Lambert Twitchell
Lambert Twitchell, farmer and clergyman, P. O. Kent, was born in Brimfield Township, this county, August 12, 1827, son of Arba and Sally (Barber) Tvvitchell, natives of Massachusetts and Litchfield, Conn., respectively. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Jonas Twitchell, who came to Brimfield Township, this county, in 1817; he had but two children—John and Arba. Arba Twitchell came here in 1816, and was hired by Henry Thorndike to make a clearing on the old Boszor Hill, a half mile north of the Center, and to him belongs the honor of having made the first improvement in the township. Not long afterward he settled on the farm now owned and occupied by our subject, which he cleared and improved and lived on until his death. He had one child—Lambert. Our subject has always resided on the old homestead where he was born and reared. He was educated in the common schools, the Kent Academy and Oberlin College, and was married in November, 1851, to Julia M., daughter of Sedley and Maria (Barber) Sill, of Dansville, N. Y., by whom he had three children: Russell W., Maie, and Josephine (deceased). Mr. and Mrs. Twitchell are members of the Baptist Church, of which he was ordained a minister some twelve years ago. He served as pastor of the Kent Baptist Church for six years, and organized the present church of that place. Through his labors and exertions the church was built and now has a thriving congregation. In politics Mr. Twitchell is a Prohibitionist.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885