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Julia Sixbury

Female 1879 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Julia Sixbury  [1
    Born 1879  Sycamore, Dekalb County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Female 
    Census 22 Jun 1880  Sycamore, Dekalb County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Role: Household Member
    Census 1885  Peoples Township, Boone County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Role: Household Member
    _UID 1382A12A8C8C4C7CA7DC44E6B4BB2FED7844 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I826  Paul's Genealogy Tree
    Last Modified 8 Jan 2017 

    Father Chauncey Elwood Sixbury,   b. 30 May 1838, Sycamore, Dekalb County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Sep 1917, Woodward, Dallas County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Jane Ainley,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 11 Apr 1866  Sycamore, Dekalb County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7
    Children 10 children 
    Family ID F295  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1879 - Sycamore, Dekalb County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 22 Jun 1880 - Sycamore, Dekalb County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1885 - Peoples Township, Boone County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 

  • Sources 
    1. [S318] Dan Sixbury, Dan Sixbury (Reliability: 3), 9 Feb 2005.
      Confirmation record of Nicolaus Reff and Christine Krombach, St. Peter's Church, Fenetrange, Moselle, France, May 12, 1715
      Confirmation record of Nicolaus Reff and Christine Krombach, St. Peter's Church, Fenetrange, Moselle, France, May 12, 1715
      Confirmation record of Nicolaus Reff and Christine Krombach, St. Peter's Church, Fenetrange, Moselle, France, May 12, 1715
      Image source: http://www.archives57.com/archives/frontSite?controller=ViewPage&id=archives


    2. [S318] Dan Sixbury, Dan Sixbury (Reliability: 3), 9 Feb 2005.
      Birth record of Christina Crombacher, May 1, 1695, Baerendorf, Alsace, France
      Birth record of Christina Crombacher, May 1, 1695, Baerendorf, Alsace, France
      Birth record of Christina Crombacher, May 1, 1695, Baerendorf, Alsace, France
      Image source: http://archives.bas-rhin.fr/


    3. [S1521] 1880 Census - DeKalb County, Illinois, Illinois, DeKalb, (http://familysearch.org: National Archives and Records Administration, 2016), T9, roll 202, Sycamore, enumeration district (ED) 43, p. 260B, dwelling 175, family 179, Chauncey L. Sixbury, accessed Jan 2, 2017 (Reliability: 3), 2 Jan 2017.
      Name:
      John Reff
      John Reff
      page 186, US Census 1870, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, NY
      Chauncey Sixbury, 1880 Census, Sycamore, DeKalb County, Illinois
      Chauncey Sixbury, 1880 Census, Sycamore, DeKalb County, Illinois
      Chauncey Sixbury, 1880 Census, Sycamore, DeKalb County, Illinois
      Source: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXJZ-QH5


    4. [S1526] 1885 Census - Boone County, Iowa, Iowa, Boone, (Digital images. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. \i FamilySearch\i0 . http://familysearch.org : 2014), Peoples Township, p. 323, dwelling 140, family 145, line 1, Chaney Sixbury; (http://familysearch.org : accessed Jan 8, 2017); citing citing p. 25, 1885, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,021,444 (Reliability: 3), 8 Jan 2017.
      Name:
      John Reff
      John Reff
      page 186, US Census 1870, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, NY
      Chauncey Sixbury, 1880 Census, Sycamore, DeKalb County, Illinois
      Chauncey Sixbury, 1880 Census, Sycamore, DeKalb County, Illinois
      Chauncey Sixbury, 1880 Census, Sycamore, DeKalb County, Illinois
      Source: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXJZ-QH5
      Chauncey Sixbury & family, Boone County, Iowa, 1885
      Chauncey Sixbury & family, Boone County, Iowa, 1885
      Chauncey Sixbury & family, Boone County, Iowa, 1885
      Source: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HH6L-7W2


    5. [S1513] Portrait and Biographical Album, DeKalb County, Illinois, Chapman Brothers, (Chicago, Illinois: Chapman Brothers, 1885.), 301, 302. (Reliability: 3), 31 Dec 2016.
      Joseph Sixbury, deceased, farmer, was a native of Amsterdam, Montgomery Co., N.Y., born Nov. 17, 1810. Malinda (Ellwood) Sixbury, his widow, is a native of Minden, Montgomery Co., N.Y., born March 2, 1815. Joseph Sixbury and Malinda Ellwood were united in marriage in their native county Jan. 15, 1834, and in July, 1837, removed to Sycamore, De Kalb Co., Ill., where they continued to reside. The fruits of their union were two children, Chauncey E. and Mary Eliza. The former was born in Sycamore, May 30, 1838; the latter, May 28, 1845. Chauncey E. Sixbury was married to Jennie Ainley, also of Sycamore, April n, 1866, and now resides in Boone Co., Iowa. Mary E. Sixbury was united in marriage to James H. Schuyler, a resident of Sycamore, May 9, 1866, and settled in Nunica, Mich. Two children were born to them, and are
      named Colfax Schuyler and James C. Schuyler. Colfax was born in Nunica, Mich., Feb. 23, 1868. James
      C. was born in the same town, March i, 1874. Mary E. Schuyler died in Nunica, Feb. 17, 1876. Her remains
      were brought to Sycamore and repose in Elmwood Cemetery. The two children thus early left motherless have since continued under the watchful and affectionate oversight and care of their grandmother, Malinda (Ellwood) Sixbury. Joseph Sixbury departed this life Dec. 28, 1879. It has already been remarked that Joseph Sixbury and his wife came to De Kalb County as early as July, 1837, the pioneer days of this section. Those who removed here from the midst of the older civilization of the East, were obliged to encounter more or less in the way of deprivation so far as the comforts of life were concerned, both socially and otherwise; and Mr. and Mrs. Sixbury were called upon to bear their share of the privations and trials of pioneer life. Outside of the discomforts tha" naturally and inevitably beset the white people, were the disagreeable, not to say dangerous, proclivities of the Indians, who at that period occupied in part this particular section. The surrounding groves were their rendezvous, from which they made frequent incursions into the settlements to beg for food and other favors. Although not particularly hostile, they sometimes were troublesome. In relating to the writer some of the ways of the aborigines, Mrs. Sixbury said sometimes they would appear at the cabin door of the settlers and cast their blankets inside. If the occupants of the cabin allowed the blankets to remain, the Indians considered it an invitation to come in and take their repose, but if the blankets were taken up and placed outside, the Indians accepted the act as a refusal to allow them to tarry, and, picking them up, passed along. Soon after the period indicated, the Indians were removed by the Government to Council Bluffs, Iowa.
      Joseph Sixbury, besides taking an active part in helping to improve the Western wilderness, to which he had removed previous to the Government land sale, was public-spirited as well, and was one of the
      few men who assisted in the location of the county seat of De Kalb County at Sycamore. His land
      patent covered a portion of the site of what is now the beautiful and thriving city of Sycamore. Himself
      and wife were devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in the upbuilding of which in
      those primitive days they both bore an important part. Each abounded in works of benevolence and
      chanty. Those were the days in which the grand and rugged eloquence of Father Cartwright and other
      able and eloquent pioneer Methodist preachers were heard in the cabins of the settlers and in the groves
      and forests. It almost seems strange, but those early comers often speak of the days of old, and associate
      with them some of the pleasantest and most enjoyable episodes of their lives. Their necessary dependence
      one upon another made closer and stronger the bond of friendship and sympathy between them, and though few in numbers and deprived of much that happily surrounds them in these later days, they yet were happy and contented. All honor to the courageous and hardy pioneer of the West. Mr. Sixbury was a Steward and Class-leader in his Church up to the time of his death. He also occupied positions of responsibility and trust in the civil affairs of the town and county, having been chosen assessor of his town many years, and was also elected to the important office of County Treasurer two successive terms.
      Portrait and Biographical Album, DeKalb County, Ill., page 301, 302
      Portrait and Biographical Album, DeKalb County, Ill., page 301, 302
      Portrait and Biographical Album, DeKalb County, Ill., page 301, 302
      Misc. newspaper clippings - Lyme Heritage Center
      Misc. newspapers - Lyme Heritage Center


    6. [S318] Dan Sixbury, Dan Sixbury (Reliability: 3), 9 Feb 2005.
      Misc. newspaper clippings - Lyme Heritage Center
      Misc. newspapers - Lyme Heritage Center


    7. [S862] Find A Grave online database, ((http://www.findagrave.com : 2012)), accessed Jan 7, 2017), Entry for Chauncey Elwood Sixbury; Find A Grave Memorial# 15859143; http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15859143. (Reliability: 3), 7 Jan 2017.
      Chauncey Elwood Sixbury
      Birth: