Volume 6, Letter 1
The PANGBURN LETTER
MARCH 1988
Volume 6 Number 1
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The PANGBURN LETTER is published at the cost of the Editor The intent is non-profit and is to be used to disseminate information to others interested in the Pangburn lines. This publication will print data submitted to anyone who has Pangburn information Perhaps by sharing with each other, we will be able to put together the Pangburn story
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WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!
We need material!! Have you submitted copies of your PANGBURN line??? Even if you are researching a line that has already been published, -- send us your material You might have that little bit of information that could help others!!! Check your library, -- your Court House, -- or ??? Send us any material you find on the PANGBURN name!!
AND DON’T FORGET - - - City or County Directories!!! Most city libraries or historical society have copies - - - Extract the material
HELP US TO HELP OTHERS !!!
And we start off this month with a city directory—
Kingsbury’s 1904 – 05 Directory of Vallejo City and Salano county, California:
(Please note the spelling of the name – look for all variations when you are searching for a PANGBURN)—
Fairfield – The county seat of Solano County, located one mile north of Suisun , Page 166
PINGBURN, A J, farmer
Suisun – Situated on Main line Southern Pacific Company’s Railroad 49 miles northeast of San Francisco
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PANGBURN, Francis M, farmer
PANGBURN, Garret H, fruit grower
The above individual are all part of Frank Pangburn’s line published in The Pangburn Letter, Vol 1, No 2, pg 1 – 3
No, we did not spell A J Pangburn’s name wrong! The name was carried as PINGBURN in the directory!!!
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Anthony Clemente needs some help on his Pangburn line He writes –
Thomas Pangborn, born 31 Jan 1840 Bethel, New York died 7 June 1909 Lake County, Michigan, married at Hadley, Michigan 13 Jan 1869 Mary M Blackmer She was born 26 Jan 1840 at Castleton, VT, died 15 Oct 1919 Lake County, Mich
Children
William J -- born 10 Apr 1872 Johnburg, VT – died 4 July 1944 Flint, MichMarried (1st) 21 June 1898 to Mary E Ballard (b Jan 1872 – d 29 Dec 1949, Traverse City, Mich) Married (2nd) between 1910 – 1917 Melinda J (Linda J) –George “Georgie”
Mary E “Mamie” – born Nov 1878 Flushing, Mich – died 4 Apr 1949 Luther, Mich –Married (1st) Flint, Mich 29 June 1897 Herbert B Clother -- he was born 29 June 1871 Flint, Mich –died 3 Nov 1906 at Flint, Mich Married (2nd) 11 Aug 1913 Benjamin J Smith -- he was born 1860 Indiana
Thomas Pangborn enlisted in the 6th Michigan, Co H, Heavy Artillery at Sandstone, Jackson Co, Mich He was 25 years of age and enlisted under the name Thomas Wheaton In his original application for invalid pension he states: “The reason I enlisted under the name of Wheaton is that I was living with my grandfather Wheaton at the time I enlisted and he said that was the name – so I put it down”
Thomas Wheaton enlisted 9 July 1864 He also claimed to be a Veteran Volunteer in his original enlistment papers On the 1890 Soldier Census he claims service of 1 year 1 month with the 6th Michigan and 3 years Company F, 76th New York A check with the National Archives shows no record of a Thomas Wheaton or a Thomas Pangborn in the 76th New York as a veteran or otherwise
After a 40 hour search of the Lake County Clerk’s records, Thomas Pangborn’s death record was found filed at THOMAS WHITE PONYBORN and his parents listed as William PANGBURN and Lydia WHEATON The handwriting on this record is very flowing and could have been copied in error when the
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death records were indexed in the 1930’s Tony asks,
Can anyone help with the parents of Thomas? Are his parents names on his death certificate correct?
Editors note: In response to Tony's request, we submitted the following material to him
1 Herkimer County Deeds – 1840 -- William Pangburn bought land
(There is a Bethel in Herkimer County and a Bethel in Sullivan County)
2 Civil War Record -- Thomas Wheaton -- shows he was Company H, 1st Michigan Vol Heavy Art He enlisted Jan 5, 1864 and was discharged Aug 20, 1865
(The above Civil War Records are from Manuscript of Viola Pangburn Roberts)
3 From prior Pangburn Letters
Vol 2, No 2, pg 9:
William H. Pangburn and Elizabeth Wheaton get married in
Schenectady on 14, March 1832
John J Pangburn and Maria Wheaton get married in Schenectady on 18 Apr 1832
Same issue – pg 4 – Russell Whitcher records:
Burial of Mary Elizabeth Wheaton Pangburn, wife of George Edward Pangburn
The rest of the material we gave to Tony was just a lot of “supposins”
And here is he answer- - - -
Did find three interesting points &ldots; Herkimer County Deeds William Pangburn buys land 1840 Thomas Pangborn born January 1840 -- Hmmm!
Until your letter I had always assumed that Thomas was born at Bethel, Sullivan County But then I was never knew there was a Bethel, Herkimer County I had gleaned the other info from the past Pangburn Letters so had already supposed Thomas possible parents as William H and Elizabeth (Lydia?) Wheaton The date also fits, 10 mos from marriage to Thomas birth??
As for the Civil War Records it appears Viola’s dates have been taken from the 1890 Soldier & Sailors Census and application for pensions I have all of Thomas’s papers about 100 sheets from the National Archives
The info that I gave was from enlistment, discharge, etc, and not from memory as would have been the case with census info or pension applications I'm sure that once the gave the dates a couple of times he then remembered them the same for the rest of his life. Okay now how about ‘spossin’ this one
“Pangburn, Samuel S -- age 24 (??) years Enlisted December 6, 1861 at Owego, to serve three years, mustered in as Private, Co F December 17, 1861: Deserted prior to April 1863” (From State of New York Adj General’s Report 1901 Serial #20, 76th Infantry)
Don’t know, Tony!! But we have a lot of researchers out there willing to help Let’s hear from you people Is Samuel S Pangburn who deserted prior to Apr 1863 really Thomas Pangborn who enlisted in July 1864 under the name of Wheaton?? Who has information on the children of William H and Elizabeth Wheaton Pangburn?????
And here is some additional material Tony sent to help others (From State of New York Adj General’s Report )76th Infantry
PANGBURN, Charles H --- Age, 34, Enlisted August 5, 1863, at Rochester, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co F, August 24, 1863; transferred to Co I, July 1, 1864; captured in action, Oct 1, 1864 near Pegram House, Va; died, December 4, 1864, in hospital, Salisbury, NC, a prisoner of war 176th Infantry
PANGBORN, Samuel -- Age, 43 years Enlisted, November 7, 1862, at Nelson, to serve nine months: mustered in as private, Co F, December 18, 1862; mustered out with company, November 16, at New York City
PANGBURN, Francis S -- Age 15 years Enlisted December 3, 1862, at Nelson, to serve nine months; mustered in as private, Co F December 18, 1862: appointed mustered, no date: mustered out with company, November 16, 1863, at New York City; also borne as Francis L
Tony also included an obituary of another one of the famous or infamous Pangborns He writes:---
Edwin Pangborn would have been my first cousin twice removed My mother remembers him as a soft spoken young man even though he was completely bed-ridden Edwin was written up in Robert Ripley’s “Believe It Or Not” book, first edition published sometime between 1938 and 1942 He toured with some of the smaller circuses but family tradition states he also toured with P T Barnum’s Circus I have a photo postcard of Edwin taken at Davenport, Iowa Edwin was born 31 January 1899 in Flint, MI
-- Died 2 February 1940 in Flint, MI
From the “Flint Journal” --- Issue 4 February 1940
DEATH FINALLY CLAIMS FLINTS ‘Ossified’ MAN WHO REFUSED TO DIE
The man who refused to die is dead
Edwin Pangborn 39, of 729 Allen Street, who 24 years ago was given “no chance to live” by physicians following a pair of accidents which resulted in a stiffening of joints which allowed him to move not so much as a finger, died Saturday at the home of his parents after a week’s illness with pneumonia
It was 24 years ago, when Edwin was 15, that the chain of unfortunate incidents began He was thrown from a sleigh and received a broken hip
A short time later while pushing himself along a sidewalk in a wheel chair, a drunken man drove a team of horses over him Several bones were broken and physicians said he could not live He recovered but inflamatory rheumatism and complications set in which
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Resulted in all the joints of his body “freezing” to such an extent that the bones would break before the joints would bend.
He was forced to take nourishment through a tube, and soon his afflictions were multiplied by blindness It was then that Edwin decided to make his affliction his fortune He joined a carnival and exhibited himself as a curiosity
All went well until his manager, in August 1929, stole nearly all the money he had saved. She convicted in Circuit Court of the theft in 1929 It also was revealed that Edwin’s little sister, June, was to be deprived of furthering her education as a result of the theft
Edwin chartered a truck and began visiting county fairs, exhibiting himself as “the ossified man” in an attempt to raise money Fate struck another blow at this point when the truck overturned while making a jump from Tecumseh to Middletown, Ohio Both of his legs were broken in the accident and his head lacerated severely June was hurt slightly also It was at this time Edwin wrote to his mother “The ossified man refuses to die!”
He recovered from his injuries and once again took to the carnival circuit to make a living For the last 10 years he made the carnival route in the summer and lived on his state aid for the blind during the winter
In the meantime, June, the little sister has grown to womanhood, married, and is the mother of five boys She married Walter Wilson in 1931 The family resides at 741 Allen Street
Pangborn is survived by his parents, Mar and Mrs William J Pangborn; three sisters, Alethia Pangborn and Mrs Wilson of Flint, and Mrs Marilla Ford, of Battle Creek, and three brothers, Walter, Robert and Richard, all of Flint . Funeral services are scheduled Tuesday at 7:30 pm at the Richardson Funeral Home with Rev B F Cady, of the Flint Gospel Assembly, officiating Burial will be in Luther, Mich
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Sue Ernst has submitted some miscellaneous information to help other researcher She cites her source as the New York DAR Records which she found on film at the Allen County Library in Ft Wayne, Indiana
Mt Pleasant Cemetery -- So Bethlehem
PANGBURN, John – born 1801 – died 1867
FLANSBERG, Maria – wife of John Pangburn
Fairview Cemetery – town of Guilderland
PANGBURN, Nicholas – Died May 17872 – age 59 years 8 mos 22 days
PANGBURN, Myndert – died March 28, 1851 – age 72 years
BRONK, Catherine – wife of Myndert Pangburn – died Nov 18, 1854 – ae 74 years
Guilderland – Farm of Victor Gabso
PANGBURN, William -- died Oct 20, 1838 – 76 years 18 days Anna, wife of William Pangburn, died April 9, 1843 – age 69 years 2 days
William W – died Sept 7, 1837 – age 36 years 6 mos 6 days
Prospect Hill Cemetery – Guilderland
Catherine, wife of John W Pangburn – died Apr 6, 1866 –age 45 years 4 mos 13 days
Jerusalem Cemetery
PANGBURN, Mary Alida – wife of John A Pangburn – born 1832 – died 1858
Other information
Bennett H Gurnesey of Barnerville, New York and Martha PANGBURN of Cobleskill, New York – married by Horac L Grant, Minister of the Gospel ,Witness: Hiram A Shafer, Sofia Shafer
Births
Bennett H Gurnsey b Nov 19, 1847
Martha Pangburn b Oct 17, 1848
Anson P Gurnsey b Sept 6, 1871
