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dancespublicun.Lescner and Waiter voted against it.! nnttee.pa?siJation at the held lights ce and hall es be-:es are a pen-;0T irn-iy§, orjmpul-whileduring a thelightsi a di-dance ter by posure upportof:ore en.lectfve Presi-ln its lividedFRED DACHTLER, SR., REMEMBERSALL ABOUT THE FIRST EYR1ANJAMES PORTER DIED HERE ANDis nrniEi) iv the oldCEMETERY“I see in .the Telegram that you '•:iv James Porter was the first white man who came to Elyria and staid here/' said Fred Dachtler. early Elyria blacksmith, who dropped in at the Telegram office a couple of days ago. Porter staid here all right. He died down on the Melin farm, north of town on the River road in 18 21' and was buried on the diagonal point of land 'formed by elie junction of I*ake avenue and West River street, right opposite the West Side railroad undercut. Later Porter’s body waa-duf .up and '.taken, to the cemetery, being the first man’s body to be placed there. Ambassador Sharp saidit. The graves of both Porter and Mrs. Mann, the first man and woman. respectively, to have a place in the old cemetery, are both plainly marked today and their location is known to the sexton.Old man Tamer, who used to live r.ext to me on West Bridge street, told’ine about Porter’s death and burial/’ added Dachtler. although the circumstances were also known to my uncle, who came here in 1833. His name was Gottfried Hammer, and among other early stories he told me about going to loo* for a cow one morning and running into a bear in the woods on hit fint west of town/’one!TODAY LAST TIME-YourTaat chance to sea Clara Kimball Young In her haet aa4 him production, The Kfleat JPay~-— «lt;•
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Elyria Evening Telegram
Elyria, Ohio, US
Wed, May 23, 1917
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