Ingham County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Dubois, Roswell ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Allison Findlay findlayjohn@yahoo.com September 3, 2007, 5:39 pm Cemetery: Dubois Name: Roswell Dubois Date Of Photograph: August 2007 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/ingham/photos/tombstones/dubois/dubois117195gph.jpg Image file size: 160.4 Kb ROSWELL Infant Son of Garrett & Lucy DuBOIS died July 28, 1841 aged 11 mo’s & 16 days (footstone) R.D. Notes: Roswell was the son of Garrett DuBois (02/08/1806-09/23/0884), born in Marbletown, Ulster County, New York, and Lucy (Chapman) DuBois (01/18/1807-08/20/1894) born in Delaware County, New York. Garrett was the son of Jacob C. and Sarah (Buck) DuBois, who are buried in DuBois Cemetery. Roswell’s parents were married in January of 1832 in Delaware County, New York. Lucy and Garrett are buried in Felt Plains Cemetery in Dansville, Michigan. Roswell is thought to be the second known burial in DuBois Cemetery. Three sisters of Roswell, as well as his parents are buried in Felt Plains Cemetery in Bunkerhill Township, Ingham County. The sisters were S. Adelia (1842-1918), Emily . (1844-1926), and Ann (1847-10/07/1861). Roswell also had three brothers: James (1833- ----), Amasa (04/11/1835-01/11/1911), Jacob G. (1838- ----). Several of Roswell’s family members are also buried in Felt Plains Cemetery, Dansville. In Felt Plains Cemetery, Garrett DuBois is listed on the west side of a DuBois family monument and his wife, Lucy is listed on the north side of the monument. Garrett DuBois' life is discussed in "Pioneer History of Ingham County: District No. 3, Alaiedon, The DuBois District" (pg. 263) and mentions that Garrett moved to Michigan in 1838 from Ulster County, New York, after hearing glowing accounts from his brothers, already living in Michigan. In Michigan, Garrett settled on section 35 and cleared about ninety acres of land. The barn he built in 1842 is thought to be the first frame barn built in the town. He built his home in 1845 and then sold his farm to John Every, of Jackson. John Every and his wife, Jane, moved into the home on March 31, 1859. John Every died in 1887 and Jane Every died in 1896. Their two maiden daughters, Addie and Ella May Every, eventually owned the farm. Gail and Evelyn Every built a new home on the property and moved in on October 15, 1959. Garrett DuBois' original home had fallen into disrepair due to bootleggers per Every family members. The DuBois family members were descendants of Geoffrie DuBois, a knight banneret and companion to Duke William in the conquest of England in the year 1066. District #3, Alaiedon Township, was called the "DuBois District" and was better known by that name than its number. The first school meeting was held in DuBois District on November 11, 1841 and Garrett was named as the director. A decision was made to build a log school house in the SW corner of the SW quarter of section 25. The first teacher in DuBois School was Samuel DuBois, son of Mr. & Mrs. Stephen DuBois. Three months of school was taught the first year. In 1856, a frame school house was built and its first teacher was Kate DuBois. Then, in 1891, a brick school house was built. According to the obituary of Garrett DuBois, Garrett was a lumberman in New York before he moved to Michigan with his wife, Lucy (Chapman) DuBois. After their marriage in 1832, Garrett and Lucy DuBois came to Michigan in wagons. They settled in the DuBois District (Alaiedon) and later moved to Bunkerhill. Garrett helped build the Methodist Episcopal Church at Bunkerhill and was a member of that denomination for over 60 years. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ingham/photos/tombstones/dubois/dubois117195gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb