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1 SOUR FamilyOrigins
2 NAME Family Origins(R) for Windows
2 VERS 10.0
2 CORP FormalSoft, Inc.
1 DEST DISKETTE
1 DATE 24 AUG 2003
1 SUBM @SUB1@
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1 GEDC
2 VERS 5.5
2 FORM LINEAGE-LINKED
1 CHAR ANSI
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1 NAME Roy J. Washburn
1 ADDR 2665 Tallant Road, W-208
2 CONT Santa Barbara, CA 93105
1 PHON 805-563-6547
1 _EMAIL roywashburn@cox.net
0 @I1@ INDI
1 NAME Roy James /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Roy James
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID 243ABB1FE7815240B4AD683DC264FBB0091C
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 JAN 1934
2 PLAC Jerome, Idaho
1 FAMS @F3@
1 FAMC @F2@
0 @I3@ INDI
1 NAME Gladius Hazel /BLAKEMORE/
2 GIVN Gladius Hazel
2 SURN BLAKEMORE
1 SEX F
1 _UID E8C02F9E2AE1204085C1EA9F9F97367590A3
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 APR 1901
2 PLAC Rensselaer, Indiana
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 MAY 1992
2 PLAC Twin Falls, Idaho
2 NOTE
3 CONT She passed away in the hospital in Twin Falls, Idaho; her remains were
3 CONC returned to Jerome, Idaho for cremation and interrment in the Jerome
3 CONC Cemetery.
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 MAY 1992
2 PLAC Twin Falls, Idaho
1 BURI
2 PLAC Jerome Cemetery in Jerome, Idaho
1 FAMS @F2@
1 FAMC @F138@
1 FAMC @F194@
0 @I4@ INDI
1 NAME Roy (n) /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Roy (n)
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID AD279A22C1E4374DA6B8DD9390FACBB692B1
1 BIRT
2 DATE 8 APR 1892
2 PLAC Trinidad, Colorado
2 NOTE
3 CONT Riley Canyon in the hills above Trinidad
1 BIRT
2 DATE 8 APR 1892
2 PLAC Trinidad, Colorado
1 DEAT
2 DATE 14 SEP 1973
2 PLAC San Juan, Texas
2 NOTE
3 CONT His remains were move to Jerome, Idaho and cremated where they were
3 CONC interred in Jerome Cemetery next to his wife, Hazel.
1 DEAT
2 DATE 14 SEP 1973
2 PLAC San Juan, Texas
1 FAMS @F2@
1 FAMC @F11@
0 @I5@ INDI
1 NAME Laura Jean /BREWTON/
2 GIVN Laura Jean
2 SURN BREWTON
1 SEX F
1 _UID 56EA119C7AB9ED4AAE6837B84E80D21C1819
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1934
2 PLAC Mobile, Alabama
1 FAMS @F3@
0 @I9@ INDI
1 NAME Peter Jonathan /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Peter Jonathan
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID 8CE92BFFF3431645BCF0CF1B65B052002D5B
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 MAR 1958
2 PLAC Norfolk, Virginia
1 FAMC @F3@
0 @I10@ INDI
1 NAME Harriett Isabel /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Harriett Isabel
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX F
1 _UID CBFF3B044F998F4CB397D7B96F98C0DB48D7
1 BIRT
2 DATE 2 FEB 1929
2 PLAC Jerome, Idaho
1 FAMC @F2@
0 @I11@ INDI
1 NAME Marcia Sue /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Marcia Sue
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX F
1 _UID 00F5DFE8C05AEC4DB9AFEFB822CF14BEE1BE
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 JUL 1935
2 PLAC Wendell, Idaho
1 FAMC @F2@
0 @I12@ INDI
1 NAME Jerald Thomas /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Jerald Thomas
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID 64787196AA2945408AEDE12C7677BF83EEEC
1 BIRT
2 DATE 8 SEP 1936
2 PLAC Jerome, Idaho
1 FAMC @F2@
0 @I17@ INDI
1 NAME James Ambrus /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN James Ambrus
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID 7E96B3BF4DC8334EB897883E5224451A06B6
1 BIRT
2 DATE MAR 1860
2 PLAC Barnesville, Bourbon County, Kansas
2 NOTE Near Fort Scott but no longer a town.
1 DEAT
2 DATE 14 OCT 1941
2 PLAC Blackfoot, Idaho
2 NOTE At the State run mental hospital.
1 BURI
2 PLAC Jerome, Idaho
2 NOTE Jerome Cemetery
1 FAMS @F11@
1 FAMC @F45@
0 @I18@ INDI
1 NAME Harriett Romanda Isabelle Hattie /DARLING/
2 GIVN Harriett Romanda Isabelle Hattie
2 SURN DARLING
1 SEX F
1 _UID 2E205B761078BE45A72995D17860FE6117C0
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 FEB 1866
2 PLAC Topeka, Kansas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 28 NOV 1952
2 PLAC Jerome, Idaho
2 NOTE She died at her home in Jerome while outside gathering coal for the
3 CONC kitchen stove.
1 BURI
2 DATE NOV 1952
2 PLAC Jerome, Idaho
2 NOTE Jerome Cemetery
1 FAMS @F11@
1 FAMC @F139@
0 @I19@ INDI
1 NAME Lon Lorenzo /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Lon Lorenzo
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID 4F7473B35EECF246B146097601552BC628A8
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 AUG 1888
2 PLAC Riley Canyon
2 NOTE Above Trinidad, Colorado
1 DEAT
2 DATE 31 DEC 1936
2 PLAC Albany, Oregon
2 NOTE He died in the hospital at Albany, Oregon, where he recovering from
3 CONC ether pneumonia after an operation for stomach ulcers.
1 BURI
2 PLAC Jerome, Idaho
2 NOTE Jerome Cemetery
1 FAMC @F11@
0 @I27@ INDI
1 NAME Gadius Darling /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Gadius Darling
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX F
1 _UID CC5CB706BB4F7F4C9BEF4A506C0E6AF9BB93
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 AUG 1896
2 PLAC Trinidad, Colorado
1 DEAT
2 DATE 9 SEP 1988
2 PLAC Orofino, Idaho
1 BURI
2 DATE 19 SEP 1988
2 PLAC Salem, Oregon
2 NOTE Belcrest Memorial Center
1 FAMC @F11@
0 @I127@ INDI
1 NAME Benjamin Glidden /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Benjamin Glidden
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID F5FF50BF78A9624896119964B320D0C6DBD6
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1815
2 PLAC Syracuse (Vicinity), New York
1 DEAT
2 DATE 11 SEP 1864
2 PLAC Barnesville, Bourbon County, Kansas
1 CENS
2 DATE 1820 Census
2 PLAC Crawford County, Pennsylvania
1 CENS
2 DATE 1830
2 PLAC Erie County, Pennsylvania
1 CENS
2 DATE 1850
2 PLAC Indiana
1 CENS
2 DATE 1860
2 PLAC Bourbon County, Kansas
1 WILL
2 DATE 31 MAR 1864
2 PLAC Fort Scott, Kansas
2 NOTE
3 CONT
3 CONT The Will was hand written in exquisite penmanship on both sides of a
3 CONC sheet of foolscap (probably by an attorney's secretary), and dated
3 CONC March 31, 1864.  It reads as follows:
3 CONT  "In the Name of God, Amen! I, Benjamin G. Washburn, of the County of
3 CONC Bourbon and State of Kansas, being of sound mind and memory, and
3 CONC considering the uncertainty of this transitory life, do therefore,
3 CONC make ordain, publish and declare this to be my last will and
3 CONC testament; that is to say. First, after all my lawful debts are paid
3 CONC and discharged, the residue of my estate, real and personal, I give
3 CONC bequeath and dispose of as follows, to wit: To my beloved wife, one
3 CONC third of all my estate, both real and personal, during the term of her
3 CONC natural life, or so long as she shall remain my widow; and at the time
3 CONC of the expiration of her widowhood - in case she should again marry -
3 CONC or at the time of her death said property to go and descend to her
3 CONC children which she shall have had by me. The balance of my estate,
3 CONC both real and personal, I give and bequeath (to be divided equally
3 CONC between them) to my sons, Simon Washburn, Benjamin Jerome Washburn,
3 CONC Daniel P. Washburn, Jacob Washburn, James Ambrus Washburn, and Andrew
3 CONC J. Washburn, and to my daughters, Mary Sally Washburn, and Sarah
3 CONC Catherine Washburn, and any other children my wife shall hereafter
3 CONC have by me: Provided, that any property or money set aside by me, or
3 CONC paid and delivered to my said children, before my death shall be
3 CONC deducted from their portion of my said Estate, after my decease. And I
3 CONC do hereby nominate and appoint my beloved wife and my son, Simon
3 CONC Washburn to be executors of this, my last will and testament, hereby
3 CONC revoking all former wills by me made.
3 CONT
3 CONT In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this thirty
3 CONC first day of March,
3 CONT A.D. 1864, Benjamin G. Washburn."
3 CONT
3 CONT Signed and acknowledged by said Benjamin G. Washburn, as his last will
3 CONC and testament in our presence and signed by us in his presence.
3 CONT
3 CONT Lorenzo D. Clearinger, Bourbon County, Kansas Alexander Patterson,
3 CONC Barnesville, Bourbon County, Kansas B. Hill, Barnesville, Bourbon
3 CONC County, Kansas.
3 CONT
1 EVEN California Register and Index 1542 - 1848, Page 376
2 TYPE Cit.
2 DATE 1845
2 PLAC San Jose, California
1 EVEN
2 TYPE Estate Sale
2 DATE 10 OCT 1864
2 PLAC Barnesville, Bourbon County, Kansas
2 NOTE
3 CONT Sale Bill (Listed with purchaser's name and price paid for each item:
3 CONT 3 beadsteads and bedding, Appraised at $12.00 each or $36.00,
3 CONC purchased by
3 CONT Mrs. Spangman for $30.00
3 CONT 1 sideboard $18.00 Mrs. Spangman 18.00
3 CONT 1 beadstead and core $3.00
3 CONT 1 chest $2.00 Mrs. Spang man 2.00
3 CONT 11 chairs. 75 cts each or 7.00 Mrs. Spangman 8.25
3 CONT 2 tables $7.00 Mrs. Spang man 7.00
3 CONT 1 cookstove and furniture $30.00 Mrs. Spangman 30.00
3 CONT 1 coal stove $8.00 Mrs. Spangman 8.00
3 CONT 1 lounge $5.00 Wm. Beckford 4.00
3 CONT 3 wash tubs. 75 cts each or $2.25 Mrs. Spangman 2.25
3 CONT 1 wash board .10 cts Mrs. Spangman .40
3 CONT 1 wooden churn $1.50 Mrs. Spangman 1.50
3 CONT 1 set of dishes $5.00 Mrs. Spangman 5.00
3 CONT 2 smoothing irons .50 cts each or $1.00 Mrs. Spangman 1.00
3 CONT 1 rifle gun $9.00 George McNeal 10.00
3 CONT 1 double barrel shotgun $20.00 Mrs. Spangman 11.25
3 CONT 1 pair of andirons $1.00 Mrs. Spangman 1.00
3 CONT 1 cupboard $2.00 Mrs. Spangman 2.00
3 CONT 2 large jars $2.25 Mrs. Spangman 2.25
3 CONT 1 fire shovel and tongs $1.00 Mrs. Spangman 1.00
3 CONT 1 coffee mill .25 cts
3 CONT 2 large tin cans $1.00 each or $2.00 Mrs. Spangman 2.00
3 CONT 6 tin pans .25 cts each or $1.50 Mrs. Spangman 1.50
3 CONT 1 set knives and forks $1.00 Mrs. Spangman 1.00
3 CONT 10 tea spoons .30 cts Mrs. Spangman 1.75
3 CONT 1 large sauce spoon .25 cts
3 CONT 1 three gallon keg $1.50 J. A. Bishop 1.50
3 CONT 1 one gallon keg $1.00 Tom Shirley 1.25
3 CONT 1 clock $8.00 John Brown 6.00
3 CONT 1 glafs lantern $1.50 John Justice 2.25
3 CONT 1 small kitchen cupboard .50 cts Mrs. Spangman .50
3 CONT 1 small pitcher
3 CONT 1 sausage grinder $5.00 Mrs. Spangman 5.00
3 CONT 1 looking glass .30 cts Mrs. Spangman .30
3 CONT 7 books .40 cts each Mrs. Spangman 2.40
3 CONT 1 barrel of vinegar $6.00 Mrs. Spangman 6.00
3 CONT 1 keg partly full of tobacco $1.00 Tom Shirley .90
3 CONT 1 barrel partly full of molasses $20.00 Mrs. Spangman 20.00
3 CONT 4 old barrels .25 cts each Mrs. Spangman .30
3 CONT 1 whiskey barrel .25 cts Polly Washburn .80
3 CONT 1 small barrel .25 cts Tom Shirley 1.35
3 CONT 1 grindstone $4.00 John Hanway 5.00
3 CONT 1 lite two-horse wagon $100.00 Green Strickland 125.00
3 CONT 1 old two-horse wagon $40.00 Green Strickland 49.00
3 CONT 1 buggy and harness $60.00 Harden Smith 50.00
3 CONT 1 set new harness $25.00 George Hanway 29.00
3 CONT 1 set harness $15.00 Wm. Beckford 8.25
3 CONT 1 set old harness $14.00 John Mcquaid 4.50
3 CONT 3 tin buckets .25 cts each or $0.75 Mrs. Spangman .75
3 CONT 1 large iron kettle $3.00 Mrs. Spangman 3.00
3 CONT 1 two horse plow $10.00 Patrick Keating 11.75
3 CONT 1 two horse plow $10.00 Wm Beckford 17.00
3 CONT 1 two horse plow $10.00 John Brown .75
3 CONT 1 one horse plow $8.00 Green Strickland 9.00
3 CONT 1 one horse plow $8.00 Levi Call 10.75
3 CONT 2 double shovel plows $2.00 ea. or $4.00 Wm. Beckford 1.75
3 CONT 1 harrow $8.00 John Clendenning 9.50
3 CONT 1 grubbing hoe .50 cts John Haslett .50
3 CONT 2 crow bars $3.00 John Haslett 2.25
3 CONT 1 box brace and bits $1.25 Wm. Beckford 1.00
3 CONT 1 box old iron $2.00 John Marley 2.75
3 CONT 4 augers $1.00 George Foster 2.25
3 CONT 1 horseshoe hammer $1.00 Harden Smith for Lounsberry 1.20
3 CONT 1 monkey wrench $3.00
3 CONT 1 wood saw and hand saw $1.50 George Hanway 2.00
3 CONT 1 foot adds (adz) $1 .00 George Hanway 1 .00
3 CONT 1 pair large iron spurs $1.25 Mrs. Spangman 1.00
3 CONT 1 dung fork. 75 cts John Justice. 75
3 CONT 1 grain scoop. 75 cts
3 CONT 1 shovel. 75 cts John Brown 1.25
3 CONT 1 set double trees and single trees John Haslett 1 .75
3 CONT 1 half bushel. 75 cts S. S Wright. 75
3 CONT 1 corn basket. 70 cts John Marley .50
3 CONT 1 corn basket .70 cts H. N. Edwards 1.10
3 CONT 3 grain sacks. 75 cts each Wm. Woodall 2.55
3 CONT 4 hoes $2.00 Wm. Beckford 2.50
3 CONT 1 black cow $15.00 Jacob Morehead 12.00
3 CONT 1 brindle cow with white back $15.00 Richard Brown 16.00
3 CONT 1 white cow $15.00 S. K. Bolison 16.00
3 CONT 1 red & white cow $15.00 S. K. Bolison 18.00
3 CONT 1 brown & white spotted cow $15.00 John Marley 12.25
3 CONT 1 roan cow $15.00 John Marley 14.00
3 CONT 1 white cow $15.00 John Justice 14.50
3 CONT 1 red cow with bell on $15.00 Mrs. Spangman 15.00
3 CONT 1 black head cow $15.00 Mrs. Spangman 15.00
3 CONT 1 cow and calf $15.00 Mrs. Spangman 18.75
3 CONT 1 black heifer $15.00 Mrs. Spangman 14.50
3 CONT 1 brown cow $15.00 Mrs. Spangman 17.50
3 CONT 1 roan cow $15.00 Mrs. Spangman 14.00
3 CONT 1 red steer calf $6.00 John Brown 5.00
3 CONT 5 calves $6.00 each John Underwood 37.25
3 CONT 1 white heifer calf $6.00 A. Burkholder 7.50
3 CONT 1 blue side heifer calf $6.00 Ed Curtis 6.00
3 CONT 1 red heifer calf $6.00 John Underwood 9.00
3 CONT 1 white steer calf $6.00 John Brown 7.50
3 CONT 1 black and white cow $20.00 Mrs. Spangman 18.50
3 CONT 1 black cow $20.00 Levi Call 19.50
3 CONT 1 red cow, dry $20.00 David Ingram 24.00
3 CONT 1 red cow with white back $20.00 Levi Call 20.00
3 CONT 1 blue cow $20.00 A. Curtis 19.25
3 CONT 2 black two year old steer $20.00 each John Brown 34.00
3 CONT 1 blue two year old steer $20.00 A. Burkholder 18.00
3 CONT 1 blue two year old steer $20.00 A. Burkholder 16.00
3 CONT 2 red two year old steers $20.00 each Lewis Finfrock 50.00
3 CONT 2 black two year old steers $20.00 each Lewis Finfrock 36.00
3 CONT 1 two year old heifer $20.00 A. Burkholder 13.50
3 CONT 1 blue steer calf $10.00 John Brown 9.00
3 CONT 1 white heifer calf $10.00 A. Curtis 8.00
3 CONT 1 black one year old heifer $10.00 Patrick Keating 11.00
3 CONT 2 one year old heifers $10.00 each John Underwood 20.00
3 CONT 1 one year blue heifer $10.00 A. Curtis 10.25
3 CONT 2 one year blue steers $10.00 each A. Curtis 17.50
3 CONT 1 red steer $10.00 John Brown 13.00
3 CONT 1 brown work horse $80.00 N. Oates for Simon Washburn 90.00
3 CONT 1 two year old horse $90.00 Hannah Stevens 51.00 1 log chain $1.50
3 CONC George Hanway 1.50 1 log chain $1 .50 George Hanway 2.05
3 CONT 1 stud horse bridle $3.00 John Marley 2.50
3 CONT 1 riding bridle .85 cts John Underwood .25
3 CONT 1 riding bridle .85 cts Wm. Beckford. 75
3 CONT 1 riding bridle .85 cts John Justice 1.80
3 CONT 1 riding bridle .85 cts John Brown .85
3 CONT 1 neck strap $1.00 Tom Shirley 1.15
3 CONT 1 neck straps $1.00 Tom Shirley 1.55
3 CONT 1 broodsow $15.00 Mrs. Spangman 15.00
3 CONT 4 large fat hogs $14.00 each or $56.00 Mrs. Spangman 92.00
3 CONT 1 large fat hog $14.00 William Woodall 23.00
3 CONT 2 large fat hogs $14.00 each or $28.00 William Woodall 48.00
3 CONT 1 large fat hog $14.00 Levi Call 22.50
3 CONT 1 small stack of hungarian hay $6.00 Mrs. Spangman 6.00
3 CONT 1 small stack of oats $20.00 Mrs. Spangman 20.00
3 CONT 60 bushels of corn more or less in the crib $1 .00/bushel Purchased by
3 CONC Mrs. Spangman
3 CONT for $1 .00/bushel 60.00
3 CONT 22 acres more or less of corn in the field $15.00/acre Purchased by
3 CONC Mrs. Spangman for $15.00/acre 330.00
3 CONT 8 acres more or less of corn in the field $18.00/acre Purchased by D.
3 CONC C. Knoles for 201.00
3 CONT 18 acres more or less of corn in the field $18.00/acre 144.00 1 hay
3 CONC knife $1.00 Alfred Curtis 1.50
3 CONT 1 dry goods box .50 cts John Justice .50
3 CONT 5 stacks of wheat $300.00 Mrs. Spangman 300.00
3 CONT 2 chopping axes .50 cts each Mrs. Spangman 1.00
3 CONT 1 pair of saddle pockets $1.25 John Mcquaid 1.05
3 CONT 1 saddle $7.50 John Justice 14.75
3 CONT 1 saddle $7.50 Ezekiel Hanway 6.00
3 CONT 1 siringe .75 cts Wm. Beckford 1.00
3 CONT 1 buggy whip $2.00 George Hanway 1.00
3 CONT 1 wagon whip .25 cts David Ingram .50 2 bells N. Oates 2.00
3 CONT 1 revolver $18.00 David Ingram 19.50
3 CONT 1 silver watch $18.00 Mrs. Spangman 18.00
3 CONT 20 bushels of oats more or less in garner Mrs. Spangman 15.00
3 CONT 1 small sack of clover seed $2.00 John Marley 4.00
3 CONT 1 pair stilliards $1.50 John Underwood 1.75
3 CONT 2 pair pliers $1.00 John McQuaid 1.30
3 CONT 1 sorrel pony mare $40.00 Mrs. Spangman 37.00
3 CONT 1 two year old bay
3 CONT 1 bay pony colt $25.00 Mrs. Spangman 25.00 27 ducks .25 cts each or
3 CONC $6.75 Mrs.      Spangman 4.00
3 CONT 1 bull running at large.
3 CONT
3 CONT
1 EVEN
2 TYPE Misc
2 DATE 6 MAY 1859
2 PLAC Fort Scott, Kansas
2 NOTE Elected for one term as a County Commissioner for Bourbon County,
3 CONC Kansas  begining in 1859.
3 CONT
1 FAMS @F45@
1 FAMC @F56@
0 @I128@ INDI
1 NAME Meary Booth /PARR/
2 GIVN Meary Booth
2 SURN PARR
1 SEX F
1 _UID B339185A40F0A940BA1B656DA8530BFE224C
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1825
2 PLAC England
1 DEAT
2 DATE 11 SEP 1864
2 PLAC Barnesville, Bourbon County, Kansas
2 NOTE Murdered by bushwackers
1 FAMS @F45@
0 @I133@ INDI
1 NAME Benjamin Jerome /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Benjamin Jerome
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID 6090C813EBFD554AA36EA81FC78F7A8E8816
1 NOTE Letter from Benjamin Jerome Washburn to his half-sister Julidia Artz,
2 CONC dated March 15, 1902; written from Granada, Colorado (east of Lamar
2 CONC near Kansas border).
2 CONT
2 CONT Dear Sister.
2 CONT
2 CONT It is with special care that I take the presence of mind of writing
2 CONC you a few lines, since it has been some time since I wrote you. I
2 CONC could no see any change in the mares, so I just neglected writing.
2 CONT
2 CONT Old Kit cannot work on her lame foot, some days she cannot work, and
2 CONC Old Flora just the same. I traded her off. I traded her and the pack
2 CONC for a pair of mules. The Boys have been home for some time since they
2 CONC went down to Arkansas. They seemed to like it there very much. . . . .
2 CONC . . Seem to be satisfied with the work they had done down in Arkansas.
2 CONC Becha both of them are wearing bruises.
2 CONT
2 CONT I expect that you knew Ethel and Frank had a baby girl. I have not yet
2 CONC . . . . . her. I have wrote to a doc. . baby has come to . . . . her
2 CONC or notbwl.. I presume Ethel has told you all about it. Ethel had a
2 CONC pretty hard time. She was bedfast for about a month, but she is
2 CONC alright now and the baby looks fine.
2 CONT
2 CONT Well Julydia, I have had such a queer dream lately, I think I must
2 CONC tell you about it. I do not know where the place was but it was my
2 CONC home and you came to visit me and we had a plum and cherry orchard and
2 CONC it was about the finest sight that I have ever seen. The trees were
2 CONC not our cherries or plums. They were only about 5 foot three inches in
2 CONC
2 CONT diameter. They were very nice trees and they were all in full bloom
2 CONC and such blooms, and such blooms I never expect to see with my natural
2 CONC eyes. The blooms were not like plums and cherries but like
2 CONC chrysanthemums. and each twig was full of solid bloom for about eight
2 CONC or ten from the top down and they were of the purest white and a very
2 CONC delicate yellow. It was lovely to behold. an when we came to the house
2 CONC you were standing in the door and you were young and beautiful and
2 CONC just the right. . . . . . to kiss, and I just took you into my arms
2 CONC and kissed you . . . . I am old and gray and I realized that you were
2 CONC the older and I asked you how it was you seemed to be so young and
2 CONC handsome and I was old and gray, but did not find out for I then
2 CONC awakened. but I should like to see the sight naturally, but never
2 CONC expect to.
2 CONT Well I will close for the present, hoping to hear from you soon. We
2 CONC are all well and hope you and yours folks are. Give my love to all
2 CONC from your Bother. Jerome
2 CONT
2 CONT
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1850
2 PLAC Fort Wayne, Indiana
2 SOUR @S2@
1 FAMC @F45@
0 @I134@ INDI
1 NAME Daniel P. /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Daniel P.
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID 558DDBB9443FD94D8B3638BC533214D946B7
1 NOTE  His Nephew, Cliffton L. Washburn stated in a letter in 1961 that his
2 CONC Uncle Dan had quite a reputation as fiddler.
1 BIRT
2 DATE SEP 1852
2 PLAC Indiana
1 FAMC @F45@
0 @I135@ INDI
1 NAME Jacob F. /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Jacob F.
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID 17D23B5C405DF646B42C9D71083D2725D8B6
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1854
2 PLAC Fort Wayne, Indiana
1 FAMC @F45@
0 @I136@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Sally /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Mary Sally
