Anna Cameron's Probate

 

Ross County, Ohio

Partition Suit filed by John A. Cameron

Ross County, Ohio, Genealogical Society, July 2006

Name: Exira Cameron

Sex:  Female

Age: 78

Death Date: 06 Sep 1927

Death Place: Bainbridge, Ross, Ohio

Marital Status:  Single

Race: white

Father's Name: Christian Cameron

Mother's Name: Ester Core

Birth Date: 01 Apr 1849

Birth Year (Estimated): 1849

Birthplace: Ohio

Burial Date: 08 Sep 1927

Burial Place: Bainbridge, O

Father's Birthplace: Ohio

Mother's Birthplace: Ohio

1900 Census

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Christian Cameron Head Male 82 Ohio

Ann E Cameron Daughter Female 51 Ohio

Emma C Cameron Daughter Female 45 Ohio

1860 Census

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Allo R Fernan Male 0 Ohio

Christian Cameron Male 42 Ohio

Esther Cameron Female 42 Ohio

Mary E Cameron Female 19 Ohio (m. Dewitt)

Nancy C Cameron Female 16 Ohio (m. Redkey)

John A Cameron Male 14 Ohio

Ann E Cameron Female 11 Ohio

Lewis A Cameron Male 8 Ohio( d. Bloomington, TX)

Emma C Cameron Female 5 Ohio

Rosabel Cameron Female 2 Ohio

Heirs: Brother John A. Cameron; Sister Emma C. Cameron; Brother Lewis Angus Cameron; Niece Esther (Redkey) Hope; Nephew Frederick Redkey;Nephew Christian Redkey; Nephew Will Dewitt; Niece Mrs. Katie Wright, Chicago; Mary E. Dewitt, Chicago; John C. Dewitt, Moscow, Idaho; Louis J. Dewitt, Idaho; Walter Dewitt, Moscow; Nephew Warren D. Boyer, Moscow, Idaho; Harry D. Boyer, Moscow, Idaho.

Cross-posted at Cameron Collections

The Johnstown Flood

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The Johnstown Flood occurred on Friday, May 31, 1889, after the catastrophic failure of the South Fork Dam, located on the south fork of the Little Conemaugh River... . (Source)

Mary (Snow) Paine

Mary (Snow) Paine:

Children included:

v. Elisha Paine m. Rebecca Doane

Thomas Graves And Others

Colonial Wars: A Quarterly Magazine, Volume 1, Issues 2-4:

Detroit's Quartermaster

DETROIT IN 1827 AND LATER ON. By General Friend Palmer:

Bates street from Jefferson avenue to Atwater was a residence street. Hon. Austin E. Wing lived on this street... . 

Warehouses were at the foot of Randolph street, foot of Woodward avenue, and further down were the warehouses of DeGarmo Jones, Oliver Newberry, Shadrich Gillett, etc.  From this up, there were not any buildings or points of special importance except, perhaps, the Wendell & Whiting house (still standing) nearly opposite the old Michigan Exchange site. In the early days it was occupied by Tunis S. Wendell and Major Whiting, the former an extensive merchant here, and the latter was the United States quartermaster at this post. This old house has witnessed within its walls, many gay and festive scenes. It was built in 1821 by Benjamin Stead, an Englishman, and said to be the second brick residence ever built in Detroit, that of Governor Hull being the first. 

Fenwicks And Giles

In 1753 Edward Fenwick married Mary Drayton, daughter of Thomas Drayton and by her had many children. After her husband's death, Mrs. Fenwick married William Gerard de Brahm, an engineer officer in the service of the colonies of South Carolina and removed to Philadelphia. Her will is dated 1805. 

"Of the next two Fenwick children, Selina and Matilda, little is known except that Selina was appointed sole executrix of her mother's will and Matilda married Robert Giles." (Source)

Fenwick Hall also here

Also see the Giles Court Case

Captain Shelby Baker

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Excerpt From Source

Captain Baker's entry at Wikitree

A Respectful Look At Henry Dodge

"For two centuries the family of Tristram Dodge, who landed on Block Island (off Rhode Island) in 1661, prospered from its instinct of migration. Its trail winds throughout the land, marked by Indian wars, exploits in frontier settlements, and a decoration for Israel Dodge from General George Washington for heroic action in the Battle of Brandywine. The record gained new strength with Henry Dodge, born to Israel and his wife, Nancy Ann Hunter, six years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence."

Vincennes, Indiana (early settlement where Moses Henry lived)

"The date was October 12, 1782, and he was the first white child born in what is now Indiana. An Indian chief of the Piankeshaw, seeing the baby, threatened to kill him. But Moses Henry, a manufacturer of arms, in whose house Henry Dodge was born, saved him by telling the chief that the child and mother would not stay there but would soon leave for their home in Kentucky. In gratitude, Nancy Ann named her firstborn after their benefactor, Moses Henry.  Eight years later Israel left his wife, son, and six-year-old daughter at Bardstown (where he had built the first stone house and tavern) to seek adventure and fortune in the Spanish country, in what is now Missouri." [Source]

William And Ann Poage

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Fort Harrod, Kentucky, Reconstruction

Fort Harrod Cabin Where Docent Portrayed Ann Kennedy Wilson Poage McGinty

Adelia McCrea's Experiment

General Program, By American Association for the Advancement of Science. Pacific Division. Meeting:

Planted foxglove article:

Adelia McCrea's profile at Wikitree.

Rev. Langhorn's Records

Ontario History, Volumes 1-4

Coggeshall's Divorce

The Newport Historical Magazine's article about John Coggeshall's Divorce:

"...I, John Coggeshall on Newport, R.I., have divorced my late wife."  "...Elizabeth Baulston, whom I espoused....".

Not Caught On The Brink Of A Precipice

Source - Watkins Glen

"We have a legend here in the valley, located at Fall Brook. A respectable writer says, where this stream plunges a hundred feet down a dizzy chasm, General Sullivan, after one of his battles with the Indians, drove many of his dusky foes, covering the rocks below with their mutilated bodies. This
same exploit has been located at Watkins glen and at Niagara, but the truth is, it never occurred, as the Indians knew the country too well to be caught on the brink of a precipice; besides, Sullivan came into this valley after the ambush of a portion of his force near the head of Conesus lake, on their return from a reconnoitering expedition, and no Indians were found in the vicinity. In his report of his march no mention is made of such an exploit. Yet this in some minds is history." [Source]

One Of 64 POWS

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The list of captured and killed at Lochry's Defeat can be at the *My Roots Place document.  William Roark was listed as seen below:

g 47. W’m Roach [Roark], PA, 22

The "g" was added by the transcriber to indicate which sub-group the soldier(s) belonged.  It stood for Captain Michael Catt under Lieutenant Baker.

The Diary Of Isaac Anderson was mentioned in regard to the massacre (see interactive map and click for diary details).

*List available at this Ancestry message board (instead of the broken link)

Captain Brown's Niece

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"CAPTAIN BROWN was born in Bowmansville, Ontario, November 8, 1850. When he was one year old his parents moved to Michigan and settled in Saint Clair County [Michigan]...".

Quoting Captain Wesley C. Brown:

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"Among the 250 passengers on board were my wife, my daughter, and my niece, Mrs. H. B. McCain from Alpena."

Mrs. H. B. McCain "from Alpena: was Effie Scott, daughter of Douglass and Susan (Curtis) Scott; granddaughter of George W. Curtis and Angeline Williams; great-granddaughter of Chester and Polly (Brown) Williams.

Effie (Scott) McCain was also the 1st great grand niece of of the wife [Mrs. Betsey Brown Berry] of my 4th great-grandfather [John Backus], 

Dueling Congressmen

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"...the famous duel in which Jonathan Cilley of Thomaston was killed by William J. Graves of Kentucky. Next to the duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, no event of the character ever attracted more attention, than that between Graves and Cilley...".

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The Collections and Proceedings of the Maine Historical Society's article about the duel:

[See link for transcript of the letter]

"A charge of corruption against a senator in Congress, made by 'The Spy In Washington,' Matthew L. Davis...".

"The charge [of corruption] led to an excited debate, in which one of the members was savagely severe on all newspapers, newspaper editors, and newspaper letter writers. In this debate, Jonathan Cilley, one of the members from Maine, was particularly severe on the character of Colonel James Watson Webb, of the Courier and Enquirer. On reaching the attention of that gentleman, he immediately started for the national capital to obtain satisfaction. Those who were connected with the press and politics in that year will never forget the excitement the appearance of Webb in Washington, and the subsequent tragical scene near that city, produced throughout the country." [Source]

Two Cleveland Brothers At Yale

The Magazine Of American History (Page 281):

The White Swan Hotel

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THE WHITE SWAN HOTEL 

This widely known hostelry stood on the south east corner of Penn square and South Queen street Lancaster,  Pa., and in it were entertained such distinguished persons as George Washington, John Adams, Jerome Bonaparte, William Henry Harrison, and Zachary Taylor. Spire of Trinity Lutheran church in the distance.

Rosana Hubley’s Cookery Book. 1815. Kept by Rosina Weaver Hubley, proprietress of the White Swan Hotel...in Lancaster. [Per Lancaster History]

Julius Trousdale

Confederate Veteran, Volume 7:

Julius was the son of Governor William Trousdale.  He was also my 2nd cousin 6x removed.

Valentine Sevier At Court

Valentine Sevier, "The Immigrant"

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May Term 1782

....Andw. Greer....Volentine Sevier.....