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• Reference Number: 3059
• _UID: D3A4DB4B782C4891A79157DD25A99A02F051
• Census: 1870
• Census: 1880
• EMPL: Employment: 1880

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He was a Farmer. He was well-known for his strong religious conviction s. a self-styled preacher, he frequently led prayer meetings in the surro unding communities and schoolhouses. several of his diaries survive whi ch offer evidence of the religious fervor which caused many to regard h im as a fanatic.

Census:
Bedford, Monroe, MI

Census:
Washington, Lucas, OH

EMPL: Employment:
Farmer

Giles married Mary Emma BRIGHT on 12 Jul 1879 in Bedford, Monroe, MI. Mary (daughter of BRIGHT and ?) was born about 29 May 1862 in Bluffton, Wells, IN; died on 18 Jun 1935 in Remus, Mecosta, MI; was buried in Jun 1935 in Sylvania, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Reference Number:44597

1. Rose May PELTON was born on 13 Sep 1880 in Trilby, Lucas, OH; died on 20 Aug 1979 in Leesburg, Lake, FL; was buried in Aug 1979 in Whitehouse, Lucas, OH.
2. Orra Burdette PELTON was born on 24 Apr 1885 in Trilby, Lucas, OH; died on 14 Oct 1960 in Toledo, Lucas, OH.

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• Reference Number: 1517
• _UID: AD9739BD72DC41A1BFD0C8D1271B0755301C

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Elias and his wife, Almira, along with eight children traveled west from t heir home in Gustavus, Trumbull, OH. They arrived in Toledo in 1851 by la ke boat, unloaded their household goods and placed them in wagons for t he journey to the west of the city. Giles, the oldest son of eleven year s, retained vivid memories of their arrival. "Summit Street looked more l ike a river of mud in those days than it did like a city street," he recal led years later. "It was hard for the horses to drag our wagons down t he street, and worse when we reached the untraveled trail which is now Mon roe Street. The spring thaw was on and the old plank road through the bus iness section was in bad shape. Many of the planks were floating arou nd in the mud and water." The family settled along present-day Whitefo rd Center Road about two miles north of the state line. After Elias di ed in 1855, his widow maintained the MI farm and it eventually became t he property of the second son Delmar. When Giles purchased his forty acr es he built a house along Alexis Road opposite the end of Tremainsville Ro ad, a site now occupied by a used car lot. From here a path led to the c ow pasture on the north side of the farm. Present-day Burdette Street ext ends along the old farm lane. The widowed mother, Almira, kept house f or her son Giles until his marriage in 1879 to Mary Emma Bright, twenty-t wo years his junior.

Elias married Almira IMAS on 10 Oct 1839 in Gustavus, Trumbull, OH. Almira was born in 1816 in Gustavus, Trumbull, OH; died on 7 Jun 1907 in Trilby, Lucas, OH; was buried in Whitford, Monroe, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 3058
• _UID: BCCD92D5D9094812A265AD249A4145577B32

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Reference Number:23374

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• Reference Number: 669
• _UID: C121614B897147BE857E863E74FC55142D4D

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Elias and Jesse went to OH late spring of 1800, built a log house and stay ed until fall. Elias returned to VT and Jesse stayed in OH. The first wh ite men to do so. In March 1801, Elias and his wife and infant daught er Zilpha, left VT for OH going down the CT river to New Haven, CT, th en by vessel to New York then to Philadelphia. From there they too a s ix horse wagon to Pittsburgh, a boat down the Ohio river to Veaver a nd up the Beaver river to Sharon, PA. From there they took ox teams to Gu stavus, OH, arriving in May. The trip took six weeks from VT and they we re the first white family. In 1802, father Josiah and family removed to G ustavus being the second white family. In the autumn Jesse, Third s on of Josiah married to become the Third family.
In the 1992 Pelton's in America book: He returned from VT to CT by flat b oat down the Connecticut River, and then removed to Gustavus, OH, being t he second man who, with his family, made this township his home. He w as a Farmer, Carpenter and a Joiner.

Elias married Mary FOLSOM in 1799 in Essex, Chittendon, VT. Mary was born in 1779 in Essex, Chittendon, VT; died on 20 Aug 1843 in Gustavus, Trumbull, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 1509
• _UID: 350FE247642844148D6AAA6D3C19FAFDAB83

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Reference Number:11642

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• Reference Number: 288
• _UID: F73CE9A5383F4E6585BC9E32FC2D45BA24B6
• Alt. Birth: 15 Aug 1745; Alt. Birth
• Alt. Death: 3 Sep 1818; Alt. Death

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He was a Farmer and a Ships Carpenter.
Story, as related in the Trumbull and Mahoning counties History: "The fir st wedding in the township occurred about 1802 under rather singular circu mstances. According to Trumbull and Mahoning Counties, OH, History, Hen ry Stroes, in August, 1800, became sole owner of the Gustavus townshi p. He transferred, in 1802. to Josiah Pelton five thousand on hundred a nd ninety-eight and one-fourth acres for $6,382.25. This was the first de ed executed by Stores after he became sole owner of the township.
"Sons Elias and Jesse went to Ohio late spring of 1800, built a log hou se and stayed until fall. Eials returned to Vermont and Jesse stayed in O hio. the first white man to do so. In March 1801, Elias, his wife and in fant daughter Zilpha, left Vermont for Ohio going down the Connecticut riv er to New Haven, CT, then by vessel to New York then to Philadelphia. Fr om there they took a six horse wagon to Pittsburgh, a boat down the Oh io to Veaver and up the Beaver river to Sharon, Pennsylvania. From the re they took ox teams to Gustavus, Ohio, arriving in May. The trip took s ix weeks from Vermont and they were the first white family. In 1802, fath er Josiah and family removed to Gustavus being the second white famil y. In the autumn Jesse, Third son of Josiah married to become the third f amily."

Alt. Birth:
Saybrook Twp, Middlesex County, CT

Alt. Death:
Gustavus Twp, Trumbull County, OH

Josiah married Mary GRISWOLD on 10 Dec 1767 in CT. Mary was born about 1747 in East Guilford, CT; died on 7 Mar 1811 in Gustavus, Trumbull, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 665
• _UID: 89A7AC17DE544433A103C1B3BD837B5ECD56

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Reference Number:5999