Isham McCormick

 

By Rodney V. McCormick,

Great great grandson of Isham McCormick

(Isham begat Lafayette H. who begat William I. who begat Claude R. who begat Rodney V.)

 

Time line based on documents currently in my possession:

 

	1828 Jun 18 to 1829 May 6	Range of possible birth dates for Isham.
	1827, 1828, 1832	Grandpa Samuel Job, buys public land in Putnam Co. IN, the first of which in Monroe Twp
	1830	Robert McCormick is listed Putnam County Indiana 1 male age 0-4, 1m5-9, 1m 20-29, 1 female age 0-4 and 1 f 20-29
	1840	Robert McCormac is listed Monroe Twp Putnam County Indiana 1 male age 0-4, 1m5-9, 2m10-14, 1m15-19 1m30-39, 1 female age 5-9 and 1f30-39
	1841, 1843	Samuel Job buys public land in Van Buren Co. Iowa
	1843, 44	Job family and in-laws head west to resettle, but matriarch Rachel Call Job dies along the way. Family ends up in Western Illinois in Adams and Hancock counties.
	1846 Jun 25	Isham McCormick enlists as a volunteer for the Mexican war, musters at Alton Illinois.
	1847 Feb 23	Illinois 1st Infantry among many other Americans face over 20,000 of Santa Anna's soldiers at the Battle of Buena Vista.  Isham's Captain Zabriskie is killed as is his Colonel Hardin.
	1847 Jun 17	Discharged from the infantry in Camargo, Mexico.  Lists age at 18, born in Indiana and described as 5'11" tall, brown eyes, fair complexion, light hair, farmer by occupation.
	1847 Sep 22	Applies for 160 acres land script warrant, at Jacksonville, Illinois,
	1848 Jan 13	Isham assigned 160 acres land script warrant by W.B. Warren, Jacksonville, Illinois.
	1848 Jan 14	Isham's grandpa Samuel Job dies in Quincy, Illinois
	1848 Mar 15	First probate notice in Quincy Whig newspaper for estate of Samuel Job
	1848 Jul 13	Isham marries Eliza Jane Wilson in Hancock Co. Illinois. John Banks JP.
	1849 Mar 15	Isham's father Robert from Hancock Co., Illinois, files claim against the late Samuel Job's estate.  John Banks JP notarizes claim.
	1849 Nov 18	Daughter Rebecca Ann was born.
	1850 Oct 4	Farmington, Van Buren Co., Iowa, Census: Robert McCormick 45 Ohio, Elizabeth 43 Ohio, James 12 Indiana, Mary 9, Indiana, John L. 7 Missouri, Ann 2 Illinois  (Rachel McCormick 17, Indiana living with Yall family)   Isum & Eliza cannot be found in 1850 census.  Job family story that Job men and in-laws went out to California for gold rush.*  The Ann living with Robert might be Rebecca Ann.
	1851	Aunts and Uncles Lorenzo, Lavina, Wm and Mary Cooper sell Hancock County land and move to northern Missouri.
	1852	Father Robert is living near Farmington, Iowa, (3 males, 3 females) next to his cousin William Job (4 males 4 females)
	1852 Jul 20	Son James Isaac was born.
	1852 Dec 30	Sister-in-law Rebecca Wilson marries Daniel Shipe. Eliza's cousin Savile Wilson heads off to Texas with family; wife dies in Shreveport, LA, along the way in 1853.
	1853 Aug 29	Isam McCormack buys 92 acres from Oliver Baker in Walker Twp, Hancock County.
	1853 Oct 16	Sister Rachel marries Adam Boyer in Clark County, Missouri
	1854 Apr 25	Son Lafayette Harrison was born.
	1855 Jun 1	Isum McCormick listed in Hancock Co. Illinois state census, Walker Twp. Two male 0-10, one male 20-30, one female 0-10 one female 20-30.
	1855 Nov 2	Isam & Eliza Jane McCormack sells 26 acres (Hancock Co.) to Isaac Wilson for $700. (Land later to be kept in trust for Eliza’s use.)
	1856 Mar 20	Daughter Amelia Jane was born.
	1857 Oct 16	Isaac Wilson sells 26 acres (Hancock Co.) of land to Lafayette Frazer, David Shipe and James Wilson to hold in trust for his daughter Eliza Jane, wife of Isham McCormick, and her children and any other children she may have by "Isam McCormick."
	1858 Mar 21	Daughter Mary Elizabeth was born
	1858 May 6	Isham applies for additional script warrants (Act March of '55). Stated age 29, resident of Lima Township, Adams county, Illinois. Owen and Duff was his law office.
	1858 May 17	Isham assigned script warrant for 160 acres of public land.
	1858 Nov	Oliver Baker notes that mortgage is completely satisfied.
	1859	Cousin Matthew McCormic leaves Iowa and moves to Kansas Territory
	1860 Census	Hancock Co. Illinois. Lists Eliza, Rebecca, James, Lafayette, Amelia, and Mary.  Isham is not listed. They are living near Lafayette Frazier.
	1862 Apr 4	“Isam McCormick”, age 33, joined for duty and enrolled at Cainsville, Missouri, in Company C, Lt. Col Nevill’s Batt’n Third State Militia Cavalry. Missouri records indicate Company Capt. McAfee. Muster-in 3rd Missouri State Militia Cavalry (1st Organization), Chilicothe, MO.    Cousin Joseph Coy McCormic leaves Iowa and moves entire family out to Oregon
	1862 Oct 1	Absent without leave Mt Vernon, Missouri. Note: this regiment was involved in the battle of Newtonia from of Sept. 13th,1862 through early October of the same year.
	1862 Dec 17	Died in St. Louis hospital, later reburied Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery.

 

*According to a son of Samuel Jefferson Job, 7 uncles (brothers and brothers-in-law) went to California during the Gold Rush. He named Thomas, John, William, and James, the other 3 being uncles by marriage. It is thought that one died along the way.