Annals of the Early Settlers Association of Cuyahoga County, Volume 2The Association, 1887 - Cuyahoga County (Ohio) |
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... Indian , John Omick , in 1812 , in the Public Square . Adjoining Baldwin's land , on lot No. 318 , there was between one and two acres , partly cleared , where a house was soon built of selected logs , cut from the surrounding trees ...
... Indian , John Omick , in 1812 , in the Public Square . Adjoining Baldwin's land , on lot No. 318 , there was between one and two acres , partly cleared , where a house was soon built of selected logs , cut from the surrounding trees ...
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... Indian baskets , and the speech - making began . Every speech was impromptu , but I remember such ones as stirred our souls with enthusiasm . Our plain living brought high thinking . It was here that the younger ones learned to regard ...
... Indian baskets , and the speech - making began . Every speech was impromptu , but I remember such ones as stirred our souls with enthusiasm . Our plain living brought high thinking . It was here that the younger ones learned to regard ...
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... Indian village . I can remember a good many places where there stones were put together in such a way as to serve for a rude fireplace . These invariably bore marks of long - continued fire . In plowing about these places a good many ...
... Indian village . I can remember a good many places where there stones were put together in such a way as to serve for a rude fireplace . These invariably bore marks of long - continued fire . In plowing about these places a good many ...
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... Indian chief " Old Seneca , " on the banks of Grand river , where Painesville is now situated , where a sister , a daughter and a son still live . To avoid misleading , he would say he himself was not that son , but that he set- tled in ...
... Indian chief " Old Seneca , " on the banks of Grand river , where Painesville is now situated , where a sister , a daughter and a son still live . To avoid misleading , he would say he himself was not that son , but that he set- tled in ...
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... Indian claim to which was not settled till 1806 . Colonel Eleazer Paine died February 4 , 1804 , and Captain Skinner moved to Painesville in 1805. In 1804 the Fourth of July was cele- brated at New Market , and the original toasts drank ...
... Indian claim to which was not settled till 1806 . Colonel Eleazer Paine died February 4 , 1804 , and Captain Skinner moved to Painesville in 1805. In 1804 the Fourth of July was cele- brated at New Market , and the original toasts drank ...
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Page 454 - That life was happy ; every day he gave Thanks for the fair existence that was his ; For a sick fancy made him not her slave. To mock him with her phantom miseries. No chronic tortures racked his aged limb. For luxury and sloth had nourished none for him.
Page 153 - Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
Page 283 - But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
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Page 429 - I heard a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write, From henceforth, blessed are the dead who die in the Lord : even so, saith the Spirit, for they rest from their labours.
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Page 422 - That light we see is burning in my hall. How far that little candle throws his beams ! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
Page 250 - With better hopes be filled. 2 Thy love the power of thought bestowed, To Thee my thoughts would soar : Thy mercy o'er my life has flowed, That mercy I adore. 3 In each event of life, how clear Thy ruling hand I see ; Each blessing to my soul more dear, Because conferred by Thee. 4 In every joy that crowns my days, In every pain...
Page 454 - And I am glad, that he has lived thus long, And glad, that he has gone to his reward ; Nor deem, that kindly nature did him wrong, Softly to disengage the vital cord. When his weak hand grew palsied, and his eye Dark with the mists of age, it was his time to die.
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