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Richard Nevins #5 (M)
b. 21 April 1921, d. 29 July 2001, #1
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Reference   Self

Father   Richard Nevins #4 b. 13 March 1888, d. 23 January 1983
Mother   Katharine Bass Tilt b. 8 September 1895, d. November 1976

Birth* 21 April 1921 Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California 
Death* 29 July 2001 Oceanside, San Diego Co., California, Death per conversation with Gwen Babcock, who found out from telephone call with Sally Miller on 30 July 2001. Died from injuries received in body surfing accident. 

Richard Nevins #4 (M)
b. 13 March 1888, d. 23 January 1983, #2
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Reference   Father

Father   Richard Nevins Jr #3 b. 11 February 1858, d. 4 April 1902
Mother   Josephine McCloskey b. 1 January 1862, d. 24 March 1906

Birth* 13 March 1888 Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania 
Census1900* 1900 Richard Nevins Jr #3; where is it 
Note* May 1909 St Johns, Oregon, Mentioned in relative's probate file1 
Census1910* 1910 Look for it - maybe in Oregon? 
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Census1920* 1920 Not in soundex for 1) Bufflao WY, 2) Chicago, 3) Coronado CA, 4) Hollywood 
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Marriage* 17 September 1920 Katharine Bass Tilt; Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois 
Marriage* June 1930 Lucy Sanner Brown 
Death* 23 January 1983 Pasadena, Los Angeles Co., California 

Family 1   Katharine Bass Tilt b. 8 September 1895, d. November 1976
Child  1. Richard Nevins #5+ b. 21 Apr 1921, d. 29 Jul 2001

Citations
  1. [S51] Unknown author, Probate file of Anna Key Neins (1909) at the NY County Surrogate's Court. Included is an extensive chart of relatives..

Katharine Bass Tilt (F)
b. 8 September 1895, d. November 1976, #3
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Reference   Mother

Father   Joseph Edward Tilt b. 29 October 1843, d. 28 September 1930
Mother   Stella Bass b. 5 March 1868, d. 22 September 1952

Birth* 8 September 1895 Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois 
(Witness) Census1900 1900 Joseph Edward Tilt; 543 Evanston Ave, Chicago, Cook Co., Indiana, ED 764 sheet 13 Joseph E Nov 1845 54 Canada, Stella B Mar 1868 32 IL, Katherine B Sep 1895 4 Illinois, Maud M Oct 1872 27 Canada, Arthur C Jun 1877 IL, one nurse, one cook, & one maid
Married 6 years, Stella has one child. Joseph is manufacturer of shoes, his parents born in Enland & Ireland. He immigrated 1871, in US 29 years, Naturalized. Owns home with a mortgage. Stella's parents born VT & IL
 
(Witness) Census1910 1910 Joseph Edward Tilt; 3562 Evanston, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, ED 1069 supplemental sheet 11 Joseph E 67 Canada, Stella B 42 IL, Katharine B 14 IL, Edward B 7 IL Josephine B 4 IL
Joseph's 2nd marriage, Stella's 1st. They've been married 15 years. She has 3 children. He immigrated 1870 and is naturalized. He's a manufacturer of shoes. Parents born England & Ireland. Owns home free of mortgage 
(Witness) Census1920 1920 Joseph Edward Tilt; 700 Brampton, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, ED 1494 sheet 1 Joseph 76 Canada, Stella 52, IL Catherine 24 IL, Edward B 17 IL, Judith 14 IL
Joseph owns home free of mortgage, Immigrated 1872 was Naturalized in 1874. His parents were born in France & Ireland, hers in MA & IL. He had no occupation listed 
Marriage* 17 September 1920 Richard Nevins #4; Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois 
Death* November 1976 Pasadena, Los Angeles Co., California 

Family   Richard Nevins #4 b. 13 March 1888, d. 23 January 1983
Child  1. Richard Nevins #5+ b. 21 Apr 1921, d. 29 Jul 2001

Richard Nevins Jr #3 (M)
b. 11 February 1858, d. 4 April 1902, #4
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Reference   Grandfather

Father   Richard Nevins #2 b. November 1831, d. 11 June 1897
Mother   Florida "Flora" Madery b. 18 September 1840, d. 11 October 1918

Story His bio is on page xlix of NEHGS Register Vol 75, Proceedings 1921 
Birth* 11 February 1858 Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio, Birth date of 11 Feb 1858 was provided, but 1856 year from marriage record. 
Census1880* 1880 Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio, w/parents. Age 23, RR Clerk 
(Witness) Census1880 1880 Richard Nevins #2; US Census, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, Richard Nevins age 52 b. NY (father b. NY, mother b. PA) is a Publisher. Wife Flora age 40, b. OH (father b. DC, mother b. ENG) keeps house. Chidren in household : Son RIchard age 23 b. OH is listed as a Rail Road Clerk; Daughter Annie Nevins age 21 b. OH is "at home", Son Frank Nevins age 19 b. OH is also listed as a Rail Road Clerk; Daughter Mary Nevins age 14 b. OH is "at school". There are also two irish servents: Mary Niner age 23 b. Ireland and Mary McDonough age 20 b. Ireland.1 
Marriage* 8 October 1883 Josephine McCloskey; Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, Marr record SLC 1299327. He was Civil Engineer, residing and born Columbus OH, age 27. Her age 21, residence 206 Penn Ave, 4th Ward.
     The Nevins Genealogy page by Louisa Johnson Kirk says he met his wife while studying electricity in the Westinghouse Shops in Pittsburgh 
Residence* 21 February 1898 Cripple Creek, Teller Co., Colorado, Signed affidavit during probate of father's will2 
Census1900* 1900 Richard Nevins #4; where is it 
Death* 4 April 1902 Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, A death record needs to be ordered from Chicago Cook Co. death index gives ID #13964 
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Obituary 6 April 1902 Obit in NY Times of 6 Apr 1902 pg 1 column 4. Dateline is Chicago April 5, and says that Richard Nevins Jr of NY died "yesterday" 
Burial* 13 April 1902 Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York 
Note* May 1909 Mentioned as deceased in relative's probate file3 

Family   Josephine McCloskey b. 1 January 1862, d. 24 March 1906
Children  1. Louisa Macalester Nevins b. 14 Jan 1886, d. 17 Feb 1975
  2. Richard Nevins #4+ b. 13 Mar 1888, d. 23 Jan 1983

Citations
  1. [S77] LDS FamilySearch, online http://www.familysearch.org, Individual Record, 1880 US Census.
  2. [S58] Unknown author, Will and probate of Richard Nevins from liber of Manhatten Surrogate Court.
  3. [S51] Unknown author, Probate file of Anna Key Neins (1909) at the NY County Surrogate's Court. Included is an extensive chart of relatives..

Josephine McCloskey (F)
b. 1 January 1862, d. 24 March 1906, #5
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Reference   Grandmother

Father   Manus McCloskey (Immigrant ca 1840) b. circa 1810, d. 12 April 1871
Mother   Mary Connelly (Immigrant) b. 1816, d. 25 January 1875

Note* Her obit, as well as her daughter Louisa, claimed that Josephine was great niece of Cardinal McCloskey. Cardinal John McCloskey was born 1810 in Brooklyn, son of Patrick & Elizabeth McCloskey. (Her maiden name was Harron per Ancestral File) 
Birth* 1 January 1862 Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, Birth year and place from 1870 census, also age 21 at 1883 marriage. Presumably baptised at st Paul's, however, the Baptism records at St Paul's between 1861 and 1875 were destroyed by fire. 
Census1870* 1870 14th Ward, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, pg 532b age 8 with parents. Note: shows her as Joseph, male, but 1880 shows her correctly. 
Census1880 1880 14th Ward, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, pg 69 with siblings, age 17, "School Teacher". 
Marriage* 8 October 1883 Richard Nevins Jr #3; Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, Marr record SLC 1299327. He was Civil Engineer, residing and born Columbus OH, age 27. Her age 21, residence 206 Penn Ave, 4th Ward.
     The Nevins Genealogy page by Louisa Johnson Kirk says he met his wife while studying electricity in the Westinghouse Shops in Pittsburgh 
Marriage* 1903 Howard Winfield Baker; Evidently not in Alleghey Co PA since not in marriage index - try Chicago? 
Death* 24 March 1906 Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, A death record needs to be ordered from Chicago Cook Co. death index gives ID #1213 
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Burial* Graceland Cemetery 
Obituary 26 March 1906 Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, [Chicago Examiner, 26 Mar 1906] Society page headline - Mourning is General Because of Death of Mrs Howard Baker.
Decease of Social Favorite a Blow to Friends
Fatal End of Mrs Howard W Baker's Illness Causes Pailful Shock
by Jane Randolph
     Society has had a painful shock in the news of the death on Saturday of Mrs Howard W Baker, at her residence 2255 Michigan avenue.
     Since early in December, Mrs Baker has been ill, and after all thes weeks of the most skillful treatment and loving care she grew steadily worse and after a long, brave fight went quietly to sleep.
     Every one who knew Mrs Baker is ready to say: "One of the most beautiful, most charming women Chicago has ever seen."
     Her beauty was of the most brilliant and thoroughly patrician type, with a little suggestion of the foreign in it, and her figure, bearing and manner were those of an aristocrat.
     She was born in Pittsburg, Josephine McCloskey, a greatniece of the eminent Cardinal McCloskey, and her debut into society was one of the brilliant events of the season in Pittsburg. She was married very early to Richard Nevins of New York, and much of her life was spent there, though she and Mr Nevins traveled extensively and lived for some time on the Pacific coast where they were socially very prominent.
     Two years after Mr Nevins' death she was married to Mr Howard W Baker, the second son of the late William T Baker, president of the Chicago World's fair, and less than a year ago they took possession of the old Baker mansion at Michigan avenue and Twenty-third street, and fashionalbe friends flocked to welcome Mr Baker and his bride.
     On November 25 Mrs Baker, and her sister-in-law, Mrs Van Wagenan Alling of Lake Forest, gave one of the largest and handsomest receptions of the year to introduce Mrs Baker's lovely daughter of her first marriage, Miss Louisa Nevins, and a round of entertainments were given for the debutanta. Soon after, however, her mother was stricken and Miss Nevins has spent the intervening months at her mother's side.
     Mrs Baker leaves also a son, Richard Nevins, a splendid chap, who is in college, and two sisters, Mrs Tollmus of New York, and Mrs George Scott of Pittsburg.
     Mrs Scott and Mrs William T Bull of New York, Mrs Baker's sister-in-law, are with Mr Baker and the children.
     Mrs Bull, whose mission here is such a sad one, visited just the Bakers last summer, but she was convalescent from a severe illness, and she declined all invitations during her stay in Chacago.
     Her career has been a notable one, one of success and the achievement of great popularity, in the face of sorrow and disappointment. She was born Marie Nevins, and married "Jamie" Blaine, the fascinating, but as time proved, ne'er-do-well son of James G Blaine, the white-plumed Knight.
     Mrs Blaine was beautiful, clever, fastidious and the marriage was a sad failure. Mrs Blaine's second marriage, to Dr Will T Bull of New York, an old friend of her family, and one of the most distinguished surgeons in the country, has been ideal. With a beautiful home in New York and [copy obliterates next line] taste and originality.
     I have heard it said that her salon is the only place in New York where even the most blase is never by any chance bored.
     Mrs Bull came to Chicago Saturday to share in the last services of love for Mrs Baker, and returns to New York after the funeral.
[There is a photo accompanying the article]
[Opinion - Where it refers to "Mrs Tollmus" - I believe this is actually a reference to Mrs Bull, and that Tollmus is a corruption of her husband's middle name Tillinghast. This opinion is because there seems to be none of her sisters who married a Tollmus] 

Family 1   Richard Nevins Jr #3 b. 11 February 1858, d. 4 April 1902
Children  1. Louisa Macalester Nevins b. 14 Jan 1886, d. 17 Feb 1975
  2. Richard Nevins #4+ b. 13 Mar 1888, d. 23 Jan 1983

Joseph Edward Tilt (M)
b. 29 October 1843, d. 28 September 1930, #6
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Reference   Grandfather

Father   James Tilt b. 1815, d. 15 October 1878
Mother   Jane Blevins b. 1817, d. 3 April 1907

Birth* 29 October 1843 Derry West, Peel Co., Ontario, Canada 
Marriage* 12 December 1870 Sarah B Thompson; Milton, Peel Co., Ontario, Canada, "In Milton, on the 12th inst., by the Rev. Mr. Tremain, Mr. J. E. Tilt, of Brampton to Miss Sarah Thompson, of Milton."1 
Census* 1871 Halton-Peel, Ontario, Canada, District 39 Subdistrict E Division 1 pg 17, age 27 b.Ontario, Church of England, shoemaker 
Immigration* 30 December 1872 Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, He immigrated this date through Detroit. Note that he seemed to have immigrated first, and then had two more children in Canada before bringing the family here. 
Event-Misc* 6 August 1874 Tippecanoe Co., Indiana, Joseph was a charter member of the la Fayette Lodge #51, K. of P. per pg 297 of Biographical Record and Portrait Album of Tippecoanoe County Indiana (Lewis 1888 Chicago). On page 296, his assumed brother William E was a charter member of Star City Encampment #153 IOOF which instituted 8 Apr 1880 With this later date, it is assumed that he stayed in Indiana and didn't move to Chicago. 
Naturalization* 13 October 1874 Tippecanoe Co., Indiana, According to "Alien Registrations and Naturalizations in Tippecanote County Indiana 1826-1906 by McCoy (SLC 977.295 P4m) he was declared a citizen this date and it's recorded in Circuit Court Order Book 36 pg 477. Salt Lake does not have these records, so they will have to be sent for. 
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Census1880* 1880 Rosewood, Lakeview Twnshp, Cook Co., Illinois, ED 216 sheet 54 Joseph E 38 Canada, Sarah B 26 Canada, Maud M 8 Canada, Jennie 7 Canada, Ada P 5 IN, Charles A IL, Jane (mother) 62 Ireland, Margaret (sister) 25 Canada, Frederick (brother) 13 Canada
Joseph is a boot & shoe manufacturer, and states both parents born Ireland. Sarah's parents born England & NY. 
Sarah B Thompson
Maud Maria Tilt
Jennie Tilt
Ada P Tilt
Charles Arthur Tilt
Jane Blevins
Margaret Tilt
Frederick Tilt
Marriage* 25 September 1894 Stella Bass; Kenilworth Union Church, Evanston, Cook Co., Illinois, Marriage License #223325. License dated the 24th, and Gerhardt C Mar, Pastor of the Kenilworth Union Church, married them on the 25th. Joseph 50 "of" Chicago, and Stella 27 "of" Evanston (SLC film #1030244) 
Census1900* 1900 543 Evanston Ave, Chicago, Cook Co., Indiana, ED 764 sheet 13 Joseph E Nov 1845 54 Canada, Stella B Mar 1868 32 IL, Katherine B Sep 1895 4 Illinois, Maud M Oct 1872 27 Canada, Arthur C Jun 1877 IL, one nurse, one cook, & one maid
Married 6 years, Stella has one child. Joseph is manufacturer of shoes, his parents born in Enland & Ireland. He immigrated 1871, in US 29 years, Naturalized. Owns home with a mortgage. Stella's parents born VT & IL
 
Stella Bass
Maud Maria Tilt
Katharine Bass Tilt
Charles Arthur Tilt
Census1910* 1910 3562 Evanston, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, ED 1069 supplemental sheet 11 Joseph E 67 Canada, Stella B 42 IL, Katharine B 14 IL, Edward B 7 IL Josephine B 4 IL
Joseph's 2nd marriage, Stella's 1st. They've been married 15 years. She has 3 children. He immigrated 1870 and is naturalized. He's a manufacturer of shoes. Parents born England & Ireland. Owns home free of mortgage 
Stella Bass
Katharine Bass Tilt
Edward B Tilt
Judith B Tilt
Census1920* 1920 700 Brampton, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, ED 1494 sheet 1 Joseph 76 Canada, Stella 52, IL Catherine 24 IL, Edward B 17 IL, Judith 14 IL
Joseph owns home free of mortgage, Immigrated 1872 was Naturalized in 1874. His parents were born in France & Ireland, hers in MA & IL. He had no occupation listed 
Katharine Bass Tilt
Stella Bass
Edward B Tilt
Judith B Tilt
Death* 28 September 1930 Pasadena, Los Angeles Co., California 
Source* 2,3 

Family 1   Sarah B Thompson b. 1854
Children  1. (__________) Tilt b. 12 Nov 1871
  2. Maud Maria Tilt b. 25 Nov 1871
  3. (__________) Tilt b. 19 Jan 1873
  4. Jennie Tilt b. 14 Jul 1874
  5. Ada P Tilt b. 1875
  6. Charles Arthur Tilt b. Jun 1877

Family 2   Stella Bass b. 5 March 1868, d. 22 September 1952
Children  1. Katharine Bass Tilt+ b. 8 Sep 1895, d. Nov 1976
  2. Edward B Tilt b. 1903
  3. Judith B Tilt b. 1906

Citations
  1. [S46] Unknown author, The Brampton Times Volume 2 September 1869 - July 1874, pg 12.
  2. [S42] Unknown author, Record of the Families of Myron Hawley Bass and Ann Elizabeth Kelly, a looseleaf book owned by Ernest Albert Bryant III of Montecito CA.
  3. [S43] Unknown author, Conversation with Martha Bryant Bonzi 10 October 1995.

Stella Bass (F)
b. 5 March 1868, d. 22 September 1952, #7
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Reference   Grandmother

Father   Myron Hawley Bass b. 24 December 1836, d. 3 June 1890
Mother   Ann Elizabeth Kelly b. 12 April 1840, d. 29 May 1914

Birth* 5 March 1868 Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois 
(Witness) Census1870 1870 Myron Hawley Bass; 16th Ward, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, written page 339 printed pg 170 2028-2893, Myron H 33 VT land agent, Elizabeth 30 IL George A 6 IL, Florence 4 IL, Stella 2 IL (note: no Perkins age 4, but 1880 had no Florence age 14) 
(Witness) Census1880 1880 Myron Hawley Bass; Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, ED 158 written pg 4 printed pg 59. Myron is a real estate agent age 42, Annie E 40, George A 15, Perkins B 14, Stella 12, Jennie K 8. (note: no Florence age 14, but 1870 has no Perkins age 4) 
Marriage* 25 September 1894 Joseph Edward Tilt; Kenilworth Union Church, Evanston, Cook Co., Illinois, Marriage License #223325. License dated the 24th, and Gerhardt C Mar, Pastor of the Kenilworth Union Church, married them on the 25th. Joseph 50 "of" Chicago, and Stella 27 "of" Evanston (SLC film #1030244) 
(Witness) Census1900 1900 Joseph Edward Tilt; 543 Evanston Ave, Chicago, Cook Co., Indiana, ED 764 sheet 13 Joseph E Nov 1845 54 Canada, Stella B Mar 1868 32 IL, Katherine B Sep 1895 4 Illinois, Maud M Oct 1872 27 Canada, Arthur C Jun 1877 IL, one nurse, one cook, & one maid
Married 6 years, Stella has one child. Joseph is manufacturer of shoes, his parents born in Enland & Ireland. He immigrated 1871, in US 29 years, Naturalized. Owns home with a mortgage. Stella's parents born VT & IL
 
(Witness) Census1910 1910 Joseph Edward Tilt; 3562 Evanston, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, ED 1069 supplemental sheet 11 Joseph E 67 Canada, Stella B 42 IL, Katharine B 14 IL, Edward B 7 IL Josephine B 4 IL
Joseph's 2nd marriage, Stella's 1st. They've been married 15 years. She has 3 children. He immigrated 1870 and is naturalized. He's a manufacturer of shoes. Parents born England & Ireland. Owns home free of mortgage 
(Witness) Census1920 1920 Joseph Edward Tilt; 700 Brampton, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, ED 1494 sheet 1 Joseph 76 Canada, Stella 52, IL Catherine 24 IL, Edward B 17 IL, Judith 14 IL
Joseph owns home free of mortgage, Immigrated 1872 was Naturalized in 1874. His parents were born in France & Ireland, hers in MA & IL. He had no occupation listed 
Death* 22 September 1952 Pasadena, Los Angeles Co., California 
Source* 1,2 

Family   Joseph Edward Tilt b. 29 October 1843, d. 28 September 1930
Children  1. Katharine Bass Tilt+ b. 8 Sep 1895, d. Nov 1976
  2. Edward B Tilt b. 1903
  3. Judith B Tilt b. 1906

Citations
  1. [S42] Unknown author, Record of the Families of Myron Hawley Bass and Ann Elizabeth Kelly, a looseleaf book owned by Ernest Albert Bryant III of Montecito CA.
  2. [S43] Unknown author, Conversation with Martha Bryant Bonzi 10 October 1995.

Richard Nevins #2 (M)
b. November 1831, d. 11 June 1897, #8
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Reference   1G Grf

Father   Richard Nevins #1 b. 27 October 1795, d. 16 September 1831
Mother   Louisa Elizabeth Macalester b. 17 September 1805 or 1807, d. 16 May 1897

