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•: • 4 t 'Bt ^ j|r4 . Va .1 rT-8 ■ ' ftwr -tt m ~Aa t, W 'yf, . Jr5. * .lt; SmdI|C' Wa- 1 ,Yiic.ryft*MANYHISTORICALHEIRLOOMSBURIEDIN WALES RESIDENCEDaily New* Bureau. I name of DeCamp who follow* the IU Mcciymond. Bid*. I bu,in(llw Qf |ave eatchlnr.MASSILLON*. Juno 30.—Theburning of the beautiful residence of Mr. and Mm. Arvine Wale®, recently, containing a® It did no manyvaluable treasure® and family heirloom® of historical Interest, brought to the mlnda of many the Interesting: history of the Wale® family and homeatead.Tho old Wale® home 1® called “Spring Hill and 1® occupied by Mr. and Mr®. Horatio Wale® and their family. Tho land ha® been added to from time to tlmo and now comprise® more than 600 acre®. It belonged originally to Thomas Kotch, a Quaker who came to this part lt;*f the country from Connecticut, In 1811,, with hi® wife. Charity“I do, answered the one addressed. “My name Is DeCamp.'’I expect soon to have some very Important business with thee and it will be well for thee to be preparedfor it.Tho farm hands had formed a circle with their employer around tho slave catchers, and tho two men became frightened and made a dash for their horse® and galloped away from Spring Hill.Mr. Kotch had not told a single lie, yet he had saved the slave fugitives, and made Spring Hill farm a place to be shunned by slave catchers in the future.Another station on the underground railway was tho old Peaserm Akrnn-Kf. This lOVO-* *k ■Wvlt;*v rUpper left, Spring Hill, old Wales homestead where many slaves were hidden. Upper right, rulna of new Wale^ residence. Below, “Roanoke homi of Mr®. E. N. Pease, another station of the “underground railway. %
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Canton Sunday News
Canton, Ohio, US
Sun, Jul 01, 1923
Page 32
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