HALSTEAD, James William^{[1, 2]}

1841 - 1922  (80 years)

• Name	HALSTEAD, James William
  Birth	25 Jul 1841	Texas, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA   [3, 4]
  	Middle name given in 19 Jan 2000 e-mail from Steve Lambert
  Gender	Male
  Census	1 Jun 1860	Cooper, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA
  Census	1 Jun 1860	Cooper, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA   [5]
  Holsted, James 18 W M farm labor MI
  Army Enlistment	1 Jul 1863	Cooper, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA
  Army Enlistment	1 Jul 1863	Cooper, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA   [4]
  	Service: Corps: Cvil War draft registration Division: Service ID: Height: Weight: Chest: Physique: Vision: Scars: Medical Date: Medical Place:
  Census	1 Jun 1870	Cooper, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA
  Census	1 Jun 1870	Cooper, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA   [1]
  family 34/34, Schoolcraft post office, no children listed
  Census	1 Jun 1880	Salem, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA
  Census	1 Jun 1880	Salem, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA   [4]
  Hester Halstead Pier places this family in the 1880 census in Salem, Washtenaw, MI; however, we find the family in the 1880 Fed'l census in Watson, Allegan, MI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ James Halsted Watson, Allegan, MI 39 <1841> Michigan Male Self Sarah Halsted Watson, Allegan, MI 33 <1847> Ohio Female Wife Dora HALSTED Watson, Allegan, MI 7 <1873> Michigan Female Dau Orson HALSTED Watson, Allegan, MI 4 <1876> Michigan Male Son ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Foreast Smith notes: "family 77/77, district 14, Watson Twp, Allegan County, Michigan"
  Census	1 Jun 1900	Otsego, Allegan County, Michigan, USA
  Census	1 Jun 1900	Otsego, Allegan County, Michigan, USA   [1]
  family 559/583, David Norton, father-in-law, was living in this family
  Census	15 Apr 1910	Gun Plains, Allegan County, Michigan, USA
  Census	15 Apr 1910	Gun Plains, Allegan County, Michigan, USA   [1]
  family 36/36,
  Census	1 Jan 1920	Otsego, Allegan County, Michigan, USA
  Census	1 Jan 1920	Otsego, Allegan County, Michigan, USA   [1]
  family 32/33,
  Death	20 May 1922	Allegan County, Michigan, USA
  Person ID	I44973	HalstedMaster
  Last Modified	13 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	HALSTEAD, Justin,   b. 20 Feb 1810, Nicholson, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 31 Jan 1898, Otsego, Allegan County, Michigan, USA (Age 87 years)
  Mother	HUFF, Mary Charity,   b. 31 Jul 1809, Ohio City, Clermont County, Ohio, USA d. 8 Dec 1895, Cooper, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	1832	Ohio, USA
  Family ID	F15750	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	NORTON, Sarah Ellen,   b. 15 Oct 1847, Lodi, Medica County, Ohio, USA d. 26 Oct 1925, Otsego, Allegan County, Michigan, USA (Age 78 years)  [2]
  Marriage	17 Sep 1868	Otsego, Allegan County, Michigan, USA   [3, 6, 7]
  	e-mail from Steve Lambert gives middle name "Ellen"; "During a trip to Michigan I stopped by the Allegan Co. courthouse to do a little research. I was abled to find the marriage of Dora Amelia Halstead to Clinton Goldsmith Snyder on 23 Aug 1893 in Cooper, MI. Dora's parents are listed as James William Halstead and Sarah Ella Norton. That is all the information I found on the Halstead family. I have the Norton Family back to Humbleton, Yorkshire, England." Take care, "Steve Lambert" Wed 19 Jan 2000 On Sat, 30 Sep 2000 05:45:02 -0500 "Steve Lambert" writes: James William Halstead > bd. MI > & Sarah Ellen Norton > bd. OH > | Dora Amellia Halstead > | bd. 1 Apr 1873, Otsego, MI > | dd. 13 Mar 1945, Otsego, MI > | & Clinton Goldsmith Snyder > | bd. 28 Dec 1850, Indiana > | dd. 8 Aug 1920, Otsego, MI > | brd. Otsego, MI > | m. 23 Aug 1893, Cooper, MI > > Henry Norton > bd. 2 Jul 1792, Winestead, Yorkshire, England > dd. 22 Sep 1854, Watson Twsp., Allegan Co., MI > brd. Hicks Cemetery > & Mary Baxter > bd. 31 Mar 1801, Hedon, Yorkshire, England > dd. 22 Apr 1873, Watson Twsp., Allegan Co., MI > brd. Hicks Cemetery > m. 17 May 1820, Hedon, Yorkshire, England > | Sarah Ellen Norton > | bd. OH > | & James William Halstead > | bd. MI NORTON,SARAH - NORTON,HALSTEAD,JAMES W HALSTEAD,ALLEGAN,--,,17 SEP 1868
  Children	1. HALSTEAD, Dora Amelia,   b. 1 Apr 1873, Otsego, Allegan County, Michigan, USA d. 13 Mar 1945, Otsego, Allegan County, Michigan, USA (Age 71 years)   2. HALSTEAD, Orsen William,   b. 26 Apr 1876, Allegan County, Michigan, USA d. 5 Sep 1946, Cooper, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA (Age 70 years)   3. HALSTEAD, Jennie,   b. 10 Aug 1882, Cooper, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA d. 11 Apr 1903, Otsego, Allegan County, Michigan, USA (Age 20 years)
  Family ID	F15757	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Nov 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S19098] Imported GEDCOM file fr Forest Smith 121705. [S19081] File (merged): I:\Halstead-Family-Historian-Others-Data\B-James-Halstead-b1784\B-James-Halstead-b1784.fh_data\B-James-Halstead-b1784.ged, (OF NO USE - simply identifies for us when two Gedcom FIles have been merged). Record originated in... [S19083] C.L. Frost, M.D. retired, genealogist. [S19092] "Hester Halstead Pier Ms 2000". [S17785] Census rolls. [S19084] e-mail. [S19101] Marriage Records.