James Estill 
M, (30 April 1795 - 20 January 1849)
James Estill was born on 30 April 1795 at Clark County, Kentucky. He was the son of Benjamin Estill and Sarah Ann Kavanaugh. James Estill married, at age 21, Matilda VanBibber, age 16, daughter of Isaac Michael VanBibber and Elizabeth Hays, on Thursday, 28 November 1816. James Estill died on 20 January 1849 at age 53 years, 8 months and 21 days.
James Estill was one of ten children of Anna Claughnaugh and Benjamin Estill, originally of Kentucky and later of Boone County, Missouri. James settled in Montgomery County, Missouri, not far from the Van Bibber Tavern. After he lost his Montgomery County home, he moved to Vernon Co., MO. In 1849 he started to California with his sons William and Isaac, but he died on the way and was buried between the Big Platte and the Little Platte Rivers. The two sons went on to California but afterwards returned to Missouri. Later William Estill and his wife, Margaret Ellen Larch, and Isaac Estill again went to California and on their way stopped and built a stone fence around the grave of their father, James Estill. Matilda Van Bibber Estill returned from Vernon County, Missouri to Montgomery Co. where she died and was buried in an unmarked grave in the New Providence Cemetery in Montgomery County, Missouri.
James Estill was one of ten children of Anna Claughnaugh and Benjamin Estill, originally of Kentucky and later of Boone County, Missouri. James settled in Montgomery County, Missouri, not far from the Van Bibber Tavern. After he lost his Montgomery County home, he moved to Vernon Co., MO. In 1849 he started to California with his sons William and Isaac, but he died on the way and was buried between the Big Platte and the Little Platte Rivers. The two sons went on to California but afterwards returned to Missouri. Later William Estill and his wife, Margaret Ellen Larch, and Isaac Estill again went to California and on their way stopped and built a stone fence around the grave of their father, James Estill. Matilda Van Bibber Estill returned from Vernon County, Missouri to Montgomery Co. where she died and was buried in an unmarked grave in the New Providence Cemetery in Montgomery County, Missouri.
Children of James Estill and Matilda VanBibber
- Elizabeth Ann Estill (17 Sep 1819 - 19 Apr 1889)
- William Kavanaugh Estill+ (16 Feb 1821 - 15 Mar 1897)
- Isaac VanBibber Estill+1 (15 May 1824 - 29 Nov 1895)
- Cornelia Catherine Estill+ (1827 - )
- Rachel Estill+ (1830 - )
- Frances Gertrude Estill+ (20 Nov 1832 - 6 Dec 1875)
- James Wallis Estill+ (27 May 1840 - 15 Nov 1890)
Last Edited=5 Dec 2011
Citations
- [S2194] Twenzel187, Elmo Davis m Lela Pickett Family Tree, online http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/8572623/ (Vandalia, Missouri: page last updated 2011) viewed on 5 December 2011.