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Title: 1834-09-28 YPSILANTI M T ---BLACK CDS--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---BHL--GFP--BX1--#17 --UNCLE JAMES WROTE THAT HE WAS CALLED UPON TO GIVE AN OPINION ON THE PLANS TO IMPROVE THE NAVIGATION OF THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER; ALSO HE HAS A GRANDDAUGHTER 7 OR 8 WEEKS OLD, CROP PRICES AND LAND VALUES---MENTIONS AUNT LUCY, AUNT BETSY, MR. EWERS, ISABEL, JANE, ROBERT, MARIA, JOHN, SAMUEL HARPER, BOTSFORD, AGRIPPA---CHOLERA KILLED ABOUT 400 PEOPLE IN DETROIT---IN ANN ARBOR AARON BROWN OF BROWN AND CO. DIED FROM CHOLERA, ONE OF ONLY A FEW PEOPLE THERE---THERE WERE A LARGE NUMBER OF LOCUSTS THAT YEAR---DISCUSSES THE PROPOSED RAIL ROUTE----A CARAVAN OF ANIMALS VISITED ANN ARBOR INCLUDING A LION, BENGAL TIGER, TWO LEOPARDS, A WHITE BEAR, BLACK BEAR, PANTHER, SOUTH AMERICAN PUMA, HYENAS, OSTRICHES, AN ELEPHANT, CAMEL, AND SEVERAL MONKEYS----AG/ECON---GENEALOGY 2---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N Item ID: E0-2128 View Map
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