Title: 1839-04-17---YPSILANTI MICH---RED CDS & BLACK MS 18 3/4THS 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 1839-04-17--GFP---BX1--#32---ROBERT MARRIED MISS CHLOE LANE, A SISTER OF HIS FIRST WIFE "IT WAS THOUGHT QUITE STRANGE BY ALMOST EVERYONE AND THE DIFFERENCE IN THEIR AGES WOULD SEEM TO SAY A FOOLISH MOVE. IT WAS KEPT A SECRET AND MYSELF AND THE YPSILANTI LANES KNEW NOTHING OF IT UNTIL TWO OR THREE DAYS AFTER THE KNOT WAS TIED. WHY ROBERT MARRIED HER MAY BE EASIER TO ASK THAN ANSWER"; THE YPSILANTI AND TECUMSEH RAILROAD HAS BEEN STOPPED AND THE HANDS DISMISSED "INDEED IT IS SAID NOT EVERY LINE WOULD PAY THE EXPENSE OF RUNNING THAT LINE. JUST TO THINK FIVE ROUTES OF RAILROAD AND CANAL ACROSS THE PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. HOW RIDICULOUS!"; THE LEGISLATURE PASSED AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A STATE BANK; MORE RAILROAD NEWS, POLITICS, CROP PRICES, PLANS FOR BUILDING THE UNIVERSITY, SAWMILL NEWS, INFORMATION ABOUT HORSES IN THE COUNTY, THE YPSILANTI BANK FAILED ON THE 18TH OF JANUARY; "WE MICHIGANDERS ACKNOWLEDGE OUR STATE HAS A BAD NAME AND IS DESERVING OF IT. THAT THE FLOODGATES OF VILLANY HAS BEEN THROWN OPEN EITHER BY KNAVES OR FOOLS AND WE ARE NOW RECEIVING OUR REWARD."---MENTIONS THEIR SISTER ANN, SAMUEL COOPER AND POLLY---GENEALOGY 2---3PGS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Read More..
Year: 1839
Date: 1839-04-17
County: Washtenaw
City: Ypsilanti
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Railroads , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1840-10-23---YPSILANTI MICH---RED CDS & BLUE 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 1840-10-14 TO 1840-10-21---GFP--BX1--#35---DISCUSSES POLITICS, COSTS OF BUILDING THE GRISTMILL, THE SAWMILL, WHEAT AND BRICK PRICES, COST OF TRANSPORTING GOODS ON THE TRAIN FROM ANN ARBOR TO DETROIT, CROP PRICES, THE FRUIT CROP, HE HEARD THE CENSUS WOULD SHOW 2100 INHABITANTS IN THE VILLAGE OF ANN ARBOR AND 1300 IN YPSILANTI---MENTIONS MR. EWERS, JANE AND THE CHILDREN, ROBERT, HARPIN LUM SUPERINTENDENT OF COLLEGE BUILDINGS IN ARBOR, AGRIPPA, THOMAS, FISHER, THE SAWYERS, DR. SCHETTERLY, INGERSOL--- GENEALOGY 2---4PGS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Read More..
Year: 1840
Date: 1840-10-23
County: Washtenaw
City: Ypsilanti
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Railroads , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1841-01-09---DETROIT MICH--RED CDS--FROM 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) AT DETROIT TO HIS BROTHER WILLIAM GEDDES AT PALMYRA, LEBANON COUNTY PA---GENEALOGY---DATELINED DETROIT 1841-01-07---GFP--BX1--#36---DISCUSSES CROP PRICES, TAXES, ELECTION RESULTS, CENSUS RESULTS, DISSENSION IN THE MEETING OF THE MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE REGARDING ELECTION RESULTS "THE REPRESENTATIVE BOX IN THE TOWNSHIP OF HAMTRAMCK BOX DISAPPEARED MYSTERIOUSLY BEFORE THE VOTES IN IT WERE COUNTED IT WAS FOUND BROKEN OPEN IN THE ROAD AND THE BALLOTS SCATTERED ABOUT."---"THE GOVERNOR HANDED IN HIS MESSAGE TODAY. HE RECOMMENDS A DIFFERENT SYSTEM OF TAXATION, RECOMMENDS EMPLOYING ALL THE FUNDS OF THE STATE ON THE CENTRAL RAILROAD. SAYS NOTHING ABOUT THE BANKS WHICH IS NOT SATISFACTORY."---MENTIONS AGRIPPA, JANE, JAMES, THOMAS, ROBERT; PAUL GEDDES OF LENAWEE WAS ELECTED ENROLLING CLERK "HE PRIDES HIMSELF ON HIS PENMANSHIP, AS A FARMER HE IS SHIFTLESS"---DIRECT MAIL TO HIM AS A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES "WE ARE FURNISHED HERE WITH TWO INK STANDS FOR EVERY MEMBER. INK QUILLS AND PAPER WAFERS. SANDBOX AND SEALS AT THE EXPENSE OF THE STATE."--- 3PGS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Read More..
Year: 1841
Date: 1841-01-09
County: Wayne
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Railroads , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1842-07-18---YPSILANTI MICH--RED 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 1842-07-12---GFP--BX1--#38---MARTIN VAN BUREN WAS IN ANN ARBOR TODAY(JULY 11TH)(1842). CAME HERE 1/4 BEFORE 11 AND LEFT 1/4 BEFORE 3---THE EX-PRESIDENT WENT TO THE TAVERN WHERE HIM AND HIS FRIENDS WERE TO DINE.---A MR. WHALEY HAS BEEN HERE AND WANTS TO KNOW WHETHER YOU WILL SELL YOUR LAND ON TIME. ROBERT WAS UP TO SEE VAN BUREN---MENTIONS WITMER, EX-LIEUTENANT GOV. MUNDY, T.W. DORRIS-----JUNE FROSTS; WEATHER REPORT AND THE EFFECTS ON THE CROPS AND TREES; CROP YIELD PREDICTIONS; RYE GROWS POORLY IN WASHTENAW, BUT HE DOESN'T KNOW WHY; CROP PRICES AND WAGES FOR HARVESTERS, LAND ASSESSMENTS, POLITICS---"BUSINESS IS DULL IN MICHIGAN, MORE SO THAN EVER. AND JOHN TYLER MUST VETO THE LITTLE TARIFF BILL, WHICH OF COURSE MUST MAKE BUSINESS STILL MORE DULL"---"WHENEVER BANKS SUSPEND THEY FAIL IN AN IMPORTANT POINT TO FULFILL THEIR PROMISES TO THE COMMUNITY IN OTHER WORDS, THEY DO NOT DO AS THEY AGREE. THEIR PROMISES TO PAY ON DEMAND IS NO LONGER TRUE, IT IS FALSE. IT IS A DISGRACE TO ANY COMMUNITY TO PERMIT FALSEHOODS TO CIRCULATE IN THEIR MIDST. LIKE MANY OTHER FALSEHOODS, THEY DO NOT MAKE A SUBSTITUTE FOR TRUTH, AND FOR A TIME DO ANSWER A TOLERABLE PURPOSE. BUT IN THE VERY NATURE OF THINGS THESE PROMISES MUST BE REDEEMED OR THINGS MUST PROCEED FROM BAD, TO WORSE"--- GENEALOGY---WEATHER---CROPS----POLITICS---3PGS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Read More..
