In the Fall of 1805, Abraham Wileman and his son, Mahlon,
traveled from Columbiana County to build a log cabin in section
one of what is now Marlboro Township. When the cabin was
completed, Mr. Wileman returned to his home, leaving Mahlon to
spend the winter alone. He lived a difficult life as the
township's first permanent settler. The following spring his
father brought the rest of the family to the area, and they
started another farm in section 23. (The map, which shows the
locations of their land, is from one drawn of Stark County in
1840.) The land in Marlboro Township was included as a part of
Lexington Township when the latter was organized in 1816. In
1821, the Stark County Commissioners divided the large area and
created two separate townships, Lexington and Marlborough (later
spelled Marlboro). In 1827, William and Moses Pennock, Samuel
Ellison, and Dewey Johnson had land they owned surveyed and had
a plat drawn. (A plat is a diagram of the lots and streets.) The
plat was then recorded as the town o