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• _UID: 287D3E3442CD4D84BBFBE53FF4540AE20578

Living married Living. [Group Sheet]

1. Living
2. Living

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• _FSFTID: KPH4-6ZK
• _UID: 2017F8897CBD4C4D936324F2B66EB596057B
• Residence: 1935, Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan
• Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan

Notes:

Obiturary:Edwin M. Strong, age 80, of Willoughby and formerly of western New York, passed away unexpectedly March 12, 2011, at The Cleveland Clinic.
He was born Sept. 1, 1930, in Battle Creek, Mich.
He graduated from Western Michigan University and was a member of the Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War and was a member of the American Legion Post 362 in East Aurora, N.Y.
He worked for many years for the Inmont Ink Corporation as a branch manager in Indianapolis, Ind., and Buffalo, N.Y.
He was a member of the Buffalo Club of Printing House Craftsman (President 1980) and was awarded Craftsman of the Year in 1978. He was an avid golfer, skier and enjoyed travel. In recent years, he served as vice president, treasurer and membership chairman of the Suburban Ski Club in Cleveland. He was loved and respected by all for his sense of humor and high spirits, and he will be dearly missed.
Survivors are his wife, Mary Ellen (nee Leuty); loving children, David A., Ronald S., Mark E., Lori A. (Bryan) McPherson; their mother, his first wife, Beverly J.; grandchildren, Moriah, Cara, Lineia, Gavin and Quinn; great-grandchild, Taliesin; brother, Frederick T. (Fran) Strong; brother-in-law, James Bates; and many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Fred L. and Ruth T. Strong; and sister, Eleanor E. Bates.
Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, March 19, 2011, at Body of Christ Church, 38057 Erie Road, Willoughby, OH 44094.
In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to Body of Christ, Neighbor to Neighbor Outreach or The Holden Arboretum, 9500 Sperry Road, Kirtland, OH 44094.
Arrangements are being handled by Brickman Bros. Funeral Home in Willoughby.

Edwin married Living. [Group Sheet]

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• _UID: 926F8399D06F4DD4AA1B3B7EA55B74E756E4

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• _FSFTID: KWVQ-D3G
• _UID: 356FA384131444768ED008B999DEE23A5EE6
• Residence: 1900, Battle Creek City, Calhoun, Michigan
• Residence: 1910, Battle Creek Ward 5, Calhoun, Michigan
• Residence: 1917, Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan
• Military: 21 Jun 1917
• Military: 2 May 1919; achieved the rank of 2nd lieutenant and was honorably discharge from duty after WW I
• Residence: 1920, Battle Creek Ward 14, Calhoun, Michigan
• Occupation: 1925, Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan; Cashier
• Occupation: Between 1930 and 1940, Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan; credit manager at the Battle Creek Sanitarium
• Residence: 1930, Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan
• Residence: 1935, Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan
• Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan
• Occupation: Aft 1940
• Residence: 1942, Battle Creek, Michigan

Notes:

Fred like to listen to opera on the radio and play solitaire.

Military:
enlisted with the US Army and served in WW I, US Army Ambulance Service (with Italian Army) part of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF)

Occupation:
employee with Eaton Manufacturing in the personnel office. He also had a small insurance business where he serviced clients from his father

Buried:
Memorial Park Cemetery, Plot T-147-3

Frederick married Ruth Thornton Martin on 25 Jun 1925 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. Ruth (daughter of Samuel Blair Martin and Mary Melissa Morehead) was born on 26 Nov 1894 in Union City, Obion, Tennessee; died on 27 May 1999 in Portage, Kalamazoo, Michigan. [Group Sheet]

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• _FSFTID: LXS8-93J
• _UID: 8E0A78EBABAF40AC8E79E506044708E86E22
• Residence: 1900, Paducah City, McCracken, Kentucky
• Residence: 1910, Civil District 15, Madison, Tennessee
• Residence: 1920, Jackson Ward 4, Madison, Tennessee
• Occupation: 1925, Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan; Dietician
• Occupation: 1925, Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan; dietician at the Battle Creek Sanitarium
• Residence: 1930, Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan
• Residence: 1935, Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan
• Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan

Notes:

Ruth Martin and her mother were on the last train out of Galveston on 8 Sep 1900 before the deadliest hurricane and flood ever to hit the United States. The loss of life from the storm and flood was estimated to be about 8000 people. Ruth lost her mother at a very young age, and was raised by a succession of relatives. She trained to be a dietician, working for a while in Texas, and then at the Battle Creek Sanitarium. After her children were raised she worked for some years for the American Red Cross. She retired with her husband to a country home near Augusta, Michigan, where she took great pleasure in her large yard and garden. - notes by Connie Hankins

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• _FSFTID: L553-JTV
• _UID: 197E1EA359A6403CB1B616FEF1318E434179
• Residence: 1910, Covert, Van Buren, Michigan; where he lived with his parents
• Residence: 1920, Covert, Van Buren, Michigan; where he lived with his parents
• Residence: 1930, Covert, Van Buren, Michigan
• Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Notes:

Buried:
Kalamazoo, Michigan

Orlo married Aileen Esther Hempy on 2 May 1931 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri. Aileen (daughter of Wilbur John Hempy and Nellie Esther Wolford) was born on 4 Apr 1908 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri; died on 23 May 1998 in Carlsbad, San Diego, California; was buried in Kalamazoo, Michigan. [Group Sheet]

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• _UID: AB282670F6C444C19346004D286EF5D5AEDD
• Residence: 1910, Kansas Ward 10, Jackson, Missouri; where she lived with her parents
• Residence: 1920, Kansas City Ward 13, Jackson, Missouri; where she lived with her parents
• Residence: 1930, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri; where she lived with her parents
• Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan
• Residence: Between 1993 and 1998, Carlsbad, CA

Notes:

Buried:
in Mount Ever-Rest Memorial Park South Cemetery

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• _FSFTID: KWVQ-D3R
• _UID: EEC916CF58B94D04B982BAC7F16113CAE903
• Residence: 1870, Detroit Ward 5, Wayne, Michigan, United States
• Residence: 1880, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
• Occupation: 1886, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; Fireman
• Occupation: 1900, Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan; railroad engineer
• Residence: 1900, Battle Creek City, Calhoun, Michigan
• Occupation: Between 1910 and 1920, Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan; treasurer for the city
• Residence: 1910, Battle Creek Ward 5, Calhoun, Michigan
• Residence: 1920, Battle Creek Ward 14, Calhoun, Michigan
• Occupation: 1930, Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan; insurance agent
• Residence: 1930, Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan

Notes:

Buried:
Memorial Park Cemetery, Plot T-147-4

Charles married Charlotte Louise Van Buskirk on 11 Mar 1886 in Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan. Charlotte (daughter of Isaac Smith Van Buskirk and Eunice A. Caswell) was born on 18 May 1863 in Pontiac, Michigan; died on 18 May 1930 in Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan; was buried in May 1930 in Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan. [Group Sheet]

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• _FSFTID: KWVQ-D3T
• _UID: 62BAC7D221AF4D9AAD35A147085B0AF09348
• Residence: 1870, Pontiac Ward 2, Oakland, Michigan
• Residence: 1880, Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan
• Residence: 1900, Battle Creek City, Calhoun, Michigan
• Residence: 1910, Battle Creek Ward 5, Calhoun, Michigan
• Residence: 1920, Battle Creek Ward 14, Calhoun, Michigan
• Residence: Apr 1930, Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan

Notes:

Buried:
Memorial Park Cemetery, Plot T-147-5

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• Occupation: printer, owning his own shop
• _FSFTID: KWVW-DX6
• _UID: 1E4502131DEC4240AF61D767D02375F0A901
• Residence: 1880, District 15, Madison, Tennessee
• Residence: 1900, Paducah City, McCracken, Kentucky
• Residence: 1910, Hattiesburg Ward 1, Forrest, Mississippi
• Residence: 1917, Hatttiesburg, Forrest, Mississippi; from sons draft card
• Residence: 1920, Hattiesburg Ward 1, Forrest, Mississippi
• Residence: 1930, Hattiesburg, Forrest, Mississippi

Notes:

Samuel Blair Martin lived in Madison Tennessee in 1880. Hi lived in McCracken, Kentucky in 1900. He lived in Hattiesburg, Mississippi from before 1910 until at least 1935 where he last appears in the city directory with thrid wife Robbie.

Buried:
in Hollywood Cemetery

Samuel married Mary Melissa Morehead on 10 Jan 1894 in Obion, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Joseph H. Morehead and Susan Ann Lawson) was born on 26 Mar 1871 in Union City, Obion, Tennessee; died on 2 Jun 1901 in Paducah City, McCracken, Kentucky; was buried in Alexander Cemetery. [Group Sheet]

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• _FSFTID: KWVW-DXX
• _UID: 3EB1F4DF32094ED6A88F167AB9FC0E05B03F
• Residence: 1880, Union City, Obion, Tennessee
• Residence: 1900, Paducah City, McCracken, Kentucky

Notes:

Obituary: Mrs. Mary Martin, died in Paducah, Ky., Monday, and was brought to Union City,
and thence carried to the old Alexander homestead, this county, for burial. She was
an aunt of Mrs. Dr. Curlin, of this city, and a daughter of the late Jo Morehead. - Hickman Courier , June 7, 1901