Year: 1842
Date: 1842-07-18
County: Washtenaw
City: Ypsilanti
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Horticulture/ Fruit , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1843-03-13--- ANN ARBOR MICH--RED 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 1843-03-11---GFP--BX1---#39---SAWMILL NEWS, WEATHER, ELDRED'S MILL IS GRINDING GRAND RIVER PLASTER, CROP PRICES, PRICES TO BUILD A HOUSE, PROPERTY TAXES---MENTIONS MR. SNOW, MR. STILLWELL, MR. TALMON BROWN, MR. KING, MR. EWERS, JANE---"HAY AT THE PRESENT TIME IS MORE SCARCE THAN MONEY...ROBERT IS GOING THRESH (SIC) WITH A MACHINE THIS WEEK ONE DAY AND PAY THE HANDS THAT ASSIST HIM IN STRAW"---GENEALOGY---3PGS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Read More..
Year: 1843
Date: 1843-03-13
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Publicly Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 3

Title: 1843-10-14 ST. JOSEPH MICH---BERRIEN CO----RED CDS & MS 25 RATE-----TO JUDGE HIRAM GARNER(1850,60,70 US CENSUS, B. VERMONT 9 FEB 1800, D. 14 MAR 1874, DESCENDANT OF PLINEY SMITH{1761-1840, ENLISTED IN THE BERKSHIRE CO. MASS, MILITIA UNDER ENOCH NOBLE, IN THE BURGOYNE CAMPAIGN, AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR}, SPOUSE, SARAH GARDNER, CHILDREN, ANNE GARDNER, MARY GARDNER, SERVANT, BRIDGET CAROLL{B. IRELAND 1829}, BETSEY SLOAN{B. IRELAND 1820}, CATHARINE MARTON{B. 1838}, ELLEN SHERIDAN{B. IRELAND 1840}), LOCKPORT, NIAGARA CO, N.Y.----FROM BRITAIN HECTOR, ST JOSEPH MICH---REGARDING PAYMENT OF STATE TAXES---GENEALOGY---1PG-----ERNIE'S COLLECTION $35 - N Read More..
Year: 1843
Date: 1843-10-14
County: Berrien
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1844-07-12 CONSTANTINE MICH--BLACK CDS & MS 18 3/4 RATE----TO JOHN D. WHEELER(1850,60,70,80 US CENSUS, B. KENTUCKY 6 SEP 1806, D. 3 JUL 1895, SPOUSE, M. MARY"POLLY" CAMERER WHEELER 28 AUG 1828{B. 22 OCT 1803, D. 25 MAY 1898, FATHER HENRY CAMERER, MOTHER, BARBARA CAMERER, DESCENDANT OF HENRY CAMERER, AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR}, CHILDREN, WILLIAM WHEELER, BARBARA E WHEELER, FRANCES M WHEELER, CALVIN WHEELER, HULDAH WHEELER STEWART, LUCINDA WHEELER), CLERMONT CO, OHIO----GENEALOGY----COVER ONLY-----ERNIES COLLECTION $50 Read More..
Year: 1844
Date: 1844-07-12
County: Saint Joseph
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1845-05-31 TOMPKINS MICH--V4---JACKSON CO.--YEAR ESTIMATED---BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS PAID 3 RATE------TO JUDGE OLIVER PHELPS (1850,60,70 US CENSUS, B. PARIS FRANCE 15 MAY 1796, D. 13 AUG 1872, LAWYER, FARMER, FATHER, COLONEL OLIVER LEICESTER PHELPS{1775-1813}, MOTHER, ELIZABETH "BETSEY" LAW SHERMAN PHELPS [DESCENDENT OF ROGER SHERMAN{1721-1793} MEMBER OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS{1774-1780} AND SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR], SPOUSE, M. LAURA CHAPIN PHELPS 27 NOV 1821{1799-1892}, CHILDREN, OLIVER PHELPS{1824-1877}, WALTER PHELPS{B.1836}, ELIZABETH PHELPS{B.1838}, JULIA GRANGER PHELPS{1842-1881}), CANANDAGUA, ONTARIO CO, N.Y.-----GENEALOGY----COVER ONLY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1845
Date: 1845-05-31
County: Jackson
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Privately Owned , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1847-01-03 BERTRAND MICH{1834-1901} DPO-----V3---BERRIEN CO----BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & MS 10 RATE----MERGED INTO NILES----TO J. TEN EYCKE, CAZENOVIA, MADISON CO, N.Y.------FROM LORENZO CONANT, BERTRAND MICH----MENTIONS CAPT. ELIAS WILLARD BENSON(1850,60 US CENSUS, B. NEW YORK 30 MAY 1797, D. 27 NOV 1874, SPOUSE, LYDIA SPRAGUE BENSON{DESCENDANT OF DAVID SPRAGUE WHO SERVED AS A PRIVATE IN THE 4TH NEW YORK STATE MILITIA, DETACHMENT OF COLONEL KILLIN Van RENSESLAERS REGIMENT OF ALBANY COUNTY MILITIA UNDER COMMAND OF CAPT. JOHN W SCHERMERHORN, AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR}, CHILDREN, POLLY BENSON, BRADLEY BENSON, DEWITT BENSON, LEROY BENSON, EDGAR A BENSON, OSCAR P BENSON, THALIA R BENSON, LDIA BENSON, IDA BENSON), MR. WEBBER-REVOLUTIONARY WAR---GENEALOGY---2PGS-----ERNIES COLLECTION $75 Read More..
