Documentation for Reuben Vining - Mercy Lunt


Family Data

The town of Durham, Androscoggin County, Maine, has photocopied its vital record books, and those photocopies are available for public viewing. Unfortunately, much of the photocopied material is very difficult to impossible to read. Below is the page (greatly enlarged) recording the family of Reuben Vining and Mercy Lunt. The information on this page was entered by what appears to be three individuals. The earliest (and lightest) entries were made on 27 February 1865 by James Strout Jr., the town clerk, and recorded events that occurred from a decade to more than 60 years earlier.


Census Data

  1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890
Reuben Vining ? 51 dead
Mercy (Lunt) Vining ? 39 49 59 69 ?
    Martha R. Vining ? 11 22 32 42 ?
    John A. Vining 9 20 married and living in separate household
    Josiah L. Vining 7 17 27 living in separate household
    George H. Vining 3 13 23 33 ?
    Edwin R. Vining 4 m. 10 20 married and living in separate household


1850 Durham, Cumberland County [Durham is now in Androscoggin County], Maine - dwelling 9, family 11:



1860 Durham, Androscoggin County, Maine - dwelling 301, family 315:



1870 Durham, Maine (Androscoggin County) - dwelling 278, family 288 [but misnumbered as 287]:




1880 Durham, Androscoggin County, Maine - dweling 280, family 304. In 1880 George H. Vining was listed as head of the household.





Death Data

Headstone for Reuben Vining and Mercy (Lunt) Vining, in Vining Cemetery, Durham, Androscoggin County, Maine:



Gravestone for Martha R. Vining, daughter of Reuben Vining and Mercy (Lunt) Vining, in Vining Cemetery, Durham, Androscoggin County, Maine:



Death record for George H. Vining:



Headstone for Josiah L. Vining and George H. Vining, in Vining Cemetery, Durham, Androscoggin County, Maine: