Samuel LOVE [Parents] was born 12 Jul 1850 in Ireland. He died 21 Sep 1932 in St Croix Falls and was buried 23 Sep 1932 in St. Croix Falls Cemetary. Samuel married Martha HENSEN on 4 Jan 1874 in St. Croix Falls.
Blyth lies between Goderich and Brussels, Huron, Ontario
Samuel entered the US in 1870.
Sam was a lumberjack when he met Mattie. They met while she was visiting her uncle James, Sam's brother. James lived on the now
Highway 87, north of Cushing, Wisc. James house still stands on the farm he and his second wife, Emily, owned.The 1900 census shows him as a day laborer. He is shown as entering the United States from Canada in 1871. the 1910 census shows him as the village Marshall.
The 1920 census shows him living in the viallge of St. Croix Falls. He shows no employment and was probably retired, working around the boarding house.
The marriage records for Martha and Samuel for Polk county, WI, show that Samuel Love and Martha McKee were married in a civil ceremony perfomed by Samuel Dineen on 1/4/1874. Samuel Love's residence at that time is given as Sterling Township in Polk County. The witnesses to the cermony were John Murphy and Jerry Heard.
Polk County Postal History: A Directory of Post Offices and Postmasters lists Samuel Love appointed to Postmaster position on June 5, 1889 for Wolf Creek, WI.
The following is Census information. The 1920 census shows Samuel Love living in the village of St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin. He shows no employment and is probably retired, at age 69, or doing handyman work around the boardinghouse that the census shows as being run by his wife, Martha. The 1910 census showed Samuel as the village marshall, and the 1900 census showed him as a day laborer.
He is shown as entering the US from Canada in 1871. The marriage records for Polk county show that he was married in a civil ceremony by Samuel Dineen to Martha McKee on 01/04/1874. His residence at that time is given as Sterling township in Polk county. The witnesses to the ceremony were John Murphy and Jerry Heard. Incidentally, the 1880 Census shows a James Love from Ireland (age 34) and his wife Lizzie (age 28) from Michigan as farming in Sterling township.The following material was obtained at the Love House, St. Croix Falls, WI Grandpa Love, Samuel Love, (His mother was Isabella Irving, a niece of Washington Irving.) and several of his brothers were "lumber jacks", floating timber down the St. Croix River, and later on the Mississippi River.
Grandpa and Grandma met when Grandpa visited his brother north of Cushing, they married and lived on the "Cranberry Marsh" for about five years. Grandpa helped build a school and a church and was on the school board.
After they moved to St. Croix, he became Polk County Sheriff.
Martha HENSEN [Parents] was born 18 Jul 1860 in Wedowee, Alabama. She died 16 Jan 1948 in Ortonville, Big Stone County, MN and was buried in Rush City, MN. Martha married Samuel LOVE on 4 Jan 1874 in St. Croix Falls. There were other parents.
Notes for MARTHA MCKEE:
Sam and Mattie married in Wolf Creek, Wisconsin. Their house was just on the outskirts of town. They picked up their then small family and moved to a large victorian home on Lake or Nicolet Avenue in Minneapolis. Samuel hauled coal. Upon returning to St. Croix Falls, they purchased the granary, now called the "Love" House or the Winery, right on Mainstreet, on the north end of town. Nellie's family converted the granary into a boarding house. The basement was the kitchen and dining area. Outside the basement door, Mattie had a garden and chickens. The main floor had a parlor and two bedrooms. The upper level of the house had eight bedrooms.
As the older children left home, their bedrooms were rented to school children who resided outside of town. The parents of the children would bring food, to offset the rent they would have had to pay.
When the dam was getting built, some of the rooms were rented to the engineers. Many of the school girls married these men. Mattie ran the boarding house. She was a tiny woman, all of her children grew bigger than she. She served dinner for $.35, all of St.Croix ate at her boarding house. Mattie was very feisty. Her grandchildren teased her about being a "Child Bride". She said she chose to get married rather than stay on the farm, or work in town. Sam was not known to be a hard worker. He had been a lumber jack when he met Mattie. He had also been a farmer (raising Morgan horses), a coal hauler and a sheriff.
