16. JOSEPH RODRIGUE was born CIR 1800 in Canada. He married JOSEPHTE GIRAUD on 15 Jan 1821 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada. [Parents]
17. JOSEPHTE GIRAUD was born CIR 1800 in Canada. [Parents]
18. JOHN PIKE was born 8 Dec 1775 in Ashfield, Franklin, MA, USA. He died 26 Mar 1847 in Russell, St Lawrence, NY, USA. JOHN married MERIBAH JONES on 2 Feb 1804 in Buckland, Franklin, MA, USA. [Parents]
John's daughter, Mariah's death certificate give his birthplace as
Massachusetts and John and Meribah's marriage intent papers are in Buckland,
Massachusetts. Unfortunately other documents were lost to fire, and we have
no other birth or death certificates for John. Census records do show John and
his family in Massachusetts, however. Charles Spading quotes in his letter
"The Town Clerk of Whitingham, VT, states that the above two children (John &
Hannah) were born at Ashfield, Mass, however they are not recorded there.)
19. MERIBAH JONES was born 8 Apr 1783 in Buckland, Franklin, MA, USA. She died 13 Apr 1849 in Gouverneur, St Lawrence, NY, USA. [Parents]
Meribah Jones, according to family tradition, was a full blood Indian
of the Susquehanna tribe (as the Pike family believes). Her name was possibly
taken from an English family in the area. We have a copy of John, her husband
and her marriage intent from Buckland, Massachusetts but all other records of
that time and area were lost to fire. As a result we have no copy of her birth
or death certificates. Census records do show John and Meribah and their
family in MA, including Maria, our ancestor.
20. LEONARD THOMAS COALWELL was born 19 Nov 1812 in Gaspereau, Kings, Nova Scotia. He died Dec 1848 in East Troy, Walworth, WI, USA and was buried in East Troy, Walworth, WI, USA. LEONARD married MARY MARSHA NEWCOMB RANDALL on 25 Oct 1829 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. [Parents]
1 NAME THOMAS LEONARD /COALWELL/
ALICE STEEGE COMMENTS ON THE RANDALL COALWELL FAMILIES
The Randall - Coalwell families lived in Nova Scotia during the
Revolutionary War where Maria, Charles, and Amaretta Coalwell were born, but
because of the difficulty with the Tories (English Sympathizers) they moved to
Racine County, Wisconsin in 1843. During the winter of 1848-1849 John and Marcia
Randall and Thomas and Mary Coalwell died of typhoid fever.
Because of the epidemic they were buried in their yard. In the spring
of the year a tree was planted to mark each grave.
An aunt, Mrs. Newcomb, cared for the children, but they were "bonded
out" to do odd jobs. Mrs. Newcomb's daughter, Lydia married Alexander Rankin and
they had twelve children. Later when Amaretta and Theodore were married, Ellen
Paton Wilson was named after Ellen Rankin and Ida Coalwell Rodrick was named after
Ida Rankin.
In 1922 Charles Major Coalwell came back to Minnesota from Oregon for
a visit with his relatives. Will and Della Wilson and Thomas Patton took him to
his old home in Racine County, Wisconsin. Charles remembered the location and they
found the tree stumps. He ordered markers for the graves and the place was cited
as "East Troy Cemetery".
The inscription on the markers reads:
JOHN RANDALL 1780-1848
MARCIA RANDALL 1778-1849
LEONARD THOMAS COALWELL 1813-1848
MARY MARCIA COALWELL 1814-1849
DANIEL MARCHEL COALWELL 1844-1845
21. MARY MARSHA NEWCOMB RANDALL was born 1814 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She died Jan 1849 in East Troy, Walworth, WI, USA and was buried in East Troy, Walworth, WI, USA. [Parents]
22. LARS AMONDS HIMLE was born 1795/1798 in Lae, Voss, Norway. He died 12 Mar 1869 in Spring Prairie, Dane, WI, USA and was buried 14 Mar 1869 in Spring Prairie, Dane, WI, USA. LARS married INGABORG KNUTSON on 1845 in Voss, Norway. [Parents]
We know that Lars came from Norway in 1854 to Chicago, IL with his brother,
Sjur, and came to Wisconsin in 1855. Their nephew Odd (son of older brother
John) had investigated the Spring Prairie region in Wisconsin and Lars and Odd
both had property there. Sjur settled in Chicago.
John, the oldest brother, stayed in Norway and raised
his family there. Lar's Americanized name was Louis Amondson or Amundson.
Although Lar's grave is unmarked, recent discovery has found him buried in a
Norwegian cemetery in Dane County, Wisconsin in the Spring Prairie Lutheran
church cemetery. The story of his emigration to America with his family and
settlement in Dane County, Wisconsin is told in a book titled "HISTORIE OM
UDVANDRINGEN FRA VOSS og VOSSINGERNE I AMERIKA", a copy of which can be found
in the Norwegian Archives at St Olaf College in Northfield, MN. Lars and
Ingeborg and their children appear in both membership rolls, death and burial
records and one daughter, Britta's marriage record of Spring Prairie Lutheran
Church. Lars was around 57 years old when he came to Wisconsin. His children
were all born in Norway, probably in Voss as all are listed as Voss
immigrants.
23. INGABORG KNUTSON was born 1808 in Voss, Norway. She died 29 Jul 1893 in Madison, Dane, WI, USA and was buried 1 Aug 1893 in Spring Prairie, Dane, WI, USA. [Parents]
Ingabor's father's name was Knute, following the custom of patronymic
naming of Norwegian families. Family tradition states she was a cousin of
Knute Nelson, a Governor of Minnesota. It also says that on the trip from
Norway, the family lost two sons to illness and because of this, our ancestor,
Thurber became a nurse. The family settled in Dane County, WI and were located
close to a Seventh Day Adventist college. As Thurber chose this religion for
her family, it could be because of this influence, as nearly all Norwegians
were Lutheran. (In fact Thurber was baptized in the Spring Prairie church.)
Ingabor was from Voss, Norway and died at the home of her daughter in Madison,
Dane, WI. She was noted for her prowess in needlework. Her death and burial
are recorded in the Spring Valley Lutheran church records, as is the marriage
of her daughter and was listed in Dane County census records in 1872.
Apparently Ingabor's daughters Americanized their names to Thurber, Dina,
Betsy and Jeroal and are sometimes called the "Amundson" girls. Their
Norwegian names were Torbjorg Larsdattar Himle, Denot Larsdattar Himle, Britta
Larsdattar Himle and Ingeborg Larsdattar Himle.
24. CHARLES D. CULVER was born 22 Aug 1788 in Gorham, Ontario, NY, USA. He died 20 Jul 1819. CHARLES married ABIGAIL PIXLEY about 1810. [Parents]
Charles is something of a mystery yet. Family history has him serving
and dying in the War of 1812 at the Battle of Lake Erie a few months before
Truman's birth, yet we have Truman being born in 1818 in some records. His
mother was indeed widowed and moved to California with her daughter and her
son-in-law (Truman's half sister). More research remains to be
done before this mystery is unraveled. The 1850 census states Truman was born
in 1815.
25. ABIGAIL PIXLEY was born 23 Jul 1793 in South Hero, Grand Isle, VT, USA. She died 13 Feb 1880 in Cloverdale, Sonoma, CA, USA and was buried Feb 1880 in Cloverdale, Sonoma, CA, USA. [Parents]
Abigail was in the 1850 census at Bureau County, Illinois with Josephine (her
daughter) and son-in-law Edward B. Eastlick. She was aged 57. She probably
moved to California with them. Her daughter Isabel never married but her
tombstone in Illinois reads "daughter of N. & A. Gilman." In 1840 she was
living in Newton, Erie County, New York with her mother Olive. Her tombstone
states she was 80 yrs 6 mos 20 days but should read 86 yrs 6 mos 20 days.
Abigail is buried in River cemetery in Cloverdale, Sonora, California.
26. DANIEL SLAYMAKER was born 12 Jun 1791 in Frederick County, MD, USA. He died 25 Dec 1875 in Minnesota, USA and was buried Dec 1875 in Mazeppa, Wabasha, MN, USA. DANIEL married SUSAN STONER before 1813. [Parents]
From a letter to Rita Smith from Edith Lumsden - a cousin descended from the
Slaymakers of Lincoln, NE dated August 17, 1977 and containing an address:
Edith Lumsden, 3836 "W" Street, Lincoln, NE
I once suggested that Daniel Slaymaker's first wife's maiden name might have
been Everett. I was wrong. (It was one of her sisters who married an Everett.)
She was Susannah STONER. Not so very long ago, in looking over some old family
letters, I found a copy of one written by my mother, Mary Slaymaker Lumsden,
to Henry Cochran Slaymaker of Lancaster, PA, in 1912. At that time one son
of Daniel (who was also Daniel) and the youngest daughter (Rebecca) were still
living and she stated that the information she gave came from them. Their
mother's name, they said, had been Susannah Stoner.
As you probably know, Daniel and Susannah lived in Frederick County, Maryland.
Daniel's father William died in 1813, leaving the supervison of his property
to Daniel at least until his other son John reached the age of twenty-one. At
that time Daniel was twenty-two years old, married and with one child. From
the terms of the will it is clear that Daniel, his brother, and nine sisters
as well as the mother all lived at the family home. It is also clear that
William expected them to continue to live there.
I am still trying to pin down the year Daniel moved his own family west. I
believe it was about 1820 or 1821. They went first to Ohio but stayed only a
short time before locating in Harrison County, Indiana. Four of their children
were born there. But for some reason, possibly an epidemic of fever, they
moved back to Seneca County, Ohio. Rebecca, their youngest child, was born
there in 1837. Shortly after that they moved to Bureau County, Illinois where
they lived until 1857. There Susannah Stoner Slaymaker died and is buried.
Daniel's father, William, (who died in 1813) was the son of John (1733-1798)
and John was the son of Mathias, the original immigrant. William was married
to his first cousin, Agilis Slaymaker, the daughter of another of Mathias
sons, Daniel. (1740-1801) Agilis mother was Agilis Young. You have, no doubt,
discovered that marriage of first cousins was a common practice in our earlier
days. It does make for complications in setting up a family tree!
Daniel did marry again and is buried with his second wife Arabella in the
Mazeppa MN city cemetery.
27. SUSAN STONER was born 3 Aug 1796 in Frederick County, MD, USA. She died 6 Sep 1852 in Walnut, Bureau, IL, USA and was buried Sep 1852 in Walnut, Bureau, IL, USA.
1 NAME SUSAN EVERETT /STONOR/
28. WALTER MILLER was born 1 Sep 1802 in New York. He died 14 Jan 1865 in Stephenson County, IL, USA and was buried Jan 1865 in Eleroy, Stephenson, IL, USA. WALTER married POLLY SALISBURY on 1823 in New York State, USA.
Walter is found in the 1850 census of Ripley Township, New York at age 47,
married to "Polly" and a farmer. Salem Miller's obituary states he later
moved to Illinois in 1855. In the same census, we have a Philinda Miller, age
68. She is living with a Jonathan and Nancy Reynolds and his farm is directly
next to the farm of "Joel" and Prudence Sprague, Walter's oldest daughter and
her husband. Could Philinda be Walter's mother and the Reynold's family be
related in some manner? Jonathan and Nancy Reynolds are later (1860) in Il.
29. POLLY SALISBURY was born 1807 in Cattaraugus County, NY, USA. She died 1 Nov 1879 in Howwardsville, Stephenson, IL, USA and was buried 3 Nov 1879 in Eleroy, Stephenson, IL, USA.
Obituary taken from the Lena Star, the oldest newspaper in Lena, Stephenson
County, Il, and dated November 7, 1879. These are found in the Lena Public
Library in Lena: MILLER - Died Nov. 1st, 1879, Mrs. Polly Miller, aged 72
years. Mrs. Polly Salesbury was born in Cataraugus Co., N.Y. She was converted
at the age of 16 years, and united with the M. E. church, of which she
remained a member during her life. In 1823 she was married to Walter Miller.
In 1854 she moved to Eleroy, Ills. She raised a family of 14 children, 6 of
whom (3 sons and 3 daughters) survive her. She had 36 grandchildren, 28 of
whom are now living, and 17 great grand children.
She died in Howardsville, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Janet Reber. She
retained her christian faith and rational mind to the last. Her funeral
discourse was preached by Rev. H. F. Gilbert from Matt.v: 4-"Blessed are they
that mourn for they shall be comforted."
Polly's death certificate states that "Polly Miller", Female, White and aged
72 years, Occupation: housekeeper, Date of death: Nov 1 1879. She was a widow
and was born in N.Y. She was a resident of Illinois since 1854 and died in the
township of Kent (Howardsville was part of Kent Township. It is no longer in
existance except for a road named Howardsville Road and the remnants of an old
stone church and Howardsville cemetery.) The cause of death was Bronchitis
together with a Low Nervous Fever the duration of this was two months. In
addition a complication leading to death is listed as Hypertrophy & dilitatory
Heart which had lasted several years. Place and date of burial is listed as
Eleroy, Nov. 3 1879. The attending physician was H. W. Richardson, M.D. -
residence and filing were Lena, IL on Nov. 7, 1879. This death certificate was
filed at Freeport, IL on December 1, 1879 and is Record No. A-503.
Polly first appeared on the 1850 census in New York as wife of Walter Miller.
She is later found in the 1860 census of Kent Township, Stephenson County, IL
(Eleroy, Il is part of Kent Township). Polly is buried beside Walter in the
Eleroy cemetery, Eleroy, IL. They have matching small white stones on which
much of the carving has deteriorated and were misread as 20 years of age in a
record of cemetery stones in a book widely circulated in the Historical papers
of Il. Her obituary and death certificate, as well as a careful rubbing, stand
as proof that the stone originally read 72 years instead of 20 years and is
indeed Walter's wife and not a child of Walter and his wife, Polly.
We have the names of thirteen of the fourteen children born to Walter and
Polly. A single reference states that another son, Russell was born to them,
joined the Union forces in the Civil War (from Ohio?) and died in Libby
prison. This may or may not be correct. Family tradition states that Walter
and Polly had three sons in the Civil War; Salem, James and one other. James
and the second son reportedly died in service. Russell does not appear in
either the 1850 New York census or the 1860 Illinois census but perhaps he was
old enough to already be on his own (born before their daughter Prudence? or
between their son Dexter and daughter Amanda?) Until more proof is found we
cannot include this elusive son. In addition, if Polly's obituary is correct
in naming 14 children in this family, one other child's name is still missing
and may be Russell.
30. TERTIUS REYNOLDS was born 29 Mar 1800 in Warren, Litchfield, CT, USA. He died 25 Jun 1863 in Pine Island, Goodhue, MN, USA and was buried Jun 1863 in Pine Island, Goodhue, MN, USA. TERTIUS married ELIZA TALBOT on 1 Jun 1829 in Athol, Worcestor, MA, USA. [Parents]
In the "HISTORY OF OLMSTED COUNTY" the following paragraphs appear:
Rev. Tertius Reynolds (deceased). This pioneer was a son of Jonathan and
Martha Reynolds, who were born at Plymouth, Connecticut. Here our subject was
born March 29, 1800. At fifteen years of age he united with the Congregational
church, and after graduating at Amherst College and pursuing a subsequent
theological course at Auburn, began preaching at twenty five. On June 1, in
his thirtieth year, he married Miss Eliza Talbott, a daughter of George and
Elizabeth (Ward) Talbott, natives of Massachusetts. He followed his calling in
various parts of New York and was located twenty years at Fairfax, Vermont.
Being compelled to abandon preaching on account of poor health, he came to New
Haven and purchased one hundred and twenty acres of land on sections 10 and
11, where he continued to reside till his death, which occurred June 25, 1863.
Mr. Reynolds was an ardent republican, but took no active part in political
affairs. His family numbered five children, several of whom are still living
in this locality. Marth E., the eldest, was born May 31, 1831, and now resides
on section 10; Edward Payson, was born March 19, 1833, at Moira, New York, and
was one of the pioneer settlers of this town, having made a claim to one
hundred and sixty acres of land on section 4, now occupied by S. W. Miller, in
the fall of 1855; enlisted August 9, 1862, in Co. D, 93rd Ill. Vols., and died
in hospital at Memphis, March 12, 1863; Mary P., born May 1, 1835, married
Solomon Jewell, January 12, 1860, and resides in Pine Island; Sarah L., died
at one year old; Abbey S., March 11, 1843, married Salem W. Miller, February
23, 1860, and lives on section 4, as above noted.From the book on the 100th anniversary of the first graduating class of
Amherst College: biographies
103: *Reynolds, Tertius. s Jonathan and Martha (Sutliff), b Warren, Conn,
Mar 29, 1800. prep Morris Acad So Farms, Conn. Auburn TS 1827-28; preached
Parishville and Pierpont, NY, 1830-31; Constable, NY, 1833; Keene, NY 1836-37;
p Cong Ch Fairfax, Vt, 1839-44; res Fairfax, Vt, 1844-55; Pine Island, Minn,
1855-63. d Pine Island, Minn, Jun 25, 1863. m Jun 1, 1829, Eliza, dr George
Talbot, Athol. 4 children
This book is located at the Minnesota State Historical Society and titled
"AMHERST COLLEGE" - Editor R.S. Fletcher
31. ELIZA TALBOT was born 7 Jan 1804 in Athol, Worcestor, MA, USA. She died 31 Jul 1895 in Pine Island, Goodhue, MN, USA and was buried Aug 1895 in Pine Island, Goodhue, MN, USA. [Parents]
Eliza is buried with her husband in the Pine Island cemetery.