FAMILY LINE AND HISTORY
ADELAIDE “ADDIE” CHAMBERLAIN
2nd of 5 children of Harrison Chamberlain & Caroline Van Surdam
Born: Feb 18, 1848, Middlebury Twp., Wyoming Co., New York
Died: Dec 14, 1935 (age 87), Lansing, Ingham Co., Michigan
Buried: Summit Cemetery in Williamston Township, Ingham Co., Michigan
Religion: Baptist
Teacher, taught in the rural schools of Ingham Co., Michigan
Affiliations: Baptist Ladies Union, charter member Williamston Women’s Club
Married: Sep 8, 1869, ELLIOTT BENNETT KINNE, Williamston, Ingham Co., Michigan
One child: Harrison Adelbert “Bert” Kinne
ELLIOTT BENNETT KINNE
4th of 6 children of Alfred Benjamin “A.B.” Kinne & Harriet M. Bennett
Born: Jun 11, 1845, New York
Died: May 5, 1917 (age 71), Williamston, Ingham Co., Michigan; organic disease of the heart
Buried: Summit Cemetery in Williamston, Ingham Co., Michigan
Military: Civil War, Union Army, 16th Michigan Infantry, Company K (at Leroy, Michigan), 11th Regt, Michigan Infantry (2nd org)
Occupation: Farmer, storage foreman, merchant
Married: Sep 8, 1869, ADELAIDE “ADDIE” CHAMBERLAIN, Williamston, Ingham Co., Michigan
One child: Harrison Adelbert “Bert” Kinne
1. Harrison Adelbert “Bert” Kinne
Born: Dec 12, 1870, Williamston, Ingham Co., Michigan
Died: Dec 31, 1955 (age 85), Spokane, Spokane Co., Washington
Buried: Riverside Memorial Park, Spokane, Spokane Co., Washington
Occupation: Clerk, carpenter
Married (1): Nov 10, 1892, Carrie C. Allen, Williamston, Ingham Co., Michigan
Married (2): Oct 31, 1912, Harriett B. “Hattie” (White) Flaningam, Spokane, Spokane Co., Washington
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Timeline and Records
Five children of Harrison Chamberlain & Caroline Van Surdam:
1. Finley McLaren “Frank” Chamberlin
1845 – 1905
2. Adelaide “Addie” Chamberlain
1848 – 1935
3. Grace E. Chamberlain
1851 – 1936
4. Adah Melissa Chamberlain
1858 – 1927
5. Irene Anna “Anna” Chamberlain
1866 – 1902
Six children of Alfred Benjamin Kinne & Harriet M. Bennett:
1. daughter Kinne
unkn – unkn
2. Newton Irving Kinne
1839 – 1927
3. Cyrus Adelbert Kinne
1842 – 1863 (died age 21, killed in Civil War)
4. Elliott Bennett Kinne
1845 – 1917
5. Sarah M. Kinne
1853 – 1853 (age 2 months)
6. Judson Lewis/Louis Kinne
1858 – 1892
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Sep 22, 1845: Birth of Finley McLaren “Frank” Chamberlin, older brother of Addie and the 1st of 5 children of Harrison Chamberlain & Caroline Van Surdam, in Middlebury, Wyoming Co., New York
Jun 11, 1845: Birth of Elliott Bennett Kinne, 4th of 6 children of Alfred B.enjamin Kinne (a Baptist Minister) & Harriet M. Bennett and future husband of Adelaide “Addie” Kinne, in New York
Feb 18, 1848: Adelaide “Addie” Chamberlain, 2nd of 5 children of Harrison Chamberlain & Caroline Van Surdam, in Middlebury, Wyoming Co., New York
Sep 1, 1851: Grace E. Chamberlain, sister of Addie and the 3rd of 5 children of Harrison Chamberlain & Caroline Van Surdam, in Middlebury, Wyoming Co., New York
Born: Feb 23, 1858: Adah Melissa Chamberlain, sister of Addie and the 4th of 5 children of Harrison Chamberlain & Caroline Van Surdam, in Middlebury, Wyoming Co., New York
Mar 23, 1865: Civil War: Elliott B. Kinne (age 16), the future husband of Addie Kinne, enlists as a Private in the Union Army, 16th Michigan Infantry, Company K. in Leroy, Ingham Co., Michigan.
Note: Over 3 million soldiers battled in the war, and more than 600,000 died—two-thirds by disease
Jul 8, 1865: Elliott B. Kinne musters out of Company K, 16th Infantry Regiment, Michigan at Jeffersonville, Clark Co., Indiana.
