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Alva Wetherbee[1, 2]

Male Abt 1804 - Aft 1860  (~ 57 years)


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  • Name Alva Wetherbee 
    Born Abt 1804  Kingsbury, Washington, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Gender Male 
    AFN Q5L7-89 
    Also Known As Alviray 
    Occupation Farmer  [5
    Occupation Farmer  [6
    _UID 62B1212B0FA2AF48BB5FD212B7D77A94A124 
    Died Aft 1860  of Cass Twp., Jones, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • SOURCES:
      BIRTH: Birth information from Ancestry.com files

      RootsWeb Contact: Mary Beth Wheeler

      BIOGRAPHY:
      1840 US Census
      Alva Wetherbee
      2 sons born late 1820's and a girl born late 1830's per 1840 census.

      1850 US Census
      Weatherbee, Alva, 46, M, Farmer, NY
      - Rebecca, 46, F, KY
      - N.A., 10, F, IN
      - S.M., 8, F, WI
      1850 County: Dane Township: Dunn State: Wisconsin Roll: M432_995 Page: 314 Image: 155, taken 27 Aug 1850.
      Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Dunn, Dane, Wisconsin; Roll: M432_995; Page: 314B; Image: 161.

      1856 Iowa State Census
      Alva Weatherbee Birth Year: abt 1804 Birth Place: N York Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Census Date: 1856 Residence state: Iowa Residence County: Linn Locality: Brown Roll: IA_59 Line: 11 Family Number: 104
      - Rebecca Weatherbee Birth Year: abt 1804 Birth Place: Kentucky Gender: Female Marital Status: Married
      - Nancy Ann Weatherbee Birth Year: abt 1840 Birth Place: Indiana Gender: Female
      - Susan M Weatherbee Birth Year: abt 1842 Birth Place: Wisconsin Gender: Female
      Source Information: Ancestry.com. Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
      Original data: Microfilm of Iowa State Censuses, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925 as well various special censuses from 1836-1897 obtained from the State Historical Society of Iowa via Heritage Quest.

      1860 US Census
      Alva Weatherbee,56, Male, born 1803 in New York, worth $3720/$1720, lives in Cass, Jones, Iowa
      - Rebecca Weatherbee, 56, f, 1803, Kentucky
      - S. W. Weatherbee, 18, F, 1841, Wisconsin
      - Mordecai Weatherbee [STARR], 23, M, 1836, Canada
      - Nancy A Weatherbee [Mrs. STARR], 20, 1839, Indiana
      Cass Twp, Jones Co., Iowa, Roll: M653-328, page 637, ID#IA231175942, Federal census index, IA, pg. 637, taken 22 June 1960
      Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Cass, Jones, Iowa; Roll: M653_328; Page: 637; Image: 629; Family History Library Film: 803328.
      Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.

      BIOGRAPHY:
      Ancestry.com Family Data Collection:
      Alva Wetherbee, Birth Place: Washington, Kingsbury, NY. Birth Date: 1804, Death Date: 1830. Parents: James Wetherbee, Spouse: Rebecca Bassett.
      Alva Wetherbee Parents: James Wetherbee , Unreported Birth Place: Kingsbury, NY Birth Date: 1804 Marriage Place: Ripley Co, IN Marriage Date: 25 April 1824


      Sources:
      Title: Weatherbee Round-Up, Volume XV, Number 5 Abbrev: Weatherbee Round-Up, Volume XV, Number 5 Publication: September / October 1991 Page: 158
    Person ID I908  7B William Bassett of Cross Plains, Indiana
    Last Modified 29 Jul 2011 

    Married Abt 1795  Kingsbury, Washington, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F657  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rebecah Bassett,   b. 13 Sep 1803, Simpson, Franklin, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1853, , Ripley, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years) 
    Married 25 Apr 1824  , , Ripley, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 9, 10
    Notes 
    • SOURCES:
      1. Other sources show marriage date as 6 Apr 1824, this may be the license date, also 25 April shown in Ripley Co. index of marriages.
      Note: Called "Alviray" in the Ripley Co., IN marriage record. Basset, Rebecca married Wetherbee, Alvay on 25 Apr 1824 in Ripley County, Indiana
      2. Ripley County, IN Marriage Records Index, posted online at: [http://www.usgennet.org/usa/in/county/ripley/webcal/links/marriages.html].
      Basset, Rebecca; Wetherbee, Alvay, 25 Apr 1824 Indiana, Ripley County
      3. World Family Tree (Vol 42, #65) shows wedding date as April 08, 1824.
      Basset, Rebecca Spouse: Alvay Wetherbee Marriage Date: Apr 25, 1824 Location: Ripley Co., Indiana Source: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT Microfilm: 1311944
      4. LDS IGI shows date as 8 April 1824
      5. Indiana Marriages to 1850 shows date as 7 April 1824
      6. Title: Weatherbee Round-Up, Volume XV, Number 5 Abbrev: Weatherbee Round-Up, Volume XV, Number 5 Publication: September / October 1991Page: 158
      7. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inripchs/marry-ab.html
      8. MARRIAGE: Called "Alviray" in the Ripley Co., IN marriage record.
      Ripley County, IN Marriage Records Index, posted online at: [http://www.usgennet.org/usa/in/county/ripley/webcal/links/marriages.html].

      [7]
    Children 
     1. Nancy Ann Wetherbee,   b. 1840, ,,Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1920, prob ,Sonoma, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 81 years)
     2. Susan M Wetherbee,   b. 1842, Dunn, Dane, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F528  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S12] Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

    2. [S15] Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (FamilySearch).

    3. [S205] Weatherbee Round-Up, (Sept / Oct 1991), 158.

    4. [S45] International Genealogical Index, (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA).

    5. [S207] #118, 637.
      Dwelling 589

    6. [S206] 1860 US Census, IA, 637.
      Dwelling 589

    7. [S34] 1860 US Census, IA, (Cass Twp, Jones Co., Iowa).

    8. [S1083] Wetherbee Roundup, (Vol. XV, No. 6, Dec 1991, pg 229).

    9. [S1084] Ripley County, IN Marriage Records Index, (http://www.rootsweb.com/~inripley/framej.htm).

    10. [S1056] Indiana Marriages to 1850, Ancestry.com.
      Shows date as 7 Apr 1824