Detour Through History

Black History Month With Rosa Parks

2012-02-01T06:15:00.000-05:00

From Black History Month... an interview with Rosa Parks (and other items).

Rosa Parks Park

While visiting Montgomery, Alabama, the tour bus driver revealed that he was Mrs. Parks' cousin and that she used to stay at his house when visiting after moving to Detroit.

The Naturalization of William S. Powers

2012-01-31T06:08:00.005-05:00

My great-grandfather's Petition for Naturalization application (click to enlarge). See his wife's Petition here. Her's was a surprise.

Mrs. Patullo

2012-01-28T06:44:00.000-05:00

From Decisions of the Court of Session.....Declaror of Marriage in Scotland found Mrs. Patullo. Was she related to our Patillo/Pattillo/Patullo family?

Cornell Artifact Displays Online

2012-01-26T06:24:00.000-05:00

Items at Cornell University Collection of Political Americana, including a gravestone picture collection.

A Study Of The Paines

2012-01-25T06:47:00.000-05:00

A Study of the Paine Families (Pain, Paine, Pane, Payne) of Eastern Long Island, New York to 1790, is an interesting resource.

Obituary of Charles A. Starrett

2012-01-24T15:43:00.045-05:00

From the Columbus Evening Dispatch, 21 March 1936:

Columbus Evening Dispatch
21 March 1936

Starrett--Charles A., age 83, 851 Sullivant-Av., died Thursday evening. Survived by widow, Emma; 3 daughters; 1 son. Funeral service at J. I. Hughes Co. Parlors, 1045 High-St. Monday at 10 a. m. Interment in Kenton, Ohio. Friends may view remains at funeral parlors until time of service.

Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953
Name:    Charles A. Starrett
Death Date:    19 Mar 1936
Death Place:    Columbus, Franklin, Ohio
Estimated Birth Year:    1848
Birthplace:     Bellefontaine
Death Age:    88 years 4 months 23 days
Gender:    Male
Marital Status:    Married
Spouse's Name:    Emma Starrett
Father's Name:    Adam Starrett
Mother's Name:    Hannah Gumm
[Address was _51 Sullivant Ave - either 151 or 851]

United States Census, 1900
Name:    Charles Starratt
Titles & Terms:
Residence:    parts of West Mansfield & Ridgeway villages, Logan, Ohio
Birth Date:    Oct 1849
Birthplace:    Ohio
Relationship to Head of Household:    Self
Spouse:    Emma Starratt
Spouse's Titles & Terms:
Spouse's Birthplace:    Ohio
Father:
Father's Titles & Terms:
Father's Birthplace:    Ohio
Mother:
Mother's Titles & Terms:
Mother's Birthplace:    Ohio
Race or Color (expanded):    White
Head-of-household Name:    Charles Starratt
Gender:    Male
Marital Status:    Married
Years Married:    18
Estimated Marriage Year:    1882
Mother How Many Children:
Number Living Children:
Immigration Year:
Enumeration District:    0106
Page:    2
Sheet Letter:    B
Family Number:    45
Reference Number:    65
Film Number:    1241294
Image Number:    00026
    Household   Gender   Age
   Charles Starratt    M
Spouse    Emma Starratt    F
Child    Nina Starratt    F
Child    Mary Starratt    F
Child    Louise Starratt    F
United States Census, 1910
Name:    Charles A Storratt
Birthplace:    Ohio
Relationship to Head of Household:    Self
Residence:    Bokescreek, Logan, Ohio
Marital Status:    Married
Race :    White
Father's Birthplace:    Ohio
Mother's Birthplace:    Ohio
Charles A Storratt    M    59y
Spouse    Emma A Storratt    F    42y
Child    Mary E Storratt    F    16y
Child    Louise I Storratt    F    15y
Child    Palm D Starratt    M    9y
United States Census, 1920
Name:    Charles Starrett
Residence:    , Franklin, Ohio
Estimated Birth Year:    1856
Birthplace:    Ohio
Relationship to Head of Household:    Self
Father's Birthplace:    Ohio
Mother's Birthplace:    United States
Charles Starrett    M    64y
Spouse    Emma Starrett    F    62y
Child    Louise Starrett    F    22y
Child    Palm Starrett    M    19y
Emma (Palm) Starrett, Charles's widow, was the half-sister of Ernest Palm who was Jim's grandfather. Emma and Ernest were both children of Gottlieb Palm. Emma is listed as Emma Norrris/Morris in this 1892 probate document. It is believed that Charles was Emma Palm's husband, especially with a child named Palm Starrett, but it isn't a certainty that the above is correct.

Warren-Trumbull Co., Ohio, Obituary Index Search

2012-01-22T07:55:00.008-05:00

Searchable Online Obituary Index

The online database covers the following years: 1970, part of 1980, 1981 and 1987 through and including all of 2009. If you need a time frame not listed here, please use the PDF print versions above (on website). All obituary indexes for 1900 to the present and indexes for scattered years from 1812-1900 are available in print in the LH&G Center.

Diaries And Letters At The Library

2012-01-21T08:06:00.000-05:00

These resources (diaries and letters) were described in an article entitled New England Women And Their Families....at the Allen Co., Indiana, Library's E-zine:

Ozias Smith Estate In St. Clair County, Michigan

2012-01-20T06:48:00.000-05:00

The estate of OZIAS SMITH, Deceased, was listed in a record book housed at the Archives of Michigan, St. Clair County, Record of Proceedings 1835-1838:

(Page 135) Records of the Estate of Ozias Smith, deceased
6 March 1838
Asahel Buck and Ruth Buck, late widow of Ozias Smith, late of the county of St. Clair [Michigan].....

Louis G. Glickert Obituary

2012-01-18T08:15:00.001-05:00

From the St. Louis [MO] Post, published on January 18, 1906:

GLICKERT--Entered into rest Thursday, Jan. 18, 1906, at 12:20 a.m., Louis G. Glickert, beloved husband of Elizabeth Glickert (nee Hillebrand), our father, son, brother, son-in-law and brother-in-law, aged 38 years and 6 monts. Funeral from residence, 1218 South Fourteenth street, Saturday, Jan. 20, at 8 o'clock a.m., to St. Mary's Church, thence to SS. Peter and Paul's Cemetery.

The Real McCoy(s) - Civil War Soldiers From St. Clair Co., Michigan

2012-01-17T06:10:00.000-05:00

From Seeking Michigan:

Lola Rice married a descendant from the same McCoy family. Emma McCoy, sister to the two soldiers listed above, married William Stage. Their son, Charles Stage, married Lola Rice. Lola was the daughter of Charles Logan and Mary Josephine (Johnson) Rice. Charles Logan Rice was the first cousin of my great grandmother, Katie Rice. Mary Josephine Johnson was the sister of my great-grandfather, James Dudley Johnson, so Lola was a double cousin. (Katie Rice and James Dudley Johnson were my great-grandparents). The Johnsons and Rices historically had roots in Georgia, Tennessee and southern Illinois, not Michigan.

Peter Grimm Obituary

2012-01-16T06:17:00.000-05:00

From the St. Louis [MO] Post, published on January 18, 1906:

GRIMM -- On Tuesday, Jan. 16, 1906, at 11:30 p.m., Peter Grimm, beloved husband of Clara Grimm (nee Bergsieker), and our dear father, after a lingering illness, aged 32 years and 10 months. Funeral will take place on Friday, Jan. 19, 1906, at 1 p.m. from family residence, corner of Switzer avenue and Mora lane. Relatives and friends invited to attend.

United States Census, 1900
Name:    Peter Grimm
Residence:    City of St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
Birth Date:    Mar 1874
Birthplace:    Missouri
Relationship to Head-of-Household:    Self
Spouse Name:    Clara Grimm
Spouse Birth Place:    Missouri
Father Birthplace:    Germany
Mother Birthplace:    Germany
Race or Color (expanded):    White
Estimated Marriage Year:    1896
Household   Gender   Age
   Peter Grimm    M
Spouse    Clara Grimm    F
Child    Edwin Grimm    M
He was a "dry plate examiner" according to the 1900 census.

United States Census, 1910
Name:    Clara Grimm
Birthplace:    Missouri
Relationship to Head of Household:    Daughter
Residence:    St Louis Ward 1, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri
Marital Status:    Widowed
Family Number:    149
Page Number:    8
Parent    Mena Bergsieker    F    71y
   William Gieseking    M    50y
   Clara Grimm    F    34y
   Edwin P Grimm    M    11y
   Roland Grimm    M    8y
   Clara M Grimm    F    7y
   Henry Heinen    M    48y
   Katrina Heinen    F    43y
   Emma Heinen    F    21y
   Katy Heinen    F    14y
   Harry Baumgartner    M    17y

McIntosh's Of Georgia In NY Probate Records

2012-01-15T07:20:00.001-05:00

We recently visited the tabby sugar works of John Houstoun McIntosh in Camden County, Georgia, named as an heir of Eliza McIntosh in a New York City Probate file (found at Ancestry.com Abstract of wills).

An heir of the estate, Eliza Bayard McIntosh Clinch at FindAGrave. A description of some of Eliza's ancestors and descendants can be found here.

Inscription on Plaque

The Civil War Era Cotton Bureau Records At Fort Wayne

2012-01-12T06:13:00.001-05:00

Cotton records were explained in an article by Melissa Shimkus at Fort Wayne's (Allen Co.) Library's online newsletter. The "Records of the Cotton Bureau of the Trans-Mississippi Department of the Confederate War Department, 1862-1865" consist of a 50 reel microfilm set. There is no comprehensive index, although partial indexes exist within the set.

Was Adelicia Acklin, a southern belle whose plantations were cotton producers, mentioned in the records? It may be worth a look. A glimpse of her life in Nashville.

As the Wren's Nest blog succinctly stated:

Adelicia Acklin was the kind of gal who used both Union and Confederate forces to ship her cotton from Louisiana to England without batting an eye. She talked her way out of jail, had the good sense to keep her money in London until the end of the Civil War, and gave birth to ten children along the way.

Adelicia's cotton business records were part of an exhibit located in the Congressional Records:

Barbour Probate in Oakland County, Michigan

2012-01-11T06:38:00.000-05:00

From an Oakland Co., Michigan, Probate book:

File #582
Barbour, William. Intestate.
Filed: 22 December 1846
Deceased: 11 November 1846
At Lake Superior; late of Pontiac

Heirs: Mary D. Barbour, wife; children not named. Ann Barbour mentioned, but not identified. Property in the village of Pontiac.

Administrators: Mary D. Barbour, Charles C. Waldo

Perhaps this family?
United States Census, 1850
Name:    Mary Barbour
Residence:    Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan
Calculated Birth Year:    1809
Birthplace:    Vermont
     Household   Gender   Age
   Mary Barbour    F    41y
   George Barbour    M    14y
   Frank Barbour    M    7y

Franklin County, VA, Genealogy Blog

2012-01-10T06:51:00.000-05:00

Found the Franklin County, Virginia, blog while searching for my Greers.

