Martha "Mattie" Paul b. May 1854 Rock Island County, Illinois, USA: Our Family History

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Name	Martha "Mattie" Paul [1]
Born	May 1854	Rock Island County, Illinois, USA [1, 2]
Gender	Female
Census	6 Jul 1860	Blue Rapids township, Marshall County, Kansas, USA [3]
	1. Paul, William, 30, male, white, farmer, real estate $400, personal $150, Ireland 2. _____, Eliza, 24, female, white, Illinois 3. _____, Martha 6, female, white, Illinois 4. _____, Samuel, 4, male, white, Illinois 5. _____, Sarah, 1, female, white, Iowa
Census	30 Jun 1870	Barrett, Blue Rapids township, Marshall County, Kansas, USA [4]
	1. Paul, William, 40, male, white, farmer, real estate $4000, Ireland, mother and father of foreign birth 2. _____, Eliza, 34, female, white, keeping house, Illinois 3. _____, Martha A., 16, female, white, at home, Illinois, attending school 4. _____, Samuel F., 14, male, white, at home, Illinois, attending school 5. _____, Sarah, 11, female, white, at home, Iowa, attending school 6. _____, Clara, 7, female, white, Kansas 7. _____, Wm. F., 7, male, white, Kansas
Census	1885	Blue Mound township, Marshall County, Kansas, USA [5]
	1. Short, T. B., 37, male, white, married, [no profession stated], born in Indiana, came to Kansas from Indiana 2. _____, Mattie, 43, female, white, married, born in Illinois, came to Kansas from Missouri 3. _____, P.M., 12, female, white, single, Kansas 4. _____, L.G., 6, female, white, Kansas 5. _____, A. [S.?], 4, male, white, Kansas 6. _____, T. W., 1, male, white, Kansas [Daughter "P. M." is likely the child of Thomas Short from a previous marriage. Forn before the wedding year of Thomas and Mattie, big gap between her age and that of the next child, plus the 1900 census states that Mattie had 3 children, all living--and they are accounted for by Lena, Arthur, and Thomas W.]
Census	1895	Balderson township, Marshall County, Kansas, USA [6]
	1. Short, T. B., 47, male, white, born Indiana, came to Kansas from Indiana 2. _____, Martha, 40, female, white, Illinois, Illinois 3. _____, Lena G., 16, female, white, Kansas 4. _____, Roy, 11, male, white, Kansas 5. _____, Wm, 11, male, white, Kansas
Census	30 Jun 1900	Flynn township, Garfield County, Oklahoma, USA [2]
	1. Short, Thomas B., head, white, male, August 1847, 52, married 23 years, Indiana, Delaware, Indiana, farmer, can read and write, owns farm free of mortgage, farm schedule 216 2. _____, Mattie A., wife, white, female, May 1854, 46, married 23 years, 3 children 3 living, Illinois, Ireland, Illinois, can read and write 3. _____, Arthur L., son, white, male, February 1881, 19, single, Kansas, Indiana, Illinois, farm laborer, can read and write 4. _____, Thomas W,, son, white, male, January 1884, 16, Kansas, Indiana, Illinois, farm laborer, can read and write
Residence	Sep 1928	Sheridan, Grant County, Arkansas, USA [7]
Census	10 Apr 1930	Enterprise township, Reno County, Kansas, USA [8]
	1. Short, Martha A., head, owns, farm, female, white, 77, widowed, can read and write, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, no occupation
Residence	1936	Marshall, Logan County, Oklahoma, USA [1]
Person ID	I5823	Full \| ProgenitorWalker
Last Modified	26 May 2022

Father	William Paul, b. 16 Feb 1830, County Antrim, Ireland , d. 12 Aug 1886 (Age 56 years)
Mother	Eliza Adeline Walker, b. 26 Jan 1836, Madison County, Illinois, USA , d. 4 Sep 1928 (Age 92 years)
Married	30 Jun 1853	Rock Island County, Illinois, USA [9]
Family ID	F1560	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Thomas B. Short, b. 27 Aug 1847, Indiana, USA , d. 4 Mar 1907 (Age 59 years)

Married Abt 1877

Children

	1. Lena Geraldine Short, b. Abt 1879, Kansas, USA
	2. Arthur L. Short, b. Feb 1881, Kansas, USA
	3. Thomas W. Short, b. Jan 1884, Kansas, USA

Last Modified 26 May 2022

Family ID F3353 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2	Rippy
Married	Y [1, 7]
Last Modified	11 Aug 2014
Family ID	F2094	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Sources

[S3125] Lawson Howland (showland@cableone.net) to Janis Walker Gilmore (Pawleys Island, SC), email, 4 February 2013; attached was they typescript of material written by J. N. Wannamaker and printed in "The Times" [locale not stated] on 31 December 1936, based on a letter that Mr. Wannamaker received from Martha "Mattie" (Paul) Rippy regarding her Paul and Walker ancestry, as well as a description of their lives in Kansas. Mr. Wannamaker's wife Sadie (Paul) Wannamaker was Mattie Rippy's younger sister and both were the children of Eliza (Walker) Paul, the daughter of Samuel A. Walker.
[S6600] 1900 U.S. census, Garfield County, Oklahoma Territory, population schedule, Flynn township, enumeration district (ED) 54, sheet 11B (penned recto), p. 134 (stamped, verso), dwelling 218, family 225, Thomas B. Short household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 May 2022); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll [not cited].
[S4399] 1860 U.S. census, Marshall County, Kansas, population schedule, Blue Rapids township, p. 10 (penned, recto), p. 359 (penned, verso), [no stamped no.], dwelling 83, family 83, William Paul household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 10 August 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication T653, roll 360.
[S4400] 1870 U. S. census, Marshall County, Kansas, population schedule, Blue Rapids township, p. 10 (penned), p. 298 (stamped, verso), dwelling 90, family 85, William Paul household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 10 August 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 438.
[S6599] 1885 Kansas State census, Marshall County, population schedule, Blue Rapids township (Irving post office), p. 6 (penned, recto), lines 1-6, T. B. Short household; 1885 Kansas Territory Census, microfilm KS1885, roll 85, Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka.
[S6603] 1895 Kansas State census, Marshall County, population schedule, Balderson township, p. 15 (penned, recto), lines 21-28, T. B. Short household; "Kansas, U.S., State Census Collection, 1855-1925," digital images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1088/images/ksv115_91-0103 : accessed 26 May 2022); citing 1895 Kansas Territory Census, roll 115, vol. 91, Kansas State Historical Society;,Topeka.
[S4404] Lawson Howland (showland@cableone.net), submitter, "Paul-Dunlap-Jennrich-Schumacher Tree,".
[S6601] 1930 U.S. census, Reno County, Kansas, population schedule, Enterprise township, enumeration district (ED) 10, sheet 2B (penned, recto), p. 49 (stamped, verso), dwelling 40, family 40, Martha A. Short household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 March 2022); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, [roll not stated].
[S4162] Lawson Howland (showland@cableone.net) to Janis Walker Gilmore (Pawleys Island, SC), email, 4 February 2013; attached was typescript of material written by J. N. Wannamaker and printed in "The Times" [locale not stated] on 31 December 1936, based on a letter that Mr. Wannamaker received from Martha "Mattie" (Paul) Rippy regarding her Paul and Walker ancestry, as well as a description of their lives in Kansas. Mr. Wannamaker's wife Sadie (Paul) Wannamaker was Mattie Rippy's younger sister and both were the children of Eliza (Walker) Paul, the daughter of Samuel A. Walker.