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Title: 1840-04-29---ANN ARBOR MICH--RED CDS BLUE MS 25 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 1840-04-29--GFP--BX1--#34---HE PURCHASED "WILD LAND" IN LIVINGSTON COUNTY, LUMBER PRICES, WHEAT PRICE, THE GRISTMILL IS PROGRESSING SLOWLY, ELECTION RESULTS, LAND PRICES, WEATHER REPORT---"I THINK THERE IS LITTLE DOUBT BUT MICHIGAN WILL GO WHIG NEXT FALL BY INCREASED MAJORITIES BUT IT WILL HAVE TO BE DONE BY AN EFFORT, AND GREAT EFFORTS ARE MAKING BUILDING LOG CABINS AND PRINTING CHEAP NEWSPAPERS."---"I WOULD NOT CHARGE A DECENT MAN ANYTHING, AND A DIFFICULT FELLOW WOULD NOT PAY ANYTHING"---"A COLLEGE IS TO BE BUILT IN ANN ARBOR THIS SUMMER"---MENTIONS MR. CORWIN, NORVILLE, ROBERT, JANE, ISABEL CATHCART, ROBERT SNODGRASS, THE GREAT BELLE OF HANOVER ELIZA McCORMICK, DR. SIMONTON, MARCUS LANE DIED APRIL AND LEFT A WIDOW AND TWO SONS, JOHN HARMON, DAVY DASHER AND F. DASHER, WALTER CLARK---GENEALOGY 2---3PGS---COURTESY OF THE BENTLEY HISTORICAL LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - N Item ID: E0-5733 View Map
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