LAKE COUNTY OHIO
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File contributed to the Lake County, Ohio Biographies Project by
Deb Breniser
rbcobb@ncweb.com
January 6, 2000
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From the 1915 Lake County, Ohio Atlas

VAN NESS HOMESTEAD is owned by Henry R. Van Ness, Post Office Address, Perry, 
Ohio. This farm consists of 30 acres located on the Call Road, one mile from 
Perry, its principal market. Soil products and poultry raising are the general 
industries of this little farm. A never-failing creek and well furnish its water
supply. A farm residence of five rooms, barn and corn house complete its 
building improvements. The farms surface is level and its soil a gravely loam. 
The first settler was Caleb Van Ness, in 1840 and from him the title passed to 
the present owner. Henry R. Van Ness was born in Barry, Orleans County., New 
York, the family removing thence to Chautaugua County., New York and from there 
to the present homestead. He was married to Mary Frawley, November 9, 1909. He 
is the only survivor of a family of nine children born to Caleb and Phoebe Van 
Ness and has resided on Homestead farm continuously for 70 years. He saw service
both in the United States Army and Ohio Militia.