Note: Enlistment record states he is age 18
Civil War Records and Profiles:
Name: Elliott B Kinne
Enlistment Age: 18
Birth Date: abt 1847
Enlistment Date: 23 Mar 1865
Enlistment Place: Leroy, Michigan
Enlistment Rank: Private
Muster Date: 23 Mar 1865
Muster Place: Michigan
Muster Company: K
Muster Regiment: 16th Infantry
Muster Regiment Type: Infantry
Muster Information: Enlisted
Muster Out Date: 8 Jul 1865
Muster Out Place: Jeffersonville, Indiana
Muster Out Information: Mustered Out
Side of War: Union
Survived War?: Yes
Last Known Residence Place: Scottsville, Michigan
Additional Notes: Sub for William A. Davis, who was drafted from Leroy, Ingham Co
Title: Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers 1861-65
Aug 15, 1866: Birth of Irene Anna “Anna” Chamberlain, 5th of 5 children of Harrison Chamberlain & Caroline Van Surdam, in Middlebury, Wyoming Co., New York
The Civil War Archive, Union Regimental Histories, Michigan
16th Regiment Infantry (Stockton’s Independent Regiment)
Organized at Plymouth and Detroit, Michigan, Jul to Sep, 1861. Left state for Washington, D.C., September 16, 1861. Attached to Butterfield’s Brigade, Fitz John Porter’s Division, Army of the Potomac, to Mar 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to Jul 1865.
SERVICE.—Camp at Hall’s Hill, Defences of Washington, D.C., until Mar 1862. Advance on Manassas, Virginia Mar 10. Moved to the Virginia Peninsula Mar 22-24. Reconnaissance to Big Bethel Mar 30. Warwick Road Apr 5. Siege of Yorktown Apr 5-May 4. Reconnaissance up the Pamunkey May 10. Battle of Hanover Court House May 27. Operations about Hanover Court House May 27-29. Seven days before Richmond Jun 25-Jul 1. Battles of Mechanicsville Jun 26; Gaines’ Mill Jun 27; Savage Station Jun 29; Turkey Bridge or Malvern Cliff Jun 30; Malvern Hill Jul 1. Duty at Harrison’s Landing until Aug 16. Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Centreville Aug 16-28. Battle of Bull Run Aug 30. Maryland Campaign Sep 6-22. Battle of Antietam Sep 16-17. Shepherdstown Ford Sep 19. At Sharpsburg until Oct. Movement to Falmouth, Virginia Oct 29-Nov 17. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., Dec 12-15. Expedition from Potomac Creek to Richards and Ellis Fords, Rappahannock River, Dec 29-30. “Mud March” Jan 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth until Apr 27. Chancellorsville Campaign Apr 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Aldie Jun 17. Middleburg and Upperville Jun 21. Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Jul 1-3. Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Virginia Jul 5-24. Duty at Warrenton, Beverly Ford and Culpeper until Oct. Bristoe Campaign Oct 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock Nov 7-8. Rappahannock Station Nov 7. Mine Run Campaign Nov 26-Dec 2. Veterans absent on furlough Jan 2 to Feb 17, 1864. At Bealeton Station until May. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River May 4-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Laurel Hill May 8; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna May 23-26. Jericho Mills May 23. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor Jun 1-12. Bethesda Church Jun 1-3. Before Petersburg Jun 16-18. Siege of Petersburg Jun 16, 1864, to Apr 2, 1865. Six Mile House, Weldon Railroad, Aug 18-21, 1864. Poplar Springs Church, Peeble’s Farm, Sep 29-Oct 2. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher’s Run, Oct 27-28. Warren’s Raid on Weldon Railroad Dec 7-12. Dabney’s Mills, Hatcher’s Run, Feb 5-7, 1865. Appomattox Campaign Mar 28-Apr 9. Junction of Quaker and Boydton Roads and Lewis Farm near Gravelly Run Mar 29. White Oak Road Mar 30-31. Five Forks Apr 1. Fall of Petersburg Apr 2. Pursuit of Lee Apr 3-9. Appomattox Court House Apr 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. March to Washington, D.C., May 3-12. Grand Review May 23. Moved to Louisville, Ky., Jun 16-22, thence to Jeffersonville, Ind. Mustered out Jul 8, 1865.
Regiment lost during service: 12 Officers and 235 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 143 Enlisted men by disease. Total 390.
Source: www.civilwararchive.com
Jul 8, 1865: Elliott B. Kinne musters out of Company K, 16th Infantry Regiment, Michigan at Jeffersonville, Clark Co., Indiana
Note: Enlistment record states he is age 18.
Elliott B. Kinne re-enlists in the 11th Regiment, Michigan Infantry (2nd organization):
11th Regiment Infantry (Reorganized)
Organized at Jackson, Michigan Jan 4 to Feb 26, 1865. Four Companies left state for Nashville, Tennessee Mar 4, 1865, and duty there until Apr 1, then ordered to Chattanooga, Tennessee. Six Companies left state for Chattanooga, Tennessee Apr 1. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Separate Division, District of the Etowah, Dept. of the Cumberland to Jul 1865. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, District of East Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland to Sep 1865. Regiment moved to East Tennessee Apr 23, 1865, and duty guarding Chattanooga & Knoxville Railroad with Headquarters at Cleveland, Tennessee until Jul. Moved to Knoxville and duty there until Aug 3. Moved to Nashville, Tennessee August 3 and mustered out Sep 16, 1865.
Regiment lost during service: 96 Enlisted men by disease.
Source: www.civilwararchive.com
May 26, 1865: The American Civil War ends, the last of the Confederate troops surrendering in Mississippi
Sep 8, 1869: Marriage of Elliott Bennett Kinne & Adelaide “Addie” Chamberlain, the 2nd of 5 children of Harrison Chamberlain & Caroline Van Surdam, in Williamston, Ingham Co., Michigan, by Rev. George Hicox
Note: Elliott is age nearly 23 and Addie is age 21
Sep 8, 1869: Ingham Co., Michigan Dibean Marriage Index:
ADDIE CHAMBERLAIN and ELLIOTT B KINNE
Michigan County Marriage Records:
Name: Elliott B. Kinne
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Birth Date: abt 1845
Marriage Date: 8 Sep 1869
Marriage Place: Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, USA
Spouse: Addie Chamberlain
History of Williamston, Ingham County, Michigan
The site of the village of Williamston, as related in the early history of the township, was first settled by white men in the spring of 1834 on the north bank of the Cedar River, which had been a Indian planting-ground. The ground was not again occupied by white men until the winter of 1839, when the Williams brothers, from Genessee County, New York, purchased the land on the east part of section 35, and began the first permanent settlement in the township.
In 1840 the Williams brothers built a dam over the Cedar River a few rods above where the present one is located, and in the same year erected a saw-mill and got it in operation. In 1842 they erected a small grist-mill, still standing and a part of the present mill, and called it the “red Cedar Mill,” a name by which it was long known. It contained a single run of stones, which were brought from Detroit, a part of the way by wagons, and a part by an ox-sled hauled by three yokes of oxen, the road being too rough for wheels. This primitive mill was a noted institution, and supplied the settlers for many miles around, who were accustomed to come bringing their grists on crotched limbs of trees or rough sleds over the bare ground.
It is probable that the general government may have partly cut out the road running from Detroit to Grand Rapids as early as 1836, for we find $25,000 appropriated by Congress in March, 1835, for such purposes. After the territory became a State, in 1837, the road was gradually worked through by the State authorities and became a State road. About 1841 work was recommenced on the road, and a line of passenger- and mail-coaches was put on soon after from Detroit to Grand River, passing through Williamston. With the opening of a passable road improvements went on in the embryo village, which had been named for the Williams family, and it grew gradually to quite a business point. The advent of the plank-road in 1852 gave it a new start, and the completion of the Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railway in 1871 still further increased its growth.
Source: Rootsweb.ancestry.com: The Us GenWeb Project: Ingham County, Michigan
Aug 25, 1870: Federal Census for Williamston, Ingham Co., Michigan:
Kinne, Elliott: age 25, male, grocer, value of real estate $200, value of personal property $200, born New York
Addie: age 23, female, keeps house, born New York
Note: Name transcribed as Elliott Minne in census records
Dec 12, 1870: Birth of Harrison Adelbert “Bert” Kinne, the only child of Elliott Bennett Kinne & Adelaide “Addie” Chamberlain, in Williamston, Ingham Co., Michigan.
Sep 6, 1876: General Land Office Records (1807 to 1907) for Lake Co., Michigan:
Date Patent LN Patent, FN Patent, MI Section, NR Twnshp Range Total Acre Doc Sign Date
KINNE ELLIOTT 36 18 N 14 W 0.00 07 2868 1876/09/06
KINNE ELLIOTT 36 18 N 14 W 0.00 07& 2868 1876/09/06
KINNE ELLIOTT 36 18 N 14 W 55.65 07 2868 1876/09/06
Note: The land office is in Iona, Lake Co., Michigan, see record below:
Name: Elliott B Kinne
Land Office: Iona
Sequence #: 1
Document Number: 2868
Total Acres: 155.65
Misc. Doc. Nr.: 5356
Issue Date: 6 Sep 1876
Mineral Rights Reserved: No
Metes and Bounds: No
Statutory Reference: 12 Stat. 392
Multiple Warrantee Names: No
Act or Treaty: May 20, 1862
Multiple Patentee Names: No
Entry Classification: Homestead Entry Original
Feb 6, 1879: The Lake County Star, Lake Co., Michigan:
Progress in Lake County, Michigan
Elliott B. Kinne—Settled by homestead entry upon the southeast quarter of Section 36, Elk township in the Spring of 1871. The soil is sand plains, with some pine. He estimates that he still has about 450,000 feet of standing pine. There are fourteen acres improved; and he has a comfortable house, part frame, part log; a frame barn. There is plenty of excellent water, good well, and a fine stream (Kinne Creek) of water runs through the farm. Mr. K. has 820 apple trees, and a variety of cherry, peach, quince, currant, strawberry, and twenty grape vines commencing to bear. For stock he has a span of horses, two cows, yearling heifer, two hogs; and keeps poultry. In 1878 he raised four and a half acres of wheat, one-half acre of corn, and five acres of same on A.B. Kinne’s place, one-fourth acre potatoes, one-fourth acre beans, and three acres rye. Last fall he sowed two and a half acres of wheat, besides about five acres of the same on each of the places of A.B. Kinne and C.P. White, same town. Says he is satisfied he can get a living, at least, off his sand plains.
