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| 2801 | This could be her husband? 1850 United States Federal Census about Peter Staneats Name: Peter Staneats Age: 67 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1783 Birth Place: Pennsylvania Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): McArthur, Logan, Ohio Family Number: 234 Household Members: Name Age Hiram S Staneats 30 Charlotte Staneats 23 Peter Staneats 67 Benjamin Staneats 19 Marriage 1 Peter STEINMETZ , Major b: 1782 in Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland, PA Married: 4 JUL 1804 in Fairfield (now Licking) County, OH Event: County erection 30 JAN 1808 in Licking County is erected from nothern reaches of parent Fairfield County, OH http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=chtrout&id=I05421 ID: I05421 Name: Elizabeth TROUT Sex: F Birth: JUN 1786 in near Chambersburg, Franklin, PA? Death: 1844 in McArthur Twp, Logan County, OH Event: Find-a-Grave 1844 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=161&GScid=41300&GRid=32814172& Event: Age at time of death 1844 about 58 years old Burial: 1844 Harrod Cemetery, Huntsville, McArthur Twp, Logan, OH Reference Number: 5421 | TROUT, Elizabeth (I6529)
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| 2802 | This family branch came from Ancestral file. | SLY, Malinda (I36)
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| 2803 | this grave is in the same lot as Laura? Was there a baby boy born to them who died? Daniel Miller Birth: unknown Death: unknown Burial: Forest Hill Cemetery Glen Ellyn DuPage County Illinois, USA Plot: Lot 27 Created by: Michael Harrington Record added: Jul 21, 2006 Find A Grave Memorial# 15000373 | Miller, Daniel (I10923)
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| 2804 | This information came from Mike Kelly | COLLIS, Susannah Hastings (I9798)
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| 2805 | This information came from New.familysearch.org marriage of Jane Crawford and William Morris Parish Mohill, Church of Ireland, County Leitrim Immigrated 29 May 1834 | Family F21
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| 2806 | This is probably our Margaret. Surname First name(s) District Vol Page Births Sep 1879 Collis Margaret Julia Sudbury 4a 507 | COLLIS, Margaret Julia (I9873)
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| 2807 | This marriage is between Jn Collis and Elizabeth Shuckborough: Braintree Essex, England marriage index | Family F742
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| 2808 | This marriage needs to be checked out to see if this is the correct Phillip. Yolo County Marriage Index, book G page 234. 1920 United States Federal Census Name: Philip Tutt Home in 1920: San Francisco Assembly District 21, San Francisco, California Age: 38 years Estimated birth year: abt 1882 Birthplace: California Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's name: Madeline Father's Birth Place: Ireland Mother's Birth Place: Ireland Marital Status: Married Race: White Sex: Male Home owned: Rent Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Image: 877 Neighbors: Household Members: Name Age Philip Tutt 38 Madeline Tutt 32 Thora Tutt 12 Thelma Tutt 10 1930 United States Federal Census Name: Phillip Tutt Home in 1930: San Francisco, San Francisco, California Age: 53 Estimated birth year: abt 1877 Birthplace: California Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's name: Magdaline Race: White Occupation: Education: Military Service: Rent/home value: Age at first marriage: Parents' birthplace: Neighbors: Household Members: Name Age Phillip Tutt 53 Magdaline Tutt 44 Thelma Tutt 21 | TUTT, Phillip Ashby (I5905)
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| 2809 | This Mary Button is sometimes confused with the Mary Button who married Edward Yeomans or a Mary Button who married Thomas French. Mary Buttons is sometimes referred to as Ruth Buttons. This Mary Button married John Lewis. Tradition given by Mrs. Sally Lewis, wife of Jeffrey Sheldon Lewis is that "John Lewis came to America but the young lady with whom he was in love did not come over because her parents did not like him. Mary wrote to him asking him to come to England to get her, but he answered her that he could not but would meet her if she came to him. She wrote him that she would come so he built a log cabin and when she finally arrived from England he went down to the shore at Plymouth, met her and they married soon after. They lived together for a number of years before he died. She survived him fifteen years." This is related in Lewisania, Vol, 4, p. 35. | BUTTON, Mary (I7774)
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| 2810 | This may be Cooper County, Missouri | Family F2198
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| 2811 | This may be the right Charles? 1910 United States Federal Census Name: Cales Oats [Caler Oats] Age in 1910: 34 Estimated birth year: abt 1876 Birthplace: Illinois Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birth Place: Virginia Mother's Birth Place: Virginia Spouse's name: Grace V Home in 1910: Johnson, Christian, Illinois Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Household Members: Name Age Cales Oats 34 (Charles) Grace V Oats 24 Grace Z Ernest M Oats 4 Gertrude M Oats 2 David W Oats 8/12 Jacob L Shivers 68 Uncle 1920 United States Federal Census Name: Charles Oats Home in 1920: Taylorville Ward 1, Christian, Illinois Age: 44 years Estimated birth year: abt 1876 Birthplace: Illinois Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's name: Grace Father's Birth Place: Virginia Mother's Birth Place: Virginia Marital Status: Married Race: White Sex: Male Home owned: Rent Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Image: 1066 Household Members: Name Age Charles Oats 44 Grace Oats 34 Michael Oats 14 Marie Oats 12 David Oats 10 Ray Oats 8 Russell Oats 2 1930 United States Federal Census Name: Grace Oats Home in 1930: Pekin, Tazewell, Illinois Age: 45 Estimated birth year: abt 1885 Birthplace: Illinois Relation to Head of House: Head widow Race: White Occupation: Education: Military service: Rent/home value: Age at first marriage: Parents' birthplace: Household Members: Name Age Grace Oats 45 Ernest M Oats 24 Ray E Oats 19 Chas R Oats 12 | Oats, Charles (I9643)
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| 2812 | This may not be correct parents England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1940 Name: Ann Gardner Gender: Female Spouse's name: James Rendal Marriage Date: 8 Jul 1798 Marriage Place: Warminster, Wiltshire, England England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 Record Image Index-only record Report issue Name: Ann Gardner Gender: Female Marriage Date: 1798 Marriage Place: Saint Denys, Warminster, Wiltshire, England Spouse: James Rendal FHL Film Number: 1279373 Reference ID: 2:GCQPW2 | Family F3539
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| 2813 | This may not be the correct marriage. Braintree Essex, England marriage index lists John Collis married to ElizabethShuckborough in 1733. | COLLIS, William (I1885)
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| 2814 | This may not be the same father as it is in Osage, Iowa and the other child is listed with the mother Ruth, in Mitchell, Iowa. Daniel Herbert Lombard Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951 Name: Daniel Herbert Lombard Event Type: Death Event Date: 2 Nov 1917 Event Place: Osage, Mitchell, Iowa, United States Event Place: Osage, Iowa, United States Gender: Male Age: 0 Birth Year (Estimated): 1917 Father's Name: Herbert Lombard Certificate Number: 660864 | Lombard, Daniel H (I11833)
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| 2815 | This might be Anna's father as he is living right next to William Crumb in the 1820 census 1820 United States Federal Census Name: Joseph Lewis Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Otselic, Chenango, New York Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820 Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 4 Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1 Free White Persons - Under 16: 7 Free White Persons - Over 25: 2 Total Free White Persons: 9 Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 9 1820 United States Federal Census Name: Joseph Lewis Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Otselic, Chenango, New York Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820 Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 4 Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1 Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1 Free White Persons - Under 16: 6 Free White Persons - Over 25: 2 Total Free White Persons: 8 Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 8 in the 1830 United States Federal Census Name: Joseph Lewis Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Otselic, Chenango, New York Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 2 Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69: 1 Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 80 thru 89: 1 Free White Persons - Under 20: 5 Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1 Total Free White Persons: 9 Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 9 Could this be? Joseph Lewis BIRTH 5 Nov 1767 DEATH 21 Oct 1842 (aged 74) Fulton County, New York, USA BURIAL Lewis Family Plot Northville, Fulton County, New York, USA MEMORIAL ID 43332451 · View Source Spouse Hannah Lewis 1773–1838 Children Hiram Lewis 1804–1857 Annanias Lewis 1808–1888 Olive Lewis 1810–1825 | LEWIS, Joseph (I11876)
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| 2816 | This probably is not the father and mother of Henry Sherman. He lived in Yaxley and was called "Gentleman". He became an attorney-at-law with a large practice and served as a Deputy Sheriff in 1540 and 1546 and church warden of Yaxley whose parish now owed its allegiance to the King of England instead of the Pope of Rome. He was a wealthy man, possessing the manors of Royden and Roydentuft at Royden and Bessingham and other manors and landed estates in the vicinity. A manor, incidentally, may contain one or more villages or hamlets or only part of a village. It is a noble sort of fee, always claimed by prescription:i.e., by long continuance of time beyond the memory of man. Thus Thomas' ownership of these manors confirms our belief that our family had lived in this area for generations. Thomas and Jane had 10 sons and all except one perhaps, married, and were still living in 1551 when he died and was buried in Yaxley. | SHERMAN, Thomas (I786)
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| 2817 | This wife and children information came from Laurie Dotson, 668 Cunningham Lane, New Castle, PA 16105, 712-652-0248, LBPDOT@comcast.net http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=281&GScid=640904&GRid=11196531&CScn=Pine+Lake+Cemetery&CScntry=4&CSst=24& Catherine Craig Crawford Birth: Jan. 1, 1820 Death: May 22, 1897 Inscription: HIS WIFE (on tombstone of George Crawford) Burial: Pine Lake Cemetery West Bloomfield Oakland County Michigan, USA | Craig, Catherine (I9355)
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| 2818 | This William is said to be the son of Charles and Rebecca. | COLLIS, William (I3689)
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| 2819 | Thomas became a freeman in Norwalk in 1670. He and his family moved to Danbury, Ct and he was one of the eight founders of that town. Thomas became a prominent citizen (Source: Genealogy and Family History of Central New York; a record of acheivements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the building of a nation, by Wm. Richard Cutter, Vol #, 1912) He was deputy of Danbury, May 1697, May 1702, May and October 1706, May and December 1707; Ensign, Danbury trainband, Oct 1696. | TAYLOR, Thomas (I3896)
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| 2820 | Thomas Benfield in the England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 Name: Thomas Benfield Gender: Male Baptism Date: 29 Sep 1794 Baptism Place: St Michael,Gloucester,Gloucester,England Father: Thomas Benfield Mother: Keziah FHL Film Number: 425423 | Benfield, Thomas (I10045)
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| 2821 | Thomas bought a tract of land about a mile north of Kingston Depot, in North Kingstown, of Caleb Arnold, and settled there. This was the homestead of the family until it was sold about 1868. | SHERMAN, Thomas (I1090)
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| 2822 | Thomas had 6 children | SHERMAN, Thomas S. (I1410)
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| 2823 | Thomas held homestead. | SHERMAN, Thomas (I1550)
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| 2824 | Thomas held the old homestead and his children hold it still.(1868) | SHERMAN, Thomas (I1308)
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| 2825 | Thomas Sherman was possibly descended from Richard le Sherman, merchant, of Hythe - located not far from nearby Colchester- who in the reign of Edward I, on July 8, 1274 at Westminister was granted a license to trade in wool; and he was almost certainly descended from John Sherman who paid twelve pence in taxes in Yaxley in 1327 and from Henry, John's son, who was receiver of money for the Prior of Eye in County Suffolk near Yaxley. He lived in both Diss and Yaxley, and he had two children named John and Agnes. It is recorded that he was a lawyer, that he served as church warden of the Yaxley Parish and that he was a "man forceful and interesting". His will was written in Latin, and gave his son John his property in Diss and Yaxley. Diss is a small village in the English county of Norfolk on the North bank of the Waveney River about seventy-five miles northeast of London. The Waveney marks the boundary between the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk and the village of Yaxley is close to Diss on the south side of the river. (This is "Constable Country" for it was in Dedham - only thirty miles to the south - that John Constable grew up and from many of his landscapes you can visualize the countryside familiar to generations of our Sherman ancestors.) | SHERMAN, Thomas (I803)
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| 2826 | Thomas was a carriage maker of All Saints, Barking & London, England.(Information from Gov. thomas Prence of Plymouth Colony- from "Colonial Genealogist, Vol VII, #1, p 685" | PRENCE, Thomas (I7241)
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| 2827 | Thomas was a physician in Charlestown, Mass. Thomas was a Doctor. | SHERMAN, Thomas (I1541)
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| 2828 | Thomas was of South Kingstown, R. I. | MUMFORD, Thomas (I1043)
