Reuben Nathaniel Searle, Sr.

GEDCOM Note

«i»Note:«/i» Revolutionary War veteran. In 1776 He enlisted in Timothy Bedell's New Hampshire Revolutionary War regiment.

Reuben is listed in "The Official Roster of the Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in the State of Ohio". This source states that the name was taken from SAR 1917 Year Book. Located correctly in Highland County, OH.

«i»Note:«/i» SEARL, Reuben, a Revolutionary War soldier; born New England of Swedish ancestry; moved to western New York, then Ohio; may have died in Greene County, Ohio. Grandfather of Judge F. C. Searl.

«i»Note:«/i» "Addison, originally a part of the old town of Painted Post, was organized as Middletown at the time of the organization of Steuben county in March, 1796. The name was changed to Addison, in honor of Joseph Addison, the English author, on April 6, «i»Note:«/i» 1808. The early settlers called it also "Tuscarora". It is an interior town, situated southeast of the centre of the county, and lies upon both sides of the Canisteo river. It is bounded north by Thurston and a part of Campbell, east by Erwin, south by Tuscarora and west by Rathbone. "The first settlement was made by SAMUEL RICE in 1791. Mr. Rice was born about fifteen miles from the city of New Haven, Conn., and when but fifteen years of age entered the war of the revolution and served about six months. From Connecticut he moved to the state of New Hampshire, thence to Chenango county in this state. His settlement in Addison was made a short distance up Tuscarora creek, near the Wombough mills, where he built the first house erected by a white man in this town. He «i»Note:«/i» married LUCRETIA MARTIN. Their son, STEPHEN RICE, born April 5, 1791, was the first white child born in the town. Mr. Rice moved with his family to Troupsburgh in 1805, of which town also they were the pioneers. Of those who soon followed Mr. Rice in the settlement of Addison were REUBEN AND LEMUEL SEARLES, OLIVER MILLER, GEORGE GOODHUE, who had previously settled near Painted Post; JOHN MARTIN, JONATHAN TRACY, ABLE WHITE, ISAAC AND JAMES MARTIN, JAMES BENHAM, ASAHEL STILES, SILAS MOREY, ELISHA GILBERT, LEMUEL STILES, WILLIAM WOMBOUGH and MARTIN YOUNG. The latter came into the country with COL. ARTHUR ERWIN. He subsequently settled on the road to Rathboneville, just within the present western boundary line of the own of Addison. He moved to Minnesota, where he died not many years since, having almost attained the age of one hundred years.

The first name of the settlement was Tuscarora. This was afterwards changed to Middletown, and again to Addison.

Buried at the Fairfield Quaker Meeting House, south of Leesburg, Highland County OH. «i»ote:«/i» The Dayton Watchman or Farmers & Mechanics' Journal. Vol. 1-2. Dec 25, 1821 - Dec 16, 1823. Dayton Watchman. Vol II #33. Whole #85. Dayton, Ohio. Tuesday, August 5, 1823. Pg. 3rd column.Died At Fairfield, Green County, on Monday 28th. «i»Note:«/i» "Mr. Reuben SEARL aged 75 years; he took an active part in the Revolutionary War. His remains were borne to the silent tomb on Tuesday, attended by the Masonic Brethren and a large concourse of the citizens. July 31, 1823.