Living

Living married Living. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Notes from Alan Lincoln Cook about his father: Gerhard Cook.

A story about Uncle Don Cook (see notes re: Ezra Albert Cook, Gerhard's father)- Uncle Don said to Dad: regarding Dad's budget proposal to Uncle Don for funds for Gerhard to attend grad school - "As a maker of budgets you are no piker. I am not interested in what you have proposed." (Dad has included... a year in Europe as part of grad school.)

Notes from Stephen and Linda Cook, December 2003:
"Dad (Gerhard) and Stephen went to Germany in1973. Dad wanted to go to East Germany (Halle) to see relatives but he couldn't cross the border as he didn't have a visa. So Steve and Dad went to Overwolfach Conference Center where there was a meeting of scientists. They drove to Heidelburg and then flew home. Mother met them at the airport in Toronto.

"Heidelburg had an extra advantage of having old dueling societies as Dad regaled Steve with the following story. Dad said that when he was in Heidelburg with his cousin, he attended a secret society to watch his cousin duel and receive a scar. When Mother heard the story, she said "you never told me that."
Where upon Dad replied, "you never asked."

"Dad was a Great dancer, especially of the waltz. In later years, Dad and Mother joined the State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNYB), Saturnday night square dance group. One time, Dad gave Mother an Arthur Murray book on How to Dance. (Mother was tone deaf and wasn't able to learn how to dance.)

"Dad once escorted his cousing, Gerta, on the train from Hamburg to Berlin. While on the train they were hassled by the "black shirts" (not army but they seemed to think that they owned the train and made Dad and Gerta leave the train.

"Dad loved to eat goose grease. One of Dad's cousins who was widowed and lived in East Germany, would write to Dad and send him goose grease. Lelly Stern, a wonderful friend of Dad and Mother who lived in Clarence, NY, would translate the letters for Dad. Dad thought that goose grease was medicinal."

Gerhard married Philura Harriet Lincoln on 19 Jun 1935 in Ann Arbor, MI. Philura (daughter of Burr Buchanan Lincoln and Esther Elizabeth Hoare) was born on 09 Apr 1911 in Harbor Beach, MI; died on 05 Oct 2005 in Chapel Hill, NC. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Gerhard and Lura were married at the home of Mrs. Benz of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Joyce Lincoln and Sheldon Hart were witnesses. The Rev. Ezra Albert Cook, Gerhard's father, performed the ceremony.

Notes:

Notes about Ezra Albert Cook and Ida ("E-da) Brode Cook--from conversation with Lura Lincoln Cook, daughter-in-law, wife of Gerhard Cook. (September 1998):

Albert (this is the name he went by) had a PhD in Theology from a German University in Halle. He was a Congregational minister. He had no tact; sort of like "old Jonathan Blanchard." When he had a church, if someone was misbehaving, he told them directly what he thought. Usually the "told off" person was influential in the church and he was asked to move on. During WWI, Albert taught philosophy (Lura thinks) at McGill University. He preached a pacifist sermon and was asked to leave. He was a very musical, dedicated, warm person and played the guitar beautifully.

He would have been a good engineer. He built a cabin on "Seven Mile Lake" near Montreal. The cabin was serviced by a hydraulic system he constructed from lake water. Albert had 11 siblings: Julia Cook Aveling, Grace Cook Zahn, Don Cook, Lyman Cook (Bonny - get info from Dad's red notebooks). Julia lived in the Chicago area and had 2 daughters, Wilhelmina ("Sis") and Julie. Grace married Carl Zahn and they lived in Sacramento and owned apartment buildings. Don was an "oddball" and married twice but he owned a successful accounting firm and got rich. (See Gerhard Cook Notes for an Uncle Don story.) Lyman practiced medicine until he was 90.

Ida had a German accent. She had been a teacher in Halle, Germany. When they got married, she was around 30 years old. Ida was brought up as a traditional German young lady. She brought a German maid over to this country with her. Ida thought that "only what was German was right." She loved playing with Gerhard and his sister, Brunhild. She was a good mother but a bit over-zealous. Gerhard rebelled at one time. Ida took the kids back to Germany several times for long months at a time. They went to her mother's home. Ida could be charming. The insecurity and continual upheaval of her life kept her in a state of anxiety. She asked to be cremated and her ashes taken back to the family tomb in Halle. (Brunhild complied.)

Ida's brother, Fritz, was in the German Army in WWI. Fritz and his wife had one daughter, Gerti. Gerhard visited her in Halle several times. She became increasingly helpless with degenerative disease. Gerti's daughter deserted her but her son, his wife and two children still live in Halle (Cristian and Monica Brode).

