Cook Family Ancestry William Oakley Mabie [35447] This title is just so we know which tree we are working in, as there are many families represented here.

William Oakley Mabie [35447]
(1845-1892)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Catherine Marie Easton [35431]

Conger Mabie [35397]

2. Phebe M. Saxton [35444]

William Oakley Mabie [35447]

Born: 1845, Wyoming County, New York ⁸²⁶
Marriage (1): Catherine Marie Easton [35431] on 24 Apr 1870 in Ionia County, Michigan, USA ⁴⁵¹⁵
Marriage (2): Phebe M. Saxton [35444] on 25 Dec 1886 in Farwell, Clare County, Michigan, USA ⁸²⁶ ^,4515
Died: 15 Feb 1892, Farwell, Clare County, Michigan, USA at age 47 ⁸²⁶

bullet Another name for William was Oakley.¹¹⁶

bullet General Notes:

From the Maybee Society files. Not all data is verified. Say dates are estimates and are probably within 20 years. The Maybee Society keeps its data on The Master Genealogistï¿½, and has been modified by Gary Hester?s WIT2NOTEï¿½ to form the GedCom file. This information is also available in a TMG file.

bullet Noted events in his life were:

• No Name, 1850, Bushnell Township, Montcalm County, Michigan. ⁴⁸⁸ William Oakley Mabie appeared on the census of 1850 in the
household of Jeremiah Mabie and Lois Evans Bushnell Township,
Montcalm County, Michigan

• No Name, 1860, Bushnell, Montcalm County, Michigan. ¹¹⁶ William Oakley Mabie appeared on the census of 1860 in the
household of Jeremiah Mabie and Lavina P. Janes Bushnell,
Montcalm County, Michigan

• Milit-Beg, 19 Aug 1861, Palo, Ionia County, Michigan, USA. ⁸²⁶ "F" Co., Michigan 1st Calvary

• Milit-End, 10 Nov 1861. ⁸²⁶ Deserted in Detroit, MI

• Milit-Beg, 4 Jan 1864, Portland, Ionia County, Michigan, USA. ⁴⁸⁷ enlisted as a Private. He was a farmer, age 20, 5' 11" tall,
dark hair and hazel eyes

• MilService, 13 Feb 1864. ⁸²⁶ "E" Co., MI 27th Infantry

• Milit-End, 30 Mar 1865, Harwood Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA. ⁴⁸⁷ ^,8835 ^,8836 William Oakley Mabie served with Company E of the 27th Michigan
Infantry, which was assigned to the 9th Corps, commanded by
General Ambrose Burnside. His service took him through some of
the bloodiest battles of the war, participating in the battles
of Wilderness, Spotsylvania Courthouse (the Bloody Angle), Cold
Harbor, Bethesda Church. At Petersburg he was wounded at the
Battle of the Crater on July 30, 1864. A Minnie ball entered
his right thigh, passed through and entered his left leg,
exiting just above his left knee. He was discharged as disabled

• No Name, 1880, Farwell, Clare County, Michigan, USA. ⁸⁷⁸⁸ William Oakley Mabie and Catherine Marie Easton appeared on the
census of 1880 Farwell, Clare County, MichiganOakley W. Mabie,
Head, M, M, W, 35, NY, Laborer, Fa: NY, Mo: NY
Kathrine M. Mabie, Wife, F, M, W, 29, MI, Keep House, Fa: NY,
Mo: NY
Conger Mabie, Son, M, S, W, 9, MI, At School, Fa: NY, Mo: MI

• No Name, 15 Feb 1892, Farwell, Clare County, Michigan, USA. ⁸²⁶ William Oakley Mabie died 15 Feb 1892 Farwell, Clare County,
Michigan

William married Catherine Marie Easton [35431] [MRIN: 551606153], daughter of Unknown and Unknown, on 24 Apr 1870 in Ionia County, Michigan, USA.⁴⁵¹⁵ (Catherine Marie Easton [35431] was born in 1849 in Manchester, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA,⁸²⁶ ^,8788 died on 12 Dec 1883 in Michigan, USA ⁸²⁶ and was buried in Dec 1883 in Surrey Township Cemetery, Farwell, Clare County, Michigan, USA ⁸²⁶.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• Census, 1870, Bushnell Township, Montcalm County, Michigan. ⁸⁸²⁶ Betsey Castle, 52, F, Keeping House, 1000, -, CT
William Mabie, 26, M, Farmer, 1300, 300, CT
Kate Mabie, 21, Keeping House, MI

• Census, 1880, Farwell, Clare County, Michigan, USA. ⁸⁷⁸⁸ Oakley W. Mabie, Head, M, M, W, 35, NY, Laborer, Fa: NY, Mo: NY
Kathrine M. Mabie, Wife, F, M, W, 29, MI, Keep House, Fa: NY,
Mo: NY
Conger Mabie, Son, M, S, W, 9, MI, At School, Fa: NY, Mo: MI

bullet Marriage Notes:

Number of children:They had three infants that died young

William A. Mabie, age 26, born in NY, married Kate M. Easton,
age 20, born in MI, on Apr 24, 1870 in Ionia County

William next married Phebe M. Saxton [35444] [MRIN: 551606154] on 25 Dec 1886 in Farwell, Clare County, Michigan, USA ⁸²⁶.^,4515 (Phebe M. Saxton [35444] was born in 1848 in Tecumseh, Lenawee County, Michigan,⁸⁸³¹ died in Mar 1943 in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA ⁸²⁶ and was buried in Michigan Soldiers Home Cemetery, Grand Rapids, , Michigan, USA ⁸²⁶.)