Harmon P Maybee

1862 - 1932  (69 years)

• Name	Harmon P Maybee
  Birth	16 Sep 1862	Great Valley, Cattaraugus County, New York   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	15 Jun 1870	Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio   [3]
  	Nicholas H. Mabie, 33, M, W, R. R. Engineer, —, —, NY Abbie Mabie, 27, F, W, Keeping House, NY Josephine Mabie, 9, F, W, At School, NY Harmon Mabie, 7, M, W, At School, NY
  Census	7 Jun 1880	East Main Street, Corry, Erie County, Pennsylvania   [4]
  	Nicholas Maybee, White, Male, 48, Head, Married, R. R. Engineer, born in New York, Father born in Massachusetts, Mother's birthplace left blank Abby Maybee, White, Female, 39, Wife, Married, Keeping House, born in Vermont, Father born in Vermont, Mother born in Vermont Josephine Maybee, White, Female, 20, Daughter, Married, 20, born in New York, Father born in New York, Mother born in Vermont Harmon Maybee, White, Male, 17, Son, Single, Works on R.R., born in New York, Father born in New York, Mother born in Vermont
  Anecdote	1899  [5]
  	Nicholas H. Maybee is one of the "old guard," one of the men who have been with the road since the time of its construction. He was born in Ashford, Cattaraugus County, New York, June 9, 1837, and began his active career at the age of 14 as a driver for contractors on the construction work of the Erie between Great Valley and Little Valley, New York. He remained with them until the road was completed, and after hauling the tools away used the same team to draw the ties to their places. When trains were started running on the new road Mr. Maybee secured a position as brakeman and for a year ran on gravel train, and then on freight between Olean and Dunkirk. In December, 1862, he went to Leavittsburg, Ohio, as brakeman, and in 1863 was promoted to yardmaster, being the first man to hold that position at Leavittsburg. He remained there until the summer of 1865, when he went to Meadville as fireman on old No. 12 engine, and on December 22, 1868, he was promoted to engineer. Mr. Maybee then ran freight until the spring of 1875 when he was hurt by falling off the engine at Salamanca. This injury laid him up for about a year, when he returned to work. In 1879 he went to Corry and ran a switch engine there until 1886, when he returned to road service, and is now on Nos. 37 and 38 between Corry and Salamanca. Mr. Maybee has been in one collision, but was fortunate enough to escape injury. On April 26, 1873, he had a car break and run into the bridge at Saw Mill Run, putting five cars into the creek and knocking the bridge down. On December 22, 1859, Mr. Maybee was married to Miss Abbie E. Dow, of Hinsdale, New York, and two children have been born to them. Josephine, who was 29 years of age at death, was the wife of W. E. Reeves; Harmon P., aged 36, is an engineer on the Meadville Division, east. Mr. Maybee is a member of B. of L. E., Division No. 43; Corry Lodge, No. 470, K. of P., and Washington Lodge, No. 2, A.O.U.W., of Corry, and is highly regarded as a citizen of worth and intelligence. His father, Harmon Maybee, a lumberman of Cattaraugus County, New York, is now the oldest living white settler in Salamanca, and lives in the house he built there forty years ago.
