Some Descendants of Edward Vining and Catherine Haines

Bill’s Family: Ancestors of Eldora Beahm
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Edward Vining and Catherine Haines

120. Edward Vining {a,b,c,d,e} was born 17 May 1809 in Maine, and died 19 Oct 1891 in Marcellon (Columbia) Wisconsin. He is a son of Benjamin Vining [240] and Sarah Ring [241]. Edward married 6 Dec 1832 in Franklin Co, Maine,
121. Catherine Haines {a,c,d,e}. Catherine was born 1814 in Avon (Franklin) Maine, and died sometime before 1891 in Wisconsin.

Haines is most likely Anglo-Saxon, meaning woods or grove. It might possibly be a Welsh line, deriving from the personal name Einws. Catherine is the earliest known ancestor in this line; there are some sources suggesting that her father is Frederick Haines of Maine, but we have not found anything definite at this time. Mary Haines, who married Edward’s brother John, is likely her sister or cousin.

Edward was the eighth of fourteen children. He was a contemporary and fourth cousin to Marcus Whitman, who started the Oregon Trail. What we know of Catherine comes from information she gave on the Wisconsin census. She says she was born in Maine, and that her parents were born in Maine. Avon is a township, in the area of Philips.

Edward and Catherine were farmers, and were Methodist Episcopalian. They were married by Rev. Nehemiah Hunt in Avon Township, and lived in Franklin County, Maine after their marriage. Sometime between 1846 and 1849, they moved to Wisconsin with their 6 children. This was a time when many people were moving west; Wisconsin became a state in 1848.
They stopped first in Milwaukee, a city of about 20,000 at that time. Thomas was born there in 1849. Edward bought some farmland in Marcellon Township, Columbia County, on 9 July 1852. They are listed as farmers in Columbia County in the 1870 and 1880 Wisconsin census.
Edward’s death certificate gives the cause of death as “parylisis”.

120.1. Henry C. Vining {a} was born 29 May 1834 in Avon (Franklin) Maine, and died 29 Apr 1835 in Avon (Franklin) Maine, age 11 months.

120.2. Eliza Jane Vining (1836 ME - 1893 MN) had descendants and is listed below.

120.3. Edward Kent Vining [60] (1838 ME - 1914 WI) and Nancy O. Blatchley are direct ancestors, separate page.

120.5. Benjamin H. Vining {a} was born about 1842 in Avon (Franklin) Maine, and died 18 Oct 1852 in Wisconsin, age 10.

120.2. Eliza Jane Vining {a} was born 14 Apr 1836 in Avon (Franklin) Maine, and died 4 Dec 1893 in Elmore (Faribault) Minnesota. She married 4 Jul 1857 in Columbia Co, Wisconsin, George A. Taylor. Eliza and George moved to Minnesota sometime around 1860.
Eliza and George had one child (first cousin to us):

120.2.1. Sherman H. Taylor {a} was born 12 Jun 1862 in Elmore (Faribault Co) Minnesota, and died 24 Nov 1940. He married about 1883, Mary M. Bay. Mary was born in 1860, and died in 1896.
Sherman and Mary had two children (second cousins to us):

Sherman married second, about 1898, Ella M. Gunderson.
Sherman and Ella had three children (second cousins to us):

120.4. William Harrison Vining {a,d,f,g,h} was born 21 May 1840 in Avon (Franklin) Maine, and died 5 Dec 1891 in Elmore (Faribault) Minnesota. He married on 3 Jul 1862 at Ft Scott (Bourbon) Kansas, Ruth Ann Smart, the daughter of Josiah Hezekiah Smart (b. about 1802) and Eliza Ann Estep (b. about 1823). Ruth Ann was born 15 Nov 1847 in Davis Co, Iowa, and died 16 Jan 1920 in St. Paul (Ramsey) Minnesota. They are both buried in Blue Earth, Minnesota.

William moved to Wisconsin as a child in the late 1840’s. He served in the Civil War, enlisting in the 3rd Wisconsin Cavalry in November 1861 along with his brother Edward Kent. While they were stationed at Fort Scott, Kansas, William met Ruth Ann Smart, and they were married a short time after. Ruth Ann appears in the 1850 Census, living with her parents in Marion Township, Davis County, Iowa. In the 1860 Census, the family had moved from Iowa to Arkansas, living in Flint Township, Benton County, Arkansas. They moved to Fort Scott, Kansas before Jul 1862, and in an 1865 census are listed (without Ruth) in City of Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas. Their family lived near the James family, and family legend claims Ruth Ann was taught to shoot a pistol by Jesse James. We have no way of knowing if this is true, but it is at least possible. Ruth may have lived with her family through part of the war, as William was moved to various posts in Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma, but she is not with them in 1865. Ruth’s sister Mary Jane married Augustus Smith, another member of the 3rd Wisconsin Cavalry.

After the war they settled first in Columbia County Wisconsin, where their first three children were born. They moved around 1873 to Elmore (Faribault) Minnesota, where William got a land grant. As with Edward Kent, there are suggestions in some sources that this was connected with Civil War service, but I was told at the National Archives that there were no Civil War land grants -- this was probably an ordinary homesteading grant. William’s sister Eliza had been living in Elmore for about 13 years when William arrived, and their brother Edward joined them sometime between 1891 and 1895 (possibly after William had died). Sometime after William died, Ruth Ann moved to St. Paul, where she spent her remaining years. She probably lived with her daughter Maude.
William and Ruth Ann had eleven children (first cousins to us):

120.4.1. Frederick Hanes Vining {a,d,h} was born 25 Nov 1867 in Pardeeville (Columbia) Wisconsin, and died 19 Jan 1918 in Shell Lake (Washburn) Wisconsin.

120.4.2. Eliza Ann Vining {a,h} was born 19 Jan 1870 in Pardeeville (Columbia) Wisconsin, and died 1 Nov 1956. She married about 1890, Elisha Bailey, son of Elisha Bailey. Elisha was born in 1868 and died in 1957.
Eliza and Elisha had one child that we know of, there may be others (second cousin to us):

120.4.3. Florence Miami Vining {a,h} was born Jan 1872 in Pardeeville (Columbia) Wisconsin, and died 20 Apr 1914 in Chetek (Barron) Wisconsin. She married 26 Mar 1896 in Wisconsin, William Scott. William was born sometime around 1870 in County Tyrone, Ireland.
Florence and William had two children (second cousins to us):

120.4.4. Mary Jane Vining {a,h} was born 1874 in Elmore (Faribault) Minnesota, and died in 1895. She married 12 Sep 1891, Edgar Smith. Edgar was a carpenter. Mary Jane died from the birth of her second daughter.
Mary Jane and Edgar had two children (second cousins to us):

120.4.5. Essie Vining {a,h} was born 3 May 1877 in Elmore (Faribault) Minnesota, and died 3 Nov 1918 in North Dakota. She married 14 Sep 1894, Albert Yetter. Albert was born in 1874, and died in 1930.

120.4.6. Catherine Vining {a,h} was born Mar 1878 in Elmore (Faribault) Minnesota, and died in 1907. She married Andrew Marion Schneider.

120.4.7. Edward Harrison Vining {a,h} was born 7 Dec 1880 in Elmore (Faribault) Minnesota, and died 21 Sep 1969 in Iowa. He married first, about 1908, Mary Chapman. They divorced about 1919. Edward married second, sometime after 1920, Lillian Dudley.
Edward served in the Spanish-American War in 1898.
Edward and first wife Mary had five children (second cousins to us):

120.4.8. Ruth Vining {a,h} was born 5 Mar 1883 in Elmore (Faribault) Minnesota, and died in 1945. She married about 1910, Guy Delbert McDermott.
Ruth and Guy had two children (second cousins to us):

120.4.9. Elnora Vining {a,h} was born 30 Dec 1886 in Elmore (Faribault) Minnesota, and died Oct 1907.

120.4.10. Maude Vining {a,h} was born 29 Jul 1889 in Elmore (Faribault) Minnesota, and died 11 Feb 1979 in St. Paul (Ramsey) Minnesota. She married on 9 Jan 1910, John Gilman Kent. John was born about 1885, and died in 1969.
Maude and John had four children (second cousins to us), probably born in Minnesota:

120.4.11. Grace Vining {a,h} was born 17 Jan 1892 in Elmore (Faribault) Minnesota, and died 16 Sep 1960. She married Elmer Mars.

