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Charles
Padgett (Robert, Susanna) was born about 1819 in Chenango County, New York NE29, NE30, UN10, about 1820 in New York UN11, UN12, UN13, or February 1820 in New York UN14.
According to his age at the time of his death indicated on his death
certificate, he was born on February 22, 1820 in New York to parents Robert
Padgett and Susanne Shapley. He married Mary Wilbur circa 1842 UN14. Charles was probably related to William Padgett, who was born
about 1812 in New York, and at the time of the 1880 US Census, lived with the
family of George and Elizabeth A. Japhet in Oxford, Chenango County, New York UN13. In that census, William stated that
his parents were born in England UN13.
At the time of the
1850 census, the small family of James and Rebbecca
Prouty lived in the Padgett household. The 1850 non-population agricultural
census for Oxford, Chenango County, New York stated that he owned thirty acres
of improved land, sixty acres of unimproved land, two horses, four milk cows,
two working oxen, and four “other” cattle. Annals of Oxford, New York with
Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of some of its
Prominent Men and Early Pioneers, by Henry J. Galpin, recounted a storm which
affected the Padgett family GA2:
On Saturday evening, September 17, 1853, a
thunderstorm broke upon this part of the Chenango valley. The rain commenced
falling at 10 o’clock and poured without cessation until 3 A.M. Sunday morning
the river was raised over its banks and swept along, a turbid flood at average high water mark. A good many crops
of corn on the low flats were flooded or carried off… The Padgett brook swept
off Charles Padgett’s dam and sawmill, four bridges, as well as crops and
fences.
Charles enlisted as
a private in the Union army on August 29, 1862, and then mustered in Company K
of New York’s 10th Cavalry Regiment in Elmira, New York on
October 29, 1862 US6,
AM3, AM2. He deserted
on February 10, 1863 from a hospital at Washington, D.C. US6, AM3, AN13. An eighteen-year-old man, John Padgett,
also mustered to Company K on the same day as Charles, also deserted from the
hospital in Washington, D.C. on February 10 AN13.
This John Padgett may have been his son, for he did have a son about that age
named John. It might be surmised that at least one of these Padgett men were
injured, and the other assisted the wounded man back home. During his service,
Charles may have fought on
November 12, 1862 at Ellis Ford, Virginia, if his mounted unit was able to
reach this destination in a time span of less than two weeks, and if his
company had completed their training AM2.
The Tenth Cavalry, also known as the Porter Guard, did fight at Ellis Ford on
that date, but the first eight companies mustered one year before companies I,
K, and L, and as such, were likely already in position AM2. Other dates and locations in which
Charles may have fought were on November 16, 1862 at U.S. Ford and Rappahannock
River in Virginia, on November 20, 1862, on December 12, 1862 at Dumfries,
Virginia, and again at Dumfries on December 19, 1862 AM2.
The 1870
non-population agricultural census stated that Charles owned twenty-five
improved acres, ten woodland acres and five “other” acres. He owned two horses,
four milk cows, two cattle, five sheep, and one pig. The 1880 agricultural
census reported that he owned thirty improved acres, eight acres of pasture or
orchards, two acres of woodland, one milk cow, and three calves. The 1900
census listed Charles and Mary in separate states: Charles’ residence was with
his son, John W., and although Charles stated that he was married, his wife was
not enumerated with him.
According to his
death certificate, the disease which caused his death was dropsy (which is now
called edema), but the immediate cause was endocarditis. He died at age
eighty-two years, nine months, and ten days at 5:30am on November 22, 1902 in
Watervliet, Berrien County, Michigan. He was buried in Coloma, Michigan the
following day, but this may have been simply a proposed burial date written on
the death certificate, rather than the actual date.
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1850
US Census: lived in Oxford, Chenango County, New York.
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1855
New York State Census: lived in Oxford, Chenango County, New York.
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1860
US Census: lived in Oxford, Chenango County, New York.
