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

 "NATHANIEL FOLLETT, Infirmary Director, was born in Auburn, Cayuka County,
 New York, on January 14, 1823, and is the third child of Grettis and Mary Follett, of
 the former point, but who removed to Ohio in the year 1839, and located in
 Pierpont Township, on the farm now occupied by the subject of the present sketch.
  The father still resides in theis township, at the age of eight-five years.  The
 mother died May 19, 1972.  The education of Mr. Nathaniel Follett was acquired
 by the aid of the common or district school, and from the comletion of which until
 the present time (Mr. Follett) has followed the occupation of farming. On January
 5, 1849, he was united in marriage to Emily M., daughter of Linus and Harriet
 Burhuell, originally from Hartland, Connecticut, but who were residing in the
 township of Monroe at the time of this marriage.  From this union three children
 have been born.  These are Della A., February 17, 1853; Hattie L., November 20,
 1856; and Frank W., whose birth occurred on the 8th day of September, 1859.
  These children are still inmates of the parental home.  Politically a warm
 Republican, Mr. Follett has been elected to many of the offices within the gift of his
 fellow townsmen.  In the fall of 1874 he was chosen to the office of infirmary
 director and was re-elected in the fall of 1876.  He is spoken of as being an
 efficient officer, and faithful in the discharge of his duties.  (He) has ever been an
 ardent supporter of the educational interests of his township."