Bertha M Gurnsey b Jan 30, 1878
Sue has also included some of the Pangburns in the 1860 New York Census Index Not complete – only portions of the State The rest of the Census Index is due for release at a later date
1860 Census Index
PANGBORN, David Herkimer 358 Russia
PANGBORN, Julius Essex 044 Moriah
PANGBORNE, Lenora Washington 045 Whitehall
PANGBORNE, Zebina K St Lawrence 503 Pierpont
PANGBURN, N Saratoga 694 Milton
PANGBURF, Austin Oswego 852 Palermo
PANGBURN, Benjamin Montgomery 678 Root
PANGBURN, Cornelia Montgomery 658 Root
PANGBURN, Cornelius Montgomery 484 Florida
PANGBURN, David Oneida 091 Vienna town
PANGBURN, Frances F Montgomery 485 Florida
PANGBURN, Hosea Oneida 864 Verona
PANGBURN, Job Saratoga 247 Stillwater
PANGBURN, John L Saratoga 247 Stillwater
PANGBURN, Orin Herkimer 944 Columbia
PANGBURN, Orseman Montgomery 013 Glen
PANGBURN, Orsin Montgomery 679 Root
PANGBURN, Peter Montgomery 029 Glen
PANGBURN, Peter Oswego 867 Palermo
PANGBURN, William Saratoga 302 Stillwater
PANGBURNE, Joel Oneida 864 Verona
PANGBURY, Erwin Oneida 094 Vienna Town
PANGHUM, Edwin Oneida 306 1st W Utica
PANGMAN, F D Washington 052 Whitehall
PANGMAN, John J Washington 032 Whitehall
PANGMAN, Thomas Oswego 106 Volney
Editor’s Note: It’s a pleasure to finally see some of the 1860 Census Indexes coming out in print Keep us Informed when new indexes hit your library!
And still some more information ----
Benjamin Pangburn – son of Richard and Catalyntsje Van Etten, born, Feb 24, 1777, married Maria Vroom in Schenectady Dutch Church (Schenectady, New York) Aug 12, 1798
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Children:
Peter -- born June 23, 1800 -- Atje Van Valkenburgh Jan 29, 1823 -- She was killed by falling from a hay now They resided in Painted Post, New York
Christina – born Mar 11, 1799 -- Boom
Wyntje (Lavina) -- born July 14, 1904 – married Lucas Van
Valkenburgh Dec 1822 They lived in Schenectady, New York
Richard -- born Feb 7, 1807 – married Margaret Becker Apr 2, 1834 They lived at Randall, New York
Sue states these records in possession of Charlotte F Luckhurst, Albany, N Y Part of the DAR Records
Sue adds: From Montgomery County:
Randall is part of Root Town
Maria Pangburn buried in Yates Cemetery, Randall, July 1850
Benjamin Pangburn enlisted for Civil War in Yatesville
Peter Pangburn, born in 1800 was living in Glen with an Elizabeth He was 60
Thanks Sue, for all of the material We really need this new material!
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We have a new researcher -- Patricia Rowell She found an entry in Volume 14, # 3 and # 4 combined issue of the Digger’s Digest published by the Sutter-Yuba Genealogical Society, received 5 Nov 1987
Page 129: “Marysville, California Marriage Records 1851 –1857”
PANGBORN, Joseph and Levisa SPENSER issued 2/8/1852, married by Frederick W. Barnhard, JP”
“These records were copied from the records in the office of the County Recorder by Miss Iola Dunning, Chairman of the Genealogical Records for Tobias Lear Chapter, N S D A R They were copied during the year 1939”
Thanks, Patricia!
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And here is some material submitted by Virginia Watterson—she had added information on counties and dates in Parenthesis for your convenience
PANGBURN MENTIONS IN NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA NEWSPAPER
Vol 9 – Vital Statistics, New Brunswick Courier
(1840 –1842)
Issue 29 August 1840, Saturday
Married in Portland Parish (St John Co) by Rev Bancroft – Stephen Pangbourn and Mrs Ann Knott on Wednesday, 26 Aug 1840
Vol 10 -- (1842 – 1845)
Issue 6 January 1844
The sch (?Schooner, maybe) “Richmond” which sailed last night for Boston returned this morning ,Boston returned this morning for Capt Pangburn, Master of ship, having been knocked overboard By the main boon during the night off Point Lepreux and drowned, left wife and one child
Issue 7 December 1844
Married 30th November by Rev R Irvine, Samuel Sharp and Ann, widow of Capt Pangburn both of Portland Parish (St Johns)
Vol 11 -- (18457 1847)
Issue 22 November 1845
Married Portland Parish (St John) Thursday evening 10th inst by Rev E J Harris, John Whelpley and Miss Sarah Ann Pangborn
Vol 12 -- (1847-1850) -- NONE
Vol 13 – (1850 – 1852)
Issue 5 July 1851
Married 29th ult (28 June) by W W Eaton, Capt David
Whelpely and Harriet Jane, second daughter of Capt Richard Pangbourn ./ Issue 4 October 1851/ Married Indiantown (St John Co) Tuesday eve (30Sept) by Rev E D Very, John Pangburn of Waterborough Parish (Queens Co) and Miss Rebecca Jane McLean of the same place
Vol 14 – (1852 –1854)
Issue 11 December 1852
Married 3rd Instant by Rev Samuel Robinson, James Pangborn of Portland Parish (St John Co) and Ellen Curtes daughter of Thomas Curtes of St John (3 Dec 1853)
Vol 15 – (1854 – 1856 --- NONE
Vol 16 – (1856 - 1857)
Issue 12 September 1856
Married 3rd Instant by Rev Dr Brooke, James McFawn and Miss Anne Pangburn, both of Blissville,Sunbury Co
Vol 17 – (1857 – 1859)
Issue 20 March 1858
Died Sunday morn 14th Instant at residence of her
son-in-law, Mrs Ann Pangborne, age 65, Carleton(St John Co)
Vol 18 – (1859 –1861) --- NONE
From “Mohawk Quarterly, Vol 4 # 2, p 81:
Schenectady Reformed Church
Bapt 28 July 1811, Helen daughter of John R Pangburn and Elizabeth Bronk, born 19 June 1811
Same Quarterly – p 100
Marriage and Death Notices in Schenectady, Cabinet (Newspaper) Issue 25 April 1832
John J Pangburn of Guilderland married Maria Wheaton of this city Thursday last, by Rev Van Vechten
Just saying “Thanks” doesn’t seem adequate, Virginia We really appreciate all your help!!
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And we have another new researcher seeking information on her Pangburn line Eileen Swanson is trying to locate:
MELISSA JANE PANGBURN – born March 8, 1871 or June ?? 1873; died May 17 1953 She married HARRY LEE WHITE, born May ?? 1870
Eileen is searching for ANY information on this family – place of marriage, children, date of death on Harry White, burial site, or ??? She states that Harry Lee White’s father FLOYD EBENEZER WHITE and my great grandfather JAMES NEWTON WHITE were brothers. Anyone working on the White line???
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Shirley Wainright has submitted some additional information on her line (See Vol 1, No 1, page 6, 7) She writes:
Theodore Pangborn, son Alzina and Hiram, was born in Toronto, Canada on Oct 18, 1833 (some later documents say 1834) He married Emma Elizabeth McClanahan on Jan 10, 1866 at Keosauqua, Van Buren Co, Iowa Emma was born July 12, 1844 Theodore died May 13, 1925 and Emma Died Jan 4, 1932 Their Children were:
Ellie b Oct 22, 1872
Dora b May 30, 1875
Charles b. June 24, 1879
During the war, Theodore was sent to help round up stray government horses that had stampeded His hors fell with him injuring his leg One of his buddys said he was “One of those tuff Canadians rugged as a bear”
Albert Pangborn’s claimants were his parents, Alzina and Hiram He was 21 when he joined the army where he got the measles which turned in pneumonia He was discharged and died at home shortly after or on Dec 20, 1862 The father Hiram was born about 1806
I was hoping the records would mention Hiram’s first marriage (to my ancestor), but it didn’t (2) Alzina says that she married Hiram on Sept 30, 1837 Hiram says that it was on Sept 27, 1837 in New York state by a magistrate when Hiram was 86 he said he married her in an outlying precinct 15 miles east of Buffalo On another record he said it was near Niagara Falls They said that they had a certificate in a family bible that had been lost (I wish I had family bible!)
Ages of Hiram and Alzina’s children in 1862 were:
Hiram -- 57
William -- 31
Albert -- 18 (I think he was 21)
Clarissa -- 10
Louisa -- 6
Matilda -- 4 (or Morgeuany?)
Some older children of Hiram are not listed and I think these two older boy were children of the first wife
One of the most important things this told us, -- Hiram was in Blue Hill, Mitchell Co, Kansas in 1880 He was listed in the census and it showed he was born in Canada, his father was born in Connecticut and his mother was born in Holland
Okay researchers, -- Shirley needs your help WHO WERE THE PARENTS OF HIRAM PANGBORN???
Somewhere, in some hidden corner, there is a record of a marriage of??? Born in Conn and ??? born in Holland!!!! How about you Canadian researchers, -- will you give Shirley some help??
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Eileen Ross chandler is still searching for clues on her PANGBURN line
JEREMIAH PANGBORN, b ---; d (will) 15 Sept 1809 – Essex Co, New Jersey married (1st) Abigail ??? b about 1740; d 15 Feb 1784 at age 44 married (2nd) Elizabeth Miller
NEEDED!!! Wanted!!! HOPING TO FIND!!!
Parents of JEREMIAH PANGBORN???
Parents of ABIGAIL PANGBORN???
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And while we are on the subject of Jeremiah Pangburn, -- we have been holding all this good material from the manuscript of Viola Pangburn Roberts (printed by permission of The Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois Viola was trying to figure out who was who of the Jeremiahs and who were their parents Read on!!
Name Jeremiah Pangburn
Born: July 4, 1789
Wife: Sarah Goble, b June 10, 1792; d Oct 1, 1874
Married: April 18, 1812
War Service: War of 1812; Sergeant, Capt Stephens’s Company, NY Mil. from Dec 12, 1812 to May 22, 1813 --- (162 days)
Widow Pensioned
BIBLE RECORD OF JEREMIAH PANGBURN
Jeremiah Pangburn, b July 4, 1789
Sarah Goble, b June 10, 1792
Married April 18, 1812
BIRTHS
William Pangburn, b Apr 4, 1813
Amos Pangburn, b Apr 3, 1814
Elizabeth Pangburn, b Mar 11, 1817
Caroline Pangburn, b Apr 14, 1819
Maria Pangburn, b Dec 15, 1820
Phoebe Ann Pangburn, b Sept 19, 1822
Jeremiah Pangburn, b May 19, 1824
Jeremiah Pangburn , b June 12, 1826
William Henry Pangburn, May 30, 1829
DEATHS
William Pangburn, d Apr 4, 1813
Jeremiah Pangburn, Jr, d Nov 2, 1824, age 5 mos 14 days
Jeremiah Pangburn, d Sept 27, 1835, age 46 years
Maria Pangburn, d April 22, 1840
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ANCESTRY: A will of one Jeremiah Pangburn, wife, Elizabeth, is to be found in the offices of the Sec of State, Trenton, NJ in which is mentioned the names of his sons, Lewis, William and Jeremiah It appears that Jeremiah Pangburn of the War of 1812 was the son of Jeremiah whose will is mentioned here In 1839 , the writer of this paper visited the family of a later Jeremiah Pangburn living in Verona, NJ at which time statements were made that seem to identify the four Jeremiahs
Editor’s Note: Too bad Viola didn’t record those “statements” so we would all know the background of the Jeremiahs!!!
