John Dabney Maupin's Application for Civil War Pension Part 3

 

Neighbors Affidavit

I'm not sure how it information about being with Connecticut Volunteers---obviously a mistake.  So skipping down 4 lines:

"Christopher Spies aged 57 years, a resident of Linn Co. Late Co. C, 12th ConVols (???)) whose post office address is St. Catherine in Linn Co. Mo. who being duly sworn, declare in relation to aforesaid case as follows:that he has lived a neighbor and has known John D. Maupin  for 20 years last past and that he was afflicted with chronic diarrhea up to the present time and from which disability and its consequences he is at present a helpless invalid requiring constant care and watching by his wife.  He further states his health and condition is such that he is liable to succumb almost ANY day.

That this claim outht to have immediate attention.  I know these facts from personal knowledge and have seen him as much as once a week for ten years. . . . .

24th May 1897. St. Catherine in the county of Linn state of MO."

This document is untitled but is testimony of Jane Gross Maupin and John W. Finney, Justice of Peace:

"On this 24th day of May 1897, personal appearance before me Mrs. Jane G. Maupin age 56, a resident of St. Catherine, MO, wife of John D. Maupin late Co. D 9 Reg Mo Cavalry war 61 (?), and that at present and for many years prior to this date, he has been a total physical weak .  So that she has to wait on him the same as a CHILD both day and night and that she knows that he was suffering from effects of chronic diarrhea and its result is when he came home that she could respectfully ask that his case be made SPECIAL his present Pen??? under new law is 618.059

Jane G. Maupin

State of Mo

Linn Co.  Subscribed and seen before me by Jane G. Maupin who I well know and that she is a credible witness and the aforesaid affidavit  read to her and understood by her in signing the same and that I am not interested in the prosecution of this claim for pension.  In Sistime any where I have set my had a Justice of Peace for Linn Co. Mo.  

John W. Finney, Justice of the Peace

I hereby certify that John W. Finney who has signed his name to the foregoing affidavit was at the time of doing it a Justice of the Peace in and for said county and state duly commissioned and from that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and ended it this signature there is genuine.

Geo. W. Adams, Clerk Court Linn Co. Mo"

Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington DC January 15 1898

Certificate no. 618.059

John D. Maupin

Sir:  In forwarding to the pension agent the executed voucher for your next quarterly payment please favor me by returnint this circular to him with replies to the questions enumerated below.  

Very respectfully, ???? Evans, commissioner

First.  Are you married?  If so state your wife's full name and her maiden name: Jane G. Maupin---Jane G. Dickinson

Second. When, where and by whom were you married?:  June 6th 1858 Williamsburg, Mo by Stephen Ham, Minister

Third. What record of marriage exists:  Recorded at Fulton Callaway Co Mo.

Fourth. Were you previously marriedd?  If so please state the name of your former wife and the date and place of her death or divorce:  Narcissa Maupin died at Wellsville Mo Aug 28th 1857.

Fifth.  Have you any children Living?  If so please state their names and dates of their birth:  T.C. Maupin April 8th 1838, Wm. A. June 29th 1842, Nannie M. Feb. 5th 1845, Mattie A July 14th 1859, Henry W. May 7th 1861, John D. Jan. 16th 1869, Ira R Jan. 6th 1872, Oliver T Nov. 29th 1873.

John D. Maupin (his mark)

April 30th, 1898

Witness:  E. Anderson, Mattie A. Maupin

Pensioner Dropped

U. S. Pension Agency

Topeka Kans, Oct. 31 1900

Certificate 618.059

John D. Maupin

Blacksmith D 9 Mo S M Cav

Sir:  I have the honor to report that the above named pensioner who was last paid at $12 to 4Aug. 1899 has been dropped because of death.

Jane Gross Dickenson Maupin died June 28, 1897 one month after she gave testimony on how near death he was.  John Dabney Maupin died August 16, 1899.  I don't have any documents stating he was entitled to a pension, just this last one stating he was last paid $12.

John Dabney Maupin's Civil War Pension Application Part 2

 

War Department Adjutant General's Office Washington Oct. 14, 1887

Respectfully returned to the Commissioner of Pensions.  John D. Maupin, a Private of Company D 9th Regiment MO. S. M.Cavy. Volunteers was enlisted on the 22nd day of March, 1862 at Wellsville, Mo. for the War and is reported on roll to April 30th 1862 present as Blacksmith, so born (?) to Dec 31st 1863, Jany and Feby 1864, absent on detached service March and April 1864, present, as born (?) to Aug 31st 1864; Sept and Oct 1864 absent in the field; Nov and Dec 1864 present.  Jany and Feby1865 absent on detached service at Macon MO.