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX F
1 _UID 4BAA87CAB386914E95C19E56C7039BB7C43B
1 NOTE Letter from Mary Sally Washburn Burkhardt to Elizabeth Parr Thompson,
2 CONC her half sister. Written about 1892. (The first part is missing.)
2 CONT
2 CONT Since I was there that was her 10th one. I do not know if she has had
2 CONC any more or not. Mandy was married and gone from home when I was
2 CONC there. Julidia said she had a good man and Mary married Frank Warring.
2 CONC They had one child, a boy, the last I heard. Charley and Julidia live
2 CONC a dreadful life I tell you. I think some of the time she is more to
2 CONC blame than he is for she does not do as well as she might. For they
2 CONC had some five or six cows running with the calves and butter 30 cents
2 CONC a pound and no milk nor butter to use. And besides she let the
2 CONC children go stark naked, that is the four youngest. And Edward was
2 CONC quite a big boy. Then and the day I was there, she was a crying
2 CONC because the neighbors had given them some half worn clothes for her
2 CONC and him and the children. There was not one that had enough to hide
2 CONC the nakedness and it was quite cold already. It just kept Charles from
2 CONC buying something better. I did I felt awkward with him, for they had a
2 CONC good pile of land and quite a number of cattle. Cows was worth 35 or
2 CONC 40 dollars a head. It is dreadful when people get so helacious. I
2 CONC declare, I do not know what will become of them if they continue in
2 CONC that way.
2 CONT
2 CONT I have never heard from Jan (believed to be Georgia Anna Warring,
2 CONC Simon's exwife). I heard that she put her children out and got married
2 CONC again and she had him parted. I tell you it would take Satan himself
2 CONC to live with her. Oh such a life as poor Sime (Simon) did live. I was
2 CONC so sorry for him, I know it was horrid. They had five nice children,
2 CONC four boys and one girl. Oh a heartless woman, how could she do such a
2 CONC thing. I cannot see how.
2 CONT
2 CONT As for old neighbors, I cannot tell you much about. I had a letter
2 CONC from Emma Oats, it used to be but is Emma Scot now. She has been
2 CONC married twice. I had a letter from her about three years ago. Her
2 CONC Mother and Father was living then. She has had lots of trouble, poor
2 CONC girl. Her first husband died and then about two years later her home
2 CONC was blown away by a cyclone. She and her two children made their
2 CONC escape.
2 CONT
2 CONT I must close for this will ware you out. I did not mean to talk so
2 CONC long. I surely hope this will ...11 in better health. It is so bad to
2 CONC be sick. Please do write if you are able. Have you got any girls? If
2 CONC so, what do you call them? I know you must be lonesome without the
2 CONC boys. Will has not answered my letter. Tell him to soon. I call my
2 CONC baby Lillie May. She is four months old. So good night and love to all
2 CONC from M B to E T
2 CONT
2 CONT
2 CONT
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 DEC 1855
2 PLAC Texas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 MAR 1929
2 PLAC St. Paul, Minnesota
1 BURI
2 DATE 25 MAR 1929
2 PLAC Westcliff, Colorado
1 FAMC @F45@
0 @I137@ INDI
1 NAME Sarah Catherine /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Sarah Catherine
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX F
1 _UID 4CBBA050D7BCBC47B84F3089C9F9FFDEEC25
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1857
2 PLAC Barnesville, Bourbon County, Kansas
1 FAMC @F45@
0 @I138@ INDI
1 NAME Andrew Jackson /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Andrew Jackson
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID 2E1AA2005E135841B61639C73400EA6C4AC7
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1862
2 PLAC Barnesville, Bourbon County, Kansas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1884
2 PLAC Pocatello, Idaho
2 NOTE Killed in an ambush of his freight wagon just outside of Pocatello,
3 CONC Idaho by an outlaw group. His prize team of mules later turned up in a
3 CONC Mormon community near Salt Lake City, leading to the strong suspician
3 CONC that the Mornons or those associated with the Mormons staged the
3 CONC ambush.
1 FAMC @F45@
0 @I192@ INDI
1 NAME Simon /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Simon
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID E2C1E98458ACE8498837EA8FF684E1370F6B
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 MAY 1780
2 PLAC Stafford Springs, Connecticut
1 FAMS @F56@
1 FAMC @F70@
0 @I193@ INDI
1 NAME Sally /GLIDDEN/
2 GIVN Sally
2 SURN GLIDDEN
1 SEX F
1 _UID 6B4497663B4581409F112F25356F4E9275B2
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1784
2 PLAC Rhode Island
1 FAMS @F56@
0 @I194@ INDI
1 NAME Unknown /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Unknown
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX F
1 _UID 145157F408BB6140A8C4295CA671C14926AC
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1828
1 FAMC @F56@
0 @I198@ INDI
1 NAME Sally /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Sally
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX F
1 _UID 6997617EDCF74141BA54CBF2D18229D04B61
1 FAMC @F56@
0 @I200@ INDI
1 NAME Josephine /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Josephine
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX F
1 _UID CC8EA3600750BD40BAC0ACD8F496DE314811
1 FAMC @F56@
0 @I202@ INDI
1 NAME Andrew /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Andrew
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID 5ADF7F2D702F914599F0241065BEC03A3450
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1804
1 FAMC @F56@
0 @I203@ INDI
1 NAME Simon E. /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Simon E.
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID 123D77E04E165949874C07EC30A75ADF8294
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 JAN 1821
2 PLAC Syracuse (Vicinity), New York
2 NOTE First listed in the 1830 Census for Erie County, Pennsylvania as a son
3 CONC of Simon and Sally Washburn.
3 CONT Listed in the 1860 Census for Bourbon County, Kansas.
3 CONT Simon E. Washburn's dates of birth and death were obtained from the
3 CONC Barnsville Cemetary records.
1 DEAT
2 DATE 8 NOV 1865
2 PLAC Barnesville, Bourbon County, Kansas
1 FAMC @F56@
0 @I239@ INDI
1 NAME Ezra  Jr. /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Ezra  Jr.
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID E1B9CC2B24425B45B2636C7301D25E1FDB20
1 NOTE
2 CONT Enlisted in the Revolutionary War for Oakham, Massachusetts. Ezra
2 CONC Washburn was a minute man in the Bennington Alarm in the Massachusetts
2 CONC Militia. He then lived in Stafford, Connecticut until he died in 1793
2 CONC near the time his father died. They were said to have been buried in
2 CONC the same grave.
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1745
2 PLAC Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 DEAT
2 DATE 16 APR 1793
2 PLAC Stafford, Connecticut
1 FAMS @F70@
1 FAMC @F82@
0 @I240@ INDI
1 NAME Lucy /FULLER/
2 GIVN Lucy
2 SURN FULLER
1 SEX F
1 _UID 8FAB29FC8BF7154DA359B8CB1994D9125A59
1 NOTE
2 CONT Lucy was the daughter of Jabez and Hannah (Pratt) Fuller of
2 CONC Middleboro, Massachusetts., who came to New England on the Mayflower.
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 MAY 1749
2 PLAC Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 FAMS @F70@
0 @I241@ INDI
1 NAME Keziah /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Keziah
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX F
1 _UID 4699150A4A723B41B3134F784725FBF21CB6
1 BIRT
2 DATE 8 JUL 1768
2 PLAC Stafford, Connecticut
1 DEAT
2 DATE 3 JUL 1835
2 PLAC Rochester, Vermont
1 FAMC @F70@
0 @I243@ INDI
1 NAME Lucy /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Lucy
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX F
1 _UID 2E27C9958DDB8C428A11BDBA77163CFEC2F2
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 DEC 1769
2 PLAC Stafford, Connecticut
1 FAMC @F70@
0 @I245@ INDI
1 NAME Silas /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Silas
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID 74E72141886E824991679C0344283433E8D6
1 BIRT
2 DATE 4 OCT 1772
2 PLAC Stafford, Connecticut
1 FAMC @F70@
0 @I247@ INDI
1 NAME Ezra /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Ezra
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID 89BE304D97192047B9ACCFD19D40820746CB
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 MAR 1776
2 PLAC Stafford, Connecticut
1 DEAT
2 DATE 17 APR 1866
2 PLAC Rochester, Vermont
1 FAMC @F70@
0 @I250@ INDI
1 NAME Libeus /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Libeus
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID AE9711D13042B6428D56A89721FF911A7E2A
1 BIRT
2 DATE 5 JUL 1778
2 PLAC Stafford, Connecticut
1 FAMC @F70@
0 @I252@ INDI
1 NAME Peter /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Peter
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID B1A9732149CD244CAFD288DFF5F3144EA621
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 OCT 1782
2 PLAC Stafford Springs, Connecticut
1 FAMC @F70@
0 @I254@ INDI
1 NAME Andrew Fuller /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Andrew Fuller
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID 799942B0B3943049B6EEDE61144887A22C67
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 MAY 1784
2 PLAC Oakham, Massachusetts
2 NOTE Birthplace may have been Stafford Springs, Connecticut
1 FAMC @F70@
0 @I258@ INDI
1 NAME Lodica /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Lodica
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX F
1 _UID 9F93D39213B881448AAB021B7933670F9BA5
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1786
2 PLAC Stafford, Connecticut
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1865
1 FAMC @F70@
0 @I261@ INDI
1 NAME Ezra  Sr. /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Ezra  Sr.
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID AAF3743622DC264FAF5859367A5C9C4D0FC7
1 NOTE
2 CONT He moved to Middleboro, Massachusetts about 1743. After the Revolution
2 CONC he moved to Stafford, Tolland County, Connecticut.
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1718
2 PLAC Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 DEAT
2 DATE 16 APR 1793
2 PLAC Stafford, Connecticut
1 FAMS @F82@
1 FAMC @F83@
0 @I262@ INDI
1 NAME Susanna /LEACH/
2 GIVN Susanna
2 SURN LEACH
1 SEX F
1 _UID 3560B4A1E25CB741897B38C6D0EAB58F20BA
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 OCT 1722
2 PLAC Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 FAMS @F82@
0 @I276@ INDI
1 NAME Benjamin /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Benjamin
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID 1F35583A60083A41AE6C76DB21CD16C0F878
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1691
2 PLAC Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1774
2 PLAC Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 FAMS @F83@
1 FAMC @F95@
0 @I277@ INDI
1 NAME Bethiah /KINGMAN/
2 GIVN Bethiah
2 SURN KINGMAN
1 SEX F
1 _UID 846411EF41DE8C42B52F969A76C2624BCE31
1 BIRT
2 DATE 6 JUN 1693
2 PLAC Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 DEAT
2 DATE 8 DEC 1774
2 PLAC Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 FAMS @F83@
0 @I278@ INDI
1 NAME Phebe /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Phebe
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX F
1 _UID C823DAC96EA192429909AFCDDA800EF1E8DE
1 FAMC @F83@
0 @I280@ INDI
1 NAME Bejamin /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Bejamin
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID A814CE73D24CE444AF543F60C90080BEEC2F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1719
1 FAMC @F83@
0 @I282@ INDI
1 NAME Bethiah /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Bethiah
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX F
1 _UID B7821239905BCB4BA191EF18981AC5174C89
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1720
1 FAMC @F83@
0 @I284@ INDI
1 NAME Jonathan /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Jonathan
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID D07C0C708D9E554AA2B339A7AACD853D00D2
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1729
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1792
1 FAMC @F83@
0 @I286@ INDI
1 NAME Jane /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Jane
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX F
1 _UID F00E66DED2B7F5498BF09B611DDB25D8751A
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1735
1 FAMC @F83@
0 @I288@ INDI
1 NAME Jonathan /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Jonathan
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID F9BF56EADC1BD646BD13D8341E47C2202E14
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1689
2 PLAC Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 DEAT
2 DATE 26 DEC 1766
2 PLAC Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 FAMS @F95@
1 FAMC @F101@
0 @I289@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Vaughn //
2 GIVN Mary Vaughn
1 SEX F
1 _UID 58918CD3B38B814199EA14B9CB33F0199F0F
1 BIRT
2 PLAC Scituate, Massachusetts
1 FAMS @F95@
0 @I290@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Elizabeth
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX F
1 _UID B52ECA10D6115C4DB0270B7AB778480323FA
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1684
1 FAMC @F95@
0 @I292@ INDI
1 NAME Josiah /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Josiah
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID 0C5BC8D6D9EA9A4F81EC53FF7E84C1F82B4F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1686
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1734
1 FAMC @F95@
0 @I294@ INDI
1 NAME Ebenezer /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Ebenezer
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID 98F12908427D3F4499983AFDE3DB46A30B1F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1690
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1728
1 FAMC @F95@
0 @I295@ INDI
1 NAME Martha /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Martha
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX F
1 _UID 353E9413E674724AA09107E2FDC4585ABDA8
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1692
1 FAMC @F95@
0 @I297@ INDI
1 NAME Joanna /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Joanna
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX F
1 _UID 2998C9726ADB8A428CA32426D26C69396659
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1693
1 FAMC @F95@
0 @I298@ INDI
1 NAME Zipporah Washburn /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Zipporah Washburn
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID 33E6C685A60CF249933FB662BD397E8C3B36
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1696
1 FAMC @F95@
0 @I299@ INDI
1 NAME Nathan Washburn /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Nathan Washburn
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID D3ADD7FF6CBBF24F8AC386EE228FD23436D8
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1699
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1766
1 FAMC @F95@
0 @I300@ INDI
1 NAME Jonathan /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Jonathan
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID 9F4245DC34BAB94FB636BAE2DD929F94221B
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1700
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1766
1 FAMC @F95@
0 @I302@ INDI
1 NAME Cornelius /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Cornelius
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID B8C04B00E060C7499A524A4CA1E7119DCB0F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1702
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1779
1 FAMC @F95@
0 @I304@ INDI
1 NAME Joseph /WASHBURN/
2 NPFX Captain
2 GIVN Joseph
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID FDEF1A86956E6D4585CB3F84A727D244382C
1 NOTE
2 CONT Joseph's occupation was listed as a blacksmith.
1 BIRT
2 DATE 7 JUL 1653
2 PLAC Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 DEAT
2 DATE 20 APR 1733
2 PLAC Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 FAMS @F101@
1 FAMC @F102@
0 @I305@ INDI
1 NAME Hannah Latham //
2 GIVN Hannah Latham
1 SEX F
1 _UID F38C0A68485ABB45983032144583BE0E35F8
1 BIRT
2 PLAC Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 FAMS @F101@
0 @I306@ INDI
1 NAME Joseph /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Joseph
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID 865CED79C44A1140B911CA97E7BDC3D0093E
1 BIRT
2 DATE MAR 1686/87
2 PLAC Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1759
2 PLAC Leicester, Massachusetts
1 FAMC @F101@
0 @I307@ INDI
1 NAME Ebenezer /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Ebenezer
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID 45AD19A2012DC248BA1113814AB0AE342028
1 BIRT
2 DATE 23 FEB 1689/90
2 PLAC Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1767
2 PLAC Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut
1 FAMC @F101@
0 @I308@ INDI
1 NAME Edward /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Edward
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID 48BAF89958C1BD49937377A6FEBEC71F77BD
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1684
2 PLAC Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1757
2 PLAC Middleton, Connecticut
1 FAMC @F101@
0 @I309@ INDI
1 NAME Hepzibah /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Hepzibah
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX F
1 _UID 26C1BF16EC8EA940A3FCB50A08EE96E2EBA7
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1680
2 PLAC Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 FAMC @F101@
0 @I310@ INDI
1 NAME Miles /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Miles
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID 47752E13936D81429E9640DD9368CBC49B6E
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1686
2 PLAC Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1772
2 PLAC Amenia, Dutchess, New York
1 FAMC @F101@
0 @I311@ INDI
1 NAME Ephraim /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Ephraim
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID 96D75C4875BA114E8C3698E7B65E6988E5C4
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1695
2 PLAC Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 DEAT
2 DATE 16 JUL 1755
2 PLAC Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 FAMC @F101@
0 @I312@ INDI
1 NAME Hannah /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Hannah
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX F
1 _UID 5DE30C63E733E143A3988A8710789AFC57ED
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1690
2 PLAC Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 DEAT
2 DATE 4 APR 1750
2 PLAC Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 FAMC @F101@
0 @I313@ INDI
1 NAME Benjamin /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Benjamin
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID 1256E59A2C4EA748A6C5019A05B8A5924AAD
1 BIRT
2 PLAC Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1690
2 PLAC Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 FAMC @F101@
0 @I314@ INDI
1 NAME John /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN John
2 SURN WASHBURN
2 NSFX (Son of John the Immigrant)
1 SEX M
1 TITL (Son of John the Immigrant)
1 _UID E6319A62F7B3404AA427A1A81BBA4363D6C6
1 NOTE
2 CONT John Accompanied his Mother when she emigrated to New England in 1635
2 CONC to join her husband at the family settlement in Duxbury,
2 CONC Massachusetts. John became a tailor and was a soldier in the
2 CONC Narragansett Indian uprising of 1645. He was one of six men from
2 CONC Duxbury in an expedition to quell an uprising of the Narragansets and
2 CONC their allies. He was appointed surveyor of highways June 4, 1650. He
2 CONC was later elected the Duxbury Constable in 1659.  John moved to
2 CONC Bridgewater somewhat later where he was a proprietor and the second
2 CONC largest landholder in town. He had "four property shares" located in
2 CONC the east and southwest quarters of town, and rights to the undivided
2 CONC lands equivalent altogether to about one-twelfth of the original
2 CONC purchase. He sold the lands, given to him by his Father, at Green's
2 CONC Bay near Duxbury in 1670. John was one of 54 men considered a founder
2 CONC of Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 NOV 1620
2 PLAC Bengeworth, Evesham, Worchester, England
1 DEAT
2 DATE 12 NOV 1686
2 PLAC Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 BAPM
2 DATE 26 NOV 1620
2 PLAC Bengeworth, Evesham, Worchester, England
1 IMMI
2 DATE 1635
2 PLAC Plymouth Colony in America
2 NOTE Immigrated on the sailing ship, "Elizabeth & Anne".
1 FAMS @F102@
1 FAMC @F115@
0 @I315@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth /MITCHELL/
2 GIVN Elizabeth
2 SURN MITCHELL
1 SEX F
1 _UID 82811396F81AED42A5E3D3F7030E30078768
1 NOTE
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1620
1 FAMS @F102@
1 FAMC @F113@
1 FAMC @F114@
0 @I317@ INDI
1 NAME Benjamin /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Benjamin
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID 4C266CB3FD77C44991B9E821C7FECE5048D9
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1655
2 PLAC Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1690
2 NOTE Benjamin died during the Phipps expedition against Canada at Port
3 CONC Royal, Canada, during King William's War.
1 FAMC @F102@
0 @I318@ INDI
1 NAME John /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN John
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID 596294E0ED2AF446A574C2FFB04DC89BBA5B
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1646
2 PLAC Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1720
2 PLAC Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 FAMC @F102@
0 @I320@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Thomas
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID 646BBE01522B2349A5004DC6C5F57604634D
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1647
2 PLAC Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1729
2 PLAC Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 FAMC @F102@
0 @I323@ INDI
1 NAME Samuel /WASHBURN/
2 NPFX Sergeant
2 GIVN Samuel
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID 36BD659F56F19C4A89C9A83909BDC7BEA29C
1 NOTE  Referenced as "Sergeant" and was said to be prominent in both church
2 CONC and military life..
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1652
2 PLAC Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 DEAT
2 DATE 24 MAR 1720
2 PLAC Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 BURI
2 PLAC Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 FAMC @F102@
0 @I325@ INDI
1 NAME Jonathan /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Jonathan
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID 745E3034143A794EB792D13DFD7F67BE43B6
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1653
2 PLAC Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 DEAT
2 DATE 10 JAN 1719
2 PLAC Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 FAMC @F102@
0 @I326@ INDI
1 NAME Mary /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Mary
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX F
1 _UID B67044DC6EFEB7428F5D69770A256ED6EA73
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1661
2 PLAC Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 DEAT
2 DATE 28 FEB 1739/40
2 PLAC Easton, Massachusetts
1 FAMC @F102@
0 @I328@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Elizabeth
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX F
1 _UID 534A9E1E74D88741BE7F305E8C1BC28223DD
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1663
2 PLAC Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 DEAT
2 DATE 27 FEB 1741/42
2 PLAC Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 FAMC @F102@
0 @I330@ INDI
1 NAME Jane /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Jane
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX F
1 _UID 3B8AB76F4160E14EABFF3FBD93672343C1A5
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1666
2 PLAC Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 DEAT
2 PLAC Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 FAMC @F102@
0 @I332@ INDI
1 NAME James /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN James
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID FC1126F5B7E0E84BABC743BB85EF05B792CF
