Clara Johns: Gritton Genealogy

Abt 1866 -

Generation: 1

1.	Clara Johns was born about 1866 in Kansas (daughter of John Johns and Catherine Newbrough). Other Events: Census: 1880, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Notes: Census: In the 1880 US census, Clara Johns, age 12, is in the household of her aunt and uncle Eliza (Johns) Miller and James Miller.

Generation: 2

John Johns was born about 1834 in Illinois (son of John Johns and Mary Humphrey); died in 1889.

Other Events:

_MILT: Civil War
Census: 1860, Middlefork Township, Vermilion County, Illinois
Census: 1870, Mound City, Linn County, Kansas
Census: 1875, Mound City, Linn County, Kansas

Notes:

Civil War Pension Index: General index to pension files, 1861-1934 record for John Johns. Name: John. State filed: Kansas. Widow: Catharine Johns. Date: 8 June 1889

https://www.ilsos.gov/isaveterans/civilMusterSearch.do?key=130651
Name: John Johns Jr
Rank: Sergeant
Company: F
Unit: 4th Illinois Cavalry
Height: 5' 10
Hair: DARK
Eyes: BLUE
Complexion: DARK
Marital status: Married
Occupation: Farmer
Birth Date: Abt 1833
Birth Place: IL
War: Civil War
War Years: 1861-1865
Service Entry Age: 28
Service Entry Date: 27 Aug 1861
Service Entry Place: Bear Creek, IL
Joined By Whom: A T SEARCH
Period: 3 YRS
Muster In Date: 17 Oct 1861
Muster In Place: Ottawa, IL
Muster Out Date: 3 Nov 1864
Muster Out Place: Springfield, IL
Muster Out By Whom: CPT SUMNER
Residence Place: Marysville, Vermilion CO, IL
Record Source: Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls

_MILT:
Found pension record, but have not yet found his service record.

Died:
Catherine Johns, widow, applied for John Johns Jr.'s Civil War Pension on 8 June 1889. She was in Kansas at that time.

John married Catherine Newbrough on 4 Nov 1855 in Vermilion County, Illinois. Catherine (daughter of Abel Newbrough and Susannah Cline) was born on 12 Dec 1837 in Illinois; died on 1 Oct 1897. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Catherine Newbrough was born on 12 Dec 1837 in Illinois (daughter of Abel Newbrough and Susannah Cline); died on 1 Oct 1897.

Notes:

Married:
Marriage License Abstracts Vermilion County, Illinois 1853-1874. Page 74. No record of anyone signing for bride or groom.

Children:

Josephine Johns was born about 1856 in Illinois.
Alvin Johns was born on 25 Sep 1858 in Illinois; died on 4 Oct 1860 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Johnsonville Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
Mary M. Johns was born about 1862 in Illinois.
1. Clara Johns was born about 1866 in Kansas.
Delbert Abel Johns was born about 1870 in Kansas.

Generation: 3

John Johns was born on 25 May 1805 in Kentucky; died in 1885; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.

Other Events:

Occupation: lime driver, farmer
Census: 1850, Vermilion County, Illinois
Census: 1860, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois
Census: 1870, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois
Cremated: 1880, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois

Notes:

History of Vermilion County. H. W. Beckwith. Chicago, IL, H.H. Hill and Co., 1879. Chapter on Blount Township, pages 885-886. John Johns came here from Kentucky, having lived in Indiana, in 1829, and settled in the Copeland neighborhood. It was at his house that the first preaching was held. His brothers-in-law, Benjamin Stewart and John Mills, and his father-in-lase, Mr. Humphrey, came on here to live a few years later. They were all excellent people and much esteemed. Mr. Johns now lives in Danville. He remained in Blount, farming, until 1852, when he removed to D. and engaged in the line amd plaster trade. He is the father of ten children, eight of whom live in Danville. Mr. Mills now lives in Fairmount.

