James Bagley of Westmoreland County Connecticut

James Bagley: A Likely Reconstruction of the family of James Bagley of Westmoreland County, Connecticut, Luzerne, Pennsylvania and Hector New York from Land, Church and Census Records.

Note: This is a continuation of Wild Speculation Part III: Bagleys of Erie County, New York,

In 1754 a group from Connecticut purchase land from the Iroquois to extend Connecticut west of the border with New York, in keeping with its royal charter. This land was also part of the royal charter of Pennsylvania. Later, Pennsylvania also purchase rights to settle the same area. In 1769, Connecticut set up it’s first permanent settlement. From then through 1799, settlers from both colonies/states fought over the area. Congress set up a commission to resolve the issue and ruled in favor of Pennsylvania’s claim. By 1799, Pennsylvania had made peace with settlers from Connecticut by recognizing and registering their property claims and allowing them to remain in their townships as legal residents of Pennsylvania.₁

Among the settlers from Connecticut was a man by the name of James Bagley. James settled in Providence Township, Westmoreland County, Connecticut - what is now known as Scranton, Pennsylvania. Based on local histories, James Bagley served with a group of Connecticut Rangers raised in the Wyoming Valley during the Revolution.₂ James Bagley was an ardent supporter of the Connecticut claims to the Wyoming River Valley. He was not present at the Battle of Wyoming in 1778. James made a claim in 1780 to the Connecticut legislature for losses incurred during the Revolution.₃ Bagley ford, a crossing of the Lackawanna River, was on the James Bagley farm.₄ One town history states, James Bagley’s heirs sold the farm.₅ The farm was sold in 1793 by James Bagley.₆ Begining in 1776, James appears in the Connecticut Tax Rolls.₇ Starting in 1793, there are records of James buying land in the Luzerne County - the most important as part of the committee charged with purchasing a lot for the school house in Providence.₈ His last transaction in Luzerne County was in 1799 when he sold land to Peter Crawford.₉

Various individuals named Bagley appear in the Luzerne Pennsylvania records in the last two decades of the 18th century.₁₀ Four are associated closely with James Bagley and each other. James Bagley and Sarah Bagley are witnesses on a deed for Jesse Bagley.₁₁ Elias Bagley appears as a witness on deeds for James Bagley.₁₂ In 1793, James Baley purchased land adjoining land occupied by Jesse Baley.₁₃ The 1790 census lists Richard Bagley.₁₄ In the 1798 Tax Rolls James Bagley is listed in Providence, as is Richard Bagley living on land owned by Elias Bagley.₁₅ There is a James Bayley or Bagley in the 1800 Pennsylvania and Federal Census in Providence, Pennsylvania.₁₆ The family has an adult male over 45, and adult female over 45, and a boy and a girl under age 10. His neighbor is Jesse Bayley or Jesse Bagley.₁₇ Jesse's household has a male between 16 and 25, a female between 16 and 25 and a boy and a girl under age 10. James lived in Providence until 1802.₁₈

James, Jesse, Elias and Richard likely moved to the finger lakes region of New York in the early 19th Century. In the 1803 New York Tax Rolls, Richard and Jesse Bagley are listed in Milton, Cayuga, New York - the modern Genoa.₁₉ Starting in 1807, land records in Hector, New York, list deeds involving three men named Bagley - Richard, Elias, and Jesse. In September and October Jesse and Elias jointly purchased land in Hector, NY.₂₀ Richard Bagley purchases land in Hector in 1809.₂₁ In January 1810, Elias sold his land to Jesse.₂₂ In 1810 census, James Bagly is listed in Hector, New York.₂₃ There is a man and a woman over 45 years old and a boy and a girl under age ten. In 1811 Richard sells land to Jesse.₂₄ Jesse and his wife Phebe sell land in May and December 1811.₂₅ The last of the deeds is a transaction in 1811 by Jesse Bagley and Phebe, his wife, of Scipio, New York, indicating that Jesse had moved.