Julius Helms Of Germany And Detroit

2012-01-09T07:52:00.000-05:00

In March 2009, I wrote a blog about finding the death record online at SeekingMichigan for Julius Helms and mentioned the need for the corresponding obituary. I looked in the Detroit Free Press with negative results. Lo and behold, today, after receiving a message via Ancestry from a descendant of Julius Helms, he graciously e-mailed a copy of the obituary to me and allowed me to publish it! And the obituary was accompanied by a picture!!!! How great is that?!

Julius Helms is an ancestor of my grandkids' through the deceased's son, Richard Helms.

Is Information About My Canadian Ancestors Embedded Within?

2012-01-08T09:50:00.000-05:00

From the Allen County, Indiana, Library's Ezines publication, resources for finding ancestors in Canada (Finding Canadian Settlers in British Military Records). Three of the 584 reels of microfilm of the "British Military Records, C series, 1757-1899," at the National Archives of Canada are housed at the Library in Fort Wayne. The entire collection is available through an LDS Family History Center loan.

"Bound in 17 volumes, numbered 618-634A, this particular selection is part of the “Correspondence of the Military Secretary of the Commander of the Forces.” Among the correspondence concerning settlers are petitions, military discharge papers, passenger lists and other documents that could provide you with information otherwise unavailable."

Hope to peruse these records.

Amanda Jeffries Obituary

2012-01-07T07:53:00.035-05:00

Published in the Flint Journal on January 8, 1944:

JEFFRIES--Manda Jeffries, 1367 Ives St., age 62, died Friday, January 7, 1944, at Hurley Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 10 A.M., Monday January 10, 1944, from Brown Funeral Home, Rev. E. G. Black officiating. Burial in Flushing Cemetery. Remains will be at the funeral home, 1616 Davison Rd. Death was caused by complications after an illness of three months. She was born in Wabash, Ohio, March 25, 1882, and had lived in Flint 36 years, coming here from Ohio. Surviving are: Three daughters, Mrs. Leota Rye and Mrs. Daisy Green of Montrose, Mrs. Mildred O'Neil of Flint; five sons, John of Flushing, Ora of U.S. Army, England, Marvin, Harlan and George of Flint; 11 grandchildren, 1 great-grandchild; brother, William Spohn, of Pontiac; sister, Mrs. Rachael Enyart, of Dayton, Ohio.

Someone Stole Brer Rabbit

2012-01-06T06:56:00.000-05:00

From the Wren's Nest blog dated August 11, 2011:

Brer Rabbit has been stolen from Eatonton. What’s left of the Brer Rabbit statue in front of the Uncle Remus Museum is at once a total bummer, a little funny, and an apt metaphor.

We visited the museum in 2008; here's a picture of the stolen item:

Westward Ho! Wagon

2012-01-05T08:01:00.000-05:00

At the Putnam House Museum in Marietta, Ohio, a wagon:

Obituary of Sarah Robinson

2012-01-04T06:27:00.000-05:00

From The Detroit Free Press, January 19, 1918:

ROBINSON--At residence 799 Wabash ave., Sarah Robinson, beloved mother of Wesley Robinson, aged 86 years. Funeral Saturday 1 p.m. from residence, to vault at Woodmere cemetery.

William, Sarah and Wesley Robinson in 1900, living on Wabash Avenue in Detroit. Sarah had 2 living children in 1900.

Sarah's death record can be seen online here. Place of burial appears to be Perrinsville, Mich. on the record.

Stephen Backus

2012-01-03T07:45:00.001-05:00

From A Genealogical Memoir of the Backus family....:

Stephen Backus is an ancestor through both his son, Timothy, and his daughter, Rebecca. He was born on January 3, 1640/1.

How Do You Spell Restaurant?

2012-01-02T08:47:00.000-05:00

Haplogroup I1

2012-01-01T08:01:00.000-05:00

My brother's Y-DNA test revealed that his predicted Haplogroup is I1 (shorthand I-M253). According to this site, the I1 subclade of Haplogroup I is estimated to be 4000 to 5000 years old (the old "15,00-20,000years ago in Iberia" information was wrong), and confirmed by the single nucleotide polymorphism, SNP, known as M253. While many I1 members trace their ancestry to Scandinavia, others find their roots in the British Isles, Germany, and beyond.

In Britain, haplogroup I1-M253 et al is often used as a marker for "invaders," Viking or Anglo-Saxon.

Rare Four-Headed Palm (Not One Of Our Family Members!)

2011-12-31T08:38:00.000-05:00

Rufus Putnam House - Marietta, Ohio

2011-12-29T07:33:00.000-05:00

Pictures of the Rufus Putnam house:

Rufus Putnam House in Marietta, Washington Co., Ohio

Rufus Putnam kept a journal during the French-Indian War.

Calling It Like You See It In The 1880 Census

2011-12-27T08:58:00.000-05:00

Jerusha (Backus) Osborne was my Laura (Backus) Richmond's sister. The 1880 NY Census in Livonia, Livingston County, New York, has Jerusha, age 60, as a "confirmed invalid" with paralysis and marked as "Insane." Enumerated in between Jerusha and her husband, Henry Osborne, was Catharine Whaley, age 32. Her relationship with Henry Osborne is "Mistress." MISTRESS!!! Catharine was the mother of Henry's sons, Willie, Charles and Myron.

In 1870 Catharine Whaley and two year old son Willie were living in the Osborne household. In 1870 Jerusha was listed as "housekeeper," apparently not paralyzed, but perhaps playing second fiddle to Catharine, she was on the road to insanity? Henry Osborne's 84 year old mother, Polly, was also in the household. Interesting times, no doubt.

Abram Snay In The NY Town Clerks' Registers

2011-12-26T09:25:00.000-05:00

New York, Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865 Record for Abram Snay at Ancestry.

