Name: Robert
McMAINS
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Birth: 16 Jul 1786 PA
Death: 9 Sep 1868 Wyacondah Twp., Davis Co., IA
Father: Robert McMAINS (-~1798)
Mother: Sarah
Marriage: 3 Apr 1811 Woodford Co., KY
Samuel Thomas McMAINS (abt 1700 - abt 1740)
Andrew McMAINS
(abt 1740 - )
Robert McMAINS
(1749 - abt 1798) & Sarah (MCARTY?)
Robert McMAINS (16 Jul 1786 - 9 Sep
1868) & Sarah ALEXANDER (26 Jul 1791 - 2 Oct 1862)
Jane
S. McMAINS (15 Dec 1811 - 6 Aug 1872) & Marmaduke N. BARNES (abt 1815 - abt
1850)
Linia Ann BARNES (6 Mar 1840 - 5 Apr 1880) & Jacob Sylvester ARNEY
(1839 - 1927)
Mary Ellen ARNEY (24 Apr 1861 - 9 Sep 1935) & Joshua Newton MACHLAN
(1859 - 1936)
Linnie Ellen MACHLAN* (30 Sep 1884 - 7 May 1974) & Everett Elmer
WALKER (1882 - 1948)
Elsie Maureen
WALKER (20 Nov 1903 - 12 Mar 1983) & Leo Newton COFFEY (1901 - 1998)
NOTE: See
discussion with daughter Jane and son-in-law Marmaduke BARNES. There were a lot
of family issues in the 1840's that impacted the whole family, including Robert
and Sarah.
Evidence is
that he was born in Pennsylvania. However he was in Woodford Co., KY, no later
than 1811, when his first daughter Jane was born. (The family of his wife,
Sarah, was found in that county in the 1810 census and are reported to have
moved there in 1803.)
1820 CENSUS, KENTUCKY, WOODFORD CO:
Robert and
his wife (right ages) are there. They have 2 sons ages 0-9, that would be John
and Peter. They have 4 daughters ages 0-9, but I only know of three –
Jane, Sarah, and Mary. And they have one female slave. His father-in-law Peter
Alexander is on the previous line. There are 29 people in Peter's household,
including 10 male slaves and 8 female slaves.
1830 CENSUS, KENTUCKY, WOODFORD CO:
Robert and
family are shown in this census, with 8 children at home. The head count and
ages match nicely with the genealogy included herein.
1840 CENSUS, INDIANA, PUTNAM CO.,
MADISON TWP:
Robert and
Sarah are found, with four children still living at home (three sons, plus
youngest daughter Catherine).
1850 CENSUS, INDIANA, PARKE CO.,
ADAMS TWP.:
See notes
with daughter, Jane. In the 1850 census Robert and his wife are living in same
household with Jane and her six children. Robert is age 66, born in PA, and is
a farmer. However Jane apparently owns the farm, worth $600. All names and ages
for everyone are consistent with our data. On the census Robert claims to have
been born in Pennsylvania, not in Kentucky as some sources show.
1853 MOVE TO IOWA, AWAITING FAMILY:
As discussed
with his daughter Jane, Robert and Sarah moved with daughter Jane’s family to
Iowa in about 1853. And as noted below their sons Peter and Samuel moved a year
or two earlier.
There’s also
another large “colony” of relatives in Mahaska County, Iowa, which is about 60
miles north of Davis County. There are more than 60 “family” already there: The
1850 and 1860 census reveals that in approximately 1846 Robert’s brothers
Abraham and James moved to Mahaska County, Iowa. Abraham had been married
twice, and had 22 children – his second wife and 9 kids were with him in
his household. James had also been married twice, had 19 children – his
second wife and 9 children were there. Plus three of Abraham’s adult sons moved
with their families: Robert (4 kids), Alexander (6 kids) and John (7 kids).
We find land
records in Putnam county, Indiana showing that Robert and Sarah were living
there 15 April, 1847, date of a Warranty Deed Book "M" p. 231, Putnam
County, IN Jan 1847
LFC NOTE: I
found two land patents issued to Robert McMains in Putnam Co., IN, dated
3/20/1837 and 9/10/1838.
1856 IOWA CENSUS, UNION TWP, DAVIS
CO, IOWA:
Robert “Mc
Meins” and Sarah are ages 69 and 65. He has been in the state for 3 years. The
1856 census also indicated that Samuel McMains had been in the state for 5
yrs., and Peter Alexander McMains for 4 yrs., so Robert and Sarah came after
the two sons came to Davis County, IA.
1860 CENSUS, IOWA, DAVIS CO,
WYACONDA TWP:
Robert
McMain is age 75, a farmer, with real estate worth $2440. Sarah is 68. Living
with them is John age 36 (and marked "Insane"). They live on an
adjacent property to Samuel McMains, age 38, who would be his son. Davis County
includes son Samuel (wife and 7 children) and son Peter (wife and 7 children).
FIND-A-GRAVE:
Robert
McMain is buried in Wesley Chapel Cemetery (South), Wyacondah, Davis County,
IA. Died “Sep. 9, 1868 Aged 82y 1m 24d”.
Cemetery location lat/long 40.675 -92.465.
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Spouse: Sarah
ALEXANDER
Birth: 26 Jul 1791 Augusta Co., VA
Death: 2 Oct 1862 Wyacondah Twp., Davis Co., IA
Father: Peter ALEXANDER (1758-1842)
Mother: Elizabeth Jannett STEELE
(1762-1846)
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Robert McMAINS (16 Jul 1786 - 9 Sep 1868) & Sarah
ALEXANDER (26 Jul 1791 - 2 Oct 1862)
Jane S. McMAINS
(15 Dec 1811 - 6 Aug 1872) & Marmaduke N. BARNES (abt 1807 - aft 1880)
Sarah McMAINS (abt
1814 - )
Mary McMAINS (10
Aug 1816 - 14 Feb 1890)
Peter Alexander
McMAINS (2 Nov 1818 - 6 Sep 1886)
William McMAINS
(abt 1820 - aft 1830)
Samuel McMAINS (14
Sep 1822 - 6 Aug 1917)
Robert S McMAINS
(abt 1823 - )
John S. McMAINS
(abt 1825 – aft 1860)
Catherine McMAINS
(abt 1826 - )
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