1835-09-20 YPSILANTI M T ---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--#22---DATELINED ANN ARBOR 1835-09-18---HE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM ELIZA MCALLEN SAYING SHE WAS GOING TO MARRY ROBERT STRAIN, AFTER WHICH THEY WOULD MOVE TO SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, SO HE IS POSTPONING HIS TRIP TO PENNSYLVANIA---"SHE WAS MUCH MORE WILLING TO MARRY THAN I WAS"---JOHN GEDDES OF NEW ORLEANS MARRIED MISS HARRIS OF HAMILTON COUNTY, OHIO. ROBERT, HIS BROTHER, WAS DAILY EXPECTED---"THE OHIO WAR IS OVER AND NOBODY KILLED. GENERAL JACKSON INTERFERED AND REMOVED OUR ACTING GOVERNOR AND THE MILITIA WERE SENT HOME. AT PRESENT WE ARE WITHOUT A GOVERNOR"---"STEVENS T. MASON (WHO WAS LATELY REMOVED BY JACKSON) IS THE VAN BUREN CANDIDATE AND I HAVE NO DOUBT WILL BE ELECTED"---MENTIONS ROBERT, JANE, AND MARIA---WEATHER REPORT AND EFFECT ON CROPS----AG/ECON---GENEALOGY---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N

Year: 1835
Date: 1835-09-20
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor , Ypsilanti
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Ohio Toledo Strip Letters , Revolutionary War
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