Richland County OhArchives News.....SHEAS HELD LAND 100 YEARS July 1957
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Mansfield News Journal July 1957
SHEAS HELD LAND 100 YEARS

A retired farmer whose family owned the land for more than 100 years is one of 
the new Westwood Park Allotment's most concerned and interested neighbors.

He's James Shea, now living with his son, Earl, just beyond Westwood Park on 
U.S.Route 30.  Shea sold the land about 18 months ago when he found the cost-
price squeeze too great a burden for a farmer living in an area fast turning 
from farmland to city.

"Didn't think of a housiing project at first," said Shea. but the Kissell 
Company's Jack Doerrer, who talked the matter over with him, had long had such 
a project in mind.  That, said Doererr, was the origin of Westwood.  

Shea's forefathers settled on the land during the administration pf President 
James Monroe almost 150 years ago.  One of the oldest family farms in Richland 
County, it was kept in continuous cultivation until Shea retired.

Additional Comments:
James Shea, former owner of the land of which Westwood Park allotment now 
stands, held the original title-deed to the property signed by President James 
Montroe (1817-1825).  

Note:  Unfortunately, the deed was stolen from the family home in later years.

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