Muster out roll of Co, dated April 21st 1865 at Sturgeon Mo, reports him mustered out with Co. on that day as Blacksmith.

Returns for July and Sept 1862 do not report  him absent; March 1865 absent on special with Pxxx O, M at Macon Mo.

Regl'l Hospital Record are not on fileThe recors of this office funrish no evidence of disability.

Not born (?) on rolls of Co D 9th Mo. Cavalry Volunteers

R.C. Drum

Neighbors Affidavit

State of Missouri, County of Macon.  In the matter of Claim for Pension of Joh D. Maupin on this 12th day of November A.D. 1887 personally appeared before me, a Notary Public in and for the aforesaid County duly authorized to administer oaths.  Patrick Cain age 64 a resident of Macon in the county of Macon Missouri whose post office address is Macon Mo...

That they have been well and personally acquainted with the claimant and that he belonged to the same Company and Regiment with the Claimant and was intimately acquainted with him from the time of the discharge from the service in 1865 until he removed from Macon Mo, sometime in the year 1868.  That Claimant was troubled with duian(?) of the bowels before his discharge and suffered with diarrhea from the time of his discharge  aforesaid and during the three years immediately following .  My knowledge of the above facts is derived from seeing him frequesntly and hearing him complain at the time of his said disability and by showed from his appearance that he was suffering during said time.

That he has no knowledge of claimants disability after he removed away from Macon Mo in 1868.  That during the time from 1865to 1868 claimant was unable to do manual labor of any kind for at least three years.

Neighbors Affidavit  29 October 1887  St. Catharine, Linn County

This affadavit is difficult to read but it has the testimony of two people:  J. M. Scott and W.R. Davis who also swear that he is unable to do any manual labor and at times is "utterly prostrate".

This certificate from the Department of the Interior, bureau of pensions is dated April 7, 1894 and is addressed to John D. Maupin, Blacksmith Co D, 9th Regiment Mo. S.M. Vol.Cav. (in upper left corner).  It has other information "So. Div.; JFC, Ex'r, orig. Inv.Ct. No. 618.059" But I don't understand what that

 is.

Declaration for Invalid Pensions

21 July 1890

This statement repeats the information found on others but includes his age as 76 and ". . .he is totally unable to earn a support by the reason of  chronic diarrhea also catarrh of the head and neuralia is totally prostrated and unable to do any work."  His pension application No. 601-796.  His signature is at the bottom of the page.

John Dabney Maupin's Civil War Pension Application Part 1

John Dabney Maupin, son of Carr Maupin, fought in the Civil War with the Union Army and applied for a pension.  "State of Missouri County of Macon.  On this 2nd day of March 1887 personally appeared before me County Clerk of the said county, a court of record within and for the count and State aforesaid John D. Maupin aged 72 years, a resident of the town of St. Catharine in the count of Linn, State MO, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that his is the identical John D. Maupin who was enrolled 22nd day of March, 1862 in the Company D of the 9th Regiment of Mo. Cavaly State vols commanded by Benj Sharp Capt and was honorably discharged at Sturgeon Missouri on the 21 day of April, 1865 that his personal description is as follows:  Age 72; height 5 feet 8 inches; complexion dark; hair black; eyes black  That while a member of the organization aforesaid, i the service and in the line of his duty at or near California in the state of Mo on or about the day of Aug or Sept, 1862 he from exposure contracted chronic diarrhea.

That he was treated in hospitals as follows: Was treated by Regimental surgeons A.B. Castle and Smith (?) that he has  not been employed in the military or naval service otherwise than as stated above.  That he has not been in the military or naval service since the 21 day of April 1865.  that since leaving the service the applicant has resided three years in Macon County Mo and the balance of the time in St. Catharine, MO and his occupation  has been that of a blacksmith...  That prior to his entry in the service above named, he was a man of good, sound, physical health being when enrolled a blacksmith.  That he is now totally disabled from obtaining his subsistence by manual labor by reason of his injuries, above described, received in the service of the United States. .. .."

