Hello all, I just received the pension file on Christian Schumacher who married Jennette (Taylor) Walling. This line has been very confusing to say the least so this inch thick pension file which was chock full of information verified some of the information that wonderful volunteers helped me locate. I have documented up to Christian Schumacher who I will refer to for ease in keeping them seperated as Jr but no where on any documents was he referred to as such. I have Christian's death certificate but he was born too early for a birth certificate. I am trying to find out positively who his parents were. I feel it might be the Christian Sr. who was married to Ann M. or Maria Ann but I have not found anything that I can document it with other than the death certificate and that only confused matters. If there is anyone out there who loves a great mystery I would love to hear from you including those who were so wonderfully helpful before. I am sending this to both counties since the family lived in both during their lifetimes. If you connect or are interested in our web page concerning this family the url is near the end of the email. Thanks so much for any and all help you can provide. If you have any suggestions on other documents I could send for please let me know. Have a wonderful day Bushy Hartman ********************* Item #1 >From the pension file the following items were mentioned about the birth of Christian Schumacher: "My father was born was raised on Liberty and First streets" [This provided by his daughter in a later letter but no mention of his parents names or his actual birth date. From the city directories Christian b. 1828 was living on Liberty and Second Streets.] ********************* Item #2 "brother in law by marriage" was on two documents signed by Christian Schumacher and John Schumacher on affidavits for Jennett to receive the pension once Christian her husband had died. [How can a bro-in-law be named the same as the husband? Could this be her father-in-law who was still living when his son died?] ********************* Item #3 Death certificate has his parents as Christian Schumacher and Catherine Schumacher both born in Germany. I did not find any other Schumacher/Shoemakers in the same area and Catherine was married to Frederick and mother of the Senior Christian who was married to Ann M. or Maria Ann from death cards. Is it possible the person who provided the information could of mistaken his father and grandmother names as his parents? ********************** Item #4 Census- I could not find in the census where Christian [Jr.] is living with his family. ********************** Item #5 Mary Henderson who uncovered that Jennette Taylor married Peter B. Walling and had three children Eudora, Ford and Eugene. Peter abandoned Jennette which mentions this in the pension file and he took her children with him to live in Wayne Co., MI before 1870 census with his parents. The pension file contains a documents showing that: "Peter B. Walling was admitted to the Insane Asylum on 10 Oct 1881 and died 17 Oct 1882." Jennette claims there was a divorce but could not remember where her ex-husband was living at the time and could not provide the divorce documents. The pension file contains: Jennette Taylor married Christian Schumacher[Jr.] on 11 Jan 1866 in Smithfield Center, Washtenaw Co., MI. I have not sent for this document yet is the location the correct county? ********************* http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcguirecuz/ McGuire Cousins which also contains the Schumacher line along with several others in separate ancestry files. There are scanned documents and some photos along with headstone photos. Frederick Schumacher b. 2 Apr 1812 Ger.; d. 31 Dec 1849 ..m. Catherine Afeichardt b. 8 Dec 1808 Ger.; d. 24 Jan 1875 ...ch: Christian Schumacher b. 23 Dec 1828 Ger.; d. 13 May 1897 .....m. Ann M. ____, b. 1833 Ger., d. ......ch: Christian Schumacher b. 14 Oct 1844, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw Co., MI; d. 15 Jul 1886, Jackson Co., MI ..........m. Jennette (Taylor) Walling, b. Nov 1837 NY; d. 11 Jan 1866 Jackson Co., MI

I believe that Shirley Smith (lives on Kensington St, Ann Arbor) phone # 764 / 662-0512 is the widow of John Smith whose family sold the property to the Washtenong Cemetery. She had mentioned that the family owned property in that area. Pauline V Walters Museum on Main Street, A Museum of County Life Washtenaw County Historical Society 500 N Main at Beakes & E Kingsley Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106-3336 734 / 662-9092 http://www.washtenawhistory.org e-mail popowalt@aol.com new e-mail: wchs-500@ameritech.net

