Judith A. LUTHER

Father: Martin LUTHER
Mother: Hannah EDMUNDS

Family 1: George W. PRIEST

(1) Portrait and Biographical Album of Clinton and Shiawassee, Counties, Mich., Chapman Bros., Chicago, 1891. Pages 755-756.

  1. Laura PRIEST
  2. Albert PRIEST
  3. Helen M. PRIEST
  4. Joseph PRIEST
  5. George PRIEST
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 _Martin LUTHER__|
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|_Hannah EDMUNDS_|
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Notes

Updated October 15, 2022. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) 1850 United States Census for Michigan, Shiawassee Co., Town of Venice: Page 50; August 10, 1850.

Judith A. [LUTHER] PRIEST is married to George W. PRIEST, head of household. He is 30 years old and born in New York. Children in the household, all born in Michigan, are Laura (age 10), Albert (age 8), Hellen (age 7), Joseph (age 6) and George T. (age 2). Her mother-in-law Polly [EDMUNDS] PRIEST is also a resident.

(2) 1860 United States Census for Michigan, Shiawassee Co., Township of Venice: Page 38, June 11, 1860.

Judith [LUTHER] PRIEST is married to George PRIEST, head of household. She is 40 years old and born in New York. Children in the household are Hellen (age 17), Joseph (age 15), and George P. (age 11).

(3) 1870 United States Census for Michigan, Shiawassee Co., Venice (Corunna Post Office): page 19; August 22, 1870.

Judith [LUTHER] PRUSH is married to George PRUSH, head of household. She is 50 years old, born in New York and is keeping house. Children in the household are George (age 21) and Minnie (age 11 [adopted]).

(4) 1880 United States Census for Michigan, Shiawassee Co., Venice: Supervisor's District 3; Enumeration District 362; page 1; June 1+2, 1880.

Judith [LUTHER] PRIEST is married to George W. PRIEST, head of household. She is 59 years old and was born in New York, with her parents born in Massachusetts. She is keeping house. Their daughter Minnie (age 11 [adopted]) is also part of the household.

(5) Golden Wedding Anniversary via Newspapers.com: Owosso Times; Owosso, Michigan; 24 May 1889, Fri. Page 1.

"Golden Wedding. The fiftieth anniversary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. PRIEST, of Venice, was celebrated in a very pleasant manner at their home on Saturday last. Mr. PRIEST and wife were visiting their daughter, about a mile away, when word came that friends had called to see them. On returning home they were greatly surprised to find a house full of friends and relatives; four of their five children were present, and numerous grandchildren and one great grandchild. It was indeed a happy surprise to the old pioneers, who have resided on the same farm for fifty years, and experienced all the joys and sorrows of life. A bountiful dinner, prepared by the visitors, was served, and then Rev. J. B. GOSS in behalf of the company presented Mr. and Mrs. PRIEST two rocking chairs, a gold breast pin, an elegant gold headed cane and a silver cake basket. Mr. PRIEST expressed thanks with a great deal of feeling."

(6) Find a Grave

- Name: Judith PRIEST
- Birth: 26 Jul 1820
- Death: 22 Aug 1892 (aged 72)
- Burial: Wilkinson Cemetery; Corunna, Shiawassee County, Michigan, USA
- Memorial ID: 39844532

(7) Portrait and Biographical Album of Clinton and Shiawassee, Counties, Mich., Chapman Bros., Chicago, 1891. Pages 755-756.

"George PRIEST married Judith A. LUTHER, May 18, 1839. Her parents, Martin and Hannah, (EDMUNDS) LUTHER, were natives of Vermont and Massachusetts respectively. The father disappeared in some mysterious way many years ago and the mother died in 1823. Judith was then adopted by a Mr. ROBINSON, in New York State, who came to Michigan in 1830, and settled in Lodi Township, Washtenaw County. After attending the district school she taught for some time."

"After marriage the young couple made their home in Shiawassee County, upon the farm where they now reside. They took up eighty acres of Government land all timber, in beech, maple, basswood and oak. Indians and wild animals abounded and only two other families were near enough to be called neighbors, namely; the households of Mr. WILKINSON and Mr. BUNCE. Mr. PRIEST built a log house thirteen logs high, every log in which was rock elm..."

"It was January 4 that they first made their home in this wild place and it was the month of June before Mrs. PRIEST set her foot outside the woods, so isolated was her life. They had religious services and when they went to church the whole neighborhood went on a sled drawn by two yoke of oxen. Mrs. PRIEST had a silk dress which was a possession in those days, as there was none other here. The log cabin sheltered them for twenty years and then they built in 1861 the home in which they now reside..."

"Mr. PRIEST now has one hundred and ninety acres of land more than one-ninth of which is improved, and most of this he cleared with his own strong right arm. He has now retired from active work and he allows his son to run the farm. They have five children of their own and one adopted daughter. Their oldest, Laura, born in 1840, married Gleason YOUNGS and lives in this township with her husband and two children. Albert, born in 1842, married Sarah J. MORRISON, and has two sons; he is living in Hancock. Helen M., born in 1843, the wife of Norman LELAND, lives in Owosso. Joseph, born in 1844, married Sarah WILKINSON and lives in Corunna and has three children. George, born in 1848, married Priscilla NICHOLS and has three children; he lives on the farm. The adopted daughter -- Minnie Van NESS -- born in 1858, is the wife of Henry LYONS and lives in Hazelton Township. The mother of these children is an earnest and devoted member of the Baptist Church."