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 MAY 1672
2 PLAC Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 DEAT
2 DATE 11 JUN 1749
2 PLAC Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 FAMC @F102@
0 @I334@ INDI
1 NAME Sarah /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Sarah
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX F
1 _UID 912A973CEE0EBF4E9E8A713844D1AC345D4D
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1675
2 PLAC Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1746
2 PLAC Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 FAMC @F102@
0 @I336@ INDI
1 NAME Experience /MITCHELL/
2 GIVN Experience
2 SURN MITCHELL
1 SEX M
1 _UID 62C5F5D745E78A47A35AA3F80C015309F122
1 FAMS @F113@
0 @I337@ INDI
1 NAME Jane /COOK/
2 GIVN Jane
2 SURN COOK
1 SEX F
1 _UID 7F17F1687368B745A793A2B2F1B2F05138BC
1 NOTE  Jane was a daughter of Frances Cook, one of the original one hundred
2 CONC who signed the original historic compact on the deck of the Mayflower
2 CONC before the landing
1 FAMS @F114@
1 FAMS @F113@
0 @I340@ INDI
1 NAME John /WASHBURNE/
2 GIVN John
2 SURN WASHBURNE
2 NSFX (The Immigrant)
1 SEX M
1 TITL (The Immigrant)
1 _UID 46FCB7C5D43D2E49861842A5004831F83CE2
1 NOTE
2 CONT John was 12th in descent from Sir Roger Wasseburn. John was listed as
2 CONC a church warden in 1625. He was 26 years old at the death of his
2 CONC father in 1624, when he was charged to settle the estate within, 6
2 CONC years, paying off the legacies to the other children, while he came
2 CONC into possession of the real estate. As his Father, John, was a
2 CONC husbandman with considerable holdings of land and over 200 (pounds)
2 CONC worth of chattels to dispose of, with his Mother dying two years later
2 CONC and leaving property to be looked after, he could hardly have closed
2 CONC up the estate and disposed of his own rights much before 1630. It
2 CONC seems probable in that year or the year following he immigrated to New
2 CONC England. At any rate, records in New England verify that in January
2 CONC 1632 he had been long enough in the New World to have had occasion for
2 CONC a case in civil court.
2 CONT In 1633, John returned to England to secure passage for his family to
2 CONC the Pymouth Colony and returned in 1634. His family followed soon
2 CONC after.
2 CONT
2 CONT It would be interesting to know what induced the church warden of
2 CONC Bengeworth to emigrate to New England and what reasons led him to
2 CONC choose the Pilgrim Colony of Plymouth rather than the Puritan Colony
2 CONC of Massachusetts Bay; for surely he knew of Winthrop's large
2 CONC expedition which was being organized and which sailed in 1630. Judged
2 CONC by their circle of friends and associates, by their relation to the
2 CONC church and the town, by their steady accumulations from generation to
2 CONC generation, the Wichenford Washburns held a highly respectable and
2 CONC honorable place among their Evesham townsmen. John and Emme evidently
2 CONC had little more than their land to start with, and collected around
2 CONC them in their lifetimes only the prime necessities of their work and
2 CONC comfort. Their descendants steadily improved their condition and
2 CONC maintained their position. And it must have been an interesting event
2 CONC to many of the townsmen when the eldest son and heir of their late
2 CONC burgess sold out, settled up and departed for a home in New England."
2 CONT
2 CONT Footnote to the above: The following may throw some light on the above
2 CONC query. Very incomplete lists show that emigrants to the Plymouth
2 CONC Colony came from all parts of England, from Northumberland to Devon,
2 CONC from Scotland to Ireland, from inland counties as well as from
2 CONC seaboard, this indicating that early in the 17th century and before,
2 CONC the sentiments and opinions of the Holland Pilgrim were wide-spread.
2 CONC The four brother emigrants of the Winslow family lived in Worcester
2 CONC County. Edward Winslow joined the company in Leyden and perhaps also
2 CONC Gilbert; if not, he was on hand at Plymouth to sail with the first
2 CONC batch of Mayflower pilgrims. John Winslow sailed the next year and
2 CONC Kenelm in 1629. The Winslow estates were in Droitwich, about 17 miles
2 CONC North by Northwest from Evesham. Now it happens that the Washburns had
2 CONC possessions in Droitwich since the early 14th century; and these
2 CONC possessions were either revived or much added to by the purchase in
2 CONC 1618 of the saltpans in that parish, and we have the names of several
2 CONC Washburns who resided there. The emigration of so important and
2 CONC well-to-do family as the Winslows must have been the talk of the
2 CONC country side far and near for many a day and news of the Plymouth
2 CONC Plantation and of Gov. Winslow must have come back to Droitwich and
2 CONC filtered into all the neighboring hamlets and towns. If we may judge
2 CONC from the somewhat conventional language of the Evesham Washburn's
2 CONC wills, they belonged to a circle thoroughly in sympathy with the
2 CONC Evangelicals in the Reformed Church; and with members of the Washburn
2 CONC family living in Droitwich, and the old and long connection of the
2 CONC family with the parish, the Evesham Washburns could hardly have failed
2 CONC to know all about the Droitwich Pilgrims, and when they themselves
2 CONC were ready to emigrate, naturally chose a colony under a governor who
2 CONC was a family neighbor, so to speak, and whose antecedents and
2 CONC character they were well acquainted with."
2 CONT
2 CONT Duxbury, the first Plymouth offshoot began to settle in 1632 and was
2 CONC incorporated in 1637. In 1634, John Washburn (note the change in
2 CONC spelling of the last name now) purchased of Edward Bumpus "The Eagles
2 CONC Nest" a palisaded homestead, and the lands beyond Eaglesnest Creek.
2 CONT On April 3, 1635 his wife Margery and two sons John and Philip
2 CONC received emigration certificates and permission to sail in the
2 CONC Elizabeth and Ann, and in due time joined John in Plymouth.
2 CONT In 1644, when the population of Duxbury was estimated at over 400, a
2 CONC movement began toward opening a new inland settlement in what was to
2 CONC be Bridgewater. John Washburn Sr. and John Washburn Jr., Miles
2 CONC Standish, John Alden, Wm. and John Bradford, Love Brewster, Experience
2 CONC Mitchell, Edmond Chandler, and Wm. and John Paybody were among 54
2 CONC purchasers from Massasoit (an Indian Chieftan) of the town of
2 CONC Bridgewater, a tract of land extending 7 miles on each side from a
2 CONC certain fixed center. The Company paid for it 7 coats, 1-1/2 yards in
2 CONC a coat, 9 hatchets, 8 hoes, 20 knives, 4 moose skins, and 10-1/2 yards
2 CONC cotton cloth. The transaction was signed by Massasoit for the Indians,
2 CONC and by Standish, Samuel. Nash, and Constance Southworth for the
2 CONC colonists March 23, 1649 after 7 years consideration by the Colonial
2 CONC Court, the purchasers and the Indians.
2 CONT The Washburns did not move for some years to Bridewater; the father
2 CONC and two sons were registered in Duxbury in 1643 as able to bear arms,
2 CONC and John Sr. as a road surveyor in 1649 and 50. They had, however,
2 CONC settled in Bridgewater before 1665 where John the father died between
2 CONC 1666 and 1670. Nothing is known as to the death of his wife Margery.
2 CONT
2 CONT  Roots Research Bureau, Manuscript #2737, 1984 states that: John
2 CONC immigrated from Worchestershire to the Plymouth Colony before 1632. In
2 CONC 1634, John moved to Duxbury where he purchased from Edward Bumpas the
2 CONC "Eagles Nest" a palisaded homestead with lands beyon Eagles Nest
2 CONC Creek.  Later he moved to Bridgewater in the same Colony.
2 CONT
2 CONT The Washburn Family, Notes and Records, Historic and Social of the
2 CONC Ancient Family of Washbourne of Washbourne, Witchenford and Dutchley
2 CONC from the 12th Century to the present time (1896), Edited by R.E.M.
2 CONC Peach and printed by John Bellows of Gloucester, 1896, has a footnote
2 CONC that states: "The first Emigrant of the Washbourne family to America
2 CONC was a John Washbourne, (with his son John, aged 16) in 1622 or 1623.
2 CONC Although a member of the ancient family, he literally was not a
2 CONC Glouster Wasbourne. Indeed there is no doubt that this John Washbourne
2 CONC was of the Witchenford branch, and before emigrating, lived in the
2 CONC Parish of Bengeworth near to Evesham.
1 BIRT
2 DATE 2 JUL 1597
2 PLAC Bengeworth, Evesham, Worchester, England
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1670
2 PLAC Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 BAPM
2 DATE 2 JUL 1597
2 PLAC Bengeworth, Evesham, Worchester, England
1 EMIG
2 DATE 2 JAN 1631
2 PLAC Plymouth Colony in America
1 FAMS @F115@
1 FAMC @F116@
0 @I341@ INDI
1 NAME Margery /MOORE/
2 GIVN Margery
2 SURN MOORE
1 SEX F
1 _UID 4B0B36A8AB733948A0AD91DE60D714593385
1 NOTE  Margery with sons, John and Phillip, arrived on the ship "Elizabeth
2 CONC Ann" at the Plymouth Colony on April 13, 1635. John was age fourteen
2 CONC and Phillip age eleven on the date of their sailing.
1 BIRT
2 DATE 2 NOV 1588
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1670
2 PLAC Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1 CHR
2 DATE 3 NOV 1588
2 PLAC Bengeworth, Evesham, Worchester, England
1 EMIG
2 DATE 13 APR 1635
2 PLAC Plymouth Colony in America
2 NOTE Margery Immigrated to the Pymouth Colony with sons, John and Phillip
3 CONC abourd the sailing ship "Elizabeth & Anne".
1 FAMS @F115@
0 @I342@ INDI
1 NAME Phillip /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Phillip
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX M
1 _UID 4F5A605D0F90034D914B1EED6040C758FBF6
1 NOTE  It is not known that Phillip ever married or had children. His father
2 CONC gave him a farm in Duxbury which he sold in 1679. He also sold other
2 CONC land in 1684. In the latter part of his life he seems to have suffered
2 CONC from some physical or mental disability; for in 1685, Joseph, one of
2 CONC the sons of John, gave bonds to take care of his uncle Phillip by
2 CONC order of the court; and in his will made in 1686 John charges his
2 CONC eldest son John with his brother's care. Phillip was still living in
2 CONC 1700.
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1624
2 PLAC Bengeworth, Evesham, Worchester, England
1 DEAT
2 DATE 7 JUN 1622
2 PLAC Bengeworth, Evesham, Worchester, England
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 AUG 1700
1 BAPM
2 DATE 2 JUN 1622
2 PLAC Bengeworth, Evesham, Worchester, England
1 FAMC @F115@
0 @I343@ INDI
1 NAME Mary /WASHBURN/
2 GIVN Mary
2 SURN WASHBURN
1 SEX F
1 _UID 2B9FF45B83EDF444A74DFC240F6F63954B0A
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1619
2 PLAC Bengeworth, Evesham, Worchester, England
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1630
1 FAMC @F115@
0 @I344@ INDI
1 NAME John /WASHBOURNE/
2 GIVN John
2 SURN WASHBOURNE
2 NSFX XI
1 SEX M
1 TITL XI
1 _UID 4C22373C99E7864DBF49A4F395C6244EA0A0
1 NOTE
2 CONT John Washbourne was an esteemed man of weight and worth in Bengeworth.
2 CONC He was one on the first board of Burgesses appointed by King James
2 CONC when he first granted a charter to Evesham, including Bengeworth in it
2 CONC as a suburb in 1605, and granted the town two representatives in
2 CONC Parliament. Towards the close of his life, John was blind, as we learn
2 CONC from the following passages in his will: "In witness of all which,
2 CONC John Washbourne, being blind and not able to set his hand, hath
2 CONC authorized his brother John Tymbrell for him and in his stead to
2 CONC subscribe to these presents with his name and mark." August 3 1624.
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1 AUG 1566
2 PLAC Bengeworth, Evesham, Worchester, England
1 DEAT
2 DATE 3 AUG 1624
2 PLAC Bengeworth, Evesham, Worchester, England
1 BAPM
2 DATE 31 JAN 1551
2 PLAC Bengeworth, Evesham, Worchester, England
1 FAMS @F116@
1 FAMC @F117@
0 @I345@ INDI
1 NAME Martha (Trimbell) /STEPHENS/
2 GIVN Martha (Trimbell)
2 SURN STEPHENS
1 SEX F
1 _UID E540F2E4B279FC42A9A58572E5368889D587
1 DEAT
2 DATE 29 SEP 1625
2 PLAC Bengeworth, Evesham, Worchester, England
1 FAMS @F116@
0 @I346@ INDI
1 NAME William /WASHBOURNE/
2 GIVN William
2 SURN WASHBOURNE
1 SEX M
1 _UID B1603A34219E5448B8BCA6E3458033DEADB5
1 NOTE  William Washbourne was an early emigrant to New England and the
2 CONC ancestor of a large body of descendants. He first emerges in colonial
2 CONC history in 1647 at Hempstead, Long Island, when he received an
2 CONC allotment of land as one of the original settlers. He did not belong
2 CONC to the first batch of Colonists from Stamford, CT. in 1643-4 but was
2 CONC probably among those joining the colony in 1645-6. It is to be taken
2 CONC for granted that he and his family sailed from England to one of the
2 CONC Massachusetts ports, and sufficient time must be allowed him for
2 CONC becoming acquainted with the spirit and character of the institutions
2 CONC and people where he happened to be, and for discovering another more
2 CONC congenial; for each colony had characteristics of a very distinctive
2 CONC sort. Allowing time for all this, there would be ample leeway granted
2 CONC if we suppose him to have emigrated in the late 1630's. It would seem,
2 CONC therefore, there is nothing inconsistent in time with William
2 CONC Washbourne of Hempstead being, William, the brother of John of
2 CONC Bengeworth, whose daughter Marthathea was baptized there on Dec. 18,
2 CONC 1637. Besides Marthathea, William of Bengeworth had a daughter Sarah
2 CONC and another Martha. When we compare the Hempstead family with these,
2 CONC we find that William and his wife, Jane had the following: John, Mary,
2 CONC Martha, Sarah, Hope, Phebe and Agnes. The older of these were at least
2 CONC of marriageable age, Mary born in 1629, and John having married into
2 CONC the best families of the settlements before 1650 and in 1655. Martha,
2 CONC born in 1627, married in 1657. One or two more facts may have some
2 CONC bearing on the question of William's ancestry and relationship to John
2 CONC Washbourne (the immigrant). The Duxbury and Hempstead families so far
2 CONC as we know never fraternized at all. This is a small matter for our
2 CONC knowledge of those times is very incomplete. The records as they exist
2 CONC seem to show William in an active public and business career that
2 CONC suggests more the Londoner than countryman and colonist. John, son of
2 CONC John and grandson of William went over to London on business in 1685-6
2 CONC and died there in Feb. of 1687. His will was made in "St. Beedulph"
2 CONC Parish, London, Feb 23, 1687 and proved in New York in 1688. This
2 CONC John, who was Secretary of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, has been
2 CONC confused with John The Emigrant; but a comparison the their hand
2 CONC writing has proven that their identities are unquestionably different.
2 CONC
1 BIRT
2 DATE 9 NOV 1601
2 PLAC Bengeworth, Evesham, Worchester, England
1 FAMC @F116@
0 @I347@ INDI
1 NAME John /WASHBOURNE/
2 GIVN John
2 SURN WASHBOURNE
2 NSFX X
1 SEX M
1 TITL X
1 _UID D2A14AAE06722A4593D453204D8441AEEC96
1 NOTE
2 CONT John made his Will in 1593, in which his chattels were inventoried in
2 CONC the amount of 132-4-10 (pounds currency).
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 NOV 1521
2 PLAC Bengeworth, Evesham, Worchester, England
1 DEAT
2 DATE 13 OCT 1593
2 PLAC Bengeworth, Evesham, Worchester, England
1 CHRA
2 DATE 5 OCT 1544
2 PLAC Bengeworth, Evesham, Worchester, England
2 NOTE Occupation was stated as "Husbandman".
1 FAMS @F117@
1 FAMC @F118@
0 @I348@ INDI
1 NAME Joan /BUSHELL/
2 GIVN Joan
2 SURN BUSHELL
1 SEX F
1 _UID E390DB225549FC408F8F0C5BB446C169F388
1 DEAT
2 DATE APR 1557
2 PLAC Bengeworth, Evesham, Worchester, England
1 FAMS @F117@
0 @I349@ INDI
1 NAME John /WASHBOURNE/
2 GIVN John
2 SURN WASHBOURNE
2 NSFX XI
1 SEX M
1 TITL XI
1 _UID F798A88591393D4EA655A17AE1CD30272CC5
1 NOTE
2 CONT John IX not being the first son did not inherit the Wichenford Court.
2 CONC Instead he inherited or was given some lands near Bengeworth across
2 CONC the River Avon from Evesham. This is where the Bengeworth branch of
2 CONC the family separated from the main branch at Wichenford Court (known
2 CONC also as "Knights Washbourne" ).  In 1538, when registration became
2 CONC compulsory, John and his wife, Emme, appear in records as residents of
2 CONC Bengeworth, a suburb of Evesham, , six or eight miles northeast from
2 CONC Little Washbourne and about 20 miles southeast of Wichenford in
2 CONC Worcestershire, England.
2 CONT In his will of 1546, John describes himself as John Wassheburne,
2 CONC husbandman. He had fields about Bengeworth and a house and buildings
2 CONC in town, enough for the comfortable living of the family but not for
2 CONC luxuries; and on their narrow means they appear to have maintained a
2 CONC life befitting the family from which the husband sprang, amid a large
2 CONC circle of friends from the most substantial people in the town. The
2 CONC coat of arms of the Wichenford Washbournes were blazoned on the south
2 CONC window of the church, "as of a Benefactor".
2 CONT In his will he directs that his "body be buried in ecclesiastical
2 CONC sepulture of my parish church of Bengeworth and brought to sepulture
2 CONC with solemne dirge and mass for my soul and all Christian souls".
2 CONT He bequeaths to the church aforesaid two strikes of wheat and two of
2 CONC barley, after which follow bequests of small domestic and farm
2 CONC belongings, of his lands and houses to his eldest son John, of small
2 CONC annuities to the other children, and trifles to his grandchildren. His
2 CONC chattels inventory 26-8-8.
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1479
2 PLAC Wichenford Court, Worcestershire, England
1 DEAT
2 DATE 8 JAN 1546
2 PLAC Bengeworth, Evesham, Worchester, England
1 FAMS @F118@
1 FAMC @F119@
0 @I350@ INDI
1 NAME Emme //
2 GIVN Emme
1 SEX F
1 _UID 66EE3C3E615B32448424487E7F3252FD6E02
1 NOTE
2 CONT Of John's wife, Emme, it is only known that she lived with her husband
2 CONC until her death in 1547, bore him children and made a will disposing
2 CONC of her property at her death. Her will reflects more the religious
2 CONC feelings and customs of the times. She says:
2 CONT "I bequeathe my soul unto Almighty God, the glorious virgin Saynt
2 CONC Mary, to the
2 CONT company of all the blessed Angels and Saynts in hevyn" and my "body to
2 CONC be buried within the Churchyard of Bengeworth".
2 CONT These were the popular thoughts and expressions in the last two years
2 CONC of Henry VIII,
2 CONT "Defender of the Faith", and the year of Martin Luther's death. John
2 CONC and Emme left two
2 CONT married sons and two married daughters, Katherine, wife of Danyell
2 CONC Hide, and Alis, wife of Robert Martin. The sons were John and William
1 DEAT
2 DATE 13 MAY 1547
2 PLAC Bengeworth, Evesham, Worchester, England
1 FAMS @F118@
0 @I351@ INDI
1 NAME John /WASHBOURNE/
2 GIVN John
2 SURN WASHBOURNE
2 NSFX VII (8)
1 SEX M
1 TITL VII (8)
1 _UID 92693B2748DEB341B195510473159F0D4698
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1451
2 PLAC Wichenford Court, Worcestershire, England
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1505
2 PLAC Wichenford Court, Worcestershire, England
1 FAMS @F119@
1 FAMC @F122@
0 @I352@ INDI
1 NAME Joan de /MYTTON/
2 NPFX Lady
2 GIVN Joan de
2 SURN MYTTON
1 SEX F
1 _UID 5E4A629992DCB944B8FA43E9660C9F1D1A0D
1 SOUR @S12@
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1454
2 PLAC Weston, Staffordshire, England
1 FAMS @F119@
1 FAMC @F156@
0 @I353@ INDI
1 NAME Robert /WASHBOURNE VIII/
2 GIVN Robert
2 SURN WASHBOURNE VIII
1 SEX M
1 _UID 23B561D1AF787343A706B26954FDD915EE94
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1476
2 PLAC Stanford, Worcester, England
1 FAMC @F119@
0 @I354@ INDI
1 NAME Walter /WASHBOURNE VIII/
2 GIVN Walter
2 SURN WASHBOURNE VIII
1 SEX M
1 _UID B4AB9EA3042BD44E8D4C35F070B2FA253098
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1481
2 PLAC Stanford, Worcester, England
1 FAMC @F119@
0 @I355@ INDI
1 NAME Francis /WASHBOURNE VIII/
2 GIVN Francis
2 SURN WASHBOURNE VIII
1 SEX M
1 _UID 649B49FF74963C4588544FA167A1B5D63137
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1483
2 PLAC Stanford, Worcester, England
1 FAMC @F119@
0 @I360@ INDI
1 NAME Norborne (Norman) /WASHBOURNE/
2 GIVN Norborne (Norman)
2 SURN WASHBOURNE
1 SEX M
1 _UID DF545FAAEFBA234DBBB43485FD51A287F43C
1 NOTE
2 CONT The property at Stanford-upon-Teme then became contested in "suytes of
2 CONC law". John Stalway and his wife, the former Isolde Washbourne, had a
2 CONC son Humfrey Salway who resided at Stanford but laid claim to Knights
2 CONC Washbourne (the current name for Little Washbourne), perhaps because
2 CONC John (6) was perceived to no longer need it. Humfrey's contemporary,
2 CONC Norman Washbourne, then owner of Knights Washbourne and Sheriff of
2 CONC Worchestershire, claimed Stanford, near Wichenford. Arbitration by
2 CONC George, Duke of Clarence, decided that John Washbourne (8) should have
2 CONC Knights Washbourne and Humfrey Stalway should have Stanford
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1420
2 PLAC Stanford, Worcester, England
1 FAMS @F122@
1 FAMC @F124@
0 @I361@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth /KNIVTON/
2 GIVN Elizabeth
2 SURN KNIVTON
1 SEX F
1 _UID 3725AD39E9A82545BC5D99B853655D0BC7D2
1 FAMS @F122@
0 @I362@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas /WASHBOURNE/
2 GIVN Thomas
2 SURN WASHBOURNE
1 SEX M
1 _UID E51C9A4A1E233E4C89CD94E7F3E4C26B8568
1 FAMC @F122@
0 @I363@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth /WASHBOURNE/
2 GIVN Elizabeth
2 SURN WASHBOURNE
1 SEX F
1 _UID B3AE06EF333FCC44AC6A61BCD5CA32BF9B5B
1 FAMC @F122@
0 @I367@ INDI
1 NAME John /WASHBOURNE/
2 GIVN John
2 SURN WASHBOURNE
2 NSFX (6)
1 SEX M
1 TITL (6)
1 _UID B38AA2CB27EAC74ABFBCC842A2FF304365F1
1 NOTE
2 CONT John Washbourne was Lord of Washbourne and Stanford, Sheriff of
2 CONC Worchestershire and Knight of the Shire.
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1375
2 PLAC Wichenford Court, Worcestershire, England
1 FAMS @F124@
1 FAMC @F126@
0 @I368@ INDI
1 NAME Margaret /POHER/
2 GIVN Margaret
2 SURN POHER
2 NSFX of Wichenford
1 SEX F
1 TITL of Wichenford
1 _UID E4A371209EE9A048B08E4FFFB5198CDF4C1B
1 NOTE
2 CONT Through Margaret Poher, the Washbournes became "of Wichenford" where
2 CONC the family presided for 10 generations and nearly 300 years.
2 CONC Wichenford is four miles northwest of Worcester.  John and Margaret
2 CONC probably inherited the property when Margaret's father died in 1411.
1 FAMS @F124@
1 FAMC @F154@
0 @I371@ INDI
1 NAME Peter de /WASHBOURNE/
2 GIVN Peter de
2 SURN WASHBOURNE
1 SEX M
1 _UID 7CD0CDAF9ED30A4A8A6E3AA3FC46886C989B
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1329
2 PLAC Gloucestershire, England
1 FAMS @F126@
1 FAMC @F127@
0 @I372@ INDI
1 NAME Isolde /HANLEY/
2 GIVN Isolde
2 SURN HANLEY
2 NSFX of Eastman
1 SEX F
1 TITL of Eastman
1 _UID B9D825BC3F9D0449A226E01A33408D5CB914
1 FAMS @F126@
0 @I373@ INDI
1 NAME John de /WASHBOURNE (4)/
2 GIVN John de
2 SURN WASHBOURNE (4)
1 SEX M
1 _UID 574D1C4E9222E14DB014F5A8B57F38DE9BEF
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1315
2 PLAC Little Washbourne, Worcestershire, England
1 FAMS @F127@
1 FAMC @F128@
0 @I374@ INDI
1 NAME Isabella //
2 GIVN Isabella
1 SEX F
1 _UID C5E09E5946B57D48932258EBB489646055D2
1 FAMS @F127@
0 @I375@ INDI
1 NAME Roger de /WASHBOURNE/
2 NPFX Sir
2 GIVN Roger de
2 SURN WASHBOURNE
1 SEX M
1 _UID DEFE432A79E1C34ABFA4933929BAB2D4482A
1 NOTE
2 CONT Sir Roger de Washbourne (also Wassebourne) was Knight, Lord of
2 CONC Washbourne and Stanford. One of his titles was Coroner for
2 CONC Worchestershire.
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1295
2 PLAC Stanford, Worchester, England
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1358
2 PLAC England
1 FAMS @F128@
1 FAMC @F129@
0 @I376@ INDI
1 NAME Margaret //
2 GIVN Margaret
1 SEX F
1 _UID 4EDC8FA984F2AC49B03F5840EA897BC90B95
1 FAMS @F128@
0 @I377@ INDI
1 NAME John de /WASHBOURNE/
2 NPFX Sir
2 GIVN John de
2 SURN WASHBOURNE
2 NSFX (2)
1 SEX M
1 TITL (2)
1 _UID D0F3029422DE634EBACC75EBB20514601BB3
1 NOTE
2 CONT While his father lived, John resided at Defford, a village about eight
2 CONC miles northwest of Little Washbourne. When his father died he became
2 CONC Sir John de Washbourne. Sir John de Washbourne was listed as Knight of
2 CONC the Shire at the time of his death.
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1259
2 PLAC Little Washbourne, Worcestershire, England
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1319
1 FAMS @F129@
1 FAMC @F130@
0 @I378@ INDI
1 NAME Isabelle /KASSY/
2 GIVN Isabelle
2 SURN KASSY
1 SEX F
1 _UID F3044E013D456B4C8FCCE26547DC3ED557BC
1 FAMS @F129@
0 @I379@ INDI
1 NAME Roger de Washbourn /WASHBOURNE/
2 NPFX Sir
2 GIVN Roger de Washbourn
2 SURN WASHBOURNE
2 NSFX (1)
1 SEX M
1 TITL (1)
1 _UID 28551F874D530F4B84CD6CDA85FF15A0EDCE
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1219
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1299
2 PLAC Little Washbourne, Worcestershire, England
1 FAMS @F130@
0 @I380@ INDI
1 NAME Joan //
2 GIVN Joan
1 SEX F
1 _UID 4089033DC8EF6C4EB72F72A947996E5F2801
1 FAMS @F130@
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2 DATE 1751
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1 NOTE  Enlisted in the Revolution from Oakham, Massachusetts; private,
2 CONC Captain John Packard's Company, Colonel Dave Brewer's Regiment, May
2 CONC 27, 1775, muster roll August 1, 1775; name appears on order for Bounty
2 CONC Coat or equivalent in money, due for eight months service in 1775, in
2 CONC above company, dated Roxbury, December 27, 1775; killed in the Battle
2 CONC of White Plains, October 28, 1776.
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1 NAME James Andrew /Blakemore/
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1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 NOV 1883
2 PLAC Rensselaer, Indiana
1 DEAT
2 DATE 12 MAR 1938
2 PLAC Adna, Washington
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1 NAME Susan Katherine /Yeager/