In a message dated 7/18/2003 5:05:10 PM Central Daylight Time, samuellas@direcway.com writes: > <A HREF="mailto:MIWASHTE-L@rootsweb.com">MIWASHTE-L@rootsweb.com</A> Thanks for all the information on early Washtenaw residents. Does any one have any information on an Andrew Smith, who purchased the land at the corner of what is now the Whitmore Lake road and Stien Road, most of which is now Washtnog Memorial Park? appreceate any information maproski@aol.com

I too an curious if there is any mention of JOHN LENNON (my great x3 grandfather) in the Michigan Pioneer and historical Collections. He was an original settler of Ann Arbor in 1860 along with his family, wife Lydia Elisabeth (maiden name Engle), daughters Marietta and Ellen Lowesia, son Spencer David. His brother William also arrived with them and father Robert Lennon. I found one mention of him in the Pioneers of Washtenaw County referance book.He settled a land claim of 80 acres on what is now Broadway and had a "truck farm" through 3 generations of Lennons and 2 more generations were born there ending with my dad. I would greatly appreciate you looking this up for me. Thanks a million! Samuella :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "gypsy" <gypsy2@chartermi.net> To: <MIWASHTE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 8:39 PM Subject: [MIWASHTE] Pioneer Report 1890 > This is a portion of the Washtenaw Report from the Michigan Pioneer and > Historical Collections, Vol. 17, 1890. > > Washtenaw County, by Ezra D. LAY > > Name Date of death Age > Residence Years in Mich > > Hiram DAY June 1, 1889 78 Old > resident Ypsilanti -- > Eli BENTON June 5, 1889 89 Lodi > Township 60 > George BLACK June 11, 1889 -- Dexter Township > 47 > James J. VanDYNE July 1, 1889 84 Of > county 57 > James M. KELSEY June 23, 1889 80 York township > -- > > I think there may be more to this report, but this is the only part I > have. > > Enjoy > > gypsy > > >

