Here are my notes for Ambrose, from his entry in my family tree file- Rick Waggener:
I have managed to put together pretty much of the story on Ambrose Wayman. He was reportedly born in Bradford County, Pennsylvania on July 14, 1843, to his parents John T. Wayman and Martha. He grew up in Bradford County, and on February 18, 1864, he enlisted as a Private in Company B of the 7th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Calvary. The regiment was part of General Sherman's 1864 Atlanta Campaign. Ambrose was injured in June of 1864, when his horse was shot out from under him. On October 1, 1864, he was captured by the Confederate's at Carter's Creek, Tennessee. He remained a prisoner of war until March 25, 1865. He mustered out of the service with the rest of the unit on May 19, 1865. Ambrose returned to Bradford County after the war. He apparently suffered some medical problems from the war.
On October 1, 1870, he married his first wife, Olive Loretta Hancock at Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. They apparently never had any children and separated in the early 1880's. She eventually divorced Ambrose. In about 1882, Ambrose moved to Michigan, living first in Ferris Centre, Montcalm County. I am not sure why he moved to Michigan, but he apparently had some relatives there.
On November 8, 1884, Ambrose married his second wife, Lottie Ann Ribble (actually Fuller), in Bellevue, Eaton County, Michigan. They moved around a lot, but for the most part lived in central area of Michigan's Lower Peninsula. They had three children, Richard John, Clarence Orville, and Lena Jane. In 1888, Ambrose and apparently Lottie, returned to Bradford County, Pennsylvania to submit the paperwork for a military invalid pension for Ambrose. He apparently was granted the pension, and they returned to Michigan in about 1891.
Around 1906, Ambrose and Lottie separated. They never lived together again. Ambrose lived on an off in the households of his children. He reportedly spent a couple of years in an old soldiers home in Battle Creek, around 1916. He seemed to live mostly around the City of Ionia in Ionia County, Michigan, which is where he died on March 28, 1924. He seems to have collected a military pension for the rest of his life. He apparently worked mostly as a farm laborer, when he was able to work. He is buried in the Highland Park Cemetery, just outside of Ionia.
Rick Waggener
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From the 1850 Federal Census of Bradford County, Pennsylvania, Durell Township, taken August 19, 1850, household #114; from genealogy.com. Ambrose is listed in the household of his parents and siblings:
----- Ambrose; age- 7, male, born- Pennsylvania
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From the 1860 Federal Census of Albany, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, page 21, taken July 21, 1860, household 1326; from ancestry.com, image 21 of 30. Ambrose is listed in the household of his parents:
Ambrose Wainmond; age- 18, male, born- Pennsylvania
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From National Park Service. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, online , acquired 2007:
Name: Ambrose Wayman
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Pennsylvania
Regiment Name: 7 Pennsylvania Cav.
Regiment Name Expanded: 7th Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry (80th Volunteers)
COMPANY: B
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Private
Rank Out Expanded: Private
Film Number: M554 roll 128
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I have obtained a copy of the Civil War Pension Application for Ambrose, which documents his service in the Civil War. On February 18, 1864, he enlisted in the Company B of the 7th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Calvary, commanded by Captain William Garrick. On June 20, 1864, he was on a scouting raid in Noonday Creek, Georgia. His unit was part of Sherman's 1864 Atlanta Campaign. Ambrose reportedly had his horse shot out from him as he was jumping a ditch, and the horse fell on him and injured his side as he fell on his saber. He was apparently hospitalized the next day at Big Shanty, Georgia and later in Columbia, Tennessee. He apparently returned to his unit in September of 1864. The injury was some kind of severe contusion, although he apparently had a scar later, so he might have been cut also. On October 1, 1864, he was captured by the Confederates at Carter's Creek, Tennessee. He was held captive by the Confederates until his release on March 25, 1865, at Big Black, Mississippi. He reportedly was held captive at Selma, Alabama and Cahaba, Alabama, during the winter of 1864-65. He apparently rejoined his unit and discharged out of the army on May 19, 1865, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He discharged in the same rank that he entered, Private. -Rick Waggener
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From the 1870 Federal Census of Albany Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, post office- New Albany, page 34, taken July 27, 1870, household 270; from ancestry.com, image 34 of 35. Ambrose seems to be listed in the household of his parents:
------ Ambrosia; age- 23, male, occupation- Farm Laborer, born- Pennsylvania
(Ambrose would marry for the first time, later in this year. - RW)
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In a record found in 1926, in regards to the widow's pension application made by Ambrose's widow, Lottie. Apparently this was part of the divorce papers filed in 1888, by Ambrose's first wife, Olive. In regards to their marriage it was reported:
"Ambrose Wayman, Albany, Pa. and Olive R. Hancock, Albany, Pa. married at Towanda, Pa. Oct. 1, 1870 by W. W. Bogart, J. P"
This record further states:
"Olive L. Wayman made application for divorce from Ambrose Wayman under date of February 25, 1888, by her next friend, Jesse Shaffer... And now to wit; Feb. 26, 1889, on reading the within depositions and on motion of Reese J. Thomson, Court direct decree of divorce to issue in and from as prayed for, upon the payment of costs...."
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From the 1880 Federal Census of Forks Township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, district 234, page 21/ 648A, taken June 24, 1880, household 145; from ancestry.com, image 21 of 32:
Wayman, Ambrose; male, age- 34, head of household, married, occupation- farmer, can't r/w, born- Pennsylvania, parents born- New York
------ Olive L.; female, age- 25, wife, married, occupation- keeping house, can't write, born- Pennsylvania, parents born- Pennsylvania
Cawley, Mathew; male, age- 30, laboring?, single, occupation- laborer, born- Ireland, parents born- Ireland
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On January 25, 1889, Ambrose applied for an Military Invalid Pension, in Bradford County, Pennsylvania (Appl. No.- 686998, Cert. No. 449212). On April 11, 1924, after Ambrose's death, Lottie applied for a Widow's pension in Ionia, Michigan (Appl. No.- 1217934). The file I received from the National Archives was pretty large. Most of it seems to be in regards to Lottie's application, which was eventually denied, due to a number of problems. From the various documents, I have been able to piece together quite a bit of information about Ambrose.
Ambrose did not have any document proving his date of birth, so they used the same 1850 census record that I found from Bradford County, to document his age. This confirms that this is Ambrose and those are his parents and siblings. By correlating information in this file and information from Dan Wayman, I can confirm that Ambrose's father John had an earlier wife named Eliza Robbins, and that she is the mother of an older half-brother named David and a half-sister named Elizabeth. The two younger siblings in the 1850 census, the younger Eliza and Mary, are clearly full siblings, but it is not clear about his relation with Orlando, Julia Ann, and Clarinda.