Mattie was raised by the McKee's, her real name was Hensen. Her mother died shortly after giving her birth. She gave Martha to her best friend, Martha McKee, and also named the baby after her. Her father and brothers died defending their Alabama plantation.
From Dorothy Jane Nylin (granddaughter)
Martha kept a boardinghouse in St. Croix Falls, according to the 1910 and 1920 census. Her parents were in Alabama in the 1860 Census, and in Wisconsin in the 1870 Census.
The following is from material obtained at the Love House, St.
Croix Falls, WI.Grandma Love, nee Martha Hensen, was born in Wedowee, Alabama during the Civil War. Her father went Into the service to defend his plantation, and her mother died right after she was born. Her mother had given her away to her best friend, Martha McKee, before she was born. Because of renegade raiders, many southerners left the south and fled to northern Wisconsin to the Alabama Settlement; The McKees took her and another orphan child with them.
Grandma Love was a terrific (and generous) cook! Soon ·teachers from the school and from the Normal Training School were coming to
the Love House for dinner and supper. After the Power House was built, children from rural areas rented "light-housekeeping'' rooms upstairs. Their parents would come in by horse and buggy, or a small Ford to take them home on weekends. Sunday evenings they returned with clean clothes, clean bedding, homemade bread, cake, cookies, fresh meat and groceries.The Love House was "home" for several hundred people between the years 1878 and 1938, for in addition to their own children, grand-children, teachers, rural school children and many area workers dwelt there.
Martha (Mattie) is supposed to be buried in Rush City, Minn.
The following is an email from Roseann Kaylor (email PKaylor777@aol.com):
I don't believe Martha is the daughter of Elizabeth as I have the names of her daughters they are Susannah b 1849 and DeLanie Jane
b 1851. In checking my printed copy of the 1860 Randolph County, Al census I find Linzey and Martha McKee in Rockdale community. Three doors away are:Seleta Henson 65 female b. S.C.
James 18 male Al
Chas. 13 male Al
Nancy Woodson 21 female Al
and
Wm. Henson 30 male farmer b. GA
Drusilla 30 female DHW b Ga
Mary J. 8 female b Al
Gracey 5 female b Al
Franklin 3male b Al
James T. 4/12 male b Al
Since they live so close to each other it would be my guess that one of these two families would be the one you are looking for. My
guess is that her mother might be the Nancy Woodson living in the first family. The War did not start until 1861 so he would not have been in service in '60. There were very, very few plantations in Randolph County at that time. The Randolph County court house burned in 1892, I think, so there would be no adoption papers or guardian papers available. There is another Henson family - Rutherford Henson and wife Elizabeth but she is older. Drusilla Henson is the same age as Martha McKee so they might be friends. I don't know exactly how/or if the Hands are related to the Walls and Hansons or not but I do know they were connected at least in friendship. Patience Hand could be the mother of Martha McKee since she is living in the household in the '60 census. So is Mary McKee. You probably know all of this so I am not telling you anything new. There are several Hensons and Hansons in the 1860 Randolph census.Not only did Elizabeth Walls marry a Hanson but some of her nieces and nephews (children of of brother Zachariah) did also. Jesse and
Joe Hanson were brothers that came from near Tybee Beach, GA to the Bethel Community near Ashland, Al. Jesse fought in the Civil War. I don't know if Joe did or not.Linda Hanson Beaugez - beaugez@bellsouth.net
can tell you more about the Hansons than I can. She is from Elizabeth Walls Hanson. Contact her and see what she might have.Let me know if I can do anything further.
Roseanne
More from the Gullickson notes:
Great-grandmother McKee, Martha (Mattie), remembers when she was a tiny girl and her father, John Hensen, and two oldest brothers (one was eighteen and the other, sixteen) came to the McKee home to say goodbye to her. Mattie was asleep. Her brother woke her up, kissed her and rocked her to sleep again. He continued rocking her all night long until the time came for them to leave to meet the men who were to go with them into the fighting.
Martha McKee recalls vividly the raiders from the north coming down into the south. In one particular instance, they came in a band of about forty men. They went through the countryside, robbing and burning. When these men came to the McKee plantation, the leader told the mother to gather the children and get out for they were going to burn down the house. Mother McKee gathered her children around her and told the men to go right ahead and burn it over them for they wouldn't leave since they had no place to go. The leader then ordered his men to clean everything out of the house. Scattering throughout the house, the men took everything and anything they wanted. The farm yard was even cleaned out of the chickens, fee and anything of any value at all. The leader of the band started to ransack the bookcase for the McKees took pride in literature and had some fine volumes of books they had brought with them from England.
Suddenly in the bookcase, the leader found a Masonic Chart. He spoke quickly and sharply to Mrs. McKee and, when he had established the fact that she was the wife of a Mason, he ordered his men to replace everything they had stolen and to ride on to the next place. It turned out that the leader himself was a Mason and therefore spared the McKees as much as he could when he found out that Mr. McKee was a Mason. Of course, the house was nearly cleaned out at the time of the order to replace everything and the men merely put down the things they had in their hands without bothering to unload anything else. The leader of this band of raiders apologized. Mattie McKee told this leader of the wrong he was doing in raiding these people and that she would pray for him. Than, after Great-grandmother McKee wrote an inscription in a Bible, autographed it and gave it to this leader, he and his men rode off to the next place.
The next incident that Mattie described to Orpha portrays some of the horribleness (sic) of many similar incidents which took place during the raids. Down the road lived an old man. He lived very frugally and he lived alone. He was a kind old man, but rumor had it that he was a miser and had great wealth buried somewhere on his place. This was the house to which the raiders went next. They immediately began to strip the place as they had done to the McKee home. Then the men proceeded to torture the man to force him into telling where this rumored wealth was hidden. If the old man had any money, he didn't tell in spite of the burns inflicted on his feet and back as incentives for him to "talk". His screams were heard for miles around. The McKees prayed for the old man and then posted a watch on a turn in the road so they could see when the raiders left. Their cow had been taken, their pony had been stolen and so their only means of travel was to walk. So, late in the evening when they were sure the raiders were gone, the McKees trudged down the long, hot dusty road to the poor man's house. They found him lying on the floor in the wrecked house racked with pains from the horrible burns. He was practically insane because of the pain and fear. The children found part of a broken bowl in the trash pile to fetch water with. In the well, the raiders had taken the bucket and the rope so getting water for the poor old man was a problem. Mrs. McKee took parts of her clothing to wash and bind the wounds of the old man. When he would become a little conscious, he would struggle fiercely to tear off the bandages. When he'd relax again, Mother McKee would patiently try to replace the bandages. She had the children lie down together in the corner of the room together while she sat up with the man all night-singing and praying. Shortly before the man died, she heard a step outside the door. It turned out to be a neighbor who had also heard the man's screams. This woman, too, had waited until she was sure the raiders were gone as had Mrs. McKee. Still there wasn't much the two women could do for the man. Toward the end of the night, the man's mind became clear and he gained consciousness. He knew the women and patted them on the hand. He desperately tried to tell them something but, in his fear and pain, he had chewed his tongue so that it became so swollen that he couldn't talk. Mrs. McKee comforted him. She told him not to mind a thing about this world any longer. If he had wealth hidden (at this his eyes lighted and he nodded his head) she told him to just forget it. At the last, his face seemed to glow, and just before dawn, as the children tossed and turned on the hard floor, with a low moan he died.
The women buried the man. At most places there were only women since the men were either in prisons, in hospitals or dead on the fields. Other homes in that area had not survived so well. Many were burned to the group and the mothers of those families had to take their children to sheds or dig into a hillside with bobcats and other wild animals prowling about.
