Nellie Hunt1,2

b. 17 March 1860, d. 27 August 1948
FatherMoses Hunt2 b. 1834, d. 1895
MotherElizabeth Jones2 b. 1833, d. 1875
     Nellie Hunt was born on 17 March 1860 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.2,1 She was married by E. A. Tanner, minister, to Samuel Mark Burlingham, son of Philip Burlingham and Charity Mandana Phelps, on 27 May 1883 in Otsego, Allegan Co., Michigan. The witnesses were Chauncy and Mary Scott. Chauncy was the brother-in-law of Samuel's mother Charity, through her first marriage to Justin Scott.3,4,2,1 She died on 27 August 1948 at Memorial Hospital in Elmhurst, Cook Co., Illinois, at age 88 of pneumonia, after 18 months of declining health, with additional complications from a fractured leg in July 1948.2,1 She was buried on 30 August 1948 at Riverside Cemetery in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.2,1
     She moved to Pine Creek, Allegan Co., Michigan, at the age of 15, after her mother's death, and lived with the Chauncey Scott family until her marriage in 1883.1,5 After her husband's fishing business in Saugatuck failed in late 1883, they lived for a time in Otsego, Allegan Co., Michigan,4 then moved to Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, in 1887.4 In 1894 they moved to Delavan, Walworth Co., Wisconsin, where Samuel ran a shoe business.1,4 In 1900 they were living in nearby Darien, Walworth Co., Wisconsin, where he was a farmer.6
     They moved back to Allegan Co. in 19014, and in 1910 were living in Trowbridge Twp. as neighbors to their son Harry.7 In 1920 they were living on a fruit farm in Otsego Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan.8
     On 25 May 1928, a few months after her husband's death, "having decided to discontinue housekeeping," she auctioned off many of her belongings, including household furniture, a phonograph and 65 records, a washing machine, a shotgun, wood, and coal.9 She moved in with her son Charles's family, and was living with them in Berwyn, Cook Co., Illinois, in 193010, and in York Twp., DuPage Co., Illinois, in 1940.11
     In her earlier years she was a member of the Eastern Star, and the Grange.2

Children of Nellie Hunt and Samuel Mark Burlingham

Citations

  1. [S94] Charles A. Swikert and Charles Mark Burlingham, "Burlingham Genealogy", p. 11.
  2. [S41] Obituary, Nellie Burlingham, unknown newspaper, 2 September 1948.
  3. [S870] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925. Record for Samuel M. Barlingham and Nellie Hunt, FHL Film 2342471, Image 105, Vol. 1, p. 15, Rec. No. 506.
  4. [S40] Obituary, S. M. Burlingham, The Otsego Union, Otsego, Michigan, 29 December 1927, p. 1, col. 5.
  5. [S1400] 1880 U.S. Census, Chauncy Scott household, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  6. [S1810] 1900 U.S. Census, Samuel Burlingham household, Walworth Co., Wisconsin.
  7. [S1811] 1910 U.S. Census, Samuel Burlingham household, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  8. [S1470] 1920 U.S. Census, Samuel Burlingham household, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  9. [S4610] "Auction!", The Otsego Union, 17 May 1928, p. 7, col. 3.
  10. [S4626] 1930 U.S. Census, Charles Burlingham household, Cook Co., Illinois.
  11. [S4627] 1940 U.S. Census, Charles M. Burlingham household, DuPage Co., Illinois.
  12. [S4174] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. Record for Harry Lee Burlingham.
  13. [S116] Chas. Mark Burlingham and Marian Redpath Taft, Marriage Record.

Arthur Lee Burlingham1,2,3

b. 2 December 1858, d. 19 December 1931
FatherPhilip Burlingham1,2,3,4 b. 26 Jul 1806, d. 10 Aug 1883
MotherCharity Mandana Phelps1,2,3,4 b. 7 Apr 1830, d. 4 Mar 1914
RelationshipGreat-granduncle of Charles Edward Towne
ChartsPhilip Burlingham and Polly Babcock Descendants
Arthur Lee Burlingham (1858-1931)
     Arthur Lee Burlingham was born on 2 December 1858 in Pine Creek, Allegan Co., Michigan.2,1,5 He was married by E. A. Gay, Minister, to Jessie May Swikert, daughter of Jesse Swikert and Amorette Wason, on 22 February 1886 in Trowbridge Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan. The witnesses were Jessie's brother Frank Swikert and his future wife (and Arthur's sister) Laura Burlingham.6 He died on 19 December 1931 in Otsego, Allegan Co., Michigan, from liver cancer at age 73.1,2,5 He was buried on 21 December 1931 at Mountain Home Cemetery in Otsego, Allegan Co., Michigan.2,5
     He lived in and around Otsego, Allegan Co., Michigan, most of his life.2 In 1880 he was living as a boarder with the family of Franklin Cronkhite in Heath Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan, and working on his farm.7 At the time of their marriage both he and his wife Jessie were living in Trowbridge Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan,6 and they are listed there on their own farm in the 1900 census. Living with them were Arthur's mother Charity, and his sister Mabel Evans and her daughter Viola.8 By 1910 he and Jessie, and his mother Charity, had moved into a rented house in Otsego.9 He and Jessie were still living in a rented home in Otsego at the time of the 1920 census10, but by 1930 they had purchased their own home, at 406 S. Farmer St. in Otsego. Living with them in 1930 as boarders were Wilford and Willard Hayes (ages 32 and 7), and Ralph Leighton (age 21).11
     He was a farmer during the first part of his life, but by 1910 had also begun working as a laborer in a paper mill, and soon quit farming entirely. A notice in the 20 June 1912 issue of The Otsego Union says he had "been obliged to give up farming," and would be holding an auction at his farm on 28 June.9,12 He continued in the paper mill the rest of his life, working in the bailing room. His wife Jessie also worked there at least part of the time, and is listed as a "paper sorter" in the 1920 census.9,10,11
     On 5 November 1923 he was hurt, probably at work, when he fell 19 feet to the bottom of a tank. He was "badly shaken up [but] no bones were fractured," and he was able to get out by climbing a steam pipe. There was a foot of water in the tank at the time, which may have helped prevent serious injury.13
     In May 1912 he was elected as a delegate to the Firemen's state convention to be held the following month in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.14
     From 1882 to 1931 he was a member of the F. & A.M., and an honorary member of the Otsego Lodge, No. 78. He received his Entered Apprentice degree on 6 April 1882, and his Master Mason degree on 4 May 1882. He was also a member of the Woodman Grange, Lodge No. 610.2,15
     He and Jessie had no natural children, but his obituary says that he "fathered many," in particular their niece Viola Rose Evans who lived with them for several years, and their nephew Basil E. Cooley who lived with them almost constantly since birth. However, although Viola (born 1883) and her mother Mabel (Burlingham) Evans are listed with them in the 1900 census, Basil (born 1897) is not listed with them in any census.2

Citations

  1. [S4636] Arthur Lee Burlingham, Death Certificate.
  2. [S39] Obituary, Arthur Lee Burlingham, The Otsego Union, Otsego, Michigan, 24 December 1931, p. 1, col. 3.
  3. [S4638] Obituary, Charity Mendana Phelps, The Otsego Union, Otsego, Michigan, 5 March 1914, p. 4, col. 2.
  4. [S94] Charles A. Swikert and Charles Mark Burlingham, "Burlingham Genealogy", p. 6.
  5. [S94] Charles A. Swikert and Charles Mark Burlingham, "Burlingham Genealogy", p. 11.
  6. [S870] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925. Record for Arthur Burlingham and Josie May Swikert, FHL Film 2342478, Image 618, Vol. 1, p. 12, Rec. No. 1428.
  7. [S1802] 1880 U.S. Census, Franklin Cronkhite household, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  8. [S1408] 1900 U.S. Census, Arthur Burlingham household, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  9. [S1433] 1910 U.S. Census, Arthur Burlingham household, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  10. [S1464] 1920 U.S. Census, Arthur Burlingham household, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  11. [S1803] 1930 U.S. Census, Arthur Burlingham household, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  12. [S4640] "Local News", The Otsego Union, 20 June 1912, p. 5, col. 4.
  13. [S4641] "Arthur Burlingham Falls In Rotary Chest", The Otsego Union, 8 November 1923, p. 1, col. 8.
  14. [S4639] "Local News", The Otsego Union, 9 May 1912, p. 5, col. 4.
  15. [S191] Dues Receipt, Woodman Grange No. 610, Rec. No. 35 (22 April 1905). In possession of Charles Towne, Brecksville, Ohio.

Jessie May Swikert1

b. 14 April 1868, d. 14 March 1944
FatherJesse Swikert1 b. 10 Jul 1829, d. 4 Mar 1890
MotherAmorette Wason1 b. 28 Sep 1836, d. 27 Apr 1899
RelationshipGreat-grandaunt of Charles Edward Towne
Jessie May Swikert (1868-1944)
     Jessie May Swikert was born on 14 April 1868 in Otsego Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan.1 She was married by E. A. Gay, Minister, to Arthur Lee Burlingham, son of Philip Burlingham and Charity Mandana Phelps, on 22 February 1886 in Trowbridge Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan. The witnesses were Jessie's brother Frank Swikert and his future wife (and Arthur's sister) Laura Burlingham.2 She died on 14 March 1944 in Otsego, Allegan Co., Michigan, at age 75.3 She was buried on 16 March 1944 in Allegan Co., Michigan.3
     At the time of their marriage both she and her husband Arthur were living in Trowbridge Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan,2 and they are listed there on their own farm in the 1900 census. Living with them were Arthur's mother Charity, and his sister Mabel Evans and her daughter Viola.4 By 1910 she and Arthur, and Arthur's mother Charity, had moved into a rented house in Otsego.5 She and Arthur were still in a rented home in Otsego at the time of the 1920 census.6 By 1930 they had purchased their own home, at 406 S. Farmer St. in Otsego. Living with them in 1930 as boarders were Wilford and Willard Hayes (ages 32 and 7), and Ralph Leighton (age 21).7
     Her husband Arthur worked in a paper mill from at least 1910 to 1930. She also worked there at least part of the time, and is listed as a "paper sorter" in the 1920 census.5,6,7
     Around the end of March 1932, about three months after her husband's death, she sold her house and moved in with her nephew Basil Cooley and his wife, southwest of Otsego.8 In 1940 she was living in Otsego with her sister Cora (Basil's mother) and Cora's third husband Lowell Herbert.9
     She and Arthur had no natural children, but his obituary says that he "fathered many," in particular their niece Viola Rose Evans who lived with them for several years, and their nephew Basil E. Cooley who lived with them almost constantly since birth. However, although Viola (born 1883) and her mother Mabel (Burlingham) Evans are listed with them in the 1900 census, Basil (born 1897) is not listed with them in any census.10

Citations

  1. [S1251] Michigan Births, 1867-1902. Record for Jesse May Swikert, FHL Film 2297921, Image 27, Item 1, p. 25, Rec. No. 886.
  2. [S870] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925. Record for Arthur Burlingham and Josie May Swikert, FHL Film 2342478, Image 618, Vol. 1, p. 12, Rec. No. 1428.
  3. [S1621] Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995. Record for Jessie May Burlingham, FHL Film 2110093, Vol. 44, Cert. No. 124.
  4. [S1408] 1900 U.S. Census, Arthur Burlingham household, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  5. [S1433] 1910 U.S. Census, Arthur Burlingham household, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  6. [S1464] 1920 U.S. Census, Arthur Burlingham household, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  7. [S1803] 1930 U.S. Census, Arthur Burlingham household, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  8. [S4642] "Over The Tea Cups", The Otsego Union, 31 March 1932, p. 5, col. 1.
  9. [S4635] 1940 U.S. Census, Lowell Herbert household, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  10. [S39] Obituary, Arthur Lee Burlingham, The Otsego Union, Otsego, Michigan, 24 December 1931, p. 1, col. 3.

Charity Mabel Burlingham1,2

b. 6 January 1861, d. 17 July 1954
FatherPhilip Burlingham1,2 b. 26 Jul 1806, d. 10 Aug 1883
MotherCharity Mandana Phelps1,2 b. 7 Apr 1830, d. 4 Mar 1914
RelationshipGreat-grandaunt of Charles Edward Towne
ChartsPhilip Burlingham and Polly Babcock Descendants
Charity Mabel Burlingham (1861-1954)
     Charity Mabel Burlingham was born on 6 January 1861 in Otsego, Allegan Co., Michigan.3,4,5 She was married first, by William Cross, to Albert Elton Evans on 29 July 1882 in Otsego, Allegan Co., Michigan.6,4 She was married second, by Rev. Ellsworth E. Coulter, to Robert Otto Crawford on 31 December 1917 in Emmett, Gem Co., Idaho.7 They were divorced sometime between 1920, when they were living together, and 1930, when they were living apart and he was listed in the census as widowed, and she was listed as Mabel Evans and divorced.8,9,10 She died on 17 July 1954 at the Frints Nursing Home in Emmett, Gem Co., Idaho, at age 93 from bronchial pneumonia.3,4 She was buried on 21 July 1954 at Riverside Cemetery in Emmett, Gem Co., Idaho.3
     In 1900 she and her daughter Viola were living with her brother Arthur and his wife Jessie in Trowbridge Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan, without her husband Albert, who has not been found in the 1900 census.5,11
     She moved to Emmett, Canyon Co. (now Gem Co.), Idaho, where her brother Justin was living in 190612, and two years later filed a homestead claim in Canyon Co.13 In 1910 she and Hovey were living with Justin in Stuart Precinct, Canyon Co., Idaho.14
     In 1920 she was living with her second husband Robert Crawford in Montour, Gem Co., Idaho, along with her son Hovey and Robert's son Clyde Crawford.8
     In 1930, after her apparent divorce, she and Hovey were living in Sweet, Gem Co., Idaho, again with her brother Justin. She is listed in the census as Mabel Evans, divorced, and head of the household.10 She is listed in the 1940 census in West Emmett Prec., Gem Co., Idaho. Living with her were her granddaughter Kathleen Gribben, and a boarder, Gale Sprague.15
     She was living in California at the time of her sister Laura's death in 1947.16

