Daughter of famed abolitionist Sojourner Truth.∼Mrs. Sophia TRUTH Schuyler

Death at the Calhoun County Poor Farm Marengo Mi

Obituary

Marshall (MI) Daily News
Friday, March 15, 1901
The funeral of Mrs. Sophia Schuyler was held at the county house this afternoon at 2:30, Rev. O. Hill at the A. M. E. church officiating. Her two sons from Battle Creek , Michigan were in attendance. The burial occurred at the county poor farm.

Traverse City (MI) Record Eagle
Saturday, March 16, 1901
Sophia Schuyler, daughter of the famous [sic] Sojourner Truth, died in the county poorhouse at Battle Creek, aged 80 years. She enjoyed the distinction of having been born a slave in New York before slavery was abolished in that state.

Marshall (MI) News
Friday, March 22, 1901
The funeral of Mrs. Sophia Schuyler was held at the county house last Friday at 2:30 p. m., Rev. O. Hill at the A. M. E. church officiating. her two sons from Battle Creek were in attendance. The burial occurred at the county farm.

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Mother: Sojourner Truth (1797-1883)

Grand parents: James and Elizabeth Baumfree

Siblings: Peter (1821) Diana (1815) James (1823) Elizabeth (1825),Thomas

Married: Thomas Schuyler (1817-1899) NY

Children:
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1). Wesley Schuyler (1858-2/15/1928)
Memorial # 16565160
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Refer:
Name: Wesley Schuyler
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 15 Feb 1928
Event Place: Marengo Calhoun Mi
Gender: Male
Age: 70
Marital Status: Divorced
Birthplace: Michigan/New York
Birth Year 1858
Father's Name: Thos Schuyler

2). Hiram Schuyler (1859) (Step Son)
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Refer:
1865 Ridgeway Orleans NY
Thomas Schuyler Head M 50
George Schuyler Son M 20
David Schuyler Son M 14
Frances Schuyler Daughter F 12
Hiram Schuyler Son M 6
Sophie Harris Housekeeper F 36

1880 Kalamazoo, Mi
Self Marion Mead M 43 Mi
Wife Electa R. Mead F 38 Mi
Daughter Stella Mead F 17 Mi
Daughter Mabel Mead F 3 Mi
Other Jacob Leinaar M 26 Mi
***Other Hiram Schuyler M 21 Ny

1900 Battle Creek, Mi
Head Sophia Schuyler F Ny
Grandson Charles Schuyler M Mi
Stepson Hiram Schuyler M Ny

3). Sojourner Schuyler (1865)

4). Edward Schuyler (6/39/1869-2/18/1885) d-Bedford Mi
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Edward Schuyler
Christening Place: Calhoun Mi
Birth Date: 30 Jun 1869
Birthplace: Bedford Calhoun MI
Race: Black
Father's Name: Thomas Schuyler
Mother's Name: Sophia Schuyler

Name: Edward Schuyler
Gender: Male
Death Date: 18 Feb 1885
Death Place: Bedford Calhoun Mi
Age: 17
Birth Date: 1868
Birthplace: Mi
Race: Black
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Thomas Schuyler
Mother's Name: Sophia Schuyler

5). Charles Schuyler (1888)
GRAND CHILD RAISED AS A SON.. M-Gertrude Reed
..Children
...1.Richard Schuyler (7/27/1903-6/16/1904)
.......2. Harold W Schuyler (3/19/1901) in Allegan Mi
.......3. May Schuyler (7/1902-9/23/1902)
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Refer:
Charles Schuyler
Birthplace: Harmonia Mich.
Age: 30
Spouse's Name: Gertrude Reed Aval
Spouse's Birth Date:
Spouse's Birthplace: Michigan
Spouse's Age: 26
Father's Name: Thomas Schuyler
Mother's Name: Sojourner Truth
Spouse's Father's Name: Charles Reed
Spouse's Mother's Name: Unknown
Race: Black
Marital Status: Unknown
Spouse's Race: Black
Spouse's Marital Status: Unknown
Spouse's Previous Husband's Name

Charles F. Schuyler
Age (: 23 years
Birth Year: 1888
Birthplace: Harmonia Mi
Spouse's Name: Agnes Haines
Spouse's Age 24 years
Spouse's Birth Year: 1887
Spouse's Birthplace: Kalamazoo Mi
Event Date: 14 Jul 1911
Event Place: Battle Creek Calhoun Mi
Father's Name: Thos. Schuyler
Mother's Name: Sophia Truth

Charlie R Schuyler
Spouse's Name: Jeanette Clark
Event Date: 19 Mar 1902
Event Place: Battle Creek Calhoun Mi
Father's Name: T. Schuyler
Mother's Name: Sophia Truth
Spouse's Father's Name: Robert Clark
Spouse's Mother's Name: Maria Henderson

Name: Harold W. Schuler
Birth Date: 19 Mar 1901
Birthplace: Allegan Allegan Mi
Father's Name: Chas P Schuler
Father's Birthplace: Mi
Mother's Name: Gertrude Schuler
Mother's Birthplace: Mi

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Reference:

1870 Battle Creek Calhoun Co Mi
Thomas Schuyler M 56 Ny
***Sophia Schuyler F 39 Ny
Wesley Schuyler M 14 Ny
Hiram Schuyler M 11 Ny
Sojerimer Schuyler F 3 Ny
Edward Schuyler M 0 Mi

1880 Battle Creek Calhoun Co Mi
Self Thomas Schuyler M 69 Ny
***Wife Sophiah Schuyler F 52 Ny
Son Wesley Schuyler M 24 Ny
Son Sojourner Schuyler M 15 Ny
Son Edward Schuyler M 9 Mi

1900 Battle Creek Calhoun Co Mi
Head Sophia Schuyler F Ny
Grandson Charles Schuyler M Mi
Stepson Hiram Schuyler M Ny

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Reference on line:

Sophia is probably the youngest child of Sojourner, the infant she carried when she left Dumont in the fall of 1827. (2) Sophia married Thomas Schuyler in Medina, New York. (7-a) Thomas and Sophia are in Sojourner's house in Harmonia for the 1880 census with one son (named Sojourner), born in Michigan. Sophia's age is given as 52, which is fairly accurate.
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MOTHER INFORMATION: Sojourner Truth

1880 Battle Creek, Mi
self Sojourner Truth F 104 Ny
Other Eliza Boyd F 50 Mi
Other William Boyd M 18 Mi

1897 Battle Creek, Mi
Name: Sojourner Truth
Event Date: 25 Nov 1883
Event Place: Battle Creek Calhoun Mi
Gender: Female
Age (Expanded): 108 years
Birth Year (Estimated): 1775
Birthplace: New York
Marital Status: Widowed

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All children were born slaves of Dumont New York State
freed its slaves July 4, 1828

1. Diana Born (1816-10/25/1904) m-Jacob Corbin
Children: Frank Corbin
Refer:
Diana was the eldest and daughter best known in Battle Creek.She was born about 1816. ( She had two sisters, Elizabeth and Sophia, who lived in Battle Creek and Harmonia in the houses owned by Sojourner. A fourth daughter has not been traced. A letter from her son, Peter, in 1840, includes, "I should like to know how Sophia, and Betsey, and Hannah, come on." Was Hannah the fourth daughter's name? Or was the fourth daughter dead and his intention to inquire after Diana deciphered as Hannah? One biographer has found a single reference to "Nancy" and to "Thomas who died in infancy."

2. Peter probably (1820/22) died at sea

3. Hannah? Married a man named _____ Caldwell?
Had a son: James Caldwell, born in 1844 in Battle Creek (according to army records)

4.Elizabeth (1825) m-Banks; M-William Boyd, (1861-1/6/1893)
Elizabeth's Children:
..1. Samual Banks (1850-2/24/1875)
..2. William Boyd (1861-11/4/1887)

5. Sophia (1826-5/14/1901) m-Thomas Schuyler
Sophia's Children:
..1.Sojourner (1865)1865
..2.Edward (1871)
..3.Wesley B. (1873-2/16/1928)

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Bio;

By

Jonathan Robert De Mallie, Garden State Historian

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