Eddy, Josephine E.

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• Reference Number: 12594

Family/Spouse: Alger, Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 12590

Alonzo married Livingston, Charlotte G. on 30 Sep 1876 in Willmington, Illinois. Charlotte (daughter of Livingston, Augustus A. and Owen, Eliza M.) was born on 1 Jun 1854 in Sandwich, Illinois; died on 15 Jan 1936 in San Francisco, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 61623

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• Reference Number: 12585

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Of the four members of the Eddy family, only one, the father, survived. In mid-December 1846, William Eddy set off to seek help, leaving his wife and two small children behind; when he returned three months later with a relief party, all three were dead.

William Henry Eddy
A carriage-maker from Belleville, Illinois.
Age: [28]
Survived

Parents: Nathan Eddy and ?

b. abt 1816 in Providence, RI

m1. abt 1841 to Eleanor Priscilla

William married Ingersol, Flavilla . in Jul 1848 in USA. Flavilla (daughter of Ingersoll, Chester and Burdick, Mary) was born on 18 Dec 1828 in Plattsburg, Clinto Co, New York; died after 1904 in Plainville, Will County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 43835

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Genealogy of the Ingersoll Family in America 1629-1925 page 96-97

Flavilla8 Ingersoll (Chester,7 Josiah,6 Richard,5 Richard,4 Richard,3 John,2 Richard1), born Dec. 18, 1826 at Plattsburg, N. Y.; m. Dec. 16, 1841 at Plainfield, Ill., Sterling Alford, who died June 23, 1846 of smallpox in Plainfield, Ill.; m. 2d, May 27, 1848 in California, William Eddy; m. 3d, Feb. 22, 1854, Winright Willis, born, 1834; died May 7, 1896.

Plainfield paper: "Mrs. Flavilla Willis celebrated her 82nd birthday Friday at her home on Eastern Ave. in Plainfield, Ill., and was the recipient of many tokens of remembrance. As usual she gave a dinner which was prepared by her own hands and served with the same delicacy.

"When she was three years old she crossed Lake Champlain on the ice when going from New York to Vermont where her father went to work as a millwright. Here they lived until 1832, where they bought the whole township of Plainfield for $1,25 an acre. Her father laid out the town and gave it its present name, afterwards giving the land for the building of the Methodist and the aptist churches.
On the long journey with her father to California, the women made their own butter, baked salt-rising bread, picked berries which resembled the black currant. They found plenty of game, such as buffalo, deer, antelope, and elk; also fish. They would skin a buffalo or deer and get the tenderloin and cook it and leave the rest behind for the Indians or Mormons.

"In California they learned from the Spaniards to use a flat board in the water, and a root called amolia which acts like a soap to do their washing. In May, 1849, gold was discovered and they gathered lots of the gold dust and kept it in a sack.

"Mrs. Willis is a member of the Eastern Star; a member of the Royal Neighbors; also a member of the Rebekahs. She is an honorary member of the Pioneers of California; also an honorary member of the Old Settler's Union."

Children of first marriage:
i Walter Alford, b. Apr. 15, 1842, Wheatland, Ill.; d. Oct. 184
Wheatland, Ill.
ii Abner Alford, b. June 22, 1843, Wheatland, Ill.; d. Aug. 22, 1843,
Wheatland, Ill.
iii Harvey Alford, b. Jan. 31, 1845, Wheatland, Ill.; d. June 2, 1861,
Louisville, Ky.
iv Phebe Alford, b. Jan. 15, 1847, Plainfield, Ill.; d. June 2, 1867,
Plainfield, Ill.
Children of second marriage:
v Nellie Eddy, b. May 15, 1849, San Jos

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• Reference Number: 8689

Augustus married Owen, Eliza M.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 70219

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• Reference Number: 61619

Chester married Burdick, Mary. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 61620