Hazeltons - Part II

   This is the second installment of updating the children of Peter and Sarah "Salley" (Pierce) Hazelton, my 3x great-grandparents.
    Their first child, Nancy Jane "Jane" Hazelton, and her daughter and descendants was outlined in a previous blog post. Now to continue ....
    Their second child, Pierce Richardson, as with the others, was born in New York. He was born on 22 February 1821. He is still with his mother and sisters on the 1850 US Federal Census in Homer, Calhoun County, MI. By 1860, he was married to Obedience Harer (29 September 1859) and in California. They had 8 children and 46 grandchildren - to be best of my calculations.

Pierce Richardson Hazelton (1821 - 1878)

+  Obedience Harer (1831 - 1908) 

2  Mary Ann Hazelton (1860 - 1932)   

          + Samuel Reese Conley (1848 - 1902)

            3  Elida Grace Conley (1880 -1928)

               + Ed B. Collins (1869 - 1945)                  

            3  Georgia Pearl Conley (1882 - 1976)

               + Henry Franklin Couch (1873 - 1959)   

            3  Blanche Thea Conley (1884 - 1973)

               + Clifford G. Coy (1862 - 1954)

                3  Ethlyn Reesie Conley (1886 - 1887)  

               3    Ruby Maude Conley (1886 - 1917)

              + Jacob Gotlob Schweikart (1875 - 1951) 

             3   Richard Harrison Conley (1889 - 1971) 

              + Ethel Eunice Knowles 

              3   Ross Hazelton Conley (1891 - 1962)  

+ Doscar Daniels ( - 1966)

             3   Nellie Muriel Conley (1894 - 1976)   

                   + Erastus Leroy Beloat (1894 - 1987)

               3   Ellis Dale Conley (1897 - 1976) 

                   + Ethel J. Nichols

            3  Lawrence Henry Conley (1899 - 1976)  

                  +  Myrtle Mary Holmes  (1901 - 1921)  

                 + Mary Elizabeth (Beth) Adams  (1906 - 1973) 

        2  Sarah Jane Hazelton (1860 - 1936)   

            + William McDonald (1842 - 1912)   

              3   Myrta Ina McDonald (1884 - 1961)   

                 + Junius Brewster (1879 - 1953)

              3   Willa Beta McDonald (1889 - 1981) 

                  + Claude Whitson Row (1901 - 1940) 

       2  Enos Carter Hazelton (1861 - 1928)   

           + Julia Martha (Mattie) Stewart (1870 - 1957) 

              3   Lewis Brooks Hazelton (1890 - 1918) 

           3   Ida Ruth Hazelton (1893 - 1959)  

                + James Randall Carter (1891 - 1991)

              3   Pearl Hazelton (1895 - 1986)

                + Lyman Abbott Curtis (1893 - 1965)

              3   Una Rose Hazelton (1897 - 1988) 

                 + Charles Aiken Bogart (1894 - 1981) 

           3   Benjamin Franklin Hazelton (1900 - 1924)  

              3  George Pierce Hazelton (1905 - 1982)

+Margaret Mae Hall (1910 - 1989)

         + Iowa Drusilla (Drusy) Butler (1910 - 1995) 

              3   Willa (Will) Carter Hazelton (1907 - 1981) 

                 + Alta Duke (1910 - 2005)

               + Edith Mary Galloway (1910 - )

                3  Mattie Leola Hazelton (1909 - 1972)

                    + Marion Cowles  (1905 - 1927)

                    + Emmet Earl Furrey (1907 - 1986) 

           2   Ida Jeanette Hazelton (1864 - 1946) 

               +  William Burch (1860 - 1902) 

                 3  William Hazelton (Haze) Burch (1884 - 1925) 

                    + Dora Christina Murr (1893 - 1966) 

              3  Jewell Beda Burch (1885 - 1919)

            + Samuel Graham (1871 - )

                  3   Claude Clarence Burch (1887 - 1953)

                  3   Talmidge Dewitt (Tot) Burch (1891 - ) 

                  3   George Vivan Burch (1896 - 1926)

                  3   Laurel Sarah (Dolly) Burch (1897 - 1921) 

                  3  James Carter Burch (1901 - 1964) 

           2   Laura Somelia Hazelton (1866 - 1934)

               +  John Cullen Gilleland (1858 - 1937) 

                  3  John Ray Gilleland (1887 - 1948) 

                     + Margaret Gerardine Anderson (1893 - 1976) 

                  3   Ida Rita Gilleland (1888 - 1957) 

                      + Homer L. Faulkner (1885 - )