Birth* November 1831 New York City, New York Co., New York, (father died before his birth) 
Census1850* 1850 1850 where? 1850 index shows New Brunswick, Middlesex, NJ pg 240 and Saratoga, North, NY pg 143. Neither is this Richard 
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Marriage* 2 November 1854 Florida "Flora" Madery; Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio, Marr from vol 6 pg 165 (SLC 285144) "The State of Ohio Franklin County. I certify that I this day I solemized the marriage of Richard Nevins with Flora Medary. Witness my hand this 21st day of November AD 1854 Chas R McIlvain." 
Census1860 1860 Clinton Twnshp, Franklin Co., Ohio, age 21. Publisher with $44,000 land. Lives one house away from mother and sister 
Census1870 1870 Look for it in Columbus Not in printed index 
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Census1880 1880 Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio, age 52 (prob s/b 42). Publisher 
Census1880* 1880 US Census, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, Richard Nevins age 52 b. NY (father b. NY, mother b. PA) is a Publisher. Wife Flora age 40, b. OH (father b. DC, mother b. ENG) keeps house. Chidren in household : Son RIchard age 23 b. OH is listed as a Rail Road Clerk; Daughter Annie Nevins age 21 b. OH is "at home", Son Frank Nevins age 19 b. OH is also listed as a Rail Road Clerk; Daughter Mary Nevins age 14 b. OH is "at school". There are also two irish servents: Mary Niner age 23 b. Ireland and Mary McDonough age 20 b. Ireland.1 
Florida "Flora" Madery
Richard Nevins Jr #3
Anna Campbell Nevins
Frances Lathrop "Frank" Nevins
Mary Nevins
Residence William's Columbus Directory pg 22: Newspapers and Periodicals, The Crisis (weekly) 
Residence between 1885 and 1888 circa 1885-1888 moved to NY per family tradition. 
Will* 6 July 1886 Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio,      I Richard Nevins of the City of Columbus County of Franklin State of Ohio being in good health in mind and body do publish and declare this to be my last will and testament.
     Item one: I give and bequeath to my wife Flora Medary Nevins allof the real estate and personal property I am now possessed of and all and every description of real and personal property that may hereafter be bequeathed to me for her sole use during her life, she to will anything that may be left to our children then living, share and share alike, or as she may deem right at that time.
     Item two: I hereby appoint my wife Flora Medary Nevins sole executor of this my last will and testament, furthermore, I request that she shall not be required and shall be released from giving any bond for the performance of her duties under this will.
     In witness whereof, I Richard Nevins have to this my last will and testament subscribed my hand and seal this the sixth day of July AD 1886
[:TAB:     ]Richard Nevins - Seal.
     Subscribed by the testator and at the same time declared by him to us to be his last will and testament and therefore we at his request (the testator) sign our names hereto as witnesses this the sixth day of July AD 1886 at Washington City District of Columbia. Witnesses: Robert Christy, Thomas J Brennan, and B.M. Brodie - of Washington DC.
     On 18 Mar 1898 Thomas J Breniman (unsure of spelling, looks different in both documents) swore that he knew the deceased for 18 years before his death and that the will was made in Washington DC on 7 July 1886 in the presence of himself and Robert Christy and B.M. Brodie.
     On 30 Mar 1898 Basil M Brodie swore that he knew the deceased for about 12 or 13 years, and that they "boarded in the house with me on G Street between 14th and 15th Streets Northwest, Washington DC during Cleveland's first administration."
     On 25 Mar 1898 Robert Christy swore that he knew the deceased in the city of Columbus Ohio and knew him in the City of Washtington before he went to New York. "I am sure that I met him while he resided in New York City. I made his acquaintance in 1857 and I met him repeatedly after that time. I cam to Washington before him. After he came to reside in Washington with his family he was a frequent visitor at my office (he was a lawyer).2 
Death* 11 June 1897 New York City, New York Co., New York 
Burial* 14 June 1897 Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York 
Obituary Look up obit in NY Times per index 
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Note* May 1909 Mentioned as deceased in relative's probate file3 

Family   Florida "Flora" Madery b. 18 September 1840, d. 11 October 1918
Children  1. Richard Nevins Jr #3+ b. 11 Feb 1858, d. 4 Apr 1902
  2. Anna Campbell Nevins b. 23 Oct 1859, d. 23 Oct 1944
  3. Frances Lathrop "Frank" Nevins b. 1861, d. 16 Apr 1907
  4. Samuel? Nevins
  5. Mary Nevins b. 1866, d. 1911

Citations
  1. [S77] LDS FamilySearch, online http://www.familysearch.org, Individual Record, 1880 US Census.
  2. [S58] Unknown author, Will and probate of Richard Nevins from liber of Manhatten Surrogate Court.
  3. [S51] Unknown author, Probate file of Anna Key Neins (1909) at the NY County Surrogate's Court. Included is an extensive chart of relatives..

Florida "Flora" Madery (F)
b. 18 September 1840, d. 11 October 1918, #9
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Reference   1G Grm

Father   Governor Samuel Medary b. 25 February 1801, d. 7 November 1864
Mother   Elizabeth Scott b. 1803

Source* Nevins Genealogy page by Louisa Johnson Kirk says "you have her miniature") 
Birth* 18 September 1840 Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio1 
Marriage* 2 November 1854 Richard Nevins #2; Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio, Marr from vol 6 pg 165 (SLC 285144) "The State of Ohio Franklin County. I certify that I this day I solemized the marriage of Richard Nevins with Flora Medary. Witness my hand this 21st day of November AD 1854 Chas R McIlvain." 
(Witness) Census1880 1880 Richard Nevins #2; US Census, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, Richard Nevins age 52 b. NY (father b. NY, mother b. PA) is a Publisher. Wife Flora age 40, b. OH (father b. DC, mother b. ENG) keeps house. Chidren in household : Son RIchard age 23 b. OH is listed as a Rail Road Clerk; Daughter Annie Nevins age 21 b. OH is "at home", Son Frank Nevins age 19 b. OH is also listed as a Rail Road Clerk; Daughter Mary Nevins age 14 b. OH is "at school". There are also two irish servents: Mary Niner age 23 b. Ireland and Mary McDonough age 20 b. Ireland.1 
Residence* 28 February 1898 65 W 104th St, Manhattan, New York, Signed affidavit during probate of husband's will2 
Death* 11 October 1918 New York City, New York Co., New York 
Burial* 13 October 1918 Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York 
Obituary Look up obit in NY Times per index 
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Family   Richard Nevins #2 b. November 1831, d. 11 June 1897
Children  1. Richard Nevins Jr #3+ b. 11 Feb 1858, d. 4 Apr 1902
  2. Anna Campbell Nevins b. 23 Oct 1859, d. 23 Oct 1944
  3. Frances Lathrop "Frank" Nevins b. 1861, d. 16 Apr 1907
  4. Samuel? Nevins
  5. Mary Nevins b. 1866, d. 1911

Citations
  1. [S77] LDS FamilySearch, online http://www.familysearch.org, Individual Record, 1880 US Census.
  2. [S58] Unknown author, Will and probate of Richard Nevins from liber of Manhatten Surrogate Court.

Manus McCloskey (Immigrant ca 1840) (M)
b. circa 1810, d. 12 April 1871, #10

Reference   1G Grf

Note 1796 Londonderry Co., Ireland, Note that there are two Manus McCloskey's in the Iris Flax Growers List. There may or may not be a connection (how common is the name in Ireland?) 
Birth* circa 1810 Ireland, Age 35 in 1850, age 51 in 1860, age 63 in 1870, and "66th year" at death 
Immigration* Filby shows source 9696 (Western PA Gen Soc- A List of Immigrants) pg 66, which in turn says- McCloskey, Manus (1845) Bn Ire, DI 31 Oct 1842, at 10 Jan 1845, Sp. Henry Casiday (by mark). His obituary says he ws a resident of Pittsburgh for over 32 years which gives an approximate year of 1839 - which would support declaration of intent in 1842 and naturalization in 1845.
     Negative: Looked in the index for Atlantic-Gulf Port Arrivals 1820-1874 (SLC 418272) and the only Manus is a 10 year old who came in 1850. 
Marriage* 30 September 1841 Mary Connelly (Immigrant); St Patrick's, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, witnesses: Hugone McGinly & Anna McDevitt1 
Negative* Looked at PA Gen Soc surname folders at SLC (348828) and there are no McCloskey folders. One McCluskey, but no connection 
Deed* 29 August 1848 Allegheny, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, He bought land - Deed vol 82 pg 413 (SLC 1497892) James Sproat & Matilda his wife of Allegheny City (by attorney) sold to Manus McCloskey of Allegheny Co. - $800 - two lots in city of Allegheny beginning at corner of lot 11 on Bank Lane ... to Shield St - see deed for further 
Deed 5 September 1848 Pitt Township, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, He bought land - Deed vol 82 pg 464 (SLC 1497892) Edward D Gazzam & Elizabeth Antoionette his wife of Pitt Twnship sold to Manus McCloskey of same place - $250 - land in Pittsburgh beginning at SW corner of Braddock St & Brady St - see deed for further 
Deed 18 April 1849 Pittsurgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, He sold land - Deed vol 86 pg 166 (SLC 1497894) Manus McCloskey & Mary his wife sold to Manus O'Donnell of same place - $800 - lots 9 & 10 in city of Alleghany (same land he bought 29 Aug 1848) - see deed for further 
Census1850* 1850 pg 228 South Ward, Pitt Township, Alleghany Co., Pennsylvania, pg 17 age 35, laborer, born Ireland 
Deed 2 August 1851 Pitt Township, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, He bought land - Deed vol 110 pg 435 (SLC 1497952) Edward D Gazzam & Elizabeth Antoionette his wife of Pitt Twnship sold to Manus McCloskey of same place - $930 - lots 253, 254, & 155 in Pitts Twnshp - streets involved are Pennsylvania Ave (lot 253 & 254) and Commerce St (lot 155) - see deed for further 
Deed 22 August 1857 Pitt Township, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, He bought land - Deed vol 129 pg 494 (SLC 1497959) Edward D Gazzam & Elizabeth Antoionette his wife of Pitt Twnship sold to Manus McCloskey of same place - $200 - lot 156 in Pitt Twnshp beginning at corner of Commerce & Burlington Sts - see deed for further 
Deed 22 November 1859 Pitt Township, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, He bought land - Deed vol 141 pg 371 (SLC 1498024) Edward D Gazzam & Elizabeth Antoionette his wife of Pitt Twnship sold to Manus McCloskey of same place - $600 - lots 72 & 73 in Pitt Twnshp at Brady St & McCloskey Alley - see deed for further 
Census1860* 1860 Pitt Township, Alleghany Co., Pennsylania, pg 859 age 51, born Ireland, $10,000 land, $5,000 personal estate, coal _oo____ (occupation hard to decypher). Follow through on this land 
Deed 1 November 1864 Pitt Township, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, He sold land - Deed vol 179 pg 20 (SLC 1498039) Manus McCloskey & wife Mary of Pitt Twnshp sold to John McClaren of city of Pittsburgh - $5500 - lots 155 & 156 (bought 2 Aug 1851 & 22 Aug 1857) - see deed for further 
Deed 16 January 1869 14th Ward, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, He sold land - Deed vol 238 pg 203 (SLC 1509757) Manus McCloskey & wife Mary of 14th Ward of Pittsburgh (late Pitt Twnshp) sold to John George Hommel of city of same place - $2000 - lots 253 & 254 (bought 2 Aug 1851) - see deed for further 
Residence* 6 November 1869 Mary Connelly (Immigrant); 14th Ward, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, In list of heirs at sale of land2 
Census1870 1870 14th Ward, Pittsburgh, Alleghany Co., Pennsylvania, pg 532b age 63 "at home" so guess retired. With family, and $10,000 land. 
Death* 12 April 1871 Pittsburgh (Soho area), Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, per obituary 
Obituary 14 April 1871 Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh Gazette pg 5 col 6 - Died: McCloskey - On Wednesday at 12 p.m. Manus McCloskey in the 66th year of his age. Funeral will take place from his late residence on the corner of Brady street and Second avenue on Friday, April 14th, at 2 o'clock. The friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend.
Pittsburgh Post pg 2 col 2 - Death of a Worthy Citizen. We announce with regret the demise of Manus McCloskey, Esq., which took place about noon on Wednesday at his residence in the Fourteenth ward, late Soho. Deceased had been a resident of Pittsburgh for over thirty-two years during twenty-three of which he had been intimately connected with our river interests as one of our most extensive coap shippers. Mr McCloskey was one of our most upright and generous citizens. He was universally esteemed for cordial and pleasing manner, his interest in everything charitable, his strict devotion to his religious principles, and above all, his excellent character as a citizen and a father. We deeply sympathize with his sorrowing family in their sad bereavement. The funeral will take place on Friday afternoon at two o'clock, from the late residence of the deceased at the Two-mile Run, Fourteenth ward, near Soho.3 
Burial* St Mary's Cemetery, Pittsburgh (Lawrenceville section), Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, Section H or M. According to the Catholic Cemeteries Association. Manus owned four lots, containing a large number of graves. A special request has been made to identify all those buried in the four lots, with their dates of death and any additional information held by the Cemetery office.3 
Deed 21 August 1877 14th Ward, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, Manus McCloskey heirs sold land (lots 72 & 73 on Brady St along Hudson Alley, bought 22 Nov 1859) - Deed vol 370 pg 209 (SLC 1510374) .
     Stephen C McCloskey, Mrs Catharine Coyed widow (formerly Mc Closkey), James D Kelly and Margaret Kelly his wife (formerly McCloskey, James E McCloskey, Roie McCloskey, and Peter McCloskey, and Josephine McCloskey, minors by their guardian James D Kelly (who joins herein and becomes for his wards part grantor in virtue of an order of the Orphans Court of Allegheny County made on the 18th day of August 1877 giving him authority so to do), ... heirs at law of Manus McCloskey late of Allegheny County dec'd. - sold to several people as partners of Evans Dalzell & Co. - $3000 - see deed for further 
Negative Checked the Carnegie Library and Western PA Genelogical Society "vertical files" for family information but noting was found pertaining to the McCloskey, Coyle, Kelly, or Scott families3 

