History of Sheboygan ••••••••••••••••••••••
Mary and Almon are named in this book.
Here’s a version of it online.
Almon lived next to Rufus (younger) after Maria Langdon. Was Mary (shown left) the same Maria who originally bought the land? Don’t know. For now I’ll paste in the info from Rufus II’s page.
Who Was Mariah Langdon? •••••••••••••••
The land next to Rufus Younger was owned by Mariah Langdon. Simple enough right? No. Who was she? We have 3 candidates:
1. She could be the wife of John Langdon, who set up a Mill in what is now the town of Portage. She’s mentioned in the book below as living in the area. Was she a relative? If so it opens up a whole new slew of relatives.
A traveling 1840's minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church travels across central Wisconsin and stops in with the Langdons. He stays with Maria Langdon of Lake Maria, and then later stops by their new home in Portage, where thy have set up a lumber mill.
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2. Gideon’s third wife Maria is identified as Mariah in 1844, but the land purchase takes place in Walworth County.
• 10 June 1844 Gideon and his wife “Mariah” buy land in
Walworth County. Here’s an image of the top. LINK
NOTE:
Even taking into account the creation of new counties in Wisconsin at the time, Gideon and Maria never lived in Dodge County.
3. Mary Louisa Andrews (Wife of neighbor Almon Andrews). She is probably a sister of Gideon, but evidence is only circumstantial.
SPECULATION:
I’m sure Gideon had at least one sister, but the problem I have with this is that she would have been referred to as Mrs. Andrews.
So Who Was She? ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
No clue. But....
• She was from Dodge County
• She made a cash payment for the land.
• She bought it 14 August 1845. (It wasn’t recorded until May 1848)
• Here are the original documents. LINK
SPECULATION:
My speculation is that the first woman listed is our best candidate. BUT. There seems to be a lot of information about this line of people, and NONE of it seems to tie into our line. If they were relatives it seems like there would be interaction or mention of them somewhere.
Descendants of Almon Andrews •••••••••
I apologize for dumping this raw data in, but I need to start somewhere. Thanks to Norespole for all of this info! I promise to clean it up. She sent it last year but I’ve just been putting it off.
NOTE: I’m having errors trying to update the site. It seems to be coming from this page. I’ll have to link the data mentioned in a different way.
LINK TO PDF OF THE INFO ••••••••••••••••••••••
Mary Louisa Langdon Andrews report
Almon Andrews report
