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Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Isaiah B. Sexton


From The Constitution and Register of Membership of the General Society of the War of 1812:



*Sexton, Isaiah B. (Penna. Society) Sparta, Kent Co., Mich.
Waterboy.
Served 6 months
Company Commander, Captain Moses Waters
New York State Militia
*Died ___, 1897, aged 92 years, 8 months
[He died November 19, 1897]


From the Journal of the American Medical Association (1897):



From the History of Kent County:

Source

Michigan, Marriages, 1868-1925
Age (Expanded): 83 years
Birth Year: 1806
Birthplace: Lewis Co., N. Y.
Spouse's Name: Anna R. Hodge Salmon
Spouse's Age (Expanded): 63 years
Spouse's Birth Year: 1826
Spouse's Birthplace: Yates Co., N. Y.
Event Date: 29 Mar 1889
Event Place: Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan
Father's Name: Charles Sexton
Mother's Name: Abigail Butler
Spouse's Father's Name: Jacob Hodge
Spouse's Mother's Name: Abigail Rowley


His death record indicated that Mr. Sexton was a divorced physician.  His parents were Charles and Abigail (Butler) Sexton.


Saturday, November 16, 2013

Mahlon Burwell, His Capture And His Map



The colonization survey of the Talbot Road was made by Mahlon Burwell, a resident of Dunwich, who lived...near the home of Col. Thos. Talbot. Burwell surveyed from the Niagara to the Detroit. 

He made a map and plan of Malden in time to give Gen. Proctor when on his way to Ft. Malden during that war. Letters to surveyors, Generals and other officials show he was at Niagara 1812-1813. In 1814 a small body of American soldiers ravaged the Pt. Talbot settlement, and Mahlon Burwell was carried off a prisoner.  [Source]


See more about Mahlon Burwell's capture at the Elgin Historical Society's website.