Brooks/Shipley Genealogy
Generation 5
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Includes Brooks, Johnson, Cramer, Gage, Young, McIntyre, Smith, Sumner, Shipley, Mills, Garner, Gaunt, Whidden, Tracy.

David Erastus Brooks—G 5, son of John Brooks and Sarah Tunison.
b. 3/19/1830 Ovid, NY.
d. 10/8/1915 Burton, MI.
David’s mother died when he was 13, and he moved in with an uncle in Avon, NY. Moved to Ovid/Owosso, MI, area in 1868.

Family 1:  Rebecca Hogarth Johnson, daughter of Joseph and Clarissa Johnson, b. 3/30/1834 Ovid, NY, d. 1/1917, m. 10/18/1855.

1.  Erastus Brooks, b. 9/21/1856, d. 2/3/1858 Romulus, NY, buried Old Ovid  Cemetery, Ovid, NY (in the village near the courthouse).
2.  Erastus David Brooks, m. Susie Rachel Cramer.
3.  Elmer Brooks, b. 1/21/1860, d. 3/17/1893, m. (1) Eva Bigelow, (2) Mary Williams.
4.  Andrew Hogarth Brooks, b. 10/5/1863, d. 12/7/1899, m. Jennie Bradley.
5.  James J. Brooks, b. 12/25/1868, moved to Glendive, Montana, m. Ida Tucker.
6.  Wallace B. Brooks, b. 8/16/1870, d. 10/8/1870.
7.  Willard R. Brooks, b. 8/16/1870, d. 8/16/1870.
8.  Leo D. Brooks, b. 3/18/1877, moved to Red Lodge, Montana.

David S. Cramer (Rev.)—G 5, son of David Cramer and Susanne LaFurgey.
b. 6/12/1833 Sodus, Wayne Co., NY.
d. 8/11/1907 Burton, MI.
Moved to Atlas, Genesee Co., MI in 1852.  Was ordained on 9/4/1861. In 1864 he took his first pastorate on the Owosso circuit of the M. P. church.  Settled in Burton and farmed.  Founder of Burton Methodist Church.

Family 1:  Mary Ellen Gage, daughter of Alvah L. and Rachel B. Gage, b. 8/22/1835 Farmersville, NY, d. 11/18/1908 Burton, MI, m. 4/6/1856.  Moved to Lapeer, MI at age 17.

1.  Susie Rachel Cramer, m. Erastus David Brooks.
2.  Eugenie M. Cramer, b. 7/25/1858 Genesee Co., MI, d. 2/25/1944, m. Franklin J. Snyder 12/11/1879.
3.  George L. G. Cramer (Dr.), b. 9/1864 Burton, MI, d. Baraboo, WI, m. Elizabeth ?.
4.  Inez Adele Cramer, b.  ~1872 Burton, MI, m. William H. Byrd.
5.  Eva C. Cramer, b. 9/17/1874 Burton, MI, d. 9/6/1962, m. U. G. (Grant) Stiff 1/31/1899.
6.  Mary E. Cramer, b. 8/1/1860, d. ~12/1937, m. Ellison T. Wilbur 1/1/1885.
7.  Ellen Marie “Nellie” Cramer, b. 4/9/1869 Middlebury, MI, d. 10/3/1925 Stockbridge, MI, m. Elvin L. Smith.
8.  Nettie Cramer, b. ~1861, d. infancy.
9.  2 others who died in infancy.

James Young—G 5
b. 1815 Wallon, Somersetshire, England.
d. 1886 Michigan.
Buried Henderson Cemetery, Henderson, MI.

Family 1:  Catherine McIntyre, daughter of Nicol McIntyre and Mary McCallum, b. 10/29/1811 Ardalanish, Isle of Mull, Scotland, d. 1/13/1901 Carland, MI, buried Henderson, MI, m. 3/20/1837 Markham, Ontario.  Emigrated with her parents to Canada about 1828.  Moved to Michigan with James and all children except Frances and Mary Ann in late 1870’s.  Frances and Mary Ann stayed in Pickering Twp., Ontario.

1.  Frances Young, m. Alfred Allaway.
2.  Eleanor Young, m. John Allaway.
3.  Mary Ann Young, m. Thomas Poucher.
4.  Robert Nelson Young, b. ~1845, d. 3/2/1927 Mt. Vernon Twp., Black Hawk Co., Iowa, m. Maria Nixon.
5.  Rachel Young, m. Nelson Mitchell.
6.  Annabella Young, b. 9/3/1852 Markham, Ontario, d. 4/27/1931 Ovid, MI, m. Andrew Mitchell 1875.
7.  Joseph James Young, m. Julia Smith.
8.  Another child, d. bef. 6/1900.

