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_Jeremy Allen PAMPLIN ___|
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| |_Rae Anna HOLLIDAY __+
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[8469] Eva's occupation on 1870 census is domestic servant.
_William SHELDON ____+
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_William SHELDON ____|
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|--Lorinda SHELDON
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| _Jasper SAXTON LT____+
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|_Diadama SAXTON _____|
(1767 - 1838) m 1784|
|_Martha KEYES _______+
(1736 - 1813) m 1759
[1418]
The Lorinda Sheldon Story
1797 - 1874
Clarence Hollow, New York – Monroe, Wisconsin
November 26, 2004
Dear Children,
Tonight I will tell you about a very important woman in our family. She was a pioneer after the Revolutionary War, first in western New York and then in Wisconsin. She had eight children and also raised a grandson. She endured the grief of losing a daughter in early childhood and another daughter in early adulthood. She lived long enough to "retire" which, for Lorinda, meant being afforded the luxury of sitting by the window where the pink rosebush grew and knitting for hours on end.
Lorinda Derrick was born in Clarence Hollow, New York on February 14, 1797. William Sheldon and Diadama Saxton Sheldon had eleven children and Lorinda was the sixth - right in the middle! She was the first child of the family to be born in Clarence Hollow. Her name has been spelled Lurinda, Loranda, Lorenda, and Lorinda. I like Lorinda because that was the way they spelled her granddaughter Mary's middle name. I'm not totally sure about her birthplace as the Erie County genweb site says Asa Ransom, a distant cousin of the Derricks, was the first resident of Clarence in 1799. But in the next paragraph it says that someone named Hopkins settled there in 1797. But whether or not Lorinda was born there, that is where she spent her growing up years. And at that point in time Clarence was in the backwoods frontier of New York. There were many Indians in the neighborhood and lots of snow in the winter. In the middle of a large family on the frontier, Lorinda must have known hard work but also fun. If you read the book Caddie Woodlawn you will have some idea of what Lorinda's childhood was like. That book takes place 50 years later and in Wisconsin, not New York, but both little girls grew up on the frontier in olden days with Indians nearby.
In 1817 Lorinda married Rodolphus Derrick. They had two children, Rodolphus Frederick, whom they called Fred, and Harriet, when father Rodolphus took off on his year long journey down the Ohio River to Illinois. It would be interesting to know how Lorinda handled that absence. Perhaps she moved back with mom and dad and her younger brothers and sisters. After he returned Alonzo, Frank, Statira, Paulina, and Elvira were born. Then in 1836 Rodolphus took off out west again. We know this because that is when he bought land in Green County, Wisconsin. Two years later in 1838, the whole family came west. This is how The History of Green County tells it:
"In 1836, he came to Green County and purchased for himself and other parties, 1,200 acres of land in Sections 3 and 4 in the present towns of Spring Grove and Decatur. In the fall of 1838, he removed with his family to Wisconsin, stopping at White Oak Springs in what is now Lafayette County, where his two sons, Frederick and Alonzo, were at work in the lead mines. Here he remained until spring, keeping a boarding house during the winter. He then removed to Illinois, locating near Savannah. In 1840, he sent his son, Alonzo, with a hired man and team, to his land in Green County, who broke land preparatory to a crop the following year. In April, 1841, Rodolphus removed with his family to the town of Spring Grove, and there resided until his death."
Lorinda's last baby, Helen Irene, must have been born in Illinois, because she was born in October of 1840. That child died before her 5th birthday.
We know more about Lorinda's life after she came to Wisconsin when she was 43 years old. In 1927 her granddaughter, Ida L. Klumb, of Olympia, Washington, wrote an article about life in the original cabin built by Rodolphus and Lorinda (Sheldon) Derrick at Spring Grove, Green County, Wisconsin. The following excerpts are from that article.
" . . . . There was a large fireplace on the north side of the kitchen. Here, Loranda did all of the everyday cooking by hanging pots on a rod over the fire. Big tongs were set beside the chimney to be used when the fire needed replenishing. Pot hooks and cranes were tools used in handling the cooking utensils in these times. The baking was all done in a big brick oven built in the north comer of the kitchen. Loranda baked the most delicious salt-rising bread, pumpkin and mince pies, and baked beans at various times, usually twice per week.
"After 77 years of time has passed, one of the grandchildren (Ida Boslow Klumb) is giving this description. She was born in this same log house in the year 1850 in the northeast comer room on the upper floor. It was known as the 'Old Abby'. . . .(Ida was the daughter of Rody and Lorinda's daughter, Paulina.)
"The only kind of chairs used in the Abby in the year 1840 and some years later, were splint bottom chairs. They were all homemade. One chair in particular, I remember. It was a big rocking chair with splint bottom and back. These splints came from the inside bark of elm trees, arched and cut into proper lengths, then woven back and forth until the bottom of the chair would be covered. Frames of the chair, back legs and rounds, were fashioned from small limbs of walnut trees which were very plentiful. The rocking chair mentioned above was very substantial and was used for many, many years. It was still in the possession of Loranda Derrick at her death in 1873. The chair served many purposes, being used for a cradle for many of the grandchildren as well as a rest chair for the elderly. I well remember seeing Grandma sitting in it at the window that looked out on the yard. Beside the window was a rose bush and in June it was loaded with large pink roses. Grandma would sit by the window with her knitting work - a pretty sight, dressed in her white cap and neckerchief, a costume worn by all elderly women at that time.
"Lamps were not known in the home. For lighting the old log cabin, pine nuts and tallow candles were used. Grandma used to make up very large quantities, hundreds of dozens of them every fall. They were burned in candlesticks and had snuffers to snap the wicks. The brass candle sticks had to be cleaned and candles renewed every morning.
"Besides doing the work and cooking, Grandma made clothes for all the family by taking the wool from the sheep, cleaning and carding it, spinning it into yam and then weaving it into cloth. All this was done with homemade utensils such as the spinning wheel, reels, and looms. In 1860, the spinning wheel was still in the garret of the old home. After all this work to get the cloth, the clothing for every member of the family was made by hand sewing. Sewing machines had not been put into use at this time. Stockings were all hand knitted from yam which had been home spun. Even the shoes were all hand cobbled from home-tanned leather.
"All the joys and comforts of a home were of crude form compared with the present. For drinking purposes, gourds were mainly used. They were formed by cutting off one side, digging out the center, and then put them through a drying process. As a result, they became very hard, serviceable, and durable. They had a long neck used as a handle. A hole was made in the end through which a homespun string was run and the gourd was hung by the old stone well for a drinking cup. Many of these improvised dippers were kept about the house for various purposes.
"Besides the homemade splint bottom chairs, there were wooden cradles for the babies made of walnut wood. Bookcases and all cupboards used in the Abby were made of wood from the farm. One of the bookcases did service until 1873 and later.
"All soap used was home processed. First, they had to get the lye by making a sort of rack or bin to hold ashes and when this became full, water was poured on to the ashes until it was thoroughly saturated. After a short time, the water having penetrated all through the ashes, it would trickle out into a trough. This lye was used to cut the grease in making soap. The soap was made in big iron kettles placed over an outdoor fire. Large quantities were made and stored in a big log room used only for this purpose. . .
"Dishes in use in the household were crude and would tarnish very easily. They were kept in a dry condition by jabbing them down in the earth, which took off the tarnish and scoured them. Household and other luxuries were very few, but people were happy and contented fully as much as they are today with all the modern conveniences. Butter in these old days was made in wooden churns fashioned from staves cut from saplings on the home place.
"Scott Dory and Ida Boslow (two of Lorinda's grandchildren) used to play and run around the Abby kitchen while Pauline, Ida's mother, was scalding the churn. On one occasion, Scott accidentally ran under his mother's arm. The scalding water spilled on him, burning him severely. He carried the scar for life. . . .
"Wild plum trees bore an abundance of fruit from which Grandma made the most delicious sauce. . . .
"To keep fruit from freezing in the winter, a deep hole was dug in the ground and lined with straw. It was then filled with apples and straw and earth put on top. Then in the spring, what a treat it was to have apples brought out in fine condition to eat. To preserve potatoes, the same method was used. There was no such thing as a cold storage house. . . .
"Most of the water used in washing clothes was from a spring where the clothes were taken and the water heated. . . .
"After the death of Rodolphus, Loranda broke up housekeeping and went to live in another log house that had been built for her sister, Elvira Sheldon Hickman, who had gone to live in Urbana. Loranda lived there with her grandson, Scott Dory, whose mother Statira (Derrick) Dory, had died. Loranda kept Scott until he became a young man. After this, she went to live with Franklin Derrick who had built a large home on the hill north of the old log home. Loranda resided there until 1872, when Franklin moved to Monroe, Green County. This city was the county seat and Franklin had been elected Sheriff. Loranda (Sheldon) Derrick died on January 14, 1873 and was buried alongside other members of her family at the old homestead. The old log home was still standing in 1893 when Elvira and Pauline made their last visit to the home of their youth. "
From reading the above story you can imagine how much work in the home a mother was responsible for in those days. It's a good thing she had three strong young daughters to help her. Do you think you would like to go back in time to those days? When you weren't in school you would spend your time spinning and weaving, making candles and soap, cleaning lamps, and drawing water from a well. It would probably be fun, but only for the first five minutes. And besides all those tasks, Lorinda did all the cooking from scratch over a wood stove, and birthed and nursed and raised 8 children and then raised a grandson! I think there ought to be a statue of her someplace, don't you? She will probably never have a statue but at least we can remember her name and tell her story to the children who come after us.