This is dated August 3, 1887.  It also adds that John D. Maupin was a private.  But it repeats much of the same information in the Declaration.

This is the Physicians Affidavit for the pension claim No. 691796.  John M. Pratt, Justice of Peace administered the oath to the physician:  "I was not acquainted with the soldier prior to the war.  I became initially acquainted with the applicant in 1876.  I was called to attend by family as his physician January 1st the same year I have mentioned.  To treat the said applicant for what I diagnosed Chronic diarrhea. He was greatly suffers with pain.  I gave him medicine which gave his temporary relief at that time."

I have been his family physician all of the time I have mentioned to the present time.  The applicant is troubled every 2 or 3 weeks with diarrhea which lasts from 5 to seven days.  It takes the strongest of astringents in the way of medicine to check it.  Then comes constipation which is about as hard to over come as the other is to control.

The applicant is gradually growing more year after year with the disease aforementioned.  I have gave him the treatment recommended by our best medical authority with only temporary relief.  The applircan is now unable to perform manual labor.  I have no interest in the prosecution of the above claim.  

J. C. Scott MD

Oct. 26th 1887 susbcribed and sworn to before me this 28th day of October 1887

 

Harry and Minerva Maupin Family Part Three

 

Harry and Minerva's third child was Marie Frances Maupin.  I really don't ever remember meeting Marie but I do have photos of her as a child to share and I have a few details I've gleaned from the internet about her.  Marie married at least 3 times (Ralph Garrett, Floyd Craig, William Franzen) and had at least one child (according to 1950 census) Georgia Garrett.  

L-R:  Vivian, Louise, Minerva, Harry, Wes
Seated:  Ron, LeRoy, Jaclyn

Charles, Minerva, Vivian

These last photos were made in 1948-49 based on my age here and that my grandmother (Vivian) is holding a baby that I assume was my sister Jane. Minerva is also holding a baby (Marie's baby?).  Wondering what the occasion was since my mother's father Wes Wicker is also in the photo (wearing a hat).  I'm guessing we drove to DeSoto:  one held Jane, one drove, one tried to keep me under control. . . .

Harry and Minerva Maupin Family Part Two

 

Harry and Minerva Maupin

In addition to Charles, Harry and Minerva had two daughters:  Elizabeth Ann (Betty) and Marie Frances.  I'm not sure I ever met Marie but Betty!!  Betty was one of the highlights of our visits to DeSoto.  She was always laughing, telling stories and was the life of any party.

This photo (on the right) is from a large family reunion photo.  Betty is pictured here with her cousin Jack McKay (both were my father's first cousins). I have very few photos of Betty.  Seeing the photo with her hands over her eyes, I think Betty was a little camera shy.   Betty lived in De Soto (at her parents' home in the 1950 Census) with her son David Maupin.  Betty worked for the other large employer in De Soto:  the shoe company (International Shoes) as a machine operator. She married Paul Pope in 1951 in Arkansas.  They had one son Edward who was younger than I was.  But, David. .. .He looked a lot like cousin Jack in the reunion photo.  I thought he was so handsome!  He was born in 1941 so was 4 years older than I was. Like Betty, he always seemed. . . . .happy.

Betty with my aunts Maxine and Mary

Betty with David as a toddler?

L-R:  Hal McKay, Minerva Maupin, Walter Maupin, Maxine Maupin, Harry Maupin

Harry and Minerva Maupin Family Part One

 

Harry Maupin was my grandmother Vivian Maupin Long's oldest living brother.  We visited them often when in DeSoto but it was not my favorite place to go because they didn't have an indoor toilet and we had to go to the outhouse in the backyard.  When I asked Dad why they didn't have an indoor toilet he said Uncle Harry was too cheap.  Oddly Harry and Minerva seemed to take pride in being about the only house in DeSoto with outdoor toilets.  They were never embarrassed or ashamed---Dad said they could afford it but just chose not to install it.  The house was a small 2 bedroom house 304 9th Street in DeSoto with a lot of dark furniture---Harry in a big over-stuffed chair smoking.  I do recall looking around the house and not finding a suitable place for a bathroom.  But I looked up the house today and it has a bathroom----someplace! He was a machinist with the Missouri-Pacific Railroad, one of two big employers in town.