Child of Charity Mabel Burlingham

Children of Charity Mabel Burlingham and Albert Elton Evans

Citations

  1. [S4638] Obituary, Charity Mendana Phelps, The Otsego Union, Otsego, Michigan, 5 March 1914, p. 4, col. 2.
  2. [S94] Charles A. Swikert and Charles Mark Burlingham, "Burlingham Genealogy", p. 6.
  3. [S6187] Mabel Charity Evans, Death Certificate.
  4. [S94] Charles A. Swikert and Charles Mark Burlingham, "Burlingham Genealogy", p. 12.
  5. [S1408] 1900 U.S. Census, Arthur Burlingham household, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  6. [S870] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925. Record for Albert Evans and Mabel Burlington, FHL Film 2342469, Image 195, Vol. 1, p. 17, Rec. No. 94.
  7. [S3004] Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1962. Record for Robert O. Crawford and Charity M. Evans, FHL Film 1255647, Image 171, Vol. 1, p. 129.
  8. [S1814] 1920 U.S. Census, Robert Crawford household, Gem Co., Idaho.
  9. [S1825] 1930 U.S. Census, Fanny Chisholm household, Gem Co., Idaho.
  10. [S648] 1930 U.S. Census, Mabel Evans household, Gem Co., Idaho.
  11. [S3346] Of her other children, Lelia (age 18) was then married, Maude (15) was a boarder in the home of James Winchell, Rolland (14) was a servant in the household of Burnham Barber, Ruby (12) was living with her guardian Marcus D. Morehouse and listed in the census as his daughter with the surname Morehouse, and Roy (9) has not been identified in the census.
  12. [S8481] Obituary, Mabel Charity Evans, The Idaho Statesman, Boise, Idaho, 21 July 1954, p. 7, col. 1.
  13. [S4649] "News of Public Record - Homestead Entries", The Idaho Daily Statesman, 9 August 1908, p. 6, col. 3. The claim was for the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter (40 acres) of Section 19, Township 7 North, Range 2 West. She apparently didn't complete the requirements of the Homestead Act (living on the land for five years and making improvements), since the land patents database doesn't have a patent issued to her for the land (or to anyone else, for that matter).
  14. [S646] 1910 U.S. Census, Justin Burlingham household, Canyon Co., Idaho.
  15. [S4646] 1940 U.S. Census, Charity Mable Evans household, Gem Co., Idaho.
  16. [S62] Obituary, Laura Ann Swikert, The Otsego Union, Otsego, Michigan, 20 February 1947, p. 1, col. 4.
  17. [S641] Lelia May Mobley, Death Certificate. Lists her mother as Mabel Evans and father as unknown.
  18. [S1251] Michigan Births, 1867-1902. Record for Viola Evans, FHL Film 2320695, Image 78, Item 2, p. 52, Rec. No. 1459.
  19. [S870] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925. Record for Oscar De Witt and Viola Evans, FHL Film 2342680, Image 247, Vol. 1, p. 13, Rec. No. 7744.
  20. [S4838] Obituary, Maude M. Grabel, 29 August 1977.
  21. [S648] 1930 U.S. Census, Mabel Evans household, Gem Co., Idaho. Maude's mother Charity is listed (as Mabel Evans) with a son Hovey C. Evans and brother Justin Burlingham. Together with Maude's obituary, which names a surviving brother Hovey Evans, this provides evidence that Maude and Hovey were both children of Charity Mabel Burlingham and Albert Evans.
  22. [S870] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925. Record for Rolland Ray Evans and Mary L. Jones, FHL Film 2342668, Image 519, Vol. 3, p. 579, Rec. No. 142.
  23. [S1251] Michigan Births, 1867-1902. Record for Ruby I. Evans, FHL Film 2321092, Image 1111, Item 2, p. 53, Rec. No. 609.
  24. [S870] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925. Record for William Fralick and Ruby Irene Evans, FHL Film 2342670, Image 347, Vol. 5, p. 99, Rec. No. 5134.
  25. [S870] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925. Record for Claud A. Smith and Ruby Irene Evans Fralick, FHL Film 2342688, Image 177, Vol. 1, p. 9, Rec. No. 8510.
  26. [S870] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925. Record for Niden Radeff and Ruby Evans Smith, FHL Film 2342744, Image 194, Vol. 4, Rec. No. 12529.
  27. [S870] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925. Record for Earl Evans and Margaret Carter, FHL Film 2342689, Image 124, Vol. 2, p. 8, Rec. No. 2012.
  28. [S4174] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. Record for Roy Earl Evans.

Albert Elton Evans1

b. about 1856, d. before 1910
     Albert Elton Evans was probably born about 1856 in Pennsylvania.2,3,4,5 He was married by William Cross to Charity Mabel Burlingham, daughter of Philip Burlingham and Charity Mandana Phelps, on 29 July 1882 in Otsego, Allegan Co., Michigan.2,1 He may have died before 1910, when his wife Charity was listed as a widow in the census.6,7

Children of Albert Elton Evans and Charity Mabel Burlingham

Citations

  1. [S94] Charles A. Swikert and Charles Mark Burlingham, "Burlingham Genealogy", p. 12.
  2. [S870] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925. Record for Albert Evans and Mabel Burlington, FHL Film 2342469, Image 195, Vol. 1, p. 17, Rec. No. 94.
  3. [S1251] Michigan Births, 1867-1902. Record for Viola Evans, FHL Film 2320695, Image 78, Item 2, p. 52, Rec. No. 1459.
  4. [S1251] Michigan Births, 1867-1902. Record for Ruby I. Evans, FHL Film 2321092, Image 1111, Item 2, p. 53, Rec. No. 609.
  5. [S3346] No birth record has been found for him, and the only records we have with information he could have personally given are his 1882 marriage record, which says he was 26 and born in Pennsylvania, and the birth records of his children Viola, Rolland, and Ruby. Viola's and Ruby's birth records give his birthplace as Pennsylvania, while Rolland's says Germany. Census records for his children from 1900 to 1930 give a variety of places for their father's birthplace, including Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, and Canada, and several say either unknown or just United States.
  6. [S646] 1910 U.S. Census, Justin Burlingham household, Canyon Co., Idaho.
  7. [S3346] Some family trees at Ancestry have Charity Mable Burlingham's husband Albert Evans as being born 30 August 1857, dying 4 December 1907 in South Dakota, and being buried at Mountain View Cemetery in Rapid City, Pennington Co., South Dakota. Find A Grave has a photo of the grave marker with these same birth and death dates. However, this is not the same person.
         Obituaries in the Rapid City Journal (Rapid City, South Dakota, 7 and 10 December 1907, p. 1, col. 1) show that the Albert Evans who died 4 December 1907 was a former druggist of Rapid City, died in Basin City, Wyoming, and was buried in South Dakota. He married Fannie B. Crum 19 September 1883 in North Platte, Nebraska, and they had five children - Albert, Fred, Edward, Florence, and an unnamed daughter who died at birth. The 1900 census for Newcastle, Weston Co., Wyoming, lists Albert Evans (born August 1857 in New Jersey, occupation druggist) with wife Fanny (born January 1861 in New York), with four children aged 9 to 14 (all born in South Dakota). Further, there are several U.S. General Land Office records for an Albert Evans acquiring land in Pennington Co., South Dakota, starting as early as 1887. None of this fits with what is known about Charity Burlingham's husband Albert Evans.
  8. [S870] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925. Record for Oscar De Witt and Viola Evans, FHL Film 2342680, Image 247, Vol. 1, p. 13, Rec. No. 7744.
  9. [S4838] Obituary, Maude M. Grabel, 29 August 1977.
  10. [S648] 1930 U.S. Census, Mabel Evans household, Gem Co., Idaho. Maude's mother Charity is listed (as Mabel Evans) with a son Hovey C. Evans and brother Justin Burlingham. Together with Maude's obituary, which names a surviving brother Hovey Evans, this provides evidence that Maude and Hovey were both children of Charity Mabel Burlingham and Albert Evans.
  11. [S870] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925. Record for Rolland Ray Evans and Mary L. Jones, FHL Film 2342668, Image 519, Vol. 3, p. 579, Rec. No. 142.
  12. [S870] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925. Record for William Fralick and Ruby Irene Evans, FHL Film 2342670, Image 347, Vol. 5, p. 99, Rec. No. 5134.
  13. [S870] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925. Record for Claud A. Smith and Ruby Irene Evans Fralick, FHL Film 2342688, Image 177, Vol. 1, p. 9, Rec. No. 8510.
  14. [S870] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925. Record for Niden Radeff and Ruby Evans Smith, FHL Film 2342744, Image 194, Vol. 4, Rec. No. 12529.
  15. [S870] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925. Record for Earl Evans and Margaret Carter, FHL Film 2342689, Image 124, Vol. 2, p. 8, Rec. No. 2012.
  16. [S4174] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. Record for Roy Earl Evans.
  17. [S1814] 1920 U.S. Census, Robert Crawford household, Gem Co., Idaho.
  18. [S648] 1930 U.S. Census, Mabel Evans household, Gem Co., Idaho.

Cora Viola Burlingham1,2,3

b. 17 May 1863, d. 14 April 1935
FatherPhilip Burlingham4,1,2,3 b. 26 Jul 1806, d. 10 Aug 1883
MotherCharity Mandana Phelps4,2,3 b. 7 Apr 1830, d. 4 Mar 1914
RelationshipGreat-grandaunt of Charles Edward Towne
ChartsPhilip Burlingham and Polly Babcock Descendants
Cora Viola Burlingham (1863-1935)
     Cora Viola Burlingham was born on 17 May 1863 in Pine Creek, Allegan Co., Michigan.4,5,1 She was married by A. M. Gould, pastor of the First M. E. Church, to Aden Willard Drake, son of William H. Drake and Julia Francelia Cole, on 18 May 1887 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.6 She died on 14 April 1935 at her home in Hope Twp., near Hastings in Barry Co., Michigan, from Bright's disease at age 71.4,5,1 She was buried on 17 April 1935 at Pine Creek Cemetery in Otsego Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan.4,1
     She and her husband Aden were living in Gun Plain Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan, in 1900.7 They moved to Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, where they were living in Oshtemo Twp. in 19108, and in Kalamazoo Twp. as neighbors to their son Alvin in 1920.9 They moved again sometime before 1930, when they were living in Hope Twp., Barry Co., Michigan.10

Children of Cora Viola Burlingham and Aden Willard Drake

Citations

  1. [S43] Obituary, Cora Viola Drake, Otsego Union, Otsego, Michigan, 1935.
  2. [S4638] Obituary, Charity Mendana Phelps, The Otsego Union, Otsego, Michigan, 5 March 1914, p. 4, col. 2.
  3. [S94] Charles A. Swikert and Charles Mark Burlingham, "Burlingham Genealogy", p. 6.
  4. [S4950] Cora V. Drake, Death Certificate.
  5. [S42] Obituary, Mrs. Aden W. Drake, unknown newspaper, 18 April 1935.
  6. [S870] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925. Record for Adlen W. Drake and Cora V. Burlingham, FHL Film 2342481, Image 591, Vol. 2, p. 108, Rec. No. 796.
  7. [S1815] 1900 U.S. Census, Williard A. Drake household, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  8. [S1816] 1910 U.S. Census, Aden W. Drake household, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.
  9. [S1817] 1920 U.S. Census, Aiden Drake household, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.
  10. [S1818] 1930 U.S. Census, Aden W. Drake household, Barry Co., Michigan.
  11. [S1251] Michigan Births, 1867-1902. Record for Alvin Drake, FHL Film 2321097, Image 91, Item 2, p. 404, Rec. No. 55.
  12. [S94] Charles A. Swikert and Charles Mark Burlingham, "Burlingham Genealogy", p. 13.
  13. [S1251] Michigan Births, 1867-1902. Record for George Arthur Drake, FHL Film 2322558, Image 363, Item 2, p. 49, Rec. No. 1253.
  14. [S1251] Michigan Births, 1867-1902. Record for Bessie I. Drake, FHL Film 2322562, Image 1031, Item 2, p. 47, Rec. No. 1988.
  15. [S870] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925. Record for Andrew Cook and Bessie Inez Drake, FHL Film 2342749, Image 501, Vol. 4, p. 1, Rec. No. 21203.

Aden Willard Drake1,2,3

b. 31 May 1859, d. 14 February 1939
FatherWilliam H. Drake1,4,5 b. a 1832
MotherJulia Francelia Cole1,4,5 b. a 1840
     Aden Willard Drake was born on 31 May 1859 in Comstock, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.1,6,7 He was married by A. M. Gould, pastor of the First M. E. Church, to Cora Viola Burlingham, daughter of Philip Burlingham and Charity Mandana Phelps, on 18 May 1887 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.8 He died on 14 February 1939 at his home in Pine Grove Twp., Van Buren Co., Michigan, at age 79 from stomach and liver cancer.1,7 He was buried on 16 February 1939 at Pine Creek Cemetery in Otsego Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan.1,7
     In 1880 he was living in the household of Willard Higgins and his wife Eliza in Otsego Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan. Aden's mother Francelia and brother Burton were also living there. Francelia's relationship to the head of the household is listed as stepdaughter, implying she was the daughter of Willard Higgins's wife Eliza. Aden and Burton are listed as nephews, but would have actually been grand-nephews.9
     He and his wife Cora were living in Gun Plain Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan, in 1900.10 They moved to Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, where they were living in Oshtemo Twp. in 191011, and in Kalamazoo Twp. as neighbors to their son Alvin in 1920.12 They moved again sometime before 1930, when they were living in Hope Twp., Barry Co., Michigan.13
     His marriage record lists his occupation as "lawyer," but this is no doubt a transcription error, and should be sawyer. In the 1880 census his occupation is listed as "saw mill," and in the census records of 1900-1930 his occupation is listed as either farmer or laborer.8,9,10,11,12,13

Children of Aden Willard Drake and Cora Viola Burlingham

Citations

  1. [S4951] Aden Willard Drake, Death Certificate.
  2. [S42] Obituary, Mrs. Aden W. Drake, unknown newspaper, 18 April 1935.
  3. [S1055] Willard and Cora Drake Cemetery Marker, Pine Creek Cemetery, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  4. [S1826] 1860 U.S. Census, William H. Drake household, Van Buren Co., Michigan.
  5. [S1828] 1870 U.S. Census, William H. Drake household, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  6. [S94] Charles A. Swikert and Charles Mark Burlingham, "Burlingham Genealogy", p. 13.
  7. [S4953] Obituary, Aden W. Drake, Grand Rapids Press, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 14 February 1939.
  8. [S870] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925. Record for Adlen W. Drake and Cora V. Burlingham, FHL Film 2342481, Image 591, Vol. 2, p. 108, Rec. No. 796.
  9. [S1827] 1880 U.S. Census, Williard Higgins household, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  10. [S1815] 1900 U.S. Census, Williard A. Drake household, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  11. [S1816] 1910 U.S. Census, Aden W. Drake household, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.
  12. [S1817] 1920 U.S. Census, Aiden Drake household, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.
  13. [S1818] 1930 U.S. Census, Aden W. Drake household, Barry Co., Michigan.
  14. [S1251] Michigan Births, 1867-1902. Record for Alvin Drake, FHL Film 2321097, Image 91, Item 2, p. 404, Rec. No. 55.
  15. [S1251] Michigan Births, 1867-1902. Record for George Arthur Drake, FHL Film 2322558, Image 363, Item 2, p. 49, Rec. No. 1253.
  16. [S1251] Michigan Births, 1867-1902. Record for Bessie I. Drake, FHL Film 2322562, Image 1031, Item 2, p. 47, Rec. No. 1988.
  17. [S870] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925. Record for Andrew Cook and Bessie Inez Drake, FHL Film 2342749, Image 501, Vol. 4, p. 1, Rec. No. 21203.