In the summer of 1861, Mattie's father, John Hensen, who had been with the army, came home to see what could be done about his family of children (Mattie's brothers and sisters) left alone. The oldest girl was only fourteen years old and had the responsibility of a big plantation and four younger children. The Army was desperate for men and John Hensen knew he had to return. Also, his two young sons had been left in his company to fight until he returned to help them. John Hensen went over to the nearest plantation to a young woman he had known all his life. It was a strange proposal that he made he. He asked her to marry him and come over and take care of his plantation until after the war and to take care of his children. He only got home once after that and his two sons never returned. All were killed in the war-John in the Battle of Gettysburg.
They had the following children:
F i Euphemia Rose LOVE was born about 1876 and died 12 Apr 1948. F ii Sylvia Mae LOVE was born 28 Feb 1877 and died 27 Jan 1962. M iii Lindsay Samuel LOVE was born 12 Jun 1879 and died 25 Nov 1949. F iv Nellie Victoria LOVE was born about 1881 and died 10 Jun 1948. M v Harry LOVE was born Aug 1884 in St Croix Falls, WI. M vi Roy LOVE was born Sep 1885 and died 4 May 1949. F vii Ora LOVE was born 4 Aug 1886. M viii Clyde LOVE was born about 1889 in St Croix Falls, WI. He died 1891 in St Croix Falls, WI. F ix Gladys LOVE was born Oct 1892 and died 1967. F x Essie Charlotte LOVE was born Oct 1894 in St Croix Falls. She died 3 Feb 1964 in Rockford, Ill.
My Uncle Jim remembers Aunt Essie. She worked as a secretary
for a
firm in Minneapolis while he was attending Dunwoody. She helped
him
out with a few dollars on occasion.M xi Lillis McKinley LOVE was born 3 Nov 1896 and died 6 May 1931.
Lindsay Samuel LOVE [Parents] was born 12 Jun 1879 in St Croix Falls, WI. He died 25 Nov 1949 in Minneapolis, Minn and was buried 1949 in Minneapolis, Minn. Lindsay married Florence May MACDONALD on 24 Jan 1906.
Other marriages:SAYER, Ethel Maud
BURIAL: Buried in Sunset Memorial Park,St. Anthony, St Paul, Minn
Lindsay's WWI draft card (dated Sept 12, 1918) lists their address as Alexandria, and Lindsay as being self-employed as a delivery contractor.
The 1930 Census lists Lindsay's occupaation as delivery man and his industry as 'contractor'.
State of Wisconsin records show that Lindsay was an agent for Standard Oil at one time. On the Minnesota death certificate his occupation is listed as 'gardener.' I remember the horses that he had when he and Nana lived on S. Lyndale in Minneapolis. I also remember one snowy night while we were still living in Minneapolis that he took us for an actual sleigh ride through the streets of the city before they were ploughed. On Sylvia's birth certificate he is listed as working for Central Delivery.The 1930 Census also lists Roy Love as living in Minneapolis, working for Standard Oil as a teamster, and married to Lanora (probably a misspelling of Laura from the census). We always knew her as Aunt Laura. I don't remember Roy. For quite a few years Aunt Laura lived very close to Uncle Bert and Francis in Minneapolis.
Florence May MACDONALD [Parents] was born 15 Sep 1876. She died 4 Mar 1907. Florence married Lindsay Samuel LOVE on 24 Jan 1906.
The following poem was written by Orpha in May of 1942 in memory
of her own mother who died shortly after her birth. I found it in
the program for Orpha's funeral.FLOWERS FOR MOTHER
From your bright dewey bed in my garden
As I gather your beauty today,
My heart knows the message you carry
To that green church-yard far away.
Gently, rest gently above her,
While telling to each passer-by
That I miss her and oh, that I love her
'Til we're one in God's kingdom on high.Orpha Love Gullickson
From page 5 of the Eau Claire Leader for Saturday, July 29th 1905:
The following interesting items are clipped from the (CHetek?) Alert:
...
"Journalistically, we suceeded in captivating a list of young ladies who assisted Mrs. Moore at the dining hall. Here they are: Misses Florence MacDonald, Mable Dorlby, Sylvia Love, Nellie Corner, St. Croix Falls:" ...It is interestin to see Florence and Sylvia Love together. This seems to imply that they were together at St. Croix Falls where Florence must have met Lindsay Love.
