Ancestrees
Edward Willett TOBIN
1829 - 1900 (70 years)-
Name Edward Willett TOBIN [1, 2, 3] Birth 6 Jul 1829 , Guernsey, OH, USA Gender Male Death 4 Jan 1900 Burial Springfield, Sangamon, IL, USA Person ID I11725 Ancestrees Last Modified 29 Sep 2024
Father Isaac TOBIN, * (BigY: G-M201), b. 29 Jul 1803, , Loudoun, VA, USA d. 9 Oct 1881, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, United States of America (Age 78 years) Relationship natural Mother Matilda Ann(a) BENTON, b. 7 Nov 1810, Hagerstown, Washington, MD d. 6 Apr 1864, Cotton Hill, Sangamon, IL (Age 53 years) Relationship natural Marriage 22 Oct 1826 , Belmont, OH, USA [4] Family ID F3221 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Delight S. MARTIN, b. 12 Sep 1830, , , OH, USA d. 12 Aug 1902 (Age 71 years) Marriage 5 Sep 1854 Children 1. Wesley TOBIN, b. Abt 1856, , , Illinois, USA d. Aft 1891 (Age > 36 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] Family ID F3216 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Sep 2024
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Notes - Edward left home from Mar. 1, 1850 till Apr. 1853 when he was not fully grown, to hunt for gold during the Califonia Gold Rush. He traveled there via Central America. When returning to Sangamon Co., IL, he spent a couple years buying anding stock. He worked as a merchant for a year in Sandova, Marion Co., IL and then again returned, this time to farming. Farming became his life-long pursuit. He located in Woodside Twp. in 1870 with 80 acres of land. His home is described as "perfection of neatness ..in all the surroundings and the coziness of the dwelling... a cottage of modern design which, set in the midst of beautiful grounds and surrounded by fruitful fields and orchard is a jewel of pearl in emerald quite in keeping with the other features of the landscape." (Portrait and Biographical Album of Sangamon Co., ILL, 1891) (CL-327)
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Sources - [S348] Ric Tobin to Linda Coate Dudick E-mail letter dated Aug. 3, 1996 at RicTobin@aol.com In Linda Coate files (CL-327).
- [S125] Cemeteries of Raccoon Township, Gallia County, Ohio (Gallia County Historical Society).
- [S2099] 1880 US Federal Population Census, Springfield, Sangamon, IL (www.ancestry.com).
- [S1008] Phyl, San Diego, Email dated 2003 from mztiz1@cox.net (quotes birth and census records for all Bentons in Belmont Co., OH).
- [S348] Ric Tobin to Linda Coate Dudick E-mail letter dated Aug. 3, 1996 at RicTobin@aol.com In Linda Coate files (CL-327).