Son of John William Gunby and Margaret Best Oliver, William Jacob Gunby married Elizabeth Catharina "Elisa" Wilkening on 28 Feb 1879 at Big Spring, MO. William's brother, David R. Gunby, married Martha Susan Wilkening, the sister of Elisa Wilkening, 5 February 1880. A third brother, James T. Gunby (1861-1907), Find A Grave Memorial 34651981, married Lillie D Wilson in 1887.
Source for above is RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Landwehr and Allied Families.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mikelandwehrland&id=I11100
Our community was grieved to learn of the death of Mr. William Gumby [sic] who had been sick for some time at the home of his daughter in St. Louis. Our sympathy goes out to the bereaved daughters (Montgomery City Leader, June 13, 1930)
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Because Michael Landwehr’s research indicates that the mother of brothers William Jacob and David R. Gunby was “Margaret Best Oliver,” was Margaret born a Best and first married an Oliver? Oliver and Gunby census entries Montgomery County, MO, were reviewed. It’s possible that Margaret Best married a Joseph Oliver prior to her marriage to John W. Gunby. Children of 1850 were Oliver; children of 1860, certainly William and David, are Gunby...those of John W. Gunby and Margaret Oliver Gunby nee Best. Is the Rice O. Gunby of 1860 the Josephus Oliver of 1850?
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Contributor Linda Thank (48078155) shares, in 2018, below regarding William Jacob Gunby's father:
"John W. Gunby had a minimum of 3 marriages. He married his 1st wife in Worcester, MD in 1848 at which time he was also enrolled in the Mexican War; he also was enrolled in the Iowa War; he had a land certificate in Big Springs for service. He divorced his 1st wife in 1850 in the courts of St. Louis for adultery…. Research finds a marriage record for "Jacob GAMA" to "Paulina SEITZ" in the records of marriages in Ste Genevieve County MO for the year of 1863. Because of German settlements and language issues this is likely the same couple who are in the John W. Gunby State Census of Missouri for 1876. There is a Deed of Dower to Paulina Gunby in 1875 for in Montgomery Co., MO by reason of abandonment by the spouse John W. Gunby."
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for consideration:
Maryland, Compiled Marriages, 1655-1850
Name: John Gunby
Marriage Date: 4 May 1847
Spouse: Elizabeth Baker
State: Maryland
John Gunby’s 1850 divorce is noted online in the records of St. Charles County Historical Society – Circuit Court 1850: Group C Box 4 Folder 62 John Gunby Elizabeth Gunby John Gunby v. Elizabeth Gunby Divorce Adultery
https://scchs.org/cpage.php?pt=97
Magaret Oliver [nee Best?] in the 1850 United States Federal Census [census entry date: 18 October 1850]
Name: Magaret Oliver
Age: 27
Birth Year: abt 1823
Birthplace: Missouri
Home in 1850: District 61, Montgomery, Missouri, USA
Family Number: 654
Household Members:
Joseph Oliver 49 [born VA]
Magaret Oliver 27
Sarah Oliver 9
John Oliver 7
Cathrin Oliver 5
Mary Oliver 3
Josephus Oliver 0 [6/12]
Margarett Gunby in the 1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Margarett Gunby
Age: 30
Birth Year: abt 1830
Birth Place: Missouri
Home in 1860: Loutre, Montgomery, Missouri
Post Office: Bigspring
Family Number: 1184
Household Members:
Albert Suethon 1 [entry error?]
John W Gunby 40
Margarett Gunby 30
Mary Gunby 12
Rice O Gunby 9 [male]
William Gunby 5
David Gunby 2
By 1860 daughter Catherine Oliver of the 1850 Oliver household entry was present in the Dixon/Dickson household with her future husband, Barzelia Dixon; her stepfather, John W. Gunby, her mother (or her stepmother), Margaret Gunby nee Best, and family were close by in dwelling #1184.
Catharine Olivea [Oliver] in the 1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Catharine Olivea
Age: 15
Birth Year: abt 1845
Birth Place: Missouri
Home in 1860: Loutre, Montgomery, Missouri
Post Office: Bigspring
Family Number: 1186
Household Members:
John W Dickson 52
Jane Dickson 52
Baryilas Dickson 25
John Dickson 19
William Dickson 19
Thomas Dickson 16
Catharine Olivea 15
Joseph Oliver daughter, Elizabeth Catherine Dixon nee Oliver: Find A Grave Memorial# 9103458
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Paulina Hulen married James Sexton 30 November 1830. A widow by 1850, she married the presumed widower Jacob Gunby 12 January 1863. Divorced or separated from J. Gunby, in 1880 Paulina Sexton Gunby nee Hulen lived with her son, Fielding Sexton. Fielding Sexton died 30 January 1907 in the U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938, Leavenworth, KS. Burial was at Wellington, MO. F. Sexton’s daughter Emma Sinamon nee Sexton died 17 March 1929 and was buried at Pacific, MO.
for consideration:
Perlina Hughlen in the Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002
[Paulina Hulen]
Marriage Date: 11 Feb 1830
Marriage Place: Boone, Missouri, USA
Spouse: James Sexton
for consideration:
Paulina Seitz in the Missouri, Compiled Marriage Index, 1766-1983
Name: Paulina Seitz
Spouse: Jacob Gama
Marriage Date: 12 Jan 1863
Location: Ste. Genevieve
State: Missouri
John W Gunby in the Missouri, State Census Collection, 1844-1881 [date: 9 June 1880]
Name: John W Gunby [age70]
Residence (County, Locality):
Montgomery, Township 47
Year of Census: 1876
[David age 18
James age 15
Paulina age 60 [reportedly, the last/final wife of J.W. Gunby]
John W. Gunby in the 1880 United States Federal Census [date: 9 June 1880]
Name: John W. Gunby
Age: 74
Birth Year: abt 1806
Birthplace: Maryland
Home in 1880: Loutre, Montgomery, Missouri
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Divorced
Father's Birthplace: Maryland
Mother's Birthplace: Maryland
Household Members:
John W. Gunby 74
David Gunby 22
Martha Gunby 19
Pelina Yunby in the 1880 United States Federal Census [date: 3 July 1880]
Age: 67
Birth Date: Abt 1813
Birthplace: Kentucky
Home in 1880: Bear Creek, Montgomery, Missouri, USA
Street: Town of Jones Jonesburg
Dwelling Number: 21
Relation to Head of House: Mother
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky
Household Members:
Name Age
Fealden Sexton 34
Allice Sexton 24
Emma Sexton 4
Gracy Sexton 8/12
Pelina Yunby 67 [Gunby]
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Much remains speculative and descendants must clarify.
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Images from the Worcester County Library are copied for reader perusal, but refer to Dr. John Gunby, Find A Grave Memorial 69046238. Open to interpretation, the first two papers appear to be probate papers of Dr. Gunby. Online sources and the memorial list Dr. Gunby’s death in 1886; however, additional sources suggest a death circa January 1875: Gunby will, 22 Jan 1875, Coshocton, Ohio, and The Coshocton Age (Coshocton, Ohio), 1875 February 19, newspaper article report that Dr. John Gunby had died within the year (1874).
Whether, or how, the William Jacob Gunby (of this memorial)(1853-1930) may be related to Dr. Gunby remains unknown.
