Carey Mission School

Baptist missionary, Isaac McCoy, his family, and 18 students left Fort Wayne and settled on the St. Joseph river, near the present-day city of Niles, Michigan in December 1822. There Rev. McCoy founded the Carey Mission. The Mission school was opened on 27 Jan 1824.                                    

Students at the Carey Mission - 31 Oct 1824                                                                                   

Name, tribe, age, age when received, blood

Susanna Isaacs, Mohegan, age 14, 15 Sep 1819, whole

Harriet Isaacs, Mohegan, age 12, 15 Sep 1819, whole

Angelica Isaacs, Mohegan, age 10,  4 Nov 1819, whole

Jemima Wilkinson Isaacs, Mohegan, age 8, 10 Dec 1819, whole

Jacob Corthay Kaukafoot, Mohegan, age 10, 11 Aug 1820, whole

Thomas Badwin or Mannotuk, Pottawatome, age 8, 21 Feb 1821, whole

Onnowssan or Richard Furman, Pottawatomie, age 6, 21 Feb 1821, whole

Noaquett or Luther Rice, Pottawatomie, age 11,  24 May 1821, whole

Topinbee or William Staughton, Pottawatomie, age 7, 19 Jun 1821, whole

Shakauna or Robert R. Temple, Pottawatomie, age 8. 19 Jun 1821, whole

Shawnaunukquuck, Pottawatomie,  age 17, 3 Mar 1823, whole

Numpkee, Pottawatomie, age 12, 3 Mar 1823, whole

Suakinineek or Bob, Pottawatomie, age 15, 20 Mar 1823, whole

Aspemukque or Joel Wallingsford, Pottawatomie, age 3, May 1823, whole

Hinko or John Young, Pottawatomie, age 13, 24 Jul 1823, whole

Chaukenozwoh, Pottawatomie, age 3, 10 Jul 1823, whole

Tukash or Rebecca Blain, Pottawatomie, age 11, 18 Aug 1823, whole

Tenoz, Pottawatomie, age 18, 30 Oct 1823, whole

Kepemseh, Pottawatomie, age 12, 27 Nov 1823, whole

Wessamwall, Pottawatomie, age 8, 1 Dec 1823, whole

Wamoosemukweh, Pottawatomie, age 6, 1 Dec 1823, whole

Wimegoh, Pottawatomie, age 5, 1 Dec 1823, whole

Quehkna, Pottawatomie, age 19, 2 Dec 1823, whole

Ann Shasse,  Pottawatomie, age 9, 15 Jun 1824, whole

Keewinum, Pottawatomie, age 9, 27 Jun 1824, whole

Shakusetoh, Pottawatomie, age 7, 30 Jun 1824, whole

Saskeess, Pottawatomie, age 13, 4 Jul 1824, whole

Anewuskmoh, Pottawatomie, age 10, 4 Jul 1824, whole

Malves, Ottawa, age 6, 22 Sep 1824, whole

Mintoqueh, Pottawatomie, age 8, 6 Oct 1824, whole

Kossoh, Pottawatomie, age 6, 6 Oct 1824, whole

Charles Dick, Mohegan, age 11, 15 Dec 1818, half

Kenozakquah Peter Langlois,  Miami, age 17, 14 Aug 1820, half

Betsey Ash, Pottawatomie, age 12, 29 May 1820, half

Joseph Bourissaw, Ottawa, age 2, 28 Sep 1820, half

Mark Bourissaw or Chickioh, Ottawa, age 10, 28 Sep 1820, half

Esther Bailley, Pottawatomie, age 12, Jan 1822, half

Martha Burnett, Pottawatomie, age 5, an 1822, half

Sheshko, Mohegan, age 8, 22 May 1822, half

Cilicia, Mohegan, age 9, 1 Dec 1822, half

 Eleanor Bailley, Pottawatomie, age 7, 11 Feb 1823, half

Lewis Wilmett, Pottawatomie, age 13, 10 Mar 1823, half

William Turner, Pottawatomie, age 3, 20 Mar 1823, half

John Jones, Pottawatomie, age 17, 10 Apr 1823, half

Lazarous Beaubien, Ottawa, age 7, 8 Jul 1823, half

Achan Bourissaw, Ottawa, age 6, 8 Jul 1823, half

Mitchel Wilmett, Ottawa, age 12, 24 Jul 1823, half

Luzette Wilmett, Pottawatomie, age 9, 24 Jul 1823, half

Madart Beaubien, Pottawatomie, age 14, 12 Sep 1823, half

Anthony Rollo, Pottawatomie, age 20, 4 Jul 1824, half

Peter Mose, Pottawatomie, age 8 Apr 1824, three fourths

Betsey Plumer, Mohegan, age 12, 4 Nov 1819, one fourth

Jude Bourissaw or Toto, Ottawa, age 8, 26 Sep 1820, half

John Laline, Pottawatomie, age 9, 26 Sep 1820, half

Soswa, Pottawatomie, age 11, 24 May 1821, half,

Joseph Bertrand, Pottawatomie, age 13, 25 Nov 1820, one fourth

Saml Bertrand or Levineek, Pottawatomie, age 11, 25 Nov 1820, one fourth

Martha Burnett, Pottawatomie, age 5, Jan 1822,  one fourth

William Burnett, Pottawatomie, age 7, 26 Sep 1820 three fourths

Source: Michigan Superintendency, Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs 1824-1851, National Archives Microfilm Publications M234, Roll 419, 1824-1827 [Film #008275711 at Family Search .org]

List of Scholars at Carey Oct 20 1828

Name, blood, tribe, age when received, date received, notes

1. Betsey Plummer, 1/4 M, E., 12, 4 Nov 1819

2. Shishko or Prudence Farwell, 1/2 P., P., 8, 23 May 1821

3. Cilicia Nemham, 1/2 M, E., 9, 1 Dec 1821

4. Ach me que or Joel Wallingsford, 1/2 P., P., 3, 10 May 1823

5. Lazarus Bourassaw, 1/2 P, P & F., 7, 8 Jul 1823

6. Achan Bourassaw, 1/2 P., P & F., 6, 8 Jul 1823

7. Rebecca Blain, whole, P., no age given, Dec 1823

8. Ahcat or Ann Sharp, whole, P., 9, 9 Jun 1824

9. Weezo or Richard P. Clement, whole, P., 10, 8 Oct 1825

10. Ogctche or Harriet E. Over, whole, P., 3, 2 Dec 1825

11. Schot na mah or John Lieb, whole, P., 4, 12 Jun 1826

12. Shosh qua or Sopha Lincoln, whole, P., May 1826

13. St. Antoine, whole, P., 7, Jul 1826

14. Shebah or Sarah Bucklin, whole, P., 14, withdrawn

15. Louis McVeff(?), no other info given

16. Kersis Juneau, 1/2 P., P., 5, 7 Jul 1826, removed Chicag

17. James Reed, 1/2 Ot., F & Ot., 13, absent on a visit

18. John Crow, 1/2, 8, absent on a visit

19, Pamashee, whole, P., no other info given

20. James LeClere, 3/4 P., P., 13, May 1827

21. Margaret Le Clere, 3/4 P., P., 11, May 1827

22. O kum ah qua, whole, P., P., 5, Jun 1826, dead

23. Gabriel Bourassaw, 1/2 P., P., 7, Jun 1826

24. Antatee Bourassaw, 1/2 P., P., 5, Jun 1826

25. Jack in o swah or James M. Winchea, whole, P.,3, 30 Jul 1823

26. Meeks e mah or Lewis Coss, whole, P., 6, 7 May 1825

27. William Turner, 1/2, P., 2, Mar 1823

28. Simnah or Eliza Lincoln, whole, P.,

29. Ochi quah, whole, P., 4, 1 Nov 1828

Source - Kansas Historical Society

Additional reading

Book: Missionary abominations unmasked : or, A view of Carey mission containing an unmasking of the missionary abominations practiced among the Indians of St. Joseph Country at the celebrated missionary establishment known as Carey mission under the superintendence of the Rev. Isaac McCoy / by Timothy S. Smith

 Dissertation: Carey Mission: Protestant missionaries and Native Americans on the Indiana-Michigan boarder by Jack Walker Reynolds

Article: Christina Polk and the Carey Mission, by Jeannie Watson

Article: Issac McCoy (1784-1846) Apostle of the Western Trail, by George Ella.

Leo Tookalo and family

 Leo Jame Tookalo was born about 1897 in Philadelphia, Neshoba, Mississippi, the son of James Tookalo and Bicey Polk.

Leo married Rose Mary McSauby on 1 Sep 1920 in Charlevoix, Charlevoix, Michigan. Rose, born 10 Mar 1904 in Cross Village, Emmet, Michigan, was the daughter of Jonas Leo and Barbara Odeimin.

The couple had four daughters, Katherine Rose, born 26 Jun 1923; Lillian Diana, born 12 Mar 1925; Martina C., born 19 May 1927 and Dorothy born 6 Nov 1929

1930 Federal Census

A son, Leo J. was born 19 Apr 1935 in Charlevoix. Sadly he passed 23 Apr 1935.

1940 Federal Census

The following is from the National Archives Branch, Chicago, Illinois, filed under Mount Pleasant Boarding School Records.

26-35

36-45

46-55

56-65

66-75

76-85

86-100

101-125

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