52–53.  Isaac Stuller was born in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, April 7, 1818, and died in Casco Township, Allegan County, Michigan, on April 5, 1872. He died of consumption. Elizabeth Jarvis was born in Ohio in 1824, and died in Michigan in 1937. She was buried in Stuller Cemetery, Casco Township, Allegan County, Michigan. They were married in Jefferson, Ohio, on Thursday, November 19, 1840. She took the name Elizabeth Stuller. He is the son of William and Catherine (_____) Stuller. She is the daughter of William Jarvis. The children are as in Isaac's will, their order may not be correct.

i. Lovina Stuller: Her father's will lists her as of full age and married.
ii. John W. Stuller was born on September 16, 1841, and died on April 25, 1902. His father's will lists him as of full age. He is buried in Stuller Cemetery, Casco Township, Allegan County; his dates are from his tombstone.
iii. Joshua Stuller [#26]: He was born in Ohio on April 11, 1845, and died in Casco Township on July 13, 1919.
iv. Henry Stuller was born in Casco Township on August 18, 1849, and died in Casco Township on October 25, 1868. He was a farmer and died of diarrhea one month before his sister, Martha.
v. Alonzo Stuller was born in 1855, and died in 1938. He was listed as a minor in his father's will. He is buried in Stuller Cemetery, Casco Township, Allegan County; his dates are from his tombstone.
vi. Altie Stuller: She was listed as a minor in his father's will. The second letter in her name, "L", was unclear in the will and could be another letter with a tall upstroke.
vii. Martha Stuller was born in Casco Township on July 14, 1852, and died in Casco Township on November 25, 1868. She died of diarrhea one month after her brother, Henry.
viii. Orvada Stuller: She was listed as a minor in his father's will.

Isaac and Elizabeth's marriage record in Jefferson County, Ohio, includes:

Isaac Stuller and Elizabeth Jarvis; 19 Nov. 1840 by John Murray M.G.; Nov 26; Isaac sworn to his own age and to the free consent of the father of the girl; William Jarvis sworn to the free consent of the father of the girl and states there is no objection what so ever.

The William Stuller who appeared as a witness for the marriage could have been Isaac's father but was more likely a brother. It is interesting that Elizabeth at age 16 was married without the presence of anyone from her family.

The existence of Isaac Stuller and Elizabeth Jarvis as the parents of Joshua comes from Joshua's death information in the Allegan County, Michigan, Death Record, vol. 4, p. 145. This gives Isaac's birth place as Ohio.

Isaac's own death information (Allegan Co., vol. 1, p.66) gives his birth place as Pennsylvania; this is more likely accurate than the "Ohio" from Joshua's death record:

Date of death April 5, 1872; age 53y, 11m, 28d [from which his birth calculates to April 7, 1818], marital status married, place Casco Twp., birth place Pennsylvania, occupation Farmer. Parents: father William Stuller, born Pennsylvania; mother Catherine Stuller, born Pennsylvania.

Per Casco: Bounty by the Lake, Isaac Stuller settled in Casco Township in 1860.

Per the Bureau of Land Management records, on October 1, 1855, Isaac patented (was the initial purchaser of) 40 acres in Allegan County: the SW¼ of the NW¼ of section 4, township 1-north, range 14-west [probably Casco Township]. The other 120 acres of the NW¼ were patented by George D. Potter, the brother of Angeline who married Isaac's son, Joshua.

Isaac's will and the probate of his estate appear in Calendar 2, p.32, file #897, of the Allegan Co. Probate Records. His will was dated January 4, 1871, and in it he leaves everything to his wife, Elizabeth, "except one horse the brown one and that I will to my son Alanso Stuller." It was signed with an X and witnessed by John and Lucy Faubun. Elizabeth's "signature" also appears as an X.

Elizabeth's death record was not found among the Stullers of Allegan County. She may have remarried, moved, or both.

This census record is of unknown significance.

1850 Census, Carroll Co., Ohio
Washington Township, p. 113B
NameAge Occup."Land""Cash" Born
John Jarvis 69  $200Md.
    Catherine 70   Md.
    Solomon 41   Pa.

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