Nancy P Sherman
Nancy P Sherman (13) 1820-1899
Alonzo O Huntley (13) 1818-19011818. Sep 12th, Alonzo O Huntley born in Venice Twp or Moravia Twp Cayuga Co NY. However, the 1860, 1870 & 1880 Censuses indicated he was born in NH.
1820. Aug 26th, Nancy Sherman was born in Moonshine NY or in New Bedford MA.
1820. Census of Scipio Town/Twp Cayuga Co NY indicated Nancy lived with her parents.
1830. Census of Ledyard (formerly Scipio) Town/Twp Cayuga Co NY indicated Nancy lived with her parents.
1840. Census of Ledyard Town/Twp Cayuga Co NY indicated Nancy lived with her parents.
1849. Nancy Sherman was married to Alonzo O Huntley. They must have lived in OH, as their son Ledyard was born 1851 in OH. By 1860 they had migrated and took up a claim in new and undeveloped land, known as Lot 7 of Bingham Twp in Clinton Co MI: This was a 100 acre farm were they spent the rest of their lives.
1852/60. Removed from OH to MI.
1860. Census of Bingham Twp Clinton Co MI indicated: Alonzo Huntley age 42, farmer, $1500 real & $250 personal property, born in NH; Nancy Huntley age 40, born in NY; Ledyard Huntley age 8, born in OH, attended school.
1864. A Huntley owns 100 acres with a house in Bingham Twp.
1870. Census of Bingham Twp Clinton Co MI indicated: Alonzo O Huntley age 52, farmer, $4500 real and $1465 personal property, born in NH; Nancy Huntley age 50, keeping house, born in NY; L Alferda [unclear, Ledyard Alonzo] Huntley age 19, works on home farm, born in OH, attended school within the year.
1873. A O Huntley owns 100 acres and house in Bingham Twp Clinton Co MI (S 100 acres of NW 1/4 of Sec 7).
1880. Census of Bingham Twp Clinton Co MI indicated: A O Huntley age 62, farmer, born in NH, father born in NH & mother in VT; Nancy P Huntley age 59, wife, keeping house, born in NY, both parents born in MA; Ledyard [unclear] A Huntley age 27, son, farmer, born in OH; Sausie Doty age 31, female servant, born in MI, parents birth place unknown.
1896. Alonzo O Huntley owns the same 100 acres he had in 1873. Also, he owns 56 acres without a house across the road in Bengal Twp in Clinton Co MI (N 56 acres of S 1/2 of NE 1/4 of Sec 12).
1899. Feb 22nd, Nancy Sherman (Huntley) died at St Johns at age 78 of pneumonia. Cemetery shows death as Feb 21 1889, buried in Mount Rest Cemetery in St Johns MI.
1901. Dec 1st, Alonzo Huntley age 83 died in Clinton Co. Buried Mount Rest Cemetery.
(Complete file and references in MS Word format 147KB, elihu-kids.doc) One child of Alonzo and Nancy Huntley 1. Ledyard Alonzo Huntley (14)
1851. Aug 3rd, Ledyard Alonzo Huntley was born in OH.
1860/70/80. Ledyard Huntley lived with his parents in Bingham Twp Clinton Co MI.
1866. Aug 11th, Laura M _______ born.
1877. Laura M __________ born.
1884. Sep 22nd, Ledyard A Huntley was witness to the marriage of Margaret A Sherman (15) and William Smith Cornell in Bingham Twp.
1892. Ledyard Huntley & Laura _______ were married.
1893. Apr 29th, Ledyard Huntley, a married farmer, died at age 42 in Bingham Twp of cancer of the stomach. Buried in Mt Rest Cemetery St Johns MI.
1900. Census of Bingham Twp Clinton Co MI indicated: Clinton Holstead age 35, farmer, born May 1863 in MI, parents born in MI, owns farm with mortgage; Nora Holstead wife age 26, born Feb 1874 in MI, father born in NY & mother in MI; Laura N Holstead, daughter age 4, born Sep 1895 in MI; Hazel Holstead daughter age 1, born Sep 1898 in MI; Laura Huntley age 33, aunt, widowed, born Aug 1866 in MI, both parents born in NY, no children; Clinton & Nora married 5 years, she had 2 children, 2 alive; Farm Schedule 215.
1910. Census of Bingham Twp Clinton Co MI indicated: Clinton W Holstead age 45, farmer, owns farm free of debt, born in MI, parents born in NY; Nora S Holstead wife age 36, she & mother born in MI, father born in NY; Laura J Holstead daughter age 14, born in MI; Orah L Holstead daughter age 9, born in MI; John W Holstead son age 6, born in MI; Ruth M Holstead daughter age 3/12, born in MI; Laura M Huntley, aunt, widow, age 33, born in MI, parents born in NY, has own income; Claud E Perry age 22, single, hired man, farm laborer, he & mother born in MI, father born in NY; Clinton & Nora Holstead married for 15 years, Nora had 5 children with 4 alive; Laura Huntley had no children; adults could read, write & speak English; farm schedule 1.
1915. Laura Huntley owns 100 acres in Bingham Twp that belong to Alonzo Huntley in 1896. And C Holstead owns the 56 acres without a house in Bengal Twp that belong to Alonzo Huntley in 1896. Laura Huntley also owns 40 acres with a house in Bengal Twp.
1946. June 22nd, Laura Huntley died: Buried in Mt Rest Cemetery St Johns MI.
