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The Delta Atlas July 2, 1975PART I
The TROWBRIDGE Families

The TROWBRIDGE Family has been important in many
areas, as they came at an early date from England
to Mass. They then moved into Conn., N.J., N.Y.
and into Ohio. As many of the descendants still
can be found in our county, we will find it
convenient to make several issues of the
connecting families. I am sorry that I cannot
bring the names into present generation.

1. THOMAS TROWBRIDGE, the ancestor was
b ca 1605 in Eng. and married 1627 to ELIZABETH
(b 1603, d 1641-42). a dau of JOHN MARSHALL of
England. In 1634, THOMAS TROWBRIDGE brought his
family to Mass., at Dorchester. In 1639 the
family was at New Haven, Conn. THOMAS returned
to England where he d in 1672-73,leaving his sons
in Conn. Three known sons are listed.

2.
a. THOMAS TROWBRIDGE,JR., b 1631, d 1702. Came
to America with his parents, m 1657 to SARAH
ROTHERFORD, b 1641, d 1682. Among their children
was a son, THOMAS, b 1663, d
1711. He was of
New Haven, Conn., m 1685 to MARY WINSTON, b 1667, d 1742.

b. WILLIAM TROWBRIDGE, bapt. 1633, d 1688, m 1656
to ELIZABETH (LAMBERTON) SELLIVANT, a young
widow. Her father, GEORGE LAMBERTON was a
resident of New Haven, Conn. and had a wife,
MARGARET. WILLIAM TROWBRIDGE & ELIZABETH also
had a son, THOMAS. He was b 1659 and d 1750, m ABIGAIL BEARDSLEY.

c.JANES TROWBRIDGE, b 1636, d 1717. He served as
Lt. in King Phillip’s War. He was m several times.

Many important Americans have the TROWBRIDGE
Family among their ancestors. Their descendants
have served in most of the wars of our
nation. The D.A.R. PATRIOT INDEX lists 40 names
of men who served in the Revolutionary
War. Several were of N.Y. and one is of N.J. Most of the others are of Conn.

ABNER TROWBRIDGE of Gorham Twp.

ABNER TROWBRIDGE came to our county and settled
early near Fayette. He signed his will May 14,
1875. Pro. at Wauseon, July 13, 1875. He
mentioned his wife, ELIZA, who was to have use of
their plantation and after her decease, said
property was to be equally divided between the
children. He mentioned BENJAMIN, WILLIAM &
JUDSON TROWBRIDGE. Also the grandchildren,
"children of my dau, SAMANTHA HAVENS," namely:
LEROY HAVENS, FAYETTE HAVENS, FRANK ABNER HAVENS
and CHARLES HAVENS. Wife, ELIZA, and son,
WILLIAM, were Exec. of his estate. Wit. by Wm.
BURNS & PERRY WOOLACE. ABNER d May 19, 1875, age
75y 7m 8d. He was buried in the Fayette, 0.
Cem. His son, WILLIAM, b Apr. 19, 1833, d
Fayette, June 6, 1919. WILLIAM'S wife, MARY ANN,
b May 11, 1844, d Feb. 24, 1935. JUDSON
TROWBRIDGE was b in Knox Co., 0. and d Sept. 10,
1906 at Fayette, age 67h. FRANCES, his wife, d
May 18, 1922, age 80y 8m 24d. Concerning their
origin, Vol. 5, p 539 of the "Compendium of American Genealogy: by F. Virkus;
Generation 10.
THOMAS TROWBRIDGE, the ancestor from Eng.
1634. He and wife, ELIZABETH MARSHALL, had son;
Generation 9. WILLIAM TROWBRIDGE, bapt, 1633, d
1688, m 1656 ELIZABETH (LAMBERTON) SELLIVANT d 1716;

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Generation 8. JOSEPH TROWBRIDGE, 1676-1715 m
1708,ANN SHERWOOD, dau of MATTHEW;
Generation 7. DAVID TROWBRIDGE, b 1709, d 1768,
of Statford, Conn. and moved to Morristown, N.J., m 1735 LYDIA , d 1792;
Gen. 6. DANIEL TROWBRIDGE, b 1737, of N.J., m
1764 SARAH LUDLUM, 1744-1786, dau of SAMUEL LUDLUM;
Gen. 5. DANIEL TROWBRIDGE,JR., b 1776, d 1807 in
N.J., m 1798 SARAH ENMAN, and had
Gen. 4. ABNER TROWBRIDGE, b 1799, d 1875,
Fayette, O., m 1822 to ELIZA LYON, b 1804, d 1884 DAU. of SIMON LYON;
Gen. 3. JUDSON TROWBRIDGE, b 1839, d 1906 at
Fayette, Gorham Twp. He m 1860 FRANCES AMELIA
COTTRELL, b 1841, d 1922, dau of ERASTUS COTTRELL
& EMILY W. (dau of ABNER ROGERS). The COTTRELL
Family were early settlers of Gorham Twp. The
COTTRELL Ancestors were GORHAM COTTRELL, father
of ERASTUS; ASA, father of GORHAM and the next 3
generations were named NICHOLAS COTTRELL, making
GORHAM COTTRELL the 5th generation listed.
Gen. 2. PERNIA ESTELLA TROWBRIDGE, b 1871, d
1926, m 1893 CARMEN F. TRACY, who was b 1869. Issue:
Gen. 1. (a) MILFORD EDWIN TRACY, b Fostoria, O., Jan. 16, 1896;
(b) HOWARD DEWITT TRACY, b 1897, m 1924 EDNA M. WARNER;
(c) BELFORD E. TRACY, m Nov. 2, 1916
IRMA ELLEN FISH and resided in El Segundo, Calif.

Of the above family, GORHAM COTTRELL,SR. was b in
Worthington, Hampshire Co., Mass. and d in Gorham
Twp. 1852. He is listed as one of the first to
settle in the twp. and the twp. was named in his
honor. Many of his neighbors came from the
eastern Colonial States. GORHAM COTTRELL came in 1835.

ASA COTTRELL, b May 20, 1791, d llar..7, 1882, age 90 at Fayette.

