Orrin Maybee [36759]

   Another name for Orrin was Ansen.⁷⁵²³

  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 Genealogist�, and has been modified by Gary Hester?s WIT2NOTE� to form the GedCom file. This information is also available in a TMG file.

  Death Notes:

Amherst is aboout 2 miles south of Stephens Point, Wisconsin.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Obituary: Stevens Point, Portage County, Wisconsin, USA. ⁷¹⁴⁴ Stevens Point, Wisconsin PFP obituary read: Orrin Maybee passed
away at his home just south of Amherst last Friday aged 70
years. He was one of the fist white settlers of Portage county,
being the third white man to take up his home where Stevens
Point now stands, and arriving here in the fall of 1883. In
those days he was engaged in various lines of business, among
which was the management of a hotel, which he built in company
with Jas. Young on the site where the Curran house now stands
at the present site of the Copps block). He leaves one
daughter, Mrs. Samuel Marks of Antigo and two sons Edward of
Amherst and Frank of Chicago

• Obituary: Stevens Point, Portage County, Wisconsin, USA. ⁷¹⁴⁴ Orrin Maybee passed away at his home just south of Amherst last
Friday aged 70 years. He was one of the fist white settlers of
Portage county, being the third white man to take up his home
where Stevens Point now stands, and arriving here in the fall
of 1883. In those days he was engaged in various lines of
business, among which was the management of a hotel, which he
built in company with Jas. Young on the site where the Curran
house now stands at the present site of the Copps block). He
leaves one daughter, Mrs. Samuel Marks of Antigo and two sons
Edward of Amherst and Frank of Chicago

• Census, 16 Sep 1850, Stevens Point, Portage County, Wisconsin, USA. ⁴⁸⁸ Orrin Maybee and Martha M appeared on the census of 16 Sep 1850
Stevens Point, Portage County, WisconsinOrin Mabee, 30, M,
Lumberman, NY
Martha M. Mabee, 27, F, NY
Cereba A. Mabee, 1, F, WI

• Census, 1860, Stevens Point, Portage County, Wisconsin, USA. ¹¹⁶ Orrin Maybee and Martha M appeared on the census of 1860
Stevens Point, Portage County, WisconsinOrrin Maybee, 40, M,
Commission Merchant, NY, $7000, $3000
Martha M. Maybee, 38, F, NY
Edwin F. Maybee, 9, F, WI
Ellen A. Maybee, 7, F, WI
Sarah L. Maybee, 5, F, WI
Orrin F. Maybee, 3, F, WI
Estella Maybee, 1, F, WI
Margaret Dusmyan, 18, F, Canada, Servant

• Anecdote, 1863, Amherst, Portage County, Wisconsin. ⁹⁸⁸⁷ The earliest available tax roll on Amherst township is dated
1863 and these are the taxpayers:
page 9, The Township of Amherst 247 Gasman, Nathan Harvey, Gard
Harvey, John F. Hill-strom, Nick Hahn, R. Hartman, John
Hoffman, NansHilstrom, J. P. Mickelson, J. M. Moyers, Orrin
Maybee,

• Census, 1870, Amherst, Portage County, Wisconsin. ⁷¹⁴³ Orrin Maybee, 50, M, Farmer, 4000, 400, Canada West
Edwin Maybee, 19, M, Farm Laborer, WI
Ellen Maybee, 17, F, At Home, WI
Sarina Maybee, 15, F, At School, WI
Frank Maybee, 13, M, At School, WI

• Census, 1870, Amherst, Portage County, Wisconsin. ⁷¹⁴³ Orrin Maybee appeared on the census of 1870 Amherst, Portage
County, WisconsinOrrin Maybee, 50, M, Farmer, 4000, 400, Canada
West
Edwin Maybee, 19, M, Farm Laborer, WI
Ellen Maybee, 17, F, At Home, WI
Sarina Maybee, 15, F, At School, WI
Frank Maybee, 13, M, At School, WI

• Census, 1880, Amherst, Portage County, Wisconsin. ¹¹⁵⁵ Orren Maybee, Head, M, W, W, 60, NY, Farmer, Fa: NY, Mo: NY
Vinnia Maybee, Daughter, F, S, W, 25, WI, Keeping House, Fa:
NY, Mo: NY
Edwin F. Maybee, Son, M, M, W, 29, WI, Farmer, Fa: NY, Mo: NY
Elvira Maybee, Daughter-in-Law, F, M, W, 30, NY, Keeping House,
Fa: NY, Mo: NY
Della Maybee, Granddaughter, F, S, W, 6, WI, Fa: WI, Mo: NY
Wilmer L. Maybee, Grandson, M, S, W, 3, WI, Fa: WI, Mo: NY

