Pierpont Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
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Pierpont Township is a township located in Ashtabula County, Ohio, USA. The entire eastern side of the township borders Pennsylvania.
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[edit] History
In 1790, at Buffalo, New York, the Senecas, represented by Joseph Brant ceded their rights east of the Cuyahoga River to the Connecticut Land Company. The community was named after Pierpont Edwards, part owner of the Connecticut Land Company, who bought the land from Connecticut in 1795.
In 1798, Vermonter Edward Spear began settlement on lot 18 (on what was afterwards known as the "Beaver Meadows"), about two miles from the head of the east branch of Ashtabula River. Spear erected the first log house in Pierpont Township (this building was burned by the Indians subsequent to his removal), and the next year (1799) raised the first crop of corn grown in the township. This was on the "Beaver Dam" and the surrounding meadows. Spear lived in this cabin until around 1801, when he took his departure. He was, however, during the early part of his sojurn in Pierpont, married, and fathered a child. This was the first white birth in the township. The date, sex, or subsequent history of this young pioneer is not known. In 1808, the first permanent settlers arrived in the township. They were Wareham Grant, Martin Vosburg, Harry Rockwell, and Ewins Wright. Grant and Vosburg erected their cabins about one mile north of the center. Rockwell built his cabin on lot 21, cleared a small piece of ground, sowed it to wheat, and in 1809, returned to Connecticut for his family.
The cabin of Wright was erected near the center of lot 17. In November 1811, Benjamin Matthews arrived from Washington, Massachuetts and located temporarily near the cabin of Vosburg; remained until the December following, when he moved into a cabin which he had in the mean time constructed.[1]
In the summer of 1811, Amos Huntley arrived, selected his land, and made a beginning on lot 42. In the fall returned to Massachuetts for his family, with whom he arrived the next season. The next settlers were Asa Benjamin, Joseph Dewey, and Samuel Brown. During the summer of 1811, a number of gentlemen came on from Massachuetts, selected their land, and the following year (1812), with their families, occupied these lands, and began business in earnest. Among these settlers were Aaron H. Holmes, Asa Leonard, Shiron Turner, Jepthat Turner, Amos Remington, Abijah Whitton, Archibald Gould, Ezra Cole, Ezekiel Brayman, William Read, Eli Prince, Edson Beals, Ashel Cleveland, Reuben Benjamin, Zebina Rawson.
[edit] Pierpont in the Civil War
Captain Henry Hathaway raised a company of volunteers for the army and marched it to Browers Corners where he resigned the command to Captain Wilber Stevens, who marched it to Jefferson, its place of rendezvous. Soon after, he marched it into the Army, commanding Company B in the 29th Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
[edit] Notable residents
Nebraska Governor Chester Hardy Aldrich was born in Pierpont on November 10, 1862.
Professor Leroy Waterman was born in Pierpont on July 4, 1875.
Alice Ione Phillips, assistant editor of the Conneaut News Hearald, wrote "The Reluctant Victorian," about her life growing up in Pierpont.[2]
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Ashtabula County, Ohio Jefferson, county seat |
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| Municipalities |
Andover | Ashtabula | Conneaut | Geneva | Geneva-on-the-Lake | Jefferson | North Kingsville | Orwell | Roaming Shores | Rock Creek |
| Townships |
Andover | Ashtabula | Austinburg | Cherry Valley | Colebrook | Denmark | Dorset | Geneva | Harpersfield | Hartsgrove | Jefferson | Kingsville | Lenox | Monroe | Morgan | New Lyme | Orwell | Pierpont | Plymouth | Richmond | Rome | Saybrook | Sheffield | Trumbull | Wayne | Williamsfield | Windsor |
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| Other localities |
Austinburg | Dorset | Kingsville | Pierpont | Unionville | Williamsfield | Windsor |
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