William Sutton (1805-1866) and Emily A. Petty (1808-1884)

William Sutton & Emily A. Petty

Parents of Emily J. Sutton

Grandparents of Nellie Orelia Boyle Kramer

William Sutton

Birth: 9 Dec 1805  Westchester, New York   or  Lyons, Wayne Co., New York

Death: 30 March 1866 Gaines, Genesee Co., Michigan

Burial: Grand Blanc, Genesee Co., Michigan

Emily A. Petty   (Alternate spelling:  Emeline Pettee)

Birth:  8 Nov 1808  Fayette County, New York   or   Canauga Springs, Suffolk Co., New York

Death: 8 June 1884  Flushing, Genesee Co., Michigan

Burial: Grand Blanc, Genesee Co., Michigan

William Sutton
Evergreen Cemetery, Grand Blanc, Genesee County, Michigan

Emily, Wife of W. Sutton
Evergreen Cemetery, Grand Blanc, Genesee County, Michigan
Dates are no longer visible on grave stone

Marriage: William & Emily Sutton 

1845 - 1848 moved to Genesse Co., Michigan

Jacob Sutton (1841-1863) 17th Michigan Infantry, Company B

Jacob Sutton
Younger brother of Emily J. Sutton - 4 years younger than Emily

Jacob Sutton
Birth 1841  New York
About 1844  Moved to Michigan with his family
Death 31 Aug 1863  West End Hospital - Union Army Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio

17th Michigan Infantry, Company B
27 Aug 1862  Mustered in Detroit, Michigan  (age 21 yrs)
14-15 Sept 1862  Wounded at the Battle of South Mountain, Maryland - in the neck, shoulder, & arm.  Letter indicates it took him 7 months to recover. "He was nearly if not entirely well when seized with the Diarrhea"
31 Aug 1863  Died from the effects of chronic diarrhea (age 22 yrs)
2 Sept 1863 Burial at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio,  USA Plot: Section 21, Lot B, Grave #536 (#200 in Lot B)




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Dennison

Within the first week, inclement weather made life very hard on those who were first there. They had no chance to build substantial structures, and the weather turned cold and accompanied by a lot of rain. The fields became a sea of mud. The camp hospital was established on the ground floor of the Waldschmidt barn, after horses were liveried elsewhere, the manure removed, and fresh straw laid down. Camp Dennison along with its surrounding cities of Indian Hill and Madeira have a curfew of 1 AM, Many men contracted pneumonia, and then there was a measles epidemic. For a time, the "hospital" was simply a shelter, although there was minimal bedding. At least one man died.

As the war progressed, shortly after the Battle of Shiloh a military hospital was established on the grounds of Camp Dennison, with over 200 beds situated in a series of wooden barracks. These wooden barracks were originally used to house soldiers, but were converted into hospital wards. There were considerably more men sent there over the course of the war. The nearby Waldschmidt Cemetery served as the temporary gravesite for 340 Union soldiers and 31 Confederate soldiers who were prisoners of war. The bodies were reinterred at Spring Grove Cemetery or at Camp Chase in Columbus in the late 1860s.

The end of the Civil War in 1865 eliminated the need for Camp Dennison, which was deactivated in September. A small community, Camp Dennison, sprang up around the camp and hospital. Many of the later barns and homes used lumber and materials from the abandoned army camp.

UNION MICHIGAN VOLUNTEERS

17th Regiment, Michigan Infantry

OVERVIEW:

Organized at Detroit, Mich., August 8 to 22, 1862. Left State for Washington, D. C., August 27. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1863. Army of the Ohio to June, 1863, and Army of the Tennessee to August, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to January, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army Ohio, and Army Potomac, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to May, 1864. Acting Engineers, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, to September, 1864. Acting Engineers, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, to April, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, to June, 1865.

SERVICE:

Maryland Campaign September 6-22, 1862. Battle of South Mountain September 14. (Regiment afterwards designated the "Stonewall Regiment" for its achievements in this battle.) Battle of Antietam September 16-17. Duty in Maryland till October 30. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 18. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Moved to Newport News, Va., February 14, thence to Louisville, Ky., March 19. To Bardstown, Ky., March 29. To Lebanon April 3. To Columbia April 29, and thence to Jameston, Ky., and duty there till June 4. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., June 4-12. Siege of Vicksburg June 14-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss,, July 4-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Destruction of Mississippi Central Railroad at Madison Station July 18-20. At Milldale till August 3. Moved to Covington and Crab Orchard, Ky., August 3-24. March to Knoxville, Tenn., September 10-26. Action at Blue SpringsOctober 10. Duty at Lenoir October 20 to November 14. Knoxville Campaign November 4-December 24. Lenoir Station November 14. Action at Campbell's Station November 16. Siege of Knoxville November 17-December 5. Repulse of Longstreet's assault on Fort Saunders November 29. Operations in East Tennessee till March, 1864. Moved to Nicholasville, Ky., thence to Annapolis, Md., March 17-April 5. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River May 4-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Ny River May 10; Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May 23-26.  Ox Ford May 23-24. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28.  Totopotomoy May 28-31.  Cold Harbor June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865.  Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864. Six Mile House, Weldon Railroad, August 18-21.  Poplar Springs Church, September 29-October 2. Reconnoissance on Vaughan and Squirrel Level Roads October 8.  Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. Fort Stedman, Petersburg, March 25, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Occupation of Petersburg April 3. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Moved to Alexandria, Va., April 24-27. Grand Review May 23. Mustered out June 3, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 128 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 154 Enlisted men by disease. Total 289.

South Mountain

OTHER NAME:

Crampton's Gap, Turner's Gap, Fox's Gap

CAMPAIGN:

Maryland Campaign

DATE(S):

September 1862

PRINCIPAL COMMANDERS:

Major General George McClellan [US] Major General Robert Lee [CS]

FORCES ENGAGED:

0 total (US 0; CS 0;)

ESTIMATED CASUALTIES:

4625 total (US 2325; CS 2300;)

DESCRIPTION:

After invading Maryland in September 1862, Gen. Robert E. Lee divided his army to march on and invest Harpers Ferry. The Army of the Potomac under Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan pursued the Confederates to Frederick, Maryland, then advanced on South Mountain. On September 14, pitched battles were fought for possession of the South Mountain passes: Crampton's, Turner's, and Fox's Gaps. By dusk the Confederate defenders were driven back, suffering severe casualties, and McClellan was in position to destroy Lee's army before it could reconcentrate. McClellan's limited activity on September 15 after his victory at South Mountain, however, condemned the garrison at Harpers Ferry to capture and gave Lee time to unite his scattered divisions at Sharpsburg. Union general Jesse Reno and Confederate general Samuel Garland, Jr., were killed at South Mountain.

RESULTS:

Indecisive

CWSAC REFERENCE #:

Joseph Boyle & Emily Sutton Family

Written by Nellie Boyle Kramer:
"My mother, Emily Sutton, of Flint, Michigan, went to Brooklyn to visit her uncle.  While there, the uncle gave a party for her, inviting my father.  Emily was only 20 and Father was near 40.  However, it was a case of love for each, and they were married a few months later.  They had seven children (Lillie, Kennedy, Emma, Nona, Etta, Nellie, Lizzie). "


Joseph Boyle

Birth: 24 March 1817 Martinsville, Somerset Co., New Jersey
Death: 25 May 1916 Spivey, Kingman Co., Kansas
Burial: 27 May 1916 Duquoin Cemetery, near Spivey, Kingman Co., Kansas

Joseph Boyle
Photo taken in Philadelphia

Joseph Boyle lived to be 99 years and 10 months old

Joseph Boyle lived to be 99 years and 10 months old

Joseph Boyle is buried at Duquoin Cemetery, Kingman County, Kansas.

Duquoin Cemetery, near Spivey & Rago, Kingman Co., Kansas

Bill Whited standing by the grave of Joseph Boyle in Duquoin Cemetery, Kingman Co., Kansas, about 1998

Bill is the great-grandson of Joseph Boyle

Bill Whited -> Ruth Kramer Whited -> Nellie Boyle Kramer -> Joseph Boyle

Water pump at the Duquoin Cemetery

The cemetery can be tricky to find.