Charles with LeRoy Long

They had 3 children:  Charles, Betty and Marie. Charles was Dad's age (born in 1918) and was with Dad on the train when Dad met my mother Louise. At one time he was married/engaged to Mom's close friend "Reedy".  I got to know Charles pretty well because he lived next door when I was a child with my mother's parents (Wes and Vennie Wicker).  He had a bed in the dining room that he rented from them. This was very common at least among the DeSoto families. Charles was living with Roy and Vivian Maupin Long in the 1940 census (At lest twice we had "boarders" when we lived in the city and my grandparents always had someone from DeSoto living with them.) I haven't located Charles in the 1950 census---he was not with his parents, the Wickers or the Longs.

Charles worked at 3001 Chouteau at the Missouri Pacific "shop" in St. Louis where my dad, grandfather and even great-grandfather Henry Maupin worked. Charles was an assistant mechanic (in 1940 census).

Although Charles married, he never thought he had any children. I never met any of his wives, Grace Adams Kohlbry. According to her death certificate, Grace had been a bacteriologist at MO-Pac Hospital.  Charles was living at 3510 Wyoming in St. Louis MO.   

When he died Feb. 22, 1997, Charles was married to Cecil Inez Guthrie.  According to his obituary he had two children Ronald (Josephine) Cambron and Jo (Douglas) Skabo and  grandchildren:  Jay and Sarah Singer, Kaitlyn Skabo and Ronald Cambron III. I would doubt this was an obituary for him but everything else is correct including the funeral home (Kustis Affton) and contributions to Diabetes Association (both the funeral home and diabetes "run in the family"

I remember Charles as being easy to get along with. He took me at least once to see a movie: Alice in Wonderland (but he had to take me home in the middle of it because it freaked me out)  I also remember him smelling---body odor, stinky feet.  But, otherwise he was a nice guy.  My sister recalls him being "depressed" and stinking: "Daddy would drag me to Uncle Charlie's dismal apartment. It smelled of cigarettes and rancid wash clothes. He was always nice but seemed melancholy like Uncle Walter."

Photo below is of Jack McKay, Martha McKay Lalumandier, Charles Maupin and Maxine Long Delaney

Vivian's Photo Album: the McKays

 My grandmother's photo album has an entire page dedicated to the McKays.  Mattie Maupin McKay was her sister.  Our family was close to many of the McKay cousins and I can say, they were a fun bunch!

Martha McKay

Junior, Catherine, Gladys and Bob

The McKay Boys:  Jack ,Herb(Norman), Jerry, Hal (Junior) and Bob
(not in that order)

Bob and Gladys

In order:  Jerry, Herb, Martha, Jack, Junior, Maybelle,Bob, Mattie, Hal

Hal Jr and girlfriend

Hal, Mattie, Junior, my grandparents (Vivian and Roy)

Maupins in Williamsburg, Part II

Taliaferro-Cole Home

Hi Maupin family,

Yesterday I received a reply from the Colonial Williamsburg Historian. I
am currently crafting a response to Ms. Rowe's email since there is a
discrepancy in Ms. Rowe's response about the ownership of the
Taliaferro-Cole home by Crease and what an article in the current magazine
of Colonial Williamsburg reveals.

If any of you have copies of documents that show the ownership of Lot #352
by Gabriel and Marie (Mary) Maupin I would appreciate a copy of the
documentation to show that the home was owned by the Maupin's and Crease's
ownership was through his marriage to the widow of Gabriel.

Also, Ms. Rowe did not address my question about Mary Maupin Crease's
burial location in the Burton Parrish Church yard so any documentation
pertaining to her burial would be helpful as well. 

 Yesterday I also received the Spring 2016  Tradition - The Magazine
of Colonial Williamsburg. The magazine includes two articles pertaining to
the Taliaferro-Cole house
1. Tending a Changing Landscape by Ben Swenson which includes a photo of
the garden described as 'a garden 300 years in the making'.
The article says:

'*Gardening happened to be the profession of Thomas Crease, who for
more than three decades owned what's now the Taliaferro-Cole property.
Crease was the gardener for both the College of William & Mary and for Lt.
Gov. Hugh Drysdale, who acted as Virginia's governor from 1722 until his
death in 1726. This was an uncommon livelihood in the 18th century because
only the gentry had the means or the inclination to pay for such services.
Nevertheless, Crease seemed to be a booster for the food and pleasure a
garden afforded when he offered for sale in the 1717.....*

