DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS & MERCY (HOLBRIDGE) DISBROW, PART ONE © 1992 by Michael S. Disbrow ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Page 217 (2-8-7-2) CHARLES TUTTLE-6 DISBROW, cont'd (2-8-7-2-6) Mary Alice b. 31 Mar. 1860 E. Saginaw, MI; d. 9 May 1900 Grand Rapids, MI, bur. Valley City cem. References: Tuttle, The Desc. of William & Elizabeth Tuttle (1883), 460; Avery, A Genealogy of the Ingersoll Fam. in Amer. (1926), 278; Mills, Hist. of Saginaw Co., MI (1918), I:186, 195, 275, 282, 285, 288, 328, 500, II:324; Sherman, "Disbrow Fam. History" (1930), 10; death notices, Saginaw Courier 9 5ep. 1863, and Detroit Free Press 14 Sep. 1863 [Robert E. Mosher]; Kent Co. cemetery index, G. R. Public Library; census -1850 Owosso, Shiawassee Co., MI, 1860 E. Saginaw, Saginaw Co., MI, 1880 (soundex) Grand Rapids, Kent Co., MI (2-8-7-3) SARAH BLISS-6 DISBROW, dau. of Ezra-5 & Mamre (Tuttle) b. 16 Apr. 1823 prob. Ashland, Greene Co., NY d. 27 Dec. 1869 Windham, Greene Co., NY m. 8 Jan. 1849 BENONI BRONSON b. c1825 NY d. In 1856 Mamre Disbrow, widow of Ezra, sold land in Greene Co. to Benoni Bronson. Mamre was living with Benoni, Sarah and their family in the 1860 census in Windham, Greene Co. Benoni was 35, a farmer, with a real estate value of $1500 and personal property of $450, Sarah 35, Anna 8, Franklin 1 and Mamre Disbrow 72, all born in NY. Children: (2-8-7-3-1) Anna BRONSON b. 21 Nov. 1852 (2-8-7-3-2) Franklin A. BRONSON b. 23 Feb. 1859 References: Tuttle, The Desc. of William & Elizabeth Tuttle (1883), 460; census -1860 Windham, Greene Co., NY [Jim Taylor]; Creene Co. Index to Deeds, (Liber 53:400) [Marian Wittenberger] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Page 218 (2-8-7-4) ASAHEL-6 DISBROW, son of Ezra-5 & Mamre (Tuttle) b. (13 Sep. 1826) prob. Ashland, Greene Co., NY d. 1 Mar. 1897 (age 70-5-16) bur. West Conesville cem., Schoharie Co., NY m. 5 Mar. 1850 RACHEL DEWEL b. (11 Dec. 1829) NY d. 14 June 1909 (age 79-6-3) bur. w/Asahel, West Conesville cem. Asahel was a farmer in Conesville, Schoharie Co., NY. In 1850 he and Rachel were living with his parents in Ashland, Greene Co., but by 1860 they had moved to Conesville. In 1900 the widow Rachel was living in Ashland with son-in-law Isadore Parker and daughter Rose. Children: +(2-8-7-4-1) Xenophon X. b. 17 Mar. 1851 +(2-8-7-4-2) Rose Charlotte b. 19 Mar. 1854 References: Tuttle, The Desc. of William & Elizabeth Tuttle (1883), 460; photos of headstones [Lois C. Hough]; Schoharie Co. Index to Registers of Estates [Cash Disbrow]; census - 1850 & 1900 Ashland, Greene Co., 1860 '80 Conesville, Schoharie Co., NY ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Page 218a (2-8-10-1) MARY-6 WEST, dau. of Benjamin & Polly-5 (Disbrow) b. 1 June 1807 Greene Co., NY d. 10 May 1895 Kalkaska Co., MI m. (1st) 1824 Norwich Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario MARTIN LOSSING, son of Jerry & Elizabeth (Buck) b. 7 Dec. 1800 Dutchess Co., NY d. Nov. 1825 Oxford Co., Ontario m. (2nd) 5 May 1828 Norwich Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario NICHOLAS LOSSING, son of Jerry & Elizabeth (Buck) b. 20 Feb. 1795 Dutchess Co., NY d. 20 May 1870 Raisin Twp., Lenawee Co., MI bur. Raisin Ctr. cem. m. (3rd) 25 Feb. 1874 Raisin Twp., Lenawee Co., MI NIAL BOWERMAN, son of John & Mary (Bedle or Beagle?) b. 1807 Prince Edward Co., Ontario d. 1884 MI Mary and her second husband Nicholas Lossing moved in 1844 from Oxford Co., Ontario, to Raisin Twp., Lenawee Co., MI. Children, by 2nd husband: (all but last b. Norwich Twp.) (2-8-10-1-1) Martin W. LOSSING b. 30 Nov. 1829 (continued below) (2-8-10-1-2) Lydia Jane LOSSING b. 13 Apr. 1831; d. 24 May 1919 Kalkaska Co., MI; m. (1st) 1847, Stephen P. Hoag; (2nd) 22 Nov. 1899, Allen D. Lyle (2-8-10-1-3) Andrew LOSSING b. 19 Nov. 1832; d. 10 Nov. 1865 Port Huron, MI, bur. Kinney cem., Clyde, St. Clair Co., MI; m. Abby ( ) (2-8-10-1-4) George W. LOSSING b. 3 Apr. 1837; d. 25 Apr. 1914 Blissfield, Lenawee Co., MI, bur. Pleasant View cem., Blissfield; m. (1st) c1860, Mary Lodema Saxton (dau. of Alanson & Eliza); (2nd) 20 Mar. 1913, Ellen E. Elphman (2-8-10-1-5) Charles D. LOSSING b. 4 Feb. 1840; d. 21 Sep. 1922 Blissfield, Lenawee Co., MI, bur. Pleasant View cem., Blissfield; m. 3 May 1863, Abi Chatfield (dau. of Lyman & Elizabeth (Hoag)) (2-8-10-1-6) Philo Monroe LOSSING b. 1 Aug. 1849 Lenawee Jct., Lenawee Co., MI; d. Apr. 1944 Muskegon, MI; m. (1st) 29 Jan. 1871, Mary Rebecca Sherman Wortley; (2nd) 31 Aug. 1887, Luna Cordelia Seger Descent from Mary West to Donna Jeane (Dowling) Taylor: Martin W.-7 LOSSING, b. 30 Nov. 1829 Norwich Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario; d. 29 Nov. 1910 Lenawee Co., MI, bur. Raisin Ctr. cem.; m. 25 Feb. 1855 Lenawee Co., MI, Sarah Angeline Mackey (dau. of Urion & Sarah E. (Jenkins), b. 18 Apr. 1837 Delaware Co., NY; d. 5 Sep. 1906 Palmyra Twp., Lenawee Co., MI, bur. Raisin Ctr. cem.) Children: Henry M. 1863, Andrew 1865, Mary E. 1868, +Dora Leora 1868, Nellie O. 1872, Alma 1875, Hallie F. 1883 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Page 218b (2-8-10-1) MARY-6 WEST, cont'd Dora Leora-8 LOSSING, b. 11 July 1868 Lenawee Jct., Lenawee Co., MI; d. 13 Dec. 1943 Detroit, Wayne Co., MI, bur. Holloway cem., Raisin Twp., Lenawee Co., MI; m. 8 Oct. 1888 Toledo, OH, Henry Cavill (son of Henry & Agnes Nancy (Pennman), b. 7 Oct. 1868 Adams Twp., Lucas Co., OH; d. 23 June 1961 Detroit, MI, bur. Holloway cem., Raisin Twp.) Children: Lucille Manetta, Florence L., +Melba Corrinne 1894, Doris Leora 1908 Melba Corrinne-9 CAVILL, b. 29 Jan. 1894 Lenawee Co., MI; d. 2 Apr. 1985 Green Oak Twp., Livingston Co., MI, bur. Parkview Mem. cem., Livonia, Wayne Co., MI; m. (1st) 15 Mar. 1913 Holloway, Raisin Twp., Lenawee Co., MI, Francis Joseph Dowling (son of James & Mary Ann (Linehan), b. 11 Oct. 1888 Richfield Twp., Lucas Co., OH; d. 20 May 1924 Detroit, MI, bur. Grand Lawn cem., Detroit) Children: Lillian Lucille 1919, +Donna Jeane 1921 Donna Jeane-10 DOWLING, b. 12 July 1921 Detroit, MI; d. 