Warren Azro Washburn (1835-1907): Gravesite

This is the gravesite of my 3rd great grandfather Warren Azro Washburn.  This information comes from the Find A Grave website.

He is buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery in Creston, Ogle County, Illinois.

Warren And Emeline Washburn: Mystery

Looking at the timelines for Warren and Emeline, you may notice that they were together in the 1860 census but were separated in the 1870 census and thereafter.  Warren remarries before the 1880 census.  Emeline is listed as widowed in the 1900 and 1910 census.

So the mystery is what happened to cause the split?  This question I am still trying to figure out.

Emeline Judith Taft (1833-1917): Timeline

This is a timeline that I put together for Emeline Judith Taft (3rd great grandmother), similar to the one I posted for her husband.

Born:   8 Jan 1833 in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont

1850 Census:     Emeline J Taft living in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA

                        Age 16
                        Living with a Cobb family (Cobb is Emeline’s mother’s maiden name)

Marriage:         2 March 1857 to Warren Azro Washburn in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont

Child:   Birth of Son Wallace Taft Washburn

            3 December 1858 in Creston, Ogle, Illinois

1860 Census:  Emaline Washburn living in Dement, Ogle, Illinois

                        Age 26
                        Occupation – None listed
                        Living with Warrin, Age 25; Wallace, Age 2; Wallace Age 22

1870 Census:   Emiline Washburn living in Ypsilanti, Washtenah, Michigan

                        Age 36
                        Occupation – At home
                        Living with Ed W. Lovell, Age 39; Mary Lovell, Age 28; Flora Lovell, Age 11;
                        Charlie Lovell, Age 9;  Wallace Washburn, Age 12

1880 Census:   ?????? (I can't find Emeline or son Warren in the 1880 census.)

1900 Census:   Emiline J Washburn living in Weber, Utah

                        Age 66;  Born Jan 1834

                        Occupation – None Listed

                        Marriage Status: Widowed

                        Living with Wallace Washburn, Age 42; Martha E Washburn, Age 31;

                        Wilber W Washburn, Age 12; Myrtle E Washburn, Age 10

1910 Census:   Emmelina J Washburn living in Wilson, Weber, Utah

                        Age 70

                        Marriage Status: Widowed

                        Living With Wallace T Washburn, Age 54; Martha E Washburn, Age 50;

                        Wilbur W Washburn, Age 22; Myrtle E Washburn, Age 19

Death:  25 Jan 1917 in Provo, Utah, Utah

Burial in Ogden, Weber, Utah

Warren Azro Washburn (1835-1907): Timeline

As I was doing research on Warren Azro Washburn (3rd Great Grandfather), I put together this timeline of the dates and places he was in his life.

Born:   6 Jan 1835 in West Windsor, Windsor, Vermont

1850 Census:  Azro Washburn??? living with a Bixby family in Reading, Windsor, Vermont

                        Age 15
                        Living with James A Bixby, Age 41; Betsey Bixby, Age 34; Joshua M Bixby,
                        Age 5; Phebe Martin, Age 37; Elizabeth Martin, Age 46
                        (I'm just guessing this is him since the name Azro is not very common.  He
                         wasn't  with his family in the 1850 census.)

 Marriage:        2 March 1857 to Emeline Judith Taft in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont

Child:   Birth of Son Wallace Taft Washburn

            3 December 1858 in Creston, Ogle, Illinois

1860 Census:  Warrin Washburn living in Dement, Ogle, Illinois

                        Age 25
                        Occupation - Carpenter
                        Living with Emaline Washburn, Age 26; Wallace Washburn, Age 2;
                       Wallace Washburn,  Age 22

Civil War:        Date of Muster - 18 Sep 1861

                        Company L of the 8^th Illinois Calvary
                        Bugler

1870 Census:   Warren Washburne living in Dement, Ogle, Illinois

                        Age 40
                        Occupation – Carpenter
                        Living Alone

 Marriage:          Mary Rickey (Date Unknown/Place unknown - Still looking for this information)

1880 Census:   Warren A Washburn living in Oregon, Ogle, Illinois

                        Age 44
                        Occupation – Carpenter
                        Living with Mary R Washburn, Wife, Age 35; Mark W Washburn, Son, Age 4

1900 Census:  Warren A Washburn living in Oregon, Ogle, Illinois

                        Age 65
                        Occupation – Builder
                        Living with Mary R Washburn, Wife, Age 54; Jane Rickey,
                        Sister-in-law, Age71; Anna Allman, Employee, Age 28

Death:  25 Oct 1907 in Oregon, Ogle, Illinois

            Age 72

Buried: In Denment Township, Woodlawn Cemetery

Warren Azro Washburn and Emeline Judith Taft: Marriage

When I was searching for the parents of Warren Washburn, I was hoping the marriage record would list the parents.  I was sent these two images from the Vermont State Archives; marriage records, one for the groom (above) and one for the bride (below).  The marriage date is March 2, 1857 and they were married in Woodstock, Vermont.  Warren's occupation is listed as machanic.  The were married by a Rev. Moses Kidder.  The parent's names weren't listed however.  I found that out later.

Warren Azro Washburn (1835-1907): One of Those Stories

Warren Azro Washburn was my 3rd great grandfather and a couple of years ago, I started out my research looking for his parents as he was the only 3rd great grandparent that I didn't have parents names for.  (All the genealogical info I had had come from others.)  I thought it would be easy but it wasn't (Which is probably why I didn't have the names in the first place.)

After about a year, I did find the names of his parents (Leonard F Washburn and Arvilla Nutting) but finding any more Washburn ancestors on the internet had seemingly come to a dead end.  There were 2 competing pedigree charts on Ancestry.com for Leonard but I didn't know which was correct.  Short of taking a trip to Vermont where they were from and digging into records there, I didn't know what to do.

Then one day, I did one more Google search on the Washburn family names and this link came up which I hadn't seen before.  It was a book scanned by Google as part of their project to scan old books in libraries (this one was in the library of the University of Wisconsin of all places.)  The book is called Washburn: A Partial History of the family from the arrival of John Washburn about 1632 ...  and it was written by none other than my 3rd great grandfather Warren Azro Washburn!  The book is loaded with genealogical information on his family and gave me the names of his grandparents and many others in the Washburn line going back to when Washburns first came to America.

Needless to say, I was stunned.  I could hardly believe that I  had found it.  I truly believe that when all doors seem closed, that's when God will be there to open one to let one's research continue.