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Orrin Maybee

Male 1820 - 1890  (70 years)

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  • Name Orrin Maybee 
    Birth 28 May 1820  Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 16 Sep 1850  Stevens Point, Portage County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Orrin Maybee and Martha M appeared on the census of 16 Sep 1850
      Stevens Point, Portage County, WisconsinOrin Mabee, 30, M,
      Lumberman, NY
      Martha M. Mabee, 27, F, NY
      Cereba A. Mabee, 1, F, WI
    Census 1860  Stevens Point, Portage County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • Orrin Maybee and Martha M appeared on the census of 1860
      Stevens Point, Portage County, WisconsinOrrin Maybee, 40, M,
      Commission Merchant, NY, $7000, $3000
      Martha M. Maybee, 38, F, NY
      Edwin F. Maybee, 9, F, WI
      Ellen A. Maybee, 7, F, WI
      Sarah L. Maybee, 5, F, WI
      Orrin F. Maybee, 3, F, WI
      Estella Maybee, 1, F, WI
      Margaret Dusmyan, 18, F, Canada, Servant
    Anecdote 1863  Amherst, Portage County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • The earliest available tax roll on Amherst township is dated
      1863 and these are the taxpayers:
      page 9, The Township of Amherst 247 Gasman, Nathan Harvey, Gard
      Harvey, John F. Hill-strom, Nick Hahn, R. Hartman, John
      Hoffman, NansHilstrom, J. P. Mickelson, J. M. Moyers, Orrin
      Maybee,
    Census 1870  Amherst, Portage County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • Orrin Maybee, 50, M, Farmer, 4000, 400, Canada West
      Edwin Maybee, 19, M, Farm Laborer, WI
      Ellen Maybee, 17, F, At Home, WI
      Sarina Maybee, 15, F, At School, WI
      Frank Maybee, 13, M, At School, WI
    Census 1870  Amherst, Portage County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • Orrin Maybee appeared on the census of 1870 Amherst, Portage
      County, WisconsinOrrin Maybee, 50, M, Farmer, 4000, 400, Canada
      West
      Edwin Maybee, 19, M, Farm Laborer, WI
      Ellen Maybee, 17, F, At Home, WI
      Sarina Maybee, 15, F, At School, WI
      Frank Maybee, 13, M, At School, WI
    Census 1880  Amherst, Portage County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • Orren Maybee, Head, M, W, W, 60, NY, Farmer, Fa: NY, Mo: NY
      Vinnia Maybee, Daughter, F, S, W, 25, WI, Keeping House, Fa:
      NY, Mo: NY
      Edwin F. Maybee, Son, M, M, W, 29, WI, Farmer, Fa: NY, Mo: NY
      Elvira Maybee, Daughter-in-Law, F, M, W, 30, NY, Keeping House,
      Fa: NY, Mo: NY
      Della Maybee, Granddaughter, F, S, W, 6, WI, Fa: WI, Mo: NY
      Wilmer L. Maybee, Grandson, M, S, W, 3, WI, Fa: WI, Mo: NY
    Census 1880  Amherst, Portage County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • Orrin Maybee appeared on the census of 1880 Amherst, Portage
      County, WisconsinOrren Maybee, Head, M, W, W, 60, NY, Farmer,
      Fa: NY, Mo: NY
      Vinnia Maybee, Daughter, F, S, W, 25, WI, Keeping House, Fa:
      NY, Mo: NY
      Edwin F. Maybee, Son, M, M, W, 29, WI, Farmer, Fa: NY, Mo: NY
      Elvira Maybee, Daughter-in-Law, F, M, W, 30, NY, Keeping House,
      Fa: NY, Mo: NY
      Della Maybee, Granddaughter, F, S, W, 6, WI, Fa: WI, Mo: NY
      Wilmer L. Maybee, Grandson, M, S, W, 3, WI, Fa: WI, Mo: NY
    Obituary Stevens Point, Portage County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    • Stevens Point, Wisconsin PFP obituary read: Orrin Maybee passed
      away at his home just south of Amherst last Friday aged 70
      years. He was one of the fist white settlers of Portage county,
      being the third white man to take up his home where Stevens
      Point now stands, and arriving here in the fall of 1883. In
      those days he was engaged in various lines of business, among
      which was the management of a hotel, which he built in company
      with Jas. Young on the site where the Curran house now stands
      at the present site of the Copps block). He leaves one
      daughter, Mrs. Samuel Marks of Antigo and two sons Edward of
      Amherst and Frank of Chicago
    Obituary Stevens Point, Portage County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    • Orrin Maybee passed away at his home just south of Amherst last
      Friday aged 70 years. He was one of the fist white settlers of
      Portage county, being the third white man to take up his home
      where Stevens Point now stands, and arriving here in the fall
      of 1883. In those days he was engaged in various lines of
      business, among which was the management of a hotel, which he
      built in company with Jas. Young on the site where the Curran
      house now stands at the present site of the Copps block). He
      leaves one daughter, Mrs. Samuel Marks of Antigo and two sons
      Edward of Amherst and Frank of Chicago
    Death Between 21 Dec 1890 and 25 Dec 1890  Amherst, Portage County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11] 
    • Amherst is aboout 2 miles south of Stephens Point, Wisconsin.
    Obituary 27 Dec 1890  Stevens Point, Portage County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    • 27 Dec 1890 Stevens Point, Wisconsin PFP obituary read: Died at
      his home near here, December 25, 1890, Orrin Maybee aged 69
      years. Mr. Maybee is well known by all of the old-time pinery
      boys of forty years ago. He came to Stevens Point in 1837, and
      was in business there, up to about 1858, when he moved his farm
      two miles south of the village here, where he lived up to his
      death. In the fifties he had done extensive business in your
      city, and was a successful pilot on the Wisconse and
      Mississippi rivers. At one time, being well off in the world,
      but, as much through the heart as through the head, he lost
      most of his property before he moved to this place. Ever kind
      and generous, a hand ever open to a friend or enemy, even in
      distress no one can remember him but with the kindest of
      feelings, and with full hearts we can say, Good-bye old friend
      Orrin."
      In another section of the same paper:
      Orrin Maybee, one of the oldest settlers of the Wisconsin
      Pinery, died at his home in Amherst, Dec. 21, 1890, in the 70th
      year of his age. He was temperate in his habits, always
      enjoying good health until within the past year, since which
      time his health has gradually been failing, until he quietly
      passed away. All through his sickness he experienced but very
      little pain. He was extensively known throughout this section
      of the country and much respected by all who knew him. He was
      born in Jenesco, N.Y. [correct spelling is Genesco] December
      28, 1821, and came to Green Bay in 1838 and to Portage County
      in May, 1839, when he assisted General Hathaway in making the
      United States Government survey of a strip of land, now Wausau.
      He also assisted Abraham Brawley in erecting the first saw-mill
      in this county, on Mill Creek. Also in erecting the old Conant
      mills below this city on the Wisconsin river, for Conant and
      Campbell. He was employed by George W. Stevens in making a
      canoe. This canoe was made at the foot of Conat Rapids near
      where Michael Cawley now resides. It was hauled to the head of
      the rapids where Stevens Point city now stands and where he had
      helped Stevens erect the first log shanty to hold his goods to
      be reshipped in said canoe to Big Bull Falls where he erected
      the first saw-mill there, in 1840. In 1841 the first fleet of
      lumber was run from Wausau. Stevens and his son Chester had
      lately come from Allegheny, N.Y., and from him the city of
      Stevens Point derived its name.
      Mr. Maybee's first trip down the river on lumber was for David
      Hill in 1840, from Grand Rapids to St. Louis. On his return he
      helped pole two canoes from Gelena to Portage and Point Bass,
      when he helped Robert Wakely erect his house, the first one
      there. He was at Portage City when there was no buildings there
      except the fort, and was personally acquainted with Jefferson
      Davis and General Taylor. About 1846 the soldiers left for the
      Mexican War and never returned. Mr. Maybee resided at Stevens
      Point for twenty years and for fourteen years he was engaged in
      the mercantile business. He piloted on the river forty years
      and has made several trips for your subscriber. He moved on to
      this farm in Amherst in 1861, where he died. He leaves a son,
      Edwin, who resides on the old homestead, and a daughter at
      Rhinelander, Wis.
      Your correspondent interviewed Mr. Maybee about three weeks
      ago. He said the old timers of '39 were about all gone. He
      could think of only A.B. Gilchrist and James Sitherwood of
      Stevens Point and Leander Trudell of Plover. Our old friend
      Orrin has passed down time's rapid river over the falls into
      the gulf of eternity, there to experience the reality of the
      new birth and the evolution of eternal matter; piloting and
      progressing his onward course through that unknown country
      following in the wake of the countless millions who have
      preceded him all seeking for that better land and home of God's
      eternal perfection still leaving behind him that long and
      endless river down which we and the millions yet to come must
      flat our frail barks with our varied experiences into the same
      unfathomable gulf from which no traveler returns to tell of his
      hopes and fears, their joys and sorrows, and at the closing
      scenes of this life would say:
      'Lay me low, my work is done
      I am weary, let me go
      Where the wild flowers woo the sun,
      Where the balmy breezes blow.
      Lay me in my silent bed -
      Where the wild flowers drooping grow
      With all my friends who now are dead,
      I am weary, let me go.'
      S.A. Sherman'
    Obituary 27 Dec 1890  Stevens Point, Portage County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    • Died at his home near here, December 25, 1890, Orrin Maybee
      aged 69 years. Mr. Maybee is well known by all of the old-time
      pinery boys of forty years ago. He came to Stevens Point in
      1837, and was in business there, up to about 1858, when he
      moved his farm two miles south of the village here, where he
      lived up to his death. In the fifties he had done extensive
      business in your city, and was a successful pilot on the
      Wisconse and Mississippi rivers. At one time, being well off in
      the world, but, as much through the heart as through the head,
      he lost most of his property before he moved to this place.
      Ever kind and generous, a hand ever open to a friend or enemy,
      even in distress no one can remember him but with the kindest
      of feelings, and with full hearts we can say, Good-bye old
      friend Orrin."
      In another section of the same paper:
      Orrin Maybee, one of the oldest settlers of the Wisconsin
      Pinery, died at his home in Amherst, Dec. 21, 1890, in the 70th
      year of his age. He was temperate in his habits, always
      enjoying good health until within the past year, since which
      time his health has gradually been failing, until he quietly
      passed away. All through his sickness he experienced but very
      little pain. He was extensively known throughout this section
      of the country and much respected by all who knew him. He was
      born in Jenesco, N.Y. [correct spelling is Genesco] December
      28, 1821, and came to Green Bay in 1838 and to Portage County
      in May, 1839, when he assisted General Hathaway in making the
      United States Government survey of a strip of land, now Wausau.
      He also assisted Abraham Brawley in erecting the first saw-mill
      in this county, on Mill Creek. Also in erecting the old Conant
      mills below this city on the Wisconsin river, for Conant and
      Campbell. He was employed by George W. Stevens in making a
      canoe. This canoe was made at the foot of Conat Rapids near
      where Michael Cawley now resides. It was hauled to the head of
      the rapids where Stevens Point city now stands and where he had
      helped Stevens erect the first log shanty to hold his goods to
      be reshipped in said canoe to Big Bull Falls where he erected
      the first saw-mill there, in 1840. In 1841 the first fleet of
      lumber was run from Wausau. Stevens and his son Chester had
      lately come from Allegheny, N.Y., and from him the city of
      Stevens Point derived its name.
      Mr. Maybee's first trip down the river on lumber was for David
      Hill in 1840, from Grand Rapids to St. Louis. On his return he
      helped pole two canoes from Gelena to Portage and Point Bass,
      when he helped Robert Wakely erect his house, the first one
      there. He was at Portage City when there was no buildings there
      except the fort, and was personally acquainted with Jefferson
      Davis and General Taylor. About 1846 the soldiers left for the
      Mexican War and never returned. Mr. Maybee resided at Stevens
      Point for twenty years and for fourteen years he was engaged in
      the mercantile business. He piloted on the river forty years
      and has made several trips for your subscriber. He moved on to
      this farm in Amherst in 1861, where he died. He leaves a son,
      Edwin, who resides on the old homestead, and a daughter at
      Rhinelander, Wis.
      Your correspondent interviewed Mr. Maybee about three weeks
      ago. He said the old timers of '39 were about all gone. He
      could think of only A.B. Gilchrist and James Sitherwood of
      Stevens Point and Leander Trudell of Plover. Our old friend
      Orrin has passed down time's rapid river over the falls into
      the gulf of eternity, there to experience the reality of the
      new birth and the evolution of eternal matter; piloting and
      progressing his onward course through that unknown country
      following in the wake of the countless millions who have
      preceded him all seeking for that better land and home of God's
      eternal perfection still leaving behind him that long and
      endless river down which we and the millions yet to come must
      flat our frail barks with our varied experiences into the same
      unfathomable gulf from which no traveler returns to tell of his
      hopes and fears, their joys and sorrows, and at the closing
      scenes of this life would say:
      'Lay me low, my work is done
      I am weary, let me go
      Where the wild flowers woo the sun,
      Where the balmy breezes blow.
      Lay me in my silent bed -
      Where the wild flowers drooping grow
      With all my friends who now are dead,
      I am weary, let me go.'
      S.A. Sherman'
    Name Ansen  [1] 
    Notes 
    • 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.
    Person ID I36759  Glenn Cook Family
    Last Modified 18 Jan 2007 

