The History of Wakeman Township, Pages 141 through 150

The History of Wakeman Township, Pages 141 through 150

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MEACHAM, Benjamin - born in 1800 in Connecticut, came to Talmage, Summit Co., Ohio, in 1818, and died in Wakeman in 1861. He married, 1^st, Miss Weston, and had children, Benjamin and Frank. Name of second wife not known, but had children, Louise and Mary. He married 3^rd, Mrs. Sirlinda (Sprague) Prindle, and had children, Zelia, Marion, Marie, Lafayette and Perry. The last wife was born at Middlebury, Vermont, in 1806,and died March 17, 1892, at the home of her son, Lafayette, on Maple Street, on the Townsend side. Of her children, Zelia married John Waite, Marion married Harriet Fay, Marie married Ira Peck, Lafayette married Jennie Sayers.

MEACHAM, Marion - a son of Benjamin, was born in Royalton, Ohio, July 5, 1839, and died in Bellevue, Ohio, in 1898. He was married to Harriet Fay in 1862. In 1857 Elias Green sold his farm in Lot 3 to Benjamin Meacham and Marion lived there. In 1864 it was sold to M.D. Randall by Selinda Meacham and "others."

Marion Meacham and wife had children: Perry, Frank, Benjamin, Etta, William, Louisa, Elmer, Bethia and Selinda, of whom Etta, Louisa and William live at Oxnard, California, Elmer at Bellevue, O., and Ben at Lorain, O., the others being dead. The wife was born in 1840 in Wisconsin and died in California in 1912.

MILLER, Guyon - voted here in 1837. He lived in a log house east of the Joseph French place, near the creek, and died there. He had a daughter and four sons. In the family was his wife’s mother, Mrs. Abi Gott.

MINOR GENALOGY

Thomas Miner was a direct descendant of Henry Miner, to whom Edward III, "going to make warre against the French, took a progress through Somersett and finding the said Henry Miner having convened his Domesticall and Meniall Servants and armed them with Battleaxes professed himself and them to his Master’s Service, did therefore grant his coat armorial."

This Henry Miner was the first of those who have borne the name of Miner, or Minor, and he received his name from the king on account of the service mentioned above, as he was a miner by occupation, and it is said that his former name was Bullman. He died in 1359.

Thomas Miner, son of Clement and grandson of William (who died in 1585) was born in 1608 and came from Somerset county, England, in the ship Arabella, which landed at Salem, Mass., June 16, 1630. He married Grace, daughter of Walter Palmer, in 1634. He lived at Salem, Charleston and Hingham, Mass., until 1640. He was one of John Winthrop’s colony which founded Pequot (now New London) Connecticut. He was very successful in dealing with the Indians and learned their language. He determined to settle permanently at "Quamhaug" on lands obtained by grant on account of valuable services with the Indians. With others he founded Stonington, Conn. In cemetery in Stonington is a long unhewn slab of native granite roughly inscribed:

"HERE LYES THE BODY OF LIVTENANT THOMAS MINER

AGED 83 DEPARTED 1690."

Thomas Minor (as he spelled the name) had children: John, Thomas, Clement, Manasseh, Ephraim, Joseph, Judah, Samuel, Ann, Marie, Eunice, Elizabeth, Hannah; (Going back to Henry Miner) This Henry died in the year 1359, leaving behind him Henry, Edward, Thomas and George Miners, of whom little is to be said save that Henry married Henrietta Hicks and had issue, William and Henry. William married one Hobbs, and had issue, Thomas and George. Henry, the second son, served Richard the Second, anno 1384.

Thomas, 1399, married - - Gressleys and had Lodovick, married Ann Dyer and had issue, Thomas, born 1436 and after that twins, being 22 years after the birth of the said Thomas. The twins, George and Arthur. Thomas married Bridget Hervie and died 1480, leaving son, William and daughter Anna Miner. William married Isabella Harcope. It was said of this William Miner that he was the flower of "chevallrie." He left behind him ten sons, William, George, Thomas, Robert, Nathaniel and John, the rest not recorded. The two last went over to Ireland 1541 when King Henry the 8^th was proclaimed I King of Ireland.

William, the eldest son, had issue Clement and Elizabeth Miners and was buried at Chew Magna the 23 of February 1585 and lies interred in the Priests Chancell x x x x it is evident that his name was William Myner. (Inscription defaced.)

Clement, his son, succeeded his father in heritage and had issue: Clement, Thomas, Elizabeth and Mary Miners, and departed this life the 31 of March, 1640, and lyes interred in Chew Magna in the countie of Somersett.

Clement, the eldest brother, married Sarah Pope and had issue, William and Israel. Thomas, his brother, is now alive at Stonington in Carneticute, Colloney, in New England, anno domini 1683 and has issue: John, Thomas, Clement, Manassah, Ephraim and Judah Miners, and two daughters Marie and Elizabeth. x x x x x x it being supposed that Henry Miners name, before the Kings Progresse in Somersett, was Bullman, but how certain, I know not &c.

(The above copied from the original manuscript in the library of the Connecticut Historical Society.)

Thomas Miner, born April 23, 1608, came to New England 1630 and married Grace Palmer, April 23, 1634. He was leading man in the settlements and ancestor of all bearing the name in this country as far as ascertained. He had three sons, Thomas, who died young, Clement, who settled in New London, Conn., and John (Capt.), born in 1634. This John went to Stratford, Conn., where he was a leading citizen until he moved to Woodbury among the first settlers.

Capt. John Minor, captain in militia, justice of the quorum among the magistrates, deacon, surveyor, interpreter to Indians. Town clerk of Stratford ten years and same in Woodbury thirty years, nearly twenty years member of General Court. Early in life learned Indian language. Rulers of the colony wished to prepare him to preach gospel to the Indians, kept at school and college for two or three years, but he turned to other pursuits.

He married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Booth, Oct. 19, 1658, and died Sept. 17, 1719. She died in 1732, aged 96 or 98.

(In the Judson-Burr History we have the Genealogy of the above Richard Booth, which we will give in condensed form.)

1. Adam de Boothes, descendant of a Norman family of rank, who came over to England with William the Conqueror, and settled in Lancaster, where his son, William was living in 1275, supposed born 1200, or before.

2. William. 3. Thomas de Boothes. 4. John. 5. Thomas. 6. John. 7. Robert. 8. Sir William. 9. Sir George. 10. Sir William. 11. Sir George. 12. Sir George. 13. Sir William. 14. Sir William. Richard, the fifth son, baptized 1578, died 1628, from whom all the first Booths of America are descended. His three sons Robert, Richard and John, landed in New Haven, Conn., in 1639. Richard settled in Stratford. His wife was Elizabeth Hawley. Issue: Elizabeth, born 1641, "married John Minor, interpreter to the Indian missionaries." There were seven other children, of whom Bethia, who married Joseph Curtiss, and from them descended the Wakeman Burrs. John Minor had a son, Ephraim, born Oct. 24, 1675, married Rebecca Curtiss Aug. 21, 1701, died Sept. 16, 1776, had a son, Deacon Jehu Minor, born June 30, 1705, married Mary Judson, Nov. 18, 1731, died Feb. 15, 1790. She died 1762. They had a son, Justus, born Sept. 4, 1730. (A probable error in date of his birth or date of marriage of parents.)

According to Cothren’s History of Ancient Woodbury, this Justus had children, Susan, Dotha, Cyrus, and Peter. This we believe to be one of the author’s errors, and believe that, the Justus of 1730, had a son Justus, born in 1769, and who had children, Susan, Dotha, Cyrus and Peter.

MINOR, Justus - the Wakeman immigrant, born in 1769, married Olive Mitchell, who was a daughter of Reuben Mitchell and -- Judson. Reuben was a son of Capt. Asahel, of Woodbury, son of Lt. John, son of John, son of David, of Stratford, son of Matthew, born in 1590, of Scotch descent, and who came to Boston from England in 1635 and died in 1645. Joel Crane, of Florence and Vermillion, married Olive Mitchell, a third cousin of Mrs. Minor. In June 1821, Mr. Minor with wife and two children came to Wakeman from Woodbury. They first lived in the log school house (which Augustin Canfield had built for his temporary home), until a house could be erected on his own land, which had been purchased in May of that year, and deeded to Cyrus and Dotha. It comprised 60 acres of the north part of Lot 46 and included the land now comprised in the cemetery. His first house was built somewhere near the present location of C. S. Clark’s farm barn. The wife died while they were yet living in the Canfield house, on the 6^th day of August 1821, at the age of 46.

A path was cut through the underbrush to the center of the township, and Mrs. Minor was buried not far from the northeast corner of the present cemetery. This was the first burial in the cemetery, although there had been two deaths prior to hers, but they had been buried near the Justin Sherman corners. (See Betts narrative, on page 66, for more Minor history). Mr. Minor married 2^nd, Miss Delia Palmer, of Fitchville, Ohio, on March 31, 1824. She was a daughter of Samuel and Amy Palmer, and was born in Greenwich, Conn., Oct. 3, 1783, and died Sept. 2, 1834. In 1832, Mr. Minor moved to Fitchville, but returned to Wakeman some time after the death of the second wife. He built the Cort Armstrong house. He married 3^rd, Rosanna Franklin, who died Sept. 6, 1866, at the age of 80 years. Mr. Minor died Dec. 19, 1847.

