Barnet Stilwell
Barnet Stilwell, farmer, P. O. Mogadore, Summit County, was born in Bergen County, N. J., in 1802, son of Ezekiel and Mary (Earl) Stilwell. He was left an orphan in his infancy, and lived with his relatives in New Jersey until fifteen years of age, when he went to western Pennsylvania and worked as a farm hand by the month for two years. He subsequently leased farms in that vicinity until 1827, when he came to Brimfield Township, this county, and settled on the farm (at that time an unbroken wilderness) where he still resides, and all of which he has cleared and improved. He was married, April 25, 1824, to Jane, daughter of David and Jane (Jackson) Hall, of Armstrong County, Penn. The issue of this union was ten children: Mary, wife of Norris Miller; David; Ezekiel ; Eliza (deceased); Smith (deceased); Warren (deceased); Philena, wife of Cornelius Weston; Elenor, wife of Charles Hart; Byron and Alice (latter deceased). Mr. Stilwell is a worthy citizen and one of the few pioneers still living in Brimfield Township. In politics he is a Republican.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885