Ambrose was described as living in New Albany, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, at the time of his enlistment in 1864. As noted above, the pension file contains records of the marriage of Ambrose and Olive Loretta Hancock on October 1, 1870, as well as the subsequent divorce she applied for on February 25, 1888, and which was finalized on February 26, 1889. This was one of a number of problems for Lottie in her application, because she and others stated that she married Ambrose on November 8, 1884, in Bellevue, Eaton County, Michigan. The explanation which was given by Lottie and which confirmed by some others, was that Ambrose had told Lottie and others that his first wife Loretta had died in about 1883. He actually wrote this in a document in 1898. Lottie was unable to find a record of her marriage to Ambrose, and she stated that the certificate that she had been burned up in a fire.
Ambrose's original Invalid Pension was applied for based on two problems. The first was the injury he sustained to his side in the Civil War, when his horse was shot out from under him and the horse fell on him and he fell on the handle of his saber. The second medical problem was that he reportedly contracted diarrhea while a prisoner of war in Meridan, Mississippi, in the fall of 1864. He reportedly suffered with this to some extent for the rest of his life. Ambrose apparently initially received a pension sometime around 1892. He apparently applied for and received some kind of increase around 1898. In 1906, he was receiving $14 a month. He lived in an Old Soldiers Home in Grand Rapids, in 1816, when his pension went from $20-$35 a month. He apparently checked out of that home in 1918. At the time of his death in 1924, he was receiving $50 a month.
It was mentioned by Lottie, and the records of Ambrose seemed to confirm, the fact that they moved around a lot. One of the documents lists the various locations and dates, apparently as well as he could remember. From 1865-1882, he lived in New Albany, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. From 1882- 1884, he listed that he was living in Ferris Centre, Montcalm County, Michigan. In one report it was mentioned that he had apparently come to Michigan at some point with Loretta, although it was reported that they returned to Pennsylvania. From 1884-1885, he was listed in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan. In 1885 he listed being back in Ferris Centre, and then in 1888 he reported he was living in Elm Hall, Gratiot County, Michigan. From 1888-1890, he was living back in New Albany, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. This was when he initially applied for the pension, and apparently he felt he needed the testimony from doctors and witnesses, to support some of his claims. He said that in 1892, he was back in Elm Hall, Gratiot County, Michigan. In 1898, he reported he was living in Bellevue, Eaton County, Michigan. In 1906, he said he was in Orleans, Ionia County, Michigan. In 1914-1915, he was living in Ionia, Ionia County, Michigan, and he died there on March 28, 1924.
In the various records, he was listed as being 5 ft. 6 in. tall, with blue eyes, light hair, and he weighed about 135 lbs. He apparently could not read or write. He was listed as having no religion.
In the widow's application, it came out that Ambrose and Lottie separated around 1906, and that they never lived together again. Ambrose lived on and off with his daughter Lena and his son Richard. He was apparently living with Lena and her husband Cleo Salter, at the time of his death.
Rick Waggener
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From the 1900 Federal Census of Gratiot County, Michigan, Sumner Township, page 5B, taken June 7, 1900, household #104; genealogy.com:
Wayman, Ambrose; head of household, male, born July 1843, age- 56, married 15 years, born- Pennsylvania, parents born- New York, occupation- day laborer, unemployed 7 months last year, can't r/w, rents home, home is a house
----- Lottie; wife, female, born- May 1868, age- 32, married 15 years, mother of 3 children/ all alive, born- Michigan, parents born- French Canada, r/w's
----- Richard; son, male, born- July 1886, age- 13, born- Michigan, father born- Pennsylvania, mother born- Michigan, at school- 5 months last year, r/w's
----- Clarence; son, male, born- Mar 1888, age- 12, born- Michigan, father born- Pennsylvania, mother born- Michigan, at school- 5 months last year, r/w's
----- Lena; daughter, female, born- Aug 1892, age- 7, born- Michigan, father born- Pennsylvania, mother born- Michigan
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From the 1910 Federal Census of Martiny Township, Mecosta County, Michigan, district 128, sheet 6a, taken April 22, 1910, household 22; from Ancestry.com, image 11 of 48:
Wayman, Ambrose; head of household, male, age- 64, married (2nd) 26 years, born- Pennsylvania, parents born- New York, occupation- farmer/ general farm, can't r/w, owns home with mortgage, home is a farm
------ Lottie; wife, female, age- 44, married (1st) 26 years, mother of 4 children/ 4 children living, born- Michigan, parents born- Michigan, occupation- none, r/w's
------ Clarence; son, male, age- 22, single, born- Michigan, father born- Pennsylvania, mother born- Michigan, occupation- laborer/ farm, r/w's
------ Eunice; daughter, female, age- 1, born- Michigan, father born- Pennsylvania, mother born- Michigan
(It's hard to know what to make of this record. From a number of different sources in the pension file, it appears that Ambrose and Lottie had separated in about 1906. The daughter Eunice listed here, was the daughter of Lottie and James Haight. Next door to this household is the household of a Frank Haight. I was unable to locate Ambrose anywhere else in the census, but I just find it hard to believe he was really living here.-RW)
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From the 1920 Federal Census of Ionia County, Michigan; Orange Township, District #91, page 8A, taken April 30, 1920; from ancestry.com, district #90, image 15 of 16:
----- Wayman, Ambrose; father-in-law, male, age- 74, married, r/w's, born- Pennsylvania, parents born- New York, occupation- none
(Ambrose is living in the household of his daughter Lena and her second husband, Frank Ogden. -RW)
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Certificate of Death; Michigan Department of Health:
Full Name: Ambrose Wayman
Place of death: Ionia, Ionia County, Michigan
Residence: 170 Adams, Ward 3 (this is also where Ambrose died)
Sex: male
Marital status: Divorced
Spouse: Lottie
Date of Birth: July 14, 1843
Age: 80 years, 8 months, 14 days
Occupation: Laborer/ Farm
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Name of father: John Wayman
Birthplace of father: New York State
Maiden name of mother: Unknown
Birthplace of mother: New York State
Name of informant: Mrs. Lena Salter (Ambrose's daughter)
Address of informant: Ionia, Michigan
Date of death: March 28, 1924
Cause of death: Mitral Regurgitation; Gangrene of Rt Foot; Chronic Inst Nephritis
Place of burial: Highland Park
Date of burial: March 31, 1924
(In the Pension File there was a deposition from the undertaker, dated June 19, 1925, and stating that the report above that Ambrose was divorced at the time of his death is not true. -RW)
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From a listing of the Highland Park Cemetery, located on East Main Street in Ionia, Michigan, on-line at Rootsweb.com, copyright 1998 by Beth Mills:
***** Wayman, Ambrose; Death Date- 03-31-1924; Cemetery Lot #5-86
His headstone reads:
Ambrose Wayman
Co. B
7 Pa. Cav.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I have managed to put together pretty much of the story on Ambrose Wayman. He was reportedly born in Bradford County, Pennsylvania on July 14, 1843, to his parents John T. Wayman and Martha. He grew up in Bradford County, and on February 18, 1864, he enlisted as a Private in Company B of the 7th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Calvary. The regiment was part of General Sherman's 1864 Atlanta Campaign. Ambrose was injured in June of 1864, when his horse was shot out from under him. On October 1, 1864, he was captured by the Confederate's at Carter's Creek, Tennessee. He remained a prisoner of war until March 25, 1865. He mustered out of the service with the rest of the unit on May 19, 1865. Ambrose returned to Bradford County after the war. He apparently suffered some medical problems from the war.
