Clare Rood/Mary Dodge descendants and ancestors
The outer ring of the family tree wheel on the Home page shows my 3-great grandparents- 8 for Clare on the left and 8 for Nonnie on the right. Because the tree expands exponentially after that, I have chosen to split later generations. Below I will give a brief biography of each of those 16, followed by a link to a more extensive tree of their ancestors, which would include my 4-, 5-, 6-, 7-, 8-, 9-, 10- and 11-great grandparents (if known). At that point, the tree is enormous and can get confusing. You might want to print off a copy of the family tree wheel on the Home page for reference. Or you can always contact me with questions. David Rood, Jr.
3-great grandparents on Clare's side - click on their name to jump to their narrative:
3-great grandparents on Nonnie's side - click on their name to jump to their narrative:
16 Josiah Foster Rood [Edward Rood, Frank Rood, Clare]
Josiah (3ggf) was born 11 May 1791 in Buckland, Mass. to Thaddeus Rood and Mary Bennett (Twitchell) Rood. On 13 Jun 1815 (age 24), he married #17 Abigail Alden Howes (age 21, see next paragraph) in her nearby hometown of Ashfield. In 1827 (age 36), he moved his family 15 miles south to Plainfield, Mass. where he lived until his death on 19 Aug 1864 (age 73). Josiah F. and Abigail were parents of nine children- Abigail, David, Marshall, Aurelia, Josiah, Jr., Henry, Susan, Thaddeus and #8 Edward Ariel Rood [2ggf]. Josiah was a farmer. He and Abigail are both buried in Plainfield’s Hilltop Cemetery. Josiah’s mother Mary is also buried at Hilltop (she was widowed when Josiah moved to Plainfield and she went with them) and her grave marker says “Mary, wife of Thaddeus Rood”. However, Thaddeus is buried in Ashfield and a large stone marker “Names of Persons Buried in this Cemetery” lists his name as “Thaddeus Rude”. Spelling often depended upon who was carving the stone or filling out the paperwork.
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17 Abigail Alden Howes [Edward Rood, Frank Rood, Clare]
Abigail is one of my 3 great grandmothers. She was born 3 Dec 1793 in Ashfield, Mass. the oldest of at least 11 children born to Mark E. Howes [4ggf; 1765-1853] and his second wife Susannah H. (Alden) Howes [4ggm; 1768-1852]. On 13 Jun 1815 (age 21), she married #16 Josiah Foster Rood (age 24, a farmer, above paragraph) in her hometown of Ashfield. In 1827 (age 34), she moved with her husband and their first five children 15 miles south to Plainfield, Mass. where she lived until her death on 28 Jul 1863 (age 69). Abigail and Josiah F. were parents of nine children-
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Abigail Gorham Rood [1816-1882] in 1846, married Consider Pixley [1818-1867], a farmer; they had no children. Abigail is buried in Covert Cemetery.
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Rev. David Alfred Rood [1818-1891] in 1847, married Alzina Virtue Pixley [1822–1901], younger sister of Consider (above). They were missionaries to Natal, South Africa for 40 years; they had 2 children. David and Alzina are buried in Covert.
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Marshall Rood [1820-1854] in 1845, married Mary “Polly” Foss [1820-1875]; they had 3 daughters. Marshall was a railroad "depot master [and] was killed at Biddeford
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[Maine]… by being crushed between two cars while shackling them."
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Aurelia Rood [1822-1860], a tailoress who never married.
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Josiah Foster Rood, Jr. [1824-1863] in 1846, married Rosina Beals [1827-1905]. Josiah enlisted in Company F, Mass. 46th Infantry. He died at sea on board a ship returning to Boston, of consumption and exhaustion brought on by sea sickness, leaving a widow and 4 young children.
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Henry Francis Rood [1828-1852], farmed with his parents and never married. Died (age 24) of bronchitis.
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Susan Alden Rood [1831-1864] in 1852, married Hervey Alanson Pixley [1824-1865], a carpenter. This was the 3rd Rood/Pixley marriage (see above). Both Susan and Hervey died young, survived by 2 young children.
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Thaddeus Howes Rood [1833-1910] in 1857, married Martha Snell [1835-1892]. They had 3 daughters that lived to adulthood. The family moved to Covert, and in 1904, the widower Thaddeus married Flora (Warner) Rood, widow of his brother Edward (below). This is known as a ‘levirate’ marriage.
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and #8 Edward Ariel Rood [2ggf 1840-1897]- see “2 great Grandparents” section of this website.
