Wilmot Maybee

1835 - 1862  (27 years)

• Name	Wilmot Maybee  [1]
  Birth	13 Aug 1835	Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1 Aug 1850	Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin   [3]
  	Chas Maybee, 45, M, Tavern keeper, Canada Harriet Maybee, 38, F, Canada Adelia Maybee, 18, F, Canada Wilmot Maybee, 15, M, Bartender, Canada Aurilla Maybee, 12, F, Canada Chas D Maybee, 5, M, Canada, attended school Harriet Maybee, 4, F, Canada Clarinda Maybee, 2, F, Canada
  Census	21 Sep 1857	Stillwater Township, Washington County, Minnesota   [4]
  	Wilmot Maybee, 23, W, M, Canada, Lumberman Charles Maybee, 53, W, M, Canada, Farmer James Shearer, 25, M, Canada
  Census	21 Sep 1857	Weston Township, Meeker County, Minnesota   [5]
  	Charles Mabee, 53, M, Canada Harriet Mabee, 50, F, Canada Wilmot Mabee, 22, M, Canada Orrilla Mabee, 20, F, Canada Charles Mabee Junior, 11, M, Canada Harriet Mabee, 13, F, Canada Jane Mabee, 10, F, Canada
  Census	24 Jun 1860	Manannah, Meeker County, Minnesota   [6]
  	Chas Maybee, 57, M, Farmer, Canada, —, $256 Harriet Maybee, 47, F, Canada Wilmot Maybee, 24, M, Farmer, Canada, —, $406 Aurilia Maybee, 22, F, Canada Chas Maybee, 18, M, Farm Hand, Canada Harriet Maybee, 14, F, Canada 5 years older Hester J. Maybee, 9, F, Canada
  Obituary	It was Tuesday, the 26th day of August, 1862, exactly nine days following the Acton massacre, that a party of 11 men left Forest City to recover their household goods, livestock, and provisions which they abandoned at the time of the Acton massacre. These men were Moody Caswell, N.C. Caswell, R.D.C. Cressey, Philip Deck, David Hoar, Linus Howe, Wilmot Mabee, James Nelson, Joseph Page, Thomas Ryckman and Chauncey Wilson. The men prepared their noon-day meal at the home of Carlos Caswell, where they left the oxen and proceeded to the home of James Nelson and Silas Caswell, where they loaded their wagon with household goods and provisions. The party separated at this time. Chauncey Wilson was driving the cattle behind the Wilmot Mabee wagon, and Thomas Ryckman was riding but later left the wagon to assist Wilson in driving the cattle, thereby saving his life. When the Mabee wagon drove into the Carlos Caswell yard, they were met with a volley of gun fire by the Indians who lay in ambush. None of the men was hit. Deck, Page, and Howe jumped from the wagon and fled toward the woods but were overtaken and killed. Wilmot Mabee, the driver, attempted escape by trying to drive his team through a pair of bars in the fenced enclosure. The team ran into a marsh and could go no farther. Mabee jumped from the wagon and fled toward the river but was shot in the back and killed. Ryckman and Wilson witnessed the tragedy but were unable to render assistance because their guns were left in the wagon. They were followed by the Indians as they fled toward the woods, which they reached in safety and the Indians abandoned the chase. They proceeded to Clearwater, which they reached safely. The other members of the party reached Forest City in safety. The following day a detail of men under Lt. Atkinson Visited the scene of the massacre and the bodies of Page, Deck and Howe were interred in the Manannah Cemetery (50 rods distant from the scene of the tragedy). Page was the only victim scalped. He was absolutely bald. Mabee's body was not recovered until the following spring. His parents refused to believe he had been killed. They said he was too capable to become the victim of Indians. Wilmot Mabee frequently asserted he could drive all the Indians out of Union Grove and Manannah with a pitch fork.
  Reference Number	18008
  Death	26 Aug 1862	Manannah, Meeker County, Minnesota   [8]
  Burial	Manannah Union Cemetery, Union Grove Township, Meeker County, Minnesota   [9, 10]
  	Willmot, son of: Charles & Harriet Maybee died ug. 26, 1862; Age: 27 Yrs 13 Das; at Manannah Massacre
  Person ID	I17918	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Charles Maybee,   b. 9 Aug 1803, Ontario, Canada d. 12 Jan 1892 (Age 88 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Harriet Smith,   b. 29 Jul 1812, Ontario, Canada d. 3 Sep 1894, Minnesota (Age 82 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Y  [11]
  Family ID	F1994	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S22] Steve Mabie, Steve Mabie, Mabie/Maybee/Mabee/Mabey Family Records; Url: http://maybeesociety.org/steve/steve.html, 1850 census. [S241] Barbara Miller, Emails from Barbara Millar; Compiler Address: millarbje@sympatico.ca, from http://www.dalbydata.com/user.php?action=cemsearch from tombstone. [S71] 1850 United States Census; Url: ancestry.com, Milwaukee Ward 3, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Roll: M432_1003; Page: 308; Image: 280. [S230] Minnesota Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905; Url: ancestry.com, Minnesota Territorial Census of 21 Sep 1857, Washington County, Stillwater Township. [S230] Minnesota Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905; Url: ancestry.com, Minnesota Territorial Census of 21 Sep 1857, Meeker County, Weston Township. [S91] 1860 United States Census; Url: ancestry.com, Manannah, Meeker, Minnesota; Roll M653_571; Page: 417; Image: 422; Family History Library Film: 803571. [S241] Barbara Miller, Emails from Barbara Millar; Compiler Address: millarbje@sympatico.ca, Wilmot Maybee's story is related on pages 17-19 of "Dakota Uprising Victims: Gravestones & Stories," published in 2007 by Curtis Dahlin. [S241] Barbara Miller, Emails from Barbara Millar; Compiler Address: millarbje@sympatico.ca. [S241] Barbara Miller, Emails from Barbara Millar; Compiler Address: millarbje@sympatico.ca, from http://www.dalbydata.com/user.php?action=cemsearch on tombstone. [S192] Information taken from the Internet by John MayBee #8, http://files.usgwarchives.net/mn/meeker/cemeteries/manannun.txt, Manannah Union Cemetery, Union Grove Township, Meeker Co., MN. [S8] Douglas Cameron Mabee, MS 177 - Douglas Cameron Mabee; Number: 177.