George Allen Burlingham1,2,3

b. 26 October 1868, d. 31 May 1948
FatherPhilip Burlingham4,1,2 b. 26 Jul 1806, d. 10 Aug 1883
MotherCharity Mandana Phelps4,1,2 b. 7 Apr 1830, d. 4 Mar 1914
RelationshipGreat-granduncle of Charles Edward Towne
ChartsPhilip Burlingham and Polly Babcock Descendants
George Allen Burlingham (1868-1948)
     George Allen Burlingham was born on 26 October 1868 (his cemetery marker has the year as 1869) in Pine Creek, Allegan Co., Michigan.3,5,6 He married first Bessie Flynn on 3 July 1894 in Allegan, Allegan Co., Michigan.7 He married second Josephine Frances Goshorn, daughter of James Goshorn and Margaret Barrager, on 14 November 1898 in St. Joseph, Berrien Co., Michigan.8,9,10 He died on 31 May 1948 at age 79, from an apparent heart attack at a roadside park along US 12 about a mile east of Galesburg in Comstock Twp., Kalamazoo Co., Michigan. He, his son Russell and his wife, and some neighbors, had spent Memorial day at Lake Michigan, and had stopped their on the way home for a picnic supper.4,3,11 He was buried on 4 June 1948 at Mountain Home Cemetery in Otsego, Allegan Co., Michigan.4,12,6,5
     After their marriage he and his second wife Josephine lived for a time in St. Joseph, Berrien Co., Michigan.13 By 1910 they had moved to Otsego Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan,14 where they remained most of the rest of their lives.14,15,16,17,3 George's brother Philip Phelps Burlingham was living with them in 193016, and in 1940 a hired man, Charles E. Mumbower, was living with them.17 He and Josephine moved to Battle Creek, Calhoun Co., Michigan, in 1946 to live with their son Russell.3
     As a young man he excelled in steam power plant work, but turned to farming sometime before 1910.5,13,14,15,16,17

Children of George Allen Burlingham and Josephine Frances Goshorn

Citations

  1. [S4638] Obituary, Charity Mendana Phelps, The Otsego Union, Otsego, Michigan, 5 March 1914, p. 4, col. 2.
  2. [S94] Charles A. Swikert and Charles Mark Burlingham, "Burlingham Genealogy", p. 6.
  3. [S8485] Obituary, George A. Burlingham, Battle Creek Enquirer, Battle Creek, Michigan, 1 June 1948, p. 2, col. 3.
  4. [S1621] Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995. Record for George A. Burlingham, FHL Film 2075136, Rec. No. 6.
  5. [S94] Charles A. Swikert and Charles Mark Burlingham, "Burlingham Genealogy", p. 15.
  6. [S1053] George A. and Josephine F. Burlingham Cemetery Marker, Mountain Home Cemetery, Otsego, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  7. [S8484] George A. Burlingham and Bessie Flynn, Marriage Record.
  8. [S8486] George Burlingham and Josie Goshorn, Marriage Record.
  9. [S865] Obituary, Josie Goshorn Burlingham, The Commercial Record, Saugatuck, Michigan, 19 December 1947, p. 1.
  10. [S45] Obituary, Mrs. Geo. A. Burlingham, unknown newspaper.
  11. [S3346] The Burlingham family genealogy erroneously lists his death date as 30 May 1947.
  12. [S44] Obituary, Geo. Allen Burlingham, unknown newspaper.
  13. [S1805] 1900 U.S. Census, George Burlingham household, Berrien Co., Michigan.
  14. [S1806] 1910 U.S. Census, Geo. Burlingham household, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  15. [S1467] 1920 U.S. Census, George Burlingham household, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  16. [S1804] 1930 U.S. Census, George Burlingham household, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  17. [S4980] 1940 U.S. Census, George A. Burlingham household, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  18. [S870] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925. Record for Robert Kenneth Miller and Helen Barbara Burlingham, FHL Film 2342769, Image 158, Vol. 4, p. 3, Rec. No. 23780.
  19. [S4983] Kenneth King and Helen Miller, Marriage Record.
  20. [S1621] Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995. Record for Helen Barbara King, FHL Film 2075055, Kalamazoo Rec. No. 544.
  21. [S870] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925. Record for Russell Scott Burlingham and Bertha May Mcclellan, FHL Film 2342763, Image 7, Vol. 3, p. 10, Rec. No. 23090.

Josephine Frances Goshorn1,2

b. 26 April 1873, d. 9 December 1947
FatherJames Goshorn3
MotherMargaret Barrager3
     Josephine Frances Goshorn was born on 26 April 1873 on her parents' farm in Saugatuck, Allegan Co., Michigan.1,3 She married George Allen Burlingham, son of Philip Burlingham and Charity Mandana Phelps, on 14 November 1898 in St. Joseph, Berrien Co., Michigan.4,3,2 She died on 9 December 1947 (her obituary says 10 December) at her son's home in Battle Creek, Calhoun Co., Michigan, at age 74 after several weeks of failing health.1,3 She was buried on 12 December 1947 at Mountain Home Cemetery in Otsego, Allegan Co., Michigan.2,5
     She was a schoolteacher at the time of her marriage.4 After their marriage she and her husband George lived for a time in St. Joseph, Berrien Co., Michigan.6 By 1910 they had moved to Otsego Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan,7 where they remained most of the rest of their lives.7,8,9,10,11 George's brother Philip Phelps Burlingham was living with them in 19309, and in 1940 a hired man, Charles E. Mumbower, was living with them.10 She and George moved to Battle Creek, Calhoun Co., Michigan, in 1946 to live with their son Russell.11

Children of Josephine Frances Goshorn and George Allen Burlingham

Citations

  1. [S3352] Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952. Record for Josephine Frances Burlingham, FHL Film 1973201, Image 1019.
  2. [S45] Obituary, Mrs. Geo. A. Burlingham, unknown newspaper.
  3. [S865] Obituary, Josie Goshorn Burlingham, The Commercial Record, Saugatuck, Michigan, 19 December 1947, p. 1.
  4. [S8486] George Burlingham and Josie Goshorn, Marriage Record.
  5. [S1053] George A. and Josephine F. Burlingham Cemetery Marker, Mountain Home Cemetery, Otsego, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  6. [S1805] 1900 U.S. Census, George Burlingham household, Berrien Co., Michigan.
  7. [S1806] 1910 U.S. Census, Geo. Burlingham household, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  8. [S1467] 1920 U.S. Census, George Burlingham household, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  9. [S1804] 1930 U.S. Census, George Burlingham household, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  10. [S4980] 1940 U.S. Census, George A. Burlingham household, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  11. [S8485] Obituary, George A. Burlingham, Battle Creek Enquirer, Battle Creek, Michigan, 1 June 1948, p. 2, col. 3.
  12. [S870] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925. Record for Robert Kenneth Miller and Helen Barbara Burlingham, FHL Film 2342769, Image 158, Vol. 4, p. 3, Rec. No. 23780.
  13. [S4983] Kenneth King and Helen Miller, Marriage Record.
  14. [S1621] Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995. Record for Helen Barbara King, FHL Film 2075055, Kalamazoo Rec. No. 544.
  15. [S870] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925. Record for Russell Scott Burlingham and Bertha May Mcclellan, FHL Film 2342763, Image 7, Vol. 3, p. 10, Rec. No. 23090.
  16. [S94] Charles A. Swikert and Charles Mark Burlingham, "Burlingham Genealogy", p. 15.

Charles Mark Burlingham1,2

b. 2 February 1898, d. 6 November 1993
FatherSamuel Mark Burlingham1,2 b. 12 Apr 1857, d. 26 Dec 1927
MotherNellie Hunt2 b. 17 Mar 1860, d. 27 Aug 1948
Relationship1st cousin 2 times removed of Charles Edward Towne
ChartsPhilip Burlingham and Polly Babcock Descendants
Charles Mark Burlingham (1898-1993)
     Charles Mark Burlingham was born on 2 February 1898 on a farm about 2.5 miles northwest of Delavan, Walworth Co., Wisconsin.3,4,5 He was married first, by Dr. George Wheaton Taft, to Marian Redpath Taft, daughter of Miner Cole Taft and Mary Jean Hogg, on 23 October 1926 at the home of bride's mother in Otsego, Allegan Co., Michigan.2,6,7 He married second Gladys Marian Rosenbaum, daughter of Lambert W. Rosenbaum and Hazel Zimmerman, in 1972.8,9 He died on 6 November 1993 at the Fairview Baptist Home in Downers Grove, DuPage Co., Illinois, at age 95.9,10 He was buried on 9 November 1993 at Chapel Hill Gardens West Cemetery in Oakbrook Terrace, DuPage Co., Illinois.9
     He lived in Walworth Co., Wisconsin, the first three years of his life, in a house about 2.5 miles northwest of Delavan that was built in 1895 by his father. It was sold in 19014, and his family moved to an 80-acre farm five miles west of Otsego in Trowbridge Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan, where his parents were from.4 In March 1913 they moved into a 75-year-old house with eight acres of land, one mile west of Otsego.4
     From 1912 to 1917 he attended Otsego High School, graduating in 1917.4 While in high school he worked in the summers of 1913 and 1914 doing miscellaneous farm work4, and in the summers of 1915 and 1916 for the Mac Sim Bar Paper Co. in Otsego, loading paper. The pay there was good, $1.75/hour. He worked 6 days/week, 10 hours/day, walking 1.5 miles each way to work.4
     After graduation from high school, he spent a short time with Sears Roebuck in Chicago, the Bardeen Paper Co. in Otsego, and again with the Mac Sim Bar Paper Co. in Otsego.4
     He attended Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, from 1918 to 1922, graduating with an A.B. degree.4,11 He also played on the football team from at least 1918 to 1920, lettering all three years. In 1919 the team went 5-2 and won the MIAA (Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) title. Highlights included a narrow 14-0 loss to Notre Dame in 1919, and a 21-2 win over Michigan State in 1920.11,12
     In 1918, during his first year at Kalamazoo College, he was a private in the Student Army Training Corps. This was a program set up by the National Committee on Education and Special Training in June 1918 to develop a source for officers in an expanded Army. He was one of 122 students in the program at Kalamazoo College. Everyone in the program took a course in war issues, and additional courses were offered in accounting, military law, military English, surveying, military hygiene and sanitation, military French, physics, chemistry, and mathematics. Everyone also participated in two hours of exercises each day. The program was discontinued by the War Department in December, at the end of World War I, and all the men were discharged on 15 December 1918.4,13
     In the summer of 1919 he did miscellaneous work, and in the summer of 1920 he worked for the post office, both in Kalamazoo.4 He attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw Co., Michigan, in the summer of 1921.4
     He was employed from 1922 to 1924 by the Western Electric Co. in Cicero, Cook Co., Illinois, doing industrial training, then specification writing.4 In April 1924 he transferred to Illinois Bell Telephone, where he worked in switchboard specification writing, costs, and studies. He left there in 19354, and in 1936 worked for the Public Service Commission of West Virginia doing public utility appraisal work.4 He started work at the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors in LaGrange, Cook Co., Illinois, in January 1937 doing testing, engineering, and supervision. He remained there until his retirement on 1 January 1965.4
     After their marriage, he and his first wife Marian lived for a time in Berwyn, Cook Co., Illinois,14 then moved to Grant Street in Downers Grove, DuPage Co., Illinois, where they lived from 1932 to 1938.4 They next moved to Lombard, DuPage Co., Illinois, on Finley Road, where they lived most of the rest of their married life.4 They are listed in DuPage Co. in the 1940 census, in York Twp. (which includes part of Lombard).15 Charles's widowed mother Nellie lived with them, probably from about 1928 when she gave up housekeeping and auctioned off many of her household goods, until her death in 1948.16,14,15,17 His cousin Charles Swikert and his wife Verda also lived with them for a short time before moving into their own new house in Sugar Grove, Kane Co., Illinois, in the summer of 1951.18,19
     He had an operation on his neck on 22 March 1951 at Glen Elyn Hospital in Glen Elyn, DuPage Co., Illinois.20 On 18 January 1964, at St. Charles Hospital in St. Charles, Kane Co., Illinois, he had his appendix removed. He came home on 25 January.21,22 His eyesight failed in his later years, starting around 1978.23
     He and his second wife Gladys lived in Downers Grove, DuPage Co., Illinois,24 where he served as an elder at St. Luke Presbyterian Church.4 He was a member of the F. & A.M., Grove Lodge 824, and was also a DuPage Farm Bureau trustee.8,9

