NAME: Rebecca Fuller Carter
BIRTH DATE: 1766
BIRTH PLACE: Carmel, New York
EDUCATION: Learned to read
and write as a child in Litchfield, Connecticut
FAMILY BACKGROUND: Married
Lorenzo Carter in Rutland, Vermont April 28, 1789. Their children were:
Alonzo (b. 1-6-1790); Laura (b. 3-3-1792); Henry (1796); Polly (Mary)
(10-8-1798); Rebecca (1800); Mercy (4-3-1804); Betsy.
DESCRIPTION OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
A pioneer woman, hers was the first permanent white family to settle
in Cleveland, Ohio. She saw Cleveland grow from 7 people in a wilderness
to 500 people in 1825 before the opening of the Ohio Canal. Her home
was the center of community activity -- a trading post, school, church,
jail, and general meeting place.
DATE OF DEATH: October 19,
1827
PLACE OF DEATH: Cleveland,
Ohio. She is buried in the Erie Street Cemetery.
PORTRAYED BY: Helenmary
Ball
WEB SITES:
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Lorenzo Carter
entry - The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History.
Cleveland Central Cleveland Bicentennial Online Teaching Cleveland - a timeline of events in Cleveland history beginning with the city's frontier settlement days.
Ohio's Historic Canals - includes a map of Ohio's canals.
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