Sarah Ann Partee was a daughter of Rebecca (née Swinehart) and Enoch Partee, born in 1826 in Noble Township, Williams County, Ohio. The Partee family were among the first settlers of that township, which was ceded to Defiance County when it was created in 1845.
Sarah Partee and Andrew Skeen were married on 2 August 1846 in Defiance, Defiance County, and were enumerated in 1850 in the county's Washington Township with three daughters. (Enumerated next to them were Susannah and Buckley Skeen: Sarah's sister and Andrew's brother.) In 1860, Sarah and Andrew Skeen were enumerated in Arrowsmith Township, McLean County, Illinois, apparently having arrived recently: son John was reported to be 3 months old and born in Ohio.* The Skeen family moved to neighboring Cheney's Grove Township by 1865.
Andrew Skeen died in September 1870. Sarah Skeen remained in McLean County. There in Saybrook, Cheney's Grove Township, on 22 June 1882 she married widower John M. Stansbury.† The couple shared a grandson, Carl, born in 1875: the son of Sarah's daughter Harriet and John's eldest son William who had married in 1872.
Sarah Stansbury died in 1898 at the age of 71 in Saybrook. She was survived by three daughters and her second husband.
Notes
Enoch Partee was enumerated in 1830 in Defiance Twp., Williams Co., Ohio. Regarding the Partee family's early settlement in what is now Noble Twp., Defiance Co., Ohio, see chapter on Noble Township in: History of Defiance County, Ohio (Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1883), p. 335. Mentions: "Joseph, Enoch and James Partee, Sr."
• Noble Twp. borders Defiance Twp.
"Andrew Skeen and Sarah Partee
The State of Ohio Defiance County. On the 2nd day of
August one thousand eight hundred and forty six I sol-
emnized the Marriage of Andrew Skeen and Sarah Partee.
James Ward Pastor of the first Baptist Church in Defiance
Filed Augst 6th 1846 Chas. V Royce Dept Clerk"
("Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2QQP-FFQ : 26 August 2019), Andrew Skeen and Sarah Partee, 02 Aug 1846; citing Marriage, Defiance, Ohio, United States, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.)
1850 U.S. Census, Washington Twp., Defiance Co., Ohio; dwellings 840-841, families 840-841, lines 37-41 & 2-4, pp. 63-63B (printed), 14-15 Aug 1850.
37. Andrew Skein [head], 28, farming ($300), Ohio.
38. Sarah -----, 25, Ohio.
39. Minerva J. -----, 5, Ohio.
40. Caroline -----, 3, Ohio.
41. Nancy J. -----, 1, Ohio.
42. [omitted]
1. [omitted]
2. Burkly Skein [head], 22, farming ($300), Ohio.
3. Susannah -----, 21, Ohio.
4. Mary J. -----, 6/12, Ohio.
1860 U.S. Census, Arrowsmith, McLean Co., Illinois; dwelling 537, family 537, lines 26-31, p. 87 (written), 9 Aug 1860. (P.O.: Senex)
26. Andrew Skein, 33, farmer, (-0-; $700), Va.
27. Sarah -----, 32, Ohio.
28. Minewa -----, 14, Ohio.
29. Caroline -----, 12, Ohio.
30. Nancy J. -----, 5, Ohio. [Harriet? See note below.]
31. John ----- 3/12, Ohio.
There is a discrepancy in the census series between Skeen daughters Nancy J. and Harriet. A possible explanation is that the Nancy J. in the 1850 U.S. Census is not the same Nancy J. in the 1860 U.S. Census; that the Nancy J. in the 1850 U.S. Census had died before 1860; and that the Nancy J. in the 1860 census is an error for Harriet.
The Nancy J. age 1 in the 1850 census should have been about age 11 in the 1860 census—not age 5. (The ages of older sisters Minerva and Caroline advance appropriately from 1850 to 1860.). Harriet, age 15 in the 1880 census, should have been about age 5 in the 1870 census.
