The children of Moses and Chloe Camp - Sarah Gorton Worden

The children of Moses and Chloe Camp were:

Chloe - (1803 - 1873)

Julia - (1804 - 1872

Electa - 1806 - 1887)

*Sarah - (1813 - 1892)

Lydia - (1814 - ?)

Platt - (1815 - 1876)

Harriet - (1817 - 1891)

Sophia - (1817 - 1898)

Caroline - (1820 - 1889) 

On September 11, 1813, Moses and Chloe were blessed with a fourth daughter they named Sarah.  James Madison was President of the United States for a second term and the War of 1812 was raging on.  

Sarah married Samuel Gorton (b. 16 Feb 1810) on November 9, 1834.  The couple were married only five years before Samuel died on October 27, 1839, before the age of 30.  The young widow, Sarah, was left with two small sons - Orson Samuel Gorton, born October 19, 1835, and Oscar M. Gorton, born August 31, 1837, both born in Jefferson County, NY.  Orson was 4 and Oscar not yet 2 at the time of their father's death.  (Dates reported in the Life and Times of Samuel Gorton, 1907)

In another area - Brookfield in Madison County, New York -  Mr. Delos Worden and his wife, Polly Franklin Worden, welcomed a little daughter on July 13, 1840, and they named her Julia Ann.  Sometime between that birth and July 12, 1850, Polly died, and Delos remarried to the widow, Sarah Gorton.  Little Orson and Oscar now had a sister.  (The information is only surmised from the obituary of Julia and information on the 1850 census for an estimation of a marriage date.  I have not found primary records as yet.)

The 1850 census taken in Brookfield on July 12th found Delos Worden (spelled Wordon by the enumerator), 38, a blacksmith, and his wife, Sarah, 38, with their children: Orson S. Wordon, 14; Oscar M. Wordon, 12; Julia A. Wordon, 10; and little Ella V., 2, and Moses Wordon, 1.  Oscar and Orson were mistakenly given the surname Worden by the enumerator, rather than Gorton.  Delos owned real estate valued at $2,000.  Because Ella was 2, I would estimate the marriage date as at least three years prior to 1850.

The couple were again enumerated in the New York census of 1855 in Brookfield, Madison County, NY, which was south of Sangerfield and Waterville in Oneida County.  From this census, we learned that Delos was born in Otsego County, but lived in Madison County for 35 years.  Since he was 43, that meant he moved there as a child at about the age of 8.  Sarah, on the other hand, had lived in Brookfield for 14 years, or from about 1851.  Did she marry at that time?  The children in the family, according to this census, were Julia Ann, 15, daughter; Elbert D., 5, son (the same age as Moses...same boy?), Alida, 2; Orson Gorton, 19, working as a blacksmith and Oscar Gorton, 16, stepsons.  What happened to baby Ella from the 1850 listing?

 

This map shows the three counties just discussed - Jefferson - where Sarah had the Gorton sons, Oneida -where she was born and raised, and Madison- where she resided with her second husband, Delos Worden.

  
On October 22, 1857, the very young daughter, Julia Ann Worden, married Charles Ball, and it was a marriage that lasted.  They celebrated a fiftieth wedding anniversary as reported in The Courier, Brookfield, NY:

"North Brookfield.  Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ball Celebrate Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary.

The fiftieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ball was celebrated at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Nash, Tuesday, October 22.  There were present beside the host and hostess...Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Bentley of Oriskany Falls, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Benedict of Waterville and Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Ball and it was a pleasant and enjoyable ...(unreadable)."

Charles worked as a painter at the wagon works.  As The Courier reported, 

 "The Studebaker Wagon Works sent many wagons to the expert painters at N. Brookfield to be stripped, Joel Avery and Charles Ball were among the expert painters." 

(The Courier, April 14, 1977, p 4, "Bits of History - Town of Brookfield.")

The 1860 census noted that Delos A. Worden, 48, now had real estate worth $3,000 and personal wealth worth $2,088.  Still a blacksmith, he and Sarah, 48, had only Oscar Gorton, 22, a wagon maker, and Frances A. Worden, 7, living at home.  The little boy/s Elbert/Moses must have died.  I believe Frances was Alida as the age is correct, and it was just an interchange between first and middle names.

