Mary Lou Sackett

TSFA member: 11 (founding).
Joined: 28 September 2003.
Address: Hillsdale County, Michigan.
Email: Mary Lou Sackett.
TSFA Committee: Member 2003–8; Vice President 2007–8; Acting President 2008.
TSFA Posts: Reunion Coordinator 2007.
TSFA Family Gatherings: Boston 2006; Fort Wayne 2007.

Sackett Ancestry:
Joseph Sackett (bef1755–) and Comfort ___
Joseph Sackett (bet1768/1770–) and ___ ___
Hiram Sackett (c1794–) and Anna Jones
|          (Line 2) Amos Sackett (c1800–) (brother of Hiram c1794) and Lucinda Knickerbocker
Lois Louise Sackett (1832–) and (Line 2) Mathew Dunham Sackett (1829–1896)
Charles L Sackett (1856–1939) and Sarah Lurana Striker
Hugh LaFayette Sackett (1890–1940) and Lillian Ida Augusta Heldt

Mary Lou is a double Sackett descendant following the marriage in her line of first cousins Mathew Dunham Sackett and Lois Louise Sackett.

Mary Lou is researching Joseph Sackett (son of Joseph & Comfort Sackett) who was born about 1775, lived in Addison Co., Vermont in about 1790-1810, married and had at least 7 children by first wife. In the mid to later 1820's they lived in (Elba) Genessee Co., New York. Later Joseph married Lucy Rice, widow of Talcott Allen, and they had probably 3 children. In the 1840's Joseph & Lucy Sackett moved to Jackson Co., Michigan, also may have lived in Washtenaw Co., Michigan and she died in Ravenna, Muskegon Co. Joseph and his first wife had sons, Amos, Clark and Joseph, Jr. Joseph, Amos & Clark all lived in Jackson, Hillsdale and Washtenaw & Monroe Co. Other possible children of Joseph and his first wife are Hiram, Elizabeth, Susannah, Roxanna, and Samuel.

Research:
Oramel A Sackett bible records.

About Mary Lou:
I grew up in Monroe Co., MI and lived most of my life there and in Hillsdale Co., MI where I live now. I have two grown children, Samantha and Terry Lee Knoll II; and 4 wonderful grandchildren & 1 great-granddaughter.
     My mother, Helen Beeken Miller Sackett began researching when I was 10 years old. I helped her over the years research her family, but she didn’t have much information on the Sackett line. In 1966 I graduated from Dundee (MI) High School and in 1976 from Monroe Co. Community College. After my divorce, I became a chiropractor, graduating in 1979 from Palmer College of Chiropractic. I am now semi-retired from chiropractic and currently very involved in helping people heal with lifestyle changes that include detoxifying the body and eating a raw vegan food diet, a lifestyle I follow since my discovery of having breast cancer in 2003. I spent three months the following winter at the Creative Health Institute in Union City, Michigan volunteering, teaching and learning as much as possible. Later, I worked full time there for over 3 years. It has helped me tremendously, and I’m healthier now than I have been in years.
     Besides working on my genealogy research, I am a member of the Hillsdale County Genealogical Society, past acting President of The Sackett Family Association, VP of Woman’s Life Insurance Society Chapter 734, member of Unity Church of Jackson & its Prayer Team, the Michigan Association of Chiropractic & The Planetary Society. I am a Star Wars fan and an avid reader. Currently I am founder, owner and instructor at Back to Basics Naturally, a center to teach the detoxification and rejuvenation of the body through healthy living, a lifestyle that allowed my body to cure itself from cancer five years ago. Please visit my website at www.backtobasicsnaturally.com for more information.

Mary Lou's brother Lester L Sackett and niece Marlene Fitch are also TSFA members.