2 GIVN Susan Katherine
2 SURN Yeager
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1 NOTE
2 CONT
2 CONT                      THIS IS MY MEMOIRS (In her own Words)
2 CONT
2 CONT Susie K. (Yeager) Blakemore      December 4, 1961
2 CONT
2 CONT I was born Susie Katherine Yeager Nov. 12, 1883 on a farm inIndiana
2 CONC about 9 miles South of a town called Rensselaer.
2 CONT
2 CONT our only way to go places was by horse and wagon.  I would take ustwo
2 CONC hours one way to go to town for the horses were work horses.  I can't
2 CONC remember my first year in school but we had to walk 3/4 mi by cutting
2 CONC through a slough and sand hills.  In winter it was rough going.  Snow
2 CONC was deep and drifted in some places.  I didn't have overshoes but I
2 CONC did have course high button shoes.  I had one pair of shoes a year.
2 CONC In summer I went barefooted and I thought I could hardly wait till it
2 CONC was warm enough.
2 CONT
2 CONT It was about when I was in the 4th grade when I finished Duffy's
2 CONC Readers that I thought I was getting along in my studies.  About then
2 CONC the school board decided to change books and buy new ones. Dad wasn't
2 CONC about to get us some new books which cost around $9
2 CONT which was a lot of money in those days.  So my sister Catherine took
2 CONC it upon herself.  She walked about a mile and a half to the school
2 CONC board to get them and charged them.  It was Geography, History,
2 CONC Arithmetic, Spelling Book, and Physiology.  We didn't get Grammar.  I
2 CONC must have borrowed one.  Those books lasted me through the 8th Grade.
2 CONC Ours was a one room school.  They called it center school.  We had a
2 CONC big iron heating stove in the middle of the room in a big box of sand.
2 CONC Attendance was about 18 or 20 kids. Children weren't compelled to go
2 CONC to school in those days.
2 CONT
2 CONT I can remember only two of my teachers names.  They were brothers. The
2 CONC younger brother's name was Frank May.  The older was G. E. May. That's
2 CONC the way he always signed it.  He taught three years.  He was my
2 CONC favorite teacher.  My last teacher was a woman.  Was rare to
2 CONT have a woman.  I graduated from the 8th Grade.  I remember only once
2 CONC getting a roll of honor.
2 CONT
2 CONT I don't know much about my older brothers and sisters schooling.  I
2 CONC heard the rest say my brother William only went to the 4th grade. My
2 CONC older brother, John, didn't get any more as both boys had to
2 CONT gather the corn crop in the fall.  Indiana is a great corn state.  My
2 CONC sister, Anna was also kept home to keep house for the family as my
2 CONC Mother died when I was three years old.  She died of child birth, so I
2 CONC was the youngest of them all.  I am the only living of my family. (As
2 CONC of now, 1975, Martha A. Yeager, wife of William Yeager is still alive
2 CONC age 96.) (I, Susie am 91, will be 92 in Nov.)
2 CONT
2 CONT I will try to describe our old homestead. our farm consisted of 160
2 CONC acres.  Some was sandy soil and some prairie land.  Some of it had to
2 CONC be tilled and a swamp drained so it could be cultivated. our house was
2 CONC a two story structure of 4 rooms.  The kitchen must have
2 CONT been an after thought for it was a leanto.
2 CONT
2 CONT The barn as I remember it when I was small was built of poles.  The
2 CONC roof and sides were covered with straw and prairie hay.  The cow shed
2 CONC was the same.  They kept better care of their horses in those days.
2 CONC One morning we found the barn had caved in but the horses weren't
2 CONC hurt. We always had ten or twelve head of cattle, two or three brood
2 CONC sows.  About 10 acres. of pasture was fenced with rail fence.  I used
2 CONC to try to walk all around that fence on the top rail.  Guess I finally
2 CONC made it.
2 CONT
2 CONT We also had two or three brood sows to take care of.  Each of them had
2 CONC a brood once a year.  In the summer it was my job to pull weeds in the
2 CONC fields and the corn and feed them.  In the fall I gathered acorns from
2 CONC a huge white oak tree in our front yard and a black oak
2 CONT in the back yard, as they fell off.  I'd enjoy watching them eat.
2 CONT
2 CONT In after years Dad built a new barn, painted it red and a leanto on
2 CONC the end for the chickens.  A new corn crib covered with hay for a roof
2 CONC held our crop. (I don't know how many bushels of corn.)
2 CONT
2 CONT We had two dozen chickens.  We fed them wheat and corn.  My sister,
2 CONC Kate and enjoyed hunting eggs.  They nested everywhere in the sprint
2 CONC on top of the corn crib and sheds.  What fun near Easter when we
2 CONC started hiding eggs a few each night and at Easter morning
2 CONT we would bring them out and have a feast.  Didn't color them but once.
2 CONC My dad helped us color them with rye, which is a bluish purple when it
2 CONC is a few inches high.  I don't remember what color.
2 CONT
2 CONT I don't remember much about brother, John -- he left home to work for
2 CONC himself.  That left my brother  William to run the farm.  My father
2 CONC was too old to work much only boss.  I was elected to help plant corn.
2 CONC We had a corn planter you would ride and a lever you clicked every for
2 CONC revolutions or 18 inches.  After years they got another style of
2 CONC stringing the wire across the fields.  The wire had little knots every
2 CONC foot that would trip the boxes of corn and drop it on each side so
2 CONC graduated from that.
2 CONT
2 CONT My next job was herding cows.  They were turned out on the range
2 CONC tiberland and sloughs near by.  The lead cow had a bell so at night we
2 CONC would hunt cows.  They would wander a mile away sometimes. Finally
2 CONC that gave out and I herded in the fields after the hay was
2 CONT cut and to keep them off the corn fields.  It was easier herding
2 CONT then.  We raised timothy and red top.
2 CONT
2 CONT But we always had milking to do night and morning.  We were glad on
2 CONC the first cold frosty mornings to find a cow lying down and sit in her
2 CONC warm place and milk her, for we were barefooted.  We would strain the
2 CONC milk into crocks -- take them down in the cellar -- wait for the cream
2 CONC to raise -we'd make butter.  I was elected to churn butter a lot out
2 CONC under the old oak tree in the front yard.  I loved that old tree.  I
2 CONC had a swing on one of its limbs.
2 CONT
2 CONT I must tell about our first well -- walled in with boards and a wooden
2 CONC pump.  The well was covered with wooden planks and had a makeshift
2 CONC watering trough.  Our job was to pump water for the stock in the
2 CONC summers.  In after years we had a well drilled -- this time close to
2 CONC the kitchen door and a nice big galvanized water tank. The water was
2 CONC kind of sulfur when you pumped it out a lot.  I must have been about
2 CONC ten or eleven then.
2 CONT
2 CONT For recreation we went to Sunday School in the old School house. It
2 CONC was started by an old Baptist minister that lived on a farm near by.
2 CONC We enjoyed going very much. ( I remember mamma telling about an
2 CONC Evangelist Minister holding a series of meetings at the school house.
2 CONC He had a portable organ that he played for the hymn singing.  ( As a
2 CONC small child she hurried to school in the mornings so she could try to
2 CONC play on it, the first she had ever seen.  Hazel's
2 CONT note. )
2 CONT
2 CONT Sunday night Young Peoples Christian Endeavor met.  I and my sister
2 CONC joined church when I was about 14 yrs. old.  We were baptized in a
2 CONC canal near by.
2 CONT
2 CONT As time went on we had dances at private homes, square dancing, mostly
2 CONC sometimes party games.
2 CONT
2 CONT There was another school house called Queen City school about a mile
2 CONC away.  We had good times there.  We called it our Literary Society.
2 CONC We had recitations, singing or any kind of talent we could find.
2 CONT
2 CONT That was about the time my brother, William, had his ponies and a top
2 CONC buggy.  We thought we were going some.  He used to take me and my
2 CONC sister a lot.
2 CONT
2 CONT It was about that time that I met my future husband, James A.
2 CONC Blakemore.  His father, Mother, and youngest Sister, Dottie lived on a
2 CONC farm owned by Joseph Grouns, a brother-in law.  They were recently
2 CONC from Judson, Indiana but originally from Chicago.  Their Parents, Mary
2 CONC Louise Bouden and Edwin Blakemore were getting too old to work.  Their
2 CONC youngest daughter Dottie ran away at 15 years and married Elmer Clark.
2 CONC The added worry and stroke seem to hasten
2 CONT her mother's death on Dec. 22, 1898.  Our own household broke up about
2 CONC this time.  My Dad was getting to old to farm.  Both boys were away
2 CONC working so he rented the home place to my sister Anna and her husband,
2 CONC William Sigman.  That left me and sister out so we got us a job in
2 CONC town with a lady who kept roomers.
2 CONT
2 CONT I was graduated in March from the 8th Grade and married in June, the
2 CONC same year.  My sister and I had a double wedding, June 15, 1899.  Her
2 CONC husband's name was Francis Coghill.
2 CONT
2 CONT So we went on keeping house for Edwin Blakemore who stayed with us a
2 CONC year or two.  It was poor pickings such a sandy run down place. Or
2 CONC guess we were too young to know how.  My husband was a city boy. That
2 CONC summer our husbands worked with a threshing crew.  She and I stayed at
2 CONC the farm and on week ends go get the men.  We must have had a team of
2 CONC horses because we had to go 6 or 7 miles and sometimes was hard to
2 CONC find which farm they were on.  I remember we had lots of crabapples
2 CONC and harvest apples so we made lots of butter that fall.  We had to
2 CONC rustle our own wood from the woods near so we were kept busy.
2 CONT
2 CONT About this time a post office was established at Sharon about a mile
2 CONC and a half from the old homestead so it was closer to get our mail.
2 CONC This induced us to get a daily paper.  It also had a store and a
2 CONC Blacksmith shop.
2 CONT
2 CONT Our neighbor, Lige Garrison, had a brother Willie Garrison in
2 CONC Versailles who told my husband about a chance to get a job at the
2 CONC Brick Plant at $1.25 a day.  He was a huge fat man but was so good to
2 CONC help us move up there.  Joe Grouns drove one wagon load.
2 CONT
2 CONT We rented two very small rooms off Garrison's mail house for $2.00 a
2 CONC month.  All four of our kids had the measles that winter.  Hazel was
2 CONC in the second grade.
2 CONT
2 CONT The next summer we moved next door to the Hutchins house for $8. We
2 CONC had four rooms and rented one room to Frank Mitchel and his wife for
2 CONC $2.00. We bought wood for $1.25 a load of poles.  Those folks moved
2 CONC away after awhile.  Althier, age 14 months, came down with
2 CONT infantile paralysis known now as polio.  No doctor knew how to treat
2 CONC it.
2 CONT
2 CONT The rent was too high so we found a cheaper place.  Again we rented a
2 CONC couple of rooms in the same house with Garrisons with a leanto summer
2 CONC kitchen that was cold in the winter.  This house was a couple of
2 CONC blocks off the town square across the switch tracks. (Hazel's note:
2 CONC When husband Roy and I visited years later, the switch tracks were
2 CONC barely visible and the fairly large old house had disappeared
2 CONC entirely.) Grandpa Edwin Blakemore was with me in this house... came
2 CONC while we were at the Hutchins house.  Being as much of a kid as the
2 CONC rest of us, he found any spills from the freight cars that were worth
2 CONC anything and we kids carried it home, like raisins or beans etc.  We
2 CONC could find as much as a bucket full
2 CONT of coal every once in a while.  We always had to carry water from
2 CONC someone's dug well.  For washing, we had cistern filled from rain
2 CONC water from the roof.
2 CONT
2 CONT Our fifth child was born after we moved to the McDaniel place. we
2 CONC named her Florence Helen after Florence Hart after Lafe Hart's girl
2 CONC who married down on the Osage River to a nice young man and went to
2 CONC live in another town.  She was stricken quite suddenly with some
2 CONC malady and the broken hearted husband couldn't bear to have her buried
2 CONC in such a poor isolated place in the Ozark hills.
2 CONT
2 CONT The McDaniel place was closer to the Plant, consisting of three rooms
2 CONC and two lots.  We had potatoes planted on a little gravely plot which
2 CONC didn't do very well in poor soil and lack of rain.  It was the kids
2 CONC job to pick off the potato bugs when they hatched and drop them into a
2 CONC little bucket of kerosene to kill them or burn them.  Grandpa
2 CONC supervised this operation and then it would be story time.  He propped
2 CONC his feet up in a little plum tree in the shade and the kids were
2 CONC rewarded with a story.
2 CONT
2 CONT It was here that Grandpa was stricken with a bad cough on one of his
2 CONC visits to Linn Creek on the Osage River and burst a blood vessel in
2 CONC his lungs.  By that time he was hauled thirty miles to Versailles to
2 CONC the undertaker; but he was shipped back to Ind. and buried in a
2 CONC cemetery close to his family beside Grandma Mary.
2 CONT
2 CONT About this time my Father, Matthew Yeager, died in Indiana.  The old
2 CONC homestead was sold and divided among five heirs.  After expenses were
2 CONC paid, my share was $182.00
2 CONT
2 CONT Our landlord sold his house so the next place was still closer to the
2 CONC Brick Plant in West Lawn.  I had three rooms and we called it the
2 CONC little green house.  We loved it because there were volunteer petunias
2 CONC and cosmos flowers that bloomed every year as well as rose moss in two
2 CONC old wash tubs in the front yard.
2 CONT
2 CONT My husband had a chance to get a job with the Gould Construction
2 CONC Company out of East Alton, Ill. and in Indiana so I and the kids
2 CONC batched for awhile.  It was here that I got typhoid fever.  Dad had to
2 CONC come home for awhile.  A daughter of Willie Garrison, Belva Ellis,
2 CONC died
2 CONT of typhoid and I visited and went to her funeral.  I either caught it
2 CONC from her or else from the cistern water.
2 CONT
2 CONT While my husband was working in East Alton his foreman Mr. Gorman fell
2 CONC from some of the bridgework to his death.  He was temporary foreman
2 CONC for awhile but was replaced by a more skilled man.
2 CONT
2 CONT About that time we got a letter from my sister, Kate Coghill, telling
2 CONC us that they had moved to Idaho on a farm that my brother had bought.
2 CONC It was an irrigation tract newly opened up by the North Side Land and
2 CONC Water Company. They said it was a good place for a poor man.  And that
2 CONC the climate was good for her man's health which proved out as he had
2 CONC T.B.
2 CONT
2 CONT My husband caught a freight from the Kansas wheat fields and hitched a
2 CONC ride on a freight train to Idaho.  He came in the early fall to look
2 CONC the situation over and stayed.
2 CONT
2 CONT A neighbor of ours in Versailles, Lige Williams, told us about a
2 CONC children's Hospital in Kansas City called the Mercy Hospital for
2 CONC crippled children.  He happened to be there when they were putting on
2 CONC a drive for funds.  So he took Althier to find out if they could help
2 CONC her.  Her legs and tendons were shriveled and bent to a sitting
2 CONC position.  They operated and put her on crutches and leg braces.  She
2 CONC turned six and had been able to go to school some.  My
2 CONT brother bought a ticket for her and brought her home the following
2 CONC fall.
2 CONT
2 CONT The long train ride to Idaho was one big thrill.  We shipped some of
2 CONC our furniture and bedding ahead and got started, somehow. Stayed all
2 CONC night with some neighbors, Lafe (Lafayette) Hart Family. They had a
2 CONC big family and with our four it was a mess.  Don't know how they
2 CONC bedded us down.  Mrs. Hart fixed us a big lunch with lots of
2 CONC sandwiches to take along.  Pappy Hart as we called him walked us to
2 CONC the train across town, each one of us carrying something in
2 CONT boxes and bundles and suitcases.  It took us three days and two
2 CONC nights.  The lunch was gone and everybody was hungry and no place to
2 CONC buy any so we were not in a good humor.  Nov. 12 was my birthday and I
2 CONC was 32 years old.  We landed on Nov. 13, 1915.
2 CONT
2 CONT Dad met us with team and wagon.  The wagon had straw for the kids to
2 CONC burrow into and cover up with blankets.  We came in on a freight train
2 CONC loaded with sheep about nine o'clock.  When the train stopped I was in
2 CONC the aisle and kept going which set off a chain reaction.
2 CONT I bumped into Florence and banged her head against the seat.  She in
2 CONC turn bumped Bud's sore heel from a blister.  Dad could hear the kids
2 CONC above the bleating of the sheep and he knew we had arrived.
2 CONT
2 CONT It seemed a nice short ride to the farm and the wagon in the dry sand
2 CONC hardly made any noise. ( Hazel's note: When I jumped out of the wagon
2 CONC into the soft sand I thought I was in Missouri mud.  I yelled, "Be
2 CONC careful, there's mud all around here." The folks never let me forget
2 CONC it.)
2 CONT
2 CONT The men folks had a job running a school wagon that first winter. By
2 CONC that time Dad had acquired a team of horses and the dry sand that was
2 CONC in the driveway soon turned into mud then snow and ice.
2 CONT It took 1-1/2 to 2 hours to drive that route and longer on the
2 CONT worst days.  Even with four horses there was no bottom to the
2 CONT ungraded roads.  But Spring came and the water soaked away.
2 CONT
2 CONT The wagon was a canvas enclosed affair with seats running
2 CONT lengthwise and holding about fifteen kids.  There was a curtain
2 CONT between the kids and the driver for warmth with just a little glass
2 CONT peek hole. on the bitterest days the driver could put down a
2 CONT curtain in from of his seat with just a hole for the lines to go
2 CONT through to drive the horses.  The School Board came up with some
2 CONT charcoal burner foot warmers for cold feet and if they covered up
2 CONT their feet with blankets it helped.  It took so long to get the
2 CONT charcoal started to burning in the mornings and sometimes it didn't
2 CONT start at all and was not very reliable.
2 CONT
2 CONT We stayed that winter with my sister and family in a three room tar
2 CONT paper shack and not big rooms either.  The men built on another
2 CONT room before spring when the weather permitted.  It was a tough
2 CONT winter with ice and snow freezing the canals and having to haul
2 CONT water from Jerome in a water tank on a wagon for the stock and
2 CONT household use.  This had to be done on Saturday when the horses
2 CONT were free from the school wagon.
2 CONT
2 CONT The men bought a 40 A. plot adjoining my bro's. place on the south
2 CONT and hauled in a Hollister shack from out of the sage brush that was
2 CONT somebody else's prove up shack for the Hollister Co. They built a
2 CONT leanto kitchen on it and that was our next move.
2 CONT
2 CONT There was no water except a little run off from irrigation and we
2 CONT had to haul water from a neighbor who obligingly piped water out to
2 CONT the road from his water tower and deep well.  To keep it cool we
2 CONT filled a canvas water bag and hung it on the shady side of the
2 CONT shack.
2 CONT
2 CONT The men got a little work in the spring with a team and scraper on
2 CONT the canal to clean it out for the next water run.
2 CONT
2 CONT There was a good stand of alfalfa and the men had work three
2 CONT cuttings of hay and helped the neighbors.  It was mowed, raked in
2 CONT wind rows then the dump rake went down the wind rows and raked the
2 CONT hay into shocks.  The hand work began then by making bigger shocks
2 CONT with a pitch fork as the hay cured in the Idaho sun.  These shocks
2 CONT were then loaded on hay slips drawn by a team of horses up to the
2 CONT hay derrick.  Here another team of horses pulled the load of hay by
2 CONT cables to the top of the stack as high as the pole would reach.
2 CONT The hay was stacked and rounded off to top it out.
2 CONT
2 CONT To save hay the kids had a job herding cows along the ditches and
2 CONT coulee in the spring.  It was a lonely job but there were three
2 CONT about the same age to keep each other company.
2 CONT
2 CONT That summer our 5th child was born.  We named her Eugenia Beth.
2 CONT That same fall bro.  Bill brought Althier out to Idaho during his
2 CONT annual vacation.  She was on braces and crutches and was helped
2 CONT except there was no place for her to walk in the shack or outside
2 CONT in the sand.
2 CONT
2 CONT It was hard to get used to the dust storms in the spring.  About
2 CONT March it would blow hard every day and keep it up until May.  Our
2 CONT shack wasn't tight and plenty of sand blew in.  We wouldn't wash
2 CONT our dishes until we used them for it was no use.  We had to haul
2 CONT our water to use for everything.
2 CONT
2 CONT We sold the 40 to my bro. as it joined his 40A.  That way we paid
2 CONT for my ticket to Jerome and one for Althier.  My bro. worked for
2 CONT the Railroad and rode free of charge.
2 CONT
2 CONT That next spring my husband found a job on a sheep ranch with a
2 CONT young man and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Betty, near the Canyon
2 CONT across the road from the Geasling.  Our house was three rooms out
2 CONT in a sandy field, square, plastered walls and nicer than any we had
2 CONT lived in.  No water again.  We had to haul drinking water and
2 CONT domestic water until they did fix a cistern.
2 CONT
2 CONT It was here we finally got our Mountain Hack so we had a better way
2 CONT to go places.  It was a sturdy canvas enclosed two seated spring
2 CONT wagon.  We could raise or lower the canvas curtains.  We thought we
2 CONT had something... paid 100 dollars for it.
2 CONT
2 CONT We must have stayed here two years.  The sheep ranch went broke and
2 CONT we moved back to Bro.  Bill's place with my Sister's family.  They
2 CONT had a deal going on to buy Jacobson's Rooming House in Jerome but
2 CONT could not move until November.
2 CONT
2 CONT By this time they had bought a screened and floored tent for an
2 CONT extra summer bedroom.  We put two beds our small kitchen stove and
2 CONT a table in the tent and two beds in the granary.
2 CONT
2 CONT Our second boy James Junior was born Oct. 17, 1918.  That fall Elma
2 CONT Coghill my niece and Bud came down with the Small Pox.  We were
2 CONT vaccinated all around even the baby, Jimmy, 5 days old.
2 CONT
2 CONT This was the first winter of the flu and for some reason we never
2 CONT had it.  Schools were closed for three months.  We got through the
2 CONT winter some how.  Next winter we were not so lucky and the whole
2 CONT family came down except Dad.  He had all the chores and cooking to
2 CONT do by himself.
2 CONT
2 CONT World War I came to a close and the Armistice was celebrated in the
2 CONT streets of Jerome.  We had no telephone and no way of knowing until
2 CONT the next day or two.
2 CONT
2 CONT The next winter after that we rented the Lige Graham place.  It was
2 CONT a small two bedroom, living room, kitchen and pantry and built on a
2 CONT rock pile.  There was a large orchard, a root cellar and cistern.
2 CONT We still had to haul our drinking water from the neighbors or from
2 CONT town.  We lived here five years and bought our first car, a model T
2 CONT Ford, second hand.  It ran
2 CONT
2 CONT most of the time but the men folks had it apart some of the time.
2 CONT We enjoyed it when it did run.  We traded a horse for it.
2 CONT
2 CONT one year we raised sorghum cane.  Then men cut it and brought it to
2 CONT the barn where the women and kids stripped the outer leaves ready
2 CONT for the grinder.  We had a man come on the place with his cooker
2 CONT and boil the juice until thick.  He took his pay in molasses so we
2 CONT had sorghum a long time.  It was a tedious job but we did it the
2 CONT hard way.
2 CONT
2 CONT I took seriously ill with a ruptured appendix and Dr. Schmershall
2 CONT had to take me to the Twin Falls Hosp. in his car over Blue Lakes
2 CONT grade and rough roads. ( Hazel's note: She stayed ten days and made
2 CONT a remarkable recovery.  She also had an abscess on her liver.  I
2 CONT came over to Twin Falls and stayed until the crises was over and
2 CONT then went back to Albion.  This was the Spring of 1922. )
2 CONT
2 CONT Little Jean died may 15, 1923 from bad burns when Edgar Grouns
2 CONT started a fire with gasoline, accidentally, and she was one of the
2 CONT little kids that ran out side still on fire.
2 CONT
2 CONT Stanley Gale was born Feb. 14, 1925
2 CONT
2 CONT Be left for Nurse's training in Boise with Marguarite Humphrey in
2 CONT Sept. 1925.
2 CONT
2 CONT Stanley died Jan 21, 1927 after a short illness.  He had measles
2 CONT followed by pneumonia and spinal meningitis.  He was 1 year 11
2 CONT months and 15 days.
2 CONT
2 CONT We stayed one more year and the place was sold.  The next fall we
2 CONT moved in the Gardner house on the little hill close by until spring
2 CONT when we got ready to move to Bridgeport, Oregon.  Bud had gone
2 CONT ahead and helped plow and seed some land for his brother-in-law Roy
2 CONT Washburn.
2 CONT
2 CONT On February 2, 1929 Harriett Washburn, our first grandchild was
2 CONT born to Hazel and Roy.  When school was out for Althier, Florence
2 CONT and Jimmie in May we headed west in a Model-T Ford and all our
2 CONT earthly belongings loaded in a two wheel trailer.
2 CONT
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 NOV 1883
2 PLAC Rensselaer, Indiana
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 MAY 1980
2 PLAC Adna, Washington
1 FAMS @F138@
1 FAMS @F194@
1 FAMC @F195@
0 @I403@ INDI
1 NAME Jonathan /DARLING/
2 GIVN Jonathan
2 SURN DARLING
1 SEX M
1 _UID 50831866B66FAC41B0C60E4A5F0D270ED228
1 NOTE He was of Dutch descent
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 MAY 1826
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1908
2 PLAC Lamar, Colorado
1 FAMS @F139@
0 @I404@ INDI
1 NAME Sarah /Bolds/
2 GIVN Sarah
2 SURN Bolds
1 SEX F
1 _UID 8DB9439AAD04C64D8CA9BE41578E98983062
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 NOV 1830
2 PLAC Wayne County, Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE 10 MAY 1922
2 PLAC Lamar, Colorado
2 NOTE Sarah died at the home of Mrs Jan Kilborn on Oak Street in Lamar,
3 CONC Colorado at age 91 years, 5 month and 26 days. The memorial was at the
3 CONC Baptist Church, Rev. F. F. Kelly presiding.
3 CONT Those attending included: Henry Darling of North Fork, Colorado; Mrs.
3 CONC Elvin Osborn of San Diego; Sarah Osborne of Chula Vista, California;
3 CONC Mrs. Robert Adams of Delta, Colorado; Mrs, Harriet Washburn of Jerome,
3 CONC Idaho, Dave Darling of Caper, Wyoming; John J. Darling; Bennett
3 CONC Darling of Long, Beach California. Sarah was survived by 52
3 CONC grandchildren, 86 great grand children, and 9 great great
3 CONC grandchildren
1 FAMS @F139@
0 @I405@ INDI
1 NAME William Henry /DARLING/
2 GIVN William Henry
2 SURN DARLING
1 SEX M
1 _UID B5C501DB0D76BA43A001BB9A599A93E537FD
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 NOV 1848
2 PLAC Wayne County, Ohio
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1892
1 FAMC @F139@
0 @I406@ INDI
1 NAME Jemima Alvira Mime /DARLING/
2 GIVN Jemima Alvira Mime
2 SURN DARLING
1 SEX F
1 _UID 1270FD93D00AC245B44BDBAB9F860F49F5C7
1 BIRT
2 DATE 3 NOV 1850
2 NOTE Firey red head.
1 FAMC @F139@
0 @I407@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Elizabeth /DARLING/
2 GIVN Mary Elizabeth
2 SURN DARLING
1 SEX F
1 _UID 5D68133159B5404587FFF93D67108753A9B4
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 MAR 1854
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1856
1 FAMC @F139@
0 @I408@ INDI
1 NAME Martha Hanna /DARLING/
2 GIVN Martha Hanna
2 SURN DARLING
1 SEX F
1 _UID D03A3D3AA8B3BE4AA4E36E8D87C91008CE8E
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 APR 1856
1 FAMC @F139@
0 @I409@ INDI
1 NAME Sarah Marie Kate /DARLING/
2 GIVN Sarah Marie Kate
2 SURN DARLING
1 SEX F
1 _UID DA44787B6EC26B4FB018ED7BF02166D476BE
1 BIRT
2 DATE 22 AUG 1858
1 FAMC @F139@
0 @I410@ INDI
1 NAME Rosetta Amira Ann Rosie /DARLING/
2 GIVN Rosetta Amira Ann Rosie
2 SURN DARLING
1 SEX F
1 _UID AF5C96FB848DAA4592260B6028C6875387A6
1 BIRT
2 DATE 9 FEB 1861
1 FAMC @F139@
0 @I411@ INDI
1 NAME Jane Josephine /DARLING/
2 GIVN Jane Josephine
2 SURN DARLING
1 SEX F
1 _UID D4D4C987906F9144B9D146EBB42225D15323
1 NOTE She had flaming red hair.
1 BIRT
2 DATE 4 NOV 1863
2 PLAC Shawnee, Kansas
1 DEAT
2 DATE 9 OCT 1941
2 PLAC Eagle, Colorado
1 FAMC @F139@
0 @I412@ INDI
1 NAME James Franklin Robert /DARLING/
2 GIVN James Franklin Robert
2 SURN DARLING
1 SEX M
1 _UID 32577E8F3321444C85B3C5053AD70169F71F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 FEB 1868
1 DEAT
2 DATE 16 APR 1882
2 NOTE Died from diptheria or scarlet fever.
1 FAMC @F139@
0 @I413@ INDI
1 NAME David Ervin Pit Colmon /DARLING/
2 GIVN David Ervin Pit Colmon
2 SURN DARLING
1 SEX M
1 _UID 1E5B2D0D1091724D93936FAB79649AB78101
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 JUL 1870
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1951
2 PLAC Casper, Wyoming
1 FAMC @F139@
0 @I414@ INDI
1 NAME Jonathn /DARLING/
2 GIVN Jonathn
2 SURN DARLING
2 NSFX Jr.
1 SEX M
1 TITL Jr.
1 _UID E18D23D9B4AF76488FBAF508A75A4AA7C3B4
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 JUL 1875
2 PLAC Durango, Colorado
1 FAMC @F139@
0 @I415@ INDI
1 NAME Louis Bennet Ben /DARLING/
2 GIVN Louis Bennet Ben
2 SURN DARLING
1 SEX M
1 _UID 179B7E83D2FD1941A5CC604295DF40B85B79
1 NOTE Had flaming red hair.
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 OCT 1875
2 PLAC Durango, Colorado
1 DEAT
2 PLAC Long Beach, California
1 FAMC @F139@
0 @I434@ INDI
1 NAME John Le /POHER/
2 GIVN John Le
2 SURN POHER
1 SEX M
1 _UID 1ADCDB9A9D6C8A43806C23ABCE861EEE5B20
1 FAMS @F154@
0 @I435@ INDI
1 NAME Elynor /WASHBOURNE/
2 GIVN Elynor
2 SURN WASHBOURNE
1 SEX F
1 _UID 59F3D075FA680C48884000B6B68FD2FDD902
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1424
2 PLAC Wichenford Court, Worcestershire, England
1 FAMC @F124@
0 @I438@ INDI
1 NAME Katherine /WASHBOURNE/
2 GIVN Katherine
2 SURN WASHBOURNE
1 SEX F
1 _UID 24E6992A49A8AC48AC5A3A41070B66701B0E
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1514
2 PLAC Bengeworth, Evesham, Worchester, England
1 FAMC @F118@
0 @I439@ INDI
1 NAME Alice /WASHBOURNE/
2 GIVN Alice
2 SURN WASHBOURNE
1 SEX F
1 _UID E1DD8223522C374680DCD31A0914DBF897C4
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1516
2 PLAC Bengeworth, Evesham, Worchester, England
1 FAMC @F118@
0 @I440@ INDI
1 NAME Robert /WASHBOURNE/
2 GIVN Robert
2 SURN WASHBOURNE
1 SEX M
1 _UID 441006F820768B409822492019AC4219F665
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1517
2 PLAC Bengeworth, Evesham, Worchester, England
1 FAMC @F118@
0 @I441@ INDI
1 NAME William /WASHBOURNE/
2 GIVN William
2 SURN WASHBOURNE
1 SEX M
1 _UID E1AD6DB589F7714882BB08524E69F387B12C
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1519
2 PLAC Bengeworth, Evesham, Worchester, England
1 FAMC @F118@
0 @I442@ INDI
1 NAME Jane /WASHBOURNE/
2 GIVN Jane
2 SURN WASHBOURNE
1 SEX F
1 _UID 7000F0199CBC9F4EA84E50C80B9B40883AEC
1 BIRT
2 DATE 2 DEC 1599
2 PLAC Bengeworth, Evesham, Worchester, England
1 DEAT
2 DATE DEC 1624
2 PLAC Bengeworth, Evesham, Worchester, England
1 FAMC @F116@
0 @I443@ INDI
1 NAME Joan /WASHBOURNE/
2 GIVN Joan
2 SURN WASHBOURNE
1 SEX F
1 _UID 9A275BED716F374A996500464435A78C5A2F
1 BIRT
2 DATE APR 1604
1 DEAT
2 DATE 20 OCT 1636
2 PLAC Bengeworth, Evesham, Worchester, England
1 FAMC @F116@
0 @I444@ INDI
1 NAME William de /MYTTON/
2 NPFX Sir
2 GIVN William de
2 SURN MYTTON
2 NSFX Esquire
1 SEX M
1 TITL Esquire
1 _UID A249A82A3159D64B91BCE669DA9DC275B22C
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1405
2 PLAC Weston, Staffordshire, England
1 FAMS @F156@
1 FAMC @F157@
0 @I445@ INDI
1 NAME Margaret /Corbett/
2 GIVN Margaret
2 SURN Corbett
1 SEX F
1 _UID E5A5E8B79617D349A28D5176D5CA1FE389BC
1 FAMS @F156@
0 @I446@ INDI
1 NAME Richard /MYTTON/
2 NPFX Sir
2 GIVN Richard
2 SURN MYTTON
2 NSFX Lord Weston
1 SEX M
1 TITL Lord Weston
1 _UID 4A6EEC4ECE7CE840870AF79450C15E625109
1 FAMS @F157@
0 @I447@ INDI
1 NAME Margaret de /Peshall/
2 GIVN Margaret de
2 SURN Peshall
1 SEX F
1 _UID 28EDF35ADFCF5A42989D1C1C7A1ADEDC677B
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1393
1 DEAT
2 DATE 5 AUG 1420
1 FAMS @F157@
1 FAMC @F158@
0 @I448@ INDI
1 NAME Adam /Peshall/
2 NPFX Sir
2 GIVN Adam
2 SURN Peshall
1 SEX M
1 _UID 1943D9114815F944802D021FAA10109C1413
1 FAMS @F158@
0 @I449@ INDI
1 NAME Joyce de /Botetourt/
2 GIVN Joyce de
2 SURN Botetourt
1 SEX F
1 _UID 1BE53F35136E644084FA8A9F9CA677BEB75F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1367
