Title: 1834-09-28 YPSILANTI M T ---BLACK CDS--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) TO WILLIAM GEDDES---BHL--GFP--BX1--#17 --UNCLE JAMES WROTE THAT HE WAS CALLED UPON TO GIVE AN OPINION ON THE PLANS TO IMPROVE THE NAVIGATION OF THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER; ALSO HE HAS A GRANDDAUGHTER 7 OR 8 WEEKS OLD, CROP PRICES AND LAND VALUES---MENTIONS AUNT LUCY, AUNT BETSY, MR. EWERS, ISABEL, JANE, ROBERT, MARIA, JOHN, SAMUEL HARPER, BOTSFORD, AGRIPPA---CHOLERA KILLED ABOUT 400 PEOPLE IN DETROIT---IN ANN ARBOR AARON BROWN OF BROWN AND CO. DIED FROM CHOLERA, ONE OF ONLY A FEW PEOPLE THERE---THERE WERE A LARGE NUMBER OF LOCUSTS THAT YEAR---DISCUSSES THE PROPOSED RAIL ROUTE----A CARAVAN OF ANIMALS VISITED ANN ARBOR INCLUDING A LION, BENGAL TIGER, TWO LEOPARDS, A WHITE BEAR, BLACK BEAR, PANTHER, SOUTH AMERICAN PUMA, HYENAS, OSTRICHES, AN ELEPHANT, CAMEL, AND SEVERAL MONKEYS----AG/ECON---GENEALOGY 2---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N More..
Year: 1834
Date: 1834-09-28
County: Washtenaw
City: Ypsilanti
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Railroads , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Revolutionary War
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Title: 1834-10-21 +SALINE M T--#MANUSCRIPT--DATELINED 1834-09-28 AT PITT---FROM COUSIN ELIZA BALL AT PITT TO JOHN H CORNISH AT WASHINGTON COLLEGE AT HARTFORD CONN. ABOUT HAVING A VISIT FROM HIS MOTHER AND LEARNING OF GOOD HEALTH, LETTING HIM KNOW OF HER MARRIAGE AND THE HEALTH AND ACTIVITIES OF THE REST OF THE FAMILY JOSIAH, HANNAH AND MARSHALL, UNCLE STEPHAN BRADLEY AND HIS SON FILANDER; THADDEUS SENDS HIS RESPECTS, AND SHE ASKS AFTER JOHN'S BROTHER ANDREW---GENEALOGY 8---3PGS---PRIVATELY OWNED--ERNIE'S COLLECTION - N More..
Year: 1834
Date: 1834-10-21
County: Washtenaw
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 3