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Graham, p480: Among the first schools in Mansfield was one taught by Eliza Wolf in one of the block houses on the square. She was the sister of John M. May’s wife and the mother of W.W. Drennan of Plymouth. She was also the guardian of the military stores kept in the blockhouse during the War of 1812. “A lady of rare tact and ability.”

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Baughman, II-1025: Eliza was the second wife of James Drennan, who was commander of a company of Pennsylvania volunteers in the War of 1812. They were sent to relieve Fort Cregor, which was besieged by Indians, and camped on what is now the public square in Plymouth. He returned Aug. 6, 1825 with his wife and son, William Wolf Drennan, who was born in Canton, Ohio, July 18, 1820. His first wife was Jane Patton with whom he had one son. The children by his second marriage were James, Eleanor, Kate Artemesia and Emanuel. Eliza came to Mansfield in 1808 with her widowed mother. The Wolf family came to America just before the Revolutionary War, and Eliza’s father, Augustus, served on George Washington’s staff. William married Hannah Brinkerhoff, born in Owasco, Cayuga Co. NY. Jan. 1822, daughter of George R., and sister of Roeliff. She came to visit her sister in Richland County in 1846 and married Drennan in New York in March 1850.

Baughman, I-280: John M. May, Eliza’s sister’s husband, was the first resident lawyer in Mansfield, settling here in the fall of 1815 and practicing until two years before his death Dec. 12, 1869. Known as “Father May.”

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Daybook of Sturges & Sherwood (merchants), Mansfield, Vol. I (Oct. 28, 1815-June 1816) on microfilm at Mansfield-Richland Co. Public Library:  Only women with accounts in their own name were single or widowed. Married women bought things under their husband’s accounts.

 

Eliza Wolf/Woolf’s purchases:

Dec. 19, 1815, ¼ yard of linen, 18 ¾ p.

Dec. 28, 1815, ¾ yard factory thrils(?), 40p.

Jan. 1816, 8 yards velvet ribbon, $1

Jan. 25, 1816, silk (thread?), 12p.

Feb. 3, 1816, due on balance, 12p.

May 19, 1816, ½ yard canton crepe, ??; 5/8 yard green silk for bonnets, $1.25; 1 skein silk, 12p.; ?? cotton, 22p.

May 31, 1816, 2 yards ribbon @ 19p; 2 shears(?), 44p.

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