11 Nov. 1990 Green Oak Twp., Livingston Co., MI, bur. Hamburg cem., Livingston Co.; m. 19 July 1946 Detroit, MI, James Edward Taylor (son of James & Minnie (New), b. 3 Nov. 1915 Islington, London, England) Children: Brian Kevin 1951, Kim Eric 1955. Jim Taylor resides, 1992: 9339 Spicer Rd., Brighton, MI 48116 References: fam. data of Donna Jeane (Dowling) Taylor ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Page 219 (2-10-1-1) NATHAN OLMSTEAD-6 DISBROW, son of Reuben-5 & Isabelle (Olmstead) b. (26 Mar. 1801) Warwick, Orange Co., NY d. 19 Jan. 1874 Dix, Schuyler Co., NY (age 72-9-24) bur. Millport cem., Chemung Co., NY m. THEODOCIA BEARDSLEY, dau. of Ichabod & Sarah (Galpin) b. 26 Aug. 1799 prob. Fairfield Co., CT d. 27 Oct. 1864 Dix, Schuyler Co., NY bur. w/Nathan, Millport cem. When Nathan was 14 years old, he moved with his parents from Orange Co., NY, to a farm near Millport which at that time was in Tioga Co., NY. His father Reuben homesteaded land now located in the southeast corner of the town of Dix, Schuyler Co. At that time the area was known as Catherine, later Catlin, and it came within the boundaries of Chemung Co. from 1836 until Schuyler Co. was formed in 1854. The land where they settled was part of a large tract owned by Charles Carroll of Carrollton, MD, who was the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence. Reuben never legally purchased the property, or at least there is no record of it. But a deed in the Chemung Co. courthouse in Elmira, dated 14 Nov. 1832, shows Nathan O. Disbrow of Catlin purchased 57 3/4 acres from Carroll, which was 1/2 of Lot 129. Interestingly the date of the deed is the same day Charles Carroll died. Nathan purchased the other 1/2 of the lot in 1852 giving him a total of about 115 acres, plus another 32 acre lot nearby. This farm is where Nathan lived his entire life. He married Theodocia Beardsley in the early 1820's. She was from Tompkins Co. Her father, Ichabod Beardsley, had served in the Connecticut Militia during the Revolution, enlisting in 1781 at the age of 14. After the war he lived in Stratford, with the exception of two years in Litchfield Co., CT, and in 1806 he moved with his family to Lansing, Tompkins Co., NY, where he farmed until his death in 1849. In the state census of 1825 Nathan was listed next to his father. In his household were one male (qualifed to vote and subject to military duty), 3 females (one married under 45, two unmarried under 16), 1 female birth in preceding year. In the barn were 2 "neat" cattle, 2 sheep and 2 hogs. He worked hard and built up his farm so that by 1850 his livestock included 3 horses, 5 "milch" cows, a team of oxen, 12 other cattle, 18 sheep and 17 swine. He had also produced 170 bushels of wheat, 50 bushels of Indian corn, 125 bushels of field corn, 4 lbs. of tobacco, 50 lbs. of wool, 10 bushels of peas and beans, 100 bushels of Irish potatoes, 15 bushels of barley, 95 bushels of buckwheat, 400 lbs. of butter, 40 tons of hay and 2 bushels of other grass seeds within the past year. His total acreage was 147, with 90 improved. We know that Nathan also had a sawmill on his farm and a rather large apple orchard. In his will, dated 5 Jan. 1865, proved 1 May 1874, Nathan devised his property to his children, Rosella Wilcox, Adeline Carman, Eliza Jane Platman, Mary A. Dodge, Isabel Davenport ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Page 220 (2-10-1-1) NATHAN OLMSTEAD-6 DISBROW, cont'd and Beardsley Disbrow. His friend Minor T. Brodrick was named as executor. His son Albert J. and daughter Catherine M. were not named in the will. Nathan's and Theodocia's oldest son, Daniel Wesley, had joined the army during the Mexican War and had died during that conflict. Apparently neither of their other sons was interested in taking over the farm after Nathan died, so the daughter Mary Ann and her second husband Jason Smart bought the farm from Nathan's estate. It was sold out of the family in 1895. When my uncle, Alan Stacy Disbrow, and I visited the farm in 1987 there was nothing left of the old home or buildings. The present owner, Gerald Purvis, has a dairy farm on the property. He remembered some of the old buildings, which sat about 1/4 mile from the road, burning down quite a few years ago. He also remembered there being some of the orchard left, but the area is all under cultivation now. He showed us the deeds in his possession which gave the history of the ownership of the property from Nathan O. Disbrow to himself. Nathan's death notice, which appeared in the "Watkkns [NY] Express", 22 Jan. 1874, simply read: "Nathan Disbrow, an old resident of the upper part of the Town of Dix, died of Appoplexy on Monday, the 19th inst., aged 72 years." Children: (all b. Dix) +(2-10-1-1-1) Anna Rosella b. c1820-24 +(2-10-1-1-2) Adeline b. c1824 (2-10-1-1-3) Daniel Wesley b. c1826; d. c1846-8 killed in the Mexican War, according to family tradition +(2-10-1-1-4) Ichabod Beardsley b. 12 Mar. 1828 +(2-10-1-1-5) Isabel b. 6 Dec. 1829 +(2-10-1-1-6) Albert Jackson b. 4 Dec. 1831 +(2-10-1-1-7) Eliza Jane b. c1834 +(2-10-1-1-8) Mary Ann b. 1837 +(2-10-1-1-9) Catherine Maria b. c1840 References: fam. history written by Cora A. (Disbrow) Patterson [Alan S. Disbrow]; will & probate papers, Schuyler Co. Surrogate, Watkins Glen, NY; indenture, Carroll & Harper to N. O. Disbrow, and copies of old maps locating property, Chemung Co. Courthouse, Elmira, NY; obit and copy of 1874 Dix map, Schuyler Co. Hist. Museum, Montour Falls, NY; headstones, Millport cem.; Gazetteer & Business Directory of Chemung & Schuyler Cos. (1868-9) and Reference Bus. Directory of Schuyler Co. (1893-4), both at Montour Falls Library; info copied from deeds in possession of Mr. Gerald Purvis, Millport, NY, 1987; census - 1825 '30 '35 Catlin, Tioga Co., 1840 '50 Dix, Chemung Co., 1855 '60 '65 '70 Dix, Schuyler Co., NY (1825 census copied at Tioga Co. courthouse, Owego, NY; 1850 agricultural census copied at Chemung Co. courthouse, Elmira; 1855 & '65 censuses per Schuyler Co. Hist. Museum, Montour Falls.