• Census, 1880, Amherst, Portage County, Wisconsin. ¹¹⁵⁵ Orrin Maybee appeared on the census of 1880 Amherst, Portage
County, WisconsinOrren Maybee, Head, M, W, W, 60, NY, Farmer,
Fa: NY, Mo: NY
Vinnia Maybee, Daughter, F, S, W, 25, WI, Keeping House, Fa:
NY, Mo: NY
Edwin F. Maybee, Son, M, M, W, 29, WI, Farmer, Fa: NY, Mo: NY
Elvira Maybee, Daughter-in-Law, F, M, W, 30, NY, Keeping House,
Fa: NY, Mo: NY
Della Maybee, Granddaughter, F, S, W, 6, WI, Fa: WI, Mo: NY
Wilmer L. Maybee, Grandson, M, S, W, 3, WI, Fa: WI, Mo: NY

• Obituary, 27 Dec 1890, Stevens Point, Portage County, Wisconsin, USA. ⁷⁷⁶³ 27 Dec 1890 Stevens Point, Wisconsin PFP obituary read: Died at
his home near here, December 25, 1890, Orrin Maybee aged 69
years. Mr. Maybee is well known by all of the old-time pinery
boys of forty years ago. He came to Stevens Point in 1837, and
was in business there, up to about 1858, when he moved his farm
two miles south of the village here, where he lived up to his
death. In the fifties he had done extensive business in your
city, and was a successful pilot on the Wisconse and
Mississippi rivers. At one time, being well off in the world,
but, as much through the heart as through the head, he lost
most of his property before he moved to this place. Ever kind
and generous, a hand ever open to a friend or enemy, even in
distress no one can remember him but with the kindest of
feelings, and with full hearts we can say, Good-bye old friend
Orrin."
In another section of the same paper:
Orrin Maybee, one of the oldest settlers of the Wisconsin
Pinery, died at his home in Amherst, Dec. 21, 1890, in the 70th
year of his age. He was temperate in his habits, always
enjoying good health until within the past year, since which
time his health has gradually been failing, until he quietly
passed away. All through his sickness he experienced but very
little pain. He was extensively known throughout this section
of the country and much respected by all who knew him. He was
born in Jenesco, N.Y. [correct spelling is Genesco] December
28, 1821, and came to Green Bay in 1838 and to Portage County
in May, 1839, when he assisted General Hathaway in making the
United States Government survey of a strip of land, now Wausau.
He also assisted Abraham Brawley in erecting the first saw-mill
in this county, on Mill Creek. Also in erecting the old Conant
mills below this city on the Wisconsin river, for Conant and
Campbell. He was employed by George W. Stevens in making a
canoe. This canoe was made at the foot of Conat Rapids near
where Michael Cawley now resides. It was hauled to the head of
the rapids where Stevens Point city now stands and where he had
helped Stevens erect the first log shanty to hold his goods to
be reshipped in said canoe to Big Bull Falls where he erected
the first saw-mill there, in 1840. In 1841 the first fleet of
lumber was run from Wausau. Stevens and his son Chester had
lately come from Allegheny, N.Y., and from him the city of
Stevens Point derived its name.
Mr. Maybee's first trip down the river on lumber was for David
Hill in 1840, from Grand Rapids to St. Louis. On his return he
helped pole two canoes from Gelena to Portage and Point Bass,
when he helped Robert Wakely erect his house, the first one
there. He was at Portage City when there was no buildings there
except the fort, and was personally acquainted with Jefferson
Davis and General Taylor. About 1846 the soldiers left for the
Mexican War and never returned. Mr. Maybee resided at Stevens
Point for twenty years and for fourteen years he was engaged in
the mercantile business. He piloted on the river forty years
and has made several trips for your subscriber. He moved on to
this farm in Amherst in 1861, where he died. He leaves a son,
Edwin, who resides on the old homestead, and a daughter at
Rhinelander, Wis.
Your correspondent interviewed Mr. Maybee about three weeks
ago. He said the old timers of '39 were about all gone. He
could think of only A.B. Gilchrist and James Sitherwood of
Stevens Point and Leander Trudell of Plover. Our old friend
Orrin has passed down time's rapid river over the falls into
the gulf of eternity, there to experience the reality of the
new birth and the evolution of eternal matter; piloting and
progressing his onward course through that unknown country
following in the wake of the countless millions who have
preceded him all seeking for that better land and home of God's
eternal perfection still leaving behind him that long and
endless river down which we and the millions yet to come must
flat our frail barks with our varied experiences into the same
unfathomable gulf from which no traveler returns to tell of his
hopes and fears, their joys and sorrows, and at the closing
scenes of this life would say:
'Lay me low, my work is done
I am weary, let me go
Where the wild flowers woo the sun,
Where the balmy breezes blow.
Lay me in my silent bed -
Where the wild flowers drooping grow
With all my friends who now are dead,
I am weary, let me go.'
S.A. Sherman'

