Ephraim Quinby was a co-founder of Warren, Ohio.
Quinby was born on May 11, 1766, in New Jersey. Shortly after Quinby's marriage to Ammi Blackmore in 1795, he relocated his family to Washington County, Pennsylvania. The Quinbys remained in Pennsylvania until 1799, when they moved to the Connecticut Western Reserve. Here, in 1801, Ephraim Quinby established the town of Warren, which he named after Moses Warren, one of the original surveyors of the Connecticut Western Reserve.
Upon arriving in the Western Reserve, Quinby purchased approximately four hundred acres of land from the Connecticut Land Company. His land existed on both the east and west banks of the Mahoning River at the site of present-day Warren. Quinby engaged in several professions, including milling and farming. He also operated a mercantile store. In addition to these pursuits, Quinby also served as an associate justice on the Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas.
Like many other early Ohioans, Quinby sought to improve his fortunes on the American frontier. While many people failed, others, like Quinby, succeeded. Quinby died on June 4, 1850.
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First Fourth
The first celebration of the Fourth of July was had in 1800, on the place of Ehraim Quinby. The twin brothers, Elam and Eli Blair, the one a fifer and the other a drummer, made their own instruments; the fife from an elder and the drum from a block of pepperidge, having heads of deerskin, he snares being made from a set of plow-lines belonging to Meshach Case.
It does not appear that any oration was delivered, though an excellent dinner was served up in an arbor, which toasts were honored with the usual stimulus and firing of guns. John Leavitt acted as Militia Captain.
A number of guests were present from abroad, among whom were John Young and Calvin Austin, of Youngstown, General Paine and Judge Eliphalet Austin, from the Lake Shore, with others from other points.
-- Combination Atlas Map of Trumbull County, Ohio - Compiled, Drawn and Published From Personal Examinations and Surveys by L. H. Everts, Chicago, ILL. 1874, Reprinted 1974 by The Bookmark, P. O. Box 74, Knightstown, Ind. and sponsored by the Trumbull County Chapter, Ohio Genealogical Society - Page 13
Quinby was born on May 11, 1766, in New Jersey. Shortly after Quinby's marriage to Ammi Blackmore in 1795, he relocated his family to Washington County, Pennsylvania. The Quinbys remained in Pennsylvania until 1799, when they moved to the Connecticut Western Reserve. Here, in 1801, Ephraim Quinby established the town of Warren, which he named after Moses Warren, one of the original surveyors of the Connecticut Western Reserve.
Upon arriving in the Western Reserve, Quinby purchased approximately four hundred acres of land from the Connecticut Land Company. His land existed on both the east and west banks of the Mahoning River at the site of present-day Warren. Quinby engaged in several professions, including milling and farming. He also operated a mercantile store. In addition to these pursuits, Quinby also served as an associate justice on the Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas.
Like many other early Ohioans, Quinby sought to improve his fortunes on the American frontier. While many people failed, others, like Quinby, succeeded. Quinby died on June 4, 1850.
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First Fourth
The first celebration of the Fourth of July was had in 1800, on the place of Ehraim Quinby. The twin brothers, Elam and Eli Blair, the one a fifer and the other a drummer, made their own instruments; the fife from an elder and the drum from a block of pepperidge, having heads of deerskin, he snares being made from a set of plow-lines belonging to Meshach Case.
It does not appear that any oration was delivered, though an excellent dinner was served up in an arbor, which toasts were honored with the usual stimulus and firing of guns. John Leavitt acted as Militia Captain.
A number of guests were present from abroad, among whom were John Young and Calvin Austin, of Youngstown, General Paine and Judge Eliphalet Austin, from the Lake Shore, with others from other points.
-- Combination Atlas Map of Trumbull County, Ohio - Compiled, Drawn and Published From Personal Examinations and Surveys by L. H. Everts, Chicago, ILL. 1874, Reprinted 1974 by The Bookmark, P. O. Box 74, Knightstown, Ind. and sponsored by the Trumbull County Chapter, Ohio Genealogical Society - Page 13
Ephraim Quinby was a co-founder of Warren, Ohio.
Quinby was born on May 11, 1766, in New Jersey. Shortly after Quinby's marriage to Ammi Blackmore in 1795, he relocated his family to Washington County, Pennsylvania. The Quinbys remained in Pennsylvania until 1799, when they moved to the Connecticut Western Reserve. Here, in 1801, Ephraim Quinby established the town of Warren, which he named after Moses Warren, one of the original surveyors of the Connecticut Western Reserve.
Upon arriving in the Western Reserve, Quinby purchased approximately four hundred acres of land from the Connecticut Land Company. His land existed on both the east and west banks of the Mahoning River at the site of present-day Warren. Quinby engaged in several professions, including milling and farming. He also operated a mercantile store. In addition to these pursuits, Quinby also served as an associate justice on the Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas.
Like many other early Ohioans, Quinby sought to improve his fortunes on the American frontier. While many people failed, others, like Quinby, succeeded. Quinby died on June 4, 1850.
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First Fourth
The first celebration of the Fourth of July was had in 1800, on the place of Ehraim Quinby. The twin brothers, Elam and Eli Blair, the one a fifer and the other a drummer, made their own instruments; the fife from an elder and the drum from a block of pepperidge, having heads of deerskin, he snares being made from a set of plow-lines belonging to Meshach Case.
It does not appear that any oration was delivered, though an excellent dinner was served up in an arbor, which toasts were honored with the usual stimulus and firing of guns. John Leavitt acted as Militia Captain.
A number of guests were present from abroad, among whom were John Young and Calvin Austin, of Youngstown, General Paine and Judge Eliphalet Austin, from the Lake Shore, with others from other points.
-- Combination Atlas Map of Trumbull County, Ohio - Compiled, Drawn and Published From Personal Examinations and Surveys by L. H. Everts, Chicago, ILL. 1874, Reprinted 1974 by The Bookmark, P. O. Box 74, Knightstown, Ind. and sponsored by the Trumbull County Chapter, Ohio Genealogical Society - Page 13
Quinby was born on May 11, 1766, in New Jersey. Shortly after Quinby's marriage to Ammi Blackmore in 1795, he relocated his family to Washington County, Pennsylvania. The Quinbys remained in Pennsylvania until 1799, when they moved to the Connecticut Western Reserve. Here, in 1801, Ephraim Quinby established the town of Warren, which he named after Moses Warren, one of the original surveyors of the Connecticut Western Reserve.
Upon arriving in the Western Reserve, Quinby purchased approximately four hundred acres of land from the Connecticut Land Company. His land existed on both the east and west banks of the Mahoning River at the site of present-day Warren. Quinby engaged in several professions, including milling and farming. He also operated a mercantile store. In addition to these pursuits, Quinby also served as an associate justice on the Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas.
Like many other early Ohioans, Quinby sought to improve his fortunes on the American frontier. While many people failed, others, like Quinby, succeeded. Quinby died on June 4, 1850.
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First Fourth
The first celebration of the Fourth of July was had in 1800, on the place of Ehraim Quinby. The twin brothers, Elam and Eli Blair, the one a fifer and the other a drummer, made their own instruments; the fife from an elder and the drum from a block of pepperidge, having heads of deerskin, he snares being made from a set of plow-lines belonging to Meshach Case.
It does not appear that any oration was delivered, though an excellent dinner was served up in an arbor, which toasts were honored with the usual stimulus and firing of guns. John Leavitt acted as Militia Captain.
A number of guests were present from abroad, among whom were John Young and Calvin Austin, of Youngstown, General Paine and Judge Eliphalet Austin, from the Lake Shore, with others from other points.
-- Combination Atlas Map of Trumbull County, Ohio - Compiled, Drawn and Published From Personal Examinations and Surveys by L. H. Everts, Chicago, ILL. 1874, Reprinted 1974 by The Bookmark, P. O. Box 74, Knightstown, Ind. and sponsored by the Trumbull County Chapter, Ohio Genealogical Society - Page 13
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