Sophronia E. Terhune1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 16750, (1862 - 1901)
FatherJames B. Terhune4,5,6 (abt 27 Dec 1816 - 23 May 1893)
MotherMartha M. Cobb4,5,7 (1 Oct 1822 - 2 Aug 1901)

Key Events:

Birth: 9 Feb 1862, Illinois8,9,10
Marriage: 11 Oct 1883, Jasper Co., Illinois, Isaiah Stewart (23 Dec 1858 - 25 Jan 1936)2,11,12
Death: 27 Mar 190113
Burial: Mound Cemetery, Hunt City, Jasper Co., Illinois14
ChartsDescendants of Gideon Cobb
AncestryThe Cobbs of Pawlet, Vermont

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Sophronia E. Terhune was born on 9 Feb 1862 in Illinois.8,9,10
     Sophronia was probably one of the four females under age 10 listed in the household of her father, James B. Terhune, on the 1865 State Census of Willow Hill, Jasper Co., Illinois.15
     She appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Willow Hill, Jasper Co., Illinois, in the household of her parents, James B. Terhune and Martha M. Cobb.16
     She moved to Indiana with her parents between 1870 and 1880.6 She appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Jackson Twp., Jackson Co., Indiana, in the household of her parents.6
     Sophronia married Isaiah Stewart, son of James Stewart and Elizabeth Jones, and younger brother of the man her younger sister Mary would marry four years later, on 11 Oct 1883 in Jasper Co., Illinois.2,11,12
     Sophronia and Isaiah adopted Nora Inez Sanders before 1900, apparently informally as she continued to be known by her birth name.17,18,19
     Sophronia and Isaiah appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Newton, Jasper Co., Illinois, at 224 Morgan St., enumerated 1 Jun 1900, reporting they owned their home, free of mortgage. Their daughter Nora was listed as living with them.20
     Sophronia died on 27 Mar 1901 at age 39.13 She was buried in Mound Cemetery, Hunt City, Jasper Co., Illinois.14

Children:
     Adopted child with Isaiah Stewart

Nora was the daughter of Thomas A. Sanders and Lousia Fore, according to un-sourced online trees. They were married 16 Jul 1885 and apparently divorced and married others not long after Nora's birth.21
  • Nora Inez Sanders17 (11 May 1886 - Mar 1981)

Citations

  1. [S1152] James Terhune household, 1870 U.S. Census, Jasper Co., Illinois, shows name as Sophrona Terhune.
  2. [S3560] "Illinois, Marriages, 1815-1935," FamilySearch.org, record for Isaiah Stewart and Sophronia Terhune, citing FHL #1312612.
  3. [S11288] Isaiah Stewart household, 1900 U.S. Census, Jasper Co., Illinois, shows name as Sophronia E. Stewart.
  4. [S1166] Kennedy, "Re: The Joshua Cobb Family," e-mail to author, 29 Jan 2007.
  5. [S1152] James Terhune household, 1870 U.S. Census, Jasper Co., Illinois, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  6. [S1543] James Terhune household, 1880 U.S. Census, Jackson Co., Indiana.
  7. [S1543] James Terhune household, 1880 U.S. Census, Jackson Co., Indiana, shows Saphoni as the daughter of Martha's husband.
  8. [S1152] James Terhune household, 1870 U.S. Census, Jasper Co., Illinois, shows age 8 and state.
  9. [S1543] James Terhune household, 1880 U.S. Census, Jackson Co., Indiana, shows age 18 and state.
  10. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 119162085, Sophronia E Terhune Stewart, shows date, with year as 1882, and includes tombstone photo showing same but year 1862.
  11. [S11290] Isaiah Stewart obituary, Journal Gazette, shows date.
  12. [S11288] Isaiah Stewart household, 1900 U.S. Census, Jasper Co., Illinois, shows married 18 years.
  13. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 119162085, Sophronia E Terhune Stewart, shows date and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  14. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 119162085, Sophronia E Terhune Stewart, includes tombstone photo.
  15. [S11679] J. B. Terhune household, 1865 Illinois State Census, Jasper Co., Illinois, Willow Hill.
  16. [S1152] James Terhune household, 1870 U.S. Census, Jasper Co., Illinois.
  17. [S11288] Isaiah Stewart household, 1900 U.S. Census, Jasper Co., Illinois, shows her living in the household with no relationship entered, and Sophronia is shown as mother of no children.
  18. [S11289] "Two Weddings at Newton Tuesday," Mattoon Journal-Gazette, 9 Aug 1905, shows Miss Nora Inez Sanders married at residence of Isaiah Stewart.
  19. [S11290] Isaiah Stewart obituary, Journal Gazette, shows her as his daughter.
  20. [S11288] Isaiah Stewart household, 1900 U.S. Census, Jasper Co., Illinois.
  21. [S3560] "Illinois, Marriages, 1815-1935," FamilySearch.org, record for Thomas A. Sanders and Lowisa Fore, shows married 16 Jul 1885 in Jasper Co.