Next in the family of Michael Stufflebeam is granddaughter Mary Jane Stufflebeam, the sixth child born to John S. and Jane (Stufflebeam) Stufflebeam on 28 October 1849, Warren County, Indiana.

Like her older siblings, Mary Jane was a young child when her family left Indiana and settled in Illinois.

Mary Jane Stufflebeam married James Collins on 17 December 1863, Ford County, Illinois.

Like her siblings, Mary Jane moved several times in her adult life too and had a large family of eight children.

James died in 1919 in Colorado. Mary Jane died on 2 March 1922 in Pueblo County, Colorado.

Children: (Collins)

1. Francis Marion, born 24 January 1864, Illinois; died 13 July 1948, Piatt County, Illinois; married Ada Estella McGlasson, 24 March 1897, Morgan County, Illinois. They were the parents of four children.
2. Mary D., born c1868, Illinois; died after 1880. No further record.
3. James Elmer, born January 1873, Kansas; died between 1900-1910; married Nancy Ann Usrey, 9 March 1896, Vernon County, Missouri. They were the parents of three children.
4. Harvey Clarence, born 20 February 1874, Kansas; died 27 July 1949, San Bernardino County, California; married Ada Yoast, 2 Jan 1901, Polk County, Missouri. They were the parents of one son.
5. Ida Ellen, born 8 September 1876, Neosho County, Kansas; died 15 December 1964, Vernon County, Missouri; married Andrew King Johnson, 29 June 1895, Bates County, Missouri. They were the parents of four children.
6. George Dallas, bon 9 January 1879, Crawford County, Kansas; died 17 September 1952, Cedar County, Missouri; married Stella Laura Freeland, 15 September 1933, Vernon County, Missouri. They had no children of their own, but adopted a boy born in 1927, Indiana. Robert Collins lived in the Sigma Rho house as a student in Portage, Houghton, Michigan in 1950. No further record, but not a biological descendant.
7. William Wesley, born 13 June 1887, St. Clair County, Missouri; died June 1978, Vernon County, Missouri; married Mabel Cora Hawkins, 16 February 1913, Vernon County, Missouri. They were the parents of six children.
8. Corene (Cora) Pearl, born April 1891, Missouri; died 5 April 1977, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California; married Theodore Henry Johnson, 7 June 1916, Buchanan County, Missouri. They were the parents of one son.

This concludes the family sketch of Mary Jane (Stufflebeam) Collins. Next up will be the family of Michael Theodore Stufflebeam (1858-1907).

No, there is no typo in the title of this post. Henry Thomas and his family actually adopted the spelling of STUFFLEBAM! I originally believed this to be a mistake by a census taker, but the family appears in multiple records this way and Henry’s son, a medical doctor, also used this spelling. So, for whatever reason, Henry decided to slightly change the family name. Why? the reason will probably never be known, but it’s not like the name was Smith and there were too many of them in the neighborhood!

Henry Thomas Stufflebeam was born c1845 in Warren County, Indiana, the fourth child and second son born to John S. and Jane (Stufflebeam) Stufflebeam. Census records later on add about ten years to his age, which doesn’t fit with his childhood appearances in the census records.

Henry Thomas Stufflebeam married Isabella Jane Lamar on 26 December 1867, Crawford County, Kansas, but moved to Missouri soon after.

Children: (Stufflebeam/Stufflebam)

1. Phebe Jane, born 2 May 1868, Missouri; died 18 March 1895, Hickory County, Missouri; married Joseph H. Elliott, 18 February 1889, Polk County, Missouri. They were the parents of two sons.
2. Andrew Jackson, born 16 December 1872, Missouri or Arkansas; died 26 October 1947, Polk County, Missouri; married Laura May Montgomery, 14 July 1902, Great Falls, Cascade, Montana. They were the parents of one son.
3. Francis Leroy, born 4 November 1874, Barry County, Missouri; died 7 April 1951, Springfield, Greene, Missouri; married Cora Bell Askey, 12 March 1899, Polk county, Missouri. They were the parents of one son.
4. Eva Viola, born 14 November 1876, St. Clair County, Missouri; died 26 March 1964, San Jon, Quay, New Mexico; married Fred Wilfred Starkey, 16 October 1895, Hickory County, Missouri. They were the parents of two children.
5. Edith Mae, born 1 December 1878, Polk County, Missouri; died 12 September 1962, Roseburg, Douglas, Oregon; married Edward Ulysses Ireland, 7 November 1895, Polk County, Missouri. They were the parents of two children.
6. Lucile (Lula) M., born about 27 October 1881, St. Clair County, Missouri; died 24 December 1977, Bolivar, Polk, Missouri; married Charles Cates Kirkpatrick, between 1920-1930. They had no children.
7. Harry William, born 27 March 1883, Butler County, Kansas; died 16 December 1948, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri; married (1) Susan A. Wilkerson, 2 October 1904, Polk County, Missouri (2) Augusta Hermina Neuer, 25 September 1915, Independence, Jackson, Missouri. Harry was the father of three children with Susan and one with Augusta.
8. Annie L., born 19 July 1889, Hickory County, Missouri; died 5 November 1980, Missouri; unmarried. No descendants.
9. Pearl William, born 12 May 1891, Polk County, Missouri; died 8 September 1911, Polk County, Missouri; unmarried. No descendants.

