Mary Jane McKINSEY/Sam NIXON/Henry NEWKIRK - A Triangle of Confusion
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Mary Jane McKINSEY/Sam NIXON/Henry NEWKIRK - A Triangle of Confusion
 judiepclark
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Posted: 12 Jan 2008 12:04AM GMT |
Classification: Query
Surnames: Newkirk-McKinsey-McKinzie
What happened to Henry Newkirk and Mary Jane McKinsey Newkirk?
Did they really marry? No records found for marriage or death of either, nor any Census records after 1860. I have a picture of a tombstone someone sent said to be of Mary Newkirk who died in 1879 and was buried in the Phanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Fountain Co., however, the name and birth year on the stone is totally unreadable and there were many Mary Newkirks.
Henry Newkirk was born 12 April 1832 in Fountain Co., IN. In 1850 he was residing with his parents in Jackson, Fountain Co.
In 1856 He was residing in Taylor Co., IA in the home of John and Nancy J. Krout, also from Fountain Co., IN, with Mary Jane (McKinsey) Newkirk born 1829 and S.H. Newkirk (Nixon) b. 5 April 1854.
In 1860 he was back in Jackson, Fountain Co. residing with his wife Mary Jane, and sons Samuel (Nixon)b. 1854, John A. Newkirk, (born 19 Sept. 1857) and Thomas B. Newkirk (b. 18 Aug. 1859). In Feb. 1863 a son Thomas Newkirk was born and possibly a daughter Mary c. 1865. There is no further record that I have been able to locate for Henry or for Mary Jane. Did they divorce or die? There is a Henry Newkirk that married Sarah Bailes in Fountain Co., IN March 3, 1865, is this the same Henry? I found no Henry
married to Sarah in the 1870 census.
1870 Census has Samuel H. Nixon residing with Wm. & Kate Dice in Wabash, Fountain Co., possibly John A. Newkirk residing with David Booe family in Ross, Vermillion Co., IL, Thomas Newkirk residing with John and Mary Cedars
in Montgomery Co., James Newkirk not found.
1880 Census John Newkirk residing with Margarile Wright family in Logan, Fountain, IN; Thomas is found in the home of James and Hannah Hoff in Wayne, Montgomery Co., IN, James now in the home of Wm. And Kate Dice Van Buren, Fountain Co.
Did they really marry? No records found for marriage or death of either, nor any Census records after 1860. I have a picture of a tombstone someone sent said to be of Mary Newkirk who died in 1879 and was buried in the Phanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Fountain Co., however, the name and birth year on the stone is totally unreadable and there were many Mary Newkirks.
Henry Newkirk was born 12 April 1832 in Fountain Co., IN. In 1850 he was residing with his parents in Jackson, Fountain Co.
In 1856 He was residing in Taylor Co., IA in the home of John and Nancy J. Krout, also from Fountain Co., IN, with Mary Jane (McKinsey) Newkirk born 1829 and S.H. Newkirk (Nixon) b. 5 April 1854.
In 1860 he was back in Jackson, Fountain Co. residing with his wife Mary Jane, and sons Samuel (Nixon)b. 1854, John A. Newkirk, (born 19 Sept. 1857) and Thomas B. Newkirk (b. 18 Aug. 1859). In Feb. 1863 a son Thomas Newkirk was born and possibly a daughter Mary c. 1865. There is no further record that I have been able to locate for Henry or for Mary Jane. Did they divorce or die? There is a Henry Newkirk that married Sarah Bailes in Fountain Co., IN March 3, 1865, is this the same Henry? I found no Henry
married to Sarah in the 1870 census.
1870 Census has Samuel H. Nixon residing with Wm. & Kate Dice in Wabash, Fountain Co., possibly John A. Newkirk residing with David Booe family in Ross, Vermillion Co., IL, Thomas Newkirk residing with John and Mary Cedars
in Montgomery Co., James Newkirk not found.
1880 Census John Newkirk residing with Margarile Wright family in Logan, Fountain, IN; Thomas is found in the home of James and Hannah Hoff in Wayne, Montgomery Co., IN, James now in the home of Wm. And Kate Dice Van Buren, Fountain Co.