Fortunately, many roads are now marked in case of fire.

When you go over this bridge, you're getting close

Emeline J. Sutton or Emily Jane Sutton

Birth:  20 Aug 1835 Lyons, Wayne Co., New York
Death: 11 Feb 1883 Mattoon, Coles Co., Illinois
Note:  Emily's grave marker lists Feb 10 as her death date.  Family records say Feb 11.
Burial: 13 Feb 1883 Dodge Grove Cemetery, Mattoon, Coles Co., Illinois

Her name:  
Name on family records of her sister Alena Adele Sutton Goudy: Emily Jane Sutton

She used the name, Emily

Grandma Nellie Kramer told me that other family members thought Emily's name was "Emily Jane" but that she (Nellie Kramer) was certain her first name was Emeline and that her middle name was something less plain than Jane.

Census records list her name as Emily

Her gravestone gives her name as Emily Boyle


The hand-colored photo below is the only photo we have of Emily.  It hung on the wall in Grandma Nellie Kramer's bedroom.  It was in an oval frame, about 18 inches tall, with rounded glass.

I remember when they took the photo to the photo restoration shop at Macy's Department Store, to have copies made.  Everyone was very concerned that it would be damaged or lost because they had to send it somewhere.  Grandma Kramer, of course, was especially concerned; it was all she had of her mother, who died when Grandma was just 9 years old.  Fortunately, all was well, and the photo returned undamaged with several copies.  The original was eventually given to one of Nellie's grandchildren, and no one knows where it is today.

Emeline J. Sutton
 or Emily Jane Sutton

Emily Sutton Boyle is buried at Dodge Grove Cemetery, Mattoon, Coles Co., Illinois

Her stone is near the inner road and maintenance building.
The 2 small stones seen here on either side are for the 2 baby girls.  They mark the edges of the plot.
The plot was large, probably because Joseph anticipated being buried there himself one day.

Emily J. Sutton, wife of Joseph Boyle, Born Aug 20, 1835, Died Feb 10, 1883

The grave marker was put in place years after Emily's death by her children, led by son Kennedy Boyle.
Emily's info is on one side.  The inscription for babies Ella and Minnie is on another side.

"Boyle, Emily" is written about half way down the page in the old cemetery log book

Lot #159 is owned by Joseph Boyle
2-13-83 Emily Boyle
The two babies died Sept 1864, and were most likely buried on the farm.

Emily Sutton Boyle is buried at Dodge Grove Cemetery, Mattoon, Coles Co., Illinois


23 Apr 1856
Joseph Boyle and Emily Sutton married in Somerset, New Jersey.

Source: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. New Jersey Marriages, 1684-1895 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.


By 1863, they had settled in Mattoon, Coles Co., Illinois
Date determined by location of children's births.


Joseph and Emily Boyle had 9 children.  Our ancestor, Nellie Orelia Boyle was next to youngest.

1. Mary Lillie   or Lily Mary  (tombstone says Mary L. Estes; family records say Lily Mary)
Birth: 9 Apr 1857 Havana, Mason Co., Illinois
Death: Coalgate, Coal Co., Oklahoma
Marriage:  9 Aug 1876 Robert Fisk Estes (1854-1924) in Charleston, Cole Co., Illinois

Children:
Franklin Estes (1877-    )
Mabel Estes (1879-    )
Gracie Mae Estes (1881-1965)
Robert James Estes (1884-1964)

They lived in Illinois, Nebraska, Arkansas, Kansas, and Oklahoma.

