HENDERSHOTTS



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Hannah HENDERSHOTT

Died: August 30, 1896

68 yrs. 9 mos.

Birth: November 1827

Place of Death: Decatur, Van Buren Co., Mi.

Birthplace: New York

Parents: John Hendershott and Martha

Buried Prospect Hill Cemetery, Paw Paw, Van Buren Co., Mi.

Section H, Row 20

Married to:

John BARBER

Died: March 20, 1894

Age: 75 yrs. 11 mos. 9 days (April 11, 1818)

Note: Stone states 1827 – 1894 other sources give his birth date as

1823.

Place of death: Pine Grove, Van Buren Co., Mi.

Birthplace: New York

Occupation: farmer

Parents: William Barber, Sarah

Buried next to Hannah in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Paw Paw, Van Buren Co., Mi.

Lillie BARBER (child of Hannah Hendershott & John Barber)

Died: December 11, 1917

Age: 62 yrs. 10 days 1 mo. (November 1, 1855)

Place of Death: Decatur, Van Buren Co., Mi.

Parents: John Barber, Hannah Hendershot

Buried: Prospect Hill Cemetery Paw Paw, Van Buren Co. Mi. Section H, Row 19

Married Jan 2, 1870 in Lawton, Van Buren County, Mi. to:

Ira LANGDON

Died: April 22, 1904

Age: 55 yrs. 9 mos. 4 days (July 18, 1848)

Place of Death: Decatur Township, Van Buren Co., Mi.

Place of Birth: Hillsdale, Hillsdale Co., Mi.

Parents: Joseph LANGDON and Susan REDIKER 1

Occupation: farmer

Parents of Ira LANGDON:

Joseph LANGDON

Died: April 9, 1895

Age: 81 yrs.

Cemetery stone: March 18, 1814 – April 9, 1895

Place of death: Decatur, Van Buren Co., Mi.

Birthplace: New York

Occupation: farmer

Parents:

John LANGDON (RI)

Sally (MA)

Buried: Chamberlain Cemetery, Porter Township, Van Buren Co., Mi.

Susan REDIKER

Born: Sept. 1, 1817

Died: June 19, 1873

Place of Birth: Wayne Co., New York

Place of Death: Porter, Van Buren Co., Mi.

Parents: Henry Rediker and Charlott

Buried: Chamberlain Cemetery, Porter Township, Van Buren Co., Mi.

Note for Joseph Langdon: Census of 1850 has then living in Hillsdale, Michigan. Judging from dates of birth of last child born in New York and first child born in Michigan family moved from New York to Hillsdale, Michigan about 1845.

Information on deaths of Hannah Hendershott, John Barber, Lillie Barber, Ira Langdon and Lester Langdon obtained from RECORD OF DEATH, County Clerk office. Paw Paw, Van Buren County., Mi.

Information on deaths of Joseph LANGDON and Susan REDIKER:

Cemetery Records of Van Buren Co., Mi.

Lester Ira LANGDON: (Son of Ira LANGDON and Lillie BARBER)

Birth: November 20, 1873

Died: December 12, 1944

Birthplace: Decatur, Van Buren Co., Mi.

Occupation: farmer 2

Buried: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Paw Paw, Van Buren Co., Mi.

Buried next to Ira Langdon and Lillie Barber

Married to:

Mary McKelvy

Born: Feb. 7, 1873

Died: August 13, 1949

Place of birth: Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio

Place of death: Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Mi.

Parents: Jerry McKELVEY and Electa

Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Mi.

Information for Mary McKelvy obtained from Death Record of County Clerk, Kalamazoo, Michigan. Book 2, pg. 516

Children of Lester LANGDON and Mary McKelvy:

Charles LANGDON

Born: October 1909 (6 months old in 1910 U.S. census of Cleveland, Ohio taken April 20th.

Died: unknown

Alice Rose LANGDON

Born: April 16, 1914

Died: Sept. 23, 1972

Place of Birth: Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Mi.

Place of Death: Trenton, Wayne Co., Mi.

Married: Sept. 5, 1934 in New Albion, Cattaraugus Co., New York to:

George August LAVE

Born: May 19. 1903

Died: Feb. 17, 1972

Place of birth: Wyandotte, Wayne Co., Mi.

Place of death: Wyandotte, Wayne Co., Mi.

Occupation: Supervisor at Wyandotte Toy Factory, owned several

Bars and Wyandotte Beer & Wine Store at various times.

Parents: August LAVE and Alvina (Winnie) MARTIN

Alice LANGDON and George LAVE buried: Ferndale Cem. Riverview, Wayne County, Mi.

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August LAVE

Born April 13, 1862

Died: October 19, 1945

Place of birth: Born at Sea – Germany

Place of death: Wyandotte, Wayne Co., Mi.

Married: May 29, 1902 to:

Alvina (Winnie) MARTIN

Born: Dec. 12, 1879

Died: October 9, 1978

Place of Birth: Wyandotte, Wayne Co., Mi.

Place of death : Inkster, Wayne Co., Mi.

August Lave and Alvina Martin buried: West Mound Cemetery, Taylor, Wayne Co., Mi.

Parents of Alvina MARTIN: August MARTIN and Caroline Wilkes