*Though it's hard to say exactly how Crease's garden appeared, the terraces
remained through several later owners (including Charles Taliaferro and
Jesse Cole, for whom the house is named), and research and archaeology have
revealed contemporary walkways and fences, allowing guests the opportunity
to follow a path made and maintained by so many hands through the years.*

*Today, Colonial Wiliamsburg's gardeners carry Crease's mantle at the
Taliaferro-Cole Home garden and numerous other sites around town.'*


2. A Lamb's Tale (no author) which shows sheep grazing in the back pasture
of the Taliaferro-Cole house.

Thanks,
Donna Maupin

 *Email from Ms. Rowe:*

Dear Ms. Maupin:

Wendy Sumerlin forwarded your questions and comments about lots and houses
associated with the Maupin family in Williamsburg to me. I think it is
about time we’re in direct contact!


I assure you that Colonial Williamsburg has not written generations of the
Maupin family out of Williamsburg’s colonial history. Not only were there
three generations of Gabriel Maupins in Williamsburg, Gabriel Maupin III
had an important responsibility at a critical time in Virginia’s and
America’s history. In 1775, after British sailors, under orders from the
last royal governor of Virginia (Lord Dunmore), broke into the Magazine in
Williamsburg and removed a large amount of gunpowder belonging to the
Virginia militia, Gabriel Maupin III was appointed Keeper of the Magazine.
Under his watch, he was responsible for more than five thousand muskets and
rifles—as well as many other types of weapons—that went through the
Magazine’s doors as the new government of Virginia tried to ready the
people of Williamsburg to defend themselves against Great Britain. His name
appears in three sections of the current guidebook.

 As for the house names in Williamsburg, it may be helpful to keep in mind
that the Custis-Maupin House (Lot 355) and the Taliaferro-Cole House (Lot
352) are two different houses with separate and distinct histories.


The Taliaferro-Cole House on Lot 352 stands on the south side of Duke of
Gloucester Street at the southeast corner of Nassau Street. See image here:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2775/4263414312_37d22c0a06.jpg


The Custis-Maupin House on Lot 355 that you saw in the 1960s stands on the
south side of Duke of Gloucester Street across from Bruton Parish Church.
See image here:
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/1c/5a/a3/1c5aa37de950e5320b7f73c8073c6d11.jpg


Both of the houses appear in Colonial Williamsburg guidebooks from the
1960s (see attached pages).

Colonial Williamsburg’s naming practices for houses in its historic area
changed over the course of the 20th-century. Initially, several houses
carried hyphenated names for different reasons, sometimes to commemorate
both an 18th- and 19th-century person or family. Because Colonial
Williamsburg obtained Lot 355 from Maupin descendants in 1939, it is likely
that was part of the decision to include both the Custis and Maupin names
early on.


In the 1980s, house naming standards at Colonial Williamsburg changed. It
was deemed important that names for houses in the historic area coincide as
closely as possible with the period from about 1760 to the American
Revolution presented in the colonial setting. Consequently, in 1984, the
Custis-Maupin House on Lot 355 was renamed the Custis Tenement. A Maupin
family connection with it did not begin until John M. Maupin’s ownership in
1838, well beyond the 18th-century history that Colonial Williamsburg
presents in its daily programs and historical interpretation. John Custis
owned Lot 355 from 1715 and it remained in Custis family hands until 1782.
During that period, members of the Custis family owned the house and lot
but never lived in it. They rented the dwelling to a succession of tenants,
not an uncommon practice in 18th-century Williamsburg and quite respectable.


At this time, I cannot confirm the construction of a brick house on Lot
355. It is clear, however, that John M. Maupin had a large addition built
onto what was already on Lot 355 in 1838. 

 The history of Lot 352 where the Taliaferro-Cole House stands is
problematic. Lot 352 was located on the James City County side of
Williamsburg in the eighteenth century. That is important because the
county line between York County and James City County bisected
Williamsburg. While the York County court records (deeds, wills,
inventories, etc.) are mostly extant, records for the James City County
side of Williamsburg were destroyed during the Civil War. Gabriel Maupin I
(the immigrant) arrived in Virginia about 1700. From that time until after
his death (1719 or 1720), he was described as living in York County,
including on January 19, 1719, when the York County Court granted him a
license “to keep an ordinary at his now dwelling house in Williamsburgh in
this county [i. e. York County] for the next year ensuing.” The 1724 deed
of trust for Lot 352 executed by Thomas Creas and his wife, Mary Creas
(widow of Gabriel I), is recorded in the York County records even though
Lot 352 was on the James City County side of Williamsburg. This is baffling
and bears further investigation. Note that the ownership of Lot 352 is
undocumented from Thomas Creas’s death in 1756 until Charles Taliaferro
owned it by the 1770s. Blank periods of this nature are quite common for
dwellings and lots on the James City side of Williamsburg due to the loss
of records mentioned above.


