Charles Padgett and Mary E. Wilbur

Their child:		Individuals in this page:		Their parents:
		Charles Padgett	{	Robert Padgett & Susannah Shapley
Charles Morris Padgett, Jr.	{	&
		Mary E. Wilbur	{	No parents conclusively identified

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 10^th 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.

· 1850 US Census: lived in Oxford, Chenango County, New York.

· 1855 New York State Census: lived in Oxford, Chenango County, New York.

· 1860 US Census: lived in Oxford, Chenango County, New York.

· 1865 New York State Census: lived in Oxford, Chenango County, New York.

· 1870 US Census: lived in Oxford, Chenango County, New York.

· 1875 New York State Census: lived in Oxford, Chenango County, New York.

· 1880 US Census: lived in Oxford, Chenango County, New York.

· 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.