HALSTEAD, James Montgomery^[1]

1812 - 1898  (86 years)

• Name	HALSTEAD, James Montgomery
  Birth	3 Jun 1812	Vienna, Oneida County, New York, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	Bef 1838	Rome, Oneida County, New York, USA
  Residence	Bef 1838	Rome, Oneida County, New York, USA   [2]
  Census	1850	Ross, Lake County, Indiana, USA
  Census	1850	Ross, Lake County, Indiana, USA
  farmer, daughter is listed as Mary C. C. Halstead
  Census	1 Jun 1860	Ross, Lake County, Indiana, USA
  Census	1 Jun 1860	Ross, Lake County, Indiana, USA   [3]
  James Holstead, farmer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~``family 116/116 Ross Twp, Lake County, IN James Holstead 48 M W farmer NY Mary C. Halstead 31 F W NY Cercelia Halstead 11 F W IN James Halstead 9 M W IN George Halstead 6 M W IN Willard Halstead 2 M W IN Ruby A. Halstead 2 mos F W IN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`
  Census	1870	Ross, Lake County, Indiana, USA
  Census	1870	Ross, Lake County, Indiana, USA
  farmer, $15,000 $2,000; children living at -- James M. (19), Worthy W. (16), Ruby A. (10) and Albert E. (9)
  Census	1880	Ross, Lake County, Indiana, USA
  Census	1880	Ross, Lake County, Indiana, USA   [3]
  farmer; children living at home are -- Willard and Albert -- son's James and Wallace listed on the same page ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ James Halstead Ross, Lake, IN 66 <1814> NY Male Self ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  Name	James Holstead
  Name	James Holstead
  Name	James Montgomery Halstead Sr.
  Name	James Montgomery Halstead Sr.
  Religion	Hobart, Lake County, Indiana, USA
  	Unitarian Church, helped build church
  Religion	Hobart, Lake County, Indiana, USA   [4]
  	Unitarian Church, helped build church
  Residence	Ainsworth, Lake County, Indiana, USA
  Residence	Ainsworth, Lake County, Indiana, USA   [2]
  Death	5 Aug 1898	Ainsworth, Lake County, Indiana, USA   [2, 5]
  Person ID	I43226	HalstedMaster
  Last Modified	13 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	HALSTEAD, James,   b. 1784, Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA d. 1836, Adamsville, Cass County, Michigan, USA (Age 52 years)
  Mother	FITCH, Melinda,   b. 11 Jul 1792, Salem, Washington County, New York, USA d. 27 May 1850, Edwardsburg, Cass County, Michigan, USA (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	1810  [2, 6, 7]
  	All sources show James m. Melinda Fitch 1810 and had children from 1811 until after 1823 [9 children total]
  Family ID	F15024	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	WOODHOUSE, Mary Cecelia,   b. 3 Jan 1829, New York City, Queens County, New York, USA d. 27 Nov 1910, Ainsworth, Lake County, Indiana, USA (Age 81 years)  [1]
  Marriage	4 Mar 1846	Cass County, Michigan, USA   [2, 4, 5, 8]
  	Halsted, James Woodhouse, Mary 04 Mar 1846 Cass County Michigan; "of this union six children were born, four sons and two daughters, all of whom grew up and married, and five are living at the present writing." [1904] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  Children	1. HALSTEAD, Cecilia Mary,   b. 7 Oct 1849, Ross, Lake County, Indiana, USA d. 4 Dec 1883, Ross, Lake County, Indiana, USA (Age 34 years)   2. HALSTEAD, James Montgomery,   b. 12 Sep 1850, Ross, Lake County, Indiana, USA d. 25 Jul 1924, Hobart, Lake County, Indiana, USA (Age 73 years)   3. HALSTEAD, George Wallace,   b. Aug 1853, Indiana, USA   4. HALSTEAD, Willard Oregon,   b. 2 Nov 1857, Ross, Lake County, Indiana, USA d. 10 Jan 1920, Gary, Lake County, Indiana, USA (Age 62 years)   5. HALSTEAD, Ruby Maude,   b. 27 Mar 1860, Lake County, Indiana, USA d. 2 Dec 1950, Gary, Lake County, Indiana, USA (Age 90 years)   6. HALSTEAD, Albert Erie,   b. 22 Sep 1862, Lake County, Indiana, USA d. 27 Dec 1929, Hobart, Lake County, Indiana, USA (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F15028	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Nov 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S18934] File (merged): I:\Halstead-Family-Historian-Others-Data\James-Halstead-b1784\James-Halstead-b1784.fh_data\James-Halstead-b1784.ged, (OF NO USE - simply identifies for us when two Gedcom FIles have been merged). Record originated in... [S17786] "Halstead - An Outline Guide To The Descendants of. [S17785] Census rolls. [S17796] "Encyclopedia of Genealogy and Biography of Lake C. [S18941] "Hester Halstead Pier Ms 2000". [S17623] "Colonial Families of L.I., N.Y. & CT"..Seversmith. [S18940] Halstead, John Preston IV. [S18949] Marriage Records.