Pioneer History of Camden, Ohio

PIONEER HISTORY OF CAMDEN TOWNSHIP, LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO

(By Dr. F. E. Weeks, Kipton, Ohio)

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Whitney, Joseph S., of still another family, lived in Kipton in the Otto Huene House, and his wife died here Sept. 2, 1894. He removed to Wellington, and died six weeks later, Nov. 12, 1894.

He had children:

Melva,	married Roswell Adams, lived in Wellington.
Agnes,	married Charles Jones, lived in Wellington.
Everetta,	married Frank Sheffield and died in 1920.
Mary M.,	unmarried, lived in Wellington.

Joseph S. Whitney was a son of Joseph and Abigail [Townes] Whitney, of Massachusetts, and a grandson of Elisha. He came to Pittsfield in 1836 and in 1839 married Lucy Ward of Sullivan. In 1870 they came to Kipton. He was born July 10, 1814.

WIBORN, ISAAC A., born Feb. 7, 1821, married Sarah Haynes Jan. 30, 1845, came to Milan with the Haynes family, and to Camden in 1850. He owned the Howe - Weeks farm, and after selling it removed to Wakeman to the Charles Russell farm, but later went to Grass Lake, Mich., where he died. He and his wife had only an adopted daughter.

WIGHT, HORACE, was a native of Massachusetts, and was born Jan. 14, 1807. He died Dec. 1, 1889. His wife, Elizabeth Scott, was born Dec. 10, 1816, and died Dec. 21, 1883. They removed to Iowa about 1854. They had one child only grew to maturity, Augusta, who married DeLos Gibson, and the Wights came to Camden soon after Mr. and Mrs. Gibson came.

WIGHTMAN, E. G., we have picked up very little concerning this family. They used to live on the McCullough farm. They had a nephew who lived in Cleveland and Mrs. Wightman went to live with him after the death of Mr. Wightman.

We have to depend on the inscriptions in the cemetery for our history.

E. G. Wightman	died Nov. 8, 1895, aged 86 years.
Abigail,	his wife, died Jan. 8, 1900, aged 77.
Phebe,	wife of William Webster, died April 17, 1878, aged 92.
Miss M. Webster,	died Feb. 28, 1891, aged 70.
Asenath,	wife of Chauncey Colton, and daughter of W. and P. Webster, born Feb. 6, 1815, died Feb. 1, 1895.
Lydia,	wife of W. White, daughter of E. C. and Samantha Wightman, died March 7, 1868, aged 33 years.

Lydia, wife of W. White, daughter of E. C. and Samantha Wightman, died March 7, 1868, aged 33 years.

The surmise is that Mrs. Wightman was a Webster. It is said that Abigail was a second wife.

WILCOX, BENJAMIN Jr., and his brother James came to Camden in 1834. In 1837 Benjamin bought the Barzillai Gibson and Dowdell farms. Joseph lived on the Hinman - Hales farms.

WILLIAMS, JOHN D., came from New York, near Cayuga Lake, in 1836. He first lived on the west side of the road, opposite the Jay Sharp farm. In 1854 he bought the Sharp farm, and lived there until his death March 3, 1877, at the age of 80. His wife, Jane, died July 21, 1856, at the age of 54. He was a driving man and came to own a number of farms which were occupied by his sons, later, but all of them have passed out of the hands of the family. On the Williams lot is the headstone of Mary Hemingway, died on March 22, 1855, at the age of 92. Was she the mother or grandmother of Mrs. Williams?

The Williams children were:

Elisha C.,	married Harriet Holcomb, sister of Moses, and died Feb. 18, 1888, aged 70, had Leverett, George and Frank.
Sylvander B.,	born in 1824, died in 1904, married Lucinda Douglass, daughter of Robert, had sons Robert and John.
John Wesley,	born Sept. 11, 1830, and died in Oberlin Sept. 19, 1903. He married Minerva N. Kellogg, foster daughter of John Bettis. They had children, Hattie May [Mrs. Ed Beam].
Lois [Badger], Little,	married William Hewitt, Lyman, of Oberlin, and John.
Nelson,	married Lydia Loucks, and died in Elyria July 21, 1923. Had Carmi, Effie and Ethie.
Mary Jane,	deaf and dumb, died May 31, 1925. She lived on the home farm until house burnt.
Albert,	born Dec. 29, 1827, died June 23, 1878.
Minerva,	married John Benedict in 1859 and died Sept. 21, 1862.
Heman,	born in 1838, died in 1901, married Emma Hale. Had Dell, Charles, Minerva, Ada and Fred.

Elisha, or Elisher, as he gave the name, owned the Weeks farm, by inheritance, but sold it to Henry H. Weeks in 1883.

Williams, John, of another family than John D., lived on the Hilliker farm and died there in 1865. His wife was Sarah Walker who died about 1859. They lived in Amherst before coming here. They had children: Marvin, John, Sarah, William, George W., Samuel Milton, Jane and Rachel.

Marvin owed the part of the Claude Searls farm, opposite the Hoffhein farm, removed to Michigan, then Indiana, where he died.

John Jr., lived on the Bradley farm, was in the army, and removed to Michigan. His sons Charles and James died in the army.

William R., in 1851 lived here on the Cannan - Vosburgh farm.

Samuel Milton lived on the Earl Rowell farm in 1851. He died in Seattle, Washington.

George W., in 1852 lived on the Fremont Gifford farm. He was known as Washington. His wife was a Magoon.

Rachel Williams married John Cannan.

WING, BENJAMIN, bought the Holden farm in 1854 and lived there. He had children, Seth C., married Emily Eliza Howe, daughter of Francis P., and lived in Brighton. Hannibal and Emily, by a first marriage, and Elbert, by a second marriage. Elbert married Naomi Hawkins and died in Elyria Jan. 19, 1923.

Mr. King died in 1858, at the age of 56. His wife, Hannah, died in 1886 at the age of 73. She had married Robert Douglass.

Emma C., a daughter of Benjamin Wing, probably the Emily, died in 1916 at the age of 75.

WOOD, DANIEL, JR., son of Daniel, of Wakeman, lived in Camden, with his wife, Hannah [Root] in 1849. They had children, Darius, Sarah Ann and Jefferson D.

Jefferson D. Wood, born July 8, 1844, married, June 12, 1870, Martha, daughter of Arvy Whitney. He died in Wellington Aug. 23, 1918. He lived on the Obitts farm on the east side of the road, until the death of his wife, when he went to Wellington.

WRIGHT, THOMAS U., bought of John Arnold the Barzillai Gibson home farm in 1859 and sold it the same year to Marvin Mosher. In 1861 he sold to Austin Bradley the Hossler farm. His wife was Prudence.

Wright, Lyman, in 1842 bought the west 50 acres of the Gibbs farm and 20 acres of the south part of the Sharp farm at the Center.

Decatur Wright owned the east part of the Gibbs farm and lived there.

C. D. Wright, probably Decatur, was director in 1855.

YOUNGS, DAVID, lived here in 1844. In 1847 he bought the south part of the Bricker farm and sold it to Walter Ledyard in 1858.

YOUNGLESS, J., was a director in District No. 5 – Cannan - in 1842.

ADDITIONS.

BRECKENRIDGE, DANIEL, of Bennington, Vt., had sons, Norman [See page 21], Lewis, Justin, Daniel and James.

Lewis Breckenridge was born in Bennington Sept. 1, 1811, and married, May 8, 1843, Mary A. Munson, at Osnagastchie, N.Y. They came to Camden and bought 87 acres of the north part of the Guy Morgan farm in 1853. He had a log house built there. He died June 12, 1885 at Wellington. The wife was born Sept. 22, 1825, in Canada West and died Dec. 6, 1909, at Kalkaskia, Mich. After the death of Mr. Breckenridge, she married Burtis Bayless, and after his death married John Arnold.

Mr. Breckenridge had children:

Julia M.,	born May 19, 1844, married John W. Bearrup March 4, 1871.
George,	born Aug. 28, 1846, married Edith Wheeler Dec. 23, 1874.
Maryette,	born Oct. 22, 1848, married J. A. Wheeler Oct, 22, 1868.
Emily C.,	born Feb. 17, 1850, married Porter Wheeler Oct. 9, 1868.
Alice L.,	born Aug. 3, 1852, married Andrew Hilliker, brother of Josiah, of Camden.
Lottie,	born Oct. 25, 1863, married Harry L. Rogers March 3, 1886.

STORE.

About four months after the store was opened at Samuel Morgan’s the goods were removed to the new building.

Glendale and Goodrich operated the store and ashery, and made from seven to ten tons of potash a week, and received from $130 to $160 per ton. They obtained their wood at from twenty-five to thirty-one cents per cord, cut and piled. It was a flourishing business while it lasted. The clearing off of the timber gradually put an end to the manufacture of potash from this source.

DENNISON, JOHN. Entries in his family Bible add to his history:

John S. Dennison	born in Hamilton March 2, 1822
Caroline Gager	born in Chenango May 12, 1825
Amelia Dennison	born in Camden March 17, 1845
Charles H. Dennison	born in Camden June 28, 1848
Lucy Ann Dennison	born in Camden Dec. 17, 1851
Emma Dennison	born in Henrietta Nov. 7, 1856
Francis E. Dennison	born in Henrietta July 8, 1858
Celia Dennison	born in Henrietta August 8, 1860
Carrie E. Dennison	born in Henrietta December 8, 1866
Hannah Leavitt, second wife	born in Henrietta February 23, 1833
John L. Dennison	born in Henrietta July 2, 1870
L. L. [ Louise] Nye, 3^rd wife	born in Henrietta August 1, 1835
Matilda Gager, 4^th wife	born in Chenango Dec. 24, 1832

Marriages

John S. Dennison and Caroline Gager,	May 28, 1843.
John S. Dennison and Hannah Leavitt,	August 4, 1867
John S. Dennison and L. L. Nye,	September 3, 1882
John S. Dennison and Matilda Gager	Feb. 21, 1887

Deaths

John S. Dennison	March 27, 1901.
Caroline [Gager]	Jan. 20, 1867
Hannah [Leavitt]	Dec. 18, 1881
Louise L.[Nye]	Oct. 26, 1885
Lucy Ann Dennison	March 5, 1883
Charles H. Dennison	Jan. 24, 1849
Emma Dennison	Dec. 17, 1856
John L. Dennison	June 27, 1873
Celia D. Dennison	March 1, 1912

The End

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