Heir Of William Eastman

Eaton County, Michigan

File A66

Image 216 [Cover Sheet]

David W. Eastman, heir of William Eastman Of Seneca Co, Ohio

Image 219
Appointed George Merrill as Guardian

Census 1850

Benton, Eaton, Michigan, United States

George P Merrill M 30 Connecticut

Sabra W Merrill F 32 New York

Charles A Merrill M 4 Ohio

Mary E Merrill F 2 Michigan

David W Eastman M 11 Ohio

Nabby Merrill F 55 Connecticut

I believe this is the same person who was the minor in the probate file:

Tom Witt, Who Moved To San Bernardino

Source

Son of Martin Emmanuel and Juliet (Hinds) Witt?

San Bernardino County Sun:
A native of Winchester, Tenn., Mr. Witt came here from Brown county, Texas. Though he had been ill for a number of years, his sudden death was not expected. He was a retired auto mechanic. Surviving Mr. Witt are two daughters, Miss May Witt, who resided with her father, and Mrs. Louise Nelson, Detroit; two sons, T. [Thomas Ross] R. Witt, Ontario, and Emmett Witt in Alabama; a sister. Mrs. W. E. Welty. Brownwood, Texas; a brother, S. M. Witt, Norman, Okla.; and one grandchild. He was a member of the Methodist church and was affiliated with the Odd Fellows lodge In Texas. Funeral arrangements, in charge of the Stone mortuary, are incomplete.

Census 1900

Precinct 12 Cedar Bluff, Cherokee, Alabama

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace

Thomas Witt Head M 36 Tennessee

Septima A Witt Wife F 34 Alabama

Eugene E Witt Son M 4 Alabama

Rosa Witt Daughter F 2 Alabama

Census 1930
Upland, San Bernardino, California
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Thomas N Witt Head M 65 Tennessee
Julia M Witt Daughter F 39 Georgia

Thomas Newton Witt

Ontario, San Bernardino, California

Birth Date: 21 Nov 1864

Death Date: 22 Nov 1936

Affiliate Record Identifier: 91778246

Cemetery: Bellevue Cemetery and Mausoleum

Was He Juliet Hinds' Husband?

Source: FamilySearch - December 2010

Martin Emanuel Witt's death record stated that he was born in Jefferson County, Tennessee, on January 7, 1843, to Jim Witt and M. Denton of Illinois.  His residence at time of death (30 August 1919) was Brown County, Texas.  He was buried in Blanket, Texas.

From the book, History And Genealogy Of The Hinds Family:

2632. Samuel Acklin Hinds, son of William and Elizabeth (Acklin) Hinds, born in Abingdon, Va., in 1803, and died in Marble Plains Church, Tenn., in 1882 ; married in Winchester, Tenn., Tabitha Davis, who was born in 1811.

2638. vi. Juliet Indiana, b. in 1842; m. Emanuel Witt. 

This family?  This family tree has this family as Witt/Hines [Hinds]. 

Name: Martin E Witt
Census 1880
Township 9 Range 11 East, Cherokee, Alabama
Occupation: Farming
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Birth Year (Estimated): 1843
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Martin E Witt Self M 37 Tennessee, United States
John Witt  Son M 10 Tennessee, United States
Samuel Witt Son M 9 Tennessee, United States
Jenney Witt Daughter F 1 Alabama, United States
Jane J Witt Wife  F 38 Tennessee, United States
Thomas Witt Son M 16 Tennessee, United States
Martha Witt Daughter F 12 Tennessee, United States
William Witt Son M 5 Alabama, United States

Name: Martin E Witt

Census  1900

Justice Precinct 3, Brown, Texas

Marital Status: Married

Years Married: 36

Birth Date: Jan 1842

Birthplace: Tennessee

Marriage Year (Estimated): 1864

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace

Martin E Witt Head M 58 Tennessee

Juliette Witt Wife  F 58 Tennessee

William H Witt Son M 27 Tennessee

Juliet J Witt Daughter F 23 Alabama

The last census for Martin E. Witt before he died in 1919.  He was widowed, so Juliet died before 1910.  Her death record may be held at the county level.

Name: Martin E Witt

Census: 1910

Justice Precinct 3, Brown, Texas

Age: 67

Marital Status: Widowed

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace

Martin E Witt Head M 67 Tennessee

William H Witt Son M 35 Tennessee

J Josie Witt Daughter F 31 Alabama

46 Stars

Source

46 Stars when Oklahoma joined the Union.

Political Cartoons

“Cartooning is an irreverent form of expression, and one particularly suited to scoffing at the high and the mighty. If the prime role of a free press is to serve as critic of government, cartooning is often the cutting edge of that criticism.” [Source: Herblock at the Library of Congress]

The Dirksen Congressional Center had the following information on its website:

"Among the scores of cartoonists represented in the collection are Herblock, Gib Crockett, Hugo, Bill Mauldin*, Gene Basset, Pat Oliphant, Al Capp, Wayne Stayskal, Jim Berry, Guernsey LePelley, Tom Engelhardt, Paul Conrad, and Jim Berryman."


