1770 - 1842

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• Birth	14 Oct 1770	New London Ct
  Gender	Male
  Died	17 Dec 1842	Brighton,Lorain Cty,Oh
  Buried	4 May 1866	Woodlawn Cemetery   [2]
  Person ID	I90357	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2004 00:00:00
  Family	Asseneth WRIGHT, b. 20 Apr 1770, Windsor,, Connecticut
  Married	4 Mar 1791	Ludlow Ma   [3]
  Children	> 1. Eunice SCRANTON, b. 10 Sep 1791, Ludlow Ma > 2. Joel SCRANTON, b. 4 May 1793, Belchertown Ma > 3. Lyman SCRANTON, b. 26 Apr 1798, Burlington Ny > 4. Stephen SCRANTON, b. 19 May 1803, Edmeston,Ny   5. Abel Wright SCRANTON, b. 4 Jan 1808, Edmeston Ny   6. Orrin SCRANTON, b. 28 Apr 1811   7. Harriett SCRANTON, b. 18 Mar 1817, near Cooperstown Ny   8. Cornelia SCRANTON, b. 18 Mar 1817, near Cooperstown Ny
  Family ID	F39431	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Pioneer Families of Cleveland 1819 SCRANTON Scranton Avenue is one of the few city streets named after pioneers that has escaped the vandalism of thecouncil that changed nomenclature into numbers. Stephen Scranton of Ludlow,Mass., married Asenath Wright, daughter of Abel and Joshua Wright of New London, Conn. The couple had a family of eight children, the older of whom were born in Ludlow and Belcherstown, and the youngest, twin-daughters, Cornelia andHarriet, were born in 1817 near Cooperstown, N. Y. Stephen Scranton was a skillful worker in steel and iron. He was a man of unusual ability with an inventive turn of mind. He built works in Otsego Co., N. Y., for the manufacture of cut nails, the first one of its kind in the state. He possessed rare energy,and had he lived in this later day, would have been known as a "captain of industry" from the Atlantic to the Pacific. But misfortune overtook him. Hisworks were swept out of existence by fire again and again. The last time theyburned down, he gave up the struggle, and with his family removed west, settling in Brighton, Lorain County. Eunice Scranton, the oldest child of the family, married Rev. Steven V. Taylor, LL. D., President of Madison University, N. Y. Abel Scranton died of consumption in Cleveland in 1828 at the age of 20. Joel Scranton, the second child of Stephen and Ascenath Scranton, was born in Belcherstown in 1793. His father's continued misfortunes early made it imperative for Joel to strike out for himself. He had typical Yankee shrewdnessto a degree, attributes more suited to mercantile pursuits than the one with which his boyhood had been familiar. He was 26 years old when he came to Cleveland in 1819, on a little schooner laden with leather. He rented a small store at the foot of Superior Street, and in it stored his cargo. He soon disposedof it, for it was a commodity much in demand. Of this he had assured himselfon a former visit, and reconnoiter. To the sale of leather he added that of dry-goods and groceries, and within a few years was doing a business that was steady in yearly growth. He bought a farm of many acres lying between the river and the amphitheater of hills east and south of it, and since known as "Scranton Flats." Here he built a commodious brick dwelling, in which he lived and died. Years ago, some one with a facile pen pictured, most alluringly: "The old home and orchard at the foot of the hill, the boat swinging by a chain to a ring in its nose at the shore, the horses and kine pasturing upon the green meadows of the Cuyahoga, the woods that crowned the heights, the humble dwellings struggling up the bluffs as if trying to scale them." "The flocks ofcheep grazing in the pasture have been succeeded by the white fleeces of the busy steam, and the rasp of scythes by the roar of a thousand wheels." Mr. Scranton sometimes complained whimsically that his big farm and other extensiveholdings kept him "land poor." Taxes and improvements yearly growing heavierand currency scarcer. A Mr. Averill living in the east was his partner in real-estate holdings. "Scranton & Averill," as the firm was known, ceased at Mr.Scranton's death. Mr. Averill came on to Cleveland occasionally, but took noactive part in the business. A son and three daughters inherited the latter's interest in the firm, and until very recently, if not yet, the heirs have drawn yearly upon the Cleveland estate. In the office of T. H. and Edward Bushnell, Society for Savings Building, hangs a letter written by Joel Scranton toMr. Averill in those early days of land investment. Mr. Scranton was very unconventional, independent, and democratic. He had a keen sense of humor, andany one who could inveigle him into reminiscence was certain of a rare treat. In June, 1829, by Rev. Stephen Peet, he was married to Miss Irene P. Hickox. She was the daughter of David and Phebe Post Hi

• Sources

  [S1335] GEDCOM File : scranton-shaw.ged, Kathleen Shaw Decker (Kdecker973@aol.com), (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GED&db=scranton-shaw&id=I46), 4 Feb 2004. [S1600] Woodland Cemetery Records. [S2144] Ludlow MA VR (Per IGI).