George Willard, Sr.

ID: I00141

Name: George WILLARD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Sex: M

Birth: 16 JUN 1812 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticuit 1 13 8

Death: in Ida Township, Monroe, Michigan 14 15 16 17 of Consumption 18 19 20

Burial: 26 MAY 1878 Neriah Cemetery, Ida Township, Michigan 21

Event: Unknown2107 Town supervisor - Ida, Monroe, Michigan 22

Event: Unknown2091 29 DEC 1834 80.80 acres - Bedford Twp., Monroe, Michigan 23

Event: Unknown2091 17 SEP 1833 80 acres - Bedford Twp., Monroe, Michigan 23

Event: Unknown2091 1835 40 acres, Monroe County, Michigan 24

Event: Unknown2091 16 MAR 1837 80.80 acres - Monroe County, Michigan 25

Occupation: 1850 Farmer 13 26

Occupation: Sea captain

Occupation: BEF 1834 Ship builder

Occupation: 1860 Farmer 8

Reference Number: 144

Note:

[NOTE - Is this the date of death of George (b.1812) the father, or George (b abt 1833) the son ??? The Monroe County Death Records, Volume A

George Willard, age 45 years, died 24 May 1878 at Ida of consumption.

Occupation farmer, birthplace Michigan

Parents George & Elizabeth Willard

Book A. Page 115, E. 48

THIS MEANS THE GEORGE WHO DIED MAY 24, 1878 WAS BORN IN 1833 AND NOT 1812 !!!]

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1st Land owners of Monroe County, Michigan. Section 2, 80.80 acres 12/29/1834. Town 8, South, Range 7E, Bedford Township, Monroe County, Michigan. Section ;36, 80 acres, 9/17/1833.

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Name: George Willard

Age: 39

Estimated Birth Year: 1810

Birth Place: Connecticut

Gender: Male

Home in 1850

(City,County,State): Ida, Monroe, Michigan

Page: 275

Roll: M432_358

1850 Census: Michigan, Monroe Co., Ida Township, Image 53, Roll: M432-358, Page 549

George Willard, age 39, farmer, born Connecticut.

Betsy Willard, age 41, born Vermont

George Willard, age 16, born Michigan

Elam Willard, age 13, born Michigan

Roger Willard, age 11, born Michigan

Allen Willard, age 8, born Michigan

Jerome Willard, age 6, born Michigan

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Name: George Willard

Age in 1860: 48

Birthplace: Connecticut

Home in 1860: Ida, Monroe, Michigan

Gender: Male

Post Office: Ida

Occupation: Farmer

Land Value: $5600

Roll: M653_554

Page: 0

Year: 1860

Head of Household: George Willard

1860 Michigan census - Monroe County, Ida Township

George Willard, age 48, Farmer, $5,600 value of land & $1,000 value of property, born Connecticut

Elizabeth Willard, age 50, born Vermont

Roger Willard, age 20, born Michigan

Allen Willard, age 18, born Michigan

Jerome Willard, age 16, born Michigan

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Name: GEORGE WILLARD

State: MI

County: Monroe County

Township: Ida

Year: 1860

Record Type: Federal Population Schedule

Page: 260

Database: MI 1860 Federal Census Index

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See "Willard Family History" purchased and then donated to The Toledo Public Library, Genealogy Department.

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1837 Ida Township Census, Page 2 lists George Willard & wife Betsey

Males under 5 = 1 (George Jr. 4)

Males 10-15 = 1 ( ?? )

Males 21-30 = 1 (George Sr. age 25)

Females 21-30 = 1 (Elizabeth age 29)

Stock = 7 horses

Printed in Genealogy Society of Monroe County bulletin 8/1990. Original in Bentley Library, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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Information sent to me from the records of Helen "Betty" Gay of Rockwood, Michigan:

"History of the Wm. P. Hubbell Family" part of type script by Marion Stephen Hubbel done November 1, 1908.

"..." See add'l information in William and Mary M. Willard.

"Grand father Willard (George Willard) was a sea captain before leaving Connecticut and followed a coasting trade business as far south as the West India Islands. He was also a ship builder and while at Evans, a little west from Buffalo, he, with his old boys, built small vessels for the lake Erie trade. he traded one of these vessels for an old French claim south of Monroe in Lasalle Township (Michigan) and came with a team from Evans via Sandusky and Fort Miami to Monroe in the autumn of 1828. The older boys came by water to Monroe and delivered the vessel for the land. This claims contained about three hundred acres. The family erected a log house on this at the south end near Muddy Creek. here William Willard Jr. died March 22, 1830, his father a year later and Samuel about two years after his father, he leaving a widow and one child. He married Eliza Hubbel of Miami village, Lucas County, Ohio, whose family was not related to ours only distantly, which relation could not be traced."

"Grandmother Willard afterward married Michael Cook, and finally died at the home of her daughter, Nancy Hilton, in Erie Township, Monroe County, Michigan, at an advanced age. George Willard married Elizabeth Rider of Sandusky, Ohio and settled on a farm near the south east corner of Ida Township, Monroe County. Phebe Willard married Thomas Palmerton and settled on a small farm adjoining the William P. Hubbel farm." ...

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Data from Dora Willard Eisenman's Journal - copied at Bedford Township Genealogical Center currently at the home of Trudy Urbani, January 21, 2002

Page 400: Birthdays

Mar 14, Kenneth Willard, 1905

Dec 26, Allen G. Willard

Nov 27, Roger Willard

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Genealogy.com

George Willard found in:

Land Records: AL, AR, FL, LA, MI, MN, OH, WI, 1790-1907

Document number: 35 Description number: 1

Number of acres: 40.0000 Accession number: MI0360__.058

Patentee Surname: Willard Patentee given name: George

State name: Michigan

Volume: 360 Page number: 58

Land office: Monroe Aliquot part reference: SWSW

Section number: 36

Township: 7 South Range: 7 East

Meridian or special survey area: Michigan Principal Meridian

Title transfer authority: Sale-Cash Entries

Combined signature date: Oct. 6, 1835

Multiple patentees: N Multiple warrantees: N

Signature: Y Canceled document: N Subsurface rights reserved: N

Metes and bounds: N Fractional section: N

George Willard found in:

Land Records: AL, AR, FL, LA, MI, MN, OH, WI, 1790-1907

Document number: 4740 Description number: 1

Number of acres: 80.0800 Accession number: MI0450__.237

Patentee Surname: Willard Patentee given name: George

State name: Michigan

Volume: 450 Page number: 237

Land office: Monroe Aliquot part reference: E½NW

Section number: 2

Township: 8 South Range: 7 East

Meridian or special survey area: Michigan Principal Meridian

Title transfer authority: Sale-Cash Entries

Combined signature date: Mar. 16, 1837

Multiple patentees: N Multiple warrantees: N

Signature: Y Canceled document: N Subsurface rights reserved: N

Metes and bounds: N Fractional section: N

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Family grave sites at Neriah Cemetery, Rauch Road, (near Minx) Bedford Twp., Monroe Co., Michigan.

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http://batesandpost.20m.com/Post/pafg31.htm#2145

Descendants of Abraham Poste

Send e-mail to: caileajayden@sympatico.ca

1291. George Willard (William Willard , Phebe Post , Nathan Post , Abraham Post , Abraham Post , Stephen Post , Abraham ) was born on 16 Jun 1812 in Guilford New Haven Ct.. He died on 26 May 1878 in Ida Township Monroe Michigan. [NOTE - This is incorrect as it is the date of death of George Jr. and NOT George Sr.]

George married Elizabeth Rider in 1832. Elizabeth was born in 1809 in Vermont. She died on 15 May 1865 in Ida Township Monroe Michigan.

They had the following children:

1514 M i George Willard was born in 1833 in Michigan. He died in 1880. George married Fidelia Doty in 1860.

1515 M ii Elam Willard was born on 15 Jul 1837 in Ida Township Monroe Michigan. He died on 17 Apr 1896 in Monroe County Michigan. Elam married Caroline Watson on 15 Jan 1859 in Tiffen Ohio.

1516 M iii Roger Willard

1517 M iv Allen Willard was born in 1842 in Ida Township Monroe Michigan. He died on 16 Jan 1863 in Ida Township Monroe Michigan.

1518 M v Jerome Willard was born in 1844 in Ida Township Monroe Michigan. He died on 16 Jan 1865 in Ida Township Monroe Michigan.

1519 F vi Ellen E. Willard was born on 1 Dec 1848 in Ida Township Monroe Michigan. She died on 22 Sep 1849 in Ida Township Monroe Michigan.

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From: BessieL1@aol.com

Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 23:51:04 EDT

Subject: Rider's - just for you .......

To: vkngprints@sbcglobal.net

From: Geauga County Marriages 1806-1919 Brides Index

Females Surname: Rider

Adna to Albert Hoyt married 23 April, 1829 Pg. 205 Munson Twp. (Lived in Stockton, Ill.)

Betsey to George Willard License 11 August, 1832 Pg. 183 Munson Twp.

Married 6 December, 1832 Vol. B; Pg. 250

Laura to Benajah H. Somers License 21 September 1836 Pg. 226 Munson

Married 26 September 1836 Vol. C; Pg. 177.

A little tidbit: Sheauga/Geauga is the Algonquin Indian word for "raccoon" "Grand River" was orginally called "Geauga River".

Father: Billey WILLARD b: ABT 1781

Mother: Mary Margaret LARKIN b: ABT 1785 in Connecticut

Marriage 1 Elizabeth RIDER b: 8 SEP 1808 in Vermont

Married: 12 DEC 1832 in Munson, Geauga County, Ohio 7 27 28 29 30 31

Note:

Genealogy.com

Selected Counties of Ohio, 1789-1850 Marriage Index

This data set provides information on approximately 607,000 individuals whose marriages were recorded in 85 Ohio counties between 1789 and 1850. Compiled primarily from local county courthouse records, all of Ohio's counties are represented here except for Fulton and Monroe whose records were unfortunately destroyed by fire.

"George Willard found in:

Marriage Index: Selected Counties of Ohio, 1789-1850

Married: Aug 12, 1832 in: Geauga Co., OH

Spouse: Rider, Betsey

Gender: M More: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film #s 0873461-0873462."

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USGenWeb Archives Geauga County, Ohio

Index of /pub/usgenweb/oh/geauga/marriages/grooms

GEAUGA COUNTY OHIO - Marriages, 1806 - 1919 GROOM'S INDEX - Surnames 'W'

GROOM BRIDE LICENSE DATE MARRIAGE DATE VOL PAGE TOWNSHIP

WILLARD, George RIDER, Betsey 11 Aug 1832 183 Munson

WILLARD, George RIDER, Betsey 06 Dec 1832 B 250

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Geauga County, Ohio

Marriage License

No vol. or page 11 Aug 1832

"The State of Ohio, Geauga County, personally appeared Stephen Rider and made application for a marriage license, for George Willard and Betsey Rider of the township of Munson in said county, and made solemn oath that the said George Willard is of the age of twenty-one years, and the said Betsey Rider is of the age of eighteen years; that they are both single, and not nearer of kin than first cousins, that he knows of no legal impediment against their being joined in marriage. (Signed Stephen Rider) Sworn and subscribed, this 11th day of August 1832"

Geauga County, Ohio

Marriage Record

Volume B - Page 250

"George Willard to Betsey Rider the 6th of Dec. 1832 solemnized by me. This may certify that the Marriage Contract between George Willard and Betsey Rider of Munson, was on the 12 of August 1832 colomnized by me Elder William Collins, Chardon April 8, 1833. Recorded April 15, 1833"

A copy of this document is in my file. jak

Children

George Willard b: ABT 1833 in Ida Township, Monroe, Michigan

Elam Willard b: 15 JUL 1837 in Ida Township, Monroe, Michigan

Roger WILLARD b: 27 NOV 1839 in Ida Township, Monroe, Michigan

Allen Willard b: 26 DEC 1842 in Ida Township, Monroe, Michigan

Jerome Willard b: 1844 in Ida Township, Monroe, Michigan

Ellen E. Willard b: 1 DEC 1848 in Ida Township, Monroe, Michigan

Sources:

Title: Descendants of Josiah Willard of Wethersfield, Connecticut

Author: The Willard Family Association

Publication: The Willard Family Association of America, Inc. 1972

Note: Excellent

Repository:

Note: James A. Kimble personal library

Media: Book

Page: Page 30 & 56

Title: First Land Owners of Monroe County, Michigan

Author: E. Gary Williams & Ethel W. Williams, 730 Parker Avenue, Kalamazoo, Michiga

Repository:

Note: Toledo/Lucas County Public Library, Toledo, Ohio

Media: Book

Text: Section 2 - 80.80 acres 12/29/1834

Town 8 south range 7E Bedford Township

Section 36 - 40 acres 4/17/1833 - Ida Township

Title: Census 1850

Author: United States Census

Repository:

Media: Census

Text: "George Willard, age 39, Farmer..",

Title: Monroe Commercial

Publication: May 31, 1878, Page 5

Repository:

Note: Monroe County Historical Museum

Media: Newspaper

Title: History of Monroe County, Michigan (Buckley)

Author: Bulkley

Note: The source location might have been the Fort Wayne, Indiana Public Library

Repository:

Note: Toledo/Lucas County Public Library, Toledo, Ohio

Media: Book

Page: Page 488

Title: Michigan Pioneer & History Collection

Publication: Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford, Co. State Printers, Lansing, Michigan 1912-13

Repository:

Media: Book

Page: Vol. 21, Page 364

Title: Archibald Binnie And His Family and the annotated History Of The Wm. P. Hubbell Family

Author: Lester H. Binnie

Repository:

Note: Fort Wayne Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana

Media: Book

Page: Page 32

Title: Census 1860

Author: United States Census

Repository:

Media: Census

Title: First Land Owners of Michigan

Repository:

Note: Toledo/Lucas County Public Library, Toledo, Ohio

Media: Book

Page: Page 38

Text: "Town 8 South - Range 7 East - Bedford township

George Willard, Monroe Co., Michigan Sec 2 80.80 acres 12/19/1834."

Title: Census 1840

Author: United States Census

Repository:

Media: Census

Title: Death Certificate - Monroe County, Michigan

Repository:

Media: Official Document

Page: Book B - Page 224 - #21

Text: Death certificate of Rogert Willard indicates father as George Willard

Title: Bessie Ford Laird

Note: E-mais received August 31, 2006 - September 2006

BessieL1@aol.com

Peinesville Township, Lake County, Ohio

The e-mails, with sources shown, were copied into the notes of the various people concerned. Bessie is an excellent researcher and also adds a little color to her data.

Note: Quality sources shown

Repository:

Media: Internet

Page: e-mail dated September 22, 2006 copied George Willard file

Title: Census 1850

Author: United States Census

Repository:

Media: Census

Title: Kinney Genealogy

Repository:

Note: Bedford Township, Monroe County, Michigan Library - Genealogy Department

Media: Manuscript

Text: Notation in file indicates "went to S. Carolina when old and died there."

Title: Willard Family File

Note: Willard Family file from the home of Trudy Urbani as part of a collection for the Bedford Township genealogy department.

Repository:

Note: Bedford Township, Monroe County, Michigan Library - Genealogy Department

Media: Book

Text: File indicates death as May 26, 1878 which apppears to be the burial date. This also looks like the date of the death of George Jr. and not George Sr.

Title: Death Certificate - Monroe County, Michigan

Repository:

Media: Official Document

Page: Book A - Page 115 - #48

Text: Senior or Junior?

Title: Michigan Department of Community Health

Note: Genealogical Death Indexing System

Repository:

Note: http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/gendisx/scripts/search.asp

Title: Obituary - Monroe Record Commercial

Author: The Monroe Record Commercial

Note: Copy of obituary in personal file.

