SEVENTH GENERATION
XX. HENRY H.7 VANDERBURGH (Henry H.6, Henry5-4-3, Dirck2, Lucas1),
son of Henry H. Vanderburgh and Jane Low, was born on 10 Jan 1826 in Manchester,
Dutchess Co., New York.1 On 15 Nov 1849, he married ELIZABETH ANN BIKER of
Franklindale, NY. Rev. Fenwick T. Williams of New Hamburgh performed the
ceremony.2 Elizabeth was born on 27 Oct 1829 and died on 30 Dec 1893. At the time of
his marriage, Henry was living in Newburgh, NY, where he was a cabinet maker.3 Henry
died on 8 Sep 1862.4 He is buried in St. Luke's Churchyard, Beacon, NY.5 Children:6
+
i.
ii.
iii.
Henry T., b. 11 Nov 1850, m. 24 Dec 1878 Elizabeth Ann Knapp,
d. 23 Apr 1920.
Laura Augusta, b. 5 Aug 1852, m. 18 Sep 1895 John S.
Cunningham (16 Nov 1841 - 7 Sep 1909, buried at St. Luke's
Cemetery, Beacon, NY). They lived in Peekskill, NY where John
was a painter. No children.7
Mary Ella, b. 26 Sep 1857, d. 22 Oct 1858, buried at St. Luke's
Cemetery, Beacon, NY.8
XX. ALEXANDER7 VANDERBURGH (Henry H.6, Henry5-4-3, Dirck2,
Lucas1), son of Henry H. Vanderburgh and Sarah Miller, was born on 2 Nov 1829 in
Matteawan (Beacon), Dutchess County, NY.9 On 24 Oct 1860, he married SYLVINA
PALMER DAVIS of Shawangunk, Ulster Co., NY in the Reformed Protestant Dutch
Church at Shawangunk.10 She was born on 29 Jan 1835 at Matteawan, the daughter of
1
"Van Benschoten Family in America," by William Henry Van Benschoten, Gateway Press, Inc.,
Baltimore, 1987. (Originally published in 1907.) Pages 229-231. [Note: This source erroneously says
"Manchester, NH."]
2
Newspaper "Journal and Poughkeepsie Eagle," 24 Nov 1849.
3
"Van Benschoten Family in America," by William Henry Van Benschoten, Gateway Press, Inc.,
Baltimore, 1987. (Originally published in 1907.) Pages 229-231
4
"The Whig Press - Death Notices 1851-1865," compiled and edited by George and Virginia Gardner;
Hartwell Associates, R. D. 7, Box 147, Middletown, NY 10940. 1978: Vanderburg, Henry Jr. d. 36y. 7m.
26da., 8 Aug Newburgh (17 Sept 1862).
5
"Collections of the Dutchess County Historical Society," Vol. 2 (1924), "Old Gravestones of Dutchess
County, 19,000 Inscriptions," collected and edited by J. Wilson Poucher, M.D. and Helen Wilkinson
Reynolds. Page 103: Burial information on Henry H. Vanderburgh.
6
"Van Benschoten Family in America," by William Henry Van Benschoten, Gateway Press, Inc.,
Baltimore, 1987. (Originally published in 1907.) Pages 229-231; and Data compiled during the 1930s by
Ernest Davies, 610 Wolcott Ave., Beacon, NY. [According to Mr. Davies; after Henry H. Vanderburgh
died, his widow, Elizabeth Ann (Biker) Vanderburgh married John Ames.]
7
"Van Benschoten Family in America," by William Henry Van Benschoten, Gateway Press, Inc.,
Baltimore, 1987. (Originally published in 1907.) Pages 229-231; and Data compiled during the 1930s by
Ernest Davies, 610 Wolcott Ave., Beacon, NY. [According to Mr. Davies; after Henry H. Vanderburgh
died, his widow, Elizabeth Ann (Biker) Vanderburgh married John Ames.]
8
Data compiled during the 1930s by Ernest Davies, 610 Wolcott Ave., Beacon, NY.
9
Family Bible of Ernest Davis Vanderburgh (1870-1945); and letter, 11 Mar 1919, from Alfred D.
Vanderburgh of Marlton, NJ to Mrs. W.O. Price, Troy, PA.
10
"Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Shawangunk, Ulster Co., NY," by Jean Worden. 1986. Page
255. Marriage of Alexander Vandenburgh and Sylvina T. [sic] Davis.
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1
Sheldon Davis and Mahala Palmer.11 At the time of the marriage, Alexander's residence
was New York City.12
Alexander was head of Vanderburgh, Wells & Company, woodtype, at the corner
of Fulton and Dutch Streets in New York City from 1865 to 1890. He had at least two
fires there, the last of which was uncovered by insurance. Subsequently, he was an
assistant cashier of Dobbs Ferry Bank from 1890 to 1902.13 In 1900, Alexander and his
family were living in the town of Greenburg, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY.14
Alexander died at Fishkill, NY on 11 Jun 1905. Sylvina died on 14 Jan 191915 at
Meriden, CT.16 Children:17
i.
+
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
vi.
vii.
viii.
+
ix.
+
x.
+
xi.
Richard Henry, d. 18 Jul 1862, age 12 weeks. Buried in St. Luke's
Churchyard, Beacon, NY.18
Samuel, b. 22 Dec 1863, d. 13 May 1864.
Anna Mary, b. 11 Nov 1865, d. 6 Sep 1867.
Alexander, b. 14 Dec 1867, d. 26 Nov 1870.
John Sheldon, b. 25 Feb 1869, d. 26 Feb 1869.
Ernest Davis, b. 8 Oct 1870, m. 3 May 1894 Eleanor Violetta
Beeman, d. 3 Apr 1945.
Eleanor Daniels, b. 2 Aug 1872, d. 19 Aug 1872.
May (Mahala) Davis; b. 28 Sep 1873; m. 31 Jul 1900 at
Lagrangeville, NY Rev. John Collings Caton who was pastor of
the 12th Street Reformed Church, Brooklyn, NY.19, d. 1 May
1901.
Sheldon Davis, b. 12 Nov 1876, m. 5 Mar 1902 Thyra M. V.
Ruyter, d. 1923 or Jul 1922.
Alfred Daniels, b. 16 Feb 1879, m. 23 Dec 1905 Agnes May
Wetherall, d. 28 Jan 1970.
Sarah Miller, b. 4 Jun 1882, m. 12 Jan 1910 George Angus
Thurrott, d. 8 Apr 1951.
11
Family Bible of Ernest Davis Vanderburgh (1870-1945).
"Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Shawangunk, Ulster Co., NY," by Jean Worden. 1986. Page
255. Marriage of Alexander Vandenburgh and Sylvina T. [sic] Davis.
13
Data compiled by Nancy Thurrott, 175 College St., Middletown, CT 06457-3238. 1996. Also, New
York City Directory, 1870-1871: Vanderburgh, Alexander, type, 18 Dutch, h 141 Franklin Ave., Brooklyn;
and New York City Directory, 1872-1873 - Vanderburgh, Alexander, type, 16 Dutch, h. Hastings.
14
Census, 1900, NY, Westchester Co., Greenburg, Hastings-on-Hudson, ED 69, Sht 3. Alexander
Vanderburgh & family.
15
Letter, 11 Mar 1919, from Alfred D. Vanderburgh of Marlton, NJ to Mrs. W.O. Price, Troy, PA.
16
Family Bible of Ernest Davis Vanderburgh (1870-1945).
17
Family Bible of Ernest Davis Vanderburgh (1870-1945). [Note, unless otherwise noted, all dates and
information on the children are from this source.]
18
"Collections of the Dutchess County Historical Society," Vol. 2 (1924), "Old Gravestones of Dutchess
County, 19,000 Inscriptions," collected and edited by J. Wilson Poucher, M.D. and Helen Wilkinson
Reynolds. Page 108.
19
Letter, undated but probably Jan 1917, from Alfred D. Vanderburgh of Farmers Mills, NY to Mrs. W.O.
Price, Troy, PA.
12
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2
XX. JOHN7 VANDERBURGH (Henry H.6, Henry5-4-3, Dirck2, Lucas1), son of
Henry H. Vanderburgh and Sarah Miller, was born on 27 May 1834 in NY State.20 On
28 Dec 1859, he married HETTIE IDA CONKLIN. At the time of their marriage, they
were both from Matteawan, NY, where the marriage took place. Rev. H. E. Duncan
performed the ceremony.21 Hettie was born on 20 Sep 1837 and died on 14 Nov 1911.22
In 1860, John and Hettie were residing with John's parents. At that time, John
was employed as a painter.23 They were still residing in Matteawan in 1880 and 1900.24
For 12 years, John was also the postmaster for Matteawan.25
John and Hettie had no children, but adopted a niece, Annie Vanderburgh Conklin
who married Ernest Davies, and died on 15 Dec 1934. John died on 22 Feb 1906 and is
buried at St. Luke's Cemetery, Beacon, NY.26
XX. GEORGE B.7 VANDERBURGH (Henry H.6, Henry5-4-3, Dirck2, Lucas1),
son of Henry H. Vanderburgh and Sarah Miller, was born on 14 May 183527 in NY State.
In 1860, he was residing with his parents. At that time, he was employed as a jeweler.28
George was married twice, to sisters. His first wife was H. JANE CONKLIN who was
born on 5 Aug 1838 and died on 16 Jun 1873. His second wife was EMILY CONKLIN
who died on 8 Nov 1904. George and H. Jane had one daughter who died in childhood.29
At one time, George was living in Providence, RI where he continued his trade as
a jeweler.30 He died on 22 Feb 1906 and is buried at St. Luke's Cemetery, Beacon, NY.31
XX. PETER7 VANDERBURGH (Richard6, Peter5, Henry4-3, Dirck2, Lucas1),
son of Richard Vanderburgh and Elizabeth Fulton, was born on 29 Sep 1817.32 On 12
20
Data compiled during the 1930s by Ernest Davies, 610 Wolcott Ave., Beacon, NY.
Newspaper - "Poughkeepsie Telegraph" Tues., 3 Jan 1860. (At Matteawan, on Wed., 28 Dec. By the
Rev. H. E. Duncan, Mr. John Vanderburgh, to Miss Hettie Conklin, both of Matteawan.)
22
Data compiled during the 1930s by Ernest Davies, 610 Wolcott Ave., Beacon, NY.
23
Census, 1860, NY, Dutchess Co., Fishkill, Post Office - Matteawan, 13 Aug 1860, page 679. (In
addition to listing Henry H. (age-62) and Sarah (age-55) Vanderburgh, this census also records three other
Vanderburghs living in their household: John (age-27), a painter; Hetta (age-22); and George (age-25), a
jeweler.)
24
Census, 1880, NY, Dutchess Co., Fishkill Town, Matteawan, 21 Jun 1880, pp 49-50. John Vanderburgh
and family; and Census, 1900, New York, Dutchess County, Fishkill town, Matteawan, Vol. 32, ED 10, Sht
2. John Vanderburgh & family.
25
Letter, undated but probably Jan 1917, from Alfred D. Vanderburgh of Farmers Mills, NY to Mrs. W.O.
Price, Troy, PA.
26
Data compiled during the 1930s by Ernest Davies, 610 Wolcott Ave., Beacon, NY.
27
Data compiled during the 1930s by Ernest Davies, 610 Wolcott Ave., Beacon, NY.
28
Census, 1860, NY, Dutchess Co., Fishkill, Post Office - Matteawan, 13 Aug 1860, page 679. (In
addition to listing Henry H. (age-62) and Sarah (age-55) Vanderburgh, this census also records three other
Vanderburghs living in their household: John (age-27), a painter; Hetta (age-22); and George (age-25), a
jeweler.)
29
Data compiled during the 1930s by Ernest Davies, 610 Wolcott Ave., Beacon, NY.
30
Letter, undated but probably Jan 1917, from Alfred D. Vanderburgh of Farmers Mills, NY to Mrs. W.O.
Price, Troy, PA.
31
Data compiled during the 1930s by Ernest Davies, 610 Wolcott Ave., Beacon, NY.
32
Compiled from:
21
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3
Apr 1843, he married MARY ANN MARSH (1825-1900). He owned Vaughan
township, concession II, lot 24, north half, from 1850 until his death. He died on 23 Nov
1888 and is buried at Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. Children:
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
+
vi.
vii.
viii.
Marjorie E., b. 11 Mar 1844, m. William Glass, d. 12 Apr 1931.
One daughter and two sons..
Lucy E., b. 7 Jul 1846, died in infancy.
James M., b. 28 Jun 1848, m. Alice Ann ______.
Mary Hannah, b. 27 Jul 1850, m. Henry Clay Pritchard,
d. 20 Jun 1906. Two sons and three daughters.
Margaret A., b. 3 Mar 1853, m. David Hislop, d. 1939.
At least five sons and two daughters.
Richard Alexander, b. 6 Jan 1857, m. Elizabeth Mary Gibson.
Sarah Maria, b. 1 Nov 1859, m. ____ Boyle, d. pre 1888.33
Alfred Ernest, b. 9 May 1862.
XX. CLARISSA7 VANDERBURGH (Richard6, Peter5, Henry4-3, Dirck2,
Lucas ), daughter of Richard Vanderburgh and Elizabeth Fulton, was born on 15 Sep
1819. On 25 Dec 1841, she married JOSEPH BINGHAM (1819-1867), who came from
Melcombe Bingham, Dorset, England. He was a tanner and farmer who lived in the town
of Bradford, Ontario. Clarissa died on 26 Jun 1906 and is buried in Mount Pleasant
Cemetery, Bradford. Children:
1
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
vi.
vii.
viii.
(BINGHAM surname)
Elizabeth, b. 1843, m. Dec 1867 Rev. Egerton Ryerson
Young, d. 1934. Two sons and five daughters.
Mary Ann, b. ca. 1845, m. James Strong. Six sons and
two daughters.
Nellie, b. ca. 1847, m. William Sibley. One daughter.
John Henry, b. Oct 1849, unmarried, d. 16 Aug 1867.
Sarah Louise, b. 1853, m. William Strong, d. 1946.
One son and three daughters.
Joseph, b. ca. 1857, married but no children.
Clarissa Jane, b. 30 Jun 1858, m. William Ross, d. 25 Feb 1957.
One son and three daughters.
Charlotte, b. ca. 1858/9, m.(1) George Pim, m.(2) Mr. Stevenson.
One son by first marriage.34
1. "The Family of Richard Vanderburgh of Richmond Hill (1797-1869)," by Wallace McLeod.
1962, with 1964 supplement. Page 17 and supplement page 4.
2. "A History of Toronto and the County of York," published by C. Blackett Robinson, Toronto,
1885. Vol. 2, p. 370.
33
GS 1, Reel #1012, Item #7188. Will of Peter Vanderburgh of Vaughan Township. Courtesy of Joe
Kuchta, e-mail 15 Jun 01.
34
"The Family of Richard Vanderburgh of Richmond Hill (1797-1869)," by Wallace McLeod. 1962, with
1964 supplement pp. 5-7.
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4
XX. JAMES FULTON7 VANDERBURGH (Richard6, Peter5, Henry4-3, Dirck2,
Lucas ), son of Richard Vanderburgh and Elizabeth Fulton, was born on 15 Sep 1822.
He was named for his grandfather, Captain James Fulton. On 13 Mar 1845, he married
NANCY SMITH (1823-1907) in York Township, Ontario, Canada. He owned Scott
township, concession VI, lot 17, west three-quarters, from 1849 until his death. He was
killed on 8 Aug 1899 when his carriage was hit by an express train just north of
Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada. He is buried in Foster Memorial Cemetery. Children:
1
+
i.
ii.
+
iii.
iv.
v.
+
+
+
vi.
vii.
viii.
ix.
x.
xi.
xii.
xiii.
xiv.
Richard, b. 9 Jan 1846, m. Eliza Ann Munro, d. 7 Jan 1914.
Rebecca Jane, b. 10 Mar 1847, m. Marshall Blanchard, d. ca. 1893,
buried Morden, Manitoba. Three sons & three daughters.
John, b. 13 May 1848, m. Julia Foster, d. Sep/Oct 1884.
Henry James, b.14 Feb 1850, d. 12 Jul 1858, buried in Foster
Memorial Cemetery.
Sarah, b. 30 Apr 1851, m. Lewis Collins, d. Feb 1894, buried
Betheseda Cemetery, Leaksdale, Ontario. One son and three
daughters.
Peter, b. 21 Apr 1853, m. Lois Perry, d. 6 Mar 1919.
Levi, b. 6 Feb 1855, m. Abigail Robillard, d. 6 Feb 1934.
Clarissa, b. 6 Jun 1856, died in her teens.
James, b. 1 May 1858, m. Victoria Switzer, d. 16 Feb 1917.
Ellen, b. 28 Sep 1859, m. Francis John Shier, d. 28 Feb 1894,
buried Bethesda Cemetery, Leaksdale, Ontario. Five sons and two
daughters.
Betsy, b. 4 May 1861,m.(1) John Earchman, m.(2)Thomas
Holbourn, d. 1904. Three sons and two daughters.
Mary Ann, b. 8 Jul 1863, m. Norman Stuart, d. 28 Oct 1932. Two
sons and eight daughters.
Melissa, b. 16 Sep 1868, m. John Johnston, d. 27 Feb 1942. Two
sons and two daughters.
Emily May, b. 26 Aug 1869, m. George Lowes, d. 31 Dec 1961.
One son and four daughters.35
XX. JOHN7 VANDERBURGH (Richard6, Peter5, Henry4-3, Dirck2, Lucas1),
son of Richard Vanderburgh and Elizabeth Fulton, was born on 7 Oct 1830. In 1857, he
married JANE WRIGHT who was born on 7 Sep 1838 and died in 1926. They lived in
Ontario , Canada. John owned Innisfil township, concession VI, lot 6 from 1858 until his
death on 4 Apr 1904. Children:
+
i.
ii.
iii.
Walter, b. 3 Jul 1858, m. Elizabeth Martin, d. 20 Feb 1907.
William Charles, b. 3 Nov 1862, d. Feb 1879.
Clarissa Elizabeth, b. 1 Aug 1865, m. Wellington Webb,
35
"The Family of Richard Vanderburgh of Richmond Hill (1797-1869)," by Wallace McLeod. 1962, with
1964 supplement. Pages 19-24 and supplement page 8.
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5
iv.
v.
+
vi.
vii.
viii.
d. 18 Oct 1941. Two sons and two daughters.
Florence, b. 28 May 1868, m. John MacLeod, d. 15 Sep
1955. Five sons and two daughters.
Charlotte Emma, b. 16 Sep 1872, m. John Albert Webb,
d. 9 Jul 1951. Two sons.
George Edgerton (twin), b. 27 Jan 1875, m. Jennie Willa
Campbell, d. 27 Apr 1941.
James Alfred (twin), b. 27 Jan 1875, unmarried, d. 30 Apr 1911.
Inherited the north half of his father's farm, Innisfil, concession
VI, lot 6.
John Sibbley, b. 23 Sep 1882, unmarried, d. 19 Jun 1915.
Inherited the south half of his fathers farm, Innisfil, concession
VI, lot 6.36
XX. WILLIAM HENRY7 VANDERBURGH (Richard6, Peter5, Henry 4-3,
Dirck , Lucas1), son of Richard Vanderburgh and Phoebe Vernon, was born on 12 Jan
1849. He married, first, RACHEL STEPHENS (1850-1887) and married, second,
SARAH JANE MOODIE (1863-1941). William lived in Ontario, Canada and owned
the south half of Markham, concession I, lot 43 from his father's death in 1869 until his
own death on 21 Jan 1908. He is buried at Richmond Hill, Ontario. Children:
2
i.
ii.
+
iii.
+
iv.
v.
+
vi.
Children by Rachel Stephens
Gertrude Laurene, b. 20 Feb 1877, m. Fred M. Jones.
No children.
Clara Georgina, b. 24 Nov 1879, m. James Nicol Bell,
d. 11 Nov 1927. One son and one daughter.
Ralph Vernon, b. 5 Oct 1882, m. Annie English Heughan,
d. 1918.
George Alfred, b. 7 Sep 1885, m. Alice A. Rumble.
Children by Sarah Jane Moodie
Mabel Stewart, b. 14 Sep 1890, m. Melville Ralph
Walton. Two sons and one daughter.
Wilfred Murray, b. 1 Oct 1893, m. Laura May Todd.37
XX. CHARLES MOSES7 VANDERBURGH (Richard6, Peter5, Henry4-3,
Dirck , Lucas1), son of Richard Vanderburgh and Phoebe Vernon, was born on 2 Apr
1853. He married, first, AGNES MOODIE (1861-1905), and second, LYDIA J.
BLACKIE (1864-1944). Charles lived in Ontario, Canada and owned the north half of
2
36
"The Family of Richard Vanderburgh of Richmond Hill (1797-1869)," by Wallace McLeod. 1962, with
1964 supplement. Pages 25-27.
37
"The Family of Richard Vanderburgh of Richmond Hill (1797-1869)," by Wallace McLeod. 1962, with
1964 supplement. Pages 28-29.
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6
Markham, concession I, lot 43 from his father's death in 1869 until 1910. He died on 24
Nov 1939 and is buried at Richmond Hill, Ontario. Children by Agnes Moodie only:
+
+
i.
ii.
Albert Henry, b. 15 Jan 1881, m. Catherine Louise Fisher.
Arthur Edgar, b. 28 Mar 1884, m. Lida Nancy Helmkay.38
XX. WILLIAM H.7 VANDERBURGH (Peter6-5, Henry4-3, Dirck2, Lucas1), son
of Peter Vanderburgh, Jr. and Hannah Backhouse, was born on 7 Jun 1844 at Roarce
[Walton?], Ontario, Canada.39
He was a farmer living in Iowa at the commencement of the Civil War. He
enrolled at Dewitt, IA on 4 Oct 1862 as a Private in Company A, 6th Regiment of Iowa
Cavalry commanded by Captain John Gallagher. At Fort Randall, Dakota in Jun 1863,
he injured his back, wrist, and ankle when he was thrown from a wagon. He was
discharged on 17 Oct 1865 at Sioux City, IA. After his discharge, he lived at Clinton
Co., IA for two years; Spring Brook, Jackson Co., IA in the Fall of 1865 or early 1866 for
the duration of one year; Rocton, IL for three years, including 1870 where he was
employed as a farm laborer; Sioux City for about 35 years; and Union Co., SD for five
years.
William received a pension of $8 per month resulting from a claim that he
suffered from rheumatism caused by his fall from the wagon.
On 28 Mar 1867, William married MARY ELIZABETH DAVENPORT who
was born on 3 Jul 1842 at Yancy Co., North Carolina. The marriage took place at
Bellevue, IA at the home of Rev. James Riddlington [Bidlington?], a Methodist Minister.
In Jul 1883, William lived at Sioux City, where at the age of 38 he stood 5 feet, 8
inches tall; weighed 193 1/2 pounds; and had a light complexion. William was still living
in Sioux City when he died on 9 Dec 1915. He was buried at Sioux City in Graceland
Park Cemetery three days later.
William's wife survived him and continued to live in Sioux City. Children:
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
vi.
Bertha A., b. 5 Apr 1868 in Iowa.
Charles A., b. 11 Feb 1870 in Illinois.
Maude, b. 14 Feb 1872.
Mary Ella, b. 28 Apr 1874.
Irene, b. 14 Nov 1878
Walter H., b. 14 Oct 1881.
XX. CATHERINE JULIA7 VANDERBURGH (Peter6-5, Henry4-3, Dirck2,
Lucas1), daughter of Peter Vanderburgh, Jr. and Hannah Backhouse, was born on 21 Feb
38
"The Family of Richard Vanderburgh of Richmond Hill (1797-1869)," by Wallace McLeod. 1962, with
1964 supplement. Pages 30-31.
39
Compiled from:
1. Civil War Pension Record. Vanderburgh, William H.; Widow - Mary E. Vanderburgh; A 6
Iowa Cav.; 19 Sep 1882, invalid, 460,431 573,355 Iowa; 11 Jan 1916, widow, 1,058,605 804,761 Iowa
2. Census, 1870, Illinois, Winnebago Co., Town of Rockton, page 20. Family 163, Wm. H.
Vanderburgh and family.
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7
1848 at Round Oak, Ontario, Canada, and died on 30 Oct 1900 at Beloit, Wisconsin.40
On 17 Apr 1869, she married PROCTOR MOLTON REYNOLDS, who was born on 6
Nov 1846 at Walden, VT and died on 11 Feb 1923 at Marshalltown, IA. Children:
i.
+
ii.
iii.
(REYNOLDS surname)
Frederick J.; b. 24 Jul 1871 at Manchester, IL; m. Pansy McNett;
d. 4 Feb 1908 at Beloit, WI. Child: Ruth, b. 1904, d. young.
Clarence Clyde, b. 23 Oct 1876, m. 27 Feb 1902 Olive Turney,
d. 7 May 1934.
Mary Elsie; b. 6 Aug 1879 at Roscoe, IL; m. John Allison
Southard; d. 12 Apr 1952 at Glidden, IA. Children:
i.
ii.
iii.
(SOUTHARD surname)
Catherine, b. and d. 1 Aug 1904 at Beloit, WI.
Aldine, b. and d. 13 Jun 1907 at Beloit, WI.
Helen Arlene; b. 30 Nov 1910 at Beloit, WI;
m. Harold J. Frease (28 Jul 1907 - 7 Aug 1978).
XX. ABRAHAM7 VANDERBURGH (Abraham6, Peter5, John4, Henry3,
Dirck , Lucas1), son of Abraham Vanderburgh and Rachel Burton, was born about 1827,
probably in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., NY. He married on 7 May 1845 ADELINE
SHERMAN.41 Adeline was born about 1828. In 1860, they lived in Poughkeepsie next
2
40
Compiled from:
1. Data provided by Walter Ward (416-487-4990) of Toronto, Canada to Wallace McLeod of
Victoria College, Toronto in 1992.
2. Correspondence, 28 Jan 1993 to William Powers from Helen Frease, Box 325-904 Irving,
Scranton, IA 51462-0325.
3. Correspondence, 20 Sep 1992 to William Powers from Suzane Chancey, 1661 Tipperary
Circle, SW, Monroe, GA 30655.
41
Compiled from:
1. Newspaper - P.J.&E., 17 May 1845. Marriage of Abraham Vanderburgh and Adeline Sherman
on 7 May 1845. Both of Pleasant Valley, NY. Rev. Edwin Holt officiated.
2. Census, 1860, NY, Dutchess Co., Poughkeepsie, 13 Jul 1860, p. 842. Abraham Vanderburgh
and family.
3. Census, 1870, NY, Dutchess Co., Poughkeepsie, 2 Aug 1870, p. 28. Abraham Vanderburgh
and family.
4. Census, 1880, NY, Dutchess Co., Poughkeepsie, 24 Jun 1880, p. 39. Abraham Vanderburgh
and family.
5. Burial and death information via telephone call with the Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery on 2
Mar 1992.
6. "The Eagle's History of Poughkeepsie 1683-1905," by Edmund Platt. Published by Platt &
Platt, Poughkeepsie. 1905. Pages 222 and 225. (Hudson River Driving Park information.)
7. Dutchess County deeds as cited in the text.
Notes/comments:
1. Could not locate Abraham Vanderburgh and wife in the 1850 New York census.
2. Did not consult Dutchess County mortgages regarding the Driving Park Assn. and/or Abraham
Vanderburgh.
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8
door to Abraham's mother and brother. Abraham was a farm laborer then with personal
property valued at $150. In 1870, he was living near the same location, but now his farm
was valued at $20,000 and his personal property worth $4,000. In 1880, he was still at
the same location.
Abraham, though primarily a farmer, channelled some of his land and energies
toward horse racing. Shortly after the Civil War, he had developed a half-mile track
known as the Poughkeepsie Driving Park, located "a short distance from this city on the
plank road."
In Apr 1872, a movement was started to organize a "Hudson River Agricultural
and Mechanical Association" to lay out an elaborate fair grounds and racing track to
serve as a rallying place for all the central Hudson River counties. This association was
never incorporated and disbanded within a year. Soon it was reorganized as the "Hudson
River Agricultural and Driving Park Association," and included some of the original
organizers. This group negotiated with Abraham to purchase his track and further
develop the site.
On 14 Jan 1874 [deed book 176:158], Abraham agreed to sell the property for
$18,350 to Edwin Storm, Otis Bisbee, and L.L. Hutchins. They acted as a committee on
behalf of the Hudson River Agricultural and Driving Park Association. The property was
described as follows:
West by lands of Homer A. Nelson.
North by South East Avenue.
East by the Spackenkill Road.
South by a "line drawn from the SE corner of Nelson's land to the Spackenkill
Road - which line shall be extended southerly on lands of Vanderburgh from the corner
of Nelson's land so far as to include and make 25 acres ... "exclusive of the old
Vanderburgh Family Burying Ground."
The following payment schedule was agreed to: $1,500 by 1 Apr 1874; $1,500 by
4 May 1874; and the balance by 1 Jul 1874. At that time, Abraham was to deliver a deed
to the office of John B.K. Tallman of Poughkeepsie, unless Storm, Bisbee, and Hutchins
indicated that one half of the purchase money could remain on the premises on bond &
mortgage. The bond or mortgage would remain in effect for 3 years from 1 May 1874.
Abraham retained the possession of the premises until 1 Apr 1874 and the house
and buildings until 4 May 1874 at which time full possession would transfer. In case of
payment default, the property would revert back to Abraham. On 30 Jun 1874 [190:598],
Abraham Vanderburgh and Adeline completed the property transfer. The boundaries
were more specifically described as follows:
Beginning at a point in the intersecton of the center of the Spackenkill Road with
the center of South East Avenue.
Then along the center of South East Ave. N 59 1/4 degrees W 798 6/10 feet.
Then S 19 degrees, 35 minutes W 1,310 8/10 feet.
3. The following additional deeds may give more insight into Abraham's land dealings regarding
the Driving Park and other land transactions, however, they have not been consulted: 198:507, 534, 594
regarding the Hudson River Driving Park Assn.; and 216:491, a land transaction between Abraham
Vanderburgh and Anna Hicks.
4. Dutchess County or Poughkeepsie Tax Sale Book, volume 1, page 62 contains information
regarding Abraham Vanderburgh and his property. However, this source has not been reviewed.
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Then S 77 degrees, 30 minutes E 1,074 feet to the center of the Spackenkill Rd.
Then along the center of the road N 14 degrees E 169 feet.
Then N 72 degrees, 30 minutes W 98 feet.
Then N 3 degrees W 69 1/2 feet.
Then S 81 degrees, 30 minutes E 100 feet to the center of the
Spackenkill Rd.
Then along the center of the road N 2 degrees, 45 minutes E 899
feet to the beginning.
25 acres, exclusive of the Vanderburgh Family burying Ground.
