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The McMillian Family
Robert and Sarah Wolfe McMillian
Circa 1875-1880
Generously provided by their ggg grandson, Dave Williams
Thanks Dave!
The following was generously
submitted by Mildred Bowen Belew, thanks so much Millie!
Transcribed by Bonnie Snow
The McMillian family of Pendleton County is believed to have originated from Pennsylvania. The hypothesis compiled by researchers of our area is that Thomas McMillian of York County, Pennsylvania was the ancestor of one line of McMillians in Pendleton County. If the others are related we haven't made the connection. Thomas McMillian is presumed to have come to Kentucky with three sons, Samuel, Thomas and William. According to "Collins History of Kentucky", Samuel was deeded 7,000 acres in Pendleton County from the James Moody Survey on Crooked Creek and Fork Lick Creek branches of the Main Licking River, before 1810. His family was one of the first to settle west of Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky. Samuel married Easter____ and had the following children: William, Marshall T., Mary Broadwell, John, Andrew F., Kennedy, Samuel C. and James McMillian.
Thomas McMillian, II died in Jefferson County, Kentucky.
William McMillian died in the early 1800's. He married Rachel ___ of Pennsylvania. She died after 1850. Their children were:
1. Robert McMillian, born ___, died 1814. He married Phoebe ____. Phoebe married second in 1815 to Ambrose Evans who was also in Pendleton County. Robert & Pheobe had five children:
1. James McMillian, married Martha Cooper
2. Jane McMillian, married Henry Mason
3. Sarah McMillian, married Thomas Hawkins
4. Lydia McMillian, married James Cooper
5. Joseph McMillian, married Nancy Hilor
2. Peggy McMillian, married David Cooper, born 1774, PA
3. John McMillian
4. Hugh McMillian, of Dearborn County, Indiana
5. William McMillian
6. Elizabeth McMillian, married Joseph Gilmore
7. Eleanor McMillian, married Matthew Alexander
8. Easter McMillian, married William Alexander
Note: Peggy McMillian's husband, David Cooper and James McMillian's wife, Martha Cooper were children of James and Mary Cooper, who came to Kentucky from Pennsylvania in 1785. James Cooper was killed by the Indians.
ROBERT McMILLIAN
Robert McMillian, born 18 Jan. 1808, Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio. He died 29 November 1886, Unity, Pendleton County, Kentucky. He was the son of James McMilliam, born in Brown County, Ohio; died after 1850 and Martha Cooper. Martha, daughter of James and Mary Cooper, was born 1775 in Pennsylvania; she died after 1850. James McMilliam sold 200 acres of land in Pendleton County to his son, Robert in 1833, part of the John Crittenden Survey, beginning at the headwaters of Middle Fork of Grassy Creek near Jag (Unity) and purchased land in Decatur County, Indiana. Why he went back to Indiana, no one seems to know. The children of James & Mary Cooper McMilliam were: James Brooking, Robert, Jane McKinley, Thomas, Mary Hawkins, Phoebe, David and John, who died in Bracken County, Kentucky in 1837.
Robert McMilliam first married 1 June 1826 to Sarah Jane Hawkins. Sarah, daughter of Thomas and Sarah McMillian Hawkins, was born in 1808. Robert second married 16 May 1849, to Sarah Ann Wolfe. Sarah Ann, daughter of George L. & Massy Dunn Wolfe, was born 16 January 1825. Robert and his second wife are buried in McMillian Family Cemetery, at Unity, Pendleton County, Kentucky where some of his descendants still own portions of his 200 acres bought from his father, James, in 1833. Robert & Sarah Jane Hawkins had the following children:
1. Sarah Jane McMillian, born 16 August 1828, died 1916 at Mt. Zion, Grant County, Kentucky. Sarah married 12 January 1843 to Atrollas Blackburn, born circa 1820 in Virginia, died 1850 in Pendleton County. Sarah Jane & Atrollas Blackburn had the following children:
1. Mary Isabelle Blackburn, born circa 1844, died 1850, cholera
2. Elizabeth "Betsy" Blackburn, born circa 1847, died 1850
cholera
3. Francis Marion Blackburn, born 1850, died 1919 married
Mary L. Webster
4. Nancy L. Blackburn, born 1871, married Henry Smith
2. Clarinda McMillian, born 12 November 1830, married James Hopper, born 1825. Clarinda & James Hopper had the following children:
1. Lucy Jane Hopper, born 1852, died 1927, married Robert
McKinley
2. Mary Ann Hopper, born 1857, married J. Wm. Richards
3. Amon Hopper, born 1859, married Grace West
4. Robert Hopper, born 1861, married Cordelia Carr
5. Martha Ann Hopper, born 1864, married Henry J. Smith
6. James W. Hopper, born 1867, married Cora Burroughs
7. Thomas F. Hopper, born 1871, married Martha L. Robinson
8. John H. Hopper, born 1875, married Birdie Haight
9. Charles L. Hopper, born 1877
10. Sallie/Sarah Hopper, married Francis M. Howe
11. (Girl) Hopper, born 1879
12. Dora L. Hopper, born 1880
3. William Harrison McMillian, born 1831, died 1869, married 31 December 1854 to Mary Agnes Barton. Mary Agnes, daughter of Nelson and Hannah Johns Barton was born 7 May 1838 in Indiana. William served in the 18th KY, Inf. in the Civil War, during his service he caught T. B. which caused his death. William & Mary Agnes had the following children:
1. James Marion McMillian, born 1856, died 1938, married
Lucy Jane Bowen
2. Sarah Jane McMillian, born 1858, died 1948, married James Henry Bowen
3. Hannah Ellen McMillian, born 1861, died 1946, married
Richard "Dee" Wesley Bowen
4. Rev. William Henry Harrison McMillian, born 1865, died
1927, married Louisanna Baker. Rev. McMillian was a
well known Baptist minister in Pendleton and Grant County, Kentucky.
