Lucy A. Andrews, daughter of Amos Andrews and Hopea Tanner, married John Gotham, son of John Gotham and Sarah Reid, in Newbury, Geauga County, Ohio on September 24, 1846. They had eight children:
1) Mary "Emily" Gotham (1847-1925), who married Norman Dayton;
2) Amelia Jane Gotham (1852-1868);
3) Howard Charles Gotham (1854-1869);
4) Frances "Frankie" Louisa Gotham (1858-1946), whose first husband was Edmund K. Baker, and whose second husband was Alonzo E. Wilkins;
5) John "Oscar" Gotham (1860-1926), who married Romelia Jane Court;
6) Lucy Ellen Gotham (1862-1864);
7) Carrie Lucy Gotham (1864-1893), who married Alfred Murray Weeden;
8) Arthur S. Gotham (1868-1895).
The first three children were born in Ohio, and the other five were born in Wisconsin.
There were several circumstances that may have contributed to the Gothams' decision to move to Wisconsin. Lucy's father, Amos Andrews, had been granted a large tract of land in Indianfields Township, Tuscola County, Michigan, as payment for his services during the War of 1812 when he fought under Commodore Perry. In early 1853 Amos and his sons David and Amos Jr. came to Tuscola County to prepare the land for settlement. They were among the earliest pioneers of Indianfields Township. In August of the same year Amos Sr. paid a visit to his family in Geauga County, Ohio, and it was there that he died of dysentery while a guest of his daughter, Mary (Andrews) McNish.
Mary had six children, four of them who, along with their mother, passed away in September 1853. Mary's husband, Alexander McNish, remarried shortly afterward.
Two other siblings of Lucy's had left the Geauga County area a few years before; James Andrews and his wife Eliza Stone had settled in Wyocena, Columbia County, Wisconsin, accompanied by James's sister Julia E. (Andrews) Daggett, who may have been widowed at the time. Whatever the case, she married Elias C. Peck in Wyocena on October 9, 1851.
Elias and Julia settled in Northport, Waupaca County, Wisconsin in 1853, and later moved to Lind. It was while they lived in Northport that they received the news of Julia's father's death.
At that time James Andrews, his wife Eliza, and their children moved from Wyocena, Wisconsin to Indianfields Township, Tuscola County, Michigan, to help his brothers David and Amos manage what had become known as the "Amos Andrews Farm".
By 1853 only seven of Amos Andrews, Sr.'s thirteen children were still alive, and all of them except Fletcher, the eldest, had moved from the Geauga County area. In 1855 Lucy and John Gotham moved to Lind, Waupaca County, Wisconsin, taking with them Lucy's sixty-year-old widowed mother. They homesteaded near Lucy's sister Julia (Andrews) Peck who would pass away in 1856.
Obituary:
At the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. E. Wilkins, in Parfreyville, Mrs. Lucy A. Gotham quietly passed away on Sunday, Nov. 7, 1909 at the age of 83 years, 9 months and 25 days.
Lucy A. Andrews was born in Burton, Geauga County, Ohio, January 13, 1826. She was converted to Christ and joined the church at the early age of eleven years.
She was married to John Gotham, Sept. 24, 1846. In the spring of 1855 they came to Wisconsin and settled on a farm in the Town of Lind. Eight children were born to this union, five of whom have died, one in infancy and four were converted and became members of the church. Her husband died in 1876.
Mrs. Gotham remained on the farm until the death of her youngest son, Arthur, April 27, 1895. Since this time she has made her home with the three children who survive her; Mrs. Emily Dayton, Mrs. Frankie Wilkins, and Oscar.
She with her husband and oldest child were three of the ten who organized the church at Parfreyville. She was an earnest Bible student, teacher in the Sunday School and a faithful helper in all church work. She was an excellent wife and a good mother, careful in training her children not only temporally but spiritually and in that Great Day her children will rise up and call her blessed. She will be missed in the community by all for "none knew her but loved her". She has fought the good fight, kept the faith and gone to receive a crown of righteousness. We shall look forward to meeting her in that bright and happy land where no death shall enter and where all shall sing praises to Him who loved us and died for us.
Many beautiful floral tributes were sent in by her numerous friends,showing the high esteem in which she was held. Funeral services were held in the Parfreyville Church on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 9, with internment in the Parfreyville Cemetery.
(Obituary courtesy of Thelma D. Moye.)
1) Mary "Emily" Gotham (1847-1925), who married Norman Dayton;
2) Amelia Jane Gotham (1852-1868);
3) Howard Charles Gotham (1854-1869);
4) Frances "Frankie" Louisa Gotham (1858-1946), whose first husband was Edmund K. Baker, and whose second husband was Alonzo E. Wilkins;
5) John "Oscar" Gotham (1860-1926), who married Romelia Jane Court;
6) Lucy Ellen Gotham (1862-1864);
7) Carrie Lucy Gotham (1864-1893), who married Alfred Murray Weeden;
8) Arthur S. Gotham (1868-1895).
The first three children were born in Ohio, and the other five were born in Wisconsin.
There were several circumstances that may have contributed to the Gothams' decision to move to Wisconsin. Lucy's father, Amos Andrews, had been granted a large tract of land in Indianfields Township, Tuscola County, Michigan, as payment for his services during the War of 1812 when he fought under Commodore Perry. In early 1853 Amos and his sons David and Amos Jr. came to Tuscola County to prepare the land for settlement. They were among the earliest pioneers of Indianfields Township. In August of the same year Amos Sr. paid a visit to his family in Geauga County, Ohio, and it was there that he died of dysentery while a guest of his daughter, Mary (Andrews) McNish.
Mary had six children, four of them who, along with their mother, passed away in September 1853. Mary's husband, Alexander McNish, remarried shortly afterward.
Two other siblings of Lucy's had left the Geauga County area a few years before; James Andrews and his wife Eliza Stone had settled in Wyocena, Columbia County, Wisconsin, accompanied by James's sister Julia E. (Andrews) Daggett, who may have been widowed at the time. Whatever the case, she married Elias C. Peck in Wyocena on October 9, 1851.
Elias and Julia settled in Northport, Waupaca County, Wisconsin in 1853, and later moved to Lind. It was while they lived in Northport that they received the news of Julia's father's death.
At that time James Andrews, his wife Eliza, and their children moved from Wyocena, Wisconsin to Indianfields Township, Tuscola County, Michigan, to help his brothers David and Amos manage what had become known as the "Amos Andrews Farm".
By 1853 only seven of Amos Andrews, Sr.'s thirteen children were still alive, and all of them except Fletcher, the eldest, had moved from the Geauga County area. In 1855 Lucy and John Gotham moved to Lind, Waupaca County, Wisconsin, taking with them Lucy's sixty-year-old widowed mother. They homesteaded near Lucy's sister Julia (Andrews) Peck who would pass away in 1856.
Obituary:
At the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. E. Wilkins, in Parfreyville, Mrs. Lucy A. Gotham quietly passed away on Sunday, Nov. 7, 1909 at the age of 83 years, 9 months and 25 days.
Lucy A. Andrews was born in Burton, Geauga County, Ohio, January 13, 1826. She was converted to Christ and joined the church at the early age of eleven years.
She was married to John Gotham, Sept. 24, 1846. In the spring of 1855 they came to Wisconsin and settled on a farm in the Town of Lind. Eight children were born to this union, five of whom have died, one in infancy and four were converted and became members of the church. Her husband died in 1876.
Mrs. Gotham remained on the farm until the death of her youngest son, Arthur, April 27, 1895. Since this time she has made her home with the three children who survive her; Mrs. Emily Dayton, Mrs. Frankie Wilkins, and Oscar.
She with her husband and oldest child were three of the ten who organized the church at Parfreyville. She was an earnest Bible student, teacher in the Sunday School and a faithful helper in all church work. She was an excellent wife and a good mother, careful in training her children not only temporally but spiritually and in that Great Day her children will rise up and call her blessed. She will be missed in the community by all for "none knew her but loved her". She has fought the good fight, kept the faith and gone to receive a crown of righteousness. We shall look forward to meeting her in that bright and happy land where no death shall enter and where all shall sing praises to Him who loved us and died for us.
Many beautiful floral tributes were sent in by her numerous friends,showing the high esteem in which she was held. Funeral services were held in the Parfreyville Church on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 9, with internment in the Parfreyville Cemetery.
(Obituary courtesy of Thelma D. Moye.)
Lucy A. Andrews, daughter of Amos Andrews and Hopea Tanner, married John Gotham, son of John Gotham and Sarah Reid, in Newbury, Geauga County, Ohio on September 24, 1846. They had eight children:
1) Mary "Emily" Gotham (1847-1925), who married Norman Dayton;
2) Amelia Jane Gotham (1852-1868);
3) Howard Charles Gotham (1854-1869);
4) Frances "Frankie" Louisa Gotham (1858-1946), whose first husband was Edmund K. Baker, and whose second husband was Alonzo E. Wilkins;
5) John "Oscar" Gotham (1860-1926), who married Romelia Jane Court;
6) Lucy Ellen Gotham (1862-1864);
7) Carrie Lucy Gotham (1864-1893), who married Alfred Murray Weeden;
8) Arthur S. Gotham (1868-1895).
The first three children were born in Ohio, and the other five were born in Wisconsin.
There were several circumstances that may have contributed to the Gothams' decision to move to Wisconsin. Lucy's father, Amos Andrews, had been granted a large tract of land in Indianfields Township, Tuscola County, Michigan, as payment for his services during the War of 1812 when he fought under Commodore Perry. In early 1853 Amos and his sons David and Amos Jr. came to Tuscola County to prepare the land for settlement. They were among the earliest pioneers of Indianfields Township. In August of the same year Amos Sr. paid a visit to his family in Geauga County, Ohio, and it was there that he died of dysentery while a guest of his daughter, Mary (Andrews) McNish.
Mary had six children, four of them who, along with their mother, passed away in September 1853. Mary's husband, Alexander McNish, remarried shortly afterward.
Two other siblings of Lucy's had left the Geauga County area a few years before; James Andrews and his wife Eliza Stone had settled in Wyocena, Columbia County, Wisconsin, accompanied by James's sister Julia E. (Andrews) Daggett, who may have been widowed at the time. Whatever the case, she married Elias C. Peck in Wyocena on October 9, 1851.
Elias and Julia settled in Northport, Waupaca County, Wisconsin in 1853, and later moved to Lind. It was while they lived in Northport that they received the news of Julia's father's death.
At that time James Andrews, his wife Eliza, and their children moved from Wyocena, Wisconsin to Indianfields Township, Tuscola County, Michigan, to help his brothers David and Amos manage what had become known as the "Amos Andrews Farm".
By 1853 only seven of Amos Andrews, Sr.'s thirteen children were still alive, and all of them except Fletcher, the eldest, had moved from the Geauga County area. In 1855 Lucy and John Gotham moved to Lind, Waupaca County, Wisconsin, taking with them Lucy's sixty-year-old widowed mother. They homesteaded near Lucy's sister Julia (Andrews) Peck who would pass away in 1856.
Obituary:
At the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. E. Wilkins, in Parfreyville, Mrs. Lucy A. Gotham quietly passed away on Sunday, Nov. 7, 1909 at the age of 83 years, 9 months and 25 days.
Lucy A. Andrews was born in Burton, Geauga County, Ohio, January 13, 1826. She was converted to Christ and joined the church at the early age of eleven years.
She was married to John Gotham, Sept. 24, 1846. In the spring of 1855 they came to Wisconsin and settled on a farm in the Town of Lind. Eight children were born to this union, five of whom have died, one in infancy and four were converted and became members of the church. Her husband died in 1876.
Mrs. Gotham remained on the farm until the death of her youngest son, Arthur, April 27, 1895. Since this time she has made her home with the three children who survive her; Mrs. Emily Dayton, Mrs. Frankie Wilkins, and Oscar.
She with her husband and oldest child were three of the ten who organized the church at Parfreyville. She was an earnest Bible student, teacher in the Sunday School and a faithful helper in all church work. She was an excellent wife and a good mother, careful in training her children not only temporally but spiritually and in that Great Day her children will rise up and call her blessed. She will be missed in the community by all for "none knew her but loved her". She has fought the good fight, kept the faith and gone to receive a crown of righteousness. We shall look forward to meeting her in that bright and happy land where no death shall enter and where all shall sing praises to Him who loved us and died for us.
Many beautiful floral tributes were sent in by her numerous friends,showing the high esteem in which she was held. Funeral services were held in the Parfreyville Church on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 9, with internment in the Parfreyville Cemetery.
(Obituary courtesy of Thelma D. Moye.)
1) Mary "Emily" Gotham (1847-1925), who married Norman Dayton;
2) Amelia Jane Gotham (1852-1868);
3) Howard Charles Gotham (1854-1869);
4) Frances "Frankie" Louisa Gotham (1858-1946), whose first husband was Edmund K. Baker, and whose second husband was Alonzo E. Wilkins;
5) John "Oscar" Gotham (1860-1926), who married Romelia Jane Court;
6) Lucy Ellen Gotham (1862-1864);
7) Carrie Lucy Gotham (1864-1893), who married Alfred Murray Weeden;
8) Arthur S. Gotham (1868-1895).
The first three children were born in Ohio, and the other five were born in Wisconsin.
There were several circumstances that may have contributed to the Gothams' decision to move to Wisconsin. Lucy's father, Amos Andrews, had been granted a large tract of land in Indianfields Township, Tuscola County, Michigan, as payment for his services during the War of 1812 when he fought under Commodore Perry. In early 1853 Amos and his sons David and Amos Jr. came to Tuscola County to prepare the land for settlement. They were among the earliest pioneers of Indianfields Township. In August of the same year Amos Sr. paid a visit to his family in Geauga County, Ohio, and it was there that he died of dysentery while a guest of his daughter, Mary (Andrews) McNish.
Mary had six children, four of them who, along with their mother, passed away in September 1853. Mary's husband, Alexander McNish, remarried shortly afterward.
Two other siblings of Lucy's had left the Geauga County area a few years before; James Andrews and his wife Eliza Stone had settled in Wyocena, Columbia County, Wisconsin, accompanied by James's sister Julia E. (Andrews) Daggett, who may have been widowed at the time. Whatever the case, she married Elias C. Peck in Wyocena on October 9, 1851.
Elias and Julia settled in Northport, Waupaca County, Wisconsin in 1853, and later moved to Lind. It was while they lived in Northport that they received the news of Julia's father's death.
At that time James Andrews, his wife Eliza, and their children moved from Wyocena, Wisconsin to Indianfields Township, Tuscola County, Michigan, to help his brothers David and Amos manage what had become known as the "Amos Andrews Farm".
By 1853 only seven of Amos Andrews, Sr.'s thirteen children were still alive, and all of them except Fletcher, the eldest, had moved from the Geauga County area. In 1855 Lucy and John Gotham moved to Lind, Waupaca County, Wisconsin, taking with them Lucy's sixty-year-old widowed mother. They homesteaded near Lucy's sister Julia (Andrews) Peck who would pass away in 1856.
Obituary:
At the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. E. Wilkins, in Parfreyville, Mrs. Lucy A. Gotham quietly passed away on Sunday, Nov. 7, 1909 at the age of 83 years, 9 months and 25 days.
Lucy A. Andrews was born in Burton, Geauga County, Ohio, January 13, 1826. She was converted to Christ and joined the church at the early age of eleven years.
She was married to John Gotham, Sept. 24, 1846. In the spring of 1855 they came to Wisconsin and settled on a farm in the Town of Lind. Eight children were born to this union, five of whom have died, one in infancy and four were converted and became members of the church. Her husband died in 1876.
Mrs. Gotham remained on the farm until the death of her youngest son, Arthur, April 27, 1895. Since this time she has made her home with the three children who survive her; Mrs. Emily Dayton, Mrs. Frankie Wilkins, and Oscar.
She with her husband and oldest child were three of the ten who organized the church at Parfreyville. She was an earnest Bible student, teacher in the Sunday School and a faithful helper in all church work. She was an excellent wife and a good mother, careful in training her children not only temporally but spiritually and in that Great Day her children will rise up and call her blessed. She will be missed in the community by all for "none knew her but loved her". She has fought the good fight, kept the faith and gone to receive a crown of righteousness. We shall look forward to meeting her in that bright and happy land where no death shall enter and where all shall sing praises to Him who loved us and died for us.
Many beautiful floral tributes were sent in by her numerous friends,showing the high esteem in which she was held. Funeral services were held in the Parfreyville Church on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 9, with internment in the Parfreyville Cemetery.
(Obituary courtesy of Thelma D. Moye.)
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JAN. 13, 1826
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NOV. 7, 1909
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