Excepted from the conveyance was a mortgage given by Vanderburgh to
[Codarries H. Coceks?] dated 24 Jun 1874 to secure the payment of $10,000 with
interest. The Driving Park Assn. agreed to assume and pay a portion of the unpaid
purchase money.
Now under new ownership, the Driving Park opened in Oct 1874. New York
Governor John A. Dix attended, conducting a review of the regiments of the 5th Division,
New York State National Guard. This was followed by the Association's first annual fair.
However, the Association was short-lived. Subsequent to 13 Apr 1878 it was dissolved
by the New York State Supreme Court [199:19-20]. Many court actions followed.
In 1879, James H. Weeks sued the Association for non-payment of a mortgage
due him. John P.H. Tallman, a Court appointed referee in the matter sold some of the
Association's property to settle the debt. On 25 Nov 1879 [199:360], Tallman, at public
auction, sold back the 25 acres to Abraham for $3,700. Once again, the transaction
specifically excluded the Vanderburgh family burial ground.
On 29 Jan 1880 [199:362], for $8,000, Rhoda D. Mott conveyed
more land to Abraham that had been owned by the Association:
Beginning in the center of the Hackensack Road in the
NW corner of the lot, said corner being 36 perches [links]
N from a stake in the S side of the Hackensack Road and
2 chains, 8 links E from a line in range with the center
of a gateway and the peak of house formally occupied by
Clarkson Underhill and now known as the Club House.
From the beginning, S 58 degrees, 45 minutes E along
the center of the Hackensack Road 15 chains, 4 links to
lands of A. Vanderburgh; W along his line S 20 degrees,
30 minutes W 19 chains, 86 links to the SW corner of the
lot; N 73 1/4 degrees W 8 links to an angle in the fence;
S 83 degrees W 6 chains, 90 links to a stake in a corner
of lands belonging to Mr. Smiley; along the same S 9 degrees
W 48 links to a stake; along the same N 68 degrees W 10 chains,
50 links to the SW corner of the lot and SE corner of a 12 acre
lot; along the E line thereof N 24 degrees, 15 minutes E 26
chains, 23 links to the beginning.
37 acres, 3 roods, 18 rods of land, the same conveyed to Rhoda
Mott by deed of J.H. Weeks, referee dated 20 Dec 1879.
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On 2 Feb 1880 [199:364], Charles Kirchner and wife sold more of the property
previously owned by the Association to Abraham for $3,005. Excepted out of the
transaction was a $5,000 mortgage made by Clarkson Underhill and wife to the
Poughkeepsie Savings Bank dated 20 Jun 1868 [mortgage book 119:453]:
Land bounded by a line beginning at a stake set in the
S line of the road from Poughkeepsie to Hackensack at a
point 2 chains, 8 links E from the range of a line drawn
from the peak of the Moses Frost's house, through the center of
the front gateway, to the S line of the road; along the S line
of the road N 59 degrees, 50 minutes W 4 chains 54 1/2 links to
a stake; S 23 degrees W 26 chains 59 links to a stake set in the
N line of Smiley's farm; along the same S 69 degrees, 15 minutes
E 4 chains, 50 links to a stake; N 23 degrees E 25 chains, 87
links to the beginning. 12 acres.
This transaction also included one half of the road in
front of the premises. These premises were the same conveyed
by Allison Bretts, referee, to Charles Kirchner by deed dated 17 Dec 1879.
On the same day, 2 Feb 1880 [199:366], Abraham and his wife sold for $5,850
half of the property he had purchased from Rhoda Mott on 29 Jan 1880 [199:362]
containing 37 acres, 3 roods, 18 rods. This parcel was subject to a mortgage of 29 Jan
1880 for $7,000, given by Abraham Vanderburgh to Rhoda D. Mott. Half of the
mortgage was assumed by Charles Kirchner.
This deed also contained additional land composed of half of 25 acres adjoining
the above on the east. This acreage, exclusive of the Vanderburgh family burying
ground, was part of Abraham's original property and part of the same conveyed to
Abraham from John P.H. Tallman on 27 Dec 1879 [199:360].
On 1 May 1885 [221:149], Guy C.H. Corliss, as referee in the following matter,
formerly conveyed property to Edwin Thorne of Washington, Dutchess Co., NY. As a
result of a NY Supreme Court action at Poughkeepsie on 16 Feb 1885, it was ordered that
regarding a proceeding between Charles Kirchner and Caroline, his wife plaintiffs and
Abram Vanderburgh and Adaline, his wife; Tristram Coffin as sole executor of the will
of George W. Farrington, deceased; Ludwig Petillon as administrator of the estate of
Catharine Petillon, deceased; and David Stoutenburgh defendants, that the below
mentioned premises be sold at public auction. On 4 Apr 1885 Guy C.H. Corliss sold at
public auction for $22,025 to Edwin Thorne the following parcels of land:
First Parcel. The same 12 acres conveyed by Allison Butts,
referee to Charles Kirchner on 17 Dec 1879 [198:507]; and by Charles
Kirchner and wife on 2 Feb 1880 [199:364] to Abraham Vanderburgh.
Second parcel. 25 acres, exclusive of the Vanderburgh burying
ground. The same property sold to Abram Vanderburgh by John P.H.
Tallman, referee, on 27 Dec 1879 [199:360].
Third parcel. Land in Poughkeepsie, part of the property
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formerly owned by the Hudson River Agricultural and Driving Park
Association. It was the same premises conveyed by Rhoda D. Mott to
Abram Vanderburgh on 29 Jan 1880, [199:362].
The Driving Park property finally passed to Jacob Ruppert of New York City.
Ruppert was in possession of the Hudson River Driving Park by 14 Jun 1888 when he
drew up articles of agreement [236:280] with the Dutchess County Agricultural Society.
Under the agreement, Ruppert leased the Driving Park for six days in October or
September for 10 successive years to the Dutchess County Agricultural Society for the
purpose of holding their annual fair. Ruppert still owned the property in 1905, located
near the present [1992] intersection of Hooker Ave. and Cedar Ave. in Poughkeepsie.
Abraham died on 2 Mar 1889 and his wife died the following year.
Both are buried in the Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery. Child:
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John Henry, b. Dec 1853, m. ca. 1875 Josephine Hahn.
X. JOHN P.7 VANDEBURGH (Peter6, John5, Peter4, Henry3, Dirck2, Lucas1),
son of Peter Vandeburgh and Hannah Sherzey, was born in Columbia Co., NY about
1808.42 In 1855, he was a carpenter who had been living in Lexington, Greene Co., NY
since 1809. He married, probably before 1834, CAROLINE ______, who was born in
Ulster Co., NY about 1810 and had been living in Lexington
since 1848.
The 1850 census does not record John living in Lexington. However, by 1860,
John was a farmer living with his family in Lexington with real estate valued at $1,000
and personal worth of $1,050. Children, from 1855 and 1860 censuses:
i.
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iv.
v.
John A.(?), b. ca. 1834. Not living with his parents in 1855.
However, he was a carpenter in 1860 living at home with them.
Peter; b. ca. 1838 in Ulster Co.; living at home in 1855; m. 19 Oct
1859 Jane Jansen; d. 12 Jan 1863.
Louisa, b. ca. 1842 in Ulster Co. Living at home in 1855 and
1860. In 1860, she worked as a domestic.
Caroline, b. ca. 1844 in Ulster Co. Living at home in 1855 and
1860. In 1860, she was a domestic.
Loraine, b. ca. 1846 in Ulster Co. At home in 1855 and 1860. She
married by 1866 Peter Grant. They were living in Lexington in
42
Compiled from:
1. "1855 Census of Greene County, NY," by Fred Q. Bowman, 8 King Ave., Albany, NY 12206.
Page 248: "Lex-2 121 VANDEBURG, John P carp 47/46 COL; Caroline[w] 45/7 ULS; ch: Peter 17,
Louisa 13, Caroline 11, Lorain 9 (above ch 7 ULS), Hannah 7, Melissa 5." [Note. John P. Vandeburgh
and his family are not found in the 1850 census for Lexington.]
2. Census, 1860, New York, Green County, Lexington, 8 Jun 1860, pg 826-7. John P.
Vandeburgh and family.
3. The following Greene County deeds (transaction date/volume and page) pertain to John P.
Vandeburgh: 1853, 47:390; 1 Aug 1862, 64:138; 22 Apr 1856, 64:439; 17 Mar 1857, 68:243; and 30 Mar
1858, 68:244.
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1866.
Hannah, b. ca. 1848 in Lexington. At home in 1855 and 1860.
Melissa/Hellen, b. ca. 1850 in Lexington. At home in 1855 and
1860.
X. EDER7 VANDEBURGH (Peter6, John5, Peter4, Henry3, Dirck2, Lucas1), son
of Peter Vandeburgh and Hannah Sherzey, married by 1845 HARRIET ______. They
lived in Lexington, Greene, Co., NY in the 1840s.
On 21 Feb 1843, Greene Co. deed 32:352, Eder and his brother, James D. paid
their father $1,000 for 97 3/4 acres of Lot No. 14, subdivision No. 37, Great Lot No. 20,
Hardenburgh Patent. That same day, deed 36:72, Eder and his brother, for rents,
covenants etc. let the same property back to their mother and father.
On 5 Apr 1845, deed 35:203, Eder and Harriet sold their interest in the same
acreage to Eder's brother, James for $300.43
X. JAMES D.7 VANDEBURG (Peter6, John5, Peter4, Henry3, Dirck2, Lucas1),
son of Peter Vandeburgh and Hannah Sherzey, was born on 13 or 15 Jan 1816, probably
in Lexington, Greene County, NY.44 He married, first, on 2 May 1840, MARILLA
CROSBY, who was born on 9 Apr 1820, probably the daughter of Parker and Rebeca
(Carroll) Crosby of Greene County. James and Marilla settled in that part of the town of
Lexington which later became the town of Halcott, Greene County. Here, James was a
farmer.
On 16 Sep 1836, Greene Co. deed X:75, Harmon M. Vanbenscoten and wife
Caroline of Fallsburgh, Sullivan Co., NY for $125 sold to James the East half of Lot #8,
43
Greene Co., NY deeds: 32:352; 36:72; and 35:203. (Note: Other than the deed information, nothing else
has been found regarding Eder and Harriet.
44
Compiled from:
1. Greene Genes," Vol. 1, No. 4, Winter 1988, p 129. Death and burial information concerning
Marilla (Crosby) Vandeburg.
2. "Biographical History - Shelby and Audobon Counties, Iowa." Published by W.S. Dunbar &
Company, 113 Adams Street, Chicago, Ill. 1889. Biography of James D. Vandeburg.
3. Census, 1840, New York, Greene Co., Lexington, p. 208. James Van Den Burgh head of
household.
4. Census, 1850, New York, Greene Co., Lexington, p. 294, 19 Aug 1850. James Vanaburgh and
family.
5. Census, 1855, New York, Greene Co., Halcott Center. James Vandenburg and family.
6. Census, 1860, New York, Ulster County, Shandaken, P.O. Pine Hill, p. 909/157, 9 Aug 1860.
James D. VanDerburgh and family.
7. "A Crosby Family Line, Chiefly Concerning Benjamin Lewis Crosby, 1797-1893, of Halcott
Center, Greene County, NY," by Emerson Crosby Kelly, MD, Albany, NY. 1957. Typescript. Pages 5864.
8. Data compiled by Constance H. Burton, 12411 Poplar Forest Drive, Richmond VA 232333248.
9. Greene County, NY deeds: X:75; 31:178; 32:352; 36:72; 35:203; 38:289; 44:375; 45:271/4;
49:231; 51:349; 55:223; and an 1861 deed volume and page not copied.
10. "History of Delaware County, NY." W.W. Munsell and Co., NY. 1880. Page 345. James
VDB's settlement in Halcott.
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in Great Lot 20, Division 37 of the Hardenburgh Patent. On 18 Jun 1842, deed 31:178,
James sold for $250 to his father 50 acres of this same land.
On 21 Feb 1843, Greene Co. deed 32:352, James and his brother, Eder paid their
father $1,000 for 97 3/4 acres of Lot No. 14, subdivision No. 37, Great Lot No. 20,
Hardenburgh Patent. That same day, deed 36:72, James and his brother, for rents,
covenants etc. let the same property back to their mother and father. Two years later on 5
Apr 1845, deed 35:203, Eder and his wife, Harriet sold their interest in the same acreage
to James for $300. This probably meant that James was charged with taking care of his
parents in their later years.
On 29 Apr 1847, deed 38:289, Miles Johnson and Anna, his wife of Hunter,
Greene Co. sold for $800 to James 131 3/4 acres in Lexington which were part of the
Southerly half of Lot No. 38 in Great Lot No. 20 Hardenburgh Patent. On 1 Apr 1850,
deed 44:375, James and his wife, Marilla for $900 sold part of this same property to
William Earle of Lexington.
In 1850, James and his family were still living in the Halcott portion of
Lexington. On 19 Nov 1851, the Greene County Board of Supervisors reviewed a
petition for the erection of the town of Halcott. The New York State Legislature
approved it, and on 6 Apr 1852 the first Halcott town meeting was held in James' house.
During this meeting the town's board of officers was elected and included James as a
clerk.
James' wife, Marilla died on 15 May 1852 at the age of 32 years, one month, and
six days and is buried in the Halcott Cemetery, Halcott, Greene Co., NY. Later that same
year on 4 Sep 1852, James married, second, SARAH P. CROSBY who was born in
Lexington about 1830, the daughter of Benjamin Lewis Crosby and Huldah Hull. Sarah
was a first cousin to Marilla, James' first wife.
Still residing in Halcott, James and his wife, Sarah on 23 Nov 1852, deed 51:349,
for $80 sold land to Jonathan C. Allaben of Middletown, Delaware County. Next on 15
Feb 1859, deed 55:223, they sold for $3,000 to Ezekiel Kelly of Roxbury, Delaware Co.,
NY 108 acres in Halcott known as Lot No. 7 in subdivision No. 36 in Great Lot No. 20 of
the Hardenburgh patent. Excepted out was the Church lot. Also included in this
transaction was another lot bordering the church lot that Levi Ellis lived on.
The following year, 1860, James and Sarah were living at Pine Hill, Shandaken,
Ulster Co., NY. Here, James was employed as a master tanner with real estate valued at
$2,500 and personal property worth $3,000.
In 1861, James and his family moved to La Salle Co., Illinois. He remained there
four years, whereupon he moved to Rock Island Co., IL where he resided until 1875.
Then he went to Shelby Co., Iowa and purchased 160 acres of land. He was the first
settler in the neighborhood, there being no house east of his place in the county. The
nearest house was five miles away. Out of the wilderness, James developed a farm that
became one of the best in his township. He had a good residence surrounded by a grove
of maples, and an orchard, a large barn, and other farm buildings.
James died on 21 Jan 1903 at Manning, Jackson Township, Carroll Co., IA.
Children:
i.
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Children by Marilla Crosby
Eder or Peter, b. ca. 1841. As Eder, resided with his father in
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iii.
iv.
v.
vi.
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xi.
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xiii.
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xv.
xvi.
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1855. As Peter, was a farm laborer in 1860 residing with his
father.
Martin Van Buren, b. ca. 1843. A clerk in 1860 residing at home.
Lucinda, b. ca. 1844/5. At home in 1860.
Sarah/Jemima, b. ca. 1846/7. At home in 1860.
Hannah, b. ca. 1848/9. At home in 1860.
Elizabeth, b. ca. 1851. At home in 1860.
Children by Sarah P. Crosby
James M., b. 10 Jul 1853, Anna Ogden, d. 15 Dec 1888.
Hulda, b. 22 Jan 1855, m. 16 Mar 1880 Frank Hannay, d. 1938.
David C., b. 29 Mar 1856, m. 5 Jan 1882 Louise Robertson,
d. 16 Oct 1919.
Alida, b. 13 Dec 1859, m. 28 Nov 1878 George Waugh, d. 1937.
Adelburt, b. 22 Mar 1861, m. 9 Feb 1886 Katherine J. Potts,
d. 1938.
Crosby, b. 12 Mar 1863, d. in infancy.
Carrie, b. 23 Apr 1865, m. 10 Jan 1887 Thomas B. Alwill, living in
1949.
Charles S., b. 20 Nov 1866, d. at age of three years.
Elmer, b. 20 Aug 1868, d. May 1946.
Grace W., b. 22 Feb 1871, m. 15 Oct 1894 J. Downey Ramsy, still
living in 1949.
Lulu, b. 14 Feb 1874, m. 20 Jun 1891 John Burton Royce,
d. 27 Jan 1929.
X. STEPHEN P.7 VANDEBURGH (Peter6, John5, Peter4, Henry3, Dirck2,
Lucas1), the son of Peter Vandeburgh and Hannah Sherzey, was born in New York State
about 1819.45 On 1 Feb 1838, he married SARAH (SALLY) M. CRISPELL who was
45
Compiled from:
1. Census, 1850, New York, Ulster Co., Shandaken, p 205/409. Peter Crispell and family. [Note.
The George Vandenburgh found in this record is probably the same George who is listed among the
Stephen Vandenburgh family on pages 211-212.]
2. Census, 1850, New York, Ulster Co., Shandaken, pp 211-212. Stephen Vandenburgh and
family. [Note. The George Vandenburgh found in this record is probably the same George who is listed
among the Peter Crispell famiy on p. 205/409.]
3. Census, 1870, New York, Broome Co., Nanticoke, P.O. Lisle, p. 10/392. Stephen P.
Vanderburgh and family. [Note. Could not locate Stephen P. Vandeburgh's family in the New York State
1860 census.]
4. Census, 1870, New York, Broome Co., Nanticoke, P.O. Lisle, p. 10/392: Stephen S.
Vanderburgh and family.
5. Census, 1880, New York, Broome County, Maine, ED 18, p. 24, 18 Jun 1880. Stephen
Vanderburgh and family.
6. Census, 1900, New York, Broome Co., Maine, ED 40, Sht 9, Line 1, T623-1010, 27 Jun 1900.
Sarah M. Vandeburg and daughter, Carrie.
7. Civil War Pension Record for Stephen P. Vanderburgh.
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born in Jan 1821 in New York State. The marriage took place at Shandaken, Ulster Co.,
NY and was performed by Elias Aney. In 1850, they were living in Shandaken where
Stephen was employed as a tanner.
Stephen served in the Civil War as a private in Company F, 89th Regiment of
New York Volunteers. He enlisted on 13 Feb 1864, mustered the same day, and was
discharged on 17 Jun 1865. In 1879, he claimed that "he was wounded in the back part
of his head by the explosion of a shell at Cold Harbor, VA on 5 Jun 1864, that about the
last of Dec 1864 or beginning of 1865, near Petersburg, VA, he injured his back by
falling while carrying a log, which injured his spine and kidneys, and caused almost total
blindness." In an affidavit filed 27 Sep 1880, he withdrew that part of his claim which
referred to the shell wound of the head, since he could not furnish the necessary proof.
After the war, Stephen was a farmer and resided in the town of Nanticoke,
Broome Co., NY from 17 Jun 1865, his date of discharge from the army, to 1 May 1878.
From 1 May 1878 to April 1879, he resided in Maine, Broome Co., NY. Stephen stated
on 25 Apr 1879 "that from June 1865 to January 1879 when he has able he assisted in
‘chores around house’ & not been able to perform manual labor at all from June 1865 to
present time 1879. Wholly disabled from any labor only light chores & by reason of
injury to back & kidney, & failing eyesight. That for over three years of such time he
was totally blind."
Stephen died at Maine, NY on 11 Oct 1896. Sally was still living there in 1900 at
age 79. Fourteen children, 10 of whom were living in 1900:
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Stephen S., b. Apr 1837, m. ca. 1866 Phebe Ann ______, d. after
1900.
Edgar, b. ca. 1840.
Josephine, b. ca. 1842.
Darwin F, b. Jul 1844, m. 1868 Samanatha ______, d. after 1900.
George W., b. May 1847, m. ca. 1871 Emily M. Councilman,
d. after 1900.
Orrin, b. ca. 1848.
Jeremiah, b. ca. 1850.
William, b. ca. 1852.
Ann, b. ca. 1856. Living with her parents in 1870.
Frank, b. ca. 1858.
Lucius C., b. Jun 1858, m. ca. 1885 Emma J. Tibbits, d. after 1900.
Carrie, b. Aug 1862. Never married. Lived with her parents in
1870 and 1880, and lived with her widowed mother in 1900.
Child, d. pre 1900.
Child, d. pre 1900.
XX. WILLIAM S.7 VANDEBURGH (James J.6, John5, Peter4, Henry3, Dirck2,
Lucas ), son of James J. Vandeburg and Hannah Steinhart, was born on 4 Jun 1811 in
1
8. Death Certificate for Stephen P. Vanderburgh is found in the Town Clerk's Office at Maine,
NY. On the certificate, Stephen's name is spelled "Stephen Vandeberg," and his parents were identified as
"Peter Vandeberg and Hannah Sheerzy, both born in Dutchess County."
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Columbia County, New York.46 On 25 Aug 1811, he was baptized in the Reformed
Protestant Dutch Church, Nassau, Rensselaer Co., NY.
William married prior to 1838 LOVINA CLAPPER, who was also born in
Columbia County, New York in 1817. William was living in the town of Galen, Wayne
County, NY in 1840. In 1850, he and his family were living in the town of Rose, in the
same county, where William was a farmer. By 1860, they had relocated to another farm
in the county at the town of Lyons. Here, their post office address was West Butler. In
1865, 1870, and 1875, they were back farming in the town of Rose again. William died
in 1886 and Lavina in 1883. Both are buried in the Rose Cemetery in the town of Rose.
Children, all born in NY State:
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ii.
iii.
iv.
Sarah C., b. 1838, m. Samuel C. Lyman, d. 1906.
She is buried in the Rose Cemetery, Rose, Wayne Co., NY.
John W., b. ca. 1840 in Wayne Co., NY. He served in the Civil
War as a member of New York State's 9th Heavy Artillery.
Around 1890, he was living in Des Moines, IA.
Hannah E., b. ca. 1842, m. James Covell.
Frances L.; b. ca. 1848 in Wayne Co., NY; m. Stanton E. Waldruff.
Children:
i.
ii.
iii.
(WALDRUFF surname)
Fred, m. Lizzie Harmon, d. 16 May 1893 in
Allegany, MI.
Etta, m. 1891 George W. Rice of Huron, NY.
Edna.
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Compiled from:
1. Census, 1840, New York, Wayne County, Galen, p 33.
2. Census, 1850, New York, Wayne County, Rose, 16 Sep 1850,p. 472. Wm. S. Vanderborg and
family.
3. Census, 1860, New York, Wayne County, Lyons, P.O. West Butler, p. 17, 27 Jun 1860. Wm.
Vanderburgh and family.
4. Census, 1865, New York, Wayne County, Rose, 5 Jul 1865,p. 62. William S. Vandeburgh and
family.
5. Census, 1870, New York, Wayne County, Rose, 22 Jun 1870, p. 48. Wm. Vandeburgh and
family.
6. Census, 1875, New York, Wayne County, Rose, 8 Jun 1875, p. 14. William S. Vanderburgh
and family.
7. Cemetery inscriptions, Rose Cemetery, Rose, NY. Courtesy of the Wayne County Historian,
21 Butternut St., Lyons, NY 14489.
8. "Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, Nassau," by Royden Woodward Vosburgh. New York
City. Births/Baptisms 1804-1878. Baptisms - Page 15: William S., b. 4 Jun 1811, bapt. 25 Aug 1811.
Parents - James J. Van Den Bergh and Hannah Stinehardt.
9. Will, Wayne Co., NY, Liber M, pp. 129-131, James J. Vandeburg, made out 12 May 1869,
filed 20 Jun 1870.
10. "Rose Neighborhood Sketches, Wayne Co., NY," by Alfred S. Roe, published by the author,
Worcester, Mass. 1893. Pp. 41, 106-7, 113, and 121-2.
11. "Rose Neighborhood Sketches, Wayne Co., NY," by Alfred S. Roe, published by the author,
Worcester, Mass. 1893. Pages 106-7, and 179.
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Emogine/Emma G.; b. ca. 1853 in Wayne Co., NY; m. Gideon
Barrett, son of Samuel Lyman and Clementina Evarts.
XX. JAMES WILSEY7 VANDEBURG (James J.6, John5, Peter4, Henry3,
Dirck , Lucas1), son of James J. Vandeburg and Hannah Steinhart, was born on 26 Aug
1814, probably in Columbia County, New York.47 On 5 Feb 1815, he was baptized in the
Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, Nassau, Rensselaer Co., NY.
James was raised on his parents’ farm in Wayne County, NY. In 1835, he went to
Calhoun Co., MI where he bought 160 acres in section eight, it being the east half of the
northeast quarter and west half of the northeast quarter. At that time he made no
improvements on the land and returned home to New York. In the fall of 1838, he came
back to Michigan, and between that time and the next spring made numerous
improvements. He built a house made of logs hewn smooth on the inside and left
rounded on the exterior. He also cleared a small piece of ground, and then went back
after his family.
James had married in New York State, prior to 1838, MABEL MACKEY, who
was born in England about 1816. In the fall of 1839, James, his wife, and infant daughter
left New York for their permanent home in Michigan.
In 1840, 1850, and 1860, they lived at Clarendon, Calhoun Co., MI where James
was a farmer. In 1860, their post office address was at Homer in Calhoun County. The
village of Homer was incorporated in 1871, and at its first election of corporated officers,
James was one of six trustees. By 1877, James accumulated 320 acres of land within the
Homer Township.
James died in Homer on 11 Aug 1888 at the age of 74. Children:
2
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Compiled from:
1. Census, 1840, Michigan, Calhoun Co., Clarendon, p. 171. Wilsey Vanderburgh and family.
2. Census, 1850, Michigan, Calhoun Co., Clarendon, p. 383. James W. Vandenburgh and family.
3. Census, 1860, Michigan, Calhoun Co., Clarendon, P.O. Homer, 14 Oct 1860, p 213. James W.
Vandenburg and family.
4. Will, Wayne Co., NY, Liber M, pp. 129-131, James J. Vandeburg, made out 12 May 1869,
filed 20 Jun 1870.
5. "Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, Nassau," by Royden Woodward Vosburgh. New York
City. Births/Baptisms 1804-1878. Baptisms - Page 20: Jane Wilsey, b. 26 Aug 1814, bapt. 5 Feb 1815.
Parents - James J. Van Deburgh and Jane Stinehardt. [NOTE: This source is erroneous. The baptism for
James Wilsey Vandeburgh was apparently transcribed by Mr. Vosburgh as "Jane Wilsey." No other record
has been found for a "Jane Wilsey." The Census - 1900, Michigan, Calhoun Co., Homer Township, Homer
Village, 25 Jun 1900, Vol 12, ED 48, Sht 18, Line 44 - James I. Vandeburg and family and Wayne Co., NY
Will, Liber M, pp. 129-131, James J. Vandeburg, made out 12 May 1869, filed 20 Jun 1870 prove that
there was a son, James W. The 1840 census for Clarendon, Calhoun Co., MI records this James W. as
"Wilsey." Still in Clarendon in 1850, he is recorded as James W. age 35, and in 1860 as James W., age 46.]
6. Census, 1900, Michigan, Calhoun Co., Homer Township, Homer Village, 25 Jun 1900, Vol 12,
ED 48, Sht 18, Line 44. James I. Vandeburg and family.
7. "History of Calhoun Co., Michigan 1830-1877," Philadelphia: L.H. Everts and Co. 1877.
Pages 122 ["The village [Homer] was incorporated in 1871, and at its first election the following
corporated officers were chosen:" James W. Vanderburg was one of six trustees.] and 188.
8. "Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections," Vol. 14 (1890), page 67: Calhoun County
deaths: Jas. W. Vandenburg, d. 11 Aug 1888 at Homer at age 74.
9. Will, Wayne Co., NY, Liber M, pp. 129-131, James J. Vandeburg, made out 12 May 1869,
filed 20 Jun 1870.
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+
i.
Mary Jane, b. ca. 1838 in NY. Living at home in 1850
and 1860. In 1860, she was employed as a teacher.
She married Simeon Swartout of Eckford Township, MI
but was deceased by 1877. She had several children,
but by 1877 only one child was living, a son, who
resided with his grandfather Vandeburg at Homer.
ii.
James I., b. 26 May 1840, m. 12 Aug 1868 Laura Jane
Curkendall [Kikendall/Kikindall], d. 13 Aug 1912.
XX. ELIZABETH ANN7 VANDEBURG (James J.6, John5, Peter4, Henry3,
Dirck2, Lucas1), daughter of James J. Vandeburg and Hannah Steinhart, was born about
1817 in New York State.48 She married prior to 1840 MATTHEW MACKIE or
MACKEY. Mathew, a farmer and was born about 1811 in England. They were living at
Galen, Wayne County, NY in 1850. Later, Matthew was a nurseryman living in Clyde,
NY. Children:
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
(MACKIE/MACKEY surname)
Mary, b. ca. 1839.
Thomas, b. ca. 1841.
James, b. ca. 1845.
John, b. ca. 1848.
Hannah, b. ca. 1849.
XX. SARAH CATHERINE7 VANDEBURG (James J.6, John5, Peter4, Henry3,
Dirck2, Lucas1), daughter of James J. Vandeburg and Hannah Steinhart, was born about
1822 in Columbia or Greene County, New York.49 She married RUFUS K. WEEKS,
48
Compiled from:
1. Will, Wayne Co., NY, Liber M, pp. 129-131, James J. Vandeburg, made out 12 May 1869,
filed 20 Jun 1870.
2. Census, 1850, New York, Wayne Co., Galen, p 375. Mathew Mackey and family.
3. "Rose Neighborhood Sketches, Wayne Co., NY," by Alfred S. Roe, published by the author,
Worcester, Mass. 1893. Page 122.
49
1. Will, Wayne Co., NY, Liber M, pp. 129-131, James J. Vandeburg, made out 12 May 1869,
filed 20 Jun 1870.
2. Census, 1865, New York, Wayne Co., Rose, p 15. Sarah C. Weeks and family. This census
states that Sarah Catherine Weeks was born in Greene Co., NY
3. Census, 1875, New York, Wayne Co., Rose, p. 14. Newton R. Weeks and family. This census
states that Sarah Catherine Weeks was born in Columbia Co., NY.
4. "Rose Neighborhood Sketches, Wayne Co., NY," by Alfred S. Roe, published by the author,
Worcester, Mass. 1893. Pp. 121-2.
5. Census, 1870, New York, Wayne County, Rose, 9 Jun 1870, p. 7/403. Sarah C. Weeks and
family.
6. Census, 1875, New York, Wayne County, Rose, 8 Jun 1865, p. 15. Newton R. Weeks and
family.
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who died prior to 1865. In 1865 and 1870, she was living in Rose, Wayne Co., NY
where she is recorded as "Sarah" and was the head of the household. In 1875, she still
lived Rose, but this time she was living in the household of her son, Newton R. Weeks,
and is recorded under the name "Catherine." Children:
i.
ii.
