DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS & MERCY (HOLBRIDGE) DISBROW, PART ONE © 1992 by Michael S. Disbrow ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Page 255 (3-10-5-4) DANIEL-6 DISBROW, cont'd P. Disbrow residing Dundee, Yates Co., New York." Daniel was not mentioned on this paper. The following is an article published in the "Dundee [NY] Observer" of 13 Oct. 1898, entitled "An Old Tree": "The recent visit of Daniel Disbrow of Jackson, Mich. of his boyhood home in this section revealed an interesting fact. Several years ago when Mr. Disbrow was a lad of eight years he went with his father, Lodowick Disbrow, to Starkey hauling a load of grapes. On their return, in walking up Smith's Hill, the lad picked up a black walnut. Not knowing what it was, he asked his father to explain, and in ascertaining the species the boy became exceedingly interested. He carried the nut home and planted it on his father's farm - the place now owned by George and Martin Stanton in Barrington. The tree from that nut is still alive and is probably the largest walnut tree to be found in this section. During his visit Mr. Disbrow measured the tree and found it's dimensions to be eighty feet high, sixty-six feet spread and nine and one-half feet in circumference near the base. The first limb, which is ten feet from the ground measures five feet in circumference. In standing under the branches of this majestic tree Mr. Disbrow was taken back to the days of his boyhood, the memories of which were vividly portrayed." We find Daniel listed in the 1900 census of Jackson Co., MI, living with his son Samuel in Henrietta Twp. Hannah was not listed, so presumably she was dead by that time. Children: (all prob. b. Yates Co., NY) +(3-10-5-4-1) Lewis Watson b. Sep. 1843 +(3-10-5-4-2) James T. b. Nov. 1845 +(3-10-5-4-3) Charles P. b. cNov. 1849 (3-10-5-4-4) Samuel b. May 1859; living 1900 Henrietta Twp., Jackson Co., MI References: fam. data of Donald W. Disbrow, 1984; Cleveland, Hist. of Yates Co., NY (1873), 154; will & probate papers of Lodowick Disbrow and newspaper item [Donald W. Disbrow]; Everts & Ensign, Hist. of Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins & Schuyler Cos., NY (1879), 584; census - 1850 Barrington, Yates Co., NY, 1900 (soundex) Henrietta Twp., Jackson Co., MI ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Page 256 (3-10-5-5) ANNA MARIA-6 DISBROW, dau. of Lodowick-5 & Elizabeth (Sunderlin) b. 2 Dec. 1823 Barrington, Yates Co., NY (twin to Mary Ann) d. 4 Sep. 1860 Starkey, Yates Co., NY m. 7 May 1845 Tyrone, Schuyler Co., NY CHARLES HAUSE, son of Joseph & Eunice (Rogers) b. 26 Feb. 1817 Tyrone, Schuyler Co., NY d. 4 Jan. 1900 Pontiac, Livingston Co., IL He m. (2nd) Martha Barnard. After the death of Anna Maria, Charles Hause, his children and his second wife moved from Starkey, NY to Eagan, Dakota Co., MN, about 1869. Their three children were mentioned in the probate papers of Lodowick Disbrow and Charles Hause attended the probate hearing in Penn Yan, NY, 25 Nov. 1873. Children: (3-10-5-5-1) Elizabeth Sunderlin HAUSE b. 1847; d. 11 Sep. 1917 Minneapolis, MN; m. Aug. 1873, George Remington Beach; 1876 - "Res. lately at Mendota, MN, but now in the city of Rochester" +(3-10-5-5-2) Lodowick D. HAUSE b. 2 Oct. 1854 Yates Co., NY; 1876 - "Res. Mendota, MN." (3-10-5-5-3) Charles HAUSE Jr. b. 1855; 1876 - "Res. in Mendota, MN, a minor having no general guardian." [Notes from Lodowick Disbrow's probate file, paper dated 27 Mar. 1876.] References: fam. data of Jim Daniels, via Doris J. Lobe, 1991; Cleveland, Hist. of Yates Co., NY (1873), 154; probate papers of Lodowick Disbrow [Donald W. Disbrow]; marr. record in "Steuben Farmers Gazette" of 14 May 1845, per Bowman, 10,000 Vital Records of Western NY, 1809-50 (1985), 4066 (3-10-5-6) MARY ANN-6 DISBROW, dau. of Lodowick-5 & Elizabeth (Sunderlin) b. 2 Dec. 1823 Barrington, Yates Co., NY (twin to Anna Marie) d. m. OLIVER SNOOK (no data) Children: (3-10-5-6-1) Lorenzo D. SNOOK res. 1876 Barrington, NY (3-10-5-6-2) Watson SNOOK res. 1876 Barrington, NY (3-10-5-6-3) William O. SNOOK res. 1876 Barrington, NY (3-10-5-6-4) Alanson SNOOK res. 1876 San Fransisco, CA (3-10-5-6-5) Lyman W. SNOOK res. 1876 unknown [Residences as described in Lodowick Disbrow's probate file] References: Cleveland, Hist. of Yates Co., NY (1873), 154; probate papers of Lodowick Disbrow [Donald W. Disbrow] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Page 257 (3-10-6-1) LEWELLYN H.-6 DISBROW, son of Daniel W.