This record stated that Abram Snay resided in Saranac and he was born July 9, 1845, at Saranac. He was a "P" (Private) in the 16th Cavalry, Company A. He was paid 300 (three hundred dollars) bounty by the town. He was the single son of Peter and Sophia (Swinyer) Snay and was a farmer.

Under "Promotions, Resignations, Deaths, (Etc.)...," Abram Snay was "The Capture of Booth The Assassin; May 21, 1865, Still in Service."

Gravestone of Elizabeth Lee In Canada

2011-12-25T07:47:00.000-05:00

Robert E. Lee's relatives in Windsor, Canada? Story in the Detroit Free Press.

Another Descendant of Stephen Hopkins

2011-12-23T09:30:00.000-05:00

I share the first 4 generations of the Stephen Hopkins' Mayflower lineage with Leah Adams (of the 6th generation). The related Snow and Paine families are also featured on the linked web page.

My lineage (from my blog):

Catherine Powers, daughter of:
J. Garrett & Richard N. Powers, son of:
Beatrice Cameron & Ralph N. Powers, son of:
William S. Powers & Addie More, daughter of:
James More & Cynthia Richmond, daughter of:
Thomas Richmond & Laura Backus, daughter of:
Hannah Fuller (Probable) & John Backus, son of:
Jerusha Baker & John Backus, son of:
John Backus & Joanna Cleveland; daughter of:
Edward Cleveland & Rebecca Paine, daughter of:
Rebecca Doane & Elisha Paine, son of:
Thomas Paine & Mary Snow, daughter of:
Nicholas Snow & Constance Hopkins, daughter of:
Stephen Hopkins, Mayflower Passenger

Some of my other Mayflower-related posts. A search for a Thanksgiving-related post led me to the Leah Adams website and with so much information, it was a keeper.

Dalyell Killed At Fort Detroit In 1763 As Noted In The Scottish Record Society's Binns Papers

2011-12-21T08:35:00.000-05:00

While perusing old Scottish document transcriptions from "The Binns Papers," containing sasines, indentures, letters and other documents primarily relating to the Dalyell family, the following notation in the Papers jumped out at me:

"NOTES from the CORRESPONDENCE of Captain JAMES DALYELL

b. 1730, killed at Fort Detroit 31 July 1763."

Captain Dalyell was killed in the Battle of Bloody Run during Pontiac's Rebellion at Detroit.

William Bowman And His DPD Furlough In Roscommon Co., MI

2011-12-19T07:12:00.000-05:00

ROSCOMMON HERALD - NEWS

24 February 1916

Loxley News

William H. Bowman of the Detroit Police Force is spending his furlough at the farm home of his father, John R. Bowman.

Posted because of our former employer, the DPD. See Jim here.

Obituary of Andrew Beyhan

2011-12-18T12:02:00.000-05:00

From The Detroit Free Press, January 19, 1918:

BEYHAN--January 17, Andrew, beloved brother of Michael and James. Funeral from the residence of his niece, Mrs. D. Smith, 920 Sixteenth street, Saturday at 8:30 and St. Leo's church at 9. London papers please copy.

His death record stated that he was the son of Andrew and Mary (Cary) Behan, both born in Ireland. He was a retired farmer who was born in Ontario. The informant was Ernest D. Smith.

Estate of Henry Ballard, St. Clair Co., MI

2011-12-18T06:34:00.000-05:00

The estate of HENRY BALLARD, Deceased, was listed in a record book housed at the Archives of Michigan, St. Clair County, Record of Proceedings 1835-1838:

(Page 110) Records of the Estate of Henry Ballard, deceased
Twp. of Clay
22 February 1838
Phebe Ballard, widow of Henry Ballard, late of the Twp. of Cottrellville, deceased

From St. Clair County, Michigan...:
During the season of 1837 the "General Gratiot," Captain S. T. Hanson, and the "Erie," Captain Henry Ballard, left Port Huron for Detroit alternate mornings, going down one day and returning the next.

Was it Captain Henry Ballard who died in St. Clair County, Michigan?

Mary (Gormley) Jones Obituary

2011-12-17T06:17:00.000-05:00

From the St. Louis [MO] Post, published on January 18, 1906:

JONES--Entered into rest Wednesday, Jan. 17, 1906, at 1:40 p.m., Mary Jones (nee Gormley), wife of the later John R. Jones and dear mother of William Ulrich and Hattie Apperson. Funeral will take place from Mullen's undertaking parlor, Coleman and North Market streets, on Friday, Jan., 19, 1906, at 9 a.m. to Church of Our Lady of Good Council, thence to Calvary Cemetery. Chicago papers please copy.

United States Census, 1920
Name:    Hattie Apperson
Residence:    , , Missouri
Estimated Birth Year:    1870
Birthplace:    Missouri
Relationship to Head of Household:    Wife
Gender:    Female
Race:    White
Marital Status:    Married
Household   Gender   Age
Spouse    John Apperson    M    53y
   Hattie Apperson    F    50y
   William Ulrich    M    47y

Another "Billy The Kid" Arrested In Detroit And Wanted In Pittsburgh

2011-12-16T09:20:00.000-05:00

While searching through extradition papers looking for William Brooks at the Archives of Michigan in RG-44 B209 F1 and F5 (with negative results), a letter caught my eye:

Law Offices of Brooke & Spalding
Detroit

December 17, 1895

Honorable John T. Rich
Lansing, Michigan (Answered By Telephone)

Prosecuting Attorney of the City (Detroit)

My Dear Governor:
Re: Writ For Extradition in the case of Charles H. Marsh, alias William Burke, alias Billy The Kid. We are the attorney for this.....