History of Vermilion County, Illinois. Jones, Lillie E. Chicago, IL, Pioneer Pub. Co., 1911. V.2, page 307-309.
Earnest and eminently capable, it is not strange that William H. Johns should have attained an enviable position in the business circles of Danville, nor that the city should profit directly or indirectly by his efforts. He was one of those successful Americans whose success is measured not only by material gain but also by intellectuality, aggressiveness, independence of spirit and sincerity of purpose. He was one of Vermilion county's native sons, his birth having occurred July 14, 1845, on his father's farm on the old Ottawa road.
His parents were John and Mary (Humphrey) Johns. The name of the former is engraven deeply upon the pages of pioneer history, for he was among the first settlers of Vermilion county, taking up his abode here in 1829 ere the Indians had left this part of the state to make way for the civilization of the white race. His birth occurred in Kentucky on the 25th of May, 1805, and his father was Judge George W. Johns, who was also born in the Blue Grass state and followed the occupation of farming. On leaving the south he crossed the Ohio river into Indiana and continued his residence in that state until his demise. John Johns accompanied his parents on their removal to Vigo county, Indiana, and through his youthful days met the usual hardships and difficulties which fall to the lot of the pioneer. He labored on the home farm, converting wild prairie into productive fields, and adding to the place such equipment as at that time indicated the march of progress along agricultural lines. He lived in Indiana until 1828 and spent the succeeding year in his native county in Kentucky. In 1829, however, he arrived in Vermilion county, Illinois, finding here the same conditions of frontier life which he had previously met in Indiana. Securing a tract of wild prairie and timber land in Blount township, he began the development of that place and evidences of his labor were soon seen in the cultivated fields, well kept fences and the substantial buildings which he put upon his farm. Tree by tree was cut down and the stumps grubbed up that the land might be plowed and planted, and he carefully carried on the work of general farming until 1866, when he retired to private life and removed to Danville to enjoy there the fruits of his former toil in a comfortable home which he occupied until his death.
John Johns gave his early political support to the whig party and when the new republican party was formed to prevent the further extension of slavery he joined its ranks. He was twice elected to represent his ward on the board of city aldermen of Danville and was also a member of the state school board. He ever kept well informed on the issues and questions of the day and was always ready to support his position by intelligent argument. Both he and his wife held membership in the Methodist Episcopal church of Danville and were earnest and active supporters not only of the church but also of the temperance cause and of every movement that works for righteousness, truth and justice. The first Methodist services held in Vermilion county were on his farm in Blount township in 1829. He was honored wherever known because of his many sterling traits of character and his fidelity to the best interests of citizenship.
John Johns was married three times. For his first wife he wedded Miss Mary Humphrey, a daughter of John Humphrey, of Virginia, who removed from the Old Dominion to Kentucky, where he entered land from the government and developed a farm. By this marriage there were the following children: John, who was a soldier in the Civil war; Sarah, the deceased wife of Perry Copeland; Eliza, who became the wife of J. H. Miller and who has passed away; Sue, a resident of Danville; Martha, who married R. S. Partlow, of Oregon and is deceased; Margaret, the deceased wife of Charles Hacker; and William H. Mr. John's second wife was a sister of the first, while his third wife bore the maiden name of Miss Jane Myers. At her death she left a son and daughter; Charles, who is employed as clerk in Klein's clothing store of Danville; and Amelia who is engaged in the millinery business in this city.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37503707/john-johns

John married Mary Humphrey. Mary was born in 1806 in Boone County, Indiana; died on 8 Jan 1846 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Johnsonville Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary Humphrey was born in 1806 in Boone County, Indiana; died on 8 Jan 1846 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Johnsonville Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58511511/mary-johns

Notes from Find a Grave. Located near Johnson Cemetery. Also known as Humphrey Cemetery or Stewart Cemetery. Not be confused with Thurman Cemetery. The Johnsonville Cemetery is located about 100 yerds from the road in a thick wooded area. Also known as Humphrey Cemetery, Stewart Cemetery

Children:

2. John Johns was born about 1834 in Illinois; died in 1889.
Susan Johns was born in 1842 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 16 Apr 1917 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried on 18 Apr 1917 in Spring Hill Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
William H. Johns was born on 14 Jul 1845 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died in 1899; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
Martha Johns was born about 1844 in Illinois.
Eliza Johns was born about 1835 in Illinois; died before 1911.
Sarah Johns was born on 4 Sep 1831 in Illinois; died on 27 Oct 1893; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
Margaret Johns was born in 1846 in Illinois; died on 21 Aug 1901; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.

Abel Newbrough was born on 13 May 1810 in Virginia; died in May 1880 in Vermilion County, Illinois.