Buried:
Fulton Co., Kentucky

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• _FSFTID: 9XSK-7ZN
• _UID: 0E2C2BB02047416B86E4C304DD943A7175BF
• Residence: 1880, Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan; where he lived with his parents and siblings
• Residence: 1900, Covert, Van Buren, Michigan; where he worked as a teacher
• Residence: 1910, Covert, Van Buren, Michigan; where he lived with his family and worked as a mail carrier
• Residence: 1918, Van Buren, Michigan; when he registered for the WWI draft
• Residence: 1920, Covert, Van Buren, Michigan
• Residence: 1930, Paw Paw, Van Buren, Michigan; where he worked as a county treasurer

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Obituary - The Hartford Day Spring, Wed. Oct. 19, 1938
Ex-County Treasurer John Swoap Ends Life
Wife Finds Covert Man’s Body In Auto
Had Been Prominent In Business and Politics and I. O. O. F. Grand Lodge
COVERT - John W. Swoap, 65, Van Buren county treasurer from 1928 to 1934, treasurer for the past eight years of the Michigan Grand lodge, I. O. O. F., and long a prominent resident of this community, ended his own life at his farm home northeast of this village Monday morning by using carbon monoxide fumes from the exhaust of his car.
His body was found in the fumes filled car at 6:30 by his wife, the former Miss Bertha Spainhower, to whom he was married in 1936. Ill health was the only known reason for his act.
Coroner Fern E. Calvin of South Haven attributed death to suicide, and no inquest was held. The body was taken to the Calvin mortuary in South Haven, where funeral rites will be held at 2:30 Thursday afternoon. The Rev. Karl Keefer of Gladwin, grand master of Michigan Odd Fellows and former Methodist pastor of Watervliet, will officiate and other I. O. O. F. grand lodge officers will attend. Masonic ceremonies will be conducted at the grave in Covert.
Mr. Swoap had long been prominent in both Odd Fellow and Masonic circles. He had been an officer of the I. O. O. F. grand lodge for fifteen years, and aside from serving as its treasurer the past eight years he had also handled the I. O. O. F. funeral benefits for the past three years. He was a 32nd degree Mason and was the first master of the Covert lodge. He also served Covert township for several years as supervisor and two years ago was an unsuccessful candidate for the state legislature.
In earlier life Mr. Swoap served as a city mail carrier in South Haven, until the death of his father-in-law, Sam Kenney of Covert, when he took over the Kenney dry goods and grocery store in Covert. His first wife, Edna Kenney Swoap, died in 1929. In 1936 he married his present wife, a former nurse in a New York state hospital, handling occupational therapy cases. They had retired to a recently purchased farm northeast of town.
On Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Swoap returned from a motor trip to Wichita, Kan. On Monday Mr. Swoap had planned to attend a meeting of I. O. O. F. grand lodge officers in Lansing, but ended his life before starting for that city.
Surviving him are his wife, a son, Orlo Swoap of Kalamazoo, formerly associated with him in business in Covert, and two grandchildren.

NOTE: Preceding obituary mentions wife as Bertha Spainhower whom he married in 1936 but John's death record and later legal papers mention her as Elizabeth S. Swoap. John Swoap was engaged to a Georgia Spainhower for approximately one year + until her death in March 1935 according to the News Palladium 26 Mar 1935. Which facts are correct?

Residence:
where he lived with his family and worked as a merchant in a general store. Edna's mother Carrie Kenney was also living in the household at this time

Buried:
in Covert Cemetery, Lot 282-2

John married Edna Browning Kenney on 1 Dec 1904 in Covert, Van Buren, Michigan. Edna (daughter of Samuel D. Kenney and Carrie Amanda Shattuck) was born on 7 Oct 1877 in Covert, Van Buren, Michigan; died on 13 Aug 1929 in South Haven, Van Buren, Michigan; was buried on 16 Aug 1929 in Covert, Van Buren, Michigan. [Group Sheet]

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• _FSFTID: 273W-WGF
• _UID: 5BA04C2113214CFB9F8E5B61D1A8DE8AAD62
• Residence: 1880, Covert, Van Buren, Michigan, United States; where she lived with her parents
• Residence: 1900, Covert, Van Buren, Michigan; where she lived with her parents and sister Ada
• Residence: 1910, Covert, Van Buren, Michigan; where she lived with her family and worked as a saleswoman at the family general store
• Residence: 1920, Covert, Van Buren, Michigan

Notes:

Residence:
where she lived with her family. Edna's mother Carrie Kenney was also living in the household at this time

Buried:
in Covert Cemetery, Lot 282-1

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• Occupation: as a machinist and inventor for Hempy-Cooper Mfg., Co. and Security Stove & Mfg. Co.
• _FSFTID: L6QN-H8H
• _UID: B85C8E43BB5A4356B53ADFE8BACDF87E4612
• Residence: 1870, Blanchard, Hardin, Ohio, United States
• Residence: 1880, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
• Residence: 1 Mar 1885, Le Roy, Coffey, Kansas
• Residence: 1900, Iola City, Allen, Kansas
• Residence: 1906, Iola, Kansas
• Residence: 1907, Kansas City, Missouri
• Residence: 1910, Kansas Ward 10, Jackson, Missouri
• Residence: 1920, Kansas City Ward 13, Jackson, Missouri
• Residence: 1930, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri

Notes:

U.S. Patents issued:
Corn Harvester, Pat. No. 511,268, Isaac Hempy, Wilbur J. Hempy and Thomas G. Hempy of LeRoy, Kansas, 19 Dec 1893
Convertible Vehicle Rack, Pat. No. 1,351,475, Wilbur J. Hempy, Ottawa, Kansas, 31 Aug 1920
Combination Ladle and Babbitting Jig, Pat. No. 1,351 247, Wilbur J. Hempy of Kansas City, Missouri aissignor to Hempy-Cooper Mfg. Co. of Missouri, 31 Aug 1920
Babbitting Jig, Pat. No. 1,380,380, Wilbur J. Hempy of Kansas City, Missouri aissignor to Hempy-Cooper Mfg. Co. of Missouri, 7 Jun 1921
Boring Machine, Pat. No. 1,407,031, Wilbur J. Hempy of Ottawa, Kansas, aissignor to Hempy-Cooper Mfg. Co. of Missouri, 22 Feb 1922
Combination Boring and Facing Machine, Pat. No. 1,426,987, Wilbur J. Hempy of Kansas City, Missouri aissignor to Hempy-Cooper Mfg. Co. of Missouri, 27 Dec 1919
Combination Boring and Facing Machine, Pat. No. 1,604,940, Wilbur J. Hempy of Kansas City, Missouri, 26 Oct 1926
Oil Strainer, Pat. No. 1,579,205, George W. Blakesley and Wilbur J. Hempy Kansas City, Missouri aissignors to the Security Stove & Mfg., Co. of Kansas City, MO, 6 Apr 1926
Expanding Mandrel, Pat. No. 1,689,484, Wilbur J. Hempy of Kansas City, MO, 30 Oct 1928

Buried:
Mount Moriah Cemetery

Wilbur married Nellie Esther Wolford on 4 Jul 1900. Nellie (daughter of Thomas Jefferson Wolford and Hannah Isabel Mace) was born on 24 Apr 1880 in Kansas; died on 6 May 1931 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri; was buried in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri. [Group Sheet]

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• _FSFTID: L6QN-HQD
• _UID: 8B318AB638D14D3B9FA6F48C23C4AC7257A1
• Residence: 1880, Hawkeye, Osborne, Kansas
• Residence: 1900, Plumb, Wabaunsee, Kansas
• Residence: 1910, Kansas Ward 10, Jackson, Missouri
• Residence: 1920, Kansas City Ward 13, Jackson, Missouri
• Residence: 1930, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri

Notes:

Obituary:
HEMPY - Nellie Esther, wife of W. J. Hempy passed away Wednesday, May 6, at her home, 3516 South Benton, at the age of 51 years. Besides the husband, she is survived by 1 daughter, Mrs. Aileen Hempy-Swoap; her son-in-law, Orlo F. Swoap of Covert, Mich.; also 5 sisters, Mrs. Susie Endsley, Los Angeles, Cal.; Mrs. Lucy Ray of Coffeyville, Kas.; Mrs. Rhoda Gillow of Iola, Kas.; Mrs. Lizzie Crawford of Strang, Neb.; Mrs. Phoebe Park, Bruning, Neb.; 3 brothers, Thomas H. Wolford and Chester A. Wolford, both of Alton, Kas.; Chancy O. Wolford of Eskridge, Kas. Funeral services at the home, 2516 South Benton, Friday, May 8 at 2 p.m., Dr. George McDonald, officiating. Interment in family lot, Mt. Moriah Cemetery. For further information call Mrs. C. L. Forster. - clipping from unknown newspaper

Buried:
Mount Moriah Cemetery

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• Occupation: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; baggage master
• _FSFTID: LWXR-R22
• _UID: 1621999230894BD9846E2040E128FCCB61AA
• Arrival: 1857
• Arrival: 1862
• Residence: 1870, Detroit Ward 5, Wayne, Michigan, United States
• Residence: 1880, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
• Residence: 1900, Detroit City, Wayne, Michigan
• Residence: 1910, Detroit Ward 4, Wayne, Michigan

Notes:

Parentage unknown. No immigration records. Burial unknown. Could have arrived by way of Canada. Son Thomas G. reports that his father Thomas was born in Wales in the 1920 and 1930 census presumably after the father's death. Thomas, the father, always reported his birth in England. In one census, year of immigration is 1857, in another it is 1862. There were very few Strongs in Wales in the 1840's and 1850's but many in England. No death record found, but could contain the names of his parents which could lead to identifying the family in England. He was last listed in the Detroit city directory in 1812 living with his son Thomas G. The middle name of his first born son is "St. John" which could refer to St. John the Evangelist which is also a parish in Westminster, Middlesex, England or could have used the name for other reasons.

