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Pvt Beard Pritchard

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Pvt Beard Pritchard Veteran

Birth
Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Death
2 May 1826 (aged 35–36)
Lorain, Lorain County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Columbia Center, Lorain County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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Served in the War of 1812
Beard was a private. A member of Capt. Calvin Hoadley's Co. Ohio Militia organized in 1810.

Beard was the son of a Revolutionary War soldier, Jared Pritchard an early settler of Cleveland, Ohio in 1807.

Ohio Historcial Marker:
Near Columbia Station in Lorain County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Columbia Township, reads;
Founded in 1807 Columbia was the first continuously inhabited settlement in Lorain County. Harmon, Levi and Azor Bronson, Calvin Hoadley, Jared Pritchard and others formed the Waterbury Land Company to buy the township from the Connecticut Land Company. In 1808, Sally Bronson named the township and became its first teacher. In 1809, the first church society was formed and Hoadley built a log gristmill beside the Rocky River. A militia company was organized in 1810 and a two story blockhouse was constructed for protection during the War of 1812.
Served in the War of 1812
Beard was a private. A member of Capt. Calvin Hoadley's Co. Ohio Militia organized in 1810.

Beard was the son of a Revolutionary War soldier, Jared Pritchard an early settler of Cleveland, Ohio in 1807.

Ohio Historcial Marker:
Near Columbia Station in Lorain County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Columbia Township, reads;
Founded in 1807 Columbia was the first continuously inhabited settlement in Lorain County. Harmon, Levi and Azor Bronson, Calvin Hoadley, Jared Pritchard and others formed the Waterbury Land Company to buy the township from the Connecticut Land Company. In 1808, Sally Bronson named the township and became its first teacher. In 1809, the first church society was formed and Hoadley built a log gristmill beside the Rocky River. A militia company was organized in 1810 and a two story blockhouse was constructed for protection during the War of 1812.


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80254196/beard-pritchard: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Beard Pritchard (1790–2 May 1826), Find a Grave Memorial ID 80254196, citing Columbia Center Cemetery, Columbia Center, Lorain County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by ; ) (contributor 47634346).