Saturday, June 30, 2018

Gen 4: Cawby - Gulley

Martin Cawby [1818-1898]: Martin was born in 1818 in Jessamin Co., KY. He was nearly 30 when he married Elizabeth Masters in 1847. The Cawbys had moved to Johnson Co., IN by 1850. Elizabeth died there in 1852, Martin's mother, Susanna Trisler Cawby, died in 1858, the same year he married Lucinda Gulley in Decatur Co. Martin farmed in Johnson Co. until moving to Hendricks Co. prior to 1870. The Cawbys relocated to Indianapolis about 1880. There he found work as a night watchman, a sawyer and a teamster. Martin died in Indy in 1898 and was buried in the Faucett - Cawby plot at Crown Hill Cemetery.

Lucinda Gulley [1831-1920]: Lucinda was born in Shelby Co., IN. When she was about three, the Gulleys moved to Decatur Co. Lucinda was raised on the family farm in Adams Twp. At age 26, she married Martin Cawby Jr. The Cawbys had one son and three daughters. Lucinda survived Martin by 22 years.

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