COLL/574 Guide to the Haven Family Collection Haven Family Collection

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Guide to the Haven Family Collection 1862/2016 Heritage Hall, Hekman Library Overview of the Collection Haven Family Collection 1862-2016 COLL/574 Pease, Allen D., 1840-1922 1.00 .5 cu.ft. Heritage Hall, Hekman Library
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Biographical Information:

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.

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Scope and Contents

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.

Detailed List of Contents id69826 Genealogies 1459-2016 id69827 1 id69828 1 1 Haven Families: Frans Jans; Peter; Ykes Frankes 1867-2016 id69829 1 2 Pease Allend D. Family 1840-2016 id69830 1 3 Peck Families: Adolphus LaHart; Arthur Leonard; Earl Clifford; Eunice Frances; Carol Mertie 1459-2016 id69831 Military services 1862-1952 id69832 1 id69833 1 4 Allen D. Pease Civil War letters 1862-1865 Scope and Contents

Co. B. 6th Michigan Cavalry

id69834 1 5 'In the Steps of a Wolverine' Civil War letters of Allen D. Pease transcribed and annotated by Eloise Haven 2005 Scope and Contents

copyrighted

id69835 1 6 When and Where We Met Each Other; Battles; Actions; and Skirmishes 1861-1866, 1899 id69836 1 7 Military records and correspondence of Peter Haven 1936-1952 Scope and Contents

China, European Theater, Korea

id69837 Digital images on compact disc in the collection id69838 Peter Haven meets Lily 1936 id69839 Card with Lily's autograph circa 1937 id69840 Riding in a rickshaw; China circa 1937 id69841 People. Haven Eloise id69842 Telegram 1936 id69843 Tientsin, China meat market circa 1937 id69844 Tientsin, China harbor dock circa 1937 id69845 Tientsin, China mule and cart circa 1937 id69846 People. Haven; Peter in Grand Rapids id69847 People. Haven; Peter in China circa 1937 id69848 Military basketball team, China circa 1937 id69849 Service card 1937 id69850 USS U.S. Grant (AP-29) circa 1937 id69851 USS U.S. Grant (AP-29) circa 1937 id69852 Three soldiers circa 1937 id69853 People. Haven; Peter id69854 Camp Burrowes Gate; Chinwangtao; China circa 1937 id69855 Two men on a beach circa 1937 id69856 Tientsin; China circa 1937 id69857 Michigan Women's Relief Corps ribbon id69858 Butterworth & Lowe workers; Grand Rapids; Michigan circa 1890 id69859 Fort Custer collage circa 1936 id69860 Haven wedding 1940 id69861 Haven; Mary Michigan Women's Relief Corp1 id69862 Haven; Mary Michigan Women's Relief Corp2 id69863 Haven; Mary Michigan Women's Relief Corp3 id69864 Haven; Mary obituary information id69865 Lily and unknown woman circa 1937 id69866 Michigan Women's Relief Corps ribbon id69867 Pease Legard Wedding 1861 id69868 Peking China; Walled City circa 1937 id69869 People. Haven Peter (in Grand Rapids) id69870 People. Haven, Barbara id69871 People. Haven; Peter id69872 People. Haven-Peter-Eloise at Niagara Falls id69873 People. Pease; Allen D. and wife id69874 People: Haven-Carol, Eloise, Peter circa 1967 id69875 People: Haven-Carol, Peter id69876 Theatre circa 1937 id69877 Tientsin, China funeral circa 1937 id69878 Tientsin, China rickshaw circa 1937 id69879 Michigan Women's Relief Award 1992