Just thought I would post a little something to give the list something to
think about.
My John Gilson b. 1814 Columbiana County, Ohio resided there until just
after the 1850 census.
Jno (John) Gilson age 35 (1815) b. Ohio listed on the 1850 Wayne Twp. p.246.
He has living with him a son Jas (James) age 07 b. (1843) Ohio. I am
assuming that this could be James P. McKaig b. 1845 as listed on the 1860 Greene Co.
IN. census, as he was living close to Sarah McKaig in Wayne Twp. Columbiana
Co. Ohio at this time.
John married Mrs Sarah McKaig at Columbiania Co. Ohio on Feb.06, 1851.
Sarah Bowman was born at PA. in 1811/1812. She married John McKaig April 03,
1838 at Columbiana Co. Ohio. McKaig researches claim that the only child
born of this marriage, was James Patrick McKaig b. Nov. 15, 1840. The father,
John McKaig died in Columbiana Co. Ohio in 1845.
Yet, we find in the 1860 Stafford Twp. Greene County, Indiana census, John,
Sarah and three ( Gilson ? ) children living in the household. The children
listed were too old to have been from John & Sarah, so it appears these were
either McKaig children or John's from a previous marriage. There is no
indication that Sarah & John Gilson had any children of there own.
In 1860 the family is listed as John-45, Sarah-48, Elizabeth A.-19 (b.
1841), William Allen-17 (b. 1843), and James P.-15 (b. 1845). I think Elizabeth
A. & William Allen were John's children by a previous marriage and the James
P. could be either a Gilson or a McKaig child. The only other marriage I have
of John was to Mary Ann Ruff in 1848 which is after the above children were
born. So, the question is, who were these children and who were the parents?
It is unknown as to Sarah's fate after 1860.
Her husband John Gilson married again to Edna Hunter in 1862 in Greene Co.
Indiana.
There are several children born of this marriage, presumeably the first four
in Greene Co. Indiana, including my Grandfather Joshua.
The children Millicent Ann - 1862, George - 1864, Joshua - 1866 and Oliver
Perry - 1867 were all born in Indiana prior to the family moving on to Adair
County Missouri. John Jr. was born in Iowa Aug.1868 where they lived until
after 1870 before moving into Missouri. Mary Alice - 1875, Daniel Martin - 1876
and Thomas Levi - 1878 were all born in Adair Co. Missouri.
Would be glad to hear of any comments or clues to these children and/or what
happened to Sarah.
Dave Chandler - _Famsource(a)aol.com_
(mailto:Famsource@aol.com)