Harriet was reported in the 1900 census to be age 44, born in Nov 1855. According to her 1922 Indiana death certificate, she was born on 17 Nov 1854, daughter of ----- Skeen and ----- Partee.
1865 Illinois state census, Cheney's Grove Twp., McLean Co.; p. 183 (written), p. 186 (written), 3 Jul 1865.
[9.] Andrew Skeen.
• Three persons in household: male and female aged 40-50, and a female aged 10 and under (presumably daughter Harriet).
• Indicates son John no longer living.
• Household of Buckley Skeen in Arrowsmith Twp.
1870 U.S. Census, Cheney's Grove Twp., McLean Co., Illinois; dwelling 34, family 33, lines 16-18, p. 264 (printed), p. 5 (written), 2 Aug 1870. (P.O.: Saybrook)
16. Skien, Andrew, 51, farmer ($1,600; $980), Virginia.
17. ----- Sarah, 48, keeping house, Ohio.
18. ----- Harriett, 15, at home, Ohio.
• Sarah's parents, Enoch and Rebecca Partee, enumerated in Downs Twp., McLean Co.
1880 U.S. Census, E.D. 185, Saybrook, McLean Co., Illinois; dwelling 55, family 60, line 10, p. 626B (printed), p. 6 (written), 3 Jun 1880.
10. Skeen, Sarah, 55, widowed, keep house; self and parents born in Penn.
Marriage license: Sarah S. Porter Skeen & John M. Stansbury, 22 Jun 1882, McLean Co., Illinois. Vol. I, p. 183. (Illinois State Archives, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900.)
† Both the bride and groom were Saybrook residents. She was age 57, born in Ohio, daughter of Enoch and R. "Porter." He was age 56, a laborer born in Tenn., son of E. and Sarah Stansbury
"—The death of Mrs. Goodenough, of Arrowsmith, has caused the breaking up of the family circle. her mother, Mrs. Partee, going to Saybrook to make her home with Mrs. John M. Stansbury, May to Ohio, and Grace to Kansas City." ("Our County," The Weekly Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois, 23 Nov 1888, p. 5.)
• This item provides several pieces of information. It shows that Mrs. John M. Stansbury (née Sarah Ann Partee) resided in Saybrook, and that her mother Rebecca would be living with her. It also indicates the year and place of death of Sarah's younger sister Marian Goodenough (née Partee), who had married Irvin C. Goodenough in 1862 in Defiance Co., Ohio.
"Passed Away: Mrs. Stansbury Died Last Sunday Morning," The Saybrook Gazette, Saybrook, Illinois, 13 Apr 1898, p. 1.
* This obit. reports that the Skeen family arrived in McLean Co., Illinois, in 1857.
Death of Mrs. John M. Stansbury in: "Bloomington News," The Weekly Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois, 15 Apr 1898, p. 8.
• The same issue, page 7, reported that John M. Stansbury, "one of Saybrooks's oldest residents," was moving to Logansport, Indiana, to live with his son Eli.
Reviewed 20 October 2023.
Sarah Partee and Andrew Skeen were married on 2 August 1846 in Defiance, Defiance County, and were enumerated in 1850 in the county's Washington Township with three daughters. (Enumerated next to them were Susannah and Buckley Skeen: Sarah's sister and Andrew's brother.) In 1860, Sarah and Andrew Skeen were enumerated in Arrowsmith Township, McLean County, Illinois, apparently having arrived recently: son John was reported to be 3 months old and born in Ohio.* The Skeen family moved to neighboring Cheney's Grove Township by 1865.
Andrew Skeen died in September 1870. Sarah Skeen remained in McLean County. There in Saybrook, Cheney's Grove Township, on 22 June 1882 she married widower John M. Stansbury.† The couple shared a grandson, Carl, born in 1875: the son of Sarah's daughter Harriet and John's eldest son William who had married in 1872.
Sarah Stansbury died in 1898 at the age of 71 in Saybrook. She was survived by three daughters and her second husband.