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| 2829 | Time line for Adie Mae Sly Sherman Lamb 1881 3 May born Oscoda Iosco, MI 1897 8th grade graduate Pinconning, Bay, Michigan 1900 US Census Mae living with Aunt Torisa Close Pierce, Milton, Rock, WI 1902 17 Feb,Mae married Milton Kellum Sherman, Tawas City, Iosco, MI 1902 Mae & Milton Sherman moved with her parents to Eureka, Lincoln, Montana 1903 2 Mar daughter, Bertha Sherman born 1906 Milton left Mae and Bertha and returned to Michigan, Mae went with Aunt Carrie Fletcher to Port Angeles, then waitressed in Davenport Hotel in Spokane WA 1908 23 Dec married James Leroy Lamb, lived in Lacrosse, Washington 1911 moved to farm 1 mile E of Diamond, WA, then moved into town of Diamond 1953 16 Jan Died in Auto Accident in Spokane, Spokane,Wash *Washington Death Index, 1940-1996 Washington Death Index, 1940-1996 Name: Addia M Lamb Place of Death: Spokane Date of Death: 16 Jan 1953 Age: 71 Gender: F Certificate: 1692 COLFAX GAZETTE, COLFAX, WASHINGTON, JANUARY 5, 1912. Pg 3 LACROSSE. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lamb of Diamond are visiting friends here since last Thursday. Mr. Lamb returned Saturday and Mrs. L. will remain another week. Note from Marge Collis: I enjoyed reading this very much. I seem to remember Roy saying his grandmother worked in Nome, Alaska, as a phone operator? Was that somewhere in the story also? I know he loved his grandmother, and had fun times with her. She took him fishing - which she apparently loved doing? Perhaps, she just thought HE needed the experience, being the oldest, and needed some 1 on 1 attention, I don't know - whatever it was, he had wonderful memories of his Grandmother. Grandma and Grandpa lamb lived in Diamond Washington on a hill back from the mercantile on the main road that goes to Endicott. Thera was just outside of Colfax 1.5 miles toward Endicott. The house there that Bertha and Russell lived in has been torn down. Addie Sly (Slyh), graduated 7 June, 1897, from Pinconning School, Bay City, Bay County, Michigan. !NOTE: The following was told to Marilyn Parker by Bertha Sherman Collis, 13 Jan 1970: "Elizabeth Close married Loren (Lorian) Sly and probably lived at Fort Wayne, Indiana when her children were young. Lorian walked with a limp. He left during the panic of 1893 (or near that time), to go to the gold fields. He wrote 2 or 3 letters, but was not heard from again. It was not made clear whether his wife, Elizabeth, moved to Tawas City before or after he left. She took in roomers to make ends meet. Richard Smith was a logger and boarded with her as he felt widows needed the money. They later were married. Addie Mae met and married Milton K. Sherman against her mother, Elizabeth's will. Elizabeth and Grandpa Dick were moving to Montana and wanted Addie to go with them and Milton to follow. They could then be married out west. Instead Addie and Milton were married in Tawas City. She went west with her family and Milton followed. They lived in the little cabin close to Addie's parents. Milton left when Bertha was about 2 years old. Bertha knew nothing more about her father" !NOTE: The following was taken from a letter dated New Year's 1970, to Marilyn Parker from Maye Alverson: "I always thought if Dick Smith had been a different man, your grandparents (Mae and Milton Sherman) would have made a go of it. But you would have had to know Dick to understand. He sure never made Aunt Lib happy. But that is a long gone story now and so are all those connected with it." The following was taken from a letter dated 19 Feb, 1970, to Marilyn Parker from Maye Alverson. (72 year old step daughter of Jennie Close Butler who was a sister to Elizabeth Close Sly Smith.) "Mae and Milton might have got along but Dick never got along with anyone. One night he shot at Milton through the wall and put two shots above his head. Poor old Dick was always on the outs with his neighbors, wouldn't let them use his road and such. Roads were pretty hard come by in those days." "Dick always seemed to be good to Bertha. She must have been quite small when Mae left her with Aunt Lib. When Mae left here, she went with Carrie Fletcher to Port Angeles. From there I lost track." "When Milton and Mae separated, he sold his re-leasement to Dan Alverson, Fred's father (Maye Alverson's father-in-law). It has been in the Alverson name until about 10 years ago. When Mrs. Burr Alverson remarried to a man by the name of Anderson. It was known as Alverson and Anderson for several years. Yes, Fred did own Dick's (Richard Smith) old place until about 5 years ago. He sold to a friend and his brother-in-law. They in turn made the meadow into a lake. It's on Terriaul Creek. Made a nice lake, but the neighbors fish it out, so Henry don't get much use of that as they live out on the flats at Iowa Flats as it's called". "Both of the Andersons are dead now and that place is owned by a young couple by the name of Arle Burk. Jack A. got $19,000 for it. Times do change. Acreage has gone sky high since the Libby Dam Project has started. Fred sold his for $40 per acre and now could easily get $75. And over near the recreation zone on the Kootenai, the land is going as high as $125 per acre." "Ernest Sly built a place on Glen Lake and it still stands and people live in it. I wouldn't be surprised but what Dad built the chimney on it as he has built so many in this country, also fireplaces. You can't get into Glen Lake only on one lot that the county owns but was taken over by the Fish and Game commission. The Lake now is so much larger than your grandmother knew it as the water from Grave Creek-Terriault Creek runs in it and it's used all over the valley and is known as the Glen Lake Irrigation Ditch. The following information was taken from a letter dated January 28, 1970, to Marilyn Parker from Mrs. M. O. Chambers, (Great Aunt Tillie, Milton Kellum Sherman's sister) " Mae Sly worked at the Elliot House Hotel. It included a restaurant and bar. She was a waitress. I seem to remember that her parents worked for the Elliots also. Milton Kellum Sherman and Mae Sly were married in Oscoda, Michigan. However, the marriage was registered in Tawas City, the county seat. Mae Sly was a very beautiful girl. She had most of the young men in a whirl for sure. However, Milton won her. When her parents decided to move to Montana, Mae insisted on going too. Milton, being so mad about her, gave in and went along. Milton was always a very calm, quiet man, would never argue or quarrel with any one. What happened between Mae and Milton I never heard. I do know he loved her and Bertha very much. When he came home, I was only about 6 or 7 years of age, but I remember he had a picture of Bertha at about age 1 or 2. He had that picture enlarged and it hung in our parlor. Several times I have gone into the parlor and found him standing there before that picture with tears running down his face. In all the years, I have never known Milton to be anything but kind and gentle to everyone. A real good man." "Now about his work and living. While he remained in the Oscoda area, he worked for the most part as a lumberman as did most of the other men in those days (unless they were in business). Later, about 1916, he moved to Detroit and he worked in a factory. After the War (1st WW), he moved out to Auburn, Michigan, a farming community not too far from Detroit, and became a farmer. He moved to the farm in Manton, Michigan area sometime in the 30's, I think, staying there until his death in July, 1953." Extract from a letter dated March 6, 1970 to Bertha Sherman Collis from Bacil B. Sherman, (youngest child of Milton Kellum Sherman). "When I was younger, I used to travel quite a little. Dad asked me to try to locate you, but I had no success in any way." When Milton went to Michigan about 1905, it is said that he wanted Mae to go with him, but she wouldn't. She went to town to find work as a waitress and left Bertha with Grandma Libby and Dick Smith, Addie Mae`s mother and step-father. She worked in Montana, Washington and perhaps Alaska. When she married "Roy" Lamb, she hated to take Bertha from her home with the Smiths. "Mae" and Roy lived in Lacrosse, Washington until Oct., 1911, when they moved to a farm one mile East of Diamond, Washington, where they lived twenty-nine years until her death. In 1919, Libby Smith died, so Bertha came to live with her mother and step-father (she considered him her father as she knew no other.) (the following note accompanied each framed piece of quilt that I sent to each of my children, grandchildren and sisters and brother, stan) This piece of quilt is from a "Grandmother's Flower Garden" quilt top made in the 1940's by my grandmother, Addie Mae (Sly) Sherman Lamb. She is the mother of my mother, Bertha (Sherman) Collis. Mae, as she was called, was born 3 May 1881 in Michigan. She moved as a newly wed with her husband, Milton Sherman, to Kalispell, Montana, where my mother was born. Milton left Montana and returned to Michigan when Bertha was about 2 years old. He asked for Mae and Bertha to accompany him, but to no avail. She left Montana to look for work in Alaska and Washington. She later married James Leroy Lamb and moved to Diamond, Washington, where she lived out her life. She was killed in a car accident while on a shopping trip to Spokane, Washington on 16 January, 1953. As I quilted this small piece of her quilt top, I couldn't help but think of her loving fingers making the small delicate stitches. How appropriate that it should be called 'Grandmother's Flower Garden' as she loved her garden. Perhaps some of the fabrics were from her dresses. She also loved fishing in the stream near her home in Diamond. When Scott was living in Moscow, Idaho, just across the Washington border from Diamond, we took a drive over there. We looked around and found the spot where her house used to be. We met a man about my age named Norman Kuntze, who used to go fishing with Grandma. He just happened to have her fishing pole and retrieved it from his garage and gave it to us. Scott now has it as he too was doing some fishing at that time. I hope you enjoy this small piece in memory of her. I wish I had known her. Love, Marilyn Parker PS. I remember with fondness the 1 dollar bill she would send to each of us on our birthday. One time a large box arrived at our house. It was full of fancy dress up clothes. My did Darlyne and I have fun with those. (email from Stan after I sent him a framed piece of Addie Mae's quilt)Thanks for the quilt. Roy and I were the last of the family to see grandma. We went to wash in 1949 or 50. I remember as a little boy she would fix sliced oranges for breakfast. Guess what she served when Roy and I visited. She sure looked good for her age. It was a shock to me when she was killed. Memories from Barbara about Grandma Lamb: Barbara felt she was special to Grandma. Grandma would put leftover bacon on the butter dish. She also remembered the sliced oranges with powdered sugar. She had a back room with many windows but not heat. She would warm bricks and wrap them in a towel for their beds. She was always doing handwork; Tatting, crocheting, knitting. She worked in her rock garden and had mostly flowers. Barb remembers going to the general store with Dad and Grandpa. The school was a dance studio last time she visited. Grandma wanted to come visit when we moved to California, but Grandpa said, "wait until I retire." For whatever reason, they never came. bother, "Earnest Slyh" living in Rutland, Dane, WI as servant? 1900 United States Federal Census Name: Addie M Sley Home in 1900: Milton, Rock, Wisconsin Age: 19 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1881 Birthplace: Michigan Relationship to head-of-house: Niece Race: White Occupation: Neighbors: Household Members: Name Age David A Peirce 45 Harness born in Germany came to USA 1862 Torisa Peirce 35 married 10 years (had 4 children, 2 are living) Bertha A Peirce 13 born Kansas Rosa N Peirce 9 born Colorado Addie M Sley 19 1910 United States Federal Census Name: Addie M Lamb Age in 1910: 29 Birth Year: abt 1881 Birthplace: Michigan Home in 1910: La Crosse, Whitman, Washington Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Wife Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: James L Lamb Father's Birthplace: United States [United States of America] Mother's Birthplace: United States [United States of America] Neighbors: Household Members: Name Age James L Lamb 25 Addie M Lamb 29 1920 United States Federal Census Name: Mae Lamb [Mae Titcomb] Age: 36 Birth Year: abt 1884 Birthplace: Michigan Home in 1920: Diamond, Whitman, Washington Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Wife Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Roy Lamb Father's Birthplace: Indiana Mother's Birthplace: Indiana Able to Read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Neighbors: Household Members: Name Age Roy Lamb 35 Mae Lamb 36 Bertha Sherman 16 1930 United States Federal Census Name: Addie M Lamb [Addie N Lamb] Gender: Female Birth Year: abt 1883 Birthplace: Michigan Race: White Home in 1930: Diamond, Whitman, Washington View Map Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Wife Spouse's Name: James L Lamb Father's Birthplace: Indiana Mother's Birthplace: Indiana Occupation: Education: Military service: Rent/home value: Age at first marriage: Parents' birthplace: Neighbors: Household Members: Name Age James L Lamb 43 Addie M Lamb 47 1940 United States Federal Census Name: James L Lamb Respondent: Yes Age: 56 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1884 Gender: Male Race: White Birthplace: Illinois Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head Home in 1940: Diamond, Whitman, Washington i Farm: No Inferred Residence in 1935: Diamond, Whitman, Washington Residence in 1935: Same House Sheet Number: 3A Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 47 Neighbors: Household Members: Name Age James L Lamb 56 caretaker wheat warehouse Addie M Lamb 58 | SLY, Addie Mae (I198)
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| 2830 | Time line for Peter H Fick: 1803 Peter H Fick born United States ? Married Mary 1831 daughter, Matilda Jane Fick born Canada 1833 daughter, Elizabeth, born 1842 son, Gilbert, born 1851 Census, living in Walsingham, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada 1853 daughter, Nancy, born 1861 daughter, Martha, born 1861 Census, living in Walsingham, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada 1871 Census, living in Walsingham, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada ? wife, Mary, died 1881 Census, widow, listed as father, living with son, Gilbert, in Walsingham, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada 1891 Census, widow, llsted as father, iving with daughter, Matilda & her husband Joseph Sherman, in Houghton, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada 1892 Peter died in Norfolk, Ontario, Canada Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s-1900s about Peter Fick Name: Peter Fick Event: Living Province: Ontario Place: Norfolk County Source: Illustrated Historical Atlas of the Norfolk County, 1877, Mika Silk Screening Limited, Belleville, 1972. Volume/Page: 8 Note: The province and county are associated with the location of the record source and in some cases may not be the same as the place where the event occured. 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia about Peter H Fick Name: Peter H Fick Gender: Male Age: 49 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1803 Birthplace: United States Province: Canada West (Ontario) District: Norfolk County District Number: 25 Sub-District: Walsingham Sub-District Number: 240 Household Members: Name Age Peter H Fick 49 agriculture Mary Fick 42 baptist, born Canada Elizabeth Fick 19 baptist, born Canada Gilbert Fick 13 baptist, born Canada 1861 Census of Canada about Peter C Fick Name: Peter C Fick [Peter H Fick] Gender: Male Age: 59 Birth Year: 1802 Birthplace: Green U S Marital Status: Married Home in 1861: Walsingham, Norfolk, Canada West (frame house, one story, one family in home) Household Members: Name Age Peter C Fick 59 f Mary Fick 50, born Norfolk, Canada West Nancy Fick 8, born Norfolk, Canada West Gilbert Fick 22, born Norfolk, Canada West, laborer 1871 Census of Canada about Peter H Fick Name: Peter H Fick Gender: Male Age: 68 Birth Year: abt 1803 Birth Place: Ontario Marital Status: Married Religion: Baptist Origin: Dutch Province: Ontario District: Norfolk South District Number: 11 Division: 01 Subdistrict: Walsingham Subdistrict Number: b Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Peter H Fick 68 farmer Mary Fick 61 born Ontario, Baptist Nancy Fick 18 born Ontario, Baptist Martha Fick 10 born Ontario, Baptist Ontario, Canada Voter Lists, 1867-1900 about Peter H Fick Name: Peter H Fick Year: 1874 Locality: Walsingham Township Concession A Lot 3 Province: Ontario Country: Canada 1881 Census of Canada Name: Peter H Fick Gender: Male Marital Status: Widowed Age: 78 Birth Year: 1803 Birthplace: USA Religion: Baptist Occupation: Farmer Province: Ontario District Number: 157 District: Norfolk South Sub-District Number: B Subdistrict: Walsingham Division: 2 Household Members: Name Age Gilbert Fisk 40 farmer Sarah Fisk 32 James Fisk 13 Mary Fisk 11 Henry Fisk 9 Calista Fisk 8 Albert Fisk 5 Clarence Fisk 3 Laurie Fisk 2 Peter H Fisk 78 1891 Census of Canada about Peter H Fick Name: Peter H Fick Gender: Male Marital Status: Widowed Age: 88 Birth Year: abt 1803 Birthplace: United States Relation to Head of House: fath Religion: Baptist French Canadian: No Father's Birth Place: Nova Scotia Mother's Birth Place: United States Province: Ontario District Number: 97 District: Norfolk South Subdistrict: Houghton Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Joseph Sherman 63 Carpenter, father born New Brunswick, Mother born ontario Matilda Sherman 60 born Ontario, father born USA, Mother born Ontario Sarah E Sherman 32 born Ontario, father born Ontario, Mother born Ontario Louise Sherman 27 born Ontario, father born Ontario, Mother born Ontario Lambert L Sherman 23 born Ontario, father born Ontario, Mother born Ontario Peter H Fick 88 father, born USA, his father born ?, Mother born USA Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1936 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947 about Peter H Fick Name: Peter H Fick Death Date: 23 Sep 1892 Cause of death: old age Death Location: Norfolk County Division of Houghton Age: 89 Gender: Male Estimated Birth Year: abt 1803 Birth Location: United States Informant: J Sherman Archives of Ontario Microfilm: MS935_65 Could this be a daughter? Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1801-1928 about Anne M Fick Name: Anne M Fick Birth Place: Canagnea Germany Age: 18 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1853 Father Name: Peter H Fick Mother Name: Mary Fick Spouse Name: Thomas Overbaugh Spouse's Age: 24 Spouse Birth Place: Walsingham Spouse Father Name: Philip Overbaugh Spouse Mother Name: Jane Overbaugh Marriage Date: 26 May 1871 Marriage County or District: Norfolk | FICK, Peter Henry (I10308)
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| 2831 | Timeline for Isaac Parker: 1775 Isaac Parker born in NY (Info inferred from Census) 1807 Isaac married Abigail Westbrook ( inferred from birthdates of known children) 1810 possible son, Issac, born (He was living in Riga, Monroe County in the 1830 Census) 1811 son, Miles born in NY 1812 daughter, Anna, born in NY 1815 Sep 13, son, Timothy born in Saratoga County, NY 1820 Jan 20, son, John, born in Rochester, Monroe, NY 1830 US Census, Isaac living in Greece, Monroe, NY with wife and 8 others. 1835 (approximately) Isaac died in Greece NY (info inferred from Census info) 1840 In 1880 Federal Census in Solano County, California, Timothy's father is stated to have been born in NY and his mother in Pennsylvania. The Official Beginning The Town of Greece was incorporated in 1822. It was named after the country of Greece as a show of support for the Greek people who fought for their independence from Turkish rule. The name is also a tribute to this old-world nation – a symbol of intellectual and athletic excellence. The Town of Greece was formed from the northern part of the town of Gates. In 1823, expansion of the Erie Canal resulted in the development of the southern part of town. Mason workers came from Europe to help build the canal and often settled here. Many of them built cobblestone houses, some of which still stand today. Throughout the 1800s, the local economy centered on agriculture. Many of the beautiful farmhouses that were built during this period have been converted for commercial use. The Upton-Paine house, now Ridgemont Country Club, is one such home. The Greece Historical Society currently occupies the charming Larkin-Beattie-Howe house built in the 1850’s. (Gordon Howe, former Greece Supervisor, raised his family there.) All 1810 United States Federal Census results for Isaac Parker.Matches 1–10 of 45 Sorted By Relevance -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1810 United States Federal Census (this might be the one that fits best Number wise) Name: Isaac Pacher [Isaac Parker] Township: Newburgh County: Orange State: New York Number of All Other Free Persons: 4 Number of Household Members: 4 1810 United States Federal Census Name: Isaac Parker Township: Rensselaerville County: Albany State: New York Free White Males Under 10: 4 Free White Males 26 to 44: 1 Free White Females Under 10: 1 Free White Females 16 to 25: 1 Free White Females 26 to 44: 1 Free White Females 45 and Over: 1 Number of Household Members Under 16: 5 Number of Household Members Over 25: 3 Number of Household Members: 9 1810 United States Federal Census Name: Isaac Parker Township: Cornwall County: Orange State: New York Free White Males Under 10: 2 Free White Males 45 and Over: 1 (Isaac would have been about 25 in 1810) Free White Females 10 to 15: 1 Free White Females 26 to 44: 1 Free White Females 45 and Over: 1 Number of Household Members Under 16: 3 Number of Household Members Over 25: 3 Number of Household Members: 6 1810 United States Federal Census Name: Isaac Parker Township: New York Ward 7 County: New York State: New York Free White Males 16 to 25: 1 Free White Males 26 to 44: 1 Free White Females 10 to 15: 1 (Isaac's daughter, Anna, would have been 1 year old) Free White Females 16 to 25: 1 Free White Females 45 and Over: 1 Number of Household Members Under 16: 1 Number of Household Members Over 25: 2 Number of Household Members: 5 1810 United States Federal Census Name: Isaac Parker Township: Gorham County: Ontario State: New York Free White Males Under 10: 2 Free White Males 10 to 15: 1 Free White Males 26 to 44: 1 Free White Females Under 10: 1 Free White Females 10 to 15: 1 Free White Females 26 to 44: 1 Number of Household Members Under 16: 5 Number of Household Members Over 25: 2 Number of Household Members: 7 1810 United States Federal Census Name: Isaac Parker Township: Seneca County: Ontario State: New York Free White Males Under 10: 3 Free White Males 26 to 44: 1 Free White Males 45 and Over: 1 Free White Females Under 10: 1 Free White Females 16 to 25: 2 Free White Females 45 and Over: 1 Number of Household Members Under 16: 4 Number of Household Members Over 25: 3 Number of Household Members: 9 _____________________________________________________________ 1820 Census - this is the only Isaac Parker that fits with ages and children and is in Italy, Ontario, New York: 4 males under 10 years (Miles, Timothy, John + 1 others?) 2 males 10-16 ( who are these?) 1 male 26-45 (Isaac) 1 male 45+ (possibly a father or father in law?) 2 females under 10 (Anna + 1 other?) 1 female 26-45 (Abigail?) Perhaps a son, Isaac, born about 1810 1830 United States Federal Census Name: Isaac Parker Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Riga, Monroe, New York Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 2 Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 2 Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1 Free White Persons - Under 20: 3 Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 4 Total Free White Persons: 8 Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 1830 United States Federal Census about Iacc Parker Name: Iacc Parker Township: Greece County: Monroe (note: Monroe County was made from Ontario & Genesee counties, 23 Feb 1821) State: New York Number of persons in household: 9 Ages of persons in household: (listed below are possible family members) 1 male 5-10 (possibly John b abt 1820, would be 10) 1 male 10-15 (possibly Timothy b 1815 would have been 14-15) 1 male 20-30 (possibly Miles b abt 1810 would have been 20) 1 male 40-50 (possibly Isaac) 1 male 60-70 (possibly a father or father in law) 1 female 10-15 (possibly Ann's daughter, Maggie?) 1 female 15-20 (possibly Ann who Abigail was living with in 1870, Ann would have been abt 19) 1 female 20-30 ? 1 female 40-50 (possibly Abigail b 1789 would have been about 40) 1840 United States Federal Census Name: Henry Parker (could this be a son of Isaac? Would have been born 1800-1810) Township: Greece County: Monroe State: New York Number of persons in household: Ages of persons in household: Occupation information : males: 1 male under 5, 1 male 5-10, 1 male 30-40: females: 1 female 5-10, 1 female 30-40 (The following death record of Miles shows that Isaac is father of Miles, and Abigail is mother of Miles. Abigail lived with Timothy in 1850 Census in Licking County, Ohio. Timothy and Miles owned land together in Ohio in about 1850. Abigail then lived with Miles in 1860 in Michigan, when Timothy moved to Iowa. Abigail was living with daughter, Ann, in Michigan in 1870 census near Miles. Michigan death records PARKER, MILES Date of death: 22-Sep-1872 Ledger Page: 168 Record Number: 135 Place of death: Vassar County of Death: Tuscola Sex: Male Race: White Marital Status: Married Age: 61 years 8 months 26 days Cause of Death: Dysentery Birthplace: N Y Occupation: Farmer Father's Name: Parker, Isaac Father's Residence: N Y Mother's Name: Parker, Abigail Mother's Residence: Vassar Date of record: 8-Aug-1873 REVOLUTIONARY PATRIOTS BURIED IN AND AROUND ONTARIO COUNTY, NEW YORK Parker, William 1746-1818 Pioneer Cemetery Village of Pittsford (Monroe Co.) (Pioneer Burying Ground,Pittsford, New York This cemetery is located at the intersection of South Main, Stone Road and East Street in the Town of Pittsford, NY This is one of the oldest cemeteries in Monroe County. The first burial, dated 1797, is that of Rebecca, the wife of Josiel Farr. Unfortunately, her tombstone is one of many old tombstones that is no longer readable. The tombstones in this cemetery were copied four times previous which made it possible to include those tombstone inscriptions that are no longer legible. Those old lists of tombstone inscriptions are: PARKER William; b Oct. 28, 1746, Legsby, Lincolnshire, Eng.; d Jan. 12, 1818 Mary, widow of William; b Oct. 7, 1760, Harwick, Lincolnshire, Eng.; d Oct. 14, 1829 John; native of Leicestershire, Eng.; d Feb. 4, 1841 aged 52y Michael; d May 3, 1863 aged 80y 3m William; d March 28, 1849 aged 64y Hannah; b Oct. 20, 1796, Hackthorn, Lincolnshire, Eng.; d at Pittsford, June 11, 1881 Adelia Norton, wife of Francis; b Nov. 23, 1812; d Jan. 21, 1841 George; d Aug. 20, 1859 aged 71y | PARKER, Isaac (I7673)
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| 2832 | Timeline for James Close: 1824 James Close born Ohio 1848 James married Lydia Young Allen County, Indiana ( Is this right or did he marry Elizabeth Wade?) 1851 son, George born Allen County Indiana 1855 June 2, James & Nancy married Allen County, Indiana 1856 daughter Eliza born Indiana 1858 daughter Elizabeth born, Adams County, Indiana, United States 1860 US census Madison, Allen, Indiana 1862 daughter Diantha Jane born Decatur, Adams, Indiana 1865 daughter Torisa born Indiana 1867 son William born Indiana 1869 daughter Sibetha born Indiana 1870 US census Monmoth PO, Root , Adams, Indiana 1878 marriage of daughter, Diantha Jane in home of james Close in Sylvester, Allen County, Michigan 1880 US census Fremont, Isabella, Michigan, James is listed as crippled, maimed or bed ridden. 1900 US census June 2st, James & Nancy in Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin 1903 10 Jun James died in Rock County, Wisconsin, age 79 1910 wife Nancy died Decatur, Adams, Indiana, James Close's parents both born in Ohio, Mother's name Marthia (sic) from Jame's death cirtificate. It is believed George and family lived in Dekatur and Fort Wayne, probably Indiana. Possible first marriage? Cutler family tree on ancestry states George's mother is Mary A Bixler 1815-1900 but that marriage is listed as Feb 1855, the same date as his marriage to Nancy Dougherty and is after George was born. Indiana, Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 Spouse Name: Elizabeth Wade Marriage Date: Nov 16 1848 Marriage County: Allen Could this be James' family? Could there have been a child before George and the mother be Elizabeth) 1850 United States Federal Census Name: Jas Close Age: 28 ( I read 25) Estimated birth year: abt 1822 Birth Place: Ohio Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Madison, Allen, Indiana Family Number: 1311 Neighbors: Malinda Wade age 50 is living next door with 7 children age 20 to 12. Household Members: Name Age Jas Close 28 (I read 25) Elizabeth Close 25 Malinda Close 1 Malinda Close ( could this be the same Malinda Close?) in the Web: Allen County, Indiana, Obituary Index, 1841-2010 Name: Malinda Close Publication Date: 5 Aug 1910 Publication Place: Allen, Indiana, United States of America Death Date: Abt 1910 !MARR: 2 Jun 1855, Allen County, Indiana Bk3 pg 332-Allen Co. Ind. (also "Early Marriage Records of Allen County, Indiana, Vol 2, pg 51, call # 977.274/V25 da) Indiana, Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 Spouse Name: Naney A Dougherty Marriage Date: Feb 1855 Marriage County: Allen 1860 United States Federal Census Record about James Close Name: James Close Age in 1860: 33 Birth Year: abt 1827 Birthplace: Ohio Home in 1860: Madison, Allen, Indiana Gender: Male Post Office: Fort Wayne Value of real estate: $300 farmer Household Members: Name Age James Close 33 Nancey Close 23 George Close 11 Eliza Close 2 Elizabeth Close 1 1870 United States Federal Census Record about James Close Name: James Close Estimated Birth Year: abt 1822 Age in 1870: 48 Birthplace: O Cannot write US citizen parents not foreign born Home in 1870: Root, Adams, Indiana Race: White Gender: Male Value of real estate :$300 farmer Post Office: Monmoth Family: Nancy, wife age 30 bn Ohio; George, 18 Ind; Eliza, 14 Ind; Elizabeth 12 Ind; Diatha 10 Ind; Terisa 6 Ind; William 3 Ind; Sibetha 9/12 Ind. 1880 United States Federal Census Name: James Close Home in 1880: Fremont, Isabella, Michigan Age: 68 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1812 Birthplace: Ohio Occupation: Farmer Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head) Marital status: Married Spouse's Name: Nancy A Close Father's birthplace: Ohio Mother's birthplace: Ohio Race: White Gender: Male Box stating "maimed, crippled, or bed ridden" is checked for James. Household Members: Name Age James Close 68 Nancy A Close 42 Charles Hutchison 4 born Indiana grandson (son of Eliza and William Hutchison? ) NOTE: their daughter, Elizageth with her husband Loren A Sly, live next door and 4 Dougherty families on same page (George age 35, Soloman 31, William 71, Job 31) 1900 United States Federal Census (my mother remembers her family talking about Janesville and Fort Wayne) Name James Close Age 76 Birth Date Mar 1824 Birthplace Ohio Home in 1900 Janesville Ward 1, Rock, Wisconsin Race White Gender Male Relation to Head of House Head Marital Status Married Spouse's Name Nancy Close Marriage Year 1860 Years Married 40 Father's Birthplace Ohio Mother's Birthplace Ohio Household Members Name Age James Close 76 can read, write and speak English Nancy Close 85 ( the age and birthdate are the same as the boarder below. I think it was an error on her part) Alston Horton 85 boarder James Close in the Wisconsin, Deaths, 1820-1907 Name: James Close Death Date: 10 Jun 1903 Death Place: Rock, Wisconsin, USA Cause of death: Pulmonary tuberculosis Volume: 03 Page Number: 0251 Reel: 118 Sequence Number: 060650 Source Information Ancestry.com. Wisconsin, Deaths, 1820-1907 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2000. Original data: Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services. Wisconsin Vital Record Index, pre-1907. Madison, WI, USA: Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services Vital Records Division Wisconsin Historical Society. Pre-1907 Vital Records Collection. Madison, WI, USA: Wisconsin Historical Society Library Archives. This database indexes over 439,000 deaths recorded in the state of Wisconsin between 1820 and 1907. . Addie Mae had a picture of Nancy (Dougherty) Close taken in April 1896 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. | CLOSE, James (I199)