Now here's how you're related to Lorinda Sheldon:
Rodolphus Derrick and Lorinda Sheldon Derrick had Franklin H. Derrick
Franklin H. and Harriet Boslow Derrick had Mary Lorinda Derrick (Never forget Mary Derrick!)
Mary Derrick Balis and John Balis had Flora Balis. Flora Balis Stevens and Edmund Stevens had Harold Stevens.
Harold and Helen White Stevens had Paul Stevens. Paul and Dianne Zimmerman Stevens had Dawne Stevens.
Dawne Stevens Pamplin and Jason Pamplin had . . .
Sarah, Hannah, Tim, and Becky!
So Hooay for Lorinda Sheldon!
Love, Granny
The original cabin built by Rodolphus and Loranda (Sheldon) Derrick at Spring Grove, Green County, Wisconsin, is clearly described by a granddaughter, Ida L. Klumb of Olympia, Washington. Ida wrote this article in 1927.
He was born August 8, 1793 and died September 29, 1860. She was born February 14, 1797 and died January 14, 1873. The house was made of logs and partitioned off,,, into two rooms. The north end of the lower part was used for a kitchen-dining room and a sitting room. The south end was used for sleeping quarters and a play room for the children. There was only one door and two windows in each of these rooms. The bedsteads were wooden and home made, with high posts on each comer in which curtains were fastened to make them private. A hallway ran between these two rooms and one door on the east and one on the west. Steps behind the east door led to the upper story in which there were two rooms with partitions made of logs.
As there was no sawmill in those times, the floors were made of puncheons which were logs split and smoothed on one side with an adze. The rough side was laid next to the ground. There was a large fireplace on the north side of the kitchen. Here, Loranda did all of the everyday cooking by hanging pots on a rod over the fire. Big tongs were used to set beside the chimney to be used when the fire needed replenishing. Pot hooks and cranes were tools used in handling the cooking utensils in these times. The baking was all done in a big brick oven built in the north comer of the kitchen. Loranda baked the most delicious salt-rising bread, pumpkin and mince pies, and baked beans at various times, usually twice per week.
After 77 years of time has passed, one of the grandchildren (Ida Boslow Klumb) is giving this description. She was born in this same log house in the year 1850 in the northeast comer room on the upper floor. It was known as the "Old Abby". All of the buildings on the homestead were constructed of logs and they consisted of corncrib, barns, chicken houses, hen coops, carpenter shop, sheds, and a smoke house. She remembers the smoke house very vividly as it used to be filled with meat every fall. The meat was smoked and cured for winter use. The carpenter shop was very much used by Rodolphus, who was a handy workman with carpenter tools.
The only kind of chairs used in the Abby in the year 1840 and some years later, were splint bottom chairs. They were all homemade. One chair in particular, I remember. It was a big rocking chair with splint bottom and back. These splints came from the inside bark of elm trees, arched and cut into proper lengths, then woven back and forth until the bottom of the chair would be covered. Frames of the chair, back legs and rounds, were fashioned from small limbs of walnut trees which were very plentiful. The rocking chair mentioned above was very substantial and was used for many, many years. It was still in the possession of Loranda Derrick at her death in 1873. The chair served many purposes, being used for a cradle for many of the grandchildren as well as a rest chair for the elderly. I well remember seeing Grandma sitting in it at the window that looked out on the yard. Beside the window was a rose bush and in June it was loaded with large pink roses. Grandma would sit by the window with her knitting work - a pretty sight, dressed in her white cap and neckerchief, a costume worn by all elderly women at that time.
Lamps were not known in the home. For lighting the old log cabin, pine nuts and tallow candles were used. Grandma used to make up very large quantities, hundreds of dozens of them every fall. They were burned in candlesticks and had snuffers to snap the wicks. The brass candle sticks had to be cleaned and candles renewed every morning.
Besides doing the work and cooking, Grandma made clothes for all the family by taking the wool from. the sheep, cleaning and carding it, spinning it into yam and then weaving it into cloth. All this was done with homemade utensils such as the spinning wheel, reels, and looms. In 1860, the spinning wheel Was still in the garret of the old home. After all this work to get the cloth, the clothing for every member of the family was made by hand sewing. Sewing machines had not been put into use at this time. Stockings were all hand knitted from yam which had been home spun. Even the shoes were all hand cobbled from home-tanned leather.
