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| | • | Ashtabula County (Ohio) -- Genealogy. |
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| | • | Ashtabula County (Ohio) -- Politics and government -- 19th century. |
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| | • | Ashtabula County (Ohio) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. |
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| | • | Castle family. |
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| | • | Court records -- Ohio -- Ashtabula County. |
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| | • | Deeds -- New York. |
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| | • | Deeds -- Ohio -- Ashtabula County. |
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| | • | Deeds -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. |
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| | • | Firearms industry and trade -- England. |
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| | • | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. |
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| | • | Gardner Gun Company (London, Eng.) |
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| | • | Harpersfield (Ohio : Township). |
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| | • | Harpersfield Commercial Company. |
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| | • | Lawyers -- Ohio -- Ashtabula County. |
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| | • | Mining corporations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Norton, Laurence Harper, 1888-1960. |
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| | • | Ogleby-Norton Co. (Cleveland, Ohio) |
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| | • | Ohio Rail Road Company. |
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| | • | Ohio. Militia. Division, 4th. |
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| | • | Ohio. Militia. Division, 9th. |
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| | • | Ohio. National Guard. Cavalry Regiment, 107th. Troop A. |
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| | • | Postal service -- Ohio -- Ashtabula County. |
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| | • | Public works -- Ohio -- Ashtabula County. |
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| | • | Shandy Hall. |
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| | • | Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. |
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| | • | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources. |
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| | • | United States. Army -- History -- Punitive expedition into Mexico, 1916. |
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| | • | United States. Army. Field Artillery, 135th. Division, 37th. |
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| | • | United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 27th (1813-1815). |
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| | • | United States. Army. Ohio Cavalry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865). |
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| | • | Watterson family. |
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| | • | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Social life and customs. |
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| | • | Women -- Ohio -- Ashtabula County -- Social life and customs. |
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| | • | World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American. |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Ada Watterson Yerkes Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Yerkes, Ada Watterson | | | | Dates: | 1780-1963 | | | | Abstract: | Ada Watterson Yerkes was related to three families who settled early in the Western Reserve. The Harper family came from New York in 1798 and founded Harpersfield, Ohio. The Norton family came from New York before 1839 when Ada Yerkes maternal grandparents were married in Harpersfield. The Watterson family came from England in 1826 and settled in Warrensville, Ohio. Various family members served in the Civil War and were active in a number of business ventures, including the Gardner Gun Company of London, England and the Ogleby-Norton Company of Cleveland. The collection consists of correspondence, receipts, insurance policies, legal papers, genealogical material, drafts of a family history, diaries and notebooks relating to the Harper, Norton and Watterson families. | | | | Call #: | MS 3316 | | | | Extent: | 2.00 linear feet (6 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Harper family. | Norton family. | Watterson family. | Gardner Gun Company (London, Eng.) | Ogleby-Norton Co. (Cleveland, Ohio) | Mining corporations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Firearms industry and trade -- England. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Laurence Harper Norton Papers
| | | | Creator: | Norton, Laurence Harper | | | | Dates: | 1760-1960 | | | | Abstract: | Laurence Harper Norton (1888-1960) was a soldier, banker, industrialist, Ohio state legislator and Cleveland civic and cultural leader. He was also private secretary to Ambassador Myron T. Herrick and president of the Western Reserve Historical Society. The collection consists of correspondence, legal documents, financial records, newspaper clippings, photographs, genealogical materials, certificates and other materials relating to various members of the Norton, Castle and Harper families, including Robert, Alexander J., and Rice Harper, and to Jay Cooke, Myron Herrick, Ohio National Guard Troop A, and the 37th Division of the 135th Field Artillery. | | | | Call #: | MS 3371 | | | | Extent: | 9.90 linear feet (12 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Norton, Laurence Harper, 1888-1960. | Norton family. | Castle family. | Harper family. | Ohio. National Guard. Cavalry Regiment, 107th. Troop A. | United States. Army. Field Artillery, 135th. Division, 37th. | United States. Army -- History -- Punitive expedition into Mexico, 1916. | Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | 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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