I wonder, do these Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections have any reference to Margaret Hanna Conolly Cross? Husband of (1) Bernard Connolly and (2) Rev. John Cross. She daughter of William Hanna and Jane Wallace. Margaret is reported to have been early leader in Methodist Church and she died in Ann Arbor. Thanks for any help, Harold Ralston, Racine, WI --- gypsy <gypsy2@chartermi.net> wrote: > >From the Michigan Pioneer and Historical > Collections - Vol 11, 1887 > > Memorial Report, Washtenaw County > By Ezra D. LAY > > List of Deaths > > NAME Date of Death Age > Residence No.Years > > D.B. APPLETON June 8, 186 78 > Northfield 54 > William WILSON June 22, 1886 91 > Ypsilanti, town & city 55 > William K. BROCK July 10, 1886 61 > Ypsilanti, town 34 > Mrs. Jane A. CHURCH July 8, 1886 72 > Saline 48 > Henry M. QUEAL July 24, 1886 85 > Webster 52 > Charles D. CORNELL Aug. 2, 1886 58 > Lodi 50 > Jacob BECK July 29, 1886 77 > In county 40 > Mrs. Elizabeth PERKINS July 30, 1886 76 > Salem 40 > Mrs. Lucy W. STRONG Aug. 8, 1886 78 > Ann Arbor, city 40 > Grove SANDERS Aug. 31, 1886 71 > Pittsfield 47 > Walter B. HEWITT Sept. 4, 1886 86 > Ypsilanti, city 55 > Mrs. Polly BUSCH Sept. 3, 1886 81 > Ypsilanti & Superior,t 60 > Timothy McKONE Aug. 28, 1886 90 > Lyndon 45 > Mrs. Alma SUMMERS Sept. 13, 1886 77 > Pittsfield 44 > Stephen VanRIPER Aug. 30, 1886 82 > Lima & Webster 50 > Jacob SWITZER Oct. 4, 1886 83 > Superior, town 30 > William EMERICK Oct. 19, 1886 75 > Ypsilanti, town 54 > Joseph KITCHEN Oct. 18, 1886 66 > Ypsilanti, city 45 > Robert SHANKLAND Oct. 14, 1886 95 > Salem 56 > Mrs. Jane NORTON Oct. 24, 1886 74 > Ypsilanti, city 40 > Lee L. FORSYTH Oct. 31, 1886 80 > Augusta & Ypsilanti,c 56 > Mrs. Lyman GRAVES Oct. 29, 1886 83 > Ypsilanti, town 61 > Mrs. Mary W. BAXTER Nov. 4, 1886 71 > Of county 53 > Mrs. Elizabeth P. DRUCE Nov. 7, 1886 82 > York & Superior, town57 > Sarah M. HUSTON Nov. 13, 1886 76 > Ann Arbor, city 50 > John T. HALLOCK Nov. 30, 1886 61 > Ann Arbor, city 40 > Mrs. Seth THOMPSON Nov. 30, 1886 82 > Salem 50 > John P. BAESLER Nov. 27, 1886 63 > Ann Arbor, town 40 > Mrs. S. G. ROWLEY Dec. 1, 1886 68 > Ypsilanti 50 > Mrs. Mary KING Nov. 29, 1886 83 > Ann Arbor, city 53 > Mrs. Sarah E. MILLER Dec. 3, 1886 60 > Ann Arbor, City 40 > Mrs. Jefferson ROUSE Dec. 1, 1886 60 > Pittsfield 45 > Mrs. Sarah MILLEN Dec. 3, 1886 61 > Ann Arbor, city 40 > Samuel CUSHMAN Dec. 22, 1886 65 > Sharon 45 > Mrs. Catharine SIPFLEY Dec, 11, 1886 69 > Ann Arbor, city 43 > Mrs. Maria FISK Dec. 19, 1886 71 > Augusta, town 55 > > Enjoy > > gypsy > > ===== Visit http://execpc.com/~haroldr/index.html to see my genealogy based web page. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com

>From the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections, Vol. 18 1891 Washtenaw County Mary Elizabeth COOLEY, wife of Judge Thomas M. COOLEY, died at her home in Ann Arbor at 2 o'clock on Sunday morning, August 31, 1890. Mrs. COOLEY was born at Alexander, New York, June 18, 1830. Her father, David HORTON, removed with is family to Michigan in 1837, settling at Adrian. She was the oldest child and was given such an academic education as was then obtainable in Michigan. On December 30, 1846, she was married to Thomas M. COOLEY, then just about to begin the practice of law at Tecumseh. She was, as will be seen, very young at the time, but all young people matured earlier in the pioneer state, and she especially did so, that there was no seeming impropriety in so early a marriage. Mr. COOLEY did not remain long in Tecumseh but returned to Adrian, where he became the partner of Mr. BEAMAN, who for ten years was a member of congress from that district. Mrs. COOLEY became a leader in society there, but neither then, nor at any time did (end of copy) gypsy

This is a portion of the Washtenaw Report from the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections, Vol. 17, 1890. Washtenaw County, by Ezra D. LAY Name Date of death Age Residence Years in Mich Hiram DAY June 1, 1889 78 Old resident Ypsilanti -- Eli BENTON June 5, 1889 89 Lodi Township 60 George BLACK June 11, 1889 -- Dexter Township 47 James J. VanDYNE July 1, 1889 84 Of county 57 James M. KELSEY June 23, 1889 80 York township -- I think there may be more to this report, but this is the only part I have. Enjoy gypsy

