GILEAD MANSFIELD - Lexington. The venerable Dr. G. Mansfield's death Sunday night caused the most sombre gloom to pervade the village. He had been ill but a few days of erysipelas and his death was not expected. Dr. Mansfield was a prominent citizen. His father, Mansir Mansfield, was a native of Massachusetts and at an early era he located in Trumbull County and there he married Ellicor Dally. The young twin, in 1814, located four miles south of Lexington at Langham's Mill and in 1816, they moved into a cabin in the deep fastness of the forest, two miles east of Lexington and in that rude, primitive abode, Gilead Mansfield first saw the light December 2, 1823, and Dr. Teagarden, famous in the annals of Richland County, was the accoucheur on the occasion of his birth. Dr. Mansfield once informed the writer that when his parents located where he was born, the smoke of but two cabins could be seen through the dense foliage of the giant progeny of the forest on the site of Lexington. The cabins were those of Noah Cook, grandfather of Mrs. S.N. Ford of Mansfield, and of Amariah Watson, grandfather of Mrs. Emily Sowers of Lexington. There was a camp of Indians a half mile from his parent's cabin at the mill, but they had not the natural savage instincts of the race to reek their hands in the blood of the invaders of their realm and his mother long used a butter ladle that was fashioned by the deft hands of an untutored son of the forest. Gilead Mansfield did not find delving the soil and felling the progeny of the forest congenial to him and at the age of 21 he took a trip to Detroit. He began the study of medicine with his brother at Mt. Blanchard in 1847, and there he married Miss Lafferty in 1850 and they have lived in Lexington since 1852. Their hearts and souls were truly blended in one and a bright halo of love and joy ever seemed to illuminate their home, which has been the scene of many pleasant social functions at which Dr. Mansfield displayed great tact in entertaining. Their only child, Frank Mansfield, died 15 years ago and shadows of gloom fell deep on Mrs. Mansfield's heart when her husband's slender thread of life was severed. At his death Dr. Mansfield owned the farm on which he was born. Dr. Mansfield was also a skilled ambrotype artist. He had gone deep into the streams of learning and was the last of a famous coterie here whose discussions of the occult in nature and all in the domain of the sciences had been a great diversion to the citizens and gave the town prestige as an intellectual center. Dr. Mansfield's education was limited to that obtained in the schools of the pioneer era. He attended school for awhile that Samuel McClure, most prominent in the annals of Troy Township, taught at his home two miles northwest of Lexington and H.P. Davis, Esq., of Mansfield, was then also a scholar of Mr. McClure's. Dr. Mansfield cherished fondly the righteous creed of the Republican party. He was a loyal friend, a most exemplary citizen and honored and unsullied was his name. His mind was rich in historic facts and legendary lore of the early days in this region and many were wont to listen with rapt attention to his relation of the thrilling events of the long dead past. Very few of Dr. Mansfield's co-pioneers yet linger on the shores of time and soon the last will have joined the myriad dead. Funeral at 5 o'clock, Tuesday evening.
(Semi-Weekly News: 17 September 1897, Vol. 13, No. 75)
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GILEAD MANSFIELD - Lexington. The Rev. Mr. Gould officiated at the last sad rites of the venerable Dr. Mansfield, Tuesday at 5 o'clock. The deceased and his wife were attendants of Mr. Gould's church in the city of Mansfield, there being no Methodist church here. The minister's remarks were in polished phrase and were a just tribute to an honored citizen and revered husband. The tender thoughts expressed brought solace to the sorrowing heart of the one whom the deceased fondly cherished as possessing all the graces that make the home a hallowed shrine of joy, peace and love. The relatives at the obsequies from abroad were Harry Lafferty and daughter Nellie of North Baltimore; John Lafferty of Hardin County; Henry Mansfield, of Warsaw, Indiana; and Mr. & Mrs. Frengle and son of Crestline. Mrs. S.N. Ford, Mrs. Ada T. Hedges, Mrs. William Oberlin, Mr. & Mrs. G.M. Wilkinson and Alfred Corts of Mansfield, were also present.
(Semi-Weekly News: 21 September 1897, Vol. 13, No. 76)
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THE MANSFIELD FAMILY IN 1850
1850 United States Federal Census about Gilead Mansfield
Name: Gilead Mansfield
Age: 25
Birth Year: abt 1825
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1850: Washington, Richland, Ohio
Gender: Male
Household Members:
Name - Age
Manser Mansfield, age 56
Eleanor Mansfield, age 56
GILEAD MANSFIELD, age 25
Havila Mansfield, age 21
Lavina Mansfield, age 19
John Guthery, age 15
(Semi-Weekly News: 17 September 1897, Vol. 13, No. 75)
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GILEAD MANSFIELD - Lexington. The Rev. Mr. Gould officiated at the last sad rites of the venerable Dr. Mansfield, Tuesday at 5 o'clock. The deceased and his wife were attendants of Mr. Gould's church in the city of Mansfield, there being no Methodist church here. The minister's remarks were in polished phrase and were a just tribute to an honored citizen and revered husband. The tender thoughts expressed brought solace to the sorrowing heart of the one whom the deceased fondly cherished as possessing all the graces that make the home a hallowed shrine of joy, peace and love. The relatives at the obsequies from abroad were Harry Lafferty and daughter Nellie of North Baltimore; John Lafferty of Hardin County; Henry Mansfield, of Warsaw, Indiana; and Mr. & Mrs. Frengle and son of Crestline. Mrs. S.N. Ford, Mrs. Ada T. Hedges, Mrs. William Oberlin, Mr. & Mrs. G.M. Wilkinson and Alfred Corts of Mansfield, were also present.
(Semi-Weekly News: 21 September 1897, Vol. 13, No. 76)
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THE MANSFIELD FAMILY IN 1850
1850 United States Federal Census about Gilead Mansfield
Name: Gilead Mansfield
Age: 25
Birth Year: abt 1825
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1850: Washington, Richland, Ohio
Gender: Male
Household Members:
Name - Age
Manser Mansfield, age 56
Eleanor Mansfield, age 56
GILEAD MANSFIELD, age 25
Havila Mansfield, age 21
Lavina Mansfield, age 19
John Guthery, age 15
GILEAD MANSFIELD - Lexington. The venerable Dr. G. Mansfield's death Sunday night caused the most sombre gloom to pervade the village. He had been ill but a few days of erysipelas and his death was not expected. Dr. Mansfield was a prominent citizen. His father, Mansir Mansfield, was a native of Massachusetts and at an early era he located in Trumbull County and there he married Ellicor Dally. The young twin, in 1814, located four miles south of Lexington at Langham's Mill and in 1816, they moved into a cabin in the deep fastness of the forest, two miles east of Lexington and in that rude, primitive abode, Gilead Mansfield first saw the light December 2, 1823, and Dr. Teagarden, famous in the annals of Richland County, was the accoucheur on the occasion of his birth. Dr. Mansfield once informed the writer that when his parents located where he was born, the smoke of but two cabins could be seen through the dense foliage of the giant progeny of the forest on the site of Lexington. The cabins were those of Noah Cook, grandfather of Mrs. S.N. Ford of Mansfield, and of Amariah Watson, grandfather of Mrs. Emily Sowers of Lexington. There was a camp of Indians a half mile from his parent's cabin at the mill, but they had not the natural savage instincts of the race to reek their hands in the blood of the invaders of their realm and his mother long used a butter ladle that was fashioned by the deft hands of an untutored son of the forest. Gilead Mansfield did not find delving the soil and felling the progeny of the forest congenial to him and at the age of 21 he took a trip to Detroit. He began the study of medicine with his brother at Mt. Blanchard in 1847, and there he married Miss Lafferty in 1850 and they have lived in Lexington since 1852. Their hearts and souls were truly blended in one and a bright halo of love and joy ever seemed to illuminate their home, which has been the scene of many pleasant social functions at which Dr. Mansfield displayed great tact in entertaining. Their only child, Frank Mansfield, died 15 years ago and shadows of gloom fell deep on Mrs. Mansfield's heart when her husband's slender thread of life was severed. At his death Dr. Mansfield owned the farm on which he was born. Dr. Mansfield was also a skilled ambrotype artist. He had gone deep into the streams of learning and was the last of a famous coterie here whose discussions of the occult in nature and all in the domain of the sciences had been a great diversion to the citizens and gave the town prestige as an intellectual center. Dr. Mansfield's education was limited to that obtained in the schools of the pioneer era. He attended school for awhile that Samuel McClure, most prominent in the annals of Troy Township, taught at his home two miles northwest of Lexington and H.P. Davis, Esq., of Mansfield, was then also a scholar of Mr. McClure's. Dr. Mansfield cherished fondly the righteous creed of the Republican party. He was a loyal friend, a most exemplary citizen and honored and unsullied was his name. His mind was rich in historic facts and legendary lore of the early days in this region and many were wont to listen with rapt attention to his relation of the thrilling events of the long dead past. Very few of Dr. Mansfield's co-pioneers yet linger on the shores of time and soon the last will have joined the myriad dead. Funeral at 5 o'clock, Tuesday evening.
