Victoria Theresa Mims1,2,3

F, ID# 2491, (1838 - 1895)
Victoria Theresa Mims|b. 26 Sep 1838\nd. 24 May 1895|p2491.htm|John H. Mims|b. 6 Jun 1806\nd. 11 Apr 1850|p1148.htm|Caroline Hanson Cresap|b. 6 Jul 1811\nd. 25 Feb 1904|p1149.htm|Linah Mims|b. 14 Nov 1772\nd. bt 1847 - 1850|p475.htm|Rebeccah Davis|b. abt 1786\nd. bt Jul 1824 - Jun 1830|p2186.htm|Edward O. Cresap|b. 24 Nov 1782\nd. 2 Jan 1817|p607.htm|Sarah S. Briscoe|b. 17 Aug 1787\nd. 30 Nov 1843|p1524.htm|

Father John H. Mims4,5 (1806-1850)

Mother Caroline Hanson Cresap4,6,5 (1811-1904)

Charts
Descendants of Linah and Rebeccah (Davis) Mims

Family Background – see:

The Linah Mims - Rebecca Davis Family
     
Victoria Theresa Mims
photo courtesy Scott Haun
Victoria Theresa Mims was born on 26 Sep 1838 in Eddyville, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.7,8,9 She married Willis Benson Machen, son of Henry Ballinger Machen and Nancy Tarrant, on 10 Sep 1859.7,10,11 She died on 24 May 1895 in Clinton, Hickman Co., Kentucky, at age 56, committing suicide in the home of her sister Mary, where she was living at the time.12,13,9 She was buried in Riverview Cemetery, Eddyville, Kentucky.14,15
     She was probably the female under age 5 listed in the household of her father, John H. Mims, in the 1840 Federal Census of Caldwell Co., Kentucky.16 She appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of 2nd District, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, in the household of her mother, Caroline Hanson Cresap.17,18
     Victoria and Willis Benson Machen appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Eddyville, Lyon Co., Kentucky, enumerated 14 Aug 1860, reporting real estate of $23,500 and personal estate of $70,040. His children by his prior marriages, Henry, Edward, John, Mary and Elizabeth were listed as living with them, as was Elizabeth Gracey, orphaned daughter of Mathew Lyon Gracey and Maria Tilford, but not a relative of Willis and Victoria. He reported 26 slaves in 6 slave houses, of which one, a 13 year-old male, was reported as a fugitive.19,20
     Victoria and Willis appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of District No. 1, Eddyville, Lyon Co., Kentucky, enumerated 5 Jun 1870, reporting real estate of $17,000 and personal estate of $1100. Their children Minnie, Frank P. and Willis Benson were listed as living with them, and his son by a previous marriage, John L.21 She and Willis appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Eddyville, Lyon Co., Kentucky, enumerated 1 Jun 1880. Their children Minnie, Frank, Willis and Charles were listed as living with them.22
     After her husband's death, Victoria was forced to sell her beloved home "Mineral Mount" in Eddyville. She moved in with her sister Mary in her home in Clinton, Kentucky after her husband died.23

Children of Victoria Theresa Mims and Willis Benson Machen

  • Minnie Machen24,25,26 b. 1860
  • Maggie Machen27 b. 6 Apr 1862, d. 20 Sep 1864
  • Frank P. Machen24,28,29 b. abt 1866, d. bef 1937
  • Willis Benson Machen Jr.24,25,29 b. 1 May 1869
  • Charles Victor Machen24,25,29 b. abt 1873
  • Albert S. Machen30 b. abt Feb 1876, d. Oct 1876
  • Marjorie Machen24 b. say 1881

Citations

  1. [S2003] John Mims Family Bible, shows name as Victoria T Mims.
  2. [S736] Cresap and Cresap, History of the Cresaps, pg 322, shows name as Victoria F. Mims, but pg 360 shows Victoria Theresa Mims.
  3. [S568] Caroline H. Mims household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows name as Victoria F. Mims.
  4. [S2003] John Mims Family Bible.
  5. [S736] Cresap and Cresap, History of the Cresaps, pg 322.
  6. [S568] Caroline H. Mims household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows them in same household, apparently as mother and child.
  7. [S2003] John Mims Family Bible, shows date.
  8. [S49] Freeman, Family File 31 Jul 1998, shows date, town, county as Lyon, and state. However, Lyon county was not formed out of Caldwell Co. until 1854.
  9. [S2080] Victoria T. Machen grave marker, Eddyville Cemetery, shows date.
  10. [S736] Cresap and Cresap, History of the Cresaps, pg 360, shows year.
  11. [S1808] Willis B. Machen household, 1860 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows them in same household, apparently as husband and wife.
  12. [S2003] John Mims Family Bible, shows date, town, and state.
  13. [S1937] Haun, "Re: Sublett - Haun Connection," e-mail to author, 27 Jul 2008, shows year, cause of death, and place.
  14. [S2003] John Mims Family Bible, shows cemetary.
  15. [S2080] Victoria T. Machen grave marker, Eddyville Cemetery.
  16. [S1798] Jns. H. Mims household, 1840 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.
  17. [S568] Caroline H. Mims household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.
  18. [S647] Caroline H. Mims, owner, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, slave schedule.
  19. [S1808] Willis B. Machen household, 1860 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky.
  20. [S414] Willis B. Machen, owner, 1860 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, slave schedule.
  21. [S1805] W. B. Machen household, 1870 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky.
  22. [S1670] Willis B. Machen household, 1880 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky.
  23. [S1937] Haun, "Re: Sublett - Haun Connection," e-mail to author, 27 Jul 2008.
  24. [S49] Freeman, Family File 31 Jul 1998, and reports Battle, Perrin & Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State 2nd ed., (Caldwell Co.: 1885) shows same.
  25. [S736] Cresap and Cresap, History of the Cresaps, pg 360.
  26. [S1670] Willis B. Machen household, 1880 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows the child as a daughter of Victoria's husband.
  27. [S2081] Maggie Machen grave marker, Eddyville Cemetery.
  28. [S1805] W. B. Machen household, 1870 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows then in household, apparently as parent and child.
  29. [S1670] Willis B. Machen household, 1880 U.S. Census, Lyon Co., Kentucky, shows him as son of her husband.
  30. [S1938] Albert S. Machen, death register.

 

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