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Rochester Genealogical Society's 1984 programs are highlighted by the Sesquicentennial theme with emphasis on our city, county and state records. Our meetings continue on the third Thursday of the month at St. Paul's Church, East Ave. and Vick Park B at 7:00 PM for workshops and 7:30 PM for the regular meeting. Visitors are always welcome.

Rochester's Sesquicentennial logo just hints at the many and varied happenings occurring in the celebration of our 150^th birthday.

One little happening is the Pioneer Certificate. The Sesquicentennial Committee is issuing (as was done in 1934) a Pioneer Certificate to persons whose ancestors settled in Rochester or Monroe County by 1834. For an application send a self-addressed envelope to "Roots," Rochester Sesquicentennial Inc., City Hall, Room 303-A, Rochester, NY 14614. Your application must be received by June 15, 1984.

The Genealogical Society of Utah has reduced by 40% the cost on over 300 lecture papers and audio tapes from the proceedings of the 1980 World Conference on Records. Papers are available individually or in volumes organized by geographic areas of the world. For information or order form write or call: Genealogical Society of Utah, 50 East No. Temple St., Salt Lake City, Utah, 84150 (801) 531-2485.

RESEARCHING IN NEW YORK: A GENEALOGICAL MELTING POT
Contributed by Jean Burr

The October '83 Albany Conference was my first experience of being completely absorbed in genealogy for three days straight and I loved every minute of it! First of all, the setting for a conference could not have been surpassed, for there is something magical about our beautiful Empire State Plaza.

The people who were responsible for organizing and sponsoring the conference, namely, Walt Steesy of Heart of the Lakes Publishing, Interlaken, John Austin of Glens Falls for program and members of the Capitol District Genealogical Society for welcoming us and answering questions, all did a marvelous job. The only snafu of the whole conference was the lack of an American flag in the auditorium - bet some legislator hears about that one! Otherwise, I have never seen five hundred happier looking faces, or met so many people from all over the United States and Canada who had the same interest - genealogy.

Each day started at 9:00 A.M. with a general assembly and a panel of excellent speakers such as Timothy Field Beard and Dr. Kenneth Scott both of New York City and our own Eleanor Myers of CNY (she did an excellent job) covering such subjects as Researching in N.Y.S. Libraries, Migration Into & Out of NY, and Vital Records of NYS and their Substitutes. After the panel there was a wide choice of lectures to attend the rest of the day, dealing with regional research and special interests. Or if you preferred, you could sign up for research at the state library, Archives or Vital Records. These departments were well prepared for our group and I must commend the state workers for their cooperative effort and their cheerful assistance!

Another choice besides lectures or research was browsing at the exhibits. There were booths from NEHGS, the Federation of Genealogical Societies. Heart of the Lakes Publishing, Sheppard's Books, Ye Olde Genealogy Shoppe, The Celtic Corner, Palatines of America (who incidently started a New York Chapter while there) and many others. I have very little research in New York State so had plenty of time to look over the displays and spend my money! It was a great way to find out what is going on in the genealogy world and what other societies are doing.

One day was designated for displays by the Co-sponsoring Genealogical Societies, of which we were one. I was very impressed by the number of publications for sale, brochures and hand-out material available from other Societies. We were a little unprepared for this event having only a copy of our Church Index and some membership applications but we smiled a lot!

Other highlights of the Conference was a punch & cookies reception on the Observation Deck (42nd floor) of the Tower which was difficult for some of us to find (we kept going up & down in the wrong elevator), deciding where to have dinner - the street vendor's - H.J's (again!) -or down the road a piece to Stone End, a deceptively elegant place.

Learning more genealogy, bringing back fond & funny memories, meeting people and making new friends is a great reward for the money spent for this three day conference in Albany. I look forward to the next one!

Vital records from the diary of Rev. Abel Haskell during his pastorate at the Penfield Baptist Church l860 - 1865.

