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


Rev. Orrin T. Wyman.  "This gentleman was born at Millville, Orleans County,
New York, August 25, 1836.  His parents, who were natives of New England,
were Oliver and Emily Wyman.  The mother is yet living; the father died in 1861.
The educaton of the Reverand Mr. Wyman was academic.  In 1855, feeling the
need of a better preparation for the ministry, he, in September, entered
"Meadville Theological School" for one year, then became a pupil of Antioch
College (Yellow Springs, Ohio).  Sickness obliged him to leave this school after
two months.  September 1857, he returned to Meadville, Pennsylvania and
completed a three-year's course, and graduated June 1859.  About October 1,
1854, he left home with an uncle - Reverand S. H. Morse, Evangelist - to assist 
in revival meetings in Chautaugua County, New York.  He preached his first 
sermon at Fluvanna, New York, January 14, 1855.  After leaving school Rev. Wyman
contiued his studies, and supplied churches at different points in Orleans and
Chautauqua Counties.  He was ordained at a special session of the Erie
Christian Conference, called for that purpose at De Wittville, New York, June
1862 and on the 15th of the same month delivered his first sermon in the
Christian Church at Conneaut, Ohio.  The membership, when he became pastor
of this church, was not numerous, but during the sixteen years he has been in
charge, he has raised its membership to two hundred and fifty, and has
thoroughly repaired the church edifice.  His labors have certainly been crowned
with merited success.  He is a strong advocate of temperance, and a member of
the Independent Order of Good Templars and Royal Templars of Temperance.
In politics, Republican.  He is also president of the Erie Christian Conference,
and a trustee of "The Christian Bliblical Institute" at Stanfordville, New York.
On the 7th of September, 1859, he was united in marriage to Miss T.V., daughter
of Newell and Lucy Putnam, also natives of the New England States.  This
estimable lady received an academic education, and was a teacher for several
terms.  She is also a member of the Christian Church.

But one child has blessed this union, Benson N., whose birth occured on June
17, 1863."