 About 1880, Jenks Corey Bagley of Ypsilanti, Michigan applied for a military pension based on his service with the New York Militia during the War of 1812.₂₆ He listed his birth in the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania in 1795. He detailed his migration from Pennsylvania through western New York, starting in Scipio, to Michigan. Some of the places he lists in the application can be corroborated with County histories from New York.₂₇ We find Jesse in other town histories and land records for Jesse and Phebe.₂₈ We also learn from the pension application he has a nephew named Warren Bagley from Port Huron, Michigan.₂₉ Warren is the son of Jesse Bagley.₃₀ Jesse Bagley purchased land in Port Huron in 1839 and we can find his family in the 1840 and 1850 census living in Port Huron with Warren.₃₁

In the 1834, 1840, 1845, and 1850 census records, Jenks is living in Superior, Michigan.₃₂ In  1834, 1840 and 1845 he had a neighbor named Jesse Bagley.₃₃ This Jesse is 20 to 25 years older than Jenks. In 1850 Phebe Bagley, born about 1777 in New York, is living with Jenks. Jenks is also living with a son named Jesse Bagley. This gives us three men named Jesse - Jenks’ son living with Jenks, Jenks’ brother living in Port Huron, and an older neighbor. The shared name and the shared migration indicate Jenks and Jesse are likely the children of Jesse and Phebe Bagley. According to Jenks’ Pension Application he enlisted in Scipio, New York in 1813.₃₄ This along with his birth in the Wyoming valley confirm the men,  James, Jesse, Richard and Elias Bagley, in Hector, New York are likely the men in Providence, Pennsylvania.

In the 1820 Census, Elias Pagley is living in Avon, New York.₃₅ In 1820 Jenks Bagley is living in Richmond, New York.₃₆ Jenks' parents, Jesse and Phebe are likely living in Genoa, New York.₃₇ Avon and Richmond are separated by Lima, NY. Jenks was likely living near his uncle. Jenks moved to Ossian in 1821.₃₈ Jesse Bagley moved to Bisbeetown, in the modern Westview, after 1822.₃₉

In 1844, Alanson Bagley, Nancy his wife and Phoebe Bagley sold land in Irwin township, Venango county, Pennsylvania.₄₀ Alanson purchased the land from the heirs of Elias Bagley. Elias Bagley purchase the land in 1826.₄₁ In 1830, Elias Bagley heads a household that contains two older adults, two adults and teenage boy.₄₂ The older man, likely Elias is 50 to 59 years old. In 1840 Alanson is listed as head of household with a neighbor named Phoebe Bagley.₄₃ By 1850, Alanson has relocated to Rush County, Indiana.₄₄ His birth place is listed as Pennsylvania. He is born in 1796. A Phoebe Bagley born about 1769 in Rhode Island is living with him. In 1860, Alanson is still in Rush County and reports his birthplace as Pennsylvania.₄₅

A man named Azor Bagley born in New York in 1808 is also listed in the 1850 census in Rush county.₄₅ He married Euphemia Beach of Venango county.₄₆ In 1840, there is a household headed by Azor Bagley in Mercer County, PA. Mercer is the county to the west of Venango.₄₇ Both Azor and Alanson named a son Elias.₄₈ The shared locations and family names indicate Azor and Alanson are likely the children of Elias and Phebe Bagley. Alanson’s birth matches the time when Elias would have been living in Providence. Azor’s birth matches the time when Elias would have been in Hector.

In 1830, Alanson and Nancy are probably the adults in Elias' household; Azor is likely the teenage boy. In 1820, Elias Pagley's household has a man over 45, a woman over 45, a man between 16 and 25, a girl between 10 and 15 and two boys between 10 and 15. Alanson would be the man between 16 and 25. Azor would be one of the boys between 10 and 15. Based on the ages of the eldest man in the 1820 and 1830 Census records, Elias would be born between 1771 and 1775. In 1771, James and Sarah Bagley had a son, Elias, baptized in Nobletown, Massachusetts part of the modern Hillsdale, New York and Egremont, Massachusetts.₄₉ This would be a common migration path for people from New England moving to the Wyoming river valley.

Elias Bagley lived near to Jesse Bagley's family until 1820. Jenks Balgey's pension application links the family to the Wyoming river valley in Pennsylvania.  Elias is the same age as a child born to James and Sarah Bagley. Elias has identified children with ages that match the household in 1820. It is likely Elias Bagley of Venango county is the same person as the man who lived in Avon, Hector and Providence. The shared migration, joint transactions, relative ages, and close proximity suggest Elias, Richard and Jesse are likely sons of James and Sarah Bagley who settled in Westmoreland County Connecticut.


