The McLaughlins of Donegal were farmers in Ireland and farmers in America.  They settled in the finger lakes area and spread out across Schuyler and Steuben counties.  They appear to have been largely successful, each one owning their own farm.  They were a close knit Irish family and chose properties that were close to each other.  In some instances they were neighbors.  Seeing the finger lakes area in the 1850's for the first time they must have been reminded of home.  
        It did not take long for the McLaughlin  children to take spouses and start families.  By the turn of the century the McLaughlin family included the following names; McLaughlin, Butler, Harvey,McGinley, McCarty, Dougherty, Lord,Bryan, Harvey, Van Nortwick, Touhey  and Oneil families.   Most of the men served at least one year in the Civil war.  Several lost their lives to it.  Like the plants that sustained them on the farms, the family grew roots in their new land and sewed the seeds of the next  generation,  the first Irish Americans, born citizens and raised  with a blending of cultures.  The children listened to the stories of the famine and the war that drove their parents from their own homes.  They were instilled with a deep pride in their  Irish roots and an equally  strong sense of patriotism for their own country, the United States of America.
   Elizabeth McLaughlin married an Irish war veteran.  Thomas Butler had come from county Cork by way of Quebec Canada.  He and his first wife had five children, five sons.  After his wife passed away  Thomas  was left to raise the children alone, including caring for his second son, Cornelius, a deaf mute.  Thomas joined the war to relieve his pain.    Following the war he married Elizabeth McLaughlin, eldest daughter of James and Hannah.  Elizabeth could not have children of her own.  She and Tom adopted her nephew, young James McCarty and raised him as their own.  Elizabeth was welcomed by the Butler children and remained with the grown children following Tom's death.
                                                                                     THE BUTLER BOYS
  John (1840-) born Quebec Canada
Cornelius (1842-1912) -Born Quebec Canada
Thomas (1844-) (Born Quebec Canada)
Edward/Edwin (1847-) Born NY
William (1850-)
   Cornelius Butler  was born deaf and mute.  He lived with his parents, helping on the farm.  After his mother's death his father Thomas joined the service.  Cornelius was placed in The NY Institution, a residential placement for the  deaf from 1861-1864.  Once Thomas had married Elizabeth Mclaughlin he brought Cornelius back home where he remained, helping on the farm.  In 1898 Cornelius was kicked in the leg below the knee by one of his horses and suffered a broken leg.  He recovered and continued working a a farm hand for his father.  When his father passed the farm passed on to William Butler.  Cornelius continued to live and work the farm for William and to care for  his step mother Elizabeth McLaughlin Butler.    Cornelius was well known in  the Corning/Hornby area.   he passed around 1912.  I could not find and exact date but he dropped off the census lists after 1910.   Cornelius never married and had no children.

William Butler was the youngest son of Thomas and Ellen Butler.  He was born in Steuben County  in January of  1850.  At that time Schuyler was still a forming county, taking portions of Steuben to form the towns of orange and parts of Dix and from Tompkins to form parts of Catherine and Hector.  In 1850 the town of Orange was still part of Hornby in Steuben county.  In 1854 the counties were realigned and orange was shifted to become a part of Schuyler county.  The Butlers apparently lived close to the county line.       By 1855, five year old William was living in the town of Orange in Schuyler county with his family.  
        in 1874 William married his first wife, Margarett (1847-1878).  Like Williams parents, Margarett was born in Ireland.  William and Margarett had two children, Francis (1876- ) and Ella (1878-)  Margarett died shortly after baby Ella was born, leaving William, a laborer, to raise his two children.  William moved back home to Thomas and Elizabeth.  Thomas was no longer working as an engineer and had turned to farming to make his living.  William went to work helping on the farm.  His step mother helped him raise his two motherless children.
     William either inherited or purchased the farm after his father's death.  He continued to care for his aging step mother and his disabled brother.  In 1909 William married a second time, Anna (1867-)  William and Anna had no children together.
   William died in 1930.  Anna inherited a small sum of money, the farm was sold and the proceeds split between the children. His daughter Emma had married, son Frank was working as a hired hand on the Duvall farm in Hornby.

John Butler,the eldest son of Ellen and Thomas was born in Montreal Quebec Canada in 1840. The family   remained in Canada until 1845 before making the final leg of their journey to America.    John grew up in the town of Orange in (at that time) Steuben county.  After his mother's death, at the age of 21, John joined the infantry and entered the Civil war as an engineer.  He initially enlisted for two years but in 1863 he re-enlisted until the end of the war in 1865.  Following his years of service John met and married the girl of his dreams, Mary (1842-). He and Mary settled in Wheatland in Monroe county NY outside of Mumford.  John worked as a farm hand.

Thomas Butler Jr.  and Edward Butler joined the civil war.  Thomas was only 16 at the start of the war, Edward only 13.  Neither of the brothers returned form the war.  They are memorialized  on a stone erected in the Whitney cemetery in Hornby to honor the brave Hornby men who fought for freedom in the Civil war.  I have included the information below.

 WHITNEY CEMETERY 
Hornby, New York 
Typed by Annette CampbellThe Whitney Cemetery is located right in Hornby Forks, New York. It has been said by Miss Lillin Adams that on this tract of land was erected the "Hornby Forks Baptist Church".  Miss Adams being the Town Historian. A few years ago this church was removed to the Town of Tuscarora, on the Addison Road out of Addison, New York.  Known also as the back road to Nelson, PA.  The church has been remodeled and is being used today by its members of the Town of Tuscarora.

Copied May 22, 1971 by Mrs Kinner, 555 Water St., Riverside, Corning, New York and Mrs. Whitcomb, 10 Tuxill Ave, Corning, New York.  We were told on this day by some citizens of Hornby Forks, that a Colonel was interred here, but this statement may be incorrect as it is not known if Col. Dickerson was interred here or in Nicarago (sic).  His first wife is interred here.

Two cannons and a monument to Civil War Soldiers of Hornby, New York, who fought or died for their country in the War.  These are erected on the site of the "Old Baptist Church" right in front by the road and cemetery is located up in back on a little knoll.  All stones that remain were copied. So the cemetery is complete as of May 1971.

                    MONUMENT TO CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS, OF HORNBY, STEUBEN COUNTY, NY



Erected by the citizens and former citizens of Hornby, Steuben County, NY in loving memory of their fellow townsmen who fought valiantly to preserve the union of the United States of America in the Civil War of 1861-1865. (These were not in the order in which the copiers have placed them).

