Lapeer County, Michigan, Deed #79-233

Lapeer County, Michigan

Deed# 79-233

23 Dec 1887

M: 20 Dec 1887

James E. Richmond and Susan

To

Hannah Glady

Witnesses: Burt McDermond and Mary J. Preston

Byron Levi Richmond's Wife, Daisy Hemingway

The Oakland Township Patch published an article about the local Hemingway family and their relationship to Ernest Hemingway.  My notes indicated that there is a picture of *Byron Richmond who married Daisy Hemingway (daughter of Ernest Needham Hemingway) included in the article.  There is a wedding picture (Byron and Daisy?) as well as three other photographs included in the article.

"As my research suggests, both Ernest and Needham are descended from Ralph Hemenway who was born in England in 1603. Among Ralph's children were two sons, both of whom were born in Massachusetts; Samuel in 1636 and Joshua in 1643. Ernest Hemingway is a descendant of Samuel, while Needham is descended from Joshua."

"Originally from Canandaigua, New York, Hemingway was born in 1793 and traveled to Michigan in the early 1820s when Michigan was still a territory."

*Byron Richmond's Lineage in the Richmond Family book:

Byron Richmond 9 (#5291 James 8, Edward 7, Edward 6, Edward 5, Benjamin 4, Edward 3, Edward 2, John 1)

James E. And Susan Richmond Deed 79-212 In Lapeer County, Michigan

Lapeer County, Michigan

Deed# 79-212

16 Dec 1887

M: 15 Dec 1887

James E. Richmond

To

Sarah E. Crittendon

James E. Richmond and Susan (wife) of Marathon

Witnesses: Minnie Richmond and Alfred Burgess

Deed To Sumner A. Richmond, Lapeer #M-381

M-381

14 April 1856

Benj Kercheval of City of Detroit and Maria, his wife

Warranty Deed To

Sumner A. Richmond

Signed and by attorney in fact Alex Kercheval

Source

1st Michigan Light Artillery

Richmond,Sumner L.. Entered·service in Battery H, as Second Lieutenant,

Oct.1 17, 1861. Died at St. Clair, Mich., Dec. 17, 1861.

Census 1850

Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

Benjamin B Kercheval M 54 Virginia

Mariah Kercheval F 43 Michigan

Eliza C Woodbridge F 27 Indiana

Harriet A Hudson F 25 Kentucky

Alia H Kercheval F 22 Indiana

Alex W Kercheval M 18 Michigan

Mary W Kercheval F 15 Michigan

Benjamin B Kercheval M 12 Michigan

Kate Woodbridge F 4 Michigan

Betty Gifford F 12 Kentucky

Margaret Masterson F 14 New York

Margaret Shields F 23 Ireland

James Omalley M 21 Ireland

Cross-posted at my In Deeds blog

Heirs-At-Law On Deed 107-290

Cross-posted at In Deeds

Lapeer County, Deed

107-290

9 Nov 1903

Made: 16 Oct 1903

Warranty Deed

Lillah L. Lloyd, et al

To

Edward Morrison

Lillah Lloyd, Minnie Richmond, Mabel McGuengle and 

Byron L. Richmond, bachelor, all the heirs-at-law of J. E. Richmond, deceased...

Notary in Phillips County, Kansas, for Minnie Richmond

Notary in Bay County, Michigan, for Lillah Lloyd

James L. More, Minor

Lapeer County, Michigan

Probate File 890 [Image 38]

J. F. More, brother

6 May 1874

James Levi More in another blog post.  More about the petitioner, John F. More, here.

William Edward Richmond

William E. Richmond, the son of Emory and Lodema (Merritt) Richmond, was born in Mecosta County, Michigan.  He married Elva Nancy Oney in Chetek, Barron, Wisconsin in 1907.  Their daughter, Ida Virginia Richmond, married Adolph Joseph Bergeron and died in Alberta, Canada.  Did William and/or Elva also move to Canada?  I don't know.

