Person:Harriott Deaver (1)

Harriott Deaver was born in Watertown, New York on May 4, 1835, the daughter of James and Harriott Deaver. Later in life, she told of seeing rafts of logs from the North Woods floating down the river and going end-over-end over the falls. She moved to New Haven Township in Huron County with her parents when she was five years old. At that time, New Haven was a busy town, a way station for wagons carrying grain to Milan. In later years, she remembered the wagons going past her house, drawn by horses with tinkling bells.

Harriott was educated in Cuyahoga Falls, where she learned French. She was a dignified woman, who stood erect and solidly on her heels, feet pointed straight ahead. That trait and her features made some wonder if she was descended from Native Americans. [7]

1. ↑ Ohio Obituary Index, in Hayes Presidential Center, and various public libraries of Ohio. Ohio Obituary Index [database]. (Fremont, Ohio: Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, ca. 1970-)
   http://index.rbhayes.org/hayes/index/record_detail.asp?id=886884.
2. ↑ Find A Grave
   Harriott Deaver Benedict.
3.   Norwalk, in Huron, Ohio, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   Roll: M653_991; Page: 211; Image: 58; Family History Library Film: 803991, 1860.
   
4.   Norwalk, in Huron, Ohio, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   Roll: M593_1225; Page: 428B; Image: 382; Family History Library Film: 552724, 1870.
   
5.   Norwalk, in Huron, Ohio, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   Norwalk,Roll 1035; Family History Film: 1255035; Page: 283B; Enumeration District: 159; Image: 0568, 1880.
   
6.   Kenton, Ward 2, in Huron County, Ohio. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   Roll: 1288; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 0031; FHL microfilm: 1241288, 1900.