Of Mr. Minor’s children, Peter probably died young. Susan did not come to Wakeman and was married, before 1821, to William Preston Curtiss, an Episcopal minister, and had two daughters, Olive Eliza and Susan L. She died while the girls were young the father died of cholera in 1828. The Curtiss girls were brought to Wakeman by Chester Manvel, in 1829 probably, as we read that he made a visit to Connecticut in that year.

Olive Eliza married, in October 1832, Samuel Palmer, a brother of Delia, and died in Fitchville, May 2, 1842. (Mr. Palmer, while a brother-in-law of Mr. Minor, by his marriage, became a grandson, and Olive, his granddaughter thus became his sister-in-law.)

Samuel Palmer and wife had sons, Preston, born Jan. 6, 1834, died in Fitchville Nov. 18, 1911; Marcus C., born Feb. 19, 1839, and Samuel, died young.

Susan L. Curtiss, the other granddaughter, born July 25, 1819, married Minot Pierce, and her history appears with his.

Cyrus Minor, son of Justus, was born Sept. 30, 1800, and married Sarah Hall, of Brighton, Ohio, Sept. 22, 1830. They began housekeeping in the house now occupied by Mrs. Charles Shelton. In 1832, they removed to Connecticut but returned to Ohio in 1848, living in Brighton for six years, then moving to Collins, Ohio, where he died March 4, 1890. The wife was born in Mass., Nov. 11, 1807, and died Nov. 12, 1882. They had children:

Edwin P.,

born in 1831, married Laura Clark, of Brighton, lived at Iola, Kansas, until his death.

Lucy R.,

married Charles Clark, a brother of Edwin’s wife, lived in Brighton and Wellington. After Mr. Clark’s death, she married a Mr. Vosburg and moved to Michigan.

Erastus O.,

born in 1835, lived in Michigan and Portland, Oregon.

Hallam B.,

was killed in 1863 in a railroad accident, aged 28.

Charles E.,

born April 11, 1837, married Adelia M., daughter of Lucius Hall, of Wakeman. She died March 31, 1904, and he married, 2^nd, the widow of J. R. Vaughn, of Wakeman, and died Nov. 8, 1913. He was a postal clerk on the railroad for many years and lived in Wakeman. His children were:

ALBERT Hall, born Aug. 3, 1867, married Edith V. Squire, Dec. 24, 1888, lives in Kendallville, Ind.

Mary Louise, born Oct. 14, 1868, married F.A. Denman, Nov. 19, 1890, and lived in Wakeman.

Leon D., born April 5, 1871, married Etta M. Dill, Sept. 19, 1894, and died March 17, 1913.

Nellie Catherine, born May 15, 1872, married Myron A. Shelton, of Wakeman.

Roy Edward, born June 11, 1874, died Feb. 22, 1890.

Dolly Eliza,

died in Collins, O., in 1903, at the age of 65.

Wallace W.,

settled in Missouri, but died in California, in 1902.

Mitchell A.,

settled in Missouri, then moved to California.

Olive,

died young.

William E.,

married Caroline Barrett, of Clarksfield, lived in New London for a time, then removed to Cleveland.

MONEGHAN, Terrance, bought 50 acres of Lot 20, in 1846, and lived on the west side of the road south of Warren Peck’s, and died Dec. 16, 1852, at the age of thirty four.

MOTT, Weldon - came to Wakeman prior to 1845, as the record of deaths shows that Mrs. Sally Mott died Dec. 19, 1845, at the age of 36. In 1847 Hermon S. Adams, of Florence, deeded to Weldon Mott, 20 acres of Lot 36, and to Julia Ann Mott, 40 acres of the same lot. This land is across the road from the Merritt Hyde farm. A son of Weldon Mott died Oct. 7, 1846, and on Aug. 16, 1849, Weldon Mott died of cholora at the age of 43 years. In 1854 Weldon Mott’s administrator deeded to Julia Ann Mott, widow of Weldon, land in Lot 36. There was a son, Malcolm.

MUNGER, Sheldon - a son of Rufus, was born in Ithaca, N. Y. Feb. 12, 1829, and came to Peru, Ohio, with his parents in 1833. His father was killed by accident in 1836, and his mother married Halsey Terry in 1839, and they lived at the little settlement, near Birmingham, which took the name of "Terryville". Mrs. Terry was Gilletty Purdy and her girlhood home was in Westchester Co., New York.

Sheldon Munger married Mary Jane Bentley, daughter of William Bentley, of Wakeman, March 31, 1853. He was in business with his brother in St. Johns, Michigan, 1855 to 1857, and then he bought the Riley farm north of Wakeman, and lived there. Later he owned the Bentley homestead and lived there until he retired from farming and removed to Wakeman Village, and died Dec. 10, 1908. His children were:

Adelbert,

born Dec. 4, 1853, died in Chicago.

