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Born 1811
From History of Portage County, Ohio (1885)
JOSIAH KENT, farmer, P. O. Mogadore, Summit County, was born May 16, 1811, on the farm which he now occupies in Suffield Township, this county; son of Martin and Abigail (Hale) Kent, natives of Connecticut, who after livinonineteen years of their married life in New Hampshire, moved to this colntj and settled in Suffield Township in 1806. They came with a two-horse team and while crossing Conneaut Creek the ferry-boat sunk and it was with diffioalty that they saved their goods. Martin Kent was thrown into a fever through the exposure, which compelled him to remain in Cleveland several weeks while the family came on and settled on a new farm which they bought of Royal Pease. They built the first frame house in the township, which is still in use by the family, and brought up the following six children: Martin, Jr. (deceased); James (deceased); Almira (Mrs. Andrews) deceased; Eliza (Mrs. Greene) deceased; Abigail (deceased), and Josiah. The parents have long since passed to their reward. They were members of the Presbyterian Church and enjoyed the esteem of all who knew them. Our subject married, December 1, 1836, Miss Lucia T. Miller, and has six children.
As printed in History of Portage County, Ohio (1885). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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