By 1870, only Alida Worden remained at home with her parents.  She was 17 and at school, but by the time of the New York State Census in 1875, Alida was married, but still living with her parents.  She married Herman C. Burhyte who was a hops buyer and shipper, probably often away from home.  Though married, they were not found together in a census until 1900.  Alida stayed with her parents, probably helping to care for them as they aged.  So in the 1875 census, she was enumerated as Alida Burhyte, 22, married daughter.

On May 2, 1877, in the Morning Herald, Utica, New York, it was reported:

"Delos Worden, and old and much respected citizen of this village, had an attack of apoplexy Sunday morning, which resulted in paralysis of the left side.  He now lies in critical condition."

Sarah Camp Worden lost her husband, Delos, on 4 May 1877.  The Courier on May 9, 1877, gave this report of his funeral:

"Funeral of Delos A. Worden.

Buried in Masonic Honors.

They Pay the Last Tribute to an Esteemed Brother.

A Vast Assemblage in Attendance.

Mr. Delos A. Worden, an honored and respected citizen of North Brookfield, died on Friday last, at his residence in that village after a short illness.  Mr. Worden was a member of Sanger Lodge and Warren Chapter; and those two lodges in masse, and delegates from Bridgewater, Hubbardsville, Hamilton, Eaton, and this village managed the ceremonies of the occasion.

The procession formed in front of the residence and headed by the Waterville Cornet Band, marched to the Baptist Church.  The corpse was placed in front of an altar, and after introductory services, a very impressive sermon was preached by Rev. Mr. Travis of Waterville.  His text was from Micah 6:8 and Revelation 5:17.  The sermon was followed by customary Masonic services, after which a grand procession was formed in front of the church and immediately proceeded to the cemetery near the depot. The band played a dirge which increased the solemnity.

At the grave the Masonic rites were enacted in an imposing manner.  John Jones W. M. conducted the ceremonies.  A portion of the burial service was read by Hon. Bro. H. J. Cogglshall.  The last token of affection was given to their deceased brother in a becoming manner and his remains returned to Mother Earth.

The assembly then returned to the village where the Masonic fraternity and the band were treated to a wholesome and refreshing lunch in Park's new building by the Waterville lodges.  Thus ended the grandest, yet the saddest funeral service, ever witnessed at N. Brookfield."

 

North Brookfield Cemetery, Madison Co., NY.  Note the Masonic symbol on the stone.

In 1880, Sarah Worden, 68, a widow, lived with her daughter, Elida (Alida), 27, her married daughter.  Just a few houses away lived her son, Oscar, 42, and his wife, Hellen; Oscar worked in the wagon shop.  Also living close by was her oldest son, Orson, 45, a wagon maker, and his wife, Sarah.  Julia and Charles Ball were also there in Brookfield.

Sarah Camp Gorton Worden died on February 6, 1892 and it was reported in The Courier several times.   
"Death has again entered our village and claimed another aged one.  Mrs. Sarah Worden, after long and severe suffering, joined those she loved on the heavenly shore the evening of February 6th.  For her, there is peace and blessedness unending.  Her children will miss her as only a mother can be missed as they go onward in the march of life..."
and
"Mrs. Sarah Worden died at her residence at North Brookfield on the evening of February 6, 1892, at the advanced age of 80 years and five months.  Mrs. Worden has been sick for a number of weeks and her death was expected.  She was surrounded in her last sickness by her children who lovingly ministered to her comfort, making her departing days as bright as possible with the suffering she endured.
She was born in Sangerfield September 11, 1813, and was twice married, there being children born by each marriage, two children by the first marriage, Orson S. and Oscar M. Gorton, and three by the second of whom Mrs. Julia Ball and Mrs. Alida F. Burhyte survive.  Mr. Orson S. Gorton, who spends his winters in Florida was not here at the time of her death.
Mrs. Worden was for 46 years a devoted and consistent member of the Baptist church and active so long as her health permitted.  She was a kind neighbor, always to be found helping in time of sickness or distress, thereby gaining a place in the hearts and memory of the people who knew her...
The funeral services occurred Wednesday at the family residence, conducted by her pastor, Rev. F. L. Foster, who preached from the words found in Hebrew xi.4 - "Being dead, yet speaketh."  A large congregation gathered to pay their last respects to the memory of the deceased."

(So, here we have Julia named as Sarah's natural born child, but a later obituary will present another piece of information that makes more sense, considering years and age.  Until a birth record is found for Julia, I can not be sure.)

Sarah left a will.  She wrote it when she was 68 years old, and when she died at age 80, her sons and executors filed it on April 11, 1892.  It was judged to be a valid will on April 23.  

"In the name of God, Amen, I, Sarah Worden, of the Town of Brookfield, County of Madison and State of New York, of the age of sixty-eight years, and being of sound (mind) and memory do make, publish, declare this to be my last will and testament, in manner following, that is to say:

First, I give and bequeath until my daughter, Mrs. Alida Burhyte as follows, to wit, viz: 
My sewing machine, my melodrone*, my two best geese feather Beds, my annalysis of the Bible.  Also her Board and wearing apparel that may be necessary to her comfort, also her Doctor's bills as long as she stays and lives with me, and also Three Hundred Dollars in money.  The above is given in lieu of any service she may render unto me or my estate at any time, and shall be considered as full payment for any such services as said Alida has heretofore or may hereafter render unto me or my estate and shall be a bar to further claims for services.
(*Melodeon, perhaps...a small reed organ)

Second, I bequeath unto Mrs. Julia Ball as follows, to wit, viz:  
My Black Walnut BedStead, Ash Beauro (bureau), our Geese feather bed, my best Family Bible, my large Rocking chair upholstered in hair cloth, my Parlor center table and Three Hundred Dollars in money.

Third, I give and bequeath unto Oscar M. Gorton as follows, to wit, viz:
Three hundred and seventy dollars in money.
Fourth, I give and bequeath unto Orson S. Gorton, as follows, to wit, viz: 
Three hundred and seventh dollars in money.  

Fifth, I give and bequeath unto Alida Burhyte, Julia Ball, Oscar M. Gorton and Orson S. Gorton, all the rest, residue and remainder of my property...share and share alike."

She named Oscar and Orson as executors and signed the document on January 1, 1880.  Remember, Delos had died in 1877, so she was intent on getting her own business in order.  I have not been able to find a tombstone for Sarah, although it would seem logical she is buried in North Brookfield Cemetery in Madison County, NY where her second husband and all her children are buried.
   

Electa Camp Buckley - Part Two

After celebrating their Golden wedding anniversary in 1883, Electa Camp Buckley lived just four more years.  She died on 20 March 1887 at her family home.  
The Waterville Times carried this obituary:

"DEATH OF MRS. BUCKLEY.
Died Suddenly of pneumonia in the west part of the town, Electa Camp Buckley,wife of Chester Buckley, March 20, 1887, aged 81 years, 5 months and 18 days.
The deceased was the second child of Moses Camp, one of the early settlers of this town.  Born and brought up on the farm lately owned by Platt Camp till she was married February 19, 1833, she then moved March 12, 1834 to the home where she died and always since lived.  She is the fifth of a family of nine children, that have died, leaving now living Sophia Case, of Spencerville, Indiana; Sarah Worden, North Brookfield, New York; Harriet Camp and Caroline Lewis of this town.  
She united with the now extinct Congregational church at the Center, June 3, 1825, being the last with two or three exceptions of the surviving members.  She had a great desire to live as long as her aged husband, who is now nearly 83 and is so infirm in mind that he did not seem to realize her death but for a moment, and now after her burial, does not seem in the least to miss her.
And thus another has gone who has sat many an hour by the side of the sick bed and whose good memory to the last has related circumstances that took place sixty or seventy years ago with as clear an understanding as persons of younger years.  Ever cheerful, trying to make the best of everything, with that blessed hope of a better life beyond this vale of tears and sorrows, she was very much respected by neighbors and friends."

Her tombstone contradicts her obituary concerning her age.  The stone reads 82 years.

 Chester lived a little more than a year and a half after Electa's death, probably with Lansing and Ellen who were still single and at home.
Chester's obituary appeared in the Waterville Times on Friday, November 22, 1888.

"Obituary.  Died, at his home in this town, November 15th, Chester Buckley, aged 84 years, 5 months, 23 (?) days.  The deceased was the second son of Ezra and Louis Sanderson Buckley, who were among the early settlers of the west part of this town.  Mr. Chester Buckley was the last one of a family of seven children.  He was born and brought up only a short distance from where he resided and spent the greater portion of his life, owning and running what was called the Tenney saw mill, taking possession of it in connection with Ebenezer King, November 1, 1828 (?) and working in the same until six years ago last January when he had a fall causing a fracture of the hip, which prevented further work in the mill.  
He was the oldest native, save one, resident of this town.  He was what we might call a home man, not staying away from it a night in more than 30 years and never out of New York state.  The funeral was held at the house, November 17th, the Rev. J. M. Hutchinson officiating."