¹See Kulh, Jackson. "The Incredibly Convoluted History of  Westmoreland County, Connecticut". Journal of the American Revolution. (https://allthingsliberty.com/2014/10/the-incredibly-convoluted-history-of-westmoreland-county-connecticut/, October 29, 2014).

²Harvey, Oscar Jewell. A History of Wilkes-Barré, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. (1909). 981. (https://books.google.com/books?id=xLBZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA981&lpg=PA981&dq=%22James+Bagley%22+Connecticut+Militia&source=bl&ots=kdgyj9vWlD&sig=IEcL6ihrtCxWjvOgLFx3UDOBYzY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjm6bep9f3ZAhWPZd8KHfBSAOMQ6AEITDAE#v=onepage&q&f=false)

³Tubbs, Charles. The Wyoming military establishment. A history of the Twenty-fourth regiment of Connecticut militia. An address before the Tioga Point historical society, delivered December 3rd, 1901. (Tioga Point historical society : Athens, PA, 1903). 30. (https://archive.org/stream/wyomingmilitarye01tubb#page/30/mode/2up)

⁴Hollister, Horace. History of the Lackawanna Valley (1885) 188.(https://archive.org/details/historyoflackawan00holl/page/188)

⁵Craft, David. History of Scranton, Penn. With full outline of the natural advantages, accounts of the Indian tribes, early settlements, Connecticut's claim to the Wyoming Valley, the Trenton decree, down to the present time. (Dayton, Ohio : H.W. Crew, 1891) 80-81 (https://archive.org/details/cu31924028864027/page/n87)

⁶Luzerne County Land Records. Volume 4. 116. Luzerne County Land Records are online. (https://www.searchiqs.com/PALUZ/Login.aspx) You can see the records with a guest login.

Luzerne County Deed indexes are available from FamilySearch.org: Deeds, 1787-1901; indexes to deeds, 1780-1907 (Luzerne County, Pennsylvania)  <https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4V-T91D-3>

⁷Wyoming Historical and Geological Society, Wilkes-Barre, PA. Proceedings and collections. Volume V. (1900) 215, 226, 238. (https://archive.org/stream/proceedingscolle05wyomuoft#page/226/mode/2up);

⁸Luzerne County Land Records. Volume 112. 105. See also Craft. History of Scranton. 385-6 (https://archive.org/details/cu31924028864027/page/n419)

⁹Luzerne County Land Records. Volume 6. 507.

¹⁰Asher Bagley appears on the 1796 Pennsylvania Tax Rolls. Hollister. History of Lackawana. 198. (https://archive.org/details/historyoflackawan00holl/page/198)

Ezra Bagley appears on the 1790 Federal Census. "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKJ-8GX : accessed 18 March 2019), Ezra Bagley, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 144, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 8; FHL microfilm 568,148.

John Bagley appears on the 1800 Pennsylvania Census. Septennial Census Returns, 1779–1863. Box 1026, microfilm, 14 rolls. Records of the House of Representatives. Records of the General Assembly, Record Group 7. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, PA. (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2702/33017_263382-00015?pid=545274&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D2702%26h%3D545274%26tid%3D116259953%26pid%3D232003401697%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3Dynv9%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=116259953&personid=232003401697&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=ynv9&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true)

¹¹Luzerne County Land Records. Volume 5. 77.

¹²Luzerne County Land Records. Volume 4. 116.

¹³James Baly requested 400 acres of joining land for Jesse Baly in Luzerne County on 20 February 1793. Warrant Applications, 1733-1952. Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania State Archives. Land Warrants. Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg, PA. (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2350/33019_b078899-00073?pid=117202&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D2350%26h%3D117202%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3Dynv12%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=ynv12&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true#?imageId=33019_b078899-00074)

¹⁴"United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKJ-8GF : accessed 18 March 2019), Richard Bagley, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 144, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 8; FHL microfilm 568,148

¹⁵ United States Direct Tax of 1798: Tax Lists for the State of Pennsylvania. M372, microfilm, 24 rolls. Records of the Internal Revenue Service, 1791-2006, Record Group 58. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2060/32643_B036825-00254?pid=316684&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D2060%26h%3D316684%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3Dynv15%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=ynv15&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true)

¹⁶Bayley is used in the Federal Census. Bagley in the Pennsylvania Census. Septennial Census Returns, 1779–1863. "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR6-VY5 : accessed 18 March 2019), James Bayley, Providence, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 366,367, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 39; FHL microfilm 363,342.

