This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: martock Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.scott/1051.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The Kimberlin connection you seek is most likely through John W. Kimberlin, eldest son of Abraham and Polly Clark Kimberlin of Scott County, Indiana. John W. Kimberlin married Ann E. Robison of Salem, Franklin Township, Washington Co., Indiana, on April 7, 1831 (Indiana State Library archives lists the name spelled as Kimberland). John W. Kimberlin died before 1838, so the family was never listed under his name in the Federal Census for Indiana in 1840. John W. Kimberlin's widow, Ann Robison Kimberlin, then married John McCoskey on August 26, 1838, and the family continued to live in Washington County, Indiana. The McCoskeys may be found in the 1850 Federal Census, and a female occupant of the age of 17, Sarah Kimberlin (perhaps Mary Jane's younger sister?), is listed in the John and Ann McCoskey household as relationship to head of household as "other". The McCoskey family is buried at Franklin Cemetery, Salem, Indiana. John W. Kimberlin (born about 1800 in Hampshire County, Viriginia) may have been buried in the Kimberlin Family plot a half mile east of the village of Nabb in Clark County, Indiana. There are many broken stones in this pioneer family plot, so determining all the graves located there has not been possible, but John's father, Abraham Kimberlin, owned a tannery in Nabb for many years. Mary Jane Kimberlin, 18 years old by the time of the 1850 Federal Census, would have already been married to Elisha C. Fordyce (married January 24, 1849, according to the Indiana State Library archives). Elisha C. Fordyce's father, Cyrus Fordyce, had a farm in Franklin Township, Washington County, Indiana, as early as 1840, so there is a strong possibility that Elisha met Mary Jane Kimberlin in this Indiana county of her birth. They were probably close neighbors in childhood. Mary Jane Kimberlin Fordyce named her first born daughter Ann E. Fordyce, probably a namesake for her mother (Ann E. Robison Kimberlin). She later also named a son John W. Fordyce, possibly a namesake for her dead father's memory. This was very common practice in those early days. Both Elisha C. and Mary Jane Fordyce are buried at Medicineville Cemetery, Powersville, Iowa, which is just across the state line from the farm they owned in York, Putnam County, Missouri. They are found in the 1880 Federal Census for York, Putnam County, Missouri. Mary J. Fordyce is listed on the Findagrave.com website for this cemetery as having been born August 26, 1831, and died May 25, 1908. A death certificate from either Putnam County, Missouri, where she owned property, or Wayne County, Iowa, where she may have died and is buried, might also list her parents' names and provide the documentation you seek. Death records were generally more well kept after 1900 in this country. I am a Kimberlin descendent through Abraham Kimberlin, but I am not directly connected to this particular family line. Documented proof of Mary Jane's parentage would perhaps otherwise have to come through some type of courthouse record, such as a will for John W. Kimberlin or a marriage license for Mary Jane, from the Washington County Courthouse in Salem, Indiana. I would refer you to that county as the Robison (sometimes spelled Robinson in certain records) and Fordyce families have family connections there. The Kimberlins were next door, so to speak, in neighboring Clark County, Indiana. Best wishes on your research, Melissa Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.