A little more than two years later, their son, Lansing Buckley, became ill.  From his obituary, it was revealed that he and Ellen sold the family farm and moved in with their aunt, Miss Harriet Camp. 
Lansing's obituary, from the Waterville Times:

"LANSING BUCKLEY.  
Lansing Buckley died at the residence of his aunt, Miss Harriet Camp, on Putnam avenue, in this village, Sunday, March 8th at 3:30 p.m.  Naturally a frail man, he was prostrated July 3d by hemorrhage.  Contrary to appearance, and to the great joy of his many friends, he regained his strength so as to be about.  In November, he sold the old homestead, three miles west of Waterville where he was born in 1836, and came with his sister to reside with Miss Camp.
January 7th, hemorrhage again set in, continuing till he was so reduced as to be obliged to take his bed where he was a great sufferer from extreme weakness to the hour of his departure.  He longed to go.  For nearly thirty three years, he had been an earnest, consistent member of the Waterville Baptist church.  Wednesday afternoon, beneath an evergreen tree, a symbol of the memory in which he is held, his brethern tenderly laid his emaciated body to rest, feeling that the best man among them had gone."

Lansing was buried in the Sangerfield Cemetery, as were his parents and siblings.

Four years later, Ellen, his sister died.  Her brief obituary appeared in the Waterville Times in December, 1895: 

"Buckley.  At her home on Sanger Street, Waterville, New York, on Friday, December 20, 1895, Miss Ellen Buckley, daughter of the late Chester and Electa Buckley, aged 54 years."

That left only the youngest child of Electa and Chester, Rollin E.  Rollin was born to Electa when she was in her forties and he was almost 13 years younger than his closest sibling, Pauline.  Rollin married Anna P. Avery, born in Boonville, New York, and they spent their early married years in Sangerfield.  In 1880, Rollin, 28, a farmer, and his wife, Anna, 24, and their firstborn, Bertha, 3, were enumerated in Sangerfield.  Living with them was a farm laborer, Lawrence Hitzeroth, 18.

At some point, Rollin and family moved to the city of Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts.  In the 1900 federal census, Rollin, 49, was employed as a carpenter.  It was reported that he was born in New York in July, 1851, and he and Anna had been married for 24 years.  They rented their home in Ward 7 of the city and Rollin was not employed three months of the year.  Their children were Bertha, born February, 1877, in New York; she was 23 and a drawer.  Her sister, Lena, 16, born June 1883, also worked as a drawer.  In a list of definition for old occupations, I found that a drawer was one who made wire by drawing the metal through a die.  Their younger brother, Howard, 14, born May 1880 in New York, attended school seven months of the year.  (The date of his birth and birthplace indicated that the Rollin Buckley family was still in New York in 1886.)
In 1900, the Buckleys had taken in four boarders - four men of various occupations: Frank Dunn, 24, a gardener; Jeorge Walker, 22, a merchant; Allen Willis, 22, a laborer; and Leslie Davis, 24, a clerk.  

On January 5, 1903, Rollin's oldest daughter, Bertha Buckley Moore, now the wife of Fred C. Moore, died.  The Massachusetts death records indicated she died at the age of 25 years, 10 months of puerperal hemorhage and heart failure.  Puerperal fever results from an infection of the reproductive organs and is contracted during or following childbirth.  In those days, there were no antibiotics to fight this disease marked by high fever and abdominal pain.  The cause of infection was probably the poor hygiene of people or equipment during childbirth.  Bertha died in Springfield, Massachusetts, and her parents were named in the records as Rollin Buckley and Anna P. Avery.

So, by the time the census was taken in 1910, the family consisted of Rollin (reported as Roland), 50, married 30 years, a house carpenter, and his wife, Anna P., 45, who had three children, but two were alive.  Those two were single and living at home with their parents: Lena, 22, a clerk/saleslady at a bakery, and Howard R., 19, a stone mason and cement worker.
On August 8, 1911, Lena B. Buckley married William L. Brown.  Lena was 29 years old and William was 39 and divorced.  When they married, they lived together at 72 Northampton Avenue in Springfield, he a papermaker and she, a clerk.  William's parents were Samuel Brown and Laura Payne, and (here's where it gets interesting), Lena's parents were Rollin Buckley and Margaret Jenkins.
Margaret?  What about Anna?  Was Lena adopted?  A love child?  Another little mystery to follow or a mistake in the records?

In 1920, only Howard was left at home with his parents.  At 33, he worked as a repairman on the street railway.  Rollin (Roland, again) was still working as a carpenter at the age of 68; Anna was 60 and they were still in Holyoke.
In 1929, Electa's youngest son, Rollin, died; he was listed as Rollie E. Buckley in the Massachusetts death records.

That left Anna and her son, Howard, to be enumerated the next year in the 1930 census.  That census listed Roland E. Buckley, 44, single and head of the household.  That obviously should have been Howard's name, as the occupation was repairman in the railroad shed.  He and his mother, Anna,a widow were renting a home for $35 a month.
Anna died in 1930.  I have not been able to find their burial place or any photos of them.

In 1940, Howard lived in a boarding house and was working as a laborer on a WPA project.  He was 52 years old and he worked 36 weeks a year for an annual income of $430.  He marked that he was seeking work.  Howard died in 1950.

At this point, I am not sure of what happened to Lena and William L. Brown.

The Children of Moses and Chloe Camp - Electa Buckley

The children of Moses and Chloe Camp were:

Chloe - (1803 - 1873)

Julia - (1804 - 1872)

Electa - 1806 - 1887)

Sarah - (1813 - 1892)

Lydia - (1814 - ?)

Platt - (1815 - 1876)

Harriet - (1817 - 1891)

Sophia - (1817 - 1898)

                                              Caroline - (1820 - 1889) 

Unlike her sisters, Chloe and Julia, the third daughter, Electa, and family appeared in many newspaper articles and could be found on many census records.  Electa Camp was the third child of Moses and Chloe Stoddard Camp, born in June, circa 1805.  Electa and her husband, Chester Buckley, married in February, 1833, and settled near Sangerfield, NY, where they lived their entire lives.

On 3 Apr 1834, they welcomed their first son, Duane O.  In 1836, son Lansing joined the family and two years later, daughter Pauline A. was born.  Two more children, Ellen R. and Rollin E., finished the family.

In 1850, Chester, 47, a sawyer, resided in Sangerfield, Oneida County, NY, with his wife, Electa, 45, and children: Lansing, 14; Duane O., 16; Paulina A., 11; and Ellen R., 8.  Chester was a sawyer, probably working at a sawmill, and his real estate was worth $800.  Duane died later that same year at the age of 16.

By 1860, his real estate was valued at $1200, and he had personal worth at $200.  He was 55 and still a sawyer and in fact, his obituary stated that he and a partner owned a sawmill.  Electa had personal worth of her own of $50, perhaps an inheritance as both of her parents died in the 1850s.  Lansing was 23 and working as a carpenter, while Paulina, at 20 years old, was a teacher.  Little Rollin was 8.
 Ellen, 18, was working as domestic servant for the Thomas Wilkerson family; he was the postmaster.
On 19 October 1866, Paulina died the age of 28.

In 1870, Chester at 66, called himself a farmer with real estate at $2000 and a personal worth of $700.  Electa was 64, and Lansing, at 33, was still at home and a farmer with a personal worth of $400.  Ellen was 28 and Rollin was 19, also a farmer, and he was attending school.  College?  Rollin would marry in 1876.

Living in the same home in 1880 were Chester, 76, a mill sawyer, and Electa, 74, keeping house, Lansing, 44, single and a farmer, and Ellen R, 38, single.  In 1883, Chester and Electa celebrated their fiftieth anniversary and it was a big party, touted in the local paper as a grand affair.

Waterville Times, February 1883 
"Golden Wedding
On Monday last, February 19, in this town, at the old homestead, occurred the 50th anniversary of the marriage of Chester Buckley and Miss Electa Camp.  The occasion was taken in hand by the children and friends of the worthy pair, and made in every way enjoyable. The walls of the pleasant home were tastefully decorated with evergreens in graceful arrangement, while prominent, in bold relief stood the dates 1833 and 1883.