Thomas married Alice Louisa Smith on 25 Aug 1864 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. Alice (daughter of Charles Smith and Elizabeth Wilkins Goom) was born on 20 Sep 1840 in St John the Evangelist, Westminster, Middlesex, England; died on 23 May 1906 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; was buried in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. [Group Sheet]

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• Departure: London, England
• _FSFTID: LWJT-2WP
• _UID: 099069CAC94647DC9BC023C34645A62A9A06
• Birth: 20 Sep 1840, Westminster, St Margaret, London, Middlesex, England
• Residence: 1851, Bermondsey, Surrey, England
• Arrival: 30 Jun 1852, New York; from London, England
• Residence: 1860, Detroit Ward 5, Wayne, Michigan, United States
• Residence: 1880, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
• Residence: 1900, Detroit City, Wayne, Michigan

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Buried:
Woodmere Cemetery, Sec.A5, Lot 1114

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• Occupation: tinsmith throughout his life
• _FSFTID: KPHH-9M1
• _UID: 3BB3E955E8004D21B24CBF35DD4B63777600
• Residence: 1840, White Creek, Washington, New York
• Baptism: 6 Feb 1840, Tiashoke (Buskirk), Rensselaer, New York
• Residence: 1850, Lansingburgh, Rensselaer, New York
• Occupation: 1855, Pontiac City, Oakland, Michigan; Tinsmith
• Residence: 1860, Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States
• Residence: 1 Jul 1863, Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan
• Residence: 1870, Pontiac Ward 2, Oakland, Michigan, United States
• Residence: 1880, Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States

Notes:

Buried:
Oak Hill Cemetery, Sec.1, Lot 064

Isaac married Eunice A. Caswell in 1855 in Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan. Eunice (daughter of John Milton Caswell and Anna Kelly) was born on 12 Jul 1829 in Lansingburg, Rensselaer, New York; died on 2 Mar 1906 in Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan; was buried in 1906 in Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan. [Group Sheet]

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• _FSFTID: LJ13-4ZX
• _UID: B266C674720045EEB8FD9EF8E45EF2D64CD5
• Residence: 1850, Lansingburgh, Rensselaer, New York
• Residence: 1860, Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan
• Residence: 1870, Pontiac Ward 2, Oakland, Michigan
• Residence: 1880, Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan
• Residence: 1900, Pontiac City, Oakland, Michigan

Notes:

Buried:
Oak Hill Cemetery, Sec.1, Lot 064

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• Military: Baltimore, Maryland; served in the Civil War for the Confederacy as a lieutenant
• Occupation: Jackson, Madison, Tennessee; a machinist, blacksmith and grocer
• _FSFTID: KPHT-5W5
• _UID: EC2EC1098BD848468E1FF47D1526FC254FDC
• Residence: 1850, Baltimore Ward 1, Baltimore, Maryland
• Residence: 1880, District 15, Madison, Tennessee
• Residence: 1900, Civl District 15 (Excl. Jackson City), Madison, Tennessee

Notes:

"Your grandpa Martin organized his company of 21 men just 100 years ago in the city of Baltimore, Md. He would never talk war but would tell me whan I asked him about some of the wonderful deeds of bravery. For instance the time he led his Company through the Union line at Henderson, Ky and drove 800 head of beef cattle back down to the southern men (the Union men had previously taken the cattle without pay). Some went to La Grange and some to Britton's Lane where men were fighting hand to hand (battle date: Sep. 1, 1862). There is a stone memorial in Britton's Lane standing out there in the woods and under brush, no one seems to know anything about it. (presently it is a Civil War memorial park near Madison, Tennessee) When I was down there on a visit with your Aunt Leila to see some of kin, I went up and read the names. One of them that I knew was Mr. Stribbins, I went over to his home and he told me about the battle and the memorial. It's a long story, however. Mr. Stribbins lived to be 114 years old." Letter from Trevellick Owen Martin to niece Ruth Martin Strong (edited) Oct. 22, 1960

Buried:
in Hollywood Cemetery

William married Sarah Jane Russell on 31 Jan 1867 in Enterprise, Clarke, Mississippi. Sarah (daughter of Samuel Owen Russell and Eleanor (Nellie) Odom) was born on 14 May 1846 in Whistler, Mobile, Alabama; died on 23 Dec 1925 in Jackson, Madison, Tennessee; was buried in Jackson, Madison, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

