Family History by Tamerson Carlisle Binns, 1960. Part 2

Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.

Amanuensis Monday, hosted by John Newmark at Transylvanian Dutch.

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The original of this document contains information about living people which I have removed. I prefer to transcribe items as I find them but in this case I felt the need to correct certain items and have therefor taken the liberty of making corrections which appear [in brackets].

Because this was transcribed line by line the word wrap may make it difficult to read online. Also due to online formatting I have replaced ditto marks with the word they indicated.

I would be happy to share the original with other descendants. This is Part 2 of 3.

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Family History, typed by Tamerson Carlisle Binns and sent to her niece, Vivian Carlisle LaValle, with a letter dated Oct. 13, 1960.

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Public Service of Hannah L. Carlisle.
On the outbreak of the War of the Rebellion (Civil War) Daniel Carlisle was not
able to enter the military service of the coountry on account of disabliity
from poor health and old age. His wife Hannah L. Carlisle who was intensely
patriotic felt it her duty to take his place. Accordingly she volunteered as a
nurse and left her home Nov. 14, 1861 for St. Louis where she was assigned to
Post Hospital No. 1 at Columbus, Ky. Just before this she had charge of a Hos-
pital Boat for a few weeks and as the boat was leaky she worked in water to her
knees for 10 days or more. She remained at Post Hospital at Columbus until the
close of the War except for two months when she was stationed at the hospital
at Paducah, Ky. Her daughter Arabelle was with her at Columbus for about two
years and was in the hospital with her mother when the Confederates bombarded
the City, her mother having refused to leave the sick and wounded in her charge,
when advised to leave on account of the danger of capture by the Confederates.
After the close of the War Hannah entered the Freedman's Department of Superin-
tendents & Teachers & served in this capacity until July 3, 1886. As she re-
ceived a Nurse's pension in later years her recird of service can readily
be found in the Archives of the Pension Dept. at Wash. D.C.

More history of Daniel Carlisle and Louisa Lambert Glover family.
4. Tamerson Zipporah Carlisle married Dr, James L. Evans. They had
1. John Comstock Evans who was a teacher in every state of the union. He taught
in colleges and was at the head of some, also published several books. He
married Margaret Louise Robinson and had Carlisle Evans who married
[Living] [two generations were mixed here. I think Carlisle Evans married Marian Logan] and they have [Living].[A generation was skipped. I have information on the next two generations, all living as far as I know.]
Tamerson & John Evans also had Grace C. who married Fred Herron and they had
Forrest, Paul and Marie. They lost a son Frank when a baby. [I believe there was also a daughter, Esther.]

5. Another child of Daniel & Louisa Carlisle was Mary Elizabeth who married
Werter D. Rynearson & they had 2 children;
1. Arlyn Carlisle who married Nola Myrtle Walton and they had 2 children;
1. Fern Maretta born 1900 never mentally right.
2. Daisy Arabelle who married Leslie Ingamells. Daisy born 1904.

2. Hallie Arabelle Rynearson married to Lawrence Kessinger who died 1958.

3. Orphas Clifton Rynearson married to Ruth Turner.

6. Isaac Ashely Carlisle (son of Daniel & Louisa) married Sarah Ann Camfield
and had Francis Ashley, Daniel M., and Tamerson Louisa.
See page 1 for Frank's history.
You surely know your family history.
Tamerson C. Binns Married Hary Phineas Binns. 2 children;
1. Mildred Marianna Binns. 1910-1922.
2. Clem Carlisle Binns. 1912. Married Pauline Hartsell and had


[The rest of the Binn's information has been omitted for privacy.]

Binns, Tamerson Carlisle. (Buchanan, Michigan) to “Dear Vivian” [Vivian Carlisle LaValle]. Letter.13 October 1960. Digital Image 3 of 4. Privately held by Apple, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Orlando, Florida. 2011.
[Carlisle Family, Box #1, Genealogical Papers, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan. 2008.]

Tamerson Carlisle Binns 9 Aug 1910

The next letter was written by Tamerson to her mother, Anna. Two days earlier, on 7 August 1910, Tamerson Louisa Carlisle had married Harry Phineas Binns in Buchanan, Michigan just as her brother Frank had predicted. The very first letters that I shared in the Camfield series were written by Harry's aunt, Sarah Binns Stawseight and she mentioned Harry as a child in the second.

Tamerson and Harry had traveled on their Honeymoon to Chicago and surprised her cousin, Fred Camfield, who invited them to stay the night. Fred treated them to a movie. (No mention is made of Fred's wife Libbie.) On the way back from the theatre Tamerson ran into a bit of trouble:

On the way to the car afterward something flew into my eye and I am still going one eyed. It was too late to have it out then so I left it until this morning and it is so Jewish here that it was after 10 before we could find a Dr. here we had to go several blocks + I was nearly wild with the pain. He cocaned my eyes and removed a small black speck from under the upper lid. I've been lying down most of the time since + my head aches fearfully. It keeps H. busy putting ice compress on my eye. Think it will be much better to-morrow. Hope is.

She also talks of shopping and she "rode on the moving stairway."

Mentioned is meeting another Buchanan resident, Mr. Richards.



For more see:
Camfield Family Letters
Descendants of Sarah Ann Wisner
Michael Camfield



Binns, Tamerson Carlisle (Chicago, IL) to “Dear Mother”
[Sarah Ann Camfield Carlisle] Letter. 9 August 1910. Digital Images 1-5.
Privately held by Apple, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,]
Snowville, New York. 2010.
[Carlisle Family, Box #1, Correspondence, 1910-1911,
Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan. 2008.]

What was I Doing?

Happy New Year!

With no company today, no kids to babysit, no snow to move and no housework that can't wait I slept late and then decided to read email.

In my email I saw that I had many comments to respond to. A couple were in reference to my resolutions post and I clicked on the link to Western Michigan University, dreaming with anticipation. I did a quick search to find the Tamerson Binns collection, however I searched for Carlisle this time and it appears they may also have copies of the letters from the Bentley Library in Ann Arbor! Do they have the diaries too!? That led to more poking around and I forgot about responding to comments.

WMU is also supposed to have some family or civil war photographs so I went looking for them too. Didn't find them but I started looking at the Civil War diaries that they do have and then at the photos they have. Another link sent me to.......

Seeking Modern Michigan where they have all kinds of good stuff. Found a newspaper collection (need to send link to Miriam!) and then started poking around the cemetery records for Oakridge in Buchanan. In looking for a family member I notice a record for someone with the first name Garnet.

Hey, there's a Garnet in my tree! Did I ever find what I needed on him? What was his name? He married one of the Osborn girls...oh yah, Hoback, Garnet Hoback. So I looked him up and sure enough I was missing some information for him and his wife, Leah P Osborn Mellin Hoback. Found the census records I was missing and the Polk County Missouri Historical Society where I can order there obituaries. Also found a link to there burial in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery. Should add them to Find-a-Grave and request a photo.........

Interrupted by a phone call from my sister-in-law, I was reminded that yesterday, I invited several members of my husband's family to work on their tree with me at Ancestry.com and three of the ten (so far) said yes. I figure strike while the iron is hot, so I should be uploading the information, documents and pictures I have to said tree. So I get back to that and I'm adding items I had long ago transcribed from Syracuse papers.

Of course I can't just copy and paste them, I have to read them! And of course reading them leads to questions that I must find the answers to now, while I'm thinking about it!! With his family it is often easier and more rewarding to search by address rather than try and figure out surname spelling variations.

So..... I had this blurb from the newspaper:

The Syracuse Herald, Wed, Feb 4, 1920, pg 6

Town Talk

Frank Barsuch Reported Missing ---
Frank Barsuch, 28, of 2308 Lodi street, is reported missing by his wife. Mrs. Barsuch says that the last time that she saw her husband was Thursday, when he left her in Salina street.

Was Frank ever found!? Enquiring minds want to know so I started a search for the Lodi St address. The first hit I got was from 1940 but being me, I clicked on it anyway, and right there near the top of the page in the delinquent taxes list were Roskopt, Andrew and Margaret at 1o9 Delong Ave and Klotz, Mary at 141 Delong Ave. My father-in-law lived at 108 Delong and both Roskoff and Klotz are names associated with the Grabowski family.

So I opened up my data base of family addresses and they're not there. I have no idea how they fit into the family puzzle so I add them and record the date of the paper.

Found a listing for the birth of a child for Frank Barsuch in July of 1920 so he must of turned up. Oh, wait, there were two men named Frank Barsuch in Syracuse at that time and very close in age. I guess I'll work on untagling them this afternoon!

I hope I find some focus this year!

Tamerson L Carlisle, Aug 2, 1907

Tamerson has extended her visit at her brother Frank's in Chicago. In this letter she sounds very critical of most of the people she writes about. She is not happy with the mysterious Mary's work ethic and a bit uncomplimentary about her sister-in-law and niece.

She also talks of meals or lack thereof:

Frank overslept 1/2 hour this morning + didn't get up until he usually starts. We did not have much bread + couldnt find a knife to cut it with + so had a great time. I am living on bread + milk and that is what the rest eat most of the time. Don't think the folks at home could thrive on what we do as we don't have potatoes three times a week even. Everything is so expensive and we use 4 or 5 loaves of bread each day. Frank takes a loaf for his dinner. Everything costs a farm. The telephone is a great convenience as we order everything thru it.

She talks of maybe looking for work in Chicago:

There are some good jobs offered in the city but I would rather work in Roseland. It is a poor time to work except in the large stores. I know how to go down to the city and back alone and would not be afraid to try to find any of the big stores. There are policemen all around in every direction + they are fine to direct. One day when Mamie + I were down in the very central district, the policemen began clearing the road of teams + soon a fire engine + wagons came through. A good many streets you can see by the no. on the house what street it is.

She also mentions her future husband, Harry Binns:

I wrote to Harry that I was not coming home last Sat. + he answered and said to stay + have a good time as far as the store was concerned. Also if I could get a good job here to take it up he advised. Lizzie has gone to Seattle, Wash. to stay indefinitely + business is picking up in the jewelry department. Most believe I could work more than Sat. if I was home + able.

Was Lizzie just another employee of Harry's or perhaps a family member?




For more see:
Camfield Family Letters
Descendants of Sarah Ann Wisner
Michael Camfield


Carlisle, Tamerson L (Chicago, IL) to “Dear Mother”
[Sarah Ann Camfield Carlisle]. Letter. 2 Aug 1907. Digital Images 1-6.
Privately held by Apple, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,]
Snowville, New York. 2009.
[Carlisle Family, Box #1, Correspondence, 1907,
Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan. 2008.]

Counting Cousins

This week's Saturday night fun from Randy at GeneaMusings:

Your task, if you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible music), is to:

1) Pick one of your four great-grandparents - if possible, the one with the most descendants.

2) Create a descendants list for those great-grandparents either by hand or in your software program.

3) Tell us how many descendants, living or dead, are in each generation from those great-grandparents.

4) How many are still living? Of those, how many have you met and exchanged family information with? Are there any that you should make contact with ASAP? Please don't use last names of living people for this - respect their privacy.

5) Write about it in your own blog post, in comments to this post, or in comments or a Note on Facebook.

I adjusted the rules a bit and picked great-grandparents Isaac Ashley Carlisle (1842-1929) and Sarah Ann Camfield (1853-1930) because while I am working on the letter transcriptions their descendants are the ones that I'd most like to get in touch with right now. They only had three children and it was still a very tough exercise.

3 children, all of whom are deceased.

10 grandchildren of whom Mom is the only one still alive.

18 great-grandchildren (that I know of); 3 are deceased

20 great-great-grandchildren (I must be missing some); all still living.

14 great-great-great-grandchildren; all living

So Ashley and Sarah have at least 65 descendants that I know of. There are undoubtedly more. I've only met one of my first cousins. I have tried, without much success, to get in touch with some of my other cousins that I have tracked down and there are many more I haven't located yet.

I'd love to get in touch with any descendants of:

Francis Ashley Carlisle (1878-1926) and Mary Frances Carlisle (1877-1946)

Daniel Michael Carlisle (1885-1960) and Pearl Vivian Camfield (1886-1972)

Tamerson Louisa Carlisle (1877-1978) and Harry Phineas Binns (1865-1951)

Francis Ashley Carlisle, Dec 12, 1906

Chicago Ill
Dec 12 '06

Dear Mother and All,

"you alls" letter recieved and was very pleased to hear from each of you. I think Tamerson has a good position indeed for Harry Binns has a nice store + is a nice man. If my memory fails me not he is allso a widower + my Darling Sisiter will soon be an old maid unless _______ well, well. who knows; They have many substitutes for "Leather" ui [?] these days.

You do very well on the type writer and we will be glad to recieve proffs of your skill often. You will be versatile young lady with your many accomplishments, a typewritest, a hattest, a store keepist, and other ests.

Dans reciept duly ay hand and find enclosed Ten Dolllars + 38/100 as another paymeny +interest for same. I owe just $700 Dollars more now, and if it don't worry others any more than it does me, it is a happy world.

Berl Geare require as much skill as any work I know of on the miller. Very few can do it. They can't in our tool room any way. My work here is different than any I have ever had before, and gives me experience that is valuable, I have built two steel bridges

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one for signal work in Chicago + one for __rsson Miss. and am at present at work on a new steel boom for a Locomotive unker [?] besides a lot of work of similal character. quite an experience in engineering. Yakes a lot of Geomemtry + fractions. Some times I think I would like a machine job but now I am to a large extent my own boss with my own time to do it in. There is also a constant change of scene for our plant covers about two hundred acres + employes 3,000 men. We are getting 34 c per __ but hope to have 37c or 36c by summer. It is a strictly union shop and as a result we have many priveleges not to be found in other shops.

The confinement to set [let?] house was difficult at first but do not mind it now. Each Sunday I have a Sunday School + preach in the evening in North Pullman about 1/2 houre walk from home. About 60 in attendance + we have a good time. I am my own boss now + if the people dont like what I say they know where the door is. Baby is exceptionaly well + hearty as is Frances allso, so we are very happy and contented. All send love. As ever.

Frank

Frank was very astute when it came to Tamerson!


For more see:
Camfield Family Letters
Descendants of Sarah Ann Wisner
Michael Camfield


Carlisle, Francis Ashley (Chicago, IL) to “Dear Mother and All”
[Sarah Ann Camfield Carlisle]. Letter. 12 December 1906. Digital Images 1-2.
Privately held by Apple, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,]
Snowville, New York. 2009.
[Carlisle Family, Box #1, Correspondence, Apr – Dec 1906,
Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan. 2008.]