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18 William B. Warner [Flora (Warner) Rood, Frank Rood, Clare]
William is one of my 3 great grandfathers. He was born 9 Aug 1804 in Plainfield, Mass. the 5th of 9 children born to Elijah Warner II [4ggf; 1767-1844] and his wife Elizabeth “Betsey” (Mitchell) Warner [4ggm; 1777-1849]. On 4 Apr 1835 (age 30), William first married #19 3ggm Annis Crittenden (age 21, see next paragraph) in their hometown of Plainfield. When Annis died in 1852, one month after giving birth to their sixth child (who only lived one day), the widower William was left with four children, ages 4 to 16, including 10 year old 2ggf Flora Mary (Warner) Rood. In 1855, he remarried, to the widow Polly (Whitmarsh) Latham. William died 6 Oct 1865 (age 61) in Plainfield and is buried there in Hilltop Cemetery; however, his grave marker is no longer visible.
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19 Annis Crittenden [Flora (Warner) Rood, Frank Rood, Clare], wife of William Warner (above)
Annis is one of my 3 great grandmothers. She was born 21 Apr 1813 in Plainfield, Mass. the 3rd of 8 children born to Azriel Crittenden [4ggf; 1787-1848] and his wife Polly (White) Crittenden [4ggm; 1786-1879]. On 4 Apr 1835 (age 21), Annis married #18 3ggf William B. Warner (age 30, above paragraph) in their hometown of Plainfield. They had six children: William [1836-1863], Eliza [1837-1903], Flora C. [1840-1841], 2ggm Flora Mary [1842-1918], Laura [1848-1892] and a baby girl [1852] who lived only one day. Annis died one month after the baby on 30 Oct 1852 (age 39) of consumption (pneumonia), leaving William with four young children. He remarried three years later.
While there is fairly complete information on the English ancestors on her grandfather Crittenden’s side of her family, there is much less on her Irish grandmother McIntire (and even the accuracy of that is questionable) and no information at all on her mother’s side.
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20 Samuel Atkinson [Joseph Atkinson, Anna (Atkinson) Rood, Clare]
Samuel is one of my 3 great grandfathers. He was born 7 Apr 1784 in Burlington, New Jersey. Family records have his father as "Elisha" who is "supposed to have been a Quaker from Philadelphia". No record of "Elisha Atkinson" has been found, nor any information on Samuel’s mother. Those family trees that have our Samuel the son of Jonathan and Mary (Hilliard) Atkinson are wrong- that is a different Samuel who lived about the same time in about the same area. On 11 Mar 1813 (age 28), Samuel married #21 3ggm Mary E. Garwood (age 22). Although both were Quakers (Religious Society of Friends) living in Gloucester County, West New Jersey, for some reason they married at St. Michaels' and Zion Methodist Church, located across the Delaware River in Philadelphia. This was unusual for Quakers, who usually publicly announced their intention to marry at two consecutive meetings of the Friends and then married at the home of one of their parents. Although I have not been able to confirm it, family records indicate that Samuel and Mary were first cousins. They had seven children- all sons: the first six, John [1815-1886], James [1817-1884], Amasa [1819-1907], 2ggf Joseph [1821-1909], William [1822-1875] and Isaac [1826-1911]] were born while the family lived in Mullica Hill, New Jersey and youngest son Jonathan [1832-1895] who was born in Michigan.
Around 1823, Mary’s brother Joseph Garwood moved from New Jersey to the relatively young (1805) Michigan Territory. Joseph encouraged the Atkinsons to join him, and arranged the rental of a few acres of cultivated land on the north bank of the River Raisin which included a log house, a stable covered with hay and an old French orchard. Note that this was about a dozen years after the War of 1812, including a couple disastrous Battles of the Raisin River. In the early spring of 1827, Samuel and family left Mullica Hill for Michigan. “With all furniture, household goods and farm tools on two wagons and one carriage, they drove horses (John, the eldest son at age 11, drove one team) to Buffalo, New York.” In Buffalo they loaded all their paraphernalia aboard a boat which transported them 244 nautical miles to the western shore of Lake Erie at La Plaisance Bay, near the village of
Monroe, Michigan (founded 1817). From there they completed a short land journey of about 11 miles to the newly formed (1823) Township of Raisinville. At first, they were not impressed with the property Mary’s brother had arranged for them- “Their home in Mullica Hill, NJ was much more comfortable and convenient… The outlook was so discouraging to Samuel that only one wagon was unpacked- a chest answered for a table, beds on the floor and stools of the roughest kind completed the household furniture. Samuel left the family and took a journey on horseback to visit friends in Ohio to see if anything more inviting was offered there.” While Samuel was away, “the persevering wife [Mary] set the oldest boys to plowing” and upon his return, enough progress had been made so the “prospect was encouraging” and Samuel decided to remain.
“The following spring, 450 acres were purchased on the opposite (south) side of the river, a homestead was established and there
they resided until death.” An 1876 Monroe County Atlas shows the original 450 acres were split after Samuel’s death among four of the sons in adjoining parcels- Amasa had 136 acres, Isaac 71 acres, Jonathan 167 acres and 2ggf Joseph 76 acres.
In 1829, Samuel was elected the second supervisor of Raisinville Township and he served one year. Although almost bloodless, the nearby Toledo War of 1835-36 was certainly close enough to cause the Atkinsons serious anxiety. The boundary dispute between the Territory of Michigan and the state of Ohio was finally settled with a compromise that gave Ohio the 9 mile wide strip that included Toledo and gave Michigan the Upper Peninsula. Michigan got the better end of that deal. The settlement also resulted in Michigan finally being granted statehood in 1837, 10 years after the Atkinsons arrived.
Samuel died 10 Mar 1864 (age 79) of “dropsy”- generally known today as “edema”- an accumulation of fluids in the body usually caused by congestive heart failure. His obituary (below left), which incorrectly reports his arrival as 1837, points out that he died the day before his 51st wedding anniversary. He and most of the rest of his family members are buried in nearby King Cemetery except our 2ggf Joseph who moved with his wife Josephine to Covert, Michigan in 1884 and are buried there.
Since we know nothing of the parentage of Samuel, there is no link to another page of ancestors or his family tree.
21 Mary Garwood [Joseph Atkinson, Anna (Atkinson) Rood, Clare], wife of Samuel Atkinson (above)
Mary is one of my 3 great grandmothers. She was born 14 Nov 1790 in Gloucester County, New Jersey the 4th of possibly 9 children born to John Garwood [4ggf; 1761-1806] and his wife Sarah (Adams) Garwood [4ggm; 1761-1854]. There are some family papers titled “Told to me by Aunty” that provide a first-hand description of Mary and her life. They are the memories of Clara (Atkinson) Packard/Monroe as recorded (date unknown) by her niece Genevieve (Rood) Bentley- Grampa Clare’s sister:
“Grandmother [Mary Garwood Atkinson] was a Quaker and wore clothes sometimes 50 years old for styles never changed. Her bonnet was faun color, made with a crown in back and the straight sunbonnet shape in front. In the house she wore a fine white cap, sheer and starched with clear starching. Over her shoulders she wore a large white kerchief which crossed in front and came to a point in back. Her clothing was always grey, black or brown. Two books which she kept at hand for reading were the Bible and Fox Book of Martyrs. She always kept a needle threaded with silk in case anyone got cut. For the treatment of ague (chills and fever) a very bitter tea was made with bonesat. Cough syrup called “Stewed Quaker” was made of molasses, vinegar and butter boiled together. Grandmother was just 60 years older than I [Genevieve] was.
“Grandfather's house, sometimes called “Quaker Tavern” was also known as “Half-Way House” for it was half way between Monroe and Dundee. People found it convenient to stop there for elections and other public gatherings. Grandmother was known for her rice puddings, mince pies and doughnuts and to those who came she served fine dinners for a small sum—probably about a quarter. There were friendly Indians with whom some trading was done. Their frame house was really two houses put together with a large brick oven in each. In these ovens hot fires were built, the coals raked out, then pies and bread put in and left to bake. On baking days as many as twelve or more pies and many loaves of bread would be made and then stored for future use in the kneading trough upstairs. There was a large crane over the hearth and also an oven which could be set in front of the fire.
“At regular intervals a shoemaker would come to make up the shoes, and shearer to shear the sheep and a dressmaker to cut and sew the wool which Grandmother had corded, spun, woven, and dyed. One color was obtained by using “chamber lye” (urine) and a “butternut” color from walnut hulls.”