They had the following children:
F i Orpha LOVE was born 7 Feb 1907 and died 19 Aug 1989.
Oscar John SAYER [Parents] was born about 1860 in england, norfolk, shropham. He died 8 Jan 1940 in Hopton, England. Oscar married Lydia Maria ALLEN on 30 Dec 1885 in Rockland St.Peter, Wayland, Norfolk, England.
Oscar John was a miller. Jim Love says that the mill is still standing, although when I was there in '95 the people in Hopton
that I spoke to said that it had been torn down. We have pictures of the Sayer house. The people that we talked to said that when the Sayers lived there one half was living quarters and the other half was a bakery.An email note from Heather Etteridge (Norfolk Surname List) gives the following information:
1861 census
Rockland St Peter, Chapel Street
George ALLEN M 25 Tailor employ 1 man b.Rockland St Peter
Lydia ALLEN M 24 born Rockland St Peter
Lydia ALLEN dau 1 born Rockland St Peterfrom http://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Windmills/hopton-postmill.html
Also a map of the area and a picture of the mill is on that siteMy father was a wind miller, so was my grandfather, also my great grandfather. All lived and died in the parish of Shropham. In 1887 I left my father at Shropham and started on my own, hiring the Poringland High Mill, which was a landmark for miles around ...
Letter from O. J. Sayer, Hopton Mills, Diss to Eastern Daily Press - 14th December 1926Census 1851: Henry Sayer (26) miller
Mary Ann Elizabeth Sayer (26) b.Stanton, Suffolk
Sarah Ann Sayer (22) straw bonnet maker (visitor)
O.S. map 1887-91: Windmills (Corn)
Lydia Maria ALLEN [Parents] was born Jun 1860 in Rockland St. Peter, Norfolk. She died 18 Sep 1930 in Hopton, England. Lydia married Oscar John SAYER on 30 Dec 1885 in Rockland St.Peter, Wayland, Norfolk, England.
Lydia was listed as a Drapers Assistant on the marriage entry. That entry showed that she was living in Rockland All Saints at
the time of the marriage.
They had the following children:
F i Ethel Maud SAYER was born 20 Sep 1890 and died 8 Jan 1984. M ii Albert James SAYER was born 21 Apr 1889 and died 17 Dec 1982. M iii John G SAYER was born 11 Oct 1887 in England, Norfolk, Poringham.
We saw Jack's name on the WWI memorial stone in the churchyard at Hopton. The memorial stone says that he was in the US Army Signal Corps. There is a number next to his name on the memorial, 3465653. I assume that may be his Army Serial number. There is no information there on the date of death.
I found what I presume is his record at Ellis Island. The information from the Passenger Record image is:
First Name: John George
Last Name: Sayer
Ethnicity: England, English
Last Place of Residence: England
Date of Arrival: May 04, 1913
Age at Arrival: 25y Gender: M Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Caronia
Port of Departure: Liverpool
Manifest Line Number: 0027
I seem to recall Nana saying that Jack had died in the influenza epidemic in 1914, and that he had enlisted in the US Army.
Looking more closely at the Caronia's manifest I see Albert J. and John George's names right next to each other. Apparently Bert and Jack came over together.
According to his WWI draft registration card he was born Oct 11, 1887, and was employed as a foreman at a lumber yard.
The 1914 Minneapolis city directory shows him living at 3009 Harriet Ave. with his brother Bert.M iv Charles A SAYER was born 1897.
Joseph VIZENOR [Parents] was born 24 Jul 1906 in White Earth, Minn. He died 22 Oct 1982 in Minneapolis, Minn. Joseph married Ethel Maud SAYER on 24 Dec 1960 in Minneapolis, Minn. There were other parents.
Other marriages:UNKNOWN,
Ethel Maud SAYER [Parents] was born 20 Sep 1890 in Hopton, Suffolk, England. She died 8 Jan 1984 in Minneapolis, Minn.. Ethel married Joseph VIZENOR on 24 Dec 1960 in Minneapolis, Minn.
