Descendants of Thresher/Thrasher (England)
“The Thrashers, father and son, were most decided men; the name Thrasher has a decided sound. They came from New Hampshire, which, from the number of her population, has produced more remarkable men than any other part of the Republic. Men have to be uncommon to live there. Winter rules half the year, and the whole of the years must be given to a ceaseless struggle for life, in which the feeble perish young, if the feeble are ever born there.” quoted from book.
The following information is from “The Heritage of the Descendants of David and Phoebe Prescott Thrasher of Maine and New Hampshire” as compiled by Amanda Lee Thrashe
1 HENry 1 Thresher (b. abt
1653 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
d.abt 1703 Purpoodock, Maine/Indian Raid.) married Deborah Southwick (b.
Nov. 11, 1656 d. abt 1670 MA) in MA
Deborah Southwick is the daughter of Josiah Southwick and Mary
Boyce.
*Note: (Genealogical
Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, page 683) Henry Thresher,
formerly of Salem, killed by Indians at Purpoodock 1703, soon after he had
bought 100 acres from Joel Maddiver.
See Putnam's Quarterly Magazine, 1902, pp. 143-6. Ch: Joseph, only s.,
tanner, of Salem when he entered East. Cl. for self and three sisters; m. Dover
31 July 1711 Mary Watson(5); of Hampton 1736. Mercy, int. Salem 21 Oct. 1710
with Jonathan Buffum. Others unidentified.
Children of Henry Thrasher and Deborah Southwick:
2 i Mercy b. abt 1669 MA
2 ii Deborah b. abt 1671 MA
2iii Mary b. abt 1673 MA
2iv Joseph b. abt 1675 Salem, ME
2
i Mercy Thresher (Henry 1
Thresher) married Jonathan Buffum (b. abt 1688 d. Jan. 3, 1729/30) on October 21, 1710 in
Salem, Massachusetts.
Children of Mercy Thresher and Jonathan Buffum:
3
i Jonathan b. Dec. 8, 1713
3 ii Mercy b. July 23, 1715
3iii Deborah b. Feb. 4, 1715/16
2
ii Deborah Thresher (Henry 1
Thresher) married Ephraim Harris on December 15, 1720.
2
iv Joseph Thresher (Henry 1 Thresher)
married Mary Watson on May 26, 1711 in Dover, Strafford, New
Hampshire. Mary Watson is the
daughter of Jonathan Watson.
*Note: He was a
tanner.
Children of Joseph Thresher and Mary Watson:
3
iv Benjamin b. abt 1714 Portland, Cumberland, ME d. October 14, 1798, Falmouth, Cumberland,
ME
3 v Jonathan b. abt 1716, Portland, Cumberland, ME d. October 25, 1765, Portland, Cumberland, ME
3 vi Joseph b. abt 1717, Salem, Massachusetts d. Portland, Maine
3 vii Henry b. abt 1720, Salem, Essex Co., MA
3
iv Benjamin Thresher (Joseph 2
Thresher) married Jerusha Woodbury (b. abt Sep. 21, 1712 Beverly, Essex, MA d. Jan. 6, 1808) on November 17, 1740 in Falmouth, Cumberland,
ME.
*Note: He was a
Tanner and was living in Falmouth, ME as of Feb. 23, 1743/44 and in Cape
Elizabeth, ME in 1790.
Children of Benjamin Thresher and Jerusha Woodbury:
4
i Elizabeth
4
ii Mary
4
iii Mehitable
4
iv Abigail
4
v Joseph b. February 13, 1743/44 d. March 18, 1801 Falmouth, Cumberland, ME
4
vi John b. 1748 d. July 11, 1811 Portland, Cumberland, ME
4 vii Benjamin,
Jr. b. abt 1750
4viii Ebenezer b. March 19, 1759 d. October 25, 1829 Cape Elizabeth,
Cumberland, ME
3 v Jonathan
Thresher (Joseph 2 Thresher) married Hannah
Dow (b. bet 1714-1715 d. Feb. 23,
1774) in 1736.
*Note: He was a Sail Maker and in 1746 was residing in
Portland, Maine.
Children of Jonathan Thresher and Hannah Dow are:
4 ix Lydia
4
x Hannah
4 xi Abigail
4 xii Jonathan
4xiii David
4 xiv Jeremiah
4 xv Mary b. 1737 Hampton, NH
3 vi Joseph Thresher (Joseph 2 Thresher) married Hannah Blashfield (b. Portsmouth, ME) on July 14, 1737.
3 vii Henry
Thresher (Joseph 2 Thresher) married Mary
Brown (b. May 22, 1722) on September 3, 1747 in Hampton Falls, New
Hampshire. Mary Brown is the
daughter of Jacob Brown and Mary Green.
*Note: From the
“History of Hampton Falls" – Brown , Henry Thresher lived on the road
leading from the Line Meeting House to Fogg's Corners." He resided in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire
in 1747 and was residing in Raymond, New Hampshire as of 1776.
