1837-07-05---YPSILANTI MICH---BLACK CDS & MS 25 RATE---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---DATELINED ANN ARBOR 1837-07-04---GFP--BX1--#26---"TEN YEARS AGO TODAY I LEFT LONDONDERRY FOR THE LAST TIME. THIS TENTH PART OF A CENTURY HAS MADE CONSIDERABLE OF A CHANGE ON OUR FAMILY. BUT PROBABLY NO MORE THAN THE NEXT TEN YEARS."---NEWS OF DEATHS IN THE FAMILY: THOMAS M. GEDDES, FORMERLY OF LEBANON, 25 YEARS OLD, DIED OF TYPHUS FEVER IN PITTSBURGH ON MAY 6TH; WILLIAM GEDDES, FORMERLY OF FAUNETOBURGH, DIED IN BALTIMORE---JOHN SAWYER ALSO DIED---MENTIONS AGRIPPA, UNCLE JAMES AND HIS SON GEORGE, DOCTOR JOHN P., JAMES GEDDES JR. OF LEWISBURG, ROBERT, MR. BULL---CROP PRICES AND PROSPECTS, LUMBER PRICES, PROGRESS ON THE NEW SAWMILL---LITTLE ROBERT IS IN ANN ARBOR GOING TO SCHOOL----AG/ECON---GENEALOGY---3PGS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N

Year: 1837
Date: 1837-07-05
County: Washtenaw
City: Ypsilanti
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 3

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