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Fenton Family Land Records, Wexford County, Michigan Liber 118 page 223

January 28th, 2010 | Posted by Granny Pam in Papa's Ancestors - (0 Comments)
This entry is part 52 of 99 in the series Deeds in the Family

I am posting information gleaned from land records in the areas where our family’s ancestors resided. You can read more about this project in the overview. You may also check my deed record listing, which I will update frequently, but probably not every day. This group pertain to Papa’s Fenton ancestors who resided in Wexford County, Michigan.

 

Date: 31 March 1932
Liber: 118
Page: 223
Location: Wexford County, Michigan
Grantor: Carl A. Lindquist and Emma Lindquist, his wife
Grantee: Alfred Fenton and Hazel Fenton
Witnesses: Harriet Muche, Jno A. Muche
Type of deed: Warranty
Rec’d and recording: 7 April 1932
Clerk/registrar: Johnson
Location of land: Colfax
Consideration: $700.00
Notes: NW 1/2 of SE 1/4 Sec 5 T23N R10W
Description:

On the deed recorded in liber 87, page 628, Alfred and Hazel purchased the E 1/2 of the SW 1/4 in section 5. This land is adjacent to that land. This thumbnail, which I created from the 1914 Atlas1 of Wexford County, is the same as the one I posted for the previous deed.

The red outline represents the purchase on this deed, the adjacent land, which was already owned by the Fentons has a diagonal line through it. The blue X at the township line marks the land originally purchased by George Burdick in the township; George was Alfred Fenton’s maternal grandfather. The blue squares mark property along 29 1/4 road which was owned by Harmon H. and Susie Longstreet. Susie was Alfred’s mother.

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  1. Standard Map Company., Atlas of Wexford County, Michigan : containing complete maps of all townships, names of property owners, maps of the county, city of Cadillac, United States and State of Michigan., Standard Map Company., Cadillac Evening News (Firm) (Cadillac, Mich.: Cadillac Evening News, c1914), page 20, The University of Michigan. Michigan County Histories and Atlases. http://name.umdl.umich.edu/3928167.0001.001 : accessed 2 November 2009.

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Fenton Family Land Records, Wexford County, Michigan Liber 105 page 305

January 27th, 2010 | Posted by Granny Pam in Papa's Ancestors - (0 Comments)
This entry is part 51 of 99 in the series Deeds in the Family

I am posting information gleaned from land records in the areas where our family’s ancestors resided. You can read more about this project in the overview. You may also check my deed record listing, which I will update frequently, but probably not every day. This group pertain to Papa’s Fenton ancestors who resided in Wexford County, Michigan.

Date: 4 November 1925
Liber: 105
Page: 305
Location: Wexford County, MI
Grantor: Harmon H. Longstreet & Susie Longstreet his wife of Colfax, Wexford, MI
Grantee: Charles Tinker & Belle Tinker of Colfax, Wexford, MI
Witnesses: Jno A. Muche, Ethel Hulbert
Type of deed: Warranty
Rec’d and recording: 10 December 1925
Clerk/registrar: Johnson
Location of land: Colfax
Consideration: $80
Notes:
Description: SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 Sec 16 T23N R10W

The latest on-line atlas, from 19141 shows that this land was in possession of “Williams Bros”, perhaps a lumber company. I am not familiar with the name. Among my transcriptions, I do not have a record of Harmon and Susie purchasing this land. I probably missed quite a few “Longstreet” deeds, since I was concentrating on the Fenton name. This thumbnail is from that 1914 atlas, you can enlarge the map if you wish. You can see the two twenty acre pieces that Longstreet owned, the one on the west side of the road backs up to this forty acre piece.

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  1. Standard Map Company., Atlas of Wexford County, Michigan : containing complete maps of all townships, names of property owners, maps of the county, city of Cadillac, United States and State of Michigan., Standard Map Company., Cadillac Evening News (Firm) (Cadillac, Mich.: Cadillac Evening News, c1914), page 20, The University of Michigan. Michigan County Histories and Atlases. http://name.umdl.umich.edu/3928167.0001.001 : accessed 2 November 2009.