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| 2833 | Timeline for Joseph Henry Sherman: 1827 Jul 13, Joseph born in Berlin, Ionia, Mi 1845 Joseph went to Ontario Canada where his mother's relatives lived. 1850 Feb 4, Joseph married Matilda Jane Fick in Houghton, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada 1851 May 28, son, William Lewis, born Houghton 1854 May 6, son, Joseph Henry, born Houghton 1854 Sep, son Joseph Henry died Houghton 1857 Nov 28, son, James Milton, born Houghton 1859 Feb 12, daughter, Sarah Elizabeth,born Houghton 1861 Aug 10, daughter, Mary Jane,born Houghton 1863 Sep 13, Angeletta Louisa, born Houghton 1868 son, Lambert Lincoln, born Houghton 1871 Census canada, Houghton, Norfolk, Canada with family 1895 Dec 15, wife, Matilda Jane, died in Houghton, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada 1901 Canada census, Joseph is a widow living as a lodger in Houghton, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada 1906 Jun 3, Joseph died in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, at age 79, from old age. Is this right? 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia about Joseph Sherman Name: Joseph Sherman Gender: Male Age: 21 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1831 Birthplace: N Brunswick Province: Canada West (Ontario) District: Wentworth County District Number: 41 Sub-District: Saltfleet Sub-District Number: 398 Household Members: Name Age Joseph Sherman 21 1861 Census of Canada about Joseph Sherman Name: Joseph Sherman Gender: Male Age: 34 Birth Year: 1827 Birthplace: Canada West Marital Status: Married Home in 1861: Houghton, Norfolk, Canada West Religion: Methodist Household Members: Name Age Joseph Sherman 34 farmer Matilda J Sherman 30 born Canada West William L Sherman 10 born Canada West James M Sherman 5 born Canada West Sarah E Sherman 2 born Canada West 1871 Census of Canada about Joseph Sherman Name: Joseph Sherman Gender: Male Age: 43 Birth Year: abt 1828 Birth Place: Ontario Marital Status: Married Religion: Baptist Origin: German Province: Ontario District: Norfolk South District Number: 11 Division: 02 Subdistrict: Houghton Subdistrict Number: a Neighbors: Jeremiah Fick age 23, Abagail Fick age 23, William age 7, Charles age 3, John age 6/12 all Presbyterian, born Ontario, German origin Household Members: Name Age Joseph Sherman 43 farmer Matilda Sherman 39 german origin William Sherman 19 James Sherman 14 Sarah Sherman 12 Mary Sherman 9 Louisa Sherman 7 Lambert Sherman 3 1881 Census of Canada about Joseph Sherman Name: Joseph Sherman Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Age: 53 Birth Year: 1828 Birthplace: Ontario Religion: Ch. of the Mesiah Nationality: New Brunswick Occupation: Farmer Province: Ontario District Number: 157 District: Norfolk South Sub-District Number: A Subdistrict: Houghton Division: 1 Household Members: Name Age Joseph Sherman 53 Matelda J. Sherman 49 Lueza Sherman 17 Lambert L. Sherman 13 Elizabeth Burgar 21 1891 Census of Canada about Joseph Sherman Name: Joseph Sherman Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Age: 63 Birth Year: abt 1828 Birthplace: Ontario Relation to Head of House: Head Religion: messiah French Canadian: No Father's Birth Place: New Brunswick Mother's Birth Place: Ontario Province: Ontario District Number: 97 District: Norfolk South Subdistrict: Houghton Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Joseph Sherman 63 Carpenter, father born New Brunswick, Mother born ontario Matilda Sherman 60 born Ontario, father born USA, Mother born Ontario Sarah E Sherman 32 born Ontario, father born Ontario, Mother born Ontario Louise Sherman 27 born Ontario, father born Ontario, Mother born Ontario Lambert L Sherman 23 born Ontario, father born Ontario, Mother born Ontario Peter H Fick 88 father, born USA, his father born NS, Mother born USA 1901 Census of Canada Name: Joseph Sherman Gender: Male Marital Status: Widowed Age: 73 Birth Date: 13 Jul 1827 Birthplace: Ontario Relation to Head of House: Lodger Racial or Tribal Origin: German Nationality: Canadian Religion: Baptist Occupation: R Far Province: Ontario District: Norfolk (South/Sud) District Number: 94 Sub-District: Houghton Sub-District Number: B-1 Family Number: 66 Page: 6 Household Members: Name Age Joseph Sherman 73 Ontario, Canada Voter Lists, 1867-1900 about Joseph Sherman Name: Joseph Sherman Year: 1881 #387, Juror, yes lot wp14 conc 6 owner PO2 Locality: Charlotteville Township Province: Ontario Country: Canada Ontario, Canada Voter Lists, 1867-1900 about Joseph Sherman Name: Joseph Sherman Year: 1885 #462 Juror no lot secor2 conc 2 owner PO7 Locality: Houghton Township Province: Ontario Country: Canada Ontario, Canada Voter Lists, 1867-1900 about Joseph Sherman Name: Joseph Sherman Year: 1886 #473, Juror, no lot NE cor 2 conc 2 owner PO9 Locality: Houghton Township Province: Ontario Country: Canada Ontario, Canada Voter Lists, 1867-1900 about Joseph Sherman Name: Joseph Sherman Year: 1890 #677, Juror, yes lot NE pt 3 conc 13 tenant mf PO18 Locality: Rear of Leeds and Landsdowne Township Province: Ontario Country: Canada One source states that Joseph Henry was born at Houghton Center, BAltfleet Tnship, Walsingham Co. He was a carpenter and mason. Matilda Fick was a school teacher at Houghton Center, Ontario. Early home of JHs, according to his neighbor, Minnie Patterson, was at Wainfleet near Hamilton, Ontario. !NOTE: Berlin (now Marne) is near Coopersville, Michigan. Joseph was a farmer and also did carpenter and mason work. Tree grafting and bees were his hobbies. He also tamed bulls. As a boy, he lived in Berlin, Michigan. After 1845, he went to Houghton Township, Norfolk Co, Ontario, Canada to his mother's relatives. He was said to have great strength and was quite agile. He was 6 feet, 6 inches tall. He was a second cousin to Gen Wm. Tecumseh Sherman, General in chief of the US Army 1869-1883 and also to General W. T. Sherman's brother, John Sherman, Secretary of State (1897). Their father's fathers were brothers, 5th and 6th sons of Daniel Sherman I. (The following was taken from notes of Vernon Sherman, great grandson of Joseph Henry Sherman: Vernon lived at "Apple Acres", M-42, Manton R2, Michigan 49663) "Joseph Henry Sherman was the third child of Andrew and Hannah Sherman, born 13 July 1827 on a farm near Berlin, (now Marne), Michigan. He left Michigan as a boy of 17 or 18 about 1845, and went to Southern Ontario where he had relatives on his mother's side. He married Matilda Jane Fick, 4 February 1850, probably at Houghton Center. Matilda was small, She weighed about 95 pounds. She could stand upright beneath her husband's outstretched arm. For three years after their marriage, Matilda continued to teach school at Houghton Center. Shortly after his marriage, Joseph bought a 10 acre piece of land two miles from Houghton Center and on the 3rd Concession Road. He built one of the first frame houses in that section of the Country. He became a carpenter and mason by trade, and many of the original frame buildings in that part of the country were the result, either wholly or in part, of his handicraft. During winter months when building was slack, Joseph did repair work and clock "tinkering". He set out a 200 tree apple and peach orchard on his 10 acres. He was very successful in grafting of fruit trees. He had an apiary in the orchard to insure fertilization of his trees. His daughter, Sarah Elizabeth recalled that certain trees were regarded as the special property of each of the children. There was Lizzie's tree, Lew's tree, etc. Sarah Elizabeth related that in addition to the orchard, her father had four trees of sweet black cherries and three of the large red English cherry. Southward from the house was a garden plot with three rows of currant bushes, one red, one black and one of the white currants. Between the rows, sod had reformed and under it a swarm of bumble bees had built their nest at one particular spot. Sarah Elizabeth and her brother James Milton delighted in tormenting this nest of bees. They would prepare for the escapade by pumping several buckets of water. Then one of the youngsters would rap sharply on the ground with a stick to arouse the bees and as they swarmed out, the other would douse them with water to wet their wings and prevent them from flying. Needless to say, this was a highly exciting sport, yet very painful when the bees scored. Sarah Elizabeth's closest childhood friend was the neighbor girl, Eutachia Lutz. The little girls grew up agile as squirrels. Sarah told of bare foot races along the top of rail fences. Since every other top rail was free to roll, it was necessary to run such sections on the second rail down. That must have been quite a trick. Not all their time was spent in running rail fences. The women of those days had the house and garden to manage, blankets to weave, straw hats to make, etc. Rye straw was used for hats because of its great strength. After cutting off the grain heads, the straws were soaked in water and bleached dry in the hot sun. They were then soakeed again to make them plyable and were braided into a long continuous cord. The straw cord was then coiled round and round and each coil sewed to the preceding one until the hat brim was reached and the job finished. It took a full day to make a man's hat for use in the fields, and Sarah Elizabeth said they sold for ten cents. To make milady's hat more time was required, since it was necessary to first slit the rye straw into three parts by pulling them over staggered pin points whech projected up through a little trough-like board made for that purpose. These finer straws were then woven into a continuous cord, carefully coiled and sewed to the shape desired. On the Ontario farm of 1865, making your own straw hat was not a hobby, it was necessary if you wanted a hat. Sarah Elizabeth recalled that when she was 15 (about 1875), a cousin of about her age named William Sherman came from Coopersville, Michigan to help her father on their farm. This lad was a son of her father's brother William. About 1872 a severe drought made it necessary for Joseph and all of his neighbors to haul water from Clear Creek, a half mile from his farm. The water was put into barrels at the Creek and dragged on a stone=boat to the house throughout the latter part of that summer. Many stories are told regarding Joseph's great strength and agility. It is related that he could stand in a 1/2 bushel measure and from this position jump through a forward sommersalt and land with his feet back in the measure. He is also said to have fought and "broke" bulls for others. The procedure of "breaking" a bull is to hang onto the bull by his tail with one hand and to punish him mercilessly with a club, hay fork, hand saw or other convenient weapon until his spirit is broken and he evidences his fear of man by bellowing. This treatment though brutal was considered necessary to insure the future safety of people near the animal. On one occasion, Joseph decided to "break" a neighbor's bull on a holiday morning in the late summer. People from nearby farms were on hand to see the show. Joseph Henry climbed over a fence into a small field with the bull, and began circling him so as to catch him by the tail. Neighbors yelled advice and caution as the man and the animal maneubered. Suddenly, during an attempt to seize the animal's tail, Joseph lost his footing, fell, and was promptly gored by the bull. Several ribs were broken and only the quick aid of his eldest son, William, and neighbors armed with pitchforks saved his life. His good wife accused him of "not having calf brains". In his own home, Joseph Henry is reputed to have been stern to the point of harshness in matters of family discipline. Close friends and neighbors of the family at Houghton Center were the Pattisons. They had children, Minnie, Howard, Roland and Grace. According to Minnie Pattison, Joseph Henry's "old Home" was in Wainfleet Township, of Oxford County. Joseph Henry entered the County Home at Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, on 4 December 1905 and died there on 3 June 1905, age 79. He was buried in Farm No. 7. Because Joseph had died at Simcoe, I visited the County Home looking for facts. They were there. A handful of words scattered to the columns of an old record book, the original entries, the significant corrections. A surprising, pathetic, single line. The main building was unchanged, a two-story red brick, high off the ground and far back from the road. Its narrow dirt drive circled it then shot straight from the front door to the highway like the shortest possible escape. A hundred feet to either side of the long drive, and straight as guides in a copy book, ran two rows of Pine. It was August. The mowed strips were dusty and turning brown. The place looked deserted. No one was in sight as I drove slowly up, circled the building, and stopped below a long porch at the East end. But here were slow moving rockers and old eyes. Some looked toward the road. Some stared away at the fields of the Burial Farm. There seemed no interest in the visitor. Their worn mills of memory groun at the chafe of yesterday. The old building was depressing, a thing set apart and muffled in time. Small sounds were distant. I climbed the steps to the main entrance. The screen door was large. There was no sing, no arrow, no bell. I went into a narrow, dark hall. It smelled of cabbage, urine, insinfectant. Here was a world behind doors. An inmate brought the nurse, white-starched and busy, busy. An efficient little red-head, helpful, but cocking one eye at the idea of anyone wasting a day on the one-line record of the long dead. The books were various, old and misused. They'd been kept in several "hands". Someone had begun an index. I was lefyt with them and a story began. December 4, 1905. An old man sat on the edge of a hard chair, nervous, shakey. He was 78. Sixty of those years had known the cold and snow of Ontario's winters. Seemed they were a lot colder lately! Now he was "on the County". They'd brought him here "where he'd be taken care of". The sleigh ride had chilled him. The hot bricks were cold to the feet long before he and the County man had got here. Slowly the warmth of the room began to steal thru his pant legs. He still had his coat on. His big awkward hands fumbled with a heavy cap. His watery eyes sought the sky thru the high narrow windows. Still snowing. He shifted to better see the cluttered office, the "boughten" furniture, the wainscotting of mill lumber all smooth and shellaced like he'd always wanted for his place. Three weeks to Christmas. Three weeks to excited kids. Their great day would be dead to him. Old wounds ached and loneliness weighed more at Christman. That was all. Christmas for him was buried under the snows of many years, gone with the days when he could do, when he and Matilda had their own place, when his kids were around him, and he