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Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The collection deals with three generations of a matrilineally related family. The documentation begins with Allen Duwayne Pease (1840-1922) and his wife Ella LeGard (1943-1933); and continues through their daughter Pearl Dessie Pease (1881-1976) and her husband Arthur Leonard Peck (1879-1924); and their daughter Carol Myrtie Peck (1914-2013) and her husband Peter Haven (1913-1966). Allen Duwayne Pease (1840-1922), who served with the 6th Michigan Cavalry during the U.S. Civil War and whose experiences are document in copies of his letters. Also contains the correspondence of Peter Haven (1913-1966), who married Pease’s granddaughter and served in the U.S. Army in China, the European Theater, and Korea is detailed in letters (much of it V-mail), 1936-1952. Provided genealogical data for the descendants of Ykjes Frankes Haven, Allen Duwayne Pease, and Adolphus LaHart Peck.
Consists of duplicated material with the donor retaining possession of the originals. Details the genealogical roots of the Peter and Carol Haven via the Ykjes Frankes Haven, Allen Duwayne Pease, and Adolphus LaHart Peck families, with images of family members, U.S. Army in China during the late 1930s, and a late nineteenth century photos of the workers at Butterworth & Lowe Foundry in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Also included the Civil Wat letters of Allen D. Pease who services with the 6th Michigan Cavalry in Washington, D.C., at Gettysburg, the Peninsular campaign, and on the western frontier after the war ended. These letters are transcribed and annotated by Eloise Haven, but her work is copyrighted. The military service of Peter Haven in China, the European Theater, and Korea is detailed in letters (much of it V-mail), official documents, and photographs.
Biographical Note
Allen D. Pease born in Canandaigua, New York, and moved to Kent County, Michigan, in 1862. He was married in his native county to Ella Legard in 1861. They had eight children: Mettie, James T., Clarence H., Willem A. Francis, Allen L., Pearl D., and Gracie E. He enlisted on 31 August 1862, at Grand Rapids, in Co. B, 6th Michigan Cavalry as a private and later was promoted to corporal. In January 1863, he was hospitalized in Washington, D.C., for pneumonia. In 1863 he was captured at Cedar Creek but was immediately retaken by Union forces. In 1864 he was Quarter Master clerk. He fought, with his command, at Gettysburg, Wilderness, Yellow Tavern, Pamunkey River, Culpeper and Winchester. He was honorably discharged 6 December 1865, at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas.
Administrative Information
Repository:
Heritage Hall, Hekman Library
Alternate Extent Statement:
.5 cu.ft.
Acquisition Source:
Eloise Haven
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
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Series 1: Genealogies, 1459-2016],
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Series 2: Military services, 1862-1952],
[Series 3: Digital images on compact disc in the collection],
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All]
- Series 3: Digital images on compact disc in the collection
- Item 1: Peter Haven meets Lily --- 1936
- Item 2: Card with Lily's autograph --- circa 1937
- Item 3: Riding in a rickshaw; China --- circa 1937
- Item 4: People. Haven Eloise
- Item 5: Telegram --- 1936
- Item 6: Tientsin, China meat market --- circa 1937
- Item 7: Tientsin, China harbor dock --- circa 1937
- Item 8: Tientsin, China mule and cart --- circa 1937
- Item 9: People. Haven; Peter in Grand Rapids
- Item 10: People. Haven; Peter in China --- circa 1937
- Item 11: Military basketball team, China --- circa 1937
- Item 12: Service card --- 1937
- Item 13: USS U.S. Grant (AP-29) --- circa 1937
- Item 14: USS U.S. Grant (AP-29) --- circa 1937
- Item 15: Three soldiers --- circa 1937
- Item 16: People. Haven; Peter
- Item 17: Camp Burrowes Gate; Chinwangtao; China --- circa 1937
- Item 18: Two men on a beach --- circa 1937
- Item 19: Tientsin; China --- circa 1937
- Item 20: Michigan Women's Relief Corps ribbon
- Item 21: Butterworth & Lowe workers; Grand Rapids; Michigan --- circa 1890
- Item 22: Fort Custer collage --- circa 1936
- Item 23: Haven wedding --- 1940
- Item 24: Haven; Mary Michigan Women's Relief Corp1
- Item 25: Haven; Mary Michigan Women's Relief Corp2
- Item 26: Haven; Mary Michigan Women's Relief Corp3
- Item 27: Haven; Mary obituary information
- Item 28: Lily and unknown woman --- circa 1937
- Item 29: Michigan Women's Relief Corps ribbon
- Item 30: Pease Legard Wedding --- 1861
- Item 31: Peking China; Walled City --- circa 1937
- Item 32: People. Haven Peter (in Grand Rapids)
- Item 33: People. Haven, Barbara
- Item 34: People. Haven; Peter
- Item 35: People. Haven-Peter-Eloise at Niagara Falls
- Item 36: People. Pease; Allen D. and wife
- Item 37: People: Haven-Carol, Eloise, Peter --- circa 1967
- Item 38: People: Haven-Carol, Peter
- Item 39: Theatre --- circa 1937
- Item 40: Tientsin, China funeral --- circa 1937
- Item 41: Tientsin, China rickshaw --- circa 1937
- Item 42: Michigan Women's Relief Award --- 1992
Browse by Series:
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Series 1: Genealogies, 1459-2016],
[
Series 2: Military services, 1862-1952],
[Series 3: Digital images on compact disc in the collection],
[
All]