    Father Francis B Maybee,   b. 1786, Dutchess County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Margaret,   b. Between 1794 and 1795, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage Y  [4] 
    Census 1850  Lexington, Sanilac County, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Francis Mabee, 65, M, Farmer, NY, $800
      Margaret Mabee, 55, F, Canada
    Family ID F551605510  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Martha M,   b. 1822, New York or Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1870 (Age 47 years) 
    Marriage Y  [4] 
    Census 16 Sep 1850  Stevens Point, Portage County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Orin Mabee, 30, M, Lumberman, NY
      Martha M. Mabee, 27, F, NY
      Cereba A. Mabee, 1, F, WI
    Census 1860  Stevens Point, Portage County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • Orrin Maybee, 40, M, Commission Merchant, NY, $7000, $3000
      Martha M. Maybee, 38, F, NY
      Edwin F. Maybee, 9, F, WI
      Ellen A. Maybee, 7, F, WI
      Sarah L. Maybee, 5, F, WI
      Orrin F. Maybee, 3, F, WI
      Estella Maybee, 1, F, WI
      Margaret Dusmyan, 18, F, Canada, Servant
    Children 
     1. Cereba Maybee,   b. Between 1848 and 1849, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1860 (Age ~ 11 years)
     2. Edwin F. Maybee,   b. 1850, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Apr 1927, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     3. Ellen A Maybee,   b. Between 1852 and 1853, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     4. Sarah L Maybee,   b. Between 1854 and 1855, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     5. Orrin F Maybee,   b. Between 1856 and 1857, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     6. Estella Maybee,   b. Between 1858 and 1859, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1870 (Age ~ 11 years)
    Family ID F551605509  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Nov 2006 

