One of the first settlers of South Albion "was Seth Knowles, who purchased 400 acres of land from the U.S. government and arrived with his family in March, 1833. ... ...The P.O. at the Knowle’s Inn site appears labeled on a township plat map that dates about 1845....
Seth...sold the farm and house in 1845 to Eli Angevine, who came from Dutchess County, New York. Eli assumed the postal responsibilities and was appointed postmaster of South Albion by U.S. President James Polk. After Eli retired in 1854, his son Alfred U. took over the farm, and served as the final postmaster of the South Albion Post Office. It was closed by the U.S. Government on March 22, 1855, and the immediate area was divided between the Concord and Homer postal zones, as it remains today.
"What happened to the Knowle’s Inn building which once housed the South Albion Post Office? The building had been quite large, including several rooms on the private east end of the structure. Just a couple of years after the 1845 purchase by Eli Angevine, the east portion was separated and moved directly across to the south side of the road. This became the home of newlyweds (1847) son Alfred Angevine and his wife Louisa (Sheldon), who apparently wanted some tranquility apart from the daily hassles at the original farmhouse/Inn/Tavern/Post Office across the road.
The remaining west portion became known as the Angevine house, and the land the Angevine farm. The house was remodeled at times through the years, and was passed to several generations of descendants of the Angevine family. The house was sold to John Kinney in 1990 who rents out the structure and keeps it maintained today. John has written many stories about the Angevines, South Albion, and its pioneer life in his hard-cover 405-page book “Beneath the Old Burr Oak,” published in March, 2000".
A photo of the "the historical Angevine House, once the site of the South Albion Post Office," appeared in the Albion Morning Star, March 14, 2004, Pg. 8.
Seth...sold the farm and house in 1845 to Eli Angevine, who came from Dutchess County, New York. Eli assumed the postal responsibilities and was appointed postmaster of South Albion by U.S. President James Polk. After Eli retired in 1854, his son Alfred U. took over the farm, and served as the final postmaster of the South Albion Post Office. It was closed by the U.S. Government on March 22, 1855, and the immediate area was divided between the Concord and Homer postal zones, as it remains today.
"What happened to the Knowle’s Inn building which once housed the South Albion Post Office? The building had been quite large, including several rooms on the private east end of the structure. Just a couple of years after the 1845 purchase by Eli Angevine, the east portion was separated and moved directly across to the south side of the road. This became the home of newlyweds (1847) son Alfred Angevine and his wife Louisa (Sheldon), who apparently wanted some tranquility apart from the daily hassles at the original farmhouse/Inn/Tavern/Post Office across the road.
The remaining west portion became known as the Angevine house, and the land the Angevine farm. The house was remodeled at times through the years, and was passed to several generations of descendants of the Angevine family. The house was sold to John Kinney in 1990 who rents out the structure and keeps it maintained today. John has written many stories about the Angevines, South Albion, and its pioneer life in his hard-cover 405-page book “Beneath the Old Burr Oak,” published in March, 2000".
A photo of the "the historical Angevine House, once the site of the South Albion Post Office," appeared in the Albion Morning Star, March 14, 2004, Pg. 8.
One of the first settlers of South Albion "was Seth Knowles, who purchased 400 acres of land from the U.S. government and arrived with his family in March, 1833. ... ...The P.O. at the Knowle’s Inn site appears labeled on a township plat map that dates about 1845....
Seth...sold the farm and house in 1845 to Eli Angevine, who came from Dutchess County, New York. Eli assumed the postal responsibilities and was appointed postmaster of South Albion by U.S. President James Polk. After Eli retired in 1854, his son Alfred U. took over the farm, and served as the final postmaster of the South Albion Post Office. It was closed by the U.S. Government on March 22, 1855, and the immediate area was divided between the Concord and Homer postal zones, as it remains today.
"What happened to the Knowle’s Inn building which once housed the South Albion Post Office? The building had been quite large, including several rooms on the private east end of the structure. Just a couple of years after the 1845 purchase by Eli Angevine, the east portion was separated and moved directly across to the south side of the road. This became the home of newlyweds (1847) son Alfred Angevine and his wife Louisa (Sheldon), who apparently wanted some tranquility apart from the daily hassles at the original farmhouse/Inn/Tavern/Post Office across the road.
The remaining west portion became known as the Angevine house, and the land the Angevine farm. The house was remodeled at times through the years, and was passed to several generations of descendants of the Angevine family. The house was sold to John Kinney in 1990 who rents out the structure and keeps it maintained today. John has written many stories about the Angevines, South Albion, and its pioneer life in his hard-cover 405-page book “Beneath the Old Burr Oak,” published in March, 2000".
A photo of the "the historical Angevine House, once the site of the South Albion Post Office," appeared in the Albion Morning Star, March 14, 2004, Pg. 8.
Seth...sold the farm and house in 1845 to Eli Angevine, who came from Dutchess County, New York. Eli assumed the postal responsibilities and was appointed postmaster of South Albion by U.S. President James Polk. After Eli retired in 1854, his son Alfred U. took over the farm, and served as the final postmaster of the South Albion Post Office. It was closed by the U.S. Government on March 22, 1855, and the immediate area was divided between the Concord and Homer postal zones, as it remains today.
"What happened to the Knowle’s Inn building which once housed the South Albion Post Office? The building had been quite large, including several rooms on the private east end of the structure. Just a couple of years after the 1845 purchase by Eli Angevine, the east portion was separated and moved directly across to the south side of the road. This became the home of newlyweds (1847) son Alfred Angevine and his wife Louisa (Sheldon), who apparently wanted some tranquility apart from the daily hassles at the original farmhouse/Inn/Tavern/Post Office across the road.
The remaining west portion became known as the Angevine house, and the land the Angevine farm. The house was remodeled at times through the years, and was passed to several generations of descendants of the Angevine family. The house was sold to John Kinney in 1990 who rents out the structure and keeps it maintained today. John has written many stories about the Angevines, South Albion, and its pioneer life in his hard-cover 405-page book “Beneath the Old Burr Oak,” published in March, 2000".
A photo of the "the historical Angevine House, once the site of the South Albion Post Office," appeared in the Albion Morning Star, March 14, 2004, Pg. 8.
Gravesite Details
b. Dutchess Co. NY. d. Albion Twp. Wife: Louisa M. Sheldon m. 11/24/1847. Parents Eli & Sarah (Ostrom) Angevine. See: Mary C. Kempf.
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