located and family letters calling aunts and uncles by name. After William Overton (55) and John Harris (56), the only other married male in the family of Gabriel and Susanna Bailey Maupin, is Dabney. Another clue is in the name. From Bible records we have: William Bailey Maupin, b. 6 Jun 1824, in Madison Co. KY; died 31 Jan 1918, in Durant, OK. In the article on John Rice Maupin in "The Chronicles of Oklahoma", pg. 308, it calls William B. Maupin, John Rice's brother which is incorrect because John Rice's family has been accounted for which makes them cousins. William Bailey Maupin also came to the Westport area. He lived in Shawnee and then Edwardsville, KS. All of these towns are now in the metropolitan Kansas City area. They had another fami~y tie to this area. That was John Harris, son of Margaret Maupin, sister of Gabriel (23) and her husband John Harris, senior, a prominent merchant and owner of the "Harris House" in Westport.
a. Donald Evans Maupin, b. 21 Nov 1925 in Durant, OK. He is single. b. Gerard Evans Maupin, b. 24 Jul 1936; m. 14 Sep 1961, in Mendota, IL, to Donna Austin, 2 daughters, Karen Lynn and Lisa Ann Maupin. 6.
William Bailey Maupin, m. 2 Jan 1846 to Jane Noland, b. 30 Dec 1829. They lived in the Edwardsville, KS, area where William operated a ferry across the Kansas River to Shawnee and Westport. They had 7 children: 1. 2.
Mary E. Maupin, b. 8 Mar 1846 Rueben R. Maupin, b. 19 Nov 1848, d. 16 Sep 1877; m. 24 Feb 1870, to Nancy Jan Langston. 3. William H. Maupin, b. 28 Jan 1850. 4. Samira Anne Maupin, b. 8 Mar 1851; d. Jul 1936 in Topeka, KS; m. 4 Jul 1872, to Thomas Jeffries. 5. Malachi W. Maupin, b. 20 Sep 1853; d. 10 Mar 1941 In Durant, OK; m. 19 Feb 1879, to Johanna Hill, b. 7 Oct 1852; d. 23 Nov 1899 in Caddo, OK. Their children: a.
Aletha Maupin, b. 22 Mar 1880, in Edwardsville, KS, d. 13 Dec 1945 in Durant, OK; m. Charles Sharp. b. Alma Frances Maupin, b. 16 Feb 1884, In Edwardsville, KS; m. 13 Jul 1904, to J. A. Reynolds. c. Edna Maupin, b. 11 Oct 1887, d. 27 Jan 1984; m. 12 Jun 1910 to Timothy Colligan. d. Emma Maupin, b. 14 Jan 1890; m. 1919 to Arthur Felkner, d. Durant, OK. Malachi Maupin, m. 2nd on 1 Jul 1901 in Indian Territory to Maude Huckaby, b. 4 Sep 1879, d. 30 Oct 1963, Durant, OK. Their children: a.
Charles Maupin, b. 13 Jun 1904; m. 5 Sep 1928, to Bess Jones. b. George Avery Maupin, b. 24 Dec 1905, d. 4 Feb 1940 in Durant, OK; m. Lois May Evans, b. 24 May 1904 in Texas. Their children: 216
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Missouri Maupin, b. 23 Mar 1855, daughter of William Bailey Maupin and Jane Noland. She died 12 Nov 1927, in Edwardsville, KS; married 22 Dec 1870, to Walter Benjamin Shannon, b. 1840; d. 11 Jun 1902. They had a large family but with the large family Missouri still had time to write and her many recollections of life in this part of Kansas is recorded in the .t<ansas City Kansan written in the 1920's and available for viewing on microfilm. In the 1840's the push of the eastern Indians westward was much in progress. The Delaware, Shawnee, and Wyandot tribes came from Ohio and were the early settlers and founders of what is now Kansas City, KS. Missouri's writings of these early days are so interesting. She writes: "We liked the Delawares. They were our only neighbors and they were always good to us", She writes that her father, William Maupin ran a ferry from the Chouteau trading post on the south bank of the Kansas river to a point near the present site of Edwardsville, KS, on the north bank. Her father also operated a saw mill and a grinding mills. "The Indians patronized father's grinding mill from the start. They would trade pelts, wide berries and Indian baskets for having their corn ground. Old Half Moon was Chief then. We liked him and his family. Edwardsville is named for his eldest son. Half Moon used to let us have church in his house whenever an itinerant preacher came by. Some white settlers from across the river, our family and the Indians would crowd into Half Moon's house to hear the preaching. The only trouble is that we did not have services often enough." Her remembrances give us a better understanding of the hardships, joys and trials of our early settlers in this part of our country.
Jasper DeCalb Maupin, the last child of William Bailey Maupin and Jane Noland. He was b. 24 Apr 1858. This was all the information this writer had. Then an obituary was sent to me for a "Charlie Maupin" of Ft. Scott, KS. It was very faded but with the help of a magnifying glass the mystery unfolded. Jasper DeCalb somewhere or sometime in his life became "Charlie", It gave his birth date as 24 Apr 1858, survivors, his wife Edna May Gardner, one son James W., 2 daughters, Mable and Edna Ruth, sister Samire Anne, brothers Malachi and William 217