Title: 1829-02-18 ANN ARBOR M T--(ARBOUR)--#MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---FROM JOHN GEDDES (1850,60,70,80 US CENSUS, MICHIGAN MARRIAGE RECORDS, FIND A GRAVE, B. PENN. MAR 1801, D.4 NOV 1889, FATHER, ROBERT GEDDES {FATHER, WILLIAM GEDDES, MOTHER, SARAH McCALLON GEDDES[MOTHER, ISABELLA LOCK McCALLON, FATHER, ROBERT McCALLON-1732-1800, WAS CAPTAIN OF A COMPANY OF FOOT OF THE LANCASTER ASSOCIATORS AT THE BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE. HIS SWORD IS STILL IN THE FAMILY], MOTHER, JANE SAWYER GEDDES, SPOUSE, M. "FANNY" FRANCES ELIZA SAVAGE GEDDES 6 APR 1837, CHILDREN, SARAH GEDDES-B. 1840 {SPOUSE, WILLIAM T RANDALL, CHILD, SARAH GERTRUDE RANDALL}, HENRY GEDDES, JOHN GEDDES-B. 1843, RACHAEL GEDDES-B. 1845, DOMESTIC, LELIA ALEXANDER-B.1831) AT WASHTENAW COUNTY TO WILLIAM GEDDES AT MOUNTJOY, LANCASTER COUNTY PA---THE SAWMILL SHOULD BE GOING NEXT MONTH; THERE ARE ABOUT 400 LOG IN THE SAW YARD, FOUR FIFTH OF WHICH ARE OAK; HE HAD A LETTER FROM UNCLE JAMES, HE HAS NOT HEARD FROM PA SINCE LAST MARCH, AND HAS RECEIVED NO REPLY FROM WILLIAM; DISCUSSES SOIL QUALITIES AND CROP PRICES; ANTI-MASONRY MEETING EVENTS---"YOU VERY WELL KNOW THAT REPUBLICAN PRINCIPLES ARE OPEN AND CANDID, MASONIC ARE SECRET AND MYSTERIOUS"----MENTIONS PARSONS, ALLEN, DEXTER, KINGSLEY, ROBERT, BOTSFORD---WEATHER REPORT---GENEALOGY 2---3PGS-----BHL-GFP-BX1-#2 Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N More..
Year: 1829
Date: 1829-02-18
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 3