Family   Mary Connelly (Immigrant) b. 1816, d. 25 January 1875
Children  1. Catherine McCloskey+ b. 28 Jul 1842
  2. Stephen McCloskey b. 6 Dec 1844
  3. Margaret McCloskey b. 1 Nov 1846
  4. James McCloskey b. 26 Apr 1849
  5. Manus McCloskey b. 3 Dec 1851
  6. Mary D McCloskey+ b. 22 Apr 1854
  7. Rosanne McCloskey b. 22 Mar 1856, d. 1 May 1883
  8. Peter C McCloskey b. 12 May 1858
  9. Josephine McCloskey+ b. 1 Jan 1862, d. 24 Mar 1906

Citations
  1. [S37] Unknown author, Letter from Diocese of Pittsburgh (7 Sep 1999) with McCloskey family records.
  2. [S38] Unknown author, Deed vol 248 pg 521 (SLC 1509761) - Stephen Connolly heirs.
  3. [S41] Suzanne Johnston, Research report.

Mary Connelly (Immigrant) (F)
b. 1816, d. 25 January 1875, #11
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Reference   1G Grm

Father   Stephen Connelly b. 1787
Mother   Margaret (__________) b. 1787

Birth* 1816 Ireland, Age 55 in 1870 census and died "in 58th year of her age". 
Marriage* 30 September 1841 Manus McCloskey (Immigrant ca 1840); St Patrick's, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, witnesses: Hugone McGinly & Anna McDevitt1 
Census1850* 1850 pg 228 South Ward, Pitt Township, Alleghany Co., Pennsylania, pg 17 age 32, born Ireland (with husband) 
Census1860* 1860 Pitt Township, Alleghany Co., Pennsylania, pg 859 age 45, born Ireland 
Residence* 6 November 1869 Manus McCloskey (Immigrant ca 1840); 14th Ward, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, In list of heirs at sale of land2 
Census1870* 1870 14th Ward, Pittsburgh, Alleghany Co., Pennsylvania, pg 532b age 55 with husband and family. Her brother Peter & his family are next door 
Burial* St Mary's Cemetery, Pittsburgh (Lawrenceville section), Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, Section H or M3 
Death* 25 January 1875 Pittsburgh (Soho area), Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania3 
Obituary 27 January 1875 Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, Pittsburg Gazette pg 4 col 7 - Died: McCloskey - On Monday, January 25, at 10½ p.m., Mrs Mary McCloskey, relict of the late Manus McCloskey, in the 58th year of her age. The friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral from her late residence, corner Second avenue and Brady street, Soho, Thursday, at 2 p.m.3 

Family   Manus McCloskey (Immigrant ca 1840) b. circa 1810, d. 12 April 1871
Children  1. Catherine McCloskey+ b. 28 Jul 1842
  2. Stephen McCloskey b. 6 Dec 1844
  3. Margaret McCloskey b. 1 Nov 1846
  4. James McCloskey b. 26 Apr 1849
  5. Manus McCloskey b. 3 Dec 1851
  6. Mary D McCloskey+ b. 22 Apr 1854
  7. Rosanne McCloskey b. 22 Mar 1856, d. 1 May 1883
  8. Peter C McCloskey b. 12 May 1858
  9. Josephine McCloskey+ b. 1 Jan 1862, d. 24 Mar 1906

Citations
  1. [S37] Unknown author, Letter from Diocese of Pittsburgh (7 Sep 1999) with McCloskey family records.
  2. [S38] Unknown author, Deed vol 248 pg 521 (SLC 1509761) - Stephen Connolly heirs.
  3. [S41] Suzanne Johnston, Research report.

James Tilt (M)
b. 1815, d. 15 October 1878, #12
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Reference   1G Grf

Father   John Tilt b. between 1798 and 1801, d. 27 May 1876
Mother   Elizabeth (__________) b. 1796, d. 13 June 1880

Birth* 1815 England or Ireland, age 56 in 1871 census 
Marriage* Jane Blevins; Derry West, Peel Co., Ontario, Canada 
Event-Misc* 1857 Derry West, Peel Co., Ontario, Canada, Directory of the Province of Ontario (SLC 971.3 E4w) pg 587 Innkeeper, shoemaker 
Census* 1871 Halton-Peel, Ontario, Canada, District 39 Subdistrict E Division 1 pg 43, age 56 b.Ireland Church of England, bootmaker 
Death* 15 October 1878 Brampton, Peel Co., Ontario, Canada, Film Number MS 935 Reel 19 vital statistic films in the Ontario Archives
Registration Number 011251
County Peel
Division Brampton
Name James Tilt
Date of Death 15 Oct 1878
Sex M
Age 62 yrs
Rank or Profession Shoemaker
Where Born Armagh Ireland
Cause of Death Inflamation of the lungs
Doctor Dr Moore
Name of Informant David Tilt Brampton
When Registered 15 Oct 1878
Religion Church of England
Registrar J Mcullen 
Burial* Brampton Cemetery, Chinguacousy Twnshp, Brampton, Peel Co., Ontario, Canada, "ae 62 years"1 
Source* 2,3 

Family   Jane Blevins b. 1817, d. 3 April 1907
Children  1. William Tilt b. 1839
  2. Thomas C Tilt b. 1841, d. 23 Aug 1879
  3. Joseph Edward Tilt+ b. 29 Oct 1843, d. 28 Sep 1930
  4. Margaret Tilt b. 1855
  5. Lizzie M Tilt b. 1864, d. 14 Apr 1880
  6. Frederick Tilt b. 1867

Citations
  1. [S44] Halton*Peel Branch OGS, Chinguacousy Twnshp Cemetery #16, Brampton Cemetery, Brampton Ontario Peel County.
  2. [S42] Unknown author, Record of the Families of Myron Hawley Bass and Ann Elizabeth Kelly, a looseleaf book owned by Ernest Albert Bryant III of Montecito CA.
  3. [S43] Unknown author, Conversation with Martha Bryant Bonzi 10 October 1995.

Jane Blevins (F)
b. 1817, d. 3 April 1907, #13

Reference   1G Grm

Birth* 1817 Armagh, Ireland1 
Marriage* James Tilt; Derry West, Peel Co., Ontario, Canada 
(Witness) Census1880 1880 Joseph Edward Tilt; Rosewood, Lakeview Twnshp, Cook Co., Illinois, ED 216 sheet 54 Joseph E 38 Canada, Sarah B 26 Canada, Maud M 8 Canada, Jennie 7 Canada, Ada P 5 IN, Charles A IL, Jane (mother) 62 Ireland, Margaret (sister) 25 Canada, Frederick (brother) 13 Canada
Joseph is a boot & shoe manufacturer, and states both parents born Ireland. Sarah's parents born England & NY. 
Death* 3 April 1907 126 S 53rd Austin Ward 35, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, Age 90. Death Certificate #17948, she was born in Ireland, and had lived in both IL and Chicago for 27 years. Her body was shipped to Canada. 
Burial* Brampton Cemetery, Chinguacousy Twnshp, Brampton, Peel Co., Ontario, Canada, "aged 90 years"2 

Family   James Tilt b. 1815, d. 15 October 1878
Children  1. William Tilt b. 1839
  2. Thomas C Tilt b. 1841, d. 23 Aug 1879
  3. Joseph Edward Tilt+ b. 29 Oct 1843, d. 28 Sep 1930
  4. Margaret Tilt b. 1855
  5. Lizzie M Tilt b. 1864, d. 14 Apr 1880
  6. Frederick Tilt b. 1867

Citations
  1. [S43] Unknown author, Conversation with Martha Bryant Bonzi 10 October 1995.
  2. [S44] Halton*Peel Branch OGS, Chinguacousy Twnshp Cemetery #16, Brampton Cemetery, Brampton Ontario Peel County.

Myron Hawley Bass (M)
b. 24 December 1836, d. 3 June 1890, #14
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Reference   1G Grf

Father   Joel Bass Jr b. 17 July 1798, d. 27 May 1855
Mother   Catherine Wright Burnham b. 5 July 1805, d. 1890

Birth* 24 December 1836 Williamstown, Orange Co., Vermont 
(Witness) Census1850 1850 Joel Bass Jr; Williamstown, Orange Co., Vermont, pg 268 60-60 Joel Jr 52 farmer $2600 (all b.VT), Catharine W 44, Perkins 23, Walter B 21, William 17, Fanny 15, Myron H 13 Hugh 11, George 4, Isabella F 1 
Census1860* 1860 Rockville, Kankakee Co., Illinois, pg 298 2248-2157 Myron 23 farmer $3200 $800 VT, Hugh 21 farmer no land $20 VT 
Hugh Bass
Marriage* 1 October 1863 Ann Elizabeth Kelly 
Census1870* 1870 16th Ward, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, written page 339 printed pg 170 2028-2893, Myron H 33 VT land agent, Elizabeth 30 IL George A 6 IL, Florence 4 IL, Stella 2 IL (note: no Perkins age 4, but 1880 had no Florence age 14) 
Ann Elizabeth Kelly
George A Bass
Florence Bass
Stella Bass
Census1880* 1880 Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, ED 158 written pg 4 printed pg 59. Myron is a real estate agent age 42, Annie E 40, George A 15, Perkins B 14, Stella 12, Jennie K 8. (note: no Florence age 14, but 1870 has no Perkins age 4) 
Ann Elizabeth Kelly
George A Bass
Perkins B Bass
Stella Bass
Jennie K Bass
Death* 3 June 1890 Evanston, Cook Co., Illinois 
Burial* Rose Hill Cemetery, Chicago, Cook, Ill1 
Source* 2,3 

Family   Ann Elizabeth Kelly b. 12 April 1840, d. 29 May 1914
Children  1. George A Bass b. 1865
  2. Perkins B Bass b. 1866
  3. Florence Bass b. 1866
  4. Stella Bass+ b. 5 Mar 1868, d. 22 Sep 1952
  5. Jennie K Bass b. 1872

Citations
  1. [S161] International Genealogical Index (IGI).
  2. [S43] Unknown author, Conversation with Martha Bryant Bonzi 10 October 1995.
  3. [S42] Unknown author, Record of the Families of Myron Hawley Bass and Ann Elizabeth Kelly, a looseleaf book owned by Ernest Albert Bryant III of Montecito CA.

Ann Elizabeth Kelly (F)
b. 12 April 1840, d. 29 May 1914, #15
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Reference   1G Grm

Father   James Ward Kelly b. 5 December 1808, d. 22 March 1865
Mother   Nancy Jane Frazer b. July 1807, d. 6 September 1897

Birth* 12 April 1840  
Marriage* 1 October 1863 Myron Hawley Bass 
(Witness) Census1870 1870 Myron Hawley Bass; 16th Ward, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, written page 339 printed pg 170 2028-2893, Myron H 33 VT land agent, Elizabeth 30 IL George A 6 IL, Florence 4 IL, Stella 2 IL (note: no Perkins age 4, but 1880 had no Florence age 14) 
(Witness) Census1880 1880 Myron Hawley Bass; Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, ED 158 written pg 4 printed pg 59. Myron is a real estate agent age 42, Annie E 40, George A 15, Perkins B 14, Stella 12, Jennie K 8. (note: no Florence age 14, but 1870 has no Perkins age 4) 
Death* 29 May 1914 Evanston, Cook Co., Illinois 
Source* 1,2 

Family   Myron Hawley Bass b. 24 December 1836, d. 3 June 1890
Children  1. George A Bass b. 1865
  2. Perkins B Bass b. 1866
  3. Florence Bass b. 1866
  4. Stella Bass+ b. 5 Mar 1868, d. 22 Sep 1952
  5. Jennie K Bass b. 1872

Citations
  1. [S42] Unknown author, Record of the Families of Myron Hawley Bass and Ann Elizabeth Kelly, a looseleaf book owned by Ernest Albert Bryant III of Montecito CA.
  2. [S43] Unknown author, Conversation with Martha Bryant Bonzi 10 October 1995.

Richard Nevins #1 (M)
b. 27 October 1795, d. 16 September 1831, #16
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Reference   2G Grf

Father   Captain David (2) Nevins b. 12 September 1747, d. 21 January 1838
Mother   Mary Russell Hubbard b. 22 July 1756, d. 23 September 1820

Birth* 27 October 1795 Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut1 
Residence 1820 At Historical Soc of PA in Whitely's Annual Directory 1820 are:.
Nevins, Richard, exchange broker 25 & dh 134 South 3rd.
Nevins, Samuel, James & Co stock and exchange brokers, 25 S 3rd (res?) 134 S 3rd.
Also in 1818 edition.
In 1825 same business address & 300 Mulberry home address.
Not in 1828 directory.
 
Residence Richard Nevins born 27 Oct 1795 in Norwich CT and his wife (?) Louisa Macalester of Philadelphia(?) MAY have moved to New York some time after 1820 to be with his father Capt David Nevins at the home of his brother Russell Hubbard Nevins, who lived at 17 Band St in 1836. Russell H Nevins was one of 28 members of Brokers at NY Stock Exchange Board in 1817. Apparently Russell was the great economic success in the family 
Deed* Looked at grantor index to deeds for Kings Co. NY from beginning through 1840. Though there are many entries for his brother Russell, there is nothing with him or his heirs to indicate a sale of land via probate. I also looked at grantor index for Philadelpha with the same results - Russell, but not Richard. 
Marriage* 11 May 1826 Louisa Elizabeth Macalester; Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, Marriage record in Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia) 12 May 1826: Richard Nevins & Louisa Macalester, dau of Charles Macalester m. 11th inst. by Rev Dr J J Janeway, all of this city 
Residence 18th & Walnut in Philadelphia per Nevins Genealogy page by Louisa Johnson Kirk 
Census1830 1830 The only 1830 Richard in NY is 3rd ward, New York City, NY - 1m20-30 1f0-5 1f10-15 3f20-30. Goes along with city directory Richard who is a broker, but ages don't fit. OR he could still be in Philadelphia in 1830 though there is no Richard Nevins in the 1830 PA index 
Residence* 1830 1830 city directory possible in NYC as "Richard Nevins & Co, broker 42 Wall, h. 110 Chambers" 
Death* 16 September 1831 New York City, New York Co., New York, Death liber entry 16 Sep 1831. Houston St age 36 b.CT, Marble Cemetery
     Death record in Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia) 19 Sep 1831: Died in City of New York, Friday last, Richard Nevins, late of Phila, aged 36 years. (Calender has been consulted and the 19th was a Monday making "Friday last" the 16th.
     In "Select Remains of the Rev William Nevins D.D.", published by Rufus L Nevins in 1836 (brothers of Richard) Richard Nevins died 26 Sep 1831. "This day my dear brother Richard died in New York". Since that was just before the birth of his son, and when his daughter was still a minor, there should be some guardianship records. Researcher Leslie Corn has not been able to find the document that R.Nevins(5) found indicating there was a guardianship record. The record has not been found. Curious that his brother gives a date of the 26, but the newspaper published his death prior to then. Maybe the 26th is the date they found out 
Burial September 1831 Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, New York Co., New York, vault 126 #16, 36 yrs, son of David Nevins & Mary R Hubbard. Born 1795. Moved to Philadelphia. Born CT; died Houston St. Bilious fever. Removed to Green-Wood 
Burial* 7 October 1854 Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York, reburied 
Note May 1909 Mentioned as deceased in relative's probate file2 

Family   Louisa Elizabeth Macalester b. 17 September 1805 or 1807, d. 16 May 1897
Children  1. Anna-Annie Macalester Nevins+
  2. Richard Nevins #2+ b. Nov 1831, d. 11 Jun 1897
  3. Mary L Nevins+ b. bt 1832 - 1833, d. 15 Oct 1882

Citations
  1. [S17] Unknown author, Vital Records of Norwich CT, 1659-1848, Hartford, 1913 (SLC 974.65/N1 V2s), pg 584.
  2. [S51] Unknown author, Probate file of Anna Key Neins (1909) at the NY County Surrogate's Court. Included is an extensive chart of relatives..

Louisa Elizabeth Macalester (F)
b. 17 September 1805 or 1807, d. 16 May 1897, #17
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Reference   2G Grm

Father   Charles Macalester b. 5 April 1765, d. 29 August 1832
Mother   Anna Sampson b. August 1769, d. 13 May 1854

Source* "Old Houses of the Antient Town of Norwich 1660 to 1800" by Mary Perkins (about 1895) page 541 has at top of page Nevins. Shows Richard is son of (Capt) David and Mary (Hubbard) Nevins, and Capt David is son of David and Mary (Lathrop) Nevins. Same page is the source for Louisa Macalester being the daughter of Charles and Anne (Sampson) Macalester of Philadelphia. Book available at Sons of American Revolution Library in Glendale CA 
Birth* 17 September 1805 or 1807 Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania1 
Marriage* 11 May 1826 Richard Nevins #1; Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, Marriage record in Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia) 12 May 1826: Richard Nevins & Louisa Macalester, dau of Charles Macalester m. 11th inst. by Rev Dr J J Janeway, all of this city 
Census1830 1830 3rd Ward, New York City, New York Co., New York, 1m20-30 1f0-5 1f10-15 3f20-30 
Note* 22 August 1832 mentioned in father's will 
Census1840 1840 She might be in New York, but she does not show up in the 1840 census index 
Census1850 1850 where? She's NOT the Louisa that's at 36 Union Place where brotherinlaw Russell Nevins moved in 1842 
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Census1860 1860 Clinton Twnshp, Franklin Co., Ohio, age 54 with $20,000 land, living with daughter and soninlaw Mary & Wm Neil. Son Richard lives one house away 
Census1870 1870 She should be in Ohio, but is not in the census index 
Census1880 1880 Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio, age 74 widowed, address looks like 524 East Town St. Daughter Mary Neil with her, with marital status listed as "D" (divorced). There are three servents in the household -- Minni Glenn age 22 b. OH; Joanna Sullivan age 28 b. OH; and John Lee age 23 b. OH (the father and mother of all servents b. Ireland). With three servents, it appears that Lousia Nevins (nee Macalester) is quite prosperous.2 
Mary L Nevins
Residence* She seems to have left Columbus by 1890. She may have moved in with her sisters in the Philadelphia area. Maybe her daughter Mary Neil moved with her. 
Will* 7 September 1893 Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, Will #886 book 195 pg 40 (SLC 21821). Extracted information: of the city of Philadelphia, Widow, to granddaughter Mary N Bull, granddaughter Anna C Nevins, granddaughter Louisa M Nevins daughter of Richard Nevins Jr, pay debts of my daughter Mary L Neil as may remain unpaid after the settlement of her estate. Grandchildren Anna C Nevins, Mary Nevins Bull, and Frank Nevins, great graddaughter Louisa M Nevins, great grandson Richard Nevins 3rd son of Richard Nevins Jr & Nosephine Nevins his wife, Minnie Glenn (for long service to me). Residue 2/3 to son Richard Nevins, 1/3 to grandson Charles M Cambell son of my daughter Anna. Exec is Fidelity Insurance Trust. Probated 31 May 1897. Per index, the Inventory book 25 page is 452 and the Account book 153 is page 386 
Death* 16 May 1897 Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania 
Burial* South Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, Interment slip from South Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia has Elizabeth McAllister Nevins died 18 May 1897 age 90 in vault 45 section 10. I think this is probably Louisa Elizabeth. Her will should confirm this. Note, her probate says she died the 16th, so 18th is probably burial date. 

Family   Richard Nevins #1 b. 27 October 1795, d. 16 September 1831
Children  1. Anna-Annie Macalester Nevins+
  2. Richard Nevins #2+ b. Nov 1831, d. 11 Jun 1897
  3. Mary L Nevins+ b. bt 1832 - 1833, d. 15 Oct 1882

Citations
  1. [S1] Unknown author, Info from pages from unknown source w/old handwriting. Provided by Patricia Gile 129 Grandview Ave Rye NY 10580 917-967-7317 (1999).
  2. [S77] LDS FamilySearch, online http://www.familysearch.org, Individual Record, 1880 Census.

Governor Samuel Medary (M)
b. 25 February 1801, d. 7 November 1864, #18
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Reference   2G Grf

Father   Jacob Medary
Mother   (__________) (__________) ("of Quaker stock")

Note 1790 Clue - there is a Samuel Madery in Reading, Berks Co. PA pg 39, 1-1-1. Is this a relative? 
Immigration* Clue to his background - Is he Scotch-Irish?
THE SCOTCH-IRISH OR THE SCOT IN NORTH BRITAIN, NORTH IRELAND, AND NORTH AMERICA CHAPTER III THE SCOTCH-IRISH IN AMERICAN POLITICS (from Ancestry.com subscription databas)
The first newspaper printed in America—the Boston News-Letter-- was the enterprise of a Scotchman bearing the characteristic name of John Campbell. In recent times, among editors of the first rank, we find as representatives of the Scottish race: James Gordon Bennett, Horace Greeley, Henry W. Grady, Murat Halstead, Samuel Medary, Joseph Medill, James W. Scott, Alexander K. McClure, John A. Cockerill, Whitelaw Reid, Washington and John R. McLean, Joseph B. McCullagh, Richard Smith, John Russell Young, Henry Watterson, " Richelieu " Robinson, Beriah Wilkins, Robert W. Patterson. 
Birth* 25 February 1801 Montgomery Square, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania1 
Note* Per one of the bios, the name was originally spelled MADEIRA, and he had early education at the Norristown PA Acadamy. He alro wrote prose and verse for the Norristown Herald 
Census1810* 1810 There is a J. Mederia on pg 345 in Frederick Co MD to check out 
Occupation 1819 Taught at a Friends' school when eighteen per obituary 
Census1820 1820 There is a Treacy Medeira on pg 81 in Frederick Co MD to check out 
Residence 1820 Moved w/parents to Montgomery Co MD ([UND: bio says he was born there, so which is it? or was Mont Sq in a different county at that time?) 
Residence 1823 Moved w/parents to Georgetown, Washington, DC (per bio SLC 1697438 #8) 
Marriage* 29 September 1823 Elizabeth Scott; Washington, DC, District of Columbia Washington County: Medary, Samuel married Scott, Eliza on 29 Sep 1823 in Washington County, District of Columbia Marriages--Washington DC to 1825 (from Ancestry.com subscription database)
     Marriage on IGI film 1553570 batch 8926363-12 has as source "G. & S.L.C. Territorial Governers pg 200". Unable to locate what this referred to

Note that in 1880 census all of Samuel Medary's children say that their father was born in PA.