5. Clarinda Ann McMillian, born 1868, died 1944, married
William Thomas Bowen
4. Robert McMillian, Jr., born 1835, married 9 December 1855 to Louisa Baker, born 1836, died 19__. Robert, Jr. & Louisa had the following children:
1. Asa McMillian, born 1867, died 1943, married Nora Spegal
2. Laura Frances McMillian, born 1877, died 1954, married
O. Thomas McMillian
3. James Alvin McMillian, born 1875, died 1957, married
Addie Barton
4. Nancy E. McMillian
5. Robert McMillian, III, married Roxie Webster
6. William McMillian
5. Louisa McMillian, born 1838, died 1895, married 7 December
1851 to Benjamin "Benagi" A. G. Wolfe. Benjamin, son of George Lewis and Massy Dunn Wolfe, was born 1829, died 1894. Louisa and Benjamin migrated to Tipton, Indiana by wagon trail. Most of their ten children lived in Pendleton County. They had the following children:
1. Kalista Wolfe, born 1856
2. Robert Wolfe, born 1858, died 1937, married Isabelle
Frances Larkin
3. Elvera "Ella" Wolfe, born 1860, died 1932, married
Lancelot Clark Wolfe
4. Mary Catherine Wolfe, born 1863, died 1925, married
Francis H. Smith
5. Serene Carolina Wolfe, born 1866, married Charles
Trankler
6. Ben Agee Wolfe, born 1868, died 1932, married Phoebe
Fleetwood Larkin
7. Louisa "Lida" Wolfe, born 1872, married Sherman Reynolds
8. George Washington Wolfe, born 1873, died 1945, married
Rosa Cooper
9. Lancelot L. Wolfe, born 1876, died 1962, married Lucy
Jane Cooper
10. Lethia Ann Wolfe, died 1946, married ____ Jost
6. Martha Ann McMillian, born 1840, died 1880, married Jasper Bethel, born 1836, Ohio, died 11 October 1918. Martha & Jasper had the following children:
