SETH PEASE.     The personal history of Mr. Pease, the most prominent of the surveyors, of the Land Company is but imperfectly transmitted to us.  According to Mr. Atwater, he "was above medium height, slender and fair, with black, penetrating eyes.  In his movements he was very active, and persevering in his designs, with a reflecting and thoughtful air.  He was a very thorough mathematician."
FROM A LETTER OF RALPH GRANGER
     Fairport, Lake Co., O., Sept. 27, 1843.
     "Seth Pease was my uncle.  He was very precise in his business.  Besides the minutes necessarily returned to the Company, he kept a full private journal.  This I have seen, containing records of personal adventures with colored landscapes, one of which is the first residence of the surveyors at Conneaught.  He also brought to Connecticut, from Ohio, specimens of minerals, which I have seen, among them some beautiful alabaster from Sandusky.  He died at Philadelphia.  His wife died at Connecticut.  The only children now living are Mrs. Noah A. Fletcher, of Washington City, and Alfred Pease, his youngest son, at Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio.  This journal may have been lost or mislaid."
    His journals, of which a portion for the years 1795 to 1799, inclusive, are before me, show excellent penmanship, and precise business habits.  In 1795 he surveyed for the State of Massachusetts, in the province of Maine.  After the close of the surveys east of the Cuyahoga, in 1797, Mr. Pease, engaged with Porter, Atwater, and others of his enterprising old friends of the woods, in the allotment of the "Holland Purchase," in western New Your.  This service occupied two years, '98 and '99.  The elections of the year 1800, resulted in the success of the "Republican," or Jefferson party, over that of the Federalists.  Under Jefferson's administration, Gideon Granger, became Post Master General, and Mr. Pease, who was a brother-in-law, was made Assistant Post Master General.  Judge Calvin Pease, of Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio, was his brother.  In 1806, when the Indian title to that part of the Reserve west of the Cuyahoga, was extinguished, Seth Pease, was directed by the Government, to extend the southern boundary along the 41st parallel, west of the river, which he did.  There is still hope of recovering more of the memoranda, to which the Hon. Ralph Granger refers.  His skill as a draftsman and sketcher, and his facility in description will give them interest.
(Transribed by Sharon Wick - being taken from Early History of Cleveland, Ohio. publ. 1867)

H. P. PITCHER, a photographer of Conneaut, Ohio, has long been identified with the interests of this place, having an established reputation as a skilled photographer and also being regarded as a most worthy citizen.
Mr. Pitcher was born in Trumbull county, Ohio, Oct. 2, 1847, and when quite young came with his parents to Ashtabula county.  His parents, E. B. and Esther Pitcher, were born in New York State.  His father is a farmer by occupation, has resided at Pierpont for the past forty years, and is well known all over the county.  He is a member of the Congregational Church.  His wife died when her son, H. P., was a child.  They were the parents of four children.  Mr. Pitcher remained on the farm with his father until he was about twenty years of age.  When a young man, and soon after the war, he came to Conneaut to learn photography, and has been engaged in that business here ever since, with the exception of six years spent in Madison, Ohio.
     He was married Christmas, 1872, to Miss Jennie Press, of Conneaut, and has three children, namely:  J. E., aged seventeen, is news agent on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad; Ralph Hubert, aged eight years; and Margaret Louisa, aged four.
     Mr. Pitcher is a member of the Protected Home Circle and also of the Junior Order of American Mechanics.  In politics, like his father, he adheres to the principles of the Republican party.
     Mrs. Pitcher is a daughter of James and Phebe (Olds) Press, her father a native of Canada, and her mother of Ashtabula county, Ohio.  When the former was one year old he was taken by his parents to New York State, where he was reared and married, and where he lived until 1865, when he moved to Conneaut.  Following are the names of their seven children:  Mary, widow of Oscar Gifford, has two children, Minnie and Jay, and resides in Conneaut; John, married, and a resident of New York; Ezekiel, married, and living in New York, has one child, Elizabeth, married and a resident of California; James W., who married Candice Proctor, resides in Conneaut, their children being George, Willie (who died at the age of twelve years), Carl and Mabel; Henry, who died Oct. 3, 1876, left a widow whose maiden name was Flora Fenton, and who is now Mrs. I. Sanders; Mrs. H. P. Pitcher; and Frank, a farmer in Conneaut township, is married and has one child, Hattie.
(Transcribed from Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing Ashtabula, Lake and Geauga Counties; published in Chicago: Lewis Publ. Co., 1893 - Page 778)