Andrews, Reuben  
Bedient, Ambrose 
Bedient, James H. 
Butler, Thomas 
Butler, Thomas, Jr. 
Butler, Edward 
Buyler, John 
Bennett, W. E. 
Burnap, George 
Burnap, Tracy 
Bixby, Jesse D. 
Bixby, Rufus G. 
Clark, Frances E. 
Clark, Henry G. 
Covenhoven, Peter H. 
Culver, William H. 
Charles, George W. 
Cogswell, George 
Duvall, Albert 
Ely, Martin 
Easling, William E. 
Ellison, George W. 
Emory, George W. 
Erwin, Charles 
Fero, John B. 
Fero, John D. 
Fero, Peter H. 
Garnett, Benjamin 
Garnett, James 
Gaylord, Alonzo 
Greene, Freeman 
Greene, Marsena A. 
Goodsell, Charles 
Goodsell, Sylvanus 
Goodsell, William 
Goodsell, Lewis 
Hathaway, Robert N. 
Hathaway, W. L. 
Hilton, Dalmar 
Hamilton, Walter 
Hamilton, Harry 
Haraden, Charles 
Haraden, Edwin A.  
Haraden, George W. 
Haraden, Julius 
Haraden, Parnach 
Harrison, Myron J. 
Harrison, William 
Humphrey, William W. 
Henderson, Alexander 
Jaynes, Albert M. 
Lane, D. Nelson  
Lilly, Willis 
Lilly, WilliamMcLaughlin, William 
McLaughlin, Charles 
McLaughlin, James 
Murphy, John 
Murphy, Charles 
Morrow, James H. 
McCord, John 
Murray, John 
Noble, Walter C. 
Oldfield, William 
Pond, Leander 
Pond, Ambrose 
Pitts, John 
Randall, Alonzo 
Randall, J. T. 
Remington, Washington 
Rogers, Hiram 
Russell, David 
Skinner, Donald 
Snow, George 
Scott, John 
Smith, David 
Smith, David 
Smith, Edward 
Smith, Edwin 
Stanton, Jay G. 
Stevens, Daniel B. 
Stevens, George E. 
Swartout, Alexander 
Swartout, Clayton 
Swartout, Robert B. 
Slater, William 
Sands, William D. 
Secor, T. John 
Taylor, Buel 
Taylor, Eben 
Taylor, Lorenzo 
Van Northwick, G. W. 
Vosburg, John 
Velie, Franklin 
Velie, William 
Ward, Rolland 
Wasson, John A. 
Wasson, John B. 
Wheaton, Richard 
Wheaton, George 
Wheaton, Samuel 
Wheaton, Peter 
White, Charles R. 
Whitney. Darius 
Whitney, George A. 
Whitney, George M. 
Whitney, Orrin  Ryland 
Whitney, CalvinCemetery transcribed & photos by PHGS Member: Paul Giometti 
The cemetery is located in the woods behind the Hornby Civil War Memeorial in the hamlet of Hornby (Forks).


  
 
  
 DICKINSON, Jennie A , Spouse of A. B.   , Died  2 Feb 1865 , Age  24y5m  
DICKINSON, Marinda C , Spouse of William   , Died  31 Oct 1866 , Age  48y2m18d  
DILLON, Judson J.     , Died  31 Dec 1864 , Age  Stone broken s/o John & Polly Dillon 
FERO, Eveline J. , Spouse of Peter M.   , Died  8 May 1865 , Age  38y8m16d  
GOODSELL, Anner , Spouse of H. L.   , Died  7 Nov 1864 , Age  44y6m  
GOODSELL, Henry A.     , Died  11 Jul 1864 , Age  47y Their Son 
GOODSELL, infant son     , Died  24 Oct 1843 , Age  infant s/o L. H. & S. W. 
GOODSELL, Isaac     , Died  25 Aug 1851 , Age  51y9m25d  
GOODSELL, Jacob L.     , Died  27 Feb 1851 , Age  1y3m6d s/o Isaac P. & Christiana 
GOODSELL, Marilla     , Died  19 May 1878 , Age  39y d/o L. H. & S. W. 
GOODSELL, Sherman, Rev.     , Died  13 Jan 1860 , Age  26y  
MASTERS, Harriet , Spouse of Nehemiah   , Died  23 Feb 1862 , Age  65y12d  
MASTERS, Nehemiah     , Died  23 Dec 1863 , Age  71y9m15d  
NICHOLS, Clarissa S. , Spouse of William T.   , Died  9 Dec 1868 , Age  41y4m10d  
RENELL, Griffin J.         s/o Asa A. & Lucinda 
SHARP, Cynthia A. , Spouse of Rev. William   , Died  27 Feb 1862 , Age  30y3m  
SHUMWAY, Chloe , Spouse of Elijah   , Died  8 Feb 1859 , Age  89y10m17d  
UNDERWOOD, J. Dr.     , Died  30 Mar 1863 , Age  73y5m  
UNDERWOOD, Little Ciabay or Ciabav, Died  21 Aug 1861 , Age  1y1m d/o D. L. & V. L. 
 From George Rogers  3/14/2006: The Jennie A. buried here is the first wife of not Andrew Bray Dickinson but his nephew Alanson Bray. Since their daughter was born in 1865 we can probably assume Jennie's death was birthing related. Andrew Bray and his first wife Hannah Hopkins are buried in Woodlawn, Elmira or at least Hannah is as although he has a stone there his remains may in fact be in Nicaragua.



   In our next post we will look at the McCarty boys, The Bryan girls, William Vannortwick, the Touhey family and the O'neals. I hope you are enjoying this running post and finding connections here and there.  feel free to drop me a line here or on the face book page and remember to like us on face book.  Until next time, may the skies be clear and the air warming.

File:Irish potato famine Bridget O'Donnel.jpgFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Depiction of the Irish potato famine:

The Sketch of a Woman and Children represents Bridget O'Donnel.






 Her story is briefly this:-- '. . .we were put out last November; we owed some rent. I was at this time lying in fever. . . they commenced knocking down the house, and had half of it knocked down when two neighbours, women, Nell Spellesley and Kate How, carried me out. . . I was carried into a cabin, and lay there for eight days, when I had the creature (the child) born dead. I lay for three weeks after that. The whole of my family got the fever, and one boy thirteen years old died with want and with hunger while we were lying sick.

Source: Image, Caption


Credit: Illustrated London News, December 22, 1849 

While I finish working on the continuing saga of the McLaughlin family I thought you might enjoy a look at the conditions that drove them here Ireland.  

 The following article can be found at: http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/ireland_great_famine_of_1845.htm

The Great Famine of 1845

Ireland's Great Famine of 1845 is seen by some historians as a turning point in Ireland’s history. Famine had been common in Nineteenth Century Ireland and almost an occupational hazard of rural life in Ireland. But the Great Famine of 1845 eclipsed all others.




Ireland’s rural population had rapidly grown in the Nineteenth Century. This was because a large family was an insurance of continued sustenance in later life – children would take care of their parents. However, this also meant that large families needed large amounts of food and the land situation in Ireland was not geared to support families in this respect.

Potatoes were the staple diet of the rural population of Ireland. However, this crop was very vulnerable to disease and no cure existed in Ireland for the dreaded ‘potato blight’. Even if a cure had existed, the people on the land would not have been able to afford it.

