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Mary Veronica (MONSEES) COLE was born 20 Jan 1885 in New York City, the 9th child of John Henry MONSEES, age 36, his birthplace recorded as New York City, and Ellen Mary CLARK, age 36, her birthplace given as Ireland. The address for the family at the time of her birth was 275 Hudson St., the same address where they were living at the time of the 1880 census. This is from Certificate No. 417555 from the Municipal Archives of the City of New York. Mary V. MONSEES married, at age 26, Charles C. COLE on 2 May 1912, in St. Anthony Roman Catholic Church, located at 154 Sullivan St. in New York City. On the marriage record, her the names of her parents were recorded as John MONSEES and Ellen CLARK. Her husband's parents were Charles COLE and Ida KENNEDY. Source: Marriage Register No. HD12350-12 hc, New York City, NY.
In an email from Edward F. Ryan, Jr., dated 6 Feb 2006, he stated that his grandmother, Mary V. (MONSEES) COLE, died from a heart attack during surgery to remove a tumor, and that she was buried in March, 1957, with her husband Charles C. COLE in St. Gertrude's Cemetery in Rahway, Union Co., New Jersey.
Nellie COLE’s correct full name was Mary Ellen COLE from a record of her birth on file in the City Clerk’s office of Leominster, Massachusetts, which also revealed that she was born on 23 Oct 1853. She married Isaac CHARRON in Leominster on 31 Dec 1877, according to the same source. She signed her name as "Nellie CHARRON" in the 1885 probate file for her father, Leonard COLE. Since her mother's name was also Mary, she probably was called Nellie from an early age.
Waldo E. COLE was residing at Worcester, Worcester Co., Massachusetts in 1920, according to the probate file dated September, 1920, for the estate of his father, Charles Leonard COLE, File No. 72804, Worcester Co. Probate Court.
Merle CORBITT married Evelyn V. (COLE) ULLBERG BUNCE, his second wife, in October, 1956 in Denver, Colorado. They were divorced a few years prior to her death in 1987, and he married a third wife. He was a veteran of World War II, and was said to be a descendant of President Ulysses S. GRANT, but this “family legend” has been disproved, since Merle Corbitt was born in Canada. It’s believed that since a sister of President Grant married a man with the surname of Corbin, that that was confused with the surname of Corbitt.
Sarah (KRESS) COYE was the wife of Alvin D. COYE, not “Alva” COYE as shown in the Bunce Genealogy and History. According to the County Historian for Steuben County, New York, she was born 4 Dec 1852, died 22 Jan 1930 in Corning, New York, and was buried in the Hope Cemetery there. Alvin D. COYE was born 23 Feb 1851 and died 16 Dec 1933 in Corning City, and was also buried in the Hope Cemetery. The Historian also provided what appears to be a cemetery record for their daughter, Naomi (COYE) WHIPPLE. It shows her name and the dates 1879-1949 after it; also the names of Virgil C. WHIPPLE, 1914-1941, and Charlotte, with no dates. A probate record is in the Surrogate’s Court for Sarah COYE, Case No. A15312, but the Historian did not provide any information from it to me at the time of our correspondence.
Jacob DeHAVEN was not a direct ancestor of Ida Richardson (KENNEDY) COLE (wife of Charles Leonard COLE), but he was instead a collateral ancestor, or her 4th great uncle, one of the 12 children of Peter DeHAVEN I, and his wives, Sidonia LEVERING and Elizabeth McNULTY, as well as a younger brother of William DeHAVEN, who in turn was Ida Richardson (KENNEDY) COLE’s 3rd great grandfather. Peter DeHAVEN I was a son of Evert DEN HOVEN mentioned below. Please also see DeHaven Descendancy Chart for a better picture of these relationships.
Jesse DeHAVEN, father of Catherine (DeHAVEN) KENNEDY, was a great-great-grandson of Evert and Elizabeth (SCHIBBAUERR) DeHAVEN who immigrated from Germany to Germantown, Pennsylvania with four children about 1698. The DeHAVEN Club in Texas has a number of members who also believe Evert DEN HOVEN, as he was known in Germany, was a French Huguenot, as was also passed down in the COLE family. The Club is working on proving whether or not the DeHAVENs were French Huguenots. According to a record on the SOUPLIS/SUPPLEE family in the book, Biographical Annals of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II, pp. 251-257, published in 1904, the DeHAVENs were Huguenots.
The Jacob DeHAVEN mentioned in our BUNCE genealogy was probably the one who loaned $50,000 in cash and $400,000 worth of goods to the Continental Army when it was at Valley Forge in 1777 during the Revolutionary War, but he never was repaid and died bankrupt. A U.S. Court has ruled that since Jacob DeHAVEN left no heirs, descendants of his brothers and sisters have standing in the Court to bring a lawsuit to seek repayment of the loan, and as a result several unsuccessful lawsuits have been brought in an attempt to have the loan repaid. See History of the DeHaven Family by Howard DeHAVEN ROSS, Ph.B, 4th Edition, 1929.
Interestingly, Evelyn V. COLE, who was a granddaughter of Ida R. (KENNEDY) COLE, once made the remark to me (Bonnie BUNCE) that one of her ancestors was Samuel DeHAVEN, “a signer of the Declaration of Independence,” which was wrong, but was probably resulted from confusing the word “signer” with “fighter” for the war of independence. Jesse DeHAVEN mentioned above was a son of Samuel DeHAVEN, and according to research done by Dorothy Bertine, president of the DeHAVEN Club, and others this Samuel DeHAVEN was a soldier in the Revolutionary War from Whitpain township, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania.
In Stafford C. Cleveland’s History and Directory of Yates County, New York, pp. 348, 350 and 1094, it states Rev. Nathan FELLOWS served as a minister of the Methodist Churches in Benton Centre, Bellona and Starkey, Yates Co., New York. John J. KRESS and his wife were members of the Methodist Church near Starkey's Corners (see p. 1093). Rev. FELLOWS’ signature appears on the marriage certificate of Peter BUNCE, Jr. and Mary Bolender KRESS, so they were probably married at the church near Starkey’s Corners, rather than Penn Yan, as was stated in this genealogy.
Also, from a cemetery record it appears that a daughter of Rev. Nathan FELLOWS, namely, Hester Ann FELLOWS, was the first wife of Andrew P. Tillman KRESS, a first cousin of Mary B. (KRESS) BUNCE. Hester Ann was buried in the Starkey Methodist Cemetery next to the grave of Elizabeth (Betsey) (STARKEY) KRESS (died at age 36 6 Nov 1828), first wife of Samuel KRESS, Jr., and mother of Andrew P. Tillman KRESS. Hester Ann (FELLOWS) KRESS died on 2 Sept 1847, at age 18 years, 11 months and 22 days, probably a short time after the birth of her child. Her gravestone says she was a daughter of Rev. N. and E. FELLOWS. Andrew P. Tillman and Hester Ann KRESS had a young daughter, Hester A. KRESS, who died 11 Nov 1849 at the age of 2 years, 2 months and 14 days. Andrew P. Tillman KRESS next married Rhoda Ann BUNCE, daughter of Peter BUNCE, Sr. and Rhoda (LOOMIS) BUNCE, on 3 Jan 1849.
According to Edward Ryan, Jr., his aunt Natalie Monsees married Thomas Finn (correct spelling) and had two sons, Thomas and Edward “Ozzie” Finn, all of whom are deceased now (Feb. 2006).
JOHN1 FRENCH He married JOANNA BRANSCOMB 7 Apr 1836.
Child of JOHN FRENCH and JOANNA BRANSCOMB is:
Children of LEWIS FRENCH and CANDACE REASONER are:
Children of LAURA FRENCH and WILLIAM SCHOTT are:
Child of LOUIS FRENCH and LANORA HORNER is:
Children of LOUIS FRENCH and ALIDA BUNCE are:
Child of JOHN FRENCH and ANNA BAKER is:
Children of JOHN FRENCH and CORNELIA BUNCE are:
Children of ANNA FRENCH and GEORGE MELLON are:
Children of JACOB FRENCH and ALPHA GLENN are:
Children of GRACE FRENCH and WILLIAM KLINE are:
Children of STELLA FRENCH and JOSEPH LOGAN are:
New information reveals that James GRAY was the name of a brother of Mary GRAY, wife of David MILHOLLEN, and not her father.
