Sarah Louise Sawyer 8, (Martha 7, Braddock 6, Benjamin5, Perez 4, Silvester 3, Edward 2 , John 1).
Louisa is engaged in the prosecution of a book music and stationery business at Greeley, Col. Source]
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Louisa is engaged in the prosecution of a book music and stationery business at Greeley, Col. Source]
A 2012 newspaper article about Aaron Barnes Page, Civil War veteran.
"He [Aaron B. Page] was raised in 1830s Grand Rapids when it was a virtual frontier village. He moved to the Traverse City area in his twenties."
"What he didn't know was that Page was a Civil War veteran who would end up in an unmarked grave in Colorado."
The National Park Service's document concerning Omena Historic District in Leelanau Michigan, had the following paragraph about Aaron B. Page and William A. Richmond;
Visitation to the area and the demand for a hostelry in Omena was great enough as early as the late 1850s that Aaron B. Page (who was married to Joseph Dame's daughter Almira and brother-in-law to Indian agent William A. Richmond) built a rooming house to accommodate lumbermen clearing Leelanau County’s yet untapped virgin timber... .
From the University of Michigan Necrology File:Blake, Steele Jan. 17, 1941 LL.B. 1912 58
Ames Daily Tribune, January 19, 1954
Col John Crocker Former Ames Man Dies after Crash
WASHINGTON The air force announced today that Col John Powers Crocker, ...of Long Beach Calif., a former Ames Iowa resident, died Monday of injuries suffered when his bomber crashed... . Crocker, son of Mr and Mrs [Gretchen**] Thomas F Crocker of Long Beach, was on a training flight when the bomber crashed on a forced landing near Casa Blanca. The Crockers moved from Ames in 1935. The elder Crocker was formerly city editor of the Ames Daily Tribune. Col. Crocker's wife is the former Lynn Blake of Des Moines. Her mother Mrs Katherine Blake lives in Des Moines. Mrs John Powers and Mr and Mrs Carl Powers of Ames are Col Crocker's aunts and uncle. **Gretchen Powers, daughter of John and Ella Osmun Powers

United States Census, 1870Name: Lydia PhillipsEstimated Birth Year: 1822Gender: FemaleBirthplace: CanadaHome in 1870: Kansas, United StatesHousehold Gender AgeJohn H Phillips M 50yLydia Phillips F 48yGeorge Phillips M 18yJames N Phillips M 17yTryphena Phillips F 15ySamuel Y Phillips M 9yFlorence Phillips F 3yMonroe Turner M 24y
Tryphena Phillips married John Newton Phenis; the family was living in Lyon Co., Kansas, in 1900:
United States Census, 1900
Name: Tryphena Phe*Is
Residence: Emporia city, Lyon, Kansas
Birth Date: Aug 1855
Birthplace: Canada
Relationship to Head-of-Household: Wife
Spouse Name: John M Phe*Is
Spouse Birth Place: Indiana
Father Birthplace: New York
Mother Birthplace: Canada
Race or Color (expanded): White
Head-of-household Name: John M Phe*Is
Estimated Marriage Year: 1874
Mother How Many Children: 6
Number Living Children: 6
Immigration Year: 1863
Spouse John M Phe*Is M
Tryphena Phe*Is F
Child Sarah Phe*Is F
Child Emma Phe*Is F
Child Howard Phe*Is M
Tryphenia (Phillips) Phenis died in Texas:
Texas Deaths, 1890-1976Name: Tryfinia PhenisDeath Date: 25 Nov 1915Death Place: Plainview, Hale, TexasGender: FemaleDeath Age: 60 years 2 months 25 daysEstimated Birth Date:Birth Date: 29 Aug 1855Birthplace: KansasMarital Status: MarriedFather's Name: Jno. PhilipsBurial Place: Plainview, TexInformant: Mrs. E. A. Allen of Colorado Springs, CO
RECORD OF THE WILL OF EDWARD A. RICHMOND
I, Edward A. Richmond of the town of Willing County of Allegany and State of New York occupation a farmer make this my last Will to give devise and bequeath my estate and property real and personal to my dearly beloved wife Lucretia M. Richmond after paying my funeral expenses and all just debts and demands against me, to be for her support and maintenance during her lifetime and at her death to also further devise and bequeath that (after paying the funeral expenses of my said wife) that all my property real and personal be equally divided between my (4) four children, Leroy F. Richmond, Mary E. Richmond, Emma J. Richmond and Della F. Richmond as follows, one fourth to Leroy F. Richmond and his heirs, one fourth to Mary E. Davis (formerly Mary E. Richmond) and her heirs, and one fourth to Emma J. Payne (formerly Emma J. Richmond) and her heirs and one fourth to Della F. Smith (formerly Della F. Richmond) and her heirs.
I appoint A. E. Foster of the town of Willing county and State aforesaid, occupation a farmer as executor of this my will.
In witness whereof I have signed and sealed and published and declared this instrument as my Will at the town of Willing County and State aforesaid the 22nd day of March A.D. 1879
Edward A. Richmond {Seal}
The said Edward A. Richmond at said town of Willing county and State aforesaid on said 22nd day of March 1879 signed and sealed this instrument and published and declared the same as and for his last Will. And we at his Request and in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto written our names as subscribing witnesses.