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1865
New York State Census: lived in Oxford, Chenango County, New York.
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1870
US Census: lived in Oxford, Chenango County, New York.
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1875
New York State Census: lived in Oxford, Chenango County, New York.
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1880
US Census: lived in Oxford, Chenango County, New York.
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1900
US Census: lived in Watervliet Township, Berrien County, Michigan.
Mary E. Wilbur was
born in November 1824 in New York UN14,
about 1825 in Chenango
County, New York UN11,
UN12, UN13, NE29, NE30, NE31, or about 1826 in New York UN10. Her maiden name
was listed on the death certificate of her son, Charles Morris Padgett. During
the 1840 census and all censuses preceding it, only those who were the heads of
households were recorded by name. In Chenango County, New York in 1840, there
were nine households with the surname “Wilbur” or something similar, and of
those, just two had a girl of approximately fifteen years old UN9. Both of these families
were about twenty miles from Oxford. The family of William Wilbur resided in
New Berlin and had thirteen members in the household. Two young women were
between fifteen and nineteen, and one girl was between ten and fourteen. The
family of Daniel Wilbur lived in Sherburne and had an unusual structure: the
head of the household, Daniel, was between twenty and twenty-nine, and with him
lived two girls or young women and one boy or young man between the ages of
fifteen and nineteen, and one boy under five years old. Mary could have
belonged to either of these families, or neither of them at all; her family may
have relocated to Chenango County after the 1840 census.
Mary was the
mother of John W., Esther A., Charles Morris, Emma E., Polly M., Mary A.,
Melissa A., Robert J., and Riley J. Padgett. John W. Padgett was born in September 1846 in New York UN14, about 1847 in Chenango County, New
York UN11, NE29,
NE30, or about 1848
in New York UN12. He was called “Jas. W”, who was age four, in the 1850 US Census UN10. He and his father lived together in Watervliet Township, Berrien
County, Michigan in 1900 UN14.
John Padgett of Oxford, New York, whose parents were unknown, died as a widower
from chronic interstitial nephritis at age eighty-six on June 28, 1936 in the
Berrien County Infirmary in Berrien County, Michigan MI21.
Esther A. Padgett was born in
February 1848 UN14 or about 1848 in Chenango County, New
York UN11, UN15,
NE29, NE30. She was called “Eliza A.” when she was
enumerated in the 1850 US Census at age two UN10.
Esther A. married Samuel N.
Roys about 1870; this year was inferred from the
marriage length of forty years in 1910 UN15 and the age of their son in 1880 (James N., their son, was nine
in 1880 UN13). In 1870, Esther Royes was enumerated
in the household of James Hopkins in Oxford, next door to her parents, and she
worked as a dairy maid UN12. This Esther Royes
was probably the same person as Esther (Padgett) Roys,
but the location of her spouse at that time is uncertain. In 1910, Esther and Samuel Roys lived in Oxford, Chenango County with Mary E. Padgett UN15. She was enumerated as a widow in Oxford in 1920 with Robert
Padgett, who was called a boarder, but based on his age, he was probably her
younger brother; this Robert was fifty-three, and so he was born about 1867 UN16. The gravestone for Esther A. Roys and Samuel N. Roys is also
shared with Mary A. Roys, their daughter who died at
age eleven. This gravestone is located at Riverview Cemetery in Oxford,
Chenango County, and states that Esther was born in 1843 and died in 1926 (a
photo of which can be found on the Find a
Grave website). Charles M. Padgett was born about 1849 NE29 or 1850 NE30,
UN11 in Chenango County, New York NE29, NE30.
