1840-12-16 +SARANAC MICH---IONIA CO---V7---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---FROM ARBA BENSON (B. VERMONT 1809, D. 1882, FATHER, LYMAN BENSON, MOTHER EMILLIA BENSON, WIFE ADELINE BENSON, CHILDREN, EMILY BENSON, ROSAMOND BENSON, ARBA BENSON, CAROLINE BENSON, LYMAN W BENSON, AT SARANAC TO HIS PARENTS MR. AND MRS. LYMAN BENSON, (1850 CENSUS, B. MASS 1783, WIFE AMELIA BENSON) AT ROYALTON, WINDSOR CO, VERMONT---NEWS OF TRAVELS. ATTEMPTS TO DIG A WELL "DUG 73 FEET FOUND NO WATER", FARM NEWS, CROP PRICES, LAND PRICES, DEER HUNTING---MENTIONS ADELINE, WORCESTER ENGLISH, BECKET CHAPMAN BROWN LUCY, UNCLE RUFUS, MARTIN AND WILLIAM, EMILY VICTORY---"WHAT A PLACE WE HAVE LIVED IN FOR ABOUT THREE MONTHS A LOG SHANTY THAT 5 OF US TOOK UP PRETTY MUCH ALL THE ROOM AND ONE BED WE HAD NO WINDOW IN THE SHANTY NO CANDLES NOTHING TO MAKE ANY LIGHT WITH UNTIL ARBA KILLED 2 DEER...THEY FURNISHED US WITH MEAT AND SOME TALLOW FOR LIGHTS AND A LITTLE GREASE SOAP"---GENEALOGY---4PGS----PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 482 $35 - N

Year: 1840
Date: 1840-12-16
County: Ionia
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ
Associated Pages: 4

1. 1840-12-16 +SARANAC MICH---IONIA CO---V7---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---FROM ARBA BENSON (B. VERMONT 1809, D. 1882, FATHER, LYMAN BENSON, MOTHER EMILLIA BENSON, WIFE ADELINE BENSON, CHILDREN, EMILY BENSON, ROSAMOND BENSON, ARBA BENSON, CAROLINE BENSON, LYMAN W BENSON, AT SARANAC TO HIS PARENTS MR. AND MRS. LYMAN BENSON, (1850 CENSUS, B. MASS 1783, WIFE AMELIA BENSON) AT ROYALTON, WINDSOR CO, VERMONT---GENEALOGY---4PGS---PAGE 4----PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 482 $35 Read More..

2. 1840-12-16 +SARANAC MICH---IONIA CO---V7---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---FROM ARBA BENSON (B. VERMONT 1809, D. 1882, FATHER, LYMAN BENSON, MOTHER EMILLIA BENSON, WIFE ADELINE BENSON, CHILDREN, EMILY BENSON, ROSAMOND BENSON, ARBA BENSON, CAROLINE BENSON, LYMAN W BENSON, AT SARANAC TO HIS PARENTS MR. AND MRS. LYMAN BENSON, (1850 CENSUS, B. MASS 1783, WIFE AMELIA BENSON) AT ROYALTON, WINDSOR CO, VERMONT---GENEALOGY---4PGS---PAGE 3----PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 482 $35 Read More..

3. 1840-12-16 +SARANAC MICH---IONIA CO---V7---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---FROM ARBA BENSON (B. VERMONT 1809, D. 1882, FATHER, LYMAN BENSON, MOTHER EMILLIA BENSON, WIFE ADELINE BENSON, CHILDREN, EMILY BENSON, ROSAMOND BENSON, ARBA BENSON, CAROLINE BENSON, LYMAN W BENSON, AT SARANAC TO HIS PARENTS MR. AND MRS. LYMAN BENSON, (1850 CENSUS, B. MASS 1783, WIFE AMELIA BENSON) AT ROYALTON, WINDSOR CO, VERMONT---GENEALOGY---4PGS---PAGE 2----PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 482 $35 Read More..

4. 1840-12-16 +SARANAC MICH---IONIA CO---V7---BROWN #MANUSCRIPT & MS 25 RATE---FROM ARBA BENSON (B. VERMONT 1809, D. 1882, FATHER, LYMAN BENSON, MOTHER EMILLIA BENSON, WIFE ADELINE BENSON, CHILDREN, EMILY BENSON, ROSAMOND BENSON, ARBA BENSON, CAROLINE BENSON, LYMAN W BENSON, AT SARANAC TO HIS PARENTS MR. AND MRS. LYMAN BENSON, (1850 CENSUS, B. MASS 1783, WIFE AMELIA BENSON) AT ROYALTON, WINDSOR CO, VERMONT---GENEALOGY---4PGS---PAGE 1----PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 LOT 482 $35 Read More..