The TROWBRIDGE Family of Delta, 0.
JOHN SUMNER is the ancestor of the Delta
TROWBRIDGE Families. He was a Revolutionary
Soldier and resided in Ashford, Conn. He was b
in Conn. 1736, and d in Edenburg, N.Y., Aug. 6,
1804. He served as a Major at Ticonderoga, and
as a Lt. Col. at the Battle of Germantown, Pa.,
and served at Stony Point in the Conn. Line. He
was stationed that winter at Valley Forge. He m
in Conn, 1761 to MEHITABLE PERRY. They had the
following children known to me (list not
complete); (a) BENJAMIN SUMNER, b 1764, d 1808, m
1789 RUTH PALMER. He served as a Rev. soldier
and was captured by the British and held prisoner
a year before being exchanged; (b) PERCY SUMNER,
m JAMES PERRY, lived in Saratoga, N.Y., where
dau, BETSY B. PERRY was born. BETSY m JOHN A
SCRIBNER; (c) CLARISSA SUMNER m PETER BENSON, and
had son, ALANSON P. BENSON, who m LYDIA M.
PATTRICK; (d) MARY SUMNER m JONATHAN SMITH, lived
Edenburg, N.Y.; (e) MEHITABLE SUMNER d before
1837. She m 1790 WM. WILLARD TROWBRIDGE. He
was b in New Haven Conn. in 1769, d in N.Y. State spring 1837.

W.W. TROWBRIDGE Of N.Y. State:

He is listed as WILLARD TROWBRIDGE of N.Y. State
when he purchased land in present York Twp.,
Lucas Co., O., Vol. 1, 1 38; U.S. Gov. sold land
in the SE ¼ Sec. 11, T7N, R7E, being 40 acres May
24, 1834; 80 acres Nov. 10, 1834; 40 acres May 5,
1835; 40 acres Oct. 7, 1835 (now Fulton Co.).
Also land in the NW ¼ Sec. 11, Mar. 5, 1835.

Most of present Delta was purchased from the Gov.
by W.W. TROWBRIDGE, beginning 1834-35. He
evidently intended each of his children to have
about 80 acres of land here, but did not live
long enough to settle his property upon them,
page 174, Vol. 2, Lucas Co. Transfer Bk. I found
this record; see also Vol. 1, Lucas Co. Transfer
Bk,, p 611, concerning a settlement of the land
in York Twp. belonging to WILLARD TROWBRIDGE, deceased, of N.Y. State;
"We, ELISHA TROWBRIDGE & RUTH TROWBRIDGE, his
wife; WILLARD TROWBRIDGE & LYDIA TROWBRIDGE, his
wife; ALANSON TROWBRIDGE & POLLY TROWBRIDGE, his
wife, all of Lucas Co., O., and BETSEY & ROWLAND
ROBERTSON, ELIZA & ARAD COPELAND of



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Saratoga Co., N.Y., and ADALINE & JOHN CHAMBERS,
DELOTIA & JOHN KENNEDY of Canajoharie, Montgomery
Co., N.Y., in consideration of $60.00 paid to us
in hand by J0HN TROWBRIDGE of Lucas Co., 0 ....
do bargain and sell the undivided real estate of
WILLARD W. TROWBRIDGE, deceased ... being the
west half of the NW ¼ of Sec. 13 in Twp. 7,
North of Range 7 East, in lands subject to sale
by the U.S. Gov. at Wapakonetta, 0. Land Office
.... we do grant ... etc ... to JAMES TROWBRIDGE, this 2nd of Oct. 1837..."

Oct. 3, 1837, the same names appear on land
records of Sec. 11, when purchased from the heirs
of W.W. TROWBRIDGE, ded'd, by M.H. BUTLER, who
had a wife, JULIA (MARTIN BUTLER.) ELISHA
TROWBRIDGE also purchased land from the U.S. Gov.
in Sec. 11, being east ½ 80 acres, Nov. 10,
1838. ELISHA and wife, RUTH TROWBRIDGE, deeded
40 acres in Sec. 14, Sept. 27, 1847 to day. EMELINE BRYANT.

ELISHA TROWBRIDGE, evidently the eldest son of W.
WILLARD TROWBRIDGE & MEHITABLE SUMNER, left a
will in Barber's Abstracts dated Aug. 23,
1856. Pro. May 7, 1857, (Wills, Vol. 1, p 113.)
He mentioned his wife, RUTH, to have a life
interest in the estate, and at her death, it
should go to their children; LEONARD TROWBRIDGE,
JAMES M. TROWBRIDGE, EMELINE BRYANT, ADELAINE
BRAINARD (wife of ABNER P.), CATHERINE RAMSEY
(wf. of Wm.) and LAURA TROWBRIDGE.
JOHN KENNEDY d Delta 1865, age 55.
DELOTIA TROWBRIDGE KENNEDY d Delta, Sept. 10, 1890, age 75.

These land records in the Recorder's office at
Wauseon give us the names and places of
residence, 1837, of the children of WILLARD
TROWBRIDGE & MEHITABLE SUMNER. DELOTIA & JOHN
KENNERY, her husband, came later to Delta, and a
KENNEDY Addition was surveyed in Delta, on their
land. Their names can be found on various sales of lots in Delta.

1850 York Twp. Census lists JOHN KENNEDY age 40,
b N.Y.; DELOTA, age 35 b N.Y.; LEANDER, age 11, b N.Y.

As there were many descendants in Fulton Co. of
JOHN SUMNER and WILLARD TROWBRIDGE, his
son-in-law, I will have to list these descendants
in several issues of the Delta Atlas.


1790 CENSUS OF CONN.:

The 1790 Conn. Census lists the following on p
141. Ashford town,.Windham Co.: EBEN'R SUMNER, 3
males of or over 16, 6 females.; SAMUEL SUMNER, 2
m over 16, 3 m under 16, 5 fe.; JAMES F. SUMNER,
2 m over 16, 2 m under 16, 5 fe.; BENJAMIN
SUMNER, 4 m over 16, 1 m under 16, 4 fe.; JOHN
SUMNER, 2 m over 16, 2 m under 16, 5 fe.;
As JOHN SUMNER and MEHITABLE PERRY named a son,
BENJAMIN, it is possible that his father may have
been named BENJAMIN, or that he had a brother BENJAMIN

In New Haven (city), New Haven Co., Conn., 1790
Census, p 103, WM. TROWBRIDGE had himself over
16, 2 m under 16 and 2 fe. P.105, WM TROWBRIDGE
had himself over 16, and 1 fe. This may be the
same TROWBRIDGE Family, but there were so many of this name in New Haven Co.!

THE FAMILY of ELISHA- TROWBRIDGE:

I have been unable to learn the maiden name of
ELISHA'S wife, RUTH.(from what I an determine, it was COLE)
They are both buried in the old west end of the Delta Greenlawn Cemetry.

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They must have been buried upon their homestead
farm. In 1850 York Twp. Fulton Co., 0. Census:
ELISHA TROWBRIDGE, b Conn., age 57;
RUTH-TROWBRIDGE, b N.Y., age 56; LEONARD
TROWBRIDGE, b N.Y. age 23; JAMES TROWBRIDGE, b
N.Y. age 15; ADALINE TROWBRUDGE, b N.Y., age 20;
CATHERINE TROWBRIDGE, b N.Y., age 18; LAURA
TROWBRIDGE b O., age 11; BELINDA CLAPPER, age 16,
b O., was then living with WILLARD TROWBRIDGE,
next door to ELISHA.; EMELINE not home in 1850.

Years ago, a dau of LEONARD TROWBRIDGE sent me a
letter concerning the family as follows: From
Mrs. MAYME KAHLE, Morenci, Mich. (She died in 1967.)
"My great grandfather was ELISHA TROWBRIDGE. He
was brought by his family to N.Y. State when a
lad, and married there. He came to where Delta,
0. is located about 1835. Several of the
children became ill after their arrival and were
the first burials on the old homestead. I
believe the sons had cholera. For years, church
meetings were held in his
cabin. Great-grandfather also served as the
minister. It was the first meetings held by the Methodists.
An early school was also built upon his land, or
on the land of his brother, WILLARD.
Great-grandfather ELISHA TROWBRIDGE d Sept. 4,
1856, age 62 yrs. Great grandmother RUTH
TROWBRIDGE, d Nov. 4, 1858, age 64. My
grandfather, LEONARD TROWBRIDGE, was b May 27,
1827 in Turin, Lewis Co N.Y. He married in Delta,
June 29, 1851 to BELINDA CLOPPER, a dau of JOHN
CLOPPER, and they had 10 children.- ALFRED H.
TROWBRIDGE, b July 22, 1852, d Aug. 11, 1852; ADA
(ADALAID) VANDORA, b Sept. 25, 1853, d Feb. 19,
1871; ALICE TROWBRIDGE, b Feb. 15, 1856, d Apr.
4, 1894, m KOOS and had MARVIN & FRED KOOS;
ELDORA, b Dec. 15, 1858, d Dec. 22, 1880; NETTIE,
b July 1, 1860, d Dec. 6, 1926. She was my
mother; had 2 children, CHARLES & MAYME MEEKER
(myself); LeMOTTE, b Nov. 14, 1862, d July 9,
1892; WM.SHERMAN, b Nov. 1, 1864, EMMA EDITH, b
Nov. 30, 1868, d Sept. 13, 1871; ADA MAE, b Aug.
17, 1871, d Sept. 3, 1933, m ______SOWNING;
HARVEY LINN, b l Nov. 29, 1875, d Feb. 24, 1878, Pike Twp.
I do hope this family will be of some help to
your research. Sincerely, I remain, Mrs. MAMIE KAHLE."


LEONARD TROWBRIDGE'S will is in Vol. 5, p 612,
Probate Office, Wauseon. It was signed in June
1887, Pro. Dec. 2, 1887. He was then 60 years
old. He willed that his wife, BELINDA, should
have the use of the house and lot in Delta, as
long as she remained his widow. His son, WILLIAM
S. TROWBRIDGE, was to pay each of the daughters
(his sisters), the sum of $300.00 at the death of
the mother. But ADA was to have $700.00 more
than the others. "I nominate WM. TROWBRIDGE, a
son of the late WILLARD TROWBRIDGE, now deceased, as my Ex."
In the settlement of this will, these addresses
were given: Widow, BELINDA, Delta; ALICE KOOS,
Delta; NETTIE MEEKER, Lyons; LAMONT TROWBRIDGE,
Delta; SHERMAN TROWBRIDGE, Archbold; ADA
TROWBRIDGE, Delta; WM. S. TROWBRIDGE, was to buy the farm.
BELINDA d Fulton Twp., Mar. 28, 1821, age
86. Parents were JOHN & KATHERINE CLOPPER.

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PART II SUMNER-TROWBRIDGE Families:


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Because so many children of WILLARD TROWBRIDGE
and MEHITABLE SUMNER came to Fulton Co.,OH. and
are among the earliest families who settled at
presenr Deltai I find it is necessary to give the
first families in several continued issues of the
Delta Atlas. Last week we listed the known
children of JOHN SUMNER. Revolutionary Soldier
of Conn., and of WILLARD TROWBRIDGE, husband of
his daughter, MEHITABLE SUMNER. We also listed
the will and children of ELISHA & RUGH TROWBRIDGE
and of their son, LEONARD TROWBRIDGE & BELINDA CLOPPER.
This week we will continue with children and
grandchildren of ELISHA TROWBRIDGE, as many
descendants are scattered. In the summer of
1967, Miss EMMA SMITH, living at 4361-2 10th St.,
N.Y. City, 10009, called on me, asking for help
on her TROWBRIDGE ancestors. With her records
and mine, we worked out the following lineage chart:

1. JOHN SUMNER, b 1736 Conn., d N.Y. State 1804, m 1761 MEHITABLE PERRY
2. MEHITABLE SUMNER d. before
1837, NY State, m 1790 WILLARD TROWBRIDGE, b. 1769, d 1837.;
3. Rev. ELISHA TROWBRIDGE, b
Conn, 1793-94, d York Twp., Fulton Co. at Delta,
1856. Wife, RUTH, d age 64, Delta, 1858.;
4. CAROLINE TROWBRIDGE, d
1850-51, m WM. FEWLESS, an early pioneer. He d in 1884.;
5. RUTH A FEWLESS, b Feb. 21,
1840, Delta, d Jan. 9, 1911, m 1865 VIRGIL WEEKS
b Seneca Co., 0. 1841 to DAVID WEEKS & REBECCA McCARTY, d 1917;
6. CADDIE C. WEEKS,
1878-1962, bur'. Salsbury Ce., m
CHAS. PRENTISS, 1867-1930 (son of ABRAHAM
PRENTISS & CATHERINE FISHER, early settlers in Amboy Twp.).
7. MARY PRENTISS, m FRED DANA
SMITH, son of HIRAM SMITH & EVALYN KYPER. (EVELYN
KYPER was grandau of AFRICA SPAULDING, 1805-82,
early settler at Swanton, and HARRIET BRAY, his
wife.) AFRICA SPAULDING left a will, Fulton Co.;
8. EMMA SMITH lifing Christmas, 1967, in N.Y. City.

CHARLES W. PRENTISS, b 1867, is also the father
of ROBERT L. PRENTISS, now living in Napoleon, 0.
He m HAZEL ELEANOR McARTHUR and they have had 1
soa; DAVID L PRENTISS, a successful farmer of
Fulton Co., who lives north of Delta.
The McARTHUR-THORNTON ancestors of Mrs. ROBERT
PRENTISS were fiven in the Delta Atlas, Jan. 8 and Jan. 15, 1975.


