_Thomas AMSDEN ______+
| (1752 - 1811) m 1772
_Jacob, Sr. AMSDEN __|_Patience MILLER ____
| (1774 - 1822) m 1794 (1749 - 1822)
_Thomas AMSDEN ______|
| (1799 - 1875) m 1837|
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Lydia RICE _________|_____________________
| m 1794
_William Henry, Sr. AMSDEN _|
| (1851 - ....) m 1878 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| | _____________________|_____________________
| | |
| |_Hannah LOVELY ______|
| (1815 - 1876) m 1837|
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_____________________|_____________________
|
|
|--William Henry, Jr. AMSDEN
| (1884 - 1923)
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | | _____________________
| | | |
| | |_____________________|_____________________
| |
|_Esther COX ________________|
m 1878 |
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|_____________________
[691] All data from Cummings. Cause of death Pneumonia Influenza.
_Jacob, Sr. AMSDEN __+
| (1728 - 1772) m 1751
_Thomas AMSDEN ______|_Mary HOWE __________
| (1752 - 1811) m 1772 (1726 - 1797)
_Jacob, Sr. AMSDEN __|
| (1774 - 1822) m 1794|
| | _Isaac MILLER _______
| | |
| |_Patience MILLER ____|_____________________
| (1749 - 1822) m 1772
_Thomas AMSDEN ______|
| (1799 - 1875) m 1837|
| | _____________________
| | |
| | _____________________|_____________________
| | |
| |_Lydia RICE _________|
| m 1794 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_____________________|_____________________
|
|
|--William Henry, Sr. AMSDEN
| (1851 - ....)
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | | _____________________
| | | |
| | |_____________________|_____________________
| |
|_Hannah LOVELY ______|
(1815 - 1876) m 1837|
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|_____________________
[464] Link with Cummings who supplied the complete middle name and thecontinuation of this branch.
_Jacob, Sr. AMSDEN __+
| (1728 - 1772) m 1751
_Jacob, Jr. AMSDEN __|_Mary HOWE __________
| (1761 - 1830) m 1783 (1726 - 1797)
_Jacob, III AMSDEN __|
| (1789 - 1843) m 1812|
| | _James FELTON _______
| | |
| |_Sarah FELTON _______|_Sarah HOULTON ______
| (1762 - 1821) m 1783
_Washington H. AMSDEN _|
| (1825 - 1886) m 1846 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| | _____________________|_____________________
| | |
| |_Lyndia HOSKINS _____|
| (1794 - 1844) m 1812|
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_____________________|_____________________
|
|
|--William Howe AMSDEN
| (1859 - 1891)
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
| _Paul GATES _________|
| | |
| | | _____________________
| | | |
| | |_____________________|_____________________
| |
|_Chloe Ann GATES ______|
(.... - 1905) m 1846 |
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
|_Eliza STONE ________|
|
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|_____________________
[523] William remained unmarried.
_Isaac, Sr. AMSDEN ____+
| (1722 - 1809) m 1750
_Simeon AMSDEN ______|_Sarah BELDEN _________
| (1763 - 1832) m 1787 (1730 - 1770)
_Lyman AMSDEN _______|
| (1794 - 1887) m 1833|
| | _Jonathan, IV WHITNEY _+
| | | (1737 - 1792) m 1760
| |_Abigail WHITNEY ____|_Esther PARKHURST _____
| (1764 - 1853) m 1787 (1741 - 1816)
_Whitney Daniel AMSDEN _|
| (1857 - 1937) m 1883 |
| | _______________________
| | |
| | _____________________|_______________________
| | |
| |_Mary WHITMAN _______|
| (1800 - 1885) m 1833|
| | _______________________
| | |
| |_____________________|_______________________
|
|
|--William Lyman AMSDEN
| (1889 - 1972)
| _______________________
| |
| _____________________|_______________________
| |
| _Henry BRASE ________|
| | |
| | | _______________________
| | | |
| | |_____________________|_______________________
| |
|_Louisa M. BRASE _______|
(1864 - 1946) m 1883 |
| _______________________
| |
| _____________________|_______________________
| |
|_Caroline WAGNOR ____|
|
| _______________________
| |
|_____________________|_______________________
[378] William and Florence resided and farmed in Ryan, Iowa.
_Simeon AMSDEN ______+
| (1763 - 1832) m 1787
_Lyman AMSDEN _______|_Abigail WHITNEY ____
| (1794 - 1887) m 1816 (1764 - 1853)
_Lyman William AMSDEN _____|
| (1824 - 1884) m 1854 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Cynthia TIBBETS ____|_____________________
| (1796 - 1830) m 1816
_Arthur Tibbets AMSDEN _|
| (1858 - 1949) m 1883 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| | _John DAVIS _________|_____________________
| | | (1787 - ....) m 1810
| |_Maria Jane DAVIS _________|
| (1831 - ....) m 1854 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Harriet FLOWER _____|_____________________
| (1793 - ....) m 1810
|
|--William Lyman, Sr. AMSDEN
| (1885 - 1956)
| _____________________
| |
| _Alexander HERRON ___|_____________________
| |
| _William Alexander HERRON _|
| | |
| | | _____________________
| | | |
| | |_____________________|_____________________
| |
|_Rachel Jane HERRON ____|
(1861 - 1918) m 1883 |
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
|_Mary L. MCLEES ___________|
|
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|_____________________
[282]
William (Bill) Amsden came to Lodgepole, SD by team and wagon fromGroton in 1907, with Minnie and Chet Henderson. They lived asneighbors all their lives. More about this Amsden family can be foundin "Winds and Waving Grass", a Lodgepole town history, edited byAmsden descendents.
Note from McLeester - Other children in this family are still livingand have been deleted.
_Noah, Sr. AMSDEN ______+
| (1758 - 1843) m 1780
_Benjamin Cummings AMSDEN _|_Prudence CUMMINGS _____
| (1790 - 1862) m 1817 (1759 - 1833)
_Benjamin Monroe AMSDEN _|
| (1818 - 1903) m 1855 |
| | _Jonathan, Jr. NICHOLS _+
| | | (1754 - ....) m 1791
| |_Achsah NICHOLS ___________|_Phene SACKETT _________
| (1799 - 1871) m 1817 (1764 - ....)
_Avery Monroe AMSDEN __|
| (1860 - 1947) |
| | ________________________
| | |
| | ___________________________|________________________
| | |
| |_Reliance AVERY _________|
| m 1855 |
| | ________________________
| | |
| |___________________________|________________________
|
|
|--William Monroe AMSDEN
| (1902 - 1948)
| ________________________
| |
| ___________________________|________________________
| |
| _________________________|
| | |
| | | ________________________
| | | |
| | |___________________________|________________________
| |
|_Marcella Agnes PRICE _|
(.... - 1912) |
| ________________________
| |
| ___________________________|________________________
| |
|_________________________|
|
| ________________________
| |
|___________________________|________________________
[257]
Monroe also followed archeology as a profession , and some of hiswritings were published relating to Indian artifacts in South America.He remained unmarried. Ancestors and Descendants of Jonathan NicholsAmsden & Amelia Jane Smith 1636-1977.Warnick, Bernice Amsden, (SantaMaria, CA. 1978.).
T. Amsden supplied first name and birth date.
_Isaac, Sr. AMSDEN ____+
| (1722 - 1809) m 1750
_Simeon AMSDEN ______|_Sarah BELDEN _________
| (1763 - 1832) m 1787 (1730 - 1770)
_Lyman AMSDEN _______|
| (1794 - 1887) m 1816|
| | _Jonathan, IV WHITNEY _+
| | | (1737 - 1792) m 1760
| |_Abigail WHITNEY ____|_Esther PARKHURST _____
| (1764 - 1853) m 1787 (1741 - 1816)
_Lyman William AMSDEN _|
| (1824 - 1884) m 1854 |
| | _______________________
| | |
| | _____________________|_______________________
| | |
| |_Cynthia TIBBETS ____|
| (1796 - 1830) m 1816|
| | _______________________
| | |
| |_____________________|_______________________
|
|
|--William Oscar AMSDEN
| (1862 - 1942)
| _______________________
| |
| _____________________|_______________________
| |
| _John DAVIS _________|
| | (1787 - ....) m 1810|
| | | _______________________
| | | |
| | |_____________________|_______________________
| |
|_Maria Jane DAVIS _____|
(1831 - ....) m 1854 |
| _______________________
| |
| _____________________|_______________________
| |
|_Harriet FLOWER _____|
(1793 - ....) m 1810|
| _______________________
| |
|_____________________|_______________________
[287]
William Oscar Amsden had wanderlust as a young man. He left southwestWisconsin, or the homestead in Groton, South Dakota around 1880 andheaded for the Klondike in Alaska to ply his profession ofphotography. There is a passage in The Amsden's of Groton, that statesthat the Amsden boys had a photography studio in town. We are left toguess if this included William Oscar, or was it his nephews that hehad taught photography, that were carrying on the craft. The Amsden'sof Groton also mentions that William Oscar, who the family calledWill, returned to the homestead for a visit before heading off toSouth Africa to cover the Boer War as a photo journalist in 1900.
From Johannesburg Will headed toward France to photograph the ParisExpedition. He was 38 years old. William boarded in the home ofMadame Mertens during his visit to Paris.. He soon became interestedin Madame Mertens's 17 year old daughter Gabrielle. It's been saidshe had long dark hair cascading down her back and was scrubbingfloors when he first laid eyes upon her. He called her his littlegypsy. He left Paris to travel to London to photograph thecoronation. Mother Mertens wanted to break up this budding romancehowever , and she sent Gabrielle to Belgium and promptly interceptedall letters from William. Somehow William returned , found Gabrielle, and they were married. After several attempts to open a photographystudio in Europe, he brought Gabrielle to New York City.
Gabrielle gave birth to Marie and Mabel while in New York and waspregnant with Alice, when the family moved to Los Angeles, California.William had cousins in the movie business, so he obtained a job with amovie studio doing still shots for the Hoffman Brothers of earlycowboy fame.