On October 1, 1870, he married his first wife, Olive Loretta Hancock at Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. They apparently never had any children and separated in the early 1880's. She eventually divorced Ambrose. In about 1882, Ambrose moved to Michigan, living first in Ferris Centre, Montcalm County. I am not sure why he moved to Michigan, but he apparently had some relatives there.
On November 8, 1884, Ambrose married his second wife, Lottie Ann Ribble (actually Fuller), in Bellevue, Eaton County, Michigan. They moved around a lot, but for the most part lived in central area of Michigan's Lower Peninsula. They had three children, Richard John, Clarence Orville, and Lena Jane. In 1888, Ambrose and apparently Lottie, returned to Bradford County, Pennsylvania to submit the paperwork for a military invalid pension for Ambrose. He apparently was granted the pension, and they returned to Michigan in about 1891.
Around 1906, Ambrose and Lottie separated. They never lived together again. Ambrose lived on an off in the households of his children. He reportedly spent a couple of years in an old soldiers home in Battle Creek, around 1916. He seemed to live mostly around the City of Ionia in Ionia County, Michigan, which is where he died on March 28, 1924. He seems to have collected a military pension for the rest of his life. He apparently worked mostly as a farm laborer, when he was able to work. He is buried in the Highland Park Cemetery, just outside of Ionia.
Rick Waggener
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From the 1850 Federal Census of Bradford County, Pennsylvania, Durell Township, taken August 19, 1850, household #114; from genealogy.com. Ambrose is listed in the household of his parents and siblings:
----- Ambrose; age- 7, male, born- Pennsylvania
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From the 1860 Federal Census of Albany, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, page 21, taken July 21, 1860, household 1326; from ancestry.com, image 21 of 30. Ambrose is listed in the household of his parents:
Ambrose Wainmond; age- 18, male, born- Pennsylvania
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From National Park Service. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, online , acquired 2007:
Name: Ambrose Wayman
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Pennsylvania
Regiment Name: 7 Pennsylvania Cav.
Regiment Name Expanded: 7th Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry (80th Volunteers)
COMPANY: B
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Private
Rank Out Expanded: Private
Film Number: M554 roll 128
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I have obtained a copy of the Civil War Pension Application for Ambrose, which documents his service in the Civil War. On February 18, 1864, he enlisted in the Company B of the 7th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Calvary, commanded by Captain William Garrick. On June 20, 1864, he was on a scouting raid in Noonday Creek, Georgia. His unit was part of Sherman's 1864 Atlanta Campaign. Ambrose reportedly had his horse shot out from him as he was jumping a ditch, and the horse fell on him and injured his side as he fell on his saber. He was apparently hospitalized the next day at Big Shanty, Georgia and later in Columbia, Tennessee. He apparently returned to his unit in September of 1864. The injury was some kind of severe contusion, although he apparently had a scar later, so he might have been cut also. On October 1, 1864, he was captured by the Confederates at Carter's Creek, Tennessee. He was held captive by the Confederates until his release on March 25, 1865, at Big Black, Mississippi. He reportedly was held captive at Selma, Alabama and Cahaba, Alabama, during the winter of 1864-65. He apparently rejoined his unit and discharged out of the army on May 19, 1865, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He discharged in the same rank that he entered, Private. -Rick Waggener
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From the 1870 Federal Census of Albany Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, post office- New Albany, page 34, taken July 27, 1870, household 270; from ancestry.com, image 34 of 35. Ambrose seems to be listed in the household of his parents:
------ Ambrosia; age- 23, male, occupation- Farm Laborer, born- Pennsylvania
(Ambrose would marry for the first time, later in this year. - RW)
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In a record found in 1926, in regards to the widow's pension application made by Ambrose's widow, Lottie. Apparently this was part of the divorce papers filed in 1888, by Ambrose's first wife, Olive. In regards to their marriage it was reported:
"Ambrose Wayman, Albany, Pa. and Olive R. Hancock, Albany, Pa. married at Towanda, Pa. Oct. 1, 1870 by W. W. Bogart, J. P"
This record further states:
"Olive L. Wayman made application for divorce from Ambrose Wayman under date of February 25, 1888, by her next friend, Jesse Shaffer... And now to wit; Feb. 26, 1889, on reading the within depositions and on motion of Reese J. Thomson, Court direct decree of divorce to issue in and from as prayed for, upon the payment of costs...."
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From the 1880 Federal Census of Forks Township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, district 234, page 21/ 648A, taken June 24, 1880, household 145; from ancestry.com, image 21 of 32:
Wayman, Ambrose; male, age- 34, head of household, married, occupation- farmer, can't r/w, born- Pennsylvania, parents born- New York
------ Olive L.; female, age- 25, wife, married, occupation- keeping house, can't write, born- Pennsylvania, parents born- Pennsylvania
Cawley, Mathew; male, age- 30, laboring?, single, occupation- laborer, born- Ireland, parents born- Ireland
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On January 25, 1889, Ambrose applied for an Military Invalid Pension, in Bradford County, Pennsylvania (Appl. No.- 686998, Cert. No. 449212). On April 11, 1924, after Ambrose's death, Lottie applied for a Widow's pension in Ionia, Michigan (Appl. No.- 1217934). The file I received from the National Archives was pretty large. Most of it seems to be in regards to Lottie's application, which was eventually denied, due to a number of problems. From the various documents, I have been able to piece together quite a bit of information about Ambrose.
Ambrose did not have any document proving his date of birth, so they used the same 1850 census record that I found from Bradford County, to document his age. This confirms that this is Ambrose and those are his parents and siblings. By correlating information in this file and information from Dan Wayman, I can confirm that Ambrose's father John had an earlier wife named Eliza Robbins, and that she is the mother of an older half-brother named David and a half-sister named Elizabeth. The two younger siblings in the 1850 census, the younger Eliza and Mary, are clearly full siblings, but it is not clear about his relation with Orlando, Julia Ann, and Clarinda.
Ambrose was described as living in New Albany, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, at the time of his enlistment in 1864. As noted above, the pension file contains records of the marriage of Ambrose and Olive Loretta Hancock on October 1, 1870, as well as the subsequent divorce she applied for on February 25, 1888, and which was finalized on February 26, 1889. This was one of a number of problems for Lottie in her application, because she and others stated that she married Ambrose on November 8, 1884, in Bellevue, Eaton County, Michigan. The explanation which was given by Lottie and which confirmed by some others, was that Ambrose had told Lottie and others that his first wife Loretta had died in about 1883. He actually wrote this in a document in 1898. Lottie was unable to find a record of her marriage to Ambrose, and she stated that the certificate that she had been burned up in a fire.
Ambrose's original Invalid Pension was applied for based on two problems. The first was the injury he sustained to his side in the Civil War, when his horse was shot out from under him and the horse fell on him and he fell on the handle of his saber. The second medical problem was that he reportedly contracted diarrhea while a prisoner of war in Meridan, Mississippi, in the fall of 1864. He reportedly suffered with this to some extent for the rest of his life. Ambrose apparently initially received a pension sometime around 1892. He apparently applied for and received some kind of increase around 1898. In 1906, he was receiving $14 a month. He lived in an Old Soldiers Home in Grand Rapids, in 1816, when his pension went from $20-$35 a month. He apparently checked out of that home in 1918. At the time of his death in 1924, he was receiving $50 a month.
It was mentioned by Lottie, and the records of Ambrose seemed to confirm, the fact that they moved around a lot. One of the documents lists the various locations and dates, apparently as well as he could remember. From 1865-1882, he lived in New Albany, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. From 1882- 1884, he listed that he was living in Ferris Centre, Montcalm County, Michigan. In one report it was mentioned that he had apparently come to Michigan at some point with Loretta, although it was reported that they returned to Pennsylvania. From 1884-1885, he was listed in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan. In 1885 he listed being back in Ferris Centre, and then in 1888 he reported he was living in Elm Hall, Gratiot County, Michigan. From 1888-1890, he was living back in New Albany, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. This was when he initially applied for the pension, and apparently he felt he needed the testimony from doctors and witnesses, to support some of his claims. He said that in 1892, he was back in Elm Hall, Gratiot County, Michigan. In 1898, he reported he was living in Bellevue, Eaton County, Michigan. In 1906, he said he was in Orleans, Ionia County, Michigan. In 1914-1915, he was living in Ionia, Ionia County, Michigan, and he died there on March 28, 1924.
In the various records, he was listed as being 5 ft. 6 in. tall, with blue eyes, light hair, and he weighed about 135 lbs. He apparently could not read or write. He was listed as having no religion.
In the widow's application, it came out that Ambrose and Lottie separated around 1906, and that they never lived together again. Ambrose lived on and off with his daughter Lena and his son Richard. He was apparently living with Lena and her husband Cleo Salter, at the time of his death.
Rick Waggener
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From the 1900 Federal Census of Gratiot County, Michigan, Sumner Township, page 5B, taken June 7, 1900, household #104; genealogy.com:
Wayman, Ambrose; head of household, male, born July 1843, age- 56, married 15 years, born- Pennsylvania, parents born- New York, occupation- day laborer, unemployed 7 months last year, can't r/w, rents home, home is a house
----- Lottie; wife, female, born- May 1868, age- 32, married 15 years, mother of 3 children/ all alive, born- Michigan, parents born- French Canada, r/w's
----- Richard; son, male, born- July 1886, age- 13, born- Michigan, father born- Pennsylvania, mother born- Michigan, at school- 5 months last year, r/w's
----- Clarence; son, male, born- Mar 1888, age- 12, born- Michigan, father born- Pennsylvania, mother born- Michigan, at school- 5 months last year, r/w's
----- Lena; daughter, female, born- Aug 1892, age- 7, born- Michigan, father born- Pennsylvania, mother born- Michigan
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From the 1910 Federal Census of Martiny Township, Mecosta County, Michigan, district 128, sheet 6a, taken April 22, 1910, household 22; from Ancestry.com, image 11 of 48:
Wayman, Ambrose; head of household, male, age- 64, married (2nd) 26 years, born- Pennsylvania, parents born- New York, occupation- farmer/ general farm, can't r/w, owns home with mortgage, home is a farm
------ Lottie; wife, female, age- 44, married (1st) 26 years, mother of 4 children/ 4 children living, born- Michigan, parents born- Michigan, occupation- none, r/w's
------ Clarence; son, male, age- 22, single, born- Michigan, father born- Pennsylvania, mother born- Michigan, occupation- laborer/ farm, r/w's
------ Eunice; daughter, female, age- 1, born- Michigan, father born- Pennsylvania, mother born- Michigan
(It's hard to know what to make of this record. From a number of different sources in the pension file, it appears that Ambrose and Lottie had separated in about 1906. The daughter Eunice listed here, was the daughter of Lottie and James Haight. Next door to this household is the household of a Frank Haight. I was unable to locate Ambrose anywhere else in the census, but I just find it hard to believe he was really living here.-RW)
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From the 1920 Federal Census of Ionia County, Michigan; Orange Township, District #91, page 8A, taken April 30, 1920; from ancestry.com, district #90, image 15 of 16:
----- Wayman, Ambrose; father-in-law, male, age- 74, married, r/w's, born- Pennsylvania, parents born- New York, occupation- none
(Ambrose is living in the household of his daughter Lena and her second husband, Frank Ogden. -RW)
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Certificate of Death; Michigan Department of Health:
Full Name: Ambrose Wayman
Place of death: Ionia, Ionia County, Michigan
Residence: 170 Adams, Ward 3 (this is also where Ambrose died)
Sex: male
Marital status: Divorced
Spouse: Lottie
Date of Birth: July 14, 1843
Age: 80 years, 8 months, 14 days
Occupation: Laborer/ Farm
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Name of father: John Wayman
Birthplace of father: New York State
Maiden name of mother: Unknown
Birthplace of mother: New York State
Name of informant: Mrs. Lena Salter (Ambrose's daughter)
Address of informant: Ionia, Michigan
Date of death: March 28, 1924
Cause of death: Mitral Regurgitation; Gangrene of Rt Foot; Chronic Inst Nephritis
Place of burial: Highland Park
Date of burial: March 31, 1924
(In the Pension File there was a deposition from the undertaker, dated June 19, 1925, and stating that the report above that Ambrose was divorced at the time of his death is not true. -RW)
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From a listing of the Highland Park Cemetery, located on East Main Street in Ionia, Michigan, on-line at Rootsweb.com, copyright 1998 by Beth Mills:
***** Wayman, Ambrose; Death Date- 03-31-1924; Cemetery Lot #5-86
His headstone reads:
Ambrose Wayman
Co. B
7 Pa. Cav.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Here are my notes for Ambrose, from his entry in my family tree file- Rick Waggener:
I have managed to put together pretty much of the story on Ambrose Wayman. He was reportedly born in Bradford County, Pennsylvania on July 14, 1843, to his parents John T. Wayman and Martha. He grew up in Bradford County, and on February 18, 1864, he enlisted as a Private in Company B of the 7th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Calvary. The regiment was part of General Sherman's 1864 Atlanta Campaign. Ambrose was injured in June of 1864, when his horse was shot out from under him. On October 1, 1864, he was captured by the Confederate's at Carter's Creek, Tennessee. He remained a prisoner of war until March 25, 1865. He mustered out of the service with the rest of the unit on May 19, 1865. Ambrose returned to Bradford County after the war. He apparently suffered some medical problems from the war.
On October 1, 1870, he married his first wife, Olive Loretta Hancock at Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. They apparently never had any children and separated in the early 1880's. She eventually divorced Ambrose. In about 1882, Ambrose moved to Michigan, living first in Ferris Centre, Montcalm County. I am not sure why he moved to Michigan, but he apparently had some relatives there.
On November 8, 1884, Ambrose married his second wife, Lottie Ann Ribble (actually Fuller), in Bellevue, Eaton County, Michigan. They moved around a lot, but for the most part lived in central area of Michigan's Lower Peninsula. They had three children, Richard John, Clarence Orville, and Lena Jane. In 1888, Ambrose and apparently Lottie, returned to Bradford County, Pennsylvania to submit the paperwork for a military invalid pension for Ambrose. He apparently was granted the pension, and they returned to Michigan in about 1891.
Around 1906, Ambrose and Lottie separated. They never lived together again. Ambrose lived on an off in the households of his children. He reportedly spent a couple of years in an old soldiers home in Battle Creek, around 1916. He seemed to live mostly around the City of Ionia in Ionia County, Michigan, which is where he died on March 28, 1924. He seems to have collected a military pension for the rest of his life. He apparently worked mostly as a farm laborer, when he was able to work. He is buried in the Highland Park Cemetery, just outside of Ionia.
Rick Waggener
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From the 1850 Federal Census of Bradford County, Pennsylvania, Durell Township, taken August 19, 1850, household #114; from genealogy.com. Ambrose is listed in the household of his parents and siblings:
----- Ambrose; age- 7, male, born- Pennsylvania
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From the 1860 Federal Census of Albany, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, page 21, taken July 21, 1860, household 1326; from ancestry.com, image 21 of 30. Ambrose is listed in the household of his parents:
Ambrose Wainmond; age- 18, male, born- Pennsylvania
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From National Park Service. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, online , acquired 2007:
Name: Ambrose Wayman
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Pennsylvania
Regiment Name: 7 Pennsylvania Cav.
Regiment Name Expanded: 7th Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry (80th Volunteers)
COMPANY: B
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Private
Rank Out Expanded: Private
Film Number: M554 roll 128
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I have obtained a copy of the Civil War Pension Application for Ambrose, which documents his service in the Civil War. On February 18, 1864, he enlisted in the Company B of the 7th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Calvary, commanded by Captain William Garrick. On June 20, 1864, he was on a scouting raid in Noonday Creek, Georgia. His unit was part of Sherman's 1864 Atlanta Campaign. Ambrose reportedly had his horse shot out from him as he was jumping a ditch, and the horse fell on him and injured his side as he fell on his saber. He was apparently hospitalized the next day at Big Shanty, Georgia and later in Columbia, Tennessee. He apparently returned to his unit in September of 1864. The injury was some kind of severe contusion, although he apparently had a scar later, so he might have been cut also. On October 1, 1864, he was captured by the Confederates at Carter's Creek, Tennessee. He was held captive by the Confederates until his release on March 25, 1865, at Big Black, Mississippi. He reportedly was held captive at Selma, Alabama and Cahaba, Alabama, during the winter of 1864-65. He apparently rejoined his unit and discharged out of the army on May 19, 1865, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He discharged in the same rank that he entered, Private. -Rick Waggener
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From the 1870 Federal Census of Albany Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, post office- New Albany, page 34, taken July 27, 1870, household 270; from ancestry.com, image 34 of 35. Ambrose seems to be listed in the household of his parents:
------ Ambrosia; age- 23, male, occupation- Farm Laborer, born- Pennsylvania
(Ambrose would marry for the first time, later in this year. - RW)
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In a record found in 1926, in regards to the widow's pension application made by Ambrose's widow, Lottie. Apparently this was part of the divorce papers filed in 1888, by Ambrose's first wife, Olive. In regards to their marriage it was reported:
"Ambrose Wayman, Albany, Pa. and Olive R. Hancock, Albany, Pa. married at Towanda, Pa. Oct. 1, 1870 by W. W. Bogart, J. P"
This record further states:
"Olive L. Wayman made application for divorce from Ambrose Wayman under date of February 25, 1888, by her next friend, Jesse Shaffer... And now to wit; Feb. 26, 1889, on reading the within depositions and on motion of Reese J. Thomson, Court direct decree of divorce to issue in and from as prayed for, upon the payment of costs...."
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From the 1880 Federal Census of Forks Township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, district 234, page 21/ 648A, taken June 24, 1880, household 145; from ancestry.com, image 21 of 32:
Wayman, Ambrose; male, age- 34, head of household, married, occupation- farmer, can't r/w, born- Pennsylvania, parents born- New York
------ Olive L.; female, age- 25, wife, married, occupation- keeping house, can't write, born- Pennsylvania, parents born- Pennsylvania
Cawley, Mathew; male, age- 30, laboring?, single, occupation- laborer, born- Ireland, parents born- Ireland
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On January 25, 1889, Ambrose applied for an Military Invalid Pension, in Bradford County, Pennsylvania (Appl. No.- 686998, Cert. No. 449212). On April 11, 1924, after Ambrose's death, Lottie applied for a Widow's pension in Ionia, Michigan (Appl. No.- 1217934). The file I received from the National Archives was pretty large. Most of it seems to be in regards to Lottie's application, which was eventually denied, due to a number of problems. From the various documents, I have been able to piece together quite a bit of information about Ambrose.
Ambrose did not have any document proving his date of birth, so they used the same 1850 census record that I found from Bradford County, to document his age. This confirms that this is Ambrose and those are his parents and siblings. By correlating information in this file and information from Dan Wayman, I can confirm that Ambrose's father John had an earlier wife named Eliza Robbins, and that she is the mother of an older half-brother named David and a half-sister named Elizabeth. The two younger siblings in the 1850 census, the younger Eliza and Mary, are clearly full siblings, but it is not clear about his relation with Orlando, Julia Ann, and Clarinda.