Citations

  1. [S40] Obituary, S. M. Burlingham, The Otsego Union, Otsego, Michigan, 29 December 1927, p. 1, col. 5.
  2. [S116] Chas. Mark Burlingham and Marian Redpath Taft, Marriage Record.
  3. [S4628] Wisconsin, U.S., Birth Index, 1808-1907. Record for Charles Mark Burlingham, Reel DEL, Record SEQ 55A.
  4. [S48] Charles Burlingham, "Autobiography of Charles M. Burlingham."
  5. [S4619] World War I Draft Registration, Charlie Mack Burlingham.
  6. [S100] "Weddings - Taft-Burlingham", unknown newspaper title.
  7. [S48] Charles Burlingham, "Autobiography of Charles M. Burlingham". Says the date was 21 October, but their marriage certificate and the Burlingham genealogy both say 23 October. The newspaper announcement says it was on a Saturday, which was 23 October in 1926.
  8. [S49] Obituary, Charles M. Burlingham, Downers Grove Reporter, Downers Grove, Illinois, 10 November 1993, p. R 31.
  9. [S50] Obituary, Charles Burlingham, The Naperville Sun, Naperville, Illinois, 10 November 1993, p. 36A.
  10. [S876] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014. Entry for Charles M. Burlingham, No. 333-07-6828.
  11. [S94] Charles A. Swikert and Charles Mark Burlingham, "Burlingham Genealogy", p. 18.
  12. [S6196] Kalamazoo College Football History, http://hornets.kzoo.edu/sports/fball/history/index
  13. [S194] [Anonymous], "Kalamazoo College in Khaki," Kalamazoo College Bulletin - Students' Army Training Corps, Vol. 13, No. 4, December 1918.
  14. [S4626] 1930 U.S. Census, Charles Burlingham household, Cook Co., Illinois.
  15. [S4627] 1940 U.S. Census, Charles M. Burlingham household, DuPage Co., Illinois.
  16. [S4610] "Auction!", The Otsego Union, 17 May 1928, p. 7, col. 3.
  17. [S41] Obituary, Nellie Burlingham, unknown newspaper, 2 September 1948.
  18. [S130] Verda Swikert, "Diary (1951-1986)."
  19. [S5] Personal knowledge of Charles Towne.
  20. [S130] Verda Swikert, "Diary (1951-1986)", 22 March 1951.
  21. [S130] Verda Swikert, "Diary (1951-1986)", 18 January 1964. "They operated on Charles B. for appendicitis this AM."
  22. [S130] Verda Swikert, "Diary (1951-1986)", 26 January 1964. "... there to see Chas. He came home from hospital on Sat."
  23. [S1917] "Burlingham-Phelps Reunion Records", letter from Gladys and Charles Burlingham, 5 August 1985. "Charles lost his eye sight 7 years ago."
  24. [S304] Obituary, Gladys Rahill Burlingham, Downers Grove Reporter, Downers Grove, Illinois, 8 February 1995, p. R 30.

Marian Redpath Taft1

b. 27 February 1896, d. 13 March 1971
FatherMiner Cole Taft2,3
MotherMary Jean Hogg3
Marian Redpath Taft (1896-1971)
     Marian Redpath Taft was born on 27 February 1896 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.4,5,6 She was married by Dr. George Wheaton Taft to Charles Mark Burlingham, son of Samuel Mark Burlingham and Nellie Hunt, on 23 October 1926 at her mother's home in Otsego, Allegan Co., Michigan.3,2,7 She died on 13 March 1971 at age 75.6 She was buried on 16 March 1971 at Chapel Hill Gardens West Cemetery in Oakbrook Terrace, DuPage Co., Illinois.6
     She was a relative of President William Howard Taft.4
     She graduated from Western Michigan College in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.4
     In 1926 she was living in Otsego, Allegan Co., Michigan, where she led the kindergarten department for the Otsego public schools.1 After their marriage, she and her husband Charles lived for a time in Berwyn, Cook Co., Illinois,8 then moved to Grant Street in Downers Grove, DuPage Co., Illinois, where they lived from 1932 to 1938.1 They next moved to Lombard, DuPage Co., Illinois, on Finley Road, where they lived most of the rest of their married life.1 They are listed in DuPage Co. in the 1940 census, in York Twp. (which includes part of Lombard).9
     On 22 March 1951, the day of her husband's neck operation, she suffered a heart attack while leaving the hospital in Glen Elyn, DuPage Co., Illinois.10

Citations

  1. [S48] Charles Burlingham, "Autobiography of Charles M. Burlingham."
  2. [S100] "Weddings - Taft-Burlingham", unknown newspaper title.
  3. [S116] Chas. Mark Burlingham and Marian Redpath Taft, Marriage Record.
  4. [S94] Charles A. Swikert and Charles Mark Burlingham, "Burlingham Genealogy", p. 18.
  5. [S116] Chas. Mark Burlingham and Marian Redpath Taft, Marriage Record.
  6. [S161] Marian T. Burlingham, Funeral Card, Adams-Winterfield Funeral Home, Downers Grove, Illinois, 16 March 1971.
  7. [S48] Charles Burlingham, "Autobiography of Charles M. Burlingham". Says the date was 21 October, but their marriage certificate and the Burlingham genealogy both say 23 October. The newspaper announcement says it was on a Saturday, which was 23 October in 1926.
  8. [S4626] 1930 U.S. Census, Charles Burlingham household, Cook Co., Illinois.
  9. [S4627] 1940 U.S. Census, Charles M. Burlingham household, DuPage Co., Illinois.
  10. [S130] Verda Swikert, "Diary (1951-1986)", 22 March 1951.

Gladys Marian Rosenbaum1,2

b. 19 October 1908, d. 2 February 1995
FatherLambert W. Rosenbaum2
MotherHazel Zimmerman2
     Gladys Marian Rosenbaum was born on 19 October 1908 in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois.1,2 She married first Phillip W. Rahill on 15 October 1931 in Cook Co., Illinois.3,1 She married second Charles Mark Burlingham, son of Samuel Mark Burlingham and Nellie Hunt, in 1972.4,5 She died on 2 February 1995 at age 86.1 She was buried on 6 February 1995 at Beverly Cemetery in Blue Island, Cook Co., Illinois.1
     She and her second husband Charles lived in Downers Grove, DuPage Co., Illinois.1 She was a member of the Fairview Village Friendship Club, and the Order of Eastern Star, American Chapter 429 and Vesta Chapter 242.1 She also belonged to the St. Luke Presbyterian Church.1

Citations

  1. [S304] Obituary, Gladys Rahill Burlingham, Downers Grove Reporter, Downers Grove, Illinois, 8 February 1995, p. R 30.
  2. [S4174] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. Record for Gladys Marian Burlingham, No. 318-38-5609.
  3. [S2897] Cook County, Illinois Marriage Index, 1930-1960. Record for Phillip W. Rahill and Gladys M. Rosenbaum, License No. AF9B4F12-0907-48B1-AF89-0031EC5D4A39, File No. 1326851.
  4. [S49] Obituary, Charles M. Burlingham, Downers Grove Reporter, Downers Grove, Illinois, 10 November 1993, p. R 31.
  5. [S50] Obituary, Charles Burlingham, The Naperville Sun, Naperville, Illinois, 10 November 1993, p. 36A.

Harry Lee Burlingham1,2,3

b. 24 August 1887, d. 17 November 1961
FatherSamuel Mark Burlingham4,1,3 b. 12 Apr 1857, d. 26 Dec 1927
MotherNellie Hunt2,1,3 b. 17 Mar 1860, d. 27 Aug 1948
Relationship1st cousin 2 times removed of Charles Edward Towne
ChartsPhilip Burlingham and Polly Babcock Descendants
     Harry Lee Burlingham was born on 24 August 1887 in Otsego, Allegan Co., Michigan.5,6,1,7 He married first Edna Brown, daughter of Eugene Brown and Emma Conneley, on 24 December 1908 in Plainwell, Allegan Co., Michigan.8,7 Edna filed for divorce on 26 April 1917 on grounds of desertion, and the divorce was granted on 15 September 1917.9,7 He married second Mildred E. Tait, daughter of Alexander Tait and Gertrude Harrington, on 4 August 1922 in Englewood, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois. Their honeymoon was an extended trip through the west.10,7,11 He married third Grace May Stratton, daughter of Wilfred Stratton and Mattie Shears, on 13 October 1960 in White Pigeon, St. Joseph Co., Michigan. Their children held a reception for them at the Methodist church, and their honeymoon was a three-week trip to Chicago and Washington.12,13,7 He died on 17 November 1961 at Borgess Hospital in Michigan at age 74. His death was a result of a car-truck collision on U.S. 131 near Cooper (Cooper Center?) that also killed his stepson, Calvin S. Lovett. The accident occurred around midnight when the car crossed the center line into the path of a truck. Burlingham died at about 4:00 AM. Lovett was dead on arrival at the hospital at 12:35 AM. The two men's wives, Grace Burlingham and Margaret Lovett (the driver of the car), were seriously injured. The truck driver was not hurt.14,15 He was buried at Wenatchee City Cemetery in Wenatchee, Chelan Co., Washington.16
     In 1910 he and his first wife Edna, and their infant daughter Ruth, were living in Trowbridge Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan, as neighbors to his father Samuel.17 He apparently left Edna sometime between 1915, when their daughter Eva was born, and April of 1917, when Edna filed for divorce.7,18,19
     On 5 June 1917, when he registered for the World War I draft, he was living in Belvidere, Boone Co., Illinois, and working as a laborer at the National Sewing Machine Co. He listed himself as single, with no dependents, and claimed exemption from the draft due to a loss of sight in his left eye.5 He nevertheless did serve in the U.S. Army during World War I, from 1917 to 1919.7
     He and his second wife Mildred lived in Malaga, Chelan Co., Washington, probably from at least 1930 to 1948, where he had a fruit farm and she was a bookkeeper for a fruit growers association.20,21,6,2 They moved to nearby Wenatchee, Chelan Co., Washington, sometime before 1960.22

Citations

  1. [S4174] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. Record for Harry Lee Burlingham.
  2. [S41] Obituary, Nellie Burlingham, unknown newspaper, 2 September 1948.
  3. [S94] Charles A. Swikert and Charles Mark Burlingham, "Burlingham Genealogy", p. 11.
  4. [S40] Obituary, S. M. Burlingham, The Otsego Union, Otsego, Michigan, 29 December 1927, p. 1, col. 5.
  5. [S4618] World War I Draft Registration, Harry L. Burlingham.
  6. [S4620] World War II Draft Card, Harry Lee Burlingham.
  7. [S94] Charles A. Swikert and Charles Mark Burlingham, "Burlingham Genealogy", p. 20.
  8. [S870] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925. Record for Harry L. Burlingham and Edna Brown, FHL Film 2342681, Image 479, Vol. 3, p. 96, Rec. No. 10269.
  9. [S3741] Michigan, U.S., Divorce Records, 1897-1952. Record for Edna Burlingham and Harry Burlingham, Rec. No. 631-16. Their divorce record gives their marriage date, apparently erroneously, as 9 March 1913.
  10. [S52] "Additional Englewood News", Englewood Times, 11 August 1922, p. 5, col. 6.
  11. [S2863] Cook County, Illinois Marriage Indexes, 1912-1942. Record for Harry L. Burlingham and Mildred Stephens, Serial No. 951682.
  12. [S53] "Marriage Announced", unknown newspaper title, 1960.
  13. [S130] Verda Swikert, "Diary (1951-1986)", 17 October 1960. "Harry married Grace Lovett from Otsego & Allegan last Thursday. Her 5 children had a reception for them at the Methodist Church in Otsego."
  14. [S51] "Wreck Kills Otsego Man, Stepfather", unknown newspaper title.
  15. [S130] Verda Swikert, "Diary (1951-1986)", 17 November 1961. "Harry Burlingham was killed in auto accident 12 midnight Thurs. night."
  16. [S1871] Find A Grave. Memorial for Harry L. Burlingham (Mem. No. 55438709), Wenatchee City Cemetery, Wenatchee, Chelan Co., Washington. Created by ReconnectNow, 25 July 2010.
  17. [S4612] 1910 U.S. Census, Harry Burlingham household, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  18. [S702] California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997. Record for Eva M. Newbert, SSN 368-01-8163.
  19. [S3741] Michigan, U.S., Divorce Records, 1897-1952. Record for Edna Burlingham and Harry Burlingham, Rec. No. 631-16.
  20. [S4613] 1930 U.S. Census, Harry L. Burlingham household, Chelan Co., Washington.
  21. [S4614] 1940 U.S. Census, Harry L. Burlingham household, Chelan Co., Washington.
  22. [S6195] Mildred Burlingham, Death Certificate.

Edna Brown1,2,3

b. about 1890
FatherEugene Brown4,1
MotherEmma Conneley1
     Edna Brown was born about 1890 in Michigan.4 She married first Harry Lee Burlingham, son of Samuel Mark Burlingham and Nellie Hunt, on 24 December 1908 in Plainwell, Allegan Co., Michigan.4,2 Edna filed for divorce on 26 April 1917 on grounds of desertion, and the divorce was granted on 15 September 1917.5,2 She was married second, by J. Calvin Meese, minister, to Carl Nimtz on 20 September 1917 in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan.1
     In 1910 she and her first husband Harry, and their infant daughter Ruth, were living in Trowbridge Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan, as neighbors to her husband's father Samuel.3
     She and her second husband Carl lived in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, from at least 1920 to 1940. Her daughters Ruth and Eva Burlingham from her first marriage were with them in 1920, and Eva was still with them in 1930.6,7,8

Citations

  1. [S870] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925. Record for Carl Nimtz and Edna Brown Burlingham, FHL Film 2342721, Image 432, Item 3, p. 278, Rec. No. 5512.
  2. [S94] Charles A. Swikert and Charles Mark Burlingham, "Burlingham Genealogy", p. 20.
  3. [S4612] 1910 U.S. Census, Harry Burlingham household, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  4. [S870] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925. Record for Harry L. Burlingham and Edna Brown, FHL Film 2342681, Image 479, Vol. 3, p. 96, Rec. No. 10269.
  5. [S3741] Michigan, U.S., Divorce Records, 1897-1952. Record for Edna Burlingham and Harry Burlingham, Rec. No. 631-16. Their divorce record gives their marriage date, apparently erroneously, as 9 March 1913.
  6. [S4615] 1920 U.S. Census, Carl Nimtz household, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.
  7. [S4616] 1930 U.S. Census, Carl Nimtz household, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.
  8. [S4617] 1940 U.S. Census, Carl T. Nimtz household, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.

