1858-08-31 BRANDON MICH---#MANUSCRIPT---FREE FRANK TO POSTMASTER DR. WILLIAM H. GOVAN APPOINTED 1847 THRU 1859------DATELINED METAMORA LAPEER COUNTY----TO DR. WILLIAM H. GOVAN(1850,60,70,80 US CNSUS, 1855,65,75,NEW YORK CENSUS, B. VERMONT 12 AUG 1818, D. 17 MAR 1894, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, SERVED AS SUCH IN CIVIL WAR FROM 6 JUL 1863, IN 17TH NEW YORK INFANTRY, FATHER, ANDREW GOVAN, MOTHER, JANE STARK GOVAN, SPOUSE, LUCIA R. GOVAN{B. 1820}, CHILDREN, ANNA M GOVAN, WILLIAM S. GOVAN, ANNA M. GOVAN LAWRENCE[SPOUSE, DAVID LAWRANCE, CHILDREN, LUCIA LAURENCE, HARRIET LAWRENCE], MINOTT S GOVAN, SERVANTS, JULIA GALLIGAN{B. IRELAND 1831, DENNIS HURLY{B. IRELAND 1795, ROSE BARRINGTON{B. IRELAND 1834}, MICHAEL MANFIELD{B. IRELAND 1840, SOPHIA YOAST{B. GERMANY 1853, HANNAH BAYARD{B. GERMANY 1842, DENNIS HURLEY{B. IRELAND 1797}), HAVERSTRAW, ROCKLAND CO, N.Y.-----"I AM VERY SORRY TO SAY THAT FATHER HAD THE MISFORTUNE TO GET THROWN FROM ONE OF THE COLTS AS HE WAS RIDING OUT ONE DAY IT WAS VERY WARM AS HE WAS RETURNING HOME HE TOOK OFF HIS HAT AND TOOK HIS HANDKERCHIEF TO WIPE THE SWEAT FROM HIS BROW AND THAT FRIGHTENED THE COLT AND HE SPRANG TO ONE SIDE AND THREW HIM TO THE OTHER AND AS HE FELL HE PUT OUT HIS HAND TO SAVE HIM SELF AND BROKE HIS ARM..."---CHALMERS IS AT OUR HOUSE TODAY AND HE SAYS THAT FATHERS ARM DOES NOT GAIN MUCH, IT DOES NOT GROW TOGETHER VERY FAST..."------FROM JULIA & BROTHER, MENTIONS CHARLOTTE, JAMES, AND ANDREW-----GENEALOGY----2PGS----PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR

Year: 1858
Date: 1858-08-31
County: Lapeer , Oakland
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Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , German Language Letters , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
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