Report On Fort Armstrong

Source

1836 Map

The high bank of Rock river...south fence while the Mississippi formed the north one... . Immediately west of, and following the west line of fence, was a well beaten and extensively traveled road, leading from Saukenuk to the Mississippi, or the island, where Fort Armstrong (built in 1816,  and named in honor of Gen. John Armstrong, then Secretary of War,) and the trading house of Col. George Davenport stood.  [Source]

Source

...report to the Senate whether or not Fort Armstrong, on Rock Island, in the State of Illinois, has been abandoned as a military post... .

Klipfel Probate

Wayne County, Michigan

Probate File# 10836

Klipfel

Index Card [Image 971]

Klipfel, George  Dec. 6, 1868
"  Charles  Dec. 23, 1870
Det. MI.

Minors - 1882
Klipfel, Joseph G.  Father, Died: December 4, 1874, Iowa
Klipfel (Koppin), Elizabeth, Mother - Guard.
Klipfel, John George - Grandfather - Iowa County, Iowa

Scotland, England And Clark

New York, Probate Records...Steuben Final settlements 1854-1868 vol 2:

Scotland, England, and a Clark [Image 32]

Probate File Of William Andrew, late of Bath, Steuben, New York

29 June 1868

...Margaret Clark, wife of Thomas W. Clark residing at Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Individuals living in Scotland, England and Australia as well

Description Of The Maria Florilla Flint Hamblen Papers

From the Guide to Civil War Manuscript Collections at the Arkansas State Archives:

"Maria Florilla Flint Hamblen papers, 1821-1908... Maria Florilla Flint Hamblen was born in 1838 in Michigan. In 1850, the family moved to New York, and beginning in 1855, Maria attended Genesee College studying music and foreign languages."

My Picture Of Fort Jackson, Louisiana, Historical Marker

"After teaching for a time, she visited her brother in New Orleans in December of 1865. He had been assigned to Forts Jackson and St. Phillips, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Hamblen. Maria married Hamblen in 1866. The couple moved to New York, then to Iowa, and then to Florida, where Samuel worked as a government surveyor. Then, in the late 1870s, they moved to Hot Springs. Maria taught music and was active in the Methodist Episcopal Church, Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, and Woman’s Christian Library Association. This collection includes an autobiography, letterbook, and scrapbook."


FindAGrave Memorial for Mrs. Hamblen.

Census 1865

Lima, Livingston, New York, United States

Asa A Flint Father M 55

Louisa C Flint Wife F 53

*Maria F Flint Daughter F 35

Wilbur F Flint Son M 23

Ella L Flint Daughter F 13

Gidion F Draper Boarder M 37

Charlotte P Draper Boarder F 32

Gidion F Draper Boarder M 6

*Usual Place of Employment: Ohio

Census 1850

Batavia, Genesee, New York, United States

Asa A Flint M 39 New York

Emory Flint M 13 Michigan

Wilbur Flint M 10 Michigan

Louisa C Flint F 38 New York

Flora M Flint F 12 Michigan

John Crawford M 25 Ireland

William Goodrich M 33 New York

W.A. Fast Of Ashland County On The Sultana

Source

"The first quotation was the experience of W. A. Fast, now an attorney residing at Sedalia, Mo.: 'Much of my reminiscence of the Sultana disaster must be my own part in the affair, for each one was too busy saving himself to give much time or thought to his neighbors. I was sleeping on the top or hurricane deck, and within a few feet of the rear end. With me were five chums from my own town, Orange, Ashland County, O. Our heads were resting on the sloping side of a metallic life-boat when the steamer blew up. I feel a jerk and jar, some hot water falls on my face and hands, and I wake, and seemed among the first on foot in that quarter. In a moment all were on their feet and seemingly aware of what had happened. In a minute or two it seemed that a hundred men were tugging at the boat. It was thrown overboard, and after it, making a plunge of perhaps twenty feet into the dark water, went from a hundred to a hundred and fifty men. My chums followed that boat and lost their lives — at least I never saw or heard of them afterward.'" [Source]

Census 1880

Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States

W A Fast Self M 35 Ohio, United States

Maggie Fast Wife F 26 Ohio, United States

Judson Fast Son M 5 Iowa, United States

Katherine Fast Daughter F 3 Iowa, United States

Carl Fast Son M 1 Iowa, United States

W. A. Fast was Wilson A. Fast, 102d Regiment Company K, Ohio Volunteer Infantry

Source

Mayor Of Detroit, DeGarmo Jones

Was it a young DeGarmo Jones who participated in the War of 1812 as a drummer boy too?

Mr. Jones was on a list of Detroit's wealthy elite here.

This excerpt illustrates DeGarmo Jones doing business, as wealthy businessmen do:

"In the year 1841, the first mill was erected for working the gypsum deposits, by Warren Granger and Daniel Ball near the place where Plaster Creek crosses the old Grandville road (now Chicago Drive). The land was owned by Mr. Degarmo Jones of Detroit, who had secured 80 acres of this land before 1838, and these men paid Jones rent in plaster delivered by water at Detroit."

From this website, a sale of property by DeGarmo Jones, et al:

DeGarmo Jones sold the NE quarter of the SE quarter of Section 34 T3 R1E containing 40 acres more or less for $100 to Alexander Hamilton Willard Jr 7 Nov 1843 in Iowa County, Wisconsin Territory. 

DeGarmo Jones sold (with Catharine H. Jones, Josiah R. Dorr and Susan M. N. Dorr all of Wayne County, Michigan) the NE quarter of the SE quarter of Section 34 T3 R1E containing forty acres more or less for $100 to Alexander Hamilton Willard Jr 12 Jan 1844 in Iowa County, Wisconsin Territory.

DeGarmo Jones as a defendant.

A Pension For The Widow McCoy

William McCoy was a Civil War soldier; his widow, Mary Donaldson Mccoy, received a pension.

Source

At The Hoover Library

Photo taken at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum

Encounter With Chief Keeokuk

Source

Source - Chief Keeokuk

An excerpt from the book regarding Keeokuk:

Sadastan Jones Of Dallas County

Source

Past and Present of Dallas County, Iowa:

Sadastan Jones...is a native of Ohio where he was born October 5, 1840, a son of John and Maria [Duck] Jones, both of whom passed away in Indiana. They were the parents of nine children and the subject of this review, who was the fourth in order of birth, was left an orphan at the age of ten years. Sadastan Jones grew to manhood in Indiana, and in 1861 came to Dallas county, Iowa, purchasing a farm of forty acres, which he cultivated for two years. In 1864 Mr. Jones was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Coleman, who was born in Indiana, June 12, 1844, a daughter of John and Sarah (Hesser) Coleman, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Ohio.

Davenport And Chasing Aaron Burr

New Orleans

 When in 1807 Gen. Wilkinson sent a detachment of soldiers down to New Orleans to arrest Aaron Burr, late vice president, and his alleged associates on a charge of treason, Sergt. Davenport was put in command of the detail, but Burr escaped before the arrival of this detachment, surrendering himself to the civil authorities at Nachez.  Sergt. Davenport, however, succeeded in arresting Dr. Bollman and several others who were charged with being conspirators. Burr was tried and acquitted and the others were liberated [Source?]

Did George Davenport interact with another famous person?  See the post, Lincoln In The Davenport House?  What else happened at Davenport's house.

First Frame House In Chicago?

From the story of John and Sarah (Hesser) Coleman found in their son-in-law's (Sadastan Jones) biography:

John Coleman [Jacob, Valentine, Valentine] came to Indiana [John and Sarah were married in LaPorte County, Indiana, in 1834] at a very early day. He was a carpenter by trade and built the first frame house in the city of Chicago. He also carried the mail from Laporte, Indiana, to Chicago on horseback and it will thus be seen that he took a prominent part in the very earliest development of what was then known as the far west. He participated in the Black Hawk war and subsequently removed to Nebraska where he passed away in 1891, at the venerable age of eighty-three years, while his wife's death occurred the following year. [Source]  

See more about the family from the biography of Jacob Hesser Coleman, son of John and Sarah (Hesser) Coleman.

The family in Illinois in 1860:

1860 IL Greene Co.

Coleman, John, 57, b. PA, farmer

", Sarah, 41, b. OH

", Harriet, 23, b. IL

", Jacob, 19, b.IL

", Mary, 16, b. IL

", Lydia, 13, b. IL

", Alexander, 10, b. IL

", Sarah A., 7, b. IL

", Ellen J., 4, b. IL

", Rachael, 3/12, b. IL

Wells, Hanson, 73, father-in-law, b. VA

A transcribed version of the Coleman Family Bible, owned by Sarah Hesser Coleman, can be found here.

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.

Barney Relative Marries Daughter of British Officer...

...who was stationed near Mackinac:

Source

WILLIAM 4 BEDFORD eldest son of Commodore Joshua 3 and Anne (Bedford) Barney. Born Dec. 7, (1781?) Married (1) Rebecca Ridgely May 2, 1799.  He died November 18, 1838, age 58.
She died February 16, 1807.