ADAMS	Feb. 6, 1861	funeral of Mr. Adams - 90
ALLEN	April 2, 1861	married L. Dutton & Fannie Allen
BABCOCK	May 16, 1861	married Joseph Babcock & Mrs. Burdick
BENEDICT	Feb. 16, 1862	funeral of Mrs. Benedict
BENEDICT	April 28, 1864	married Allen Benedict & Marion Fuller
BIRDSALL	May 14, 1863	married Spender Birdsall & Eliza Darling
BLOOD	Sept. 6, 1865	funeral of Blood's child
BORST	Nov. 27, 1864	funeral of Fred Borst
BOURNE	June 30, 1863	burial of Charles Bourne
BOWEN	April 5, 1863	funeral of Dr. Bowen - Yates
BOWEN	Aug. 12, 1865	funeral of Charles Bowen's child
BOWERMAN	Feb. 14, 1861	married E.C. Bowerman & H.B. Fuller
BRADLEY	Oct. 16, 1860	Sister Bradley died
BROOKS	April 20, 1865	funeral of G. Brook's child
BROWN	Jan. 18, 1865	married C.H. Brown & Martha R. Higbie
BROWN	Jan. 25, 1865	married J.J. Brown & Emma Olney
BURDICK	May 16, 1861	married Joseph Babcock & Mrs. Burdick
BURNS	Nov. 27, 1862	at funeral of Mrs. Burns
BURNS	June 22, 1864	married J.G. Fisk & S. J. Burns
BURROWS	Dec. 16, 1861	funeral of Mrs. Dr. Burrows
BUTLER	Feb. 3, 1864	married T.A. Holdrich & E.C. Butler
CASE	April 9, 1865	funeral of A.F. Case
	March 3, 1864	Sister Cornelia Case died
	Jan. 1, 1862	married Henry H. Case & Hattie Jane Wright
	Nov. 6, 1863	death of Volney Case
CHAPMAN	Sept. 22, 1863	funeral of Mrs. Chapman
CHAPMAN	Sept. 13, 1864	funeral of Mrs. Chapman
CHURCH	Jan. 4, 1863	funeral of P. W. Church
CLARK	Oct. 1, 1865	Mrs. (widow) Clark died
	Sept. 2, 1861	funeral of Brother Alpheus Clark
	Sept. 14, 1863	funeral at Chester Clark's
COVEY	Feb. 22, 1862	funeral of I. Covey's child
	Aug. 25, 1865	Isaac Covey died
	Dec. 5, 1860	married H.S. Knapp & Lottie Covey
	Dec. 6, 1860	attended wedding of Spencer Covey
CRANDALL	Feb. 8, 1862	funeral of three children of Calvin L. Crandall, all buried in one grave - E. Bloomfield
CRIPPEN	Sept. 3, 1861	death of Brother Isaac Crippen
DAGGETT	June 6, 1865	funeral of Levi Daggett
DANCY	July 20, 1862	funeral of O. Dancy - Fairport
DARLING	May 14, 1863	married Spender Birdsall & Eliza Darling
	Oct. 23, 1863	John Darling died
	Dec. 12, 1862	funeral of Marvin Darling
DAVIS	Nov. 10, 1861	married Dr. Davis & Mary M. Goodwin
DELANO	Feb. 3, 1864	married D.W. Tripp & A.R. Delano
DUTTON	Feb. 24, 1864	married James B. Spear & Ella L. Dutton
DUTTON	April 2, 1861	married L. Dutton & Fannie Allen
EMBURY	Sept. 30, 1863	death of Mrs. Mary Embury
ETT	Jan. 21, 1862	funeral of Brother Ett's child
ETTS	July 3, 1865	wedding at E.M. Etts
FELLOWES	Aug. 30, 1864	Mrs. Henry Fellowes died
FELLOWES	Dec. 14, 1864	married W. Fellowes & Sarah Lincoln

The following is the story of a son of one of the Genesee Valley's earliest pioneers, who went on to play a formidable role in the Mormon movement. It is abstracted from a manuscript prepared by Mrs. Julia Markham Crow.

