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Descendants of ? Storms

Generation No. 2

2. RICHARD² STORMS (?¹)^1,^2,^3,^4,^5,⁶ was born Abt. 1811 in New York, and died Bet. 1880 - 1900 in Michigan. He married (1) LOUISA HILTON. She died Unknown. He married (2) ANNA VROMAN December 11, 1850 in Hillsdale county, Michigan ⁷. She was born February 1823 in New York, and died Aft. 1900.

Notes for RICHARD STORMS:
Richard & family traveled to Ohio from New York in a Lumber Wagon. The 1840 Ohio census, shows Richard,& Louisa between 30 & 40 years old; with 2 male children under 5, 1 male child between 5 & 10 years of age and one female child between 5 & 10 years of age. Living close by are 2 other Storms men whom I believe are his brothers, but as of yet have not yet verified, David & Daniel Storms, also his sister, Sabrina & brother-in-law James Smith.
Richard & family moved between the 1840 and 1847 from Ohio to Michigan. Richard is first found on a tax-payers list in Livingston county.
Sometime afterwards he moved his family to Litchfield township, Hillsdale county, Michigan where they lived for the next 30 years.
In 1850, wife, Louisa, is not listed with Richard. Family stories handed down from Hannible & Hamilton Storms tell that their mother, Louisa "went crazy", so their father, Richard, took another wife.
It isn't clear what happened to Louisa after the 1840 Ohio census. No record of her death has been found yet, nor do we know if Louisa even came to Michigan with Richard and children.
In the 1850 census, Richard is living with his children: John, age 17; Eliza Ann, age 16; Charles, age 13 and Hamilton, age 7. Son Hannible for some reason lived with his Aunt Sabrina & Uncle James Smith in Bridgeton township, Newaygo county, Michigan. All the children, with the exception of John, are attending school. Richard and son John are listed as Farmers.
His brother (?) David, along with his family are living 2 farms down from Richard.
Richard married Anna Vroman in 1850, and started a family. Between wives Louisa & Anna, Richard fathered 11 children, possibly more!
In 1870 Hamilton was also moved to Bridgeton township to live with his Aunt Sabrina.

In 1870 Richard's new family had grown to 6 children: Mary, age 14; George, age 13; Frank, age 12; Delbert, age 10; Ella, age 8 and Daniel, age 4. All the children are listed as being in school.

In 1880, Richard is still farming at the age of 75, his wife Anna, keeping house. Their children, Daniel, Ella, Mary, Adelbert and George are all living at home, along with a granddaughter, Olive M. Ferrell. Brother (?) Daniel & his wife, Lucy, are living in the same town.

More About RICHARD STORMS:
Residence: 1840, Madison twp., Sandusky County, Ohio

Notes for LOUISA HILTON:
Said to have gone crazy.

Children of RICHARD STORMS and LOUISA HILTON are:

4.	i.		ELIZA ANN³ STORMS, b. Abt. 1834, Redfield, New York; d. 1919, Hillsdale County, Michigan.
	ii.		JOHN STORMS⁸, b. April 1836, New York; d. July 06, 1918; m. MARY JEFFERSON, September 19, 1861, Hillsdale county, Michigan; b. 1830, Indiana; d. Bef. 1900.

More About JOHN STORMS:
Cause of Death: Valvular lesionns fo the heart

5.	iii.		CHARLES STORMS, b. March 1840, Ohio; d. Unknown.
	iv.		HANNIBLE STORMS^9,^10,¹¹, b. December 05, 1840, Ohio; d. November 05, 1913, Michigan.

Notes for HANNIBLE STORMS:
Hannible never married. Lived with his Aunt Sabrina Smith. He farmed all his life.
1900 census has October as his month born.

More About HANNIBLE STORMS:
Cause of Death: Acute nephritis

HAMILTON STORMS, b. July 17, 1845, Ohio; d. May 20, 1928, Michigan.

Children of RICHARD STORMS and ANNA VROMAN are:

	vi.	MARY³ STORMS, b. Abt. 1856; d. Unknown.
	vii.	GEORGE STORMS, b. Abt. 1857; d. Unknown.
7.	viii.	FRANK STORMS, b. March 1860, Michigan; d. Unknown.
	ix.	ELLA STORMS, b. Abt. 1862; d. Unknown; m. EDWARD M. CUMMINS¹², 1880, Hillsdale county, Michigan; b. Abt. 1859; d. Unknown.
8.	x.	DANIEL STORMS, b. May 16, 1866, Litchfield twp., Hillsdale county, Michigan; d. August 27, 1936, Michigan.
	xi.	ADELBERT STORMS¹³, b. September 1869, Michigan; d. Unknown; m. SUSIE MAY GARRISON, 1912, Hillsdale county, Michigan; d. Unknown.

Notes for ADELBERT STORMS:
Was married twice. 1st wife died before 1900
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3. SABRINA² STORMS (?¹)¹⁴ was born November 22, 1811 in New York, and died January 01, 1887 in Bridgeton township, Newaygo county, Michigan. She married JAMES SMITH^15,^16,¹⁷ Abt. 1837. He was born Abt. 1817 in New York, and died Bef. 1870 in Bridgeton township, Newaygo county, Michigan.

Notes for SABRINA STORMS:
Sabrina's death certificate, in Newaygo County, recorded her as being born 9 May, 1811 and died 11 July, 1887. However deaths were only filed once a year, so the clerk's office may not be accurate. By the same token her gravestone may not be accurate either. In this case I am using the information obtained from the tombstone as her date of birth and death, until further information becomes available.

More About SABRINA STORMS:
Burial: Bridgeton Cemetery, Bridgeton twp., Newaygo Co., Michigan

Notes for JAMES SMITH:
James Smith met and married Sabrina Storms in New York about 1836. It was there that their 1st daughter Martha Ann was born. Shortly after they moved to Madison township, Sandusky County, Ohio. There they had three more daughter's, Ellen Jane, Eliza and Adelia M. In 1854 they moved to Bridgeton township, Newaygo County, Michigan where they made their home.
In 1860 the value of their real estate was $700 and their personal property was $300. Also in 1860 their daughter Adelia (age 14) is recorded as attending school. Furthermore, they had their nephew, Hannible Storms living with them, along with 10 year old Napoleon Jennings, who was born in Ohio. It is not clear why Napoleon was with them, perhaps orphaned?
In 1884 they had a boarder, Thomas Smith, born 1866 in Michigan, who was deaf. His father was born in New York, his mother in Canada. He is no doubt somehow related to this family.
Sabrina lived with here daughter, Eliza and son-in-law Edgar Whitman for a time between 1870 & 1887, after the death of her husband. James died sometime before 1870, while only in his early fifties.

There is an old Indian cemetery on the Storms homestead (Hamilton Storms s/o Richard, section 21, on the north side of the river.) Stories were told by Charles and Sabrina, along with other relatives who lived along the river at the time, of Indian burial ceremonies. They could remember the Indian's howling cries along with the Indians bringing their dead down river to the burial grounds by canoe.

Since the Storms and the Smiths lived on opposite sides of the river they would walk along the banks and yell or whistle until someone from the opposite side of the river heard them and brought the boats over to get them.

More About JAMES SMITH:
Burial: Bridgeton Cemetery, Bridgeton twp., Newaygo Co., Michigan
Occupation: 1860, Lumberman

Children of SABRINA STORMS and JAMES SMITH are:

	i.	MARTHA ANN³ SMITH, b. Abt. 1837, New York; d. Unknown.
9.	ii.	ELLEN J. SMITH, b. Abt. 1840, Ohio; d. June 20, 1895, Bridgeton township, Newaygo county, Michigan.
10.	iii.	ELIZA P. SMITH, b. Abt. 1843, Ohio; d. October 13, 1910, Bridgeton township, Newaygo county, Michigan.
	iv.	DELIA M. SMITH, b. Abt. 1846, Ohio; d. Unknown.

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