Brother David Gunby married Mattie Wilkening in 1880. In 1891 David Gunby married
Sophronia Lee. And, in 1919, he, again, married Mattie Patton, nee Wilkening :
Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965
Name: D R Gunby
Marriage
Event Date: 19 Apr 1891
Event Place: Bowie Land District, Texas, United States
Spouse's Name:
Sophronia Lee
Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Name: D R Gunby
Age: 61
Birth Year: abt 1858
Residence: Ratcliff, Logan, Arkansas
Spouse's name: Mattie Patton
Spouse's Age: 58
Spouse's Residence: Garden City, Kansas
Marriage Date: 30 Jun 1919
Marriage License Date: 30 Jun 1919
Marriage County: Logan
Event Type: Marriage
FHL Film Number: 1027141
Source for above is RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Landwehr and Allied Families.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mikelandwehrland&id=I11100
Our community was grieved to learn of the death of Mr. William Gumby [sic] who had been sick for some time at the home of his daughter in St. Louis. Our sympathy goes out to the bereaved daughters (Montgomery City Leader, June 13, 1930)
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Because Michael Landwehr’s research indicates that the mother of brothers William Jacob and David R. Gunby was “Margaret Best Oliver,” was Margaret born a Best and first married an Oliver? Oliver and Gunby census entries Montgomery County, MO, were reviewed. It’s possible that Margaret Best married a Joseph Oliver prior to her marriage to John W. Gunby. Children of 1850 were Oliver; children of 1860, certainly William and David, are Gunby...those of John W. Gunby and Margaret Oliver Gunby nee Best. Is the Rice O. Gunby of 1860 the Josephus Oliver of 1850?
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Contributor Linda Thank (48078155) shares, in 2018, below regarding William Jacob Gunby's father:
"John W. Gunby had a minimum of 3 marriages. He married his 1st wife in Worcester, MD in 1848 at which time he was also enrolled in the Mexican War; he also was enrolled in the Iowa War; he had a land certificate in Big Springs for service. He divorced his 1st wife in 1850 in the courts of St. Louis for adultery…. Research finds a marriage record for "Jacob GAMA" to "Paulina SEITZ" in the records of marriages in Ste Genevieve County MO for the year of 1863. Because of German settlements and language issues this is likely the same couple who are in the John W. Gunby State Census of Missouri for 1876. There is a Deed of Dower to Paulina Gunby in 1875 for in Montgomery Co., MO by reason of abandonment by the spouse John W. Gunby."
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for consideration:
Maryland, Compiled Marriages, 1655-1850
Name: John Gunby
Marriage Date: 4 May 1847
Spouse: Elizabeth Baker
State: Maryland
John Gunby’s 1850 divorce is noted online in the records of St. Charles County Historical Society – Circuit Court 1850: Group C Box 4 Folder 62 John Gunby Elizabeth Gunby John Gunby v. Elizabeth Gunby Divorce Adultery
https://scchs.org/cpage.php?pt=97
Magaret Oliver [nee Best?] in the 1850 United States Federal Census [census entry date: 18 October 1850]
Name: Magaret Oliver
Age: 27
Birth Year: abt 1823
Birthplace: Missouri
Home in 1850: District 61, Montgomery, Missouri, USA
Family Number: 654
Household Members:
Joseph Oliver 49 [born VA]
Magaret Oliver 27
Sarah Oliver 9
John Oliver 7
Cathrin Oliver 5
Mary Oliver 3
Josephus Oliver 0 [6/12]
Margarett Gunby in the 1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Margarett Gunby
Age: 30
Birth Year: abt 1830
Birth Place: Missouri
Home in 1860: Loutre, Montgomery, Missouri
Post Office: Bigspring
Family Number: 1184
Household Members:
Albert Suethon 1 [entry error?]
John W Gunby 40
Margarett Gunby 30
Mary Gunby 12
Rice O Gunby 9 [male]
William Gunby 5
David Gunby 2
By 1860 daughter Catherine Oliver of the 1850 Oliver household entry was present in the Dixon/Dickson household with her future husband, Barzelia Dixon; her stepfather, John W. Gunby, her mother (or her stepmother), Margaret Gunby nee Best, and family were close by in dwelling #1184.
Catharine Olivea [Oliver] in the 1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Catharine Olivea
Age: 15
Birth Year: abt 1845
Birth Place: Missouri
Home in 1860: Loutre, Montgomery, Missouri
Post Office: Bigspring
Family Number: 1186
Household Members:
John W Dickson 52
Jane Dickson 52
Baryilas Dickson 25
John Dickson 19
William Dickson 19
Thomas Dickson 16
Catharine Olivea 15
Joseph Oliver daughter, Elizabeth Catherine Dixon nee Oliver: Find A Grave Memorial# 9103458
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Paulina Hulen married James Sexton 30 November 1830. A widow by 1850, she married the presumed widower Jacob Gunby 12 January 1863. Divorced or separated from J. Gunby, in 1880 Paulina Sexton Gunby nee Hulen lived with her son, Fielding Sexton. Fielding Sexton died 30 January 1907 in the U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938, Leavenworth, KS. Burial was at Wellington, MO. F. Sexton’s daughter Emma Sinamon nee Sexton died 17 March 1929 and was buried at Pacific, MO.
for consideration:
Perlina Hughlen in the Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002
[Paulina Hulen]
Marriage Date: 11 Feb 1830
Marriage Place: Boone, Missouri, USA
Spouse: James Sexton
for consideration:
Paulina Seitz in the Missouri, Compiled Marriage Index, 1766-1983
Name: Paulina Seitz
Spouse: Jacob Gama
Marriage Date: 12 Jan 1863
Location: Ste. Genevieve
State: Missouri
John W Gunby in the Missouri, State Census Collection, 1844-1881 [date: 9 June 1880]
Name: John W Gunby [age70]
Residence (County, Locality):
Montgomery, Township 47
Year of Census: 1876
[David age 18
James age 15
Paulina age 60 [reportedly, the last/final wife of J.W. Gunby]
John W. Gunby in the 1880 United States Federal Census [date: 9 June 1880]
Name: John W. Gunby
Age: 74
Birth Year: abt 1806
Birthplace: Maryland
Home in 1880: Loutre, Montgomery, Missouri
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Divorced
Father's Birthplace: Maryland
Mother's Birthplace: Maryland
Household Members:
John W. Gunby 74
David Gunby 22
Martha Gunby 19
Pelina Yunby in the 1880 United States Federal Census [date: 3 July 1880]
Age: 67
Birth Date: Abt 1813
Birthplace: Kentucky
Home in 1880: Bear Creek, Montgomery, Missouri, USA
Street: Town of Jones Jonesburg
Dwelling Number: 21
Relation to Head of House: Mother
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky
Household Members:
Name Age
Fealden Sexton 34
Allice Sexton 24
Emma Sexton 4
Gracy Sexton 8/12
Pelina Yunby 67 [Gunby]
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Much remains speculative and descendants must clarify.
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Images from the Worcester County Library are copied for reader perusal, but refer to Dr. John Gunby, Find A Grave Memorial 69046238. Open to interpretation, the first two papers appear to be probate papers of Dr. Gunby. Online sources and the memorial list Dr. Gunby’s death in 1886; however, additional sources suggest a death circa January 1875: Gunby will, 22 Jan 1875, Coshocton, Ohio, and The Coshocton Age (Coshocton, Ohio), 1875 February 19, newspaper article report that Dr. John Gunby had died within the year (1874).
Whether, or how, the William Jacob Gunby (of this memorial)(1853-1930) may be related to Dr. Gunby remains unknown.
Brother David Gunby married Mattie Wilkening in 1880. In 1891 David Gunby married
Sophronia Lee. And, in 1919, he, again, married Mattie Patton, nee Wilkening :
Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965
Name: D R Gunby
Marriage
Event Date: 19 Apr 1891
Event Place: Bowie Land District, Texas, United States
Spouse's Name:
Sophronia Lee
Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Name: D R Gunby
Age: 61
Birth Year: abt 1858
Residence: Ratcliff, Logan, Arkansas
Spouse's name: Mattie Patton
Spouse's Age: 58
Spouse's Residence: Garden City, Kansas
Marriage Date: 30 Jun 1919
Marriage License Date: 30 Jun 1919
Marriage County: Logan
Event Type: Marriage
FHL Film Number: 1027141
Son of John William Gunby and Margaret Best Oliver, William Jacob Gunby married Elizabeth Catharina "Elisa" Wilkening on 28 Feb 1879 at Big Spring, MO. William's brother, David R. Gunby, married Martha Susan Wilkening, the sister of Elisa Wilkening, 5 February 1880. A third brother, James T. Gunby (1861-1907), Find A Grave Memorial 34651981, married Lillie D Wilson in 1887.