In 1844, a new form of potato blight was identified in America. It basically turned a potato into a mushy mess that was completely inedible. The American blight was first identified in France and the Isle of Wight in 1845. The summer of 1845 was mild but very wet in Britain. It was almost the perfect weather conditions for the blight to spread. The blight is still with us and is called ‘Phytophthora Infestans’ – an air carried fungus.

The people of Ireland expected a good potato crop in 1845. The weather had appeared to be favourable and in many senses, the farming community of Ireland expected a bumper harvest. However, when it came to digging up the potatoes, all they got was a black gooey mess. In fact, the expected bumper crop turned out to be a disaster. There was a 50% loss of potatoes in this year. The rural community had no way of countering this. Each family grew what they needed for that year and few had any to keep for times of trouble. In fact, the problem got worse. The crop of 1846 was all but a total failure and there was a very poor harvest in 1847. Three disastrous years in succession presented Ireland with huge problems.

The advice given to those affected by the potato blight bordered on the absurd. One scientist advised people to get hold of chloric acid and manganese dioxide. This mixture should have been been added to salt and applied to the diseased area of the potato. Even if the farmers had the opportunity to obtain such chemicals, they would have produced chlorine gas used to poison troops in World War One!

The government in London initially decided to do nothing. The logic behind such a decision was that Ireland had suffered from potato famines before and would have the necessary knowledge on how best to get by in this case. However, by 1846 it was plain that this was no ‘ordinary’ famine. Sir Robert Peel, despite opposition from the Treasury, imported £100,000 worth of corn. By 1846, £3,500,000 worth of potatoes had been lost - therefore, the government's initial aid was well below what was needed.

Peel believed that if this corn was released onto the Irish market in stages, it would keep down the price of other foods. This actually worked reasonably well but it also showed the lack of knowledge that existed in London with regards to Ireland. While Peel was at least doing something to help, he also had little knowledge of the country he was trying to help. The corn was welcomed as better than nothing. However, there were very few mills of any sort in Ireland, so simply grinding it down into flour was very difficult. Many people in Ireland became seriously ill by attempting to eat the corn without it having been ground down. As a result of this, the corn sent to Ireland by Peel became nicknamed "Peel’s Brimstone".

The government also tried to help by establishing public work schemes and road building projects in an effort to create employment so that some families got some money. The government also established emergency fever hospitals in Ireland to care for those who could not afford any medical treatment.

However, two issues hampered any work done by the government:

1) The general view in Westminster of the Irish was simply that they were not worth the effort and that anything that happened there was their fault.

         2) The government also was driven by free trade. There were those who argued that if the Irish could not survive on the way they lived, then they should fall by the wayside. Free Trade meant the survival of the fittest.

The whole issue was not helped by the majority of landlords in Ireland who showed no sympathy for those who worked their land. Those who could not pay their rent were evicted despite the government’s effort to establish some form of employment in rural Ireland. Also during the time of the famine, £1million of corn and barley were exported from Ireland to mainland Britain, along with quantities of dairy produce. This fitted in with the free trade approach of the time. Those who produced these vital products simply got a better price for them than in Ireland. Driven on by free trade, foodstuffs left Ireland - despite the fact that it was desperately needed in Ireland itself. Any initiatives in London were also hindered or simply blocked by the chief civil servant to the Treasury – Trevelyan. He was symptomatic of those who worked for the government in Westminster. A supporter of free trade, Trevelyan was also less than sympathetic to the Irish or their problems.

There were some good landlords. Vaughan in County Mayo is recognised as one, but he was simply overwhelmed by the extent of the poverty. Tenants on neighbouring estates came to his land for help but Vaughn was swamped by the sheer numbers involved. Ironically, those landlords who can be classed as compassionate suffered as a result of those who did nothing.

Some landlords resorted to forced emigration of their tenants in an effort to ‘solve’ the problem in Ireland. In October 1847, the ship ‘Lord Ashburton’ carried 477 Irish emigrants to North America. 177 of these people came from one estate owned by an absentee landlord. They were so poor that they were all but naked for the journey and 87 had to be clothed by charity groups in America before they could leave the ship. On this particular voyage, 107 people died of dysentery and fever. The ‘Quebec Gazette’ described the ‘Lord Ashburton’ and all that it represented as "a disgrace to the Home Authorities." The absentee landlord who had forced 177 of his tenants onto the ship was Lord Palmerston, the British Foreign Secretary at this time, and one of the most famous of Britain's politicians in the Nineteenth Century.

What was the result of the famine?

Between 1846 and 1850, the population of Ireland dropped by 2 million which represented 25% of the total population.

This figure of 2 million can by effectively split in two. One million died of starvation or the diseases associated with the famine and one million emigrated to North America or parts of England, such as Liverpool, and Scotland, such as Glasgow. Many found that the areas where they settled in Britain were not welcoming as the Irish were seen as people who undercut wages. Therefore, employers in mainland factories were willing to employ the Irish at the expense of the English/Scots. However, many of the Irish who settled in industrial cities were completely unprepared for work in factories having spent their time working in a rural environment.

Ireland continued to suffer de-population after the famine ended. Many young Irish families saw their futures in America and not Ireland. This affected Ireland as those who were most active and who could contribute the most to Ireland, left the country.

Ironically, the famine did not help those who stayed on the land. With far fewer people to work the land, it might be thought that landlords would be less harsh on their tenants as they had a vested interest in having their land worked. This did not happen. Landlords used the opportunity to ‘rationalise’ their estates and there were more evictions even after the famine had ended.

Irish culture was severely hit by the famine. The sharp decline in the speaking of Gaelic has been specifically linked to the late 1840’s. There was little use speaking Gaelic in England, Scotland or America. The areas where Gaelic was at its strongest – in the west of Ireland – were the areas hit the hardest by the famine, both in terms of deaths and emigration.

