Re: Yeider, brewery, 1840s near Rowsburg, OH
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Re: Yeider, brewery, 1840s near Rowsburg, OH
Kim Kester 3/21/09
Rowsburg appears to be just shy of half way between Ashland and Wooster, and is in Ashland County, Ohio, at latitude 40.859 and longitude -82.156.
The manuscript I am editing states the following about the location of the brewery belonging to Mr. Yeiter (sic):
"In 1845, in the first year of my [carpentry] apprenticeship, my friend Charles Brock had a brother-in-law who owned and ran a brewery. He became involved in other things and sold the brewery to a Mr. Rowe of Rowsburg, a wealthy man already in the trade.
"Another man, a Mr. Yeiter, made a verbal agreement with Mr. Rowe, reserving a copper pump for later retrieval. Mr. Yeiter then went to Plymouth and put up a brewery on a smaller scaleā¦"
There are multiple towns with Plymouth in their name, but the most likely is the one just to the north-west of Ashland, in Huron County. It looks to be maybe a bit less than 30 miles from Ashland.
Does this help? Do you think you might have a lead?
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Re: Yeider, brewery, 1840s near Rowsburg, OH