1 DEAT
2 DATE 12 AUG 1420
1 FAMS @F158@
1 FAMC @F159@
0 @I450@ INDI
1 NAME John de /Botetourt/
2 GIVN John de
2 SURN Botetourt
1 SEX M
1 _UID 88348C74EE56F241B1D586FF777322A7F149
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1318
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1385
1 FAMS @F159@
1 FAMC @F161@
0 @I451@ INDI
1 NAME Joyce la /Zouche/
2 GIVN Joyce la
2 SURN Zouche
1 SEX F
1 _UID E4F02F6DFBAFA447842B732F780C12C4B071
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1367
1 DEAT
2 DATE 12 AUG 1420
1 FAMS @F159@
1 FAMC @F160@
0 @I452@ INDI
1 NAME William la /Zouche/
2 GIVN William la
2 SURN Zouche
1 SEX M
1 _UID A45C7E84C4830A458D0F27F7293BC15BD29E
1 FAMS @F160@
0 @I453@ INDI
1 NAME Alice de /Toeni/
2 GIVN Alice de
2 SURN Toeni
1 SEX F
1 _UID 93CBF9357BF9C742BE7B1E2755E1C6D4570E
1 FAMS @F160@
0 @I454@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas de /Botetourt/
2 GIVN Thomas de
2 SURN Botetourt
1 SEX M
1 _UID 97C49EC9F6B20C438A3E908503B9D4A2C842
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1332
1 FAMS @F161@
1 FAMC @F163@
0 @I455@ INDI
1 NAME Joan de /Somery/
2 GIVN Joan de
2 SURN Somery
1 SEX F
1 _UID F762A7635545DD49B7A2524471DC6151114E
1 FAMS @F161@
1 FAMC @F162@
0 @I456@ INDI
1 NAME Roger de /Somery/
2 GIVN Roger de
2 SURN Somery
1 SEX M
1 _UID 226CAAA3D3D3BB41A2D18B38FA23D59E434D
1 FAMS @F162@
0 @I457@ INDI
1 NAME Agnes de /Somery/
2 GIVN Agnes de
2 SURN Somery
1 SEX F
1 _UID 5B146BB0A97AF24A8ED79624E6778F2317A5
1 FAMS @F162@
0 @I458@ INDI
1 NAME John de /Botetourt/
2 GIVN John de
2 SURN Botetourt
1 SEX M
1 _UID A8A09C1C67290546969D723D431BC77F6155
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 NOV 1264
2 PLAC England
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1324
1 FAMS @F163@
1 FAMC @F165@
0 @I459@ INDI
1 NAME Maud Fitz /Thomas/
2 GIVN Maud Fitz
2 SURN Thomas
1 SEX F
1 _UID 25BEB31F0A420246A7983D166C7F2C4335AB
1 FAMS @F163@
1 FAMC @F164@
0 @I460@ INDI
1 NAME Otto /Thomas/
2 GIVN Otto
2 SURN Thomas
1 SEX M
1 _UID E2BD733E23F7DB4980E4FDE230259A8B4B85
1 FAMS @F164@
0 @I461@ INDI
1 NAME Beatrice de /Beauchamp/
2 NPFX Lady
2 GIVN Beatrice de
2 SURN Beauchamp
1 SEX F
1 _UID 7A84509F53DC704DBF043E4D203B01CB4E43
1 FAMS @F164@
0 @I462@ INDI
1 NAME Edward I "Longshanks" King of England //
2 GIVN Edward I "Longshanks" King of England
1 SEX M
1 _UID B5B92D85B674984396DDC527791A2D1C60F1
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 JUN 1239
2 PLAC Westminister Palace
1 DEAT
2 DATE 7 JUL 1307
2 PLAC Burgh-on Sands, near Carlisle, Cumberland, England
2 NOTE He died of dysentery while on a campaign against the Scots.
1 BURI
2 PLAC Westminister Abbey
1 FAMS @F165@
0 @I463@ INDI
1 NAME  /Concubine/
2 SURN Concubine
1 SEX F
1 _UID 92077953BF376548AF99ECD7000AF92B41C6
1 FAMS @F165@
0 @I511@ INDI
1 NAME James Andrew /Blakemore/
2 GIVN James Andrew
2 SURN Blakemore
1 SEX M
1 _UID 2D92C1862E0729499079F19C01F63CE65C1F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 12 NOV 1883
2 PLAC Chicago, Illinois
1 DEAT
2 DATE 12 MAR 1938
2 PLAC Adna, Washington
1 FAMS @F194@
1 FAMC @F205@
0 @I513@ INDI
1 NAME Harriett Isabel /McCord/
2 GIVN Harriett Isabel
2 SURN McCord
1 SEX F
1 _UID 42E021AE3F62CD42832AD6844FE23B4B5FDB
1 BIRT
2 DATE 2 FEB 1929
2 PLAC Jerome, Idaho
1 FAMC @F2@
0 @I514@ INDI
1 NAME Marcia Sue /Curl/
2 GIVN Marcia Sue
2 SURN Curl
1 SEX F
1 _UID 05862CE15425F946B2FF99A7F81F8FA38A16
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 JUL 1935
2 PLAC Wendell, Idaho
1 FAMC @F2@
0 @I515@ INDI
1 NAME Jerald Thomas /Washburn/
2 GIVN Jerald Thomas
2 SURN Washburn
1 SEX M
1 _UID EB67659EB53EED4BB1ADD466179BDC690FD7
1 BIRT
2 DATE 8 SEP 1935
2 PLAC Wendell, Idaho
1 FAMC @F2@
0 @I516@ INDI
1 NAME Matthew /Yeager/
2 GIVN Matthew
2 SURN Yeager
1 SEX M
1 _UID 3A75BF71C9D91D42AE256CF9A8356398F052
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 APR 1824
2 PLAC Alsace, Germany
1 DEAT
2 DATE 12 OCT 1912
2 PLAC Indiana
1 BURI
2 PLAC Battleground, Indiana
1 FAMS @F195@
1 FAMC @F203@
0 @I517@ INDI
1 NAME Mary /Holtz/
2 GIVN Mary
2 SURN Holtz
1 SEX F
1 _UID DEAA1B08A114BE478CD17DA98C68CA862CDF
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 MAR 1844
2 PLAC Germany
1 DEAT
2 DATE 28 SEP 1886
2 PLAC Indiana
2 NOTE Died at childbirth, age 42.
1 BURI
2 PLAC Catholic Cemetery at Remington, Indiana
2 NOTE The grave was covered with Catholis Memoria. She used to work in the
3 CONC field on this farm at haying and harvest times.
1 FAMS @F195@
0 @I518@ INDI
1 NAME John Baptist /Yeager/
2 GIVN John Baptist
2 SURN Yeager
1 SEX M
1 _UID 137B5600B963C247A0937B7C8B4625E60F9A
1 BIRT
2 DATE 2 JAN 1871
2 PLAC Rensselaer, Indiana
2 NOTE John ran a dray service in Kankakee, Illinois. There was some friction
3 CONC in the family and John sometime slept in the barn. He was of medium
3 CONC height and build and wore a mustace.
1 DEAT
2 DATE JAN 1946
2 PLAC Kankakee, Illinois
2 NOTE John died after a 10 year illness caused by a stoke. His death was
3 CONC just a week after Minnie's death. They had a double funeral and were
3 CONC buried in Kankakee, Illinois.
1 FAMC @F195@
0 @I519@ INDI
1 NAME Anna Margaret /Yeager/
2 GIVN Anna Margaret
2 SURN Yeager
1 SEX F
1 _UID 2D17CD24CDFE8F408537DDDAC9A54B1F1A70
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 NOV 1873
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 FEB 1942
1 FAMC @F195@
0 @I520@ INDI
1 NAME William Matthew /Yeager/
2 GIVN William Matthew
2 SURN Yeager
1 SEX M
1 _UID FE3AFA3310156C4797ACF55698348F4F7528
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 OCT 1874
2 PLAC Rensselaer, Indiana
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 OCT 1950
2 PLAC Anaheim, California
1 FAMC @F195@
0 @I521@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Katherine /Yeager/
2 GIVN Mary Katherine
2 SURN Yeager
1 SEX F
1 _UID 89C47C305F3E7448B58358BE36597940E88A
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 AUG 1875
1 DEAT
2 DATE 15 AUG 1890
2 NOTE Mary died from diptheria contracted while staying with relatives in
3 CONC Remington, Illinois. She was there to take her first communion in the
3 CONC Catholic Church.  Granpa and Grandma went to the funeral. To avoid
3 CONC contracting the disease, they changed clothes in a woodshed before
3 CONC returning home.
1 FAMC @F195@
0 @I522@ INDI
1 NAME Catherine Mary /Yeager/
2 GIVN Catherine Mary
2 SURN Yeager
1 SEX F
1 _UID 68B8B6DC4A08B2428B6B0B8A43D58EBDE61B
1 BIRT
2 DATE 8 AUG 1880
2 PLAC Rensselaer, Indiana
1 DEAT
2 DATE 13 FEB 1947
2 PLAC Los Angeles, California
1 FAMC @F195@
0 @I532@ INDI
1 NAME Waldo Edwun /Blakemore/
2 GIVN Waldo Edwun
2 SURN Blakemore
1 SEX M
1 _UID 4BB94F6914047B4C8F819340FAE24E56FEF5
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 FEB 1904
1 FAMC @F194@
0 @I533@ INDI
1 NAME Thelma Marie /Blakemore/
2 GIVN Thelma Marie
2 SURN Blakemore
1 SEX F
1 _UID 987D763455062B4889689F7E811204124403
1 BIRT
2 DATE 30 JAN 1906
2 PLAC Rensselaer, Indiana
1 FAMC @F194@
0 @I534@ INDI
1 NAME Althier Bernett /Blakemore/
2 GIVN Althier Bernett
2 SURN Blakemore
1 SEX F
1 _UID 7EEDB79D6EB0614AB3BC93311C624BD357FC
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 MAY 1909
1 FAMC @F194@
0 @I535@ INDI
1 NAME Helen Florence /Blakemore/
2 GIVN Helen Florence
2 SURN Blakemore
1 SEX F
1 _UID 8DDEE2253F859A45B0C48F7DF9C555711920
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 FEB 1911
1 FAMC @F194@
0 @I536@ INDI
1 NAME Eugenaia Beth /Blakemore/
2 GIVN Eugenaia Beth
2 SURN Blakemore
1 SEX F
1 _UID C0B89B3F85C3ED46AD901D67C147CA3E9E7E
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 AUG 1916
2 PLAC Jerome, Idaho
1 DEAT
2 DATE 15 MAY 1923
2 PLAC Jerome, Idaho
2 NOTE Died of severe burns.
1 FAMC @F194@
0 @I537@ INDI
1 NAME James Junior /Blakemore/
2 GIVN James Junior
2 SURN Blakemore
1 SEX M
1 _UID 7E3C99E3E5BDA14F8B2FEDF620CE9161459F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 17 OCT 1918
2 PLAC Jerome, Idaho
1 FAMC @F194@
0 @I538@ INDI
1 NAME Stanley Gayle /Blakemore/
2 GIVN Stanley Gayle
2 SURN Blakemore
1 SEX M
1 _UID 511CFA25BDE74C42AA41E57CFF8EBC005353
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 FEB 1925
2 PLAC Jerome, Idaho
1 DEAT
2 DATE 6 JAN 1927
2 PLAC Jerome, Idaho
2 NOTE Died as a child from measles.
1 FAMC @F194@
0 @I539@ INDI
1 NAME Mary /Yeager/
2 GIVN Mary
2 SURN Yeager
1 SEX F
1 _UID 98D19339E5F0864FB2E80AF43199B7827A24
1 NOTE Family members reported that Mary Yeager was pregnant before leaving
2 CONC Germany. The father (of Nick) was said to have been a high ranking
2 CONC officer in the German Army. His parents being high German would not
2 CONC allow the marriage since she was low German. Denial of this marriage
2 CONC was the reason for her  emmigration to the United States. She was said
2 CONC to have met Matthew Zimmer on board the ship. They married and settled
2 CONC in Cook County near Chicago, Illinois for many years and then to
2 CONC Remington in 1874.
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1824
2 PLAC Alsace, Germany
1 FAMC @F203@
0 @I541@ INDI
1 NAME  /Yeager/
2 SURN Yeager
1 SEX M
1 _UID FB74D994CDAB514EBCC895F34DF76BC67405
1 FAMS @F203@
0 @I552@ INDI
1 NAME Edwin /Blakemore/
2 GIVN Edwin
2 SURN Blakemore
1 SEX M
1 _UID FA3A60830C4DB84DACEB2D1863588EF38DA7
1 BIRT
2 DATE 4 MAR 1839
2 PLAC Liverpool, England
1 DEAT
2 DATE 17 APR 1914
2 PLAC Linn Creek, Missouri
1 BURI
2 DATE APR 1914
2 PLAC Rensselaer, Indiana
1 FAMS @F205@
1 FAMC @F207@
0 @I553@ INDI
1 NAME Marry Louisa /Boden/
2 GIVN Marry Louisa
2 SURN Boden
1 SEX F
1 _UID 8C887CD26DDAA44D8480BD88C16E8735CE08
1 BIRT
2 DATE 20 OCT 1844
2 PLAC Cape Vincent, New York
1 DEAT
2 DATE 22 DEC 1898
2 PLAC Rensselaer, Indiana
1 BURI
2 DATE 1898
2 PLAC Rensselaer, Indiana
2 NOTE A little country cemetery.
1 FAMS @F205@
1 FAMC @F206@
0 @I554@ INDI
1 NAME Andrew /Boden/
2 GIVN Andrew
2 SURN Boden
1 SEX M
1 _UID DBA0B6BA2FE7A941A1613D39CBA9782473EF
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1802
2 PLAC Canada
1 FAMS @F206@
1 FAMC @F215@
0 @I555@ INDI
1 NAME Julia /King/
2 GIVN Julia
2 SURN King
1 SEX F
1 _UID B1FE1FEDE474374284F959F0BE0F2132721F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1812
