Thirteenth Generation

142. Eli Ayer VICKERY (~) was born on 28 October 1859 in Maine.^40,53,54 He appeared in the census in 1860 in Unity, Waldo County, ME.³⁵ He appeared in the census in 1870 in Unity, Waldo County, ME.³⁶ Eli appeared in the census in 1880 in Unity, Waldo County, ME.³⁸ In 1890 he was a Gold Miner in Wyoming.⁵⁵ He and his wife, Carrie, lived on the Placer Gold Mining Claim, home steading on the Clark's Fork of the Yellowstone River in Wyoming. He appeared in the census in 1900 in Clark, Big Horn County, WY.⁵⁶ His occupation was "Farmer." Eli appeared in the census in 1910 in Clark, Park County, WY.⁵⁷ His occupation was "Farmer, General Farm." He died in May 1914 at the age of 54.^40,54,55

Eli Ayer VICKERY (~) and Carrie Jerusha BRANDENBURG were married on 20 November 1889 in Montana.^31,40,54 Carrie Jerusha BRANDENBURG, daughter of Samuel B. BRANDENBURG and Alverda MURRAY, was born on 4 August 1869 in Shamrock, Callaway County, MO.³¹ On January 10, 1898, Carrie wrote a letter to Mary True Ayer Vickery, her mother-in-law, in Unity, Maine. These are some excerpts from the letter:

"I remember that quite a long time ago you asked me to tell you about my father's family, and many times I wished to write you in answer to your special inquiries, but it seemed as if I could not get to it.

The little newspaper clipping that I send was printed in 1888. I was in Kentucky that Fall and visited with Mr. Bell, who is a cousin of my father. At that time, Mr. Bell and others of the family had great hopes of obtaining the fortune that rightfully belongs to the Brandenburgs in America. Lawyers were employed and sent to Berlin, but were never heard from and the supposition was that they were paid more there to drop the case than the American heirs could pay them. I have never heard, and I do not suppose that anything more has been done in regard to it.

As you will see by the paper, Solomon Brandenburg was a descendant of the Royal House of Hohenzollern. As I understand it, the marriages in Royal families were seldom love affairs, but Princes must choose their wives as directed by someone higher in authority than themselves.

But Solomon rebelled when it came to that and chose his own wife, a Princess from the much despised race of the Jews, and it was for that that his estates were confiscated. My father was Samuel, the son of Johnathon, the son of David, the son of Matthias, the son of Solomon.

The picture you spoke of was not a picture of the Castle as you thought, but I did have a picture of a gate that is in the city of Berlin, in the street, or thoroughfare I believe it is called, which bears the name Unter den Linden. The gate is called the Brandenburg Gate, and it faces the Royal Palace and is famous for its beauty and historical associations." She appeared in the census in 1870 in Nine Mile Prairie Township, Callaway County, MO.⁵⁸ (The census sheet indicated that they lived near the Martinsburg Post Office.) She appeared in the census in 1880 in Jackson Township, Callaway County, MO.⁵⁹ Carrie appeared in the census in 1900 in Clark, Big Horn County, WY.⁵⁶ She appeared in the census in 1910 in Clark, Park County, WY.⁵⁷ She appeared in the census in 1920 in Bridger, Carbon County, MT.⁶⁰ Carrie appeared in the census in 1930 in Laurel Township, Yellowstone County, MT.⁶¹ She and her family were living in the Rollen (?) Apartments. She died on 2 December 1960 at the age of 91 in Bridger, Carbon County, MT.^62,63 She was buried in Clark, Park County, WY.⁶³

Eli Ayer VICKERY (~) and Carrie Jerusha BRANDENBURG had the following children: