Katherine (Knox) Geddes, Great-Grandaughter Of Estate

Wayne County, Michigan, Probate (Alpha Index Card)

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Probate File# 20412

*Geddes, Katherine

Great-Granddaughter of Estate

Of Benjamin Mumford

25 Sunnyside Ave.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Daughter of Charles A. Knox

Source

Wayne County, Michigan
Probate File# 20412
[Image 6] and [Image 7] - Coversheets For List Of Heirs and Adm.
Benjamin Mumford
Died: 30 July 1880
City of Newport, Rhode Island
Will Dated: 25 March 1880
Island Cemetery (he had 3 wives)
(Family Plot)
Estate 1894
Mumford, Louisa, widow (died about 1886), Newport, R.I.
", Avis, sister
Knox, Rebecca G., daughter (a widow), died August 1900, Waterloo, New York
Mumford, Benjamin Goddard (deceased son), late of Providence, R.I.
Mumford, Thomas C., son (died 16 Feb. 1903), Providence, R.I.
Lawton, Mary S., daughter (died 7 Feb. 1904), Laconia, N.H.
"  ", James, son-in-law, Laconia, N.H.
Swinburne, Martha C., daughter (died 3 Oct. 1910), Newport, R.I.
"  ", George W., son-in-law, Newport, R.I.
Sterne, Elizabeth, daughter, Newport, R.I.
"   , John (deceased)
Mumford, Catherine T., daughter (died 23 June 1902), teacher-unmarried, Detroit, Wayne, Mich.
Bacon, Sarah P., daughter,102 Alexandrine St., Detroit, Wayne, Mich.
Bacon, A. Harwood, son-in-law "    "
Manning, Sarah M., granddaughter (died Feb. 1908), child of Rebecca Knox, Waterloo, N.Y.
Knox, Charles A., grandson (died June 1899) child of Rebecca Knox, Waterloo, N.Y.
Manning, Charles K., great-grandson, son of Sarah Manning, 7 Schussler, Worcester, Mass.
*Geddes, Katherine, child of Charles A. Knox
Geddes, J.G., husband of Katherine, 35 Sunnyside, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Dewitt, Edith, greatgranddaughter, child of Charles A. Knox, "   "
Dewitt, S.C., husband (Sarah Edith), 35 Sunnyside, "  "
Knox, William S., greatgrandson, child of Charles A. Knox, 816 Johnson St., Portland, Oregon
Knox, Frederick H., greatgrandson, child of " " (died 18 April 1914, at age 23, unmarried)
Burton, Anna M., mother of Frederick H. Knox
Mumford, Alice D., granddaughter (died 22 July 1917, unmarried), child of Benj., Providence, R.I.
Mumford, Charles C., grandson, a judge, child of Benj. G. Mumford, Providence, R.I.
Littell, Sarah M., granddaughter (died 27 Sept. 1905) child of Thomas Mumford, Providence, R.I.
Mumford, Benjamin, grandson, child of Thomas Mumford, Providence, R.I.
Witter, Ann, granddaughter,        "                        "                        "
Mumford, Ida, "                               "                                "                     "
Littell, Grace, greatgranddaughter, child of Sarah Littell
Lawton, John S. (M.D.) grandson, child of Mary and James Lawton, St. Joseph, Missouri
Lovett, Sadie, granddaughter,         "     ", Chelsea, Mass.
Swinburne, George Way, grandson (died 3 Feb. 1916), child of Martha and George Swinburne, Newport, R.I.
Robinson, Mary M.S. granddaughter, child of Martha and George Swinburne, Newport, R.I.
Swinburne, John H., grandson,                "                                                                  "
Swinburne, Susan P., granddaughter, "                                                             "
Swinburne, James G., grandson,        "                                           "
Swinburne, Mozelle, granddaughter-in-law, widow of George Way Swinburne, Newport, R.I.
Swinburne, George Way, Jr., greatgrandson, child of George Way and Mozelle Swinburne " "
Swinburne, Nathanial, witness to Will, Newport, R.I.
Simmons, Lewis L., nephew of Louisa Mumford, Newport, R.I.
Lovett, Charles C., grandson-in-law, husband of Sadie Lovett, Webster St., Chelsea, Mass.
Wiley, George, Administrator, de bonis non, Detroit, Michigan

Source Of Excerpt

Probate Of Seth S. Watrous

Probate File #124 [Image 710 - first page of file]

Ontonagon County, Michigan

Image 888 [random page of the file]

Seth S. Watrous was a resident of Lincoln Co., Oregon, at the time of his death
Date of Death: 18 April 1905

Daughter: Myrtie Pangborn
Ex-Wife: Minnie S. Watrous (Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan)
Document pertaining to the divorce (Newaygo County, Michigan)

Excerpts from an 1884 History - Newyago County, Michigan

Seth S. Watrous, Clerk of Newaygo Country, was born in Norwalk, Huron Co., O., May 11, 1847. His parents, Sears and Emily (Barber) Watrous... .  He enlisted June 6, 1863, in the 2d Ohio Battery,.. .

