Updated
August 12, 2020
1.
The Tibbits ms. (1910) traces
descendants of John's 1st son Christopher.
It also mentions a few descendants of John's 2nd son John Jr.
2.
The Day-Minnich ms. (1930) lists Bible records from the family of
John's 2nd son John Jr.
3. The D. W. LeValley letter (1910) traces a few descendants of John's 3rd son Peleg.
4.
The Leslie LaValley charts
(1939/1992) trace other descendants of John's 3rd son Peleg.
They also trace one line descended from John's 4th son Cook.
5. The Church ms. (c.1916/1956) traces more descendants of John's 4th son Cook.
From his second marriage, John had two more sons. The first, a younger Christopher named after his recently deceased half-brother, died without children. No single document has been found on descendants of the youngest son, Gardner Thurston LeValley--who should not be confused with his grandnephew, S. Gardner LeValley.
Note--Any comments or corrections by me are in brackets. Three dots mean that additional details about a possibly living person have been left off this web page.
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Two of
these documents were written
in 1910 at the request of Nancy LeValley Eichholtz. Paul LeValley
now has the originals.
1. THE TIBBITS MANUSCRIPT
[This document, dictated by Marion LeValley, but written by her nephew Douglas Tibbits Jr., lists bits of information in no particular order. Generations are sometimes indicated with numbers, elsewhere with letters--which should not be mistaken for middle initials. The manuscript falls into three parts: a letter (here divided into separate paragraphs), a copy of a wedding certificate, and lists of parents with their children. A few corrections by Nancy Eichholtz are in italics.]
Dec. 24, 1910. Dear Cousin. Your favor of the 3rd at hand, & in reply will say that Aunt Marion is in very poor health, & unable to reply. So, at her request, I will try to answer your questions, as far as I am able.We think [his son George Thomas LeValley's first wife] Esther Amsden's sister Laura married Wm. Childs. We do not know just where the Whitneys connect.
Cynthia Tibbits (a sister of John R. S. Tibbits) married Lyman Amsden (a brother of Esther).
Christopher4 LeV. [son of John's 2nd son John Jr. He was a nephew of the ChristopherA mentioned everywhere else in this document.] of Shelby Basin N.Y. was the father of the Flint [Michigan] line. His widow (Lydia) married a Mr. Bigford [Bickford].
GardnerC LeV's. widow (Sarah) married a Mr. Brazee & had 2 sons, William & Andrew who would therefore be half brothers to MarrillaD LeV. who married Henry Keyes.
Great grandfather JamesB LeV. had a sister named EuniceB who married Mr. Thomas Madison [Matteson]. They had a son & a daugher named like their parents.
JamesB also had a half sister, an old maid named Esther Tingley. Therefore the widow of ChristopherA LeV. of Warwick probably married a Tingley.
We are in doubt as to the names of JamesB LeV's. brothers, But think they were Monroe & George. [Wrong. They were George and yet another Christopher. Moreau--not Monroe--was George's son.]
Now will you kindly answer a few questions? 1st. What LeValley named his 3 sons like the vowels? That is he named them Ara, Era, & Ira? [Answer: Holden] 2nd. What relation is Christopher of Shelby Basin to Christopher of Warwick? [Answer: nephew]
JohnC Cook [LeValley] has been heard to speak of Uncle Holden [son of John's 2nd son John Jr.--and therefore the cousin, rather than brother, of John Cook LeValley's father James].
I think this is about all we can tell you. If we hear of anything of interest, will let you know. hoping to hear from you soon & wishing you a Merry Christmas. I remain as ever your cousin-- Douglas Tibbits. P.O. Box-60, Columbiaville, Lapeer Co., Mich.
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Marriage Certificate (Copy)
This is to certifie Whom it may concern, That Mr. James LeValley, son of Mr. Christopher LeValley deceased, of Warwick; & Ms.Sarah Aylsworth, daughter of Mr. Richard Aylsworth Both of East Greenwich, in the county of Kent & State of Rhode Island, & Providence Plantation, were lawfully joined together in the honourable state of Marriage, in said Greenwich on the 15th Day of March 1790.
by me, John Gorton Elder
James LeValley's certificate recorded in the register of Marriages belonging to East Greenwich No. 2. Folio. 74 March 24th 1790
by H. Cooke, T. Clk.
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RichardA Aylesworth
&
JohnB
Used to come to Lockport N. Y.
