Louisa Barton ca. 1840-After 1870
Louisa Barton Warthen
Louisa Warthen
Louisa Barton was born ca. 1840 in Posey County, Indiana, USA, the daughter of William Barton and Mary Jane Jones Barton.
She married Martin Luther Warthen (ca. 1835-After 1870) on 2 April 1857 in Posey County. They had the following children:
William B. Warthen (ca. 1858-After 1870)
Walter Samuel Warthen (1860-1935)
Martin Luther Warthen (1864-1896)
Wilson Warthen (ca. 1869-After 1870)
I have looked at the 1840 census records for William in Robinson Township of Posey County. The 1840 census is (obviously) harder to sort out because it only lists the head of household and everyone else is grouped by age and gender. William was the only male in the household and the only person over 20. It looks as if Mary Jane was the only female between 15 and 20. There is another unnamed female between 10 and 14 (perhaps a sister of William's or of Mary Jane's), and a girl under 5, who must be Louisa. (census image here)
Louisa first showed up by name with her family in the 1850 census in Robinson Township, Posey County, Indiana, USA. Her mother Mary Jane had passed away by then but she was listed with her father William and stepmother Nancy Green Duckworth Barton in this census. (census image here)
As of the 1860 census, Louisa and her husband Martin and son William were living in Hamilton County, Illinois. (census image here)
Martin and Louisa were back in Posey County by the time of the 1870 census, this time in Lynn Township. At that point they were next-door neighbors to Louisa's brother Samuel and stepbrother William Duckworth. (census image here)
After the 1870 census Louisa, her husband and their oldest and youngest sons completely drop out of sight. There is a record of a Martin L. Warthen marrying an Elizabeth Johnson in 1877 in Vanderburgh County but I have no idea if this is the same Martin Warthen or not. In any event, he, too, cannot be found in future censuses. Their son Walter moved to White County, Illinois, where he died in 1935. Their next youngest son Martin Jr. is believed to have died in Hamilton County, Illinois, in 1896. I don't know if a common disaster befell the rest of the family or they moved out of the area, making it more difficult to find them. In any event, the trail grows cold after the 1870 census and we can only speculate on their ultimate fate.
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