War of 1812 1st regiment Pennsylvania Militia Private. Move to Ashland, Ohio in 1815. Owned the first blacksmith shop in Ashland, Ohio. He was a tall man and weighed close to 300 lbs. He once killed six (6) Indians at one time to avenge the killing of his brother, Thomas.
Sources for names and dates of Solomon Urie's children: WFT#3 / #4119 [Georgia Parker, descendant of Solomon thru Samuel] Solomon and his family moved to Richland County (now Ashland) right after the War of 1812.
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Notes for Solomon Urie from Bruce R. Urie's GedCom:
The following information is taken from Hopewell Township [pages 811 - 824] History of Washington County, Pennsylvania.
Samuel and Solomon each weighed over three hundred pounds. They were also men of prominence and ability, and Samuel represented his district in the state legislature, besides filling the office of justice of the peace from 1810 - 1826.
Solomon and Thomas were great hunters, and while thus engaged near Stillwater, Ohio, Thomas was killed by Indians, [Thomas died in 1756] Solomon escaped, and years afterwards [in 1815] while living at Coshocton, Ohio, he killed an entire band of six Indians, one of whom had made an insulting boast of being the one who killed his brother, Thomas, on the occasion referred to above. Solomon was arrested and taken to Mad River for trial, but was acquitted and returned to his home. He was killed in 1830 by a fall from his horse.
Information from Barbara Fahey says that Solomon is buried in Hopewell Cemetery in Ashland, Ohio.
Sources for names and dates of Solomon Urie's children: WFT#3 / #4119 [Georgia Parker, descendant of Solomon thru Samuel] Solomon and his family moved to Richland County (now Ashland) right after the War of 1812.
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Notes for Solomon Urie from Bruce R. Urie's GedCom:
The following information is taken from Hopewell Township [pages 811 - 824] History of Washington County, Pennsylvania.
Samuel and Solomon each weighed over three hundred pounds. They were also men of prominence and ability, and Samuel represented his district in the state legislature, besides filling the office of justice of the peace from 1810 - 1826.
Solomon and Thomas were great hunters, and while thus engaged near Stillwater, Ohio, Thomas was killed by Indians, [Thomas died in 1756] Solomon escaped, and years afterwards [in 1815] while living at Coshocton, Ohio, he killed an entire band of six Indians, one of whom had made an insulting boast of being the one who killed his brother, Thomas, on the occasion referred to above. Solomon was arrested and taken to Mad River for trial, but was acquitted and returned to his home. He was killed in 1830 by a fall from his horse.
Information from Barbara Fahey says that Solomon is buried in Hopewell Cemetery in Ashland, Ohio.
War of 1812 1st regiment Pennsylvania Militia Private. Move to Ashland, Ohio in 1815. Owned the first blacksmith shop in Ashland, Ohio. He was a tall man and weighed close to 300 lbs. He once killed six (6) Indians at one time to avenge the killing of his brother, Thomas.
Sources for names and dates of Solomon Urie's children: WFT#3 / #4119 [Georgia Parker, descendant of Solomon thru Samuel] Solomon and his family moved to Richland County (now Ashland) right after the War of 1812.
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Notes for Solomon Urie from Bruce R. Urie's GedCom:
The following information is taken from Hopewell Township [pages 811 - 824] History of Washington County, Pennsylvania.
Samuel and Solomon each weighed over three hundred pounds. They were also men of prominence and ability, and Samuel represented his district in the state legislature, besides filling the office of justice of the peace from 1810 - 1826.
Solomon and Thomas were great hunters, and while thus engaged near Stillwater, Ohio, Thomas was killed by Indians, [Thomas died in 1756] Solomon escaped, and years afterwards [in 1815] while living at Coshocton, Ohio, he killed an entire band of six Indians, one of whom had made an insulting boast of being the one who killed his brother, Thomas, on the occasion referred to above. Solomon was arrested and taken to Mad River for trial, but was acquitted and returned to his home. He was killed in 1830 by a fall from his horse.
Information from Barbara Fahey says that Solomon is buried in Hopewell Cemetery in Ashland, Ohio.
Sources for names and dates of Solomon Urie's children: WFT#3 / #4119 [Georgia Parker, descendant of Solomon thru Samuel] Solomon and his family moved to Richland County (now Ashland) right after the War of 1812.
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Notes for Solomon Urie from Bruce R. Urie's GedCom:
The following information is taken from Hopewell Township [pages 811 - 824] History of Washington County, Pennsylvania.
Samuel and Solomon each weighed over three hundred pounds. They were also men of prominence and ability, and Samuel represented his district in the state legislature, besides filling the office of justice of the peace from 1810 - 1826.
Solomon and Thomas were great hunters, and while thus engaged near Stillwater, Ohio, Thomas was killed by Indians, [Thomas died in 1756] Solomon escaped, and years afterwards [in 1815] while living at Coshocton, Ohio, he killed an entire band of six Indians, one of whom had made an insulting boast of being the one who killed his brother, Thomas, on the occasion referred to above. Solomon was arrested and taken to Mad River for trial, but was acquitted and returned to his home. He was killed in 1830 by a fall from his horse.
Information from Barbara Fahey says that Solomon is buried in Hopewell Cemetery in Ashland, Ohio.
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