SarahB great grandmother
LydiaB
Married a southerner & moved south
ChristopherA LeValley
of Warwick &
GeorgeB
Not sure about this name
MonroeB Not sure about this
name [should
be Christopher]
JamesB
Great grandfather
EuniceB
Married Tom Madison [Matteson]
GeorgeB LeValley
(Not Sure) &
RussellC
RandallC Moved
to Illinois
HiramC
MonroeC [Moreau]
GeorgeC Moved
to Iowa
JeremiahC
JamesB LeValley
& Sarah Aylesworth
[Sylvinus]
GardnerC
GeorgeC
Thomas
SarahC
Carara
JohnC
Cook
EuniceB LeValley
& Thomas
Madison [Matteson]
EuniceC
ThomasC
JamesB LeValley
& Sarah Aylesworth
[repeated]
[Sylvinus]
GardnerC
GeorgeC
Thomas
SarahC
Carara
JohnC
Cook
[Sylvinus]
GardnerC LeValley & Sarah Washburn
[Amanda] MarillaD
MarenusD
FranklinD [Paul LeValley's
ancestor]
HenryD
JamesD
GeorgeC
Thomas LeValley and Esther
Philipa Amsden
TeresaD
LeanderD
GeorgeD
FrederickD Mortimer
[father of Nancy LeValley Eichholtz]
LafayetteD
EstherD
AmandaD
SimeonD
NarcissaD Valedia
[probably the same person as Harriet N., who is not listed here]
GeorgeC
T. LeValley & Phoebe Oliver
[his 2nd wife]
AugustaD
RienziD
JamesD Knox Polk
[LeValley]
SarahC
Carara LeValley & John Reynolds
Spencer Tibbits
AdolphusD Freeman
[Tibbits]
RansonD Jenkins
[Tibbits]
GeorgeD LeValley
[Tibbits]
DouglasD [Tibbits--whose
son Douglas Jr. penned this manuscript]
DelosD Colvin [Tibbits]
OctaviaD Judson
[Tibbits]
JamesD LeValley
[Tibbits]
MalcolmD Grahme
[Tibbits]
ElnathanD Hackstone
[Tibbits]
CharlesD LeValley
[Tibbits]
JohnC
Cook LeValley & Elizabeth
Wheeler
AdalineD Blush
WilliamD Durant
OliverD William
JanetteD
SarahD
MarionD [who dictated
this manuscript]
JohnC
Cook LeValley & Eleanor Johnson
[his 2nd wife]
EugeneD
JamesD
[Then the manuscript turns to the earliest generations:]
Peter1
LeValley & Sarah of Providence
[should be Warwick RI]
Michael2
John2
Peter2
Peter2 John2 LeValley &
[ChristopherA of
Warwick RI, ancestor of nearly all the above, belongs here.]
Cook3
John3 [Jr.]
Peleg3
John3 LeValley [Jr.] and Bidrah Bethiah Green
Mary4
Hannah4
Richard4
Holden4 Ionia
Mich [Actually, his sons went there.]
Christopher4 Shelby
Basin, N. Y.
Peleg
LeValley & Rebecca Johnson
Abigail4
Esther4
Pattey4 [Polly]
Roderic4
Hiram4
John
4
James4 Grandson
in Saginaw, grandson in Vassar [D. W. of Saginaw
MI wrote the letter below.]
Christopher4 LeValley &
Lydia--Shelby Basin, N. Y.
John5 Christopher Columbus
[actually Christopher Columbus] Moved to Flint.
Jane5 Married
Perry--Flint, Mich.
Lydia5 Married
Alonzo Torrey--Flint, Mich.
RandallC
LeValley & Lavina McCarty
MariaD Married
John Weeks of Lockport, Will Co. Ill.
SarahD Ann Married
Delos Tibbits of Columbiaville, Mich.
CharlesD
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2.
THE DAY-MINNICH MANUSCRIPT
[This
appears to be the Bible record of John Jr. and his son
Christopher. The amazing
thing about the document is that it did not come down through
descendants, but passed
back and forth between very, very distantly related cousins who knew
none of these
people. Warren Welch has the paper that Mary Lovell Minnich (a
descendant of the
original Peter's son Michael) copied in 1930 from a document that had
somehow fallen
into the hands of Mary LeValley Day (a descendant of the original
Peter's son Peter).