Notes
Enoch Partee was enumerated in 1830 in Defiance Twp., Williams Co., Ohio. Regarding the Partee family's early settlement in what is now Noble Twp., Defiance Co., Ohio, see chapter on Noble Township in: History of Defiance County, Ohio (Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1883), p. 335. Mentions: "Joseph, Enoch and James Partee, Sr."
• Noble Twp. borders Defiance Twp.
"Andrew Skeen and Sarah Partee
The State of Ohio Defiance County. On the 2nd day of
August one thousand eight hundred and forty six I sol-
emnized the Marriage of Andrew Skeen and Sarah Partee.
James Ward Pastor of the first Baptist Church in Defiance
Filed Augst 6th 1846 Chas. V Royce Dept Clerk"
("Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2QQP-FFQ : 26 August 2019), Andrew Skeen and Sarah Partee, 02 Aug 1846; citing Marriage, Defiance, Ohio, United States, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.)
1850 U.S. Census, Washington Twp., Defiance Co., Ohio; dwellings 840-841, families 840-841, lines 37-41 & 2-4, pp. 63-63B (printed), 14-15 Aug 1850.
37. Andrew Skein [head], 28, farming ($300), Ohio.
38. Sarah -----, 25, Ohio.
39. Minerva J. -----, 5, Ohio.
40. Caroline -----, 3, Ohio.
41. Nancy J. -----, 1, Ohio.
42. [omitted]
1. [omitted]
2. Burkly Skein [head], 22, farming ($300), Ohio.
3. Susannah -----, 21, Ohio.
4. Mary J. -----, 6/12, Ohio.
1860 U.S. Census, Arrowsmith, McLean Co., Illinois; dwelling 537, family 537, lines 26-31, p. 87 (written), 9 Aug 1860. (P.O.: Senex)
26. Andrew Skein, 33, farmer, (-0-; $700), Va.
27. Sarah -----, 32, Ohio.
28. Minewa -----, 14, Ohio.
29. Caroline -----, 12, Ohio.
30. Nancy J. -----, 5, Ohio. [Harriet? See note below.]
31. John ----- 3/12, Ohio.
There is a discrepancy in the census series between Skeen daughters Nancy J. and Harriet. A possible explanation is that the Nancy J. in the 1850 U.S. Census is not the same Nancy J. in the 1860 U.S. Census; that the Nancy J. in the 1850 U.S. Census had died before 1860; and that the Nancy J. in the 1860 census is an error for Harriet.
The Nancy J. age 1 in the 1850 census should have been about age 11 in the 1860 census—not age 5. (The ages of older sisters Minerva and Caroline advance appropriately from 1850 to 1860.). Harriet, age 15 in the 1880 census, should have been about age 5 in the 1870 census.
Harriet was reported in the 1900 census to be age 44, born in Nov 1855. According to her 1922 Indiana death certificate, she was born on 17 Nov 1854, daughter of ----- Skeen and ----- Partee.
1865 Illinois state census, Cheney's Grove Twp., McLean Co.; p. 183 (written), p. 186 (written), 3 Jul 1865.
[9.] Andrew Skeen.
• Three persons in household: male and female aged 40-50, and a female aged 10 and under (presumably daughter Harriet).
• Indicates son John no longer living.
• Household of Buckley Skeen in Arrowsmith Twp.
1870 U.S. Census, Cheney's Grove Twp., McLean Co., Illinois; dwelling 34, family 33, lines 16-18, p. 264 (printed), p. 5 (written), 2 Aug 1870. (P.O.: Saybrook)
16. Skien, Andrew, 51, farmer ($1,600; $980), Virginia.
17. ----- Sarah, 48, keeping house, Ohio.
18. ----- Harriett, 15, at home, Ohio.
• Sarah's parents, Enoch and Rebecca Partee, enumerated in Downs Twp., McLean Co.
1880 U.S. Census, E.D. 185, Saybrook, McLean Co., Illinois; dwelling 55, family 60, line 10, p. 626B (printed), p. 6 (written), 3 Jun 1880.
10. Skeen, Sarah, 55, widowed, keep house; self and parents born in Penn.
Marriage license: Sarah S. Porter Skeen & John M. Stansbury, 22 Jun 1882, McLean Co., Illinois. Vol. I, p. 183. (Illinois State Archives, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900.)
† Both the bride and groom were Saybrook residents. She was age 57, born in Ohio, daughter of Enoch and R. "Porter." He was age 56, a laborer born in Tenn., son of E. and Sarah Stansbury
"—The death of Mrs. Goodenough, of Arrowsmith, has caused the breaking up of the family circle. her mother, Mrs. Partee, going to Saybrook to make her home with Mrs. John M. Stansbury, May to Ohio, and Grace to Kansas City." ("Our County," The Weekly Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois, 23 Nov 1888, p. 5.)
• This item provides several pieces of information. It shows that Mrs. John M. Stansbury (née Sarah Ann Partee) resided in Saybrook, and that her mother Rebecca would be living with her. It also indicates the year and place of death of Sarah's younger sister Marian Goodenough (née Partee), who had married Irvin C. Goodenough in 1862 in Defiance Co., Ohio.
"Passed Away: Mrs. Stansbury Died Last Sunday Morning," The Saybrook Gazette, Saybrook, Illinois, 13 Apr 1898, p. 1.
* This obit. reports that the Skeen family arrived in McLean Co., Illinois, in 1857.
Death of Mrs. John M. Stansbury in: "Bloomington News," The Weekly Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois, 15 Apr 1898, p. 8.
• The same issue, page 7, reported that John M. Stansbury, "one of Saybrooks's oldest residents," was moving to Logansport, Indiana, to live with his son Eli.
Reviewed 20 October 2023.
Sarah Ann Partee was a daughter of Rebecca (née Swinehart) and Enoch Partee, born in 1826 in Noble Township, Williams County, Ohio. The Partee family were among the first settlers of that township, which was ceded to Defiance County when it was created in 1845.
Sarah Partee and Andrew Skeen were married on 2 August 1846 in Defiance, Defiance County, and were enumerated in 1850 in the county's Washington Township with three daughters. (Enumerated next to them were Susannah and Buckley Skeen: Sarah's sister and Andrew's brother.) In 1860, Sarah and Andrew Skeen were enumerated in Arrowsmith Township, McLean County, Illinois, apparently having arrived recently: son John was reported to be 3 months old and born in Ohio.* The Skeen family moved to neighboring Cheney's Grove Township by 1865.
Andrew Skeen died in September 1870. Sarah Skeen remained in McLean County. There in Saybrook, Cheney's Grove Township, on 22 June 1882 she married widower John M. Stansbury.† The couple shared a grandson, Carl, born in 1875: the son of Sarah's daughter Harriet and John's eldest son William who had married in 1872.
Sarah Stansbury died in 1898 at the age of 71 in Saybrook. She was survived by three daughters and her second husband.
Notes
Enoch Partee was enumerated in 1830 in Defiance Twp., Williams Co., Ohio. Regarding the Partee family's early settlement in what is now Noble Twp., Defiance Co., Ohio, see chapter on Noble Township in: History of Defiance County, Ohio (Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1883), p. 335. Mentions: "Joseph, Enoch and James Partee, Sr."
• Noble Twp. borders Defiance Twp.
"Andrew Skeen and Sarah Partee
The State of Ohio Defiance County. On the 2nd day of
August one thousand eight hundred and forty six I sol-
emnized the Marriage of Andrew Skeen and Sarah Partee.
James Ward Pastor of the first Baptist Church in Defiance
Filed Augst 6th 1846 Chas. V Royce Dept Clerk"
("Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2QQP-FFQ : 26 August 2019), Andrew Skeen and Sarah Partee, 02 Aug 1846; citing Marriage, Defiance, Ohio, United States, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.)