Fred,

born Aug. 7, 1855, lived in Wakeman.

Frank P.,

born Nov. 30, 1857, married Elizabeth Phelps of Brownhelm, O.

Nora,

born April 12, 1863, married 1^st, Virgil Peck, 2^nd , Mr. Jack and lives in Cleveland.

Maude,

born June 1, 1869, married 1^st, Sanford Stiles, 2^nd, Fred Pierce, and lives in Cleveland.

Sheldon Munger’s mother, with her son, Halsey Terry, lived just north of the Munger farm.

NAY, Wallace W. – a son of Leonard and Sarah (Knowles) Nay, was born in Clarendon, Orange county, New York, May 16, 1836. His father died and his mother married Hiram Bates, and they came to Camden, Lorain Co., Ohio, about 1840. Wallace married Mary, daughter of Lansing Waugh, of Wakeman, Feb. 29, 1860. He lived on a farm on the Butler road in Wakeman, south of Todd’s corners, but later moved to the village. The wife died Feb. 20, 1873, and he was married to Dellah O., daughter of Burton French, of Wakeman. He died in Wakeman, Dec. 19, 1817. He had children:

Idella Alma,

born Feb. 9, 1861, married Fred Oehling, in 1885, and lived in Arcata, California, a widow.

Perry,

born Dec. 19, 1862, died in infancy.

Nina Lunette,

born Nov. 13, 1864, married Ira Phillips in 1886 and lives in Canton, O.

Hattie Lunette,

born Oct. 1, 1866, married John E. Walter in 1887, and lives in Cleveland. Had one daughter; Nina Lounette.

Sarah Dotia,

born July 10, 1869, married William F. Babbitt in 1889, and lives in Columbus, 2^nd , John Walters, her brother-in-law, 3^rd, Rev. Gleason, then divorced him.

NEWTON, Jeremiah - of Russia township, Lorain county, O., bought out Isaac Judson in 1841, and sold out in 1843. He also sold 50 acres of Lot 5 to Orrin Lewis, and was then a resident of Wakeman.

NICKERSON, William H. (Rev.), eldest son of Joseph and Nancy (Ghrist) Nickerson, was born in the State of New York in 1814, and came from Danbury, Conn., with his parents to Clarksfield, O., in 1824. He was married to Charlotte, daughter of Isaac Hill, of Wakeman, Nov. 19, 1835. He was a minister of the Methodist Church for twenty five years, and lived in different places, but finally went to Jasper county, Ill., and died there Feb. 28, 1867. His children were Hoyt H., Samuel, Elizabeth, Mariah, Charles F., Rev. Joseph E.

NORTON, Ichabod Trumbull – a son of Samuel and Deborah Phelps Norton, was born in Hebron, Conn., March 30, 1802. In 1824, he came to Wakeman on foot, carrying all his possessions in a knapsack upon his back. He worked for Asahel Buck and was enumerated in Wakeman in 1829. He was married to Mary Peck, of Florence, April 24, 1828. He bought a farm in Florence on the west town line and lived there until 1873 when he removed to Milan, and died there April 26, 1890. His children were: Egbert T., born in 1830, died in 1885; Mary Antoinette, born in 1837, married 1^st Hiram P. Starr, of Birmingham, and 2^nd wife, and 2^nd Harry Carley, of Florence Corners, and lived in Florence until her death.

OWEN, Epaphras Bull, called "Eppie", and eccentric character, a native of Saulsbury, Conn., came to Clarksfield about 1842, where he married Clara Rusco. He bought 56 acres of the south side of Lot 60 in Wakeman. As narrated in the history of Jonas Martin, he made a trade and removed to Hardin county, Ohio. His land which he obtained by the trade was worthless. His wife left him and he came back to Clarksfield, but returned to Hardin county and died there.

PARKER, Dexter – a son of Zachariah Parker, of Florence, was born at Livonia, N.Y., June 5, 1819. He married Amarilla Bailey, of Wakeman, Nov. 17, 1850. He came to Wakeman as early as 1821, and in 1845 bought 50 acres of Lot 59 on the Wakeman-Clarksfield road, where he lived until his death March 4, 1894. The wife died May 21, 1922. They had children:

Zachariah,

born Oct. 24, 1851, died on the old farm Nov. 22, 1920, unm.

Frank,

born July 31, 1853, lived in North Fairfield, Ohio.

Jackson,

born Aug. 23, 1855, lived in Litchfield, Ohio.

Dexter,

born July 14, 1857, lives in Wakeman.

Albert,

born Jan. 10, 1860, lives in Coldwater, Mich.