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• _FSFTID: MDLQ-716
• _UID: 5136882DCE384D02BDFB5BCF725A2650B57B
• Residence: 1880, District 15, Madison, Tennessee
• Residence: 1900, Civl District 15 (Excl. Jackson City), Madison, Tennessee
• Residence: 1910, Civil District 15, Madison, Tennessee
• Residence: 1920, Civil District 5, Madison, Tennessee

Notes:

Buried:
in Hollywood Cemetery

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• _FSFTID: KPHH-4RV
• _UID: BB02A41398644503BF5EA41046AED952A8CE
• Residence: 1857, Tennessee
• Residence: 1860, Union City, Obion, Tennessee
• Residence: 1870, Union City, Obion, Tennessee
• Residence: 1880, Union City, Obion, Tennessee

Joseph married Susan Ann Lawson on 28 May 1857 in Obion, Tennessee. Susan (daughter of Horace Lawson and Tabitha Marshall Alexander) was born about 1839 in Tennessee; and died. [Group Sheet]

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• _FSFTID: KZVN-XFY
• _UID: C47FD1AD97CA4C1480CA174B6C40584D7F4A
• Residence: 1850, North of Cumberland and East of Caney Fork Rivers, Smith, Tennessee
• Residence: 1860, Union City, Obion, Tennessee
• Residence: 1870, Union City, Obion, Tennessee
• Residence: 1880, Union City, Obion, Tennessee

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• _FSFTID: LH62-P6P
• _UID: FFC0861B1B2E4AD3B6F9CE18C66C92F514B0
• Residence: 1850, Salem, Mercer, Pennsylvania; where he lived with his parents and siblings
• Residence: 1860, Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana; where he worked as a painter
• Military: 30 Sep 1861, Indiana; enlisted as a Private in the Indiana 4th Light Artillery Battery
• Military: Between 1862 and 1863, Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia; fought for the Union during the Civil War - 4 battles
• Military: 6 Oct 1864, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana; was discharged at the close of enlistment
• Residence: 1870, Center, Porter, Indiana, United States; where he lived with his family and worked as a farm laborer
• Residence: 1880, Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan; where he lived with his family and worked as a laborer
• Residence: 1906, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio; where he was admitted to a U.S. National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
• Admission: 4 Dec 1906, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio; was admitted to the U.S. National Home for Disabled Soldiers

Notes:

James Swoap and Susan Crone probably divorced in the 1890's. James apparently moved on to Tyler, Texas where he married Julia Burks. James, however, was in failing health and a few years later was admitted to the "old soldiers" home in Ohio where he passed away. Susan remarried to Thomas DeHaven and remained in Michigan until her death.

Buried:
in Dayton National Cemetery, Sec.P, Row 9, Site 10

James married Susan A. Crone on 11 Dec 1864 in Center, Porter, Indiana. Susan (daughter of Michael Crone and Margaret Clay) was born in May 1848 in Ohio; died on 23 Jun 1929 in Hartford, Van Buren, Michigan. [Group Sheet]

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• _FSFTID: 2WH1-XFS
• _UID: 05618162A678453C83BEEB47591D8F72D23F
• Residence: 1870, Center, Porter, Indiana, United States
• Residence: 1880, Bangor, Van Buren, Michigan
• Residence: 1900, Breedsville Village, Van Buren, Michigan
• Residence: 1910, Keeler, Van Buren, Michigan
• Residence: 1918, Hartford, Van Buren, Michigan; Noted on son's draft card
• Residence: 1920, Hartford, Van Buren, Michigan

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• _FSFTID: 273W-47L
• _UID: A4B66459B0264B56B4ACC662867D18063764
• Arrival: 1860
• Residence: 1870, Deerfield, Van Buren, Michigan, United States
• Residence: 1880, Covert, Van Buren, Michigan, United States; where he lived with his family and kept a livery
• Residence: 1900, Covert, Van Buren, Michigan; where he lived with his family and worked as a merchant
• Residence: 1910, Covert, Van Buren, Michigan; where he lived with his family and worked as a merchant

Notes:

Buried:
Covert Cemetery, Lot 284-1

Samuel married Carrie Amanda Shattuck on 1 Dec 1874 in St. Joseph, Berrien, Michigan. Carrie (daughter of William Justus Shattuck and Laura D. Pratt) was born on 30 Jun 1854 in Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts; died on 26 Jul 1929 in South Haven, Van Buren, Michigan; was buried on 28 Jul 1929 in Van Buren, Michigan. [Group Sheet]