had strength in his hands. He minded the time Milt and Dorie were married on a Christmas eve! And the belling. He thought of Matilda Jane and of their seven, and of their first house as he built it, and the planting of the orchard, and the bees. All gone! The kids grown and married and gone, all but Lambert, and the baby that died before the year was up. He'd always managed, 'till now, and he'd always hoped to "go" with dignit - not here - not like this. He hated being at the mercy of a petty official, hated the lookk that said, 'you're an unwanted nothing". He had no illusions; the once "strongest man in the county, 6 foot 6 inches, was a shakey wreck, helpless, burdensome, and now, gotten-rid-of. He saw himself as they did, and old hulk being herded to the stall he'd die in, and he hated it in his helplessness. He was master of nothing but the trivial details they might want for the record they must keep in the big book just opened across the table from him. A book of a place he wanted no part of, a hated place, a hated book, and he was alone. He had nothing but loneness now and he decided to keep it that way. There was a satisfaction in choice, even as barren as that one was. "Your name is?" "Leonard" (Leonard, indeed!). "Your age?" "60" (78) "Married?" "Single", "Religion?" "Baptist" And so his one line record began, "Leonard Sherman Age 60 Baptist Single Admitted Dec. 4, 1905. Six months later it was completed with "Died June 3, 1906 Buried Farm No. 07. Then later a correction in sharp hard strokes striking out "Leonard" and "60" to write "Joseph" and "75" And still not correct; because who ever came for what ever reason, after his death and burial by the County (Charles Mercier?), did not know he'd died exactly 39 days before his 79th birthday. When Joseph died alone in the poor-house, 5 of his 7 children were alive. Of these 5 there were 3 living in Ontario: Sarah, wife of Washington Burger; Mary, wife of Charles Mercier; and Lambert, bachelor. According to Calvin Wilson, who lived there and knew all these people, Joseph had last lived with Mary and Charles Mercier before commitment to the County Home. William Lewis and family lived near Tawas City, Michigan: James Milton and family lived at Oscoda, Michigan. Joseph and I, a great grandson, had never met. I was conceived one month after his death and so commenced a new life-cycle derived from Joseph Henry by the mystery of the gene. And at 63 I'm typing this about him on this page. The County Home at Simcoe is a two story, twenty-room, plain box-like structure set in the remote center of a flat forty acre piece. The road in is narrow and straight as a bullet aimed at the front door. Architectural beauty it has not. Landscaping it has not. It is at best an awful example of the necessary someplace, as out-of-sight, as out-of-mind, and as remote as can possibly be arranged by any fine Christian community. It hasn't changed since Joseph first saw it. Only the scrub pine along the straight road in has been added, like camouflage too sparingly applied to be effective. I was glad that I'd come to search and learn and to imagine. I got a new feeling for Joseph that was warm and strangely real. He had become more than the frozen faced old man on a tin-type photograph, more than a big olld man in a heavy coat, wearing an old fashioned cap-hat with a peak over whispy white hair and straggly beard, and staring directly at you with his watery blue eyes and straight Sherman nose, and clutching a heavy cane with both hands for support. Yes, I see alot more; and feel it too. As I walked out into the bright sunshine it felt good. I turned my car around at the highway for a long look back at the building at the end of the long dirt road and the flat fields of 'Farm No. 07' ". http://www.sherman-roots.com/sherman/pioneers/sp'ott.doc 3. Joseph Henry7 Sherman born Jul 13 1827 in Berlin MI Ottawa Co (mc/mp). Berlin MI named changed in the 1940s to Marne MI (mc/mp; mc/sp). 1831. Aug 24th, Matilda Jane Fick born in Houghton Twp Norfolk Co Ontario Canada (mc/mp; mc/sp). 1845. Joseph left MI went to Houghton Twp Norfolk Co Ontario Canada, where his mothers relatives lived. 1850. Feb 4th, Joseph married Matilda Jane Fick at probably at Houghton Center Houghton Twp Norfolk Co Ontario Canada (mc/mp); or in 1879 Joseph married Matilda Jane Fick at Glenmeyer Ontario (mc/sp). . Shortly after marriage he purchased 10 acres near Houghton Center; he set out 200 trees, apple and peach, also 8 cherry trees Joseph was a farmer, also did carpenter and mason work; tree grafting and bees were his hobby; he did clock "tinkering"; he also tamed bulls; he was 6ft 6in tall, had great strength and was very agile (mc/mp). 1895. Dec 15th, Matilda Sherman died at Houghton Twp Norfolk Co Ontario Canada; buried in the Baptist Cemetery at Houghton Ontario Canada (mc/mp). 1904. Dec 4th, Joseph entered the County Home (farm #7) (mc/mp) 1906. Jun 3rd, Joseph Sherman died at the County Home (farm #7) Simcoe Ontario Canada; also buried there (mc/mp). 7 Children: Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1936 Name: Joseph Sherman Death Date: 3 Jun 1906 c Death Location: Norfolk, Ontario, Canada Age: 75 widower Gender: Male Estimated Birth Year: abt 1831 Birth Location: American Residence: County Home Occupation: Resident - County Home Single, Widower Cause of Death: Nephritis 10 days Religion: Babtist Name of Person making return: JCC Grasett Archives of Ontario Microfilm: MS935_126 | SHERMAN, Joseph Henry (I230)
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| 2834 | Timeline for William Wesley Sly: 1807 Oct 22, William Wesley born in New York 1823 William's mother, Lodema died in Hopewell, New York 1842 Jul 17, William married Elizabeth Morris in Commerce, Oakland, Michigan, 1848 Jul 9, son, William Wesley born in Walled Lake, Oakland, Michigan 1852 Aug 1852, son, Lester Alonzo born in Orchard Lake, Oakland, MIchigan 1854 son, Alvannah Loren born in Michigan 1856 son, Daniel born in Grand Ledge, Eaton, Michigan, 1858 son, George Albert born in Grand Ledge, Eaton, Michigan, 1860 daughter, born in Michigan 1863 Jan 11, William died in Commerce, Oakland County, Michigan, at the age of 66 William Sly and Elizabeth Morris were married 17 July 1842 in Commerce, Oakland County, Michigan. William had been married previously to Ashah Davis, and they had 2 children, Anna and Rhoda. William and Elizabeth had 1 child, William when living in Hamburg, Michigan in 1850. By 1860 they lived in Oneida, Michigan and had 4 more boys, Lester, Alvanus, Daniel, and George. They also had a daughter, Hattie, who is not listed in the census but is listed as age 5 in 1863 Isabella County Probate Records for William Sly: "The petition of Elizabeth BROWN widow of William Sly, late of said county (Isabella), deceased, respectfully showeth that on or about the first day of Jan. 1863, The said William Sly died leaving goods and clothing, rights, credits, and real estate in the county, aforesaid, and that to the best of the knowledge and belief of your petitioner no last will and testament was left by the said William Sly, deceased. That the deceased has left a widow, Elizabeth Brown, your petitioner, age 37 years and six children: William, age 18, Lester, age 15, Alvan age 13, Daniel age 12, George, age 9, and Hattie, age 5: and that the deceased was immediately at his death an inhabitant of said county. Your petitioner therefore prays that letters of administration be granted on the estate of the said William Sly and that Philander Harnes may be appointed administration. signed with her X 28 July 1863." William Wesley Sly was born 22 October 1807 in New York. He was the1st of 7 children born to Christopher Sly and Lodemia Mack. His mother died in 1823 when William was just short of 16 years of age. They were then living in Hopewell, New York near Palmyra. This story was told by a grand daughter in law of William: " The Indians around Walled Lake (Michigan) called William Sly the `strong man' because every time the Indians went through Walled Lake, they had to shake hands all around. He got so tired of shaking hands that he started to squeeze their hands real tight so that it would hurt and they wouldn't ask to shake hands anymore. Hence he earned the name `the strong man'. William was a big, powerful man. He was a blacksmith, thus his strength. He died 11 Jan 1863 in Commerce, Oakland County, Michigan, at the age of 66. Elizabeth Morris was born about 1820 in Ireland. She was the last of 6 children of William Morris and Jane Crawford. She immigrated to America with her parents and 2 sisters in 1830 possibly from Antrim, Ireland. A sister and 2 brothers had preceded them that year. About 1835 the family moved to Oakland County, Michigan. In January 1863 Elizabeth's husband died and in August of the same year she lost her 2 brothers, becoming their heir. The next year 4 October 1864 at Detroit, Michigan Elizabeth Sly married Sylvester C. Brown. They were both of Royal Oak, Michigan. He was 39 and she was 33. The children were all in Isabella County in 1865. Sylvester Brown and wife, Rosannah, took care of Hattie, Daniel, and George. Mr. Brown submitted a bill for food and clothing 7 June 1869. (Could this be the parents of Elizabeth Sly's 2nd Husband, Sylvester C Brown?) Elizabeth died about 1879 in Michigan. Oakland Co, MI and Isabella Co. vital and probate records. pg 141, family 114 Call # 0803542 1850 United States Federal Census Record Name: Wm Sly Age: 33 Blacksmith Estimated birth year: abt 1817 Birth place: New York Gender: Male wife Elizabeth age 38 born Ireland, son William age 1 born Michigan Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Hamburg, Livingston, Michigan 1860 United States Federal Census Record about William Sly Name: William Sly Age in 1860: 52 Birth Year: abt 1808 Birthplace: New York Home in 1860: Oneida, Eaton, Michigan Gender: Male Post Office: Grand Ledge Value of real estate: real $500 personal $200 Household Members: Name Age William Sly 52 Blacksmith Elizabeth Sly 33 bn Ireland could not read or write Wm W Sly 12 MI Lester Sly 8 MI Alvanus Sly 7 MI (Alvanuh) Daniel Sly 6 MI George Sly 3 MI (no Hattie in 1860 census, but William's estate in Eaton Co. say she was 5 years old when her father died.) U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 about William Sly Name: William Sly Issue Date: 10 Feb 1852 Acres: 40 Meridian: Michigan-Toledo Strip State: Michigan County: Oakland Township: 3-N Range: 9-E Section: 12 Accession Number: MI0910__.233 Metes and Bounds: No Land Office: Detroit Canceled: No US Reservations: No Mineral Reservations: No Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566) Document Number: 30034 Grace Torrence, daughter in law of Rhoda Ann Sly who is the oldest daughter of William Wesley Sly, told this story to Gladys Porritt, grand daughter of Rhoda: " The Indians around Walled Lake called William Sly the `strong man' because every time the Indians went through Walled Lake, they had to shake hands all around. He got so tired of shaking hands that he started to squeeze their hands real tight so that it would hurt and they wouldn't ask to shake hands anymore. Hence he earned the name `the strong man'. Grace Torrence said William was a big, powerful man. Isabella County Probate Records The petition of Elizabeth BROWN widow of William Sly, late of said county (Isabella), deceased, respectfully showeth that on or about the first day of Jan. 1863, The said William Sly died leaving goods and clothing, rights, credits, and real estate in the county, aforesaid, and that to the best of the knowledge and belief of your petitioner no last will and testament was left by the said William Sly, deceased. That the deceased has left a widow, Elizabeth Brown, your petitioner, age 37 years and six children: William, age 18, Lester, age 15, Alvan age 13, Daniel age 12, George, age 9, and Hattie, age 5: and that the deceased was immediately at his death an inhabitant of said county. Your petitioner therefore prays that letters of administration be granted on the estate of the said William Sly and that Philander Harnes may be appointed administration. signed with her X 28 July 1863 Name: William Wesley Sly [Y Sly] Birth Date: 22 Oct 1807 Birth Place: Ontario County, New York, USA Death Date: 1 Jan 1863 Death Place: Isabella County, Michigan, USA Has Bio?: Y URL: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-.. | SLY, William Wesley (I24)
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| 2835 | Timeline: 1809 born Greece, Monroe County, NY 1825 married Joseph Morse at Greece, NY by Sq Holden; moved to west Jefferson, Ohio 1826 Joseph died in Ohio of Typhoid fever. 1827 daughter, Maggie, born West Jefferson, Ohio . Anna moved back with her father in Greece, NY after Joseph died. She met Lewis Spaun there. 1854 married Lewis Spaun in Van Buren, Wayne, Michigan 1860 census, Van Buren, Wayne, Michigan 1862 Lewis Spaun died in the 2nd Battle of Bull Run, VA; Civil War 30 Aug 1862 1864 moved with her mother, Abigail, to Montezuma,Poweshiek County, Iowa 1865 Jan 1, married Aaron C Ferneau in Montezuma 1865 Dec 15, divorced Ferneau in Montezuma ( he was a drunkard) 1866 moved back to Vassar, Michigan; probably with mother. Miles lived there. 1870 census lived in London, Monroe, Michigan 1876 married Ira B June in Millington, Tuscla, Michigan, by Rev. Cope (She stated in Widow pension that she gave age as 50, which was younger than she actually was) 1880 census lived with Ira June in Vassar, Tuscola, Michigan 1900 ccensus lived with Ira June in Vassar, Tuscola, Michigan 1905 May 1 Ira died Millington, Tuscola, MI 1905 In widow pension statement she said she only had 1 child named Maggie Sturgis, daughter of Joseph Morse, now age 78, who resides in Vassar, Michigan 1905 received widow's pension from Lewis' Civil War service, $12/mo 1906 declared incompetant and indigent at age 96 or 98, (guardian Robert Smith) 1908 Aug 31, she died at 100 yrs 1 Month, at Almer, Tuscola, MI 1860 United States Federal Census Name: Lewis Spawn Age in 1860: 51 Birth Year: abt 1809 Birthplace: New York Home in 1860: Van Buren, Wayne, Michigan Gender: Male Post Office: Belleville Value of real estate: 2200 Household Members: Name Age Lewis Spawn 51 Carpenter NY Anna Spawn 44 NY 1870 United States Federal Census Name: Ann Sprawn Estimated Birth Year: abt 1812 Age in 1870: 58 Birthplace: New York Home in 1870: London, Monroe, Michigan Race: White Gender: Female Value of real estate: Post Office: Monroe Household Members: Name Age Abigail Parker 80 Ann Sprawn 58 1880 United States Federal Census Name: Anna June (living next to her brother, Miles' widow Elizabeth. Home in 1880: Vassar, Tuscola, Michigan Age: 52 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1828 Birthplace: New York Relation to Head of Household: Wife Spouse's Name: Ira June Father's birthplace: New York Mother's birthplace: Pennsylvania Neighbors: Eli Stephens, Mariah Stephens, Their children, and Elizabeth Parker, Miles' widow, and Sarah Parker, Mariah's sister) Occupation: Keeping House Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Female Household Members: Name Age Ira June 47 Anna June 52 Willard June 11 These two children are probably Ira's by a first wife Mary J. June 4 1900 United States Federal Census Name: Anna June Home in 1900: Vassar, Tuscola, Michigan Age: 75 Birth Date: Jul 1824 Birthplace: New York Race: White Gender: Female Relationship to head-of-house: Wife Father's Birthplace: New York Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother: number of living children: 1 Mother: How many children: 4 Spouse's Name: Ira B June Marriage year: 1859 Marital Status: Married Years married: 41 Occupation: Neighbors: Household Members: Name Age Ira B June 60 (could not read or write) father's BP New York, Mother's BP ales Anna June 75 (could read and write) Michigan, Death Records, 1897-1929 Name: Annie June [Annie Parker] Gender: Female Age: 100 Race: White Birth Year: 1808 Death Date: 31 Aug 1908 Death Place: Almer, Tuscola, Michigan, USA Father: Isaac Parker Mother: Abigal Parker | PARKER, Anna (I8791)