Mildred E. Tait1,2,3

b. 16 August 1884, d. 18 April 1960
FatherAlexander Tait4,5
MotherGertrude Harrington4,6
     Mildred E. Tait was born on 16 August 1884 in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac Co., Wisconsin.7,8 She married first Charles W. Stephens on 6 September 1906 in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac Co., Wisconsin.4,1 She married second Harry Lee Burlingham, son of Samuel Mark Burlingham and Nellie Hunt, on 4 August 1922 in Englewood, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois. Their honeymoon was an extended trip through the west.1,2,9 She died unexpectedly on 18 April 1960 at Deaconess Hospital in Wenatchee, Chelan Co., Washington, at age 75 from heart disease.10,11,2 She was buried on 21 April 1960 at Wenatchee City Cemetery in Wenatchee, Chelan Co., Washington.12,13
     She and her second husband Harry lived in Malaga, Chelan Co., Washington, probably from at least 1930 to 1948, where he had a fruit farm and she was a bookkeeper for a fruit growers association.3,14,15,16 They moved to nearby Wenatchee, Chelan Co., Washington, sometime before 1960.10
     She was hospitalized after suffering a bad heart attack about 29 June 1959.17

Citations

  1. [S52] "Additional Englewood News", Englewood Times, 11 August 1922, p. 5, col. 6.
  2. [S94] Charles A. Swikert and Charles Mark Burlingham, "Burlingham Genealogy", p. 20.
  3. [S4613] 1930 U.S. Census, Harry L. Burlingham household, Chelan Co., Washington.
  4. [S4630] Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911. Record for Charles W. Stephans and Mildred E. Tait, FHL Film 1266982, Image 575, Ref. No. 656.
  5. [S1699] Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960. Record for Mildred Burlingham, FHL Film 2034031, Image 603, Cert. No. 7141.
  6. [S6195] Mildred Burlingham, Death Certificate. Gives her mother Gertrude's maiden surname as Turtlelock.
  7. [S4174] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. Record for Mildred Tait Burlingham, No. 532-07-2005.
  8. [S94] Charles A. Swikert and Charles Mark Burlingham, "Burlingham Genealogy", p. 20. Mistakenly lists her birth date as 16 August 1887.
  9. [S2863] Cook County, Illinois Marriage Indexes, 1912-1942. Record for Harry L. Burlingham and Mildred Stephens, Serial No. 951682.
  10. [S6195] Mildred Burlingham, Death Certificate.
  11. [S130] Verda Swikert, "Diary (1951-1986)", 19 April 1960. "Mildred died yesterday in Wenachee Wash. hospital suddenly."
  12. [S1871] Find A Grave. Memorial for Mildred E. Burlingham (Mem. No. 55438657), Wenatchee City Cemetery, Wenatchee, Chelan Co., Washington. Created by ReconnectNow, 25 July 2010.
  13. [S130] Verda Swikert, "Diary (1951-1986)", 19 April 1960. "Funeral will be Thursday at 2 PM."
  14. [S4614] 1940 U.S. Census, Harry L. Burlingham household, Chelan Co., Washington.
  15. [S4620] World War II Draft Card, Harry Lee Burlingham.
  16. [S41] Obituary, Nellie Burlingham, unknown newspaper, 2 September 1948.
  17. [S130] Verda Swikert, "Diary (1951-1986)", 29 June 1959.

Grace May Stratton1,2

b. 15 June 1893, d. 12 September 1985
FatherWilfred Stratton1
MotherMattie Shears1
     Grace May Stratton was born on 15 June 1893 in Otsego, Allegan Co., Michigan.2,3 She was married first, by H. C. Chamberlin, Minister, to John Calvin Lovett on 25 September 1912 in Otsego Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan.1,4 She married second Harry Lee Burlingham, son of Samuel Mark Burlingham and Nellie Hunt, on 13 October 1960 in White Pigeon, St. Joseph Co., Michigan. Their children held a reception for them at the Methodist church, and their honeymoon was a three-week trip to Chicago and Washington.5,6,2 She died on 12 September 1985 in Plainwell, Allegan Co., Michigan, at age 92.7 She was buried, as Grace M. Lovett, at Mountain Home Cemetery in Otsego, Allegan Co., Michigan.8
     She lived in Otsego, Allegan Co., Michigan, most of her life.2
     She was seriously injured in a car-truck collision on 17 November 1961 on US 131 near Cooper (Cooper Center?), Michigan. Her husband Harry Lee Burlingham and son Calvin Lovett died in the accident, which occurred at about midnight when the car crossed the center line into the path of a truck. Her daughter-in-law Margaret Lovett (the driver of the car) was also seriously injured.4,2

Citations

  1. [S870] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925. Record for John Calvin Lovett and Grace May Stratton, FHL Film 2342695, Image 576, Vol. 1, p. 37, Rec. No. 9265.
  2. [S94] Charles A. Swikert and Charles Mark Burlingham, "Burlingham Genealogy", p. 20.
  3. [S1468] 1920 U.S. Census, John Lovett household, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  4. [S51] "Wreck Kills Otsego Man, Stepfather", unknown newspaper title.
  5. [S53] "Marriage Announced", unknown newspaper title, 1960.
  6. [S130] Verda Swikert, "Diary (1951-1986)", 17 October 1960. "Harry married Grace Lovett from Otsego & Allegan last Thursday. Her 5 children had a reception for them at the Methodist Church in Otsego."
  7. [S2131] Michigan, U.S., Death Index, 1971-1996. Record for Grace Burlingham.
  8. [S1871] Find A Grave. Memorial for Grace M. (Stratton) Lovett (Mem. No. 61149547), Mountain Home Cemetery, Otsego, Allegan Co., Michigan. Created by Russ Holmes, 5 November 2010.

Howard William Town1,2,3

b. 11 April 1886, d. 22 August 1966
FatherOtis Oren Town2 b. 13 Mar 1854, d. 15 Mar 1937
MotherJennie L. Sowle4,5 b. a 1859, d. 4 Oct 1895
RelationshipGrandfather of Charles Edward Towne
ChartsHoward Town Ancestors
Howard William Town (1886-1966)
     Howard William Town was born on 11 April 1886 in Remus, Mecosta Co., Michigan.6,3,2 He married first Jessie Mae Phillips, daughter of William N. Phillips and Phoebe Artman, on 6 February 1904 in Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan.7 They were divorced on 9 October 1931 in South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana.8 He married second Perla Elisabeth Singley, daughter of Benjamin D. Singley and Susan C. Gaylor, probably about 1937.2,9,10 He died at 5:30 PM on 22 August 1966 at home in Allentown, Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania, at age 80 of cardiac arrest, after suffering an acute myocardial infarction with congestive heart failure five days earlier.2 He was buried on 26 August 1966 at Odd Fellows Cemetery in Tamaqua, Schuylkill Co., Pennsylvania.2
     His last name also appears with the spelling Towne.11
     In 1900 he was living with his father and stepmother Otis O. and Dora Towne at Oxford House on Kearsley St. in Flint, Genesee Co., Michigan.12
     In 1910 he and his first wife Jessie were living with their children Otis, Ione, and Kenneth, as boarders in the home of her parents William and Phoebe Phillips on Town Line Rd. in Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan.13
     Sometime before 12 September 1918, when he registered for the World War I draft, he moved to South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana.6 In the 1919 South Bend city directory he is listed at 1125 Queen St.14, but when he registered for the draft in 1918, and in the 1920 South Bend city directory, he listed his home address as 406 S. Lafayette.15,16 In the 1921 South Bend directory he is listed on Niles Rd.17, and in 1923 and 1925 he is listed on RD Route 5.18 He and his wife Jessie are listed together on RD route 5 in 192619, on RD route 3 in 192820, at 121 1/2 LaPorte Ave. in 1929 and 193021, and at 512 Euclid Ave. in 1931.22
     After his divorce, he lived at 931 S. 30th in South Bend in 193223, at 615 S. 35th in 193324, at 1309 Wilber in 193425, and at 1022 Clover in 1937.26 Living with him were his sons Clarence and Edward in 1932, 1933, 1934, and 1937, his daughter Ione in 1932 and 1933, and his son Kenneth in 1934.27
     In 1938 he was living at 25 N. 14th St. in Allentown, Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania.28 He was back in South Bend by 1941, however, living at 507 1/2 E. South St.29 On 27 April 1942, the date of the Fourth Registration for the World War II Draft, he and his second wife Perla were living at 220 Ida Street in Berwick, Columbia Co., Pennsylvania.3 They lived at 530 High St. in Bethlehem, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, from at least 1947 to 1949.30 At the time of his death in 1966 they were living at 728 North 7th St. in Allentown.2
     He worked at several different jobs over the years. He was a painter in an automobile factory, probably from at least 1904 to 1919 (for the South Bend Spring Wagon Co. in 1919), and again in 1934, in South Bend7,13,1,31; a railroad clerk, probably from 1920 to 1933, and again in 1937 (for the Michigan Central Railroad in 1920 and 1921, and the New Jersey, Indiana, and Illinois Railroad from 1923 to 1931) in South Bend32; a salesman for Real Silk Hosiery Mills in Allentown, Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania, in 193828; a watchman for the Grand Trunk Terminal Warehouse Co. in South Bend in 194129; for A. C. F. (American Car & Foundry) in Berwick, Columbia Co., Pennsylvania, in 19423; and a weigh master for Bethlehem Steel from at least 1947 to 1949 in Bethlehem, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania.30,2

Citations

  1. [S55] Clarence R. Towne, Certified Copy of Birth Record.
  2. [S211] Howard W. Town, Death Certificate.
  3. [S794] World War II Draft Card, Howard William Town.
  4. [S299] Lee Cook and Lucile Town, Marriage License Application.
  5. [S301] Russell Town and Florence Lane, Marriage License Application.
  6. [S690] World War I Draft Registration, Howard William Town.
  7. [S870] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925. Record for Howard Town and Jessie Phillips, FHL Film 2342668, Image 471, Vol. 3, p. 502, Rec. No. 29.
  8. [S7718] Saint Joseph County, Indiana, Divorce Records Index, https://www.sbags.org/divorce.htm, Vol. sjcvdkt36000, File No. 36285.
  9. [S1956] Wilbur J. Singley, The Story of One Family in America, Descendants of Martin Singley, http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/i/n/…, pp. 274,275.
  10. [S2993] City Directory(s) for Allentown, Pennsylvania; 1936-37, p. 808; 1937-38, p. 728. In the 1936-37 directory Perla is listed as Perla Seiwell, the widow of Robt. H., at 25 N. 14th. St. In the 1937-38 directory, Howard is listed at the same address, indicating that he and Perla were then married.
  11. [S213] Obituary, Otis Oren Towne, South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Indiana, 16 March 1937, Sect. 2, p. 7, col. 6.
  12. [S444] 1900 U.S. Census, Otis Town household, Genesee Co., Michigan.
  13. [S1527] 1910 U.S. Census, William Phillips household, Oakland Co., Michigan.
  14. [S2988] City Directory(s) for South Bend, Indiana; 1919, p. 468.
  15. [S690] World War I Draft Registration, Howard William Town. In his draft registration he listed his father Otis as his closest relative, at the same address, not his wife Jessie.
  16. [S2988] City Directory(s) for South Bend, Indiana; 1920, p. 713.
  17. [S2988] City Directory(s) for South Bend, Indiana; 1921, p. 730.
  18. [S2988] City Directory(s) for South Bend, Indiana; 1923, p. 757; 1925, p. 663.
  19. [S2988] City Directory(s) for South Bend, Indiana; 1926, p. 687.
  20. [S2988] City Directory(s) for South Bend, Indiana; 1928, p. 722.
  21. [S2988] City Directory(s) for South Bend, Indiana; 1929, p. 708; 1930, p. 554.
  22. [S2988] City Directory(s) for South Bend, Indiana; 1931, p. 536.
  23. [S2988] City Directory(s) for South Bend, Indiana; 1932, p. 481.
  24. [S2988] City Directory(s) for South Bend, Indiana; 1933, p. 459.
  25. [S2988] City Directory(s) for South Bend, Indiana; 1934, p. 498.
  26. [S2988] City Directory(s) for South Bend, Indiana; 1937, p. 530.
  27. [S2988] City Directory(s) for South Bend, Indiana; 1932, p. 481; 1933, p. 459; 1934, p. 498; 1937, p. 530.
  28. [S2993] City Directory(s) for Allentown, Pennsylvania; 1937-38, p. 728.
  29. [S2988] City Directory(s) for South Bend, Indiana; 1941, p. 614.
  30. [S2994] City Directory(s) for Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; 1947, p. 740; 1949, p. 718.
  31. [S2988] City Directory(s) for South Bend, Indiana; 1919, p. 648; 1934, p. 498.
  32. [S2988] City Directory(s) for South Bend, Indiana; 1920, p. 713; 1921, p. 730; 1923, p. 757; 1925, p. 663; 1926, p. 687; 1928, p. 722; 1929, p. 708; 1930, p. 554; 1931, p. 536; 1933, p. 459; 1937, p. 530.

Jessie Mae Phillips1,2

b. 8 September 1888, d. 16 August 1956
FatherWilliam N. Phillips1 b. Mar 1849, d. 16 Apr 1914
MotherPhoebe Artman1 b. 10 Mar 1849, d. 3 Jul 1917
RelationshipGrandmother of Charles Edward Towne
ChartsJessie Phillips Ancestors
Jessie Mae Phillips (1888-1956)
     Jessie Mae Phillips was born on 8 September 1888 in Pontiac Twp., Oakland Co., Michigan.1,2 She married first Howard William Town, son of Otis Oren Town and Jennie L. Sowle, on 6 February 1904 in Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan.3 They were divorced on 9 October 1931 in South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana.4 She married second Edward Nicholas Dion, son of Charles J. Dion and Mary Pierce, on 4 January 1932 in Porter Co., Indiana.5 They were divorced on 24 March 1942 in St. Joseph Co., Indiana.6 She died of a heart attack at 11:15 PM on 16 August 1956 at her home in South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana, at age 67.2 She was buried on 20 August 1956 at Highland Cemetery in South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana. Funeral services were at the Welsheimer Funeral Home in South Bend, with Rev. Kenneth R. Hemphill of the First Methodist Church officiating.7
     In 1910 she and her first husband Howard were living with their children Otis, Ione, and Kenneth, as boarders in the home of her parents William and Phoebe Phillips on Town Line Rd. in Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan.8 She moved to South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana, in 19182, where she lived the rest of her life.2
     She and Howard are listed on RD route 5 in the 1926 South Bend city directory9, on RD route 3 in 192810, at 121 1/2 LaPorte Ave. in 1929 and 193011, and at 512 Euclid Ave. in 1931.12
     She and her second husband Edward are listed at 311 Ohio in South Bend in 193213, at 1727 Franklin in 193314, at 848 Rush in 193415, and at 806 S. Fellows from 1935 to 1939.16 They are listed together in the 1940 census, along with Jessie's daughter Betty Town, on Sherdian St. in South Bend.17 Later, after her divorce from Edward, she lived with her daughter Betty at 633 Cottage Grove Ave. in 1944, at 1007 Oak in 1945-46, and at 824 1/2 Lindsey in 1947.18 She continued living with Betty and her family after Betty's marriage to Robert Douglass, first at 2511 W. Ewing Ave. from about 1949 to 1955, then at 2005 Marquette Blvd. until her death in 1956.19,2
     She worked as an operator for the Ball-Band Co. in 194420 and as a saleswoman for J. C. Penney in 1945-46.21

Citations

  1. [S1251] Michigan Births, 1867-1902. Record for Jessie Phillips, FHL Film 2321096, Image 422, Item 1, p. 212, Rec. No. 93.
  2. [S216] Obituary, Jessie Mae Town, South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Indiana, 17 August 1956, p. 35, col. 1.
  3. [S870] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925. Record for Howard Town and Jessie Phillips, FHL Film 2342668, Image 471, Vol. 3, p. 502, Rec. No. 29.
  4. [S7718] Saint Joseph County, Indiana, Divorce Records Index, https://www.sbags.org/divorce.htm, Vol. sjcvdkt36000, File No. 36285.
  5. [S1978] Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019. Record for Edward Nicholas Dion and Jessie May Towne, Digital Folder 7740881, Image 763.
  6. [S7718] Saint Joseph County, Indiana, Divorce Records Index, https://www.sbags.org/divorce.htm, Vol. sjcvdkt63000, File No. 63260.
  7. [S217] Jessie Mae Towne, Funeral Card, Welsheimer Funeral Home, South Bend, Indiana, 20 August 1956.
  8. [S1527] 1910 U.S. Census, William Phillips household, Oakland Co., Michigan.
  9. [S2988] City Directory(s) for South Bend, Indiana; 1926, p. 687.
  10. [S2988] City Directory(s) for South Bend, Indiana; 1928, p. 722.
  11. [S2988] City Directory(s) for South Bend, Indiana; 1929, p. 708; 1930, p. 554.
  12. [S2988] City Directory(s) for South Bend, Indiana; 1931, p. 536.
  13. [S2988] City Directory(s) for South Bend, Indiana; 1932, p. 157.
  14. [S2988] City Directory(s) for South Bend, Indiana; 1933, p. 143.
  15. [S2988] City Directory(s) for South Bend, Indiana; 1934, p. 150.
  16. [S2988] City Directory(s) for South Bend, Indiana; 1935, p. 168; 1936, p. 168; 1937, p. 135; 1938, p. 146; 1939, p. 137.
  17. [S5266] 1940 U.S. Census, Edward Dion household, St. Joseph Co., Indiana.
  18. [S2988] City Directory(s) for South Bend, Indiana; 1944, p. 581; 1945-46, p. 654; 1947, p. 769.
  19. [S2988] City Directory(s) for South Bend, Indiana; 1949, pp. 199,767; 1950, pp. 217,842; 1951-52, pp. 207,794; 1953-54, pp. 196,809; 1954-55, p. 444; 1956, p. 172.
  20. [S2988] City Directory(s) for South Bend, Indiana; 1944, p. 581.
  21. [S2988] City Directory(s) for South Bend, Indiana; 1945-46, p. 654.

Calvin Phelps1

b. 30 May 1790, d. 12 March 1877
FatherPhilip Phelps2 b. b 1755
MotherCatherine Moss2 b. b 1755
Relationship3rd great-grandfather of Charles Edward Towne
ChartsCharles Swikert Ancestors
     Calvin Phelps was born on 30 May 1790 (based on his age at death of 86 years, 9 months, 13 days, as inscribed on his tombstone; the Burlingham genealogy says he was born 27 June 1790) in Blandford, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.3,4,5 He married first Laura Stiles, daughter of Ephraim Stiles and Esther Moseley, on 4 January 1815 (Stiles says in 1814).6,5,7 He was married second, by A. G. Gardner, Justice of the Peace, to Martha P. Maynard, daughter of Moses Maynard and Lucy Davis, on 6 March 1837 in Auburn, Geauga Co., Ohio.6,8 He died on 12 March 1877 in Newbury, Geauga Co., Ohio, at age 86 (his obituary says at age 87) of inflammation of the bladder.6,4,3 He was buried at South Newbury Cemetery (Section 1, Lot 17) in Geauga Co., Ohio.3
     He lived in Blandford, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, until 1811.4 At age 21, he moved with his parents to St. Lawrence Co., New York.4,9 He was one of five founding members of the First Congregational Church in Russell, St. Lawrence Co., New York.4
     During the War of 1812 he served as a private and corporal in Capt. Josiah Farrar's detached Company of New York Militia, Lt. Col. Christopher P. Bellinger's Regiment. He enlisted at Russell, St. Lawrence Co., New York, on 12 May 1812, and was stationed at Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence Co., where his duties were to guard the harbor and the vicinity, and to enforce the no-intercourse law then in effect barring trade with England and France. He was not in any battles. He was paid $5.00/month, plus a clothing allowance of $12.07 at the end of the second term. He was officially discharged at Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence Co., on 3 September 1812. He applied for bounty land under the Congressional Act of 28 September 1850, and received two land warrants. On 18 April 1871 he applied for a pension under the Congressional Act of 14 February 1871, and received $8.00/month starting 30 October 1871. He also applied for an award based on his service, and received $115.00.10,4,6,11,12,13,14
     He and his first wife Laura moved from Ohio to Bellevue, Eaton Co., Michigan, about 1834, traveling by covered wagon with four other families, presumably including his brother Asa.15,16 The family suffered from disease a great deal. Quoting Mrs. John T. Hayt in Pioneer Collections, Report of the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan, Vol. 3:

     For several years after the first settlement of the town there was sickness every fall. Many cases were fatal, and no one felt safe without quinine in the house. Calvin Phelps buried his wife and four children during the years 1835-1836. [This would have been his wife Laura (d 18 May 1835, age 38), and children Calvin, Jr. (d 18 November 1834, age 2 months), Asa (d 12 December 1834, age 15), Esther (d 5 April 1836, age 20), and Ager (d 1836, age about 15).] I think their mode of living was little less fatal than the climate. Their house was open to the weather; sometimes they lived quite well on bread and meat, at other times their daily food was boiled fresh fish and corn bread without butter, etc.17

     He was one of four voters in the first election in Eaton Co., Michigan, in April 1835. The election was held in a log shanty. Three of the voters, including Calvin Phelps, made up the election board. In the morning, he took off his hat, stood in front of the shanty, and declared "The polls of this election are now opened," and warned all present to keep the peace. The four voters elected themselves to the best offices.18,19 He was a delegate to the first county convention held to nominate county officers. There were 17 delegates, one for every 50 people in the county. The convention was held at the log house of Jonathan Searls in Eaton, Eaton Co., Michigan, on 7 March 1838.20
     Although they were married in Geauga Co., Ohio, where Martha's family lived, he and his second wife Martha settled in Bellevue, Eaton Co., Michigan, where Calvin had moved three years earlier. Since Calvin had supposedly moved his family to Michigan from Ohio, it seems possible that he had lived in the Geauga Co. area before moving to Michigan, and that he and Martha had known each other from that time.15,6
     On 2 November 1837, eight months after his marriage to Martha Maynard, he received land patents for two tracts of land that he had purchased from the federal government, totaling 117.44 acres in Eaton Co., Michigan.21,22 About a year and a half later, on 1 May 1839, he was issued a patent for 80 acres that he had purchased in Calhoun Co., Michigan.23
     In 1841 he was the victim of an attack by John Miller. In November of that year Miller was indicted for assault with intent to commit murder, and for perjury. He pled insanity, was found not guilty of perjury, and the assault charge was dismissed. He was still considered dangerous, however, and was confined to prison.24 In the book Pioneer Collections, Report of the Pioneer and Historical Society of the State of Michigan, Vol. 8, in the chapter "Recollections of Some of the Pioneers of Bellevue," John F. Hinman relates the following story about the assault:

     Calvin Phelps, commonly known as "Old Esquire Phelps," was one of the early legal lights of Bellevue, and many a time he has had charge of a lawsuit ... in fact, at that time he was looked upon by some of the people to be legal wisdom itself. At this time there lived in the town of Walton a man by the name of John Miller, who, as it afterwards proved, was partially insane. Miller was quite a hunter, and killed many a good deer. He always carried a portion of the blade of a butcher knife, in a leather case, in his pocket, to use in skinning his game.
     Miller got it into his head that a large amount of property had been left to him, and that some of this property consisted of real estate, located in Detroit. He took legal advice of "Old Esquire Phelps" about the matter, and sent Phelps to Detroit to look up the property. Phelps, on his return, went up to Walton to make his report; and in order to keep everything secret Miller and Phelps went down under a hill, got on to the fence, when Phelps made his report, in substance, that there was no property that he could find in Detroit belonging to Miller. At this Miller became excited, drew out his knife, and commenced sharpening it on his boot. Phelps said he wanted some water: Miller replied, "don't trouble yourself about water, you'll not want water long." Phelps thought that if his legs were good for anything it was a good time to give them a trial, jumped down from the fence, and ran for his life. Miller followed him a short distance, but Phelps out-footed him and made his escape.
     The next day there was quite a gathering at our store, where Phelps was relating the story. Esquire Hunsicker was present, and in a laughing manner said: "Why, Phelps, they say you run." Phelps, who had a peculiar way when he talked of drawing in his breath, said in reply: "Esquire Hunsicker, if you had been in my place yesterday, I tell you what it is, I shouldn't have craved the job of doing your washing." This reply settled the question, and turned the laugh on Hunsicker.25

     He and his wife Martha moved from Bellevue to Newbury Twp., Geauga Co., Ohio, in June 1848.6 They are listed in the census of 1850 in Auburn Twp., Geauga Co., Ohio, along with their children Calvin M. and M. O. Phelps. His occupation is listed as farmer. They were living next door to Martha's brother Luther and his family. Also listed in Luther's household were his (and Martha's) parents Moses and Lucy Maynard, and Calvin's daughter C. M. Phelps.26 In 1850 he was taxed 9.1 cents on property in Auburn Twp. valued at $14.27
     In the 1860 census he and Martha are listed in South Newbury, Geauga Co., Ohio. Living with them were their daughter Martha and her husband Clinton Morton. Calvin's occupation is listed as a carpenter.28 They are listed twice in the 1870 census, both times in Newbury Twp. Calvin's occupation is listed as a farmer.29,30
     His will was dated 30 April 1873 in Geauga Co., Ohio, and proved 1 May 1877. Witnesses to the will were William B. Maynard and George William Wilson, who was also named as executor. Wilson apparently refused the duty, however, and E. J. Wicks was appointed administrator. In his will he left all his property to his wife Martha, with the proviso that the executor could sell his real estate to pay debts, except for one acre reserved for his wife. The land was sold on 20 December 1877 to his widow for $500. At her death, any property remaining was to go to his daughters Charity M. Burlingham, Margaret S. Pratt, and Martha O. Gilbert. Charity and Margaret were specifically left two feather beds and a pair of gold earrings that had belonged to their mother. He died insolvent. The final administrator's account dated 21 May 1878 showed credits of $30.00 from the sale of a cow, $26.40 from a pension, and $500.00 from the sale of his land (to his widow Martha), for a total of $556.40. After his burial expenses and debts were paid, $493.20 was left, which was "paid out to widow for years support."31,32

