The Last of the Twelve: Lorenzo Dow Hickey

Lorenzo Dow Hickey was the last of the apostles with James Strang who was "one of three major contenders for leadership of the Latter Day Saint movement." There was a book written about him entitled "Lorenzo Dow Hickey: the Last of the Twelve" by John Cumming. Lorenzo was the son of Rev. James Hickey.

Obituary of Lorenzo Dow Hickey published April 26, 1897
[From the Clarke Historical Library collection]

Died: 25 April 1897
Born: 15 February 1817 in Palmyra, New York
1852 married Sarah Linnell of Beaver Island, Michigan (2nd wife)
1866 to Coldwater, Branch Co., Michigan
13 Children: Alvira E. Brownson of Alden, MI; Jerry M. of Marino, CO; Lorenzo D., Jr., of Jonesboro, AR; Judson J. of Grand Rapids; Jessie G., Matthew, Joseph, Mrs. Robert Rattray, Ruth, Phoebe & James, all of Coldwater and two daughters [Favor Hickey & Rhoda] of Lapeer Co. (the last three by former wife). Is Jared L. also referred to as Jerry?

2 Brothers: Rev. George Hickey of Lansing and Manasseh Hickey of Detroit
1 Sister: Mrs. John [Julia] Hutchins of Detroit

Lorenzo Dow Hickey's first wife was Ann Davis (she married 2nd John Wesley Peaslee). He was a polygamist (even though his obituary stated he wasn't). Three children were with Frances Miller and there was a possible fourth wife who died in childbirth. [Source]. Sarah Adaline Scott is thought to be the mother of Lorenzo Dow Hickey, Jr.

Hickeys in the Coldwater City Directory in 1882.

Death record of Lorenzo D. Hickey's grandsons, Eber Brownson and Howard Hickey.

Marriage record of Frances Adelia Hickey, Jesse J. Hickey, Ruth Hickey, Phoebe E. Hickey,

1880 MI Branch Co., Coldwater
Lorenzo D. HICKEY Self M W 65 NY Teamster NY NY
Sarah HICKEY Wife M W 44 NY ME CT
Ruth HICKEY Dau S W 13 MI School NY NY
Judson HICKEY Son S W 11 MI School NY NY
Adelia HICKEY Dau S W 9 MI School NY NY
Phebe HICKEY Dau S W 7 MI School NY NY
Joseph HICKEY Son S W 4 MI NY NY

1880 MI Branch Co., Coldwater
Francies MILLER Self W Female W 43 NY Keeping House NY NY
Marietta MILLER Dau S W 22 WI House Keeper NY NY
George MILLER Son S W 20 WI Clerk Store NY NY
Mark MILLER Son S W 15 WI School NY NY
Jessis J. HICKEY Nephew S W 23 WI Drayman NY NY
Lorenzo D. HICKEY Nephew S W 21 WI Painter NY NY

There is a memoir online written by Judy, a descendant of Lorenzo Dow Hickey's grandaughter Sybil (Hickey) Berry. Judy, has a collateral ancestor (Nancy Bridger) who was married to one of my collateral ancestors (Isaac Garrett). Judy's great-great grandfather, Lorenzo Dow Hickey (subject of this post), lived in Lapeer County, Michigan, where many of my paternal relatives lived. Judy's great-grandfather, Lorenzo Dow Hickey, Jr., moved from Michigan to Craighead Co., Arkansas, where he lived amongst my maternal ancestors (Garretts & Johnsons).

Researching Myron Hickey, Civil War Veteran of the Michigan Brigade

From the Lake Orion Review, Lake Orion, Michigan, dated Thursday, December 12, 1963:

Click on image to enlarge

Abbott M. Gibney, wanted additional information about Myron Hickey for the history he was compiling about the Michigan Cavalry Brigade. Mr. Gibney was hoping that once people read the article in the Lake Orion Review, a search of their attics might ensue for any Civil War clues.

Myron Hickey was part of the 5th MI Cavalry according to the "Michigan in the War" book (and here from "Seeking Michigan" online). His brother, Andrew Hickey, was also found there. Myron was also in the 1st Michigan Cavalry Regiment as a major.

Myron Hickey, age 17, born in Ohio, was enumerated with his parents, M(ichael). G. & Cynthia (Wilson) Hickey in the Michigan census in 1850. Siblings included Frederick, age 19, b. NY, Andrew, 15 [died in Jackson, TN, in 1863], b. OH, Frances, 13, b. OH, George, 10, b. MI, Wilson (death record here), age 9, b. MI, Susan, age 7, b. MI, Esther, age 5, b. MI, (Benj.) Franklin, 2, b. MI, and Octavius age 10/12, b. MI. Additional information can be found in the History of Oakland County.

Myron married Hepsabeth Losee, daughter of Isaac & Mary (Davis) Losee. The Losee family was also in Oakland County, Michigan, in 1850.

Myron & Hepsabeth Hickey were found in the 1860 census taken in Oakland County, MI, here (footnote.com). No children were listed with them in that census. Myron's parents, siblings and possibly his grandmother can be found here (on footnote.com) in 1860.

Myron Hickey, b. 1833, died in Oakland Co.:
Death date: 24 Aug 1868
Death place: Springfield, Oakland, Michigan
Age at death: 35 years 7 months 4 days
Estimated birth year: 1833
Birthplace: Michigan
Marital status: Married
Occupation: Merchant
Collection: Michigan Deaths 1867-1897

The widowed Hepsabeth Hickey was living in Springfield Twp., Oakland Co., Michigan, with 11 year old Myron Hickey in 1870. The article in the Lake Orion Review wondered if Myron & Hepsabeth had children. None were listed for her in the 1900 census. Hepsabeth Hickey was 85 years old and living alone in 1920 (Oakland Co., MI). It was unclear how Myron Hickey, b. 1859, was related to Hepsabeth and Myron.

Hepsabeth Hickey died 24 February 1924 at Groveland, Oakland Co., Michigan.

A Guide to Collections in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress (Guide To Civil War Manuscripts) has Myron Hickey listed with 41 items for the Hickey family (#433). Included are a letter from H. H. Pope to Lt. Myron Hickey 30 July 1863 regarding reconnaissance duty in LaGrange, Tennessee and deaths in Hickey's former regiment, the 5th Cavalry; letter from Myron Hickey to his family May 8, 1863, Fairfax Courthouse, Va.; and two letters from Sgt. Andrew Hickey to his brother Frederick, July 1862 and Feb. 1863 concerning campaigns in Mississippi and Tennessee. Also includes Andrew Hickey's commission as sergeant in the 3rd Michigan cavalry, Sept. 1862.

See the Archives of Michigan's Civil War Manuscripts at "Seeking Michigan" for rosters, letters, histories, etc.

Heirs Of James Hickey

Source

Oakland Co., Michigan, Probate Extracts
File #939
Hickey, James.
Will dated 26 June 1851; filed 20 Dec 1851
Died: 15 Dec 1851 at Royal Oak Twp., Oakland Co., Michigan
Admin.: Orange Niles & Manassah Hickey
Heirs: Widow, Bethia Hickey; Manassah Hickey, George Smith Hickey, Juliett Hickey*, Lorenzo Dow Hickey, John Hickey, Marietta Niles (wife of Orange Niles), children. Also: James Hickey, Jr., Humphrey Hickey, Rhoda Ann Ferguson, children.
Witnesses to will: Manassah Hickey, Amasa Flemont and Drake Hulburt.


*Juliette Hickey was enumerated as a domestic servant in 1860 in the household of Orange & Marietta Niles in Troy, MI.

The James Hickey family was listed in the Heir-Lines genealogical publication here.

Name: James Hickey

Event Type: Census

Event Year: 1850

Event Place: Royal Oak, Oakland, Michigan

Gender: Male

Age: 60

Race: White

Birth Year (Estimated): 1790

Birthplace: New York

House Number: 1019

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace

James Hickey M 60 New York

Bethia Hickey F 50 New York

John Hickey M 23 New York

George Hickey M 11 Michigan

James & Bethiah Hickey Divorce Petition In 1850

Among James Hickey's children was Lorenzo Dow Hickey. Lorenzo was known as the last of the apostles affiliated with James Jesse Strang's Beaver Island sect of the Latter Day Saints. Lorenzo D. Hickey lived in Lapeer County, Michigan in 1850 (where members of my paternal family lived in the 1850's). One of L. D. Hickey's descendants had an aunt (great-grandaunt?) who married my 2nd great-grand uncle (maternal line) in Arkansas.

