Gilbert Fields, an Eaton Twp man of English and Connecticut ancestry, moved his family to Brigg's Corners in the late 1870s and constructed a large Victorian house on the northwest corner of the intersection.
The communities stone water pump and horse-watering trough was situated on the corner of his property.
He soon bought and began managing the local general store, which stood just west of the Methodist Episcopal church.Gilbert Fields born in Eaton Twp in 1839, married Esther Seeley of LaGrange in 1861, four children.
Gilbert died Feb 26, 1912 age 72....former Storekeeper and
postmaster...killed by speeding east bound 20th Century Limited...drove his car up a rise and was halfway across tracks at Dickson's Crossing (at Root Rd north of Chestnut Ridge) on his way to meet his daughter Jessie (Mrs R P Vaughn) of Elyria at the Greenline Trolley car stop at Root Rd.
Active member of first LaPorte M E Church, then the Free Methodist Church in Ridgeville Twp.
Both he and wife are buried across from FUMC, Fields Cemetery on Butternut Ridge.
The communities stone water pump and horse-watering trough was situated on the corner of his property.
He soon bought and began managing the local general store, which stood just west of the Methodist Episcopal church.Gilbert Fields born in Eaton Twp in 1839, married Esther Seeley of LaGrange in 1861, four children.
Gilbert died Feb 26, 1912 age 72....former Storekeeper and
postmaster...killed by speeding east bound 20th Century Limited...drove his car up a rise and was halfway across tracks at Dickson's Crossing (at Root Rd north of Chestnut Ridge) on his way to meet his daughter Jessie (Mrs R P Vaughn) of Elyria at the Greenline Trolley car stop at Root Rd.
Active member of first LaPorte M E Church, then the Free Methodist Church in Ridgeville Twp.
Both he and wife are buried across from FUMC, Fields Cemetery on Butternut Ridge.
Gilbert Fields, an Eaton Twp man of English and Connecticut ancestry, moved his family to Brigg's Corners in the late 1870s and constructed a large Victorian house on the northwest corner of the intersection.
The communities stone water pump and horse-watering trough was situated on the corner of his property.
He soon bought and began managing the local general store, which stood just west of the Methodist Episcopal church.Gilbert Fields born in Eaton Twp in 1839, married Esther Seeley of LaGrange in 1861, four children.
Gilbert died Feb 26, 1912 age 72....former Storekeeper and
postmaster...killed by speeding east bound 20th Century Limited...drove his car up a rise and was halfway across tracks at Dickson's Crossing (at Root Rd north of Chestnut Ridge) on his way to meet his daughter Jessie (Mrs R P Vaughn) of Elyria at the Greenline Trolley car stop at Root Rd.
Active member of first LaPorte M E Church, then the Free Methodist Church in Ridgeville Twp.
Both he and wife are buried across from FUMC, Fields Cemetery on Butternut Ridge.
The communities stone water pump and horse-watering trough was situated on the corner of his property.
He soon bought and began managing the local general store, which stood just west of the Methodist Episcopal church.Gilbert Fields born in Eaton Twp in 1839, married Esther Seeley of LaGrange in 1861, four children.
Gilbert died Feb 26, 1912 age 72....former Storekeeper and
postmaster...killed by speeding east bound 20th Century Limited...drove his car up a rise and was halfway across tracks at Dickson's Crossing (at Root Rd north of Chestnut Ridge) on his way to meet his daughter Jessie (Mrs R P Vaughn) of Elyria at the Greenline Trolley car stop at Root Rd.
Active member of first LaPorte M E Church, then the Free Methodist Church in Ridgeville Twp.
Both he and wife are buried across from FUMC, Fields Cemetery on Butternut Ridge.
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