Children:

I. Rebecca Ridgely, Born July 8, 1801; Married Stephen J. Thompson July 9, 1832

They had children:

1. Charles R. B., died June 27, 1839, age 5 years and 9 months
2. Mary Rebecca,  Married Albert L. Gorter
3. Eliza Young

From the Federal Gazette, September 21, 1815. Married: Stephen J. Thompson and Evelina Barney, September 18, by Glendy.
Baltimore American, October 1 1, 1826. Married: Stephen J. Thompson and Mary B. Hayward, both of Harford County, at "Prospect Hill," residence of Archer Hays, October 10. January 19, 1827. Mrs. Mary B., wife of Stephen J. Thompson, died June 13. July 10, 1832. Married Stephen J. Thompson and Rebecca R. Barney, July 9, 1832. 

2. Joshua; Married Matilda Aiken, daughter of a British army officer stationed on the Canadian frontier opposite Fort Mackinac. 

They had children:

1. William Joshua, Born March 7, 1823, Fort Mackinac. Married, Dubuque, Iowa, Georgianna Floyd, daughter of William Byers Carroll, Louisville, Kentucky.

2. Isabelle Aiken Born March 21, 1825

3. Elizabeth Young Born June 10, 1827; Married William M. Ellicott

4. Rebecca Ridgely (youngest child), Born June 28, 1829. Died March 5, 1835,Dedham, Mass.

Married In Detroit

Reverend Lucius Rouse, from the Congregational Quarterly:

Source

Lucius Rouse, son of Whiting and Deborah (Bierce) Rouse, was born in Cornwall, Connecticut, 25 June 1796.  He married 1st, Charlotte Birdseye, who died in 1838.  His second wife was Frances Stead (see above), daughter of Benjamin Stead and Francis Morley. [Source]

United States Census, 1850

Edwardsburg, Cass, Michigan, United States

Household Gender Age Birthplace

Lucius C Rouse M 52 Connecticut

Frances S Rouse F 42 Maine

Eliza Rouse F 13 New York

Frances L Rouse F 4 Michigan

United States Census, 1870

Iowa, United States

Household Gender Age Birthplace

F S Rouse M 24y Michigan

Harriett Rouse F 25y New Hampshire

Frances Rouse F 1m Iowa

Frances S Rouse F 63y Maine

United States Census, 1880
Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self Frank L. Rouse  M 36 Michigan
Wife Harriet B. Rouse F 36 New Hampshire
Mother Francis S. Rouse F 73 Maine
Daughter Francis L. Rouse F 10 Iowa
Son T. Brainerd Rouse M 9 Iowa
Son Loucious H. Rouse M 6 Colorado
Other Debbie Sharpless F 40 Pennsylvania
Other Walter S. Sharpless M 5 Michigan
Other Oscar A. Sharpless M 0 Colorado
Other Wm. N. Burr M 28 Illinois

Not related; no further information.

Mr. Davis And Dr. Audley's Daughter

Source

 "E.W. [Ebenezer] DAVIS retired; was born in the town of Sebago, Cumberland Co., Maine, Aug. 26, 1808; when 16 years old, went to Boston and vicinity, where he lived seven years attended Beverly Academy, in Massachusetts, two years and six months, removed then to Schenectady, NY, for six months went to Syracuse in 1837, where in the fall of 1838 he enlisted in the "Patriot War," was Captain of a company of patriots composed principally of salt boilers..." .

"...1841 when he went to Des Moines Co., Iowa. Mr. D. remained in Iowa where he was a farmer and a member of the Legislature until coming to Fond du Lac in August 1847."

"...he resided one year at Appleton where, with Dr. MC Darling and Amos A Lawrence, he built a mill which he sold and returned to Fond du Lac."

"He was married in Massachusetts to Lavina Brown, who died in 1833. He was married a second time at Milwaukee, in February 1853, to Emma B., daughter of Dr. John B. Audley, who came to Milwaukee in 1842; she was born at Newcastle under Lyme, England".

"Mrs. D. has two brothers and a sister at Nashotah and one brother keeps the Nagowicka Cottage near Pewaukec Lake; her father and mother, who was Eleanor Rubathan, were born in Staffordshire near Newcastle, England.  Mrs. Davis inherited some poetical genius and has written several articles of merit...".

The 1860 Census, Fond du Lac, WI, online:
Davis E.W. | 45 M | Carpenter | 7000 1000 | Maine
Davis Emma | 35 F | | England

United States Census, 1870
Wisconsin, United States
Household Gender Age Birthplace
E W Davis M 60y Maine [newspaper correspondent]
Emma Davis F 43y England

United States Census, 1880

Fond Du Lac, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States

Household Gender Age Birthplace

Self Ebeneser W. Davis M 72 Maine, United States

Wife Emma B. Davis F 45 England

Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Vital Statistics Index
Record Type:Death
Name:E. W. Davis
Death Date:5/5/1883
Newspaper:Fond du Lac Journal
Newspaper Date:5/10/1883

Listed in the Waukesha County (Summit Township) Nashotah House Cemetery:
Davis, E.W.
Davis, Emma Beech Audley

Emma Beech Audley Davis's nephew, John B. Audley, married my grandmother's cousin, Ellen (McCrea) Audley.