He was referred to as Rev. James Hickey here; Lorenzo's brothers Manasseh and George were also clergymen, though not Mormons. Manasseh Hickey was a Methodist missionary. At the time of L.D. Hickey's death, his brother George was described as "Presiding Elder in the M.E. Church of Lansing."

Divorce proceedings between James Hickey and his 3rd wife, Bethiah, were initiated in 1850.

From "Divorce Records For Oakland County 1839 - 1865:"

Transcription of above divorce petition:

HICKEY, BETHIAH vs JAMES HICKEY. Petition filed 1 Jan 1850. Bethiah's petition states that she is a resident of Royal Oak, Oakland County, age 48, married James Hickey, age about 59, at Avon as a widow named Bethiah Dean. James Hickey was a widower and had at that time six children residing with him and constituting a part of his family. At the time, Bethiah resided in Avon Township and has continued to reside in Michigan ever since.

Immediately after the marriage, James with his six children, John, James, Humphrey, Rhoda Ann, Juliaett and George, came to reside with him in Avon Township. Bethiah continued to live with James as his wife until 28 Dec 1849. During all that time she conducted herself with propriety, managed the household affairs of her husband with prudence and economy and at all times treated her husband with kindness and forbearance and aided and assisted in the care and education of James' children, with the attention of a mother. James disregarded the the solemnity of the marriage vows and his obligations to treat her with kindness and attention. Within about a year the year after the marriage he commenced a course of unkind, harsh, and tyrannical conduct toward her which continued with the very slight interruption until fearing for her personal safety, she separated from him on 28 Dec 1849.

On diverse occasions while she lived with him, he was guilty of extreme cruelty to her by using personal violence and by other means which rendered it unsafe and improper for her to cohabit with him. On 1 Aug 1848 at Royal Oak, at the house in which they resided and in the presence of Mrs. Ferguson, he charged her in harsh, abusive, and scandalous language with having abused his children at which time he went up to her in great anger and with his fists doubled and in a menacing manner said to her "You are the most saucy, impudent and insulting slut I ever saw in my life." He called her a liar and other insulting, abusive and indecorous language. She feared he would have done her bodily harm had it not been for the presence of Mrs. Ferguson.

Such fits of anger and threats of violence to her have been frequent and continued from about one year after the marriage until her separation from him and that as such times she has been compelled to go to her neighbors to avoid his insults and injury from him. In an insulting and tyrannical manner he forbid her to see her friends and neighbors and commanded her to stay at home and on such occasions he called his children to witness his commands to her. He has told his children not to mind her, that she has no right to control or govern them and has permitted and encouraged them to call her a liar and disobey her reasonable requests made to them.

About two weeks, on Sabbath Evening, before her separation from James, she had word from her daughter-in-law that she was leaving to go West across the Lakes [Great Lakes] and asked her to come see her before she left. James held Bethiah in a room and said she had no business going to see other folks. He kept her confined until she screamed enough to alarm two of his sons so that he let her out. On occasion he has called her "a dirty tripe," "an old strumpet & a liar" and that lying was her besetting sin.

About two weeks before the separation, in the presence of Mrs. Estes, he called Bethiah a "lying old strumpet" and a lying old bitch." Also he has taken her clothes and wearing apparel away and concealed them and said that she should have nothing to wear but one old wash dress. Some weeks before the separation, while in bed, James punched and struck her with his elbows so that she was compelled to sleep with one of James' daughter-in-laws. The next morning in front of the family, he directed the most vulgar, obscene and unchaste language to her.

James is a man of violent passions and ungovernable temper and because of his brutal and outrageous conduct she cannot live with him. He has frequently told her that if she left his house, he would not provide for her support or maintenance so that she is now entirely dependent upon her own labor and charity of her friends and is very destitute and is unable to defray expenses of her board and to procure necessary clothing.

