Edmund/Edward Harvey-- How is he related to Mary Sophia Harvey?

One piece I haven't placed is Edmund or Edward Harvey.  He was living very near Levi Leonard when Mary moved to Michigan and married Levi.  So close, one would think that Mary and Edmund, sharing the same last name, knew each other. In fact, our Michigan researcher thinks they were related closely.  Looking at the map below, one can see the close neighbors they were to each other.

Edmund staked his homestead claim as early as 1866.  We find Edmund or Edward living here as early as 1870 in Pierson, Montcalm, Michigan.  On that census, we read the following:
Edward Harvey, 38, male, white, farmer, $600 land; $250 personal assets.  B. Pennsylvania
Frank 19, Works on farm, b. Ohio
Irus (male) 16, works on farm, b. Ohio
Jane 9 F b. Pennsylvania (note this)
James 6 b. Michigan
Mary 4 b. Michigan

If you go by birth years and locales, then Edmund could have been in Ohio from 1850-1860; Pennsylvania from 1855-1864 and Michigan from 1861-1899.  Note that he is either widowed or divorced.

On 17 November 1871, Edmund is issued 80 acres of land, the land which is very close to Levi Leonard's land that Mary bought after Levi's death.  As proof of homestead, he claimed he built a house, dug a well, plowed 10 acres of land, planted an orchard of 75 trees.  Said he was a family man with 5 kids.  Witnessed by his grown son Franklin Harvey.

5 Nov 1873, Edmund married Elizabeth Willmore Mitchell.  In Montcalm Marriages book A p. 65, born in New York, age 51, farmer.  Elizabeth was age 44, born in Michigan, married by the Justice of the Peace of Reynolds and the witnesses were Martha J. Covert and Alice Rullolph.  

In the 1880 census, we see the blended families.  Pierson, Montcalm, Michigan Edmond Harvey, 57, Husband, married, Farmer, B. NY, Dad Conn, Mom NY
Elizabeth age 50,  wife, married, keeping house, b. NY, dad and mom US.
Emma 19 daughter single, rickets, idiotic, dumb, can't read or write, b. PA, dad NY, mom NY
Anna 16 Dau, housekeeper, b. PA, dad NY, mom NY
Charles 13 son, at home, can't read or write, b. MI, dad NY, Mom NY
James 5 grandson, b. Mi, dad NY, mom Eng.
Irus M 23 son, works mill, 3 months unemployed, b. MI, dad NY, mom PA
Franklin 25 son, works mill, 2 months unemployed, b. MI, dad NY, mom PA

It's hard to know which kids came from Elizabeth's first marriage conclusively.  Emma and Jane might be the same person; James might also be the Edwin listed in Edmund's probate below.  This is something we need to continue to research.

When Edmund died on 22 Mar 1899, he was a widower.  His age was listed as 78 y, 1 m, 18 d, putting his birth date as 4 Feb 1821.  Informant lists parents as Elija Harvey and Polly Shunberg both of Pennsylvania. 

His estate was settled on 17 Feb 1903.  It lists Irus, Frank, Emma, Edwin, Grace Walling adopted daughter of Anna Harvey Walling as heirs.


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