John III UDELL

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• _UID: 32782281C1E04753B2AB84DD64985E0FAFB7
• Residence: 1807, Schodack On Hudson River, Rensselaer, New York
• Religion: Between 1810 and 1815, Baptist Faith
• Residence: 1816, Lebanon, (New Lyme), Ohio
• Census: 1820, Lenox, Ashtabula, Ohio Page 18
• Occupation: 1820, Farmer
• Residence: 1838, Enoch Township, Monsroe County Iowa
• Residence: 1843, Moved To MO
• Residence: 1844, Clay County, MO - Slave State
• Travel: 1845, Davis County, Iowa With Sons Oliver & Henry
• Residence: 1845, Ohio
• Travel: 1846, Jefferson, Ashtabula, Ohio Parents Home
• Travel: 1846, Marietta, Ohio Daughter Lydia Allen's Home
• Travel: 1849, Ohio Lydia Allen's Home &
• Travel: 1850, Started First Cross County Trip
• Travel: Dec 1851, Gentry, MO Visit Daughter Precilla & Husband, James Sale
• Travel: 1852, 2ND Trip To California
• Travel: 1853, Nevada With Son Henry
• Travel: 1853, Oragon With Son Jared
• Travel: 1854, 3rd Trip To California
• Travel: 1854, Birmingham, Iowa
• Travel: 1855, Gentry County, MO
• Travel: Jul 1855, Gentry, MO, Friend John Ross
• Travel: Nov 1855, Jefferson, Ashtabula, Ohio Brother Frederick's Home
• Travel: 1858, 4th Trip To California With Wife Emily Merrill
• Poll Lists: 1867, Silveyville, Solano, California
• Residence: 1867, Silveyville, Solano, California
• Census: 1870, Heldsburg, Sonoma, California Pg 274
• Residence: 1873, Paskenta, Tehama, California

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FTM Ref# 696 Vol 2


Source:INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL TO CALIFORNIA ACROSS THE GREAT P
LAINS writtenby John Udell, published in 1856. I have a copy that has been passed downto me.

1st born of 13 children, 9 sons and 4 daughters

1816 went with Uncle Levi Bailey to Ohio

1833 March, Visited Uncle Isaac Humphreys in Stephentown, RensalaerCounty, New York-father's family [Great uncle by marriage to LucindaUdell, b. 1774]

1833, March, visited Uncle Samuel Udell-very old, Joseah Humphrey,cousins John Francis Humphrey, young man., Henrietta Udell, young woman.,Calvin Carr in Canaan, Columbia County, New York also cousin SusanHumphrey. Mother's Uncle Amaziah Bailey, very old, in Troy, Nassau, NewYork. [This is really his mother's great uncle] Cousin Samuel Udell inNew York City, New York. Visited Jacob Bailey of Kingsville,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Visited a friend Lydia Hascal, married to J.Gillett of Stephentown in New Lebanon, New York. Also, Samuel Udell,first cousin of father. In Utica near New London, visited brother-in-lawat McConnelsville. In Lockport, New York saw cousin Jane UdellJefferson, Cornelius Udell and Charles Udell.

1834 fourth and youngest daughter, Emma was born in Windsor, Ohio.

1838 Enoch Township, Monroe County, Iowa. Neighbors were John Huggins,Daniel Bates, Leicester Stephens

1841 Trip to Grernsey County, MO. Visited friends, Seldon Payne inMiddlefork on Grand River

1841 Got a house in Wheeling, Virginia as trade on a farm.

1843 March, family left for MO

1844 moved to Clay County MO, it was a slave state

1845 December, moved back to Ohio

1845 Went with sons Oliver and Henry to Davis County, Iowa

1846 January, went to daughter Lydia Allen's home in Marietta, Ohio

1846 visited Alva Udell in Hiram, Portage County

1846 visited parent's home in Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio

1848 visited William Sale in Andrews County, MO near St. Joseph. Alsohad a friend George Ross who lived in Gentry County, MO near Bethany,county seat of Harrison and Athens.