2 PLAC Canada
1 FAMS @F206@
0 @I556@ INDI
1 NAME Frank /Boden/
2 GIVN Frank
2 SURN Boden
1 SEX M
1 _UID F147D3A8DEA02548A26C9893EB3FE2D7BA04
1 NOTE Frank was in the hotel business in Chicago. His wife, Aunt Eliza, was
2 CONC evidently well to do and always brought presents for Mary Louisa's (
2 CONC Grandma Blakemore) family at Christmas time. At other times they
2 CONC brought clothes and food. Grandma was said to cry and be unhappy
2 CONC because they were so poor. Grandpa Blakemore could never seem to get
2 CONC started in any business after the Great Chicago Fire. Aunt Eliza and
2 CONC Uncle Frank, who had no children were very fond of Julie (Mary
2 CONC Louisa's daughter) and often took her to their home for visits.
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1834
2 PLAC Cape Vincent, New York
1 FAMC @F206@
0 @I557@ INDI
1 NAME Edward /Boden/
2 GIVN Edward
2 SURN Boden
1 SEX M
1 _UID 5A07A950F7ADE14099ADBF7A81D9D7E0AFE0
1 NOTE Edward was a cokk on a stemship operating on the Great Lakes. He was
2 CONC said to have all his teeth at age 80. His wife, May, was quiet,
2 CONC dignified, and ladylike with dark hair and eyes. Their daughter, Lura,
2 CONC was beatiful and a wonderful musician. She payed the piano and sang.
1 FAMC @F206@
0 @I558@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth /Boden/
2 GIVN Elizabeth
2 SURN Boden
1 SEX F
1 _UID 52B5EFC4135EA7448FB62D32281B75289A16
1 NOTE Married Senator Henry Ruger from Illinois. They had two boys and a
2 CONC girl, Florence. Florence had scarlet fever at age 16. They scolded
2 CONC here and thought she had gone to her room. Instead, she had gone out
2 CONC in the rain and cold. She was missing for six months while they spared
2 CONC nothing in time and money searching for her. Apparently she had thown
2 CONC herself into the Chicago River in a fit of despondency. Her body was
2 CONC identified by a ring and her clothing. It took Uncle Henry and Aunt
2 CONC Elizabeth years to get over the shock.
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1846
2 PLAC Cape Vincent, New York
1 FAMC @F206@
0 @I559@ INDI
1 NAME Matilda (Tillie) /Boden/
2 GIVN Matilda (Tillie)
2 SURN Boden
1 SEX F
1 _UID EC19CC603425D04DA2509F2DF90903E54FE0
1 NOTE Married a sea captain on the Great Lakes. Several sons and one
2 CONC daughter were born of that union. Daughter grace married an
2 CONC influential man in Chicago.
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1839
2 PLAC Cape Vincent, New York
1 FAMC @F206@
0 @I560@ INDI
1 NAME George /Boden/
2 GIVN George
2 SURN Boden
1 SEX M
1 _UID 6E6D9D536B06834FB70EF24E3CA6F6A590FA
1 NOTE George was a steamship captain on the Great Lakes.
1 FAMC @F206@
0 @I561@ INDI
1 NAME James /Blakemore/
2 GIVN James
2 SURN Blakemore
1 SEX M
1 _UID 6C50CC36E7A7B642BAAECC278906B0906E08
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1799
2 PLAC England
2 NOTE 1850 Census, New York, Monroe County, Rochester, 3rd Ward Microcopy,
3 CONC Roll 432, Page 530, Review 133. D. N. 669, F. N. 781, September 2,
3 CONC 1850.
3 CONT The last name is mispelled in this Census - Blakeman instead of
3 CONC Blakemore.
3 CONT
3 CONT The family is also listed in the 1860 Census for Rochester.
3 CONT
3 CONT By 1870 all three sons and their families had moved to Chicago,
3 CONC Illinois. Joseph and Edwin are listed in the Chicago directories from
3 CONC 1864, George from 1868. The occupation for all three sons was listed
3 CONC as gilder.
3 CONT
3 CONT A death notice for James was found in the Rochester Library newspaper
3 CONC files for 12/1/1861.
2 SOUR @S13@
1 FAMS @F207@
0 @I562@ INDI
1 NAME Sarah /Jones/
2 GIVN Sarah
2 SURN Jones
1 SEX F
1 _UID E504586FEF97F349A4F1083DFA3DB79CD680
1 FAMS @F207@
0 @I563@ INDI
1 NAME Joseph /Blakemore/
2 GIVN Joseph
2 SURN Blakemore
1 SEX M
1 _UID E08AAB559389E14E9E996E4884683EE6B2D5
1 NOTE Joseph was said to be an artist but it is not known if he was a hobby
2 CONC or not. The family still has one of his small oil paintings. Since he
2 CONC was the oldest, the family believed that he engaged in the nursery
2 CONC business with his Father in Rochester. They moved to Chicago and
2 CONC continued the nursery and floral business.
2 CONT Joseph was well educated and had a good collection of books in their
2 CONC home. He was a very different person than his brother, Edwin. In later
2 CONC years he was disowned by his family because he became involved with
2 CONC funds from the Masonic Lodge that disappeared. Although he was
2 CONC innocent, he could never prove it and was unable to clear himself of
2 CONC suspicion.
2 CONT After he had become too old to work, he stayed with Grandpa Edwin, his
2 CONC youngest brother. It was here that Aunt Dot, Edwin's youngest daughter
2 CONC found him one morning when she went upstairs to call him for
2 CONC breakfast. He had taken poison in a fit of despondency to end his life
2 CONC on January 21, 1891. His children were Carrie, Harry, Mable and Monty,
2 CONC whose wife was Agnes. Monty died of cancer of the face. Julie went to
2 CONC see him at Fernwood before she went to Indiana on the farm.
1 DEAT
2 DATE 21 JAN 1891
2 PLAC Fernwood, Illinois
1 FAMC @F207@
0 @I564@ INDI
1 NAME George /Blakemore/
2 GIVN George
2 SURN Blakemore
1 SEX M
1 _UID C79B207F76576F40BDAF939C7E12BAD43638
1 NOTE George went to St. Paul, Minnesota. He married a small, wiry, pretty
2 CONC Catholic woman. They raised a levely, well mannered, good looking
2 CONC family. The oldest on studied to be a priest but gave it up finally.
2 CONC He was very hansome according to Mldred Sunderland, a cousin who knew
2 CONC him. There was also eva and Lemuel whom none of the family remembered.
1 FAMC @F207@
0 @I565@ INDI
1 NAME Harriet /Blakemore/
2 GIVN Harriet
2 SURN Blakemore
1 SEX F
1 _UID 223C85D3E13F8D4F8EE36102A87E3BAF965F
1 NOTE Harriett lived in England and her married name is unknown. She visited
2 CONC the family in Chicago once with her little boy, whose name is now
2 CONC unknown. He was considered prissy by some of the local children and
2 CONC the object of tessing.
1 FAMC @F207@
0 @I566@ INDI
1 NAME Jennie Smith /Blakemore/
2 GIVN Jennie Smith
2 SURN Blakemore
1 SEX F
1 _UID 40A4DD843C15284FB7E41AF5262F8BED84F5
1 NOTE Jennie married Louis Dutcher, date is unknown; and they lived in
2 CONC Florida.
2 CONT Their family included twins, Myrtle and Milly, born in 1888. Myrtle
2 CONC married Mr. Rooms.
2 CONT The other children were Louis, Oliver, and twins, Ruth and Ester.
2 CONT
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 SEP 1868
2 PLAC Chicago, Illinois
1 FAMC @F205@
0 @I567@ INDI
1 NAME Ralph /Blakemore/
2 GIVN Ralph
2 SURN Blakemore
1 SEX M
1 _UID 02EF9F7A6AC9B1429758613C2C4D41B52B3C
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1866
1 DEAT
2 DATE 16 MAY 1874
2 NOTE Ralph died of diptheria.
1 FAMC @F205@
0 @I568@ INDI
1 NAME Julie Ester /Blakemore/
2 GIVN Julie Ester
2 SURN Blakemore
1 SEX F
1 _UID 9B9A4C85A64B874EB48B209AE1113A978895
1 BIRT
2 DATE 13 OCT 1873
1 DEAT
2 DATE 29 NOV 1957
1 FAMC @F205@
0 @I569@ INDI
1 NAME Sarah Elizabeth Dottie /Blakemore/
2 GIVN Sarah Elizabeth Dottie
2 SURN Blakemore
1 SEX F
1 _UID 7276810ABBD71644886CE9318A50D0263D58
1 BIRT
2 DATE 27 APR 1880
1 FAMC @F205@
0 @I570@ INDI
1 NAME Maude /Blakemore/
2 GIVN Maude
2 SURN Blakemore
1 SEX F
1 _UID EC46E7BB6E033C4FAF07CA1D894BB6FFF6C9
1 BIRT
2 DATE 21 MAY 1870
2 PLAC Chicago, Illinois
1 FAMC @F205@
0 @I594@ INDI
1 NAME Forton /Boden/
2 GIVN Forton
2 SURN Boden
1 SEX M
1 _UID 665D5BA286935F4291AEA84FF8B33860F336
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1756
2 PLAC Marsailles, France
2 NOTE Marsailles, France, at the time of Forton Boden (Bouden, Bodan) came
3 CONC partly under the reign of Louise XV and followed by his young son
3 CONC Louise XVI, who was beheaded in the French Revolution.
1 FAMS @F215@
0 @I595@ INDI
1 NAME Mary /Blakemore/
2 GIVN Mary
2 SURN Blakemore
1 _UID 021782F8AA7E534C950EA3664BEDEBA6CFC2
1 BIRT
2 DATE JUN 1837
2 PLAC Liverpool, England
1 DEAT
2 DATE 27 MAR 1837
2 PLAC Liverpool, England
1 BURI
2 PLAC Liverpool, England
1 FAMC @F207@
0 @I596@ INDI
1 NAME Allen /Blakemore/
2 GIVN Allen
2 SURN Blakemore
1 _UID 53C528FE2A4AF84BBEF6AEEDBB1D5ECA4472
1 DEAT
2 DATE 14 NOV 1842
2 PLAC Liverpool, England
1 BURI
2 PLAC Liverpool, England
1 FAMC @F207@
0 @I597@ INDI
1 NAME Sophia /Boden/
2 GIVN Sophia
2 SURN Boden
1 SEX F
1 _UID 45839B3F3D9FF04BB3E10FCE80596677E0CB
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1842
2 PLAC Cape Vincent, New York
1 FAMC @F206@
0 @F2@ FAM
1 HUSB @I4@
1 WIFE @I3@
1 CHIL @I1@
1 CHIL @I10@
1 CHIL @I11@
1 CHIL @I12@
1 CHIL @I513@
1 CHIL @I514@
1 CHIL @I515@
1 MARR
2 DATE 27 DEC 1922
2 PLAC Jerome, Idaho
2 NOTE
3 CONT They stayed in Shosone, Idaho  on their wedding night and then drove
3 CONC to Boise for a short two-day honeymoon.
1 MARR
2 DATE 27 DEC 1922
2 PLAC Jerome, Idaho
0 @F3@ FAM
1 HUSB @I1@
1 WIFE @I5@
1 CHIL @I9@
1 MARR
2 DATE 22 JUN 1956
2 PLAC Mobile, Alabama
2 NOTE Large Southern Baptist Church in Mobile.
3 CONT
1 DIV
2 DATE 30 AUG 1961
2 PLAC Denver, Colorado
0 @F11@ FAM
1 HUSB @I17@
1 WIFE @I18@
1 CHIL @I4@
1 CHIL @I19@
1 CHIL @I27@
1 NOTE
2 CONT Grandpa and Grandma Washburn
2 CONT James Ambrus Washburn and Harriett Isabelle Romanda Darling were
2 CONC married on November 28, 1887 at the Darling's homestead in Carrizo
2 CONC Canyon, Colorado. Grandma was age 21 and Grandpa age 27. Grandma
2 CONC Darling gave her youngest daughter a home wedding with a dinner and
2 CONC reception following. The flowers were potted chrysanthemums, taken
2 CONC from the garden before the autumn frosts and  preserved indoors for
2 CONC late blooming just in time for the wedding.
2 CONT Grandma always said that she married Grandpa by chance. Grandma's
2 CONC sisters (especially Aunt Rose) had teased her about becoming an old
2 CONC maid, because she had not yet married. Taunted by this teasing, she
2 CONC declared that she would marry the very next man who asked her, no
2 CONC matter who he was. Grandma was pretty, flirtatious, and probably had
2 CONC several suitors. A picture of one suitor is preserved in her old photo
2 CONC album. He was a German Jew who won Great grandma Darling's approval as
2 CONC her daughter's suitor. Grandma, who usually went contrary to her
2 CONC Mother's wishes, discouraged his advances. Grandpa was said to have
2 CONC been the next man who asked for her hand in marriage.
2 CONT Grandma and Grandpa both loved to sing and dance in the country
2 CONC western style of that era. Grandma said they met at a dance in
2 CONC Trinidad, Colorado, where Grandma was boarding with one of her
2 CONC sisters. I can remember, as a very small boy, hearing Grandma sing
2 CONC "When It's Springtime In The Rockies" very beautifully. Grandpa, in
2 CONC his later years in Idaho as a school wagon driver, was said to lead
2 CONC sing-a-longs with the school children and to correct their singing
2 CONC sometimes, making sure that they learned the songs properly.
2 CONT Grandpa and Grandma's enjoyment of music turned out to be one of the
2 CONC few things that they had in common, for they endured a turbulent
2 CONC relationship for the rest of their lives. This may have been due in
2 CONC part to Grandpa's tumultuous childhood.
2 CONT Grandpa's Childhood
2 CONT Grandpa was just three years old when both his parents shot dead in a
2 CONC Civil War incident. An unknown number of raiders (known as
2 CONC bushwackers) attacked the homestead on September 11, 1864 with the
2 CONC intent to steal horses, tack and probably other things to sell to the
2 CONC Confederate Army. Great Grandfather Washburn (Benjamin Glitton
2 CONC Washburn) stood off the attackers with his Sharps repeating rifle
2 CONC until he was shot dead. He must have been outnumbered. Great
2 CONC Grandmother Washburn (Meary Parr Washburn) then rushed out to resume
2 CONC the defense until she was shot dead, also. The raiders then made off
2 CONC with horses and whatever else they wanted, but they left the children
2 CONC unharmed. This account was related by Mary Sally, who was about age 9
2 CONC at the time.
2 CONT After the death of Grandpa's parents, the local Probate Court placed
2 CONC him, together with his brothers and sisters, under the care of foster
2 CONC parents. His individual inheritance (thought to about $1200) was
2 CONC assigned to the foster parents for his childhood care. Grandpa had
2 CONC little good to say about his foster parents and he believed that they
2 CONC kept him only to benefit from his inheritance. He told of a time, as
2 CONC teenager, when a haystack on the farm of his foster parents burned
2 CONC mysteriously. He was accused wrongly of setting it afire, and his
2 CONC foster parents deducted restitution from his inheritance.
2 CONT The foster parents, about whom Grandpa spoke, were likely Mr. and Mrs.
2 CONC Nathaniel Oates, who lived in or near Barnesville, Kansas. Court
2 CONC records show Nathaniel Oates submitted annual bills to the estate for
2 CONC the care and boarding of Benjamin Jerome, Mary Sally, Sarah Catherine,
2 CONC and James Ambrus Washburn.
2 CONT At about age 16, Grandpa ran away from home and worked his way to
2 CONC Trinidad, Colorado, where two of his brothers (Benjamin Jerome and
2 CONC Andrew J.) lived. During the next ten years he worked off and on in
2 CONC Trinidad, journeyed back to Kansas a couple of times, and worked one
2 CONC winter in Montana. In 1886, the year before their marriage, Grandpa
2 CONC was back in Colorado working for a saw mill in Riley Canyon, a few
2 CONC miles north and a little west of Trinidad in the foothills of the
2 CONC Rocky Mountains.
2 CONT Early Years In Trinidad
2 CONT After their marriage, Grandpa and Grandma moved into a cabin in Riley
2 CONC canyon, provided by the company who owned the saw mill. The small
2 CONC cabin was constructed of rough, green, up-and-down boards with a
2 CONC boxcar roof. It was new and clean, but cramped and short on comforts.
2 CONC Their first child, Lon, was born there the next year on September 22,
2 CONC 1888. He was christened, Lon Lorenzo; but in later years he loathed
2 CONC the initials, L. L. As a solution, he adopted the first and middle
2 CONC name, Albert Lon, and signed his name, A. L. Washburn.
2 CONT Within a year or two, Grandpa found a job on a farm and they moved to
2 CONC another cabin, where they could have a garden and a cow. Grandpa liked
2 CONC farm work, especially growing alfalfa, but Grandma was determined to
2 CONC make a cattleman out of him in the Darling family tradition. Grandpa
2 CONC knew he didn't want to be a cattleman, but he was never sure what he
2 CONC wanted to do. His life was plagued with uncertainty the inability to
2 CONC settle down in one line of work or to establish a permanent home.
2 CONT By 1892 the family was back in another part of Riley Canyon, where Roy
2 CONC was born. He was christened Roy Roger; but in later years he thought
2 CONC the initials, R. R., were intolerable and he dropped the middle name
2 CONC and initial completely. At this cabin in Riley Canyon, they acquired
2 CONC some goats and the herd grew to as many as 25 at times. Grandma tended
2 CONC the goats, which included an evening hike up the hill sides to bring
2 CONC them down for feeding and milking. This was never an easy task, as the
2 CONC goats sometimes strayed far away. She hiked up the steep hillsides and
2 CONC listened for their bells to locate them. While she was away, she put
2 CONC Lon in a rocking chair to rock the baby, Roy, feeling assured that
2 CONC they would still be there when she returned. Tending the garden, the
2 CONC goats and all the other work around the cabin was very arduous for
2 CONC Grandma. When she came with child again, Grandpa acquiesced to a
2 CONC change and moved the family closer into Trinidad.
2 CONT With money they had saved, Grandpa bought a team of horses and a water
2 CONC tank on wheels to run a water route in Trinidad. The outlying
2 CONC residences of Trinidad depended upon delivered water, which they
2 CONC stored at home in tanks or cans until the next delivery.
2 CONT The only affordable housing that they could find in Trinidad was
2 CONC sharing a house with a Mexican family. This family was a nice young
2 CONC couple with a little girl the same age as Roy (four years old). In
2 CONC this house, the third child, Gladys, was born on August 30, 1896.
2 CONT Soon after Gladys was born, Grandma fell ill with Typhoid Fever, and
2 CONC was temporarily unable to breast feed the new baby. She hired a woman
2 CONC to care for the baby and feed her from a bottle. The lady,
2 CONC unfortunately, carelessly allowed the milk to sour sometimes and was
2 CONC lax with the housework. Grandma, being of hardy pioneer stock,
2 CONC recovered from the Typhoid Fever, fired the helper lady, and was soon
2 CONC able to breast feed the baby again. Gladys suffered no lasting harm
2 CONC from the sour milk, although she was said to detest teething rings and
2 CONC rubber toys, thereafter.
2 CONT During this same general time period, Grandma and her neighbor lady
2 CONC went to town one evening. The children, Lon, Roy, Gladys, and the
2 CONC neighbor's little girl, were left under the care of Hathie Darling,
2 CONC Grandma's niece (Henry Darling's daughter). One of their games that
2 CONC evening was peeking through the keyhole. During this game, Hathie let
2 CONC Roy get a knitting needle and poke it through the keyhole. As fate
2 CONC would have it, the neighbor girl was peeking through the key hole just
2 CONC as the knitting needle poked through and she lost her sight in that
2 CONC eye. The tragedy haunted Roy for the rest of his life, although the
2 CONC lack of proper baby tending was likely the most at fault.
2 CONT During those years in Trinidad, Grandpa's work was hauling water and
2 CONC freight either around town or to other towns, using a wagon drawn by a
2 CONC team of horses. Then, an opportunity came to acquire a homestead about
2 CONC 125 miles East of Trinidad and 25 miles Southwest of Springfield,
2 CONC Colorado. This location was along the Carrizo Creek about 1-1/2 miles
2 CONC South of Grandpa and Grandma Darling's established ranch home. The new
2 CONC homestead included 160 acres of land, where Grandma's brother, Henry
2 CONC Darling had built a dugout cabin and shoveled a well. At Grandma's
2 CONC urging, they bought Uncle Henry's claim to the land and improvements
2 CONC for $15.00.
2 CONT Homestead On Carrizo Creek
2 CONT Carrizo Creek collected run off from a higher range of the
2 CONC southeastern Colorado high plains and flowed southeasterly through
2 CONC Carrizo Canyon. Carrizo Canyon is in broken and hilly region where the
2 CONC high plains break southwards to a much lower elevation. It is about 20
2 CONC miles long, extending from the wagon trail between Trinidad and
2 CONC Springfield to within 5 or 6 miles of Kenton, Oklahoma (tip of the
2 CONC panhandle), which was a depot for wagon freight coming along the Santa
2 CONC Fe Trail.
2 CONT In the Spring of 1898, Grandpa, Grandma, Lon, Roy and Gladys left
2 CONC Trinidad bound for the homestead, driving a team and wagon laden with
2 CONC all their belongings. Dave Darling, one of Grandma's brothers who also
2 CONC lived along the Carrizo, accompanied them with another team and wagon,
2 CONC loaded with lumber and materials for the roof, floor, doors and
2 CONC windows of a new adobe cabin. When they arrived, the well was full of
2 CONC grasshoppers and useless. Another and better well had to be dug, as
2 CONC construction was started on the new home. Adobe bricks were formed and
2 CONC placed out to dry. A foundation of native sandstone (without mortar)
2 CONC was laid for a two-room dwelling with an overall size of about 12 by
2 CONC 28 feet. The outside walls were of fitted stones (without mortar)
2 CONC extending up about three feet in height from the foundation. The
2 CONC outside stone walls provided the base upon which the adobe bricks were
2 CONC laid to complete the walls, window openings and doors. The slightly
2 CONC gabled roof had rafter poles covered with boards and layered with
2 CONC adobe mud about six inches thick. Such a roof was comfortably cool in
2 CONC the summer and warm in the winter. The inside walls were plastered and
2 CONC white washed for a tidy completion of the new home.
2 CONT That summer there was no time for a garden because of so many
2 CONC construction tasks, but a garden plot was leveled and prepared. The
2 CONC original dugout cabin was converted into a chicken house with a pen to
2 CONC secure the chickens from predators.
2 CONT Together with Mother and Dad, I visited the site during the Autumn of
2 CONC 1966. We could still see the foundations and parts of the walls of
2 CONC both the house and the chicken house. In the early days, chickens,
2 CONC ducks and a cow for milk were kept there. Dad told of constructing a
2 CONC fence of native reeds, called Bee weed to allow the ducks access to
2 CONC Carrizo Creek from the chicken house but restrain them from the
2 CONC garden. He also told of helping to build a corral for the livestock
2 CONC and to plant a fruit orchard. Some of the apple, cherry and peach
2 CONC trees were still alive and bearing fruit at the time of our visit and
2 CONC I ate an apple from one of the trees.
2 CONT Back in 1900, about a year after the family moved to the homestead, a
2 CONC copper mining boom drew workers to several local copper mines. About 4
2 CONC miles North of the Washburn's homestead, the tiny town of Carrizo
2 CONC exploded with an influx of 20 or 25 miner's families. Carrizo became
2 CONC mostly a tent city that included a few original structures and
2 CONC businesses. The main store, town newspaper and post office were all in
2 CONC one building of native sandstone with a gabled, shingle roof. A
2 CONC one-room, school house was built of lumber in 1901.
2 CONT Another and smaller community, called Townsite, sprang up during this
2 CONC same time period, about 2-1/2 miles south of Carrizo. It grew around
2 CONC the Darling's ranch house, where Grandpa Darling became Postmaster and
2 CONC the ranch house was also the post office for Townsite. Another
2 CONC entrepreneur erected a makeshift hotel nearby which flourished
2 CONC briefly. Grandma Darling also took in boarders, then.
2 CONT But the fate of both communities was short lived, as the copper ore
2 CONC was soon exhausted. Independence mine, the largest of the copper
2 CONC works, was located up Skull canyon, one or two miles from Carrizo. It
2 CONC was a producing mine for only a few years before the high grade copper
2 CONC ore was exhausted and the mine closed. As the mines closed, people
2 CONC moved away.
2 CONT School was taught at home for the first two years on the Carrizo
2 CONC homestead. Grandma did the best she could with regular class sessions,
2 CONC using the contemporary readers of those days and her own education as
2 CONC a guide. During that period, Roy finished the "Barnes" Fourth Grade
2 CONC Reader, a textbook that Lon had finished while they lived in Trinidad.
2 CONC When the new one-room school was built in 1901, Mrs. Elizabeth Shannon
2 CONC the first teacher, started Roy on McGuffey's Fifth Reader. He was nine
2 CONC years old then.
2 CONT The Carrizo School was located beneath some giant cotton wood trees
2 CONC along Carrizo Creek, about four miles north of the homestead. Lon and
2 CONC Roy walked to school regularly, but sometimes the three Tanner
2 CONC children, who lived to the south, rode a burro past the homestead and
2 CONC made room for Lon and Roy to climb on the burro for a ride to school.
2 CONC Dave Darling's two daughters, Elda and Stella, where about Roy's age
2 CONC and also attended the new school. They lived up a side canyon about 3
2 CONC miles from school. The remaining families with children mostly lived
2 CONC around Carrizo, making their journey to and from school easier.
2 CONT The second year at the new school, Miss Rita was the teacher. She
2 CONC boarded at the Van Etten's, who had a daughter, Madge, also a student.
2 CONC Mr. Van Etten was proprietor of the town store.
2 CONT Later School Years In Trinidad
2 CONT In 1903 Gladys, being six years old, was ready to start school.
2 CONC Grandma and Grandpa felt that she was still too small to walk four
2 CONC miles to the Carrizo school. They decided that Grandma and the
2 CONC children would move to Trinidad for the winter, where the children
2 CONC attended an Adventist school. They found lodging in the basement of
2 CONC Aunt Mime's (Grandma's older sister, Jamima) rooming house. To help
2 CONC pay expenses, Grandma worked part time doing housework for Aunt Mime
2 CONC and Laura Anderson, a niece. Laura Anderson was married to a
2 CONC professor, who owned a business school.
2 CONT Roy occasionally told of his early remembrances from life in Trinidad,
2 CONC during the periods before they moved to Carrizo Canyon and for the
2 CONC winter that they returned for school in Trinidad (these are mostly
2 CONC related in a separate vignette about him). During that winter of 1903,
2 CONC the Adventist school master for the first half of the school year was
2 CONC evidently a fundamentalist and very strict with the children. Neither
2 CONC of these traits left Roy with a good impression.
2 CONT Grandpa and Grandma were quite involved with the Seventh Day Adventist
2 CONC Religion at that time. Before their marriage, one of Grandpa's
2 CONC brothers, Benjamin Jerome, (Uncle Jerome) was then a Seventh Day
2 CONC Adventist and encouraged him to follow that faith. Grandpa had become
2 CONC a Deacon before he and Grandma were married. In later years, they both
2 CONC became less interested in the Seventh Day Adventist church and each
2 CONC blamed the other for their earlier involvement. That religious
2 CONC association forever soured Roy on churches and he was mostly agnostic
2 CONC in his attitude about religion, during the rest of his life.
2 CONT Last Years On The Homestead
2 CONT During the school term of 1904, Lon boarded alone in Trinidad and
2 CONC completed the Eighth grade at the Adventist's school. Grandma,
2 CONC together with Roy and Gladys, returned to the homestead and the
2 CONC one-room school in Carrizo. That year, Mr. Condit, who was also editor
2 CONC of the Carrizo newspaper, began the school term as the teacher. He was
2 CONC unable to keep order amongst the rowdy pioneer children so he resigned
2 CONC by midterm. His successor for the remainder of the year, a Mr.
2 CONC Blanchard, was said to have kept very strict order.
2 CONT In 1905, the first teacher for Carrizo school, Mrs. Elizabeth Shannon,
2 CONC returned for what was to be the last year before the school closed.
2 CONC This was the third school year for Gladys and the last for Roy. That
2 CONC Spring, Roy took and passed the Eighth Grade Exams, sent out from
2 CONC Springfield by the Superintendent of Schools for Baca County. By this
2 CONC time, only two children remained in school and it was closed, never to
2 CONC reopen.
2 CONT Grandpa Washburn was not very happy with life on the homestead. There
2 CONC was very little land suitable for fanning and cattle ranching was not
2 CONC his forte. This together with the need for more money motivated him to
2 CONC continue with the freight hauling business. Sometimes he took a second
2 CONC wagon and team, which Roy drove, as a young boy. The freight circuit
2 CONC was between Trinidad, Lamar, Springfield; and sometimes Kenton,
2 CONC Oklahoma. Roy often said that he hated the freight runs, because he
2 CONC found it very boring sitting on the wagon behind the team of horses
2 CONC all day. He recalled also that Grandpa wasn't very talkative or
2 CONC entertaining in those days. Grandpa was something of a day dreamer,
2 CONC and sitting on a wagon all day was very compatible with his nature.
2 CONT During his travels and associations, Grandpa learned about the
2 CONC availability of farm land in Idaho under a new irrigation tract near
2 CONC Jerome. It is likely that one of his brothers, Benjamin Jerome or
2 CONC Andrew, told him of this, since they sometimes drove freight wagons up
2 CONC through Southern Idaho. Stories of fertile irrigated land and
2 CONC illusions of lush alfalfa fields and fine fruit orchards must have
2 CONC taunted Grandpa's imagination, since he was prone to wander in search
2 CONC of greener pastures. In the Spring or Summer of 1912, Grandpa finally
2 CONC persuaded Grandma to sell the homestead and move with him to Jerome,
2 CONC Idaho.
2 CONT Roy, who was then a teenager, said that he wanted very much to stay
2 CONC and went only out of the sense of duty to his parents. He often told
2 CONC of having had an offer to work for Jack Sears, his boyhood benefactor
2 CONC and role model, who owned a large cattle ranch on the plains above
2 CONC Carrizo Canyon. Mr. Sears was also said to have offered to adopt Roy
2 CONC and give him an education, suggesting that he might be a good lawyer;
2 CONC but Grandma and Grandpa would not permit it.
2 CONT
2 CONT Settlers In Idaho
2 CONT When it came time to move, the family journeyed first to Trinidad
2 CONC where arrangements were made for travel by train to Jerome, Idaho.
2 CONC Train travel had become the common way for moving to the North-west,
2 CONC since about 1883 when the Oregon Short-Line Railroad had been
2 CONC constructed through Shoshone, Idaho (about 30 miles north of Jerome).
2 CONT While in Trinidad, Grandma and Grandpa made an undisclosed financial
2 CONC arrangement to share the cost of Idaho land with a widow lady friend
2 CONC (probably an Adventist), who also wanted to settle in Idaho. Together,
2 CONC they loaded bag and baggage aboard the train and started their new
2 CONC adventure.
2 CONT Upon arriving in Jerome, Grandpa and Grandma Washburn bought a claim
2 CONC to an uncompleted Carey Land Act filing for 40 acres of good land. The
2 CONC claim was available from an earlier settler, who probably couldn't
2 CONC afford to continue with it. The land was located three miles North and
2 CONC one and one-half miles East of Jerome; then one-quarter mile North
2 CONC over a knoll and on the north side of a large coulee. The widow lady
2 CONC friend also placed some cash into the purchase of the claim, in return
2 CONC for which she was to have a tar paper shack built and receive a
2 CONC certain number of acres under her name after the claim was completed
2 CONC and a deed for the land obtained.
2 CONT
2 CONT On the new land, they built two typical tar paper shacks, the first
2 CONC going to the widow lady. The buildings were placed on a rock pile to
2 CONC save the best ground for farming. Next, the sage brush was cleared and
2 CONC the arduous task of placing the land under irrigation was begun. Lon
2 CONC and Roy contributed most of the construction and clearing labor to get
2 CONC the fann started.
2 CONT Those first years, while learning to irrigate and bring the raw land
2 CONC into productivity, were austere and desperate; dreams waned thin. The
2 CONC soil was good but learning to irrigate and raise good crops was very
2 CONC hard. Late spring frosts dashed any hopes of fruit orchards, once
2 CONC fancied. A scarcity of irrigation water on the North Side Tract
2 CONC provided the final blow to many. An estimated 9O-percent of the people
2 CONC who attempted to settle in those early days went broke and were forced
