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Nicholas H. Maybee

Male 1837 - 1909  (72 years)

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  • Name Nicholas H. Maybee 
    Birth 9 Jun 1837  Ashford, Cattaraugus County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    No Name 1850  Ashford, Cattaraugus County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Nicholas H. Maybee appeared on the census of 1850 in the
      household of Harmon Mabee and Elizabeth Rowland Ashford,
      Cattaraugus County, New York
    No Name 1855  Ashford, Cattaraugus County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • Nicholas H. Maybee appeared on the census of 1855 in the
      household of Harmon Mabee and Elizabeth Rowland Ashford,
      Cattaraugus County, New York
    No Name 1860  Great Valley, Cattaraugus County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Nicholas H. Maybee appeared on the census of 1860 in the
      household of Harmon Mabee and Elizabeth Rowland Great Valley,
      Cattaraugus County, New York
    No Name 1870  Warren Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • Nicholas H. Maybee and Abigale E. Dow appeared on the census of
      1870 Warren Township, Trumbull County, OhioNicholas H. Mabie,
      33, M, R. R. Engineer, -, -, NY
      Abbie Mabie, 27, F, Keeping House, NY
      Josephine Mabie, 9, F, At School, NY
      Harmon Mabie, 7, M, At School, NY
    No Name 1880  Corry, Erie County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • Nicholas H. Maybee and Abigale E. Dow appeared on the census of
      1880 Corry, Erie County, PennsylvaniaNicholas Maybee, Head, M,
      M, W, 48, NY, R. R. Engineer, Fa: MA, Mo:
      Abby Maybee, Wife, F, M, W, 39, VT, Keeping House, Fa: VT, Mo:
      VT
      Josephine Maybee, Daughter, F, M, W, 20, NY, Fa: NY, Mo: VT
      Harmon Maybee, Son, M, S, W, 17, NY, Works On R.R., Fa: NY, Mo:
      VT
    Anecdote 1889  [7] 
    • Nicholas H. Maybee is one of the "old guard," one of the men
      who have been with the road since the time of its construction.
      He was born in Ashford, Cattaraugus County, New York, June 9,
      1837, and began his active career at the age of 14 as a driver
      for contractors on the construction work of the Erie between
      Great Valley and Little Valley, New York. He remained with them
      until the road was completed, and after hauling the tools away
      used the same team to draw the ties to their places. When
      trains were started running on the new road Mr. Maybee secured
      a position as brakeman and for a year ran on gravel train, and
      then on freight between Olean and Dunkirk. In December, 1862,
      he went to Leavittsburg, Ohio, as brakeman, and in 1863 was
      promoted to yardmaster, being the first man to hold that
      position at Leavittsburg. He remained there until the summer of
      1865, when he went to Meadville as fireman on old No. 12
      engine, and on December 22, 1868, he was promoted to engineer.
      Mr. Maybee then ran freight until the spring of 1875 when he
      was hurt by falling off the engine at Salamanca. This injury
      laid him up for about a year, when he returned to work. In 1879
      he went to Corry and ran a switch engine there until 1886, when
      he returned to road service, and is now on Nos. 37 and 38
      between Corry and Salamanca.
      Mr. Maybee has been in one collision, but was fortunate enough
      to escape injury. On April 26, 1873, he had a car break and run
      into the bridge at Saw Mill Run, putting five cars into the
      creek and knocking the bridge down.
      On December 22, 1859, Mr. Maybee was married to Miss Abbie E.
      Dow, of Hinsdale, New York, and two children have been born to
      them. Josephine, who was 29 years of age at death, was the wife
      of W. E. Reeves; Harmon P., aged 36, is an engineer on the
      Meadville Division, east. Mr. Maybee is a member of B. of L.
      E., Division No. 43; Corry Lodge, No. 470, K. of P., and
      Washington Lodge, No. 2, A.O.U.W., of Corry, and is highly
      regarded as a citizen of worth and intelligence. His father,
      Harmon Maybee, a lumberman of Cattaraugus County, New York, is
      now the oldest living white settler in Salamanca, and lives in
      the house he built there forty years ago.
    No Name 1889  [7] 
    • Nicholas H. Maybee is one of the "old guard," one of the men
      who have been with the road since the time of its construction.
      He was born in Ashford, Cattaraugus County, New York, June 9,
      1837, and began his active career at the age of 14 as a driver
      for contractors on the construction work of the Erie between
      Great Valley and Little Valley, New York. He remained with them
      until the road was completed, and after hauling the tools away
      used the same team to draw the ties to their places. When
      trains were started running on the new road Mr. Maybee secured
      a position as brakeman and for a year ran on gravel train, and
      then on freight between Olean and Dunkirk. In December, 1862,
      he went to Leavittsburg, Ohio, as brakeman, and in 1863 was
      promoted to yardmaster, being the first man to hold that
      position at Leavittsburg. He remained there until the summer of
      1865, when he went to Meadville as fireman on old No. 12
      engine, and on December 22, 1868, he was promoted to engineer.
      Mr. Maybee then ran freight until the spring of 1875 when he
      was hurt by falling off the engine at Salamanca. This injury
      laid him up for about a year, when he returned to work. In 1879
      he went to Corry and ran a switch engine there until 1886, when
      he returned to road service, and is now on Nos. 37 and 38
      between Corry and Salamanca.
      Mr. Maybee has been in one collision, but was fortunate enough
      to escape injury. On April 26, 1873, he had a car break and run
      into the bridge at Saw Mill Run, putting five cars into the
      creek and knocking the bridge down.
      On December 22, 1859, Mr. Maybee was married to Miss Abbie E.
      Dow, of Hinsdale, New York, and two children have been born to
      them. Josephine, who was 29 years of age at death, was the wife
      of W. E. Reeves; Harmon P., aged 36, is an engineer on the
      Meadville Division, east. Mr. Maybee is a member of B. of L.
      E., Division No. 43; Corry Lodge, No. 470, K. of P., and
      Washington Lodge, No. 2, A.O.U.W., of Corry, and is highly
      regarded as a citizen of worth and intelligence. His father,
      Harmon Maybee, a lumberman of Cattaraugus County, New York, is
      now the oldest living white settler in Salamanca, and lives in
      the house he built there forty years ago.
    Death 3 Aug 1909  Corry, Erie County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Obituary Sep 1909  [8] 
    • Nicholas Maybee, a veteran engineer of the Erie and who was
      retired on a pension under the (70 year) age limit, died at
      Corry on August 3
    Notes 
    • he was married three times

