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Note: . S. Wilson for the contract price of $130. It was located on the lot east of the residence of the late John Major Cowles on the highway leading from Orwell Hill easterly. It was part of land patented to Henry Gibbs June 10, 1840, conveyed to Ira Bronson by deed June 1, 1846, devised to Laura, wife of J. D. Humphrey,who deeded it to Laura Bronson November 2, 1852. Laura Bronson assigned the deed October 14, 1859 to Zebulon Frisbie and others, trustees of the First Presbyterian Church and congregation of Orwell township, a copy of the deed being found on Pages 83 to 85 in the Trustees Minute Book.
The property was sold February 25, 1886 to John H. Hamill for $288 to be paid in installments of $3 per month without interest. Various assignments of the contract were made from time to time: Hamill to Mariah Chaffee October 30, 1886; to Walter V. Rowe, March 28, 1891; to S. N. Bronson April 24, 1892; to Ira L. Bronson April 24, 1893; when the payments were completed.
From p 78, A HISTORY OF THE CHURCHES OF ORWELL, PENNSYLVANIA, (Congregational, Presbyterian, Methodist, Federated), 1803-1951, By Victor Charles Detty, Pastor Federated Church 1930-1943, Copyright, 1955, Printed in the United States of America
BIOGRAPHY: According to The Chaffee Genealogy, Grafton Press, 1909, Mr Hamill is a painter.
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#5, Hamill, John H, October 14, 1872, Cleveland, Ohio, by Lieut Coolidge, for 5 yrs, born Newark, NJ, age 21, Painter, blue eyes, auburn hair, fair complection, 5' 5" tall, Signal Service, Recruit, Deserted October 14, 1872 at Cleveland, Ohio. Surrendered Jany 22, 73. Discharged March 19, 1873 at Newport Barracks, KY, for disability @ Recruit(?).
U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914
Name: John H Hamell
Birthyear: abt 1851
Birthplace: New Jersey, United States
Enlistment Age: 21
Source Information
Ancestry.com. U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Original data: Register of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M233, 81 rolls); Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1780’s-1917, Record Group 94; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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Note: BIOGRAPHY: The parsonage was repaired in the summer of 1860 by mechanic H
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