1. Lucius WARNER. Born on 2 Apr 1805 in Waterbury, CT. Lucius died in Liverpool, Medina County, OH on 5 Oct 1875; he was 70. He married Meletiah (Milly) TILLOTSON, daughter of Samuel TILLOTSON (4 Oct 1759-3 Dec 1848) & Sarah PARTRIDGE (15 May 1769-11 Apr 1846), on 11 Nov 1828 in Liverpool, Medina Co, OH.[1] Born on 27 Oct 1809 in Tyringham or Lee, Berkshire county, MA. Meletiah (Milly) died in probably Liverpool on 18 Feb 1892; she was 82.[2]
The Warners appear to have come to Liverpool from Connecticut about 1818 or before. In 1858 he was a 53 year old farmer living in Liverpool with a farm worth about $4500. The only other member of the household is Sam C. Crocker, a 14 year old boy born in Ohio. They only had one child, Mary E., who lived to adulthood and she was married to A.C. Armstrong. Different sources give different fathers for Lucius. He may have been the son of Justus Warner, one of the first settlers of Liverpool, or he may have been the son of William Warner, who may have been a brother of Justus.
Lucius Warner was a farmer who attended the district school in pioneer days. He was a Republican. He was an Episcopalian until that church in Liverpool was discontinued and then he attended the M.E. Church in Brunswick. He owned part of the property his father settled. (Tillotson Gen)
Milly and Lucius Warner were students together in the early Brunswick log school and perhaps both were students of her sister, Sarah. As a teenager she once carded, spun and wove some tow cloth. She made a piece a yard wide and six yards long. Sh took her cloth the 20 miles to Cleveland on horseback where she traded it for six yards of pink calico to make herself a dress. At this time most clothing was made from linen or wool or the combination of the two known as linsey-woolsey. The home dyed fabrics were generally of subdued colors such as dark brown, dull yellow, gray, black, or blue. Milly was undoubtedly very proud of the dress she made from the colorful calico she had traded for but it brought her a rebuke from her minister for wearing such gaudy colors.
Milly followed in the footsteps of her sister, Sarah, and taught school before her marriage. As an adult she had a reputation for being an excellent housekeep and a careful manager who helped Lucius achieve success with his farm. (Wolcott, B&HD of Brunswick)
Jane's aunt Milly was Meletiah Tillotson who was born in Tyringham, Massachusetts on 27 October 1809. She married Lucius Warner at Liverpool, Ohio on 11 November 1828. The family lived in Liverpool and Jane makes many references to them in her diary. I have not been able to identify any children and the first census records I have looked at are for 1860 in Liverpool. These records show an interesting cluster of Warner families which appear to be related. The Warners appear to have come to Liverpool from Connecticut about 1818 or before. The first family listed is that of Lucius and Meletiah Warner. He was a 55 year old farmer with a farm worth $4500. The only other member of the household is Sam C. Crocker, a 14 year old boy born in Ohio.
The second family, next door, is that of William and Clara Warner. He was a 74 year old farmer with a farm worth $7800, quite a large one. Clara was 73. Both were from Connecticut and related to Lucius and several other Warners nearby. The next house in line is that of the William L. and Emily Warner family. He was a 42 year old farmer born in Ohio with a farm worth $2100. They had six children including an oldest son, Lucius, probably named for his uncle. Therefore, I suspect William L. is also a son of William Warner. Two houses away was the residence of Erastus and Sophia Warner. He was a 68 year old farmer from Connecticut with a farm worth $1320. I suspect that he was a brother of William Warner. Also living in this house was Elizabeth S____? who may have been 61 years old and a native of Wartenburg, Germany. Ten houses away was the family of E.L. Warner and his wife, Louisa. He was a 46 year old master mechanic born in Ohio. They had three children.
Three years before the Tillotsons came to Brunswick, in 1811 the first families had come to the neighboring town of Liverpool. The first two settlers were the Moses Demming and Justus Warner families who came out from Waterbury, Connecticut. Moses Demming was married to the Warner's daughter, Ruth. In 1828, Jane's Aunt Milly would marry Lucius Warner of this family. Both these families were known to Jane Tillotson as she grew up and there are references to both families in her Brunswick diaries. In 1860 Moses Demming wrote about the trip from Cleveland to Liverpool in 1811. His description is probably similar to what Samuel Tillotson would have written about his family's trip from Cleveland to Brunswick three years later.
Demming and Warner brought their families first to Cleveland just as the Tillotson's would.
We arrived at Columbia on the last day of February, 1811. When at Cleveland, on our way to Columbia, Mr. Huntington urged me to buy a lot in that town for $60, and pay part in a clock, and the balance in any kind of trade we then had with us. [Demming had become a clockmaker and peddler in Connecticut.] The lot offered to me contained one acre and a fourth, and is the same lot on which the Court House now stands. Cleveland was then reported to be sickly, and the scrub oaks seemed to indicate that the ground was too poor to raise white beans; so we could not make a trade. I traveled many miles over what is now called Columbia, Liverpool and Brunswick, exploring and deciding upon the most available portion to purchase and prepare to locate; and, after due deliberation, made a choice of the farm on which I now reside. I contracted with a young man to make an opening and prepare a field to plant in corn the coming spring; and on the 15th of March started for home [Connecticut]. Nothing of import happened on my way.
When I got home I made preparations to move, selling off all that I could not take with me conveniently. I owned eleven head of young cattle that I determined to take with me, if possible. Late in April we filled our wagon with such articles as we supposed essential, topping off our load with a quantity of wheel heads, and, hitching on a team of oxen and one horse, set out on our tedious journey. The driving of the cattle through the woods and across streams caused us trouble and toil. We progressed at the average speed of sixteen miles per day. Our wheel heads aided in paying our expenses at places where we tarried over night. From Cleveland to Columbia, a distance of twelve miles, there were no inhabitants, and in many places the roads were heavy [muddy]. We traveled hard from early dawn to late eve in making that distance. The roads were very deep, and our chances to avoid deep mud few and far between, unless we had cut an entirely new road. Prior to our arrival there had been heavy rains, waters were high, and fordings rather dangerous. In attempting to cross a creek, the round poles comprising the bridge were floating in an eddy over the two long stringers, I urged the cattle forward, and when they stepped on the poles they gave way and let the cattle into the water between the stringers. I stood on a stringer with a stout pole, pushed the head of each one of the cattle under the stringer and forced it through the current, and by this means, after many punches with the pole and much grappling of horns, I got all my cattle over. We left our wagon, took a few of the necessary articles, traveled up the stream to where we found it more shallow, and, after much toil and circuitous travel, we arrived at Liverpool on the 18th of May, having traveled twenty days. (Upton, 367)
Milly spent her last days living with her neice, Cornelia Stranahan in Liverpool. (Tillotson Gen)
They had the following children:
2 i. "a daughter" (1829-1829)
3 ii. William (1834-1836)
4 iii. Mary E. (1836-)
Second Generation
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Family of Lucius WARNER (1) & Meletiah (Milly) TILLOTSON
2. "a daughter" WARNER. Born on 19 Oct 1829 in Liverpool, Medina County, OH. "a daughter" died on 22 Nov 1829 in Liverpool, Medina County, OH.
3. William WARNER. Born on 11 Jul 1834 in Liverpool, Medina County, OH. William died in Liverpool, Medina County, OH on 11 Sep 1836; he was 2.
4. Mary E. WARNER. Born on 15 May 1836 in Liverpool, Medina County, OH. She married Alfred C. ARMSTRONG, on 11 Feb 1856 in Medina County, OH.
Sources:
1. IGI
2. Tillotson, E.Ward, Tillotson Genealogy (typescript - microfilm FHC).
ARMSTRONG
Alfred C. spouse of 4
TILLOTSON
Meletiah (Milly) spouse of 1
WARNER
"a daughter" 2
Lucius 1
Mary E. 4
William 3
Created by: William L. Kidder (LKIDDER@WorldNet.att.net)
Last revision: 31 December 1997
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