Children of Henry Thrasher and Mary Brown:
4 xvi Hannah b. June
2, 1749 Hampton Falls, NH
4 xvii Mary b. April 30, 1751
4 xviii Jacob b. Mar. 1 , 1754 Hampton Falls, NH d. June 29, 1827 Hampton Falls, NH
4 xix Joseph b. Nov. 8, 1756
4 xx Sarah b. 1759
4 xxi Rhoda b. Mar. 18, 1763
4 xxii David b. Mar. 7, 1765 Hampton Falls, NH d. Mar. 18, 1819
4
i Elizabeth Thresher (Benjamin 3 Thresher) married Richard
Willis on February 22, 1774 in Cape
Elizabeth, Cumberland, ME.
4
ii Mary Thresher (Benjamin 3 Thresher) married Reubin
Dyer on September 21, 1761 in Falmouth, Cumberland, ME.
4
iv Abigail Thresher (Benjamin 3 Thresher) married Thomas
Bodge on November 24, 1775 in Portland, Cumberland, ME
4
v Joseph Thresher (Benjamin 3
Thresher) married Susannah York (b. July 1, 1753 d. Apr. 7, 1805 Falmouth, Cumberland, ME )
on November 22, 1771 in North Yarmouth, Cumberland, ME.
Children of Joseph Thresher and Susannah York:
5
i Jerusha b. May 18, 1773 d. May 10, 1856 Falmouth, Cumberland, ME
5
ii Benjamin b. Sep. 9, 1775 d. 1779
5 iii Susannah b. Nov. 9, 1777 d.
Mar. 9, 1779
5 iv Joanna b. Nov. 13, 1779 d.
Oct. 19, 1865 Falmouth, Cumberland, ME
5 v Joseph, esq. b.
Sep. 27, 1781 d. aft 1846
5 vi Susannah b. Oct. 7, 1783, 3
d. Nov. 11, 1861 Falmouth,
Cumberland, ME
5 vii Mary b. Dec. 20, 1786, Falmouth, Cumberland,
ME d. Jan. 3, 1852
5viii Deborah b. August 14, 1788.
5 ix Phebe b. July 14, 1790, 3; d. January 19, 1825
4
vi John Thresher (Benjamin 3
Thresher) married Judith Dole on January 27, 1775 in Hampton,
Rockingham, NH.
*Note: He was a tallow candle manufacturer.
Children of John Thresher and Judith Dole:
5
x Juda b. abt Jan. 15, 1784 Portland,
Cumberland, ME
5
xi Elizabeth
5
xii David
5 xiii George
5
xiv Judith b. June 09, 1777 Portland, Cumberland, ME d. Oct. 18, 1779 Portland, Cumberland, ME
5
xv Sally b. Apr. 6, 1778 Portland, Cumberland, ME
5
xvi Rhoda b. abt Nov. 26, 1778 Portland, Cumberland, ME
5 xvii Judith b. abt Aug. 9, 1780 Portland, Cumberland, ME d. June 09, 1783 Portland, Cumberland, ME
5xviii John, Jr.
b. Mar. 21, 1781 Portland, Cumberland, ME, baptism Mar. 24, 1782
Portland, Cumberland, ME
5
xix Harriet b. Feb. 29, 1784, Portland, Cumberland,
ME, baptism Jan. 7, 1784 Portland,
Cumberland, ME
5 xx Judith b. January 06, 1786 Portland, Cumberland, ME (Ancestors of Dana Edgecomb)
5 xxi Benjamin b. 1792 d. 1857
4 vii Benjamin Thresher, Jr. (Benjamin 3 Thrasher) married Loruhamah Mariner (b. Sep. 16, 1750 Falmouth, Cumberland, ME) on November 21, 1777 in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, ME.
4
viii Ebenezer Thresher (Benjamin
3 Thrasher) married Lucretia Johnson (b.
July 18, 1762 d. Apr. 22, 1856) on
December 21, 1786 in North Yarmouth, Cumberland, ME.
Children of Ebenezer Thresher and
Lucretia Johnson:
5
xxii Ebenezer b. Jan. 3, 1798 d. May 03, 1886
5
xxiii Betsey b. Oct. 3, 1778
5 xxiv Eben
b. Jan. 7, 1790
5 xxv Lucretia b. Jan. 22, 1792
5
xxvi Robert b. Sep. 13, 1793, Portland, ME d. Oct. 2, 1878, Cape Elizabeth, ME
5 xxvii Mary b. Jan. 05, 1797
5xxviii Joseph b. Jan. 16, 1799
5
xxix Mary b. Nov. 08, 1800
5
xxx Benjamin b. Apr. 07, 1802
5
xxxi Corneil b. Dec. 09, 1803
5 xxxii Sophia b. June 29, 1805
5xxxiii Isabella b. Mar. 10, 1807
4
xiii David Thresher (Jonathan 3
Thresher) married Susannah ?
Children of David Thresher and Susannah
?:
5xxxiv Joshiah b. Nov. 1769
5 xxxv Lydia b. Feb. 1772
5xxxvi David b. Aug. 1777
4
xv Mary Thresher (Jonathan 3 Thresher)
married Josiah Tucker on November 25, 1752.
Children of Mary Thresher and Josiah Tucker:
5xxxvii Mary (married Jeremiah Kimball, children:
Eunice (d. 1771)
married
Josiah Thrasher, b. 1726, d. 1782)
4
xvi Hannah Thresher (Henry 3 Thresher)
married Josiah Moulton. Josiah
Moulton is the son of Richard Moulton.
Children of Hannah Thresher and Josiah Moulton:
5xxxviii Levi
5 xxxix Abigail b. 1773
4
xviii Jacob Thresher (Henry 3
Thresher) married Olive Eastman (b. abt 1761 Deerfield, MA d. Apr. 26, 1812 Cornish, NH) on November 05,
1780 in Deerfield, Rockingham, NH.
*Note: From the “History of Geauga County, Ohio” pg.
337-340, 1880, ‘Dr. Jacob Thresher...was a cousin of the Websters, Daniel and
Ezekiel, on the mother's side, through whom the brains must have come. He was a remarkable man, standing six feet,
spare, bony, erect, well made, with a magnificent head all forward of and above
the ears--a man of rare dignity of bearing, of classical education, rare
intellect, keen, subtle, caustic, endowed with great wit and pitiless sarcasm.’
Children of Jacob Thresher and Olive
Eastman:
5
XL Mary b. Mar. 20, 1782, Deerfield, NH
5
XLI John b. Feb. 05, 1784, Deerfield, NH d. Sep. 15, 1863
5
XLii Arthur Henry b. Sep. 26, 1785, Deerfield, NH
5 XLiii Lydia
b. Feb. 14, 1788, Deerfield, Rockingham, NH d. Dec. 17, 1843, Troy
Twp., Geauga Co., OH
5
XLiv Jacob b. Apr. 24, 1789, Deerfield,
Rockingham, NH d. Aug. 28, 1858,
GeaugaCo., Ohio
5
XLv Olive b. Oct. 6, 1791
5 XLvi Ephriam b. Apr. 8, 1793
5 XLvii Betsy b. May 9, 1795, Cornish, NH d. Dec. 26, 1881, Troy, Geauga Co., Ohio.
5XLviii Martha b. May
12, 1797
5XLvix Benjamin b. Jan. 27, 1801
5 L Hannah b. Sep. 11, 1803
4
xxii David Thresher (Henry 3
Thresher) married Phoebe Prescott (b. June 1768 d. Dec. 28, 1831) on January 22, 1787. Phoebe Prescott is the daughter of
Stephen Prescott and Elizabeth Healey
Children of David Thresher and Phoebe
Prescott:
5 Li True S. b. Aug. 1787, NH d. July 1861, Prospect, OH burial: prospect cemetery,
marion co.,
prospect, OH
5 Lii Elisha
b. Nov. 22, 1789, Raymond, NH
d. June 13, 1871, Trenton Twp.,
Delaware County, OH
5 Liii Henry
b. 1791 d. Candia, NH
5 Liv Stephen b. July 25, 1794 d.
Piermont, NH
5 Lv Ebenezer b. 1795 d. November
12, 1837, Salem, MA
5 Lvi David
b. 1797 d. Salem, MA
5 Lvii Nathaniel b. 1799 d. Georgia
5Lviii Betsy b. 1801 d. Wentworth, NH
5 Lix Sally
b. 1805 d. Piermont, NH
5 Lx Phoebe b. 1810 d. Candia,
NH
5
i Jerusha Thrasher (Joseph 4 Thresher) married Asa Sawyer (b.
abt 1768 d. abt 1820) abt. 1791.
5
iv Joanna Thrasher (Joseph 4
Thresher) married Thomas Higgins (b. Nov. 10, 1773 d. abt Mar. 25,
1852) on June 24, 1799 in
Portland, Cumberland, ME.
5
v Joseph Thrasher, esq. (Joseph 4 Thresher) married Thirza
Tuttle (d. May, 12, 1857 Pownal,
Cumberland, ME) on July 24, 1836
in Durham, Androscoggin, ME.
5
vi Susannah Thrasher (Joseph 4 Thresher) married John
Chenery (b. 1777 d. May 07,
1841 Falmouth,
Cumberland, ME.)
Children of Susannah Thrasher and John Chenery:
6 i John b. 1811; d. 1879.
6 ii Deborah
L. b. Abt. 1827; d. July 06,
1845 Falmouth, Cumberland, ME
5
vii Mary Thrasher (Joseph 4
Thresher) married Isaac Morrill on December 12, 1805 in Westbrook,
Cumberland, ME.
5
xi Elizabeth Thrasher (John 4
Thresher) married ? Howard.
5xvi Rhoda Thrasher (John 4
Thresher) married ? Lunt.
5xix Harriet Thrasher (John 4
Thresher) married ? Hall.
5
xxi Benjamin Thrasher (Joseph 4 Thresher) married Fannie
Poore in 1818.
Children of Benjamin Thrasher and Fannie
Poore:
6 iii John Sidney b. 1818
6 iv Benjamin Franklin b. 1820
6 v Sidney
C. b. 1822 d. 1827
5
xxii Ebenezer Thrasher (Ebenezer 4 Thrasher)
married Lydia (White?) (b. Jan. 20, 1808) on January
21, 1827.
*Note: For Ebenezer Thrasher, Author: Colby, Henry Francis,
Title “A tribute to the memory of
Ebenezer Thresher”,
Published: Dayton, O., Press of
United brethren pub. house, 1886,
Description: 93 p. front. (port.) 23 cm., LC Call
No.: BX6495.T45C6, Binder's title:
Memoir of
Ebenezer Thresher.,
Subjects: Thresher, Ebenezer,
1798-1886., Control No.: 5857500
Children of Ebenezer Thrasher and Lydia
(White?):
6 vi Sarah b. Oct.
03, 1827
6 vii Margaret b. Oct. 20, 1829
6viii Lucretia b. Dec. 23, 1830 d. Feb.11, 1881.
6 ix Deborah b. June 20, 1833.
6 x Russell b. July 15, 1835
6 xi Emily b. Aug. 06, 1837
6 xii Martin b. Dec. 16, 1839
6xiii Ebenezer, Jr.
b. Nov. 13, 1842
6xiv Henry b. July 9, 1845
6 xv Emily b. July 3, 1848 d. Dec. 21, 1849
6xvi Elizabeth b. abt. 1852; d. March 28, 1870
5
xxvii Robert Thrasher (Ebenezer 4 Thrasher)
married Lois G. Thurston (b.
April 2, 1799 Rockport,
MA d. Sep. 14, 1886 Cape Elizabeth, ME) on January 6, 1822 in Cape
Elizabeth, ME.
Children of Robert Thrasher and Lois Thurston:
6xvii Alfred
b. Jan.16, 1828, Cape Elizabeth, Me d. Feb.16, 1907, S. Portland, ME
5xxxxiii
Lydia Thrasher (Jacob 4 Thrasher) married Spencer
Barrows (b. 1787) on September 13, 1809
in Grantham Twp, NH.
*Note: From the history of Geauga County, Ohio,
1880 pg 669, Spencer Barrows
“The pioneer settlers of the
western reserve, as it generally known, were directly or indirectly
"new
englanders." Among others, who
emigrated to the then "New Connecticut" in 1828, we f
find the name of Spencer
Barrows, a man who was born in the state of Maine, and reared in sight
of Plymouth Rock,
Massachusetts, from the age of six to nineteen years, when fortune placed him
in the "old granite
state," in a township known as Grantham, and where, at the age of twenty-two,
he married Lydia,
daughter of Jacob Thrasher. Two years
later, we find him located in Crown
Point, New York. Here he lived until 1828, additions from
time to time having been made to his
household, until nine
children made up the sum of his family circle.
With these he made his way
to the then " far
west" (except one, who died in infancy), and took up his abode in
Shalerville,
Portage County,
Ohio. Here he remained until the spring
of 1831, two daughters having, in the
meantime, been added to
those imported, when he came to troy, and settled on the northeast
quarter of section
eight, know as the "mead section," and here, on the 12th of may,
1833, the
subject of this sketch
was born. (Leonard Perkins Barrows son
of Spencer and Lydia.)
Children of Lydia Thrasher and Spencer Barrows:
6xvix Sally b. 1810, NH d. May 7, 1876, Troy, Geauga Cty. OH (married Marvin James on
Aug. 18, 1832 Geauga Co, OH)
6xx Lois b. 1812, NH (married Amos James)
6xxi Chester b. 1814, NH
6xxii Seth b. 1814, NH
6xxiii Andrew b. 1815 (married Lucy ?)
6xxiv Arvilla b. 1820
d. April 19, 1841 Troy, Geauga Cty. OH
6xxv Adolphus b. 1822 NY (married Caroline Olds)
6xxvi Spencer b. 1825
NY
6xxvii Hannah
Charlotte b. December 21, 1827
NY d. December 27, 1854, Allegan
Cty.,
MI
6xxviii Sylvia b. 1829
d. September 22, 1878 (married 1. Orville Joiner, 2. Israel Johnson on
March 29, 1875 in Troy, OH)
6xxix Helen
Augusta b. January 25, 1831,
Shalersville, Portage Cty., OH d. 1909
Troy, Geauga Cty. OH (married William H. Chapman on July 3, 1851 Troy, OH)
6xxx Leonard
Perkins b. May 12, 1833 Troy
Township, OH d. December 28, 1902,
Chardon, OH
5xxxxiv Jacob Thrasher (Jacob 4
Thrasher) married Elizabeth Sheafe Branscomb (d. 1869) on
July 23,
1815. Elizabeth Sheafe Branscomb is the daughter of Mary
French.
*Note: History of Geauga County, Ohio 1880 pg.
613 for Jacob Thrasher. In 1834, Dr.
Jacob
Thrasher, from Crown
Point, settled on section five, buying the claim and improvements of
Orrin Lamb, another of the Lamb family before-mentioned, and
on which he lived until his death,
in 1858, handwritten by
Etta Francis Mumaw Thrasher on pg. 613 " 1869, Elizabeth Thrasher,
1858 Dr. Thrasher, Mrs.
Thrasher lived 11 years after Dr. ‘s death in 1834, lived 24 yrs. in
troy".
cause of death:
diseased liver p.ki p.89. According to
the above, Dr. Thrasher moved to troy,
ohio in 1834. Dr.
Thrasher buried in thrasher mausoleum, troy, ohio
After his arrival in Troy,
though bred to medicine, which he had abandoned, he was much
employed in the trial
of cases before magistrates. Without
knowledge of law, his sagacity,
knowledge of men, wit
and sarcasm, made him formidable as an irregular practitioner.
A.G. Riddle, from whose
sketch in the williams' history this has been condensed, writes of him
as having a large fund
of practical information-tested, distilled, and used until seemed veritable
wisdom, and with
readiness, tact, and ability, his conversation, interspersed with anecdotes,
and
keenness of wit, was
rarely equaled. He was poor, had convivial habits, tried cases, gave riddle,
then a young lawyer,
much valuable advice and suggestion, and was always to him an enigma of
human character,
conduct and fortune.
Children of Jacob Thrasher and Elizabeth Branscomb:
6xxxi Otis d. May 22, 1862
6xxxii Olive Eastman b. April 12, 1816, Deerfield, NH d. September 17, 1868, Geauga Co., OH
6xxxiv Mary
Elizabeth b. May 12, 1817,
Deerfield, NH
6xxxv Arthur Henry b. March 19, 1819, Deerfield, NH d. December 09, 1864, Geauga Co., OH.
6xxxvi Martha Ann b. September 21, 1823
6xxxvii William Cullen b. September 09, 1825, Troy twp., Geauga,
Co., OH d. September 27, 1825 buried Thrasher Mausoleum, lot 44
6xxxviii William Cullen (2) b. September 02, 1826, Crownpoint, NY d. December 09, 1886, Troy, Geauga Co., OH.
6xxxvix Jacob S. b. November 04, 1828 d. July 29, 1903.
6xxxx Jane b. December 05, 1831 d.
July 01, 1871 buried Thrasher Mausoleum
6xxxxi
Emily b. April 26, 1836,
Troy, Geauga Co., OH d. December 31,
1879,
Geauga Co.,
OH, buried Thrasher Mausoleum
6xxxxii James b. September 09, 1839
5
Li True S. Thrasher (David
4Thrasher) married Mary Bean (b. abt 1793 Deerfield, NH d. Aug. 6, 1865).
Children of True Thrasher and Mary Bean:
6 xxxxiii True
d. 1847.
6 xxxxiv Ephraim
d. 11 yrs. old.
6
xxxxv Elisha d. 10 yrs. old.
6 xxxxvi Horatio
6 xxxxvii David d. October 31, 1861.
6xxxxviii Enoch
6 xxxxix Olive
E..
6 L Jacob
6 Li Mary
A.
6 Lii infant
d. infancy
6
Liii infant d. infancy
5
Lii Elisha Thrasher (David
4Thrasher) married Sarah Bean (b. March 11, 1796 NH d. Jan. 26, 1855
Delaware Cty., OH).
*Note: Elisha Thrasher lived
on Sugar Tree Farm in Trenton Twp., Delaware County, OH. He is
buried at Sunbury Cemetery
(Berkshire twp.) Old Delaware County, OH.
Property, July 13, 1834,
Sugar Tree Farm, will: May 18,
1869.
Children of Elisha Thrasher and Sarah Bean
are:
6
Liv Phoebe b. November 06, 1815.
6
Lv David b. March 06,
1817, Belfast, ME d. September 28,
1892, Pleasant Lake, IN 6 Lvi Elizabeth b. April 17, 1819 d. August 18, 1848, Sunbury, OH
6 Lvii Sarah
Jane b. March 26, 1823
6 Lviii Levi E. b. March 04, 1827, Delaware
co., OH d. February 16, 1912, Oakwood,
OH
6 Lix Lucinda,
b. October 01, 1829, Delaware County, OH
6 Lx Eliza
Ann b. May 10, 1833 d. September
10, 1846.
6 Lxi Jane
b. May 15, 1836, Delaware county, OH d.
March 1855, Sunbury, OH
6 Lxii Amanda b. May 15, 1836 d. October 19, 1855.
6 Lxiii Amanda
Jane b. 1838, Delaware County, OH
6 Lxiv Melissa b. May 04, 1840.
5
Liii Henry Thrasher (David 4Thrasher) married Betsey
Taylor (b. Feb. 3, 1791 d. 1875)
on July 31,
1810. Betsey Taylor is the daughter John
Taylor and Hannah Brown.
*Note: Rev. Isaac
Jones performed their marriage.
Children of Henry Thrasher and Betsey Taylor:
6 Lxv Dana
5
Liv Stephen Thrasher
(David 4Thrasher) married Jemima Bean (b. Aug. 11,
1795) on November 27,
1816 in Deerfield, NH.
*Note: Marriage performed by Nathaniel Wells.
Children of Stephen Thrasher and Jemima Bean:
6 Lxvi James
5
Lv Ebenezer Thrasher (David 4 Thrasher)
married Polly Pratt on May 05, 1816.
Children of Ebenezer Thrasher and Polly Pratt:
6 Lxvii Phoebe b. September 1819 d.
December 20, 1819, 4 mo..
6 Lxviii David b. 1820 d. 1820, six
months.
6 xiii Ebenezer
Thrasher, Jr. (Ebenezer 5 Thrasher) married ?
Bowie.
Children of Ebenezer Thrasher, Jr. and ? Bowie:
7 i
Ebenezer
7
ii John
7 iii Benjamin
7 iv Mary
7 v Mehitable
7 vi Elizabeth
6
xxxii Olive Thrasher (Jacob
5 Thrasher) married Solomon Wells on February 06,
1838. Solomon
Wells is the son of
Henry Wells and Sophia Breed.
Children of Olive Thrasher and Solomon Wells:
7 vii Edward b. 1843, adopted d. February 23, 1863. (According to
History of Geauga Co., OH,
1880, recruits in
august, 1862: edward wells is among 9 names listed. " war of the
rebellion" pg. 627 quote
from:
"but why
discriminate? most assuredly it was not
the personal election of shepherd scott that he should be immolated on the
altar of heated passion, nor of latham, that he would be so shockingly dismembered;
nor of green, that his life should waste away by inches; nor of shaw and
stockwell, that their anticipated return to the home of their childhood should
have been so tragically frustrated; nor of doolittle, that but fifty-four
one-hundredths of an inch should have stood between him and his "muster
out"; no more was it the election of hazen corliss, that a rebel bullet
should crash through his brain, and wipe out his existence, on the field of battle; nor of ellis kingsbury, nor of
morris latham, that their bones should be scattered by rebel missiles, causing
their deaths in far-off hospitals; nor was it the election of charley scott, or
clark or henry green, or hoard, or geo.
harrington, or benton, or daniel corliss, or windnagle, or wells, or
milton starin, or fisher. or kimpton, or andrew pool, or seth james, or nash,
or marshall davis, or newell hosmer, that their days should end, victims of
disease, in military hospitals, on a cotton-bale, or in an ambulance; but such
was the fate of war, and soldier-like, they all submitted to the dread
decree. nor was it the election of
thomas a. scott, or of marcus latham, and others, that their persons should be
lacerated and disfigured with rebel lead, but such was their experience. verily, war is an unfeeling
arbitrator." pg. 629
"the 23d of
february witnessed the opening of the mortuary record for 1863, in the death of
edward, adopted son of solomon, and olive wells. his remains were brought home, and to-day himself and
foster-mother sleep side by side."
pg. 631
6xxxv
Arthur Thrasher (Jacob 5 Thrasher) married Mary
Arnilla Merriam on December 19, 1850 in Geauga County, OH. Mary Merrian is the daughter of M.
Merriam and ? Welton.
*Note: History from
Geauga Co., OH pg. 337 - 340 published 1880:
Arthur's mother was from a
respectable NH family. He was
named for her only brother. (Arthur
Branscomb) was a lawyer of ability, and was several times a member of the NH
legislature. In Arthur H. Thrasher’s
infancy, the family moved to Crown Point, Essex Co., NY, and when he was twelve
years old came to troy. He was at school in
parkman, and later, occupied an otherwise deserted log cabin, subsisting
himself, by the aid of his brothers and sisters, in troy, under the tuition of
the late b. f. abel, esq., an accomplished teacher, and one of the most amiable
of men. Here he was deep in the
classics. I also hear of him in school
at delaware, ohio, of his teaching for short periods. His father seems to have early left him to himself, probably
about all he could do for him; and to one of the nature, character, and
aspirations of young arthur, this could be done with absolute safety. Emulous, pure-hearted, patient, hopeful,
docile, but high-spirited and proud, an early death or honorable success
invariably attends such youths. Under
the difficulties surrounding him he made his way-may have matured slowly. So much the better in the long arduous
struggle of life. at ten, fifteen, or
twenty-five, no man can, with any certainty, forecast the five or six great men
of forty years hence-perhaps not one of the five hundred extraordinary, or even
of the one thousand distinguished of that future. his grasp of a knotty point, a problem, was that of a vice. he held it till he extracted its secret,
till it dissolved to simples in his hand.
in 1844 he entered the law office of Hitchcock
& wilder as a student of law. after
a few months he went to southern Indiana and taught school. Here, with a brother, he purchased a drove
of swine, which they took to New Orleans.
It proved a bad speculation. He,
however, managed to return to law, and was admitted to the bar in 1848. For the ensuing two years he made troy his
headquarters, attended to cases before magistrates, and appeared in some trials
at Ravenna and Chardon.
in 1850, on the removal of a. g. riddle to
Cleveland, at his request, Mr. Thrasher became came a member of the firm of
Phelps, riddle & thrasher; and thrasher, durfee & Hathaway, practicing
in geauga and lake, with excursions into ashtabula and portage. He lived in Chardon until his death, which
occurred December 9, 1864, at the early age of forty-five.
Mr. thrasher never held an office, never sought
one. He was thorough lawyer. It opened a field of labor which enlisted
all his powers; its successes gratified his ambition, its emoluments gave him
the means of liberal living, and, with his care, would have produced
affluence. The firm of which he first
became a member had one side, usually the plaintiffs, of quite all the cases in
geauga, and a fair practice in lake.
Mr. thrasher's ability and industry, with the
aid of Mr. riddle in trials, kept up and rather increased it, especially in
lake. His application approached the
wonderful. He thoroughly mastered the
law. That which he once secured he
always retained. No hint of fact or law
was lost on him. As fast as means
permitted he added to the library, and his books were implements of warfare,
not embellishments to attract or please the eye. The practice of law with him was a constant conflict. The declaration was a declaration of war,
--instant, relentless, and without quarter or cessation; always pushed to
extremity, never abandoned till the end was reached; ever renewed till the last
honorable expedient was exhausted. His
client was his friend, brother, himself.
His cause,, his feelings; his opponents, his advocate's enemy. He supplemented the knowledge and zeal of
the lawyer with the interest, zeal, and animosity of the party. While this secures the utmost fidelity, the
most untiring, persistent attention and labor, the brain is sometimes too
heated, and the mists of passion obscure the vision. The danger is, your opponent becomes your enemy, ---never can
become your client. There never was a
safer man to entrust a case to than Arthur h. thrasher. No man ever dreamed of corrupting him. "The cause he knew not, he searched
out," literally. If law then was
in all the books that would help him, his counsel would certainly find and
bring it forward. If a man in the world
knew a thing which which would aid him, his counsel would surely have him at
the trial; and all that could be done in the way of preparation, care and
industry, a high degree of ability in the trial and presentation of the case,
without regard to the amount involved or time consumed in the trial, were
certain to be well and thoroughly done.
The danger was overwork, too great care. He usually knew exactly what the witnesses on his side knew, and
all they knew. He was often exacting as
to the precise form of the words they should use, and he returned again and
again to the point, often when unimportant, until he had it as he wished it;
or, as sometimes happened, in the forgetfulness, perversity, or anger of the
witness, he was foiled altogether. as a
lawyer, Mr. thrasher ranked high. Time,
growth, industry, talents, are all-requisite to produce a lawyer. These would certainly have conducted him to
the very foremost rank.
As an advocate, a speaker, he was strong,
clear, argumentative, and forcible; was without imagination or fancy; was
always too intensely in earnest to indulge the vein of pleasant humor which
would make him a delightful companion.
His speeches at times might have been improved in method, and quite as
effective if of diminished length.
Sometimes after a masterly presentation of his case, in the fear that he
had omitted something, or had not produced it in its strength, he returned to
different parts of it, at the hazard of weakening or confusing the effort as a
whole. He had many of the advantages
of a good speaker,--a fine, well-knit, tall, slender form; open, frank, manly
face (resembling his mother's race, i am told); aquiline features; dark, fine
eyes; glossy wavy black hair, carefully arranged; and dressed with a neatness
and style of costume unusual in a village, and which sometimes provoked the
comment of the rustic. One of the most honorable and high-minded of men, he
thought well of himself, though not too well.
modest he was, but he knew he was every inch a man, and always dressed
and bore himself as became a man, and the thorough gentleman that he was.
No man at the head of a large practice, which
he pursued with the methods and industry of mr. thrasher, could long
survive. though with a fine physique,
pure, temperate, blameless life, the man who should have gone on to the head of
his profession, ruled on the supreme court bench of his state, presided as her
chief magistrate, or wiser still, have remained in private practice, so labored
in it as to sap the foundations and conditions of life itself, and die at the
immature age of forty-five, distinguished in the small circle of two or three
counties, and great only in possibility.
Among the cases of local celebrity which
connect themselves with Mr. thrasher's name are those of lampson vs. pool, of
troy, all about a yearling steer which both claimed. it was rutted, had it tail cut in due form in the spring, and
turned away with the herd on the rich cuyahoga bottoms. in autumn it had waxed fat and kicked. pool secured it; was sued by lampson. it was worth seven dollars, cost a thousand,
divided a township, illustrated a
principle in the supreme court, and the folly of the law as men appeal to it,
and added much to mr. thrasher's reputation, who finally won it.
Then there was the case of bosley vs. spencer,
for flowing water back onto his water-wheel, in south thompson, which his side
gained, mainly through his efforts.
Tucker and tucker, all about a puddle of water. the tuckers, of chardon, brothers, of
narrow, strong, unyielding qualities, were at feud. there was an intermittent little brook meandering, when it could
run, through a field of hosea tucker.
at one point, on the line between them, a sup of it could at times be
had, in an angle of the line fence on orrin tucker's side. orrin had plenty of other water; could use
this, when there was any, for stock.
hosea put in a stout fence at that point, which cut orrin off. orrin put a suit to him,straightway;
employed able counsel. thrasher &
co. defended. five years the war
lasted. orrin was beaten finally, and
ruined, and dr. thrasher uttered an epigram on the poor old mother of these
sons.
who in geauga and lake does not remember mrs.
fuller's case against hezekiah cole, for breach of marriage promise, and everything
else, tried the last of many times at painesville, in february, 1861? thrasher made the case, in a way. he resurrected the facts, and witnesses,
too, and finally secured a verdict, though others aided in the trial.
i need only mention the case of ohio vs. cole,
for poisoning his wife. in this case
thrasher literally created the defense.
he did very much to educate the medical witnesses, whose testimony was
effectively used. it is true that on
the final trial ranney and laban sherman made the speeches, but thrasher was
the life,brain, and spirit of the remarkable and successful defense. indeed, so intense and long-continued were
his labors and anxiety in this case, that i have always attributed the ruin of
his own health to it. cole's whole life
was not worth the idlest moment of the brave spirit that dimmed its own earthly
day for him.
Let it not be suspected for a moment that mr.
thrasher's enemies even ever accused him of sharp practice, or the use of
unfair or dishonorable means, in any of those ardently pursued cases. his warfare was open, frank, and most
honorable.
On the nineteenth of December, 1850, mr
thrasher joined in marriage with miss Mary a. Meriam, daughter of m. d. meriam,
esq., of buron, and granddaughter of the late Johnson f. welton. of attractive person, carefully educated,
and very pleasing manners, devoted, and womanly, she brought to him the
contrasts and counterparts without which even devoted, untiring love may fail
to secure rational happiness.
of earnest and sincere convictions and reverent
nature, mr. thrasher had always treated the subject of religion with
respect. a year or two before his death
he felt constrained to openly acknowledge his deepened convictions, and became an
active member of an organized body of orthodox Christians. he was of the advanced on the subject of
slavery, and behind none in ardent patriotism.
in his early years at the bar the intensity of his advocacy made him
some enemies. as he advance in years,
he softened somewhat the ardor of his
invective. he came finally to
understand that his opponents were not all totally depraved, and his clients
and witnesses not monopolists of truth and virtue. all the world finally came to see the integrity and purity of his
life; that his faults sprang wholly from his zeal for what to him was the cause
of justice and truth; and they felt and acknowledged the essential manliness,
strength, and force of his character, and regarded him accordingly. daily was he growing in the esteem,
confidence, and respect of his fellow.
more and more was it seen and felt that he was a strong, brave, pure
man--one to be trusted and confided in, --and he was rapidly reaching his
proper place in the regards of all. in
his own circle, by his own fireside, with his kin and friends, he was always
the truest, tenderest, and most thoughtful of men.
my hand lingers tenderly and lovingly over this
sketch. a ma loath to finish and leave
it. i know it will have the tribute of
my tears. he was one of the most
cherished of my manhood's friends. when
i clasped his hand in mine i knew that its pulse was absolute truth--that his
instincts were loyal, and his spirit high and pure.
of his marriage was born a son, albert j., may
3, 1858. he has the manly figure and
bearing, with the mentality, of his father; the blonde complexion, blue eyes,
pleasing face, and sparkling manner of his mother. Thus far he has not developed the bodily vigor and hardihood
which permits the devotion to study he would so much desire. That will come in time. He is an object of much interest to the
wide circle of his father's friends.
With his mother, whose life of pure widowhood is one of devotion to him,
he finds his home, with her parents, at their pleasant retreat in Burton.
1. bet. 1850 - 1854, prosecuting attorney,
geauga county, ohio, history of geauga county, ohio 1880
Mary
Arnilla Merriam’s grandfather is Johnson F. Welton
Children
of Arthur Thrasher and Mary Merriam:
7
xiii Albert Joseph b. May 03, 1858 d. April 10, 1916
6xxxviii
William C. Thrasher (Jacob 5 Thrasher) married Isabella
Wright on December 07, 1847 in Spencer Cty. IN.
Children
of William Thrasher and Isabella Wright:
7
ix Jacob Levin b. December 13, 1848, Troy, Spencer Co., IN
d. October 15, 1920.
7
x Isaac Wright b. March 03, 1850, Troy twp., Geauga co.,
OH d. June 06, 1852, Troy twp., Geauga
co., OH
7
xi Isaac William b. August 10, 1854 d. February 28, 1863, Troy twp., Geauga co., OH
7
xii William Cullen b.
March 23, 1862.
7
xiii Jessie Fremont b.
December 20, 1864
To
be Continued