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Daniel W.
Disbrow was
born circa 1801 in New York MI3, UN11, UN12, or on March 10, 1800 in New York DI2, but his death certificate indicated a
birthdate of April 17, 1801. Daniel may not have been a head of a household
during the 1820 census; he probably still dwelled in his father’s house, or
perhaps he lived with a relative. A man named Daniel Disbrow was enumerated in
1820 in Durham, Greene County, New York, but this man already had children
living with him, and he was between the age of twenty-six and forty-four, and
so this was a different Daniel Disbrow. Four Disbrow men lived in Wayne,
Steuben County, New York in 1820: Jacob, James, Peter, and Lodowick were each
heads of households, and three of these men later lived near Daniel W. Disbrow
in Tyrone, Steuben County during the 1840 census UN9. Daniel would have been about nineteen or
twenty in 1820, but he did not seem to have been enumerated with any of these
Disbrow men. A tally mark was recorded in 1820 for a male who was between the
ages of sixteen and eighteen in the household of James Disbrow of Wayne,
Steuben County, but this young man was not quite old enough to be considered as
a plausible candidate for Daniel W. Disbrow.
He allegedly married
Jane Leek on August 25, 1824 DI2, and
according to census records, he was a blacksmith and a farmer. He and Jane may
have resided in Yates County, New York, where their son, Lewellen H. Disbrow
was born on February 22, 1826 BI2. Daniel
was enumerated in Olean, Cattaraugus County, New York in 1830, and two years
later he was a resident, but did not own land, in Portville, Cattaraugus
County, when in that year he was assessed a rate for highway labor EL2. Portville is six miles southeast of
Olean, along the Allegheny River. By 1840, he had relocated to Tyrone, Steuben
County, which is about ninety-four miles east of Portville, between the
southern ends of two of the Finger Lakes, Keuka Lake and Seneca Lake. Other
Disbrow men who were heads of households in Tyrone at that time were James, who
was in his sixties, Peter, in his fifties, Lodowick and Willet, who were in
their thirties, and young William, who was still a teenager. Three of Daniel
Disbrow’s sons were perhaps named for these men, who may have been brothers of
Daniel.
Daniel and Jane Disbrow moved to Lenawee County, Michigan before
September 26, 1846, where their ninth child, Angeline P. M. Disbrow, was born DI2. Daniel W. Disbrow of Branch County,
Michigan purchased land on November 24, 1854 in South Haven Township, Van Buren
County, Michigan, which was later Bangor Township CO39. In what may be a reference to the same
land transaction, Daniel purchased eighty acres of land, which was the southwest
quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 21 and the northwest quarter of the
northwest quarter of Section 28, both of which were in Township 2 South in Van
Buren County on December 15, 1856 GE4. His parcel of forty acres in Section 21 was just north
and adjacent to his other parcel of forty acres in Section 28 BO36.
According to his death certificate, he died of dysentery at the age of seventy-five years, five months,
and three days on September 20, 1876 in Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan, and
was buried in Van Auken Cemetery, Bangor, Michigan. The death certificate
stated that his parents’ names were unknown, yet both resided in New York.
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1830
US Census: lived in Olean, Cattaraugus County, New York with two boys under the
age of five and one woman between twenty and twenty-nine. Two adult men lived
in this household, but it is unclear which age bracket Daniel may have fallen
in, for one man was between twenty and twenty-nine, and the other was between
thirty and thirty-nine. Daniel may have been twenty-nine, or he may have been
thirty.
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1840
US Census: lived in Tyrone, Steuben County, New York, with two boys under five,
two boys and two girls age five to nine, three boys age ten to fourteen, his
wife (age thirty to thirty-nine) and himself (age forty to forty-nine). The
three sons aged ten to fourteen would have been Lewellyn, Lodowick, and
Lavoysier. Peter was born in 1832 or 1833 and James was born in 1835, and those
were the two sons age five to nine. Elizabeth, however, was born in 1838
(according to the 1850 census). She should have been listed on the 1840 census
but was not. The other children have birth years after 1840 (Mary, Edward, and
Angeline).