Mary Lillie Estes, Coalgate, Coal County, Oklahoma

Robert Fisk Estes, Coalgate, Coal County, Oklahoma

2.  Joseph KENNEDY Boyle
Birth: 31 July or Aug 1859 Havana, Mason Co., Illinois
Death: 4 July 1921  Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois; Residence at time of death: Hidalgo Co., Texas
Burial: 6 July 1921 LaGrange, Illinois
Marriage: 15 Feb 1886 Almyra "Myra" Alice Manning (1860-1923) Redstone Ranch, Kingman Co., Kansas

Children:
Charles Joseph Boyle (1886-1960)
Edith Alice Boyle (1888-1969)
Anna May Boyle (1890-1891)
Marie Anita Boyle (1892-1978)
Nellie Elizabeth Boyle (1894-1980)
Edna Lily Boyle (1896-1964)
Nelson Boyle (1897-1986)

Kennedy grew up in Mattoon, Illinois, and moved to Kingman Co., Kansas sometime between 1883 and 1886.  He was 24-27 years old, and his mother had just died (1883).  They lived in the area of Spivey, Kingman Co., Kansas.  

After he married, his younger sister Nellie [our ancestor] went to live with him until she married in 1897.  His sister, Lizzie, may also have lived with him since she married in Kingman Co., but her name isn't on any census records.  

By 1900 Kennedy's father, Joseph Boyle, was also living with his family, and lived there until he died in 1916 at age 99 years, 10 months.  

By 1920 (age 61 yrs), Kennedy and Myra had moved to Texas.  They were visiting in Chicago, Illinois when Kennedy died.  He is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, LaGrange, Cook Co., Illinois.  As of January 2016, I have not found his gravestone on findagrave.com.

Myra died 2 years later in Whitewater, Butler Co., Kansas

Kennedy & Myra Boyle
Identification written by Nellie Boyle Kramer
Kennedy was the older brother of Nellie Boyle Kramer

Edith & Charley Boyle
Oldest children of Kennedy & Myra Boyle

Cook County, Illinois, Deaths Index, 1878-1922

Name	Kennedy Boyle
Birth Date	31 Aug 1859
Birth Place	Havanna, Illinois
Death Date	4 Jul 1921
Death Place	Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Burial Date	6 Jul 1921
Cemetery Name	Oak Hill, La Grange
Death Age	61
Occupation	Farmer
Race	White
Marital Status	Married
Gender	Male
Residence	Doma, Texas
Father Name	Joseph Boyle
Father Birth Place	New Jersey
Mother Name	Emily Sutton
Mother Birth Place	New York
Spouse Name	Myria Boyle
FHL Film Number	1309298

3. Emma Boyle
Birth: 10 Nov 1861 Oakland, Coles Co., Illinois
Death: 4 Apr 1950 or 27 Jan 1950 Danville, Contra Costa County, California
Marriage: May 1890  Thomas Abraham Cline (1853-1923)

Children:
Thomas Harley Cline (27 Mar 1893 Washington -1950 Colorado)
Paul Cline (18 Oct 1894 Origon -1983 Arizona)
John Thaddeus Cline (27 Apr 1897 Oregon -31 May 1990 California)

"Boyle sisters" written on back
4 oldest sisters?  Lillie, Emma, Nona, Etta ???

Emma (81 yrs) & Etta (73 yrs) 1942

These women both lived in California, but I think this was taken in New York.

4. Ella Ada Boyle
Birth: 11 Dec 1863 Mattoon, Coles Co., Illinois
Death: 23 Sept or 25 Sept 1864 Mattoon, Coles Co., Illinois   Age 9 months
Burial: Dodge Grove Cemetery, Mattoon, Coles Co., Illinois  Name is on her mother's grave stone

5. Minnie Anna Boyle
Birth: Sept 1864 Mattoon, Coles Co., Illinois
Death: Sept 1864 Mattoon, Coles Co., Illinois  Age less than 1 month
Burial: Dodge Grove Cemetery, Mattoon, Coles Co., Illinois  Name is on her mother's grave stone

NOTE:  These two little girls died within days of one another.  We don't know the cause, but imagine the emotions Emily and Joseph and their 2 other children must have felt.

