tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71251306420308507482024-03-05T02:32:08.732-05:00It Runs in the Familygenealogy, history, notes and storiesPamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14975149239369935444noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125130642030850748.post-23207523892192680752013-05-12T09:46:00.000-04:002013-05-12T09:46:25.725-04:00Happy Mother's Day!In honor of Mother's Day 2013, 12 generations of the Mothers of my Mother.<br />
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<li><b>Mary Lynne Bradley</b> b. June 2, 1938 in Lansing Michigan to Burlyn T. Bradley and </li>
<li><b>Gertrude Mary Crain</b>, b. March 8, 1910 in Escanaba, Michigan to Timothy Crain and </li>
<li><b>Nina Gertrude Bartley</b>, b. Oct. 2, 1897 in Escanaba, Michigan to George B Bartley and </li>
<li><b>Nina H. Leighton</b>, b. July 7, 1867 in Jonesport, Maine to Arthur Leighton and </li>
<li><b>Lois Donovan</b>, b. September 1845 in Jonesport, Maine to Jeremiah Donovan and</li>
<li><b>Esther Rogers</b>, b. 1805 in Jonesport, Maine to Prince Rogers and</li>
<li><b>Lydia Carr</b>, b. April 1, 1763 in Georgetown, Maine to Macrest Carr and</li>
<li><b>Elizabeth Waite</b>, b. before Dec 1728 in Ipswich, Mass, to Benjamin Waite and</li>
<li><b>Elizabeth Holland</b>, b. abt 1705 in Ipswich, Mass to John Holland and</li>
<li><b>Elizabeth Park</b>, b. July 28, 1679 in Cambridge, Mass to Thomas Park and </li>
<li><b>Abigail Dix</b>, b. May 26, 1637 in Watertown, Mass to Edward Dix and</li>
<li><b>Jane</b>, born in England.</li>
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Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14975149239369935444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125130642030850748.post-82349330216869370482012-07-31T06:01:00.000-04:002012-07-31T06:01:51.219-04:00Othello Talbot<br />
I don't know much about my Great Grandmother, other than the vital statistics. Her name was Myrtle Talbot, and she died in 1939, so none of her living grandchildren were old enough to know much about her, either.<br />
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Her family has been a little challenging to find givin the various spellings of the names, Talbot. It has been recorded as "Talbert," "Tolbott," "Falbert," and even "Lalvat." Othello may have been called "Phil." His sister, Adelia, called Lelia, May, or Mae, and his brother, Leon or Leland. <br />
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I do know that the research I have on her family makes me feel sad.<br />
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Her Father, Othello Talbot, was born at Assyria, Barry Co., MI on August 2, 1848 to <a href="https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FCJW-Y68" target="_blank">John B Talbot (maybe called "Buren.") and Arvilla Andrews.</a> He had a sister (Adelia Mae) who was a year older, and a brother (Leon) who was 3 years younger. In 1863, John enlisted as a Private in Co. H, 6th Michigan Cavalry. <a href="http://civilwardc.org/texts/cases/med.d1e11279.html" target="_blank">He died on February 29, 1864</a> from pleuro-pneumonia at the Third Division Hospital, Alexandra, Virginia.<br />
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Othello was just 5 years old.<br />
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3 months later, <a href="https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FC2V-8X5" target="_blank">she married a widower</a> with 4 or 5 young children named Erastus Warren. I feel like it was probably a marriage of necessity, she needed support and he needed help with his children. Although she was later to recieve John's pension.<br />
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For some reason, they are <a href="https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MHHN-513" target="_blank">living separately</a> in Bellevue, Eaton Mi. in 1870. <a href="https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MHHN-4Y9" target="_blank">Erastus Warren's household</a> includes 2 young girls (aged 3 and 5) who are possibly Arvilla's children as well.<br />
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When Othello was 14 years old, <a href="https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FHGD-5Y3" target="_blank">his mother died</a> (April 18, 1873.) What do 3 young children with no parents do in 1873? Were they welcome in their step-fathers home? Did they go to live with one of their many aunts and uncles in Barry Co.?<br />
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By 1880, Othello <a href="https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N36F-JM1" target="_blank">was married</a> to my 2nd Great-Grandmother, Ella Odell. Ella was 17 years old and they <a href="https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MWS3-LPD" target="_blank">lived with Ella's widowed mother</a> on her farm. Myrtle was born on March 31, 1881 and she was their only child.<br />
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I'm assuming that they were still farming in 1889. Probably still with Ella's mother, <a href="http://blog.itrunsinthefamily.net/2011/11/family-lore.html" target="_blank">Sarah Pierce Strong Odell </a>(hm, why do I think that? I don't know. Other than Sarah still had the farm, and probably needed the help.)<br />
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I'm not sure if Othello was a firefighter, part of a "gang of men" who went to help, or an employee of Higgins'Mill, but He was at the big fire on October 15, 1889...<br />
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On Wednesday morning of last week our neighboring village of Bellevue suffered an irreparable loss in the death of one of her estimable citizens and in the burning of Higgins' saw and planing mill, cider and jelly works and fruit evaporator. The fire was discovered about 8 o'clock a.m. and the fire company was soon at work but the flames proved uncontrollable, and soon this institution, which was furnishing work to about 30 men, was reduced to ashes. </blockquote>
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One of the firemen, Mr. Othello Talbert, while helping to remove the cider press, was caught by falling timbers and received injuries to his skull that proved fatal a few hours after the accident. Mr.Talbert was an industrious young man of good habits. He leaves a wife and child. Several others were slightly injured. </blockquote>
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Probably no institution in Bellevue was doing more to give employment to the people than Higgin's mill. The loss will be felt by all. Mr. Higgins' loss was upwards of $4,000 and his insurance but $500. Being a public spirited, pushing, energetic man, it is more than likely that he will rebuild. Mr. Jas. Holden, who had an interest in the evaporator business, lost about $400.</blockquote>
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BELLEVUE, Oct. 16 - This afternoon Higgins' planing and saw mill, cider and jelly works and evaporator burned. The fire probably caught from the burning sulphur in the bleacher. About 30 hands are thrown out of employment. The loss is about $5000; insurance $500.<br />During the progress of the fire a gang of men attempted to move the cider press, which fell on <b>Phil Talbot</b>, a young married man, crushing his skull. He is yet alive but cannot survive. Another man was overcome by the heat but recovered consciousness a little later.</blockquote>
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Fatal Fire<br />Bellevue the Loser of an Industry Today.<br />BELLEVUE, Mich., Oct. 16 -- This forenoon Higgins' planing and saw mill, cider and jelly works and evaporator were burned. The fire probably caught from the burning sulphur in the bleacher. About 30 hands are thrown out of employment. The loss is $5000, with $500 Insurance. During the progress of the fire a gang of men attempted to move a cider press, which fell on <b>Phil Lalvat</b>, a young married man, crushing his skull. He is yet alive but can't survive. Another man was overcome by the heat but recovered consciousness a little later.</blockquote>
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The accident left my Great-Grandmother fatherless at 6 years old.<br />Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14975149239369935444noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125130642030850748.post-59138258944448061112012-06-04T06:42:00.001-04:002012-06-04T06:45:26.698-04:00Little Miss Preuss Update<a href="http://blog.itrunsinthefamily.net/2012/06/whatever-happened-to-little-miss-preuss.html" target="_blank">Yesterday</a>, I ran across a news story about a niece of my great grandmother. This morning, I have a little more information.<br />
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It looks like Rosa didn't escape her life in Lansing until she <a href="https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FCX6-GYG" target="_blank">married Louis Flechner </a>(b.1891 in Russia) on August 17, 1916 in Lansing.<br />
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Their first child, a daughter named Lillian, was born in Milwaukee Wisconsin in 1918. By 1930, the couple still lived in Milwaukee with 9 children.<br />
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<a href="http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CV9QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6w4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=1156%2C440162" target="_blank">Rosa made the news again on April 4, 1930</a> when her husband pointed a shotgun at her and threatened to kill her. She fled to a friend's home and reported the incident to police. Louis disappeared, but returned home several days later where he was arrested. No word (yet) on what happens next.<br />
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Rosa's family tended to make the news in the most unfortunate ways. In 1900, a child was injured by a horse:<br />
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Rosa's father, Frank, was a meat dealer in Lansing. In 1913, there was a crack down on violators of Michigan's new pure food laws and Frank was among those arrested. As an example, he was the only one sentenced to jail time:<br />
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<br />Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14975149239369935444noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125130642030850748.post-39845034163551877252012-06-03T14:56:00.000-04:002012-06-03T19:19:57.214-04:00Whatever Happened to Little Miss Preuss?While reading old newspaper articles, I ran across a story about the niece of my Great Grandmother, Minnie Preuss Schaar. Rosa L Preuss was the daughter of Frank and Hannah Preuss. Frank Preuss immigrated from Germany in 1894, 3 years before his parents and siblings, and settled in Lansing Michigan.<br />
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LANSING 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL STAYS AROUND SUMMER RESORTS ALONE<br />
Lansing, Mish., May 31 -- Lansing has a 13-year-old girl, Rosa Preuss, who seems to have a mania for staying around summer resorts late at night alone. Twice in two days has Rosa been taken from summer resorts and to her home in North Lansing by the police and the officers are beginning to wonder what is to be done.<br />
At midnight Sunday a telephone call from the watchman at Waverly Park, three and one-half miles west of the city, notified the police that a small, bareheaded (?) girl was wandering about the park alone. The patrol automobile was sent and carried Rosa to the home of her father, Frank Pruess, a meat dealer. On the way the girl told the officers that she wanted to stay in the park, so she would have an early start for the Memorial day celebration. She said she was not afraid of the dark. The parents said she had left home early in the evening.<br />
Monday midnight the watchman at Pine lake resort, nine miles east of lansing, sent in a call. The patrol made this trip and again Rosa was wandering around the deserted park. The parents do not seem to be greatly concerned over the girl's escapades.<br />
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Rosie Preuss, the 13-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Preuss, will be taken before the judge of probate this week on a charge of incorrigibility. Three times in less than a week the girl has run away from home, but each time has been caught in a nearby town and returned. She gives no excuse for her actions except that she is tired of going to school and wants to see the world. Monday she was found at a farm home near Pine Lake, ten miles from home, having walked the entire distance, she said.<br />
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Here's a nice addition to the "Find a Grave" site! I have added this search box to the bottom of each page. As of today, I have been a contributor to the site for 1 year, 5 months and 24 days. Although it is a grave registration site, as opposed to an official genealogy site, it is a great resource and rated #3 last year for best genealogy sites.<br />
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Not all of my contributions are for my own family. Since I love cemeteries, I often visit my local cemeteries to fulfill photo requests for others. I have requested photos of family members who are buried farther than I can get too, and many of those requests have been fulfilled.<br />
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Just for fun, I set up "virtual" cemeteries where I can gather burials in one place. For instance, I set up a site where I am collecting all <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=vcsr&GSvcid=253845" target="_blank">descendants of James Dickinson Bradley</a>. I can then easily see which photo's I need to get.<br />
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You might think that I have "too much time on my hands!" But I do it for fun!<br />
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CHARLOTTE, Oct. 21 - The dead body of Simeon J. Cole of near Ainger or Olivet station was found Thursday afternoon in his buggy in the yard at the home of Myron Lampton, where the horse had stopped when it found it had no driver. Deputy Sheriff Carlton Gibson and Dr. McLennon of Bellevue decided it was a case of apoplexy. Mr. Cole was 70 years old and had been in poor health for sometime.<br />
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Simeon J. Cole was the second husband of my 2nd great grandmother, Ella Odell Talbot Cole. Ella's first husband (my 2nd great grandfather) <a href="http://blog.itrunsinthefamily.net/2012/07/othello-talbot.html" target="_blank">died in a fire in 1889</a>, when their daughter (my Great Grandmother, Myrtle Talbot Bradley) was just 8 years old. Ella then married Simeon J. Cole and they lived at "the Cole farm" where Myrtle was raised. Ella died in 1919 and is<a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=41&GSmid=47371739&GRid=80400883&" target="_blank"> buried</a> with her first husband at Bellevue (Riverside) Cemetery. <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=41&GSmid=47371739&GRid=86955187&" target="_blank">Simeon is also buried there</a>, alongside his first wife, Jenny Cooper Cole. He is also listed on the Cole Family marker at Spauding Cemetery, but he isn't buried there.</div>Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14975149239369935444noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125130642030850748.post-86252254652040727832012-03-17T09:02:00.002-04:002012-03-17T09:19:59.041-04:00Kiss Me! I'm Irish!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My 2nd Great Grandfather, Patrick Crain, was the fourth of ten children born to John and Atty (McDonough) Cryan at Riverstown, Co. Sligo, Ireland. He and his siblings were baptized at <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/16132340@N07/6803225143/lightbox/" target="_blank">Taunagh Parish Church </a>which was <b>founded by St. Patrick himself!</b></div>
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In a 1962 letter to my Grandmother, Edna Grasse (a niece of Patrick Crain,) writes:</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Dear Cousin Gertrude,</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> What a pleasant surprise to get a letter from an unknown relative. I got down the family bible and have compiled some statistics about the Crains. I suppose you know about your father's brothers and sisters, eleven of them - and whom they married. I know them all and where they lived.</span> </blockquote>
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Edna also says that the name was spelled "Cryan" in Ireland.<br />
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Patrick's uncle, Mark Cryan had migrated to the United States and an earlier time. He sent for Patrick's 2 older sister. When John died, Atty brought her remaining 8 children. They sailed to Boston and she ran a boarding house in Leominster, MA for a time.<br />
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Patrick, at least 2 of his siblings, and their uncle Mark went west to Eldorado, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin about 1855 and took up farming. Atty soon followed with 3 of the remaining 5 children, with James and Michael (who spelled their last name "Crane" staying back in Massachusetts.<br />
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Patrick applied for citizenship in 1856.<br />
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He married Bridget Murray, daughter of John and Catherine (Geraghty) Murray from Co. Longford, Ireland, in 1858 and they had 12 children. <br />
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Patrick's name appears on the deed to the land for St. Mary's Mission, Eldorado's Catholic Church. The deed was signed on March 1st 1867 and the land was purchased for about $100.00. According to a Crain cousin who served on the cemetery board, people buried at the <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&GSvcid=254144&GRid=65803823&CRid=2383448&" target="_blank">adjoining cemetery</a> are all related to the Crain family.<br />
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<b>St. Mary's Mission, Eldorado, WI</b></div>
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Patrick's son, Tim, was the father of my Grandmother, Gertrude Crain Bradley.<br />
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Miles and miles of Irish smiles</div>
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Shamrocks at your doorway</div>
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Each day your whole life through!</div>
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<a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSvcid=253845&GRid=81763216#.T2IHQqjbpOU.blogger">Emma Varnera Bradley Andrews (1845 - 1908) - Find A Grave Memorial</a>Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14975149239369935444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125130642030850748.post-75248990622777830882012-03-04T09:57:00.000-05:002012-08-09T07:46:54.241-04:00Emma V BradleyEmma Varnera Bradley, born at Kalamo, Eaton County, Michigan on October 13, 1845, was the youngest daughter of James D. and Tirzah (Lankton) Bradley.<br />
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Emma's young life seems more eventful that most, given the sensational <a href="http://plburleson.blogspot.com/2011/08/murder-trial-in-charlotte-michigan.html" target="_blank">murder trial of her sister</a> when Emma was just 11 years old. Her father died when she was 12. In 1860, she lived at the farm with her brother, Truman, his wife Abigail, her mother and her aunt Hannah Lankton.<br />
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1860 U.S. Federal Census, Kalamo, Eaton, Michigan</div>
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In 1862, Emma's sister-in-law, just a few months older than Emma, died during childbirth. </div>
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Emma married Robert Andrews of Oswego, New York on April 5, 1864 at her home in Kalamo. Emma and Robert moved to Robert's childhood home on a farm in Southwest Oswego, New York where their first daughter, Lucy Estella, was born on April 26, 1866. They had a second daughter, Clara Augustus, on November 15, 1868 and a son, William Bradley Andrews on November 16, 1870.</div>
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The family was well known in the community and were active members of the Hope Grange and the Southwest Oswego Baptist Church. </div>
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Thanks to "<a href="http://fultonhistory.com/" target="_blank">Old Fulton Postcards</a>," I've been able to piece together a "snap shot" of Emma's life in Oswego.</div>
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On January 1st, 1890, the family had a New Year's Eve party!</div>
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OSWEGO DAILY TIMES JANUARY 1 1890<br />
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Jan 1.-Last evening a large number of young people met at the residence of Mr. Robert Andrews. The time was spent in playing games and singing. Lunch was served at 11 o'clock, followed by popcorn and peanuts. At two o'clock the party broke up realizing that they had not been home since last year.</blockquote>
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In September 1894, Her brother Ira D. Bradley came to New York for a visit:</div>
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OSWEGO DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 1894<br />
Southwest Oswego<br />
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Mrs. Robert Andrews is entertaining her eldest brother from Michigan.-</blockquote>
Emma and Lucy took a trip to Michigan in 1895. Apparently, Clara and William didn't go along.<br />
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OSWEGO DAILY TIMES FRIDAY AUGUST 16, 1895<br />
Robert Andrews wife and daughter Lucy started for Michigan today.</blockquote>
They hosted a social in 1898:<br />
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OSWEGO DAILY TIMES OCTOBER 10, 1898<br />
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OCT 10-<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>On Friday evening of this week the Y.P.S.C.E. will hold a pumpkin pie social at the home of Mr. Robert Andrews.</blockquote>
In 1899, Clara married S. Franklin Lewis at the home of her parents. Sounds like a beautiful gown she wore. The Wedding March was played by Clara's cousin, Miss Elizabeth Andrews. I thought Clara's father was an only child, but if Elizabeth is Clara's first cousin, he must have had a brother. Emma's brother Truman died in Feb. 1899. I wonder if she went to Michigan at that time, but I didn't find a notice.<br />
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OSWEGO DAILY TIMES JUNE 27, 1899<br />
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A very pretty home wedding occurred at Southwest Oswego Wednesday evening, June 14, when Clara Augusta, second daughter of Mr. Robert Andrews, was married to Mr. Franklin Lewis of Fruit Valley. The bride was attended by her friend, Miss Cora Vodra, while William, brother of the bride, acted as best man. At eight o'clock Miss Elizabeth Andrews, cousin of the bride, played Mendelsaohn's wedding march and the bridal party descended to the parlors where the Rev. A.H. Sutphin performed the ceremony.<br />
The bride wore a gown of white cashmere and white satin and wore white bride's roses, the bridesmaid white organdie and pink roses. The parlors were beautifully trimmed with ferns, roses and daisies. After the ceremony and elaborate wedding supper was served.<br />
Guests were present from Oswego, Scriba, Volney and Sterling. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis will reside near Fruit Valley and their many friends wish them a long and happy future.</blockquote>
Later that year, they held another social for the church youth. Lucy was a school teacher, and a Sunday School teacher, so maybe these were her parties.<br />
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THE OSWEGO DAILY PALLADIUM: WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 22, 1899<br />
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The young people of the Baptist church will hold a social at the home of Robert Andrews on Friday evening December 1st.</blockquote>
Emma and Lucy visited the Pan American in October 1901<br />
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OCT.21- Mrs. Robert Andrews and daughter, Lucy, visited the Pan-American last Saturday.</blockquote>