I am in hopes that the information above is helpful. I’d be happy to hear
any comment or further questions you may have. Colonial Williamsburg is
always happy to know of records family members have preserved. This is
especially true for the Maupin family associated as it was with three
properties in the eighteenth century (Taliaferro-Cole House, Alexander
Craig House, and Market Square Tavern) and five in the nineteenth century
(Custis Tenement, Raleigh Tavern, Peter Scott House Site, James City
Courthouse Site, and the Archibald Blair Storehouse Site.


Kind regards,

Linda


Linda H. Rowe
Historian
Research and Interpretive Education
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
757-220-7443

See note below from Donna Maupin on the matter---thanks for your response.

Maupins in Williamsburg, Part I

Governor's Palace

Some people have great memories, some have huge file cabinets, but I use this blog to keep track of information.  Recently there was a flurry of e-mail activity on the Maupins in Williamsburg which I didn't want to lose.

E-mail #1  If you look at the Indenture of 1724 made by Thomas Crease and Mary Maupin

Crease, it mentions the lot (352), showing that Gabriel owned the lot when
he died around 1719 or 1720. It also allows that Thomas and Mary Crease
may live in the house on that lot until they die. Mary Maupin Crease died
in 1748 and Thomas Crease in 1756. Upon the death of Thomas Crease, the
indenture stipulated that Keith and Ferguson would sell the property
dividing the proceeds between the two sons of Gabriel the emigrant: Gabriel
II and Daniel. Because Gabriel II had died by this time, his part went to
his son, Gabriel III. The indenture goes on to say that at the death of
Mary Crease, Daniel and Gabriel are to release any executors or
administrators hired by Mary and pay the lawful expenses of the estate from
the legacy of fifty pounds left to Mary, their sister, in the original
will. The indenture states that Mary, the older sister had died without
progeny.


In the Taliaferro-Cole House and Shop Historical Report, Block 13-1
Building 35-40 Lot 352 Originally entitled: "Taliaferro-Cole House and Shop
Block 13, Colonial Lot 352" by Mary E. McWilliams in 1940, the author
credits Charles Taliaferro building the house named after him in 1750. The
house was sold to Jesse Cole in 1804, thus the double name of
Taliaferro-Cole House.

Since Crease died in 1756 and the Taliaferro-Cole House was apparently
build in 1750, there seems to be a mistake somewhere. If these dates are
correct, it would seem that the Taliaferro-Cole House and the Gabriel
Maupin House are two different buildings. In some of the house reports, I
see reference made to a part of a lot being sold. Perhaps this is what
happened. If that is the case what happened to the house Thomas Crease was
living in in 1756? Did if fall down and as a consequence, not known to Ms.
McWilliams when she compiled her report in 1940? At any rate, I agree with
you that this is a research mystery which I would like to see the Colonial
Williamsburg Research Department look into further.

I assume that you know Gabriel Maupin III, the grandson of the emigrant,
owned the Market Square Tavern before and during Revolutionary War time,
and you can now rent out rooms and stay there. There is a marker on the
house. Gabriel III's sister, Mary Maupin, was married to Alexander Craig
who owned The Alexander Craig House (also marked with a plaque), and while
it is not open to the public, you can view it and its lovely gardens from
the road. A later Maupin, I believe John, owned the Custis-Maupin House
which is also marked with a plaque. He was mayor of Williamsburg during
the Civil War. So, there are a few monuments to the Maupin family in
Williamsburg, but I agree with you in wishing to know more about this
family and its founding role in Virginia.

Hope this helps a little. I would be interested in knowing anything else
you learn about this subject.

Sincerely,
Watts Schwab

E-mail #2

Hi All,

Hope all the Maupin Family is doing well.