In the midst of some celebrating in July, 1800, in Rush, NY there was an accidental shooting that resulted in the death of David Markham. Twelve years earlier, during the winter of 1788-9, Markham and two brothers and a sister had come to Rush from Connecticut, via New Hampshire, and settled there. Now Markham's widow, the former Dinah Merry, was left alone with two young sons, Nathaniel (b 22 Aug. 1795) and infant Stephen (b 9 Feb., 1800).

In time, she married Samuel Kelsey and a daughter, Sarah, was born near Buffalo on 28 May, 1805. Kelsey died about two years later.

"We came to Mentor, Ohio, on horseback, accompanied by Ebenezer Mather of Mentor," Sarah wrote in 1889. "He rode on one horse with my two brothers, one in front and one behind. My mother rode another horse and carried me in her arms... There were no roads, only marked trails and nights were spent in settlers' cabins. We resided several months in Mentor then my mother married Samuel Potter of Unionville and we moved into his comfortable log house."

Dinah had five more children: Samuel, Whiting, Elizabeth, Lucy and Edward.

In July, 1837, Stephen Markham, who had married Hannah Hogeboon in 1823, was baptized into the Latter Day Saints Church in Chester, Geauga Co., Ohio. At the time, he was a prosperous farmer, but sold all he owned in Ohio to outfit 60 people for a move to Far West, Mo.

His mother, who lived near by, was upset. His half-sister Sarah wrote: "His wife, Hannah, led him into the idea that a man should have more than one wife... No doubt he was drugged by them or he was deranged or he would never have disposed of his property. .. He was an honest man and always wanted to do right."

In Far West he was appointed to look after the poor of the church and after Joseph Smith and others were jailed, he evacuated Smith's wife and children to near Quincy, Ill. He returned to testify at Smith's trial, after which he was attacked by a mob, but drove them off.

Joseph Smith wrote in his journal, 11 April, 1839 that he saw in a vision "the danger that by beloved Brother Markham was in. I awoke Brother Markham and told him that he would rise very early and not wait for the judge and lawyers... if he did not the mob would shoot him on the way; and I told him to tell the brethren to be of good cheer, but lose no time in removing from the country."

Markham did as he was bid. The Mormons were expelled from Missouri and Markham was commissioned to direct financing of the move to Quincy. Near there they founded the city of Nauvoo where Markham was named a Lt. Col. in the militia and elected alderman.

In June, 1843, he and another man rode 212 miles in 66 hours to warn Smith of his impending arrest. And when Smith was arrested and thrown into a wagon, Markham seized the horses and restrained them until Smith's hat and coat were fetched, although the arresting officers threatened to shoot him. "There is no law on earth that requires a sheriff to take a person without his clothes," Markham declared.

He was later able to slip a pistol into Smith's pocket. Still later he was among those arrested in connection with the destruction of a Nauvoo printing press, but was released. It was about this time that Markham sold his home in Nauvoo and gave $1,200 to Smith and moved his family into a tent.

When Smith was taken to jail in Carthage, Ill., Markham walked along side, keeping hecklers away with a large hickory cane he called "the rascal beater."

His friend, John Hayes, says he remembers Markham saying he begged Joseph Smith to exchange clothes with him and escape (Markham had a jail pass to come and go freely), but Smith declined to do so. On one of his visits to the jail, Markham was seized by a mob, his legs slashed by bayonets. They put him on his horse and forced him out of town. Then the mob rushed the jail, shot and killed Smith and his brother and wounded another.

When the Mormons were later driven from Nauvoo, Markham was named captain of 200 pioneers and let them to Council Bluffs, Iowa. There, while crossing the Missouri River, a yoke chain hook severed two fingers on his left hand.

"Everything was done that could be to relieve his suffering as we had no medicine," Harrison Sperry related later. "We had to travel 200 miles to winter quarters (now Florence, Neb.) before much could be done for him."

On 22 July, 1847, as part of an advance company, Stephen Markham was the second person to reach Salt Lake Valley. He brought the lead wagon over Big Mountain from where the pioneers first saw their destination. At Salt Lake he helped organize the farm operation.

In October, 1850, he brought his own family to Salt Lake: wife Hannah and sons Warren, Whiting and David. His only daughter had died at age 13 in 1838. This family would later move on to California.