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• _FSFTID: LHD2-PHH
• _UID: C908D4ED483F4745B731B4B0FA4B6C6C0EB5
• Residence: 1860, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts; where she lived with her parents and siblings
• Residence: 1870, Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts; where she lived with her parents and siblings
• Residence: 1880, Covert, Van Buren, Michigan; where she lived with her family and kept house
• Residence: 1900, Covert, Van Buren, Michigan; where she lived with her family and kept house
• Residence: 1910, Covert, Van Buren, Michigan; where she lived with husband Samuel and worked as a saleswoman in the family general store
• Residence: 1920, Covert, Van Buren, Michigan; where she lived with daughter Edna Swoap's family

Notes:

Buried:
Covert Cemetery, Lot 284-2

Other Events:

• _FSFTID: MRHC-44S
• _UID: 249DC49F3FCF4A27B1E42A31AC7EE6E78AEC
• Residence: 1850, Violet, Fairfield, Ohio
• Residence: 1860, Baltimore, Fairfield, Ohio
• Residence: 1 Jul 1863, Oro Fino, Siskiyou, California
• Residence: 1870, Blanchard, Hardin, Ohio
• Residence: 1874, Cleveland, Ohio
• Residence: 1880, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
• Residence: 1 Mar 1885, Le Roy, Coffey, Kansas
• Residence: 1 Mar 1895, Le Roy, Coffey, Kansas
• Residence: 1900, LeRoy City, Coffey, Kansas
• Residence: 1 Mar 1905, Le Roy, Coffey, Kansas

Notes:

Obituary from the Leroy Reporter, September 4, 1908
Isaac Hempy Dead. Isaac Hempy died at the University Hospital in Kansas city last Thursday morning, at about 3 o'clock. He had been operated on the previous evening and a cancerous growth removed from the bladder. He had been very sick for a week and his two sons Tom and Wilbur, and a daughter, Mrs. May Stone had been here with him. It seemed impossible to give him relief here so it was finally decided by the family to take him to the hospital and have the operation performed. Isaac Hempy was born in Ohio Sept. 25th, 1831 and was married in 1856 to Anne E. Smart who still survives him. They came to Kansas in 1860, settling on the farm just east of LeRoy where they lived up to a few years ago, when they gave up active farm work and moved to LeRoy. Four children survive. They are Maggie L. Haines, Thos. J. Hempy, Wilburd J. Hempy and Mrs. May Stone. The two sons with their wives and the daugthters and their husbands were here to attend the funeral which was held on Friday afternoon from the Methodist church, Rev. Maclean officiating. Mr. Hempy had been a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows for fifty two years, and was one of the few members in LeRoy who have the veterans jewel. He was also a member of the Methodist church which he had joined at the age of twenty-one years. Mr. Hempy had been a sufferer from poor health for a number of years. Often he would be on the street with his pain-racked body almost bent double, and yet for every one he had a word of hope and good cheer and could always muster up a cheerful smile. His familiar face will be missed. His cheery smile will be seen no more. His hearty "Good morning" will never be spoken again, for the lips which framed to words lie silent in the city of the dead. It is with heartfelt appreciation we wish to extend thanks to friends for their many tokens of kindness during the illness and death of our husband and father. ANNA E. HEMPY, MAGGIE L. HARRIS, TOM J. HEMPY, WILBUR G. HEMPY, MAY STONE.

Isaac, Wilbur J. and Thomas G. Hempy were issued a patent by the U.S. Patent Office for an improved Corn Harvester, Patent No. 511,268, 19 Dec 1893. See diagram.

"ISAAC HEMPY, farmer--P.O. Leroy, was born in Ohio in 1831 and in 1860 went to California. In 1866 returned to Ohio and in 1880 came to Kansas and located on a farm in Leroy, Coffee County. He was married to Miss Arm E. Smart, a native of Ohio. They had four children: Maggie L., Thomas G., Wilbur J., and Tena M. He is a member of the IOOF and of the Method Episcopal Church. While in California he mined". - Cutler, William G., History of the State of Kansas

"ELVIN said his Grandfather Hempy mined and fashioned a ring for his Grandmother, which is still in the family." notes from the Stone family

Buried:
LeRoy Cemetery

Isaac married Ann Elizabeth Smart on 23 Sep 1856 in Baltimore, Fairfield, Ohio. Ann (daughter of William J. Smart and Patience Crick Blackwell) was born on 14 Jan 1836 in Fairfield, Ohio; died on 5 Mar 1910 in Brown, Ohio; was buried in Le Roy, Coffey, Kansas. [Group Sheet]

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• _FSFTID: K4GY-Z15
• _UID: 1E5C73951F2D4B4D8A8E899E2A32429CDF01
• Residence: 1850, Baltimore, Fairfield, Ohio
• Residence: 1860, Baltimore, Fairfield, Ohio
• Residence: 1870, Blanchard, Hardin, Ohio
• Residence: 1880, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
• Residence: 1 Mar 1885, Le Roy, Coffey, Kansas
• Residence: 1900, LeRoy City, Coffey, Kansas
• Residence: 1 Mar 1905, Le Roy, Coffey, Kansas