From the *Mauldin Collection at the 45th Infantry Division Museum in Oklahoma City:

Jim's Photo Of A Mauldin Cartoon

Craigmire And Humphrey Cherokee Documentation

The Eastern Cherokee Application Of F. M. Humphrey of Bokahoma, Oklahoma, #36082

(Rejected)

This document stated that Cora H. Burton was the daughter of Craigmire, and this Craigmire woman was a full-blooded Cherokee and my grandmother.  My mother was the daughter of Craigmire.  His children and grandchildren were listed, too. [Daffie Williams, Rosie Bourman, Louetta Woodall and grandchildren with the surnnames of Woodall, Hamilton, Masterson and Miller - note:  these names were penciled in and very faint]

F. M. Humphrey's wife and children were named; his date of birth was also on this document (28 May 1847).  His wife was Ellion, age 60; children were Rosey Lee Humphrey, 28; Luler Humphrey, 26; and Daffy Humphrey, 24.  F. M. Humphrey's parents (both born in Georgia) were Simeon Humphrey and Nancy Mack.

Grandmother was orphan girl

The document above named Frank M. Humphrey's grandmother as Nancy Craigmile, daughter of John Craigmile second, who was raised an orphan girl. [Was the name Craigmire or Craigmile?]

United States Census, 1910

Township 3, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States

Household Gender Age Birthplace

Head Frank M Humphrey M 63 Georgia

Wife Ellen Humphrey F 61 Louisiana

Daughter Daffie Humphrey F 24 Arkansas

Son-in-law  John E Miller M 35 Louisiana

Grandson Allie Miller M 11 Arkansas

See related application of Thomas H. (Humphrey) Brown.

Convicted In Arkansas, Jailed In Detroit

Wiley Sukey, Town King of Coweta, who was convicted in the Western District of Arkansas, served his time in Detroit, Michigan.  It was not uncommon for prisoners convicted in the West to be incarcerated in Detroit.  Detroit is sited in an article about the Territorial Prison in Wyoming.  Belle Starr was held in Detroit.

From United States Supreme Court Records and Briefs:



Wiley Sukey was found in an affidavit in 1905 for Josephine Posey Boston's Applications for Enrollment in the Five Civilized Tribes (Creek Dawes packets) taken at Muskogee, Indian Territory.  He was no longer in Detroit! [Source]

John Ross, Chief Of The Cherokee

Portrait of John Ross

From Tennessee history:
Although only one-eighth Cherokee by blood and bearing no physical features common to Native Americans, John Ross considered himself a full-blood Cherokee... .  ...known among them as Tsan-usdi – a Cherokee term meaning "Little John". As he grew into manhood he was called Guwi–sguwi meaning "the egret or swan" – a name that came to be known over the years as "Coowescoowe".

See “Our Hearts are Sickened”: Letter from Chief John Ross of the Cherokee, Georgia, 1836, at History Matters).

The Life of Chief John Ross on YouTube.

Charlie Brown And Bill Mauldin On Veteran's Day

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.

Rifle Stock Engraved By Daniel C. Ryan

An artifact at the 45th Infantry Division Museum at Oklahoma City, OK:

A rifle stock engraved with "Carried By Daniel C. Ryan  War 1861-5."

According to the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System database, there were 115 Civil War veterans named Daniel Ryan.  There were two named Daniel C. Ryan; one was a Confederate private in the 48th Virginia and the other was in Lieut. Flynn's Company Sappers and Mitners, C. S. A.

Made In Harper's Ferry

Engraved on the left is "1861;" on the right is U.S. and Harpers Ferry:

From the 45th Infantry Division Museum [Oklahoma City, OK]

Charles Cameron, a War of 1812 veteran, was most likely an armorer at Harpers Ferry, though he was retired before 1861.  [Noted because of my interest in the Cameron surname]

On October 16, 1859, John Brown led a raid on Harpers Ferry.

Bowie Knife Pistol On Exhibit

Exhibited at the 45th Infantry Division Museum in Oklahoma City:

ELGIN U.S. NAVAL CUTLASS PISTOL

.54 Caliber

Serial #50 of 150 manufactured by C. B. Allen.  Only 12 exist presently.  They were made specifically for the Wilkes' South Sea Exploring Expedition of 1837.

The Library of Congress has the Charles Wilkes' papers, described as:

Official and family correspondence, journals and diaries, legal and financial papers, autobiography and other writings, and scientific notebooks relating to Wilkes's command of an expedition (1838-1842) to the Antarctic, Hawaii and various other Pacific islands, and the northwest coast of the United States; his capture of J. M. Mason and John Slidell in the Trent affair (1861); and his command of the James River Flotilla and West India Squadron during the Civil War. Includes legal and business papers of the Wilkes family in England.

More about this Bowie Knife Pistol here.

Tombstone Tuesday - Happy Together

From the Baxter Springs, Kansas, Cemetery:

Happy Together

Donald Beathon
Glengary Can. 1835
Baxter Kan. 1912
Co. K & E 8 Ill Vol. Inf.
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Essie A. Wife - Mother
North Ireland 1842
Baxter Kan. 1914
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Josephine - Daughter
1866 - 1866
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Norman D. Son Michigan 1868
1922 Baxter Kan.

1870 MI Census Grand Traverse Co., Traverse Twp.
Beathon, Donald, 32, tailor, b. Canada West
", Essie, 26, born Ireland
", Norman, 2, born Michigan

1880 KS Census, Foote
D. BEATHON Self M W 43 CAN Farmer SCOT SCOT
Essie BEATHON Wife MW 37 IRE Keeps House IRE IRE
Norman D. BEATHON Son S W 12 MI At School CAN IRE
Lena RUSNICK Other S W 5 MN NORWAY NORWAY
George RUSNICK Other S W 2 MN NORWAY NORWAY

1900 OK Territory Census Woodward, Webster Twp.
Bethon, Donald, Dec 1834, married 36yrs, Can Scot Scot, To U.S. 1848, 51yrs, taylor
", Esie, wife, March 1843, m36, 2children/1living, Ireland Ireland Ireland
", Norman, March 1870, single, b. MI, traveling salesman

An obituary for Donald Beathon can be found here. Additional details in the obit include his marriage to Miss Essie Anna D. Johnston in Rock Island, Illinois, on October 6, 1864. He went to New York alone at age 13 and then onto Illinois. He opened a business in Traverse City, Michigan, and later moved to Larned, Kansas and then to Foote (now Gray Co.). At his death, his son Norman lived in Black Lake, Idaho.

Tombstone Tuesday - Major William Nelson Black

Buried in the National Cemetery at Keokuk, Iowa:

William Nelson Black
Aug. 24, 1850 - Nov. 26, 1911
2nd Lieut. Sept 1, 1879 - 1st Lieut. Mar. 11, 1886
Capt. Apr 26, 1898 - Major Feb 18, 1903
United States Army

Most of the tombstones in a National Cemetery, though obviously not all, are uniform in shape and size. This tombstone was unique among the others.

Major Black was born in Lee Co., Iowa, to Hamilton & Martha Black and died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was living with his parents in Lee County in 1860.

2nd Lieutenant William Black of the 24th Inf. was the head of the household with many military "others" enumerated with him at Fort Clark, Kinney, Texas, in 1880:

William BLACK Self S W 29 IA 2nd Liet 24th Infty OH OH
Robert A. PORTER Other M B 34 KY 1st Sergt KY AL
William ANDERSON Other S B 34 VA 1st Sergt VA VA
L. E. SHIPMAN Other S B 39 KY Sergt KY KY
Edward BOARDINGHOUSE Other S B 29 TN Sergt TN KY
(Continued)

1st Lt. W. Black on a Roster of Troops in 1891 for the 24th Inf. (this group at Fort Bowie, A.T.):

An Annual Report (1888) of the Secretary of War indicated that the Thirteenth Infantry has been removed from this department, and replaced by the Twenty-fourth Infantry [at Fort Bowie].


I did not find William N. Black in either the 1900 nor the 1910 census.

Genealogy Project of The Day

Genealogy Project of the Day:

Trying to fill out the KIMBRO family tree -- Daniel Kimbro was a direct ancestor of my niece & nephew through his daughter, Niteva Kimbro Price. See information from the Texas Historical Marker at the Kimbro Family cemetery here.

One of Daniel Kimbro’s sons was Crawford Kimbro. Found in the 1910 Census as the brother-in-law of Margaret Ainsworth in Spiro Township, Leflore County, Oklahoma, was a Crawford Kimbro. He was the right age to be Daniel Kimbro’s son and was born in Texas, which also leads me to believe he could be the Crawford Kimbro I was searching for [although it is not a certainty].

Next I needed to find out how Crawford Kimbro became Margaret Ainsworth’s brother-in-law – and found Crawford Kimbro, husband of Sarah Ainsworth, at the Bunting Family WorldConnect Project.


There were some Kimbros and Ainsworths buried in the Skullyville, OK, cemetery.

Click on the included link to see a brief history of Skullyville, Leflore Co., Oklahoma.

According to this article, “’Indian Territory’ was not enumerated for non-Indians.” If the Kimbro children in the Skullyville Cemetery were the children of Crawford & Sarah J. (Ainsworth) Kimbro, it would indicate by their dates of death that the family was living in Indian Territory (Skullyville) when the 1880 census was taken. If the Kimbros were not enumerated, that would help explain why Crawford Kimbro was not found in 1880 census, but was still alive when the 1910 census was taken.

This was another interesting genealogical trail to follow….