According to research obtained by Joanne (ANDERSEN) WELLS, Mary GRAY was one of 9 children born to Hugh GRAY and his wife, Isabella MOORE, of Iredell County, North Carolina. The children were Robert, Jane, Isabella, John, James, Margaret, Easter, Mary and Alfred. Hugh GRAY married Isabella MOORE 31 Mar 1789 in Rowan Co., North Carolina (parent county of Iredell County) with James MIL-HOLAND as bondsman. Hugh GRAY was probably the only son of Robert GRAY, who died in Iredell Co., North Carolina leaving a will dated 11 Dec 1799, which mentioned his wife, Elionor, son, Hugh GRAY, and a daughter, Betsey, recorded in Iredell County Will Book 1:107. Hugh GRAY's will was dated 23 Mar 1823, and mentioned, among others, two daughters, Mary MILHOLLAND and Jean MILHOLLAND. He died before 8 Aug 1829, when some of his property was sold at auction. Jane GRAY, sister of Mary GRAY, married David MILHOLLEN’s brother, James MILHOLLIN, Jr.
According to a book, Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Iredell County, North Carolina, 1789 to 1800, transcribed and compiled by Shirley Coulter, Edie Purdy, and Lois Schneider, published in Statesville, N.C. by Abstract Publishers, ©1978, the names of both Hugh GRAY and James MILHOLLAND appear in records for the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in Iredell Co., North Carolina. This court was the earliest form of government at that early period. They served primarily as jurors, but Hugh GRAY was also appointed a road overseer one time. This tradition of government service seems to have been followed in the MILHOLLAND family in North Carolina down to the present day, since the first time I wrote the clerk of the court in Iredell Co., NC, the clerk gave me the name and address of a woman who was the sister of a man named Milholland who had just recently retired from serving as clerk of the court for many years in Iredell Co. When I contacted the woman, she wrote me that most of the young people in her family had moved to Texas, and she was unable to provide any new information.
Letha F. (BUNCE) HARSHA passed away at home in Phoenix, Arizona on 25 Nov 1996 at the age of 84, succumbing to the effects of Lou Gehrig's disease, (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), after having been diagnosed with it about 9 years earlier.
William “Bill” HARSHA died at home in Phoenix, Arizona on 2 Oct 1992, aged 78 years. He was raised on a ranch in Kremmling, Grand Co., Colorado. In a letter dated 6 Dec 1984, he announced:
“I have been doing quite a bit of shooting since last Christmas. The best thing that came out of it was finally becoming a Distinguished Rifleman, after trying for the last 25 years. I saw a statement recently that said that there are about 2000 Distinguished Riflemen in the United States now. I was surprised at that, since I know quite a few personally. Anyway, I finally made it, at the age of 70 and one-half years!"
Also, the following is a copy of a one-page enclosure sent with a letter from William Harsha to his niece, Bonnie Bunce, in the late 1980s. He did not state what the purpose was for including this with the letter, or what it refers to; however, knowing that he was raised on a farm near Kremmling, Colorado causes me to think that he was recalling his life as a boy, but there do not appear to be any "Blue Ridge Mountains" in Colorado, but then again this may have simply been a name his family had assigned to some section of the Rocky Mountains. This may also have been a draft copy of part of his memoirs that he was composing for his two granddaughters, and he inadvertently enclosed it with his letter to me.
Ranch Times 20We gave names to all the gulches, canyons and ridges where our cattle normally grazed. We did this so we could more easily describe where we found the cattle or where we thought they might be. This was quite useful, since we owned slightly more than 1000 acres with lots of hills, ridges and gullies. Harsha Mountain had several gulches running down the South side which faced the main ranch. The first one East of the ranch house had a number of cedar trees in it, so it was called Cedar Gulch. The next one to the East had a grove of aspens surrounding a spring high on the side of the mountain which someone mistook for cottonwoods, so it became Cottonwood Gulch. There was an odd ridge of vertical, flat, very hard rock which ran from just north of the sulphur springs to about 2 miles south of there. Just north of the sulphur spring the hill rose abruptly with the vertical rock ridge pushed up out of it. The hard, flinty rock here had broken off in many plates and formed a rock slide down the hillside. This rock was formed in roughly flat layers, but the layers were not flat and smooth on the sides. The sides had many humps and hollows but the the humps and hollows on adjacent layers didn't fit together. It was a very strange formation, indeed. This ridge and the gully east of it were called Sagechicken Ridge and Gulch, respectively. I suppose someone saw sagechickens there sometime. The next ridge to the east is Dome Ridge and rising behind it is the Dome a squarish-looking flat-topped hill. Beyond that the ground dropped away into a valley which then sloped up to the Blue Ridge Mountains.The reason for naming all these features of the landscape was so the [sic] we could talk about the places where the cattle most frequently grazed without having to describe all the hills and valleys all the time. It seems strange now to realize that our cattle never seemed to wander beyond the areas which we had named, all of which was part of our property. Maybe our cows were a lot smarter than we gave them credit for. We sometimes thought they were too ----- ---- smart for their own good or our dispositio, [sic] when they decided to hide in the willows or some other favorite hiding place, and we had to wear ourselves out getting them out so we could drive them home to be milked.
Maria (BOYCE) HEALD was born about 1829, based on her age of 26 years given in the 1855 New York State census. She was then living with her family in Barrington, Yates Co., New York. Her husband was Fletcher HEALD, not “Mr. Fletcher,” as stated in S.C. Cleveland’s History and Directory of Yates Co., New York on p. 159. Two of their four children had been born by 1855, two daughters named Adella, age 3, and Josephine, age 1. Her husband was a farmer, was age 33 in 1855 and his birthplace was given as Essex Co., New York. He had lived in Yates County for the previous 7 years. Also residing with the HEALD family were Maria’s two younger sisters, Melissa, age 15, and Margenia BOYCE, age 7, both of their relationships to the head of the household was recorded as “sister-in-law.” Interestingly the census marshal for Barrington township in 1855 was Maria’s younger brother, John BOYCE.
Page 6 of the 1860 census for Barrington, Yates Co., New York, dwelling no. 41, family 41, reveals that the Heald family was still residents of the county. In addition to Adella and Josephine, then respectively aged 8 and 6, there was another daughter, Cora, aged 1 on the census. Another person in the household was Albert Heald, whose age looks like 17, but his name was not on the 1855 NY state census, and so it seems improbable that he was a child of Fletcher and Maria (Boyce) Heald, so he may have been a younger brother of Fletcher or a nephew, or perhaps the son of a previous marriage, about which we know nothing. Next door to the Fletcher household was that of Maria’s mother, Betsey (Bunce) Boyce-Taylor.
Grave records for the Tyrone Cemetery at Tyrone, Schuyler Co., New York reveal the following: Fletcher HEALD died 25 Dec 1872 aged 51 years 3 months 16 days; and Maria A. HEALD died 8 Jan 1893, aged 64 years. There is a probate record for Maria A. HEALD’s estate in the Surrogate’s Office for Schuyler Co., New York.
A record of the ancestors of Fletcher HEALD can be found on the website John Heald 1610 Early Settler of Concord, Mass. 1635.
Edward HOAGLAND’s surname was spelled in several ways in different records, i.e. HOOGLAND, HOGELAND, HOAGLAND. In our family records it was spelled “HOAGLAND.” In the book, Genealogical Gleanings Abstracted from the “Yates County Whig” 1823-1855 ©1991, compiled by Dianne Stenzel, published by Heritage Books, Inc., in paragraph 812, it states Edward HOAGLAND married Eliza Ann HUSON, eldest daughter of Dr. Richard HUSON, in Dundee, Yates Co., New York on 24 Dec 1842. They had one daughter, Mary, born about 1847 according to her age (3) in the 1850 Yates Co., New York census in the household of her father, Edward “Hogeland,” 397th family enumerated in the census of the Town of Starkey. While living in Yates Co., New York, Edward HOAGLAND was owner/editor of the newspaper Dundee Record from 1848 to 1854, when he sold the paper to John J. Diefendorf. His name is given as the first clerk for the town of Dundee. See, pp. 1020, 1130-33 of History and Directory of Yates County, New York by S. C. Cleveland, published 1873.