Repository:

Note: The Monroe Record Commercial, Monroe, Michigan 5/24/1906

Media: Newspaper

Page: Page 5 - 5/31/1878

Title: Obituary - Monroe Democrat

Repository:

Media: Newspaper

Text: Ida Column

Title: Death Certificate - Monroe County, Michigan

Repository:

Media: Official Document

Page: Book A- Page 115- #48

Title: Tombstone

Repository:

Media: Tombstone

Title: Obituary - Monroe Record Commercial

Author: The Monroe Record Commercial

Note: Copy of obituary in personal file.

Repository:

Note: The Monroe Record Commercial, Monroe, Michigan 5/24/1906

Media: Newspaper

Title: First Land Owners of Monroe County, Michigan

Author: E. Gary Williams & Ethel W. Williams, 730 Parker Avenue, Kalamazoo, Michiga

Repository:

Note: Toledo/Lucas County Public Library, Toledo, Ohio

Media: Book

Title: Land Records - Genealogy.com

Note: Land Records: Al, Ar, Fl, La, Mi, Mn, Oh, Wi, 1790-1907

Repository:

Media: Book

Page: Document #35 - Description #1

Text: Volume 360 - Page 58

Title: Land Records - Genealogy.com

Note: Land Records: Al, Ar, Fl, La, Mi, Mn, Oh, Wi, 1790-1907

Repository:

Media: Book

Page: Document #4740 - Description #1

Text: "Volume 450 - Page 237

Title: Death Records - Monroe County, Michigan

Repository:

Media: Book

Title: Joanne Vanderlaan

Author: Joanne VanderLaan

Note: Information received March 9 & 11, 2003.

Note: Lots of documentation in her data

Repository:

Note: JVander1@aol.com

Media: Electronic

Text: CD-ROM - WFT CD#400 - Early Ohio Marriage records,

Title: Selected Counties of Ohio, 1789-1850 Marriage Index

Note: Excellent

Repository:

Note: Genealogy.Com

Media: Electronic

Title: US GenWeb Archives

Note: Excellent

Repository:

Note: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb

Media: Book

Title: Geauga County, Ohio - Marriage Records

Repository:

Media: Official Document

Page: Volume B - Page 250

Text: Copy in file

Title: Bessie Ford Laird

Note: E-mais received August 31, 2006 - September 2006

BessieL1@aol.com

Peinesville Township, Lake County, Ohio

The e-mails, with sources shown, were copied into the notes of the various people concerned. Bessie is an excellent researcher and also adds a little color to her data.

Note: Quality sources shown

Repository:

Media: Internet

Page: e-mail dated September 22, 2006 copied George Willard file

Text: "License 11 August, 1832, Pg. 183, Munson Twp., Married 6 December, 1832, Vol. B; Pg. 250"

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ID: I172697 Name: George WILLARD Sex: M Birth: 16 JUN 1812 in Guilford, New Haven Co., CT Death: 26 MAY 1878 in Ida Twp., Monroe Co., MI

Ancestry Hints for George WILLARD

   1 possible matches found on Ancestry.com	

Father: William WILLARD b: 10 SEP 1767 in Guilford, New Haven Co., CT Mother: Mary LARKIN b: ABT 1790

1st Land owners of Monroe County, Michigan. Section ;36, 80 acres, 9/17/1833. Section 2, 80.80 acres 12/29/1834. Town 8, South, Range 7E, Bedford Township, Monroe County, Michigan.

