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Congress section eight was purchased by Isaac Humphreys in 1805 . It made the largest and best farm in the township. Mr. Humphreys was a native of Ireland , and is remembered by the early settlers as a sharp business man . He moved to Harmar in 1839 . He was one of the early magistrates of the township , and represented Washington county in the legislature a few years . He had six children
- Mary , wife of Joel Deming ,
- Charles ,
- Emeline died in Harmar ;
- Harriet , wife of Stephen Newton ;
- Charity deceased , and
- Henry , who was drowned in the Ohio .
Transfer to Richard patten {son of RIchard the LElder?]
William Smith , one of the settlers on the river bank in 1805 , had rather an eventful life . He came to Ohio with General Varnum in 1788 , as an attendant . He was then young , but brave and ambitious . When the Big Bottom colony was formed , he became a member , and afterwards seemingly by chance escaped the horrible massacre of that unfortunate settlement . He had been sent to Marietta on the day previous to the tragedy , and on his way back was detained at Waterford , just long enough to be absent from the sack of his settlement . In 1805 he settled in Warren , on the bottom below Philip Cole 's , where he made a clearing , built a cabin , and planted an orchard . His fruit and flower gardens were the joy of the youth of the neighborhood . The family consisted of six children : John and William left the county ; Elijah settled in Harmar ; Sally , wife of John Newton , moved to Ironton ; Mary married Richard Patton , and Huldah , John Test , ex - county sheriff .<ref Williams, 1881
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