1849 friend Leicester Stephens was in Washington County. Also sonJared, son-in-law William Allen [husband of Lydia M. Udell, b. 1817] andbrother-in-law Hiram Rockwell [husband of Cynthia Udell b. 1812]
1850 Started first trip to California with two sons, Oliver and Henry
1851 December visited daughter Precilla Ann and James Sale in Gentry co.,MO
1852 Made 2nd trip to California
1854 Made 3rd trip to California
1855 July visited friend John Ross in Gentry County, MO

1855 visited brother-in-law Alva Udell in Macedonia, Cincinnati, Ohio

1855 November visited brother Frederick Udell in Jefferson, NearAshtabula, Ohio

1856 visited cousin Abigail Ober. Also, visited wife's cousin, EzraBailey, daughter of Reliance Wood.
1858 Started 4th trip to California with wife Emily Merrill.
Wrote 2nd book "Udell Journal with Accounts of Indian Massacre",published in 1868. Have a copy reprinted in 1946.
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Gives marriage date as 3 Dec 1817

Source: Jack Beale Smith's book:'John Udell, "The rest of the story:"with an adventure on the Beale Wagon Road' Give John and Emily's deathdates and John's second marriage. This information was researched by C.Melvin Bleven, Wedderburn, OR.

Corning, Tehama, California Library, Aug 2000, Book: "Tehama CountyPioneers" by Keith Lingenfelter, Vol 4,
R 979.427 LIN C.2 "R to Z", copyright 1996 by Spatial Ink, Chico,Tehama, California. Original Manuscripts are at the College in Chico,California
Lists wife as Mary. Since she was his wife when he moved to Paskenta,they did not know that the mother of his children was Emily Merrill, whodied in 1868.
This document lists "other grandchildren of John." The ones I do nothave a record of are: Daniel Udell, born 1847, Ralph Udell, born 1855,and Irene Udell, born . The parents of these additional grandchildrenwere not given, so I am only listing them here.

Corning, Tehama, California Library, Microfiche of County Records:
Has Birth date as 28 June 1793, probably from headstone.

Have pictures of headstone in Paskenta, Tehama, California cemetery. Heis buried in the Wood family plot, along with his daughter Caroline MaryUdell Wood, her husband Stephen and their family.

Aug 2000, Red Bluff, Tehama, California Court House. Probate CourtRecords. November 12, 1877, Alva Udell, grandson of John, filed to becomethe Administrator of the Estate. He posted a bond of $250. and wasgranted the Administrator ship. This is very interesting, since Johnsupposedly died intestate, not having any property, real or personal.This is also declared in the document, 'no property of any kind...'.There are three separate documents and in the first Alva Udell lists allknown, living relatives of John. It is here the location of Mary, John'ssecond wife if mentioned: '..believes and therefore alleges to be theheirs at law of said deceased are Mrs. Mary L. Udell, widow, age ,residing at some place in Arizona Territory, ......'. If no propertyexisted in John's name, why file Probate over four years after his death?Photo copies of the Probate records are in my files.

Correspondence with Scott Hall, 25 Aug 2000. Refers to research byDennis Marr and Susan B. Naumann.
Some records have birth year as 1793 and some 1795. Further researchleads me to believe he was born in 1794. He says he celebrated his 65thbirthday while on the Beale Road. Has second wife's name as "ClarindaAnderson", but it should be "Mary Llarinda Anderson." The name Llarindais Spanish and the LL is pronounced as a "Y". This is not an uncommonname in this area because there is a large Hispanic population now andwhen John lived there. P.Smith, Sept 2000.

Correspondence with Mel Bliven 3 Jan 2002
'History of Lenox Township, Ashtabula, Ohio 1878, pg 223. During 1814 &1815, Benjamin Waters, Joseph Walling, Jared Merrill and Seth Smith, withtheir families, were the principal additions to the population. Pg. 224In about 1820 there was built and put into operation on lot 25, by JohnUdell and Sylvanus Merrill, a small distillery for the manufacture ofwhiskey.

Correspondence with Mel Bliven: He believes the entry in Jack BealeSmith's book regarding John's second wife may have been a typo and thather name really is Mary Clarinda Anderson. P.Smith 2002

GenForm, Posted by Mel Bliven, 14 Dec 2001
'Family of Lionel and Abigail Bill Udall
Partial genealogies of 'our' Udall/Udell family have been written, andare dated 1856, 1859, 1878 (not seen), 1882?, 1904, 1906, 1929, and 1950.There may be many more, and if you have one, or know of same, pleaseadvise.

1856. The earliest known story is that told by John3 Udell in his "Lifeof Udell." It is reasonable to assume that he relied on his father'srecords. His book is 'John Udell, Incidents Of Travel to California,Across The Great Plains; Together With The Return Trips Through CentralAmerica and Jamaica; to Which Are Added Sketches of The Author's Life.'Jefferson, Ohio; Printed for the Author, at the Sentinel Office. 1856.When I started becoming interested in Family history I knew little of theUdell's. The 'furthest' for me was Henry, remembered by my mother as"little grandpa." Passing by a bookcase at Goodspeed's (Boston, SuffolkCounty, Massachusetts) in 1970 I saw a copy of John Udell's book and hadto have it. That was the highest-priced book I had ever bought-$80.00. Amicrofilm copy is available, for $20.00. As of December 12, 2001, youwill need to send $20 to Lynne Morgan, Disciples of Christ HistoricalSociety, 1101 19th Ave S, Nashville, TN 37212, with your order for themicrofilm. She will order it for you--it usually takes 4-6 weeks, asthey have to send it out to be done. This is microfilm and can only beread on a microfilm reader.
1859. One of the rarest books in Western Americana is 'John Udell'sJournal," published in Suisun City, Solano County, California, in 1859,which describes John 3 Udell and his wife Emily's adventure-filledjourney to California. A variant edition was published in 1860 (notseen), and an edition was published in 1946. It is available on-line, inchapters.
1878. Arner, 1950, p. 154, in his article on Cornelius 4 Udell, states"In his later life he wrote his 'Condensed History of Jefferson, Ohio"which was published in 1878 by J.A. Howells & County, in Jefferson.
1882. Alvah G. Udell, of Hiram, Ohio "Family History of The Udells" 6pp(believed to be written sometime during 1882).
1904. Dr. George B.L. Arner, Jefferson, Ohio Compiler, "Descendants ofDr. Lionel Udall of Stonington, Conn." The Genealogical Exchange,published monthly at Buffalo, New York., vol 1, No. 6, October, 1904, etseq. He expanded and typed his Mss in 1929 (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania),and again in 1950 (Washington, D.C.). A typescript of the 1950 version,"DR. LIONEL UDALL AND HIS DESouth CarolinaENDANTS," was given to hissister, Mrs. Bert Chambers, of Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.She donated her copy to the New England Historical and GenealogicalSociety (NEHGS). According to their librarian in 1970, Arner's researchnotes and file cards are at NGS, Washington, D.C. I do have a copy of the1950 manuscript, impossible to copy legibly and not transcribed. 1906.John Denison Champlin, "Udall Family Record," The New England Historicaland Genealogical Register (NEHGR) 60 (1906): 330-1. He writes "Thefollowing record of two generation of the Udall family is from an accountbook of Dr. Lionel Udall, a practicing physician at Stonington, Conn., inthe first half of the eighteenth century. Dr. Udall, who is ignored byWheeler in his history of the town, was a man of considerable prominence,and appears to have had a large practice in eastern Connecticut andthroughout Rhode Island, extending from New London to Newport. He issaid to have been born in England about 1690, to have come early to thiscountry, and to have married in Stonington, where all his children wereborn, and where he died in 1767. The accounts in his book range from1750 to 1767. Besides medical charges and credits on the opposite pageto patients, the volume contains a few private memoranda and thegenealogical record. The first half of the latter is in the handwritingof Dr. Lionel Udall himself, the last in that of his grandson James, bornSept. 19, 1779, son of Samuel Udall.

John married Emily MERRILL on 3 Dec 1816 in Jefferson, Ashtabula, Ohio. Emily was born on 1 Jan 1794 in New Hartford, Litchfield, Connecticut; died on 19 Apr 1868 in Dixon, Solano, California; was buried in Silveyville Cemetery, Dixon, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Mary Clarinder ANDERSON on 14 Jan 1871 in Healdsburg, Sonoma, California. Mary was born in in Connecticut; died after 1874. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: School Teacher
• _UID: C204BA13F17645358122BDA055DFD9BF4052
• Census: 1820, Lenox, Ashtabula, Ohio Page 18
• Residence: 1846, Marietta, Ohio
• Census: 1870, Heldsburg, Sonoma, California Pg 274
• Occupation: 1870, Millener
• Residence: 1877, Healdsburg, Sonoma, California

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Source: INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL TO CALIFORNIA ACROSS THE GREA
T PLAINS, byJohn Udell (3), published in 1856.
Visited by father, John Udell(3) in January 1846

November 1877 Probate Records have her living in Haroldsburg, Sanoma,California
Correspondence with Scott Hall, 25 Aug 2000. Refers to research byDennis Marr and Susan B. Naumann.

Correspondence with Mel Blivens: Lydia born in Lexon, Ohio and died inNaples, Santa Barbara County, California

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• Occupation: Physician And Rancher
• _UID: 40620AA7383646B4AE9A0D01BC0238555C7B
• Census: 1820, Lenox, Ashtabula, Ohio Page 18
• Census: 1850, Davis County Iowa
• Travel: 1850, Started For Calif. With Father & Brother Henry
• Residence: 1850, Silveyville, Solano, California
• Poll Lists: 1867, Silveyville, Solano, California
• Census: 1870, Silveyville, Solano, California
• Occupation: 1870, Farmer

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Information from Yates Publishing - Marriage Records - Re
f 22230.001

Book: "Udall's and Udell's in America" author George Arners, pub 1929

Legend says "he died in Hangtown, California treating Indians withSmallpox."

Source: Udell book
First son of John Udell (3)

Purchased 3760 acres in Solano County, California in 1861 per HistoricalSociety
Davis County, Iowa marriage record 14 Feb 1849, may be recorded date.Solano County, Historical Society shows 6 Nov 1848.

Legend says he died in Hangtown of Smallpox by treating Indians. Sourcesare George Arners' Udell's and Udall's in America 1929.

Solano County, California census and court records and family files

Blanche Elliott Spence, 15655 Road 200, Porterville, California 93257,Aug 13, 1985

His obituary notice printed in the San Francisco Examiner, Dec 17, 1872and in the Solano Democrat, Dec. 21, 1872. "The names of his parentswere John and Emily Udell. His mother preceded him to the grave by a fewyears; but his father is yet living, at the advanced age of eighty-sevenyears." The age of the father is obviously a misprint for seventy sevenyears.

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• _UID: C4940A0002B54099ABB34FFEC4112114A7DE
• Census: 1850, Wright Township, Guernsey, Ohio Page 316
• Residence: 1877, Canton, Ohio
• Census: 1880, Richland, Guernsey, Ohio Page 234C

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Source: Udell Book

Second son born to John Udell (3)

November 1877 Probate Records, Red Bluff, Tehama, Californi
a, has himliving in Canton, Ohio

Correspondence with Laura Pierce, November 2001, , ishis great great granddaughter. Laura furnished additional info I did nothave. PSmith.

Census 1850: Has age as 36, so birth date would have been 1814.
Census 1880: Has age as 58, so birth date would have been 1822.

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• _UID: 0E106AA1C19440F4A784371FAC813E6E0C1B
• Census: 1850, Jackson Township, Gentry County, Missouri
• Census: 1860, Twp #63, Gentry County MO

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Source: INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL TO CALIFORNIA ACROSS THE GREA
T PLAINS, byJohn Udell (3), published in 1856.
1851 December, visit from father, John Udell (3)

Second daughter born to John Udell (3)
WFT Ref # 1282 Vol 35
WFT Ref # 1088 Vol 38

Entered in book by Dennis F.M. Marr, second edition 31 Dec 2001, 'SomeDescendants of Joseph and Jemima Bailey of Haddam, Connecticut 1746-2001'

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• _UID: 3ACA61A9869644DEA172CC28828D7402D8D8
• Occupation: 1849, Physician, Centerville, Iowa

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Source: INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL TO CALIFORNIA ACROSS THE GREA
T PLAINS, byJohn Udell (3), published in 1856.
1849 visit by father, John Udell (3)

Third son born to John Udell (3)

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• _UID: DF088035C9804487AB5580BD337D71162403
• Travel: 1850, Started For Calif. With Father & Brother Oliver
• Poll Lists: 1867, Silveyville, Solano, California
• Residence: 1877, Willows, Colusa, California
• Census: 1880, Twp 24, Paskenta, Tehama, California Page 509A
• Occupation: 1880, Farmer, Henleyville, Tehama, California

Notes:

Source: Udell Book
Corning, Tehama, California Library, Aug 2000, Book: "Teha
ma CountyPioneers" by Keith Lingenfelter, Vol 4,
R 979.427 LIN C.2 "R to Z", copyright 1996 by Spatial Ink, Chico,Tehama, California. Original Manuscripts are at the College in Chico,California
Fourth and youngest son born to John Udell

Corning, Tehama, California Library, Microfiche of County Records:
Farmer in Henleyville, 40 Acres

November 1877 Probate Records has him living in Willow, Colusa,California

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• _UID: 0D29065358A9451F9827332E51C7672CBF6A
• Census: 1870, Silveyville, Solano, California

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FTM Ref# 696 Vol 2

Source: Udell Book

Third daughter born to John Udell (3)

Made third trip to California with father. Returning in 18
54 to "states"

LDS Vital Records Indes-North America Marriages:
Caroline Udell/Stephen Wood, 1 April 1852, Davis, Iowa, FHL#968466. Maybe Stephen is middle name of William.

Corning, Tehama, California Library, Aug 2000, Book: "Tehama CountyPioneers" by Keith Lingenfelter, Vol 4,
R 979.427 LIN C.2 "R to Z", copyright 1996 by Spatial Ink, Chico,Tehama, California. Original Manuscripts are at the College in Chico,California

November 1877 Probate Records have her living in Paskenta, Tehama,California
WFT Ref #2282 Vol 53

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• Religion: Methodist
• Residence: Cooper Township, Gentry County, Missouri
• _UID: 87E52A5CED554AD0B639EE404AC88D4751BE
• Census: 1860, Cooper Township, Gentry County, Missouri
• Census: 1870, Cooper Township, Gentry County, Missouri
• Census: 1880, Cooper Township, Gentry County, Missouri
• Immigration: 1882, Gentry County, MO To Saguache, Colorado
• Census: 1885, Colorado State Census-Saguache
• Immigration: 1894, Saguache, Co To Fruita, Colorado
• Census: 1900, Fruita Township, Mesa County Co Pg 82 Fam 173

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Source: Udell Book

Fourth and youngest daughter of John Udell (3)
Moved to Fruita, Mesa, CO in 1894. Daughter Lumina lived w
ith her.
Living alone in 1900 census. Check census for daughters Sarah Ashley,husband Lee; Ida Whiteman, husband Irwin.
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Obituary in newspaper, do not know which one:

"Mrs. Emma R. Ross was born near Marietta, Ohio and died at Fruita,Colorado on March 8, 1902, aged 67 years. Her maiden name was Udell andshe was married to William Ross in Missouri at the age of nineteen. Theymoved from Gentry county, Missouri to Saguache, Colorado in 1882, whereMr. Ross died in 1886. Mrs. Ross came to Fruita in 1894 where she liveduntil her death. Of the nine children born to Mr. and Mrs. Ross five arestill living. The oldest daughter living, Jane, is married to Tim Gishand resides near Albany, Missouri; the next, Callie, wife of Walter Gish,resides near Larned, Kansas; the third, Ida, wife of Irwin Whitemanresides at Villa Grove, Colorado; and Sarah, the fourth, wife of LeeAshley resides at Fruita; Mina is the youngest and lived with hermother. Mrs. Ross was a great sufferer thru life and her last illnesswas very long and painful. She bore her sufferings with Christianfortitude and patience, always having a kind word for everyone who cameto see her. She had been for many years a member of the Methodist churchand exhibited to the world a beautiful Christian character not oftenequaled. Three of her daughters, Ida, Sarah and Mina were with herduring her sickness and were examples of the most tender and lovingdevotion. Funeral services were held at her home the day following herdeath, her pastor Rev. J.C. Veeder using as a text "These are they whichcame up out of great tribulation and made them white in the blood of theLamb", Rev. 7-14. Her remains were removed to Saguache, Colorado andplaced by the side of Mr. Ross.

Card of Thanks:
We desire to express our warmest gratitude and thanks for all the love,sympathy and help given to our dear mother and ourselves during her longand painful illness. We can never forget the kindness of these dearfriends and if gratitude can ever repay them, they have their reward. Thememory of their loving help will go far towards lessening the pain causedby our loss. May the good Lord richly reward them all, is our prayer.Ida Whiteman, Sarah Ashley, Mina Ross"