Pearl,

born Sept. 22, 1862, lives in Kankakee, Ill.

George,

born March 25, 1865, lives on the old farm.

William,

born July 13, 1867, lives on the old farm, having lost the sight of his eyes by an accident.

Mary,

born Feb. 14, 1870, married Joel Derby and lives in Birmingham.

Ruth,

born Sept. 30, 1872, married Emery Gray, of Clarksfield, and died Aug. 5, 1915.

PARKER, Elon - a half brother of Dexter, was a son of Zachariah and Sabrina (Higgins) Parker, and was born in Florence, Dec. 13, 1837. He married Arvilla, daughter of Freeman Ellis, of Wakeman, Dec. 11, 1860. He lived on the Butler Road near the north line of the township, but later moved further north over the line in Florence, where he died Feb. 14, 1912. He had four sons, Fred E., Elbert O., (living in the Phillipines), Charles E., and Leon S.

PARSONS, Aaron - a son of Joseph and grandson of Peter. The latter was a sailor who traded between the American colonies and Great Britain. About 1760 he brought his family of wife, seven sons and two daughters, to Fairfield, Conn. During the war of the revolution he and six of his sons served in the American army and he and four of the sons lost their lives in the service of their country. Joseph emigrated to Florence in 1811. Aaron started with him but stopped at Sempronius, N.Y., where he married Betsy Case in 1814. In 1816 he came to Florence with his family and settled on a farm adjoining his father’s. In 1826 he bought the west half of Lot 6 in Wakeman and built a log house and here he made his home. Here he hung himself Aug. 20, 1828. He had children:

Electa A.,

born May 16, 1815, married Sept. 27, 1833, Orrin Lewis of Wakeman, and died Jan. 13, 1890.

Julia M.,

born Jan. 16, 1818, married about 1840, Samuel Atkinson and lived in Toledo, O., until about 1857, when she returned to Wakeman and died April 29, 1857, leaving a son, Andrew, who was killed in the civil war.

Charles,

married, Dec. 23, 1852, Elmina Arnet, of Hartland, O. He obtained the ownership of his father’s farm and also the adjoining one in Townsend. He died at his home in Townsend, Jan. 22, 1890. His wife died Feb. 13,1884, having been born May 31, at Warren, Pa. Children: Charles W., George A., Andrew E., Frank J., John C., Mary and Elmina.

The wife of Aaron Parsons was born in Foster, Providence Co., R. I., Oct. 10, 1797. After the death of Mr. Parsons, she married Edward Maloney. She died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lewis, Dec. 27, 1883.

PECK, Henry T., known as "Harry", was a son of Ira Peck, who came to Clarksfield in 1818, and was born in Addison county, Vermont, in 1809, the eldest of the family. He was married to Abigail Haskins, daughter of Isaac Haskins, of Wakeman. He settled on a farm on the Florence-Clarksfield road, about a mile north of the Clarksfield line. By hard work and good business ability he became the owner of a large farm, or number of farms. He died Sept. 11 1880. He had children:

Warren M.,

born Sept. 16, 1834, married, Sept 16, 1867, Mildred Henry, of Birmingham and died Feb. 14, 1921, had sons Clarence and Harry.

Julia A,

born Jan. 10, 1836, married 1^st, Sion E. Bills, of Hartland, 2^nd Byron DeLap, of Hartland, and died Nov. 12, 1916, had a daughter, Louise Bills.

Byron M.,

born Nov. 16, 18--, married 1^st, Sarah Bailey, 2^nd, Juliana, widow of his brother Adelbert, 3^rd, Mrs. Jennie (Armstrong) Shafer. He lived in Iowa, but later in Wakeman on the Clarksfield road, but died in a Toledo hospital, Jan. 6, 1919, without issue.

Atlanta,

born Sept. 18, 1839, married Thomas Bennington, Dec. 24, 1869, and lived in Grafton, Ohio, until her death, April 6, 1916, without issue.

Edward C.,

born Jan. 24, 1841, killed at the battle of Shiloh, 1862.

Adelbert E.,

born Feb. 3, 1843, married Juliana Sweet, June 10, 1877, and lived on the Wakeman-Clarksfield road until his death, Sept. 21, 1906, without issue.

Royal P.,

born Sept. 17, 1844, married, 1^st, Sarah Harrison, 2^nd, Flora Reynolds, and lived in Wakeman until about 1890, then removed to Havana, Nebraska.

Wilmer P.,

1^st, born Sept. 29, 1846, died in infancy.

Lavina,

born March 5, 1848, died Dec. 8, 1908, unmarried.

Wilmer B.

2^nd, born May 20, 1850, married 1^st, 1879, Viola Wilson, of Wakeman, 2^nd, Mrs. Louise Honsicker, 3^rd, Mrs. Sarah DeWolfe, lived in Wakeman, and then in Clarksfield, where he died Aug. 15, 1891, leaving a daughter, Abigail.