1850 U.S. Census, Washington Twp., Defiance Co., Ohio; dwellings 840-841, families 840-841, lines 37-41 & 2-4, pp. 63-63B (printed), 14-15 Aug 1850.
37. Andrew Skein [head], 28, farming ($300), Ohio.
38. Sarah -----, 25, Ohio.
39. Minerva J. -----, 5, Ohio.
40. Caroline -----, 3, Ohio.
41. Nancy J. -----, 1, Ohio.
42. [omitted]
1. [omitted]
2. Burkly Skein [head], 22, farming ($300), Ohio.
3. Susannah -----, 21, Ohio.
4. Mary J. -----, 6/12, Ohio.
1860 U.S. Census, Arrowsmith, McLean Co., Illinois; dwelling 537, family 537, lines 26-31, p. 87 (written), 9 Aug 1860. (P.O.: Senex)
26. Andrew Skein, 33, farmer, (-0-; $700), Va.
27. Sarah -----, 32, Ohio.
28. Minewa -----, 14, Ohio.
29. Caroline -----, 12, Ohio.
30. Nancy J. -----, 5, Ohio. [Harriet? See note below.]
31. John ----- 3/12, Ohio.
There is a discrepancy in the census series between Skeen daughters Nancy J. and Harriet. A possible explanation is that the Nancy J. in the 1850 U.S. Census is not the same Nancy J. in the 1860 U.S. Census; that the Nancy J. in the 1850 U.S. Census had died before 1860; and that the Nancy J. in the 1860 census is an error for Harriet.
The Nancy J. age 1 in the 1850 census should have been about age 11 in the 1860 census—not age 5. (The ages of older sisters Minerva and Caroline advance appropriately from 1850 to 1860.). Harriet, age 15 in the 1880 census, should have been about age 5 in the 1870 census.
Harriet was reported in the 1900 census to be age 44, born in Nov 1855. According to her 1922 Indiana death certificate, she was born on 17 Nov 1854, daughter of ----- Skeen and ----- Partee.
1865 Illinois state census, Cheney's Grove Twp., McLean Co.; p. 183 (written), p. 186 (written), 3 Jul 1865.
[9.] Andrew Skeen.
• Three persons in household: male and female aged 40-50, and a female aged 10 and under (presumably daughter Harriet).
• Indicates son John no longer living.
• Household of Buckley Skeen in Arrowsmith Twp.
1870 U.S. Census, Cheney's Grove Twp., McLean Co., Illinois; dwelling 34, family 33, lines 16-18, p. 264 (printed), p. 5 (written), 2 Aug 1870. (P.O.: Saybrook)
16. Skien, Andrew, 51, farmer ($1,600; $980), Virginia.
17. ----- Sarah, 48, keeping house, Ohio.
18. ----- Harriett, 15, at home, Ohio.
• Sarah's parents, Enoch and Rebecca Partee, enumerated in Downs Twp., McLean Co.
1880 U.S. Census, E.D. 185, Saybrook, McLean Co., Illinois; dwelling 55, family 60, line 10, p. 626B (printed), p. 6 (written), 3 Jun 1880.
10. Skeen, Sarah, 55, widowed, keep house; self and parents born in Penn.
Marriage license: Sarah S. Porter Skeen & John M. Stansbury, 22 Jun 1882, McLean Co., Illinois. Vol. I, p. 183. (Illinois State Archives, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900.)
† Both the bride and groom were Saybrook residents. She was age 57, born in Ohio, daughter of Enoch and R. "Porter." He was age 56, a laborer born in Tenn., son of E. and Sarah Stansbury
"—The death of Mrs. Goodenough, of Arrowsmith, has caused the breaking up of the family circle. her mother, Mrs. Partee, going to Saybrook to make her home with Mrs. John M. Stansbury, May to Ohio, and Grace to Kansas City." ("Our County," The Weekly Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois, 23 Nov 1888, p. 5.)
