(Photo from later in life posted online at Find-a-grave.)
"Shaw-be-quo-ung's Band - This was a band that was primarily Potawatomi Indians. The chief of
this band in 1836 was Sag ge naw whose village was located on Prairie
Ronde in Kalamazoo County. His band was not a party to the 1836
treaty. This band’s winter hunting area was near Gun Lake in Barry
County and he moved to the area around 1837 and established a village
at Hastings Point. In 1839, this band, called the “Gun Lake Band”
started drawing annuity payments under the 1836 treaty.
In 1839, the
Protestant Episcopal Church of Michigan was looking to establish an
Indian Mission in the area and approached Sag ge maw to see if he was
interested. He agreed to join the mission in 1840 and lands were
purchased for their use in Wayland Township, Allegan County. After
the establishment of this mission, the band was called the Griswold
Mission Band. In 1842, the population of this band was 101
individuals. By 1853 Pe nay se was list as chief on the payment rolls
and in 1854, Shaw be quo ung was chief and continued as chief into
the 1870s. In 1855 the population of this band was 139. This band moved to the Oceana and Mason county reservation and took their allotments primarily in Crystal Township." [From Larry Wykoff]
1850 Federal Census - Wayland, Allegan, Michigan
Muk ka ta wah qush, 55, male, farmer, real estate valued at $75
Wequash quo to equa, 55, female
Min zhah weh, 20, male, hunter
Wah keah, 18, female
Otta wah, 13, male
__ah quan ze aze kunk, 20, male [is this Amos?]
Paze ko ma quash, 12, male
Both Maw Caw Day Waw Goosh a caw tay nawgosh #9) and Pay quay nay skung (Pay quay naish kung #35) are listed on the 1853 annuity roll for the Griswold Colony Band under Chief Pe nay se.
1855 Land Allotment -
Pay-quay-nay-skung - N1/2 of the NW 1/4 of section 20, T16N R16W, 80 acres.
Maw caw day waw goosh - NE1/4 of the SE1/4 of section 20, T16N R16W, 40 acres
1857 Annuity Roll - Chief Shaw-be-quo-ung
#8 Maw caw day waw gosh, one man, no women, no children, received $3.16
#33 Pay quay na skung, one man, no women, no children, received $3.16
#10 Pay-quay-nay-skung - one man, no women, no children, received $4.21
Amos' first known wife is Mary.
1859 Annuity Roll - Chief Shaw-be-quo-ung
#7 Pay-quay-nay-skung - one man, one woman, no children, received $9.94
1861 Annuity Roll - Cheif Shaw-be-quo-ung
#7 Pay-quay-nay-skung - one man, one woman, no children, received $9.24
1865 Annuity Roll - Chief Shaw-be-quo-ung
#13 Pay-quay-nay-skung - one man, one woman, two children, received $16.00
1866 Annuity Roll - Chief Shaw-be-quo-ung
#9 Pay-quay-nay-skung - one man, one woman, two children, received $14.96
1867 Annuity Roll - Chief Shaw-be-quo-ung
#13 - Pay-quay-nay-skung - one man, one woman, one child, received $10.70
1868 Annuity Roll - Chief Shaw-be-quo-ung
#13 - Pay-quay-nay-skung - one man, one woman, one child, received $47.55
Father Maw caw day waw goosh died about 1868
Son Daniel was said to be born 31 Dec 1869. It is possible he was born earlier - age 14 on 1880 census.
Daughter Mary was said to be born 16 Apr 1870. [Not possible as she would only be 15 weeks younger than her brother. Perhaps she was born after 1870 as Amos only had one child on the roll.]
1870 Annuity Roll - Chief Shaw-be-quo-ung
#13 - Pay-quay-nay-skung - one man, one woman, one child, received 61.20
On 22 Oct 1870 Maw Caw Day Waw Goosh (#244) and Pay Quay Nay Skung (#246) received the following land patents.
The 1870 Federal Census has not been located.
Daughter Allic was born 17 Aug 1872 in Wayland, Allegan, Michigan. [Is this actually Mary?]
Wife Mary died, date unknown.
Amos, 37, born Kent county, farmer, married Eliza Cambarn, 25, born Kent county on 3 May 1874 in Wayland, Allegan, Michigan. D. K. Foster, Minister, performed the ceremony.
Daughter Annie/ Paybomie was born about 1875.
Son Joseph/ Bomie was said to be born 3 Feb 1878.
1880 Federal Census - Wayland, Allegan, Michigan
Amos Wakefield, 40, no occupation listed
Mrs. Amos, 30, basket maker
Daniel, 14, son
Paybomie, 5, daughter
Bomie, 3, son
[Missing is daughter Mary, who should be about 9 years old.]
Wife Eliza died 12 Mar 1884 in Wayland, Allegan, Michigan. Her age was given as 36.
Son Daniel and Agnes Bailey's son, George, was born 5 Mar 1884 in Pentwater, Oceana, Michigan
Amos married Margaret c1885
Daughter Mary and Henry Bailey's first child, Martha, was said to be born 23 Sep 1885. Other children in the family were Charles (Apr 1887), Nancy (29 Dec 1888) and Lizzie (10 Nov 1892).
While Mary and Henry separated, it is unknown why Amos is listed as Martha's guardian in her school records.
