Library Collections Search Results
Modify Search  |  New Searchrss icon RSS | Saved Results (0)
Search:
civil andwar in keywords [X]
Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio. in subject [X]
Results:  2 Items
Sorted by:  
Page: 1
Format
Manuscript CollectionSave
1Title:  Peter Hitchcock Family Papers     
 Creator:  Hitchcock, Peter Family 
 Dates:  1788-1898 
 Abstract:  Peter Hitchcock, Sr. (1781-1853) was an early settler of Burton, Ohio, who became an Ohio and United States legislator and Chief Justice of Ohio. His sons, Reuben, Henry, and Peter Jr., entered the judiciary, ministry and politics respectively and were affiliated with Burton Academy, Western Reserve College and the Atlantic and Great Western Railway Company. the collection consists of correspondence of family members and miscellaneous papers relating to Western Reserve College, Burton Academy, the Atlantic and Great Western Railway and the early history of Burton, Ohio. 
 Call #:  MS 3325 
 Extent:  19.80 linear feet (49 containers and 2 oversize volumes) 
 Subjects:  Hitchcock, Peter, 1781-1853. | Hitchcock family. | Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. | Judges -- Ohio -- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. | Legislators -- Ohio -- Correspondence, reminiscences, etc. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio. | Railroads -- United States. | Public Square (Cleveland, Ohio) | Law -- Ohio. | Burton (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
 
  View Finding Aid  |  View XML  
Manuscript CollectionSave
2Title:  Zenas Ball Family Papers     
 Creator:  Ball, Zenas Family 
 Dates:  1803-1978 
 Abstract:  Zenas Ball moved from New Jersey to a farm in Knox County, Ohio, in 1819. His son Aaron was the father of Webb C. and F. Grant Ball. Webb C. was the owner of the Webb. C. Ball Co. and the Ball Time Inspection Service. F. Grant was a jeweler, violin maker and family historian of the Ball International Union. The collection consists of genealogical material, correspondence, wills, newspaper clippings and certificates, biographies and obituaries of Webb C. Ball, Morris Township school registers and a road tax list, and papers of the Ball International Union, the Webb C. Ball Co., and the Ball Time Inspection Service. 
 Call #:  MS 3306 
 Extent:  1.60 linear feet (4 containers) 
 Subjects:  Ball family. | Clay family. | Taylor family. | Ball, Zenas, 1792-1860. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio.
 
  View Finding Aid  |  View XML