At the time of the marriage she was possessed of household furniture for a family, her clothing and wearing apparel and some other personal property which James refused to let her have. James in in fee and possessed of a certain real estate: E 1/2 of NE 1/4 Sec. 17 T1N R11E containing 79 A and SE 1/4 of NE 1/4 NE 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Sec. 17 T2N R10E, containing 40A, all valued at $1500 and of personal property sufficient for farming purposes and is of sufficient ability to support and maintain her. He threatened to sell his property and leave. About three years ago he feared some difficulty and litigation with Calvin Rose and deeded away his land to avoid any Judgment which Calvin Rose might obtain against him. After settlement, James had the farm conveyed back to him together with certain land and real estate which belonged to her.

Before her marriage to James, she was the owner of and possessed in fee jointly with her son, Alanson Dean of NE 1/4 of SE 1/4 Sec. 17 T2N R10E; also SE 1/4 of NE 1/4 of Sec. 17, T2N R10E, excepting 2 acres deeded by Ira Smith to Geo. Slater from SW corner and one acre from NE corner of land SE 1/4 of NE 1/4 Sec. 17 T2N R10E (Deeds 22:57) and she continued to hold some joint with her son, Alanson Dean, until her marriage. At the time of the trouble with Calvin Rose, James induced her to join in a deed on conveyance with him conveying NE 1/4 of SE 1/4 Sec. 17, T2N R10E and SE 1/4 of NE 1/4 to Otis Judson (Deeds 32:243, 244) to avoid a possible Judgment. Otis Judson redeeded the property to James Hickey (Deeds 32:417 and 418) in a fraud of her just rights. James has since refused to convey the property back to her.

On 15 Feb 1850, Bethiah Hickey signed a statement that she had settled with James Hickey and stopped the suit in the Chancery Court in which Crofoot and Phelps were her attornies.

CASE #174, but file does not show where or when Divorce granted.

When the 1850 census was taken James & Bethia Hickey were living together and living with them were John Hickey, age 23, and George Hickey, age 11, in Royal Oak Twp., Oakland County, Michigan. It is probable that the divorce was never finalized. James Hickey died on December 15, 1851.

In 1860 the widowed Bethia Hickey was living with Calvin Rose and his wife, Fanny, in Waterford Twp., Oakland Co., Michigan. James Hickey deeded away his land in order to avoid the possibility of Calvin Rose being awarded said property in a lawsuit in 1847 (per the divorce document). Then in 1860 Bethia Hickey is living with the Rose family?!

Sarah Hickey's Death Record

Source

County Branch

City/village/township Coldwater

Last Name Hickey

Given Name Sarah

Birth Year 1833

Age 74

Death Day 3

Death Month Feb

Death Year 1908

Father's Given Name Robert

Father's Last Name Lemell [Linnell]

Sarah was a wife of Lorenzo Dow Hickey.  An abstract of her obituary can be found here.

Census 1870

Event Place: Michigan [Branch, Coldwater]

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace

Lorenzo D Hickey M 52 New York

Sarah A Hickey F 37 New York

Alvira Hickey F 17 Michigan

Jared Hickey M 14 Michigan

Jesse Hickey M 12 Wisconsin

Lorenzo D Hickey M 10 Wisconsin

Matthew Hickey M 8 Wisconsin

Ruth Hickey F 3 Michigan

Judah Hickey M 0 Michigan

Manasseh Hickey

Manasseh Hickey was the son of James Hickey who lived in Oakland Co., Michigan.  Manasseh's brother, Lorenzo Dow Hickey, had a descendant who was related to a woman who married a man in my Garrett family.

Source

"Camp Hickey" in Civil War named after Manasseh Hickey (information related in the History of the Twenty-Fourth Michigan):

"Tuesday, October 28, eleven o'clock, found us on the road again, passing by log houses, over South Mountain, via Crampton's Gap, through Birkettsville and Petersville, halting for the day about two miles from Berlin on the Potomac. Our location was called " Camp Hickey," after Reverend Manasseh Hickey of Detroit Conference."

Bio of his son, Preston Manasseh Hickey.

Manasseh Hickey died on January 3, 1903.

Charles C. Hickey

Michigan, Probate Records, Wayne Probate packets...:

Source

Hickey, Charles C.

No Will

Died: 11 February 1878

Probate File #8727

Charles C. Hickey named on document

real estate [Image 799]

LeGrand Bancroft Hickey, child, Albany, NY

Harriet B. Hickey, Notarized In Albany, NY

Michigan Births

Name: Legrand B Hickey

Birth Date: 09 Dec 1876

Birthplace: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan

Gender: Male

Father's Name: Charles Hickey

Father's Birthplace: Michigan

Mother's Name: Harriet

Mother's Birthplace: New York

Census 1880
Albany, Albany, New York
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Eveline Bancroft Self F 59 New York
Jean F Bancroft Daughter F 24 New York
Bancroft Hickey Grandson  M 3 Michigan 
Jane French Mother F 82 Scotland
Katie Powers Other F 17 New York
William S Randall Nephew M 20 New York

LeGrand Bancroft Hickey changed his name to LeGrand Bancroft.

Name: Legrand Bancroft
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1892
Event Place: , Albany, 16, 05, Albany, New York
Gender: Male
Birthplace: United States
Birth Year (Estimated): 1877

Legrand Bancroft [formerly Hickey] died in 1908.

Excerpts From the Strangite Collection - Part One - Letters From Clement Strang

James Jesse Strang, a leading figure in the Church of Latter Day Saints, eventually led a splinter group, known as "Strangites." Not only did Mr. Strang become the group's religious leader, he envisioned himself as their king. Strang is often called the "King of Beaver Island."

In order to complete some reciprocal research, I perused the Strangite files housed at the Clarke Library***.

The Clarke Library at Central Michigan University is a repository for Strang items. Included in the Strangite Collection are letters from Clement Strang (b. Dec 1854), son of James J. & Elvira E. (Field) Strang, who married Nevada Sutherland on 21 Feb 1894 in Ingham County, Michigan. He (Clement Strang) may have also been married to Rosabelle N. Rider in 1881 in Cass County and married to Marietta Francis in 1890 in Eaton Co., Michigan.

From the Collection:

Strangite Collection at the Clarke Historical Library, Box 3 Items 6-12

"Old letters to Mr. Stanley Johnson 1936-1942 from Clement Strang." Beacon Hill Cottage - Benzonia, Michigan

Wrote to Joseph H. Hickey (three years old when Clement talked to L.D. (Lorenzo Dow Hickey*). Joseph's older two brothers and Clement's brother** were at that time serving out a stiff sentence for horse-stealing in the Ohio Penitentiary.

**Gabriel, son of James J. Strang & Betsey McNutt, robbed horses in southern MI and was sent to Ionia (he also stole horses in Ohio)

Other information in the file:

Clement Strang's brother Charley [adopted by David Grier - see bio here and gravestone here]

Moved to Jackson County, near Warren's Mills

In Brookfield Township, Eaton County, Michigan lived with mother's brother Albert Field

*From this post:

***My interest in the Jehiel Davis family began with Ann...whose first husband was Lorenzo Dow Hickey... . Lorenzo Dow Hickey (who was in Lapeer County in 1850 with his then wife, Ann (Davis) Hickey) was the ancestor of Judy in Arkansas, whose relative, Nancy Bridger, married my great-grandfather's brother, Isaac Garrett, in 1880 in Craighead Co., Arkansas.

Isaac C. Garrett Married Nancy Bridger

Source
Date of Bond: 17 February 1880

From old news... I C Garrett m. ..Bridger:

Fragments From An Old File  (News Article)
Date: 1921-02-24; Paper: Jonesboro Daily Tribune
[Source]

The Garrett/Bridger marriage resulted in this (from my blog post, The Last Of The Twelve: Lorenzo Dow Hickey):


There is a memoir online written by Judy, a descendant of Lorenzo Dow Hickey's granddaughter Sybil (Hickey) Berry. Judy, has a collateral ancestor (Nancy Bridger) who was married to one of my collateral ancestors (Isaac Garrett). Judy's great-great grandfather, Lorenzo Dow Hickey (subject of this post), lived in Lapeer County, Michigan, where many of my paternal relatives lived. Judy's great-grandfather, Lorenzo Dow Hickey, Jr., moved from Michigan to Craighead Co., Arkansas, where he lived amongst my maternal ancestors (Garretts & Johnsons).

Camp Comfort To Camp Hickey

CAMP COMFORT — CAMP HICKEY.

Monday, October 27, morning came, cold, but the storm had ceased. Hardtack and coffee were swallowed in a biting, cold wind, and we were again in line for the march. A halt was made for two
brigades to pass. Ranks were broken and in a few moments scores of fires were blazing from Maryland fence rails. Our clothes were dried and we moved on happy again. After a march of ten miles over the Blue Ridge Mountains, we encamped in Pleasant Valley and called the place "Camp Comfort."

Tuesday, October 28, eleven o'clock, found us on the road again, passing by log houses, over South Mountain, via Crampton's Gap, through Birkettsville and Petersville, halting for the day about two
miles from Berlin on the Potomac. 

Source (LOC)

Our location was called " Camp Hickey," after Reverend Manasseh Hickey of Detroit Conference. We were in the midst of marshalled legions, six miles below Harper's Ferry, waiting our turn to cross on the pontoons over which troops were passing day and night into Virginia. 

Orange Niles And Marietta Hickey

See Heirs of James Hickey post [Jan 9, 2019]

Juliette Hickey was enumerated as a domestic servant in 1860 in the household of Orange & Marietta Niles in Troy, MI.  Other members of the Niles family were Julia, Mary E., James J., Esta M., Edward J. and John M. Niles.


Orange Niles & George Niles....

Groom's Name: Edmund J. Niles

Groom's Age: 58 years

Groom's Birth Date: 1865

Groom's Birthplace: Troy, Michigan

Bride's Name: Minnie Mrs. Elves

Bride's Age: 43 years

Bride's Birth Date: 1880

Bride's Birthplace: Kent Co., Michigan

Marriage Type:

Marriage Date: 04 Sep 1923

Marriage Place: Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan

Groom's Father: Orange J. Niles

Groom's Mother: Mary Hickey

Bride's Father: Isaac Briggs

Bride's Mother: Cadelia Bessie

Film Number: 2342757

Digital Folder Number: 4210120

Image Number: 214

Reference Number: v 8 rn 553

Collection: Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925

Andrew Hickey, Probate File #2905

Michigan Probate Records...Oakland Probate calendar 1868-1886 vol 3-4, no 2658-5051

No. 2905 [Image 69]

Andrew Hickey

11 February 1871

11 March 1871

Michael Hickey mentioned

Testimony of Lorenzo Dow Hickey - LDS

A "Strangite's" (partial) testimony about the Mormon Church:

TESTIMONY OF L. D. HICKEY AT TEMPLE LOT SUIT

L. D. Hickey, of lawful age, being produced, sworn, and examined on the part of the Defendants, testified as follows:

I am seventy-eight years old, I reside in Branch County, Michigan, at the city of Coldwater, have lived there twenty-four years. Before going to Coldwater, I lived in Wisconsin, in LaCrosse county, and in Jackson county. I lived in Wisconsin from 1856 to 1857. I went from Wisconsin to Beaver Island at the north end of Lake Michigan. I think I went to Beaver Island either in 1848 or 1849. Before going to Beaver Island I lived in Lapeer county, Michigan. I left Nauvoo in the spring of '45 and then went to Wisconsin. Staid there until I went to Beaver Island. Before I went to Nauvoo I lived in the town of Troy, in Oakland county, Michigan. I went there from York State, and lived there until I went to Nauvoo. Before I went to Nauvoo I had been a member of the Methodist church; but when I went to Nauvoo, I belonged to the Mormon church. I was baptised in the month of February 1842. I was tolerable well acquainted with the church. I understood the law of the church on the question of succession; I know what the law says on the subject. I know who the successor of Joseph Smith was in the Presidency of the church. I know it upon the same principle that I know Mr. Harrison is President of the United States. I know it by criticizing the constitution of the church, which made regulations for a successor, and how that successor shall be appointed and ordained, and James J. Strang filled that bill. The constitution of the church makes provision for a successor just as clearly as the Constitution of the United States makes provision for the succession in the Presidency of the United States, according to my way of looking at it. The book you now hand me is the "Diamond," and it is the work of Strang published at the time he claimed to be the successor of Joseph Smith. In it he sets forth his claims to be Joseph Smith's successor. I accepted Mr. Strang's.....[end of page]

From the Strangite Collection at the Clarke Historical Library at Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan (as was this).

