History of the Cahoon Family and of Joel Butler Cahoon, 1911, by Ida Cahoon

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Origsize: 6.75" x 8.75"; Origformat: Artifact; Resolution: 600 DPI

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History of the Cahoon Family and of Joel Butler Cahoon, 1911, by Ida Cahoon

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2000.FIC.02.032

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Notebook entitled Joel Butler Cahoon His Ancestry and Life Sketch. Written by request of Commodore Perry Chapter, Daughters of 1812, by Ida Cahoon. Goes back to the year 81. Pages 1-9: Writes of earliest known ancestors in the Scottish Highlands, beginning in 81 AD to sometime after 1625, when a William Colquhoun, younger brother of a Baronet of Nova Scotia, was the first of the Cahoon family to come to the American Colonies. He purchased Block Island in 1660 and another ancestor, John Rathbun, was also one of the 16 purchasers of the island for 400 pounds sterling. In 1669, William Cahoon became a citizen of Swansea, Rhode Island. Page 10-11: William Cahoon is on the list of nine burials after King Philip's War in June 24, 1675 in Plymouth Colony. Writes the second American family was that of John and Hannah Cahoon. Later, John married Elizabeth. A John Cahoon of this family was in the French and Indian War. Another son, Ebenezer Cahoon, married a Mary and lived in Rhode Island. Ebenezer also in the war. Page 12: One of Ebenezer's sons, Reynolds Cahoon was also married twice to sisters Mary and Rebecca. Reynolds sold parcels of Rhode Island land in 1770 and moved to Massachusetts and later New York. Page 13: Talks about Reynolds's daughters and their families. Page 14: Reynolds and Rebecca's eldest son, Joseph Cahoon, is the grandfather of the writer and was born in Aug. 28, 1763. He married Lydia Kenyon of Rhode Island. Names all of their 10 children, including Joel Butler Cahoon. In addition, there were twins who died in infancy, making the total 12. Page 15: All but the last child born in New York. Last in Dover, Ohio. The writer says her grandfather (Joseph) was a miller and talks about water power. Describe how Joseph family made it to Dover, Ohio in October, 1810. Page 16: Says Joseph built a mill ten miles south west of his place in Dover in "what is now Ridgeville." Then he builds a mill "at the mouth of" Cahoon Creek, during Commodore Perry's victory on Lake Erie in 1813, during which the builders heard sounds of battle. Page 17: Joseph also built a saw mill upon the little brook. Joel Butler Cahoon is discussed and his time in the spring of 1814 when he joined Co. Croghan in the defense of Mackinac during the War of 1812. Page 18: Ida says her Dad, Joel, said little of the war and didn't engage in any conflict. He returned home in the Autumn of 1814, to help his father with the mills. Joel also carried the mail from Cleveland to Maumee City on horseback for sometime. This kept him in the Black Swamp territory, not far from Port Clinton which he found quite dangerous in wet weather and bears and wolves were quite frequent Page 19: In 1822, Joel traveled to his birthplace of Salisbury and found many opportunities for business ventures. Among those were: boiling salt near Syracuse and running a canal boat from Salt Point to Brockport as "Captain of the 'Neptune'." He and brother Daniel K. ran a store at R[B]oston on the Ohio Canal. The next year the brothers took a construction contract on the Pennsylvania Canal, building the first lock in Alleghany Co. Then they built a part of the Juniata Canal. [See notes for related information on the canal] In 1830.... Page 20: ...built several sections of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, into Maryland. later to Kentucky, Indiana and southern Ohio. Joel met future wife, Margaret, in Maryland and married her July 14, 1831. Joel was 17 years older than Margaret. Mentions their Golden Wedding Anniversary in 1881 and how Joel still looked "serenely upon her" "as if her were her lover" and thought her "as attractive as he first thought her." Page 21: Six sons and five daughters of Joel and Margaret listed. The eldest son, Thomas, was the only child to marry. Starts talking about Thomas Havenner Cahoon and John Joseph (called "Joseph" here) who spent most of his life in.... Page 22: ...Memphis, TN. Joseph was a skilled engineer and invented appliances to be used in cotton mills [info. on patent in the BVHS Cahoon Family Papers Collection]. Kenyon, Oscar and Mary Emma died young. Leverett and Marshall were close, excellent farmers and "artistic in their tastes" beautifying the farms they owned. The were "identified with every progressive movement of their home town, always leading where an improvement was proposed." Page 23: Both Leverett and Marshall died suddenly. The four daughters were teachers in Cleveland Public Schools many years. Martha Washington was named so because she was born on George Washington's birthday, dainty and brilliant, like her mother. Martha was frail but involved in philanthropy. She left being a teacher to be mistress of Rose Hill. She was laid to rest in Lakeside Cemetery, May 1903. Says the writer is writing this on November 28, 1911 and Lydia, Laura and Ida reside at... Page 24: ...Talks of Joel and Margaret's visit to Rose Hill. They stopped at the Franklin House on Superior in Cleveland. After a few weeks in Dover purchased a pair of fine horses and an open two seated spring wagon and drove through to Maryland and mother described it as a very enjoyable trip. Page 25: 1840, the couple is in North Bend, Ohio. The writer has silk badges worn by her father, Joel and Uncle Daniel from their membership in the military company of Harrison's Home Guards during Harrison's presidential campaign. In 1842, he bought a two seated covered carriage into which his little family was stored away to drive from Cincinnati to Dover to live the rest of his life at Rose Hill. Mother named Rose Hill for the roses that were growing on the hillsides. Page 26: Writes about the changes to the landscape since they first came to Dover. The forests disappeared, the mills having sent thousands of feet of timber to build boats for lake commerce. There came a time when the mills "were silent" and she mentions grape vineyards became cultivated around the time of the close of the "War of the Rebellion." Her father became seriously ill around that time. Page 27: Joel couldn't be active in business because he became "seriously ill"and Leverett and Marshall, although still boys, took over the care of the farm. Joel enjoyed his retirement until he became ill again and couldn't walk for 28 months and waited for a time when he'd be able to again. Friends called Joel "a gentleman of the old school" as he always dressed carefully, had a full white beard and was very courtly. The writer believes "his strictly temperate habits lengthened his days." Page 28: All respected Joel's upright, honorable and Christen character. In politics, Joel was a member of the Whig party and voted for Monroe at first and Garfield at last. He was affiliated with the Baptist Church he and generations before him grew up in. Page 29: Joel died September 8, 1882 and was laid to rest in the Lakeside Cemetery, where his parents were buried. On Memorial Day of 1910 the National Society United States Daughters of 1812, State of Ohio put a bronze marker on his grave. Page 30: "Written by request of the Commodore Perry Chapter Daughters of 1812 by Ida M. Cahoon, Nov. 28, 1911" Remaining pages are blank.

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Early Family Papers: Cahoon

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Addison, Hiram

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Barnes, Asa

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Cahoon, Abigail

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Cahoon, Amos

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Cahoon, Benjamin

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Cahoon, Charles Austin

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Cahoon, Daniel Kenyon (b.1838)

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Cahoon, Ebenezer

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Cahoon, Ebenezer, II

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Cahoon, Elizabeth (b.1600s)

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Cahoon, Hanna

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Cahoon, Ida

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Cahoon, Ida Maria

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Cahoon, Joel Butler

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Cahoon, John Marshall

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Cahoon, Laura Ellen

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Cahoon, William Hamblin

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Colquhoun, Catherine

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Croghan, Colonel

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Franklin, Joseph

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Grant, Ann

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