| Name |
Abram Maybee [1] |
| Birth |
6 Jun 1835 |
Medina County, Ohio  [1, 2, 3] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
1840 |
Franklin Township, Medina County, Ohio [4] |
- Solomon Maybee, one man and one woman 30-39, two boys and one girl 10-14, two boys 5-9, and one girl under 5
|
| Census |
15 Jul 1850 |
Raisinville Township, Monroe County, Michigan [5] |
- Solomon Maybee, 45, M, Farmer, NY, $800
Charlotte Maybee, 46, F, NY
Morgan Maybee, 18, M, Laborer, Canada, attended school
Abram Maybee, 14, M, OH, attended school
Esther Maybee, 12, F, OH, attended school
Marilla Maybee, 9, F, OH, attended school
|
| Census |
7 Jul 1860 |
Exeter Township, Monroe County, Michigan [6, 7] |
- Charlotte Maybe, 56, F, Charge of Farm, NY, $1900, $1000
Abram Maybe, 24, F, OH
Hester Maybe, 22, F, OH
Marilla Maybe, 19, F, OH
|
| Adopted |
1865 [8] |
- His mother died when he was two and a half and he lived after that with the Maybees
|
| Census |
8 Jul 1870 |
Monroe PO, Exeter Township, Monroe County, Michigan [9] |
- Abram Maybee, 35, M, W, Farmer, $8000, $2000, OH
Mary Maybee, 27, F, W, Keeping House, NY
Lizzie Maybee, 2, F, W, MI
Seward Maybee, 9, M, W, MI, attended school
John Whipple, 31, M, W, Clerk in Store, MI
Ferdinand Hoffner, 20, M, W, Farm Laborer, MI
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| Anecdote |
Abt 1872 |
Maybee, Monroe County, Michigan [2, 10] |
- Maybee was named for Abram Maybee, who, along with Joseph Klotz, surveyed, platted, and sold the land that became the village between 1873 and 1875. The village was incorporated in 1899. Spurred on by the railroad, the village grew to include a grain elevator, grist mill, stone quarry, sand pit, hotel, three churches, two schools, and several small factories and stores.[9] It is primarily an agricultural community. The grain elevator and quarry are still operating, along with several small businesses and restaurants.
From online Wikipedia, October 3, 2017
The exact date is not known, but at least by 1850, the village of Maybee was a settlement in the township of Exeter. At that time, the Maybee settlement as it was called had one saw mill and one general store. Maybee was named after a gentlemen known as Abram Maybee. He was born in Medina, Ohio on June 6, 1835. His parents were Solomom Maybee and Charlotte (Doolittle) Maybee.
According to documentation the young boy known as Abram, came to Michigan with his parents in 1842.
Abram received 60 acres of his father's land "situated in Exeter" willed to him from his father. His father "Solomon died March 26, 1860". This land was later platted for the village of Maybee.
At the age of 30, Abram Maybee married Mary C. Moses on December 29, 1864. There were four children born to them. Three girls and a son. They also adopted another son.
At the age of thirty-nine years Abram Maybee and Joseph Klotz decided in 1873 to have the lands that they owned surveyed for a village. The Canada Southern Railway at this time was also being built through Maybee.
Abram and Joseph soon dealt in the business of selling village lots. They also owned a saw mill together according to the 1876 Atlas of Monroe County.
On January 6th and 7th, 1873, Delos F Wilcox surveyed the lands belonging to these two men. The land platted is part of Private Claims 352,495 and 274.
After this was done, Abram Maybee and Joseph Kloz, both dealt in the business of selling village lots. According to the 1876 Atlas of Monroe County, Abram and Joseph also owned a sawmill together.
According to the death notice of Abram, it was read that he built all of the first houses and a hotel.
In 1890 Abram Maybee retired, he was 56 years old. On Wednesday the 18th of May 1892 he died.
There were four children born to Abram and his wife. Adella, Elizabeth, George and Marilla. Abram Maybee and his wife also raised an adopted son named Seward.
From the book " Maybee Michigan, History of the Village"; by Jean C. Holtz Siebarth, © 1998
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| Occupation |
24 Aug 1877 |
Maybee, Monroe County, Michigan [11] |
| appointed postmaster |
| Census |
1 Jun 1880 |
Maybee Village, Exeter Township, Monroe County, Michigan [12] |
- Abram Maybee, White, Male, 46, Head, Married, Farmer, born in Ohio, Father born in New York, Mother born in New York
Maria Maybee, White, Female, 36, Wife, Married, Keeping House, born in New York, Father born in New York, Mother born in New York
Lizzie Maybee, White, Female, 12, Daughter, Single, At School, born in Michigan, Father born in Ohio, Mother born in New York
Marilla Maybee, White, Female, 9, Daughter, Single, At School, born in Michigan, Father born in Ohio, Mother born in New York
George Maybee, White, Male, 5, Son, Single, born in Michigan, Father born in Ohio, Mother born in New York
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| Anecdote |
Maybee, Monroe County, Michigan [13] |
- Abram is the founder of Maybee, Monroe County, Michigan
Maybee, Michigan is located in Exeter Township in northern Monroe County, about 12 miles northwest of Monroe. It is primarily a small agricultural town, about a square mile in size. Maybee was named after Abram Maybee. He built a grist and saw mill here in the early 1870's. The area grew because of the large amount of timber found in the area, which developers saw as potential for making into charcoal. Several kilns were built originally, with the town eventually springing up around them. In 1873, the Canadian Southern Railroad came through here and built a station, which helped stabilize the surrounding economy. It was eventually incorporated as a village in 1899.
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| Reference Number |
5176 |
| Death |
18 May 1892 |
Monroe County, Michigan [3] |
| Burial |
McIntyre Cemetery, Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan [14] |
| Person ID |
I5149 |
Maybee Society |
| Last Modified |
7 Apr 2024 |
1835 - 1892 (56 years)
