Harvey Buel Spelman

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Harvey Buel Spelman (1811-October 20, 1881)[1] was a businessman and state legislator in Ohio. In 1850 he represented Summit County, Ohio in the Ohio House of Representatives.[2][3] He supported women's rights.[4]

Samuel Buell Spelman was his father. Harvey Spelman and his wife Lucy née Henry Spelman lived in Westfield, Ohio,[1] Akron and then Cleveland. Their house was reportedly a stop on the Underground Railroad.[5] He supported Anthony Comstock's work.[6]

Laura Celestia "Cettie" Spelman Rockefeller, wife of John D. Rockefeller, was his daughter.[7] He moved to Brooklyn, New York after his daughter's 1835 marriage and died there.[7]

He was an incorporator of the Franklin & Warren Railroad Company.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "The Biographical Cyclopaedia of American Women". Halvord publishing Company, Incorporated. November 16, 1924 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b Perrin, William Henry (November 16, 1881). "History of Summit County: With an Outline Sketch of Ohio". Baskin & Battey – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Representatives, Ohio General Assembly House of (November 16, 1850). "Journal of the House of Representatives ... General Assembly of Ohio ..." – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Isenberg, Nancy Gale (November 16, 1990). "Co-equality of the Sexes: The Feminist Discourse of the Antebellum Women's Rights Movement in America". University of Wisconsin--Madison – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Taylor, Candacy A. (January 7, 2020). Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America. Abrams. ISBN 9781683356578 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Vice, New York Society for the Suppression of (November 16, 1904). "The ... Annual Report of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice". The Society – via Google Books.
  7. ^ a b Murray, Frank F.; Murray, Joseph (November 16, 1913). "The Petroleum Gazette". F.F. Murray – via Google Books.

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