First settlement sites of Doyle and DeCourcey near Rittman found
Researchers identify likely locations of the earliest cabins built by Isaac DeCourcey and William Doyle in the Rittman area. Using an 1840 Wayne County road map and springs near the Doyle property, historians pinpoint a DeCourcey cabin near the cemetery entrance and a Doyle home near a central spring, with roads evolving over time.
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Lindsey Williams
Isaac DeCourcey
William Doyle
Rittman
DeCourcey
Doyle
Milton Township
Canton
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Chippewa Township
Clarence Kunkler
The
Rittman Historical Society
Wayne County
Bill Anderson
Doyle Property
New Prospect
Jackson
DeCourcey Clearing
Rittman Cemetery
Doylestown
Tommy Run
Rittman Road
Harry Sauer
Sigler
Sigler-Sauer
Silchuk
Sauer
Main Street
North Street
Lane Street
Frontiersman William Doyle Founds Doylestown Legend
Clarence Kunkler chronicles William Doyle a restless Scotch Irvine frontiersman who helped organize Milton Township and founded Doylestown Ohio and later moved to Missouri. The piece traces his marriage to Mariah Stauffer 1806 land purchases 1814 1815 township formation 1818 school and bridge building and his later life and death in Milan Missouri with notes on descendants.
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Clarence Kunkler
William Doyle
Milton Township
Fredrick
Maryland
William
Mariah Stauffer
Doylestown
Fort Meigs
Mariah
Pennsylvania
Daniel
Jefferson County
Ohio
Canton
Metzger St
North St
Knupp Church
Reasin Beall
Wooster
Doyles
Sauer
Decourcey
Sarah Fritz
Doyle
Rittman
Doyle Cabin
David Trump
Ebenezer Masonic Lodge
Selsing
California
G.G.G
Ford, Shatto
Chippewa Township
Maria Fredrick
Thomas Fredrick
Montgomery
Milton
Maria
Susan
Missouri
Sullivan County
Milan
Sheldon
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Henry Sigler
Rittman Press
Frontiersman
David
Adam Keifer
Styx
Shinesbury Hill
Seville
Westfield
Lodi
Spencer
Gibson's
Gibson’s
ACE Hardware
S. Main St
Harry's Bar and Grill
Rittman and Eastern Road
Frestafes
Miss Sue Collins
Harold Lee Robinson