Hiram Milton Mapes

Hiram Milton Mapes (1825-1901)

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Unknown =1805=> Markham, Ontario => MICHIGAN =CIVIL WAR => Muscatine, IA
Federal Census:  1860 - 1870 - 1880 - 1900


Hiram & Family

Markham, Toronto to Muscatine, IA


Ancestral Line
Joseph Mapes (1785-1860)
Markham, Toronto, Canada
Hiram Milton Mapes
Jacob Stover (1717-1760)
Peter Stover (~1752-1813) Bucks County, PA
Coventry, Chester, PA
Markham, Toronto, Canada
Elizabeth Longnecker
Anna Stover (1786-1857)
Margareth   (died after 1813)
 
Hiram Milton Mapes was born in Dec. 20, 1825 in Markham Twp, York Co. Ontario to Joseph Mapes and Anna Stover.   He married Lucy SCOTT on December 28, 1853 at St. James Church in Toronton, Canada.  After the marriage Hiram moved South to Portland, Ionia County, Michigan. While in Michigan, the Civil War broke out between the states.  Hiram was mustered into the military on September 2, 1863 and served on the Union side of the War. On August 27, 1963 he enlisted in Company G of the 10th Cavalry Michigan Volunteers as a Corporal. On March 15, 1864, he was promoted for full seargant. He was discharged in Quincy, Illinois on June 22, 1865. After the war, Hiram moved the family to Nichols, Muscatine, Iowa where he spent his days as a Carpenter and Contractor. Hiram and wife Lucy resided in Nichols, IA for most of their lives. Hiram and his wife lived in Florida for 2 years after retirement.

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Hiram Milton Mapes died on December 26, 1901 in Nichols, IA and at the time of his death had over 18 grand-children.  His wife Lucy died some 10 years later in 1911.   Hiram and Lucy are buried in Nichols Cemetery in Muscatine County, Nichols, Iowa.

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St. James Church
Toronto, Canada

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Hiram Mapes Military Pension


Descendants of Hiram Milton MAPES
1 Hiram Milton MAPES b: Dec. 20, 1825 Markham Twp, York, Ontario d: Dec. 26, 1901 Nichols, IA
...m:  Lucy A. SCOTT b: 1834 Ohio d: June 10, 1911 Nichols, IA
...m: Dec. 28, 1853 St. James Church, Toronto, York Co., Ontario
...burial: Nichols Cemetery, Nichols, Muscatine, IA
...Census:
1860 - 1870 - 188019001910
..........2 Albert J. MAPES b: May 20, 1857 Michigan d: 1931 Nichols, IA
.............m: Mary POPE b: 1863 d: Nov 5, 1950 Nichols, IA
.............m: Aug 17, 1879 Muscatine, IA
.............burial: Nichols Cemetery, Nichols, Muscatine, IA
.............Census:
1860 - 1870 - 188019001910 - 1920
................... 3 Louis J. MAPES b: June 1880 Adams Station, IA d: Sept 22, 1940
.......................m1: Annie KIRCHNER b: May 25, 1877 d: Aft 1931 d/o: Bernard & Charlotte Kirchner
.......................m1: March 1, 1905
...............................4 Dorothy C Mapes b: Dec 17, 1905 d: Oct 1984 San Clemente, CA
................................ m: Joseph Merrill
...............................4 Bernard L Mapes b: Sep 10, 1908 d: May 1983 m: Helen
.......................m2: Marie Antoinette SMITH
.......................m2: Sept 8, 1919
...............................4 Lucille A. Mapes b: Aug 27, 1923 d: Aug 14, 1992
................... 3 Tillie MAPES b: Oct 17, 1881 d: 1897
..........2 Fred Brighton MAPES b: Aug. 1, 1859 Brighton, MI d: Dec. 20, 1912 Nichols, IA
.............m: Sarah Agnes MORRIS b: Jan. 1, 1856 Ireland d: September 30, 1835 Nichols, IA
.............m: Dec 15, 1878 Nichols, IA
.............burial: Nichols Cemetery, Nichols, Muscatine, IA
.............Census:
1860 - 1870 - 188019001910 - 1920 - 1930

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.....................3 Lucy Elizabeth MAPES b: Aug 1879 d: Sept 4, 1963 Des Moines, IA
.......................m1: John KIRCHNER b: May 29, 1879 d: Feb 13, 1940 Ft Worth, TX
.......................m1: July 14, 1904 Nichols, IA (later divorced)

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...............................4 William Kirchner b: 1905 d: Jan 2, 1964 m: Mary
...............................4 Charlotte Kirchner b: Mar 15, 1907 d: Jul 17, 1986
................................ m: Arnold Bartelt b: Apr 4, 1910 d: Feb 18, 1984
...............................4 James Kirchner b: Feb 24, 1911 d: Aug 10, 1978 m:Ruth
...............................4 Genevieve Kirchner b: 1912 m: Albert Bean
.......................m2: Ben H Black b: Jul 23, 1874 d: Dec 16, 1937 Des Moines, IA
...............................4 Robert Black b: 1921 d: 1939
.....................3 Mary Alice MAPES b: Aug 1879 d: abt 1880 (Twin of Lucy)
.....................3 Nellie Frances MAPES b: 1882
.........................m: John Peter NUGENT b: abt 1884
...............................4 John Frances NUGENT b: ~1913 (possibly buried in Rock Island)
...............................4 Leo Joseph NUGENT b: ~1915  (possibly buried in Rock Island)
.....................3 Joseph D Mapes b: Apr 1884 (Census:
1930)
....................... m: Rachel McGee b: abt Iowa
...............................4 Jack J MAPES b: abt abt 1919 d: bef Nov 1999
...............................4 Julie M MAPES b: Apr 3, 1916 d: Nov 1, 1999 m: Dennis Messmer
...............................4 Baptista MAPES b: Jul 29, 1917 d: Apr 26, 2003 Davenport, IA
..................................m1: Harold WARDLOW
..................................m1: Jennings Tully MASSERY
...............................4 William MAPES b: abt 1921 d: bef Nov 1999
...............................4 Rosemary MAPES b: abt 1924
..................................m: Mr. ADAMS
.....................3 Fred Morris Mapes b: Oct 1887
.....................3 Arthur Shields MAPES b: Oct 31, 1890 Nichols, IA d: Dec 7, 1971 Phoenix, AZ
........................m: Ella Cornelia GOSS b: Aug 14, 1892 Council Bluffs, IA d: Jan 3, 1971
...............................4 Leona Virginia MAPES b: 11 NOV 1913
.................................. m: Robert Curtis DAVISON b: Apr 26, 1913 d: Nov 12, 1987 Phoenix, AZ
...............................4 Mary Cecilia MAPES b: 15 Jul 1915
................................. m: Everett Herman LANGE b: May 27 1911 d: Mar 1984
...............................4 Elmer Arthur MAPES b: Sep 26 1922
................................. m: Jeanne Patricia LANE b: 19 OCT 1928
...............................4 Elizabeth Jane MAPES b: 2 JAN 1921
................................. m: Lloyd FREEMAN
...............................4 Alice Bernadette MAPES b: 9 FEB 1927
................................. m: Walter George KOCHNEFF b: 19 APR 1925 d: OCT 1981
...............................4 Patricia Joan MAPES b: 18 FEB 1929 d: May 28, 2005 Ariz
................................. m: Edward Lawrence SCHLIMGEN b: 19 OCT 1923 d: May 31, 2004
.....................3 William Francis MAPES b: 1892 d: 1949
........................m: Hazel Lorraine GOSS b: Jan 31, 1896 d: Aug 1, 1968
...............................4 Clement W Mapes b: 1918
...............................4 Warren F Mapes b: 1921
.....................3 Mary Mamie MAPES b: Jun 10, 1894 d: Nov 1963
........................m: Benjamin Nye SMITH b: Jun 2, 1891 Atalissa, IA d: Feb 18, 1930
...............................4 Leonard B Smith b: Apr 2, 1921 d: Feb 14, 2003 m: Nona
...............................4 Mary J. Smith b: ~1918 m2: Tommy Flynn
..........2 Katherine MAPES b: Jan 15, 1864 Portland, Ionia, MI d: Aug 12, 1871 Nichols, IA
..........2 Jay Milton MAPES b: Jun 5, 1866 d: Dec 22, 1924
.............m: Harriet Malinda CHESEBROUGH b: Nov 21, 1870 d: 1949
.............m: Nov 7, 1889 Muscatine, IA
.............Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Nichols, Muscatine, IA
.....................3 Jay Milton MAPES, Jr. b: Nov 27, 1889 Muscatine, IA
.....................3 Hazel Florence MAPES b: Nov 12, 1891 d: 1934 
........................m: Glen Frank HOWLAND b: 1892 d: Feb 28, 1961 Nichols, IA
....................... Burial: Greenwood Cem
.....................3 Meryl Harriet MAPES b: Oct 12, 1894 Muscatine, IA d: May 20, 1978 Youngstown Maricopa, AZ
..........2 Lewis N. MAPES b: Sep 12, 1871 Nichols, Muscatine, IA d: Penascola, FL
..............m: Delena b: ~1872  d: b/w 1910 and 1920
..............Census:
1910
.....................3 Robert MAPES
.....................3 Frederick M Mapes b: Jan 1894
.....................3 Lewis N Mapes b: Feb 1896
.........................m: Alice
...............................4 Lewis N Mapes b: 1924
...............................4 Elizabeth Ann Mapes b: 1929
.....................3 Jessie Mae Mapes b: Apr 1898
.....................3 Albert L Mapes b: ~1903
.....................3 Cecil Raymond Mapes b: ~1903
.....................3 Charles E Mapes b: ~1910
..........2 Nettie May MAPES b: Sep 18, 1874 Nichols, IA d: Oct 7, 1937
.............m: Frank Charles HUMMEL b: Feb 1871 Ohio d: Jan 19, 1952
.............m: Aug 8, 1894 Muscatine, IA
.............Burial: Nichols Cemetery
.....................3 Lola HUMMEL b: July 1896
.....................3 Howard Royce HUMMEL b: Sept 1898 d: Apr 20, 1945 Burial: Nichols
.........................m: Harriet V. b: abt 1901
..........................4 Norma Jane HUMMEL b: abt 1922
.....................3 Faye HUMMEL b: abt 1901
.....................3 Marie HUMMEL b: abt 1903
.....................3 Lloyd HUMMEL b: Oct 23, 1911 d: Aug 21, 1969 Burial: Nichols
..........2 Charles MAPES b: abt 1876 Nichols, IA

Census Listings

1860 Federal Census, Portland, Ionia, Michigan
Hiram M Mapes, 37, Carpenter, Canada West
Lucy A, 26, Canada West
Albert, 3, Michigan
Fred B, 1, Michigan

1870 Federal Census, Altalissa, Muscatine, IA
Hiram M Mapes, 45, Carpenter, Canada, parents foreign born
Lucy, 36, Keeps House, Ohio, (parents born in US)
Albert, 13, School, Michigan
Fred B, 11, School, Michigan
Kate, 7, School, Michigan
Jay, 4, School, Michigan

1880 - Pike, Muscatine, IA,
Hiram M Mapes, 56, Head, Carpenter, Canada, Canada, Mass (mother)
Lucy Mapes, 47, Ohio, Ireland, England
Jay Mapes, 14, Iowa
Lewis Mapes, 8, Iowa
Nettie Mapes, 6, Iowa

1900 Federal Census Pike, Muscatine, IA
Hiram M Mapes, Mar 1825, 76, Married 46yrs, born Canada French, Father born Vermont, Mother born Ohio, Carpenter
Lucy A. Mapes, May 1833, 67, Married 46yrs, born Ohio, father born Ireland, Mother born England

=Military History=
+Hiram M Mapes date of enlistment was 27 August 1863 Portland, MI Corpl Age:38
+Served Michigan G Co. 10th Cav Reg. MI
+Promoted to Full Sergt on 15 March 1864 (Estimated day of Promo)
+Served Michigan Enlisted G Co. 10th Cav Reg. MI disch at Quincy, IL on 22 June 1865

Officers killed or mortally wounded: 2
Elisted Killed or mortally wounded: 29
Enlisted died of disease or accident: 240