| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Oviatt Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Oviatt Family | | | | Dates: | 1757-1915 | | | | Abstract: | Benjamin Oviatt, from Litchfield, Connecticut, was one of the original settlers of Hudson, Ohio. His brother, Heman, dealt in land in Cuyahoga, Medina, Portage, and Summit counties while a resident of Hudson, Richfield, and Cleveland, Ohio. Schuyler R. Oviatt was Treasurer of Summit County in the 1870s. The collection consists of deeds, agreements, financial papers, and certificates of Benjamin, Heman, Elizabeth, Orson, Marvin, Nathaniel, and Schuyler R. Oviatt. Includes a report of the Summit County Treasurer (1876), a catalogue of books in the Richfield Sunday School (1835), the constitution of the Academic Institution of Richfield and a list of subscribers (1847), papers relating to the Congregational Church of Richfield (1835-1858), and notes on the history of Richfield. Also includes several letters from the abolitionist, John Brown. | | | | Call #: | MS 0777 | | | | Extent: | 0.21 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Oviatt family. | Deeds -- Ohio. | Real property -- Ohio. | Richfield (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Summit County (Ohio) -- Surveys.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Frank C. Oviatt Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Oviatt, Frank C. Family | | | | Dates: | 1890-1980 | | | | Abstract: | Frank C. Oviatt (b. 1890) was a Kendallville, Indiana, native descended from Heman Oviatt of Goshen, Connecticut, an early settler of Hudson, Ohio, and ultimately descended from Thomas Oviatt, Sr., a native of Wendover, Buckinghamshire in England, who emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts in 1632. The collection consists of genealogical record books, historical notes, genealogical notes, a typescript of Frank C. Oviatt's diary, newspaper clippings, and source material used for constructing the genealogies of the Oviatt, Caniff, Sapp and Kellogg families. | | | | Call #: | MS 3952 | | | | Extent: | 1.40 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Oviatt family. | Caniff family. | Kellogg family. | Sapp family. | Kendallville (Ind.) -- Biography.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Hiram P. Oviatt Papers
| | | | Creator: | Oviatt, Hiram P. | | | | Dates: | 1816-1897 | | | | Abstract: | Hiram P. Oviatt (1821-1872) was a soldier in Battery K of the 1st Ohio Light Artillery Regiment. The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, land deeds, and military papers, relating to Oviatt and his wife, Lucy Ann Bullard Oviatt. Includes diary kept by Oviatt while he was prospecting for gold in California in 1850; two letters (1827-1828) containing references to political conditions in Canada; and papers concerning members of the Bullard, Hamilton, and Oviatt families of Euclid, Ohio. Other correspondents include Hannah Bullard and Tyler Parker. | | | | Call #: | MS 3518 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Oviatt, Hiram P., 1821-1872. | Bullard family. | Hamilton family. | Oviatt family. | United States. Army. Ohio Light Artillery Regiment, 1st (1861-1865). Battery K. | Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. | Prospecting -- California. | Canada -- Politics and government -- 1791-1841. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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