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| INDEX OF PERSONS |
Page |
| Ackley, Julius - of Tompkins Co., NY in 1854 |
7 |
| Attwood, Charles - Justice of the Peace in East
Haddam, CT in 1854 |
5 |
| Baker, Mr. - R.J. wishes him to come to Lima, IN
about invention |
26 |
| Banell, Joseph H. - Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, DC |
21, 23 |
| Beckwith, Mr. E. - had cattle under his care in
Revolutionary War |
11 |
| Bissell, Thomas H. - Justice of the Peace in South
Windsor, CT in 1855 |
8 |
| Black - Attorney General of the United States,
adverse opinion on children inheriting rights to
pensions |
20, 23 |
| Blair, Austin - Governor of Michigan during the Civil
War |
37 |
| Butterworth, Mr. - joined R.J. in the Wood Carding
business in Coldwater in 1842, left by 1843 |
35 |
| Champean, Henry - 1610-1708, g-grandfather of Israel
Champion, immigrant |
28 |
| Champion, Aristarchus - of Rochester, NY, son of
General Henry Champion |
9 |
| Champion, Eliza
Cross - 1798-1840 - wife of R.J. Champion |
2, 30, 32 |
| Champion, Epaphroditus - 1756-1834 - cousin of R.J.,
son of Colonel Henry Champion |
4, 29 |
| Champion, Harriet Ousley - 1827-1876, 3rd child of
R.J. and Eliza, married Henry C. Gilbert |
30, 32, 37 |
| Champion, Henry, Colonel- 1723- __ - brother of
Israel Champion, father of General Henry Champion |
4, 6, 8, 9, 10 |
| Champion, Henry, General-1751-1818, cousin of Reuben
Champion, son of Lieut. Henry Champion |
2,15, 28 |
| Champion, Henry Beckwith - 1831-1908, 5th child of
R.J. and Eliza, married Elizabeth Merrill |
30, 32, 36 |
| Champion, Isabel 1839 - 1840, 10th child of R.J. and
Eliza, died young |
30, 33 |
| Champion, Israel - 1726-1815 - father of Reuben
Champion, son of Lieut. Henry Champion |
4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 28 |
| Champion, John Robert - 1833-1916, 6th child of R.J.
and Eliza, married Mary Upham |
30, 32 |
| Champion, Kate -1852- __ , 11th child of R.J., by
Delia, married Thomas Vernon |
36 |
| Champion, Louisa Jane - 1823-1846, 1st child of R.J.
and Eliza, married Edward A. Warner |
30, 32, 35 |
| Champion, Margaret Hanna - 1829-1894, 4th child of
R.J. and Eliza, never married |
30, 32 |
| Champion, Mary Eliza - 1836-1841, 8th child of R.J.
and Eliza, died young |
30, 32 |
| Champion, Mehitable Fuller -1731-1793 - mother of
Reuben Champion, husband of Israel Champion |
28 |
| Champion, Norton Reuben - 1838-1896 - 9th child of
R.J. and Eliza, married Helen A. Dibble |
30, 33 |
| Champion, Reuben - 1759-1838 - husband of Rhoda Hyde
Jewett Champion |
throughout |
| Champion, Reuben Jewett (R.J.)- 1797-1864 |
throughout |
| Champion, Rhoda Ann - 1825-1878, 2nd child of R.J.
and Eliza, married George Millard |
30, 32 |
| Champion, Rhoda Hyde Jewett - 1764-1852 - wife of
Reuben and mother of Reuben (J. R.) |
throughout |
| Champion, William Edward -1835-1841 -7th child of
R.J. and Eliza, died young |
30, 32 |
| Charlton, Jesse - of South Windsor, CT in 1855 |
8, 32 |
| Chedsey, Joseph - received receipt for 1 fat cow |
11 |
| Chester - a farm worker on Henry C. Gilbert's
fruit tree nursery |
36 |
| Chicoriton, Jesse - Notary Public in Hartford Co., CT
in 1855 |
9 |
| Cones, William H. - of East Haddam, CT in 1829 |
8, 29 |
| Congdon, Delia - 1812-1899, second wife of R.J. and
mother of Kate, his 11th child, married Jacob Cool |
31, 35, 37 |
| Congdon, Sandford - husband of Sophia, parents of
Delia Congdon |
35 |
| Cool, Jacob - __ -1881, 2nd husband of R.J.'s
second wife Delia |
37 |
| Crippen, Lorenzo D. - 1807-1864, Coldwater merchant,
friend of Henry C. Gilbert, bought mill from R.J. |
27, 35 |
| Crippen, Philo H. - 1810-1890, Coldwater merchant,
bought mill from R.J. in 1847 |
27 |
| Cross, John - 176?-1824,
father of Eliza Cross who married R.J. Champion |
32 |
| Cross, Margaret Hanna
Connolly - 1763-1846, mother of Eliza Cross who
married R.J. Champion |
32 |
| Cross, Robert J. - brother
of Eliza Cross who married R.J. Champion |
32 |
| Cross,
William Hanna - bother of Eliza Cross who married
R.J. Champion |
32 |
| Curtis, J. J. - , probably of Colon, MI, talked to
R.J. about buying the Lima, IN mill along with Nay
Jeff |
27 |
| Deming, Henry Champion - Mayor of Hartford, CT,
grandson of General Henry Champion |
15 |
| Drake, Caleb B. - Justice of the Peace in Tompkins
Co., NY in 1854 |
7 |
| Dunham, Seth - early Branch County mill owner, sold
mill to R.J. in 1840 |
33 |
| Eldridge (?) - probably Etheridge, Burt |
26 |
| Etheridge, Burt - of Coldwater,I, millwright, friend
of Henry C. Gilbert |
26 |
| Fuller, Edward - 1575-1621 - came on Mayflower to in
1621, g-g-grandfather of Reuben Champions mother |
28 |
| Gapen, W. E. - clerk in Pension Office who recorded
the Certificate of Pension 25 February 1862 |
25 |
| Gates, A. - Town Clerk of East Haddam, CT in
1854 |
5 |
| Gilbert, Father - Daniel Gilbert, father of Henry C.
Gilbert |
36 |
| Gilbert, Henry Clarke - husband of Harriet Champion,
daughter of R.J., Colonel in Civil War |
26, 27, 32, 36 |
| Gleason, Elon - of Hartford, CT in 1855 |
9 |
| Goodman, Thomas - delivered cattle to Reuben Champion
in Revolutionary War |
11 |
| Grand, Deborah - Attorney General Black ruled her
children did not inherit a right to her pension after her
death |
20 |
| Griffins, Samuel B. - of East Haddam, CT in 18298,
29 |
| Grosvenor, Lemuel - purchased cattle in the
Revolutionary War |
11 |
| Holmes, David - saddler, in 1850 R.J.'s son John
Robert is boarding there in Coldwater |
31 |
| Howard, James (wife Sarah) - their children applied
for pension, also approved same time as R.J.'s |
20, 21 |
| Hyde, Capt. Daniel - 1694-1770, father of Rhoda Hyde
Jewett Champion |
28 |
| Jeff, Nay - he & J.J. Curtis talked of buying
Lima mill from R.J. |
27 |
| Jewett, Dr. Gibbons - 1738-1789, Revolutionary War
surgeon, father of Rhoda Hyde Jewett Champion |
28, 30 |
| Jewett, Rhoda Hyde - 1739- __ , mother of Rhoda Hyde
Jewett Champion |
30 |
| Kennaugh, W. E. - received letter concerning the
Elihu Murray application for pension |
12 |
| Lawrence, Obadiah - miller working for R.J. at Lima
mill in 1850, wife Huldah |
31 |
| Lewis, Henry C. - wealthy Coldwater banker, friend of
Henry C. Gilbert, buys the Lima mill 1850 |
36 |
| Merrell, Alex. - Comptroller, State of Connecticut in
1855 |
10, 13 |
| Mitchel, Warren - of East Haddam, CT in 1829 |
8, 29 |
| Mosely, Reverend - of East Haddam, CT in 1872 |
6 |
| Murray, Elihu - entered for a pension, drover, it was
denied |
12 |
| Norton,
Margaret Cross - sister of Eliza Cross Champion,
lived Ann Arbor, MI, husband Howell B. Norton |
31 |
| Parsons, Reverend Isaac - wrote letter on baptisms of
Israel Champions children |
9 |
| Pelton, Austin - son of John Pelton, of South
Windsor, CT in 1855 |
8, 29 |
| Pelton, John - of East Windsor, CT in 1829 |
8, 29 |
| Peugh, L. A. - maybe hired by R.J. Champion to pursue
the pension claim, lived Washington, DC |
14, 19, 22 |
| Phester, Alman - miller working for R.J. at Lima mill
in 1850 |
31 |
| Robinson, George - Notary Public of Hartford Co., CT
in 1855 |
10, 13, 15 |
| Rockwell, George - of East Windsor, CT in 1829 |
8, 29 |
| Root, John - of Coldwater, lawyer, Justice of the
Peace, friend of Henry C. Gilbert |
26 |
| Smith, Caleb B. - Secretary of the Interior,
Washington, DC |
20, 21, 23 |
| Thompson - Secretary of the Interior preceding Caleb
B. Smith |
20 |
| Triplett, T.T.C. - of Washington, DC, received
letters from Waldo about Champion pension
application |
13 |
| Waldo, S. P. - Commissioner of the Pension Office,
Washington, DC |
13 |
| Warner, Edward A. - 1812-1843, married Louisa Jane
Champion, Michigan State Senator |
35 |
| Warner, Harvey - of Coldwater, MI, Judge of Probate
in 1854 |
7 |
| Watkinson, Maria C. (Mrs. Robert) - daughter of
General Henry Champion |
9, 10 |
| Wilson, Louis T. N. - 1821-1887, Coldwater lawyer,
married Harriet, sister to Henry C. Gilbert |
31 |
| Wing, Warner - Circuit Judge for Hillsdale Co., MI in
1854 |
6 |
| Wolcott, Samuel (wife Jerusha) - purchased cattle and
delivered them to Reuben Champion |
11 |
| Wright, Charles D. - of East Haddam, CT in 1829 |
8, 29 |
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