Wordless Wednesday - Sisters-in-law

Pearl Camfield Carlisle
and
Tamerson Carlisle Binns
c. 1960's

Digital image. Privately held by Apple, [address for private use]. 2009

Rose Graham Camfield, 1 Sept 1877

Sep 1st
South Bend

Dear Sister we are all well and doing well Joseph has got a steady job the year round at the Studebakers Wagon factory do you send Mcknights one of Freddys pictures We are so proud of ours and much obliged to you for your trouble how did you find all of the folks in Buchanan I suppose you and Ashley miss Freddy some Annabell is getting real Smart begins to climb up by the chairs and creeps all over she has only got one tooth What is Ashley doing now and is Binns in Business yet is Mr Matthews making cider this fall is Craig married yet o there are so many men here who cannot get A days work Mr ingersol got Josephs his job for him

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he goes to work at 6 in the morning and quits at 5 in the Evening have you heard from Goodriches yit how does Myra enjoy married life I don’t know much to write yesterday there was an organ grinder here and monkey but that is nothing new they are around most Every week I did want to ask you and Ashley to go home by the way of South Bend and stay here all night but Joseph was sick so long and we did not know what was to be come of us but he is well now and we will hope for better times now Anna I want you to answer this rite off and tell us all the news love to all
Rosie
p s please send us the record



There was no year on this letter however Joseph & Rose's daughter, Mabel (who is sometimes called Annabell or just Bell), was born 15 August 1876, Allegan Co, MI, so this must have been written in 1877.

Another reference to McKnight's. In a later letter Sarah mentions Margaret McKnight. The death index for St. Joseph Co, MI lists Margaret and Christ McKnight. The 1860 census lists them in Stugis, St Joseph, MI as CC and Margaret, both age 38. I'd love to know what their relationship to the family was.

[Edit 3 May 2011. Christopher McKnight died 14 Jan 1873 per Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995 at FamilySearch.org. In 1850 Christopher and Margaret were living in Niagara County, NY with children Eliza and George. By 1860 they had a 3rd child Jenny. I still have no idea what the connection to the family is.]

Craig and Mr. Matthews remain mysteries for now.

A little more on the Binns family here.

For more see:
Camfield Family Letters
Descendants of Sarah Ann Wisner
Michael Camfield



Camfield, Rose Graham. (South Bend, Indiana) to “Dear Sister” [Sarah Ann Camfield Carlisle]. Letter. 1 September c. 1877 Digital Images 1-2. Privately held by Apple, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Snowville, New York. 2008. [Carlisle Family, Box #1, Correspondence, Undated c. 1850-1899, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan. 2008.]

More Letters!!!! and Pictures too!!!

I'm reeling just a little bit right now. I have never won the lottery but this is better!!!

I was doing a search for Ashley Carlisle at Google Books and I found:

Guide to the Western Michigan University Regional History Collections
By Phyllis Burnham, Western Michigan University Archives and Regional History Collections, Sharon Carlson, Suzanne Husband, Pamela Jobin, Charlene Renner
Contributor Phyllis Burnham, Sharon Carlson, Suzanne Husband, Pamela Jobin, Charlene Renner
Published by New Issues Press, 1998
Original from the University of Michigan
Digitized Dec 27, 2006
ISBN 093282658X, 9780932826589
342 pages

It is a "snippet view" listing but I could make out

A-369
Tamerson Binns Collection
1863-1951
3 folders
Transcript of Carlisle-Binns Genealogy

Tamerson Binns was my grand-aunt and the daughter of Isaac Ashley Carlisle and Sarah Ann "Anna" Camfield.

So I went straight to the Western Michigan University website and found the Tamerson Binns Collection in the Regional History Catalog.

Summary: Typescript of Carlisle-Binns genealogy. Civil War letters from Ashley Carlisle, Michigan 2nd Cavalry to family, 1863-1864. The Reunion, and Extra, May 1889 (a published listing of surviving soldiers, Sparta, MIchigan, incomplete). Ledger and cash book from Binn’s Business Records, Binn’s Magnet Store, Buchanan, Michigan, 1883-1888, 1928-1951. Miscellaneous material relative to Grand Army of the Republic, Buchanan.

It also references "Thirty-four photographs transferred to Photograph Collection."

Holy Cow! Yipee-Yi-Yay!! Whoo-whoo!

I was so excited to find the Civil War letters between Daniel and Hannah Carlisle that I didn't stop to wonder why there were no letters from Ashley!

Now I have to contact the library. I see another trip to Michigan on the horizon.

Tombstone Tuesday - Binns

J. PHINEHAS BINNS
1831-1899
REBECCA A. BINNS
1838-1915

Oakridge Cemetery
Buchanan, Berrien, MI

Joseph Phinehas Binns, born 1831 England, died 1899. Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Binns.

Rebecca A. Buckles Binns, born 14 September 1839 St. Joseph Co, IN, died 1915. Daughter of John Buckles and Lavina Erwin Hughes.

Rebecca was probably related somehow to Thomas Newton Buckles. Thomas married Rachel Graham and with his brother-in-law, James Madison Graham, went to seek their fortunes in California, abandoning both their families. James was my 2nd great-grandfather. When he left his wife, Elizabeth Doughty was pregnant with my great-grandmother, Rose Graham Camfield. Her letters will appear here shortly.

Joseph and Rebecca Binns' son, Harry, married my great-aunt, Tamerson Carlisle.

