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"Clement QUILLEN'S Will: In the name of God, Amen. I, Clement QUILLEN of Jefferson County, state of Ohio, being sick and weak in body. but sound in mind and memory, do make this my last will and testament. That is to say; that I first resign my soul to God who gave it. I secondly allow my body to be decently interred. I next allow my executors to pay all my lawful debts, provided my estate is worth the same. I now bequest to my four sons now living the whole of my landed property on which I now reside, to be equally divided anymore than my son Amos is to have his part off that land where he now lives. I also bequeath to my daughter Rachel at the decease of her mother, two hundred dollars. I also bequeath to my granddaughter Aria QUILLEN, at the decease of her grandmother, also two hundred dollars and the horse she now has named for her. Furthermore, I allow my sons above-mentioned to make up to my daughter Rachel and my granddaughter Aria QUILLEN the above- mentioned legacies out of the land, provided my chattled property will not amount for the same. And, lastly, I bequeath the land and property that I now am in possession of, to my wife Hannah, as long as she lives, to enjoy it peaceably as she formerly has done. And, after her decease, my sons within mentioned, to inherit and divide my property as within mentioned. In witness hereof, I have affixed my hand and seal this tenth day of September, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six. Witnesses present. his William JOHNSTON Clement QUILLEN J ohn LEWIS mark Thomas TAYLOR Submitted by: Susan Mincks O'Brien 17351 Old Tannery Trail Chagrin Falls OH 44023-2120 Dar4me@aol.com (440) 543-7503 ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 16:59:45, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) Subject: HAINES - History of Ohio HISTORY OF OHIO, The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925 Volume V, page 86 WILLIS E. HAINES grew up in the village of LeRoy in Medina County, the home for three-quarters of a century of the Ohio Farmers Insurance Company. This business is the central institution of the town, and, like nearly every one else there, Mr. Haines on reaching manhood entered the service of the company. He has remained with it in increasing responsiblities and for a number of years has been secretary of the organization. The history of the company is sketched elsewhere. Willis E. Haines was born at Bryan, in Williams County, Ohio, May 16, 1860, only child of Thomas W. and Urania M. (Daniels) Haines. His mother was born in Portage County, Ohio, of an old family there. Thomas W. Haines was born in New Jersey, came to Ohio when a young man, and was a shoemaker by trade. He located at LeRoy in 1869, and lived there until his death. Willis E. Haines was reared and educated in the public schools of LeRoy, and after leaving high school he taught for a brief time. In 1881, at the age of twenty-one, he went to work for the Ohio Farmers Insurance Company, and in later years was appointed assistant secretary, and since 1909 has filled the office of secretary. He has been a member of the Board of Directors for many years. Mr. Haines is a member of the Universalist Church. He is a Knight Templar and Thirty-second Degree Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner, and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In 1885 he married Miss Bertha E. Reynolds. They have two children, Harold A. and Harriet. Harold is an ex-service man, serving in the chemical warfare division and was overseas. He is now head of the statistical department of the Ohio Farm Insurance Company. ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 16:59:32, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) Subject: STALEY - History of Ohio HISTORY OF OHIO, The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925 Volume IV, page 6 ELLSWORTH GREGG STALEY has earned a favorable reputation at the Ohio bar during more than fifteen years of practice, first at Tiffin, his old home town, and in recent years at Akron, where he became a member of the law firm of Staley & Trunko with offices in the Peoples Bank Building. Mr. Staley was born on a farm near Tiffin, in Seneca County, August 3, 1883. His father, Clayton J. Staley, a native of Frederick, Maryland, came to Ohio when a young man, devoted his active life to farming and finally came to Tiffin, where he died in 1915. His wife was Alice Loose, who was born in Pennsylvania, and died in 1918. Oldest of three children, Ellsworth Gregg Staley was educated in the Tiffin High Schools and in Ohio Northern University. He was prominent in athletics, and played on the football team that gave Ohio Northern its most enviable reputation for that branch of sport. He received his law degree in 1907, was admitted to the bar, and began practice at Tiffin in the same year. He handled the general routine of law business and for one term served as city solicitor. In 1922, on removing to Akron, he was associated for one year with the firm, Burch, Bacon & Denlinger, and since then has been head of the firm, Staley & Trunko, handling a general practice. Mr. Staley has been active in democratic politics. During the World war he participated in all the patriotic programs at Tiffin, being one of the four-minute speakers. His fraternal affiliations include the Eagles and Elks. He married at Tiffin in July, 1907, Miss Rose O'Brien, a native of Cincinnati, but reared in Tiffin. Her parents were James and Alice O'Brien. her father for many years was foreman in the moudling department of the National Machinery Company but is now living retired at Cincinnati. Mrs. Staley was active in the Catholic Church and the various social and club organizations of Tiffin. They have three children: Alice, Jane and Phyllis. ------------------------------ X-Message: #5 Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 16:59:37, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) Subject: COLEMAN - History of OHio HISTORY OF OHIO, The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925 Volume V, page 240 with photo HARRISON ARTHUR COLEMAN, M.D. Since 1911 a resident of new Philadelphia, Doctor Coleman has earned many distinctions as an able physician and surgeon and as a popular and progressive citizen, and he held the rank of major for service as a medical officer during the World war, being stationed on duty in the Hawaiian Islands. Doctor Coleman was born at Springboro, Warren County, Ohio, July 19, 1886, son of Louis F. and Mira (Maltbie) Coleman, who were also born and reared in Warren County. His grandfather, Asa Coleman, was a native of the same county, and married Miss Coulson. Mira Maltbie was a daughter of Arthur and Nancy J. (Moses) Maltbie. In lineage the Colemans are of Welsh and English and Irish extraction, the Coulsons of English, the Maltbie and Moses families of old New Jersey stock, probably English. All these families have been in America since before the Revolutionary war. Doctor Coleman's father is now past seventy-two years of age, and has given his active life to educational work. The only child of his parents, Harrison Arthur Coleman grew up at Springboro, graduated from the high school there, and then entered Ohio Wesleyan University, where he took his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1906. The Master of Arts degree was awarded him by Ohio Wesleyan in 1910, the same year that he received his Doctor of Medicine degree from Western Reserve University at Cleveland. Doctor Coleman in 1911 located at new Philadelphia. While engaged in the general practice of medicine and surgery his talents have proved most effective as a surgeon. He is a member of the medical staff of the hospital of New Philadelphia, and is a member of the Tuscarawas County, Ohio State and American Medical Associations. Doctor Coleman was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Medical Reserve Corps, and on May 31, 1917, was called to active duty being sent to the Hawaiian Islands. He reported at Honolulu for garrison duty, and was stationed at the Schofield barracks from June 5, 1917, until the latter part of May 1919. He was promoted to captain, and for the last seventeen months of his service held the rank of major. Doctor Coleman was in the service for two years, and on getting his honorable discharge returned to New Philadelphia and resumed private practice. He is a member of the American Legion, is a Knights Templar Mason, belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Kiwanis Club, the Methodist Episcopal Church, and a lieutenant colonel in the Medical Reserve Corps of the United States Army. Doctor Coleman has served on the City Council of New Philadelphia, and is a republican in politics. He is a director in the Canton Brick and Fireproofing Company. In 1912 he married Miss Margaret E. Campbell, a native of Prince Edward Island, Canada. Their two children are Robert L. and Norman A. ------------------------------ X-Message: #6 Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 16:59:29, -0500 From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER) Subject: REYNOLDS - History of Ohio HISTORY OF OHIO, The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925 Volume III, page 311-312 with photo LIEUT. COL. A.W. REYNOLDS, a veteran of two wars, and one of the prominent leaders in the Department of Ohio of the American Legion, has been a resident of Columbus thrity-five years, and is head and proprietor of a large plumbing establishment, a business with which he has been identified practically ever since he located in this city. Lieutenant-Colonel Reynolds was born at Birmingham, England, in 1870. However, members of the Reynolds family have been in Ohio for more than 100 years, and Lieutenant-Colonel Reynolds had many relatives in the state when he came here. He was reared and received his early education in England, and in 1887, at the age of sixteen, came to Columbus, where he learned the plumber's trade. He has been in the plumbing business and on its own account since 1896. For twenty-one years his business headquarters were on Parsons Avenue near Oak Street. In 1922 he moved to a commodious new plant erected for his business, a substantial two-story brick, structure, at 684 Oak Street. As a dealer in plumber's supplies and plumbing contracts Lieutenant-Colonel Reynolds has handled a large share of the business in that line in Columbus and vicinity. His business has been built up on principles of strictly honorable dealing and satisfactory service. He had not been long in Columbus when in 1888 he enlisted as a private in the old Fourteenth Ohio Regiment of the National Guard. When the Spanish-American war came on ten years later he went into active service as a first lieutenant of the Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. In the National Guard he rose to the rank of major. Early in 1917 Major Reynolds was called to the Federal service individually in advance of the National Guard and assigned to duty as construction quartermaster at Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, Alabama. In the same capacity and with the rank of major he went overseas in June, 1918, with the Thirty-seventh Division. His command while in France was this division, and he was in service there until the spring of 1919. He received his honorable discharge May 9, 1919, and immediately resumed his connections with Ohio National Guard with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, G-4, Thirty-seventh Division Headquarters. Lieutenant-Colonel Reynolds is well known socially and in civic affairs. He is a member of the chamber of commerce, Kiwanis Club, is a republican, and is a York and Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner, and a member of the Knights of Pythias and Independent Order of Odd Fellows. HISTORY OF OHIO, The American Historical Society, Inc., 1925 Volume 1, page 249 SERGEANT REUBEN REYNOLDS - EXPERIENCES AS SPY Sergeant Reuben Reynolds of Connecticut reported his experiences as a spy among the Northwestern Indians to Mr. Lear, secretary to President Washington, on October 19, 1792. He stated that he was sent out by General Wilkinson as a spy and was to present that he had deserted from the Americans. He set out from Fort St. Clair on the 12th of May, 1791. Three days afterward he reached the Miami towns, a distance of about eighty miles from the fort - assuredly rather rapid traveling in this difficult region. Here he remained for a time and then in three days proceeded a distance of about fifty miles and fell in with the hunting party of Indians consisting of fourteen families; these at first threatened to kill him, but afterwards laid aside that intention and treated him well. He was afterward sold to a family of Wyandots and then again to the Miamis. He descended the St. Joseph's River and was taken to "a town of the Pottawottomies." He finally reached Fort Michilimackinac, where he lived for a time as kitchen servant in the family of a Mr. Champion. From this point he went on one of Mr. Champion's boats to Montreal and finally proceeded through Vermont to the City of Philadelphia. Here he made the report of his observations. -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V99 Issue #48 ******************************************