>From the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections - Vol 11, 1887 Memorial Report, Washtenaw County By Ezra D. LAY List of Deaths NAME Date of Death Age Residence No.Years D.B. APPLETON June 8, 186 78 Northfield 54 William WILSON June 22, 1886 91 Ypsilanti, town & city 55 William K. BROCK July 10, 1886 61 Ypsilanti, town 34 Mrs. Jane A. CHURCH July 8, 1886 72 Saline 48 Henry M. QUEAL July 24, 1886 85 Webster 52 Charles D. CORNELL Aug. 2, 1886 58 Lodi 50 Jacob BECK July 29, 1886 77 In county 40 Mrs. Elizabeth PERKINS July 30, 1886 76 Salem 40 Mrs. Lucy W. STRONG Aug. 8, 1886 78 Ann Arbor, city 40 Grove SANDERS Aug. 31, 1886 71 Pittsfield 47 Walter B. HEWITT Sept. 4, 1886 86 Ypsilanti, city 55 Mrs. Polly BUSCH Sept. 3, 1886 81 Ypsilanti & Superior,t 60 Timothy McKONE Aug. 28, 1886 90 Lyndon 45 Mrs. Alma SUMMERS Sept. 13, 1886 77 Pittsfield 44 Stephen VanRIPER Aug. 30, 1886 82 Lima & Webster 50 Jacob SWITZER Oct. 4, 1886 83 Superior, town 30 William EMERICK Oct. 19, 1886 75 Ypsilanti, town 54 Joseph KITCHEN Oct. 18, 1886 66 Ypsilanti, city 45 Robert SHANKLAND Oct. 14, 1886 95 Salem 56 Mrs. Jane NORTON Oct. 24, 1886 74 Ypsilanti, city 40 Lee L. FORSYTH Oct. 31, 1886 80 Augusta & Ypsilanti,c 56 Mrs. Lyman GRAVES Oct. 29, 1886 83 Ypsilanti, town 61 Mrs. Mary W. BAXTER Nov. 4, 1886 71 Of county 53 Mrs. Elizabeth P. DRUCE Nov. 7, 1886 82 York & Superior, town57 Sarah M. HUSTON Nov. 13, 1886 76 Ann Arbor, city 50 John T. HALLOCK Nov. 30, 1886 61 Ann Arbor, city 40 Mrs. Seth THOMPSON Nov. 30, 1886 82 Salem 50 John P. BAESLER Nov. 27, 1886 63 Ann Arbor, town 40 Mrs. S. G. ROWLEY Dec. 1, 1886 68 Ypsilanti 50 Mrs. Mary KING Nov. 29, 1886 83 Ann Arbor, city 53 Mrs. Sarah E. MILLER Dec. 3, 1886 60 Ann Arbor, City 40 Mrs. Jefferson ROUSE Dec. 1, 1886 60 Pittsfield 45 Mrs. Sarah MILLEN Dec. 3, 1886 61 Ann Arbor, city 40 Samuel CUSHMAN Dec. 22, 1886 65 Sharon 45 Mrs. Catharine SIPFLEY Dec, 11, 1886 69 Ann Arbor, city 43 Mrs. Maria FISK Dec. 19, 1886 71 Augusta, town 55 Enjoy gypsy

While doing some long overdue cleaning, I found some copies that were made from some of the volumes of the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections. This is an entry pertaining to Washtenaw county from Volume 21, 1892. Merchant H. GOODRICH. - Merchant H. GOODRICH, a pioneer of Washtenaw county and one of the first six graduates from the University of Michigan, died suddenly Feb. 19, 1892, of heart disease. He took his degree of B.A. in 1845 and M.A. in 1849, in the meanwhile graduating from the Harvard law school. Although enrolled as an attorney he never practiced extensively. It was only the day before his death that he promised the Detroit Tribune an article on "Early Reminiscences of the University," and said he would gather all the notes at his command. Being located at Ann Arbor he has probably had more acquaintance with the alumni of the U. of M. than any other graduate. He was also one of the charter members of the Chi Psi fraternity. He was a member of the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society and was its eleventh president. A brief biographical sketch appears in volume 12, page viii of the Pioneer Collections. I have no connection to this name. Enjoy gypsy

