Elisha G. Storrs

Elisha Grant Storrs was born in Dunkirk, New York, in 1821, to his parents Reuben Storrs and Lucy (Robinson) Storrs.  As a child, Elisha traveled with parents to Ohio, where they settled on in Perkins Township of Erie County, Ohio.  Elisha’s father Reuben Storrs was considered one the community’s honored pioneer citizens.  Hewson Peeke wrote in his book A Standard History of Erie County, Ohio, that Elisha Storrs grew up “amid pioneer surroundings and acquired his education in the little schoolhouse visited by the subscription teacher.”  As a young man, he learned how to farm, and eventually he had his own large and productive far,.  Author Peeke wrote about Elisha Storrs, “Like his father he was widely known as a man of integrity and straightforward dealing.” Elisha G. Storrs died on December 26, 1886. He was survived by his wife, the former Jerusha Taylor, and children Arden A. Storrs, and daughter Mrs. Fred Siggens. Elisha G. Storrs was buried at the old Perkins Cemetery.