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Matilda Sabin

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Matilda Sabin
birth: 5 April 1799 in Pawling, Dutchess County, New York to Zebulon Sabin and Christina McGillivray
death: 19 Jan 1881 Grant County, Indiana
burial: Salem Cemetery, Marion, Grant County, Indiana

marriage: 24 Jan 1824 in Wilmington. Clinton County, Ohio
Maurice Howard
birth: 21 March 1793 in Dutchess County, New York to Thomas Howard and Mary Sabin
death: 18 September 1873
burial: Grant County, Indiana

Children of Matilda Sabin and Maurice Howard:

  • William Howard 1824-unknown m. Ruth Woolman
  • Mary Howard 1827-1876 m. Lewis Williams
  • Louisa Howard 1828-1899 m. Davidson Culbertson
  • Martha Howard 1830-1858 unmarried
  • John A. Howard 1836-1921 m. Margaret Jane Kirkpatrick m/2 Susan Ann Kirkpatrick (sisters)
  • Phineas Thomas Howard 1840-1914 m. Isabelle Ann Sears m/2 Priscilla Tole/Toles m/3 Lydia Barney m/4 Mary E. Light
  • Van Howard 1843-1897 m. Mary Jane Marsh

Ancestor here lived in:

Grant County, Indiana

Ancestor also lived in:

Dutchess County, New York
Putnam County, Ohio
Clinton County, Ohio

Other Information:

Maurice and Matilda once owned a house on the Underground Railroad. I am unsure if this was in Ohio or Indiana. This mentioned in an article by Maud Howard Gaines in the History of Grant Co Indiana by White (I believe)

Maurice served in the War of 1812 from New York. I think that perhaps he received a land grant for serving.
The Howard’s moved to Indiana between 1836 and 1840.

Submitted by:
Deena Cross
Email: crosswdm@msn.com

George Washington Trisler, II

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George Washington Trisler, II
b. 18 December 1873, Rockport, Spencer County, Indiana, to George Washington and Nancy A. (Wire) Trisler
d. 18 May 1937, Vera, Washington County, Oklahoma

m. 5 September 1900, Seneca, Newton County, Missouri
Dillie Crippen
b. 29 May 1883, Seligman, Barry County, Missouri, to Jessie Ives and Susan Elizabeth (Wyrick) Crippen
d. 3 March 1969, Broken Arrow, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

Children with Dillie Crippen:
• Pearl (1902-1902)
• Urban I. (1903-1990) married Alma Fae Sears
• Earl James (1906-1988) married Katie Irene Searle
• Iva Ella (1909-1987) married Fred Amiott
• Mary Sue (1911-1997) married William Edward Wickham
• Paul Elmer (1914-1987) married (1) Ruth Hannon, (2) Nancy [–?–]
• Dillie Faye (1917-1945) married Roy Denton
• Willie George (b. 1920) married Betty Jo Clark
• Tina Christine (b. 1922) married William Clayton Gilbert
• Juanita (1926-1926)
• Dolly Esther (b. 1927) married Henry Franklin Weygandt, Jr.

George lived in Rockport and Midway in Spencer County, Indiana, before emigrating in 1879. He was a Pentecost preacher. He had a molasses mill, raising his own cane and peddling the results. He also had a hay baler and baled hay all over the country.

Submitted by:
Tina Trisler Gilbert
Wichita KS
E-mail: wgilb10676@aol.com

Martha Owen/Owens

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Martha Owen/Owens
b. 31 March 1842, Ladoga, Montgomery County, Indiana, to James M. and Matilda Lucinda (Sears) Owen(s)
d. 10 February 1931, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa

m/1. 31 October 1860, Ladoga, Montgomery County, Indiana
James Motley
b. 7 April 1831, Kentucky
d. 28 February 1868, Kentucky

m/2. 14 January 1869, Warren, Iowa
William Stewart Turbett
d. before 1931

Children with James Motley:
• Ida Catheran (1861-1951) married Cortes Cloyd Braught
• Ara Elizabeth (b. 1863) married William Smith
• Nettie Eldora (1865-1944) married Fred Edward Evans

The family left Ladoga, Montgomery County, Indiana, in 1868.

Submitted by:
Loran Ralph Braught
West Terre Haute IN
E-mail: loranbraught@verizon.net

James McMains

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James McMains
b. about 1808, Woodford County, Kentucky, to Andrew P. and Sarah (Haddon) McMains
d. Indianola, Iowa

m. 1844
Catherine Sears
b. Monroe County, Indiana, to David and Catherine Sears
d. 14 January 1884, Jefferson County, Iowa

Children with Catherine Sears:
• Manerva
• Malissa A. married David Wertfall
• Lydia

James came to Indiana sometime between 1810 and 1820 from Woodford County, Kentucky, and lived in Lawrence, Parke, and Putnam counties. He was educated in a one-room log school. In 1837, along with his brother, John, and with one horse to ride between them, the brothers headed out to the Iowa Territory, nine years before Iowa became a state.

In 1851, James drove an ox team to California to take part in the Gold Rush there, taking six months to complete the journey. After spending two years working up and down the California and Oregon coasts, James returned to Iowa by way of the Isthmus of Panama, having walked across the isthmus.

Submitted by:
Evelyn Stiles
Winnipeg Manitoba Canada