Children of Calvin Phelps and Laura Stiles

Children of Calvin Phelps and Martha P. Maynard

Citations

  1. [S934] Churrley Mandana Burlingham, Death Certificate.
  2. [S102] Oliver Seymour Phelps and Andrew T. Servin, The Phelps Family of America, Vol. 2, pp. 1715,1716.
  3. [S111] Violet Warren and Jean Grosvenor, A Monumental Work - Inscriptions and Internments in Geauga County, Ohio, Through 1983, p. 446.
  4. [S142] Obituary, Calvin Phelps, Geauga Republican, Chardon, Ohio, 18 April 1877, col. 5.
  5. [S94] Charles A. Swikert and Charles Mark Burlingham, "Burlingham Genealogy", p. 3.
  6. [S355] Calvin Phelps pension file, Nos. SO 11894, SC 7298, WO 22460, WC 20442; Bounty Land Nos. WT 89097-40-50, WT 14343-120-55.
  7. [S114] Henry Reed Stiles, The Stiles Family in America, pp. 277,278.
  8. [S540] Calvin Phelps and Martha Maynard, Marriage Record.
  9. [S463] Letter(s), Nancy O'Brien to Charles Towne, 3 May 1999.
  10. [S283] Calvin Phelps, Compiled Military Service File.
  11. [S109] New York Adjutant General's Office, Index of Awards on Claims of the Soldiers of the War of 1812, p. 370, #7587.
  12. [S112] Virgil D. White, Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, Vol. 3: N-Z, p. 1418.
  13. [S141] Hugh Hastings and Henry Harmon Noble, Military Minutes of the Council of Appointment of the State of New York, 1783-1821, Vol. 2, pp. 1715,1716.
  14. [S3346] There was apparently another, different, Calvin Phelps who served as an ensign in the 123rd Regt., St. Lawrence Co., New York.
  15. [S94] Charles A. Swikert and Charles Mark Burlingham, "Burlingham Genealogy", p. 3A.
  16. [S4638] Obituary, Charity Mendana Phelps, The Otsego Union, Otsego, Michigan, 5 March 1914, p. 4, col. 2.
  17. [S106] [Anonymous], Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections, Vol. 3, p. 393.
  18. [S104] [Anonymous], Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections, Vol. 29, p. 351.
  19. [S106] [Anonymous], Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections, Vol. 3, pp. 387,391.
  20. [S104] [Anonymous], Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections, Vol. 29, p. 342.
  21. [S437] Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records. Ionia, Michigan, Acc. No. MI2580__.415, Doc. No. 1982. The west half of the northwest quarter in Section 19 of Township 1 north Range 5 west, 77.44 acres.
  22. [S437] Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records. Ionia, Michigan, Acc. No. MI2580__.417, Doc. No. 1984. The southwest quarter of the southeast quarter in Section 7 of Township 1 north Range 6 west, 40 acres.
  23. [S437] Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records. Bronson, Michigan, Acc. No. MI1310__.491, Doc. No. 10657. The southwest quarter of the northeast quarter and the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter in Section 4 of Township 2 south Range 7 west.
  24. [S9556] Samuel W. Durant, History of Ingham and Eaton Counties Michigan, p. 362.
  25. [S105] [Anonymous], Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections, Vol. 8, p. 208.
  26. [S509] 1850 U.S. Census, Calvin Phelps household, Geauga Co., Ohio.
  27. [S539] Calvin Phelps entry, 1850 Tax Duplicates, Geauga Co., Ohio.
  28. [S1926] 1860 U.S. Census, Calvin Phelps household, Geauga Co., Ohio.
  29. [S1921] 1870 U.S. Census, Calvin Phelps household, Geauga Co., Ohio.
  30. [S1922] 1870 U.S. Census, Calvin Phelps household, Geauga Co., Ohio.
  31. [S144] Probate Records, Geauga Co., Ohio, File P-266; records for Calvin Phelps.
  32. [S145] Probate Records, Geauga Co., Ohio, File P-411; records for Calvin Phelps.
  33. [S938] Margaret S. Pratt, Death Certificate.
  34. [S143] Raymond Adler, "Family Group Record for Calvin Phelps."
  35. [S939] Martha Olivia Gilbert, Death Certificate.

Laura Stiles1

b. 16 September 1796, d. 18 May 1835
FatherEphraim Stiles2 b. 30 Nov 1761, d. 22 Aug 1844
MotherEsther Moseley2 b. 19 Jun 1761, d. 20 Nov 1843
Relationship3rd great-grandmother of Charles Edward Towne
ChartsCharles Swikert Ancestors
     Laura Stiles was born on 16 September 1796 in Westfield, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts (the Burlingham genealogy says in Russell, St. Lawrence Co., New York).2,3 She married Calvin Phelps, son of Philip Phelps and Catherine Moss, on 4 January 1815 (Stiles says in 1814).4,3,2 She died on 18 May 1835 at age 38.3,2 She was buried at Bellevue Cemetery in Bellevue, Eaton Co., Michigan. She, and her children who died young, were the first burials at Bellevue Cemetery. Records were not started there until 1850, and thus these first burials are not shown.5
     She and her husband Calvin moved from Ohio to Bellevue, Eaton Co., Michigan, about 1834, traveling by covered wagon with four other families.5,6

Children of Laura Stiles and Calvin Phelps

Citations

  1. [S934] Churrley Mandana Burlingham, Death Certificate.
  2. [S114] Henry Reed Stiles, The Stiles Family in America, pp. 277,278.
  3. [S94] Charles A. Swikert and Charles Mark Burlingham, "Burlingham Genealogy", p. 3.
  4. [S355] Calvin Phelps pension file, Nos. SO 11894, SC 7298, WO 22460, WC 20442; Bounty Land Nos. WT 89097-40-50, WT 14343-120-55.
  5. [S94] Charles A. Swikert and Charles Mark Burlingham, "Burlingham Genealogy", p. 3A.
  6. [S4638] Obituary, Charity Mendana Phelps, The Otsego Union, Otsego, Michigan, 5 March 1914, p. 4, col. 2.
  7. [S938] Margaret S. Pratt, Death Certificate.

Ann Sherwood1,2

b. 22 February 1807, d. 3 July 1847
FatherHull Sherwood3 b. 10 Oct 1769, d. 4 Mar 1837
MotherAnn Eaton3 b. a 1773, d. 8 Jul 1839
     Ann Sherwood was born on 22 February 1807 in Richfield, Otsego Co., New York.2 She was married first, by Col. Isaac Barnes, to Erastus Ami Jackson on 5 February 1832 (the History of Allegan and Barry Counties, Michigan, says December 1832) in Allegan Co., Michigan. This was a double wedding, with the bride's sister Mary and A. L. Cotton, and was the first wedding in Allegan County.4,5 She married second Philip Burlingham, son of Philip Burlingham and Polly Babcock, on 27 April 1836 in Otsego Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan. They were married by Oka Town, husband of the bride's sister Martha Sherwood. The witnesses were (--?--) Thomas and Martha Town (probably the bride's sister).1 She died on 3 July 1847, in childbirth at age 40.2
     In her first husband Erastus Jackson's will, dated 29 June 1835 and recorded on 7 December 1835, she and her brother Hull Sherwood were named executors. The will left everything to her and their daughter Calista, to be divided equally. In the final settlement, on 2 February 1844, she received 25 acres of their property, and Calista received the remaining 34.42 acres.6,7
     On 10 January 1856 the court in Allegan Co. appointed a commission to appraise and divide the property left to her by her first husband equally among her surviving children Calista Squier (by her first husband), and Susan Price, Ann Burlingham, Martha Burlingham, and Erastus J. Burlingham (by her second husband Philip Burlingham). The latter three were minors, and wards of Philip Burlingham. At that date, the land consisted of Lots 6-9, 18, 21-27, and 30-68, all in Burlingham's Addition to Otsego Village, and was appraised at $2000. The commissioners apportioned the land among the five children on 16 January, with each receiving a selection of lots valued at $400.8

Children of Ann Sherwood and Philip Burlingham

     A letter written by Fay Johnson, Philip Burlingham's grandson by his daughter Martha and her husband Stafford Johnson, lists the following children for Philip and his first wife Ann Sherwood: Ann, Lousetta, Nettie, Martha B., and Jackson. Of these, Ann, Martha, and Jackson (Erastus Jackson) are also named as his children in other sources. Nettie is probably Calista Antonett Jackson, his first wife's daughter by her first husband Erastus A. Jackson. Lousetta may be Susan. We also have Philip and Samuel as children of Philip Burlingham and Ann Sherwood, although both died young.11
     Information from another researcher lists an additional child for Philip Burlingham and Ann Sherwood, a twin of their daughter Ann Burlingham named Albert Burlingham, born 19 January 1839 and died 2 October 1840. However, no other evidence has been found for him.12

Citations

  1. [S3295] Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940. Record for Philip Burlingham and Ann Jackson, FHL Film 1017875, Image 6, p. 2.
  2. [S94] Charles A. Swikert and Charles Mark Burlingham, "Burlingham Genealogy", p. 4.
  3. [S132] Ruth Robbins Monteith, Wills and Estates, Allegan County, Michigan, 1835-1872, pp. 11,12, File 6.
  4. [S3295] Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940. Record for Erastus A. Jackson and Ann Sherwood, FHL Film 984140, Image 8, p. 5.
  5. [S155] [Anonymous], History of Allegan and Barry Counties, Michigan, pp. 32,46,47.
  6. [S6122] Record of Deeds, Allegan Co., Michigan, Vol. 13 (1855-1856), pp. 309-312; records for Erastus A. Jackson. The land was an east fraction of the northeast quarter of Section 22 in Otsego Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan. Ann's share was 25 acres "off the east side of said fraction," with Calista receiving the rest.
  7. [S4153] Ethel Williams et. al., Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Probate Records 1831-1857, pp. 10,11, File No. 15.
  8. [S6115] Record of Deeds, Allegan Co., Michigan, Vol. 13 (1855-1856), pp. 314-320; records for Ann Burlingham. Calista Squier received Lots 8, 9, 18 ,21, 30-32, 67, and 68, Susan Price received Lots 6, 23, 24, 33-35, 47, and 48, Ann Burlingham received Lots 7, 22, 25-27, 36, 45, and 65, Martha Burlingham received Lots 39-42, 49-52, and 59-64, and Erastus Burlingham received Lots 37, 38, 43, 44, 46, 53-58, and 66.
  9. [S4196] Susan Rice, Death Certificate.
  10. [S132] Ruth Robbins Monteith, Wills and Estates, Allegan County, Michigan, 1835-1872, p. 42, File 184.
  11. [S547] "Burlingham Genealogy," E-mail from Ruth (Clements) Scott to Charles Towne, November 2000.
  12. [S638] "Burlingham Genealogy," E-mail from Donna (Higby) Metcalfe to Charles Towne, February to May 2005.

Laura Ann Phelps1,2

b. 16 August 1824, d. 22 July 1854
FatherCalvin Phelps1 b. 30 May 1790, d. 12 Mar 1877
MotherLaura Stiles1 b. 16 Sep 1796, d. 18 May 1835
Relationship2nd great-grandaunt of Charles Edward Towne
     Laura Ann Phelps was born on 16 August 1824 in Edwards, St. Lawrence Co., New York.3,4,2 She married first John W. Mountjoy on 18 December 1843 in Eaton, Eaton Co., Michigan.5,3 She married second Philip Burlingham, son of Philip Burlingham and Polly Babcock, on 7 March 1849 in Otsego Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan. They were married by Abram Hoag, and the witnesses were John G. South and Betsey South.2 She died on 22 July 1854 at age 29.4,3 She was buried at Pine Creek Cemetery in Otsego Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan.4
     She moved to Michigan with her parents when she was young.3 She and her second husband Philip are listed in Otsego Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan, in the 1850 census with their children Susan, Ann, Martha, Erastus J., and Inez I. Also listed are Chester Mountjoy and Wm. H. Mountjoy, Laura's sons from her first marriage, to John W. Mountjoy.6

Children of Laura Ann Phelps and John W. Mountjoy

Children of Laura Ann Phelps and Philip Burlingham

     Fay Johnson's letter lists Julia, Calvin, Justin, and Phillip as children of Philip's second wife Laura Ann Phelps. Calvin (Ami Calvin) and Philip are consistent with other sources. It seems likely that Julia is actually Julia Pryor, the second wife of Ann Burlingham's husband Warren Johnson. And Justin must be Justin Moss Burlingham, actually one of Philip's sons by his third wife. We also list Inez Isabella as a child from Philip's second marriage.10
     In the family Burlingham Genealogy, an additional child is listed from his second marriage, Ann Calvina, a twin of Ami Calvin. The entry is handwritten, not part of the original manuscript. It's unclear where this information came from, but it is probably incorrect. The family's entry in the 1860 census lists an "Amu C." (the spelling of the first name is unclear), age 9, as a female. But no male named Ami Calvin is listed, and this entry is most likely actually his, listed as female by mistake. No other record has been found for an Ann Calvina.3

Citations

  1. [S94] Charles A. Swikert and Charles Mark Burlingham, "Burlingham Genealogy", p. 3.
  2. [S3295] Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940. Record for Philip Burlingham and Laura Ann Mountjoy, FHL Film 1017875, Image 39, p. 67.
  3. [S94] Charles A. Swikert and Charles Mark Burlingham, "Burlingham Genealogy", p. 5.
  4. [S70] Ruth Robbins Monteith, Cemetery Inscriptions, Allegan County, Michigan, Vol. 2, p. 94.
  5. [S1624] Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995. Record for John W. Mountjoy and Laury Ann Phelps, FHL Film 966594.
  6. [S1335] 1850 U.S. Census, Philip Burlingham household, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  7. [S5086] Wm. Henry Mountjoy, Death Certificate.
  8. [S921] Calvin Burlingham, Death Certificate.
  9. [S4592] Phillip Burlingham, Death Certificate.
  10. [S547] "Burlingham Genealogy," E-mail from Ruth (Clements) Scott to Charles Towne, November 2000.

Justin Scott1

b. 17 September 1824, d. 25 March 1854
FatherGiles Scott2 b. a 1794, d. 13 May 1840
MotherOlive Sherwood2 b. a 1798, d. 18 May 1872
     Justin Scott was born on 17 September 1824 (his marriage record says he was 24 in 1853, but this is likely an error) in Monroe Co., New York.3,4,5,1 He married Charity Mandana Phelps, daughter of Calvin Phelps and Laura Stiles, on 7 April 1853 in Otsego Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan. One of the witnesses was a Mrs. Burlingham, probably Charity's sister Laura.1 He died on 25 March 1854 at age 29.6,3 He was buried at Pine Creek Cemetery in Otsego Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan.3
     On 14 July 1842, after the death of his father Giles Scott in May 1840, his uncle Philip Burlingham was appointed as his guardian.2
     He served in the U. S. Army during the Mexican War, enlisting in Co. B, Regiment of Mounted Riflemen, on 16 July 1847 in Otsego, Michigan. At the time of his enlistment he was described as being 5 feet 8 3/4 inches tall, with hazel eyes, brown hair, and a fair complexion.
     The regiment was originally created in May 1846 to protect wagon trains along the Oregon Trail, but was soon redirected to service in the Mexican War. During Justin Scott's service they fought in the Battles of Contreras and Churubusco on 19 and 20 August 1847, supported the assault on Chapultepec on 13 September, and entered Mexico City on 14 September. They returned to Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, on 24 July 1848, where Justin Scott was discharged at the end of his service on 31 July 1848.4,7
     He is listed as a farmer in the 1850 census for Otsego Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan.5

More Information / Background

Child of Justin Scott and Charity Mandana Phelps

Citations

  1. [S3295] Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940. Record for Justin Scott and Charity M. Phelps, FHL Film 1017875, Image 69.
  2. [S132] Ruth Robbins Monteith, Wills and Estates, Allegan County, Michigan, 1835-1872, p. 12, File 11.
  3. [S70] Ruth Robbins Monteith, Cemetery Inscriptions, Allegan County, Michigan, Vol. 2, p. 94.
  4. [S3070] U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914.
  5. [S1336] 1850 U.S. Census, Olive Scott household, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  6. [S4638] Obituary, Charity Mendana Phelps, The Otsego Union, Otsego, Michigan, 5 March 1914, p. 4, col. 2.
  7. [S3071] 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php
  8. [S94] Charles A. Swikert and Charles Mark Burlingham, "Burlingham Genealogy", p. 6.

