Rhoda Jane (Holt) Maupin (1825 - 1902)

Born 18 Jun 1825 in St. Clair, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Jacob Maupin — married 22 Jan 1842 in Owensville, Gasconade, Missouri, United States

Descendants

Died 14 Jun 1902 at age 76 in Owensville, Gasconade, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Rhoda (Holt) Maupin is the descendant of a Huguenot emigrant.

Special Note: Her name is given in some places incorrectly as Rhonda.
There is no "n" - It is Rhoda.

"Rhody," as many family and friends called her, was the youngest child of John Holt and Catherine (Hoffman) Holt, born in 1825 or 6 (See Research Notes) in St. Clair, Illinois.

She married Jacob Maupin 22 Jan 1842 in Owensville, Gasconade County, Missouri.^[1][2] The ceremony was performed by David Stites. They had twelve children:

1. Eliza Ann (Maupin) Lincoln (1843 - 1919)
2. Mary Polly Maupin (1845 - 1917)
3. James Maupin (1847 - 1917)
4. Elijah Maupin (1849 - 1918)
5. Susan Holt (Maupin) Grote (1850 - 1910)
6. Lafayette Maupin (1853 - 1935)
7. John Thomas Maupin (1856 - 1912)
8. William Henry Maupin (1858 - ? )
9. Presley J Maupin (1861 - 1934)
10. Benjamin Franklin Maupin (1863 - ? )
11. Louisa Sheridan (Maupin) Nicks (1866 - 1947)
12. Emily Catherine Maupin (1870 - 1939)

The 1850 Census^[3] shows her at age 26 with her husband and the first four of their children in Boulware Township, Gasconade County, Missouri.

The 1860 Census^[4] shows her at age 36 in the household of her husband in Canaan Township, Gasconade County, Missouri, with the first eight of her children.

The 1870 Census^[5] shows her at age 44 with her husband in the same location, with nine children at home. Three of the older children have "left the nest," and four more were born since 1860.

The 1880 Census^[6] shows her at age 54, widowed, with her sons Presley and Benjamin in Canaan Township, Gasconade County, Missouri.

The 1900 Census^[7] shows her at age 75, widowed, living with her son Lafayette in Canaan Township, Gasconade County, Missouri. This census states that she has given birth to twelve children, and all twelve are still living!

She died on 14 Jun 1902 in Owensville, Missouri and is buried at the New Salem Cemetery, Gasconade County, Missouri.^[8]

Special Project

Rhody kept a photo album in which, in addition to family pictures, she recorded the dates of birth of her children, as one would in a family Bible. The cover is pictured on this page. Click here to look inside!

Research Notes

Her birth date as recorded on her tombstone is 18 Jun 1825.
Her birth date as recorded in her photo album is 18 Jun 1825.^[9]
Her birth date as recorded in the family Bible is 18 Jun 1826.

Sources

1. ↑ "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V288-F5D : 18 January 2020), Rhody Holt in entry for Jacob Maupin, 1842.
2. ↑ "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q293-4CMV : 2 October 2019), Jacob Maupin and Rhody Holt, 20 Jan 1842; citing Marriage, Gasconade, Missouri, United States, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City; FHL microfilm 007173471.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZH-FN4 : 4 April 2020), Rohde Mau?In in household of Jacob Mau?In, Boulware, Gasconade, Missouri, United States; citing family 125, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZ1-KVD : 14 December 2017), Rhody Maupin in entry for Jacob Maupin, 1860.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M46Q-9ZJ : 12 June 2019), Rhoda Maupin in entry for Jacob Maupin, 1870.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6X9-53R : 14 August 2017), Rhoda Maupen, Canaan, Gasconade, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 82, sheet 336C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,686.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3CV-CHF : accessed 6 March 2020), Rhoda Manpin in household of Lafayett Manpin, Canaan Township, Gasconade, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 40, sheet 11A, family 195, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,855.
8. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #24977748 for Rhoda Jane (Holt) Maupin
9. ↑ Rhoda (Holt) Maupin's Photo Album

• Marshall, Maudie Marie (Holt), 1908-. The Descendants of Michael Holt. Houston, Texas, 1967, page 539.
• Maupin, Socrates, Eugene Maupin, and Dorothy Maupin Shaffett. The Story of Gabriel and Marie Maupin: Huguenot Refugees to Virginia In 1700. Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1994, page 369.
• FamilySearch profile for Rhoda Jane Holt
• Personal Family Archives

See also: Maupin - Holt Marriages