Timeline for Pike County Ancestors

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The year 1721 is important to The Wings of Pike County, the Pettises of Pike County, The Davises and the Hosfords. On July 28, 1721, Mary Kenyon/Kinyon is born at Bristol, Rhode Island. On September 26, 1721, Matthew Wing is born to Joseph Wing and Catherine Cornell at Dartmouth, Massachusetts. While these babes nurse at their mother's breasts, Elizabeth Sisson, the future wife of Joseph Wing is being born at Tiverton, Rhode Island, the daughter of John Sisson and Rebecca Lawton. and on June 24, 1722, William Pettyes is born at Westerly, Rhode Island, the son of William Petty and Mary Unknown. William will take as his first wife, Mary Kenyon/Kinyon.

Whatever his date of birth, a young man, with the last name of Davis has emigrated to New England from Wales. Mr. Davis will fight in the Revolutionary War on the side of the colonists and he will spend a memorable winter at Valley Forge. Very little is known of this Mr. Davis except that he had five sons, one of which was Isaac Van Norman Davis, born on May 10, 1775 somewhere in Massachusetts. Isaac was raised in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Even less is known about Isaac Van Norman Davises future wives; Mercy Rogers and Marguerite Robidoux. Mercy Rogers was born in August of 1782 at Vermont, her parents remain a mystery for now. Marguerite Robidoux was born September 23, 1798 reportedly in France. Marguerite's parents also remain a mystery.

Meanwhile, Jeremiah Hosford is born at Hebron, Connecticut on September 14, 1736. Jeremiah also served in the Revolutionary War as an Ensign and Captain in Colonel Moseley's Regiment. It is said that he marched to the Hudson River after the battle of Monmouth, arriving in camp on July 7, 1778. Jeremiah will marry Lucy, daughter of Jonathan Burnham of Windsor and his second wife. Lucy was born at Windsor on December 29, 1734 and died at Canaan, Connecticut on January 29, 1811.

All of these people will share descendants; men and women who moved from place to place, settlement to settlement, in search of a better life for their children. Men who fought in wars, fought the land, fought the daily hardships to raise a family; women who died in childbirth, who worked the land with their husbands and sons, who sacrificed a life of comfort to follow their husbands to yet another "better" place to live.

It was from these people that a number of their descendants came together at Massachusetts, Vermont, New York, Canada, Ohio and finally, Pike County, Illinois. Pike County, Illinois became a permanent settlement for some of them, for a significant number of them, Minnesota beckoned, and for a few of them, Nebraska, Utah, California to name a few, became their final homes. But for a time, twenty years or so, all of these people lived among one another in the small farm communities of Pike, Newburgh, Adams, and Brown Counties in Illinois. They intermarried, they helped each other with their farms, helped one another build their homes and barns. They fought,laughed, and cried, sharing good times and bad. They stood by at births and stood by at deaths. Strong, good people, all of them with a hunger for land and an education for their children.

I am proud to say that I am a Wing, Pettis and Davis descendant and it is with a sense of humility and pride for those that came before me that I present the Timeline for the Pike County Descendants.

I encourage and welcome any additions to this timeline. By the same token, I know there are mistakes or omissions. They are not intentional and I not only welcome, but plead that you will correct me or inform me of an omission or needed addition. Therefore, this timeline will always be a work in progress. Biographies and history will be added, changes will be made, but hopefully it will be a timeline that reflects our ancestors lives and where they lived, how they lived and how they loved and how they died. Just contact me at TONI

Timeline of the Pike County Ancestors

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July 24, 1740... Matthew Wing and Elizabeth Sisson marry at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

Elizabeth Sisson Wing was forty years old when she gave birth to her last child and son, Matthew Wing. Matthew Wing was eighteen years younger than the oldest sibling and nine years younger than his brother Giles Wing.

According to the "History and Map of Danby, Vermont" by J. C. Williams, Matthew Wing was twice m., first to Catherine Bullis, and next to Keziah Jenkins, who died in 1839, aged 70. He came here with his father at the age of 12, and became a thrifty, industrious farmer and a worthy citizen. He died in Mt. Holly, during the epidemic in 1813, aged 50. His children are: Benjamin, Catherine, d. young; John, Daniel, Stephen, Seneca, Nelson, Thomas, d. young; Anson and Andrew, twins; and Charles. John d. in Granville in 1856, aged 66; Daniel m. Mary Potter of Granville, and lives in West Rutland; Benjamin m. Elsie Nichols, and settled in Canada. During the war of 1812, he left and settled in Mt. Holly, where he died. Seneca became a physician, and settled in Illinois, being twice married, first to Jane Ewings, and next to Lula A. Stoles; Anson m. Mary A. Davenport, of Mt. Holly, and died in 1868; Stephen m. Elizabeth Hadwin, and first settled in Mt. Holly, and afterwards in 1836, in Granville, N. Y., where he still resides. Their children are: John P., Calista, and Maria, who m. J. R. Rice, and lives in Chicago; John P. m. Caroline Robbins, and lives in Granville.

Jesse Irish, born November 11, 1739 at Nine Partners, Dutchess County, New York to Jesse Irish and Mary Albee.  According to the book "Descendants of John Irish, The Immigrant, 1629 - 1963" by Willis  L. Irish; Jesse Irish and his wife, Mary Albee, had 7 sons, some of whom, like himself, bore the reputation of being Tories. It is related that his property in Danby, Rutland County, New York was confiscated because of his active sympathy for the British.

From the "History and Map of Danby, Vermont" by J. C. Williams; Irish, Jesse settled on the farm that was later owned by Nelson Colvin. He had seven sons, some of whom, together with himself were reputed to be Tories. In July of 1777, Jesse Irish himself went to General Burgoyne's headquarters at Whitehall and procured protection papers. On reaching the British camp he presented himself to Burgoyne, saying "here is thy servant, Jesse, and his seven sons," whereupon, promising to either join the British army or remain quietly at home, he received the General's gracious protection. It is said that he rendered aid to the British army, by which his property was confiscated. He resided here with his family after the war and until his death. The names of his children are as follows: Jesse, Jr., Jonathan, William, David, Abel, Peter and John, all of whom came here with their father.

It has been stated by other historians and hinted by Joseph Smith Wing that the Wing family are somehow related to Ethan Allen. Perhaps our only true connection to Ethan Allen is the fact that he was instrumental in founding Danby, Rutland Co., Vermont. According to the history of Danby, Vermont, Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Men helped the settlers of Danby to stand up to New York state who were trying to make Danby a part of New York; "The settlers were banded together, and under the leadership of Ethan Allen promptly met every attempt on the part of the colony of New York to extend her rule over them, and to gain a foothold on their soil."

November 16, 1773...Pardon Irish is born to Jesse Irish and Ruth Wing at Danby, Rutland County, Vermont.

Mary Jane Cornell was the daughter of Daniel Cornell and Elizabeth Allen. Born on January 16, 1755, place of birth unknown, into the Quaker persuasion, her father Daniel being a Quaker minister. This is a further indication that Giles Wing continued in the Quaker faith of his father and grandfather. Mary Jane is mentioned in her father's will of 1799; "Daughter, Mary Wing, deceased"

The marriage of Giles Wing and Mary Jane Cornell doubly binds the Pike County Wing family to the Cornell family from Rhode Island, whose main claim to fame is the alleged murder of Rebecca Briggs Cornell supposedly at the hands of her son, Thomas Cornell;

Thomas Cornell Sr. & Rebecca Briggs Cornell had, among others, two sons, Thomas Jr. & Samuel. Thomas Cornell Jr. was married twice, his first wife is unknown at this time, but Thomas had four sons with her, one of which was Stephen Cornell. Stephen Cornell married Hannah Mosher, the daughter of Hugh Mosher and Rebecca Maxson/Mason. Stephen and Hannah had a son named William, William Cornell married Mehitable Fish, the daughter of Thomas Fish and Grizzle Strange. William Cornell and Mehitable Fish had a son, Daniel Cornell, who was the father of Mary Jane Cornell.

Samuel Cornell married Grizzle Strange. Grizzle Strang had been married before to Thomas Fish, Samuel Cornell and Grizzle Strange had at least one known son; Samuel Cornell Jr. . Samuel Cornell Jr. married Deborah Unknown and they became the parents of Catherine Cornell who married Joseph Wing, son of Matthew Wing and Elizabeth Mott Ricketson.

May 10, 1775...Isaac Van Norman Davis is born in Massachusetts, reared in Williamstown, Massachusetts.

1775...Matthew Wing and Elizabeth Sisson move to Danby, Rutland County, New York.

Giles Wing and his new bride accompanied Matthew and Elizabeth to Danby, Rutland County, New York.  According to the History and Map of Danby by J. C. Williams; WING, JOSEPH, from Dartmouth, in 1775, settled on the farm now owned by A. A. Mathewson. He emigrated from England at an early day, and settled in Dartmouth. He held two commissions there under King George, one as constable and the other as Captain in the militia. He d. 1810, aged 90. His children were: Giles, Mathew, Elizabeth, Ruth and Mary. Elizabeth m. John Saulesbury; Ruth, m. Jesse Irish, and Mary m. Elihu Albee.

*It should be noted that the article should have said that Joseph Wing's ancestors immigrated from England at and early day.

*I have Mary Wing marrying Elihu Allen and not Elihu Albee. At this time I don't know which is correct.

July 23, 1777...Stephen Pettis is born to Stephen Pettis and Amy Button at Coventry, Rhode Island.

While it has been recorded many times in various histories that Colonel Stephen Pettis was the son of Joseph Pettis and Mary Chapman, the fact remains that Joseph Pettis did not marry Mary Chapman until February 17, 1785. The future Colonel Stephen Pettis would have been going on eight years old when his parents married. Additionally, Robert W. Conrad has discovered in his research that in the 1777 military census, that Stephen Pettis Sr., was in Coventry, Rhode Island, where Stephen Pettis Jr., was born while Joseph Pettis was in Hopkington, Rhode Island.

July 27, 1777...John Irish is shot and killed by Isaac Clark at Danby, Rutland Co, Vermont.

John Irish was the youngest brother of Jesse Irish. The shooting of John Irish highlights the danger that Quaker's suffered for their refusal to bear arms. Because the Quakers refused to bear arms they were frequently suspected of having British sympathies.

August 8, 1777...John Wing is born to Giles Wing and Mary Jane Cornell at Danby, Rutland County, Vermont. John Wing will marry Hannah Brayton.

October 8, 1778...Catherine Wing is born to Giles Wing and Mary Jane Cornell at Danby, Rutland County, Vermont. Catherine Wing will marry Colonel Stephen Pettis.

Unknown...Samuel Wing is born to Giles Wing and Mary Jane Cornell at Danby, Rutland County, Vermont. Samuel will marry Polly Mosher.

It is not known at this time when Samuel Wing was born. In the "History and Map of Danby, Vermont" by J. C. Williams, the children are listed to Giles and Mary Jane Wing but not in chronological order.

About 1780...Giles Wing is born to Giles Wing and Mary Jane Cornell at Danby, Rutland County, Vermont. Giles Wing Jr., will marry Content Cook.

August, 1782...Mercy Rogers is born to parents unknown. Although it isn't proven at this time it is believed that Mercy was born in Vermont. Mercy Rogers will become the first wife of Isaac Van Norman Davis Jr..

February 28, 1782...Joseph Wing is born to Giles wing and Mary Jane Cornell at Danby, Rutland County, Vermont. Joseph Wing will marry Amy Pettis.

1784...Matthew Wing is elected to be a fence viewer along with Lemuel Griffith at the annual town meeting at Danby, Rutland Co., Vermont.

1785...A very large number of the first settlers were Quakers, and a society was formed here at an early day. Their meetings were first held in a log house, which stood on the hill, west of the residence of Howell Dillingham. The first church was erected in 1785, and was located in the southeast corner of the farm now belonging to James E. Nichols. The society held its meetings here until 1806, when the building was sold to Reuben White, and has since been used for a barn. Among the early members of this society were Stephen Rogers, Aaron Hill, Wing Rogers, Ebenezer Smith, David Lapham, Anthony Nichols, Joseph Button, Jacob Eddy, Timothy Bull, Crispin Bull, David Lapham, Joseph Davis, Jacob Bartlett, Luther Colvin, John Barlow, Reuben White, Josiah Southwick, William Boyce, Isaac Wilbur, Gilbert Palmer, Nathan Smith, Asa Smith, Joseph Irish, Enoch Congor, Ezekiel Ballard, Harris Otis, Elkanah Parris, Daniel Cook, Jazaniah Barret, Daniel Southwick, Benjamin Kelley and Aaron Rogers.

1785...Giles Wing is a selectman for the town of Danby, Rutland County, Vermont.

August 23, 1785...The Plattsburgh Republican (New York), under the headline "Plattsburg Original Settlers" gave an account of 3,000 acres of land sold in 100 acre lots for the encouragement of settlers. Giles Wing, was one of the purchasers on August 23, 1785.

There were several records destroyed by fire so it is difficult to find any records whatsoever for Giles Wing or his family. Jesse Irish, Giles Wing's son-in-law moved to Clinton County, New York and is recorded in October, 1798 for tax assessments on his land;

"Particular list or description of all Lands, Lots, buildings and Wharves owned possessed or Occupied on the first Day of October 1798 in the town of Peru being within the Seventh Assessment District in the Sixth Division in the State of New York, excepting only such dwelling houses as with the outhouses apurtenant thereto and the lots on which they were erected not exceeding two acres in any case [as] are above the value of one hundred Dollars;"

Jessie Irish, (Nathaniel Platt, owner), 70 acres, back road, joining John Keese. One log house ($20). $355.

Johnathan Irish (Nathaniel Platt, owner), 100 acres of from any road, joining David Fish. $392.

Pardon Irish (Nathaniel Platt, owner), 50 acres back road, joining Samuel Irish. $392.

Samuel Irish, (Nathaniel Platt, owner), 50 acres, back road joining Elihu Allen. One log house ($20) . $220.

April 28, 1788...Matthew Wing is born to Giles Wing and Mary Jane Cornell at Danby, Rutland County, Vermont.

