Dates: | 1819-1858 |
| Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) |
| Abstract: | Asael Adams (1786-1852), born in Canterbury, Connecticut, migrated to Liberty, Ohio, near Warren, in 1802. Was succesively hunter and trapper, Cleveland's first full-time school teacher, mail carrier from Cleveland to Pittsburgh, and owner of general store. Married Lucy Mygatt of Canfield, Ohio. Became involved in the Western Reserve real estate market prior to his death in 1852. Adams' second son, Comfort Avery Adams, born in 1816 in Warren, Ohio, succeeded Asael as proprietor of the general store until after 1852. He then was successively a postmaster, tax collector, newspaper editor, and then started a clothing manufacturing business in Cleveland. He died in 1901, and is buried in Lakeview Cemetary. The collection consists of a memorandum and account book, receipts, promissory notes, agreements, and stock certificates. |
| MS Number | MS 4146 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
Asael Adams (1786-1852) was born in Canterbury, Connecticut, and migrated with his family to Liberty, Ohio, near Warren, in 1802. After several years of hunting and trapping, he contracted with Samuel Huntington to teach school in Cleveland, Ohio, during the winter of 1806-1807 and became the city's first fulltime school teacher. In 1812 and 1813 he contracted to carry the United States mail from Cleveland to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One year later he married Lucy Mygatt of Canfield, Ohio, and opened a general store in Warren, transacting business primarily by barter and especially in cattle. Adams also became involved in the Western Reserve real estate market prior to his death in 1852. Adams' second son, Comfort Avery Adams, was born in Warren in 1816 and succeeded Asael as proprietor of the general store until after 1852. Comfort then worked in Warren as a postmaster, tax collector, and newspaper editor until 1865 when he moved to Cleveland to start a clothing manufacturing business with Thomas Goodwillie. Adams retired in 1885 and died in 1901. He is buried in the family plot in Lakeview Cemetery in Cleveland.
The Asael Adams Family Papers, 1819-1858, include a daybook, a memorandum and account book, receipts, promissory notes, agreements, and stock certificates.
These records pertain primarily to Asael Adams' work contracts and financial affairs.
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 4146 Asael Adams Family Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Lamb, 1983.
Processed by Bari Oyler Stith in 1988.