1829-05-13 ANN ARBOR M T--(ARBOUR)--#MANUSCRIPT & 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 ROBERT GEDDES --BHL-GFP-BX1-#3----MENTIONS WILLIAM, ROBERT, MR. CLARK, FLEMING'S SAWMILL, MISS ISABEL---JOHN BIDDLE WAS NOMINATED AS DELEGATE TO OFFICE AFTER HE DECLARED HIMSELF ANTI-MASONIC---"THIS MODERATE ANTI-MASONRY WHICH WILLIAM ADVOCATES MAY POSSIBLY DO THERE IT WOULD NOT DO HERE. A MODERATE CHRISTIAN, (OUR PREACHER SAYS) IS AN INFIDEL, AND WOMAN OF MODERATE PURITY IS A PROSTITUTE"---MODERATE ANTI-MASON HERE IS CALLED A JACK ---JANE WAS MARRIED APRIL 28 TO ALVAH EWERS, FORMERLY OF CAYUGA COUNTY NEW YORK; THEY RESIDE A MILE AND A HALF UP THE RIVER FROM HERE, FARMING IS HIS BUSINESS; HE IS SAID TO BE WORTH $2000---ROBERT WAS MARRIED MAY 7 TO MARI LOUISA LANE, FORMERLY OF BROOME COUNTY NEW YORK. "SHE IS SAID TO BE A WOMAN OF MORE THAN COMMON INTELLECT, AND CORRESPONDING ENERGY"---DISCUSSES WHO SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR WRITING RELATIVES AND HOW OFTEN---THE SAWMILL BEGAN OPERATIONS ON MARCH 19 AND DOES ABOUT 100 FEET PER DAY; "100 FEET PER DAY IS NOT BAD, BUT IT IS POOR CONSIDERING THE POWER THERE"; DETAILS ABOUT THE DIMENSIONS AND COMPONENTS OF THE MILL, AND COSTS OF CONSTRUCTION, INCLUDING BARRELS OF WHISKEY---MANY DAMS ON THE HURON HAVE BEEN INJURED BY HIGH WATER LEVELS----"[SOME OF] THE LOGS ARE TO BE SAWED ON SHARES, THAT IS WE HAVE HALF OF THE LOGS FOR SAWING THE OTHER HALF"---DESCRIBES THE LOGS HOUSE THEY LIVED IN---WEATHER REPORT AND CROP PRICES---GENEALOGY 2---3PGS---COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N
Year: 1829
Date: 1829-05-13
County:
Washtenaw
City:
AnnArbor
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Manuscripts
, Michigan Territorial
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Publicly Owned
, Crops/ Agriculture Econ
, Revolutionary War
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