Gerhard graduated from Chickasha High School in Chickasha, Oklahoma. Albert wanted him to go to Marietta College, a Congregational College, in Southern Ohio for two years. Gerhard wanted to go to the University of Oklahoma but he went two years to Marietta before attending U of M. Albert got a job in Grand Rapids, Michigan, so Gerhard could go to the Universtity of Michigan and get in-state tuition. Gerhard taught high school chemistry and eighth grade general science in Dearborn, MI, 1928-31. He wanted a PhD in Chemistry so he saved his money in two banks but lost his savings in the "bank holiday." He was able to go to Johns Hopkins for one year and then went back to the University of Michigan to complete the degree. Graduate school was 4 years: 1 in Johns Hopkins and 3 in U of M. Gerhard always worked at the U of M, and had some sort of fellowship. (Lura said that Gerhard was so thin that his cheeks had hollows in them.)

Brunhild, born January 9, 1909, was 1 1/2 years younger than Gerhard. She married Carl Keith and had two boys, Kenneth and Charles. Brunhild taught first grade for several years after her children were older. Later she earned a masters degree in Religious Education and worked as a Religious Education director in a Methodist Church. She was an ardent pacificist. She insisted on going to Japan to apologize to the Japanese for the Atomic bomb. Brunhild died on May 2, 1988.

Kenneth was the older boy. He originally married a Japanese girl and later was divorced. He married and divorced a second time and now (1999) lives in the Virginia area. Kenneth has some sort of brain problem. Charles is married to Janice and lives in southern Michigan. He has two sons, both are college graduates and lived at home for a while.

During WWI, Albert was a professor at Howard University in Washington, DC. Ida went into depression all during WWI and became an invalid. The German maid had to get another job outside of Washington, DC as no one with German citizenship could be in Washington. Ida died in 1936, of pneumonia in Illinois, the year after Gerhard and Lura were married. Lura saw Ida when Gerhard and Lura were living in Cleveland. Albert and Ida visited Lura and Gerhard in Harbor Beach, Michigan, before Gerhard and Lura were married. And, of course, they attended the ceremony in Ann Arbor. Albert performed the ceremony.

Albert married a second time in 1938 to Maude Bell. Maude was completely different from Ida. She was warm and friendly and made friends with everyone. Maude taught elementary school for a time even though she only had a high school education. (Maude died in 1998.) Karl Cook, her son with Albert, was born in 1939.

Source: WW1 Draft Registration for Ezra Albert:

September 12, 1918 Card completed by a government employee, signed by EAC
Ezra Albert Cook
327 Collage (sic) Street NU (perhaps this should have been NW?)
Washington, DC
Professor at Howard University
Next of Kin: Ida Cook, wife
Height:: 5' 9 1/2"
Eyes: gray
Hair: Med. gray

Note that Ezra Albert was a pacifist and after delivering a sermon to his congregation in Montreal, lost his job.

Ezra married Johanna Wilhelmine Ida Brode on 15 Jun 1905 in Halle a. Saale, Sachen, Prussia. Johanna (daughter of Johann Heinrich Friedrich Rudold Brode and Luise Rudolphi) was born on 20 Aug 1873 in Neuk; died on 24 May 1936 in Olney, Richland, Illinois; was buried in Ashes spread in Halle an der Saale, Germany by Gerhard. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Notes typed on the back of a large photo of Ida:

Johanna Wilhelmine Ida Brode Cook
Taken June 27, 1920, at Washington, DC.
Born Aug. 20, 1873 in Neukunkenforf, Kreis Angermunde, Brandenburg, Germany
Died May 24,1936, in Olney, Illinois

Parents: Johann Heinrich Brode, ? - 1879
Luise Rudolphi Brode, 1851-1936

Ida was a teacher in Halle; a housewife in US.

LDS identifies birth location: Neu K

Notes:

Notes left by Burr Lincoln indicated that Rebecca Jane Kilgore and Robert Cummin(g)s were his ancestors. Rebecca Jane Kilgore was born 1760, died 1834 and married Robert Cummin(g)s in 1783. (These two people are on this genealogy data base.)

Notes from James Helme Lincoln: Burr Buchanan Lincoln, born December 16, 1880, Mason, Michigan, died May 27, 1937, son of Lansing Edgar and Philura Lincoln. Burr Lincoln lived all but two years of his life in Sand Beach Township. He held many public offices including Justice of Peace; Member of School Board of Rock Falls County School; Township Supervisor of Sand Beach for over 20 years; Chairman of Huron County Road Commission 1930-32; Deputy Director of State Food and Drug Department 1916-18. When Frank Murphy became Governor of Michigan in January of 1937 he appointed Burr Lincoln, Commission of Agriculture of the State of Michigan. This was Governor Murphy's first appointment after he was sworn in as governor.

