Helen (Stewart) Yingling (1842 - 1891)

Born 3 Mar 1842 in Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Biography

Helen was born in 1842, the daughter of Samuel Stewart and Rachel Malcolm. She married Edwin Yingling, and died in 1891.^[1][2][3]

Research notes

In 1850 a Samuel Stewart (39, b. NY, farmer) headed a Fall Creek, IL (Adams County) household with Rachel Stewart (39, b. NY), George Stewart (15, b. NY), Charles Stewart (13, b. NY), Salina Stewart (10, b. IL), Ellen Stewart (8, b. IL), Jane Stewart (6, b. IL), Samuel Stewart (2, b. IL), and Allice (sic) Stewart (72, b. NY).

In 1860 a Samuel Stewart (49, b. NY, laborer) headed a Fall Creek, IL (Adams County) household with Rachel Stewart (48, b. NY), Charles Stewart (22, b. NY), Selina Stewart (20, b. IL), Helen Stewart (18, b. IL), Jane Stewart (14, b. IL), Samuel Stewart (11, b. IL), and Isaac Stewart (9, b. NY).

Sources

1850 Fall Creek, IL (Adams County) census

1. ↑ Wilcox, David F., Quincy and Adams County History and Representative Men, Vol. II, Lewis Publishing Co.; Chicago, 1919; p. 1089. "[Samuel and Rachel Stewart] came to Adams County in 1840 and settled in section 11 of Fall Creek Township...Their children were George, Charles, Selina, Helen, Samuel, Jane and Isaac...Edwin N. Yingling was married December 29, 1868, to Helen Stewart, a sister of Charles Stewart, above noted. She was born March 3, 1842, and died February 28, 1891."
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85F-KXP : 12 April 2016), Ellen Stewart in household of Samuel Stewart, Fall Creek, Adams, Illinois, United States; citing family 154, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX42-Q38 : 30 September 2017), Samuel Stewart, 1860.