Keziah Woods: Elizabeth's Niece In Iowa

  

*Keziah Woods m. John W. Craddick

John W. Craddick County where ancestor first settled: Marion
Year settled in Iowa: 1850
Date Born: 24 Oct 1812
Location of Birth: Bourbon Co, Kentucky
Date Married: 18 Apr 1835
Location of Marriage: Greenwood, Indiana
Date Died: 15 Dec 1893
Location of Burial: Knoxville...Cemetery
Name of Ancestor's Father: John Robert Craddick
Name of Ancestor's Mother: Sarah Lytel/Little
Name of Ancestor's Spouse: Keziah Acklin Wood
Date Born: 16 Sep 1813
Location of Birth: Blount Co, TN
Date Died: 26 Mar 1891
Location of Burial: Knoxville, Marion, Ia, Graceland Cemetery
Name of Spouse's Father: William Wood
Name of Spouse's Mother: Keziah Acklin

*Keziah Woods is the niece of my presumed 4th great-grandmother, Elizabeth (Acklin) Hinds.

United States Census, 1850

Event Place: Marion county, part of, Marion, Iowa

Household  Gender Age Birthplace

John W Crodick M 38 Kentucky

Keziah A Crodick F 37 Tennessee

William W Crodick M 13 Indiana

Mary L Crodick F 12 Indiana

Sarah F Crodick F 9 Indiana

America Z Crodick F 7 Indiana

Martha A Crodick F 5 Indiana

Woodford Crodick M 2 Indiana

Craddock Family In The 1860 Census (Marion Co., Iowa)  - Source: Fold3

A Teacher At The MI School For The Deaf

From the Gallaudet University Alumni Cards:

Mabel Irene Pearson : B.A., 1918
Teacher at Iowa, Florida and Kansas Schools; Married William Traylor; Michigan School for the Deaf
[Also known as ]Moore, Mabel Irene Pearson
Collection: Gallaudet University Alumni Cards, 1866-1959

Source

United States Census, 1930

Event Place: Perry, Franklin, Ohio

Head Frederick A Moore M 39 Kansas

Wife Mabel I Moore F 34 Iowa

United States Census, 1940

Webster Township, Polk, Iowa, United States

Household Gender Age Birthplace

Head William Traylor M 37 Kentucky

Wife Mabel I Traylor F 43 Iowa

Son William C Traylor M 5 Iowa

William Washington Woods

  

William Washington Woods, the son of William and Keziah (Acklin*) Woods, married Patsy Houston.  "William Houston Woods, the son of Rev. William W. and Patsy (Houston) Woods, was born January 1, 1831, in Maryville, Tennessee... .  His mother was a first cousin of Gen. Sam Houston, of Texas fame."

*Keziah Acklin and my Elizabeth (Acklin) Hinds were sisters.


Sam Houston had a disastrous first marriage to Eliza Allen.  There is tangential connection to my family tree though Eliza's brother, who married a Trousdale:

 Eliza's brother, B. F. Allen, married Mary Louisa Trousdale, Governor Trousdale's daughter, and a relative of my ancestor, Mary "Polly" Trousdale.

A Search At The Burlington, Iowa, Library

The Burlington Public Library, Burlington, IA, has an index of vital records found in the newspaper, from the 1830's to 1897.  The index database can be searched.  Below is an excerpt for the Powers surname. [Not related to any of them]



   
  Name   Event   Newspaper   Date Page #
  Bailey, Tobe   Marriage   Burlington Daily Hawkeye   4/18/1884 8  
    wife: Powers, Sallie
  Billings, Richard M   Marriage   Burlington Daily Gazette   10/11/1888 4  
    wife: Powers, Susie Florence
  Billings, Richard M   Marriage   Burlington Hawkeye   10/11/1888 3  
    wife: Powers, Susie Florence
  Elder, H G   Marriage   Burlington Daily Gazette   3/24/1896 4  
    wife: Powers, Blanche
  Powers, Anna M   Obituary   Burlington Daily Hawkeye   8/16/1870 4  
  Powers, Anna   Obituary   Daily Gazette and Argus   8/15/1870 1  
  Powers, Harvey   Marriage   Burlington Daily Gazette   2/4/1886 4  
    wife: Davis, Lizzie
  Powers, harvey   Marriage   Burlington Daily Hawkeye   1/15/1886 5  
    wife: Davis, Lizzie
  Powers, Isaac B   Marriage   Iowa Patriot & Hawkeye   5/30/1844 3  
    wife: Coldwell, Margaret




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