(WEEKS surname)
Dewitt, b. ca. 1844 in Wayne Co., NY.
Newton, b. ca. 1853 in Wayne Co., NY. Between 1870 and 1875,
he married Emiline V. ______, who was born in Wayne Co. In
1875, Newton was living in Rose where he was employed as a
track hand. At this time, his widowed mother lived with him.
XX. ABRAM M.7 VANDEBURG (James J.6, John5, Peter4, Henry3, Dirck2,
Lucas ), son of James J. Vandeburg and Hannah Steinhart, was born about 1823 in
Wayne County, New York.50 He married, about 1860, HARRIET/HANNAH FINCH,
daughter of John Finch and Deiademe Chapin, who was born about 1840 in Wayne
County. In 1850, at age 26, Abram resided with his brother-in-law, Mathew Mackey on
a farm in the town of Galen. In 1860, Abram and his wife lived with Abram's father in
the town of Rose, P.O. West Butler. They were still in Rose in 1865 where Abram was a
farmer. In 1870, they were living on a farm in the town of Huron. In the 1890s, Abram
and his family lived in Selma, KS. Child:
1
i.
Frank W., b. ca. May 1863 in Wayne Co., NY. Age 2y
and 1m on 12 Jun 1865. At home in Huron in 1870.
XX. LYMAN D.7 VANDEBURGH (James J.6, John5, Peter4, Henry3, Dirck2,
Lucas1), son of James J. Vandeburg and Hannah Steinhart, was born in Aug 1824 in New
York State.51 He married at Tekonsha, Calhoun Co., MI, on 27 Dec 1849 FANNY A.
50
1. Will, Wayne Co., NY, Liber M, pp. 129-131, James J. Vandeburg, made out 12 May 1869,
filed 20 Jun 1870.
2. Census, 1850, New York, Wayne County, Galen, p 375. Mathew Mackey and family,
including Abram M. Vanderburg, age 26.
A. "Rose Neighborhood Sketches, Wayne Co., NY," by Alfred S. Roe, published by the author,
Worcester, Mass. 1893. Page 122. [Note: This source says that Abram's middle initial was "D."
B. "Rose Neighborhood Sketches, Wayne Co., NY," by Alfred S. Roe, published by the author,
Worcester, Mass. 1893. Page 41.
X. Census, 1870, New York, Wayne County, Huron, 1 Jul 1870, p. 19/177. Abram Vandenburgh
and family.
51
1. Census, 1850, Michigan, Calhoun Co., Clarendon, p. 383. Lyman Vanderburgh and family.
[Note: Lyman D. Vanderburg could not be found in the 1860 census records for Clarendon, Homer, or
Tekonsha, Calhoun, Co., MI.]
2. Will, Wayne Co., NY, Liber M, pp. 129-131, James J. Vandeburg, made out 12 May 1869,
filed 20 Jun 1870.
3. Civil War Pension Record. Vandeburgh, Lyman D.; C 11 Mich. Inf; 12 Jan 1880, invalid,
337,446 266,318 Michigan.
4. Census, 1890, Michigan, Veterans Index: Vanderburg, Lyman D., Calhoun, Tekonsha V., 1-49.
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BRADLEY. Fanny was born in New York State about 1830, the daughter of Stephen
Bradley. In 1850, they were living at Clarendon, Calhoun Co., MI where Lyman was a
farmer and blacksmith. Living with them was Fanny's father, Stephen Bradley, age 66
and born in Massachusetts.
At the age of 40, Lyman stood five feet, five inches tall, and had a dark
complexion, dark eyes, and brown hair when he joined the Union cause during the Civil
War. He served as a private in Company "C" 11th Regiment of Michigan Volunteers and
was enrolled on 21 Feb 1865 at Tekonsha for one year. He mustered out with the
company at Nashville, TN on 16 Sep 1865, still with the rank of private.
After the war, Lyman returned to farming in Tekonsha on 80 acres of land that his
father had purchased and willed to Lyman's wife and children. Lyman abandoned his
blacksmith trade after the war due to his physical deteriation. He received a pension for
chronic diarrhea and piles contracted while serving in Tennesee. He had also claimed
that at Cleveland, TN about the last of July 1865, he was shoeing a mule in a blacksmith
shop when the mule jerked and strained his abdomen. By January 1880, Lyman stated
that his abdomen was still affected by the incident. However, his claim for this injury
was denied.
Fanny predeceased her husband by 1899. Lyman was still living at Tekonsha in
this year. By 1900, he had moved to the town of Athens where at the age of 75, he
resided with his daughter, Maria Broas and her family. Children:
i.
Maria, b. 21 Jan 1851, m. ca. 1868 Eugene Broas.
Living at Athens, Calhoun Co., MI in 1900. Children:
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
vi.
vii.
(BROAS surname)
Child, [One child d. prior to 1900.]
Child, living in 1900.
Child, living in 1900.
Nettie, b. Jun 1886. At home in 1900.
Harriett, b. 18 Apr 1853.
Mary , b. 11 Jan 1855.
Edward, b. 28 Apr 1856.
Ada, b. 4 Mar 1859.
Jennie, b. 12 Apr 1860.
Flora, b. 18 Aug 1863.
XX. OTIS P.7 VANDEBURG (James J.6, John5, Peter4, Henry3, Dirck2,
Lucas1), son of James J. Vandeburg and Hannah Steinhart, was born about 1832 in New
York State.52 He was farmer living with his father in 1850. By 1857, Otis was at
Clarendon Center, Clarendon Co., MI where he was a constable.
5. Census, 1900, Michigan, Calhoun Co., Athens Township, 14 Jun 1900, ED 28, Sht 10, Line 32.
Eugene Broas and family, including Lyman D. Vandeburg.
52
Compiled from:
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21
XX. JULIA MARIE7 VANDEBURG (James J.6, John5, Peter4, Henry3, Dirck2,
Lucas ), daughter of James J. Vandeburg and Hannah Steinhart, was born in New York
State.53 She married JOHN COCKSHAW and died prior to 1869. Children:
1
i.
ii.
iii.
(COCKSHAW surname)
Mary
John Edward
Julia Marie
XX. LYDIA7 VANDEBURGH (John J.6, John5, Peter4, Henry3, Dirck2,
Lucas1), daughter of John J. Vandeburg and Ollive Eunice Rowley, was born about 1816,
probably in Lexington, Greene County, NY.54 Sometime prior to 1835, she married
JAMES KENT. James was born about 1808 and died at Lexington, NY on 12 Apr 1848
at the age of 40.
In 1850, Lydia resided at Prattsville, NY with her two young daughters. In 1860,
Lydia was residing on her father's farm in Lexington where her occupation was given as
"taylorett(?)". However, she subsequently moved to Adrian, Michigan where she died on
20 Feb 1865 at the age of 49 years. She is buried in the Lexington, NY Cemetery.
Children:
i.
ii.
(KENT surname)
Martha E., b. ca. 1835 in NY, m. prior to 1869 Charles A. Smith.
Martha was living at Adrian, MI in 1868 and Nov 1869.
Mary, b. ca. 1845 in NY, m. prior to 1869 Charles F. Hatch. Mary
was living at Chicago, IL in 1868 and Nov 1869.
XX. JULIA L.7 VANDERBURGH (John J.6, John5, Peter4, Henry3, Dirck2,
Lucas ), daughter of John J. Vandeburg and Ollive Eunice Rowley, was born about 1819,
probably in Lexington, Greene County, NY. Sometime prior to 1842, she married
JAMES B. WHITE.55 In 1850, they were living next door to Julia's sister, Lydia, in
1
1. Will, Wayne Co., NY, Liber M, pp. 129-131, James J. Vandeburg, made out 12 May 1869,
filed 20 Jun 1870.
2. Census, 1850, New York, Wayne Co., Galen, p. 336. James J. Vanderburgh and family.
3. "History of Calhoun Co., Michigan 1830-1877," Philadelphia: L.H. Everts and Co. 1877. Page
189 [constable in 1857].
53
Will, Wayne Co., NY, Liber M, pp. 129-131, James J. Vandeburg, made out 12 May 1869, filed 20 Jun
1870.
54
Compiled from:
1. Census, 1850, New York, Greene Co., Prattsville, p. 31, 20 Jul 1850.
2. Greene Co., NY probate record, box 457, package 10205, John J. Vandenburgh. Will dated 6
May 1867. Probate filed 1 Dec 1868.
55
Compiled from:
1. Census, 1850, New York, Greene Co., Prattsville, p. 31, 20 Jul 1850.
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22
Prattsville, Greene County. On 23 Dec 1858, Greene Co., NY deed 55:173, while
residing at Whitesburgh in Herkimer Co., NY, James and Julia sold to Julia's brother,
John, land in Prattsville.
Evidently, James died or left his family around 1859, since Julia and her supposed
children were living with her father in 1860. Julia was still living in Lexington in 1868.
Julia, like her sister, Lydia, subsequently moved to Adrian, Michigan where she
died on 24 Aug 1873. She is buried in the Lexington, NY Cemetery. Probable children:
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
(WHITE surname)
John, b. ca. 1842. A clerk in Lexington in 1860.
Brittian(?), b. ca. 1844. A clerk in Lexington in 1860.
Robert, b. ca. 1846.
Charles, b. ca. 1851.
XX. HENRY7 VANDERBURGH (Lewis6, Henry5, James4, Henry3, Dirck2,
Lucas ), son of Lewis Vanderburgh and ______ ______, was born on 31 Aug 182456
probably at home in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess Co., NY. In 1850, he was the only one of
Lewis' sons living on the family farm with his father.57 By the mid-1850s, Henry moved
to Westchester County, NY where on 30 Jul 1854 at Yonkers, he married ADELAIDE
NODINE. She was born on 15 Nov 1839, the daughter of George and Ann Eliza Nodine
of Yonkers.58 In 1860, Henry, Adelaide, and sons, Henry and William were living in
Yonkers where Henry was employed as a fisherman and had an estate worth $750. Also
residing with Henry were Peter Vanderburgh, a hatter, age 21, and Eliza Vanderburgh,
age 9.59 By 1870, Henry was no longer living in the town or village of Yonkers.
1
2. Greene Co., NY probate record, box 457, package 10205, John J. Vandenburgh. Will dated 6
May 1867. Probate filed 1 Dec 1868.
3. Greene Co., NY deed 55:173.
Notes/comments:
1. The birth date of Julia is in question. Pat Morrow, Windham Town Historian, found an age of
34 at date of death. The DAR records give her age as 51, and the NEHGR of 1938 gives her age as 54.
The 1860 census says she was 40 in 1860. In light of some of the census records, I suspect that the
NEHGR date is closest to the actual age.
2. A check of the 1870 census for Adrian (town and city), Lenawee County, Michigan did not
reveal a "Julia White" living there in 1870.
56
"Old Vanderburgh Document." (This document was given to the New York State Archives by Howard
A. Thomas of Long Island City, NY who pioneered Vanderburgh research in the 1940s and 1950s. The
document contains, in part, the births and deaths of Lewis Vanderburgh's family. Other sources confirm
many of the dates in the document, making it very reliable. The document was written not earlier than
1856, the date of the latest entry. The document was probably written by Hulda Rachel (Vanderburgh)
Day, 1853-1927, of Glidden, IA. Hulda was a great grandaughter of Henry Vanderburgh. Hulda's
grandaughter, Zelma B. (Ramey) Steigerwalt, 1907-1982, provided the document to Howard A. Thomas in
the early 1950s.)
57
Census, 1850, NY, Dutchess Co., Hyde Park, page 246. (Lewis Vanderburgh & family.)
58
"Lucas Dircksen van Der Burgh of New Amsterdam and His Son Dirck, Progenitors of the Van Der
Burgh Family of Dutchess County, New York," by Howard A. Thomas, 1951.
59
Census, 1860, NY, Westchester Co., Yonkers, page 252. (Henry Vanderburgh & family.)
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23
When Henry died is not known. However, he died prior to 1900. In 1900,
Adelaide was a widow living with her son, Henry L. and his family.60 There is a strong
possibility that Henry died before 1880.61 Children:62
+
+
i.
ii.
Henry L., b. 19 Jun 1855, m. Annie ______, d. after 1900.
William Butler, b. 22 Dec 1857, m. 10 Jun 1890 Jeanette McEwen,
d. 20 Apr 1928.
XX. DAVID H.7 VANDERBURGH (Lewis6, Henry5, James4, Henry3, Dirck2,
Lucas1), son of Lewis Vanderburgh and ______ ______, was born on 14 Jul 182563 in
Columbia Co., NY.64 On 29 Oct 1848 in Hyde Park, NY, he married SUSAN ANN
MCCORD, who was born about 1828 in Dutchess County. The marriage was performed
by Rev. W. H. Ten Eyck.65 David and his wife were probably still living in Hyde Park in
1850.66
Where David and his family were living in 1860 is not known. However, in 1865
they were residing in the town of Clinton, Dutchess County where David was employed
as a harness maker and farmer and had an estate worth $50.67 He had purchased a farm
from William Burnett the previous year on the west side of the road to Hibernia, NY.68
David died on 7 Apr 1893 in Whippany, Hanover township, NJ. He had resided
there for five years prior to his death. He fell to his death at night when he tumbled from
an upper story window of Fullerton's Hotel. He died an hour afterward. He had been
60
Census (Soundex), 1900, New York Co., Bronx, Broadway, ED 1048, Sht 6, Line 71. (Henry L.
Vanderburgh & family.)
61
A search for Henry Vanderburgh's death certificate at the New York State Department of Public Health
did not reveal a death certificate for him between the years 1880 and 1900. A search of the 1880 NY
Census Soundex for Vanderburgh and Vandenburgh was made to try and locate Henry. A review of those
who had the head of household listed as Adalaide, Henry, and William was made. Maybe he died in NYC.
62
Census, 1860, NY, Westchester Co., Yonkers, page 252. (Henry Vanderburgh & family.); also, “Lucas
Dircksen van Der Burgh of New Amsterdam and His Son Dirck, Progenitors of the Van Der Burgh Family
of Dutchess County, New York," by Howard A. Thomas, 1951.
63
"Old Vanderburgh Document." (This document was given to the New York State Archives by Howard
A. Thomas of Long Island City, NY who pioneered Vanderburgh research in the 1940s and 1950s. The
document contains, in part, the births and deaths of Lewis Vanderburgh's family. Other sources confirm
many of the dates in the document, making it very reliable. The document was written not earlier than
1856, the date of the latest entry. The document was probably written by Hulda Rachel (Vanderburgh)
Day, 1853-1927, of Glidden, IA. Hulda was a great grandaughter of Henry Vanderburgh. Hulda's
grandaughter, Zelma B. (Ramey) Steigerwalt, 1907-1982, provided the document to Howard A. Thomas in
the early 1950s.)
64
Census, 1865, NY, Dutchess Co., Clinton. (David Vanderburgh and family.)
65
Poughkeepsie, NY Newspapers: Amer., Sat., 4 Nov 1848; Poughkeepsie Telegraph, Wed., 8 Nov 1848;
J. & P. E., Sat., 4 Nov 1848: At Hyde Park, on the 29th ultimate, by the Rev. W. H. Ten Eyck: David H.
Vanderburgh to Susan Ann McCord, both of Pleasant Valley.
66
Census, 1850, NY, Dutchess Co., Hyde Park: "______ Vanderburgh, age 23, a laborer, and Susan
Vanderburgh, age 26." This most probably is David and his wife, Susan.
67
Census, 1865, NY, Dutchess Co., town of Clinton. (David Vanderburgh & family.)
68
Dutchess Co., NY deed 134:251, 18 Mar 1864.
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drinking for a day or two. It was supposed that he attempted to leave his room in the dark
and in his bewilderment opened the window instead of the door.69
David's wife, Susan, died on 8 Mar 1905. Both are buried in the Hicksite Friend's
Ground at Clinton Corner's, Dutchess County, NY.70 Children:
+
+
i.
ii.
DeWitt, b. ca. 1855, m. Emma V. ______, d. 12 Apr 1896.71
Edwin L., b. Jan 1857, m. Alma A. ______.
XX. WILLIAM E. R.7 VANDERBURGH (Lewis6, Henry5, James4, Henry3,
Dirck2, Lucas1), son of Lewis Vanderburgh and ______ ______, was born on 9 Feb
182772 in Dutchess County, NY.73
In 1850, William lived at Clinton, Dutchess County, where he was a laborer
residing with James M. Allen, a farmer, and his family.74 On 3 Nov 1852, in Dutchess
Co., William married HANNAH LEAH SWARTOUT who was born on 26 Sep 1833
and died on 30 Sep 1924. By Sep 1853, William was living in Binghamton, Broome Co.,
NY, when his first child was born. He was still there in 1856,75 but by 1860, he and his
family had relocated to the town of Kirkwood in Broome County where he was a
farmer.76
Around 1867, William and his family moved from New York State to Bureau
County, Illinois, where he resided for 25 years. In 1892, he relocated to a farm in
Richland Township, Carroll County, Iowa. He and his wife finally became residents of
Glidden, also in Carroll County.77 William died in Glidden on 3 Jan 1903.78 William
69
New Jersey State Dept. of Health. Death certificate "V59," David H. Vanderburgh, d. 7 Apr 1893; and
Newspaper - "Jerseyman," 14 Apr 1893. Whippany - death of David N.[sic] Vanderburgh.
70
"Collections of the Dutchess County Historical Society," Vol. 2 (1924), "Old Gravestones of Dutchess
County, 19,000 Inscriptions," collected and edited by J. Wilson Poucher, M.D. and Helen Wilkinson
Reynolds. Hicksite Friend's Ground, Clinton Corners: Vanderburgh, David H., d. 6 Apr 1893, age 68-8-20.
Susan A. McCord (wife), d. 8 Mar 1905, age 77.
71
Dutchess County, NY Surrogate Court Record for Dewitt Vanderburgh #16770.
72
"Old Vanderburgh Document." (This document was given to the New York State Archives by Howard
A. Thomas of Long Island City, NY who pioneered Vanderburgh research in the 1940s and 1950s. The
document contains, in part, the births and deaths of Lewis Vanderburgh's family. Other sources confirm
many of the dates in the document, making it very reliable. The document was written not earlier than
1856, the date of the latest entry. The document was probably written by Hulda Rachel (Vanderburgh)
Day, 1853-1927, of Glidden, IA. Hulda was a great grandaughter of Henry Vanderburgh. Hulda's
grandaughter, Zelma B. (Ramey) Steigerwalt, 1907-1982, provided the document to Howard A. Thomas in
the early 1950s.); and Newspaper - Glidden (Iowa) Graphic, 9 Jan 1903. Obituary of William E.R.
Vanderburgh.
73
Newspaper - Glidden (Iowa) Graphic, 9 Jan 1903. Obituary of William E.R. Vanderburgh.
74
Census, 1850, NY, Dutchess Co., Clinton, p. 290. (James M. Allen & family with William
Vanderburgh.)
75
Data compiled by Howard A. Thomas, Long Island City, NY and Eugene F. Huber, Sr., 10109 Kauffman
Ave, South Gate, CA 90280.
76
Census, 1860, NY, Broome Co., Kirkwood, 31 Oct 1860, p. 12/254. William Vanderburgh & family
Hulda 6, Webster 4.
77
Newspaper - Glidden (Iowa) Graphic, 9 Jan 1903. Obituary of William E.R. Vanderburgh. [Note: The
obituary of William E.R.'s eldest daughter, Huldah, says they left Dutchess Co. in 1862 and lived on a farm
in Wyanet, Bureau Co., IL. The 1870 & 1880 census for Wyanet does not find William E.R. living there,
nor does 1900 census depict William E.R. living at Glidden, IA.
7gen1, 22 Jun 98
25
and Hannah are buried in Lot #20, Block #5 in West Lawn Cemetery in Glidden.79
Children:
+
i.
+
+
ii.
iii.
+
iv.
Huldah Rachel, b. 20 Sep 1853, m. 22 Sep 1874 Joseph
Williams Day, d. 31 Oct 1927.
Webster, b. 21 Feb 1856, m. Emma Cain.
Velma Ann, b. 16 Jul 1862, m. 10 Dec 1885 George Edward
Herbst, d. 20 Sep 1920.
Bert F., b. 9 Dec 1872, m. 24 Apr 1898 Angie M. Van Ormer.
XX. MARTIN7 VANDERBURGH (Lewis6, Henry5, James4, Henry3, Dirck2,
Lucas ), son of Lewis Vanderburgh and ______ ______ , was born on 2 Jul 1828,80
probably at home in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, NY where his father was a
farmer. Martin was 5'6" tall, with a light complexion, hazel eyes, and brown hair.81 He
is probably the Martin who is mentioned in the 27 Nov 1847 "Poughkeepsie Journal"
newspaper as marrying CAROLINE LEE on the previous Thursday. The marriage for
both of the Poughkeepsie residents was performed by Rev. L. F. Waldo.82 Two years
later, Martin and Caroline had their daugher, Margaret Jane Myers, baptized on 1 Jul
1849 at St. James Episcopal Church in Hyde Park. Mrs. Ann Vanderburgh and the
parents were sponsors. This Ann Vanderburgh was probably Martin's stepmother.83
What happened to Martin's wife and child by 1850 is not known.84 In that year,
Martin is found, without his wife and child, residing in Newburgh with Caleb Osborn, a
shoe maker, and his family. Martin's occupation at this time was that of a chair maker.85
1
78
Death certificate - William Vanderburgh, died 3 Jan 1903, at Glidden, IA. [Note: The dertificate does
not list his parents.]
79
Records of West Lawn Cemetery, Glidden, IA.
80
"Old Vanderburgh Document." (This document was given to the New York State Archives by Howard
A. Thomas of Long Island City, NY who pioneered Vanderburgh research in the 1940s and 1950s. The
document contains, in part, the births and deaths of Lewis Vanderburgh's family. Other sources confirm
many of the dates in the document, making it very reliable. The document was written not earlier than
1856, the date of the latest entry. The document was probably written by Hulda Rachel (Vanderburgh)
Day, 1853-1927, of Glidden, IA. Hulda was a great grandaughter of Henry Vanderburgh. Hulda's
grandaughter, Zelma B. (Ramey) Steigerwalt, 1907-1982, provided the document to Howard A. Thomas in
the early 1950s.)
81
Civil War pension record for Martin Vanderburgh, 5 Jul 1890, application no. 794,582, certificate
#575,248.
82
Newspaper - "Poughkeepsie Journal," 27 Nov 1847. Martin Vanderburgh to Caroline Lee on the
previous Thursday. The marriage for both of the Poughkeepsie residents was performed by Rev. L. F.
Waldo.
83
"Records of St. James Episcopal Church, Hyde Park, NY," located at Adriance Library, Poughkeepsie,
NY. Page 316, baptisms: Margaret Jane Myers, born 9 Oct 1848, bapt. 1 Jul 1849, parents - Martin S.[sic,
probably "L."] and Caroline Vanderburgh, sponsors - parents with Mrs. Ann Vanderburgh
84
Martin Vanderburgh's marriage to Caroline Lee is not without some questions. Martin's Civil War
pension record emphatically states that he was married only once, and that was to Letitia Reynolds.
However, evidence strongly supports a marriage to Carolyn Lee. Until more data either confirms or denies
the first marriage, I believe that enough evidence exists to support it.
85
Census, 1850, New York, Orange County, Newburgh, p 135. Caleb Osborn and family.
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Martin married, second, on 16 Mar 1856, LETITIA REYNOLDS,86 daughter of
David Reynolds and Sarah Clark.87 The marriage occurred at the home of Stephen W.
Brown in Cornwall, Orange County, NY. Abijah Dan, a Justice of the Peace for Orange
County, officiated at the ceremony.88 Letitia was born in New York State about 1836.89
At the time of her marriage, she was a resident of Newburgh.90
In 1860 Martin resided in Newburgh with his family. He was still employed as a
chair maker with an estate valued at $400.91
Two years later, Martin, like many of his contemporaries, joined the Union cause
in the Civil War as a private in Company G, 168th Regiment of the New York State
Volunteer Infantry (also known as the 19th NY State Militia Infantry). He gave his
occupation as a painter when he joined for duty. He enrolled in the 168th on 20 Oct 1862
at Newburgh. He mustered into Company G on 23 Jan 1863 for a period of nine months.
Martin accompanied the 168th when on 14 Feb 1863 it left for Baltimore, MD. Soon it
moved to Norfolk, VA where it was attached to Busteed's Independent Brigade, 4th
Army Corps, Department of Virginia until Apr 1863. Then it became part of King's
Independent Brigade, 4th Army Corps to June 1863. During this entire period, the 168th
served garrison duty at Yorktown, VA.
The 168th was next assigned to the 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps to
July 1863. During this time, Martin and his regiment participated in Dix's Peninsula
Campaign from 24 June to 7 July. Then the regiment proceeded to Funkstown, MD.
Martin was on duty until 11 Jul 1863 when he left the infantry at Frederick, Maryland on
account of sickness and disabilities. He was still sick as of 31 Aug 1863. During his
enlistment, Colonels Samuel Hunter and William R. Brown commanded the 168th
Regiment.
Martin's illness and disabilities probably kept him out of action when his regiment
joined the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac at
Hagerstown, MD on 14 July. The regiment then participated in the pursuit of Gen. Lee's
forces to Masassas Gap, VA until 24 July. From that time on, the 168th performed guard
duty along the Orange and Alexandria Railroad until Oct 1863. Martin was mustered out
of service along with his regiment on 31 Oct 1863 at Newburgh.92
86
"The Whig Press Marriage Notices 1851-1865," compiled by Virginia H. Gardner, Orange Co.
Genealogical Society, 101 Main St., Goshen, Ny 10924. 1986: "Vanderburgh, Martin m. Letitia Reynolds
of Newburg, 16 March at Cornwall (26 Mar 1856.)"
87
Correspondence - To Arnott Vanderburgh, 8 Apr 1981, from Mrs. Lilian F. Vanderburgh, River Road,
Adamsville, RI 02801. (Parents of Leticia Reynolds, and information on David Reynolds Vanderburgh.)
88
Civil War pension record for Martin Vanderburgh, 5 Jul 1890, application #794,582, certificate
#575,248; and widow's pension on 8 Aug 1893, application #581,140, certificate #383,661.
89
Census, 1860, New York, Orange County, Newburgh, pp 364-365, 24 Jul 1860. Marcus Vanderburgh
and family.
90
"The Whig Press Marriage Notices 1851-1865," compiled by Virginia H. Gardner, Orange Co.
Genealogical Society, 101 Main St., Goshen, Ny 10924. 1986: "Vanderburgh, Martin m. Letitia Reynolds
of Newburg, 16 March at Cornwall (26 Mar 1856.)"
91
Census, 1860, New York, Orange County, Newburgh, pp 364-365, 24 Jul 1860. Marcus Vanderburgh
and family.
92
Civil War pension record for Martin Vanderburgh, 5 Jul 1890, application #794,582, certificate
#575,248; and widow's pension on 8 Aug 1893, application #581,140, certificate #383,661; "A
Compendium of the War of the Rebellion," by Frederick H. Dyer, The Press of Morningside Bookshop,
Dayton, Ohio. 1978. Republication of original made in 1908. (Source for the 168th Regiment's history.);
and "History of Orange County, New York," by Edward Manning Ruttenber & Lewis H. Clark. Published
7gen1, 22 Jun 98
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In 1870, Martin was back home in Newburgh.93 In 1880, Martin and his family
were living on the north side of Ann Street in Newburgh.94
Martin applied for a civil War pension on 5 Jul 1890. In his claim, Martin stated
that because of illness contracted during the Civil War, he had suffered from rheumatism
from about 1883 or 1885. As a result, he was awarded a pension because his manual
labor capabilities had decreased by 75 percent.95
Martin died at his home on 7 Edward St. in Newburgh on 2 Aug 1893. At the
time of his death, Martin was working as a chair maker. He is buried in the Woodlawn
Cemetery at Newburgh in a burial plot purchased by the Ellis Post, Grand Army of the
Republic. Thirty-nine other veterans are interred in the same plot.96
Martin's wife, Letitia applied for a widow's pension on 8 Aug 1893, which she
received until her death on 4 Jan 1907.97 Children:98
+
i.
Child by Caroline Lee
Margaret Jane Myers, bapt. 1 Jul 1849, d. pre 1850?
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
vi.
vii.
Children by Letitia Reynolds
Lewis M., b. ca. 1856.
David Reynolds, b. ca. 1858, m. Catherine Elizabeth Fleming.
Sarah H., b. ca. 1861.
Simon, b. ca. Sep 1863, d. 22 Jul 1864.
Mary A., b. ca. 1867.
William, b. ca. 1870.
by Everts & Peck. Philadelphia, 1881. Page 349: Vanderburgh, Martin, 168th, call of Aug 1862; 9
months.
93
Census, 1870, New York, Orange County, Newburgh, First Ward, p. 23/254, 21 Jun 1870. Martin
Vandenburgh and family.
94
Census, 1880, New York, Orange County, Newburgh, 4 Jun 1880, ED 30, Sht 10, Line 19, 156 Ann
Street, north side. Martin Vanderburgh & family.
95
Civil War pension record for Martin Vanderburgh, 5 Jul 1890, application #794,582, certificate
#575,248.
96
NY State death certificate #32685, Martin Vanderburgh. [This certificate states that his father's name is
"Wm. Vanderburgh" and his mother's name as "unknown". The father's name is most probably an error.
The undertaker, W. P. Donahue, age 27, was the informant on the certificate. He probably knew little of
Martin's origins.]; and Newspaper - Newburgh, NY Evening Press, Thursday evening, 3 Aug 1893:
"VANDERBURGH - In this city Aug. 2, 1893, Martin Vanderburgh, aged 65 years, 1 month, 1 day.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral from his late residence, No. 7 Edward street, on
Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Internment at Woodlawn Cemetery."
97
Letitia (Reynolds) Vanderburgh"s widow pension, 8 Aug 1893, application #581,140, certificate
#383,661; and Correspondence - To Arnott Vanderburgh, 8 Apr 1981, from Mrs. Lilian F. Vanderburgh,
River Road, Adamsville, RI 02801.
98
The children are compiled from the following:
a. Census, 1880, New York, Orange County, Newburgh, 4 Jun 1880, ED 30, Sht 10, Line 19, 156
Ann Street, north side. Martin Vanderburgh & family.
b. "Records of St. James Episcopal Church, Hyde Park, NY," located at Adriance Library,
Poughkeepsie, NY. Page 316, baptisms: Margaret Jane Myers, born 9 Oct 1848, bapt. 1 Jul 1849, parents Martin S.[sic, probably "L."] and Caroline Vanderburgh, sponsors - parents with Mrs. Ann Vanderburgh
c. "The Whig Press - Death Notices 1851-1865," compiled and edited by George and Virginia
Gardner; Hartwell Associates, R. D. 7, Box 147, Middletown, NY 10940. 1978: Vanderburg, Martin, son
Simon d. 22 Jul, 11m., Newburgh (27 Jul 1864).