• This item provides several pieces of information. It shows that Mrs. John M. Stansbury (née Sarah Ann Partee) resided in Saybrook, and that her mother Rebecca would be living with her. It also indicates the year and place of death of Sarah's younger sister Marian Goodenough (née Partee), who had married Irvin C. Goodenough in 1862 in Defiance Co., Ohio.
"Passed Away: Mrs. Stansbury Died Last Sunday Morning," The Saybrook Gazette, Saybrook, Illinois, 13 Apr 1898, p. 1.
* This obit. reports that the Skeen family arrived in McLean Co., Illinois, in 1857.
Death of Mrs. John M. Stansbury in: "Bloomington News," The Weekly Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois, 15 Apr 1898, p. 8.
• The same issue, page 7, reported that John M. Stansbury, "one of Saybrooks's oldest residents," was moving to Logansport, Indiana, to live with his son Eli.
Reviewed 20 October 2023.
Sarah Partee and Andrew Skeen were married on 2 August 1846 in Defiance, Defiance County, and were enumerated in 1850 in the county's Washington Township with three daughters. (Enumerated next to them were Susannah and Buckley Skeen: Sarah's sister and Andrew's brother.) In 1860, Sarah and Andrew Skeen were enumerated in Arrowsmith Township, McLean County, Illinois, apparently having arrived recently: son John was reported to be 3 months old and born in Ohio.* The Skeen family moved to neighboring Cheney's Grove Township by 1865.
Andrew Skeen died in September 1870. Sarah Skeen remained in McLean County. There in Saybrook, Cheney's Grove Township, on 22 June 1882 she married widower John M. Stansbury.† The couple shared a grandson, Carl, born in 1875: the son of Sarah's daughter Harriet and John's eldest son William who had married in 1872.
Sarah Stansbury died in 1898 at the age of 71 in Saybrook. She was survived by three daughters and her second husband.
Notes
Enoch Partee was enumerated in 1830 in Defiance Twp., Williams Co., Ohio. Regarding the Partee family's early settlement in what is now Noble Twp., Defiance Co., Ohio, see chapter on Noble Township in: History of Defiance County, Ohio (Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1883), p. 335. Mentions: "Joseph, Enoch and James Partee, Sr."
• Noble Twp. borders Defiance Twp.
"Andrew Skeen and Sarah Partee
The State of Ohio Defiance County. On the 2nd day of
August one thousand eight hundred and forty six I sol-
emnized the Marriage of Andrew Skeen and Sarah Partee.
James Ward Pastor of the first Baptist Church in Defiance
Filed Augst 6th 1846 Chas. V Royce Dept Clerk"
("Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2QQP-FFQ : 26 August 2019), Andrew Skeen and Sarah Partee, 02 Aug 1846; citing Marriage, Defiance, Ohio, United States, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.)
1850 U.S. Census, Washington Twp., Defiance Co., Ohio; dwellings 840-841, families 840-841, lines 37-41 & 2-4, pp. 63-63B (printed), 14-15 Aug 1850.
37. Andrew Skein [head], 28, farming ($300), Ohio.
38. Sarah -----, 25, Ohio.
39. Minerva J. -----, 5, Ohio.
40. Caroline -----, 3, Ohio.
41. Nancy J. -----, 1, Ohio.
42. [omitted]
1. [omitted]
2. Burkly Skein [head], 22, farming ($300), Ohio.
3. Susannah -----, 21, Ohio.
4. Mary J. -----, 6/12, Ohio.
1860 U.S. Census, Arrowsmith, McLean Co., Illinois; dwelling 537, family 537, lines 26-31, p. 87 (written), 9 Aug 1860. (P.O.: Senex)
26. Andrew Skein, 33, farmer, (-0-; $700), Va.
27. Sarah -----, 32, Ohio.
28. Minewa -----, 14, Ohio.
29. Caroline -----, 12, Ohio.
30. Nancy J. -----, 5, Ohio. [Harriet? See note below.]
31. John ----- 3/12, Ohio.
There is a discrepancy in the census series between Skeen daughters Nancy J. and Harriet. A possible explanation is that the Nancy J. in the 1850 U.S. Census is not the same Nancy J. in the 1860 U.S. Census; that the Nancy J. in the 1850 U.S. Census had died before 1860; and that the Nancy J. in the 1860 census is an error for Harriet.
The Nancy J. age 1 in the 1850 census should have been about age 11 in the 1860 census—not age 5. (The ages of older sisters Minerva and Caroline advance appropriately from 1850 to 1860.). Harriet, age 15 in the 1880 census, should have been about age 5 in the 1870 census.
Harriet was reported in the 1900 census to be age 44, born in Nov 1855. According to her 1922 Indiana death certificate, she was born on 17 Nov 1854, daughter of ----- Skeen and ----- Partee.
1865 Illinois state census, Cheney's Grove Twp., McLean Co.; p. 183 (written), p. 186 (written), 3 Jul 1865.
[9.] Andrew Skeen.
• Three persons in household: male and female aged 40-50, and a female aged 10 and under (presumably daughter Harriet).
• Indicates son John no longer living.
• Household of Buckley Skeen in Arrowsmith Twp.
1870 U.S. Census, Cheney's Grove Twp., McLean Co., Illinois; dwelling 34, family 33, lines 16-18, p. 264 (printed), p. 5 (written), 2 Aug 1870. (P.O.: Saybrook)
16. Skien, Andrew, 51, farmer ($1,600; $980), Virginia.
17. ----- Sarah, 48, keeping house, Ohio.
18. ----- Harriett, 15, at home, Ohio.
• Sarah's parents, Enoch and Rebecca Partee, enumerated in Downs Twp., McLean Co.
1880 U.S. Census, E.D. 185, Saybrook, McLean Co., Illinois; dwelling 55, family 60, line 10, p. 626B (printed), p. 6 (written), 3 Jun 1880.
10. Skeen, Sarah, 55, widowed, keep house; self and parents born in Penn.
Marriage license: Sarah S. Porter Skeen & John M. Stansbury, 22 Jun 1882, McLean Co., Illinois. Vol. I, p. 183. (Illinois State Archives, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900.)
† Both the bride and groom were Saybrook residents. She was age 57, born in Ohio, daughter of Enoch and R. "Porter." He was age 56, a laborer born in Tenn., son of E. and Sarah Stansbury
"—The death of Mrs. Goodenough, of Arrowsmith, has caused the breaking up of the family circle. her mother, Mrs. Partee, going to Saybrook to make her home with Mrs. John M. Stansbury, May to Ohio, and Grace to Kansas City." ("Our County," The Weekly Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois, 23 Nov 1888, p. 5.)
• This item provides several pieces of information. It shows that Mrs. John M. Stansbury (née Sarah Ann Partee) resided in Saybrook, and that her mother Rebecca would be living with her. It also indicates the year and place of death of Sarah's younger sister Marian Goodenough (née Partee), who had married Irvin C. Goodenough in 1862 in Defiance Co., Ohio.
"Passed Away: Mrs. Stansbury Died Last Sunday Morning," The Saybrook Gazette, Saybrook, Illinois, 13 Apr 1898, p. 1.
* This obit. reports that the Skeen family arrived in McLean Co., Illinois, in 1857.
Death of Mrs. John M. Stansbury in: "Bloomington News," The Weekly Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois, 15 Apr 1898, p. 8.
• The same issue, page 7, reported that John M. Stansbury, "one of Saybrooks's oldest residents," was moving to Logansport, Indiana, to live with his son Eli.
Reviewed 20 October 2023.
Inscription
MRS
SARAH
SKEEN
Wife of
J. M.
STANSBURY
BORN
NOV. 10, 1826
DIED
APR. 10, 1898
Family Members
Siblings
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