Year: 1847
Date: 1847-01-03
County: Berrien
City: Niles
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1849-09-07 MACKINAC MICH------MACKINAC CO.--RED CDS & BLACK MS 10 RATE---DATELINED "TOWN 44 N RANGE 12 W MICH"---TWO LETTERS---ONE FROM GUY H. CARLETON TO HIS WIFE FRANCES, GUY H. CARLETON (1870,80 US CENSUS, DAR, B. NEW HAMPSHIRE 1 NOV 1819, D. 1 MAY 1895, ENGINEER, SUPT. OF CANAL, LAND SURVEYER, ASST. CUSTOMS COLLECTOR, DESCENDANT OF EDMUND CARLTON & WIFE ABIGAIL HUTCHINS, EDMUND CARLTON WAS A SOLDIER AT TICONDEROGA IN CAPTAIN TIMOTHY EATON'S COMPANY, COL. EDWARD WIGGLESWORTH'S REGIMENT,--FATHER, EDMUND EDWARD CARLTON, MOTHER, OLIVE MINOR CARLTON, 1ST SPOUSE, M. FRANCIS MINOR CARLTON 8 OCT 1846, 2ND SPOUSE, M. CHRISTINE KEMP CARLTON 1 DEC 1862{B. 4 JUNE 1841, D. 20 OCT 1904}, IS A DESCENDANT OF LAWRENCE KEMP & DOROTHY STEBBINS, LAWRENCE KEMP 1776,WAS COMMISSIONED CAPTAIN OF THE THIRTEENTH COMPANY, HAMPSHIRE COUNTY REGIMENT, SERVING FOR FOUR YEARS DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR, [IN 1860 19 YEAR OLD CHRISTINE KEMP CARLTON LIVED NEXT DOOR TO GUY H CARLTON WITH HER FATHER, JOSEPH KEMP, AND MOTHER, HARRIETT BELL KEMP IN 1870 JOSEPH KEMP IS AN INVALID LIVING WITH GUY H CARLTON AND HIS WIFE CHRISTINE KEMP CARLTON], CHILDREN, ROBERT HOGUE CARLTON, ALICE CARLTON, HATTIE CARLTON, HELEN CARLTON, ELLA JOANNA CARLTON BARNHISEL, LOUIS K CARLTON, GRACE HAINES CARLTON)---MENTIONS GEORGE, JOSEPH, MR. MULLETT, LYONS, AND TIMOTHY PATRIDGE---ONE FROM H. HOYNE---MENTIONS GUY AND NANCY---BOTH TO MRS. FRANCES CARLETON AT ST. CLAIR---GENEALOGY---2PGS---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-09-07
County: Mackinac , Saint Clair , , , , , ,
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Northern Michigan , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1850-07-17 HUDSON MICH----LENAWEE CO-----ORIGINALLY FROM BOSTON MASS THEN BLUE HUDSON CDS AT DROP RATE TO THE DESTINATION-----TO CURTIS HOOKER BOIES (1850,60,70,80 US CENSUS, SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, B. 13 FEB 1811, D. 1893, FARMER, MERCHANT, [ DESCENDENT OF WILLIAM BOIES{1721-1804} CHOSEN TO ASSIST IN FRAMING A BILL OF RIGHTS AT CAMBRIDGE MASS 10 MAY 1780-CHOSEN AS MODERATOR AND MAJOR, DECENDENT OF DAVID BOIES{1689-1752}, AND DECENDENT OF CAPTAIN DAVID BOIES{1750-1839} CAPT WILLIAM CANNON'S CO, COL. DAVID LEONARD'S REGIMENT, MARCHED TO TICONDEROGA 6 MAY 1777, AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR, FATHER, DAVID BOIES{1781-1852}, MOTHER, ELIZABETH GIBBS BOIES{1781-1858}, SPOUSE, M.SARAH ANN JONES BOIES 9 MAR 1839 {1819-1904}, CHILDREN, ELLEN M BOIES{B.1842}, ALBERT H BOIES{B.1844}, SARAH S BOIES{B. 1847}, CAROLINE A BOIES{B. 1848}, WILLIAM BOIES{B.1852}, MARY BOIES{B.1854}, LOUISE BOIES{1858-1893}, ), HUDSON, MICH----FROM HUGH DURANT, AGENT FOR THE MISSIONARY HERALD, BOSTON MASS----ABOUT HIS SUBCRIPTION DUES-----GENEALOGY------1PG----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1850
Date: 1850-07-17
County: Lenawee
City:
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 1

Title: 1851-03-09 CLINTON MICH---YEAR ESTIMATED----LENAWEE CO----BLUE CDS & STAMPED ARC PAID 3 RATE-----TO SAMUEL ROSE(1860 NEW YORK CENSUS, 1840 US CENSUS, AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSIONERS 1836, SPOUSE AMY ROSE), HUDSON,COLUMBIA CO, N.Y.----AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR----GENEALOGY----COVER ONLY------ERNIES COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1851
Date: 1851-03-09
County: Lenawee
City:
Category: MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1852-05-08 ST. CLAIR MICH----YEAR ESTIMATED--ST.CLAIR CO.--BLACK CDS---FORWARDED---ALSO BLACK INTEGRETED 3 CENTS IN CDS-1852-04-26 OF DETROIT---TO GUY H. CARLETON (1870,80 US CENSUS, DAR, B. NEW HAMPSHIRE 1 NOV 1819, D. 1 MAY 1895, ENGINEER, SUPT. OF CANAL, LAND SURVEYER, ASST. CUSTOMS COLLECTOR, DESCENDANT OF EDMUND CARLTON & WIFE ABIGAIL HUTCHINS, EDMUND CARLTON WAS A SOLDIER AT TICONDEROGA IN CAPTAIN TIMOTHY EATON'S COMPANY, COL. EDWARD WIGGLESWORTH'S REGIMENT,--FATHER, EDMUND EDWARD CARLTON, MOTHER, OLIVE MINOR CARLTON, 1ST SPOUSE, M. FRANCIS MINOR CARLTON 8 OCT 1846, 2ND SPOUSE, M. CHRISTINE KEMP CARLTON 1 DEC 1862{B. 4 JUNE 1841, D. 20 OCT 1904}, IS A DESCENDANT OF LAWRENCE KEMP & DOROTHY STEBBINS, LAWRENCE KEMP 1776,WAS COMMISSIONED CAPTAIN OF THE THIRTEENTH COMPANY, HAMPSHIRE COUNTY REGIMENT, SERVING FOR FOUR YEARS DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR, [IN 1860 19 YEAR OLD CHRISTINE KEMP CARLTON LIVED NEXT DOOR TO GUY H CARLTON WITH HER FATHER, JOSEPH KEMP, AND MOTHER, HARRIETT BELL KEMP IN 1870 JOSEPH KEMP IS AN INVALID LIVING WITH GUY H CARLTON AND HIS WIFE CHRISTINE KEMP CARLTON], CHILDREN, ROBERT HOGUE CARLTON, ALICE CARLTON, HATTIE CARLTON, HELEN CARLTON, ELLA JOANNA CARLTON BARNHISEL, LOUIS K CARLTON, GRACE HAINES CARLTON) AT SAULT STE. MARIE---CHIPPEWA COUNTY---GENEALOGY---COVER ONLY---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1852
Date: 1852-05-08
