- Birth: 6 May 1800, , Middlebury, CT
- Death: 13 Nov 1864
Father: Ashbel MUNSON
Mother: Candace SPENCER
Family 1:
Amanda M. WILSON
_Caleb MUNSON ______
_Caleb MUNSON _____|_Elizabeth HARMON __
_Abner MUNSON ___|
| | _Samuel BROCKETT ___
| |_Abigail BROCKETT _|_Rachel BROWN ______
_Ashbel MUNSON ___|
| | _Isaac BRUNSON [JR]_
| | _Josiah BRONSON ___|_Mary MORGAN _______
| |_Azubah BRONSON _|
| | _John HURD _________
| |_Sarah HURD _______|_Elizabeth HINMAN __
|
|--Henry "Harry" Wetmore MUNSON
|
| _Thomas SPENCER ____
| _Thomas SPENCER ___|_Ann DOUGLAS _______
| _Thomas SPENCER _|
| | | ____________________
| | |_Deborah __________|____________________
|_Candace SPENCER _|
| _Daniel GRINNELL ___
| _George GRINNELL __|_Lydia PABODIE _____
|_Phebe GRENELL __|
| _Daniel BULL _______
|_Mary BULL ________|_Mary MYGATT _______
INDEX
Notes
Source: :A Genealogy of the Ingersoll Family in America 1629-1929" by Lillian
Drake Avery, NY.
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Posted to Lake Co., Ohio USGENWEB site.
PIONEER HISTORY
HENRY WETMORE MUNSON - BY C. C. Bronson
The following article is from the Painesville Telegraph, 28 February 1884 and reprinted in t
he April 1991 "LakeLines," the newsletter of the Lake County Genealogical Society, retranscri
bed here by Kerri O'Connor. He was the second child of Ashbel and Candace S. Munson, and wo
uld say their first child was born March 16th, 1799, and died august 10th, 1803, aged four ye
ars. H. W. Munson was born May 6th, 1800. He attended the common district schools of his nati
ve State and town with others of his day and generation. And the proficiency he made in schoo
l and his native talents were such that he held offices of trust which were given him by hi
s fellow citizens. He was twenty-one years and one month old when his father with his famil
y commenced their long journey for New Connecticut, another name for the Western Reserve; Har
ry as he was called in his native town driving the ox team to Ohio. On his arrival in Mento
r he found that if the country was different from the rocky hills of his native town in Conne
cticut, a man had to go to work and get his living, and use prudence and economy in Ohio as w
ell as on the hard soil of New England. But as he had no rich father to furnish money to bu
y him a farm there was no other alternative for him but to carve out his own fortune in the b
est way he could. Soon after their arrival in Mentor the Munson family very soon made themsel
ves friends by their kindness, and their quiet, industrious habits, thus proving their determ
ination to be not only good citizens but act well their part in the drama of life. Mentor bei
ng situated between Grand River on the east and the Chagrin River on the west, and the east b
ranch running near the south line in Kirtland. Although the town is pretty well watered by sp
rings the creeks are small. About a mile north of the town hall in Mentor, Joseph Sawyer at a
n early day built a saw mill for his own convenience, to saw lumber for his own buildings an
d others. He having erected his own buildings and the mill some distance from his residence
, and not wishing to run it himself, he proposed to Mr. Ashbel Munson to give him a deed of l
and with the saw mill, on condition that Mr. Munson should saw 100,000 feet of lumber when he
, Sawyer, should place the logs on the logway. Mr. Munson accepted the proposal and took poss
ession in 1822. Harry and his father run the mill for many years when there was water. He als
o labored in a brick yard and other work so that his time was well occupied. All this time h
e was in his fathers house and one of the family, and this helped him to save his wages, an
d his parents in this way helped him. H. W. Munson in 1829 bought of the heirs of John Hill
, deceased, 50 acres in tract 7 in the township of Mentor; he bought on credit and as fast a
s the heirs became of age Mr. Munson paid them and received deeds, until the heirs were all p
aid. This land was bought for a fraction less than $8 an acre. A great change in the value o
f land in Lake county in half a century. The mill was his, and his farm, and he past 30 year
s of age, began to think that it was not well for man to live alone, and he became acquainte
d with Miss Amanda M. Wilson, a native of Winsted, Connecticut, she was a half sister of Capt
. Zenas Wilson, of Concord. They were married November 3rd, 1830. She received her educatio
n in the common schools of Connecticut and like others of that day was early initiated in al
l the various duties of housekeeping, and not forgetting the spinning wheels or the hand loom
. the necessary appendages of a farm house at that day. They commenced their married life wit
h willing minds and a determination that with their united efforts they would with industry
, prudence and economy, and if health was given them, not only obtain a good living but a com
fortable home and pleasant surroundings. And it can be said they were succesful, for he clear
ed the farm of timber and built a fine house and barn, and bought more land as others wishe
d to sell. He educated his family and inculcated by example and by precept the principles o
f honesty and integrity. He was early elected Constable and he held the office of Justice o
f the Peace, and he was appointed to the office of Associate Judge of the Court of Common Ple
as for the county of Lake, May 3d, 1849. His commission was signed by Seabury Ford, Governo
r of the State of Ohio. He very soon after his settlement in Mentor was elected a non-commiss
ioned officer in the militia company of Mentor, and he arose to the post of Captain. He was e
arnestly solicited to accept the office of Colonel of the regiment, but the expenses and othe
r reasons were such that he respectfully declined and thus ended his military career. He cont
inued to labor on his farm and to manage his business until admonished by failing health to w
ithdraw from labor on his farm. His mental faculties he retained to the last. He died of canc
er, November 13th, 1864, aged 64. An appropriate sermon was preached by Rev. Geo. F. Bronson
, of Kirtland, from Rev., chapter 21, verse 4, the first clause of the verse, "And God shal
l wipe away all tears from their eyes." His life was an exemplary one, and his sufferings wer
e very great, but he was able by the grace of God to submit without a murmur, with the full a
ssurance that he might cling to the promise: "There remaineth therefore a rest to the peopl
e of God." To a friend who inquired how he felt in view of death, "He felt Christ would be we
ll with him over the River." Mr. and Mrs. Munson were the parents of three children, two son
s and one daughter, all have families and are living in sight of the old homestead at this ti
me, 1884. Mrs. Munson will be 82 March 25th, is smart and active for one of her age. Her hom
e is with her daughter and she is amply provided for from the estate. Henry W. Munson marrie
d Miss Jane Hollister, they are the parents of five children, have buried one, and also a gra
ndchild which elevates Mrs. A. Munson to great-grand-ma. Horatio N. Munson is a prominent ma
n in the town and country. He has held the office of County Surveyor for several years, he i
s Justice of the Peace, and one of the active members of the M. E. Church and Sunday School
. He was married in the State of New York to Miss Elizabeth Cullings, February 3d, 1864. The
y have three children, a son and two daughters. Sylvia J. married Sylvanus Cleveland, Februa
ry 5th, 1862, they have a very pleasant home in sight of her birthplace and a few rods from i
t; they have one daughter. H. N. Munson had the homestead and is one of the successful farmer
s of Mentor.
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