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From the Biographical Record of the Counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio. Chicago, J.H. Beers & Co. 1894 (page 325)
"Luther Mead, son of Calvin, was born on his father's farm at Greenwich, Conn., in 1790. When a young man he married Annis Mead, a native of Westchester county, N. Y., and took her to his home in New York City, where he had previously established himself in mercantile life. Subsequently he moved to Ludlowville, where he started a dry-goods store, and carried on business until 1826, when he and family went to Greenwich, Connecticut.
In 1830 Luther Mead, his wife and three children set out on a journey to the "Firelands" in Ohio, traveling via Albany and Buffalo to Sandusky (at that time called Portland), and thence by wagon via Norwalk to Greenwich township, where his father, Calvin Mead, had purchased 1,100 acres of wild land. He deeded to Luther 500 acres, and on this tract the pioneers erected a cabin. In this pioneer cabin were born two children, viz.: Thomas L., the subject of this sketch, and Annie M., a resident of Greenwich township. The father of these children died on the original farm January 11, 1876, and the mother in March, 1886, both being interred in the Fitchville cemetery. Luther Mead was a Whig until the Republicans were organized, and for twenty years was a faithful adherent of the new party. In religious connection he and his wife were early members of the Congregational Church at Fitchville, and among its most zealous supporters. On one occasion Mr. Mead saw a few boys desecrating the Sabbath Day by bathing in a mill pond, and approaching them invited them to his home to attend Sabbath-school. The boys, now clean, good-natured and vigorous after their bath, accepted the invitation and appeared in due time at the Mead cabin. The Sabbath school was thus opened for the first time in Greenwich township. "
From the Biographical Record of the Counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio. Chicago, J.H. Beers & Co. 1894 (page 325)
"Luther Mead, son of Calvin, was born on his father's farm at Greenwich, Conn., in 1790. When a young man he married Annis Mead, a native of Westchester county, N. Y., and took her to his home in New York City, where he had previously established himself in mercantile life. Subsequently he moved to Ludlowville, where he started a dry-goods store, and carried on business until 1826, when he and family went to Greenwich, Connecticut.
In 1830 Luther Mead, his wife and three children set out on a journey to the "Firelands" in Ohio, traveling via Albany and Buffalo to Sandusky (at that time called Portland), and thence by wagon via Norwalk to Greenwich township, where his father, Calvin Mead, had purchased 1,100 acres of wild land. He deeded to Luther 500 acres, and on this tract the pioneers erected a cabin. In this pioneer cabin were born two children, viz.: Thomas L., the subject of this sketch, and Annie M., a resident of Greenwich township. The father of these children died on the original farm January 11, 1876, and the mother in March, 1886, both being interred in the Fitchville cemetery. Luther Mead was a Whig until the Republicans were organized, and for twenty years was a faithful adherent of the new party. In religious connection he and his wife were early members of the Congregational Church at Fitchville, and among its most zealous supporters. On one occasion Mr. Mead saw a few boys desecrating the Sabbath Day by bathing in a mill pond, and approaching them invited them to his home to attend Sabbath-school. The boys, now clean, good-natured and vigorous after their bath, accepted the invitation and appeared in due time at the Mead cabin. The Sabbath school was thus opened for the first time in Greenwich township. "
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From the Biographical Record of the Counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio. Chicago, J.H. Beers & Co. 1894 (page 325)
"Luther Mead, son of Calvin, was born on his father's farm at Greenwich, Conn., in 1790. When a young man he married Annis Mead, a native of Westchester county, N. Y., and took her to his home in New York City, where he had previously established himself in mercantile life. Subsequently he moved to Ludlowville, where he started a dry-goods store, and carried on business until 1826, when he and family went to Greenwich, Connecticut.
In 1830 Luther Mead, his wife and three children set out on a journey to the "Firelands" in Ohio, traveling via Albany and Buffalo to Sandusky (at that time called Portland), and thence by wagon via Norwalk to Greenwich township, where his father, Calvin Mead, had purchased 1,100 acres of wild land. He deeded to Luther 500 acres, and on this tract the pioneers erected a cabin. In this pioneer cabin were born two children, viz.: Thomas L., the subject of this sketch, and Annie M., a resident of Greenwich township. The father of these children died on the original farm January 11, 1876, and the mother in March, 1886, both being interred in the Fitchville cemetery. Luther Mead was a Whig until the Republicans were organized, and for twenty years was a faithful adherent of the new party. In religious connection he and his wife were early members of the Congregational Church at Fitchville, and among its most zealous supporters. On one occasion Mr. Mead saw a few boys desecrating the Sabbath Day by bathing in a mill pond, and approaching them invited them to his home to attend Sabbath-school. The boys, now clean, good-natured and vigorous after their bath, accepted the invitation and appeared in due time at the Mead cabin. The Sabbath school was thus opened for the first time in Greenwich township. "
From the Biographical Record of the Counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio. Chicago, J.H. Beers & Co. 1894 (page 325)
"Luther Mead, son of Calvin, was born on his father's farm at Greenwich, Conn., in 1790. When a young man he married Annis Mead, a native of Westchester county, N. Y., and took her to his home in New York City, where he had previously established himself in mercantile life. Subsequently he moved to Ludlowville, where he started a dry-goods store, and carried on business until 1826, when he and family went to Greenwich, Connecticut.
In 1830 Luther Mead, his wife and three children set out on a journey to the "Firelands" in Ohio, traveling via Albany and Buffalo to Sandusky (at that time called Portland), and thence by wagon via Norwalk to Greenwich township, where his father, Calvin Mead, had purchased 1,100 acres of wild land. He deeded to Luther 500 acres, and on this tract the pioneers erected a cabin. In this pioneer cabin were born two children, viz.: Thomas L., the subject of this sketch, and Annie M., a resident of Greenwich township. The father of these children died on the original farm January 11, 1876, and the mother in March, 1886, both being interred in the Fitchville cemetery. Luther Mead was a Whig until the Republicans were organized, and for twenty years was a faithful adherent of the new party. In religious connection he and his wife were early members of the Congregational Church at Fitchville, and among its most zealous supporters. On one occasion Mr. Mead saw a few boys desecrating the Sabbath Day by bathing in a mill pond, and approaching them invited them to his home to attend Sabbath-school. The boys, now clean, good-natured and vigorous after their bath, accepted the invitation and appeared in due time at the Mead cabin. The Sabbath school was thus opened for the first time in Greenwich township. "
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