Phebe Morgan (Reed) Gates, b 1805 (d 1869 Illinois)
(authored July 2006, this preface 2018)
This story is principally about Phebe Morgan Reed collected from the files and last revised in 2006. There are tidbits that are now known, July 2018, that I will add in this preface material but do not intend to do more that superficial edits to the body of this document. This was to be Chapter X of a larger collection. I note that the 1850 Rockford Il U.S. Census was discovered when I was in Washington, D.C. although I do not recall when exactly (I think the early 1980's) -- it was a major breakthrough.
One fact has been added already, her middle name was extracted from her mother's maiden name.
Although not so relevant to Phebe's story I see that I included her son's (William N) wife and the consternation again about her last name. Now, in July 2018, I can record that it is most likely Osmon and her family has been found in Wisconsin and Ohio ... although now I have seen more variants than I recorded in 2006.
I also know more about the marriages and families of her children -- to be completed another time
I never compiled anything extensive (at least at the time this story was originally written) about the Reed's in Birmingham, Erie Co, Ohio but I think they are there to be connected. A road trip to Birmingham's cemetery and vague recollection of some county histories make me think so.
I should mention one recalled detail from her son Leland's Civil War records. He says the family home burned down (where - Gratiot or Warren or ?). I took some time, unsuccessfully to look for newspaper stories etc.
Based on Paul Gates discovery that Ashbel has a building in Praire du Chien, the Old Rock School, on the National Register of Historic Places . I need to examine the Census of 1860 if they were living there.
So perhaps some of the questions and tentativeness of the original story are unnecessary. Some of the "unknowns" should be written as unrecorded or just not filled in.
End of 2018 preface.Part x. Reed
Phebe M (Reed) Gates certainly has a presence in land transactions of Jo Davies and Winnebago County IL. However beyond knowing her parents names we can only guess that she was born in New York or Pennsylvania?
Phebe M. Reed
~1805
- Ohio/Pennsylvania(?),
Parents:
f. John, m. Charlotte _____
Paternal
Grandparents: gf. unknown
Maternal
Granparents: gf. unknown
Phebe's
siblings: unknown
m1. Ashbel
Gates
m2. John
Glendenning
Family Link:
William Noah Gates (f. Noah, m. Ruth Olmsted, gf. Samuel, gm. Rachel
Hayes)
Ancestors
Introduced
Phebe’s
surname and her parents are known to us as a consequence of her
second marriage. After Ashbel Gates died Phebe married Johnathan
Glendenning 1868 April 6th
and her parents names are given on the registration (WI Vital Records) of that document
as John and Charlotte Reed. Searches of Census records has provided
no other clues partly due the numerous possibilities and spelling
variants of the surname.
Some
Descendants Introduced
Ashbel Gates – Phebe M. Reed
William Noah Gates – Alvira [? Osmon, Osman, Osmond, Olson, etc]
Charles Leroy Gates – Emma Arminta Briggs
Eldon Earl Gates – Katherine Erval Homuth
Phebe’s
Children:
Of Ashbel Gates
John
Reed Hayes Gates
b.
~1828
m.
Harriet
d.
unknown
Allen
b.
NY ~1830
m.
unknown
d.
unknown
Jane
Abigail [www1990sCovell]
b. 1834 May 17 [1850 Census implies 1837]
m1.
George M. Senter
m2.
Harlow Landphair, 1862 July 19th (his 2nd
marriage d. Rush, Jo Davies County IL, 1913 August 14th)
d.
1929 May 9th
William
Noah
b.
Birmingham, Erie County, OH 1833 October 8th (some
record 1834)
m. Our Subject
d. 1923
Charlotte
Anne Eliza
b.
m.
Willoughby
d.
Milwaukee WI 1914 January 21st
Hannah
b.
MI ~1840
m.
Armstrong
d.
unknown
Leland
b.
MI ~ 1842
m.
Landphair
d.
unknown
(Francis)
Caroline [1850 CensusIL][www1990sCovell]
b. MI ~
1844
m.
Phebe M. Reed in Context:
Geographic Chronology
1805
Ohio/Pennsylvania – Birth
Phebe M. Reed is born.
1826
January 12th
– Marriage
Phebe M.
Reed and Ashbel Gates were married 1826 January 12th
[1999Gates PC].
From the birthplace of the first son John Reed Hayes Gates one can
infer they were married in Saratoga County NY. Furthermore by the
place of residence of deceased grandparents and a living uncle,
Coleman Gates, probably in Malta or Ballston of that county.
1830 –
Census, Birmingham, Erie County OH
1833 October 8th – Birth
William Noah Gates - Birmingham, Erie County OH
It is not
certain when Ashbel Gates and Phebe came to Ohio but certainly by
mid-1830 and probably rather directly from New York. There are many
indications of William Noah’s birth date from Civil War Pension
records and Census sources and even his obituary. [www1990sCovell]
provides us with Jane Abigail’s birth date as 1834 May 17th.
This is William Noah Gates’s sister and from this evidence it
seems more probable that William Noah Gates was born in 1833 October
8th rather than in 1834. If William was born in 1834 then
he was conceived immediately after Jane’s birth and was born in
eight months later. Perhaps other records can clarify this point and
the possibility that Jane’s birth date is incorrect.
1838
September 10th - Bureau of Land Management
Patent Purchase
Ashbel
Gates purchased a patent from the Bronson Land Office (now Kalamazoo), St.
Joseph County MI … Document Number 7513 Acccesion /Serial
Number MI1250__.431. The legal land description is as follows:
- E½SE 21/ 6-S 10-W Yes Michigan-Toledo Strip MI St Joseph.
His brother (an inference)
Hiram made two purchases on the same date, essentially adjacent:
- NWSW 21/ 6-S 10-W No Michigan-Toledo Strip MI St Joseph
- NWNE 21/ 6-S 10-W No Michigan-Toledo Strip MI St Joseph
The brothers are described
as of St. Joseph County MI which may or may not be an artifact of the
transaction itself.
Another Hiram was making similar purchases in Ohio. There are other
transactions which may be of interest especially in Huron County OH.
[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch]
[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch]
1840 –
Census , Alleghan County MI
1850 -- December
25th
– Census, Rockford, Winnebago County Il
The late
date of the Census provides an opportunity to examine ages. Ashbel
is 47 years old implying birth in 1803. Allen is 20 implying birth
in 1830 OH. (William) Noah is 16 implying birth in 1834 OH. Jane is
13 implying birth in 1837 OH. Hannah is 10 implying birth in 1840
MI. Leland’s implied birth year is 1842 MI and Caroline’s is
1844 MI.
The eldest
son, John in his own household, is 22 implying birth in 1828 NY.
Charlotte
Anne Eliza has married J. Willoughby.
Phebe (Reed)
Gates is 45 implying her birth year as 1805 OH.
1855 WI
State Census
Ashbel and family are
recorded as residents of Gratiot, Lafayette County WI.
1860
Census
Several searches of Census
records have not yielded where Ashbel and Phebe are residing in 1860.
Ashbel lived until 1863 and Phebe until 1869 according to their
gravestones. Ashbel’s family was recorded in the WI State Census
of 1855 as of Gratiot WI. One would expect Gratiot WI or Warren Il
but neither has yielded any positive results.
Death of
Phebe – Gravestone in Warren, Jo Davies County Il - 1869 May 24th
Phebe
probably died in Warren Il and was buried here along with information
on gravestones about both husbands. She is survived by her second
husband, John Glendening (aka Glendenning, Blindenning and
Clendening).
In this
instance from a family stone in the Elmwood Cemetery, Warren Il the
name looks as if it begins with a “C” and ends with a “G”
although the style of the “C” could still be a “G”. Other
examples from other stones do not appear to make the distinction …
need to follow up. The marriage registration makes it look like a
small letter “b”.
[newspapers]
[census]
[1999Gates PC] personal
communication from Donald R. Gates, 1999 February 10th.
Dates are provided from the Ashbel and Phebe (Reed) Gates, Family Bible noted as from 1849 by date of publication. This transcript from Donald R. Gates contains invaluable information but several confusing details so one must be careful and use corroboration facts where possible.
[www1990sCovell]
Al Covell, various website sources.
Al Covell
has been widely collecting Gates information for a lengthy period of
time, probably since before 1990. His material has been widely
published on the www and copied by many researchers. As with many
compilations he has probably used/copied others as well and in the
www versions there is little information as to original sources, some
of which is in error and other information which simply has to be
questioned until source information is found or provided. His
inclusion of the English Ancestry (as of this date 2006) of Geoffrey
Gates (1898 Otis) has been quite positively discounted.
[pre1907WVR]
Wisconsin Vital Records pre-1907, microfiche indexes and microfilms,
Births, Marriages and Deaths.
These vital
records help immensely to fill in details that might otherwise be
unavailable. However if after using the indexes you cannot find the
person you are looking for you should still do an area search by
county. In searching for five of William Noah and Alivra Gates’s
daughters only two were in the index but four of five marriages
(there may not be a fifth) were found in the records by searching at
the county level.
[1966Torrey]
, Clarence Almond Torrey Ph.B., NEHGR 1966:261
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