Harriet Blanche Risdon^[1]

1821 - 1903  (81 years)

• Name	Harriet Blanche Risdon
  Birth	21 Sep 1821	Leroy, Genesee, New York, USA   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Harriett R Mead
  Residence	1839	, , New York, USA   [3]
  Residence	1850	Pittsfield, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA   [4]
  Residence	1860	Plattsburgh, Clinton, New York, USA   [5]
  	Residence Post Office: Plattsburgh
  Residence	1870	Saline, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA   [6]
  	Residence Post Office: Saline
  Residence	1900	Salem, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA   [7]
  	Marital Status: WidowedRelation to Head: Mother
  Death	9 Feb 1903	Saline, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA   [2]
  Burial	Saline, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I35439	Master
  Last Modified	15 Feb 2019

  
  

  Father	Orange Risdon,   b. 28 Dec 1786, Rupert, Bennington, Vermont, USA d. 27 Nov 1876, Saline, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Sally Newland,   b. 27 Jan 1790, Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, USA d. 19 Oct 1866, Saline, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	16 Mar 1816	Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, USA
  Family ID	F8483	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Silas F Mead,   b. 17 Mar 1812, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 9 Sep 1877, Saline, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	1840
  Children	1. Mary Elizabeth Mead,   b. 9 Oct 1841, York, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA d. 17 Oct 1841 (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]   2. Henry G Silas G Mead,   b. 17 Oct 1844, Pittsfield, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA d. 28 Aug 1850, , Washtenaw, Michigan, USA (Age 5 years)  [Father: natural]   3. Lewis Risdon Mead,   b. 7 Jul 1847, Saline, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA d. 12 Jun 1916, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]   4. William D Mead,   b. 19 Apr 1852, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA d. 8 Jun 1930, , Beadle, South Dakota, USA (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F8497	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2019

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 21 Sep 1821 - Leroy, Genesee, New York, USA Residence - 1839 - , , New York, USA Residence - 1850 - Pittsfield, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA Residence - Residence Post Office: Saline - 1870 - Saline, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA Residence - Marital Status: WidowedRelation to Head: Mother - 1900 - Salem, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA Death - 9 Feb 1903 - Saline, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA Burial - - Saline, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Harriett Risdon was born Sept 21, 1821 in LeRoy, NY and died 1903 at Saline. She had married Silas Mead in 1840. Silas was born March 17, 1812 in Greenwich, CT and was a nephew of Silas Finch, who operated a general store in Orange Risdon’s parlor. Silas Mead clerked for his uncle at one time. Both Harriett and Silas are buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Saline. (Clark) Silas and Harriett had a farm in Pittsfield Twp., where they lived for the first eleven years of their marriage. They then removed to New Orleans, LA, where Silas operated a shoe store. During the Civil War, he made oil-cloths for soldiers’ sacks; after the Union Soldiers took the city, he worked in the New Orleans Commissary Dept. for 4 years. Then, he came back to Washtenaw and farmed until his death. A letter that he sent to his sister Abigail in CT is archived at the Bentley Library in Ann Arbor. This letter has been transcribed and appears in Vol. 10 of Capers, the journal of the Genealogical Society of Washtenaw County. Harriett and Silas had four children. One son, Lewis Risdon Mead, figured highly in the family businesses that thrived in California. Their son, William, lived in the Risdon homestead until 1921, after which the house became the property of Blanche Mead, William's daughter. Later, the home was sold to a Saline nephew, Capt. William D. Mead, who moved the house to W. Henry Street, where it is still in use today as apartments. Blanche was present when the Historical Society of Washtenaw County dedicated her great grandfather’s home site in 1954. A memorial sign was erected at the time, but has since deteriorated. During his lifetime, Orange Risdon, Sr. allowed people to be buried on his farm. Thus, the burial grounds were started and later continued when William D. Mead sold 50 acres to the Village of Saline to enlarge the cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

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