• Obituary, 27 Dec 1890, Stevens Point, Portage County, Wisconsin, USA. ⁷⁷⁶³ Died at his home near here, December 25, 1890, Orrin Maybee
aged 69 years. Mr. Maybee is well known by all of the old-time
pinery boys of forty years ago. He came to Stevens Point in
1837, and was in business there, up to about 1858, when he
moved his farm two miles south of the village here, where he
lived up to his death. In the fifties he had done extensive
business in your city, and was a successful pilot on the
Wisconse and Mississippi rivers. At one time, being well off in
the world, but, as much through the heart as through the head,
he lost most of his property before he moved to this place.
Ever kind and generous, a hand ever open to a friend or enemy,
even in distress no one can remember him but with the kindest
of feelings, and with full hearts we can say, Good-bye old
friend Orrin."
In another section of the same paper:
Orrin Maybee, one of the oldest settlers of the Wisconsin
Pinery, died at his home in Amherst, Dec. 21, 1890, in the 70th
year of his age. He was temperate in his habits, always
enjoying good health until within the past year, since which
time his health has gradually been failing, until he quietly
passed away. All through his sickness he experienced but very
little pain. He was extensively known throughout this section
of the country and much respected by all who knew him. He was
born in Jenesco, N.Y. [correct spelling is Genesco] December
28, 1821, and came to Green Bay in 1838 and to Portage County
in May, 1839, when he assisted General Hathaway in making the
United States Government survey of a strip of land, now Wausau.
He also assisted Abraham Brawley in erecting the first saw-mill
in this county, on Mill Creek. Also in erecting the old Conant
mills below this city on the Wisconsin river, for Conant and
Campbell. He was employed by George W. Stevens in making a
canoe. This canoe was made at the foot of Conat Rapids near
where Michael Cawley now resides. It was hauled to the head of
the rapids where Stevens Point city now stands and where he had
helped Stevens erect the first log shanty to hold his goods to
be reshipped in said canoe to Big Bull Falls where he erected
the first saw-mill there, in 1840. In 1841 the first fleet of
lumber was run from Wausau. Stevens and his son Chester had
lately come from Allegheny, N.Y., and from him the city of
Stevens Point derived its name.
Mr. Maybee's first trip down the river on lumber was for David
Hill in 1840, from Grand Rapids to St. Louis. On his return he
helped pole two canoes from Gelena to Portage and Point Bass,
when he helped Robert Wakely erect his house, the first one
there. He was at Portage City when there was no buildings there
except the fort, and was personally acquainted with Jefferson
Davis and General Taylor. About 1846 the soldiers left for the
Mexican War and never returned. Mr. Maybee resided at Stevens
Point for twenty years and for fourteen years he was engaged in
the mercantile business. He piloted on the river forty years
and has made several trips for your subscriber. He moved on to
this farm in Amherst in 1861, where he died. He leaves a son,
Edwin, who resides on the old homestead, and a daughter at
Rhinelander, Wis.
Your correspondent interviewed Mr. Maybee about three weeks
ago. He said the old timers of '39 were about all gone. He
could think of only A.B. Gilchrist and James Sitherwood of
Stevens Point and Leander Trudell of Plover. Our old friend
Orrin has passed down time's rapid river over the falls into
the gulf of eternity, there to experience the reality of the
new birth and the evolution of eternal matter; piloting and
progressing his onward course through that unknown country
following in the wake of the countless millions who have
preceded him all seeking for that better land and home of God's
eternal perfection still leaving behind him that long and
endless river down which we and the millions yet to come must
flat our frail barks with our varied experiences into the same
unfathomable gulf from which no traveler returns to tell of his
hopes and fears, their joys and sorrows, and at the closing
scenes of this life would say:
'Lay me low, my work is done
I am weary, let me go
Where the wild flowers woo the sun,
Where the balmy breezes blow.
Lay me in my silent bed -
Where the wild flowers drooping grow
With all my friends who now are dead,
I am weary, let me go.'
S.A. Sherman'

Orrin married Martha M [33252] [MRIN: 551605509].⁴⁸⁸ (Martha M [33252] was born in 1822 in New York or Wisconsin ⁷⁵²² and died before 1870.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Census, 16 Sep 1850, Stevens Point, Portage County, Wisconsin, USA. ⁴⁸⁸ Orin Mabee, 30, M, Lumberman, NY
Martha M. Mabee, 27, F, NY
Cereba A. Mabee, 1, F, WI

• Census, 1860, Stevens Point, Portage County, Wisconsin, USA. ¹¹⁶ Orrin Maybee, 40, M, Commission Merchant, NY, $7000, $3000
Martha M. Maybee, 38, F, NY
Edwin F. Maybee, 9, F, WI
Ellen A. Maybee, 7, F, WI
Sarah L. Maybee, 5, F, WI
Orrin F. Maybee, 3, F, WI
Estella Maybee, 1, F, WI
Margaret Dusmyan, 18, F, Canada, Servant