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1860-1869
The decade beginning 1860 finds some of the known vector families
living in Europe and Canada, i.e., Garrett, Lindstrom and Westurlund.
In Sweden:
- Lindstrom: Charles Albert Lindstrom is born in Slattakra,
Halland, Sweden at the end of this decade to John and Margaret Johnna (Johnson)
Lindstrom. Charles would be the future husband of Rose Edna Hill, daughter
of William Alexander and Sarah Hill of Allentown, Ontario, Canada.
In Canada and USA:
- Garrett: Hugh, Jr. and Mary Elizabeth (Thurlow) Garrett
had three children during this decade: George, Hugh, and Anna Elizabeth. The
first two of these were born at Goderich, Huron County, Ontario, Upper
Canada. Hugh III was born shortly before the family immigrated to Michigan.
He would be the future husband of Mary F. Tilden, also was born this
decade, who was a daughter of John Blangle and Margaret Jane (Ireland) Tilden
of Richland, Saginaw County, Michigan. The Garrett immigration occurred
either in 1864 (according to Hugh, Jr.) or 1865 (according to Hugh III)
and the family settled in Tittabawassee, Saginaw County, Michigan, where Anna
Elizabeth was born.
In USA:
- Keyes: The Keyes family was on a 64-acre farm in
Climax, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. Orlando and Lucinda had their last
child early in this decade, Esther M. “Etta” Harvey Olmstead Cline,
the future second husband of daughter Sarah M. Keyes, was born to parents
Samuel and Mary A. (Olmstead) Cline in Lagrange, Lagrange County, Indiana.
During the Civil War Rev. Orlando Keyes and his future son-in-law James
Powers enlisted in the 12th Michigan Infantry. Then Private
Orlando officiated at the marriage of his eldest child Irene Hannah Keyes
to Private James Powers. At the end of that year Michigan’s Governor
Austin Blair commissioned Orlando as Chaplain of the 12th.
Orlando died some months after war’s end from illness contracted while
serving in the South. He was buried at the Gilson or Averill Cemetery, his
grave marked by a tall monolith. James survived the war to continue
farming and serve in the Michigan legislature.
- Castner: The Castners were in Ovid, Clinton
County, Michigan. Edward Potter Castner’s future first wife Frances a.k.a.
“Frank(ie | y)” a.k.a. “Franc” Marie Laronge Gargett/Suttlif, purported
daughter of Marie Laronge and James J. Gargett, was born early in
this decade. Franky’s mother died during childbirth. (Family tradition has
named her father as James J. Gargett of Canada, Ohio, and Gratiot
County, Michigan.) Franky may have been born at Richmond in Gratiot County,
or Richmond in Virginia during the Civil War, or elsewhere.) Franky would be
adopted by Edward’s older sister and brother-in-law Sarah (Castner—incorrectly
spelled “Castro” in the marriage registry) and Salmon Johnson Sutliff of
Ovid. Salmon joined the 2nd Michigan Cavalry, Company A, during
the Civil War. Edward’s eldest sibling Elizabeth lost her husband Charles
Bigelow during the war. He had joined the 1st Company of Sharpshooters of
the 27th Michigan Infantry, also known as “Perrin’s Sharpshooters,”
and had fallen at Spotsylvania, Virginia. She then married Thomas Sturgis
who had served during the war in the 7th Cavalry, Company E.
- Hood: The Hoods primarily were in Hillsdale and
Lenawee counties, Michigan. James Hood died and Emily went to live with
her stepdaughter Elizabeth (Miller) Liddle’s family. Mary W. Hood was married
to widower David Barnes at the home of Mary’s widowed sister Mrs. Isabell (Hood)
Griswold of Moscow, Hillsdale County, Michigan, by Theodore J. Hill,
Minister of the Gospel.
Known marriages of Mary’s siblings:
Robert married Emma L.; Isabell married Martin S. Griswold, and
later, Charles Fowle. Jane married George Snell, and later, Orlando Converse
Gale as his second wife. Catharine Ann married Isaac Callius Mills. Elizabeth
Ann was a schoolteacher and married later in life to Isaiah Hendershot as his
second wife. Caroline Duncan married Dewitt Clinton Gale, making her a step daughter-in-law
of her sister Jane. William McNelly, one of the twins, married Mary Elizabeth
Harris, a sister of Charles W. Harris who married Donzetta Barnes, the
stepdaughter of William’s sister Mary W. The other twin, James Duncan, never
married but was captured by Confederate soldiers during the Civil War and died
at Andersonville prison.
[Additional material about
Mary and David Barnes may be found below under Barnes.
The Hood surname will now cease to be included as a
separate subtitle in this narrative.]
- Bliss: The Bliss family was on a 200-acre farm four
miles northeast of Clyde, Wayne County, New York. Near the beginning of
the decade Calvin and Seraph’s fourth child, Sidney E. Bliss, married Helen M.
Hubbard, daughter of Adam F. and Mary (McClean) Hubbart/Hubbard. They
had the first two of their children, Mary Seraph and Charles Sidney, before
moving to Tekonsha, Calhoun County, Michigan. Sidney’s older brother and
sister-in-law John Bothwell and Maria (Williams) Bliss had moved there
shortly after being married at the decade’s beginning, and Sidney’s youngest
sister and brother-in-law Mary S. and Alvin Williams moved there
around the same time period as Sidney. Then Sidney’s family moved to a
farm three miles south of Albion, same county, where they had two more
children this decade—William Harvey and Susan Ella “Susie.” Sidney was a
carpenter by profession. At the decade’s end Calvin and Louisa Bliss held
an auction to sell horses, cows, sheep, and farm tools, selling the farm
itself to David S. Finch. Afterward Calvin and Louisa took their
young family to Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia, and there
Calvin bought a 284-acre plantation.
Calvin and Seraph’s son Samuel H.
had a second child by his wife Elizabeth, but lost both Elizabeth and new baby Evalina
May. Samuel remarried during this decade to the widow Phillippa B. (Oles) Carley,
former wife of Richard Carley. Samuel and his new wife, with his surviving
child Brooks Mason and Phillippa’s daughter Ada L. Carley, followed Calvin and
Louisa to Virginia, where they would have a daughter Lelia M. Bliss.
- Hubbart/Hubbard:
Adam and Ann Hubbard were living at Aurelius, Cayuga County, New York,
at the beginning of the decade but by its end had moved to Albion, Calhoun
County, Michigan, with their sons Levi Bartlett and Thomas. Adam’s
daughter Helen married Sidney E. Bliss (see Bliss family) and also moved
to Calhoun County, initially to Tekonsha but soon to Albion. Daniel also
settled in Michigan. [Additional material about Helen and
Sidney E. Bliss will be continued under the Bliss surname.]
- Shaw: The James Ransler and Elizabeth Shaw family continued
at Bedford, Calhoun County, Michigan, where they had two children, the last
one, Clara B., during this decade. Their son James Watts Shaw’s
future wife Carrie May Dow was born during this decade. She was a daughter
of Henry Smith and Harriet Melissa (Bush) Dow of New York and Wisconsin.
Carrie’s father enlisted as a Private in the 1st Regiment,
Wisconsin Heavy Artillery, and died in Tennessee, where it is said he was buried.
James Ransler Shaw’s younger brother Menzo served and survived the war as
a Private in the 4th Wisconsin Volunteers, Company H.
- Rice: Benjamin R. and Hester A. Rice’s last two
children were born in Michigan: Sarah A. and Silas B. Silas was
born at Avon, Oakland County, Michigan, early in the decade. His future
wife Ella A. Carpenter was born a year later also in Michigan, a
daughter of Canadian-born Stephen and New York-born Eliza A. Carpenter.
During the Civil War Benjamin enlisted at Oakland County, Michigan, as a
3rd Corporal in the 1st Michigan Engineers and Mechanics,
Company I. He was captured by the Rebels in August ’62 and Hester died the
following month shortly after giving birth to Silas. The children were
farmed out to different relatives and friends. Benjamin was released from
service at war’s end and was listed as an Artificer (armourer). Mid-decade
Benjamin married Mary Knight, a possible younger sister or cousin of
Hester, and they resided in Oakland County, having their first two
children: Benjamin P. and Nellie G.
- Barnes: The Barnes family was in Jackson County,
Michigan. Widower David Barnes was married to Mary W. Hood at the home of her
widowed sister Mrs. Isabell (Hood) Griswold of Moscow, Hillsdale County,
Michigan, by Theodore J. Hill, Minister of the Gospel. The newlyweds moved
to Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan, where David worked as keeper and
guard at the State Prison, a position he held for seven years. Then David
returned to farming on 101 acres of land they owned in Summit Township,
Jackson County. The first four of their children were born during this
decade: Martin A., Fredrick D., Jennie, and David “June.” Old Thomas
Barnes died suddenly.
- Tuttle: The Daniel Tuttle family was living in
Dexter Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan. Early in the decade Moses
Smith Tuttle married Rebecca E. Millman, daughter of John and Eliza
(Martin) Millman, who were originally from England. Moses, who sometimes
went by his middle name Smith, and Rebecca had the first five of their
children: Christopher S., Julia Anna, Rose, Sophia M., and Rebecca
Eliza. During the Civil War, twenty-five-year-old Moses enlisted for 3
years in Company K, 4th Michigan Infantry, at Adrian, and a
year later was discharged due to a chronic illness. Despite the relatively
short service, his unit was credited with partaking in the following battles
in 1862 before his discharge: Yorktown, VA, April 11; Williamsburg, VA,
May 5; New Bridge, VA, and Chickahominy, VA, May 24; Hanover Court House,
VA, May 27; Mechanicsville, VA -or- Ellison's Mill, VA, June 26; Gaines'
Mills, VA -or- Cold Harbor, VA, June 27; Turkey Bend, VA, White Oak Swamp,
VA -or- Charles City Cross Roads, VA, and Malvern Hill, VA, all on June 30.
Old Daniel, who had been a carpenter and farmer, died during this decade.
- Page: The Page family lived in Branch County, Michigan.
William, Sr. and Chloe Page both died early in the decade. (Probate for
their real estate, which was under Chloe’s name, was not finalized until
fifty years after the deaths, at which time Riley Preston Page was the
last surviving member of his generation of Pages and Robinsons.) During
this decade, Riley and Elizabeth Page had all three of their children—the
first, Carrie Bell, and last, George Hudson, in Branch County, and the
middle one, Elsie May, in Webster, Monroe County, New York. At different
times Riley and this family lived at Bronson, Matteson and Batavia in Branch
County, and Webster, New York, where Riley registered for the Civil War draft
and the family remained for at least part of that conflict. Riley had
ceased farming and had taken up the profession of agent or traveling salesman
for such as sewing machines—first invented in 1814.
© 2014 Charles W. Paige.
Last updated: Tuesday August 12, 2014
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