TROWBRIDGE-FEWLASS:

CAROLINE TROWBRIDGE and WILLIAM FEWLASS were m
before 1840, as her name appeared on deeds of
that year. JOHN, ISAAC and WM. FEWLASS
purchased various tracts of land from the U.S.
Gov. and first are listed as being in Henry
Co.,OH It does not state if they were
brothers. WILLIAM FEWLASS was b in Eng. 1811,
and as a young man came early to this part of
Ohio. ELISHA TROWBRIDGE purchased land in Sec.
1, T7N, R7E, Pike Twp., in July 1835. In 1841,
ELISHA & RUTH TROWBRIDGE deeded a tract of this
land to WILLIAM FEWLASS. CAROLINE TROWBRIOGE
taught the first school in Pike Tup. before she
was married. Since her father had given her a
share of his estate when living, her name is not
given in the will of ELISHA TROWBRIDGE.
CAROLINE d in 1851-52, and her husband then m
ELISABETH MACK, b 1821, who d 1864.
From burials in the old Delta Cem. we find these
dates: ELISHA FEWLASS, b 1842, d 1863; EMMA J.
FEWLASS, b 1847, d 1859; CAROLINE L. FEWLASS, b
1817, d 1852; ELIZABETH FEWLASS b 1821, d 1864;
MARY FEWLASS, b 1851, d 1870; WILLIAM FEWLASS, b 1811, d 1884.


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WILLIAM FEWLASS signed his will and it is in Vol.
4, p 487, Fulton Co. 0. Probate Office. It was
brought into court by JOHN S. TROWBRIDGE, who
stated that WM. FEWLASS d Sept. 2,
1884. WILLIAM FEWLASS mentioned his wife,
CATHERINE, of Delta, and that son, WILLIAM J.
FEWLASS of Pike Twp., should have 50 acres of
land on the old home farm in Pike Twp., located
in the NE34 Sec. 1 and 10 acres of land off the
east side of the NW,4 of Sec. 1, both being in
T7N, R7E. This 10 acres being woodland. (2) to
daughter, RUTH C. WEEKS, to have $500. in
addition to $200. given her. (3) to dau, LYDIA
WALDECK, to have $700. of which $100 is in a
promisory note drawing interest. (4) to day, JANE
E. WALDECK, the sum of $1,000 to be paid out of
the lst payment of money of the avails of the
sale of the farm. (5) to dau, HULDAH C. FEWLASS,
to have $1,000 when she is 25 years of age, or is
she marries, it is to be paid on her marriage.
(6) to son, GEORGE FEWLASS, all the promisory
notes I hold against him. (7) My Executor is to
sell at private or public sale... (8) my wife,
CATHERINE FEWLASS, is to have the real estate in
the village of Delta, with the improvements
thereon, during the time she remains my widow.
(9) my wife, CATHERINE, is to have $260 per year,
payable semi-annually, as long as dau HULDAH is
with her or until she is 18. (10) my son,
WILLIAM, is to have 1 pair of Bobbs; .1-2 horse
steel plow; 1 small steel plow; 1-5 tooth
cultivator; 1 double shovel plow; 1-1 horse
wagon; 1-1 horse harness used with said wagon; 3
log chains; 1 square harrow; 20 bags, all of
which are on the premises in Delta, and 2 corn knives....
If wife, CATHERINE should remarry, she is to have
$500 and the bal. of my estate is to be paid to
the children, to share and share alike. Exec. JOHN S. TROWBRIDGE.

FEWLASS-WEEKS:

Of the children of CAROLINE TROWBRIDGE, lst wife
of WM. FEWLASS, RUTH FEWLASS was b Feb. 21,
1840. She m Oct. 31, 1865 VIRGIL WEEKS, who was
b in Seneca Co., O., Dec. 2, 1841. His parents
were DAVID WEEKS, b N.J., and REBECCA McCARTY,
who was b in Ohio.. They had settled for a time
in Seneca Co. and came to Fulton Co. about
1848. VIRGIL W. WEEKS and 2 brothers served in
the Civil War. RINALDO L. WEEKS moved to New
Orleans, Miss. after the War, and BRUNO WEEKS d in Andersonville Prison.
RUTH FEWLASS AND VIRGIL WEEKS had the following
children: DAVID, GEORGE, WM., ADA, EMMA, wife of
JUSTIN BARTLETT, and CADDIE WEEKS, who m CHARLES
PRENTISS, who was a teacher some 26 years in Fulton Co. public schools.


RECORDS FOUND IN OUR COURT HOUSE:

WILLIAM J. FEWLASS, d Delta, Jan. 19, 1946, age
85y llm lld, making his birth 1860. Father,
WILLIAM FEWLASS: JENNIE (JANE) E. WALDECK, d
Delta, Apr. 19, 1943, age 87y 2m 29d. Parents
WILLIAM FEWLASS & ELIZABETH MACK (birth 1856)
HENRIETTA FEWLASS, age 55, d Delta, May 5, 1921,
b Ohio. Parents MARY & J. BUZZ ELL. HERMAN
WALDECK m JENNIE E. FEWLASS, Mar. 6,
1879. Application for license made by his
father, ARNOLD WALDECK.: LYDIA S. (FEWLASS)
WALDECK, d Delta on Feb. 19, 1939, age 81y 4m lld.


CATHERINE TROWBRIDGE RAMSEY:

CATHERINE TROWBRIDGE, dau of ELISHA RUTH, was b
in N.Y. State, June 27, 1832. She was a very
small child when her parents settled on the banks of Bad

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Creek, Delta, 0. She m June 1, 1854 to Dr.
WM. RAMSEY. He was a pioneer doctor at Delta,
and his name can be found on many early court
records, especially as a witness to wills. He
came as a lad to America with his mother, 3
brothers JAMES, CHRISTOPHER and JOHN RAMSEY and a sister MARGARET.
Dr. RAMSEY was b at Omagh, Northern Ireland,
Sept. 1, 1827. The family came first to N.Y.
City, then to Philadelphia, Pa. Then to
Pittsburgh and settled inl842 at Bolivar,
Tuscarawas Co., 0. By hard work, WILLIAM
graduated from the Reserve Medical College at
Cleveland, 0. in 1849. In 1852, he arrived at
Delta, and was then possessed of $7.00 and one
old horse hitched to a 2-wheel "gig", having lost
his clothes and medicine bags when fording a stream near Napoleon, 0.
In the beginning his practice was slow, and he
often rode horseback or walked miles to help his
patients. He never failed to be kind and
considerate to others. He served 25 years on the
examining board to help disabled soldiers of the
war to apply for their pensions.
CATHERINE TROWBRIDGE and Dr. WILLIAM RAMSEY had 4
children, and she is mentioned in the will of her
father, 1856. The children were: (a) LOVEY L.
RAMSEY, b April 7, 1856, d Aug. 1860; (b) Dr.
WILLIAM RAMSEY, JR., b June 29, 1860, m Miss Z.
MAUDE SHARP, b Gallipolis, O., May 27, 1864 (dau
WM. & LAURA WOOD SHARP), 2 children: JUNE A., b
Apr. 29, 1884; PAUL, b Oct. 17, 1886; (c) JOHN H.
RAMSEY, b Sept. 22, 1862, d Aug. 1864; (d) Dr.
FRANK RAMSEY, b Dec. 6, 1872, moved to Central
Lake, Mich. and practiced medicine. Dr. WILLIAM
PAMSEY, SR., d 1909. CATHERINE d 1915, buried at Delta.


ADALAINE TROWGRIDGE, dau of ELISHA & RUTH
TROWBRIDGE, was b Lewis CO.N.Y Oct. 3, 1829. She
m ABNER P. BRAINARD, a son of NORMAN & ABIGAIL
BRAINARD. ABNER was b Genesee Co. N.Y. Dec. 20,
1828. The family settled early at Delta. 6
children were born; (a) ARTHUR S.; (b) LILLIE R.; (c) LOUIS N.; (d) LAURA L.
(e) CURTIS P.; (f) NELLIE J. b Apr. 23, 1872.
ABNER P. BRAINARD settled on Sec. 35 about 3
miles south of Delta and was a brick
manufacturer. He moved to Dakotas by 1885.

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THE DELTA ATLAS
July 16, 1975
Part III
The TROWBRIDGE &-Allied Families:

1. JOHN SUMNER, Rev. Soldier, b
Conn., 1736, d Edenburg, N.Y. 1804, m 1761 MEHITABLE PERRY.

2. MEHITABLE SUMNER, d before spring
1837, m 1790 W. WILLARD TROWBRIDGE, and moved to N.Y. State. WILLARD d 1837.
3. WILLARD TROWBRIDGE, b Conn. 1796,
d near Delta, O., Dec. 19, 1885. Was evidently
married 3 times: m lst MAY SPRAGUE, who d in N.Y.
1831, (b in R.I. 1795), mi 2nd LYDIA (name on
deeds 1837-40), m 3rd MARY HEISER or HESSER, d 1883.
4. WILLIAM H. TROWBRIDGE, son of MARY
HEISER, was b York Twp., Delta, 1848, d Aug. 13,
1924. He m Sept. 29, 1870 by Rev. C.N. COGAN to
Miss MARY ANN KIMMERER, b in Wayne Co., 0. Feb.
16, 1841 to CHAS. KIMMERER & CHRISTINA BIDDLE '
dau of SAMUEL BIDDLE and ELIZABETH
KNIGHT. CHAS. KIMMERER left a will and,mentioned his grandson:
5. KINSEY H. TROWBRIDGE, b Nov. 21,
1873, d Dec. 27, 1956. He resided on a farm in
York Twp. during his life time. He m LOUISE
RUPP, b Nov. 6, 1874, d Feb. 21, 1962 (dau of
MICHAEL RUPP). 4. children were born: 6. a.
ROBERT TROWBRIDGE, b Sept. 10, 1895, living 1970.
b. WILLARD TROWBRIDGE, b rural Delta, May.12,
1898, d rural Delta, Nov. 1971, survived by
children, KENNETH of Archbold, JOHN of Delta,
PAULINE LICHTENWALD of Morenci, MI., VIRGINIA
JOHNSON of Delta, and his wife, EVA. c. LOUISE
TROWBRIDGE, b 1908, unmarries 1971, Toledo. d.
FLORENCE BARBER, b 1909, living 1971 in Toledo.

WILLARD TROWBRIDGE FAMILY:
I have had trouble finding all the children of
WILLARD TROWBRIDGE, as he left no will. And most
of the children were born before our records
began in Fulton Co. WILLARD TROWBRIDGE purchased
land in York Twp. from the U.S. Gov. at an early
date, and evidently came with his brother,
ELISHA, about 1835. His home was located on the
banks of Bad Creek, just west of present
Delta. In the 1850 Census is given, stop 705,
York Twp: WILLARD TROWBRIDGE, age 53, b
Conn. MARY (HEISER) TROWBRIDGE, age 44, b Pa.;
ALLEN TROWBRIDGE, age 23, b N.Y.; LUTHER
TROWBRIDGE, age 17, b N.Y.; HESTER TROWBRIDGE,
age 13, b O.; WILLIAM TROWBRIDGE, age 2, b O.;
BELINDA CLOPPER, age 16, b O.; CALEB SCOTT, age 13, b 0.
A son, JOHN S. TROWBRIDGE, was a merchant in
Delta, and m Mar. 24, 1840 to HANNAH
HAMPTON. Their family will be given under the HAMPTON record.
Another son, CORNELIUS TROWBRIDGE, son of AMY S.
SPRAGUE and WILLARD TROWBRIDGE was b 1818 and m
CELINA MINERVA BRADLEY. In 1850, CORNELIUS and
CELINA had children, ORLANDO, b 1841, and ALFRED,
b 1843.. Next door lived SOLOMON, TROWBRIDGE, age
30, wife EMILY, age 24, and SYLVESTER TROWBRIDGE, age 28.
CORNELIUS TROWBRIDGE was b in Lewis Co., N.Y.
Feb. 20, 1828. He was about 6 years old when his
father came to York Twp., then Lucas Co., 0.
CORNELIUS m in Fulton Co., Dec. 30, 1849 to
CELINA M. BRADLEY, b in Oswego Co. NY Aug. 21,
1830. Had 2 sons and 1 dau. a. ORLANDO J., b
Dec. 26, 1850, b. ALFRED E., b Jan. 16, 1854; c.
MARTHA A., b May 6, 1867, d 1868.

CELINA was a dau of ALANSON and MARY (HUBBELL)
BRADLEY. CORNELIUS was a farmer and stock buyer
and lived near Delta. His son, ORLAND J.
TROWBRIDGE, was b York Twp. Dec. 26, 1850. He m
Feb. 4, 1874 to MARTHA A. PEASE, b Oct. 7,
1851. One son, LAWRENCE TROWBRIDGE, was born
June 27, 1875 (maybe others later). MARTHA'S
parents were ANCIL and ENFIELD PEASE, who early
settled in Fulton Co. Their children were:
CHAS. J. PEASE, JAMES A. PEASE, JULIA A.
PEASE, EDWIN J. PEASE, MINNIE A. and MARTHA b
1851, the wife of ORLANDO J. TROWBRIDGE.