County: Saint Clair , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Northern Michigan , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1852-11-02 ST CLAIR MICH---YEAR ESTIMATED----SAINT CLAIR CO.--BLACK CDS & ARC PAID 3 RATE----AND DETROIT BLACK INTEGRATED 5 CTS UNPAID CDS RATE--WAYNE CO.-----TO GUY H. CARLETON (1870,80 US CENSUS, DAR, B. NEW HAMPSHIRE 1 NOV 1819, D. 1 MAY 1895, ENGINEER, SUPT. OF CANAL, LAND SURVEYER, ASST. CUSTOMS COLLECTOR, DESCENDANT OF EDMUND CARLTON & WIFE ABIGAIL HUTCHINS, EDMUND CARLTON WAS A SOLDIER AT TICONDEROGA IN CAPTAIN TIMOTHY EATON'S COMPANY, COL. EDWARD WIGGLESWORTH'S REGIMENT,--FATHER, EDMUND EDWARD CARLTON, MOTHER, OLIVE MINOR CARLTON, 1ST SPOUSE, M. FRANCIS MINOR CARLTON 8 OCT 1846, 2ND SPOUSE, M. CHRISTINE KEMP CARLTON 1 DEC 1862{B. 4 JUNE 1841, D. 20 OCT 1904}, IS A DESCENDANT OF LAWRENCE KEMP & DOROTHY STEBBINS, LAWRENCE KEMP 1776,WAS COMMISSIONED CAPTAIN OF THE THIRTEENTH COMPANY, HAMPSHIRE COUNTY REGIMENT, SERVING FOR FOUR YEARS DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR, [IN 1860 19 YEAR OLD CHRISTINE KEMP CARLTON LIVED NEXT DOOR TO GUY H CARLTON WITH HER FATHER, JOSEPH KEMP, AND MOTHER, HARRIETT BELL KEMP IN 1870 JOSEPH KEMP IS AN INVALID LIVING WITH GUY H CARLTON AND HIS WIFE CHRISTINE KEMP CARLTON], CHILDREN, ROBERT HOGUE CARLTON, ALICE CARLTON, HATTIE CARLTON, HELEN CARLTON, ELLA JOANNA CARLTON BARNHISEL, LOUIS K CARLTON, GRACE HAINES CARLTON)-----GENEALOGY-----COVER ONLY----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1852
Date: 1852-11-02
County: Saint Clair , Wayne , , , , , ,
City: Detroit
Category: MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Privately Owned , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1854-10-05 COLDWATER MICH****W---BRANCH CO----YEAR ESTIMATED--BLACK 33MM CDS--SCOTT 11-----TO ALFRED LEONARD MILLARD (1870,80 US CENSUS, DAR RECORDS, B. 1814, D. 1900, FATHER, JESSE FREDERICK MILLARD-1784-1871, MOTHER, LUCINDA LOOMIS-1785-1861 M.1803, GRANDFATHER, ABIATHAR MILLARD-1784-1811{SERVED AS A MINUTE MAN WITH MASSACHUSETTS DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR}, GRANDMOTHER, TABITHA HOPKINS-B. 1745, 2ND SPOUSE, GRACE GILLESPIE GRIEVE MILLARD-B. 1836, M. 1869, CHILD, GRACE GRIEVE MILLARD), ADRIAN, LENAWEE CO, MICH--GENEALOGY-------COVER ONLY----ERNIES COLLECTION $8 Read More..
Year: 1854
Date: 1854-10-05
County: Branch , Lenawee , , , , , ,
City: Adrian , Coldwater
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Stamps , Women's Correspondence , Scott-10,11,25,26,26a , Privately Owned , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1865-03-26 HUBBARDSTON MICH-----IONIA CO-----YEAR ESTIMATED----BLACK DOUBLE CIRCLE CDS & SCOTT 65-----DATELINED BLOOMER, MONCALM CO, MICH-----TO MRS WELTHY KELSEY (DESCENDANT OF JESSE WILCOX OF CONNECTICUT, WAS A SIGNER OF THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION, WAS AT THE BATTLE OF TICONDEROGA ON AN ALARM, A PRIVATE IN CAPT DANIEL NICHOLS CO., COL BENJAMIN BELLOWS REGIMENT. WAS FIRST LIEUTENANT IN THE 5TH COL. BELLOWS REGIMENT, CAPT OLIVER ASHLEYS COMPANY IN THE REGIMENT COMMANDED BY COL BENJAMIN BELLOWS WHICH MARCHED SEPT. 21, 1777 TO REINFORCE THE NORTHERN CONTINENTAL ARMY AT SARATOGA UNDER GENERAL GATES), THERESA, JEFFERSON CO, N.Y.----FROM WELTHY KELSEY TOWNSEND( 1850,60 US CENSUS, B. 1819, D. 1876, SPOUSE, EDWARD TOWNSEND{B. 1817}, CHILDREN, ROXANA TOWNSEND ALLEN{B. 1849}, BENJAMIN TOWNSEND{B. 1841}, ANNA TOWNSEND{B. 1837}, ELIZA TOWNSEND{B.1840}, SYLVIA TOWNSEND{B. 1843}, EDWARD TOWNSEND{B. 1847})-----"I HAVE WORRIED MYSELF MOST HOME SICK ABOUT YOU. I HAVE LAID AWAKE NIGHT AFTER NIGHT THINKING OF YOU AND OF THAT ONCE HAPPY HOME FROM WHICH I HAVE SO LONG BEEN SEPARATED"----"SEPTEMBER 25, WE ARE HAVING A REAL SNOW STORM TODAY"---WEATHER-----GENEALOGY-----4PGS---PAGE 4----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1865
Date: 1865-03-26
County: Ionia
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Revolutionary War , MI Genealogy , Privately Owned , Stamps
Associated Pages: 36102

Title: 1865-03-26 HUBBARDSTON MICH-----IONIA CO-----YEAR ESTIMATED----BLACK DOUBLE CIRCLE CDS & SCOTT 65-----DATELINED BLOOMER, MONCALM CO, MICH-----TO MRS WELTHY KELSEY (DESCENDANT OF JESSE WILCOX OF CONNECTICUT, WAS A SIGNER OF THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION, WAS AT THE BATTLE OF TICONDEROGA ON AN ALARM, A PRIVATE IN CAPT DANIEL NICHOLS CO., COL BENJAMIN BELLOWS REGIMENT. WAS FIRST LIEUTENANT IN THE 5TH COL. BELLOWS REGIMENT, CAPT OLIVER ASHLEYS COMPANY IN THE REGIMENT COMMANDED BY COL BENJAMIN BELLOWS WHICH MARCHED SEPT. 21, 1777 TO REINFORCE THE NORTHERN CONTINENTAL ARMY AT SARATOGA UNDER GENERAL GATES), THERESA, JEFFERSON CO, N.Y.----FROM WELTHY KELSEY TOWNSEND( 1850,60 US CENSUS, B. 1819, D. 1876, SPOUSE, EDWARD TOWNSEND{B. 1817}, CHILDREN, ROXANA TOWNSEND ALLEN{B. 1849}, BENJAMIN TOWNSEND{B. 1841}, ANNA TOWNSEND{B. 1837}, ELIZA TOWNSEND{B.1840}, SYLVIA TOWNSEND{B. 1843}, EDWARD TOWNSEND{B. 1847})-----"I HAVE WORRIED MYSELF MOST HOME SICK ABOUT YOU. I HAVE LAID AWAKE NIGHT AFTER NIGHT THINKING OF YOU AND OF THAT ONCE HAPPY HOME FROM WHICH I HAVE SO LONG BEEN SEPARATED"----"SEPTEMBER 25, WE ARE HAVING A REAL SNOW STORM TODAY"---WEATHER-----GENEALOGY-----4PGS---PAGE 3----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1865
Date: 1865-03-26
County: Ionia
