Samuel Addison Mapes1,2,3

M, b. 11 September 1809, d. 17 October 1877
Samuel Addison Mapes
     Samuel Addison was born on Monday, 11 September 1809 in the Town of Wallkill, Orange County, New York. He was the son of Nathaniel Mapes and Elizabeth Miller. Samuel married Mary Jane King, daughter of John King and Catherine Dubois, on 1 January 1831 in New York. The 1840 U.S. Federal Census enumerates at the Town of Wallkill, Orange County, New York, the family of Samuel A. Mapes [120001:000001].4 1850, Samuel and his wife, Mary, were listed on the U.S. Federal Census. Enumerated in this household were Samuel A. Mapes [41 New York], his wife: Mary J. [37 New York], children: Horace [19 New York], John E. [16 New York], & Charles D. [12 New York]. Samuel came to Michigan with his family on the 15th of March 1854, first settling in Washtenaw County. He later removed to the town of Iosco in Livingston County. He purchased property in Sections 6, 8, & 28 of Iosco - the last purchased in 1852. 20 June 1860, Samuel and his wife, Mary, were listed on the U.S. Federal Census in Iosco Township, Livingston County, Michigan. Enumerated in this household were Samuel A. Mapes [50 New York], his wife, Mary Jane [47 New York], son, Charles D. [21 New York], Mary E. Bishop [23 New York], & farm laborer, Patrick Sedward [30]. His real estate was valued at $3,000 and his personal property at $1,000. [Sheet 57, line 39]5

25 August 1870, Samuel and his wife, Mary were listed on the U.S. Federal Census living in the home of their son at Iosco Township, Livingston County, Michigan. Enumerated in this household were Horace Mapes [38 New York], his wife: Mary J. [35 Michigan], children: Willie H. [15 Michigan], Alice J. [14 Michigan], farm laborer: George Hudson [24 England], father: Samuel Mapes [60 New York], mother: Mary J. [57 New York], grandmotheHor: Catherine Greenleaf [79 New York][retired].6 He made his will 3 February 1877 at Iosco Township, Livingston County, Michigan. He leaves to sons: John E., Charles D. & Horace Mapes. Samuel died on Wednesday, 17 October 1877 in Iosco Township, Livingston County, Michigan, of quick consumption.7 He was buried in Unadilla Township, Livingston County, Michigan, in the Plainfield Village Cemetery.8,9

Children of Samuel Addison Mapes and Mary Jane King

Citations

  1. [S40] Milton Charboneau Milton Charboneau, First Landowners, Livingston County, Michigan : from U.S. tract records.
  2. [S76] Frank Mapes Ham, Mapes Family of America, page 181 - SAMUEL ADDISON MAPES was born Sept. 11, 1809 and died Oct. 17, 1877. On Jan. 1, 1831 he married Mary Jane King who was born Feb. 4, 1813 and died July 29, 1898. They moved to, and lived in, Michigan where they died Their children were: i. Horace b. Nov. 9, 1831, ii. John Emmett b. Feb. 10, 1834, iii. Charles Dubois b. Dec. 6, 1838.
  3. [S419] Milton E. Charboneau, Early Land Owners and Settlers of Livingston County, Michigan 1828 to 1870's, page 479 - Samuel A. Mapes.
  4. [S673] 1840 United States Federal Census: Orange County, New Jersey - transcribed by Larry & Kathy McCurdy.
  5. [S675] 1860 United States Federal Census: Livingston County, Michigan - transcribed by Larry & Kathy McCurdy.
  6. [S676] 1870 United States Federal Census: Livingston County, Michigan - Sheet 13, line 7 - transcribed by Larry & Kathy McCurdy.
  7. [S396] Death Record: State of Michigan Death Records: Page 139, record no. 4 - Samuel Addison Mapes d. 17 October 1877 Iosco, Livingston County, Michigan, age 68.1.6 years, cause: quick consumption, b. New York, farmer - (transcribed by Larry & Kathy McCurdy).
  8. [S158] Gladis Moore Reeves & Raynor Reeves, Livingston County Tombstone Inscriptions, Plainfield Cemetery: Samuel A. Mapes d. 14 Oct. 1877 age 68.1.6 years in Section 5.
  9. [S407] Tombstone Inscription: Plainfield Cemetery: "In Memory of Samuel A. Mapes died Oct. 18, 1877 aged 68 yrs. 1 mo. 6 ds." [transcribed 16 August 2004 by Larry & Kathy McCurdy]