Emma E. Padgett was born
about 1853 in Chenango
County, New York NE29, NE30. Her name was recorded as “Emeliza Padgette” in the 1865 New York State Census NE30. The 1860 US Census enumerator recorded her
name as “Anna”, who was born about 1853 in New York UN11. She was not recorded with Charles and
Mary during the 1870 US Census. She may have been seventeen-year-old Eliza Padgett
(born about 1853) who worked as a dairy maid and lived
with the family of Murry and Clarissa Hall in Oxford in 1870 UN12. It is probable that soon after this
census, she married a member of the Japhet family and was later the mother of
John Japhet. The Japhet and Padgett families lived fairly near each other in
Oxford at the time of the 1870 US Census. Charles and Mary Japhet were the
parents of Charles Japhet, who was born about 1853 UN12. John Japhet was described as a boarder
in the in the household of Charles and Mary Padgett at the time of the 1875 New
York State Census on June 10, 1875, when he was three years and three months
old NE31. When he was enumerated with Charles
and Mary Padgett in the 1880 US Census, John Japhet was called their grandson,
and he was born about 1872 in New York UN13. Because he did not live with his father or mother, he was
probably an orphan.
Polly M. Padgett was born about 1855 UN11, UN12, NE30 or about October 1854 NE29 in Chenango County, New York NE29, NE30, as she was eight months old in June
1855 NE29. She was not enumerated with Charles
and Mary during the 1870 US Census; instead, she was a house servant for the
family of Wheaton and Ann Race in Oxford, Chenango County, New York at that
time UN12. There is a possibility that she may
have been a chambermaid named Polly Homes who lived
and worked in the hotel kept by William Daniels in Oxford in 1875 NE31. Polly Holmes was then currently
married, and she was born about 1855 in Chenango County NE31. Another employee of this hotel was
Frederick King, a hostler who was born about 1852 in Chenango County NE31 (a hostler is caretaker of the horses
who are owned by guests of the inn). In 1880, Mary King (born about 1856) was
called the daughter-in-law of William and Ann King, and she was presumably
married to their son, James F. King (born about 1853); this family resided in
Oxford, Chenango County UN13.
In 1900, James F. King and his wife, Polly M. King continued to live in Oxford;
James was born in October 1852, while Polly was born in September 1854 in New
York UN14. That census record stated that they
had been married for twenty-four years, which indicates that they marriage
occurred in 1876 UN14. Further, Mary E. Padgett and John
Japhet were next-door neighbors UN14. Polly M. and James F. King remained in Oxford; in 1910, James’
mother, Ann, resided in their household UN15. Mary King was the head of the household in 1930, and her
birthyear based on her age was about 1855 UN17. Gravestones for Polly M. King (1854-1937) and J. Fred King
(1852-1923) are located at Riverview Cemetery in Oxford, Chenango County, New
York (the photos of which can be found on the Find a Grave website). It seems probable that Polly Padgett’s
middle name was Mary, and that she first married someone whose surname was
Holmes between 1870 and 1875, and in 1876 wedded James Frederick King.
Mary A. Padgett was
born about 1857 UN11 or
about 1858 in Chenango County, New York NE13, NE30, UN12, UN13.
She was not enumerated with her parents in 1875 or 1880. In 1880, Mary Padgett
lived with Isaac and Abigail Sherwood in Oxford, where she performed housework
duties UN13. Based on a marriage record for Mary A. Green NE13, she was very likely the Mary A. Greene
who, when she lived in Oxford at the time of the 1900 US Census, had been
married to John F. Greene for nineteen years (since 1881) UN14. That census record stated that she was born in July 1857 in
New York UN14. The 1910 US Census enumerated Jesse Green and his wife, Mary,
age fifty-two, who had been married for twenty-eight years; they lived in North
Norwich in Chenango County, New York UN15. Mary
A. Green of Norwich, a housekeeper who was sixty, married John Ogden of
Norwich, age fifty-eight, on April 29, 1918 in Norwich, Chenango County, New
York; this was Mary’s second marriage, and at that time had been a widow NE13. Her parents’ names were Mary Wilbur and Charles Padgett, and
she was born in Oxford NE13. In
1920, Mary A. Ogden and John Ogden lived with Mary’s son, Jesse Green, in
Greene Township, Chenango County, New York UN16.
Mary Ogden lived with her nephew, John E. Japhet, in Otselic, Chenango County,
New York in 1930 UN17. A gravestone for
John F. Green and Mary A. Green is located at Riverview Cemetery, Oxford,
Chenango County, New York (a photo of which can be found on the Find a Grave website). The gravestone
stated that John died in 1915, and Mary died in 1933.
Melissa A. Padgett was born about 1861 in Chenango County, New York NE30, UN12. She was not recorded with Charles and Mary on the 1875 New
York State Census. Robert J. Padgett was born in April 1866 UN14 or about 1866 in Chenango County, New York UN12, UN13, UN15, NE31. Census records indicate that he never
married, as he was listed as “single” on each record. He lived with Walter and
Cora Bullock as a servant in Preston, Chenango County in 1900 UN14, with the family of George and Amanda
Fletcher as a laborer in Oxford, Chenango County in 1910 UN15, and with his sister, Esther Roys, in Oxford in 1920 UN16. The gravestone located at Riverview Cemetery in Oxford implies
that he was buried near his mother and stated that he died in 1928.
Riley J. Padgett was born about 1868 in New York UN12, UN13, UN15, UN17. The 1870 US Census enumerated two-year-old Riley Padgett, a boy
who lived with Charles and Mary, but did not enumerate any other child of the
age of two UN12. A child of Charles and Mary named Phila J. Padgett was called their
daughter on the 1875 New York State Census, which indicated that she was born
about 1868 in Chenango County, New York NE31. That census did not include Riley NE31. Riley J. Padgett was called a
twelve-year-old son of Charles and Mary in the 1880 US Census, but Phila was
not enumerated with the Padgett family UN13. The 1900 US Census indicated that Riley E. Padgett, a butter
maker, was born in March 1870 in New York, and he lived in Eaton, Madison
County, New York with his wife of ten years, Ulysa UN14. Riley J. and Ulissa
F. Padgett lived in Smyrna Township, Chenango County, New York in 1910; Riley
was called a cheese maker who worked in a creamery, and they had been married
for nineteen years UN15. The
1930 US Census stated that he was twenty-two when he married Ulyssa UN17. This
indicates that they married in 1890 (or perhaps 1891). Riley J. and Eulissa/Ulyssa D. Padgett lived
in Earlville, Madison County, New York in 1920 and 1930 UN16, UN17. He was called a widower in 1940, when
he resided as a boarder in the house of Celestia Durant in Earlville, Chenango
County, New York UN18.
The 1900 census
indicated that Mary was able to read and write, but it also stated that she was
the mother of nine children, of whom six were then alive, which does not agree
with her husband’s death certificate, which stated that he was the father of
six children, who were all alive in 1902. All of her
children, aside from Emma and Melissa, appear to have died after 1900. In 1900,
she was listed as the head of the household, and she lived with her
twenty-seven-year-old grandson, John Japhet, who was a butter maker UN14. Although she stated she was married, she
did not reside with her husband UN14.
In 1910, while living with the family of Samuel and Esther Roys,
who were her son-in-law and daughter, the census stated that her parents were
born in Connecticut, but the 1880 and 1900 census records stated that her
parents were born in Rhode Island. Her gravestone indicated that she died in
1916, and she was buried at Riverview Cemetery in Oxford, New York.
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1850
US Census: lived in Oxford, Chenango County, New York.
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1855
New York State Census: lived in Oxford, Chenango County, New York.
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1860
US Census: lived in Oxford, Chenango County, New York.
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1865
New York State Census: lived in Oxford, Chenango County, New York.
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1870
US Census: lived in Oxford, Chenango County, New York.
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1875
New York State Census: lived in Oxford, Chenango County, New York.
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1880
US Census: lived in Oxford, Chenango County, New York.
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1900
US Census: lived in Oxford, Chenango County, New York.
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1910
US Census: lived in Oxford, Chenango County, New York.