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1850
US Census: lived in Union Township, Branch County, Michigan.
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1860
US Census: lived in Bangor Township, Van Buren County, Michigan.
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1870
US Census: lived in Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan.
Jane Leek was
born about 1806 UN10 in New York UN10, UN11, UN12. Both her death certificate and the Return of Deaths in the County of Van Buren
for 1877 MI3 stated that she was born in New York and
was seventy-two years and one month old when she died, indicating that she was
born in August 1804. Michael Disbrow stated that she was born on August 5, 1806
in New York DI2; this information may have been based on
the gravestone for Jane Disbrow, which stated that she died on “9 23 1876 AGE
70 YRS 1 M 18 D”. Since her
son, Lewellen H. Disbrow, was born in 1826, it is clear that the 1870 US Census
which stated that she was fifty-three (thus born about 1817) is incorrect UN12. The death record for her son, Edward J. Disbrow, stated that his
mother’s name was Jane “Leach”, but the death record for Lodowick indicated
that her name was Jane “Leek” MI4.
Jane was the mother of Lewellen H., Lodowick W., Lavoiser, Peter,
James, Elizabeth Ann, Mary J., Edward J., and Angeline P. Disbrow. Lewellen (Lewellan or Lewellyn) was born about 1824 UN10 or 1826 UN11 in New York UN10, UN11. The death record
for Lewellen H. Disbrow stated that
he was born in New York on February 22, 1826 to Daniel (or David) Disbrow and
Jane “Lake” and died at age eighty-three on May 11,
1909 in Helena Township, Antrim
County, Michigan MI4. His Antrim County, Michigan death
certificate stated that his father was “Danial” Disbrow and his mother was Jane
“Leke”, and both were born in New York. The death certificate also stated that
he was twenty-four when he first married and that he was survived by his wife. He
may have married Emma C. Randolph on August 22, 1851 in Branch County, Michigan
DI2;
the record of this marriage has not been located. Data from census records
indicate that he probably married Emma between 1850 and 1852. In 1860, Lewellyn
H. and Emma C. Disbrow lived in Union Township, Branch County, Michigan with
their children, and the oldest child was seven UN11, and when they were enumerated in
Helena Township, Antrim County, Michigan in 1900, the recorded length of their
marriage was forty-eight years UN14.
This census stated that he was born in February 1826, and Emma C. was born in
June 1835 UN14.
Lewellyn was enumerated twice in the 1860 US Census; he was recorded as
“Lewellan” with his parents but without his wife and children in Van Buren
County, and as “Lewellyn” with his wife and children in Branch County UN11. L.H. and Emma C. Disbrow lived in
Bangor, Van Buren County in 1870 with their children and a domestic servant
named Mary A. Randolph, who was thirty-two and born in New York (three years
younger than Emma) UN12.
An Antrim County, Michigan death certificate for Emma C. Disbrow, who was born
on June 8, 1835 and died on December 31, 1916 as a widow, stated that her
father was named John Randall.
Lodowick W. Disbrow
was born on June 11, 1828 in New York DI2;
he was seventy-four years, three months, and twenty-three
days old when he died on October 4, 1902, according to his Van Buren County,
Michigan death certificate.
Lavoiser Disbrow was born about 1831 in New York UN10, UN12; “Lavoysier” may have been born on December
13, 1830 in Cattaraugus County, New York DI2. The transcription of
the death record for “Levansier” Disbrow stated that he was born in 1831 in New York to David (this may have
been an error in the transcription) and Jane Disbrow, and died at age forty-three on March 10,
1874 in Bangor Township, Van Buren, Michigan MI4. “Laovisiet” and Clarissa Disbrow lived
in Bangor Township, Van Buren County, Michigan in 1870; they were born in New
York about 1831 and 1835, respectively, and lived with a seventy-five-year-old
woman named Sally Crow of New York UN12.
The Van Buren County, Michigan death certificate for Clarissa Disbrow stated
that she was born on July 12, 1834, was twenty-six when she first married, and
died as a widow on February 4, 1903; her father’s name was Elijah Craw and her
mother’s name was Sally Robinson. Lavoisier probably married Clarissa Craw or
Crow about the year 1860.
Peter
Disbrow was born about 1832 in
New York UN10. Peter A. Disbrow may have been born on
January 17, 1833 DI2.
There is a possibility that he may have married Mary Dunning and had a son
named Jerome; a 1928 Washtenaw County, Michigan death certificate for Jerome
Disbrow stated that Jerome was born on February 12, 1859 in Barry County,
Michigan to Peter J. Disbrow and Mary Dunning; the informant was L.H. Disbrow
of LaPorte, Indiana. James Disbrow
was born about 1835 in New York UN10. James A. Disbrow may have been born on
April 2, 1935 DI2.
Elizabeth A. Disbrow
was born in New York UN10, UN11 about 1837 UN11 or 1838 UN10, VA11. Elizabeth
Ann Disbrow may have been born on February 2, 1838 DI2. Elisabeth Ann Disbrow, age eighteen of
Bangor, married Henry Goss in the home of Daniel W. Disbrow in Bangor, Van
Buren County, Michigan on January 27, 1856 VA11. Witnesses were “Levorsier” Disbrow and
Mary Jane Disbrow VA11.
Henry and Elizabeth Goss lived in Bangor Township, Van Buren County in 1860
with their three small children, Harriet A., who was three, George, who was
two, and Albert, who was three months old UN11.
Henry’s stated birthplace was Ohio UN11.
Elizabeth was not located in the 1870 US Census, but Henry and Irene J. Goss lived
in Bangor, Van Buren County with Alice (age fourteen) and George (age twelve)
during that census year UN12.
Albert was not listed with Henry and Irene, but a ten-year-old boy named Robert
Goss was enumerated with Daniel and Jane UN12.
A gap of six years between George Goss (born about 1858) and the next child who
was listed in the 1870 census, John Goss (born about 1864), in addition to the
birth year of 1860 Albert Goss, indicates that Elizabeth may have died between
1860 and 1864. John was probably the child of Henry and Irene, rather than
Elizabeth. Henry Goss was also enumerated in 1880 and 1900 in Bangor Township,
but with a different wife, Elsa or Elsie UN13,
UN15.
Mary J. Disbrow was born about 1840 in New York UN10, UN11. Mary J. Disbrow may have been born on
May 15, 1841 in Steuben County, New York DI2.
She may have married Lewis Latham Dyer. L. Lewis Dyer and Mary J. Dyer lived
near Edward and Emma J. Disbrow and L.H. and Emma Disbrow in Bangor, Van Buren
County in 1870 UN12. The
1870 US Census indicated that L. Lewis was born about 1827 in New York, and
Mary J. was born about 1840 in New York, and they lived with Edwin, who was
born about 1866 UN12. In
1880, Lathon (born about 1827) and Mary J. Dyer (born about 1840) lived in Hartford,
Van Buren County, with their son, Eddie J., who was born about 1866 UN13. Lathan L. and Mary J. Dyer lived with
Lathan’s daughter and son-in-law, Alice and Nathan Stanley, in 1900 in
Hartford; this census stated that Mary was born in May 1840 in New York and had
been married for thirty-eight years to Lathan UN14. They were probably married in 1862.
Eddie Jerome Dyer was born on March 1, 1866 in Michigan to a mother whose
surname was Disbrow, and he died on June 16, 1943 in Los Angeles, California CA83. Three similarly constructed gravestone
with the names of L. Latham Dyer (1825-1910), Mary J. Dyer (1840-1925) and
Eddie J. Dyer (1866-1943) are located in the Los Angeles Odd Fellows Cemetery
in Los Angeles, California (photos of which can be found on the Find a Grave website).