B.F. Wood, Whitesville, NY
W.A. Wilson, Whitesville, NY
State of New York
Allegheny County
Surrogate's Office
Be it remembered that on the day of the date hereof the Last Will and Testament of Edward A. Richmond late of the town of Willing in the county of Allegany and State of New York deceased, bring the within and foregoing written instrument was duly proved before Clarence A. Farnum, Esq., Surrogate of the said County, according to law, as and for the Last Will and Testament of the real and personal estate of the said deceased, which said Last Will and Testament and proofs and examinations taken thereon are recorded in this office.
In testimony whereof, the Surrogate of the said County hath hereunto set his hand and affixed his seal of office this 28th day of August AD. 1885.
Clarence Farnum
Surrogate of Allegany County
Surrogate's Court, County of Allegany
In the Matter of Proving the Last Will and Testament
of
Edward A. Richmond, Deceased
Allegany County ss
W.A. Wilson being first duly sworn in open Court doth depose and say, that he is a subscribing witness to the Last Will and Testament of Edward A. Richmond late of the town of Willing in the county of Allegany and State of New York deceased. And this deponent does further say that the said deceased, did, in the presence of this deponent and in the presence of Benjamin F. Wood, now deceased, subscribe his name at the end of the instrument in writing which is now here shown to this deponent and which purports to be the last Will and Testament of the said deceased, and which bears date on the 22nd day of March one thousand eight hundred and seventy nine. That said deceased died on about the 9th day of March 1885 at his house in the town of Willing Allegany County New York.
That the said deceased did, at the time of subscribing his name to the said instrument as aforesaid, declare the same to be his last Will and Testament and the deponent and said Benjamin F. Wood did respectively subscribe their own names at the end of said instrument as attesting witness to the execution thereof each at the request of the said deceased and in his presence and in the presence of each other.
That the said deceased, at the time of so subscribing his name to said instrument as aforesaid, and publishing said instrument as aforesaid was of full age. That he appeared to be, and deponent believes he was of sound mind, memory and understanding and not under any restraint and, as deponent verily believes in all respects competent to devise real estate; that this deponent saw the said Benjamin F. Wood sign his name to the said instrument in the presence of the said deceased.
Deponent further says that he signed his name to said will in the presence of said deceased at the request of said deceased. Deponent further says that the other subscribing witness to said will, said Benjamin F. Wood, is dead, having died about November 9th, 1883, and that the name B.F. Wood subscribed to said will is in the genuine handwriting of said Benjamin F. Wood.
Subscribed and Sworn to before me this 28th day of August 1885 W. R. Wilson
Clarence A. Farnum
Surrogate of Allegany County
___ Surrogate Court held at the village of Wellsville? in and for the county of Allegany on the 28th day of August 1885
Present Clarence A. Farnum, Surrogate
In the matter of proving the Will of Edward A. Richmond, Deceased
Satisfactory proof having been made and filed of the due service of the citation heretofore issued in this matter, requiring the proper person to appear in this court, on the 28th day of August A.D. 1885 and attend the Probate of the last Will and Testament of Edward A. Richmond, late of the town of Willing, in the county of Allegany and State of New York deceased and W.R. Wilson one of the subscribing witnesses to said will (the other being dead, having appeared in support of the proof of the said last will and Testament no one opposing the same and after hearing the proofs and allegations of the said subscribing witness and duly deliberating thereon it is adjudged and decreed that the said last Will and Testament was duly executed that the same is genuine and valid, and that the said Edward A. Richmond deceased at the time of executing the same, was in all respects competent to make a last will and testament and to devise real estate, and was not under any restraint. And this Court doth further Order and Decree that the said last will and testament and the proofs and examinations taken in respect to the same be recorded, and that the said last will and testament be admitted to probate and that the same be and hereby is established as a Will of real and personal estate.
Clarence A. Farnum
Surrogate
[Several years ago I posted the will online here]
Olney Richmond participated in Sherman's March To The Sea...was his regiment part of the Union troops who removed the tombstones in Colonial Park cemetery in downtown Savannah in order to exercise their horses? The misplaced stones were attached to the brick wall (above).RICHMOND OLVEY H M/W UNK 6013322 1920-03-30 COOK CHICAGO 20-04-05Don't know where he was buried.
Source: Jenks, William Lee, St. Clair County, Michigan, its history and its people : a narrative account of its historical progress and its principal interests Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1912, 991 pgs.
Richmond, Sumner L., Entered service in Battery H. [1st Artillery] as Second Lieutenant, October 17, 1861; died 17 December 1861
"Michigan Veterans Of The Civil War Burial Site" - Sumner Richmond was buried at Hillside Cem., St. Clair, MI
Source of Record: Detroit Gen. Society Publication Volume 45 #2 Winter 1981
Marriage Records, Macomb Co., MI
Note: Cornelia Stranahan was probably the daughter of Peleg & Sarah (Carmer) Stranahan
There is other Stranahan information at HeritageQuest books online: Cutter, William Richard,
Genealogical and family history of western New York : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the building of a nation New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1912, 1708 pgs.