Error. The biosketch reports that Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Albin, was a daughter of John Adams and had different brothers and sisters than we show for Jacob Adams. These notes are for a different Elizabeth Adams.
1831 Saml. Albin and Elizabeth Adams were married on December 8 in Clark County, Ohio. "her father present" [1]
1840 Samuel Albin lived in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio in a household with males: 1 (under 5), 1 (5 thru 9), 1 (10 thru 14), and 2 (30 thru 39); and females: 2 (under 5) and 2 (20 thru 29). [2]
1850 Saml Albin (age 43, born in Virginia) lived in Springfield Twp, Clark County, Ohio, in a household with Gabriel Albin (age 16), Nathan Albin (age 14), Margaret Albin (age 12), Caroline Albin (age 10), Cath Albin (age 8), Nancy A Albin (age 6), J W Albin (age 4), and Sevnia [perhaps Sevnia/Sabina was an unknown relative of Elizabeth?] Adams (age 36). Saml Albin's occupation was farmer, Agriculture. [3]
1860 Samuel Albin (age 50, born in Ohio) lived in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, in a household with Ann (age 49, born Virginia), Nathan (age 24), Nancy A (age 16), John (age 14), May ? (age 8), Martha (age 6), and John R. Perrin (age 1). Samuel Albin was a farmer. [4]
1910 Nancy M Mcellough, child of Saul Albin and Elizabeth Adams, died on March 10, 1910, at age 66, in Springfield Twp, Clark County, Ohio. Nancy M Mcellough was born in 1854 [1844?] in Clark County, Ohio. [5]
A biosketch of son John reports [6]:
JOHN W. ALBIN. No State in the Union gives greater encouragement to a man who desires to devote himself to agricultural life than does Indiana. Its resources are almost inexhaustible and its climate is adapted to the cultivation of varied crops. Among the prominent and enterprising farmers of Union township, Elkhart Co., Ind., stands the name of John W. Albin, who has been identified with the best interests of the county since 1866. He was born in Clark county, Ohio, September 9, 1845, and was the youngest of seven children born to the marriage of Samuel and Elizabeth (Adams) Albin. Samuel Albin was a native of that good old State, Virginia, born in 1809, and the son of John Albin, who was also a native of the Old Dominion, but who, at an early date, emigrated to Clark county, Ohio, being among the early pioneers of that State. Samuel was one of a family of fourteen children. John Albin was a soldier in the War of 1812, as also were a number of his brothers, and drew a pension on account of his services. The family had settled in Ohio about 1810, and John Albin took up land four miles from the site of the present city of Springfield. There his death occurred about 1834, and he was followed soon after by his wife. He was a man who made a good farm out of the Ohio woods, and he reared a large family of children. In politics he was a Democrat. The Albin family was of old Virginia stock and the ancestors came originally from England. Of John Albin's family two or three are still living and, as might naturally be supposed, are well along in years. A daughter, Mrs. Charity Walburn, is still living in Union township, Elkhart county, and two sons, George and Benjamin, are in Nebraska and Kansas, respectively. The names of all the children were as follows: Nancy A., Joseph C., William, Samuel, Sarah, Charity, Moreland, John, Rachel, Rebecca, Eliza J., Benjamin, Moses and George N. All of these were married and reared families. Moses was a soldier and died while in service; and George, too, was a soldier, serving for three years. Samuel Albin was not a year old when his parents emigrated to Ohio, and he was reared on his father's farm in Clark county. Like most farmer's boys of that day he was early trained to the duties of the farm, and acquired an education in a business way. About the year 1832 he married Miss Adams, and at the death of his father purchased the old home place on which he resided until his death in May, 1865. His wife was a daughter of John Adams, named after the President of that name, and probably one of his descendants. It is supposed that the Adams family came from Virginia and were early settlers of Clark county, Ohio. Mrs. Albin was born in the Old Dominion in 1814, and was one of six children, as follows: William, David, Caroline, Elizabeth, Wilson and Lavina. Of these only three are living: William and David in California, and Caroline, in Clark county, Ohio. Mrs. Albin died when our subject was but four years of age, leaving seven children, all of whom reached manhood and womanhood. Her death occurred in Clark county, Ohio, and she was a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. After her death Samuel married Miss Anna Armstrong, who bore him two children, Malissa, who married Martin Walter, and now resides in Ohio, and Martha, who became the wife of Charles Swaney. The children born to the first marriage were named as follows: Gabriel, married and residing on a farm in Richland county, Ill., was a soldier in the late war; Nathan, died in Illinois and left a wife and family; Margaret, wife of Jasper Miller, resides in Illinois and is the mother of a family; Caroline married Smith Miller and resides in Illinois, her husband being dead; Catherine, wife of Charles Beatty, resides in Clark county, Ohio; Nancy A., married Robert McCullough and is also a resident of that county, and our subject, who is the youngest of the family. In politics the father of these children was a Democrat. He was a man well posted on all the important issues of the day and a citizen esteemed and respected. He held many offices of trust in the neighborhood in which he lived, took an active interest in all laudable enterprises, and was one of the foremost men of his section. He became quite wealthy. John W. Albin remained on his father's farm in Clark county, Ohio, until over nineteen years of age, when his father died. He attended the common schools, secured a good practical education, and after the death of his father started out to fight his own way in life. In 1866 he came to Elkhart county, Ind., and worked at the carpenter's trade for two years. In the spring of 1869 he bought the farm where he now lives, and as he had about $700 when he came to this county, he put it all into the land. This consisted of eighty acres, and was all in the woods. He immediately began clearing and grubbing and, as a result, has now one of the finest farms in this part of the county. He has been unusually successful as a business man and farmer and his good fortune is due to his integrity, honesty, business ability and the push which is lacking in so many young men. Mr. Albin has some fine stock on his place and is paying considerable attention to the breeding of good stock. He is much interested in the political issues of the day and is a stanch Democrat. He has held various offices in the township, viz. : justice of the peace for four years, school officer, constable, etc., and was elected county commissioner, but the election being contested, has been carried to the supreme court. Schools, churches and all things for the upbuilding of Elkhart county, are of interest to Mr. Albin. In his choice of a wife he selected Miss Lydia A. Slabaugh, and their nuptials were solemnized in 1869. She was born August 5, 1850, in Portage county, Ohio, and was one of three children, two of whom are living, born to Christian E. and Sophia (Walters) Slabaugh. Mr. and Mrs Albin are the parents of these children: Minnie, born February 21, 1871, is at home; Eva, born October 19, 1872, also at home; Mervin, born October 25, 1877; Celeste, born October 28, 1880, and Vera was born January 19, 1888.
[1] Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[2] United States Federal Census, 1840, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[3] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[4] United States Federal Census, 1860, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[5] Ohio Department of Health, Ohio, Death Certificates, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[6] Goodspeed Brothers, publishers, Pictorial and biographical memoirs of Elkhart and St. Joseph counties (1893), 316, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].