1798 Pioneer and General History of Geauga County, With Sketches of Some of the Pioneers and Prominent Men, (The Historical Society of Geauga County, 1880: Reprint, Evansville, IN: Unigraphic, Inc., 1973), p. 296. "Jonathan Bestor came to Chardon, in 1815, from Stafford, Connecticut. His family was composed of his wife, Hannah, and children: Polly, aged about thirteen years; Jonathan, Jr., aged about 10 years; Alanson, aged nearly nine years; Hannah, aged about six years;Daniel, aged nearly five years; and Sally, aged about two and one-half years. They had a daughter born soon after their arrival who they named Mary.
"They came with two yoke of oxen and a horse, and were about six weeks on the road. Mr. Bestor traded teams two or three times, and got a large, long-bodied yoke of oxen, that he wanted for wheel-oxen, but the wagon tongue was so short, or the cattle so long, that, in order to prevent the wagon running on to them on a down grade, he had a harness, or breeching, made of leather, that extended from the yoke to the rear of the animals. This rude oxtoggery is now preserved in the chamber of Mr. Jonathan Bestor.
"The family first moved into the "Hoyt court-house," as it was called, and staid in it a few weeks. Jabez King had cleared about two acres of land, and planted it to corn, where Mr. Bestor afterwards settled. He soon built a log house, near the present residence of the son, Jonathan. Mr. Bestor lived only about two years after coming to Chardon. He died Sept. 10, 1817, aged about forty-two years. He had an apoplectic fit while coming from Langdon's mill with a load of lumber. Mr. Bestor had partly cleared quite a number of acres of woodland before he died, and Mrs. Bestor and the little boys finished it, and she sowed it to wheat, and had a good crop. The next spring she planted corn and sowed flax on two acres, and sowed oats on five acres. In 1816, Mr. Bestor went to Mantua and purchased a barrel of pork, for which he paid forty-two dollars."
"They came with two yoke of oxen and a horse, and were about six weeks on the road. Mr. Bestor traded teams two or three times, and got a large, long-bodied yoke of oxen, that he wanted for wheel-oxen, but the wagon tongue was so short, or the cattle so long, that, in order to prevent the wagon running on to them on a down grade, he had a harness, or breeching, made of leather, that extended from the yoke to the rear of the animals. This rude oxtoggery is now preserved in the chamber of Mr. Jonathan Bestor.
"The family first moved into the "Hoyt court-house," as it was called, and staid in it a few weeks. Jabez King had cleared about two acres of land, and planted it to corn, where Mr. Bestor afterwards settled. He soon built a log house, near the present residence of the son, Jonathan. Mr. Bestor lived only about two years after coming to Chardon. He died Sept. 10, 1817, aged about forty-two years. He had an apoplectic fit while coming from Langdon's mill with a load of lumber. Mr. Bestor had partly cleared quite a number of acres of woodland before he died, and Mrs. Bestor and the little boys finished it, and she sowed it to wheat, and had a good crop. The next spring she planted corn and sowed flax on two acres, and sowed oats on five acres. In 1816, Mr. Bestor went to Mantua and purchased a barrel of pork, for which he paid forty-two dollars."
1798 Pioneer and General History of Geauga County, With Sketches of Some of the Pioneers and Prominent Men, (The Historical Society of Geauga County, 1880: Reprint, Evansville, IN: Unigraphic, Inc., 1973), p. 296. "Jonathan Bestor came to Chardon, in 1815, from Stafford, Connecticut. His family was composed of his wife, Hannah, and children: Polly, aged about thirteen years; Jonathan, Jr., aged about 10 years; Alanson, aged nearly nine years; Hannah, aged about six years;Daniel, aged nearly five years; and Sally, aged about two and one-half years. They had a daughter born soon after their arrival who they named Mary.
"They came with two yoke of oxen and a horse, and were about six weeks on the road. Mr. Bestor traded teams two or three times, and got a large, long-bodied yoke of oxen, that he wanted for wheel-oxen, but the wagon tongue was so short, or the cattle so long, that, in order to prevent the wagon running on to them on a down grade, he had a harness, or breeching, made of leather, that extended from the yoke to the rear of the animals. This rude oxtoggery is now preserved in the chamber of Mr. Jonathan Bestor.
"The family first moved into the "Hoyt court-house," as it was called, and staid in it a few weeks. Jabez King had cleared about two acres of land, and planted it to corn, where Mr. Bestor afterwards settled. He soon built a log house, near the present residence of the son, Jonathan. Mr. Bestor lived only about two years after coming to Chardon. He died Sept. 10, 1817, aged about forty-two years. He had an apoplectic fit while coming from Langdon's mill with a load of lumber. Mr. Bestor had partly cleared quite a number of acres of woodland before he died, and Mrs. Bestor and the little boys finished it, and she sowed it to wheat, and had a good crop. The next spring she planted corn and sowed flax on two acres, and sowed oats on five acres. In 1816, Mr. Bestor went to Mantua and purchased a barrel of pork, for which he paid forty-two dollars."
"They came with two yoke of oxen and a horse, and were about six weeks on the road. Mr. Bestor traded teams two or three times, and got a large, long-bodied yoke of oxen, that he wanted for wheel-oxen, but the wagon tongue was so short, or the cattle so long, that, in order to prevent the wagon running on to them on a down grade, he had a harness, or breeching, made of leather, that extended from the yoke to the rear of the animals. This rude oxtoggery is now preserved in the chamber of Mr. Jonathan Bestor.
"The family first moved into the "Hoyt court-house," as it was called, and staid in it a few weeks. Jabez King had cleared about two acres of land, and planted it to corn, where Mr. Bestor afterwards settled. He soon built a log house, near the present residence of the son, Jonathan. Mr. Bestor lived only about two years after coming to Chardon. He died Sept. 10, 1817, aged about forty-two years. He had an apoplectic fit while coming from Langdon's mill with a load of lumber. Mr. Bestor had partly cleared quite a number of acres of woodland before he died, and Mrs. Bestor and the little boys finished it, and she sowed it to wheat, and had a good crop. The next spring she planted corn and sowed flax on two acres, and sowed oats on five acres. In 1816, Mr. Bestor went to Mantua and purchased a barrel of pork, for which he paid forty-two dollars."
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