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the wu who founded ill county. but trim bar.- long since pit--ed away, lav ins to us tlr- brriugt wrought by tie ir labor, and an example of probity ate! honor for our emulation.On. •' •ml i i .ier- of it,.’town of I net . «a- I iiltiu i iry.K-|.. an.11 . .11 . 11 f ill alitymany of il .. :n 1 -l.t—.1for tunny a i, ...; us I •• .rr- Ihnl they ini’.'lit .rV. ai— !..i. - . i-l. nmltli county a •’ i-.-t,I ._•)•.lt;r public purpo-.--Mr. I'or. vv.*- I..ru ...-a,' tie- Huge of KlUnU-tht-.wn K-—\ ' oiin'y. .-*Jersey, on tie- •'liih of humory. 1777 Hlt;-wu- tli.- -.ii .,f Tlioiuu aii.l Jun.-Cory. ami th- fourth ..f nine chihln-n (torn to them. In I7WI- when Klmithan wa* 17 years of no.-, hi- fuller lunv.-dwith hi* family ton —tIieiueut call O.r-hiiiibiu. on the present -it. of th city of C'inciuiuUi. After remaining Ili.-rc fora short time, the family tnov.il to what was known a- K.niml Mottom. on the little Miami, in lt;'Icnuont county. Tlidi’ resid.-m-e li.-rc bib but -Imrt. and they neat went Dick's Creek, in Wiiron county. In tin year 1791*.Klnutiiaft Wa- married to Mi*.- Hannah Jenning-,u young In.Jy wlu maided not far from hi-own lioiii.-. In ]SuCI In- bought iiui.i* on Honey Creek, near tin- village of Sew Carlisle, in i 'lark county, au.l continued to reside there until hi* death.During the yar of 1*13 13, Sir. t'ory engaged in driving cattle from the neighborhood in which Jit- lived to Detroit. He won also employed by the government to transport goods for the use of the army. It was while he was engaged in this bwdneas that he was lirst. attract-ed to till- place a -uital.le site for a town.hi ltfij. Mr. Cory, with Mr. Joseph Vance, and others, purchased the lutid-nnd laid out the town of Findlay. (An account of thl- purchase will Is- found in another finrt of this work.) •lu 1883 Mr. Cory liuiit the Ilr-t dam across the river at Findlay, and erected a grist and saw mill on the place where Carlin's Mills nr.w stand.There was nothing striking in the j**r-soiialappearance of Mr Cory, lie wasal-.ul five f.1-1 and eleven inele-s in height II He was strongly oiiilt. and ueighisl ah.mt Ilia pound-. He was of fair completion, with Im/.-I eye*.— lie wa-kind in hi- treatment Iowan] all whom lie met, was always mom or less n-«rved in his euudlli't and conversation. He Was modest in hi-de|s.rlment, but bmve ton fiiuil. ami wa* a man of indomimible energy Mr Cory was a consistent mi’mlsT of tlic rlnm-h for many year-, nml by Pi- g.*-i nmimge-iiii’iit ami lilterality did laiich toward the tiplniildillg and stmiejheiiiugof the cause of mligioti in the wilderness. •Mr. Cory diisl at Utile Sandusky, Wynmlot county, on tit - Mil of July,I spj, in Hi.- tUl it y.-ar of hi* age. He had gone then- for ill,* |nirpv*se of looking after Mum- of I i- l-’iiid*. and was at l nek ill with nn illia— It..in which lie ilid not ren.ver.Hi- remains were taken to Clark county for interment. Mr. t ory - wife .li.il iu ISI. He was tin- hither of III children, ..no ..f wliuui. Judge I.*. .1. Co-IIV. is now a resident ..f Findlay,File full Itiography of Mr. Cory, to-.•■•ther with an m-rount of the lands lie |.iir.-lias.il, nml on which Findlay now stand*, and lliuell Oilier interesting unit -1.1-miiuected with his history will l»-imldislml in the history of I lie .county when Mr. llardi-sty's Atiu* «pionr. ]Kl»s. J KKK. |
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The Findlay Jeffersonian
Findlay, Ohio, US
Fri, Jul 17, 1874
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