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Gervase Sr Hazleton

Where born:   Sussex Co NJ
Where died:   Mr Carmel IL; Foot marker only. One of the original settlers of Palmyra (ca 1814)
Married 1st:   24 Mar 1804 Polly Philpot (1786-1816)
Married 2nd:   22 Aug 1816 Edwards Co Illinois Territory Elizabeth B Osgood (28 Apr 1798-1817 Wabash Co d/of Nathaniel Osgood {1759} & Hannah Dewey {1763-1837 Wabash Co})
Married 3rd:   1819 Relief Osgood* (8 Jun 1796-1849 Wabash Co d/of Nathaniel Osgood {1759} & Hannah Dewey {1763-1837 Wabash Co})
Children:
- of Polly: (Daniel (1805 IN-1867 AR)
- Elizabeth S (1808 IN)
- William H (1811 IN)
- Alford B (1813 IN)
- Rebecca (1815 IL); See Relief* for her children. Gervase and his father Daniel were very early settlers (1804) of Gibson Co IN. They established the town of Hazleton IN. In 1804 Gervase was granted a White River ferry license by Governor William Henry Harrison. Gervase moved to Illinois in 1814 with others establishing the community of Palmyra (Wabash Co IL) and operating a Wabash River ferry in that community.

      * indicates buried with Gervase Sr Hazleton in Hazleton Family Cemetery.