After settling in Kansas in 1855, Edward HOAGLAND built and owned a 60x30-foot two-story log hotel with sixteen rooms in the town of Tescumseh, then the county seat. When another appointee failed to qualify, he was appointed Probate Judge for Shawnee Co., Kansas, in 1858. As Probate Judge, he was also automatically chairman of the Board of County Commissioners. When a vote was taken on February 12, 1858, to determine where the county seat should be located, he refused to publish the results which showed Topeka to be the choice of the people, stating fourteen reasons why he felt the election was invalid and void, but this failed to stop the removal of the county seat from Tescumseh to Topeka, with the subsequent decline and disappearance of Tescumseh. See pp. 533, 536, 538 of the book, History of the State of Kansas by William G. Cutler, published 1883, by A. T. Andreas. Edward HOAGLAND died in Kansas prior to 24 Apr 1862 (the date a notice appeared in the newspaper), at about the age of 41, which is based on his age of 29 in the 1850 Yates Co., New York census. (See Genealogical Gleanings Abstracted from the “Yates County Chronicle” Penn Yan, New York May 1856 to October 1867, ©1992, compiled by Dianne Stenzel, Heritage Books, Inc., paragraph 1377.)
His daughter, Mary HOAGLAND, was probably the so-called “niece, Mrs. (HOAGLAND) KLOGSTON,” with whom Rebecca (KRESS) HUSON was said to have spent her final years which is recorded on pg. 44 of this genealogy. See additional information on Mary (HOAGLAND) CLOGSTON above.
According to a book on Yates Co., New York newspaper abstracts compiled by Dianne Stenzel, Eliza Ann (HUSON) HOAGLAND died in Lawrence, Kansas 28 Sep 1866, leaving a second husband, Mr. HOKUM, whom she had married after the death of her first husband, Edward HOAGLAND, who had died in 1862. She was about 41 years of age when she died, since her age was given as 25 at the time of the 1850 Yates Co., New York census, 397th family enumerated for Starkey township.
In the book, Henderson County, Illinois Cemeteries in two volumes compiled by Virginia Ross and Jane Evans on p. 140 of vol. II are records of the grave markers in the Rozetta Cemetery. One of these was for Andrew JACKSON, who d. Nashville, Tennessee, on May 25, 1865, age 39y. He is buried near the graves of Asa JACKSON and his family. According to old family letters, this Andrew was one of the brothers who served in the Civil War, so he may not actually be buried there, but the stone may be a cenotaph over an empty grave, perhaps erected in memory of him.
Volume II of the book, Henderson County, Illinois Cemeteries, shows a gravestone with the inscription: “JACKSON, Bellina Isabella, dau. of E.D. & I.C. d. Sept. 1, 1853, age 9m, 10d.” This marker is in the Stockton Cemetery next to the grave of her brother Culver JACKSON.
Volume II of the book, Henderson County, Illinois Cemeteries, in the Stockton Cemetery shows there is a gravestone with the inscription reads: “JACKSON, Culver, son of E.D. & I.C. d. Sept. 14, 1849, age 1y, 1m, 15d.” The initials “E.D.” and “I.C.” probably refer to Elisha Davis and Isabel Celia JACKSON.
A partial copy of an old family letter, which was addressed to Sylvia (FLITCH) VON TUNGELN, dated 3 Dec 1974, stated that the writer had found information in another old family letter that Daniel JACKSON was at the Battle of Buena Vista in the Mexican War (which occurred 22-23 Feb 1847, involving 5,000 American troops commanded by Gen. Zachary Taylor and 15,000 troops commanded by Gen. Santa Anna of Mexico), but the letter made no mention that he died in it, as was stated in the Bunce Genealogy and History on p. 38. The National Archives has a military record, copies of 6 muster rolls, for a private named Daniel JACKSON, age 24, on 22 Jun 1846, the date he was mustered into Co. F, 2nd Regt. of the Indiana Infantry commanded by Capt. Davis, but he enlisted at New Albany, Floyd Co., Indiana, which is south of Jackson Co., so we are not certain that that particular Pvt. Daniel was Elisha Davis JACKSON’s brother, especially since there is no identifying information on the muster rolls as to where this Pvt. Daniel JACKSON had lived prior to his enlistment. He was mustered out at New Orleans, Louisiana on 21 Jun 1847, age still shown as 24.