Esther Elizabeth Hoare Lincoln (wife of Burr), born in Rainham, England, April 2, 1889 - died July 20, 1961. Esther came to Harbor Beach to teach school in 1904. She married Burr and taught school in Harbor Beach for many years. Her students included Frank Murphy and also her five children. The ESTHER E. LINCOLN MERIT SCHOLARSHIP is a trust fund in honor of Esther Lincoln that gives an annual award to a member of the graduating class at Harbor Beach High School.

Burr and Esther Lincoln had five children. They were raised on the Sand Beach farm. They went through the 8th grade in Rock Falls - a one room county school; each of them graduated from Harbor Beach High School. The five children of Burr and Esther acquired 36 years of collenge and ten college degrees. Their careers included teachers, two U.S. Army Generals and a Juvenile Court Judge of Wayne County.

The three Lincoln brothers were active in sports. Geoge Arthur Lincoln rowed on a team at Oxford, England 1930-31; Lawrence Lincoln played football and basketball in Harbor Beach High School 1923-24-25. He won the saber for the best all-around-athlete at West Point where he played varsity football, wrestling and lacrosse from 1930-31-32. Jim Lincoln was captain of a champion football team at Harbor Beach High School in1933 and was a varsity football player and wrestler at the University of Michigan in1935-36.

BURIED IN THE MT. HOPE CEMETERY, LANSING, MICHIGAN (Lot 21, Section D.) ARE THE FOLLOWING RELATIVES:

1. Rachel Jackson Buchanan, buried November 30, 1875.
2. Philura Buchanan Lincoln, born February 7, 1851 in Saline, Ohio; died March 30, 1937.
3. Burr Buchanan Lincoln, born December 16, 1880; died May 27, 1937.
4. Esther Elizabeth Hoare Lincoln, born April 2, 1879, Rainham, Essex, Enland. Wife of Burr. Died July 1961.
5. Corvetta Buchanan, daughter of Rachel, died December 30, 1871.
6. William Buchanan, buried in Mt. Hope on May 27, 1876. Body had been moved from another cemetery. Age and date of death
unknown. Son of Rachel.
7. Virgil Otis Ritchie, March 13, 1876, 3 years old, grandson of Rachel.
8. Lawrence L. Lincoln, September 25, 1891. Headstone says 1 year old. Cemetery records say 3 years old. Grandson of Rachel.

Note: The family farm house in Harbor Beach burned down in 1918.

Burr married Esther Elizabeth Hoare on 14 Jun 1906 in Fremont,NewaygoCo, MI. Esther (daughter of Joseph Hoare and Harriet Newport) was born on 02 Apr 1879 in Rainham,Kent,Eng; died on 20 Jul 1961 in Clarence,ErieCo, NY; was buried in Mt. Hope Cem, Lansing,,MI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Notes from Esther's son, Judge James Lincoln:
Esther was buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Lansing, MI. Her will was probated at Bad Axe, Huron County, Michigan, 1961.
Lura Lincoln Cook wrote a book tribute to her mother, Esther, and includes great detail about Esther's ancestors and family during their time in both England and the USA. (Copy is in blue document folder.)

Esther loved Christmas and especially English plum pudding.

The following information is from Esther's academic course transcription from Ypsilanti, Michigan:
Date of Birth: April 2, 1879 Religious Affiliation: Presbyterian
High School: Ludington Credited: 1898
Courses:
Education: grades ranged from C to A
English: C to A
English Masterpieces: A
Advanced English Literature: A
Geography: B
Latin: C to A
Teachers Course on Caesar, Cisero & Virgil: B
Mathematics: B
Speech: B
Teaching: B
Physical Training: C
Social Science: A

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Esther Elizabeth Hoare's birth was registered the June Quarter 1879, Romford, Essex, 4a 235 document. (Use this info to order a birth certificate.)

Notes:

See notes for M. Pamela MILKE, his mother.

"As a very young soldier, he fought in McClellan's Army (Civil War) and was seriously wounded." (Later) Ezra Asher Cook owned a large stationery store and print business in Chicago.

Source: Civil War Pension File - Card for Ezra Asher:

Filed in Illinois
Widow: Maria E. B.Cook
39th Illinois Infantry - enrolled as a Private on 2 Sept 1861
Invalid application 1870 May 22 Application # 156669
Certificate # 106736
Widow's application 1911 September 25 Application # 972315 Certificate # 733244

Notes from email from Linda Cook, April 26, 2004: Linda found the following information on the internet about "Ezra A. Cook Publishing" of Chicago, Illinois.
Ezra A. Cook published a number of anti-Masonic books and histories of all sorts of secret societies--- The American chapters of Knights Templar, the Ku Klux Klan, and others. One of the books published was written by Jonathan Blanchard, who wrote "Scotch Rite Masonry Illustrated" published by EAC Pub., 1882.

US Federal Census 1900 - Chicago Ward 18, Cook County, IL

Ezra A. Cook - 58 Head
Maria B. Cook - 53 Spouse
Albert E. Cook - 24
Lyman J. Cook - 14
Ethlel M. Cook - 12
Helen J. Cook - 11
Permelia S. Cook 90, mother
Antonette J. Konop - 21, servant
Arthur Schaffer - 33 - boarder
Nellie V. Walker - 25 - boarder

Ezra married Maria Elizabeth Blanchard on 05 Aug 1869 in Wheaton,,IL. Maria (daughter of Jonathan Blanchard and Mary Avery Bent) was born on 30 Oct 1846 in Galesburg,, IL; died on 05 Mar 1915 in Wheaton,, IL. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

The Bent Family in America, of the Descendants of John Bent who settled in Sudbury, MA, in 1638, by Allen H. Bent. pub. 1900.

page 79.

Maria Elizabeth Blanchard, b. Oct. 30, 1846; graduated from Wheaton College; m. Aug. 5, 1869, Ezra A. Cook, printer and book publisher, of Chicago, where she still lives (1900). Ten children.

Notes:

Notes from Gerhard Cook's Notebooks: place names for his mother's Brode family births, deaths and marriages are a bit confusing. All of the information is copied below here just as it was written on his hand-written charts.

Johana Wilhelmina Ida Brode - b. Aug. 20, 1873, New Kunkendorf (Kreis Anger Munde), Brandenburg Province. -- d. May 24, 1936, Olney, Illinois. Age 62 yrs 9 mos.

Her parents: Heinrich Friedrich Rudold Brode, b. Jan.24, 1845 in Schonflies. D. Mar. 27, 1879 at NewKunkendorf, Kreis Anger Munde, Gutsbesitzer Landwirt. M. Oct. 26, 1871 at Dammendorf.
Age 34 yrs.

Luise Rudolphi - b. Oct. 31, 1851 in Dammendorf (Saalkreis). D. Aug. 15, 1936 in Halle a. Saale, Prussia. Age 84 yrs 9 1/2 months.

Notes: 27 Jan 2013
The 1898 photos of Ida and Gertrud show 3 additional sisters who appear to be older than Ida and Gertrud. I can't find their birth records on the LDS film as follows: Volume 98-100, Film number 1335000, Digital Folder Number 004110886, Image number 00702.

Johann Heinrich Friedrich Rudold Brode was born 24 Jan 1845 in Scholflies, Germany, which is now Gorzow, Province of Lubuskie, Poland. It is a city in western Poland on the Warta River. Before 1945, Gorzow was part of Germany and was located in the Neumark region of Brandenburg.


Birth:
Gutsbesitzer

Johann married Luise Rudolphi on 26 Oct 1871 in Dammendorf, Landwirt,Ger'y. Luise (daughter of Wilhelm Gottlieb F. Rudolphi and Emilie Henniette Selma Boning) was born on 31 Oct 1851 in Dammendorf, Sachsen, Prussia, Germany; died on 15 Aug 1936 in Halle a. Saale, Sachen, Prussia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

THOUGHTS: How did the name LANSING come in to the family? There is a Lansing, Thomkins Co, NY, near Groton, NY. Is there any connection?

Notes from Lansing Lincoln's grandson, Judge James Helme Lincoln:
Lansing's will was probated at Standish, MI, 1916-17.

Judge James Lincoln -- more facts - Lansing Edgar Lincoln never fought in the 148th NY in the Civil War; He fought in the 23rd NY. He did not fight in the Battle of Gettysburg; the 23rd fought at 1) Second Bull Run, 2) South Mountain, 3) Antietim, 4) Fredericksburg (?must check further), and 5) Chancellorsville. Uncle Jim visited all of these battlefields and found the markers where the 23rd fought. At Second Bull Run, the 23rd was moved to several different places on the battle field. Also, he has government records, etc. of these actions.

THE LINCOLN FARM: Lansing Edgar Lincoln bought the 80 acre farm located in the Sand Beach Township on the shore of Lake Huron, 3 1/2 miles south of Harbor Beach in 1881. In 2001 it remains in the family for over six generations with James Helme Lincoln, Clark Lincoln and Michael Blanchard Cook owning shares. The Farm is a State of Michigan designated Century property. (BONNY - FIX THIS PRIOR SENTENCE.)

