Tim’s 2nd-great-grandfather, George Washington Verplanck, son of Henry Abraham & Catherine Ann (McMullen) Verplanck, was born 25 March 1852 in Michigan, and died 28 February 1930 in Hanover, Michigan. He married 20 July 1873 in Summit, Michigan, Ermina “Mina” Huntley, who was born 4 November 1855 in Michigan, and died 30 December 1917 in Jackson, Michigan, daughter of Loren Grant & Mary Jane (Fowler) Huntley.
George was a farmer, mason and bricklayer, no doubt named in honor of the 1st U.S. President and American Founding Father. Mina was a homemaker. On 7 December 1903, after 30 years of marriage, she filed an application for divorce on the grounds of extreme cruelty. The case was not contested but was quickly withdrawn on 15 December 1903.
Mina died from acute gastritis and acute angina pectoris. George died from burns when his clothing accidently caught fire while he was lighting a fire in a coal range.
Ermina & George lie buried in Woodland Cemetery in Jackson, Michigan. They were the parents of seven children:
1. William “Willie” Verplanck, born 20 November 1874 in Michigan, died 1 July 1908 in Blackman, Michigan, age 33, of tuberculosis.
2. Inez Verplanck, born 25 December 1876 in Tekonsha, Michigan, died 2 August 1944 in LaGrange, Illinois. She married 14 April 1920 in Chicago, Illinois, Henry P. Halsted, who was born there 20 March 1868, and died there 28 October 1926, son of Henry Smith & Anna (—) Halsted.
3. Martha Janet “Mattie” Verplanck, born 13 January 1880 in Hanover, died c. 1951. She married 31 December 1902 in Jackson, Charles John Myers, who was born 15 August 1879 in Grass Lake, Michigan.
4. George Ola Verplanck, born 10 May 1882 in Hanover, died c. 1954. He married 15 April 1903 in Jackson, Beulah Wilson, who was born in August 1881 in Michigan, and died c. 1967, daughter of James & Cora (—) Wilson.
5. Catherine Alta Verplanck (Tim’s great-grandmother), born 2 May 1885 in Hanover, died there 27 July 1941. She married (as her first husband) 20 June 1906 in Hanover, Marion Case Raven, who was born 18 October 1883 in Cambridge, Michigan, and died 4 December 1926 in Jackson, son of William Franklin & Elona Naomi (Case) Raven.
Catherine married (as her second husband and as his second wife) 14 October 1931 in Jackson, Earl Edward Jewell, who was born 28 January 1893 in Three Rivers, Michigan, and died there 6 June 1974, son of Elmer W. & Emilie Auguste (Hochstaedt) Jewell.
6. Ola M. Verplanck, she was born 23 May 1888 in Hanover, died 23 July 1909 in Jackson, age 21.
7. Eldridge Verplanck, born 7 October 1890 in Jackson, 16 November 1918 in Quantico, Virginia, age 28. Eldridge was a private in the US Marine Corps and died of influenza in the barracks during the 1918 Influenza Pandemic.
Last Revised: 31 August 2024