Today, while I was setting up google alerts, I happened to find a blog page. They talked about purchasing the farmhouse that Oliver McLouth lived in, and how they restored it. It even had a lot of really nice pictures.
http://ftwskies.blogspot.com/2006_07_01_archive.html
I posted a response, asking for a po address (so that I can record where the house is actually located in my genealogical records) but haven't heard from them yet.
17 June 2007
15 June 2007
Reformed Church
While setting up my google alerts, I happened to run across the "Historical Directory of the Reformed Church in America". http://images.rca.org/docs/archives/hdchurches.pdf
It was from the early days 1628-1992s. It has the town where the church is/was located, the names of the pastors and years they pastored, year of organization and year dropped. There are no lists of members of the church.
What's interesting is it listed the church in Mottville, Constantine and Portage Michigan. On page 106, it talks about the Reformed Church in Mottville, Michigan. It lists the pastor from 1863-1864 as J.W. Beardslee. This is the same pastor that performed the marriage ceremony of Cephas and Arabell Parker (according to his pension records).
It was from the early days 1628-1992s. It has the town where the church is/was located, the names of the pastors and years they pastored, year of organization and year dropped. There are no lists of members of the church.
What's interesting is it listed the church in Mottville, Constantine and Portage Michigan. On page 106, it talks about the Reformed Church in Mottville, Michigan. It lists the pastor from 1863-1864 as J.W. Beardslee. This is the same pastor that performed the marriage ceremony of Cephas and Arabell Parker (according to his pension records).
06 June 2007
cyrus parker
Spoke with Eileen K today. She said that she has the complete pension file for Cyrus Parker, too. She said that she also has the military records for Cyrus (which I don't). A couple things about Cyrus that she told me:
1) Cyrus married Nellie Ballou in 1863 in Branch County Michigan. She spoke further with the library and they found a Nellie Parker in an asslyum in Kalamazoo. Was that an insane assylum or perhaps a TB assylum?
2) Witnesses to Cyrus' pension reodcrds were John & Mary Porter. They had a daughter Sarah/Sallie Porter who married James Bradford Parker (grandson of Cyrus).
3) Cyrus was a prisoner of war
4) Cyrus was part of Sherman's march through Georgia
1) Cyrus married Nellie Ballou in 1863 in Branch County Michigan. She spoke further with the library and they found a Nellie Parker in an asslyum in Kalamazoo. Was that an insane assylum or perhaps a TB assylum?
2) Witnesses to Cyrus' pension reodcrds were John & Mary Porter. They had a daughter Sarah/Sallie Porter who married James Bradford Parker (grandson of Cyrus).
3) Cyrus was a prisoner of war
4) Cyrus was part of Sherman's march through Georgia
05 June 2007
Richmond family ponderings
Somehow I happened today to fall into a research problem. Who are the parents of Lydia Richmond, who married Lemuel Hammond? What I know:
1) Per pioneer history, her maiden name was Richmond and she was born in Batavia, Genesee County New York in 1811. Her parents were not named;
2) She has a death certificate as "Lydia Harmond", but her parents were listed as unknown;
3) In 1860 twins Isabel & Arabel Richmond, age 12, were living with Lydia and Lemuel. No relationship is given in the 1860 census.
4) on 04 April 1861, Hiram and Adelia Richmond are witnesses to the marriage of Charles Hammond and Aramintha Parker.
Questions:
1) How are Isabel and Arabel related to Lydia?
2) Who were Lydia's parents?
3) How are Hiram & Adelia Richmond related to Lydia?
1) Per pioneer history, her maiden name was Richmond and she was born in Batavia, Genesee County New York in 1811. Her parents were not named;
2) She has a death certificate as "Lydia Harmond", but her parents were listed as unknown;
3) In 1860 twins Isabel & Arabel Richmond, age 12, were living with Lydia and Lemuel. No relationship is given in the 1860 census.
4) on 04 April 1861, Hiram and Adelia Richmond are witnesses to the marriage of Charles Hammond and Aramintha Parker.
Questions:
1) How are Isabel and Arabel related to Lydia?
2) Who were Lydia's parents?
3) How are Hiram & Adelia Richmond related to Lydia?
04 June 2007
cephas parker civil war pension records
Today I received by UPS a 2 pound package with the civil war pension records of Cephas Parker. There are 150 pages in the package and they are very legible. What's really interesting is that the National Archives had written to me a month or so ago and told me that the records could not be found. I wonder if someone had gone back and was reviewing all the "could not be located" records.
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