Name

Birth

Death

OC Board

Place of Birth

Residence while on Board

Place of Death

Education

Occupaton/Career

OC Ties after Leaving Board

Burrell, Jabez Lyman

1808

1900

1834-41 (charter member)

Sheffield, MA

Sheffield, OH

Oberlin (moved to O in 1851)

Founder of Sheffield, OH

Deeded large amounts of property to OC

Fletcher, Nathan P.

1855

1834- 9/12/1836

Oberlin; left Oberlin about 1849

St. Clair, Mich.

Hamlin, Frederick

1783

1860

1834-1836

Sharontown, MA

Elyria

Elyria

Common Pleas Judge; Storekeeper, Postmaser (all in Wellington); wool, silk culture in Elyria after 1830

Prudential Committee 1834-36; General Agent 1835-36

Keep, John

1781

1870

1834-1870 Chair of Bd,1834-5

Long Meadow, MA

Cleveland and later Oberlin

Oberlin

A.B. Yale 1802;
M.A. Yale 1805

Congregational Minister. Homer NY 1820-1833; Cleveland and Brooklyn OH;

Chair of Bd 1834-35; and 1850-52 soliciting agent 1836-1841; mission to England

Keys, John

1778

1867

1834-1839

(charter member)

Wilton, NH

Dover, OH

Dover, OH

B.A. Dartmouth 1803

Presb. Evangelist, Perth Amboy NJ 1807; Pastor Sand Lake NY 1809; Wolcott, CT 1814-1824; pastor Talmadge, OH 1824-1832; various pastorates in Western Reserve 1832-1855

Pease, Peter Pindar

1795

1861

1834-1861 (charter member)

Stockbridge, MA

Oberlin (founder)

Oberlin

Moved to Browhelm, O as founder c. 1816; then to Oberlin

Prudential Committee 1834-1839 and 1850-51

Redington, Eliphalet Jr.

1774

1848

1834-35
(charter member)

Richmond, Berkshire Co., MA

Amherst, OH

Amherst, OH

Treasurer 1834-35

Shipherd, John Jay

1802

1844

1834-1844
(charter member)

West Granville, NY

Oberlin

Olivet, Michigan

Hon.A.M. Middlebury 1830

Marble business, Pastor at Shelburne, VT. Sunday School Association in Middlebury VT; American Missionary Assoc.,1830-34 pastor in Elyria; 1844 founder Olivet College

Financial Sec 1833-1841; member of Prudential committee 1834-41 and 1843-44

Stewart, Philo P.

1798

1868

1834-1839 (charter member)

Sherman, CT

Oberlin

Troy, NY

Apprenticed in harness and saddlemaking; famous for stove designs

Recording sec of Bd, 1834-35; Prudential Committee 1834-35; Steward 1835-36.

Talcott, Joel

c. 1797

1871

1834-37 (charter member)

Wellington, OH

Wakeman, OH

A.B. Yale, 1824

Minister, 1^st Congrgational Church of Wellington, OH; later pastor at Huntington,OH

Tracy, Addison

1864

1834-40 (charter member)

Elyria?

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Settled in Amherst, 1826 or 1827; general store in Elyria; 1830-32; failed in effort to start Lorain Iron Company

Prudential Committee, 1834-36 (married to daughter of OC trustee Redington)

Name

Birth

Death

OC Board

Place of Birth

Residence while on Board

Place of Death

Education

Occupaton/Career

OC Ties after Leaving Board