Source: Lake County Genealogy, MiGenWeb Project, Copyright © By Chi Benedict, 2005-2007
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~milake/
Jun 4, 1880: Federal Census for Elk, Lake Co., Michigan:
Kinne, Elliott: age 34, Head, farmer, born New York, father born New York, mother born New York
Addie: age 32, Wife, keeping home, born New York, father born New York, mother born New York
Adelbert: age 9, Son, born Michigan, father born New York, mother born New York (Harrison)
1887: Elliott B. Kinne applies for Civil War pension, application #623819, Michigan
Jun 1, 1894: State Census for Village of Williamston, Ingham Co. Michigan:
Eliott B. Kinne
Note: Elliott Bennett Kinne is age 48
Jun 11, 1900: Federal Census for Williamstown Township, Ingham Co., Michigan:
Kinney, Elliott B.: head, born Jun 1846, age 53, married 30 years, born New York, father born New York, mother born New York, cold storage foreman
Adelaide: wife, born Feb 1848, age 52, married 30 years, 1 child born, 1 child living, born New York, father born New York, mother born New York
Apr 4, 1902: Death of Irene Anna “Anna” (Chamberlain) Kinne (age 33 or 36), 5th of 5 children of Harrison Chamberlain & Caroline Van Surdam, in Williamston, Ingham Co., Michigan; peritonitis. Anna is buried in Summit Cemetery in Williamston, Ingham Co., Michigan.
May 7, 1905: Letter from Adelaide Kinne (age 57) to her brother Finley “Frank” Chamberlin (age 59):
Williamston May 7, – 05
Dear Brother,
We are on earth yet and that is about all what with cleaning house taking up carpets and putting them down again I am pretty well used up. Then we have had a rummage sale for the last two weeks ending up with a big supper last night & today I am pretty old & tired. It is pretty hard lives for the women doing all the hard work to carry on the church but if it was not for the church we would be a pretty sad sort of a people. We had a dreadful hail storm at Grand Rapids last Thursday, hail stones as large as hens eggs. 3 men killed & a dog pelted to death & the Greenhouse people lost thousands of dollars in plants & glass. It did not reach here fortunately but it rained & thundered & lightened pretty bad. The trees are all in bloom but doubt if we get much fruit for it has froze water quite a good many nights so I should think it would have damaged the buds. I guess we are all tarred with the same stick for we all have that stomach trouble. I hope you will get better of it. We meet people every little while that have been out in that part of the country & they say it is fine. She thot was Delia Chamberlin, Uncle Laurels daughter. Her name is Heath, lives in that part somewhere I have forgot the name of the place, but you are so fond of looking up your relatives presume you will feel bad. Well I will try & not work to long again but I have been so tired out all the spring. It took me 6 weeks to clean house & I put off writing. Hope you are gaining some. It will take longer because you were all run down.
Good By with love,
A. Kinne
Note: Addie’s brother Frank is living in the Sawtelle Soldiers Home in Sawtelle, Los Angeles Co., California
Aug 9, 1905: Death of Finley McLaren “Frank” Chamberlin (age 59), brother of Addie and the 1st of 5 children of Harrison Chamberlain & Caroline Van Surdam, in Rifle, Garfield Co., Colorado while staying with his daughter, Nellie (Chamberlin) Chatfield.
Apr 17, 1910: Federal Census for Williamston Village, Ingham Co., Michigan:
Kinne, Elliott B.: head, age 64, married once for 40 years, born New York, father born New York, mother born New York, cold storage foreman
Addie: wife, age 61, married once for 40 years, 1 child born, 1 child living, born New York, father born Vermont, mother born New York (note: father born New York)
Apr 28, 1910: Federal Census for Belma Precinct, Yakima Co., Washington:
Kinney, Harrison A.: head, age 39, single, born Michigan, father born New York, mother born New York, farmer on general farm
Ely, Robert H.: hired man, age 45, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, farm laborer
Note: Harrison Adelbert Kinne, the only child of Elliott B. Kinne and Addie Chamberlain
May 5, 1917: Death of Elliott Bennett Kinne (age 71), 4th of 6 children of Alfred Bennett Kinne & Harriet M. Bennett and husband of Adelaide “Addie” Kinne, in Williamston, Ingham Co., Michigan. Along with numerous other family members, he is buried in the Summit Cemetery in Williamston.
Michigan Death Records:
Name: Elliott B Kinne
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital status: Married
Death Age: 71
Birth Date: 11 Jun 1845
Birth Place: New York
Death Date: 5 May 1917
Death Place: Williamston, Ingham, Michigan, USA
Father: Alfred B Kinne
Mother: Harriet Bennett
May 10, 1917: Ingham County News, Ingham Co. Michigan, obituary for Elliott B. Kinne:
1917: Addie C. Kinne applies as Elliott B. Kinne’s widow for his Civil War pension in Michigan
Jan 2, 1920: Federal Census for Spokane, Spokane Co., Washington:
Kinner, Harrison A.: head, owns home, mortgaged, age 47, married, born Michigan, father born Michigan, mother born Michigan, carpenter for contractor
Hattie B: wife, age 51, born Indiana, father born Indiana, mother born Indiana
Flaningam, Charles W.: stepson, age 18, single, born Indiana, father born Indiana, mother born Indiana, auto driver for merchandise store
Note: Mis-indexed as Kinner. Harrison A. Kinne is the son of Adelaide “Addie” Chamberlain & Elliott Kinne
Jan 19, 1920: Federal Census for Williamston Village, Ingham Co., Michigan:
Kinne, Addie C.: head, owns home, age 72, widow, born New York, father born New York, mother born New York
Nov 1, 1927: Death of Adah Melissa (Chamberlain) Cory (age 69), sister of Addie and the 4th of 5 children of Harrison Chamberlain & Caroline Van Surdam, in Rochester, Monroe Co., New York. Adah is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester. She has no headstone.