Registers of the Indian Industrial School in Mt Pleasant, Isabella, Michigan.
Student #138, Martha Bailey from Fern, Michigan, tribe Ottawa, guardian Amos Wakefield g.f. [grandfather], age 10, arrived 29 Aug 1896.
Martha Bailey, guardian Amos Wakefield.
Martha Bailey, Amos Wakefield of Fern guardian, age 12
Martha Bailey, Amos Wakefield of Fern guardian, age 13
Martha Bailey - now called Potawatomie, no parent, guardian or age given, withdrawn 1 Aug 1900.
1900 Federal Census - Eden, Mason, Michigan
Amos Wakefield, born Nov 1829, 70, married 15 years, farmer
Margaret, born Dec 1832, 67, married 15 years, no children born, no children living
Annie, daughter, born Dec 1875, 24
Daughter Annie married James McClellan about 1901.[No actual marriage record found yet].
3 Apr 1903 Maw caw day waw goosh's estate was probated. His children were listed as Mishama, a son, deceased; Amos Wakfield, son; Charles Fox, son; and Dow way quay "name of mother not known". Also named were Lucy Elliott and David Fox, children of Mishama.
The land (NE1/4 of the SE1/4 of section 20, T16N R16W, Oceana county) was divided with David Fox, Amos Wakefield, Charles Fox and Dow way quay each receiving 1/4 share.
Daughter Annie died 22 Apr 1904 in Sherman, Mason, Michigan. Her age was given as 28, separated from her husband. Buried in Fountain cemetery.
Daughter Mary, 39, parents listed as Amos Wakefield and Mary Johns, married Stephen Aikens, 48, son of Lem Rondier, on 8 Jun 1907 in Honor, Benzie, Michigan. Wesley B. Covey, justice of the peace performed the ceremony. On the same page is the marriage of Mary's daughter Nancy to Frank Chippaway on 29 Apr 1907.
Durant Roll Field Notes - 1908
#13 page 53
Pay-quay-nay-skung or Amos Wakefield, age 75, Custer
Wife 1 - Mary, dead
child 1 Mary Wakefield Bailey Akins, 39, Honor
husband 1 - Henry Bailey, see 14-56
husband 2 - Stepehn Akins, Honro
1) Emma Aikins
2) Amy Aikins, 6
child 2 Daniel Wakefield, dead
wife Agnes Bailey, daughter of Jos Bailey
1) George Wakefield, 20
Wife 2 - Eliza
child 3 Joseph Wakefield, 30, Genoa School , home Custer
child 4 Annie McClellan
husband James McClellan, 35, an Ottawa - his second wife Angeline see 3-53
1) Sampson McClellan, 7
#11 page 53
How-de-do or David Fox, 60, Hartford
wife 1 - name not given, see 23-52 [23-52 gives her name as Ke-she-yaw-se-no-quay, lists Adam as her child]
wife 2 - Mary Fox, 55, see 3-56, Ottawa, belonged to Newaygo Band
child 1) Adam, 28, Ada, (by 1st wife)
child 2) Mary Fox, 20, somewhere in Wisconsin
child 3) Jacob Fox, 17, Hamilton
#3 page 56
Mary or Harriet Aiken Fox, 50, see 11-53
husband 1 - Moses Jackson, dead
husband 2 - David Fox, 59, see 11-53
1) Adam Fox
2) Mary Fox
3) Jacob Fox
note: Children of David by another wife: Martha Solomon, dead, daughter of Jacob Solomon, who died in Feby/09.
4) Agnes Fox, dead - her child Martha Jackson/Martha Fox, 5, lives with David Fox
5) Mary Makamenaw nee Jackson - her child Paul Makamenaw/Paul Fox, 7, lives with David Fox
1910 Federal Census - Eden, Mason, Michigan
Amos Wakefield, 77, widowed
Charles, son, 22
Lewis McClellan, grandson, 9
The Great War affected Amos' family. Son Joseph was a private in Company F. 26th Engineers, leaving Hoboken, New Jersey on the USS Kroonland on 30 Aug 1918.
Son Joseph returned on USS Patricia, leaving France on 24 Jun 1919 and arriving in the US 5 Jul 1919. On the same ship was George Wakefield, son of Amos' son Daniel.
1920 Federal Census - Township 27 North, Range 5 West, Kalkaska, Michigan
Smith, John, 53, born Canada
Martha, 34, wife
Hall, Milo, 15, stepson
Hall, Sarah, 12, stepdaughter
Smith, Pearl, 11/12 daughter
Wakefield, Amos, 81, step-grandfather, widowed [Actually Martha's grandfather, so grandfather-in-law to John]
Amos died 23 Mar 1920 in Clearwater township, Kalkaska. Cause of death was appolexy. Age given as 90.
Amos was buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Kalkaska, Michigan.
From The Kalkaska Leader and the Kalkaskian, 25 Mar 1920 [This was found on Find-A-Grave, the actual newpaper has not been found.]
"Amos Wakefield, an aged Indian, died at the Scheuer camp last Tuesday. He had seen four score years and ten of this life before passing on to the great happy hunting grounds. Funeral services were held in Kalkaska this forenoon and interment was made in Evergreen cemetery. A son came from Grand Rapids to attend the services."
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