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5.129 John Granville DARWIN^{[1, 2, 3]}
1818 - 1861

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• Title	5.129
  Birth	1818	Jackson County, TN
  Gender	Male
  Census	1820	Jackson County, TN   [4]
  	John G. Darwin (age 2) presumed in household of father, Richmond Darwin
  Census	1830	Morgan County, AL   [5]
  	John G. Darwin (age 12) presumed in household of father, Richmond Darwin
  Census	1840	Randolph County, IL   [6]
  	"John G. Darwin" (age 22)
  Died	02 Jul 1861	Randolph County, IL
  	Murdered
  Person ID	I4071	DARUSA | Descendants of William Darwin
  Last Modified	30 Apr 2010

  
  

  Father	Richmond DARWIN,   b. 16 Oct 1796, York County, SC ,   d. After 1880, Clay County, TN
  Mother	ROGERS,   b. Abt 1800,   d. Abt 1845
  Married	Abt 1817	Jackson County, TN
  Family ID	F1209	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Euphemia SMITH,   b. 1822, IL ,   d. Abt 1852, IL
  Married	Abt 1838	Randolph County, IL
  	place of marriage not certain
  Children	1. Mary E. DARWIN,   b. 25 Oct 1838, Randolph County, IL ,   d. 03 Aug 1844, Randolph County, IL   2. Asaph DARWIN,   b. 1841, Randolph County, IL   3. Ellen DARWIN,   b. 28 Sep 1843   4. Louisa DARWIN,   b. 1845   5. Martha Jane DARWIN,   b. 1848   6. Mary Elizabeth DARWIN,   b. 28 Jan 1850, Randolph County, IL ,   d. 28 Jul 1852, Randolph County, IL
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2009
  Family ID	F1373	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth A. BURNS,   b. Abt 1854, MO ,   d. 19 Jul 1865, Randolph County, IL
  Married	Abt 1853	Randolph County, IL
  	place of marriage not certain
  Children	1. Amanda A. DARWIN,   b. 1853, IL   2. Clinton Wetherby DARWIN,   b. 10 Apr 1855, IL   3. Millard F. DARWIN,   b. 1856, IL   4. Henry C. DARWIN,   b. May 1859, IL ,   d. Aft 1910   5. John L. DARWIN,   b. Feb 1861, IL
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2009
  Family ID	F1374	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Event Birth - 1818 - Jackson County, TN Census - John G. Darwin (age 2) presumed in household of father, Richmond Darwin - 1820 - Jackson County, TN Census - John G. Darwin (age 12) presumed in household of father, Richmond Darwin - 1830 - Morgan County, AL Married - Abt 1838 - Randolph County, IL Census - "John G. Darwin" (age 22) - 1840 - Randolph County, IL Married - Abt 1853 - Randolph County, IL Died - 02 Jul 1861 - Randolph County, IL  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Census (USA)

  CEN: 1840 IL - Randolph (2) Sixth Federal Census: John G. Darwin

  
  

• Notes

  Commentary: DWD 5.129 John Granville Darwin was born 1818 in Jackson Co., TN, and moved with his parent's family about 1829 to Morgan Co., AL, where they remained six years and then to Randolph Co., Illinois. I do not have John's marriage record to Euphemia Smith but I assume that they were married in Randolph County around 1838 because their first child, Mary, was born there in 1838 and she was followed by a brother and four more sisters. The 1850 and 1860 IL census records would indicate that Euphemia died some time after 1850 and John remarried about 1853, Elizabeth Burns, and to this union there were a daughter and four sons. I've only received correspondence from one person in John's group and that was Bertha B. Darwin of Oklahoma City who was married to one of the sons of Clinton Witherly Darwin. Bertha informed me that both John and his wife were murdered during the Civil War but I have seen a subsequent report from Sherri Goodman that his wife's deaths occurred in the aftermath of the war in 1865 but I have no details of the event as to whether this was a war related feud or whether John and Elizabeth were in the wrong place at the wrong time. The 1870 IL census for Randolph County shows their son Clinton Darwin, age 16, working as a labourer on the farm of Absalom Pearson while two of his younger brothers, Henry and John, were living at the neighbouring farm of Benjamin Rickets. References: Bertha B. Darwin Shirley M. Smith Sherri Goodman Tim Grana




• Sources

  [S250] JRN: IL-MO: 1866 The Waterloo Advocate. An account of the execution of Gabriel Forsee, convicted for murder of Elizabeth (Burns) Darwin [S251] JRN: IL-MO: 1883 History of Randolph, Monroe and Perry counties, Illinois, McDonough, J.L, (McDonough, J.L., & Co., Philadelphia), p. 159.. [S241] FAM: IL-RA: 1932 "My Life" by Lucy (Darwin) Frazer , Lucy (Darwin) Frazer, (manuscript; copy kindly provided by Michael Atchison). [S81] CEN: 1820 TN Jackson. [S93] CEN: 1830 AL Morgan. [S112] CEN: 1840 IL Randolph.