Thomas Sedgwick
b. abt 1820, England
d. apparently bet 1856 - 1860, prob. Bethany, Moultrie, Illinois
m. May 2, 1846, Moultrie County, Illinois, Mary (Polley) Roney
immigrated to Illinois before May 1846
Mary (Polly) Roney
b. abt 1822, Kentucky
d. August, 1911, Kansas4
bu August 28, 1911, Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, Maplewood Cemetery4 grave
Census records:
Widow Polly:The earliest record we find of Thomas Sedgwick is his marriage to Polley Roney on May 2, 1846 in Moultrie County, Illinois3
Thomas and Mary (Polly) appear the 1850 census with a Joseph Sedgwick. Is this Joseph a brother?
Children (Polly said in 1900 that she had 5, 3 living):
b. August 1848, Illinois2
d. May 5, 1905, Kansas4
m. April 29, 1880, Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, Flora Frederick6
bu May 7, 1905, Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, Maplewood Cemetery4 grave
Joseph Taylor Sedgwick
b. January 1850, Illinois
d. aft 1900, [Texas]
m1 August 13, 1874, Moultrie County, Illinois, Carrie E Smutz (Book A pg 53)
m2 June 23, 1898, Jefferson County, Texas, Sarah J Unknown-Collins-Wertz
James R Sedgwick
b. abt 1854, Illinois
d. June 12, 18964
bu June 14, 1896, Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, Maplewood Cemetery grave
Mary Jennie Sedgwick
b. October 1857, Illinois
d. abt 1907
bu Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, Maplewood Cemetery grave
m. January 6, 1890, Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, Homer H White6
apparently no children
Descendants / Researchers:
- Ann Skelton Deemer <adeemer1@hotmail.com>
- Ophelia Carter Sedgwick, wife of grandson Clarence J Sedgwick, is her great aunt.
1. Records of descendant/researcher of this family
2. Census records, any of those indicated.
3. Illinois Marriages to 1850
an Ancestry.com database
| Spouse 1 | Spouse 2 | Marriage Date | Marriage Location |
| Roney, Polley | Sedgwick, Thomas | 02 May 1846 | Illinois Moultrie County |
4. Records of Maplewood Cemetery, Emporia, Lyon Kansas
5. Obituaries of family members
a. Obituary of Edith P Sedgwick
b. Obituary of Frederick Sterry Sedgwick
6. Lyon County Kansas Marriage Records 1856 - 1919
provided by the Flint Hills Genealogical Society, Emporia, Lyon, Kansas
These records:
| NAME | SPOUSE | Date |
| Sedgwick, Jennie | White, H.H. | 1890 Jan 06 |
| Sedgwick, Thomas N. | Frederick, Flora | 1880 Apr 29 |
7. California Death Index 1940-1997
at Ancestry.com or Rootsweb.com
These records:
| Surname | Given Name | Sex | Birth Date Birth Place | Death Date Death Place | Mother's Maiden | Father's Surname |
| Sedgwick | Ophelia May | F | 10/18/1875 Arkansas | 11/29/1941 Los Angeles | Cisco | Carter |
| Gerber | Katie Taylor | F | 12/6/1899 Kansas | 9/21/1940 Los Angeles | Carter | Sedgwick |
| Cooke | May | F | 04/30/1901 Kansas | 12/11/1943 Los Angeles | Carter | Sedgwick |
| Sedgwick | Robert | M | 01/24/1919 California | 08/14/1992 San Luis Obispo | Sedgwick | Meadows |
8. Illinois Statewide Death Index, 1916 - 1950
Illinois State Archives, Springfield, Illinois
online at http://www2.sos.state.il.us/GenealogyMWeb/idphdeathsrch.html
This record, believed to be Clarence J Sedgwick:
| Last Name | First Name | Sex/Race | Age | Cert # | Death Date | County | City | Date Filed |
| Sedgwick | Clarence | M/W | unk | 6017996 | 1937-06-13 | Cook | Chicago | 37-06-16 |