F. L. Brooke

William Burke, alias Billy The Kid, coincidentally, was referenced in an earlier post of mine at "Relatively Fiction." Was he the same "Kid"? Yes. The date was in the right time frame and even Governor Rich is mentioned in the article below. From "The Daily Inter Ocean," published December 16, 1895 (source: GenealogyBank):

From the "Jewelers Circular and...":

"William Burke alias Billy the Kid alias Murphy alias Petrie was arrested last week in company with the notorious Sophie Lyons and jailed on suspicion. He is a well known bank sneak thief and store robber. Four or five years ago he was arrested in Detroit on suspicion of being concerned in a sneak job at Wright Kay & Co's Store but was finally turned over to the police of Pittsburgh where he got two and a half years for robbery. He was lately released and told to get out of town."

See William Burke's "bio" as a member of the "Grady Gang" of New York and photo here.

Obituary of Judith Ann Tanner

2011-12-15T06:44:00.000-05:00

From the Columbus Evening Dispatch, 21 March 1936:

Columbus Evening Dispatch
21 March 1936

Tanner--Judith Ann, age 3 months; Mar. 20th, at 359 Nashoba-Av. Survived by father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Tanner; 1 sister, Carol; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Tanner and Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Thompson. Services will be held 10:30 a. m. Monday at the Shroyer Funeral Home. Interment at Green Lawn Cemetery.

Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953
Name:    Judith Ann Tanner
Death Date:    20 Mar 1936
Death Place:    Columbus, Franklin, Ohio
Estimated Birth Year:    1936
Death Age:    3 months 23 days
Gender:    Female
Father's Name:    Bruce A. Tanner
Mother's Name:    Marcella Thompson
Film Number:    2022613
Digital Folder Number:    4027476
Image Number:    403
Certificate Number:    fn 17155

King George's Crown -- Turned Upside Down

2011-12-14T07:16:00.001-05:00

From Songs, Odes....(Naval):

Tobacco Grown In Kent County, Ontario, Canada, In 1861

2011-12-13T07:16:00.004-05:00

The 1861 Ontario Census Compilation noted that tobacco was grown in Howard Twp. in Kent Co. That intrigued me.

"Township Howard produces 55,241 lbs. tobacco."

Across the river from Kent Co., in Detroit, there was a tobacco industry. Did they get their supply of tobacco from Canada? According to this source, there was a relationship between Canadian tobacco and the Detroit, Michigan, tobacco industry.

Texas State Cemetery Website

2011-12-12T06:50:00.000-05:00

Listed below are some of the topics at the Texas State Cemetery blog. One of the items (not listed here) is a video*.

*There is a video about the Texas State Cemetery introduced by Governor Rick Perry. In the first 3:30 minutes some graves are shown, some Texas history is highlighted and then the eligibility rules for burial in the cemetery were discussed.

U.S. Debt Clock

2011-12-11T06:40:00.000-05:00

U.S. Debt Clock (numbers as of 9:09 AM on December 4, 2011). What are the numbers today?

Colonel Montgomery In Cherokee Country

2011-12-10T06:24:00.000-05:00

From An Historical Accounty of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies...

In April 1760 Colonel Montgomery landed in Carolina. Great was the joy in the province of Georgia upon the arrival of this gallant officer but as the conquest of Canada was the grand object of this year's campaign in America he had orders to strike a sudden blow for the relief of the southern provinces and return to head quarters at Albany without loss of time.

...marched with a party of his men in the night to surprise Estatoe an Indian town about twenty miles from his camp. ...Having finished this business with the loss of only three or four men he marched to the relief of Fort Prince George (near present day Pickens, South Carolina)...

Supplying The Fort On St. Marys River

2011-12-09T08:06:00.001-05:00

Before 1763 the St. Mary's river was the boundary between British Georgia and Spanish Florida; from 1763 through 1783 it separated British Georgia and British Florida; the river was the boundary between the State of Georgia and Spanish East Florida from 1783 to 1821.

From Papers of the War Department, an excerpt of a 1795 letter regarding sending supplies to the fort on the St. Mary's River:

November 26, 1795Author Name: Timothy Pickering (primary) Recipient Name: William Eaton (primary)Enclosed return for ordnance and military stores to be transported to fort on St. Mary's River.Source: Collection: State Historical Society of Wisconsin: Gratz Collection of Autographs

Was this present-day St. Mary's, Georgia, waterfront near the 1795 supply depot?

Who Was Sarah Weatherwax?

2011-12-08T07:15:00.001-05:00

Sarah Weatherwax, identified as a niece in James Richmond's will at Walworth Co., Wisconsin, has been a brick wall in my research (although I have not devoted a lot of time to her). My 3rd great-grandfather, Thomas P. Richmond, was James' brother. So was Sarah his (Thomas's) niece too? Whose daughter was she? Was Weatherwax her maiden or married name? Was Sarah James' niece through his wife's side of the family? James may have been married to Thomas's sister-in-law (his wife Laura's sister), Lorenza Backus, so discovering more about Sarah Weatherwax may be important to my research either way.

Who Was Sarah Weatherwax?

Pearl Harbor Video Discovered

2011-12-07T07:03:00.001-05:00

This news story has a piece of film from the Pearl Harbor attack that had spent time in a storage locker.

Restoring The Carnegie Carriage

2011-12-06T06:57:00.000-05:00

The (probable) Louise Whitfield Carnegie carriage from the Cumberland Island NPS Museum exhibit in St. Marys, Georgia:

The story of the carriage restoration can be found here.

Papers of Manson Franklin Backus

2011-12-05T07:12:00.000-05:00

From the Manson Franklin Backus papers at the University of Washington:

Besides banking and financial concerns, Backus was a regent of the University of Washington, 1909; he served as president of the Washington Society of the Sons of the Revolution, 1917; he was a member of the Rainier Club, and its president in 1922. He supported the Fine Arts Association, was a trustee of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, and on the advisory board of Children's Orthopedic Hospital.

Iva Jarvis Buchanan Obituary

2011-12-04T06:23:00.043-05:00

[Paper?] 4 December 1967

An ancestor of a friend.

Ohio, County Marriages, 1790-1950

Name: Charles A. Buchanan

Event Date: 07 Mar 1904

Event Place: Ashland, Ohio

Estimated Birth Year: 1881

Father: Peter Buchanan

Mother: Elura Arnold

Spouse: Iva Jarvis

Spouse's Estimated Birth Year: 1883

Spouse's Father: Wm. Jarvis

Spouse's Mother: Harriett Neely

Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958

Groom's Name: Joe E. Stoner

Groom's Birthplace: Richland Co., O.

Bride's Name: Iva Jarvis

Bride's Birthplace: Mansfield

Marriage Date: 30 Jan 1926

Marriage Place: Richland, Ohio

Groom's Father's Name: Obiadiah Stoner

Groom's Mother's Name: Margaret Fidler

Bride's Father's Name: Wm. Jarvis

Bride's Mother's Name: Harriett Neely

Groom's Marital Status: Divorced

Bride's Marital Status: Divorced

Bride's Previous Husband's Name: Buchanan

Heirs of John Bachman, Oakland County, Michigan

2011-12-03T06:54:00.000-05:00

From: Abstracts of Probate - Oakland Co., Michigan (F572 .O2 547)

File# 693
Bachman, Sarah, Mary, Jacob
Guardian File 19 Dec 1848
Heirs of John Bachman
Guardian: Jane Bachman (mother), Sebring Voorheis and Robert Garner
26 May 1855 - Signed: Jacob Bachman, Mary Smith, James Smith, Sarah Fenwick, William Fenwick

File # 694
Bachman, Ann Eliza, Susan, Harriet F., Robert, William H., and Edmund
Guardianship
Filed 19 Dec 1848
All under 14 years

File #1190
Bachman, John. Intestate, filed 4 December 1854; died 6 years ago last October. Heirs: Jane Bachman, widow; Sarah C. Fenwick, wife of William E.; Mary Eliza Smith, wife of James; James Bachmann, Ann Eliza Bachmann (later wife of Victor Howland), Susan, Harriet F., Robert, William Henry, and Edmund Bachmann, all being children of the deceased. Correction "Mary Eliza" should be Mary Elizabeth. Admin.: Jane Bachmann. Sebring Voorheis, and Robert Garner guardians of Jacob; mother guardian of 6 younger ones. Property in White Lake Twp., See Files 2009, 2276, 2311.

Manson F. Backus Passport Application

2011-12-02T07:59:00.000-05:00

Manson F. Backus was the son of my Laura (Backus) Richmond's half-brother, Clinton T. Backus. Manson was a successful banker in Seattle. He was also active in the Mayflower Descendants Society. We share the Mayflower lineage.

Image From Ancestry

The David Laughton Estate

2011-11-30T07:12:00.000-05:00

The DAVID LAUGHTON estate was listed in a record book housed at the Archives of Michigan, St. Clair County, Record of Proceedings 1835-1838:

(Page 46) Estate of David Laughton, Deceased
Twp. of Clay, St. Clair County [Territory of] Michigan
3 August 1836
Jacob Harsen applied for Letters of Administration on the estate of David Laughton, lage of the County of Cook in the State of Illinois, deceased

Jacob Harsen of the Township of Clay as principal and William Harsen and Francis Harsen of same place, sureties

This David Laughton mentioned in treaty?

Huguette Clark's Family

2011-11-29T00:32:00.000-05:00

Tale of Two Wills
A newly publicized will by an heiress to a Montana copper mining fortune leaves most of her $400 million estate to her family, while a will signed just weeks later left nothing to relatives.

The childless Huguette Clark died in May at age 104.

The article stated that Huguette's mother was a Michigan native. Wikipedia identified her as
Anna Eugenia La Chapelle. Anna, a harpist, was living with her widowed mother, Philomena, and siblings in Butte, Montana, in 1900. This MSNBC site has notes and pictures of the Clark family.

Clark County, Nevada, was named after Huguette's father, William Andrews Clark.

The Desolate Wilderness

2011-11-24T10:00:00.000-05:00

A chronicle of the Pilgrims....

Thanks to ancestor Stephen Hopkins and his daughter, Constance, on this Thanksgiving Day.

Camp Lawton Exhibit

2011-11-23T06:25:00.003-05:00

The poster was from the Georgia Southern University exhibit that featured Camp Lawton. Quotes from Willard Glazier were also included in the exhibit.

Jim's Palms-Americana blog about our day at Statesboro, Georgia, and Southern GA University is here.

Exploring Revolutionary War Records Of Edward Richmond

2011-11-22T07:09:00.001-05:00

New York in the Revolution.....

Edward Richmond was a member of the Albany County, New York, militia in the Revolutionary War. Was he my ancestor? I don't know.

Record images can be seen at Fold3. One such record, in response to a Mr. J. M. McLaughlin of Wapello, Iowa, indicated that Edward Richmond served for 5 days; April 15, 1777 to April 19, 1777.

Revolutionary War veteran Edward Richmond (later of Hoosick, NY), was a descendant in this line (Olive Briggs' husband), and was not my ancestor.

