Betsey Wilsey
Betsey Wilsey (maiden name: Sanders) was born on December 22, 1805, in New York to Loudwick and Mary Sanders. She married George Lucas on December 9, 1827, and they had a son named Isaiah. Her husband sometime before 1830. She married Jeremiah Wilsey on March 4, 1830, and they had at least seven children: Jane; Eliza, born around 1833; Betsey; Ann, born around 1837; Jeremiah, born around 1840; Henry, born around 1842; and William, born around 1844. They lived in Woodstock, Michigan, and her husband worked as a farmer. By 1860, they owned $4,000 of real estate and $600 of personal property. A decade later, they owned $6,400 of real estate and $1,450 of personal property. Her husband died on April 9, 1876, and she passed away on January 6, 1885.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (4892) | Wilsey, Betsey ~ Sanders, Betsey | 1805-12-22 | 1885-01-06 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Female
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 4
- (1512) [recipient] ~ Lyman A. Griffith to Jeremiah Wilsey and Betsey Wilsey, 24 January 1864
- (1513) [recipient] ~ Lyman A. Griffith to Jeremiah Wilsey and Betsey Wilsey, 14 February 1864
- (1514) [recipient] ~ Lyman A. Griffith to Jeremiah Wilsey and Betsey Wilsey, 31 March 1864
- (1516) [recipient] ~ Lyman A. Griffith to Jeremiah Wilsey and Betsey Wilsey, 21 May 1864
People - Records: 3
- (4895) Wilsey, William is the [child of] (4892) Wilsey, Betsey
Places - Records: 2
SOURCES
1860 and 1870 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; “Jeremiah Wilsey” Find a Grave profile, available from Findagrave.com; Portrait and Biographical Album of Lenawee County, Michigan (Chicago, IL: Chapman Brothers, 1888)