Source for above is RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Landwehr and Allied Families.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mikelandwehrland&id=I11100
Our community was grieved to learn of the death of Mr. William Gumby [sic] who had been sick for some time at the home of his daughter in St. Louis. Our sympathy goes out to the bereaved daughters (Montgomery City Leader, June 13, 1930)
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Because Michael Landwehr’s research indicates that the mother of brothers William Jacob and David R. Gunby was “Margaret Best Oliver,” was Margaret born a Best and first married an Oliver? Oliver and Gunby census entries Montgomery County, MO, were reviewed. It’s possible that Margaret Best married a Joseph Oliver prior to her marriage to John W. Gunby. Children of 1850 were Oliver; children of 1860, certainly William and David, are Gunby...those of John W. Gunby and Margaret Oliver Gunby nee Best. Is the Rice O. Gunby of 1860 the Josephus Oliver of 1850?
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Contributor Linda Thank (48078155) shares, in 2018, below regarding William Jacob Gunby's father:
"John W. Gunby had a minimum of 3 marriages. He married his 1st wife in Worcester, MD in 1848 at which time he was also enrolled in the Mexican War; he also was enrolled in the Iowa War; he had a land certificate in Big Springs for service. He divorced his 1st wife in 1850 in the courts of St. Louis for adultery…. Research finds a marriage record for "Jacob GAMA" to "Paulina SEITZ" in the records of marriages in Ste Genevieve County MO for the year of 1863. Because of German settlements and language issues this is likely the same couple who are in the John W. Gunby State Census of Missouri for 1876. There is a Deed of Dower to Paulina Gunby in 1875 for in Montgomery Co., MO by reason of abandonment by the spouse John W. Gunby."
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for consideration:
Maryland, Compiled Marriages, 1655-1850
Name: John Gunby
Marriage Date: 4 May 1847
Spouse: Elizabeth Baker
State: Maryland
John Gunby’s 1850 divorce is noted online in the records of St. Charles County Historical Society – Circuit Court 1850: Group C Box 4 Folder 62 John Gunby Elizabeth Gunby John Gunby v. Elizabeth Gunby Divorce Adultery
https://scchs.org/cpage.php?pt=97
Magaret Oliver [nee Best?] in the 1850 United States Federal Census [census entry date: 18 October 1850]
Name: Magaret Oliver
Age: 27
Birth Year: abt 1823
Birthplace: Missouri
Home in 1850: District 61, Montgomery, Missouri, USA
Family Number: 654
Household Members:
Joseph Oliver 49 [born VA]
Magaret Oliver 27
Sarah Oliver 9
John Oliver 7
Cathrin Oliver 5
Mary Oliver 3
Josephus Oliver 0 [6/12]
Margarett Gunby in the 1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Margarett Gunby
Age: 30
Birth Year: abt 1830
Birth Place: Missouri
Home in 1860: Loutre, Montgomery, Missouri
Post Office: Bigspring
Family Number: 1184
Household Members:
Albert Suethon 1 [entry error?]
John W Gunby 40
Margarett Gunby 30
Mary Gunby 12
Rice O Gunby 9 [male]
William Gunby 5
David Gunby 2
By 1860 daughter Catherine Oliver of the 1850 Oliver household entry was present in the Dixon/Dickson household with her future husband, Barzelia Dixon; her stepfather, John W. Gunby, her mother (or her stepmother), Margaret Gunby nee Best, and family were close by in dwelling #1184.
