Nathan Moore & Samuel Hale Graves

Pictures of gravestones (if still standing) will accompany all information/memories researched on the at rest residents of Kent Corners cemetery on Martin road in Suffield ( mogadore ) Ohio 44260

Nathan Moore (1750-1825) was born in Salisbury, Connecticut. He served in the Revolution as a private in Colonel Charles Webb’s 2nd regiment during levees for a short time. He enlisted on 4 August 1779 and was discharged on 3 December 1789 as part of the 2nd Regiment, Ulster Company, Militia. Following the war, he became a surveyor and civil engineer who settled in Canfield, Ohio, arriving about 15 May 1800 after traveling 45 days on the road. He relocated to the Springfield, Ohio area in 1806. His survey of Canfield (signed by him) remains on file in the Special Records Collection of the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, Ohio. The clarity and precision of this document, made in primitive conditions, is amazing. Nathan was a giant of a man, being six foot, six inches in height. He cleared and improved what is known as the Christ Farm and was concerned with all of the original surveys in the region. He was a noted hunter and one of the best-known and influential pioneers of northern Ohio. Nathan Moore and his first wife, Juliana, are buried in Kent Corners Cemetery in Suffield, Ohio, near Patriot Samuel Hale.

The grave stone for Nathan Moore:

The gravestone for Nathan Moore's wife:

Samuel Hale was a soldier, patriot, statesman, peace officer, surveyor and community leader. He learned his military skills as a drummer in the 1st Company, 1st Regiment, Connecticutin 1758 and 1759 where he proved his mettle as a soldier while participating in the French and Indian War during the attack on Fort Carillon (Fort Ticonderoga). Following this service, he continued his association with his local militia unit in Suffield, Connecticut. At the age of 35 he again answered the call to duty when his unit responded to the Lexington alarm on 19 April 1776. Samuel marched with his unit for two days towards Lexington and Concord. Arriving too late for the action, he returned home and continued his endeavors in both the local militia and in public service throughout the remainder of his life. He served until the end of the Revolution as a member of several committees supporting soldier’s families and in a number of positions of public trust including service as a constable, collector of taxes, grand juror, surveyor of highways and selectman. By the completion of the American Revolution, Samuel Hale had been elected as a Captain in the Suffield Militia. In 1803, he visited the Ohio Western Reserve as a representative of the Connecticut Land Company. He later relocated his family to what is now Suffield, Ohio, in Portage County where many of his descendants remain today. Samuel had 2 sons die in June 1805. See entry for Orestus Hale which mentions the brother Thomas' (josiah?) for how they passed away.

His grandson was a major participant in the Underground Railroad during the American Civil War, and his great grandson and children had major impact on the development of the Ohio education system and the state agricultural industry. One even developed the “Hale Peach.” Samuel’s great-great grand-daughter was instrumental in raising funds for the Washington Memorial Chapel and Bell Tower at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, which has the Hale name inscribed at its base.

source of the above: http://gwsar.org/ancestors.html