Friday, November 28, 2014

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - Week 48: #55, Mary Ann (Underhill) Vaux (1815-1883)

Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks" in her blog post Challenge: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog.  Here is my ancestor biography for week #48:

Mary Ann Underhill (1815-1883) is #55 on my Ahnentafel list, my third great-grandmother. She married in about 1839  to #54 Samuel Vaux.


I am descended through:

*  their daughter, 
#27, Abigail A. Vaux (1844-1931), who married #26 Devier J. Smith  (1839-1894),  in 1861.
*  their daughter, #13 Abbie Ardell "Della" Smith (1862-1944) who married #12 Henry Austin Carringer (1853-1946) in 1887.
*  their son, #6 Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976), married Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977) in 1918. 
* their daughter, #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002), who married Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) in 1942.
*  their son, #1 Randall J. Seaver (1943-....)

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1)  PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):


*  Name:                   Mary Ann Underhill[1]   
*  Sex:                      Female   
*  Alternate Name:  Mary Ann Vaux[3–5,7]    
*  Alternate Name:  Mary A. Vaux[2–3,8]

*  Father:                 Amos Underhill (1772-1865)   
*  Mother:                Mary "Polly" Metcalf (1780-1855)   
  
2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
  
*  Birth:                   5 March 1815, Aurora, Erie, New York, United States[2]
*  Census:                1 June 1850 (age 35), Aurora, Erie, New York, United States[3]
*  Deed:                   21 July 1853 (age 38), sold 53 acres in the southwest portion of Lot 22 to Robert Bartlett; Aurora, Erie, New York, United States[4]   
*  Deed:                   4 August 1869 (age 54), bought 40 acres in the Southeast quarter of the Southeast quarter of Section 21 in Township 61 of Range 33; Andrew, Missouri, United States[5]   
*  Census:                1 June 1870 (age 55), Platte, Andrew, Missouri, United States[6]
*  Deed:                   31 January 1880 (age 64), sold 40 acres in the Southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 21 in Township 61 of Range 33; Andrew, Missouri, United States[7]   
*  Census:               1 June 1880 (age 65), Blue Rapids, Marshall, Kansas, United States[8]
*  Death:                 2 November 1883 (age 68), Concordia, Cloud, Kansas, United States[2]
*  Burial:                after 2 November 1883 (after age 68), Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Concordia, Cloud, Kansas, United States[2]
       
3)  SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
  
*  Spouse 1:             Samuel Vaux (1816-1880)[1]    
*  Marriage 1:          before 1839 (before about age 24) Aurora, Erie, New York, United States   
*  Child 1:               Mary Almeda Vaux (1839-    )   
*  Child 2:               Celia Ann Vaux (1842-1919)   
*  Child 3:               Abigail A. "Abbie" Vaux (1844-1931)   
*  Child 4:               James P. Vaux (1847-1902)   
*  Child 5:               Elizabeth B. Vaux (1850-1931)   
*  Child 6:               Amos S. Vaux (1854-1876)   
  
4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):   

 Mary Ann Underhill was the fourth child of Amos and Mary (Metcalf) Underhill, and was born in Aurora, Erie County, New York.  Her gravestone in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Concordia, Cloud County, Kansas says she was born 5 March 1815.[2]

The 1850, 1870 and 1880 U.S. Census records indicate that a Mary Ann was married to Samuel Vaux.  The death certificate of Abigail (Vaux) Smith in San Diego, San Diego County, California indicates that her parents were Samuel Vaux and Mary Ann Underhill.[1]  This is the only record found to date that identifies Mary Ann's maiden name.

The exact date of her marriage to Samuel Vaux, probably in Aurora, Erie County, New York, is not known, and no record has been found.  The first child of Samuel and Mary Ann (Underhill) Vaux was born in about 1839, so a marriage date of "before 1839" is very likely.  In 1839, Samuel was age 24 and Mary Ann was age 23, so this is a feasible approximate date.

Samuel and Mary Ann (Underhill) Vaux had six children born between 1839 and 1854, all in Aurora, Erie County, New York.

In the 1850 census, the Samuel Vaux family resided in Aurora township, Erie County, New York.[3] The family included:

*  Samuel Vaux, age 34, male, a farmer, $1166 in real property, born England
*  Mary Ann Vaux, age 35, female, born NY
*  Mary Vaux, age 11, female, born NY, attends school
*  Cele Ann Vaux, age 9, female, born NY, attends school
*  Abagail Vaux, age 5, female, born NY, attends school
*  Jane Vaux, age 3, female, born NY

On 25 July 1853, Samuel Vaux and Mary Ann, his wife, of the town of Aurora sold land in Aurora township, Erie County, New York to Robert Bartlett of the town of Sullivan, New York for $1,500.[4]  The land comprised 53 acres, and was in the southwest corner of Lot 22, called the Sprague farm.  The land was bounded on the North by land owned by Gordon Pierson, West by the highway, South by the highway, and East by lands owned by Hezekiah Mosher.  