Mary Elizabeth (Welsch) Duchene Obituary

2011-11-20T05:42:00.000-05:00

Pittsburgh [PA] Press
November 16, 1928

DUCHENE--On Thursday, Nov. 15, 1928, at 4:10 a.m., Mary Elizabeth Duchene (nee Welsch), widow of Lewis Duchene, in her 65th year. Funeral from the residence of her daughter, Mrs. A. J. Yeager, Cole ave., Allison Park, Monday, Nov. 19, at 9 a.m. High mass of requiem at St. Ursula's Church at 9:30 o'clock. Friends are invited.

United States Census, 1900
Residence:    Coraopolis borough, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Estimated Marriage Year:    1890
    Household   Gender   Age
   Louis Duchene    M
Spouse    Lizzie Welch Duchene    F
Child    Mary L Duchene    F
Child    Louis A Duchene    M
Child    Hilda Thresa Duchene    F

United States Census, 1910
Residence:     Swissvale Ward 1, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Household    Gender    Age
    Louis Duchene     M     49y
Spouse     Mary E Duchene     F     45y
Child     Marie L Duchene     F     18y
Child     Louis A Duchene     M     17y
Child     Hilda T Duchene     F     11y
    Joseph Luttringer     M     46y

The John Kennelly Estate In Michigan

2011-11-19T07:47:00.001-05:00

The JOHN KENNELLY estate was listed in a record book housed at the Archives of Michigan, St. Clair County, Record of Proceedings 1835-1838:

(Page 38) Records of the Estate of John Kennelly, deceased
July 25, 1836
Twp of Desmond, St. Clair County, [Territory of] Michigan

Maria Kennelly, widow of the late John Kennelly, applied for Letters of Administration; James Geel and Jonathan Burtch as her sureties
Twp. of Clay, St. Clair Co.
Inventory - Logs at Hatch Creek, etc.

(Page 44) List of Claims Against Estate of John Kennely:

Richard Clark $8.50
Edward Carlton
Reuben Hamilton
J. [Z?] V. Thornton
Willard Orvis
John Howard
John S. Heath
B. F. H. Witherell
Timothy Crocker
Daniel Stewart
D. B. Herrington
Ric Granfield
Willard S. Carpenter
Black River Steam Mill Co.
Moses Herrick
John Clark $23.50
John Clark $104.50

(Page 45)....Village of Port Huron.....

(Page 90) Records of the Estate of John Kennelly......

John Macey Obituary

2011-11-18T06:53:00.000-05:00

17 January 1939 - Flint [MI] Journal

MACEY - John Macey, age 59, died Tuesday, January 17, 1939, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Roy Traynor on the Carpenter Road.   Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday, January 18, 1939, from the Wheeler Funeral Home in Flushing, Rev. Ralph Lindsay officiating. Burial in Flushing cemetery. Body will be at the funeral home. Surviving are: Wife, Frances; two daughters, Mrs. Lena Traynor of Flushing and Mrs. Alice Walterhouse of Flint; two grandchildren.

United States Census, 1930
Name:    Frances Macey
Event Place:    Flint, Genesee, Michigan
Gender:    Female
Age:    41
Marital Status:    Divorced
Race:    White
Birthplace:    Czechoslovakia
Estimated Birth Year:    1889
Immigration Year:    1907
Relationship to Head of Household:    Head
Father's Birthplace:    Czechoslovakia
Mother's Birthplace:    Czechoslovakia
Frances Macey    F    41
Child    Alice Macey    F    21 [b. Poland]
Child    Lena Macey    F    15 [b. Michigan]

Obituary of Clara K. Flick

2011-11-17T05:46:00.000-05:00

Pittsburgh [PA] Press
November 16, 1928

FLICK--On Thursday, Nov. 15, 1928, at 3:20 p.m., Clara K. Flick, daughter of the late James M. and Annie J. Flick. Funeral services at her home, 248 Atwood st., Oakland, on Saturday, Nov. 17, 3 p.m. Friends are invited.

The Rood Family Of Lapeer And Kansas

2011-11-16T09:28:00.002-05:00

From the Kansas Historical Society, the George and Helen Rood Papers:

The bulk of the collection consists of letters, 1879-1882, exchanged between George H. Rood of Peabody, Kan., and his wife, Helen Mars (Thomas) Rood, then living in Lapeer, Mich.

A family tree diagram of the Rood family from 1845 is included.

Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995
Groom's Name: George H. Rood
Groom's Birth Date: 1841
Bride's Name: Hellen M. Thomas
Bride's Birth Date: 1840
Marriage Date: 12 Apr 1865
Marriage Place: , Lapeer, Michigan

United States Census, 1880
Name:    George H. Rood
Residence:    Lapeer, Lapeer, Michigan
Birthdate:    1841
Birthplace:    Michigan, United States
Relationship to Head:    Self
Spouse's Name:    Hellen M. Rood
Spouse's Birthplace:    Michigan, United States
Father's Birthplace:    New York, United States
Mother's Birthplace:    New York, United States
Occupation:    Herder
George H. Rood    M    39
Spouse    Hellen M. Rood    F    39
Child    Ashley Rood    M    8

In 1850 George H. Rood was living with his parents (father Orvis) and siblings in Lapeer County, Michigan. Hellen Thomas was also in Lapeer and living with her parents, Harvey and Betsey and her siblings in 1850.

In 1860 George Rood was single and living at home with his mother, Almina, his brother, Alpheus, and sisters Diantha and Martha. Hellen was still in Lapeer as well in 1860.

Obituary of Florence B. (Brown) Pascoe Wirkus

2011-11-15T06:55:00.002-05:00

Florence was Edward Brown's sister and Edward Brown was my Great-Aunt June's first husband. She died on 30 Oct 1974. The obituary was published in the Flint [MI] Journal.

