130. John Forsyth, Sr., born
September 1788 in Ballymageogh Townland, Kilkeel Civil
Parish, County Down, Northern Ireland; died November 1853
in Richland Township, Wapello County, Iowa. He was the son
of 260. George Forsyth
and 261. Mary Patterson.
He married 131. Elizabeth McKinley
May 09, 1813 in County Down, Northern Ireland.
Notes for
John Forsyth, Sr.:
We are fortunate to have the family
history as laid down by Frances (Fanny) Forsyth for a
1904 Forsyth family reunion near Griswold, Cass
County, Iowa. A trascription of her history is
found at the bottom of the family group sheet page.
The family history dates pre-date most records
available in Northern Ireland that would provide
family member names, family relationships and
birth/death/marriage dates. Because of the
precision of birth dates, down to the day of the week,
they must have come from a family bible and been
recorded as they occurred. While there are
inconsistencies in some of the other information, that
can easily be corrected, but the basic information
would otherwise be hard to come by.
Northern Ireland is divided into
several administrative districts, and the smallest and
most essential division for genealogical purposes is
the townland. The townland is very similar to
the township used in many American states. The
other administrative districts that can occur are
County, Barony (now obsolete), Civil Parish, Church of
Ireland Parish, and Roman Catholic Parish. For
example, John's birth place is Ballymageogh Townland,
Barony of Mourne, Civil Parish of Kilkeel, and Roman
Catholic Parish of Lower Mourne. I have tried to
use a consistent, non-ecclesiastic nomenclature - e.g.
Ballymageogh Townland, Kilkeel Civil Parish, County
Down, Northern Ireland. Ballymageogh Townland is
comprised of 1345 acres in the western part of Kilkeel
Civil Parish at the foothills of the Mourne
Mountains. That land mass is a little more that
10 times the size of the farm John and Elizabeth
Forsyth purchased in Wapello County, Iowa. An
excellent web site about Ballymageogh Townland, which
also contains other great links to County Down
information, can be found here.
The biographies and obituaries of
several of the children, including Fanny, stated they
were received in the Presbyterian church as
youngsters. Many continued in that faith the
remainder of their life. From the web site Ask
about Ireland, and the article The
Ulster Plantation by the Donegal Cultural
Services, "As early as 1603, King James had granted
confiscated lands in County Down to Scottich nobles
James Hamilton and Hugh Montgomery. This is how
the colonisation of Counties Antrim and Down by mostly
Protestant lowland Scots began. It prepared the
way for the later official plantation of Armagh,
Coleraine, Cavan, Donegal, Fermanagh and Tyrone, an
event known at the Plantation of Ulster." With
the Presbyterian faith, it is likely the Forsyth
ancestors were among the transplanted Scots.
Within the Civil Parish of Kilkeel, there were 5
Presbyterian congregations in existence in the
mid-1800s - Annalong, Kilkeel City, 1st Newry, 2nd
Newry and 3rd Newry. With the center of
Ballymageogh Townland being only 3 miles as the crow
flies from Kilkeel City, it is very possible this is
the congregation attended by the Forsyths.
James' narrative below will give a further explanation
as to why I think this might be a likely assumption.
Tithe surveys (applotments) were
undertaken beginning in 1823 through 1838 in order to
calculate the amount of tax payable,in money rather
than in kind, by the landholders of Northern Ireland
for the upkeep of the Church of Ireland. With no
census data available prior to 1901, these particular
records constitute the closest thing to a census in
this time period for Northern Ireland. The
applotment surveys identified every landholder with details such
as name of townland, size of holding, land quality,
and types of crops. The tithe applotment list
for Ballymageogh was done in 1830, and contained the
names of George, James and John Forsythe as follows:
The land measure used here is what is
called Irish Plantation Measure. John's 2 acres,
2 roods and 30 perches is the equivalent of
approximately 4 1/3 acres American. The quality
value classified the quality of the land according to
its fertility. Thus land used for crops and that
was fertile and produced excellent yields would be
classified as first and so on down the scale.
There is no way to know for sure this is our John, but
that is my assumption as well as it being my
assumption that James and George are his
brothers. In the 1803 Live and Dead Stock
records for Ballymeogh only James appears and with 1
pig, 4 barrels of oats and 6 sacks of potatos.
The above data and interpretations are thanks to
volunteer Sheila Phillips in County Down. With
John being 15 years old in 1803, I guess James to be
an older brother, and I guess George to be younger
because of his small plot of land in 1830.
The family emigrated in 1843 arriving
in Philadelphia 23 May 1843 aboard the Ship Georgiana,
last from Liverpool:
All are generically listed as Farmers,
Mechanics and Laborers. After arrival in
Philadelphia they migrated to Westmoreland County,
Pennsylvania where they settled for about 8
years. Fanny's history states they settled in
neighboring Allegheny County, and it is possible they
started out there. According to the John T.
Forsythe biography, son of James and Sarah Perry
Forsyth, he was born 24 October 1848 in Westmoreland County,
Pennsylvania ("History of Wapello County", Harrison L.
Watterman, Editor; S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.,
1914). In the John K. Forsyth biography, son of
John and Ellen Perry Forsyth, it states the family
first located in Westmoreland
County, Pennsylvania before migrating to Iowa
("Compendium of History & Biography of Cass
County, IA; Henry Taylor & Co., Chicago,
1906). The John and Elizabeth Forsyth family are
found in the 1850 census in Rostraver Township,
Westmoreland County (page 334B, October 21), which
borders on Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County.
This is an interesting census entry
for a couple of reasons. First, Elizabeth is
listed as though she is head of household, and the
index is thusly built with her name, yet John Sr. is
part of the household. George is listed without
occupation and Frances is listed as a farmer?
Ellen is listed with real estate valued at $1,300,
which would be unheard of in that age. John Jr.
is listed here as what appears to be a boat maker, but
careful scrutiny under magnification seems to show an
"o" and then overwritten by an "a". John and
Ellen are also enumerated in 1850 in neighboring
Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County (page 206A,
September 27, see John below) and there he is listed
as a shoe maker (his trade in Northern Ireland and his
trade in the 1856 State of Iowa census). Boot
maker would seem to make more sense than boat maker
given the other sources.
The 1856 State of Iowa Richland
Township, Wapello County census shows John Forsythe,
Jr. (page 359), George Forsythe (page 367), Archibald
Forsythe (page 367), James Forsythe (page 379) and
Frances Hayden (page 391) as having been in Iowa for 5
years. According to the John K. Forsyth
biography, son of John and Ellen Perry Forsyth, in the
year of his birth (1851) the family "migrated to Iowa
-- by boat, via the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to
Burlington, and thence by team to Wapello
county". John and Elizabeth's arrival in Wapello
County in 1851 is further supported by two land
transactions whereby John Forsythe, Sr. of Wapello
County purchased from John Baldwin of Wapello County
in June 1851 the W 1/2 of SW 1/4 of Section 17 (80
acres) as recorded in Deed Book E, page 71 and in July
1851 the SW 1/4 of NW 1/4 of Section 17 (40 acres) as
recorded in Deed Book E, page 72. Fanny stated
that Eliza and her husband (whom she erroneously
identified as John) migrated to Wapello County, Iowa
with her parents in 1851. John Forsythe (Sr.),
James Forsythe and John Forsythe (Jr.) are listed on
page 7 of the 1852 State of Iowa Richland Township,
Wapello County census, but no Joseph Morrison.
In the 1854 State of Iowa Richland Township, Wapello
County census Joseph Morrison is shown on page 1,
along with William Foresythe, John Forsythe, with
Elizabeth Forsyth (widow) on page 2. This is
consistent with Joseph's entry in the 1856 State of
Iowa Richland Township, Wapello County census (page
369) where it shows Joseph, Elizabeth and son Thomas
being in Iowa 2 years. Additionally, the
obituary of son Thomas states he was born in Pennsylvania October 21,
1852.
Fanny records that father John died in
November 1853. John recorded his will May 5,
1853 and the children identified therein agrees with
the list of children as recorded by Fanny. On
November 2, 1853 John recorded a codicil to his will
and on December 15, 1853 his will was proven with the
testimony of Henry Kirkpatrick and Dewitt Bennet (name
has some importance for Archibald below).
For further information on this line see the link from my Home Page "Forsyths of Wapello Co., IA - A New Line".
131. Elizabeth McKinley, born March
1790 in probably Cabragh Townland near Rathfriland,
Clonduff Civil Parish, County Down, Northern Ireland; died
1873 in Richland Township, Wapello County, Iowa. She was
the daughter of 262. William McKinley
and 263. Margaret or Jane Thompson.
Notes for
Elizabeth McKinley:
Fanny's history states her mother was
born in Camray, Parish of Clonduff, near Rathfriland,
in County Down. The Civil Parish of Clonduff
adjoins the Civil Parish of Kilkeel immediately on the
other side of the Mourne Mountains from the Townland
of Ballymageogh. The proximity to the townland
of the Forsyths certainly provides opportunity.
There is no known location named Camray, but there is
a Townland of Cabragh within the Civil Parish of
Clonduff, which is approximately 3 miles east of
Rathfriland. More than likely this is the
townland location of the McKinleys. Cabragh
means "poor land" and is roughly 267 acres, a little
more than twice the size of the Forsyth farm in
Wapello County, Iowa in 1851. There was another
McKinley linkage in the Forsyth family that will be
spoken of in the Thompson Forsyth narrative.
Could the McKinleys be related? There will be no
conclusions, but information will be shared and
suppositions put forth in some of the children
narratives.
Elizabeth outlived John by 20
years. In his will John tried to provide for his
wife - "To my beloved wife one Cow and Pig ['and Pig'
appears to be crossed out] of her own choice together
with all my household and kitchen furniture also a
sufficient support in sickness and health during her
natural life in lieu of dower" (Wapello County Probate
Book C, page 157). In the accompanying codicil
John directs "...that my will is that my loving wife
shall have two fleeces of wool paid to her yearly so
long as she lives, by my sons George and
Archibald..." Elizabeth is shown in her own
residence in the 1854 State of Iowa Richland Township,
Wapello County census, page 2, line 13 - 2 males; 2
females; 2 voters; 2 militia; 4 total. The 2
males are likely George and Thompson, both unmarried
at this point in time. Archibald is probably
already in Hocking County, Ohio at this point.
The other female is Fanny. The 1854 census also
gives the total population of all men, women and
children as 506 for Richland Township, or
approximately 14 individuals per square mile.
When the Forsyths settled in Richland Township in 1851
(2 adults and 6 children), there was probably one
other family of an equivalent size in the same square
mile. Iowa became a state just five years before
the Forsyths arrived, so it was truly still a frontier
at that time.
In the 1856 State of Iowa Richland
Township, Wapello County census, page 268, Elizabeth
is age 54 (sic) and a widow, and living with the
George Forsythe family. It is noted that
Elizabeth and George have resided in Iowa for 5
years. The 1860 Federal Census for Richland
Township, Wapello County, page 630B/631A shows
Elizabeth living with the George Forsythe
family. In this census she is listed as age 74
(sic). Elizabeth appears in her last census in
1870 Richland Township, Wapello County, page 256B and
again is living with the George Forsythe family.
In this census she is listed as 80 (sic) years of
age. This wide variation in age has been noted
with Joseph and Eliza Forsyth Morrison as well as with
Elizabeth. John's will charged George and
Archibald with taking care of their mother.
George appears to have borne the brunt of this
support.
John and Elizabeth are buried in
Westview Cemetery, Kirkville, Richland Township,
Wapello County, and share a stone. Sharing the
stone with John and Elizabeth is Emma Catherine
Forsyth, daughter of son Archibald and wife Mary, who
was born about March 1860 and died 1862.
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i. | William Forsyth,
born May 08, 1814 in Ballymageogh Townland, Kilkeel Civil
Parish, County Down, Northern Ireland; died September 22,
1816 in Ballymageogh Townland, Kilkeel Civil Parish, County
Down, Northern Ireland.
William died of smallpox.
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ii. | James Forsyth, born
February 16, 1816 in Ballymageogh Townland, Kilkeel Civil
Parish, County Down, Northern Ireland; died March 04, 1885
in Richland Township, Wapello County, Iowa; married Sarah
Perry December 23, 1844 in Kilkeel Civil Parish, County
Down, Northern Ireland; born 1820 in probably Maghereagh
Townland, Kilkeel Civil Parish, County Down, Northern
Ireland; died July 04, 1885 in Richland Township, Wapello
County, Iowa.
According to Fanny's family history
"...the eldest son, James, emigrated to America and soon
persuaded his parents to join him here." According
to a biography of son John T. Forsyth written in
"History of Wapello County", Harrison L. Waterman,
Editor, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1914, " In 1840
James Forsyth sailed for America, landing in New York
where he worked in the market. He later went to
western Pennsylvania and worked on a steamboat, then
rented a farm and sent for his parents." It is
possible the James Forsyth found on the roster of the
ship Glenview that arrived from Liverpool in the port of
New York on June 25, 1841 is our James (Nationial
Archives Mircofilm M237, roll 45, page 3, line
34). This James is shown as age 23, with no
occupation listed, originating in Northern Ireland and
traveling to the US. While the age is off by 1
year, that does not seem bad compared to some age
discrepancies associated with records of this family
(see Elizabeth census entries above). Arrival in
New York seems to match his son's recollections and the
time is certainly in the right timeframe.
Why did James decide to settle in
the Allegheny and Westmoreland County area? As per
William McKinley, Sr.'s narrative there was a brief
history of the Forsyth family in the newspaper article
describing the 1905 Forsyth Family Reunion. A
transcription of the article is found in the "Forsyths
of Wapello Co., IA - A New Line" section of this website
under the navigation selection "Addendum: Forsyth
Reunions". The article includes this statement,
"To follow his (William McKinley, Sr.) footsteps in
America became the desire of the oldest son, James, when
he had grown to manhood ..." Combine that with the
bequest in William Sr.'s will offering $5 to daughter
Elizabeth if the Forsyth family would move to America,
it makes sense the family would eventually migrate to
the Allegheny/Westmoreland Counties area of
Pennsylvania.
Fanny states he and Sarah married in
December 1845, while son John's biography states "In
1844 he returned to Northern Ireland for his marriage
and soon afterward brought his bride to the new
world." From James' obituary in the Ottumwa
Courier, "In 1844 he returned to his native land and was
united in marriage with Miss Sarah Perry, December 23,
1844." This seems to be confirmed by the roster of
ship United Kingdom that arrived from Liverpool in the
port of New York on May 28, 1845 (National Archives
Mircofilm M237, roll 57, lines 32 and 33). Jas.
Forsyth, age 26, with occupation of laborer and Sarah
Forsyth, age 24, are enumerated.
James, 34 and farmer, and Sarah, 30,
are shown living in Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County
in the 1850 census (page 205A) along with their first
four children. Living with them are John Forsyth,
30 and shoe maker, and Ellen Peary, 24. They
joined John and Elizabeth the following year in
migrating to Wapello County, Iowa. When John Sr.
died his will called for James to receive one dollar one
year after his death. Why such an insignificant
amount? Had John given him money to purchase land
in Wapello and therefore felt he had already given James
his inheritance? James entered into land
transactions with Peter Bridenstine purchasing land in
February 1852 (Deed Book F, page 493) and March 1859
(Deed Book L, book 240). He farmed until his
death. His obituary said he died after a lingering
illness on March 8, 1885. His death certificate
states he died of progressive paralysis the result of
softening of the brain structure. His obituary
confirms they migrated to Iowa in April 1851, and that
James was a member of the Presbyterian church from his
childhood. He was laid to rest in Westview
Cemetery, Kirkville, Richland Township, Wapello County,
Iowa.
I gave Sarah's birth place as likely
Maghereagh Townland, Kilkeel Civil Parish, County Down,
Northern Ireland. That is because James' obituary
states he was "born near Maghereaugh, county
Down..." I made the assumption the obituary was
written with Sarah's help and from her
perspective. There was a James Peery listed in the
1830 Tithe Applotment for Maghereagh Townland, which
helps to lend some credence to this possibility.
Maghereagh Townland is located on the coast of the Irish
Sea about 1/2 mile east of Kilkeel city. If James
and Sarah both attended the Presbyterian church in
Kilkeel it would have provided the opportunity for them
to get acquainted, and fall in love. Sarah died a
scant 4 months later and was also laid to rest in
Westview cemetery. She and James had 10 children,
6 daughters and 4 sons.
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iii. | Mary Jane Forsyth,
born September 22, 1818 in Ballymageogh Townland, Kilkeel
Civil Parish, County Down, Northern Ireland; died September
19, 1898 in Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland; married
John Kidney 1844 in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; born
November 8, 1821 in Straban, County Tyrone, Northern
Ireland; died January 27, 1897 in Hagerstown, Washington
County, Maryland.
Mary Jane was among the children on
the ship roster as John and Elizabeth and family
immigrated in May 1843. According to Fanny she
married John Kidney in 1844. John arrived in
Philadelphia from Londonderry via Liverpool on August
21, 1838 aboard the ship Cadmus (National Archives and
Records Administration M425, roll 53, page 2, lines
40-44). His father, Robert, must have already been
in America since John came over with his mother Sarah
and siblings Margaret, James and William. They are
not found in the 1840 census, but Robert and Sarah show
up in the 1850 Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County,
Pennsylvania census (household 573, page 186A) where he
is identified as a shoe maker. By this time, John
and Mary Jane have married and they are found in
Elizabeth Township as well, being found on page 190B
(household 622). John is age 27 and a farmer and
Mary Jane is listed as 30, and they are both shown as
born in Ireland. They have their first three
children, Josiah age 4, Susana age 3, and James W. age
2.
John and Mary Jane did not go to
Iowa like the rest of the children. There may have
been some special affinity between Mary Jane and sister
Eliza. John and Mary Jane live just 7 households
away from the family where Joseph Morrison
(husband-to-be of Eliza) lives in 1850. Joseph,
also born in Ireland, is a hired hand on the Samuel
Rankin farm, household 615. It is likely Mary Jane
played a role in Joseph and Eliza meeting. When
the Forsyth family moved to Wapello County in 1851, Mary
Jane and Eliza, along with William, stayed behind.
Likely William stayed behind because of wife Mary Ann -
there seemed to be a special bonding in the Thomas
Forsythe family. Then by 1853 John and Mary Jane
have moved to Ohio. In 1860, John and Mary are
found in Liberty Township, Washington County, Ohio (page
428B), where John is again shown as a farmer, and they
have 8 children. Son John, age 9, was born in
Pennsylvania and daughter Sarah, age 7, was born in
Ohio. This would have been a rather easy migration
for them as Washington County lies on the Ohio
River. It is possible Mary Jane chose not to stay
in touch with her family since the report of George
Forsyth on June 27, 1857, as executor of the will of
John Forsyth, Sr., stated "All other claims satisfied
with the exception of one Heir, Mary Jane Kidney of
Ohio." She was bequethed one dollar.
By 1870 the census shows they have
moved across the county line to Washington Township,
Monroe County, Ohio (page 299A) and they have one more
child, their last. The major change shown with
this census entry is John's occupation - minister.
It is unclear whether he was an ordained minister, or
chose to serve in that role without the official backing
of a religious denomination. That is because they
show up next in Hedgesville in 1880 Berkeley County,
West Virginia (page 293D) where he is shown again as a
farmer. After this point they disappear from the
censuses and it was not until I found their obituaries
that I learned what became of them.
Name: John Kidney
Publication Place: Washington County, Maryland
23 January 1897 issue of Hagerstown Mail
Obituary
Rev. John Kidney, a local
Methodist preacher, died at 6 o'clock on Friday
evening at his home on Elizabeth-st, from a
complication of troubles, aged 75 years. He
had been in failing health for several years.
Rev. Kidney was born in Straban, Ireland, and
emigrated to this country with his parents when 16
years old. The family settled near
Pittsburg He engaged in active ministerial
work when a young man, but of late years had been a
supply. He moved to Hagerstown from Berkeley
county, W. Va., in 1891, and on special occasions
assisted in the services of St. Paul's and
Washington Square M. E. churches. He was a man
of intelligence and strict integrity and was highly
esteemed by all who knew him. He was the last
of a family of five children.
The survivors are his wife and
these children: Mrs. S. S. Middlekauff, E North-st,
this city; Rev. J. E. Kidney, Derry, Pa., Pittsburg
Conference; John D. Bridgeport, O.; Wm. R., Berkeley
county, W. Va.; Otho E., McKeesport, Pa.; Matthew
E., this city.
The funeral will take place on
Sunday, services by Revs. G. C. Bacon and W. S.
German; interment in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Note: Strabane, historically spelled Straban, is a town in west County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Name: Mary Kidney Publication Place: Washington County, Maryland
20 September, 1898 issue of The Daily Mail
Obituary
Mary J., widow of Rev. John
Kidney, and a second cousin of President McKinley,
died at the home of her son, M. S. Kidney,
Washington and Elizabeth-sts., Monday, from heart
trouble, aged 80 years. The deceased was born
in Liverpool, England (sic), and her maiden name was
Mary Jane Forsythe. She came to America when
very young, and for many years lived in Berkeley
county, W. Va. She removed to Hagerstown eight
years ago, since which time she has resided with her
son. She was a member of Washington Square M.
E. church, and as long as health permitted was a
regular attendant at all services. These
children survive: Mrs. S. S. Middlekauff, Rev. J. E.
Kidney, Derby's Station, Pa.; John D., of Ohio; W.
R., Berkeley county, W. Va.; O. E., McKeesport, Pa.
and M. S., of this city. Funeral at 4 o'clock,
services at Washington Square M. E. church;
interment in Rose Hill cemetery.
The information found in Mary Jane's
obituary is not as complete and not as accurate as that
of her husband simply because it was her children who
were responsible. They evidently did not get the
information from Mary Jane before she died. It
does however establish her date and location at
death. They were the parents of 7 sons and 3
daughters - Josiah Elmer, Susannah, James Watson, Rev.
John Dean, Sarah Ann, William Robert, Margaret J, Otho
E., Matthew Simpson, and George A. B. Rev. John
and Mary Jane were buried in Rose Hill Cemetery,
Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland.
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iv. | John Forsyth, Jr.,
born May 31, 1820 in Ballymageogh Townland, Kilkeel Civil
Parish, County Down, Northern Ireland; died December 07,
1858 in Richland Township, Wapello County, Iowa; married
Ellen Perry 1849 in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; born
Abt. 1826 in probably Maghereagh Townland, Kilkeel Civil
Parish, County Down, Northern Ireland; died 1900 in Ottumwa,
Wapello County, Iowa.
John was among the children on the
ship roster as John and Elizabeth and family immigrated
in May 1843. According to Fanny's history, John
married Ellen Perry in the fall of 1849. Census
entries show Ellen as born in Ireland. The
assumption at this time is that Ellen is a sister of
Sarah, wife of James, and that her birth location is the
same as for Sarah. Unlike with James, no record
has been found of John and Ellen arriving together in
America. That would seem to suggest that they got
married in America. The only Ellen Perry I have
found arriving in America and fitting the known facts is
a 23 year old female, native of Ireland, arriving from
Liverpool in the port of New York June 28, 1848 aboard
the ship Sarah Sands (Ancestry.com "Famine Irish Entry
Project, 1846-1851", Washington, D.C.; Nationial
Archives and Records Administration). This
individual traveled by steerage with plans to stay in
America. Her age of 23 places her birth date circa
1825, which is consistent with the census records.
The one item I have not been able to reconcile yet is
the occupation stated for her of chemist. This
evidently does not have the same professional meaning we
would apply to it now since she traveled in
steerage. It could be as simple as being a worker
in an apothecary.
John and Ellen appear twice in the
1850 census - first John and Ellen, both with the
surname of Forsythe, appear with his parents in
Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
(page 334B on October 31) and secondly John Forsyth and
Ellen Peary are enumerated living with the James Forsyth
family in Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County,
Pennsylvania (page 206A, September 27). This could
mean the census enumerator simply made a mistake for the
Elizabeth Township listing, and John and Ellen were
married in the fall of 1849 as Fanny said. Or it
could be that Fanny was wrong about this recollection as
she was with some of the others. It is possible
Ellen came to this country to live with Sarah and that
she married John in October 1850. I am leaving the
marriage data at 1849, assuming the former explanation,
but leaving the door open for the latter explanation.
John and Ellen moved to Wapello
County with the rest of the family in 1851. On
September 29, 1852 John purchased from John Kirkpatrick
the NE 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Section 18 (40 acres, Deed Book
F, page 417). I am not sure how much he worked the
farm as his 1856 State of Iowa census entry (Richland
Township, page 359) gave his occupation as shoe maker,
not farmer. He died very young, but he evidently
saw it coming as he wrote a will dated November 20, 1858
and then died 17 days later. Since this date
predates mandatory death reporting and the newspaper for
that time was found on microfilm but there was no
obituary found, it is unknown whether it was the result
of an accident or natural causes. He and Ellen had
four sons and they were named in the will - John, James,
Henry Kish and George McCullough. His will was
witnessed by George Forsyth and David McCollough
McCullough will factor into this family in the Thompson
narrative also.
Ellen appeared in the 1860 Richland
Township census (page 650) as Elenor Forsyth, along with
her four sons. In 1862 she married William James
Sinnamon, a native of County Armaugh, Northern
Ireland. He was much younger, being born in 1844,
and immigrated in 1857 with his parents and located in
Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa. Three of the
Forsyth sons are living with William and Ellen in the
1870 1st Ward Ottumwa, Wapello County census (page 170)
with James living in Richland Township as a laborer on
the Alex Simpson farm (page 265). By 1880 all four
Forsyth sons have moved to Cass County, Iowa to be with
the George Forsyth clan. Even though William was
younger, he preceded Ellen in death by nearly 7 years,
dying October 13, 1893 and she in May 1900. She
and William had two daughters, and Ellen was buried with
William in the Ottumwa Cemetery. It is assumed
John was buried in Westview Cemetery, Richland Township.
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v. | William Forsyth,
born October 16, 1822 in Ballymageogh Townland, Kilkeel
Civil Parish, County Down, Northern Ireland; died May 16,
1869 in Marion Township, Davis County, Iowa; married Mary
Ann/Polly Forsythe 1849 in probably Westmoreland County,
Pennsylvania; born Abt. January 1812 in possibly Elizabeth
Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; died Aft. 1900.
William was among the children on
the ship roster as John and Elizabeth and family
immigrated in May 1843. William was also among the
chilren listed in John's will who were to receive one
dollar on the expiration of one year after John's
death. William appears in the 1850 South
Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
(page 286) census with wife Mary and 8 month old
daughter Elizabeth. His wife is Mary Ann Forsythe,
daughter of Thomas Forsythe originally of Fayette
County, Pennsylvania and also appearing in the 1850
South Huntingdon Township census (page 281). The
Thomas Forsythe family was in Rostraver Township,
Westmoreland County in the 1840 census and may have been
there when the John Forsyth family arrived. That
could be how William and Mary Ann met.
When the John Forsyth family
migrated to Iowa in 1851, William and Mary Ann did not
join them at that time. They did follow some time
later. In the 1856 State of Iowa Marion Township,
Davis County, Iowa census William, Mary Ann and
Elizabeth are found on page 454. In that census
William is identified as having been in the state 3
years - in other words, since 1853. On the other
hand, Mary Ann and Elizabeth are shown as haveing been
in the state only 2 years. Could William have
received word of John's failing health and traveled to
see him? The 1854 State of Iowa census for
Richland Township, Wapello County (page 1) have William
with 2 males and 2 females. This is likely not
another child for William and Mary Ann, but rather a boy
who shows in the 1856 census as living with them and
also a resident of the state for 2 years. In the
1856 Marion Township census Sylvanes McGinity, age 10
and born in Pennsylvania, is living with them. It
is not known who Sylvanes is and why he is living with
William and Mary Ann. More information appears
under Mary Ann Forsythe in the next family below.
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vi. | George Forsyth,
born April 16, 1825 in Ballymageogh Townland, Kilkeel Civil
Parish, County Down, Northern Ireland; died July 26, 1902 in
Griswold, Cass County, Iowa; married Rachel Edgar March 22,
1855 in Wapello County, Iowa; born August 31, 1835 in Ohio;
died December 16, 1903 in Griswold, Cass County, Iowa.
George was among the children on the
ship roster as John and Elizabeth and family immigrated
in May 1843. In John's will George was one of what
might be considered two favorite sons, to wit "To my son
George the farm whereon I now reside containing one
hundred and twenty acres (120) together with the SW 1/4
of the SE 1/4 of Lot ten (10) Section Sixteen (16)
Township No. 73 Seventy three of Range fourteen (14)
West..." Additionally he and Archibald were to pay
sister Fanny the sum of fifty dollars each one year
after John's death and to support Fanny in sickness and
in health as long as she remained single. George
and David McCullough were named Executors of his estate.
George married Rachel Edgar March
22, 1855 in Wapello County. Rachel moved to Iowa
quite some time before George. Rachel is shown as
the daughter of James Edgar in the 1850 census for
District 13 (Richland Township had not been created
yet), Wapello County, Iowa (page 451A). In the
1856 State of Iowa Richland Township, Wapello County
census (page 367) George and Rachel are at home with
their 1 year old son and George's mother
Elizabeth. Rachel is shown as having lived in Iowa
for ten years while the James Edgar household (page 379)
states they had been in Iowa 14 years. That would
have placed her here when Iowa was still a territory and
was living here when Iowa became a state in 1846.
George remained loyal to John's will and took care of
his mother for the remainder of her life - 1860 Richland
Township, page 630 and Elizabeth is age 74 in this
census; 1870 Richland Township, page 256B and Elizabeth
is age 80 in this census.
George and family are in Richland
Township yet in the 1880 census (page 27C, June 4
enumeration) and in the 1885 State of Iowa census George
and family are in Pleasant Township, Cass County,
Iowa. This seems to corroborate a George Forsyth
biography from the book "Cass County Iowa", 1980 by Cass
County--1980 History, Inc. which atates, "George and
Rachel Forsyth were among the early residents in
Pleasant Township; moving here from Wapello County, Iowa
in the summer of 1881...In late summer of 1881, Mr.
Forsyth bought a farm in Section 24 of Pleasant
Township." George was a farmer all his life,
retiring to Griswold in Cass County in May 1900.
The 1900 census, page 191B, shows George and Rachel
living with son Samuel Forsythe and the household also
has Jennie L. Wilfong age 19 and identified as
niece. Since Samuel is the head of household it
would be his niece, and is the daughter of Samuel's
sister Anna Elizabeth. The "Cass County Iowa" also
identifies Rachel's birth date as August 31, 1833,
however all census records, except for the 1900 census,
were pretty consistent in identifying 1835 to 1836 as
the correct year range. I have assumed the person
reporting the birth date knew the month and day, but got
the year wrong. The 1902 Directory of the Town of
Griswold, Cass County shows George Forsythe, retired
farmer, and a count of 3 in the family. Since
Samuel is not identified in this directory, he could be
the third individual in the household.
As written in his obituary in the
July 30, 1902 issue of "The Griswold American"
newspaper, "Mr. Forsyth was in his usual health on the
morning of his death, ate a hearty breakfast, and
started to the post office as was his usual custom and
had proceeded about a hundred yards, when from all
indications he felt that his strength was failing, and
turned around to return home. When within some
thirty yards of his residence he fell dead...and Uncle
George has passed to his reward." The obituary
also identified him as "one of the most earnest members
of the Presbyterian church." One of his children
was named John Calvin, which belies a Presbyterian
faith. In 1893 the Presbyterian Church was built
near Griswold and one mile north of the Methodist
Church. The land was donated by Mr. and Mrs. John
Forsyth.
George evidently spoke openly and
fervently to instill pride in the family's immigration
and new beginning. It is from this branch of the
family where the story of James' migration to this
country resulted from him striking an English Lord's
horse with a stone. This story has not appeared in
any articles or obituaries of the other Forsyth family
members that has been found to this point. This
story is retold at the bottom of the group sheet page,
and is retold in the "Cass County Iowa" book from
above. That same book speaks of the Forsyth
Reunion Association formed by this branch in 1904 after
the passing of George and Rachel. The first
reunion was held on August 23, 1904 on the John Forsyth
east of Griswold, and when this book was published in
1980 the 76th reunion was planned for August 19 in
Griswold. George and Rachel are buried in Oakwood
Cemetery in Lewis, Cass County, Iowa. They had 10
children, 3 girls and 7 boys.
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65 | vii. | Eliza Forsyth, born
March 10, 1827 in Ballymageogh Townland, Kilkeel Civil
Parish, County Down, Northern Ireland; died June 10, 1866 in
Richland Township, Wapello County, Iowa; married Joseph
Morrison Abt. 1851 in possibly Allegheny County,
Pennsylvania.
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viii. | Thompson Forsyth,
born October 28, 1828 in Ballymageogh Townland, Kilkeel
Civil Parish, County Down, Northern Ireland; died July 10,
1900 near Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa; married Sarah
McKinley March 08, 1859 in Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa;
born December 24, 1832 in Elizabeth Township, Allegheny
County, Pennsylvania; died June 23, 1915 near Oskaloosa,
Mahaska County, Iowa.
Thompson appears to have received
his given name from the maiden name of his maternal
grandmother.
He appears in the 1860 Oskaloosa
Township, Mahaska County, Iowa census, page 301, with
wife Sarah and daughter Eva age 9 months. On March
8, 1859 Thompson married Sarah Mary McKinley in
Oskaloosa Township, Mahaska County. Sarah was the
daughter of William McKinley, Jr. and Martha Margaret
McCullough and was born in Elizabeth Township, Allegheny
County, Pennsylvania December 24, 1832. This
McKinley family lived in Allegheny County from at least
1820 until they moved to Oskaloosa Township in 1851, the
same year the Forsyth and McCullough families moved to
Wapello County. William McKinley, Jr. is brother
of Elizabeth McKinley Forsyth, making Thompson and Sarah
1st cousins.
The War of 1812 pension papers of
Sarah's father states he applied for and received a land
warrant for 120 acres which he in turn assigned on May
7, 1857 to Thompson Forsyth of Franklin County, Kansas
and that Thompson patented the land on June 15,
1860. This implies that Thompson was living in
Kansas in 1857. The Bureau of Land Management
General Land Office records found online confirms this
information in land patent accession number
MW-0410-134. The patent was filed at the
Lecompton, Kansas land office and stated that "Warrant
No. 54274 for 120 acres in favor of William McKinley who
served in the name of William McKinley Corporal Captain
Scotts Company Pennsylvania Militia War 1812" and which
was "located upon the Lot numbered four of Section
twenty five in Township Seventeen of Range twenty" in
Franklin County. It in fact contained 132.32
acres. The further states "...the Said warrant
having been assigned by the Said William McKinley to
Thompson Forsyth in whose favor Said tract has been
located." As with all these federal land patents,
nothing is as slow as the federal government. The
warrant was approved and filed with a June 15, 1860
date. By that time Thompson had given up the idea
of farming in Kansas and had married Sarah and set up
residence in Iowa.
There is a familial bond between the
Forsyth family and the McKinley family. There is
at least a friendship bond between the McKinley family
and the McCullough family with John McCullough serving
as the sponsor for the William McKinley Sr. family in
Maryland. Also there was a familial bond as
Sarah's mother as the daughter of the aforementioned
John McCullough. That bond continued with the migration
to Iowa and after. The McKinleys settled in
Mahaska County, and the Forsyths and McCulloughs settled
in neighboring Wapello County, near Kirkville.
David McCullough is son of John and Sarah McCullough,
brother of Martha Margaret McCullough McKinley, and
uncle of Sarah Mary McKinley Forsyth. David
McCullough, along with son George Forsyth, were named
executors of John Forsyth Sr.'s will. David's son,
Samuel McCullough was one of two witnesses to the
codicil of John Sr.'s will. David McCullough and
George Forsyth were also witnesses to John Forsyth,
Jr.'s will. Also, John and Ellen Perry Forsyth had
a son named George McCullough Forsyth and George and
Rachel Edgar Forsyth had a son they named Samuel
McCullough Forsyth. I suspect if we could pursue
the Irish records back into the 1700's we would find
more familial relationships among all three family
lines.
There are a couple of loose ends I
would like to tie together. For example in the
1850 Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County,
Pennsylvania census, page 339A, there is a John McKinley
family living next to the David McCullough family.
John is 50 and born in Ireland and Hannah is 48 and born
in Maryland with daughter (or granddaughter) Sarah, age
7. Ireland and Maryland are both locations common
to our known McKinley family and the McCullough
family. Six years later this family is in the 1856
Richland Township, Wapello County, Iowa census, page
368, and now John is 64 and born in Maryland, Hannah is
54 and born in Maryland, and Sarah is 15 and born in
Pennsylvania. They are two households from the
George and Rachel Edgar Forsyth family. This
census says they have been in the state 5 years, so they
likely migrated with the Forsyth, McKinley, and
McCullough families in 1851. Then in 1860 Wapello
County census, page 630, the family is 3 households from
the David McCullough family, and they have a 5 year old
Sarah S. McCullough, born in Indiana, living with
them. Who is this McKinley family and who is Sarah
S. McCullough and are they related to our McKinley and
McCullough families?
As above, Thompson and Sarah married
in 1859 and are found in the 1860 Oskaloosa Township
census with 9 month old daughter Eva. In 1870
Thompson and Sarah are found in Richland Township,
Wapello County (page 255A) with post office Kirkville
and their family is as complete as it is going to get
with two daughters at home, daughter Mary Viola, age 6,
being new addition. This location placed them near
Forsyth and McCullough families. By 1880 they are
found back in Mahaska County in East Oskaloosa Township,
page 376A. In the 1900 census Thompson, Sarah and
their two unmarried daughters are in Spring Creek
Township, Mahaska County, page 323A, and they are living
next to 3 of Sarah's single siblings, David, Archibald
and Hannah McKinley. Thompson was a farmer all his
working life, but by the 1900 census he was
retired. In fact he may have been near death at
the time of the census. The census states it was
taken on July 11, and Thompson's obituary states he died
July 10. The obituary, from the July 19, 1900
issue of the Oskaloosa Weekly Herald newspaper states,
"For several years his health has been on the decline,
and the past winter he has been almost entirely confined
at home." His funeral service was held at the
First Presbyterian church "with which the deceased was
for many years a member." It was Sarah's obituary
in the July 1, 1915 issue of the Oskaloosa Weekly Herald
that confirmed her birth place as "Elizabeth,
Pennsylvania." It was her death register entry
that confirmed her father as William McKinley and her
mother as Margaret McCullough. They are buried in
Forest Cemetery in Oskaloosa.
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ix. | Fanny Forsyth, born
July 27, 1831 in Ballymageogh Townland, Kilkeel Civil
Parish, County Down, Northern Ireland; died February 18,
1905 in daughter Frances' home near Griswold, likely Wright
Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa; married Samuel Hayden
March 04, 1855 in Wapello County, Iowa; born April 7, 1833
in Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania;
died April 1, 1908 in Silver Star, Madison County, Montana.
Frances (Fanny) may have known her
husband-to-be from her days in Rostraver Township,
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. From the 1850
Rostraver Township census, page 321B, Samuel, age 17 and
a farmer, is at home with his parents. On March 4,
1855 he marries Fanny in Wapello County. The 1856
State of Iowa census for Richland Township, page 391,
shows Samuel, now age 25 and a farmer, and Frances, also
age 25, and Samuel is identified as having lived in Iowa
1 year. It would appear he came to Wapello county
with the express purpose of marrying Fanny. They
are found in the 1860 Richland Township census (page
653) with 3 young children. By 1870 Frances is
found in Richland Township (page 271) without Samuel,
and with 5 children, the youngest being 5 years
old. Samuel is nowhere to be found until he shows
up in the 1880 Montana census (page 32) Silver Star in
Madison County. He is living alone, but identified
with a tick mark in the married column and is a quartz
miner. At this time Fanny is enumerated in
Kirkville, Richland Township (page 36A) as Francis (sic)
Haden (sic) with her last child, daughter Frank (sic) B.
(Frances Belle) still at home and attending school. He
is enumerated as Samual Hadin in the 1900 Rochester,
Madison County, Montana census (295B) where he is shown
as age 67, born Apr 1833, an ore miner and married 45
years. It is unknown whether he has been sending
money back to his family in Iowa. Why did they not
come back together as a family? He must not have
been entirely estranged from his family. Samuel's
obituary appeared in the April 10, 1908 issue of the
Monitor newspaper of Madison County, Montana. "He
located near Silver Star, and for a number of years was
engaged in ranching and livestock raising. He also
was interested in mining at different times in the
Silver Star district. During recent years he
became enfeebled in health and disposed of most of his
property. He is survived by his daughter of
Lakeview and a son, A.H. Hayden, of Silver Star."
What about his other children? There obviously was
some estrangement involved.
Fanny's obituary appears in The
Griswold Gleaner newspaper issue of February 24,
1905. There it states at the early age of nine she
was formally received into the Presbyterian church of
Ireland. After she moved to Iowa she united with
the Methodist Episcopal church. The obituary also
stated that for the past twenty years she had been
making her home with her children, spending a good part
of the time with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Morford. In 1900 she is found living
with her son William H. in Wenatchee Precinct, Chelan
County, Washington, page 38B. Both are shown as
widowed, even though Samuel is alive and living in
Montana. In the 1900 census the Frank S. Morford
family is found in Wright Township, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa (page 51). This county is immediately
to the west of Cass County, and Wright Township is along
the eastern border of Pottawattamie County and bordering
Cass County at a point where Griswold is practically
touching the southeast corner of Wright Township.
In 1910 The Frank Morford family is found in Griswold,
Cass County, Iowa (page 175) where Frank is manager of a
feed shed. It is not known where they were living
in 1905 when Fanny died, but it is assumed they were
still in Wright Township since Fanny's obituary starts
off "When the news was telephoned into
Griswold..." This would seem to indicate they were
not living in the town of Griswold, thus were likely
still in the Wright Township area.
According to the obituary, "A brief
funeral service was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Morford Monday afternoon at two oclock conducted
by Rev. A. R. Miller, after which the remains were
brought to Griswold from which place they were conveyed
to Kirkville, Iowa, where the regular funeral services
were held Tuesday and interment made." Thus the
first Forsyth Family Reunion, where Fanny presented the
Forsyth family history, was also her last. She was
laid to rest in Westview Cemetery in Kirkville, Richland
Township. She and Samuel had 5 children, 2 sons
and 3 daughters.
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x. | Archibald Forsyth,
born June 04, 1833 in Ballymageogh Townland, Kilkeel Civil
Parish, County Down, Northern Ireland; died April 15, 1922
in Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa; married Mary
Nunemaker/Nunnemaker September 7, 1854 in Hocking County,
Ohio; born August 1, 1831 in possibly Perry County, Ohio;
died February 19, 1921 in Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa.
Archibald was the other apparent
favored son of John as one reads John's will - "To my
Son Archibald Lot No. 5 SE 1/4 of NW 1/4, Lot No. 7 NW
1/4 of the SE 1/4 Lot No. 8 NE 1/4 of SW 1/4 and Lot No.
11 SE 1/4 SW 1/4 of Section No. Sixteen (16) Township
No. 73, Seventy three, N. of Range fourteen (14) -
together with the priviledge (sic) of taking the timber
off one half of the timber land belonging to the farm
whereon I now reside in." He and George inherited
the land, Fanny received fifty dollars and was to be
taken care of by George and Archibald until she married,
and all others received one dollar. That seems to
be very favored, but then we do not know what the others
received in the way of help as they came of age.
Archibald did not seem to care much about the land
because after he got back from Ohio he began selling off
the property - Archibald and George Forsyth to J. S.
& W. T. Major on June 29, 1857 E 1/2 of SW 1/4 and
SW 1/4 of SW 1/4 of Section 16, Township 73, Range 14N
(Wapello County Deed Book J, page 513) and Archibald to
Otho B. Kent on March 25, 1859 SE 1/4 of NW 1/4 of
Section 16, Township 73, Range 14N (Wapello County Deed
Book K, page 569). The following shows he was more
interested in other activities instead of farming.
On September 7, 1854 he wed Mary
Nunemaker/Nunnemaker in Hocking County, Ohio. How
is it he happened to go to Ohio to marry? Mary was
born in possibly Perry County, Ohio to Peter Nunemaker
and Catherine Hammer. She was fifth born of 13
children to Peter and Catherine. Their first born,
Sarah, married Dewitt Bennett in Hocking County December
30, 1841. That name may seem familiar as Dewitt
was a witness to John Sr.'s will. The second born
child, Elizabeth, married John Sinif in Hocking County
March 2, 1846. Examination of the 1850 District
13, Wapello County, Iowa census, page 451A shows family
410 as Dewitt and Sarah Bennett and family, and living
with them is John and Elizabeth Sinif and
daughter. Family 411 is the James Edgar family,
including Rachel, the wife-to-be of George
Forsyth. Thus the Dewitt Bennett and John Sinif
families were there to greet the Forsyths when they
arrived in 1851. It could be that Archibald met
Mary when she visited her siblings in Iowa, or it could
be that he travelled to Ohio based on input from Sarah
and Elizabeth. Either way, it appears the trip to
Ohio was specifically to marry Mary since they are back
in Iowa for the 1856 State of Iowa census (Richland
Township, Wapello County, family 56, page 375) where
Archibald is shown as a farmer, Mary is shown as having
been in Iowa 1 year, and they have their first child,
Noah.
By 1860 they have added two more
children, and now Archibald's occupation is shown as
Miller (Richland Township, Wapello County, page
633A). By 1865 they have moved back to Ohio
according to the 1870 York Township, Athens County, Ohio
census (page 279B) where Archibald is shown again as a
farmer and daughter Margaret, age 5, is shown as having
been born in Ohio. At this point Archibald and
Mary have 7 children. In 1880 Archibald and Mary
are still in Ohio, but this time in Ward Township,
Hocking County (page 165A) and Archibald has changed
occupations to coal miner and son Noah is also shown as
a coal miner. They have 11 boarders staying in the
same residence. They may be living in a coal
company facility. For some reason, Archibald and
Mary return to Iowa. Perhaps it was that Mary's
parents were both dead. In 1900 they are shown in
3rd Ward Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa (page 189A) and
Archibald is still shown as a coal miner, at age 67, and
Mary stated she had birthed 10 children with 7 still
living. Noah and family are also found in 1900
Oskaloosa and he is still listed as a coal miner
also. Assuming they moved together, it would
appear they moved from Ohio about 1897 based on where
and when Noah's children were born. Archibald and
Mary live out their lives in Oskaloosa, appearing in the
1910 census (page 94A) as retired and in the 1920 census
(page 148B) living with their daughter and son-in-law,
Adaline and Will Stump. Archibald's obituary from
the April 22, 1922 issue of The Saturday Globe newspaper
(Oskaloosa) states, "Deceased has been in a gradual
decline incidental to old age for almost a year, but not
until this week had his condition occasioned
uneasiness." They are buried in Forest Cemetery in
Oskaloosa.
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132. Thomas Forsythe, Jr., born
December 23, 1791 in Tyrone Township, Fayette County,
Pennsylvania; died January 18, 1872 in Davis County, Iowa.
He was the son of 264. Thomas Forsythe, Sr.
and 265. Nancy Parker.
He married 133. Elizabeth ?
March 29, 1811 in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Notes for
Thomas Forsythe, Jr.:
There is no known link at this time
between this Forsythe family and the John and
Elizabeth McKinley Forsyth family above, other than
through the marriage of William Forsyth of the above
family and Mary Ann Forsythe of this family.
After his father died, Thomas, Jr. appeared to become
rather restless. He is found in Tyrone Township,
Fayette County, Pennsylvania in the 1810 census (page
235). Although he comes of age in 1812, he is
not found in the Tyrone Township tax lists until the
tax years 1817, 1818 and 1819 (FHL film #1449318 -
Fayette County, Pennsylvania Tax records of Tyrone
Township, 1785-1855) and then disappears from the tax
list again after those dates. His entries
identify him as a laborer, and a renter rather than
land owner. Each of the three years he is shown
on a rented 40 acres with the 1818 entry showing him
with a grist mill. In 1820 he and family are
found in Pleasant Township, Brown County, Ohio (page
383) where his brother John moved, probably
immediately after his father's death. In 1830,
it appears he and family are located in Elizabeth
Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (page
196). In this census there is no son enumerated
the age of John, but at age 17 it is possible he was
apprenticed out to learn a trade (in the 1850 census,
John is shown with occupation of potter). In
1840 Thomas and his family are found in the next
county to the east, Rostraver Township, Westmoreland
County, Pennsylvania (page 264). It appears that
son John is living with them, along with his wife and
young daughter Eliza Jane. In 1850 Thomas, Jr.
and John are found in neighboring households in South
Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
(281A) where Thomas is identified as a farmer with
real estate valued at $500.
The grave of Thomas, Jr. has a star
identifying him as a veteran of the War of 1812.
It is very possible the listing found in the
Pennsylvania Archives Series 6, Volume VII, Chapter:
Miscellaneous Rolls, Fifteenth Division 1812-1814,
page 790 contains Thomas in the roster. Private
Thos. Forsythe is among the returns of the "First
Rifle Company Attached 125th Regt. Who Volunteered
Their Service." The unit consisted of 42
privates guided by Captain James Scott, Lieutenant
John Cochran, and Ensign Petter Beddsworth. A
footnote to the listing stated "30 of the above Roll
in uniform and Armed with Rifles &
Tomahawks." This association is confirmed by
Thomas' War of 1812 pension application which
identifies him as serving in James Scott's Company of
the Pennsylvania Militia (pension application No.
24379). A number of the members of the company
had names found only in the Elizabeth Township,
Allegheny County neighborhood in the 1810 Pennsylvania
census, including Henry Bruce, Jesse Waddle, Arther
Mullen, Zadock Wilson, Hugh Drennon, John Pangburn,
Aaron Applegate and Petter Beddsworth. This also
is confirmed by his pension application where he
states "... volunteered that he entered the Serves at
Rounhill Alleghania Pa on the Twelth day of September
A.D. 1812 for the term of Six Months ..."
Richard T. Wiley, in his book "Elizabeth and Her
Neighbors", 1936, republished by Closson Press,
Apollo, Pennsylvania wrote:
Thomas' pension application and this
quote from "Elizabeth and Her Neighbors" clearly shows
Thomas present in Elizabeth Township, Allegheny
County, Pennsylvania at the time of his
enlistment. His pension application also states
he married Elizabeth March 29, 1811 in Allegheny
County, Pennsylvania, but unfortunately does not give
her maiden name. This explains why the family
appears again in Elizabeth Township in the 1830 census
as most likely Elizabeth's family is still living
there at the time. In 1840 they are found in
Rostraver Township of Westmoreland County. But
the east border of Elizabeth Township shares the
western border of Rostraver Township, so they did not
move far. By Black Hawk, I am certain the author
in the above article meant Black Rock. Thomas,
in his pension application, does state "... and Capt
the Serves at black rock in the State of New York
..." Given a couple of names, Tannehill and
Smyth, as well as the location in the pension
application it was possible to find some information
from various sources, sometimes with different points
of view:
While previous acts of Congress had
made bounty land warrants available to veterans of
this war, the first act that extended to those of
Thomas' rank and term of service was approved
September 28, 1850. While living in Westmoreland
County, Pennsylvania Thomas applied for and received
bounty land voucher number 48124 issued March 16,
1852. Thomas had applied for an 80 acre voucher,
but the Auditor approved only 40 acres, stating the he
had served "a period that would only entitle him to 40
acres." Again on March 3, 1855 Congress approved
an additional offering of bounty lands to those
engaged in the military service of the United States,
which included volunteers, rangers, or militia, and
included those who served in the War of 1812.
Thomas once again applied for a bounty warrant and
received warrant number 90792 on November 11, 1856
from his home in Davis County, Iowa. This new
act of Congress allowed for more generous conditions
and thus Thomas was awarded 120 acres, bringing his
total awards to the maximum 160 acres. The
warrants were valid for lands set aside in Arkansas,
Missouri and Illinois. Since Thomas did not live
in any of those locations, it must be assumed he
assigned his rights to someone else, which he confirms
in his pension application. On April 19, 1872 he
was awarded a pension of $8 per month effective
retroactive to the date of the pension act, February
14, 1871. There is no documentation in the file
as to how the payments were handled as Thomas had died
January 18, 1872 and his wife had died May 21,
1865. It is possible the amount that would have
accrued from February 14, 1871 until his death the
following January 18 was paid to his surviving son,
John, and daughter, Mary Ann.
The other thing this service in the War
of 1812 shows us is that Thomas, Jr. was on the move
shortly after his enumeration in the 1810 census to
have married Elizabeth in Allegheny County in 1811 and
shown up in the Elizabeth Township militia
company. It is possible his appearance in the
1817, 1818 and 1819 Tyrone Township tax lists indicate
he returned to Tyrone Township, Fayette County because
his mother's health was poor. His appearance in
the 1820 Brown County, Ohio census likely tells us
that his mother has died, and he has chosen to move on
with brother John (mother Nancy's narrative gives
another reason for considering this
possibility). Possibly John came back to say
goodbye to his mother and Thomas and family went back
to Ohio with him? Also, his "return" to the
Elizabeth Township and neighboring Rostraver Township
areas in the 1830 and 1840 censuses is understandable
and may have been because his wife's family still
lived there.
After their appearance in the 1850
census, they are next found in Marion Township, Davis
County, Iowa in the 1856 census (page 451) where
Thomas and Elizabeth along with John and his family
are all living in the same household. In the
1856 special Iowa census (10 years after becoming a
state), Davis County, William Forsyth (the one that
married Thomas, Jr.'s daughter Polly/Mary Ann) states
he has been in the state 3 years (1853), while wife
Mary Ann and daughter Elizabeth state they have been
in the state 2 years (1854). On the previous
page of this census Thomas, Jr. and John and families
are all living together and state they have all been
in the state 1 year (1855). It appears William
went ahead and paved the way. They had probably
received word from his family who moved to neighboring
Wapello County in 1851 about the productivity of the
land and he decided to blaze the way for Thomas'
family. William appears in the 1854 State of
Iowa census Richland Township, Wapello County, page 1,
along with the rest of his family. Where
William's family lived (Richland Twp) and where
Thomas' family and William/Polly settled (Marion Twp)
are neighboring counties with the two family locations
about 25 miles apart. William did not start
buying Davis County property until 1855, probably
because Thomas and John went ahead and bought 160
acres of Marion Township, Davis County property,
perhaps on his word that the move to Iowa was worth
it. I am sure that it did not hurt that Thomas'
brother John was in neighboring Appanoose County and
probably writing back about its worthiness. On 5
August 1854 a deed was recorded in Westmoreland County
where Thomas and John jointly paid $640 to Daniel W.
and Mary Frick, also of Westmoreland County, for
property in Marion Township, Davis County, Iowa.
This was not entered in the Davis County records until
28 January 1887. John had started disbursing his
land in 40 acre chunks and one 80 acre plot to his 4
surviving daughters, and evidently ran into trouble
verifying ownership, so he had the county of
Westmoreland verify in writing to Davis county his
ownership. Thomas, Jr., Elizabeth, John and Mary
Ann lived out their lives in Marion Township, Davis
County, Iowa.
133. Elizabeth ?, born August 25,
1797 in New Jersey; died May 21, 1865 in Marion Township,
Davis County, Iowa.
Notes for
Elizabeth ?:
Elizabeth's last name is
unknown. As quoted in the book "The Pioneer
Forsythes of Fayette County, Pennsylvania and Their
Descendants" by Glenn Luther Forsythe, "She was born
in New York or New Jersey in 1797. He may have
met her while serving in the war of 1812 as there were
no families from New York or New Jersey in the
area. The couple stayed in Fayette County and
probably farmed until 1855 when they moved west with
their whole family. They settled in Davis
County, Iowa."
He was correct about Elizabeth being
born in 1797. They did move to Davis County,
Iowa, but in stages as discussed in the notes for
Thomas, Jr. above, and they certainly did not stay in
Fayette County until 1855. In all censuses where
birth location is identified and where Elizabeth could
provide input (1850, 1856 and 1860) she is identified
as being born in New Jersey. To say that there
were no families from New Jersey in the area is
extremely misleading. It may not lead me to who
Elizabeth was because the source documentation just
does not seem to be readily available, but there was a
plethera of New Jersey immigrants in the Fayette
County area to choose from, although I have not found
one with an Elizabeth of the right age yet. Some
examples are Reuben Skinner, George Sleasman, Benjamin
Phillips, Jonathan Hill, William Barton (born 1795 -
of age to be her brother) and his parents, Ephraim
Vansickle, Hope Shotwell, Thomas Herbert, Henry Lane,
Joseph Page, Samuel and Beulah Taylor Brown family to
name the few I have found so far. Also, since
Thomas seemed to be on the move after the 1810 census,
I checked Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County and
found in Richard T. Wiley's "Elizabeth and Her
Neighbors" reference to an area called the Jersey
Settlement. "Starting in about 1766 a seemingly
large number of folks from Monmouth County, New Jersy
migrated to what is today Elizabeth, Pennsylvania
(south of Pittsburgh, in the 'tip' of the
county)." At that time this area was then part
of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and jointly claimed
by Virginia as Yohogania County within the District of
West Augusta. Some of the New Jersey immigrant
family names in the Jersey Settlement included
Applegate (found in the roster of the Rifle Militia
Company Thomas enlisted in), Wall, Dey/Dye, Nunro,
Davidson, Halleday, Terry, Parker, Reed, Devore,
Miller, McClure, Rodgers, Smith, Thompson, McConnell
(also in the Rifle Company roster), Wilson (also in
the Rifle Company roster), Neiley, Dunlap, Pearce,
Warne, Pearse, Pangburn (also in the Rifle Company
roster) and more. While many of these immigrants
arrived before Elizabeth was born, it identifies many
people in the area who were from New Jersey. And
there is every expectation that this immigration
continued through the time Elizabeth could have
migrated, and beyond. With Thomas' War of 1812
pension application confirming his marriage to
Elizabeth in Allegheny County well before he entered
the service, the notion above suggested in the
Forsythe book is proven incorrect. I suspect he
met and married a girl from the Jersey Settlement
although it is possible Elizabeth was a New Jersey
girl living in Fayette County and they eloped and
married in Allegheny County.
With Elizabeth born in August 1797 she
would have been 13 when married in March 1811.
One wonders if she was self conscious about her age
after checking out some census entries. The
Thomas Forsythe family in 1820 Pleasant Township,Brown
County, Ohio, page 383 has 1 male 0 to 10 (John, age
7), 1 male 26 to 45 (Thomas, age 29), 1 female 0 to 10
(Mary Ann, age 8), and 1 female 26 to 45 (Elizabeth
would be age 23 in 1820). Assuming this is our
Thomas Forsythe, could this mean that Elizabeth gave
an infalted age, or did another person provide her
age, or does it simply mean another census taker's
error? It is hard to know for certain because if
you consider the 1830 Elizabeth Township, Allegheny
County, Pennsylvania census (page 196) then Mary Ann
is in the wrong age group. In the 1840 Rostraver
Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania census
(page 264) again it is Elizabeth who is in the wrong
age group and in the 1850 South Huntingdon Township,
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania census (page 281A),
where Elizabeth is named and a defined age is given,
she is 48 when she should be 53 based on her
birthdate, which is the opposite direction from
previous census entries. By the time they are
enumerated in the 1860 Marion Township, Davis County,
Iowa census (page 695) it is Elizabeth who is very
close to the correct age, and it is Thomas who has
shaved off a number of years. It is almost as if
they worked to appear to be close in age to each
other.
Thomas and Elizabeth are buried in
Glassburner Cemetery, Marion Township, Davis County,
Iowa. Thomas' headstone says died January 18,
1872, aged 80 years, 26 days and Elizabeth's headstone
says died May 21, 1865, aged 67 years, 8 months, 26
days. While it is possible they had other
children who did not survive to show up in any census
records, they only had two children that I am aware
of. They worked hard to stay close as a family
unit.
