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m. 10 Apr 1839
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m. Abt 1866
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m. 7 Feb 1869
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! We know quite a bit about Daniel Kane, the brother of Honora (Kane) Sullivan. Our search began based upon a clue provided by Barbara Mabel (Sullivan) Erickson, a direct descendant of Honora. She said that Honora Sullivan's boys were encouraged to come to Oregon by letter from their Uncle Dan Kane that lived in Auburn, Oregon. (Years later, further family information revealed that the most of the Sullivan boys had jobs on the Kane ranch when they first arrived in Oregon from Nebraska. A letter from Ernest Haycox in 1996 said, "Stewart [Sullivan] and I toured some of the old ground--looked at what had been the Kane Ranch which is on the road to Auburn gold diggings... Stewart said there was some kind of relationship between the Kanes and Sullivans because most of the boys (his father and uncles) had jobs on the ranch when they first arrived from Nebraska.") Finding Daniel came in an unexpected way. Many of the Sullivan family are buried in the Baker Mt. Hope Cemetery. While strolling around this cemetery, a tombstone for a Dan'l Kane was spotted. Was this our Daniel in Baker? His tombstone said, "Dan'l Kane; Co. B; Ill Inf" with no birth or death date given. A search of the 1890 Census for veterans did locate a Daniel Kane that was indeed living in Auburn, Baker County, Oregon. He was a veteran of the Civil War, and served in the same military unit as the veteran buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery in Baker. A search of the Civil War Pension Index revealed that Daniel had applied for and received a pension. We sent away to the National Archives for the pension packet. The packet gave lots of great information on Daniel and his second, wife Bridgett, since both he, and his wife secured a pension. We'll follow that information and document it as much as has been done to date. Bridget Kane gives the following information in a deposition: "Daniel Kane, deceased, was born and raised in Ireland, and when he was about 10 or 11 years years of age, he, together with his father and the remainder of his father's family, journeyed to the United States and settled in Peoria, Illinois. That, from that time on up to the time of his enlistment as a private in Co. B 112th Regiment Illinois Vol. as above, he worked continously as a day laborer doing work on the Rail Road working for contractors and farming as a farm hand." And in another deposition she says, "The soldier enlisted Aug 12, 1862 and was discharged June 19, 1865 at Camp Chase, Ohio, and that he was born in Ireland and was 23 years of age." [He was 23 years of age at the enlistment or at the discharge?] The pension packet included a string of residences that help us follow the family. It includes Daniel's residence in Elmira, Stark, Illinois before the war; his enlistment in Illinois; his military service in Ky, Tenn, and Ohio; his marriage in Nebraska; the birth of a child in Nebraska; another child's birth in Idaho; and Daniel's settlement and death in Auburn, Oregon. ! We learn that Daniel married and his military packet records his first wife as Catherine S. Hashburger and her death date as 20 Sept 1868. It is stated that Daniel's first son, Frederick Kane, was from this first marriage. (SMS did not find record of this marriage in Platte Co., or Colfax Co., Nebraska.) In a deposition from Bridget Kane in her pension packet, she says the following, "His first wife was Katherine Hashburger. She died before I married him some five, six, or seven months. I saw her once and knew of her. No, I did not go to the funeral, but saw it pass along the road where we lived. She was buried at Columbus, Nebraska, and Mr. Mack [Bridget's first husband] was also buried there." And continuing, "I had known the soldier [Daniel Kane] seven or eight months before our marriage, and had heard of him and knew there was such a person for perhaps two years." 1869_MARRIAGE: Nebraska, Platte County Marriages; p. 7. (FHL# 869, 275) Marriage of Daniel Kane and Mrs. Bridget Hand Mack. Witnesses were Mr. and Mrs. James Haney. Married 7 Feb. 1869 by J.M. Ryan, Pastor. 1870_CENSUS: Schuyler, Colfax, Nebraska; p. 192. (FHL #552,327) #63 Daniel Kane, 30 years old, male, white, farmer, born in Ireland, mother and father foreign born.
Bridget Kane, 27 years, female, white, keeping house, cannot write, born in Ireland, mother and father foreign born.
Fredrick Kane, 2 years, male, white, born in Nebraska, mother and father foreign born.
Mathew Kane, 6/12 years, male, white, born in Nebraska, born in Dec., mother and father foreign born.
AND LIVING NEXT DOOR, AN UNIDENTIFIED TIMOTHY SULLIVAN.
#64 Timothy Sullivan, 30 years, male, white, railroad worker, born in Ireland, father and mother foreign born, cannot read or write, $800 in real estate, U.S. citizen.
1880_CENSUS: Richland. Colfax Co., Neb., ED. #74, p. 8. (FHL# 1,254, 745) Daniel Kane, white, male, 40 years, head, married, farmer, born in Ireland, father and mother born in Ireland. Bridget Kane, white, female, 38 years, wife, married, keeping house, born in Ireland, father and mother born in Ireland. Frederick Kane, white, male, 12 years, son, single, cattle herder, born in Nebraska, father and mother born in Ireland. [This is Dan's son from 1st marriage.] Thomas Kane, white, male, 12 years, son, single, cattle herder, born in Nebraska, father and mother born in Ireland. [This is Thomas MACK from Bridget's first marriage. Was Thomas adopted and his last name changed?] Matthew Kane, white, male, 10 years, son, single, at school, born in Nebraska, father and mother born in Ireland. Maurice Kane, white, male, 8 years, son, single, at school, born in Nebraska, father and mother born in Ireland. Mary Ann Kane, white, female, 7 years, daughter, single, at school, born in Nebraska, father and mother born in Ireland. Honora Kane, white, female, 3 years, daughter, single, at home, born in Nebraska, father and mother born in Ireland. Bridget's obituary says that she and Daniel Kane came to Oregon in 1883. A document in Daniel's military packet says he came to Baker County in 1884. 1890_CENSUS: Auburn, Baker Co., ED# 34. p. 1 (FHL# 338,236) line #5 46/47 Daniel Kane, private, company B. 112 Illinois Inf., enlisted 12 aug 1862, discharged 20 Aug 1865, length of service, 2 years, 9 months, 8 days. Post Office--Auburn, Remarks:[hard to read!] Danville, Virginia 4 ________ Prisoner Rockman, Virginia 2_______ Andersonville [Buckingham Co., Virginia] 6 (months?) MILITARY: B.F. Thompson, HISTORY OF THE 112TH ILLINOIS, 1885, p. 427. (FHL#1425,612) "Daniel Kane, Captured at Calhoun, Tenn., Sept 26, 186(9?). Reported on muster-out roll, "Paroled prisoner of war at Benton Barracks, St. Louis, Mo." Reported in Adjutant General's Reports, "Discharged June 19, 1865." As he never returned home, both reports are probably incorrect. He probably died as a prisoner." [Author's best guess, but incorrect.] MILITARY: Pension Packet from the National Archives for Daniel and Bridget Kane. Bradford F. Thompson [a resident of Toulon, Stark Co., Illinois, and who was to become the captain of the company] knew Daniel at the time of Daniel's enlistment. He said that Daniel was working on a farm in the neighboring town of Elmira. He said Daniel had been there in Elmira for 1-2 years previous to the time of enlistment. Daniel enrolled in Co. B of the 112 Reg't of Illinois on 12 Aug 1862 at Bradford, and mustered into the service 20 Sep 1862 as a private at Pioria, Illinois. During the winter of 1862-1863 at Lexington, Ky., Daniel was sick and in the hospital for several weeks with lung fever, pneumonia, or some sort of trouble with his lungs. The troop marched from Kentucky to East Tennessee in August 1863, and Daniel accompanied the troop. He is described as a good and faithful soldier. More details of his movements and his general poor health at the end of his term follow: "Oct 31, 1862, sick in quarters. Feb 28, 1863, absent; sick in Hospital No. 3 in Lexington, Ky. Dec 31, 1863, absent, captured at Calhoun, Tenn. Sept 26, 1863 SO[?] [maybe soldier out?] Gone[?] to Dec 31, 1864. Feb 28, 1865 absent, paroled prisoner at parole camp St. Louis, Mo. Del [?] mus roll [muster roll] paroled prisoners Camp Chase, Ohio. Feb 28 1865 reports him present. Roll Apr 30, 1865 absent, paroled prisoner parole camp MO. Prisoner of War records show him captured at Calhoun, Tenn. Sept 26, 1863 Confined at Richmond, Va. Feb 29, 1863 Sent to Danville, Va. Dec 5, 1863 With "pneumonia" removed to Div No 1. G.H. Admitted to Hosp at Andersonville, Ga. Aug 4, 1864 with "Dysenteria." Returned to Prision Sept 4, 1864. Paroled at Charlestown, S.C. Dec 13, 1864. Reported at CG. Bks. Md [Maryland?] Dec 16, 1864. Sent to Camp Parole Md Dec 19, 1864 and Furloughed Dec 26, 1864. 30 days to report to CC [Camp Chase?], Ohio. Feb 15, 1865 from furlough. Furloughed March 1, 1865 for 30 days. Reported from furlough June 3, 1865. Medical certificate dated Middleport Co. Iroquois, Illinois dated Apr 26, 1865 shows him suffering from deseased kidneys and general debility thereof unable to travel." On the 26th of September in 1863 at Calhoun, Tenn., Daniel was captured by the enemy while the troops were falling back. Daniel never returned to the regiment, and for many years was assumed to be dead, until he was finally heard of out in Oregon. June 19, 1865 Daniel was discharged from the service at Camp Chase, Ohio. Daniel resided in Knox and Iroquois Counties up to 1867. In April, 1867, he moved ot Eldorado, Colfax, Nebraska. Resided there and in Columbus, Platte, Nebraska up to 1883/84. Daniel Kane married Catherine S. Hashburger. They had a son Frederick, and Catherine died September 1868. Daniel Kane married the widow Mrs. Bridget Hand Mack [who also had a child] on 7 Feb. 1869 at Columbus, Platte, Nebraska by J.M. Ryan, Pastor. (Catholic.) Bridget had this to say in a deposition. "I got aquainted with the soldier in Columbus, Nebraska, and was married to him there Feb, 7, 1869...I had known the soldier 7 or 8 months before our marriage, and had heard of him and knew there was such a person for perhaps two years. I had been married once and only once before I married the soldier." Daughter Mary Kane was born in Columbus, Nebraska 25 Mar 1873. Resided with her parents since leaving Idaho about 12 years ago [about 1883 since deposition was Sept 5th, 1895.] and moving to Baker Co., Oregon. The family was in Nebraska through 1880 [says 1881 elsewhere], and then daughter Katie Kane was born in Montpelier, Idaho on Dec 9, 1883 [as the family migrated west.] Norman, Idaho is crossed out in one of the documents. By 1890 Vet. census, the family was in Auburn, Baker, Oregon. [Family tradition states that in a letter, Daniel induced the Sullivan boys, (his nephews) to come to Oregon.] Daniel died April of 1895 at Auburn. He had been receiving a pension for his military service of $12 per month. He died of dropsy, Bright's disease and lung disease. [Bright's disease is kidney failure.] Daniel Kane owned farm land of the following description in Baker County, Oregon: N 1/2 of NW 1/4 & NW 1/4 of NE 1/4 of Section 23, TWSP 10, S. Range 39 E.W. M. and SE 1/4 of SW 1/4 of Sec 14, TWSP 10, S.R. 39 E.W. M. ! Bridget became the owner of the land at the death of Daniel. She paid $16 per year for fire insurance on the house and property for 1894-1897. The property was mortgaged for $500 at the rate of 10% per year. She paid it off in full Dec 1897 (and the mortgage was taken out Nov 1890.) In support of her minor child, Katie age 15, she spent about $100 per year for educating and maintaining her. Bridget's annual income was about $225 per year from the following sources-- Hay raised and sold $150. Pasturage--$75. In August, Bridget, applied for a pension. She received $8 per month. In 1904, an affidavit indicated that Bridget, Maurice, and Mary Ann were in poor health, and unable to support themselves. Pension for $20 was granted. Daughter Nora Phillips' address is given as 344 Spring Garden Ave., in Baker, Baker, Oregon. Bridget died in 1923, and is removed from the pension rolls. ! PATRICK KANE From clues in Daniel Kane's military packet, we are led to some more Kanes. MILITARY:Pension Packet from the National Archives for Daniel Kane. In the various documents in the pension packets we learn the following. Bradford F. Thompson [a resident of Toulon, Stark Co., Illinois, and who was to become the captain of the company] knew Daniel Kane at the time of Daniel's enlistment [in Aug. 1862.] He said that Daniel was working on a farm in the neighboring town of Elmira. He said Daniel had been there in Elmira for 1-2 years previous to the time of enlistment. [Captain Bradford said in the regimental history, that he wrote years later, that Daniel never returned home. Implying that there were other family members in the area to return HOME to??] On the 26th of September in 1863 at Calhoun, Tenn., Daniel was captured by the enemy while the troops were falling back. Daniel never returned to the regiment, and for many years was assumed to be dead, until he was finally heard of out in Oregon. [He was heard of in Oregon when Daniel applied for his pension. When writing the regimental history, Captain Bradford indicated that Daniel was dead.] [Does this also imply that Daniel's family was gone from the area at the time that Captain Bradford Thompson was writing the history, so that Capt. Thompson couldn't verify this information?] Knowing that Daniel enlisted from Elmira, Stark Co., Illinois, a search in census records right around the time of the civil war, revealed these Kanes in that area. Are they related? 1865_CENSUS: Stark Co., West Jersey Twsp, Illinois. James Cain, 2 males and 1 female under 10 years. 1 female over 20 but not over 30 years. 1 male over 30, but not over 40 years. Patrick Cane, 3 females over 10, but not over 20 years. 1 male and 1 female over 50, but not over 60 years. A search of the same location in the 1860 and in the 1870 census reveals only Patrick. [Note: Perhaps a search of land records would be helpful, and tell us where James went, and when James and Patrick came into the area, and where they came from. Notice that Patick has land indicated in the 1860 & 1870 census.] 1860 CENSUS: Goshen Twsp., LayFayette P.O., Stark, Illinois, p. 812. Patrick Kane, 40 years, laborer, $100 in real property, $75 in personal property, born in Ireland, can't read or write. Ann F. Keene, 35 years, female, born in Ireland, can't read or write. Hannah Flanty, 10 years, female, born in Ohio, can't read or write. Catharine Flanty, 7 years, female, born in Ohio. Mary A. Flanty, 5 years, female, born in Ohio. Wm. Flanty, 30 years, male, laborer, born in Ireland. [SMW isn't sure what is happening--possibly Wm. Flanty has lost his wife and is staying with Patrick and Ann. Wm may be Ann's brother. Notice that 5 years later, in the 1865 census above, the 3 girls appear to still be with Patrick and Ann, but William is not there.) 1870_CENSUS: Toulon Post Office, West Jersey Township, Stark Co., Illinois. p. 31. (FHL 977.3513/x2b. p. 210.) 224/ Patrick Kane, 60 years, male, white, Farmer, value of real estate--$200, value of personal property--$200, born in Ireland. Ann Kane, 50 years, female, white, Keeping House, born in Ireland. Might this be the "home" that Daniel never returned to after the Civil War? Patrick and Ann are probably related to our Kane family and we want to find out more about them. ! MISC. We discussed the naming customs of the Irish that Timothy and Honora seemed to have followed pretty closely. Let's see if Daniel seems to have followed the naming pattern as well. Daniel and his first wife name their first son Frederick. Daniel and his second wife, Bridget, name his second son Matthew, and his third son is MORRIS. The only name we recognize is Morris. Not too helpful. As for the girls in Daniel's family, he names his first daughter MARY ANN, second one HONORA, and the third one Katherine. Mary Ann, if they followed common naming patterns, would have been named after Bridget's mother. (We also know that Mary is Daniel's mother's name.) The second daughter, Honora, was possibly named after Honora Kane Sullivan, Daniel's sister. All in all, it looks as if Daniel did not follow strictly the common naming pattern of naming children after the children's grandparents and parents. It does appear that he did use some family names, however. And perhaps the other names came from Bridget's family, and they have just jumbled them around. References
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