henry campau married madeline mashue then ursula barbara zink
henry campau married Madeline Mashue on 11 Sept 1832 in Wayne Co., Detroit,
and
after she died from smallpox (there was an epidemic in Saginaw in
1845, and her mother also died (the Indian Princess), he married
Ursula Barbara Zink in 29 Dec 1852 in Lower Saginaw, MI. Witnesses
Frances Fish, Lower Saginaw, and Laura Erhart, Lower Saginaw.
Julius
Erhart, Minister.Said that Henry was 43, and from Bridgeport Twp;
Ursula Barbara was 21, and from Frankenmuth. Per "The Story of
Frankenmuth, Michigan: "Teach My People the Truth!"page 200 by
Herman F. Zehnder.
Schoolcraft's report to the federal government in 1838, he
states "In
1837 this tribe lost 354 persons by the small pox, of whom 106 were
men, 107 were women and 141 children.Their present population is
993."There was a village called Chesaning that was used as a
summer
camp, and it was said to be deserted except for several dead bodies
only partially covered and only an old squaw who was convalescent.
sent to me from
Kathleen Kiesselbach