A history of Cleveland and its environs; the heart of new Connecticut, Elroy McKendree Avery . alo, and as the roads had become quite difficultto travel, they decided to come the remainder of the distance on aschooner that was then lying in the harbor. As she was not yetready to sail, they drove to Niagara Falls, and on the return foundthat the vessel had taken advantage of a favoring breeze, andgone on without them. They thereupon concluded to continue intheir vehicle. Seven days were occupied in Ihe trip, as the roadswere in a fearful condition, and for portions of the distance bothWere comp
A history of Cleveland and its environs; the heart of new Connecticut, Elroy McKendree Avery . alo, and as the roads had become quite difficultto travel, they decided to come the remainder of the distance on aschooner that was then lying in the harbor. As she was not yetready to sail, they drove to Niagara Falls, and on the return foundthat the vessel had taken advantage of a favoring breeze, andgone on without them. They thereupon concluded to continue intheir vehicle. Seven days were occupied in Ihe trip, as the roadswere in a fearful condition, and for portions of the distance bothWere compelled to walk. Upon reaching Cleveland they discovered ISHil THE FIRST BANK 1(J<) that tlie scliooner had not yet arrived in port. Their earriage wasthe first one seen in Cleveland, and was for a long time in demandupon spceial occasions. It was used by the senior L(M)nard Case, whenhe, also, went forth to bring home a bride. The house was occupiedby Mv. Kelley and his wife until 1827; in it the fii-st five of their chil-dren were born. Tiie oldri- of these ehiitlren used to play on the. Jt<^.~ -???:^ ? Alfred Kelleys Home beach of the lake where the so-called Union Depot now (1918)stands. The house was torn uowu about 1850. Clevelands First Bank and Bankers In this year of Clevelands first church organization, also cameits first bank. A new general banking law, enacted by the generalassembly for the improvement of the banking interests of Ohio, in-corporated half a dozen banks, including the Commercial Bankof Lake Erie, and extended the charters of several more. The incor-porators of this pioneer bank of Cleveland were John H. Strong,Samuel ^illiamson, Philo Taylor, George Wallace, David Long,Erastus Miles, Seth Doan, and Alfred Kelley. The bank was openedfor business in a building that stood at the corner of Superior andBank (West Sixth) streets. The rest of the short stoi-y of its lifeis told by an entrj on a fly leaf of the largest of four record booksstill preser
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