John V Birkinbine is first listed on the 1870 US Census as J V Burkenbine (15), living in Richland, Madison County, Indiana with his parents, D Burkenbine (47) and Sallie A Burkenbine (43), and 4 siblings: D J Burkenbine (19), K Burkenbine (11), Geo Burkenbine (9), and S M Burkenbine (5). Later that year, Joseph M Birkinbine was born to David and Sallie.

John also had an older brother, Nathaniel Birkinbine, b. 1848.

The 1900 US Census lists John Birkinbine (44) as a farmer living in Steinauer, Pawnee County, Nebraska, a widower with 11 children ranging in age from 19 to 1. The youngest, Vera Lucille, was born in Feb 1899, so John's first wife, Samantha Koontz, had to have died in Nebraska in 1899 or maybe early 1900.

The children of John V Birkinbine and Samantha (Koontz) Birkinbine were:
Hettie F (Birkinbine) Hayes, b. May 25, 1881 in Madison County, Indiana; d. Mar 19, 1965 in Jerome, Idaho;
Benjamin F Birkinbine, b. Jul 25, 1883 in Nemaha County, Nebraska; d. Apr 6, 1981 in Fort Collins, Colorado;
Sally J (Birkinbine) Nace, b. Jul 14, 1884 in Nebraska; d. Sep 19 1960 in Fort Collins, Colorado;
Dora E (Birkinbine) Helling, b. Feb 7, 1886 in Nebraska; d. Oct 17, 1970 in Cheyenne, Wyoming ;
David C Birkinbine, b. Apr 8, 1890 in Auburn, Nemaha County, Nebraska; d. Dec 15, 1960 in Toppenish, Yakima County, Washington;
George H Birkinbine, b. Jul 12, 1891 in Nebraska; d. Nov 1971 in Idaho;
Ida B (Birkinbine) Shaver, b. Jan 29, 1893 in Pawnee County, Nebraska; d. May 25, 1977 in Alma, Nebraska;
Bessie C (Birkinbine) Murphy, b. Oct 1894 in Nebraska ; d. Apr 12, 1971 in Seattle, Washington;
Hazel L (Birkinbine) Kaye, b. Apr 1, 1895 in Pawnee County, Nebraska; d. Feb 20, 1925 in Yellowstone County, Montana;
Jessie M (Birkinbine) Glassgow, b. Oct 1897 in Nebraska; d. Aug 15, 1991 in Yellowstone County, Montana; and
Vera L (Birkinbine) Junker, b. Feb 4, 1899 in Nebraska; d. Jun 13, 1987 in Sonoma County, California.

John re-married on Feb 23, 1901 in Table Rock Village, Pawnee County, Nebraska to Mrs. Sarah S (Whitworth) Hack, whose husband William H Hack had also died in 1899.

John V Birkenbine (54) and Sarah S Birkenbine (51) were listed on the 1910 US Census living in Sherman, Gage County, Nebraska with 4 of John's 11 children and 2 of Sarah's 7 children on Apr 17, 1910. John's children were George H Birkinbine (19), Bessie C Birkinbine (15), Lassie (sic - should be Jessie) M Birkinbine (12) and Vera L Birkinbine (11). Sarah's children were Dora E Stack (sic - should be Hack) (22) and Arthur W Stack (sic - should be Hack) (15).

John Birkinbine died sometime after that. By the 1920 US Census Sarah was re-married to Timothy G Dewey, so there's a good chance John died prior to 1920.
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Note: In addition to the most common last name spelling "Birkinbine" with 131 FindAGrave memorials as of July 17, 2019, also check spelling "Birkenbine" as 64 use that spelling. Not far behind is the spelling "Burkenbine" with 63. The spelling "Berkenbine" is far less common with only 11, 6 are spelled "Burkinbine" and only 2 are spelled "Berkinbine".