Virgil C.,

born Feb. 20, 1852, married Nora, daughter of Sheldon Munger, in 1886, and lived on a farm southwest of Wakeman until his death, May 12, 1910. He had two sons, Edward and Fred.

Everett Q.,

born Sept. 18, 1854, married Mary Oehling, Aug. 7, 1896, and lived in Oberlin. Had one daughter and one son.

Henry T., Jr.,

born Feb. 22, 1857, married Mary Diggins, Nov. 14, 1883, and lived on the home farm, then in the village. Had one son and two daughters.

Alice E.,

born Aug. 16, 1859, lives in Oberlin, unmarried.

PECK, Riley R., a brother of "Harry", was born in Vermont, June 17, 1814. He was married to Marial Reynolds, of Clarksfield, Dec. 31, 1837. He lived on the next farm south of his brother’s, (the Frank Byron farm), and died there Jan. 11, 1878. The wife was a daughter of Obadiah Reynolds, and was born in Dutchess county, N.Y., Sept. 6, 1819, came to Clarksfield in 1834, and died at the home of her daughter, in Fulton county, Ohio, Dec. 28, 1894. Children:

Ira O.,

born July 6, 1840, married Maria O. Meacham in 1864, and lived at Ft. Scott, Kansas, for many years.

Selina,

born Nov. 19, 1842, married Henry A. Stone, of Clarksfield, Nov. 24, 1858, and died in Rochester, Ohio, September 1920.

Ervilla,

born Feb. 18, 1845, married 1^st, Albert Howe, of Wakeman, 2^nd, Silas Holopeter, and lived in Henry county, and Fulton county, Ohio. No issue.

Charles R.,

born May 31, 1851, married Lucy, daughter of Gideon Bliss, of Wakeman, March 22, 1874, and lived at Iola, Kan.

Cynthia,

born Feb. 3, 1861, married Alden C. Emery Oct. 22, 1890, and lived in Henry county, Ohio.

PECKHAM, Phillip, son of Phillip and Patience Peckham, was born in New Bedford, Mass., Sept. 6, 1798. He was married to Julia Ann, daughter of Isaac Haskins, and came to Wakeman with wife and one child in 1829. In 1832 he bought of Gershom Shelton seven acres of Lot 37 and may have lived there. In 1834 he bought 115 ½ acres of Lot 57, the east part of the Cahoon farm. He must have sold it soon, for he bought it back in 1840, but sold it to Dryden Barbour in 1849. At this time the road ran straight through from the Shelton corners to the center road at the mouth of Brandy Creek, and Peckam’s house stood on the west bank of the river. During the two years that Martin Bell owned the farm Mr. Peckham lived in Waterloo, N.Y., and Birmingham, Ohio. In 1850 he removed to Darke county, Ohio, and in 1855 to Sidney, in Shelby county, O., and died there Dec. 4, 1906. He had children:

Caleb,

born Nov. 13, 1828, died in Shelby county, Dec. 4, 1906

Patience,

born March 12, 1830, died June 3, 1885, at the home of Frank French, in Wakeman. She was unmarried, and was a tailoress and seamstress, and did not remove from Wakeman with her parents.

Benjamin F.,

born May 11, 1831, died Aug. 13, 1893, in Shelby Co.,

John M.,

born Nov. 23, 1832.

William C.,

born Jan. 29, 1834, lived at Troy, Ohio.

George W.,

born March 30, 1835, lived at Troy.

Melissa C.,

born Nov. 27, 1836.

Ann E.,

born May 9, 1839.

Emma D.,

born Aug 27, 1841.

Almira J.,

born Sept. 5, 1843, died Aug. 12, 1884, at Dublin, Ind.

Alonzo D.,

born May 25, 1846, died Jan. 29, 1873.

Almanza J.,

born March 15, 1848, died June 3, 1873, in Shelby Co., O.

PERKINS, William James - Son of William J., born in England, came with his parents to Canada when he was nine years of age. At the age of twenty one, he came to the United States. He came to Wakeman, and worked on a farm. He became a carpenter and builder and built several houses. Although he never attended school after he was nine years of age, he acquired enough education to enable him to plan and carry out his building operations. He married Margaret A. Luce, of Wakeman. He lived in Grafton, O., and then in Wakeman. He was working in the Ellis sawmill in Wakeman when the boiler exploded and injured him, but not seriously, but the engineer and two boys were killed. He had children:

Eva J.,

married Charles I. Davenport, and lives in Wakeman,

James William,

married Grace Wilber, lives in Wakeman.

John Wesley, "Jack",

married Elsie Mosier, and lives in Kipton.

