1829-08-19-- ANN ARBOR M T--(ARBOUR)--BLACK #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 WILLIAM GEDDES ---GFP-BX1-#4---BELIEVES HIS BROTHER'S LETTER WAS DELAYED BECAUSE OF THE "BUNGLING OR SIMPLE MANNER" IN WHICH IT WAS POSTMARKED, WITH NO DATE INCLUDED---DISCUSSES ANTI-MASONRY---MENTIONS GABRIEL RICHARD, THE CATHOLIC PRIEST; JOHN BIDDLE; BOTSFORD'S WATER RIGHT; ROBERT; JANE; AND MARIA---DISCUSSES AND DESCRIBES THE SAWMILLS AND GRISTMILLS IN WASHTENAW; ESTIMATES THE 15 SAWMILLS CUT 100,000 FEET EACH ON AVERAGE PER YEAR. HE IS AVERAGING 1000 FEET PER DAY---WEATHER REPORT---CROP PRICES AND WHAT IS AND ISN'T GROWING WELL THERE; WILD FRUITS ARE PLENTIFUL AND ROBERT PLANTED ABOUT 100 APPLE TREES, 13 PEACH TREES, AND 3 CHERRY TREES---"ROBERT HAS NOT BUILT A BARN YET AND I THINK WILL NOT THIS SUMMER. MATRIMONY IS AN ERA IN A PERSON'S LIFE AND BUILDING A BARN IS ANOTHER. TWO ERAS IN ONE YEAR IS SCARCELY TO BE EXPECTED."---GENEALOGY---2PGS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N
Year: 1829
Date: 1829-08-19
County:
Washtenaw
City:
AnnArbor
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Manuscripts
, Michigan Territorial
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Publicly Owned
, Crops/ Agriculture Econ
, Horticulture/ Fruit
, Revolutionary War
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