Today, we’ll delve into the descendants of Michael Stufflebeam (1763-c1830) through his daughter, Eleanor.

Eleanor Stufflebeam was born c1812 in Ohio, per census reports and, most likely in Pickaway County. She was a young girl when the family moved westward and settled in Lawrence County, Illinois where she grew up.

Eleanor married Patrick McManus on 19 May 1828 in Lawrence County when she was about 16 years old.

At the time of the 1830 census, Patrick and Eleanor lived in Warren County, Indiana next door to her mother, Abigail, and her older sister, Thursa, who married Benjamin Hulbert that summer. No children were in the home.

In 1840, the couple had returned to Lawrence county, Illinois and were enumerated as one male, 30-39, one female, 20-29, one female 15-19, one male 5-9 and one female under 5.

The adult male fits Patrick’s age and the oldest female fits Eleanor’s age. The female who is 15-19 is unknown. Perhaps she’s a younger sister of Patrick’s or a niece taken into their home.

They were still in Lawrence County in 1850, but removed to Saratoga, Marshall County, Illinois by 1860.

Children: (McManus)

1. Son, born 1831-1835; died after 1840
2. Harriet, born c1832, Lawrence County, Illinois; died 7 March 1921, Chicago, Cook, Illinois; married Jesse L. Glaze, 26 February 1860, Peoria County, Illinois. They were the parents of four children, two of whom married and have descendants.
3. Catherine, born c1834, Lawrence County, Illinois; died 22 May 1909, Nodaway County, Missouri; unmarried. She has no descendants.
4. John, born c1840, Lawrence County, Illinois; died after October 1861; no further record. He may have died during the Civil War.
5. Isabella, born c1843, Lawrence County, Illinois; died between 1878-1880; married John B. Seeley, 24 September 1865, Woodford County, Illinois. They had three children, of whom two married and had children.
6. James K. Polk, born 14 September 1845, Lawrence County, Illinois; died 6 February 1935, Nodaway County, Missouri; unmarried. He has no descendants.
7. Thursa, born about 7 October 1852, Lawrence County, Illinois; died 3 September 1932, Nodaway County, Missouri; married William Langan, 14 April 1880, Nodaway County, Missouri. They were the parents of four children. Two died in childhood, one never married and the last married, but divorced quickly and had no children. She has no descendants.
8. Lillie, born 6 May 1855, Lawrence County, Illinois; died 21 June 1942, Nodaway County, Missouri; married Stephen Chance, c1880. They had no children.

Patrick McManus died between 1860 and 1870. Eleanor survived him by many years, passing away in 1887 in Nodaway County, Missouri.

Of the eight children of Patrick and Eleanor (Stufflebeam) McManus, only two – Harriet and Isabella – have descendants today.