120.6. Celinda Vining {a} was born 2 Mar 1845 in Avon (Franklin) Maine, and died 9 Jan 1917 in Wisconsin. She married 2 Jul 1863 in Wisconsin, William Livingston Sims.
Celinda and William had four children (first cousins to us):

120.6.2. Jesse Sims {a} was born 16 May 1866 in Wisconsin, and died in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He married 27 Nov 1886, Louella ___.
Jesse and Louella had two children (second cousins to us):

120.6.3. Alice Maude Sims {a} was born 23 Sep 1869 in Markesan (Green Lake) Wisconsin, and died 5 Mar 1939. She married Dr. Elmer Thatcher.
Alice and Elmer had one known child (second cousin to us):

120.6.4. Ruth Delila Sims {a} was born 13 Dec 1876 in Wisconsin, and died 29 Dec 1962. She married 26 Jun 1899, Mathias Caspar Hettinger.
Ruth and Mathias had three children (second cousins to us):

120.7. Thomas Vining {a,d,e} was born 10 Nov 1849 in Milwaukee (Milwaukee) Wisconsin, and died 10 Mar 1925 in Wisconsin. He married about 1872 in Wisconsin, Lucretia Peckham. Lucretia was born in 1854, and died in 1900. If the birthplaces of their children are correct, they moved to Minnesota in the late 1870’s, and returned to Wisconsin in the mid-1880’s.
Thomas and Lucretia had seven children (first cousins to us):

120.7.1. Charles Vining {a,e} was born 22 Mar 1873 in Columbia Co, Wisconsin, and died 12 Oct 1883 in Minnesota or Wisconsin, age 10.

120.7.2. Laura May Vining {a,e} was born 26 Jan 1875 in Marcellon (Columbia) Wisconsin, and died 1 Jan 1942 in Huron (Beadle) South Dakota. She married 19 Sep 1894, Benjamin W. Palmer.
Laura and Benjamin had two children (second cousins to us):

120.7.3. Jesse Vining {a} was born 28 Sep 1881 in Elmore (Faribault) Minnesota, and died 17 Jun 1950. He married first, about 1904, Lulu Hewitt.
Jesse and Lulu were divorced, sometime before 1941. Jesse married second, in 1942, Regina Thill. They had no children.
Jesse and first wife Lulu had two children (second cousins to us):

120.7.4. Thomas Raymond Vining {a} was born 26 Oct 1887 in Columbia Co, Wisconsin, and died 10 Jan 1952. He married 14 Sep 1910, Gertrude Michaelson.
Thomas and Gertrude had four children (second cousins to us):

120.7.5. Lester Vining {a} was born 3 Aug 1890 in Columbia Co, Wisconsin, and died 12 Sep 1917. He was a carpenter, never married. Lester died of tuberculosis.

120.7.6. Harry Edward Vining {a} was born 27 Apr 1893 in Rio (Columbia) Wisconsin, and died 28 May 1972. He married 1 Sep 1917, Selma Peterson.
Harry and Selma had three children (second cousins to us):

120.7.7. Benjamin Vining {a} was born 14 Mar 1898 in Barron Co, Wisconsin, and died in Chetek (Barron) Wisconsin. Never married, probably died young.

120.8. Mary A. Vining {a,d} was born 26 Jun 1853 in Columbia County, Wisconsin, and died 16 Nov 1923. She married 4 Jul 1873 in Marquette Co, Wisconsin, Alexander Hamilton. Alexander was born in 1848, and died in 1925.
Mary and Alexander had one known child, there may be others (first cousin to us):

120.8.1. Irving Henry Hamilton {a} was born 13 Jul 1875 in Portage (Columbia) Wisconsin, and died 28 Jun 1965. He married 3 Jul 1894 in Wisconsin, Mary E. Beahm [56.1.4], daughter of 56.1 David Beahm (1845 - 1883). Mary was born 19 Jul 1875 in Columbia County, Wisconsin, and died in 1963.
Irving and Mary had four children, second cousins to us through both parents, listed under Mary who is a generation closer to us.

a. “The Vining Family”, Dorothea Vining Barnes; Beacon Herald, 1980
b. Death certificate for Edward
c. Marriage certificate for son Edward K.
d. Census, 1870 Wisconsin
e. Census, 1880 Wisconsin
f. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion
g. William Vining: Civil War records, National Archives
h. Correspondence from family members

Bill’s Family: Ancestors of Eldora Beahm

Edward Vining and Catherine Haines