Son of Chloe Waite and Alexander Bushnell.
Married Mary "Polly" Borden 25 July 1786 at Hartland Township, Hartford, Connecticut.
Mary died in the typhoid epidemic of 1828 and on 8 May 1829, he married Candace Sherman Adams, the widow of Job Adams of Barre, Washington, Vermont.
NO GRAVESTONE FOUND IN 2012
Burial confirmed by the following source:
History of Trumbull & Mahoning Counties, with Illustrations & Biographical Sketches - Vol. II - Cleveland - H. Z. Williams & Bro. - 1882
"CEMETERIES" [of Trumbull County, Ohio]
"There are three cemeteries in the township, the one at the center being the oldest. The site was selected in 1805, after the death of Fidelia Andrews, the land being given by Titus Brockway. She was buried in the forest, and her grave was surrounded by an enclosure of logs.
Among the marble headstones of later years are scattered here and there the old brown flag and sand-stones, which mark the early graves. On many of these the inscriptions are rudely chiseled, and some are almost obliterated by the hand of time. Beside them grow the roses planted by hands long since folded to rest in other graves.
Here lies the first pioneer, Edward Brockway, and a large number of his descendants are also buried here. The soldier of the Revolution and the soldier of the Rebellion are found here, and near them lies Asahel Brainard, the first settler, who spent the winter alone in this unbroken forest, the only representative of this pioneer family buried in the township. The Hon. Calvin Cone, the Hon. Titus Brockway, Colonel William Bushnell, and the Hon. James Beebe are among the prominent persons interred in this old cemetery, including Captain Alexander Bushnell, Thomas Bushnell, Titus Hayes, Edward Brockway, and Daniel Bushnell, who were soldiers of the war of the Revolution."
LONG LOST PAST
Your gravestone stands, so cold and lone
In tangled vines, all overgrown.
I wonder if it's hiding there;
And waiting for someone to care.
I see your name and faded date,
So worn from age and destined fate.
And now it seems to beckon me,
To touch its' face, for more to see.
I feel the script; Oh, can it be......?
My mind now reads your history!
So now I have a solemn task,
To document your long lost past.
~Shirleen Farley 2019
Married Mary "Polly" Borden 25 July 1786 at Hartland Township, Hartford, Connecticut.
Mary died in the typhoid epidemic of 1828 and on 8 May 1829, he married Candace Sherman Adams, the widow of Job Adams of Barre, Washington, Vermont.
NO GRAVESTONE FOUND IN 2012
Burial confirmed by the following source:
History of Trumbull & Mahoning Counties, with Illustrations & Biographical Sketches - Vol. II - Cleveland - H. Z. Williams & Bro. - 1882
"CEMETERIES" [of Trumbull County, Ohio]
"There are three cemeteries in the township, the one at the center being the oldest. The site was selected in 1805, after the death of Fidelia Andrews, the land being given by Titus Brockway. She was buried in the forest, and her grave was surrounded by an enclosure of logs.
Among the marble headstones of later years are scattered here and there the old brown flag and sand-stones, which mark the early graves. On many of these the inscriptions are rudely chiseled, and some are almost obliterated by the hand of time. Beside them grow the roses planted by hands long since folded to rest in other graves.
Here lies the first pioneer, Edward Brockway, and a large number of his descendants are also buried here. The soldier of the Revolution and the soldier of the Rebellion are found here, and near them lies Asahel Brainard, the first settler, who spent the winter alone in this unbroken forest, the only representative of this pioneer family buried in the township. The Hon. Calvin Cone, the Hon. Titus Brockway, Colonel William Bushnell, and the Hon. James Beebe are among the prominent persons interred in this old cemetery, including Captain Alexander Bushnell, Thomas Bushnell, Titus Hayes, Edward Brockway, and Daniel Bushnell, who were soldiers of the war of the Revolution."
LONG LOST PAST
Your gravestone stands, so cold and lone
In tangled vines, all overgrown.
I wonder if it's hiding there;
And waiting for someone to care.
I see your name and faded date,
So worn from age and destined fate.
And now it seems to beckon me,
To touch its' face, for more to see.
I feel the script; Oh, can it be......?
My mind now reads your history!
So now I have a solemn task,
To document your long lost past.