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Page 221 (2-10-8-1) ELIZABETH SEMANTHA-6 DISBROW, dau. of Elias-5 & Huldah (Craw) b. 1 Sep. 1811 prob. Troy, Renssaeler Co., NY d. 15 July 1873 m. 15 Sep. 1830 Troy, Renssaeler Co., NY HENRY TATOR b. 14 Mar. 1800 d. 18 Feb. 1856 Children: (all b. Troy, NY) (2-10-8-1-1) Susan Maria D. TATOR b. 28 June 1831; d. 25 Dec. 1832 (2-10-8-1-2) Frederick Disbrow TATOR b. 12 Oct. 1833 (2-10-8-1-3) Charles Henry TATOR b. 15 June 1837 (2-10-8-1-4) Anna Maria TATOR b. 26 May 1840; m. 20 June 1866 Lansingburgh, NY, Hanford Day; a son, Henry Hanford Day b. 5 July 1868 Troy, NY (2-10-8-1-5) Lewis Elseffer TATOR b. 7 Jan. 1844; d. 16 Feb. 1862 in the battle of Ft. Donelson, TN (2-10-8-1-6) John Franklin TATOR b. 13 Feb. 1847 (2-10-8-1-7) George Alfred TATOR b. 13 Sep. 1850 References: Disbrow-Rousseau-Tator-Flower fam. Bible [DAR records per Arlynn Gantz] (2-10-8-2) CHARLES HENRY-6 DISBROW, son of Elias-5 & Huldah (Craw) b. 10 Aug. 1813 prob. Troy, Renssaeler Co., NY d. 17 Oct. 1857 Suffolk, Nansemond Co., VA m. 27 Apr. 1843 Gates Co., NC MARY ELIZABETH BRADFORD GORDON b. c1816 NC d. In the 1850 census of Nansemond Co., VA, dwelling no. 174, family no. 174, is Charles H. Disbrow, age 35, an Episcopal Minister, b. NY, with real estate valued at $8500. With him are Mary E. B. 34 (b. NC), Mary G. 2 and Charles H. 1 (both b. Nansd. Co., VA), and Phillis Read 18 (a Mulatto, b. VA). After Charles' death Mary apparently went to NY state and we find her in the 1880 census living with her son Charles H. and family in Cohoes, Albany Co., age 64. Children: (b. Suffolk, VA) (2-10-8-2-1) Mary Gordon b. 6 June 1848; d. 13 Sep. 1855 Aberdeen, Monroe Co., MS +(2-10-8-2-2) Charles Henry II b. 10 Oct. 1849 References: Disbrow-Rousseau-Tator-Flower fam. Bible [DAR records per Arlynn Gantz]; census - 1850 Nansemond Co., VA, 1880 (Soundex) Cohoes, Albany Co., NY ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Page 222 (2-10-8-5) HARRIET MARIA-6 DISBROW, dau. of Elias-5 & Huldah (Craw) b. 9 Mar. 1825 prob. Troy, Rensselaer Co., NY d. 15 Oct. 1889 Lansingburgh, Rensselaer Co., NY m. 19 Feb. 1855 Troy, Rensselaer Co., NY HENRY ROUSSEAU, son of Alexander & Mary ( ) b. 12 Nov. 1801 d. 12 Sep. 1876 Lansingburgh, Rensselaer Co., NY He m. (1st) Christianna DeCamp who was b. 20 Oct. 1805 and d. 30 Mar. 1851. They had four ch.: George Henry 1827, William Augustus 1830, Gustavus 1835, Julia Frances 1837. Harriet M. Desbrow, age 24, was listed with her brother William F. in the 1850 census of Troy, NY, both living in the household of John Penny, a Tinsmith. Children: (2-10-8-5-1) Harriet Frances ROUSSEAU b. 17 Apr. 185- [Bible record says 1850 but they were m. in 1855]; d. 27 Nov. 1892 Lansingburgh, NY; m. 4 Dec. 1879, Benjamin Franklin Flower (2-10-8-5-2) Achille Charles ROUSSEAU b. 29 Mar. 1860; d. 17 July 1902 References: Disbrow-Rousseau-Tator-Flower fam. Bible [DAR records per Arlynn Gantz]; census - 1850 Troy, Rensselaer Co., NY ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------