Documentation for Minot T. Vining - (1) Hannah Stowell, (2) Mrs. Emeline Smith (née Moore)


Marriage Data

Marriage intentions for Minot T. Vining and Mrs. Emeline Smith (née Moore) (from Amherst, Massachusetts, town clerk’s records):


Emeline may have been married first to Horace Smith (see the 1850 census of Amherst, Massachusetts).




Census Data

  1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890
Minot T. Vining ? M 30–40 46 55 66 76 dead
Hannah (Stowell) Vining ? F 20–30 41 dead
Mrs. Emeline (Smith) (née Moore) Vining 45 dead?
    Hannah Pamelia Vining ? F 10–15 22 living in separate household 40 living in separate household dead
    Mary Jane Vining ? F 5–10 21 living in separate household 38 49
    Clarissa Vining dead
    Ann Elisa Vining F under 5 12 living in separate household 35 42


1840 Plainfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts - Also living in this household in 1840 was a male 70–80 (probably Joseph Vining Jr., father of Minot T. Vining) and a female 30–40.



1850 Plainfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts - dwelling 130, family 143:




1860 Chatham, Medina County, Ohio - dwelling 993, family 984:



1870 Chatham, Medina County, Ohio - dwelling 22, family 25:



1880 Chatham, Medina County, Ohio - dwelling 83, family 91:





Death Data

Headstone for Minot T. Vining, Hannah (Stowell) Vining, and daughter Eliza Ann Vining, in Chatham Township Cemetery, Medina County, Ohio (from Find A Grave):



Gravestone for Hannah (Stowell) Vining, in Hill Top Cemetery, Plainfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts (from Find A Grave):


Note: The relative ages of the stones shown above suggest that Hannah (Stowell) Vining was buried in the Hill Top Cemetery, Plainfield, Massachusetts, and that her name on the newer headstone is a memorial to her.



Headstone for Mary Jane (Vining) Cole and husband Garry, and sister Hannah Pamelia Vining, in Chatham Township Cemetery, Chatham, Medina County, Ohio (from Find A Grave):