Margaret Elmira,

died at the age of 34, unmarried.

Ruben Herschel,

lives in Wakeman, unmarried.

Grace Maude,

married Delbert Williams and lives in Kipton.

Anna May,

married Ray E. Searles, and lives in Kipton.

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Edwin P.,	born in 1831, married Laura Clark, of Brighton, lived at Iola, Kansas, until his death.
Lucy R.,	married Charles Clark, a brother of Edwin’s wife, lived in Brighton and Wellington. After Mr. Clark’s death, she married a Mr. Vosburg and moved to Michigan.
Erastus O.,	born in 1835, lived in Michigan and Portland, Oregon.
Hallam B.,	was killed in 1863 in a railroad accident, aged 28.
Charles E.,	born April 11, 1837, married Adelia M., daughter of Lucius Hall, of Wakeman. She died March 31, 1904, and he married, 2^nd, the widow of J. R. Vaughn, of Wakeman, and died Nov. 8, 1913. He was a postal clerk on the railroad for many years and lived in Wakeman. His children were: ALBERT Hall, born Aug. 3, 1867, married Edith V. Squire, Dec. 24, 1888, lives in Kendallville, Ind. Mary Louise, born Oct. 14, 1868, married F.A. Denman, Nov. 19, 1890, and lived in Wakeman. Leon D., born April 5, 1871, married Etta M. Dill, Sept. 19, 1894, and died March 17, 1913. Nellie Catherine, born May 15, 1872, married Myron A. Shelton, of Wakeman. Roy Edward, born June 11, 1874, died Feb. 22, 1890.
Dolly Eliza,	died in Collins, O., in 1903, at the age of 65.
Wallace W.,	settled in Missouri, but died in California, in 1902.
Mitchell A.,	settled in Missouri, then moved to California.
Olive,	died young.
William E.,	married Caroline Barrett, of Clarksfield, lived in New London for a time, then removed to Cleveland.

Adelbert,	born Dec. 4, 1853, died in Chicago.
Fred,	born Aug. 7, 1855, lived in Wakeman.
Frank P.,	born Nov. 30, 1857, married Elizabeth Phelps of Brownhelm, O.
Nora,	born April 12, 1863, married 1^st, Virgil Peck, 2^nd , Mr. Jack and lives in Cleveland.
Maude,	born June 1, 1869, married 1^st, Sanford Stiles, 2^nd, Fred Pierce, and lives in Cleveland.

Idella Alma,	born Feb. 9, 1861, married Fred Oehling, in 1885, and lived in Arcata, California, a widow.
Perry,	born Dec. 19, 1862, died in infancy.
Nina Lunette,	born Nov. 13, 1864, married Ira Phillips in 1886 and lives in Canton, O.
Hattie Lunette,	born Oct. 1, 1866, married John E. Walter in 1887, and lives in Cleveland. Had one daughter; Nina Lounette.
Sarah Dotia,	born July 10, 1869, married William F. Babbitt in 1889, and lives in Columbus, 2^nd , John Walters, her brother-in-law, 3^rd, Rev. Gleason, then divorced him.

Zachariah,	born Oct. 24, 1851, died on the old farm Nov. 22, 1920, unm.
Frank,	born July 31, 1853, lived in North Fairfield, Ohio.
Jackson,	born Aug. 23, 1855, lived in Litchfield, Ohio.
Dexter,	born July 14, 1857, lives in Wakeman.
Albert,	born Jan. 10, 1860, lives in Coldwater, Mich.
Pearl,	born Sept. 22, 1862, lives in Kankakee, Ill.
George,	born March 25, 1865, lives on the old farm.
William,	born July 13, 1867, lives on the old farm, having lost the sight of his eyes by an accident.
Mary,	born Feb. 14, 1870, married Joel Derby and lives in Birmingham.
Ruth,	born Sept. 30, 1872, married Emery Gray, of Clarksfield, and died Aug. 5, 1915.

Electa A.,	born May 16, 1815, married Sept. 27, 1833, Orrin Lewis of Wakeman, and died Jan. 13, 1890.
Julia M.,	born Jan. 16, 1818, married about 1840, Samuel Atkinson and lived in Toledo, O., until about 1857, when she returned to Wakeman and died April 29, 1857, leaving a son, Andrew, who was killed in the civil war.
Charles,	married, Dec. 23, 1852, Elmina Arnet, of Hartland, O. He obtained the ownership of his father’s farm and also the adjoining one in Townsend. He died at his home in Townsend, Jan. 22, 1890. His wife died Feb. 13,1884, having been born May 31, at Warren, Pa. Children: Charles W., George A., Andrew E., Frank J., John C., Mary and Elmina.

