Hervey, Willard

Hervey, Willard

Male 1815 - 1887  (72 years)

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  • Name Hervey, Willard  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Born 10 Jun 1815  New Braintree, Worcester Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7, 8
    Gender Male 
    Residence 5 Dec 1870  Ringgold, LaGrange, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Died 21 Dec 1887  Kosciusko, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10, 11
    Buried Clearspring, Lagrange, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Beulah Cem.,
    Person ID I3617  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2022 

    Father Harvey, Byram,   b. 8 Feb 1775, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Oct 1831, New Braintree, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Keith, Parnell,   b. 27 Jun 1782, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Sep 1850, New Braintree, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 4 Dec 1800  Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13, 14
    Family ID F1469  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Crosby, Sabrina C.,   b. 2 Feb 1814, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Mar 1889, Lagrange, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 22 Dec 1839  Clearspring Twp., Lagrange, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Hervey, Calista Ann,   b. Abt 1850, Lagrange, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     2. Hervey, Lois,   b. Lagrange, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1882  [natural]
     3. Hervey, Lucelia D.,   b. 3 Dec 1840, Lagrange, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Dec 1908, Eden, La Grange, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)  [natural]
     4. Hervey, Lutherie Cutler,   b. 18 Jul 1842, Hawpatch, LaGrange Co., Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Dec 1922, Appleton City, St. Clair County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)  [natural]
     5. Hervey, Laura B.,   b. 3 Jun 1844, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1924, Fall River, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)  [natural]
     6. Hervey, Lovilla R.,   b. 1846, Lagrange, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jun 1902, Logansport, Cass, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)  [natural]
     7. Hervey, Pirishba,   b. 1847, Lagrange, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     8. Hervey, Bashba R.,   b. 30 Mar 1848, Lagrange, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Nov 1851, Lagrange, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 3 years)  [natural]
     9. Hervey, Henry Harrison,   b. 12 Mar 1850, Lagrange, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Oct 1935  (Age 85 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2022 
    Family ID F1065  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Crosby, Louisa B.,   b. 10 Oct 1817,   d. 23 Oct 1839, Lagrange, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 22 years) 
    Married 3 Dec 1835  Oneida Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Hervey, Parnell K.,   b. 18 Dec 1837, Lagrange, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Dec 1838, Lagrange, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)  [natural]
     2. Hervey, Louisa B.,   b. 23 Oct 1839, Lagrange, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Mar 1911, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2022 
    Family ID F1066  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 3 Dec 1835 - Oneida Co., New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 22 Dec 1839 - Clearspring Twp., Lagrange, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 21 Dec 1887 - Kosciusko, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Clearspring, LaGrange, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971
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    Documents
    Marriage Record
    Marriage Record
    U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907
    U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907
    Henry H. Hervy - 1880 United States Federal Census
    Henry H. Hervy - 1880 United States Federal Census

    Headstones
    Willard_Sabrina_Hervey_Gravestone.jpg
    Willard_Sabrina_Hervey_Gravestone.jpg

