Tarvin Migrations in the Nineteenth Century

by Gary Hoffman


The Tarvin family is particularly strong in the Northern Kentucky area because that is where Rev. George Tarvin settled in 1794 with his 13 children. Many descendants of these Tarvin families still live in that area today, but, in time, many Tarvins were caught up in the general "westering" of America. Some of the migrations of the descendants of Rev. George Tarvin have been assembled into a chart to illustrate the regions that Tarvins spread into. It is interesting how many cousins seemed to have moved to adjacent regions, creating "pockets" of Tarvins around the country. This data was gleaned from the recently-published Tarvin books and other sources and is tentative. If you have information to update these migration patterns, please send in your contribution.

Tarvin No. Tarvin Descendant and Spouse Date Destination
1.2.1 James Bartlow After 1865 Marysville, Marshall Co., Kansas
1.2.2.3.3
1.5.5.1.4
Benjamin Franklin Bartlow
Mary Olivia Tarvin
1910 Sterling, Whitesides Co., Illinois
1.2.3 Squire T. Bartlow
Mary Elizabeth Carmack
After 1865 Buffaloville, Spencer Co., Illinois
1.2.6 Sarah Jane Bartlow
Thomas E. Newman
After Sarah died in 1848 Ford Co., Illinois
1.3.4 (1.3.3) James Franklin Truesdell
Jerusha Ann Dunlop
1867 Dayton, Ohio
1.3.7 (1.3.6) Harmon Blanchard Truesdell
Anna Nickelson
Before 1861 Lima, Illinois
1.4.1
7.5
William Isaac "Ingram" Newman
Ruth Parish
Before 1873 Roberts, Ford Co., Illinois
1.4.2 Thomas E. Newman 13 children 1872 Roberts, Ford Co., Illinois
1.5.2
13.9
George Washington Tarvin
Ann S. Hicks
1865 Marshall Co., Kansas
1.5.3
4.10
Parthena H. Tarvin
Widow of (1) Edmund H. Tarvin, d. 1854
(2) Zeno Sleeth
1854 Shelby Co., Indiana
1.5.3.1 Richard Whitney Tarvin
Mary Lovina Sleeth
1880 Hitchcock Co., Nebraska
1.5.10 Edmund Byron Tarvin
Nancy A. Reed
1870 Marysville, Marshall Co., Kansas
1.6.1 Seneca Madison Tarvin
Anna Marie Edwards
1865 Minnesota
1.6.1 Seneca Madison Tarvin
Anna Marie Edwards
1892 South Dakota
1.6.3 Amzi Tarvin After 1865 Omaha, Nebraska
1.6.3 Amzi Tarvin After 1870 Stansbury, Missouri
1.6.5 Deborah Ann Hale Tarvin
J.J. Kiser
1865 Indiana
1.6.5 Deborah Ann Hale Tarvin
J.J. Kiser
After 1866 Des Moines, Iowa  
1.6.5 Deborah Ann Hale Tarvin
J.J. Kiser
About1879 Stansbury, Missouri
1.6.6 Mary Hester Tarvin
Allen Nickols
After 1865 Indiana
1.9.1 Alonzo Tarvin After 1865 Marshall Co., Kansas
1.3.1.4/3.5.4 James Harvey Tarvin
Rachel Augusta McArthur
1880 Fannin Co., Texas  
1.3.1.4/3.5.4 James Harvey Tarvin
Rachel Augusta McArthur
After 1880 Collin Co., Texas
3.6 George L. Tarvin 1835 Indiana
3.6 George L. Tarvin before 1838 Campbell Co., Kentucky
3.6.7 George Commodore Tarvin
Mary Jennifer Chandler/Nora Mahaffey
1893 Cincinatti, Ohio
3.6.8 Emma Lee Tarvin
Noe/Heartz
Around 1870 Butler Co., Ohio
