Lucy was the daughter of Frederick Aldrich and his wife Catharine Finch Aldrich; she was the second of ten children. The family migrated to Macomb County, Michigan, from Ontario County, New York, about 1833.
Lucy married Silas Knickerbocker, also from Ontario County, in December 1827. Together with their three small children, they made the long, hard journey to Macomb County with her parents and other family members. The couple settled in the village of Armada where Silas worked as a cooper. Lucy purchased 80 acres in Armada Township in her own name in 1835.
Lucy and Silas were the parents of four children: Theopholis, Lydia Ann and Albert, all born in New York State, and Lucy Ann, born in Armada, Michigan.
Letters that exist in the Aldrich family relate that times were hard for the new settlers in Armada, and people struggled to get by. Hard times, sickness and death, and other insurmountable differences led to Silas and Lucy parting. Their divorce, uncommon at that date, was filed by Lucy in the Macomb County court and granted in February of 1850. Lucy was now referred to in her family as a "grass widow".
When the wife of Lucy's son Albert died in 1865, Lucy went to care for their four motherless children; a family letter records that "she had her hands full." About this time, her daughter Lucy Ann suffered an accident or condition that led to her hip being permanently crippled. Son Theopholis enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War, but whether the soldier's life did not suit him or because of illness, he did not serve out his term of enlistment; he did not remain in Armada but went to south-western Michigan. The 1870 Census found Lucy and daughter Lucy Ann living near the village of Romeo with no property or personal estate noted.
Life for Lucy took a decided upward turn when on September 6, 1871, she married Enoch Crawford, a well-to-do widower from nearby Ray Township. Perhaps Lucy's happiness was short-lived, for Enoch died a short time later and Lucy returned to Armada. Daughter Lucy Ann was last noted as living in Armada at the time of her father's death in 1875.
Lucy died of dropsy August 24, 1876. It is not certain that she is buried in Hadley Cemetery, but it is likely that she is with her parents, and son Albert and his family. Son Theopholis is buried in Hope Cemetery, Texas Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan; daughter Lydia Ann (Jewett) is likely with her husband Charles in Mount Evergreen Cemetery, Jackson, Michigan; while daughter Lucy Ann's burial place remains unknown.
Lucy married Silas Knickerbocker, also from Ontario County, in December 1827. Together with their three small children, they made the long, hard journey to Macomb County with her parents and other family members. The couple settled in the village of Armada where Silas worked as a cooper. Lucy purchased 80 acres in Armada Township in her own name in 1835.
Lucy and Silas were the parents of four children: Theopholis, Lydia Ann and Albert, all born in New York State, and Lucy Ann, born in Armada, Michigan.
Letters that exist in the Aldrich family relate that times were hard for the new settlers in Armada, and people struggled to get by. Hard times, sickness and death, and other insurmountable differences led to Silas and Lucy parting. Their divorce, uncommon at that date, was filed by Lucy in the Macomb County court and granted in February of 1850. Lucy was now referred to in her family as a "grass widow".
When the wife of Lucy's son Albert died in 1865, Lucy went to care for their four motherless children; a family letter records that "she had her hands full." About this time, her daughter Lucy Ann suffered an accident or condition that led to her hip being permanently crippled. Son Theopholis enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War, but whether the soldier's life did not suit him or because of illness, he did not serve out his term of enlistment; he did not remain in Armada but went to south-western Michigan. The 1870 Census found Lucy and daughter Lucy Ann living near the village of Romeo with no property or personal estate noted.
Life for Lucy took a decided upward turn when on September 6, 1871, she married Enoch Crawford, a well-to-do widower from nearby Ray Township. Perhaps Lucy's happiness was short-lived, for Enoch died a short time later and Lucy returned to Armada. Daughter Lucy Ann was last noted as living in Armada at the time of her father's death in 1875.
Lucy died of dropsy August 24, 1876. It is not certain that she is buried in Hadley Cemetery, but it is likely that she is with her parents, and son Albert and his family. Son Theopholis is buried in Hope Cemetery, Texas Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan; daughter Lydia Ann (Jewett) is likely with her husband Charles in Mount Evergreen Cemetery, Jackson, Michigan; while daughter Lucy Ann's burial place remains unknown.
Lucy was the daughter of Frederick Aldrich and his wife Catharine Finch Aldrich; she was the second of ten children. The family migrated to Macomb County, Michigan, from Ontario County, New York, about 1833.
Lucy married Silas Knickerbocker, also from Ontario County, in December 1827. Together with their three small children, they made the long, hard journey to Macomb County with her parents and other family members. The couple settled in the village of Armada where Silas worked as a cooper. Lucy purchased 80 acres in Armada Township in her own name in 1835.
Lucy and Silas were the parents of four children: Theopholis, Lydia Ann and Albert, all born in New York State, and Lucy Ann, born in Armada, Michigan.
Letters that exist in the Aldrich family relate that times were hard for the new settlers in Armada, and people struggled to get by. Hard times, sickness and death, and other insurmountable differences led to Silas and Lucy parting. Their divorce, uncommon at that date, was filed by Lucy in the Macomb County court and granted in February of 1850. Lucy was now referred to in her family as a "grass widow".
When the wife of Lucy's son Albert died in 1865, Lucy went to care for their four motherless children; a family letter records that "she had her hands full." About this time, her daughter Lucy Ann suffered an accident or condition that led to her hip being permanently crippled. Son Theopholis enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War, but whether the soldier's life did not suit him or because of illness, he did not serve out his term of enlistment; he did not remain in Armada but went to south-western Michigan. The 1870 Census found Lucy and daughter Lucy Ann living near the village of Romeo with no property or personal estate noted.
Life for Lucy took a decided upward turn when on September 6, 1871, she married Enoch Crawford, a well-to-do widower from nearby Ray Township. Perhaps Lucy's happiness was short-lived, for Enoch died a short time later and Lucy returned to Armada. Daughter Lucy Ann was last noted as living in Armada at the time of her father's death in 1875.
Lucy died of dropsy August 24, 1876. It is not certain that she is buried in Hadley Cemetery, but it is likely that she is with her parents, and son Albert and his family. Son Theopholis is buried in Hope Cemetery, Texas Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan; daughter Lydia Ann (Jewett) is likely with her husband Charles in Mount Evergreen Cemetery, Jackson, Michigan; while daughter Lucy Ann's burial place remains unknown.
Lucy married Silas Knickerbocker, also from Ontario County, in December 1827. Together with their three small children, they made the long, hard journey to Macomb County with her parents and other family members. The couple settled in the village of Armada where Silas worked as a cooper. Lucy purchased 80 acres in Armada Township in her own name in 1835.
Lucy and Silas were the parents of four children: Theopholis, Lydia Ann and Albert, all born in New York State, and Lucy Ann, born in Armada, Michigan.
Letters that exist in the Aldrich family relate that times were hard for the new settlers in Armada, and people struggled to get by. Hard times, sickness and death, and other insurmountable differences led to Silas and Lucy parting. Their divorce, uncommon at that date, was filed by Lucy in the Macomb County court and granted in February of 1850. Lucy was now referred to in her family as a "grass widow".
When the wife of Lucy's son Albert died in 1865, Lucy went to care for their four motherless children; a family letter records that "she had her hands full." About this time, her daughter Lucy Ann suffered an accident or condition that led to her hip being permanently crippled. Son Theopholis enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War, but whether the soldier's life did not suit him or because of illness, he did not serve out his term of enlistment; he did not remain in Armada but went to south-western Michigan. The 1870 Census found Lucy and daughter Lucy Ann living near the village of Romeo with no property or personal estate noted.
Life for Lucy took a decided upward turn when on September 6, 1871, she married Enoch Crawford, a well-to-do widower from nearby Ray Township. Perhaps Lucy's happiness was short-lived, for Enoch died a short time later and Lucy returned to Armada. Daughter Lucy Ann was last noted as living in Armada at the time of her father's death in 1875.
Lucy died of dropsy August 24, 1876. It is not certain that she is buried in Hadley Cemetery, but it is likely that she is with her parents, and son Albert and his family. Son Theopholis is buried in Hope Cemetery, Texas Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan; daughter Lydia Ann (Jewett) is likely with her husband Charles in Mount Evergreen Cemetery, Jackson, Michigan; while daughter Lucy Ann's burial place remains unknown.
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