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , Revolutionary War , MI Genealogy , Privately Owned , Stamps
Associated Pages: 36102

Title: 1865-03-26 HUBBARDSTON MICH-----IONIA CO-----YEAR ESTIMATED----BLACK DOUBLE CIRCLE CDS & SCOTT 65-----DATELINED BLOOMER, MONCALM CO, MICH-----TO MRS WELTHY KELSEY (DESCENDANT OF JESSE WILCOX OF CONNECTICUT, WAS A SIGNER OF THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION, WAS AT THE BATTLE OF TICONDEROGA ON AN ALARM, A PRIVATE IN CAPT DANIEL NICHOLS CO., COL BENJAMIN BELLOWS REGIMENT. WAS FIRST LIEUTENANT IN THE 5TH COL. BELLOWS REGIMENT, CAPT OLIVER ASHLEYS COMPANY IN THE REGIMENT COMMANDED BY COL BENJAMIN BELLOWS WHICH MARCHED SEPT. 21, 1777 TO REINFORCE THE NORTHERN CONTINENTAL ARMY AT SARATOGA UNDER GENERAL GATES), THERESA, JEFFERSON CO, N.Y.----FROM WELTHY KELSEY TOWNSEND( 1850,60 US CENSUS, B. 1819, D. 1876, SPOUSE, EDWARD TOWNSEND{B. 1817}, CHILDREN, ROXANA TOWNSEND ALLEN{B. 1849}, BENJAMIN TOWNSEND{B. 1841}, ANNA TOWNSEND{B. 1837}, ELIZA TOWNSEND{B.1840}, SYLVIA TOWNSEND{B. 1843}, EDWARD TOWNSEND{B. 1847})-----"I HAVE WORRIED MYSELF MOST HOME SICK ABOUT YOU. I HAVE LAID AWAKE NIGHT AFTER NIGHT THINKING OF YOU AND OF THAT ONCE HAPPY HOME FROM WHICH I HAVE SO LONG BEEN SEPARATED"----"SEPTEMBER 25, WE ARE HAVING A REAL SNOW STORM TODAY"---WEATHER-----GENEALOGY-----4PGS----PAGE 2----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1865
Date: 1865-03-26
County: Ionia
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , MI Genealogy , Revolutionary War , Privately Owned , Stamps
Associated Pages: 36102

Title: 1865-03-26 HUBBARDSTON MICH-----IONIA CO-----YEAR ESTIMATED----BLACK DOUBLE CIRCLE CDS & SCOTT 65-----DATELINED BLOOMER, MONCALM CO, MICH-----TO MRS WELTHY KELSEY (DESCENDANT OF JESSE WILCOX OF CONNECTICUT, WAS A SIGNER OF THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION, WAS AT THE BATTLE OF TICONDEROGA ON AN ALARM, A PRIVATE IN CAPT DANIEL NICHOLS CO., COL BENJAMIN BELLOWS REGIMENT. WAS FIRST LIEUTENANT IN THE 5TH COL. BELLOWS REGIMENT, CAPT OLIVER ASHLEYS COMPANY IN THE REGIMENT COMMANDED BY COL BENJAMIN BELLOWS WHICH MARCHED SEPT. 21, 1777 TO REINFORCE THE NORTHERN CONTINENTAL ARMY AT SARATOGA UNDER GENERAL GATES), THERESA, JEFFERSON CO, N.Y.----FROM WELTHY KELSEY TOWNSEND( 1850,60 US CENSUS, B. 1819, D. 1876, SPOUSE, EDWARD TOWNSEND{B. 1817}, CHILDREN, ROXANA TOWNSEND ALLEN{B. 1849}, BENJAMIN TOWNSEND{B. 1841}, ANNA TOWNSEND{B. 1837}, ELIZA TOWNSEND{B.1840}, SYLVIA TOWNSEND{B. 1843}, EDWARD TOWNSEND{B. 1847})-----"I HAVE WORRIED MYSELF MOST HOME SICK ABOUT YOU. I HAVE LAID AWAKE NIGHT AFTER NIGHT THINKING OF YOU AND OF THAT ONCE HAPPY HOME FROM WHICH I HAVE SO LONG BEEN SEPARATED"----"SEPTEMBER 25, WE ARE HAVING A REAL SNOW STORM TODAY"---WEATHER-----GENEALOGY-----4PGS----PAGE 1----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1865
Date: 1865-03-26
County: Ionia
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , MI Genealogy , Privately Owned , Revolutionary War , Stamps
Associated Pages: 36102

Title: 1865-03-26 HUBBARDSTON MICH-----IONIA CO-----YEAR ESTIMATED----BLACK DOUBLE CIRCLE CDS & SCOTT 65-----DATELINED BLOOMER, MONCALM CO, MICH-----TO MRS WELTHY KELSEY (DESCENDANT OF JESSE WILCOX OF CONNECTICUT, WAS A SIGNER OF THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION, WAS AT THE BATTLE OF TICONDEROGA ON AN ALARM, A PRIVATE IN CAPT DANIEL NICHOLS CO., COL BENJAMIN BELLOWS REGIMENT. WAS FIRST LIEUTENANT IN THE 5TH COL. BELLOWS REGIMENT, CAPT OLIVER ASHLEYS COMPANY IN THE REGIMENT COMMANDED BY COL BENJAMIN BELLOWS WHICH MARCHED SEPT. 21, 1777 TO REINFORCE THE NORTHERN CONTINENTAL ARMY AT SARATOGA UNDER GENERAL GATES), THERESA, JEFFERSON CO, N.Y.----FROM HER DAUGHTER WELTHY KELSEY TOWNSEND( 1850,60 US CENSUS, B. 1819, D. 1876, SPOUSE, EDWARD TOWNSEND{B. 1817}, CHILDREN, ROXANA TOWNSEND ALLEN{B. 1849}, BENJAMIN TOWNSEND{B. 1841}, ANNA TOWNSEND{B. 1837}, ELIZA TOWNSEND{B.1840}, SYLVIA TOWNSEND{B. 1843}, EDWARD TOWNSEND{B. 1847})-----"I HAVE WORRIED MYSELF MOST HOME SICK ABOUT YOU. I HAVE LAID AWAKE NIGHT AFTER NIGHT THINKING OF YOU AND OF THAT ONCE HAPPY HOME FROM WHICH I HAVE SO LONG BEEN SEPARATED"----"SEPTEMBER 25, WE ARE HAVING A REAL SNOW STORM TODAY"---MENTIONS FATHER TOWNSEND, AMAND, IDA---SHE'S HOPING THEY CAN SELL THEIR FARM SO THEY CAN MOVE BACK-----AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR------WEATHER-----GENEALOGY---WOMENS CORRESPONDENCE-----4PGS----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1865
Date: 1865-03-26
County: Ionia
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Privately Owned , Stamps , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 36102

Title: 1866-02-22 HARTWELLVILLE MICH {1841-1901} DPO----SHIAWASSEE CO-----BLACK **MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & PEN CANCEL ON SCOTT 65------TO CYRUS MOOR( 1850,60,70 US CENSUS, B. 4 JUL 1800, D. 28 MAY 1876, PARALYTIC SHOCK, FATHER, JOSEPH MOOR, MOTHER, BETSY MOOR, SPOUSE, JANE P. MOORE{B. 6 MAY 1815, FATHER, WILLIAM HOGG MOORE[1769-1838], MOTHER, REBECKAH MOORE[1771-1827], SIBLINGS, JANE'S TWIN, SARAH J MOORE[1815], RACHEL S MOORE[1817-1865], POLLY MOORE[1794-1853], HUGH MOORE[1790-1855], STEPHEN MOORE I [1802-1804], STEPHEN MOORE II [1810-1860], ACHSAH GOFFE MOORE[1799-1872], JOSEPH MOORE[1792-1873], LOUISA MOORE[1803-1879], REBECCA MOORE[1808-1883], MARGARET D MOORE[1806-1883]}), GOFFS FALLS, HILLSBOROUGH CO, NEW HAMPSHIRE-----FROM JAMES HARVEY HARTWELL POSTMASTER SINCE 4 OCT 1861(B. NEW YORK 22 DEC 1824, D. 19 FEB 1899, FATHER, JONATHAN MEAD HARTWELL{1801-1891, "BECAME THE FIRST POSTMASTER 11 FEB 1841, WITH THE POST OFFICE NAMED FOR HIM, MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY HELD THE POSITION UNTIL THE OFFICE WAS CLOSED ON 15 JAN 1901" [ELLIS]}, MOTHER, ELIZA CRANDALL{1806-1894}, SIBLINGS, ELIZA JANE HARTWELL{1827-1898}, LOUISA J HARTWELL{1830-1929}, CHARLES HENRY HARTWELL{1833-1913}, MARY R HARTWELL{1839-}, EDWIN D HARTWELL{1840-1913}, MARY JOSEPHINE HARTWELL{1845-}, SPOUSE, M. SARAH SOPHIA STUART HARTWELL 28 MAR 1850, {1832-1907, MOTHER, SARAH STUART[B. 1791], DESCENDANT OF OLIVER HARTWELL[1739-1835], PRIVATE IN THE MASSACHUSETTS TROOPS UNDER CAPT. BANNISTER AND COLONEL SHEPARD, AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR}, CHILDREN, FRANK HARTWELL{1854-}, FRANCES "FANNIE"ADELE HARTWELL{1854-1941}, GEORGE B BEMISS HARTWELL{1858-1928}, DOMESTIC SERVANT, CATHERINE SMITGALL{B. PRUSSIA 1851}, HATTIE BEMIS{B. MICHIGAN 1859}, MARY J HORTON{B. MICHIGAN 1840}, JENNIE MATHEWS{B.MICHIGAN 1881})---INFORMATION REGARDING A LAND SALE----AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR----GENEALOGY-----1PG----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR - N Read More..
Year: 1866
Date: 1866-02-22
County: Shiwassee
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , MI Covers , Manuscripts , Privately Owned , Stamps , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 36102

Title: 1868-05-27 INDIAN CREEK MICH--V6--DPO--KENT CO--BLACK #MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND SCOTT 65---TO ELNATHAN ALLEN, GRAND ISLE, GRAND ISLE CO, VERMONT (1850,60,70,80 US CENSUS, DAR, B. 29 MAY 1801, D. 23 NOV 1882, SERVED IN CAPT JOSHUA HAZENS COMPANY IN COL WOODS REGIMENT WHICH MARCHED WITH LT. WILLIAM BRAMBLE TO DRESDEN IN THE ALARM AT NEWBURY WHEN THOMAS JOHNSON WAS CARRIED AWAY CAPTIVE., FATHER, SAMUEL ALLEN{1765-1853, DESCENDANT OF SAMUEL ALLEN[1738-1833, AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR, WIFE ZILPHA HAWKS ALLEN], MOTHER, PHEBE TODY ALLEN, SPOUSE REBECCA ALLEN, CHILDREN, WILLIAM E ALLEN, SARAH AGUST ALLEN, AMANDA LOVINA ALLEN, POLLY ALLEN TOBIAS, JULIA JANE ALLEN)---COVER ONLY----GENEALOGY----COURTESY OF AAA STAMPS Read More..
Year: 1868
Date: 1868-05-27
County: Kent
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Manuscripts , Stamps , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 0

Title: 1874-06-01 BURR OAK MICH****W----SAINT JOSEPH CO.----BLACK 29MM CDS--SCOTT 147-----WANTS TO DISCHARGE MORTGAGE-----TO ALMOND AVILAND, GENEVA, ONTARIO CO, N.Y.-------FROM HENRY STRAIT WEAVER (1850,60,70,80 US CENSUS, B. CONN 26 APR 1813, D. 6 MAR 1888, FATHER, DANIEL WEAVER, MOTHER, AMY WEAVER, SPOUSE, MARY ANN FARLEY WEAVER, CHILDREN, CHARLES WEAVER, EMMA JANE WEAVER, EDWARD UNDERHILL WEAVER, MARIA ANN WEAVER CARTER, DANIEL E WEAVER, LYDIA WEAVER, CYRUS WEAVER, EDWARD WEAVER, DESCENDANT OF JOHN NIMS, A PRIVATE IN CAPT. JOHN WALL'S COMPANY, HAMPSHIRE COUNTY MILITIA 22 SEP 1777-10 OCT 1777, AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR), BURR OAK, ST. JOSEPH CO, MICH------GENEALOGY-------2 pgs------PRIVATELY OWNED--ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1874
Date: 1874-06-01
County: Saint Joseph
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Stamps , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 2

Title: 1881-05-21 PAW PAW MICH****W---VAN BUREN CO----BLACK 27MM CDS---3 CENT BANK NOTE-----TO MRS PAMELA S THOMAS (1850,60,70,80,1900 US CENSUS, GRAVE CENSUS, SAR MEMBERSHIPS,MARRIAGE RECORDS, B. 1816, D. 28 JAN 1909, FATHER, THOMAS BROWN {1779-1839}, MOTHER, SALLY PARKER BROWN {1782-1869, FATHER, NATHANIEL BOWMAN BROWN [1737-1806, "BELONGED TO THE MINUTE MEN. HE SERVED AS A SARGENT ON THE LEXINGTON ALARM, AS LIEUTENANT IN JUL-AUG 1777 HAVING RECEIVED HIS COMMISSION AS 2ND LIEUT. IN MARCH 1776. HE SERVED IN THE NORTHERN CAMPAIGN OF 1776-1777. HE BELONGED TO THE 2ND LUNENBURG CO, OF WHICH JOSEPH BELLOWS WAS CAPTAIN. THE REGIMENT WAS KNOWN AS THE 8TH WORCHESTER CO, WITH OBIJAH STEARNS AS COLONEL. HE WAS IN THE BATTLE OF BENNINGTON, WHERE HE LED HIS COMPANY, AS THE CAPTAIN WAS KILLED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE ENGAGEMENT"], MOTHER, ABIGAIL PAGE BROWN [1745-1799]}, SPOUSE, M. DR. NATHAN M THOMAS 17 MAR 1840 {1803-1887}, CHILDREN, AVIS THOMAS, STANTON THOMAS, ELLA THOMAS, MALCOM THOMAS), SCHOOLCRAFT, KALAMAZOO CO, MICH-----FROM HER DAUGHTER ELLA THOMAS {B. 29 JUL 1852, D. 19 NOV 1932}-----REVOLUTIONARY WAR-----FAMILY NEWS---MENTIONS MALCOLM, LIZZIE, EM, JOHN, BELLA, BARNEY---"WE NEVER HAVE SCHOOL CLOSE HERE ON DECORATION DAY, THERE BEING NOTHING EVER MADE OF THE DAY. THEY SAY THERE ARE NO SOLDIERS' GRAVES HERE TO DECORATE. THEY ARE MORE FORTUNATE THAN THE PEOPLE OF SCHOOLCRAFT WERE THEN, TO HAVE ALL THE HEROES COME HOME FROM THE WAR INSTEAD OF HAVING THEM 'ASLEEP 'NEATH THE SOD'"---GENEALOGY-----4PGS----ERNIE'S COLLECTION - N Read More..
