Person:Thomas Place (7)

He was a farmer. He and his family went to Huron County, Ohio in 1833, when he bought 199 acres of land for $398 (Huron Co. Deed Bk. 7:557). He and his wife Eunice sold 99 acres to his brother Solomon in 1835 for $200 (Huron Co. Deed Bk. 12:393). Thomas and Eunice were living in Ripley Township in 1840, and in Fairfield Township in 1850, when Thomas' property was valued at $4,000.

In June 1845 Thomas and his sister-in-law Abigail Place were appointed administrators of the estate of his brother Solomon (Huron Co. Probate Bk., 329).

This Thomas Place was not the Thomas, son of Enoch Place, of Corinth, Saratoga County, New York. That Thomas married Eunice Holden on 7 September 1838, but can be traced in New York Censuses 1850-1870.

Obituary

Death of Mr Thomas Place

Mr. Thomas Place, one of the old pioneers of Fairfield township, but who has resided in Auburn, N.Y., during several years past, died at his home last Monday. The remains reached Fairfield Thursday and the funeral was held at the Congregational church, after which the burial took place in the cemetary near the village.

Our Fairfield correspondent says:

Mr. Place came to Fairfield as early as 1833 and was for many years one of our most prosperous farmers, and at the same time a successful stock buyer and drover. He has made annual visits to this place during many years past and was always warmly greeted by his old pioneer friends and acquaintances. He was 89 years old at the time of his death.

Mr. Place was well known in Norwalk, and since leaving Huron county, paid annual visits to his old home. He was a subscriber to the REFLECTOR at the very beginning, and his name has been on our books most of the time for over 63 years, being still there at the time of his death. (The Norwalk Reflector, Norwalk, Ohio, March 7, 1893).