Nov 3, 1927: Democrat & Chronicle, Rochester, Monroe Co., New York (pg 24):
Deaths
CORY—Entered into rest on Tuesday Nov 1, 1927, at Genesee Hospital Mrs. Adah M. Cory. She leaves one son, Seward E. Cory, of this city; also a sister, Miss Grace Chamberlain, of Fairport.
—Funeral services on Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Interment in Mount Hope Cemetery.
Mar 28, 1928: Letter from Addie Kinne to her cousin Mrs. Grace E. Chamberlain:
Williamston March 29—1928
Mrs. Grace Chamberlain
Dear Cousin,
I was very sorry and disappointed to have missed you last Saturday. I am writing this to tell you how much I appreciate your work and what a fine thing you have done and many thanks for the chart. It took a lot of push and perseverance to accomplish the work. I think all will appreciate it.
with
Kind regards
Mrs. Addie Kinne
Note: Cousin Grace E. Chamberlain is not to be confused with Addie Kinne’s sister, also a Grace E. Chamberlain
Apr 12, 1930: Federal Census for Williamston Village, Ingham Co., Michigan:
Kinne, Addie C.: head, owns home, value of real estate $3500, age 79, widow, born New York, father born New York, mother born New York
Note: Addie shaved 3 years off her age
Dec 21, 1933: Letter from Addie Kinne to her cousin, Mrs. Grace E. Chamberlain:
Williamston, Dec 21, 1933
Dear Cousin Grace.
I am going to write just a few lines just to wish you and your good husband a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and many of them. We have so much dark and gloomy weather. Think the Heavenly Father is mourning over the flood of beer that our fair country is flooded with. Got a card from Detroit saying they had stock in a Brewing Co. if I wanted some to send immediately. I wish I could see them I would tell them what I thought of them. People have gone mad over beer and tobacco. You ask which is the older Finley or I. He is. Was only 14 when he went in the army. It seems as though the tribe of Chamberlin was pretty numerous as you are digging new ones out all the time. Good for you.
love to both
Addie Kinne
Feb 6, 1934: Letter from Addie Kinne to her cousin, Mrs. Grace E. Chamberlain:
Williamston, Feb 6—1934
Dear Cousin Grace
I just received a letter from my sister (Grace). She sent me a picture of the old Middlebury Academy with a little history attached. Said to send it to you, so if you can get any good from it I will be very pleased. It brought me many very pleasant memories and it does not seem as though it is so many years since I climbed the hill to the old building. Now almost all are gone who trod through those old halls. Hope this finds both well and climbing back to prosperity.
Very Sincerely your Friend
A. Kinne
Middlebury Academy
Note: The Middlebury Academy was founded in 1918 and is believed to be the first high school in New York west of the Genesee. It still stands in downtown Wyoming, New York, and is maintained as a museum by the Middlebury Historical Society.
Jan 25, 1935: Letter from Addie Kinne to her cousin, Mrs. Grace E. Chamberlain:
Williamston, Jan 25—1935
Dear Cousin Grace,
I am writing this to ask a favor of your husband. I was not sure of his first name. I received a communication from A.H. Koorman for me to send in my bond for East-Side Property and I would like to send it to him to handle for I have very little confidence in those formal correspondence. I know he will know what to do. I am so ignorant about business. And please tell him my name is Kinne, not Krinse. Wish they would learn to read. Hope it wont put him to too much trouble. Will write more again.
Very Sincerely Yours
A. Kinne
Grace & Frank Chamberlain
Feb 4, 1935: Letter from Addie Kinne to her cousins, Joseph (Frank) and Grace E. Chamberlain:
Williamston Feb 4—1935
Dear Cousins Frank and Grace
I find my other Bond the $1000 is on the Clifford property. I do not fool myself that I will have any trouble using the money I will get out of it.
Hope you were successful in your business deal. Will be happy to see you both any time.
Very Truly Yours
A. Kinne
Thanking you again for all your kindness. A.K.
Dec 14, 1935: Death of Adelaide “Addie” (Chamberlain) Kinne (age 87), the 2nd of 5 children of Harrison Chamberlain & Caroline Van Surdam, in Lansing, Ingham Co., Michigan. At the time of her death, Addie was living in Williamston, Ingham Co., Michigan. She is buried on the 19th in the Summit Cemetery in Williamston with her husband, Elliott Bennett Kinne.
Michigan Death Records:
Name: Addie Kinne
[Addie Chamberlain]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Marital status: Widowed
Death Age: 87
Birth Date: 18 Feb 1848
Birth Place: New York
Death Date: 14 Dec 1935
Death Place: Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, USA
Father: Chamberlain
File Number: 011604
Dec 20, 1935: Williamston Enterprise, Lansing, Ingham Co., Michigan:
O B I T U A R Y
Adelaide Kinne
Adelaide Chamberlain was born February 18th, 1848, near the Village of Wyoming, New York, the eldest daughter of Harrison and Caroline (Surdam) Chamberlain, and passed away in Lansing, Michigan, on December 14th, 1935, in the eighty-eight year of her age.
She grew to womanhood on the same farm settled by her grandfather Reuben Chamberlain, who was one of the earliest settlers in Middlebury township, Genessee county, N.Y., having migrated there in 1804, from Orwell, Vermont. Her education was obtained in the district schools and Middlebury Academy. She came to Michigan while yet in her teens, teaching for some time in the rural schools of Ingham county.
In 1869 she was united in marriage to Elliott Kinne, a soldier of the Civil War, who passed away in 1917. In early life she embraced the Christian faith and united with the Baptist church, to which denomination and activities she faithfully adhered, always lending her influence and support to such measures and issues as conducted to the betterment of her country and her fellowmen.
She was a member of the Baptist Ladies Union, and a charter member of the Williamston Women’s Club.
She came of old pioneer lineage being ninth in the line of descent from Isaac Allerton of the Mayflower, and a great grand daughter of the Rev. Henry Chamberlain, an early Baptist Minister of Vermont, and Capt. Ebenezer Sumner, both soldiers of the Revolution.
She is survived by one son Bert Kinne of Spokane, Washington, and an aged sister, Miss Grace E. Chamberlin of Fairport, New York.
The funeral services were conducted from the Baptist church Thursday, December 19 at 1:30 o’clock, with the Rev. Harold Reese officiating. Interment was made in Summit cemetery.
Note: It is questionable as to the accuracy of the Isaac Allerton lineage; later records prove it not to be so.
May 6, 1936: Death of Grace E. Chamberlain (age 85), sister of Addie and the 3rd of 5 children of Harrison Chamberlain & Caroline Van Surdam in Baptist home for aged in Fairport, Monroe Co. New York. Grace is buried on May 8, 1936, in Village Cemetery in Wyoming, Wyoming Co., New York
Grace E. Chamberlain
Feb 15, 1940: Letter from Mrs. Grace E. Chamberlin to her distant cousin, Fred Chamberlin:
#166 Grant Ave. East
Highland Park, Michigan
February 15th, 1940
Mr. Fred L. Chamberlain-
#343 East Gage Street,
Los Angeles, California.
Dear “Cousin”:-
For a long time I have been interested in writing up my Chamberlain family history, or at least genealogy, and locating all the members I could for the rather voluminous “family tree.” Your branch have been rather difficult to corral, and as is usual, one waits to get these family details till all have passed on who might have given aid.
I should say we are straight second cousins. Our grandfathers were brothers. You come from Harrison, and I from his brother Orson. I have often heard my father speak of his Cousin Finley, and I believe they occasionally wrote each other as boys. If I can find an old letter of your father’s I will inclose it. I know I did see some in my fathers old papers.
I had the pleasure of being quite well acquainted with your Aunt Grace, who only died quite recently, and with your Aunt Addie Kinne, whom I greatly admired. She too has been gone just a short time. I did have lovely obituaries of both these aunts and if I can find one will include it. But in all these talks with them, I tried to get their memories to go farther back than your father, so asked few questions about Finley’s family, though I did have the names of his children.
We are quite a tribe, and most of our ancestors were extremely worthy of emulation. I found we had plenty of Revolutionary ancestors. Both the Elder Henry Chamberlain, father of Reuben, who was father of Harrison, and also Capt. Ebenezer Sumner, who was father of Mary Sumner, the wife of Reuben C. were Revolutionary soldiers. I got all the proof, and was readily accepted. Then in going back, I found that we have a direct Mayflower lineage. I also joined this, and submitted proof, so that would know it was all authentic. They are very particular but we made the grade all right. I am delighted to pass onto you so fine a lineage and if any of you ever want to join any of these societies – I will be glad to tell you more about it. In these days, with every alien well organized, I think it might be well if we Americans were a little more conscious of our
Americanism. I became quite interested, and have used it as a hobby, doing all my family lines. I think it appealed to me more because I was born a Chamberlain, and married a Chamberlain and often wondered about possible relationship. We have different emigrant ancestors: Then behold my amazement to find that our ancestor the Rev. Henry Chamberlain of Vermont, had done the same thing- he had married an Abigail Chamberlain, so I had to trace her out, and she has still a different emigrant ancestor. Whether these C’s were related before coming from England, I do not know.
I wrote up my notes for a little genealogical magazine our society gets out, and as I had extra pages, am sending you a full set, not exactly full either, for our gt. grand father Reuben Chamberlain had two wives, and in a later edition I added the descendants of the second wife. But you and I come through the first wife, Mary Sumner.
I have spent several lovely vacations in and around Wyoming, N.Y., locating old graves, records, etc, and have come to know the family of Amos Chamberlain very well. He was a splendid man, and he too was quite interested in the family tree. He just died last year, but his widow and sons live in the community still. I found the old obituary of our great grandfather Reuben, and you see he was an early settler there. This Amos Chamberlain was grandson of Luther Chamberlain, an older brother of Harrison.
Lest I give you too big a dose of family matters at one setting, I will not write more now, but leave you to digest the outline I am sending. My idea was to write up the family of Henry Chamberlain, Sr. of Westmoreland, N.H. and his wife Susannah Hinds. It was some undertaking! What a lot of writing and researching I did. I have also visited the old ancestral home on Westmoreland, N.H., and all the places in Vermont where our Rev. Henry Chamberlain preached. He was a Baptist minister.
If your mother is living, I suppose she has heard of Hinds Chamberlain, who was the first settler in LeRoy, N.Y. I have rounded up all his family, the graves, ect. He was uncle to Reuben, tho’ there wasn’t much difference in their ages. Maybe you never knew where your father got his name- Finley of Findley. Well—–this Hinds Chamberlain married the widow McLaren. She had two children, a girl and a boy, by her first husband Malcom McLaren. The boy was named Finley McLaren. I suppose Hinds Chamberlin raised him – in fact I know he did, and Hinds C. used to go out to see Reuben and Harrison, and Harrison thought this little McLaren boy was the finest youngster ever, so he later named his own son Finley McLaren Chamberlin. Addie told me this. But the old Genessee and Wyoming county histories mintion the McLarens, as Scotch, and coming from Scotland about the time Hinds C. settled in LeRoy.
Now I wish you would take some time off, and write me a big letter, tell me the names, dates of birth, etc, of your brothers and sisters, who they married, etc. Also I wish I knew more about your fathers live, after he came out of the army. This Amos C. used to have your Aunt Grace come and visit them, and she told him more of your fathers life, but I do not know it. And feel free if you are interested, to ask me anything you care to about the others. Your first cousin Bert Kinne lives in Spokane, Wash. and your first cousin Elliott Kinne (this is your aunt Irene’s boy) lives in Chicago.
If your mother is living, I shall hope she can tell more of Wyoming matters.
Sincerely
Mrs. (J.F.) Grace E. Chamberlin
Note: Grace’s husband, J.F. Chamberlain, is Joseph Frank Chamberlain
Fred Chamberlin is the son of Finley “Frank” Chamberlin and Emily Hoy
Jan 16, 1944: Letter (excerpt) from Mrs. Grace E. Chamberlain to Willard “Joe” Chamberlin:
Jan. 16, 1944
Dear Cousin:-
In going through old papers I come across letters from your aunt Addie. I will inclose some, so that you may sort of get acquainted with her, even at this late date. When she speaks of Middlebury- that is the township in Wyoming co., N.Y. the village of Wyoming is about two miles from Reuben’s old place, is where Harrison, your grandfather was born, and is buried. There was an academy there early, one Jabez Warren was one of the founders. He enters our line, via. his marriage to one Hannah Sumner, she is a sister to Reuben’s wife, Mary Sumner- in other words a brother-in-law of Reuben, and the one with whom he made the trek from Vermont to Western N.Y. in 1601 or 02. You will find much of this Jabez Warren and Hannah Sumner. Jabez was a rev. soldier, and both he and wife are buried in East Aurora, N.Y. just a few miles from Wyoming. In fact Jabez Warren owned 1750 acres of around the present village of East Aurora, later made most famous by the colony of “Roycrofters” under Fra Elbert Hubbard. I just relate this in case you ever go through there, you would want to look it up. To ever get at the C’s I virtually had to run down all their relatives, and it is interesting too, for the son of this Jabez Warren, was the Gen. Warren of the war of 1812, the burning of Buffalo, etc. Both this Gen. Warren and his father Jabez were marked by DAR {their graves} some years ago, and I have write up from Buffalo papers. Father often spoke of his Warren relatives, and I did not know until I went into matters myself, but what he always had reference to Gen. Joseph of Bunker Hill fame.
But to return to this early academy in Wyoming- I think it ranks with our present day high school, being so near Harrison’s farm, it gave his children the privileges of education, that few in rural communities had in those days. All were better educated than the average of their day.
Addie Kinne was a wonderful reader, and a retentive memory, and was a most interesting person. I’m told that at the woman’s club, church meetings, etc. she was an interesting speaker always. Was very blunt in any statement she made, or position she took, and could defend any position she took on any matter. I would say that was a trait in which all of those in my father’s generation shared. She was a faithful member of the Baptist church, and her old home, is immediately adjacent to it, and the church now own and occupy it as a parsonage, which I think was her desire. She was tall and never overweight, had very sharp, piercing dark eyes, and an engaging smile. I think she was better looking perhaps than either of her sisters, Adah or Grace.
Best Wishes,
Grace
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Alfred Benjamin Kinne & Harriet M. Bennett Family Line
(Parents of Elliott Bennett Kinne, the husband of Adelaide “Addie” Chamberlin)
Alfred Benjamin “A.B.” Kinne
Son of Rev. Joshua Kinne & Melinda Leach; (Joshua’s 2nd marriage was to Diantha Bennett)
Born: Dec 26, 1815, Cicero, Onondaga Co., New York
Died: Mar 23, 1895 (age 79), Lansing, Ingham Co., Michigan
Buried: Mar 25, 1895, Mount Hope Cemetery in Lansing, Ingham Co., Michigan
Occupation: Teacher and Baptist Minister in Ingham Co., Michigan
Married (1): 1836, Harriett M. Bennett, Palmyra, Wayne Co., New York
Six children: daughter Kinne, Newton Irving Kinne, Cyrus Adelbert “C.A.” Kinne, Elliott Bennett Kinne, Sarah M. Kinne, Judson Lewis Kinne
Married (2): Jul 7, 1880, Lucy Stanley, Van Buren Twp., Wayne Co., Michigan
(Lucy Stanley: Born: Apr 25, 1837, Van Buren Twp., Wayne Co., Michigan
Died: Sep 14, 1895 (age 58), prob Lansing, Ingham Co., Michigan
Buried: Mt. Hope Cemetery in Lansing, Ingham Co., Michigan)
Harriet M. Bennett
Daughter of Lewis Bennett & Diantha Morley
Born: May 8, 1816, New York
Died: Mar 26, 1872 (age 55), Williamston, Ingham Co., Michigan
Buried: Mt. Hope Cemetery in Lansing, Ingham Co., Michigan
Married: 1836, Alfred Benjamin “A.B.” Kinne, Palmyra, Wayne Co., New York
Six children: daughter Kinne, Newton Irving Kinne, Cyrus Adelbert “C.A.” Kinne, Elliott Bennett Kinne, Sarah M. Kinne, Judson Lewis Kinne
1. daughter Kinne
Born & died young, New York or Michigan
2. Newton Irving Kinne
Born: Sep 29, 1839, Sodus, Wayne Co., New York
Died: Apr 19, 1927 (age 87), Scottville, Mason Co., Michigan
Buried: Brookside Cemetery in Scottville, Mason Co., Michigan
Military: 1861 -1864, Civil War, Union army, Co I, 11th Infantry, Wayne Co., Michigan
Occupation: Carpenter/builder, farmer, M.E. church janitor
Married: abt 1864, Weltha Melissa Link, Leroy, Ingham Co., Michigan
Six children: William Alfred Kinne, Lois Theresa Kinne, Harriet Marie Kinne, Irving Newton Kinne, Melvin Sumner Kinne, Emily Frances Kinne
3. Cyrus Adelbert “C.A.” Kinne
Born: abt 1842, New York
Died: May 21, 1863 (age 21), Brentwood, Williamson Co., Tennessee; killed in the Civil War
Buried: National Cemetery in Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee
Military: Civil War, Union Army, enlisted Dec 13, 1861 (age 21), Co. D, 14th Infantry, Leroy, Michigan, private
4. Elliott Bennett Kinne
Born: Jun 11, 1845, New York
Died: May 5, 1917 (age 70), Williamston, Ingham Co., Michigan; heart disease
Buried: Summit Cemetery in Williamston, Ingham Co., Michigan
Military: 1865, Civil War, Union Army, Co. K, 16th Infantry, Leroy, Ingham Co., Michigan
Occupation: Farmer, storage foreman, merchant
Married: Sep 8, 1869, Adelaide “Addie” Chamberlain, Williamston, Ingham Co., Michigan
One child: Harrison Adelbert Kinne
5. Sarah M. Kinne
Born: Aug 30, 1853, Ingham Co., Michigan
Died: Nov 1, 1853 (age 2 mo, 2 days), Ingham Co., Michigan
Buried: Summit Cemetery in Williamston, Ingham Co., Michigan
6. Judson Lewis Kinne
Born: 1858, Michigan
Died: Jul 17, 1892 (age 34), Lansing, Ingham Co., Michigan; consumption
Buried: Jul 29, 1892, Mount Hope Cemetery in Lansing, Ingham Co., Michigan
Occupation: Bookkeeper
Married: Sep 17, 1884, Hattie E. Edson, Lansing, Ingham Co., Michigan
One child: Hanna Faye Kinne
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History of Williamston, Ingham County, Michigan
The site of the village of Williamston, as related in the early history of the township, was first settled by white men in the spring of 1834 on the north bank of the Cedar River, which had been a Indian planting-ground. The ground was not again occupied by white men until the winter of 1839, when the Williams brothers, from Genesee County, New York, purchased the land on the east part of section 35, and began the first permanent settlement in the township.
In 1840 the Williams brothers built a dam over the Cedar River a few rods above where the present one is located, and in the same year erected a saw-mill and got it in operation. In 1842 they erected a small grist-mill, still standing and a part of the present mill, and called it the “red Cedar Mill,” a name by which it was long known. It contained a single run of stones, which were brought from Detroit, a part of the way by wagons, and a part by an ox-sled hauled by three yokes of oxen, the road being too rough for wheels. This primitive mill was a noted institution, and supplied the settlers for many miles around, who were accustomed to come bringing their grists on crotched limbs of trees or rough sleds over the bare ground.
It is probable that the general government may have partly cut out the road running from Detroit to Grand Rapids as early as 1836, for we find $25,000 appropriated by Congress in March, 1835, for such purposes. After the territory became a State, in 1837, the road was gradually worked through by the State authorities and became a State road. About 1841 work was recommenced on the road, and a line of passenger and mail-coaches was put on soon after from Detroit to Grand River, passing through Williamston. With the opening of a passable road improvements went on in the embryo village, which had been named for the Williams family, and it grew gradually to quite a business point. The advent of the plank-road in 1852 gave it a new start, and the completion of the Detroit, Lansing and Northern Railway in 1871 still further increased its growth.
Source: Rootsweb.ancestry.com: The Us GenWeb Project: Ingham County, Michigan
Note: The cemetery and headstones pictures are from Find A Grave and are the property of those who photographed them.
2020. Catherine (Clemens) Sevenau.