  Census	Jun 1900	86 Mead Avenue, Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania   [2]
  	Hiram Maybee, Head, W, M, Sept 1861, 38, M, 15, New York, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Engineer Carrie Maybee, Wife, W, F, May 1868, 32, M, 15, 1 child born - still living 1, Connecticut, Germany, Germany Josephine Maybee, Daughter, W, F, Sept 1888, 11, S, Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut
  Census	Apr 1910	41 Mead Avenue, Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania   [6]
  	Harman P Maybee, Head, M, W, 47, M1, 24, New York, New York, New York, Engineer, Railroad Caroline M. Maybee, F, W, 49, M1, 24, 1 child born and living, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, none Josephine E. Maybee, Daughter, F, W, 23, S, Pennsylvania, New York, Pennsylvania, none
  Census	Jan 1920	105 Mead Avenue, Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania   [7]
  	Harmon P Maybee, Head, M, W, 52, M, New York, New York, New York, Engineer, Railroad Carry Maybee, Wife, F, W, 48, M, Connecticut, France, France
  Census	Apr 1930	518 Water Street, Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania   [8]
  	Harmon P Maybee, Head, M, W, 65, M, age at first marriage 22, New York, New York, Vermont, Locomotive Engineer, Steam Railroad Caroline Maybee, Wife, F, W, 68, M, age at first marriage 24, Connecticut, Germany, Germany
  Reference Number	11463
  Death	26 May 1932	Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania   [9]
  Person ID	I11405	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Nicholas H. Maybee,   b. 9 Jun 1837, Ashford, Cattaraugus County, New York d. 4 Aug 1909, Corry, Erie County, Pennsylvania (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Abigale E. Dow,   b. 2 Oct 1840, Hinsdale, New York d. 29 Nov 1896, Corry, Erie County, Pennsylvania (Age 56 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	22 Dec 1859  [10, 11]
  Family ID	F5278	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Caroline M. Selsle,   b. 6 May 1860, Hartford, Connecticut d. 11 Jul 1944, 408 Walnut Street, Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	29 Sep 1885	Corry, Erie County, Pennsylvania   [12]
  	Harmon Maybee and Miss Caroline Selsle both of Corry, were married at Corry Sept 29, 1885 , by Alderman A. Truesdale
  Children	1. Josephine E. Maybee,   b. 12 Sep 1887, Pennsylvania d. 26 Oct 1970, Naples, Collier County, Florida (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F9210	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963 daughter says born 16 Sept 1864. [S90] 1900 United States Census; Url: ancestry.com, Meadville Ward 4, Crawford, Pennsylvania; Roll: T623 1399; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 30. [S99] 1870 United States Census; Url: ancestry.com, Warren, Trumbull, Ohio; Roll M593_1272; Page: 391A; Image: 293; Family History Library Film: 552771. [S52] 1880 United States Census; Url: ancestry.com, Corry, Erie, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1127; Family History Film: 1255127; Page: 51A; Enumeration District: 142; Image: 0104. [S241] Barbara Miller, Emails from Barbara Millar; Compiler Address: millarbje@sympatico.ca, Excerpted from the article Nicholas H. Maybee, Corry, Pennsylvania, in: "American Locomotive Engineers, Erie Railway Edition," H.R. Romans Editor; Crawford-Adsit Company Publishers, Chicago, IL 1899. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sponholz/bionhmaybee.html. [S76] 1910 United States Census; Url: ancestry.com, 4-Wd Meadville, Crawford, Pennsylvania; Series: T624; Roll: 1333; Page: 181B; Enumeration District: 24; Part: 1; Line: 30. [S303] 1920 United States Census; Url: ancestry.com, Meadville Ward 4, Crawford, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1556; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 31; Image: 25. [S302] 1930 United States Census; Url: ancestry.com, Meadville, Crawford, Pennsylvania, Roll: 2022, Enumeration District: 22, Image: 555. [S380] Find A Grave; Url: http://www.findagrave.com/, Find A Grave Memorial# 136489170. [S23] Steve Mabie, Steve Mabie, Chronology of Records for the Descendants of Jan Pieterse Mebie ; Url: http://maybeesociety.org/steve/JanPieterse/JanPieterseMebie.htm, from family records. [S241] Barbara Miller, Emails from Barbara Millar; Compiler Address: millarbje@sympatico.ca, From http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sponholz/bionhmaybee.html. [S248] Jeanine M Kowalski, MS 317 - Jeanine Kowalski; Date: Tacpinkbird9@cs.com ; Number: 317, Erie Daily newspaper October 1, 1885, Erie, Pa.