 
Census 1825 Bethel, Clermont Co., Ohio, w/wife & child (bio says it was Batavia and that he was a county surveyor, school trustee, and county auditor) 
Occupation* 1828 Established the Ohio Sun, in shich he supported Jackson for President. Later purchased and edited the Western Hemisphere (Columbus OH), changed it's name to the Ohio Statesman, and conducted it from 1837-57 as the leading Democratic newspaper of the state 
Census1830 1830 Batavia, Clermont Co., Ohio, pg 175, 1m10-15 2m15-20 2m20-30, 2f-5 2f5-10 2f20-30 1f60-70 - neighbors are Josiah Harvey, Zachariah Jones, Jessie Ellis, Isaac Foster, Francis Thumard, John Lewis 
Occupation between 1834 and 1835 He represented Clermont county in the Ohio legislature 
Occupation between 1835 and 1837 He was a member of the Ohio state senate 
Census1840 1840 Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio, pg 208, 1m-5 1m30-40, 1f-5 3f10-15 1f15-20 1f20-30 1f30-40 - neighbors are Benj Blake, Charles Kossedu(?), John Patterson, John Blum(?), James George, John Champion 
Census1850 1850 Ward 2, Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio, pg 342, age 49 Editor & Printer $75,000 land, w/wife & family 
Occupation between 1857 and 1858 Interim Governor of Minnesota Territory (appointed by President Buchanan) for a few months (23 Apr 1857-24 May 1858) 
Occupation between 1858 and 1859 Interim Governor of Kansas Territory as successor to James W Denver. He ran for, and lost, later governorship 
Residence 1860 Ward 1, Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio, pg 13, age 59 Farmer no real estate, but $1000 personal, w/wife & family 
Occupation between 1860 and 1864 Established the Crisis in 1860 and edited it until his death. The paper opposed the Civil War, and was printed by Richard Nevins (2) 
Death* 7 November 1864 Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio 
Burial* Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio, http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/FR.html#R9T0XKEWC 
Will* Seems to be no will. Looked at both will bk E (1863-1869) (SLC 285174) and at Index to wills (SLC 285171). Non-will probate records not yet looked at 
Obituary 13 November 1864 Obit in NY Times of 13 Nov 1864 pg 2 column 6. Says he died at his residence in Columbus OH, and that he was born in MD, plus some of his political history 
Source 1880 "History of Franklin & Pickaway Counties, Ohio", 1880: Page 163
          THE DEAD.
     "The Crisis" was a weekly paper, which had an existence during and after the war of the Rebellion. It was started by ex-Governor Samuel Medary, January 31, 1861. "The Crisis" was established as an advocate of the Monroe doctrine. It was essentially a States'-rights paper. Samuel Medary, so well known in Columbus journalism and in State politics, continued to control the paper until his death, November 7, 1864, and edited it with great ability. After his death it passed into the possession of Willoughby W. Webb, who bore the responsibility of its management for a short time and until Dr. William Trevitt became its owner. ... Soon after Webb sold his interest to Matthews, and, after a very brief period of ownership, the latter transferred the property to R. Nevins and F.
...
     "The Ohio Monitor" was the third paper started in Franklin County, and was the root from which sprung the "Ohio Statesman". It was begun in 1816, by David Smith and Ezra Griswold, jr. It underwent various changes, and, in 1836, was sold to Jacob Medary, who merged it in the "Western Hemisphere", and ultimately in the "Ohio Statesman". It was a Whig paper, originally, but became Democratic in 1828, supporting General Jackson for president.
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Page 223 - When he [Mr. Thrall] was at the head of the "Ohio State Journal", Samuel Medary was at the head of the "Ohio Statesman", the former being the leading Whig editor of the State, the latter being the Democratic Editor. There were years of bitter warfare between the two, and yet when Mr. Medary died, his relatives came to Mr. Thrall to write his obituary, which he did.
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Page 537 - 1846 Appointed Commissioner of Franklin County Ohio.
 
Source 1898 Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century (first publ 1898, then again 1904,5 & 7). page 649 (from Ancestry.com subscription database)
MEDARY, SAMUEL, journalist, governor, was born Feb. 25, 1810[sic], in Montgomery county, Pa. He was governor of the territory of Minnesota in 1857 and 1858; governor of Kansas in 1859 and 1860, and was a peace democrat during the rebellion. He died Nov. 7, 1864, in Columbus. Ohio 
Source 1904 The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans (1904): Volume VII page 330 (from Ancestry.com subscription database)
MEDARY, Samuel, territorial governor, was born in Montgomery Square, Pa., Feb. 25, 1891[sic]; son of Jacob Medary, a farmer. He was brought up as a Quaker and taught a Friends' school when eighteen years old, and wrote both prose and verse for the Norristown Herald. He removed to Montgomery county, Md.,with his parents in 1820, and about 1823 to Georgetown, D.C. He settled in Batavia, Ohio, in 1825, where he was county surveyor,[p.330] school trustee, and county auditor. In 1828 he established the Ohio Sun, in which he supported Jackson for the Presidency. He represented Clermont county in the Ohio legislature in 1834-35, and was a member of the state senate, 1835-37; purchased and edited the Western Hemisphere, Columbus, Ohio, changed its name to the Ohio Statesman, and conducted it, 1837-57, as the leading Democratic newspaper of the state. In it he supported all the measures of President Jackson and Senator Douglas. He was chairman of the Ohio delegation to the Democratic national convention at Baltimore, Md., May 27, 1844, and in accordance with the request of President Jackson, in the event of discord, presented the name of James K. Polk as the Democratic nominee for President. He was state printer for many years, declined the appointment of U.S. minister to Chili, tendered him by President Pierce in 1853, and was temporary chairman of the Democratic national convention of 1856, where he strongly supported the nomination of Stephen A. Douglas. He was appointed governor of Minnesota Territory by President Buchanan, serving 1857-58, was postmaster of Columbus in 1858, and governor of Kansas Territory, 1858-59, as successor to James W. Denver. He established the Crisis in 1860, and edited it until his death. He was one of the founders of the Ohio State Agricultural Fair, and served as the first treasurer and as president of the organization for several terms. He aided Samuel F. B. Morse in promoting the electric telegraph, and was a member of the board of visitors to the U.S. Military academy. A monument was erected to his memory in Columbus, Ohio, in 1869. He died in Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 7, 1864. 
Source 1909 Lots of bio material in SLC 1697438 #8, a typescript that's primarily Centenial History of Columbus and Franklin Co OH (1909) Vol II by Taylor, page 73+ which states there were 12 children. 
Source* 1944 OH State Archaeological & Hist Quarterly Jan-Mar 1944 pgs 14-38 
Source History of Columbus, Franklin County, OH, Vol. 1
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Was organized at a public meeting in the city hall on the 6th of September, 1851, and the following officers were elected: President. Samuel Medary; vice president, Samuel Brush; treasurer, George M. Peters: secretary, William Dennison, Jr.; managers, Pliny Curtis, David Taylor, Joseph O'Hara. William L. Miner and William H. Rarey. A committee of three was appointed from each ward and township to obtain subscribers to the institution and collect dues from the members.
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The Columbus Horticultural Society was organized April 10. 1845. The officers elected May 12, 1845, were: President. Bela Latham: vice presidents, W. S. Sullivant and Samuel Medary; recording secretary, Joseph Sullivant; corresponding secretary, . B. Bateman; treasurer, John W, Andrews; managers, Dr. I. G. Jones, John Burr, John A. Lazell, John Fisher, Moses Jewett, John Miller and Leander Ransom. The first county agricultural fair was held on the state fair grounds near Franklinton in October, 181. The first horticultural fair and exhibition was held September 26, 1845.[p.61]
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Samuel Medary, appointed postmaster in 1847--retired in 1849.
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Samuel Medary, appointed postmaster in 1858.
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Medary, Samuel, editor Ohio Statesman, res. N. E. cor. Front & Gay. Medary, Jacob, bds. at American Hotel.
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The. Monitor merged with the Hemisphere in 1836, and after two or three further absorptions, it became the Ohio Statesman and the democratic exponent, under the management of Government Samuel Medary and his brother Jacob Medary, and continued as such until 1872, when it was sold to Dodd & Linton, and the Daily Statesman was merged with the new Daily Dispatch, and the weekly and Sunday Ohio Statesman were continued and carried the Ark of the Covenant of Democracy over and delivered it to the Columbus Times-Democrat, under John G. Thompson, S. K. Donivan and Captain J. H. Putnam, along in the early '80s, and then the Times was absorbed by the Press, and the Press-Times by the Post, the final transmutation being the Press-Post of today, "which like
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In November, 1847, a meeting was held in Columbus for the purpose of raising by subscription the necessary sum of money ($500) to purchase and properly inscribe a sword to present to Colonel George W. Morgan, of the Second Ohio Volunteer Regimentin the Mexican war. Byram Leonard presided and D. A. Robertson acted as secretary, and the following members of the committee to receive the contributions were selected: Samuel Medary, William Kelsey, Isaac Davies, F. Gale, Jacob Reinhard.
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Colonel Samuel Medary made the address of welcome and Captain Latham responded in behalf of the returning veterans. On the evening of the same day the sword was presented to Colonel Morgan at Democratic Hall. Mr. D. E. Robertson making the presentation speech on behalf of the city and the individual donors. Colonel Morgan was greatly affected, but spoke with fervid eloquence, giving the praise for the victorious outcome of War to the soldiers in the ranks, rather than the offices in command. This historic sword is now preserved among the nations patriotic relics in the Smithsonian institution, Washington. D. C., where Ohioans pause and gaze on it as they pass through.[p.274]
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By an act passed tim 21st of February, 1846. Joel Buttles. Samuel Medary, Charles Scott, James S. Abbott, Dwight Stone, John Miller. James D. Osborn, James Westwater. S. D. Proton and William Armstrong and their associates were incorporated by th name of the Columbus Gas Light & Coke Company, for the purpose of lighting the streets and buildings of the city of Columbus. The company to be governed by a board of not less than five nor more than nine directors.
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In the spring of 1848. W. A Adams, of Zanesville, Joseph Ridgway, Jr., and Samuel Medary, of Columbus, were appointed commissioners to directl and control the work. and Russell West was by them appointed architect. In 1852, Edwin Smith, S. H. Web. and E. P. Stickney, were appointed commissioners. West continued as architect. In 1854 the board of commissioners were Stickney, Smith and James J. Faran, in place of WebXXX, N. B. Kelly appointed architect in place of R. West. resigned. In the spring of1856, a new board of commissioners was appointed, consisting of William A. Platt, of Columbus, James T. Worthing, of Ross county. and L. G. Harkness. of Huron county.
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There lies convenient to the writer a file of Columbus directories, embracing all the publications from the year 1843 till the present time for which we are indebted to the state library. This, perhaps, is the only complete list of Columbus directories in the city. The first volume was published by John R. Armstrong, in the year 1843, and printed by Samuel Medary and contains two hundred and one pages. One hundred and seven of these pages are devoted to historical matter, relating to the rise and progress of the city and descriptive of the state institutions. The Business Directory. as it is styled, or that portion containing the names of the citizens, and appears elsewhere in this work was embraced in forty-three pages of the original.
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1858, Samuel Medary, postmaster; one chief clerk; five additional
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1816, Joel Buttles; 1829, Bela Latham; 1829, William Moody; 1833, Bela Latham; 1841, John G. Miller; 1845, Jacob Medary; 1849, Samuel Medary; 1849, Aaron F. Perry; 1853, Thomas Sparrow; 1857, Thomas Miller; 1859, Joseph Dewdall; 1860, John Graham 1867, Julius J. Wood; 1871, James M. Comly; 1877, A. D. Rogers; 1881, L. D. Myers; 1885, DeWitt C. Jones; 1889, Andrew Gardiner; 1893, F. M. Senter; 1897, Robert M. Rownd; 1906, Harry W. Krumm.
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Bela Latham filled a vacancy of less than a year in 1829, and later served from 1833 to 1841. In 1849 Samuel Medary filled a brief vacancy covering less than a year. The tenure of the office of postmaster partly by law and partly by custom, is for years, and the changes mostly follow the election and inauguration of a president, all the leading offices, with but few exceptions are filled by the political adherents of the president, who are in sympathy with his policies whatever they may be.
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Dr. William F. Schwartz, druggist, is one of the two fifty-niners. He entered Denig's drug store in Columbus in 1849. His health failing, he took the newspaper cure in 1855, becoming pressman and circulator of the Ohio Statesman, under Governor Samuel Medary. After running a hand
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History of Columbus, Franklin County, OH, Vol. 2
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Associated with Mr. Flickinger on the State Journal were the late Colonel James Taylor, a man of great ability and corresponding brilliancy, and the late Sylvanus E. Johnson, of the Washington Bureau of the Cincinnati Enquirer, a man of great and versatile power. Taylor was an old school Whig, while Johnson had been the newspaper protege of Gov. Samuel Medary. Three more competent men were probably never associated together on a single newspaper. Colonel Taylor died in the '90s from the result of injuries and disease contracted in the Civil war. When Mr. Johnson passed away in 1908, Mr. Flickinger said: "My life has been a fairly happy and contented one but the brightest days of all were when Colonel Taylor and Mr. Johnson and I were working together. There was never a 'bad' day among them all." Under their guidance the State Journal developed from a provincial paper into a great metropolitan journal with Sunday, weekly and daily editions, the labors of these men receiving also the hearty cooperation f Colonel J. D. Ellison, president of the company. 
Source History of Columbus, Franklin County, OH, Vol. 2
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SAMUEL MEDARY.
     Samuel Medary was born in Montgomery Square, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, February 25, 1801, and his life record covered the intervening years to the 7th of November, 1864, when he passed away in Columbus. Those years were fraught with good deeds and characterized by a lofty patriotism that found expression not only in fidelity to the salient points of republican government, but in earnest and effective labor for municipal, state and national progress. His history, therefore, constitutes an important chapter in the annals of Columbus and of the state.
     His youth was passed in Pennsylvania, where the family was founded at an early date. The name was originally spelled Madeira, and is still so pronounced. In the maternal line he was descended from Quaker ancestry that came to the new world with William Penn, and Samuel Medary was reared in the faith of the Society of Friends. His early education was acquired in the Norristown (Pa.) Academy, and when sixteen years of age he became a contributor to the Norristown Herald, his communications to the paper being in both prose and poetry. He afterward engaged in teaching and also continued his studies in the higher branches. In 1820 the family removed to Montgomery county, Maryland, and two or three years later Became residents of Georgetown, D.C.
[:TAB:It was in the year 1825 that Samuel Medary came to Ohio and settled first in Batavia, Clermont county. A man of strong character and marked individuality, even in the period of his early residence here, he left the impress of his individuality upon the community in which he made his home, his opinions being a factor in molding early thought and action. He was twenty-six years of age when he was made county surveyor and school trustee, and later he was elected and served as auditor to the county. Perhaps his greatest work, however, was done in journalistic lines, in which connection his opinions through the columns of the press reached a wide number of people and proved an element in awakening a careful consideration of questions of general and vital import. In 1828 he established the Ohio Sun for the purpose of supporting General Andrew Jackson for the presidency. In 1834 he was elected as a Jackson man to the Ohio general assembly and was afterwards elected to the senate. When he had been a member of the legislature for two years he removed to Columbus and purchased the Western Hemisphere, later changing the name of that paper to the Ohio Statesman, continuing its publication until 1857. It became recognized as a power not only in Ohio but in all of the northwest and through the south as well. He supported the policy of Andrew Jackson in his contest with the United States Bank and with ability advocated his views on the tariff. Probably no man enjoyed the confidence and personal esteem of President Jackson to a greater degree than did Mr. Medary. He possessed a statesman's grasp of affairs, and few men not continuously in office had So intimate and accurate a knowledge of the grave political problems. The cry of "Fifty-four forty or fight!" relative to the Oregon boundary line question is said to have originated with him and because of his support of that measure he won the warm friendship of Stephen A. Douglas. Continuing as an influential factor in political circles, he was chosen as chairman of the Ohio delegation to the Baltimore convention in 1844. Andrew Jackson had written a letter to him urging him in the event of a discord to present the name of James K. Polk for the presidency, and in the midst of the highest excitement Mr. Medary produced this letter from the former president and the result was that Polk was nominated. Official honors had come to him had he not declined to serve. He had no particular ambition for office holding, but on the contrary believed that he could render his country equally valuable services in the capacity of a private citizen through his editorial and campaign work. In 1853 he declined the honor of becoming the United States minister to Chili. In 1856 he was made temporary chairman to the Cincinnati convention which nominated James Buchanan as the democratic candidate for president and on that occasion strongly advocated the nomination of his friend, Stephen A. Douglas. The following year Mr. Medary accepted the territorial governorship of Minnesota, serving for two years, at the end of which time the state was admitted to the Union. He was also the last territorial governor of Kansas, acting as its chief executive in 1859-60. In his administration of the territorial affairs he displayed marked ability and keen discernment, and his course, especially in Kansas, was marked by such practical methods and such patriotic spirit that the press of both parties accorded him high commendation. In December, 1860, he resigned and returned to Columbus, where he established the Crisis, remaining the editor of that paper until his death about four years later.
[:TAB:All through the years Of his manhood, while deeply interested in political affairs, Mr. Medary remained a helpful factor in other lines of progress and improvement. In early life he was devoted to horticulture and agriculture and was instrumental in organizing the Ohio State Fair, and acted as its first treasurer and for several years was its president. With wonderful prescience he foresaw, at least in part, the future of the telegraph system and earnestly advocated the support and work of Samuel F B. Morse, the inventor of the telegraph. Few men were capable of the mental concentration which he displayed or had clearer insight into the involved questions of every character, whereby he was enabled to discriminate between the essential and the non-essential. It is said that he had the ability to write while keeping up a running conversation. tits opinions and advice were often solicited upon various subjects, while his statements were quickly given without any unnecessary haste, and came as the result of previous thought and consideration of the subject, and he was thus able to apply his knowledge in specific instances when the occasion arose.
:TAB:Mr. Medary was married to Miss Eliza Scott and unto them were born twelve children. At one time he owned a very large and extensive estate in Columbus, but gave this in payment of security debts which he had incurred for his friends. His life record found embodiment in the words of Pope: "Statesman, yet friend to truth; a soul sincere, In action faithful and in honor clear; lie broke no promise, served no private end, He gained no title and he lost no friend."
:TAB:Few men have been the objects of more general affection than was Samuel Medary, and in 1869 a monument was erected to his memory in Columbus by the democracy.
 
Source Kansas and Kansans, Vol. 1
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THE BATTLE OF BLACK JACK
Medary, Samuel, 695, 707 (portrait), 697 [seems to be index]
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Kansas and Kansans, Vol. 2
BIOGRAPHY AND APPOINTMENT
page 695
     Samuel Medary was born in Montgomery Square, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, February 25, 1801. He died in Columbus, Ohio, November 7, 1864, in the sixty-fourth year of his age. The name was originally written Madeira, and is yet pronounced as if so written.
page 696
     His mother's ancestors came to America with William Penn, and he was brought up in the Quaker faith. He attended an academy at Norristown, but did not complete the course of that institution. He taught in the rural schools of his native county at an early age, and at the same time pursued the branches of higher learning. At the age of sixteen he was a contributor to the newspaper (Herald) of his native village, writing creditably both poetry and prose. In 1820 he removed with his parents to Montgomery county, Maryland, and in 1823 to Georgetown, D. C. Young Medary remained here for two years, and in 1825 removed to Batavia, Clermont county, Ohio. He was something of an agitator, and early manifested an interest in politics. He favored Andrew Jackson for President, and in 1828 established the Ohio Sun to aid in his election. In 1834 he was elected as a Jackson Democrat to a seat in the Ohio Legislature. In 1836 he was elected to the State Senate, and at the expiration of his term, in 1838, he removed to Columbus, Ohio, and purchased the Western Hemisphere, the name of which he afterwards changed to the Ohio Statesman. This paper he edited until 1857. He was a forceful and logical writer, and made his paper a power in the Ohio Valley. He was a staunch supporter of all the measures proposed by “Old Hickory,” who honored him with his personal esteem and confidence. In the controversy over the Oregon boundary he originated the cry, “fifty-four forty or fight,” and it became the cry of his party. Stephen A. Douglas stood for this boundary, and his position gained him the friendship of Mr. Medary-Medary became prominent in State politics, and in 1844 was chairman of the Ohio delegation to the national Democratic convention at Baltimore. He carried a letter from General Jackson instructing him to present the name of James K. Polk for the nomination for President in case of disagreement of any serious nature among the delegates as to a suitable candidate. When the convention was in an uproar and in danger of going to pieces, Mr. Medary produced his letter, and James [p.696] K. Polk was at once nominated by acclamation for the Presidency. In 1853 Mr. Medary was tendered the position of United States Minister to Chili, which he declined. He was the temporary President of the Democratic convention held in Cincinnati that nominated James Buchanan for President, and labored ineffectually for the nomination of his friend and favorite, Stephen A. Douglas. He was the last Territorial Governor of Minnesota, holding that position during the years 1857 and 1858. He was appointed Governor of Kansas Territory upon the resignation of Governor Denver; his oath of office is dated December 1, 1858. He arrived at Lecompton and assumed the duties of his office December 18th.
WYANDOTTE CONSTITUTION
     The great battle for liberty had been fought and won in Kansas before Governor Medary's appointment. The action of Walker and Stanton which resulted in giving the Free-State men the Territorial Legislature may be considered the event which firmly established the supremacy of all the principles opposed in Kansas by the slave-power. It is true that battles were yet to be fought and much injustice borne, but these grew more insignificant in proportion to the rapid increase of the power of the Free-State party. The troubles in Southeastern Kansas were serious, but they never at any time threatened the extermination of the Free-State men as did those about Lawrence. The disorders in Linn and Bourbon counties continued throughout the term of Governor Medary's administration, and in fact the feuds did not cease until after the close of the Civil War; there were long periods of inactivity and comparative peace between the outbreaks.
page 697
     But while the administration of Governor Medary was devoid of those exciting events which marked the terms of his predecessors, it witnessed much that had a lasting effect upon the future greatness of the Commonwealth. The formation of the present constitution of the State was perhaps the most important work accomplished by the people in that time. It was clear that neither the Lecompton nor Leavenworth constitutions would ever become the fundamental law of the land. The Topeka Constitution had passed away with the conditions which produced it. People poured in from all the free States, and the presence of these new citizens gave breadth to the discussions of measures proposed for the coming State. And the people were gaining experience in the practical administration of government. It was the prevailing opinion that a new constitutional convention should be called. The Legislature which convened January 3d, 1859, enacted a law providing for “the formation of a Constitution and State Government.” The act was approved by Governor Medary, February 9, 1859. It contained a proviso for ascertaining whether a constitution should be formed at that time. To determine this matter an election was to be held on the 4th Monday in March, 1859, the ballots to read, “For a Constitution,” or “Against a Constitution.” Should the vote favor a constitution, [p.697] the act provided that fifty-two delegates to a Constitutional Convention should be elected on the first Tuesday of June, 1859. These delegates were to assemble in the city of Wyandotte on the first Tuesday in July, and there proceed to form a constitution for the State of Kansas. The constitution so formed was to be submitted to a direct vote of the people, for approval or rejection, on the first Tuesday of October, 1859. In case the constitution should be ratified, the act provided that all State officers, members of the State Legislature, and Judges, were to be elected on the first Tuesday of December, 1859. Pursuant to this act, Governor Medary called an election for the 28th of March for the purpose of finding whether the people desired a constitution. On the 16th day of April the Governor issued a proclamation declaring the result of the election held March 28. The vote stood: for a constitution, 5,306; against a constitution, 1,425; total 6,731.
     [next is reference to the photo of GOV. SAMUEL MEDARY, that is a copy by Willard of Portrait in Library of Kansas State Historical Society]
page 698
     On the 19th day of April, Governor Medary called an election for delegates and for the meeting of said delegates in convention, pursuant to the act of the Legislature. The election was held on the 7th of June, and resulted in the election of the following named delegates. [end of extraction]

 
Source Midwest Pioneers: Fifty Years in the Northwest has entries on pages 647, 655, and 660-662 with entries that show some of the things Samuel Medary did as territorial governor of Minnesota 
Source Rice Co (MN) History, 1882 (SLC 1000263 #5), has little tidbits mentioned on pgs 127, 160, 183, & 261. These pages weren't copied as they are just mentions that are duplicated in other histories. 
Negative Looked at Boyd's 1879 History of Montgomery Co MD, (indexed reprint), with negative result 
Negative Looked at the index for Scharf's History of Western MD, also with negative results. 

Family   Elizabeth Scott b. 1803
Children  1. E.V. Medary+ b. c 1825
  2. Catherine Elizabeth Medary+ b. 12 Aug 1827
  3. Samuel A. Medary+ b. 1836
  4. Florida "Flora" Madery+ b. 18 Sep 1840, d. 11 Oct 1918
  5. Charles Medary b. 1841
  6. William W. Medary b. 1844
  7. Fred K. Medary b. 1847
  8. Laura M "Fanny" Medary+ b. Mar 1850
  9. Jacob E. Medary b. 1853

Citations
  1. [S77] LDS FamilySearch, online http://www.familysearch.org, IGI.

Elizabeth Scott1 (F)
b. 1803, #19

Reference   2G Grm

Birth* 1803 England 
Marriage* 29 September 1823 Governor Samuel Medary; Washington, DC, District of Columbia Washington County: Medary, Samuel married Scott, Eliza on 29 Sep 1823 in Washington County, District of Columbia Marriages--Washington DC to 1825 (from Ancestry.com subscription database)
     Marriage on IGI film 1553570 batch 8926363-12 has as source "G. & S.L.C. Territorial Governers pg 200". Unable to locate what this referred to

Note that in 1880 census all of Samuel Medary's children say that their father was born in PA.

 
Census1880* 1880 US Census, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, Elizabeth Medary age 73 b. ENG (father b. ENG, mother b. ENG) is head of household. Daughter E.V. WIlson age 55 b. DC (father b. PA, mother b. ENG) keeps house. Granddaughters Jennie WIlson age 25 b. OH and Lizzie WIlson age 19 b. OH (father b. OH, mother b. DC) are (persumably) E.V. WIlson's daughters. Sons William W. Medary age 36 b. OH (father b. PA, mother b. ENG) is a railroad agent, while F.K. Medary age 33 b. OH (father b. PA, mother b. ENG) is a Railroad Treasurer. Son-in-law Thomas R. Sparrow age 29 b. OH (father b. NY, mother b. OH) is a Physician. Daughter Laura M. Sparrow age 29 b. OH (father b. PA, mother b. ENG) and grand children Flora Sparrow age 1 b. OH and William age 5 months b. OH are in household. Also, there is a granddaughter named Flora Medary age 3, b. OH (who are her parents?) and one servant, Nellie Crossin age 19, b. OH (father b. Ireland, mother b. Ireland).1 
E.V. Medary
William W. Medary
Fred K. Medary
Thomas R. Sparrow
Laura M "Fanny" Medary
Jennie Wilson
Lizzie Wilson

Family   Governor Samuel Medary b. 25 February 1801, d. 7 November 1864
Children  1. E.V. Medary+ b. c 1825
  2. Catherine Elizabeth Medary+ b. 12 Aug 1827
  3. Samuel A. Medary+ b. 1836
  4. Florida "Flora" Madery+ b. 18 Sep 1840, d. 11 Oct 1918
  5. Charles Medary b. 1841
  6. William W. Medary b. 1844
  7. Fred K. Medary b. 1847
  8. Laura M "Fanny" Medary+ b. Mar 1850
  9. Jacob E. Medary b. 1853

Citations
  1. [S77] LDS FamilySearch, online http://www.familysearch.org, Individual Record, 1880 US Census.

Stephen Connelly (M)
b. 1787, #22

Reference   2G Grf

Birth* 1787 Ireland, per 1850 census 
Negative* A list of immigrants who applied for naturalization papers in the district courts of Allegheny Co PA, 1798-1855 (SLC 6010814 & 6010815) - no Stepehn Connelly 
Marriage* Margaret (__________) 
Deed* 30 June 1848 Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, He bought land - Deed vol 82 pg 554 (SLC 1497892) Edward D Gazzam & Elizabeth Antoionett his wife of Pitt Twnship sold to Stephen Connally of same place - $400 - lot 13 in Manor of Pittsburgh beginning at NW corner of Brady St & River Rd (or Braddock St) - see deed for further 
Census1850* 1850 Pitt Township, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, Pg 19, 225-235 Stephen and Margaret both 63 b.Ireland 
Margaret (__________)
Census1860* 1860 Pitt Township, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, Possibly pg 865 - very light and difficult to read 
Death* Prior to Sep 1861 since Peter leasing land to RR then, from Stephen's estate. 
Deed 6 November 1869 14th Ward, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, Stephen Connolly heirs sold land (lot 13 in Manor of Pittsburgh now 14th ward, bought 30 Jun 1848) - Deed vol 248 pg 521 (SLC 1509761) .
     John Connolly, Manus McClosky & Mary his wife (formerly Mary Connelly), Manus O'Donnell & Catherine his wife (formerly Catharine Connelly), John Martin * Margaret his wife (formerly Margaret Connelly), parties of the first part, who with Rosa wife of Owen McElmeel of Delhi, Delaware County, Iowa and Peter Connelly herein named as party of the second part, are and compose all of the heirs at law of Stephen Connelly, late of Allegheny, State of Pennsylvania intestate deceased, and Peter Connelly of said County & State, party of the second part - $1400 - see deed for further 

Family   Margaret (__________) b. 1787
Children  1. Peter Connelly
  2. John Connelly
  3. Catherine Connelly
  4. Margaret Connelly
  5. Mary Connelly (Immigrant)+ b. 1816, d. 25 Jan 1875
  6. Rosa Connelly

Margaret (__________) (F)
b. 1787, #23

Reference   2G Grm

Birth* 1787 Ireland, per 1850 census 
Marriage* Stephen Connelly 
(Witness) Census1850 1850 Stephen Connelly; Pitt Township, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, Pg 19, 225-235 Stephen and Margaret both 63 b.Ireland 

Family   Stephen Connelly b. 1787
Children  1. Peter Connelly
  2. John Connelly
  3. Catherine Connelly
  4. Margaret Connelly
  5. Mary Connelly (Immigrant)+ b. 1816, d. 25 Jan 1875
  6. Rosa Connelly

John Tilt (M)
b. between 1798 and 1801, d. 27 May 1876, #24

Reference   2G Grf

Birth* between 1798 and 1801 Ireland, age 78 at death, age 70 in 1871 census 
Marriage* Elizabeth (__________) 
Land* 1859 John Tilt; Derry West, Peel Co., Ontario, Canada, Tremain's Map of the County of Peel, Canada West (SLC Q971.3535 E7t) shows two plots of land for John Tilt. It's unknown if both plots are John Sr, or John Jr, or one of each. They are next two each other. 
Census* 1871 Halton-Peel, Ontario, Canada, District 39 Subdistrict A Division 4 pg 11, age 70 b.Ireland Church of England, occupation F (farmer?) 
Death* 27 May 1876 Brampton, Peel Co., Ontario, Canada, Film Number MS 935 Reel 13 vital statistic films in the Ontario Archives
Registration Number 010467
County Peel
Division Brampton
Name John Tilt
Date of Death 27 May 1876
Sex M
Age 78
Rank or Profession Gentleman
Where Born Ireland
Cause of Death Old Age
Doctor A Mcllen
Name of Informant James Tilt
When Registered 5 July 1876
Religion Methodist
Registrar John McMullen
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Film Number MS 935 Reel 13
Registration Number 010502
County Peel
Division Brampton
Name John Tilt
Date of Death 29 May 1876
Sex M
Age 78
Rank or Profession Farmer
Where Born Ireland
Cause of Death Old Age
Doctor Dr Mcllen
Name of Informant Mrs Tilt
When Registered 22 October 1876
Religion Methodist
Registrar John McMullen 
Burial* Brampton Cemetery, Chinguacousy Twnshp, Brampton, Peel Co., Ontario, Canada, "aged 78 years"1 

Family   Elizabeth (__________) b. 1796, d. 13 June 1880
Children  1. Edward Tilt
  2. James Tilt+ b. 1815, d. 15 Oct 1878
  3. Thomas Tilt Esquire b. 1827, d. 21 Jul 1861
  4. John Tilt b. 1832, d. 29 Oct 1840

Citations
  1. [S44] Halton*Peel Branch OGS, Chinguacousy Twnshp Cemetery #16, Brampton Cemetery, Brampton Ontario Peel County.

Elizabeth (__________) (F)
b. 1796, d. 13 June 1880, #25

Reference   1G Grm

Birth* 1796 Armagh, Ireland 
Marriage* John Tilt 
Death* 13 June 1880 Brampton, Peel Co., Ontario, Film Number MS 935 Reel 25 vital statistic films in the Ontario Archives
Registration 012652 Number
County Peel
Division Brampton
Name Elizabeth Tilt
Date of Death 13 June 1880
Sex F
Age 84 years
Rank or Profession Widow
Where Born Co Armagh Ireland
Cause of Death Heart ( ? )
Doctor Dr Heggie
Name of Informant Mary Jane Grogan Brampton
When Registered 8 July 1880
Religion W. Methodist
Registrar J McMullen 
Burial* Brampton Cemetery, Chinguacousy Twnshp, Brampton, Peel Co., Ontario, Canada, "ae 84 years"1 

Family   John Tilt b. between 1798 and 1801, d. 27 May 1876
Children  1. Edward Tilt
  2. James Tilt+ b. 1815, d. 15 Oct 1878
  3. Thomas Tilt Esquire b. 1827, d. 21 Jul 1861
  4. John Tilt b. 1832, d. 29 Oct 1840

Citations
  1. [S44] Halton*Peel Branch OGS, Chinguacousy Twnshp Cemetery #16, Brampton Cemetery, Brampton Ontario Peel County.


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