Hannah VAN SCOY, daughter of Abraham and Mary (KNAPP) Van Scoy, was born in Huron County, Ohio, in 1839. She married in 1855, probably in Huron County, Ohio, John BENNETT. In the 1850 census she is in Huron County, Ohio, with her widowed mother. I'm now trying to find her in 1860 and 1870. At the Michigan State Library site for the 1870 census I found Hannah Bennet age 37 born New Hampshire living alone in Salem Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan. Can anyone on this list tell me more about her? I'm looking for her in Michigan since several of her sisters moved to southeastern Michigan. Frances Van Scoy francesvanscoy@aol.com vsk03@aol.com

Hi-- It would be fantastic if someone could check for the exact death date of my grandmother's first husband, Chauncy Merritt, who died in Washtenaw County in 1939 and then locate a copy of the obituary for me. Thanks. Shirley

Dear Listers: Some of you may receive this letter more than once if you are on more than one county List in Michigan. I apologize for any inconvience this may cause you. I believe we all should be made aware of what is beginning to become a problem with our cemeteries through out Michigan. Yesterday, Detroit News Metro/State Section carried a news article about the City of Lansing wanting to reclaim thousand of unused gravesites so that they may resell them to bring money into their government. As the City of Jackson, Michigan has already done this and has netted them three hundred thousand dollars, we as descendants of the families who are buried in Michigan Cemeteries need to stand up as one to put a stop to this unlawful event. Yes, we have many old and historical cemeteries through out Michigan and its many counties, cities, towns, villages but I do not believe that any of these governments have the right to take back what your ancestors paid for with their blood, sweat, and tears. Our ancestors paid for these graves to be used by our families, not to be taken back from the descendants of these people who paid for these graves. Yes, families move and shift around the country and thus we leave unused grave sites but I believe that these unused sites should remain in the families of the people who are buried in these plots that have unused sites. I own plots in three different cemeteries in the State of Michigan and since I hold title to them that has been passed down from my great grandparents, grandparents, and parents does not give the city, town, county, or state the right to confiscate them to resell them at their gain. There is no way that my husband and I will utilize all of these gravesites but since I have the titles to theses plots I intend handing them down to my children to be used after our deaths and burial. In order to keep from having this event occur anywhere in our State, we as the family historians and genealogists need to stand up and voice our opinions and let these governments know that we won't stand for this thievery. We need to contact the Michigan Governor and the Senators and the House Representatives, the county executives, city mayors to let them know that we are going to protect our ancestoral burial sites from them. So what I am asking is for help here. With each one of us contacting the cemeteries in which your loved ones were laid to rest find out if there are unused spaces and find out how to go about getting the titles to these plots so that the government cannot take them and then resell them at inflated prices back to the public. Yes, the City of Lansing states they they are going to search for descendants but they already are in financial trouble and therefore could not afford to research and search out the owners or descendants of these family plots as it would cost a small fortune. As we all know the government states they will do one thing and they do entirely a different thing. Your ancestors that date back to the beginning of the State of Michigan only paid a few dollars for these plots which many hold 8, 10, 12 sites in each plot but it was their hard earned money not the governments money taht paid for these plots. Cemeteries are sacred ground and should not be desecrated by anyone including the governments of these cities, towns, villages, counties, and or State. Yes, our ancestors may have only paid 30.00-50.00 per plot but the going prices for these same lots today can bring in as much as four thousand dollars or more depending on where they are at. Checking the Want Ads this a.m. where I live the cheapest lots were going for $2,345.00 each. So you see the government will really be making a killing on these unused plots that our ancestors paid for and they want to take them away from the family descendants. What will happen if you live out of state and have not been contacted and a family member dies and you are going to bury them in the family plot only to find out that it has been sold out from under you without your permission to do this? So please list members write letters, email them, write to the newspapers to the governor and the senators, and representatives, county executives, mayors and let them know we are not going to allow this to go any further and also make the City of Jackson return the monies they made off of the resale of these private plots. I am including email addresses in which you can write to the two major newspapers in Michigan and I am also giving you email addresses for other government officials. To write to the newspapers: letters@freepress.com letteers@detnews.com www.LSJ.com click on the website and then click on the "contact us" and write your letters. Lansing State Journal Write to your local and county newspapers, let them know how you feel about what these governments are trying to do. Protect your cemeteries and your ancestral burial sites from these thieves before it is too late and they destroy them all because of their greediness. Write to the Governor of Michigan Janet Granholm by going to www.michigan.gov then register your email address and then click on Online Forms and Feedback and then write your letter. To address your letters to the Senators and House members address it like this JohnDoe@house.mi.gov putting the name of your house representative in place of John Doe. For the Senate you address is as JohnDoe@senate.michigan.gov putting your state senators name in place of John Doe. write to your county executive, mayors in the same way. If you want to fax a letter to the Governor of Michigan here is the number 1-517-373-3400 Lets get this out in the open so that everyone knows what is going on. We need to defend our ancestors final resting places and to retain them as they are now and not allow the government to sell them off. If we let them get away with this this time what will they do next? Dig up the bones and dump them in a garbage dump because they will stand to get more moeny from reselling these plots. I say NO! Dont' let them do this. Jean Payton

Hi folks I'm new to the list. I'm hoping to find someone who can look up an obit. for Ida M. Harland who died Dec. 15, 1971. She last resided in Chelsea, MI. Ida would have been 95 years old. Thank you so much in advance. Don Massachusetts

-- http://www.nmo.net Northern Michigan Online 800 266 8890 Internet Services I would like to ask for a cemetery lookup for Charles R. Smith, who lived in Ypsilanti. In the 1930 census he is at N. Hamilton St, Ypsilanti Twp, Washtenaw Co. He is 58 yrs old, wife, Jennie E. is 52 yrs old, and son, Les E. is 28 yrs. old. Thank you for you help. Marty

Hello all, While surfing out on the web today, I found the Washtenaw County Clerk's office has put Death (1960 >current) and Marriage (1965>current) on line. <A HREF="https://www.ewashtenawco.com/servlet/VitalRec">Welcome to the online ordering of Certified Vital Records for Washtenaw County,</A> <A HREF="https://www.ewashtenawco.com/servlet/VitalRec">https://www.ewashtenawco.com/servlet/VitalRec</A> Hope everyone will find this useful. Marge

Ernestine, Here is a nifty new cemetery on-line resouce at the Library of Michigan: http://michigancemeteries.libraryofmichigan.org/search.aspx Here is what I found: Cemetery, Location, County, Township ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Allmendinger Section 24, Jackson Road, Ann Arbor. Site. Washtenaw Scio Bethlehem Section 25, 2810 Jackson Road, Ann Arbor. Washtenaw Scio Farm (Scio) Section 4, Huron River Drive, Dexter. Washtenaw Scio Forest Lawn Section 6, Grand Street, Dexter. Washtenaw Scio Phelps Section 17, Baker Road, Dexter. Washtenaw Scio Popkins Section 14, Pratt Road. Washtenaw Scio Saint Andrew's Section 6, Baker Road, Dexter. Washtenaw Scio Saint Joseph's Section 6, Baker and Dan Hoey Roads, Dexter. Washtenaw Scio Salem Lutheran Church Section 32, Scio Church and Strieter Roads. Washtenaw Scio Scio (Farm) Section 4, Huron River Drive, Dexter. Washtenaw Scio Make sure that you check the web site as they give additional information about available transcriptions, library call numbers, etc. Good luck with your Washtenaw research! Jan Ann Arbor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ernestine Wark" <ekraw@verizon.net> To: <MIWASHTE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 9:16 PM Subject: [MIWASHTE] Cemeteries in Scio Township > > Hi, > > Where could I find a listing of the cemeteries in Scio Township? > > Thanks, > Ernestine Wark, NJ >

