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08 October 2021

Milton Gilbert Probate



Died: 10 October 1879
Near Jackson, Mich. from Collision on Mich. Central Railroad
Wayne County, Michigan

Mary A. Gilbert, Widow and Administrator
Jane A. Geer (Garry), Sister
Ann M. Lawrence, Sister
Amelia Bell, Sister
Hiram C. Gilbert, Brother
Lorenzo C. Gilbert, Brother



13 April 2017

John H. Ostrom's Probate File


Wayne County, Michigan, Probate
File 3221 [Image 6]
Died in April of 1845
at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York


The petitioner was Henry B. Ostrom of Oneida, New York for the administration of John H. Ostrom, late of Oneida, New York (Utica).  Mary B. [Walker] Ostrom was John's widow and was the executrix until her death on 28 February 1860.

Heirs at law as of 12 June 1860 (heirs also listed here):
Susan E., widow of Abram Dodge, deceased, of Illinois
Mary Ann Barber, wife of Lorenzo Barber, of Syracuse, New York
Charlotte Bronson, wife of Jacob Summers, of Oakland County, Michigan
William Bureson? of Oakland County, Michigan
The heirs of Maria Loomis, deceased, formerly of Michigan, daughter of Daniel and Hannah Bronson, of Oakland County, Michigan
Isabella Stede Walker, Louisa Buloid Walker, and Eliza Field Walker, James Walker of New York City
Annie Breese Walker, Susan Walker and Mary Seymour Walker of Utica, New York
Mary H. Williams, wife of J. B. Williams and Jane E. Hardy and Louise Hardy, all of Utica, New York
Jeannette Butler, wife of Carmi? Butler, of New York City, the heirs of Lydia and Sarah, children of Joseph and Susan Mott of New York
Maria Reese Jones of Utica, New York
Foreign Missionary Society
Domestic Missionary Society
Anna Maria Ostrom of Utica, New York
Henry Bronson of Jackson, Michigan
Henry B. Ostrom


Surrogate Court was held at Baggs Hotel in Utica, Oneida County, New York, on 28 October 1845, to prove and record John Ostrom's Will.  





12 May 2016

Oglvie E. Hamblin

See Pope's Tavern March 18, 2015







(One of the last Union soldiers treated at Pope's Tavern when it served as a Confederate hospital during the Civil War)

Hamblin was a private in the Michigan 2nd Cavalry.  On October 30, 1864, while on picket duty near what is now Indian Springs subdivision he was wounded in the left arm.  Hamblin was forced to march to Florence where his left arm was amputated, "just to give the rebel doctor practice" as Hamblin stated later on.  A near-fatal case of gangrene developed that required a lengthy stay at Florence before being moved to the Confederate hospital at Columbus, Mississippi.

Later Hamblin was transferred to the notorious Cahaba Confederate prison near Selma, Alabama.  On March 15, 1865, Hamblin was involved in a prisoner exchange and moved to Vicksburg, Mississippi.  It appeared Hamblin's ordeal was over as he and over 2,300 fellow soldiers boarded the steamer Sultana on the 24th of April, but during the night of April 27th the steamer exploded!

More than 1800 perished in the cold waters of the Mississippi River that night, but Hamblin survived even though he had only one arm!

Returning to his home county in Michigan after the war Hamblin married and became a successful farmer and educator.  The rigors of war had evidently taken its toll for Hamblin died in an "insane asylum" in [12 May 1906 of brain tumor] May, 1906.

Ogelvie E Hamblin1890 United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War   Event Place: Pulaski, Jackson, Michigan



17 January 2010

Obituary of Louise (Maxon) Farley of Oceana Co., MI

From the Grand Rapids Press:


Grand Rapids Press
Monday, September 21, 1931
Page 3

Mrs. Mike Farley, 82, who resided at Hart since 1912, died Saturday at her residence. She was born in Jackson county. She leaves her husband, three sons, Fred of Montana, Webb of Alberta, Sask., and Russell of Muskegon, and a daughter, Mrs. Lydia Hopper of Hart. Funeral at Joslin's funeral home Tuesday.

3 July 1874
Kalamazoo Co., MI
Michael Farley, age 25, b. Dexter, MI
Married To
Louise R. Maxon, age 24, living in Elkhart, Indiana, b. Jackson, MI
Witnesses: Arthur D. Armand & Charles Fisher

In 1850, Louise Maxon, age 1, was living with her (probable) parents, Friend (b. NY) & Maribah (b. Canada) Maxon, along with Lydia, age 3, and Lydia, age 67, in Waterloo, Jackson Co., Michigan. There was another Louise Maxon in Jackson Co.; assumed Louise's son, "Friend," was named after her father, so I placed her in this family. Of course, I could be wrong.

1880 MI Census, Mecosta Co., Deerfield
Michael FARLEY Self M W 31 MI IRE ENG
Louisa R. FARLEY Wife M W 31 MI NY MI
Friend D. FARLEY Son S W 4 MI MI MI
J. Webster FARLEY Son S W 3 MI MI MI

Not related - have no further information.