Census 1880
Big Rapids, Mecosta, Michigan
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Emory C Richmond Self M 39 New York
Ella M Richmond Daughter F 7 Michigan
Franklin Richmond Son M 5 Michigan
William Richmond Son M 3 Michigan
Mary A Richmond Daughter F 0 Michigan
Ira C Richmond Son M 13 Michigan
Lodema Richmond Wife  F 29 Michigan

Name: Wm. E. Richmond
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1900
Event Place: Dryden township, Lapeer, Michigan
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Birth Date: Aug 1876
Birthplace: Michigan
Father's Birthplace: Michigan
Mother's Birthplace: Michigan
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Thomas Vanklerk Head M 29 Michigan
Ella Vanklerk Wife  F 26 Michigan
Wm E Richmond Boarder M 24 Michigan


1910 MI  Oakland, Pontiac Twp., Pontiac City
VANKLEEK, Thomas W., head, 40, m1, 18yrs, MI MI MI, laborer,
  "  Ella M., wife, 37, m1, 18yrs, 0children/0living, MI
RICHMOND, William E., Boarder, 32, married1, married 3 years, fireman-railroad
  "   , Elva, f/w/24, m1, 3yrs, ", 1child/1living, MI  NY VT
  "   , Ida M., Boarder, 1 4/12 (or just 4/12), MI  MI  MI


William E. Richmond was my 1st cousin 3x removed.  His father, Emory, and my 2nd great-grandmother, Cynthia (Richmond) More, were siblings.

Additional Docs From Charles More's Probate

The first post about Charles More's probate file here.  Charles was the son of Cynthia (Richmond) More (Cynthia was my great-great grandmother).

Inventory [Image 760]
1/4 real estate minus dower for mother (parents' property)


Also see Image 740, Image 742, Image 747, Image 748, Image 752

Petition For Appointment Of Administrator (mentions Cynthia More, mother)

Newspaper notice

Image 765 (real estate)
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Image 774 (real estate another copy)
Image 775
Image 777
Real Estate description in Newspaper Notice
Image 779
Where the NewspaperNotice was posted
Repeat
Image 782
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Image 784
Image 786 died at the residence of James L. Moore in Thornville
Image 787  real estate
Image 788
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Image 790
Image 791
Image 792 Final Account
Image 793 Algie More, heir at law
Image 794
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Image 800 Newspaper
Image 801
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Image 809 property with dower rights and Charles More's share sold
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Image 817 Last Page !!!!

Ralph Newman Powers

My grandfather, Ralph Newman Powers, was the son of Richmond descendant, Addie (More) Powers.   I knew my grandfather very well, but what could actually be proven about who he was?  A lineage society, for example, would want to know.

In addition to my own personal knowledge that Ralph Newman Powers was my grandfather, Ralph was head of the household in 1930 and 1940 that included my father, Richard Newman Powers (check for other corroborating evidence, i.e., obituary, death record, marriage record).

United States Census, 1930

Flint, Genesee, Michigan

Household Gender Age Birthplace

head Ralph N Powers M 33 Michigan

wife Beatrice J Powers F 29 Michigan

son William C Powers M 4 Michigan

son Ralph H Powers M 2 Michigan

son Richard N Powers M 0 Michigan

United States Census, 1930, index and images, FamilySearch (accessed 09 Feb 2013), Richard N Powers in household of Ralph N Powers, Flint, Genesee, Michigan; citing enumeration district (ED) 0037, sheet 35B, family 87, NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 985.

United States Census, 1940
FamilySearch (accessed 09 Feb 2013), Richard Powers in household of Ralph Powers, Ward 9, Flint, Flint City, Genesee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 85-164, sheet 4B, family 84, NARA digital publication T627, roll 1896.

Proof that Ralph N. Powers is the son of William S. and Addie (More) Powers is found on Ralph's birth record, his death record, as well as the naturalization records of both William and Addie.  In 1920, Ralph Powers was living in Genesee County, Michigan, with his parents.

In 1910 Ralph was living with his parents in Lapeer County, Michigan.  Ralph N. Powers's WWI Draft registration card his more information.  Ralph married (Jessie) Beatrice Cameron on March 29, 1924; his parents were listed as Wm. S. Powers and Addie Moore.


The 1900 census would be the first for Ralph N. Powers, and included his grandmother More:

1900 MI Census - Calhoun Co., Battle Creek Twp., Battle Creek City #269
POWERS, William S., head, w/m, b. Aug 1859, mar 22 years,Can/Can/Can
" Addie, wife, w/f/, June 1864, 4ch/3living, MI/Scotland/New York
" , Ward S., son, May 1893, Mich/Can/Mich
" , Ralph N., son w/m/July 1896, single, Mich/Can/Mich
" , Addie M., daughter, w/f/Feb 1898, single, Mich/Can/Mich
MOOR, Cynthia, mother-In-Law, w/f, Dec 1829, wid, 6ch/3living,NY/NY/NY


Here's a Battle Creek, Calhoun Co. deed for the Powers family.

Ralph listed in Addie (More) Powers's obituary:

She married William S. Powers at Dryden, Mich., 1888. He preceded her in death in 1939. She was a member of Court Street Methodist Church. Surviving are: 3 sons, Ward of Phoenix, Arizona, Ralph and Marion of Flint; 2 daughters, Mrs. William Allen of Pomona, Calif., Mrs. Angus Zimmerman of Flint; 18 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren.

Emory Richmond's Record Of Marriage

Emory Richmond's Civil War Pension Application File has the marriage record for Emory C. Richmond and Mary S. Burch which is transcribed below.  The original record is now online at FamilySearch.

State of Michigan

County of Lapeer

#3759

Date of License:  January 31st 1885  Date of Marriage January 31st 1885
Full Name of Bridegroom  Emory C. Richmond
Residence at time of Marriage:  Lapeer
Age: 44 years
Color:  White
Birthplace:  Livingston Co. N.Y.
Occupation:  Farmer
Father's Name:  Not Given
Mother's Maiden Name:  " "
Times previously Married:  "  "
Full Name of Bride:  Mary S. Burch
Maiden Name, if a Widow:  Mary S. Lewis
Residence at time of Marriage:  Lapeer City
Age: 31 years
Color:  White
Birthplace:  Pennsylvania
Occupation:  Not Given
Father's Name:  " "
Mother's Maiden Name:  "  "
Times Previously Married:  "  "
Place of Marriage:  Lapeer City
Date of Marriage:  January 31st 1885
Name and Official Station of Person performing marriage ceremony:  C.S. Eastman, Minister of the Gospel
Names and Residences of Witnesses to Marriage:  Maggie J. Eastman, Josie Hinman [2nd witness listed in error]

State of Michigan
County of Lapeer
I, H. Vande Bogart Deputy Clerk, of the County of Lapeer and of the Circuit Court thereof, the same being a Court of Record and having a Seal DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that I have compared the foregoing copy of Record of License and Marriage of Emory C. Richmond and Mary S. Burch with the original Record of said License and Marriage now remaining in my office, and have found the said copy a correct transcript therefrom, and of the whole of such original Record.

In Testimony Thereof, I have hereunto set my and and affixed the Seal of said Circuit Court, this 29th day of Nov A.D. 1899     H. Vande Bogart, Deputy Clerk

Emory Richmond was the son of Thomas P. and Laura (Backus) Richmond.

