Individual Details

He was a hardware merchant. He emigrated to Ohio in 1835 and settled in Fremont, OH. He became a tinsmith in Fremont. He was a Democrat and he liked to gamble.
"When John R. Pease first came to Ohio, he spent four weeks with us at Delaware; his Mother was a beloved sister of my Husband's. His father died when he was an infant; he was fond of chequers. I advised him to learn chess and taught him the names of the men and their moves; he could beat me as soon as he knew the moves..."
Sophia Birchard Hayes in Fanny A. Hayes Platt's Scrapbook.

"He peddled books in Vermont when quite young; settled in Burlington, VT. Emigrated to Lower Sandusky (Fremont) Ohio and carried on a mixed business: tin ware, beeswax, etc..."
Elinor Mead Howells "Hayes Genealogy"

Birth	1 Feb 1804	Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY
Marriage	1843/44	OH - Althea Underhill
Marriage	18 Oct 1848	North Adams, Berkshire Co., MA - Mary Elizabeth Mead
Death	2 Feb 1860	Fremont, Sandusky Co., OH
Burial		Oakwood Cemetery, Fremont, Sandusky Co., OH

Spouse	Althea Underhill (1823 - 1844)
Child	Althea Pease (1844 - 1845)

Spouse	Mary Elizabeth Mead (1827 - 1873)
Child	John Rutherford Pease (1849 - 1880)
Child	Edwin Elliot "Ed" Pease (1852 - 1928)
Child	Helen "Nellie" Pease (1854 - 1923)
Child	Frances "Fanny" Pease (1856 - 1940)
Child	Hiram Larchar Pease (1860 - 1928)

Father	John Pease ( - 1804)
Mother	Linda Hayes (1782 - 1833)

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