Thurmon, you are like a shepherd. You hate to see even one go out the gate. As a pastor, I know what you are talking about when you express the pain of thinking you had something to do with that "one" leaving. Let me tell you a little secret. That person wanted to leave, and you became a poor excuse. What you have been doing has been a real service to us all. You have been pouring out a little of yourself. We all need a chance to do that once in a while. Thanks for being you. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thurmon E. King" <thurmonking@juno.com> To: <SACKETT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 7:51 PM Subject: [SACKETT-L] 1513-Leander Sackett > The information I received this past week for the family of 656-Salmon > Sackett and Mercy Matilda Curtis contains some information which > conflicts with the account given by Weygant. The first conflict I'll > post concerns the family of 1513-Leander Sackett. > > Weygant, page 250: > 1513. Leander Sacket, 1794-18__, son of (656) Salmon Sacket and Matilda > Curtis, was married in Sept. 1822, to Rebecca Conant, daughter of > Thatcher Conant and his wife Elisabeth, of Windham, Conn. The young > couple immediately after their marriage set out from Connecticut on a > journey, which they made in a wagon, for the western reserve, and settled > at Indian Mission, near what is now the village of Waterville, Lucas > County, Ohio, and are said to have been the first missionaries to the > Indians in that part of Ohio. > > Child. > > 3840a. Samuel M. Sackett, b. Oct. 21, 1825, d. Jan. 17, 1896. > --------- > According to Weygant's account Leander and Rebecca were married, Sept > 1822, in CT. and then moved to Ohio. However, the information found in > "The History of Tallmadge, Ohio" states that the couple were married 3 > Jan 1821 in Windham, Portage Co., OH by Rev. Joseph Treat. > > Bronson, Charles C. (1805-1886); "The History of Tallmadge, Ohio; in 10 > handwritten volumes. [The portion covering the Sacketts was written in > 1877.] > Vol. 2.; Page 103 > > Leander Sackett > this man was the 5th child and 3rd son of Dea Salmon Sackett. He came to > Ohio with his father's family in 1811, at this time he was 16 years old, > with other members of the family he was under the necessity of laboring > hard to obtain a subsistence, for in those days, pioneer life was not > flowery beds of ease. > He was one that could chop, roll logs, split rails, and lay up rail > fence, and reap the grain with a sickle. When he was 21 his father gave > him ___ acres off the east side of Lot No. 2 on Tract 15. He did not > incline to work on the land his father had given him, but worked by the > month, had jobs of chipping and clearing land. In 1812 he commenced a > course of study with Elizur Wright, Esq., to prepare himself for > usefulness in some missionary field. He went to Pittsburg in March 1821 > and enlisted as boatman, when the Mission went forth known at the time, > as the "Great Osage Mission". They embarked at Pittsburg in two boats, > decended the Ohio River, then up the Mississippi River to the Missourie, > up that river to the mouth of the Osage River, to where the Mission > Station was established on the Osage River. Mr. Sackett was married on > the 3rd of Jan 1821 to Miss Rebecca Conant of Windham, Portage Co., by > Rev. Joseph Treat. In 1822 A mission was organized, under the patronage > of the United Missionary Society, to establish a mission among the > Indians on the Maumee, near where Maumee City now stands. This mission, > Mr. and Mrs. Sackett, joined in some capacity. He united with the Cong'l > Church in Tallmadge, May 19th 1816, was dis. Sept, 1822. He continued to > reside in that region of Country, after the Mission was abandoned, he at > last settled in Raisinville, Michigan; where he spent the remainder of > his life. He died Sept 2nd, 1862, aged 74 years. > Mr. Sackett, in his younger days, was inclined to be positive, and was > outspoken, and some what impulsive, he was not always judicious in his > remarks; and at times made himself trouble which with caution might have > been avoided. After he left Tallmadge, in 1822 he would return and spend > a day or two among his friends and old acquaintance, but for many of the > last years of his life he did not visit Tallmadge. And of his life and > family, I have no information of consequence. > -------- > > Thurmon > > > > ==== SACKETT Mailing List ==== > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > To post a message, address it to:sackett-l@rootsweb.com > To subscribe or unsubscribe, address it to: > sackett-l-request@rootsweb.com (SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE in the body) > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >