RESEARCH FINDINGS
(Continued from last
month)
As described in last month’s newsletter, I spent some time
last month researching in the National Archives and copied various documents
from a few of our families’ pension files.
The following are descendants of Joseph C. and Emeline
(Carey) Morse, son of Luther and Alithea (Wiser) Morse:
Amos G. Sayles, pension was rejected, auditor wrote
regarding Mr. Sayles “appeared on the muster in roll of Company K, 22d Regiment
New York Cavalry, dated February 6, 1864, among the names of those rejected at
the date of muster in [said] company, and it is stated thereon that his age was
44 years, and that he was enrolled December 20, 1863, at Smithfield. Opposite his name on the roll appears the
remark, “too old.” No further record of
him has been found.” Amos G. Sayles was
born 23 Aug 1820 in New Hartford, Oneida
County, New York. He was married about 1857 to Caroline Fidelia
Morse daughter of Joseph C. and Emeline (Carey) Morse. He died 23rd Mar 1900, almost 80,
in Merrillsville, Madison County, New York.
George Washington Poppleton, a member of Company F,
45th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, was the nephew of Emeline
(Carey) Morse, son of her sister, Celestia Carey and Horan P. Poppleton. In 1855, he and his sister were living with
their uncle, Joseph C. Morse. George was
born Feb 1844 in Lenox Township, Madison County, NY, married 9 Sep 1866 in
Wilmot, Kenosha County, WI, to Emma C. Willet. George died 19 Feb 1911 in Brookfield, Madison County, NY. Emma died 5 Jul 1935 in Ilion, Herkimer County, NY. On 29 Nov 1935, their daughter, Mrs. Ida
Owens, wrote the following letter to the pension board, “my mother did not have
a Dr. she would not take any medicine. I
called a Dr. the night she died and he was to call the next a.m. to inject
medicine in her arm and she died that night at 8 o’clock, there was no
charges. P.S. I gave up my job of $3.00
a week to come and care for my mother and need my board. I hope I am entitled to a little something.”
The following are descendants of John Rainbow, a number
of his descendants married into the Albro family. James Albro was married to Sabra S. Morse,
daughter of Luther and Alithea (Wiser) Morse:
Elisha Doty, a member of Co. B, 22nd
Regiment New York Cavalry, was married 4 Jul 1887 to Mrs. Cynthia Ann (Breed)
Hubbard at Syracuse, NY, the daughter of Oliver Babcock and Sarah
(Rainbow) Breed. Sarah was the daughter
of John Rainbow. A former wife, Laurana
Alsever, made the following claim in an affidavit dated 5 Dec 1925; “I was
married to the Elisha Doty, also named in the above caption, in the fall of
1865, at my father’s home in the town of Manlius, Onondaga, NY. We lived together about two years at which
time the said Elisha Doty deserted me, without any cause whatever to me known,
about six months before our child, a daughter was born and I never saw him
afterwards.” Elisha Doty was born 4 Jul
1845, son of Renselaer and Lydia (Baker)
Doty, and he died 10 Jun 1918 in Chittenango, Madison County, NY. Cynthia Ann Breed Langley Hubbard Doty was
born 16 Jul 1849 in Lincklaen, Chenango
County, NY, and she
died 6 Aug 1920 in Chittenango.
Hiram H. Gibbs, a member of Company H, of the 14th
NY Infantry, Company D, of the 15th NY Cavalry and Company D of the
2nd NY Provisional Cavalry, was the son of John Gibbs and Avis
(Rainbow) Gibbs. Avis was the daughter
of John Rainbow. Hiram was born 20 May
1841 in Lincklaen, Chenango County,
NY. “On March 15th 1866, I was a
minister of the gospel of the M.E. Church located at Cuyler,
N.Y. and on or about said March 15th
1866, I married this deceased Hiram H. Gibbs to his wife, the claimant, Sarah
R. Gibbs…at the house of said Sarah A. Brown’s father in Cuyler, New York-Henry
Meeker”. Hiram died 5 Jan 1900 at Syracuse, his death
certificate lists his occupation as patrolman.
Edward Eugene Harvey, a member of Company F, of the
15th NY Cavalry, was married to Sarah Elizabeth Breed, sister of
Cynthia Ann Breed, mentioned above.
Edward died 12 Jun 1922 in Syracuse, he
was a corset maker and was born in Cortland
County, NY, 7 Jan
1845. He and Sarah were married 9 Dec
1914 in Syracuse. At the time of her marriage, Sarah was a
housekeeper, resided at 724 Stolp
Ave. in Syarcuse and was the widow of Joseph Myron
Phares. Sarah was born Dec 1852 in
Lincklaen, Chenango County, NY
and died 28 Jan 1925 in Syracuse. Sarah’s brother-in-law, Milton Harwood
(married to another sister, Frances Amelia Breed) and Edward served in the same
company. In an affidavit dated 10 Aug
1922, Milton
stated that he and Edward E. Harvey had been acquainted with each other since
the fall of 1863.