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1830 Census - Monroe County, Michigan

William Willard (H) 40-50 - See Son

Name: Willard, William Township: Unknown Townships County: Monroe State: Michigan Year: 1830 Roll: M19_69 Page: 63 Image: 128

1 male between 40-50 (1780-1790) William 1 female between 40-50 (1780-1790) Mary 1 male between 20-30 (1800-1810) William Jr. 1 male between 15-20 (1810-1815) George 1 female between 15-20 (1810-1815) Phebe 1 female between 10-15 (1815-1820) Mary 1 male between 5-10 (1820-1825) John 1 female between5-10 (1820-1825) Nancy 1 male between 0-5 (1825-1830) Nathaniel 2 females between 0-5 (1825-1830) Sarah & Rebecca

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1850 United States Federal Census Name: George Willard Age: 39 Estimated birth year: abt 1811 Birth Place: Connecticut Gender: Male Home in 1850: Ida, Monroe, Michigan Real estate $4,000 [Estimated value in 2008 = $109,560 using CPI) Family Number: 23 Household Members: Name Age Born: George Willard 39 Connecticut Betsy Willard 41 Vermont George Willard 16 Michigan Elen Willard 13 Michigan Roger Willard 11 Michigan Allen Willard 8 Michigan Jerome Willard 6 Michigan

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1870 United States Federal Census Page 29 Name: George Willard Estimated birth year: abt 1811 Age in 1870: 59 Birthplace: Connecticut Home in 1870: Millbrook, Barnwell, South Carolina Race: White Gender: Male Value of real estate: $3,000, Value of personal property: $1,000 Post Office: Hammond

Name: Age: Occupation: Born: Willard, George 59 Farmer Connecticut Mary A. 55 Keeping house Pennsylvania [Harris] Henry 25 Engineer Michigan [born c. 1845] [Harris] Mary K. 22 Domestic help Michigan [born c. 1848]

[NOTE by Raymond E. Kinney: The two children were Mary Ann's from her first marriage and should have been recorded as surnamed Harris.]

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Information sent to me from the records of Helen "Betty" Gay of Rockwood, Michigan: "History of the Wm. P. Hubbell Family" part of type script by Marion Stephen Hubbel done November 1, 1908.

"Grand father Willard (George Willard) was a sea captain before leaving Connecticut and followed a coasting trade business as far south as the West India Islands. He was also a ship builder and while at Evans, a little west from Buffalo, he, with his older boys, built small vessels for the lake Erie trade. He traded one of these vessels for an old French claim south of Monroe in Lasalle Township (Michigan) and came with a team from Evans via Sandusky and Fort Miami to Monroe in the autumn of 1828. The older boys came by water to Monroe and delivered the vessel for the land. This claims contained about three hundred acres. The family erected a log house on this at the south end near Muddy Creek. here William Willard Jr. died March 22, 1830, his father a year later and Samuel about two years after his father, he leaving a widow and one child. He married Eliza Hubbel of Miami Village, Lucas County, Ohio, whose family was not related to ours only distantly, which relation could not be traced."

"Grandmother Willard afterward married Michael Cook, and finally died at the home of her daughter, Nancy Hilton, in Erie Township, Monroe County, Michigan, at an advanced age. George Willard married Elizabeth Rider of Sandusky, Ohio and settled on a farm near the south east corner of Ida Township, Monroe County. Phebe Willard married Thomas Palmerton and settled on a small farm adjoining the William P. Hubbel farm." ...

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His family grave sites at Neriah Cemetery, Rauch Road, (near Minx) Bedford Twp., Monroe Co., Michigan.

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"Michigan's Early Military Forces" By LeRoy Barnett Page 291

"Michigan Men in the Toledo War... Name: Willard, George Rank: 1SG Military Unit: Darrow's Company Service Dates: 09/03/35-09/10/35"

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"Ida Area Centennial 1868-1968" Page 7

"The early settlers, most of them coming from the eastern and middle states, found dense forests that containted hard wood such as oak, maple, elm and walnut. They had cleared the land for farming where the long strip farms ended. They were a hardy group and deserve to be mentioned. Amont the earliest to come to Ida were; George Willard..."

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A. J. Keeney, of Erie. ... WILLIAM WILLARD William Willard settled in Erie in 1828, coming from Cattaraugus Co. New York, ... Mr. Willard had a large family of children. ... The children are named in the following order -- Samuel, ship carpenter, died in Maumee, Ohio; William, sailor; George, married Betsy Rider, first, second, MARY A. Harris; ..." [NOTE: Mary Ann was Andrew Jackson Keeney's sister.]

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