FAIRFIELD COUNTY OHIO BIOS; STEMAN, HUFFORD
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	Statement of Nicholas STEMEN
Henry STEMEN came from Virginia, and settled on Raccoon, in 1808. His wife 
was Mary BEERY, sister of the late George BEERY. Nicholas STEMEN ws one year 
old at the time his father came to Fairfield County. He continued to reside 
in Fairfield until he was about 30 years old, and then moved across the line 
into Perry County, where he still resides. Mr STEMEN stated that his father 
helped to clear off some of the first ground where Lancaster now stands. 
Below is his statement of the 
BEERY FAMILY, 
Who came into the Raccoon neighborhood a little before the STEMENs. Nicholas 
BEERY was the father of eight sons and seven daughters, viz: John, Jacob, 
Abraham, Isaac, Henry, George, Joseph and Christian; Barbara, Magdalene, 
Elizabeth, Mary, Susanna, Fanny and Rebecca. Most of his large family settled 
in the east part of Fairfield County, and became thrifty and useful farmers 
and citizens. Most of them are buried in the county.

THE HUFFORDS

Casper HUFFORD settled on the Raccoon at a very early day. He built the first 
mill, on the site where LOBENTHALL's and since, Mike MOYER's mill stands. It 
was a small Raccoon Burr Mill, of the capacity of eight or ten bushels of 
corn a day. Mr. HUFFORD's sons were: Solomon, Abraham, Daniel, Jacob and 
John. These all settled on the Raccoon. Catharine HUFFORD, daughter of 
Caspar, married John FRIEZNER; and Susan marrid David BEERY, son of John 
BEERY, and grandson of Nicholas BEERY. David BEERY built the brick house in 
which Solomon BEERY, son of George, now lives, on the Bremen road.
Mr. NELSON built a mill on the Raccoon in 1805, on the land now owned by 
James DRIVER. Mr STEMEN remembers that, when a mill-boy, about 1812, he saw 
the miller carrying the ground wheat in ahalf-bushel up the steps, and 
turning it into the hopper of the bolting-chest, while the owner of the grist 
stood turning the bolting-cloth by means of a crank. (The writer has 
witnessed the same operation many times about the same era.) William JOHNSON 
built a mill on Rush Creek, a little below Rushville, during the year 1812,or 
about that time. JOHNSON's mill is well remembered. Jacob RHODES built a 
still-house on Rush Creek at a very early day. Mr. HARMON, father of Fred. 
HARMON, erected a distillery in Pleasant Township.