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| 2836 | timeline: 1809 William born Ohio 1831 William & Elizabeth married Stark County, OH 1833 Son Hiram born Ohio 1834 daughter Margaret born Ohio 1836 daughter Nancy Ann born Stark County, Ohio 1840 US census Lawrence twp, Stark County, Ohio 1840 son William Henry born Ohio 1841 daughter Elizabeth born Ohio 1845 son Samuel born Ohio 1845-1847 moved to Indiana 1847 daughter Mary Ann born Indiana 1849 son John MF born Indiana 1850 US census Madison, Allen County, Indiana 1854 son George W born Madison, Allen County Indiana 1860 US Census Madison, Allen County, Indiana 1870 US Census Root P.O. Madison Twnp, Allen County, Indiana 1880 Elizabeth died Fremont, Isabella, Michigan 1880 Census, Fremont Tnp, Isabella, Michigan (Winn PO) fam # 1414 1894 William died in Isabella County, Michigan Definition: From the word "dochartach" meaning 'obstructive.' Docherty is the most common Scottish form of this surname, while Doherty and Dougherty are usually of Irish derivation. Surname Origin: Scottish, Irish Alternate Surname Spellings: Doherty, Dougherty, Daugherty, O'Doherty, Dogherty Marriage index Ohio 1789-1850, Family Tree Maker's Family Archives CD# 400, V400_01 1831 28 Apr 1831 Stark County-Heckathorn, Elizabeth and Dougherty, William, by Richard Moffit, JP whose Residence was Nimishillen twp, Stark County, Ohio. (also listed in book, "Early marriages of Stark County, Ohio, 1809-1840" pub by The Alliance Genealogical Society, Alliance, Ohio 44601, SLC/FHL 977.162/V22e, vol 1) This could be our William? 1840 United States Federal Census Name: William Dougherty Township: Lawrence County: Stark State: Ohio Number of persons in household: 6; Ages of persons in household: 1 male under 5, 1 male 5-10, 1 male 20-30, 1 male 50-60; 1 female under 5, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 20-30; free white persons under 20: 4, free white persons 20-49; 2 History of Lawrence Township In the early 19th century, the area now known as Lawrence Township was a part of both Tuscarawas and Jackson Townships. Lawrence Township was laid out and platted by Commissioners on December 4, 1815. The Township was named after Captain James Lawrence of the U.S. Navy in the War of 1812. Captain Lawrence was famous for his last words in the battle between the American frigate Chesapeake and the British Royal Navy frigate Shannon. Captain Lawrence, mortally wounded by small arms fire, ordered "Don't give up the ship" as he was carried below. Those words later became the motto of the Township. On July 4, 1825, ground was broken for construction of a three hundred and nine mile long canal connecting Lake Erie to the Ohio River. The Ohio and Erie Canal was completed in 1832, seven years after the ground breaking, and at a cost of 4.7 million dollars. The canal route passed through six miles of Lawrence Township. Coal mining was an important industry for many years. A few gristmills existed along the Tuscarawas River, but the arrival of the Ohio and Erie Canal really was the start of roads and businesses in Lawrence Township and Stark County. The Canal, which opened between Cleveland and Massillon in 1828, brought immediate prosperity to the Village of Canal Fulton and Lawrence Township. It was the first important commercial avenue in the state for the shipping of produce by water directly to New Orleans and New York City. The Census of 1840 reported that Stark County, as a direct result of the Canal, was being transformed into one of the nation's greatest trade centers. 1850 United States Federal Census fam # 1293, Pg 334 Name: Wm Doherty Age: 45 Carpenter value of property $300 Estimated birth year: abt 1805 Birth Place: Ohio Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Madison, Allen, Indiana Household: Wm Doherty 45 Ohio Elizb 37 PA Margaret 16 Ohio Hiram 17 Ohio Nancy 13 Ohio Wm 11 Ohio Eliza 9 Ohio Samuel 7 Ohio Mary Ann 4 Ohio John 1 Ohio 1860 United States Federal Census fam # 103 94, Pg 59 Name: William Doherty Age in 1860: 51 Carpenter Birth Year: abt 1809 Birthplace: Ohio Home in 1860: Madison, Allen, Indiana Gender: Male Post Office: Fort Wayne Value of real estate: $500 $300 Household Members: Name Age William Doherty 51 OH Elizabeth Doherty 48 PA Margaret Doherty 21 OH William Doherty 19 OH Elizabeth Doherty 17 OH Samuel Doherty 15 OH Mary Doherty 13 OH John Doherty 12 OH George Doherty 6 IN 1870 United States Federal Census Name: Wm Dougherty Age in 1870: 61 Birth Year: abt 1809 Birthplace: Ohio Home in 1870: Madison, Allen, Indiana Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Root Value of Real Estate: $1000, $275 Household Members:Name Age Wm Dougherty 61 Elizabeth Dougherty 58 born PA George Dougherty 16 born IN 1880 United States Federal Census Name: William Doughtery (note spelling - should be Dougherty) Home in 1880: Fremont Tnp, Isabella, Michigan (Winn PO) fam # 1414 Age: 71 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1809 Birthplace: Ohio Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head) Father's birthplace: Atlantic Ocean Mother's birthplace: Pennsylvania Neighbors: (James and Nancy Close (William's daughter) are living next door with their grandson, Charles Hutchison, age 4. Elizabeth,(daughter of James and Nancy Close) and Lorn Sly are also living 2 houses away.) Occupation: Farmer Marital Status: Widower Race: White Gender: Male Household Members: Name Age William Doughtery 71 George W Doughtery Sr 25 son (part owner of farm) Samantha Doughtery 23 daughter in law died of Le Grippe Rootsweb, Michigan Deaths DOUGHERTY, Mr. Died 20 Oct 1894 in Isabella Co., buried in Old Log Church Cemetery, Dushville, MI. Son was George DOUGHERTY. Michigan, Isabella County deaths 91 10/19/94 William Dougherty M/White Widower 86y/1m/12d Mt. Pleasant La Grippe Pennsylvania Carpenter Not known Dead 05/27/95 Not known Dead | DOUGHERTY, William (I201)
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| 2837 | timeline: 1830 census, Greece, Monroe, New York (Isaac & Abigail) 1840 census, Greece, Monroe, New York A Parker listed next to Miles. 1850 census Ohio - Abigail was living with Timothy Parker 1856 Iowa State census - not with Timothy 1860 census Abigail living with Miles Parker in London, Monroe, Michigan. 1870 census Abigail Parker was living in Monroe City in London Twp, in Monroe County, Michigan with an Ann Sprawn. (Miles was in the 1870 census in Vassar, Tuscola, Michigan with no Abigail.) 1872 Miles death certificate lists Abigail, mother, of Vassar, Michigan 1830 United States Federal Census about Iacc Parker Name: Iacc Parker Township: Greece County: Monroe State: New York Number of persons in household: 9 Ages of persons in household: (listed below are possible family members) 1 male 5-10 ( possibly John b abt 1820 would have been 10) 1 male 10-15 (possibly Timothy b 1815 would have been 14-15) 1 male 20-30 (possibly Miles b abt 1810 would have been 20) 1 male 40-50 (possibly Isaac would have been abt 45) 1 male 60-70 (possibly a father or father in law) 1 female 5-10 ? 1 female 10-15 ? 1 female 15-20 (possibly Ann who Abigail was living with in 1870, Ann would have been 18-19) 1 female 40-50 (possibly Abigail b 1787 would have been about 43) 1840 United States Federal Census Name: A Parker 1 male under 5, 1 male 20-30, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 40-50 Township: Greece *Note: living next to Miles Parker and John Parker is about 12 names away) County: Monroe State: New York 1850 United States Federal Census Name: Abigail Parker Age: 65 Estimated birth year: abt 1785 Birth Place: New York Gender: Female Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Hartford, Licking, Ohio (with Timothy and Catherine) 1860 United States Federal Census Name: Abigal Parker Age in 1860: 72 Birth Year: abt 1788 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Home in 1860: London, Monroe, Michigan Gender: Female Post Office: London Household Members: Name Age Miles Parker 50 Elizabeth Parker 46 Mary Parker 21 Sarah Parker 16 Mariah Parker 18 Abigal Parker 72 Daniel Wright 8 Samuel Agit 1 1870 United States Federal Census Name: Abigail Parker Estimated Birth Year: abt 1790 Age in 1870: 80 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Hom other WESTBROOKS IN Newark, Licking CO. OHIO; 1860 United States Federal Census Name: John Westbrook Age in 1860: 59 Birth Year: abt 1801 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Home in 1860: Dayton, Iowa, Iowa Gender: Male Post Office: Millersburg Household Members: Name Age John Westbrook 59 Sarah Westbrook 59 James W Westbrook 24 1870 United States Federal Census Name: John Westbrook Estimated Birth Year: abt 1800 Age in 1870: 70 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Home in 1870: Dayton, Iowa, Iowa Race: White Gender: Male Value of real estate: Post Office: Millersburg Household Members: Name Age John Westbrook 70 Sarah Westbrook 68 1870 United States Federal Census Name: James Westbrook Estimated Birth Year: abt 1837 Age in 1870: 33 Birthplace: Ohio Home in 1870: Dayton, Iowa, Iowa Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Millersburg Household Members: Name Age James Westbrook 33 Elizabeth Westbrook 33 Estella Westbrook 8 Jannatha Westbrook 4 Jessie Westbrook 2/12 1880 United States Federal Census Name: James M. Westbrook Home in 1880: Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa Age: 44 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1836 Birthplace: Ohio Relation to head-of-household: Self (Head) Spouse's name: Elizabeth E. Father's birthplace: Virginia Mother's birthplace: Pennsylvania Neighbors: Occupation: Working In Header Factory Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Cannot read/write: Blind: Deaf and dumb: Otherwise disabled: Idiotic or insane: Household Members: Name Age James M. Westbrook 44 Elizabeth E. Westbrook 44 Stella E. Westbrook 18 Juniata J. Westbrook 14 Helen A. Westbrook 10 Louie B. Westbrook 3 Westbrook 2M George Gilbert 21 Cary Deal 25 Zoa Deal 19 Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925 Name: James M Westbrook Birth Year: abt 1837 Birth Place: Ohio Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Census Date: 1885 Residence state: Iowa Residence County: Poweshiek Locality: Grinnell High Street Roll: IA1885_255 Line: 27 Family Number: 16 Household Members: Name Age James M Westbrook 48 Ella E Westbrook 48 Jametta Westbrook 17 Helen M Westbrook 13 Lewis B Westbrook 9 Homer Westbrook 4 1880 United States Federal Census Name: John Westbrook Home in 1880: Dayton, Iowa, Iowa Age: 79 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1801 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Relation to head-of-household: Self (Head) Father's birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's birthplace: Pennsylvania Neighbors: James Westbrook Occupation: Plasterer Marital Status: Widower suffered old age Race: White Gender: Male Household Members: Name Age John Westbrook 79 Joseph Mc Kee 39 Elizabeth Mc Kee 52 John Mc Kee 34 Mariah Mc Kee 28 1850 United States Federal Census Name: Abram Westbrook Age: 64 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1786 Birth Place: Pennsylvania Gender: Male Home in 1850(City,County,State): Newark, Licking, Ohio Household Members: Name Age C E Bramble 5 C E Bramble 1 E Bramble 30 Lycurgus D Bramble 9 Wm H Bramble 7 Abram Westbrook 64 Rebecca Westbrook 57 1870 United States Federal Census Name: Abraham Westbrook Estimated Birth Year: abt 1790 Age in 1870: 80 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Home in 1870: Newark Ward 3, Licking, Ohio Race: White Gender: Male Value of real estate: Post Office: Newark Household Members: Name Age Caroline Bramble 40 Abraham Westbrook 80 Orpha Whiteford 16 1880 United States Federal Census Name: P. Abraham Westbrook Home in 1880: Newark, Licking, Ohio Age: 101 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1779 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Relation to Head of Household: Something other than a direct relationship (Other) Father's birthplace: France Mother's birthplace: France Neighbors: Marital Status: Widower Race: White Gender: Male Household Members: Name Age L. Henry Bramble 72 E. Caroline Bramble 62 P. Abraham Westbrook 101 1860 United States Federal Census Name: Rebecca Westbrook ( Also a Samuel W. Brooke on this page) Age in 1860: 69 Birth Year: abt 1791 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Home in 1860: Newark, Licking, Ohio Gender: Female Post Office: Newark Household Members: Name Age John Devore 30 Harriet Devore 25 Manerva Devore 5 Mary Ann Devore 2 Rebecca Westbrook 69 Morrow County, Ohio Vital Records, 1830-93 Name: Crawford, Marthena Birth Place: New York Birth Date: Mar 20, 1792 Spouse: Solomon Westbrook Marriage Date: Apr 17, 1822 Marriage Location: Licking co., OH Children: Mary, Anne, Lafayette, William, Jane, Albert Death Date: Jan 1, 1879 Death Location: Morrow co., OH | Westbrook, Abigail (I6509)
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| 2838 | Timeline: William Gordon 1801 Sep - William Gordon born in Adams County Ohio to John and Mary (Art) Gordon. Jackson County, Missouri 1823 Fur trapper for Missouri Fur Compandy ( was in Wyoming) 1820's established headquarters in Taos, Mexican Territory 1826 Jun - married Juana Maria Lucero in Taos Mexican Territory 1827 April - son, Jose Tomas "Thomas", born in Taos 1829 Sep - son, Juan de Jesus born in Taos 1831 Aug - daughter, Maria Isabella, born Taos 1833 Sep - son, Julian "William", born Taos 1835 Nov - son, Jose Manuel, born Taos 1838 Jan - daughter, Sarah Gordon, born Taos 1840 Nov - son, Jose Ricardo, born Taos 1841 Sep - came to California by way of the Santa Fe Trail, granted with several others Mexican Land, 48,000 acre Rancho La Puente. They Established town of El Monte, the first agricultural town in California.. 1841 Dec - daughter, Margaret, born Los Angeles, Mexican territory 1843 January 27, Granted 2 square leagues of land, Rancho Quesesosi, in Yolo County by Governor Micheltorena on Cache Creek West of Woodland. He settled his family there in July. His ranch became a rendezvous for members of Bear Flag revolt, settlers and hunters. Mentioned more as stopover than any place except John Sutters. 1845 wife, Juana Maria died and is probably buried in the family cemetary on Cache Creek. John Clyman's, "Journal of a Mountain Man," states that Gordon was the only permanant settler on Cache Creek. (now Yolo County). 1845 Daughter Maria Isabella, not yet 15 years of age, married Nathan Coombs at Sutter's Fort by John Sutter. By 1850 she had her brother Joseph and sister Sarah living with her and Nathan in Napa. 1850 Census - Cache Creek, Yolo, California (Interestingly he had 3 miners living with him. For how long?) 1851 bought land in Napa County in Gordon Valley (named after him) 1852 California Census - Yolo, California 1855 married Elizabeth Corum 1860 Census - lived at Cottonwood, Yolo, California 1866 Sold his Ranch on Cache Creek and moved to Cobb Valley in Lake County. 1870 Census - Lower Lake, Lake County, California 1876 Oct - died Cobb Valley, Lake County, California History Timeline 1802 - Ohio outlaws slavery 1803 - Louisiana Purchase January 18. President Jefferson asks Congress for funds for an expedition to explore the Mississippi River and beyond in search of a route to the Pacific. Meriwether Lewis , Jefferson's private secretary, begins planning the expedition. 1804 - May. The expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark departs, moving up the Missouri River. 1807 - Steamboat - Robert Fulton, former miniaturist and landscape painter, opens American rivers to two-way travel. 1821 - Mexico declares independence from Spain. 1829 - Mexico outlawed slavery in an effort to discourage additional American settlement in Texas. 1835 - Texas declares independence from Mexico 1836 - "Remember the Alamo!" slogan for the Texas army after Mexico crushed the Texans who attempted to protect the Alamo in San Antonio. The war started in 1836, because the Texans wanted their independence from Mexico. 182 men, led by Colonel Travis, were greatly outnumbered by Santa Anna's forces. They were all killed, including Davy Crockett, a famous frontiers man from Tennessee. The Texans that survived the war, kept attacking the Mexicans until they finally won their independence. 1837 - Depression begins with "Panic of 1837" 1838 - The Indian Removal Act, A treaty signed by about one hundred Cherokees. They gave up all lands East of the Mississippi River. Under the orders of President Jackson the U.S Army began the Removal Act. 3,000 Cherokees were loaded into boats and taken down the Tennessee, Ohio, Mississippi, and Arkansas Rivers. In the winters of 1838 -39 the Cherokees walked 1,200 miles through Tennesse, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas. The trail they walked became known as "The Trail Where They Cried" to the Indians but is now known as "The Trail of Tears". 1845 - Westward Expansion - When Texas declared independence from Mexico in the year 1836, Southerners were hoping to obtain Texas as a new slave state. The Northerners did not want Texas to come into the Union and increase the power of the south in Congress, with a resulting war with Mexico. In 1845 politicians were caught up in westward expansion, thinking it was their nation's manifest destiny to go from shore to shore. Texas became the twenty-eighth state. Mexico was furious about that decision, and the U.S. declared war on Mexico in May of 1846 - The years of fighting ended with the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo on February 2, 1848. 1845 - Santa Anna presidency is overthrown in Mexico. 1846 - War declared with Mexico. 1848 - Gold Discovered in California. 1848 - Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848 1849 - State constitution adopted in Monterey, (California). 1850 - California became the 31st State and free of slavery. 1852 - California turned from Gold seeking to agriculture. "History of Solano and Napa Counties, California with Biographical Sketches of The leading men and women of the Counties, who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present time., History by Tom Gregory and other well known writers., Illustrated ~ Complete in one volume, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California, 1912, p 291: WILLIAM GORDON. As a representative of a pioneer family, there is no name better known in Napa County than William Gordon, a resident in Gordon valley, named after the family. Mr. Gordon was born in Toas, N. Mex., September 27, 1833, and when seven years of age was brought to California by his father, William Gordon. The latter was a native of Ohio, of Scotch descent, who came from New Mexico by way of Arizona on horseback to California. He remained in Los Angeles until the spring of 1841, then with others went to the northern part of the state, crossing Carquinez straits in a rowboat and swimming their horses behind them. On reaching the northern side they engaged some Indians to pilot them up the bay and Napa river. Arriving in what is now Napa County, they camped under some large sycamore trees on the present site of George Yount's home and for about a year the elder Gordon engaged in farming on a small scale, raising some cattle and feed and produce for his own needs. From this location he removed to what was afterwards named Washington, the first County seat of Yolo County, situated on the banks of the Sacramento river. Here Mr. Gordon met Captain Sutter and was engaged by the latter to construct a mill at that place, he having told Sutter that he was a millwright. During the construction of this mill, which was operated by horsepower, Mr. Gordon made his home in Sacramento County, on the opposite side of the river, and crossed to and from his work daily in a canoe. For this labor Mr. Gordon was given forty-two head of cattle (cows and heifers) in lieu of money. The next move of Mr. Gordon was made two months later, when he went to a location northwest of what is now the city of Woodland and here he secured a grant of three leagues of land and settled down to farming, which continued his occupation until his death. As one of the early pioneers of California, he had to undergo many privations and hardships in establishing a home and, like the majority of those men of that period, aided in all movements that had for their object the development of that section of California. William Gordon, of this review, accompanied his parents on their migrations in California and received such educational advantages as they were able to give him and, when old enough, assisted with the work about the ranch. After he was old enough to conduct independent farming operations. he settled on Cache creek, where he remained two years. In 1862, he settled in Gordon valley. where he has twelve hundred acres of land. which he secured from his father and which was originally part of a Spanish grant. Here Mr. Gordon has a valuable property, which yields him a substantial income annually. This has been developed to its present condition by its owner, and it is conceded to be one of the most valuable properties in the entire valley. There are two hundred acres improved in orchard, consisting of apricots, peaches, prunes, oranges and almonds, one of the largest orchards in Napa County. His orange grove consists of one acre and beautifies his yard and its fruit, raised without irrigation, is of superior quality. Thirty acres arc in hay and the balance is used for pasture land for his cattle and horses, about ten head of the latter being kept for use on the ranch. All of the improvements on the place have been placed there by Mr. Gordon. He has erected several sets of buildings, commodious houses for his sons and daughters, who are all living on the ranch, and to whom he leases the property on shares, he having retired from active farm work. Ample facilities have been provided for caring for the fruit, including a dryer and an almond huller for their own use, besides which they take care of their neighbors’ almonds. This ranch is watered from the Gordon creek, which flows through the center of it, and withal it might he considered one of the show places of Southern California. Two lofty oak trees, supposed to be about two hundred years old, mark Mr. Gordon’s place of residence and stand like sentinels over his home. Besides these trees, the yard is decorated with ornamental shrubbery and flowers, giving it the appearance of a typical California city home. In Napa, June 18, 1861, Mr. Gordon married Juliette Chapman, a native of Connecticut and a daughter of Levi Chapman, who came to California in the early ‘50s, and was engaged in mining until his death. Of the children horn of this marriage we mention the following: George E., who is farming a part of the old home place, married Clara Leonard; Frank L., also interested in farming on the old homestead, was road-overseer for several years; he married Nettie Gosling and has two children ; William H. married Rosa Chapman; Sophronia became the wife of W. A. Clark; and Loleta married Thomas H. Loney. The sons were educated in the public schools and in Napa College, and have been able assistants to their father in the development of the ranch. Each of the children has inherited from their parents those dualities that have given them a place with the representative people of their County. Ever since locating in Gordon valley, William Gordon has aided in its development, assisting to construct roads, organized the Gordon school district and served as trustee for many years. In politics he is a Republican. although has never been an aspirant for office. His public spirit and regard for the welfare of the people have been frequently demonstrated and now in reviewÂing his life work, as he looks over his broad possessions he recalls the time when he was engaged in mining during the exciting period of 1848-9, when they were washing out their gold and often would get as much as $50 or more in one pan. He compares his present condition, when he is assured of an annual income, to the precarious occupation that he followed as a young man. Vr. Gordon is a quiet, conservative man, and while he has always worked to advance his own interests, has never neglected the duties of a citizen." "Capay Valley, the Land & the People"Ada Merhof, pg 50-51., also p 354 The following excerpts were taken from "History of Yolo County, California, It's Resources and It's People", William O. Russell, editor, Woodland, California, 1940. William Gordon was born on the frontier in Ohio territory of Scotch forbears. While still a boy, he moved to Jackson County, Missouri, which had only recently become part of the United States, and which was the home of the frontiersman, Daniel Boone. Boone urged all young men to go to California. "It is the paradise of this continent!" The old man urged to the time of his death. In the middle 1820's Gordon established headquarters along with several partners at Taos, New Mexico, and engaged in the Rocky Mountain fur trade until the horrors of Indian warfare ended his career as a trapper. He remained on the frontier in New Mexico and was associated with Kit Carson, Jedediah Smith and other mountain men. By 1841 he had married a native girl and acquired a family. He had difficulties with the Mexican government's supposition that he and his Americano friends were supporters of the Texas filibuster and planned to make New Mexico part of the United States. In 1841 they came to California by way of the Santa Fe Trail The California authorities ignored the warnings of the New Mexican government and granted Gordon and his partners a 48,000 acre Rancho La Puente where they established the town of El Monte, the first agricultural town in California, now a rich suburb of Los Angeles. There were twenty-five men in the party, four of whom were heads of families: Gordon, William Knight, Workman and Rowland. The following year they returned to New Mexico for their families. Gordon and Knight married sisters and Knight's oldest daughter, Mrs. J. W. Snowball recounted the trip. "The children of the train were carried over deserts and high hills, through deep canyons, and dense forests, in baskets swinging on the sides of gentle ponies. A basket hung from each side of the horse with a child, awake or sleeping safely tucked away. Occasionally the children climbed on the pony's back, or jumped to the ground to walk. William Gordon ,William Knight, and J. R. Wolfskill, who married Knight's eldest daughter, Carmelita, came north together. It seems that Americans who married Mexicans were especially favored in grants. Gordon set himself up as overlord of Rancho Guesesosi on Cache Creek and Knight claimed title to Rancho Carmel on the Sacramento River. Wolfskill was overseer on his brother's Rancho on Putah Creek across from the present town of Winters.The Spanish "rancho" was a community of its own, with any number of adobe houses, a certain number of overseers and a vast number of Indian retainers, engaged in the raising of stock. On 27 January of 1843 Governo Micheltorena granted William Gordon a rancho of two leagues of land in Capay Valley, assessed value of $11,000 with taxes of $107.49 in 1850. Here his first wife died in 1845 and he lived the life of a bachelor for ten years before marrying Elizabeth Corum. His eldest daughter, Isabele, and Nathan Coombs rode two mounted horses to Sutter's Fort and were married by Captain Sutter. She was just 14 years old. They returned to the ranch arriving about midnight and partook of a bridal feast of cold beef. Shortly after, Coombs purchased a Napa Valley ranch from Salvador Vallejo and they went there to live. Nathan Coombs took part in the Bear Flag Filibuster in 1846 under Knight's leadership. Gordon never took part in the Usurping of California nor the events that led up to it. In 1851 William Gordon bought land in Napa County. It was named Gordon Valley after him. In Yolo County he gave aid and comfort to many settlers suffering hardships on the trail from Oregon and Missouri. His place of frontier hospitality was a place of refuge for many old friends and new who traveled through the area and it is mentioned as a stopping place, sometimes for months, sometimes for years, in the many Yolo County Histories. The Grigsby-Ide imigrant train of 1845 stayed at Gordon's for part of that winter. The land was mostly used for grazing stock, but in the year 1844, William Gordon and William Knight were first to plant grain in the county of Yolo. Gordon also introduced hogs to the county that same year. In 1845 he harvested seven acres of wheat and five acres of corn by using the water from Cache Creek which flowed from Clear Lake. William Gordon was Justice of the Peace of his precinct, the Capay Valley in1851. Some of the younger members of Gordon's family emigrated to Yolo County from Jackson County, Missouri in 1855 and temporarily occupied a log house on Gordon's property. A Mrs. Grayson was with them. Gordon came to California with nothing and built an estate out of perserverance and a willingness to undergo untold hardships. He retired about the time of the Civil War and moved into Lake County to spend the remainder of his life in his favorite sport-hunting. He died 3 October 1876. The following excerpt was taken from the book, "Historic Spots in California", by Mildred Brooke Hoover, Douglas E. Kyle, Ethel G. Rensch: Within what is now Yolo County, nine grants of land for permanent settlement were made by Mexican authorities between 1842 and the American conquest in 1846. Only five of these titles, however, were later confirmed by the United States government. William Gordon, a native of Ohio who brought his family to California with the Workman-Rowland party in 1841, settled on Rancho Quesesosi in July 1842. This pioneering venture was located on a grant of two square leagues bisected by Cache Creek west of what is now Woodland. (The boundaries can be followed on County Roads 94B, 19 and 87 and SR16.) "Uncle Billy" Gordon had been a trapper and hunter in New Mexico, "rough, honest, and hospitable." His place on Cache Creek became a "general rendezvous for settlers and hunters" from 1843 to 1846. James Clyman, in his diary for July 12, 1845, noted that at the time of his visit, Gordon was the only permanent settler on Cache Creek. On this rancho the first wheat in Yolo County was grown. In a primitive building one mile from Gordon's home, the county's first school was started in 1847 with an enrollment of eight pupils. Gordon sold land and water right to James Moore, who began construction in 1856 of the first irrigation dam and ditch system to utilize the natural water supply of Cache Creek, which flows out of Clear Lake in the mountains of Lake County. Rancho Quesesosi, more commonly known as Gordon's Ranch was sold in 1866, when William Gordon moved to Cobb Valley in Lake County, where he lived until his death in 1876. All that remains today is a family cemetery situated north of Cache Creek, near the former homesite on County Road 19 and marked with a plaque in 1948 by the Native Daughters of the Golden West. CALIFORNIA PIONEER REGISTER AND INDEX 1542 - 1848 page 165 Gordon (Wm), 1841, nat. of Ohio, who became a Mex. citizen in N. Mex., where he married Maria Lucero, and came to Cal. in the Rowland-Workman party. iv. 277-9. In '42 came north to Sonoma, original passport. in my collection; and in '43 was grantee of Quesesosi rancho on Cache Cr., becoming the pio¤er settler of Yolo Co. Here he lived till about '66, then moved to Cobb Valley, Lake Co., where he died in '76, at the age of 75. His wife died in '44, her sister being the wife of Cyrus Alexander; and in '55 G. married Elizabeth Corum. One of his daughters, Mrs Sarah Ingraham, died in Gordon Val. '68; another, Isabel, was the wife of Nathan Coombs. 