(Semi-Weekly News: 17 September 1897, Vol. 13, No. 75)
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GILEAD MANSFIELD - Lexington. The Rev. Mr. Gould officiated at the last sad rites of the venerable Dr. Mansfield, Tuesday at 5 o'clock. The deceased and his wife were attendants of Mr. Gould's church in the city of Mansfield, there being no Methodist church here. The minister's remarks were in polished phrase and were a just tribute to an honored citizen and revered husband. The tender thoughts expressed brought solace to the sorrowing heart of the one whom the deceased fondly cherished as possessing all the graces that make the home a hallowed shrine of joy, peace and love. The relatives at the obsequies from abroad were Harry Lafferty and daughter Nellie of North Baltimore; John Lafferty of Hardin County; Henry Mansfield, of Warsaw, Indiana; and Mr. & Mrs. Frengle and son of Crestline. Mrs. S.N. Ford, Mrs. Ada T. Hedges, Mrs. William Oberlin, Mr. & Mrs. G.M. Wilkinson and Alfred Corts of Mansfield, were also present.
(Semi-Weekly News: 21 September 1897, Vol. 13, No. 76)
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THE MANSFIELD FAMILY IN 1850
1850 United States Federal Census about Gilead Mansfield
Name: Gilead Mansfield
Age: 25
Birth Year: abt 1825
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1850: Washington, Richland, Ohio
Gender: Male
Household Members:
Name - Age
Manser Mansfield, age 56
Eleanor Mansfield, age 56
GILEAD MANSFIELD, age 25
Havila Mansfield, age 21
Lavina Mansfield, age 19
John Guthery, age 15
(Semi-Weekly News: 17 September 1897, Vol. 13, No. 75)
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GILEAD MANSFIELD - Lexington. The Rev. Mr. Gould officiated at the last sad rites of the venerable Dr. Mansfield, Tuesday at 5 o'clock. The deceased and his wife were attendants of Mr. Gould's church in the city of Mansfield, there being no Methodist church here. The minister's remarks were in polished phrase and were a just tribute to an honored citizen and revered husband. The tender thoughts expressed brought solace to the sorrowing heart of the one whom the deceased fondly cherished as possessing all the graces that make the home a hallowed shrine of joy, peace and love. The relatives at the obsequies from abroad were Harry Lafferty and daughter Nellie of North Baltimore; John Lafferty of Hardin County; Henry Mansfield, of Warsaw, Indiana; and Mr. & Mrs. Frengle and son of Crestline. Mrs. S.N. Ford, Mrs. Ada T. Hedges, Mrs. William Oberlin, Mr. & Mrs. G.M. Wilkinson and Alfred Corts of Mansfield, were also present.
(Semi-Weekly News: 21 September 1897, Vol. 13, No. 76)
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THE MANSFIELD FAMILY IN 1850
1850 United States Federal Census about Gilead Mansfield
Name: Gilead Mansfield
Age: 25
Birth Year: abt 1825
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1850: Washington, Richland, Ohio
Gender: Male
Household Members:
Name - Age
Manser Mansfield, age 56
Eleanor Mansfield, age 56
GILEAD MANSFIELD, age 25
Havila Mansfield, age 21
Lavina Mansfield, age 19
John Guthery, age 15
Family Members
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