Y-DNA haplotype is "I1"
Isaac Henry DeCourcy (1848-1909) was a son of Peter and Larissa (Mills) DeCoursey who were married at Watertown, Jefferson Co., WI on 5 Jul 1846.
Sometime in 1860's Peter DeCOURCY's teen-age son, Isaac Henry, was in a mowing machine accident. According to Isaac DeCourcy's daughter, Charlotte (DeCourcy) Thrush (1896-1980) of St. Joseph, MO, she was told that doctors wanted to amputate the leg, but someone in the family with medical knowledge (presumably Peter) saved the leg. Henceforth, Isaac Henry DeCOURCY walked with a limp.
Isaac H. DeCourcy m. 1st 12 Jun 1871 at Waseca Co., MN to Anne Emily C. Barney, dau. of John and Mary (Tracy) Barney, by whom he had 4 children. They were divorced abt 1886, and he married 2nd 1889 at Kansas City, MO to Alice SCHMITT by whom he had five more children.
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Isaac Henry DeCOURCEY, son of Peter and Larrissa (MILLS) DeCOURSEY was married, 12 June 1871, at Alma City, Waseca Co., Minnesota, to Emma Anna Cornelia BARNEY, dau. of John H. and Mary Ann (TRACEY) BARNEY. (Bk.A, p.162). Witnesses were A.P. GLYE and Lucille WEATHERBEE.
Alma City was near what was known as "Peddler's Grove". "Peddlers working the county or cities nearby would stop and rest at Peddlers Grove," said Joe EUSTICE, a member of the Waseca County Historical Society. "Eventually it became a popular place for travelling merchants to congregate." The original grove was a natural place to camp as the trees provided weary travelers shelter from the prairie winds. The encampment for the traveling salesmen became a base to trade with the Indians who lived on a nearby reservation in western Waseca and eastern Blue Earth counties; and was also conveniently located along the Mankato, Wilton and Owatonna stage coach line.---As the small town began to evolve at the popular encampment, it became a rest stop for the stage coach travelers." Peter DeCOURSEY was a veterinarian and seller of patent medicines, and his son, Isaac, probably met his bride on one of the trips to Peddlers Grove from their home at Leon, Wisconsin.
See also: THE LAND, "Rest Stop for Peddlers", Apr 12, 1979. WASECA HERALD JOURNAL, "Memoirs of John MARKHAM", Feb 27, p.1, Mar 6, p.8, Mar 13, p.3, Mar 15, 1963, p.8.
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The 1875 State census of New Hartford, Winona Co., MN lists the following adjacent households:
Household #142
DECOURSEY, I. H., Age 26, b. Wisc.
DECOURSEY, E. A. C., age 20. b. Penna.
DECOURSEY, Sarah V., age 2, b. Wisc.
DECOURSEY, Leslie E., age 1, b. Wisc.
Household #143
DECOURSEY, P., age 59, b. Ohio
DECOURSEY, Lourisa, age 43,b. NY
DECOURSEY, John C. F., age 18, b. Wisc.
DECOURSEY, Clara Belle, age 17, b. Wisc.
DECOURSEY, Isaac, age 81, b. NJ
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The 1880 Federal census of New Hartford Twp., Winona Co., MN lists:
DECOURCY, I.H., age 31, b. Wisc., farmer.
DECOURCY, Emma, wife, age 24, b. Penna.
DECOURCY, Virginia, age 8, b. Wisc.
DECOURCY, Leslie, age 7, b. Wisc.
DECOURCY, Robert, age 3, b. Wisc.
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About 1888, Isaac Henry DeCourcy took a job building railroad depots. After being divorced from his first wife, Emma A. C.(BARNEY) DECOURCY, Isaac Henry DeCOURCEY married his second wife, Alice SCHMIDT, at Kansas City, MO. They had four children all born in Savannah, MO.: Katherine, b. 24 May 1891; Thomas, b. 19 Jun 1893; Laurence and Charlotte (twins), b. 14 Jul 1896. The SCHMIDT family bible (in German) was, for a time, in the possession of William DeCOURSEY of Minneapolis, Minnesota. He made copies and gifted it to Pam Hanabury, a SCHMIDT descendant.
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Isaac's exwife, Anna Emma (Barney) DeCourcy, married twice after the divorce and moved first to Kansas and then to Bend, Oregon. Virginia, Robert, and Frances DeCOURCY went with their mother to Oregon. Leslie E. DeCOURSEY stayed in Minnesota to live with his uncle, Peter DeCOURCEY, Jr at Waite Park, MN and his grandmother Mary (Tracy) Barney-Hill near Owatanna, MN.
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The 1900 Federal Census of Nodaway, Andrew Co., Missouri lists:
Isaac DeCourcy 52, b Feb 1848 WI Head
Alice DeCourcy 43, b Oct 1856 IL Wife
Katie DeCourcy 9, b May 1891 MO Dau.
Thomas DeCourcy 6, b Jun 1893 MO Son
Lawrence DeCourcy 3 b Jul 1897 MO Dau.
Charlotte DeCourcy 3 b Jul 1897 MO Dau.
Charlotte Schmitt 86 b Apr 1814 Germany
[Charlotte Schmitt is Isaac DeCourcy's mother-in-law, the mother of Alice. Her immigration year is given as 1850.
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Isaac Henry DeCourcy (1848-1909) was a son of Peter and Larissa (Mills) DeCoursey who were married at Watertown, Jefferson Co., WI on 5 Jul 1846.
Sometime in 1860's Peter DeCOURCY's teen-age son, Isaac Henry, was in a mowing machine accident. According to Isaac DeCourcy's daughter, Charlotte (DeCourcy) Thrush (1896-1980) of St. Joseph, MO, she was told that doctors wanted to amputate the leg, but someone in the family with medical knowledge (presumably Peter) saved the leg. Henceforth, Isaac Henry DeCOURCY walked with a limp.
Isaac H. DeCourcy m. 1st 12 Jun 1871 at Waseca Co., MN to Anne Emily C. Barney, dau. of John and Mary (Tracy) Barney, by whom he had 4 children. They were divorced abt 1886, and he married 2nd 1889 at Kansas City, MO to Alice SCHMITT by whom he had five more children.
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Isaac Henry DeCOURCEY, son of Peter and Larrissa (MILLS) DeCOURSEY was married, 12 June 1871, at Alma City, Waseca Co., Minnesota, to Emma Anna Cornelia BARNEY, dau. of John H. and Mary Ann (TRACEY) BARNEY. (Bk.A, p.162). Witnesses were A.P. GLYE and Lucille WEATHERBEE.
Alma City was near what was known as "Peddler's Grove". "Peddlers working the county or cities nearby would stop and rest at Peddlers Grove," said Joe EUSTICE, a member of the Waseca County Historical Society. "Eventually it became a popular place for travelling merchants to congregate." The original grove was a natural place to camp as the trees provided weary travelers shelter from the prairie winds. The encampment for the traveling salesmen became a base to trade with the Indians who lived on a nearby reservation in western Waseca and eastern Blue Earth counties; and was also conveniently located along the Mankato, Wilton and Owatonna stage coach line.---As the small town began to evolve at the popular encampment, it became a rest stop for the stage coach travelers." Peter DeCOURSEY was a veterinarian and seller of patent medicines, and his son, Isaac, probably met his bride on one of the trips to Peddlers Grove from their home at Leon, Wisconsin.
See also: THE LAND, "Rest Stop for Peddlers", Apr 12, 1979. WASECA HERALD JOURNAL, "Memoirs of John MARKHAM", Feb 27, p.1, Mar 6, p.8, Mar 13, p.3, Mar 15, 1963, p.8.
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The 1875 State census of New Hartford, Winona Co., MN lists the following adjacent households:
Household #142
DECOURSEY, I. H., Age 26, b. Wisc.
DECOURSEY, E. A. C., age 20. b. Penna.
DECOURSEY, Sarah V., age 2, b. Wisc.
DECOURSEY, Leslie E., age 1, b. Wisc.
Household #143
DECOURSEY, P., age 59, b. Ohio
DECOURSEY, Lourisa, age 43,b. NY
DECOURSEY, John C. F., age 18, b. Wisc.
DECOURSEY, Clara Belle, age 17, b. Wisc.
DECOURSEY, Isaac, age 81, b. NJ
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The 1880 Federal census of New Hartford Twp., Winona Co., MN lists:
DECOURCY, I.H., age 31, b. Wisc., farmer.
DECOURCY, Emma, wife, age 24, b. Penna.
DECOURCY, Virginia, age 8, b. Wisc.
DECOURCY, Leslie, age 7, b. Wisc.
DECOURCY, Robert, age 3, b. Wisc.
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About 1888, Isaac Henry DeCourcy took a job building railroad depots. After being divorced from his first wife, Emma A. C.(BARNEY) DECOURCY, Isaac Henry DeCOURCEY married his second wife, Alice SCHMIDT, at Kansas City, MO. They had four children all born in Savannah, MO.: Katherine, b. 24 May 1891; Thomas, b. 19 Jun 1893; Laurence and Charlotte (twins), b. 14 Jul 1896. The SCHMIDT family bible (in German) was, for a time, in the possession of William DeCOURSEY of Minneapolis, Minnesota. He made copies and gifted it to Pam Hanabury, a SCHMIDT descendant.
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Isaac's exwife, Anna Emma (Barney) DeCourcy, married twice after the divorce and moved first to Kansas and then to Bend, Oregon. Virginia, Robert, and Frances DeCOURCY went with their mother to Oregon. Leslie E. DeCOURSEY stayed in Minnesota to live with his uncle, Peter DeCOURCEY, Jr at Waite Park, MN and his grandmother Mary (Tracy) Barney-Hill near Owatanna, MN.
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The 1900 Federal Census of Nodaway, Andrew Co., Missouri lists:
Isaac DeCourcy 52, b Feb 1848 WI Head
Alice DeCourcy 43, b Oct 1856 IL Wife
Katie DeCourcy 9, b May 1891 MO Dau.
Thomas DeCourcy 6, b Jun 1893 MO Son
Lawrence DeCourcy 3 b Jul 1897 MO Dau.
Charlotte DeCourcy 3 b Jul 1897 MO Dau.
Charlotte Schmitt 86 b Apr 1814 Germany
[Charlotte Schmitt is Isaac DeCourcy's mother-in-law, the mother of Alice. Her immigration year is given as 1850.
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Y-DNA haplotype is "I1"
Isaac Henry DeCourcy (1848-1909) was a son of Peter and Larissa (Mills) DeCoursey who were married at Watertown, Jefferson Co., WI on 5 Jul 1846.
Sometime in 1860's Peter DeCOURCY's teen-age son, Isaac Henry, was in a mowing machine accident. According to Isaac DeCourcy's daughter, Charlotte (DeCourcy) Thrush (1896-1980) of St. Joseph, MO, she was told that doctors wanted to amputate the leg, but someone in the family with medical knowledge (presumably Peter) saved the leg. Henceforth, Isaac Henry DeCOURCY walked with a limp.
Isaac H. DeCourcy m. 1st 12 Jun 1871 at Waseca Co., MN to Anne Emily C. Barney, dau. of John and Mary (Tracy) Barney, by whom he had 4 children. They were divorced abt 1886, and he married 2nd 1889 at Kansas City, MO to Alice SCHMITT by whom he had five more children.
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Isaac Henry DeCOURCEY, son of Peter and Larrissa (MILLS) DeCOURSEY was married, 12 June 1871, at Alma City, Waseca Co., Minnesota, to Emma Anna Cornelia BARNEY, dau. of John H. and Mary Ann (TRACEY) BARNEY. (Bk.A, p.162). Witnesses were A.P. GLYE and Lucille WEATHERBEE.
Alma City was near what was known as "Peddler's Grove". "Peddlers working the county or cities nearby would stop and rest at Peddlers Grove," said Joe EUSTICE, a member of the Waseca County Historical Society. "Eventually it became a popular place for travelling merchants to congregate." The original grove was a natural place to camp as the trees provided weary travelers shelter from the prairie winds. The encampment for the traveling salesmen became a base to trade with the Indians who lived on a nearby reservation in western Waseca and eastern Blue Earth counties; and was also conveniently located along the Mankato, Wilton and Owatonna stage coach line.---As the small town began to evolve at the popular encampment, it became a rest stop for the stage coach travelers." Peter DeCOURSEY was a veterinarian and seller of patent medicines, and his son, Isaac, probably met his bride on one of the trips to Peddlers Grove from their home at Leon, Wisconsin.
See also: THE LAND, "Rest Stop for Peddlers", Apr 12, 1979. WASECA HERALD JOURNAL, "Memoirs of John MARKHAM", Feb 27, p.1, Mar 6, p.8, Mar 13, p.3, Mar 15, 1963, p.8.
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The 1875 State census of New Hartford, Winona Co., MN lists the following adjacent households:
Household #142
DECOURSEY, I. H., Age 26, b. Wisc.
DECOURSEY, E. A. C., age 20. b. Penna.
DECOURSEY, Sarah V., age 2, b. Wisc.
DECOURSEY, Leslie E., age 1, b. Wisc.
Household #143
DECOURSEY, P., age 59, b. Ohio
DECOURSEY, Lourisa, age 43,b. NY
DECOURSEY, John C. F., age 18, b. Wisc.
DECOURSEY, Clara Belle, age 17, b. Wisc.
DECOURSEY, Isaac, age 81, b. NJ
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The 1880 Federal census of New Hartford Twp., Winona Co., MN lists:
DECOURCY, I.H., age 31, b. Wisc., farmer.
DECOURCY, Emma, wife, age 24, b. Penna.
DECOURCY, Virginia, age 8, b. Wisc.
DECOURCY, Leslie, age 7, b. Wisc.
DECOURCY, Robert, age 3, b. Wisc.
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About 1888, Isaac Henry DeCourcy took a job building railroad depots. After being divorced from his first wife, Emma A. C.(BARNEY) DECOURCY, Isaac Henry DeCOURCEY married his second wife, Alice SCHMIDT, at Kansas City, MO. They had four children all born in Savannah, MO.: Katherine, b. 24 May 1891; Thomas, b. 19 Jun 1893; Laurence and Charlotte (twins), b. 14 Jul 1896. The SCHMIDT family bible (in German) was, for a time, in the possession of William DeCOURSEY of Minneapolis, Minnesota. He made copies and gifted it to Pam Hanabury, a SCHMIDT descendant.
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Isaac's exwife, Anna Emma (Barney) DeCourcy, married twice after the divorce and moved first to Kansas and then to Bend, Oregon. Virginia, Robert, and Frances DeCOURCY went with their mother to Oregon. Leslie E. DeCOURSEY stayed in Minnesota to live with his uncle, Peter DeCOURCEY, Jr at Waite Park, MN and his grandmother Mary (Tracy) Barney-Hill near Owatanna, MN.
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The 1900 Federal Census of Nodaway, Andrew Co., Missouri lists:
Isaac DeCourcy 52, b Feb 1848 WI Head
Alice DeCourcy 43, b Oct 1856 IL Wife
Katie DeCourcy 9, b May 1891 MO Dau.
Thomas DeCourcy 6, b Jun 1893 MO Son
Lawrence DeCourcy 3 b Jul 1897 MO Dau.
Charlotte DeCourcy 3 b Jul 1897 MO Dau.
Charlotte Schmitt 86 b Apr 1814 Germany
[Charlotte Schmitt is Isaac DeCourcy's mother-in-law, the mother of Alice. Her immigration year is given as 1850.
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Isaac Henry DeCourcy (1848-1909) was a son of Peter and Larissa (Mills) DeCoursey who were married at Watertown, Jefferson Co., WI on 5 Jul 1846.
Sometime in 1860's Peter DeCOURCY's teen-age son, Isaac Henry, was in a mowing machine accident. According to Isaac DeCourcy's daughter, Charlotte (DeCourcy) Thrush (1896-1980) of St. Joseph, MO, she was told that doctors wanted to amputate the leg, but someone in the family with medical knowledge (presumably Peter) saved the leg. Henceforth, Isaac Henry DeCOURCY walked with a limp.
Isaac H. DeCourcy m. 1st 12 Jun 1871 at Waseca Co., MN to Anne Emily C. Barney, dau. of John and Mary (Tracy) Barney, by whom he had 4 children. They were divorced abt 1886, and he married 2nd 1889 at Kansas City, MO to Alice SCHMITT by whom he had five more children.
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Isaac Henry DeCOURCEY, son of Peter and Larrissa (MILLS) DeCOURSEY was married, 12 June 1871, at Alma City, Waseca Co., Minnesota, to Emma Anna Cornelia BARNEY, dau. of John H. and Mary Ann (TRACEY) BARNEY. (Bk.A, p.162). Witnesses were A.P. GLYE and Lucille WEATHERBEE.
Alma City was near what was known as "Peddler's Grove". "Peddlers working the county or cities nearby would stop and rest at Peddlers Grove," said Joe EUSTICE, a member of the Waseca County Historical Society. "Eventually it became a popular place for travelling merchants to congregate." The original grove was a natural place to camp as the trees provided weary travelers shelter from the prairie winds. The encampment for the traveling salesmen became a base to trade with the Indians who lived on a nearby reservation in western Waseca and eastern Blue Earth counties; and was also conveniently located along the Mankato, Wilton and Owatonna stage coach line.---As the small town began to evolve at the popular encampment, it became a rest stop for the stage coach travelers." Peter DeCOURSEY was a veterinarian and seller of patent medicines, and his son, Isaac, probably met his bride on one of the trips to Peddlers Grove from their home at Leon, Wisconsin.
See also: THE LAND, "Rest Stop for Peddlers", Apr 12, 1979. WASECA HERALD JOURNAL, "Memoirs of John MARKHAM", Feb 27, p.1, Mar 6, p.8, Mar 13, p.3, Mar 15, 1963, p.8.
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The 1875 State census of New Hartford, Winona Co., MN lists the following adjacent households:
Household #142
DECOURSEY, I. H., Age 26, b. Wisc.
DECOURSEY, E. A. C., age 20. b. Penna.
DECOURSEY, Sarah V., age 2, b. Wisc.
DECOURSEY, Leslie E., age 1, b. Wisc.
Household #143
DECOURSEY, P., age 59, b. Ohio
DECOURSEY, Lourisa, age 43,b. NY
DECOURSEY, John C. F., age 18, b. Wisc.
DECOURSEY, Clara Belle, age 17, b. Wisc.
DECOURSEY, Isaac, age 81, b. NJ
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The 1880 Federal census of New Hartford Twp., Winona Co., MN lists:
DECOURCY, I.H., age 31, b. Wisc., farmer.
DECOURCY, Emma, wife, age 24, b. Penna.
DECOURCY, Virginia, age 8, b. Wisc.
DECOURCY, Leslie, age 7, b. Wisc.
DECOURCY, Robert, age 3, b. Wisc.
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About 1888, Isaac Henry DeCourcy took a job building railroad depots. After being divorced from his first wife, Emma A. C.(BARNEY) DECOURCY, Isaac Henry DeCOURCEY married his second wife, Alice SCHMIDT, at Kansas City, MO. They had four children all born in Savannah, MO.: Katherine, b. 24 May 1891; Thomas, b. 19 Jun 1893; Laurence and Charlotte (twins), b. 14 Jul 1896. The SCHMIDT family bible (in German) was, for a time, in the possession of William DeCOURSEY of Minneapolis, Minnesota. He made copies and gifted it to Pam Hanabury, a SCHMIDT descendant.
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Isaac's exwife, Anna Emma (Barney) DeCourcy, married twice after the divorce and moved first to Kansas and then to Bend, Oregon. Virginia, Robert, and Frances DeCOURCY went with their mother to Oregon. Leslie E. DeCOURSEY stayed in Minnesota to live with his uncle, Peter DeCOURCEY, Jr at Waite Park, MN and his grandmother Mary (Tracy) Barney-Hill near Owatanna, MN.
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The 1900 Federal Census of Nodaway, Andrew Co., Missouri lists:
Isaac DeCourcy 52, b Feb 1848 WI Head
Alice DeCourcy 43, b Oct 1856 IL Wife
Katie DeCourcy 9, b May 1891 MO Dau.
Thomas DeCourcy 6, b Jun 1893 MO Son
Lawrence DeCourcy 3 b Jul 1897 MO Dau.
Charlotte DeCourcy 3 b Jul 1897 MO Dau.
Charlotte Schmitt 86 b Apr 1814 Germany
[Charlotte Schmitt is Isaac DeCourcy's mother-in-law, the mother of Alice. Her immigration year is given as 1850.
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Family Members
Siblings
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Sarah Virginia "Jean" DeCourcey Hurd
1872–1923
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Leslie Eugene DeCoursey
1873–1949
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Robert Louis DeCourcy
1877–1963
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Frances "Frankie" DeCourcy Caldwell
1884–1957
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Katherine May DeCourcy Duncan
1891–1978
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Thomas W DeCourcy
1893–1965
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Lawrence Daily DeCourcy
1896–1937
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Charlotte "Lottie" DeCourcy Thrush
1896–1980