August 19, 1790...Giles Wing marries Beulah Button. Date of marriage not proven.

At this writing there is very little known about Beulah Button...not even a birth date or the name of her parents.  I found a date of marriage for Giles and Beulah at the site of the Church of Latter Day Saints, the marriage date is not proven and is given as August 18 or 19, 1790. This would only be four months after the death of Mary Jane Cornell.

It is tempting to consider that Beulah Button and Amy Pettis were related. Perhaps Beulah was a cousin through Amy's mother's side, since Amy's mother's maiden name was Button.

There is much confusion about the number of marriages that Giles Wing engaged in. In the "History and Map of Danby, Vermont" by J. C. Williams, it is said that Joseph was married four times; Mary Jane Cornell, Beulah Button, Phoebe Dunham and Unknown. According to Joseph Smith Wing, his grandfather was only married twice; Dr. Joseph Smith Wing wrote to the Wing Society that his grandfather was married but twice, so far as he ever heard, and that his second wife was referred to as "Granny Buly", evidently a contraction for Beulah.

Abt. 1790...Abigail Wing is born to Giles Wing and Beulah Button. Abigail will marry Jonathan Mosher.

Soon after their marriage, Isaac Davis and Mercy Rogers settle in Quebec, Canada, sixty miles south of Montreal. This is where Isaac ran a lumber camp for forty years. According to the History of the Pettis/Davis Families by the Ponwith sisters, in the spring Isaac would raft the lumber to Quebec, building his raft on ice and floating it down stream when the ice went out.

May 2, 1799...John Pettis is born to Captain Stephen Pettis and Catherine Wing at Alburg, Vermont. Date of death; June 11, 1850. John will marry Ann Cummings.

December 10, 1800...Orange Runnels Davis is born to Isaac Van Norman Davis Jr., and Mercy Rogers at Quebec, Canada. Orange will marry Adelaide Barlow.

December 15, 1800...James Pettis is born to  Captain Stephen Pettis and Catherine Wing at Alburg, Vermont. Date of death; December 19, 1800.

Abt. 1800...Margaret Wing and Orange Wing are born to Giles Wing and Beulah Button. Margaret Wing will marry Orange Moon. Orange Wing will marry Rhoda Moon.

November 7, 1803...Sidney William Davis is born to Isaac Van Norman Davis Jr. and Mercy Rogers in Quebec, Canada.

Joseph Wing was a young twenty-two years old when he took the even younger sixteen year old Amy Pettis for a bride.

Joseph Wing (who married Amy Pettis) and Catherine Wing (who married Stephen Pettis) were both the children of Giles Wing and Mary Jane Cornell. Evidence points to the fact that Stephen Pettis and Amy Pettis were also brother and sister.

April 16, 1805...Phebe Wing is born to Joseph Wing and Amy Pettis. Phebe's place of birth is unknown at this time. She will marry Samuel Parker.

May 22, 1805...Rowena Pettis is born to Captain Stephen Pettis and Catherine Wing at Alburg, Vermont. Rowena married Peter Booth. They had seven children before Rowena's death on July 16, 1858.

August 19, 1805...Catherine Mary Davis is born to Isaac Van Norman Davis Jr. and Mercy Rogers at Quebec, Canada.

1805 - 1807...Joseph Wing and Amy Pettis move to Locke, Cayuga County, New York

March 23, 1807...Elizabeth Wing is born to Joseph Wing and Amy Pettis at Cayuga Lake, Tompkins County, New York. Elizabeth will marry Eddy Hatch.

May 13, 1807...Clark Parker Davis is born to Isaac Van Norman Davis Jr. and Mercy Rogers in Quebec, Canada. Clark will marry Mrs. Miley Smith.

June 19, 1807...Charles Pettis is born to Captain Stephen Pettis and Catherine Wing at Alburg, Vermont. Date of death; April 19/22, 1856. Charles will marry Sarah Hosford.

Two sisters, Sarah & Polly Pettis married brothers, Roland and Milo Pelton, both sisters and their young children die together in Lake Erie.

1810...Matthew Wing, son of Joseph Wing and Catherine Cornell, husband of Elizabeth Sisson, dies at Danby, Rutland County, Vermont at the age of 89/90 years.
At this time it is unknown when Matthew's wife, Elizabeth Sisson died. If you check out the Vermont Census for 1790 you will see that Matthew Wing and a female over the age of 16 were still living together at Danby, Rutland Co., Vermont in 1790. There is another Matthew, no doubt Matthew Sr.'s son, who was still in Danby. Ruth Wing, who married Jesse Irish was still at Danby in 1790 as were her two sisters, Elizabeth Wing Salisbury and Mary  Wing Allen. The only one who is not recorded as still living at Danby is Giles Wing and his family who by now had moved to New York. (1790 Vermont Census.)

May 29, 1810...Stephen Wing is born to Joseph Wing and Amy Pettis at Albergtown, Granville County, Vermont. Stephen Wing will marry Olive Rice.
According to Stephen's obituary in the Clayton Enterprise Newspaper, Clayton, Pike County, Illinois, Stephen was born at Albergtown, Granville County, Vermont.  (This should read Alburgh, Grand Isle, Vermont) Many thanks to my cousin, John Jackson for sending that article and many other articles.

July 22, 1812...Captain Stephen Pettis volunteers for service in the War of 1812 at Levanton Falls, Franklin County, Vermont. He became a Captain of Company Number Eight in the First Regiment of Detached Militia in the State of Vermont.

On October 8, 1878, Catherine Hosford Pettis gave the following description of her husband, Captain Stephen Pettis on the day of his enlistment; " Aged about 34 years, farmer, born in Rhode Island, height about 6 feet, hair dark brown, black eyes, dark complection."

November 3, 1812...William Pettis is born to Captain Stephen Pettis and his wife, Catherine Wing at Alburg, Vermont.

November 7, 1812...William Pettis, infant son of Captain Stephen Pettis and his wife, Catherine Wing dies and is buried at Alburg, Vermont.

November 22, 1812...Catherine Wing Pettis, wife of Captain Stephen Pettis dies at Alburg, Vermont due to complications of the birth of her son, William Pettis, who preceded her in death. Catherine is buried at Alburg, Vermont.

By November of 1812, Stephen Pettis was involved in the War of 1812 that would give him the title of Captain Stephen Pettis. He was a member of the Vermont Militia. It is said that his wife, Catherine Wing, died as much of a heroine as her husband was a hero in the War of 1812, since she literally gave her life to the cause. Her oldest daughter tells of her mother's incessant labors in cooking for the soldiers, and of her death with her baby and of the arrival of Colonel Pettis, too late to see either one before their death.

Catherine Wing Pettis had just reached her 33rd year the month before her death and had already buried two children when she and her son William died.

It is said in the history written by the Ponwith sisters in 1971 that Stephen Pettis " was among those sturdy pioneers who pushed their way westward as new territories were open up for settlement. Stephen moved from Rhode Island to New Hampshire, to Alburg, Vermont and in the middle of the 1820's to French Mills, Canada, where he built a mill. From Canada he came back to the United States and settled in Mecca Township, Trumbull County, Ohio.

December 3, 1812...Captain Stephen Pettis is honorably discharged from further military service because of the death of his wife and his responsibilities at home.

August 29, 1813...Benjamin Barzilla Davis is born to Isaac Van Norman Davis Jr., and Mercy Rogers in Quebec, Canada. Benjamin will marry Catherine Sally Philinda Pettis, daughter of Colonel Stephen Pettis and Sally Philinda Nichols.

November 28, 1813...Matthias Wing is born to Joseph Wing and Amy Pettis at Luzerne, New York. Matthias will marry Elizabeth Chenoweth.

Mercy married Unknown Raymond and remained in Canada until after the death of her husband; she then went to Illinois and lived there for six years. Five years before her death in 1888, she moved to St. Peter, Minnesota and made her home with her nephew, S. W. Davis.

January 27, 1816...Giles Joseph Wing is born to Joseph Wing and Amy Pettis at Locke, Cayuga County, New York. Giles Joseph Wing dies in the same year as his birth.

February 11, 1816...Anne Cecilia Pettis, the oldest child and daughter of Capt. Stephen Pettis and Catherine Wing, marries John Davis Dunham.

February 15, 1816...Giles Joseph Wing, son of Joseph Wing and Amy Pettis, dies at Locke, Cayuga County, New York.

May 2, 1817...Benjamin Franklin Pettis is born to Capt. Stephen Pettis and Sally Philinda Nichols at Alburg, Vermont. Date of death; November 2, 1830 at the age of 13 years.

When Mercy Rogers dies, she has not yet reached her 36th birthday. She left eight children, the oldest child being 18 years old, the youngest is only 2 years old.

Marguerite Robidoux (Americanized to Margaret) was twenty-two years old when she married the forty-five year old Isaac Davis. Marguerite inherits eight children from the marriage of Isaac Davis and Mercy Rogers, the oldest child being Orange Runnels Davis who is only two years younger than his stepmother, the youngest child being Mercy Rachel who is only four years old.

Although unproven at this time, it is reported that Marguerite Robidoux was born in France and raised at Châteauguay, Quebec, Canada. According to the History of the Pettis/Davis Families by the Ponwith sisters, Marguerite was a French lady who was not able to speak English at the age of twenty. Reared in the Catholic faith, all of Marguerite's children by Isaac Davis would be christened in the Catholic Church.

In 1813, Châteauguay became an outpost for the British army. The battle of Châteauguay was fought on October 26, 1813 during which Colonel Charles-Michel de Salaberry, and his group of 300 men, defeated the American troops that were advancing to invade Lower-Canada.

In 1837-38, the Châteauguay patriots seized a steamboat linking Châteauguay to Montreal and took loyalist prisoners. Some of these patriots were hung, while others were condemned to exile.

June 2, 1820...Mary Melissa Dunham is born to Anne Cecilia Pettis and John Davis Dunham.

Mary Melissa will only live to be about five years of age.

June 8, 1820...Mary Ann (Polly) Davis is born to Isaac Van Norman Davis and Marguerite Robidoux at Quebec, Canada. Polly will marry Anthony Cooper.

October 12, 1820...Sally Philinda Nichols Pettis dies at Alburg, Vermont and is buried there.

When Sally died this left Capt. Stephen Pettis a widower for the 2nd time in six years. Chances are the only children left at home by now are Sarah, 18 years old, Rowena, 15 years old, Charles, 13 years old, Polly, 10 years old (from his first marriage) and 3 year old Benjamin Franklin and 1 year old, Catherine Sally. At the age of 43, Capt. Pettis has buried two wives and three children.

To confuse matters even further, Sally Philinda Nichols Pettis is buried at Alburg, Vermont and her stone says that she is the consort of Major Stephen Pettis.

On November 8, 1850, Stephen Pettis filed a Bounty Application at Pike County, Illinois. In this application, Stephen Pettis declares that his rank was Captain in the War of 1812. Other histories have suggested that Stephen Pettis also fought in the Black Hawk War. Supposedly it was in the Black Hawk War that Stephen Pettis earned the rank of Colonel. It is difficult to read Stephen's old stone at the Pettis Cemetery in Pike Co., Illinois, at least whatever rank is preceding his name. A new stone was placed there and on that stone it says, "Stephen Pettis, Col., 4 Regt., VI Militia, War of 1812.

To avoid any further confusion, I will refer to Stephen Pettis as Colonel Stephen Pettis throughout the rest of this timeline. Whether or not he ever earned that rank, that is the rank that the majority of family members recognize before his name.

1822...Colonel Stephen Pettis marries for the 3rd time to Olive Hutchins at Alburg, Grand Isle,Vermont.

Olive Hutchins son, Alexander Pettis, says of his mother in the Memorial Record of Southwestern Minnesota; "Olive Hutchins Pettis, a native of Vermont, was born in 1799. She was a most excellent woman, bright in intellect, amiable in dispostiiton and loved by all who knew her."

May 18, 1822... Giles Nelson Wing is born to Matthew Wing and Hannah/Anna Parr. Giles will marry Polly Matilda Pettis.

July 24, 1822...Catherine Cordelia Dunham is born to Anne Cecilia Pettis and John Davis Dunham.

Catherine Cordelia Dunham married John Webb on July 30, 1840, he was born October 4, 1813. Catherine died March 15, 1906, her husband preceded her in death on August 25, 1892. There are no known children.

December 2, 1822...Orange Runnels Davis, son of Isaac Van Norman Davis and Mercy Rogers, marries Adelaide Barlow, daughter of William Barlow and mother Unknown. According to the Ponwith sisters, Adelaide's mother is a French woman. Adelaide Barlow was born in the Province of Quebec on July 15, 1804.

The Ponwith sisters tell us that Adelaide Barlow's parents were opposed to the marriage between their daughter and Orange Davis. Adelaide ran away from a convent in Montreal to elope with Orange.

February 18, 1823...Stephen Moses Davis is born to Isaac Van Norman Davis and Marguerite Robidoux at Quebec, Canada. Stephen will marry (1) Miss Harriet Young and (2)Lucinda Foreman

March 21, 1823...Alexander Pettis is born to Colonel Stephen Pettis and Olive Hutchins at Alburg, Grand Isle, Vermont. Alexander will marry Louisa Davis, daughter of Isaac Van Norman Davis III and Adelaide Barlow.

July, 1823...Amy Wing, daughter of Joseph Wing and Amy Pettis, dies.

September 18, 1823...Thomas Barlow Davis is born to Orange Runnels Davis and Adelaide Barlow in Quebec, Canada. Thomas will die on November 13, 1864 from "fits", according to the Ponwith sisters.

February 9, 1825...Almira Pettis is born to Colonel Stephen Pettis and Olive Pettis, place of birth unknown. Date of death; December 1, 1903. Married Hawkins Judd and had four children.

According to the Ponwith sisters, it is in the middle 1820's that Stephen Pettis moved to French Mills, Canada where he built a mill. For whatever reason, Stephen moved from Canada to Ohio but there is no exact date of his relocation.

June 2, 1825...Mary Ann Hatch is born to Elizabeth Wing and Eddy Hatch at Groton, Thomkins County, New York.

June 11, 1825...Sidney William Davis is born to Orange Runnels Davis and Adelaide Barlow at Quebec, Canada. Sidney will marry  (1) Mary Olive Pettis, daughter of Captain Stephen Pettis and Olive Hutchins. (2) Amanda Malvina Winship Pierson. (3) Lydia Cole.

1826...Joseph Wing and Amy Wing with their children, move to Mecca, Trumbull County, Ohio.

March 30, 1826...Mary Melissa Dunham, daughter of Anne Cecilia Pettis and John Davis Dunham dies. Place of death unknown.

December 25, 1826...George Washington Davis is born to Isaac Van Norman Davis and Marguerite Robidoux in Quebec, Canada.

April 27, 1827...Polly Matilda Pettis is born to Colonel Stephen Pettis and Olive Hutchins, place of birth unknown at this time.
Polly Matilda Pettis will marry Giles Nelson Wing, son of Matthew Wing and Anna/Hanna Parr. Giles Nelson Wing is a nephew to Joseph Wing and Amy Pettis. At this writing is appears that Giles Nelson Wing was the only son of Matthew to move to Ohio and then on to Illinois.

May 18, 1827...Orange Runnels Davis Jr., is born to Orange Runnels Davis and Adelaide Barlow, in the Province of Ontario. Orange Davis Jr., will marry Olive Pettis.

September 8, 1827...Celestia Rockwell Dunham is born to Anne Cecilia Pettis and John Davis Dunham.

January 24, 1829...Charles Wing is born to Joseph Wing and Amy Pettis at Mecca, Trumbull County, Ohio. Charles will marry Helen Foreman.

February 18, 1829...Andrew Jackson Davis is born to Isaac Van Norman Davis and Marguerite Robidoux in Ontario, Canada.

May 9, 1829...Olive Hutchins Pettis, the third wife of Stephen Pettis, dies near Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio.
Only 30 years old at the time of her death, Olive Hutchins leaves Colonel Stephen Pettis a widower for the third time. It almost seems as though Stephen will have more than he can deal with because in October of the same year he loses two daughters and two grandchildren to death resulting from drowning in Lake Erie. Stephen has his two children from his 2nd marriage and four children by Olive to raise despite the grief that he must have felt by losing his wife and then two of his oldest daughters. Additionally, in 1830, Stephen will lose his son, Benjamin Davis who is only 13 years old.

June 1, 1829...Isaac Davis is born to Orange Runnels Davis and Adelaide Barlow. Isaac dies in infancy.

October 12, 1829...Sarah Pettis Pelton and Polly Pettis Pelton, daughters of Colonel Stephen Pettis and Catherine Wing both drown in Lake Erie due to a shipwreck.
Sarah Pettis Pelton was 26 years old at the time of her death and the mother of one child. Polly Pettis Pelton was 19 years old at the time of her death and the mother of one child.

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According to the "Genealogy of The Pelton Family" J. M. Pelton, Sarah Pettis was married to Rollin Pelton and Polly Pettis was married to Milo Pelton, brother to Rollin. In this account it is stated that Sarah and Polly and their young children all drowned in Lake Erie on the Canadian shore while their husbands' were saved. The account claims that the young Pelton families were on a ship that was meant to join Colonel Stephen Pettis in his home at Pettis Township, Pike County, Illinois.

ÄThey encountered a violent storm, the compass was out of order, and they drifted on Long Point bar on the Canada shore, where the vessel (a sailing craft) pounded to pieces. The waves swept over all, the wives and child perished; the brothers were saved.

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If the above account by Mr. Pelton is correct, it may be considered possible that Colonel Stephen Pettis had already traveled to Illinois but perhaps postponed a complete move after the death of his wife and daughters. Upon checking my United States Atlas, I find that the Long Point Bar, where the shipwreck occurred, is located almost directly across from Jamestown, New York, Chautauqua Lake in New York, very close to the very northwest tip of Pennsylvania.

September 18, 1830...Joseph Smith Wing is born to Joseph Wing and Amy Pettis at Mecca, Trumbull County, Ohio. Joseph Smith Wing will have many wives.

November 2, 1830...Benjamin Franklin Pettis, son of Colonel Stephen Pettis and Sally Philinda Nichols dies, probably in Ohio.

March 5, 1831...Celia Ann Dunham is born to Anne Cecilia Pettis and John Davis Dunham.
The Ponwith Sisters History tells us that at the time Celia was born, the Dunhams were living on the banks of the Hudson, twenty miles from Saratoga, New York. In 1838 they moved, in a covered wagon, to Barry, Pike County, Illinois.

March 31, 1831...Colonel Stephen Pettis marries Catherine Hosford in Johnstown, Ohio. Catherine Hosford was born September 17, 1801 in Canaan, Connecticut, the daughter of Solomon Hosford and Sarah Rowland.
It has been reported by more than one source, but probably originating with the Ponwith sisters that Catherine Hosford remarked, "NOW the Colonel has a wife who will outlive him." And she did outlive the Colonel. Catherine Hosford was younger than three of the Colonel's children by Catherine Wing. In fact, Charles Pettis, the son of Colonel Stephen Pettis and Catherine Wing would marry Catherine Hosford's sister, Sarah Ann Hosford in 1832, making Colonel Stephen Pettis and his son brother-in-laws while Catherine's sister became her daughter-in-law.

In any event, we can only hope that the good Colonel Stephen Pettis finally found some stability and comfort from his fourth wife, Catherine Hosford Pettis.

June 10, 1831...Rebecca Pierce Davis is born to Isaac Van Norman Davis and Marguerite Robidoux at Ontario, Canada. Rebecca Davis will become the first wife of Joseph Smith Wing.

August 31, 1832...Ebenezer Rogers Davis is born to Orange Runnels Davis and Adelaide Barlow, at the Province of Ontario, Canada. Ebenezer will marry Louisa Pettis.

November 30, 1832...Infant Son born to Colonel Stephen Pettis and Catherine Hosford. Presumably this child was born dead or died soon after birth since there is no name or date of death for this child.

1832...Charles Pettis, son of Colonel Stephen Pettis and Catherine Wing, marries Sarah Hosford in Ohio.

August 27, 1833...Stephen Wing Pettis is born to Charles Pettis and Sarah Hosford at Mecca Township, Trumbull County, Ohio. He married (1) Fannie Ursula French and (2) Harriet Ann Handley.

December 29, 1833... Louisa Davis is born to Orange Runnels Davis and Adelaide Barlow in Lower Canada. Louisa Davis will marry Alexander Pettis.

May 27, 1834...Cyrena Helena Dunham is born to Anne Cecilia Pettis and John Davis Dunham at Newburgh Corners, Pike County, Illinois.

June 19, 1834...John Pettis, son of Col. Stephen Pettis and Catherine Wing, marries Ann Cummings in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where he had been working as a millwright.
John Pettis married Ann Cummings in Toronto, Canada where he had gone to build a mill, his occupation being a millwright. John Pettis died from cholera on June 11, 1850 at St. Louis, Missouri, his wife, Ann Cummings, died in Ohio prior to John's death. Two of the orphaned children, Louisa and William, were reared in the home of their uncle, Charles Pettis.

October 12, 1834...Stephen Wing, son of Joseph Wing and Amy Pettis marries Olive Rice at Greenburgh, Trumbull County, Ohio.
Stephen Wing and Olive Rice were almost the same age, their birthdays being only 18 days apart. They are both 24 when they marry. According to Stephen's g-g granddaughter, Alice Wing Jackson, Stephen Wing was a well educated man who taught school in Canada, presumably prior to his marriage.

December 27, 1834...Matilda Ann Davis is born to Isaac Van Norman Davis and Marguerite Robidoux at Ontario, Canada.

March 20, 1835... Isaac Van Norman (Ike) Davis is born to Orange and Adelaide Barlow near Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Isaac will marry Catherine Pettis.

August 27, 1835...Charles Pettis, son of John Pettis and Ann Cummings is born.
Charles Pettis died after January 8, 1917. He was married to his first cousin, Cyrena Helena Dunham, daughter of Anne Cecilia Pettis and John Davis Dunham. After the death of his wife, Charles lived in St. Peter, Minnesota with his sister, Louisa Davis, for several years. There is no evidence that he is buried in the Pettis cemetery next to his wife. (See October 23, 1856, date of marriage for Charles Pettis and Cyrena Dunham.)

Date Unknown...Thomas Pettis, son of John Pettis and Ann Cummings is born.
There is very little know nabout Thomas except that he married a woman named Rachel. Thomas and Rachel Pettis had six children; 1. Minnie Pettis, who became Mrs. Sam Mallory. 2. Charles Parker Pettis, born October 3, 1876 at Providence, Illinois, died August 14, 1946, married Darlene Fifield on November 24, 1894 in Buda, Illinois, had two children; Mildred and Harold. 3. Fred Pettis, 4. William Pettis, 5. Bessie Pettis, who married Harry Leiferman., and 6. Bert Pettis. (Taken from the Ponwith History)

1835-1836...Benjamin Barzilla Davis, son of Isaac Davis and Mercy Rogers, marries Catherine Sally Philinda Pettis, daughter of Colonel Stephen Pettis and Sally Philinda Nichols in Ohio.

January 30, 1836...John Luman Pettis is born to Charles Pettis and Sarah Hosford at Pike County, Illinois. John will marry (1) Harriet Davis and (2) Sarah Hill.

March 21, 1836...Theodore Wing is born to Stephen Wing and Olive Rice at Trumbull County, Ohio.
Stephen Wing, son of Joseph Wing and Amy Pettis, remains in Trumbull County, Ohio when the majority of his family moves to Pike County, Illinois.

May 17, 1836...Benjamin Franklin (Frank) Davis is born to Benjamin Barzilla Davis and Catherine Sally Philinda Pettis at Pike County, Illinois. Benjamin (Frank) will marry (1) Rebecca Anne Sweeney and (2) Margaret Sly (Slegh).
Benjamin Barzilla Davis received national acclaim as a pomologist with the production of the Ben Davis Apple. See this website APPLES FOR COLDER CLIMATES

1837...According to the Ponwith sisters, in 1837, when the trouble between the English and French flared up again, the Davis family was living near Kingston, Ontario. Though not in sympathy with the revolutionists, Orange was adverse to bearing arms under the British government. To avoid being drafted into the British army, he abandoned his possessions in Canada, the latter part of that year, and with his family fled across Lake Ontario is small boats to Sackets Harbor, New York. They continued to live in Jefferson County, New York, until some time in 1839, when they moved to Pike County, Illinois, to settle on a farm near Pittsfield, Illinois.

”Orange Runnels Davis and family probably rowed across the St. Lawrence to Wolfe Island, crossed the Island, and then rowed to Cape Vincent. He could have done so with about one and one half hours rowing time on each lap of the trip. From the cape he could have come to Sackets Harbor by land or rowed fairly close to shore all the way. December can be dangerous on the open lake. Points mentioned are at the headwaters of the St. Lawerence -- that point where Lake Ontario narrows down into the river.            (Jennie B. Carpenter, Village Clerk, Sackets Harbor, New York)

November 7, 1837...Louisa Pettis is born to John Pettis and Ann Cummings in Trumbull County, Ohio. Louisa Pettis will marry Ebenezer Rogers Davis.

December 24, 1837...Matthias Wing, son of Joseph Wing and Amy Pettis,  marries Elizabeth Chenoweth in Detroit, Pike County, Illinois.
Elizabeth Chenoweth was the daughter of Samuel and Nancy Orr Chenoweth. Born in Hardin County, Kentucky in 1821, Elizabeth would not live to be very old. She died giving birth to her fourth son in 1848.  at the age of twenty-seven. Elizabeth was only sixteen years old when she married Matthias Wing, who was about twenty-four at the time of their marriage.

1838...John Davis Dunham and his wife, Anne Cecilia Pettis, and their children, move to Barry, Pike County, Illinois.

January 1, 1838...Sarah Ann Davis is born to Orange Runnels Davis and Adelaide Barlow at Sackets Harbor, New York. Sarah married Solomon Harlow Pettis, son of Colonel Stephen Pettis and Catherine Hosford. See the Solomon Harlow Pettis History.
Eighty five days later, Isaac Van Norman and his wife have their last child. Isaac is a grandfather and a father for the 16th time in less than three months.

March 27, 1838...Marguerite Jane Davis is born to Isaac Van Norman Davis and Marguerite Robidoux at Quebec, Canada.
Marguerite Jane Davis is the last child born to Isaac Davis and his second wife, Marguerite Robidoux. By now Isaac Davis is sixty-four years old and Marguerite is about forty years old.

December 24, 1838...Ann Eliza Pettis is born to Charles Pettis and Sarah Hosford at Newburgh Township, Pike County, Illinois. Ann Eliza will marry John Dunn.

January 7, 1839...Commodore Perry Wing is born to Matthias Wing and Elizabeth Chenoweth at Detroit, Pike County, Illinois.

1839...Orange Runnels Davis and his wife, Adelaide Barlow move to Pike County, Illinois with their young family.

Pike County, Illinois is located very close to the Missouri State border. Pittsfield, Pike County, Illinois is seventy-four miles from St. Louis, Missouri and only thirty-one miles from Hannibal, Missouri.

Joseph Henry Robidoux, the founder of St. Joseph, Missouri was the third Joseph in his family. The first Joseph Robidoux traveled to St. Louis, Missouri in 1771 with his son, Joseph. They crossed the northwest and came down the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers to St. Louis. At the time, St. Louis was a small outpost. A few months after they arrived in St. Louis, Joseph became seriously ill and died on September 12, 1771. Young Joseph, father of the Joseph of St. Joseph, Missouri, was twenty-one years old when his father died. He immediately began a career as an entrpreneur, trapping and trading from Lake Dearborn on Lake Michigan (Chicago) to the Missouri River.

Whatever connection, if any , there is between Marguerite Robidoux, the 2nd wife of Isaac Van Norman Davis Jr., and Joseph Robidoux, the founder of St. Joseph, Missouri, remains unknown at this time. It does seem likely that there was a family relationship in view of the name and the fact that Joseph Robidoux's family came from the same area in Quebec, Canada.

February 23, 1840...Rose Linda Wing is born to Stephen Wing and Olive Rice at Trumbull County, Ohio.

February 29, 1840... Olive Pettis is born to Charles Pettis and Sarah Hosford at Pike County, Illinois.

July 30, 1840...Catherine Cordelia Dunham marries John Webb.

August 24, 1840...Frances Jane Dunham is born to Anne Cecilia Pettis and John Davis Dunham.
Frances Jane will only live to be two years of age.

March 16, 1841...Stephen Moses Davis, son of Isaac Davis and Marguerite Robidoux marries Harriet Young, a native of Canada.

Although her date of death is unknown at this time, Harriet Young Davis did not live to be very old. Dead by at least July of 1848, when Stephen Moses Davis remarries.

October 13, 1841...Sarah Elizabeth Wing is born to Stephen Wing and Olive Rice at Trumbull County, Ohio.

February 7, 1842...Melissa Jane Pettis is born to Charles Pettis and Sarah Ann Hosford at Newburgh Township, Pike County, Illinois.

July 20, 1842...Frances Jane Dunham dies, daughter of Anne Cecilia Pettis and John Davis Dunham.
Frances Jane is buried at Pettis Cemetery at Newburgh Township, Pike County, Illinois. Her stone reads as follows;

Frances Jane
daughter of
(unreadable) Dunham
(unreadable) 20, 1842
1 year (unreadable).
(From the notes of Toni L. Nash who visited the Pettis Cemetery and recorded this stone)

August 13, 1842...Samuel Joseph Wing is born to Matthias Wing and Elizabeth Chenoweth at Detroit, Pike County, Illinois.

September 6, 1842...Maria Pettis is born to Colonel Stephen Pettis and Catherine Hosford at Pike County, Illinois. Maria will marry Isaiah Ruble.

November 27, 1842...William Pettis, is born to John Pettis and Ann Cummings at Davidtown, Ontario, Canada.
William Pettis married a woman by the name of Lydia, who was born September 22, 1848. William Pettis died December 11, 1909 and his wife, Lydia, died August 11, 1917. Both are buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, St. Peter, Minnesota. They had five children; 1. Fred Pettis, born August, 1869, died February 25, 1870. 2. Frank Pettis, born February 20, 1871, married Pearl Fritz on October 8, 1902, had three children; Loren, Louis and Eleanor. 3. Harry Pettis, born March 17, 1876, killed accidently about 1948, married Lillian Foster on June 20, 1900, had one child; Harold. 4. Louis, born October, 1879, died in infancy. 5. Blanche, born May 2, 1882, married Rudolph Bachertz on October 29, 1902, had two children; Dorothy (Mrs. Russell Miller) and Louise (Mrs. C. W. Clark.).

October 23, 1843...Stephen Moses Davis, who is working as a shingle maker, leaves Kingston, Canada  with his wife and small children by boat to Buffalo and then took passage for Chicago.

January 16, 1844...The family of Stephen Moses Davis arrives in Pike County, Illinois.

June 12, 1844...Emily Frances Pettis is born to Charles Pettis and Sarah Hosford at Pike County, Illinois.

July 6, 1844...Henry Clay Davis is born to Orange Runnels and Adelaide Barlow at Pike County, Illinois.(His twin sister, Lovina, dies in infancy).

February 12, 1844...Joseph Wing dies in Trumbull County, Ohio.
Joseph Wing and his wife, Amy Pettis, had returned to Ohio to visit their oldest son, Stephen Wing and his family. During their visit, Joseph Wing died at his son's home. Joseph was buried in Trumbull County, Ohio. He was sixty-two years old at the time of his death. Joseph's father, Giles Wing, was still alive and would live to the ripe old age of 103 years of age.

*In searching the Crandall Family History on the Internet, I found a family tree for Elizabeth Wing Hatch, wife of Eddy Hatch, daughter of Joseph Wing and Amy Pettis. It is recorded on that site that Elizabeth Wing Hatch died on February 12, 1844 at Trumbull County, Ohio. I do not know if this is a mistake or if possibly, in some bizarre set of circumstances, Elizabeth really did die on the same day as her father, in the same county. Can someone help me out with this?

November 26, 1844...Mary Ann Hatch, daughter of of Eddie Hatch and Elizabeth Wing, marries Squire Fletcher at Pike County, Illinois.

November 28, 1844...Giles Nelson Wing, son of Matthew Wing and Anna/Hannah Parr, marries Polly Matilda Pettis, daughter of Colonel Stephen Pettis and Olive Hutchins at Pike County, Illinois.
Giles Nelson Wing was  the nephew of Joseph Wing and Amy Pettis. Although it isn't known for sure, it is likely that Giles' parents and some of his siblings moved to Pike County, Illinois when Joseph and Amy did.

1845... Caroline Pettis, daughter of John Pettis and Ann Cummings is born. Caroline died December 23, 1869.

1845...Stephen Wing, with his wife, Olive Rice, and their three children; Theodore, Rose Linda and Sarah Elizabeth, move to Pike County, Illinois from Ohio.
When Stephen Wing moves his family to Pike County, Theodore Wing is about nine years old. In the same year, 1845, Theodore's future wife, Alice Wing is born at Pike County.

May 25, 1845...John William Wing is born to Matthias Wing and Elizabeth Chenoweth at Newburgh, Pike County, Illinois. John will marry Martha Coates.

September 30, 1845... Alice Wing is born to Giles Nelson Wing and Polly Matilda Pettis at Pike County, Illinois. Alice will marry Theodore Wing.
Alice Wing only lived to the age of twenty-six, dying October 23, 1871 in childbirth and tuberculosis of the lungs. She was tall and slender with red curly hair, blue eyes, very pretty. Educated school teacher, lover of horses and a splendid horsewoman. Very brave. Married Theodore Wing on April 12, 1866, had a son, Ezra, and a second son born dead. (From The Family History of the Wings by Alice Wing Jackson.)

January 1, 1846...John Hezikiah Dunham marries Mina Redfield.
John Hezikiah Dunham died November 6, 1902, place of death is unknown. A son, Horace Edwin Dunham, married Mary Davis, daughter of S. W. Davis and Amanda Malvina Winship Pierson, in St. Peter Minnesota on September  14, 1876.

February 26, 1846... Charles Pettis is born to Charles Pettis and Sarah Hosford at Pike County, Illinois. Charles will marry Mary Jane Burt.

September 1, 1846...Norman Allen Wing is born to Matthias Wing and Elizabeth Chenoweth at Pike County, Illinois. Norman is the last child that Elizabeth Chenoweth Wing will have.
Thanks to new information from Zella Mathewson, we now know that Norman Allen Wing was married the first time to Anna Cooper, the daughter of Anthony Cooper and Mary(Polly) Davis. This marriage produced one child; Carrie May Wing.

Norman Allen Wing married the second time to Laura Powell and  they had two daughters; Laura and Daisy Wing. His third marriage was to Harriet Irby Talbot on August 15, 1880 at St. Louis, Missouri. Norman served in the Civil War. He was a master plumber by trade. He lived in St. Louis, Canton and Quincy, Illinois before settling in Chicago, Illinois. Norman and Harriet had one child; Jaunita Eleanor Wing, born January 18, 1883. She married Arnold Franklin Holzgraffe.

1846...Isaac Van Norman Davis and Marguerite Robidoux move with their family to Pike County, Illinois.
It's obvious that Isaac Davis's sons in Pike County ,Illinois were communicating with their father about their lives and success in Illinois. Isaac waited some time before finally deciding to move his family in 1846. By now Isaac had at least five sons living in Pike County, four of which were from his marriage to Mercy Rogers and one from his marriage to Marguerite Robidoux.

December 24 or 27, 1846....Sidney William (Bill) Davis, son of Orange Runnels Davis and Adelaide Barlow, marries Mary Olive Pettis, daughter of Colonel Stephen Pettis and Olive Hutchins.

December 29, 1847...Mary Ann (Polly) Davis , daughter of Isaac Davis and Marguerite Robidoux, marries Anthony Cooper at Pike County, Illinois.
Anthony Cooper married Mrs. Polly Hartwick (Mary Davis) December 29, 1847, in Pike County, Ill. On the 1850 census, Anthony's wife's name is given as Mary. When Anthony's and Mary's daughter, Emma, was married in Fulton Co., Ill., her mother's maiden name was given as Mary Davis. (Daughter of Isaac Davis and Marguerite/Margaret Robidoux.) On the census it states that Anthony was born in Pennsylvania and Mary in Canada. They had evidently both been married previously because, on the 1850 census, among their children they had two 12-year-old daughters, Lucinda, born in Canada, and Cymantha, born in Illinois. When Anthony and Mary Cooper's heirs sold their rights to the Cooper property to their sister Emma, one of the heirs listed is James M. Hartwick. Other children listed either on the census or land records are Caroline, Anthony, Jr., Anna, Joseph and Lydia.

Anthony died sometime after Dec. 24, 1873. Mary later married Thomas Hooper. They lived in Canton. He signed an affidavit July 18, 1878, when Mary's daughter Emma was married. He died October 3, 1878, leaving no widow. Anthony Cooper, Jr., was administrator of his will.

Anna Cooper, the daughter of Anthony Cooper and Mary (Polly) Davis would marry Norman Allen Wing

April 26, 1848... Ellen Pettis, daughter of John Pettis and Ann Cummings is born. Ellen died February 26, 1888 and is buried at the Pettis Cemetery, Newburgh Township, Pike County, Illinois.

June 8, 1848...Joseph Smith Wing, son of Joseph Wing and Amy Pettis, marries Rebecca Pierce Davis, daughter of Isaac Van Norman Davis and Marguerite Robidoux in Pike County, Illinois.
Joseph Smith Wing was 18 years of age at the time of his first marriage and Rebecca Pierce Davis was 17 years of age.

July 2, 1848...Stephen Moses Davis takes a second wife. He marries Lucinda Foreman in Pike County, Illinois.
Stephen Moses Davis, a widower with three small children, met and married Lucinda Foreman. Lucinda, described as " An enterprising, intelligent, Christian, to whom Mr. Davis owed much for encouragement, good counsel and the joys of home. Their first son, Sidney W. Davis is born to them, date unknown.

September 11, 1848...Elizabeth Chenoweth Wing, wife of Matthias Wing dies at Newburgh, Pike County, Illinois.
Matthias Wing, left a widower with four young sons, married for the second time in 1850 to Lavina Fletcher. Matthias and Lavina lived in Pike County, Illinois.

November 18, 1849...Louis McNeil Davis is born to Stephen Moses Davis and Lucinda Foreman at Pike County, Illinois.
Louis married Mary Louise Frank in March of 1882. They had one known child; Ora Ray Davis, born January 6, 1883 at Kasota, Minnesota. Louis McNeil Davis died in April of 1912 at Kasota, Minnesota. Ora Ray Davis married William Cole on September 29, 1902 and they had one known child; Patricia Cole, born March 17, 1924 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Ora Ray Davis died April 11, 1961 at Los Angeles, California. Patricia Cole married Willard Weeks on December 30, 1943.

1850... Mathias Wing, widowed after the death of his first wife, Elizabeth Chenoweth, marries Lavina Fletcher.
Lavina Fletcher marries a ready-made family of her husband Mathias and his four sons, aged eleven to four years of age.

March 21, 1850...Celia Ann Dunham marries P. M. Parker.
P. M Parker (Dr. Meade Parker) was born January 15, 1822, died December 26, 1893. Dr. Parker was a physician and a dentist. Celia and Dr. Parker's only child, Ernest, died in infancy. They adopted a son, Harry Tilbe, who was a missionary to Burma. Celia lived in St. Peter , Minnesota, with her cousin, Louisa Pettis Davis, for six years. While there she celebrated her 90th birthday at the A. E. Davis home, together with Louisa Davis who was 83 years old and Melissa Pettis Davis, who was 77 years old. In 1922 Celia left St. Peter to return to Illinois, where she took up her residence at the Alton's Women's Home. She died there at the age of 103 years of age. She was a charming woman with a radiant Christian personality. (From the Pettis/Davis History by the Ponwith Sisters)

1850... Gold fever strikes Pike County, Illinois.
Sidney William Davis, Ebenezer Rogers Davis, Orange Runnels Davis Jr., and Giles Nelson Wing , among others, catch the gold fever and go to California by covered wagon. Ebenezer Davis does discover a substantial amount of gold and is considered wealthy by his relatives. Giles Nelson Wing took the gold he discovered and had a ring made for his wife, Polly Matilda Pettis Wing.

June 20, 1850...Adelia Wing is born to Joseph Smith Wing and Rebecca Pierce Davis at Detroit, Pike County, Illinois.
Adelia will be bumped around many times before she is reunited with her father, Joseph Smith Wing in 1859. In 1862, Adelia will go to Utah with her father and her step-mother, Sarah Wright Strang Wing. Adelia Wing married Martin Sophus Bohne in March 25, 1866 at Utah. They had ten children together. Adelia died July 31, 1909 at Fairview, San Pete, Utah.

December 26, 1850...Alexander (Sandy) Pettis, son of Colonel Stephen Pettis and Olive Hutchins, marries Louisa Davis, daughter of Orange Runnels Davis and Adelaide Barlow,  in Pike County, Illinois.
Louisa Davis, born December 24, 1833 in Lower Canada, died of pneumonia on January 30, 1908. Louisa, like her neighbors and relatives found refuge in St. Peter, Minnesota during the Sioux Uprising, while Alexander Pettis, under the command of William Dellaughter, helped defend New Ulm with the Le Sueur Tigers No. 1.  Louisa Davis and Alexander Pettis had three children; 1. Orange, 2. Mary, 3. Cornelia. (From Jessie Livingston's copy of Minnesota in the Civil War and Indian War and from Marge Haesecke's records.)

1851... Samuel Isaac Davis is born to Stephen Moses Davis and Lucinda Foreman at Pike County, Illinois.