Catharine Olivea [Oliver] in the 1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Catharine Olivea
Age: 15
Birth Year: abt 1845
Birth Place: Missouri
Home in 1860: Loutre, Montgomery, Missouri
Post Office: Bigspring
Family Number: 1186
Household Members:
John W Dickson 52
Jane Dickson 52
Baryilas Dickson 25
John Dickson 19
William Dickson 19
Thomas Dickson 16
Catharine Olivea 15
Joseph Oliver daughter, Elizabeth Catherine Dixon nee Oliver: Find A Grave Memorial# 9103458
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Paulina Hulen married James Sexton 30 November 1830. A widow by 1850, she married the presumed widower Jacob Gunby 12 January 1863. Divorced or separated from J. Gunby, in 1880 Paulina Sexton Gunby nee Hulen lived with her son, Fielding Sexton. Fielding Sexton died 30 January 1907 in the U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938, Leavenworth, KS. Burial was at Wellington, MO. F. Sexton’s daughter Emma Sinamon nee Sexton died 17 March 1929 and was buried at Pacific, MO.
for consideration:
Perlina Hughlen in the Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002
[Paulina Hulen]
Marriage Date: 11 Feb 1830
Marriage Place: Boone, Missouri, USA
Spouse: James Sexton
for consideration:
Paulina Seitz in the Missouri, Compiled Marriage Index, 1766-1983
Name: Paulina Seitz
Spouse: Jacob Gama
Marriage Date: 12 Jan 1863
Location: Ste. Genevieve
State: Missouri
John W Gunby in the Missouri, State Census Collection, 1844-1881 [date: 9 June 1880]
Name: John W Gunby [age70]
Residence (County, Locality):
Montgomery, Township 47
Year of Census: 1876
[David age 18
James age 15
Paulina age 60 [reportedly, the last/final wife of J.W. Gunby]
John W. Gunby in the 1880 United States Federal Census [date: 9 June 1880]
Name: John W. Gunby
Age: 74
Birth Year: abt 1806
Birthplace: Maryland
Home in 1880: Loutre, Montgomery, Missouri
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Divorced
Father's Birthplace: Maryland
Mother's Birthplace: Maryland
Household Members:
John W. Gunby 74
David Gunby 22
Martha Gunby 19
Pelina Yunby in the 1880 United States Federal Census [date: 3 July 1880]
Age: 67
Birth Date: Abt 1813
Birthplace: Kentucky
Home in 1880: Bear Creek, Montgomery, Missouri, USA
Street: Town of Jones Jonesburg
Dwelling Number: 21
Relation to Head of House: Mother
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky
Household Members:
Name Age
Fealden Sexton 34
Allice Sexton 24
Emma Sexton 4
Gracy Sexton 8/12
Pelina Yunby 67 [Gunby]
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Much remains speculative and descendants must clarify.
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Images from the Worcester County Library are copied for reader perusal, but refer to Dr. John Gunby, Find A Grave Memorial 69046238. Open to interpretation, the first two papers appear to be probate papers of Dr. Gunby. Online sources and the memorial list Dr. Gunby’s death in 1886; however, additional sources suggest a death circa January 1875: Gunby will, 22 Jan 1875, Coshocton, Ohio, and The Coshocton Age (Coshocton, Ohio), 1875 February 19, newspaper article report that Dr. John Gunby had died within the year (1874).
Whether, or how, the William Jacob Gunby (of this memorial)(1853-1930) may be related to Dr. Gunby remains unknown.
