OHIO STATEWIDE FILES OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List Issue 331 *********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 331 Today's Topics: #1 Bio - 1885 - Portage Co, OH, Stree [Betty Ralph ] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from OH-FOOTSTEPS-D, send a message to OH-FOOTSTEPS-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #1 Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 16:35:39 -0600 From: Betty Ralph To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <2.2.32.20001111223539.00700828@HiWAAY.net> Subject: Bio - 1885 - Portage Co, OH, Streetsboro # 1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Bios: Avery, Burroughs, Cackler, Cowley, Doolittle - Portage County, Ohio, from "History of Portage County, Ohio" published by Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885 ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ALANSON G. AVERY, farmer, P.O. Streetsboro, was born in New York City, December 14, 1810, son of Reuben and Rachel (Baldwin) Avery, natives of Greenwich and Danbury, Conn., respectively, and who settled in Aurora Township, this county, in 1815. His maternal grandfather was Samuel Baldwin, one of the pioneers of Aurora. Reuben Avery first settled at what is now know as Union Station, but subsequently removed to the farm now occupied by his son Reuben, which he cleared and improved, and were he lived until his death. He was twice married, first to Rachel Baldwin, who bore him six children: Malvina, wife of E.S. Harmon; Alanson G.; Caroline; Rebecca, wife of Newman Squires (deceased); James (deceased) and Orlando (deceased). His second marriage was with Mrs. Corinne (Lewis) Faxon, widow of Isaac D. Faxon. By this union there were six children: Amelia, wife of M. Stanton; Minerva (deceased) wife of Julius Olds; Henry; Augustus; Reuben; and Betsey, wife of A. Babcock. Our subject was reared and lived in Aurora Township, this county, until 1839, when he settled on his present farm, all of which he has cleared and improved himself. He has been thrice married. His first marriage, in 1836, was with Deborah, daughter of Elijah Blair, of Mantua Township, this county. He next married, in 1846, Jane, daughter of Daniel Leonard of Jefferson County, N.Y., and by this union there were three children: Floyd (deceased), Itta (deceased) and Jane. His last marriage, in 1854, was with Melissa Rich, daughter of a pioneer of Streetsboro, and to this union were born two children: Anna and George. Mr. Avery is one of the leading farmers of Streetsboro Township. He has filled the office of Township Trustee several terms. In politics he is a stanch Democrat. HOWARD BURROUGHS, farmer, P.O. Streetsboro, was born in Shalersville, this county, December 13, 1830, son of Simon and Lucy (Green) Burroughs, the former a native of Alsted, N.H., latter of Bethel, Vt. They were parents of the following children: Alamanda, wife of Albert Doolittle; Dudley; Annice, wife of Elias Musser; Howard; George and Henry, twins. Simon Burroughs settled in Shalersville in 1818, cleared and improved a farm on which he resided seventeen years, when he removed to Streetsboro and settled on the farm now owned by Horace Doolitle, which he also cleared and improved and where he lived and died in 1864, in his seventy-fifth year, and his widow in 1873 at the age of seventy-nine. Both were active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Joel Burroughs, a farmer of Alsted, N.H., and his maternal grandfather was Amasa Green, a farmer of Bethel, Vt. Howard Burroughs was reared in Streetsboro, and educated in the common schools. From the time he was twenty-one years until twenty-nine he worked at the carpenter and joiner's trade, and then engaged in farming, which he has followed ever since. He was married March 10, 1859, to Sophronia, daughter of Daniel and Matilda (Morse) Bliss, of Kent, by whom he has five children: Harry, Cora, Lura, Rilla and Fred. Mr. Burroughs and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He has served his township as Trustee three terms. In politics he is a Democrat. EDWIN CACKLER, farmer, P.O. Kent, was born in Franklin Township, Portage Co., Ohio, April 10, 1824, and is a son of Christian and Theresa (Nighman) Cackler. His paternal grandfather, a native of Pennsylvania, settled in Hudson, Ohio, in 1804, and his maternal grandfather, Adam Nighman, a native of Maryland, settled in Franklin Township, this county in 1809. Our subject was reared in Franklin Township, where he received a limited education in the common schools. He was married February 11, 1847, to Mary J., daughter of Oliver and Mary (Jerrils) Crosby, of Shalersville, who settled there about 1825, and were from New York. Her maternal grandfather was John Jerrils, a soldier of the Revolutionary war. Mr. Cackler and wife are members of the Disciples Church of Kent. In politics he is a Democrat. JACOB CACKLER, farmer, P.O. Kent, was born in Franklin Township, this county, October 3, 1828, and is a son of Christian and Theresa (Nighman) Cackler. He was reared in Franklin Township, this county, where he received a limited education in the common schools. He was married September 27, 1849, to Cordelia A., daughter of Oliver and Mary Crosby, of Shalersville, by whom he had five children: Mary A., wife of S. Fuller; Almond; Kate, wife of P.H. Fishel; Kittie, deceased, and Belle, deceased. Mr. Cackler is a worthy citizen of Streetsboro. In politics he is a stanch Democrat. WILLIAM COWLEY, farmer, P.O. Earlville, was born in Lincolnshire, England, April 27, 1815, son of William and Charlotte (James) Cowley. He was reared on a farm in his native town, and when twenty-one years of age emigrated to the United States, landing in New York City in the spring of 1836, without a copper in his pocket. He then went up the Hudson to Albany and walked from there to Stockbridge, Mass., where he worked in a stone quarry one summer, and the following winter went to Philadelphia, following the same occupation there until the next spring, when he moved to Lee, Mass., and worked by the month as a farm hand up to the fall of 1838. He then came to Ohio, and in the winter of 1838-39 worked on the Miami Canal from Defiance to Cincinnati. In April, 1839, he settled in Streetsboro Township, this county, a mile south of the Center, living there some five years, when he settled on his present farm, now comprising 482 acres, most of which he cleared and improved. Mr. Cowley has been twice married, on first occasion, May 4, 1844, to Sarah, daughter of Samuel and Betsey (Green) Olin, of Streetsboro, this county, by whom he had nine children: Henry B., William, Betsey (deceased), Eliza (wife of Levi Raber), Harriet (deceased), Albert, Ida, Emma (wife of Thomas Elliman) and Joseph J. January 8, 1867, our subject married his present wife, Chloe, daughter of Timothy and Frances (Rathburn) Brockway, of Trumbull County, Ohio, who were among the first settlers of Hartford, in that county. Mr. Cowley is one of the leading farmers and a representative citizen of Streetsboro Township. In politics he is a Democrat. ALBERT DOOLITTLE, farmer, P.O. Streetsboro, was born in New Milford, Susquehanna Co., Penn., October 7, 1806, son of Benjamin and Fanny (Ward) Doolittle, natives of Cheshire, New Haven Co., Conn., and Roxbury, Litchfield Co., Conn., respectively, and who settled in Streetsboro Township, this county, in 1825, on the farm now owned by our subject. They were the parents of the following children: Nelson; Albert; George, deceased; Henry, deceased; Lydia, wife of E.F. Mason; William, deceased; Polly J., deceased; Theodora B., deceased, and Eloisa, deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Doolittle were member of the Disciples Church. He was Justice of the Peace of Streetsboro two terms, and was a representative pioneer, one of the first in Streetsboro Township, and for several years was land agent for the original owners of the township. He died in September, 1845, in his seventy-ninth year, his wife having preceded him April 27, 1845, at the age of sixty-five. Our subject has resided in Streetsboro Township, this county, since 1825. He assisted in clearing his father's farm as well as several others in the vicinity, and also helped form many of the early roads. He was married December 22, 1836, to Alamanda, daughter of Simon and Lucy (Green) Burroughs, who settled here in 1818, the former a native of Walpole, N.H., the latter of Bethel, Vt. The issue of this marriage is four children: Charles R.; Augusta, wife of N.S. Olin; Horace A., and Lucy A., wife of Charles E. Harmon. Mr. Doolittle has served his township as Justice of the Peace one term and in other minor offices. In politics he is a Republican. CHARLES R. DOOLITTLE, farmer and cheese manufacturer, Streetsboro, was born in Streetsboro, this county, August 31, 1837; a son of Albert and Alamanda (Burroughs) Doolittle. His paternal grandfather was Benjamin Doolittle, a native of Connecticut, who settled in Streetsboro in 1825, and his maternal grandfather was Simon Burroughs, a native of Walpole, N.H., who settled in Shalersville, this county, in 1818, and later in Streetsboro. Our subject was reared in Streetsboro, and educated in the high schools of Kent and Shalersville, this county. He was married February 10, 1864, to Adelaide, daughter of Samuel and Mercy (Seymour) Olin, of Streetsboro, this county, by whom he has had three children: Clarence S., Addie M. (deceased) and Mettie. Mr. Doolittle has always been occupied in farming, and has resided on his present farm since 1883. Since 1870 he has (in company with his father) engaged in the manufacture of butter and cheese. He has filled nearly all the minor offices of Streetsboro Township, and is now service his third term as Infirmary Director of this county. In politics he is a stanch Republican. He is one of the enterprising farmers and business men, and is a worthy citizen of Streetsboro. -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V00 Issue #331 *******************************************