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Subject: [OHHURON-L] Re: Tunnard DICKINSON - Hunts Corners
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 17:47:33 EST
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<< Subj: [OHHURON-L] Tunnard DICKINSON - Hunts Corners
Date: 3/16/02 10:41:27 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: (Simon Meeds)
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I am new to the list, and to historical research in the USA. My situation
will take a while to explain, hence the long email, but I hope you will find
it interesting, and some of you may even be able to help. It is even
possible that I can help some of you. >>
Simon,
I have a few references from our Huron County, Ohio publications that appear
to relate to your Tunnard Dickinson family. They are:
1. Huron County, Ohio Marriages, 1815-1900, by Scheuer Publications, 1992.
Mary A. Dickinson m. Gregory Dewitt 13 Jan 1863. Book 1, Page 377.
Rasmond Dickinson m. George W. Banter 7 April 1868. Book 2, Page 111.
Mary Ann Dickison (sic) m. James Clark 4 Aug 1859. Book 1, Page 211.
2. Huron County, Ohio Cemetery Inscriptions.
Riverside Cemetery, Ridgefield Townmship.
Page 765. Section e-- Row 17.
6 Mary A. Dickinson, "Mother" 1818-1901.
7 ______(illegible). ae 33y 4m 21d.
8 James Clark, "Father," d. 29 Apr 1860, ae 46 y.
9 James ____(illegible)
(Note: Dave Velton previously reported the first two line items above. I'm
adding the next two line items since a James Clark was listed in the marriage
records as marrying a "Mary Ann Dickison." The Family Search web site shows
Tunnard Dickinson christened 31 Aug 1821 in Bicker, Lincolnshire, England.)
I could find no land ownership records for Tunnard Dickinson in our Huron
County, Ohio Atlases for 1845, or 1873. The only Atlas we have for Erie
County is one for 1896, and, as expected, Tunnard is not listed there-- in
fact, no Dickinson is listed there.
I could find no references to "Audrey's farm," "Fred Cooper,", or a "Doctor
Prouty." in any of our Atlases; however, I did find references in our 1873
Atlas of Huron County, Ohio to an "I. Banta." This person owned land in Lyme
Township, close to, and just to the east of, Hunt's Corners, as follows:
I. Banta, Lyme Twp, section 1, lots 4, 6, & 8.
Also:
I. Banta, Ridgefield Twp, section 4, lots 18 & 19.
I. Banta Sherman Twp, section 2, lots 8 & 17.
(Note: The "I." above is believed to stand for "Isaac" based on a brief
reference in our History of Huron County, Ohio by A.J. Baughman, 1909.)
Monroeville lies in Ridgefield Twp, Huron County, while Hunt's Corners lies
in Lyme Twp, Huron County on route 547, a few miles southwest of Monroeville.
Lyme Twp abuts Ridgefield Twp to the west, while Oxford Twp, Erie County
seems to abut Ridgefield Twp, Erie County, to the north.
In our Just Like Old Times by Henry Timman, Book III, page 130, there is an
article titled "Hunt's Corners' most notorious resident." In it, Hunt's
Corners is described as also being known as the Sutton Settlement, and took
the name "Hunt" from Heil Hunt who first came to Ohio in 1816. He worked as a
millwright at various places and made Lyme Township his permanent home in
1824. He died in 1879 at age 97 or 98.
To see a map of the townships and towns in Huron County, go to the same web
site you cited (www.rootsweb.com?~ohhuron), and click on "Pioneers, Histories
and Maps, then click on Detailed Township Maps. This will bring up a map of
Huron County with a grid of the townships overlaid. The cemetery maps, at
that same web site, for Lyme and Ridgefield Twps, will show you the relative
locations of Monroeville and Hunt's Corners.
If you think the 1873 Atlas for Huron County, Ohio might have significant
information regarding "I. Banta," let me know, and I'll take a digital photo
of the relevant page to send you separately as an attachment.
Regards,
Ken Shute, in Maryland ().
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