Le Montage de Famille
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. The first two and perhaps all so
far were born at Goderich, Huron County, Ontario, Upper Canada. Shortly
before the family immigrated to Michigan, their son Hugh Garrett III was
born. He would be the future husband of Mary F. Tilden, daughter of John Blangle
and Margaret Jane (Ireland) Tilden of Richland, Saginaw County, Michigan.
Mary also was born this decade. 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.
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. 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.
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 “Franky”
Marie Laronge Gargett/Suttlif, daughter of Marie Laronge, was born early
in this decade. Franky’s mother died during childbirth. (Family tradition
has named her father as James J. Gargett of Gratiot County,
Michigan.) Franky may have been born at Richmond, Gratiot County, or
Richmond, Virginia.) Franky would be adopted by Edward’s older sister and
brother-in-law Sarah 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
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. Isabel (Hood)
Griswold of Moscow, Hillsdale County, Michigan, by Theodore J. Hill,
Minister of the Gospel. [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. Calvin and Louisa had
the last of their children. Near the beginning of the decade Sidney E.
Bliss married Helen M. Hubbard, daughter of Adam F. and Mary (McClean)
Hubbard. They had the first two of their children before moving to Tekonsha,
Calhoun County, Michigan. Sidney’s 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 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. 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 to David S.
Finch. Afterward they took their young family to Farmville, Prince Edward
County, Virginia, and Calvin bought a 284-acre plantation. Calvin was 67 years
old at the time.
- Shaw: The James Ransler and Elizabeth Shaw family continued
at Bedford, Calhoun County, Michigan, where they had two children, the last
one during this decade. 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. Their son Silas B. 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.
- 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. Isabel (Hood) Griswold of Moscow, Hillsdale County,
Michigan, by Theodore J. Hill, Minister of the Gospel. David had lost his
first wife and son during the prior decade. 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.
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. During the Civil War, twenty-five-year-old Moses enlisted for 3
years in Company K, Fourth 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. Daniel died during this
decade.
- Page: The Page family lived in Branch County,
Michigan. William, Sr. and Chloe Page both died early in the decade. Riley
Preston and Elizabeth Page had all of their children—the first and last in
Branch County and the middle one in Webster, Monroe County, New York. At
different times Riley and his family lived at Bronson, Matteson and
Batavia, Branch County.
© 2009 Charles W. Paige.
Last updated: Tuesday April 21, 2009
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