Beeks line: The family (or part of it) of Timothy Martin 1798-?

There will only be one post in this line, because this is one of the brick walls we are facing.  It's frustrating, because his children, at least some of them, lived within a few miles of our current location, and they should not be hard to trace.  Some are very difficult indeed, and I will have nothing but a general birth date based on census records.  Others I am giving a somewhat educated guess on.  There are some that I feel more confident about.  I will try to indicate clearly which is which.

Timothy was born about 1798 in Vermont, according to the 1850 census, or 1810 in New York, in other records.  Take your pick.  I've recently found records of a Timothy Martin who bought land in Whitingham, Windham County, Vermont in 1796, but have not yet been able to determine whether the two Timothy Martins might be related.  We do know that Timothy Martin married Hannah Tilberry (various spellings) in Shelby County, Ohio.  She may be the daughter of Jacob and Barbara Voelker Tilberry, although that isn't proven yet.  Their first two, and possibly three, children were born in Ohio before the family moved to Lagro, Wabash County, Indiana in the early 1840s. And once again, the family may not be complete, as they married in 1833 and the first child wasn't born until about 1838.  I have no death date for Timothy or for Hannah, but neither is found in the 1870 census.  

John, middle initial W, is the first son we have record of.  He was in the 1860 census in his parents' household, and then I cannot trace him any further.  I don't think he is the John Martin who married Ellen Ann Smallwood, as later records from Chester Township, Wabash County, Indiana, show that John Martin as being "colored".  

Mary Ann Martin was born about 1840.  There is a Mary Ann Martin who married Jesse L Cramer in Wabash County in November of 1860, so after the census that was taken showing her as living with her parents.   If this is our Mary Ann, in 1870 she and Jesse were living in Antioch (now Andrews), Huntington County, Indiana and they had four children-John, Ellen, Mary, and Rosettie.  Jesse is the son of Laurence and Anna Maria Lehman Cramer.  There is a Jesse Cramer who served in the Civil War and is buried at Hartford City, Blackford County, Indiana, but any birth or death dates are no longer visible, and if this is Jesse, I don't know what happened to Mary Ann, or when.  Or, of course, whether this is even the correct Mary Ann.  If you know, let me know, please!!

Eli was born in September 1841 and died sometime after 1900.  He was drafted into the Civil War during the last months of the war, along with several other men in our tree from Wabash County.  He married Elizabeth Wise, daughter of Andrew and Mary Serfass Wise, shortly before leaving for Army duty.  Their known children are John and Timothy.

Ellen was born May 3, 1843 and died in July, 1918 in Wabash County, Indiana.  Her first husband is Joseph Snyder, the son of Joseph and Phebe Pulley Snyder.  I find three children for them-Ullysses, Mary, and Elsworth, but her census records show that she had 8 children, 6 of them living in 1910 so I am missing some.  After Joseph died, she married William Utley, the son of Joseph Utley and an unknown mother.  This marriage was in 1908 so there were no children from this marriage.  

Matilda was born in 1846 and died in 1876 in Wabash County, Indiana.  She married David Wise, the son of Andrew and Mary Serfass Wise.  (See Eli Martin, above, who married a daughter of this same couple.) Their children are Andrew, Hannah, Elizabeth, John Philip, and Martin.  

Timothy is pretty much a mystery.  He was born about 1846 (some give his birth date as August 6, 1847).  He is credited with three wives although I am not sure that this is the same Timothy in each marriage.  Perhaps his wife is Elizabeth Boman or Bowman, the daughter of Levi and Elizabeth Stout Bowman.  It is possible that Clarinda is their child. There is a Timothy Martin whose gravestone indicates a birth date of 1847 and a death year of 1931 buried in Jackson, Jackson County, Ohio.  I do not know whether or not this is our Timothy.  Again, is you know something, and can shed some light on any other possible wives and children, please contact me!

Elizabeth was born in 1851 and died in 1929 in Union Township, Huntington County, Indiana.  She married first John Culver, the son of Garrett and Caroline Mendenhall Culver.  Their children are Caroline, John, William, and perhaps Daniel.  She next married John Burgett, and finally Thomas Jefferson Brown, who was called by his middle name.  

Robert was born next, about 1854.  I find no record that I can positively identify for him after the 1860 census, so he may have died young.

Finally Isaac was born in 1857.  He died in 1909 in Lagro, Wabash County, Indiana.  He was single and I haven't found records of a marriage, although of course there could have been one.

This was an interesting and frustrating generation to research.  Some of these men served in the Civil War, on the Union side.  Society would say none of them seemed to amount to much, but society would be wrong.  They helped build our country and their children mostly climbed a step or two up the ladder.  I hope they all found joy in their lives and in their families.