Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameMarbra CRIPPEN
BirthFeb 1849, Canada6564, p 2
Death1915-19206564, p 2 Age: 68
Memodeduced from census records
NicknameMarbry6564, p 2
FatherSpencer CRIPPEN
MotherAlmyra
Individual Notes
• Marbra’s sister Elizabeth married Ezra’s brother, Anson.6564, p 2

• Marbry Coville signed deposition in 1897 on Elizabeth (Crippen) Martin Groover’s widow’s pension application to prove dates of children’s birth (Anson G Martin - Civil War Pension File).6564, p 2
Census Data
• 1851 Canadian Census: Lansdowne, Leeds, Ontario. With parents.6564, p 2
• 1870 Census: Osage, Allen, Kansas. Ezra and Marbra Martin, with 2 children.6564, p 2
• 1880 Census: Lincoln, Monona, Iowa with 5 children.6564, p 2
• 1885 Iowa Census: Monona, Iowa. With 6 children.6564, p 2
• 1900 Census: Onawa, Monona, Iowa. Marbry & Edwin Covill; no children in household.6564, p 2
• 1910 Census: Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa. Marbry & Edwin Covill; no children in household.6564, p 2
• 1915 Iowa Census: Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa.6564, p 2
Spouses
Birth30 Oct 1844, Illinois319,2331
Death1885, Monona?, Clayton, Iowa6564, p 2,8592 Age: 40
FlagsLegatee in Will
FatherRichard MARTIN (1796-1866)
MotherBelinda WOODCOCK (1798-1866)
Individual Notes
• I’m putting together data for you on Anson – have his Civil War pension file – and on Ezra – they married sisters and lived in Iowa.6553
Census Data
• 1850 Census: Lafayette, Ogle, Illinois. Age 6, born IL.319,1640
• 1860 Census: Lafayette, Ogle, Illinois. Age 14, b IL. Listed as “Son” or “Ira.”1665
• 1870 Census: Osage, Allen, Kansas. Ezra and Marbra Martin, with 2 children.6564, p 2
• 1880 Census: Lincoln, Monona, Iowa with 5 children.6564, p 2
• 1885 Iowa Census: Monona, Iowa. With 6 children.6564, p 2
Marriage14 Dec 1867, Allen County, Kansas6564, p 2
ChildrenHarry C. (1868-)
 Lucy P. (1870-)
 Ella B. (1874-)
 Luther J. (1876-)
 Ida May (1878-)
 Elizabeth Maude (1881-)
2Edwin COVILLE
Birth1851, England6564, p 2
Census Data
• 1900 Census: Onawa, Monona, Iowa. Marbry & Edwin Covill; no children in household.6564, p 2
• 1910 Census: Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa. Marbry & Edwin Covill; no children in household.6564, p 2
• 1915 Iowa Census: Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa.6564, p 2
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