3ggm Mary Elizabeth Garwood died 31 Aug 1883 (age 92) at home in Raisinville. She had fallen the preceding March and dislocated her hip. Her lengthy obituary in the 7 Sep 1883 issue of the Monroe Commercial newspaper, which cites the wrong year of marriage, was typical of the day:
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22 George Palmer Fish [Josephine (Fish) Atkinson, Anna (Atkinson) Rood, Clare]
George is one of my 3 great grandfathers. He was born on Christmas Day 1798 in Coventry, Tolland County, Connecticut, the 4th of five sons born to Elisha Fish [4ggf ca. 1764-1803] and his wife Orelana (Dow) Fish [4ggm; 1774-1859]. George’s middle name of ‘Palmer’ comes from the maiden name of his fraternal grandmother- Hannah (Palmer) Fish [5ggm 1727-1766], mother of 4ggf Elisha. On New Years’ Day 1823, George married Matilda Trow [3ggm 1806-1872] in Vermont. In 1836, George, Matilda and their five oldest children, including oldest daughter Josephine Beauharnais Fish [2ggm 1824-1906] moved from St. Albans, Vermont to Monroe, Michigan Territory. Note this was one year before Michigan was admitted as the 26th state in the Union. The 1850 census lists his occupation as ‘Joiner’ in the construction industry. A joiner is a carpenter who tends to do more intricate work like cabinets, chairs and stairs. By the 21 Sep 1857 Minnesota Territorial Census, George (an architect, age 58), Matilda and their 3 youngest children are found in Nininger, Dakota County, just south of St. Paul on the Mississippi River. Eight months later, on 11 May 1858, Minnesota was admitted as the 32nd state in the Union. The 1860 U.S. Census has the family in nearby Hampton Township. Sometime before the 4 Jun 1870 U.S. Census, George and Matilda moved back to the city of Monroe, Michigan where George (age 71) is listed as a ‘carpenter’. George died 2 Jun 1873 (age 74) in Monroe County, Michigan.
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23 Matilda Trow [Josephine (Fish) Atkinson, Anna (Atkinson) Rood, Clare], wife of George P. Fish
Matilda is one of my 3 great grandmothers. She was born 15 Jan 1806 in Barre, Vermont, the 5th of six children born to George Trow [4ggf 1770-1846] and his wife Lydia (Phelps) Trow [4ggm 1772-1846]. Her father 4ggf George had moved from Massachusetts to Barre, Vermont in 1797 and he was joined there by brothers Josiah, John and Allen and sisters Anne, Martha and Abby. Matilda and husband 3ggf George Palmer Fish (previous section) had 10 children- 5 boys and 5 girls. The first five children, 2ggm Josephine and siblings John, Theresa, Letitia and Humphrey were born in Vermont, and the five others- Matilda, George, Paul, Gabaz and Naomi- were born after the 1836 move to Monroe, Michigan. Matilda died 27 Mar 1872 in Toledo, Ohio, about a year before her husband 3ggf George, and her remains were returned to Raisinville for burial in King Cemetery, near the family farm.
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24 Philander Dodge [Henry J. Dodge, Warren Dodge, Nonnie]
Philander is one of my 3 great grandfathers. He was born 21 Mar 1814 in Clinton, Oneida County, New York the 4th of 10 children (and oldest son) born to John Dodge [4ggf 1783-1867] and his wife Sarah/Sally (Bullen) Dodge [4ggm 1787-1861]. Family letters indicate that in 1836, Philander (age 22) and his younger brother Leander Dodge (age 19) left their home in Eagle, NY for land in the Wisconsin Territory. About that same time, on 3 Jul 1836, the Wisconsin Territory was organized and incorporated out of the former Michigan Territory, the whole area being part of the original 1803 Louisiana Purchase. An eastern portion of the Territory would later be admitted to the Union as the State of Wisconsin on 29 May 1848. On 13 May 1838, Philander married Thirza Eastman [3ggm 1817-1896] in Wisconsin. The 1840 census finds them listed as one of 13 family in Menominee Twp., Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin Territory. The 1850 census has Philander as a farmer in Granville, north Milwaukee County. He joined the Milwaukee Police Department at or near the time it was formed on 4 Oct 1855 and was a member of the force for 22 years. The claim in a newspaper article on a family member that he was a Chief of Police is incorrect; he retired as a "station keeper".
The 1880 census has Philander, Thirza and adopted daughter Sarah living in Casco Twp, Allegan Co., Michigan, near the farm of his son Henry Judson Dodge and family. I'm uncertain as to the reason for the brief move to Michigan but, by 1882 they are back in Milwaukee where Philander died 6 Jul 1886, (age 72) at the corner of 18th and Clybourn; the immediate cause of death: congestion of lungs.
