. History of Salem and the immediate vicinity : Columbiana County, Ohio. ter of ZadokStreet, Sr., and received as a dower the land boughtfrom Klisha Hunt, except what w^as taken for townlots. This land he cleared, and built on it a sawmill. The dam and some vestiges of it are 3^et to beseen. This mill did much work in its time. Timberwas then abundant; more so than the market forsawed lumber. Zadok Street, Sr., was an old man on his arrivalin Salem. And but little is known about him after-wards. He died in 1807. His son, John, was thenjust in middle age; and he engaged in mercantilebusiness at
. History of Salem and the immediate vicinity : Columbiana County, Ohio. ter of ZadokStreet, Sr., and received as a dower the land boughtfrom Klisha Hunt, except what w^as taken for townlots. This land he cleared, and built on it a sawmill. The dam and some vestiges of it are 3^et to beseen. This mill did much work in its time. Timberwas then abundant; more so than the market forsawed lumber. Zadok Street, Sr., was an old man on his arrivalin Salem. And but little is known about him after-wards. He died in 1807. His son, John, was thenjust in middle age; and he engaged in mercantilebusiness at the center of the town, and continued atit until old age. When he was succeeded by his son,Zadok, Samuel, another son, took charge of a farm,on the vsouth side of the town. John, the ^^oungest,also had some interest in the store. The Streets^ere active business men, and their position in theSociety of Friends gave them prestige with thatclass of people as well as some others. They ownedsome farms out in Goshen township. John Straughan and Job Cook bought the vsection. skttij:mknts. 13 from wliich tlio soutli-wist (jiiartcr of the town wasformed. J. Straiii^rlian was a liard workiiiLi- andindustrious man; and he raised two sons and threedau<^hters, who became j^ood and useful citizens; andthey never did anythinj^ to dishonor the , the oldest (me, occupied the h(miestead forsome years and then went to Lisbon to take care ofhis aged father-in-law. Jesse, the secimd, became acivil enj^ineer and was enjj^atred in the survey of sev-eral railroads. In dividintr this section Job Cook took two-thirdson the south side. He subsequently sold one hundredacres from the south-west part of it to J(mathan Stan-ley, who settled thereon And rendered it a tj^ood section south of this was entered and settled bvJoseph Wri<rht. A part of it and a part of Job Cooks,b(^rderin<^ on the road extendin<j^ south from Salem,was purchased and cleared by James Tollerton. Itis
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