Brother David Gunby married Mattie Wilkening in 1880. In 1891 David Gunby married
Sophronia Lee. And, in 1919, he, again, married Mattie Patton, nee Wilkening :
Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965
Name: D R Gunby
Marriage
Event Date: 19 Apr 1891
Event Place: Bowie Land District, Texas, United States
Spouse's Name:
Sophronia Lee
Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Name: D R Gunby
Age: 61
Birth Year: abt 1858
Residence: Ratcliff, Logan, Arkansas
Spouse's name: Mattie Patton
Spouse's Age: 58
Spouse's Residence: Garden City, Kansas
Marriage Date: 30 Jun 1919
Marriage License Date: 30 Jun 1919
Marriage County: Logan
Event Type: Marriage
FHL Film Number: 1027141
Source for above is RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Landwehr and Allied Families.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mikelandwehrland&id=I11100
Our community was grieved to learn of the death of Mr. William Gumby [sic] who had been sick for some time at the home of his daughter in St. Louis. Our sympathy goes out to the bereaved daughters (Montgomery City Leader, June 13, 1930)
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Because Michael Landwehr’s research indicates that the mother of brothers William Jacob and David R. Gunby was “Margaret Best Oliver,” was Margaret born a Best and first married an Oliver? Oliver and Gunby census entries Montgomery County, MO, were reviewed. It’s possible that Margaret Best married a Joseph Oliver prior to her marriage to John W. Gunby. Children of 1850 were Oliver; children of 1860, certainly William and David, are Gunby...those of John W. Gunby and Margaret Oliver Gunby nee Best. Is the Rice O. Gunby of 1860 the Josephus Oliver of 1850?
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Contributor Linda Thank (48078155) shares, in 2018, below regarding William Jacob Gunby's father:
"John W. Gunby had a minimum of 3 marriages. He married his 1st wife in Worcester, MD in 1848 at which time he was also enrolled in the Mexican War; he also was enrolled in the Iowa War; he had a land certificate in Big Springs for service. He divorced his 1st wife in 1850 in the courts of St. Louis for adultery…. Research finds a marriage record for "Jacob GAMA" to "Paulina SEITZ" in the records of marriages in Ste Genevieve County MO for the year of 1863. Because of German settlements and language issues this is likely the same couple who are in the John W. Gunby State Census of Missouri for 1876. There is a Deed of Dower to Paulina Gunby in 1875 for in Montgomery Co., MO by reason of abandonment by the spouse John W. Gunby."
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for consideration:
Maryland, Compiled Marriages, 1655-1850
Name: John Gunby
Marriage Date: 4 May 1847
Spouse: Elizabeth Baker
State: Maryland
John Gunby’s 1850 divorce is noted online in the records of St. Charles County Historical Society – Circuit Court 1850: Group C Box 4 Folder 62 John Gunby Elizabeth Gunby John Gunby v. Elizabeth Gunby Divorce Adultery
https://scchs.org/cpage.php?pt=97
Magaret Oliver [nee Best?] in the 1850 United States Federal Census [census entry date: 18 October 1850]
Name: Magaret Oliver
Age: 27
Birth Year: abt 1823
Birthplace: Missouri
Home in 1850: District 61, Montgomery, Missouri, USA
Family Number: 654
Household Members:
Joseph Oliver 49 [born VA]
Magaret Oliver 27
Sarah Oliver 9
John Oliver 7
Cathrin Oliver 5
Mary Oliver 3
Josephus Oliver 0 [6/12]
Margarett Gunby in the 1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Margarett Gunby
Age: 30
Birth Year: abt 1830
Birth Place: Missouri
Home in 1860: Loutre, Montgomery, Missouri
Post Office: Bigspring
Family Number: 1184
Household Members:
Albert Suethon 1 [entry error?]
John W Gunby 40
Margarett Gunby 30
Mary Gunby 12
Rice O Gunby 9 [male]
William Gunby 5
David Gunby 2
By 1860 daughter Catherine Oliver of the 1850 Oliver household entry was present in the Dixon/Dickson household with her future husband, Barzelia Dixon; her stepfather, John W. Gunby, her mother (or her stepmother), Margaret Gunby nee Best, and family were close by in dwelling #1184.