All the joys and comforts of a home were of crude form compared with the present. For drinking purposes, gourds were mainly used. They were formed by cutting off one side, digging out the center, and then put them through a drying process. As a result, they became very hard, serviceable, and durable. They had a long neck used as a handle. A hole was made in the end through which a homespun string was run and the gourd was hung by the old stone well for a drinking cup. Many of these improvised dippers were kept about the house for various purposes.
Besides the homemade splint bottom chairs, there were wooden cradles for the babies made of walnut wood. Bookcases and all cupboards used in the Abby were made of wood from the farm. One of the bookcases did service until 1873 and later.
All soap used was home processed. First, they had to get the lye by making a sort of rack or bin to hold ashes and when this became full, water was poured on to the ashes until it was thoroughly saturated. After a short time, the water having penetrated all through the ashes, it would trickle out into a trough. This lye was used to cut the grease in making soap. The soap was made in big iron kettles placed over an outdoor fire. Large quantities were made and stored in a big log room used only -for this purpose.
[1422]
The original cabin built by Rodolphus and Loranda (Sheldon) Derrick at Spring Grove, Green County, Wisconsin, is clearly described by a granddaughter, Ida L. Klumb of Olympia, Washington. Ida wrote the article quoted in this source in 1927.
He was born August 8, 1793 and died September 29, 1860. She was born February 14, 1797 and died January 14, 1873. The house was made of logs and partitioned off,,, into two rooms. The north end of the lower part was used for a kitchen-dining room and a sitting room. The south end was used for sleeping quarters and a play room for the children. There was only one door and two windows in each of these rooms. The bedsteads were wooden and home made, with high posts on each comer in which curtains were fastened to make them private. A hallway ran between these two rooms and one door on the east and one on the west. Steps behind the east door led to the upper story in which there were two rooms with partitions made of logs.
As there was no sawmill in those times, the floors were made of puncheons which were logs split and smoothed on one side with an adze. The rough side was laid next to the ground. There was a large fireplace on the north side of the kitchen. Here, Loranda did all of the everyday cooking by hanging pots on a rod over the fire. Big tongs were used to set beside the chimney to be used when the fire needed replenishing. Pot hooks and cranes were tools used in handling the cooking utensils in these times. The baking was all done in a big brick oven built in the north comer of the kitchen. Loranda baked the most delicious salt-rising bread, pumpkin and mince pies, and baked beans at various times, usually twice per week.
After 77 years of time has passed, one of the grandchildren (Ida Boslow Klumb) is giving this description. She was born in this same log house in the year 1850 in the northeast comer room on the upper floor. It was known as the "Old Abby". All of the buildings on the homestead were constructed of logs and they consisted of corncrib, barns, chicken houses, hen coops, carpenter shop, sheds, and a smoke house. She remembers the smoke house very vividly as it used to be filled with meat every fall. The meat was smoked and cured for winter use. The carpenter shop was very much used by Rodolphus, who was a handy workman with carpenter tools.
The only kind of chairs used in the Abby in the year 1840 and some years later, were splint bottom chairs. They were all homemade. One chair in particular, I remember. It was a big rocking chair with splint bottom and back. These splints came from the inside bark of elm trees, arched and cut into proper lengths, then woven back and forth until the bottom of the chair would be covered. Frames of the chair, back legs and rounds, were fashioned from small limbs of walnut trees which were very plentiful. The rocking chair mentioned above was very substantial and was used for many, many years. It was still in the possession of Loranda Derrick at her death in 1873. The chair served many purposes, being used for a cradle for many of the grandchildren as well as a rest chair for the elderly. I well remember seeing Grandma sitting in it at the window that looked out on the yard. Beside the window was a rose bush and in June it was loaded with large pink roses. Grandma would sit by the window with her knitting work - a pretty sight, dressed in her white cap and neckerchief, a costume worn by all elderly women at that time.
Lamps were not known in the home. For lighting the old log cabin, pine nuts and tallow candles were used. Grandma used to make up very large quantities, hundreds of dozens of them every fall. They were burned in candlesticks and had snuffers to snap the wicks. The brass candle sticks had to be cleaned and candles renewed every morning.
Besides doing the work and cooking, Grandma made clothes for all the family by taking the wool from. the sheep, cleaning and carding it, spinning it into yam and then weaving it into cloth. All this was done with homemade utensils such as the spinning wheel, reels, and looms. In 1860, the spinning wheel Was still in the garret of the old home. After all this work to get the cloth, the clothing for every member of the family was made by hand sewing. Sewing machines had not been put into use at this time. Stockings were all hand knitted from yam which had been home spun. Even the shoes were all hand cobbled from home-tanned leather.
