BARE, BARNES, BISSELL,
HARRIS, HAYES, HENDRYX, MITCHELL, and NIVER FAMILIES
Submitted by Jean Haynes Myers
Huron County First Family Member #109
First Families of Ohio #2800
FIRST FAMILIES OF OHIO before 1820:
Benjamin (2) &
Elizabeth (BOYD) HENDRYX & daughter, Betsey(3) arrived in New London Twp. 1815.
Rachel (l) SWARTHOUT) HENDRYX was in the 1820 N.L. Tax List, coming from
Clear Creek Twp. Richland Co., after the death of her husband, Abraham (1)
HENDRYX in 1818, to be near her sons, Anthony, Benjamin, and daughter, Phebe (2)
(HENDRYX) COREY, wife of John COREY, & Families.
The following was printed in the NORWALK REPORTER on Saturday 23 June
1827: "OBITUARY - DIED: Mr. Benjamin HENDRYX, from the accidental discharge
of his own gun. The gun had been loaded a long time, he renewed the priming and
attempted to discharge it at a mark, it flashed and from the report he supposed
it went off, and immediately put his mouth to the muzzle to blow it out with his
teeth, when the charge, which yet remained in the gun exploded: and lodged the
whole contents (a ball etc.) in his head, he lingered 16 days and died, the ball
was extracted from the side of his head after his decease."
Nathan (1) & wife Betsey (MORSE?)
HARRIS & son, Hiram (2) came to Eldridge Twp. in 1815. Nathan was one
of the men who laid the road from Florence to Norwa1k. Hiram (2) HARRIS &
Betsey (3) HENDRYX were married 5 Jan 1827, living in N.L. Twp. moving to
Hartland Twp. then to the center of Clarksfield Twp.(corner of Vesta & Ferry
Roads) where his descendant, Louise (6) HARRIS WARGO & George made their
home for years.
FIRST FAMILIES OF HURON CO. - Pioneers before 1820 and Settlers 18311850.
Abram
(4) HARRIS, son of Hiram & Betsey, married for his 2nd wife, Harriet (2)
HAYES, d/Sturges (1) HAYES & Anna WAKEMAN, who came from Sherman, CT. to
Clarksfield Twp. in 1832. John & Clarissa WILDMAN HAYES, brother of Sturges
settled in the Zenobia & Chenanqo Road area and a plat was laid out and
called Hayesville by the early setters.
John
Milton (1) BISSELL, wife, Sarah BIRCH, & Family came from Salisbury , CT. to
Buffalo then on the ship "ENTERPRISE", to Cleveland and on to
Clarksfield Twp. in 1832. Daughter,
Hellen (2) BISSELL married William (2) BARNES 1 Ian 1837 in Clarksfield living
on Ferry Road then later years to Butler Road. William (l) BARNES & Family
lived until the late 1840's on the farm 1 between sons, Robert and William.
Sarah Melissa (3) BARNES, d/William (2) & Hellen (2)(BISSELL) BARNES
married John S. (1) HAYNES, JR. in 1855. They lived in N.L. Twp. in the
1860 Census then were in Branch Co. MI. in the 1870 Census. (I have a letter
written by John to his in-laws, William & Hellen BARNES, telling them of the
birth of my Grandfather, Charles Henry (2 ) HAYNES in 1868.
Melissa died in 1886 in Clarksfield and is buried in the Methodist Cemetery.
We are not sure what
happened to John between 1872 and 1898 - THE CLARKSFIEID BEE ( a paper printed
in Clarksfield) bad an article that John visited his family, whom he hadn't seen
in 27 years. He again visited the children in 1908 when a picture was taken with
his children and grandchildren. Charles Henry (2) HAYNES married Lena Rivers (5)
HARRIS, d/Abram (4) & Harriet (2) HAYES HARRIS in 1891.
My Father, Harold Abram (6) HAYNES, s/Charles & Lena, married his 1st
wife, Veitha O'HARA, d/William & Susan (COWIE) O’HARA, in 1915 and was
farming at this time on the farm where he was born on Ferry Road. Charles HAYNES
& Guy HOFSTATTER bought the BRUNDAGE & HOOVER garage in 1917. This
partnership was dissolved in 1919. Charles
& Lena bought the home of Dr. David D. V AN VECTEN & Betsey KINGSLEY at
86 East Main (corner of East Main & Park Ave.) from J .J. VAN VECTEN &
his wife, Emeline MCCORMICK. C. R.
HAYNES rented a building on N. Main, formerly occupied by the Carburetor Co. and
opened a new garage. He had the agency for Dodge cars, U.S. Tires and a repair
shop. My Father, Harold (6) sold his livestock and moved to New London. In 1922
he bought a Cadillac seven passenger touring car, the mail route and the hack,
which was the Ashland Bus Line from Jay C. THOMAS -he also had a service
station, which was located on the S. corner of North Main and S. Railroad St.
His wife died in 1923 a couple of months after the death of their 2 1/2 yr. son,
Kenneth Jack. John Bare and his
son, John (2) BARE & wife, Amy STOUT came to Ripley Twp. in 1832 from
Thompkins Co. N. Y. where John & Amy were married in 1825. To this
union 15 children were born. Herman married in 1865 Elizabeth (2) NIVER
d/Denison(1) & Maryetta (PARSONS) NIVER, who came from N. Y. in 1832 to
Norwich Twp. (Holiday Lake, Willard was built on the former Niver property).
Harry BARRE married in 1894 to Nettie Ann WOLFORD, d/ Hiram & Harriet
E.(MITCHELL) WOLFORD. Hiram s/William & Rebecca WOLFORD of Richland Co. and
Harriet d/Samuel & Sarah Jane (ROBINSON) MITCHELL of Huron Co. Harriet
divorced Hiram in 1878 and eventually married William CARR. She lived in N.L.
and ran a restaurant for a number of years.
My Mother, Margarette Grace BARRE, d/Harry & Nettie Ann, worked as a
telephone operator then she and Evelyn O'HARA went to beauty school in
Cleveland. They opened their "Charm Shoppe" in 1925 and my Mother
continued working part time for Ruth SHAW in the Northern Ohio Telephone Co.
Harold Abram HAYNES and Margarette Grace BARRE were married at Covington, KY- 30
Jan 1926 -. Dad and Mom went to the farm to live. My brother Harold Abram (7)
HAYNES, Jr. and I were born in the same house as my Father. We moved to 86 East
Main in 1934 - close to school. The Government decided this corner (Park Ave.
& East Main) would be the best place to build the new Post Office.
My Mother did not want to leave this corner! My Father moved the west
side of the house to 118 New London Ave. Jean
Harriet (7) HAYNES married Harold William MYERS in 1949 and in 1951 we
built the home at 120 New London Ave. During this time 3 daughters, Nancy,
Charlotte, and Mary (8) were born. In
1963 we completed building our home at 5673 S.R. 162 E.
Our son, Tom (8) was born in 1969 and still lives in New London, making 8
generations that have lived in the township.