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| | Twps. McKean |
 | | JOHN MARSH, farmer, P.O. McKean, was born in Nova Scotia Sept. 19, 1822, son of James Marsh, born in 1794, and married to Jane Thompson, born in 1792, daughter of Andrew and Jane (Marsh) Thompson, all natives of Nova Scotia. |
 | | James Tallmadge, the elder, was a pioneer of Erie Co.; he came here from Buffalo about the year 1795, and afterward permanently located in this county; he remained about a year in Erie City; purchased 200 acres in what is now Summit Township. |
 | | James Tallmadge, about the beginning of the present century, made a trip to and from Buffalo and Erie in an open boat, bringing with him Seth Reed and 2 others to Erie; he brought the first 2 bushels of seed wheat into the county; he died March 24, 1855, his aged widow following Jan. |
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