1832-09-06 YPSILANTI M T --#MANUSCRIPT---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--#11--GENEALOGY 2---COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE POSTMASTER AND BEING ASKED TO PAY DOUBLE POSTAGE---DISCUSSES THEIR FATHER'S DEATH AND WILL---MARIA AND ROBERT'S SON WAS BORN ON THE 13TH OF AUGUST---THE VILLAGES OF YPSILANTI AND ANN ARBOR SENT OUT AN ARMED GUARD TO TURN BACK PEOPLE FLEEING CHOLERA IN DETROIT. HE WAS OPPOSED TO THE GUARD "THINKING THAT THE REMEDY WAS WORSE THAN THE EVIL WHETHER IT IS INDIANS OR CHOLERA"---THE INDIANS AND THE CHOLERA STOPPED EMIGRATIONS IN JULY AND AUGUST, BUT IT HAS STARTED AGAIN---MENTIONS ROBERT, ISABEL, AUNT MOLLY, JANE, JAMES, JOHN, DANIEL, ---REPORTS ON THE WEATHER AND CROPS---AG/ECON---GENEALOGY---NATIVE AMERICAN---3PGS---COURTESY OF BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N

Year: 1832
Date: 1832-09-06
County: Washtenaw
City: Ypsilanti
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Revolutionary War
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