Simeon Prior

[1] The original family farm was located in what was called the Connecticut Western Reserve on the eastern shoulder of the Cuyahoga Valley.

An artifact from the Prior Family Archive details this information, and is the oldest known existing government record for Northampton Township.

[11][12] Simeon died on June 29, 1837, and was buried on his property at the corner of Chart and State Roads, in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.

Simeon and Katherine Prior's bodies were later moved to Harrington Cemetery in Summit County, Ohio.

Sarah, 1781–1847; William, 1783–1872; David, 1784–1866; Elisha, 1786– 1867; John 1788–1790; Mary, 1789–1880; Judith, 1791–1862; Gurden, 179 3–1885; Lydia, 1795–1842; Jerusha, 1797–1846; Charles, 1799–1879; Elizabeth, 1801–1874; Abigail, 1803–1807; Joseph, 1805–1806; Erastus, 1809–1866.

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1782 deed to Simeon Prior's first farm in Norwich Connecticut, purchased from his father Joshua Prior, a year after Simeon married Katharine Wight. From the Prior Family Archive.
Simeon Prior's handwritten account of his service during the  American Revolution. From the Prior Family Archive.
This is the oldest know record of Northampton Township, Ohio, from 1810. The record orders William Prior, supervisor of highways to build a road, and is signed by township trustees Simeon Prior and David Parker. From the Prior Family Archive.
Pioneer William Prior Sr. ambrotype photograph c. 1850. In 1802, William Prior traveled from New England to the Connecticut Western Reserve as an adult, along with his father and mother Simeon and Katharine Prior and nine of his sisters and brothers and settled on the eastern shoulder of the Cuyahoga Valley in what is now Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. From the Prior Family Archive.
This image is of the 1802 Connecticut Western Reserve Lot 25 deed for the Prior Family settlement. From the Prior Family Archive.
The back of the new Simeon and Katharine Prior headstone, installed June of 2020.
The front of the new Simeon and Katharine Prior headstone, installed June of 2020.