Year: 1881
Date: 1881-05-21
County: Kalamazoo , VanBuren , , , , , ,
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Stamps , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Revolutionary War
Associated Pages: 4

Title: 1882-08-28 SAULT DE ST MARIE MICH-------CHIPPEWA CO------BLACK 26MM OCTAGON CDS & FANCY STAR CANCEL ON POSTAL STATIONARY------CORNER CARD OF JONATHAN EDWARDS INGERSOLL, LAWYER, FATHER OF SENDER GRACE LYMAN INGERSOLL SMITH(1900,10,20,30,40 US CENSUS, B. 20 JUN 1871, D. 2 SEP 1941, DESCENDANT OF WILLIAM INGERSOLL, CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE OF SAFETY OF LEE MASS DURING AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR, FATHER, JONATHAN EDWARDS INGERSOLL{1827-1899}, MOTHER, MARY CORNELIA FULLER INGERSOLL{1833-1906}, SPOUSE, M.[AT THE GRACE AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF CLEVELAND, IT WAS A PINK WEDDING, BRIDESMAIDES WEARING PINK SILK GOWNS COVERED WITH WHITE SWISS] WHITFOORD GAMEL SMITH 5 OCT 1893{B. 18 JUL 1859, D. 30 DEC 1933, CORONARY THROMBOSIS- HIS FIRST ATTACK}, CHILD, WHITFOORD INGERSOLL SMITH{1894-1937})----------TO MARY LOUISE CREHORE(ATTENDED SMITH COLLEGE, CLEVELAND OHIO 1888,89,90,91), CLEVELAND, OHIO-------MENTIONS RAY, UNCLE ED WILLIAMS, MRS CRAINSOUM,MR & MRS ED HARVEY, MELONY, MRS MARY HARVEY, REBA------AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR-------GENEALOGY-----2PGS------COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1882
Date: 1882-08-28
County:
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Revolutionary War , MI Fancy Cancels , Stamps , Women's Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 36102

Title: 1882-08-28 SAULT DE ST MARIE MICH-------CHIPPEWA CO------BLACK 26MM OCTAGON CDS & FANCY STAR CANCEL ON POSTAL STATIONARY------CORNER CARD OF JONATHAN EDWARDS INGERSOLL, LAWYER, FATHER OF SENDER GRACE LYMAN INGERSOLL SMITH(1900,10,20,30,40 US CENSUS, B. 20 JUN 1871, D. 2 SEP 1941, DESCENDANT OF WILLIAM INGERSOLL, CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE OF SAFETY OF LEE MASS DURING AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR, FATHER, JONATHAN EDWARDS INGERSOLL{1827-1899}, MOTHER, MARY CORNELIA FULLER INGERSOLL{1833-1906}, SPOUSE, M.[AT THE GRACE AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF CLEVELAND, IT WAS A PINK WEDDING, BRIDESMAIDES WEARING PINK SILK GOWNS COVERED WITH WHITE SWISS] WHITFOORD GAMEL SMITH 5 OCT 1893{B. 18 JUL 1859, D. 30 DEC 1933, CORONARY THROMBOSIS- HIS FIRST ATTACK}, CHILD, WHITFOORD INGERSOLL SMITH{1894-1937})----------TO MARY LOUISE CREHORE(ATTENDED SMITH COLLEGE, CLEVELAND OHIO 1888,89,90,91), CLEVELAND, OHIO-------MENTIONS RAY, UNCLE ED WILLIAMS, MRS CRAINSOUM,MR & MRS ED HARVEY, MELONY, MRS MARY HARVEY, REBA------AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR-------GENEALOGY-----2PGS----PAGE 1------COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1882
Date: 1882-08-28
County:
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , MI Fancy Cancels , Revolutionary War , Privately Owned , Stamps , Women's Correspondence
Associated Pages: 36102

Title: 1882-08-28 SAULT DE ST MARIE MICH-------CHIPPEWA CO------BLACK 26MM OCTAGON CDS & FANCY STAR CANCEL ON POSTAL STATIONARY------CORNER CARD OF JONATHAN EDWARDS INGERSOLL, LAWYER, FATHER OF SENDER GRACE LYMAN INGERSOLL SMITH(1900,10,20,30,40 US CENSUS, B. 20 JUN 1871, D. 2 SEP 1941, DESCENDANT OF WILLIAM INGERSOLL, CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE OF SAFETY OF LEE MASS DURING AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR, FATHER, JONATHAN EDWARDS INGERSOLL{1827-1899}, MOTHER, MARY CORNELIA FULLER INGERSOLL{1833-1906}, SPOUSE, M.[AT THE GRACE AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF CLEVELAND, IT WAS A PINK WEDDING, BRIDESMAIDES WEARING PINK SILK GOWNS COVERED WITH WHITE SWISS] WHITFOORD GAMEL SMITH 5 OCT 1893{B. 18 JUL 1859, D. 30 DEC 1933, CORONARY THROMBOSIS- HIS FIRST ATTACK}, CHILD, WHITFOORD INGERSOLL SMITH{1894-1937})----------TO MARY LOUISE CREHORE(ATTENDED SMITH COLLEGE, CLEVELAND OHIO 1888,89,90,91), CLEVELAND, OHIO-------MENTIONS RAY, UNCLE ED WILLIAMS, MRS CRAINSOUM,MR & MRS ED HARVEY, MELONY, MRS MARY HARVEY, REBA------AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR-------GENEALOGY-----2PGS-----PAGE 2------COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 3 COLLECTOR Read More..