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viii.
ix.
Jennie, b. ca. 1875.
George, b. ca. 1877.
XX. EFFINGHAM7 VANDERBURGH (Lewis6, Henry5, James4, Henry3,
Dirck , Lucas1), son of Lewis Vanderburgh and ______ ______, was born on 30 Jun
1830.99 His birth occurred in Dutchess County, NY.100 On 22 May 1850, he married
MARY YELVERTON in the Dutch Reformed Church at New Hackensack, NY.101 In
August of that year they were living with Mary's family in Poughkeepsie where
Effingham was working as a cabinet maker.102
By 1860, Effingham, Mary, and their five children were living in Newburgh,
Orange Co., NY where Effingham was employed as an upholsterer.103
The Civil War encroached on Effingham's family, and he served two tours of
duty. On 16 Aug 1861, he joined the 56th Regiment of New York Infantry which was
organized at Newburgh. The Regiment mustered in 28 Oct 1861. Effingham joined
Company B as a First Lieutenant and departed with the Regiment on 7 Nov 1861 for
Washington, DC. The Regiment was on duty in the defense of Washington until Mar
1862. However, Effingham received a discharge at Washington, DC on 8 Feb 1862 after
serving six months and 22 days.
Back home, the 5 foot, 5 1/2 inch, light haired, fair complexioned, blue-eyed
Effingham took up the occupation of a cabinet maker. This lasted for two years until his
next call to duty at Goshen, NY. Here, he enlisted as a sergeant on 29 Aug 1864 into
Captain Charles F. Hartman's Company I of the 1st Regiment of New York Engineers or
"Serrell's Engineers." The Regiment had been organized at New York City and mustered
in by companies. Company I mustered 13 Dec 1861, and joined by Companies G and K
left New York the following day for Port Royal, SC. By April 1864, Companies I, A, C,
and G were assigned to the District of Hilton Head, SC., 10th Army Corps, Department
of the South. Here in South Carolina, Effingham probably joined his unit. He may have
participated in the Hatch Expedition up Broad River, SC during 28-30 Nov 1864; the
2
99
"Old Vanderburgh Document." (This document was given to the New York State Archives by Howard
A. Thomas of Long Island City, NY who pioneered Vanderburgh research in the 1940s and 1950s. The
document contains, in part, the births and deaths of Lewis Vanderburgh's family. Other sources confirm
many of the dates in the document, making it very reliable. The document was written not earlier than
1856, the date of the latest entry. The document was probably written by Hulda Rachel (Vanderburgh)
Day, 1853-1927, of Glidden, IA. Hulda was a great grandaughter of Henry Vanderburgh. Hulda's
grandaughter, Zelma B. (Ramey) Steigerwalt, 1907-1982, provided the document to Howard A. Thomas in
the early 1950s.)
100
Civil War pension record, Effingham Vanderburgh. Claim #904030, certificate #843948, Veterans
Administration file #XC20864712. [Note: this pension file is in possession of the Veterans Administration,
not the National Archives.]
101
"Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of New Hackensack, Dutchess Co., NY," by Maria Bockee
Carpenter Tower, Collections of the Dutchess County Historical Society, Vol. V. 1932. Marriages, page
113: 22 May 1850, Effingham Vanderburgh of Poughkeepsie and Mary Yeleverton of Poughkeepsie.
102
Census, 1850, NY, Dutchess Co., Poughkeepsie, Aug 1850, page 129. Bowdinine Yelverton, a
blacksmith, and his family. [This census records a David Vanderburgh, cabinet maker age 20, living in this
household as well as a Mary Yelverton, age 19. Mary is probably Bowdinine's daughter, and the name
"David" is probably an error and should be "Effingham."
103
Census, 1860, New York, Orange County, Newburgh, 3 Jul 1860, p. 146. Effingham Vanderburgh &
family.
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Battle of Honey Hill, 30 Nov; and engagements at Deveaux's Neck on 6 Dec. The
Regiment continued with the Department of the South through 30 Jun 1865 when it
mustered out. Three days later on 3 Jul 1865, Effingham received his discharge at Hilton
Head after serving 10 months and four days, and returned to New York State.104
On 5 Aug 1875, Effingham's wife, Mary, died.105 The following year, he married
on 14 Jun 1876 MARGARET M. LEWIS.
In 1877, Effingham and his family were living at Washingtonville, Orange
County, NY. Three years later, he moved to the town of Florida, Warwick Township in
Orange County. Here, he and his family made their final home as Effingham became an
established cabinetmaker and undertaker.
In the eighteen nineties, many Civil War veterans became eligible for government
pensions. Effingham not only received a pension, but also received special consideration
from the US Government. In 1906 the US Senate's Committee on Pensions reviewed
House of Representatives bill 19118 granting an increase of pension to Effingham. The
House report stated in part:
"The soldier named in this bill, now 75 years of age, when honorably
discharged; never applied for pension under the general law, but is now pensioned
under the act of June 27, 1890, at $12 per month for total disability, the result of a
complete left inguinal hernia and a right hydrocele.
From proof filed with the committee it appears that the
soldier
suffered a paralytic stroke in November, 1902, and that
a year or so later he
suffered a second stroke, requiring the aid and attendance of two persons; that
while able to sit in a chair and having partial use of his arms he has no use
whatever of his lower limbs, and that he has no property except the pension and
the aid of his children.
Special legislation in behalf of this soldier is fully justified in view of his
helpless condition and poverty, and is in line with numerous precedents. The
passage of the bill is therefore recommended."
On 29 Jun 1906, Congress granted an increase to Effingham's pension and
directed and authorized the Secretary of the Interior to increase his pension from $12 per
month to $30 per month. The benefits were short lived, for Effingham died on 19 Oct
1906 in the town of Florida. He was buried at Washingtonville, NY on 22 Oct 1906.
Over 50 years later, Emma A. Vernon Anderson, who knew Effingham, recalled his
104
Civil War pension record, Effingham Vanderburgh. Claim #904030, certificate #843948, Veterans
Administration file #XC20864712; 1890 Census, NARS Microfilm M123-49, Frame 0173. New York,
Orange County, P.O. Florida, pg. 2, S.D. 4, E.D. 51, Warwick Township: House 161/ Family 173.
Vanderburgh, Effingham 1st Lt., Company B, 56 Regiment of NY Infantry. Enlisted 16 Aug 1861,
Discharged 8 Feb 1862, Service 6 months and 22 days; and Sergeant, Company I or J, 1st NY Engineer
Corps. Enlisted 29 Aug 1864, Discharged 3 Jul 1865, Service 10 months and 4 days; "A Compendium of
the War of the Rebellion," by Frederick H. Dyer. The Press of Morningside Bookshop, Dayton, Ohio.
New Publication 1978. Pages 1403-4 and 1425. (Civil War regimental histories.); and "History of Orange
County, New York," by Edward Manning Ruttenber & Lewis H. Clark. Published by Everts & Peck.
Philadelphia, 1881. Page 349: Vanderburgh, Effingham, Lieut., Co. B, 56th Regt., N.Y.S.V., Aug 16,
1861, 2 years; resigned Feb 1, 1862; and page 622: "Volunteers and substitutes, July 1864 to Jan 1865:"
Vanderburgh, Effingham, 1st Eng.
105
Letter, 15 Jun 1952 from Olga Atchinson, Bloomfield, NJ to Howard A. Thomas, Long Island City, NY.
7gen1, 22 Jun 98
30
patriotism when in a statement dated 28 Mar 1958 she said "and could he make a rousing
patriotic speech!"
Effingham's second wife, Margaret, had died on 24 Jul 1897, also at the town of
Florida.106 Children:
+
i.
+
+
ii.
iii.
+
iv.
+
v.
vi.
+
vii.
viii.
Children by Mary Yelverton
Helen, b. 11 Mar 1851, m. 1873 Theodore Case Pembleton,
d. 18 Jul 1916.
George, b. 9 May 1853, m. ca. 1878 Marilda Gee, d. 1892-1899.
Effingham, Jr., b. 23 Jun 1855, m. Nancy ______, d. 17 Jun 1918
at Wawarsing, NY.
Anna Leah, b. 4 Nov 1856, m. 11 Jan 1880 Robert J. Atchison,
d. 4 Sep 1943.
Charles, b. 22 Jan 1859, m. ______ ______, d. 1931.
Frances, b. 27 Mar 1861, m. (1) Joseph Cody, m.(2) E. Williams.
Living at age 92 in 1952 at East Hartford, CT. No children. Last
surviving child of Effingham Vanderburgh and his first wife.
Laura; b. 27 Nov 1862; m. 9 Apr 1884 at Goshen, NY Charles
Newton; d. 3 Feb 1950.
DeWitt, b. 15 Jun 1864, m. Martha Northrup, d. 23 Feb 1943.
One child:
i.
ix.
Henry, b. 3 May 1867, m. Nellie Mulligan, d. 9 Feb 1939.
Children:
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
x.
xi.
Beatrice (Bessie).
Laura May
Arlene
Katherine
James
Edward, b. 23 Jul 1870.
Children by Margaret Lewis
Daisy, b. 19 Mar 1877, not married, d. 30 Apr 1960 at
Middletown, NY State Hospital and buried at Florida,
NY. Daisy was only one and a half pounds at birth
and grew to adulthood physically and mentally
handicapped. After her parents died, she remained
under the care of her brother, Garfield, until his
death in 1958. Garfield's widow took care of Daisy
106
Civil War pension record, Effingham Vanderburgh. Claim #904030, certificate #843948, Veterans
Administration file #XC20864712; NY State death certificate #44299 (register #1918) for Effingham
Vanderburgh. [Parents names are not given on his death certificate.]; and Census (Soundex), 1900, New
York, Orange County, Warwick. Effingham Vanderburgh & family.
7gen1, 22 Jun 98
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xii.
until Daisy died at the age of 83.107
Garfield, b. 22 Jul 1880, m. 12 Jun 1915 Louise
Slaughter, d. between Apr and 15 Aug 1958. Garfield
lived in Florida, NY and ran his own funeral home.
He was the informant on his father's death
certificate.108
XX. ALONZO7 VANDERBURGH (Lewis6, Henry5, James4, Henry3, Dirck2,
Lucas ), son of Lewis Vanderburgh and ______ ______, was born on 6 Oct 1831109 in
Dutchess Co., NY.110 He was baptized as an adult on 3 Jun 1849 at St. James Church,
Hyde Park, NY and confirmed there on 17 Jun 1849.111
In 1850, Alonzo was a laborer residing on a farm with James D. Wing and family
in the town of Stanford.112 On 8 Nov 1853, in the Stanford Christian Church, Alonzo
married MARIA BERRY,113 daughter of Peter and Content (Sherman) Berry.114
In 1860, Alonzo was still in Stanford with his wife and child where he was farm
laborer with a personal estate worth $250.115
Maria died on 11 Jan 1862 at the age of 28 and is buried in the Community
Cemetery at Standfordville.116 After her death, Alonzo and his children boarded with the
Thomas Merriot family, prosperous Quaker farmers in Stanfordville. Leaving the
children in care of the Merriots, Alonzo left to serve in the Civil War. He was enrolled
on 4 Oct 1862 in Company C, 150th Regiment of the New York State Volunteers. He
was mustered out as a private on 8 Jun 1865 near Washington, DC. One of his more
1
107
Civil War pension record, Effingham Vanderburgh. Claim #904030, certificate #843948, Veterans
Administration file #XC20864712.
108
Civil War pension record, Effingham Vanderburgh. Claim #904030, certificate #843948, Veterans
Administration file #XC20864712.
109
"Old Vanderburgh Document." (This document was given to the New York State Archives by Howard
A. Thomas of Long Island City, NY who pioneered Vanderburgh research in the 1940s and 1950s. The
document contains, in part, the births and deaths of Lewis Vanderburgh's family. Other sources confirm
many of the dates in the document, making it very reliable. The document was written not earlier than
1856, the date of the latest entry. The document was probably written by Hulda Rachel (Vanderburgh)
Day, 1853-1927, of Glidden, IA. Hulda was a great grandaughter of Henry Vanderburgh. Hulda's
grandaughter, Zelma B. (Ramey) Steigerwalt, 1907-1982,
provided the document to Howard A. Thomas in the early 1950s.)
110
Census, 1865, NY, Dutchess Co., Stanford. Thomas Marriott & family with Alonzo Vanderburgh, age
30, boarder/laborer/army with son, Herbert age three.
111
"Records of St. James Episcopal Church, Hyde Park, NY," located at Adriance Library, Poughkeepsie,
NY. Baptism; and on page 321, confirmations: 17 June 1849, Alonzo Vandenburgh (sic)
112
Census, 1850, NY Dutchess Co., Stanford, p. 217. James D. Wing & family with Alonzo Vanderburgh,
age 17, laborer.
113
Poughkeepsie, NY newpapers: D. D. & P. A., Thurs., 24 Nov 1853; P. E., Sat., 19 Nov 1853: On the 8th
instant, by Elder P. Roberts, Mr. Alonzo Vanderburgh, of Stanford, to Miss Maria Berry, of Clinton; and
Data compiled by Eugene F. Huber, Sr., 10109 Kauffman Ave., South Gate, CA 90280.
114
Data compiled by Eugene F. Huber, Sr., 10109 Kauffman Ave., South Gate, CA 90280.
115
Census, 1860, NY, Dutchess Co., Stanford, 2392/2680. Alonzo Vradenburgh (sic) & family.
116
"Collections of the Dutchess County Historical Society," Vol. 2 (1924), "Old Gravestones of Dutchess
County, 19,000 Inscriptions," collected and edited by J. Wilson Poucher, M.D. and Helen Wilkinson
Reynolds, p. 348.
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significant campaigns was serving in the battle at Gettysburgh.117 Immediately after his
discharge, Alonzo returned to Dutchess County, was reunited with his three year old son,
Herbert, and once again boarded in Stanford with Thomas Merriot and his family. Where
Alonzo's six year old daughter, Ida, was residing at this time is not known.118
Alonzo remarried on 9 Dec 1865 at the Stanfordville Christian Church,
HARRIET E. (SHEPHERD) LOVELACE, a widow of George Lovelace, who had two
daughters by her first marriage. George Lovelace had been a friend of Alonzo's who had
been killed in the war.119
On 20 Dec 1865, Alonzo bought a farm from William Cornell on the east side of
present day County Road 13 in Clinton Corners.120 A year earlier, his brother, David,
had purchased a farm on the west side of the road from William Burnett.121
Alonzo died on 4 Apr 1900.122 His second wife, Harriet, died on 25 Oct 1911 at
the age of 85. Alonzo and Harriet are buried in the Friend's Upton Lake Cemetery at
Clinton, Dutchess Co., NY.123 Children, all by Maria Berry:
+
i.
+
ii.
Ida, b. 6 May 1859, m.(1) 20 Dec 1877 Alvin Sincerbeaux,
m.(2) John Graber, d. 2 Jan 1912.
Herbert Lewis, b. 1 Dec 1860, m. 1 Jan 1881 Cornelia Haas,
d. 23 Jan 1935.
XX. MELISSA7 VANDERBURGH (Lewis6, Henry5, James4, Henry3, Dirck2,
Lucas ), daughter of Lewis Vanderburgh and ______ ______, was born on 24 Nov
1832,124 probably at home in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess Co., NY. By 1850, the 18 year
old Melissa had left her father and stepmother's home and was living in Poughkeepsie
with members of the Dickinson family. Also living with the Dickinsons were Abraham
Donaldson and his brother, Isaac.125
1
117
Civil War pension record - Alonzo Vanderburgh, C 150 NY Inf. Veterans pension 11 Oct 1881, invalid,
431,398 274,188 NY. Widow pension - Harriet E. Vanderburgh 27 Apr 1900, widow, 718124 565994
NY.
118
Census, 1865, NY, Dutchess Co., Stanford. Thomas Marriott & family with Alonzo Vanderburgh, age
30, boarder/laborer/army with son, Herbert age three.
119
Data compiled by Eugene F. Huber, Sr., 10109 Kauffman Ave., South Gate, CA 90280.
120
Dutchess Co., NY deed 138:308, 20 Dec 1865.
121
Dutchess Co., NY deed 134:231, 1864.
122
Tombstone, Friend's Upton Lake Cemetery, Clinton, Dutchess Co., NY; and NY State death certificate
#13305. [This states that Alonzo's his mother's name is unknown. The last name on the certificate is
spelled "Vandenburgh".]
123
Tombstone, Friend's Upton Lake Cemetery, Clinton, Dutchess Co., NY.
124
"Old Vanderburgh Document." (This document was given to the New York State Archives by Howard
A. Thomas of Long Island City, NY who pioneered Vanderburgh research in the 1940s and 1950s. The
document contains, in part, the births and deaths of Lewis Vanderburgh's family. Other sources confirm
many of the dates in the document, making it very reliable. The document was written not earlier than
1856, the date of the latest entry. The document was probably written by Hulda Rachel (Vanderburgh)
Day, 1853-1927, of Glidden, IA. Hulda was a great grandaughter of Henry Vanderburgh. Hulda's
grandaughter, Zelma B. (Ramey) Steigerwalt, 1907-1982, provided the document to Howard A. Thomas in
the early 1950s.)
125
Census, 1850, NY, Dutchess Co., Poughkeepsie, Aug 1850, p. 110. David Deckenson [sic Dickinson]
and family. [Note. There are a number of errors in this census recording. The "Donaldson" name is
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Melissa married on 5 Oct 1853 at Arthursburgh, NY, ISAAC TITUS
DONALDSON.126 He was born on 27 Jan 1831127 in NY State,128 the son of David and
Mary (Greene) Donaldson.129 At the time of their marriage, they were both living in
Poughkeepsie.130 In Nov 1857, Isaac leased a farm called "Grove Farm" from Dr. Ammi
Dougleday in the vicinity of Binghamton, NY.131 How and why Isaac Donaldson found
himself renting a farm from him is not known. However, Melissa's relatives may have
had something to do with it. Her aunts, Margaret Vanderburgh and Frances
(Vanderburgh) Sturges, (Mrs. John G.), were living in Binghamton about this time.132
They may have provided the link that brought Isaac and Melissa to Broome County from
Dutchess County. Melissa's sister, Susan, who married Cornelius Davis, also settled in
Binghamton, but probably at a later date.
By 1860, Isaac and Melissa were back in Dutchess County living with Isaac's
brother, Abraham, in the town of Poughkeepsie.133 Two years later, Melissa died on 11
Apr 1862, and was buried in the Donaldson burial plot in the Quaker Cemetery at Crum
Elbow, Hyde Park, NY.134 After her death, Isaac remarried and had several more
children. Children:135
+
i.
ii.
iii.
(DONALDSON surname)
Mary Ida, b. 5 Nov 1856, m. Abraham Van Vlack.
Permilla, b. 3 Jul 1859, m. Peter Downing.
Abraham Lincoln, b. 27 Apr 1861, m.(1) 1884 Stella Marita
Kelley, m.(2) 17 Aug 1935 Eugenia (Huntabo) Carey,
d. 13 May 1941.
XX. GEORGE WASHINGTON7 VANDERBURGH (Lewis6, Henry5, James4,
Henry3 Dirck2, Lucas1), son of Lewis Vanderburgh and ______ ______, was born on 23
recorded as "Denison;" Melissa Vanderburgh's first name is recorded as "Metien;" and Naomi Dickinson's
first name is recorded as "Nama."]
126
Newspaper - "Daily Paper," Poughkeepsie, NY, 11 Oct 1853. (Marriage of Melissa Vanderburgh and
Isaac Donaldson).
127
Extracts from a bible, given in the 1950s to Howard A. Thomas, Long Island City, NY by Lucy
Kraayenbrink, Pleasant Valley, NY; and Family records of Sally (Baright) Cross, Charlotte Dr.,
Lagrangeville, NY.
128
Census, 1860, NY, Dutchess Co., Poughkeepsie town, 16 Jul 1860, p. 158. Abraham Donaldson &
family.
129
Death Certificate, Isaac T. Donaldson, NY State File #11766; and Information gathered by Sally Cross,
Rt. 3, Box 247, Charlotte Dr., Lagrangeville, NY. (Letters of 22 Mar 82, and 25 and 28 Jul 82.)
130
Newspaper - "Daily Paper," Poughkeepsie, NY, 11 Oct 1853. (Marriage of Melissa Vanderburgh and
Isaac Donaldson).
131
Rental Agreement, Nov 1857, between A. Doubleday of Binghamton, NY and Isaac Donaldson. In
possession of Sally Cross, Rt. 3, Box 247, Charlotte Dr., Lagrangeville, NY.
132
Census, 1850, NY, Broome Co., Chenango, pg 393, 18 Sep 1850. John G. Sturges & family, including
"Margaret Vandeberg."
133
Census, 1860, NY, Dutchess Co., Poughkeepsie town, 16 Jul 1860, p. 158. Abraham Donaldson &
family.
134
Tombstone inscription.
135
Interviews with Frances (Donaldson) (Marshall) Sherow, grandaughter of Isaac T. Donaldson.
7gen1, 22 Jun 98
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Sep 1834136 probably at home in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess Co., NY. In 1850, George
was residing with Wm. Hulet, a farmer, and his family at Hyde Park in Dutchess
County.137 By 1860, "Washington" was employed as a cabinet maker in Kingston, Ulster
Co., NY and lived in a boarding house run by Mary Bishop.138
Around 1871,139 George married MARGARET A. BRINK,140 who was born in
NY State in Oct 1851.141 In 1880, they lived at 110 North Front St. in Kingston, and
George was still a cabinet maker.142 In 1900, he was an upholsterer, and lived at 65
Henry St.143
George died at his Henry Street home on 13 Jan 1909, and is buried in the
Wiltwych Cemetery in Kingston.144 Margaret died in Jun 1936.145 Children:146
+
+
i.
ii.
Charles A.
George B., b. 8 Feb 1873, m. M. Margaret Terwilliger,
136
"Old Vanderburgh Document." (This document was given to the New York State Archives by Howard
A. Thomas of Long Island City, NY who pioneered Vanderburgh research in the 1940s and 1950s. The
document contains, in part, the births and deaths of Lewis Vanderburgh's family. Other sources confirm
many of the dates in the document, making it very reliable. The document was written not earlier than
1856, the date of the latest entry. The document was probably written by Hulda Rachel (Vanderburgh)
Day, 1853-1927, of Glidden, IA. Hulda was a great grandaughter of Henry Vanderburgh. Hulda's
grandaughter, Zelma B. (Ramey) Steigerwalt, 1907-1982,
provided the document to Howard A. Thomas in the early 1950s.)
[Note: The 1850 census and subsequent census records, plus George's death certificate do not
confirm the 1834 year of birth. The 1850 census gives his age as 14 (1836); 1860 shows age 22 (1838);
1880 shows age 39 4/12 (Feb 1841); 1900 gives the birth date as Sep 1848; and the 1909 death certificate
gives age 61 (1848). The reason for the age discrepancies is not known. However, the old document in the
NY State Archives has consistently been confirmed accurate for other children of Lewis Vanderburgh.
Therefore, the 1834 birth date is probably correct.]
137
Census, 1850, NY, Dutchess Co., Hyde Park, 19 Aug 1850, page 224. "Washington Vanderburgh,"
residing with Wm. Hulet & family. 3. Census, 1860, NY, Ulster Co., Kingston, 25 Jul 1860, p. 747/251.
Mary Bishop's boarding house including Washington Vanderburgh, age 22.
138
Census, 1860, NY, Ulster Co., Kingston, 747/251. Mary Bishop’s Boarding House.
139
Census, 1900, NY, Ulster Co., Kingston, 65 Henry St., 7 Jun
1900, p. 21. George W. Vanderburgh & family.
140
New York State death certificate #1702 for George W. Vanderburgh. [Note. This certificate states that
George W.'s father was "Lewis Vanderburgh" and his mother was "Martha Tredwell". The mother's name
is probably wrong. However, the surname TREDWELL is an important clue that led to the discovery of
his step-mother's
identity.]
141
Census, 1900, NY, Ulster Co., Kingston, 65 Henry St., 7 Jun 1900, p. 21. George W. Vanderburgh &
family.
142
Census, 1880 NY, Ulster Co., Kingston, 110 North Front St., Vol. 98, ED 133, Sht 6, Line 19. George
Vanderburgh & family.
143
Census, 1900, NY, Ulster Co., Kingston, 65 Henry St., 7 Jun 1900, p. 21. George W. Vanderburgh &
family.
144
Newspaper - date & name date not identified. Obtained from the Kingston Area Library, 55 Franklin
St., Kingston, NY 12401: "George W. Vanderburgh died this morning at his home, No. 65 Henry Street,
aged 61 years. The funeral will be held at his late residence on Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock;" and
New York State death dertificate #1702 for George W. Vanderburgh.
145
Correspondence, 19 Jul 1997 to William Powers from Christine M. DeMartinis, 895 Oxford Ave.,
Phoenixville, PA 19460.
146
Census, 1900, NY, Ulster Co., Kingston, 65 Henry St., 7 Jun 1900, p. 21. George W. Vanderburgh &
family.
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iii.
iv.
+
d. 4 Mar 1919.
Cora Christine, b. Jan 1880, never married, d. at age 21 years.147
Arthur Charles, b. 1 Jan 1882, m. 5 Nov 1905 Jenny Elizabeth
Wells, d. 8 Jan 1963.
XX. SUSAN MARY7 VANDERBURGH (Lewis6, Henry5, James4, Henry3,
Dirck , Lucas1), daughter of Lewis Vanderburgh and _______ ______, was born on 8
Mar 1837148 probably at home in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess Co., NY.
Susan married, first, ______ JACKSON. She married, second, CORNELIUS
DAVIS, and died on 6 Feb 1901. She was an active member of the First Baptist Church,
and lived and died at 25 Downs Ave., Binghamton, Broome Co., NY. Children:149
2
i.
Children by ______ Jackson
(JACKSON surname)
A. T., b. Sep 1852, m. ______ ______, resided at 19 Downs St. in
1900 and 25 Downs St., Binghamton, NY in 1901. Children,
residing with their father in 1900:
i.
ii.
iii. ?
ii.
iii.
(JACKSON surname)
Norman, b. May 1887.
Susie, b. Oct 1892.
Clara, b. Feb 1893.
Children by Cornelius Davis
(DAVIS surname)
John G.
Isaac
147
Correspondence, 19 Jul 1997 to William Powers from Christine M. DeMartinis, 895 Oxford Ave.,
Phoenixville, PA 19460.
148
"Old Vanderburgh Document." (This document was given to the New York State Archives by Howard
A. Thomas of Long Island City, NY who pioneered Vanderburgh research in the 1940s and 1950s. The
document contains, in part, the births and deaths of Lewis Vanderburgh's family. Other sources confirm
many of the dates in the document, making it very reliable. The document was written not earlier than
1856, the date of the latest entry. The document was probably written by Hulda Rachel (Vanderburgh)
Day, 1853-1927, of Glidden, IA. Hulda was a great grandaughter of Henry Vanderburgh. Hulda's
grandaughter, Zelma B. (Ramey) Steigerwalt, 1907-1982, provided the document to Howard A. Thomas in
the early 1950s.)
149
Newspaper - Binghamton, NY Evening Herald, 7 Feb 1901: "SUSAN M. DAVIS - Mrs. Susan M.
Davis, aged 63 years, ten months and twenty-eight days died yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home
of her son, A. T. Jackson, of No. 25 Downs Avenue. She was a member of the First Baptist Church and a
zealous church worker. She had a large circle of friends who will sincerely mourn her death. Three sons,
John G., and Isaac Davis and A. T. Jackson, one brother in the West, and one sister, Mrs. Emily Santry of
Poughkeepsie, NY survive her. The funeral is to be held at the house tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Internment in Glenwood Cemetery;" Census, 1900, NY, Broome Co., Binghampton, 19 Downs St. Vol. 9,
E.D. 4, sht 5, line 41. A.T. Jackson and family; NY State death certificate #6372 for Susan Davis. [Note:
This lists Susan's her father as "Thomas Vanderberge" and her mother as "unknown".]; and No probate
record exists in Broome Co., NY for Susan or Cornelius Davis.
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XX. EMILY SHERWOOD7 VANDERBURGH (Lewis6, Henry5, James4,
Henry , Dirck2, Lucas1), daughter of Lewis Vanderburgh and Ann Tredwell, was born on
12 Jan 1839,150 probably at home in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess Co., NY. On 31 Mar
1839, she was baptized at St. James Church in Hyde Park, NY,151 and was confirmed
there on 18 Oct 1855.152
Emily's middle name "Sherwood" probably came from the esteem her mother
held for the Rector of St. James Church. Rev. Reuben Sherwood, D.D. was Rector at St.
James Church from 1835 until his death in 1856. That same year, Emily and her mother
were removed from the membership rolls of St. James' Church.153
In 1850, Emily was living at home with her parents in Pleasant Valley.154
On 22 Sep 1860, Emily married 23 year old JOHN T. SLATER of Newburgh,
NY at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Pleasant Valley, NY.155 Emily may have had a
second marriage. When her sister, Susan, died in 1901, her obituary cited a surviving
sister as "Mrs. Emily Santry of Poughkeepsie."156 However, a search of Poughkeepsie
3
150
"Old Vanderburgh Document." (This document was given to the New York State Archives by Howard
A. Thomas of Long Island City, NY who pioneered Vanderburgh research in the 1940s and 1950s. The
document contains, in part, the births and deaths of Lewis Vanderburgh's family. Other sources confirm
many of the dates in the document, making it very reliable. The document was written not earlier than
1856, the date of the latest entry. The document was probably written by Hulda Rachel (Vanderburgh)
Day, 1853-1927, of Glidden, IA. Hulda was a great grandaughter of Henry Vanderburgh. Hulda's
grandaughter, Zelma B. (Ramey) Steigerwalt, 1907-1982, provided the document to Howard A. Thomas in
the early 1950s.)
151
"Records of St. James Episcopal Church, Hyde Park, NY," located at Adriance Library, Poughkeepsie,
NY. Page 310, Baptisms: Emily Sherwood, born ______, baptized 31 Mar 1839, parents: Lewis and Ann
Vanderburgh. Sponsor: Mrs. Vanderburgh.
152
"Records of St. James Episcopal Church, Hyde Park, NY," located at Adriance Library, Poughkeepsie,
NY. Page 322, Confirmations: 18 Oct 1855, Miss Emily S. Vandenburgh
153
"Records of St. James Episcopal Church, Hyde Park, NY," located at Adriance Library, Poughkeepsie,
NY. Communicants on 1 Nov 1856:
Page 284 Vanderberg, Ann
Residence – Removed
Vanderberg, Emily Sherwood
Residence - Removed
154
Census, 1850, NY, Dutchess Co., Pleasant Valley, p. 246. Lewis Vanderburgh & family.
155
"The Whig Press Marriage Notices 1851-1865," compiled by Virginia H. Gardner, Orange Co.
Genealogical Society, 101 Main St., Goshen, NY 10924. 1986: "Slater, John I. of Newburgh m. Emily
Vanderburgh, Pleasant Valley on 22 Sep, by Rev. Davis (30 Oct 1860);" Index to Marriages and Deaths in
Poughkeepsie Newspapers,located at Adriance Library, Poughkeepsie, NY. P. E., Sat., Sep 29, 1860; P. T.,
Tues., Sep 25, 1860: "At St. Paul's Church, Pleasant Valley, on 22nd Instant, by Rev. S. Davis, John I.
Slater, of Newburgh, to Emily S. Vanderburgh, of Pleasant Valley;" and "Records of St. Paul's Episcopal
Church, Pleasant Valley, NY 1837-1956," copy located in the Local History Room, Adriance Library,
Poughkeepsie, NY. Page 33 [Marriages by Rev. Sheldon Davis]: 22 Sep 1860 at St. Paul's, John T. Slater,
age 23, and Emily Sherwood Vanderburgh, age 21. Witnesses: Mrs. Ann Vanderburgh; Geo. and Rachel
M. Clearwater; and many others.
156
Newspaper - Binghamton, NY Evening Herald, 7 Feb 1901: "SUSAN M. DAVIS - Mrs. Susan M.
Davis, aged 63 years, ten months and twenty-eight days died yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home
of her son, A. T. Jackson, of No. 25 Downs Avenue. She was a member of the First Baptist Church and a
zealous church worker. She had a large circle of friends who will sincerely mourn her death. Three sons,
John G., and Isaac Davis and A. T. Jackson, one brother in the West, and one sister, Mrs. Emily Santry of
Poughkeepsie, NY survive her. The funeral is to be held at the house tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Internment in Glenwood Cemetery."
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City Directories from 1900 - 1905 did not reveal any records of a Santry, Sentry, or Slater
living there. Child:
i.
(SLATER surname)
Grace, b. 3 Aug 1861, bapt. 26 Sep 1861 in St. Paul's
Episcopal Church, Pleasant Valley, NY.157
XX. RACHEL MORRIS7 VANDERBURGH (Lewis6, Henry5, James4, Henry3,
Dirck , Lucas1), daughter of Lewis Vanderburgh and Ann Tredwell, was born on 23 Sep
1840158 probably at home in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess Co., NY. On 11 Jul 1841, she
was baptized at St. James Church in Hyde Park, NY.159 In 1850, she was living at home
in Pleasant Valley with her parents.160 On 18 Apr 1857, she was confirmed at St. Paul's
Episcopal Church in Pleasant Vallley, NY.161
Rachel was probably named after her mother's sister. Her mother's sister, Rachel,
was married to a William Morris as of 1836.162
On 16 Apr 1860, Rachel married GEORGE M. CLEARWATER at St. Paul's
Church. At the time of their marriage, both were residents of Pleasant Valley.163 Rachel
died on 17 Mar 1863 and was buried two days later in St. Paul's Episcopal Cemetery.
2
157
"Records of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Pleasant Valley, NY 1837-1956," copy located in the Local
History Room, Adriance Library, Poughkeepsie, NY. Baptisms: 26 Sep 1861 - Grace, born 3 Aug 1861;
parents - John T. Slater and Emily S. Sponsors: The mother, Mrs. Rachel Clearwater, and Mrs. Ann
Vanderburgh.
158
"Old Vanderburgh Document." (This document was given to the New York State Archives by Howard
A. Thomas of Long Island City, NY who pioneered Vanderburgh research in the 1940s and 1950s. The
document contains, in part, the births and deaths of Lewis Vanderburgh's family. Other sources confirm
many of the dates in the document, making it very reliable. The document was written not earlier than
1856, the date of the latest entry. The document was probably written by Hulda Rachel (Vanderburgh)
Day, 1853-1927, of Glidden, IA. Hulda was a great grandaughter of Henry Vanderburgh. Hulda's
grandaughter, Zelma B. (Ramey) Steigerwalt, 1907-1982, provided the document to Howard A. Thomas in
the early 1950s.)
159
"Records of St. James Episcopal Church, Hyde Park, NY," located at Adriance Library, Poughkeepsie,
NY. Page 311, baptisms: Rachel Morris, born ______, baptized 11 July 1841, parents: Lewis and Ann
Vanderburgh, sponsors: Mrs. Vanderburgh and Mr. D. Johnston.
160
Census, 1850, NY, Dutchess Co., Pleasant Valley, p. 246. Lewis Vanderburgh & family.
161
"Records of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Pleasant Valley, NY 1837-1956," copy located in the Local
History Room, Adriance Library, Poughkeepsie, NY. Confirmation: 18 Apr 1857 - Rachel Morris
Vanderburgh.
162
Dutchess Co., NY will box 3453 for Humphrey Tredwell, made
out 15 Jan 1836.
163
Index to Marriages and Deaths in Poughkeepsie Newspapers,located at Adriance Library, Poughkeepsie,
NY. P. E., Sat., Apr 21, 1860; P. T., Tues., Apr 24, 1860: "At St. Paul's Church, Pleasant Valley, 16 Apr,
by Rev. S. Davis, George Clearwater to Rachel M. Vanderburgh, all of Pleasant Valley;" "The Dutchess,"
Vol. 5, No. 2, page 7. (Record of marriage in St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Pleasant Valley, NY, of Rachel
Morris Vanderburgh and George Clearwater.); and "Records of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Pleasant
Valley, NY 1837-1956," copy located in the Local History Room, Adriance Library, Poughkeepsie, NY.
Page 33 [Marriages by Rev. Sheldon Davis]: 16 April 1860 at St. Paul's, George Clearwater and Rachel
Morris Vanderburgh. Witnesses: J. Clearwater and Lady; Mr. and Mrs. Vanderburgh; Miss E. S.
Vanderburgh; and many others.
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George was born on 2 Jul 1834 and died on 6 Jun 1912. He is buried next to his wife.
Child:
i.
(CLEARWATER surname)
Effie, b. 19 Apr 1862, d. 16 Aug 1862. Buried with her parents.164
XX. ANN ELIZA7 VANDERBURGH (Martin6, Henry5, James4, Henry3,
Dirck2, Lucas1), daughter of Martin Vanderburgh and Mary Halstead, was born about
1813 in Columbia Co., NY.165 She married around 1846 SYLVESTER S. CADY, who
was born on 8 Jun 1817. He was a merchant at Chatham, Columbia County, NY in 1850.
In 1860, Sylvester was a butter merchant in Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., NY. For a
time, he was also a fur merchant in Buffalo, NY. Ann Eliza died in Jan 1894. Sylvester
was still living at Jamestown in 1900. He died on 18 Sep 1904. Children:
i.
ii.
(CADY surname)
Mary E.; b. ca. 1847 in Columbia Co., NY; m. Willis Tew,
a banker of Jamestown, NY.
Jay Davis; b. 8 Apr 1852 in Columbia Co., NY; m. at
Jamestown, NY Clara Ann McNamara. Children:
i.
ii.
(CADY surname)
Bessie Marie, b. 22 Mar 1874, m.
Frederick James Baker, d. 16 Sep 1947
at Hollywood, CA.
Ann Bell, b. 11 Oct 1875, m.(1) Walter
Haworth Lauman and had two children,
m.(2) Walter Smith of 3216 Ellenda Ave.
West Los Angeles, CA. No children.
XX. SUSAN7 VANDERBURGH (Martin6, Henry5, James4, Henry3, Dirck2,
Lucas ), daughter of Martin Vanderburgh and Mary Halstead, was born on 7 Jul 1816 in
1
164
"Records of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Pleasant Valley, NY 1837-1956," copy located in the Local
History Room, Adriance Library, Poughkeepsie, NY.
Baptisms: 29 June 1862 - Effie, born 19 Apr 1862; parents - George M. Clearwater and Rachel M.
Sponsors: Parents, and Mrs. Ann Vanderburgh; Deaths: Effie Clearwater - buried - 17 Aug 1862, at St.
Paul's Episcopal Church. Died - 16 Aug 1862, born 19 Apr 1862; Rachel Morris Clearwater - buried 19
Mar 1863, at St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Died - 17 Mar 1863, born 23 Sep 1840; and St. Paul's
Graveyard:
George Clearwater - 2 July 1834 - 6 June 1912, and Rachel M., wife of Geo. Clearwater - 1840 –
1863. Also their daughter, Effie - Aug 1862
165
Compiled from:
1. "A Genealogy of the Family of Henry Palmer of County Somerset, England and Allied Lines in
the United States, 1635-1957," by Edwin Obadiah Palmer, M.D. (1872-). Hollywood, CA. 1959. [Book
found in Library of Congress CS71.P175; 59-43021.] Pages 92-95 and Addenda II, pages 120-124.
2. Data compiled by France Stenberg, 5810 Windsong Trails Dr., Houston, TX 77084.
7gen1, 22 Jun 98
39
Columbia Co., NY.166 She married around 1837 JOHN VALENTINE WILCOX, a
merchant and farmer of Ghent and Chatham in Columbia County. John died on 20 Sep
1878 at Chatham. Susan died there in 1910. Children:
i.
(WILCOX surname)
Emily Araminta; b. May 1838 at Chatham, NY; m. Henry
Hanor, sheriff in Columbia Co., NY; d. Sep 1932. Children:
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
ii.
iii.
(HANOR surname)
Erie.
Blanch D., d. in infancy.
Florence Martin, m.(1) Lou Payne, m.(2)
Frederick Haviland.
Mabel Beatrice, b. 1877, m. George
Bergevin and lived at Kingston, NY.
Terry, never married.
Martin, b. ca. 1843. He served in the militia during the Civil War
and died of dysentery at a camp in New Orleans, LA.
Edgar M., b. Oct 1850, m. ca. 1899 Mary ______.
XX. EDGAR M.7 VANDERBURGH (Martin6, Henry5, James4, Henry3, Dirck2,
Lucas ), son of Martin Vanderburgh and Mary Halstead, was born in Canaan, Columbia
Co., NY on 26 Aug 1820. He grew up on his father's farm and attended the district
school until fourteen years old. Then he went to Canaan Center Academy. On 5 Jun
1844, he married HANNAH SUTHERLAND of Stanford, Dutchess County. The
marriage was performed by Elder Philetus Roberts. Hannah was born on 9 Feb 1826, the
daughter of William and Polly Sutherland.
Edgar moved to a farm in Stanford in 1845. He was superintendent of common
schools from 1849 through 1853. In 1857 and 1858, he was elected supervisor of the
town. In 1864, he was elected superintendent of the county poor and served for six years.
On 26 Aug 1853, Edgar's wife, Hannah, died. Edgar subsequently married in
1860 KATE (SACKETT) LOCKWOOD, widow of John F. Lockwood of Mount
Lithgo in Dutchess County. Kate was born on 20 Oct 1825 and died on 14 Sep 1909.
After this marriage, Edgar moved to a farm in the village of Lithgow, town of
Washington, Dutchess County. Edgar died in the town of Washington on 6 Feb 1905.
He and his first wife are buried in St. Peter's Cemetery in Lithgow. Children:
1
Children by Hannah Sutherland
166
Compiled from:
1. "A Genealogy of the Family of Henry Palmer of County Somerset, England and Allied Lines in
the United States, 1635-1957," by Edwin Obadiah Palmer, M.D. (1872-). Hollywood, CA. 1959. [Book
found in Library of Congress CS71.P175; 59-43021.] Pages 92-95 and Addenda II, pages 120-124.
2. Census, 1850, NY, Columbia County, Canaan, p 81. Valentine Wilcox and family.
3. Data compiled by France Stenberg, 5810 Windsong Trails Dr., Houston, TX 77084.
7gen1, 22 Jun 98
40
i.
ii.
Sutherland, b. ca. 1846, d. 8 Jun 1847 at the age of 10 months and
18 days.
Julia Anna; b. Jun 1849; m.(1) Philip J. Sherman, a farmer and
school teacher; m.(2) ______ Rikert. In 1905 she was living in
NYC and in 1922 she was living at Beacon, NY. Children:
i.
ii.
iii.
(SHERMAN surname)
Mary, b. ca. 1877.
Edgar V., b. Oct 1884.
Amelia, b. ca. 1850, m. Rev. U. Symonds, d. Dec 1882. Child:
i.
(SYMONDS surname)
Amelia V., b. Dec 1882, m. ca. 1908 Anthony
Pulver. In 1905 she was living in Lithgow, and in
1922 in Pine Plains.
iv.
Henry, b. ca. 1852, d. probably before 1865.
v.
Children by Kate (Sackett) Lockwood
Henry S.; b. Jul 1865; m. Elizabeth Huger, a teacher of domestic
science in Hoboken, NJ; d. 9 Aug 1922 in NYC.167
XX. OSCAR F.7 VANDERBURGH (Martin6, Henry5, James4, Henry3, Dirck2,
Lucas ), son of Martin Vanderburgh and Mary Halstead, was born on 4 Oct 1819 at
Canaan, Columbia Co., NY. He married about 1842 ELIZA H. WILLETTS, daughter
of Henry and Ann (Hatfield) Willetts. Oscar was a farmer in Chatham. He died on 26
Aug 1901 at Chatham (death certificate #35639). Children:
1
i.
Henry W., b. ca. 1843, m. ca. 1867 Lorana ______.
Henry lived in Chatham and was a farmer in 1860, and worked in
a carpenter shop in 1870. Children:
i.
ii.
iii.
vi.
ii.
Eric, b. May 1868, m.ca. 1894 Ella ______. Eric
was a blacksmith in Canaan in 1900. Child –
Bertha, b. Aug 1895.
Ora, b. ca. 1869.
Martin O., b. Apr 1871, m. ca. 1894 Nellie E.
______. Martin was a day laborer in Chatham in
1900. Child - Eva, b. Nov 1895.
Edgar M., b. ca. 1874, m. ca. 1902 Alice J. ______.
Ellen/Helen, b. Jan 1846, m. ca. 1866 Milton E. Sprague. Milton
167
Data compiled by France Stenberg, 5810 Windsong Trails Dr.,
Houston, TX 77084.
7gen1, 22 Jun 98
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was a farmer in the town of Austerlitz, Columbia Co., NY.
Children:
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
iii.
iv.
(SPRAGUE surname)
Blanche, b. ca. 1867.
Charlie, b. ca. 1871.
Lizzie, b. ca. 1876.
Ida, b. ca. 1877.
Mary A., b. ca. 1848.
Caroline, b. Nov 1860, m. ca. 1882/3 John S. Harmon.
John was a farmer and resided in Chatham in 1900. Children:
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
vi.
(HARMON surname)
Mable L., b. Nov 1883.
Ellen B., b. Jan 1885.
Amelia C., b. Jul 1886.
Sheldon J., b. Mar 1888.
Eliza V., b. Feb 1891.
Ethel A., b. Jul 1894.168
XX. RICHARD H.7 VANDERBURGH (Martin6, Henry5, James4, Henry3,
Dirck , Lucas1), son of Martin Vanderburgh and Mary Halstead, was born in Canaan,
Columbia Co., NY about 1825.169 He married on 8 Feb 1852 LUCY H. FOSTER.170
Richard was a farmer and merchant in Cannan in 1850 and 1860. In 1870, he bought
land in Jamestown, Chautauga Co., NY. He may have lived there in the town of
Mayville for a time. Richard died of smallpox on 2 Apr 1873 at Ellicott [Endicott?] or
near Jamestown. Children:
2
i.
ii.
Charles F., b. ca. 1853.
Mary (Mame), a minor in 1873, m. ______ Goodwin.
Two children - Charles and Richard.
XX. LUCINDA7 VANDERBURGH (Martin6, Henry5, James4, Henry3, Dirck2,
Lucas ), daughter of Martin Vanderburgh and Mary Halstead, was born on 19 Nov 1831
1
168
1. Compiled from:
a. Data compiled by France Stenberg, 5810 Windsong Trails Dr., Houston, TX 77084.
b. Census, 1850, NY, Columbia County, Chatham, pg 46, 3 Aug 1850. Oscar Vandenburgh and
family.
c. Census, 1860, NY, Columbia County, Chatham, 4 Aug 1860, p 704. Oscar Vandenburgh and
family, enumerated with Henry Willetts and his family.
169
Unless otherwise noted, the information comes from data compiled by France Stenberg, 5810 Windsong
Trails Dr., Houston, TX 77084.
170
Newspaper “D. P”., Fri., 24 Sep 1852: At Canaan, Columbia County, on the 8th instant, by Rev. T. L.
Brown, R. H. Vanderburgh to Miss Lucy H. Foster, both of Canaan.
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at Red Rock, Columbia Co., NY. She married on 20 Dec 1849 EDWIN WALDO
LEAVENWORTH, who was born on 3 Apr 1822. They lived in Canaan, Columbia Co.,
NY where Edwin was a farmer in 1850 and 1860. In 1870 he was a hotel keeper. Edwin
died in Canaan on 31 Jan 1878. Lucinda was living with her sister-in-law in Chatham in
1900. She died on 3 Sep 1918 at Hollywood, CA. One child:
i.
(LEAVENWORTH surname)
Mary Theodosia; b. 19 Mar 1851 at Canaan Four Corners,
Columbia Co., NY; m. 20 Sep 1870 William Henry
Palmer; d. 7 Sep 1881 at Pittsfield, MA. Children:
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
(PALMER surname)
Edwin Obadiah, b. 17 Jun 1872, m.
Genevieve O'Brien.
Clara Belle, b. 4 Sep 1875, m. Lowell Frost.
May Loretta, b. 11 Apr 1877, m. Louis
Kraft Salmon.
Florence Beatrice, b. 9 Jan 1881.171
XX. HENRY7 VANDERBURGH (Henry6, James, Jr.5, James4, Henry3, Dirck2,
Lucas1), son of Henry Vanderburgh and Cynthia Dakin, was born about 1810 in New
York State. Before 1837, he married EMALINE _______ who was born in New York
State around 1812. They were in Ohio by about 1838 when their daughter, Martha was
born.172 In 1840, they were living in Chester Township in Clinton County where Henry
was employed in agriculture.173 By 1850, they had relocated to Wayne Township, in
Warren County where Henry was a carpenter with an estate valued at $2,700.174 By
1860, they moved back to Chester, but had with a post office address at Oakland. That
year, he was still working as a carpenter with real estate of $5,500 and personal assets of
$700.175 Children, all born in Ohio and all at home through 1860:
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
vi.
Martha A., b. ca. 1838.
Louisa, b. ca. 1841.
Hannah A., b. ca. 1843.
John W., b. ca. 1849.
Mary B., b. ca. 1850.
Lurella, b. ca. 1852.
171
Compiled from:
a. "A Genealogy of the Family of Henry Palmer of County Somerset, England and Allied Lines in
the United States, 1635-1957," by Edwin Obadiah Palmer, M.D. (1872-). Hollywood, CA. 1959. [Book
found in Library of Congress CS71.P175; 59-43021.] Pages 92-95 and Addenda II, pages 120-124.
b. Data compiled by France Stenberg, 5810 Windsong Trails Dr., Houston, TX 77084.
172
Census, 1850, OH, Warren Co., Dist. #150, Wayne Township, p. 725/363. Henry Vandeburg & family.
173
Census, 1840, OH, Clinton Co., Chester Township, p. 306. Henry Vanderburgh.
174
Census, 1850, OH, Warren Co., Dist. #150, Wayne Township, p. 725/363. Henry Vandeburg & family.
175
Census, 1860, OH, Clinton Co., Chester Township, P.O. Oakland, p. 125/63. Henry Vandeburg &
family.
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vii.
Ada M., b. ca. 1858.
XX. GEORGE WASHINGTON7 VANDERBURGH (Henry6, James, Jr.5,
James4, Henry3, Dirck2, Lucas1), son of Henry Vanderburgh and Cynthia Dakin, was
born on 25 Dec 1811 in New York State. On 27 Oct 1836 at Clinton Co., OH, he married
MARY ANN HOWLAND, born in Ohio about 1816, the daughter of Barnabas Howland
and Mary ______.176
Around 1838 or 1839, George and Mary Ann relocated from Ohio to Randolph
Co., Indiana where George was a farmer in the town of West River. He and his family
were still farming there in 1860.177 George died on 3 Jan 1896 in Randolph Co., IN.
Children:178
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
vi.
vii.
viii.
Phebe H., b. ca. 1837 in OH, m. after 1860 William L. Gordon
who served in the Civil War.
Lucy, died young.
Sarah, b. ca. 1840 in IN, m. after 1860 Levi Thornburg who served
in the Civil War.
Arthur B., b. ca. 1845 in IN, m. after 1860 Eunice S Ross. He
served in Company I, 105th Regiment and Co. F, 134th Regiment
from Indiana during the Civil War.179
Daken P., b. ca. 1848 in IN, m. after 1860 Margaret Rockhill. He
served in company A, 156th Indiana Infantry during the Civil
War.180
Lydia E., b. 1850, died prior to 1860.
Charles H., b. ca. 1854 in IN, m. Anna Bell Ruble.
Mary F. b. ca. 1856 in IN, m. Daniel S. Martin who served in the
Civil War.
XX. PAUL DAKIN7 VANDERBURGH (Henry6, James, Jr.5, James4, Henry3,
Dirck , Lucas1), son of Henry Vanderburgh and Cynthia Dakin, was born about 1820 in
Ohio. Around 1845, he married CAROLINE M. ______ who was born in Ohio about
1822. In 1850, they were living in District 10, Wayne Township, Warren Co., OH where
"Dakin" was a blacksmith with an estate valued at $1,150.181 By 1860, "Paul D." and his
family had relocated to Clinton Co. where they resided in Chester Township with a post
2
176
Data compiled by Sherri Slater, 16759 Pleasanton Hwy., Bear Lake, MI 49614-9644. 616-864-3381.
Census, 1850, IN, Randolph Co., West River Township, p. 176. George Vanderburg & family; and
Census, 1860, IN, Randolph Co., West River Township, p. 1/865. Geo. W. Vanderburgh and family.
178
Data compiled by Sherri Slater, 16759 Pleasanton Hwy., Bear Lake, MI 49614-9644. 616-864-3381;
and 1850 & 1860 censuses.
179
Civil War pension Record. Vanderburg, Arthur B., Widow - Eunice S. Vanderburg. F 134 Ind Inf. 30
Jul 1890, invalid, 859,913 654,676 Indiana. 19 Dec 1916, widow, 1,089,312 826,283 Indiana.
180
Vanderburg, Darkin [sic], A 156 Ind Inf. 15 Aug 1890, invalid, 883,168 642,818 Indiana.
181
Census, 1850, OH, Warren Co., Wayne Township, p. 713/357. Dakin Vandeburg & family.
177
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office address at Oakland. In that year, Paul was a farmer with real estate worth $4,250
and personal assets of $950.182
Paul participated in the Civil War by serving in Companies J and K of the 149th
Ohio Infantry.183 Sometime after the war, Paul settled in Iowa. By 1900, the 81 year old
Paul had remarried to ELLEN ______ who had been born in England about 1844. In
that year, they were living in Alden Township, Hardin Co., IA. Living with them were
Paul's two sons George S., and Burwell G.184 Children, all born in Ohio:
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
vi.
Mariah L., b. ca. 1845. At home in 1850 & 1860.
Mary J., b. ca. 1847. At home in 1850 & 1860.
George S., b. 1849. At home in 1850, 1860, & 1900.
Robert B., b. ca. 1856. At home in 1860.
Cynthia E., b. ca. 1858. At home in 1860.
Burwell G., b. Sep 1863. At home in 1900.
XX. LESTER CLARENCE7 VANDERBURG (Lewis J.6, James, Jr.5, James4,
Henry3, Dirck2, Lucas1), son of Lewis J. Vanderburg and Desire Cady, was born on 18
Jan 1855 in Chemung County, New York.
At the age of eighth, his father died and from the age of nine, Lester earned his
own living. When 13, he went to Potter Co., PA. where for nearly four years he was
employed by David Raymond, one of the prominent farmers and large land owners of the
county. Then he returned to New York and spent two years in farming and working in a
saw mill in Broome, Chenango, and Courtland Counties, and then went back to Potter
Co., PA and resumed work with his former employer. In 1877, he left for Nebraska, and
for many years following lived in Greeley and Howard counties. There he carried on
large general farming and stock-raising enterprises, especially in Greeley county, where
he homesteaded a quarter section of land in 1878.
On 30 Dec 1886 in St. Paul's, Howard County, Nebraska he married JENNIE
ETTA HISERODT. She was born on 5 Nov 1857 at Milledgeville, Carroll Co., Illinois,
the daughter of Edward Dorr and Elizabeth (Chatfield) Hiserodt.
In 1894 Lester disposed of his interests in Nebraska and went to California. For a
time he lived in Fullerton, Orange County and in 1897 settled on a 15 acre ranch near that
town where he cultivated walnuts. He was a Republican and a member of the Fullerton
Walnut Grower's Association. Lester died on 3 Feb 1936 in Fullerton and is buried there
in the Loma Vista Cemetery. Jennie died on 6 Nov 1948 in Fullerton and is buried with
her husband. Children:
i.
Velma Jean; b. 18 Oct 1891 at Cushing, Howard Co., NE;
m. May 1917 at Fullerton, CA Jesse R. Ozias; d. 1971. Children:
182
Census, 1860, OH, Clinton Co., Chester Township, Oakland P.O., p. 135/68. Paul D. Vandeburg &
family.
183
Civil War Pension Record. Vanderburg, Paul D. & Minor - Burwell G. Vanderburg. J & K 149 Ohio
Inf. 23 Oct 1889, invalid, 734,769 541,810 Iowa.
6 Mar 1909, minor, 915,214 ------ Iowa; and Beer's "History of Clinton Co., Ohio."
184
Census (Soundex), 1900, IA, Hardin Co., Alden Township, ED 142, Sht 2, Line 63. Paul D.
Vanderburg and family.
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45
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
+
ii.
+
iii.
(OZIAS surname)
Norman, b. 1918.
Stanley, b. 1920.
John Wesley
Bruce
Clarence R., b. 6 Sep 1893, m. 11 May 1916 Hilda A.
Richards, d. 1978.
Elton Dorr, b. 1 Jan 1896, m. 1 May 1918 Dorothy
Louise Rose, d. 12 Feb 1978.185
XX. ALIDA HELEN7 VANDERBURG (Lewis J.6, James, Jr.5, James4,
Henry3, Dirck2, Lucas1), daughter of Lewis J. Vanderburg and Desire Cady, was born on
30 Aug 1857, probably in Chemung County, New York. She married, probably in the
mid 1870s, WILLIAM O. PRICE who was born on 9 Oct 1855 and died in 1938. Alida
died on 30 Aug 1942 or Nov 1942. They lived in Troy, Bradford Co., PA. Children:
+
i.
ii.
iii.
+
+
iv.
v.
(PRICE surname)
Pearl, b. ca. 1878 in PA, d. pre 1900.
Roy W., b. 10 Oct 1882 in PA, d. 1940.
Jane L., b. 18 May 1885 in PA, m. 11 Mar 1909 Llewellyn W.
Yawger (15 Dec 1870 - 15 Jun 1935).
Julia A., b. 30 Jun 1888 in PA, m. Leon Manley.
Alma E., b. 25 Jun 1893 in PA, m. Thomas F. Harrison.186
XX. MARION7 VANDERBURGH (Clarence F.6, James5-4, Henry3, Dirck2,
Lucas ), daughter of Clarence F. Vanderburgh and Sarah Maxfield, was born in Broome
County, NY in 1844. Marion lived with her parents until the Spring of 1864. That same
year, she married, as his second wife, AARON SHAW BENSON. Aaron was born in
1837. They were living in Colorado in the 1870s. Marion was living in Loveland, CO in
1918. Her husband had died in Jan 1916. Children:
1
i.
(BENSON surname)
Franc Vanderburgh; b. Jefferson Co., CO; m. James
Irvin Lanham.
185
Compiled from:
a. Data compiled by France Stenberg, 5810 Windsong Trails Dr., Houston, TX 77084.
b. "Historical and Biographical Record of Southern California. 1902.
c. Calfornia death certificate 48-085790 Jennie E. Vanderburg.
d. Calfornia death certificate - Lester Clarence Vanderburg.
e. Marriage license, Howard Co., NE: Lester C. Vanderburg & Jennie E. Hiserodt.
186
Correspondence from Mary Alice (Vanderburg) Stone (Mrs. Jack), 3740 Country Club Dr., Corvallis,
OR 97330. This includes records from a family bible of Lewis J. Vanderburgh and a list of miscellaneous
births, deaths, and marriages.
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46
ii.
Velma Vanderburgh; b. 1871 in Golden, CO; m. 1891
Alfred Blinn Beebe (b. 1860). Resided at 716
Peterson St., Fort Collins, CO in 1910. Velma wrote
on 5 Oct 1910 to the Department of Interior in
Washington, DC requesting a copy of the war record
of James Vanderburgh, Jr. Her letter implies that
her mother was still living and possessed a copy of
a pension warrant for James Vanderburgh. Velma was
living in California in the 1940s. Child:
i.
ii.
(BEEBE surname)
Marion Augusta, b. Loveland, CO. Living
in Alhambra, CA in 1968.
Lucy, living in 1968.
iii.
Clarence, b. ca. 1868, m. ____ ____. In 1918, he was married and
living in Denver, CO. He had graduated from the law school "at
Ann Arbor, Mich." and at one time was a "County Judge" in
Loveland. In 1918, he was the head clerk for the Pacific
jurisdiction of the "Woodmen of the World."
iv.
A.V. [male], a cashier of the "Loveland National Bank"
in 1918 and living in Loveland, CO.187
XX. EMMET MARION7 VANDERBURGH (Clarence F.6, James5-4, Henry3,
Dirck2, Lucas1), son of Clarence F. Vanderburgh and Sarah Maxfield, was born on 17
Sep 1847 in New York State, probably in Broome County. Emmet lived on the home
farm in Afton, Chenango Co., NY until about 1864, then moved with his parents to
Colesville in the same county. He was living with them on the farm in Colesville in 1870
and remained there until 1872 or 1873. He married around 1873, MARTHA ANN
IRELAND, who was born on 29 Apr 1858 in Oxford, Chenango Co., NY and died on 14
Dec 1941 at Hereford, Deaf Smith Co., TX.
In 1881 and 1884, Emmet was living in Afton where he was a wagon maker by
trade. By 1900, he and his family had relocated to 33 Exchange St., Binghamton in
187
Compiled from:
a. James Vanderburgh, Revolutionary War pension record S. 28919.
b. DAR Lineage Book:
1) Vol. 86 (1926) p. 278. Mrs. Velma Vanderburgh Benson Beebe.
2) Vol. 91 (1927) p. 230. Miss Marion Augusta Beebe.
3) Vol. 104 (1928) p. 155. Mrs. Marion Vanderburgh Benson.
4) Vol. 109 (1929) p. 240. Mrs. Franc Vanderburgh Benson Lanham.
c. Civil War Pension Record, application #251,992 and certificate #285,231. Sarah L.
Vanderburgh, mother of Hector S. Vanderburgh.
d. Letter, 16 Dec 1918, from Marion (Vanderburgh) Benson, 463 W. 5 St., Loveland, Colorado to
her cousin Alida [Alida H. (Vanderburgh) Price, Troy, Bradford, Co., PA.]
e. Letter, 17 Jan 1968, from Marion Beebe, 815-B, West Commonwealth, Alhambra, Ca 91801 to
"Cousin June."
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47
Broome County, where he still worked as a wagon maker. In 1910, Emmett, his wife,
and son, Frank and his family were living at Hereford, Deaf Smith Co., Texas where he
worked as a carpenter, building houses. Emmet died at Hereford on 31 Oct 1918. Two
children:
+
i.
+
ii.
Frank Louis, b. 28 Aug 1873, m.(1) ca. 1899 Irene B. _____, m.(2)
8 Oct 1902 Anna Dorothy Denniston, d. 20 May 1938.
Zula N., b. 3 Nov 1883, m. C.R. Smith.188
XX. VELMA J.7 VANDERBURGH (Clarence F.6, James5-4, Henry3, Dirck2,
Lucas ), daughter of Clarence F. Vanderburgh and Sarah Maxfield, was born in May
1854. She lived at home until about 1872. Then, she apparently left and married ______
VINTON. Evidently, her husband died after three or four years of mrriage and two
children. In 1875, Velma returned and lived with her mother, bringing her two infants
with her. They all lived together in Colesville, Broome Co., NY until 1880, when all of
them moved to Colorado. Velma lived in Tacoma, WA just prior to her death in 1917.
Children:
1
i.
ii.
(VINTON surname)
[daughter.] Mrs. A.D. Baker of Tacoma, WA in 1918.
child189
XX. FRANK D.7 VANDERBURGH (Clarence F.6, James 5-4, Henry3, Dirck2,
Lucas ), son of Clarence F. Vanderburgh and Sarah Maxfield, was born in Feb 1859.
1
188
Compiled from:
a. Correspondence - (no date, probably 1981-2) to Arnott Vanderburgh from Frank D.
Vanderburgh, 501 S. Cayuga St., Ithaca, NY 14850.
b. Correspondence - 19 Oct 1990 and 4 Mar 1991, from Mrs. William (Marian L.) VanEseltine,
237 Woodlawn Ave., Athens, GA 30606. 912-543-3072.
c. Civil War Pension Record, application #251,992 and certificate #285,231. Sarah L.
Vanderburgh, mother of Hector S. Vanderburgh.
d. Census, 1870, New York, Broome County, Colesville, P.O. Centre Village, [no date], p.
267/73. Clarence Venderburg & family.
e. Census, 1900, New York, Broome County, Binghamton, SD 11, ED 19, Sht 3, T623-1009, 5
Jun 1900. Emmett M. Vandeburgh and family. This census states that Emmett was born in Sep 1848; and
son, Frank L. was born in Aug 1874.
f. Census, 1910, Texas, Deaf Smith County, Hereford City, ED 75, Shts 7B & 8A. Emmett
Vanderburgh and family.
189
Compiled from:
a. Correspondence - (no date, probably 1981-2) to Arnott Vanderburgh from Frank D.
Vanderburgh, 501 S. Cayuga St., Ithaca, NY 14850
b. Correspondence - 19 Oct 1990 and 4 Mar 1991, from Mrs. William (Marian L.) VanEseltine,
237 Woodlawn Ave., Athens, GA 30606. 912-543-3072.
c. Civil War Pension Record, application #251,992 and certificate #285,231. Sarah L.
Vanderburgh, mother of Hector S. Vanderburgh.
d. Letter, 16 Dec 1918, from Marion (Vanderburgh) Benson, 463 W. 5 St., Loveland, Colorado to
her cousin Alida [Alida H. (Vanderburgh) Price, Troy, Bradford, Co., PA.]
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Frank lived at home in Colesville, Broome County, NY until 1880. He was married and
was killed several years prior to 1918 by a tree he was chopping down. In 1918, his
widow and son were living in Galesburg, IL. Children:
i.
ii.
daughter, m. Capt. Harry Aldredge who was a trainer of
aviation at El Paso, TX prior to 1918.
son, living at Galesburg, IL in 1918.190
XX. ELIZABETH7 VANDERBURGH (Clyamon6, Peter5, James4, Henry3,
Dirck2, Lucas1), daughter of Clyamon Vanderburgh and Roxanne Mitchell, was born at
Norwich, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada on 10 Jun 1814. On 25 Sep 1837, she married
SMITH ACKER at Norwich. Smith, born on 24 Jun 1814 at the Bay of Quinte, Prince
Edward Co., Ontario, Canada, was the son of John Acker and Sarah Beadle.
Elizabeth and Smith lived in Dubuque Co., IA in the 1840s and then settled in
California, where Elizabeth died at Oakdale, Stanislaus Co., CA on 19 Oct 1888. Smith
died there on 22 Nov 1890. Children:
i.
ii.
iii.
(ACKER surname)
Hudson Henry; b. 31 Jul 1840 at Dubuque Co., IA; m.
5 Apr 1866 Lydia Margaret Ogden; d. 12 Jul 1919.
Henrietta; b. 10 Mar 1842 at Dubuque Co., IA; m.
24 Oct 1861 George W. Birdsall; d. 6 Jul 1909.
Charles DeWitt; b. 7 Apr 1848 at Dubque Co., IA; m.
9 Mar 1871 Augusta Babbe; d. Apr 1915.191
XX. JOHN K.7 VANDERBURG (Clyamon6, Peter5, James4, Henry3, Dirck2,
Lucas1), son of Clyamon Vanderburgh and Roxanne Mitchell, was born on 10 Mar 1816
in Canada. He either accompanied his parents when they migrated to Iowa or followed
them shortly thereafter. By 1842, he was in Iowa, where he married EMILY CULVER
on 1 Jan 1843. Emily had been born in Ohio in Mar 1824.
They maintained their residence in Iowa until the year 1864, at which time John
and his family crossed the plains to Oregon and settled at Marshfield, in Coos County.
190
Compiled from:
a. Correspondence - (no date, probably 1981-2) to Arnott Vanderburgh from Frank D.
Vanderburgh, 501 S. Cayuga St., Ithaca, NY 14850.
b. Correspondence - 19 Oct 1990 and 4 Mar 1991, from Mrs. William (Marian L.) VanEseltine,
237 Woodlawn Ave., Athens, GA 30606. 912-543-3072.
c. Civil War Pension Record, application #251,992 and certificate #285,231. Sarah L.
Vanderburgh, mother of Hector S. Vanderburgh.
d. Letter, 16 Dec 1918, from Marion (Vanderburgh) Benson, 463 W. 5 St., Loveland, Colorado to
her cousin Alida [Alida H. (Vanderburgh) Price, Troy, Bradford, Co., PA.]
191
Compiled from:
a. Letter - 17 May 1989 from Betsy Lu (Mrs. George) Keliher, 1335 Avenida de Cortez, Pacific
Palisades, CA 90272.
b. Letter - 22 May 1991 from David Stielow, P.O. Box 10373, Burbank, CA 91510. (Acker
information).
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49
Here he purchased land on which he settled and continued to reside until 1880. Then he
moved to the Siuslaw River country in Lane County and filed upon a government claim
of one hundred and sixty acres, which he lived on for a number of years. After this, he
sold the property and lived a retired life until the time of his death in 1888 in Lane
County, OR. His wife, Emily, died in 1906. Evidently John dropped the "h" from his
last name by the time he got to Oregon. John and Emily had ten children, five of whom
where living after 1900:
i.
ii.
+
+
iii.
iv.
+
v.
vi.
vii.
viii.
ix.
x.
Henry M., b. ca. 1843, d. pre 1900.
Caroline, b. Jun 1845, m. Samuel G. Lindsly (b. Dec 1824). They
had no children and in 1900 were living on a farm in East Cottage
Grove Precinct, Cottage Grove, Lane Co., OR. Living with them
was Caroline's mother, Emily.
Winfield S., b. ca. 1848, m. ca 1875 Viola ______.
Philura, m. pre 1883 John J. Clinkenbeard. Lived in Coos County,
OR in 1900.
Darius W., b. Dec 1860, m. 1891 Emma Karnowsky.
Charles H., b. Jul 1862, m. ca. 1899 May [Mary?] ______.
Lived in Florence Precinct, Lane Co., OR in 1900.
Charlotte, m. ______ Hawley. Resided in Crook County, OR ca.
1900.
______
______
______192
XX. ROBERT7 VANDERBURGH (Clyamon6, Peter5, James4, Henry3, Dirck2,
Lucas ), son of Clyamon Vanderburgh and Roxanne
Mitchell, was born in Ontario, Canada on 17 Nov 1817. On 25 May 1845 at Rochester,
Cedar County, IA, he married MARY ACKER who was born on in New York on 9 Nov
1828, the daughter of John Acker and Sarah Beadle.
Robert died on 14 Oct 1851 of cholera while returning from an unsuccessful
search for gold in California. He had been accompanied by two Ackers and his younger
brother, William who died a month later. Robert's death possibly occurred in Nevada
City, CA. After his death, his widow, Mary, subsequently married (license 9 Sep 1853)
Will Worley in Cedar Co., IA. Mary died on 12 Dec 1902 in Tulare Co., CA. She is
buried in the Porterville Cemetery at Porterville in Tulare County. Children of Robert
Vanderburgh and Mary Acker:
1
192
Compiled from:
a. "The Centennial History of Oregon," page 454. (Main source of biographical data on John K.)
b. Letter - 17 May 1989 from Betsy Lu (Mrs. George) Keliher, 1335 Avenida de Cortez, Pacific
Palisades, CA 90272.
c. Census, 1900, Oregon, Lane Co., Florence Precinct, E. D. 103, Sht. 3, 5 Jun 1900. (Charles H.
Vanderburg and wife.)
d. Census, 1900, Oregon, Lane Co., East Cottage Grove Precinct, subdivision - Cottage Grove,
Ward 3, E. D. 120, Sht. 12, 15 Jun 1900. (Samuel G. Lindsly and family.)
e. Census, 1850, Iowa, Dubuque County, District #7, page 68. (John K. Vanderburg and family.)
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50
+
i.
+
ii.
Ethelinda, b. 28 Feb 1848, m. ca. 1868 George Washington Wray,
d. 30 Apr 1925.
Robert Sylvester, b. 13 Jan 1850, m. Mary Alice Dillon, d. 22 May
1923.193
XX. ISAAC KELLEY7 VANDERBURGH (Clyamon6, Peter5, James4, Henry3,
Dirck2, Lucas1), son Clyamon Vanderburgh and Roxanne Mitchell, was born in Ontario,
Canada on 11 Sep 1819. He married, first, on 8 May 1846 CHARLOTTE GLEASON
and had two daughters. Charlotte died before the 1850. In 1850, Isaac was employed as
a brickmaker, living without his children, in the household of the Abraham Levaderies
family in Rochester, Cedar County, IA.
Isaac married, second, on 23 Dec 1852 PLUMA GAINES. Pluma had been born
on 14 or 16 Mar 1834. In 1856, Isaac had a land claim in Bennington, IA and was still
there in 1860. Later, Isaac and his family migrated to California. Isaac died on 23 Jan
1890 at Selma, Fresno Co., CA. Children:
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
vi.
vii.
viii.
+
Children by Charlotte Gleason
Elizabeth, b. ca. 1846. In 1850, she was living with the Abries
Aljer family in Center Township, Cedar County, Iowa. Her
mother had died prior to 1850.
Laura D., b. ca. 1849.
Children by Pluma Gaines
Beekman Dutchess, b. 4 Jan 1855 in Dubuque, IA.
Clyamon Moses, b. 30 Aug 1857, m. Luella Thomas.
Pluma (Pet)
Candace (Carrie), b. ca.1868, m. ______ Cavin.194
XX. CAROLINE7 VANDERBURGH (Clyamon6, Peter5, James4, Henry3,
Dirck , Lucas1), daughter of Clyamon Vanderburgh and Roxanne Mitchell, was born in
Ontario, Canada on 14 Apr 1821. On 28 Mar 1842 in Cedar County, IA, she married
2
193
Compiled from:
a. Letter - 17 May 1989 from Betsy Lu (Mrs. George) Keliher, 1335 Avenida de Cortez, Pacific
Palisades, CA 90272.
b. Census, 1850, Iowa, Dubuque County, District #7, page 68. (Robert Vanderburg and family.)
c. Letter - 23 Mar 1992 from David Stielow, P.O. Box 10373, Burbank, CA 91510. (Family
Group Records: #442 for Ethelinda Vanderburgh, and #443 for Robert Sylvester Vanderburgh.)
194
Compiled from:
a. Letters - 20 Jul 1989 and 17 May 1989 from Betsy Lu (Mrs. George) Keliher, 1335 Avenida de
Cortez, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272.
b. Census, Iowa, Cedar County, Rochester, page 90. (Isaac K. Vanderburgh.)
c. Census, Iowa, Cedar County, Center Township, page 182. (Elizabeth Vanderburgh, age 4.)
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51
ISAAC BEADLE ACKER. She was still living in Iowa when her father died in 1859.
Evidently, her father, Clyamon, never owned any property in Iowa, and was living with
her when he passed away.195
XX. HENRY H.7 VANDERBURGH (Clyamon6, Peter5, James4, Henry3,
Dirck2, Lucas1), son of Clyamon Vanderburgh and Roxanne Mitchell, was born in
Norwich, Ontario, Canada on 5 Mar 1823. He died on 7 Sep 1838 after supposedly being
hit by a snowball. Place of death is not known.196
XX. WILLIAM D.7 VANDERBURGH (Clyamon6, Peter5, James4, Henry3,
Dirck , Lucas1), son of Clyamon Vanderburgh and Roxanne Mitchell, was born in
Ontario, Canada on 5 Feb 1825. He was unmarried and died on 14 Nov 1851 in
California. He died after returning from an unsuccessful search for gold in California.
He had been accompanied by two Ackers and his brother, Robert, who had died a month
earlier.197
2
XX. MARIAN ANN7 VANDERBURGH (Clyamon6, Peter5, James4, Henry3,
Dirck , Lucas1), daughter of Clyamon Vanderburgh and Roxanne Mitchell, was born in
Ontario, Canada on 28 Jan 1827. She married about 1842 SAM SHAW. They had four
children of their own, plus one adopted. Mariah died in Missouri in 1872. Evidently,
there are many sad stories about Mariah's life. Children:
2
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
(SHAW surname)
Roxanne, b. 1843.
______
______
______
______
vi.
Adopted child
______198
XX. CHARLOTTE JANE7 VANDERBURGH (Clyamon6, Peter5, James4,
Henry3, Dirck2, Lucas1), daughter of Clyamon Vanderburgh and Roxanne Mitchell, was
born in Ontario, Canada on 26 Jul 1829. On 18 Dec 1849, she married WINGATE
195
Letter - 17 May 1989 from Betsy Lu (Mrs. George) Keliher, 1335 Avenida de Cortez, Pacific Palisades,
CA 90272.
196
Letter - 17 May 1989 from Betsy Lu (Mrs. George) Keliher, 1335 Avenida de Cortez, Pacific Palisades,
CA 90272.
197
Letter - 17 May 1989 from Betsy Lu (Mrs. George) Keliher, 1335 Avenida de Cortez, Pacific Palisades,
CA 90272.
198
Letter - 17 May 1989 from Betsy Lu (Mrs. George) Keliher, 1335 Avenida de Cortez, Pacific Palisades,
CA 90272.
7gen1, 22 Jun 98
52
TIMMONS. She died on 2 Jun 1862 possibly in Neasho, Coffy Co., Kansas. She had
two children who were raised by the Shaw family:
i.
ii.
(TIMMONS surname)
Warren
Clyamon.199
XX. GILBERT EVERSON7 VANDERBURGH (John James6, Peter5, James4,
Henry , Dirck2, Lucas1), son of John James Vanderburgh and Anna Maria Staats, was
born on 22 May 1841 in Columbia County, New York.200 He lived with his parents
1850-1870 throughout various locales in Columbia County. In 1860, he was employed as
a clerk, and in 1870 he was a machinist.201 Gilbert married on 8 Jan 1873 EMMA
HOUGHTALING.202 In 1900, Gilbert was unemployed and living at Claverack in
Columbia County in a rented house. His wife, son, and daughter-in-law were living with
him.203 Children:204
3
i.
ii.
John Thomas, b. 4 Oct 1873, m. 30 Sep 1897 Lodma Boice
at Great Barrington, MA.205 Both were employed in mill
operations in 1900.206
Anna L., b. 29 May 1876, d. 13 Sep 1876.207
XX. WILLIAM ADDISON7 HUGHSON (Pamela [Hamlin] 6, Margaret
[Vanderburgh] 5, James4, Henry3, Dirck2, Lucas1), son of Pamela Hamlin and Elkanah
199
Letter - 17 May 1989 from Betsy Lu (Mrs. George) Keliher, 1335 Avenida de Cortez, Pacific Palisades,
CA 90272.
200
Staats/Vanderburgh Family Bible Pages. Owned by Clifton H. Brandow, Roxbury Rd., Box 617,
Philmont, NY 12565 [518-672-7418].
201
Census Records:
a. Census, 1850, NY, Columbia Co., Claverack, pg 32, 29 Jul 1850. Joseph Woodworth's
Boarding House. Enumerated with the boarding house was John Vandeburgh and his family.
b. Census, 1860, NY, Columbia Co., 4th Ward of Hudson, 10 Jul 1860, p 180/993. John Van De
Burgh and family.
c. Census, 1870, NY Columbia Co., 4th Ward of Hudson, 7 Jul 1870, p 2/380. John Van Deburgh
and family.
202
Staats/Vanderburgh Family Bible Pages. Owned by Clifton H. Brandow, Roxbury Rd., Box 617,
Philmont, NY 12565 [518-672-7418].
203
Census, 1900, NY, Columbia Co., Claverack, 6 Jun 1900, ED 7, Sht 3, line 37. Gilbert Vanderburgh
and family.
204
Staats/Vanderburgh Family Bible Pages. Owned by Clifton H. Brandow, Roxbury Rd., Box 617,
Philmont, NY 12565 [518-672-7418].
205
Staats/Vanderburgh Family Bible Pages. Owned by Clifton H. Brandow, Roxbury Rd., Box 617,
Philmont, NY 12565 [518-672-7418].
206
Census, 1900, NY, Columbia Co., Claverack, 6 Jun 1900, ED 7, Sht 3, line 37. Gilbert Vanderburgh
and family. This source states that the first name of John Vanderburgh's wife was "Eldema."
207
Staats/Vanderburgh Family Bible Pages. Owned by Clifton H. Brandow, Roxbury Rd., Box 617,
Philmont, NY 12565 [518-672-7418].
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Hughson, was born about 1813.208 He married around 1831, MARGARET DAY who
was born in Nova Scotia on 24 Jan 1815, the daughter of William Day and Jane Arnold.
William Day was captain of a whaling ship that was lost at sea. His wife, Jane,
survived him by only a few months. This left Margaret an orphan at about age 10. An
aunt took her in for a short while before Margaret, at about age 14, went to live with her
father's brother in Flushing, New York.
William Hughson was a young friend of Margaret's uncle. He and Margaret met
while he was studying for the Methodist Ministry. At age 16, Margaret became
William's wife. After residing at Flushing a short time, they removed to Sullivan Co.,
NY by 1840.209 On 1 May 1842, William purchased property in the town of Thompson
from Seth and Lucy Allyn,210 establishing themselves on a farm near Monticello. In
1850, William and his family were still in Thompson, where William was a farmer with
an estate valued at $1,600.211 During the 1850s William was an active Methodist. He
"acted as supply under the presiding elder, serving charges in Sullivan and adjacent
counties." By 1860, William was fully occupied as a Methodist preacher, having
apparently turned over the management of his farm to his 22 year old son, John.212
William's first pastorate was at the "Wild Meadows," near Monticello. Though "Wild
Meadows" was technically their home, the Reverend William was usually at home only
one day a week having six other churches in which to preach. In later life, William
moved on to other pastorates.
William died on 19 mar 1887 at the age of 74 years at Woodville, CT. At the
time of his death, William was in his first year of pastorship at a Methodist Episcopal
Church at or near Woodville. He was buried in Arlington Cemetery, Kearny, NJ on 23
Mar 1887. After her husband's death, Margaret made her home with her youngest
daughter, Hattie. Margaret died on 7 Feb 1902 at the residence of Mrs. Annie Le Viness
in Hartsdale, NY. Children:
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
(HUGHSON surname)
Hannah, b. ca. 1834, m. probably prior to 1860 ______
Ferguson, d. 1907.
Agnes, b. ca. 1835, m. probably prior to 1860 ______ Bartley,
d. 1866.
John J., b. ca. 1837, living at home with his parents 1840 through
1860. In 1860, he possessed the family farm which at that time
was valued at $800. He probably died prior to 1900.
George, b. ca. 1840, probably died prior to 1860.
208
Unless otherwise noted, this family is based on data compiled in 1995 by Mrs. Jane B. Poor, 162
Country Club Drive, Yarmouth Port, MA 02675.
209
Census, 1840, NY, Sullivan County, Thompson, page 95. Wm. A. Hughson.
210
Sullivan Co., NY deed Vol. [unknown], page 207, 1 May 1842. Seth & Lucy Allyn of Thompson sold
for $950 to William A. Hughson of Thompson, property in Thompson formerly possessed by Jabez
Wakeman, lots numbered 6-9 in the East part of Division #17, in Great Lot #1 of the Hardenbergh Patent,
except 9 acres.
211
Census, 1850, NY, Sullivan County, Thompson, 8 Aug 1850, p. 41. Wm. Haughson [Haughton?] &
family.
212
Census, 1860, NY, Sullivan County, Thompson, Post Office - Monticello, 24/25 Jun 1860, page 21.
Wm Hughson & family.
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v.
vi.
Almira, b. ca. 1842, m. ______ Adams, d. 1919.
Caroline Louise, b. 1845, m. ______ Clark, d. 1925,
buried in Arlington Cemetery, Kearny, NJ. Child:
i.
vii.
Pauline, b. ca. 1848, m. Charles Avery, MD, d. 1930. Child:
i.
+
viii.
ix.
x.
(CLARK surname)
Pauline, m. ______ Molyneux, buried in Arlington
Cemetery, Kearny, NJ. Son - Addison, a minister.
(AVERY surname)
Alice, m.(1) ______ Gates, m.(2) Raymond
Charles Wakeman. Children: Jane, d.y. 1938;
Alice, m. Edward Galanin: son - Raymond.
Harriet Orcelia, b. Jun 1854, m. ca. 1883 William Stewart
Breakey,213 d. 1915.
William Elkanah, b. ca. 1855, d. 1911.
Alice Permelia, b. ca. 1856, d. 1863.
XX. DAVID WILLIAMS7 VANDERBURGH (Frederick Hoffman6, Gabriel5,
James , Henry3, Dirck2, Lucas1), son of Frederick Hoffman Vanderburgh and Caroline
Williams, was born in New York City on 7 Dec 1841. As a youth, he accompanied his
father to Port Huron, MI after his mother died. In the fall of 1861, he went from Port
Huron to the University of Michigan Medical School. In the spring of 1862, he took a
special course of lectures during which the surgeon of the Army notified the state
governments that any medical student who wanted experience would be sent to hospitals
in Washington. David was one of eight who accepted. He was first sent to Armory
Square Hospital, then to Cranch Hospital and for a time was the only medical officer
there at night. In Dec 1862, he went to Carver Hospital.
On Apr 13 1863, he received a telegram notifying him that his brother, Frank, had
been wounded in a Civil War battle. The telegram also forwarded his commission as
Assistant Surgeon of Volunteers of the 10th Regiment of Michigan Infantry at Nashville,
TN. He joined the regiment on 29 Apr 1863 and became attached to Gen. Sheridan's
divisions. He served during Sheridan's campaign's throughout the South until the
summer of 1864. In August of that year, he left the Army and went home to Port Huron.
He then graduated in medicine at Ann Arbor, MI and once again rejoined the Army, this
time as a surgeon at Ft. Gratiot near Port Huron. He remained with the 17th US Infantry
until Aug 1866.
David left Michigan for Ilion, New York, soon after he ended his tour with the
17th Infantry. On 24 Jun 1869 in the Reformed Dutch Church at New Paltz, NY, he
married KATHERINE ELTINGE. She was the daughter of Edmund Eltinge and
Magdalen Days and had been born in New Paltz on 12 Apr 1844.
4
213
Census, 1900, NY, Westchester Co., Mt. Vernon, ED 81, Sht 4 (T623-1175). William S. Breakey and
family.
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David and Katherine settled immediately at Ilion, NY for several years. Then
about 1873, they moved to Fall River, MA where David continued his medical practice
until his death at Fall River on 29 Aug 1910. His wife, Katherine, died at Quaker Hill,
Pawling, NY on 21 Jul 1914. Children:
+
i.
+
ii.
iii.
iv.
John Frank, b. 28 Apr 1870, m. 11 Jan 1898 Emily Howland
Baker, d. 13 Feb 1935.
Caroline Gertrude, b. 11 Oct 1872, m. 15 Nov 1904 David Smith
Lansden, d. after 1950.
Edmond Eltinge, b. 5 Oct 1874 at Fall River, MA. Died at
Pheonix, AZ on 23 Feb 1921.
Ludlow, b. 20 Dec 1880, unmarried, d. 11 Oct 1910 at Liberty,
NY.
Sources:
1. Compiled from:
a. "The Vanderburgh Family," unpublished typescript by Caroline Vanderburgh
Lansden (Mrs. David S.), written after 1943. Pages 46, 47, and 57.
b. "Marriage Records - Reformed Dutch Church, New Paltz, Ulster Co., NY
1849-1882:" 24 June 1869 David W. Vanderburgh, MD., Ilian, NY to Catherine Eltinge,
New Paltz. Witnesses: Peter Eltinge and Abm. LeFevre.
XX. WILLIAM FEDERAL7 VANDERBURGH (Frederick Hoffman6,
Gabriel5, James4, Henry3, Dirck2, Lucas1), son of Frederick Hoffman Vanderburgh and
Anne Smith, was born at Port Huron, MI on 2 Sep 1855. On 22 Aug 1878 in the
Reformed Dutch Church at New Paltz, NY, he married SARAH D. ELTINGE. Sarah
was born on 23 Sep 1855 and died on 15 Oct 1936. Children:
i.
ii.
Infant son, b. 21 Mar 1880, d. 28 Mar 1880.
Magdalene; b. 22 Mar 1883 at Port Huron, MI; m. 1 May 1910 at
Cape Girardeau Irvin Prectorins. Children:
i.
iii.
Pauline; b. 19 Oct 1855 at Port Huron, MI; m. 22 Sep 1910 at
Chicago, IL Henry P. Joslyn. Children:
i.
ii.
iii.
214
(PRECTORINS surname)
Sara Jeanette, b. 18 Jul 1913, d. 9 Oct 1926.
(JOSLYN surname)
Magdalene, b. 31 Nov 1912, m. 2 Sep 1932
Nils Lothrop.
John Vanderburgh, b. 6 May 1914.
Henry Partings, b. 22 Feb 1918.214
Compiled from:
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XX. GEORGE S.7 VANDERBURGH (James A.6, George W.5, James4, Henry3,
Dirck , Lucas1), son of James A. Vanderburgh and Maria S. Campbell, was born in
Beekman, Dutchess County, NY on 10 Sep 1842. Evidently his birth took its toll on his
mother since she died two months later. At the age of seven, he was living at home in
Beekman with his father and stepmother. Six years later at age 13, his father passed
away. This left him at home with his stepmother and his two infant half sisters. On 1
Oct 1861 at the age of 19, Hiram Haviland of Pawling was made his guardian. This legal
action came a little late for any effective guardianship, for on 19 Aug 1861 George had
married 24 year old FRANCIS M. PELTON. The marriage took place at Pawling and
was performed by J. W. Stark, a justice of the peace.
With the Civil War gaining importance, George left his pregnant wife of three
months and enlisted at Pawling on 12 Nov 1861 in Company A, 4th Regiment of New
York Heavy Artillery Volunteers. He served continually for three years until his
discharge at New York on 11 Nov 1864.
During the war, George was able to take one furlough home to visit his wife and
infant daughter. After the war, George returned to Dutchess County. In a deposition
later made by his wife, she said that: "On his return from the army he came to me and I
was living with my mother ... in Poughkeepsie. I saw him when he came home. He
stayed only a few days. Then he went to Pawling, NY on his farm with the
understanding that I should come. He never sent for me and I never went. ... I never saw
him after he left here in 1864."
The year 1865 found George residing without his family in Pawling, NY. Here,
he lived and worked as a laborer and farmer with the William Trowbridge family.
However, he did not remain long in Pawling. By 1867, he had relocated to Iowa, where
on 6 June of that year he obtained a divorce from Francis in the District Court of
Muscatine County. Although Francis had been apprised of the divorce proceeding, she
opted not to contest it.
Mrs. Frank R. Jones, a next door neighbor to George's ex-wife, Francis, wrote a
letter on 11 Nov 1912 to her cousin, Dr. W. W. Allegar a U. S. Department of Interior
employee, asking for his help in obtaining a widow's pension for Francis. Francis had
previously applied for a widow's pension in the mid-1890s but had been denied because
of her divorce. In the letter, Mrs. Jones stated that while George was in Iowa, he "got a
school teacher in trouble - was told he must get a divorce and marry the girl. This he
did." The letter went on to say that "Mr. V. married the girl in Iowa ... then left her and
returned to his own place near Pawling. The woman he married in Iowa afterward
obtained a divorce from him."
How long George remained in Iowa is not known. He was probably still there in
1870 since he doesn't appear in the census for Dutchess County.
2
a. "The Vanderburgh Family," unpublished typescript by Caroline Vanderburgh Lansden (Mrs.
David S.), written after 1943. Pages 46, 47, and 57.
b. "Marriage Records - Reformed Dutch Church, New Paltz, Ulster Co., NY 1849-1882.": 22
Aug 1878 William F. Vanderburgh, Port Huron, Mich. to Sarah D. Elting, New Paltz. Witnesses: David
W. Vanderburgh and Edmund Eltinge, Jr.
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Continuing on her own, Francis, according to Dutchess County Guardianship
Records, was made guardian of her 10 year old daughter on 20 Mar 1873.
By 1880, George was a 37 year old farmer, divorced, and living in Pawling with
his 69 year old grandmother, Mary Campbell.
When George applied for a Civil War disability pension in 1891, the severity of
the war and subsequent years had obviously taken their toll on him. He was "wholy
unable to earn a support by manual labor by reason of heart disease and lungs, itching
piles, paralysis over shoulder and gravel [kidney stones]." Within two years he was dead.
George died in Pawling on 20 Mar 1893 at the age of 50. He is buried in the Campbell
Ground (Hurd's Corners) at Pawling, NY.
Throughout the latter half of the 19th century and up to at least 1912, Francis, her
mother, and her daughter eked out a living in Poughkeepsie where they resided at 7
Carroll Street. Fruitlessly pursuing hopes of some widow's pension benefits, she was left
to support herself by making vests, her only source of income. In a 9 Jan 1896 statement,
Francis related that "my daughter owns this house. She inherited it from her great-great
grandfather, George Sherman by will. She got above $1700 under the will and with it she
bought the home. She is a music teacher. My mother helps me at vest making. She is 76
years old." Francis' situation by 1912 had not improved. Mrs. Jones described their
plight when, in 1912, she said "Mrs. Vanderburg my next door neighbor needs the money
[pension]. Her daughter is far from being well and Mrs. V. has valvular heart trouble ...
and I really believe they do not have enough to eat. ... There don't seen to be any one to
help these poor people ...."
Francis never did qualify for a pension, but somehow she survived and lived
another 20 years before she passed away on 12 Feb 1933.
Children of George S. Vanderburgh:
i.
ii.
Child by Francis M. Pelton
Georgiana, b. 22 May 1862, single and residing with her mother in
Poughkeepsie in 1912.
Child (?) by an Iowa woman (?)
______ (?)215
215
Compiled from:
a. Civil War Pension Record for George S. Vanderburgh, application #1,006,703 and certification
#742,645. Also, Civil War Widow's Pension Claim for Francis M. Vanderburgh, application #575,463.
b. "Old Gravestones of Dutchess County," by Reynolds and Poucher. Page 176, Campbell
Ground.
c. Dutchess County Guardianship Record, G:119 - George Vanderburgh, age 19, 10 Sep last,
dated 1 Oct 1861. Hiram Haviland, guardian.
d. Dutchess County Guardianship Record, Box 3649 - Georgiana Vanderburgh of Pawling, NY,
age 10, 22 May last, dated 20 Mar 1873. Parents, George and Fannie Vanderburgh. Fannie, guardian.
e. Death Certificate, George S. Vanderburgh, NY State file no. 12758.
f. 1850 Census, New York, Dutchess County, Beekman, page 274. (James A. Vanderburgh and
family.)
g. 1865 Census, New York, Dutchess County, Pawling, page 35. (George Vanderburgh with
William Trowbridge and family.)
h. 1880 Census, New York, Dutchess County, Pawling, page 324. (George Vanderburgh in Mary
Campbell's household.)
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58
XX. LOUIS7 VANDERBURG (William H.6, Henry5, William4, Henry3, Dirck2,
Luycas ), son of William H. Vanderburgh and Che-Lar-Lu-Chem-Coo (Christian name
Isabel), a full blooded Flathead/Salish Indian woman,216 was born about 1832.217 Louis
was also known as Louis French218 and by the Indian name of Seme219, Sayme220, or Say
Mi.221 He was also called “Ll-coot-sum-heh” which means "Grizzly Bear far away."222
Strong circumstantial evidence points to the parentage of Louis. His father was
definitely in the southwestern Montana region during the years preceeding Louis’ birth223
and it was common for fur traders to be on friendly terms with the Flathead. The
Vanderburg surname has been continued through Louis’ descendants and the Indian
tradition is strong that that his father had been "the" fur trader.224 William H.
Vanderburgh may not have known that he ever had a son since he was killed in 1832,
about the same time Louis was born. Louis may have been born at Bozeman,
Montana,225 or Idaho.226 However, he undoubtedly grew up in Montana’s Bitterroot
Valley, the traditional home of the Flatheads. Their territory once extended for some
distance on either side of the mountain divide. However, they did not live in the
1
i. "The Vanderburgh Family," unpublished typescript by Caroline Vanderburgh Lansden (Mrs.
David S.), written after 1943. (Page 48, source of the death date for Francis M. (Pelton) Vanderburgh.)
j. LDS Microfilm 930,727 - Dutchess Co., NY Taxation Lists 1861: Pawling - George S.
Vanderburgh.
216
Correspondence - 29 Sep 1991 letter & Family Group Sheets from Eugene M. Felsman, Flathead Tribal
Historian, 108 1/2 5th Ave. East, Polson, MT 59860 to William Powers.
217
Louis Vanderburg’s actual birth date is in question. His death certificate says he was 106, while his
obituaries say he was either 104 or 108 when he died in 1923. His obituary ("Ronan, MT Pioneer," 24 Aug
1923) further says that he "dated his age from the arrival of Father DeSmet, believing he was 22 years old
then. However, it is not known whether or not he witnessed the arrival of the priest in the Bitter Root
Valley in 1837 or the Flathead Valley in 1841. It is believed that the earlier date is correct because his
family is known to have lived near the site of Stevensville about that time." Flathead Indian census records
point more toward the 1832 time frame; and the 1920 census gives his age as 87, putting his birth around
1833. The census records are probably the closest to the truth.
218
Correspondence - 29 Sep 1991 letter & Family Group Sheets from Eugene M. Felsman, Flathead Tribal
Historian, 108 1/2 5th Ave. East, Polson, MT 59860 to William Powers.
219
Indian Census, Montana, Bitter Root Valley, Charlo’s Band of Flatheads, 1886. National Archives
Microfilm M595, Roll 107, Frames 87-88; and Indian Census, Montana, Bitter Root Valley, Charlo’s Band
of Flatheads, 30 Jun 1887. National Archives Microfilm M595, Roll 107, Frames 166-167.
220
Indian Census, Montana, Bitter Root Valley, Charlo’s Band of Flatheads, 30 Jun 1888. National
Archives Microfilm M595, Roll 107, Frames 254-263; and Indian Census, Montana, Bitter Root Valley,
Charlo’s Band of Flatheads, 30 Jun 1889. National Archives Microfilm M595, Roll 107, Frames 320-326.
221
Indian Census, Montana, Bitter Root Valley, Charlo’s Band of Flatheads, Aug 1890. National Archives
Microfilm M595, Roll 107, Frames 378 and 382-383; and Indian Census, Montana, Bitter Root Valley,
Charlo’s Band of Flatheads, Jul 1891. National Archives Microfilm M595, Roll 107, Frames 437 and 440441.
222
Photograph, Collections of the Montana Historical Society, M900-403.
223
"Mississippi Valley Historical Review," Vol. 30, 1943/44. Pages 377-394: "William Henry
Vanderburgh, Fur Trader," by Paul C. Phillips.
224
Correspondence - 7 Feb 1959 letter from Rev. Joseph Somes, SSJ, Vincennes, IN to Berenice
Vanderburg, Dowagiac, MI.
225
Correspondence - 29 Sep 1991 letter & Family Group Sheets from Eugene M. Felsman, Flathead Tribal
Historian, 108 1/2 5th Ave. East, Polson, MT 59860 to William Powers.
226
Death Certificate - Louie Vanderburg, d. 17 Aug 1923. Jocko District, Missoula Co., MT register #210.
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mountains by choice. The Flatheads peaceful nature left them prey to other tribes so that
they had been progressively driven there by the eastern Plains Indians and were
ultimately confined to the Bitterroot Valley.227
Sometime in the 1820s, four Iroquois came to live among the Flatheads. One in
particular, known as Big Ignace (or Ignace la Mousse), spoke at length about the Black
Robes and the powers of Catholicism. As a result of this introduction to Christianity, the
Flatheads developed an immense curiosity about the Black Robes. In 1831, 1835, 1837,
and 1839, Flathead expeditions traveled from the Bitterroot to St. Louis. During this
same period, the westward expanding fur trade brought permanent white man incursion
to the Flathead territory. Included in this fur trapping group was Louis’ father. Such was
the environment into which Louis was born.
Responding to the Flathead visits to St. Louis, Belgian Jesuit Pierre-Jean De Smet
made his first trip to the Bitterroot Valley in 1840. In April 1841, he again left St. Louis
accompanied by three lay brothers. They arrived in the Bitterroot Valley in September
and founded St. Mary’s Mission. They emphasized agriculture, built gristmills and
sawmills, and vaccinated the Flatheads against smallpox. This fostered a practical
Christianity that the Flatheads at first embraced. But the tenents of one God, one wife, no
alcohol, no punishment by whipping, and farming rather than hunting, all contradicted
Indian traditions. These conflicts, combined with Father De Smet’s pursuit of a mission
among the Flathead enemies, the Blackfeet, killed any hopes of a successful mission. By
1850, St. Mary’s demise was assured and De Smet sold the property for $250 to pioneer
John Owen for a trading post. Owen enclosed the mission with a high wall and renamed
it Fort Owen. From here, he conducted a trade in furs and became a friend and strong
personal influence among the Flatheads. He planted crops and orchards and made his
post the center of early settlement in western Montana.228
By the 1850s, Louis had reached manhood, steeped in an Indian lifestyle and
Christian knowledge. Before the decade ended, Louis married in an Indian ceremony,
MARY BEARTRACK. Mary was born in the Bitterroot Valley, the daughter of SoeyTe-Sum-’Hi, otherwise known as "Bear Tracks" or "Grizzly Bear Tracks," and by the
christian name of "Alexander." Her mother’s name was Cul-Su-Sah. Bear Tracks was an
important hunting shaman, with special powers to ensure buffalo hunts. He was a
speaker at the Treaty Council on 13 Jul 1855 and later added his name to the Hell Gate
Treaty.229
In 1855, the Flatheads were among several western tribes signing the Hell Gate
Treaty with the United States government, agreeing to accept goods and shop, school,
and hospital facilities in exchange for a reduction of land. The Flatheads gave up much
land under this treaty, retaining some 1.25 million acres of their homeland in the
227
"Montana: An Uncommon Ground," by K. Ross Toole, University of Oklahoma Press,
Norman, OK. 1959. Flathead Indians: pp. 19, 38, 116, 35, & 59.
13. "Montana: An Uncommon Ground," by K. Ross Toole, University of Oklahoma Press,
Norman, OK. 1959. Flathead Indians: pp. 19, 38, 116, 35, & 59.
228
"Montana: A Bicentennial History," by Clark C. Spence. W.W. Norton & Co., Inc., NY. 1978.
Flathead Indians: 19-22.
229
"Interior Salish and Eastern Washington Indians III," by E.O. Fuller, etal; Garland Publishing, Inc., New
York, 1974. Page 316, included in a section of the book entitled: "Flathead, Kootenai, and Upper Pend
d’Oreille Genealogies," contains a brief chart and article regarding the descendants of Louis Vanderburg.
This book, in 1991, was part of the Tribal Histories #202 of Salish Kootenai College, Pablo, MT 59855.
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Bitterroot Valley, but with an alternative clause which allowed the US president to
determine whether it would be better in the long run for them to move to a new
reservation at Flathead Lake and the Jocko River. Ultimately, the government failed in
its promise to keep white farmers and ranchers out of the Bitterroot Valley. Settlers
pushed the buffalo herds into Blackfoot country where, without federal protection, the
Flatheads found hunting impossible. The whites in the Bitterroot now outnumbered the
Flatheads three to one, and Montanans argued that their agricultural products were
required to feed the territory’s growing population. When the Flatheads, under Chief
Charlot, refused to move to the reservation, President Grant declared that the Jocko
reservation was more suitable than the Bitterroot Valley and ordered them to move.
Charlot still refused to leave. Grant sent Congressman James A. Garfield of Ohio to
negotiate. In the summer of 1872, Garfield brought back a treaty, supposedly signed by
Flathead chiefs, including Charlot, consenting to remove to the Jocko. Soon it became
obvious that Charlot had not actually signed the treaty and had no intention of relocating
with his faithful followers. However, Congress, by law, stipulated transfer of the
Flatheads and threw open the Bitterroot Valley north of the Lolo Fork to settlers. A
number of Flathead families did move to the Jocko lands. This small group under
subchief Arlee was recognized as legitimate recipients of the annuity goods authorized by
the 1855 Hell Gate Treaty. Meanwhile, Charlot’s band suffered. The buffalo vanished,
hunting was sharply curtailed, and government aid was withdrawn.230 In an effort to
reclaim some of their losses, Louis was among five members of his tribe who in 1884
went with Charlot and the Flathead Indian Agent, Major Peter Ronan, to Washington, DC
as a council to secure tribal rights for the Flatheads.231 Louis was the last survivor of this
group,232 and a picture of him among this group is found in the National Archives233 and
at the Montana Historical Society Library at Helena, MT.234 The year following their
visit, the first supplies in twelve years arrived.
Finally, in 1891-92, a bitter and dispirited Charlot led the rest of his people,
including Louis and his family, onto the Jocko reservation, condemning the federal
government as he did so. "You are liars," Charlot said. "I do not believe you. My young
men have no place to hunt, they get whiskey, they are bad. My women and children are
hungry; I will go."235
230
"Montana: A Bicentennial History," by Clark C. Spence. W.W. Norton & Co., Inc., NY. 1978.
Flathead Indians: pp. 54-55, 69-70.
231
Correspondence - From National Archives/NNRC, 7 Jun 1993. Documentation referring to the Flathead
Indian delegation in the Record of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (RG 75), "Letters Received, 1881-1907."
Three letters: 1883-20926; 1884-444, and 1884-2203. [Note: Information conflicts regarding Charlo and
his companions visit to Washington, DC. The actual visit occurred during January 1884 which the
National Archives records prove. A picture at the Library of the Montana Historical Society that depicts
the members of this visitation to Washington, DC says 1883, while Louis Vandeburg’s obituary says the
visit occurred in 1893.]
232
Newspaper - "The Ronan Pioneer," Friday, 24 Aug 1923, page 1, column 2. Obituary of Louis
Vanderburg; and Newspaper - "The Daily Missoulian," Wednesday, 22 Aug 1923, page 8, column 3.
Obituary of Louis Vanderburg.
233
National Archives, Washington, DC. Pictures of US Indians, Flathead delegation of six and an
interpreter, photographed by C.M. Bell, 1884. 106-INE-31.
234
Photograph, Collections of the Montana Historical Society, M900-403.
235
Stuart, Granville. Pioneering in Montana, Forty Years on the Frontier. Vol. 2, p. 94; and Indian
Census, Montana, Flathead Agency, 10 Aug 1892. Census of Charlot’s Band, Bitter Root Indians removed
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Two years after his arrival on the reservation, Louis’ wife, Mary, died in 1894.236
Louis remained a member of Charlot’s band on the reservation for the rest of his
life.237 Louis died on 17 Aug 1923 at Arlee and was buried there three days later in the
Jocko Cemetery.238 "The direct cause of his death is said to have been an accident three
years ago when a horse he was riding slipped and fell on him, breaking a hip. Since that
time, he had been bed-ridden till death came."
A "funeral feast" was held on 20 Aug 1823 near Arlee by members of his tribe in
reverence to the memory of Louis as a patriarch of the Flatheads. Noted as a "venerable
warrior," and "a historic figure" in western Montana, Louis outlived all other members of
his tribe who witnessed the advent of Father DeSmet into the western Montana territory.
Louis was survived by six of his seven children, all of whom lived at Arlee in
1923:239
i.
ii.
+
iii.
Pelesoway/Frances, b. 1858, m. 1879 Louie Pierre,
d. 13 Mar 1932.
Martina, b. Jun 1862 at Stevensville, MT, m.(1) 3 Jun 1880 Louie
Wah-Co of the Nez-Perce, d. 17 Feb 1950.
Moses, b. 1866, m.(1) Sophie ______, m.(2) 1891 Mary Lumpry,
m.(3) 26 Jan 1926 Sophie Michel, d. 19 Apr 1931.
to Reservation. 30 Jun 1891 to 30 Jun 1892. National Archives Microfilm M595, Roll 107, Frames 450
and 451-456.
236
Newspaper - "The Daily Missoulian," Wednesday, 22 Aug 1923, page 8, column 3. Obituary of Louis
Vanderburg.
237
Census records:
Indian Census, Montana, 1893. Charlot’s Band on the Flathead Reservation. National Archives
Microfilm M595, Roll 107, Frames 556-561.
Indian Census, Montana, 1895. Charlot’s Band on the Flathead Reservation. National Archives
Microfilm M595, Roll 108, Frames 57-58.
Indian Census, Montana, 20 Aug 1896. Charlot’s Band of Bitter Root Flatheads on the Flathead
Reservation. National Archives Microfilm M595, Roll 108, Frames 135-138.
Indian Census, Montana, 30 Aug 1897. Charlot’s Band of Flatheads on the Flathead Reservation.
National Archives Microfilm M595, Roll 108, Frames 195-196.
Indian Census, Montana, Flathead Reservation, 30 Jun 1900. National Archives Microfilm M595,
Roll 108, Frames 209 and 216-217.
Indian Census, Montana, Flathead Reservation, 1 Jul 1901. National Archives Microfilm M595,
Roll 108, Frames 261 and 296.
Indian Census, Montana, Flathead Reservation, 1 Sep 1902. National Archives Microfilm M595,
Roll 108, Frames 312 and 326-327.
Indian Census, Montana, Flathead Reservation, 12 Oct 1903. National Archives Microfilm M595,
Roll 108, Frames 362 and 397-398.
Indian Census, Montana, Flathead Reservation, 30 Jun 1904. National Archives Microfilm M595,
Roll 108, Frames 411 and 420-421.
Indian Census, Montana, Flathead Reservation, 30 Jun 1905. National Archives Microfilm M595,
Roll 108, Frames 467 and 470-472.
Census, 1920, Montana, Missoula County, Precinct #35, Arlee Town, p 8. Louie Vanderburg.
[Note: Louie was living alone in this census.]
238
Death Certificate - Louie Vanderburg, d. 17 Aug 1923. Jocko District, Missoula Co., MT register #210;
and Newspaper - "The Ronan Pioneer," Friday, 24 Aug 1923, page 1, column 2. Obituary of Louis
Vanderburg.
239
Newspaper - "The Daily Missoulian," Wednesday, 22 Aug 1923, page 8, column 3. Obituary of Louis
Vanderburg.
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+
iv.
+
v.
+
vi.
vii.
Victor, b. 1868, m.(1) 1885 Rosalie Marengo, m.(2) 1935 Sophie
Michel, d. 25 Jul 1939.
Charlo, b. 1872, m.(1) 1891 Lucy Use [Deepwater?], m.(2) 1895
Louisa Lumpry, d. 5 Feb 1934.
Joseph, b. 1875, m. Cecile Magpie, d. 27 Jan 1933.
Peter, d. at age of 12 years.
XX. ABIGAIL7 VANDERBURG (James6, John W.5, William4, Henry3, Dirck2,
Lucas ), daughter of James Vanderburg and Roby Knight, was born in Jun 1826,240
probably at Antwerp, Jefferson Co., NY.241 In 1850, she was living with her mother in
Pierrepont, St. Lawrence Co., NY.242 In 1855, she was living with her brother, Daniel,
and sister, Mary, in Martinsburg, Lewis Co., NY.243
Around 1859, Abigail married WILLIAM ALBRECHT who was born in
Prussia/Germany in May 1828. He immigrated to the US in 1857 and soon changed his
name to "ALBERTS."244
Abigail and William were living in a log house valued at $50 in Martinsburg in
1865. William was employed as a farmer.245 They were in West Martinsburg in 1870
where William was still farming with real estate valued at $1,450.246 They were in
Martinsburg in 1874,247 and 1900.248 Abigail died after 1900 but before 1909. By 1909,
William married, second, Louisa ______ who was born in Germany in 1834 and had
been previously married. In 1910, William, now 82, and Louisa, 76, were still residing in
Martinsburg.249
Abigail and William had one child:
1
i.
(ALBERTS surname)
Frederick D., b. Feb 1860, m. ca. 1895 Hannah E. Gowdy.250
He was living with his parents in 1865 and 1870.251 In 1900
and 1910, he and his wife were living with her brother in
Martinsburg. They had no children.252
240
Census, 1900, NY, Lewis Co., Martinsburg, ED 66, Sht 7. William Alberts and family.
Census, 1855, NY, Lewis Co., Martinsburg, no page #. Daniel Vanderburgh and sisters.
242
Census, 1850, NY, St. Lawrence Co., Pierpont, p. 761/381. Roba Vandaburg and family.
243
Census, 1855, New York, Lewis Co., Martinsburg, no page #. Daniel Vanderburgh and sisters.
244
Census, 1900, NY, Lewis Co., Martinsburg, ED 66, Sht 7. William Alberts and family.
245
Census, 1865, New York, Lewis Co., Martinsburgh, First Election District, p. 10. William Alberts and
family.
246
Census, 1870, NY, Lewis Co., Martinsburgh, P.O. West Martinsburgh, p. 15/538. William Albrecht and
family.
247
Petition on the estate of Abigail (Knight) Burr who died at Martinsburg, NY on 27 Feb 1874.
Typescript, courtesy of the Lewis County, NY Historical Society, Lyons Falls, NY.
248
Census, 1900, NY, Lewis Co., Martinsburg, ED 66, Sht 7. William Alberts and family.
249
Census, 1910, NY, Lewis Co., Martinsburg, ED 89, Sht 4. William Alberts & wife.
250
Census, 1900, NY, Lewis Co., Martinsburg, ED 66, Sht 6. Frank C. Gowdy & family.
251
Census, 1865, New York, Lewis Co., Martinsburgh, First Election District, p. 10. William Alberts and
family; and Census, 1870, NY, Lewis Co., Martinsburgh, P.O. West Martinsburgh, p. 15/538. William
Albrecht and family.
252
Census, 1900, NY, Lewis Co., Martinsburg, ED 66, Sht 6. Frank C. Gowdy & family; and Census,
1910, NY, Lewis Co., Martinsburg, ED 89, Sht 4. Frank C. Gowdy & family.
241
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XX. JAMES7 VANDERBURG (James6, John W.5, William4, Henry3, Dirck2,
Lucas ), son of James Vanderburg and Roby Knight, was born about 1828, probably in
Antwerp, Jefferson Co., NY. In 1850, he was living with his mother in Pierrepont, St.
Lawrence Co., NY.253 He married about 1858 DIREXA F. ______, who was born about
1833.254
On 15 Nov 1856, James purchased 110 acres of land in Pierrepont from Frances
D. Harison of New York City.255 On 29 Sep 1858, James and his wife sold half of that
land to James’ brother, Charles.256
In 1860, James was a farmer who had his father living with him in Pierrepont.257
On 23 Feb 1864 Charles sold his parcel back to Direxa.258 Since James is not
mentioned in this transaction, it is possible that he may have already died. This would
place his death about 1863. Two years later on 17 Apr 1866, Direxa sold land in
Pierrepont to Samson J. Crandall.259 This was the last of any recorded land transactions
in St. Lawrence County for James and Direxa. Child:260
1
i.
Nela, b. ca. 1859.
XX. DANIEL7 VANDERBURG (James6, John W.5, William4, Henry3, Dirck2,
Lucas1), son of James Vanderburg and Roby Knight, was born on 2 Feb 1830261 in
Jefferson Co., New York. In 1850, he was living with his mother in Pierrepont, St.
Lawrence Co., NY.262 By 1854, he and his sisters, Mary and Abigail, had relocated to
Martinsburg, Lewis Co., NY. They were still there in 1855 where Daniel was a farmer
with assets valued at $300.263 After their mother’s death in 1853, they had probably
moved to Lewis Co. to be near their mother’s Knight relatives.
On 17 Jul 1858, Daniel married ELIZA LOUCKS who was born in NY on 28
Dec 1834, the daughter of Daniel Loucks and Julia Ann Strader of Martinsburg.264 In
1860, Daniel and Eliza were living on a farm in Martinsburg. By that time, his sisters
were no longer living with him.265 They were still farming in Martinsburg in 1865 with
16 year old Oliver Whitford living with them.266 In 1870, Daniel and Eliza were living
253
Census, 1850, NY, St. Lawrence Co., Pierpont, p. 761/381. Roba Vandaburg & family.
Census, 1860, NY, St. Lawrence Co., Pierrepont, p. 492. James Vandeburgh & family.
255
St. Lawrence Co., NY deed 52A:603, 15 Nov 1856.
256
St. Lawrence Co., NY deed 64A:259, 29 Sep 1858.
257
Census, 1860, NY, St. Lawrence Co., Pierrepont, p. 492. James Vandeburgh & family.
258
St. Lawrence Co., NY deed 70C:37, 23 Feb 1864.
259
St. Lawrence Co., NY deed 77A:150, 17 Apr 1866.
260
Census, 1860, NY, St. Lawrence Co., Pierrepont, p. 492. James Vandeburgh & family.
261
Gravestone, West Martinsburg Cemetery, Lewis Co., NY.
262
Census, 1850, NY, St. Lawrence Co., Pirpont, p. 761/381. Roba Vandaburg & family; and Census,
1855, NY, Lewis Co., Martinsburg, no page #. Daniel Vanderburgh and sisters.
263
Census, 1855, NY, Lewis Co., Martinsburg, no page #. Daniel Vanderburgh and sisters.
264
"History of Lewis Co., NY," by Hough, 1883. Biography of Daniel Loucks.
265
Census, 1860, NY, Lewis Co., Martinsburg, P.O. Martinsburg, p. 97. Daniel Vanderhough & family.
266
Census, 1865, New York, Lewis Co., Martinsburgh, First Election District, p. 6. Daniel Vanderburgh
and family.
254
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on a farm in West Martinsburg.267 Daniel died on 27 May 1883 and is buried in the West
Martinsburg Cemetery.
In 1900 and 1910, Eliza was living alone on a farm in Martinsburg.268 She died
on 28 Mar 1915 and is buried with her husband. Daniel and Eliza had only two sons,
born in NY:269
i.
ii.
Delevan L., b. 26 Sep 1860. Living at home in 1860 and 1870. He
died on 11 Jun 1883 and is buried in the West Martinsburg
Cemetery.270
Lamoine C., b. 5 Jul 1866. Living at home in 1870. He died on
23 May 1884.271
XX. CHARLES7 VANDERBURG (James6, John W.5, William4, Henry3, Dirck2,
Lucas ), son of James Vanderburg and Roby Knight, was born about 1833 in Jefferson
Co., New York. In 1850, he is probably recorded in the census twice - once as living
with his mother in Pierrepont, St. Lawrence Co., NY272 and again as a farmer in the town
of Hammond with Howard [O?]ssin and family.273
On 29 Sep 1858, Charles purchased 55 acres of land in Pierrepont from his
brother, James and his wife, Direxa.274 On 23 Feb 1864 Charles sold his parcel back to
Direxa. By this time, Charles had relocated to California.275
1
XX. FREDERICK7 VANDERBURG (James6, John W.5, William4, Henry3,
Dirck2, Lucas1), son of James Vanderburg and Roby Knight, was born on 6 May 1836 in
Antwerp, Jefferson Co., NY.276 The next year he moved to Pierrepont, St. Lawrence Co.,
NY with his parents.277 He was living there with his mother in 1850.278 In 1860, he was
a single farmer living with the Gilbert E. Searles family on a farm in Lowville, Lewis
Co., NY.279
267
Census, 1870, NY, Lewis Co., West Martinsburg, P.O. West Martinsburg, p. 19/540. Daniel
Vanderburgh & family. [Note: They may have been living there in 1880 but most of the Martinsburg
census for that year is unreadable.]
268
Census, 1900, NY, Lewis Co., Martinsburg, ED 66, Sht 7. Eliza Vanderburg, living alone; and Census,
1910, NY, Lewis Co., Martinsburg, ED 89, Sht 4. Eliza Vandeburg, living alone.
269
1860, 1870, and 1900 census records.
270
Gravestone, West Martinsburg Cemetery, Lewis Co., NY.
271
Gravestone, West Martinsburg Cemetery, Lewis Co., NY.
272
Census, 1850, New York, St. Lawrence County, Pierpont, p. 761/381. Roba Vandaburg and family.
273
Census, 1850, New York, St. Lawrence County, Pierpont, 14 Aug 1850. Howard [O?]ssin and family.
Included: Van Deburg, Charles age 17, a farmer, b. in NY.
274
St. Lawrence Co., NY deed 64A:259, 29 Sep 1858.
275
St. Lawrence Co., NY deed 70C:37, 23 Feb 1864.
276
"History of St. Lawrence County, NY," by Gates Curtis. 1894. Part III, pp 208-209.
277
Census, 1840, NY, Lawrence Co., Pierpont, p. 246. James Vandenburgh and family.
278
Census, 1850, NY, St. Lawrence Co., Pierpont, p. 761/381. Roba Vandaburg and family.
279
Census, 1860, NY, Lewis Co., Lowville, p. 82. Gilbert E. Searls and family, including Frederick
Vanderburg, age 25.
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In Pierrepont, Frederick married, first, on 16 Apr 1863 CATHERINE E.
DANIELS. The marriage was performed by Rev. William Whitefield.280 Catherine was
born in Pierrepont around 1836. After their marriage they returned to Lewis County and
settled on a farm in Martinsburg next to Frederick's brother, Daniel. They were there in
1865 with 16 year old Luna Butts living with them.281 By 1870, they had relocated to
Pierrepont with a post office address of Ellsworth. Here, Frederick was a farmer with
real estate valued at $7,000 and personal assets worth $1,765.282 Catherine died in 1873
and is buried in the Pierrepont Hill Cemetery.283
Frederick married, second, probably around 1874, MARY JANE COON of
Pierrepont.284 She was probably the daughter of John and Dorcus Coon who was born
about 1846.285 Mary died on 11 Sep 1875 at the age of 29. She is buried in the
Pierrepont Hill Cemetery.286
Frederick married, third, on 17 Dec 1876, JOSEPHINE HIBBARD. This
marriage was also performed by Rev. Whitefield.287 Josephine was born in Vermont in
Apr 1859. Her parents were from Ireland and had settled in Pierrepont.288 Josephine was
17 and Frederick was 40 at the time of their marriage.
In the 1890s, Frederick’s farm in Pierrepont consisted of 230 acres and 24 cows.
He was a Democrat and as of 1894 had been a highway commissioner for four years.289
Frederick and his family were still living in Pierrepont in 1900.290 Frederick died on 23
Mar 1905. Josephine died in 1953. Both are buried in the Pierrepont Hill Cemetery.291
Children, all born in NY:292
i.
ii.
iii.
Children by Catherine Daniels
Flora, b. 11 Jul 1865, m. Leslie Lucius Lobdell.293
Catharine L. (Kittie), b. ca. 1868.294 On 18 Jun 1891, she
married Frank Thomas Rexford. She died on 30 May 1920 at
Pierrepont and is buried in the Pierrepont Hill Cemetery.295
Lucy Luella; b. 1869; d. at 2 years, 6 months, and 18 days; buried
in the Pierrepont Hill Cemetery.296
280
Card file found at the St. Lawrence Co., NY Historical Center, Canton, NY.
Census, 1865, NY, Lewis Co., Martinsburgh, First Election District, p. 6. Fred Vanderburgh and family.
282
Census, 1870, NY, St. Lawrence Co., Pierrepont, P.O. Ellsworth, p. 48/53. F. Vanderburgh and family.
283
Card file found at the St. Lawrence Co., NY Historical Center, Canton, NY.
284
"History of St. Lawrence County, NY," by Gates Curtis. 1894. Part III, pp 208-209.
285
Census, 1850, NY, St. Lawrence Co., Pierpont, p. 772/386. John Coon and family.
286
Card file found at the St. Lawrence Co., NY Historical Center, Canton, NY.
287
Card file found at the St. Lawrence Co., NY Historical Center, Canton, NY.
288
Census, 1900, NY, St. Lawrence Co., Pierrepont Town, ED 128, p. 5. Fred Vanderburg and family.
289
"History of St. Lawrence County, NY," by Gates Curtis. 1894. Part III, pp 208-209.
290
Census, 1900, NY, St. Lawrence Co., Pierrepont Town, ED 128, p. 5. Fred Vanderburg and family.
291
Card file found at the St. Lawrence Co., NY Historical Center, Canton, NY.
292
"History of St. Lawrence County, NY," by Gates Curtis. 1894. Part III, pp 208-209; and Census, 1900,
NY, St. Lawrence Co., Pierrepont Town, ED 128, p. 5. Fred Vanderburg and family.
293
Internet Query (Genforum) 8 Nov 2000, Jeanne LaFountain Pruett, jeanpru@juno.com.
294
Census, 1870, NY, St. Lawrence Co., Pierrepont, P.O. Ellsworth, p. 48/53. F. Vanderburgh and family.
295
Card file found at the St. Lawrence Co., NY Historical Center, Canton, NY.
296
Card file found at the St. Lawrence Co., NY Historical Center, Canton, NY.
281
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iv.
v.
vi.
vii.
viii.
Children by Josephine Hibbard
Ida or Ivy, b. Apr 1881. At home in 1900.
Julia, b. Apr 1883297 or 7 Aug 1882 at Pierrepont.298 At home
in 1900. She died on 11 Nov 1937 at Potsdam, NY and is buried
in the Pierrepont Hill Cemetery.299
Melita, b. Aug 1889. At home in 1900. She died in 1910 and is
buried in the Pierrepont Hill Cemetery.300
Fredrick F., b. Jan 1891. At home in 1900.
Charles H., b. Aug 1893. At home in 1900.
XX. JOHN SOUTHWORTH7 VANDERBURGH (Richard6, John W.5,
William4, Henry3, Dirck2, Lucas1), son of Richard Vanderburgh and Eunice Southworth,
was born in New York State in Feb 1825.301 At the age of five, he was living with his
parents in Alexandria, Jefferson Co., NY.302 After his father died in 1837, he was living
with his mother and stepfather, Joseph Hind, in Alexandria in 1840.303
John married on 1 Jan 1849, LUCRETIA SUITS, who was born in New York
State in Aug 1822. The marriage took place at Plessis in Jefferson County. The Rev.
S.B. Padden performed the wedding ceremony.304
In 1850, they were living at Hammond, St. Lawrence Co., NY.305 By 1860, John
and Lucretia had relocated back to Alexandria. Their post office address was Plessis.
John was a farmer with real estate valued at $7,000 and personal property worth
$1,625.306
"... [A]t the beginning of the [Civil] war, he was commissioned to raise a
company of one hundred and fifty men, of which he was made captain. This became a
part [Company "F"]of the Tenth New York Artillery, which was organized as light and
afterward changed to heavy artillery. Joining the main army at Cold Harbor, they went to
the attack on Petersburg, where they lay for two months, under daily fire. When Early
made his raid they were sent to Washington, and there joined Sheridan and were engaged
at Cedar Creek. Thence they guarded Winchester, going to Bermuda Hundred, the last of
297
Census, 1900, NY, St. Lawrence Co., Pierrepont Town, ED 128, p. 5. Fred Vanderburg and family.
Card file found at the St. Lawrence Co., NY Historical Center, Canton, NY.
299
Card file found at the St. Lawrence Co., NY Historical Center, Canton, NY.
300
Card file found at the St. Lawrence Co., NY Historical Center, Canton, NY.
301
Census, 1900, South Dakota, Beadle County, Huron - 3rd Ward, ED 14, p. 14. John S. Vanderberg and
wife; "Family Record of Charles Alden Wilson and Mary Elizabeth Rundlet," manuscript by Mary
Elizabeth (Rundlet) Wilson, 8 Aug 1900. Pages 54-55; and "Memorial and biographical record; an
illustrated compendium of biography, containing a compendium of local biography, including biographical
sketches of prominent old settlers and representative citizens of South Dakota..." Published by G. A. Ogle
& Co., Chicago, 1899. Page 245. This says that John S. Vanderburgh was " born in Jefferson County,
New York, February 5, 1826."
302
Census, 1830, NY, Jefferson Co., Alexandria, p. 231. Richard Vandburgh and family.
303
Census, 1840, NY Jefferson Co., Alexandria, p. 94/692. Joseph Hind and family.
304
Civil War Pension Record - Vanderburgh, John S.; Widow - Lucretia Vanderburgh; Capt, F 10 NY H.
A.; 15 Jan 1880, invalid, 337,455 233,929 SD; 25 Mar 1901, widow, 737,813 516,996 SD.
305
Census, 1850, New York, St. Lawrence County, Hammond, p. 10. John and Crithy Vanderburgh.
306
Census, 1860, New York, Jefferson County, Alexandria, P.O. Plessis, p 112/837-8. John S. Vanderburg
and family.
298
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1864, and finally, upon the evacuation of Petersburg, they were engaged in provost
duty."307
John served from 11 Sep 1862 until his discharge on 23 Jun 1865.308 After the
war, John returned to Plessis where, in 1870, he was a dry goods merchant with real
estate valued at $13,300 and personal assets of $8,406.309 John and his family were
probably still in Plessis in 1876 when their daughter died.310 In June 1880, John and
Lucretia were living in the town of Theresa in Jefferson County, where John was still
selling dry goods. At that time they were living next door to their son, Preston.311
John and Lucretia subsequently moved to South Dakota, in "1881 locating on land
in Beadle county, in Theresa township, which was named by him."312 From here, John
filed for a Civil War pension.313 In 1890, they were still residing in Huron, Beadle Co.,
SD where John was collecting a disability pension for malarial poisoning contracted
during the Civil War.314
In 1900, John age 75, and Lucretia age 78, were still living in Huron where they
resided at 638 Nebraska St. At this time, John was a Justice of the Peace.315
John revisited his relatives in Jefferson Co., NY in Aug 1900 when he attended
the 50th wedding anniversary of his sister, Mary Ann.316
John died on 5 Feb 1901 at Huron. Lucretia died there on 18 Nov 1908.317
Children:
+
i.
ii.
Preston K., b. 9 Nov 1850, m. ca. 1872 Carry ______.
Sarah A., b. ca. 1853, d. 14 Aug 1876 at age 23, bur. in Plessis
Cemetery, Jefferson Co., NY next to her grandfather, Richard
307
"Memorial and biographical record; an illustrated compendium of biography, containing a compendium
of local biography, including biographical sketches of prominent old settlers and representative citizens of
South Dakota..." Published by G. A. Ogle & Co., Chicago, 1899. Page 245.
308
Civil War Pension Record - Vanderburgh, John S.; Widow - Lucretia Vanderburgh; Capt, F 10 NY H.
A.; 15 Jan 1880, invalid, 337,455 233,929 SD; 25 Mar 1901, widow, 737,813 516,996 SD; and Veterans’
Census, 1890, SD, Beadle Co., Huron, Jun 1890, ED 22, p. 1. John S. Vanderburgh.
309
Census, 1870, New York, Jefferson County, Alexandria, P.O. Plessis, p 42. John Vandenburgh and
family.
310
Plessis, NY Cemetery Inscription: Sarah Vanderburgh, died 14 Aug 1876, age 23, dau. of J.S. & L.
Vanderburgh.
311
Census, 1880, New York, Jefferson County, Theresa, ED 144, p. 156. John and Lucretia Vanderburgh.
312
"Memorial and biographical record; an illustrated compendium of biography, containing a compendium
of local biography, including biographical sketches of prominent old settlers and representative citizens of
South Dakota..." Published by G. A. Ogle & Co., Chicago, 1899. Page 245.
313
Civil War Pension Record - Vanderburgh, John S.; Widow - Lucretia Vanderburgh; Capt, F 10 NY H.
A.; 15 Jan 1880, invalid, 337,455 233,929 SD; 25 Mar 1901, widow, 737,813 516,996 SD.
314
Veterans’ Census, 1890, SD, Beadle Co., Huron, ED 22, p. 1, Jun 1890, M123-94. John S. Vanderburgh
of Huron, SD.
315
Census, 1900, South Dakota, Beadle County, Huron, 3rd Ward, ED 14, p. 14. John S. Vanderberg and
wife.
316
Newspaper - "Watertown Daily Times," Alexandria Bay, Jefferson Co., NY 10 Aug 1900. "A Golden
Wedding Feast;" and "Family Record of Charles Alden Wilson and Mary Elizabeth Rundlet," manuscript
by Mary Elizabeth (Rundlet) Wilson, 8 Aug 1900. Pages 150-7.
317
Civil War Pension Record - Vanderburgh, John S.; Widow - Lucretia Vanderburgh; Capt, F 10 NY H.
A.; 15 Jan 1880, invalid, 337,455 233,929 SD; 25 Mar 1901, widow, 737,813 516,996 SD. [Note Called the town clerk, 605-352-6791, in Huron, Beadle Co., SD; and the Beadle County Registry of Deeds,
605-352-3168. Neither have death records before 1905. The registry of deeds records start in 1905.]
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Vanderburgh.318
XX. MARY ANN7 VANDERBURGH (Richard6, John W.5, William4, Henry3,
Dirck2, Lucas1), daughter of Richard Vanderburgh and Eunice Southworth, was born in
New York State on 20 May 1827.319 In 1850, she was living in Jefferson Co., NY where
she was either residing in Rutland with Henry Cross and family,320 or in Alexandria with
Joseph Hind and her mother.321
On 8 Jan 1851, she married JOSEPH WILLIAM RUNDLET, born in 1825, the
son of Charles Rundlet and Polly Newman.322 The Rev. J. Fletcher Brown a Methodist
Episcopal Minister performed the wedding ceremony in the old Vanderburgh home.323
After their marriage, they lived in South Hammond, St. Lawrence Co., NY where
they had purchased a small farm. They occupied this farm for about eight years. Then
they sold it and returned to Alexandria Bay in Jefferson County where they made their
permanent home.324 Both joined the Plessis Presbyterian Church in 1860.325 In 1870,
they were living in the town of Alexandria, Jefferson Co., NY with a post office address
of Alexandria Bay. Here, Joseph was a farmer with real estate valued at $3,780 and
personal assets of $2,570.326 In 1880, they were still farming in the town of
Alexandria,327 as well as in 1900.328
On 8 Aug 1900, Mary Ann and Joseph celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.
The celebration occurred five months before their true anniversary so that visitors from
afar could make the journey in the Summer as opposed to January. Mary Ann’s brother,
John S. Vanderburgh, came from South Dakota. Others came from Iowa and Michigan.
Many attendees had been present at the wedding 50 years ago.329
318
Plessis, NY Cemetery Gravestones.
Census, 1900, NY, Jefferson Co., Alexandria, ED 4, Sht 4, p 55. Joseph W. Rundlet & family; and
"Family Record of Charles Alden Wilson and Mary Elizabeth Rundlet," manuscript by Mary Elizabeth
(Rundlet) Wilson, 8 Aug 1900. Pages 54-59.
320
Census, 1850, NY, Jefferson Co., Rutland, 10 Aug 1850, p 467. Henry Cross & family.
321
Census, 1850, NY, Jefferson Co., Alexandria, 17 Jul 1850, p 4. Joseph Hinds & family. [Note: This
family included - Mary Ann Vanderburgh, age 23, and Angeline Vanderburgh, age 19. The census cited in
Source #2 also included: "Mary A. Vanderburgh, age 23, b. NY. This is probably a duplicate enumeration
of Mary Ann.]
322
"Family Record of Charles Alden Wilson and Mary Elizabeth Rundlet," manuscript by Mary Elizabeth
(Rundlet) Wilson, 8 Aug 1900. Pages 58-59; and Census, 1900, NY, Jefferson Co., Alexandria, ED 4, Sht
4, p. 55. Joseph W. Rundlet & family.
323
"Family Record of Charles Alden Wilson and Mary Elizabeth Rundlet," manuscript by Mary Elizabeth
(Rundlet) Wilson, 8 Aug 1900. Page 153.
324
"Family Record of Charles Alden Wilson and Mary Elizabeth Rundlet," manuscript by Mary Elizabeth
(Rundlet) Wilson, 8 Aug 1900. Page 154.
325
"Family Record of Charles Alden Wilson and Mary Elizabeth Rundlet," manuscript by Mary Elizabeth
(Rundlet) Wilson, 8 Aug 1900. Pages 58-59.
326
Census, 1870, NY, Jefferson Co., town of Alexandria, P.O. Alxandria Bay, pp. 36-7. Joseph Rundlet &
family.
327
Census, 1880, NY, Jefferson Co., Alexandria, p. 18. Wm J. Rundlet & family.
328
Census, 1900, NY, Jefferson Co., Alexandria, ED 4, Sht 4, p. 55. Joseph W. Rundlet & family.
329
"Family Record of Charles Alden Wilson and Mary Elizabeth Rundlet," manuscript by Mary Elizabeth
(Rundlet) Wilson, 8 Aug 1900. Pages 150-157; and Newspaper - "Watertown Daily Times," Alexandria
Bay, Jefferson Co., NY 10 Aug 1900. "A Golden Wedding Feast."
319
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Mary Ann died on 25 Aug 1908 and Joseph on 18 Aug 1913.330 Both are buried
in the Plessis Cemetery, Alexandria.331 Children:332
i.
(RUNDLET surname)
Ella Marian; b. 19 Nov 1851 at Hammond, St. Lawrence Co., NY;
m. 7 Jan 1873 Abner Halsey McOmber at Plessis, NY; d. 21 May
1938. Children:
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
ii.
Harriet Susan; b. 11 Sep 1854 at Hammond, St. Lawrence Co.,
NY; m. 19 Sep 1883 John Henry Ash at Arbela, Tuscola Co., MI.
Children:
i.
ii.
iii.
(MCOMBER surname)
Malcom Eugene, b. 28 Dec 1879, m. 4 Jan 1907
Hazel Miller.
Myron Hermon; b. 7 Jul 1885 at Depauville, NY;
m. 4 Jan 1907 Amelia Frances Waring at Florence,
WI.
Alton Henry, b. 6 Apr 1890, m. 12 Dec 1921 Helen
Margaret Anderson at South Boston, MA.
Florence Ruth; b. 3 Oct 1893 at Depauville, NY;
m. 12 Jan 1916 Joel Earl Halliday at Lowville,
NY. Joel was b. 12 Feb 1892 at Clayton, NY.
(ASH surname)
Hugh; b. 27 Oct 1887 at Arbela, MI; d. 8 Jul 1905.
Esther; b. 24 Oct 1895 at Arbela, MI; m. 8 May
1918 Floyd Melvin Brand at Flint, MI. Floyd was
b. 4 Feb 1896 at Wood Co., OH.
John Theadore, b. 24 Jan 1857 at Hammond, St. Lawrence Co.,
NY. A farm laborer at home in 1870. He m.(1) 27 Aug 1880
Mary Jane Rapple in IA. John m.(2) 4 May 1927 or 1937 Anna
Metland Budd who was b. 28 Aug 1872. Child by Mary Jane
Rapple:
i.
(RUNDLET surname)
Robert William, b. 23 Apr 1882, m. 23 Dec 1908
Erma Lucile Pugh at Ashland, WI.
330
"Family Record of Charles Alden Wilson and Mary Elizabeth Rundlet," manuscript by Mary Elizabeth
(Rundlet) Wilson, 8 Aug 1900. Pages 58-59.
331
Plessis Cemetery tombstone inscription, Plessis, Alexandria, Jefferson Co., NY; and "Family Record of
Charles Alden Wilson and Mary Elizabeth Rundlet," manuscript by Mary Elizabeth (Rundlet) Wilson, 8
Aug 1900. Pages 58-59.
332
Compiled from census records; and "Family Record of Charles Alden Wilson and Mary Elizabeth
Rundlet," manuscript by Mary Elizabeth (Rundlet) Wilson, 8 Aug 1900. Pages 58-59.
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iv.
+
v.
vi.
vii.
Abby May, b. 25 May 1861 at Alexandria, Jefferson Co., NY. At
home in 1870-1900. She m. 5 Apr 1928 Truman Smith Rowell at
Philadelphia, NY.
Mary Elizabeth, b. 6 Apr 1863, m. 25 Sep 1888 Charles Alden
Wilson.
George Arthur, b. 29 Jul 1866 at Alexandria Bay, NY. At home in
1870 & 1880. He m. 14 Jun 1893 Alverda Jones at Winterset, IA.
Bennie Delay, b. 7 Mar 1871. He d. 19 Dec 1890 at Alexandria
Bay and is buried with his parents in the Plessis Cemetery.
According to the 1880 census, he was "idiotic."
XX. ANGELINE MAHALA7 VANDERBURGH (Richard6, John W.5,
William4, Henry3, Dirck2, Lucas1), daughter of Richard Vanderburgh and Eunice
Southworth, was born in Jefferson Co., NY in Oct 1831.333 In 1850, she is recorded
twice in the census; living in Alexandria, Jefferson County, where as "Angeline," she was
either residing with her mother and step father334 or as "Mahala," living with the William
Newman family who lived next door.335
Angeline married around 1856 EPHRAIM WEMPLE. Ephraim was born in
New York in Jul 1833.336 By 1890, they had relocated to Huron, Beadle Co., SD where
Ephraim was a census enumerator that year.337
In 1900, Ephraim and Angeline were living in Theresa Township in Beadle
County where Ephraim was a farmer. Living with them was their 18 year old grandson,
Richard Claxton, who was born in New York in Oct 1881.338 Angeline died on 29 Dec
1904 in Huron.339 Her husband and grandson were still farming in Theresa, SD in
1910.340 Children:341
i.
(WEMPLE surname)
Ada E., b. May 1858 in NY. At age 42 in 1900, she was an
unmarried school teacher living with her parents in Theresa, SD.
333
Census, 1900, SD, Beadle Co., Theresa Township, ED 16, Sht 4, 25 Jun 1900. Ephram Whipple [sic]
and family.
334
Census, 1850, NY, Jefferson Co., Alexandria, p. 4. Joseph & Eunice Hinds and family.
335
Census, 1850, NY, Jefferson Co., Alexandria, p. 4. William Newman and family.
336
Census, 1900, SD, Beadle Co., Theresa Township, ED 16, Sht 4, 25 Jun 1900. Ephram Whipple [sic]
and family.
337
Census, 1890, South Dakota, Beadle County, Huron, ED 22, p. 1, Enumerator - Ephraim H. Wemple,
Jun 1890, M123-94.
338
Census, 1900, SD, Beadle Co., Theresa Township, ED 16, Sht 4, 25 Jun 1900. Ephram Whipple [sic]
and family.
339
"Family Record of Charles Alden Wilson and Mary Elizabeth Rundlet," manuscript by Mary Elizabeth
(Rundlet) Wilson, 8 Aug 1900 and the accompanying typewritten summary: "The Richard Vanderburgh
Family," page 1.
340
Census, 1910, SD, Beadle Co., Theresa Township, ED 16, Sht 1, 15 Apr 1910. Ephram Wepmle and
family.
341
Census, 1900, SD, Beadle Co., Theresa Township, ED 16, Sht 4, 25 Jun 1900. Ephram Whipple [sic]
and family; and Census, 1910, SD, Beadle Co., Theresa Township, ED 16, Sht 1, 15 Apr 1910. Ephram
Wepmle and family.
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"She took up a homestead and worked so hard that her mind
became effected [sic] and had to be put into a state hospital,
where she died.342
ii.
daughter, m. pre 1881 in NY, ______ Claxton, d. prior to 1900.
Child:
i.
iii.
(CLAXTON surname)
Richard, b. Oct 1881 in NY. In 1900 and 1910, he
lived with his grandparents in South Dakota. He
m. Hilda Olson of Yankton, SD.343
child, b. and d. prior to 1900.
XX. MARY7 VANDERBURGH (John6-5, William4, Henry3, Dirck2, Lucas1),
daughter of John Vanderburgh and Mary Ann McLaughlin, was born about 1829 in
Wayne County, New York. She married JAMES GREEN, son of Nathan Green and
Mary A. Johnson. They lived at Huron in Wayne County. James died on 22 Mar 1896 at
the age of 67 years, 5 months, and 24 days. Mary died on 18 Sep 1902 at the age of 72
years. Both are buried in Huron. Children:
i.
ii.
(GREEN surname)
James, Jr., b. ca. 1855 in NY State. Unmarried in 1880 and living
at home. No descendants.
Lodema, b. ca. 1864. At home in 1880. She married Frank Abbott
and had a son, Clayton who lived at Walcott, NY.344
XX. ELEANOR7 VANDERBURGH (John6-5, William4, Henry3, Dirck2,
Lucas1), daughter of John Vanderburgh and Mary Ann McLaughlin, was born about 1832
in Huron, Wayne County, New York. She married, probably in Michigan, J. MCCABE.
J. McCabe supposedly became insane and was confined for many years because he was
violent. Child:
i.
(MCCABE surname)
Son, lived in Everett, WA.345
342
"Family Record of Charles Alden Wilson and Mary Elizabeth Rundlet," manuscript by Mary Elizabeth
(Rundlet) Wilson, 8 Aug 1900 and the accompanying typewritten summary: "The Richard Vanderburgh
Family," page 2.
343
"Family Record of Charles Alden Wilson and Mary Elizabeth Rundlet," manuscript by Mary Elizabeth
(Rundlet) Wilson, 8 Aug 1900 and the accompanying typewritten summary: "The Richard Vanderburgh
Family," page 3.
344
Compiled from:
a. Data compiled by Berenice Vanderburg, 101 James St., Dowagiac, MI 49047.
b. Census, 1880, NY, Wayne Co., Huron, family #358. James Green and family.
345
Data compiled by Berenice Vanderburg, 101 James St., Dowagiac, MI 49047.
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XX. JAMES MASON7 VANDERBURG (John6-5, William4, Henry3, Dirck2,
Lucas ), son of John Vanderburgh and Mary Ann McLaughlin, was born about 1834. He
married, first, MARY ______. He married, second, MARY ______.
John dropped the "h" from his last name and lived for a time in Charlotte, MI. He
is buried in Benton Harbor, MI. Children:
1
i.
ii.
Leland
Della.346
XX. MARTIN7 VANDERBURGH (John6-5, William4, Henry3, Dirck2, Lucas1),
son of John Vanderburgh and Mary Ann McLaughlin, was born about 1837 in Huron,
Wayne County, New York.
Martin served in the Civil War in Company "S" of the 2nd Regiment of New
York Heavy Artillery and Company "A" of the 9th Regiment of New York Heavy
Artillery. After the war, he married AGNES AKIN and permanently settled in
Michigan. Martin died on 15 Nov 1871 and is buried at Watervliet, Berrien Co., MI.
After Martin's death, Agnes married, second, Benjamin Heffner, a German
widower and neighbor. Martin and Agnes had a least one child:
+
i.
John Martin, b. ca. 1870, m. 1890s Ella Summerill.347
XX. MARGARET7 VANDERBURGH (John6-5, William4, Henry3, Dirck2,
Lucas1), daughter of John Vanderburgh and Mary Ann McLaughlin) was born about
1839 in Wayne County, New York. She married, probably in Berrien CO., MI. She had
two husbands, one of whom was ______ WHITNEY. She probably died prior to 1877
since she is not mentioned as an heir in the settlement of her mother's estate.348
XX. JAMES7 VANDERBURGH (John6-5, William4, Henry3, Dirck2, Lucas1),
son of John Vanderburgh and Mary Ann McLaughlin, was born about 1841 in Wayne
County, New York. He served in the Civil War in Company "A" of the 9th Regiment of
New York Heavy Artillery and returned to farm in Wayne County after the war. Here, he
married, JANE A. (PERSONS) WHITING, who was born in 1841 in Massachusetts,
and died in 1905. Jane had been previously married and had a daughter, Martha E.
Whiting, born about 1863, who was living with her mother and step-father in Huron in
346
Data compiled by Berenice Vanderburg, 101 James St., Dowagiac, MI 49047.
Compiled from:
a. Civil War Pension Record. Vanderburgh, Martin; Widow - Agnes Heffner; Minor - John
Vanderburgh; S 2 NY H.A.// A 9 NY H.A.; 7 Jan 1889, widow, 387,369 336,681 Michigan; 15 Aug 1892,
minor, 558,948 359,034 Michigan.
b. Data compiled by Berenice Vanderburg, 101 James St., Dowagiac, MI 49047.
348
Data compiled by Berenice Vanderburg, 101 James St., Dowagiac, MI 49047.
347
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1870, 1875 and 1880. James died in 1910. He and his wife are buried in Evergreen
Cemetery, Huron, Wayne Co., NY. Children, all born in Wayne Co., NY:
i.
ii.
iii.
Carrie Eleanor, b. ca. 1867, living at home in 1870 and 1880. She
married ______ Harper.[2]
James, Jr., b. 1871, m. May ______, d. 1931, buried Evergreen
Cemetery, Huron, Wayne Co., NY. No children. May survived
her husband and lived at Wolcott, Wayne Co., NY.
Bert H.; b. 1877; m. Ida B. ______, b. 1874, d. 1923; d. 1925. Bert
and Ida are buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Huron, Wayne Co.,
NY. No children.349
XX. JANE7 VANDERBURGH (John6-5, William4, Henry3, Dirck2, Lucas1),
daughter of John Vanderburgh and Mary Ann McLaughlin, was born about 1843 in
Wayne County, New York. She married ______ MANLEY, probably in Berrien Co.,
MI.350
XX. SILAS7 VANDERBURGH (John6-5, William4, Henry3, Dirck2, Lucas1), son
of John Vanderburgh and Mary Ann McLaughlin, was born about 1845 in Wayne
County, New York. He was married, lived in Michigan and had no children.351
XX. LOUIS FERDINAND7 VANDERBURGH (John Bradley6, James5,
William4, Henry3, Dirck2, Lucas1), son of John Bradley Vanderburgh and Catherine
Weld, was born in 1855. In 1899, he married, first, MARGARET GEDDES MORRIS,
born on 20 Mar 1881 in Methuen, MA, the daughter of James P. Morris and Agnes
LaMontaine..
Louis was a bookkeeper/accountant and at one time occupied office space with
his brother, Harry at 50 Church St. in New York City. In addition to living in New York
City, Louis lived at Rochester, NY; Hackensack, NJ; and the Boston, MA area.
After the death of his wife, Margaret, on 28 Apr 1915, Louis gave indefinite
custody of his children (ages 4-14), along with a financial support agreement, to his
wife's sister, Jessie A. Rolfe of Lowell, MA. In 1918, Louis married, second, GLADYS
349
Compiled from:
a. Civil War Pension Record. Vanderburg, James; A 9 NY H.A.; 27 Jan 1892, invalid, 1,088,023
843,201 NY.
b. Census, 1870, NY, Wayne Co., Huron, 28 Jun 1870, p 9/172. James Vandenburg and family.
c. Census, 1875, NY, Wayne Co., Huron, 3 Jun 1875, p 6. James Vanderberg and family.
d. Census, 1880, NY, Wayne Co., Huron Town, 23 Jun 1880, ED 177, Sht 35, p 159. James
Vanderburg and family.
f. Data compiled by Berenice Vanderburg, 101 James St., Dowagiac, MI 49047.
g. E-mail from Marcia Benton, gdb1754@aol.com, in Mar or Apr 99. Maiden name of Jane A.
(Persons) Whiting.
350
Data compiled by Berenice Vanderburg, 101 James St., Dowagiac, MI 49047.
351
Data compiled by Berenice Vanderburg, 101 James St., Dowagiac, MI 49047.
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PARKS of New York City, and returned to live in Massachusetts. This same year, Louis
petitioned for the return of his children from the custody of Jessie Rolfe. His request was
denied and guardianship of the children was retained by her.
Louis died on 31 Jan 1920 and was buried at Hackensack, NJ. Children:
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
Geraldine Geddes, b. 1900, unmarried, d. 1988. She
graduated from Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA
and was a registered nurse who later became a nurse
anesthetist. She served in that capacity until her
retirement in 1967.
Lester B., living in 1992.
Vivian Weld, b. 1902, d. suddenly on 23 Jul 1916 at
the age of 14 years.
Warren Morris, b. 1908, m. 1942 Edna Tosi, d. 1983.
Warren graduated from Northeastern University in
1941 with and L.L.B. degree. After 30 years service
in the US Army, he retired in 1963. Most notable
among his Army assignments was his membership in the
War Crimes Tribunal at Dachau, Germany in 1946
participating in the trial of Nazi war criminals.
Arnott Knowles, b. 1910. Living in California in 1992.352
XX. HERMAN7 VANDERBURGH (John Bradley6, James5, William4, Henry3,
Dirck2, Lucas1), son of John Bradley Vanderburgh and Catherine Weld, was born in Jul
1864. In 1900, he was unmarried and worked as an office clerk in New York City. At
that time, he resided with his mother. Herman married soon after 1900 and probably
lived in Rochester, NY thereafter. Children:
i.
Richard Knowles, was married and died in 1972. Children:
i.
ii.
iii.
ii.
Kenneth, living at Spokane, WA in 1992.
(daughter)
(daughter)
Donald, was married, and died prior to 1991. Four children.353
352
Compiled from:
a. Correspondence - 10 Jul 1989 letter from Mrs. George (Betsey) Keliher, 1335 Avenida de
Cortez, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272. (Data on children supplied to her by Arnott Knowles VanderBurgh, a
descendant of John Bradley Vanderburgh.)
b. Correspondence - 22 Jan 90, 2 Apr 1991, and 7 Jan 1992 from Arnott K. VanderBurgh to
William Powers. Also telephone conversation on 7 Apr 1991.
c. "Families Are Forever, The Vanderburgh Story," by Arnott K. VanderBurgh; privately
published (25 copies). 1991.
353
Compiled from:
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a. Correspondence - 10 Jul 1989 letter from Mrs. George (Betsey) Keliher, 1335 Avenida de
Cortez, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272. (Data on children supplied to her by Arnott Knowles VanderBurgh, a
descendant of John Bradley Vanderburgh.)
b. Correspondence - 22 Jan 90, 2 Apr 1991, and 7 Jan 1992 from Arnott K. VanderBurgh to
William Powers. Also telephone conversation on 7 Apr 1991.
c. "Families Are Forever, The Vanderburgh Story," by Arnott K. VanderBurgh; privately
published (25 copies). 1991.
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