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John Walworth

WALWORTH, John, pioneer, born in Groton, Connecticut, in 1765; died in Cleveland, Ohio, 10 September, 1812. He settled at Painesville, Ohio, in 1800, and in 1802 was made justice of the peace for Trumbull county. In 1803 Governor Tiffin appointed him associate judge of the superior court. In 1806 he held simultaneously four distinct offices--those of inspector of the port of Cuyahoga, collector of the district of Erie, associate judge of Geauga county, and postmaster at Cleveland, to which place he had removed in 1805. The post-office at Cleveland was kept in the upper story of a small building on Superior street, and the total receipts of the office for the first quarter were only $2.83. The place had then a population of less than fifty, and a mail came to it only twice a week. When it arrived Mr. Walworth delivered the letters personally, carrying them around in his hat; and that duty performed, it is said that he would lock up his office and " go a-fishing with the boys." He held the offices of associate judge and collector of customs till his death, and was much esteemed.--His wife, Julianna Morgan. born in Groton, Connecticut, 31 December, 1769: died in Cleveland, 2 March, 1853, was one of the three women that refused to leave their homes when the stampede occurred at Cleveland on the occasion of General William Hull's surrender. She was an accomplished horsewoman, and often took long horseback journeys with her husband, once crossing the Alleghanies with him, and going in this manner to the eastern states by way of Pittsburg and Philadelphia.

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