TUSCARAWAS COUNTY OHIO - BIOS: BURRELL, Richard (Published 1894)

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The History of Tuscarawas County
Warner, Beers & Co., 1894

        RICHARD BURRELL, farmer, P.O. Dundee, was born in this county
January 23, 1815. His parents, Richard and Ruhama (Wode) Burrell, were
natives of Maryland, and came to Tuscarawas County in 1806, and to Wayne
Township about the year 1811. They had a family of nine children, of whom
only two survive, Richard and John, the latter a resident of Richland
County, Ohio. Richard, our subject, was married, October 20, 1836, to
Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Masters) Lewis, natives of
Pennsylvania. They came to Ohio in an early day, and settled in this county
in 1833, the father engaging in farming. Mr. and Mrs. Burrell are the
parents of eleven children, six of whom are living -Joseph Lewis, Richard
Wareham, Jeremiah, Charles Peter, Frances Marion and Alcid. The family are
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Burrell died June 13, 1883.
Mr. Burrell has now retired from business; he has been successful in life,
and has acquired 300 acres of land, which he has divided among his
children. He has been an active worker in the advancement of education, and
in the settlement of the county generally.

Page 640 -Port Washington Lodge, F. & A.M. No. 202 lists E. H. Burrell as a
present officer in 1880.

        JAMES SMILEY (deceased) was born in 1808 in Somerset County Penn.,
and was a son of George and Jane Smiley. The family came to this township
when our subject was three years of age, and took up a lease on some land
which they commenced clearing. The old folks both died in the township. Of
their family, only two are living -Daniel, of Massillon, Ohio and George
W., of Steuben County, Ind. Our subject was united in marriage about 1830,
to MISS ELIZABETH BURRELL, a native of Maryland, by whom he had thirteen
children, of whom ten have survived, viz.: Robert and John, of Daviess
County, Ind.; Benjamin F., of St. John's, Mich.; Thomas J., also of Daviess
County, Ind.; Marshall, at home; Susan, wife of Mathias Itskin, parents of
four children, and residents of the home place; Nancy J., at home; Keziah,
wife of John Hostetler, Dover, Ohio; James M., at home; and Rachel A., wife
of Michael Flood, of this township. Mr. and Mrs. Smiley, after their
marriage, moved to the present family homestead. They acquired a good
estate, comprising 308 acres of well-improved land. Mr. Smiley departed
this life May 13, 1883. He was a good man and influential citizen, and
enjoyed the respect of all who knew him. The widow survives and lives at
the old homestead.

Page 375 lists John Burrel as a juror in the trial of John Funston in 1825.

Page 556-557 -The earliest preaching in the township was probably by Rev.
J.B. Finley of the Methodist Church, in 1809. He had a very extended
circuit, but made an appointment for divine services at Sugar Creek Falls.
His pulpit was a large stump in a clear patch of ground, surrounded by plum
thickets. During the sermon, his congregation would not come forth from
behind the bushes, and the zealous minister had the novel experience of
speaking apparently to the open air. A second appointment was made, and
this time the assembling people threw off their shyness and bravely faced
the pioneer missionary. The preaching, however effective, did not result in
the formation of a class. A Methodist society was organized however a few
years later in the southwestern part of the township, and about 1820 a log
meeting house was built on the John Casebeer farm, northwest quarter of
Section 12. Mr. Casebeer, JOHN and RICHARD BURRELL and others were members.

Page 530 -RICHARD BURRELL, Philip Baker, Jacob Welty and others, settled
further east (of Dover Township).

Page 639 - Under Salem Township Richard Burrell is listed as President,
present School Board (1883).

Page 684 - In 1820, besides most of the above, the following were resident
land owners in Wayne (Township): Richard Burrell, William Collett and Elias
Melone. Richard Burrell was a Marylander. He entered the northwest quarter
of Section 25, was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and remained
in Wayne through life. His son Richard is still a resident of the township.

Page 685 Wayne Township. -The village contains two churches. The Methodist
Church is a neat frame 48 x 32 feet, erected in 1880 at a cost of $2,200. A
former church, erected soon after the town was laid out, occupied its site.
Rev. G.A. Reeder, of Wilmot, is the present pastor. The present membership
is about fifty-five. The Wilmont Circuit embraces four appointments
-Dundee, Bolivar and two in Stark County. The society at Dundee is quite an
old one. Previous to the erection of this first meeting-house, services
were held for many years at the residence of John Knistrick and Joseph
Bartlett. Among the early members were William Patterson and family, John
Knistrick and family, RICHARD BURRELL and family, mary Morgan and James
Wingard.





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