hmtl5 Abel Newbrough b. 13 May 1810 Virginia d. May 1880 Vermilion County, Illinois: Gritton Genealogy
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Abel Newbrough

Male 1810 - 1880  (70 years)

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  • Name Abel Newbrough 
    Birth 13 May 1810  Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1840  Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1850  Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Mound City, Linn County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation blacksmith 
    Death May 1880  Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Person ID I28  Gritton
    Last Modified 20 Nov 2025 

    Father John Newbrough,   b. c. 1782, Hartford County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1828, Hamilton County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years) 
    Mother Margaret Elizabeth "Peggy" Youst,   b. Abt 1780, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 27 Oct 1808  Monongalia County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1959  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Susannah Cline,   b. 10 May 1819, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Nov 1850 (Age 31 years) 
    Marriage 10 Mar 1836  Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 6] 
    Children 
     1. Catherine Newbrough,   b. 12 Dec 1837, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Oct 1897 (Age 59 years)
     2. Margaret Newbrough,   b. 21 Dec 1839, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Dec 1915, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     3. Nathaniel Newbrough,   b. 5 Apr 1842, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Apr 1856 (Age 13 years)
     4. Louiza Newbrough,   b. 21 Mar 1844, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Nov 1848 (Age 4 years)
     5. John Abel Newbrough,   b. 6 Aug 1846, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Nov 1934, Lone Rock, Kossuth County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
     6. Benjamin Franklin Newbrough,   b. 24 Jan 1849, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1850 (Age 0 years)
     7. Abel Newbrough,   b. 1849, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Sep 1872 (Age 23 years)
    Albums
    Cline Family Bible    		Cline Family Bible (6)
    Family ID F6  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Dec 2021 

    Family 2 Mary Howard,   b. Abt 1812, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 15 Sep 1855  Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Family ID F20  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 13 May 1810 - Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 10 Mar 1836 - Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1840 - Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1850 - Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 15 Sep 1855 - Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1860 - Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1870 - Mound City, Linn County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - May 1880 - Vermilion County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Documents
    Cline Shumate transaction 1837    		Cline Shumate transaction 1837
    Vermilion County, Illinois. Deed Record, v.D
    Promiary note

    page 280
    Know all men by these presents that I, John B. Cline, of the County of Vermilion and State of Illinois, for and in consideration of John Shumate, becoming the security of the said John B. Cline. for the payment of Eighty eight Dollars, as specified in three promissory notes payable to James Parmer & William Taylor, and bearing date on the 30th day of September, 1836, have bargained and sold by these presents, do bargain and sell unto the said John Shumate, Forty five head of hogs, twenty head of Sheep, Eleven head of Geese, one mare, one cupboard, one Clock, one fall lief table, one desk & three beds & bed clothing now remaining and being in the possession of the said John B. Cline, To Have And To Hold all and singular, the said goods household Stuff and animals and every of them by these presents bargained and Sold unto the said John Shumate his Executors administrators and assigns forever. Provided always and it is hereby agreed between the said parties to these presents that if I the said John B. Cline, my executors administrators or assigns or any of us do and shall well and truly pay or cause to be paid unto the said James Parmer and Taylor or their attorneys executors administrators or assigns the sum of Eighty eight Dollars, on or before the 30th day of September 1837 for the redemption of the said hereby bargained premises, then these presents and every clause article condition and thing herein contained shall cease determine and be utterly void. Otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.
    John B. Cline (seal)
    Abel (his mark) Newbrough
    Sealed Signed and delivered in presence of
    Andrew J. Cline, Nathaniel Cline
    April the 23rd 1837
    This day came John B. Cline, others and Acknowledged the above Mortage. for the uses and purposes above.
    Alexander Bailey J. P.
    Filed for Recorded April 26 and Recorded April 28, 1837.
    A. Williams, Recd

    https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QY-41HB?view=fullText

    Albums
    Cline Family Bible    		Cline Family Bible (6)

  • 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
    • 1870 US census, Mound City, Linn County, Kansas
      enumerated 14 June 1870
      Caroline Newbrough, 41, b. Virginia, helps farm
      James M. Brown, 34, b. Prussia, farmer
      Abel Newbrough, 60, b. Virginia, blacksmith
      Polly Newbrough, 56, b. North Carolina, keeping house
      John Newbrough, 24, b. Illinois, farm laborer
      Abel Newbrough, 21, b. Illinois, farm laborer

      LKH note: the only Caroline (Scott) Newbrough I'm finding was the wife of Solomon Newbrough.
      https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15839180/caroline-newbrough
      However, that Caroline and Solomon Newbrough are in the 1870 census in Grant Towhship, Monongalia County, West Virginia on 9 August 1870.

      Have not found an explanation for why Abel and family are in Kansas in 1870.
      [2, 7]

  • Sources 
    1. [S1] Cline Family Bible, Library of Linda Hedges.

    2. [S89] census records.

    3. [S4] Cemeteries of Vermilion County, Illinois: Blount and Newell Townships, v.1, (Illiana Geneaological and Historical Society, 1995), Library of Linda Hedges.

    4. [S2] Find a Grave.

    5. [S45] Marriage license abstracts, Vermilion County, Illinois: 1826-1853, (Illiana Genealogical and Historical Society), Library of Linda Hedges.

    6. [S104] marriage record.

    7. [S87] Linda Kay Hedges, LKH note.


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