~Shirleen Farley 2019
Son of Chloe Waite and Alexander Bushnell.
Married Mary "Polly" Borden 25 July 1786 at Hartland Township, Hartford, Connecticut.
Mary died in the typhoid epidemic of 1828 and on 8 May 1829, he married Candace Sherman Adams, the widow of Job Adams of Barre, Washington, Vermont.
NO GRAVESTONE FOUND IN 2012
Burial confirmed by the following source:
History of Trumbull & Mahoning Counties, with Illustrations & Biographical Sketches - Vol. II - Cleveland - H. Z. Williams & Bro. - 1882
"CEMETERIES" [of Trumbull County, Ohio]
"There are three cemeteries in the township, the one at the center being the oldest. The site was selected in 1805, after the death of Fidelia Andrews, the land being given by Titus Brockway. She was buried in the forest, and her grave was surrounded by an enclosure of logs.
Among the marble headstones of later years are scattered here and there the old brown flag and sand-stones, which mark the early graves. On many of these the inscriptions are rudely chiseled, and some are almost obliterated by the hand of time. Beside them grow the roses planted by hands long since folded to rest in other graves.
Here lies the first pioneer, Edward Brockway, and a large number of his descendants are also buried here. The soldier of the Revolution and the soldier of the Rebellion are found here, and near them lies Asahel Brainard, the first settler, who spent the winter alone in this unbroken forest, the only representative of this pioneer family buried in the township. The Hon. Calvin Cone, the Hon. Titus Brockway, Colonel William Bushnell, and the Hon. James Beebe are among the prominent persons interred in this old cemetery, including Captain Alexander Bushnell, Thomas Bushnell, Titus Hayes, Edward Brockway, and Daniel Bushnell, who were soldiers of the war of the Revolution."
LONG LOST PAST
Your gravestone stands, so cold and lone
In tangled vines, all overgrown.
I wonder if it's hiding there;
And waiting for someone to care.
I see your name and faded date,
So worn from age and destined fate.
And now it seems to beckon me,
To touch its' face, for more to see.
I feel the script; Oh, can it be......?
My mind now reads your history!
So now I have a solemn task,
To document your long lost past.
~Shirleen Farley 2019
Married Mary "Polly" Borden 25 July 1786 at Hartland Township, Hartford, Connecticut.
Mary died in the typhoid epidemic of 1828 and on 8 May 1829, he married Candace Sherman Adams, the widow of Job Adams of Barre, Washington, Vermont.
NO GRAVESTONE FOUND IN 2012
Burial confirmed by the following source:
History of Trumbull & Mahoning Counties, with Illustrations & Biographical Sketches - Vol. II - Cleveland - H. Z. Williams & Bro. - 1882
"CEMETERIES" [of Trumbull County, Ohio]
"There are three cemeteries in the township, the one at the center being the oldest. The site was selected in 1805, after the death of Fidelia Andrews, the land being given by Titus Brockway. She was buried in the forest, and her grave was surrounded by an enclosure of logs.
Among the marble headstones of later years are scattered here and there the old brown flag and sand-stones, which mark the early graves. On many of these the inscriptions are rudely chiseled, and some are almost obliterated by the hand of time. Beside them grow the roses planted by hands long since folded to rest in other graves.
Here lies the first pioneer, Edward Brockway, and a large number of his descendants are also buried here. The soldier of the Revolution and the soldier of the Rebellion are found here, and near them lies Asahel Brainard, the first settler, who spent the winter alone in this unbroken forest, the only representative of this pioneer family buried in the township. The Hon. Calvin Cone, the Hon. Titus Brockway, Colonel William Bushnell, and the Hon. James Beebe are among the prominent persons interred in this old cemetery, including Captain Alexander Bushnell, Thomas Bushnell, Titus Hayes, Edward Brockway, and Daniel Bushnell, who were soldiers of the war of the Revolution."
LONG LOST PAST
Your gravestone stands, so cold and lone
In tangled vines, all overgrown.
I wonder if it's hiding there;
And waiting for someone to care.
I see your name and faded date,
So worn from age and destined fate.
And now it seems to beckon me,
To touch its' face, for more to see.
I feel the script; Oh, can it be......?
My mind now reads your history!
So now I have a solemn task,
To document your long lost past.
~Shirleen Farley 2019
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