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From the manuscript of Viola Pangburn Roberts, used with permission of The Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois
PANGBORNS IN THE CIVIL WAR
(Contained from last issue)
And we start the list for this month with an interesting puzzle Check the information on James Pangborn and James K Pangborn – they both show their father is Samuel and grandfather Noah Information is different, -- which one is correct???
Name: JAMES PANGBORN
Born: New York
Wife: Angenott Rogers, b about 1844:
Married: Frewsburgh, New York – June 1860 by Rev Sparks
Children: (1) Rosa, b Aug 4, 1864; (2) Fredrick, b July 6, 1865; (3) Edward, b Aug 17, 1869; (4) Alice, b Dec 7, 1873
Soldier’s Service: Private, Co H, 112th NY Inf, enl Aug 19, 1864;
Disch June 13, 1865
Soldier Died: Oct 11, 1890, Capron, Boone Co, Illinois
Residence of widow; Gage Co, Nebraska 1892 Her papers were signed by Watson G Pangborn, Frewsburgh, Chautauqua Co, NY
Father: Samuel Pangborn, son of Noah Pangborn of State of Vermont and Madison County in New York
Name: JAMES K PANGBORN
Born: Madison County, NY 1842
Father: Samuel Pangborn, son of Noah Pangborn
Mother: Sarah Ann Tibbits – married Samuel at Canastota, NY -- March 19, 1841
Service in Civil War: Private, Co D 114th Regt NY Vols
Residence: Carrol, Chautauqua Co, NY; Frewsburgh, NY
Editor’s Note: We will take any information on the above two names The material was taken from Viola Pangburn Roberts records – no source cited!
Name: JAMES PANGUBRN
{Note: I would like to know more about this line as I belive it was a Findlay who served abord the V.F. Wilson ( my ancestors boat ) during the Civil War }Rick Pollard
Born: 1826
Wife: Martha Findlay (Findley), b Oct 8, 1835
Married: Dec 1, 1853
Children: (1) Luella, b Mar 30, 1856; (2) Laura, b May 17, 1859; (3)Elmer, b June 3, 1861; (4) Nancy, b Oct 1865, died Nov 24, 1865
Residence: Elizabeth, Allegheny Co, PA
Widow died Aug 9, 1897, Vanceville, Washington Co, PA
War Service; Private, 101st PA Vol; discharged June 25, 1865
Soldier died: August 1, 1865
Father: Issac Pangburn, son of Stephen
Name: JAMES PANGBURN
Residence: San Francisco, California
Soldier’s Service: Private, Co K, 2n California Infantry: Enlisted Aug 16, 1864; Discharged June 16, 1865
Name: JAMES A PANGBORN
Born: Ohio about 1842 (Elyria, Lorrain County, Ohio)
Wife: Louisa Williams, b 1848 or 1853;
Married: In Coldwater, Michigan – Feb 26, 1866 by J P John Root Children: (1) Jesse M, b June 22, 1869; (2) Ada, b April 25, 1877; (3) James E, b Nov 5, 1880
Married: 2nd: Emma Smith widow of Adelbert Pangborn -- April 14, 1906
Residence: East Callom, Michigan -- 1903: Grand Rapids, Michigan -- 1926: Soldiers home – 1925
Soldiers Service: Private, Co G, 19th Inf; enlisted Aug 8, 1862, discharged June 10, 1865
Soldier died: November 22, 1928
Name JAMES E PANGBURN
Born: Brown County, Ohio – 1824
Wife: Louise Liggett, b 1846
Married: December 23, 1868 by C W Gariante, Minister, Georgetown, Ohio
Ancestry: Stephen Pangburn, Woodbridge, New Jersey
Soldier’s Service: Private, Co B, 34th Ohio Vol In; 36th Regt:
enlisted Feb 29, 1864: discharged 1865
Soldier Died: February 1, 1910
Name: JAMES H PANGBURN
Born: 1837 – New Scotland, Albany Co, NY
Father: David Pangburn, b NY 1808
Mother: Sarah Wheeler, b 1810
Sister: Margaret Bradt, Albany, NY
Wife: (1st) Lucy Jane Oliver who died 1871 (2nd) Catherine Coons (Mrs Edgar Coons), b Livingstone, Columbia Co, NY; she was dau of Wendell & Mary Tymeson (Edgar Coons died Coltsville, Mass Oct 16, 1868)
Residence: Brooklyn, NY
Soldier’s Service: Corporal, Co G and Co I, 19th Regt, NY Cavalry, 1st Regt VR Co, discharged Oct 3, 1865
Soldier died: April 8, 1901 in Albany, NY
Name: JAMES PANGBURN (H)
Born: Binghamton, NY – 1843
Father: Henry Pangburn (d May 24, 1863 at Elmira, NY) married Nov 30, 1834 by Elder Curtis, Baptist Minister
Mother: Nancy Pangburn (Bailey), b 1810
Res of Mother: Southport, Chemung Co, NY – 1865
Soldier’s Service: Private, Co H, Regt 50 NY Vol Engs: Enlisted Aug 17, 1861, discharged Jan 21, 1862
Name : JAMES K PANGBORN
Born: Barnard, Vermont, Sept 3, 1846 or 47
Father: James L Pangborn, b Barnard, Vermont
Mother: Hannah Brown, b Barnard, Vermont
Wife: Catherine O’Conner, b Petersboro, Ontario, Canada, Oct 16, 1854; daughter of Patrick O’Conner, b Ireland, and Julia Roach, b Ireland
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Married: Saginaw, Michigan, Sept 29, 1871 by Rev Father Van DruchasenWife died: April 20, 1936
Children: (1) Mary, b June 11, 1874; (2) Redmond, b May 28, 1876; (3) Leo, b Aug 5, 1882; (4) Archie, b Aug 29, 1886
Soldier’s Service: Private, Co, D 9th Vermont Vol Inf
Soldier Died: April 24, 1923
(A letter enclosed in the war records was signed by Archibald Pangborn, Detroit, Michigan)
Name: JEREMIAH PANGBORN
Died: Fort Monroe, Virginia of measles No other record
Name: JEROME PANGBURN
Born: Oswego, NY 1843
Wife: Sarah M Smith; mar March 29, 1868, Hastings, NY
Residence: Palermo, NY and Plainewell, Allegany Co, Mich
Soldier’s Service: Private, Co E, 110th Regt, NY, Vol Inf; enlisted Aug 9, 1862; discharged Aug 28, 1865
Soldier died: Feb 24, 1912 (Jerome and wife are buried in Upson’s Cemetery, Palermo, NY
Father: Charles Pangburn, b Columbia, Herkimer Co, NY 1820
Mother: Hannah Eastwood, b NY, 1823, Oswego Co
And here is another little puzzle – Two Job Pangburns -- different information – same person???