On 6 Oct. l850/1 Markham took a second wife, Mary Curtis, (b 15 Nov 1832 in Mich.) daughter of Jeremiah Curtis and widow of Ornon Houghton by whom she had one son, Edgar (Brigham Young performed the ceremony). With Markham she had 13 children: Orvill Sanford, Mary Lucy, William Don Carlos, Sarah Elizabeth, Atta Ruth, Hosmer Merry, Emily Aurelia, Margaret Eliza, Joseph, Charlotta Julina, Ira Meacham, Clarissa Maretta and Carolina Louisa.

Stephen Markham was one of the first settlers of Spanish Fork. Utah. He built the first house in Palmyra, Utah, was named president of the church there and in 1853 was ordained a bishop.

About 1855 Stephen married Martha Jane Boyce Syott, a widow who bore him one son, Stephen.

Stephen Markham was 75 when he died "an old and well-known citizen of Utah," according to his obituary in the Deseret Evening News: "Beloved and respected by all who knew him, Stephen Markham died at Spanish Fork Mar. 10, 1878. He was one of the greatest pioneers of this western country, a practical advocate of religious liberty and a friend of humanity. He was ever charitable to the poor and unflinching in his integrity to the cause of the great Later Day Saints work."

The following excerpt is from History of Shiawassee and Clinton Counties, Michigan, published by D. W. Ensign and Company, Philadelphia, 1880, under Rush Township; Shiawassee County.

"William Goss, formerly of Monroe Co., NY arrived in the same year, (1843) and settled upon one hundred acres on section 25. His brother Samuel Goss, purchased the same number of acres adjacent to his own. The latter not having been greatly impressed with the advantages of Michigan, returned again to the Empire State. William erected upon his purchase a log cabin, finding, meanwhile, a temporary abiding place with Avery Thomas. He cleared ten acres the first year and continued his labors until the forest was transformed into a productive form. Mr. Goss died in 1863. Mrs. Goss still survives and with her son occupies the land."

IRISH
From: Connecticut Society of Genealogist, Inc. Newsletter March/April 1983.

Irish Republic birth, death and marriage certificates can be obtained from General Register Office, Customs House, Dublin 1, Ireland. The cost is $1.15.

R.G.S. OFFICERS 1983 - 1984
President:	Peter Bush
Vice Pres. & Program Chair:	Jean Burr
Recording Secretary:	Judy Markham
Corresponding Secretary:	Charlene Guyer
Treasurer:	Robert Hesselberth
Membership Chair:	Helen Berkeley
Rochester Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 92533, Rochester NY 14692

Thursday 16 Feb.	Mini-workshop - The Freedom of Information Act. Program - John Noble, Records Management Coordinator for the city of Rochester will speak to us about the city Archives, their limited use in genealogy and his interest and work in the preservation of records.
Thursday 15 Mar.	Mini-workshop - Researching in Ontario, Canada. Program - Monroe County Clerk Patricia B. Adduci will talk to us on county records, her office, what is being done to aid the researcher and the monumental task ahead of preserving Monroe County records.
Thursday 10 April	Mini-workshop - How to Write a Good letter, Query etc. Program - John D. Austin Jr., C.G., F.A.S.G. of Glens Falls, NY, genealogical instructor, writer and lecturer will talk on Court Records of New York State.
Thursday 17 May	Genealogy Sale - Time to clean out the genealogical closet, any books, periodicals, charts & forms etc. you no longer want, bring in for sale. Program - Rochester & vicinity during the Revolutionary War period. A slide tape program by Robert DeVisser, a local history enthusiast.
Thursday 14 June	An old-fashioned picnic in an old-fashioned setting and a program of interest to all, details to announced later!

Births
Benjamin Adsit	August 11, 1791
Ann McKay	May 16, 1793
George Adsit	Feb. 14, 1815
Manerva Ann Adsit	Nov. 22, 1816
Mary Alida Adsit	May 14, 1819
Malvina Amanda Adsit	July 16, 1821
Ruth Adsit	Oct. 18, 1823
John Henry Adsit	June 26, 1826
Abraham S. (?) Adsit	July 29, 1828
Hannah Mariah Adsit	March 5, 1830
Phody Emily Adsit	Sept. 13, 1833
Josephine Adsit	May 17, 1836

Marriage
Benjamin Adsit & Ann McKay	Feb. 12, 1814

CARROLL	Phebe M., wife of Rufus Carroll
CLACKNER	John S. Clackner; d Dec. 14, 1864
DAUGHIRTY	In memory of Eleanor Daughirty (w of William) who was born 1764 and died Aug. the 17, 1827 In memory of William Daughirty who was born 1766 and died (illegible) the 29, 1817
DRAKE	Jane, dau. of N. & L. Drake; died Oct. 13, 1843 aged 13 yrs. & 6 mo's Lucinda, wife of Noah Drake; died Jan. 17, 1847 age 49 yrs., 6 mo's
DUNNING	Amos Dunning; died Feb. 6, 1858 aged 69 yrs, 6 mos. Marilla, wife of Amos Dunning; died Apr. 20, 1851 aged 50 years, 5 mos., 12 days
EMERY	In memory of Henry Emery; died Aug. 19, 1831 in the 49^th year of his age
HAMMOND	Damaris, wife of William Hammond; died Nov. 20, 1851 aged 55 yrs., 5 mo's & 13 d's William Hammond; died March 20, 1860 aged 71 yrs. 9 mo's
HARRIS	(illegible) wife of (illegible) Harris died Aug. 29, 1829 æ 36 yrs.
HART	Joel, son of Ichabod & Lydia Hart died March 10, 1838
JACOBS	Jane, wife of T. J. Jacobs died Feb. 16, 1853 aged 29 years
MANN	Abigail Mann (wife of David); born June 11, 1791; died June 28, 1851 aged 60 yrs. Daniel, son of William & Rebecca Mann who died Dec. 22, 1838 aged 16 yrs. father, David Mann; born May 6, 1781; died Oct. 30, 1864 aged 83 yrs. Mariah Mann; died July 1, 1829 age 18 yrs. 11 mths. Phebe A., wife of George W. Mann; died Aug. 13, 1863 Rebecca Morris, wife of Wm. Mann; born July 13, 1792; died June 2, 1871 Richard, son of William & Rebecca Mann who died Jan. 19, 1838 aged 20 yrs. William Mann; born Feb. 8, 1751; died May 8, 1864 William Mann; died June 13, 1834 in the 22^nd yr. of his age
RICHMOND	Aaron S., son of S. & E. Richmond died April 25, 1836 aged 1 yr., 7 mo., 8 d's
STOCOUM	Clarissa C., wife of John P. Stocoum; died Sept. 29, 1852 aged 26 yrs., 8 mo., 23 d's
WAHL	Anna Maria Wahl; geborne (born in German) Dehtlof (maiden name); 3 Dec. 1806 gestorben (died) 17 Aug. 1869
WEBSTER	John T. Webster died 1841 aged 36 yrs.
WISER	Hannah, wife of Cornelius Wiser died Jan. 25 (or 23) (illegible) in the 78 year of her age Neuton P. Wiser; died May 18, 1857 aged 20 yrs., 5 mo's & 8 d's

DYER CHAPMAN ROBINSON	Seeking parents and would like to trade information on Moses Dyer born ca 1795, New Hampshire, married Abigail Chapman in 1819 in Rochester. Abigail Chapman born ca 1804 in Vermont. Children were James, Edwin, Albert, William Oscar, Abigail, (married William Dixon Robinson 1862), George Roberts, Fredrick Moses, Francis and Louisa.
Barbara J. Fink, Box 251, Fort James, California, 96032

BROWN SILL	Seeking information regarding parents of Cornelia Brown born 1830/32, probably in Wyoming County, NY. She married George Sill of Dansville, NY about 1849. Her father is believed to be the Rev. George Brown.
Helen Berkeley, 50 Old Mill Rd., Rochester, NY 14615