May 29, 1851...Orange Stephen Pettis is born to Alexander Pettis and Louisa Davis near Chicago, Illinois.

Orange died in Omaha, Nebraska in November, 1936. He married Ida Lorraine Gibson in 1886. She was the daughter of the President of the Union Pacific Railroad. After first obtaining employment as a traveling salesman for The St. Paul Power Works, Orange went into the commission and transfer business in Omaha where he remained until his death. Orange and Ida had two children; 1. Irene, born April 29, 1889, married Unknown Tarpin. 2. Albert, born September 20, 1890/91. (From the History by the Ponwith Sisters)

July 15, 1851...Mary Olive Pettis Davis, daughter of Colonel Stephen Pettis and Olive Hutchins and the wife of Sidney William Davis, dies of cholera at Pike County, Illinois. Mary is buried in the Pettis Cemetery.

April 15, 1852...Sidney William (Bill) Pettis takes a second wife, Amanda Malvina Winship Pierson.

Amanda was the widow of Allen Pierson. Born in Ohio on September 17, 1830, she had two children by Sidney Pettis. Apparently Sidney Pettis and Amanda were divorced because she did not die until December 14, 1902 at Cumberland, Wisconsin and Sidney Davis married Lydia Cole in 1875.

November 4, 1852...Celestia Rockwell Dunham marries John J. Mudd.

June 5, 1852... Catherine Sally Philinda Pettis Davis dies at Pike County, Illinois. She is buried at Pettis Cemetery, Newburgh, Pike Co., Illinois. Catherine, the wife of Benjamin Barzilla Davis was not quite thirty-three years old when she died.

June 9, 1852... Henry Francis Pettis is born to Charles Pettis and Sarah Hosford at Pike County, Illinois. Henry will marry (1) Mary Randolph and (2) Harriet Handley Pettis, widow of his brother, Stephen Wing Pettis.

November 21, 1852...Byron Wing is born to Joseph Smith Wing and Rebecca Davis at Pike County, Illinois. Byron will marry (1) Amanda Walker and (2) Annabelle Gore.

Spring, 1853...Orange Runnels Davis and his daughter, Sally Davis,  travel to Minnesota to select land for future settlement.

1853... Charles Pettis, with his son, Stephen, and his daughter, Catherine, travel to Minnesota to select land for future settlement.

1853... Sidney William Davis travels to Minnesota and stakes his claim of land.

Spring, 1853...Joseph Smith Wing leaves for Wisconsin to do business for his brother, Stephen Wing.

It seems very likely that the several folks that left Pike County in the spring of 1853 probably traveled together. This may very well be the key to whatever problems developed between Joseph Smith Wing and the Davis family. Joseph Smith Wing only traveled as far as Wisconsin while the rest of the party continued on to Minnesota. Joseph Smith Wing would never return to his wife and children that he left behind at Pike County. Orange Davis and Charles Pettis both located land in Kasota County and moved their families there about a year later.

March 5, 1853...Horace Edwin Dunham, only son of John Hezikiah Dunham and Mina Redfield, is born at Newburgh Township, Pike County, Illinois. Horace will marry Mary Adelaide Davis in 1876.

May 17, 1853...Orange Runnels Davis becomes a squatter on land that will be, as soon as it is surveyed, the Davis homestead on Lake Emily, Kasota Township, Le Sueur County, Minnesota.

Sally Davis, who accompanied her father to Minnesota, kept house for him while he built his log cabin and cleared his land in preparation for the rest of the family to join him in 1854.

September 5, 1853...Joseph Smith Wing, son of Joseph Wing and Amy Pettis marries Elizabeth Garrett in Chickasaw County, Iowa. This is a bigamous marriage.
RECORD OF THE ILLEGAL MARRIAGE OF JOSEPH SMITH WING TO ELIZABETH GARRAD, SEPT. 5, 1853. (Chickasaw County, Iowa Website)

Not only did Joseph Smith Wing engage in a bigamous marriage, but he did it in a way that would insure that it would forever be a matter of history; his marriage to Elizabeth Garrad was the first to be performed in Chickasaw, Iowa.
THE FIRST MARRIAGE PERFORMED IN CHICKASAW COUNTY, IOWA IS BETWEEN JOSEPH SMITH WING & ELIZABETH GARRAD (Chickasaw County History page)

November 23, 1853...Mary Adelaide Davis is born to Sidney William Davis and Amanda Malvina Winship Pierson at Pike County, Illinois. Mary will marry Horace Edwin Dunham in 1876.

Thanksgiving Day, 1853 (The Thanksgiving dinner that Stephen Wing Pettis and John Luman Pettis attended.

1854... Mary Pettis, daughter of Alexander Pettis and Louisa Davis is born. Mary died October 30, 1923, married Rudolph Volk.

February, 1854... Joseph Smith Wing writes to his wife Rebecca about his bigamous marriage to Elizabeth Garrad.

There are three letters that Joseph Smith Wing wrote to Rebecca that have survived. The letters survived because they are at the Pike County Courthouse in Pike County, Illinois. Rebecca used the letters for grounds for her divorce from Joseph Smith Wing. In at least two of the letters, Joseph Smith Wing implores Rebecca Davis Wing to stay away from the Davis family;

"For God almighty and the childrens sake don't let them go to the Davises. Never let them to a ball for they had better go to their grave. "

"I should be satisfied. I was doing well in Iowa, making money with the anticipation of enjoying myself with my family, but what did I hear? You was running to George's and had another talk with Tip right against my most particular requests, but you disregarded them and I became reckless of the future and if it wasn't for my children and for Mother I should never visit Pike Co., again."

"Becca, my most precious demands were not respected by you in my letter to you to keep from the Davis gang, but: you heeded it not. As for yourself, you are at liberty to go where and when you please, but I shall try to have the children put where they can be kept from the cursed gang. Your conduct is unpardonable with me. I strictly forbade your associating with them, but you heeded it not. I have no objection to keeping up a correspondence by letter with you, providing you don't call yourself my wife. Any letter signed so I will not answer. I shall be home in the spring if I live, to take care of the children for I love them and in them I expect to see somebody great and good, if they can be kept from the infernal gang."

We may never know exactly who Joseph Smith Wing is talking about when he mentions "George" and "Tip". My suspicions are that George could be Rebecca's brother, George Washington Davis, but I have no idea who "Tip" could possibly be.

Why Joseph Smith Wing would be so opposed to Rebecca Davis having a relationship with her family is beyond me. My first thought is that perhaps Rebecca had complained about Joseph to her family previously and they had formed bad opinions about him, perhaps they even encouraged her to leave him.

The complete letters can be found on the Davis Website under the Wing Section.

June 20, 1854...Rebecca Davis Wing releases her children, Adelia Wing & Byron Wing to their Uncle Stephen Wing in the form of an indenture. Indenture papers.

September, 1854....Rebecca Davis Wing is granted a divorce from Joseph Smith Wing.

December 28, 1854...Isaac Van Norman (Ike) Davis, son of Orange Davis and Adelaide Barlow, marries Catherine Pettis, daughter of Charles Pettis and Sarah Ann Hosford.
The marriage between Isaac and Catherine was the first marriage in Kasota Township, Le Sueur County, Minnesota.

January 6, 1855...Colonel Stephen Pettis dies on this day at Newburgh Township, Pike County, Illinois.
Colonel Stephen Pettis had been surveying in the rain just previous to his death. He had developed a cold that evolved into "lung fever" which caused his death that Saturday night of January 6, 1855. He was buried at Pettis Cemetery, Newburgh Township, Pike County, Illinois.

January 28, 1855...Orange Runnels Davis Jr., son of Orange Runnels and Adelaide Barlow, marries Olive Pettis, daughter of Charles Pettis and Sarah Hosford.
Orange Runnels Davis, died on a Sunday morning at four o'clock, September 1, 1889 at St. Peter, Minnesota. He had suffered for five years from tuberculosis. His wife, Olive Pettis, born February 29, 1940 at Pike County, died August 31, 1905 at St. Peter, Minnesota. "When the gold excitment of California stirred the country to a fever heat, Orange R. Davis Jr., like others, sought the golden gate for the ehancement of his fortune." (From the scrapbook of Lela Smith Ely). Orange and Olive had four children; 1. Albert Runnels, 2. Sarah, 3. Effie, 4. Minnie.

March 29, 1855... Homer Wing is born at Pike County to Giles Nelson Wing and Polly Matilda Pettis.
Tall, large, dark complexion. Homer was a farmer. He married Orsy Bulter. Homer died of heardening of the arteries. Born March 29, 1855, died December 17, 1917. (From The History of the Wing Family by Alice Wing Jackson)

May, 1855...Alexander Pettis, son of Colonel Stephen Pettis and Olive Hutchins, travels by boat to LeSueur county, Minnesota. Upon his arrival he selected a location in Kasota Township for a home.

September 1855...Daniel Webster Pettis, son of Colonel Stephen Pettis and Catherine Hosford, marries Caroline Sweeney at Newburgh Township, Pike County, Illinois. See the

1855...Ebenezer Rogers Davis, son of Orange Davis and Adelaide Barlow, marries Louisa Pettis, daughter of John Pettis and Ann Cummings.

January 1, 1856...Solomon Harlow Pettis, son of Colonel Stephen Pettis and Catherine Hosford marries Sarah Ann Davis, daughter of Orange Runnels Davis and Adelaide Barlow at Traverse des Sioux.

February 17, 1856...Stephen Wing relinquishes custody of Adelia Wing to her mother, Rebecca Davis Wing. Stephen retains custody of Byron Wing.

April 19, 1856...Charles Pettis, son of Colonel Stephen Pettis and Catherine Wing, dies at Kasota Township, Le Sueur Co., Minnesota.

Charles Pettis, dead after moving his family to Minnesota just two years previously, leaving his wife, Sarah Hosford Pettis and his children. Although it was  extremely difficult, the family survived in the log cabin by Lake Emily among the Indians.

June 8, 1856...Rebecca Davis Wing marries Jacob T. Cheek in Pike County, Illinois.

July 9, 1856...James Jesse Strang dies from gunshot wounds inflicted on June 16, 1856. Strang's death leaves Sarah Adelia Wright Strang a widow who is pregnant with his child.

James Jesse Strang is known as King Strang of Beaver Island, the Mormon Prophet and religious leader to the sect of Mormons at Beaver Island, Michigan. Sarah Adelia Wright was the third polygamous wife of James Jesse Strang. Only nineteen years old at the time of her marriage on July 15, 1855, Sarah is a widow before she celebrates her first year of marriage to the Mormon leader. It is recorded that she fled to Racine, Wisconsin after King Strang's death.

August 5, 1856...Adelia Wing is considered abandoned by her mother, Rebecca Davis Wing and is appointed a ward of the State of Illinois.  

August 11, 1856...Amy Wing, mother to Joseph Smith Wing and grandmother to Adelia Wing, assumes custody of Adelia Wing.

October 23, 1856...Cyrena Helena Dunham marries her first cousin, Charles E. Pettis, son of John and Ann Cummings Pettis.

Cyrena Dunham Pettis is buried in the Pettis Cemetery at Newburgh Township, Pike County, Illinois. Her date of death was June 14, 1914 at Newburgh Corners, Pike County.
An excerpt from Cyrena's obituary;
"With the awakening life of a new day, Mrs. Pettis went to sleep like a tired child. Just as the birds carolled the coming of the morning, and the rosy fingers of the sun tinted the eastern sky with glory, the pure spirit took its flight to heaven. With an eye of faith she saw an invisible hand wave the signal, and her ear heard a voice in softest acent tell that the gates were open. She died as she had lived -- honored, trusted and loved. (From the Ponwith History, reprinted from Cordelia Davis Rogers' collection of clippings.)

Cyrena is buried next to her husband, Charles Pettis. The stone appears to be the newest in the cemetery with the exception of the military stone that was purchased for Colonel Stephen Pettis. The stone reads as follows;

Charles P. Pettis
August 27, 1833

Helena O. Pettis
May 27, 1834
June 14, 1914

November 6, 1856...Caroline Davis, daughter of Orange Runnels and Adelaide Barlow Davis, married John Henry Hartew, near Lake Emily, Minnesota.

November 11, 1856...James Phineas Strang, son of Sarah Adelia Wright Strang & the deceased James Strang is born at Racine, Wisconsin.

James Strang is raised as James Wing. It is not until he is a grown young man does James have any knowledge of his real father.

November 30, 1856... Alva Pettis, son of Solomon Harlow Pettis and Sarah Davis Pettis is born at Lake Emily, Kasota Township, Le Sueur, Minnesota. Alva will marry Dora Lurth.

December 29, 1856... William Frederick Davis is born to Isaac and Catherine Pettis Davis at Lake Emily, Kasota Township, Le Sueur, Minnesota..

1857...Stephen Wing and his wife, Olive Rice and their children, moved to Clayton County, Illinois, where Stephen and his son, Theodore Wing, built the Wingdale Farm.
According to Alice Wing Jackson, the bricks used in the Wingdale Farm were made and baked out of the farm land and that the home was trimmed with "gingerbread" trim.

April 26, 1857... Albert Runnels Davis is born to Orange Davis and Olive Pettis at Lake Emily, Le Sueur County, Minnesota. Albert will marry (1) Matilda Stark, (2) Sadie Smart, (3) Mathilda Schultz.

March 16, 1857...Benjamin Franklin Wing, brother of Joseph Smith Wing files a lawsuit against Clark Parker Davis, half brother of Rebecca Davis Wing.
As if things could not be worse between the Davises and the Wings, the disagreement between Benjamin Wing and Clark Davis has to surface. It is difficult to understand from the legal documents what the lawsuit was all about, but it appears that Clark Davis engaged Benjamin Wing to build him a barn. The charge for building the barn was $150.00. Apparently Benjamin Wing left the state for a period of seven months or so and Clark Davis had someone else build him his barn.

May, 1857... Cornelia Pettis, daughter of Alexander Pettis and Louisa Davis is born. Cornelia died in 1947.

August 30, 1857... Commodore Perry Wing marries Lucinda Jane Bennett.

