NOTE: Lura and her son J. Frank Church traveled back from California to their farm just west of Albion to "fetch the horses" and drove them across the continent to their California home in Nevada County, California around 1840. This was the subject of a "Death Valley Days" broadcast entitled "Round Trip to Michigan" which aired on CBS radio December 10, 1942.
Lura-7 Ann was the daughter of Wareham-6 Warner and his wife Cynthia Adams.
10 WARNER siblings: Lydia, Lucretia, Ann, [Self], Asahel, Electa, Julia, William A., Elisha, Darius, and Eliza.
Lura married Chandler Munson Church.
5 CHURCH children.
1. Wareham Warner Church (2/1834-12/24/1834) #10066595. Linked to original Chandler Church memorial #9008899.
2. Lura Ann Church.
3. Mary Elizabeth Church B-1839.
4. Munson Warner Church (8/20/1835-11/15/1884); m. Jennie "Jane" Arthur (11/8/1836-10/14/1909) on 3/4/1858.
Munson Warner Church: # 67915957.
Jennie Church: # 22092699.
...5 CHURCH children:
...1. Caroline Elizabeth Church (4/1/1859-7/10/1918); m. Myron H. Savage.
...2. Laura Ann Church (4/12/1864-1/10/1928); m. Henry Langdon.
...3. Arthur Stoddard Church (4/10/1866-11/25/1941); m. Helen Margaret Thomson.
Munson Warner Church: #63745732.
...4. Munson Bernard Church (4/2/1870-11/30/1945); m. Kate Brown.
......4 Church children: Janice, Velma, Munson, and Chandler.
Munson Bernard Church: #67916012
...5. Viola Inez Church (10/25/1881-4/7/1966); m. James Robert Baker.
5. John Franklin Church (1846-1917); m. 1) Mary Ida McCormick (1849-1888) on 11/2/1871, m. 2) Alberta Bigelow on 4/11/1889.
[Note: Alberta's mother was Olive-7 (Warner) Bigelow, daughter of Elihu-6 Warner and his wife Lucina Clark. Elihu-6 was a son of David-5 Calvin Warner, Sr and his wife Mary Russell.]
John: #10064887; Mary Ida: #10064797.
...3 CHURCH children:
...1.Chandler Munson Church (1876-1894); #10062797.
...2. Mary E. Church (7/30/1875-2/6/1931); m. Byron Juckett #12656227
...3. George McCormick Church (1879-7/24/1898).
John Franklin Church: #10064787.
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American Folk Figure. Lura and her husband Chandler Munson Church were among the pioneers of Albion, Michigan, coming from New York state in 1834 to Albion, Calhoun, MI.
In 1851, the Church's moved from Albion to Nevada County, California between Grass Valley and Wheatland. They had left their team of work horses behind in Albion, MI, and decided that they could use them at their California "Buckeye Ranch." Lura therefore traveled back to Albion by herself "to fetch the horses" as the story goes, and subsequently drove them westward across the continent from Albion to California. The story inspired the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) to feature Lura's accomplishment on its legendary radio program "Death Valley Days," which aired nationwide on December 10, 1942. The title of that evening's program was "Round Trip to Michigan." Lura's husband Chandler died in California in 1857 and is interred there on the Buckeye Ranch. She remained at their ranch until 1869 before returning to Albion to spend her remaining years.
Her husband Chandler is buried at the Buckeye Ranch in Rough and Ready Township in Nevada County, CA (Penn Valley post office), but a cenotaph for him was engraved as part of the tombstone erected here in Riverside Cemetery when Lura passed away.
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Reference:
1850 Census for Sheridan Twp., Calhoun, MI:
C. M. Church M 46 Massachusetts
Lara Church F 44 New York
Manson W. Church M 15 Michigan
Mary E. Church F 11 Michigan
John F. Church M 5 Michigan
Lewis Fort M 24 New York
Tillep Simmons M 22 New York
William Comstock M 12 Michigan
1860 Census for Albion Twp., Calhoun, MI:
William Warner 44 NY
Ma... Warner 39 NY
George Warner 18 MI
Julice Warner 14 MI
Martha Warner 11 MI
Nettie Warner 8 MI
Laura A. Warner 6 MI
Mandana Warner 6 MI
William Warner 3 MI
Merry Warner 1 MI
Rhodolpg Suser 26 SWITZ
William Weise 25 Prussia [Germany, related to John B. Weiss]
Patrie McCormick 19 IND
Martha Porter 30 CANADA
Laura Church 50 NY
John F. Church 14 MI
1870 Census for Sheridan Twp., Calhoun, MI:
Lura Church F 62y New York
Joseph Gisa M 26y Prussia
1880 Census for Albion, Calhoun, MI:
self J. Frank Church M 34 Michigan
wife Ida M. Church F 30 Michigan
daughter Mary E. Church F 5 Michigan
son Chandler M. Church M 3 Michigan
son Georgia Church M 0 Michigan
other May Giant F 15 Michigan
mother Lura Church F 73 New York
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Census search: Fraya Weiss, 2013.
__________
Additional research: Mary E. Warner, 2013.
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WARNER Lineage: Lura-7 Ann (Warner) Church, Wareham-6 Warner, David-5 Sr., Jesse-4, Samuel-3, Daniel-2, Andrew-1 Warner, an Englishman who with his wife and several children sailed to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1632-33 from Broad Oak, Essex, England.
Lura-7 Ann was the daughter of Wareham-6 Warner and his wife Cynthia Adams.
10 WARNER siblings: Lydia, Lucretia, Ann, [Self], Asahel, Electa, Julia, William A., Elisha, Darius, and Eliza.
Lura married Chandler Munson Church.
5 CHURCH children.
1. Wareham Warner Church (2/1834-12/24/1834) #10066595. Linked to original Chandler Church memorial #9008899.
2. Lura Ann Church.
3. Mary Elizabeth Church B-1839.
4. Munson Warner Church (8/20/1835-11/15/1884); m. Jennie "Jane" Arthur (11/8/1836-10/14/1909) on 3/4/1858.
Munson Warner Church: # 67915957.
Jennie Church: # 22092699.
...5 CHURCH children:
...1. Caroline Elizabeth Church (4/1/1859-7/10/1918); m. Myron H. Savage.
...2. Laura Ann Church (4/12/1864-1/10/1928); m. Henry Langdon.
...3. Arthur Stoddard Church (4/10/1866-11/25/1941); m. Helen Margaret Thomson.
Munson Warner Church: #63745732.
...4. Munson Bernard Church (4/2/1870-11/30/1945); m. Kate Brown.
......4 Church children: Janice, Velma, Munson, and Chandler.
Munson Bernard Church: #67916012
...5. Viola Inez Church (10/25/1881-4/7/1966); m. James Robert Baker.
5. John Franklin Church (1846-1917); m. 1) Mary Ida McCormick (1849-1888) on 11/2/1871, m. 2) Alberta Bigelow on 4/11/1889.
[Note: Alberta's mother was Olive-7 (Warner) Bigelow, daughter of Elihu-6 Warner and his wife Lucina Clark. Elihu-6 was a son of David-5 Calvin Warner, Sr and his wife Mary Russell.]
John: #10064887; Mary Ida: #10064797.
...3 CHURCH children:
...1.Chandler Munson Church (1876-1894); #10062797.
...2. Mary E. Church (7/30/1875-2/6/1931); m. Byron Juckett #12656227
...3. George McCormick Church (1879-7/24/1898).
John Franklin Church: #10064787.
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American Folk Figure. Lura and her husband Chandler Munson Church were among the pioneers of Albion, Michigan, coming from New York state in 1834 to Albion, Calhoun, MI.
In 1851, the Church's moved from Albion to Nevada County, California between Grass Valley and Wheatland. They had left their team of work horses behind in Albion, MI, and decided that they could use them at their California "Buckeye Ranch." Lura therefore traveled back to Albion by herself "to fetch the horses" as the story goes, and subsequently drove them westward across the continent from Albion to California. The story inspired the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) to feature Lura's accomplishment on its legendary radio program "Death Valley Days," which aired nationwide on December 10, 1942. The title of that evening's program was "Round Trip to Michigan." Lura's husband Chandler died in California in 1857 and is interred there on the Buckeye Ranch. She remained at their ranch until 1869 before returning to Albion to spend her remaining years.
