Howell And The Homestead Bill

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When he (William Thompson Howell) returned to Jonesville after the passage of his bill, he was received by a procession of citizens, blowing tin horns, who derided him for his officious action. This shows how little the people know and respect their true benefactors.

Estate Of John Parish

Michigan Probate Records, Mecosta Probate case files 1820-1..., 332, 399, 451, 488, 490

First file [Image 7]

Estate of John Parish

Hannah Parish, of Somerset, Hillsdale, Michigan

William Parish, Wheeler, Gratiot, Michigan, Power Of Attorney

Referred to Albina Parish Sutherland, dec, daughter of Gilbert Parish

Brothers And Sisters Of Estate [Image 24]

20 January 1869

Heirs [Image 79]

Henry Parish, Caterin D. Parish, Sarah Parish, Amanda Taylor formerly Amanda Parish 

27 December 1869:  Nephew Henry Parish (of LaSalle County, Illinois), son of Gilbert Parish, deceased, late of Jefferson Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan...his father was a brother of John Parish, late of Mecosta County....that he has two brothers and six sisters living to the best of his knowledge.

Brothers And Sisters Of The Estate:

James Parish of Gratiot County

Ara Otto of Gratiot County

William Parish of Gratiot County

Hannah Parish of Hillsdale County

Adelia Grinnell of Wayne County, New York

Hodgkins Brothers In Texas

Texas Probate Records...Harrison Probate record index 1838-1944 A-L:

Hodgkins, C. D.

Exec. Truman A. Hodgkins

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P-244 App to probate will

1st MI Infantry roster at the Archives of Michigan:

Hodgkin, Charles D., Hillsdale County. Enlisted in company H, First Infantry, July 25, 1861, at Adrian, for 3 years, age 19. Mustered Aug. 2, 1861. Discharged for disability at Baltimore, Md., March 3, 1863.

Hodgkins, Truman A., Hillsdale County. Enlisted in company H, First Infantry, ·Aug. 22, 1861, at Ann Arbor, for 3 years, age 20. Mustered Aug. 24, 1861. Corporal. Wounded in action May 2, 1863. Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps. Discharged at expiration of term of service, at Washington, D. C., Aug. 26, 1864.

Census 1910

Marshall Ward 2, Harrison, Texas, United States

T A Hodgkins Head M 68 New York

L D Hodgkins Wife F 60 Michigan

C D Hodgkins Brother M 67 New York

Connection To Jerusha Osborne?

From A genealogy...of the Morey family...:

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"Mary Morey...married E. Darwin Gibbs, Oct. 3, 1848 ; died in Litchfield, Mich., March 6, 1881."

Was the E. Darwin Gibbs referenced above the same E. Darwin Gibbs who was mentioned in a land transaction involving Jerusha (Backus) Osborne?  Probably.  According to the Morey genealogy,  the family did have roots in Livingston County, New York, where the transaction occurred.

Flag Mural On A Litchfield Building

Of additional interest to me, the E. Darwin Gibbs family lived in the small town of Litchfield, Michigan, just a few miles south of our Michigan home.

Hillsdale Poem

Michigan History, Volume 5:

The poem was written by Clarence Lewis Northrup, a Civil War veteran.

A Corbett Connection

A blogger posted about Boston Corbett, the soldier who shot John Wilkes Booth.  [Note: my 2nd great granduncle, Abraham Snay, was also a member of the cavalry who hunted down Booth].  According to his blog:

"Boston [Corbett] COULD be the brother of Zoroaster, who was born on 5/12/1835."  The blogger concluded that there was a possibility that "Boston is the son of the brother of my great-great-great-great grandmother."

Also contained in the other blogger's post:

"...Zoroaster married Josephine B. Cleveland on 10/2/1855."  "Zoroaster and Josephine had five children altogether; Lura was #3."  

[Note: Josephine was related to Grover Cleveland as am I; my 8th great grandmother was Joanna Cleveland.]


Finally:

Fred Corbett's son, Lewis, married Clarice Turner, step-daughter of Kezzie More; Kezzie was my 1st cousin 2x removed.  Fred was son of Zoraoster and Josephine Cleveland Corbett.

Isaac Wolcott Probate In Bay County, Michigan

Bay County, Michigan, Probate files are online at FamilySearch.  I randomly checked files; the first file found was extensive and belonged to Isaac Wolcott.  His was Probate File #194a,  from Microfilm #946805, Files #194a - 223.

Isaac Wolcott, deceased, heirs-at-law were his father and mother, both dead.
Also named were a brother, Zachariah Jackson, of Hillsdale, Hillsdale County, Michigan; a sister, Mary M. Wood, of Bronson, Branch County, Michigan; Lydia A. Smith family, Bronson, Branch County, Michigan; Juliette Jump, Bronson, Branch County, Michigan; Jane Ann Johnson, Jonesville, Hillsdale County, Michigan; Children of Mrs. Youngs, seven of them, one minor, Port Huron.
Adna A. Smith, attorney for Mary Wood, Juliette Jump and his wife, Lydia A. Smith, P. O. Box Bronson, Branch Co., Michigan.

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Some randomly selected pages in the Wolcott file:

Image 32, Image 48, Image 64, Image 75, Image 80, Image 84, Image 90, Image 93

One date in the immense file was January 14, 1874.

When Isaac Wolcott's brother, Zachariah Jackson, was remarried in 1894, his parents were listed as Peter Jackson and Phebe Mills.  Zachariah's death record named the parents as Peter Jackson and Charlotte Mills (Charlotte was the name of Zachariah's 1st wife). The parents listed on sister Juliette's death record were Peter Jackson and Phebia Mills.