ALLEN S. TROWBRIDGE left a will dated Mar. 8,
1910 (was 86 yrs. old). He possibly was the son
of WILLARD & AMY. ALLEN d on Nov. 16, 1911. He
was then a widower and named the following
children (he was of Delta): my son, NEWTON EDGAR
TROWBRIDGE, living in Boon, Mich. is to have 1/5
of the remaining estate, he having been given
$1,000, which was to be applied to his share. my
dau, ADELTA EUPHEMIA CARSON of Holland, 0. having
received $500. towards her share ' she to have
1/5 of total; my dau, FIDELIA DELOTIA MARSHALL,
of Cadillac, Mich.; my dau, MARY EVA SKINNER,
widow of CHARLES N. SKINNER (is listed in estate
as MARY E. HUBBELL of N.Y. City, N.Y.; my son,
CARL DAVID TROWBRIDGE of Toledo, has received
$600 towards his 1/5 share of my estate. CARL
DAVID TROWBRIDGE is to be the Ex. of the estate.


EMILY TROWBRIDGE, b 1820, dau of WILLARD & AMY, m
PETER HAUBEIL, b 1817 in Germany, d 1896. EMILY
d'1896. Their dau, AMY HAUBEIL, was b 1849 and m
WM. BEYSER, whose day DOROTHY TROWBRIDGE GEYSER
was b in Swancreek Twp. DOROTHY m FRANK
LONGNECKER. DOROTHY joined the D.A.R. from Delta
on the service of JOHN SUMNER of Ashford, Conn.
HESTER ANN TROWBRIDGE, b ca 1837 in Fulton Co.,
O., dau of WILLARD TROWBRIDGE & LYDIA_____. She m
BENJAMIN BIDDLE, b Apr. 28, 1840, d 1913. HESTER
d 1916 and both buried in Wauseon Cem. BENJAMIN
BIDDLE was a son of GEORGE D. BIDDLE & NANCY
LAWRENCE, who settled 1852 in York Twp.


WILLARD TROWBRIDGE, 2nd son of WILLARD &
MEHITABLE (PERRY) TROWBRIDGE, served in the War
of 1812. His name is on the Soldier’s monument of our County Court House.


ALANSON TROWBRIDGE:

ALANSON TROWBRIDGE, brother of WILLARD, ELISHA,
JAMES, JOHN and of DELOTIA (TROWBRIDGE) KENNEDY,
all children of WILLARD TROWBRIDGE and MEHITABLE
PERRY, came early to Fulton Co. when it was still
Lucas Co. His wife was named POLLY. in the
settlement of the estate of WILLARD TROWBRIDGE of
N.Y. State 1837. In Oct. 1837, ALANSON, ELISHA
and WILLARD, JR. were listed as living then in
Lucas Co., 0. The children were listed as
follows: WILLIAM C. TROWBRIDGE of Delta .(1885) ?
date may be 1875; SOLOMON D. TROWBRIDGE, living
Vermont Village, Eaton Co., Mich. 1885; GEORGE M.
of Centerville, St. Joseph Co., Mich.; SYLVESTER
E. TROWBRIDGE; FANNIE D. DECEASED BY 1872, m
SMITH; WILLIS J.. deceased; CHARLES W. TROWBRIDGE
of Delta; BETSEY TROWBRIDGE FOOTE, had moved to
Nebraska City, Neb.; ALANSON, b Conn, in 1798, living York Two. 1860.


1850 Census,, York Twp: ALANSON TROWBRIDGE, age 52, b Conn; POLLY, age 52, b
N.Y.;.SYLVESTER, age 19, b N.Y. (at home); GEORGE, age 17, b N.Y.; FANNY, age
15, b N.Y.; JOHN, age 12, b O.; CHARLES, age 9, b O.; BETSEY, age 7, b O.;
SOLOMON, age 22, b N.Y.;

JAMES TROWBRIDGE, brother of ELISHA, WILLARD,
ALANSON and JOHN, left N.Y. in early summer of
1837 and came to Maumee City, where he was guided
by ELIJAH HERRICK thru the wilds of Lucas Co. to
present Delta, where JAMES settled on


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land deeded to him by his brothers and sisters as
his share of their father's estate. JAMES was b
1803 and m LAURA BUTLER, b 1801 in Conn. They
had 2 children: W. WALLACE TROWBRIDGE, b 1829,
N.Y., and CHESTER TROWBRIDGE, b 1825.

JAMES' farm joined the farm of his brother, ELISRA.
In
Aug. 1842, JAMES TROWGRIDGE and DANIEL HOBERT
witnessed the land sale of MATHEW McCASKEY and wf
LUCINA of Lucas Co., 0. to THOMAS FRAKER of the same place.
JAMES and LAURA TROWBRIDGE were witnesses to
the land sale or transfer from ELISHA & RUTH
TROWBRIDGE for $50. to son-in-law, 101. FEWLASS,
located in Sec. 1, T7N, R7E, 1841.
I could not find the dates of the death of JAMES
and LAURA in our Court Records.. A dau, ELIZA E.
M. TROWBRIDGE, m DANIEL PETTIS of Delta, and a son is said to have died young.


WALLACE W. TROWBRIDGE, son of JAMES and LAURA
(BUTLER) TROWBRIDGE, was b 1830 and-m Dec. 1856
to LYDIA HOAG, b Montgomery Co. N.Y. and she d at
their home i Delta, 1885. She was a dau of
STEPHEN HOAG of Delta. 3 children were born to
WALLACE &LYDIA: ETTA TROWBRIDGE, m DORR
(Theodore) CAMPBELL; CHARLES FRANCES TROWBRIDGE
(see will); ORLANDO F.C. TROWBRIDGE d infancy.

WILL of CHARLES F. TROWBRIDGE: Vol. 19, p 238,
Fulton Co. Courthouse. mentioned wife JULIA and
children as follows; MAUDE ARNOLD, ANNA
ZIMMERMAN, RAY and FRANK ZIMMERAMN, HAZEL BASER,
JOSEPHINE HARRIS, METRA HOLMAN, MARJORIE MILLER,
MILDREDLEU, EMMA KODER and CLIFFORD TROWBRIDGE.


