INELKHAR-D Digest Volume 98 : Issue 8 Today's Topics: #1 Re: [INELKHAR-L] Grace Lawn Cemete ["Richard H. Greene" ] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from INELKHAR-D, send a message to INELKHAR-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. ______________________________ X-Message: #1 Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 15:33:58 -0700 From: "Richard H. Greene" To: SRohn68434 Message-ID: <35314156.6007@ix.netcom.com> Subject: Re: [INELKHAR-L] Grace Lawn Cemetery Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Sandy, Many thanks for volunteering to call Grace Lawn!! You're terrific! I'm posting this to the List in hopes the few other facts we have about Wm. R. Wilson might somehow be helpful to others? William R. WILSON and LAVONIA were part of a wagon train that departed from Elkhart, IN in March 1859 and arrived Susanville, CA in Sept, 1859. (Dates on this are confirmed, as he left a journal of the trip) The two of them appear in Seneca, Quincy Post Office, Plumas Co, CA in 1860 Census. WRW's parents were Solomon and Mary WILSON, and Solomon may also have been part of the wagon train. William R. WILSON was born about 1832 in New York. LAVONIA WILSON (presumably wife #1, but then again, might possibly be his sister?) was born about 1834 in New York. (from 1860 Census). William R. WILSON was a school teacher. And after the 1860 Census, LAVONIA disappears entirely. The next we know (other than the Grace Lawn purchase) he marries Abby Bird CAPEN in about 1867. She dies and he marries wife #3 Mary E.P.CAPEN in 1879. From then on, we have him teaching school and living in Soquel, Santa Cruz Co, CA until his death in 1910. Maybe the wagon train info will be helpful to someone? Or maybe there are other WILSON connections in Elkhart? In any event, thank you again for your help and I'll look forward to hearing from you. Regards, Carolyn SRohn68434 wrote: > > Hi i will call grace lawn cem on monday and get the info for you, will email > then with i find out sandy ______________________________ X-Message: #2 Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 10:33:39 EDT From: SolomonMar To: inelkhar-l@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <2ae40e53.3534c544@aol.com> Subject: [INELKHAR-L] Weaver Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Would like to contact descendants of Joseph and Lydia Lehman Weaver. Joseph born 28 Aug 1857, Indiana and died 23 Jan 1920, Sturgis, St, Joseph, Michigan. Lydia born 6 Apr 1858, Miami County, In. and died 1 Jan 1917, Constantine, St. Joseph, Michigan. Their children: Jame Martin Weaver (my grandfather) born 17 Feb 1884, Nappanee, Elkhart, In. He died 13 Apr 1930, when he committed suicide by jumping in the river in Elkhart, In. He and his mother, Lydia, are buried in Constantine cemetery in St. Joseph County, Mi. He had siblings Bessie, Mabel, Jennie and Pearl. I have very little information on his siblings. James married Agnes Mae Scudder in Davidson County, Tn. in 1910 and they were divorced in 1914. He retuned to Indiana and married Anna Mae Blood. Any information on this family will be greatly appreciated. Mary L. Solomon solomanmar@aol.com