Charles Austin More's Probate File Online

Michigan, Probate Records, 1797-1973, Lapeer Estate files 1884-1885, File #1518:

File #1518 Lapeer County, Michigan, Probate, Order Allowing Claims

Names of Claimants Or Creditors And Character Of Claims (included in a portion of the larger page):

1.  Henry Townsend {Burial}

2.  Hugh McColl  last sickness

3.  John S. Caulkins  "  "

4.  Dr. D. F. Stone   "  "

5.  Stone Brothers Med(icine?)

6.  Jas L. More   last sickness

7.  Fred Lincoln

8.  Geer & Williams  attorneys

9.  Appraisers Services

10.  Printing, Making Deed  etc

11.  G. Demorest {tombstone}

12.  Administrators services & expenses

13.  Receipt for Residue to heir

Here's a blog post about Charles More's family (excerpted below):

...researching the descendants of Thomas & Laura (Backus) Richmond, including Cynthia (Richmond) More. Charles A. More (who died January 30, 1885) was the son of Cynthia (Richmond) More.  [Note:  Cynthia More was my great-great grandmother]

James Richmond In A Lapeer Co., MI, Probate File

The Lapeer County, Michigan, Probate File of Andrew Farrell, #757,  found at FamilySearch, contained the following report that included James E. Richmond of Lapeer County, Michigan:

The first page of the Confirmation of Sale here (with the legal description of the purchased property) .

Source

[Second page]...day of April A.D. 1873, sold to Denis G. Lawrence, James E. Richmond and Peter McDermid for the sum of two thousand eight hundred and twenty-five dollars....Jacob Hollenbeck, Administrator

A Tale of Two Ernests (Hemingway)

A newspaper account connecting the author Ernest Hemingway with the Oakland Co., Michigan, Hemingways, can be found here. 

A Richmond descendant, Bryon Richmond, married Daisy, daughter of Ernest Needham Hemingway.  Daisy was the granddaughter of Henry L. Hemingway.  She was the great-granddaughter of Needham Hemingway who was an Oakland County pioneer mentioned in the article.

Ward More Probate In Lapeer County, Michigan

From the 1889 Probate File of Ward More in Lapeer County, Michigan (son of Cynthia RICHMOND More):

Petition of Jennie More....That Ward More late of Metamora in said County of Lapeer departed this life in said Township of Metamora on Sunday the 26th day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty nine leaving no last Will and Testament, as you petitioner is informed and verily believe..

...Heirs At Law of Said Deceased.....
Jennie More, widow, age 28   Residence Metamora, Mich

J.F. More  Brother  37   Cass City - Tuscola Co, Mich

James L. More "    32  Metamora                         "

Addie Powers  Sister  24  Dryden  Lapeer Co, "

Mary More       "     22 Metamora   "    "

Algie More Nephew  6  Lapeer   "   "

   son of C A More who was brother of said Ward More

Mrs. Cynthia More  Mother  age 60  residence Metamora  Lapeer Co Mich

Dated: June 15th 1889    Jennie More

The young widow, Jennie (Lamond) More moved to California and never remarried.  UPDATE:  I was informed that she remarried in 1925.

The Family of James E. Richmond of Michigan

6060.  JAMES E. RICHMOND, 8, (Alfred 7, George 6, Edward 5, Perez 4, Silvester 3, Edward 2, John 1) was born March 7, 1847.  He married, first, in 1866, Maggie Stickley.  She died, and, in 1893, he married a second wife*, name and date unknown. 

[Note:  Perhaps James E. & Margaret Stickley Richmond were divorced.  There was a James Richmond, born in 1867, living with Margaret and Hamilton Johnson, as Johnson's step-son in the 1880 census (Lapeer Co.).  There was a marriage between Hamilton Johnson and Margaret Stickles on July 4, 1874, in Dewitt, Clinton Co., Michigan.  Margaret was born in New Jersey; which matched census data]

CHILDREN:

7994.  James 9, born in 1867.

Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995
Groom's Name:     James Richmond
Groom's Birth Date:     1867
Groom's Birthplace:     Oakland Co., Michigan
Bride's Name:     Mary Frank
Bride's Birth Date:     1870
Bride's Birthplace:     Riley, Michigan
Marriage Date:     22 Apr 1890
Marriage Place:     Dewitt, Clinton, Michigan
Groom's Father's Name:     Edward Richmond
Groom's Mother's Name:     Maggie Stickles
Bride's Father's Name:     John Frank
Bride's Mother's Name:     Minnie Schrader