My notations are in brackets.]
[First generation]
John LeValley & Bethiah Greene
Married March 15, 1781.
[Second generation]
Richard Greene LeValley
Born Monday, Sept. 15, 1783.
Holden LeValley
Born Sat. Sept. 17, 1785.
Christopher LeValley
Born Tues. May 1, 1787.
Mary LeValley
Born Nov. 21, 1789. Married Lovell H. Thomas.
Hannah LeValley
Born March 14, 1794. Married Oliver Babcock.
Lydia--daughter of Samuel Barnard.
Born Oct. 15, 1790. Married Christopher
LeValley Sept. 1808. Born & married in Whitestown, Oneida
Co., N.Y.
(Sister of Gen'l Greene--War of 1778.) [This inaccurate
speculation about Bethiah is out
of place here, and was probably never part of the original document.]
[Third generation]
John LeValley--Born May 31, 1810 Paris Hill, Oneida Co.
Clarissa LeValley--Born Jan. 14, 1812--in Gorham--Died while a child.
Susan LeValley--Born Feb. 9, 1815--Buried in Gorham, N.Y.
Lydia LeValley--Born March 23, 1816. Married Alonzo Torrey.
Christopher Columbus LeValley. Born May 31, 1810 Paris Hill
Oneida Co.
[Mistakenly copied from John's birth.]
Married Harriet Darby.
Betsy Caroline LeValley, Born aug. 17, 1821--a child--buried in
Middleport.
Cordelia Jane LeValley. Born Apr. 7, 1824.
Married Horace Perry.
Hannah LeValley--Born Nov. 6, 1826.
Died Sept. 1827.
[Deaths--second generation]
Christopher LeValley died Sept. 13, 1827, aged 40 years. Buried
in Middleport.
Joseph Bickford second husband of Lydia Barnard--Died Oct. 16, 1865.
Aged 80 years, 1 mo., 12 days.
Lydia Barnard LeValley Bickford
Died Nov. 27, 1882. Aged 92 years, 1 mo. &
22 days.
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3. THE D. W. LEVALLEY LETTER
[D. Wilford LeValley and his wife were lawyers in Saginaw, Michigan. As a genealogical researcher, he published a chart of the British royal family.]
D. W.
LEVALLEY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
SAGINAW, MICH......Oct. 31, 1910
Mrs.
Nannie LeValley Eichholtz
725 Alvarado S.
Los Angeles, Cal.
Dear Madam:
Your letter of 24th inst. to my wife, asking information regarding my
branch
of the LeValley genealogy has been handed to me for reply. As you
trace back to Rhode Island, there can be little doubt but that we are
of
the same stock. Back to my great-great grandfather I can give
positive
information, from the army records in Washington, D. C., & personal
testimony (affidavit of my aunt [Esther LeValley Murray], now deceased
who knew him & was able to testify to all his descendants in my
chain
of ancestry.) The other information, that I venture to state, is
from family tradition. The Pension Department record at
Washington,
D. C., Old War & Navy Division, shows that Peleg LeValley
(my
great-grandfather) served in the War of the American Revolution; that
he
was born at Warwick, R. I. 1759. Entered military service
1776,
as Private, & served 3 months, in R. I. Militia. His captain,
Malachi Hammett, his Colonel was Potter.
Served again 1 month, Mar. 1777.
(Lieutenant Anthony Holden, Col. Lowe)
Served again 1 month, Oct. 1777.
(Capt. Thos. Rice, Col. Lowe)
Again 1 mo. (same officers) 1778.
Fall 1778, served 15 days. (Capt.
Miller).
Engaged in Battle of Newport Islands.
His residence at
enlistment, Warwick, R. I.
Applied for pension Oct. 3, 1832.
Then resided at
Summit, Schoharie Co. N. Y.
Age at date of application 73 yrs.
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Since obtaining
the foregoing information from the Coimmissioner of Pensions, I was in
Washington & there made copies which I have lost or mislaid,
but I found an affidavit by Cook LeValley, brother of Peleg.
but I have no other positive proof of other members of his family, nor
do I know the given name of his father.
The exact date
of his death is in the records, but I do not recall it. but I
think
that he was 74 yrs old at death.
His wife's name
was Rebecca, but I am not sure whether it was Johnson [It was
Northrup],
or whether her mother's name was Johnson, but think that I could find
out.