1903 Death Of Manasseh Hickey

Indian Landing - Charlton Park

...school conducted by the Rev. Manasseh Hickey......

Source

More information at Hickeys In Heir-Lines and at James & Bethiah Hickey Divorce Petition In 1850.

Some Participants of The Jehial Davis Family Reunion Held In Lapeer County, Michigan

From the Flint Journal, 19 August 1916 Edition:

Davis Reunion
Lapeer, Mich., August 19 - A reunion of descendants of Jehial Davis was held at Lake Orion Wednesday. Many of the families of Alonzo Davis, Benjamin Davis and Mrs. Anna Davis Peaslee went from Lapeer. Jehial Davis was instrumental in securing the early settlement of Lapeer County, by procuring at an early day hundreds of acres of land here for his children. Four of the five living children were present at the reunion. Two of them, William P. Davis of Albion and George W. Davis of Chicago spent several days visiting relatives in Lapeer.

Jehiel Davis, who was born 12 July 1787 in Wilbraham, Massachusetts, served a short time in the War of 1812, according to the biography of his son, Philo C. Davis, in the Portrait and Biographical Album of Oakland County [Michigan], by Chapman Brothers and the DAR, p. 1891. The family was living in Sweden, Oneida County, New York, when Philo Davis was born in 1825. The family moved to Oakland County, Michigan, in 1831.

The children of Jehiel & Lydia (Bentley) Davis were (children from both marriages per the Shotwell family history book, Annals of our colonial ancestors and their descendants by Ambrose Milton Shotwell) :

Alonzo Davis
Levinus Davis
Mary Ann Davis [d. Sweden, Oneida, NY, ae 2 months 4 days in 1816]
Ann Davis
Jehiel B. Davis [d. Sweden, Oneida, NY, ae 2 years 9 months in 1822]
Jane Davis
Jehiel Davis, Jr.
Philo C. Davis
Maryette S. Davis
Benjamin Franklin Davis
Patrick Henry Davis
Francis Asbury Davis

The mother, Lydia (Bentley) Davis died in 1842.

The children of Jehiel & Phoebe (Dean) Davis were:

Charles Edward Davis
William Penn Davis (called Wm. B.)
Jehiel Kittridge Davis (m. 2nd Ida Shotwell)
George Washington Davis
Mary Angeline Davis (called Angie)

The father, Jehiel Davis, died in 1875.

Listed below is some of the land that Jehiel Davis "procured" in Lapeer County:

Jehiel Davis, of Oakland County, Michigan, acquired this piece of land in Mayfield Township, Lapeer County, Michigan, on 1 May 1837. The land description of this property is: E½SE 35/ 8-N 10-E No Michigan-Toledo Strip MI Lapeer (See plat map here).

More Mayfield Township land (8N 10E) was purchased by Jehiel Davis 5 September 1838. The Land descriptions as follows:
W½SE 36/ 8-N 10-E No Michigan-Toledo Strip MI Lapeer
W½NW 36/ 8-N 10-E No Michigan-Toledo Strip MI Lapeer
SENW 36/ 8-N 10-E No Michigan-Toledo Strip MI Lapeer

A piece of land in Burlington Township (10 N 11 E) assigned to Jehiel Davis on 1 March 1855 was found here. Land description: SW 32/ 10-N 11-E No Michigan-Toledo Strip MI Lapeer

North Branch Township (9 N 11 E) was also granted to Jehiel Davis on 1 March 1855. Land description: NENW 5/ 9-N 11-E No Michigan-Toledo Strip MI Lapeer

My interest in the Jehiel Davis family began with Ann, daughter of Jehiel & Lydia (Bentley) Davis, whose first husband was Lorenzo Dow Hickey (2nd husband John Wesley Peaslee). Lorenzo Dow Hickey (who was in Lapeer County in 1850 with his then wife, Ann (Davis) Hickey) was the ancestor of Judy in Arkansas, whose relative, Nancy Bridger, married my great-grandfather's brother, Isaac Garrett, in 1880 in Craighead Co., Arkansas.

Names From The L.D. Hickey Correspondence

The Clarke Historical Library at Central Michigan University included a Strangite Collection:

Source - L. D. Hickey Photo

L.D. Hickey Correspondence  (B3 - F7)

Letter to Brother Post -- (n.d.)....

