Notes:

Zilphia Jane is the daughter Mary Cadwick, 1797, Connecticut. General Benjamin F Chadwick, 1803, Massachusetts, lighthouse keeper.

. 1860 Aug 10 Census, St. Joseph, Michigan
Zilpha J Teetzel, age 23 /1837 Michigan, married to Chas. W Teetzel. Resides with Benj. f Chadwick, lighthouse keeper, adopted father; her child Mary Z Teetzel, age one.

Children: Mary Zilpha Teetzel 1859 - 1860
Viola May Teetzel 1860 - 1940 Burial: Pioneer Cemetery, Hartford, Michigan. Age at death: 79.
. Lewis Melvin Lightner 1859 - 193, m: 15 Oct 1884, Farmer
Burial: Pioneer Cemetery, Hartford, Michigan, Age at death: 79 years.
Next person is Daniel Chapman, b 1815 New Hampshire, merchant & family. [It is not apparent if Daniel is living in the lighthouse too. - PJA 2016].

News-Palladium Newspaper, Benton Harbor:
. 1965 May 17 - Photo of a straight back wicker chair had no children of her own but raised her niece Clara Lightner Rosenbaum large Bible.
Historical Objects: Part of the historic past of St. Joseph's lighthouse is pictured above. The chair on the left is an original that was in the lighthouse when it was built. The bible on the chair is dated 1843 had no children of her own but raised her niece Clara Lightner Rosenbaum the chest on which a photo album rests was made for Mrs. Zilpha Jane Chadwick Teetzel by her husband, Charles W. During the Civil War. General B F Chadwich was the first lighthouse keeper. The lighthouse address was 409 Lake Boulevard.

After Jane's mother died, she was adopted by Gen. Benjamin Chadwick of Keeler, Michigan. - - -

Birth:

Zilpha married Lt. Charles Washington TEETZEL, .3 on 9 Oct 1858 in St. Joseph, Berrien Co., Michigan. Charles (son of Mathias TEETZEL and Jane E LAWRENCE, , DUE) was born on 4 Jul 1836 in Palermo, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario; died on 3 Sep 1865 in Berrien County, Michigan; was buried in Morton Hill Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary Zilpha TEETZEL, .VI was born on 29 Aug 1859 in St. Joseph, Berrien Co., Michigan; died on 5 Aug 1860 in St. Joseph, Berrien Co., Michigan.
2. Viola May TEETZEL was born on 25 Dec 1860 in St. Joseph, Berrien Co., Michigan; died on 17 Sep 1940 in Hartford, Van Buren Co., Michigan; was buried in Hartford Pioneer Cemetery.