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Birdseye view of the Pan-American exposition, Buffalo, May 1 to November 1, 1901</h2>
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Nov. 13 - Mrs. Lura Thornton and Mr. Ira Bradley of Ainger, Mich., are visiting their sister, Mrs. Robert Andrews.</blockquote>
Several mentions in August 1905, including another visit from Emma's sister, Lury. I wonder about Lucy's relatives in New York City.<br />
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OSWEGO DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY EVENING AUGUST 15, 1905<br />
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Miss Lucy Andrews is visiting relatives in New York City.<br />
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Mrs. Lucy Thornton of Ainger, Mich. is visiting her sister Mrs. Robert Andrews.</blockquote>
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OSWEGO DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 9, 1906<br />
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Miss Jennie Daly gave a shower this afternoon at her home at Southwest Oswego in honor of Miss Lucy Andrews, who will be married this week Wednesday.<br />
KINGLSEY-ANDREWS<br />
Popular Teacher of Oswego Town Wedded to Syracuse Man<br />
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A quiet but pretty house wedding occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Andrews of this place Wednesday, August 8, when their daughter, Lucy Estella, was united in marriage ot Mr. Herbert Eugene Kingsly of Syracuse, the Rev. G.A. Fairbank officiating.<br />
The house was prettily decorated with evergreen and flowers, Miss Marcia Pease playing the wedding march. The bride was tastefully gowned in a traveling dress of brown silk and carried white sweet peas. The wedding presents were numerous and elegant and included two hansome pieces of silver from the Southwest Oswego Baptist Church of which the bride was a member, also a peice of hand-painted china fromher Sunday School class. She is a well-known teacher of Oswego Town, popular in social work and much esteemed by all.<br />
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August 18.-- Mr and Mrs G.A. Campbell and Mrs. Lury A Thornton of Charlotte Michigan, who have been visiting at the home of Robert Andrews and who called there to attend the wedding of his daughter, returned to their home yesterday.</blockquote>
In 1908, <a href="http://plburleson.blogspot.com/2012/03/here-is-obituary-for-robert-andrews.html" target="_blank">Emma lost her husband</a> on March 26th, then her brother, Ira, on July 21. Emma was Ill at the beginning of December, and died at home on Wednesday, December 16, 1908.<br />
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Mrs. Emma Andrews, widow of the late Robert Andrews, died at the family home in this town Wednesday Dec. 16, after an illness of 15 days. She leaves one son, William, of this town, and two daughters, Mrs. H.E. Kingsley, of Syracuse, and Mrs. S.F. Lewis of Fruit Valley, also two sisters, Mrs. Lura Thornton and Mrs. Sarah Campbell, of Bellevue, Mich.<br />
Mrs. Andrews was a member of the Baptist Church and also of Hope Grange. The funeral was held Friday, Internment at Rural Cemetery.- Mrs. Sarah Campbell, of Bellevue, Mich. and Mrs. Jennie Baldwin, of Fulton, N.Y., are in town, called here by the death of Mrs. Andrews.</blockquote>
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Here is the obituary for Robert Andrews, the husband of James D. Bradley's youngest daughter, <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/jdbradleyfamily/home/dat18" target="_blank">Emma Varnera Bradley</a>. It was the first of many articles I found about the family at <a href="http://fultonhistory.com/" target="_blank">Old Fulton NY Post Cards</a>. It was an exciting find for me, as I knew nothing beyond names and dates for Emma. She was the only one of the Bradley's 10 children born at Kalamo, Eaton Co., Michigan, the rest born in New York.<br />
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Town's well know and highly respected citizens, Robert Andrews,
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to the present homestead to which he
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four years of age. On April fifth 1864
he was united in marriage to Miss
Emma V. Bradley of Kalamo, Eaton
Co., Michigan; and she with their
three children, Mrs. H.E. Kingsley,
Mrs. S.F. Lewis, and William B.
Andrews still survive him. He was
a kind and sympathatic husband and
fater and a great lover of home and
family.<br />
Although he had been in poor health
for years, and death was not unexpected, the end was sudden and a
great shock to his friends, yet he pass-
ed away so peacefully that they
scarcely knew when the spirit took
its flight.<br />
He was much interested in the
political affairs of the country and
town as a Republican, but did not de-
sire official positions, yet he had vot-
ed at every election after he became
of age.<br />
He had been a faithful attendant
of the S.W. Oswego Baptist Church
since its organization, and later be-
came one of its esteemed members,
since which time he has been deeply
interested in its welfare, and has con-
scientiously supported its workings in
all ways acting as trustee for a num-
ber of years.<br />
The large number who attended
his funeral at the home church on
March 29, notwithstanding the bad
condition of the roads, told of the high
respect and esteem in which he was
held.<br />
"Mark the perfect man and behold
the upright; for the end of that man
is peace."<br />
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CARD OF THANKS<br />
South West Oswego, April 1 -<br />
We wish to express our sincere thanks to our neighbors and friends for their kindness and sympathy during the short sickness and burial of our dear husband and father. Also to the Baptist Curch and Hope Grange and others for the beautiful flowers given at this time of our great bereavement.<br />
Mrs. Emma V. Andrews,<br />
William B. Andrews,<br />
Mr and Mrs H.E. Kingsley,<br />
Mr and Mrs S.F. Lewis
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<c>I would like to know what brought Robert to Eaton County. He was listed in both the 1850 and 1860 census' living with his parents, Samuel and Mary Andrews at Oswego, New York. His father having been born in Ireland. He was the only child (11 years old) in 1850. In 1860, there was also a 12 year old girl named Jane Hines.</c><br />
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<c>There were a number of Andrews' families living in Eaton County in 1860, but none that I can so far connect to Robert. Perhaps he knew one of Emma's brothers through Grange business?</c>Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14975149239369935444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125130642030850748.post-22651913957545792022012-02-27T17:57:00.000-05:002012-03-04T09:57:52.527-05:00Double Wedding at Charlotte<div style="text-align: center;">
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Charlotte, Mich., May 1.-- Rev. S.C.Hall had the honor of officiating at a double wedding Sunday, the ceremony taking place at his residence in this city. George M. Bradley and Miss Bessie M. Mellor, two popular young people from south of the city were first united in marriage. Wayne C. Bradley, a cousin of the groom, and Miss Leurena Weeks, a chum of the bride, standing up with them.</blockquote>
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Another fun story about some fellow descendants of James D. Bradley. To me, these newspaper articles give life to the names, dates and charts. Both George and Wayne are Grandsons of Ira D. Bradley, son of James D. Bradley. </div>
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Had I known, I would have bookmarked to investigate later, when I could maybe justify the spending. But I'm really glad I didn't know! 15 minutes would have been worth more than 10 dollars to me! I love reading old newspapers. They reported everything from visitors and family picnics to legal problems and obituaries. Fultonhistory.com makes a lot of New York papers searchable and available for free.<br />
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Here's an interesting story I found about my 6th cousin, 6x removed, the grandson of my 3rd Great Grandfather, James Dickinson Bradley.<br />
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Ira D Bradley was about 20 years old when he came to Eaton County Michigan with his parents and siblings in about 1841. Five years later, he married Aseneth Jane Day (the daughter of Asa Day,) and they had 5 sons. His fourth son, Andrew Jackson Bradley, married Hattie Roscoe on March 16, 1880 at Walton, Eaton County, Michigan.<br />
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That's all I knew about Andrew, except that he died Oct. 24, 1898 in Battle Creek and was buried at Olivet Cemetery where his parents are buried. Andrew and Hattie never had children.<br />
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And then I found this:<br />
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HIS DIVORCED WIFE<br />
Dying Battle Creek Man Left Her $1,000 to<br />
"Increase Happiness"<br />
BATTLE CREEK, Oct. 25 - A queer case of the affection of a man for a divorced wife was revealed here by the death of Andrew Bradley, aged 38, last night at the Nichols hospital. Bradley had been divorced and his wife had married another man. He had no children and lived at a boarding-house. He was taken sick there with typhoid fever and was conveyed by Battle Creek camp of Modern Woodmen to the hospital.<br />
His policy in the Woodmen was made to his divorced wife. He said that he still loved her, and although the wife of another man he desired to increase her happiness and comfort by leaving her $1,000. This is the only case on record of the kind.</blockquote>
(Kalamazoo Gazette, Oct 26, 1898, p.1)<br />
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What a sad story. I know it's him because his <a href="http://cdm16317.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p129401coll7/id/942595" target="_blank">death certificate</a> says he divorced, and died of Typhoid Fever in Battle Creek on Oct 24, 1898.<br />
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I don't know when they divorced, but Hattie married Joel L Marble just 3 months before Andrew died.<br />
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By 1900, she was divorced again and living with her father, John Roscoe.<br />
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She married for a third time, later in 1900, to Henry M Baker and he died in 1902.<br />
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The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Woodmen_of_America#History" target="_blank">"Modern Woodmen"</a> was (and is) a fraternal organization that protected families following the death of a breadwinner.Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14975149239369935444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125130642030850748.post-72091766885609595412012-01-07T07:34:00.000-05:002012-02-26T10:45:21.274-05:00Who Do You Think You Are<div>
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Letter:<br />
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<i>Grand Rapids, Mich</i><br />
<i>July 9 - 1964</i><br />
<i>Vern Bradley</i><br />
<i>Dear Friend</i><br />
<i>I was up to White Cloud last week saw Bernice Garfield she is having trouble by high blood pressure she said it was hard for her to write.</i><br />
<i>She said she had a letter from you wanting some information for your son about Sarah Elizabeth Pierce.</i><br />
<i>I am enclosing a sheet on her families also one on the Purdy Family. I wish your Son has time to check Thomas Purdy and family who came to America in 1836. I think he can get his information in London England.</i><br />
<i>Hope you and your family are all OK.</i><br />
<i>From Clarence J Phelps</i><br />
<i>1727 Silver Ave SE</i><br />
<i>Grand Rapids 7 Mich</i><br />
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My Grandmother, Gertrude M (Crain) Bradley, was the genealogist in the family and it appears as though she was researching her late Mother-in-law's family in 1964. Kalamo was a small "close knit" community, so her Father-in-law (Vern Bradley) apparently knew where to find some cousins of his late wife, Myrtle Talbot.<br />