Children of Thomas Forsythe and Elizabeth ? are: |
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i. | Mary Ann Forsythe,
born Abt. January 1812 probably in Elizabeth Township,
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; died Aft. 1900 probably in
Davis County, Iowa; married William Forsyth Abt. 1848-1849
probably in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; born October
16, 1822 in Ballymageogh, Kilkeel Civil Parish, County Down,
Northern Ireland; died May 16, 1869 in Marion Township,
Davis County, Iowa.
Mary Ann/Polly Forsythe was still
single and living in the Thomas Forsythe household in
Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania in
the 1840 census (page 264). This may be how Mary
Ann and William met. William left Northern Ireland
and immigrated along with his parents and most of his
siblings in 1843, arriving in Philadelphia May 23, 1843
aboard the ship Georgiana. In 1850 William's
parents, with some children still at home, are found in
the Rostraver census, page 334. If they moved to
Rostraver Township while Thomas' family was living
there, the chances improve that William and Mary Ann may
have met there. In 1850, the South Huntingdon
Township, Westmoreland County census (page 286B) shows
William and Mary Ann with 8 month old Elizabeth L., thus
making their marriage likely circa 1848-1849 and
probably in Westmoreland County. In fact they may
be new comers to South Huntingdon Township since William
is shown with no occupation and with no value for real
estate owned.
Mary Ann is known to be alive on
January 18, 1887 when she relinquished her rights to
land inherited from Thomas' estate. "Know all men
by these presents: That I Mary Forsythe
widow & the only heir at law of Thomas Forsythe
Except the grantee herein John Forsythe of the county of
Davis and State of Iowa for the consideration of Fifty
Dollars hereby Quit Claim to John Forsythe of the County
of Davis and State of Iowa the following described real
Estate situated in Davis County and State of Iowa to-wit
All my right title and interest in and to North West
quarter of the South West quarter of Section twenty
eight (28) and the East half of the South East quarter
and the South west quarter of the South East quarter of
Section 29 Township (70) North Range 15 west containing
One Hundred and sixty acres. In witness whereof I
have set my hand this 18th day of Jany 1887" (Davis
County Deed Book 31, page 585). This is signed
with her mark and witnessed by George H. Adams (husband
of niece Sophia Lorinda Forsythe) and Happie E. Jones
(daughter of George Adams by a previous marriage).
The 1900 Drakesville, Drakesville Township, Davis
County, Iowa census (page 36) shows George H. and Sophia
L. Forsythe Adams at home and living with them is aunt
Polly Forsythe, age 88, born Jan 1812 in
Pennsylvania. This fixes her birth date as
mentioned in the notes of her mother above. It is
not known when she died, as her grave has not been
located.
As stated, William preceded Thomas
and John to Iowa, arriving in 1853. He is found in
the 1854 State of Iowa census in Richland Township,
Wapello County, page 1. He purchased land on
September 12, 1855 (Deed Book P, page 125), January 11,
1856 (Deed Book G, page 550), September 12, 1856 (Deed
Book G, page 550) and October 17, 1866 (Deed Book Q,
page 9). I have not found yet where this land was
sold. Mary Ann is shown in the 1870 Marion
Township census (page 111B) with her daughter Elizabeth
and my great grandfather Thomas Morrison (census taker
really messed up Thomas' last name). She is shown
without a husband, because he died May 16, 1869.
The WPA listing shows him buried in Glassburner
Cemetery, Marion Township, Davis County, Iowa. He
is not to be confused with William, son of John, who
also died in 1869 and is buried in Glassburner
Cemetery. This William is shown as buried in row 6
where William, son of John, is shown buried in row 5
(and died July 1869) along with his parents. A
cemetery survey done by the Davis County Historical
Society some decades later does not show this William in
its listing and neither listing shows Mary Ann.
Either his grave was moved, or they were buried in
Glassburner and the stones were such poor quality they
have not survived.
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66 | ii. | John Forsythe, born
December 11, 1813 in Tyrone Township, Fayette County,
Pennsylvania; died March 02, 1883 in Davis County, Iowa;
married Mary Ann Johnson.
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136. Robert Elder, Jr., born Abt.
1807 in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania; died Aft.
1880. He was the son of 272. Robert Elder, Sr.
and 273. Mary A. Dempsey.
He married 137. Rachel McKinnis
Bef. 1828 in Jackson County, Ohio.
137. Rachel McKinnis, born June 18,
1809 in Pennsylvania; died August 24, 1867 in Soap Creek
Township, Davis County, Iowa. She was the daughter of 274. Charles
McKinnis, Jr. and 275.
Martha Craner.
Children of Robert Elder and Rachel McKinnis are: |
68 | i. | Alexander Johnson Elder,
born June 20, 1828 in Jackson County, Ohio; died January 02,
1905 in Davis County, Iowa; married Marcia Jane Baker August
17, 1850 in Jackson County, Ohio.
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ii. | Lineas Elder, born
June 12, 1831 in Jackson County, Ohio; died Aft. 1900 in
likely Webster County, Missouri; married (1) Sarah Warren
November 16, 1854 in Jackson County, Ohio; born Abt. 1834 in
Virginia; died Abt. 1860 in Iowa; married (2) Harriet Smales
May 08, 1861 in Wapello County, Iowa; born February 05, 1841
in Coles County, Illinois; died Bef. 1900 in Missouri.
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iii. | Martha Eleanor
Elder, born September 15, 1833 in Clinton Township, Jackson
County, Ohio; died December 28, 1907 in Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio; married Joseph Oakes October 23, 1850 in
Jackson County, Ohio; born March 11, 1824 in Greene County,
Pennsylvania; died January 14, 1900 in West Junction, Vinton
County, Ohio.
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iv. | Nancy Ellen Elder,
born May 10,1836 in Clinton Township, Jackson County, Ohio;
died March 20, 1915 in Clark Township, Wright County,
Missouri; married Isaac Meredith July 30, 1857 in Wapello
County, Iowa; born Abt. 1832 in Ohio; died Bet. 1880 and
1900 in probably Missouri.
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v. | Eliza Jane Elder,
born June 1, 1841 in Clinton Township, Jackson County, Ohio;
died )ctober 14, 1915 in Jackson Township, Lucas County,
Iowa; married Joseph Ginn January 08, 1863 in Wapello
County, Iowa; born April 3, 1829 in New Jersey; died June
15, 1903 in Jackson Township, Lucas County, Iowa.
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vi. | Clarissa C. Elder,
born Abt. 1846 in Clinton Township, Jackson County, Ohio;
died February 14, 1879 in Locust Grove Township, Jefferson
County, Iowa; married John Downey September 18, 1864 in
Wapello County, Iowa; born December 25, 1836 in
Massachusetts; died September 24, 1907 in Locust Grove
Township, Jefferson County, Iowa.
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138. Benjamin Baker, born Abt. 1803
in New York; died 1869 in Jackson County, Ohio. He was the
son of 276. ? Baker. He married
139. Lucia Phinney Abt. 1829.
139. Lucia Phinney, born May 8, 1815
in New York; died November 21, 1912 in Van Buren County,
Iowa. She was the daughter of 278. Apollus Finney, Sr.
and 279. Phoebe Buck.
Children of Benjamin Baker and Lucia Phinney are: |
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i. | John Baker, born
Abt. 1833 in Pennsylvania; died Unknown.
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69 | ii. | Marcia Jane Baker,
born January 27, 1835 in Pennsylvania; died May 17, 1909 in
At Finley Maines' Home, Soap Creek Township, Davis County,
Iowa; married Alexander Johnson Elder August 17, 1850 in
Jackson County, Ohio.
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iii. | Lucy Baker, born
Abt. 1839 in Pennsylvania; died Unknown; married (1) ?
Valentine; born Unknown; died Unknown; married (2) ? Lee;
born Unknown; died Unknown.
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iv. | Joel Baker, born
Abt. 1840 in Pennsylvania; died Unknown; married Mary
Raeynish; born Unknown; died Unknown.
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v. | George Baker, born
Abt. 1844 in Pennsylvania; died Unknown.
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vi. | James Baker, born
Abt. 1844 in Pennsylvania; died Unknown.
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vii. | Martha Baker, born
Abt. 1853 in Jackson County, Ohio; died Unknown.
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viii. | George Baker, born
Abt. 1860 in Jackson County, Ohio; died Unknown.
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ix. | Elizabeth Baker,
born Unknown; died Unknown; married Abraham Byers April 21,
1846 in Jackson County, Ohio; born Unknown; died Unknown.
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x. | William Baker, born
Unknown; died Unknown.
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140. Abner Tharp, born Abt. 1807 in
South Carolina; died February 04, 1851 in Savannah, Davis
County, Iowa. He was the son of 280. Nathan Tharp, Sr.
and 281. Sarah/Sally ?. He
married 141. Sarah Moots
December 20, 1829 in Zanesfield, Jefferson Township, Logan
County, Ohio.
141. Sarah Moots, born May 12, 1811
in Zanesfield, Jefferson Township, Logan County, Ohio;
died March 08, 1905 in Ogden, Weber County, Utah. She was
the daughter of 282. Conrad Moots
and 283. Anna Elizabeth
Linksweiler.
Children of Abner Tharp and Sarah Moots are: |
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i. | Augustus Milton
Tharp, born August 28, 1830 in West Liberty, Logan County,
Ohio; died October 20, 1920 in At daughter's home in
Moulton, Appanoose County, Iowa; married Joanna Dooley April
21, 1852 in Henry Dooley's residence, Davis County, Iowa;
born November 17, 1832 in Boone County, Missouri; died May
24, 1906 in Wycondah Township, Davis County, Iowa.
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ii. | Ann Elizabeth
Tharp, born Abt. 1833 in West Liberty, Logan County, Ohio;
died 1868; married Bishop Cowgill October 01, 1848 in
Schuyler County, Missouri; born Unknown; died Unknown.
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iii. | Martha Ann Tharp,
born Abt. 1835 in West Liberty, Logan County, Ohio; died
December 07, 1881 in Saunders County, Nebraska; married (1)
Joshua Jasper Carter April 20, 1854 in Davis County, Iowa;
born Abt. 1832 in McDonough County, Illinois; died March
1870 in Toronto, Woodson County, Kansas; married (2) Greene
C. Carter 1870; born Unknown; died Unknown.
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70 | iv. | Conrad Moots Tharp,
born November 07, 1835 in West Liberty, Logan County, Ohio;
died September 11, 1926 in Daughter's home in Unionville,
Appanoose County, Iowa; married Margret Sidwell February
1858 in Davis County, Iowa.
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v. | Margarett Elizabeth
Tharp, born 1839 in West Liberty, Logan County, Ohio; died
Unknown in Wahoo, Nebraska; married (1) Thomas J. Toner Abt.
1860; born Unknown; died Bef. 1865; married (2) Henry Miller
Bef. 1872; born Abt. 1839 in Denmark; died Unknown.
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vi. | Cassander Virginia
Tharp, born 1840 in Wycondah Township, Davis County, Iowa;
died September 28, 1916 in Moulton, Appanoose County, Iowa;
married George M. Carter March 06, 1856 in Davis County,
Iowa; born 1835 in Fayette County, Illinois; died September
13, 1913 in Moulton, Appanoose County, Iowa.
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vii. | Nathan Dee Tharp,
Sr., born May 22, 1842 in Savannah, Davis County, Iowa; died
August 26, 1938 in Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska; married
(1) Arena Dabney March 11, 1864 in F. M. Dabney's residence,
Davis County, Iowa; born March 11, 1848 in Savannah, Davis
County, Iowa; died February 18, 1920 in Wahoo, Saunders
County, Nebraska; married (2) Sarah Jane Dabney July 07,
1921 in Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska; born January 22,
1854 in Savannah, Wycondah Township, Davis County, Iowa;
died September 19, 1932 in Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska.
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viii. | Nancy Ann Tharp,
born December 09, 1844 in Savannah, Davis County, Iowa; died
September 03, 1899 in Valparaiso, Saunders County, Nebraska;
married John Lewis Magee January 19, 1861 in Davis County,
Iowa; born February 12, 1841 in Macon County, Missouri; died
April 1927 in Saunders County, Nebraska.
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ix. | Sarah Frances
Tharp, born Abt. 1847 in Savannah, Davis County, Iowa; died
Unknown; married James L. Umphres September 23, 1862 in
Sarah Tharp's residence, Davis County, Iowa; born May 03,
1838 in Indiana; died January 20, 1908 in Saunders County,
Nebraska.
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x. | Lody Helen M.
Tharp, born Abt. 1849 in Savannah, Davis County, Iowa; died
February 03, 1921; married William Wilcox November 16, 1869
in Sarah Tharp's residence, Davis County, Iowa; born
February 03, 1848 in Wycondah Township, Davis County, Iowa;
died November 02, 1916 in at home, in Bloomfield, Davis
County, Iowa.
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xi. | Christena Evelyn
Tharp, born July 18, 1851 in Wycondah Township, Davis
County, Iowa; died November 21, 1924 in Ogden, Weber County,
Utah; married James Ayers Smith December 01, 1869 in Davis
County, Iowa; born August 09, 1848 in Washington Court,
Fayette County, Ohio; died Unknown.
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142. David Sidwell, Sr., born Abt.
1801 in Cumberland County, Kentucky; died Bet. 1860 - 1870
in probably Schuyler County, Missouri. He was the son of 284. William
Sidwell and 285. Mary Key. He
married 143. Mary Guthrie Bet.
1820 - 1823 in Cumberland County, Kentucky.
David is thought to be one of the sons
under age 10 in the 1810 Cumberland County, Kentucky
census for William Sidwell. The Guthries and
Sidwells resided in close proximity on Illwill
Creek. David and Mary were married between 1820
and 1823 based on the approximate birth year of their
oldest child. This family was part of the
migration to Fayette County, Illinois in 1828/1829
along with William Sidwell, Isaac Denton Sidwell,
George Guthrie families. While these families
moved to Fayette County and David's family first moved
across the county line to Shelby County. Adam
Guthrie, Mary's brother, joined David's family in
Shelby County in 1830 after marrying Mahala Sidwell,
David's sister.
David's family had moved across the
county line and were enumerated in Fayette County in
the July 3, 1835 Illinois State census.
Comparing the 1830, 1835 and 1840 censuses shows
potential children count discrepancies:
The 1830 census shows five children
- 2 boys born 1821-1825, 1 boy born 1826-1830, 1 girl
born 1821-1825, 1 girl born 1826-1830.
The 1835 census also shows five - 4 boys born
1825-1835 and 1 girl born 1815-1824. It
appears they gained one boy between the 1830 and
1835 census, but what happened to the 2 boys who had
been born 1821-1825? They also seem to have
lost one girl who had been born 1826-1830.
The 1840 census shows seven children - 3 boys
born 1826-1830, 1 boy 1831-1835, 1 girl born
1831-1835, 2 girls born 1836-1840. The boys
still do not agree with the 1820 census, but are
consistent with the 1835 census. Meanwhile,
they picked up a girl in the 1831-1835 birth range
that was not in the 1835 census along with 2 girls
born after the 1835 census, and lost one girl who
had been born 1815-1824.
The 1850 census may help sort some of this out,
but even with that it appears there are some who
were placed in the wrong age group and at least one
who disappeared.
On January 21, 1837 David purchased 40
acres of Fayette County land at $1.25 per acre with
his U.S. Land Office certificate #5970 issued on
August 10, 1838. They continued to make their
home there for a few years. It is likely his
sister Polly and husband Jesse Carpenter helped to
draw them to Davis County, Iowa. From "A Pioneer
History of Davis County, Iowa" by Federated Women;s
Clubs of the County, published by Bloomfield Democrat,
Bloomfield, Iowa, 1924, "Primitive Baptists - Most of
the adherents to this denomination, who were early
settlers in this County, came from the Southern
states...There were four early locations in the County
where meetings were held very much as other
denominations met in homes or school house. One
was near Mark, another in Fox River Township, another
in Savannah and another at Mars Hill. The first
churches of the Primitive Baptists were near Mark,
near the Atwood's in Fox River Township, and later a
Union church in Savannah...We can give the names of a
few men who, with their families, kept alive the
faith: John Hockersmith, Isaac Blakely, Isaac
Sidwell, David Sidwell, John McCullough,
Mason Atwood, Dewey Clark, Silas Coons, Thomas Coons,
Eliazer Spurgeon, Wiley Spurgeon, Hiram Morgan, James
Stogdill, Marion Hockersmith, Jacob Hockersmith, the
Monroes, Swinneys, Kinmans, Cheethams and
others." According to information from The
Primitive Baptist Library as provided by Elder Robert
Webb, David and Mary, wife of David, were members of
Oak Hill Primitive Baptist Church in Mark, Iowa.
Mark was a village in Wyacondah Township, Davis
County. This township is on the southern border
of Iowa with Missouri, which facilitated their moves
back and forth from Davis County to Schuyler County,
Missouri.
The 1845 Illinois State census is not
extant for Fayette County to check, but the family
likely did not move to Iowa until circa 1846/1847 as
their daughter Elizabeth married John David Enlow, Sr.
in Fayette County, Illinois on August 23, 1846.
The family is recorded in the 1850 Davis County, Iowa
census with 7 children, 4 sons and 3 daughters.
David and 3 sons are listed as being farmers. It
appears they were not in Iowa for the 1856 Iowa State
census, a special enumeration to honor Iowa's 10 years
as a state. The family next appears in the 1860
Fabius Township, Schuyler County, Missouri census,
with only one son left in the household. David
is again identified as a farmer, but in both the 1850
and 1860 censuses there was no response given for
value of real estate. This suggests he was a
farm laborer for someone else in the area. At
the same time a couple of children remained in Davis
County. The last time David was found in any
census was 1860, but wife Mary is found in the 1870
Green Township, Hickory County, Missouri census living
in the household of daughter and son-in-law James
Simpson Ball and Mary Sidwell Ball. David's
death date, death location and burial location are
unknown.
The 1830 Shelby County, Illinois census
shows David as age 20 thru 29 (born 1801-1810).
The 1835 Fayette County census has David as age 31
thru 40 (born 1795-1804). Combining these two
suggests his birth was ca 1801-1804. The 1850
Davis County census has him as age 49 and born in
Kentucky and the 1860 census is consistent by showing
him as age 59 and born in Kentucky. Thus I have
him as born ca 1801. The fact that he fits the
male age groupings in the 1810 Cumberland County
census for William and Mary and that he married a
Guthrie (see Mary Guthrie narrative) whose parents
migrated with the Sidwells to Fayette County, I have
made the assumption that he is son of William and Mary
Key Sidwell, I have not yet found any document
that spells out this relationship.
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143. Mary Guthrie, born Abt. 1802 in
possibly Greene County, Tennessee; died Aft. 1880 in
probably Montague County, Texas. She was the daughter of 286. George
Guthrie, Sr. and 287.
(Hannah?) ?.
Mary's maiden name was identified in
daughter Elizabeth Sidwell Enlow's Missouri death
certificate. Her parents were identified as
David Sidwell and <unknown first name>
Guthridge. The information of the death
certificates is only as good as the informant, in this
case daughter Malinda Sidwell Snodgrass. It is
apparent that Malinda was not up to speed on her
heritage for she had David's birthplace as Illinois,
she did not know Mary's first name, and she answered
"don't know" for Mary's birthplace. There were
no Gruthridge/Gruthrige families in Cumberland County,
Kentucky in 1820, but there were several Guthries, all
of the same family line. In the 1820 census
brothers Adam, James, George and Thomas are all
contained within the top 7 lines of page 157. Of
those families, only George's family has a girl
(actually 2 girls) in the 16 thru 25 age group, i.e.
born 1795-1804. Since Mary was born ca 1802, it
would appear she was George's daughter and suggests
one reason why George moved his family along with the
Sidwells to Fayette County, Illinois. One
further note on name, most trees show her as Mary Ann,
but I have not seen that name in any documents.
Therefore I have simply gone with Mary, and no middle
name or initial.
The 1830 Fayette County census places
Mary in the 20 thru 29 age group (born 1801-1810)
while the 1835 Fayette County census places her in the
31 thru 40 age group (born 1795-1804). Combining
the two suggests she was born 1801 thru 1804. In
the 1850 Davis County, Iowa census she was enumerated
as age 47 (born ca 1803) and in the 1860 Schuyler
County, Missouri census she was 58 (born ca 1802).
After David's death, Mary went to live
with her daughter and son-in-law, James Simpson and
Mary Sidwell Ball. In 1870 they were in Green
Township, Hickory County, Missouri and she was shown
as age 68 (born ca 1802). In 1880 was still with
the Ball family and they were living in Precinct 6,
Montague County, Texas where she again was shown as
born about 1802, age 78. This is the last entry
to be found for Mary Guthrie Sidwell
The final piece deals with where Mary
was born. The 1850 and 1860 censuses both have
her birthplace as Kentucky, while the 1870 and 1880
censuses both have her birthplace as Tennessee.
It is impossible to know which is correct since I do
not know who answered the questions of the enumerator
in each instance. The Guthries likely migrated
to Cumberland County a little after the Sidwells based
on the survey dates for their grants (1801 for Sidwell
and 1805 for Guthrie). For that reason I chose a
probable location of Greene County, Tennessee for her
birth location rather than Cumberland County,
Kentucky.
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i. | Lucinda Sidwell,
born Bet. 1821 - 1823 in Cumberland County, Kentucky; died
Abt. 1849 in Illinois; married Moses Beck February 6, 1840
in Fayette County, Illinois; born October 02, 1819 in
Montgomery County, Illinois; died March 06, 1904 in Nokomis,
Montgomery County, Illinois.
As outlined in David's narrative, one
girl seemed to disappear after the 1835 Illinois State
census. Although yet to be proven, I propose this
daughter is actually the Lucinda that others have been
chasing.
In the 1830 Fayette County, Illinois
census David's family includes a daughter age 5 thru 9,
born 1821-1825. In the 1835 Illinois State census
for Fayette County the family has a daughter age 11 thru
20, born 1815-1824. Combining these two suggests
this daughter was born 1821-1824.
There are 7 - 8 Beck families in the
Fayette, Shelby and Montgomery Counties area and two of
them appear to have a son in the age category compatible
with Moses. Several Beck families were active in
the Primitive Baptist Church in Fayette County, as
evidenced by Guy Beck and William Sidwell serving as
messengers to the Illinois Association for Clear Spring
Church, thus providing ample opportunity for Moses and
Lucinda to get to know each other.
There is no Moses Beck in the 1845
Illinois State census from which to look at age
categories, nor is there any entry for Moses Beck in the
1850 Illinois census. It is easy to understand why
they would not be in the 1845 State census as the only
extant districts are Cass, Putnam and Tazewell
Counties. As for the 1850 census, it is possible
Moses was still trying to recover from his loss.
What is in the 1850 census are 3 Beck
children, David age 10, Lewis age 7, and Franklin age 4,
living in the Montgomery County, Illinois household of
William and Rebecca Simpson. David's death record
says his parents were Moses Beck and Lucinda Sidwell as
does Franklin's death record. Then Moses is
recorded as marrying Emily Caroline Barlow November 06,
1851 in Montgomery County, Illinois. So Lucinda
died circa 1849 and their 3 children were being cared
for in a "foster home". Emily and Moses had six
children in their 53 years of marriage.
One parting comment on this
pairing. Mrs. Lila M. Mulford wrote in the Vol.
13, No. 3 (1984) issue of the "Fayette (Illinois) Facts"
newsletter, "Lucinda Sidwell m Moses Beck, 16 Feb.,
1840. She was supposed to be under age, but no
consent was found." This seems to seems to fit the
situation for this daughter, much more so than what
other trees have when trying to pair a daughter of
William and Mary Key Sidwell with Moses.
I hope to hear from anyone who can
prove or disprove this proposal. Until it can be
proven it remains only a very likely possibility.
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ii. | George Sidwell,
born likely Abt. 1823 in Cumberland County, Kentucky; died
Bet. 1863 - 1880; married Easter Jane Capps November 12,
1854 in Schuyler County, Missouri; born January 22, 1835 in
Missouri; died February 28, 1933 in Queen City, Schuyler
County, Missouri.
George is one of the children in the
David Sidwell household in the 1850 Davis County, Iowa
census, page 292B. He is recorded as age 25 and
born in Kentucky ca 1825. He married Easther Jane
Capps October 8, 1854 in Schuyler County,
Missouri. The marriage record said they are both
of Schuyler County, suggesting the David Sidwell family
moved there not long after the 1850 census was
taken. Easther was the spelling in the record of
marriage. On most census records she went by Jane,
but on the 1920 Prairie Township, Schuyler County
census, page 265A, she is enumerated as Easter.
Likewise when she was still at home with her parents the
1850 Schuyler County census, page 100A, lists her as
Easter J. Her Missouri death certificate #8152
also names her as Easter.
About the time of this marriage
George started a spending spree, buying up available
land in Schuyler County and neighboring Adair County:
1. George Sidwell of Schuyler County purchased 40 aces in SW 1/4 of NW 1/4 of Section 22 in Polk Township, Adair County with U.S. General Land Office patent certificate #2162 issued April 1, 1856, 2. George Sidwell of Schuyler County purchased 40 acres in SW 1/4 of NW 1/4 of Section 35 in Fabius Township, Schuyler County with U.S. General Land Office patent certificate # 9087 issued October 10, 1856. 3. George Sidwell of Schuyler County purchased 40 acres in SE 1/4 of NE 1/4 of Section 21 in Fabius Township, Schuyler County with U.S. General Land Office patent certificate #2163 issued April 1, 1857. Whatever happened, George no longer appears in possession of the Adair tract in the 1876 county plat map and the same for the two Schulyer tracts in the 1878 plat map. In the 1860 Fabius Township, Schuyler
County census George Sidwell's household is #755 and his
parents are household #754. When I stated that
father David showed no land ownership in the census
records, but his occupation was shown as farmer, that he
likely was a farm laborer. This location in the
1860 census suggests he was helping on his son's
farm. In this census George is age 37, born ca
1823. It was here on July 01, 1863 that he
registered for the draft. He declared himself 38
years old, or born ca 1825. I opted for his
estimated his birth as ca 1823 based on these various
dates and the birth of his brother William as being in
January of 1825.
I can not find the family in the 1870
census, but widow Jane along with son David Jacob and
daughter Mary E. appear in the 1880 Salt River Township,
Schuyler County, Missouri census, page 39C. Trees
show George's death date as 1883, but Jane was a widow
in 1880. Was she really a widow, or had George
left the family and she chose not to show herself as
divorced? I opted to show his death as between
1863 and 1880.
They were parents of David Jacob and
Mary E.
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iii. | William Sidwell,
born January 1825 in Cumberland County, Kentucky; died 1904
in Davis County, Iowa; married Sarah Abigail Hill July 15,
1855 in Davis County, Iowa; born February 02, 1837 in Knox
County, Illinois; died September 06, 1899 in Moulton,
Appanoose County, Iowa.
William appears in the 1850 David
Sidwell household in Wyacondah Township, Davis County,
Iowa 1850 census, page 292B. He is enumerated as
age 25, born ca 1825 in Kentucky. David's
household number was 30, and household #31 was John and
Elizabeth Enlow (William's sister), household #32 was
Joseph and Anna Carter (William's aunt), and household
#33 was Robert R. Hill (William's future in-laws).
While his parents chose to move to Schuyler County,
Missouri along with his brother George, William remained
in Davis County where he married Sarah Abigail Hill July
15, 1855 in Davis County. In the 1856 Iowa State
census William and Sarah are household #182, Sarah's
family in household #180, Sarah's brother James A. Hill
is household #181, and the Joseph and Anna Carter
(William's aunt) household is #179. In 1860
William's household is the next line after Sarah's
parents and the census shows him born ca 1828.
William shows no real estate value so the assumption is
that William is a farm laborer on his father-in-law's
farm. Robert R.Hill had acquired 160 acres
November 30. 1849.
On August 13, 1862 he, along with his
cousins David, George Washington, and Joshua Carter,
sons of Joseph and Anna Sidwell Carter, enlisted in the
Iowa Infantry and were assigned to Company F, 30th Iowa
Infantry. They were mustered in August 26,
1862. William survived the war and was mustered
out June 5, 1865 in Washington, D.C. Cousin David
Carter died of disease October 15, 1862 in Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa. Cousin George Washington Carter was
discharged for disability April 29, 1863. And
cousin Joshua Carter deserted November 26, 1863 on
Island No. 14, Mississippi River. On May 22, 1880
William made application #372362 for pension and
received pension certificate #294290.
Upon his return after the war he
resumed work as a farm laborer in Wyacondah Township,
Davis County. Then by 1885 they have moved to
neighboring West Grove Township in Davis County.
And in 1895 they appear in neighboring Appanoose County,
Iowa. The Iowa State census of that year shows him
born ca 1838 and Sarah born ca 1836. This census
asked for their religious affiliation and William
answered that he had retained his Baptist
affiliation. Sarah also responded Baptist.
This census also noted that he had been a private in
Company F of the 30th Iowa Infantry.
Sarah died September 6, 1899 at
Moulton, Appanoose County, Iowa. Her death
information gives her birth date as 1837 and birth
location as Knox County, Illinois. Her tombstone
in Hopkins Cemetery near Mark in Wyacondah Township,
Davis County reads "Wife of Wm Sidwell; Sept. 6, 1899;
Aged 62 Ys 7 Ms 4 Ds" which yields February 02, 1837 as
her birth date.
In the 1900 census widower William is
found in the household of his daughter and son-in-law,
David and Minnie Sidwell Drake, in Moulton, Appanoose
County, Iowa. The census shows he was born in
January 1825, i.e. age 75, and yet it shows him as a
farmer with no months where he wasn't employed. He
was a member of the W. A. Clark Post 434 of the Iowa
Grand Army of the Republic in Moulton. Their
records show he was born in 1825 in Kentucky and he died
the "1st Tr. (Term) 1904", whatever that means.