Catharine Olivea [Oliver] in the 1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Catharine Olivea
Age: 15
Birth Year: abt 1845
Birth Place: Missouri
Home in 1860: Loutre, Montgomery, Missouri
Post Office: Bigspring
Family Number: 1186
Household Members:
John W Dickson 52
Jane Dickson 52
Baryilas Dickson 25
John Dickson 19
William Dickson 19
Thomas Dickson 16
Catharine Olivea 15
Joseph Oliver daughter, Elizabeth Catherine Dixon nee Oliver: Find A Grave Memorial# 9103458
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Paulina Hulen married James Sexton 30 November 1830. A widow by 1850, she married the presumed widower Jacob Gunby 12 January 1863. Divorced or separated from J. Gunby, in 1880 Paulina Sexton Gunby nee Hulen lived with her son, Fielding Sexton. Fielding Sexton died 30 January 1907 in the U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938, Leavenworth, KS. Burial was at Wellington, MO. F. Sexton’s daughter Emma Sinamon nee Sexton died 17 March 1929 and was buried at Pacific, MO.
for consideration:
Perlina Hughlen in the Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002
[Paulina Hulen]
Marriage Date: 11 Feb 1830
Marriage Place: Boone, Missouri, USA
Spouse: James Sexton
for consideration:
Paulina Seitz in the Missouri, Compiled Marriage Index, 1766-1983
Name: Paulina Seitz
Spouse: Jacob Gama
Marriage Date: 12 Jan 1863
Location: Ste. Genevieve
State: Missouri
John W Gunby in the Missouri, State Census Collection, 1844-1881 [date: 9 June 1880]
Name: John W Gunby [age70]
Residence (County, Locality):
Montgomery, Township 47
Year of Census: 1876
[David age 18
James age 15
Paulina age 60 [reportedly, the last/final wife of J.W. Gunby]
John W. Gunby in the 1880 United States Federal Census [date: 9 June 1880]
Name: John W. Gunby
Age: 74
Birth Year: abt 1806
Birthplace: Maryland
Home in 1880: Loutre, Montgomery, Missouri
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Divorced
Father's Birthplace: Maryland
Mother's Birthplace: Maryland
Household Members:
John W. Gunby 74
David Gunby 22
Martha Gunby 19
Pelina Yunby in the 1880 United States Federal Census [date: 3 July 1880]
Age: 67
Birth Date: Abt 1813
Birthplace: Kentucky
Home in 1880: Bear Creek, Montgomery, Missouri, USA
Street: Town of Jones Jonesburg
Dwelling Number: 21
Relation to Head of House: Mother
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky
Household Members:
Name Age
Fealden Sexton 34
Allice Sexton 24
Emma Sexton 4
Gracy Sexton 8/12
Pelina Yunby 67 [Gunby]
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Much remains speculative and descendants must clarify.
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Images from the Worcester County Library are copied for reader perusal, but refer to Dr. John Gunby, Find A Grave Memorial 69046238. Open to interpretation, the first two papers appear to be probate papers of Dr. Gunby. Online sources and the memorial list Dr. Gunby’s death in 1886; however, additional sources suggest a death circa January 1875: Gunby will, 22 Jan 1875, Coshocton, Ohio, and The Coshocton Age (Coshocton, Ohio), 1875 February 19, newspaper article report that Dr. John Gunby had died within the year (1874).
Whether, or how, the William Jacob Gunby (of this memorial)(1853-1930) may be related to Dr. Gunby remains unknown.
Brother David Gunby married Mattie Wilkening in 1880. In 1891 David Gunby married
Sophronia Lee. And, in 1919, he, again, married Mattie Patton, nee Wilkening :
Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965
Name: D R Gunby
Marriage
Event Date: 19 Apr 1891
Event Place: Bowie Land District, Texas, United States
Spouse's Name:
Sophronia Lee
Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Name: D R Gunby
Age: 61
Birth Year: abt 1858
Residence: Ratcliff, Logan, Arkansas
Spouse's name: Mattie Patton
Spouse's Age: 58
Spouse's Residence: Garden City, Kansas
Marriage Date: 30 Jun 1919
Marriage License Date: 30 Jun 1919
Marriage County: Logan
Event Type: Marriage
FHL Film Number: 1027141
Family Members
Parents
