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Milan Pioneers Choate Kimball Families Shaped Local Streets
Historical notes trace Milan’s early development through the Choate and Kimball families. Choate Street evolved into Seminary and then Edison Drive, while Elizabeth and Hester streets honor Betsy Choate and Mrs Jenney. Moses Kimball, a New Yorker turned Norwalk merchant and land speculator, built the brick block on West Main and died in 1837 after illness in Shiwassee. The Kimball House later served as a boarding house near the Reflector office. Isaac Choate, linked to the Ohio Land Company, faced dangers in early Ohio and settled in Milan, dying in 1822 with Revolutionary War credentials.
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Milan
Choate
Edison
Edison Drive
Choate Street
Seminary Street
Normal School of Seminary
Charles B. Choate
George W. Choate
Huron River
Elizabeth
Betsey
Moses Kimball
Far West
Connecticut
Norwalk
Huron County
Howe
Indiana
Shiwassee
Michigan
William Brewster
West Main Street
Kimball
Ellen
Kimballs
Whittlesey
Hester
Gift Gallery
Betsy Choate
State Street
Elizabeth Street
Hester Jenney
Obadiah Jenney
Wooster Street
Wooster
Kimball House
St. Paul Catholic Church
J.P. Lockwood
Wickham
George
Charles
Elizabeth Choate
Isaac Choate
Martha Craig
Francis
Ohio Land Company
Ohio
Marietta
Big Bottom
Isaac
Detroit