Caroline Roberts
William L | Unknown | Caroline | James
Caroline's Children:
Louiza | Henry | James
1. William Livingston b. ~1829 in Livingston County, Kentucky. probably.
Practically nothing known about him
Presumably with Obadiah in 1830 census
1830 Kentucky Livingston Salem 005
Jacob Eisen 00112211 0012001
Obediah Roberts 02001 00001
the young males are supposed to be in the 5-10 age group, but William L was younger, we think. (And since Obadiah and Louiza only married in 1827 . . .)
Presumably with Obadiah in the 1840 census
1840 - Illinois Marshall Lynn Pct, p. 196
Obediah Roberts 0010001 110001
1f under 5 b. 1835-40 Caroline 1838
1f 5-10 b. 1830-35 Unk f.
1m 10-15 b. 1825-30 William Livingston 1829
1f 30-40 b. 1800-1810 Louisa Eisen
1m 40-50 b. 1790-1800 Obediah b. ~1800
With Uncle Livingston in 1850 (listed as Livingston himself)
1850 - Marshall Co, Ill - no twp listed
Livingston Roberts 38 farmer $10,000 KY
Margaret 36 wife OH
Thomas 17 m farmer/ Alonzo 15 m/ Mellissa 13 f/ Jesse 11 m/John 9 m
Zelphia 6 f / George 5 m/ Elizabeth 3 f
Livingston 21 m KY
Catherine 12 f IL
James 11 m IL
Levi Bissell 21 farmer PA
Susan Myres 22 OH / Frank Myres 2 IL
Presumably in Missouri sometime between 1850-60. (Land owned by him - in what appears to be Dade County - was left to brother and sister.)
Mary Matthews found a possible child of William's: James Arthur Ong, born 1 June 1851, son of Lucretia Croft and (supposedly) William L Roberts. The child was adopted by Lucretia's (second?) husband. He may have been illegitimate, and may have been the reason William left the county??? Croft/Ong researchers claim that young James Arthur was the son of William, grandson of Livingston - but Livingston's son William was not born until 1848, so if William Roberts was the father, it must have been our William. And you would think that William would have left his property to his son, not his siblings, if he knew he had a son??? Oddly enough, young William Roberts (son of Livingston) lived next door to Lucretia's father James Croft in 1870.
Died before Nov. 1860.
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2. Unknown male b. 1820-25
Nothing known about him. He is on the 1830 census and then silence.
3. Unknown female b. 1830-35
Nothing known about her. She is on the 1840 census and then silence. She could be the unknown male - since they almost certainly made a mistake on the date, they may have made a mistake on the sex as well.
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4. Caroline Margaret 1838-1886
1838 Nov 17 - born - Marshall County, Illinois
1840 census - with Obadiah in Marshall County
1850 census - with Livingston in Marshall County (listed as Catherine)
Caroline Roberts
~1853 Uncle Jesse moved to Iowa - Caroline went along with him.
1856 Oct 5 - married Lorenzo Dow Wellman in Oran, Fayette County, Iowa
Lorenzo Wellman
Children: Louiza Agnes b. 25 Aug 1857 - d ~1879
m. William A Hamlin
- 2 children Willie A ~1874, Stella A ~1878
Henry Ward Beecher b. 17 May 1859 (1860)- d 1945
m Helen A Whitmore -
- 4 children Unknown 1896, Henry 1897, Lorenzo 1899, Charles 1903
James Chester b. 19 Sept 1866 - d 1933
1860 Iowa Fayette Oran Twp (Fairbanks) p. 300 (written 301) - 26 July - line 4 2330-3044
L.D. Wellman 24m farmer 1500 800 Oh
Caroline wife 33 Oh
Ageness 3 f Iowa
Henry 2/12 Iowa
1870 Iowa Fayette Oran (p. 12) - l 24 69-70
Willman Lorenzo 34 mw farmer 6000 1325 Il
Caroline 33 Il
Agnes 12 Ia
Henry 10 Ia
James 3 Ia
1879 Dec 1 - moved to Nebraska - Knox County - northern tier of counties, bordered by Missouri R.
1880 Nebraska Knox Verdigris
Lorenzo D Wellman mw44 Oh - - - - farmer
Caroline M wife fw 43 Il Ky Ky keeping house
Henry W son mw20 Iowa at home
James C son 14 Iowa at home
Willie A Hamlin mw4 Ia
Stella A Hamlin fw2 Ia
1886 Nov 4 - died - buried on the homestead. (Maxine has 11 Nov)
Lorenzo remarried in 1889 - Elizabeth J. Haunschild - they had a daughter Elizabeth in ~1890. I haven’t found him on the 1900 census, but he was still alive in 1910:
1910 Nebraska Knox Niobara Twp - 178a - SD3, ED123? Sheet 7a stamp 187
Wellman, Lorenzo head mw74 m2 21 Ind Ind Oh
Elizabeth J wife 53 m2 21 3ch/3liv Iowa Germ Pa
Elizabeth J daughter 20 Neb Ind Ia
1916 March 28 - Lorenzo died.
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Her children:
Louiza died about 1879 and her children were with Caroline in 1880.
From Mary Matthews (Wellman Family Site - 16 Oct 2004):
I unearthed my earliest research on Wellmans and found a note from my father about Louisa Agnes Wellman Hamlin: He wrote: "Her husband deserted her early in their marriage and they said she died of a broken heart. Hamlin remarried after her death and lived in Nebraska for a while and then moved to Astoria, Oregon. Their son Willie was killed in a railroad accident when still fairly young and is buried at Crawford, Nebraska." Looks as if the word "after" was added above "their son Willie...", so it might be that Hamlin and his second wife lived in that part of Nebraska before moving to Oregon
Henry married Helen A Whitmore
1900 Nebraska Knox Walnut Grove p. 176 SD3, ED117, Sheet 3
Wellman, Henry W head wm May 1860 40 Iowa Oh Il farmer
Helen A wife Mar 1863 37 Vt Vt Vt
Lorenzo S July 1897 3 Neb Ia Vt
Henry W July 1899 Neb Ia Vt
1920 Nebraska Knox Walnut Grove SD3, ED133, Sheet 3A (indexed as Willman) line 37, fm 43
Wellman, Henry W head of mw 59 (58?) m Ia Oh Il farmer gen farm
Hellen A wife 55 Vt Vt Vt
Lorenzo S son 22 / Henrietta A dau 18 / William A son 16
That is the last I’ve found of him, although I found his sons later on. According to Maxine, he lived until 1945, so he should be around!
Henry jr
1930 Nebraska Niobara Walnut Grove ED54-37, SD2, Sheet 6b - Apr 14 -l.62
118-118 Wellman, Henry W jr mw30 m27 Neb Ia Vt farmer general farm no vet
Jessie 25 m22 Neb Ia Ia
Albert (Ford?) 1 6/12 Neb Neb Neb
Lorenzo
1930 Nebraska Lancaster Lincoln wd 8 - ED55-35, SD8, Sheet 13b - l.32
649 something Wellman, Lorenzo S r 22.50 mw32m26 no yes Neb Ia Vt truck driver - city street
Leona F 29 m24 all Neb
Helen E 3 1/12 all Neb
Smith, Charles lodger 24 all Neb mechanic auto
James never married as far as I can tell.
1900 Nebraska Knox Walnut Grove p. 174 (SD3, ED117, Sheet 1a)
Sexton, Perry head wm Oct 1850 / Nannie Apr 1854 / Emory son Apr 1876 24s
Wellman, James C head (crossed out) wm Sept 1866 33 s Ia Oh Il farm laborer
1910 South Dakota, Fall River, Oelrichs Pct p.109b - 25 May - SD2, ED21 Sheet 15b
Wellman, James C head mw43s Ia Oh Il farmer general farm
1920 South Dakota, Fall River, Oelrichs SD3 ED54 Sheet 2A line 15
Wellman, James C head o mw 53s Ia Oh Il laborer day
1930 South Dakota Fall River Limestone Dist 19 - l. 26
Wellman, James C head yes mw 63s Ia Oh Il farmer farm
5. James M - our next ancestor, discussed in the next section.
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