Other evidence in support of the fact our Daniel JACKSON survived the Mexican War is that his name appears on the 1850 Jackson Co., Indiana census for Carr Twp. p. 175, in the 80th family, headed by Joel HINDERLITER. Since two of the JACKSON brothers in our family married women whose maiden name was HINDERLITER, it seems probable that Daniel JACKSON, age 26 in 1850, born in Indiana, was a brother-in-law of Joel HINDERLITER, whose age was given as 36, birthplace in Kentucky as recorded on the 1850 census, which was the same birthplace given for the wives of Asa and Jordon JACKSON on the census. In Jackson Co., Indiana, there is also a record of the marriage of Daniel JACKSON to Nancy E. PECK on 12 Feb 1854. The wife of Joel HINDERLITER was named Ellen PECK, so perhaps Daniel JACKSON was the brother-in-law of Joel HINDERLITER through both of Joel’s two sisters as well as his wife, or Daniel JACKSON may have married his brother-in-law’s widow, since Joel HINDERLITER was said to have died in 1852, and the “E” in Nancy’s name may have been for Ellen. See also note for Lavina HINDERLITER.
The 1880 census for Kansas shows Anna JACKSON was residing with her uncle Elisha Davis JACKSON. The record says: “Annie JACKSON, white, female, age 81, relationship to head of household: niece, marital status: single; birthplace: Illinois; birthplace of father: Indiana; birthplace of mother: North Carolina.” It does not seem likely that she was 81 years old, so much older than her uncle; the record of her age must have been an error on the part of the census taker or it’s a faded record that was difficult to read from the microfilmed census record.
On p. 140 of vol. II of Henderson County, Illinois Cemeteries there are records of the gravestones in the Rozetta Cemetery. Asa JACKSON and his wife and several other JACKSONs were buried there. His gravestone shows his date of birth was Jan. 28, 1817 and he died July 6, 1898. Also there is a biography of Asa JACKSON on pp. 416-17 of the history Portrait and Biographical Record of Hancock, McDonough and Henderson Counties, Illinois, published 1894 by Lake City Publishing Co. in Chicago, Illinois. In this biography it states Asa was one of 13 children, 12 sons and 1 daughter, born to Willington and Elsie (Davis) JACKSON of Jackson Co., Indiana. Willington JACKSON was said to have been a native of Virginia, which is in accord with information provided by Elisha Davis JACKSON on the 1880 Kansas census about the birthplace of his father. Also mentioned was the fact that all but 3 of the 13 children had died before 1894, with the exception of Asa, and his brothers, Elisha and Lewis, who followed farming in the State of Kansas. The name of Willington JACKSON also appeared in an early court record for Jackson Co., Indiana. This record was published in The Hoosier Journal of Ancestry, Vol. VII-3, dated 3 Jul 1980, p. 24, Jackson County Circuit Court, First Order Book, term of court 7-9 Apr 1817: Case no. “19, Cornelius LYSTER vs. James COURTNEY—case continued. Jury finds for plaintiff $42.00 in damages. Willinton JACKSON claims 7 days attendance for plaintiff — Daniel McCOY bail for deft. was released and Obediah WALKER gave bond. Deft. applied for new trial court overruled.” This record proves the family of Willington JACKSON was in Jackson Co., Indiana by 1817. Other records for Jackson Co., Indiana including a state census (not federal), show Willington’s first name was also spelled as “Millington.”