Other Events:

Occupation: blacksmith
Census: 1840, Vermilion County, Illinois
Census: 1850, Vermilion County, Illinois
Census: 1860, Vermilion County, Illinois
Census: 1870, Mound City, Linn County, Kansas

Notes:

US census non-population agriculture schedule
Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois
21 August 1860
Abel Newbrough
41 improved acres
39 unimproved acres
cash value of farm = $800
value of farming implements = $100
3 horses
2 milch cows
18 other cattles
8 sheep
value of livestock = $250
wheat, bushels of = 120
Indian corn, bushels of = 500
value of orchard products = $10
value of produce of market garden = $5
butter, pounds of 300
hay, tons of = 4
molasses, gallons of 60
value of animals slaughtered = $10

US Federal Census Mortality Schedule.
Name: Abel Newbrough
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital status: Single
Estimated birth year: abt 1810
Birth Place: Pennsylvania, USA
Age: 70
Death Date: May 1880
Cause of Death: Acciderely poison
Census Year: 1880
Census Place: Pilot, Vermillion, Illinois, USA
Enumeration District: 220
Line: 17

Died:
US Federal Census Mortality Schedule.
Name: Abel Newbrough
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital status: Single
Estimated birth year: abt 1810
Birth Place: Pennsylvania, USA
Age: 70
Death Date: May 1880
Cause of Death: Acciderely poison
Census Year: 1880
Census Place: Pilot, Vermillion, Illinois, USA
Enumeration District: 220
Line: 17

Abel married Susannah Cline on 10 Mar 1836 in Vermilion County, Illinois. Susannah (daughter of John B. Cline and Catherine Shumate) was born on 10 May 1819 in Kentucky; died on 23 Nov 1850; was buried in Cline/Milner Cemetery, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Susannah Cline was born on 10 May 1819 in Kentucky (daughter of John B. Cline and Catherine Shumate); died on 23 Nov 1850; was buried in Cline/Milner Cemetery, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois.

Notes:

Marriage License Abstracts Vermilion County, Illinois 1826-1852. Page 55. John B. Cline (father) and Andrew J. Cline (brother) signed for Susanna Cline.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32854181/susannah-newbrough

Inscription: aged 31y, 6m, 12d

Children:

3. Catherine Newbrough was born on 12 Dec 1837 in Illinois; died on 1 Oct 1897.
Margaret Newbrough was born on 21 Dec 1839 in Illinois; died on 29 Dec 1915 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Potomac Cemetery, Potomac, Vermilion County, Illinois.
Nathaniel Newbrough was born on 5 Apr 1842 in Illinois; died on 1 Apr 1856; was buried in Cline/Milner Cemetery, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois.
Louiza Newbrough was born on 21 Mar 1844 in Illinois; died on 14 Nov 1848; was buried in Cline/Milner Cemetery, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois.
John Abel Newbrough was born on 6 Aug 1846 in Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 14 Nov 1934 in Lone Rock, Kossuth County, Iowa; was buried in Union Cemetery, Humboldt, Humboldt County, Iowa.
Benjamin Franklin Newbrough was born on 24 Jan 1849 in Illinois; died before 1850.
Abel Newbrough was born in 1849 in Illinois; died on 20 Sep 1872; was buried in Cline/Milner Cemetery, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois.

Generation: 4

14.

John B. Cline was born about 1786 in Pennsylvania; died on 3 Oct 1856; was buried in Cline/Milner Cemetery, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois.

Other Events:

Occupation: potter
Census: 1840, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois
Census: 1850, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois

Notes:

From History of Vermilion County. By H. W. Beckwith. Chicago, Illinois, H.H. Hill and Company, 1879. Page 886.

J.B. Cline came from Kentucky in 1829, and settled on section 25. He made a good farm, and was a good citizen. He had nine children, who are all dead but Spencer, who lives still in the same log-house his father built. Mr. (J.B.) Cline died many years ago. His widow died with the year past at the age of eight-four. Spencer, the only living child, has lived here fifty years. Of ten children five are living, three of them at home.

From: The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois. S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1903.
Page 1117.
Chapter on Spender Cline.
His parents, John B. and Catherine (Shumate) Cline came to this county in 1828, when the work of progress and improvement had scarcely been begun and often would attend the Indian Meetings here. The father was a potter by trade and frequently made trips as far north as Wisconsin in order to dispose of his wares. He also traveled along the Sagamon river, selling his goods.
page 1118.
living on Section 25, Blount township - the old homestead on which her parents lived and died. The house which still stands here is now about seventy-two years old and in it the widow of our subject is yet living. ... Spender Cline assisted in clearing the old home farm. The land here was entered by his father from the government and not a furrow had been turned or an improvement made upon the place. All of the pioneer conditions of Vermilion county were familiar to Mr. and Mrs. Cline.

LKH Notes:
The earliest record I can find for this family is the marriage record for John Cline and Catey Shumate on 3 December 1811 in Harrison County, Kentucky. John Shumate is recorded as her father.

The next record is the 1820 US census where the family resides on south side of Licking River, Harrison County, Kentucky. Household members are:
1 white male aged 26-44 (who would be John B. Cline age 34).
1 white male age 16-25 (who I cannot identify).
3 white males under age 10 (who would be Spencer age 7, Andrew J age 5 and Nathaniel age 4).
1 white female age 26-44 (who would be Catherine age 30).
2 white females under age 10 (who would be Lizean age 7 and Susannah age 1).

In the 1820 US census John Shumate is next door and is most probably Catherine (Shumate) Cline's father.

The next record is the 1830 US census where the family resides in the western division, Harrison County, Kentucky. The household members are:
1 white male age 40-49 (who would be John B. Cline age 44).
1 white male age 15-19 (who would be Spencer age 17).
2 white males age 10-14 (who would be Andrew J. age 15 and Nathaniel age 14).
1 white female age 30-30 (who would be Catherine age 40).
1 white female age 10-14 (who would be Lizean age 13).
4 white females age 5-9 (who would be Susannah, age 11, Merica, abt 10, Sarah, age 8, and Amanda age 7).
1 white female under the age of 5 who would be Mary age 5.

In the 1830 US census, the households of John Shumate and of William Shumate are nearby.

On 15 November 1830 John Cline is the original purchaser of 80 acres of federal land in Blount Township of Vermilion County, Illinois: Township 20N, Section 25, Range 12W, Section part W25W.
Nearby Christian Cline purchased 160 acres on 9 November 1830: Township 20N, Section 26, Range 12W, Section Part SE. I have found no other records of him and I do not know if or how he might be related to John B. Cline.
In 1831 three members of the Shumate family will also purchase land nearby: John Shumate, Stephen Shumate, and William Shumate. I have not yet found any records that would prove if or how they are related to Catherine (Shumate) Cline other than the probability that John Shumate was the father who signed at her marriage; and that her photo album contained a photograph of Bill Shumate, possibly her brother (?).

The year 1830 was probably the year that the family moved from Harrison County, Kentucky to Vermilion County, Illinois. It was also a tragic year for youngest children. From their Bible records we know that baby Catherine died 26 Feb 1830, only five months old; baby John Cline died 23 May 1830 at one year, six months old; and young William died 11 Aug 1830 at three years, six months old. In July of 1830 their youngest child, Leusinda, was born, but she also would die just three years later.
There are no locations given for either the deaths or the births in the Bible record, and there are no burial records that I yet have found in either Kentucky or Illinois. We also do not know if the family moved before or after John B. Cline purchased the 80 acres in Vermilion County.

The next record is the 1840 US census when the Cline family resides in Vermilion County, Illinois. Household members are:
1 white male age 50-59 (who would be John B. Cline age 54).
1 white male age 20-29 (who would be Spencer age 29).
1 white male age 15-19 (who would be Andrew J. age 25).
1 white female age 40-49 (who would be Catherine age 49).
3 white females age 15-19 (who would be: Sarah age 18, Amanda age 17, and Mary age 15).
1 white female age 10-14 (I don't know who this is).
Nearby families include William Shumate, John Shumate

Son Nathaniel had married in March 1840 at age 24.
Daughter Lizean had married in April 1837 at age 23.
Daughter Susannah had married in March 1836 at age 21.
Daugher Merica had married in May 1839 at age 20.
Spencer would marry in October 1840.
Sarah would marry in Jun 1841.
Amanda would marry in January 1842
Andrew J. would marry in Aug 1842.
Mary would marry in October 1842.

In the 1850 US census John B. Cline, age 64, household includes, his wife Catherine, age 50, and their orphaned granddaughter Catherine Cline, age 8 (daughter of Andrew Jackson Cline and Eliza Milliner). His occupation is listed as potter. They live next door to Spencer Cline and to Nathaniel Cline, both farmers. Next door to Stephen Cline is the household of John G. Gritton which includes his son Jesse, age 14, who will later marry Catherine.

1850 US census
John B. Cline, age 64, potter
Catherine, age 50
Catherine Cline, age 8 (orphaned daughter of Andrew Jackson Cline and Eliza Milliner).
They live next door to the household of their sons Spencer Cline and Nathaniel Cline, both farmers.
Next door to Stephen Cline is the household of John G. Gritton which includes his son Jesse, age 14, who will later marry Catherine.

US General Land Office Records for land sales in Illinois
Name: John Cline
Issue Date: 13 Jun 1831
Place: Vermilion, Illinois, USA
Land Office: Palestine
Meridian: 2nd PM
Township: 20-N
Range: 12-W
Section: 25
Accession Number: IL0370__.497
Document Number: 2492

Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales Database
Detail
Purchaser: CLINE JOHN
Residence: VERMILION
Social Status -
Legal Description
Aliquot Parts or Lot: W2SW
Section Number: 25
Township: 20N
Range: 12W
Meridian: 2
County of Purchase: VERMILION
Details of Sale
Acres: 80.00
Price per Acre: 1.25
Total Price: 100.00
Type of Sale: FD
Date of Purchase: 11/15/1830
Volume: 291
Page: 048
https://apps.ilsos.gov/isa/landSalesSearch.do

Buried:
John's farm was adjacent to Cline/Milner Cemetery - this is our best guess for his burial location.

John married Catherine Shumate on 3 Dec 1811 in Harrison County, Kentucky. Catherine (daughter of John Shumate and Sarah Preston) was born about 1790 in Virginia; died on 9 Jan 1878; was buried in Cline/Milner Cemetery, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

15.

Catherine Shumate was born about 1790 in Virginia (daughter of John Shumate and Sarah Preston); died on 9 Jan 1878; was buried in Cline/Milner Cemetery, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois.

Other Events:

Census: 1860, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois
Census: 1870, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois

Notes:

Census:
In the 1860 US census Catharine Cline, age 70, and her granddaughter S. C. Cline, age 18, are in the household of Catherine's oldest son, Spencer Cline.

Census:
In the 1870 US census, Catherine Cline, age 78, is in the household of her granddaughter, Sarah and Sarah's second husband John F. Gritton.

Buried:
Catherine and her husband's farm was adjacent to Cline/Milner Cemetery - this is our best guess for her burial location.

Notes:

Married:
Harrison County, Kentucky Marriages 1794-1832. By Charles M. Franklin. Page 43: Cline, John Shumate / Shewmate, Catey 3 Dec 1811. Father of Catey: John Shewmate

Children:

Spencer Cline was born on 14 Aug 1813 in Kentucky; died on 27 Mar 1893 in Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Sidell Township, Vermilion County, Illinois.
Andrew Jackson Cline was born on 10 Feb 1815 in Kentucky; died on 13 Nov 1842; was buried in Cline/Milner Cemetery, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois.
Nathaniel Cline was born on 11 Apr 1816 in Kentucky; died on 24 Jan 1863 in Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee; was buried on 24 Jan 1863 in Nashville National Cemetery, South Madison, Davidson County, Tennessee.
Lizean Eliza Cline was born on 30 Aug 1817 in Kentucky; died on 1 Sep 1851.
7. Susannah Cline was born on 10 May 1819 in Kentucky; died on 23 Nov 1850; was buried in Cline/Milner Cemetery, Blount Township, Vermilion County, Illinois.
America Cline was born on 27 Nov 1820 in Kentucky; died before 1860.
Sarah Cline was born on 21 Mar 1822 in Kentucky; died before 1863.
Amanda Cline was born on 20 Apr 1823 in Kentucky; died on 7 Sep 1863; was buried in Gordon Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.
Mary Cline was born on 19 Jan 1825 in Kentucky.
William Cline was born on 25 Feb 1827 in Kentucky; died on 11 Aug 1830.
John Cline was born on 4 Oct 1828 in Kentucky; died on 23 May 1830.
Catherine Cline was born on 12 Sep 1829 in Kentucky; died on 26 Feb 1830.
Leusinda Cline was born on 3 Jul 1830 in Illinois; died on 26 Feb 1833.

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Clara Johns