ASHTABULA COUNTY OHIO 
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Transcribed by Cherre Loftus Flynn.

THE HISTORY OF ASHTABULA COUNTY OHIO 
            WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 
              OF ITS PIONEERS AND MOST PROMINENT MEN  
              Published in Philadelphia by Williams Brothers in 1878

 "EDWARD GRIFFIN HURLBURT was born on March 12, 1824, and is the
 seventh child of Erastus Grant Hurlburt and Clarissa Goodwin Hurlburt, originally
 from Goshen, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
 On the 13th day of May, 1842, Erastus G. Hurlburt and family arrived in the
 township of Hartsgrove, and located on parts of lots 96 and 106, which property is
 now owned by Nelson Griswold.  Mr. Hurlburt died September 4, 1845, and his
 wife, December 13, 1856.  The education of Edward G. Hurlburt was acquired
 principally in the common schools of his native township, with two terms in the
 village academy.
 Edward was eighteen years of age when he came to Ohio with his father.  At his
 father's death, three years later, he took charge of the estate, kept the family
 together, and made satisfactory settlement.  December 31, 1851, he was united
 in marriage to Jane E., daughter of John and Lydia Babcock, of Orwell, this
 county.  Eight children have been born from this marriage, as follows:  Frank
 Lincoln, December 17, 1852; Mary Luella, April 5, 1855; Martha Jane, January
 31, 1857, died September 30, 1862; Clara M., September 2, 1862; John
 Erastus, July 29, 1864; Edward G., Jr., August 19, 1867, (died June 5, 1868);
 Lucy Jane, September 29, 1868 (died September 6, 1869); Ward E., October 8,
 1872.  These children all reside in Hartsgrove except Mary, who married Mr. E.L.
 Lampson, a member of the legal profession in Jefferson, where they now reside.  
 Mr. Hurlburt made his first purchase of land in Hartsgrove Township January 15,
 1848, which consisted of one hundred and fifty-seven acres, in lots 67 and 77,
 and is still owned by him.  He had made additional purchases from time to time,
 until at present his real estate aggregates one thousand and thirty acres of
 farming lands.   The principle business of his life has been that of a farmer and
 stock-dealer.
 He has been quite extensively engaged in the stock business for more than
 twenty years.  As a sample of the magnitude of his stock dealing, we will state that
 in the spring of 1865 he and a partner of his made sales of cattle and hogs, which
 they had fed in Iowa, the receipts of which were over twenty thousand dollars.
 In the Spring of 1867 he engaged in the mercantile business at Hartsgrove
 Centre.  In the autumn following he formed a partnership with H.H. Grover, which
 was continued for two years, when Mr. Hurlburt sold out his interest to his partner,
 Mr. Grover.
 Mr. Hurlburt is a Methodist, of which church he became a member over thirty
 years ago.  He is an active and efficient worker in the Sabbath-school, of which
 he has been superintendent over twenty years.  He is a member of Hartsgrove
 Lodge, No. 394, F. and A. M. and a Past Master of that body. Politically, Esquire
 Hurlburt is a Republican, and has been ever since the organization of that party.
 He has held all of the offices of his township except that of township clerk.  In the
 fall of 1871 he was elected county commissioner.  Upon the expiration of his first
 term of office he was unanimously renominated, and of course re-elected.  He has
 been an efficient and worthy officer, and has served his county well."