The political impact of the famine in Ireland was very great. There were those who believed that the government in London had done as little as it could to help the Irish. Therefore, they believed that the only people who could help the Irish were the Irish themselves. Some of the leaders of the Easter Rebellion of 1916 had families affected by the Great Famine. Finance for a number of Irish republican movements in the late Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries, came from the east coast of America, primarily Boston and New York. James Connolly, one of the 1916 leaders, spent time in America where he lived among families who had originally come to America as a result of the famine. The mother of Patrick Pearse, Margaret, had come from a family directly affected by the famine.
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   As the McLaughlins settled into their new country and began individual families we have seen that life was far from easy for them.  The civil war gripped the country in fierce controversy, the land around them was still very wild and the Irish were largely shunned by much of society.  To purchase land one had to be a citizen.  Naturalization took many years as first one had to live in the country for 2-5 years, then make a declaration of intent and continue to live in the state for 5-7 years before completing the naturalization process.  Many immigrants bi-passed this long and arduous bureaucracy by serving in the military during the civil war.    This was the path chosen by the McLaughlin men and by the spouses of the McLaughlin women.  We have already seen the the war had a devastating effect on the family. Young Charles McLaughlin was killed following a battle in Virginia when he was drown in the James River.  Mary's first husband, Mr. McGinley, was killed during the war, leaving her with an infant daughter, Hannah's first husband Daniel McCarty was also killed during the war, leaving her with two children to look after.  Sadly this was not the lat of the Civil war tragedy.  
    Young Ellen McLaughlin (1835-1908) was working as a domestic servant in the home of the A.J. Miller family in Reading NY in 1855.  She met and married William G. Vanortwick in 1856.  William was a local boy, born in New York state to parents born in New Jersey and New York states.    William was the son of Simeon Vanortwick (1797-1874) ( later VanNortwick) and Jada ( Judah) Remerly of Yates County.  Simeon had been born in New Jersey and was a weaver by trade.  He moved to Yates county  where he met and married Jada.  In 1832 Simeon, Jada and their three sons, Joseph N., Daniel M. and William G. moved to Hornby and purchased a farm.  ( the VanNortwick family farm passed to Daniel following his father's death.)
   William met and married the lovely Ellen McLaughlin in 1856.  They had one son, William  in 1857.  William G. VanNortwick died shortly after his son was born.  His name appears on a memorial in the Whitney cemetery in     Hornby NY    tribute to those Hornby men who served during the Civil war.  Ellen, like her sisters , was left alone to raise an infant.  With no immediate prospects Ellen returned to the McLaughlin family farm.  We find her in 1860 living with brothers James and Charles and sisters Hannah and Anna along with the McGinley and McCarty children.  Young William has been left behind with his Grandparents until Ellen can get on her feet.                 This did not  take her long.  By the end of 1860 she had met and married the dapper young Patrick Touhey of Ireland.  Patrick had immigrated in 1847 and settled in Schuyler county NY.  He was a a widow having lost his first wife, Mary on 5/18/1857.  Patrick and Mary had also lost a son, Patrick Henry Touhey died 6/14/1853 at the tender age of 1year,7 months old.
         Patrick  also served in the civil war, but his fate was not as bleak as his predecessor.    Patrick joined the war late, enlisting in Reading NY in 1864.  He was assigned to B company 179 regiment NY and fought in Alexandria Virginia.  Patrick mustered out of service on June 8,1865 after serving one year.  He returned home to his wife and growing family.  Patrick took his bride, Ellen McLaughlin and her son William back to Schuyler county and settled on a farm in Orange, Tyrone, Schuyler NY.  In 1870 Parts of Tyrone township were still part of orange, by 1880 Orange had completely separated from Tyrone.  
    Ellen and Patrick had a large family.  In addition to William VanNortwick Jr. the Touhey had Honorah (1860-1889), Charles (1861-1861), John M. (1863-1883), James P. (1865-1930)  (James was listed on the 1875 NY state census as being "Idiotic".   This is interesting when we see what life holds in store for young James in our next post of the McLaughlin Family in the US.), Edward (1875-1951) and Charles H. (1873-   ).
      In 1880  William Van Nortwick had moved out to start his own life.  Elizabeth (Nora), John M., James P, Charles H. and Edwin C. remain at home on the farm with Ellen and Patrick.   Patrick was aging and life on the farm was growing more difficult each year.   On June 28,1880 Patrick applied for  and received a disability pension with the war department for his service in the Civil war.  In 1888 John  M. Touhey passed away, followed by  Nora in 1889.  The Touhey's are laid to rest in Saint Mary's cemetery in Watkins Glen NY. 
   Ellen was the mother of 7 children, brimming with promise and hope of establishing a foothold in America.  By 1900 only 4 remained, William VanNortwick, James P. Touhey, Edwin ( Edward) Touhey and Charles H. Touhey.  In 1902 Patrick died, leaving the farm to Ellen and the children.  Ellen continued to collect a widows pension from the military until her death  in 1903.

          Anna McLaughlin ( July 1844-1914), the youngest of the McLaughlin children was a young child when her family immigrated from Ireland.    In 1860 she was still living with her family in Dix, Schuyler county NY.  Her father had recently passed away and young Anna was  helping with her sisters children and keeping house for brother James as they all lived on and worked the family farm.  She met  and married Charles Oneil (1825-1907), a farm hand on the farm of Alexander Ross of Dix, Schuyler Ny,in 1861.  Like the McLaughlins, Charles was an Irish immigrant, hailing from County Tyrone Ireland, and a farmer with dreams of  gaining prosperity in his new country.    Like so many other Irish immigrants of that time and in that family, Charles enlisted in the Civil war on Sept. 5,1864.  Charles and Anna were living in Pine Grove, Schuyler NY but Charles enlisted in Owego.  He was assigned to the NY 199 Infantry Company D and served until June 8,1865.  Charles returned to Pine Grove and  bought a farm in reading Schuyler NY where he and Anna raised their children, Hue (1858-), Charles (1862-), James (1866-1950), Elen ( Ellie) (1871-) and Lillie (1873- 1957).  Charles build a very successful farm that in 1870 had a value of $3750.
        Charles  was not a tall man.  His service record describes him as standing 5'8, having gray eyes and dark hair and a dark complexion, most likely from working out side all of his life on one farm of another.   At some time between 1875 and 1880 Anna's eldest son Hugh passed away.  Charles continued the farm until his son James, also a farmer and his number one farm hand, came of age.  James had remained on the farm, and had worked tirelessly helping his parents.  When Charles could no longer keep up with the demands of the farming life he gave the farm to his son James to manage.    Charles passed away in 1907 and is laid to rest in Saint Mary's cemetery in Watkins Glen NY.     After his father's death James hired a farm hand, Samuel S. Huey,  to help with the increasing work.   James continued to care for his mother with the help of his sister Lillie until Anna's death in 1914 at the age of 70.  Anna is buried in St. Mary's in Watkins Glen beside her husband.

      William McLaughlin (May 1821-1902) was the eldest of the McLaughlin clan who immigrated from Londonderry county Donegal Ireland.    William, like his father before him was a farmer.  Like his brothers and brothers in law he also served in the Civil war.
      In 1860 William was the acting head of the McLaughlin household, following the death of his father.   Following his mother's death in 1861, William married his soul mate, Margaret Dougherty (May 1835-1904).  
       In 1863 William was drafted into the army. He left his wife and growing family to fight for freedom and the right to own property as an American citizen.  Upon his return from duty, He and Margaret moved to Hornby in Steuben County and purchased a farm.    It was there that they raised their 10 children; Charles (1861-1925), James L. (1862-1944), George (1864-1931), William (1866-1935), Daniel (1867-1940), Thomas (1869-1910), Ann (1870-1953), Hannah (1872-1886), Frank (1873-1950) and Kathryn (1876-1969).
      William's many sons were an asset to the farm, each of them working as farm laborers as soon as they were old enough to pick weeds.  With only 3 daughters to temper the rambunctious brood, the McLaughlin clan was greatly saddened by the loss of Hannah in 1886 at the tender age of 14.    In 1900 most of the children have left to start their own families.  William, at the age of 79 relied heavily on the three remaining boys, William P., Thomas and Frank,  to run the farm.  William P. McLaughlin was now a married man.  His wife, Bridget (1870-?) help with the housework and cared for William's aging parents. 
  William McLaughlin Sr. passed away in 1902.  Margaret survived another two years, relying on her sons to run the farm.  She followed William in death in 1904.  The McLaughlins are buried in Saint Mary's cemetery in Corning NY.

      James McLaughlin  (1826-1911), like his father and brothers was  farmer.  Like his brothers and brothers in law, he too served in the infantry during the Civil war.  James purchased a track of land beside his brother William in Hornby and set up his own farm.    He married Rebecca Lord (1828-1905)in  1858.  Following his Mother's death James and Rebecca moved to Hornby , Steuben NY where they raised their children, Mary (1858-), William ( Wild Bill) (1861-1932), Elizabeth (1869-1935), Margaret (Maggie)(1864-), James ( Big Jim)(1862-1940), Charles (1867-1868) and Christina (1871-1871).
    Being a close and supportive family, when young James McCarty married and prepared to start his own family and his own farm in 1886, he moved to Hornby and purchased land adjacent to James and William McLaughlin.  by 1900 only James A and Margaret, (Maggie) remained at home to help with the farm.  James and Rebecca had  adopted another child, Frederick P. McLaughlin (1886).  Frederick was born in Pennsylvania to parents also born in Pennsylvania.  He was welcomed into the McLaughlin family and helped Jame and Rebecca in their declining years.  James , now too old to continue farming, turned over the management of the farm to son William J. McLaughlin.  In 1900 James and Rebecca welcomed William's new bride,Winifred  (Winnie)Hammond (1881-1959) to the farm.   Rebecca passed away in 1905.  James followed in 1911.  The McLaughlins were laid to rest in Saint Mary's Cemetery in Corning New York.

   And so the Irish immigrants passed away, having found a new home, a better life and leaving  their children to sew a legacy .  Stay tuned for our next installment when we will see what the Irish American offspring did with their parents legacy.

  The McLaughlins were farmers.  They had come to America to escape starvation and oppression at the hands of the British, with a dream of building a new life.  Initially they settled in the town of Dix, in Schuyler county,working for others while they saved to purchase their own farms and start their own families.  Farms were purchased in the town of Orange and  Tyrone in Schuyler county and in Hornby in Steuben county.  As I write this I do not have the exact locations of the farms, but will endeavor to discover them, if possible,  to include in a later post.   The following pictures provide a look at the Tyrone and Hornby areas.  
      When the McLaughlins began farming,  the finger lakes area was still teaming with wild life including; Bobcats, brown and black bear, timber rattle snakes, red fox, grey fox, timber wolves, coyotes, mink, weasels,  just to mention a few.   Farming the country side in those days meant taming the land and protecting livestock against predators.    Farming was not an easy business.  Plows were pulled by horses, mules or oxen while the farmer walked behind keeping the furrows straight and scattering seed by hand as he went.   Crops needed water, which was hand carried in pails from wells or ponds.  The typical farmer was up before the dawn and worked long after sundown, plowing, watering, feeding live stock, mending fences, harvesting crops.   There was no electricity, no indoor plumbing,  But the  McLaughlins took pride knowing they owned the land they farmed and the crops they raised.  Money earned from the harvest was their own.  They did not have to scrape and bow to a landlord any longer.

  As early as 1855 we find Mary McLaughlin McGinley working in Bath NY as a servant in the Rice home With her one year old daughter, Mary  McGinley.  Mary  had also given birth in January to her daughter Hannah.  neither Hannah or Mr. McGinley appear in the 1855 census.  By 1860 both Mary and Mr. McGinley are deceased. Hannah is living with her uncle James McLaughlin in   the town of Dix, Schuyler county NY.  Mary has left the child there while she works .  By 1866 Mary has met and married a second time.  This time to James Harvey  of Watkins Glen NY.  Mary and James had a son, James Harvey Jr, in 1867.  Shortly after this blessed event, James Harvey Sr. passed on, leaving Mary a two time widow.  Mary raised her children with the help of her family and her own hard work.  By 1872 Hannah has married Emmet Ellis (July 1842-1920), a civil war veteran working as a laborer.  They continued to living in Watkins Glen where Hannah gave birth to Anna Ellis ( Sept.1872), Minnie  Ellis(1875) , Nellie Ellis (May 1878), Mary Katheryn Ellis  (1886-1888) Charles Ellis, (July1881)   Myrtle Ellis (March 1888), and Mildred Ellis (Oct. 1894) .  In 1880 Mary McLaughlin Harvey and  son James McGinley   are living in Watkins Glen with the Ellis family. 
   In 1900 Mary is again living alone, still in Watkins Glen NY.  She died in 1902  and is buried in Saint Mary's Catholic cemetery in Watkins Glen NY.

      Honorah ( Hannah ) McLaughlin(1826-1909) also married early.   By 1857 Hannah had met and married Daniel McCarty.   The McCartys settled in Hornby NY.  James , like his family before him, was a farmer.   In 1858 The McCarty's welcomed their first born son, Charles D. McCarty (1858-1939).  In 1860 their second child, James McCarty was born.  Like many Irish Immigrants in those days, Daniel left to fight in the civil war as a way of earning citizenship.  Daniel was a private in eh NY 22 K company.  While Daniel was off to war Hannah and the lived with her brother James on the family farm in Dix, Schuyler NY.  Daniel was shot in battle and sent to the regimental hospital in New York and died of  his wounds there on Aug. 30,1862.
     Hannah did not mourn her dead soldier for long before marrying a second time to  Joseph Bryan. Mary took her oldest son Charles with her into her new marriage.  Young James was given to Elizabeth McLaughlin Butler.  The Butlers officially adopted young James and raised him on their Hornby farm. 
      Joseph Bryan had come from County Cork  Ireland in 1857 and settled first in Owego NY.   He married Hannah Mclaughlin McCarty in 1863.  Hannah delivered their first child, Mary E. Bryan in 1864.  On Sept. 5,1864  Joseph enlisted in  the army in Reading Schuyler NY and served one year fighting for the Union.  For many Irish immigrants the civil war offered a chance at citizenship and with a new family Joseph wanted to insure their future.  Joseph was mustered out of service on June 8,1865.  Hannah and Joseph  bought a farm in Orange New York where they raised young Charles McCarty (1858-1939), Mary E. Bryan (1864-1933),Katherine (Kate) Bryan (1866-),Ellen (Nell) Bryan(1868-1947), William Bryan(1870-1952).  Hannah died in 1909 and Joseph followed her in 1918.  They are buried together in St. Mary's Catholic cemetery in Watkins Glen NY.

Elizabeth (Lizzie)( May 1820- McLaughlin, the eldest daughter of  James and Hannah married late.  She met and married Thomas Butler (1909-1887), a widower ands civil war veteran around 1867.  Thomas was a farmer who owned land and was raising his family in Hornby, Steuben NY.  He too was an Irish immigrant. 
      Thomas and his wife Ellen had crossed the ocean and initially landed in Quebec Canada where their children John (1840-?), Cornelius (1842-?), Thomas Jr. (1845-?) were born.  They entered the US in 1846 and settled in Hornby Steuben NY where they had two more sons, Edwin (1848-?) and William (1850-?)  Cornelius was a deaf Mute. He remained with his father working on the farm.  After his fathers death in 1887, Cornelius remained on the farm caring for Elizabeth. 
      Ellen, Thomas first wife who had made the journey with him from County Cork Ireland,  passed away in 1864.  Thomas was grief stricken and enlisted in the army September 4,1864 in  Hornby NY.  He was a private in company M regiment 15 and served until he was mustered out on June 13, 1865.  Shortly after returning from the war Thomas met and married Elizabeth McLaughlin.  Thomas was not a tall man, standing only 5'6, but with hi blue eyes, brown hair and fair complexion, he swept Elizabeth off her feet.  He took to young James McCarty and the two adopted the boy.    Elizabeth never had any children of her own but reared her sisters son and looked after Thomas children.  In 1870 the only children still at home were William Butler and James  McCarty. By 1875 William had moved away.  Thomas and Elizabeth managed the farm with the help of Cornelius and James McCarty.   In 1880 William has returned home with his two children, Francis (Frank)(1876) and Ellen (1878). He is a widower.  James and Cornelius remain at home.  In 1887 Thomas passed away, leaving the farm to his son William.    By 1892 James has moved out to start his own life.  William is caring for Elizabeth and his brother Cornelius as well as his two growing children.  By 1900 William , Cornelius and Frank remain at home with , now 80 years old, Elizabeth.  Elizabeth died before 1910. Thomas Butler was laid to rest in  Saint Mary's Catholic cemetery in Corning NY.   I believe Elizabeth is there as well, though her name does not appear on his stone.



stay tuned for part  of  The McLaughlins, the next generation, when we will look at  William, James, Ellen and Ann McLaughlin.

Today we are going to look at an actual family and follow the tree from their arrival until as close to present day as possible.  If you find your people in this tree please send me a note.  If you are a direct descendant of this tree I would be interested in hearing from you.  Were there any surprises?  Are there inaccuracies I need to correct?  I hope you find this one interesting.
   This story starts with James and Hannah McLaughlin of Donegal Ireland.  They had at least eight children in Ireland before deciding their future would be better spent and longer lived in America. 
        Donegal is the second largest province in Ulster and the fourth largest in all of Ireland. It is a pretty area that lies in the north of the country and boarders the Northern counties of Londonderry, Tyrone and Fermanagh.  It is a mountainous area with two low mountain ranges; the Derryveagh mountains in the north and the Bluestick mountains in the south.   Farming of one type or another was the most common means of employment.  Many of the Irish people lived on landlord held estates and farmed for a portion of the crop.  In 1841, prior to the Irish potatoe famine, Donegal had a population of 296,000 people.  Donegal was one of the worst effected by the potato famine.  by 1851 the population, from death or emigration, was reduced to 255,000, a reduction of 41,000 people.  by 1861 that number fell to 237000, the loss of yet another 18000 people.The McLaughlin's were among those that chose to emigrate.
  The following photos come compliments of Wikipedia  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Donegal:

   The McLaughlin clan, James (1800-1858), Hannah (1805-1861) and their eight children; Elizabeth (1820-1882), William (1825-1902), Honorah ( Hannah 1826-1909 ), James (1826-1911), Mary (1827-1902), Ellen (1835-1908), Charles (1838-1864), and Ann (1844-1914), arrived in the US in 1851 .  James wasted little time settling in the finger lakes,  Steuben/Schuyler county area.   With it's rolling green hills, deep gorges and cascading waterfalls, the Schuyler/ Steuben area was reminiscent of the home they had been forced to leave behind.   Initially they  made their  home in the town of Dix, the men working the various farms, saving to purchase their own land, the girls working as servants in some of the wealthier homes in the area.    By 1860 William had purchased a large farm in the town of Dix.  Eventually the family  spread out to Hornby in Steuben county, and Tyrone , town of Orange, in Schuyler county  where the various siblings  settled in to farm the land.  Sadly, James did not live long enough to see their success.  He died in 1858, leaving William as the acting head of the family. 
    In 1860 William's  farm was  valued at $840.  He was the functioning head of the household with a personal property value of $525.  There were two houses on the farm land, William, Mother Hannah and sister Elizabeth lived in the main house.   Siblings ; James, Hannah ( Honorah), Ellen, Charles and Anna, and Hannah's two children Charles and James McCarty, and Mary's daughter, Hannah McGinley,   lived in the house down the road.    
       Hannah passed away in 1861.  She and James were both laid to rest in Saint Mary's Cemetery in Corning, Steuben NY.
   Charles McLaughlin, born in Donegal Ireland in 1838 was a strapping 22 year old when the  American  Civil war started.  He and  his family had left their  homeland behind  with to get away from the  ravages of war.  When war broke out in America he saw his chance to gain citizenship and fight for his right to remain free and to build a better life in the US.  Perhaps he felt a kinship with the struggles of the black man, perhaps not.  Perhaps he was grieving over the recent death of his mother and the loss of his father.  The only thing certain is that  on September 5,1861 young Charles McLaughlin went down to Havana ( Montour Falls) Schuyler county  and enlisted in the civil war.  He was officially mustered into the 89th Infantry, Company A on September 21,1861.

The following is taken from New York in the War of the Rebellion, 3rd ed. Frederick Phisterer. Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, 1912. 
The Hon. J. S. Dickinson received authority, August 29, 1861, to recruit a regiment of infantry; this regiment was organized, under Col. Harrison S. Fairchild and Lieut-Col. J. C. Robie, at Elmira November 26, 1861, and there mustered in the service of the United States for three years December 4, 5 and 6, 1861. At the expiration of its term of enlistment those entitled thereto were mustered out, and the regiment retained in service.
The companies were recruited principally: A at Havana; B and H at Binghamton; C at Mount Morris; D at Rochester; E at Norwich and Oxford; F at Whitney's Point; G at Windsor; I at Delhi; and K at Corbettsville.
The regiment left the State December 6, 1861; served in the Provisional Brigade, Casey's Division, Army of the Potomac, from December, 1861; with General Burnside's Expeditionary Corps in North Carolina from January, 1862; in 4th Brigade, at Roanoke, N. C., from May, 1862; in 1st Brigade, 3d Division, 9th Corps, from July, 1862; in Suffolk, Department of Virginia, from April, 1863; in Alford's Brigade, Getty's Division, 7th Corps, Department of Virginia, from May, 1863; in same brigade, 2d Division, 18th Corps, in North Carolina, from July, 1863.; in same brigade, Vogdes' Division, 10th Corps, on Folly and Little Folly Islands, S. C., from October, 1863; in 1st Brigade, 2d Division, 10th Corps, Army of the James, from April, 1864; in the 1st Brigade, 2d Division, 18th Corps, from May 30, 1864; in the 3d Brigade, 2d Division, 18th Corps, from: June 24, 1864; in the 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 24th Corps, from December, 1864; in the 3d Brigade, 1st Division, 24th Corps, from May, 1865; in the 2d Brigade, 1st Division, 24th Corps, from June, 1865; and it was honorably discharged and mustered out, August 3, 1865, commanded by Capt. Henry H. Epps, at Richmond, Va.
During its service the regiment lost by death, killed in action, 4 officers, 49 enlisted men; of wounds received in action, 2 officers, 52 enlisted men; of disease and other causes, 1 officer, 158 enlisted men; total, 7 officers, 259 enlisted men; aggregate, 266; of whom 13 enlisted men died in the hands of the enemy.

The following is taken from The Union army: a history of military affairs in the loyal states, 1861-65 -- records of the regiments in the Union army -- cyclopedia of battles -- memoirs of commanders and soldiers. Madison, WI: Federal Pub. Co., 1908. volume II. http://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/civil/infantry/89thInf/89thInfMain.htm

Eighty-ninth Infantry.—Col., Harrison S. Fairchild; Lieut.-Cpls., Jacob C. Robie, Nathan Coryell, Theophilus L. England, Wellington M. Lewis, Henry C. Roome; Majs., Daniel T. Everts, Wellington M. Lewis, Henry C. Roome, Frank ; W. Tremain, Jeremiah Remington. The 89th, called the Dickinson Guard, and composed of companies from Havana, Binghamton, Mount Morris, Rochester, Norwich, Oxford, Whitney's Point, Delhi and Corbettsville, was mustered into the U. S. service at Elmira, Dec. 4 to 6, 1861, for three years. It left the state for Washington, Dec. 6, was stationed for a few weeks in the defenses of the capital in the provisional brigade, Casey's division, and in Jan., 1862, became a part of Burnside's expeditionary corps, with which it embarked for Roan-oke, N. C. In July, 1862, the regiment returned from Roanoke and with the 1st brigade, 3d division, 9th corps, participated in the Maryland campaign. It was active at South mountain, and at An-tietam lost 103 in killed, wounded and missing. It participated in the battle of Fredericksburg, went into winter quarters near Fal-mouth, and in April, 1863, was transferred to the Department of Virginia at Suffolk, where it was attached in May, to Alford's brigade, Getty's division, 7th corps. It was active during the siege of Suffolk and remained in that vicinity until July, when it was transferred to the 18th corps, proceeded to North Carolina, where it was assigned to the l0th corps and stationed at Folly island, S. C. The regiment was present at the siege of Fort Wagner and the following operations in Charleston harbor and returned to Virginia early in 1864. A large number of the men reenlisted and the veteran regiment became a part of the l0th corps, which was present . during May, 1864, at Swift creek, Proctor's creek, Drewry's bluff and Bermuda Hundred. At the end of that month the 89th was assigned to the 1st brigade, 2nd division, 18th corps and served in that corps until December. It lost heavily in the opening assault on Petersburg, where Lieut.-Col. England was killed, and also lost 139 in killed, wounded and missing at Fair Oaks in October. In December, the command was transferred to the 2nd division, 24th corps, with which it remained until the end of the war, sharing in the final assault on Petersburg and the pursuit of Lee's army to Appomattox. Maj. Tremain was mortally wounded April 2, 1865, in the assault on Petersburg. The 89th was mustered put at Richmond, Aug. 3, 1865, having lost during its term of service, 107 by death from wounds and 159 from other causes.

  (a poem published
Correspondence of the Delaware Express.]
Camp of the 89th N. Y)


 "Tread lightly, tread lightly, disturb not his sleep, 
From his pains he's released, tho' friends o'er him weep;
Speak softly, speak softly, for he whom we love
Has gone to the regions of glory above."

Companion, beloved thy memory shall twine
As close round our heart, as some evergreen vine;
For sweetly and gently, thou sank to thy rest,
A spirit by Deity called to the blest."

  Charles  Thomas McLaughlin died  July 4,1863 in Virginia following the siege of Suffolk.  Charles drown in the James river while leaving the battle field after the battle.  He had served his adopted country well and proudly.  He never rose above the rank of private but was honored in death by his country.   A marker for Charles was placed in Virginia at the Hampton National Cemetery grave 64.  Charles body was returned home and laid to rest in St. Mary's cemetery in Corning , Steuben NY, along side his parents.

Tomorrow we take a look at Charles siblings to see what life had in store for the rest of the  McLaughlin children.



     

  Cemeteries freak a lot of people out but to the historian and the genealogist a cemetery is a wealth of information.    A cemetery reflects the culture and, some times the bigotry of a community.  It tells the story of  the community that surrounds it, who lived, who died, how many from the community were lost to war or epidemic.  In an old cemetery you can find the founders of the village, the clergy, the children that passed on too early, and the lovers who shared a life together and reside together into eternity.   A cemetery truly is just a city underground.  
   Before we were humans as we know ourselves, pre-man built cemeteries for their dead.  They cared for their dead, honored them and set aside a place of rest where families could lie together in the after life and living relatives could come and pay their respects.  Such tenderness speaks to the very ancient, pre-civilization belief that the spirit of man does not die, that life is precious and family to be remembered.
   Elephants are, to my knowledge,( feel free to enlighten me if I am mistaken)  the only other animal besides man that sets aside a separate place for the herd to go and rest in death. Cemeteries are sacred, hallowed and eternal.  
    Some things to take into consideration before setting out to look for unknown relatives in a cemetery is, when did they live and die?  What religion were they?  Were they immigrants, from where  and when did they arrive?  Prior to the early 1800's America was a predominantly protestant country.   Prior to the early-mid-1800's  few communities where Jews and Catholics practiced had separate churches or cemeteries for them.  Burials were either done in the protestant cemetery or in a common village or poor man cemetery.  When placed in a protestant cemetery the Jews and Catholics were often set apart from the others so when looking for your family look along the edges of the older part of the cemetery.
    German, Italian and Irish immigrants often had sections of the cemetery set aside for them.  This reflects the  peculiar bigotry of the times.  The Germans chose to separate themselves from the rest and often had the money to insure they had the best locations.   In many villages there are German cemeteries, purchased by the German immigrants to insure they would rest with their own people. 
     Well into the 1960's large Catholic cemeteries had sections for the Irish, the Italian, the Polish.  Families were generally buried within close proximity to each other, so if you find one relation you may discover several more you did not know you were looking for. 
   But enough of all this jabber.  I suspect that what you are really looking for is more names to see if your family might be here.    I have some cemetery listings from the Schuyler county NY area that I will include here.

The Peck Farm - in some instances farmers or people with land would bury their families on the property.  That was before the laws interfered with this process.  It can still be done but it is much more difficult than just digging a grave and putting someone in the ground.  
Information for this post comes from http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyschuyl/HecCemMp.html.  The Peck farm is located in the township of Hector  near the club Seneca road.  Turn left towards the lake to find this grave yard.  -
MARTIN PECK born -10/8/1759 died 9/30/1808
CLARISSA PECK- DAUGHTER OF MARTIN& LUCY, WIFE OF CHARLES EVERTS born 5/6/1787 died 5/6/1818
NANCY BAILEY PECK- WIFE OF JOEL PECK born 1/7/1797 died 8/10/1832
LEVI H. PECK, SON OF JOEL & NANCY PECK born 7/7/1819 died 11/9/1823
ALBERT PECK, SON OF JOEL & NANCY PECK born 4/12/1823, died 8/24/1825
OLIVER CASE, SON OF ADAM & ELMIRA CASE born 2/3/1834, died 11/17/1839
LUCY TENANT PECK, WIFE OF MARTIN PECK born 1760 died 8/19/1805
POLLY PECK CASE DAUGHTER OF MARTIN & LUCY PECK, FIRST WIFE OF ADAM CASE born 12/1/1794, died 9/30/1830
ADAM CASE HUSBAND OF POLLY CASE no dates provided.
  If you are interested in the Peck family there is an entire family history available through the  above noted web site.


  The Caitlin Odessa Cemetery in Schuyler county town of Catherine was located where the Odessa town hall now stands.  The head stones were removed in April 1911 and relocated to the North West Corner of the Laurel hill Cemetery.  I am not sure if the bodies were also moved or just the stones.  It is probable that just the stones were moved as there was likely not much left of the  bodies and caskets to be able to move.   Hmmm sounds like the stuff of a good horror story.  Has anyone heard of  any hauntings at the Odessa  town hall ?  Well, let's see who might be doing the haunting:


CAITLIN-ODESSA CEMETERY
RHONDA ADAMY ( NO DATES, THE SCHULER COUNTY HISTORY MUSEUM HAS THE ADAMY GENEALOGY ON FILE IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS FAMILY.)
LYMAN ARCHER BORN UNKNOWN, DIED 1849
SARAH BEERS, WIFE OF WAKEMAN BEERS, DIED 1859 
WAKEMAN BEERS BORN 3/20/1788 DIED 4/23/1861 
  ?BUCHANAN, WIFE OF SOLOMON, DAUGHTER OF HIRAM BROWN, DIED 7/20/1855 AGE 24
EZRA BUEL DIED 6/20/1850 AGE 50
AARON BULKLEY DIED 8/23/1870 AGE 68
EBENEZER BULKLEY BORN 1/22/1770 DIED 4/20/1830
HANNAH BULKLEY, WIFE OF EBENEZER DIED 1848 AGE 88
JOHN BULKLEY, SON OF HANNAH AND EBENEZER DIED 9/6/1826 AGE 21
MARY BULKLEY, WIFE OF CANEN, DIED 7/22/1880, AGE 70
MOSES BULKLEY, SON OF EBENEZER DIED 8/18/1826 AGE 23
dR. jARVIS dARLING DIED 12/26/1853 AGE 58
LUCY DARLING, WIFE OF SAMUEL DIED 6/18/1836 AGE 73
HULDAH DAVIS, WIFE OF NATHANIEL DIED 7/23/1826 AGE 58
EBENEZER DAVIS, SON OF JOHN & LUCINDA DIED 1840 AGE 2
NATHANIEL DAVIS DIED 8/26/1826 AGE 62
Sarah DAVIS, DAUGHTER OF JOHN & LUCINDA, DIED 10/13/1843 AGE 7
eDWARD eUMANS, SON OF MORRIS & MAY DIED 1860
ADELIA FOSTER, DAUGHTER OF JOHN & LAURA, DIED 1827 AGE 26 DAYS
LAURA FOSTER, WIFE OF JOHN DIED 1831
SAMUEL FOSTER DIED 8/11/1826 AGE 26
JONATHAN GANOUNG DIED 1/24/1861, AGE 55
MARY GRAVES, WIFE OF BELA GRAVES, DAUGHTER OF ROBERT & DIANA HOWARD, DIED 7/18/1831, AGE 23
LETILLA GREEN DIED 9/12/1840
JANE ARLY HOWARD DAUGHTER OF ROBERT & DIANA DIED 10/22/1837, AGE 20
JOHN A. JOHNSON (NO DATES)
SARAH JOHNSON, WIFE OF JOHN, DIED 6/18/1874, AGE 76
DANIEL KING, SON OF JEHAIL & MARY, DIED 1863 AGE 10
GURDIN MILLER DIED 8/1818
MAY B. MISNER DAUGHTER OF HENRY & SARAH DIED 1853
EDWIN M. MORGAN DIED 1870
GEORGE MORGAN DIED 1/19/1878
GEORGE W., SON OF CHARLES & KATE, DIED 1/18/1871, AGE 4 MONTHS
JOHN O. MORGAN DIED 1851
SARAH J. MORGAN ( NO DATES)
MINNIE M. NELSON, DAUGHTER OF A&B, DIED 8/18/1860, AGE 29
JANE ELIZABETH OGDEN, WIFE OF SAMUEL, DIED 11/27/1870
POLLY PORTER DIED 1/18/1847
MARGARET SEAMAN, WIFE OF CHAUNCEY DIED 3/8/1837
MELISSA SHELDON DIED 5/26/1860
JAMES SOULE ( NO DATES)
DANIEL J. THOMAS, SON OF WILLIAM& C.J.  DIED 8/10/1863, AGE 19 MONTHS
ELMIRA M. UPDIKE DIED 7/28/1842
MINNIE UPDIKE DIED 8/18/1869






  Wakeman Beers was born in connecticu on 3/20/1788.  He moved to Odessa in 1832 and worked as a grocer.  Wakeman died on 4/23/1861.  In 1852 he married a second time to Anna ?.  They were married in Odessa.  Anna was born in Pennsylvania in 1799.  She moved to Yates NY where she married a Campbell and had a son, Henry Campbell in 1833.  In 1835 Anna moved to Odessa.   In 1855 Henry is found living with Anna and Wakeman Beers in Odessa.  He works as a carpenter.   Wakeman's first wife, Sarah died in 1853.  Her stone is listed as reading died  in 1859 but it is  incorrect.  It is possible to stone was inscribed following Wakeman's death or that the translation of the stone was incorrect.  Wakeman and Sarah had at least one son, Ephram born in 1820.


as i say at the end of each post, if there is something you would like to see, a family member you are looking for, etc. let me know and I will do my best to track down the information to post here.  Stay tuned for our next post on the random genealogist.  Think spring.