I am looking to connect with my Magby family line. My 3 gr grandmother was Catherine. And, although three names have been suggested as her possible last name, the most likely name is Magby. I would like to confirm this one way or another.

This is the information that I do have is as follows:
Catherine, (aka Katherine, Cate, or Kate) was born about1824 in Indiana, possibly Fort Wayne. She died 10 Oct 1894 in IL. Catherine married William Franklin Dodge. He was b. about 1819 in Pennsylvania; d. 11 Nov 1894.

William and Catherine/Katherine are located in the 1850 and 1860 census records. In 1850 they are in Whiteside, IL. Two lines above where they are listed in 1850 is a listing for a Lydia Magby, age 27, Sarah Magby age 4, Eben Dodge, age 20, Henrietta Dodge age 11, Eli Dodge age 12 and Rhoda Dodge age 2. There appears to be some relation to my William Dodge/ Catherine Magby line but have not made the connection.

The 1960 census shows William and Catherine in Mount Pleasant, Whiteside, IL. Lydia Magby is also listed in Mount Pleasant.

Children of William and Catherine:
Columbus 1844-1883
Elizebeth 1845-
J.M. or James Manning 1848-1885
Pardon M. (Pardon McCumber) 1850-1922
Ellen E. per 1860 census (my records show Elwin Ersdale 1853-?)
Sarah Dema aka Sarah Jo Dema 1855-?
Althea Alicia aka Adelia Alicia 1860-1934
Willie (William) Lincoln 1866-?

All the children were born in Lyndon, Whiteside Co., IL.

I am interested in finding Catherine’s parents and/or siblings. Also, I have no ancestral information on William F. Dodge, aka William Franklin, W.F.
Thanks
Diane

Catherine Magby was born in Indiana to James and Elizabeth Magby (I don't know Elizabeth's maiden name) James was born in Virginia and Elizabeth in Kentucky. James was born in 1784 and died 11 July 1855 in Galena, Jo Daviess, Illinois. Elizabeth was born in 1792 and died in Galena 10 May 1870. The children of James and Elizabeth are
1. Narcissa Magby b. 1810, Kentucky and married George Love
2. Artemisa Magby b. 1812 Kentucky - she never married
3. Barbara Magby b. 21 Jan 1815 Kentucky and married Patrick Colligan (also found as Collogan)
4. Catherine Magby b. 1823 Indiana and married to William Fr. Dodge. In the 1880 census I found found Catherine Dodge who was divorced. Also, I found William F. Dodge in Davis County, married to Minerva Jane Jarvis who had been the wife of Joel Milton Inskeep. Minerva died 6 Sep 1900, in Vinton, Benton, Iowa. I'm not sure about William.
5. Mary Ann Magby b. 1824 in Wisconsin and married James Alger. They died in Wisconsin.
6. Nancy Magby b. 1825 in Jo Daviess, Illinois and married a man by the name of Murray.
7. Manning Magby b. 1834 in West Galena, Jo Daviess, Illinois. I can find no records of marriage.
8. Nicholas Graham b.1835 in West Galena, Jo Daviess, Illinois. He married Hannah Graham in West Galena and he died 29 Apr 1915 in Belmont, LaFayette, Wisconsin
9. Unknown (anyway to me)Magby who was the spouse of Lydia and the father of Sarah Elizabeth Magby. Sarah Elizabeth is mentioned in her grandfather's (James Magby) will. I hope this will help you and just toss it out if you already have the information. I would be glad of any information you might have regarding the Magby family. I am not a relative, but a close friend of Nicholas Magby's decendants.

Catherine Magby's parents were James Magby born in Virginia in 1784. He married Elizabeth (I have yet to learn her last name) who was born in Kentucky in 1792. James died in Galena, Jo Daviess, Illinois 11 July 1855. His will can be found at the Jo Daviess Genealogy web site. Elizabeth died 10 May 1870 and is either buried in Jo Daviess, Illinois or in LaFayette County, Wisconsin. In addition to Catherine their other children were Narcissa who married George Love; Barbara who married Patrick Collagan; Artemisa who never married, Nicholas who married Hannah Graham; James who married Lydia B.Smith Dodge (Eben Dodge, etc. are her children by a first marriage to John B. Dodge); Mary Ann who married James Algar;Nancy who married a Murray; and Manning who I don't believe ever married. Catherine and William F. Dodge were divorced sometime after the 1860 census. I believe that I found her in 1870 and she is listed as divorced. William F. Dodge goes on to marry a Minerva Jane Jarvis Inskeep. She too must be divorced because her children are all Inskeep and her first husband, Joel Milton Jarvis remarries. He is a Methodist minister. Yet, both Minerva and Joel are buried in Vinton, Benton, Iowa. James and Elizabeth probably lived in Bureau County, Illinois in 1831-1833.

James Magbee/Magby b. 1784 in Virginia and died 11 July 1855 in West Galena, Jo Daviess County, Ill. and Elizabeth (last name unknown)b, 1792 in Kentucky and died 10 May 1870 in Galena, Jo Daviess, Ill. They had the following children:
Narcissa who married George Love
Barbara who married Patrick Colligan/Collogan
Mary Ann who married Frank Algar
Nancy who married Mr. Murray
Artemisa who never married
James who was married to Lydia B. Smith Dodge. Her first husband was John Dodge and I believe he was no relation to William F. The children in the census are her's from the first marriage. James and Lydia had only one child, Sarah Elizabeth and she was born about 1846. James was dead by the 1850 census. Sarah is mentioned in her grandfather James Magbee/Magby's will along with all of his other children.
Manning who never married
Nicholas who married Hannah Graham. They had a large family and still have descendants who live in Northwest Ill. and Southwest Wis.
I believe that Catherine was born 1823 in New Albany, Floyd, Indiana. She died 10 Oct 1894 in Morrison, Whiteside, Ill. She and William F. Dodge were divorced sometime after 1860 and I believe that he went to Davis County Iowa and married Minerva Jarvis Inskeep.
Catherine and William F. Dodge's son, Columbus,b.1844 was killed during the Civil War, 4 May 1862 and never married.
Charles b.1841 died 3 may 1852 in Morrison, Whiteside, Ill and I don't know if he was married.
Sarah b. 1855 married Charles Upton
Adelia b. 28 Mar 1860 Morrison, and d. 3 Feb 1934 in Sacramento, Calif. She was married to Oliver Perry Saylor
Pardon was born Aug 1850 and died 1922 in Hamilton, Butte, Calif. His wife's name was Minnie.
Elizabeth b. Feb 1845 married Freeman B. McClintock
James b. 1848 and died 1885 was married to Abbie L. Upton a sister to Charles Upton who married Sarah.
Ellen was born in 1853
William L. was born in 1866
All of the Children were born in Morrison, Whiteside, Ill.
If you go to the GenWeb site for Jo Daviess County, Ill you can find James Magbee/Magby's will. The reason I've used two spellings is that his tombstone reads Magbee, but the family used Magby. Hope this helps you.

This past summer I went to Jo Daviess county and looked at Manning Magby's estate records. He was a brother to Catherine and he died in Nov. 1870. He died without a will. There was a letter from Catherine and her lawyer in the records. In the letter she states that she does not need to have her husband sign for her share of the estate as she was in the process of divorcing him.
Also, Sarah Elizabeth Magby, daughter of Lydia is the son of James Magby, brother of Catherine, who died shortly after Sarah's birth. Lydia was married to a John Dodge, who I believe is no relation to William. Lydia's maiden name was Smith.
Hope this helps. If you know of Elizabeth Magby's maiden name I would certainly like to know it. Thanks

Do you have any history on the Lydia B. Smith who first was married to the Dodge and then later to James Magby? Am looking for a Lydia Smith that was in the 1850 Clinton County, Ohio, census.

Thanks,

Calvin
calvinbandstra@iowatelecom.net