Other marriages:LOVE, Lindsay Samuel
My Uncle Jim remembers that Ethel and her brother Albert came from England in early 1900's. The Ellis Island site shows that he
arrived after Nana, in 1913. Nana arrived in 1912 (she would have been about age 22 then), on the Carmania. The Ancestry passport database shows that she left England May 4th, 1912, and that she claimed naturalization through marriage to Lindsey. When Uncle Bert
came over in 1913 his Ship record shows that his destination was his sister's address, then given as 2101 W. Franklin, Minneapolis, Minn.The passport records show that she planned to leave April 27, 1920, on the Carmania,and port records show Ethel returning through the Port of New York on September 6, 1920, on the Imperator. The passport application states that the purpose of the trip was to visit her mother, Maria, who was in poor health.
Solomon WHITNEY [Parents] was born 3 Jan 1795 in Clarendon, Vt. He died 21 Mar 1840. Solomon married Besheba CLOW on 15 Jan 1824 in Highgate, Vt..
At the time of his marriage in 1824 Solomon was listed as being a resident of St. Armond, Lower Canada. The ceremony was
performed by Phineas Kingsley.
Besheba CLOW [Parents] was born 1 Sep 1795. She died 26 Jun 1854. Besheba married Solomon WHITNEY on 15 Jan 1824 in Highgate, Vt..
from Clow Family by William H. Wilcoxson
was married by Phineas Kingsley
Marriage info from card file Montpieleir Vt. 1982 by Wilcoxscon
was resident of Highgate Vt. at time of marriage
Lived Highgate, Swanton Vt.
They had the following children:
M i Andrew Clow WHITNEY was born 11 Aug 1833 and died 22 Jan 1909. M ii Roderick WHITNEY was born 28 Sep 1825. M iii Stephen S WHITNEY was born 23 Oct 1827. M iv James D WHITNEY was born 25 Nov 1829. M v Irving G WHITNEY was born 4 Mar 1836 and died 27 Jun 1907. M vi Melvin R WHITNEY was born 10 Feb 1839. F vii Sarah WHITNEY was born 19 Apr 1831.
John TODD [Parents] was born 18 May 1817. He died 6 Dec 1844. John married Lucy B GARDNER on Jun 1837.
Woodward database:
Dead; Lucy B. Todd and James B. Church of Lisle appt. admin.
1844-12-18John Todd8, (Henry7, John6, John5, John4, John3, John2,
Christopher1) born May 18, 1817, died Dec. 6, 1844, married
June, 1837, Lucy B. Gardner, who married second, Jesse Rogers,
of Alden, Iowa. She died Oct. 24, 1865.
Lucy B GARDNER was born 17 Apr 1818. She died 24 Oct 1865. Lucy married John TODD on Jun 1837.
Other marriages:ROGERS, Jesse Deacon
Lucy Gardner Todd is listed as the Widow Lucy Todd in the 1850 census.
Todd Geneology, CS71 T634 1920 p. 361:
Lucy B. Gardner married Jesse Rogers of Alden, Iowa
They had the following children:
F i Mary Gardner TODD was born 9 Nov 1836 and died 25 Jan 1928. M ii Henry William TODD was born 18 Jan 1841 and died 23 Oct 1912. M iii Chauncy Dwight TODD was born 17 Jul 1844. F iv Elizabeth TODD was born about 1838.
Woodward database:
Minor under 14; Lucy B. Todd and Henry Todd appointed guardians
1844-12-18
David WHITNEY [Parents] was born 31 Aug 1761 in Princeton, Mass. He died 25 Jul 1806 in Clarendon, Vt. David married Sarah WILSON on 9 Oct 1783.
Other marriages:MASON, Unknown
David married a second time, to a Mason (first name unkown).
Sarah WILSON was born 28 Mar 1761. She died 30 Jun 1804. Sarah married David WHITNEY on 9 Oct 1783.