WIRKUS, Florence B. -- 11853 Curwood Dr., Grand Blanc, age 75, died Wednesday, October 30, 1974. Funeral services will be held at 3 PM Saturday at Brown Funeral Home, Dr. DAvid E. Molyneaux officiating. Burial in Sunset Hills Cemetery. Mrs. Wirkus will lie in state at the Brown Funeral Home, 1616 Davison Rd. Visitation 8 AM to 10 PM. Friends desiring may take contributions to the Genesee County Crippled Children's and Adult's Society, 1420 W. Third Ave., Flint. Mrs. Wirkus was born in Hubbel, Michigan, June 3, 1899, the daughter of Matthew and Hannah Brown, and she had been a resident of Flint and Genesee County for 40 years. She attended the First Presbyterian Church, was a former member of the Flint Golf Club, attended the University of Eastern Michigan, did Post Graduate Studies at University of Michigan, was a member of the American Association of University Women, the University of Michigan Alumni Association, the McLaren General Hospital Auxiliary, and she taught in the Flint School System for 35 years retiring in 1963. Surviving are: Husband, S. Howard Wirkus of Grand Blanc; son, Dr. John J. Pascoe; daughter-in-law, Mary Helen; 4 grandchildren, Donald J. Pascoe of Elkhart, Indiana, Laura Ann and William H. Pascoe both of Ann Arbor and Amy F. of Albion; nieces and nephews.

Saloueh - Chief At Estatoe

2011-11-14T08:47:00.000-05:00

While collecting information about Alexander Cameron, an Indian agent in the South, for my "Cameron Collections" blog I found that Alexander had an Indian wife (perhaps Molly). Was Saloueh Cameron's father-in-law? Possibly.

From "The History of Georgia..."

Influenced by Stuart and Cameron the Creek and Cherokee Indians exhibited a threatening attitude. For the patriots the present was dark indeed and the future fraught with apprehension...

Saloueh was mentioned in "Indian biography..." written in 1832:

And now the war grew fervid. Saloueh* and Fiftoe had sworn vengeance over the ashes of their homes...

Saloue(h)* in An Historical Accounty of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies...cried out "I am for war....".

Governor Dinwiddie's message to Salouke, is found below. From Collections of the Virginia Historical Society, the Dinwiddie Papers:

Sword Stolen From Lincoln's Tomb

2011-11-13T15:14:00.000-05:00

From a news report: Vandals Strike Lincoln's Tomb, Steal Copper Sword. We visited Lincoln's Tomb in September of 2008 and Jim took some pictures.

Was this the stolen sword?

Daniel Richardson Obituary

2011-11-13T06:03:00.020-05:00

Daniel Richardson was living in Isabella County, Michigan, when he died in 1891.

Daniel Richardson married Cynthia Backus, who was the sister of my ancestor, Laura (Backus) Richmond.

The descendants of Daniel Louis Richardson (1836 - 1905), son of Daniel & Cynthia (Backus) Richardson can be found here. He and his wife, Melissa (Priestly) Richardson were still living in Isabella County (Union Twp.), Michigan, in 1900.

Glories Of The Brave

2011-11-12T07:56:00.001-05:00

"The interests of civil society, therefore, are not less promoted, than its best affections gratified, when history, bestowing the palm of immortality, consecrates the glories of the brave, by holding up to the admiration of futurity, those illustrious naval and military heroes, who have eminently contributed by their lives, to reflect lustre on the annals of their country."

From A Biographical Memoir of the Late Sir Peter Parker.... . Sir Parker was a British naval hero who died in combat in the War of 1812.

Charlie Brown And Bill Mauldin On Veteran's Day

2011-11-11T06:57:00.002-05:00

The 45th Infantry Division Museum in Oklahoma City has a Bill Mauldin exhibit. Included was Charles Schultz's original Charlie Brown Veteran's Day cartoon published on November 11, 1980, that incorporated Bill Mauldin's name in the cartoon strip.

Bill Mauldin was a member of the 45th Infantry Division who became a cartoonist for the 45th Division News. His work was published in Stars and Stripes, culminating in a Pulitzer Prize for his work.

Korean War Veterans

2011-11-10T18:31:00.000-05:00

Commemorating the Korean War veterans:

Vietnam Moving Wall In Lapeer Logo

2011-11-09T10:29:00.001-05:00

Farewell Raymond, Deceased Soldier Of Fort Gratiot In 1835

2011-11-08T06:10:00.000-05:00

The Farewell Raymond estate was listed in a record book housed at the Archives of Michigan, St. Clair County, Record of Proceedings 1835-1838:

(Page 22) Records of the Estate of Farewell Raymond, a soldier late of the U.S. Army
7 October 1835
Petition of D.N. Powers for letters of Administration......stationed at Fort Gratiot, deceased .....was filed and....Joseph Comstock and Alfred Comstock offered as bail for said Administrator...Letters of Administration to Daniel N. Powers
Daniel N. Powers as principal and the Comstocks as sureties

14 October 1835 - Letter of Administration granted to Daniel N. Powers
---copy of the bonds
---copy of the Letter of Administration (Page 23)

Was it he who was born in Massachusetts in 1812? Don't know.

Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915
Name:    Farwell Milton Raymond
Gender:    Male
Birth Date:    25 Aug 1812
Birthplace:    WESTMINSTER,WORCESTER,MASSACHUSETTS
Father's Name:    John Raymond
Mother's Name:    Elizabeth

Even though my brother's name is also Daniel N. Powers, there is no relationship between my Powers family and any other persons in this blog.