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

 "Dr. David Webster Raymond was born in the town of Austerlitz, County of
 Columbia and State of New York, on the 7th day of November 1808, he being
 the sixth of a family of nine children as follows:  Margarette, Lucretia, Cynthia,
 Isaac, William, David W., Betsey M., James N., and Catherine.  In the winter of
 1819, the family moved from Austerlitz to West Springfield, Erie County,
 Pennsylvania, where the doctor's father, Jacob Raymond, died March 28, 1829;
 while his mother, Elizabeth, died at his residence in Conneaut, August 25,
 1851.  At the age of twenty-three, he commenced the study of medicine under
 Dr. Fenton, of Conneaut, finishing his course with Dr. Peck, of Attica, Genesee,
 New York, and graduating on the 14th day of January, 1833, in the Fairfield
 Medical College, County of Herkimer, and State of New York, his diploma
 bearing the signature of the venerable Dr. Wested Willoughby, June 22, 1833.
  He established himself as a physician in Rome, Ashtabula County, remaining
 there a few months upwards of two years.  In November, 1833, he came to
 Conneaut and formed a copartnership with the late Dr. Greenleaf Fifield, which
 existed until July 11, 1839.  May 1, 1836, he was married to Frances J.,
 daughter of Dr. L.L. and Jerusha C. Chester, of Rome.  By this marriage three
 children were born, as follows:  Ellen A., May 4, 1837.  She was liberally
 educated, and became a most accomplished musician.  November 30, 1871
 she was married to Mr.James W. Sutherland, of Neodesha, Kansas, where she
 is still living.  Lee Chester, the second child, was born April 27, 1843.  At the
 age of eighteen he enlisted in the Second Ohio Battery, serving for thirteen
 months as a corporal, when he was honorably discharged on account of
 sickness.  Restored to health, in the spring of 1864 he commenced the study of
 medicine with his father, finishing his course with Dr. J.C. Hubbard of Ashtabula,
 and receiving his diploma from the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New
 York City, Frebruary 28, 1867.  Having graduated with honor, he established
 himself in his father's office, where he practiced until February, 1873.
  September 12, 1867, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Burgess.  February 27,
 1873, accompanied by his wife, he went to San Francisco, California, where he
 continued with marked success in the practice of medicine until the time of his
 death, which occurred May 15, 1876, leaving his widow and an only son, Lee
 Burgess Raymond, who was born May 3, 1874, to mourn his untimely death.
  His remains, accompanied by his wife and child, were brought to Conneaut for
 burial, and now rest by the side of those of his father.  Henry Atkins(Raymond),
 the youngest, was born October 30, 1845 and died July 2, 1846.
 December 4, 1848, his wife Frances J. died, and March 5, 1850, he was again
 married to Miss Mary L., eldest daughter of Thomas and Lucretia Gibson.  From
 this marriage no children were born, and Mrs. Raymond is still living.
 Dr. Raymond died in Conneaut, June 18, 1865 in the fifty-seventh year of his
 age.  For thirty-three years he had been a leading and most universally
 successful physician.  He was loved and respected by all who knew him.  The
 immediate cause of his death was the result of an injury which he received at
 the age of fourteen, and which had made his a cripple for life."