http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/search?docsPerPage%3D100;f46-subject%3DFrontier%20and%20pioneer%20life%20--%20Ohio%20--%20Western%20Reserve. Results for your query: docsPerPage=100;f46-subject=Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS0657.xml The collection consists of certificates issued to residents of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, for killing wolves. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS0657.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS0454.xml 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. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS0454.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS0737.xml Turhand Kirtland (1755-1844) was a land agent for the Connecticut, Big Beaver, and Union land companies, and founder of Poland, Ohio. Kirtland owned almost 2,000 acres in the township named after him, although he never permanently resided there. Kirtland Township was an "equalizing" township used by the Connecticut Land Company to compensate for losses of those settlers or investors who received swampy or poor land throughout the Western Reserve. The collection consists of a copy of a diary kept by Kirtland on his travels throughout the Western Reserve. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS0737.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS0759.xml 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. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS0759.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4364.xml 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. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4364.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS0533.xml 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. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS0533.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4390.xml 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. http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4390.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS1901.xml 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 t... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS1901.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4848.xml 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, i... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4848.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3231.xml 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 ... http://norton.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3231.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT