Memories of the Calls 3 - Charles Joslin Call
Charles Joslin Call was born in Stafford on Monday, March 28, 1859. His birth place is a house now owned by Leonard Gillard, our mail carrier now for over twenty years. There was an older brother, Albert Henry, born March 24, 1857. The first child of Robert and Charlotte Call died as the result of burns caused by pulling a pan of hot water over himself, when he was about a year old.
In 1860 The Calls moved to Elba, where Robert worked as a farm hand for Mr. Pettibone. They lived in a small house just west of the Presbyterian church. In 1861 he moved to the Randall road east of Morganville into a small new house built for his occupancy. Here he worked for four years for Orsemuse Bassett, on shares. This was a step up for the ambitious young Englishman and his wife. But it was a hard struggle for the four years with poor crops and other trials. Charles says his earliest recollections was of the building of a cellar wall under the little new house. He also remembers when Peter (?) McVean came courting the pretty dark-eyed daughter of the Bassetts. While living there he first went to Sunday school in a church on the corner beyond the Randall "Burying Ground," There little Charlie took up the "penny collection" at various times. In the old Family Record Vol. II, page 138, is a history of this church and the Morganville Christian Church written by Rosalind Daniels. This church was called The Christian United Society of Stafford. "Elder" Tyron was ordained while pastor of this church, and was always greatly loved and honored.
From this home Charles first went to school in a stone school house diagonally across from the church. The L.V.R.R. goes over the school lot now. The school is now a third of a mile farther north.
There is a deep dent at the end of one eyebrow. I looked for a scar in the other which I think I have seen but do not find now. While at "the Bassett place", just six when they moved away, he had two adventures which marked him for life. His brother Albert was cutting wood, and warned Charles to keep away from him while he was at work. Albert paid no further attention, thinking after his brother had been warned that was sufficient. Charles, with his independence that made him feel he wouldn't be ordered around, ventured too near, and was hit in the eye brow. Another time his father was working with a horse that had a colt. Charlie saw his father take a switch and drive the colt out of the way. Tugging all his might he pulled up a mullein stalk, crept up to the colt and gave it a might whack. The startled colt retaliated with a result of a bad wound on the other eyebrow. How easily it might have been for this story to end there!
Another story told by Mrs. McVean after I was married, was the following: - Little Charlie quite often called at the Bassett house which was between the tenant house and the barn. The ladies were pleasant to him, and evidently he had been used to treats, and it would seem his mother had told him he must not ask for anything. On one of the calls, he stood by pensively, till one of the ladies said "Charlie, what are you thinking of?" The reply was simple, but to the point, "Pie!" I believe he got some.
It was Civil War time when they lived there, and there were meetings to scrape lint and make things for the soldiers, just as later, the women met at Red Cross meetings and worked for the soldiers of the World War. His mother, probably accompanied by Albert, went to Le Roy to a rally, and left old Tom, the gray horse, tied to a stone post with a buffalo robe thrown over him. When they wanted to go home old Tom was gone, and the buffalo robe on some leaves near by. They caught a ride home with a neighbor, and found old Tom at the gate of the barnyard. He had pulled out the iron ring from the stone post, which he brought which he brought with him and reached home without injuring anyone.
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Patty's notes on this entry
Charles J Call
This entry covers the years from 1859 to 1865
According to census records, Leonard J. Gillard (1883 - 1946) lived on a farm on Morganville Road in Stafford in the 1930s. His occupation was listed as mail carrier.
Robert and Charlotte Call's first child was William Alfred Call, born June 28, 1855 in Burlington, Middlesex, Mass. He died there on June 21, 1856.
William Alfred Call birth record
And his death record
The 1860 U.S. Census showing the family in Elba, Genesee, New York
Mr. Pettibone, very likely was Elisa Jarvis Pettibone (1799-1890), a wealthy landowner in Elba in 1860.
Orsemuse Bassett was Orsemus J. Bassett (1805-1887), a long-time resident and farmer in Stafford.
Peter McVean may be Peter John McVean (1840-1905) who married Eliza Maria Bassett (1840-1918) daughter of Orsemus Bassett.
Elder Tryon - I haven't been able to identify "Elder" Tryon.
Mrs McVean may be Catherine Wetherax McVean (1812-1892) mother of Peter McVean.
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In 1860 The Calls moved to Elba, where Robert worked as a farm hand for Mr. Pettibone. They lived in a small house just west of the Presbyterian church. In 1861 he moved to the Randall road east of Morganville into a small new house built for his occupancy. Here he worked for four years for Orsemuse Bassett, on shares. This was a step up for the ambitious young Englishman and his wife. But it was a hard struggle for the four years with poor crops and other trials. Charles says his earliest recollections was of the building of a cellar wall under the little new house. He also remembers when Peter (?) McVean came courting the pretty dark-eyed daughter of the Bassetts. While living there he first went to Sunday school in a church on the corner beyond the Randall "Burying Ground," There little Charlie took up the "penny collection" at various times. In the old Family Record Vol. II, page 138, is a history of this church and the Morganville Christian Church written by Rosalind Daniels. This church was called The Christian United Society of Stafford. "Elder" Tyron was ordained while pastor of this church, and was always greatly loved and honored.
From this home Charles first went to school in a stone school house diagonally across from the church. The L.V.R.R. goes over the school lot now. The school is now a third of a mile farther north.
There is a deep dent at the end of one eyebrow. I looked for a scar in the other which I think I have seen but do not find now. While at "the Bassett place", just six when they moved away, he had two adventures which marked him for life. His brother Albert was cutting wood, and warned Charles to keep away from him while he was at work. Albert paid no further attention, thinking after his brother had been warned that was sufficient. Charles, with his independence that made him feel he wouldn't be ordered around, ventured too near, and was hit in the eye brow. Another time his father was working with a horse that had a colt. Charlie saw his father take a switch and drive the colt out of the way. Tugging all his might he pulled up a mullein stalk, crept up to the colt and gave it a might whack. The startled colt retaliated with a result of a bad wound on the other eyebrow. How easily it might have been for this story to end there!
Another story told by Mrs. McVean after I was married, was the following: - Little Charlie quite often called at the Bassett house which was between the tenant house and the barn. The ladies were pleasant to him, and evidently he had been used to treats, and it would seem his mother had told him he must not ask for anything. On one of the calls, he stood by pensively, till one of the ladies said "Charlie, what are you thinking of?" The reply was simple, but to the point, "Pie!" I believe he got some.
It was Civil War time when they lived there, and there were meetings to scrape lint and make things for the soldiers, just as later, the women met at Red Cross meetings and worked for the soldiers of the World War. His mother, probably accompanied by Albert, went to Le Roy to a rally, and left old Tom, the gray horse, tied to a stone post with a buffalo robe thrown over him. When they wanted to go home old Tom was gone, and the buffalo robe on some leaves near by. They caught a ride home with a neighbor, and found old Tom at the gate of the barnyard. He had pulled out the iron ring from the stone post, which he brought which he brought with him and reached home without injuring anyone.
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Patty's notes on this entry
Charles J Call
This entry covers the years from 1859 to 1865
According to census records, Leonard J. Gillard (1883 - 1946) lived on a farm on Morganville Road in Stafford in the 1930s. His occupation was listed as mail carrier.
Robert and Charlotte Call's first child was William Alfred Call, born June 28, 1855 in Burlington, Middlesex, Mass. He died there on June 21, 1856.
William Alfred Call birth record
And his death record
The 1860 U.S. Census showing the family in Elba, Genesee, New York
Mr. Pettibone, very likely was Elisa Jarvis Pettibone (1799-1890), a wealthy landowner in Elba in 1860.
Orsemuse Bassett was Orsemus J. Bassett (1805-1887), a long-time resident and farmer in Stafford.
Peter McVean may be Peter John McVean (1840-1905) who married Eliza Maria Bassett (1840-1918) daughter of Orsemus Bassett.
Elder Tryon - I haven't been able to identify "Elder" Tryon.
Mrs McVean may be Catherine Wetherax McVean (1812-1892) mother of Peter McVean.
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