Year: 1882
Date: 1882-08-28
County:
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , Letters Containing Correspondence , MI Covers , MI Genealogy , Revolutionary War , MI Fancy Cancels , Stamps , Women's Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 36102

Title: 1887-03-07 LOWELL MICH****W--LOWELL PURPLE SHIELD CDS--KENT CO.--SCOTT U277----TO CHARLES SYLVESTER CHAMBERLAIN (1855,65,75,NEW YORK CENSUS, 1860,70,80,1900,1910 US CENSUS, CALIFORNIA DEATH INDEX,B. NEW YORK 9 DEC 1839, D. 17 JAN 1908, MANUFACTURING MACHINEST, FATHER, NORMAN CHAMBERLAIN, MOTHER, ANGELINE CHAMBERLAIN, ADOPTED SIBLING, ANN CHAPLIN, SPOUSE, ANNA VINETTE SEAGER CHAMBERLAIN {SONS OF THE REVOLUTION MEMBERSHIP APP., B. NEW YORK 13 JUL 1842, D.2 MAR 1927, FATHER, SAMUEL SEAGER-1812-86 [FATHER JOHN SEAGER-SEGOR-1774-1868, M. 1793 ABIGAIL VANDENBURG-1775-1851, MOTHER, ELIZABETH SHEVALER SEAGER-1822-1906, DECENDANT OF MALAECHIN SEGOR[M. 1758 HANNAH VANDENBURG-1740-1808, MALAECHIA SEGOR-1737-1810, WAS A PRIVATE IN CAPT. WILLIAM CROSS'S COMPANY, COLONEL JOHANNIS JANSEN'S REGIMENT, ULSTER CO. NEW YORK MILITIA, REVOLUTIONARY WAR], CHILDREN, EVA A CHAMBERLAIN, LIBBY A CHAMBERLAIN, HATTIE V CHAMBERLAIN, IDA W CHAMBERLAIN, ELIZABETH CHAMBERLAIN LATHAM {CHILDREN, MARGARET E LATHAM, ARTHUR C LATHAM},DOMESTIC, CAUG HOWELL, DOMESTIC SERVANT, TOKO K FUGIA FROM JAPAN), 45TH AND SAN PABLO AVE, OAKLAND, ALAMEDA CO, CAL.-----GENEALOGY 25----ERNIE'S COLLECTION Read More..
Year: 1887
Date: 1887-03-07
County: Kent
City:
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Revolutionary War
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Title: 1889-04-29 DECATUR MICH****W----VAN BUREN CO.-----ADVERTISING CORNER CARD AND STATIONARY--PRAIRIE VIEW DAIRY, N.D. THOMAS & SONS, DECATUR MICH----TO MRS PAMELA S THOMAS (1850,60,70,80,1900 US CENSUS, GRAVE CENSUS, SAR MEMBERSHIPS,MARRIAGE RECORDS, B. 1816, D. 28 JAN 1909, FATHER, THOMAS BROWN {1779-1839}, MOTHER, SALLY PARKER BROWN {1782-1869, FATHER, NATHANIEL BOWMAN BROWN [1737-1806, "BELONGED TO THE MINUTE MEN. HE SERVED AS A SARGENT ON THE LEXINGTON ALARM, AS LIEUTENANT IN JUL-AUG 1777 HAVING RECEIVED HIS COMMISSION AS 2ND LIEUT. IN MARCH 1776. HE SERVED IN THE NORTHERN CAMPAIGN OF 1776-1777. HE BELONGED TO THE 2ND LUNENBURG CO, OF WHICH JOSEPH BELLOWS WAS CAPTAIN. THE REGIMENT WAS KNOWN AS THE8TH WORCHESTER CO, WITH OBIJAH STEARNS AS COLONEL. HE WAS IN THE BATTLE OF BENNINGTON, WHERE HE LED HIS COMPANY, AS THE CAPTAINWAS KILLED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE ENGAGEMENT"], MOTHER, ABIGAIL PAGE BROWN [1745-1799]}, SPOUSE, M. DR. NATHAN M THOMAS 17 MAR 1840 {1803-1887}, CHILDREN, AVIS THOMAS, STANTON THOMAS, ELLA THOMAS, MALCOM THOMAS), SCHOOLCRAFT, KALAMAZOO CO, MICH---FROM HER NEPHEW JAS.---NEWS OF THEIR DAIRY BUSINESS AND FARM----MENTIONS UNCLE LUKE, FARKAS, MARK, WILLIE, MR. BROWN, MR. COPLEY, MR. LAWRENCE, JOHN MORRIS---REVOLUTIONARY WAR------GENEALOGY------4 pgs--ERNIE'S COLLECTION - N Read More..
Year: 1889
Date: 1889-04-29
County: Kalamazoo , VanBuren , , , , , ,
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Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Stamps , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Crops/ Agriculture Econ , Revolutionary War
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Title: 1893-02-05 KALAMAZOO MICH****W-----KALAMAZOO CO.----DUPLEX CANCEL------SCOTT 220 C, CAP ON BOTH 2'S----------------TO GERTIE FROM MINNIE------TO GERTRUDE M JONES (1850,60,70,80,1900,10,20 US CENSUS, MARRIAGE INDEX, 1855,65,75,92,1905,15 NEW YORK CENSUS, NORTH AMERICA, FAMILY HISTORIES, FOR W. MARTIN JONES, B. NEW YORK OCT 1846, SPOUSE, WILLIAM MARTIN JONES, CHILDREN, GERTRUDE MINNIE JONES-B. ROCHESTER N.Y.1874 {"GRANDDAUGHTER OF THOMAS P JONES AND LODOISKA BUTLER, HIS WIFE, GR-GRANDDAUGHTER OF MARTIN BUTLER AND MABEL THOMPSON, HIS WIFE, GR-GR-GRANDDAUGHTER OF JOEL BUTLER AND MABEL THOMPSON, HIS WIFE, JOEL BUTLER-1752-1822 ENLISTED AS A PRIVATE, 1777, IN COL. JOSEPH MARSH'S REGIMENT OF VERMONT MILITIA"}, W MARTIN JONES JR.-B. 1875 {LAWYER, SPOUSE, ISABELLA JONES, ABRAHAM JONES-B. 1886, MINNIE JONES, SERVANTS, MARY BENTON-B. 1884, MARY COOK-B. IRELAND 1845, KATE DOWNES-B. IRELAND 1870)---MENTIONS MR. JONES, MRS. MATTISON, DELL ,AND ETTE---"I SUPPOSE PEOPLE WILL TELL YOU IT IS BETTER TO WEAR OUT THAN RUST OUT. IF THE ATMOSPHERE IN YOUR CITY IS LIKE THIS YOU WILL FREEZE OUT."---REVOLUTIONARY WAR--------GENEALOGY 17-----5 pgs--ERNIE'S COLLECTION - N Read More..
Year: 1893
Date: 1893-02-05
County: Kalamazoo
City: Kalamazoo
Category: 19th Century Michigan Letters , MI Covers , Ernie's Michigan Collection , MI Genealogy , Stamps , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned , Revolutionary War
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