Name: JOB PANGBURN
Born: New Scotland, NY, 1841
Father: David Pangburn, b 1808
Mother: Sarah Wheeler, b NY 1810
Soldier’s Service: Private, Co F, 44th NY Vol; enlisted Sept 1862; discharged Georgetown, Washington, DC
Name JOB PANGBURN
Born: New Scotland, NY 1840 or 1842
Wife: Kate Adams; married Feb 21, 1863, Delmar, Albany Co, NY
Children: None
Soldier's Service: Private, Co F, 44th NY Inf; enlisted Sept 4, 1861; discharged April 16, 1862
Residence: New Scotland, NY; Antigo, Wisconsin 1882 after the war
Name: JOEL PANGBORN
Born: New York about 1830
Wife (1st) Sarah Wilson – married Oronoco Twp, Berrien, Michigan – Feb1, 1854 (2nd) Sarah A. Streeter
Children: (1) Elnora H, b Nov 5, 1854; (2) Frank, b Mar 13, 1860; (3) Darwin C, b Berrien, Mich, Dec 22, 1856; (4) Carrie E, b Mar 13, 1863; (5) Fred D, b Jan 26, 1870, Cedar Springs; (6) Frank W, b Cedar Springs, Jan 11, 1875
Widow: born Howard, Steuben Co, NY, 1833; died 1918
Father; Samuel Pangborn, Cedar Springs, Kent Co, Michigan in 1879
Soldier’s Service; Private, Co C, 25th Regt Michigan Infantry;
Enlisted Berrien Springs, Michigan, Aug 13, 1862; Discharged June 24, 1865
Soldier Died: January 20, 1879, Ensley, Newago, Michigan; Killed by a falling tree
Name: JOHN PANGBURN
Born: Vanceville, Washington Co, PA -- 1837
Wife: Ervena Hoover, mar in Clairmont, Ohio, Feb 8, 1866 by Rev Simeon Newhouse
Widow Died: June 23, 1916
Children: Harry Pangburn, b April 27, 1880
Soldier’s Service: Corporal, Co A 59th Ohio Vol Inf; enlisted Sept 12,1861; discharged Feb 26, 1862; enlisted at Ripley, Ohio, 1861
Residence: Washington County, PA: 1889 Somerset, Washington Co, PA;1876 Phila, Champaign Co, Illinois
Soldier died; May 9, 1908, Washington Co, PA; buried in Bapt Cemetery, Vanceville, PA
Ancestry: Stephen Pangburn of Woodbridge, NJ He lived in Perth Amboy, NY(NJ?) It is believed this Stephen is the son of William, son of Peter Pangbourne of Newtown, Long Island, New Orange 1673
Name: JOHN PANGBURN
Born: -----
Wife: Elizabeth Comstock (Holliday)
Residence of widow: Santa Monica, California
Children: (1) Noah, b April 18, 1859; (2) Alice, b June 26, 1860; Parker’s Grove, Benton County, Iowa
Married: Beloit, Wisconsin, October 1857
Widow remarried: March 1869 by J P King
Soldier’s Service: 2nd Lieut Co G, 5th Iowa Inf
Death of Soldier: Roscoe, Winnebago Co, Illinois, Oct 6, 1864
Residence: Tuttle Rock, Wisconsin
Father: Levi Pangborn of Shellsburg, Iowa and Essex Co, NY
Ancestry: The Pangborns in Essex Co, NY; Vermont; Connecticut; Woodbridge, NJ; Newtown, LI, NYC 1673
Name: JOHN PANGBURN
Born: 1825 – Possibly Otsego Co, NY, Worcester or Butternuts
Father: Very likely Peter Pangburn
Mother: Maritje Westervelt
Soldier’s Service: Private, Co G, 8th NY Cav; enlisted Jan 4, 1864; discharged June 27, 1865
Residence: Norwich, Chenango Co, NY, 1850, 1889 in Soldier’s Home,Stueben County, NY
Name: JOHN PANGBURN
Born: Columbia, Herkimer Co, NY about 1828
Father: Richard Pangburn, b NY 1788 (son of Peter Pangburn, b New Jersey)
Mother: Nancy Gay, b Columbia, NY, about 1795 or 1796
Wife: (1st) Harriet ???, married about 1852, died Plainwell, Michigan 1877 (2nd) Lois Payfair – widow of Edward Payfair, died June 27,1911
Children: (By 1st marriage) ( 1) Edwin, b NY, 1853; (2) William b NY,1856; (3) Mary, b NY, 1857, married Square Bolin, Lockport, Illinois Their children William and Walter Bolin, Lockport,Illinois
Soldier’s Service; Private, Co F 100th Regt Vol Inf; enlisted Aug 5, 1862, Lemont, Illinois, transferred to engineers brigade, Co E, July 20, 1864
Soldier Died; Killed by a falling tree about 1881 or 1882 in Homer,Will Co, Illinois; buried in Brooks Cemetery, Homer, Illinois
Ancestry: Probably Richard Pangburn, Woodbridge, New Jersey, son of Peter Pangbourne of Newton, LI and New Orange, NY 1673
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Name JOHN PANGBURN
Born: Darke Co, Ohio 1838
Mother: Nancy Pangburn
Wife: Ellen Ball Snyder, b 1845; mar, Detroit, Mich, Jan 10, 1885
Children: None
Soldier’s Service: Private, Troop G, 7th US Cav, enlisted Kansas, Sept 1868, served to April 1891
Soldier Died: Phoenix, Arizona
Name: JOHN PANGBURN
Born: Schuyler Co, NY, Sept 10, 1824
Wife: Catherine Sensin
Married: Utica, NY
Children: (1) Samuel, b NY, 1856; (2) Stephen, b NY, 1858; (3) George, b NY, 1859; (4) John, b NY, 1852; (5) Francis, b NY, 1854; (6) Edward, b Ind, 1856; (7) Elizabeth, b Mich, 1858; (8) Jasper, b Mich, 1861; (9) Alice, b Mich, 1863; (10) Caroline, b Mich, 1866;
