_Cornelius WARREN _+
_Cornelius (6) WARREN _|_Mercy WARD _______
_Isaac WARREN _________|
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| |_Patience HOAR ________|___________________
_Ezra WARREN _____|
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|--Catherine Almira WARREN
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| _Barnabus GREAVES _____|
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|_Eleanor GREAVES _|
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|_Abagail Goff COLLIER _|
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BIO: THE WARRENS AND LAMPMANS Catherine Almira
Warren (called Almira) was born in Chataugay, N.Y., January 19,
1830. Her parents were Ezra and Eleanor Greaves Warren. Eleanor was
born June 19, 1811 in Vermont, the daughter of Barnabus and Abagail
Greaves, and married Ezra in 1829. Six children were born to them,
Almira being the first child. One early spring day while crossing
the ice on Lake Champlain in Malone, Franklin County, N.Y., Ezra was
drowned. Almira was 11 or 12 at the time. March 23, 1844,
Eleanor Warren, Ezra's widow, married Steven Lampman who was born in
Vermont. Four children were born to them: 1. Maria Alice, b. Jan
16, 1845 in Vermont. Died in Cross Plaines, Wisc. 1887. 2. Julia, b.
Nov. 2, 1846 in Vermont. d. Oct. 18, 1878. 3. Stephen Edward, b. Jan
24, 1851 in Wisc., m. Aug 21, 1875, Cross Plaines, WI to Mary Phillipi
d. Jan 18, 1911 Sutherland, IA. Children: Sadie, Byron, Roy and Leo.
4 Eleanor A., b. Sept. 13, 1853 in WI, d. Nov 3, 1890 at West Bend,
Iowa. She was known as "Aunt Milly". The family moved from
Vermont to Wisconsin between 1846 and 1850. On Feb 14, 1850 Almira
Married George Jacobs at Roxbury, Wisc. In 1863 Almira and George
Jacobs moved their family of 5 children to West Bend, Iowa. When
Stephen Edward Lampman (called Ed) and his family moved to Iowa, his
parents also came from Cross Plaines, WI. Grandma Lampman lived
part of the time with her daughter, Almira and suffered from
blindness during her later years. Aunt Millie also lived with her
brother and sister and helped care for her blind mother, who died
Oct 21, 1894, West Bend, Iowa. Almira's sister, Lucinda, and her
brother Horace Warren's wife Eveline, occasionally visited her. Their
families in Colorado and Nebraska kept in touch with her family.
Grandma Jacobs (Almira) died March 30, 1922 at West Bend on the
same farm she and her husband (George, Sr.) had homesteaded
59 years before. After his death in Nov 1904, she lived alone until
poor health deemed it necessary to have someone with her during
the last two years of her life. Then George, Jr. and Hattie moved
in with her. She was a small, quick moving little person (her son
Henry always said she trotted instead of walking), hard of
hearing but very energetic. Her chickens were her pride and joy
and she cared for them herself except when the weather prohibited.
Then George, Jr. or his sons gave a helping hand. A small pail of
fresh milk was delivered to her daily while still warm from the
cows. She was a frugal person as all pioneer women learned to
be from necessity and Grandma always raised a large garden even
though living alone. George's large family could always make use of
the excess berries, vegetables and fruit. No one could surpass her
when it came to baking bread, doughnuts and sugar cookies. Her pies
were always two crusted ones and her cakes either sour cream or spice
cake and never frosted. A slice of bread, a cup of tea with a dish
of canned fruit and either a doughnut or slice of cake was her
supper more often than not. Meals were eaten at the same time every
day and the only time there was a change in her regular routine of
life was in the winter time. Then she slept until the sky began to
lighten in the morning and her chicken chores were performed
earlier in the evening. A resting period was taken every forenoon
and a short nap every afternoon. She credited her good health and
long years (she was 92 when she died) to the regularity in her way of
living. This was quite a change from her life as a younger woman
when she had a big family to care for, many to cook for, a store to
help with and always neighbors who needed a helping hand. Wash day
was a tub and washboard affair in those earlier years and ironing
girls ruffles and many petticoats took many, many hours even with
the help of her daughters. Pioneer living did not lend much
color to their lives but Grandma Jacobs always had flowers to
brighten up the place. During her later years (the years her
grandchildren remember) she had her bay window in the house full of
flowers and plants and the entire area from the west porch to the
road was in flowers of every description. She didn't always
pronounce their names correctly, because of her hearing problem,
but since she had ordered them from a seed catalog, she had her
own names for them. And then too, even flowers were called by
different names in different localities. A piney later became a peony
on our language. Hers was not an English type garden, laid out in
planned spaces, but new bulbs and seeds were planted just
wherever there seemed to be a vacant space. But she loved her
flowers and spent many hours working with them. A big oleander was
housed in a big wooden tub on castors built for that purpose and it
took up a lot of space in her livingroom until summer came and
then it was rolled out onto the porch. Fortunately, Grandma's
eyesight served her better than her ears and she sewed and read
every day. Her CHRISTIAN HERALD kept her informed on world affairs
and visitors were surprised that she was so well informed. She
sewed carpet rags and pieced quilts, sitting in a platform rocker
that squeaked with every move she made. But since she couldn't
hear the squeak and no one was ever able to quiet it, it became
a part of her. Her daughters, Mynn and Em and her daughter-in-law,
Jen Jacobs would often come for extended visits with her and new
foods, like grapefruit, and new ways would be introduced to her,
but when they left, she happily reverted to her familiar ways again.
During her last year or two, she often did not know just who lived
with her. George and Hattie were some part of her family she
was sure but not very clear about how they fitted in. Occasionally,
she would point to George and say, "That's Georgie, my baby". And,
of course, he was. One day when she was 92 years of age, she fell
and broke her hip. She lived a few days, but she peacefully passed
away without ever coming out of the shock. Thus, another pioneer
mother was called home and a long life ended. --0--
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