Elizabeth Lesh

1819 - 1894  (75 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Lesh  [1, 2]
  Birth	19 Sep 1819	Pennsylvania   [3]
  Gender	Female
  Census	19 Sep 1850	Bethlehem Township, Stark County, Ohio   [4]
  	David Mayer, 32, M, Farmer, $600, NJ Elisabeth Mayer, 31, F, PA Emaline Mayer, 3, F, OH Geo Mayer, 1, M, OH
  Anecdote	14 Dec 1856	Boliva, Ohio   [5]
  	letter David wrote to Jacob " Bolivar Dec the 14 A.D 1856 Respectfully Dear brother It is with great pleasure that I once more take up this presant opertunity to inform you that we are all well and do hope that these few lines may find you enjoying the same blessing I will inform you that I receoved your letter dated the 27 day of November on the 12 day of this month and was glad to hear that you were all well and felt glad to hear that you had such a good turn out of potatoes and turnips I should be glad if we had some of here for we could make use of them without any trouble I will inform you that I was out in Indiania this fall and have bought 80 acres of land for 1400 hundred dollars there is 28 acres cleared on it ther is a good hewed log barn on it and a good house and a well of good water 40 feet deep and a orchard of 40 apple trees that had 20 baskets on this last summer and 8 acres of wheat in the ground which I get along with the place the payments are as folows $1200 hundred down in the spring and the rest in one year wuth the interest at 6 per cent I think that if health will alow me to do so that I Shall be in my new home against the first of April I will further inform you that my land lays 21 miles south from fort wane and 4 miles north of Bluffton and one mile east of the plank Road I would say to you that I should be very glad to see you come and see me against next fall if you don't sooner when you come to see me you must come yo ft wane and then take the plank 23 miles then inquire for Jessie Bender then he can put you on the road to my house No more at the present but Still Remain your most affectionate brother until death David Maybee Answer this address an it will come to hand to Jacob Maybee and Margret Maybee I've got no letter from home yet since I rote to you last
  Census	6 Jul 1860	Bluffton, Lancaster Township, Wells County, Indiana   [6]
  	David Mabee, 42, M, Farmer, NJ, $1500, $500, illiterate Elizabeth Mabee, 41, F, PA, illiterate Emeline Mabee, 12, F, OH, attended school George W. Mabee, 10, F, OH, attended school Lydia A. Mabee, 8, F, OH Jacob Mabee, 6, F, OH Eliza J. Mabee, 2, F, IN
  Census	10 Jun 1870	Fox PO, Lancaster Township, Wells County, Indiana   [7]
  	Elizabeth Mabee, 50, F, W, Farmer, $2000, $350, PA George W. Mabee, 20, M, W, Laborer, OH Lydia A. Mabee, 16, F, W, OH, attended school Jacob Mabee, 14, M, W, Works on farm, OH, attended school Eliza J. Mabee, 11, F, W, IN, attended school
  Census	24 Jun 1880	Lancaster Township, Wells County, Indiana   [8]
  	William W. Brown, White, Male, 27, Head, Married, Farmer, born in Indiana, Father born in North Carolina, Mother born in North Carolina Lydia Brown, White, Female, 26, Wife, Married, Keeping House, born in Ohio, Father born in Ohio, Mother born in Pennsylvania Francis M. Brown, White, Male, 4, Son, Single, born in Indiana, Father born in Indiana, Mother born in Ohio Lillie V. Brown, White, Female, 2, Daughter, Single, born in Indiana, Father born in Indiana, Mother born in Ohio Elizabeth Mabee, White, Female, 60, Mother-in-Law, Widow, At Home, born in Pennsylvania, Father born in Pennsylvania, Mother born in Pennsylvania Eliza J. Mabee, White, Female, 20, Sister-in-Law, Single, At Home, born in Indiana, Father born in Ohio, Mother born in Pennsylvania George Carr, White, Male, 14, Nephew, Single, On Farm, born in Indiana, Father born in Ohio, Mother born in Ohio
  Reference Number	18928
  Death	16 Dec 1894	Wells County, Indiana   [9]
  Burial	Murray Cemetery, Murray, Wells County, Indiana   [3, 10]
  Person ID	I18828	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	David Maybee,   b. 8 Dec 1818, New Jersey d. 19 Mar 1864, Wells County, Indiana (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	Y  [1]
  Children	1. Emeline Maybee,   b. 18 Apr 1847, Ohio d. 19 Mar 1864, Wells County, Indiana (Age 16 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. George Washington Maybee,   b. Apr 1849, Ohio d. 16 Nov 1905, County Infirmary, Huntington County, Indiana (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. Lydia A. Maybee,   b. 27 Oct 1853, Ohio d. 15 May 1883, Wells County, Indiana (Age 29 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 4. Jacob Maybee,   b. 12 Feb 1856, Ohio d. 19 Jul 1934, Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Eliza Jane Maybee,   b. Dec 1858, Indiana d. 1928 (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4981	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S22] Steve Mabie, Steve Mabie, Mabie/Maybee/Mabee/Mabey Family Records; Url: http://maybeesociety.org/steve/steve.html, 1860 census. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011 of son Jacob. [S380] Find A Grave; Url: http://www.findagrave.com/, Find A Grave Memorial# 73150799. [S71] 1850 United States Census; Url: ancestry.com, Bethlehem, Stark, Ohio, Roll M432-731, Page 102B; Image: 213, Family 26. [S207] Letters to Jacob Maybee (1814-1882) from his brothers and sisters, in the possession of Ruth Sharpe rsharpe@fairfieldi.com. [S91] 1860 United States Census; Url: ancestry.com, Lancaster, Wells, Indiana; Roll M653_309; Page: 871; Image: 98; Family History Library Film: 803309. [S99] 1870 United States Census; Url: ancestry.com, Lancaster, Wells, Indiana; Roll M593_372; Page: 109B; Image: 222; Family History Library Film: 545871. [S52] 1880 United States Census; Url: ancestry.com, Lancaster, Wells, Indiana; Roll 323; Family History Film: 1254323; Page: 60A; Enumeration District: 142; Image: 0121. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920. [S19] Steve Mabie, Chronology of records for the Descendants of Caspar Pieterse Mebie; Url: http://maybeesociety.org/steve/caspar/caspar.htm, tombstone.