Thank you, Jackie!! Now I have an idea of what this association was all about. Also, from the Summit County list a reply said that the association disbanded after a short period of time. Happy New Year, Jackie and all the other faithful Portage County folks who have been so very helpful to me and others! Kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2000 7:37 AM Subject: Re: [OHPORTAG-L] "Summit and Portage County Pioneers Assoc" > The Portage and Summit County Pioneer Association was organized in 1874, and > the soft cover book was copyrighted in 1972 by Peggie Seitz James. I have a > copy of the book. Briefly: the idea was first presented at a Haymaker > Family Reunion, shortly after the Civil War. The families in attendance were > Portage County families. They agreed to discuss this at a future reunion but > the deaths of some of the key persons cancelled the reunions. > Finally a date was set for 20 Feb 1874 and a number of relatives and old > residents of Portage & Summit Counties met in the home of Samuel Olin. The > first official meeting was 20 Oct 1874, and this was held at Christian > Cackler's, who was elected the first president at 83 years of age. There was > a display of pioneer relics and old time records, most of which were later > given to the Congregational Church of Tallmadged Ohio (Summit County). The > last record of a meeting was the 64th on 5 August 1938 at Brady Lake. Less > than 40 persons attended. A collection of over 300 photos of people and > scenes were lost in a fire on 3 April 1906 when Samuel Williard's home > burned. > The Articles of Incorporation are dated 31 Oct 1887. > The information listed for each settler (if known) is: Date joined, name of > member, age, married (date), settled and residence. I believe the first > column might be date of death, but it is not labeled. > Page 51 is "A few names of the old men and women who have died in Summit & > Portage Counties, whose names are not on the record book - 1922-23. Page 52 > - a few of the names of the oldest members who have died in Portage Co during > 1923-24, and Ravenna members 80 and past. > >