Quackenbush (NY, MI)
Levi C Quackenbush 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Birth:1824 in Macedon, Wayne Co., NY 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9
Death:1891 4 5
Sex:M
Father:David I (Issac? Irving?) Quackenbush b. About 1780 in NY
Mother:Nancy Joy b. 21 Aug 1785 in Hampshire Co., MA
  
  8
Emigration: 1845 Salem Twp., Washtenaw Co., MI 1
Census: 4 Aug 1870 Superior Twp., Washtenaw Co., MI 6
Census: 1880 Superior, Washtenaw Co., MI 3
Emigration: 1881 Superior Twp., Washtenaw Co., MI 1
Burial: Lapham Cemetery, Northville, Salem Twp., Salem, Washtenaw Co., MI 4 5
Occupation: farmer (1870, 1880) 1 3
Changed: 12 Sep 2005

Spouses & Children
Mary Amity Packard (Wife) b. 1829 in Macedon, Wayne Co., NY
1 8 2
Marriage: 20 OCT 1847 in MI
Children: 
  1. DescendantsIrving O Quackenbush b. 30 Jan 1850 in Washtenaw Co., MI
  2. Calista Quackenbush b. 1853
  3. DescendantsJohn H Quackenbush b. 1855 in MI
  4. DescendantsEdward J Quackenbush b. About 1860 in MI
  5. DescendantsAlice Quackenbush b. About 1867 in MI
  6. DescendantsAdelaide Mae "Addie Mae" Quackenbush b. 29 Oct 1869 in Washtenaw Co., MI
 

Notes
Individual:
[transcribed as written] Levi Quackenbush - farmer, sec. 4,Superior tp.; P.O., Ann Arbor; is a native of Wayne Co., N.Y.,and a son of David I. and Nancy (Joy) Quackenbush, the former anative of Germany, and the latter a native of New York, ofEnglish parentage. Levi was educated in the district schools,and after two terms of schooling was able to pay his own waythrough the remainder. He was married in 1847 to Mary AmityPackard. Of their 6 children, 5 are living - Irwin, John H.,Edward, Alice, and Addie May. Calista was born in 1853 and diedin 1858. Mr. Quackenbush came to Washtenaw county in 1845,locating in Salem tp., but subsequently in Superior tp., wherehe now resides. He first worked by the month as a farm laborer,but soon accumulated enough money to purchase a farm of his own.Mr. Q. is a strong man, physically, but possesses a quiet,peaceful disposition, and never had any trouble or a lawsuitwith anybody, during his life. He is oppose to all secretsocieties, thinking they are detrimental to the best interestsof the community. Married. Parents born NY. QUACKENBUSH, Levi C., 1824 -1891, Mary A. Packard, His Wife,1829 - 1899 Real estate value $8400, personal $1700. Lives very near Teunis V Quackenbos (age 38). Teunis is buriedin Pray Cemetery, where Mary Packard's brother John is buried.


Sources
  1. Type: Book
    Title: History of Washtenaw Co., MI
    Place: Superior Twp., Washtenaw Co., MI
    Publication: prob. Chapman Bros. of Chicago
    Date: published abt 1881
    Page: p. 1088
  2. Type: Web Site
    Title: FamilySearch
  3. Type: Census
    Title: 1880 U.S. Census
    Place: Washtenaw Co., MI
    Text: Cities included: Superior
    Text: Levi Quackenbush; p 322B; head of house
  4. Type: Cemetery Record
    Title: Lapham Cemetery
    Place: Salem Twp., Salem, Washtenaw Co., MI
    Submitter: Charla Kurtz
    Text: Located on Brookfield Road, in Salem Twp., Salem, Washtenaw Co.,
    Text: MI.
  5. Type: Cemetery Record
    Title: Lapham Cemetery Transcribed
    Place: Salem Twp., Salem, Washtenaw Co., MI
    Submitter: Paulette Quartermain
    Text: Located on Brookfield Road, in Salem Twp., Salem, Washtenaw Co.,
    Text: MI.
  6. Type: Census
    Title: 1870 U.S. Census
    Place: Washtenaw Co., MI
    Text: Levi Quackenbos; D# 184; F# 179; L# 3
  7. Type: Book
    Date: 1881
    Title: History of Washtenaw County, Michigan
    Publication: Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Chicago
    Text: together with sketches of its cities, villages and
    Text: townships...and biographies of representative citizens : history
    Text: of Michigan.
  8. Type: Family Chart
    Title: Quackenbush Charts
    Submitter: C. Hackett
  9. Type: Web Site
    Title: Joy Family Genealogy
    Submitter: Troy D. Schmidt
    Text: parents living there in 1824

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