Halsey Cooper Hazard Seneca Lodi family notes gravesites
i found some amazing letters in a box i bought at an auction in wisconsin. they are from Mabel (cooper??) to Jennie (halsey)??? dated 1921 and 1922. One is more of a personal journal of her travels to discover Cooper DeMott Halsey Hazard family history. they tell implicit family histoy and discriptions of her visit to lodi ovid silver thread falls lake senica various home and grave sites etc etc. some writings are actual stories told first hand from 1800 oldtimers. 10 legal pages, small type. here are a couple of excerpts (please excuse my spped typing) the country all about lodi is very lovely and the lake -seneca-is really the most beautiful lake i have seen in this country. i looks like the famous lakes of italy. i took a local train from geneva to lodi. never have i seen such huge peach trees. they were as large as our apple trees in michigan. (so as far as i can tell, mabel, had lived in michigan, philadelphia, and atlanta). about the cemetary, she was speaking with an elder trying to find directions to get there, "she said no one ever went there and so her children went up every memorial day and decorated the graves, it was thier own idea. discriptions of graves and dates listed, paul cooper, susannah, william cooper. the halsey lot was next to that, judge halsey and his second and third wives. he was the father of susannah howell halsey. henry montgomery. nancy halsey wychoff. grandpa owned three hundred and gorty acres. i found the land grandpa owned, i found a man who's mother knew and susie. ...slave quarters...seers house...may ann halsey..oliver halsey owned a stroe with grandpa.. life size oil paintings of gen. john demott. ...will cooper..francesis halseys were out of town...spoke with mrs herman halsey...(telling story about Silas), "the british disliked him because he was an open rebel, and as soon as the war was declaredthey robbed his home, burned part of it, and forced him to care for their sick soldiers. In 1778 they deported him to the wilderness...suffered dredfully..wife died... Southhampton...elected sherrif of suffolk co...4 small children" moved all 18 to lodi, servents etc etc. lodi was first called ovid. ....jabez havens...catherine halsey...sylvanus howel.... then thres a family list 15 generation back to john halsey, "the pilgrim of the great geddeston estates, england. ...sarah radley.. the sandfords became quite wealthy...halsey, hannah, lewis, edward, helen, emily, james and sarah sandford. ...nancy cooper.. (ok.that was one letter...iv'e got to make this shorter. for letter 2 and 3, so i'll probably just name drop) letter 2... concerning mabels visit in 1889...grandma told me of visiting grandpa's relitives...thirty five servants ...james fenimore cooper... cooper family history, william penn's colony 1670, name signed on treaties singnd by indian chiefs...devout quaker..trustee...founded cooperstown...levi cooper ...10 children. ...francis halsey speech in coopers town and what he said...peter cooper... then there's a whole list of the hazard family, james, sally, harriet, robert, james, william, huldah, relief, frank nichol, wisconsin!!!...elizabeth lancaster..lewis harris, polly, elvira, louvilla, many of the halseys were officers during the revolution..isaac halsey...lots of ingo about silas h. halsey... judge barto ... jeheil ... nicoll ... sorry, this is enough, the third letter is shorter with more of the same. buyer pays 5.00 certified mail all letters are in excellent condition bound with star clips on linin paper, no staining, no rips, all corners intact, nicly folded. there are some minor typos and misspellings, but this was done on typewritter. the english and usage is very proper, sounds like she was well traveled and educated.if you have any questions please contact me and we can go over the letters in better detail. i tried to contact as many people concerned with this as possible and recieved no reply from anybody. therefore, i will put this up for auction twice on ebay starting today, sorry about the reserve, i have quite a few hours into this already, and i am unemployed:(Item number: 3571608826 or search under "halsey cooper"
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Re: Halsey Cooper Hazard Seneca Lodi family notes gravesites
Pattee Russell-Curry 1/28/04