  • Sources 
    1. [S1244] Douglas Cameron Mabee, MS 177 - Douglas Cameron Mabee, (dmab@allstream.net), SAYS ANSEN BORN 28 MAY 1820 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S1238] Maybee Society Card File, INFORMATION FROM STEVENS POINT GENEALOGY SOCIETY SAYS BORN IN GENESEO 28 DEC 1821 IN GENESC NY \ WRONG! (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1261] Steve Mabie, Steve Mabie's 1870 census.

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

    5. [S1254] Steve Mabie, Steve Mabie's Website, 1860 CENSUS (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S1233] Barbara Miller, Barbara Millar, WISCONSIN APRIL 10, 1873 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S1261] Steve Mabie, Steve Mabie's 1870 census, PORTAGE COUNTY, AMHERST, PAGE 71, M593-ROLL 1732 (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S1242] Steve Mabie's 1880 census, PAGE 33D, NATIONAL ARCHIVES FILM T9-1442 (Reliability: 3).

    9. [S1233] Barbara Miller, Barbara Millar, OBIT FROM STEVENS POINT GAZETTE (Reliability: 3).

    10. [S1238] Maybee Society Card File, INFORMATION FROM STEVENS POINT GENEALOGY SOCIETY SAYS 25 NOV 1890 (Reliability: 3).

    11. [S1233] Barbara Miller, Barbara Millar, OBIT FROM STEVENS POINT JOURNAL STEVENS POINT WISCONSIN 1891 01-03 (Reliability: 3).

    12. [S1234] Maybee Society, DE BRENNER, #101, SENT US THIS INFORMATION THAT SHE RECEIVED FROM THE STEVENS POINT GENEALOGY SOCIETY. FROM THE DECEMBER 27, 1890, ISSUE OF THE STEVENS POINT, WISCONSIN JOURNAL WE READ: (Reliability: 3).



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