Individual Notes

Note for:   Thomas Vest,    -          Index

Individual Note:
     THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Thomas Vest

Individual Notes

Note for:   Andrew Wade,   2 AUG 1901 -          Index

Individual Note:
     THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Andrew Wade (Waid), entered Koreshan Unity, Chicago, 2 Aug 1901; left 26 Aug 1901.

FOLKS WE KNEW WHILE IN THE K.U. by Marie McCready: Andrew Wade



Individual Notes

Note for:   Abagail P. Wagnalls,   16 FEB 1847 -          Index

Individual Note:
     THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Abbie P. Wagnalls; Born: 16 Feb 1847, Lithopolis, Ohio.

FOLKS WE KNEW WHILE IN THE K.U. by Marie McCready: Abbie Wagnalls--
"Her room was next to Mamma's while Mamma was still in the second floor dormitory and they were good friends. She was a sister of the Wagnalls in the publishing company of Funk & Wagnalls in the publishing company of Funk & Wagnalls. Her work was sewing, which she did beautifully."

U.S. Federal Census/Estero/Lee County/Florida--1900; Koreshan Community; Enumeration date: 27 Jun 1900; Enumerator: A. A. Gardner; Precinct 6; Microfilm number: 1240172; SD: 2; ED: 77; Sheet number: 16; Page number: 26: Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff: : A. P. Wagenhols; Relation to head of family: partner; Color: white; Sex: female; Birth: Feb 1847; Age 53; Single; Place of birth: Ohio; Place of birth of mother and father: Ohio; Occupation: assistant; Can read and write: yes; Can speak English: yes.

U.S. Federal Census/Estero/Lee County/Florida--1910; Koreshan Unity; Enumeration Date: 25 Apr 1910; Enumerator: Walter S. Turner, Jr.; Microfilm No.: Fl 1910-H T624; ED: 80; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, January 1995: Abagail P. Wagenhah; Sex: Female; Race: white; Age 63; Marital status: Single; Place of birth: Ohio; Place of birth of father: Germany; Place of birth of mother: Ohio; Language spoken: English; Occupation: Dressmaker; Employer or worker: worker; No. of months not employed: 0; Can read and write: yes.



Individual Notes

Note for:   Melora Ella Teed,   7 APR 1845 - 17 JUL 1924         Index

Residence:   
     Date:   1920
     Place:   Directors' Meeting Place/K.U.

Event:   Estero, Lee, Florida
     Type:   Census/1920
     Date:   2 JAN 1920

Burial:   
     Date:   JUL 1924
     Place:   Estero, Lee, Florida

Individual Note:
     THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Malora Teed; Born: 7 Apr 1845, Trout Creek; Married Wakeman, Died: 17 Jul 1924.

FOLKS WE KNEW WHILE IN THE K.U. by Marie McCready: Melora Wakeman--"A sister of Doctor, Oliver, and Emma. I did not know her, but the others did."

1860 U.S. Federal Census; State: New York; County: Oneida; Town: New Hartford; P.O.: Washington Mills; Call No.: Series M653, Roll: 826; Page: 292; Enumeration date: 16 Jul 1860; Enumerator: Normal Merrill; Page: 100; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, 16 Mar 2004; Line: 36; Age: 15; Sex: female; Color: None listed; Occupation: none listed; Birthplace: New York; School in year: yes.

U.S. Federal Census/Estero/Lee County/Florida--1920; Enumeration date: Jan 2, 1920; Enumerator: Henry D. Silverfriend; ED: 109; SD: 1; Fourth Precinct; Microfilm roll number: 1820221; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff; December 1994: Melora E. Wakeman; Relation to head of family: sister; Place of residence: Directors' Meeting Place; Age 74; Widow; Place of birth: New York; Place of birth of father: New York; Place of birth of mother: Connecticut; Occupation: None.

Burial: Horseshoe Bend on the River-Koreshan Unity Cemetery--lot 14; Inscription: N. (?) Ella Wakemen; 17 Jul 1924.



Individual Notes

Note for:   Oliver Francis Teed,   15 MAR 1847 - 1913         Index

Occupation:   Machinist
     Date:   23 APR 1910

Event:   
     Type:   Military
     Date:   BET 1861 AND 1865
     Place:   Civil War (Union Army)

Event:   Chicago, Cook, Illinois
     Type:   Census/1900
     Date:   13 JUN 1900

Event:   Estero, Lee, Florida
     Type:   Census/1910
     Date:   23 APR 1910

Individual Note:
     THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Oliver F. Teed; Died: 1913; was in the Moravia Colony.

FOLKS WE KNEW WHILE IN THE K.U. by Marie McCready: Oliver Teed: "Doctor's brother and was at both Beth Ophrah and Estero. Vesta says his wife had been Sarah Crofton, but believe she had died before he and the children came in.--Marie McCready. The girls often spoke of "Aunt Anna," who had taken care of them for awhile.--Rosalea McCready. Believe Mildred died fairly young, but Mabel married a man by the name of Hummel and she and Nina kept in touch for years."--Marie McCready

THE FOUNDER AND HIS FAMILY (Family Portrait): VI: Oliver Francis Teed; Born: March 15, 1847; M.D.; Married: Sept. 20, 71 to Minnie A Davis. He served in the Union army from begin. to end of the war.

1860 U.S. Federal Census; State: New York; County: Oneida; Town: New Hartford; P.O.: Washington Mills; Call No.: Series M653, Roll: 826; Page: 292; Enumeration date: 16 Jul 1860; Enumerator: Normal Merrill; Page: 100; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, 16 Mar 2004; Line: 38; Age: 14; Sex: male; Color: None listed; Occupation: none listed; Birthplace: New York; School in year: yes.

1870 U. S. Federal Census; State: New York; County: Oneida; Town; Paris; Post Office: Paris; Enumeration date: 6 Jul 1870; Enumerator: David Larrabe; Series M593, Roll 1059; Page: 498; . Name: Oliver F. Teed; Age: 22; Sex: male; Color: white; Occupation: None listed; Place of birth: New York. (Living with the Edward S. Reed family)

1900 U. S. Federal Census; Calumet Township; Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Film Roll No. 285; Page No. 285; SD No. 1; ED No. 986; Sheet No. 12; Ward of City: 31; Enumeration Date: 13 June 1900; Enumerator: Ernest E. Ellington; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, 24 May 1999; Koreshan Unity: Oliver F. Teed; Residence: 99th Street, Dwelling 133; Relation to head of family: Boarder; Color, white; Sex, male; Month of birth: August; Year of birth: 1849; Age at last birthday: 50; Married; Number of years married 1*; Place of birth: New York; Place of birth of father: New York; Place of birth of mother: New York; Occupation: None listed; Can read, yes; Can write, yes; Can speak English, yes. (*Except for 5 married residents, all married residents living in this dwelling listed their number of years married as 1.)

1910 U.S. Federal Census/Estero/Lee County/Florida; Enumeration date: 23 Apr 1910; Koreshan Unity; Enumerator: Walter S. Turner, Jr.; Microfilm number: Fl 1910-H T624; ED: 80; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, 4 Jan 1995: Oliver F. Teed; Sex: Male; Race: White; Age 62; Marital Status: Married two times; Place of birth: New York; Place of birth of father: New York; Place of birth of mother: New York; Language spoken: English; Occupation: Machinist; Nature of trade: General Machinist; Employer or worker: worker; No. of months not employed: 0; Can read and write: yes.