Decendants of Daniel C. Bickford from Branch Co., Michigan:Information about Daniel Charles Bickford

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Daniel Charles Bickford (b. October 13, 1781, d. September 20, 1859)

Daniel Charles Bickford¹ was born October 13, 1781 in Boston, MA. or N.H. or N.Y.¹, and died September 20, 1859 in Algansee Twp., Branch Co., MI.. He married Eunice Trask on January 12, 1814 in New York or N.H. or CANADA.

Notes for Daniel Charles Bickford:
Daniel Bickford is the main topic of this family research. His past reaches back to the New England States where he was born October 13, 1781. At present his ancestor and sibling are unknown to this writer. I have traced Daniels root thru Ontario, Canada were he may have married Eunice Trask Knapp. Eunice had been previously married to a Jonathan or John Knapp and they had one child named Abigial. It is believed that Jonathan Knapp may have died around the time of Abigail birth which was November 1811. Daniel and Eunice married in January 1814 and their first son, Jonathan Knapp Bickford, was born in September 1814 in Ontario, Canada. Daniel was 34 years old at this time.

At age 42, of the year 1822 Daniel took up land in Seneca County, Ohio and later in Crawford County Ohio. He purchased land from the federal goverment on a land bounty. Daniel may have been a soldier in the War of 1812. A Daniel Bickford was found in the muster roll of the War of 1812.

During his stay in Ohio he raised a family of seven children including Abigail Knapp. At the age of 56, he moved his family west to Michigan and settled in Algansee Township in Branch County. Here he purchased 120 acres of land on Lester Road near Fremont Rd. and Lester Cemetery. His son also purchased land on Fremont Road near what is known as Hughey's store. (Present day known as J & L Store, on the southeast corner of Fremont Rd. and Central Rd).

Daniel died at the age of 79 at his home and was buried at Lester Cemetery. Eunice is also buried beside him and she died a year before him. Daniel youngest son Stephen took over the farm and continued to farm it until his death in 1906.

Note: There is not a record of Daniel's death at the Branch County Courthouse, unless its tucked away in the basement.

Census
1840 Algansee, Branch Co., MI.
Daniel BIGFORD head of house with 3 in the family.

1850 Algansee, Branch Co., MI.
Daniel BICKFORD, 70
Eunice, 61
Sarah, 19
Stephen, 26

More About Daniel Charles Bickford:
Burial: September 23, 1859, Lester Cem., Branch Co., MI..
Census: 1840, Listed as Daniel Bigford, MI. Census p.4.¹
Census1: 1850, Page 759 Michigan cencus age 70.¹
Occupation: Farmer.¹
Property1: December 12, 1822, 80 acres Seneca Co. Ohio.¹
Property2: March 30, 1824, 42.1 acres Crawford Co. Ohio.¹
Property3: April 12, 1824, 42.84 acres Crawford Co. Ohio.¹
Property4: November 25, 1847, Section 29 Algansee Twp..¹
Residence 1: 1813, Nulburu, Canada.
Residence 2: 1800, Nulburu, Canada with wife Eunice..¹
Residence 3: 1812, Nulburu, Canada.¹

More About Daniel Charles Bickford and Eunice Trask:
Marriage: January 12, 1814, New York or N.H. or CANADA.

Children of Daniel Charles Bickford and Eunice Trask are:

Abigail Knapp, b. November 24, 1811, Melbourne, Middlesex Co., Ontario, CANADA¹, d. June 29, 1837, Algansee Twp., Branch Co., MI.¹.
+Jonathan Knapp Bickford, b. September 08, 1814, Melbourne, Middlesex Co., Ontario, CANADA¹, d. May 19, 1882, Algansee Twp., Branch Co., MI.¹.
+Lydia A. Bickford, b. June 19, 1818, Seneca Co., OH.¹, d. June 15, 1895, Algansee Twp., Branch Co., MI.¹.
+Charles D. Bickford, b. January 02, 1821, Seneca Co., OH.¹, d. September 28, 1893, Algansee Twp., Branch Co., MI.¹.
+Stephen T. Bickford, b. December 15, 1823, Bellevue, Huron Co., OH.¹, d. May 31, 1906, Algansee Twp., Branch Co., MI.¹.
+Judith Trask Bickford, b. October 21, 1826, Seneca Co., OH.¹, d. February 10, 1884, Carroll Co., IL.¹.
+Sarah A. Bickford, b. July 30, 1831, Seneca Co., OH., d. May 11, 1865, Branch Co., MI.¹.