Revision as of 11:19, 1 January 2011

Susan/Susannah Blanche Stoughton was born about 1846, the last child of her mother Susan Harvey, and was probably born in Muddy Creek Twp., Butler Co. PA. It isn't known exactly when her mother died, possibly at Susannah's birth. By 1848 her father had moved to Clarion Co. PA and remarried to Susan Myer. Susan was raised by her mother's sister, Mrs. Mary Ann Durstin/Dustin. In 1850, a 3 yr. old Susannah Stoughton is recorded in Aug., in the Martin Durstine home in Muddy Creek, Butler Co. PA; a 4 yr.old Susannah is recorded in Sept., in the Barnard V. Stoughton home in Piney Twp., Clarion Co. PA. (If these ages are accurate, possibly she had been taken to her father's for her birthday, sometime between 29 Aug. & 30 Sept.) Apparently she was spending time in both homes. Her step-sister Jennie, in her memoir, tells us that the Dustin family moved to Illinois, and that they raised Susannah. Martin Dustin and wife Mary Ann are in Mount Pleasant Twp, Whiteside Co, IL, in 1860 with several of their children. Son Christian Dustin is residing with the family of George & Marrium Beureville, as is Susanna Straughton (sic), age 13, born in PA.
We lose track of Susanna after 1860.

Ancestry chart segment

  Generation 5                   Generation 6                    Generation 7          
 
                                             
                                              
                                                           +-- John Stoughton  
                                                           |   (1773-1833)      
                           +-- Barnard VanZant Stoughton --+                    
                           |            (1817-1887)        |                         
 Susan Blanche Stoughton --+                               +-- Catherine Covert
                           |                                   (1778->1850)
                           +-- Susan Harvey
                               (????-~1846)
 Sources: [2][8]  

Places of Residence

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1850 United States Federal Census, Muddy Creek Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 17. Census dated 29 Aug 1850. Lines 3-13: Martin Durstine, 48, farmer, $1200 real property; Mary A., 39; Jacob, 19; Sarah, 17; Susannah, 14; Harvey, 12; Martin, 9; John, 7; Henry, 5; Christian, 2; Susannah Stoughton, 3. Note: Susannah Stoughton is living with this family after the death of her mother and her father's remarriage.
2	1850 United States Federal Census, Piney Twp, Clarion Co, PA, page 24. Previous page dated 30 Sept. 1850. Lines 16-25: B.W. Stoughton, 33, shoemake; Susannah, 33; John, 14; Joseph, 12; Elliott, 10; Hannah, 8; Catharine, 6; Susannah, 4; Jane, 2; Elizabeth, 1/2. John, Joseph, Elliott and Hannah attended school.
3	1860 United States Federal Census Mount Pleasant Twp, Whiteside Co, IL, pages 24 and 25. Census dated 18 July 1860. Lines 39-40 (p. 24) and 1-3 (p. 25): George Beureville, 39, harness maker, $1500 real, $1500 personal property, b. England; Marrium, 44, b. England (the couple was married less than 1 year); Christian W. Dustin, 12, b. PA, attended school; Margaret Hawes, 24, b. PA; Susanna Straughton, 13, b. PA, attended school.
4	1860 United States Federal Census Mount Pleasant Twp, Whiteside Co, IL, page 40. Census dated 19 July 1860. Lines 35-40: Martin Dustin, 59, farmer, $1500 real, $725 personal property; Mary Ann, 49; Jacob, 29 day labor; Harvey, 22, day labor; John, 17, day labor, attended school; Henry, 15, attended school. All b. PA. Note: This is the same family found in 1850 in Butler Co, PA. Susanna(h) Stoughton and Christian Dustin are now living with the Beureville family presumaby as domestics. Mary Ann (Dustin) is presumed to be the sister of Barnard Stoughton's first wife, Susan Harvey.
8	Memories by Jennie Stoughton Osborn, Copyright 1935, Medicine Lodge, Kansas. Pg. 2 "My mother was living on her farm near Matildaville, Pennsylvania when she met my father, Barnard VanZant Stoughton, who was working at his trade, the shoe business, in Kalensburg, Armstrong, Co., Pa. When I was about a year old they moved out to my mother's farm and there my two younger sisters were born. They then gathered the rest of the children into the home where those mischievous boys kept things stirring." Pg. 3 "My mother, Susan Myer, had been the wife of John Hagan who died when they had been married twelve years, leaving her with one little boy, John Edward Hagan. Father had married Susan Harvey, but she died leaving six children: John , Joseph, Elliott, Hannah, Catharine, and Susan Blanche, the baby whom the mother gave to her sister, a Mrs. Dustin , who took her to Illinois...
9	James Voltz correspondence 2008, ongoing: jlv100@psu.edu
10	Gravestone of Blanche S. McCormick, Linesville Cemetery, Crawford Co. PA. Found on FindAGrave.com, with photo. See: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=17566577 Plot: Section K, Plot 300, Grave 3. McCormick, Blanche S. 1847-1912, Robert M. 1844-1926
11	Burke Stoughton research, ongoing correspondence. See Contacts page. Susan Blanche Stoughton, b. 1847, was raised by her aunt Mary Ann Harvey Durstin, when Blanch's mother, Susan Harvey Stoughton, died. Mary Ann Dustin Harvey and Susan Harvey Stoughton were sisters. They lived in Illinois for a time. Susan Blanche later went back to Pennsylvania and there married Robert Martin McCormick. Both are buried in the Linesville Cemetery, Crawford Co. Pa. Susan Blanche Stoughton McCormick was the daughter of Bernard VanZant Stoughton (1817-1887) and Susan Harvey Stougthon (1817-1847).

Source notes

• Susannah Stoughton's age changes between 29 Aug 1850 & 30 Sept 1850; if accurate, expect her birthday to be in September 1847.

Research Notes

Conjecture

Research Wishlist

• Marriage record for Susannah Stoughton, possibly in Whiteside Co., IL