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Bentley, Parker, Trumbull, Scott, and Young Families

Ancestor Story Submitted by R. Scott Purvis
First Families of Huron County Member #190
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     John Bentley, Sr. and his wife, Anna Parker, were living in Florence, Ohio, by 1829. Their daughter, Margaret Bentley, married Moses Trumbull, M.D., and the couple were residing in Florence Township, Huron County, Ohio, by 1832. It was reported that 700 attended the funeral of Dr. Moses Trumbull in Wakeman, Ohio. Moses was age 0-9 in Daniel Trumbull’s Lansing , New York, household in 1820, before coming to Florence, Erie County, Ohio, and later to Wakeman, Huron County, Ohio. Their daughter, Mary Ann Trumbull, born in Florence Township, Huron County, in 1837, married Lyman Scott, of Clarksfield Township. His parents were Lewis and Eliza (Young) Scott who were residing in Clarksfield Township, Huron County, by 1837.
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