1. Henry Bethel, born 1857, died 1938, married Ella Grant
2. Harriet Bethel, born 1858, died 1909
3. Amanda Bethel, born 1859, died 1863
4. Emma Bethel, born 1863, died 1863
5. Clarinda Bethel, born 1863, died 1942, married Wm.
Henry Caldwell
6. Ella Bethel, born 1865
7. Newton Bethel, born 1868, died 1875
8. Lucy Bethel, born 1870, married James M. Caldwell
9. Jane Bethel, born 1872, married John Lawrence Sullivan
10. Nora Bethel, born 1876, died 1952, married Marion
Walter Belew
11. Anna Bethel, born 1878, died 1950, married Charley Mann
12. Frances Bethel, born 1880, died 1958, married Frank W.
Stith
7. Mary McMillian, born 18 April 1845, married Dennis Henian Sullivan, 1840, died 1909; he was from County Limerick, Ireland. Mary Dennis married second to Nancy brown and they had one son. Mary & Dennis had the following children:
1. George Thomas Sullivan, born 1870, died 1933, married
Sissie Lonaker
2. Johanna Sullivan, born circa 1872, died 1932, married
Isaac Huffman
3. Osborn Wesley Sullivan, born circa 1873, died 1956,
married Morena Sorrell
4. Rosa Marie Sullivan, married William Lonaker
5. Alexander Sullivan, born 1882, died 1959, married
Carrie Belle Tomlin
6. Sarah Sullivan
7. Henry Sullivan
8. Girl
9. Girl
Robert McMillian, Sr. and Sarah Ann Wolfe had the following Children:
1. George Washington McMillian, born 12 March 1851, died 31 May 1902, married 26 November 1868, Ruth Ann Bowen. Ruth Ann, daughter of James & Nancy Middleton Bowen, was born 14 November 1849, Lincoln County, Kentucky, died 1 October 1919, Pendleton County Kentucky. George & Ruth Ann had the following children:
1. Chesley McMillian, born 1870
2. Wesley Franklin McMillian, born 1871, died 1877
3. William H. McMillian, born 1872, died 1893, married
Ester Baker
4. Walter Cashious McMillian, born 1874, died 1946, married
Phoebe Ann Brittenham
5. Odious Thomas McMillian, born 1876, died 1949, married
Laura Frances McMillian
6. Leslie H./B. McMillian, born 1878, died 1958, married
Clara Frances Belew
7. Rose May McMillian, born 1880
8. Lula McMillian
2. Richard McMillian, born 23 September 1852, died 5, March
1853
3. Jamima McMillian, born 23 September 1859, died 24 March 1884, married William Henry Loomis, born 24 November 1852, died 15 August 1900, he was the son of Samuel Loomis. Jamima & William had the following children:
1. Robert McMurty Loomis, born 1876, died 1956, married
Orpha T. McClanahan
2. Lucy Matilda Loomis, born 1873, died 1940
3. Elvira Loomis, born 1875, died 1875
4. Annie May Loomis, born 1878, died 1898
5. George Thomas Loomis, born 1881, married Cecila Anderson
4. Patrick Buchanan "Buck" McMillian, born 15 January 1857, died 1942, married 10 May 1883 to Louisa A. Baker, born 17 May 1861, died 23 November 1936, daughter of Dotson & Mary Ann Ashcraft Baker. "Buck" & Louisa had the following children:
1. Carrie/Cassie Violet McMillian, born 1900, died 1984,
married Hugh L. Elliot
2. Minnie Violey McMillian, born 1886, died 1980, married
James M. Kinslaer
3. Mary Ann McMillian, born 1884, died 1952, married, Otis
LaFollette
4. Effie McMillian, born 1893
5. Cecile McMillian, born 1897, died 1977, married Arlie
Slater
5. Stephen R. McMillian, born 25 June 1859, died 1890, married 25 April 1882 to Anna Eliza Middleton, born 27 March 1869, died 12 April 1915, daughter of Willis & Louvina Tomlin Middleton. Stephen & Anna had the following children:
1. Albert McMillian, born 1881, married Lucy J. Works
2. Oda Franklin McMillian, born 1886
3. Matilda Jane McMillian, born 1882, died 1922, married
Charlie Daniels
4. Jennetta McMillian, married ____ Bruck
6. Delila A. McMillian, born 8 September 1861, died 3/30 November 1861
7. Joseph Davis McMillian, born 17 November 1862, died 1901, married Rosa Jane Middleton. They had the following children:
1. Charley Henry McMillian, born 1881, married Emma Boone
2. Lilly McMillian, born 1885
3. William Everett McMillian, born 1883, died 1954, married
Minnie B. Draper
MARY McMILLIAN
Mary "Polly" McMillian, daughter of James & Martha Cooper McMillian married 21 November 1822 to William Hawkins, born 1893. They had one known daughter:
1. Elizabeth Ann Hawkins, born 20 November 1827, died 12 February 1903, married 25 October 1850, in Pendleton County to John Vickers Simpson, born 20 February 1828, North Carolina, died 17 May 1917, Pendleton County. John was the son of Ezekiel & Tamsy Vickers Simpson. Elizabeth & John are buried in the Gardenersville Cemetery. They had the following children:
1. Sarah Jane Simpson, born 1855, died 1938, never married
2. Malinda Simpson, born 1857, married Owen Deatherage
3. Robert Lindsey Simpson, born 1860, died 1924, married
Lievanie "Annie" Lovelace
4. Amanda Isabel Simpson, born 1863/65, died 1951, never
married
5. Enos Wesley Simpson, born 1866/67, died 1942, never
married
6. Ida May Simpson, born 1870, married George Frazer (?)
7. Minnie Ellis Simpson, born 1871, died 1950, married
Fredrick Jacob Vessing
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