every soul has gone to "the undiscovered county from whose bourne no traveller returns". Magdalen Maupin was the last to enter its confines and complete the kindred circle in another stage of existence. She was an excellent type of the good woman of a bygone generation, discharging every domestic and social duty in such a manner as to fix the affections of the family and friends and to make all who knew her mourn her loss."
The children of William and Magdalen Maupin were as follows: Hamilton Martha Boaz Samuel Jane William B. George Mildred Lysander -
b. 1808 b. 1812 b. 1814 b. 1818 b. 1820 b. 1820 b. 1825 Some records give his wife as Polly, daughter of John (3). b. 1823 b. 1831 ********************
THOMAS MAUPIN (32) Son of William (9), grandson of Daniel (3), of Gabriel (1 ). Thomas Maupin was born in Albemarle County about 1771 and died in the same county, 26 Feb 1834. He first married his cousin, Catherine White, the daughter of John White and Susan Henderson. After her death, he married, 21 Jan 1808, to Mary Clarkson, daughter of James Clarkson and Maria Woods. The Clarkson family was from Amherst and David Clarkson of that county was the progenitor of the Albemarle Clarksons. John, his son, settled near Hydraulic Mills and bought lands from John Wood. James Clarkson, his son, was born 1734 and died in 1829. He was the father of Mary Clarkson Maupin. Clarkson sold his farm to his son-In-law, Thomas Maupin, the year before the former's death. The children of the first wife, Catherine White, were: *Overton Ambrose - married Polly Marrs 18 Nov 1821. Dr. John T. b. 1804. Lucinda married 28 Oct 1819, to Robert Harris, son of James Harris and Mary McCullough. *Mariah H. b. 3 Apr 1800, m. 21 Feb 1825 to James J. Mars, d. 25 Jul 1882. Chapman married Catherine White of Louisa. *Fontaine married Eliz Rogers.
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The children of the second wife, Mary Clarkson, were: James Clarkson- married _ _ _ _ _ _ _. Catherine married Dr. Wm. Miller, son of John Miller and Lucretia Kirtley. John Miller was a son of Margaret Maupin Miller (14). Catherine Miller had a daughter. a. Virginia married Judge John T. Harris, a son of Nathan Harris and Ann Anderson, and he was the grandson of James and Mary Harris of Albemarle. Judge Harris and wife, Virginia, had a daughter: 1. Anna, m. Silas Heard of Harrisonburg, VA. FIFTH GENERATION OVerton Ambrose Maupin, son of Thomas Maupin (32) and Catherine White, was born 6 Oct 1797 in Albemarle Co. VA, d. 15 Aug 1880 in Ray Co. MO, m. 21 Nov 1821 to Mary "Polly" Mars, b. 11 June 1800, d. by 1853 in Albemarle Co. VA; m. 2nd Mary Jones, 20 Sep 1853 in Claiborne Co. TN. Overton Ambrose followed his uncle Amos Maupin to Campbell Co. TN between 1820 and 1830 and the children probably were born there. He arrived in Ray Co. MO, in 1856 and is buried near Millville in Ray Co. MO. Their children: 1. Sarah Ellen Maupin, b. 31 Jul 1822, d. 24 Jan 1880 in Ray Co. MO; m. 12 Sep 1839 to James Carr Shumate, b. 16 Jan 1823, d. 4 Oct 1862. They arrived in Ray Co. MO, 1856. Sarah Ellen m. 2nd Sampson Shumate, brother of James Carr. Sarah is buried in Van Bebber Cemetery in Ray Co. MO, Sarah's children were: a. Mary Ann Shumate, b. 18 June 1841, in TN, d. 20 Apr 1906, Ray Co. MO; m. 1st Henry Barbee; m. 2nd James B. Yoakum on 6 Oct 1867 in Ray Co. MO. b. Martha Jane Shumate, b. 18 Dec 1843 in TN, d. 6 Mar 1916 in Ray Co. MO; m. James H. Cowan, 16 Feb 1860. c. Virginia Catherine Shumate (1846-1849). d. Marguerite Shumate, b. 19 May 1848 in TN; m. Bedford Hamilton on 15 Jan 1865. e. James Adkins Shumate, b. 19 Jut 1851 in TN, d. 24 Sep 1943 in Ray Co. MO; m. 1st, Susan Reynolds, m. 2nd Mary Elizabeth Smith, b. 3 Apr 1854, d. 5 Dec 1947. Mary Elizabeth was the daughter of Rufus King and Mariah H. Maupin Smith. f. Isabelle Shumate, b. 3 Feb 1854, d. 1 Mar 1904 in Ray Co. MO; m. 7 Nov 1867 to James David Myers, b. 14 Jan 1850, d. 3 Aug 1890. Both buried in Van Bebber Cemetery in Ray Co. MO. One of their ten children, Mary Ann Myers, b. 25 Aug 1868 in Ray Co. MO, d. 1 Feb 1916, Ottawa, OK; m. 19 Aug 1883 in Ray Co. MO to
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