Hiram Thomas Lincoln (1848 - 1904)

Born 1848 in Boulware Township, Gasconade, Missouri, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Eliza Ann (Maupin) Lincoln — married 1869 in Missouri

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Biography

Hiram was born about 1848, the son of Robert Lincoln and Christiana Williams.

Hiram seems to have changed his name several times during his life.

On the 1850 census, he is listed as "Thomas Lincoln, age 4" -- father, Robert Lincoln, b. Indiana

On the 1860 census, he is listed as "Thomas Hutton, age 12" -- father, Robert Lincoln, b. Indiana

In 1869 -- A notice in the Hermanner Wochenblatt newspaper, in Hermann Missouri dated 27 Feb 1869 states "to whom it may concern" regarding Hiram Thomas Hutton changing his name legally to Hiram Thomas Lincoln. This was approved by his father, Robert J. Lincoln, and the Court. He may have changed his name to Hutton, most likely prior to and during the Civil War for unknown reasons, possibly due to the fact that the family believed they were close relatives of Abraham Lincoln -- Missouri during the Civil War was a hotbed of unrest, with many conflicts between Union and Confederate supporters, and the Lincoln surname possibly would have made him a target for Confederate sympathizers.

On the 1870 census, he is once again listed as "Thomas Lincoln," -- father Robert Lincoln, b. Tennessee

Hiram married Eliza Ann Maupin in Missouri.

On the 1880 census, he is again listed as Hiram T. Lincoln^[1] -- father b. England -- this is incorrect. His father was the son of Davis Lincoln & Abigail Campbell. His mother was Christiana Williams. His parents were living in Spencer County, Indiana in 1840. (See link to "The LIncoln Kinsman" newsletter regarding the descendants of Abraham Lincoln, in sources below.)

On the 1900 Oklahoma census (see source below) he is listed as "John Lincoln," however, his wife and children are also living there with him, so this is definitely Hiram.

He passed away in 1904.

In 1909 Hiram's widow Eliza Ann is living in Wichita, Kansas, listed in the Wichita City Directory. So it appears Hiram died sometime between the 1900 Oklahoma census and 1909 where Eliza is widowed.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M66G-1PQ : 14 August 2017), Hiram T Lincoln, Alma, Christian, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 10, sheet 40C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,681.

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GSTB-YK3

• Year: 1850; Census Place: Boulware, Gasconade, Missouri; Roll: M432_399; Page: 167A; Image: 336

• Year: 1860; Census Place: Boeuf, Gasconade, Missouri; Roll: M653_619; Page: 549; Family History Library Film: 803619

• Year: 1870; Census Place: Canaan, Gasconade, Missouri; Roll: M593_776; Page: 441A; Family History Library Film: 552275

• Year: 1880; Census Place: Alma, Christian, Missouri; Roll: 681; Page: 40C; Enumeration District: 010

• Year: 1900; Census Place: Apache, Kiowa and Comanche Reservation, Wichita, Apache, Kiowa and Comanche Reservation, Oklahoma; Page: 7; Enumeration District: 0252; FHL microfilm: 1241344

• Newspapers.com - The Hermanner Wochenblatt - 27 Feb 1869 - Page Page 2 Publisher The Hermanner Wochenblatt Publisher Date 27 Feb 1869 Publisher Location Hermann, Missouri

• The Lincoln Kinsman, Number 40, Fort Wayne, Indiana, October 1941 "Hananiah Lincoln Family."[1]

• 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.