The old couple seemed remarkably young and happy, and entered into the spirit of the occasion in a befitting manner.  The bill of fare, arranged for the occasion, was complete and absolutely beyond the reach of criticism, and was so pronounced by the more than two score who enjoyed it.  A fine quartette of singers from North Brookfield furnished some of the ..?.. "Dear Mother is Growing Old" and "Golden Years are Passing By," also other selections equally appropriate and beautiful.  We would respectfully suggest to the singers, Mrs. Charles Ball, Mrs. Herman Burhyte, Mr. O.S. Gorton, and Mr. L. S. Fritch, that such good taste in selection, and skill in execution deserves more than a slight notice.  Prayer was offered and remarks made, suitable to the occasion, by Rev. J. H. Sage, of the Waterville Baptist Church, after which came table enjoyments and a general good time, reminiscences and, in examining the gifts, which were many and appropriate.  Among which were easy chairs and couch by the children and sisters, Miss Camp and Mrs. Lewis; elegant gilt hanging lamp and $5.00 gold piece by Mr. and Mrs. Parker White; silver knives by Mrs. Albert Beebe, also gold pieces, gold pen and pencil, gold lined silver cups, etc. and etc. from Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Jewett, C. Jewett, Miss Bangs and mother, Rollin, Lansing and Ellen Buckley, Dewitt Buckley and wife, Mrs. Worden, Mr. Willis and wife, Miss Carrie Sawdey, Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Casity and other friends whose names are not mentioned.

One excellent feature of the occasion was the identical, old table and tablecloth with some of the old dishes and the very old wooden chairs with which the couple commenced fifty years ago, brought out and into good use for the joyous occasion.  The old couple and a few friends (among whom was Mrs. Roana Bangs, nearly 85 years of age and glossy hair unchanged by age and intellect still unclouded) at at the old table during dinner.  The Mrs. Bangs mentioned was the oldest, Lena B. Electa Buckley, aged 8 months and Raymond Buckley, aged 7 months, were the youngest present.

Lansing Buckley and his sister, Ellen, are deserving of special praise for the skillful management of the entertainment which, from beginning to end, was pronounced a grand success.  Late in the afternoon, by request of the aged couple. the company, led by the choir, sang the old piece, "Benevente" with the words..."

To be continued... 

The Children of Moses and Chloe Stoddard Camp - Julia Spink

The children of Moses and Chloe Camp were:

Chloe - (1803 - 1873)

Julia - (1804 - 1872

Electa - 1806 - 1887)

Sarah - (1813 - 1892)

Lydia - (1814 - ?)

Platt - (1815 - 1876)

Harriet - (1817 - 1891)

Sophia - (1817 - 1898

Caroline - (1820 - 1889)

Even though she lived all of her life, it appeared, in the township of Sangerfield, Oneida County, New York, near her parents, information on Julia, the second daughter of Moses and Chloe, seemed rather sparse.

About a year after the first daughter, Chloe's, birth, another little girl named Julia was welcomed into the family on June 29, 1804.  In 1828, Julia married Joel Spink, the son of William and Polly Spink, also residents of the area.  The couple had three children: Celinda E, Melissa, and Delos.

In all the Federal censuses from 1840 - 1870, the Spink family were in Oneida County.  Although, in 1840, they were in Bridgewater as opposed to Sangerfield in all the other years.  Once they moved to Sangerfield, they lived, at least part of the time next to the family homestead.  In 1870, Joel owned no land and had $600 of personal wealth.  Most of the time, he was listed as a farmer, but once reported himself as a day laborer.  Did he help provide the labor to keep the home farm running?

Julia died on February 18, 1872, but I have not been able to locate any obituary for her.  The tombstone identified for her on www.findagrave.com in Sangerfield Cemetery had no discernable writing on it and was assigned to her because it sat next to Joel's stone.

 After Julia's death, Joel, then 68 years old, went to live with his oldest daughter, Celinda Spink Newton and family in Baltimore, Barry County, Michigan.  Celinda had married Albert S. Newton.  In the 1870 census, I found Albert, 42, and Celinda (Salinda in the census), 39, and one child, Minnie E, born in New York and 3 years old. In an interesting turn, Celinda, instead of her husband, owned the real estate worth $1550.  Considering the birthdate and birthplace of Minnie, it would seem the family moved from New York to Michigan between 1867 and 1870.

Celinda's sister, Melissa, married to Rensalear Wright, son of Judah and Emily Wright, also moved into Michigan after June 1870 when they appeared in the Sangerfield, New York Census and before June 1873 when their daughter Louise was born in Michigan.  In the 1880 census, Melissa and her husband were enumerated in Bedford Township, Calhoun County, Michigan, with their children: Ella, 13; Willie, 17; Julia, 11; Linie, 9, and Louisa, 7.  Four boys older than Willie had either married, moved, or died: Herbert, Charles, Daniel and Edwin, all who were enumerated. Melissa had children beginning at least by 1854 through 1873.