'Uncle Billy' had been a trapper in his early years, and continued to be fond of the hunt in Cal.; a rough, uneducated, honest, and hospitable man. In '43-6 his place on Cache Cr. was a general rendezvous for settlers and hunters, and is oftener mentioned than any other place except Sutter's Fort and Sonoma. It was in the vicinity of the modern town of Fremont. (my note: not Fremont, but Woodland) Portrait Yolo Co. Hist., 26; ment. iv. 573, 672; v. iii. 672. An exerpt from "California Inter Pocula" by Hubert Howe Bancroft, p 629 John C Murphy one day innocently borrowed without permission a horse belonging to William Gordon, a strong-minded magistrate of Yolo County. Hearing of it, the justice sent the constable after Murphy, who was brought before Gordon, tried, convicted, and sentenced to be hanged that afternoon. The magistrate was in earnest; and it was with the utmost difficulty, and only by appealing to his sense of fairness, and to his reputation as a magistrate in criminating a man where the judge was prosecuter, that delay was gained. Finally the case was referred to another court, and the prisoner discharged, greatly to the disgust of Gordon who immediately resigned office, affirming he would no longer be judge where he could not administer justice. 1850 United States Federal Census Name: Wm Gordon Age: 15 Estimated birth year: abt 1835 Birth Place: New Mexico Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Cache Creek, Yolo, California Family: Wm Gordon 50 Ranchero born, Ohio Thomas 22 Ranchero born, N Mexico John 20 Ranchero born, N Mexico William 15 Ranchero born, N Mexico note: Sarah and Joseph were living with their sister and her husband, Isabele and Nathan Coombs in Napa, California. Margaret and Jose Ricardo are not listed either place. (There is a Margaret Alexander age 4 living with Rufina and Cyrus Alexander in Sonoma in 1850. Could this be William's daughter, Margaret? Rufina is the sister to William Gordon's wife Maria, who died in 1845.) 1852 California State Census about Wm Gordon Name: Wm Gordon Race: White Gender: Male Birth Place: Ohio Estimated Birth Year: abt 1800 Age: 52 Residence County: Yolo Last residence; Mexico others with him: J Gordon age 23, born Mexico, rancher; Wm Gordon Jr, age 18, rancher, born Mexico; Jos Gordon, rancher, age 14, born Mexico 1860 United States Federal Census Name: William Gordon Age in 1860: 68 (looks like 60 to me) Birth Year: abt 1792 Birthplace: Ohio Home in 1860: Cottonwood, Yolo, California Gender: Male Post Office: Cache Creek Value of real estate: $35,000, $38,000 Household Members: Name Age William Gordon 68 (looks like 60 to me), stalk dealer Elizabeth Gordon 38 born Virginia William Gordon 22 New Mexico, Stalk dealer Joseph Gordon 20 New Mexico, Stalk dealer Robert Gordon 1 California (whose child is this? as he isn't on 1870 census) William Walter 22 labor John Gorden 25 New Mexico, Stalk dealer M Seaburn 40 labor Rosa Comore 28 ? Olin Pattee 58 Shepherd 1870 United States Federal Census Name: Wm Gordon Estimated birth year: abt 1801 Age in 1870: 69 Birthplace: Ohio Home in 1870: Lower Lake, Lake, California Race: White Gender: Male Value of real estate: 6000, 300 Post Office: Lower Lake Family and neighbors: Elizabeth age 40 keeping house, born Kentucky (no Robert Gordon) | GORDON, William Julian (I5498)
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| 2839 | To do list: 1. check church records for Daniel in Ancaster and Illinois 2. What was going on in 1847 in Glen Ellyn, DuPage, Illinois that both Laura and her 2 yr old daughter died? 3. 1840 Census there was a Daniel Miller in Lee County, Iowa territory. age 20-30, 1 female age 20-30 Timeline for Daniel Miller: What we know about Daniel Miller: Source 1810- May 10, Daniel Miller born Ancaster, Ontario, Canada tombstone 1834- Mar 12, Daniel Miller & Mary Book witnesses to marriage of Alem research by Ancaster Hist. Soc. Kelly & Margaret Vansickle, Ancaster, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (there was no marriage for Daniel in St. John Angelic church records of Ancaster) 1844-1852, Daniel owned land in DuPage County, Illinois DuPage Co land records 1846 Mar 4, Daniel married Laura Crumb (bn New York) in DuPage Co. DuPage Co marriage rec. 1847 Daughter, Malica born, DuPage Co, IL findagrave 1849 Jan 17, Daniel & Laura sold 2 parcels of land DuPage Co. DuPage Co land rec. 1849 Jan 20, daughter Elmira born to Daniel & Laura in DuPage Illinois Elmira death rec. 1849 Feb 5, Daughter, Malica dies and is buried Forest Hill Cemetery tombstone, findagrave 1849 Laura Crumb Miller died in DuPage Co, IL, findagrave, Forest Hill, Cem, Glen Ellyn 1849 Mar 24, Daniel only sold land parcel in DuPage Co. DuPage Co land rec. 1850 Census list only Daniel, age 39, farmer bn Canada, Milton tnshp 1850 Census,DuPageCo,Il 1851 Traveled to Oregon or California? 1852 Jun 25, Daniel&Mary sold land in DuPage Co,from Wash Co,OR DuPage Co land rec. 1856 Jan 24, daughter, Matilda J., b in Oregon to Daniel &Mary 1860 Census, Napa Co, CA and tombstone 1860 Jun 19, Census, Napa Co. Daniel, age 50, carpenter, bn Canada 1860 Census, NapaCo,CA Mary J, wife, age 55, bn Ireland Elmira, daughter, age 11, bn Ill. Matilda J., daughter, age 5, bn Oregon 1864 Living in Napa as his daughter Matilda was in Liberty School Liberty School Exhibition program presentation. 1870 Jul 14, Daniel age 60 farmer bn Canada living in Martinez 1870 Census CC Co, CA Mary age 42 keeping house bn Canada Matilda age 14 at home bn Oregon 1879 Feb 28, Daniel died, buried Brentwood, Contra Costa, CA tombstone 1880 4 Jan, daughter,Matilda, born to Matilda J &Isaac Huey Martinez Gazette news article & tombstone 1880 Jan 24, Matilda J. Huey died, Contra Costa Co., CA tombstone 1880 Mary J Miller widow, wife’s mother living with Erasmus Grigsby 1800 U S Census 1900 Mary J. Miller,head,widow,age76,b Ireland 1900 Census CC Co. CA Tilley Huey,granddaughter, single, age 20 bn CA 1901-Feb 12, Mary J. Miller died tombstone Daniel Miller and Laura Crumb were married 4 March 1846 in DuPage County, Illinois. They were married nearly 3 years before their first child, Elmira, was born in 17 January 1849. Laura died shortly after the birth of their child. Laura had signed with Daniel to sell property in DuPage County just 3 days before giving birth. Daniel Miller was born 10 May 1810 in Ancaster, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada. Nothing is known about his family. He shows up in DuPage County, Illinois in land records as early as May 1843. He is there in the 1850 Census but without Laura or Elmira. In 1852 he and Mary sell land in DuPage County through an attorney as he is in Washington County, Oregon. It is not known when he and Mary married, but they had a daughter, Matilda, who was born in Oregon in 1856. Matilda died giving birth to her first child the same year Daniel, her father, died. Mary was born in Ireland and came to America in 1851. The family story is that Daniel came to California in 1852 in a covered wagon. (Did he go to California and then return to Oregon?) Daniel and Mary are in Yount, Napa County, California in the 1860 census. By 1870 they were in Contra Costa County, where both Daniel and Mary Miller died. They are both buried in the Union cemetery in Brentwood, Contra Costa County, California. Daniel was 69 years old. Laura Crumb was born about 1824 in New York. She was the 4th of 11th children born to William and Anna Lewis Crumb. William died in 1947 in DuPage County, Illinois. Anna then married Willard Dingman in 1947 and they moved to New York. Both the Crumb and Lewis ancestors were from Washington County, Rhode Island. It is interesting to note that Laura's sister Harriet, who married James Stanton, lived in Oakland, California very close to where Laura's daughter, Elmira, lived during that same time period. Did they know each other? Laura Died in February 1847 in DuPage County, Illinois, shortly after the birth of her only child. She was 25 years old. Where she is buried is not known. There is no known picture of her. birth and death info from Tombstone Brentwood, Contra Costa, California, Union Cemetary http://www.paper-trail.org (there is a Daniel mentioned. Is it our Daniel? did he go to Oregon and come back to Illinois?) 1848People named (matching Soundex) Daniel Miller between 1847 and 1856. (1 results) Family Name First Name Year Age Gender Origin Individual Type Party Miller Daniel 1848 M Emigrant Document mentioning Daniel Miller in 1848 Title Author Type Document Code 1848 Across the Plains Lee Other 48LEE01 The family story is that Daniel came to California in 1852 in a covered wagon. ( Did he go to California and then return, as his daughter, Matilda was born in Oregon in 1856?) I have been to the cemetary where he is buried along with his 2nd wife, Mary, their daughter, Matilda, and her husband and their daughter. His first daughter, Elmira and her husband, Erasmus Grigsby, are also buried there in Brentwood, California. Possible? 1840 United States Federal Census Name: Samuel Meller or Daniel Miller] Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Township 68, Lee, Iowa Territory Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1 Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1 Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2 Total Free White Persons: 2 Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 2 1860 United States Federal Census Daniel Miller Name: Daniel Miller Age in 1860: 50 Birth Year: abt 1810 BirthPlace: Canada Home in 1860: Yount, Napa, California Gender: Male Post Office: Sebastopol Household Members:Name Age Daniel Miller 50 Carpenter value of property $1200 Mary J Miller 35 (I read 33) born Ireland Elmira Miller 11 born Illinois Matilda J Miller 5 born Oregon 1870 United States Federal Census Daniel Miller Name: Daniel Miller Estimated Birth Year: abt 1810 Age in 1870: 60 BirthPlace: Canada Home in 1870: Township 3, Contra Costa, California Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Martinez Household: Daniel age 60 Canada Mary 42 Canada Matilda 14 Oregon * (found 5/21/05 IL land record Daniel Miller Residence of Purchaser unknown,date of purchase-5/31/1843, 80 acres sec 10 T 39N R 10E Meridian 3 Aliquot or lot E2NW Dupage County, 1.25/acre $100 total price, type of land sale-FD, vol 686, page 56) MILLER DANIEL purchaserNumber=0050248>SESW 03 39N 10E 3 08/01/1844 DUPAGE MILLER DANIEL E2NW 10 39N 10E 3 05/31/1843 DUPAGE MILLER DANIEL purchaserNumber=0050250>NWSE 10 39N 10E 3 03/28/1844 DUPAGE MILLER DANIEL purchaserNumber=0050251>SESW 02 39N 10E 3 08/01/1844 DUPAGE MILLER DANIEL purchaserNumber=0050252>NESW 10 39N 10E 3 03/28/1844 DUPAGE Land in DuPage County, Illinois Daniel Miller Grantee Doc#1378 deed bk 3 pg 411 - 28 Oct 1844 80 acres +bldgs. $400 W1/2 NE1/4 sect 10 T39N R10E 3rd Prime Meridian #4315 deed bk 10 pg 189 - 1 May 1845 (recorded Vol 25 p295 Gen Land office) certificate #12398 public land sale 80 acres E1/2 SW1/4 sect 10 T39N R10E #4316 deed bk 10 pg 190 - 1 Jun 1845 (patent recorded vol 30 pg 300 Gen Land office) cert # 15095 pub land sale - 80 acres NE1/4 SW1/4 + NW1/4 SE1/4 sect 10 T39N R10E #4317 deed bk 10 pg 190 - 1 Sep 1845 (recorded Vol 32 pg 408 Gen Land office cert #16242 pub land sale- 40 acres SE1/4 SW1/4 sect 3 T39N R10E #3504 deed bk 8 pg 407 - 7 May 1847 - 4.88 acres +bldgs. $11.67 part of W1/2 SE1/4 sect 3 T39N R10E #3516 deed bk 8 pg 409 - 27 Sep 1848 - 67 acres + bldgs. $200, N1/2 of subdivision 8&9 sect 16 T40 R9E Daniel Miller - Grantor Doc #3841 deed bk 9 pg 262 - 17 Jan 1849 - 40 acres. $240, part of W1/2 NE1/4 sec 10 + part of W1/2 SE1/4 sect 3 T39N R10E from Daniel and Laura #3842 deed bk 9 pg 273 - 17 Jan 1849 - 80 acres. $150, W1/2 SE1/4 sect 10 T39N R10E from Daniel and Laura #5008 deed bk 11 pg 254 - 24 Mar 1849 - 37.25 acres $130, SE 1/4 SW1/4 sec 3 T39N R10E from Daniel only #5908 deed bk 12 pg 438 - 28 Jan 1852 - 67 acres, $800, N1/2 of subdivision 8&9 sect 16 T40 R9E from Daniel and Mary from Washington County, Oregon Terr. #6350 deed bk 13 pg 200 - 3 July 1852 - about 257 acres, $1104, Daniel Miller by his attorney in fact *There seems to be about 230 more acres sold than acquired. Perhaps there was another parcel acquired previous to 1844.or perhaps there was another Daniel. was it a homestead? | Miller, Daniel (I215)
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| 2840 | Tobias was one of the King's guards in England before he came to America with his brother Christopher. in 1638 he settled in New Port, Rhode Island. | SAUNDERS, Tobias (I4194)
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| 2841 | Tom's Italian name was Alessandra, Parents changed their surname to Alexander. He is the son of Samuel John Alexander (Alessandra) born in Sicily, Italy, 30 Apr 1909 and died 22 Dec 1967 in Phoenix, Arizona. Tom's mother was Frances Antoinette DiMaria, born in Rochester, N.Y. 16 May 1912, and died May 1981. His parents were married 5 Sep 1931 in N.Y. Tom was an only child, born in Rochester and lived in Chicago, Illinois until moving to Phoenix, Arizona when he was 10 years old. He served with the U. S. Navy from 1951 until 1954 on a sea plane tender and a destroyer escort as a radar operator. He was married to Barbara Jean Collis 8 Mar 1952 in Reno, Nevada while he was still in the Navy. They lived for a time with Barbara's sister Laura and her husband in Berkeley where Charlie attended Law School. They then moved to Hawaii, Milpitas, Phoenix, Sacramento, Finally settling in Phoenix in 1959. Tom served as a deputy with Maricopa County Sheriffs Office 1962-1968. He then was Boating Administrator for the State of Arizona until his retirement. | ALEXANDER, Samuel "Thomas" (I267)
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| 2842 | tombstone Old Stone Church Pioneer Cemetary | GORDON, Mary J. (I7559)
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| 2843 | tombstone Old Stone Church Pioneer Cemetary | GORDON, Celia A. (I7558)
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| 2844 | tombstone Old Stone Church Pioneer Cemetary | CLARK, William Gordon (I7557)
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| 2845 | tombstone Old Stone Church Pioneer Cemetary | CLARK, Gladys (I7556)
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| 2846 | tombstone Old Stone Church Pioneer Cemetary | GORDON, Nile Chester (I6810)
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| 2847 | tombstone Old Stone Church Pioneer Cemetary | LEONARD, Clara Estelle (I6790)
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| 2848 | tombstone Old Stone Church Pioneer Cemetary | CLARK, William A. (I6789)
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| 2849 | tombstone Old Stone Church Pioneer Cemetary | GORDON, Safronia (I6496)
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| 2850 | tombstone Old Stone Church Pioneer Cemetary | CHAPMAN, Juliette (I5512)
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