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Family of Sylvester TREAT and Lydia C VESEY

Sylvester TREAT b. 1823~2049 at Vermont2049. d. 1886 May 64618 at Spring Valley, MN4618.
Lydia C VESEY b. 1826840 at Vermont2049. d. 1909 Apr 242063 at LaGrange Co., IN2063. bd. Greenwood Cem., LaGrange, IN840.

Married2049 1848 Aug 74617 at Elkhart Co., IN4617. Conveniently, the Goshen (IN) Democrat ran a series of articles4617 providing court records for marriages in Elkhart County over several years. Among the marriages listed was Sysvester Treat and Lydia C Vesey. They were married by J L Powell, Justice of th Peace.

Whether the following articles refers to this Sylvester Treat is unclear - "Announcements", Goshen (IN) Democrat, Apr 1, 1863: "SYLVESTER TREAT will be a candidate for Constable in Elkhart township at the ensuing April election."; "Goshen 37 Years Ago," Goshen (IN) Mid Week Times, Feb 3, 1899: "At the township election held April 7th … Sylvester Treat [elected] constable."

In the references listed for locations for Lydia, all but one clearly list "L," "Lydia," or "Lydia C" for a female living in the household of Sylvester Treat. In the 1880 census2052 "Allie H Treat," age 49, is listed as Sylvester's wife. She and both her parents were born in Vermont. For that reason, Hillman800 concludes that Lydia either died or was divorced from Sylvester, and he had remarried. However, the Goshen Daily News2046, May 10, 1886, reports "Sylvester Treat, brother-in-law of our fellow townsman, J. B. Vesey, died at Spring Valley, Minn., on the 6th instant." As Lydia (now Mrs. Lydia C Howard) did not die unti2056 1909, it is obvious, given other information about Lydia, that, for whatever reason, the 1880 census enumerator misheard or otherwise mis-reported Lydia's name.

Her will, described in the Goshen Democrat4614 and Fort Wayne Journal Gazette2047, states her estate was valued between $35000 and $40000, provided for cash bequests of $2000 each to (the heirs of) Benjamin W Vesey, John B Vesey, Miss Emma Rice, Lydia C Love, William H Vesey, and William J Vesey, in trust for John H Vesey. After the distribution of the cash bequests, the remainder to be divided equally among "the three brothers of Mrs. Howard": Horace J, John B and Benjamin Vesey (to be divided among Benjamin's heirs, as he had deceased.) However, in October, 1909, it was reported that there was a codicil with the will and the beneficiaries of that codicil had not been notified2047. The will proper left 160 acres in Bloomfield township to Horace J, Benjamin W, and John B Vesey. The codicil modified that provision to specify that the land was to go to Horace J Vesey, and, at his death, to go to William H Day and Amanda, his wife. The codicil also named beneficiaries of $1000 each to Alice Paxton Cox, Lydia Treat Ingalls, and Sylvester Treat Vesey. Judge Dodge decided the codicil should be probated. The referenced articles are a wealth of information regarding relationships and names of the Veseys in that part of Indiana at the time.

Lydia is buried with her brother Horace and Horace' wife Helen. On a VESEY monument below Horace' and Helen's names: "LYDIA TREAT HOWARD 1826 - 1909."


800. Veazie Genealogy, Ralph E Hillman, CG, Penobscot Press, Private Printing, Feb 2011.
840. Gravestone inscriptions - www.findagrave.com
2046. Excerpts from various newspapers (newspapers themselves unavailable); newspaperarchive.com
2047. Howard, Lydia C Will Probate; Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Oct 2, 1909; newspaperarchive.com
2049. 1857 State Census MN, Fillmore Co., Township 103 Range 13; www.ancestry.com
2050. 1885 State Census MN, Fillmore Co., Spring Valley; www.ancestry.com
2051. 1870 Fed Census MN, Fillmore Co., Spring Valley; www.ancestry.com
2052. 1880 Fed Census MN, Fillmore Co., Spring Valley; www.ancestry.com
2053. 1900 Fed Census IN, LaGrange Co., Bloomfield; www.ancestry.com
2056. Indiana, LaGrange County Index to Death Records, 1882-1924; www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inlagran
2058. 1875 State Census MN, Fillmore Co., Spring Valley; www.ancestry.com
2059. 1865 State Census MN, Fillmore Co., Spring Valley; www.ancestry.com
2063. Indiana Deaths (Index), 1882-1920; www.ancestry.com, familysearch.org
2075. 1850 Fed Census MI, St Joseph Co., Fawn River; www.ancestry.com
4614. Vesey-Howard, Mrs Lydia C, will filed for probate, Goshen (IN) Democrat, Mon, May 3, 1909; newspaperarchive.com
4617. Court House News, Marriages of Elkhart Co. (continuing set of listings), Goshen (IN) Democrat, Mar 25, 1891; newspaperarchive.com
4618. Obit - Treat, Sylvester, Goshen (IN) Weekly News, May 14, 1886; newspaperarchvie.com