Julia and Albert's son, Delos, has been a complete mystery to me.  He appeared in the 1850 Federal census (Delos) and 1855 New York census (J. Delos) with his parents.  He was reported as 18 in 1855, making his birthdate 1836 or 1837, but I have found no trace of him after that time.

After Julia Camp Spink died in February, 1872, and her husband, Joel, moved to his daughter, Celinda's, home in Michigan, he lived only six months longer than his wife.  The Michigan death records stated that Joel Spink, a widowed, white male, aged 68 years, 7 months and 4 days, died at Baltimore, Barry County, Michigan, on August 13, 1872...just six months after his wife's demise.

A brief obituary appeard in The Waterville Times back in his hometown:

"SPINK.  In New Baltimore, Michigan, on Wednesday, August 14, 1872, Mr. Joel Spink, of Sangerfield, aged 68 years.  His remains were brought home for interment."

And so they were...to the Sangerfield Cemetery, supposedly laid beside his wife, Julia.

The Children of Moses and Chloe Camp - Chloe Lockwood

The children of Moses and Chloe Camp were:

Chloe - (1803 - 1873)

Julia - (1804 - 1872

Electa - 1806 - 1887)

Sarah - (1813 - 1892)

Lydia - (1814 - ?)

Platt - (1815 - 1876)

Harriet - (1817 - 1891)

Sophia - (1817 - 1898)

Caroline - (1820 - 1889) 

The oldest sister of my husband's great-great grandmother, Sophia Camp Case, was named Chloe.  Born in Wethersfield, Connecticut about 1803 to Moses Camp and Chloe Stoddard Camp, she married David Lockwood about 1817, after the Camp family had settled in New York.

David, the son of Theophilus Lockwood Jr. and Helena Flageller, was older than Chloe by 12 or 13 years.  On the www.familysearch.org database for New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962, it was noted that David was born 4 May 1790 and christened 10 May 1797 in the Reformed Dutch Church, Kinderhood, Columbia Co, NY.

According to the book, the Descendants of Robert Lockwood, page 292, the children of Chloe and David Lockwood were listed as shown below.  However, this book has been commented upon by many who see it as riddled with error, so I am just presenting what was written there for now, until I can find otherwise or have proof of this.

1) Lucia Harriett - born 15 Aug 1818, married William Monroe

2) Elizabeth Eleanor - born 11 Sept 1820, married William J. Thayer, died 1886

3) Louisa Ann - born 14 Nov 1823,married Obadiah W. Ewell

4) Mary Chloe - born 19 Feb 1826, married William Munson

5) Levi Camp - born 23 May 1827

6) Marcus Willard - born 8 May 1829, died young

7) Sarah Adaline - born 14 Nov 1831, married Edwin Munson, died 8 Feb 1893

8) Samuel Theophilis - born 23 Apr 1834, died 3 June 1913 CA, married Juliet Paddock

I have really struggled to find these families in the census records, and right now, I am not even sure of David's death date or place of burial.  I do know he died before 1870.  The 1870 Federal Census taken in Ward 13, Chicago, Cook County, IL, gave me the widow, Chloe Lockwood's, location on July 9 of that year.  At 65 years old, she was living with her son, Levi C. Lockwood, 42, a carpenter, and his wife, Phoebe A., 37, and their children, Jessie, 13, and born in WI, and Nellie, 3, born in CT.  So in 1870, Levi was in WI, but only 3 years earlier, in 1867 when Nellie was born, he was living in CT.  A clue for further research...

And sure enough, in the 1860 census taken in June, there was Levi C. Lockwood, 33, and his wife, Phebe A., 27, in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, CT with children, Jessie F., 3, and born in WI, and Gould, a male 6 months old, born in CT.  Apparently, Gould died and another child, Nellie was born in CT.  But Chloe, Levi's mother, was not with them, so perhaps David died between 1860 and 1870, bringing Levi back to the Midwest. 

Chloe died on 10 Dec 1873 at the age of 70.  She was buried in the Liberty (Liberty Corners) Cemetery, Salem, Kenosha County, WI.  

The tombstone reads, "Mother - Chloe Lockwood, died December 10, 1873, 70 years, 2 months and 22 (?) days."  I found a very short, one line obituary in The Waterville Times, NY paper, dated New Year's Day, 1874.  