¹⁷Septennial Census Returns, 1779–1863.

"United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR6-VBM : accessed 18 March 2019), Jesse Bayley, Providence, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 366,367, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 39; FHL microfilm 363,342.

¹⁸Craft. History of Scranton. 81.

¹⁹"New York, Tax Assessment Rolls of Real and Personal Estates, 1799-1804 for Jesse Bagley." New York, Tax Assessment Rolls of Real and Personal Estates, 1799-1804 for Jesse Bagley. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Mar. 2018. <https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6771/41761_328303-00138?indiv=try&h&db.>

²⁰Seneca County Land Records. Volume B. 541-2. "New York Land Records, 1630-1975," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99WN-V93W?cc=2078654&wc=M7H5-RWR%3A358133701%2C358359601 : 22 May 2014), Seneca > Deeds 1804-1811 vol A-B > image 606 of 628; county courthouses, New York.

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²¹Seneca County Land Records. Volume D. 87-8. "New York Land Records, 1630-1975," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89WN-K9JY?cc=2078654&wc=M7HR-MWL%3A358133701%2C358378801 : 22 May 2014), Seneca > Deeds 1809-1816 vol D-E > image 72 of 671; county courthouses, New York.

²²Seneca County Land Records. Volume D. 150. "New York Land Records, 1630-1975," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99WN-K9L3?cc=2078654&wc=M7HR-MWL%3A358133701%2C358378801 : 22 May 2014), Seneca > Deeds 1809-1816 vol D-E > image 110 of 671; county courthouses, New York.

²³"United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2T-RLH : accessed 18 March 2019), James Bagly, Hector, Seneca, New York, United States; citing p. 322, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 36; FHL microfilm 181,390.

²⁴Seneca County Land Records. Volume E. 102."New York Land Records, 1630-1975," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9WN-KSX?cc=2078654&wc=M7HR-MWL%3A358133701%2C358378801 : 22 May 2014), Seneca > Deeds 1809-1816 vol D-E > image 434 of 671; county courthouses, New York.

²⁵Seneca County Land Records. Volume E. 98-9. "New York Land Records, 1630-1975," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89WN-K9R?cc=2078654&wc=M7HR-MWL%3A358133701%2C358378801 : 22 May 2014), Seneca > Deeds 1809-1816 vol D-E > image 429 of 671; county courthouses, New York.

Seneca County Land Records. Volume E. 297-8. "New York Land Records, 1630-1975," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89WN-VYZY?cc=2078654&wc=M7HR-MWL%3A358133701%2C358378801 : 22 May 2014), Seneca > Deeds 1809-1816 vol D-E > image 538 of 671; county courthouses, New York.

²⁶Jinks Corey Bagley's pension application. 31. “War of 1812 Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files,” database and images, Ancestry (https://www.fold3.com/image/280434307 : accessed 21 Oct 2017); image of Jinks Corey Bagley's pension application; citing "War of 1812 Pension and Bounty land Warrant Application Files, compiled ca. 1871–1900, documenting the period 1812–ca.1900," National Archives Catalog ID: 564415, Record Group 15, RG15-1812PB-Bx0141, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

²⁷Milliken, Charles F. A history of Ontario county, New York, and its people. (Lewis historical publishing co. : New York, 1911) 247. (https://archive.org/stream/cu31924072101813#page/246/mode/2up)

²⁸Smith, James H. History of Livingston County, New York. (Mason & company: Syracuse, N.Y, 1881). 212. (https://archive.org/details/cu31924028853822/page/212)

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Cuyuga County Land Records. Volume Y. 149. "New York Land Records, 1630-1975," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89WK-XD4M?cc=2078654&wc=M7CM-6WP%3A358133001%2C358975401 : 22 May 2014), Cayuga > Deeds 1822-1823 vol Y-Z > image 95 of 596; county courthouses, New York.