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25 Thirza Eastman [Henry J. Dodge, Warren Dodge, Nonnie], wife of Philander Dodge (above)
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The picture above, left is a close up of 3ggm Thirza (Eastman) Dodge, cropped from the one on the right.
The picture above, right is 4 generations of the Dodge family with 3ggm Thirza in front, her son 2ggf Henry Judson Dodge back, left, his son ggf Warren Sanford Dodge in middle (Nonnie's father) and his son Warren Judson Dodge (Nonnie's older brother) on right.
Thirza (Eastman) Dodge is one of my 3 great grandmothers. She was born 29 Apr 1817 in Hannibal, Oswego Co., New York, the 2nd of 7 children born to Justin Aaron Eastman [4ggf 1791-1856] and his wife Thirza (Wilson) Eastman [4ggm 1794-1883]. Thirza Eastman and Philander Dodge had five children: Henry W. Dodge [1843-1845], 2ggf Henry J. Dodge, Truman E. Dodge [1845-1852], Leander Warren Dodge [1846-1904] and Sarah Jane (Dodge) Van Auken [1862-1954]. Following Philander’s 1886 death in Wisconsin, Thirza moved to South Haven and lived with her son Henry Judson Dodge until her own 1896 death. Her body was returned to Wisconsin and buried in West Granville Cemetery next to Philander.
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26 Sanford Shumway [Mary (Shumway) Dodge, Warren Dodge, Nonnie]
Sanford is one of my 3 great grandfathers. He was born 24 Nov 1820 in Skaneateles, Onondaga Co., New York, the oldest of 7 children born to Truman Shumway [4ggf 1793-1864] and his wife Susan (Smith) Shumway [4ggm 1794-1834]. His unusual first name is in honor of the family name of his fraternal grandmother, Jerusha (Sanford) Shumway [5ggm 1766-1815]. Note that family name was also used as the middle name of Nonnie’s father Warren Sanford Dodge. There is more on the Sanford family in the section of the page on the ancestors of Sanford Shumway (link below). At the 26 Sep 1850 Census for the town of Van Buren, Onondaga County, New York, Sanford (age 30) is listed as a "lumberman" with his wife and two oldest children. By 1853, the family is found in Wisconsin when their son Eugene was born in Dane County. He is listed as a "farmer" in all later Census' and his 1863 Civil War draft registration (age 43); it doesn't appear he was ever called to serve. Listed on the same page of the 19 Jun 1880 Census for Casco, Allegan County, Michigan were 1) Sanford and Julia (Lewis) Shumway with sons Eugene (age 25) and Frank (age 20) helping them on the farm; 2) their oldest son Lewis Shumway (age 33) and his family; 3) Philander and Thirza Dodge with her 86 year old mother Thirza Eastman; and 4) Henry J. and Mary (Shumway) Dodge with 4 young children including 10 year old Warren. Note that Henry (age 36) is the son of Philander and Thirza and his wife Mary (age 37) the daughter of Sanford and Julia. All were listed as farmers and obviously the families were close. It is there that Sanford died 3 Aug 1887 and he was buried in McDowell Cemetery, South Haven Highlands, Allegan County.
Sanford Shumway
1820-1887
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27 Julia Lewis [Mary (Shumway) Dodge, Warren Dodge, Nonnie], wife of Sanford Shumway (above)
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Julia (sometimes known by her middle name of Matilda) is one of my 3 great grandmothers. She was born 19 Dec 1825 in Petersburg, Rensselaer Co., New York. She married Sanford Shumway (above) 23 Feb 1843 in Baldwinville, NY and sometime between 1850 and 1853 they moved from New York to Dane County, Wisconsin. They moved again between 1873 and 1880 from Wisconsin to Casco, Allegan Co., Michigan where Sanford died in 1887 (age 66). Following the death of Sanford, Julia lived in Casco for a while with her son Frank and his family and later moved in with daughter 2ggm Mary E. (Shumway) Dodge and her family, first in South Haven, then Hartford, where Julia died 1913, age 87. The 1910 census indicates that Julia was the mother of five children, but I have only found four- 2ggm Mary and her younger brothers Lewis [1847-1932], Eugene [1853-1934] and Frank “Fred” [1860-1948].