All the joys and comforts of a home were of crude form compared with the present. For drinking purposes, gourds were mainly used. They were formed by cutting off one side, digging out the center, and then put them through a drying process. As a result, they became very hard, serviceable, and durable. They had a long neck used as a handle. A hole was made in the end through which a homespun string was run and the gourd was hung by the old stone well for a drinking cup. Many of these improvised dippers were kept about the house for various purposes.
Besides the homemade splint bottom chairs, there were wooden cradles for the babies made of walnut wood. Bookcases and all cupboards used in the Abby were made of wood from the farm. One of the bookcases did service until 1873 and later.
All soap used Was home processed. First, they had to get the lye by making a sort of rack or bin to hold ashes and when this became full, water was poured on to the ashes until it was thoroughly saturated. After a short time, the water having penetrated all through the ashes, it would trickle out into a trough. This lye was used to cut the grease in making soap. The soap was made in big iron kettles placed over an outdoor fire. Large quantities were made and stored in a big log room used only -for this purpose.
Line 30 Dwelling # 148 Household # 148
Derrick, F.H. age 46 farmer Real Estate = $15,000 b. NY
Harriet 48 Canada
Theodore 22 farmer WI
Frank 20 in school WI
Mary 17 in school WI
Levi 15 in school WI
Harriet 13 in school WI
Peter 8 in school WI
Lorinda 78 NY
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RD Derrick age 66 farmer b. NY
Neeranda " 63
Scott Duory 10 WI
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| _John Lester TYNAN Jr_______+
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|_Eugenie TYNAN ______|
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|_Sabrina Sandalinie PIERCE _+
(1857 - 1929) m 1874
[5270] The 1910 census indicates that Ora is a niece of Spencer.
1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Sabina Tynan [Salina Fynare] [Sabina Tuman]
Age: 43 Birth Date: May 1857 Birthplace: Wisconsin
Race: White Gender: Female Relationship to head-of-house: Wife
Father's Birthplace: Vermont Mother's Birthplace: New York
Mother: number of living children: 6 Mother: How many children: 7
Spouse's name: John Tynan Marriage Year: 1874 Years Married: 26
Home in 1900: Loyal, Clark, Wisconsin
John Tynan 48 MI-Can-Irel May 1852 m. 26 yrs (1874)
Sabina Tynan 43 WI-VT-NY May 1857
Spencer Tynan 21 WI-MI-WI Oct 1878
Maggie Tynan 17 WI-MI-WI Jun 1882
Johnnie Tynan 15 WI-MI-WI Oct 1884
Ora Tynan 5 WI-MI-WI Dec 1894 daughter
Hashel Tynan 4 WI-MI-WI Jan 1896 son
1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Bina Tymon [Bina Tynon] Age in 1910: 52 Estimated birth year: abt 1858
Birthplace: Wisconsin Relation to Head of House: Mother
Father's Birth Place: Wisconsin Mother's Birth Place: Wisconsin
Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Female
Home in 1910: North Fond Du Lac, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Spencer W Tymon 31 WI-WI-WI m1 - 0 yrs Locomotive Engineer
Lilian Tymon 20 WI-WI-WI m1 - 0 yrs
Bina Tymon 52 WI-WI-WI m1 - 34 yrs 6 of 6 children living
Ora Tymon 15 WI-WI-WI niece << sister
Haskell Tymon 14 WI-WI-WI nephew << brother
[5274] Information from a letter from Bette Deschand to Evelyn dated 26 Apr 2006
1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Sabina Tynan [Salina Fynare] [Sabina Tuman]
Age: 43 Birth Date: May 1857 Birthplace: Wisconsin
Race: White Gender: Female Relationship to head-of-house: Wife
Father's Birthplace: Vermont Mother's Birthplace: New York
Mother: number of living children: 6 Mother: How many children: 7
Spouse's name: John Tynan Marriage Year: 1874 Years Married: 26
Home in 1900: Loyal, Clark, Wisconsin
John Tynan 48 MI-Can-Irel May 1852 m. 26 yrs (1874)
Sabina Tynan 43 WI-VT-NY May 1857
Spencer Tynan 21 WI-MI-WI Oct 1878
Maggie Tynan 17 WI-MI-WI Jun 1882
Johnnie Tynan 15 WI-MI-WI Oct 1884
Ora Tynan 5 WI-MI-WI Dec 1894 daughter
Hashel Tynan 4 WI-MI-WI Jan 1896 son