The following are descendants of James Albro and his
first wife, Lydia
Corey or his second wife, Sabra S. Morse:
William H. Nichols, member of Company D of the NY
Cavalry, Co K, of the 12th NY Infantry and Company 2, of the NY
Provisional Cavalry, was married to Ann Doran, widow of Joseph G.L. Albro, son
of James and Sabra (Morse) Albro.
William and Ann were married 7 Mar 1894 at Truxton, Cortland, NY. Not married long, William died 24 Feb 1895 at
Truxton. He was a laborer and died at
the Onondaga County Alms House. Ann died
16 Jun 1904, probably in Truxton, and is buried in Cuyler, NY.
Nelson C. Thomas, member of Company B, of the 6th
Michigan Cavalry Volunteers, was the son of Thomas Alanson and Eliza A. (Clark) Thomas.
Eliza was the daughter of Ansel N. and Sarah (Sally) (Albro) Clark. Sarah was
the daughter of James and Lydia
(Corey) Albro. Nelson was born 1 Feb
1843 in Dearborn, Wayne County, MI. He
was first married, 16 Oct 1867 to Emma Amelia Birge. After her death, he married Mrs. Emma Amelia
(Pierce) Sutherland. Both wives had the
given names, “Emma Amelia”. Nelson died 20 Feb 1926 in Detroit, a postal clerk for the railroad.
DeWitt C. Ackley, member of Company G, 76th NY
Infantry (was married to Roxanna Corey, a niece to Lydia Corey who was the
first wife of James Albro. Roxanna was
the daughter of Wanton and Deborah (Morse) Corey. Deborah Morse was the daughter of David
Morse, founder of Cuyler, New York but David was not related to our
Luther Morse. After the death of DeWitt
on 27th August 1879 in Vienna, Genesee County, MI;
Roxanna married at least two other times, her last husband was John Chapman,
who died in Flint, Michigan on the 27th December
1897 at the age of 82. Roxanna died 28th
April 1906 also in Flint. John Chapman and Roxanna married the 15th of
July 1894 in Flint.
OBITUARIES
Please
accept our condolences to those who recently lost family members.
San Antonio, TX Express-News, 26 Jan 2005; Major
Rodney W. Lufkin, USAF, (Ret)-passed away on Monday, January 24, 2005 at
the age of 88. He was born in Shelley, ID to George A. and Venus Wiser (ancestry to Benjamin
Wiser; her father, Samuel Frost Wiser, John McCormick Wiser, Samuel Wiser,
Benjamin Wiser) Lufkin.
He was a retiree of the U.S. Air Force and USAA. Maj. Lufkin is survived by his
wife of 60 years, Margaret; daughter, Lyn Lufkin Christie and her husband,
Kenneth; granddaughters, Katherine and Kelly Christie; brothers, Hal and Dick
Lufkin of Utah and sisters, Alice Walker, Mildred Telford and Lorraine Lewis of
WA. Visitation will be held on Thursday, January 27, 2005 from 6:30 p.m. until
8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Funeral services will be held on Friday, January
28, 2005 at 12:00 p.m. in Sunset Funeral Home Chapel, with interment following
at Ft. Sam Houston
National Cemetery.
Syracuse Post-Standard, 12 Dec 2004; December
11, 2004-Virginia H. Carr (ancestry to Benjamin Wiser; her father,
George R. Weyeneth, Florence Aurelia Albro Weyeneth, Albert F. Albro, Sabra S.
Morse Albro, Alithea Wiser Morse, Benjamin Wiser), 81, of Spafford, passed
away at her daughter's home. She retired from Save-A-Lot Grocery in Cortland. She was the
widow of Howard Carr who died in 1978. She is survived by her daughter Kathleen
(G. Roger) Zimdahl of Tully; her grandson, Rob (Jennifer) Zimdahl of Alabama;
her granddaughters, Tammy Zimdahl and her fiance, Joe Terrio and Alexis
Zimdahl, all of Tully.; her great-granddaughter, Kaitlyn. Services: Tuesday, 11
a.m. at Hartwell Funeral Home, 11 Clinton St., Tully. Interment: Tully Cemetery. Friends may call
at the funeral home, Monday from 4 to 7 p.m. Contributions: Hospice of CNY, 990
7th North St., Liverpool,
NY 13088.
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