The biography of Asa JACKSON stated he and his wife had had seven children: Michael (age 11 at time of 1850 Henderson Co., Illinois census), who was deceased by 1894; Adeline (age 10 in 1850), widow of John MORSE; Eveline (age 8 in 1850), wife of Eli BEATY; Lavina (age 7 in 1850), wife of George BROWN; Eliza (probably was daughter named Mary on 1850 census, age 2), wife of Alexander SMITH; Mahala (age 5 in 1850), wife of Hugh HAINES; and Ellen (not on 1850 census, probably born after 1850), wife of David PENROSE. Emily A. JACKSON married Eli BEATY on 25 Dec 1861. Lavina married George M. BROWN on 10 Feb 1867. Eliza M. JACKSON married Alexander SMITH in Henderson Co., Illinois on 9 Mar 1876. In the above-referenced book on Henderson County, Illinois Cemeteries, on p. 111 in the Reed Cemetery there are records of the graves for “Hugh HAINES, born 18 Jan 1854, died 23 Jan 1899,” and “Mahala JACKSON, his wife, born 20 Jun 1848, died 12 Oct 1905, also wife of W. RUSSELL.”
The child, “Ella JACKSON,” attributed to Asa JACKSON in this genealogy was probably his daughter Ellen JACKSON, who was born after 1850, who married David PENROSE. See Asa JACKSON above.
A letter to the Wheeler Funeral Home in Cedar Vale, Kansas was answered with the information that Elisha Davis JACKSON and his wife, Isabel Celia (MILLHOLLEN) JACKSON, are interred at the Cedar Vale Cemetery and the dates of birth and death in the city clerk’s office corroborate those in this genealogy and history. Also, see the 1880 census, Reel 26 of the microfilmed record for Shawnee Co., Kansas.
To corroborate the story that Elisha Davis JACKSON went to California during the 1849 Gold Rush, an index to the 1850 census for California, which was the first one taken there for the United States, has a record of a man named Elisha D. JACKSON, age 30, native of Indiana, whose name appeared on leaf 274 of the census, dated Oct. 15, 1850, who was then residing in El Dorado Co., California. It appears Elisha D. JACKSON was counted twice in that census, since his name also appears on the record for Henderson Co., Illinois as the head of a household there, too. The County Clerk in El Dorado Co., California wrote that they had no record of a gold claim filed by Elisha Davis JACKSON; however, he may have not filed a formal claim with the government, or it may have been lost over the years.
Interestingly, I have learned that a reporter for the newspaper, Oquawka Spectator, (available on microfilm at the Illinois State Archives in Springfield, Ill.) made the trip with the same wagon train with which E. D. JACKSON traveled to California, and his reports of the journey were published in that newspaper at the time. The journey began on Monday, 25 March 1850 and ended when they reached California on 16 July 1850, a trip of 2,400 miles. The name of E. D. JACKSON appeared on a 2 Mar 1850 list of the members of the wagon train that were planning to use oxen to draw their wagons. From these newspaper accounts, it appears that the Indian massacre mentioned in the Bunce Genealogy and History may have been the result of a fight between two Indian tribes and was not the result of an attack by Indians on a wagon train. The train, however, split into two separate trains, and the reporter continued his journey with the one with which E. D. Jackson was not a member. The leader of the wagon train was an ancestor of Richard Pence, a well-known genealogy columnist and author, who shared a copy of the transcript of the trip with me.
A short biographical sketch of E. D. Jackson is in the Monmouth Township section of the chapter on Shawnee Co. p. 599 in History of the State of Kansas edited by William G. Cutler, published 1883, which confirms the story of his trip to California as well.
Additionally a short entry in a county history of Henderson Co., Illinois states the following about Elisha Davis Jackson and his wife:
History of Mercer and Henderson Counties, Illinois, p. 214, published 1882:
Smith Creek Christian Church [Disciples of Christ]“Is the only church of the denomination in Greenville precinct [Rozetta today]. A few pioneers of this faith met June 6, 1853, at Liberty school-house and organized by electing M. M. Roberts and N. H. Davis, elders; Amos Haimes and E. D. Jackson, deacons, with the following members: E. D. Jackson, M. M. Roberts, J. K. Rust, Charles R. Brown, R. T. Davis, N. H. Davis, Phoebe Darnell, Sarah W. Davis, Jane D. Rust, Fanny C. Davis, Isabella C. Jackson, Abigail Beaty, Anne Brown, Susan Lane, Sarah A. Haines, Elizabeth A. Roberts, Sarah J. Morris, Sarah J. Brown and Mary Peterson.” Emphasis added.
1850 Census records, Henderson Co., Illinois, Township 11 Range 4N
90th family enumerated
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