--At any rate she was very proud of her Johnson blood, expecially
because
her cousin, General Richard M. Johnson, killed the great Indian
Chief, Tecumseh. --The fact that Richard M. became
Vice-President
of the U. S., was not of so much importance to her.
They had a daughter
Abigail, who married Patrick Conley, and went to Ashtabula, Ohio, a
son,
Roderic, who moved to Sullivan Co. N. Y. bought 1000 acres of land
&
built a saw mill, a son, Hiram, who settled in Delaware Co. N. Y., a
daughter,
Polly, who remained at Summit, another daughter, Esther,
married
Morgan Andrews, & John LeValley, remained at Summit, and another
son,
James
LeValley, who was my grandfather.
James LeValley
was born N. Y., 1800. died in Missouri, 1871.
He married Elizabeth
Ostrander. They lived in N. Y. state until in old age they
moved
with their two daughters & husbands to Missouri (about 1867).
They had children, as follows: Elnora, Victoria, Levi,
Esther,
& Sarah and one other who died young.
[He
inserted Elnora's name with a caret when he crossed out this phrase.]
Levi LeValley
(my father) was born in Schoharie Co. N. Y. July 16, 1827.
died at Vassar, Mich. Aug. 3, 1897.
He married Candis
C. Firmau Jan. 4, 1853. They had two sons. David
Wilford David Wilford LeValley, of Saginaw, Mich. born Dec. 7,
1854, at Boonville, Oneida Co. N. Y. and Dr. Frank Duane LeValley (now
of Vassar, Mich.) born Oct. 11, 1857, in Boonville, N. Y.
In addition to the
facts capable of absolute proof, I will relate the family record as
handed
down to me by word of mouth, and family traditions. As I have
been
told, the father [grandfather] of Peleg & Cook LeValley came from
France,
--was a silk merchant, was robbed by pirates, --landed at Rhode
Island.
--Afterwards returned to France, then again came to Rhode Island, went
into business there. --Married a Yankee wife
woman
of American birth, probably of English ancestry. --had several
children--some
became manufacturers. (Don't think this point regarding
manufacturers
was in this family tradition, but from a source seeming
probable
which makes it probable, information obtained about 1870.) [The
LeValleys
at Ionia MI recorded that their ancestor John Jr. manufactured
clocks.
Their version of the pirate story was also close to this one.]
Some
conducted cotton mills in both R. I. & Connecticut.
[In the next generation]
The family were in some way related to the Cook Family.
--And
the fact that one son was named Cook LeValley has led me to congecture
that the mother of Peleg LeValley & Cook LeValley was a Cook.
There was a family tradition that they were related to Captain Cook the
English navigator.
I had wondered if
this ancestor was a Huguenot, for all of my ancestors, so far as
learned,
were Protestants; While most Frenchmen & all by the name of
LaVallie
here in Saginaw, except myself, are Roman Catholics. Your letter
clears up that piont. You also give the date 1727 as the time
when
he was there [Warwick RI]. You observe that Peleg LeValley was
born
in 1759, as War Records show.
Any special information
respecting the ancestors prior to Peleg LeValley will be thankfully
received.
--Would like to know the names of his father & mother in full if
possible.
Warwick, R. I.
is surely the place where they lived in 1876 1776.
Very Truly,
D. W. LeValley
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[The above
documents have been
typed faithfully. But the next two manuscripts are hand-drawn
charts.
I hesitate to scan them in visually because:
a. They contain
too many inaccuracies that need commentary, and
b. They sometimes
reveal too much information about living persons.
So I have decided to type them, keeping
the order and notations as close as possible to the original
manuscripts.]
4. LESLIE LAVALLEY CHARTS
[Around
1900, descendants of Peleg
LeValley's grandson David began spelling the family name LaValley or
LaValle.
David's grandson Leslie included many family narratives in his local
history
series, "The Basket Letters." But his charts show the
relationships:
Page 1--Fragments of modern research
on Warwick RI--too garbled to post on the internet.
Page 2--Descendants of Peleg.
Page 3--Descendants of Peleg's grandson
David.
Page 4--A few descendants of Peleg's
brother Cook.
Page 5--Descendants of Cook's grandson
Leonard.
Note that an X after a name indicates
there were definitely no further descendants.]
Page 2 Peleg LeValley's Descendants
Peleg
Warwick, R.I., Summit,
N.Y.
Roderick R. 1797-1888
=Polly Dingman Summit, N.Y., then Sullivan Co., N.Y.
David 1820-1893 =Hetty Allen
See Page 3.
Eliza
Adaline =A. Sperbeck
Hiram
Delhi, N.Y., then Sullivan Co., N.Y.
Alexander Walton, N.Y. X [There was a
later
Alexander who may have been his son.]
Valentine Delhi--Sull. Co. N.Y. X
Leroy Delhi, N.Y. X [Wrong. Census
records show several children.]
Helena Delhi, N.Y. X
Florence New Jersey
Mary
Summit, N.Y. X
Elizabeth =Cap.
Nathan Green Warwick, R.I. [Whole notation highly
suspect]
Esther =
Murray Hamilton, MO [Wrong. =Morgan
Andrews.
Confused with her niece]
James
Vassar MI [Confused with his son Levi who fathered the next two]
D. Wilford Saginaw, Mich. LeValley family still
active in Michigan
Francis [Frank] D. Vassar Mich.
[Esther LeValley Murray really was a daughter of James & moved to
Hamilton
MO with him.]
John
Summit, Schoharie County, New York
Harvey Summit, N.Y. X
Mary Summit, N.Y. X
Elizabeth =A. Sperbeck Summit, N.Y.
X
[Unlikely she ever married.]
[Page 3--Descendants of David]
David
1820-1893 =Hetty Almira Allen
1821-1910 Spelled name LeValley at first, then LaValley
Cora Eliza =Chas.
Skinner
Della = Armstrong
Newell LaValley
=Antonette Fish
daughter
Irving
Carol
Leland
Leonard X
Helen
Dorothy
Wellington LaValley
1855-
George X
Arthur X
Harvey
Lloyd
Leslie M. X
Edith X
Nettie
Solon LaValle 1856-1935
=Birdella Tyler
Mabel
Josephine = Chandler
Marjorie
=Jennie Cowan
Walter
son
Harold = Armstrong X
Grace = Laraway
son
Robert 1897-
Marion 1904- =F. Willard English
Buddy
Norma...
Hettie 1858-
=Geo. Ellithorpe
Beatrice
Mabel
Gerald
Florence
Wallace LaValley
1861-1937 =Emily Jarrett 1860-1942
Ethel 1895-1986 =William Clark
William...
Leslie 1897- =Minnie Thomas [Compiler of these charts]
Jeanne...
James...
Bernice 1899- =Clarence Pomeroy X
Jennie 1863-
=Fred Bennett
Leon
Claire
Seward LaValley
1865- =Jennie Parks
Mildred
William
Page 4--Cook LeValley's Descendants
Cook
Warwick, R.I., Elmira,
N.Y. [The last city is wrong.]
Rufas [Rufus]
Elmira, N.Y.
Nathaniel Lyman (Liberty) =Juliette Decker
Fred 1855- =Ella A. Porter
A. McLeod 1893-
Fred B. 1917-
Agnas May Buffalo, N.Y. X
Demarest Elmira, N.Y. X
Leonard Covington, Pa. See Page 5
Luesetta =John Sanders
Lucinda =Philip
Gebhardt
All Elmira, N.Y. except Leonard
Frances =James Hill
Comodore Decator [Listed in the census as Decatur LeValley]
Benjamin
[James] Nelson
Christopher
Delaware Co., N.Y. [actually John, father of Christopher.
Both moved to Knox Co., IL]
Mrs. Dodge
Albany, N.Y. [Misplaced. She was a daughter of Peleg's son
Hiram.]
Note:
Nathaniel Lyman above was
always known as "Liberty."
The above names were given to me by
Fred LeValley in 1939 and by Uncle Wellington LaValley, a travelling
photographer
who had become acquainted with Liberty LeValley, Fred's father, in the
early years of 1900.
Page 5--Leonard C., son of Rufas [Rufus], son of Cook.
Leonard C.
LeValley
Volney
Cora (Richards)
Adda (Kiley)
Richard Kiley
Lorraine "
Shirley "
William "
Katherine (Hoxie) X [Original compiler of this
chart]
Grey LeValley
Louise (Larison) adopted
Grey Larison
Glen "
Henry
Mattie (Harrimann) [Hermann]
Daisy (Strait)
Eloise
Leonard C. LeV. [Lynn C.]
Alice (Clark)
Bettie Clark
Doris (Gilron)
Clark LeV.
Glen "
Mark LeV.
Lucile (Osler)
Lecia (Seaffide)
Marian Osler
Mark "
[Anthony] Wayne
________ X
________ X
________ X
Robert
Emma (Simerson)
Francis (Ward)
Leah (Cleveland)
Julia (Stock)
Maud (Roundsville)
Horis [Horace]
LeValley
Harry LaValley
Virginia
Edward LeValley Note: Harry & Ray spelled name LaValley.
Edward back to LeValley.
Ivah (Olney)
Ray LaValley
Henretta
X
Margaret
1st husband, Hulslander. 2nd husband, Grey.
Rosetta
Della (Hagerty)
Minnie (Rosbrook)
Margaret (Frey)
Edith (Walsh)
Ruth (Cushing)
James Walsh
Leo Hulslander
Note: Married name is in the (parenthesis)
From Katherine Hoxie's chart
dated Oct. 18, 1939, with
her corrections, a Wellington LaValley contact.
L. D. LaValley 1/4/1992
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5. THE CHURCH MANUSCRIPT
[Cook
LeValley's great-granddaughter,
Mary LeValley Church dictated this information around 1916 to her son
Herbert,
who drew it up in chart form 40 years later. There are three
parts:
Part 1--Ancestors and descendants
of Cook's son James Nelson LeValley, with notes.
Part 2--Descendants of James Nelson's
son George Cook LeValley.
Part 3--Descendants of James McPique,
a Church ancestor (omitted here).
I have also omitted several obsolete
street addresses, but kept notations of cities. My copy has been
heavily updated by Herbert Church's cousin, Dorothy LeValley
Otterson.
Where I can distinguish between the two sets of handwriting, and where
the added information does not infringe on living persons, I have put
her
annotations in italics.]
LeValley Genealogy Preliminary Draft - Feb. 1956
Compiled by Herbert F. Church
14 Thornby Place
St. Louis 12, Mo.
Peter LeValley
or
Pierre LeValle or LeVallee b. 1663 d.
1756
Note A
m. 1-Elizabeth- [wrong] m. 2 Sarah--
son
John LeValley b.
1714 m. Hester
d. 1808
son
Cook LeValley
b.
1761 Warwick, R.I. m.
Deborah-
Note B
d. 1838-9 Worcester, Otsego Co. N.Y.
Soldier War for Independence
son
James Nelson LeValley
b. about 1796 Sco.
NY
Note C
d. 1868 Victoria Ill. or Pa? [IL]
m. Laura Ann Allen of Conn. d. 1866
3 dtrs. d. at birth
Daniel
Stayed in Pa.
George
Cook
b.
9-28-1882*
*Bible record
See page 3 [The second chart]
Phoebe d. age 5
Deborah
married Michael Slocum
dtr. Lib
m. John Edwards (died in Union Army)
m. Almon Bartlet ("Fought thru a long married life")
Charles (A business man in Galesburg when I was a boy--
Sarah
mortgages and insurance probably)
son
George
Note D
son Harry-d. age 3 or 4
Levi
d. six mo. after marriage
Francis
d. age 18 (Scarlet fever left running sore in groin till death)
Silas
Huntington Tp. Pa.
2 dtr.
son Frank (a tough fellow)
Stephen Edwards
m. 1
Betsy Ann
m. 2
2 sons, died in infancy
m. 3 [Almira LeValley, daughter of Christopher, son of
John,
oldest son of Cook LeValley]
Judd
Note E
Dan
Fred
Harriet [Confused with Almira's sister Harriet LeValley, who m.
George
Palmer]
m. George Palmer (Railroad conductor Galesburg, Ill.)
Frank
dtr.
dtr.
Chauncey (Spanish War)
Mabel
m. Archie Booz (Banker, Winchester, Ill.)
son
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NOTES
Note A: The story as I heard it from my mother: Traded estate in France for one or two vessels to trade with the American colonies. Encountered storms, dismasted, and foundered on Rhode Island shore. Traded hulls for Rhode Island land. The nurse who took care of my mother before her deaath was from the East, and her husband from a part of Rhode Island where Le or LaValley was a common name. His best man at the wedding was George LaValley. At one time I was associated with a LaValley from Wilkesbarre, Pa. [probably Daniel's family], but he knew nothing of his LaValley antecedents. Later the original or the next generation [actually the third] moved to the Mohawk Valley (Scoharie County) New York, a Huguenot settlement.
Note B: Cook LeValley enlisted on the last call for volunteers before the close of the Revolutionary War when sixteen years old, and served as a drummer boy for about six months. Some mention once that he either served in Massachussetts or with Massachusetts troops.
Note C: James Nelson LeValley moved to a day's wagon ride from Wilkesbarre, Pa., when his son George was ten years old.
Note D: George Slocum. "Should have been sent to the pen, but he is my sister's child and I can't do anything," said his uncle George Cook LeV. Brought family to Knox County, Illinois, ran off, wife pregnant and baby born in poor house.
Note
E: Two of these boys deaf
and dumb. [Wrong. It was their brother William and their
sister
Harriet, who married William Snyder and had four children.]
George
C. attributed it to their father's life. [More likely, inbreeding
of cousins had something to do with it.]
[Part 2--Descendants of George Cook LeValley]
George
Cook LeValley b.
9-28-1822,* Scoharie Co., N.Y.
d. 9-19-1914,* buried in Victoria, Ill.
m. Harriet N. Brunson
b. 2-14-16,* Pa.
d. 12-1-54*
Ira Nelson b. 2-21-44,* Pa.
d. 11-8-26, California Old Soldiers' Home, Los Angeles.
Union soldier marched with Sherman to the sea and up Shenandoah Valley.
Part of jaw shot away in Battle of Wilderness--six days before treated.
His father said he was a different man when he returned.
m. Sarah Ellen Watson b. 9-19-
d. 3-12-1942 or 41
Charles b. 3-77 Portland Ore. d. 3-36-53 Fenton
Ore. Idaho?
m. Elizabeth d. 6-51
dtr. Frances b. -04
dtr. Mildred b. 06 or 07 d.3/53
Frances Ellen (Nellie) b. 10-14-78
Living near Nampa, Idaho
m. George Marion Pethtel b. 9-13-58
d. 11-19-49
Anna Elvian b. 5-3-05
Living Nampa, Idaho
m. Adolph R. Kasel
Perry Otto...
Owen...
Florence b. 12-31-12
Dorothy...
Frances b. 4-18-16
William b. '81 Living in Fontana Calif.
m. Louise d. 8-42
Louis Living in San Lorenzo or Santa Cruz
dtr. Pattie...
son
dtr. Judith Lynn...
Miller W. b. 11-8-09 Regular Army
Capt.
Baltimore, Md.
Viola b. 8-7-09 [Miller's wife, rather than his
sister]
m. Dessie
sister Harriet (Shirley) b. 7-30 '85 Living
Oakland,
Calif.
m. Cooper [2nd
husband.
1st husband Dwight Moore was father of Erma]
dtr. Erma b. -04
Jennie b. 3- -91 Rooks Co. Kansas
d. 10-19-41 Boise, Idaho
m. Ben Allen d. 6/30/49
[2nd] son Robert 1941 - [Jennie had] 5
living children 10 grandchildren
[William] Carl [Jennie's 4th son]
EllaMae Shannon [Jennie's 2nd daughter Ellen Mae]
Rachel [Jennie's 1st daughter Geraldine Rae]
Aden [Jennie's 3rd son Charles Ayden]
_______ [Jennie's 1st son Leroy Lee, who died at birth]
Geraldine b. 12-7-99 or 00 Now living in
Astoria,
Ore.
m. McKnight [2nd husband. 1st
husband Ernest Barcus father of her children]
Virginia Mae b. 4-17-16 Living in Washington,
D.C.
Gwendolyn b. 12-17-17
Louis Killed by rock in upper teens
Deborah Delilah b. 11-16-47* Pa.
d. 9-24-72* St. Joe, Mo. or K.C. (on wagon)
m. Davis
George Came to grandmother's funeral in 1907. Hack
driver
in K.C. Boozy Bum.
Frank P. Adopted by M.B. Ogden and taken to Riverside,
Calif.
11-22-80.
m. Clara Douglas m.
12-23-'91
Now living near High Grove, Calif.
Edna Living in San Diego
m. Pierce 1941- 2 sons living
- 1 grandchild (son)
1 son drowned 1937 Manila Bay
Elta
m. McCollock Living in
Placentia, Calif.
Margaret Malinda b. 2-2-52* in Pa.
d. 11-22-29 in Industry or Monmouth, Ill.
m.
Wells------------------------------------dtr
by first marriage
Winifred b. 1881 (?) Living in Los
Angeles
m. Grant Bridges
m. Penn
Miller
Lena b. 1886 (?) Living in
Gertrude
Los Angeles
son
Roy
Roy b. 1886 (?)
d. 190_
m. Eliza Jane Miles
b. 4-19-24* Ind. [Second wife of George Cook LeValley]
d. 3-19-07* Victoria, Ill.
Mary Cook b. 11-22-56* Victoria,
Ill.
[who dictated these notes]
d. 2-2-32 St. Louis B[uried] Galesburg Ill.
m. Henry Church b. 8-15-47* Henderson, Ill.
Union
Soldier
10-20-80 d. 9-30-93* Galesburg
Ill.
[The first is their wedding date.]
Myrtle b. 10-21-81* d. 7-8-82*
Howard LeValley [Church] b. 1-7-87* d. 4-8-26*
National Guard
Herbert Frederick b. 4-3-88* World War
I
[who drew this chart]
m. Mildred James b. 10-12-99
6-29-'28 [another wedding date]
Phyllis James [Church]...
Robert LeValley [Church]...
Helen b. 11-11-89* d. 10-28-02*
Emma Frances b. 1-24-58* Victoria Ill.
d. 4-3-95*
m. Charles Waterbury
Mabel b. 6- -88 Dayton, Ia. Living
Algona,
Ia.
m. Dana Paxon
Charles Dana
Jessie b. Dayton, Ia. Living in Texas.
_______
_______
_______
Ellen Wilmetta b. 9-22-60* Victoria, Ill.
d. 12-8-41 Peoria, Ill. B[uried] Victoria
m. Jacob Hunter Harrison b. 11-18-1842 Union
Soldier
d. 6-29-17
Paul b. 11-20-85 d. 10-7-89
Leslie b. 9-28-88 Living in Peoria, Ill.
Max Hunter b. 12-24-93 Living in Bangalore, So.
India
m. Minnie Hastings
Richard...
Robert...
Karl Jacob b.5-5-04 Living in Urbana,
Ill.
World War II - Major A.F. Reserve
m. Brown
George
When grown he reversed his name using Edwin George to avoid confusing
Eugene Edwin b. 10-12-62*
Victoria,
Ill.
his mail with his fathers
d. 7-2-'49 Willows, Calif. in Sutter
hospital,
during surgery. Sacramento, Calif.
m. Susan Henrietta Gaines b. 7-23-1870 Victoria
Ill
d. 12-30-1946 Willows, Cal
Dorothy b. 6-17-'95 Living in Willows, Calif.
m. Bert Wilbert Harvey Otterson on 10-16-'14 at Glenn,
Cal.
b. 1889, d. 9-8-79
Louise...
Lee...
Lucille...
Dorothy...
Wayne LeValley [Otterson]...
Amy...
Lila...
Nina...
Donald...
Donald Harvey b. May 19, '97 Victoria
Ill.
Eureka
d. Mar. 26 - 1967 Eureka, Cal.
m. Irene Kay b. Rohnerville Cal. 8-20-98
d. Eureka
"
12-6-72
Sue...
Donnie...
Mike...
Judy...
Nan...
#1 Patricia born August 1, 1924, Eureka, California
Jeanette b. 1210-30-1899 in
Victoria
Ill. Living in San Francisco
m. Robert Reid Newell on 11-11-1922 in Chico Cal.
Allen...
Anne... First Born [named Nancy, changed to
Ann]
Cynthia b. 8-20 '35 at S.F. d. 4-8-1937 at
S.F.
Jean Cook b. 3-4-'01 Stronghurst Ill.
Living in Taft, Calif. Bakersfield, Ca. 1-26-70
m. Hilda Thomas Byrnes -12-31-23 [Hilda Byrnes
Thomas
& wedding date]
Betty...
Edwin George...
Maurice Gaines b. 6-27-'06 in Stronghurst Ill. Living in TaftBakersfield
since 1-26-70
m. Irene H. Madsen at Carson City Nev. 7-22-1934
Rodney...
Harvey...
Helen b. 5-2-'08 in Stronghurst Ill. Living
in Sacramento Bodego Bay
m. Lawrence Theodore Bennet, Jr. at Carson City, Nev. Feb.
14,
1957