Edward, who may have
been known as Edward Jonathan, was born in New York about 1842 UN10 or 1843 UN11, UN12. A Berrien County, Michigan death
certificate for Edward J. Disbrow
stated that he was born in New York on February 10, 1843 to Daniel Disbrow and
Jane Leach, and died in Watervliet, Berrien County from a cerebral hemorrhage
on September 7, 1914. Edward Jonathan may have been born in Steuben County, New
York DI2. This Edward is very likely the same who enlisted at the
age of twenty in Company D in Birge’s Western Sharpshooters on November 2, 1862
at Bangor, Michigan, and was discharged from service on July 11, 1865 BA21. At age twenty-three, he married Emma
Yerrington of Bainbridge on July 1, 1866 in Berrien County, Michigan MI2; the 1900 US Census record (in which
they lived in Bangor) stated that they had been married for thirty-four years UN14. In 1870, he and Emma J. lived near
Mary J. and L. Lewis Dyer and L.H. and Emma C. Disbrow in Bangor, Van Buren
County, Michigan UN12.
Angeline Disbrow was
born in Michigan about 1847 UN10, UN11, UN15 or
September 1846 UN14.
Angeline P.M. Disbrow may have been born on September 26, 1846 in Lenawee
County, Michigan DI2. Angeline P. Disbrow,
age sixteen of Bangor, married Ellmer A.
Nutting on January 1, 1863 in Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan VA11. Angeline
P. Nutting of Bangor Township, age seventeen, married Paul S. “Raynolds” in
Bangor Township, Van Buren County, Michigan on November 5, 1865 VA11. Her stated ages when she married
Ellmer (sixteen) and when she married Paul (seventeen) were probably incorrect,
as she was likely fifteen when she married Ellmer and eighteen when she married
Paul. Angeline and Paul S. Reynolds lived in Bangor Township with Elmer, age
six, and Elizabeth, age two, in 1870 UN12.
In 1880, Angie and Paul remained in Bangor Township, and they were enumerated
with Libbie, who was twelve, and Harmon, who was three UN13. By 1900, Angie was not married to Paul
Reynolds; she was enumerated in Seneca Township, Lenawee County, Michigan as
the wife of Charles Ovenshire UN14.
Angie and Charles Ovenshire had relocated to San Antonio Township, Los Angeles
County, California by 1910; in this census, the marital status code “M3”
indicated that this was their third marriage UN15. Charles and Angie stated in the 1900
US Census that they had been married for eighteen years UN14, and in the 1910 US Census that they
had been married for twenty-nine years UN15,
indicating a marriage year of 1881 or 1882. The Wayne County, Michigan death
certificate for Angelina P. Ovenshire stated that she was born to David Disbrow
on September 26, 1847 and died on June 22, 1913 in Detroit, Wayne County,
Michigan.
Jane and “D.W.”
Disbrow lived with ten-year-old Robert Goss in Bangor, Van Buren County in 1870
UN12; this was probably Albert Goss, her
grandson whose parents were Henry and Elizabeth Ann Goss. Jane was said to have died at age seventy
on September 23, 1876 in Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan, and was buried at
Van Auken Cemetery, Bangor, Michigan DI2.
A copy of her death certificate indicated that she died at age seventy-two and
one month in Bangor Township, Michigan on September 29, 1876 of “Billione Fever”,
which was obviously a mistake in transcription. A common cause of death (in the
opinion of the doctors at that time) was bilious fever; there is no such thing
as Billione Fever. Jane died nine days after her husband, so she probably
became infected with the same type of microbe that killed Daniel. The symptoms
of bilious fever are very similar to the symptoms for dysentery.
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1850
US Census: lived in Union Township, Branch County, Michigan.
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1860
US Census: lived in Bangor Township, Van Buren County, Michigan.
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1870
US Census: lived in Bangor, Van Buren County, Michigan.
