Michigan Genealogy Surname list by County(Back To Counties List)

 1839-04-17---YPSILANTI MICH---RED CDS & BLACK MS 18 3/4THS RATE---JOHN GEDDES (1850,60,70,80 US CENSUS, MICHIGAN MARRIAGE RECORDS, FIND A GRAVE, B. PENN. MAR 1801, D.4 NOV 1889, FATHER, ROBERT GEDDES {FATHER, WILLIAM GEDDES, MOTHER, SARAH McCALLON GEDDES[MOTHER, ISABELLA LOCK McCALLON, FATHER, ROBERT McCALLON-1732-1800, WAS CAPTAIN OF A COMPANY OF FOOT OF THE LANCASTER ASSOCIATORS AT THE BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE. HIS SWORD IS STILL IN THE FAMILY], MOTHER, JANE SAWYER GEDDES, SPOUSE, M. "FANNY" FRANCES ELIZA SAVAGE GEDDES 6 APR 1837, CHILDREN, SARAH GEDDES-B. 1840 {SPOUSE, WILLIAM T RANDALL, CHILD, SARAH GERTRUDE RANDALL}, HENRY GEDDES, JOHN GEDDES-B. 1843, RACHAEL GEDDES-B. 1845, DOMESTIC, LELIA ALEXANDER-B.1831) TO WILLIAM GEDDES---DATELINED ANN ARBOR 1839-04-17--GFP---BX1--#32---ROBERT MARRIED MISS CHLOE LANE, A SISTER OF HIS FIRST WIFE "IT WAS THOUGHT QUITE STRANGE BY ALMOST EVERYONE AND THE DIFFERENCE IN THEIR AGES WOULD SEEM TO SAY A FOOLISH MOVE. IT WAS KEPT A SECRET AND MYSELF AND THE YPSILANTI LANES KNEW NOTHING OF IT UNTIL TWO OR THREE DAYS AFTER THE KNOT WAS TIED. WHY ROBERT MARRIED HER MAY BE EASIER TO ASK THAN ANSWER"; THE YPSILANTI AND TECUMSEH RAILROAD HAS BEEN STOPPED AND THE HANDS DISMISSED "INDEED IT IS SAID NOT EVERY LINE WOULD PAY THE EXPENSE OF RUNNING THAT LINE. JUST TO THINK FIVE ROUTES OF RAILROAD AND CANAL ACROSS THE PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. HOW RIDICULOUS!"; THE LEGISLATURE PASSED AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A STATE BANK; MORE RAILROAD NEWS, POLITICS, CROP PRICES, PLANS FOR BUILDING THE UNIVERSITY, SAWMILL NEWS, INFORMATION ABOUT HORSES IN THE COUNTY, THE YPSILANTI BANK FAILED ON THE 18TH OF JANUARY; "WE MICHIGANDERS ACKNOWLEDGE OUR STATE HAS A BAD NAME AND IS DESERVING OF IT. THAT THE FLOODGATES OF VILLANY HAS BEEN THROWN OPEN EITHER BY KNAVES OR FOOLS AND WE ARE NOW RECEIVING OUR REWARD."---MENTIONS THEIR SISTER ANN, SAMUEL COOPER AND POLLY---GENEALOGY 2---3PGS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Date: 1839-04-17 , Associated Pages:()