Warren M.,	born Sept. 16, 1834, married, Sept 16, 1867, Mildred Henry, of Birmingham and died Feb. 14, 1921, had sons Clarence and Harry.
Julia A,	born Jan. 10, 1836, married 1^st, Sion E. Bills, of Hartland, 2^nd Byron DeLap, of Hartland, and died Nov. 12, 1916, had a daughter, Louise Bills.
Byron M.,	born Nov. 16, 18--, married 1^st, Sarah Bailey, 2^nd, Juliana, widow of his brother Adelbert, 3^rd, Mrs. Jennie (Armstrong) Shafer. He lived in Iowa, but later in Wakeman on the Clarksfield road, but died in a Toledo hospital, Jan. 6, 1919, without issue.
Atlanta,	born Sept. 18, 1839, married Thomas Bennington, Dec. 24, 1869, and lived in Grafton, Ohio, until her death, April 6, 1916, without issue.
Edward C.,	born Jan. 24, 1841, killed at the battle of Shiloh, 1862.
Adelbert E.,	born Feb. 3, 1843, married Juliana Sweet, June 10, 1877, and lived on the Wakeman-Clarksfield road until his death, Sept. 21, 1906, without issue.
Royal P.,	born Sept. 17, 1844, married, 1^st, Sarah Harrison, 2^nd, Flora Reynolds, and lived in Wakeman until about 1890, then removed to Havana, Nebraska.
Wilmer P.,	1^st, born Sept. 29, 1846, died in infancy.
Lavina,	born March 5, 1848, died Dec. 8, 1908, unmarried.
Wilmer B.	2^nd, born May 20, 1850, married 1^st, 1879, Viola Wilson, of Wakeman, 2^nd, Mrs. Louise Honsicker, 3^rd, Mrs. Sarah DeWolfe, lived in Wakeman, and then in Clarksfield, where he died Aug. 15, 1891, leaving a daughter, Abigail.
Virgil C.,	born Feb. 20, 1852, married Nora, daughter of Sheldon Munger, in 1886, and lived on a farm southwest of Wakeman until his death, May 12, 1910. He had two sons, Edward and Fred.
Everett Q.,	born Sept. 18, 1854, married Mary Oehling, Aug. 7, 1896, and lived in Oberlin. Had one daughter and one son.
Henry T., Jr.,	born Feb. 22, 1857, married Mary Diggins, Nov. 14, 1883, and lived on the home farm, then in the village. Had one son and two daughters.
Alice E.,	born Aug. 16, 1859, lives in Oberlin, unmarried.

Ira O.,	born July 6, 1840, married Maria O. Meacham in 1864, and lived at Ft. Scott, Kansas, for many years.
Selina,	born Nov. 19, 1842, married Henry A. Stone, of Clarksfield, Nov. 24, 1858, and died in Rochester, Ohio, September 1920.
Ervilla,	born Feb. 18, 1845, married 1^st, Albert Howe, of Wakeman, 2^nd, Silas Holopeter, and lived in Henry county, and Fulton county, Ohio. No issue.
Charles R.,	born May 31, 1851, married Lucy, daughter of Gideon Bliss, of Wakeman, March 22, 1874, and lived at Iola, Kan.
Cynthia,	born Feb. 3, 1861, married Alden C. Emery Oct. 22, 1890, and lived in Henry county, Ohio.

Caleb,	born Nov. 13, 1828, died in Shelby county, Dec. 4, 1906
Patience,	born March 12, 1830, died June 3, 1885, at the home of Frank French, in Wakeman. She was unmarried, and was a tailoress and seamstress, and did not remove from Wakeman with her parents.
Benjamin F.,	born May 11, 1831, died Aug. 13, 1893, in Shelby Co.,
John M.,	born Nov. 23, 1832.
William C.,	born Jan. 29, 1834, lived at Troy, Ohio.
George W.,	born March 30, 1835, lived at Troy.
Melissa C.,	born Nov. 27, 1836.
Ann E.,	born May 9, 1839.
Emma D.,	born Aug 27, 1841.
Almira J.,	born Sept. 5, 1843, died Aug. 12, 1884, at Dublin, Ind.
Alonzo D.,	born May 25, 1846, died Jan. 29, 1873.
Almanza J.,	born March 15, 1848, died June 3, 1873, in Shelby Co., O.

Eva J.,	married Charles I. Davenport, and lives in Wakeman,
James William,	married Grace Wilber, lives in Wakeman.
John Wesley, "Jack",	married Elsie Mosier, and lives in Kipton.
Margaret Elmira,	died at the age of 34, unmarried.
Ruben Herschel,	lives in Wakeman, unmarried.
Grace Maude,	married Delbert Williams and lives in Kipton.
Anna May,	married Ray E. Searles, and lives in Kipton.