The Samuel and Mary Ann Vaux family moved to Dodge County, Wisconsin after 1853, and Samuel's initial is on an 1859 plat map of Burnett township.  

A search of the 1860 census for Dodge County, Wisconsin failed to find this family.

Samuel Vaux is listed on the 1865 Wisconsin State Census in Burnett, Dodge County, Wisconsin.

Samuel and Mary Ann (Underhill) Vaux bought land in Andrew County, Missouri on 4 August 1869 from Mary Jane and L.S. Munger for $2,000.[5] The land was the Southeast quarter of the Southeast quarter of Section 21 in Township 61 of Range 33, containing forty acres.  

In the 1870 census for Andrew County, Missouri, this family resided in Platte township, Andrew County, Missouri.[6]  The household included:

*  Samuel Vaux -- age 51, male, white, a farmer, $3500 in real property, $490 in personal property, born England, parents foreign born
*  Mary A. Vaux -- age 50, female, white, keeping house, born NY
*  James P. Vaux -- age 23, male, white, a farm laborer, born NY
*  Elizabeth Vaux -- age 19, female, white, at home, born NY
*  Amos Vaux -- age 15, male, white, a farm laborer, born NY, attended school
*  James Woodward -- age 33, male, white, a farm laborer, $500 in personal property, born VT
*  Mary A. Woodward -- age 31, female, white, keeping house, born NY, father foreign born
*  Orpha A. Woodward -- age 7, female, white, born WI, attended school
*  Mary Woodward -- age 4, female, white, born WI

Samuel and Mary Ann (Underhill) Vaux sold land in Andrew County, Missouri on 31 January 1880 to William H. Bulla for $800.[7]  The land was the Southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 21 in Township 61 of Range 33, containing forty acres.  

In the 1880 US Census, this family resided in Blue Rapids township, Marshall County, Kansas.[8] The household included:

*  Abagail A. Smith -- white, female, age 36, married, keeps house, born NY, father born England, mother born NY
*  Della Smith -- white, female, age 18, daughter, single, at home, born WI, father and mother born NY
*  Mary A. Smith -- white, female, age 14, daughter, single, born WI, father and mother born NY
*  Samuel Vaux -- white, male, age 65, father-in-law, married, without occupation, born England, father and mother born England
*  Mary A. Vaux -- white, female, age 65, mother, married, without occupation, born NY, father born VT, mother born NH
*  Orpha Woodward -- white, female, age 17, niece, single, at home, born WI, father born VT, mother born NY.

Neither Samuel or Mary Ann Vaux were found in the 1885 Kansas State Census.

Mary Ann (Underhill) Vaux died on 2 November 1883 in Concordia, Cloud County, Kansas,[2] where her daughter, Abigail A. (Vaux) Smith resided.  She was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Concordia, Cloud County, Kansas.  The inscription on her gravestone says:

"Mary Ann Vaux
Born
Mar. 5, 1815
Died
Nov. 2, 1883"

Probate records for Samuel or Mary Ann Vaux have not been found to date in Andrew County, Missouri, Marshall County, Kansas, or Cloud County, Kansas

5)  SOURCES

1. San Diego County, California, Standard Certificate of Death, Abbie A. Smith, 11 September 1931; State of California, Department of Health Services, No. 31-050190 (certificate dated 18 June 1996).

2. Jim Tipton, indexed database, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com), Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Concordia, Kan., Mary A. Vaux memorial # 96353683 (with gravestone picture).

3. 1850 United States Federal Census, Erie County, New York, population schedule, Aurora township; Page 103, Dwelling #1589, Family #1605, Samuel Vaux household, indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Roll 498.

4. "New York, Land Records, 1630-1975," Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 2 February 2013), digital images, "Erie County, New York Deeds, 1852-1853, Volumes 142-143," Volume 142, Page 21, Samuel Vaux deed in Aurora, N.Y. to Robert Bartlett, 1853.

5. Andrew County, Missouri, "Andrew County Deed Records, 1841-1900," Deed Book 22: page 406, Mary Jane and L.S. Munger to Samuel and Mary Ann Vaux, 4 August 1869; FHL microfilm US/CAN 1,006,163.

6.  1870 United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, Andrew County, Missouri, Platte township: Page 304 (stamped), Dwelling #314, Family #319, Samuel Vaux household; indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M593, Roll 755.

7. Andrew County, Missouri, "Andrew County Deed Records, 1841-1900", Deed Book 43, page 565, Samuel and Mary Ann Vaux to William H. Bulla, 31 January 1880; accessed on FHL microfilm US/CAN 1,006,174.


8.  1880 United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, Marshall County, Kansas, Blue Rapids township: Page 205C, dwelling #57, family #65,  Abagail A. Smith household; indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication T9, Roll 388.


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