| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Apollos Warner Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Warner, Apollos Family | | | | Dates: | 1796-1925 | | | | Abstract: | Apollos and Tirzah Warner resided in Barnard, Vermont. Their three daughters married and settled on farms in northern Ohio. Their granddaughter, Ellen E. Howe married Samuel Wildman of Danbury, Connecticut. The collection consists of correspondence, genealogical materials, legal papers, deeds, a Justice of the Peace appointment for Frederick Wildman (Clarksfield Twp., 1840), the Will of Samuel Wildman, and two account books of Ezra Wildman. | | | | Call #: | MS 3763 | | | | Extent: | 0.50 linear feet (1 container and 2 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | Warner family. | Wildman family. | Western Reserve University. | Farm life -- Ohio.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Winchester Fitch Papers
| | | | Creator: | Fitch, Winchester | | | | Dates: | 1860-1938 | | | | Abstract: | Winchester Fitch (b. 1867) was the chairman of the historical committee for the Unionville Reunion in 1912. The collection consists of correspondence and genealogical data (1912-1932) concerning the Coleman, Fitch, Frisbie, Sherwood, Warner, and Weeks families; notes on the history of Unionville, Ohio, and notes for a census (1798-1838) of the town, compiled by Fitch for the Unionville reunion of 1912; newspaper clippings (1860-1887) kept by Mrs. R.M.N. Taylor, of Unionville; and an historical address delivered by Edward H. Fitch at the Conneaut, Ohio, centennial celebration, 1896. | | | | Call #: | MS 1637 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Frisby family. | Fitch, Winchester, 1867- | Coleman family. | Fitch family. | Sherwood family. | Warner family. | Weeks family. | Conneaut (Ohio) -- History. | Unionville (Ohio) -- History.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Jonathan Warner Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Warner, Jonathan Family | | | | Dates: | 1804-1996 | | | | Abstract: | 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, indentures, wills, genealogies, newspaper clippings, account sheets, county treasurers' reports, receipts, powers of attorney, a wolf scalps subscription list, and obituaries. The letters of Jonathan Warner to his family in Connecticut describe in great detail the land, weather, crops, wildlife, social events, and fellow settlers of the Western Reserve. Descriptions of Warner family journeys back and forth from Ohio to Connecticut are also included, as is commentary on events and battles of the War of 1812, political discussions, descriptions of land transactions and business opportunities, farming conditions, and financial concerns of Jonathan Warner. Correspondence of the women of the Warner family often includes commentary on family life, religious and social activities, work, and other facets of daily life in the Western Reserve. Jonathan Warner's political involvement, particularly with the antimasonic movement, is well documented. Correspondence of Warner with James Moorhead, Alfred Kelley, Cyrus Smith, and Henry Dana Ward is included. | | | | Call #: | MS 4848 | | | | Extent: | 1.90 linear feet (6 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Warner, Jonathan. | Warner family. | Frethy family. | Antimasonic Party. -- Ohio. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Western Reserve. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Ashtabula County. | Women pioneers -- Western Reserve. | Women -- Ohio -- Jefferson. | Farmers -- Ohio -- Jefferson. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Description and travel. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Economic conditions -- 19th century. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Politics and government -- 19th century. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- History -- 19th century. | Western Reserve (Ohio) -- Biography. | Jefferson (Ashtabula County, Ohio) -- History -- 19th century. | Ashtabula County (Ohio) -- History -- 19th century. | Ashtabula County (Ohio) -- Politics and government -- 19th century. | United States -- History -- War of 1812.
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