They had the following children:
M i Solomon WHITNEY was born 3 Jan 1795 and died 21 Mar 1840. M ii Richard WHITNEY was born 1785 and died 15 May 1857. F iii Abijah WHITNEY. F iv Sarah Ann WHITNEY. M v Noah WHITNEY was born 1 May 1791 and died 20 Jan 1876. M vi Nathan WHITNEY was born 1793. F vii Susanna WHITNEY. F viii Lydia WHITNEY. F ix Polly WHITNEY. F x Maria WHITNEY.
Andrew CLOW [Parents] was born 23 May 1771 in Kinderhook, NY. He died about 1823 in S. Granby Province, Quebec, Canada. Andrew married Catherine TRUAX on 3 Sep 1797.
John Clow was in the 1810 Census in Highgate, Franklin, Vermont.
Catherine TRUAX [Parents] was born 17 Sep 1777 in Albany, NY. She married Andrew CLOW on 3 Sep 1797.
Birth: 1777 in St. Armand East (Frelighsburg) , Missisquoi County, Quebec, Canada
Residence: ABT 1827 She moved to South Granby, Quebec, Canada from Vermont 1Title: The Association of Philippe du Trieux Descendants
Author: Jennifer Smith and Mike Truax
Publication: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~truax/assoc/
Repository:
Media: Internet
They had the following children:
F i Besheba CLOW was born 1 Sep 1795 and died 26 Jun 1854. F ii Nancy CLOW was born 19 May 1800. F iii Elizabeth CLOW was born 3 Mar 1802 in Frehlighsburg, Quebec, Canada. M iv John CLOW was born 17 Mar 1804. M v John William CLOW was born 7 Mar 1805. He died 23 Oct 1882.
Henry TODD [Parents] was born 1799. He died 26 Oct 1862. Henry married Elizabeth MILLS on 14 Dec 1814.
Todd Geneology CS71 T634 p.209:
Henry Todd7, (John6, John5, John4, John3, John2, Christopher1)
born Jan. 13, 1793, died Oct. 26, 1862, married Dec. 14, 1814,
Elizabeth, daughter of Jonathan Mills, who was a Revolutionary
war soldier. She was born Dec. 10, 1798, died March 6, 1862.Mr. Todd served in the war of 1812, the length of service being
unknown to the writer. After the war, the Government gave the
soldiers either a pension or a farm and he took the farm which
was located just outside of Killawog, Broome County, N. Y. So
far as can be learned he passed the remaining years of his life
in Killawog and probably on this same farm. In connection with
the operation of his farm, he was a cattle dealer.He fell dead on the streets of New York City while there on a
visitThe following is from 'HISTORY OF BROOME COUNTY', by H.P. Smith
Henry bought his farm from an early settler,Samuel Whittleby.
It passed into the possession of Dan Squires, who sold it to
Erastus Johnson. Mr Johnson built his handsome residence there
in 1869.Woodward database:
Appointed co-guardian of Elizabeth Todd, minor under 14
1844-12-18
Elizabeth MILLS [Parents] was born 10 Dec 1798 in Bedford, Westchester Co., New York. She died 6 Mar 1862. Elizabeth married Henry TODD on 14 Dec 1814.
They had the following children:
M i John TODD was born 18 May 1817 and died 6 Dec 1844. F ii Eliza Canfield TODD was born 9 Oct 1815 and died 4 Dec 1861. M iii Jonathan Mills TODD was born 10 Mar 1819 and died 28 Mar 1885. M iv James Harvey TODD was born 1 Aug 1825 and died 16 Sep 1899. M v William Henry TODD was born 16 Jan 1821 and died 21 Apr 1850. M vi George Washington TODD was born 28 May 1832 and died Jun 1913. M vii Charles Heard TODD was born 28 Jan 1835. He died 30 Jul 1858.
Jesse ROGERS Deacon [Parents] was born 10 Mar 1809 in Broome County, NY. He died 25 Jul 1893. Jesse married Lucy B GARDNER on 3 Aug 1850 in Town of Union, Broome County, New York.
Other marriages:SAXTON, Hannah
SMITH, Cynthia M.
