OBIT: Name: Pixley, Miss Ella A.
Date: Nov. 16, 1925
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #064.
Notes: Pixley-Miss Ella A., sister of Carrie, Leon, and Mrs. W. C. Bevington, suddenly, Nov. 12. Funeral Monday, Nov. 16, at 2 p. m., at residence of W. C. Bevington, 1583 Woodward avenue, Lakewood. Burial at Riverside Cemetery.

OBIT: Name: Pixley, L. C.
Date: January 3, 1904
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #064.
Notes: Pixley-L. C., at his home, 471 Denison ave., Friday morning at 8 o'clock. Funeral Monday, Jan. 4, at 2 p. m. standard.

RESIDENCES:
1900 - 471 Denison Ave (old style numbering)
1920 - 2107 Denison Ave.

May also have had a brother, William, and a sister, Julia.

OCCUPATION: Real Estate Agent

Possible maiden name: ALICE M. MALERY
Birth: Westfield, , , Ohio
Marriage: 19 NOV 1867 , Ingham, Michigan

If the above is true, then perhaps she was the sister of George Webb Mallory who married Maria Pixley (her sister-in-law).

DEATH:
PIXLEY, Alice M.
Death date: 11/29/1922,
Cuyahoga County Volume #4012, Certificate #61553

OBIT: Name: Pixley, Alice M.
Date: November 29, 1922
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #064.
Notes: Pixley-Alice M., widow of the late Leonard C. Pixley, mother of Leon, Carrie, Ella and Mrs. W. C. Berington, Wednesday, November 29. Funeral services at late residence, 2111 Denison avenue S. W., Saturday, December 2, at 2:30 p. m.

1. Leon PIXLEY b. Oct 1868, ,, Ohio.
2. Carrie E. PIXLEY b. Apr 1871, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
3. 1. Ella A PIXLEY b. Oct 1873, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 12 Nov 1925, Lakewood, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. Ida A. PIXLEY b. Feb 1876, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.

MARRIAGE: First marriage may have taken place in Richfield, Ohio. He had been married before Sally and had no children from that first marriage.

CENSUS: 1830 Line #15, Hinckley Township, Medina County living near Milton Curtiss. Age probably between 40-50 as only one male in the household is listed.

SOURCE_OF_NAME: "Robert Burrows and Descendants 1630-1974", by R.E. Burrows, 1975, 1816 pgs, Ann Arbor, Michigan [pg 254] Also mentioned in "Early Days of the Pioneers Cuyahoga County and Brooklyn Township", by Ebenezer Foster, pg.18.

DEATH: Death had to be before 1860 as he does not appear in the census but his wife, Sally, and her children, do.

The following obituary is probably for Lathrop Sr's son. The year of birth seems to make him too young to marry Sally Foster, who was born in 1813 and if Lathrop Sr., who married Sally, was really 40-50 in 1830, then he almost seems too old to be the father of the individual shown below, too.

OBIT: Name: Pixley, Lathrop
Date: 1862
Source: Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #064.
Notes: 1831 - 1862. Dennison Cemetery

I originally had Sally's birth year estimated at 1813, but if her marriage date is correct, she would have been far too young to marry, especially to a man who was 45 at the time. It is more likely that she is one of the older children of Michael and Abigail and probably born prior to 1807.

MARRIAGE: She married Lathrop Pixley per LDS records in the IGI for 06 OCT 1825 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

MARRIAGE: FOSTER, SALLY and PILEY, LATHROP vol.0002 pg.0075 (Cuyahoga County Marriage Index)


Had nine children, six of whom survived to adulthood, per a book written by her brother, Ebenezer, titled: "Early Days of the Pioneers", 1880.

CENSUS: 1850 - Living with son, Lathrop, daughter Susan, and sons, Denison and William.

1. Maria PIXLEY b. 11 Aug 1826; d. 8 Jan 1871.
2. Julia PIXLEY b. Abt 1829.
3. Abbey PIXLEY b. Abt 1830; d. 23 Feb 1881, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
4. Lathrop P. PIXLEY b. Abt 1831; d. 6 Sep 1862, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
5. 2. Leonard C. PIXLEY b. Mar 1834, Columbus,, Ohio; d. Jan 1904, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
6. Susan PIXLEY d. 17 Sep 1867, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
7. Martin V. PIXLEY b. Abt 1835, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 3 Apr 1852, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
8. William PIXLEY b. Abt 1841, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
9. Denison PIXLEY b. Abt 1843, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; d. 14 May 1854, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA; bur. 14 May 1854, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

Name: NOAH PIXLEY
Sex: M
Birth: 1746 1
Baptism: 28 OCT 1746 Westfield, Hampden, MA, USA 1
Death: 10 JUN 1800 in Hawley, Franklin, MA, USA 1

Father: NOAH PIXLEY b: 13 AUG 1706 in Westfield, Hampden, MA, USA
Mother: ABIGAIL WRIGHT

Marriage 1 LYDIA CLAPP b: 25 AUG 1752 in Southampton, MA, USA
Married: 1 DEC 1774 in Southampton, MA, USA 1
Children
ARGULUS PIXLEY b: 25 APR 1775
THOMAS PIXLEY b: 16 MAR 1777
NOAH PIXLEY b: 27 MAY 1777
STEVEN CLAPP PIXLEY b: 29 JUL 1781
KENAZ PIXLEY b: 26 OCT 1783
LATHROP PIXLEY
LYDIA PIXLEY b: 8 JUN 1788
SARAH PIXLEY



DEATH: Killed by a falling tree.

