Caroline M. (Armstrong) Van Fossen (1837 - 1901)

Born 21 Dec 1837 in Upper Sandusky, Wyandot, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Charles Henry Van Fossen — married 1 Dec 1857 in Wyandotte, Kansas

Descendants

Died 29 Jun 1901 at age 63 in Kansas City, Clay, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Caroline was Wyandot.

Caroline was born 21 December 1837 on Wyandot Reserve lands at Upper Sandusky, Ohio. She was the daughter of Silas Armstrong and his first wife Sarah Preston. ^{[1] [2]}

Caroline was just five years old when her mother died in 1842. One year later Caroline and her siblings were among the Wyandot families who left the Ohio Valley in 1843 under the leadership of her father, one-time Wyandot Principal Chief Silas Armstrong. By 1853 they had settled around the area of today’s Kansas City in Wyandotte County. ^{[3] [4]}

Caroline married Charles Henry Van Fossen in Wyandotte, Kansas in 1857.^{[5] [6]} They had seven children. ^{[7] [8] [9]}

In 1867 Caroline Van Fossen and her family were placed on the Wyandot Tribal Roll of Wyandots living in Kansas and Oklahoma, including those who never consented to becoming U.S. Citizens. Included were herself, her husband Charles, and four of their children: Ella, Lewis, Thomas and Francis. ^[10]

Charley Van Fossen died in 1885. In September 1887 “Mrs. C. H. Van Fossen” married a George T. Morris. ^[11] She is named as “Carrie M. Morris, formerly Carrie M. Van Fossen” in a newspaper notice regarding a lawsuit over some property in Kansas City. ^[12] By 1900, "Caroline Morris" is living in her Kansas City home with two of her children, Wilbur and Emma; ^[13] and George Morris is living as a boarder in the home of Carrie's oldest child, Ella Parr. ^[14]

Caroline died in 1901 and is buried in the Huron Indian Cemetery in Kansas City, Kansas.^[15]

Sources

1. ↑ "Local Intelligence" [obituary], The Wyandott Herald (Kansas City, Kansas), 04 July 1901 (Thu.), p. 3, col. 2; digital image, Newspapers (https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-wyandott-herald-caroline-armstrong-v/5628116/ : downloaded 19 June 2016).
2. ↑ Connelly, William E. The Provisional Government of Nebraska Territory and The Journals of William Walker, Provisional Governor of Nebraska Territory (Lincoln, Nebraska: State Journal Company, 1899), 307-308; digital images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/provisionalgover00conn :accessed 5 July 2022).
3. ↑ Wyandotte Muster Roll of Emigrants under their Chiefs, from Ohio, Michigan and Canada, July 1843; "Indian Removal Muster Rolls;" Miscellaneous Indian Removal Muster Rolls, 1832-1846, NARA Microform Publication M181, Reel 1, [National Archives Identifier: 231930716], image 111 of 119; Muster Rolls Concerning Indian Removal, 1832 - 1846; Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1793 - 1999; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C; available online through NARA Catalog at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/231930716. "Silas Armstrong [Head of Family], 3 males under 10, 3 females of 10 and under 25, 7 Total Number."
4. ↑ Gleed, Charles, The Kansas Memorial, a Report of the Old Settlers' Meeting Held at Bismarck Grove, Kansas, Sept. 15th and 16th, 1879 (Kansas City, Missouri: Press of Ramsey, Millett & Huson, 1880), 251; digital images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/kansasmemorialre00inglee/ : accessed 14 August 2023).
5. ↑ "Kansas, U.S., Compiled Marriage Index from Select Counties, 1854-1873," database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/276:3444); citing "Citizen, Wyandotte, Dec 5 KANSAS HISTORICAL QUARTERLY, VOL. 21, SUMMER 1955."
6. ↑ "Twenty-Fifth Anniversary," The Wyandott Herald (Kansas City, Kansas) 07 December 1882 (Thu.), page 3, col. 2; digital images, Newspapers Publisher Extra (https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/67581894/ : downloaded 29 Nove,ber 2015).
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M66W-75N : 18 February 2021), Caroline Van Tossen in entry for Charles H Van Tossen, 1860.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJN-9P5 : 24 May 2021), Caroline Van Fossen in entry for Charles H Van Fossen, 1870.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF5R-TDL : 14 January 2022), C.m. Van Fossen in household of C.h. Van Fossen, Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.
10. ↑ Wyandot Agency, 1843-1863, 1870-1872: 1850-1851, 1870-1872. NARA Microform Publication M234 - Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1881, 1824 -1880, Image 245. Letters Received, 1824-1880. Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1793 - 1999. National Archives at Washington, DC - Textual Reference (RDT1). Available online from NARA Catalog at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/164569885.
11. ↑ "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Z3-23HB : 18 September 2021), Geo T Morris and Mrs C M Van Fossen, 6 Sep 1887; citing Marriage, Jackson, Missouri, United States, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City; FHL microfilm 007515702.
12. ↑ "New Suits," The Wyandott Herald (Kansas City, Kansas), 27 December 1877 (Thu.), p. 3, col. 3; digital image, Newspapers (https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-gazette-sued-for-some-va/17599202/ : downloaded 19 February 2018).
13. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMBM-RWB : accessed 10 May 2022), Caroline Morris, Kansas City Ward 3, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 151, sheet 14B, family 316, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,504.
14. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMBM-1C5 : accessed 10 May 2022), L K Parr, Kansas City Ward 2, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 148, sheet 19B, family 394, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,504.
15. ↑ WYANDOT BURIALS, Huron Cemetery - Wyandotte National Burial Ground

See also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #30853078