Gabrielle was thought not to be happy in California, and muchpreferred the metropolitan atmosphere of New York City. Shortly afterAlice's birth the family returned to New York, where Williamestablished a studio.
At this time it is not known if William Oscar ever returned to SouthDakota. He did make a bus trip to Idaho Falls in 1936 where hevisited with some family. The letter he wrote to Alice, his daughter,is included in the following pages.
William Oscar spent his last days living with his daughter AliceAmsden Roth in Mt. Kisco, New York. It is thought he suffered fromAlzheimer's. Gabrielle became a nurse and worked full time in NewYork City, and could not care for him. Gabrielle retired to Florida,and died in 1964.
Another letter included in the following pages is a love letterwritten to Gabrielle in 1902 while Will was in London and she inBelgium.
_Uriah AMSDEN __________+
| (1725 - 1794) m 1749
_Noah, Sr. AMSDEN ______|_Abigail LULL __________
| (1758 - 1843) m 1780 (.... - 1786)
_Benjamin Cummings AMSDEN _|
| (1790 - 1862) m 1817 |
| | _Abraham CUMMINGS ______+
| | | (1733 - ....)
| |_Prudence CUMMINGS _____|_Jerusha BROOKS ________
| (1759 - 1833) m 1780 (.... - 1812)
_Noah Cummings AMSDEN _|
| (1820 - 1891) m 1845 |
| | _Jonathan, Sr. NICHOLS _
| | |
| | _Jonathan, Jr. NICHOLS _|_Mary MCWANE ___________
| | | (1754 - ....) m 1791
| |_Achsah NICHOLS ___________|
| (1799 - 1871) m 1817 |
| | _Jonathan SACKETT ______
| | | (1727 - 1777) m 1748
| |_Phene SACKETT _________|_Hannah PHELPS _________
| (1764 - ....) m 1791 (1729 - 1803)
|
|--William Sackett AMSDEN
| (.... - 1906)
| ________________________
| |
| ________________________|________________________
| |
| ___________________________|
| | |
| | | ________________________
| | | |
| | |________________________|________________________
| |
|_Sarah HULBERT ________|
m 1845 |
| ________________________
| |
| ________________________|________________________
| |
|___________________________|
|
| ________________________
| |
|________________________|________________________
[265] William and Ella had two children. William died the same day of hismother, who was visiting her other son, Monroe Amsden, in Los Angeles,California. Warnick, Bernice Amsden, Ancestors and Descendants ofJonathan Nichols Amsden & Amelia Jane Smith 1636-1977, (Santa Maria,CA. 1978.).
_Uriah AMSDEN _______+
| (1725 - 1794) m 1749
_Joseph, Sr. AMSDEN _|_Abigail LULL _______
| (1749 - 1826) m 1783 (.... - 1786)
_Uriah AMSDEN _______|
| (1788 - 1862) m 1813|
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Anna D. __??__ _____|_____________________
| (1753 - 1830) m 1783
_George Manly AMSDEN _|
| (1821 - 1902) m 1847 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| | _Barnabas FAY _______|_____________________
| | |
| |_Susannah FAY _______|
| (1794 - 1872) m 1813|
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Chloe PACKARD ______|_____________________
|
|
|--William Uriah AMSDEN
| (1848 - 1903)
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
| _William HOFFMAN ____|
| | |
| | | _____________________
| | | |
| | |_____________________|_____________________
| |
|_Ann Marion HOFFMAN __|
(.... - 1901) m 1847 |
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|_____________________
[246] William was by occupation a treasurer and book-keeper. He deservesmore than a little credit for the appearance of the "AmsdenGenealogy", for due to his careful and persistant work many missinglinks were slowly and painstakingly uncovered, and having been donefifty years before this work has made an appearance much has beenpreserved to posterity that might have remained forever lost. In manylines he had the work brought up to 1885 fairly completely. Hisdaughter Mrs. Florence Belle (Amsden) Wilcox very kindly informed meof these records which were in the possession of Mrs. John B. Scott,Fredericksburg, Va. daughter of Annie Mabel (Amsden) Williams, seep.66. Needless to say they have been of great value in the compilationof the Amsden genealogy. Murray M. Brown, Descendents of Isaac Amsdenof Cambridge Massachusetts, (1934),
_Jacob, Sr. AMSDEN __+
| (1774 - 1822) m 1794
_Thomas AMSDEN ______|_Lydia RICE _________
| (1799 - 1875) m 1837
_William Henry, Sr. AMSDEN _|
| (1851 - ....) m 1878 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Hannah LOVELY ______|_____________________
| (1815 - 1876) m 1837
_William Henry, Jr. AMSDEN _|
| (1884 - 1923) m 1907 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| | _____________________|_____________________
| | |
| |_Esther COX ________________|
| m 1878 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_____________________|_____________________
|
|
|--Wilma Elizabeth AMSDEN
| (1923 - ....)
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
| ____________________________|
| | |
| | | _____________________
| | | |
| | |_____________________|_____________________
| |
|_Bertha Etta FLANNERY ______|
(1889 - 1978) m 1907 |
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
|____________________________|
|
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|_____________________
[709] All data from Cummings.