HALSTEAD, Reverend David Demaree^{[1, 2]}

1811 - 1887  (76 years)

• Name	HALSTEAD, David Demaree
  Prefix	Reverend
  Birth	24 Feb 1811	New Paltz, Ulster County, New York, USA   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  	verbal family history indicated birth at Old Faulty, Smitty, NY [in as much as his parents had moved from Warwick, Orange Co, NY to New Paltz, Ulster Co, NY and were made members of the church Apr 12, 1811 and David Demaree was born Feb 24, 1811 he is presumed to have been born at this 'new' location; Wardwell ltr 23 May 1936, p.1 - bottom para. "They [Isaac and Caroline were made members of the church at New Paltz, Ulster Co., N.Y., Apr 12, 1811." - however, an attachment on David Demaree Halstead reads: "Born in Old Raltyo, Amity County, New York, February 24, 1811 and died at Ft. Dodge, Iowa, December 3, 1887." A typewritten copy of his obituary, shared by Flo Dougherty states he [David Demaree Halstead] was born at Old Raultz, NY February 24, 1811. I find NO Old Faulty or Old Raultz, in New York, nor do I find a Amity or Smitty County in New York State. In another typewritten document entitled GOLDEN WEDDING, and appears to be an announcement of the Golden Wedding Anniversary of the Reverend David Demaree and Betsy Millissa [Hillyer] Halstead states he was born at Amity, New York . We may never know for positive the location of David Demaree Halstead's birth..but it appears likely that New Paltz, Ulster County, NY is the proper answer. Both of his grandparents [Thomas and Pheobe Margaret [Bogardus] Halstead] lived and died in the New Paltz area ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In speculating about David Demaree's middle name's origin, cousin LaDonna [Geiser] English writes: "Gary, You asked: "was one of Caroline Linkletter Halstead's grandmothers a Damaree?" The Hardenburg book did not list her grandparents. I found no link, sorry to say. As it was, she & her parents were an 'off-shoot' paragraph from the specific Hardenburg family being written about. I felt lucky it was included or that I even found it. In "The NJ Marriage Record, 1665-1800" compiled by Nelson, there is listed page after page of Damaree of various spellings. I feel it is ethnically Dutch, but one correspondent suggested it was French. Take care, cuz, LE:)"
  Baptism	22 Mar 1811	New Paltz, Ulster County, New York, USA   [7]
  	Reformed Dutch Church of New Paltz, New York
  Gender	Male
  Religion	1831	Johnson, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA
  	Free Will Baptist Minister
  Religion	1831	Johnson, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA   [3]
  	Free Will Baptist Minister
  Census	1840	Johnson, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA
  Census	1840	Johnson, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA   [8]
  Census	1 Jun 1860	Montgomery, Marion County, Ohio, USA
  Census	1 Jun 1860	Montgomery, Marion County, Ohio, USA   [8, 9]
  family 649/636 Larue P. O., Montgomery Twp, Marion County, Ohio D.D. Holsted 49 M Baptist Minister NY Betsy Holsted 48 F CT Elner Holsted 24 F OH Cloz Holsted 22 F school teacher OH Martha Holsted 20 F school teacher OH David Holsted 18 M school teacher OH Orange Holsted 13 M OH Joshua Holsted 11 M OH Jane Holsted 7 F OH Charlie Holsted 4 M OH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  Census	1 Jun 1870	La Rue, Montgomery, Marion County, Ohio, USA
  Census	1 Jun 1870	La Rue, Montgomery, Marion County, Ohio, USA   [8]
  "I found Joshua Bascom Halstead in the 1870 census. They are in Montgomery Twp, Marion Co., Ohio with the post office listed as LaRue (Betsy’s & David are there also). The census is dated July 25, 1870. Joshua and his wife are listed in a household of their own." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ family 156/155 La Rue, Marion County, Ohio enumerated 29 July 1870 Halstead, D. D. 59 M W Day Labor NY Halstead, B. M. 58 F W keep house CT Halstead, Jennie 15 F W OH Halstead, Chas M. 14 M W OH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  Census	1880	Ft Dodge, Webster County, Iowa, USA
  Census	1880	Ft Dodge, Webster County, Iowa, USA
  David Demaree, Betsy, and Jennie were list in the household of son David Wileder Halstead in Ft. Dodge. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ David HALSTEAD Fort Dodge, Webster, IA 67 <1813> New York Male Father ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  _UID	4254A8A3CC099940B85016FCBB17F5DE4E09
  _UID	4254A8A3CC099940B85016FCBB17F5DE4E09
  Death	3 Dec 1887	West Ft Dodge, Webster County, Iowa, USA   [3]
  	"Died 11:30 A.M., Dec 3, 1887. Reverend D.D.Halstead, Aged 76 years," "...He passed to his eternal rest surrounded by his aged wife, their children and friends, after a severe illness of ten days, smitten by that dread disease Typhoid pneumonia." "...He was a man of pronounced opinions upon all issues. A ready debater, a trenchant writer and an earnest partisan. His watchword was "Faith in Christ, Hope in Eternal Life and Charity towards all men." "He early identified himself with the anti-slavery party and by voice and pen became a potent factor in forming public opinion on that important issue. The cause of Temperance claimed him as one of it's most earnest champions, and every good word and work had his most earnest support." "He was a prominent member of the Odd Fellows Society and was for a long time Chaplain of Olive Lodge, of this city, which will participate in his obsequies." - Ft. Dodge Northwest Chronicle 12-7-1887
  Burial	7 Dec 1887	West Ft Dodge, Webster County, Iowa, USA   [3, 10]
  	Oakland Cemetery, Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa, USA Birth: Feb. 24, 1811 New Paltz Ulster County New York, USA Death: Dec. 3, 1887 Fort Dodge Webster County Iowa, USA
  Person ID	I39175	HalstedMaster
  Last Modified	13 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	HALSTEAD, Isaac,   b. 2 May 1763, Rockland, Sullivan County, New York, USA d. 2 Apr 1863, Pennline, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 99 years)
  Mother	LINKLETTER, Caroline,   b. 2 Apr 1772, New York, USA d. 27 Jan 1854, Johnson, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	Bef Oct 1803	Warwick, Orange County, New York, USA
  	appx date, marriage assumed must have been 9 months prior to birth of Sarah Marie, but after birth of Hannah [22Aug1802]
  Family ID	F13278	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	HILLYER, Betsy Melissa,   b. 12 Jun 1813, Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA d. 2 Aug 1902 (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	22 Nov 1832	Johnson, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA   [3]
  Notes	David Demaree Halstead, b. Old Paltz, NY moved w/parents by wagon train to Johnson Township, Trumball Co, OH in 1816; in this same wagon train Betsy Melissa Hillyer and her parents also moved west.David D. and Betsy m. 1832 and remained Johnson Township until they relocated to Marion Co in 1836, then Greensburg, OH in 1840, and to Ft. Dodge, IA in 1872, where they remained. [3, 11]
  Children	1. HALSTEAD, Eleanor Melinda,   b. 27 Mar 1837, Johnson, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA d. 21 Sep 1860, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA (Age 23 years)   2. HALSTEAD, Chloetilda Caroline,   b. 11 Oct 1838, Greensburg, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA d. 28 Feb 1890, Ft Dodge, Webster County, Iowa, USA (Age 51 years)   3. HALSTEAD, Martha Charlotte,   b. 11 Jul 1840, Johnson, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA d. 7 Jan 1917, Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska, USA (Age 76 years)   4. HALSTEAD, David Wileder,   b. 2 Mar 1842, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA d. 28 Aug 1918 (Age 76 years)   5. HALSTEAD, Dwight Wilson,   b. 17 Mar 1844, Greensburg, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA d. 24 Jun 1844, Greensburg, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA (Age 0 years)   6. HALSTEAD, Orange Billings,   b. 2 Nov 1846, Mecca, Trumball County, Ohio, USA d. 5 Dec 1930, Oroville, Butte County, California, USA (Age 84 years)   7. HALSTEAD, Joshua Bascom,   b. 30 Oct 1849, Johnson, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA d. 11 Jan 1912, Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, USA (Age 62 years)   8. HALSTEAD, James Oakland,   b. 27 Jul 1851, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA d. 3 Aug 1859, La Rue, Marion County, Ohio, USA (Age 8 years)   9. HALSTEAD, Jane Elizabeth,   b. 28 Jun 1853, Greensburg, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA d. Oct 1945, Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA (Age 92 years)   10. HALSTEAD, Charles Mace,   b. 5 Sep 1855, La Rue, Marion County, Ohio, USA d. 14 Dec 1935, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F13277	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Nov 2025

  
  

• Notes

  There are two Granvilles, one in Ohio, and one in Washington County, New York. David Demaree, age five, moved west from New York in the same wagon train as the Hillyers and migrated west to Ohio 1816. Therefore, if Betsy Melissa Hillyer, was born in 1813, then she would have been about age two at this time, and would have had to have been born in Granville, Washington County, New York. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have found the following reference(s) to those Halstead family members buried at Evergreen Cemetery, Ocean Springs, MS. Was it not David Wileder that was brother of O.B. and was the original Halstead to move to this area? David Wileder Halstead 1842 to 1918 Ernest W. Halstead 4-27-1913 to 10-10-2001 Ernest (Rusty)Wileder Halstead III 1944 to 6-17-2000 Hannah Farnum Halstead 1841 to 1916 Harry Plumb Halstead 1873 to 1916 Margaret Hann Halstead 1881 to 1976 Margaret Lewis Lemon- Halstead 1-21-1913 to 6-29-1999 Mother (Betsy W.) Halstead 1813 to 1902 source: http://www.rootsweb.com/~msosgs/osgensoc/evergreencem.htm and was apparently written by: Ray L. Bellande ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bonner Cemetery: The cemetery is located in Survey #9980 of Bowling Green Township 20 feet west of Township Road 2 (Winnemac Pike), .12 miles north of County Road 12 ((LaRue-Mt. Victory Rd), .5 miles west of LaRue, containing 1 acre. A fence is on three sides and is in poor condition. The cemetery has been vandalized and one-third of the stones are down. There are some signs of stone repair. This cemetery is on the site of the Bowling Green Presbyterian Church as late as 1883

  
  

• Sources

  [S17629] Statement of Martha Charlotte (Halstead)Stevenson. [S17614] File (merged): J:\JH-Family-History\Family-Historian7-Projects\Isaac-Halstead-1763\Isaac-Halstead-1763.fh_data\Isaac-Halstead-1763.ged, (OF NO USE - simply identifies for us when two Gedcom FIles have been merged). Record originated in... [S17615] "350 Years of Halsteads In America". [S17625] Arthur S. Wardwell letter dtd 23 May 1936. [S17650] "Hester Halstead Pier Ms 2000". [S17657] "Bible & Family Records Trumball Co, Ohio". [S17670] "Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of New Paltz. [S17640] e-mail. [S17785] Census rolls. [S10548] Website: Find-a-Grave Website, 10560. [S17614] File (merged): J:\JH-Family-History\Family-Historian7-Projects\Isaac-Halstead-1763\Isaac-Halstead-1763.fh_data\Isaac-Halstead-1763.ged, (OF NO USE - simply identifies for us when two Gedcom FIles have been merged).