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GILES, Mrs. George - Meigs County Telegraph, June 28, 1871
The wife of Mr. George GILES, of Rutland Township, Meigs County,. . . She was a sister
of the Rev. S.H. BARRETT of the Free Will Baptist Church of Rutland.
BARRETT, Selah - Meigs County Telegraph, July 17, 1860
In Rutland, O., Thursday morning, July 12th, after a severe and distressing illness of about two weeks, Rev. SELAH BARRETT, in the 71st year of his age.
He was born in Stafford, Tolland County, Connecticut, February 25th, 1790. His parents removed to the State of Vermont, and settled in the town of Stafford, when the subject of this notice was a boy.
In the Spring of 1817 he was married, and in the ensuing Autumn removed to what was then called "the far West," and located in Rutland, Ohio, the first settlement in the place having been made only eighteen years previous to his removal. Hence he may be included as among the pioneer settlers, having made Rutland his home during the period of his residence in Ohio. Becoming again connected with the Freewill Baptists, he was soon approbated as a minister of the Gospel, and sustained that relation to the time of his death, preaching as opportunity presented
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