2 CONC to leave.
2 CONT Grandpa continued on the farn until Gladys (the youngest) married and
2 CONC left home in 1914. That Autumn, for reasons not clear, he decided to
2 CONC quit the farm and leave Grandma. Apparently he had his fill of
2 CONC dissension with Grandma and her sometimes sharp tongue. They split the
2 CONC profits from the season's harvest and Grandpa signed over to Grandma
2 CONC any claim that he had on the filing. He then left for St. Louis,
2 CONC Missouri, or vicinity. Grandma disposed of the farm the best way that
2 CONC she knew how. The Carey Land Act filing was still not completed, so
2 CONC only the claim (not a deed) could be sold. Because there was no deed,
2 CONC the widow lady who participated with Grandma and Grandpa had no legal
2 CONC claim on any acres. Grandma, however, did (we believe) share the cash
2 CONC proceeds with the widow lady, but the share was likely to have been
2 CONC considerably less than she put in. At any rate, the widow lady felt
2 CONC that she had been swindled of her life savings and returned to
2 CONC Trinidad with that story.
2 CONT After disposing of the farm, Grandma was able to buy a little house
2 CONT on West Main Street in Jerome. Having a permanent and stable home was
2 CONC highly important to her (something that she didn't have during her
2 CONC marriage to Grandpa) and we think that she resolved never to move
2 CONC again. At any rate, she lived there for the rest of her years.
2 CONT Post Farm Years In Jerome
2 CONT Soon after moving into town, Grandma began working as a maid or
2 CONC housekeeper for R. E. Sheppard, an early settler and official in the
2 CONC North Side Canal Company, where she worked for many years with good
2 CONC repute. The Sheppards were said to be the only family in town with
2 CONC money, during those years.
2 CONT John Flathers remembers Grandma's visits to their house in the
2 CONC southwest part of Jerome, during the 1930s. She always brought a bag
2 CONC of candy and he said the dog usually managed to get the first piece of
2 CONC candy. Grandma had a sweet tooth and generally kept candy and cookies
2 CONC around her home for the children and herself.
2 CONT Grandpa Washburn returned to live in Jerome after only about two years
2 CONC in St. Louis. The reasons for his visit or his return are not known,
2 CONC nor did he speak much of his travels. However, he may have visited his
2 CONC sisters, Mary Sally and Sarah Catherine, who could have been living
2 CONC near St, Louis. Except for spending one winter in Arizona, he lived
2 CONC the rest of his years in Jerome. He and Grandma never lived together
2 CONC again, although they visited often. Grandpa worked for the North Side
2 CONC Canal Company as a ditch rider and kept his horse in a shed behind
2 CONC Grandma's house. After Grandpa retired and began to need care, he
2 CONC asked Grandma to take him back and care for him, but she wouldn't do
2 CONC it. She evidently couldn't forgive him for leaving her those many
2 CONC years ago.
2 CONT During the years that Grandpa worked as ditch rider, he acquired three
2 CONC rental houses in Jerome. They were located together on the Northwest
2 CONC side about three blocks North and one East of Grandma's house. He
2 CONC lived in a garage apartment behind one of his rental houses. The
2 CONC garage, which had been constructed of native lava rock and concrete,
2 CONC was converted into a one-room living quarters. I have vague
2 CONC recollections of several visits to his frugal apartment. It was
2 CONC equipped with a coal-fired heating stove with a flat top for cooking,
2 CONC and a rocking chair of solid oak with cushions on the seat and back.
2 CONC Grandpa spent a great deal of time in the rocking chair reading,
2 CONC listening to his radio, or daydreaming. Beside the rocking chair was a
2 CONC small wooden table which served as a desk, magazine rack, and stand
2 CONC for his radio. The radio was powered by a car battery and was very
2 CONC contemporary at that time. Grandpa loved it as a source of
2 CONC entertainment and window of information into the outside world.
2 CONT John Flathers remembers once taking a chicken to Grandpa that
2 CONC Hildegard (who lived out in the same vicinity as John) had roasted.
2 CONC Grandpa liked to eat chicken but would never kill one himself, because
2 CONC of his Religious beliefs against killing (or perhaps his innate
2 CONC psychological nature). When Grandpa came to the door that day, John
2 CONC said that he was still shaving (with a straight razor) and his face
2 CONC was cut and bleeding in several places. This was about 1938 and he was
2 CONC age 74. His health was beginning to fail.
2 CONT John remembered another time when his Dad (Uncle Elmer) and my Dad
2 CONC were butchering some goats in a shed behind Grandma Washburn's house.
2 CONC Grandpa came along by chance; and when he saw what they were doing, he
2 CONC wheeled around without a word and went away. This was characteristic
2 CONC of Grandpa who always shunned the sight of blood.
2 CONT According to John Flathers, Grandpa had a generous nature and liked to
2 CONC help others. As an example, John told of his sister (Gladys Marie's),
2 CONC need for fmancial help to attend Normal School for teacher training.
2 CONC Grandpa gave the money to Aunt Gladys and wouldn't accept repayment,
2 CONC although Gladys Marie did repay the loan, a payment each month from
2 CONC her first teaching job. In spite of the generous side of his nature,
2 CONC Grandpa was very much a loner and remained at a distance with most
2 CONC people.
2 CONT Grandpa fancied that his ideal role would be a financier and
2 CONC philanthropist. In his own small ways, he found fulfillments for this
2 CONC ideal. The acquisition of his rental houses was an example. Another
2 CONC time, he loaned the money for Roy and two partners to open an
2 CONC automobile garage and dealership in Jerome about 1928. He also
2 CONC contributed often to religious causes. Unfortunately, in his later
2 CONC years (about 1938) when his mind was failing, an unscrupulous lady
2 CONC from a church on First Avenue West persuaded him to donate about $600
2 CONC (all of his savings and a sizable amount of money then) to her church.
2 CONC He thought the women was offering to look after him the rest of his
2 CONC life (no doubt a subject of great concern to him because of failing
2 CONC health); but instead, the women was telling him only that God would
2 CONC look after him, because of his great generosity. Roy went to the
2 CONC police in an attempt to gain return of the money, but to no avail. The
2 CONC lady claimed it was a donation and she was not ethical enough to
2 CONC recognize Grandpa's senility and misunderstanding.
2 CONT During the winter before and the Spring of 1937 our family stayed with
2 CONC Grandma, and I remember a time when he took me for a walk down town.
2 CONC It was a Sunday afternoon and he came for me at Grandma's house.
2 CONC Before we left, he combed my hair meticulously and tidied my clothing
2 CONC in preparation for walking with him down town. He probably wanted his
2 CONC grandson to look good in front of his friends. He was said to have
2 CONC circle of cronies at the Sport Shop (a local tavern) with whom he
2 CONC would have an occasional glass of wine. One of his friends was Amos
2 CONC Strong, who kept Angora goats in a pen behind one of the buildings
2 CONC along West Main Street. Although Grandpa never imbibed to excess,
2 CONC Grandma was highly critical of those activities, harmless as they
2 CONC were.
2 CONT By late 1939, Grandpa's mind and physical health were both failing
2 CONC badly. During one sick spell he was brought out to our new shack for
2 CONC recuperation. He was bed ridden and Roy rigged a bicycle bell on a
2 CONC shortened broom handle so that he could ring when he needed attention.
2 CONC On at least one occasion, he threw the bell across the room when
2 CONC Mother didn't come soon enough. When Grandpa was well again, he wanted
2 CONC to return to his little apartment; and, no doubt, Mother was greatly
2 CONC relieved.
2 CONT In 1940, Grandpa became so mentally unbalanced that the decision was
2 CONC made to send him to the State mental hospital in Blackfoot, Idaho.
2 CONC During his rational moments, he was very distraught about hospital
2 CONC confinement. On one occasion in 1941 he wrote to his daughter, Gladys,
2 CONC begging her to bring him home. Sad as it was, she nor any other family
2 CONC member had any way to care for him during his difficult spells. Gladys
2 CONC made an inquiry about transferring him from Blackfoot to the State
2 CONC Hospital in Orofmo, Idaho. There he would have been closer to family
2 CONC for visitations. His Grand daughter, Gladys Marie, and husband Cifford
2 CONC Anderson then lived and worked at the hospital and might have been
2 CONC able to visit with him during his rational moments. However, before
2 CONC any arrangements could be made, he passed along to his next experience
2 CONC in life on October 14, 1941.
2 CONT Grandma's last years also included a great deal of sadness, as she
2 CONC grew forgetful and less able to tend to her own needs. During the year
2 CONC of 1949, Roy persuaded her to move out to the farm, where he had built
2 CONC a separate room for her. Being away from her own home displeased her
2 CONC very much. There were violent exchanges with Roy. Eventually he felt
2 CONC required to moving her back to her own home where she wanted to be,
2 CONC and that is where she passed on.
1 MARR
2 DATE 3 NOV 1887
2 PLAC Carrizo Canyon, Colorado
2 NOTE Married in the Darling's home in a wedding put on by her mother.
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1 NOTE
2 CONT This information was gathered from the recollections of my Father and
2 CONC Mother of stories passed along from other family members by word of
2 CONC mouth, and from notes that Mother took when asking James Ambrus
2 CONC Washburn (my grandfather) about his ancestors. By nature of its
2 CONC origin, this information may not be entirely accurate; although birth
2 CONC and death dates have been verified by census records.
2 CONT
2 CONT Benjamin Glidden Washburn was a descendant of John Washbourne who
2 CONC immigrated from England to the Plymouth Colony about 1630. Benjamin
2 CONC was a farmer, blacksmith, horse trader, and a woodsman extraordinary,
2 CONC as related by an acquaintance.
2 CONT From his birthplace near Syracuse, New York, we can trace Benjamin to
2 CONC Illinois, as the place where his first son, Jeddiah Jefferson
2 CONC Washburn, was born is 1839. Of the preceding years, there is little
2 CONC information, except mention in census records of the names of
2 CONC siblings.
2 CONT In 1842, records indicate that Benjamin and family were in Iowa, where
2 CONC his second son, Simon Washburn was born. Simon's mother died soon
2 CONC after he was born, and Benjamin was found a short time later
2 CONC California.
2 CONT Benjamin then married a young widow, Meary Booth (Parr) sometime
2 CONC before 1850. Mary was an immigrant from England, whose first husband,
2 CONC also from England, had died leaving her a widow with a young daughter,
2 CONC Elizabeth Parr. Meary was said to speak with a very distinctive
2 CONC English accent that omitted the "h" sound from many words where it was
2 CONC expected and added an "h" sound to other words, such as "helephant"
2 CONC where not expected. Census records show that the first child of
2 CONC Benjamin and Meary, Benjamin Jerome, was born in Indiana in 1850,
2 CONC indicating that the family moved around quite a bit during this period
2 CONC of time.
2 CONT The family's next adventure was the California Gold rush. Benjamin,
2 CONC Meary and the three youngest children packed up with horses and mules,
2 CONC and headed West for California. The older children probably stayed
2 CONC with relatives. Many told Benjamin not to go because of the dangerous
2 CONC environment and hostile Indians, but the family elected to go anyway.
2 CONT Benjamin and family in good time arrived safely in California. They
2 CONC apparently settled someplace near the gold fields, where Benjamin
2 CONC practiced his trade as a blacksmith and horse trader rather than a
2 CONC miner. Mining, apparently, was left mostly for others. Evidently, his
2 CONC labors were profitable and after about three years, the family
2 CONC returned home. Probably (though we have no record of such) he employed
2 CONC the help of his Uncle Reuben at the Wells Fargo Bank in arranging for
2 CONC the safe return of his profits.
2 CONT From California, Benjamin and Mary headed home on horses and pack
2 CONC mules. Benjamin was said to be very capable at living off the land and
2 CONC eluding trouble from hostile Indians and outlaws. The fastest and
2 CONC safest way was along the Santa Fe Trail, and this was the chosen route
2 CONC home. Along the way another child, Mary Sally, was born to them in
2 CONC Texas in 1856, which was near the journey home from California. The
2 CONC next child, Sarah Catherine, was born in Barnesville, Kansas in 1857.
2 CONC The remaining years for Benjamin and Mary were spent on their
2 CONC homestead near Barnesville. It is believed that they moved to
2 CONC Barnesville, because Benjamin's brother, Simon E. Washburn, and family
2 CONC already lived there and reported favorable conditions.
2 CONT Barnesville, Kansas no longer exists, but it was then a settlement
2 CONC near the Little Osage River in Bourbon Country, about ten miles North
2 CONC of Fort Scott. The town had blossomed forth to serve the many
2 CONC travelers, military and civilian, along the North-South Military
2 CONC Highway of the late 1700 and early 1800 period. The town included a
2 CONC two-story hotel, known as the Pumpkin Inn, a grist mill, a general
2 CONC store, a one-room school, a church, a photographic studio, and a
2 CONC cemetery.
2 CONT Benjamin, was probably influenced in choosing this site because of the
2 CONC convenience for marketing his horses, forage, and blacksmithing
2 CONC services. Benjamin and his brother, Simon, established farms and
2 CONC prospered from their skills in blacksmithing, and trading horses,
2 CONC mules and oxen. A stockade was said to have been built around the
2 CONC houses and barns, as protection against the outlaw bands that
2 CONC frequently ravaged the country in those years.
2 CONT Bourbon County records show that on April 1, 1861 Benjamin obtained a
2 CONC land patent for his first 40 acres, the Northwest quarter of the
2 CONC Southwest quarter of Section twenty-eight in Township twenty-three,
2 CONC Range twenty-five East (One-half mile West of Barnesville.) On June 1,
2 CONC 1861 Benjamin acquired a patent for 120 acres of adjoining land, the
2 CONC West half of the Southeast quarter and the Northeast quarter of the
2 CONC Southeast quarter of Section twenty-nine in Township twenty-three,
2 CONC south of South of Range twenty-five East. This Patent was signed by
2 CONC President Lincoln. Then on July 10, 1861 Benjamin acquired a patent
2 CONC for an additional 40 acres of adjoining land, the Southeast quarter of
2 CONC the Southeast quarter of Section Twenty-nine, Township twenty-three of
2 CONC Range twenty-five East. These parcels of land were all recorded on May
2 CONC 6, 1864. A sizable part of Benjamin and Meary's 200-acre farm was
2 CONC probably under cultivation to provide feed for the live stock and as
2 CONC well as to provide forage to sell.
2 CONT Bourbon County records also show that Benjamin acquired the following
2 CONC additional parcels of land:
2 CONT Patent acquired on April 1, 1861 for 160 acres of land, the South half
2 CONC of the Southwest quarter and the South half of the Southeast quarter
2 CONC of Section twenty-two in Township twenty-three. (One mile Northeast of
2 CONC Barnesville.)
2 CONT A Patent acquired on June 1, 1861 for 160 acres of land, the Southwest
2 CONC quarter of Section twenty-three in Township twenty-three, South of
2 CONC Range twenty-five East. (Two miles Northeast of Barnesville.)
2 CONT A Deed for 166 acres of land more or less in Vernon County, Missouri,
2 CONC Northwest quarter of Section thirty-one, Township thirty-seven Range
2 CONC thirty-three, acquired on April 15, 1864. This Deed had not yet been
2 CONC recorded at the time of Benjamin's death.
2 CONT Benjamin was elected May 6, 1859 and served one term as a Bourbon
2 CONC County Commissioner from Osage Township. An election during the Winter
2 CONC of 1859 supported the move of Bourbon County seat from Fort Scott to
2 CONC the small Community of Marmaton. A consensus felt that the county
2 CONC records were safer there because of border unrest. Also, some of the
2 CONC Fort Scott city officials were pro slavery, as opposed to the majority
2 CONC elsewhere in the county who were supporters of a free state.
2 CONT There were nine other commissioners elected the same date from each of
2 CONC the other nine townships. The population of Osage Township is not
2 CONC known, but the population of Bourbon County as a whole was 6,102 at
2 CONC the time of the 1860 Census.
2 CONT
2 CONT The first two years on the homestead near Barnesville were said to be
2 CONC exciting at times. One morning Benjamin was reported to have found
2 CONC that all of the horses had been stolen, except his favorite saddle
2 CONC horse which was safely in the barn. Quickly he packed provisions and
2 CONC started after the thieves (bushwackers, as they were called then). The
2 CONC first night out, the bushwackers managed to steal his saddle horse;
2 CONC but he continued in pursuit on foot. The remaining details are
2 CONC unknown, except that he was gone long enough for family and neighbors
2 CONC to fear for his safety. However, in time he returned riding his
2 CONC original mount. Along with him were most of his stolen horses plus
2 CONC some extras to compensate adequately for the lost ones. The fate of
2 CONC the bushwackers is not known, but suspected to have been final.
2 CONT Another time, an acquaintance reported that Benjamin acquired a fast
2 CONC Spanish horse through his horse trading activities. One day he took
2 CONC this horse to a Frontier gathering of that era. Some horse racing was
2 CONC suggested to enliven the event. When the day was over, Benjamin had
2 CONC won most of the other horses entered in the races.
2 CONT Another story was told about a day when Benjamin rode into town just
2 CONC in time to witness a getaway attempt by six outlaws (bushwackers) who
2 CONC had just robbed a store. Benjamin swung off his horse, leveled his
2 CONC Sharps rifle over a hitching rail, and began firing. Three of the
2 CONC bushwackers fell from his fire before the others had gotten out of
2 CONC range. Benjamin and some other men leaped on their horses and gave
2 CONC chase to the other three. Before long, Frontier justice had been dealt
2 CONC to all the members of that particular outlaw gang.
2 CONT As the months rolled along the Civil War often flared along the
2 CONC Kansas-Missouri border. Local history books describe the summer and
2 CONC autumn of 1864 as a period of extreme turmoil and bloodshed as the pro
2 CONC slavery, outlaw bushwackers raided settlers; and numerous skirmishes
2 CONC and battles were fought between the Confederate and Union Armies. T.F.
2 CONC Robley in his book, History of Bourbon County Kansas, described the
2 CONC scene:
2 CONT "The year 1864 had been a season of more than unusual disquietude and
2 CONC apprehension, in this county. Besides the operations of the regular
2 CONC Confederate armies, there were many roving bands of guerrillas,
2 CONC bushwackers and marauders swarming along the Missouri border, who took
2 CONC every opportunity to slip into Kansas and commit murder, robbery,
2 CONC theft and any depredation that took their fancy or that the occasion
2 CONC permitted. The bordering section of Missouri was practically without
2 CONC law, civil or military, and these men held full sway in their reign of
2 CONC terror. This state of affairs continued until Price' s horde was swept
2 CONC down the Border, and the last remnant of rebellion disappeared later
2 CONC that year."
2 CONT Ralph Richards, in The Forts of Fort Scott and The Fateful Borderland,
2 CONC describes the summer and autumn of 1864 this way:
2 CONT "As the regular Confederate forces were driven from the
2 CONC Missouri-Kansas border areas, guerrilla bands multiplied and increased
2 CONC their reckless operations along the border. Always raiding, always
2 CONC robbing, always predatory, they managed to subsist by stealing
2 CONC supplies from those they bullied or murdered."
2 CONT Benjamin and Meary lived on their homestead near Barnesville only 6 or
2 CONC 7 years when tragedy abruptly ended their lives. Mary Sally Washburn
2 CONC later related the story to her children. She said men came to the farm
2 CONC that day (Sunday, September 11, 1864), and demanded horses and
2 CONC supplies. Benjamin refused and responded by standing them off with his
2 CONC Sharps rifle. He was evidently greatly outnumber, as he had
2 CONC successfully fended off marauders on other attacks during the
2 CONC preceding months and years on that farm. Sadly, this time he was shot
2 CONC dead. His wife, Mary, then took up the rifle and continued defense of
2 CONC the homestead in his place. Soon, she was also mortally shot, leaving
2 CONC the surviving bushwackers free to do their will. They took the prize
2 CONC horses, and all the supplies and weapons that they could carry and
2 CONC made a hasty departure. It was a Blessing that they left without
2 CONC harming the children or burning the farm. Bushwackers of that era
2 CONC typically burned the farms, as the left and sometimes murdered any
2 CONC surviving women and children; but in this case they seemingly
2 CONC demonstrated some humanity. Mary Sally, who was age nine then,
2 CONC reported that she and her older brother, Benjamin Jerome, helped care
2 CONC for the younger children until help arrived, which was several days
2 CONC later.
2 CONT Benjamin and Maery are not listed in the Barnesville Cemetery records
2 CONC nor do they have headstones there. It is a reasonable conclusion that
2 CONC they were buried on their homestead near their home in unmarked
2 CONC graves.
2 CONT
2 CONT In the local historical accounts of that era, the Washburn name
2 CONC appears in only two instances. The election of Benjamin G. Washburn as
2 CONC a County Commissioner; and his son Simon is listed on the roles, as
2 CONC serving in the Union Army. A reflection upon the historical accounts
2 CONC then, shows that only prominent political or military leaders and the
2 CONC more notorious outlaws received mention. The names of thousands of
2 CONC ordinary citizens do not appear anyplace, except in the Census'. We
2 CONC can conclude therefore that Benjamin Glidden Washburn was pretty much
2 CONC an ordinary, law-abiding citizen; one of those rugged individualists
2 CONC who was more inclined just to mind the farm rather than join a posse
2 CONC or mount a political campaign. Apparently he and Meary died without
2 CONC mention in history, minding the farm and defending the home place; but
2 CONC nonetheless among the ranks of the many tragic victims of the Civil
2 CONC War.
2 CONT Coincidentally, Benjamin had prepared a Will on March 31, 1864, just a
2 CONC few months prior to his death. The Will was placed in Probate and the
2 CONC estate was settled by the Court. The younger children were placed in
2 CONC foster homes and their inheritances allotted for their care. A dossier
2 CONC of the court proceedings remains in Fort Scott, from which some
2 CONC historical information for this vignette was obtained. Among these
2 CONC records are the Will, Inventory of Property, Bills of Sale, and a
2 CONC multitude of invoices describing services rendered to the estate. Most
2 CONC of these services were for the care and keep of the minor children and
2 CONC for attorney's or Court fees.
2 CONT
2 CONT The will does not mention Benjamin's older son, Jalida, and daughter,
2 CONC Julidia. They would have been ages 27 and 25, respectively. Nor does
2 CONC his will mention Elizabeth Booth, Mary's daughter by her first
2 CONC marriage, who would have been about age 24. We conclude, then, that
2 CONC they must have married and have homes and families of their own by
2 CONC then.
2 CONT The Court sold the personal property at auction. The following notice
2 CONC of sale appeared October 21, 1864 in the Fort Scott Daily Monitor:
2 CONT NOTICE
2 CONT The undersigned Executors of the Estate of Benjamin G. Washburn,
2 CONC deceased, will be for sale, to the highest bidder, on Monday, the 7th
2 CONC day of November next at nine o'clock A.M., the personal property of
2 CONC the late Benjamin G. Washburn, to wit: Cows and two year old calves,
2 CONC yearling steers, Horses, Colts, Hogs, Wagons, Harness, Plows, Harrows,
2 CONC Corn, Oats. Terms made known at the sale. October 10th, 1864
2 CONT William Launsbury Simon Washburn
2 CONT A court Summary sheet shows the total amount received from the sale of
2 CONC personal property was $2719.15 and Benjamin's previous bank balance
2 CONC was $700.00.
2 CONT James Ambrus Washburn, Benjamin's Son, related his conviction to
2 CONC family members that the estate was settled for considerably less than
2 CONC actual value. An examination of the Court documents seems to indicate
2 CONC this may have been true. The appraisal prices appeared to be low and
2 CONC the number of participants in the auction was likely to have been few,
2 CONC due to the turmoil of those war years.
2 CONT It could also be noted that the Court's Inventory of the property was
2 CONC taken about a week after Benjamin's death, leaving ample time for some
2 CONC of the property, including cattle and horses, (not already confiscated
2 CONC by the bushwacker killers) to have been stolen. For example, the total
2 CONC list of household effects does not seem large enough for a family of
2 CONC seven children and two adults in the home. Also, Benjamin's livelihood
2 CONC was thought to include horse trading and blacksmithing, but there were
2 CONC only a few horses on the Sale Bill and a very small number of tools
2 CONC used in blacksmithing. Also, Benjamin's Sharpe's repeating rifle was
2 CONC notably missing. Such a valuable and prized weapon would likely have
2 CONC been stolen by the bushwackers.
2 CONT At the end of this vignette, a combined listing details information
2 CONC contained on the Inventory of Personal Property dated September 28,
2 CONC 1864 and the Sale Bill, dated December 25, 1864. Benjamin's son,
2 CONC Simon, signed a declaration as administrator that the Inventory was
2 CONC true and complete. The spelling found in the original list is
2 CONC duplicated here. The Court appraisal for each item and the buyers name
2 CONC is given with the description, and the actual selling price is listed
2 CONC in the last column. There are a few discrepancies where items appeared
2 CONC on the inventory list but not on the Sale Bill.
2 CONT The younger children, Benjamin Jerome, Daniel P., Jacob F., Mary
2 CONC Sally, Sarah Catherine, James Ambrus, and Andrew J. were placed under
2 CONC foster care. The Court records show that Josephine Pangborn,
2 CONC Benjamin's sister, cared for them (for about the first year); and
2 CONC issued a subpoena on the estate's administrators to reimburse her for
2 CONC supporting the children. Her subpoena included a detailed listing of
2 CONC the food, clothing and care of the children from September 1864 to
2 CONC March 1866 for a total of about $1200.00. The children were then
2 CONC apparently separated under the care of three different Court appointed
2 CONC Guardians. Invoices for 1868 show that $89.14 was paid to Green
2 CONC Strickland for the benefit of Daniel P. Washburn; $178.23 was paid to
2 CONC John Underwood for the benefit of Jacob F. and Andrew J. Washburn; and
2 CONC $356.57 was paid to Nathaniel Oates for the benefit of Benjamin
2 CONC Jerome, Mary Sally, Sarah Catherine, and James Ambrus Washburn.
2 CONC Another Court document, dated 28 August 1869, again shows Nathaniel
2 CONC Oates, John Underwood, and Green Strickland, as Guardians of the
2 CONC children.
2 CONT Simon Washburn, Benjamin's son, was designated in the Will as
2 CONC administrator; and the Court appointed an attorney, Willian Launsbury,
2 CONC as co-administrator. Since Simon was in the Union Army as a member of
2 CONC the 2nd Battery of the Kansas Light Artillery from 8-1 9-1 862 through
2 CONC 8- 11-1865, he must have taken some leave at the death of his father
2 CONC to help settle the affairs. The Court records show that Simon moved to
2 CONC Missouri in 1865; and, by moving out of state, disqualified himself as
2 CONC an administrator. We can deduce that he moved onto his Father's 166
2 CONC acres near the Kansas border in Vernon County, Missouri. Court records
2 CONC show that in January 1869 Simon petitioned the Court for his share of
2 CONC the estate, and in July 1869 the Court
2 CONT published a notice declaring the estate finally settled, there being
2 CONC at that time only a few hundred dollars remaining.
2 CONT Mysteriously, the Court records show no transactions or any other
2 CONC information about the
2 CONT eventual disposal of Benjamin's real property. Although the Court
2 CONC records do show rental income for two or three years and deductions
2 CONC where made each year for property taxes.
2 CONT Very little is known about how the children fared in their foster
2 CONC homes and later life, except for James Ambrus. He spoke about an
2 CONC unhappy childhood. He ran away from home as a teenager to live with
2 CONC his brother, Benjamin Jerome. Benjamin Jerome, who was 10 years older,
2 CONC had found work in Trinidad, Colorado. Benjamin Jerome and family moved
2 CONC around a great deal and appeared on the 1890 Census for Arapahoe
2 CONC County, Colorado (near Denver) with younger brothers James Ambrus and
2 CONC Andrew Jackson. Andrew Jackson, who was the youngest brother, was
2 CONC later killed by outlaws about 1895, while driving a freight wagon
2 CONC outbound to the west from Pocatello, Idaho. His prized team of mules
2 CONC was later found among a group of Mormons in Utah, laying suspicion
2 CONC upon them (or those known by them) as suspects in his murder.
2 CONT More details about James Ambrus Washburn are given in a separate
2 CONC biography of him.
2 CONT
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2 DATE 1849
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2 CONC Pennsylvania in 1820. From Census records.
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1 NOTE
2 CONT Joan de Mytton introduces the Washburn family connection to English
2 CONC and Scotch royalty. Joan de Mytton is a direct descendant  of a long
2 CONC line of English and Scottish Kings, beginning with King Edward I
2 CONC (Longshanks) crowned in the year 1272 and continuing in the
2 CONC genealogical line to Aodh Hugh Fionn "White of Argyll", King Dalraida
2 CONC in Scotland in the year 725 and died about the year 747.
2 CONT
2 CONT Click on Joan de Mytton to follow this ancestral line.
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1 NOTE Sir Roger de Washbourne was the first to use the family name, which