THE FIRST GENERATION: Lansing Edgar Lincoln, (born 1842, died November 5, 1916), born in Groton, Thompkins Co., NY; Civil War Veteran with 23rd New York, six major battles; elected to State Legislature while living in Sand Beach Township in 1884 - re-elected in 1886; Democrat. He was a farmer and stock-raiser. Lansing, the yougest of eight children, received a common-school education in his native county and assisted his father in the maintenance of the family until the age of 16 years.

Philura Buchanan Lincoln, wife of Lansing Edgar Lincoln was born in Saline, Ohio, February 7, 1851. She lived on the Lincoln farm in Sand Beach from May 1881 to her death on March 29, 1939. She was one of the original founders of the Presbyterian Church in Harbor Beach.

NOTE: Second - Third Generation notes are included with each person.

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THE FOURTH GENERATION:

In 1976, Lansing Lincoln and Philura Buchanan Lincoln have 18 great-grandchildren ranging in ages from 23 to 39 years of age. They have a total of over 100 years of college education; they are teachers; professors; computer related business; auto designer; career government, army officers; real estate management, etc.

THE FIFTH GENERATION:

There are 19 in the fifth generation of Lincolns ranging in the age from two years to 13 years of age. This is as of 1976. Because the 18 in the fourth generation are still of child bearing age there will undoubtedly be additional children born in the fifth generation.

Since Lancing Edgar Lincoln and Philura Buchanan Lincoln moved to Huron County in 1881 they have had 43 descendents. Forty-one are still living. The large red barn built by Lincoln farm was sold to Phil and Lura Pawlowski in 1943. The large red barn build by Burr and Esther still stands.

Part of the east 40 acres that fronts on Lake Huron is owned by Clark Lincoln, son of Gen. Lawrence J. Lincoln. The balance of the Lincoln farm east of the shore road is owned by James H. Lincoln and his wife Kim. Jim and Kim retired to his boyhood home.

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Lansing and Philura separated in the 1890's. Lansing moved away and later died in Omar, MI where he is buried. The following desciption of life on the Lincoln farm is from a letter written by James H. Lincoln in 1973. "Their (Edgar and Philura's) farm home was comfortable enough in 1884. They had their farm and were making stock shipments to Buffalo almost weekly. An old lady, long dead, Mrs. Milentholer once told me that the Lincolns always had the finest horses and a fine carriage in those early days. As a dealer in stock, Lansing had more that average opportunity to select and buy fine horses. Philura was busy founding the Presbyterian Church at Harbor Beach and if Bert Wright ( a cousin) is an accurate witness, there would have been daily Bible readings and prayers in the Lincoln home."

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The Death Certificate for Lansing Edgar Lincoln contains this information:
His death was recorded by the State of Michigan, County of Arenac, as Record Number 8, on November 4, 1916. He was married, age 73 years, 11 months, 12 days old, place of death is Omar, Michigan, cause of death was fracture base of skull, birthplace is Groton,,NY, occupation is farmer, parents are Milton Lincoln and Sarah Carpenter, (their birth places are erroneously noted as Connecticut - should be Cheshire, Massachusetts).

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Portrait and Biographical Album of Huron County - contains Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County, ... Chicago, Chapman Brothers, 1884, page 420:

Lansing E. Lincoln, farmer and stock-raiser, residing on section 30, Sand Beach Township, is a son of Milton and Lydia (Carpenter) Lincoln, natives of Tompkins Co., NY. They resided in Massachusetts for a period and then moved to Tompkins Co., NY, in which county they resided until the time of their deaths. The family of the parents embraced eight children, namely: Catherine, Diana, Amelia, Eugene, Lewis, Lorain W (Loren Wheton "Low"). and Lansing E ("Ed".

Lansing E. Lincoln, the youngest of his father's family, was born in Tompkins Co., NY, Nov. 23, 1852. He received a common-school education in his native county and assisted his father in the maintenance of the family until he arrived at the age of 16 years.

At the latter period of his life, Mr. Lincoln went forth to fight for the preservation of the Union. He enlisted in the 23rd NY Infantry for two years. While on picket duty at Bell's Cross Roads, VA, he received a bullet wound in his left arm which he carries to the present day. Receiving his discharge, he returned home and remained for six months, when, in company of his brothers, he was appointed Sutler of the 148th NY Infantry, and was thus engaged until the end of the war.

On the closing of the war, Mr. Lincoln, in company with his brothers, went to Richmond and opened a general store. He remained in the business about eight months, when he sold out to his brothers and returned to his home in New York. He then moved on the old homestead, which he had purchased from his father while in business in Richmond, and carried on the same for a year and then sold it. A year later he went to the DeRuyter, Madison Co., NY, and formed a partnership with Henry De Lamota to carry on a tannery and boot and shoe store. The partnership continued for about a year, when it was mutually dissolved, Mr. Lincoln taking the boot and shoe department. He continued in this business for about two years, when he removed with his stock to Mason, MI, where he followed the business for another year. At the expiration of that time, he formed a partnership with his brother under the name of L.E.Lincoln & Brother. This partnership continued for a year when he sold out his interest and entered the employment of Case, Tolman & Company, of Utica, NY, wholesale boot and shoe house, with whom he remained one and a half years.

Mr. Lincoln, at the expiration of the later date, left New York State for Colorado, but on reaching this state (Michigan), determined to go into the stock business. He resided in Missouri from 1873 to 1881 and then came to this county and located in Sand Beach Township. He owns 80 acres of land in that township, all of which is under a good state of cultivation. He deals extensively in stock, shipping to Buffalo and other points weekly.

Mr. Lincoln was first married in Tompkins Co.,NY, to Miss Lucena M., daughter of William and Sarah C. (Brower) Tiffiny. She was born in Tompkins Co., NY, and has borne to Mr. Lincoln two children, namely, Minnie S. and Earnest. Minnie S. died when nearly 10 years old. The wife and mother departed this life in Cortland Co., NY.

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Source: Memo from General George Arthur Lincoln re: Lincoln, Lansing E. - Military Biography 27 March 1967

...Grandfather Lincoln apparently elected to use an alias during his period of active military service. This was determined by a search of pension records after initial review of available information on the 148th NY Volunteers failed to reflect the name Lansing E. Lincoln. Pension Records file #XC 22695979, from which copies of the Adjutant General's Statements of Service were made, show that Lansing E. Lincoln's application for pension was filed for service performed under the name Edgar A. Lincoln. I personally checked these files to insure that this was the case.

With this information as background I have been able to develop the following summary of Grandfather Lincoln's military service;

-- He enrolled as a private in Company H of the 23d Regiment, New York Infantry, on 16 May 1861 at Elmira, NY. His age at time of enrollment was 18. He continued to serve with this same unit until mustered out of service and honorably discharged with his unit on 22 May 1863. During this period of active duty he was granted a furlough in Nov - Dec 1861 for wounds received in the left elbow while on picket duty in the battle of Ball's Cross-Roads, and was promoted to grade of corporal on 1 May 1862. A copy of his record of service obtained from the National Archives indicates that he was present for duty at all other times. When compared against the summarized history of the 23d Regiment, NY Infantry, it can be concluded that he participated in a number of other battles and campaigns of significance during the Civil War.

-- Additional notes on the above made by Judge James Lincoln in 1998: Part of the problem was that Colonel G.A. Lincoln thought his grandfather fought with the 148th NY - the records in Michigan show he was in the 23d NY and father (Burr Buchanan Lincoln) said his father went in right after Fort Sumpter. It appears that he may have been a SUTLER in the 148th after he served his two year enlistment.

- More notes made by Judge James Lincoln: My father Burr Buchanan Lincoln (1880-1937) once told me that his uncle and brother of his father (Lansing Edgar) told my father(Burr) that Lansing Edgar was not 18 and lied about his age to get into the army. He may have given a false name.

US NY State Census 1892 - Erie, Buffalo, Ward 11, E.D. 01 page 17
Lansing, Lincoln age 49 b.c. 1843
Phila b.c. 1852 (should be Philura b. 7 Feb 1851, Saline, OH.

Lansing married Philura Buchanan on 23 Jul 1879 in Lansing,Mason,MI. Philura (daughter of John Buchanan and Rachel Jackson) was born on 07 Feb 1851 in Saline,, OH; died on 29 Mar 1939 in Lansing,, MI; was buried in Mt. Hope Cem, Lansing,,MI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

NOTES from a February 10, 1915 letter from Philura Buchanan Lincoln, to Rachel Adella Tobias "Dell", Philura's niece. Philura signed the notes "Aunt Lou." The letter was transcribed by her grandson, James Helme Lincoln years later to share with family.

"Grandfather Buchanan was born in Washington, Co. PA, married Jane Cummins of West Virginia. The state line went lengthwise of their porch. They lived a few miles apart (prior to marriage). Part of her "sitting out" was several negro slaves. They went to keeping house in PA which was not a slave state so she could not keep them."

"Grandfather Jackson was born in Ireland came to this country at 9 years of age and could weave. He followed weaving until he married to Rachel Orr. They moved from Philadelphia where she was born and brought up, to Jefferson Co., Ohio, about 6 miles from Wellsburg, VA (now Wellsburg, Brooke Co., WVa). Their first home was a log cabin without glass for windows. Her father gave her a black mare (that) when the Indians were around, it would put its head out the window opening and snort. One time Grandfather went on horseback to mill and was gone two or three days and (an Indian) came and the horse did that when Grandmother was alone. He, the Indian, only wanted something to eat. But it was one of the hard places to be alone I guess."

TO DO: Check Immigration records for Port of Philadelphia 1790 - 18 16;
Check with Philadelphia VR for Rachel Orr and her family. B. about 1780 - 1800.

NOTES from grandson James Helme Lincoln: "In 1938, Philura Buchanan Lincoln pointed out an old log cabin, about a mile from the Mt. Hope Cemetery in Lansing, MI, where she said the taught school in the 1870's. At that time (1938), several hogs inhabited the ancient structure. Philura Buchanan Lincoln stated that on the first day of school, the boys had 'stoned the school' after they had been let out of class at the end of the day. She said she was not able to determine the ones who did it, so she cut several hickory sticks and as I recall her words, 'the next day, I beat every boy in school, and that was the last time the school was stoned.'

Another story provided by James Helme Lincoln: Philura (age 87) \ made the following remark in 1938 while James was driving Philura around the Michigan Capitol Building. Jim had commented that the Capitol Building was very old and ought to be torn down and replaced. Philura replied, " The Capitol is not so old! I was here the day they laid the cornerstone. There was a swamp in back of it with a frog pond with cattails in it."

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NOTES from a letter from Judge James H. Lincoln to his sister, (Phi)Lura Lincoln Cook, Dec. 5, 1973, page 3:
PHILURA BUCHANAN LINCOLN: Grandmother knew much of trouble. Her parents were divorced when she was 12 years of age. By the time she was married, she had stood at the graveside of 3 sisters, 2 brothers and her father and mother. Two of her sisters died in 2 weeks time in 1871-72 of smallpox. One died December 30th and the other January 9th (Corvetta and Jane).

She was 27 when she married and she had seen much of life and death. Lansing Edgar Lincoln was 37 and had fought in some of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War. His first wife died and was his daughter died at the age of 10. He had a son Ernest living when he married grandmother in 1879 in Lansing. He had been in business in 3 or 4 states. Thus, both our grandparents had seen more living when they married than many people see in a lifetime.

Their marriage was, from all accounts, very sound for the first 10-12 years. The reason why their marriage broke up is as their doctor says "a great mystery." Grandmother, over a period of upward to a year, charged grandfather with being insane and said she was going to put him in an asylum. This much is very clear and certainly the doctor and 7 other people are telling it as they saw it. Also gradfather uses Agnes Wright and George Wright, Sr., and Carrie Worden (Moran) in the pleadings in the suit. Thus, grandmother was being confronted with the prospects of having her own relatives (sister and brother-in-law and next door neighbor) testifying for grandfather. She did not contest the divorce. She did not file an answer. She hired an attorney who made the property settlement.

It was very clear that grandmother followed a course of action that could only lead to terminating her marriage. Further, grandfather made no move to divorce her for upward of a year. But she persisted and left him no choice.

There is no record as to why all this occurred. There are 2 additional sources of possible explanation. I will explore them in the future.

Bert Wright thinks both our grandparents were very fine people. He visited grandfather in Buffalo several years before the turn of the century (1900). Grandfather owned a home and had remarried. His third wife outlived him and they stayed married until he died in 1916. He ran a "Commission Company" in Buffalo for a time after 1894. He sold cattle on commission.

I have no desire to try to judge between our grandparents. From all I can learn, thery were both very respected and well liked. Sometimes two very fine peopl simply can not make a go of it.

Rachel was 47 and had "birthed" 10 children when she divorced John Buchanan (1863). Grandmother was 43 and had 2 children and one had died at the time of her divorce in1894.

Her mother, Rachel, was quite a woman. You may recall grandmother saying that her father once owned Mt. Hope Cemetery. That's not what the title shows. The man who owed it is the same man who deeded Rachel the home in which Rachel was living at the time she died. Apparently, grandmother (Philura) referred to John Buchanan when she talked about her early life in Ohio. But the person she referred to as father in Michigan, was someone else again.

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The files in Ashland, Ohio and Mason, Michigan, are rather lengthy. Here are a few facts that emerge from the files:
1. On April 27, 1864, a divorce was granted to Rachel Buchanan from John Buchanan in Ashland, Ohio.
- - " that said defendant has been an habitual drunkard for more than three years next before the filing of the said petition."
Comment: It is obvious why Grandmother was so much of a teetotaler herself and also why whe would permit no alcoholic beverages in her home.

2. The divorce decree provided that Rachel was to get the care and custody of: Josephine, age 16; Selina, age 14; Philura, age 12; William, age 9; and Agnes, age 6. Rachel also got $748.00 a year alimony. This would be sufficient in those years to raise her family very well. She also received a good deal of the household furniture. Rachel was 47 years and John was 54 at the time of their divorce.

There were 5 older children not mentioned in the divorce decree. (Two were deceased by 1863.):
1. Jane Buchanan, born November 26, 1836 (died 1872), married James Tobias in 1855.

2. Emmeline Buchanan, born May 1838, (died 1918), married Johnston Welch on September 29, 1857.

3. Martha Buchanan, born August 1840, died 1861.

4. David Buchanan, born December 29, 1841, died 1861.

5. Corvetta Buchanan, born February 29,1844, died 1871 (buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery).

Now what happened was that Emmline and her husband, Johnston Welch, stayed in Ohio and apparently stayed on the farm of John Buchanan. There were several parcels of land. When John Buchanan died in 1873, it was Johnston Welch who paid rent on John's land to the administrator of John's estate who was William Buchanan. I suppose that William was John's brother. The son of Rachel and John, who was named William, died in 1872 and is buried in Mt. Hope Cememetery, Lansing, MI.

At the time of the divorce in 1863 David and Martha had died. Two of the 8 children who were living were married (Jane and Emmeline).

Notes:

Notes from Uncle Jim Lincoln, brother of Lura Lincoln Cook, son of Esther Hoare Lincoln, 2/24/1996:

Many Hoares are buried in Ludington, MI. Annie Hoare Cross, one of Joseph and Harriet's children, is buried here . (Ludington is on the west edge of MI on Lake Michigan.) When Joseph and his family came to the USA from England in September 1883, they first lived in Saugatuck, MI, south of Ludington on Lake Michigan, in Allegan County. The family was taken in by Ned Hoare, Joseph's brother. Joseph was a baker by trade. He had a tremendous long reach arm-to-arm stretched out. He smoked a pipe and was a tall, "rangie" person. A family story is that he was put out to work as an apprentise baker at a very early age, could have been as young as 7.

Harriet Newport Hoare died of tuberculosis after a long illness in Elk Rapids. There is a stained glass window in a church (which one?) in memory of Harriet Newport Hoare in Elk Rapids.

Notes - Recollections - and records in England: Lura Lincoln Cook's notes say that Joseph Hoare was born on Oct. 25, 1851, in Tunbridge, England. Bonny's research of records in the Archives of Canterbury Cathedral, August 1997, stated he was born in Godmersham, Kent, England. Lura's notes say that his parents were Edward Hoare and Sarah Dodd. I searched all of the records and found the correct Sarah Dodd but her husband's name was John Hoare.

Source: Godmersham Parish Register: lists the baptism of Joseph Hoare, son of William and Sarah, as being Feb. 11, 1849 (#492 on the Register). Other records show his birthdate as Dec. 15, 1850. The year discrepancy is probably due to the old year numbering system where the new year started near the end of March (18th? or so). He was probably born on Dec. 15, 1850 and baptized on Feb. 11, 1849/50.

Source: Linda Cook's research on ancestry.com indexes for the 1871 and 1881 UK census reports:
Joseph Hoare and his family are listed in Wye. Joseph's mother's Dodd father may have been the gamekeeper at the Park at Godmersham.

1881 UK Census records the following Hoare family at Church Street, Wye, Kent
Film #1341227 RG11 piece 0951 folio 22 page 37:
Joseph HOARE head m 30 master baker employing 1 man b. Godmersham
Harriet HOARE wife m 28 b Lydd Kent
Annie E. HOARE dau 9 scholar b Frindsbry Kent
Alice M. HOARE dau 6 scholar b Maidstone Kent
Arthur J. HOARE son 3 b West Thurruck Essex
Esther E. HOARE dau 2 b Rainham Essex
George A. HOARE son 3 months b Wye Kent
William E. JORDAN servant unm 16 baker b Wye Kent
Charlotte E. HOLMES servant unm 15 general domestic servant b Westwall Kent

Joseph married Harriet Newport on 23 Jul 1870 in Godmersham,Kent, England. Harriet (daughter of John Newport and Esther-Hester Halliday Holliday) was born on 25 Oct 1852 in Lydd, Kent, Eng; died on 27 Mar 1901 in Elk Rapids,AntrimCo.,MI; was buried in Ludington, MI. [Group Sheet]