Article, The Cahoons of Dover and Cleveland

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Article The Cahoons of Dover and Cleveland: Origsize: 6" x 9 3/4"; Origformat: Artifact; Resolution: 600 DPI
Article The Cahoons of Dover and Cleveland

Origsize: 6" x 9 3/4"; Origformat: Artifact; Resolution: 600 DPI

Name/Title

Article, "The Cahoons of Dover and Cleveland"

Entry/Object ID

2000.FIC.02.010

Scope and Content

Plain Dealer newspaper article entitled "The Cahoons of Dover and Cleveland" by S.J. Kelly. History of Cahoon family in Dover when they arrived and includes dates of when various structures were erected such as Rose Hill, the grist mill frame was erected Sept. 1813, and sawmill. Numerous early settlers in the area are mentioned. Article talks about Cahoons using a tea kettle to cook their first meal in Dover and used for the anniversary celebration. A black man named George Peake helped Asahel Porter build his cabin in Dover. The first Dover Township election held April 6, 1812 at the house of Philo Taylor with 18 votes cast Asahel Porter, Joseph Cahoon and Azariah Beebe were elected overseers of the poor. Porter served in some sort of presidential capacity but article is torn on the sentence. It lists the other voter's names. First Township Justice, John S. Reed officiated the wedding of Leverett Johnson and Joseph Cahoon's daughter, Abigail Cahoon in 1814 in the Cahoon log cabin. Mentions Joseph Cahoon building the first grist mill west of Cleveland on Cahoon Creek, Sept. 10, 1813, the day of Perry's victory. During this time, Levi Johnson was building the first Court House on the Square and men were raising timbers for a barn at Euclid. Joseph and son (Joel probably) quarried the two mill stones on a creek at North Dover and they were preserved by the family. Mentions his saw mill, peach growing and distillery built on the creek. 1818 Cahoon built Rose Hill house. Gives Joseph's date of death at 1829 but the correct date is 1839 at age 75.

Collection

Early Family Papers: Cahoon

Relationships

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Beebe, Azeriah

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Brittle, John

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Cahoon, Abigail

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Cahoon, Joseph

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Cahoon, Lydia Kenyon

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Davis, Noah

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Eldred, Moses

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Johnson, Leverett

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Johnson, Levi

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Jordan, John

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Kelley, Datus

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Kelso, Andrew

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Kelso, George

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Lyon, Ralph

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Peake, George

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Perry, Daniel

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Porter, Asahel

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Quigley, Joseph

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Reed, John S.

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Root, Joseph

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Root, Lyman

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Seeley, Jonathon

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Smith, David

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Taylor, Philo

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Wallace, Timothy

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Notes

2000.FIC.02.011