Lizzie Strauseight, 9 January 1876

January 9th 1876

Dear Anna,

Mama says I can write to you and thank for my nice present of nuts that you sent me and the two little apples that was my first Christmas present. Now I will tell you the rest mama got me A new dress and four pictures fraimed And two of the I got with a little magazine I took and A some candy and Aunt Bella gave me a glass cup and uncle Benj gave me a pen and pen holder and A bottle of hair oil and uncle phin gave me A candy cow and A picture and Harry gave me A little dolly what they call little Red riding hood now I would like to know what you got we had examination this week and I was so Afaraid I should miss but I did not and the teacher told me to keep up good courage and I would get through I was sick for three weeks the doctor said I came very

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near having the typhoid fever in the worst form but i am better now and my mouth all broke out with cold sores so I could not laugh or cry and ma said that they had quite A peaceable time wouldent you like to have been here or would you rather hear me laugh and cut up once more I should like to see your place where you live and I should like to go down to the water and count the little turtles that you spoke of

now I must bid you good by please write soon.
from your friend
Lizzie Strauseight

ps give my love to uncle and Auntie and yourself



Strauseight, Lizzie. (Buchanan, MI) to “Dear Anna” [Anna Camfield]. Letter.
9 January 1876. Digital Images 1-2. Privately held by Apple, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Snowville, New York. 2008. [Carlisle Family, Box #1, Correspondence, 1875 - 1876, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan. 2008.]

Sarah Strauseight, 9 January 1876

Jan 9th 1876

My dear Friends

I commenced a letter to you right after Christmas but could not find time to finish it. You well know that one who is servant to the public. They dont care who is served first just so they are. and it was just before the holidays when Mr. Carlisle called we were ever so glad to hear from you but but would much rather have seen some of you and had a Talk instead of this miserable writing and then cant tell half what one wants to. well I asked all the questions I dared to. about you but forgot to wish him much joy or even if you were married but concluded you were not or else he would have been so over joyed he would have told me. Well a thousand thanks for your kind remembrance in the presents of nuts they were

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quite a treat to us. What a singl__ winter we are having to day has been a miserable stormy rainey day and it has Thundered Several times and to night it seems as if we should have snow and have winter for cirtain if it does come good slaighing do you think you will come to see us we should be ever so glad to see you cant you get the other man to do your chores for you while you steal away awhile, Now I want to ask you one question if you will not think me too inqusidtive if you do you need not tell me. it is this. has Mr McKnight give you any security for your services I hope he has for I fear he will never get there himself and I feel interested for you if I had knon that Mr Carlisle I sould have sent you the money for a few pounds of your butter. I got a small jar of Mrs Plats but I tell you it is not like yours Lizzie says O I wish we had some of Aunties butter. Well we have been having gareat times here in regurd to meetings the desiples and the advents have had meetings for more than three weeks every day and night they have baptized 190 or near 200 persons and still the work goes on. I sincerely hope the result may be for the best still among so many there is always those who are carried away by excitement but I think there are some who will stand. well we have entered on another year 1876. I tell you I for one feel frail my left Lung has pained me a good deal fro a few days but I hope I shall feel better after this Thunder storm you know it always affects me. at any rate I want to live this year as if it were my last. but when I come to fathom my own corrupt heart which is evil and evil continually I fear and not reason that a being So Sinful can never enter a place of such purity and Bless. at times I feel as if my lifes mission was worthless and that I did not fill any place yet Ill try to do my duty patiently and leave the result with him who does all things right. Father is real poorly the w_rm is at the core and is Steach____

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surely doing his work. Lizzie has written you a letter her self so you will see how she is. Bro phinehas sold out his grocery to a man by the name of Smith Mr Day was determined to sell out his shair and he did not want a stranger for a partner so they sold the whole to him phinehas had not capital enough to carry it on alone I dont know what he will go into now Harry says he dont know what you wanted to move away for just as he was getting aquainted with you Lizzie and him has loud times Now I dont think of any thing more to tell you only I have not done any thing more to my carpet since you helped me nor quilted any of my quilts yet well good night dont fail to write soon for we are always glad to hear from you

yours IC
SES



Mr. Carlisle was Isaac Ashley Carlisle. He and Anna Camfield married 2 October 1876.

Phinehas was her brother, Joseph Phinehas Binns and Harry his son.

"Lizzie and him has loud times." A phrase I will now use when the grandkids come to visit!



Strauseight, Sarah E Binns. (Buchanan, MI) to “My dear Friends” [Sarah A. Wisner Camfield and Anna Camfield]. Letter. 9 January 1876. Digital Images 1-5. Privately held by Apple, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Snowville, New York. 2008. [Carlisle Family, Box #1, Correspondence, 1875 - 1876, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan. 2008.]

Sarah E. Somethingorother

The next three letters that I have transcribed were written by another friend of the Camfield's. I had great difficulty in researching S.E.S. and admit that if Sarah E Binns had not been added to the bottom of one of the letters it might have taken me a bit longer to figure out who she was. There are several hints in the letters and I'd like to think that I'd have figured out her "shirtail" relationship to the family - eventually. Anna Camfield Carlisle's daughter, Tamerson, would later marry Sarah's nephew, Harry Binns.

Sarah E. Binns was born March 1835 In England. I first find her in Division 10, Berrien, MI on the 1850 census with her parents, Joseph and Elizabeth Binns. (They are indexed as Benns) Also listed is her brother Joseph Phineas Binns, age 18, future father to Harry.

In 1860 she is still with her parents (now indexed as Birnes) in Buchanan, Berrien, MI.

On 10 December 1863 she married John P. Schauscheidf in Berrien County. A Google search for his surname brings up nothing, however Schauscheid in a place in Germany and I did find some references to it as a surname.

A widow by 1870, she is still listed in Buchanan Village, surname Stanson. She was living with her widowed father. The index at the University of Michigan lists her as:

Sarah E Stranson BERRIEN Buchanan Vill.663-664Page 154
Sarah E Strausheidt/Strauson BERRIEN Buchanan Vill.663-664Page 154

This was a great reminder to me not to rely on just one index! I have become complacent in my middle age ;-(

She is listed in the 1871 Berrien County Directory as Sarah Strausheidt. Still with her father, living on Lake near Front

Her letters were written in 1875. (One was actually written by her daughter Lizzie) The signatures appear to each be Strauseight. In a letter dated 29 May 1877 Sarah Camfield references her and it appears to me as Strawseight, however what I see as a w could be a u. That letter stated that Sarah Strawseight might be thinking about going to England or California.

In 1880 she is listed in the index as S. E. Chaureth! In actually looking at the census I can easily see how the transcriber came up with that. Knowing what it could/might be I would transcribe it as Stausriht. What do you think?


On 27 April 1894 Sarah E. Stransright married William N. Keeler. They are listed together in Buchanan on the 1900 census. For the 1910 census they were indexed as Kebler, although someone had already submitted a correction as Keeler, so that I did find them easily.

I imagine there is a lot more that I could find out about Sarah E. Binns but for now I think this will suffice.

Descendants of Sarah Ann Wisner

Descendants of Sarah Ann Wisner

Generation No. 1

1. SARAH ANN⁶ WISNER (WILLIAM⁵, ANANIAS⁴, JOHN GEORGE³, ADAM², JOHANNES¹ WEESNER)^1,2 was born 09 Oct 1817 in Onondaga Co, NY^3,4, and died 1912 in Buchanan, Berrien Co, MI⁵. She married MICHAEL CAMFIELD⁵ Bet. 1840 - 1846 in Onondaga Co, NY, son of JOHN CANFIELD. He was born 15 Mar 1822 in Germany⁶, and died 18 Feb 1899 in Batavia, Branch Co, MI^7,8.

Children of SARAH WISNER and MICHAEL CAMFIELD are:

2. i. JOSEPH HARRISON⁷ CAMFIELD, b. Nov 1847, Onondaga Co, NY; d. 1927.

3. ii. SARAH ANN CAMFIELD, b. 05 Aug 1853, Onondaga Co, NY; d. 24 Aug 1930, Buchanan, Berrien Co, MI; Adopted child.

Generation No. 2

2. JOSEPH HARRISON⁷ CAMFIELD (SARAH ANN⁶ WISNER, WILLIAM⁵, ANANIAS⁴, JOHN GEORGE³, ADAM², JOHANNES¹ WEESNER)^9,10,11,12 was born Nov 1847 in Onondaga Co, NY, and died 1927¹³. He married ROSE ARAZINA GRAHAM^14,15 08 May 1873 in Berrien Co, MI^16,17,18, daughter of ?? GRAHAM and ELIZABETH. She was born 1852 in IN¹⁹, and died 1931 in Berrien Co, MI or St Joseph Co, IN.

Children of JOSEPH CAMFIELD and ROSE GRAHAM are:

i. FREDERICK HARRISON⁸ CAMFIELD²⁰, b. 29 Nov 1874, MI^21,22,23; d. 16 Jul 1962, St. Petersburg, Pinellas Co, FL²⁴; m. (1) ELIZABETH CAROLINE WARNER^25,26,27, 1897^28,29; b. Abt. 1880, MI³⁰; m. (2) MYRTLE C STEVENS³¹, Bef. 1949³².

ii. MABEL CAMFIELD³³, b. 15 Aug 1876, MI^34,35,36; d. 14 Apr 1934, Windsor, Ontario, Canada^37,38; m. BEN J MARSH^38,39, Abt. 1898⁴⁰; b. Aug 1876, IN^41,42; d. 1934⁴³.

iii. PEARL VIVIAN CAMFIELD⁴⁴, b. 14 Jul 1886, St Joseph Co, IN^45,46; d. 09 Mar 1972, Niles, Berrien Co, MI^47,48; m. DANIEL MICHAEL CARLISLE^49,50,51, 24 Dec 1919, San Antonio, TX⁵²; b. 19 Feb 1885, Buchanan, Berrien Co, MI^53,54,55,56; d. 20 Jan 1960, Buchanan, Berrien Co, MI⁵⁷.

iv. RUBY BLANCHE CAMFIELD⁵⁸, b. 24 Apr 1888, St Joseph Co, IN^59,60; d. 30 Nov 1986, Niles, Berrien Co, MI⁶¹.

v. LEROY EASTWOOD CAMFIELD^62,63,64,65, b. 24 Mar 1890, South Bend, St Joseph Co, IN^66,67,68,69; d. 13 Jan 1964, Phoenix, AZ^70,71,72; m. EDITH PEARL GARDINER^73,74, Bet. May 1910 - 1911; b. 06 Dec 1893, Ashtabula, Astabula Co, OH^75,76,77; d. 10 Mar 1966, Phoenix, AZ^78,79.

3. SARAH ANN⁷ CAMFIELD (SARAH ANN⁶ WISNER, WILLIAM⁵, ANANIAS⁴, JOHN GEORGE³, ADAM², JOHANNES¹ WEESNER)^80,81 was born 05 Aug 1853 in Onondaga Co, NY, and died 24 Aug 1930 in Buchanan, Berrien Co, MI⁸². She married ISAAC ASHLEY CARLISLE^83,84 02 Oct 1876 in Berrien Co, MI⁸⁵, son of DANIEL CARLISLE and LOUISA GLOVER. He was born 05 Jul 1842 in Edwardsburg, Cass Co, MI^86,87, and died 02 Jan 1929 in Buchanan, Berrien Co, MI⁸⁸.

Children of SARAH CAMFIELD and ISAAC CARLISLE are:

i.FRANCIS ASHLEY⁸ CARLISLE^88,89,90, b. 18 May 1878, Buchanan, Berrien Co, MI^91,92;

d.1926⁹³; m. MARY FRANCES CARLISLE^94,95,96,97, Abt. 1900⁹⁸; b. 20 Apr 1877,

Buchanan, Berrien Co, MI^99,100,101; d. 21 Jul 1946, Los Angeles Co, CA¹⁰¹.

ii. DANIEL MICHAEL CARLISLE^102,103,104, b. 19 Feb 1885, Buchanan, Berrien Co, MI^{105,106,107,108}; d. 20 Jan 1960, Buchanan, Berrien Co, MI¹⁰⁹; m. PEARL VIVIAN CAMFIELD¹¹⁰, 24 Dec 1919, San Antonio, TX¹¹⁰; b. 14 Jul 1886, St Joseph Co, IN^111,112; d. 09 Mar 1972, Niles, Berrien Co, MI^113,114.

iii. TAMERSON C CARLISLE^115,116, b. 12 Apr 1887, Buchanan, Berrien Co, MI^117,118,119; d. 21 Nov 1978, Niles, Berrien Co, MI^120,121; m. HARRY PHINEAS BINNS¹²², 07 Aug 1910¹²³; b. 20 Sep 1865, Buchanan, Berrien Co, MI^123,124; d. 07 Jul 1951, Buchanan, Berrien Co, MI¹²⁵.

Endnotes

1. LDS ancestral tree of Richard E Wisner.

2. William Wisner's Bible Records.

3. LDS ancestral tree of Richard E Wisner.

4. William Wisner's Bible Records.

5. LDS ancestral tree of Richard E Wisner.

6. Death Certificate for Mikel Canfield.

7. Ellen Berry

8. www.co.branch.mi.us.

9. Drawings of headstones in Buchanan Cem, by Vivian LaValle.

10. Index to Birth Record St Joseph County 1882-1920 Vol 1, by Indiana Works Progress Administration, 1938.

11. Dibeans Michigan Marriages, RECNO 0241, ID# 104432.

12. Evelyn LeBaron Camfield, wife of Elmer Eugene Camfield 4/2001.

13. Drawings of headstones in Buchanan Cem, by Vivian LaValle.

14. Index to Birth Record St Joseph County 1882-1920 Vol 1, by Indiana Works Progress Administration, 1938.

15. Drawings of headstones in Silverbrook Cem, by Vivian LaValle.

16. LDS M1518274, type of film not specified.

17. Dibeans Michigan Marriages, RECNO 0241, ID# 104432.

18. 1900 Census.

19. Drawings of headstones in Silverbrook Cem, by Vivian LaValle.

20. Ancestry.com. The descendants of Thomas (5) Buell : pioneer in Madison County, New York : a new experiment in consanguinity [database on-line]. Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Curtis, Harlow Dunham,. The descendants of Thomas (5) Buell : pioneer in Madison County, New York : a new experiment in consanguinity. Portland, Or.: N.D. Buell, 1956.

21. Ellen Berry

22. Tales of our ancestors, by Cecil Camfield 1995.

23. 1900 Census.

24. Ellen Berry

25. 1920 Census.

26. http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/database/d0027/g0000028.htm.

27. Ancestry.com. The descendants of Thomas (5) Buell : pioneer in Madison County, New York : a new experiment in consanguinity [database on-line]. Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: Curtis, Harlow Dunham,. The descendants of Thomas (5) Buell : pioneer in Madison County, New York : a new experiment in consanguinity. Portland, Or.: N.D. Buell, 1956.43.

28. Tales of our ancestors, by Cecil Camfield 1995.

29. 1900 Census.

30. 1920 Census.

31. 1930 Federal Census.

32. Caption on back of photograph.

33. Ellen Berry.

34. Ellen Berry

35. Drawings of headstones in Silverbrook Cem, by Vivian LaValle.

36. 1900 Census.

37. Ellen Berry

38. Drawings of headstones in Silverbrook Cem, by Vivian LaValle.

39. Interview with Phyllis Carlisle Berry, Aug. 2000.

40. 1900 Census.

41. Drawings of headstones in Silverbrook Cem, by Vivian LaValle.

42. 1900 Census.

43. Drawings of headstones in Silverbrook Cem, by Vivian LaValle.

44. Interview with Phyllis Carlisle Berry, Aug. 2000.

45. Michigan Death Index, 1971-96.

46. South Bend Daily, 7/14/1886.

47. Ellen Berry

48. Michigan Death Index, 1971-96.

49. History of the Osborn and Related Families, By Walter W Osborn.

50. Vital Records Index North America, FHL Number 945401.

51. 1900 Census.

52. Interview with Phyllis Carlisle Berry, Aug. 2000.

53. Drawings of headstones in Buchanan Cem, by Vivian LaValle.

54. Vital Records Index North America.

55. Vital Records Index North America, FHL Number 945401.

56. 1900 Census.

57. Drawings of headstones in Buchanan Cem, by Vivian LaValle.

58. Will.

59. Michigan Death Index, 1971-96.

60. Index to Birth Record St Joseph County 1882-1920 Vol 1, by Indiana Works Progress Administration, 1938.

61. Michigan Death Index, 1971-96.

62. SSDI.

63. Stanley H Cummings.

64. Evelyn LeBaron Camfield, wife of Elmer Eugene Camfield 4/2001.

65. Index to Birth Record St Joseph County 1882-1920 Vol 1, by Indiana Works Progress Administration, 1938.

66. Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 7, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Jan 15, 2001, Internal Ref. #1.111.7.41195.146

67. Index to Birth Record St Joseph County 1882-1920 Vol 1, by Indiana Works Progress Administration, 1938.

68. Evelyn LeBaron Camfield, wife of Elmer Eugene Camfield 4/2001.

69. 1930 Federal Census.

70. Ellen Berry

71. Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 7, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Jan 15, 2001, Internal Ref. #1.111.7.41195.146

72. Evelyn LeBaron Camfield, wife of Elmer Eugene Camfield 4/2001.

73. Stanley H Cummings.

74. Evelyn LeBaron Camfield, wife of Elmer Eugene Camfield 4/2001.

75. Ellen Berry

76. Evelyn LeBaron Camfield, wife of Elmer Eugene Camfield 4/2001.

77. 1930 Federal Census.

78. Ellen Berry

79. Evelyn LeBaron Camfield, wife of Elmer Eugene Camfield 4/2001.

80. Drawings of headstones in Buchanan Cem, by Vivian LaValle.

81. Dibeans Michigan Marriages, RECNO 0375, ID# 91326.

82. Drawings of headstones in Buchanan Cem, by Vivian LaValle.

83. History of the Osborn and Related Families, By Walter W Osborn.

84. Vital Records Index North America, FHL Number 945401.

85. Dibeans Michigan Marriages, RECNO 0375, ID# 91326.

86. History of the Osborn and Related Families, By Walter W Osborn.

87. 1900 Census.

88. History of the Osborn and Related Families, By Walter W Osborn.

89. Vital Records Index North America, FHL Number 945401.

90. Caption on back of photograph.

91. LDS Temple record, film 2034626, Date of Import: Aug 29, 2000.

92. Vital Records Index North America.

93. headstone.

94. History of the Osborn and Related Families, By Walter W Osborn.

95. 1880 Census Michigan, CD #31.

96. Vital Records Index North America.

97. California Deaths, 1940-1997 @ Ancestry.com.

98. 1900 Census.

99. 1880 Census Michigan, CD #31.

100. Vital Records Index North America.

101. California Deaths, 1940-1997 @ Ancestry.com.

102. History of the Osborn and Related Families, By Walter W Osborn.

103. Vital Records Index North America, FHL Number 945401.

104. 1900 Census.

105. Drawings of headstones in Buchanan Cem, by Vivian LaValle.

106. Vital Records Index North America.

107. Vital Records Index North America, FHL Number 945401.

108. 1900 Census.

109. Drawings of headstones in Buchanan Cem, by Vivian LaValle.

110. Interview with Phyllis Carlisle Berry, Aug. 2000.

111. Michigan Death Index, 1971-96.

112. South Bend Daily, 7/14/1886.

113. Ellen Berry

114. Michigan Death Index, 1971-96.

115. History of the Osborn and Related Families, By Walter W Osborn.

116. 1900 Census.

117. Michigan Deaths 1971-1966, Ancestry.com.

118. 1920 Census.

119. 1900 Census.

120. Social Security Death Index.

121. Michigan Deaths 1971-1966, Ancestry.com.

122. 1870 Census.

123. Kent E Perry

124. 1920 Census.

125. Kent E Perry