Asking for post office address of Moses Chase the Patriarch; Also F. coopers, Samuel Field bro Fingal, bro Tubbs and bro Whipple

And tell me if you know the particulars of James last hours....

List of names on the other side of the letter:

B.G. Wright, Black River Falls, Wisconsin

A. M (or A. W.) Prindle & Phin. wright -- do--

Warren Post, Big Woods p.o. Illinois

M.M. Aldrich, Kelloggsville, Michigan

E. Page, Inbruke, Iowa

T. James Hutchins, Muskegon, p.o. Wisconsin

I.P.  Cheboygan, Wisconsin

Ed. Chidester, Comstock, Michigan

L. D. H. Waterford, Wisconsin

E. Barnham, Kirtland, Ontario

See other Strang-related posts here, here, here and here.

Strang Letters

Notes from the Clement J. Strang letter(s) housed at Central Michigan University.  Strang was the son of a famous Mormon leader, James Jesse Strang, and the letters reflect items About the Strang family..

Source

Clarke Historical Library at Central Michigan University included a Strangite Collection, which included a letter to Stanley Johnson (now an elder -- September 18, 1938) from Clement Strang:

Box 3

Items 6-12

"Old letters to Mr. Stanley Johnson 1936 - 1942 from Clement Strang"

Wrote to Joseph H. Hickey.  Joseph's two older brothers and Clement's brother were at that time serving out a stiff sentence for horse stealing in the Ohio penitentiary.

6 May 1939
Strang to Johnson
....Mary, Father's first wife ...positive Mrs. Atkins is mistaken re: name of Father's daughter being Annette  --Aunt Myraette...and a niece Myraette

• Clement mentions adopted daughter in Lansing
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• Joseph Hickey -- negative attitude towards Clement Strang
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• Brother Charley
• mother's baby James J.

See other Strang related posts here, here, here and here.

Alvord Letter Regarding Mr. Hickey

Muscatah, Kansas
August 11, 1891

Brother Joseph,

In your late letters to me you state Mr. Hickey is not trustworthy as a teacher of the Law. Will you point out in what respect you know him not to be trustworthy. Please give me and my wife the things you know. If he is an imposter tell us the particulars.

When I was in western Kansas he came out (and) got us to sell our farm and move to Independence, Mo., and we came here and settled. He has not baptized me but baptized my wife. Please give us the facts as you know them.

Respectfully,

D. B. Alvord

Please reply by letter or Herald.


From the Strangite Collection at the Clarke Historical Library at Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan (as was this and this).

Hickeys Found In Heir-Lines (North Oakland Genealogical Society Publication)

Heir-Lines, the genealogical periodical published by the North Oakland Genealogical Society (for Oakland County, Michigan) is online at the Orion Township Public Library here. Below is an example of what can be found in Heir-Lines.

I've done some research on various members of the Hickey family who have counted Oakland County and Lapeer County among their places of residence and the information below is a handy reference for me.


See another one of my blog posts here that referenced the Hickey family (it's near the end of the post).

A Mormon Community In Wisconsin

The Wisconsin Historical Society featured a newspaper article entitled, "Voree....".  It told the story of James Jesse Strang, a Latter Day Saint ..... .

My interest started with Lorenzo Dow Hickey, who was the last surviving Strangite apostle.  One of L. D. Hickey's descendants had a collateral relative who married one of my collateral relatives.  In addition, L. D. lived in Lapeer County, Michigan, in 1850; Lapeer is an area where I  research.  Walworth County, Wisconsin, the site of Voree (and also the venue a Strangite-related lawsuit), was also the home of my Richmond ancestors.

James Jesse Strang was in contention to lead the Latter Day Saints (Mormons) after Joseph Smith was killed; that post went to Brigham Young instead.  Strang's followers broke away and formed their own sect.

 From Voree: A Mormon community founded in Spring Prarie over sixty years ago, an article dated January 4, 1906:

"The Herald Building - In which 'The Gospel Herald' was printed for four years, and where Strang was nursed by his four wives until two days before his death.  Arthur Smith, who owned and occupied the house twenty years, is seen standing by the large shade tree in front."