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<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/jdbradleyfamily/home/dat2" target="_blank">Vernor James Bradley</a> married Myrtle Arvilla Talbot on Christmas Day, 1902. Myrtle was born March 31, 1881 to Othello and Ella (Odell) Talbot in Kalamo, Eaton Co., MI.<br />
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Ella (Odell) Talbot was the daughter of Sarah Pierce Strong and Jonah L Odell.<br />
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The above letter refers to Bernice Garfield, whose father was Ella Odell's half brother, Charles M Strong. The letter writer, Clarence Phelps, was the grandson of Sarah Pierce's oldest daughter, Ruth Annette Strong Purdy.<br />
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They related the following:<br />
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<i>Sarah Pierce, was born near Maidstone, Kent, England on May 13, 1825. Her maternal grandparents, who disapproved of their son-in-law's Irish heritage, took her when her mother died young. When Sarah was 7 years old, her father "kidnapped" her from the grandparents and brought her to America. They settled in Elmira, New York where Sarah was educated.</i><br />
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<i>She married Reuben G. Strong in 1848 and they moved to Coldwater Michigan, where they remained until 1851.</i><br />
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<li>Sarah and Reuben's oldest daughter was born Aug. 24, 1844 in Michigan so they must have been married and living there earlier than 1848. Some notes sent by Bernice Strong Garfield are typed on lined notebook paper, so that may have been a typo.</li>
<li>It looks like Reuben G Strong (born 1819) was a <a href="https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/SRHJ-QTT" target="_blank">son of Chauncey Strong</a> who came from Sodus, Wayne, NY to <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=TxgVAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA119&ots=eW9KydJ_aq&dq=chauncey%20strong%20branch%20co%20mi&pg=PA115#v=onepage&q=chauncey%20strong%20branch%20co%20mi&f=false" target="_blank">Branch Co., MI with his family in 1835</a>. Still trying to figure out when and how Sarah got there.</li>
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<i>"In 1851, Mr. Strong and his family started for Oregon by Overland Route with two yoke of oxen and wagons. When they reached the Mississippi river, they were delayed with other emigrants by high water. Mr Strong left his family in Quest of work and during his absence was attacked by cholera. His family never seeing him again. Mrs. Strong disposed of her property . She left the household goods to be shipped back east and the family returned to Coldwater Mich. but she never received the goods.</i></div>
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<i>On Feb 8, 1852, Sarah L Strong, age 26, was married to Jonah L. O'Dell, age 34 of Ovid Twp. by Rev. Ruben Graham at Coldwater Mich.</i></div>
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<i>In 1855 moved to Kalamo Eaton Twp. Mich. and purchased a farm which Mrs. O'Dell owned at time of death. Mrs. O'dell drove with her five children in a one horse rung, Mr. O'Dell preceding them."</i><br />
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According to an LDS pedigree file, Reuben Strong died July 18, 1851. Reuben, Sarah, 7 year old Ruth A. (called Annette,) 3 year old Charles and little Rosetta, not even a year old, must have packed up and headed west in the late spring/early summer of 1851, starting out on the Chicago Road/Sauk Trail which went right through their town. I found several diaries from families going west from Michigan, and they seemed to cross the Mississippi River at various places from Warsaw IL to Galena IL.<br />
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I imagine the Strong family meant to claim 640 acres in Oregon under the "Donation Land Act" and traffic west was <a href="http://www.historicoregoncity.org/end-of-the-oregon-trail-history/oregon-trail-history/107-oregon-trail-chronology" target="_blank">low in 1851 due to the outbreak of cholera</a>, which was the leading cause of death on the trail.<br />
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What I<i> can't </i>imagine is Sarah heading back alone with 2 yoke of oxen, a couple of wagons and 3 very young children...<br />
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<b>Other things I think:</b><br />
<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=TxgVAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA119&ots=eW9KydJ_aq&dq=chauncey%20strong%20branch%20co%20mi&pg=PA120#v=onepage&q=reuben%20graham&f=false" target="_blank">Rev. Reuben Graham</a> was an important person to the Strong family. Reuben Strong is listed as "Reuben C Strong," "Reuben G Strong," and "Reuben J Strong." His children's death records all list him as "Reuben G Strong," with Charles' record listing him as "Graham Strong." If his name was Reuben Graham Strong, I expect the Rev. Reuben Graham may have been an uncle, possibly related to Reuben's mother, Ruth. Also, Ruth Annette Strong was living with the Rev.and his wife Deborah (who had no children) in Branch Co. when she was 16 years old while her family was living in Kalamo, Eaton Co., MI.<br />
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A Baptist Minister at the time was a Rev. E. Loomis of the Home Mission Society, who was conducting services in Branch Co. just before Rev. Graham. The Rev. Loomis could have been related to Sarah's second husband, Jonah L O'dell, son of Eli and Abigail (Loomis) O'dell.<br />
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<b>Things to do:</b><br />
Visit the Holbrook Heritage Room at the <a href="http://www.branchdistrictlibrary.org/coldwater" target="_blank">Coldwater Michigan Library </a>!</div>
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Although, by local accounts, Mary Brooks was accidently not sentenced to solitary confinement, she is listed as having been sentenced to solitary confinement in the "Annual report of the inspectors of the State Prison of the State of Michigan ... By Michigan State Prison, 1862," <br />
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So, Judge Pratt was evidently able to correct his ommision. Mary is the only female listed, and likely the first female ever confined at the Jackson prison since they built the women's ward in 1856. The solitary cells were added in 1857. Since Michigan abolished the death penalty in 1847, the harshest sentence was life in solitary confinement. Also, in the 1862 annual report, the inspectors related their opinion of solitary confinement:<br />
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In 1861, the law was modified so that the inspectors could, at their discrecion, release a prisoner from solitary confinement.<br />
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It appears that Mary was never actually put in solitary confinement, but assigned to work as a cook in the new women's prison. A prison officer related that they would not have executed the sentence, "that she was too good a woman for such a doom."<br />
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Mary's first "sweetheart," David Stewart, became a regular visitor to the prison. After several years, he became well known to the other prisoners and staff and became a "local tradition." David started a petition to secure a pardon, but that failed. Feeling hopeless and wishing for David's happiness, Mary implored him to marry another. Before 1860, David married Elizabeth, but continued to visit Mary, apparently with Elizabeth's blessing. <br />
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**Note: It seems that some journalists in the 1800's were just as prone to fact altering sensationalism as they are today! Ahh, the good old days! I'm assuming/hoping that the bottom line is true, otherwise, it would not have been a story. I've indicated the nonfactual parts with red text.<br />
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David Stewart showed up at the secret inquisition, volunteering information that Mary stole his arsenic. He wasn't the only one, though. Apparently, Van Arman thought Mr. Mann's claim that she stole it from him was more credible. There is no indication that David actually testified. Also, Mary did not "Testify That She Poisoned Her Husband."<br />
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Since the death sentence was abolished in Michigan some 9 years prior, the "SENTENCE OF DEATH PRONOUNCE" ... false.<br />
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Her sentence was never "Commuted to Life," but it certainly seems true that "Later Stewart Had a Change of Heart!"<br />
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<i> Charlotte, Mich., Sept. 21 - Wedded in the evening of their lives, Mary Brooks and David H. Stewart look back with dim, tranquil eyes to the dark morning time, when <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">she stood in the shadow of the gallows</span>, dragged thither by him, her sweetheart, and accuser. Their hair is white now, and the evening promises fair. </i><br />
<i> They were sweethearts half a century ago. There is not much to tell about that part of it and if one of them had not been faithless there would be nothing at all to tell.</i><br />
<i> The faithless one was Mary Bradley --for that was her maiden name. In 1852, when she was 21 years old, her parents persuaded her to jilt David Stewart and marry a crabbed old farmer, whose broad acres made him worthy in their eyes.</i><br />
<i> Here too, the story might end like many another, if Simon Brooks had not died, and from poison. That was three years after his marriage, and all the countryside knew that Mary Brooks had not put an end to all fondness for her old sweetheart.</i><br />
<i> It was he who fastened the crime of murder upon her. Quite uninvited, he came forward at the inquest and denounced the woman he loved. Pointing his finger at her he exclaimed: </i><br />
<i>"She saw a bottle of arsenic in my room and asked me to give it to her. I refused. A little later I missed the bottle. Search the murdered man's house and you will find it!"</i><br />
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<i> The trial of Mary Brooks, accused by the man for whom she had stooped to the crime, was the great sensation of the time in that unsettled country. </i><br />
<i> Its effect was intensified by <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">the extraordinary action of her advocate, the brilliant Van Arman, who closed his plea by swallowing two tablets of the same drug that Stewart's bottle had contained in order to convince the jury that it could not have caused to old farmer's death.</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> It was done without a moment's warning. The court was a tumult at once. Judge Pratt announced an adjournment and sent for doctors. Van Arnam folded his arms and waved aside those who proffered help.</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> He did not die, but the risk he had run was of no avail. </span>Mary Brooks was convicted and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">sentenced to be hanged. </span> Because of her sex the<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> sentence was commuted</span> to imprisonment for life, and she was sent to the new prison at Jackson, the first woman to be received there.</i><br />
<i> She was resigned, obedient, industrious. When she spoke it was to assert her innocence. The deputy warden of that day now the Hon. William L. Seaton, had a cell built apart for her accommodation since the plan of the prison included no provision for women.</i><br />
<i> She was not without friends, and --- marvelous to relate--- the staunchest of these was David Stewart.</i><br />
<i> Nobody ever quite understood his motive, but he gave every evidence of sorrow for the part he had taken in his sweetheart's condemnation and sought to atone for it by agitation for her release. His own signature stood as the head of a petition for that end which was circulated throughout the state.</i><br />
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(As noted earlier, although Van Arman was famous for "<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=EUHVAAAAMAAJ&lpg=PA284&ots=_crnIt3iIn&dq=%22van%20Arman%22%20arsenic&pg=PA284#v=onepage&q=%22van%20Arman%22%20arsenic&f=false" target="_blank">The Arsenic Incident</a>," it didn't happen in this trial. Also, he was not her advocate, but the prosecuting attorney.)<br />
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<i> It was strange and touching--that second courtship in jail. Imprisonment softened Mary Brook's character, and Stewart fell in love with her all over again.</i><br />
<i> The petition was not successful, and these two sweethearts grew old with the walls of a jail dividing them. In course of time the romance ceased to amaze the inhabitants and became merely and existing local tradition.</i><br />
<i> That they should ever be united seemed hopeless. Mary Brooks entreated Stewart to marry some other woman. She said that it would make her happy. He did marry, but he did not cease to visit the prisoner in jail.</i><br />
<i> Mary Brooks was pardoned twenty years ago. She was faded but still handsome. From her relatives, who were well-to-do, she inherited a home and a comfortable little fortune. Her life after that was a very quiet one, devoted to deeds of kindness.</i><br />
<i> She and the Stewart's were neighbors in the little hamlet of Kalamo, Eaton county--neighbors and friends. Mr. Stewart's wife knew all about the old romance, and thought non the worse of her husband for it, or of Mary Brooks. Whoever believed the woman to have been guilty also believed that she had made atonement.</i><br />
<i> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> Stewart's wife died a few years ago. He was an old man then, and Mary Brooks was an old woman.</span> There was a third courtship, this time in an environment of smiling fields and gardens--for each had a beautiful country home.</i><br />
<i> The fruit of that autumnal courtship was a quiet wedding Monday at Mrs. Brooks home. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">She is 68, and her bridegroom three years older.</span> The shadow of the gallows is far behind them.</i><br />
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This article ran in "The News," Providence R.I. on September 21, 1899. A similar article, "<a href="http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F40E12FF385913738DDDA90A94D1405B8985F0D3" target="_blank">Pardoned Murderess Weds</a>, " ran in the New York Times on September 20, 1899, with mostly the same misinformation. My guess is that the story was picked up from a Charlotte newspaper, maybe relating the story upon David's death in 1899.<br />
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Mary is enumerated in the home of her sister's family, LuryAnn and Archelaus Thornton, in the June 1870 Federal Census. Mary's Father, a farmer, died just a year after Mary's conviction. Her Mother, Tirzah, was still living on the farm, along with Tirzah's sister, Hannah Lankton, Mary's brother Truman, his wife, Sarah and several of their children. Her brothers Ira and Joe were also farmers, so between them all, they owned quite a bit of land, but wouldn't necessarily be "well-to-do." Mary probably did not "inherit a small fortune." It is possible that a separate home was built on her sister's land. They were neighbors of David and Elizabeth Stewart.<br />
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On August 21, 1899, just 4 days shy of the 22nd anniversary of of their marriage, David H. Stewart, born to Jacob and Phoebe Stewart at Sparta, Livingston, New York about March 20, 1820, <a href="http://seekingmichigan.org/u?/p129401coll7,694729" target="_blank">died from bronchitis at age 79 years, 5 months and 1 day. </a><br />
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In 1900, Mary was back living with her sister, Lury Bradley Thronton, nephew, Gilbert Thornton and his family. <a href="http://seekingmichigan.org/u?/p129401coll7,567353" target="_blank">Mary died</a> 4 years and 9 months after her husband, on May 13th, 1905, at age 73. She is buried alongside David and Elizabeth at West Carmel Cemetery.<br />
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*** Interesting notes: The official reporter on David's death record is Arthur J Day, the son of Lury Woolcutt Day, whom I suspect is Mary's cousin (still trying to prove that though.)<br />
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*** There were some land transfers between James D. Bradley and Simeon P Brooks. Also, some land transfers between James D Bradley (Mary's father) and Martin Brackett (Mary's attorney,) possibly for payment?<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I've been intrigued / obsessed with the story of my 2nd Great Aunt, Mary Bradley, since discovering this <a href="http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/MIEATON/2002-05/1022242981" target="_blank">post</a> back in 2002. Mary's story was a well-kept family secret. Here's what I have learned so far: Mary H. Bradley was born on April 24th, 1832<sup>1</sup> at Whitestown, Oneida Co., New York, the 6th child (4th living) of James D. and Tirzah (Lankton) Bradley. Sometime around 1841, when Mary was about 8 years old, the family emigrated to Kalamo, Eaton Co., MI. If Mary attended school, she didn't learn to write well, judging from her<a href="http://plburleson.blogspot.com/2008/08/skeletons-in-attic.html" target="_blank"> letters to her best friend, Watson Woodruff</a>. As a young woman of 17 or 18, Mary intended to marry her "sweetheart," David Harrison Stewart, but gave in to her parents wish to marry Simeon Brooks, a much older wealthy land owner<sup>2</sup>. They were married on April 1st, 1851<sup>3</sup>.</span></div>
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<i>The scene is yet vivid in my mind. Judge Pratt, with his black bushy hair standing fiercely erect, his black piercing eyes shooting fire from under his shaggy, overhanging eyebrows, appeared the personification of sternness and the power of the law. There was the woman, with her calico sun-bonnet shading her face, shrinking pitifully away, crushed and confused by this unexpected rebuff when called up to speak. She again rallied, but in her confusion she addressed "this congregation," as if it was a church trial. She spoke with much feeling of her recent loss of a young babe, claiming that she had not since been in her right mind in consequence of her great trouble. She did not expressly deny the crime, but conveyed the impression that she did not feel responsible for anything she might have since done. Here was a rich lead for able attorneys, could there have only been time to work it. She spoke but a few moments,—did not ask that court for mercy, and appeared overcome by emotion as she sank into her seat. The judge then again called upon her to stand up, and delivered to her a harsh, angry rebuke for the terrible crime of which she had been found guilty. He appeared to abandon himself to an impetuous determination to be as severe and crushing as possible. He was so vindictive and ferocious that his remarks failed to produce the effect designed. It afforded her a tempest to brace up against. He closed by pronouncing a sentence to hard labor in the State prison at Jackson during life, forgetting, in his virtuous indignation, to include solitary confinement."</i></div>
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After the trial, Judge Pratt spoke of his sentencing address, saying that he forced himself to stop, fearing that he was making a fool of himself. The prosecuting attorney, Mr. VanArman, remarked that there wasn't even enough evidence to convict her of larceny for stealing arsenic, let alone murder.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Footnotes:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">1. <a href="http://seekingmichigan.org/u?/p129401coll7,567353" target="_blank">Death Certificate</a> (Birthdate different from gravestone - which is April 24th 1832)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2.<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=eoz2jflPnDMC&dq=mary%20brooks%20prison%201856&pg=PA362#v=onepage&q&f=false" target="_blank"> HISTORY OF INGHAM AND EATON COUNTIES MICHIGAN By SAMUEL W. DURANT, pg 362</a>,"Her husband was much older than herself..."</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">3. <a href="https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/MR2K-8DM/p4" target="_blank">Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">4. The Family Record of the Descendants of JAMES D. and TIRZAH BRADLEY, 1930, Lena M Bradley Phillips</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">5. <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=eoz2jflPnDMC&lpg=PA374&ots=NDld2NX9HA&dq=Mary%20Brooks%20murder%20trial%201856&pg=PA375#v=onepage&q=Mary%20Brooks%20murder%20trial%201856&f=false" target="_blank">HISTORY OF INGHAM AND EATON COUNTIES MICHIGAN By SAMUEL W. DURANT, pg 375</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">6. <a href="http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/micounty/BAD0899.0001.001/774?rgn=full+text;view=image;q1=swift" target="_blank">Portrait and biographical album of Barry and Eaton counties,</a> Mich., containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county ... [and] the presidents of the United States and governors of the state, Chicago: Chapman bros, 1891,pg 768</span><br />
<a href="http://plburleson.blogspot.com/2008/08/skeletons-in-attic.html" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">7. Eaton County Genealogy Library, Eaton County Republican Newspaper - February. 14, 1857</span></a><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">8.<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=EUHVAAAAMAAJ&lpg=PA284&ots=_crnIt3iIn&dq=%22van%20Arman%22%20arsenic&pg=PA284#v=onepage&q=%22van%20Arman%22%20arsenic&f=false" target="_blank">Historical collections, Volume 11 By Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society</a>: The Arsenic Incedent, pg 284</span></div>Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14975149239369935444noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125130642030850748.post-22283974970523019652011-08-07T15:42:00.002-04:002011-12-04T15:46:09.702-05:00Vern Bradley and the Walton GrangeI've been going through my Grandmother's stuff again and found this transcription from a Northwest Walton Grange ceremony, where my Great Grandfather, Verner J. Bradley would receive a gold pin. Unfortunately, I don't know who the speaker was, or the date of the event, but I did find a picture!<br />
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"Vern Bradley was born November 29, 1880. His father and mother settled on the Bradley homestead. They lived in a log house until the present one was built. Vern had two brothers and two sisters. He was a normal young man, pretty foxy with the girls; as he is today.<br />
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He ran away from a couple of girls and went to Mississippi to work in a lumber camp for a winter, and came back an expert marksman and shot a wild turkey and has bragged a bout it ever since.<br />
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He married one of the girls he had run away from and she became his wife, (Myrtle Talbot). They lived on Five Point Highway -- the Cole place. They have four children.<br />
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Gerald is assistant Superintendent of Schools in Port Huron. He has four children and six grandchildren. Burlyn works for the State in Lansing and has three children and four grandchildren. Maxine, former teacher and now housewife, whose husband, Philip Park is connected with the Besser Block Machinery, has three children. Betty, also former teacher and now housewife, whose husband is Ralph Vahs, has a Standard Oil Station in Olivet. They have two Children and two grandchildren.<br />
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That’s not bad -- four children, twelve grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren.<br />
