. The Davis family; a history of the descendants of William Davis, and his wife Mary Means . the family a coffee-mill that he made, whichground the first coffee that ever was ground in was the only coffee-mill in the town, and people wouldbring their coffee to be ground, and leave the hopperfull as toll. had four sons — John,George, Frederick, and Jacob, and four daughters —Margaret, Catherine, Sarah, and Eve. John was thefriend and companion of Brady, the famous Indianscout, and was the first to measure the distanceBrady had leaped across the Cuyahoga, when heescap
. The Davis family; a history of the descendants of William Davis, and his wife Mary Means . the family a coffee-mill that he made, whichground the first coffee that ever was ground in was the only coffee-mill in the town, and people wouldbring their coffee to be ground, and leave the hopperfull as toll. had four sons — John,George, Frederick, and Jacob, and four daughters —Margaret, Catherine, Sarah, and Eve. John was thefriend and companion of Brady, the famous Indianscout, and was the first to measure the distanceBrady had leaped across the Cuyahoga, when heescaped the pursuing John, George, and Fred-erick all died near Newtons Falls, O. Their brotherJacob died in Allegheny County, Pa., and is buried inPlum Creek Cemetery. Catherine Haymaker became thewife of Samuel Davis, an uncle of Rachel, and was theancestress of many who will be named under Samuel. Rachel Davis must have been a very bright and attrac-tive girl of seventeen to win the heart and hand ofFrederick Haymaker. Soon after their marriage they went 1 Twenty-two feet. /. JAMES DAVIS HAYMAKER II. JAMES 71 to Franklin Mills, now Kent, O., in Franklin Township,comprising sixteen thousand acres, which was bought fortwelve and a half cents an acre by Aaron Olmstead, ofHartford, Conn. As early as 1803, Benjamin Tappan andothers built a bridge over the river a few yards from thespot where Brady had made his great leap. The first set-tlers were Jacob Haymaker and his family. They boughtsix hundred acres of land, built a mill, and lived for a timein a small building which had been erected by Olmsteadssurveyors. In this cabin (it was nothing more) on thebanks of the Cuyahoga, James Davis Haymaker wasborn September 2, 1809. And, sad to relate, about tendays after the birth of this child, the young and lovelymother passed away from earth. Mr. Haymakers sister,Catherine, carried the babe on horseback from FranklinMills, O., to James Daviss in Crawford County, the hom
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