a Postback to the Nighthawk in Ohio NYCHAUTA-L@rootsweb.com for all or any to assist ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi ; Frustration is the name of this Genealogy game; but we NEVER give up; Do you have any idea that this family was ever in Chautauqua Co NY or did you ever post any queries at the Berrien Co MI sites? some links the US GEN WEB project will take you to ANY COUNTY ANY STATE http://www.usgenweb.com/ here you will click on MICHIGAN, County BERRIEN http://www.rootsweb.com/~miberrie/ not very active site but you can post at the message boards there and use the search engine There were 2 Frank McIntosh pensioned in Michigan for Civil War service; one Frank F served MI in the Signal Corp and was pensioned as an invalid in Dec 1929 must have been at the end o f his life; one Frank served NY wife is IDA One Frank F. served MICHIGAN pensioned April 1899 in MICHIGAN one Frank J served NY pension place not known Mother Susan pensioned June 1869 at his death or after it took a while sometimes there were only 2 FRANKLIN served one a Confederate the other in a local regiment, Franklin J Mcintosh , Enlistment Date:20 August 1862 Distinguished Service: Side Served:Union State Served:New York Unit Numbers:1335 1335 Service Record:Enlisted as a Private on 20 August 1862 at the age of 33 Enlisted in Company B, 10th Heavy Artillery Regiment New York on 21 August 1862. Promoted to Full Artificer on 11 September 1862 Promoted to Full Private on 30 June 1863 (Reduced to ranks) Mustered out Company B, 10th Heavy Artillery Regiment New York on 23 June 1865 in Petersburg, VA Franklin was pensioned in Calif in April 1895 as an invalid there is no Frank or Franklin in Michigan census that would fit ages of a Civil War Soldier Nashville, Berrien, Georgia 1900 is one FRANK but born ca 1854 Georgia, too young to be a Soldier mother is Caroline sister Mary no wife I need more info to proceed, where did you find census data for them? ----- Original Message ----- From: Nighthawkohio@aol.com To: jcricket@strato.net Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 5:58 PM Subject: Re: [NYCHAUTA] NY CHAUTAUQUA CO Researchers Who are you ? Dee, I am Chris Lewis from Ohio. Looking for my husband's maternal Great Grandfather, Franklin or Frank McIntosh. He was born abt 1845, but not positive what state. On 1900 Berrien Co, MI census he said he was born in Michigan. On 1880 Clinton Co, IND census he said born in Indiana, on 1870 Wayne Co IND census he says born in Ohio.....so I don't know where the rascal was really born. In 1900 he said his parents were both born in Scotland but I've yet to determine who they were, haven't found their names yet. Also I haven't been able to find our Frank on any other census records except in Chautauqua Co 1860, found a Frank McIntosh who is right age to be our Frank, living with parents James and Susan McIntosh but it says they were born in NY. So can't be sure if this is our Frank....there is also listed a brother to this particular Frank, named Fayette and one named Marenus. At this point I am so stumped, I quit working on the line for awhile, am dealing with diabetes right now and just really frustrated with it all. Our Frank supposedly was in the Civil War, don't know which side, found him on an 1894 Veterans List of CW Vets living in Michigan at that time. We know our Frank was there in 1894 as they had a child born in Michigan in 1892, so pretty sure this is our Frank as it lists his township (Lincoln) in Berrien Co, but I' haven't been able to get his CW records yet. I don't know if I can request them with just his name and date of birth, not knowing what state he served or what side. We do know he married his wife, Lucy Collins in Macon Co, Missouri about 1868. So this guy could have been from Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, even Illinois (in-laws lived there) or Missouri....I've asked a couple people to help me look for his CW records but no one has been able to help much......anyways that's who I am and that' who I'm looking for.....I know he died between 1900 and 1907, in Berrien Co, Michigan. However, haven't been able to get a death record for him, as none kept that early and yet to find where he was buried in Berrien Co. I've found his wife and most of his children and their children but no Frank. He also worked for the Railroad, but don't know which one. He was an engineer and went blind in his later years per family stories, haven't been able to find out if he got a pension either.....one family member said he was told he owned 3 farms in Michigan but not sure where. I really need help from someone who knows where to look. A lot of people have tried to help me but no luck on finding his death record, burial place or names of his parents. Geez! Thanks for writing. This reply was probably more than you expected. Sorry, I just get really frustrated. I know somewhere out there is a tiny bit of info that this whole mystery hinges on. It's just finding it and then all the puzzle pieces will fall into place. Blessings, Chris in Ohio (Nighthawk)