<div><div>Several months after the death of his first wife, he married Cora (Palmer) whom we all knew as an active and helpful Granger.</div><div><br />
</div><div>I’ve heard it said he has gained a great knowledge from the Northwest Walton Grange. He has served in many offices. He is our only “Charter Member”.</div><div> </div><div>Politically minded over the years, he has been Township Supervisor a number of times. He also served on the Board of Education. He would hire teachers, and board them.</div><div><br />
</div><div>He was very sick and not expected to live, but through the efforts of that wonderful Doctor Quick he pulled through.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Another time, he was cutting wood with Werlin and while felling a tree, it kicked back and knocked Vern down, and Werlin loaded him in the trailer and brought him up the road so he could be taken to the hospital. But, lucky, no bones broken.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Around 1910, he and Billy Harwood, learned to drive their first car. By the book, of course, and a good thing too, as the first time they got in it, they had a little trouble controlling it and drove through the barn doors. Another time a friend, Hayes Horton, took them for a ride in a Stanley Steamer and had to climb under it to light the burner. He and his brother were the first ones in the neighborhood to get a car. It was an Oakland. Gerald took it for a ride and drove it in the creek. In later years, he has traveled to New York, Chicago, and California. He gets on the Grand Trunk and goes to Port Huron and watches the boats. He goes deer hunting and sets in a steam heated shack and lets somebody else get the deer for him.</div></div><div><div>Vern has lived a full and active life, and I know he’s good for a lot more.</div><div><br />
</div><div>He holds an executive job since his retirement from farming. It is with his son-in-law, Ralph Vahs, at his Standard Station in Olivet. He checks out the brooms, pushes them around and keeps the station swept clean.</div><div><br />
</div><div>In recognition of your faithful and untiring efforts in the Grange for the past 62 years, we wish to award you this Gold Pin."</div></div><div><br />
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</div><div>Foxy with the girls! I learned more than I knew about him. </div><div><br />
</div>Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14975149239369935444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125130642030850748.post-75841706496307387222010-10-28T12:32:00.020-04:002011-12-04T15:46:09.702-05:00Road Trip! Revisiting Eaton County Michigan Cemeteries!<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">It started raining, got dark and windy for a short time, and then.. the rainbow! Even background music (Michigan State Fight Song!), provided by the Bellevue Middle School band, practicing just behind those trees.</div><div><br />
</div><div>My grandparents, Burlyn T. and Gertrude Crain Bradley are buried here. </div><br />
<div>Then, we headed up to Spaulding Cemetery. We were last there in 2001, and I was sad to see that my 3rd great grandparents' grave stones had fallen.</div><div><br />
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</div><div>James Dickinson and Tirzah Lankton Bradley</div><div><br />
</div><div>Both of them, right next to each other. The others are intact, though. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Richard's wife (Ponja) called and wanted to meet for lunch. Her lunch break was 11:45 in Olivet. We weren't paying attention to the time! Richard had to call her and say we'd be a little late, ha.</div><div><br />
</div><div>So we ran over to Olivet and met her at the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Olivet-MI/Eagles-Nest-Cafe-LLC/50139785114">Eagles Nest Cafe</a> on Main St. Good food and good company. She grabbed the "Regulars" table (table of knowledge, according to Richard) and several others joined us. It was one of those places where everyone knows your name. </div><div><br />
</div><div>At the cemetery, Richard saw familiar names since he lives there. He's says, "Oh, I know some O'dell's." I told him they were probably all his cousins. He was surprised!</div><div><br />
</div><div>We then went down the street to the Olivet City Cemetery where we have some family. Ira Dickinson Bradley (oldest son of James) and his family is buried there. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Richard's wife and son are also buried there. He went home from there. It was really fun to see him.</div><div><br />
</div><div>We wanted to get back and finish at Spaulding, but we went up to West Carmel first. Last time we were there, we couldn't find James' daughter, Mary H. Bradley Brooks Stewart.</div><div><br />
</div><div>She's the one who spent 18 years in prison for <a href="http://plburleson.blogspot.com/2008/08/skeletons-in-attic.html">killing her husband</a>, Simeon Brooks. She was pardoned, and married David Stewart. I felt bad about this grave site, too. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Mary's young daughter was ill and died. Then her husband got deathly ill and died within the same month. The woman must have been beside herself. Apparently, she was worried that maybe she gave him too much medicine and told somebody that. That person then reported her for murder. And it only got worse from there. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Her second husband is buried with his first wife, and Mary's grave is right next to that. It just says "Mary H."</div><div><br />
<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533219112204796994" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PKYzyfJCieo/TMnxd19ehEI/AAAAAAAAAKk/oqWeAhIyeMQ/s320/Mary+H+Bradley+Brooks+Stewart.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 240px;" /></div><div>Sarah Blackmer Bradley's parents, James and Mary Ann Blackmer, and her siblings are also buried there. </div><div><br />
</div><div>When we left West Carmel, we wanted to drive by the old farm. It's right on 5 Point Hwy, just east of Lacey Lake Rd. </div><div><br />
</div><div>It was James D. Bradley's farm, left to Truman U, then Verner James Bradley. It was in the same family for over 100 years. When we saw it in 2001, it seemed in pretty bad shape. We didn't stop, but sometime we will. Now, in 2010, the outbuilding are gone and the farm house has been restored. It looks real nice!</div><div>We ended our day back at Spaulding. Since our last trip, we've discovered that James' niece was probably Lury Ann Woolcott who married Sylvester Day. They are all buried there, too, along with some other "Woolcutt's" that I need to check out. </div><div>Never Ending...</div><br />
</div>Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14975149239369935444noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125130642030850748.post-21373100285239007432009-11-01T21:23:00.010-05:002011-12-04T15:46:09.703-05:00Back to James Dickinson Bradley<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Sometimes you just have to set the dead ends aside for awhile, and go back with "fresh eyes". So... we've been studying James again. </span><br />
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">There are some things that we know for sure:</span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">From his tombstone, we know he was born Sept. 15, 1797. </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">From the 1850 census, he reported being born in MA. </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We know he was married to Tirzah H. Lankton on June 5th, 1820 and they had 10 Children, at least 8 of whom were born in Whitestown, Oneida Co., N.Y.</span></li>
</ul><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Now here's a theory:</span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">James D. could have been born in West Springfield MA to Nathaniel Bradley. The repeat of names and locations make this logical to me. </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Nathaniel's parents were James and Jemima (Bishop) Bradley. I can't find anything about Nathaniel's marriage or children. </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">There is a Nathaniel at West Springfield MA in 1800. Here's where it starts getting confusing. Also in West Springfield is Cornelius Woolcott, who married Jemima Bradley. This Jemima would be the right age to be a daughter of Nathaniel (and would be named for Nathaniel's mother). </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The next I find Nathaniel is 1820 in Whitestown, Oneida Co., NY, and within a few lines is Cornelius Woolcott. </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">There is a Nathaniel Bradley, Whitestown, in the report of rejected Revolutionary War Pensions. He did not serve 6 mos. (in CT)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">No James D. Bradley in Whitestown in 1820 (more on that later)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">1830, James D Bradley is in Whitestown, just a few lines from Nathaniel and Cornelius Woolcott.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">James D, Nathaniel and Cornelius and Jemima (Bradley) Woolcott still at Whitestown in 1840, all on the same census page.</span></li>
</ul><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">One problem I have with this theory is that James didn't name any of his son's Nathaniel. However, he probably had older brothers (according to the 1800 census), so maybe it was already "taken". It would be so helpful if I found out who Nathanial was married to. It seems like there had to be the Dickinson name somewhere. Working on it though! </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We found this info interesting from a Google Books search.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
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<h1 class="title" dir="ltr" style="display: inline; font-weight: bold; margin-left: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=eoz2jflPnDMC&pg=PA416&dq=jemima+bradley+woolcott+eaton&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">HISTORY OF INGHAM AND EATON COUNTIES MICHIGAN</span></a></span></h1><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=eoz2jflPnDMC&pg=PA416&dq=jemima+bradley+woolcott+eaton&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></a><span class="addmd" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin-left: 2px;"><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=eoz2jflPnDMC&pg=PA416&dq=jemima+bradley+woolcott+eaton&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">By SAMUEL W. DURANT</span></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: nowrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Mr Day is spoken of by his friends and neighbors as a man whom to know is to </span></i></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: nowrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">honor and </span></i></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: nowrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">esteem; a man of integrity </span></i></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">and solid worth. </span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">On the 2nd day of </span></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">September, 1840, he was married to Lura Ann Woolcott, daughter of Cornelius </span></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">and </span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Jemima (Bradley) Woolcott. </span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">She was born Oneida Co. N.Y., July 17, 1818. </span></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">There were born to them Climena A., Oct 29,1842; </span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Cornelius A., Aug 14, 1844; </span></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Curtis A., Feb 14, 1846; and Clark, Feb 18, 1849, died March 5 1849. </span></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Mrs Day died Feb 22, 1849.</span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">So it looks like they all went to Eaton County Michigan. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I couldn't find Nathaniel after 1840, though. He and his wife were both in their 90's</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">I'll add more on James' marriage and the Lankton's later. I'm confusing myself here so far...</span><br />
</span></div></div>Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14975149239369935444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125130642030850748.post-24850693796453807362009-10-02T07:24:00.004-04:002009-11-01T22:38:08.396-05:00Boxes and Boxes<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It's hard for me to imagine genealogy research without the luxury of modern technology. Today, if I want to check new information on census records I just log in to Ancestry.com! I love to visit libraries but with online catalogs I know exactly what they have and what I'm looking for. </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">As my Mom and I were going through my Grandmother's boxes I realized the time and energy it took to collect that information. Letter writing and a lot of waiting for returns. I imagine it was exciting, though, after months of waiting for a reply, you would get something in the mailbox and can't wait to get to the house to read it! The anticipation must have been fun. </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We are now in the process of scanning these old photos, documents and Correspondence. Some are very fragile and it's a slow process. When that is finished, we'll have organized electronic </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">versions of everything. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Now for preserving the contents of these boxes? There is plenty of information out there on preserving old papers and most of it seems confusing. We don't want to hire a professional archivist, at least not at this point. Preservation and storage isn't something we really wanted to get into! I've found this article on "<a href="http://hubpages.com/hub/Old-Paper">Old Paper</a>" which makes it all seem more doable. I'll be off to the craft store to buy some acid free sleeves, which will hopefully protect what we have until we can do better.</span></span></div></div>Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14975149239369935444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125130642030850748.post-15489638722373408702008-11-17T19:22:00.008-05:002009-09-08T15:27:19.328-04:00And now for the Irish bunchJohn Cryan lived with his wife, Atty McDonough, in County Sligo, Ireland. Riverstown to Boyle is the Cryan "heartland". John was employed in a bank. One weekend he spent a holiday on a farm and died (bef. 1848) of sun stroke, leaving a widow and 10 children.<br /><br />Previously, John's brother Mark Cryan, had emigrated to the U.S.A. and had sent for John and Atty's two oldest daughters, Sarah and Winifred to join him in Boston, MA.<br /><br />Soon after Johns death, Atty and the remaining 8 children emigrated to Boston, MA. They sailed on the vessel, "Epaminondas" and after approximately 8 weeks , arrived in Boston, June 16, 1848.<br /><br />Atty had a boarding house in Leominster, MA. The family then settled in Eldorado, WI.<br /><br />This has been one of my favorite families to research because I've met so many cousins online! I have more stories, which I'll add later.<br /><br />My Grandmother was Gertrude M. Crain Bradley.<br /><br />Descendants of Crain (Cryan)<br /><br />1 Cryan<br />. 2 John Cryan 1804 - 1848<br />..... +Attracta McDonough 1804 - 1880<br />............ 3 Bridget Crain 1826 -<br />............ 3 Winifred Crain 1827 - 1891<br />................ +Edward McLoughlin 1822 - 1856<br />...................... 4 Henry McLoughlin 1850 - 1850<br />...................... 4 John McLoughlin 1850 - 1850<br />...................... 4 Edward McLoughlin Jr. 1852 - 1935<br />.......................... +Catherine Mulvey - 1922<br />................................. 5 Edward J McLoughlin<br />................................. 5 Irene McLoughlin<br />................................. 5 Frances K McLoughlin 1891 - 1965<br />..................................... +Albert M. Kelly - 1952<br />...................... 4 Mary Ann McLoughlin 1854 - 1935<br />.......................... +James Mc Ardle - 1894<br />................................. 5 Edward Mc Ardle<br />................................. 5 Matie Mc Ardle<br />................................. 5 Robert Mc Ardle<br />...................... 4 Eliza McLoughlin 1856 - 1877<br />............ *2nd Husband of Winifred Crain:<br />................ +William McCormick - 1907<br />...................... 4 Margaret McCormick 1861 - 1935<br />...................... 4 William H. McCormick 1862 - 1938<br />.......................... +Delphine H. Besnah 1872 - 1935<br />................................. 5 Agnes McCormick<br />................................. 5 Beatrice McCormick<br />................................. 5 Frances McCormick<br />................................. 5 Winifred Marie McCormick 1902 -<br />...................... 4 John McCormick 1864 - 1930<br />...................... 4 Timothy McCormick 1867 - 1944<br />...................... 4 Martin McCormick 1869 - 1903<br />...................... 4 Mark McCormick 1871 - 1926<br />.......................... +[1] Minnie Koepke<br />................................. 5 Elaine McCormack<br />............ 3 Sarah Kelly Crain 1830 - 1913<br />................ +Lawrence Welsh 1830 - 1907<br />............ 3 Patrick Crain 1831 - 1891<br />................ +Bridget E. Murray 1839 - 1902<br />...................... 4 Francis H. Crain<br />...................... 4 John Crain 1862 - 1920<br />.......................... +Ellen Clarence Synott 1867 - 1960<br />................................. 5 Ella Crain 1891 - 1971<br />..................................... +Howard Lee<br />................................. 5 Ethel M. Crain 1892 - 1974<br />................................. 5 Kathleen Crain 1894 - 1982<br />................................. 5 J.Francis Crain 1906 - 1973<br />..................................... +Marie Evanson<br />...................... 4 Matilda Crain 1863 - 1935<br />.......................... +Joseph Sensenbrenner 1863 - 1940<br />................................. 5 Catherine Sensenbrenner<br />................................. 5 Edward R. Sensenbrenner<br />..................................... +Iris<br />................................. 5 Margaret Sensenbrenner - 1924<br />..................................... +Unknown Rothe<br />................................. 5 Lauretta Sensenbrenner 1899 -<br />...................... 4 Kathleen Crain 1866 - 1918<br />.......................... +Charles Jaegers<br />................................. 5 Clara Jaegers<br />................................. 5 Sarah Jaegers<br />................................. 5 Wendell Jaegers<br />..................................... +Dora Mae Losby<br />...................... 4 Sarah Crain 1866 - 1952<br />.......................... +Joseph Wickert 1864 -<br />................................. 5 Charles Joseph Wickert<br />................................. 5 Mary Ellen Wickert<br />...................... 4 James Crain 1868 - 1918<br />.......................... +Anna C. Lepine<br />................................. 5 Roy Crain 1900 -<br />................................. 5 Ethel Crain 1903 -<br />................................. 5 Arvila Crain 1906 -<br />...................... 4 Edward F. Crain 1870 - 1927<br />.......................... +Kathryn Coudare<br />................................. 5 Lawrence Crain 1902 -<br />................................. 5 Lesley Patrick Crain 1903 -<br />................................. 5 Edward G. Crain 1905 -<br />...................... 4 Mary Elizabeth Crain 1872 - 1925<br />.......................... +Peter Francis Geniesse 1873 - 1945<br />................................. 5 Gertrude J Geniessee 1900 - 1987<br />..................................... +Grant Charles Hamm 1899 - 1979<br />................................. 5 Timothy Edward Geniessee 1908 - 1944<br />..................................... +Winifred<br />...................... 4 Mark Anthony Crain 1874 - 1957<br />.......................... +Mary Therese Butler 1877 - 1959<br />................................. 5 Winifred Margaret Crain 1904 - 1974<br />..................................... +Jess John Nickel 1904 - 1978<br />................................. 5 Patrick Crain 1905 - 1905<br />................................. 5 Helen Francis Crain 1906 - 1999<br />..................................... +W. Paul Conlin 1905 - 2002<br />................................. 5 Edward M. Crain 1908 - 1908<br />................................. 5 Mark Anthony Crain 1910 - 1996<br />..................................... +Florence Kinney 1907 - 1994<br />................................. 5 Patrick Robert Crain 1911 - 1990<br />................................. 5 Ruth Mary Crain 1913 - 1993<br />..................................... +Glenn F. Kinyon 1910 - 1977<br />................................. 5 Elizabeth Ann Crain 1916 -<br />..................................... +Glenn Koplitz - 1997<br />...................... 4 William Crain 1876 - 1944<br />.......................... +[1] Minnie Koepke<br />...................... 4 Timothy Michael Crain 1878 - 1954<br />.......................... +Nina Gertrude Bartley 1887 - 1926<br />................................. 5 Gertrude Mary Crain 1910 - 1985<br />..................................... +Burlyn Truman Bradley 1908 - 1970<br />................................. 5 Timothy George Crain 1911 - 1971<br />................................. 5 Nina Marguerite Crain 1914 - 1958<br />..................................... +Willard C Rockburg 1908 - 1959<br />................................. *2nd Husband of Nina Marguerite Crain:<br />..................................... +Michael Dorosk 1916 - 1985<br />................................. 5 Carol Helen Crain 1915 - 1990<br />..................................... +Jack Novak 1902 - 1959<br />................................. 5 Francis William Crain 1923 - 1923<br />...................... 4 Ellen W. Crain 1881 -<br />.......................... +Walter Swan<br />............ 3 Michael Crain 1832 - 1884<br />............ 3 Marian Crain 1834 - 1860<br />............ 3 Anna Crain 1837 -<br />............ 3 Johnathon Crain 1839 - 1906<br />............ 3 Timothy Crain 1843 - 1895<br />................ +Mary Ann Dunnigan 1850 - 1932<br />...................... 4 Andrew Crain 1868 - 1930<br />.......................... +Margaret Munsch 1871 - 1960<br />................................. 5 William E. Crain 1894 - 1965<br />..................................... +Rose Bird<br />................................. 5 John Francis Crain 1896 - 1985<br />..................................... +Hildur Christine Alm 1900 - 1987<br />................................. 5 Mary Loretta Crain 1897 -<br />................................. 5 Florence J. Crain 1900 - 1981<br />..................................... +Russell Ronning<br />................................. 5 Raymond J. Crain 1902 - 1958<br />..................................... +Margaurite Beachamp<br />................................. 5 Bernard Andrew Crain 1916 - 1986<br />..................................... +Katherine<br />...................... 4 Ettie Crain 1869 -<br />...................... 4 Timothy Crain Jr. 1872 -<br />...................... 4 Charles Crain 1874 -<br />...................... 4 Frank Crain 1877 - 1953<br />................................. 5 Edward Crain<br />................................. 5 Leo Crain<br />................................. 5 Leona J. Crain 1913 - 2003<br />...................... 4 William Crain 1879 -<br />............ 3 Mark Crain 1844 - 1933<br />................ +Mary Catherine Cushin 1852 - 1923<br />...................... 4 Edna Crain<br />.......................... +George E. Grasse<br />................................. 5 Marcia Grasse<br />..................................... +Foster<br />...................... 4 Gertrude Crain<br />...................... 4 Irene Crain<br />...................... 4 Lucille Crain<br />.......................... +Mathew Webber<br />...................... 4 Edward P. Crain 1876 - 1934<br />...................... 4 John M. Crain 1879 - 1934<br />...................... 4 Robert J. Crain 1880 - 1887<br />...................... 4 Margaret Mary Crain 1884 - 1918<br />.......................... +Henry Francis Sheridan 1897 - 1932<br />................................. 5 Henry Francisj Sheridan 1910 - 1935<br />................................. 5 Thomas Patrick Sheridan 1911 - 1976<br />..................................... +Mary Virginia Trauscht 1913 - 2001<br />................................. 5 Margaret Mary Sheridan 1913 -<br />..................................... +Alfred Shedlar - 1948<br />................................. *2nd Husband of Marg. Sheridan:<br />..................................... +Joseph Silhan 1908 - 1970<br />................................. *3rd Husband of Margaret Mary Sheridan:<br />..................................... +Melvin Hageman 1908 - 1995<br />................................. 5 Michael James Sheridan 1915 - 1993<br />..................................... +Florence Haggan - 1983<br />...................... 4 Ralph Mark Crain 1887 - 1953<br />.......................... +Esther Yanke 1897 - 1969<br />................................. 5 Virginia L. Crain 1918 - 1993<br />................................. 5 Dorothy Crain 1920 - 1920<br />................................. 5 Robert C. Crain 1922 - 1981<br />..................................... +June V. Gralton 1925 - 1997<br />................................. 5 Donald F. Crain 1925 - 2007<br />..................................... +Gladys Mc Roberts<br />................................. 5 Mary C Crain 1927 -<br />..................................... +Howard Schroeder 1924 - 1982<br />................................. 5 Ralph M. Crain Jr. 1929 - 1977<br />..................................... +Frances A. Buck 1932 -<br />................................. 5 Patricia A Crain 1935 - 1993<br />................................. 5 Richard E Crain 1937 -<br />..................................... +Helen Crawford 1933 -<br />................................. 5 James K Crain 1940 -<br />..................................... +Margo Magana 1942 - 2003<br />............ 3 Jacob Crain 1846 -<br />. 2 Mark Crain 1805 - 1880<br />..... +Winnifred Lang 1832 - 1899<br />............ 3 Ellen Crain 1850 -<br />................ +James Heavy<br />...................... 4 Elenore Heavy<br />...................... 4 Elizabeth Heavy<br />...................... 4 Josephine Heavy<br />...................... 4 Winifred Heavy<br />............ 3 Mary Crain 1857 - 1864<br />............ 3 Anna Crain 1860 - 1920<br />............ 3 Sarah J. Crain 1861 - 1864<br />............ 3 Mark L. Crain 1867 - 1933<br />................ +Ellen Blewitt 1867 - 1936<br />............ 3 Katherine Crain 1874 - 1954Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14975149239369935444noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125130642030850748.post-37182930162612698182008-11-09T13:24:00.002-05:002011-12-04T15:46:09.703-05:00Descendants of James Dickinson Bradley<span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >1 James Dickinson Bradley b: September 15, 1797<br />..+Tirzah Lankton b: May 17, 1801 in CT<br />........2 Ira Dickinson Bradley b: February 12, 1821<br />........2 Hannah H Bradley b: March 17, 1822<br />........2 George A. Bradley b: May 09, 1825<br />........2 Truman U. Bradley b: August 13, 1827<br />........2 Joseph Otis Bradley b: December 15, 1829<br />........2 Mary H. Bradley b: April 24, 1832<br />........2 Truman Uri Bradley b: March 28, 1834 in Oneida Co., New York<br />............+Mary Abigail Campbell b: January 23, 1845<br />...................3 Rhoda Ann Bradley b: May 25, 1862<br />........*2nd Wife of Truman Uri Bradley: <br />............+Sarah Blackmer b: March 12, 1851 in Canada<br />...................3 Emmon Albertis Bradley b: December 26, 1871<br />...................3 Floy Arena Bradley b: July 06, 1875<br />...................3 Lois Anna Bradley b: December 19, 1877<br />...................3 Verner James Bradley b: November 29, 1880 in Eaton Co., Michigan<br />.......................+Myrtle Talbot b: March 31, 1881<br />.............................4 Gerald Cole Bradley b: January 22, 1904<br />.............................4 Burlyn Truman Bradley b: March 24, 1908 in Eaton Co., MI<br />.................................+Gertrude Mary Crain b: March 08, 1910 in Escanaba MI<br />.............................4 Ella Maxine Bradley b: January 28, 1911<br />.............................4 Sara Bethel Bradley b: January 15, 1914<br />...................3 Hazel Amelia Bradley b: October 31, 1884<br />...................3 Milton T.U. Bradley b: June 01, 1886<br />........2 Lury Ann Bradley b: February 14, 1837<br />........2 Sarah Elvira Bradley b: May 07, 1840<br />........2 Emma Varnera Bradley b: October 13, 1845<br /></span>Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14975149239369935444noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7125130642030850748.post-45453594127386048022008-08-06T21:01:00.005-04:002011-12-04T15:46:09.703-05:00Skeletons in the Attic<span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Mary Bradley Brooks was an aunt of mine. It's hard to follow the story as you'll see once you try to read her letters! She was convicted of murdering her husband but later pardoned by the Governor of Michigan. It's one of those stories that makes me think of how life changes whole generations later. Just the fact that she mentions in one letter that she wants to move to "newbrasky" with the family made me wonder if that's why they didn't go? My GGG Grandfather (father of Mary) died a short time after her conviction. What if she hadn't been accused and convicted, and they left Michigan for Nebraska? Surely my GG Grandfather would never have married my GG Grandmother and, well.... you can see how this goes.</span><br /><br /></span><h1><span style="font-size:100%;"> The trial and sentence for life of Mary Brooks of Kalamo</span> </h1> <p> </p> <p>Eaton County Genealogy Library<br />May 21, 2002<br />Eaton County Republican Newspaper - February. 14, 1857</p> <p>The letters written by Mary Brooks to Watson P. Woodruff in the Spring of 1856, when she first learned that the body of her husband was to be exhumed for examination. </p> <p> The trial and sentence for life of Mary Brooks of Kalamo, for the murder of her husband, Simeon Brooks, on or about the 15th of March last, is doubtless fresh in the minds of all of our readers. Her trial was on the 5th and 6th of May last. It will be recollected that Watson P. Woodruff testified that the prisoner had at four different times requested him to dig up and secrete the body of her husband. He also admitted that he had received two letters from her, urging him to undertake the concealment of the body. He stated that he told her he hated to do it.</p> <p><br />Whether the following letters are those he referred to in his testimony, we know not. But they are evidently letters written to him by Mrs. Brooks, at that time and upon the subject. They were furnished us for publication by Ira Pearl of Kalamo, the man who first made complaint of the murder of Simeon Brooks. We have had them in our possession several weeks, undecided in regard to giving them publicity. Two of the brothers of the unfortunate woman have seen them, and have given their consent to their publication. There is, we think, no reason to doubt the genuineness of the letters. The manner in which they came into the hands of Mr. Pearl we do not feel at liberty to state. To our mind the letters contain strong evidence that Mary Brooks was alone implicated in the commission of the murder.</p> <p><br />The letters are written upon three half sheets of letter paper; two of them evidently forming the first letter. We give them verbatim et literatim without taking the usual liberty of correcting the orthography. We wish to give them precisely as they were written. </p> <p>Sheet 1st<br /> "Watson the county is a going to take Sim up so pres swift told me last night he come from feroes and stoped and told me they aint agoing to do any more about it till he is examined and then they are agoing to take us both up and now i tell you Watson you must talk with Treu about it right of and try to have him help you dig him up for if you Ont it will be to late now you must not deny this time if you want me saved and that is all that will do it that is so now i pray Ont wait any longer grant me my last request i beg on you</p><p> (PAGE 2)<br /> for if you Ont i shall have to go to state prison now if you cant get Treu you must do it for i cant stand it so now talk with Treu right off and dig him up right off Ont wait any longer for it will be to late. i feel if it was you and i could almost give my life to save you and that is all that will save me any how now do it Watson wont you tell Treu if he has got much feelings for a sister to save her he would be willing now do it and go west with him from where. from Hare is not Ont wait for it in a getting to late i place my life on you almost and that is all that will save it now Ont deny my last request.<br /> M.C."<br /><br />(Sheet 2d)<br />This half sheet was torn from the one upon which the preceding was written. It is badly spotted, soiled and torn, and upon one side it is directed to Watson P. Woodruff.</p> <p><br /> "i want you to read the other first tru has promised me he would bring these you and have a talk with you now i want you to burn these up as soon you can after you read them for my sake i am just as sure that was pison in that medicine as can be and if he is dug up and examined states prison is my doom the county is a going to do it pres says that is so now i want you to have<br /> courage and do it i think you can get tru to help you if you have courage yourself do it to save me by all means i think if tru cares much for me he will help for die i shall if it aint done that is so do it right off to night now watson it wont take you a grate while now start and then back out<br /> now tell not to say any thing about these letters and dona you but take a mach and burn them up now save my life while you can for i know if you dont do that i shall get clear taint possible for me to and it will save trouble now remember my last words to you in this you will be sorry hereafter if you dont grant me my request now burn these up so that hereafter they wont make no fuss - M.A. Woodbury - Mary H. Brooks. </p> <p> do grant i pray my requst in these letters to night now dont back out for that is all that will save me."</p> <p><br />(Sheet 3d)<br />This is also a half-sheet of letter paper of the same color of the sheets upon which the foregoing was written. It was cut from the remainder of the sheet with a pair of scissors, and has been sealed in the form of a letter. It bears no date but it was evidently written after the foregoing.</p> <p><br /> "watson for the land sake if you have got any mercy on me or want to relieve my trouble do dig him up night off to night i told father jo and tru abaout that medicine and they said it would ruen me and send me to states prison in spite of all they could do if he was<br /><br /> (PAGE 3)<br /> dug up and examined dont say any thing to father about the medcine i told tru that to dig him up and take him away from there was all that would save me and tru said he hated to do any such thing i shall die if you dont do it you will find tools righ at the old house by the fore dore now watson if you want to clear me do it to night for dick is commencing upon me and i dont know what to do father and tru says they shall go to newbrasky as soon as this fus is over now if you want to clear me so i can go dont deny me this last call leave your team and go and talk with tru but dont tell him that i have wrote to you for mercy sake burn this up as soon as you get a chance now watson you do as i want you to wont you dont back out for that is all that will save me and i told tru so now dont fret it off any longer<br /></p><p>from your best friend Mary H. Brooks now do it"</p><p> Upon the outside of this sheet is written: "you nednet say any thing to tru about it" </p> <p><br /></p> <p>Charlotte Tribune<br />Feb. 18, 1870<br />Local News</p> Mrs. Mary Books, convicted of murder in the county June 5, 1856, and sentenced to State Prison for life, has been pardoned by Gov. Baldwin.Pamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14975149239369935444noreply@blogger.com0