              3   Earl Gilleland (1890 - 1900)

              3   Francis Marion (Frank) Gilleland (1898 - 1948)

                       + Louisa E. Brewer (1905 - 19480

                   3   Charles Hazelton Gilleland (1901 - 1963) 

            2   George Pierce Hazelton (1870 - 1899) 

            2   Charles Evan Hazelton (1871 - 1942) 

                +  Meta Louise Bolzou (1887 - 1960)

                     3   Lois Meta Hazelton (1907 - 1988)

                       + Charles Frederick Parker (1902 - 1974) 

                     3   Georgia Rita Hazelton (1908 - 1996) 

                       + William Harvey Miller (1907 - 1987) 

                       3   Charles Morris Hazelton (1910 - 1965)

                        + Reva Lavera Soper (1913 - 1977)

                     3   Grace Leah Hazelton (1913 - 1945) 

                        + Frank Arnold Olin (1910 - 1967) 

                    3   Irene Mae Hazelton (1915 - 2000)

                       + Claude Bernard Burnside (1910 - 1996) 

                    3   Eunice Pearl Hazelton (1918 - 2000)

               + James Newton Miller  

           3  Brookie Almira Hazelton  (1919 - 2002)

                + Alexander John Whyte  (1912 - 1988)

           3  Arthur Grant Hazelton   (1923 - 1985)

                 + Marie Corinne Fisher   (1926 - 1994)

           3  Earl Calvin Hazelton   (1924 - 1986)

                + Katherine Elizabeth Sharrit  (1929 - 1992)

           3  Faith Caroline Hazelton  (1926 - 1992)

                + Robert Lewis Graham   (1925 - 1985)

           3   Elma Louise Hazelton  (1927 -  )

           3   Robert Lewis Hazelton  (1929 -   ) 

  2  Grant Hazelton  (1872 - 1873)

(I know the spacing is not perfect, but it is the best I can do - mostly you need to watch the number of the generation).

More to come .....

Peter and Salley (Pierce) Hazelton

Another project started.  Another conundrum. To begin with .....

    Peter Hazelton (1793-1846) was born in Concord, Rockingham, New Hampshire, to Ballard and Sarah (Noyes) Hazeltine. The spelling of the name is Hazelton in our family, but the earlier version was usually Hazeltine; some branches of the family continued with this version. But there are many other versions: Haselton/Hasleton/Hazleton/Hazletine/etc. As most of us who do genealogy know - the spellings can get the better of us at times.

    Peter married Sarah "Salley" Pierce/Pearce, probably in June 1817, in New York. The 1850 census, the only one where Salley is listed individually, states she was born in Rhode Island. Her children give RI when listing where their mother was born. Only a daughter once stated New Hampshire, but since that is where her father (Peter) was born, it probably was an error.

    I don't know why Peter was in New York, probably for land. I assume that is where they met. In my great-grandmother's, Mary Ella (Hazelton) Childs, notes, she states Salley "was from Gains" when she married. Gains and Gainesville, NY are in Genesee County, where Peter requested (but probably never owned) land. Mary Ella gives some possible clues as to Salley's parentage, but more on that after some initial introductions.

    We have NO idea who Salley's parents were. I do not believe they were James and Phebe (Wood) Pearce from Little Compton, Rhode Island, as people suggest on the many Ancestry.com family trees. I have proven that beyond a doubt, for my benefit anyway. Another article, another day. Anyone with any information on Salley's parentage - other than the above mentioned Pearces, please let me know. If you do think it is the Pearce family - please include documentation for your reasoning.

    In this article I will start with a basic descendants chart of Peter and Salley's daughter, Nancy Jane, the first of their seven children. The rest of the children will be added in subsequent articles. I am hoping to get the attention of descendants - other than Brooks Bowman (my great-great-grandfather) - of the other other children, for possible information to help in the quest of finding Salley's parents. Brooks and his wife, Sarah Ann Lane, had three daughters. Roscelia and Frances (Frankie), though married, had no children. Mary Ella and her husband, Carlos W. Childs, had two daughters, Frances Hazelton (Hazel) and my grandmother, Edna Ella. Hazel never married. Edna's descendants are Brooks' only descendants.

    All of Peter and Salley's children were born in Genesee County, New York. The family removed to Calhoun County, Michigan in 1836. Peter died in 1846 and Salley died in 1852.