I am in the throes of downsizing from my large home to an over 55 gated
community this fall. In other words, my home is a MESS and I am not too
well organized. I have a lot of filing of records to accomplish over the
summer. I do have information regarding the Cole-Taliferro home from the
Frenchmans Map; the Maupin markers in back of one of the homes. Sometime I
feel like Bill A. did..what to do withal this...I have collected so much
over the years---I will join back in this conversation after May and I have
time to get reorganized. 

I will be in Williamsburg for 10 days in May for the Jamestowne Society and
continued research. A couple of friends and I are also taking the cruise
over to Tangier Island which is, sadly to report, disappearing 10-12 feet a
year. I am hoping the Mid-West Library can finish cataloging all of
Bill's documents before we all pass into the great beyond.

Carolyn Farmer

Email #3

Carolyn, Gail, Watts, and other cousins:
It is good to hear from all of you and especially on Gabriel and Marie's pubs.  I didn't have the details that you have provided only the fact that Marie and her second husband had sold it with a proviso that they would run it until their death.
I have only visited Williamsburg once and considered myself fortunate at that time.  It was in 1975.  I had no knowledge then that my mother's ancestors had lived there and owned pubs or homes.  I was extatic in  1999 to learn of the wonderful information via the internet.  I had time to share with my two sisters and a brother before they died.
I will be forever gratful for that knowledge and the fact that I could pass it on to my sons, nieces and nephews.
Your Maupin cousin,
Norma J. Sears

Email #4
In the Official Guidebook & Map of Colonial Williamsburg, printed in 1972.  (purchased for .50 cents).  They describe the Custis-Maupin house as being a tenement owned by John Custis.  A tenement was a house for rent.  Then about 1840 John M Maupin built a "handsome house on the site of an old ruinous building opposite the lower corner of the churchyard."  So the house that is standing is actually the Maupin house.  I have visited Williamsburg at least a half a dozen times over the years.  In my opinion they have destroyed a lot of historical information as they transformed Williamsburg into a tourist attraction.  I swear I saw a bronze plaque marking the burial spot of Marie Maupin Creas next to the church, which has now been covered up by walkways for the tourists.  When I inquired about this inside the church they said they think she is buried in the churchyard but they don't know where.  I also have seen a headstone lying on the ground, in the garden behind the Maupin house that was inscribed "John Maupin"    I sent e-mails to the historical society, which I received no response.  I wish I had taken a picture. Terry Maupin






Re: [MAUPIN] Gabriel and Marie Maupin and lot #352 i

Maupins and Railroads

Mattie, Henry
John D, Oliver, Ira

Each of these Maupin siblings worked or had a spouse that worked for railroads.

Although Henry Wesley Maupin was originally from Wellsville, MO, he and his brother John Dabney Maupin settled in the DeSoto, MO in 1899 because Mo-Pac had a large round house and shop there.  Henry Wesley Maupin became the foreman of the roundhouse---in charge of all of the mechanics and workers. In 1885, he was listed as a Railroad Fireman.  The 1900 census lists him as a machinist; 1910 and 1920 “Foreman with Railroad”.  He died before the 1930 census.

John Dabney Maupin, his brother, moved his family to Teague, Texas where they prospered.  His obituary reads:

Mr. Maupin will be remembered by the people of Teague as one of the old-timers, having moved here when the city was still in its infancy, and has seen Teague in it's good days and its less prosperous. Being of a congenial spirit, he numbered among his friends all who came to know him. He was always ready to contribute his time and efforts to the advancement of the city. Since early in life, he was an active member of the Presbyterian Church.

He came to Teague in January of 1909 and was Superintendent of Motive Powers with the T. &; B V Railroad, and served in this capacity until his retirement in June 1939, after 30 years of service.

As near as I can tell the T. & B.V. railroad was Trinity and  Brazos Valley, which became a part of the Burlington-Rock Island Railroad.

Another brother, Ira Maupin, lived in Kansas City where he was also the Foreman of a Roundhouse for the Railroad (KATY).

Brother Oliver, who lived in Waco Texas, was also the Foreman of a Roundhouse in Kansas and Texas with the Cotton Belt Railroad.

Sister Martha (Mattie) Maupin married a cousin David Rice Maupin who was a “blacksmith for the railroad” in Kansas City in the 1900 census.  They eventually moved to Texas with Oliver and John D. Maupin.  It’s not clear what railroad line he worked for but it was probably the same as family members.