      From the Maybee Society files. Not all data is verified. Say dates are estimates and are probably within 20 years. The Maybee Society keeps its data on The Master Genealogist�, and has been modified by Gary Hester?s WIT2NOTE� to form the GedCom file. This information is also available in a TMG file. [9]
    Person ID I34285  Glenn Cook Family
    Last Modified 30 Nov 2006 

    Father Harmon Mabee,   b. 1818, Charleston, Montgomery County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1901 (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Rowland,   b. 1817, Cayuga County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage Y  [9] 
    Census 1850  Ashford, Cattaraugus County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Harmon Mabee, 28, M, Laborer, NY, $300
      Elizabeth Mabee, 30, F, NY
      Nicholas C. Mabee, 13, M, NY
      Rachel Ann Mabee, 11, F, NY
      John J. Mabee, 5, M, NY
      Clemence A. Mabee, 2, F, NY
      Hiram M. Mabee, 6/12, M, NY
    Census 1855  Ashford, Cattaraugus County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • Maby, Harmon, 37, 12 Years in Cattaraugus County, From
      Montgomery Co.
      Maby, Elizabeth, 38, 12 Years in Cattaraugus County, Cayuga Co
      Maby, Nicholas, 18, 12 Years in Cattaraugus County,
      Maby, Rachael Ann, 16, 12 Years in Cattaraugus County,
      Maby, John , 12 , 12 Years in Cattaraugus County,
      Maby, Clemence, 7
      Maby, Hiram, 5
    Census 1860  Great Valley, Cattaraugus County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Hannah Mabee, 43, M, Day Laborer, NY, -/$167
      Elizabeth Mabee, 44, F, Housework, NY
      Michael Mabee, 22, M, Day Laborer, NY
      Abigail Mabee, 18, F, Housework, NY
      Rachel A. Mabee, 21, F, Housework, NY
      John T. Mabee, 18, M, Day Laborer, NY
      Hiram Mabee, 10, F, NY
      Clementine Maybee, 12, F, NY
    Census 1870  Salamanca, Cattaraugus County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    • Harmon Maybee, 52, M, Farmer, -, 1000, NY
      Elizabeth Maybee, 52, F, Keeping House, NY
      Hiram Maybee, 21, M, NY
      Florence Maybee, 17, F, Keeping House, NY
    Census 1880  Salamanca, Cattaraugus County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    • Harmon Mabie, Head, M, M, W, 58, NY, Teamster, Fa: NY, Mo: NY
      Eliza Mabie, Wife, F, M, W, 56, NY, Keeps House, Fa: NY, Mo: NY
    Family ID F551606702  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Abigale E. Dow,   b. 1842, Hinsdale, , New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 22 Dec 1859  [1, 12] 
    Census 1870  Warren Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • Nicholas H. Mabie, 33, M, R. R. Engineer, -, -, NY
      Abbie Mabie, 27, F, Keeping House, NY
      Josephine Mabie, 9, F, At School, NY
      Harmon Mabie, 7, M, At School, NY
    Census 1880  Corry, Erie County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • Nicholas Maybee, Head, M, M, W, 48, NY, R. R. Engineer, Fa: MA,
      Mo:
      Abby Maybee, Wife, F, M, W, 39, VT, Keeping House, Fa: VT, Mo:
      VT
      Josephine Maybee, Daughter, F, M, W, 20, NY, Fa: NY, Mo: VT
      Harmon Maybee, Son, M, S, W, 17, NY, Works On R.R., Fa: NY, Mo:
      VT
    Children 
     1. Josephine Maybee,   b. Between 1860 and 1861, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1890 (Age ~ 30 years)
     2. Harman P. Maybee,   b. Sep 1861, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F551606703  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Nov 2006 

    Family 2 Burnetta A.,   b. May 1854, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage Between 1898 and 1899  [13] 
    Census Jun 1900  18 Conrad Street, Corry, Erie County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    • Nicholas H. Maybee, Head, W, M, June 1837, 62, M, 1, New York,
      New York, Vermont, Railroad Engineer, owns home free of
      mortgage
      Burnetta A. Maybee, Wife, W, F, May 1854, 46, M, 1, 2 children
      born and living, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, New York
    Family ID F551606704  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Nov 2006 

  • Sources 
    1. [S1233] Barbara Miller, Barbara Millar, FROM HTTP://FREEPAGES.GENEALOGY.ROOTSWEB.COM/~SPONHOLZ/BIONHMAYBEE.H TML (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S1254] Steve Mabie, Steve Mabie's Website, 1850 CENSUS (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1240] Steve Mabie, MS 257 - Steve Mabie, 1855 NEW YORK STATE CENSUS, CATTARAUGUS COUNTY, ASHFORD (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S1254] Steve Mabie, Steve Mabie's Website, 1860 CENSUS, NEW YORK,CATTARAUGUS COUNTY, GREAT VALLEY, PAGES 576, 577 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S1261] Steve Mabie, Steve Mabie's 1870 census, TRUMBULL COUNTY, WARREN TOWNSHIP, PAGE 391, M593-ROLL 1272 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S1242] Steve Mabie's 1880 census, PENNSYLVANIA, ERIE COUNTY, CORRY, 1ST WARD, PAGE 51A, NATIONAL ARCHIVES FILM T9-1127 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S1233] Barbara Miller, Barbara Millar, EXCERPTED FROM THE ARTICLE NICHOLAS H. MAYBEE, CORRY, PENNSYLVANIA, IN (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S1233] Barbara Miller, Barbara Millar, FROM THE SEPTEMBER, 1909 ISSUE OF ERIE RAILROAD MAGAZINE, MEADVILLE NEWS: (Reliability: 3).

    9. [S1248] Royal A. Mabee Royal's information was principally based on interviews with descendants. There is a significant chance for error in his dates for early generations The original of Royal's notebook is at the New York Genealogical and Biographical Soc, Royal A Mabee's notebook.

    10. [S1261] Steve Mabie, Steve Mabie's 1870 census, CATTARAUGUS COUNTY, SALAMANCA, PAGE 527, M593-ROLL 909 (Reliability: 3).

    11. [S1242] Steve Mabie's 1880 census, CATTARAUGUS COUNTY, SALAMANCA, PAGE 125D, NATIONAL ARCHIVES FILM T9-0813 (Reliability: 3).

    12. [S1275] Steve Mabie, Steve Mabie, A Chronology of Mabie Records. Albany, Schenectady, Montgomery and Herkimer Counties, FROM FAMILY RECORDS (Reliability: 3).

    13. [S1235] 1900 US Census, OLEAN, CATTARAUGUS, NEW YORK; ROLL: T623 1011; PAGE: 8B; ENUMERATION DISTRICT: 61 (Reliability: 3).



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