Soldier’s Service: Private, Co A, 48th Regt Ind Vol Inf: enlisted Mar 28, 1864; discharged July 15, 1865
Residence: Schuyler Co, NY; Cassopolis, Mich, 1898; Had been there years
Father: Probably John Pangburn listed in the census of 1820 in Hector, NY
Name: JOHN PANGBURN
Born: 1846
Died: Dec 5, 1890
Never Married
Residence; Morris, Illinois 1891; Boston, Mass
Soldier’s Service; Sergeant, Co H, 16th Illinois Vol Cav; enlisted Jan 5, 1863; discharged July 8, 1865
Name; JOHN PANGBORN
Born: NJ 1837
Wife: Sarah Ruckman, b --; d July 31, 1933
Married: 1867 in Elizabeth, NJ, by J I Boswell, pastor of ME Church
Soldier’s Service: Private, Co K, 70th NY Inf; enlisted April 19, 1861;
discharged Nov 14, 1865
Soldier died: June 16, 1907, National Soldier’s Home, VA
Son: Samuel Pangborn, Conimicut, RI
Residence of Widow: Providence, RI 1908
Father: Samuel Pangborn
Mother: Ann ----
Brothers: Benjamin of Newark, NJ: Drake of E Orange, NJ
Name: JOHN PANGBORN
Born: About 1840, Keeseville, NY
Father : Julius Pangborn, b Moriah, NY: Married Feb 18, 1839 by Rev Stephen Stiles
Mother: Charlotte Holbrook, b Keen NY
Soldier’s Service: Private, Co F, 118th NY Vol Inf, enlisted Moriah, NY, Dec 12, 1863:
Killed in action, Sept 1864
(In the census of 1830, one Nathaniel Pangborn lived in Moriah, NY)
Name: JOHN H PANGBORN
Born: Probably Brown County, Ohio
Residence: Ripley, Brown Co, Ohio, Hammersville, Ohio
Wife: Sarah E Daugherty: mar July 3, 1861
Children: (1) Mary A, b Aug 11, 1878: (2) John H, b March 23, 1882
Soldier’s Service: Private, Co B 34th Regt, Ohio Vol Inf; enlisted Feb
24, 1864; discharged July 27, 1865
Soldier Died: April 6, 1893
Ancestry: Stephen Pangburn of Woodbridge, NJ and Monmouth County, NJ
Name JOHN PANGBURN (K)
Born: Brown Co, Ohio, Feb 25, 1835
Wife: Sarah E Pangburn (Sidebottom), b Hart Co, Kentucky, Dec 15, 1843
Married: July 20, 1865, Cambridge, Illinois by J P Dalrymple
Sons: Alpha and Milo
Soldier’s Service: Private, Co G, 112th Regt Illinois Vol Inf:
enlisted Aug 13, 1862; discharged Jan 20, 1865
Soldier died: Waldo, Kansas, Feb 25, 1912
Residence: Galva, Illinois; Fremont Co, Iowa; Waldo, Kansas
Father: Eli Pangburn
Ancestry: Stephen Pangburn of Woodbridge, NJ – born about 1718
Name: JOHN N PANGBURN
Born: NY 1829
Wife: Margaret Santec, b --; d Jan 8, 1904
Married: July 3, 1850, Cazenovia, NY, by Rev Holmes
Son: Nelson Pangborn, b 1856, NY
Soldier’s Service: Musician, Co, H, 35th Regt NY Vol Inf
Father: Noah Pangborn
Mother: Azubah Pangburn Pangborn
Name: JOSHUA PANGBURN
Born: Albany co, NY
Wife; Mary Emory, b 1832
Married: (1) ---- d 1846
(2) Nassau, NY, by Rev Ambler, Feb 11, 1869
Children: (1) Mary, b Jan 1869; (2) Gracie, b May 27, 1872
(Viola states: -- the records are not clear, data confusing)
(Continued in next issue)
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From the manuscript of Viola Pangburn Roberts, used with permission of The Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois:
BITS OF INFORMATION ON VARIOUS JAMES PANGBURNS
Elida Van Wie, widow of James Pangburn, dismissed (transferred) from the Unionville Dutch Reformed Church in 1846
James Pangburn witness to a will of William Pangburn, his grandfather, probated 1827 in Albany
James Pangburn, b Nov 23, 1763; d May 17, 1849; mar Chantz Lamonuneax: both buried in the Reformed Dutch Church Yard, Schoharie, NY
James Pangburn, b 1824 and wife Maria He was living in Rotterdam, Schenectady co, NY 1870
James W Pangburn, b about 1816; d 1880; mar Catherine and res in Glenville, NY
James Pangburn, a barber shop at the Watering Place, Albany NY; directory of 1822-23
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James Pangburn, b about 1826 and wife Bridget M McDermit; mar April 6, 1843; res in Rotterdam in 1850
James Pangburn, b 1844 and wife Sarah J; res in Duanesburg, Sch Co, NY 1870
James Pangburn and wife who belonged to the Reformed Dutch Church in 1832 Wife Alida Van Wie
William James Pangburn, Apr 25, 1801; died 1892 He was the son of Joseph and Nancy Beatty Pangburn
William James Pangburn, of New Scotland, b 1836, son of Hiram Pangburn and wife LauraWilliam James Pangburn and Lydia Traux, mar 1826 He was born 1794; d Aug 17, 1853 , Skaneattles, NY
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FROM THE “PHILADELPHIA BULLETIN”