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28 Abraham Cranmer [Jeremiah Cranmer, Wealthy (Cranmer) Dodge, Nonnie]:
Abraham is one of my 3 great grandfathers. He was born 1807 in New York to Jeremiah Cranmer III [4ggf ca.1762-1832] and Hannah Cole [4ggm 1764-1849]. By the 1820 US Census, Abraham (age 13) had moved with his family to Portage County, Ohio where on 17 Jul 1824 he married Eliza (Not Found) [3ggm ca.1802-bef.Jul 1859]. There is no further information on Eliza; she died sometime before Jul 1859 when Abraham remarried to Susan Miller. At the 15 Aug 1860 US Census, Abraham is found in Miami Twp., Cass Co., Indiana in the home of his oldest son James and James' family; also present: 2nd son Jeremiah; Abraham is listed as a ‘shoemaker’. On 4 Dec 1863 (age 56), Abraham enlisted in the Union Army as a private. He was attached to the 16th Independent Battery, Indiana Light Artillery whose duty from then to end of war was the defense of Washington, DC. The company repulsed the 11-12 Jul 1864 attack on the city by Confederate General Jubal Early. Abraham was mustered out of the Army 5 Jul 1865 and returned to Indiana, where he died five years later. Note that Abraham’s son 2ggf Jeremiah Cranmer, Nonnie’s grandfather (discussed in the 2 great Grandparents section), also served in the Union Army, but not with his father. Jeremiah enlisted Jun 1861 (2 ½ years before his father) as a ‘boatman’ in the infantry and was mustered out Jun 1864 (1 year before his father).
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29 Eliza (Maiden?) Cranmer [Jeremiah Cranmer, Wealthy (Cranmer) Dodge, Nonnie], wife of Abraham (above)
As mentioned above, there is no further information found on Eliza.
30 John Gile [Eunice (Gile) Lamper/ Cranmer, Wealthy (Cranmer) Dodge, Nonnie]:
John is one of my 3 great grandfathers. He was born 8 Apr 1801 in Schoharie, New York to Rea Gile [4ggf 1766-1854] and Damaris “Molly” (Hodge) Gile [4ggm 1764-1859]. About 1826, he married Magdalane "Lany" Schrambling, in New York. The family moved to Pennsylvania sometime between Jul 1834 (son Delos born in NY) and Aug 1837 (son David born in PA). At both the 1850 and 1860 U.S. Census’, John is a farmer in Pierpont Twp, Ashtabula County, Ohio. At the 1870 Census, John is listed as a “farm laborer” and he and Lany (both 68) are living with their son Chauncy (age 28, farmer) and his family in Cheshire Twp, Allegan County, Michigan. The 1880 Census still finds them both (age 79) in Cheshire Twp., but now living on the farm of their daughter Adaline McNutt (age 42), her husband Ameil and their children. It was there that both John and Lany died and are buried in Rowe Cemetery- John on 30 Mar 1888 (age 86).
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31 Magdalane “Lany” (Schrambling) Gile (wife of John Gile, above)
[Eunice (Gile) Cranmer, Wealthy (Cranmer) Dodge, Nonnie]:
Lany is one of my 3 great grandmothers. She was born 2 Jun 1799 in Otsego County, New York to David Schrembling [4ggf 1759-1824] and Susannah H. (Young) Schrembling [4ggm 1765-1820]. Her parents were first cousins, both being grandchildren of Theobald Young (Jung). As mentioned above, about 1826, she married John Gile in New York. During their 58 years of marriage, they had six children-
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Polly A (Gile) Schramling [b.1827 NY-d.1898 MI] married John Schramling [1825-1878]. John was the great-grandson of Hendrick Schrembling [1743-1808], older brother of Lany’s father David.
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Eunice Mary (Gile) Lamper/Cranmer [2ggm b.1833 NY- d.1875 MI] Wealthy’s mother and Nonnie’s grandmother. See her bio at the end of the 2 great Grandparents section of this project.
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Delos Gile [b.1834 NY-d.1919 MI] the family moved from NY to PA sometime after Delos was born and before son David (next) was born.
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David Gile [b.1837 PA-1920 MI]
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Adeline D (Gile) McNutt [b.1838 PA-1909 MI] at the 1880 Census, John & Lany were living on the farm of their daughter Adaline McNutt (age 42), her husband Ameil and their children in Cheshire Twp.
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Chauncey Gile [b.1842 PA-1885 MI] at the 1870 Census, John & Lany were living with Chauncey (age 28, farmer) and family in Cheshire Twp, Allegan County, Michigan.
Lany died 29 Jan 1885 (age 85) at the home of her daughter Adeline and was buried with John in Rowe Cemetery.
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