Henry died on 27 April 1914, Polk County, Missouri. Isabella predeceased him on 24 October 1911, also in Polk County.

As noted in other family sketches, this line also has many descendants today.

Jane Stufflebeam was born c1823, probably in Lawrence County, Illinois, the third child of John E. Stufflebeam and Eleanor Roland.

Like her sister Mary Ann, Jane spent her first few years living in Lawrence County but then moved on to Warren County, Indiana when she was 7 or 8 years old.

However, after marriage, Jane would live in Lawrence County, Illinois, Warren County, Indiana, then Davis County, Iowa, Iroquois County, Illinois and then Vernon County, Missouri.

Jane Stufflebeam married John S. Stufflebeam, who at this point I think was a son of Jacob Stufflebean in Pickaway County, Ohio on 12 February 1839 in Warren County, Indiana.

John S. Stufflebeam (I’ve never found even a hint as to what the middle initial S stands for) reported in censuses that he was born c1815 in Ohio.

It would be interesting to learn how they came to meet and marry since Michael’s branch moved away from Ohio by 1820. Perhaps this was an arranged marriage, but John was only 24 when he married and Jane was a young 16.

As with other family members, John S. and Jane were parents to many children – eleven known children – and only three died with no known descendants. That statement needs to be qualified – three for sure have no descendants (Francis, Jacob and George) but there are an additional three children about whom little is known.

Children: (Stufflebeam)

1. Elizabeth Ellen, born November 1839, Lawrence County, Illinois; died 16 March 1864, Iroquois County, Illinois; married Robert Looker, c1860. It is thought that she is the mother of two of Robert’s daughters – Anna Jane and Ida Ellen, born 1861 and 1862.
2. Francis M., born c1841, Lawrence County, Indiana; killed in battle on 19 September 1863, Chickamauga, Walker, Georgia during the Civil War. No descendants.
3. John E., born c1843, Warren County, Indiana; died after 1860. After the Civil War, there are too many John Stufflebeam/n people running around and there is too much variation in birth years to know who is who. Whether this man died in the war or married and moved away is unknown. Unknown whether he has descendants.
4. Henry Thomas, born c1845, Warren County, Indiana; died 27 April 1914, Polk County, Missouri; married Isabella Jane Lamar, 26 December 1867, Crawford County, Kansas. They were the parents of nine children, six of whom married and have descendants.
5. Louisa, born c1847, Warren County, Indiana; died after 1860. She isn’t at home in 1850, but there is a three year old male, Marquise, there instead. That boy is not in the 1860 census so something is off with this person. No further record. Unknown whether there are descendants.
6. Mary Jane, born 28 October 1849, Warren County, Indiana; died 2 March 1922, Pueblo County, Colorado; married James Collins, 17 December 1863, Ford County, Illinois. They were the parents of eight children, six of whom are known to have married and had children.
7. Hiram, born c1851, Warren County, Indiana; died after 1880, possibly in Crawford County, Kansas [reportedly 12 February 1881 but no source found]; married Mary Brewer, c1868. Mary married (2) Sennet A. Palmer, c1884 and had several more children. Hiram and Mary were the parents of five children.
8. Jacob Isaac, born January 1854, Warren County, Indiana; died between 1930-1940, probably St. Clair County, Missouri; married Delila Jane Elliott, c1880, probably in Kansas. They had no children.
9. George W., born July 1856, Indiana, Illinois or Iowa; died between 1900-30 March 1901, probably Jefferson County, Colorado; married Julia Nelson Davis, c1882. They were the parents of four children. However, two had no children and none of the four children had any grandchildren. No descendants.
10. Michael Theodore, born 23 December 1858, Iroquois County, Illinois; died 7 February 1907, Payne County, Oklahoma; married Sarah Jane Hoopingarner, c1881. They were the parents of six children.
11. Leanna Lucretia, born 24 September 1863, Illinois; died 30 May 1944, Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma; married James S. Hoopingarner, 26 December 1880, Vernon County, Missouri. They were the parents of twelve children, eleven living in 1910.

John S. Stufflebeam died before 23 February 1874, Crawford County, Kansas. Jane died between 1880 and 1900, possibly in Vernon County, Missouri where she lived in 1880.

Jane (Stufflebeam) Stufflebeam has many descendants today! If you are related, please leave a comment.