Railroad Jobs

The shop foreman would be the person in charge of the shop. The shop was the area where railroad cars were repaired or rebuilt Most common repairs were replacing wheels. doors and different parts of the braking equipment which required maintenance very often.

The roundhouse was the area that repaired and did periodic maintenance on the railroad engines such as refueling lubricating changing oil and such. The size of the facility determined the number of people that a foreman was in charge of.  Large facilities would have three shifts a day with maybe 10 men on a shift. 

The superintendent would be the man over all the workers and foremen at a facility.  Often the superintendents would be over a large area with several facilities under his supervision. 

The fireman:  Steam locomotive crew who feeds the firebox with fuel. On diesel locomotives, the firemen would monitor controls and assist the engineer.

Dabney History

 Since my brother Jim and Deb will be going to Versailles and my sister Jane may go again someday, I thought I'd write up the information on our relative who lived at Versailles.  Madame de Maintenon  or Francois d'Aubigne pictured above in Versailles is not an ancestor but the half-sister of an ancestor.  Our grandmother was Vivian Maupin Long; her father was Henry Wesley Maupin; his father was John Dabney Maupin----so the name was still a family name into the 1800's.

But the story begins with Agrippe d'Aubigne who is believed to be our ancestor: "d'Aubigne" is how the name "Dabney" originally looked. For more about him click here.  If you need to more about the Huguenots, click here.  If you google his name, you will find a lot about him, the italicized section below is from the book The Story of Gabriel and Marie Maupin.


On this August 23, 1572, Henry of Navarre (Henry IV) having left his wife's quarters was walking with his Huguenot friend Agrippe d'Aubigne near Notre Dame when the rioting started and they heard the shouts "Death to all Huguenots".  Knowing he would be recognized and killed, he reacted instantly.  They hurried into the cathedral and Henry stripped off his cape of gold cloth, his rings, and other signs of wealth.  Clad only in the doublet, breeches, and boots he looked like a student.  He grabbed a prayer book from a young prieds and with his disquise he escaped. . .

I have included this story . . . .for the name of Henry's friend Agrippe d'Aubigne. It is well known that two of Gabriel Maupin's grandsons married women with the name Dabney (d'Aubigne) .  . . . .Agrippa d'Aubigne had a son Constant who had a son Theodore.  It is from this Theodore that the Cornelius Dabney whose daughters married Maupins is descended.  Constant had a second wife.  From that marriage were three children, one of them being Francoise d'Aubigne, who was to renounce her Huguenot upbringing and become Madame de Maintenon and later the last wife of King Louis XIV after the death of Queen Theresa.  It is said that Madame de Maintenon was influential in urging King Louis to revoke the Edict of Nantes in 1685.  We heard much about her on the Hugenot Tour, especially at Versailles, where two large prortraits of her hang.

To continue with our Dabney genealogy:  John Dabney Maupin (1814-1899) was the son of Carr Maupin (1776-1845) who was the son of John Maupin (1725-1806) and Frances Dabney (1712-1763).  Frances was the daughter Cornelius Dabney (1670-1764) who was the son of Cornelius Dabney (1640-1701).  Other famous Dabney descendants include Zachary Taylor (US president), Nancy Astor (first female in the House of Commons), Lyndon B. Johnson (US president), Marlon Brando (movie star) and Pretty Boy Floyd (notorious criminal).

Edited:  Cornelius Dabney was likely from England and settled in America before the Huguenots so the relationship to Madame de Maintenon is in doubt.

Unknown Individuals

These photos as well as the two posts that came before this were found in a bin at my aunt Norma Long Adams Rogers. They are unidentified. . . .some could be friends or co-workers.
Some look like they are from the 1960's. . .
Some look much older.

Some are definitely related, but.. . .

I thought this one above was my grandfather Roy Long, but it's not---it just looks like him---possibly one of the Dodsons since we did see a piece of paper that had "Dotson" written on it.


This one looks a little like Uncle Fred (Alfred Stewart Long). It could also be Estes or Eustes Long, Fred's brother.

This clipping identifies the person as Mary Jo Ruppert, who was Mayme (Mary Louise) Reed Baum's granddaughter and the daughter of Bernice Baum Ruppert. Thanks to Catherine for this information.
This looks a bit like a high school Senior picture or Homecoming photo. If you recognize any of these people, leave a comment below or e-mail me.