Florence Bywater

Notes:

FindAGrave shows that William was the son of Julia Ann Tallman and Thomas L. Bywater.

This appears to be a transcription of burial information for his parents, from the Michigan Gen Web listing of burial at Lakeside Cemetery in Ionia County, Michigan. William and Evelyn were not listed on this transcription.

Name, Age, Death, Last Residence, Lot Number
Bywater, Julia A. 87 yrs 2-10-1910 Woodbury
Bywater, Thomas 82 yrs 10-9-1895 388





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Census Listings:

1880 Census
Michigan, Ionia County, Odessa
Page 8 SD 2 ED 103 Stamped 312
Enumerated 1 Jun 1880
14-14
Bywater, William W M 29 Husb Farmer NY NY NY
Bywater, Eva W F 19 Wf Keep House Mich NY NY
Bywater, Cora W F 2 Dtr Mich NY Mich
----15
Bywater, Thomas W M 67 Husband Farmer NY England Mass
Bywater, Julia W F 59 Wf Keeping House NY RI RI


1900 Census
Michigan, Eaton County, Sunfield Twp
Enumerated 10 Jun 1900
SD 3 ED 78 Sheet 5A
95-96
Bywater, William D W M July 1850 49 M 22 NY NY NY Farmer
Bywater, Eva B Wf W F Nov 1860 39 M 22 4/4 Mich NY Mich
Bywater, Florence E Dtr F Aug 1880 19 S Mich NY Mich Servant
Bywater, Abbie (sic) Dtr W F Mar 1887 13 S S. Dakota NY Mich
Bywater, Carl D Son W M Oct 1892 7 S Mich NY Mich At School
Bywater, Julia A Mother W F Oct 1820 79 W 6/1 NY Rhode Island Rhode Island

Wiliam married Evelyn D. "Eva" Chapman about 1878. Evelyn (daughter of Samuel B. Chapman and Eliza J. Dwinell) was born on 23 Nov 1860 in Ionia County, Michigan; died about 1938 in Portland, Ionia County, Michigan; was buried in Portland Cemetery, Portland, Ionia County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From FindAGrave:

Birth: Nov. 23, 1860
Lake Odessa
Ionia County
Michigan, USA
Death: 1938
Portland
Ionia County
Michigan, USA

DIES AFTER AN ILLNESS OF 20 MONTHS

Mrs. Eva Bywater Passes Away Sunday Evening at Home of Daughter.

CAME TO PORTLAND 23 YEARS AGO TO RESIDE

Was Born on Farm Where Part of Lake Odessa Village is Now Located.

Mrs. Eva Bywater died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Addie Ryerson, in this village Sunday night, after an illness which had kept her confined to the bed for nearly two years. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon, and burial will be in Portland cemetery. Mrs. Bywater was 78 years old on November 23d.

Deceased was born on a farm where the north part of the village of Lake Odessa now stands. Twenty-three years ago she and her husband, the late William Bywater, moved to Portland, where their son, Carl D. Bywater, had but recently opened a drug store. The husband's death occurred several years ago.

The surviving children are Mrs. Cora Hay, Grand Rapids; Miss Florence Bywater, Detroit; Mrs. Addie Ryerson, Carl D. Bywater, Portland. A sister, Mrs. Ella Burton, resides at Nashville, and there are four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Bywater had been a worker in the Methodist church society since she was a young lady, and was a member of the Portland church. She belonged to the Rebekah lodge,
having been one of the first members of the order at Lake Odessa.

Notes:

Name, Age, Death, Last Residence, Lot Number

Bywater, Thomas 82 yrs 10-9-1895 388

http://ionia.migenweb.net/cemetery/lakeside-a-e.htm

Thomas married Julia Ann Tallman. Julia was born in Oct 1820 in New York; died on 10 Feb 1910 in Michigan; was buried in Lakeside Cemetery, Lake Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name, Age, Death, Last Residence, Lot Number

Bywater, Julia A. 87 yrs 2-10-1910 Woodbury

http://ionia.migenweb.net/cemetery/lakeside-a-e.htm

Notes:

He is shown on the Murray-Snead-Barbee-Jones-Bishop-Mastroni-Raddeman-Kirtley-Workman tree on Ancestry.com as a son of Peter Chapman and Mercy Keeler.

Benjamin Dwight--in Volume II (p. 1005) of "The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong of Northampton, Mass."--described him as, "a farmer at Odessa, Mich (since 1851)...he is a supervisor of the town."

According the "History of Ionia and Montcalm Counties Michigan with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of their Prominent Men and Pioneers" by John S. Schenck, Philadelphia, D.W. Ensign & Co. 1881, the first framed house in Odessa was built by Emory Russell after 1842. Other early settlers in and near the Russell neighborhood were Nelson Merrill, Emanuel Cramer, S.B. CHAPMAN, A.A. Haskins, A.J. Clark, P.S. Lapham, David Crapo, John D. Hight, Reuben Haight, George E. Kelly, James N. Galloway, and Asa Houghton. For some years the settlements in Odessa concentrated about the Russell neighborhood. In the year 1852 there were but four settlers in the western half of the town. These four were Solomon Foght, S.B. CHAPMAN, Joseph Houseman and Eber Rush, located respectively on sections 21 and 33 (p. 315).

Jurors for 1847 included Samuel Chapman

Voters in Odessa in 1848 and 1849 included Samuel B. Chapman

Samuel B. Chapman was elected Supervisor of Odessa Township in 1852; Treasurer in 1855; and Supervisor in 1856-1857

LaVonne Bennett, a Ionia county genealogist, kindly provided the following information relating to the probate of the Chapman estate.

Ionia County Probate Court, Probated Will #611 (New Series), Samuel B. Chapman: The first item in the file was an unsigned 8-26-1925 letter to W. C. McCartney, giving him license to sell real estate of Samuel B. Chapman.

The seconnd item was an 8-21-1925 letter from Lake Odessa State Savings Bank to Judge of Probate, Ionia County, stating lots 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 in block 21 of village of Lake Odessa owned by Samuel B. Chapman were sold 4-3-1877.

Samuel B. Chapman died on Sunday, 1-31-1875, leaving no will. Widow was Mary A. Chapman, petitioner for appointment of adminstrator of estate. It was a $7,500 valued estate. Other heirs were: Emma June Chapman, daughter of deceased (dodc); Theressa T. Partello, dodc, of Barry County; Martin Chapman, son; Ella Chapman, dodc; Eva Chapman, dodc; Samuel D. (sic s/b L.), son. Residence of all but Theressa was Ionia County. [Note, Mary was still pregnant with his youngest son, Marcus, who was born in September 1875].

Publication in Lake Odessa Wave-Times 2-12-1875. James Leek, Administrator. Inventory of goods, properties, crops, $150 of household furniture. Among the list of creditors: Mary Ward, $3.65; Jas. J. Brown, $22.05; Martin Chapman, $35.00.

10-7-1871 document: Dower rights to Mary A. Chapman for east 3/4 of north east 1/4 of Section 33, and north east 1/4 of south east 1/4 of Section 32, all in Twp 5N, Range 7W.

In James Leak's 3-23-1875 petition to be named the administrator of Samuel's will, he states: ".....for the following among other reasons the widow is not able to work or take charge of her interest in said estate and the heirs are of them three minors and under Guardianship and those who are of age are not in circumstances to carry on to advantage of the whole of said real estate and further the estate has a large part of said land under a crop of wheat down by said deceased in his lifetime which will require the same care and attention necessary to protect crops on the whole of said lands."

11-14-1876: List of above children, with addition of Marchus B. Chapman. Paid to Mary A. Chapman: $550 for support of minor heirs under age 7 years, $145 distribution of shares, from Samuel Chapman estate, for Samuel Lee and Marcus B. Chapman, minor heirs.

11-15-1876: $150 to Mary A. Chapman. 11-28-1876: Martin Chapman petitioned to sell real estate; heirs Maria T. Partello, Emma Chapman, Ella L. Chapman, Martin Chapman, all residing in Odessa, Evelyn D. Chapman residing in Saranac, Ionia Co, MI; Marcus B. and Samuel L. Chapman, both in Odessa.

$3375 was paid by Abe Bywater for the Dower rights of Mary A. Chapman. $487.50 was paid to Martin L. Chapman."

It seems an assessment of real estate was made, with the recommendation that sale, and subsequent division of the property, would devalue it. The file was very hard to read and I couldn't decipher all that took place, regarding the real estate, but it did appear Martin forced the sale.

Oh, when I looked up Samuel B. Chapman's property in my plat book here, it turned out to be the whole west side of Lake Odessa's main street. I'm snail-mailing you copies showing location of his---and also B. Franklin Smith's---property. I also made copies of Ida and Mary's obituaries, which I'll send along, too.

I (LaVonne) don't know why the first 2 items dated 1925 were in this file, unless someone filed quit claim deeds on property that was once owned by Samuel B., or something technical like that. Maybe they were cleaning up Mary Ann's 1921 estate yet.

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Census Listings:

1860 Census
Odessa Township, Ionia County, Michigan
#188-185
Chapman Samuel 39 M NY
Elisa 38 F NY
Marris C? 10 F NY
Martin 8 M Mich
Ella 18/12 F Mich
Emma ?? F Mich


1870 Census
Odessa Township, Ionia County, Michigan
#67-66
Chapman Sm P 49 M W Farmer 5000 13
" Eliza 47 F W Keeping House
E??? 22 F W at home MI
Theresia 20 F W at home NY
Martin 18 M W Farm laborer MI attended school
Ella 11 F W MI attended scho
Evaline 9 F W MI attended school

Samuel married Eliza J. Dwinell on 31 Dec 1845. Eliza (daughter of Justin Dwinell and Desire Strong) was born on 16 Jul 1822 in New York; died on 23 Aug 1870 in Michigan; was buried in Lakeside Cemetery, Lake Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Description: CHAPMAN ELIZA J.
b.July 16, 1822 d.Aug. 23, 1870
Burial 8/23/1870
tall gray slab; "wife of S. B. Chapman"; next to S.B.
Information from my cemetery records. Maybe be helpful to you.

Lakeside Cemetery, Lake Odessa
Sharon Rohrbacher
Odessa Township Treasurer


Sharon Rohrbacher
sharon@odessatownship.org

Notes:

Married:
"Eliza J. DWINELL b. July 16, 1822, m. Samuel B. Chapman of Webster." Benjamin Dwight, "The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong, of Northampton, Mass." (Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD 2000), Vol. II, Pages 1004 and 1005.

Notes:

Shown by Benjamin Dwight as "son of Henry Dwinell of Shaftsbury, Vt., and afterwards (1815) of Sennett, N.Y. and Lillas.....) a farmer at West Webster, N.Y. (then Penfield) 1825-62."

Justin married Desire Strong on 13 Jun 1819. Desire (daughter of Isaac Strong and Miram Bacon) was born on 11 Aug 1801 in Cayuga County, New York; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Benjamin Dwight shows her as a daughter of Isaac STRONG and Miriam BACON, and further wrote that "She still (1871) resides at West Webster."