1) Nancy Jane Hazelton (1819-1891) - Nancy had daughter, Lelia Luella, out-of-wedlock, on 24 February 1850, in Marengo, Calhoun, MI. Lelia probably spent her early years with the neighbor family of Roswell Wilcox as Wilcox is the name she used when she married at 16. She did eventually (or maybe always) know her mother, Nancy, and Nancy spent her last years with Lelia and family in Kansas and is buried there. She promised Lelia that she would reveal the father's name, but according to family lore she never did. It would be wonderful if a descendant of Lelia and Oscar Ware had DNA analyzed to give us a possible answer.

    Oscar and Lelia lived most of their lives in Kansas. The first two children (of eight) were born in Michigan, before they moved to Kansas. The children scattered to several states in their adult years. This is what I have learned about the family, researching online - not all is verified:

1 Oscar Anson Ware (1844 - 1923)

+ Lelia Luella (Wilcox) Hazelton (1850 - 1929)

     2 Walter Leon Ware (1868 - 1929)    (settled in Oklahoma)

     + Sara Elizabeth Elliott (1870 - 1937)

          3 Ira Alvin Ware (1891 - 1952)

          + Mary V. ? (about 1891 - )

          3 Bernice R. Ware (1894 - 1989)

          3 Vera Alma Ware (1896 - 1977)

          + John William Thompson (1889 - 1962)

          3 Dora Dorothy Ware (1898 - 1978)

          3 Blanche Isabelle Ware (1899 - 1980)

          + John C. Manuel (1899 - 1953)

          3 Edith Belle Ware (1901 - 1902)

          3 Josephine Ware (1903 - 1916)

          3 Florence Marie Ware (1905 - 1969)

          3 Oscar Ansen Ware (1906 - 1969)

          + Ruth Eva Laws (1913 - 1972)

          3 Orsen Murray Ware (1908 - 1990)

          3 Maurice Leon (Ted) Ware (1911 - 1970)

          + Alma ? (1907 - )

          3 Iris Earline Ware (1913 - 2006)

     2 Alma Bell Ware (1869 - 1948)       (settled in California)

     + Edward Benjamin McArthur (1856 - 1930)

          3 Arden McArthur (1885 - )

          3 Leslie Austin McArthur (1890 - 1985)

           + Jessie E. Spidell  (1898 - 1977)

          3 Forrest McArthur (1891 - Bef. 1900)

          3 Lelia McArthur (1892 - 1949)

          + Kales Carlton Schrontz (1888 - 1958)

             4  Dorothy Schrontz     

     2 Mabel Anna Ware (1871 - 1960)     (settled in Washington)

     + William Ansel Shalor Eastman (1865 - 1940)

          3 Clarence Bliss Eastman (1894 - 1946)

          + Mary Hazel Baskett

          3 Elwyn Ansel Eastman (1896 - 1969)

          + Margaret Tapping ( - 1995)

          3 Verne Hazelton Eastman (1902 - 1976)

          + Helen E. Anderson (1899 - 1987)

     2 Minnie Grace Ware (1874 - 1942)   (died in Arizona; probably childless)

     + Stephen Bruce

     + George H. Ellis (1873 - 1944)

     2 Essie May Ware (1876 - 1943)    (stayed in Kansas)

     + William Welker Fisher (1874 - )

         3 Iva Bell Fisher (1898 - 1902)

         3 Nina Lucille Fisher (1902 - 1972)

          +W. Archie Morehead  (1898-1988)

         3 Glenn William Fisher   (1909-1929)

     2 Stella Maude Ware (1882 - 1978)     (settled in Idaho)

      + Albert Robert Denny (1879 - 1944)

          3 Ruth Mary Denny (1905 - 1995)

         + George Warren Hill (1889 - 1951)

         3 Esther Lorraine Denny (1911 - 1946)

     2 Lora Lucille Ware (1886 - 1958)     (died in California)

     + David Allen (1881 - )

          3 Nina Allen    (1913 -  )

     2 Ruth Adell Ware (1889 - 1983)    (settled in California)

     + John W. Hess (1883 - 1969)

         3 Ardath Marie Hess

         + ? Brown

         3 Winford Gene Hess

         3 Marjory Hess

         3 Donald Keith Hess

         3 Geraldine Hess

To be continued.....

Grover Kenneth McDougall - grandfather

      Clara Janet was Grover Kenneth McDougall's older sister, born two years before him. Grover was my paternal grandfather. Clara married Leslie C. Davis, from Illinois, and they eventually moved to Oregon. They had a daughter. This daughter had two children and her son, Don, got in touch with me. He had heard about me through his sister's daughter. I can't remember how I initially connected with her, but I think it was through my website - www.relativesintheattic.com.

