I went through the archives and saw that I haven't posted in a couple of years:
Jesse A. (Annis) Cary was born in upstate New York on April 10, 1842.
According to his obituary and notes in a bible at the age of five his
father was killed by a falling tree and he went to live with relatives in
Oshawa for two years. From there he went to live with an uncle in
Tekonsha, Marshall, Michigan. He an his uncle left during the gold rush,
but Jesse only made it as far as Pike's Peak and returned. An 1850 Census
shows a Jesse Car(e)y living with Jesse & Polly (Waters) Annis and children
Jesse and Cynthia. There was another Jesse Car(e)y living in Tekonsha at
the same time according to Civil War enlistment records. I have been in
touch with an Annis researcher who has
Jesse Annis' siblings - one sister Betsy was married twice and nothing is
known about the first marriage. But some papers say that Jesse C's mother
was also deceased when he was young, and Betsy would have been over 40 when
she had Jesse. Jesse Cary named his son William Annis Cary and his
daughter Edith. Jesse Annis and siblings were born in Canandaigua,
NY. There are Cary's that lived in Tekonsha, but have not been able to
find a connection. Have been trying to find out who Jesse Cary's parents
are and where he was born.
Thank you,
Denise Shooks
shooksd(a)clps.k12.mi.us
http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/h/o/Denise-L-Shooks