²⁹Jinks Corey Bagley's pension application. 25. “War of 1812 Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files,” database and images, Ancestry (https://www.fold3.com/image/247/280434301 : accessed 21 Oct 2017); image of Jinks Corey Bagley's pension application; citing "War of 1812 Pension and Bounty land Warrant Application Files, compiled ca. 1871–1900, documenting the period 1812–ca.1900," National Archives Catalog ID: 564415, Record Group 15, RG15-1812PB-Bx0141, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

³⁰History of St. Clair County, Michigan (A. T. Andreas & Co : Chicago, 1883) 555. (https://books.google.com/books?id=TkYB-PTxnw4C&vq=Bagley&pg=PA555#v=onepage&q&f=false)

³¹ Jesse made two purchases from the land office in 1839.

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"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF8G-7N1 : 12 April 2016), Jesse Bagley, Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

³²"1834 | Washtenaw, Superior | 0056 :: State Census Records, 1827-1874." 1834 | Washtenaw, Superior | 0056 :: State Census Records, 1827-1874. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Oct. 2017. (http://seekingmichigan.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p16317coll6/id/745/rec/2)

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³³"1834 | Washtenaw, ?? | 0055 :: State Census Records, 1827-1874." 1834 | Washtenaw, ?? | 0055 :: State Census Records, 1827-1874. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Mar. 2018. (http://seekingmichigan.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16317coll6/id/768)

"United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYX-DG7 : 15 August 2017), Jesse Bagley, Superior Township, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States; citing p. 91, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 211; FHL microfilm 14,797.

"1845 | Washtenaw, Superior | 0074 :: State Census Records, 1827-1874." 1845 | Washtenaw, Superior | 0074 :: State Census Records, 1827-1874. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Oct. 2017. (http://seekingmichigan.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16317coll6/id/728)

³⁴“War of 1812 Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files,” database and images, Ancestry (https://www.fold3.com/image/280434307 : accessed 21 Oct 2017); image of Jinks Corey Bagley's pension application; citing "War of 1812 Pension and Bounty land Warrant Application Files, compiled ca. 1871–1900, documenting the period 1812–ca.1900," National Archives Catalog ID: 564415, Record Group 15, RG15-1812PB-Bx0141, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

³⁵"United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLB-H3P : accessed 19 March 2019), Elias Pagley, Avon, Ontario, New York, United States; citing p. 185, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 62; FHL microfilm 193,717.

³⁶Jinks Corey Bagley's pension application. 31.

³⁷Jesse Bagley purchased land in Genoa in 1818. Cuyuga County Land Records. Volume V. 390-2. In 1822, Jesse Bagley and his wife Phebe of Genoa sold land. Cuyuga County Land Records. Volume Y. 149.

³⁸Jinks Corey Bagley's pension application. 31.

³⁹Jesse and Phebe sold land in Genoa in 1822. Smith mentions Jesse as one of the early settlers of Bisbeetown, NY. Bisbee started in 1819 See Smith. History of Livingston County, New York. 212.

⁴⁰Venango County Land Records. Volume J. 625. (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSN2-W2NT)

⁴¹Venango County Land Records. Volume D. 285. (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4Y-79JG-M)

⁴²"United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPK-VBK : 17 August 2017), Elias Bagley, French Creek, Venango, Pennsylvania, United States; citing 4, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 164; FHL microfilm 20,638.

⁴³"United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHB7-VYN : 8 September 2017), Elonson Bagley, Irvin, Venango, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 12, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 497; FHL microfilm 20,559.

⁴⁴"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHVQ-R1W : 12 April 2016), Alanson Bagley, Jackson, Rush, Indiana, United States; citing family 70, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

⁴⁵"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4N5-1HM : 13 December 2017), Alanson Bugley, 1860.

⁴⁶Bell, Herbert Charles. History of Venango County, Pennsylvania. (Brown, Runk & co. : Chicago, 1890) 957-9. (https://archive.org/details/historyofvenango00bell/page/958)

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