2 CONC was also spelled Wasseburn.
2 CONT
2 CONT WASHBOURNE PREHISTORY
2 CONT
2 CONT The Washburns of America (including the Washbournes and Washbons)
2 CONC descend from the Washbourne family of England. The Washbourne surname
2 CONC appears about 1350 in the region near the River Isbourne (whence they
2 CONC probably took the name), southeast of Worcester and south of Evesham.
2 CONT
2 CONT Research by others, notably Rev. James Davenport of England and Mabel
2 CONC Thacher Rosemary Washburn of Vermont, have researched the male line
2 CONC back hundreds of years to Normandy, to Tancred, a Norman who lived at
2 CONC Tancarville at the mouth of the Seine River in northern France. The
2 CONC Normans, or Norsemen, raided the shores of England and France from
2 CONC their homes in Scandinavia. The most prominent of these Norsemen was
2 CONC Hrolf, the Viking (860-927), whose name was Latinized to 'Rollo'.
2 CONC Rollo was born at Fakse on the island of Sjaelland, 35 miles SW of
2 CONC Copenhagen, Denmark. 'The Rollo Stone' at Fakse commemorates his fame.
2 CONC Rollo and his followers seized Normandy in northern France, and their
2 CONC possession of the land was formalized by the Treaty of St.
2 CONC Clair-sur-Epte between Charles III of France and Rollo in the year
2 CONC 911. Rollo took the title of Duke of Normandy. One of the foremost of
2 CONC the Norsemen under Rollo was Tancred. Tancred was with Rollo at St.
2 CONC Clair-sur-Epte, and built a fortified Castle at Tancarville, on the
2 CONC first promontory guarding the mouth of the Seine River. Tancarville
2 CONC was an 'allodium', signifying absolute ownership by Tancred, as
2 CONC contrasted with a 'fief, signifying lands held subject to the King.
2 CONC Visitors to Tancarville today may see the Castle ruins including the
2 CONC Eagle Tower atop the hill, and the Church of St. Jean d'Abitot at the
2 CONC foot of the hill. 'Abitot' is Scandinavian - the ending 'tot' is old
2 CONC Norse for hill. Variations of the spelling include Abbetot, Abetoth
2 CONC (Domesday) and Dabitot. Tancred's son was Rabel. 'Rabel's Isle' in the
2 CONC Seine and 'Rabel's Foss', a moat around the Castle, are named for him.
2 CONC Rabel's son was Geraldus of Tancarville, who married Helendis.
2 CONC Geraldus and He1endis had two sons - Rabel II of Tancarvil1e and
2 CONC Almericus d'Abitot. Rabel II became Chamberlain to Robert the Devil,
2 CONC or Robert the Magnificent, no doubt depending on your interpretation
2 CONC of history, who was Duke of Normandy from 1010 to 1035. Robert was
2 CONC father of William the Conqueror (1028-1087). Rabel II's descendants in
2 CONC England have used the surname Chamberlain to this day. Robert, at age
2 CONC 24, departed on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, on which he subsequently
2 CONC died. For fear of assassination, Robert left his son and heir William,
2 CONC age 6, under the guardianship of Almericus d'Abitot, brother of Rabel
2 CONC II. Almericus was Lord of the fief of St. Jean d'Abitot, on high
2 CONC ground 4-1/2 miles west of the castle at Tancarville. Almericus
2 CONC d'Abitot had two sons - Robert and Urse. Robert served William the
2 CONC Conqueror as Treasurer and was known as Robert le Despencer. His
2 CONC descendants use the surname Spencer. Urse d'Abitot (1043-1108) was
2 CONC knighted by William at the Battle of Hasting (1066). Urse was awarded
2 CONC forty hides of land (one hide is 120 acres) in Worcestershire and
2 CONC Gloucestershire, and was named Earl of Worcester and Sheriff, the
2 CONC chief civil and military authority for both Counties, and Constable of
2 CONC the Royal Castle in Worcester. These offices were hereditary. Before
2 CONC September 1069 Urse had established a Castle in the southwest comer of
2 CONC the Borough (City of Worcester), which was "a steep artificial mount
2 CONC whose area at the top is no more than six yards in diameter". Its
2 CONC military significance was over by the reign of Henry III (1216-1272),
2 CONC and in 1459 "the stones from the walls of the Castle were used by the
2 CONC men of Worcester to fortify their town against the expected attack of
2 CONC the Duke of York" during the Wars of the Roses. Later the old Castle
2 CONC was a county prison until it was torn down in 1830. Urse laid a
2 CONC rapacious hand on Worcestershire, as well as crushing a revolt by Earl
2 CONC Roger of Hereford in 1075. Urse's "park", probably his residence, was
2 CONC at Salwarpe, five miles north of Worcester Castle. He held sixteen
2 CONC estates at Droitwich, entitling him to a share in its salt. By the
2 CONC time of Domesday (1086) Urse was the county's largest landowner, and
2 CONC was listed as tenant for one sixth of Worcestershire. Some property he
2 CONC gained by repossession and some by outright seizure, often from the
2 CONC Church itself. Some referred to him as "dreaded Urse, the insatiable
2 CONC Sheriff." Also, his brother, Robert le Despencer, was acquiring a poor
2 CONC reputation for land-grabbing. "They were part of a whole band of
2 CONC Norman spoilers of which the terrible Sheriff, Urse d'Abitot, was the
2 CONC chief, who seems to have fallen with special eagerness on the lands of
2 CONC the Church in this particular shire."  The Monks at Worcester were
2 CONC particularly incensed when Urse expanded the outer wall and foss of
2 CONC Worcester Castle through the consecrated burial ground for the Monks
2 CONC of St. Mary's (Worcester Cathedral). They complained to Ealred,
2 CONC Archbishop of York, who directed "Urse's Curse" to him:  "Highest thou
2 CONC Urse? Have thou God's curse, And mine, and that of all holy men,
2 CONC Unless thou remove thy castle; And know assuredly that thy posterity
2 CONC Shall not inherit the patrimony of Saint Mary." Urse and his wife
2 CONC Adaliza had a son Roger d'Abitot, and a daughter Emmeline. The curse
2 CONC was fulfilled soon after in Urse's death in 1108. His son Roger
2 CONC d'Abitot became Sheriff under King Henry I (1068-1135) and "in a fit
2 CONC of rage" ordered the execution of one of the King's officers. King
2 CONC Henry in 1114 took away Roger's estates and banished him. Emmeline had
2 CONC married Walter de Beauchamp who lived at Elmley Castle, and King Henry
2 CONC now made Walter Sheriff of Worcester. Walter and Emmeline de Beauchamp
2 CONC had a son William (d. 1197) who succeeded as Sheriff of Worcester, and
2 CONC in 1139 William was appointed Lord Constable of England. Later, the
2 CONC Beauchamps became the Earls of Warwick. Because Urse's coat of arms
2 CONC was "a bear and a ragged staff", and because Walter de Beauchamp had
2 CONC married Urse's daughter Emmeline, the county of Warwickshire today
2 CONC carries the bear and the ragged staff on its coat of arms.   Upon his
2 CONC death in 1108, Urse was first buried in Worcester Cathedral at a
2 CONC prestigious spot purchased by his descendants near what is now the
2 CONC foot of the marble tomb of King John (d. 1216). Before 1216 the Church
2 CONC excommunicated several Barons, and Urse's remains "were thrown out
2 CONC into the yard", according to the Dean of Worcester Cathedral in 1972.
2 CONC Roger d'Abitot was banished and traveled westward to Powis in Wales.
2 CONC He changed his name to "Ernaldus de Powis" and became a feudal
2 CONC under-lord to Ralf de Tosny, Lord of Clifford Castle. This Castle had
2 CONC been founded in 1069-70 as the westernmost Castle on the Welsh border.
2 CONC Roger survived his banishment and was finally pardoned by the same
2 CONC King Henry who had banished him, so by 1135 he was back in
2 CONC Worcestershire. The banishment and subsequent pardon explain the
2 CONC Washbourne family crest - a coil of flax surmounted by flames - which
2 CONC Roger felt illustrated a line from Isaiah 42:3, "a bruised reed shall
2 CONC He not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench." Roger did not
2 CONC regain his title, and actually held only three hides of land at Little
2 CONC Washbourne, as undertenant to his brother-in-law, Walter de Beauchamp.
2 CONC Roger had four sons, identified in a charter of 1145 as Walter,
2 CONC William, Roger and Urse.
2 CONT
2 CONT William settled on land in the River Teme valley about fifteen miles
2 CONC northwest of Worcester, known as Estham (now Eastham). The parish of
2 CONC Estham had, in the Domesday book of 1086, belonged to the same Ralph
2 CONC de Tosoy who sheltered Roger during his banishment years, so perhaps
2 CONC they were relatives. When Roger died, he gave William de Estham some
2 CONC property in the adjacent parish to the east, Stanford with Orleton.
2 CONC William de Estham had a son, Sampson of Estham, who lived at Little
2 CONC Washbourne. Sampson had a son William who held three hides at Little
2 CONC Washbourne and also had "right of half a knight's fee in Orleton" in
2 CONC 1202.
2 CONT
2 CONT  William had a son Sir Roger de Washbourne (1219-1299) who held Little
2 CONC Washbourne. Sir Roger is mentioned as a Juror in 1259, and was
2 CONC recorded as "Sir Roger of Washbourne and of Stanford" in 1280. Sir
2 CONC Roger was succeeded by his son Sir John of Washbourne (1250-1319).
2 CONC These are the first two who are considered to have the Washbourne
2 CONC surname.
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2 DATE 15 JUN 1899
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2 DATE 15 SEP 1846
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1 NOTE
2 CONT From King Edward I, the royal lineage then continues, as follows:
2 CONT 1. Henry III, King of England 1272 - 1307
2 CONT 2. John Lackland, King of England 1199 - 1216
2 CONT 3. Henry II "Curtmantle", King of England 1154 - 1189
2 CONT 4. Matilda (Maud) The Empress, Queen of England, her son, Henry II was
2 CONC recognized King of     England.
2 CONT 5. Edith, Princess of Scotland, married Henry I, King of England 110 -
2 CONC 1135
2 CONT 6. Malcom III (Ceannmor), KIng of Scotland 1057 - 1093
2 CONT 7. Duncan I, "The gracious",  King of Scotland 1034 - 1040
2 CONT 8. Bethoc (Beatrix) of Scone, Princess of Scotland, daugher of Malcom
2 CONC II, who married Abbot     of Dunkeld Crinan
2 CONT     Abbot was slain in battle as he led a mission to put Malcom III on
2 CONC the throne in Scotland.
2 CONT 9. Malcom II, MacKenneth, King of Scotland 1005 - 1034
2 CONT 10. Kenneth II of Alba, King of Scotland 971 - 995
2 CONT 11. Malcom I, King of Scotland 942 - 954
2 CONT 12. Donald II, Dasachtach, King of Scots 889 - 900
2 CONT 13. Constantine I, King of Scotland/Abai (Picts and Scots) 862 - 877
2 CONT 14. Kenneth I, King of Scots and Picts/Alba 843 - 858
2 CONT 15. King of Kintyre Alpin, King of Scots
2 CONT 16. Eochaid Rinnamail, The Poisonous, King of Arlyll, married Fergusa
2 CONC (Urgusia/Unuisticc),       Queen of Scots
2 CONT 17. Aodh Hugh Fionn, "White Argyll", King of Dalraida in Scotland
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2 DATE 15 JUN 1899
2 PLAC Rensselaer, Indiana
2 NOTE This was a double wedding with sister Catherine
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1 NOTE
2 CONT This is the German branch of the Blakemore family, which is one-half
2 CONC German, one-fourth French, and one-fourth English.  This information
2 CONC was collected by Gladious Hazel Blakemore Washburn, Blossom Valerie
2 CONC Grouns Peterson, and Althier Bernett Blakemore Klickman.  Their
2 CONC information was derived from family memories, the German Bible, and
2 CONC Census Records.
2 CONT
2 CONT Matthew Yeager was born on April 26, 1824 in Alsace, Germany.  He
2 CONC emigrated to the United States to escape conscription in the German
2 CONC Army.  He died on October 12, 1912 at age 88 and is buried at
2 CONC Battleground, Indiana, Tippecanoe County.   He married at the age of
2 CONC 46 to Mary Holtz.
2 CONT
2 CONT Mary Holtz (Maria Mitilda Aultz) was born on March 25, 1844 in Germany
2 CONC and Married Matthew Yeager in 1870 at the age of 26.  She was said to
2 CONC have worked in the fields on their farm, during harvest time.  She
2 CONC died in childbirth on September 28, 1886 at the age of 42.  She is
2 CONC buried at the Catholic cemetery in Remmington, Indiana, where the
2 CONC grave is covered with a Catholic memorial.
2 CONT
2 CONT The following are the family of Matthew Yeager and Mary Holtz:
2 CONT
2 CONT John Baptist Yeager - was born on January 2, 1871 near Rensselaer,
2 CONC Indiana.  He married Minnie Byrick on November 14, 1903.  They had two
2 CONC sons, whose names are unknown.  John was said to be a man of medium
2 CONC height and build and he wore a mustache.  He ran a dray service in
2 CONC Kankakee, Illinois.   It was said that there was occasionally friction
2 CONC between John and Minnie and he slept in the barn sometimes.  Minnie
2 CONC died in January 1946.  A week later John died, following 10 years of
2 CONC illness from a stroke.  The name of one son was known to be George.
2 CONC There may have been other children.
2 CONT
2 CONT Anna Margaret Yeager was born on November 17, 1873 and died on
2 CONC February 23, 1942.  She married William Sigman on May 30, 1897. Their
2 CONC children were:  Clara Rose, born in May 1892; Hattie  Alice, born
2 CONC October 1, 1902; and Homer Alva, born May 24, 1909.
2 CONT
2 CONT  William Matthew Yeager - was born on October 28, 1874 in Rensselaer,
2 CONC Indiana; and died October 23, 1950 at Anaheim, California, age 76.  He
2 CONC married Martha Alice Van Cleve Ollemetz on December 16, 1916 in
2 CONC Chicago, Illinois.  William completed school only to the fourth grade.
2 CONC At age 21 he left for a logging camp in Minnesota.  An early
2 CONC acquaintance was George Graves, a lineman, who was instrumental in
2 CONC getting William a job as a lineman.  George Graves retired in the
2 CONC Jerome, Idaho area; and led William into buying land there, also.
2 CONT
2 CONT Mary Katherine was born on August 19, 1875 and died August 15, 1890 of
2 CONC diphtheria.  It is thought that she contracted diphtheria while
2 CONC staying with relatives in Remmington, Indiana to take he first
2 CONC communion in the Catholic Church.  Grandma and Grandpa Blakemore went
2 CONC to the funeral and, upon returning home, changed their clothes in the
2 CONC woodshed, as a safeguard against bringing the disease into their home
2 CONC and family.
2 CONT
2 CONT Catherine Mary Yeager -  was born on August 8, 1880 at Rensselaer,
2 CONC Indiana and died on February 13, 1947 in Los Angeles, California at
2 CONC age 67.  She married Frank Marion Coghill on June 15, 1899 at
2 CONC Rensselaer, Indiana.  Their children were:  Helen Elizabeth, born June
2 CONC 5, 1902 (married Jack Lind and had one daughter, Jean Helen, later
2 CONC married Robert Hansen); and Elma Francis (married Stanley Swanson).
2 CONT
2 CONT Susan Katherine Yeager - was born November 12, 1883 in Rensselaer. She
2 CONC married James Andrew Blakemore on June 15, 1899 at Rensselaer in a
2 CONC double wedding with her sister, Catherine. The children of Susan and
2 CONC James are given in a vignette about James Andrew Blakemore.
2 CONT
2 CONT Matthew Yeager also had a sister, whose name was Mary Yeager.  It was
2 CONC said that she was pregnant with Nick before leaving Germany. Nick's
2 CONC father was supposed to have been a high-ranking German Army officer.
2 CONC His parents were high born and Mary was of common ancestry, so they
2 CONC were not allowed to marry.  On the ship upon she embarked to find a
2 CONC new life in America, she met and married Matthew Zimmer.  They lived
2 CONC in Cook County near Chicago for many years and moved to Remmington,
2 CONC Indiana in 1874.  Their children were: Kate, Mary, Margaret, Susie,
2 CONC and Nick.  One of the girls married a Zimmerman.
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2 DATE 1870
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1 NOTE The first record of Edwin Blakemore was found in the British Census
2 CONC for 1841 in Liverpool.  He is recorded as being two years of age and
2 CONC Liverpool as place of birth on March 4, 1839.  The Census records
2 CONC include a sister, Mary, born June 1837, deceased March 27, 1837; and a
2 CONC brother Allen (the second child born into the family), deceased
2 CONC November 14, 1842.  Both are interred in the St. James Cemetery at
2 CONC Liverpool, England.
2 CONT
2 CONT When the family emigrated to America in 1850 it consisted of James
2 CONC Blakemore (nurseryman), his wife Sarah Jones Blakemore, Joseph (age
2 CONC 21; then listed as a gilder), George (age 15), and Edwin (age 11).
2 CONC Edwin's father remained in the nursery business for many years.  He is
2 CONC remembered to tell how people marveled at his apple trees with several
2 CONC different kinds of apples grafted on one tree.
2 CONT
2 CONT Edwin Blakemore suffered a severe knee injury during his youth that
2 CONC crippled him for the rest of his life.  He was said to have been
2 CONC shaping railroad ties with an ax, which slipped and cut into his knee,
2 CONC releasing the knee joint oil.  The doctor who treated the injury,
2 CONC knowing that the knee would no longer be movable, set the leg in a
2 CONC bent (gimpy) position to facilitate walking.  The gimpy knee exempted
2 CONC him from service in the Civil War.
2 CONT
2 CONT Edwin's trade was a gilder, the same as his two brothers.  He is
2 CONC recorded as gilder in the Rochester City Directories from 1861 through
2 CONC 1863, the Chicago City Directories from 1864 through 1875, and again
2 CONC in 1877-78.  They must have moved to Chicago to be near parents, James
2 CONC and Sarah, who were growing old.  A photograph of Sarah from this era
2 CONC remains in the family and she appears quite old.
2 CONT
2 CONT Edwin married Mary Louisa Boden on July 18, 1865 in Chicago. He was 26
2 CONC and she was 21.  He had been married to a girl in Buffalo, New York
2 CONC previously, but any information about a divorce or her death is
2 CONC unknown.
2 CONT
2 CONT Grandpa Edwin's picture gilding factory thrived in Chicago for about 6
2 CONC years until it was wiped out in the holocaust of the Great Chicago
2 CONC Fire destroyed of 1871.  Insurance companies were unable to pay him
2 CONC and others, so the business was lost; and they moved to San Francisco
2 CONC to try anew.  After about six months of failure and Grandma Mary's
2 CONC terror of earthquakes, they returned to Chicago.They had three
2 CONC children then: Ralph, Jennie, Maude, and Julie who was a babe in arms.
2 CONC They told of how Indians came aboard the train along the way to try to
2 CONC sell their crafts or beg.  The conductor warned the passengers not
2 CONC make them angry.  They called Julie a white papoose, and wanted to
2 CONC feel her white skin to see if it was real.  Grandma Mary wanted to be
2 CONC nice to the Indians so they would go away sooner, and gave them a
2 CONC piece of cheese from their lunch. The Indian took a good smell of it,
2 CONC decided from the odor that it was spoiled, and tossed it out the
2 CONC window with a grunt.
2 CONT
2 CONT Upon returning to Chicago, Edwin's luck at finding work or a new
2 CONC business seemed even worse.  Little Ralph died at an early age of
2 CONC diphtheria, which was a major child killer before the discovery of an
2 CONC antitoxin.  Grandpa Edwin slipped and fell upon trying to board a
2 CONC street car and sustained and injury that confined him to bed for
2 CONC months.  An attempt to obtain compensation from the street car company
2 CONC failed.  Grandma Mary then worked at private nursing to sustain the
2 CONC family until the children could begin working.
2 CONT
2 CONT One of the few jobs that Grandpa Edwin had after the street car
2 CONC accident was working in a saloon cleaning up.  For holidays or special
2 CONC occasions in the saloon, he is said to have shined the big mirror over
2 CONC the bar and painted it with a decoration of white and colored Bon Ami,
2 CONC appropriate for the time (such as a turkey for Thanksgiving).  He was
2 CONC also gifted for painting in gold leaf.  It was thought that he could
2 CONC have gotten a better job; but he had developed a weakness for liquor
2 CONC and finally lost the job in the saloon.
2 CONT
2 CONT Edwin and Mary spent their later years, as they had become to old to
2 CONC work, on a farm near Rensselaer, Indiana,  which Joseph Grouns,
2 CONC husband of their daughter Julie had bought to make a home for them.
2 CONC After about a year there, Grandma Mary died from a stroke at age 54 on
2 CONC December 22, 1898.  She was interred at a small cemetery near the farm
2 CONC on the outskirts of Rensselaer in Milroy County.  Grandfather, James
2 CONC Andrew Blakemore, remembered that they sang "Peace Be Still" at her
2 CONC funeral.
2 CONT
2 CONT Grandpa Edwin then moved from family to family among his children's
2 CONC homes.  One place he stayed was with daughter, Maude Owens, where he
2 CONC worked in a paint store at Harvey, Illinois.  He came to live with the
2 CONC family of son, James Andrew Blakemore at Versailles, Missouri about
2 CONC 1912 or 1913.  He loved to visit grand daughter, Pearl Grouns Welcher,
2 CONC down on the Osage River, near Linn Creek, Missouri.  It was on one
2 CONC such visit that he had a hemorrhage in the lungs, resulting from a
2 CONC chronic cough of many years.  He was dying and it was 30 miles to the
2 CONC nearest doctor, so he passed away on April 17, 1914.  His body was
2 CONC later brought the 30 miles over a rough, rocky road from Linn Creek to
2 CONC Versailles to an undertaker, who prepared his body for the last
2 CONC journey back to Indiana.  Our Dad, James Andrew Blakemore, went with
2 CONC the body back to Rensselaer, where it was interred beside Grandma,
2 CONC Mary, in the same small cemetery, on April 23, 1914.  It was called
2 CONC Benson Cemetery then; but is now known as Milroy Cemetery, located in
2 CONC Milroy Township, Jasper County (rural Rensselaer), Indiana.
2 CONT
2 CONT
2 CONT
1 MARR
2 DATE 18 JUL 1865
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1 NOTE           The Blakemore family is one-half German, one-fourth French,
2 CONT      and one-fourth English.  The following information about the
2 CONC French
2 CONT      branch of the family was collected by Gladious Hazel Washburn,
2 CONT      Blossom Valerie Grouns Peterson, and Althier Bernett Blakemore
2 CONT      Klickman from the Blakemore family Bible and from Census
2 CONT      information on microfilm.
2 CONT
2 CONT           This branch of the family begins with Forton P. Boden
2 CONC (Bouden
2 CONT      or Bodan) who was thought to be a French Catholic.  The name was
2 CONT      probably Americanized to Boden.
2 CONT
2 CONT           Forton P. Boden was born about 1756 in Marseilles, France in
2 CONT      the era that came partly under the reign of Louise XV.  He was
2 CONT      succeeded by his young son Louise XVI who was beheaded during the
2 CONT      French Revolution.  We assume that Forton brought his family to
2 CONT      Canada where he followed his trade as a seaman on the St.
2 CONC Lawrence
2 CONT      River and the Great Lakes.
2 CONT
2 CONT           Andrew Boden was the son of Forton Boden and was born about
2 CONT      1802 in Canada.  His occupation was a mason.    Andrew Boden
2 CONT      married Julia King in Cape Vincent, New York.  Their children are
2 CONT      listed as follows, together with short vignettes for each.
2 CONT
2 CONT      1.  Frank Boden -- was in the hotel business in Chicago.  His
2 CONC wife,
2 CONT          Aunt Eliza, was evidently well to do and always brough
2 CONT          Christmas presents for Grandma (Mary and Edwin Blakemore) and
2 CONT          the family.  At other times she brought food and clothing.
2 CONT          Aunt Eliza and Uncle Frank were very fond of Julie (daughter
2 CONC of
2 CONT          Mary and Edwin Blakemore) and often took her home with them
2 CONC for
2 CONT          visits.  They had no children.
2 CONT
2 CONT      2.  Edward Boden -- was born about 1834 in Cape Vincent, New
2 CONC York.
2 CONT          He was a steamship cook on the Great Lakes.  He had all his
2 CONT          teeth at the age of 80 years old.  His wife, May, was quiet,
2 CONT          dignified, and lady like.  She had dark hair and dark eyes.
2 CONT          Their daughter, Lura, was beautiful and a wonderful musician.
2 CONT          She played the piano and sang.
2 CONT
2 CONT      3.  Elizabeth Boden -- was born about 1846 at Cape Vincent, New
2 CONT          York.  She later married Senator Henry Ruger from Illinois.
2 CONT          They had two boys and a girl.  One boy, Harman, was a Page
2 CONC Boy
2 CONT          in the Senate.  Daughter, Florence, had scarlet fever at the
2 CONT          age of 16.  She went out in the rain and cold, and was
2 CONC scolded
2 CONT          for it.  Afterwards it was thought that she went up to her
2 CONC room
2 CONT          but instead she disappeared and remained missing for six
2 CONT          months.  Nothing was spared in time or money in a search for
2 CONT          her.  Finally her body was found in the Chicago River where
2 CONC she
2 CONT          had apparently thrown herself in a fit despondency, soon
2 CONC after
2 CONT          her scolding.  Her body was identified from a ring and from
2 CONC the
2 CONT          clothing.  Grandpa Blakemore told of how he and Grandma
2 CONC learned
2 CONT          about it first and went over to tell Elizabeth and Henry, who
2 CONT          remained in shock about the incident for years after.
2 CONT
2 CONT      4.  Tillie (Matilda) Boden -- was born about 1839 in Cape
2 CONC Vincent,
2 CONT          New York.  She married a sea captain from the Great Lakes.
2 CONT          Several sons and one daughter were born.  Daughter, Grace,
2 CONT          married an influential man in Chicago.  A girl and a boy were
2 CONT          born to them.
2 CONT
2 CONT      5.  George Boden -- was born about 1848 at Cape Vincent, New
2 CONC York.
2 CONT          He was a steamship captain on the Great Lakes.  He married
2 CONT          Eliza and they became hotel owners in Chicago.
2 CONT
2 CONT      6.  Mary Louisa Boden -- was born October 20, 1844 at Cape
2 CONC Vincent,
2 CONT          New York.  She married Edwin Blakemore on July 18, 1865 at
2 CONT          Chicago, Illinois.  They were 21 and 26 years old.  Grandma
2 CONC was
2 CONT          said to cry often and express unhappiness because they were
2 CONC so
2 CONT          poor.  Grandpa could never seem to get started in any
2 CONC business
2 CONT          after the Great Chicago Fire.   She died on December 22, 1898
2 CONT          at age 54 and rests in a little country cemetery near
2 CONT          Rensselaer, Indiana.  She is the Grandmother to those who
2 CONT          collected this family information.
2 CONT
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1 NOTE James married Sarah Jones (a red head) in England and all their
2 CONC children were born in Liverpool, England. The family immigrated to
2 CONC Rochester, New York about 1848, where he engaged in the nursery
2 CONC business. James' brothers settled in the Southern States.
2 CONT
2 CONT The Blakemore family is one-half German, one-fourth French, and
2 CONC one-fourth English.  The following is the English side of the family.
2 CONC The information was collected by Gladious Hazel Washburn, Blossom
2 CONC Valerie Grouns Peterson, and Althier Bernett Blakemore Klickman from
2 CONC the family Bible and from Census information on microfilm.
2 CONT
2 CONT  James Blakemore was born about 1799 in England.  He married Sarah
2 CONC Jones (a red head) who was also born in England.  All of their
2 CONC children were probably born in Liverpool.  The English Census of 1841
2 CONC lists James as a gardner, working at the Liverpool Botanical Gardens.
2 CONC They had two children who died in England;  Alan at age 11, interred
2 CONC at St. James Cemetery, and a wee daughter Mary who died as an infant
2 CONC and is also interred at St. James Cemetery.  The family immigrated to
2 CONC Rochester, New York on July 31, 1850, where James was engaged in the
2 CONC nursery business and later became a gilder. His brothers also
2 CONC immigrated from England and were said to have settled in the Southern
2 CONC States.  The children of James Blakemore and Sarah Jones are listed as
2 CONC follows, together with their vignettes.
2 CONT
2 CONT      1.  Joseph Blakemore -- married a Sarah, also.  He was a gilder
2 CONC and
2 CONT          an artist, although it is uncertain if painting was just a
2 CONC hobby
2 CONT          or not.  One of his small oil paintings is still in the
2 CONC family.
2 CONT          Since he was the eldest, it is thought he pursued the nursery
2 CONT          business with his father in Rochester and then learned the
2 CONC gilding
2 CONT          trade.  He moved to Chicago (about 1868) and continued in the
2 CONT          nursery and floral business initially.  Later he was in the
2 CONC gilding
2 CONT          business soley.  Joseph was well educated and had a good col-
2 CONT          lection of library books in his home.  His personality was
2 CONC said
2 CONT          to be very different from his brother Edwin (Grandpa).
2 CONT
2 CONT          At some period before 1880, Joseph and Sarah move to Atlanta,
2 CONT          Georgia, where she died in 1880.  Joseph returned to Chicago.
2 CONT          There he purchased a cemetary lot where he and some other
2 CONT          family members are interred.
2 CONT
2 CONT          In later years, George was disowned by his family because he
2 CONT          became associated with the disappearance of some funds from a
2 CONT          Masonic Lodge; a suspicion from which he was never able to
2 CONT          clear himself.  When he became too old to work, he stayed
2 CONC with
2 CONT          Grandpa Edwin, his youngest brother.  It was here where Aunt
2 CONT          Dot (Edwin's youngest daughter) found his body one morning
2 CONC when
2 CONT          she went up stairs to call him for breakfast.  He had taken
2 CONC his
2 CONT          life with poison (January 21, 1891), in a fit of despondency.
2 CONT          His children were: Frank, Carrie, Harry, Mabel, and Mortimer.
2 CONT          Mortimer (Monty) married Mary Elizabeth Cook, who died with
2 CONC can-
2 CONT          cer of the face.  Aunt Julie went to see Joseph at Harvey,
2 CONT          Illinois before she went to Indiana on the farm, knowing it
2 CONT          would be the last time she saw him.
2 CONT
2 CONT      2.  George Blakemore -- moved to Chicago about 1864 and then to
2 CONC St.
2 CONT          Paul, Minnesota after his marriage in Chicago to Emma Reilly,
2 CONC a
2 CONT          Catholic.  Emma was a small, wiry, pretty woman (later she
2 CONT          became plump).
2 CONT
2 CONT          George continued in the gold gilding trade and Emma began the
2 CONT          Fernwood Hotel and Boarding House, which was said to be more
2 CONT          profitable than the guilding business.   They raised a
2 CONC lovely,
2 CONT          well-mannered, good-looking family, as reported by Mildred
2 CONT          Sunderland (a cousin), who knew them when she lived in
2 CONC Chicago.
2 CONT          The eldest son, Arthur Healy, studied to be priest but gave
2 CONC it
2 CONT          up finally.  He was said to be very handsome.  There were 12
2 CONT          children including: George Edwin, William Clarence, Della,
2 CONC Eva,
2 CONT          and Lemuel.  George Edwin married a lady named Budget Agnes.
2 CONT          Lemuel married had a son whose name was Lemuel, also.
2 CONT
2 CONT      3.  Harriet Blakemore -- whose married name is unknown.  She
2 CONC lived
2 CONT          in England and visited Chicago once with her little boy, who
2 CONT          was considered a "prissie" by his cousins.  This little boy
2 CONC was
2 CONT          the object of much teasing, especially by Father (James, Son
2 CONC of
2 CONT          Edwin), who delighted in smearing mud on his little Lord
2 CONT          Fauntalroy suit, after his Mother had cleaned him up and sent
2 CONT          out to play.
2 CONT
2 CONT      4.  Edwin Blakemore -- was born March 4, 1839 in Liverpool,
2 CONC England
2 CONT          and came to the U. S. with the family when he was about 9
2 CONC years
2 CONT          old.  He moved to Chicago about 1864 where he did decorating
2 CONC and
2 CONT          fancy scroll work on picture frames and mirrors.  He liked
2 CONC that
2 CONT          kind of work and it was in vogue in that era.  His story
2 CONC continues
2 CONT          in a vignette under his name.
2 CONT
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1 ABBR TYPE: LetterSonDATE: 9-18-1961LOCA: Nucla, Col
1 TITL TYPE: LetterSon
2 CONT DATE: 9-18-1961
2 CONT LOCA: Nucla, Colorado
1 AUTH Clifton Lloyd Washburn
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1 ABBR Mary Sally Washburn
1 TITL Memories of grand daughter, Mary Tully Fehlberg, daughter of Mary
2 CONC Sally, who was the daughter of Benjamin Glidden Washburn and Meary
2 CONC Booth Parr Washburn
1 AUTH as related to relatives and passed down to family members.
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1 ABBR James Ambrus Wasburn
1 TITL Memories of James ambrus Washburn, son of Benjamin Glidden Washburn
2 CONC and Sally Pearsall, sister of Benjamin Glidden Washburn.
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1 ABBR Rootsweb online database.
1 TITL Scottish Royalty
1 PUBL http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cdailey/Washburn%20Family.htm
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1 ABBR Liverpool Library
1 TITL Gores Directory - 1835
1 TEXT James Blakemore, 12 Oakes Street, Liverpool, England. Occupation -
2 CONC Gardener.
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