Married first Joseph Foote, second Isaac Flower, third Thomas Thompson.
Lived to 99 years old.
source:
History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties: with illustrations and ..., Volume 2 By H.Z. Williams & Bros
P. 412
The first family in the township was that of Levi Foote, from Westfield, Massachusetts. Foote located near the center in 1801. Lydia Foote, daughter of Levi and Milly (Allen) Foote, was the first white child born in the township. Her birth took place July 5, 1805. She died April 21, 1881. The Foote family was quite large. Levi Foote's mother was Miss Bathsheba Burr, a relative of Aaron Burr. She was born in Granby, Connecticut, in 1755, and lived to be one hundred years old, lacking five days. She was married three times. Her first husband was Asa Foote, her second Isaac Flower, and her third a Mr. Thompson. She died and was buried in Vienna. Auntie Thompson, as she was long familiarly called, experienced many of the hardships of pioneer life. It is said that the first wolf killed by a settler of Fowler was brought down by a gun in her hands. Her husband was absent when the hungry beast visited the pig pen and was bold and voracious enough to seize one of the little porkers in midday. When this fact was made known to Auntie Thompson, she seized a gun and fired. The wolf fell and was then carried to her doorstep by herself and thought to be dead, but to make sure of her work the wolf was struck with a club. This brought it to consciousness and it sprang to its feet and would have been off had shs not hurriedly dispatched it. Mrs. Thompson spent the last years of her life at the home of Dexter Clinton, near Vienna center.
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source
Mahoning Valley:
CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE TWO PIONEER REUNIONS:
TOGETHER WITH A SELECTION OF
Interesting Facts.traditiohs, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, Etc.,
RELATING TO THE SALE AND SETTLEMENT OF THE LANDS BELONGING TO THE CONNECTICUT LAND COMPANY, HISTORY AND REMINISCENCES, BOTH GENERAL AND LOCAL.
Volume I. YOUNGSTOWN: PUBLISHED BY THE MAHONING VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 1876.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1876,
BY THE MAHON1NG VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
Page 465
The first white child born in the township was Lavina Flowers, now Mrs. Steele; is still alive, and is now living in Painesville, Ohio,
hale and hearty. Her mother lived to the advanced age of one hundred years, and was buried in the cemetery at the Center long after it had been peopled by its scores or hundreds. She was for many years known as Granny Thompson, and lived with Dexter Clinton for many years near the Center. She was the oldest person that has ever died in the township, Dorothy Gates being the next oldest. She lived for many years with her son-in-law Solomon Payne, and died at the age of ninety-nine.
Lived to 99 years old.
source:
History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties: with illustrations and ..., Volume 2 By H.Z. Williams & Bros
P. 412
The first family in the township was that of Levi Foote, from Westfield, Massachusetts. Foote located near the center in 1801. Lydia Foote, daughter of Levi and Milly (Allen) Foote, was the first white child born in the township. Her birth took place July 5, 1805. She died April 21, 1881. The Foote family was quite large. Levi Foote's mother was Miss Bathsheba Burr, a relative of Aaron Burr. She was born in Granby, Connecticut, in 1755, and lived to be one hundred years old, lacking five days. She was married three times. Her first husband was Asa Foote, her second Isaac Flower, and her third a Mr. Thompson. She died and was buried in Vienna. Auntie Thompson, as she was long familiarly called, experienced many of the hardships of pioneer life. It is said that the first wolf killed by a settler of Fowler was brought down by a gun in her hands. Her husband was absent when the hungry beast visited the pig pen and was bold and voracious enough to seize one of the little porkers in midday. When this fact was made known to Auntie Thompson, she seized a gun and fired. The wolf fell and was then carried to her doorstep by herself and thought to be dead, but to make sure of her work the wolf was struck with a club. This brought it to consciousness and it sprang to its feet and would have been off had shs not hurriedly dispatched it. Mrs. Thompson spent the last years of her life at the home of Dexter Clinton, near Vienna center.
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source
Mahoning Valley:
CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE TWO PIONEER REUNIONS:
TOGETHER WITH A SELECTION OF
Interesting Facts.traditiohs, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, Etc.,
RELATING TO THE SALE AND SETTLEMENT OF THE LANDS BELONGING TO THE CONNECTICUT LAND COMPANY, HISTORY AND REMINISCENCES, BOTH GENERAL AND LOCAL.
Volume I. YOUNGSTOWN: PUBLISHED BY THE MAHONING VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 1876.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1876,
BY THE MAHON1NG VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
Page 465
The first white child born in the township was Lavina Flowers, now Mrs. Steele; is still alive, and is now living in Painesville, Ohio,
hale and hearty. Her mother lived to the advanced age of one hundred years, and was buried in the cemetery at the Center long after it had been peopled by its scores or hundreds. She was for many years known as Granny Thompson, and lived with Dexter Clinton for many years near the Center. She was the oldest person that has ever died in the township, Dorothy Gates being the next oldest. She lived for many years with her son-in-law Solomon Payne, and died at the age of ninety-nine.
Married first Joseph Foote, second Isaac Flower, third Thomas Thompson.
Lived to 99 years old.
source:
History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties: with illustrations and ..., Volume 2 By H.Z. Williams & Bros
P. 412
The first family in the township was that of Levi Foote, from Westfield, Massachusetts. Foote located near the center in 1801. Lydia Foote, daughter of Levi and Milly (Allen) Foote, was the first white child born in the township. Her birth took place July 5, 1805. She died April 21, 1881. The Foote family was quite large. Levi Foote's mother was Miss Bathsheba Burr, a relative of Aaron Burr. She was born in Granby, Connecticut, in 1755, and lived to be one hundred years old, lacking five days. She was married three times. Her first husband was Asa Foote, her second Isaac Flower, and her third a Mr. Thompson. She died and was buried in Vienna. Auntie Thompson, as she was long familiarly called, experienced many of the hardships of pioneer life. It is said that the first wolf killed by a settler of Fowler was brought down by a gun in her hands. Her husband was absent when the hungry beast visited the pig pen and was bold and voracious enough to seize one of the little porkers in midday. When this fact was made known to Auntie Thompson, she seized a gun and fired. The wolf fell and was then carried to her doorstep by herself and thought to be dead, but to make sure of her work the wolf was struck with a club. This brought it to consciousness and it sprang to its feet and would have been off had shs not hurriedly dispatched it. Mrs. Thompson spent the last years of her life at the home of Dexter Clinton, near Vienna center.
--------------------
source
Mahoning Valley:
CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE TWO PIONEER REUNIONS:
TOGETHER WITH A SELECTION OF
Interesting Facts.traditiohs, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, Etc.,
RELATING TO THE SALE AND SETTLEMENT OF THE LANDS BELONGING TO THE CONNECTICUT LAND COMPANY, HISTORY AND REMINISCENCES, BOTH GENERAL AND LOCAL.
Volume I. YOUNGSTOWN: PUBLISHED BY THE MAHONING VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 1876.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1876,
BY THE MAHON1NG VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
Page 465
The first white child born in the township was Lavina Flowers, now Mrs. Steele; is still alive, and is now living in Painesville, Ohio,
hale and hearty. Her mother lived to the advanced age of one hundred years, and was buried in the cemetery at the Center long after it had been peopled by its scores or hundreds. She was for many years known as Granny Thompson, and lived with Dexter Clinton for many years near the Center. She was the oldest person that has ever died in the township, Dorothy Gates being the next oldest. She lived for many years with her son-in-law Solomon Payne, and died at the age of ninety-nine.
Lived to 99 years old.
source:
History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties: with illustrations and ..., Volume 2 By H.Z. Williams & Bros
P. 412
The first family in the township was that of Levi Foote, from Westfield, Massachusetts. Foote located near the center in 1801. Lydia Foote, daughter of Levi and Milly (Allen) Foote, was the first white child born in the township. Her birth took place July 5, 1805. She died April 21, 1881. The Foote family was quite large. Levi Foote's mother was Miss Bathsheba Burr, a relative of Aaron Burr. She was born in Granby, Connecticut, in 1755, and lived to be one hundred years old, lacking five days. She was married three times. Her first husband was Asa Foote, her second Isaac Flower, and her third a Mr. Thompson. She died and was buried in Vienna. Auntie Thompson, as she was long familiarly called, experienced many of the hardships of pioneer life. It is said that the first wolf killed by a settler of Fowler was brought down by a gun in her hands. Her husband was absent when the hungry beast visited the pig pen and was bold and voracious enough to seize one of the little porkers in midday. When this fact was made known to Auntie Thompson, she seized a gun and fired. The wolf fell and was then carried to her doorstep by herself and thought to be dead, but to make sure of her work the wolf was struck with a club. This brought it to consciousness and it sprang to its feet and would have been off had shs not hurriedly dispatched it. Mrs. Thompson spent the last years of her life at the home of Dexter Clinton, near Vienna center.
--------------------
source
Mahoning Valley:
CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE TWO PIONEER REUNIONS:
TOGETHER WITH A SELECTION OF
Interesting Facts.traditiohs, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, Etc.,
RELATING TO THE SALE AND SETTLEMENT OF THE LANDS BELONGING TO THE CONNECTICUT LAND COMPANY, HISTORY AND REMINISCENCES, BOTH GENERAL AND LOCAL.
Volume I. YOUNGSTOWN: PUBLISHED BY THE MAHONING VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 1876.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1876,
BY THE MAHON1NG VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
Page 465
The first white child born in the township was Lavina Flowers, now Mrs. Steele; is still alive, and is now living in Painesville, Ohio,
hale and hearty. Her mother lived to the advanced age of one hundred years, and was buried in the cemetery at the Center long after it had been peopled by its scores or hundreds. She was for many years known as Granny Thompson, and lived with Dexter Clinton for many years near the Center. She was the oldest person that has ever died in the township, Dorothy Gates being the next oldest. She lived for many years with her son-in-law Solomon Payne, and died at the age of ninety-nine.
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