December 24, 1857...Stephen Wing Pettis, son of Charles Pettis and Sarah Hosford, marries Ursula French at Kasota, Minnesota.

1858... Giles Wing, husband of (1) Mary Jane Cornell and (2) Beulah Button, dies at St. Lawerence, New York at the age of 103 years.

1858...According to the History Of The Black River Falls, Wisconsin Business District 1839 - 1977 and the Knapp & Williamson Plat Block 10, Lot 6 E1/2, Historical Society Map Block 4, Lot 34, Black River Falls, Wisconsin; Benjamin F. Wing and Joseph W. Smith (Joseph Smith Wing) build a 3-story building on Lots #34, 35, 36 & 37.
Benjamin Franklin Wing and Joseph Smith Wing (alias Joseph Wing Smith) owned a lumber and mercantile business in Black River Falls, Wisconsin. According to the rootsweb, Black River Falls Website, many of the early settlers were Mormons, followers of Joseph Smith, the temple that they made at Nauvoo, Illinois was made out of wood from Black River Falls, Jackson Co., Wisconsin.    JACKSON COUNTY, WISCONSIN

This is especially interesting because it has long been a family tradition that Joseph Smith Wing went for a time under the name of Joseph Wing Smith. It was supposedly during that time that he either married or lived with an unknown woman and had two sons with her; Homer and Miland Smith.

February 10, 1858...Miland Smith is born to Joseph Smith Wing and Signa Anderson in Black River Falls, Jackson Co., Wisconsin.
I found this record for Miland Smith on the Latter Day Saints Websearch. There is no record for Homer Smith. I do not know who submitted the record of Miland's birth or if it is even correct. While there is no proof of the marriage between Joseph Smith Wing and Signa Anderson, it has long been considered a fact by the descendants of Joseph Smith Wing.

While Joseph Smith Wing had already established a history for throwing his wedding vows to the wind, it seems likely that by now he had probably become a Mormon, embracing their belief in polygamy. It appears that he might have kept his affinity for polygamy a secret from Adelia Wright Strang. After her experience in her first marriage, Adelia claimed that she never wanted to be a part of another polygamious marriage. It has been recorded in several articles that Dr. Wing's other marriages is what prompted Adelia to divorce him.

October 13, 1858... Winslow Chub Davis, son of Isaac Davis and Catherine Pettis is born on this day at Lake Emily, Kasota Township, Le Sueur County, Minnesota. Chub will marry (1) Margaret Everett, (2) Rosa Belle Everett.

November 27, 1858...Elizabeth Jane Wing is born to Joseph Smith Wing and Sarah Adelia Wright Strang. Although there is no document, it has been reported that Elizabeth was born at Black River Falls, Wisconsin. Elizabeth will marry Joseph Smith Bohne.

Born a little over two years after her half-brother, James Strang, it seems likely that Joseph Smith Wing met Adelia Wright Strang shortly after the birth of her son. At this writing, no evidence has surfaced that recorded a marriage between Dr. Wing and Sarah Adelia Wright Strang before or after their first child was born. They were sealed according to Mormon custom in 1863, supposedly by a false document that was made by his nephew, Samuel Joseph Wing.

December 6, 1858... Flavia Jane Wing is born to Commodore Perry Wing and Lucinda Bennett at Pike County, Illinois.

1859...John Luman Pettis, son of Charles Pettis and Sarah Hosford, marries Harriet Davis, daughter of Orange Runnels Davis and Adelaide Barlow.

February 2, 1859... Alice Lois Davis is born to Sidney William Davis and Amanda Malvina Winship Pierson near Kasota, Minnesota. Alice will marry Royal Cutler Thompson.

April 6, 1859...Dr. Joseph Smith Wing reclaims custody of his daughter, Adelia Wing.
By now Joseph Smith Wing goes by Dr. Joseph Smith Wing, somehow gaining the medical expertise to practice medicine. When he returns to Pike County, presumably to visit his mother and children, he reclaims his daughter, Adelia. Byron Wing, the son of Dr. Joseph Smith Wing remains with his uncle Stephen Wing. Whether Dr. Joseph Smith Wing consented to this or was forced to allow his son to remain at Stephen Wing's is unknown at this time.

There may have been some lifetime bitter feelings between the two brothers, Stephen Wing and Joseph Smith Wing. It is noticable that Joseph Smith Wing who had at least eight sons and named his sons after brothers' and nephews', did not name any of his sons' after his brother Stephen, nor did he name any of his sons' after his brother, Mathias Wing.

May 11, 1859... Alexander Pettis is elected to the Kasota Township Board, the township that he had helped to organize.

November 3, 1859... Sarah A. Davis is born to Orange Runnells Davis and Olive Pettis Davis at Lake Emily, Le Sueur County, Minnesota.
Sarah died following a sucession of strokes on January 9, 1932 at Pasadena, California. She married John Heritage. Sarah and John had three children; Daisy, Margaret and Albert.

February 23, 1860... Charles Pettis Davis, son of Isaac and Catherine Pettis is born on this day at Lake Emily, Kasota Township, Le Sueur County, Minnesota.

March 18, 1860...According to the History Of The Black River Falls, Wisconsin Business District 1839 - 1977, Knapp & Williamson Plat Block 10 Lot 6 E1/2 & the Historical Society Map Block 4 Lot 34; The Wing block burned on this day in 1860.

June 24, 1860... Samuel Joseph Wing and Elizabeth Jane Wright are married at Alma, Jackson County, Wisconsin. See Registration
Samuel Joseph Wing was the son of Matthias Wing and the nephew of Joseph Smith Wing. Elizabeth Jane Wright was the sister to Adelia Wright Strang who was now the wife of Dr. Joseph Smith Wing. This marriage makes Dr. Joseph Smith Wing, who is the uncle to Samuel Joseph Wing, his brother-in-law also.

December 6, 1860... Vivian Elizabeth Wing is born to Commodore Perry Wing and Lucinda Bennett.

April 13, 1861... Clarence Hubert Davis is born to Isaac Van Norman Davis and Catherine Pettis at Kasota Township, Le Sueur County, Minnesota. Clarence will marry Dora Elizabeth (Dode) Flowers.

May 22, 1861... Alan Pettis is born to Solomon Harlow Pettis and Sarah Davis at Lake Emily, Kasota Township, Le Sueur County, Minnesota.
Alan Pettis died at the age of 26, April 9, 1887 at Kasota Township. Alan was a member of the Minnesota National Guard.

September 21, 1861...Henry Clay Davis, youngest son of Orange Runnels Davis and Adelaide Barlow, marries Melissa Jane Pettis, the daughter of Charles Pettis and Sarah Jane Hosford.

1862...Dr. Joseph Smith Wing , Adelia Wright Strang, Adelia Wing and Elizabeth Wing begin their journey to Salt Lake City, Utah.
Among their party is Samuel Joseph Wing and William Wing, both sons of Matthias Wing and the nephews of Dr. Joseph Smith Wing.

1862...Harriet Davis, daughter of Orange Runnels Davis and Adelaide Barlow marries John Luman Pettis.

February 22, 1862...Amy Wing writes to her son, Joseph Smith Wing in Utah;
"We had a letter from Minnesota recently and they are well.You have heard, no doubt, of the great massacre of the people in Minn. by the Indians. They killed some 800 whites and there has been hung some 37 of them at one time."

May 26, 1862... Mary Arminta Wing is born to Dr. Joseph Smith Wing and Sarah Adelia Wright Strang enroute to Utah, at Sweet Water, American Plains Wyoming. Mary will marry Joseph Fuller.

May, 1862...Isaiah Ruble enlists in the Army, Company K, Second Illinois Cavalry, under Colonel Hogg. Isaiah served his country through the siege at Vicksburg and the battle at Holly Springs. Isaiah Ruble will marry Maria Pettis in 1866.

July 4, 1862... Edith Almira Davis is born on this day to Isaac Davis and Catherine Pettis at Lake Emily, Le Sueur County, Minnesota. Edith will marry Charles H. Glover.

August, 1862... Charles Pettis, son of Charles Pettis and Sarah Hosford, enlists in Company K, Seventh Minnesota Volunteers.

August 9, 1862... Truman Perry Wing is born to Commodore Perry Wing and Lucinda Bennett in  Kasota, Minnesota.

August 19, 1862...Philander Brown enlists in the Army, Company K, Seventh Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, under Colonel Miller and Captain Burke. Philander Brown will marry Emily Francis Pettis in 1863.

December 27, 1862... Chester Henry Davis is born to Henry Davis and Melissa Pettis at Lake Emily. Chester will marry (1) Maggie Sullivan and (2) Mary Camellia Bacquet.

April 2, 1863... Emily Frances Pettis marries Philander Brown.

May 16, 1864...Norman Allen Wing enlisted as a private the 16th day of May, 1864, at Quincy, Ill., in Company H, 137 Regiment, Illinois Infantry Volunteers, giving his residence as Detroit, Pike County, Illinois. At this enlistment he gave his age as eighteen, which would have him being born in 1846. His description at this time was 5'7" tall, light complexion, dark hair and he gave his occupation as a farmer. He was in Captain Len Barber's Company. He was discharged Sept. 24, 1864, by reason of expiration of enlistment. This discharge paper gives his description as 5'5" tall, dark complexion, black eyes, and dark hair.

May 26, 1864... Alma Pettis is born to Solomon Harlow Pettis and Sarah Davis at Lake Emily, Kasota Township, Le Sueur County, Minnesota. Alma will marry Edmund McGrath.

August 15, 1864... Victor Clay Davis is born to Henry Davis and Melissa Pettis at Lake Emily, Kasota Township, Le Sueur County, Minnesota. Victor died in April of 1865.

September 25, 1864...Norman Allen Wing is discharged from the Army.

November 2, 1864... Joseph Smith Wing Jr., is born to Dr. Joseph Smith Wing and Sarah Adelia Wright Strang Springville, Utah, Utah. Joseph will marry Adelaide Estella Lisonbee.

November 13, 1864... Thomas Barlow Davis, son of Orange Runnels Davis and Adelaide Barlow, dies on this day of "fits." Place of death is presumably in Minnesota. Place of burial is unknown.

December 2, 1864... Osro Curtis Wing is born to Commodore Perry Wing and Lucinda Bennett.

December 17, 1864... Dr. Joseph Smith Wing marries Mary Josephine Allan in Utah.
This marriage marks the first time that Dr. Joseph Smith Wing was married to two women at once legally. He will marry more women and have more children. The dates of all of his marriages are not known at this time.

December 22, 1864...Amy Pettis Wing dies on this day and is buried at the Pettis Cemetery, Newburgh Township, Pike County, Illinois.

Presumably Amy Pettis Wing died at the home of her son, Stephen Wing in Clayton, Illinois but that is not proven at this time.

February 25, 1865...He enlisted the second time as a private the 24th of Februrary, 1865, at Mt. Sterling, Ill., in Company F, 47 Regiment, Illinois Infantry Volunteers for one year and was honorably discharged at Springfield, Ill., on the 9th day of Dec., 1865.

March 26, 1865... George Washington Davis, son of Isaac Van Norman Davis and Catherine Pettis is born this day at Lake Emily, Kasota Township, Le Sueur County, Minnesota. George will marry Catherine Adeline (Kit) De Laughter.

April, 1865... Victor Clay Davis, son of Henry Davis and Melissa Pettis dies in Minnesota. Victor was less than a year old.

April 10, 1865...while engaged at Spanish Fort, Norman Allen Wing had his left thumb shot off by a rebel sharpshooter while he (Norman) was in the act of firing. He was treated by H. T. Autes, Surgeon 47th Regt. Ill. Inf. Vols., "in quarters for typho malonal fever, when he was sent to Post Hospital at Selma Ala. and never returned to his company or regiment, but was discharged from Hospital at Camp Butler Springfield Ill Dec. 9th 1865 on account of disability."

April 30, 1865... Lucinda Jane Bennett Wing , wife of Commodore Perry Wing, dies at Pike County, Illinois and is buried at Hinman Cemetery, Griggsville Township, Pike County, Illinois.

May, 1865...Isaiah Ruble is honorably discharged from the Army.

December 9, 1865... Norman Allen Wing is honorably discharged from the Army.
He applied for a disability pension in 1870 for heart disease due to typhoid fever. The communication from the Adjutant General's Office, dated March 1, 1871, states "On the Muster Roll of Co. F of that Regiment, for the months of July & Augt. l865, he is reported 'Absent sick in Hosptl. at Mobile, Ala.' Roll for Nov. & Dec. 1865 reports him 'Discharged for disability Decr. 9, 1865, at Springfield, Ills.' Individual M.O. roll dated Decr. 9, 1865 reports him Mustered out at Springfield Ills. Decr. 9, 1865 in compliance with telegram orders War Dept. Also, May 3 1865. There is no Cert of Dis on file." There is no record in the file telling whether or not he got a pension at this time.

In the replies to the questions he states that he married Hattie I. Talbot August 12th, 1880; he was previously married to Laura Powell and the date of her death or divorce was July 15, 1873. His living children and dates of their birth were Laura (we thought it was Lena but it is difficult to read and Betty Evenson has it as Laura), Dec. 15, 1874; Daisy, Sept. 12, 1876; and Juanita, Jan 18, 1883.

February 17, 1866... Dr. Joseph Smith Wing marries Sophia Anena Bohne at Salt Lake City, Utah.
Dr. Joseph Smith Wing is now married to three women at the same time. According to one census, he kept separate households for all of his different wives and their children.

March 5, 1866... Adelia Wing, daughter of Dr. Joseph Smith Wing and Rebecca Davis Wing Cheek, marries Martin Sophus Bohne at  Mt. Pleasant, Utah.
Adelia Wing, fifteen years of age, marries Martin Sophus Bohne and becomes her father's sister-in-law. Martin Sophus Bohne was the brother of Sophia Anena Bohne.

The Mt. Pleasant, Utah History written by Dorf P. Long;
"A double wedding, that of Adelia Wing and Martin Bohne and Henry Bohne and Juliet Day were solemnized by Dr. Joseph Smith Wing, father of Adelia, of Fairview, on March 16, 1866."

April 12, 1866...Theodore Wing, son of Stephen Wing and Olive Rice, marries Alice Wing, daughter of Giles Nelson Wing and Matilda Pettis.
This was another impossibly complicated set of relationships; Theodore Wing was the grandson of Joseph Wing and Amy Pettis and a second cousin to Giles Nelson Wing, but he was a cousin to Matilda Pettis because Colonel Stephen Pettis was his Uncle.. Alice Wing was the granddaughter of Colonel Stephen Pettis, the great-niece to Theodore's grandfather; Joseph Wing. Basically Theodore Wing and Alice Wing were second cousins, but they were double second cousins as they were both the great grandchildren of Giles Wing and Mary Jane Cornell and of Stephen Pettis and Amy Button.

June 2, 1866... Charles Wing is born to Joseph Smith Wing and Mary Josephine Allen at Utah. Charles will marry Angelina Biggs.

October 31, 1866...Norman Allen Wing, son of Matthias Wing and Elizabeth Chenoweth, married Anna Cooper, daughter of Anthony Cooper and Mary (Polly) Davis at Fulton County, Illinois.

December, 1866...Maria Pettis, daughter of Colonel Stephen Pettis and Catherine Hosford, marries Isaiah Ruble in Illinois.

February 4, 1867... Sarah Adelia Wing is born to Dr. Joseph Smith Wing and Sarah Adelia Wright Strang. Sarah will marry John Diamond.

June 5, 1867... Signa Sophia Wing is born to Dr. Joseph Smith Wing and Signa Sophia Bohne at Springville, Utah County, Utah. Signa will marry Charles Orson Law.

July 24, 1867...Adna Pettis is born to Solomon Harlow Pettis and Sarah Davis. Adna will marry (1)Alice Volk, (2) Maude Posten Katz and (3) Florence Bedbury.

August 8, 1867... Ezra Wing is born to Theodore Wing and Alice Wing probably at the Wingdale Farm, Clayton, Illinois. Ezra will marry Mary Frances Anderson in 1891.

August 23, 1867... Catharine Cordelia Davis, daughter of Isaac Davis and Catharine Pettis is born on this day at Lake Emily, Le Sueur County, Minnesota.  

October 11, 1868... John William Wing marries Martha Goates in Salt Lake, Utah.

November 28, 1868... Lillian May Davis is born to Henry Davis and Melissa Pettis at Lake Emily, Kasota Township, Le Sueur Co., Minnesota. Emily will marry Milton Hill.

November 20, 1869... Benjamin Franklin Wing is born to Dr. Joseph Smith Wing and Sarah Adelia Wright Strang. Benjamin will marry Amanda Lisonbee.

January 25, 1870... Ella Stacia Davis is born to Henry Davis and Melissa Pettis at Lake Emily, Kasota Township, Le Sueur Co., Minnesota. Melissa will marry Martin Ponwith.

March 15, 1870...Carrie May Wing is born to Norman Allen Wing and Anna Cooper at  Canton, Fulton County, Illinois. Norman Allen Wing is listed on the 1870 Census in Fulton County, Illinois with wife, Hannah and their baby, Carry. By December of 1873, Norman Allen Wing and Anna Cooper will be divorced. Norman will never again acknowledge Carrie as his child. She grew up with her mother, stepfather and their children. She grew up believing her father was dead. She married Elmer Alexander Fuller in Springfield, Missouri, September 27, 1886. Their children were Elsie, Ward Pancost, Irene, Dora Anne, Wirt Charles, Elmer Eugene, and Edith Anita.

June 25, 1870... Frederick William Wing is born to Dr. Joseph Smith Wing and Sophia Anena Bohne at Springville, Utah Co., Utah. Frederick will marry Sophia Erath.

October 23, 1871... Alice Wing, wife of Theodore Wing, daughter of Giles Nelson Wing and Polly Matilda Pettis, dies at Pike County, Illinois at the age of twenty-six.
Alice Wing Wing died as a result of childbirth complicated by turberculosis. The child, a son, died also. Theodore will remain a widow, raising his son Ezra by himself until 1882 when he finally remarries.

December 14, 1871... Byron Wing marries Amanda Walker at Adams County, Illinois.
Although I have not discovered a record of Amanda's death, she apparently died young, possibly during or as a result of childbirth. There were no living children from the union of Byron and Amanda.

January 28, 1872... Minnie Davis is born to Orange Runnells Davis and Olive Pettis Davis at Lake Emily, Le Sueur County, Minnesota.

March 1, 1872... John Edwin Davis is born on this day to Isaac Davis and Catharine Pettis at Lake Emily, Le Sueur Co., Minnesota. John will marry Emma Smith.

July 20, 1872... Amy Amanda Wing is born to Dr. Joseph Smith Wing and Sarah Adelia Wright Strang. Amy will marry Ammi Oakley.

March 15, 1873... Hugh Bohne Wing is born to Dr. Joseph Smith Wing and Sophia Anena Bohne at Springville, Utah Co., Utah. Hugh will marry Mary Ellen Kirkman.

March 22, 1873... Henry Wing is born to Dr. Joseph Smith Wing and Amelia Hendrickson at Springville, Utah Co., Utah. Henry will marry Johannah Dorthea Madson.
The date of the marriage between Dr. Wing and Amelia Hendrickson is unknown at this time. His other wives were reportedly; Signa Anderson, reputed mother of Homer and Miland Smith, Elizabeth Marshall, Ellen Larsen and Frances Unknown.

August 15, 1873... John Ethan Allen Wing is born to Dr. Joseph Smith Wing and Mary Josephine Allen at Springville, Utah County, Utah. John dies at the age of sixteen in 1889.

September 9, 1873...Anne Cecilia Pettis Dunham died on this day in Pike County, Illinois. Anne is buried at the Pettis Cemetery at Newburgh Township, Pike County, Illinois.

December 20, 1873...Anthony Cooper signed an affidavit that Jesse Burner was over 21 and Mrs. Anna Wing was over 18.

December 28, 1873...Jesse Burner and Anna Cooper Wing were married in Fulton Co., Illinois.
According to the 1880 census, Jesse and Anna had three children: Franklin R. (4), Charles (2), and Dora (1). Jesse died Oct. 1, 1888, in Lincoln, Lancaster Co., Nebr. She married Albert H. Baker Aug. 20, 1890, in Lincoln, but divorced him on the grounds of extreme cruelty March 29, 1895, also in Lancaster Co. The decree states that she "has conducted herself toward the defendant as a faithful chaste and obedient wife" and restores her former name of Anna Burner.

April 2, 1895, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa, she married Joshua Warner. His former wife, Evaline Wilkins, had died July 30, or 31, 1894, in Cortland, Nebr. He was from Darby Creek, Madison Co., Ohio and had served in A Company, 121 Ohio Infantry during the Civil War. He enlisted Aug. 9, 1862, and mustered in at Camp Delaware, Ohio. He was left sick in the hospital at Columbia, Ky., Dec. 22, 1862. He was taken prisoner at Columbia, Ky., Jan. 1, 1863, by Morgan's Cavalry. He was a prisoner at Campbellsville, Ky. At the battle of Burtenville, N.C., March 19, 1865, he was shot by a minnie ball from the enemy which broke his right leg and amputation took place. His pension was $24 per month in 1883, $30 in 1886. In 1889 he applied for an increase in his pension because of heart disease and failure of eyesight. He died Feb. 25, 1900, in Cortland. Anna then applied for a pension but it was denied because she had married Joshua after the passage of the pension act. In this application, she lists only three marriages--to Jesse, Albert and Joshua, not to Norman. She died September 17, 1911, at Point Place, Washington Twp., Lucas Co., Ohio, where her daughter, Dora Swinghammer, lived. She was buried in Cortland, Nebraska.

July 12, 1874... Amy Pettis, daughter of Solomon Harlow Pettis and Sarah Davis is born on this day. Amy will marry (1) Henry Ponwith and (2) Jethro Kloss.

October 29, 1874... Harry Francis Davis, son of Isaac Davis and Catherine Pettis is born on this day in Kasota Township, Le Sueur Co., Minnesota. Harry will marry Louise Wilhemina Wilfert.

December 18, 1874... Laura Wing is born to Norman Allen Wing and Laura Powell. (There is some question about the date of birth for Laura and Daisy Wing. Betty Evanson submitted the date of birth for Laura as August 3, 1852, date of death, Dec. 22, 1928. Norman Wing's pension file states that Laura was born Dec. 15, 1874. Betty also submitted Daisy's birth as Dec. 1, 1876, while Norman's pension file records Daisy's birth as September 12, 1876.)

April 21, 1875... George Francis Wing is born to Dr. Joseph Smith Wing and Mary Josephine Allen at Fairview, San Pete County, Utah.

May 29, 1875... Annetta Dolly Davis is born to Henry Davis and Melissa Pettis at Lake Emily, Kasota Township, Le Sueur Co., Minnesota. Annetta will marry Eugene Smith.

1876 - 1877...Norman Allen Wing is listed as a salesman for American Sewing Machine in the Quincy, Illinois City Directory.

September 12, 1876... Daisy Wing is born to Norman Allen Wing and Laura Powell. (See Dec. 18, 1874).
We do not know what happened to Laura Powell Wing. According to the papers that he filled out for his pension from the Army, either Laura died or divorced Norman Allen Wing on July 15, 1873. This seems unlikely since they had two daughters born after that date. I wonder if it should have read July 15, 1878...??? Nowhere in his pension file is there mention of a wife named Hannah or Anna.

1877... Lavina Fletcher Wing dies this year, leaving Mathias Wing a widower for the second time. Shortly after Lavina's death, Mathias moves to Utah where he lives until his death in 1896.

June 17, 1877... Byron Wing marries for the second time to Annabelle Gore, daughter of Joseph Gore and Susan Jane Hultz.

November 19, 1877... Elizabeth Jane Wright Wing, wife of Samuel Joseph Wing dies in Utah.

December 24, 1877... Stella Mary Davis is born to Henry Davis and Melissa Pettis at Lake Emily, Kasota Township, Le Sueur Co., Minnesota. Stella will marry Albert Lurth.

May 21, 1879... Albert (Eb) Davis is born to Henry Davis and Melissa Pettis at Lake Emily, Kasota Township, Le Sueur Co., Minnesota. Albert will marry (1) Bessie Kendall and (2) Elizabeth Murphy.

August 12, 1880... Norman Allen Wing, son of Mathias Wing and Elizabeth Chenoweth, marries Harriet Irby Talbot at St. Louis, Missouri.

January, 1881...Olive Rice Wing dies at home, Wingdale Homestead, Clayton, Illinois
Clayton Newspaper, January 27, 1881...Mrs. Olive Wing, wife of Stephen Wing died at her late home, three miles east of town Monday afternoon at 4. Age 70 years. Funeral Wednesday by Elder Gibson. Listed on Old Settler death list of Brown and Adam Counties.

September 6, 1881... Rosalinda Wing, is born to Commodore Perry Wing and Sarah Ellen Kaylor.
Rosalinda is the only surviving child out of five children born to Commodore and Sarah. The other four children died in infancy.

January 23, 1882... Cecil Isaac (Ike) Davis is born to Henry Davis and Melissa Pettis at Lake Emily, Kasota Township, Le Sueur Co., Minnesota. Cecil will marry Cornelia Jackson.

1882...Theodore Wing, son of Stephen Wing and Olive Rice, widower of Alice Wing, father of Ezra Wing, finally remarries for the second time in eleven years. He marries Miss. Rhoda Carter.
Theodore and his wife, Rhoda Carter, lived happily for twelve years when death call Rhoda home. Theodore would never marry again. (History by Alice Wing Jackson)

March 18, 1882... Orange Runnels Davis dies on this day at the home of his son, Sidney William Davis in St. Peter, Minnesota. Orange is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery. Orange is eighty-two years old at the time of his death.

June 6, 1882... Joseph Allen Wing is born to Byron Wing and Annabelle Gore at Clayton, Adams County, Illinois. Joseph Allen Wing will marry Ruby Dean Lowe.

September 26, 1882... Charles Roscoe Davis is born to Henry Davis and Melissa Pettis at Lake Emily, Kasota Township, Le Sueur Co., Minnesota. Charles will marry Stella Barker.

January 18, 1883... Jaunita Eleanor Wing is born to Norman Allen Wing and Harriet Irby Talbot.
Jaunita will marry Arnold Franklin Holzgraffe on July 9, 1910. After Norman's death, his daughter, Juanita W. Holzgrafe, entered an "Application for Reimbursement" of expenses. She gives his full name as Norman Alian Wing and says he was divorced but does not know the first wife's name or date of death.

March 22, 1883... Truman Perry Wing, marries Nancy Jane Gallaher in Adams County, Illinois.

November 22, 1885... Harriet Eva Davis is born to Henry Davis and Melissa Pettis at Lake Emily, Kasota Township, Le Sueur, Minnesota. Harriet will marry Eugene Smith on December 2, 1933
"Harriet always lived her life for others; sharing when funds were needed and steadfast when a task needed to be done. At home she faithfully cared for her parents and later helped in the rearing of her sister Ella's daughter. Her last years were spent with granddaughter Mildred Ely Grice and family in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she was shown kind thoughtfulness, love and care."

December 4, 1885... Logan Earl Wing is born to Byron Wing and Annabelle Gore at Clayton, Adams County, Illinois. Logan Wing will marry Amy Gray.

September 27, 1886...Carrie May Wing marries Elmer Alexander Fuller on this day at Springfield, Missouri.
Elmer Alexander Fuller, born January 19, 1864, at Geneva, Ohio, married Carrie May Wing in Springfield, Greene Co., Missouri, September 27, 1886. They met in a laundry where she worked. She was so small she had to stand on a stool to reach the tubs. They lived in several places during their lives. They had a laundry in Springfield, Mo., another in Toledo, Ohio. They lived in Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1890, Where Ward Pancost Fuller was born. They were in Toledo from about 1900, where Elmer worked as ship's carpenter, gilder, laborer, and caulker. At one time he worked at the Toledo waterworks, another time for Gilmore and Sons.

December 10, 1887... Adelaide Barlow Davis dies on this day at the home of her daughter, Sarah Ann Davis Pettis, (wife of Solomon Harlow Pettis) in St. Peter, Minnesota. She was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery. Adelaide was eighty-three years old.

May 7, 1888...Joseph Gore, father of Anna Belle Gore Wing, dies on this day in Adams County, Illinois
Joseph Gore, born in Morgan county Illinois 1837 and came to Adams county 1840. Died May 7, 1888. Services next day from his late home. leaves wife, seven children, four boys and three girls. Service by Rev. hr. R. Peairs of First Presbyterian Church of Clayton. Mr. Gore's desease was of such a nature that it debared him, during the last three years of his life from attending public worship.

December 10, 1888...Fred Elbert Wing is born to Bryon Wing and Annabelle Gore at Clayton, Adams County, Illinois

September 1, 1889... Orange Runnels Davis Jr., dies at St. Peter, Minnesota, after suffering five years from tuberculosis. Orange was the son of Orange Davis and Adelaide Barlow. He was married to Olive Pettis.

August 20, 1890...Anna Cooper, divorced once and widowed once married for the third time to Albert H. Baker in Lincoln Nebraska.
Anna divorced him on the grounds of extreme cruelty March 29, 1895, also in Lancaster Co. The decree states that she "has conducted herself toward the defendant as a faithful chaste and obedient wife" and restores her former name of Anna Burner.

February 5, 1891... Ezra Wing marries Mary Frances Anderson in Clayton, Illinois.
Ezra and Mary Frances were married in her home by the Rev., Mr. Reed, a Methodist minister. Both Ezra and Mary (Molly) had been school mates at eh Hazel Dell School.

November 8, 1891... Floyd Delmar Wing is born to Ezra Wing and Mary Frances Anderson at Sue City, Missouri.

December 8, 1892... Orzo Curtis Wing, son of Commodore Perry Wing and Lucinda Bennett, dies at Concord Township, Adams County, Illinois.
"About 9 AM Tuesday in Concord township Ozro C. Wing hung himself in the stable of his fathers farm, four miles southeast of town while temporyly insane. Found by his mother. Services by Rev. Douglass. 26 years old. Lived Concord most of his life. Leaves parents. Services from the old Baptist Church Wednesday. His father is C. P. Wing."

"December 15, 1892, Correction   Mr. Perry Wing called to correct notice of his son's death last week. He was 28 years old."

(The above articles were taken from the Clayton Enterprise Newspaper of Clayton, Adams County, Illinois. 1879 - 1900.)

January 2, 1893...Sarah Elizabeth Wing, daughter of Stephen Wing and Olive Rice dies at the age of fifty-two.
At this writing I only know that Sarah Elizabeth Wing married a man with the last name of Anderson.

August, 1894...Ray Otis Wing is born to Byron Wing and Annabelle Gore at Clayton, Adams County, Illinois.

April 2, 1895...Anna Cooper Wing Burner Baker marries for the fourth time to Joshua Warner in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa.
His former wife, Evaline Wilkins, had died July 30, or 31, 1894, in Cortland, Nebr. He was from Darby Creek, Madison Co., Ohio and had served in A Company, 121 Ohio Infantry during the Civil War. He enlisted Aug. 9, 1862, and mustered in at Camp Delaware, Ohio. He was left sick in the hospital at Columbia, Ky., Dec. 22, 1862. He was taken prisoner at Columbia, Ky., Jan. 1, 1863, by Morgan's Cavalry. He was a prisoner at Campbellsville, Ky. At the battle of Burtenville, N.C., March 19, 1865, he was shot by a minnie ball from the enemy which broke his right leg and amputation took place. His pension was $24 per month in 1883, $30 in 1886. In 1889 he applied for an increase in his pension because of heart disease and failure of eyesight. He died Feb. 25, 1900, in Cortland. Anna then applied for a pension but it was denied because she had married Joshua after the passage of the pension act. In this application, she lists only three marriages--to Jesse, Albert and Joshua, not to Norman. She died September 17, 1911, at Point Place, Washington Twp., Lucas Co., Ohio, where her daughter, Dora Swinghammer, lived. She was buried in Cortland, Nebraska.

August 22, 1896... Mathias Wing, son of Joseph Wing and Amy Pettis, dies at Lehi, Utah, he is eighty-two years old.
Mathias Wing spent his years in Utah alternately living with his sons', Samuel Joseph Wing and John William Wing. His obituary stated that ;

" He was a man of strict morals, as straight as an arrow in build until the day of his death, an honest man in all his dealings, devout in worship, beloved by many friends."

October 25, 1896...Stephen Wing dies at the age of eighty-six at the Wingdale farm home in Clayton, Illinois.
After a life dedicated to his wife, children, mother and nieces and nephews, in particular, Adelia and Byron Wing, Stephen Wing goes to his rest. He was buried at Howe Cemetery, east of the Wingdale homestead in Brown County, Lee Township, Illinois. A month later, Stephen's second great-grandson will be born at Wingdale.

November, 1896... Theodore Corneilus Wing is born to Ezra Wing and Mary Frances Anderson at Wingdale Farm, Clayton, Illinois.
Theodore (Neil) Wing married Vivian Shelly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Shelly, on May 29, 1918 at Keokuk, Iowa. They had twins, Maurice and Mary Ruth and another daughter, Jean. In later years Neil and Vivian were divorced.

November 18, 1896, Stephen Wing's will is published in Clayton, Illinois newpaper.
Clayton Newspaper, Nov. 19, 1896...Will of the late Stephen Wing was probated Monday leaves $50 to his daughter Rosalind, $225.00 to his daughter Sarah and rest of his estate to son Theodore. (Apparently Stephen had not changed his will after the death of his daughter, Sarah Elizabeth Wing Anderson in 1893.)

January 30, 1897...Holly Alva Wing is born to Byron Wing and Annabelle Gore at Clayton, Adams County, Illinois.

June 14, 1897... Daniel Webster Pettis dies on this day at Long Prairie, Minnesota. Daniel was the son of Colonel Stephen Pettis and Catharine Hosford. He was married to Caroline Sweeney.

June 24, 1898...Rose Linda Wing, daughter of Stephen Wing and Olive Rice, dies at the age of fifty-eight of tuberculosis.
At this writing I do not have any information regarding Rose Linda and any marriages or children.

August 30, 1902... Nancy Jane Gallaher Wing, wife of Truman Perry Wing dies at Concord Township, Illinois from tuberculosis.
Truman Perry Wing will also lose three daughters and two sons to tuberculosis.

April 10, 1905...Theodore Wing, son of Stephen Wing and Olive Rice, dies at the age of sixty-nine at the home of his son, Ezra, at the Wingdale Farm in Clayton, Illinois.

August 31, 1905... Olive Pettis Davis, wife of Orange Runnels Davis, dies at St. Peter, Minnesota on this day. Louisa was the daughter of Charles Pettis and Sarah Hosford.

1906... Rebecca Pierce Davis Wing Cheek dies and is buried at Blue River Cemetery in Pike County, Illinois.

November 3, 1906... Dr. Joseph Smith Wing dies at Junction, Piute County, Utah, buried at Kingston, Utah.
The death of Rebecca and Joseph ended forever a relationship that was stormy and contentious. Rebecca, Joseph Smith Wing's first love, remained a thorn in his side until her death. By the time Dr. Wing died, he had divorced all of his wives and lived alone.

October 17, 1907...Joseph Allen Wing, son of Byron Wing and Annabelle Gore, grandson of Dr. Joseph Smith Wing & Rebecca Davis marries Ruby Dean Lowe in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois. Ruby is the daughter of James Peter Lowe and Nancy Swisher. Joseph is twenty-five years old, Ruby is sixteen.
Decatur paper, October, 1907...Wing - Lowe, WABASH MAN MARRIED POPULAR GIRL FROM BRADLEY'S...
Miss Ruby Dean Lowe was married to Joseph Allen Wing at the bride's home, 236 East Marietta street, at 8 o'clock, Thursday evening. Rev. F. B. Jones officiating. Lohengrin's wedding march was played as the couple entered the room, during the ceremony. "Twas a Lover and His Lass" was played, Mrs. Esther Adams at the piano. The couple was attended by Miss Vera Burtnett and William Lambert. After the ceremony a wedding supper was served to the fifty guests present, all of them relatives. The bride was attired in a blue traveling suit. Mr. and Mrs. Wing left at 10:55 last night for Gower, MO., where they will visit relatives of the groom and from there they will make a trip through the west, expecting to be gone about ten days. They have not yet decided whether they will make their home in Decatur or Springfield. Mr. Wing is a pssenger flagman on the Wabash. Mrs. Wing was formerly employed at the Bradley store and both are well known and popular here. Those present from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. A. Montague of Cinncinnati, Oh., and Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman of Danville. There were a number of beautiful presents of silverware, Haviland china and linens.

May 11, 1909... Ebenezer Rogers Davis, son of Orange Davis and Adelaide Barlow, died on this day on his farm near Kasota, Minnesota. Ebenezer was eighty-six years old at his death.

July 3, 1909...Marguerite Estella Wing is born to Joseph Allen Wing and Ruby Dean Lowe.

July 31, 1909... Adelia Wing Bohne, wife of Martin Bohne, daughter of Dr. Joseph Smith Wing and Rebecca Davis, dies at Fairview, San Pete, Utah at the age of fifty-nine.

July 9, 1910...Juanita Eleanor Wing, daughter of Norman Allen Wing and Hattie Talbot, marries Arnold Franklin Holzgraffe.

September 17, 1911... Anna Cooper, first wife of Norman Allen Wing, daughter of Anthony Cooper and Mary (Polly) Davis, mother of Carrie May Wing, dies on this day at Point Place, Washington Twp., Lucas Co., Ohio, where her daughter, Dora Swinghammer, lived. She was buried in Cortland, Nebraska.

April 24, 1912... Sidney William Davis, son of Orange Runnels Davis and Adelaide Barlow, dies at St. Peter, Minnesota. Sidney would have been eighty-seven years old on his next birthday.

November 19, 1914... Polly Matilda Pettis Wing, wife of Giles Nelson Wing, dies at Camp Point Township, Adams County, Illinois.

November 23, 1914... Mary Wing is born to Joseph Allen Wing and Ruby Dean Lowe.

December 24, 1914...Giles Nelson Wing dies at Camp Point Township, Adams County, Illinois.

After over seventy years of knowing and loving one another, Polly Matilda Pettis and Giles Nelson Wing rest side by side at East Clayton Cemetery, Clayton, Illinois. Dying only a little over a month after Polly died, Giles Nelson Wing join her.

October 3, 1916... John William Wing, son of Mathias Wing and Elizabeth Chenoweth,  dies at Lehi, Utah of a stroke.

February 17, 1917...Joseph Allen Wing II is born to Joseph Allen Wing  and Ruby Dean Lowe

April 17, 1917...Elmer Alexander Fuller dies on this day of tuberculosis. He is buried at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Neapolis, Ohio.

December 17, 1917...Homer Wing, son of Giles Nelson Wing and Matilda Pettis dies on this day at the age of sixty-two.

December 20, 1920... Truman Perry Wing, son of Commodore Perry Wing and Lucinda Bennett,  dies at Concord Township, Illinois of a heart attack. He is buried at Whitaker Cemetery, McKee Township, Illinois.

July 16, 1935... Norman Allen Wing. the youngest son of Matthias Wing and Elizabeth Chenoweth, dies in Chicago, Illinois.
His death certificate gives his name as Norman Allen Wing and tells us he died July 16, 1935, aged 86 years, 10 months, 15 days, of "Heart Block due to advanced age," and is buried at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. The birth date shown is Sept. 1, 1848, instead of 1846.

June 14, 1938...Richard Allen Cox is born to Lynn Eugene Cox and Marguerite Estella Wing at St. Mary's Hospital, Decatur, Illinois.
By all accounts, Richard Allen Cox made his grandfather, Joseph Allen Wing a very happy man. The first grandchild, Richard and his parents lived with his Wing grandparents. Many stories were told of how Grandpa Joe would sneak Richard out of his crib and take him for walks in the morning. Grandpa Joe would not live to see Richard's first birthday, he died when Richard was eight months old. Richard would only live to be twenty-three years old, dying of lung cancer at Decatur Memorial Hospital on September 11, 1961.

March 2, 1939...Joseph Allen Wing, son of Byron Wing and Annabelle Gore, grandson of Dr. Joseph Smith Wing and Rebecca Davis, dies at Decatur, Illinois at the age of fifty-six.
From the Decatur Herald and Review, March, 1939...Joseph A. Wing, 56, Dies Following Stroke. Joseph A. Wing, 56, of 1504 North Water Street, died in St. Mary's Hospital at 11:30 p.m. yesterday. He suffered a stroke Wednesday and was taken to the hospital yesterday morning. He was born in Clyton, June 6, 1882 and married Miss Ruby Dean Lowe of Decatur Oct. 17, 1907. Mr. Wing had lived in Decatur for the past 30 years and was employed the the Wabash railroad for several years. During recent years he had been a commercial salesman. He was a member of the First Christian Church. Besides his wife, he leaves two daughters, Mrs. Marguerite Cox and Miss Mary Wing, and a son, Joseph Wing Jr., all of Decatur, his father, Byron Wing, Galesburg, two brothers, Earl, St. Joseph, MO., and Fred, Peoria, an a sister, Mrs. Holly Carlson, Galesburg. The body was take to the Brintlinger & Sons Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.

February 5, 1942... Byron Wing , oldest son of Dr. Joseph Smith Wing and Rebecca Davis, dies at Galesburg, Illinois at the age of eighty-nine. He lived at Galesburg in the home of his daughter, Holly Wing Carlson. Byron was preceded in death by two wives, two sons, his parents and his sister, Adelia Wing Bohne.

July 14, 1953...Carrie May Wing Fuller dies on this day at the home of her son, Wirt Fuller, at the age of eighty-three. She is buried next to her husband, Elmer Alexander Fuller at Mr. Pleasant Cemetery, Neapolis, Ohio.

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