1. Argulus PIXLEY b. 25 Apr 1773, Southhampton,, Massachusetts; d. 2 Jan 1850.
2. Thomas PIXLEY b. 16 Mar 1777, Chester,, Massachusetts; d. 3 Mar 1854, Pittsfield,, Massachusetts.
3. Noah PIXLEY b. 27 May 1779, of Southampton,, Massachusetts; d. 6 Feb 1842.
4. Stephen Clapp PIXLEY b. 9 Jul 1781, Hawley,, Massachusetts; d. 31 Oct 1829, , Medina, Ohio.
5. Kenaz PIXLEY b. 26 Oct 1783, Hawley,, Massachusetts; d. , Cuyahoga, Ohio.
6. 4. Lathrop PIXLEY b. Abt 1785, Southampton,, Massachusetts; d. Abt 1845, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
7. Lydia PIXLEY b. 1788; c. 8 Jun 1788, Hawley,, Massachusetts.
8. Sarah PIXLEY

Foster/Forester : In the English Middle Ages, the forests and woods were almost always owned or controlled by the lord of the manor -- but people had no reservations about sneaking in and taking firewood, game, or whatever else they might require. To keep the poaching to a minimum, the lord retained a man to watch the forest -- often called a Forester, and sometimes called a Foster. The name stuck as an English Occupation surname when they became adopted.

Abigail and Michael had ELEVEN children when they arrived in Brooklyn, Ohio.

It was the convention of the times to use the mother's maiden name as the middle name for a child. With that in mind, Michael B. Foster was probably named Michael Billings Foster.

Some info derived from Ancestry WorldTree Project as submitted by Dennis Homan


BURIAL:
Denison Cemetery
Foster , Micheal
Death Date:
Interment Date: 8/1824 ; Interment Number: 27 Age: 45
Remarks: Born 1779 in R. I.
Died Aug 1824
Section: ; Lot Number: 62 ; Tier: ; Grave: 4S Marker: yes ; Photo: yes
--http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohcuyah2/cems/denison/denef.html

NOTE:
Brooklyn history, as noted in Abigail Fish Foster's notes, states that the family left Groton for Ohio in 1826. If that is the case, how then could Michael's gravestone show an internment date of 1824? My guess would be that the history is in error.

SOURCE_OF_NAME:
"Robert Burrows and Descendants 1630-1974", by R.E. Burrows, 1975, 1816 pgs, Ann Arbor, Michigan [pg 254]

OBIT:
Name: Foster, Michael B.
Date: 1824
Source: Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #026.
Notes: 1779 - 1824. Dennison Cemetery Cleveland, Ohio.

OCCUPATION:
Tailor.

BURIAL: Foster, Abigail 9/8/1849 age 68 Lot 62 3-S (Denison Cemetery, Garden Ave., Cleveland)

BURIAL: Denison Cemetery
Foster , Abigail Death Date: Interment Date: 9/8/1849 ; Interment Number: 69 Color: ; Sex: ; Age: 68 Address: ; Cause of Death: ; Remarks: Same as Int. #69 Should read: "Same as Int. #70"? Section: ; Lot Number: 62 ; Tier: ; Grave: 3S Marker: not known ; Photo: no

MARRIAGE: FOSTER, ABIGAIL and FULLER, WILLIAM vol.0002 pg.0093 (Cuyahoga County)

1. George FOSTER, @ b. 8 Dec 1805, near Preston City, New London, Connecticut; d. 7 Sep 1829, Strongsville, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
2. Lydia FOSTER, [infant] b. Abt 1806, near Preston City, New London, Connecticut; d. near Preston City, New London, Connecticut.
3. 5. Sally FOSTER, @ b. Abt 1807, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. Aug 1867, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
4. Nathan FOSTER, @ b. 7 Feb 1808, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 14 Jan 1899, Berea, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
5. Ebenezer FOSTER, @ b. 19 Apr 1810, North Stonington,,Connecticut, USA; d. 23 Jul 1897, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
6. Daniel C. FOSTER, @ b. 5 Mar 1812, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 3 Jan 1882, Brooklyn Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
7. Eunice FOSTER, @ b. Abt 1813, ,, Connecticut; d. 9 Mar 1879, Mentor, Lake, Ohio.
8. Nancy FOSTER, @ b. Abt 1814, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 21 Mar 1857, Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
9. Eveline Thankful FOSTER, @ b. 16 Jan 1816, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. Apr 1895, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
10. Matilda FOSTER, @ b. 1 Oct 1819, Groton, New London, Connecticut; d. 14 Apr 1843, Brooklyn Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA.
11. Albert FOSTER, @ b. 12 Jul 1822, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, USA; d. 30 Sep 1867, Mt. Vernon, Black Hawk, Iowa, USA.