Vermont Horse Stock Company - C.F. Predmore

I got a copy of the book from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library - HOORAY! The book is pretty dry stuff - mostly which horse sired what, etc. Once I scan more, I'll update the blog.

More Charles F. Predmore!

Okay, I'm starting to get some more information on Charles, which is exciting! I have found a bunch of archived articles from the NY Times dating from the 1880's-1890's that list CF Predmore as the jockey on several horses in trotting races. I have also found him listed in several places in a series of book volumes titled "Wallace's Year Book of Trotting and Pacing in (year)" which list the results of races across the country. I'm trying to find an easy way to display these in this blog, and will try to update that soon.

Charles F. Predmore also shows up in a 1882 book titled "Turfman's Directory 1882" - and as you can see he is listed as being in Hartford, CT. This explains his son Joseph being born in Conecticutt! The "T.D." listed after his name denotes that he is a horse trainer and a driver (harness racing driver).

I also stumbled across this reference to a book from CF Predmore:

1873 Catalogue of Blood Horses, Shelburne, Vt.
By C F Predmore, Executive Committee, Vermont Horse Stock Company
Published by The Company, 1873

This would explain his son Clyde being born in Vermont! I see that the only place this book is located is in the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, and it is listed as being non-circulatory. I'm going to contact someone there to inquire about copies - it looks like it is only 13 pages.

Nancy A. (Pearce) Predmore

Nancy A. (Pearce) Predmore (b. 1803, Bordentown, NJ - d. 1880, Cordova, IL) was the mother of Charles F. Predmore. I show that she married William Predmore in Mahoning County, OH on 1/31/1822. I found the following on the web concerning William and Nancy Predmore, which explains why I can't find William listed with the Predmores in the 1850 census. Oops!



William Predmore m. Nancy Pearce (d/o Joseph and Hannah Pearce) 31 Jan 1822 Trumbull County, OH. From census records, I know they had children: Joseph, Laura, Elizabeth, Harriet, Charles and Cynthia. From a newspaper article about a Pearce family reunion, I believe they also had a son, James. I also believe that Calvin Predmore was their son, but have no proof. I think William may have abandoned the family because of the following divorce record:Mahoning County, Ohio Divorces 1846-1887· Hiram Adams vs Rachel nee Markley 25 Sep 1854; md 21 May 1839 Youngstown. She adultery with William Predmore & absent to Campbellsport, Portage County. He has children.



I do show Nancy as moving to Cordova, Rock Island County, IL in the 1870 census along with daughter Cynthia (Predmore) Maynard and her husband Amos Maynard and their daughter Maud. All of Nancy's other children (James, Calvin, Joseph, Laura, Elizabeth and Harriet) appear to have remained in the Youngstown, Ohio area, with the exception of Charles F. Predmore, who moved to Waukegan, IL, then to Pittsburgh (with some stops in between as evidenced by the birth locations of their children in Connecticut).



I found a picture of Nancy's gravestone on the Cordova Library website, and it just shows that she passed away in 1880.

Charles F. Predmore

The previous blog entry was about Charles E. Predmore, son of Charles F. Predmore. Charles F. Predmore is my moms gr-grandfather (Charles F. to Joseph to Joseph T. to mom), and was born Dec 1842 in Youngstown, Ohio. I believe that he passed away in Pittsburgh, PA, but don't know when yet. I have been able to find a few items on Charles F. Predmore. He appears in the 1850 census with his mom Nancy and family (his father William is not listed). He volunteered in the Ohio State 8th Infantry, Company I (from Youngstown) for three months at the beginning of the Civil War, and I lose track of him after that during the Civil War. I'm not sure if he continued serving in the Civil War or not, but he does show up in a list of Civil War veterans living in Allegheny County, PA in 1890.



From the following link about soldiers who served in the 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company I:



PREDMORE, CHARLES F.; Entered the Service April 24th, 1861 for 3 Months; appointed Corporal April 30th, 1861; mustered out Aug. 18th, 1861



And here is a copy of the 1890 Veterans List (look about halfway down):





I do show that in the 1870 census he was living in Waukegan, IL with wife Sarah J, and son Charles E., and that they were married around 1865. From the 1890's on I do show him in Pittsburgh. My mom remembers that he was a horse trainer and horse racer, and he does show up in several Pittsburgh directories listed as a horse trainer, as well as hotel owner.



I'm still hoping to find pictures of Charles F. Predmore, and who knows, perhaps I'll get lucky.

Charles E. Predmore

Through some more good luck, I was able to get some help off of a genealogical board concerning any information on Predmores in Pittsburgh, and was directed to a website about Historic Pittsburgh. From here I was able to find a few scanned images of business directories that list addresses for the Predmore Hotel, among other things. I was also able to find this caricature of Charles E. Predmore from 1916 - which is really amazing! Charles E. Predmore was the son of Charles F. Predmore (my Mom's great grandfather), which makes him my Mom's great uncle. My Mom remembers that her great grandfather Charles F. was a horse trainer, and sure enough, he shows up in the business directories as a horse trainer. My Mom also remembers there being a picture of Charles F. hanging in a Predmore bar that showed him riding a harness racing horse. Amazingly, there is a sketch of that in the caricature!

Between all of the business directory listings and home addresses listed in census data, I am working on putting together a map that highlights the locations of the Predmore relatives and their homes and businesses in Pittsburgh. I'll make that a seperate blog entry. I also have some Civil War information to post about Charles F. Predmore that I recently came across which I'll devote an entry to, also.

I also found a listing from 1930 for Leo Coates and his Franklin Mantle and Tile Company. Leo Coates was my Mom's maternal grandfather. Using Google maps, I can see that his business wasn't far from the Predmores. This has been a nice breakthrough in trying to get information about my Mom's side of the family tree!

Stalcup Bookstore, Shelbina, MO

I found this searching the Shelby County, MO, historical society website. I knew of the existence of the bookstore from Dr. Jim Foster in Shelbina, as well as from the Mary Threlkeld Pilcher book. Evidently it was run by Ethel Stalcup, a daughter of Sampson Key Stalcup. Her sister ran a hat shop close by, but no pictures yet. I'll add more details later.

More St. Louis Browns Information

I've run across some old photos of the St. Louis Browns from the 1885-1896 era. These come courtesy of Mr. Jeff Kittel, who has an amazing blog dedicated to 19th century baseball in the St. Louis area. Perhaps someone with good eyes and photo-matching skills can attempt to see if one of these players could possibly be Robert Lee Stalcup.