It would seem logical that David would be buried in this same place, but that has not yet been discovered.

GG-Grandmother Sophia Camp Case died in 1898, many years after her older sister.  But in the Camp "things" from the attic, was this photo of a Lockwood (actually labeled!)

Very lightly on the back, one can see "E. R. Lockwood, Chicago, Ill."  The initials don't fit the children of Samuel T. or Levi C.'s children, as I know them now.  Someone sent this to Sophia Case...but, who?

I'm hoping that a Lockwood descendant will read this post and offer some help!

Moses Camp and Chloe Stoddard Camp, GGG-Grandparents

The parents of Sophia (Camp) Case of Spencerville, Indiana, were Moses and Chloe Camp, who were both born in Connecticut, but spent most of their lives in Oneida County, New York.  

Moses was born to James and Elizabeth Kilbourn Camp on April 15, 1777, in Wethersfield Township, Hartford County, CT and christened on September 14th of the same year.
Chloe was born to Elisha and Dorothy Willard Stoddard on April 16, 1777, in the same place, and christened on July 6 of the same year.
The couple were married in Newington, Hartford County, CT, on November 25, 1802, according to The First Records of the Congregational Church in Newington as kept by Rev. Joshua Belden, Pastor and transcribed in 1874 into The Annals of Newington by Roger Welles.

Seven months later, their first child, Chloe, was born on June 29, 1803 in Wethersfield, CT.  The Oneida County Deed Book #18 has in it the record on Moses Camp acquiring land in Sangerfield, NY, for $700 on February 14, 1804.  Many Connecticut people came to New York in the days after the Revolutionary War.
Their family soon grew to include Julia (1804), Electa (1806), Sarah (1812), Lydia (1814), Platt (1815), Harriet (1818), Sophia (1817), and Caroline (1817).  Some researchers also include another son, James, in this list.  I have no record to sustain that, but it is a possibility.

Moses, along with John and Samuel Camp, was named in a list of the 1814 Owners of Land in Sangerfield.

In 1850, the census enumerators started taking names of everyone in the household, not just the head.  So, in the Town of Sangerfield, on September 26, 1850, were found Moses and Sophia Camp, both 73 and their son, Platt, 35, and Harriet, 32, both single.  Moses had real estate worth $100 and no occupation.  The farm may have been held by Platt, the only son, at that time. The census indicated that both Chloe and Moses were born in Connecticut.

A New York state census was held in 1855 showing Platt Camp as the head of household at age 39 with his father, Moses, 78; and sisters, Chloe Lockwood, 51, and Harriet, 37, in the household. Mother Chloe Camp died on March 12, 1851.

 The tombstone indicated that she was 83 years, 10 months and 26 days old, which would put her birthdate as 1767.  So, did the tombstone carver make a mistake?  It would appear so if the two census enumerations and christening records are correct.

Moses died five years later on September 18, 1856 and both are buried at the Sangerfield Cemetery, Sangerfield, Oneida County, NY.

His stone reads that he was 79 years, 5 months and 3 days old. 

A Treasure of Camp Family Photos

I have some motivation for continuing the research on the wife of Caleb Case, Sophia Camp, of Sangerfield, Oneida County, New York.  Among the many things saved in the attic of my husband's mother were these photos, all unidentified, but most are dated.

 All of the photo, but one, were taken in Waterville, New York, which is near Sangerfield and is also where some Camp family members lived.  I wanted to show both the front and back of the photograph because of the great markings on the back and the tax or revenue stamp.

 The tax stamp was required between March 1865 and August 1866.  Notice the 1868 photo above has no stamp.  The cost of the stamp depended on the value of the photo.  The 2 cent stamp meant that the photo would sell for a quarter or less but more than a dime.  This brief stamp act was passed by Congress to provide revenue for the Union war effort. 

 The photographer was supposed to affix the stamp to the photo and then cancel it with his initials and date, but most found that too time consuming, so they took shortcuts.  Placing an X on the stamp was one way to do that, as shown in the stamp above.

 Beginning about 1860, the carte de visites (CDV) photo became very popular in America.  It was a photo mounted on cardboard, measuring 2 1/2 by 4 inches, and it could be easily carried by soldiers, displayed in the home, or sent in the mail.

 I feel certain that these are photos that Sophia Camp Case's siblings sent to her in Indiana, perhaps with letters which have not survived, to my knowledge.  The dates may be a help in narrowing down who these folks might be.