 7995.  By second marriage, a daughter, born in 1894.  Name and date not reported. [Marian]

*Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925
Groom's Name:     James E. Richmond
Groom's Age:     44 years
Groom's Birth Date:     1849
Groom's Birthplace:     Oakland Co., Michigan
Bride's Name:     Kate V. Hodgeman
Bride's Age:     25 years
Bride's Birth Date:     1868
Bride's Birthplace:     Bridgeport, Saginaw, Michigan
Marriage Date:     27 Sep 1893
Marriage Place:     Bridgeport, Saginaw, Michigan
Groom's Father:     Alfred Richmond
Groom's Mother:     P. A. Boge
Bride's Father:     Pat Hodgeman
Reference Number:     item 4 p 102 rn 4296

United States Census, 1870
Home in 1870:     Michigan, United States [Oakland Co.]
     Household    Gender    Age
      James Richmond     M     23y
    Margart Richmond     F     24y
    James Richmond     M     3y

 1860 MI Oakland Co.

United States Census, 1850
Residence:     Groveland, Oakland, Michigan
     Household    Gender    Age
    Alfred Richmond     M     38y
    Phoebe A Richmond     F     30y
    Fitch J Richmond     M     10y
    Artetta Richmond     F     8y
    George L Richmond     M     6y
      James E Richmond     M     3y
    Harmon A Richmond     M     4m

From the Public Libraries of Saginaw Obituary Database:

Index: SAGINAW NEWS
Thursday, May 20, 1937     (1, 4)
Name:    RICHMOND, JAMES E.
Spouse's Name:    CATHERINE HODGMAN
Married:    09/27/1892
Age:    90
Birth Date:    02/07/1847
Birth Place:    ORTONVILLE, MI
Death Date:    05/20/1937
Death Place:    BRIDGEPORT TWP., MI
Military:    CIVIL WAR CO. C 10TH MICH. VOL. INF.
Cemetery:    OAKGROVE (B)

Index: SAGINAW NEWS
Monday, June 06, 1960     (B7)
Name:    RICHMOND, KATHERINE V.
Maiden Name:    HODGMAN
Age:    90
Birth Date:    11/23/1869
Birth Place:    SAGINAW, MI
Death Date:    06/04/1960
Death Place:    LANSING, MI
Miscellaneous
Cemetery:    EVERGREEN
Funeral Home:    ESTES-LEADLEY (LANSING)

Published in the Saginaw News on December 27, 1904, was a 10th anniversary announcement for Mr. and Mrs. James H. Hodgman that mentioned "Mrs. Kate V. Richmond and daughter Marian of Lansing..." .  The Saginaw News published the notice of the divorce between Kate and James Richmond on February 26, 1898.  On May 21, 1901, an obituary in the Saginaw News for Matthew P. Hodgman mentioned daughter Kate Richmond and son James Hodgman.

United States Census, 1930
Event Place:     Lansing, Ingham, Michigan
     Household    Gender    Age
Parent     Katherine V Richmond     F     59
      Marian H Richmond     F     35
    Ralph S Holzman     M     23

All of the Richmond descendants of Silvester (3) Richmond are Mayflower descendants.

Obituary of Cynthia (Richmond) More

From the Flint Daily Journal published Tuesday, March 5, 1912 (Page Ten):

Metamora [Lapeer County, Michigan]

Metamora, Mich., March 5. ----Mrs. Moore, formerly of Thornville, who died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William Powers of South Attica, was buried at Thornville Sunday.  Mr. Moore was sheriff of Lapeer county several years ago.--

See another blog post about Cynthia (Richmond) More here and another about her 2nd husband, Sylvester Marshall, here.  

Newspaper obituary extract from the Genealogy Bank database.

