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- 1 NAME John /Udell/
1 PROP
2 DATE 1840
2 PLAC Ashtabula County, OH
1 PROP
2 DATE 1 SEP 1866
2 PLAC , Solano, CA Doc#95322, Twp 007N, Rg 991W, Sec 13
1 PROP
2 DATE 25 MAY 1869
2 PLAC , Solano, CA Doc#36, Homestead, Twp 007N, Rg 001E, Sec 8
1 PROP
2 DATE 1870
2 PLAC Real $300, Personal $200
Source:INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL TO CALIFORNIA ACROSS THE GREAT PLAINS written by John Udell, published in 1856. I have a copy that has been passed down to 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, Rensalaer Co., NY-father's family [Great uncle by marriage to Lucinda Udell, 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 Co., NY also cousin Susan Humphrey. Mother's Uncle Amaziah Bailey, very old, in Troy, Nassau, NY. [This is really his mother's great uncle] Cousin Samuel Udell in New York City, NY. Visited Jacob Bailey of Kingsville, Philadelphia, PA. Visited a friend Lydia Hascal, married to J. Gillett of Stephentown in New Lebanon, NY. Also, Samuel Udell, first cousin of father. In Utica near New London, visited brother-in-law at McConnelsville. In Lockport, NY saw cousin Jane Udell Jefferson, Cornelius Udell and Charles Udell.
1834 fourth and youngest daughter, Emma was born in Windsor, OH.
1838 Enoch Twp, Monroe Co., IA. Neighbors were John Huggins, Daniel Bates, Leicester Stephens
1841 Trip to Grernsey County, MO. Visited friends, Seldon Payne in Middlefork on Grand River
1841 Got a house in Wheeling, VA as trade on a farm.
1843 March, family left for MO
1844 moved to Clay Co, MO, it was a slave state
1845 December, moved back to OH
1845 Went with sons Oliver and Henry to Davis Co., IA
1846 January, went to daughter Lydia Allen's home in Marietta, OH
1846 visited Alva Udell in Hiram, Portage County
1846 visited parent's home in Jefferson, Ashtabula Co., OH
1848 visited William Sale in Andrews Co., MO near St. Joseph. Also had a friend George Ross who lived in Gentry Co., MO near Bethany, county seat of Harrison and Athens.
1849 friend Leicester Stephens was in Washington County. Also son Jared, son-in-law William Allen [husband of Lydia M. Udell, b. 1817] and brother-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 Co., MO
1855 visited brother-in-law Alva Udell in Macedonia, Cincinnati, OH
1855 November visited brother Frederick Udell in Jefferson, Near Ashtabula, OH
1856 visited cousin Abigail Ober. Also, visited wife's cousin, Ezra Bailey, 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 death dates and John's second marriage. This information was researched by C. Melvin Bleven, Wedderburn, OR.
Corning, Tehama, CA Library, Aug 2000, Book: "Tehama County Pioneers" by Keith Lingenfelter, Vol 4,
R 979.427 LIN C.2 "R to Z", copyright 1996 by Spatial Ink, Chico, Tehama, CA. Original Manuscripts are at the College in Chico, CA
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, who died in 1868.
This document lists "other grandchildren of John." The ones I do not have a record of are: Daniel Udell, born 1847, Ralph Udell, born 1855, and Irene Udell, born ?. The parents of these additional grandchildren were not given, so I am only listing them here.
Corning, Tehama, CA Library, Microfiche of County Records:
Has Birth date as 28 June 1793, probably from headstone.
Have pictures of headstone in Paskenta, Tehama, CA cemetery. He is buried in the Wood family plot, along with his daughter Caroline Mary Udell Wood, her husband Stephen and their family.
Aug 2000, Red Bluff, Tehama, CA Court House. Probate Court Records. November 12, 1877, Alva Udell, grandson of John, filed to become the Administrator of the Estate. He posted a bond of $250. and was granted the Administrator ship. This is very interesting, since John supposedly 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 all known, living relatives of John. It is here the location of Mary, John's second wife if mentioned: '..believes and therefore alleges to be the heirs at law of said deceased are Mrs. Mary L. Udell, widow, age unknown, residing at some place in Arizona Territory, ......'. If no property existed 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 by Dennis Marr and Susan B. Naumann.
Some records have birth year as 1793 and some 1795. Further research leads me to believe he was born in 1794. He says he celebrated his 65th birthday while on the Beale Road. Has second wife's name as "Clarinda Anderson", but it should be "Mary Llarinda Anderson." The name Llarinda is Spanish and the LL is pronounced as a "Y". This is not an uncommon name in this area because there is a large Hispanic population now and when John lived there. P.Smith, Sept 2000.
Correspondence with Mel Bliven 3 Jan 2002
'History of Lenox Twp, Ashtabula, OH, 1878, pg 223. During 1814 & 1815, Benjamin Waters, Joseph Walling, Jared Merrill and Seth Smith, with their families, were the principal additions to the population. Pg. 224 In about 1820 there was built and put into operation on lot 25, by John Udell and Sylvanus Merrill, a small distillery for the manufacture of whiskey.
Correspondence with Mel Bliven: He believes the entry in Jack Beale Smith's book regarding John's second wife may have been a typo and that her 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, and are 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, please advise.
1856. The earliest known story is that told by John3 Udell in his "Life of Udell." It is reasonable to assume that he relied on his father's records. His book is 'John Udell, Incidents Of Travel to California, Across The Great Plains; Together With The Return Trips Through Central America 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 the Udell's. The 'furthest' for me was Henry, remembered by my mother as "little grandpa." Passing by a bookcase at Goodspeed's (Boston, MA) in 1970 I saw a copy of John Udell's book and had to have it. That was the highest-priced book I had ever bought-$80.00. A microfilm copy is available, for $20.00. As of December 12, 2001, you will need to send $20 to Lynne Morgan, Disciples of Christ Historical Society, 1101 19th Ave S, Nashville, TN 37212, with your order for the microfilm. She will order it for you--it usually takes 4-6 weeks, as they have to send it out to be done. This is microfilm and can only be read on a microfilm reader.
1859. One of the rarest books in Western Americana is 'John Udell's Journal," published in Suisun City, Solano County, California, in 1859, which describes John 3 Udell and his wife Emily's adventure-filled journey to California. A variant edition was published in 1860 (not seen), and an edition was published in 1946. It is available on-line, in chapters.
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 & Co., 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 of Dr. Lionel Udall of Stonington, Conn." The Genealogical Exchange, published monthly at Buffalo, NY., vol 1, No. 6, October, 1904, et seq. He expanded and typed his Mss in 1929 (Harrisburg, PA), and again in 1950 (Washington, D.C.). A typescript of the 1950 version, "DR. LIONEL UDALL AND HIS DESCENDANTS," was given to his sister, Mrs. Bert Chambers, of Concord, MA. She donated her copy to the New England Historical and Genealogical Society (NEHGS). According to their librarian in 1970, Arner's research notes and file cards are at NGS, Washington, D.C. I do have a copy of the 1950 manuscript, impossible to copy legibly and not transcribed. 1906. John Denison Champlin, "Udall Family Record," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (NEHGR) 60 (1906): 330-1. He writes "The following record of two generation of the Udall family is from an account book of Dr. Lionel Udall, a practicing physician at Stonington, Conn., in the first half of the eighteenth century. Dr. Udall, who is ignored by Wheeler in his history of the town, was a man of considerable prominence, and appears to have had a large practice in eastern Connecticut and throughout Rhode Island, extending from New London to Newport. He is said to have been born in England about 1690, to have come early to this country, and to have married in Stonington, where all his children were born, and where he died in 1767. The accounts in his book range from 1750 to 1767. Besides medical charges and credits on the opposite page to patients, the volume contains a few private memoranda and the genealogical record. The first half of the latter is in the handwriting of Dr. Lionel Udall himself, the last in that of his grandson James, born Sept. 19, 1779, son of Samuel Udall.
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Davis Uriah I | Born 1707
1795 - 1874 (79 years)