6.  Nona Boyle
Birth: 6 Dec 1866  Mattoon, Coles Co., Illinois
Death: 14 Dec 1962 Bremerton, Kitsap Co., Washington
Burial: Colby Cemetery, Colby, Kitsap Co., Washington

Marriage:  1 May 1895  Charles Wood (1860-1949)
Charles Wood's parents came to the United States from England in 1859.  He grew up in Missouri.

Children:
Nellie E. Wood (Denniston) (1897 Washington -1991 Washington)
Charles Irving Wood (1898 Washington -1970 Washington)
Thomas Archie Wood (1903 Washington -1976 Washington)

Nona Boyle Wood
Sister of Nellie Boyle Kramer

Charles Wood
Husband of Nona Boyle Wood

Charles & Nona Wood
photo from findagrave.com

Thomas Archie Wood & Augusta "Gussie" Didrickson
On honeymoon 1924  Photo from Ancestry.com
Youngest child of Nona & Charles Wood

Nona Boyle Wood grave
Colby Cemetery, Colby, Kitsap Co., Washington

Charles Wood
Colby Cemetery, Colby, Kitsap Co., Washington

7. Etta Arvilla Boyle
Birth: 4 Dec 1869 Mattoon, Coles Co., Illinois
Death: 23 Sept 1963 San Diego, San Diego Co., California
Burial: Bonita, San Diego Co., California
Marriage: 23 Feb 1888 George W. Henton (1865-1934) Coles Co., Illinois

Children:
John E. Henton (1889- )
Phebe Olive Henton (1891-  )
George Gerald Henton (1894- )
Mabel E. Henton (1897- )

Children of Etta & George Henton
Back L to R: Olive, John, Gerald
Front: Mabel

Children of Etta & George Henton
Back L to R: Olive, John, Gerald
Front: Mabel

Emma & Etta, 1942
Emma is 81 years old, Etta is 73 years old
The photo was most likely taken in New York or California 

"Boyle sisters" written on back
4 oldest sisters?  Lillie, Emma, Nona, Etta ???

8. Nellie Orelia Boyle  [OUR ANCESTOR]
Birth: 13 Apr 1873 Mattoon, Coles Co., Illinois
Death: 8 Aug 1966 Wichita, Sedgwick Co., Kansas
Burial: 10 Aug 1966 Wichita Park Cemetery, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., Kansas

Marriage: 10 May 1897 William Grant Kramer (1873-1943),  Kingman, Kingman Co., Kansas

Children: 
Mabel Elizabeth KramerBirth: 5 Aug 1898 in Spivey, Kingman Co., KansasDeath: 18 Sept 1982 in Bellevue, King Co., WashingtonBurial in Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KSMarriage: 15 Oct 1919 Fredrick Raymond Masters (1895 - 1968) in Wichita, Sedgwick Co., Kansas
Mabel & Fred had one daughter, Elizabeth "Betty"


Ruth Amy Kramer
Birth: 23 May 1900 in Rago, near Spivey, Kingman Co., Kansas
Death: 26 Oct 1983 in Orland, Glenn Co., California
Marriage: 25 Dec 1920 Simon Alfred Whited (1886-1925)
Ruth & Si had 2 children:  Elaine and Bill

Nellie Iris Kramer
Birth: 13 March 1903 in Spivey, Kingman Co., Kansas
Iris had a twin brother who was stillborn or died shortly after birth.  He was unnamed and was buried on the farm.
Death: 29 Jan 1993 in Derby, Sedgwick Co., Kansas
Marriage:        Maxwell L. Barger
Iris & Max had 4 sons: Jim, Gene, Dick & Bill

Nellie Orelia Boyle

Nellie Boyle Kramer & Will Kramer
L to R: Ruth, Mabel, Iris

9. Mabel Elizabeth "Lizzie" Boyle
Birth: 11 Nov 1877 Mattoon, Coles, Illinois
Death: 15 March 1971 Potwin, Butler Co, Kansas
Marriage: 22 April 1902  Charles Gilchrist

Children:
Richard Kennedy Gilchrist (1904-1994)
Anita M. Gilchrist (1911-  )

Anita married Harris Houston
They had 2 children, Richard & Marguerite