Jesse Rogers, one of Alden’s most esteemed citizens, and one of
the pioneers, was born in Broome county, New York, March 10,
1809. He is a son of Nathaniel and Lucy (Fuller) Rogers. His
early life was spend on a farm. His educational advantages were
the district schools those days, but he made the best use of his
time, and soon arose to the position of teacher. In 1831 he made
a profession of religion, and his name was enrolled as one of
the members of the Congregational church of Triangle, New York.
Mr. Rogers has never regretted this important event in his life,
and whenever his lot has been cast he has always been in the
foremost ranks, fighting for the right. In 1840 he went to
Marathon, Courtland county, New York, and was engaged in the
produce trade, between there and New York City, until 1856, when
he came West and located on a farm near the village of Alden, on
which he lived until 1870. It was mainly through his efforts
that the Congregational church was organized at this place, and
it is largely owing to his untiring zeal that it is now in its
flourishing condition.He was married in 1829 to Miss Hannah Saxton, a native of Long
Island. Nine children were born to them, five of whom are now
living: Fanny E., now the wife of L. H. Uttley, of Alden;
Fidelia, wife of J. Allen Spencer; Helen M., wife of Peter
Taylor; DeWitt C., a resident of New York City; Rorillus Rollin,
a graduate of Oberlin, and now principal of the Jamestown
Academy, Jamestown, N. Y. His wife died in July, 1852. He was
married in 1853 to Mrs. Lucy B. Todd, widow of John Todd, of
Lisle, N. Y. Three daughters were born to them. Alice E., who
died at 14 years of age; Eva, wife of O. S. Cleveland, of Alden;
Jennie J., wife of Marion George, of Williams. His second wife
died in October, 1865. He was married in 1866 to Mrs. C. M.
Smith, of Homer, New York, his present wife.At the organization of the Hardin County Agricultural Society he
was made Vice-President, which office he held one year, he then
was President two years. In politics he is a staunch Republican,
and has always been an ardent worker in the temperance cause.The Broome County Republican for 14 Aug 1850 (as reported on p.
310 of Broome County Genealogical Gleanings) reports that J.
Rogers was married in Union by Rev. R. A. Washburn to Mrs. L.
Todd of Washburn.Hardin County - Congregational Churches
Transcribed by Linda Suarez
The Past and Present of Hardin County Iowa
ed. by William J. Moir. Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen & Company,
1911.The Alden and Buckeye Congregational Society was organized July
4, 1866, when a large number of persons took letters from the
Iowa Falls church. The first regular pastor was Rev. H. A.
Thompson, who came from Ohio in the fall of 1864 and moved to
eastern Iowa in 1868. The first church edifice was erected in
1866, the corner stone being set July 4th of that year. It was
a frame structure, forty by fifty feet, and its cost was three
thousand three hundred dollars. From its beginning down to 1880
this society has an average membership of fifty-five. Owing to
the fact that no recent historical data was sent to the
publisher, the later history cannot here be given. Suffice to
say, however, that many of the best men of that neighborhood, in
an early day, were of this church. Deacon Jesse Rogers and the
Beards and C. E. Wood were among the influential members at one
time.
Lucy B GARDNER was born 17 Apr 1818. She died 24 Oct 1865. Lucy married Jesse ROGERS Deacon on 3 Aug 1850 in Town of Union, Broome County, New York.
Other marriages:TODD, John
Lucy Gardner Todd is listed as the Widow Lucy Todd in the 1850 census.
Todd Geneology, CS71 T634 1920 p. 361:
Lucy B. Gardner married Jesse Rogers of Alden, Iowa
Marriage Notes:
MARRIAGE: The book GENEALOGICAL GLEANINGS FROM BROOME COUNTY reports the
following excerpt from the newspaper, the BROOME REPUBLICAN,
for 14 Aug 1850: "Married in Union 3 Aug 1850 by the Rev. R A
Washburn, Mr J Rogers of Marathon to Mrs L Todd of Union".
They had the following children:
F i Eva ROGERS. F ii Jennie ROGERS was born 16 Jan 1858. M iii R? ROGERS F iv Alice E. ROGERS died 1867.