Henry Newberry (1783 - 1854)

Born 27 Jan 1783 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Strong) Newberry — married 9 Oct 1803 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Descendants

Died 3 Dec 1854 at age 71 in Cuyahoga Falls, Summit, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Henry was born in 1783.

Mr. Henry Newberry came to the Ohio Western Reserve in 1814 to look after his property (in Tract No. 1 of Tallmadge) that he inherited from his father. Finding a very valuable water power on his land, the falls of the Cuyahoga River, Mr. Newberry returned to Conn. In 1824 having disposed of the old farm in Windsor that belonged to his father, he made his arrangements to move his family onto his land in Tallmadge. At this time the territory was a dense forest. Mr. Newberry knowing that his land must be cleared of timber and fenced for security of his crops & a house built for the comfort of his family, that a sawmill would be necessary to facilitate all this & buy teams, he employed John B. Wheadon and Ransom Blanchard with instructions to buy oxen and provisions, hire men and get to work. With these instructions, they left Conn. and arrived in Ohio in May 1824. Mr. Newberry built a dam across the River and erected a sawmill on the west side of the River in the fall and winter of 1824 and 1825.

He passed away in 1854.

Sources

• North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 pg 35
• Bronson, Charles Cook: Volume 1 of Bronson’s Diaries, Page 19. [1]