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rr.iT.*'than cosy\W t«k-th* following extracts fmm the I cgrophienl -ket*b fr*.ui »!•- man u-cript of th- History of Hone* k ‘ocnty. now in tie- eour— of preperu tion, iln. I. i- to t jut Wished *•» H. it Hnnl.-ty it. UL- Win- of th- countyThis wlt; rk would I incomplete and unsatidortory in lecd, were tool *ouie of its png*-* devoted to tin* liogniphi-* of tlie nj.ii win* founded tlw county. I.uf who have long since pit—cd away, l-uv in* to us tie. heritage wrought l,y tie irlabor, and an example of probity and honor for our emulation.■' • .r*—;tin| I.cneicr- o' thetown of I in.I ix v„- i.han i ,rv.K*|.. nu•! t • ... i .I. 1 ui -..ilitynuoiy of if . ii. in f.-hiedfor many a i - an.I ......it* thatthey might I. .. ..iViai- l-i. .. i-l and tlu* county : .i .' ii..-I...-.-..I i - ..rpnb-lic pur]-.-.Mr. for. Was l-.rli oi-j«r tie- '-.linge of Kliiabetlitown K—•■.% i'ouhtj. NewJersey. On tie- 2l!l Ii of l.-unuiry. 17“He wa* the ...ii Thoiiii ami June• lory, ami Hi- fourth nine children bom tu them. In ir.'l, when hi nu i haii was 17 years of age. hi- f.ith-r moved with hi* family ton —■ttiemenl call Cic lutuhiu. on the pr-*ent -iti of th- city of lt;’ini'iuuati. After remaining lh-re for it *liorl I hue, (lie family moved to wkut was known a* H.micl Ilottoui. on the Little Miami, iu Clermont county.Their residence In-o. was Imi short. and they next went to flick's Cnek, in Wur-rvn county. In the year 17!*!*.Klimthan wa- married to Mi.*.* fl.mnaJi Jemiiug-.a young Indy w ho r.nidi-d not far from hi* own home. Iii 1 sect In- bought land* on Honey i'riTk. near the liilge of .New Carlisle, in * 'lurk eouuty, aud continued to r.-ide there until hi* death.I Inriu* Hie year of ISIS 13, Mr. Cnry engaged in drivingcuttle from the neigli-I-.rhood in which .he liv.d to lletroit.He wit* also emfiloyed by the govern-meut to transjiort good* for the use of the array. It was while he was engaged in this business that he wa* lirst attracted to this place it* a siiitiilde site for a town.In 1S22, Mr. Cory, with Mr. Joseph Vance, and others, purchased the lands and hud out the town of Findlay, i An account of this purcliase will be found in another |inrt of this work.)In 1S23 Mr. Cory lmilt the lirst dam across the river at Findlay, and erected a grist and saw mill on the place where• 'arlin's Mill* now stand.There was nothing striking in the ]s*r-sutiai :i|i|H,nmoee of Mr Cory. II.. was about live f.s-l and eleven inches in heighlh lie was strongly built, aud weighed id-lilt Ilt;55 p*.iiml*. Me was of faireuntf•!•*\ioii. with hu/.d eye*.—II- wa* kiml in hi* treatment toward all whom he met. was always more or less reserved in lit* eomltirt and conversation. lb- wits modest in hi* ile|-.i tuient, but brave ton fault, ami ».i* a man of iudomiituble energy Mr. lt;orv was a camsistenf member of the rlmreh for many year*, and by l-i* g«-*i iiiiuiage-iii.uit and liberality did much toward the upbuilding and *!.-ei.;t helling of the rail*., of r-'llgilMI ill the wilderness. •Mr. Cory diisl at IJllle Sandusky, Wyandot eouuty. on tic sih of July. 11*12, in Hie (Ult.il year of hi* age. He Imi! gone then* for the purp .*lt;• of look-ing after some of I i- hu d*, ami wa* nltiu'keil wiili no ilba** In.m which he .lid lag recover.Ill* remain* were taken to Clark county for interment. Mr. Cory* wife .lied ill is::I. He was the father of It* children, one of whom. Judge l. .1. Co isv. Is now it ri-*id.-iit of Findlay.The full biogmpliy of Mr. Cory, to-iher with an account of tile lands he purehas.*!. and on which Findlay now stand-, and much other interestingmiit-I. r connected with his history will he published in the history of I lie,eouuty when Mr. Hardesty's At la* up] war*.1•Cos. J KKK. I
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The Findlay Jeffersonian
Findlay, Ohio, US
Fri, Jul 17, 1874
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