Ambrose was described as living in New Albany, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, at the time of his enlistment in 1864. As noted above, the pension file contains records of the marriage of Ambrose and Olive Loretta Hancock on October 1, 1870, as well as the subsequent divorce she applied for on February 25, 1888, and which was finalized on February 26, 1889. This was one of a number of problems for Lottie in her application, because she and others stated that she married Ambrose on November 8, 1884, in Bellevue, Eaton County, Michigan. The explanation which was given by Lottie and which confirmed by some others, was that Ambrose had told Lottie and others that his first wife Loretta had died in about 1883. He actually wrote this in a document in 1898. Lottie was unable to find a record of her marriage to Ambrose, and she stated that the certificate that she had been burned up in a fire.
Ambrose's original Invalid Pension was applied for based on two problems. The first was the injury he sustained to his side in the Civil War, when his horse was shot out from under him and the horse fell on him and he fell on the handle of his saber. The second medical problem was that he reportedly contracted diarrhea while a prisoner of war in Meridan, Mississippi, in the fall of 1864. He reportedly suffered with this to some extent for the rest of his life. Ambrose apparently initially received a pension sometime around 1892. He apparently applied for and received some kind of increase around 1898. In 1906, he was receiving $14 a month. He lived in an Old Soldiers Home in Grand Rapids, in 1816, when his pension went from $20-$35 a month. He apparently checked out of that home in 1918. At the time of his death in 1924, he was receiving $50 a month.
It was mentioned by Lottie, and the records of Ambrose seemed to confirm, the fact that they moved around a lot. One of the documents lists the various locations and dates, apparently as well as he could remember. From 1865-1882, he lived in New Albany, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. From 1882- 1884, he listed that he was living in Ferris Centre, Montcalm County, Michigan. In one report it was mentioned that he had apparently come to Michigan at some point with Loretta, although it was reported that they returned to Pennsylvania. From 1884-1885, he was listed in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan. In 1885 he listed being back in Ferris Centre, and then in 1888 he reported he was living in Elm Hall, Gratiot County, Michigan. From 1888-1890, he was living back in New Albany, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. This was when he initially applied for the pension, and apparently he felt he needed the testimony from doctors and witnesses, to support some of his claims. He said that in 1892, he was back in Elm Hall, Gratiot County, Michigan. In 1898, he reported he was living in Bellevue, Eaton County, Michigan. In 1906, he said he was in Orleans, Ionia County, Michigan. In 1914-1915, he was living in Ionia, Ionia County, Michigan, and he died there on March 28, 1924.
In the various records, he was listed as being 5 ft. 6 in. tall, with blue eyes, light hair, and he weighed about 135 lbs. He apparently could not read or write. He was listed as having no religion.
In the widow's application, it came out that Ambrose and Lottie separated around 1906, and that they never lived together again. Ambrose lived on and off with his daughter Lena and his son Richard. He was apparently living with Lena and her husband Cleo Salter, at the time of his death.
Rick Waggener
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From the 1900 Federal Census of Gratiot County, Michigan, Sumner Township, page 5B, taken June 7, 1900, household #104; genealogy.com:
Wayman, Ambrose; head of household, male, born July 1843, age- 56, married 15 years, born- Pennsylvania, parents born- New York, occupation- day laborer, unemployed 7 months last year, can't r/w, rents home, home is a house
----- Lottie; wife, female, born- May 1868, age- 32, married 15 years, mother of 3 children/ all alive, born- Michigan, parents born- French Canada, r/w's
----- Richard; son, male, born- July 1886, age- 13, born- Michigan, father born- Pennsylvania, mother born- Michigan, at school- 5 months last year, r/w's
----- Clarence; son, male, born- Mar 1888, age- 12, born- Michigan, father born- Pennsylvania, mother born- Michigan, at school- 5 months last year, r/w's
----- Lena; daughter, female, born- Aug 1892, age- 7, born- Michigan, father born- Pennsylvania, mother born- Michigan
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From the 1910 Federal Census of Martiny Township, Mecosta County, Michigan, district 128, sheet 6a, taken April 22, 1910, household 22; from Ancestry.com, image 11 of 48:
Wayman, Ambrose; head of household, male, age- 64, married (2nd) 26 years, born- Pennsylvania, parents born- New York, occupation- farmer/ general farm, can't r/w, owns home with mortgage, home is a farm
------ Lottie; wife, female, age- 44, married (1st) 26 years, mother of 4 children/ 4 children living, born- Michigan, parents born- Michigan, occupation- none, r/w's
------ Clarence; son, male, age- 22, single, born- Michigan, father born- Pennsylvania, mother born- Michigan, occupation- laborer/ farm, r/w's
------ Eunice; daughter, female, age- 1, born- Michigan, father born- Pennsylvania, mother born- Michigan
(It's hard to know what to make of this record. From a number of different sources in the pension file, it appears that Ambrose and Lottie had separated in about 1906. The daughter Eunice listed here, was the daughter of Lottie and James Haight. Next door to this household is the household of a Frank Haight. I was unable to locate Ambrose anywhere else in the census, but I just find it hard to believe he was really living here.-RW)
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From the 1920 Federal Census of Ionia County, Michigan; Orange Township, District #91, page 8A, taken April 30, 1920; from ancestry.com, district #90, image 15 of 16:
----- Wayman, Ambrose; father-in-law, male, age- 74, married, r/w's, born- Pennsylvania, parents born- New York, occupation- none
(Ambrose is living in the household of his daughter Lena and her second husband, Frank Ogden. -RW)
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Certificate of Death; Michigan Department of Health:
Full Name: Ambrose Wayman
Place of death: Ionia, Ionia County, Michigan
Residence: 170 Adams, Ward 3 (this is also where Ambrose died)
Sex: male
Marital status: Divorced
Spouse: Lottie
Date of Birth: July 14, 1843
Age: 80 years, 8 months, 14 days
Occupation: Laborer/ Farm
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Name of father: John Wayman
Birthplace of father: New York State
Maiden name of mother: Unknown
Birthplace of mother: New York State
Name of informant: Mrs. Lena Salter (Ambrose's daughter)
Address of informant: Ionia, Michigan
Date of death: March 28, 1924
Cause of death: Mitral Regurgitation; Gangrene of Rt Foot; Chronic Inst Nephritis
Place of burial: Highland Park
Date of burial: March 31, 1924
(In the Pension File there was a deposition from the undertaker, dated June 19, 1925, and stating that the report above that Ambrose was divorced at the time of his death is not true. -RW)
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From a listing of the Highland Park Cemetery, located on East Main Street in Ionia, Michigan, on-line at Rootsweb.com, copyright 1998 by Beth Mills:
***** Wayman, Ambrose; Death Date- 03-31-1924; Cemetery Lot #5-86
His headstone reads:
Ambrose Wayman
Co. B
7 Pa. Cav.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I have managed to put together pretty much of the story on Ambrose Wayman. He was reportedly born in Bradford County, Pennsylvania on July 14, 1843, to his parents John T. Wayman and Martha. He grew up in Bradford County, and on February 18, 1864, he enlisted as a Private in Company B of the 7th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Calvary. The regiment was part of General Sherman's 1864 Atlanta Campaign. Ambrose was injured in June of 1864, when his horse was shot out from under him. On October 1, 1864, he was captured by the Confederate's at Carter's Creek, Tennessee. He remained a prisoner of war until March 25, 1865. He mustered out of the service with the rest of the unit on May 19, 1865. Ambrose returned to Bradford County after the war. He apparently suffered some medical problems from the war.
On October 1, 1870, he married his first wife, Olive Loretta Hancock at Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. They apparently never had any children and separated in the early 1880's. She eventually divorced Ambrose. In about 1882, Ambrose moved to Michigan, living first in Ferris Centre, Montcalm County. I am not sure why he moved to Michigan, but he apparently had some relatives there.
On November 8, 1884, Ambrose married his second wife, Lottie Ann Ribble (actually Fuller), in Bellevue, Eaton County, Michigan. They moved around a lot, but for the most part lived in central area of Michigan's Lower Peninsula. They had three children, Richard John, Clarence Orville, and Lena Jane. In 1888, Ambrose and apparently Lottie, returned to Bradford County, Pennsylvania to submit the paperwork for a military invalid pension for Ambrose. He apparently was granted the pension, and they returned to Michigan in about 1891.
Around 1906, Ambrose and Lottie separated. They never lived together again. Ambrose lived on an off in the households of his children. He reportedly spent a couple of years in an old soldiers home in Battle Creek, around 1916. He seemed to live mostly around the City of Ionia in Ionia County, Michigan, which is where he died on March 28, 1924. He seems to have collected a military pension for the rest of his life. He apparently worked mostly as a farm laborer, when he was able to work. He is buried in the Highland Park Cemetery, just outside of Ionia.
Rick Waggener
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From the 1850 Federal Census of Bradford County, Pennsylvania, Durell Township, taken August 19, 1850, household #114; from genealogy.com. Ambrose is listed in the household of his parents and siblings:
----- Ambrose; age- 7, male, born- Pennsylvania
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From the 1860 Federal Census of Albany, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, page 21, taken July 21, 1860, household 1326; from ancestry.com, image 21 of 30. Ambrose is listed in the household of his parents:
Ambrose Wainmond; age- 18, male, born- Pennsylvania
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From National Park Service. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, online , acquired 2007:
Name: Ambrose Wayman
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Pennsylvania
Regiment Name: 7 Pennsylvania Cav.
Regiment Name Expanded: 7th Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry (80th Volunteers)
COMPANY: B
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Private
Rank Out Expanded: Private
Film Number: M554 roll 128
=================
I have obtained a copy of the Civil War Pension Application for Ambrose, which documents his service in the Civil War. On February 18, 1864, he enlisted in the Company B of the 7th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Calvary, commanded by Captain William Garrick. On June 20, 1864, he was on a scouting raid in Noonday Creek, Georgia. His unit was part of Sherman's 1864 Atlanta Campaign. Ambrose reportedly had his horse shot out from him as he was jumping a ditch, and the horse fell on him and injured his side as he fell on his saber. He was apparently hospitalized the next day at Big Shanty, Georgia and later in Columbia, Tennessee. He apparently returned to his unit in September of 1864. The injury was some kind of severe contusion, although he apparently had a scar later, so he might have been cut also. On October 1, 1864, he was captured by the Confederates at Carter's Creek, Tennessee. He was held captive by the Confederates until his release on March 25, 1865, at Big Black, Mississippi. He reportedly was held captive at Selma, Alabama and Cahaba, Alabama, during the winter of 1864-65. He apparently rejoined his unit and discharged out of the army on May 19, 1865, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He discharged in the same rank that he entered, Private. -Rick Waggener
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From the 1870 Federal Census of Albany Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, post office- New Albany, page 34, taken July 27, 1870, household 270; from ancestry.com, image 34 of 35. Ambrose seems to be listed in the household of his parents:
------ Ambrosia; age- 23, male, occupation- Farm Laborer, born- Pennsylvania
(Ambrose would marry for the first time, later in this year. - RW)
=================
In a record found in 1926, in regards to the widow's pension application made by Ambrose's widow, Lottie. Apparently this was part of the divorce papers filed in 1888, by Ambrose's first wife, Olive. In regards to their marriage it was reported:
"Ambrose Wayman, Albany, Pa. and Olive R. Hancock, Albany, Pa. married at Towanda, Pa. Oct. 1, 1870 by W. W. Bogart, J. P"
This record further states:
"Olive L. Wayman made application for divorce from Ambrose Wayman under date of February 25, 1888, by her next friend, Jesse Shaffer... And now to wit; Feb. 26, 1889, on reading the within depositions and on motion of Reese J. Thomson, Court direct decree of divorce to issue in and from as prayed for, upon the payment of costs...."
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From the 1880 Federal Census of Forks Township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, district 234, page 21/ 648A, taken June 24, 1880, household 145; from ancestry.com, image 21 of 32:
Wayman, Ambrose; male, age- 34, head of household, married, occupation- farmer, can't r/w, born- Pennsylvania, parents born- New York
------ Olive L.; female, age- 25, wife, married, occupation- keeping house, can't write, born- Pennsylvania, parents born- Pennsylvania
Cawley, Mathew; male, age- 30, laboring?, single, occupation- laborer, born- Ireland, parents born- Ireland
===============
On January 25, 1889, Ambrose applied for an Military Invalid Pension, in Bradford County, Pennsylvania (Appl. No.- 686998, Cert. No. 449212). On April 11, 1924, after Ambrose's death, Lottie applied for a Widow's pension in Ionia, Michigan (Appl. No.- 1217934). The file I received from the National Archives was pretty large. Most of it seems to be in regards to Lottie's application, which was eventually denied, due to a number of problems. From the various documents, I have been able to piece together quite a bit of information about Ambrose.
Ambrose did not have any document proving his date of birth, so they used the same 1850 census record that I found from Bradford County, to document his age. This confirms that this is Ambrose and those are his parents and siblings. By correlating information in this file and information from Dan Wayman, I can confirm that Ambrose's father John had an earlier wife named Eliza Robbins, and that she is the mother of an older half-brother named David and a half-sister named Elizabeth. The two younger siblings in the 1850 census, the younger Eliza and Mary, are clearly full siblings, but it is not clear about his relation with Orlando, Julia Ann, and Clarinda.
