Nathaniel Pope's Letters

Nathaniel Pope in the Calendar of the Papers of John Jordan Crittenden:

Nathaniel Pope

And also Here, here, here

Geneva Hotel

Daniel Claus and family fonds : C-1484 (Image 107):

Image 261 Geneva Hotel

James Gillespie Birney (Saginaw)

James Gillespie Birney in the Calendar of the Papers of John Jordan Crittenden:

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Against His Land By Powers And Others

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"...against his land by [James?] Powers and others...".

McCulloh Land To John Trousdale

The papers of Archibald D. Murphey...:

....land on the Haw River...sold to John Trowsdale....

See related material at my In Deeds blog

Woodbridge Notation In The Crittenden Papers

From the Calendar Of Papers Of John Jordan Crittenden:

4 August 1845

W[illiam] Woodbridge from Springwells, [Michigan]

To Crittenden.  Regrets loss of opportunity of seeing [Orlando?] Brown in Detroit; recent illness; circumstances of Crittenden's servant "John."  A.L.S. 3 p.

Marion Watrous Angell

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Marion Watrous Angell's passport application ---  a Yale professor vouched for her and mentioned that her husband was the President of Yale.


Marion's Watrous ancestry:  MARION ISABELLE 9 WATROUS (Charles Leach 8, Joseph 7, *Austin 6, Austin 5, Gideon 4 Waterous, Abraham 3 Waterhouse, Abraham 2, Jacob 1).

*Austin Watrous (6) married Sally Backus who was my 4th great grand aunt.  Marion (Watrous) Angell was my 3rd cousin 3x removed.

The announcement of her upcoming marriage to James Rowland Angell can be seen in the 7 December 1894 Ann Arbor Argus newspaper here.

Marion Watrous Angell's memorial at FindAGrave (died in 1931).

Mrs. Quisenberry, Booth And Iturbide

An excerpt from  Genealogical memoranda of the Quisenberry family...

After the assassination of President Lincoln, in April, 1865, by John Wilkes Booth, the assassin and his confederate, Herold, fled together, and at Port Tobacco, Maryland, they crossed the Potomac in a boat, for which [John Wilkes] Booth paid twenty dollars in gold, and landed in Virginia on the farm of a man named Bryan, a near neighbor of Mrs. Quisenberry's.

She [Mrs. Elizabeth Rousby Quisenberry] was the daughter of a Mr. Green, of Rosedale, an estate between Washington and its suburb of Tenallytown. Her sister [Alice] had married the son of the Emperor Iturbide, of Mexico, and Mrs. Quisenberry's nephew [Don Augustin De Iturbide] was, at the very time Booth stopped at this house, a protege, and perhaps adopted son, of the Emperor Maximillian.

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Don Augustin De Iturbide 

This little incident seems to connect, in some measure, the fates of two distinguished men, one of whom speedily followed the other to a violent death.

Indian Agent Taliaferro

Source: MNHS

Protected by this military post the efficient Indian agent, Lawrence Taliaferro, did a great deal toward destroying British influence among the tribes of the upper Mississippi and toward establishing American authority there. [Source]

Diaries And Letters At The Library

These resources (diaries and letters) were described in an article entitled New England Women And Their Families....at the Allen Co., Indiana, Library's E-zine:

Silas Gaskill Papers - Lapeer - Post Three

Background on the Silas Gaskill papers can be found on "Post One" here.

Silas Gaskill Papers:
An entry for "February 8" (1864?)
Liberty B. Irish
Retained Vs Sarah Jane Irish
Circuit Court - Chancery Division

Divorce Records of Oakland Co., MI
Case #905
Irish, Sarah
Vs
Irish, Liberty
(and vice versa)
Liberty & Judith Irish assaulted her [Sarah]
Judith to prison*
Sarah's husband Liberty wants to marry Judith

*Judith Irish, widow of Liberty Irish's brother, Norman (d. 1846), was enumerated with the Oakland County, Michigan, jailer in the 1860 census [as a prisoner].

Judith was listed in the 1880 census:
familysearch.org
1880 MI Oakland Co., Groveland
Damon IRISH Self M Male W 45 NY Farmer NY NY
Charlotte E. IRISH Wife M Female W 33 NY Keeping House PA NY
Damon B. IRISH Son S Male W 23 MI Farm Hand NY MI
Burt IRISH Son S Male W 20 M At Home NY MI
Sarah Helen IRISH Dau S Female W 14 MI At Home NY MI
Judith IRISH Mother W Female W 64 NY At Home NY NY

Irish, Willis Luther, Descendants of John Irish : the immigrant, 1623-1963, and allied families
Freeport, Me.: Dingley Press, 1964, 673 pgs. [See it online here]

Liberty was the son of David & Sally (Phelps) Irish. [See Find-A-Grave Entry For David Irish]
Sarah Jane was the daughter of Amos & Louvisa (Williams) Orton; a bio of her brother can be found here.

In 1860 Liberty Irish was living with his mother, Sally.
Liberty was the head of household in the 1870 census (Oakland Co., MI); his mother, Sally, was living with him. Judith Irish was living nearby with George Irish (probably her son).

Silas Gaskill Papers - Lapeer - Post Two

Another entry in the papers of Silas Gaskill, a lawyer in Lapeer in the 1860's, concerned a divorce:

8 February 1864
Mrs. Margaret Powers
Retained V. Philander C. Powers
Circuit Court (?) Chancery? Divorce? [illegible notes]

Since I research Powers in Lapeer, this entry in Mr. Gaskill's book initially piqued my interest. I have not linked Philander and Margaret to my Powers family, though.

Other records I've collected pertaining to Philander & Margaret (Lamaroux) Powers [see my Lapeer Co., MI, database here]:

1850 MI Lapeer Co.
1 943 951 POWERS Volney 27 M Farmer 600 NY
2 943 951 POWERS Jane 24 F NY
3 943 951 PRATT Martin 52 M Laborer VT
4 943 951 POWERS Philander 29 M Farmer 300 NY
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Lapeer Co., MI, Marriages
Philander Powers, age 30, of Elba
To
Margaret Lamaroux, age 18, of Elba
24 December 1851
Witnesses: Harlow & Harriet Woodward
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1880 Dakota Census
Philender POWERS Self M Male W 59 NY Farming VT VT
John J. POWERS Son S Male W 28 MI Farming NY NY
Henry POWERS Son S Male W 26 MI Farming NY NY
Geary P. POWERS Son S Male W 21 MI Farming NY NY
Franklin B. POWERS Son S Male W 14 MI NY NY
Ebert POWERS Son S Male W 12 MI NY NY
Source Information: Census Place Columbia, Brown, Dakota Territory
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1880 MI, Lapeer, Elba
John LAMOREAUX Self M Male W 79 NY Farmer NY NY
Elizabeth LAMOREAUX Wife M Female W 77 NY NY NY
John LAMOREAUX Son S Male W 36 MI Farmer NY NY
Margaret POWERS Dau W Female W 42 NY House Keeper NY NY
Henrietta LAMOREAUX Dau S Female W 22 MI At Home NY NY
Edward DOWNER Other S Male W 17 --- Works On Farm ---
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Lapeer Co., MI, Deeds
63-587
15 Apr 1881
Philander Powers of Columbia, Dakota Territory
To
Margaret Powers, of Lapeer
Lots 3 & 4, Block 55, NW Div Lapeer City East side of Calhoun Street

Items From Papers of Silas Gaskill, Lawyer, of Lapeer County, Michigan - Post One

Several years ago in a quest for any information about my Thomas & Laura (Backus) Richmond, last "seen" in Lapeer County, Michigan (Thomas ca 1863; Laura ca 1870), I went to the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan to search through the Silas Gaskill papers. Silas Gaskill was a lawyer in Lapeer County whose papers (specifically "Business records of the Gaskill and Geer law firm, 1864-1877; accounts, wills, and account books, 1833-1839, 1864-1870") were housed at the Bentley Library. Didn't find Thomas and/or Laura, but thought I'd post a few items I did find.

Most of the Silas Gaskill notes taken from his account book are sketchy -- I've done additional research for the post.

From The Silas Gaskill Account Book 1864 - 70:

Hurd, Lovell, Retained in Genesee Circuit Court (ca January 14, 1864)

A long-running property dispute was found involving Lovell Hurd; was Silas Gaskill involved in it? Don't know, but it is possible.

"BARR, District Judge. This is an action of ejectment brought by William Graydon, a resident and citizen of the state of New Jersey, against Lovell Hurd, a resident and citizen of Michigan, to recover possession of a fractional quarter of at section of land lying in Genesee county, Mich."

Lovell Hurd, b. 1812 in either NY or VT, was living in Davison Township, Genesee Co., Michigan, in 1850, with wife Eliza, daughter Laura, son William and Hunt, James (unknown relationship).

In 1860 Lovell Hurd was living in Genesee County, Atlas Township, Davisonville P.O., as a farmer & hotel keeper. Wife Eliza and children William, Phebe and Adeline were with him and also James Lingale?, a blacksmith.

In 1870 The Hurd family wasliving in Grand Blanc, Atlas Twp., Genesee County. Lovell was still a hotel keeper; living with them was George Titus, age 21, hotel clerk. In 1880 George Titus was living with the Hurds and listed as son-in-law (whose wife, Addie Hurd Titus, had died April 1874).

In 1888 Lovell Hurd remarried.