Frank Henry Woodin1,2,3

b. 8 December 1849, d. 11 April 1915
FatherFederal W. Woodin4,5 b. 11 Nov 1811, d. 20 Feb 1901
MotherMaria Brazee4,5 b. a 1817, d. a Jan 1853
Relationship2nd great-grandfather of Charles Edward Towne
ChartsVerda Williamson Ancestors
Frank Henry Woodin (1849-1915)
     Frank Henry Woodin was born on 8 December 1849 (his grave marker says 1850) in Trumbull Co., Ohio.4,6,7 He married Isabell Delilah Dornan, daughter of William Dornan and Nancy McClurg, on 7 March 1876 in Ganges, Allegan Co., Michigan. They were married by John R. Oden, Minister, and the witnesses were Julia Parsons and Kate R. Oden.8,9,3 He died on 11 April 1915 in Ganges Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan, at age 65 from uremic poisoning, with an enlarged prostate as a contributing factor.4,10 He was buried on 14 April 1915 at Plummerville Cemetery in Allegan Co., Michigan.4
     In the 1850 and 1870 censuses, his given name is listed as Francis.6,11 He came to Allegan Co., Michigan, from Ohio with his parents in 1862.5,12,13 He and his wife Isabell continued to live there after their marriage. His widowed father Federal lived with them, probably from at least 1880 to 1900.14,15,16 At the time of his death, he owned land in Ganges Twp. described as the "E 1/3 of the N 3/4 of the W 1/2 NE 1/4 Sec. 29, T-2-North, Range 16-East ... 20 acres."1 He was a farmer all his life, either on a general farm or, in 1900 at least, a fruit farm.14,15,16,4

Children of Frank Henry Woodin and Isabell Delilah Dornan

Citations

  1. [S294] Probate Records, Order for Determination of Heirs, Allegan Co., Michigan, File No. 22835; records for Frank Henry Woodin.
  2. [S1251] Michigan Births, 1867-1902. Record for Bertha Wooden, FHL Film 2320451, Image 39, Item 2, p. 23, Rec. No. 1047.
  3. [S166] Kit Lane, The History of Western Allegan County, F219. Article by Mary Lou Ridley.
  4. [S975] Frank H. Woodin, Death Certificate.
  5. [S245] Henry F. Thomas, A Twentieth Century History of Allegan County, Michigan, p. 153.
  6. [S507] 1850 U.S. Census, Federal Woodin household, Trumbull Co., Ohio.
  7. [S1061] Helen Ringer and Robin Ellis, Plummerville Cemetery Records, http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/allegan/cemeteries/…
  8. [S870] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925. Record for Frederick H. Woodin and Isabell D. Dorning, FHL Film 2342459, Image 235, Vol. 1, p. 17, Rec. No. 655.
  9. [S1624] Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995. Record for Frank Woodin and Isabella Delilah Dorning, FHL Film 1017876, Ref. No. 164-655.
  10. [S81] Williamson Family Bible.
  11. [S1351] 1870 U.S. Census, Federal Woodin household, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  12. [S447] "The Herald's Nonagenarian Club - Today, Mrs. Mary Gile, Allegan", unknown newspaper title, June 1930(?).
  13. [S449] Article about Sarah (Woodin) Clark, unknown newspaper title, 1929(?).
  14. [S1377] 1880 U.S. Census, Frank Woodin household, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  15. [S1421] 1900 U.S. Census, Frank Woodin household, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  16. [S1450] 1910 U.S. Census, Frank Woodin household, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  17. [S870] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925. Record for Edward Woodin and Ruby Orr, FHL Film 2342663, Image 40, Vol. 1, p. 49, Rec. No. 6326.
  18. [S250] Edward Ira Woodin, Death Certificate.
  19. [S1251] Michigan Births, 1867-1902. Record for Mary Woodin, FHL Film 2320571, Image 191, Item 2, p. 26, Rec. No. 1135.
  20. [S1251] Michigan Births, 1867-1902. Record for Lillie Mae Woodin, FHL Film 2320577, Image 555, Item 3, p. 25, Rec. No. 302.
  21. [S1625] Michigan Births and Christenings, 1775-1995. Record for Minnie Woodin, FHL Film 17868.

Isabell Delilah Dornan1,2,3

b. 14 August 1850, d. 21 May 1928
FatherWilliam Dornan4,1,5 b. 30 Mar 1820, d. 12 Oct 1892
MotherNancy McClurg1,5 b. 10 Jul 1822, d. 18 Mar 1870
Relationship2nd great-grandmother of Charles Edward Towne
ChartsVerda Williamson Ancestors
Isabell Delilah Dornan (1850-1928)
     Isabell Delilah Dornan was born on 14 August 1850 in Ohio.1,6,7 She married Frank Henry Woodin, son of Federal W. Woodin and Maria Brazee, on 7 March 1876 in Ganges, Allegan Co., Michigan. They were married by John R. Oden, Minister, and the witnesses were Julia Parsons and Kate R. Oden.8,2,5 She died on 21 May 1928 in Ganges Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan, at age 77. Her death certificate lists the cause of death as "Senility - Herpes Zoster" (i.e., shingles).1,9 She was buried on 24 May 1928 at Plummerville Cemetery in Fennville, Allegan Co., Michigan.1,10
     She and her husband Frank lived in Ganges Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan. Her husband's widowed father Federal lived with them, probably from at least 1880 to 1900.11,6,12
     She died intestate, and Perry Wright was appointed administrator of her estate. A petition by her son Edward for appointment of an administrator listed the estimated value of her real estate as $1200, with no personal property. The real estate was apparently sold, and the proceeds distributed to the heirs.13

Children of Isabell Delilah Dornan and Frank Henry Woodin

Citations

  1. [S5167] Isabel D. Woodin, Death Certificate.
  2. [S1624] Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995. Record for Frank Woodin and Isabella Delilah Dorning, FHL Film 1017876, Ref. No. 164-655.
  3. [S71] Bertha Matilda Williamson, Death Certificate, Registration District No. 43.1, Registered No. 57 (23 January 1957).
  4. [S293] Probate Records, Allegan Co., Michigan, File No. 3080; records for William Dornan.
  5. [S166] Kit Lane, The History of Western Allegan County, F219. Article by Mary Lou Ridley.
  6. [S1421] 1900 U.S. Census, Frank Woodin household, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  7. [S3346] Her birth date of 14 August 1850 is from her death certificate, and agrees with her entry in the 1900 census, and her age listed in her marriage record and in the 1860 and 1870 censuses. Her cemetery marker has her birth year as 1852, which agrees with her age listed in the 1880 and 1910 censuses. Most records say she was born in Ohio, except her marriage record, which says Pennsylvania, and the 1880 census, which says Michigan.
  8. [S870] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925. Record for Frederick H. Woodin and Isabell D. Dorning, FHL Film 2342459, Image 235, Vol. 1, p. 17, Rec. No. 655.
  9. [S81] Williamson Family Bible.
  10. [S1061] Helen Ringer and Robin Ellis, Plummerville Cemetery Records, http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/allegan/cemeteries/…
  11. [S1377] 1880 U.S. Census, Frank Woodin household, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  12. [S1450] 1910 U.S. Census, Frank Woodin household, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  13. [S295] Probate Records, Allegan Co., Michigan, File No. 13654; records for Isabel D. Woodin.
  14. [S1251] Michigan Births, 1867-1902. Record for Bertha Wooden, FHL Film 2320451, Image 39, Item 2, p. 23, Rec. No. 1047.
  15. [S250] Edward Ira Woodin, Death Certificate.
  16. [S1251] Michigan Births, 1867-1902. Record for Mary Woodin, FHL Film 2320571, Image 191, Item 2, p. 26, Rec. No. 1135.
  17. [S294] Probate Records, Order for Determination of Heirs, Allegan Co., Michigan, File No. 22835; records for Frank Henry Woodin.
  18. [S1251] Michigan Births, 1867-1902. Record for Lillie Mae Woodin, FHL Film 2320577, Image 555, Item 3, p. 25, Rec. No. 302.
  19. [S1625] Michigan Births and Christenings, 1775-1995. Record for Minnie Woodin, FHL Film 17868.

William Dornan1,2,3

b. 30 March 1820, d. 12 October 1892
FatherJohn Dornan4 d. 1845
MotherRachel Crow4 d. 1830
Relationship3rd great-grandfather of Charles Edward Towne
ChartsVerda Williamson Ancestors
     William Dornan was born on 30 March 1820 in Elk Run Twp., Columbiana Co., Ohio.5,6,3,7,8 He was married first, by Jon. Morris, J. P., to Nancy McClurg, daughter of William McClurg and Nancy (?), on 30 November 1847 in Elk Run Twp., Columbiana Co., Ohio.9,3,10,11 He married second Mary Jane Riheldaffar on 23 November 1873.12,10 He died on 12 October 1892 (Allegan Co. Pioneer Society Records say 9 October 1892) in Ganges Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan, at age 72.5,13,12,10,7 He was buried at Plummerville Cemetery in Allegan Co., Michigan.5
     In 1851 William Dornan and his wife Nancy settled in Ganges Twp., Allegan Co., Michigan. William moved his family there after a prospecting tour. They settled on section 20, and cleared 80 acres by hand. They later sold this property, and bought 160 acres in sections 20 and 29. Still later they moved to section 7, where they bought a 37-acre fruit farm.3,12,10 He was a farmer, producing as much as 55 bushels of wheat per acre.3
     He is listed in the census of 1870 in Ganges Twp., with his children Marcus (age 21), Isabel (19), John (17), Robert (15), George (14), Matilda (12), Ira (9), and Harvey (6). He owned real estate valued at $6400, and personal property valued at $1200.14 He and his second wife Mary are listed in the 1880 census in Ganges, Allegan Co., Michigan, with his son Ira E. (age 18), daughter Matilda R. Howell (age 22), and grandson Willie (age 2).6
     Ridley lists separate daughters for William Dornan named Matilda and Rachel M. However, his daughter Rachel M., who would have been 12 at that time, is not listed in the 1870 census, but Matilda is listed, as age 12. And Matilda R. Howell, age 22, is listed in the 1880 census. It seems likely that the daughter Matilda given by Ridley is actually Rachel Matilda (or possible Matilda Rachel).14,3,6
     At one point during his life he lost all his possessions in a fire, and started over.3,10 He was a Methodist.3,10 He was once a member of the Democratic Party, and was also associated with the Greenback Party.3,10
     He died intestate, and the inventory of his estate, with Ira E. Dornan named as administrator, listed the following property:

Lot bd N by Howard and Highway, E by Highway, S by Plummer, W by Plummer and Lake Mich. Sec 7 Town 2 N R 16 West containing 400 acres valued at: $1200.00
1 horse: 75.00
cow and calf: 30.00
3 old harness: 5.00
1 grain cradle 1 scythe and _____ (old): 1.00
lumber: 1.25
1 pitchfork 1 dung fork 1 _____ and some old bushel baskets: 2.00
1 plow 1 drag 1 cultivator 1 iron vise (all old): 10.00
1 set scales: 5.00
1 lumber wagon (old): 15.00
1 buggy (old): 20.00
household goods and furniture (mostly old): 100.00

We also find notes with interest accrued to the amount of $482.66 which we consider valueless as they are long past due and can not be collected.12

Children of William Dornan and Nancy McClurg

Citations

  1. [S5167] Isabel D. Woodin, Death Certificate.
  2. [S5164] Geo. O. Dornan, Death Certificate.
  3. [S166] Kit Lane, The History of Western Allegan County, F219. Article by Mary Lou Ridley.
  4. [S166] Kit Lane, The History of Western Allegan County, F215. Article by Mary Lou Ridley.
  5. [S1061] Helen Ringer and Robin Ellis, Plummerville Cemetery Records, http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/allegan/cemeteries/…
  6. [S1378] 1880 U.S. Census, William Dornan household, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  7. [S210] Ruth Robbins Monteith, Allegan County Pioneer Society, Record of members from 1876-1902, p. 25.
  8. [S1339] 1860 U.S. Census, William Dornan household, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  9. [S70] Ruth Robbins Monteith, Cemetery Inscriptions, Allegan County, Michigan, Vol. 3, p. 83.
  10. [S462] Letter(s), Kathleen Bryant to Charles Towne, 29 October 1998.
  11. [S511] Carol Willsey Bell, Columbiana County Ohio Marriages 1800-1870, p. 77.
  12. [S293] Probate Records, Allegan Co., Michigan, File No. 3080; records for William Dornan.
  13. [S166] Kit Lane, The History of Western Allegan County, F219. Article by Mary Lou Ridley. Erroneously says he died in Elk Run Twp., Columbiana Co., Ohio.
  14. [S1354] 1870 U.S. Census, William Dornan household, Allegan Co., Michigan.
  15. [S870] Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925. Record for M. W. Dornan and Senia Lanehouse Craig, FHL Film 2342683, Image 455, Vol. 1, p. 25, Rec. No. 8308.
  16. [S5166] Ira E. Dornan, Death Certificate.