Ambrose was described as living in New Albany, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, at the time of his enlistment in 1864. As noted above, the pension file contains records of the marriage of Ambrose and Olive Loretta Hancock on October 1, 1870, as well as the subsequent divorce she applied for on February 25, 1888, and which was finalized on February 26, 1889. This was one of a number of problems for Lottie in her application, because she and others stated that she married Ambrose on November 8, 1884, in Bellevue, Eaton County, Michigan. The explanation which was given by Lottie and which confirmed by some others, was that Ambrose had told Lottie and others that his first wife Loretta had died in about 1883. He actually wrote this in a document in 1898. Lottie was unable to find a record of her marriage to Ambrose, and she stated that the certificate that she had been burned up in a fire.
Ambrose's original Invalid Pension was applied for based on two problems. The first was the injury he sustained to his side in the Civil War, when his horse was shot out from under him and the horse fell on him and he fell on the handle of his saber. The second medical problem was that he reportedly contracted diarrhea while a prisoner of war in Meridan, Mississippi, in the fall of 1864. He reportedly suffered with this to some extent for the rest of his life. Ambrose apparently initially received a pension sometime around 1892. He apparently applied for and received some kind of increase around 1898. In 1906, he was receiving $14 a month. He lived in an Old Soldiers Home in Grand Rapids, in 1816, when his pension went from $20-$35 a month. He apparently checked out of that home in 1918. At the time of his death in 1924, he was receiving $50 a month.
It was mentioned by Lottie, and the records of Ambrose seemed to confirm, the fact that they moved around a lot. One of the documents lists the various locations and dates, apparently as well as he could remember. From 1865-1882, he lived in New Albany, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. From 1882- 1884, he listed that he was living in Ferris Centre, Montcalm County, Michigan. In one report it was mentioned that he had apparently come to Michigan at some point with Loretta, although it was reported that they returned to Pennsylvania. From 1884-1885, he was listed in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan. In 1885 he listed being back in Ferris Centre, and then in 1888 he reported he was living in Elm Hall, Gratiot County, Michigan. From 1888-1890, he was living back in New Albany, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. This was when he initially applied for the pension, and apparently he felt he needed the testimony from doctors and witnesses, to support some of his claims. He said that in 1892, he was back in Elm Hall, Gratiot County, Michigan. In 1898, he reported he was living in Bellevue, Eaton County, Michigan. In 1906, he said he was in Orleans, Ionia County, Michigan. In 1914-1915, he was living in Ionia, Ionia County, Michigan, and he died there on March 28, 1924.
In the various records, he was listed as being 5 ft. 6 in. tall, with blue eyes, light hair, and he weighed about 135 lbs. He apparently could not read or write. He was listed as having no religion.
In the widow's application, it came out that Ambrose and Lottie separated around 1906, and that they never lived together again. Ambrose lived on and off with his daughter Lena and his son Richard. He was apparently living with Lena and her husband Cleo Salter, at the time of his death.
Rick Waggener
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From the 1900 Federal Census of Gratiot County, Michigan, Sumner Township, page 5B, taken June 7, 1900, household #104; genealogy.com:
Wayman, Ambrose; head of household, male, born July 1843, age- 56, married 15 years, born- Pennsylvania, parents born- New York, occupation- day laborer, unemployed 7 months last year, can't r/w, rents home, home is a house
----- Lottie; wife, female, born- May 1868, age- 32, married 15 years, mother of 3 children/ all alive, born- Michigan, parents born- French Canada, r/w's
----- Richard; son, male, born- July 1886, age- 13, born- Michigan, father born- Pennsylvania, mother born- Michigan, at school- 5 months last year, r/w's
----- Clarence; son, male, born- Mar 1888, age- 12, born- Michigan, father born- Pennsylvania, mother born- Michigan, at school- 5 months last year, r/w's
----- Lena; daughter, female, born- Aug 1892, age- 7, born- Michigan, father born- Pennsylvania, mother born- Michigan
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From the 1910 Federal Census of Martiny Township, Mecosta County, Michigan, district 128, sheet 6a, taken April 22, 1910, household 22; from Ancestry.com, image 11 of 48:
Wayman, Ambrose; head of household, male, age- 64, married (2nd) 26 years, born- Pennsylvania, parents born- New York, occupation- farmer/ general farm, can't r/w, owns home with mortgage, home is a farm
------ Lottie; wife, female, age- 44, married (1st) 26 years, mother of 4 children/ 4 children living, born- Michigan, parents born- Michigan, occupation- none, r/w's
------ Clarence; son, male, age- 22, single, born- Michigan, father born- Pennsylvania, mother born- Michigan, occupation- laborer/ farm, r/w's
------ Eunice; daughter, female, age- 1, born- Michigan, father born- Pennsylvania, mother born- Michigan
(It's hard to know what to make of this record. From a number of different sources in the pension file, it appears that Ambrose and Lottie had separated in about 1906. The daughter Eunice listed here, was the daughter of Lottie and James Haight. Next door to this household is the household of a Frank Haight. I was unable to locate Ambrose anywhere else in the census, but I just find it hard to believe he was really living here.-RW)
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From the 1920 Federal Census of Ionia County, Michigan; Orange Township, District #91, page 8A, taken April 30, 1920; from ancestry.com, district #90, image 15 of 16:
----- Wayman, Ambrose; father-in-law, male, age- 74, married, r/w's, born- Pennsylvania, parents born- New York, occupation- none
(Ambrose is living in the household of his daughter Lena and her second husband, Frank Ogden. -RW)
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Certificate of Death; Michigan Department of Health:
Full Name: Ambrose Wayman
Place of death: Ionia, Ionia County, Michigan
Residence: 170 Adams, Ward 3 (this is also where Ambrose died)
Sex: male
Marital status: Divorced
Spouse: Lottie
Date of Birth: July 14, 1843
Age: 80 years, 8 months, 14 days
Occupation: Laborer/ Farm
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Name of father: John Wayman
Birthplace of father: New York State
Maiden name of mother: Unknown
Birthplace of mother: New York State
Name of informant: Mrs. Lena Salter (Ambrose's daughter)
Address of informant: Ionia, Michigan
Date of death: March 28, 1924
Cause of death: Mitral Regurgitation; Gangrene of Rt Foot; Chronic Inst Nephritis
Place of burial: Highland Park
Date of burial: March 31, 1924
(In the Pension File there was a deposition from the undertaker, dated June 19, 1925, and stating that the report above that Ambrose was divorced at the time of his death is not true. -RW)
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From a listing of the Highland Park Cemetery, located on East Main Street in Ionia, Michigan, on-line at Rootsweb.com, copyright 1998 by Beth Mills:
***** Wayman, Ambrose; Death Date- 03-31-1924; Cemetery Lot #5-86
His headstone reads:
Ambrose Wayman
Co. B
7 Pa. Cav.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Co. B
7 Pa. Cav.
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