1811: This year was also a dismal one for the pioneers. A fever prevailed extensively, resulting in the death of nine members of the little community. Azor Bronson was the first and BELA BRONSON the next; soon after followed Mrs. Pardee, three children of Asahel Osborn and three of John Williams. Whole families were sick at the same time, and there were not enough left in good health to attend the sick. The dead were interred in coffins made by Captain Hoadley, out of planed whitewood slabs, and blackened with a mixture of basswood charcoal and milk. The old burying ground was laid out and the first interment was that of Azor Bronson; the next that of Bela Bronson.
"History of Lorain County, Ohio; Columbia Township" by E. E. Williams; Williams Brothers; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 1879 (72.2 OH SR) (977.11 L88Hi folio LAPL) (977.123 W676h O
1811: This year was also a dismal one for the pioneers. A fever prevailed extensively, resulting in the death of nine members of the little community. Azor Bronson was the first and BELA BRONSON the next; soon after followed Mrs. Pardee, three children of Asahel Osborn and three of John Williams. Whole families were sick at the same time, and there were not enough left in good health to attend the sick. The dead were interred in coffins made by Captain Hoadley, out of planed whitewood slabs, and blackened with a mixture of basswood charcoal and milk. The old burying ground was laid out and the first interment was that of Azor Bronson; the next that of Bela Bronson.
"History of Lorain County, Ohio; Columbia Township" by E. E. Williams; Williams Brothers; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 1879 (72.2 OH SR) (977.11 L88Hi folio LAPL) (977.123 W676h O
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