My ggrandfather Franklin M. Maupin (and Laura) parents were Enoch Maupin(and Charity), his parents were Thomas and Ann Miller Maupin. Does this help? Nancy Strong ----- Original Message ----- From: <Svirdenges@aol.com> To: <MAUPIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 4:07 PM Subject: [MAUPIN-L] Silas Maupin (VA & Kansas & New Mexico) > Hello List: Will repost some information on my great great grandfather > SILAS THOMAS GILMORE MAUPIN (son of Samuel Jennings Maupin and Elizabeth > Gilmore; son of Thomas Maupin/Judith Cobb); son of John Maupin/Frances > Dabney; son of Daniel Maupin/Margaret Via; son of Gabriel Maupin/Marie > Hersent). > > SILAS T.G. MAUPIN was born Jan 19, 1824 in Mason County, VA married Martha > A. BUKEY May 1, 1847 in VA, They had the following 10 children: > > These were all born in VA (I think): > John Samuel Maupin > Alexander M. Maupin > Mary M. Maupin > William Wesley Maupin > > These were all born in KS > Albert M. Maupin > Susan Rebecca Maupin (married John Moss) > Josephine Bartlett Maupin (married Charles Virden) > Ida Maupin (married Milton Virden) > Robert Bukey Maupin > Spencer T. Maupin > > *Note: Mary M. and Spencer T. (died as children....so there are no > descendents along this line). > > Silas enlisted in the Kansas Calvary (K Co. 6th Cav Reg. KS) in Sept 1861 > (Fort Scott, I believe) and served in various battles in the Civil War, was > wounded at Cane Hill, Arkansas Nov 1862, was mustered out at Fort > Leavenworth, Kansas, Dec 1864. > > Sometime in late 1870s, Silas and family (younger ones only: Josephine, > Susan Rebecca, Ida, Robert Bukey) travelled in a conestoga wagon from Kansas > to New Mexico (Farmington area) to homestead land. Martha died near Santa > Fe, New Mexico and Silas was left to raise the children and homestead the > land in Farmington. I have alot of stories and info on these events and > this family line forward (pioneers of Farmington, New Mexico, etc). Silas > died in Farmington, NM Oct 9, 1902. > > I would be more than happy to share all of the stories and info (will have to > get into my files here later and get more of the facts). > > Would love to find the descendents of any of the above children. To date I > have found and am in contact with descendents of Rebecca Susan Maupin > Moss's family, Ida Maupin Virden's family, (my family is Josephine B. > Maupin Virden), I have some sketchy info on Robert Bukey Maupin. I am > goign to re-look for Silas' obit again as it posts the locations of the > older children when he (Silas died in 1902). Any help ???? > > Thanks all. > Susan Virden (in San Diego, CA) > > > ==== MAUPIN Mailing List ==== > TO SUBSCRIBE OR UNSUBSCRIBE from any RootsWeb-hosted mailing list, > send an e-mail message with only the word SUBSCRIBE (or UNSUBSCRIBE) in the subject and the body of the message to > [name of list]-L-request@rootsweb.com (for mail mode) or to > [name of list]-D-request@rootsweb.com (for digest mode). >