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Monroe Larkins

b. 4 Jan 1818 · Ohio, probably, Clayton, Perry Co.  |  d. 10 Apr 1898 · probably, Marquam, Clackamas Co., Oregon

Parents

Events

Birth
4 Jan 1818 · Ohio, probably, Clayton, Perry Co.
Death
10 Apr 1898 · probably, Marquam, Clackamas Co., Oregon
Burial
· Mulino, Clackamas Co., Oregon, present day Brubaker ranch
Residence
1880 · Cuttings, Clackamas Co., Oregon[1]

Family 1

Spouse: Elizabeth V. Glenn (1824–1868) · m. 15 Apr 1841 · probably, Marshall Co., Illinois

Children:

  1. Alexander D. "Hex" Larkins (9 Aug 1842–17 May 1869)
  2. Louisa G. Larkins (13 Sep 1843–5 Mar 1868)
  3. Zerilda Larkins (30 Jul 1845–14 Jul 1847)
  4. Alice Salome Larkins (10 Aug 1848–5 Apr 1925)
    m. William C. Avery (1837/38–) · 6 Oct 1867 · Clackamas Co., Oregon
    Children: Lillie Minnie Mary Avery (1866–); James Avery (1869–1880); Ida May Avery (1870–); Minerva Elizabeth Avery (1872–); Alice L. Avery (1874–)
    m. William Baker (Sep 1835–1904) · 1877/81
    Children: Oliver Monroe Baker (1880–1937); Charley Baker (1883–1893); Ella J. or C. Baker (1884–1956); Pearle Edith Baker (1886–1956); James Abraham Baker (1888–1956); Laura L. Baker (1890–1967); Paulina Mertle Baker (1891–1956)
  5. Isaac Dawson Glenn Larkins (18 Apr 1850–)
    m. Emeline Nickilson (Dec 1854–4 Jun 1915) · 5 Apr 1877 · Clackamas Co., Oregon
    Children: Tessa or Tessie Larkins (1878–1969); Clay Larkins (1883–1966); Guy C. Larkins (1889–); Echo Esther Larkins (1894–)
  6. James Monroe Larkins (30 Aug 1851–)
    m. Iska B. Fish · 17 Nov 1873 · Clackamas Co., Oregon
  7. David H. C. Larkins (17 May 1854–4 Jul 1870)
  8. Sarah Rachel Susannah Larkins (10 Jan 1857–)
  9. Abraham Lincoln Larkins (20 May 1861–)
    m. Olena May Orem (Dec 1875–) · 6 Jan 1891
    Children: Myrtle A. Larkins (1892–); Hazel U. Larkins (1894–); Glenn Monroe Larkins (1896–1990); Nettie E. Larkins (1899–1918); Alice Larkins; Alene Larkins; Allen R. Larkins (1902–); Ruth May Larkins (1904–); Alma Mary Larkins (1909–1998)
  10. Samuel Captain John Larkins (21 Feb 1866–9 Mar 1868)

Family 2

Spouse: Grace D. Williams (1833–) · m. 19 Sep 1874 · Clackamas Co., Oregon

Children:

  1. Grace E. Larkins (Oct 1877–21 Oct 1910)

Notes

!Birthdate: (Jan 4, 1818) Monroe Larkins family bible. !Birthplace: (Ohio) -- 1850 Oregon Census (see below). No record of any Larkins households were found in the 1820 Ohio Census index. 1830 Ohio census index not yet checked. On Dec 28, 1835, Monroe Larkins of Putnam Co., Illinois, purchases 40 acres of public federal land in Marshall Co., Illinois, Section 26, township code 30N. [Vol. 69, page 39]. (Marshall Co. was formed from Putnam Co. on 19 Jan 1839). On exactly the same day (and page), William E. Larkins, of Tazewell Co., Illinois, also purchased land in Marshall Co., township code 30N, Section 8 (possibly the same transaction -- can't tell from the on-line index). On May 5, 1845, Monroe Larkins purchased 2 federal land sales in Putnam Co., Illinois, for 40 acres each (record ids 285703 and 285704 in Vol. 708 page 106). Each sale was for $1.25/acre. The township is coded as 14N meridan 4. Section 14 part SWSE and SESW. In 1847, Monroe and his wife Elizabeth (Glenn) travelled the Oregon trail into the Oregon territory. The settled on an original Donation Land Claim of a full section (640 acres) near Marquam in 1847. Oregon Donation Land Clami #OC13: Monroe Larkins, Clackamas Co; b. 1818 Perry Co., Ohio. Settled Claim 22 Dec 1847; m. Elizabeth V., Apr. 1840, Putnam Co., Illinois. Temporary absence from claim 3 or 4 weeks in 1849 due to his father's sickness. Aff: Geo. Graham, James Larkins, Pleasant Sanders. Census 1850: Farmer, age 32, b. Ohio. Wife: Elizabeth a. 26, Children (b. Illinois) as follows: Hex D., age 8, Louise G. age 7, Soloman age 2, Isac I age 1. Census 1870: Call #1870-1285, page 120, Dwelling 785, Family 773: Larkins, Monroe, 52, wm, Farmer $300/1400; b. Ohio; Sarah, 13, wf, Keep home, b. Or; David, 16, wm, b. Or; Monroe, 18, wm, b. Or; A. Lincoln, 9, wm, b. Or. In Cuttings Twp., Clackamas Co. !Census 1880: Cuttings, Clackamas Co., Oregon, T9-1080 p.163A Monroe Larkins, age 62 b. OH, farmer. Grace I., wife, age 46, keeping house Grace E., dau., 2 b. OR. [Note: parents' birthplaces not stated] !Birthdate: Larkin's diary. Copy in possession of Gladys (Chrisman) Porter and Lonnie D. Chrisman. Original diary is believed to have passed down through a daughter of Abraham named something like "Tessie". Says: "Monroe Larkins was Born January the 4th 1818". Also lists children. !Marriage(1): Larkins bible: "Monroe Larkins and Elizabeth V Glenn was Marryed Aprile the 15th AD 1841" !Marriage(2): Clackamas Co., OR, marriage index: "Larkin, Monroe [to] Williams, Grace, Sept. 19, 1874, pg. 244" [Copy of index sent to me by Sharon Larkins in Feb 1996] !Death: Larkins bible (hard to read on my copy): "Monroe Larkins died April the 10th 1898 after 12 oclock in the Night." Note: It is likely that one of his daughters married a Sportsman and had a son Karl Sportsman. My grandpa Lyle vaguely remembers a cousin of his mother by that name. Also, he remembers a Glenn Larkins of some relation to him. Glenn was probably born about 1900, and was around when my grandpa was 18 or 19, but since about that time, my grandpa doesn't know what became of him. [Note: See Glenn, son of Abraham, gr.son of Monroe Larkins]. !Burial: Michelle Brubaker found the tombstones of "Monroe Larkins Jan 4, 1818 - Apr 10, 1898" and Elizabeth V. Larkins near the back of her ranch. The stones are broken.

Sources

  1. 1880 U.S. Federal Census · p. T9-1080, p. 163A