Our James Levi More?

James Levi More was the son of James & Cynthia (Richmond) More. Cynthia was #7426 in the J.B. Richmond book.

From the Lapeer County Democrat newspaper:

Wednesday, January 8, 1896:
J. L. Moore*, formerly of this county but lately of Owosso, was here last week. He has bought a grocery business at Lansing where he will reside.J. L. More, "formerly of this county (Lapeer)...". James Levi More was born (in 1856) and raised in Lapeer County, Michigan.

Another likely move for him, also from the Lapeer County Democrat, was noted on March 23, 1892: Thornville - Levi Moore will rent his farm to William Blow for a year and move to Ortonville (Oakland Co, MI). Shall be sorry to lose them.

His (James Levi More's) obituary indicated that he had been in the grocery business, although in Genesee Co. rather than Lansing in Ingham Co., Michigan:

OBITUARY - Flint Journal, March 21, 1923
DATE OF DEATH: March 15, 1923
MORE - James L. More, formerly of Flint, died suddenly of apoplexy, at his home in Portland , Ore., on Thursday. He was a member of Flint Lodge, No. 174, F. & A. M., and had a large circle of friends here. He was formerly engaged in retail grocery business in the Alvord block . He leaves his wife in Portland and daughter, Mrs. Maud McLeod of San Francisco, Cal., also a sister, Mrs. William S. Powers of Flint.

For further research: Land records in Oakland, Shiawassee, Ingham and Genesee counties may be helpful in determining whether or not the subject of the January 8, 1896, Lapeer County Democrat newspaper excerpt was "our" J. L. More and tracking his many moves.

*More and Moore are used interchangeably for this family

My Relatives In Thornville Cemetery

Thornville Cemetery, Thornville, Lapeer County, Michigan:


Lot 41 [Blue]
Owner: Jennie (Lamond) More
1. Powers, William S. (1859-1939)
2. Powers, Addie More (1864-1947)
More, Ward B. (1858-1889)

Lot 89 [Green]
1. More, James (1815-1870)
More, Cynthia (1829-1912)
More, Mary (1867-1889)
More, Charles (1862-1885)

Cynthia (Richmond) More was the wife of James More, the mother of Addie, Ward, Mary and Charles and the mother-in-law of William S. Powers. Cynthia was the daughter of Thomas & Laura (Backus) Richmond and was #7426 in the J. B. Richmond book.

Addie (More) Powers - Richmond Descendant

Addie (More) Powers was the daughter of James & Cynthia (Richmond) More. Cynthia was the daughter of Thomas & Laura (Backus) Richmond:


POWERS--Addie M. Powers, age 83, died Wednesday, May 21, 1947, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William Allen, Pomona, Calif. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, May 26, 1947, from the Reigle Funeral Home. She had been a resident of Flint for the last 30 years, visiting at home of daughter when she passed away. She married William S. Powers at Dryden, Mich., 1888. He preceded her in death in 1939. She was a member of Court Street Methodist Church. Surviving are: 3 sons, Ward of Phoenix, Arizona, Ralph and Marion of Flint; 2 daughters, Mrs. William Allen of Pomona, Calif., Mrs. Angus Zimmerman of Flint; 18 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren.

[Note: Addie M. Powers was buried in Thornville Cemetery, Lapeer Co., Michigan]

Obituary of Julia A. Hallenbeck of Lapeer, MI

From the Lapeer Democrat newspaper dated January 11, 1882:

[truncated] associated with her. When such a life has passed away we can surely say, her memory will live long in the hearts of those she loved, even after the soul rests with God.

Julia Ann (Richmond) Hallenbeck was the daughter of Edward & Susan (Spencer) Richmond of Lapeer County, Michigan. She married Edmond Hallenbeck on March 4, 1845, in Lapeer. Her sister was Huldah (Richmond) Bancroft. Her brother was Civil War Veteran Jacob Richmond (seen here).