Samuel Howard Nixon Ancestors Lost, Now Found
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Samuel Howard Nixon Ancestors Lost, Now Found
 judiepclark
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Posted: 11 Jan 2008 11:59PM GMT |
Classification: Query
Surnames: McKinsey-Nixon-Newkirk
I've spent years on this family with a lot of help from people in Montgomery and Fountain Cos. giving me suggestions.
Samuel Howard Nixon Ancestors Lost, Now Found
My grandmother Ethel Nixon of Waynetown, Montgomery Co., the daughter of Samuel Howard Nixon (b. 5 April 1854 in Iowa) said there were as many stories about what happened to his father, Samuel Nixon Jr. (b. 1827 Ohio), as there were a people who had the stories to tell. She had heard everything from "just disappeared" to headed west to California for gold. Samuel Nixon and Mary Jane McKinsey are listed as the parents of Samuel Howard Nixon. Samuel Howard Nixon's obituary, death certificate, family history, etc., all mention his mother, Mary Jane McKinsey or McKinzie and father, Samuel Nixon and half siblings named Newkirk. All records, except the 1860 census, which showed him born in Iowa, as was his oldest half-brother John, indicated he was born in Indiana. This seemed confusing to me because I could find no record of marriage or divorce in IN for Mary Jane McKinsey and Samuel Nixon Jr.
Mary Jane McKinsey then shows up in IN with Henry Newkirk (1860 census). If her husband disappeared, would she have been remarried with another child within two years? Possible, but I could find no marriage record for her and new husband Henry Newkirk either. I had not been able to find a marriage record for Samuel Nixon Jr. and Mary Jane McKinsey in Indiana and now know that there was no marriage. I could find no marriage record in Iowa for Mary Jane and Henry Newkirk.Were they married?
Mary Jane McKinsey was living in Page Co., Iowa with her mother Elizabeth Stonebraker McKinsey Linebaugh, step-father John Linebaugh, and siblings in the 1854 Iowa state census. There were several Fountain Co., IN families who migrated to Page Co., together so it is possible Mary Jane Newkirk, her mother and sisters and step-father, John Linebaugh were in the group.
Samuel Howard Nixon Ancestors Lost, Now Found
My grandmother Ethel Nixon of Waynetown, Montgomery Co., the daughter of Samuel Howard Nixon (b. 5 April 1854 in Iowa) said there were as many stories about what happened to his father, Samuel Nixon Jr. (b. 1827 Ohio), as there were a people who had the stories to tell. She had heard everything from "just disappeared" to headed west to California for gold. Samuel Nixon and Mary Jane McKinsey are listed as the parents of Samuel Howard Nixon. Samuel Howard Nixon's obituary, death certificate, family history, etc., all mention his mother, Mary Jane McKinsey or McKinzie and father, Samuel Nixon and half siblings named Newkirk. All records, except the 1860 census, which showed him born in Iowa, as was his oldest half-brother John, indicated he was born in Indiana. This seemed confusing to me because I could find no record of marriage or divorce in IN for Mary Jane McKinsey and Samuel Nixon Jr.
Mary Jane McKinsey then shows up in IN with Henry Newkirk (1860 census). If her husband disappeared, would she have been remarried with another child within two years? Possible, but I could find no marriage record for her and new husband Henry Newkirk either. I had not been able to find a marriage record for Samuel Nixon Jr. and Mary Jane McKinsey in Indiana and now know that there was no marriage. I could find no marriage record in Iowa for Mary Jane and Henry Newkirk.Were they married?
Mary Jane McKinsey was living in Page Co., Iowa with her mother Elizabeth Stonebraker McKinsey Linebaugh, step-father John Linebaugh, and siblings in the 1854 Iowa state census. There were several Fountain Co., IN families who migrated to Page Co., together so it is possible Mary Jane Newkirk, her mother and sisters and step-father, John Linebaugh were in the group.