Her husband Chandler is buried at the Buckeye Ranch in Rough and Ready Township in Nevada County, CA (Penn Valley post office), but a cenotaph for him was engraved as part of the tombstone erected here in Riverside Cemetery when Lura passed away.
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Reference:
1850 Census for Sheridan Twp., Calhoun, MI:
C. M. Church M 46 Massachusetts
Lara Church F 44 New York
Manson W. Church M 15 Michigan
Mary E. Church F 11 Michigan
John F. Church M 5 Michigan
Lewis Fort M 24 New York
Tillep Simmons M 22 New York
William Comstock M 12 Michigan
1860 Census for Albion Twp., Calhoun, MI:
William Warner 44 NY
Ma... Warner 39 NY
George Warner 18 MI
Julice Warner 14 MI
Martha Warner 11 MI
Nettie Warner 8 MI
Laura A. Warner 6 MI
Mandana Warner 6 MI
William Warner 3 MI
Merry Warner 1 MI
Rhodolpg Suser 26 SWITZ
William Weise 25 Prussia [Germany, related to John B. Weiss]
Patrie McCormick 19 IND
Martha Porter 30 CANADA
Laura Church 50 NY
John F. Church 14 MI
1870 Census for Sheridan Twp., Calhoun, MI:
Lura Church F 62y New York
Joseph Gisa M 26y Prussia
1880 Census for Albion, Calhoun, MI:
self J. Frank Church M 34 Michigan
wife Ida M. Church F 30 Michigan
daughter Mary E. Church F 5 Michigan
son Chandler M. Church M 3 Michigan
son Georgia Church M 0 Michigan
other May Giant F 15 Michigan
mother Lura Church F 73 New York
__________
Census search: Fraya Weiss, 2013.
__________
Additional research: Mary E. Warner, 2013.
__________
WARNER Lineage: Lura-7 Ann (Warner) Church, Wareham-6 Warner, David-5 Sr., Jesse-4, Samuel-3, Daniel-2, Andrew-1 Warner, an Englishman who with his wife and several children sailed to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1632-33 from Broad Oak, Essex, England.
NOTE: Lura and her son J. Frank Church traveled back from California to their farm just west of Albion to "fetch the horses" and drove them across the continent to their California home in Nevada County, California around 1840. This was the subject of a "Death Valley Days" broadcast entitled "Round Trip to Michigan" which aired on CBS radio December 10, 1942.
Lura-7 Ann was the daughter of Wareham-6 Warner and his wife Cynthia Adams.
10 WARNER siblings: Lydia, Lucretia, Ann, [Self], Asahel, Electa, Julia, William A., Elisha, Darius, and Eliza.
Lura married Chandler Munson Church.
5 CHURCH children.
1. Wareham Warner Church (2/1834-12/24/1834) #10066595. Linked to original Chandler Church memorial #9008899.
2. Lura Ann Church.
3. Mary Elizabeth Church B-1839.
4. Munson Warner Church (8/20/1835-11/15/1884); m. Jennie "Jane" Arthur (11/8/1836-10/14/1909) on 3/4/1858.
Munson Warner Church: # 67915957.
Jennie Church: # 22092699.
...5 CHURCH children:
...1. Caroline Elizabeth Church (4/1/1859-7/10/1918); m. Myron H. Savage.
...2. Laura Ann Church (4/12/1864-1/10/1928); m. Henry Langdon.
...3. Arthur Stoddard Church (4/10/1866-11/25/1941); m. Helen Margaret Thomson.
Munson Warner Church: #63745732.
...4. Munson Bernard Church (4/2/1870-11/30/1945); m. Kate Brown.
......4 Church children: Janice, Velma, Munson, and Chandler.
Munson Bernard Church: #67916012
...5. Viola Inez Church (10/25/1881-4/7/1966); m. James Robert Baker.
5. John Franklin Church (1846-1917); m. 1) Mary Ida McCormick (1849-1888) on 11/2/1871, m. 2) Alberta Bigelow on 4/11/1889.
[Note: Alberta's mother was Olive-7 (Warner) Bigelow, daughter of Elihu-6 Warner and his wife Lucina Clark. Elihu-6 was a son of David-5 Calvin Warner, Sr and his wife Mary Russell.]
John: #10064887; Mary Ida: #10064797.
...3 CHURCH children:
...1.Chandler Munson Church (1876-1894); #10062797.
...2. Mary E. Church (7/30/1875-2/6/1931); m. Byron Juckett #12656227
...3. George McCormick Church (1879-7/24/1898).
John Franklin Church: #10064787.
_________
American Folk Figure. Lura and her husband Chandler Munson Church were among the pioneers of Albion, Michigan, coming from New York state in 1834 to Albion, Calhoun, MI.
In 1851, the Church's moved from Albion to Nevada County, California between Grass Valley and Wheatland. They had left their team of work horses behind in Albion, MI, and decided that they could use them at their California "Buckeye Ranch." Lura therefore traveled back to Albion by herself "to fetch the horses" as the story goes, and subsequently drove them westward across the continent from Albion to California. The story inspired the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) to feature Lura's accomplishment on its legendary radio program "Death Valley Days," which aired nationwide on December 10, 1942. The title of that evening's program was "Round Trip to Michigan." Lura's husband Chandler died in California in 1857 and is interred there on the Buckeye Ranch. She remained at their ranch until 1869 before returning to Albion to spend her remaining years.
Her husband Chandler is buried at the Buckeye Ranch in Rough and Ready Township in Nevada County, CA (Penn Valley post office), but a cenotaph for him was engraved as part of the tombstone erected here in Riverside Cemetery when Lura passed away.
__________
Reference:
1850 Census for Sheridan Twp., Calhoun, MI:
C. M. Church M 46 Massachusetts
Lara Church F 44 New York
Manson W. Church M 15 Michigan
Mary E. Church F 11 Michigan
John F. Church M 5 Michigan
Lewis Fort M 24 New York
Tillep Simmons M 22 New York
William Comstock M 12 Michigan
1860 Census for Albion Twp., Calhoun, MI:
William Warner 44 NY
Ma... Warner 39 NY
George Warner 18 MI
Julice Warner 14 MI
Martha Warner 11 MI
Nettie Warner 8 MI
Laura A. Warner 6 MI
Mandana Warner 6 MI
William Warner 3 MI
Merry Warner 1 MI
Rhodolpg Suser 26 SWITZ
William Weise 25 Prussia [Germany, related to John B. Weiss]
Patrie McCormick 19 IND
Martha Porter 30 CANADA
Laura Church 50 NY
John F. Church 14 MI
1870 Census for Sheridan Twp., Calhoun, MI:
Lura Church F 62y New York
Joseph Gisa M 26y Prussia
1880 Census for Albion, Calhoun, MI:
self J. Frank Church M 34 Michigan
wife Ida M. Church F 30 Michigan
daughter Mary E. Church F 5 Michigan
son Chandler M. Church M 3 Michigan
son Georgia Church M 0 Michigan
other May Giant F 15 Michigan
mother Lura Church F 73 New York
__________
Census search: Fraya Weiss, 2013.
__________
Additional research: Mary E. Warner, 2013.
__________
WARNER Lineage: Lura-7 Ann (Warner) Church, Wareham-6 Warner, David-5 Sr., Jesse-4, Samuel-3, Daniel-2, Andrew-1 Warner, an Englishman who with his wife and several children sailed to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1632-33 from Broad Oak, Essex, England.
Lura-7 Ann was the daughter of Wareham-6 Warner and his wife Cynthia Adams.
10 WARNER siblings: Lydia, Lucretia, Ann, [Self], Asahel, Electa, Julia, William A., Elisha, Darius, and Eliza.
Lura married Chandler Munson Church.
5 CHURCH children.
1. Wareham Warner Church (2/1834-12/24/1834) #10066595. Linked to original Chandler Church memorial #9008899.
2. Lura Ann Church.
3. Mary Elizabeth Church B-1839.
4. Munson Warner Church (8/20/1835-11/15/1884); m. Jennie "Jane" Arthur (11/8/1836-10/14/1909) on 3/4/1858.
Munson Warner Church: # 67915957.
Jennie Church: # 22092699.
...5 CHURCH children:
...1. Caroline Elizabeth Church (4/1/1859-7/10/1918); m. Myron H. Savage.
...2. Laura Ann Church (4/12/1864-1/10/1928); m. Henry Langdon.
...3. Arthur Stoddard Church (4/10/1866-11/25/1941); m. Helen Margaret Thomson.
Munson Warner Church: #63745732.
...4. Munson Bernard Church (4/2/1870-11/30/1945); m. Kate Brown.
......4 Church children: Janice, Velma, Munson, and Chandler.
Munson Bernard Church: #67916012
...5. Viola Inez Church (10/25/1881-4/7/1966); m. James Robert Baker.
5. John Franklin Church (1846-1917); m. 1) Mary Ida McCormick (1849-1888) on 11/2/1871, m. 2) Alberta Bigelow on 4/11/1889.
[Note: Alberta's mother was Olive-7 (Warner) Bigelow, daughter of Elihu-6 Warner and his wife Lucina Clark. Elihu-6 was a son of David-5 Calvin Warner, Sr and his wife Mary Russell.]
John: #10064887; Mary Ida: #10064797.
...3 CHURCH children:
...1.Chandler Munson Church (1876-1894); #10062797.
...2. Mary E. Church (7/30/1875-2/6/1931); m. Byron Juckett #12656227
...3. George McCormick Church (1879-7/24/1898).
John Franklin Church: #10064787.
_________
American Folk Figure. Lura and her husband Chandler Munson Church were among the pioneers of Albion, Michigan, coming from New York state in 1834 to Albion, Calhoun, MI.
In 1851, the Church's moved from Albion to Nevada County, California between Grass Valley and Wheatland. They had left their team of work horses behind in Albion, MI, and decided that they could use them at their California "Buckeye Ranch." Lura therefore traveled back to Albion by herself "to fetch the horses" as the story goes, and subsequently drove them westward across the continent from Albion to California. The story inspired the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) to feature Lura's accomplishment on its legendary radio program "Death Valley Days," which aired nationwide on December 10, 1942. The title of that evening's program was "Round Trip to Michigan." Lura's husband Chandler died in California in 1857 and is interred there on the Buckeye Ranch. She remained at their ranch until 1869 before returning to Albion to spend her remaining years.
Her husband Chandler is buried at the Buckeye Ranch in Rough and Ready Township in Nevada County, CA (Penn Valley post office), but a cenotaph for him was engraved as part of the tombstone erected here in Riverside Cemetery when Lura passed away.
__________
Reference:
1850 Census for Sheridan Twp., Calhoun, MI:
C. M. Church M 46 Massachusetts
Lara Church F 44 New York
Manson W. Church M 15 Michigan
Mary E. Church F 11 Michigan
John F. Church M 5 Michigan
Lewis Fort M 24 New York
Tillep Simmons M 22 New York
William Comstock M 12 Michigan
1860 Census for Albion Twp., Calhoun, MI:
William Warner 44 NY
Ma... Warner 39 NY
George Warner 18 MI
Julice Warner 14 MI
Martha Warner 11 MI
Nettie Warner 8 MI
Laura A. Warner 6 MI
Mandana Warner 6 MI
William Warner 3 MI
Merry Warner 1 MI
Rhodolpg Suser 26 SWITZ
William Weise 25 Prussia [Germany, related to John B. Weiss]
Patrie McCormick 19 IND
Martha Porter 30 CANADA
Laura Church 50 NY
John F. Church 14 MI
1870 Census for Sheridan Twp., Calhoun, MI:
Lura Church F 62y New York
Joseph Gisa M 26y Prussia
1880 Census for Albion, Calhoun, MI:
self J. Frank Church M 34 Michigan
wife Ida M. Church F 30 Michigan
daughter Mary E. Church F 5 Michigan
son Chandler M. Church M 3 Michigan
son Georgia Church M 0 Michigan
other May Giant F 15 Michigan
mother Lura Church F 73 New York
__________
Census search: Fraya Weiss, 2013.
__________
Additional research: Mary E. Warner, 2013.
__________
WARNER Lineage: Lura-7 Ann (Warner) Church, Wareham-6 Warner, David-5 Sr., Jesse-4, Samuel-3, Daniel-2, Andrew-1 Warner, an Englishman who with his wife and several children sailed to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1632-33 from Broad Oak, Essex, England.
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