-5 & Jane (Leek) b. 22 Feb. 1826 Steuben Co., NY d. 12 May 1909 Bellaire, Antrim Co., MI bur. Helena Twp. cem., Antrim Co. m. 22 Aug. 1851 Branch Co., MI EMMA C. RANDOLPH b. June 1835 NY d. Lewellyn and family were listed in the 1860 census of Union Twp., Branch Co., MI. He was age 34, a farmer with $500 real estate value and $125 personal property. In the household were his wife Emma C. 25, and children Lewellyn H. 7, Maria Jane 5 and Nathaniel H. 1. In 1870 they were in Bangor Twp., Van Buren Co. Obituary from "The Bellaire [MI] Independent" of 20 May 1909: "LEWELLYN H. DISBROW, Another Aged and Respected Resident of Antrim County, Gathered to His Fathers. Lewellyn H. Disbrow was born Feb. 22, 1826 in Steuben Co., NY, passed to his reward Wednesday afternoon, May 12, 1909, aged 83 years, 2 months and 18 days, and was laid to rest in Lake View cemetery, Bellaire [error - see above], last Friday afternoon, Rev. W. P. Mosher of the M. E. Church officiating at the funeral. "At the age of twenty Mr. Disbrow moved from NY state to Branch Co., MI, where he was united in marriage to Miss Emma C. Randolph in Aug. 1851. He removed from Branch Co. to Van Buren Co. in 1863, and in 1883 came to Antrim Co., where he resided on his farm in Helena Twp. the balance of his life. Deceased left a widow and two sons (Lew and N. H. Disbrow of Helena Twp.), one brother (E. J. Disbrow of Bangor, MI) and two sisters (Mrs. Mary J. Dyer and Mrs. Angie Ovenshier of Los Angeles, CA) to mourn. Mr. Disbrow was one of Helena township's most esteemed citizens." Emma C. Disbrow was living in 1910 with her son Nathaniel in Bellaire, MI. Children: +(3-10-6-1-1) Lewellyn H. Jr. b. 19 Sep. 1852 Union City, MI (3-10-6-1-2) Emma Marie b. 28 Mar. 1855 MI; m. 19 Mar. 1872 Orson Hubbard +(3-10-6-1-3) Nathaniel H. b. Jan. 1859 MI (3-10-6-1-4) Olley E. b. (7 Jan. 1862); d. 16 Sep. 1866 (age 4-8-9), bur. Van Auken cem., Bangor Twp., Van Buren Co., MI (3-10-6-1-5) Ella A. b. (30 Apr. 1870); d. 3 Mar. 1876 (age 5-10-3), bur. Van Auken cem. (3-10-6-1-6) Ella J. b. (l Jan. 1875); d. 25 Sep. 1876 (age 1-9-25), bur. Van Auken cem. References: fam. data of Dennis A. Disbrow; obit., headstone inscrips. (Helena Twp. and Van Auken cems.) [Arlynn Gantz]; census - 1850 '60 Union Twp., Branch Co., MI, 1870 Bangor Twp., Van Buren Co., MI, 1900 Helena Twp., Antrim Co., MI, 1910 (Soundex) Bellaire, Antrim Co., MI ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Page 258 (3-10-6-2) LODOWICK W.-6 DISBROW, son of Daniel W.-5 & Jane (Leek) b. 11 June 1828 NY d. 4 Oct. 1902 Bangor Twp., Van Buren Co., MI bur. Thomas cem., Bangor Twp. m. (1st) c1849/50 ARVILLA H. SEBRING b. c1835 NY They were divorced 1860, Van Buren Co., MI m. (2nd) 15 Sep. 1861 Hartford, Van Buren Co., MI SARAH JANE WHITCOMB, dau. of Albert & Lucy (Bishop) b. 27 Nov. 1839 MI d. 16 July 1914 Bangor Twp., Van Buren Co., MI bur. w/Lodowick, Thomas cem. Lodowick came with his parents to Lenawee Co., MI about 1846. In the 1850 census he and his first wife were listed in Ogden Twp. of that county, while his parents had by then moved on to Branch Co. Lodowick was listed as age 21, a farmer, with $100 real estate value. His wife "Amelia" was 15. In 1860 he divorced his first wife and in the census that year was listed in his parent's household, farming. He and his brother Lavoysier were drafted into the army 21 Mar. 1865, near the close of the Civil War, and assigned to Co. G of the 15th MI Infantry. They joined their regiment 21 May at Alexandria, VA. According to Lodowick's pension papers he came down sick at Washington, DC, while being ordered to Louisville, KY. "I then had a cever chill with a light feavor folwing & with a Diarhea constantly while on the cars & while I was in Lewisville in camp." He was treated in the General Hospital at Louisville for pneumonia from 17 June until he was discharged on 3 July. His brother (unnamed in the record, but could have been either Lavoysier or Edward) took him home because he wasn't able to travel alone. Lodowick was able to obtain an invalid pension based on his continuing poor health in the years following the war. Here is Lodowick's obituary, as copied into Dennis A. Disbrow's family history: "LODOWICK W. DISBROW was born in NY June 11, 1828 and came to MI with his father who located at their present homestead in 1856 which the family now hold possession of, the deed for same being signed by Franklin Pierce, President of the United States. Their family consisted of 6 brothers and 3 sisters, four of whom survive him. "The history of the deceased would be a history of Van Buren Co. He like many another young man of those times, being of an ambitious nature and not endowed with this worlds goods only with a rugged constitution and willing hands it was only natural that the forest should be the first to engage his attention. He became familiar with the lumber interest in its various phases and the Paw Paw River was not a stranger to him, from the old Niles Mill to St. Joseph, making the trip many times either on a log raft of lumber or poling the old river boat. About 1857 he received a piece of land on section 19 in Bangor Township, paying 25 cents per acre for same. Upon which he established a home and with Indians for neighbors undertook the white man's task of developing the country by opening roads, making corduroy cross ways through the swamps and otherwise making it possible for civilization to come in and take the benefits of the work of ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------