| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Prickett and Moore Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Prickett and Moore | | | | Dates: | 1752-1912 | | | | Abstract: | 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. | | | | Call #: | MS 4491 | | | | Extent: | 0.30 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Prickett family. | Moore family. | Deeds -- Massachusetts. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Medina County. | Medina County (Ohio) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. | Ohio -- Emigration and immigration.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Nancie Swan Folkett Papers
| | | | Creator: | Foskett, Nancie Swan | | | | Dates: | 1818-1869 | | | | Abstract: | Nancie Swan Foskett(1838-?) of Medina County, Ohio, was a schoolteacher (1861-1865) in various schools in Medina County. During 1861-1862, she and her father lived in LeSeuer, Minnesota with her brothers and their families, returning to Medina County in the spring of 1862. In 1865, Nancie Swan married Captain Porter Foskett of Brunswick, Ohio. They made their home in the city of Medina, where Porter Foskett became a successful businessman. The collection consists of eleven diaries of Nancie Swan Foskett, 1855-1869, and one account book of N.A. Goodwin, 1818-1834. The diaries detail her life as a teacher in various schools in Medina County, Ohio, her trip to Minnesota, civilian life during the American Civil War, and family events during the period. | | | | Call #: | MS 4576 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Foskett, Nancie Swan. | Foskett, Nancie Swan -- Diaries. | Foskett, Porter. | Swan family. | Goodwin, N. A. | Women -- Ohio -- Medina County. | Women -- Ohio -- Medina County -- Diaries. | Teachers -- Ohio -- Medina County. | Education -- Ohio -- Medina County. | Diaries. | Account books -- Ohio -- Medina County. | Medina County (Ohio) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women. | Ohio -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. | Ohio -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women.
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