     Don has been going through family pictures and came across a young looking Grover. It appears to be a high school graduation picture. I have never seen a picture of a young Grover except in a larger family group where you really couldn't see his face clearly. I think he looks like a young Jimmy Stewart. What a treasure this is for his grandchildren and great-grandchildren to have this picture. Thank you so much, Don.

 

     Grover Kenneth McDougall was born in Superior Township, Ypsilanti, Michigan, in Washtenaw County, on November 12, 1888. He was the ninth child of eleven eventually born to John A. McDougall and his wife, Delphine E. Fowler. They lived on a large farm. His grandparents, George S. and Mary (Muir) McDougall lived across the road and Delphine's parents, George W. and Hester (Halstead) Fowler were nearby.

     Grover married, Bessie Mamie Court, on October 18, 1911, in Ypsilanti. Bessie was the daughter of John Madison and Mary E. (Klopp) Court. Bessie was born in Ypsilanti, on June 10, 1892. Grover and Bessie would eventually raise five children. My father, G. Kenneth, Jr. was the oldest and was born on July 15, 1912, nine months exactly after his parents' wedding.

     Bessie died when she was 42 years of age on March 20, 1935. She had diabetes and there was no insulin in those days, but according to her third son, John A. she fell and broke her hip one morning getting ready to drive the school bus, as she did during the school year. The death certificate says "Diabetic Acedosis" and "Acute Nephsitis." No mention is made of a broken hip. Grover was left with five children, the three oldest (boys) included my father (23), who was married. Court and John were 20 and 18 at the time. But he had two daughters, Phyllis (14) and Mildred (11). He raised them himself, never marrying again.

     Grover died in 1972, on December 27, at the age of 84. He was a kind man, gentle and quiet. My dad watched over him the last few years of his life. Grover would occasionally babysit my younger sister and me when we were younger. He would take us to the drive-in movie. In those days, you would go to the move, buy food, play on the playground equipment until it got dark and then go back to the car and watch the movie.

     My Aunt Mildred has provided stories and memories over the years, I have gotten some wonderful stories from her and I am most grateful. One memory was that Grover (her dad) loved to dance. When she and Phyllis were little, they would stand on his shoes and he would "dance" them around the room. Mildred said: "Sometimes if a neat song came on the radio he would clog or tap dance to it. What fun! When we were teenagers we went to a lot of square dances with him. I was pretty young when mother died, so I don't remember whether she and Dad went to dances."  Mildred mentioned to me one time that because she and Phyllis were quite young with their mother died, it would have been easy for Grover to walk away and leave their upbringing to someone else. He didn't, he was there for them. She always appreciated him for that.

     I asked Mildred for some comments when writing this column. She sent me the following:

"When I was really little – and before I was born - they lived on a big farm on the edge of Ypsilanti. I understand that later (Henry) Ford bought it for the first plant in Ypsi.  Dad had a farmers market stall in Detroit and took vegetables in a couple of times a week to sell.  Later they bought a farm out near Whittaker and still later, (have no idea what years) bought a farm from Jay Talladay, a couple of miles down the road from the first one. They had a mortgage on both farms to purchase the second one….so the story goes.  Then the depression hit and they lost both farms, but continued to live on the Talladay farm.  About a year after mother died, Dad rented the converted school house on Bemis Road. We lived there until I graduated  in 1942. John was still home when we first moved there. I think Court lived with Grandpa and Bannie Court (James and Mary E.) and they helped him go to college.  Eventually, Court went into the Army and John, the Coast Guard.

     I don’t really remember a lot about the Depression, but I heard them tell about not being able to sell the vegetables in Detroit and so on the way back through Ypsilanti they would drop off the excess vegetables on a street corner there. About the time the Depression was going full swing, someone recommended Dad for the job as head of the vegetable gardens at the Ypsilanti State Hospital. I’m sure there was a lot of celebrating at our house when that happened! Mother also got a job driving a school bus. That must have been something…most women couldn’t drive a car, say nothing of a bus!!

     Dad was great at that job….he not only knew how to grow vegetables, but he was very good with the patients. The patients wanted to come out on “work parties” for Dad. Sometimes they worked, sometimes they laid under a shade tree!! One old patient had been a “mule skinner” and missed working with mules. The State bought a mule and let him come out in the sunshine and “do his thing."  I doubt that would happen these days…..that wouldn’t be permitted to “make” those poor patients work!!"

      What wonderful stories and memories come to the surface from one picture. Thank you again, cousin Don.