  • Notes 


    • Index to the probate records of the County of Worcester, Massachusetts from July 12, 1731 to July 1, 1881. Series A, Volume 1, page 673.
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      Willard Harvey buried: Buelah Cemetery, Lagrange Co., Indiana "AGE 72Y, 6M, 11D" (on tombstone).
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      WILLARD Hervey was born in Bridgewater, MA, June 10, 1815, and when seventeen years old began an apprenticeship of eighteen months in making custom-made shoes, and followed that industry for seven years. His parents, Byron and Parnell Hervey, were natives of Massachusetts, and Died in Worcester County. Willard Hervey, while in Oneida County, N.Y., was Married December 3, 1835, to Miss Louisa B. Crosby, a native of Massachusetts. Her parents were Simeon and Sarah S. Crosby. Her father died in New York and her mother in this township [Clearspring]. After a short residence in Utica County, N.Y., Mr. Hervey and wife came to Indiana, remaining two months in Steuben County; then came to this township, where he entered 120 acres of land, upon which he built a log cabin and located in 1837. Eighty acres of land are under cultivation. Mr. Hervey has held several township offices; served for four years as Justice of the Peace, and for eight years as Postmaster at Ringgold - the later office is now abandoned. October 23, 1839, Mr. Hervey's wife died, and he was married to her sister, Sabrina C. Crosby, a native of Massachusetts, December 22, 1839. The are members of the M. P. Church. By his first wife Mr. Hervey has two children - Parnell, deceased; and Louisa B. The other children are Lucelia, Lutherera C., Laura B., Lovilla R., Bashby F. deceased, Henry H., Calista A., and Lois (deceased)
      Source: "History of LaGrange and Noble Counties Indiana" by F.A.Battey & Co.., - Clearspring Township, Page 381
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      Willard Harvey came in this year, at first to the home of Simeon Crosby, whose daughter he married in 1839
      Source: HISTORY OF LAGRANGE COUNTY, Page 212
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      Census, 1850 Clearspring Twp., LaGrange Co., Indiana
      Willard Hervey 25 M Farmer Massachusetts
      Sabrina Hervey 26 F Massachusetts
      Louisa Hervey 10 F Indiana
      Lucelia D 9 F Indiana
      Lutherie C 8 F Indiana
      Laura B. 6 F Indiana
      Lovilla R. 4 F Indiana
      Bashba 2 F Indiana
      Henry H. 8/12 M Indiana
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      Census, 1870 Clearspring Twp., LaGrnge Co., Indiana
      Hervey, Willard 54 M W Farmer Massachusetts
      Sabrina 56 F W Keeping House Massachusetts
      Henry 20 M W Farm Laborer Indiana
      Lucia 17 F W Keeping House Indiana
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      1880 Indiana Census, Lagrange County, Clear Spring Township
      Page 4, lines 3-6, Dwelling 32, household 33
      Hervy, Willard; W M 64, Farmer; MA MA Mass
      ----, Sabrina C; W F 66, Wife, Keeping house; Mass, Connect., MA
      ----, Charly, W M 12, Grandson; Indiana, Indiana, Indiana
      Mann, Charles; W M 20, Farm hand; Ohio, New York, Ohio

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  • Sources 
    1. [S87] 1882 History LaGrange County, Indiana, F.A.Battey & Co..,, (Date: 1882;).

    2. [S387] Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941, Ancestry.com, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Crosby, Sabina C. married Hervey, Willard on 22 Dec 1839 in Lagrange County, Indiana; Indiana
      Lagrange County
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      Record for Sabina C. Crosby

    3. [S1232] U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2008;).
      U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907
      U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907


    4. [S1233] U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).
      U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971
      U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971


    5. [S1688] Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2018;), New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Vital Records of New Braintree, Massachusetts to the Year 1850.
      Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850
      Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850


    6. [S360] Vital Records of New Braintree, Massachusetts to the year 1850, (Name: New England Historic Genealogical Society at the charge of the Eddy Town-Record FundBoston, MassachusettsFilmed by Microform Books, Oxford, Mass.a Division of Holbrook Research Institute;).

    7. [S356] Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, 2 Vols, Vol. 2, page 135.

    8. [S378] Massachusetts Town Birth Records, New England Historic Genealogical Society, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999;), Database online.
      Record for Willard Harvey

    9. [S217] Kosciusko Co. IN Death index.
      Hervey, Willard 22 Dec 1887

    10. [S218] Kosciusko Co. Indiana Estate Inventories and Administrations Index.
      (books, pages)
      Hervey, Willard AER3-95
      Hervey, Willard D-39,43

    11. [S188] Indian Deaths, 1882-1920 Record.
      Name: Willard Hervey
      Date: Dec 22, 1887
      Age: 74 yr
      Gender: Male
      Race: W
      Source location: County Health Office, Warsaw
      Source notes: The source of this record is the book H-14 on page 62 within the series produced by the Indiana Works Progress Administration.


    12. [S356] Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, 2 Vols, Vol 1, page 161.

    13. [S815] Byrams in America: Second Edition, John Arnold Byram, (Name: Gateway Press; Location: Baltimore, MD; Date: 1996;), Content Byram, pages 24-24.

    14. [S1337] Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;).