CHARLES FRANCIS TROWBRIDGE was b Apr. 30, 1858
and was a dairy farmer in York Twp. He m Mov. 2,
1882 JULIA SHAFFNER, b in Haverstraw, N.Y.
(Rockford Co.) o July 27, 1963. Her parents were
JOHN & ANNA (STEINBACH) SHAFFNER, from Germany
and married in N.Y. state and had moved about
1865 to Delta. Children listed were: CLIFFORD
WELLINGTON, b 1883, d Nov. 17, 1918; MAUDE
SHAFFNER, m CLYDE ARNOLD of Delta; ANNA LAURA, m
FRED ZIMMERMAN; MARION WALLACE, d Dec. 26, i895;
RAY MAURICE, m FANNIE PEARL BUNDY of Delta; HAZEL
KIRK, m C.J. BASE of Delta.; FRANK HOAG, m
PAULINE LEMAY BECHTEL of Delta; JOSEPHINE
FLORENCE, m H.H. HADLAND of Delta and TED HARRIS;
METRA ELDORA, m RICHARD HOLMAN: MARJORIE MAY, m
KARL MILLER; MILDRED LOUISE, m GLEN LEU; EMMALANE (EMMA), m ARCHIE KODER.


WALLACE TROWBRIDGE, son of JAMES and LAURA
(BUTLER) TROWBRIDGE, d in Delta at the home of
his son, CHARLES F. TROWBRIDGE, in 1923, age
93. LYDIA HOAG, wife of WALLACE, d 1885, ate
47. JULIA SHAFFER, wife of CHARLES F.
TROWBRIDGE, d 1941, age 78. CHARLES F.
TROWBRIDGE d 1933, age 75. Burials in Delta Greenlawn Cemetery.
JAMES TROWBRIDGE, father of WALLACE, d at Delta,
Feb. 4, 1887, age 83. He was b N.Y.
State. Evidently the SUMNER and TROWBRIDGE
families left Conn. for N.Y. State after 1800, as
births of WILLARD and ELISHA were listed in
Conn., also ALANSON. and JAMES is listed a b in N.Y. State 1803.


It would be interesting to read a History of New
Haven, Conn, and hunt further for the ancestors
of WILLARD TROWBRIDGE-and his wife, MEHITABLE
PERRY. I was unable to find any further record
on JOHN TROWBRIDGE,, living in Oct. 1837, Lucas
Co., mentioned in the estate of WILLARD
TROWBRIDGE, deceased, of N.Y. State 1837. In
various land records, MEHITABLE, wife of WILLARD,
is not mentioned, so she must have died before he
purchased land and deeded it to the


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children in present Fulton Co. by 1835.

As mentioned before, the family of JOHN S
TROWBRIDGE, son of WILLARD and AMY (SPRAGUE),
will be given with the HAMPTON family, Part 4.
Much too long to be placed with his TROWBRIDGE
family records. Please see the family of
JONATHAN HAMPTON and ABIGAIL HARRISON, his wife,
who settled in Delta, and who has an interesting history.

THE DELTA ATLAS
July 23, 1975
PART IV
TROWBRIDGE-HAMPTON Families-

I have been interested in the persons who are
buried along Rt. 109, about a mile south of
Delta., The little cemetery may hold a missing
descendant of the famous LINCOLN-BOONE families,
who followed the migratior from Berks Co., Pa. to
the Shennandoah Valley of Virginia before the
Revolutionary War. And I have become intrigued
with their ancestry. Most of us at some time or
other have asked the question, "Who are they - or
who am I?" Most of us come to the place where we
need help from descendants who may be able to
supply a missing link. Records can not always be
found in court houses or in cemeteries, or even in Bibles!
This little cemetery has been well kept, and a
few weeks ago I stopped there to read the stone
inscriptions. A man and his wife were also there
and asked about the persons who were buried
there, as few small family burial plot have
survived the removal of the stones and the
farmer's plow. After I left the cemetery I kept
thinking how nice it would be if some sort of
plaque of sign could be erected along the road
that persons passing would know about the se earl
settlers south of Delta, and maybe some special
memorial service could be held at their graves.


HAMPTON-HARRISON-

JONATHAN HAMPTON was listed as being in Henry
Co., 0. when he first purchased a tract of land
from the U.S. Gov. located in the NW ¼ Sec. 19,
T7N, R8E containing 158.48 acres Oct. 7,
1835. This land lies along the east side of Rt.
108, south of Delta, now Swancreek Twp. Bad
Creek flows along this section of farm land, and
the small private cemetery may be located at the
extreme west and north corner, with the banks of
Bad Creek,along the southeast side of the
cemetery. Land was also sold in the joining Sec.
18 to WILLIAM BRUCE, Jul 8, 1843, for $400. of 80
acres by JOHN and LYDIA CARITHERS of Lucas Co.
The BRUCE Family has several burials in this
little cemetery, as also the KING Family.
JONATHAN was b in Berks Co., Pa., Mar. 4, 1793,
and d south of Delta, 0 July 16, 1857, age 64y 4m
10d. Me m in Fairfield Co., O., 1820 to ABIGAIL
HARRISON, who was b in Rockingham Co., Va., Aug.
12, 1800, and she d south of Delta, Mar. 17, 1869, age 68y 7m 5d.
JONATHAN left a will signed June 2, 1857. It was
pro. Sept. 11, 1857. devised to his wife,
ABIGAIL, the home farm of about 150 acres in
Swancreek Twp. during her natural life then at
her decease it is desired to go to his son,
RICHARD H. HAMPTON, provided that within 3 years
of his coming into posession of the farm, he
shall pay $110 ot each of the following: HANNAH
A. TROWBRIDGE, ELEANOR E. HUBBERD, JULIA WELCH,
MARY JANE RITCHIE, MINERVA BIDDLE,

9.
and MILTON G. HAMPTON, and sum of $25 to ALICE HAMPTON
This will was among those destroyed by the fire
at Ottokee, July 14-15, 1864, and found in
Barber's Abstracts. From the Recorder's Office,
Land Index of Swancreek Twp., I located the names
of the husbands and wives, and their places of
residence. And with the help of the 1850 Ohio,
Fulton Co. U.S. Census and burials in the small
cenetery, we find the following children:

a.HANNAH A. HAMPTON, b Nov. 18, 1821, d 1885,
m Mar. 24, 1840 at Delta, JOHN S.
TROWBRIDGE b Nov. 18, 1816, son of WILLARD
TROWBRIDGE and AMY SPRAGUE: JOHN S. d 1905 and
both buried in Delta Greenlawn Cem.
b. ELEANOR E. HAMPTON, m . ANDREW J. HOBERT (land record).
c. JULIA HAMPTON, m EDWIN WELCH, (land record)
d. TALLMAN L. HAMPTON, b 1831, d Apr. 3, 1856,
age 25, buried with parents, UNMD. 1850.
e. RICHARD H. HAMPTON, b 1834, d Nov. 10 1858,
age 24y 2m 5d, buried with parents.
f. MINERVA HAMPTON, b 1838, m STILLMAN BIDDLE,
son of SAMUEL BIDDLE & ELIZABETH KNIGHT. They
were divorced, and he m 2nd MARY MACK.
g. MILTON G. HAMPTON, b 1842-3, living 1885.
h. ALICE HAMPTON, b 1836, unmd in 1857.
i. MARGARET A HAMPTON, d Feb. 2, 1840, age 1 y,
buried with parents and brothers, TALLMAN and RICHARD.
j. MARY JANE, m RITCHIE by 1857.

JOHN S. TROWBIRDGE of Delta bought out the other
heirs of the HAMPTON estate from the widow,
ABIGAIL HAMPTON, as follows: Vol. 18, p 461,
Recorder's Office, "Be it known that ABIGAIL
HAMPTON, of Fulton Co., O., State of Ohio, in
consideration of $500 to me paid by JOHN S.
TROWBRIDGE, of the same place, do bargain, sell
and give quit claim to JOHN S TROWBRIDGE and his
heirs, the following real estate, being the NW
¼ of Sec. 19, T7N, R8E, April 25, 1866 ... Wit.
by L.H.UPHAM & A.J. ALLMAN." (Said land being the
same as purchased Oct. 8, 18, 1835 by JONATHAN
HAMPTON. According to the Act of Congress, Apr.
24, 1820, making sale of publis lands . . . in State of Ohio.)


Children of HANNAH A. HAMPTON and JOHN S. TROWBIRDGE:

1. MARTIN HENRY TROWBRIDGE, b on July 1841, living 1875 at Bates Co., Mo.
2. EMMA JANE TROWBRIDGE, b Dec. 24, 1842, m BYRON HOWE and living in
Cloud Co., KANSAS, 1885.
3. OSCAR WILLARD TROWBRIDGE, b on Oct. 16, 1846, resided in Mevada.
4. MARY 0. TROWBRIDGE, b Jan. 1845, d Oct. 1845.
5. IRVING HINTON TROWBRIDGE, b on Mar 16, 1849 m
ELLA J. STALL on Oct. 9, 1873. 6. ADALINE A TROWBRIDGE, b May 30, 1851.
7. ELEANOR E. TROWBRIDGE, b on Mov. 15, 1853.
8. CHARLES SUMNER TROWBRIDGE, b on Nov. 15, 1857.
9. JULIA MERTIE TROWBRIDGE, m D.B. RABER, Mar 18, 1884.
10.CLARA E. TROWBRIDGE, m RICHARD.


JOHN S. TROWBRIDGE was m after the death of
HANNAH HAMPTON to JENNETTE who is mentioned in
his will, dated Dec. 9, 1898, pro. 1905. He was
b in N.Y. State and d Feb. 10, 1905. Vol. 9, p
485, Wills, JOHN TROWBRIDGE willed the use of the
home to his wife during her lifetime, and use of
all personal estate. And the children's names
were : Granddau., ELLEN. TROWBRIDGE, $100;
grandchildren, ETHEL RABER, HOWARD RABER, GLADYS
RABER, LEILE RABER and RALPH RABER of Delta,
children of my dau JULIA MYRTIE RABER. . . $100
each.; dau, ELLENOR E. CROSBY of Toledo
(1898-1900). dau CLARA E. RICHARDS of
Mt. Victory, Ohio, son, OSCAR W. TROWBRIDGE, of
Toledo, "The Family Bible"; son, MARTIN H.
TROWBRIDGE, son, IRVING TROWBRIDGE, of Delta,
son, CHARLES S. TROWBRIDGE, my gold watch and
chain, day EMMA JANE HOWE of Cloud Co.,Dans.,
granddau, CLARA E. COLEMAN, Exec., wife, JENETTE
and W.F. FOWLER of Delta. Wit. by GEO. W.
SHAFFER & A.S. TROWGRIDGE. A codicil was added Mar. 27, 1900.




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When I re-read the story written by ALICE SMITH
more than 60 years ago, I thought it was so
interesting that we wished to share it with the
present read ers of this column in the Delta
Atlas. (I wonder where she might be today?)

Alice.writes:
History is a statement of fact, clearly and
concisely written with our references or personal
opinions. One of the satisfactory features of
such a work-is accuracy of statements and dates
of events for which the writer always depends
upon the official records of the
county. However, the early records of Delta were
lost a number of years ago when the courthouse at
Ottokee burned (June 1864). thus making it
difficult to gather facts pertaining to the
founding and early growth of Delta. By the kind
and ever ready help of men and women whose word
and memory are equal to any record, this material
was gathered and a reasonably accurate story of our village was procured.
Delta was not planted by some shrewd speculator,
it was of spontaneous growth and grew with the
development of the country. This site was trod
by the white man as early as 1834, and up to 1838
the land hunter did not seem to have an idea that
there would be a village where Delta now stands.
In 1834, ELISHA & WILLARD TROWBRIDGE, JOHN SUMNER
TROWBRIDGE (known as SUMNER), CORNELIUS and
ALANSON TROWBRIDGE and PETER SCHLAPPI were in
this region. They took up land from the
government; ELISHA on the farm west of town now
known as the MUNGER farm. WILLARD a little
further west on that is now known as the SCHNUR
farm. PETER SCHLAPPI'S title was granted to his
land just east of John St. (now S. Madison) and
south of Main St. and included the present railroad grounds.
The first road through this section was laid out
by Capt. WILLIAMS with chainmen and axmen, and
Judge AMBROSE RICE of Perrysburg was
surveyor. The road extended from Maumee via
Delta to West Unity and was completed about 1834,
and known as the State or Plank Road.
In 1837, JAMES TROWBRIDGE came here from
Saratoga, N.Y. with his wife and 2 children. When
they reached the Maumee they found a band of
about 200 Indians under the command of D.W.H.
HOWARD, preparing to move westward. The next
morning they started for their home in the Six
Mile Woods. There were no road and the way lay
through wet prairies and sand openings. After a
few days they reached their destination -
recently the -TROWBRIDGE farm just west of
town. At that time it was 20 miles to a post
office, 20 miles to a doctor, and the same
distance to a saw mill or a grist mill. Wolves,
Indian horse bells and owls furnished the night
with music, and the Indian war-whoops and the
crack of the rifle that of the day. It has been
said that no bloodshed by the Indians was caused
within the limits of Fulton County. Mr.
TROWBRIDGE kept the first store within the
corporation of Delta. This building was later
moved to the rear of the dwelling and used as a
wood shed. One old chief with his 15 children
came to the store to trade, riding in true Indian
fashion with the chief in the lead. Mr.
TROWBRIDGE was also the first Justice of the Peace.



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Sincerely,

Mark Lozer
817 N. Fulton St.
Wauseon, OH 43567

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