3.7 Josephus Leander Tarvin
Nancy Ellen Weaver
1853 Clay Co., Indiana
3.8.2 John T. Tarvin Mid 1800 Clermont Co., Ohio
3.8.5 Andrew Jackson Tarvin Before 1916 Mason Co., Illinois
3.10 Nancy Tarvin
Stephen Ward
1867 Carroll Co., Missouri
4.2.2 Elisha Burritt Gray
Margaretta Rachel McDowell
Abt 1850 Venango Co., Pennsylvania
4.2.2.2 Anne Cynthia Gray
James Patton NewelL
Abt 1876 Jasper Co., Missouri
4.3 Peter J. Hayman
Ann T. Nancy Tarvin
Abt 1840 Lewis Co., Missouri
5 Ann Stanton Tarvin
Elisha Cowgill, Jr.
Abt 1830 Putnam Co., Indiana
6.0 Elizabeth Tarvin
Thomas Craycraft
1830 Indiana
6.1 William Craycraft mid 1800 Madison Co., Indiana
6.2 John Craycraft mid 1800 Delaware Co., Indiana
Madison Co., Indiana
7.1 Elisha C. Parish
Rebecca Maxwell
1870 Marysville, Marshall Co., Kansas
7.1.3 William Orlando Parish 1865 Floyd Co., Indiana
7.3 Richard Tarvin Parish 1834 Cass Co., Indiana
7.3 Richard Tarvin Parish 1849 Campbell Co., Kentucky to marry 2nd wife
7.4 Thomas W. Parish 1869 Sullivan Co., Indiana
7.6 William B. Parish
Emeline McDowell
1840 Floyd Co., Indiana (married)
8 Robert Freyer Carnahan
Rebecca Tarvin
abt 1830 Daviess Co., Indiana
10 George Tarvin's widow
Rachel Rhodes
1836
After 1836
Putnam Co., Indiana
Vigo Co., Indiana
10.1.2.2 Mabel Phillips
Francis Lloyd Ferguson
1883
1885
1891
Marion Co., Missouri
New Orleans, Louisiana
St. Louis, Missouri  
10.3 George Washington Tarvin
(2)Amelia Jane Bowles
1836
1839
1871
1873  
Adams Co., Indiana
Putnam Co/Vigo Co., Indiana
Missouri by way of Cass Co., Illinois
Barry Co., Missouri  
10.3.9 Barbara Allen Tarvin
Christopher Columbus Compton
1871
1873-1898
1898  
Greene Co., Missouri
Barry, Newton, McDonald, Jasper Cos., Missouri
Afton, Oklahoma
10.5 Sarah C. Tarvin
Thomas A Foxworthy
1836
1842
Moved with mother to Putnam Co., Indiana
Cass Co., Illinois
10.5.1.1 James Alexander Conyers
Mary Catherine Jackson
About 1884 Kearney Co., Nebraska
10.5.2 George Washington Foxworthy
Elenora Parker
After 1865 Neosho, then Hickory Co., Missouri
10.5.6 Thomas Zebedee Foxworthy
Caroline Hone
After 1865 Terre Haute, Vigo Co., Indiana
10.6 Ann Stanton C. Tarvin
David Green Wilson
Married 1838 Putnam Co., Indiana
10.8 John C. Tarvin 1837 Moved with mother to Putnam Co., Indiana
10.8 John C. Tarvin 1850
1869
1900
In Pike Co., Indiana with 10.4 Elisha as contractor
Greene Co., Missouri
San Diego, California  
10.8.1 Erasmus Manford Tarvin 1876
1900
Left Hand, Boulder Co., Colorado
San Diego, California
11.2 Nancy Tribby
Silas Gardner
After 1848 Rush Co., Indiana
12.3 Keturah Reddick Mann
Andrew Jackson Joyce
About 1835 Johnson Co., Indiana
12.3 Keturah Reddick Mann
Andrew Jackson Joyce
with families of some of their 18 children
About 1870 Barton Co., Missouri

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Last Updated: 04 Jun 2008 21:45
Gary Hoffman, ghoffman@ucsd.edu