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Fenton Family Land Records, Wexford County, Michigan Liber 101 page 433

January 26th, 2010 | Posted by Granny Pam in Papa's Ancestors - (0 Comments)
This entry is part 50 of 99 in the series Deeds in the Family

I am posting information gleaned from land records in the areas where our family’s ancestors resided. You can read more about this project in the overview. You may also check my deed record listing, which I will update with each post.

Date: 7 December 1932
Liber: 101
Page: 433
Location: Wexford County, Michigan
Grantor: H.H. Longstreet deceased by Alfred Fenton, administrator
Grantee: Myron Russ and Edna Russ, his wife
Witnesses:
Type of deed: Probate order confirming sale
Rec’d and recording: 7 Dec 1932
Clerk/registrar: Johnson
Location of land: Colfax, Wexford
Consideration: $150
Notes: Alfred was previously granted a license to sell this land
Description: S 1/2 of the SE 1/4 Sec 16 AND the N/12 of the NW1/4 Sec 16 both in T23N R10W

This is the land that Alfred Fenton was granted a license to sell by the probate court. The deed which granted him the license was recorded in liber 101 page 180.

The land which Alfred Fenton was granted a license to sell was equal to 1/2 of Harmon and Susie’s real estate. The estimated value for the two 20 acre pieces was only $150, which is $3.75 an acre. In a drawing which I made from the old 1908 Atlas1, the two 20 acre parcels in section 16 are those which we sold in this deed.

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  1. Geo. A. Ogle & Co., Standard atlas of Wexford County, Michigan : including a plat book of the villages, cities and townships of the county…patrons directory, reference business directory…/ assisted in record work and platting by E. A. Losie. Geo. A. Ogle & Co. (Chicago, IL : Geo. A. Ogle & Co., 1908), page 45, The University of Michigan. Michigan County Histories and Atlases. http://name.umdl.umich.edu/3928168.0001.001 : accessed 2 November 2009.

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Fenton Family Land Records, Wexford County, Michigan Liber 54 page 137

January 25th, 2010 | Posted by Granny Pam in Papa's Ancestors - (0 Comments)
This entry is part 49 of 99 in the series Deeds in the Family

I am posting information gleaned from land records in the areas where our family’s ancestors resided. You can read more about this project in the overview. You may also check my deed record listing, which I will update frequently, but probably not every day. This group pertain to Papa’s Fenton ancestors who resided in Wexford County, Michigan.

This is the second record of Harmon H. Longstreet’s acquisition of his Colfax Township property.

Date: 26 April 1912
Liber: 54
Page: 137
Location: Lansing, MI
Grantor: State of Michigan
Grantee: H.H. Longstreet of Kalamazoo, MI
Witnesses:
Type of deed: State land Patent
Rec’d and recording: 12 June 1912
Clerk/registrar: M Northrup
Location of land: Wexford County, MI
Consideration: $320
Notes: first to Charles A. Clark ($82) certificate # 20325 for primary school, Liber 80 p 527 of State land records
Description: S 1/2 of the SE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Sec 16 T23N R10W

This shows Harmon H. Longstreet’s purchase of the 20 acres on the east side of 29 1/4 road. I marked that parcel in blue, on this map from the old 1908 atlas1.

I was interested in the possibility that there might have been a school here, but I doubt one was ever built. I own a book2 which lists the schools in Wexford County, and there is none on this section. The closest were the Davidson School (red circle at the bottom left of the map) at 20 and 27 Mile roads, and the Thomas School (red circle at the top of the map) at 16 and 31 mile roads. Papa’s mother and aunts and uncles attended the Thomas school.

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  1. Geo. A. Ogle & Co., Standard atlas of Wexford County, Michigan : including a plat book of the villages, cities and townships of the county…patrons directory, reference business directory…/ assisted in record work and platting by E. A. Losie. Geo. A. Ogle & Co. (Chicago, IL : Geo. A. Ogle & Co., 1908), page 45, The University of Michigan. Michigan County Histories and Atlases. http://name.umdl.umich.edu/3928168.0001.001 : accessed 2 November 2009.
  2. Wexford County Historical Society. Rural Schools of Wexford County. Cadillac, Michigan: Cadillac Printing Company, 1981. Pages 22-23.

