Annals of the Early Settlers Association of Cuyahoga County, Volume 2The Association, 1887 - Cuyahoga County (Ohio) |
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Page 42
... held before Mr. E. Waterman , a justice of the peace , Mr. Allen offended the justice in some way , who threatened to have him arrested for contempt of court , but finally the difficulty between them was amicably settled . Mr. Allen ...
... held before Mr. E. Waterman , a justice of the peace , Mr. Allen offended the justice in some way , who threatened to have him arrested for contempt of court , but finally the difficulty between them was amicably settled . Mr. Allen ...
Page 44
... held in the basement . One evening when the weekly prayer - meeting was in session , Grove was near the church with a number of companions . Grove pro- posed that we should have some fun by throwing stones at the windows and then ...
... held in the basement . One evening when the weekly prayer - meeting was in session , Grove was near the church with a number of companions . Grove pro- posed that we should have some fun by throwing stones at the windows and then ...
Page 54
... held the position of assistant sergeant - at - arms of the senate . Seabury Ford was then governor ; Henry B. Payne was a member of the senate , and John Hutchins represented Trumbull county in the house . I next became steward of the ...
... held the position of assistant sergeant - at - arms of the senate . Seabury Ford was then governor ; Henry B. Payne was a member of the senate , and John Hutchins represented Trumbull county in the house . I next became steward of the ...
Page 56
... held there I shall never forget . A little mare called Portage Polly had beaten everything at home , and a lot of the Portage county men came up here with their pockets full of money to back their favorite against a Cleveland horse ...
... held there I shall never forget . A little mare called Portage Polly had beaten everything at home , and a lot of the Portage county men came up here with their pockets full of money to back their favorite against a Cleveland horse ...
Page 60
... held only three months in the winter and three in the summer , but the boys were kept so busy hoeing corn and picking up brush that they did not get much of a chance at the sum- mer term . The first religious meetings held in the бо ...
... held only three months in the winter and three in the summer , but the boys were kept so busy hoeing corn and picking up brush that they did not get much of a chance at the sum- mer term . The first religious meetings held in the бо ...
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Page 454 - That life was happy ; every day he gave Thanks for the fair existence that was his ; For a sick fancy made him not her slave. To mock him with her phantom miseries. No chronic tortures racked his aged limb. For luxury and sloth had nourished none for him.
Page 153 - Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
Page 283 - But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
Page 204 - ... that it may please thee, of thy gracious goodness, shortly to accomplish the number of thine elect, and to hasten thy kingdom ; that we, with all those that are departed in the true faith of thy holy Name, may have our perfect consummation and bliss, both in body and soul, in thy eternal and everlasting glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 429 - I heard a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write, From henceforth, blessed are the dead who die in the Lord : even so, saith the Spirit, for they rest from their labours.
Page 222 - We have met the enemy and they are ours; two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop.
Page 422 - That light we see is burning in my hall. How far that little candle throws his beams ! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
Page 250 - With better hopes be filled. 2 Thy love the power of thought bestowed, To Thee my thoughts would soar : Thy mercy o'er my life has flowed, That mercy I adore. 3 In each event of life, how clear Thy ruling hand I see ; Each blessing to my soul more dear, Because conferred by Thee. 4 In every joy that crowns my days, In every pain...
Page 454 - And I am glad, that he has lived thus long, And glad, that he has gone to his reward ; Nor deem, that kindly nature did him wrong, Softly to disengage the vital cord. When his weak hand grew palsied, and his eye Dark with the mists of age, it was his time to die.
Page 151 - No radiant pearl, which crested fortune wears, No gem, that twinkling hangs from beauty's ears, Nor the bright stars, which night's blue arch Nor rising suns that gild the vernal morn, Shine with such lustre, as the tear that breaks, For others' woe, down Virtue's manly cheeks SECTION II.