I have an April 7, 1873 deed I have for a Nelson Twp.property sold by my
great-grand uncle, Charles Burget Goodrich & wife, Charlotte Stewart, to
Anthony W. Lugg. We saw Anthony's name on the previously discussed deed
of Robert Campbell's 8 acres. Charles and Charlotte were from Delaware
Co., NY, but are buried in Nelson Cem. Few of our readers are
Goodriches, but many are cousins or desc. of Anthony Lugg. Or, you may
be familiar with some of the other names mentioned.
I don't see any total size of the lot listed. I think I still have an old
trigonometry book
around, so if I want to know badly enough, I could figure it out from the property
description.
This time I'm not going to bother to type up the degrees and rods of the property
description, just
cover the names mentioned. Probably nobody cares about the direction of
each zig in the property line or the length of each zag. Unless someone
asks for it.
In listing adjacent properties, it speaks of:
1) Elwood Steavens'[sic] lot controlled by James Ward of Seely & Lugg;
2) Shoe Shop occupied by Seely & Lugg;
3) Store house now occupied by Seely & Crandall; &
4) Elwood Steavens' lot formerly owned by Frances Ward
I'm not familiar with James or Frances Ward. There are a number of
Ward-Goodrich or Ward-Burgett marriages, but I don't yet have either
James' or Frances' name on file
It mentions a tavern house and barn on the property, and J. S. Goodrich
was a witness. Presumably that's C. B. Goodrich' brother, James Seth.
Charles is listed as an innkeeper on the 1870 census and farmer
in 1880, which makes sense if he sold the tavern in '73.
I vaguely remember Chas. & Charlotte's dau, Alma Goodrich (1864 - 1951), wife of
Charles H. Smith (1863 - 1939).
My sister remembers Alma's brother, David. I'm not aware of any children
for him. I don't believe any of Alma's children are living. They were:
Hugh Smith;
Viola Smith;
David Smith, b. 1891;
Carl Smith; &
Burr G. Smith.
How about the Seely & Lugg or the Seely & Crandall business names?
I have tons of Seely, Lugg and Crandall names in my database, but I'm not sure which
Seelys and Luggs owned them.
Perhaps some of our readers know more about the Seely & Lugg business or the Seely
& Crandall storehouse. What was it a storehouse for?