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Fenton Family Land Records, Wexford County, Michigan Liber 34 page 537

January 24th, 2010 | Posted by Granny Pam in Papa's Ancestors - (0 Comments)
This entry is part 48 of 99 in the series Deeds in the Family

I am posting information gleaned from land records in the areas where our family’s ancestors resided. You can read more about this project in the overview. You may also check my deed record listing, which I will update frequently, but probably not every day. This group pertain to Papa’s Fenton ancestors who resided in Wexford County, Michigan.

When I started posting my land record extractions, I divided them by families. Today, I dug through the section marked “Longstreet”, to see if I had a record for of Harmon H. Longstreet’s acquisition of the land in Section 16 and 9 of Colfax Township, Wexford County. I found two, this is the earliest one.

Date: 15 August 1892
Liber: 34
Page: 537
Location: Wexford County, Michigan
Grantor: Leverett E. McCardell & Samantha McCardell his wife
Grantee: Harmon Henry Longstreet of Colfax Township, Wexford County, Michigan
Witnesses: Henry Sill, Fred S. Lamb
Type of deed: Warranty
Rec’d and recording: 16 August 1892 2:30 p.m.
Clerk/registrar: Samuel J. wall
Location of land: Colfax, Wexford, Michigan
Consideration: $100
Notes: “Excluding all claims except a mortgage dated April 1, 1891 now due $125, and taxes of 1890 and subsequent years.”
Description: N 1/2 of the NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 Section 16, T23N R10W

Harmon Longstreet purchased the 20 acre lot on the west side of 29 1/4 road on this transaction, which I have marked with a blue \ on this section of the old 1908 Atlas.1

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  1. Geo. A. Ogle & Co., Standard atlas of Wexford County, Michigan : including a plat book of the villages, cities and townships of the county…patrons directory, reference business directory…/ assisted in record work and platting by E. A. Losie. Geo. A. Ogle & Co. (Chicago, IL : Geo. A. Ogle & Co., 1908), page 45, The University of Michigan. Michigan County Histories and Atlases. http://name.umdl.umich.edu/3928168.0001.001 : accessed 2 November 2009.

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Fenton Family Land Records, Wexford County, Michigan Liber 101 page 180

January 23rd, 2010 | Posted by Granny Pam in Papa's Ancestors - (0 Comments)
This entry is part 47 of 99 in the series Deeds in the Family

I am posting information gleaned from land records in the areas where our family’s ancestors resided. You can read more about this project in the overview. You may also check my deed record listing, which I will update frequently, but probably not every day. This group pertain to Papa’s Fenton ancestors who resided in Wexford County, Michigan.

 

Date: 7 Dec 1932
Liber: 101
Page: 180
Location: Wexford County, Michigan
Grantor: Probate Court of Wexford County, MI
Grantee: Alfred Fenton
Witnesses: ————–
Type of deed: License to sell real estate
Rec’d and recording: 7 Dec 1932
Clerk/registrar: Johnson
Location of land: Wexford County, MI
Consideration: $100 bond
Notes: Alfred T. Fenton, a son of Susie M. Burdick Fenton Longstreet was granted a license to dispose of land in the estate of his step-father, Harmon H. Longstreet. Value of land: $150; Bond: 100
Description: S 1/2 of the SE 1/4 Sec 16 AND the N/12 of the NW1/4 Sec 16 both in T23N R10W

Harmon Longstreet died 28 June 1981, and his wife Susie lived several more months, passing away on 20 December 1931.

I discussed these parcels yesterday, which were also listed in the deed recorded in Liber 89, page 582. The land which Alfred Fenton was granted a license to sell was equal to 1/2 of Harmon and Susie’s real estate. The estimated value for the two 20 acre pieces was only $150, which is $3.75 an acre. In a drawing which I made from the old 1908 Atlas1, the two parcels in section 16 are those which are described in this deed.

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  1. Geo. A. Ogle & Co., Standard atlas of Wexford County, Michigan : including a plat book of the villages, cities and townships of the county…patrons directory, reference business directory…/ assisted in record work and platting by E. A. Losie. Geo. A. Ogle & Co. (Chicago, IL : Geo. A. Ogle & Co., 1908), page 45, The University of Michigan. Michigan County Histories and Atlases. http://name.umdl.umich.edu/3928168.0001.001 : accessed 2 November 2009.

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Fenton Family Land Records, Wexford County, Michigan Liber 100 page 342

January 22nd, 2010 | Posted by Granny Pam in Papa's Ancestors - (0 Comments)
This entry is part 46 of 99 in the series Deeds in the Family

I am posting information gleaned from land records in the areas where our family’s ancestors resided. You can read more about this project in the overview. You may also check my deed record listing, which I will update frequently, but probably not every day. This group pertain to Papa’s Fenton ancestors who resided in Wexford County, Michigan.

Date: 24 Feb 1927
Liber: 100
Page: 342
Location: Lansing, MI
Grantor: Auditor General of Michigan
Grantee: Ross Fenton
Witnesses: Gertrude L. Hartz, Grace Robson
Type of deed: State Tax Deed
Rec’d and recording: 21 March 1927
Clerk/registrar: Johnson
Location of land: Wexford
Consideration: ?
Notes: 1922 taxes. application : 5690
Description: E 1/2 of the SE 1/4 Sec 17 T23N R10W

This is one of the “80′s” that Papa’s family always refers to. Papa says that his grandfather, Ross P. Fenton, purchased the land from Cummer and Diggins.

The complicated history of the various lumber and lumber processing firms which operated in Wexford County, Michigan between 1875 and the early 1900′s is beyond the scope of my investigation.  I do know that there were a number partnerships and corporations, and the Cummer family were involved in many of them. It seems, however, from viewing the 1908 Atlas1, that the firm of Murphy & Diggins owned the property prior to Ross Fenton’ purchase.

You may enlarge this thumbnail by clicking on it. The land described in this deed is outlined in blue, the E 1/2 of the SE 1/4. It is  known as “the south 80″, in Papa’s family, even though the family has not owned the property for many years. The corresponding land in the NE 1/4 of section 17 is called “the north 80″. I may not have recorded information from Ross Fenton’s purchase of the two 80 acre parcels. Or, perhaps the transactions will come up later.

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From this deed, it appears that Ross was behind on his taxes, and paid his 1922 taxes on 24 February 1927, receiving a tax deed for his payment.

  1. Geo. A. Ogle & Co., Standard atlas of Wexford County, Michigan : including a plat book of the villages, cities and townships of the county…patrons directory, reference business directory…/ assisted in record work and platting by E. A. Losie. Geo. A. Ogle & Co. (Chicago, IL : Geo. A. Ogle & Co., 1908), page 45, The University of Michigan. Michigan County Histories and Atlases. http://name.umdl.umich.edu/3928168.0001.001 : accessed 2 November 2009.

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Fenton Family Land Records, Wexford County, Michigan Liber 89 page 582

January 21st, 2010 | Posted by Granny Pam in Papa's Ancestors - (0 Comments)
This entry is part 45 of 99 in the series Deeds in the Family

I am posting information gleaned from land records in the areas where our family’s ancestors resided. You can read more about this project in the overview. You may also check my deed record listing, which I will update frequently, but probably not every day. This group pertain to Papa’s Fenton ancestors who resided in Wexford County, Michigan.

Date: 29 April 1915
Liber: 89
Page: 582
Location: Wexford County, Michigan
Grantor: Harmon H. Longstreet
Grantee: Susie M. Longstreet
Witnesses: Horace H. Hogue, Vera B. Hogue
Type of deed: Warranty
Rec’d and recording: 30 April 1915
Clerk/registrar: Slack
Location of land: Colfax
Consideration: $1 and other valuable consideration
Notes: Harmon granting his wife 1/2 interest in his property.
Description: S 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of NW 1/4 AND N 12/ of NW 1/4 of SW 1/4 both Sect 16; AND SE 1/4 of SW 1/4 Sec 9 All in T23N R10W

According to the dower laws of Michigan, Harmon’s wife Susie was entitled to one-third of his property after his death. Harmon Longstreet must have wanted Susie to have half of the property, so he granted it to her legally.

This drawing constructed from the 1908 Atlas1 of Wexford County shows the holdings of Harmon Longstreet in Wexford County. The Atlas names the owner as “Herman” instead of “Harmon”.

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  1. Geo. A. Ogle & Co., Standard atlas of Wexford County, Michigan : including a plat book of the villages, cities and townships of the county…patrons directory, reference business directory…/ assisted in record work and platting by E. A. Losie. Geo. A. Ogle & Co. (Chicago, IL : Geo. A. Ogle & Co., 1908), page 45, The University of Michigan. Michigan County Histories and Atlases. http://name.umdl.umich.edu/3928168.0001.001 : accessed 2 November 2009.

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Fenton Family Land Records, Wexford County, Michigan Liber 97 page 632

January 20th, 2010 | Posted by Granny Pam in Papa's Ancestors - (0 Comments)
This entry is part 44 of 99 in the series Deeds in the Family

I am posting information gleaned from land records in the areas where our family’s ancestors resided. You can read more about this project in the overview. You may also check my deed record listing, which I will update frequently, but probably not every day. This group pertain to Papa’s Fenton ancestors who resided in Wexford County, Michigan.

 

Date: 13 October 1922
Liber: 97
Page: 632
Location: Manton, Michigan
Grantor: Harmon Longstreet & Susie M. Longstreet of Manton, Michigan
Grantee: Frank C. Howe & Sarah Howe Of Manton, MI
Witnesses: George A. Longstreet, Jno A. Muche
Type of deed: Warranty
Rec’d and recording: 13 Jun 1923
Clerk/registrar: Johnson
Location of land: Manton
Consideration: $300
Notes: Deed Restriction: Second Parties agree that said premises will not be used before April 14, 1929 for the business of General photography or maintaining a photograph gallery.
Description: Description: Lot 26, Manton

This transaction reverses the “sale” of Lot 26 in Manton which occurred on the deed recorded in Liber 97 page 369. Yesterday’s post was about that deed.

I guess that Frank and Sarah Howe needed a loan in January 1921. It cost $50 for them to borrow $250 for just a period of about 22 months! This type of loan was far more common that I could have imagined. I had not realized what was happening until I began to write about transactions, and compare land descriptions.

There was less buying and selling, and more loaning with property given as security.

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Fenton Family Land Records, Wexford County, Michigan Liber 87 page 628

January 16th, 2010 | Posted by Granny Pam in Papa's Ancestors - (0 Comments)
This entry is part 10 of 10 in the series Winnie Kaiser Yearnd Wedding Book

I am posting information gleaned from land records in the areas where our family’s ancestors resided. You can read more about this project in the overview. You may also check my deed record listing, which I will update frequently, but probably not every day. This group pertain to Papa’s Fenton ancestors who resided in Wexford County, Michigan.

Date: 16 Nov 1918
Liber: 87
Page: 628
Location: Wexford County, Michigan
Grantor: Walter Britton
Grantee: Alfred T Fenton and Hazel J. Fenton of Detroit
Witnesses: George Soper, Ben Soper
Type of deed: Warranty
Rec’d and recording: 25 Nov 1918
Clerk/registrar: Slack
Location of land: Colfax, Wexford, MI
Consideration: $1500
Notes:
Description: E 1/2 of the SW 1/4 Sect 5 T23N R10W

Alfred Thurston Fenton married Hazel Janette Tossey on 20 February 1917. An old family history states that the first two children of this couple were born in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan. This seems likely, since the family was enumerated in Lansing on the 1920 census1, where Alfred was listed as a “Varnish Rubber, Auto Co. I guess Detroit and Lansing were just one big far away place to some residents of Wexford County, even in 1918.

This purchase was in Alfred’s home neighborhood. You can enlarge the thumbnail, made from the 1914 Atlas2 of Wexford County, to see the purchased land and some of the neighbors land better.

The red outline represents the purchase on this deed. The blue X at the township line marks the land originally purchased by George Burdick in the township; George was Alfred Fenton’s maternal grandfather. The blue squares mark property along 29 1/4 road which was owned by Harmon H. and Susie Longstreet. Susie was Alfred’s mother.

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Edited on 26 January 2010 to correct the outline of the land described in the deed.

  1. “1920 US Federal Census”, database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 January 2010), entry for Alfred Fenton, [b.] 1887/1888, page 12A, Ward 3, Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan.
  2. Standard Map Company., Atlas of Wexford County, Michigan : containing complete maps of all townships, names of property owners, maps of the county, city of Cadillac, United States and State of Michigan., Standard Map Company., Cadillac Evening News (Firm) (Cadillac, Mich.: Cadillac Evening News, c1914), page 20, The University of Michigan. Michigan County Histories and Atlases. http://name.umdl.umich.edu/3928167.0001.001 : accessed 2 November 2009.

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