It was high noon in July in a little picture-book Algerian village on the south shore of the Mediterranean Naval officers there were about to go to mess Suddenly a young Army paratrooper rode up, dismounted and asked to see the commanding officer
“We’ve jumped into the hills, several miles away,” he said “Some are injured One of my buddies is hurt very badly, sir, and needs medical aid"”
The commanding officer nodded to Lieutenant Commander Edward W Pangburn, 48 of 4136 Decatur St, Philadelphia surgeon and trustee of Bucknell University, now home on leave 1943
Commander Pangburn question the young paratrooper, learned that the terrain over which he had ridden was too rough for motor transport He learned also that this young paratrooper had commandeered his horse from an Arab
A ROUGH TRIP
“Perhaps”, suggested the paratrooper, “ we could go by boat He’s in a stone house, near a cove, I-I think I could find it from the sea, sir” Within a few minutes, the Navy disclosed her today (Sept 18, 1943) Commander Pangburn and a chief pharmacist’s mate directed by the paratrooper were in a landing barge, headed for the cove.The day was rough, Spindrift splashed in their faces Cove after cove, hill after fill went by All looked alike, but the paratrooper was certain he could identify the place .By midafternoon the paratrooper pointed to the cove and the landing barge headed toward the stone house But the shore was so rocky the coxswain said he didn’t dare try to go nearer that 300 yards of the shore .So finally, the commander, chief pharmacist’s mate and the paratrooper decided to swim The paratrooper and the chief pharmacist’s mate stripped Commander Pangburn kept on his shoes so he would not injure his feet on the rocky shore
SAVED FROM DROWNING
He clenched the handle of his 12- pound Navy medical case in his teeth and jumped overboard with the others .
They tried to keep together, but rough seas carried the pharmacist’s mate away Finally the paratrooper became exhausted, sank beneath the waves .Commander Pangburn dived twice The second time he came up with the paratrooper His own strength ebbing, Dr Pangburn tried to kick off his shoes, but he couldn’t .When the physician and the paratrooper finally were virtually washed to shore, they found the pharmacist’s mate, prostrate on the beach For half an hour or so the three men lay there while strength flowed back into them
The, assisted by other paratroopers, they went into the house, on the floor of which, covered with an army blanket, lay the injured man He had a leg injury and a bruised side, but more serious, a strangulated hernia
EMERGENCY OPERATION
Commander Pangburn saw he was in terrible pain, but when he asked the trooper how he felt, the boy said, “I’m feeling better now But I had a lot of pain”
To the surgeon’s practiced eye the soldier’s reply suggested that the circulation had been cut off, that possible gangrene was setting in There was not time to wait, so then and there while the pharmacist’s mate and the injured paratroopers pals assisted Commander Pangburn performed an emergency operation without even a local anesthetic
The patient responded well, but needed hospitalization and a secondary operation so the paratroopers ripped a door from the house and made it a stretcher Then they borrowed a burrow from an Arab, strapped the stretcher on it and started up the winding mountain trails Six miles farther on they ran into a convoy of Army trucks and transferred their patient to one He was removed to a hospital and since has recovered fully
SWIM BACK TO BARGE
Commander Pangburn and the chief pharmacist’s mate rested while, then noting the sea had calmed, swam the 300 yards back to the landing barge
They got back to their station to late for evening chow, more then seven hours after they had received the call for help
Shortly after Dr Pangburn returned to his station he was seized with pains in the abdomen and chest – the strain of the day had caught up with him
The Navy sent him to a hospital in Moroco for treatment and then to one in this country where he remained for a month before coming home on leave He is prone to minimize the Navy’s account of the incident, but admits that, although he enjoys swimming, he never had such a cold wet swim in his life
Dr Pangburn, who has one (child) in the Army & one in the Navy is on the staffs of Nazareth, Northeaster & Frankford Hospitals”
Dr Pangburn is descended from Stephen Pangburn and Rebecca Imley of Monmouth Co and Middlesex Co, NJ
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