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Monday, December 2, 2013

Grandma Upham and Mary



On album sleeve: Grandma Upham and Mary

On verso: E.E. Shaver, Photographer, Chelsea, Mich.

Grandma is Clarissa Upham, born Clarissa Wheeler in New York 1811, died in Michigan 1878. She is my great-great-great grandmother.

Mary is Mary Ida Upham, Clarissa's granddaughter. Mary's mother deserted the family in 1863 and her father (Clarissa's son) died as a result of wounds received in the Civil War while serving with the Michigan Calvary.

Sunday, December 1, 2013

Aunt Mary Burns



"Aunt Mary Burns"

Verso: E.E. Shaver, Photographer, Chelsea, Mich.

Mary Jane Reeves (1836-1920) married Jerome Burns in 1855 and lived in Michigan. She was my great-great grandfather's sister. It appears she outlived all of her siblings.