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Title: 1843-03-03 NORTHVILLE MICH--WAYNE CO.--RED 30MM CDS----FREE FRANK TO POSTMASTER HENRY COLTON(B. NEW YORK 1805, APPOINTED POSTMASTER 20 JAN 1840, M. SARAH WHITEHOUSE COLTON 23 DEC 1861)----MENTIONS "PREACHER ELDER WISNER FROM JONESVILLE, HE ATTENDED THE FUNERAL AT THE METHODIST CHAPEL, SAMUEL HUNGERFORD'S"(B. VERMONT 1800, D. 7 APR 1875, FARMER, FATHER, AMASA HUNGERFORD JR{1781-1859}, MOTHER, LUCY ANN MORGAN HUNGERFORD{1781-1847}, 1ST SPOUSE, LUCY MORSE HUNGERFORD{B. 1804-1843}, CHILDREN, WILLIAM PITT HUNGERFORD{1830-1874}, LYDIA HUNGERFORD{1833-1860}, 2ND SPOUSE, EMMA D BARRETTE JONES HUNGERFORD{1808-1892}), "WIFE LUCY HUNGERFORD DIED SUDDENLY(D. 24 FEB 1843)- A VERY RESPECTED FAMILY AND MUCH RESPECTED- IT IS SUPPOSED THERE WERE 5 OR 6 HUNDRED PRESENT- THE WHOLE STREET WAS LINED WITH SLEIGHS, THE FIRST UNIVERSALIST SERMON THAT I HAVE EVER HEARD IN THIS COUNTRY"----"OUR FRIENDS AT MILFORD ARE WELL-ALSO AT NORTHVILLE EXCEPT CAROLINE GREGORY WHO IS THOUGHT TO BE VERY SICK-WAS SUDDENLY AND VIOLENTLY SEIZED WITH A SPASM IN WHICH ALL CONSCIOUSNESS WAS FOR A WHILE SUSPENDED, AND FEARS ARE ENTERTAINED AS TO RECOVERY-THERE SEEMS TO BE A KIND OF INVOLUNTARY TWITCHING OF THE MUSCLES IN ONE ARM WHICH HAS ATTENDED HER MORE THAN A WEEK- I FEAR IT MAY TERMINATE LIKE THAT OF AMELDA STAPLES IN PRINCETON, HER SISTER MARY HAS LATELY EXPERIENCED RELIGION"---"MARILLA GREGORY LYON HAS JUST ARRIVED FOR A VISIT...THEREFORE I MUST LAY BY MY WRITING FOR TODAY AND ATTEND TO HER"-----WEATHER----GENEALOGY----4 pg--COURTESY OF BILL BROOKS Item ID: E0-31777 View Map
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