Mr. Watrous was married at Norwalk, Ohio, Feb. 7, 1866, to Minnie A., daughter of Rev. Solomon B. and Sarah B. Gilbert, who was born Feb. 7, 1848, in Massachusetts. They had two children. Myrtie B. was born in Fairfield Township, Huron Co., Ohio, Dec.6,1867. Harry S. was born in Holland, Ottawa Co., Mich., March 6, 1870, and died in Fremont, Sept. 11, 1879.

Mr. Watrous has passed through ordeals of disaster that would have daunted most men and relegated them to the obscurity of struggle without hope, and made the success, to which the majority look forward with laudable ambition. 

Census 1900

Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan

Gay W Pangborn Head M 35 MIchigan

Mytrek B Pangborn Wife F 33 Ohio

Lena M Pangborn Daughter F 11 MIchigan

Reva N Pangborn Daughter F 9 MIchigan

Minnie B Pangborn Daughter F 4 MIchigan

Minnie A Watrous Mother-in-law F 52 New York

Jennie Stadt Servant F 21 Netherlands

Minnie (Gilbert) Watrous remarried in 1909.

Right Foot Six Toes

Notations on the WWII "Old Man's Draft Registration Cards":

Fold3

James Edmunds McCrea

26 April 1942

Portland, Multnomah, Oregon

5'9"

155 lbs

White

Brown eyes

Gray hair

Light brown complexion

"Long soars on top of head"

"Six toes on right foot"

Information from the front side of the card:

Serial Number: U-1634
James Edmunds McCrea
Residence: Portland Hotel
Age: 63
Place of Birth: Roscommon, Michigan
Date of Birth: 19 May 1878
Name and Address [contact person]: Dr. Delia McCrea, Roscommon, Michigan

John Backus's Woes

For His Wife's Sake Desperate Man Leaps Sixty Feet To Death. John W. Backus Commits Suicide.

He was NOT a member of  my Backus family.

John W. Backus leapt to death over financial woes

wife (Sophia) brother Gottlieb (or perhaps Gottfried - died 5 years earlier)...formerly of Michigan and in lumber business

Age 63

4 children, oldest age 14

In Portland, Oregon for 7 years

Established glove factory that failed

d. Oct 22, 1897

[Source - a paid site]

Date: 1897-10-23

Paper: Oregonian

Source: NewsBank and/or the American Antiquarian Society. 2004. 

His memorial at FindAGrave.


United States Census, 1940
Wilsonville, Wilsonville Election Precinct, Clackamas, Oregon
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Luther W Vanfleet M 53 Illinois
Wife Marguerite Vanfleet F 53 Michigan
Mother-in-law Sophie Backus F 83 Pennsylvania


United States Census, 1900
Portland city Ward 8, Multnomah, Oregon
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Sophie Backes F 44 Michigan
Son Walter Backes M 19 Michigan
Daughter Margaret Backes F 14 Michigan
Daughter Luise Backes F 10 Oregon
Daughter Minnie Backes F 9 Oregon

A Native Of Lapeer -- Frank More's Obituary

From the Flint Daily Journal, published Thursday, May 4, 1916:

Lapeer Locals

Lapeer, Mich.,  May 4.--A telegram was received in Lapeer yesterday that Frank Moore, aged 54, is dead at Waycross, Ga.  Mr. Moore was born in Lapeer county and is a brother of Mrs. William Powers of Dryden and J. L. Moore of Portland, Oregon.

 J. Frank More was my great-grandmother's (Addie More Powers) brother.

In Memory Of Charles Palm

Charles Palm was the son of Gottlieb Palm and the half-brother of Jim's grandfather, Ernest O. Palm.  Apparently Charles and his wife, Callia (Eifert) Palm, made an impact on the town of Medford, Oregon.


The fountain donated by Callie Palm in memory of her husband, Charles:

Photo found at this site. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.

 In 1935, Callie Palm replaced the original fountain with a statue depicting a “youth, strong, happy and hopeful” along with two dogs, “his loving companions.” The Palms were early Medford land owners, who developed much of downtown during the first fifty years.

An article written in 2000 elaborated on the fountain in Medford:



Charles and Callie Palm came to Medford from Ohio back in 1888, when the little railroad town counted barely 200 residents. The Palms knew a good thing when they saw it. Charles immediately went into the real estate business and prospered as the city grew.

Charles loved dogs. The couple had been planning to give the city a statue/dog watering hole, but Charles died (on June 17, 1933) before the statue could be dedicated. His obituary mentions his two cocker spaniels, so it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that the statue features a boy and two cockers.