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Samuel Prickett was a resident of Richfield, Summit County, Ohio. He went to California in 1854 to mine for gold, but returned
to Richfield in 1864 where he purchased a farm and served as a township trustee and school board member. Prickett was married
first to Ann Amelia Garthwaite, and later, to Edith Welton. He had a daughter, Edith. The James Moore family came from Massachusetts
to Medina County, Ohio in 1816. He served as county surveyor, township treasurer and Ohio state senator. Fanny Moore was the
mother of Elizabeth Stockwell and possibly the grandmother of Sophronia Stockwell Bellows. The relationship between the Prickett
and the Moore families is not known. The collection consists of correspondence, particularly of the Moore family of Ohio
and Massachusetts. Also legal materials, a cash book of Samuel H. Prickett, and receipts. The correspondence details news
of relatives, health concerns, deaths of children, homesickness, religious views, and financial concerns.
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