Hi, Where could I find a listing of the cemeteries in Scio Township? Thanks, Ernestine Wark, NJ

We are looking for descendants of Alpheus and Betsey Hall Collins. Alpheus and Betsey were the first of the families buried in the Collins Cemetary on Roepke Rd. Roepke Rd is located in the Lyndon township area and runs to the west of Joslin Lake in washtenaw County Michigan. He and his wife were buried there in the early 1860's.  Their children were 1. Selah Baxter b. 1812 d. 1897 he was buried in New Richmond Allegan Co, Michigan.  Selah was married to Permelia Green in Livingston county in 1833.  2.  Josiah H. b. 1814 d.1888 m 1835 to Mary Brown.  3. Wellington Harrison b 1816.  4 Walter D. Collins b 1817  We believe he was married to Lodewoski Baker and eventually resided in Texas.  Collinsville TX was named after one of them.  5. Isaac F. b 1819 we believe he may have followed his brother to TX.  6. Esther D. b 1821 d in 1849  7. Judson Dwight b 1828 both Esther and Judson were unmarried to the best of our knowledge.  8. William W b 1825 We believe he may have gone to TX and practiced law and for a while lived with Addison Comstock Collins in Ann Arbor.  9  Sidney Algeron b 1828 he was living in Ann Arbor area.  Our family is interested in preserving the Collins Cemetary and would like to form a trust involving the descendants of the Alpheus Collins family We know some of the descendants of Selah who was our gggrandfather.  Please contact Margaret Collins at mrgrtcollins@aol.com

In a message dated 6/14/03 6:07:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time, djbasco@juno.com writes: > in the Forest Lawn Cemetery, Ann Arbor. The cemetery is Forest HILL in Ann Arbor. Pauline V Walters Museum on Main Street, A Museum of County Life Washtenaw County Historical Society 734 / 662-9092 http://www.washtenawhistory.org e-mail popowalt@aol.com new e-mail: WCHS-500@ameritech.net

> Are your Fisks connected to any of the following who were in the 1860 Sylvan > census: > John ca 1819 > Julie (wife of John) ca 1835 > Sarah ca 1854 > James ca 1855 > William ca 1858 > Eliza (who married Abraham Waid) March 1845 > Marshall ca 1843 > > There is a Fisk Family Bible in the possession Joyce (Waid) Reynolds of > Granger, IN. It contains the following Fisk births and deaths: James, b. > Dec. 9, 1777; Sally, Nov. 11, 1786; Hiram, b. Oct. 13, 1804, d. Dec. 13, > 1896; Sarah Ann, b. Feb. 25, 1818, d. Feb. 21, 1886; Franklin, b. Aug. 4, > 1806; Barbaery, b. Aug. 4, 1808; James, b. Dec. 12, 1811, d. Sept. 5, 1846; > Eliza, b. Oct. 27, 1814; Sumner, b. Feb. 15, 1817, d. Mar. 1, 1888; John, b. > Nov. 22, 1818, d. Oct., 1885; Fabez, b. Dec. 6, 1820; David, b. Apr. 20, > 1824. At the bottom of the page it states: Phebe L. Fisk Shell, b. July > 26, 1848, d. May 30, 1927 and Daniel Shell, d. May 15, 1927. > > David No and yes :) Orrin Fisk is the son of William Wallace Fisk and Sally Ann Overacker. I have not been able to find out William Wallace's parents, but I know he came from Watertown, New York, and also might have been decended from Jonathan Fisk and Barbara Brown, but I'm not sure. But, I have a second line of Fisk's in Washtenaw County also. My gggrand mother's name was Adelia Fisk (1863-1928), daughter of John Fisk and Judith/Julie/Judah Burt. After being in the 1860 Sylvan census, they moved to the Pinckney area in Livingston County. She moved back to Lyndon Township (Washtenaw County) and married my gggrandfather James Thomas Bush. Karen LeBouef -- __________________________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup