Daniel T. Nelings

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Lisaperryjd

Daniel T Nelings was the brother of William and James, who fought in the Civil War. D.T. married Elmina Osborne in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin (Isn’t that “Prairie Dog, WI?).

Mysteries:

  • They both still lived in Iowa at the time, so I am guessing (without looking at my notes) that they were underage or, less likely, her family was back there.  Her family being from WI is not as likely because the witnesses to the marriage were not Osbornes. Could be her married sister.
  • Springfield IA is a long way from where the rest of the family was, in northern Iowa Clayton County.
  • The date is smudged or erased. Perhaps a baby on the way?

Anyway, D.T. and his family eventually moved to South Dakota, near Huron, and filed a homestead claim with the federal government. Two of D.T.’s daughters married Thomas B. Tyrrell and Thomas Tyrrell, Jr. (father and son). Thomas Jr is my great-grandfather.

Nelings Osborne marriage Wisconsin

Daniel T Nelings and Elmina Osborne

homestead land Nelings South Dakota

Homestead filing of D.T. Nelings


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Jessie Annette Jack Hooper

Posted on November 20, 2010 by Lisaperryjd
Jessie Jack Hooper dau Mary Nelings

Jessie Jack Hooper

Born 1865 in Iowa, died May 8, 1935.

Jessie Jack was the daughter of David Hayes Jack and Mary Elizabeth Nelings. David Hayes Jack, picture below, mustered into a unit from Iowa in the Civil War. When he returned to Iowa, he married Mary Nelings, second great grand aunt of the author.

David Jack, c. 1860

Jessie married Ben Hooper, and as best related by the Oshkosh WI paper:

Suffragist moves to town

Jessie Annette Jack, a native of Iowa, came to Oshkosh in 1881 when she married attorney Ben Hooper. It was not long after that she became involved in the suffragist movement. And in 1920, she founded the Wisconsin League of Women Voters. Even though she did not belong to a political party, she was nominated (and defeated) as a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1922. An advocate for peace and a local leader in World War I war work, she founded the National Conference on the Cause and Cure of War and was a representative at the Geneva Disarmament Conference in 1932.
Oshkosh Northwestern, Posted Mar. 30, 2003

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Edward B. Cheney

Posted on November 20, 2010 by Lisaperryjd

Edward B. Cheney, son of Hale and Sarah Cheney, grandson of Edward and Elizabeth Cheney and great-grandson of Edward and Abigail Cheney. Brandon Vermont.

Edward B. Cheney tombstone Brandon Vermont

Edward B. Cheney Brandon VT

Edward B Cheney and Betsey Cheney

Edward and Betsey Cheney

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Edward Cheney of Brandon Vermont

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Lisaperryjd

Edward Cheney (1752-1813) lived in Brandon, Rutland County, Vermont. He and his wife, Abigail Hale (1752-1841) had at least seven children, listed in the probate 1 file below.

One son, Ephraim and his wife Dorcas had at least two sons, Abratha Cheney (listed in probate 1 file of property division) and Ephraim Junior. Abratha (1796-) and Mercy McDonald had a number of children including Hannibal Cheney (1832-1912). Hannibal and Susan’s daughter, Abigail, married Alexander Wallace Perry on 1897 in Mankato, Minnesota.

Key facts: Edward died insolvent. Creditors had 6 months to file claims against the estate and the notice of this was to be posted in Rutland newspapers and in prominent public locations, the traditional courthouse door.

In the inventory, among others:

  • 14 barrels of “cyder”
  • clock and case
  • 200# salt pork
  • 1 speckled heifer
  • 1 spinning wheel
  • square and compass
  • 1 velvet vest

Amazing the detail the inventory goes into and the valuation. Can you imagine having that detailed an inventory when people die now, with all the stuff?

edward cheney probate inventory

edward cheney probate pt 1 (real property)

edward cheney probate pt 2 (widow’s dower)

edward cheney probate pt3

edward cheney probate pt 4

edward cheney probate pt 5

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James Samuel Perry

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Lisaperryjd

James Samuel Perry, aka James S. and Samuel, is as far back as we can trace the Perrys. He is my great-great-great grandfather.

According to the family bible, James was born in Middletown Springs, Vermont in 1819. He married Lydia Smith (from Canada, Maine, or England, depending on the source) in Illinois where their first son Charles, was born. There is no hard evidence on his parents or siblings, although a John Perry redeemed James’ mortgage in Winnebago MN in 1869.

The difficulty lies after 1870. There is no James Perry in the Minnesota or US Census (or at least not the “right” James Perry) for 1870 and 1875. Some of the kids are living with neighbors in Rapidan, Blue Earth County and Mapleton. There is no James Perry located near the rest of the family after 1869. Some evidence suggests he might have moved back to Vermont, but since James Perry was a pretty common name there is no way of verifying it is the same person.

That is brick wall number one.

Here are pictures of two Perry babies, buried just north of Winnebago MN. The family had no idea that James Perry and family lived in southern Minnesota until I moved to Mankato and started doing much more local, primary sources, research. I was driving through Winnebago, saw the cemetery, and pulled over. I “just knew” I would find something here and I did.

Perry children, Winnebago MN

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William H. Nelings Civil War Pension

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Lisaperryjd

William H Nelings came with his family from Pennsylvania, Lower Oxford area, to Iowa in the mid 1800s. They settled in Clayton County, around National. William enlisted with his brother James and a likely cousin Daniel A. Nelings (later spelled Neelings) and fought for the Union. Like many veterans, he applied for a pension based on his injuries received during the war. Compared to Daniel and James, he was lucky. Daniel suffered heat stroke and likely PTSD and was committed to a hospital for the insane twice and James was killed by typhoid fever after being sent to Minnesota to help deliver food after the Sioux Uprising. More on Daniel and James in later posts.

Until I can figure out how to post thumbnails of pdfs and doc files, here are the links. The first 2 links are pdfs of the actual filings. The links below Pension 1 and 2 are transcriptions.

wh nelings pension pt 1

wh nelings pension pt 2

WHNelingsinvalidclaim

whnelingsdep

whnelingsaffidavit1888

whnelingsafffeb1888

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Statement of Purpose

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Lisaperryjd

After doing genealogy on my family, and finding documents for other names not part of my immediate family, I have decided to start posting some of the primary sources.

Key names for my research:

  • PERRY
  • JARVI
  • OJANPERA
  • NELINGS/NEILINGS/NEELINGS
  • TYRRELL/TIRRELL
  • CHENEY/CHEENEY

Key places:

  • Minnesota
  • South Dakota
  • Iowa
  • Pennsylvania
  • Vermont
  • California
  • North Dakota
  • Wisconsin
  • Illinois
  • Finland
  • England (Lincolnshire)

If you want to use, download, or link to these docs, here are the terms and conditions:

  1. You must provide the documents free of charge on your website or server. This means no posting on Ancestry or other paid sites. As great as Ancestry is, they charge money because they purchase or hire people to get the documents they provide (and make a profit). I do not charge a fee to cover my expenses incurred so you must not, either.
  2. You must provide a permanent link to this blog and the page found, or provide another type of source citation.
  3. If you have corrections to the sources, have information to share, or wish to post questions and suggestions be my guest!
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