C. W. POOLE, traveling engineer on the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, Conneaut, Ohio, was born in Essex county, Massachusetts, Dec. 25, 1847, son of Charles and Eunice Eliza (Pison) Poole, both natives of Massachusetts.  Charles Poole was born in 1820, son of William and Mary Poole, who were natives of England, came with their parents to America when children, and were reared in Manchester.  Both were highly respected people and were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  They had a family of five children, Charles and Anna being the only ones now living.  The latter is the wife of William Alden and resides in Brooklyn, New York.  Charles Poole is a merchant tailor and is well and favorably known in Massachusetts, having been engaged in business there for more than half a century.  For the past year he has been located at Worcester, having moved to that place from Newburyport.  He is a member of the Episcopal Church, as was also his wife.  She died in Sep. 1886, aged 54 years.  They had thirteen children, seven of whom died in early life; the other six are still living.
     C. W. Poole was a mere boy when the war broke out, and in June, 1862, before he was fourteen and a half years old, he enlisted in Company B, Thirty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and, young as he was, rendered efficient service for the Union cause, remaining in the army three years and two months.  He was with the forces that operated in the East, and participated in numerous prominent engagements.  June 16, 1865, he was mustered out of the United States service at Richmond, Virginia, and, July 16, out of the State service at Boston.  He never received a wound nor was he ever taken prisoner.
     At the close of the war, and before he was 18 years of age, he entered upon a railroad career.  He began as brakeman, was then fireman, and in Nov. 1869, was promoted to engineer on the Worcester & Nashua Railroad.  He came West to Norwalk, Ohio, in 1870, and was employed as fireman on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad, serving in that capacity several months.  Later he was fireman on the Grand Rapids & Indiana, afterward was engineer on the Pan Handle, and then passenger engineer on the Nickel Plate.  For the past five years he has occupied his present position as engineer on the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad.
     Aug. 20, 1871, Mr. Poole was married to Miss Mary E. Howe, a native of Peru, Illinois.  They have two daughters, namely: Winnefred, wife of C. C. Cadle, of Conneaut; and Mattie, at home.  Mrs. Poole and daughters are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
     Politically, Mr. Poole is a Republican and takes an active interest in politics.  He is a member of the B. of L. E., in which he is secretary of insurance.  He also affiliates with the I. O. O. F.
(Transcribed from Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing Ashtabula, Lake and Geauga Counties; published in Chicago: Lewis Publ. Co., 1893 - Page 533 ) 
Note:  C. W. Poole is buried in City Cemetery

CALVIN POOLE, a merchant of Conneaut, is a son of Calvin Poole, a native of Connecticut.  When twenty years of age he removed to the State of New York, and, it is said, taught the first school west of the Genesee river.  His wife was Hannah Perkins.  Of their four children, Calvin was the youngest, and is the only one now living.  He was born in Genesee, Livingston county, New York, April 2, 1811, and in 1812 his parents moved to Wheatland, that State, where his mother died in 1813.  In 1819 Calvin was "bound out" to Francis Smith, remained with him until 1832, and during that time was not allowed school advantages.  After leaving him Mr. Poole drove team one year, receiving $12 per month.  December 1, 1834, he was married to Miss Harriet Trowridge, and soon afterward started for Ohio.  He, however, went no farther than Allegany county, New York, where he made his first purchase of land, for $400.  One year later he sold his farm, and again started Westward, halting this time at North East, Pennsylvania, for one year, and from that time until the date of his removal to Conneaut, February, 1873, he resided in New York and Pennsylvania.  While in the former State Mr. Poole did military duty, in 1841 was appointed on the staff of Colonel Stoner, the One Hundred and Sixty-sixth Regiment, and received his commission from Hon. William H. Seward.  In 1855 he was appointed steward of the Erie county almshouse, retaining the position until his removal to Ohio.  In April, 1874, in connection with John A. Caldwell, Mr. Poole began the mercantile business in Conneaut, in which he is still engaged.
     Mr. and Mrs. Poole have had the following children:  Dolly M., born August 14, 1836, is the wife of C. R. Buchling, of Erie, Pennsylvania; Daniel P., born August 22, 1837, died in October, 1859; Delia D., born November 26, 1838, married John A. Caldwell, and resides in Conneaut; Emeline E., born March 15, 1840, married Benson Bingham, of North East, Pennsylvania; John C., born Nov. 9, 1842, enlisted in August, 1862, in the One Hundred and Forty-Fifth Pennsylvania Infantry, was wounded in the left knee in the battle of the Wilderness, May 12, 1864, for which it became necessary to amputate the limb, which he endured with heroic fortitude, was removed to Fredericksburg, and died there on the 26th of the same month.  Almost his last words were, "I am glad that I died for my country."  The child was Henry P., born November 18, 1843, married Mary W. Brown, and resides in Conneaut; Harriet S., the youngest child, born September 20, 1850, married Dennis McCarty, and lives in Ashtabula.  Politically, Mr. Poole is a Republican, and feels a just pride in belonging to that grand party.  There are perhaps few men in the township who have battled with the strong current more successfully than he, and in closing he pays to his companion in life the highest compliment possible:  "She always made our home pleasant."
(Transcribed from Biographical History of Northeastern Ohio embracing Ashtabula, Lake and Geauga Counties; published in Chicago: Lewis Publ. Co., 1893 - Page 990) 
NOTE:  Mr. Poole is buried in City Cemetery