Notes:

Buried:
Le Roy Cemetery

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• _FSFTID: L632-347
• _UID: AEE197CD9F03441F9C78E95B0FC17BE37ECB
• Residence: 1861, LaHarpe, Illinois
• Residence: 1 Jul 1863, LaHarpe, Hancock, Illinois
• Residence: 1880, Hawkeye, Osborne, Kansas; where he lived with his family and worked as a farmer
• Residence: 1 Mar 1885, Hawkeye, Osborne, Kansas
• Residence: 1900, Plumb, Wabaunsee, Kansas; where he lived with his family and worked as a farmer
• Residence: 1910, Burlington Ward 1, Coffey, Kansas

Notes:

Obituary:
Thomas Jefferson Wolford was born near Zanesville, Ohio, December 21, 1830, and died at the home of his daughter, in Coffeyville, Kansas, March 9, 1914, at the age of 84 years, 2 months and sixteen days. In the year 1850 he moved to Illinois, in which state, at Carthage, he was united in marriage to Hanna I. Mace on Sept. 29, 1859. In 1868 he moved to Iowa and seven years later moved to Kansas, taking up a homestead in Hawkeye township, Osborne county. For the past 12 years the deceased, with his wife, had made their home at Burlington, Kansas spending much of their time visiting among their children. Mr. Wolford enlisted May 10, 1861, in Co. F. 16th Ill. Vol. Inf. and served three years in the civil war. He was converted and joined the Methodist Episcopal church in 1872 and held his membership in that church at Burlington, at the time of his death.
The deceased leaves a large circle of friends, many relatives and his wife and nine children. The children are: T. H.; Chester W.; Chancy W.; Lucy Ray, Coffeyville; Rhoda Gillow, Iola; Lizzie Crawford, Strang, Neb.; Nellie Hempy, Kansas City, Mo.; Phoebe Park, Brunning, Neb.; Susie Endsley, Los Angeles, Calif. All excepting the later were present at the funeral which was held at the Willow Dale church, March 12 at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Spalding of the Alton M. E. church. Interment was made in the Alton [Sumner] cemetery. Only a sweet memory remains of a valiant and loyal soldier of his country and King, who has answered the last roll call and has now entered into rest.
- The Alton Empire, of Alton, Kansas, Thursday, March 19, 1914

Buried:
Sumner Cemetery

Thomas married Hannah Isabel Mace on 25 Sep 1859 in Carthage, Hancock, Illinois. Hannah (daughter of Simeon Edgar Mace and Nancy Margaret Lemar) was born on 30 Jul 1841 in Muskingum, Muskingum, Ohio; died on 27 Dec 1922 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri; was buried in 1922 in Alton, Osborne, Kansas. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _FSFTID: LCQ6-NKP
• _UID: E232EACAA14647159CDF4CC095CD3F5C8F43
• Residence: 1880, Hawkeye, Osborne, Kansas
• Residence: 1900, Plumb, Wabaunsee, Kansas
• Residence: 1910, Burlington Ward 1, Coffey, Kansas
• Residence: 1920, Kansas City Ward 13, Jackson, Missouri

Notes:

Obituary:
Hannah I. [Isabel] Mace was born in Ohio, July 30, 1841 and died at the home of her daughter in Kansas City, Mo., December, 27, 1922 aged 81 years, 4 months, and 28 days. She was married to Thomas J. Wolford in Illinois on Sept 25, 1859. The husband and father passed on March 9, 1914. To this union were born ten children, seven daughters and three sons. One daughter Ida N. Parks died April 24, 1900. In 1868 Mr. and Mrs. Wolford moved to Iowa where they lived until 1875. They then moved to Kansas, where Mrs. Wolford had her home at the time of her death. In the early part of her life Mrs. Wolford confessed her faith in God which faith she kept until the day of her death. Her relatives and many friends have known of her Christian life.
Those left to mourn the death of mother and grandmother are: Susie R. Endsley of Los Angeles, California, T. H. Wolford of Alton, Kansas; Lucy J. Ray of Coffeeville, Kansas; Rhoda B. Gillow of Iola, Kansas; Lizzie M. Crawford of Strang, Nebraska; Nellie E. Hempy of Kansas City, Mo.; Chester A. Wolford and Chauncey O. Wolford of Alton, Kansas; besides 31 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church, Friday afternoon in charge of Rev. Roberts. Interment was made in the Sumner cemetery.
- (newspaper not indicated on copy, but probably the Alton Empire, of Alton, Kansas)

Buried:
Sumner Cemetery