Peter Wall Smith—G 5, son of Albert Wal Smith and Mary or Sylvia ?.
b. 1/5/1835 Middlebury, Rotterdam, Holland.  Born 25 miles from Rotterdam.  On 2/28/1853, Peter, his parents, and 3 brothers set out for America.  He had 2 sisters who died in Holland.  First they went to Rotterdam, landed in Hull, England, then took a train to Liverpool.  After setting sail from Liverpool, there were severe storms that kept them at sea from 10 weeks.  Peter’s mother died 3 days before they sighted land and was buried at sea.  They landed on an island off Quebec (sort of the Canadian version of Ellis Island) and were there for 8 days.  Went to Quebec, Montreal, and Williamston and spent 1 winter surveying out the Erie Canal.  The night before they were to depart for Detroit, Albert drowned.  The brothers arrived in Detroit in May 1854.  The younger brothers, John and Henry, attended St. Mary’s and older brothers, Peter and Will, worked.  Within a few months, Henry died and was buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Detroit, MI.  John went to live with a French family in Canada.  In the Fall of 1859, Peter went to Ovid to work on the railroad and was followed by Will in 1860.  Shortly after, Will became a Civil War soldier.  After Peter married Julian, they moved to Canada for 5 Years (?trying to avoid the Civil War?).  In 1865, they moved to the Old George Hathaway farm and lived there 27 years.

Family 1:  Julian Sumner, daughter of Francis Sumner and Hannah Skutt, b. 8/17/1842 Oakland Co., MI, d. 12/12/1922, m. 4/5/1860.

1.  Julia Lydia Smith, m. (1) ? Voorhees, (2) Joseph James Young.
2.  Estella Mae Smith, b. 6/30/1871 Middlebury Twp., MI, d. 3/21/1950 Ovid, MI, m. Albert H. Leland 12/6/1888, (2) James Van Slyke 6/30/1921.
3.  Esther Smith, m. Rae E. Green.
4.  Clarissa M. (Kit) Smith, m. (1) Elmer Van Guilder, (2) ? Hartman, (3) H. T. Clark.
5.  Minerva (Minnie) Smith, m. (1) Charles Boyd, (2) ? Brown.
6.  Albert Clayton Smith, b. 11/30/1864 near Sarnia, Ontario, d. ~1930 Oakland, CA, m. Libbie Wait 12/28/1887.
7.  William Smith, d. Toronto, Ontario.
8.  Edward L. Smith, b. 8/16/1880, d. 4/6/1947 Lansing, MI.
9.  Fred C. Smith, d. Owosso, MI, m. Belle ?.
10. Female, died in infancy.

John Shipley—G 5
b. 12/24/1799.
d. 3/16/1855.

Family 1:  Elanor Mills, b. 6/17/1800, d. 1/31/1887.

1.   Flemming H. Shipley, b. 12/9/1822, d. 7/28/1841.
2.   Elizabeth Shipley, b. 8/16/1824, d. 12/1/1896,
3.   Thomas Shipley, b. 8/8/1826, d. 12/18/1848.
4.   Luther Lusb(e)y Shipley, b. 11/16/1828, d. 4/9/1852.
5.   John Calvin Shipley, b. 2/13/1830, d. 1/20/1880.
6.   Thomison Shipley, b. 4/22/1832, d. 12/28/1866.
7.   Hannah Branshey or Bransley Shipley, b. 6/6/1834, d. 8/8/1906.
8.   Elanor Shipley, b. 2/24/1836, d. 7/22/1916.
9.   William Burten Shipley, m. Huldah Garnsey.

Samuel Garner—G 5, son of William Garner and Ann Brand (Brandt).
b. 3/31/1824 Sutterton, Lincolnshire, England. (Sutterton is a small town 8 1/4 miles NW of Holbeach, Lincolnshire, England.)
d. 8/19/1900.

“Samuel came with his brothers, Abram, Moses plus Cornelius and his wife to the United States in 1849, settling in Milford, Michigan. It took six weeks to make the voyage across the ocean. The passengers went up the Hudson River and from there to Buffalo, New York, via the Erie Canal (to Detroit then via livery to Milford, Michigan).“

“The following year Ann Gaunt, born at Swineshead near Boston, England, came across the ocean with her two brothers, Benjamin and James. They joined their friends at Milford. On Sept. 9th of the same year (1850) she and Samuel were married.”

“Samuel Garner, Joseph Wells and Robert Wittaker, in about 1856, came form Milford to Tuscola county to purchase farm land for future homes. All three were originally from England. Fredrick Bourns, a friend and also an Englishman, and a one time resident of Milford, was then operating the store of Arms and Bourns in the lumbering town of Vassar. He was christened on 11 Apr 1824 in Kirton-in-Holland, Lincolnshire, England. (18) He died on 19 Aug 1900 in Denmark Township, Tuscola County, Vassar, Michigan/USA. Samuel died at his home at the English Line (Now Highway M-46) in Denmark Township, Michigan, USA. This story of the Samuel Garner emigration and life in America was read at the 27th annual Gaunt-Garner-Osgerby reunion 16 July 1938 by Katherine Garner (Mrs. Moses Garner, Jr.)”

“Mr. Bourns accompanied his friends over several sections of the county but the choice was made and consisted of three eighties two miles west of the place where the Belknap school now stands on the corner of Vassar road. When a road was built through this section it was known as the English Line, a name which has not been entirely discarded although the road from shore to shore is now M-46.”

“Mr. Whitaker took the west eighty, Mr. Wells the next and Mr. Garner the one on the west. The land was purchased directly from the government for a $1.25 an acre. It had to be paid for in gold. The deeds were signed by the president, Franklin Pierce.”

“In April 1856 Joseph Wells, his wife, and three children came to their new home, making the trip with an oxen team. A road had been broken through as far as the gravel pit, but the next mile was made as best they could, winding in and out through the trees.”

“After living in Milford, Michigan for about 7 years, Samuel Garner, with his wife and three children, William, Lizzie and Eliza, came to Tuscola County in September of the same year (1856). Locating at once on the farm bought in 1854. The land was purchased from the federal government and signed by President Franklin Pierce. The paper is in a safe deposit box at the Garner farm now owned (1994) by Douglas and Sheryl Garner. A log house was built, serving as a home for fourteen years. Five children, Harriet, Samuel, Ida, Moses and Agnes were born during that time.”

“A frame house, the present home of Moses Garner Jr., was built in 1870, the land having been owned continuously by father and son. Mr. Whitaker never lived on his eighty but later sold and bought the farm now owned by Mike Schnell.”

“Samuel Garner died August 19, 1900, in the home in which he had lived for forty four years.”

Family 1:  Ann Gaunt, daughter of Benjamin Gaunt and Elizabeth Marriot, b. 9/29/1822 Swineshead, Lincolnshire, England, d. 3/30/1905, m. 9/9/1850 Milford, Oakland Co., MI, by Henry Padley, J.P. with James and Pebe Gaunt as witnesses.

1.  Harriet Ann Garner, b. 6/28/1851, d. 6/28/1851.
2.  William Garner, m. Lucy Whidden.
3.  Elizabeth Ann Garner, b. 2/1/1854 Milford, MI, d. 12/9/1924 Saginaw, MI, m. Thomas Wilson 10/28/1875 Vassar, MI.
4.  Eliza Garner, b. 9/19/1855 Milford, Oakland County, MI, d. 10/6/1911 Ann Arbor Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI of cancer.
5.  Harriet Garner, b. 5/3/1858, d. 11/14/1876.
6.  Samuel Garner, Jr., b. 2/11/1861, d. 2/27/1940, m. Jessie Lewis 10/12/1886.
7.  Ida Miriam Garner , b. 1/1/1863, d. 5/13/1947, m. Charles H. Wells 11/27/1887.
8.  Moses (Mose) Garner, b. 2/28/1865, d. 9/27/1942, m. (1) Kittie B. Douglass 11/15/1883 Beloit, WI, (2) Katherine Elizabeth Green 6/8/1904.
9.  Agnes (Aggie) Garner, b. 9/12/1867 Denmark Township, Tuscola County, Vassar, d. 10/8/?.

David Whidden—G 5
d. 1882.
Served in the Civil War.

Family 1:  Ellen Tracy.

1.  Will Whidden, b. ~1854 ?OH (per Whidden Reunion); William Walter Whidden , b. 9/16/1862 Pictou, Pictou, Nova Scotia (per FamilySearch).
2.  Frank Whidden, b. ~1862 ?OH (Whidden); Frank Tracy Whidden, b. 2/13/1858 Pictou (FamilySearch).
3.  Lucy Emeline Whidden, m. William Garner.

Family 2:  Leonora L. White, b. 2/18/1847 OH, d. 6/9/1945, m. 10/2/1864 OH (per Whidden Reunion info.).

1. John Whidden, b. OH (Whidden); John Cephas Whidden, b. 3/16/1867 Pictou (FamilySearch).
2. Fred Whidden, b. OH.
3. George Whidden, b. Vassar, MI (Whidden); George Simeon Whidden, b. 3/18/1872 Pictou (FamilySearch).
4. Charles Whidden, b. Vassar (Whidden): Charles David Whidden, b. 9/2/1870 Pictou (FamilySearch).
5. Olive Whidden, b. Vassar (Whidden): b. 8/19/1875 Tuscola, MI (FamilySearch).
6. Mary Whidden, b. Vassar.
7. Arthur Whidden, b. Vassar.
8. Herbert Whidden, b. Vassar.
9. Ernest Whidden, b. Vassar.
10.Mary Grace Whidden, b. Vassar.