They give no death place, although I believe it was in
Davis County as his daughter and son-in-law were living
there in 1905. Their records also make no mention
of a burial location, nor is there a grave identified in
the Iowa statewide WPA grave registration that took
place in the 1930's. Since there was no WPA survey
of the Appanoose County, Iowa cemeteries, it is possible
he could be buried in one of those.
They were parents of 4 children:
Robert Franklin, David M., Mary Willametta Richards, and
Minnie Belle Drake.
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iv. | John Sidwell, born
possibly September 06, 1827 in Cumberland County, Kentucky;
died April 19, 1913 in Queen City, Schuyler County,
Missouri; married Elizabeth Jane Young August 23, 1855 in
Davis County, Iowa; born January 19, 1832 in Tennessee; died
March 25, 1912 in Queen City, Schuyler County, Missouri.
John Sidwell appears in the 1850
Wyacondah Township, Davis County, Iowa census in the
David Sidwell household. John moved to Schuyler
County, Missouri with his family shortly after the 1850
census. On May 01, 1854 U.S. General Land Office patent
certificate #2161 was issued to John for 40 acres in the
SE 1/4 of NE 1/4 of Section 20 in Prairie Township a
short distance northwest of Queen City. When
William married Sarah Hill in Davis County in July 1855,
John married Elizabeth Jane Young in Davis County on
August 23, 1855. They appear in the 1856 Iowa
State census with Elizabeth's parents on the previous
page. John said he had been in Iowa 6 years and
Elizabeth said she had been in Iowa 11 years by that
time. By 1860 John had moved the family to his
property in Prairie Township, Schuyler County,
Missouri. That was a fairly recent move at the
time as their youngest child, Olive, was only 1 year old
and was shown as born in Iowa. Evidently Elizabeth
was homesick for her parents because John moved his
family back to Wyacondah Township, Davis County, Iowa
about 1861 based on information in the 1870 census.
It could very well be that
Elizabeth's father's health was failing and that drew
them back. He died March 25, 1864. In the
1860 census Schuyler County census John shows as a
farmer with real estate valued at $800. But in the
1870 Davis County census he shows as a farmer with real
estate valued at $3,200 with a personal estate valued at
$1,600, very sizable amounts for that time period.
It is possible Elizabeth inherited some assets from her
father. The family remained in farming in
Wyacondah Township until after 1900. In response
to the religion question in the 1895 Iowa State census
the family responded that they were Primitive
Baptists. According to information from The
Primitive Baptist Library as provided by Elder Robert
Webb, John and Jane joined the Oak Hill Primitive
Baptist Church in Mark, Iowa in June 1869.
The 1900 Davis County census is the
last Iowa census they appear in. They do not
appear in the 1905 Iowa State census, but do appear in
the 1910 census in West Prairie Township, Schuyler
County, Missouri, the adjoining township to Prairie
Township, and near Queen City. Elizabeth died in
Queen City March 25, 1912 according to Missouri death
certificate #11967 and John died in Queen City April 19,
1913 according to Missouri death certificate #15353.
As mentioned earlier the death
certificate information is only as good as the
informant. In the case of John, daughter Allie
(Alice) Merideth was the informant. She was living
in Queen City at the time of her father's death, and it
is possible she was his care giver in her home at the
time of death. She apparently was not very aware
of her family history as she did not know the names of
either parent of John, not even first names. In
addition to the omission, John's birth date given as
September 06, 1828 seems suspect. Either John's
birth date is incorrect or sister Elizabeth's birth date
is incorrect. It would be impossible for John to
be born September 06, 1828 and Elizabeth to be born
February 15, 1829.
Regarding John's birth date, the
census records are all over the map:
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v. | Elizabeth Sidwell,
born February 15, 1829 in Shelby County, Illinois; died July
04, 1915 in Liberty Township, Schuyler County, Missouri;
married John Enlow, Sr. August 23, 1846 in Fayette County,
Illinois; born Abt. 1818 in Knox County, Ohio; died 1875 in
Schuyler County, Missouri.
Elizabeth's birth in 1829 in Shelby
County, Illinois gives further evidence of the time
frame in which the Sidwell family migrated from Kentucky
to Illinois. The Enlow family was in Fayette
County, Illinois in 1840 and it was there on August 23,
1846 that John Enlow married Elizabeth Sidwell.
When the Davis Sidwell family moved to Davis County,
Iowa, the John and Elizabeth Enlow family was found in
the next household on the 1850 census. Their
family includes son William, age 3, and recorded as born
in Illinois. This suggests the Enlow family did
not migrate until after that point and likely suggests
the David Sidwell family did likewise.
About 1852 the Enlow family moved
with the David Sidwell family to Schuyler County,
Missouri, settling in Liberty Township, home of
Lancaster, Missouri and neighboring Fabius Township
where the Sidwell family settled. The real estate
value was recorded as $200 suggesting they simply had a
plot for a residence and not a tract for farming.
Thus his occupation as farmer must mean farm
laborer. The Enlow family still resided in Liberty
Township in the 1870 and 1880 censuses, except that in
the 1880 census there is no John Sr. and Elizabeth is
enumerated as widowed with two minor children in the
household. John's tombstone in New Zion Cemetery
in Schuyler County shows his death date as 1875.
After the 1880 census Elizabeth is
found living with relatives. In the 1900 Fabius
Township, Schuyler County, Missouri census she is living
with widowed daughter Minnie McCollough. This
census reported that she was mother of 10 children with
7 still living in 1900. In the Iowa State census
of 1905 she is shown in Fabius Township, Davis County,
likely living with her daughter and son-in-law Byron and
Hannah Enlow Lamb. Fabius township, Davis County
is the western neighbor of Wyacondah Township and also
lies on the Missouri border. They must have been
located very close to the border as they gave their P.O.
as Lancaster, Missouri.
In 1910 Elizabeth is found with the
George Hubbart family in Wyacondah Township, Davis
County. George's wife was Mary Jane Lamb, daughter
of Byron and Hannah Enlow Lamb and granddaughter of
Elizabeth. Elizabeth was evidently living with
daughter Malinda Snodgrass on July 04, 1915 when she
died in Liberty Township, Schuyler County according to
her Missouri death certificate. This is the death
certificate noted in Mary Guthrie's narrative which
records Elizabeth's parents as David Sidwell and
<first name unknown> Guthridge. This
document also gives Elizabeth's birth date as February
15, 1829, while the census records are all over the map
as to her birth year: 1850 shows 1831, 1860 shows 1826,
1870 shows 1830, 1880 shows 1832, 1900 shows Feb. 1831,
and 1910 shows 1829.
A final note, most trees show John
Enlow as John David Enlow. I have not seen a
middle name or initial for John on any documents, so I
have left it as John. Additionally John was
supposed to have served with Missouri forces in the
Civil War. I cannot find confirmation of this
statement either on Fold3 or on the National Park
Service Soldiers and Sailors Database website for either
Union or Confederate forces.
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vi. | Mary Sidwell, born
September 12, 1835 in Fayette County, Illinois; died March
06, 1913 in Foss, Washita County, Oklahoma; married James S.
Ball, Sr. February 26, 1853 in Lancaster, Schuyler County,
Missouri; born January 01, 1833 in Columbus, Bartholomew
County, Indiana; died February 04, 1912 in Foss, Washita
County, Oklahoma.
Mary was 13/14 years old when the
family moved to Davis County, Iowa where she is found in
the David Sidwell household in the 1850 census.
She went with her parents when they settled in Schuyler
County, Missouri. James came to Davis County from
Indiana ca 1851 with his widowed father and
siblings. Mary and James wed in Lancaster,
Schuyler County, Missouri February 26, 1853.
James' father, William, had lost two
wives before moving to Iowa. He purchased 80 acres
in Wyacondah Township January 12, 1851, one of the
original land transactions in the township. A
little over a year after moving to Iowa he wed Parallie
Conklin in Davis County September 24, 1852. This
family is found in the 1856 Iowa State census as
household #196, not farm from Sidwell relatives - David
Carter #194, William Sidwell #184, Joseph Carter
#179. William's family is still in Wyacondah
Township in the 1860 census, but shortly thereafter they
left for Wilson County, Kansas. William died there
September 28, 1867. One family history, as
recorded by Donna Lee Wall, has it that James built a
house on his father's Davis County/Schuyler County
farm. I do not have record of any land William
might have purchased in Schuyler County so I can not
verify that part of it. But it might explain why
child #1 was born in Missouri, #2 in Iowa, #3 in
Missouri, and #4 and #5 in Iowa.
By the time child #6 was born in June
1868 the family had moved to Hickory County,
Missouri. It was here in the 1870 census that
widow Mary Guthrie Sidwell was founsd living with the
family. Two children were born here, followed by a
child in Benton County, Missouri in 1873 and their ninth
and last child born in Pettis County, Missouri in
1877. There is some confusion on the birth
location of the last child, Ida Bell Ball. Find A
Grave says she was born in Sedalia, Pettis County while
her census entries are consistent in showing she was
born in Indiana Territory/Oklahoma. Even the 1880
census, where answers were provided by the parents,
shows her born in the Choctaw Nation. Not long
after Ida's birth James and Mary and six of their nine
children moved to Montague County, Texas where they were
found in the 1880 census along with Mary's widowed
mother, Mary Sidwell (misspelled on the census as
Tidwell).
Between 1880 - 1885 the family moved
back to Missouri and the Benton County area. Then
by 1900 they moved to Indian Territory. James died
in Foss, Washita County, Oklahoma February 04, 1912 and
Mary died there March 06, 1913. Many trees have
Mary with a middle name of Ann. I have not seen
any documents with a middle name or initial, so I have
settled on Mary. Likewise, many trees have James
with the middle name Simpson. I have seen census
records with the middle initial of S but have chosen to
refrain from using Simpson.
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71 | vii. | Margret Sidwell,
born December 27, 1837 in Fayette County, Illinois; died
January 29, 1908 in Marion Township, Davis County, Iowa;
married Conrad Moots Tharp March 12, 1858 in Schuyler
County, Missouri.
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viii. | Loda Ann Sidwell,
born February 15, 1839 in Shelby County, Illinois; died
October 31, 1918 in Bozeman, Gallatin County, Montana;
married (1) Joseph M. Yadon April 14, 1855 in Adair County,
Missouri; born Abt. 1834 in Grainger County, Tennessee; died
July 4, 1863 in Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi;
married (2) John Houston Lay August 18, 1864 in Jefferson
County, Iowa; born April 07, 1825 in Grainger County,
Tennessee; died February 14, 1904 in probably Bozeman,
Gallatin County, Montana.
Loda, age 10, appears in the 1850
Davis County, Iowa census reports with her parents and
reported as Lodi A. Throughout many of the census
records, her two marriage records and many of the
children's marriage records her full name is given as
Loda Ann. Her birth location was Shelby County,
Illinois where her family was enumerated in the 1840
census.
At the time of Loda enumerated in
Davis County, Joseph M. Yadon/Yaden was enumerated as a
16 year old in his parent's household in Adair County,
Missouri. The census used the Yaden spelling for
Joseph while the Civil War records used the Yadon
spelling. Joseph's parents were William Proctor
Yadon and Margaret Capps according the Iowa death record
of sibling Silas Yadon. His father held many
certificates from the Bureau of Land Management received
in the 1850s totaling 241.36 acres in Adair County and
77.22 acres in Schuyler County. They likely were
fairly recent immigrants to Missouri in 1850. The
1830 and 1840 censuses show the William P Yadon family
in Grainger County, Tennessee, where Joseph was born, as
confirmed by his Civil War papers.
Joseph and Loda married April 14,
1855 in Schuyler County, Missouri and they settled on a
farm in Polk Township, Adair County. This township
is on the north Adair County line with Schuyler
County. The village of Greentop, which plays a
roll in Loda's history, is barely on the Schuyler County
side of the county line with Polk Township. Then
came the Civil War. Joseph's case file shows he
enlisted in the Union Army in Hudson, Missouri on August
20, 1862. I have tried to locate Hudson in
Missouri, but have been unsuccessful. He was
mustered in September 22, 1862 at Benton Barracks,
Missouri as a private in Company C, 27th Missouri
Infantry. The 27th Missouri Infantry was ordered
to join the Army of the Tennessee and was with General
Grant for the Siege of Vicksburg May 18 - July 4, 1863,
including assaults on Vicksburg on May 19 and 22.
Joseph died at Vicksburg July 04, 1863, not of battle
injuries but of disease. While it is presumed he
was buried in Vicksburg National Cemetery, the official
register of Union interments of the National Park
Service does not contain anyone named Yadon or Yaden.
The U.S. Civil War Pension Index
shows widow Loda A. Yaden submitted a widow's
application #55346 June 25, 1864 and received
certificate #37027. Any money she received was
likely retroactive to Joseph's death date and may have
included a death benefit, but her benefits would have
ceased upon remarriage. That occurred August 18,
1864 in Jefferson County, Iowa to John H. Lay.
Loda A. Lay did submit minor application #182770
December 24, 1869, citing herself as guardian, and
received certificate #157562.
John H. Lay, age 25 and born in
Tennessee, was enumerated in the 1850 Schuyler County,
Missouri census, page 103A, with wife Easter, age 20 and
also born in Tennessee. A marriage record for
November 9, 1849 in Adair County, Missouri identifies
her as Easter Capps. She may be related to
Margaret Capps, mother of Joseph Yadon, perhaps niece of
Margaret. John's father was John who married Nancy
Cook January 22, 1810 in Grainger County,
Tennessee. The Lay family migrated to Schuyler
County, Missouri about 1843/44 where father John died
July 15, 1846. Several siblings were in the 1850
Schuyler County census, including brother Thomas who
married Caltha Capps November 19, 1842 in Grainger
County, Tennessee. It appears the Lay, Capps, and
Yadon families migrated together from Grainger County,
Tennessee to Schuyler County, Missouri. [One note
of caution: there is another John Lay who lived in Adair
County, born ca 1823 in Tennessee and who married
Katharine Capps in Adair County August 31, 1845.
It is easy to get them confused.]
John's first wife was shown as Easter
in the 1850 census and in the marriage record, but the
1860 census records her as Esther and the tombstone
identifies her as Esther Capps. I believe her name
may very well have been Easter as that was also the name
of the wife of George Sidwell, so Easter was not an
unknown name in the Capps families. Easter died in
1862 leaving John with 5 minor children and Loda had 2
minor children after Joseph's death. After
marrying in 1864 Loda and John had 5 children of their
own. They farmed in the area near Greentop,
Schuyler County, Missouri until 1882 when according to
the March 24, 1882 issue of the "Weekly Graphic"
newspaper of Kirksville, Missouri, page 3, under the
Greentop Graphics section, "John H. Lay has sold his
farm 4 miles west of here to S. M. Swanson and is going
to the mountains." This marked the move of the Lay
family to the Bozeman, Montana area. Evidently you
could remove the man from the farm but not the farm from
the man. According to the March 28, 1895 issue of
"The Anaconda Standard" newspaper of Anaconda, Montana,
page 8, "Quite a party left Bozeman for Missouri the
last of the week when John H. Lay and wife, George J.
Loy and wife and Mrs. Maggie Monger left for Greentop,
Mo., where they will engage in farming the coming
season." It is unclear if John ever really settled
in while in Montana. The December 6 and 7, 1897
issues of "The Independent-Record" of Helena, Montana
reported on people in area hotels which included John H.
Lay at the Grand Central Hotel in Bozeman.
John died February 14, 1904 likely in
Bozeman, Gallatin County, Montana, but is buried in New
Harmony Cemetery, Greentop, Schuyler County, Missouri
with his first wife. The tombstone is how I know
of his death date and the engraving identifies his
middle name as Houston. After John's death Loda
rented various residences in Bozeman and died there
October 31, 1918 according to the Montana Death
Index. She is buried in Sunset Hills Cemetery in
Bozeman.
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ix. | David I. Sidwell,
Jr., born 1842 in Fayette County, Illinois; died April 24,
1884 in Post Oak Township, Johnson County, Missouri; married
Nancy Jane Baker January 1, 1862 in Schuyler County,
Missouri; born January 31, 1843 in North Carolina; died
April 15, 1903 in Hennessey, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma.
David Jr. appears in the 1850 Davis
County, Iowa census and the 1860 Schuyler County,
Missouri census, being the only remaining child living
at home in the 1860 census. Several trees and Find
A Grave have his middle name as Isaac. I did not
find that middle name in any documents, but I did find
that daughter Minnie May gave her father's name as David
I. when applying for a social security number. I
can imagine that the initial could stand for Isaac in
honor of David Sr.'s brother.
David Jr. married Nancy Jane Baker
January 01, 1862 in Schuyler County, Missouri.
Nancy was the daughter of Clabourn Baker and Sarah
Garvey. Several trees and Find A Grave have Nancy
as born in Ohio, but it seems to be a confusion with a
Nancy J. Baker, age 16, and living in Union County, Ohio
with mother Sarah in the 1860 census. That is not
the Nancy Jane who married David Jr. The family of
Nancy Jane can be found in Wapello County, Iowa in the
1850 census and she is age 8 and born in North
Carolina. Her family is next found in Wyacondah
Township, Davis County, Iowa in 1860 where she is 17 and
still born in North Carolina. That census shows
the youngest child, Jesse age 1, born in Iowa, but the
previous two children, James age 5 and William age 3,
were born in Missouri. Chances are they were in
Schuyler County, Missouri between 1850 and 1860, because
in the 1870 census they were living near Lancaster,
Schuyler County, Missouri and their 3 youngest children,
ages 10, 4, and 4, were born in Missouri.
After they married David Jr. is found
in Davis County, Iowa where he registered July 1, 1863
for the Civil War draft. They then set about
drifting, first Arrow Rock in Saline County, Missouri by
1870 and Fairview in Henry County, Missouri by
1880. Interestingly enough the two families come
back together in the early 1880s. The 1880 Post
Oak Township, Johnson County, Missouri census shows the
Claiborne Baker family on page 434A. Then the
Missouri Death Records document Claiborn Baker, age 78,
died there May 23, 1884 of chronic bronchitis after
suffering for 1 year, with complicating conditions of
heart disease and kidney trouble. That was just
one month after David Jr. died in Post Oak Township on
April 24, 1884 after suffering for 10 days from typhoid
and pneumonia. David's birth year comes from his
tombstone while Nancy's birth and death date/location
comes from her tombstone in Hennessey Cemetery,
Hennessey, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma.
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144. Lazarus Robertson, born Abt.
1801 likely in Anderson County Tennessee; died March 02,
1847 in Agua Nueva, Mexico. He was the son of 288. Stephen
Robertson and 289. Winnie Chitwood.
He married 145. Jane Leeper
Abt. 1821 in Tennessee.
Notes for
Lazarus Robertson:
The first recording of Lazarus
Robertson by name is in the 1823 tax list for Campbell
County, Tennessee ("Early East Tennessee Tax Lists",
Mary Barnett Curtis; Arrow Printing Company; Fort
Worth, TX; 1964) along with his father Stephen.
This would place Lazarus' birth year no later than
1802, and more likely 1801. Fred Robertson
(1899-1985) in his Robertson Family document,
published in December 1956, stated that Lazarus and
his family moved to Washington County, Indiana in 1826
after stopping first to visit relatives in Mercer
County, Kentucky. At this time no records have
been found that show Lazarus and family to have been
in Washington County. No land transactions have
been found in his name in Washington County, and he
has not been found in the 1830 census. Lazarus
next appears in Brown County, Indiana with the patent
of 40 acres in Section 5 of Township 10N, Range 2E
likely in August 1835 with Federal certificate issued
March 20, 1837. This land was immediately east
of the then east border of Monroe County, in an area
not yet formed into a county. The modern
boundaries of Monroe and Brown counties were formed
when Brown County was formed April 1, 1836.
According to Wikipedia describing Brown County in
1836, "The country was very wild in 1836. Bears,
panthers, and wolves were plentiful. The wolves
were so numerous and destructive to livestock that the
Commissioners paid $1 for every wolf scalp brought to
them. Settlers lived a rugged pioneer type of
life for many years. Their cabins and small
settlements were mere niches in the great forest that
covered hills and valleys. The men hunted deer,
rabbits, squirrels, wild turkeys and pigeons for
food. As soon as enough land was cleared they
planted corn, potatoes, wheat, hops for yeast, flax,
and tobacco. Women made quilts, wove wool and
flax into cloth, made the family clothes, carried
water from a well or stream, cooked food in open
fireplaces, raised the children, and nursed them when
they were sick."
Lazarus continued to purchase several
parcels of land in the area as follows. The
first date is when the patent purchase was transacted
with the date in parentheses being the date the
Federal certificate was issued. Lazarus
purchased 26.39 acres in Section 5, Township 9N, Range
2E on September 16, 1837 (August 1, 1839); then 26.39
acres in Section 5, Township 9N, Range 2E on October
21, 1839 (August 1, 1844); then a third 26.39 acres in
Section 5, Township 9N, Range 2E on December 17, 1844
(May 10, 1848) and finally 50.92 acres in Section 5,
Township 9N, Range 2E on January 7, 1847 (May 10,
1848). The last two purchases resulted in
Federal certificates being delivered after Lazarus'
death.
Lazarus answered the call to arms
issued by President Polk for the War with
Mexico. According to page 405 of "Indiana in the
Mexican War", compiled by Oran Perry,
Adjutant-General; Indianapolis, 1908, Lazarus is shown
as mustered in the 3rd Regiment Company E of the
Indiana Volunteer Infantry June 18, 1846 at New
Albany, Indiana by Colonel Samuel Churchill.
This company consisted mostly of soldiers from Brown
County, Indiana, called the Brown County Blues.
Page 703 of "Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown,
Indiana: Historical and Biographical" by Charles
Blanchard; F. A. Battey & Co., 1884 says, "Company
E, 3rd Indiana, ...had purchased bright uniforms of
bright blue jeans and had styled themselves Brown County Blues, a name by
which they were known all through the war." In
early July the company under command of Colonel James
H. Lane reached New Orleans and a week later took
ships to Mexico. Blanchard states the deaths
started right away, "While at New Orleans, Caleb
Bidwell died of measles, his death being the first in
the company, Reese Brummet and John Followell died of
disease on the Gulf and were buried beneath the waves
with cannon balls at their feet, Joshua Brummet and
several other died at Brazos Island and were entombed
in the sand ... The regiment occupied Matamoras,
Marine, Saltillo, Nueva and various other points,
doing guard or garrison duty and suffering severely
from the peculiar Southern diseases." The
following February American forces numbering 5,000
were encamped at Agua Nueva when they discovered a
huge Mexican force of 20,000 advancing. The
Americans withdrew to nearby Buena Vista because it
offered a better defensive position and awaited the
Mexican force. The battle of Buena Vista took
place February 23, 1847 and when it was over there
were more than 3,500 Mexicans and 650 Americans
dead. After the battle the American force
returned to camp at Agua Nueva, where Lazarus died on
March 2. When Lazarus died he was a Sergeant,
evidently having been promoted in the field.
Blanchard goes ahead to report, "Just at the close of
the battle, at almost the last fire from the enemy,
while Company E was being thrown back, Capt. Taggart
received a mortal wound from a carbine ball ... No
other casualties occurred, and Company E, commanded by
Capt. T. M. Adams, saw no more fighting."
Blanchard identifies some of the Company E wounded as
"Elias Weddel, who was shot through the hips...Squire
Stewart was prostrated by concussion from a howitzer
ball...Matthew Mathews, was shot through the
hand..." In his book Perry corroborates this
statement on page 147 by giving Captain Taggart as the
only death and added to the list of wounded the names
of J. Brown, S. Fred and J. G. Arter, but like
Blanchard did not identify Lazarus among the
wounded. The assumption has to be that Lazarus
died of disease. For the entire war American
casualties numbered approximately 13,000, all but
1,733 of which were caused by disease. So it is
not known if Lazarus was even able to participate in
the battle.
Included in Perry, page 175, was the
following from the June 5, 1847 Madison Courier
newspaper "A meeting of the citizens of Jefferson
County for the purpose of arranging a suitable welcome
to our volunteers on their return ... Resolved, That
we exult with pride at the gallant and intrepid
conduct and bearing of the Third Indiana Volunteers at
Buena Vista, the sole regiment which throughout that
memorable struggle was not staggered by the shock of
arms, always maintaining its front to the foe and its
flag aloft, without retreat from its position and
without confusion at any moment, and which by its
well-timed junction with the Mississippi regiment at a
perilous crisis, upon which the safety of the entire
army was in hazard and suspense, restored the fortunes
of our troups and turned the tide of battle into a
triumph for our arms." It is not uncommon for
the local populace to embellish the actions of their
"sons" in action. Major General Zachary Taylor
spoke more dispassionately of their actions in his
report of the Battle of Buena Vista to the Secretary
of War, "The Mississippi riflemen, under Colonel
Davis, were highly conspicuous for their gallantry and
steadiness, and sustained throughout the engagement
the reputation of veteran troops. Brought into
action against an immensely superior force, they
maintained themselves for a long time unsupported and
with heavy loss, and held an important part of the
field until reinforced. Colonel Davis, though
severely wounded, remained in the saddle until the
close of the action. His distinguished coolness
and gallantry at the head of his regiment on this day,
entitle him to the particular notice of the
government. The Third Indiana regiment, under
Colonel Lane, and a fragment of the Second, under
Colonel Bowles, were associated with the Mississippi
regiment during the greater portion of the day, and
acquitted themselves creditably in repulsing the
attempts of the enemy to break that portion of our
line." It is not known exactly where Lazarus is
buried.
145. Jane Leeper, born February 2,
1800 in Tennessee; died September 05, 1886 in Sugar Creek
Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa.
Notes for
Jane Leeper:
No marriage bond has been found for
Lazarus and Jane. I have Jane's maiden name
because it has come down through the family
history. Jane was born February 2, 1800 in
Tennessee. This is an example of why it is
important to try to locate corroborating evidence
where possible. Her death certificate
information was evidently supplied by a not too savvy
family member as Mahaska County (Iowa) Death
Certificate Book 1, page 49, item #616 noted she died
in 1886, at age 80 and was born in Pennsylvania.
This information would place her birth year as about
1806. Yet her 1850 census entry says she is 50,
1860 census entry says she is 60, 1870 census entry
says she is 70 and her 1880 census entry says she is
80 and all entries agree that her birth location was
Tennessee. The clincher is her headstone in
Stewart Cemetery, Prairie Township, Mahaska County,
Iowa which gives her birth date as February 2, 1800.
Little is known of Jane's origin,
although some things can be surmised. The 1880
census (Sugar Creek Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa,
page 642A) shows Jane living with son and head of
household, Moses. This census shows Jane as born
in Tennessee and her mother and father both born in
Pennsylvania. However, Moses' entry shows he was
born in Indiana and his parents as both born in
Pennsylvania as well. This does not make sense
since Jane is listed as born in Tennessee yet
according to Moses' entry she was born in
Pennsylvania. Multiple lines before and after
their entries also show the parents as born in
Pennsylvania. Was this the case of a lazy census
taker, or erroneous information provided by
Moses/Jane, or correct at least for Jane?
There were Leepers in northeastern
Tennessee during the time Lazarus was in Campbell
County. This family had its American beginning
in Orange County, Virginia as noted by an oath of
importation of himself and family from Ireland to
America made by James Leeper (Orange County Order Book
II, page 109). Per Lyman Chalkley's "Chronicles
of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia", volume
II, page 372 James is noted in a copy of "Hume's Old
Field Book" with May 13, 1738 survey for James
(Leap)er, beginning at Jinnings Cor., then May 13,
1738 for James Patton, cor. James Leaper, branch of
Chrystie's Kreek. This would be in the
unorganized Augusta district carved from Orange County
(Augusta did not become a county until 1745). A
patent dated June 25, 1747 in Augusta County bestows
400 acres "on the south Fork of the north River of
Shanando" (Land Office Patents No. 26, 1747-1748, page
42) on John Smith "...for and in Consideration of the
Importation of eight Persons to dwell within this our
Colony and Dominion of Virginia whose names are James
Leeper Margaret Leeper Nicholas Leeper Sarah Leeper
James Leeper Andrew Leeper James (Jane) Leeper and
Guine Leeper..." James Leeper obtained a January
12, 1746/47 patent for 116 acres in Augusta County on
a branch of Shanando called Naked Creek (Land Office
Patents No. 24, 1745-1746, page 562) and a June 25,
1747 patent for 66 acres on a branch of Naked Creek
(Land Office Patents No. 26, 1747-1748, page 20) as
well as many other land transactions in the
county. On various land deeds, James is
described as a blacksmith. Son Guine Leeper
appears in 12 Augusta County Court records between
1747 and 1779, identified variously as: Guine, Gawen
and Gawin. His last recorded transaction in
Augusta County was dated January 19, 1779 where Gawin
Leaper, late of Augusta,
sold to John Oliver 66 acres patented to James Leeper,
father of said Gawen, 5th June, 1747 (Augusta County
Deed Book 22, pg 430). Thus he had left that
county. James Leeper, son of Gawen, wrote his
will April 13, 1826 in Hawkins County,
Tennessee. In the will he mentions land in
Hawkins County given to him by his father, Gawen
Leeper. This gives us a place to look. In
1782, Gawen received a North Carolina Land Grant
(#1412) for Sullivan County, North Carolina. In
1783 Hawkins County, North Carolina was created from
Sullivan County, and in 1796 became part of Tennessee
when that state was formed. This son James had a
daughter Jane who could fit the vitals to be wife of
Lazarus, but no confirming documentation exists to
prove this. Additionally, William Brown wrote a
will in Knox County, Tennessee dated August 6,
1803. On August 21, 1803 James Brown and Felix
Brown (son of William) along with Jos. McCulloch
witnessed an addendum to the will. Felix Brown
was enumerated as one free poll with 200 acres in
Captain Boyd's Company in the 1806 Knox County tax
list ("Early East Tennessee Taxpayers" by Pollyanna
Creekmore; Southern Historical Press; Easly, SC,
1980). The reason for this digression is that
Felix married Jane Leeper, daughter of Gawin Leeper of
Hawkins County. With Stephen in Knox County at
the same time, it gave them opportunity to meet and
for Robertsons to potentially get acquainted with
Leepers.
This description would have the
possibility of Jane's parents as born in
Virginia. What if the 1880 census is correct and
her parents were born in Pennsylvania?
Researcher Tom Goldrup has done extensive research on
the Leeper family of Augusta and, in trying to
identify ancestry of that line, has done extensive
research on a Leeper line in Chester County,
Pennsylvania. He states that the Leeper family
originated in Scotland and moved to Northern Ireland,
settling in County Donegal by 1610. From there,
the earliest known relative to come to America was
Gawin Leeper who appeared on the 1719 New London,
Chester County tax list. The next Leeper to
appear on tax rolls is Andrew in 1734 along with Gawin
in New London. Variously through 1758 Gawin,
Andrew, James and Alexander Leeper appear in New
London and West Nottingham, Chester County tax
records. Gawin's will dated June 13, 1741
identifies, among other items, that he has a "cousin"
(Mr. Goldrup notes that this probably referred to a
nephew as that term was commonly used that way in
those days) James Leeper who had a son Gawin (Augusta
County relative?). His will also mentions his
sister Jean Muckleduff. A son, Joseph
Muckleduff, wrote his will in September of 1750 which
included articles left to Andrew Leeper of Nottingham
(Chester County), and to his son James Leeper.
An additional stipulation that seems to tie this
Chester County family to the Augusta family is "To
James Lipard (Leeper) of Naked
Creek in Virginia my beaver hat and wigs, and
to his son Andrew my gun." Mr. Goldrup also
states that a Robert Leeper went from Pennsylvania to
North Carolina, but stopped over a while in the
Shenandoah Valley (Augusta County) and lived near his
"kinsman" there. Robert appears on the 1742
Augusta militia roll of Capt. John Smith's Company
(the same John Smith who supported the importation of
the James Leeper family) per Chalkley, Vol. 2, pages
507-508. When he went to North Carolina,
Nicholas Leeper, son of James of Augusta, followed to
the same vicinity. It seems there could be
possibilities with these families to fit either a
Virginia or Pennsylvania heritage. These bear
further investigation.
After Lazarus died in Mexico in 1847
Jane was left a widow with 7 children yet at home -
Miriam, Rebecca, Stephen, William Tazewell, Moses,
Andrew Jackson and Charles. Miriam and Rebecca
each married in 1849 and Stephen died of typhoid fever
in 1849. The 1850 Jackson Township, Brown
County, Indiana census (page 210A) shows Jane at home
with 4 children:
Jane would have inherited the land
Lazarus had purchased in Brown County prior to
enlisting. This would also include a patent for
40 acres in the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 33,
Township 10, Range 2N issued June 10, 1848. The
application and money were actually submitted January
24, 1845. The land was obviously purchased by
Lazarus, but the grantee changed to Jane prior to
issue. Additionally, commencing March 3, 1852
Jane started receiving $6.50 monthly as a widows
pension.
In the 1860 Jackson Township, Brown
County, Indiana census (page 146) Jane Roberson is
living in the Joel and Miram Richerson
household. This is her daughter Miriam and
son-in-law Joel Richardson. Jane is enumerated
as age 60 and born in Tennessee. The 1870 census
again finds her enumerated as Roberson but this time
in the Charles Roberson household in 1870 Sugar Creek
Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa (page 392A).
Charles is a son and the household also includes
another son, Moses. Jane is enumerated as age 70
and born in Tennessee. In the 1880 census Jane
is finally enumerated as a Robertson and is found
living with bachelor son Moses in Sugar Creek Township
(page 642A). She is shown as age 80 and born in
Tennessee.
Children of Lazarus Robertson and Jane Leeper are (many of the notes for the children, contained in quotes, come from the history of this Robertson family by Fred Robertson): |
72 | i. | William Riley Robertson,
born January 02, 1822 in Claiborne County, Tennessee; died
October 31, 1908 in Taintor, Prairie Township, Mahaska
County, Iowa; married (1) Gabriella Stephens April 20, 1845
in Brown County, Indiana; married (2) Elizabeth Jane Bailey
September 06, 1849 in Monroe County, Indiana.
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ii. | Claiborn Robertson,
born December 15, 1823 in Claiborne County, Tennessee; died
December 19, 1912 in Needmore, Brown County, Indiana;
married (1) Mary Stephens June 25, 1845 in Monroe County,
Indiana; born 1822 in Indiana; died 1872 in Indiana; married
(2) Sarah Brown Dillingham March 20, 1873 in Indiana; born
October 23, 1833 in Cardington, Morrow County, Ohio; died
April 8, 1911 in Brown County, Indiana.
"Claiborn Robertson, second child of
Lazarus Robertson and Jane Leeper, was born in Claiborne
Co. Tenn. on 12-15-1823. When he was three years
old the family moved to Washington Co. Ind. and when he
was about fourteen years old they moved to Brown Co.
Ind. He told about spending the first night in
Brown Co. under a beech tree at the west end of the cut
and north of the I.C.C. railroad tracks...A spring was
under the tree and the family lived here for some
time. Three or four stones remain in the graveyard
east of the beech tree. His brother Stephen who
died about 1850 is buried there."
"His grandfather Stephen Robertson
patented land northeast of Helmsburg and his father
Lazarus patented land between Trevlac and Halmsburg...He
and his father patented adjacent lands one mile east of
Needmore Brown Co. Ind. It is what the family
calls the old place and has been in the family
continuously."
"He married Mary Stephens on
6-5-1845." According to the Marriages Through 1850
database at the Indiana State Library, Claborn Robinson
married Mary Stephens June 25, 1845. "They had a
large family, nine children. The eldest Jacob died
in the Civil War at Resaca Ge. on 10-15-1864. He
is buried in grave 9103 Sec. L, National Cemetry
Chattanooga Tennessee." Their other children were
George Winfield, Lazarus, Gabriella, Agnes, James H.,
Della Jane, Amanda, and Louisa.
"His wife died when she was 50 years
6 months old in the year 1872, leaving six small
children."
"On March 20, 1873 he married Sarah
Brown (Dillingham) whose husband died leaving her with
six small children, all girls. To this union two
children were born, Ora and Clarence." Claiborn
and Sarah are shown in the 1900 Jackson Township, Brown
County, Indiana census, page 25B, with Claiborn as Head
of household but with no occupation listed. Living
with them, in addition to Nellie Dillingham a
step-daughter of Sarah's previous marriage, is Clarence
and wife Catherine and son Frederick. Clarence has
an occupation of farmer and is evidently taking care of
his parents.
"He visited his brothers Wm Riley
and Moses in Iowa about 1900. Riley's son Wm P
visited the relatives in Indiana at least twice."
In the 1910 Jackson Township census,
page 176B, Clarence is now head of household and has
wife Kathrine and 4 children. Living in the
household are Claiborn and Sarah along with another of
Sarah's single daughters by her first marriage. In
this census Clarence is a merchant of a general store,
and even though he is 86 years old Claiborn is
identified as a farmer. "He died 12-19-1912 at
Needmore and is buried in the cemetery at Needmore Brown
Co. Ind." The tombstone inscription reads:
Claiborn Robertson
Born Dec. 15 - 1823
Died Dec. - 19 - 1912
Sarah Robertson
Born Oct. 23 - 1833
Died Apr. 8 - 1911
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iii. | Miriam Robertson,
born February 11, 1827 in Washington County, Indiana; died
March 01, 1889 east of Needmore, Brown County, Indiana;
married (1) Joel Richardson December 31, 1849 in Brown
County, Indiana; born 1827 in Tennessee; died May 5, 1865 in
a Civil War Regimental Hospital; married (2) John Franklin
Young November 21, 1865 in Brown County, Indiana; born June
18, 1822 in Kentucky; died February 13, 1875 in Unionville,
Monroe County, Indiana.
"Miriam Robertson, 3rd child of
Lazarus Robertson and Jane Leeper, was born in
Washington Co. Ind. in 1827. When about eight
years old she came to Brown Co. Ind. with her
parents. There is a story she told about riding a
mule to Brown Co. The younger generations forgot
about the stop in Washington Co. and coming to Indiana
and Brown Co. were one and the same to them. She
married Joel Richardson on 12-31-1849. She and her
sister Rebecca were married on the same day. Her
husband died in the Civil War. Later she married
John Franklin Young on 11-21-1865. They had one
child Albert Joel Young. She lived east of
Needmore Brown Co. Ind. where she died on March 1,
1889."
Joel and Miriam appear in the 1850
Benton Township, Brown County, Indiana census, page
283B, and the 1860 Jackson Township census, page
146. Jane Roberson, Miriam's mother, is living
with the couple in the 1860 census (It was not until
1865-1866 that Jane moved to Sugar Creek Township,
Poweshiek County, Iowa with sons Charles and
Moses). The couple is childless. Joel
enlisted September 19, 1864 in Company C, 25th Indiana
Infantry Regiment. He died March 5, 1865 in a
Regimental Hospital of acute diarrhea and is buried in
section B of the Florence National Cemetery, Florence,
Darlington County, South Carolina.
John Franklin Young married Pernetia
Jane Richardson January 26, 1842 in Johnson County,
Indiana and they were the parents of 8 children.
Pernetia died April 19, 1865 and is buried in Little
Union Cemetery, Unionville, Monroe County,
Indiana. Then in November of that year John and
Miriam are married. John Franklin is buried with
Pernetia in Little Union Cemetery. Miriam is
buried in Lanam Ridge Cemetery, Needmore, Brown County,
Indiana.
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iv. | Rebecca Robertson,
born March 18, 1829 in Washington County, Indiana; died
August 20, 1900 in Monroe County, Indiana; married (1) James
Richardson November 1, 1849 in Brown County, Indiana; born
1827 in Tennessee; died November 16, 1863 in Chattanooga,
Hamilton County, Tennessee; married (2) Jacob A. West April
30, 1865; born June 01, 1829 in Virginia; died March 19,
1882 in Brown County, Indiana.
"Rebecca Robertson, 4th child of
Lazarus Robertson and Jane Leeper, was born in
Washington County, Indiana on March 12, 1829."
Note: Her tombstone shows March 18 as her birth
date. "The family had moved there from Tennessee
three years before. When she was six years old the
family moved to Brown County, Indiana. She married
James Richardson on December 31, 1849." Note: LDS
film #1295890 Indiana Marriages, 1802-1892 shows the
marriage date as November 1, 1849. "Her sister
Miriam was married on the same day. The children
are Moses, William, Caleb, Jane, Risdon and
Charles. On May 11, 1865 she marrid Jacob
West. Their children are Joseph and James."
James Richardson enlisted in Company
D, 82nd Indiana Infantry Regiment on August 30,
1862. This regiment was organized at Madison
(Indiana) and was mustered in August 30, 1862. It
left the state September 1 for Louisville, where it was
assigned to a brigade in Buell's army and joined the
pursuit of Bragg.
It next moved with Rosecrans' army
to Murfreesboro, and was engaged at Stone's River.
It remained in camp at Murfreesboro until June, and was
in the engagement at Hoover's Gap. It was at
Chickamauga, where its corps withstood every assault and
the regiment's loss was 21 killed, 72 wounded and 29
missing. It was engaged in a skirmish in front of
Chattanooga during the siege of that place. The
battle of Chattanooga took place November 23-25, 1863.
Unless James died as the result of this minor skirmish,
he likely died of disease, as did a significant number
of soldiers during the War. No report has been
found to identify which caused his death. The
assumption is that he was buried at Chattanooga,
Hamilton County, Tennessee.
"The following was written by her
grandson, Caleb Richardson. Grandma Rebecca never
lived in Monroe County. As I remember her home was
between Trevlac and Helmsburg on the sourth side of Bean
Blossom Stream near the Leander Weddle place.
(Note: The house was on the north side of the stream and
was vacant for some years. It was torn down circa
1920.) She lived here until most of her children
were married. Caleb and James West were never
married. Caleb died at the age of 31 years.
James West lived to be 81 years old and died in
Illinois. In the meantime she was persuaded to
sell the farm and move to Centerton, Indiana. She
lived here for several years and finally moved to Fair
Grange, Illinois. Here she resided until her death
which occurred while she was on a visit back to
Indiana. She died at my father's home in the
summer of 1900. She died August 20, 1900 and is
buried at Needmore, Brown County, Indiana."
In the 1900 Fair Grange village,
Seven Hickory Township, Coles County, Illinois census,
page 346A, Rebecca, age 71 and widowed, is shown in the
household of William Richardson. Also living in
the household are brother Charles, sister Jane, and
half-brother James West. According to Indiana
Deaths, 1882-1920, Book H-14, page 13 produced by the
Indiana Works Progress Administration, Rebecca's death
is confirmed as August 20, 1900 in Monroe County,
Indiana. She and Jacob are buried in Needmore
Cemetery, Needmore, Brown County, Indiana.
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v. | Stephen Robertson,
born 1831 in Washington County, Indiana; died Abt. 1849 in
Brown County, Indiana.
He is said to have died of typhoid
fever.
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vi. | William Tazewell
Robertson, born November 11, 1833 in Washington County,
Indiana; died 1915 in Bartholomew County, Indiana; married
(1) Amanda Owens April 21, 1857 in Brown County, Indiana;
born Abt. 1838 in Indiana/; died Unknown; married (2) Mary
Elizabeth Beaty August 18, 1861 in Indiana; born February
1845 in Indiana; died 1919 in Bartholomew County, Indiana.
"Wm Tazewell Robertson, 6th child of
Lazarus Robertson and Jane Leeper, was born in
Washington Co. Ind. on Nov. 11, 1833. When he was
about two years old the family moved to Brown Co.
Ind. He lived in Brown and Bartholomew
Counties. On Aug. 18, 1861 he married Elizabeth
Beaty. They had four children who lived to
maturity Charles, John, Wm Curtis and Alfred. He
died in 1915 and is buried in Garland Brook Cemetery
Columbus Ind." Fred's notes for their first born
child, Charles, includes the following, "While yet young
his father took his family to Nebraska where they lived
for a while, then returned to Ind. and lived at Clifford
(Bartholomew County)."
Fred's narrative for Tazewell does
not mention his first wife, Amanada. It is she who
is enumerated in the 1860 Washington Township, Brown
County, Indiana census, page 60. They are
enumerated as Roberson with Tazwell shown as age 27 and
born in Indiana and Amanda shown as age 22 and also born
in Indiana. It is unknown whether Amanda died, or
they divorced, before he married Elizabeth in
1861. Mary Elizabeth is the daughter of
Davis/Darius Beaty and Mary Ann McQueen. She can
be found in the Flat Rock Township, Bartholomew County,
Indiana in 1850 and 1860.
The young Robertson family is at
home in 1870 Flatrock Township, page 36 with sons Chas,
age 7, Jno. C., age 5, and Alfred D., age 2. Fred
gives the birth date for son William Curtis as September
13, 1869 in Bartholomew County, yet he is not enumerated
in the 1870 census. As reported by son Charles,
they are found in 1880 Grant Precinct, Kearney County,
Nebraska, page 9A, enumerated as Robenson. In
addition to William and Elisabeth, the family consists
of Charly, John, Albert and 9 year old Chuster, who was
also born in Indiana. Chuster is likely the census
taker's attempt at Curtis. However, with Curtis
not appearing in the 1870 census, and with his age as 9
in the 1880 census, it is likely that William Curtis was
born in September of 1870 rather than 1869. The
family was evidently back in Bartholomew County, Indiana
before 1885 to allow for son Charles to meet Hannah Jane
Spalding and then marry her on November 6, 1885.
After 1880, the family members seem
to go their own way. In 1900 Mary Elizabeth is
found in Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana, page 5B,
as head of household and Alfred D., age 32, is living
with her and working as a carpenter. Mary
Elizabeth's marital status is showing as married, but
Tazewell is not to be found in any census. In the
1902 Columbus, Indiana city directory Wm T Robertson and
spouse, Elizabeth Robertson, live at 133 4th St. and
Tazewell is working as a clerk for W. C.
Robertson. In that same city directory W Curtis
Robertson, with spouse Gertie Robertson, is shown as a
grocer 1 1/4 miles southwest of Columbus. But in
the 1910 Columbus Township, Bartholomew County, Indiana
census, page 14B, they are back to not being enumerated
together, and now their marital status has
changed. William T, age 77 and occupied as cigar
merchant, is enumerated as family 289/292, and his
marital status is widowed. Earlier on the same
page, at family 281/283, is enumerated Elizabeth
Robertson, age 77 and marital status of widowed.
It appears they are buried
together. There is one large tombstone for the two
of them in Garland Brook Cemetery, Columbus, Bartholomew
County, Indiana.
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vii. | Moses Robertson,
born October 8, 1835 in Washington County, Indiana; died
November 24, 1906; married Rebecca C. Sparks October 29,
1890 in Mahaska County, Iowa; born December 10, 1872 in
Bethany, Harrison County, Missouri; died January 6, 1933
near Oelwein, Fayette County, Iowa.
"Moses Robertson, son of Lazarus
Robertson and Jane Leeper, was born in Washington Co.
Ind. about 1835. When he was very young his
parents moved to Brown Co. Ind. He was drafted on
the 20th day of Sep't 1864. He served in Co. D.
31st Reg. Ind. Vol.; age 26; eyes, gray; hair, dark;
height 5 ft. 8 in.; complexion, dark; nativity,
Washington Co. Ind.; occupation, farmer; discharged at
Nashville Tenn. June 21, 1865."
"Shortly afterward with his mother
Jane, his brother Charles and the latters wife Sarah and
son William he moved to Iowa near his brother Riley and
uncle Joseph. His log cabin was a short distance
east of his brother Riley's near Taintor Iowa in
Poweshiek Co."
"His mother died on Sep't 5,
1886 and is buried northeast of Taintor Iowa. Then
he moved to a place five miles south of Montezuma
Iowa. In the winter he visited the cousins in
Missouri. It is probable they lived near St.
Joseph. About 1890 he married a woman named Rebecca
C from Missouri. She was called Kate. They had
three children Alta, Charles and Jessie. He died in
1906. His wife married a man named Clemens and they
lived near Nevada Iowa. There has been no contact
with the family for years." According to the 1870 Sugar Creek
Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa census, page 392, Moses
and the entire migrating family unit are found as family
70/71. Charles, age 27, is a farm laborer and the
family unit includes wife Sarah F., age 22, son William
R., age 4, brother Moses, age 34 and also a farm
laborer, and mother Jane, age 70. The next family
enumerated, 71/72, is the Samuel and Amanda Fleener
family. Samuel is Jane Robertson's nephew and
cousin to Charles and Moses. A short distance from
these two households, at family 78/79, is the William
Riley and Elizabeth Robertson family. William is
Jane's son, and a brother to Charles and Moses. In
1880 Moses and Jane have moved out of Charles' household
and Moses is now farming - Sugar Creek Township, page
642A. Moses and Jane, and later Moses alone after
Jane died, visited their Robertson kin in Harrison
County, Missouri often. These relatives were
families of Lazarus' brothers Shadrach and Daniel.
Jane is buried in Stewart Cemetery, Prairie Township,
Mahaska County, Iowa, just west of New Sharon.
Moses married Rebecca Catherine
Sparks October 29, 1890 in Mahaska County, Iowa.
Rebecca is the daughter of Lyman Jared Sparks and Winnie
Ann Robertson, and was born in Harrison County,
Missouri. Winnie Ann Robertson is the daughter of
Shadrach Robertson and Phebia R. Wilson and was born abt
1844 in Harrison County, Missouri. Shadrach and
Lazarus are brothers, thus Shadrach and Moses are
uncle/nephew. Thus Winnie Ann and Moses are first
cousins, and Rebecca is Moses' first cousin once
removed. Fred's history for Moses says he moved
south of Montezuma after Jane died, but he in fact
remained in Sugar Creek Township and can be found there
in the 1895, 1900, and 1905 censuses. He and
Rebecca had one daughter, Alta Mae, and two sons,
Charles H. and Jesse, with Jesse dying at 20 years of
age. Moses is buried in Highland Cemetery, New
Sharon, Prairie Township, Mahaska County, Iowa.
On November 9, 1914 Rebecca married
John Helm, Jr. in Fayette County, Iowa. It is not
clear why she moved to the Fayette County area resulting
in meeting and marrying John. Rebecca is buried in
Woodlawn Cemetery, Oelwein, Fayette County, Iowa.
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viii. | Andrew Jackson
Robertson, born May 15, 1836 northeast of Needmore, Brown
County, Indiana; died September 16, 1903 in Monroe County,
Indiana; married Nancy Jane Butcher December 28, 1859 in
Monroe County, Indiana; born August 6, 1831 in Monroe
County, Indiana; died May 24, 1906 in Monroe County,
Indiana.
"Andrew Jackson Robertson was born
on a farm northeast of Needmore Brown Co. Ind. on May
15, 1836. At the age of about eleven his father
died in the Mexican War. When young he married and
lived on the home farm for one year. He then moved
to Monroe Co. and rented farms for a few years and then
bought a small farm five miles east of Bloomington and
lived there until his death. He belonged to the
Friendship Separate Baptist Church and was a good
christian man."
Nancy Jane is the daughter of
Solomon Butcher and Katherine Stephens. She and
Andrew were parents of 4 sons - Oscar Thornton, John
Owen, Lewis Harrison, and Marion Francis - and 2
daughters - Elizabeth and Martha Ann. Andrew died
in 1903. Shortly after this Nancy suffered a
stroke that left her paralyzed. She died after a
second stroke, which left her unconscious for two
days. Andrew and Nancy are buried in Clear Creek
Cemetery, Clear Creek, Monroe County, Indiana.
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ix. | Charles Robertson,
born Abt. 1842 in Brown County, Indiana; died March 13, 1876
in Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana; married Sarah Frances
Swisher March 10, 1864 in Brown County, Indiana; born
December 13, 1848 in Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana;
died February 12, 1925 in Edinburg, Johnson County, Indiana.
Charles has been an enigma for
researchers of the Lazarus Robertson family line for a
long time. From the narrative for Moses above,
Charles appears in the Poweshiek County, Iowa census of
1870, but then cannot be found in the 1880 or later
censuses. Family lore has it that in 1873 they,
with his niece Gabriella, moved to Missouri.
Another part of the Robertson family said that Gabriella
left Indiana to visit the Robertsons in Poweshiek
County, Iowa, but never showed up and was never heard
from again. Whatever happened, no contact was ever
established with this Charles Robertson family after
1870. With Charles not appearing in censuses after
1870 I turned to tracking wife Sarah and son William
R. What resulted follows:
Charles is the youngest son of
Lazarus and Jane Leeper Robertson. Charles was
about 4 years old when his father died in the Mexican
War. In the 1850 census he appears in his mother's
household in Jackson Township, Brown County, Indiana
along with brothers (William)Tazewell, Moses and
Andrew. By the time the 1860 census is enumerated,
mother Jane is living in the household of daughter
Miriam and Joel Richardson. At the same time sons
Tazewell and Andrew are married and enumerated in the
1860 census, but sons Moses and Charles are single, and
I have not been able to find them in that census.
The next time Charles is found is August 1861 when he
enlisted at Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana. He
was mustered in on August 15, 1861 in Company C of the
22nd Regiment of the Indiana Infantry Union forces at
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. At time of
enlistment he gave his age as 19, which suggests a birth
date in late 1842/early 1843.
Except for a short stretch from
October 31, 1862 to November 15, 1863 where he was
marked as deserted, he served until discharge at
Louisville, Kentucky on July 24, 1865 according to the
Civil War Soldier Database Index of the Indiana State
Digital Archives as presented on Ancestry.com.
After muster the regiment moved down river to St. Louis
August 17, 1861. They saw action immediately when
they moved to Milford, Missouri and engaged the
Confederates at Milford (or Shawnee) Mound on Blackwater
Creek and captured 1,300 prisoners. Other
engagements included the Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas;
the siege of Corinth, Mississippi; Battle of Perryville,
Kentucky; Battle of Stone's River, Tennessee; the Middle
Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign; Chickamauga, Georgia
Campaign; siege of Chattanooga, Tennessee; and this
represents only the major activities up to September
22-November 23, 1863. They spent the rest of the
war in Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, and the Carolinas.
The regiment saw much action, and loss as well - 14
officers and 139 enlisted men killed and mortally
wounded and 190 enlisted men killed by disease.
Charles was not discharged until
July 24, 1865, but he had at least one approved leave to
have married Sarah Frances Swisher March 10, 1864 in
Brown County, Indiana. After his return from
service a son was born to Charles and Sarah, William
Riley Robertson born April 11, 1866 and named after
Charles' oldest sibling. That would be the only
child born to them. It is possible there were
other children who did not survive to be enumerated on a
census. Sarah's 1900 and 1910 census entries of
Edinburgh, Johnson County, Indiana say she was mother of
4 with only 2 surviving. The other surviving child
was Forrest Dale Everroad, but I do not know who the
father of the 2 non-surviving children was.
As per Moses' narrative Charles,
Sarah and William Riley appear in the 1870 Sugar Creek
Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa census. Charles
reports that he is a farm laborer and has personal
estate valued at $400, but neither he or Moses have any
real estate to report. Whereas some factions of
the Robertson families believe Charles' family moved to
Missouri in 1873, it appears they likely moved to
Indiana around that year. Charles died March 13,
1876 in Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana according to
"Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who
Served Between 1861 and 1900" of the National Archives
and Records Administration. Some researchers have
Sarah's mother, Hester Ann Guy Swisher, dying January 3,
1878 in Shiloh, Howard County, Indiana. I have not
been able verify this claim, but it would make sense in
conjunction with Charles' location when he died in
1876. In the 1860 Marion Township, Monroe County,
Indiana census Sarah's parents have 7 children at home
with 6 below the age of 15. If her mother was ill
for some time before she died, it would be reasonable to
assume the family could have used Sarah's help around
the household. And with Sarah being the eldest
child of Henry and Hester Swisher it is natural she
would feel compelled to tend to her mother and siblings
yet at home. I have found no cemetery record for
Charles, but according to the Digital Archives of the
Indiana Archives and Records Administration a Charles
Robertson with the same Company/Regiment service and
enlistment/discharge dates, as well as home address (at
time of enlistment) of Brown County, has a grave
registration in Brown County.
Sarah was married and widowed
multiple times. After Charles' death she married
Tillman Franklin Everroad November 5, 1876 in
Bartholomew County, Indiana and they had Forrest Dale
Everroad, born February 8, 1885 in Columbus, Bartholomew
County, Indiana. Tillman died September 4, 1887 in
Columbus, and Sarah married third John Bradford January
19, 1888 in Columbus. John died August 18, 1917 in
Edinburg, Johnson County, Indiana and Sarah married
fourth George Washington Wasson about 1921. Sarah
died February 12, 1925 in Edinburg and is buried there
in Rest Haven Cemetery. Her obituary in "The
Republic" of February 13, 1925 included, "Mrs. Sarah
Frances Wasson, age 75, wife of George Wasson, died at
her home on South Walnut Street, Thursday afternoon at 5
o'clock. The deceased had lived many years as the
widow of the late John Bradford, former funeral director
with J. M. Breeding whose death occurred several years
ago...Besides the husband, who is seriously ill as the
result of a sudden stroke a short time ago and the
sudden death of Mrs. Wasson, she is survived by two sons
by former marriages, Will Robertson, who made his home
with his mother and F. D. Everroad of the Danville,
Illinois."
Sarah F. Everrand filed Civil War
pension application #287020 August 20, 1881 as widow of
Charles Robertson and received certificate
#894773. Application #357039 was filed June 27,
1887 for William as minor dependent of Charles.
This information along with the marriage information of
Sarah Robertson to Tillman Everroad helped make the
initial connection and the preceding narrative possible.
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148. Moses Knox, Sr., born 1782 in
Dover, Stratford County, New Hampshire; died October 19,
1856 in Millersburg, Mercer County, Illinois. He was the
son of 296. William Knox
and 297. Sarah Alley.
He married 149. Susannah Perkins
November 24, 1803 in Lebanon, York County, Maine.
149. Susannah Perkins, born 1784 in
Dover, Stratford County, New Hampshire; died February 04,
1845 in Millersburg, Mercer County, Illinois.
Children of Moses Knox and Susannah Perkins are: |
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i. | George W. Knox,
born 1806 in Jay, Franklin County, Maine; died Unknown;
married Clarissa S. Fuller September 09, 1827 in Jay,
Franklin County, Maine; born 1809 in Jay, Franklin County,
Maine; died Unknown.
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ii. | Sarah Knox, born
1808 in Dover, Stratford County, New Hampshire; died 1885 in
Taylor County, Iowa; married (1) Sumner Bean November 29,
1827 in Jay, Franklin County, Maine; born September 26, 1806
in Jay, Franklin County, Maine; died June 27, 1843 in Ohio;
married (2) William McNulty January 25, 1844 in Mercer
County, Illinois; born Unknown; died Unknown.
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iii. | Simon Knox, born
Abt. 1811; died October 07, 1834 in Jay, Franklin County,
Maine.
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iv. | Samuel Knox, born
Abt. 1812 in Jay, Franklin County, Maine; died May 12, 1887;
married Elizabeth ? Abt. 1835 in Jay, Franklin County,
Maine; born Unknown; died Unknown.
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v. | Asa Foster Knox,
born December 28, 1814 in Jay, Franklin County, Maine; died
January 18, 1901 in Keithsburg Township, Mercer County,
Illinois; married Minerva Elmira Perkins October 13, 1836 in
Fairfield, Somerset County, Maine; born August 10, 1815 in
Fairfield, Somerset County, Maine; died June 11, 1899 in
Keithsburg Township, Mercer County, Illinois.
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vi. | Mary Knox, born
April 26, 1816 in Oxford County, Maine; died February 25,
1899 in Alma Center, Jackson County, Wisconsin; married
Consider Fuller August 01, 1836 in Jay, Franklin County,
Maine; born April 28, 1808 in Jay, Franklin County, Maine;
died February 15, 1901 in Alma Center, Jackson County,
Wisconsin.
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vii. | Hiran Knox, born
1821 in Jay, Franklin County, Maine; died Unknown; married
Lovantia Smith July 04, 1850 in Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Illinois; born 1830 in New York; died Unknown.
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74 | viii. | John William Knox,
born Abt. 1822 in Jay, Franklin County, Maine; died June 06,
1885 in Logan, Phillips County, Kansas; married Elizabeth
Clark March 15, 1843 in Mercer County, Illinois.
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ix. | Sophia Ann Knox,
born 1829 in Jay, Franklin County, Maine; died Abt. 1870 in
Calpella, Mendicino County, California; married John Burns
Abt. 1850 in Mercer County, Illinois; born Abt. 1821 in
Kentucky; died Abt. 1898 in Calpella, Mendicino County,
California.
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x. | Daniel Quincy Knox,
born 1829 in Jay, Franklin County, Maine; died January 12,
1912; married Margaret Ann Dennis February 14, 1850 in Rock
Island, Rock Island County, Illinois; born 1833 in Ohio;
died Unknown.
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xi. | Moses Knox, Jr.,
born Unknown in Dover, Stratford County, New Hampshire; died
Unknown; married Olive Horn October 12, 1848 in Fairfield,
Somerset County, Maine; born September 07, 1824; died May
12, 1887 in Anoka, Anoka County, Minnesota.
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152. William Sexton, born Bet. 1802
- 1805 in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia; died Bet.
1831 - 1840 in Sangamon County, Illinois. He was the son
of 304. William Saxton
and 305. Elizabeth Black.
He married 153. Mary Jarrett
Bet. 1822 - 1824 in Cabell County, (West) Virginia.
Notes for
William Sexton:
William Sexton, Jr. was the third-born
child William and Elizabeth Black Saxton and was born
between March 1804 and April 1805 in Greenbrier
County, [West] Virginia. He is my ggg
grandfather. He was 4-5 years old when the
family moved to Cabell County. When old enough
he began helping his father on the farm.
Sometime between 1822 and 1824 he married Mary Jarrett
in Cabell County. There is no record of William
purchasing any land so he must have continued to help
his father, or worked for others in the area.
Perhaps he was helping his father-in-law, David
Jarrett, with his farming. David had only one
son in that timeframe old enough to be a good farm
hand. David Jarrett appeared in the Cabell
County Land Book every year from 1817 through 1826,
then in 1827 his entry read "David Jarrett's
estate." His death can be fixed as between April
1826 and November 1826 when his will was proved in
Court. There were 3 deaths of father figures in
William Jr.'s life in a very short time span -
- father-in-law David Jarrett between
April 1826 and November 1826,
- father William Saxton, Sr. between
August 29, 1826 and February 1827,
- maternal grandfather Abraham Black in
1828, before May 26.
William Jr. was one of two people who,
by oath, proved Abraham's will. There was no
estate to parcel out when his father died. The
land had already been sold to another party. His
grandfather Abraham wrote a will that left everything
to his wife, so there was nothing for William Jr.
there. His father-in-law, David Jarrett, was a
different matter. David parceled out his land in
his will to his children. On May 12, 1827 a deed
was registered in Cabell County that stated "... that
they said Benjamin Swan and Betsey his wife and
William Sexton and Mary his wife and Assena Jarrett
have granted bargained and sold ... unto the aforesaid
James T. Carrell (actually James T. Carroll husband of
William's maternal aunt Margaret Black above) his
heirs and assigns the three undivided sixth parts of a
certain tract or parcel of land situate lying and
being on Mud river ... contain about seventy four
acres and also being the same tract that the said
Benjamin Swan and William Sexton inheritted by their
wives and the said Assena Jarrett inheritted from her
father David Jarrett deceizd ..."
Shortly after William Jr. satisfied the
needs of the court regarding grandfather Abraham's
will William Jr. and Mary, along with Benjamin and
Elizabeth Swan(n) and Catherine (another daughter of
David Jarrett) and husband Elijah Ray and William B.
Jarrett (a younger brother of the Jarrett sisters) all
left for Sangamon County, Illinois, and settled west
of the county seat Springfield. (Note:
There is question about this timing and more is
explained in the narrative of his son, James M.
Sexton, below.) With their close proximity to
the Ohio River, it is likely they used that means of
travel utilizing a flatboat of their own making.
They may have gone as far as southern Illinois and
then trekked overland to Sangamon County. Or
they may have stayed on the Ohio River as far as the
Mississippi River, then north to the Illinois River to
within 30-40 miles of their final destination.
Many relatives from Cabell County had preceded them
there and were among many who were discovering this
virgin area of the newly admitted state of Illinois
(December 1818). But this area was still a
frontier in 1828 and not without its difficult
challenges.
For the Cabell County pioneers, used to
mountainous and forested regions, it took everything
they had to deal with the realities of unfamiliar and
often hostile prairie territory. In the winter,
bitter winds swept across the open flat grasslands
punishing people and livestock alike. During the
summer thousands of green-headed flies swarmed over
the prairies east and west of Lick Creek, where the
Cabell people settled, and their bites were so painful
that horses bolted uncontrollably and threw their
riders. One pioneer of that time is quoted, "A
journey across the big prairies was, in the summer
time, undertaken only at night because on a hot summer
day horses would be literally stung and worried to
death."
In the fall, devastating prairie fires,
with tall prairie grass as fuel and driven by high
winds, were frightening spectacles. One story
from that area says, "In the fall of 1819, when the
eight-foot prairie grass was as dry as powder, the
Vancil family assembled around the deathbed of
Samuel's daughter Elizabeth, only to be startled from
their grief by the roar of an approaching fire
propelled by a strong westerly wind. All rushed
out, soaked the house with buckets of water filled
from the creek, beat wet blankets against the
approaching flames, and succeeded in saving the cabin
where Elizabeth lay; but they lost the winter supply
of prairie hay curing in stacks on the
grassland. The exhausted fire fighters returned
to find that the girl had died during the excitement."
The other challenge the early settlers
faced was the land itself. First, the settlers
were faced with no forest crop of materials for tools,
home building, furniture, fences, and fuel. The
only timber present was along streams and rivers,
which consisted of saplings and small trees.
That was a far cry from the dense gigantic growth of
virgin timber they were used to back east.
Secondly, we can look back on the soil conditions and
realize the prairie soils were higher in organic
content and natural fertility, and less prone to water
and wind erosion, that the timber soil they had been
used to in their prior locations. But at that
time most Americans believed that the soil fertility
is revealed by the vegetation it supports - thus a
land that could not support large forests must not be
very fertile. More importantly, they could not
break the ground's surface with their plows. The
knot of ancient prairie grass roots, some as thick as
a man's finger, extended several feet
underground. The root maze could only be cut
with a heavy iron plow, and then only with a major
effort.
Some early settlers even uncoupled one
of their wagons, hitched four horses to the front
wheels, and fastened the plow to the axle, Still
they could not force the plow to enter the soil.
Finally, they shaved the grass with sharpened hoes,
and dug in their corn and pumpkin seed with chopping
axes, They were able to raise a good crop in the
fertile soil, but not without a huge effort of
labor. Finally, the development of the heavy
prairie plow in the late 1830s showed promise but it
took a yoke of 5 to 10 oxen to drive it and the cost,
even to hire it done, was too great for most farm
families. It took the development of John
Deere's steel plow in the late 1840's and 1850's to
begin to conquer the prairie. You have to wonder
what drove people to move west into such a hostile
environment, but the migration continued unrelenting.
One small section of the 1830 Sangamon
County census tells the story of how many Cabell
County immigrants were found there (those with an *) -
* John Morris
* Montigue Morris
* Calvary J. Morris
John Reynolds, Jr.
* Achilles Morris
John Graff
* H. R. Morris
* William Sexton
* Benjamin Swann (William B. Jarrett,
minor brother-in-law living with them)
* Elijah Ray
John Hodgerson
* William Morris
All of the Morris entries are related
in one way or another and related to the
Jarretts. A second cousin to Mary Jarrett Sexton
and her sisters, Jonathan Jarrett, immigrated to
Sangamon County in 1826 and was on another page of the
census. The mass of people immigrating to
frontier Illinois were of comparative poverty.
Jonathan, however, owned slaves in Virginia and
brought 2 servants with the family when they
immigrated; the wife of one of the men followed the
next year. According to family tradition, all
were "content to work as they had done in slavery -
some of them even better." Family tradition
always seems to have a way of looking at history with
rose colored glasses. One of the servants was a
tanner, and Jonathan employed his talents to run a
tanyard on his farm through the 1830s.
Achilles Morris, from the above census
list, and 1st cousin to William Jr.'s wife and her
sisters, served as a captain in the Black Hawk War of
1831-1832. The roll for the troop mustered June
4, 1831 and discharged July 2, 1831 included privates
Edmund Morris, William Sexton, Mordicai
Jarrett, and Elijah Ray. Interestingly
Achilles Morris will appear again in the next
generation when talking about Calvary T. Sexton.
Around the time William Jr. was serving
in this engagement a newcomer had arrived in New
Salem, about 18 miles straight north of William Jr.'s
home on Lick Creek. A gangly 22 year young
migrant arrived there with no money in his pockets,
looking for any work that would put food on the table
- Abraham Lincoln. If there had been one change
in his family's history, Abraham's financial picture
could have been quite different. Samuel Lincoln
emigrated from the County of Norfolk, England and
settled in Hingham, Massachusetts in 1637. A
weaver in England, Samuel became a prosperous trader
and businessman in the Colonies where he was a pillar
of the church and begat eleven children.
Samuel's grandson Mordecai (1686-1736) was perhaps the
most successful member of the family. An
ironmaster and wealthy landowner in Pennsylvania, he
was a member of the 18th century economic and social
elite. Their son John (1716-1788) moved to the
Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, where he established
himself on a large farm in fertile Rockingham
County. He was so successful he could afford to
give his son, Abraham's grandfather (also named
Abraham), 210 acres of the best soil in
Virginia. So, instead of being a unique success
on an otherwise poor and barren family tree, Abraham
belonged to the 7th American generation of a family
with competent means. So what happened?
Abraham's grandfather, Abraham,
eventually sold his 210 acres in Virginia and went
over the mountains to seek his fortune in the late
1770's. They had heard much of the rich lands in
Kentucky from their distant relative, Daniel Boone,
about the opportunities to be found in the largely
unsettled territory. Within a few years the
Lincolns owned at least 5,544 acres of land in the
richest sections of Kentucky.
Unfortunately the wilderness was
dangerous. In 1786, while grandfather Abraham
Lincoln and his 3 sons, Mordecai, Josiah, and Thomas
(President Abraham's father), were planting a
cornfield, Indians attacked the group killing
grandfather Abraham instantly. The 3 sons
managed to survive the attack, but the laws at the
time had dramatic impact on President Abraham's
line. Because grandfather Abraham died
intestate, the state directed the dispersal of the
estate. The law in effect was the ancient rule
of primogeniture which left the entire estate to the
eldest son, Mordecai. President Abraham's
father, Thomas, was left penniless, as was his brother
Josiah, and had to do manual labor to earn 3 shillings
a day.
Abraham coming to Sangamon County in
July 1831, at the same time William Jr. and his family
were there, does not mean they knew each other or
associated with one another. Certainly the fact
that William Jr. died not too many years later
probably insures that he conducted no business with
the general store in New Salem where Abraham
worked. Also, while Abraham served a 50-day
engagement in the Black Hawk War, his service was
April 21, 1832 - July 10, 1832 and Williams Jr.'s
enlistment was in 1831. It would have been
exciting to be so close to someone who would become
such a famous American, as did William Jr.'s children,
including Calvary, my gg grandfather.
Sometime between 1835 and 1840 Benjamin
and Elizabeth Jarrett Swann decided they had had
enough of the Illinois prairie and they returned to
Cabell County, where they lived out their lives.
William Jr. and Mary Jarrett Sexton, Elijah and
Catherine Jarrett Ray and William B. Jarrett stayed in
Illinois, determined to make a go of it there.
Perhaps the following incident contributed to Benjamin
and Elizabeth deciding to return to western
Virginia. The book "Early Settlers of Sangamon
County - 1876" contains a section headed Deaths in the
Snow which includes, "Very many cases occurred of
persons being lost in the snow, ending in death.
I will mention a few here, but others will be referred
to in the succeeding parts of the work. A man
named William Saxton lived on Lick Creek, above
Loami. He went hunting, and failing to return,
his friends and neighbors went in search of him, and
found his body about one mile from his home, where he
had sunk down, and appeared as if asleep." This
happened about 1833-1834. I suspect 1832 as
there were notices in October 1832 in the Springfield
"Illinois Weekly State Journal" weekly newspaper that
the post office was holding a letter(s) for William
and they would be returned in not claimed in 3 months
time. Thus Mary was left a widow with a young
family to care for in a rough frontier. Why they
did not return to Virginia with Benjamin and Elizabeth
I do not know.
153. Mary Jarrett, born Bet. 1800 -
1810 in Virginia; died Aft. 1846. She was the daughter of
306. David
Jarrett and 307. Sallie Mitchell.
Notes for
Mary Jarrett:
Mary was born to David Jarrett and
Sallie Mitchell in the first decade of the 19th
century. Her family moved to Cabell County,
[West] Virginia about 7 years after the arrival of the
Sextons . She married William between 1822 and
1824. It was her father's will that gave her
young family the money to survive as they had no land
of their own and, with her father's death, had no
family lands to depend on.
Widowed Mary appears in the 1840
Sangamon County, Illinois census. Census records
before 1850 did not include the name of each family
member so all I know is that Mary had -
1 son between 10 and 15
2 sons between 15 and 20
2 daughters between 5 and 10
and 1 daughter between 10 and 15.
Mary Sexton does not appear in the 1850
census and there is no indication of what may have
happened to her. The 6 children of William Jr.
and Mary follow.
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76 | i. | Calvary T. Sexton,
born May 20, 1824 in Cabell County, (West) Virginia; died
September 06, 1892 in Mahaska County, Iowa; married (1)
Nancy Young Dodd March 25, 1847 in Sangamon County,
Illinois; married (2) Mary Ann Miller February 11, 1882 in
Mahaska County, Iowa.
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ii. | John Wesley Sexton,
born Abt. 1825 in Cabell County, (West) Virginia; died
August 10, 1853 in Loami Township, Sangamon County,
Illinois; married Angeline Holdridge June 26, 1844 in
Sangamon County, Illinois; born Abt. 1830 in New York; died
Unknown.
John Wesley Sexton was the second
child of William Jr. and Mary and was born about 1825 in
Cabell County, [West] Virginia. Nothing much is
known of this child. He married Angeline Holdridge
June 26, 1844 in Sangamon County. John worked as a
farmer, likely working for others as he owned no
land. They had a daughter Mary, born about 1846,
and son James, born about 1849. John died August
10, 1853, and Angeline went ahead to remarry two more
times. I do not know what happened to Mary and
James.
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iii. | Elizabeth Sexton,
born Abt. 1827 in Cabell County, (West) Virginia; died Bet.
1880 - 1900 in Lucas County, Iowa; married (1) Henry
Rumasher June 01, 1843 in Sangamon County, Illinois; born
Abt. 1810 in France; died Bet. 1850 - 1853 in Macoupin
County, Illinois; married (2) John Harris Briggs, Sr.
December 15, 1853 in Macoupin County, Illinois; born 1829 in
New York; died April 03, 1905 in Lucas County, Iowa.
Elizabeth Sexton was the third child
of William Jr. and Mary and was born about 1827 in
Cabell County. She was the last child born in
[West] Virginia before her parents started for Sangamon
County, Illinois. She was possibly named after
William Jr.'s mother, Elizabeth Black Sexton, or perhaps
after Mary's sister, Elizabeth Jarrett Swann. She
would have been about 1 year old when they undertook the
550 mile trek by oxen and wagon, or flat boat. At
16 years of age she married Henry Rumasher/Rumisher on
June 1, 1843 in Sangamon County. At age 33, Henry
was twice the age of Elizabeth. Henri Rumecher
arrived in New York harbor from France on January 19,
1836 along with a female Elizabeth and children
Elizabeth, age 4, and Margaretta, age 3 months.
What was the relationship? Was Elizabeth his wife
or his sister? Whatever the situation Henry
married Elizabeth Sexton 7 years later and Henry was
without children when they married.
Henry and Elizabeth lived in
neighboring Macoupin County where he was a farmer.
The property had a value of $350, so the acreage was not
what you would call large. They were parents of
three children - William Henry born April 1844, Sarah
Melinda., born May 1849 and Mary Angeline born June
1850. Then on October 27, 1851 Henry died
intestate. In the probate process his personal
property was appraised at $472.57. When sold at
auction the amount realized was just $278.53 and after
all expenses were paid the estate amounted to $6.57
which was paid to Elizabeth on December 23, 1852.
Merry Christmas!
Nearly one year later, on December
15, 1853, Elizabeth married John Harris Briggs in
Macoupin County, Illinois. John was Elizabeth's
age, having been born May 15, 1827 in New York. He
was a recent transplant to Macoupin County. They
farmed there for a couple of years, then in 1856 John
and Elizabeth Sexton Briggs and their young family,
including the 3 children Elizabeth had by Henry
Rumasher, followed brother Calvary Sexton who had moved
near Peoria in Mahaska County, Iowa. Peoria is
about 3 miles south and 3 miles west of Taintor.
They remained there for only 2-3 years and then moved to
neighboring Marion County. They settled in the
extreme southwest corner of the county in the village of
Newbern. It was only 3-4 years later that they
moved to the next county south and settled in English
Township, Lucas County, about 20 miles north of
Chariton. The move from Illinois to Mahaska County
was likely a result of brother Calvary moving there a
year earlier. The reason for moving to south
central Iowa was because of the work options. It
did not take long for John to switch from farming to
coal mining as his occupation.
Elizabeth and John were parents of 5
children - Francis Marion (1855-1928), Alvis (1857-after
1870), Theodore (1860-1950), John Goltry (1863-1950) and
Charles Edward (1870-1955). All 5 Briggs children
and 2 of 3 of the Rumasher/Rumisher children remained in
Lucas County. The other Rumasher/Rumisher child,
Sarah Melinda, will be mentioned next when looking at
James M. Sexton. Elizabeth died sometime between
1880 and 1895 in Lucas County. I have not found a
death record or obituary for Elizabeth so the death date
can oly be stated as a death range based on census
records available. The widower John moved in with
son Theodore and his family. Theodore had followed
in his father's footsteps and was a coal miner.
John died in their house on April 3, 1905. John's
tombstone is in Coal Glen Cemetery in northeastern Lucas
County, associated with a country Methodist
church. The stone is split in two and nearly
consumed by a large tree. Elizabeth's stone has
not been found, so it is possible it has been totally
consumed by the tree.
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iv. | James M. Sexton,
born January 29, 1828 in Sangamon County, Illinois; died
March 04, 1900 in Howell neighborhood, north of Darlington,
Gentry County, Missouri; married Eliza O. Pierce March 04,
1852 in Sangamon County, Illinois; born May 25, 1835 in
Kentucky; died February 20, 1925 in Gentry County, Missouri.
James M. Sexton was the fourth child
of William Jr. and Mary and was born January 29, 1828,
the first of their children born in Sangamon County,
Illinois. This information was consistently
provided on census reports, Civil War registration form,
and death notice. Yet, his father William was in
Cabell County to help prove Abraham Black's will if
taken literally. That has some question marks
associated with it as well. One of the witnesses
to the writing of Abraham's will was brother John
Sexton. Then on May 26, 1828 Abraham's last will
and testament was presented in court and "proved by the
oaths of John F. Peyton & William Sexton two of the
witnesses there-to..." The problem is that William
Sexton was not a witness. The third witness was
William Jordan. It appears the Clerk of Court may
have mixed the first name William with the second name
Sexton when he really meant William Jordan or John
Sexton. It would appear that William and Mary and
her siblings actually moved to Sangamon County in late
1827, after the sale of her inherited land and were in
Sangamon County for the birth of James in January 1828.
Times would not have been pleasant
for young James with his father dead before he was 8
years old. He married Eliza O. Pierce March 4,
1852 in Sangamon County. She was born May 25, 1835
in Breckinridge County, Kentucky and moved to Sangamon
County with her family about 1848. Her parents,
William and Martha M. Lagrand Pierce, moved to Gentry
County, Missouri about 1855. The pull of her
parents was evidently too great and in 1858 James and
Eliza and young son William Sexton moved to Gentry
County. Perhaps it was also the fact that his last
single sibling was married in December 1854 that caused
him to feel comfortable to leave for distant places.
Gentry County is situated in
northwest Missouri, not far from the south Iowa border
and east of St. Joseph. He was a farmer in Huggins
Township near Darlington. All census entries are
consistent in stating he and wife, Eliza, could not read
or write. They had three children - William E.
(1853-1914), John Wesley (1858-1932, named after James'
older brother) and James Franklin (1862-1941).
With the time span between the birth of William in 1853
and John in 1858, it is possible there was another child
who was born and died before the 1860 census. That
seems to be confirmed by the 1900 Huggins Township,
Gentry County, Missouri census where widow Eliza Sexton
was enumerated and she reported she was a mother of 5
children with only 3 surviving.
James was a member of the Missouri
Home Guard of Gentry County from June through October
1861. This was a Union service unit. In
Missouri the Home Guard was controlled by the national
government, as opposed to the state government.
For Gentry County it was comprised of 8 companies.
On September 7, 1861 the Gentry County Home Guard unit
joined with the 500 man 3rd Iowa Infantry forces in the
Battle of Blue Mills at Liberty, Missouri. They
met a force of 3,500 Confederate soldiers there and when
all the dust settled, the Confederate forces lost 70 men
and the Union forces lost 56 men but were soundly
defeated. James' Home Guard unit lost 1 killed and
2 missing in action and presumed dead.
James went back to farming in Gentry
County, then February 21, 1865 James met the extreme
need for additional men to meet the demand for a last
ditch push by enlisting in Company F of the 51st
Regiment of the Missouri Infantry. It was
organized at St. Joseph, Missouri March 1 to April 14,
1865 and then stationed at St. Louis. They were
mustered out August 31, 1865 at Benton Barracks in St.
Louis without seeing any action. James spent a
good bit of that time in the hospital at Benton
Barracks. When he died March 4, 1900 in Gentry
County it was from paralysis which was a continuation of
physical problems caused by mumps settling in his
testicles while stationed with the 51st Infantry.
He was approved June 4, 1885 for a pension and after his
death Eliza was approved June 26, 1901 for a widow's
pension. Eliza died February 20, 1925 at the home
of son James Franklin.
As a side note, there must have been
some communication/fraternization between the James
Sexton family and his Sexton siblings in Iowa.
Charles P. Moore was born January 2, 1845 in Cape
Breton, Nova Scotia. He was a boy of age 13 when
his family immigrated from Nova Scotia, Canada to Boston
on September 28, 1858. The family immediately
traveled to and settled in Gentry County, Missouri not
far from the James M. Sexton family. Then about
1865 Charles married Sarah Melinda Rumasher of Lucas
County, Iowa and daughter of Elizabeth Sexton by her
first husband Henry Rumasher. Charles and Sarah
went about farming in Gentry County and they had 5 sons
and 2 daughters.
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v. | Catharine Sexton,
born Bet. 1830 - 1835 in Sangamon County, Illinois; died
Unknown; married Patrick DeWitt December 01, 1854 in
Sangamon County, Illinois; born Unknown; died Unknown.
The final two children of William Jr.
and Mary have been very hard to track and I present very
sketchy information here. I also am suggesting
these are their children, but I have no concrete
evidence to that effect.
Catherine Sexton was the fifth child
or William Jr. and Mary and was born about 1831 in
Sangamon County, Illinois. She may have been named
after William Jr.'s sister, but was most likely named
after Mary's sister, Catherine Jarrett Ray. She
would have been only 3 years old, or so, when her father
died in the snow storm. She would probably have
had very little memory of her father.
She married Patrick Dewitt December
1, 1854 in Sangamon County. Patrick was born about
May 1815 in Ireland, making him about 16 years older
than Catherine. They set about farming in
neighboring Logan County, Illinois. While living
there son Patrick Jr. was born about August 1861 and son
Michael was born about February 1865. They had no
other children. Sometime about 1890 Catherine died
and father and both sons moved to Hamilton County,
Nebraska along the Platte River. Although he was
the younger son, Michael was listed as head of household
on a rented farm and brother Patrick Jr. was a laborer
on that farm. Widower Patrick Sr. was
retired. He died there shortly after 1900.
Patrick Jr. died August 5, 1909 in
Medical Lake, Washington. This is a small
commu-nity in Spokane County. It took its name
from a nearby lake believed by local Indians to hold
medicinal qualities. Michael died June 26, 1924 in
Wenatchee in Chelan County, Washington.
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vi. | Mary Sexton, born
Bet. 1830 - 1835 in Sangamon County, Illinois; died Unknown;
married Peter Vansil February 03, 1846 in Sangamon County,
Illinois; born Unknown; died Unknown.
Mary Sexton was the last child of
William Jr. and Mary and born about 1832 in Sangamon
County. It is likely she was only 1 year old when
her father died. She married Peter Vansil February
3, 1846 in Sangamon County. I do not know what
happened to Peter, but Mary was shown as living in the
Lewis Larkin family home in Auburn, Sangamon County in
1870 and working as a day servant. I know nothing
more of this child.
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154. Josiah Dodd, born November 19,
1800 in Tennessee; died February 17, 1859 in Richland
Township, Mahaska County, Iowa. He was the son of 308. William
L. Dodd, Sr. and 309. Agnes Blakely.
He married 155. Elizabeth Duncan
March 16, 1824 in Jefferson County, Tennessee.
Children of Josiah Dodd and Elizabeth Duncan are: |
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i. | Daughter Dodd, born
Abt. 1824 in Tennessee; died Bef. 1838 in Jefferson County,
Tennessee.
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ii. | John Dodd, born
Abt. 1825 in Tennessee; died Abt. March 1869 in Linn County,
Kansas; married Cassie Peak; born Unknown; died Unknown.
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iii. | Mary Jane Dodd,
born Abt. 1825 in Tennessee; died Bef. 1912 in Los Angeles,
Los Angeles County, California; married Willis Lacy July 18,
1848 in Sangamon County, Illinois; born Unknown; died
Unknown.
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77 | iv. | Nancy Young Dodd,
born April 11, 1827 in Tennessee; died October 06, 1880 in
Prairie Township, Mahaska County, Iowa; married Calvary T.
Sexton March 25, 1847 in Sangamon County, Illinois.
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v. | William P. Dodd,
born Abt. 1838 in Illinois; died October 5, 1862 in Matamora
County, Tennessee in the Civil War.
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vi. | Charles J. Dodd,
born December 22, 1839 in Morgan County, Illinois; died
February 02, 1923 in Lane County, Oregon; married (1) Mary
A. Kirkpatrick June 17, 1860 in Mahaska County, Iowa; born
September 18, 1840 in Pike County, Illinois; died November
15, 1911 in Oregon; married (2) A. F. ? After 1911 in
Oregon; born Abt. 1863 in Canada; died Unknown.
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156. Joseph Farr, Sr., born Bet.
1790 and 1800 in Pennsylvania; died September 15, 1836 in
Adams Township, Coshocton County, Ohio. He married 157. Catherine Caton Abt. 1820 in
likely Pennsylvania.
Notes for
Joseph Farr, Sr.:
The Joseph Farr family is found in the
1830 St. Clair Township, Allegheny County,
Pennsylvania census, page 219. This census
identifies his age, as well as Catherine's, as being
of 30 and under 40. Thus his birth identified as
between 1790 and 1800.
The 1880 Federal census listing for
Joseph, Jr. and family identifies his birthplace as
Pennsylvania as well as listing his father's and
mother's birth states as Pennsylvania (page 210A,
Prairie Township, Mahaska County, Iowa).
Joseph's death is first hinted at in
the biography of son Joseph, Jr. "He came with
his parents, when seven years of age to Avendale
(sic), Coshocton county, Ohio (which would place the
date as circa 1834). Soon after his father died,
he and his eldest brother were then mothers only
support." Since the last child was born in 1837
and Catherine is listed as head of household in the
1840 Coshocton County census (page 383) his death must
have been circa 1836-1837.
The obituary of Joseph Jr. that
appeared in the "Coshocton Morning Tribune" of
Wednesday morning, April 12, 1916, page 2 under the
heading "Death of Mr. Joseph Farr, An Old Coshocton
County Pioneer" gives a few details about his father
Joseph Sr. It goes ahead to state, "Joseph sr.,
was a stonemason by trade and in the year 1836, he
with others laid the abutments of the Walhonding and
Tuscarawas bridges. When near completion, took
with a fever from which he died, without receiving
full payment, Sept. 15 of the same year."
157. Catherine Caton, born December
20, 1799 in Amwell Township, Washington County,
Pennsylvania; died December 03, 1885 in Mahaska County,
Iowa. She was the daughter of 314. George Caton
and 315. Jemima ?
Notes for
Catherine Caton:
The 1880 Federal census shows her
living with son Joseph Farr and wife Ellen (page 210A,
Prairie Township, Mahaska County, Iowa). It
identifies her birthplace as Pennsylvania and also
lists her father's and mother's birth states as
Maryland.
Quote from page 4 of the December 12,
1885 Oskaloosa Saturday Herald: "Old Mrs. Farr, who
fell down stairs, was so badly hurt that she died. --
Peoria News" Her birth and death information is
taken from her tombstone in Appel Cemetery near
Peoria, Mahaska County, Iowa.
A couple of notes regarding the
identity and ancestry of Catherine and Joseph.
Many trees appear on the web showing Joseph as the son
of Joseph Farr and Hannah Reed/Read and as the husband
of Catherine Bowman. I believe this is incorrect
on both accounts.
First, according to "The Descendants
of John Rugg" by Ellen R. Rugg; Frederick H.
Hitchcock Genealogical Publisher; New York; 1911,
and "The Family of Willis Vernon Farr ..." compiled
by Jane B. Bickford; 1977, Hannah Read (born 1777 in
New Hampshire) married Joseph Farr (born 1775 in
Massachusetts) on November 17, 1796. Among
their children was Joseph Farr, Jr. born July 13,
1803 in Windham, Vermont. When 8 years old, he
went to Conventry, Vermont to live with his aunt
Levina Gray. This Joseph lived out his years
in Vermont, dying January 27, 1855, contrary to the
biography of Joseph above. Also, the Bowman he
married was Cosbi Bowman who died January 27, 1840
at Albany, Vermont, not our Catherine who died 1885
in Iowa. Disregarding census information
(which can often contain errors) from our Joseph bio
above, the known element from his son's bio that he
died in Coshocton, Ohio between 1837 and 1840 proves
this Joseph could not fill the criteria.
Second, many of the trees show the
parentage of their Catherine Bowman as Jacob Bowman
and Isbella Lowry. According to "History of
Fayette County, Pennsylvania ..." by Franklin Ellis;
L. H. Everts & Co.; Philadelphia; 1882, Jacob
Bowman was born in Hagerstown, Maryland June 17,
1763 and came to Brownsville, Fayette County when
twenty-four years of age (about 1787). He
married Isabella Lowry in 1787 and evidently moved
to Fayette County very soon thereafter. The
children of Jacob and wife Isabella are listed as
Mary (married Henry Sterling), Annie E. (married
Henry Sweitzer), Henry, Harriet E. (married John
Thompson), James L., Matilda L. (married Thomas M.
T. McKennan), Louisa (married Samuel Bell), William
Robert, Goodloe Harper, and Nelson Blair, but no
Catherine. While Jacob and Isbella were born
in Maryland (same as Catherine's 1880 census entry
above) and ended up in Fayette County, Pennsylvania
(same as Joseph and Catherine), it is clear that
Catherine was not a daughter of Jacob and Isabella.
Updates as of
July 12, 2013 follow: Catherine's entry
on the State of Iowa Death Register identifies her as
Catherine Farr, a widow, born in Pennsylvania.
She died at 9:00 p.m. on December 3, 1885 at the age
of 85 years, 11 months and 14 days. Her cause of
death was given as fractured ribs, consistent with the
newspaper quote above. According to the Register
entry, she suffered from the injury for 36 hours
before succumbing. Unfortunately this tool did
not ask for the names of the parents of the deceased
until 1904. In fact, it was not usual to even be
collecting death certificate information yet in
1885. Only 50% of the deaths were registered
between 1880 and 1921, when registration was required.
Finding Joseph's death register entry
from March 31, 1916 answered the question of who his
mother was. According to information supplied by
son Jasper C. Farr, Joseph's parents were given as
Joseph Farr and Kathern Caton. Catherine had
been living with Joseph and Ellen Funk Farr in Mahaska
County, Iowa since at least the 1860 census.
That would mean that Catherine was always in the home
during Jasper's lifetime until her death and he likely
heard of the family history. In fact, while the
informant for Catherine's death register entry is not
given, the fact that her age is given in years, months
and days rather than simply in years suggests there
was a family bible in existence. Some of
Jasper's Funk and Farr relatives still lived in
Coshocton County, Ohio, where Catherine's Caton
relatives also lived, and there were evidently some
trips back to visit some or all of these relative
since Jasper ended up marrying a girl from Coshocton
County and moving to neighboring Licking County,
Ohio. Chances are extremely good that the
information is reliable.
Updates as of
July 24, 2013 follow: I am fairly
confident Catherine was born in Amwell Township,
Washington County, Pennsylvania, the neighboring
county to Fayette County. When Joseph and
Catherine and family moved to Coshocton County, Ohio
in the 1833/34 timeframe a Caton family from
Washington County also moved to the current day Fresno
area in Coshocton County. According to Caton
researcher Jane Curci this village used to be known as
Avondale at the time these families moved there, but
the name was changed when the postal service kept
getting mail confused with another Avondale, Ohio near
Cincinnati. That village being larger got to
keep its name and the one in Coshocton County was
changed to Fresno.
The 1823 will of Susanna Caton in
Amwell Township listed among the beneficiaries one
Catherine Caton, granddaughter of Susanna and daughter
of George Caton. Page 166 of Will Book No. 4
for Washington County, Pennsylvania states "...Second
I give and devise to my grand daughter Lucy Vankirke
aforesaid daughter of my deceased child Priscilla
Vankirk one hundred dollars to be paid to her in one
year after my decease and I direct all my wearing
clothes to be equally devided between her and
Catherine and Susanna Caton Daughters of my son George
Caton..."
In the 1800 Amwell Township,
Washington County, Pennsylvania census, page 2
George's family has 3 children, including 2 daughters
under the age of 10. By 1810 George's family
consists of 7 children with two being daughters ages
10 through 15 (Amwell Township census, page 62).
With Catherine's birth year of 1799, this supports the
possibility that Catherine Farr is the daughter of
George Caton fronm a birth year perspective. The
1820 census (Amwell Township, page 229) has the George
Caton family with 8 children, but the two daughters
who were born prior to 1800 are no longer in the
household. It is right around this time that
Catherine Caton would have married Joseph Farr.
Now we know that George Caton had a
daughter Catherine and this daughter could possibly
fit the same age as Catherine Farr. The will
referenced above ended with "Find probate on page
(490)". This turned out to not really be a
probate, but a little over 2 pages of testimony before
"Samuel Cunningham, Deputy Register for the probate of
Wills and granting letters of Administration".
The reason for this questioning was the unusual terms
in the will whereby "...to wit first I give and devise
to my old friend & trusty inmate Gabriel Blackeney
all my real and personal estate of whatever kind or
nature soever during his natural life subject however
to the payment of my funeral charges and the legacy to
my grand-daughter Lucy hereinafter mentioned meaning
thereby to give him the said Blackeney a complete life
estate in my real property in Washington County or
else where and an absolute right in and to all my
personal property of whatever kind or nature it may
be..." Rather unusual in that for the life of
Gabriel Blackeney it froze the family from receiving
any of the estate other than potentially that which
was specifically willed to a family member.
Susanna's will does state "...that after the death of
the said Gabriel Blackeney I will and devise to my
sons George Caton & Dorsey Caton and to my
daughters Milcah Prawl Susanna Lackey and Anna Conklen
all my real estate aforesaid to be equally divided
between them to have and
to hold the said real estate to them their heirs and
assigns forever..." According to Gabriel
Blackeney's will (Book 4, page 316 of Washington
County, Pennsylvania Wills), the slave Betsy was freed
while all his possessions, real and personal, were
given to his three illegitimate daughters. It is
assumed Susanna's property finally made it's way to
her children as was her intent.
Hoping to find something relating to
Catherine's surname I turned to the actual probate
file - Probate Book C, Case File 33 for 1825.
While I did not find Catherine mentioned - the only
distribution mentioned was that of the entire estate
to Gabriel Blackeney - I did find some interesting
entries. First of those items encountered were
two judgments to pay one Joseph Farr the amounts of
$17.25 and $7.99. This introduces Joseph Farr as
being in the lives of the Caton family for the first
time. The inventory and appraisal documents give
a little more information of interest. Among the
inventory are:
1 Hay Fork & 1 Dung Fork -
appraised at $ .62 1/2
1 Plough & one Shovel Plough -
appraised at $ 2.50
1 Horse (Bay) about seven years old -
appraised at $25.00
1 Light Bay Mare about seven years old
- appraised at $30.00
These items are grouped together within brackets
with the notation "Claimed Held & in possession of
Joseph Farr by contract with Mrs. Caton". Later
on the same page the following bracketed items
2 Collars - appraised at no value
2 Pair of Horse Geers - appraised at $
4.25
1 Harrow - appraised at $ 2.55
had the notation "in Jos. Farr's possession as
above". One other entry contained
1 inch Auger - appraised at $ .06 1/4
with the note "in Jos. Farr's possession".
The probate shows that all personal
property contained in the inventory were given to
Gabriel Blackeney and no indication is given of
Catherine's surname or if she and the other women ever
received the clothing they were bequeathed.
However, Joseph Farr being possessed of Susanna's
personal property seems to show a much more intimate
relationship with Susanna, the kind that might occur
between "family members". The only other
personal association noted on the inventory list was 1
Good Scythe that was said to be "George Caton's
property".
Joseph Farr, Jr.'s biographical
article states they moved to the Avondale, Coshocton
County, Ohio area when he was seven years of
age. That is approximately 1834. George
Caton's family moved to White Eyes Township, Coshocton
County, Ohio, near Avondale, in the same
timeframe. I have not located any Farr deed
transactions, but several of George's sons purchased
land located in the United State Military District
(part of the land in the area reserved by Congress for
Revolutionary soldiers) through the Zanesville, Ohio
land office. The following purchases are found
in "Early Ohio Settlers; Purchasers of Land in East
& East Central Ohio, 1800-1840" by Ellen Thomas
Berry and David A. Berry; Genealogical Publishing Co.,
Inc.; Baltimore, MD, 1989 and sre located in Range 05,
Township 06, Section 04 (White Eyes Township,
Coshocton County near Avondale/Fresno):
One more instance of proximity is
worth mentioning. The 1850 census finds a single
22 year old Joseph Farr Jr., prior to marrying Ellen
Funk, living with his widowed mother Catherine and 3
younger siblings in Admas Township, Coshocton County
(page 316, family 195/195, enumerated 18 November
1850) . Caton researcher Jane Curci pointed out
that in that same census he is also shown as a laborer
on the Daniel Caton farm in neighboring White Eyes
Township (page 237, family 97/97, enumerated 5 October
1850). This last entry has Joseph born in Ohio,
but this is likely a census enumerator's error as
there are no other Farr's in the county at that time.
While the data given here is
circumstantial, there are enough relationships and
interactions shown here to make a very strong case
that the Catherine Caton identified as wife of Joseph
Farr, Sr. in Joseph Jr.'s death register and the
Catherine Caton identified as granddaughter of Susanna
Caton and daughter of George Caton are one and the
same. The final piece came with the discovery of
an obituary for Joseph Farr, Jr. that appeared in the
"Coshocton Morning Tribune" of Wednesday morning,
April 12, 1916, page 2 under the heading "Death of Mr.
Joseph Farr, An Old Coshocton County Pioneer".
It goes ahead to state "Joseph Farr, son of Joseph and Cathern Caton Farr,
was born in Fayett (sic) county, Penn., March 2nd,
1827, died at his home in New Sharon, Iowa, March 30,
1916. Age 89 years and one month."
Children of Joseph Farr and Catherine Caton are: |
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i. | George Washington
Farr, Sr., born Abt. 1821 in Pennsylvania; died Aft. 1894 in
likely Adair County, Missouri; married (1) Mary Ann Norris
October 20, 1842 in Coshocton County, Ohio; born Abt. 1823
in Ohio; died Abt. 1865 in Mahaska County, Iowa; married (2)
Anna Norman January 22, 1866 in Adair County, Missouri; born
May 13, 1824 in Ohio; died April 29, 1903 in Adair County,
Missouri.
Son George Washington Farr, Sr., was
born about 1821 in Pennsylvania. He may have been
born in Washington County where the Caton family was
located. Brother Joseph Jr. was born in Fayette
County. The Joseph Farr, Sr. family was found in
the 1830 Allegheny County census. It appears the
family was quite migratory, likely because of Joseph
Sr.'s occupation of stonemason. This had him
moving to where the work was, although the move to
Coshocton County, Ohio was probably following
Catherine's Caton family members to the new frontier.
George Sr. would have been about 15
when his father died. Being the eldest, the
responsibility of caring for his mother and siblings
fell squarely on his shoulders until some of the other
children were old enough to shoulder some of the
responsibility. George Sr. was about 21 years old
when he married Mary Ann Norris October 20, 1842 in
Coshocton County. He was a farmer and owned
property valued at $1200 in 1850 - a sizable value for
that time period.
By this time 4 of the 8 children of
Joseph Sr. and Catherine were married, leaving widow
Catherine with the remaining 4 at home, with Joseph Jr.
serving as the head of the household. In 1856
George Sr. followed another of his siblings, Andrew
Jackson Farr, when he and Mary picked up their family of
8 children and moved to Mahaska County, Iowa, settling
near Peoria (west of New Sharon and south of
Taintor). Before long other Farrs moved to Iowa
and close proximities as well. George Sr. amassed
300 acres in the southwest corner of Prairie
Township. He and Mary had 4 more children in
Mahaska County, then Mary died about 1865 after the
birth of their 12th child. With so many children
(and 5 of them under 10), George wasted no time in
remarrying. He married Anna Norman on January 22,
1866 in Adair County, Missouri (county seat is
Kirksville). This seems strange that he would go
to Missouri to marry, but when I get to describing his
brother Charles it will all make sense.
George's end of life is somewhat of a
mystery. After he married Anna, they resided in
Adair County, Missouri for a period of time before
deciding to move to Mahaska County, Iowa, but then moved
back to Adair County for the remainder of their
life. To this union were born 2 girls, one in
Adair County and one in Mahaska County, making 14
children for George Sr. In the 1900 census there
is no trace of George Sr. Anna is shown as a
boarder in the household of Iga and Margaret
Pinkerton. She is enumerated as a Pinkerton and
has marital status of widow. Is the surname of
Pinkerton a mistake? She was married to John
Pinkerton at one time; did she divorce George Sr. and
retake the Pinkerton surname? She is buried in
Pinkerton Cemetery (southeast of Kirksville, near
Simlerville), next to her first husband and her name
there is given as Ann Pinkerton. So it seems she
and George Sr. did divorce and she renounced any
association with the Farrs. George Sr. is buried
in the same cemetery and his death date on Find A Grave
is given as January 18, 1903 with no sourcing
given. There is a photograph of the tombstone on
the Find A Grave site, but only the year is given for
birth (1821) and death (1903) dates, and the the name
and dates are clearly "photoshoped" in. I do know
from the December 28, 1894 issue of The Weekly Graphic
newspaper (Kirksville, Missouri) that he was present at
a birthday party given in his honor and "attended by 100
children, great grand children and friends". I do
not know why he was not shown in the 1900 census if he
was indeed alive yet.
Before moving on to George Sr.'s
siblings, the happenings of some of his descendants, as
recorded in court records and area newspapers, will be
presented. The first incident involved 3 children
of George Sr. and Mary Ann - Sarah Farr (1844-1934),
Andrew Jackson Farr (1847-1921) and George Washington
Farr, Jr. (1851-1927). William Henry Graham came
with his parents to Marshall County, Iowa from Kentucky
in 1853 when age 7 - 8. Henry married Sarah Farr
October 18, 1863 in Mahaska County. On March 22,
1870 he was working as a laborer in a saw mill in
Madison Township, directly south of New Sharon, when
Sarah's brothers Andrew Jackson Farr and George
Washington Farr, Jr. came into the mill. They both
had guns as though they had been hunting. The mill
stood on the river bottom, near the Skunk river, and was
quite a place for hunting ducks and geese. An
altercation occurred between the Farr brothers and their
brother-in-law Henry in which the Farr brothers accused
Henry of committing some wrong against his wife, sister
of the Farr brothers. Henry accused them of
telling a lie, pulled off his coat and started toward
George Jr. as if for a fight. Andrew raised his
double barreled shotgun and fired, hitting Henry in the
left breast. Henry turned as if he was going to
run and Andrew fired the other barrel hitting him in the
back. Henry died instantly. Andrew yelled
for George Jr. to run, and they both high-tailed it out
of there.
Andrew went into hiding while at
about noon George Jr. went to the house of a local
justice of the peace and informed him of what had
occurred at the sawmill. George Jr. remained
available and present at the coroner's inquest.
While the inquest showed the shooting to be the action
of Andrew, the sheriff felt justified in arresting
George Jr. and binding him over to court as an
accomplice to murder. Bail was fixed at $5000, and
being unable to make bail he remained in jail until a
trial in District Court. In a case ultimately
decided by the Iowa Supreme Court, The State v. Farr 33
553 - December 1871 Term, George Jr. was acquitted of
any involvement in the murder, and the entire blame was
placed on Andrew.
At the time of the shooting Andrew
escaped capture by hiding in the nearby woods.
According to the newspaper article in The Oskaloosa
(Iowa) Herald of March 31, 1870, "On Friday, A. J. Farr,
who had not been seen since the affray, called on Squire
Blanchard, of Prairie (township), and surrendered
himself. He had been in the woods since Tuesday,
afraid to show himself for fear of being shot, and was
cold, hungry and discouraged. Together they
started to town, the Squire intending to deliver the
prisoner to the authorities, when they met old man Farr,
father of the boys, who prevailed upon the Squire to
return and remain at his house all night and let the
trial come off in the county, alleging as a reason that
he feared justice would not be done in town. His
request was complied with, and they returned to his
house, where, during the night, young Farr, was, as is
supposed, furnished with clothes and made his
escape. He had been in the neighborhood of the
affray all the time, and from a tree top saw the funeral
procession of his victim go by." He was never
heard of again in the Mahaska County area. Andrew
left Iowa and eventually ended up in Adair County,
Missouri, the home county of his wife Catherine Malinda
Pinkerton.
In the testimony of the Iowa Supreme
Court case it was recorded that Andrew's wife was yet
living in Mahaska County and repeated questioning of her
had not led to locating his whereabouts. Then
shortly before the proceedings the defendant had heard
that Andrew was on his way to Galveston, Texas with the
intention of remaining there and making that his
permanent home. When brother John Wesley Farr died
September 19, 1919 in Mahaska County his obituary gave
Andrew as a survivor with residence of Kirkdale,
Kansas. Andrew had married Catherine in Adair
County, Missouri January 1, 1868 and immediately settled
in Mahasaka County and started raising a family.
When Andrew fled Mahaska County, wife Catherine and
their two daughters moved in with father-in-law George
Sr. George Sr. must have felt the heat of son
Andrew's escape as he and his family left soon after the
Iowa Supreme Court case for Adair County as well.
This must have reunited Andrew and Catherine since son
Clarence Robert was born March 15, 1874 and daughter
Olive Augusta was born January 1, 1876, both in Adair
County, Missouri. It does appear though that they
did some moving about. I do not know if this was
because of a fear of being found, or a desire for new
experiences. Their next child, son Albert Cross
was born November 17, 1878 in Lincoln County, Kansas, as
was son Alvin in 1879. The family appears in
Pleasant Township, Lincoln County, Kansas in the 1880
census with brother Elias Farr also in the
household. They may have moved back to Adair
County, Missouri shortly after the census as son Alvin
died in 1880 and is buried in Pinkerton Cemetery in
Adair County. Then presumably in October 1889 he
and Catherine divorced as they were reported in the
October 4 issue of The Weekly Graphic newspaper
(Kirksville, Missouri) as scheduled to appear in court
on October 15 for a second time, the first time being
April 12, 1889. On May 21, 1904 Andrew married
Mary Elizabeth Hopper in Kirksville, Adair County and
they had two children born in Adair County.
He married twice and was father of 8
children, 6 of whom were born in Adair County.
While he never set foot again in Mahaska County, it is
not like the family did not know where he was.
Mail was exchanged back and forth between the Mahaska
County family and Andrew's family in Adair County.
While brother John Wesley's 1919 obituary listed Andrew
as a survivor living in Kirkdale, Kansas (which I have
been unable to find any trace of) it is interesting he
had received a postcard dated August 9, 1917 from Andrew
and postmarked from Adair County, Missouri thanking him
for the birthday cards that had been sent him by John
Wesley. Were the Farr kin stil trying to obscure
the location of Andrew? Andrew died in Adair
County August 16, 1921. I can understand George
Sr. not "ratting" on his son, but I cannot understand
Sarah letting the killer of her husband go free, even if
he was her brother. Sarah had 4 children by Henry
Graham. She married David Boyd 18 months after the
murder and they had 6 children.
The other descendant of George Sr.
and Mary Ann who got into trouble with the law was
grandson Carl Farr, son of John Wesley Farr and Sarah
Janette Johnson. Carl was born March 22, 1901 in
New Sharon, Mahaska County. He grew up near Peoria
and married Ruby Lucy Wood of nearby Forest Home
(located across the county line in Poweshiek County) on
February 8, 1921 in New Sharon. His father had
died in September 1919 and Carl had lived with his
widowed mother helping with the farming. Carl and
Ruby first settled down on the farm outside New Sharon
and continued to help support his mother. His
mother divested herself of the farm shortly after, and
Carl took up with an Ernest Malloy and set up operation
of a small grocery store at 801 High Ave. West in
Oskaloosa in November 1922.
Carl's first scrape with the law was
shortly thereafter when he and Ernest were arrested for
stealing hogs - likely to help outfit their grocery
store meat department. They were indicted by a
grand jury in December. Then January 7, 1923 they
drove to Adair County, Missouri. Carl was very
familiar with the territory as several of his relatives
lived there. They filled their gas tank in
Kirksville and started back that night. On the way
back they stopped at Fugate (in Adair County) and forced
entry into a general store looking for a safe to
crack. The safe contained nothing of value so they
moved on to Greentop (also in Adair County, just
barely). They pried the padlock off the general
store and looked for a safe. Finding none, they
started filling up the car with merchandise from the
store to sell in their own store. That is where
they encountered the trouble described in the Eddyville
(Iowa) Tribune of January 11, 1923.
The newspaper reports "Greentop
officers surprised the pair as they were looting the
John Colegrove general merchandise store and opened
fire. ...the two exchanged shots with Farr and
Malloy until the men had made their escape from town by
auto. One of the bullets fired by the Greentop
officers cut off the trigger finger of Farr's right had
and disarmed the fellow, and another shot went through
the left hip, shattering the hip bones and cutting the
arteries." The Oskaloosa (Iowa) Herald Times-Globe
of January 11, 1923 states "Malloy managed to get him
(Farr) to their car and got away, although the car was
riddled from the bullets of the officers at
Greentop. Malloy said he drove ninety miles an
hour and got his companion here (Oskaloosa) in a little
more than an hour, but he had lost so much blood it was
impossible to save him. It is probable that Farr's
life could have been saved, if he had been willing to
stop somewhere and call a surgeon. Malloy made the
statement that he urged Farr to do this, but he would
not consent. Officers attempted to stop the pair
in their mad automobile flight, at Queen City, Mo.
They attempted to block the road at that point but
Malloy went past on the side and reached
Oskaloosa. Farr died at Malloy's home over the
grocery, at 801 High Avenue West, a short time after his
arrival there, Dr. P. M. Day having been called in the
meantime."
Why were they committing burglary
trying to find money? They had no funds with which
to hire attorneys to fight the prosecution of larceny of
hogs and decided to find the money by robbery.
Carl left a wife and 2 children; the second child was
born 1 month after Carl's death.
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ii. | Marie/Maria Farr,
born Abt. 1823 in Pennsylvania; died Bet. 1865 and 1870 in
Coshocton County, Ohio; married David Cain October 01, 1840
in Coshocton County, Ohio; born October 20, 1812 in
Coshocton County, Ohio; died October 26, 1896 in Coshocton
County, Ohio.
Marie Farr was the second born child
of Joseph Farr, Sr. and Catherine Caton. She was
born about 1823 in Pennsylvania and would have been
about 11 or 12 when the family moved to Coshocton
County, Ohio. On October 1, 1840 she married David
Cain, a man 10 years her senior, and they set about
farming and raising a family. They had 7 children
when the Civil War began. The story gets a little
confusing here. David was born about 1814
according to his tombstone (Died Oct. 26, 1896, Aged 82
Yrs.). However, his death register entry says he
died of old age October 26, 1896 at age 83 years, 11
months and 6 days, making his birth date October 20,
1812. His census entries show he was born in
Ohio. The 1820 Coshocton County census shows his
father, Aaron Cain, residing in Oxford Township,
transitioning to White Eyes Township by 1830. It
is likely he was born in this county (according to his
obituary) but it was certain that he was there to
"welcome" the Farr family to the area.
According to his obituary he enlisted
in Company B, 80th Ohio Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
October 11, 1861 and was afterward discharged on account
of disability. After recovering he enlisted and
served in Company C, 51st O.V.V.I. (Ohio Veteran
Volunteer Infantry). The official rosters show a
David Cain enlisting October 11, 1861 in Company B at
Camp Meigs, Ohio and being discharged September 20, 1862
at Evansville, Indiana on surgeon's certificate of
disability. But he was listed as age 34 at
enlistment, which would make his birth year as
1827. There is a David Cain shown enlisting in
Company C on February 17, 1864 at Camp Meigs and
mustered out with the company October 3, 1865 at
Victoria, Texas. But he was listed as age 33
at enlistment, or born in 1831. It is likely this
is the same David Cain since it is highly unlikely that
his obituary would contain so much common detail unless
they were one and the same person. It appears that
while several young men lied about their age to make
them appear older so they could serve, David lied about
his age to make him appear younger.
Company B, 80th Ohio Volunteer
Infantry took part in the siege of Corinth, Mississippi
April 29 - May 30, 1862, pursuit to Booneville May
31-June 12, expedition to Ripley June 22-28 and duty at
Ripley till September when they took part in the Battle
of Iuka, Mississippi September 16. It appears he
either had an accident or took severely ill and was sent
back to military hospital at Evansville. Whatever
the infirmity, it was sufficient to keep him out of
service for 18 months, but not sufficient enough to keep
him from re-enlisting.
While David was home recovering from
his disability, he and Marie coupled to produce their
8th and last child, David Jr., born in 1864.
Sadly, not long after David returned from his second
stint of service, Marie died based on her disappearance
from census records. Their children that I have
been able to follow all lived, raised families, and died
in Coshocton County, Ohio. David married Mary
Smith Olinger on June 25, 1871, a widow of Civil War
soldier David Olinger who served in Company C of the
Ohio Volunteer Infantry (not the O.V.V.I. that David
Cain served in) and died in Andersonville Prison June 2,
1864. When she married David Cain she was
receiving a Civil War widow's pension. With this
marriage her pension was revoked. Then David Cain
died in 1896 and she was again left with no means of
support. With the help of an attorney her name was
restored to Mary Olinger and the federal government
resumed an allowance of $12 a month during the remainder
of her life with a bounty of $63, the bounty due her
because her soldier husband died a prisoner in
Andersonville. The restoration of her pension was
a godsend as she lived an additional 18 years, dying in
Portage County, Ohio June 25, 1915.
Name: David Cain
Publication Place: Coshocton, Coshocton County,
Ohio
6 November 1896 issue of Democratic Standard
Obituary
David Cain died at his home in
Bakersville, this county, Monday,
Oct. 26th 1896, aged 82 years. He was a native of Coshocton
county. A man of more than ordinary
physical strength and power of endurance, he was a valuable factor in felling the forests, breaking up the soil and preparing the way for travel, commerce, schools, churches and homes. When his country's call came for
volunteers to defend the flag, he
was one of the first to respond, entering service in Company B, 80th Ohio regiment, Oct. 11th, 1861. He was afterward discharged on account of disability. Recovering from his disability, he enlisted and served in Company C, 51st regiment, O. V. V. I. He had one brother, Abel, who
had four sons. These six were all
the men in the Cain family, at the time of the war. The four sons of Abel served in the war with ...... serves to show the loyalty of the Cain family. His faith in Christ was as
intense as his loyalty to his country, and
the church of Christ at Bakersville, has lost an earnest member. The funeral service and burial
took place at Bakersville, Oct. 28th.
His comrades of that place and vicinity attended in a body. He leaves one son and seven
daughters, all married, and a wife who
has attended faithfully at his bedside for the past three years. These all have the sympathy of the church and community. |
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iii. | Harriet Farr, born
May 18, 1824 in Pennsylvania; died May 26, 1893 in near
Miami, Ottawa County, Oklahoma; married James Norris, Sr.
November 11, 1847 in Coshocton County, Ohio; born May 1826
in Coshocton County, Ohio; died February 04, 1903 in Kansas.
Harriet Farr, third born child of
Joseph Sr. and Catherine, was born May 18, 1824 in
Fayette County, Pennsylvania. She would have been
about 9 years old when the family moved to Coshocton
County, Ohio. On November 11, 1847 she married
James Norris, Sr., a farmer, in Coshocton County.
James' father, James, moved his family from Virginia to
Coshocton County in 1807. The following year
brothers Joseph, Daniel and William moved their
families, along with their father William Sr., to
Coshocton County.
James was a farmer, and they set
about a migratory life right away. By 1850 they
were living in the New Albany precinct of Coles County,
Illinois. They were childless and both were
enumerated as cannot read and write. Their first
known child to survive infancy was born 1853 in
Illinois, but then back to Coshocton County, Ohio by
1855. The next move was to Sugar Creek Township,
Vigo County, Indiana by 1858. They settled in here
for about a decade before making their next move.
James registered in Vigo County as expected in 1863 for
the Civil War draft. Then he was drafted as a
private into Company I 57th Regiment Indiana
Infantry. This regiment experienced 97 enlisted
men killed and mortally wounded and 170 enlisted dead by
disease, so the draftees were desperately needed to
replenish the ranks. During this timeframe the
regiment served in middle Tennessee, including the
Battles of Franklin and Nashville, before being moved to
Huntsville, Alabama and finally to Texas. He was
mustered out at Victoria, Texas on October 4,
1865. On March 27, 1882 he submitted pension
application number 444296 as an invalid and received
pension certificate number 629358.
The next move was to Clark County,
Illinois by 1869, although this was not much of a move
as it bordered the west boundary of Sugar Creek
Township, Vigo County. Then on to Moultrie County,
Illinois by 1872 and McDonald County, Missouri by
1880. Harriet's last move was to Cherokee Nation,
Indian Territory (what is now the state of Oklahoma)
near the village of Vinita. She died there May 26,
1898. She is buried in Ottawa Indian Cemetery,
Miami in current day Ottawa County, Oklahoma. The
stone reads "Harriet, Wife of J. Norris, Died May 26,
1898." James continued to live in Indian Territory
in the household of daughter Ellen Norton Klaus.
Then on February 4, 1903 James died in Kansas in the
home of son James Jr. James and Harriet were
parents of 9 children, 6 daughters and 3 sons, left
scattered from the mid-East to the Plains states from
their various wanderings.
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iv. | Andrew Jackson
Farr, born Abt. 1825 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania; died
Unknown; married Catherine E. Proolney February 13, 1850 in
Coshocton County, Ohio; born Abt. 1828 in Ohio; died Aft.
1902 probably in Jasper County, Missouri.
Andrew Jackson Farr was the next
child born to Joseph Sr. and Catherine. He was the
namesake for the Andrew Jackson Farr who was son of
George Washington Farr, Sr. above. This Andrew
married Catherine E. Proolney February 13, 1850 in
Coshocton County and they immediately moved to Iowa,
first to Brown Township, Linn County, near Springville
and Viola, and then to Mahaska County by 1856, to the
area in Prairie township around the Flint P.O. The
1854 Iowa State census gives only head counts for number
of males and of females, along with persons who can vote
and who are militia age. This census shows 3 males
and 1 female in the household. Not knowing ages,
it is uncertain whether the 3 males included 2 small
sons or other individuals. If they were 2 sons,
they were not present in 1856 when that State census
showed Andrew, Catherine and daughter Mary, age 1.
The Iowa State census of 1856 asks the question "Years
resident in the State", and Andrew and Catherine both
state 6 years. They were the first of the Farr
families to move to this area of Mahaska County.
They were there to greet brother George Washington Farr,
Sr. and his family when they moved there in 1856 and
brother Joseph Farr, Jr. and his family along with
mother Catherine Caton Farr when they moved to Iowa
circa 1857.
Andrew and family remained in
Mahaska County through the taking of the 1860 census,
then moved to Illinois not long after. This census
does not show a young daughter Mary, who appeared in the
1856 Iowa State census. But, there is an entry in
the 1860 Mahaska County Federal Census Mortality
Schedule for a Mary E. Farr, age 4, who died in Prairie
Township October 1859 of croup. The only anomaly
in this entry is the birth location of Illinois for Mary
E whereas her family had been in Iowa since 1850 and the
1856 State census said she was born in Iowa. I
tend to believe there is a census taker error in this
Mortality schedule entry as the only other Farr families
in Prairie Township in these timeframes was George
Washington Farr who did not have a daughter Mary in 1856
and Joseph Farr, Jr. whose daughter Mary grew to
adulthood.
I do not know why they moved to
Illinois, but later census records identify 3 children
born there starting ca 1862. It appears they moved
to Virginia Township, Cass County, Illinois according to
the 1865 State of Illinois census. That census was
similar to pre-1850 Federal censuses where only the head
of household was named and counts were given within age
groupings of household members. The head of
household is given as A. J. Farr and the head counts
agree with known information of Andrew's family - 2
males of age 10 or less (Lafayette born 1857 in Iowa,
Hiram born 1859 in Iowa) and 1 male of age 30 or more
but less than 40 (Andrew born ca 1825 in Pennsylvania)
and 2 females of age 10 or less (Lucinda born ca 1862 in
Illinois, Ada born ca 1865 in Illinois) and 1 female of
age 30 or more but less than 40 (Catherine born ca 1828
in Ohio). Andrew has livestock with a value of
$300. There is an Andrew J. Farr family enumerated
in the same census in the town of Dixon in Lee County,
Illinois. This Andrew was born in New York, served
the Union cause in Company B of the 66th Illinois/14th
Missouri Volunteer Infantry, also known as Birge's
Western Sharpshooters, was admitted May 13, 1885 to the
National Home for Disable Volunteer Soldiers in
Milwaukee and died June 1, 1893 in Riverton, Michigan
while on furlough.
The family is next found in Harrison
Township, Clay County, Indiana in the 1870 census.
Andrew is farming and Lafayette, 14, and Hiram, 12, are
farm laborers who were tallied as attending school, but
cannot write. Son James R. was added to the family
March, 7, 1867 while in Illinois. This addition
makes the family complete. Something drew them to
Coal Township, Vernon County, Missouri in the
mid-1870's, but Andrew did not stay around very
long. Family lore has it that he left the family
and married a woman who had followed them from
Indiana. I do not have any documents that can
confirm this statement. The death certificate of
son James gives his mother's name as Mary Kacus(?), with
last name difficult to make out. This would seem
to suggest another marriage along the line, but it
should be taken with a grain of salt as it is
information given by an informant who may not be
intimate with the facts. I have been unable to
find Andrew in the 1800 census which could have
confirmed or denied the story. Andrew and
Catherine had 5 children who survived to adulthood and
Catherine kept her family together. Catherine
identified as widowed, widowed daughter Ada and single
daughter Lucinda are partners with Mr. Felix Bannon in a
hotel in Web City, Jasper County, Missouri in
1900. Catherine was living in Joplin, Missouri in
1902, but died soon after.
Regarding Andrew, the online database
"Missouri, Newspaper Death Index, 1822-1994" by Kenneth
Weant contains an entry that the Cole County
Democrat newspaper reported that Andrew Farr died August
31, 1885 in Cole County, Missouri. Cole County is
located in the center of the state, and is the county
where state capitol Jefferson City lies. This
could be Andrew Jackson Farr, but this being only an
index entry, there is not enough information to make it
a positive assertion. In fact, I would definitely
like to see the notice in the actual newspaper as I went
through the Cole County Register of Death, Volume 1,
1883-1906 page by page and found no entry for Andrew
Farr. Some online trees show Andrew as buried in
Elmwood Cemetery in Kansas City. Find A Grave
contains this memorial with no birth date and a death
date of August 1885 and interred September 1.
There would be no reason Andrew Jackson Farr would be
transported from Cole County half-way across Missouri to
be buried in Kansas City. However, according to
the Kansas City Times of Friday, September 4, 1885 there
was an In Memoriam piece for Little Andrew Farr
who had died at age 7 years, 7 months, 7 days. It
would make sense that this would be the grave in Elmwood
Cemetery. Nothing further is known of our Andrew.
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78 | v. | Joseph Farr, Jr.,
born March 02, 1827 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania; died
March 30, 1916 in Prairie Township, Mahaska County, Iowa;
married Ellen Funk November 15, 1853 in Avondale, White Eyes
Township, Coshocton County, Ohio.
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vi. | Martha Farr, born
Abt. 1832 in Adams Township, Coschocton County, Ohio; died
Unknown; married (1) John G. Miller October 10, 1860 in
Mahaska County, Iowa; born Abt. 1840 in Pennsylvania; died
Unknown married (2) John Carroll/Carel/Carl March 22, 1870
in Mahaska County, Iowa; born Abt. 1834 in Ireland; died
Unnown.
Daughter Martha Farr was most likely
the first child of Joseph Sr. and Catherine Caton Farr
born in Coshocton County, Ohio. She was born about
1832. There was 5 years between the birth of
Joseph Jr. and Martha, so it is most likely there was
another child born in that time span who did not survive
childhood. Martha came to Iowa in 1857 with the
family of brother Joseph Farr, Jr. and family, brother
Charles and their mother Catherine. John G. Miller
appears in the 1860 Mahaska County Federal census, near
Peoria, as a farm laborer in the Martin Weatherwax
household having first appeared at age 16 in the 1856
Iowa State census in Marshall County. He had been
in Iowa 1 year and is shown as a laborer among many
other individuals in a boarding house in
Marshalltown. Later that year he married Martha
and he next appears living in Oskaloosa, Mahaska County,
Iowa where he registered for the Civil War Draft.
As of July 1, 1863 he says he is 23 years old and
married. After that the trail became extremely
difficult to follow.
I have not been able to find any
census records of this Miller family. In my
searches I found Iowa Death Certificate 62-739 for
Millie Jane Secress born March 20, 1864 in Oskaloosa and
died January 19, 1924 in Eddyvile, Mahaska County, Iowa
of influenza and meningitis. The father and mother
given for this decedent were John Miller and Martha
Farr. Because of extremely poor transcription it
took a while to fine the marriage entry.
Additionally Millie was recorded as Nellie. The
marriage register has Nellie Miller marrying Frank(lin)
J(acob) Secrees (sic) December 4, 1892 in Coalfield,
Monroe County, Iowa.
The only entry I was able to locate
for Nellie/Millie Miller was in the 1880 census in the
village of Coalfield, Monroe County as a servant in the
household of James and Mary Smith. Searching the
village and immediate area did not turn up any sign of
her parents. Franklin and Millie had 6 children.
Additional searching uncovered a
marriage register entry for Mary A. Carroll who married
L. E. Alexander April 17, 1902 in Polk County,
Iowa. Her entry says she was born about 1877 in
Oskaloosa and her parents were John Carroll and Martha
Farr. A March 22, 1870 marriage record for Mahaska
County has John Carel marrying Martha Miller. It
appears John Miller and Martha divorced or John
died. I did find an entry for the 1870 Eddyville,
Mahaska County, Iowa census that might fit John Miller
with daughter Millie, but the names were given only with
initials, and the entries were very close, but did not
give me satisfaction that this was truly John G. Miller,
former husband of Martha Farr. I did find John and
Martha Carl in the 1870 census for Madison Township,
Mahaska County, Iowa (P.O. Oskaloosa). Living next
door in the Thomas and Dulcena Seary household was a
George Farr, born circa 1849 in Ohio. I have not
been able to place him. I have also been
unsuccessful in finding any more information on John and
Martha Carroll/Carel/Carl.
Daughter Mary A. Carroll married
Louis Edgar Alexander and they farmed in Middle Fork
Township, Ringgold County, Iowa. She died at home
January 20, 1932 and is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery in
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa. Louis died
August 7, 1948 in Evanston, Cook County, Illinois and is
buried with his wife. They adopted one child,
Leland, who survived.
This is the extent of the information
I have on Martha Farr.
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vii. | Mary Farr, born
Abt. 1835 in Adams Township, Coschocton County, Ohio; died
Unknown; married John Anderson October 9, 1856 in Coshocton
County, Ohio; born Unknown; died Unknown.
Mary was present in the 1850 Federal
census for Adams Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
household of Catharine Farr along with brother Joseph
Jr., sister Martha and brother Charles. Right
before the remainder of this family unit was ready to
move to Iowa, Mary married John Anderson October 9, 1856
in Coshocton County. Nothing more is known of this
couple.
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viii. | Charles Farr, born
Abt. 1835 in Adams Township, Coschocton County, Ohio; died
June 16, 1864 in Adair County, Missouri; married Anna Norman
November 23, 1859 in Adair County, Missouri; born May 13,
1824 in Ohio; died April 29, 1903 in Adair County, Missouri.
Charles Farr was the eighth, and
last, child born to Joseph Sr. and Catherine Caton
Farr. Joseph Sr. died September 15, 1836 and
Charles was born about 1835 so he likely had no
recollections of his father. He was still at home
when his mother Catherine, his brother Joseph and
family, and sister Martha got ready to move to Mahaska
County, Iowa in 1857. He moved with the family
unit to Iowa, then a couple of years later he left
Mahaska County and went to Adair County, Missouri, near
Kirksville. A number of Coshocton County, Ohio
families with whom he was quite familiar moved to Adair
County, which drew Charles there. One situation in
particular drew him hence.
On July 19, 1858 John Pinkerton died
in Adair County, Missouri. He was from Coshocton
County and married Anna Norman there about 1843.
The Norman and Pinkerton families were numerous and
neighbors of the Farrs in Coshocton County. A
number of the Pinkertons, including John and Anna and
family, moved to Cumberland County, Illinois about
1849. Only a couple of years later many of the
Pinkerton families, including that of John and Anna,
moved to Adair County, Missouri. After John's
death in 1858 Charles moved to Adair County, and on
November 23, 1859 he married Anna Norman Pinkerton.
Charles became step-father to 7
Pinkerton children. On January 21, 1861 John
Andrew Farr, son of Charles and Anna, was born in Adair
County. Then on August 1, 1861 Charles enlisted at
Kirksville as a private in Company H of the 7th Regiment
of Missouri Volunteer Cavalry for a 3 year
commitment. This regiment served entirely in
Missouri, mostly in southwest Missouri and along the
west Missouri frontier border. His profile card
showed those instances where Charles was not in
attendance at roll call. Several absences were accounted
for as legitimate unit business or as absent with
leave. Then from March to May 1864 he was recorded
as absent on sick furlough since March 25, 1864.
The last entry shows he died at home in Adair County
June 16,. 1864 completely emaciated and dehydrated from
extreme diarrhea contracted from the unsanitary camp
conditions in the war, the attending physician stating
"...there was a general relaxation of the bowels; every
thing passed from him just as he ate it..." He
must have suffered greatly.
Big brother George Washington Farr,
Sr. stepped in and went to Adair County to assist Anna
and son John and help handle the financial situation
Anna found herself in. As part of this George made
application to serve as guardian for Charles and Anna's
son John Andrew Farr. On April 19, 1870 it was
approved that John would receive a surviving minor's
pension of $8.00 per month commencing June 22, 1864 and
ending January 20, 1877, i.e. at 16 years of age.
George ended up spending most of his time in Adair
County attending to all the details and on January 22,
1866 in that county he married Anna. George's
first wife had died circa 1865 and with 12 children, 5
under 10, this arrangement proved beneficial to George
and provided Anna financial support for herself and son
John. As a result, many of his children by his
first wife ended up moving to Adair County at one time
or another. Also, 3 of his sons married 3 of
Anna's Pinkerton daughters by her first husband, John
Pinkerton - Andrew Jackson Farr (of the murder case
above) married Catherine Malinda Pinkerton and lived in
Adair County; George Washington Farr, Jr. (of the murder
case above) married Jemima Jane Pinkerton and lived in
Mahaska County; Alexander Collins Farr married Margaret
Ann Pinkerton and lived in Adair County.
George and Anna had daughter Marada
on February 1, 1868 in Adair County. The family
was resettled in Mahaska County before the time of the
Henry Graham murder incident described in George's
narrative above. They had daughter Minerva born
October 1869 in Mahaska County. Sometime not long
after the Henry Graham murder incident George's family
moved permanently to Adair County. John Andrew
married Priscilla Angeline Landrus there August 27,
1882. As stated in George's narrative above, Anna
evidently divorced George and died April 29, 1903, while
George's death date is in question. They are both
buried in Pinkerton Cemetery in Adair County.
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158. Jacob Funk, born July 29, 1799
in Frederick County, Virginia; died October 18, 1881 in
White Eyes Township, Coshocton County, Ohio. He was the
son of 316. Michael Funk I
and 317. Savina Slusher.
He married 159. Anna Margaret Miller
June 16, 1823 in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
159. Anna Margaret Miller, born 1800
in Amwell Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania; died
September 17, 1863 in White Eyes Township, Coshocton
County, Ohio. She was the daughter of 318.
Abraham Miller
and 319. Mary Margaret Peck.
Children of Jacob Funk and Anna Miller are: |
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i. | Margaret Funk, born
November 10, 1828 in West Bethlehem Township, Washington
County, Pennsylvania; died January 14, 1915 in Greene
County, Indiana; married Charles Hattery, Jr. March 14, 1847
in Coshocton, Coshocton County, Ohio; born March 14, 1820 in
Tuscararas County, Ohio; died September 09, 1907 in Linton,
Greene County, Indiana.
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ii. | Abraham Funk, born
August 25, 1829 in West Bethlehem Township, Washington
County, Pennsylvania; died November 25, 1906 in Jefferson
Township, Coshocton County, Ohio; married Margaret Urey
September 16, 1852 in Coshocton County, Ohio; born November
13, 1831 in Coshocton County, Ohio; died April 28, 1908 in
Jefferson Township, Coshocton County, Ohio.
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iii. | Morgan Funk, born
July 24, 1831 in West Bethlehem Township, Washington County,
Pennsylvania; died December 21, 1920 in Coshocton County,
Ohio; married Lucinda C. Scott November 26, 1863 in
Coshocton County, Ohio; born 1844; died August 02, 1906 in
Coshocton County, Ohio.
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79 | iv. | Ellen Funk, born
January 22, 1833 in West Bethlehem Township, Washington
County, Pennsylvania; died August 31, 1916 in Prairie
Township, Mahaska County, Iowa; married Joseph Farr, Jr.
November 15, 1853 in Avendale, Adams Township, Coshocton
County, Ohio.
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v. | Mary Malinda Funk,
born 1835 in West Bethlehem Township, Washington County,
Pennsylvania; died Unknown; married Joseph Kent June 05,
1845 in Coshocton County, Ohio; born Unknown; died Unknown.
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vi. | Sarah Funk, born
1837 in West Bethlehem Township, Washington County,
Pennsylvania; died Unknown; married Andrew Suntheimer August
03, 1863 in Coshocton County, Ohio; born Unknown; died
Unknown.
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vii. | Martha Funk, born
1841 in White Eyes Township, Coshocton County, Ohio; died
Aft. 1860.
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viii. | David Funk, born
September 20, 1842 in White Eyes Township, Coshocton County,
Ohio; died Unknown; married Harriet A. Stough May 14, 1872
in Coshocton County, Ohio; born January 18, 1850; died
Unknown.
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ix. | George Funk, born
June 1843 in White Eyes Township, Coshocton County, Ohio;
died October 26, 1863 in Coshocton County, Ohio.
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x. | Eliza J. Funk, born
Abt. 1848 in Coshocton County, Ohio; died September 10, 1869
in White Eyes Township, Coshocton County, Ohio.
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xi. | John Funk, born
Unknown in Washington County, Pennsylvania; died Unknown;
married Lucina Thomas November 29, 1849 in Coshocton County,
Ohio; born Unknown; died Unknown.
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xii. | Lavina Funk, born
Unknown in White Eyes Township, Coshocton County, Ohio; died
February 02, 1861 in Coshocton County, Ohio.
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163. Maja Ottosdotter, born January
14, 1805 in Dammen Rote, Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro
Län, Sweden; died April 27, 1861 in Nabben Gård,
Nederhyttan Rote, Ramsberg Parish, Örebro Län, Sweden.
She was the daughter of 326. Otto Olsson
and 327. Anna Hansdotter.
Child of Unknown Father and Maja Ottosdotter is: |
81 | i. | Carolina Ottosdotter,
born November 15, 1832 in Ostra Loa Rote, Ramsberg Parish,
Örebro Län, Sweden; died Unknown; met (1) Unknown
Father(s); met (2) Anders Jansson
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164. Petter Larsson, born January
04, 1789 in Dalkarlssjön Rote, Nordmark Parish,
Värmlands Län, Sweden; died April 10, 1849 in
Grundsjöhyttan Rote, Nordmark Parish, Värmland Län,
Sweden. He was the son of 328. Lars Matsson
and 329. Anna Persdotter.
He married 165. Maria Nilsdotter
May 30, 1814 in Taberg Rote, Nordmark Parish, Värmlands
Län, Sweden.
165. Maria Nilsdotter, born January
01, 1792 in Nordmark Parish, Värmland Län, Sweden; died
1871. She was the daughter of 330. Nils Sonesson
and 331. Stina Larsdotter.
Children of Petter Larsson and Maria Nilsdotter are: |
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i. | Stina
Pettersdotter, born November 09, 1816 in Nordmark Parish,
Värmland Län, Sweden; died Unknown.
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ii. | Lars Erik
Pettersson, born December 09, 1818 in Nordmark Parish,
Värmland Län, Sweden; died Unknown.
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iii | Nils Pettersson,
born February 07, 1820 in Nordmark Parish, Värmland Län,
Sweden; died Unknown.
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iv. | Sven Pettersson,
born February 03, 1823 in Nordmark Parish, Värmland Län,
Sweden; died Unknown.
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v. | Anna Pettersdotter,
born October 10, 1825 in Nordmark Parish, Värmland Län,
Sweden; died Unknown.
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vi. | Petter Pettersson,
born October 11, 1829 in Nordmark Parish, Värmland Län,
Sweden; died Unknown.
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vii. | Maria
Pettersdotter, born July 13, 1832 in Nordmark Parish,
Värmland Län, Sweden; died Unknown.
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82 | viii. | Johan Pettersson Grund,
born January 03, 1836 in Grundsjöhyttan Rote, Nordmark
Parish, Värmlands Län, Sweden; died Unknown; married Maja
Lovisa Ramkvist June 23, 1865 in Grufarbetare, Norra
Grängesberg Rote, Grangärde Parish, Kopparbergs Län,
Sweden.
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166. Per Ersson Ramqvist, born May
16, 1804 in Sjötorp Rote, Ramsberg Parish, Örebro Län,
Sweden; died December 04, 1863 in Grängesberg Rote,
Grangärde Parish, Kopparbergs Län, Sweden. He was the
son of 332. Erik Olsson
and 333. Maria Eriksdotter.
He married 167. Anna Andersdotter
June 10, 1826 in Sweden.
167. Anna Andersdotter, born
September 24, 1810 in Kittslingberg Rote, Norrbärke
Parish, Kopparbergs Län, Sweden; died November 14, 1879
in Pärlby Rote, Grangärde Parish, Kopparbergs Län,
Sweden. She was the daughter of 334. Anders Matsson
and 335. Anna Abrahamsdotter.
Children of Per Ramqvist and Anna Andersdotter are: |
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i. | Erik Anders
Ramkvist, born June 30, 1827 in Norro Bredsjö Rote,
Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro Län, Sweden; died July 05,
1828 in Norro Bredsjö Rote, Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro
Län, Sweden.
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ii. | Per Fredric
Ramkvist, born July 17, 1829 in Norro Bredsjö Rote,
Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro Län, Sweden; died Unknown.
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iii. | Anders Gustaf
Ramkvist, born July 03, 1831 in Norro Bredsjö Rote,
Ljusnarsberg Parish, Örebro Län, Sweden; died February 17,
1876 in Persbo Rote, Ludvika Parish, Kopparbergs Län,
Sweden.
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iv. | Carl Johan
Ramkvist, born January 10, 1834 in Kungs-Barkarö Parish,
Västmanlands Län, Sweden; died Unknown; married Anna Lisa
Jonsdotter 1860 in Sweden; born March 31, 1832 in Norrbärke
Parish, Kopparbergs Län, Sweden; died Unknown.
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v. | Lars August
Ramkvist, born April 19, 1837 in Kungs-Barkarö Parish,
Västmanlands Län, Sweden; died Unknown.
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vi. | Ludvig Ramkvist,
born June 22, 1842 in Grängesberg Rote, Grangärde Parish,
Kopparbergs Län, Sweden; died Unknown.
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83 | vii. | Maja Lovisa Ramkvist,
born May 22, 1845 in Grängesberg Rote, Grangärde Parish,
Kopparbergs Län, Sweden; died October 28, 1872 in
Guvdrängshustru Gård, Norra Grängesberget Rote,
Grangärde Parish, Kopparbergs Län, Sweden; married Johan
Pettersson Grund June 23, 1865 in Grufarbetare, Norra
Grängesberg Rote, Grangärde Parish, Kopparbergs Län,
Sweden.
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viii. | Anna Stina
Ramkvist, born May 22, 1845 in Grängesberg Rote, Grangärde
Parish, Kopparberg Län, Sweden; died Unknown.
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ix. | Wilhelm Ramkvist,
born September 20, 1848 in Grängesberg Rote, Grangärde
Parish, Kopparberg Län, Sweden; died Unknown.
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x. | Johanna Cathrina
Ramkvist, born December 13, 1851 in Grängesberg Rote,
Grangärde Parish, Kopparberg Län, Sweden; died Unknown.
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xi. | Axel Bernhard
Ramkvist, born September 19, 1855 in Grängesberg Rote,
Grangärde Parish, Kopparberg Län, Sweden; died 1857 in
Grängesberg Rote, Grangärde Parish, Kopparberg Län,
Sweden.
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168. John Waterhouse, Sr., born Abt.
1788 in New Jersey; died Bef. 1854 in Scott County, Iowa.
He was the son of 336. Asa Waterhouse.
He married 169. Sarah Reynolds
1812.
169. Sarah Reynolds, born Abt. 1797
in New Jersey; died 1854 on the plains on her way to
California.
Notes for
Sarah Reynolds:
According to Waterhouse researcher and
descendant of John and Sarah Reynolds Waterhouse,
Bruce Schulz:
Sarah died on the plains in
1854. The wagon train was on its way to
California. She died of cholera. Her
granddaughter, Louisa Loduska Mulkins, wrote a short
biography that tells this story. It appears that
John, Sr. had already died in Scott County, Iowa
before they left for California. Sarah traveled
with John Mulkins and his wife Sara Waterhouse.
John Mulkins also died of cholera on the plains in
1854/5.
Bruce has the bible John and Sara
Mulkins carried across the plains. It has their
children's birth records.
Children of John Waterhouse and Sarah Reynolds are: |
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i. | Robert Waterhouse,
born February 16, 1815 in Geneseo, Livingston County, New
York; died March 12, 1891 in De Witt, Clinton County, Iowa;
married Ann Dawson Lee March 11, 1844 in Scott County, Iowa;
born March 13, 1823 in Howard Township, Province of Ontario,
Canada; died February 24, 1905 in Clinton County, Iowa.
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ii. | Sarah Waterhouse,
born Abt. 1817 in New York; died abt 1901 in California;
married (1) John Mulkins; born Abt. 1807 in New York; died
Unknown; married (2) James Lassitor; born Unknown; died
Unknown.
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iii. | John Waterhouse,
Jr., born 1819 in New York; died Unknown; married Abigail E.
Thomas Bef. 1840; born 1820 in New York; died Unknown.
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84 | iv. | Isaac Waterhouse,
born August 13, 1823 in New York; died May 12, 1914 in What
Cheer, Keokuk County, Iowa; married Elizabeth Philenia
Palmer March 08, 1844 in Scott County, Iowa.
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v. | Jane Waterhouse,
born Abt. 1824; died Unknown; married Martin Vanduzen
December 24, 1841 in Scott County, Iowa; born Abt. 1819;
died Unknown.
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vi. | Abel Waterhouse,
born 1827 in New York; died Unknown; married Rachael Ann
Ellet December 15, 1848 in Scott County, Iowa; born 1827 in
Indiana; died Unknown.
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vii. | Lodoiska
Waterhouse, born Abt. 1829; died Unknown; married Robert A.
Harrison June 30, 1846 in Scott County, Iowa; born Unknown;
died Unknown.
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viii. | Matilda Waterhouse,
born 1835 in Michigan; died Unknown; married Elijah F. Dixon
December 14, 1850 in Scott County, Iowa; born Abt. 1822;
died Unknown.
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ix. | Helen Waterhouse,
born 1840 in Iowa; died Unknown.
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i. | Rufus B. Palmer,
born December 17, 1818; died August 20, 1843 in Princeton
Township, Scott County, Iowa.
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ii. | Marilla Palmer,
born Abt. 1822; died Unknown; married Enos French April 01,
1845 in Scott County, Iowa; born Abt. 1818; died Unknown.
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iii. | William Palmer,
Jr., born January 18, 1823; died February 27, 1848 in
Princeton Township, Scott County, Iowa.
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85 | iv. | Elizabeth Philenia Palmer,
born October 20, 1824 in New York; died May 13, 1913 in What
Cheer, Keokuk County, Iowa; married Isaac Waterhouse March
08, 1844 in Scott County, Iowa.
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v. | David Palmer, born
Abt. 1826 in New York; died Unknown; married Clarissa Owens
January 06, 1848 in Scott County, Iowa; born Abt. 1829 in
Canada; died Unknown.
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vi. | Susan Palmer, born
Abt. 1829; died Unknown; married Worder Tucker December 06,
1849 in Scott County, Iowa; born Abt. 1822; died Unknown.
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vii. | Lucy Palmer, born
Abt. 1831; died Unknown; married Jacob Goble January 28,
1850 in Scott County, Iowa; born Unknown; died Unknown.
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viii. | Joel K. Palmer,
born Abt. 1832; died Unknown; married Matilda Lewis April
24, 1856 in Scott County, Iowa; born Unknown; died Unknown.
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ix. | Adeninem Palmer,
born Abt. 1834; died Unknown.
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x. | Mary P. Palmer,
born Abt. 1842; died Unknown; married John F. Hall June 07,
1853; born Unknown; died Unknown.
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172. James Coghlan, Sr., born 1790
in Maryland; died Unknown. He married 173.
Peggy Watson March 18, 1806 in Warren County,
Ohio.
173. Peggy Watson, born 1790 in
Tennessee; died Unknown. She was the daughter of 346. Thomas
Watson.
Children of James Coghlan and Peggy Watson are: |
86 | i. | Isaac Watson Coghlan, Sr.,
born September 05, 1809 in Salem Township, Warren County,
Ohio; died September 07, 1880 in Van Buren Township, Keokuk
County, Iowa; married (1) Phebe Watkins January 05, 1830 in
Warren County, Ohio; married (2) Mary Ford March 28, 1851 in
Warren County, Ohio; married (3) Lydia Easton December 23,
1859 in Keokuk County, Iowa.
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ii. | Daniel Coghlan,
born Abt. 1811 in Ohio; died Unknown; married Sarah Prickett
February 24, 1833 in Warren County, Ohio; born Abt. 1813 in
Ohio; died Unknown.
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iii. | James H. Coghlan,
Jr., born Unknown; died Unknown; married Jane Wood September
21, 1843 in Hamilton County, Ohio; born Unknown; died
Unknown.
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iv. | Mary Coghlan, born
Unknown; died Unknown; married John Grenner May 08, 1849 in
Stark County, Ohio; born Unknown; died Unknown.
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v. | Girl Coghlan, born
Unknown; died Unknown.
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176. Adam Zimmermann, born December
11, 1800 in Massenbachhausen, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy
Roman Empire; died August 23, 1880. He was the son of 352. Joseph
Zimmermann and 353. Elizabetha Weber.
He married 177. Maria Barbara Leisle
August 14, 1825 in Massenbachhausen, Oberamt Brackenheim,
Kingdom of Württemberg, German Confederation.
Notes for
Adam Zimmermann:
According to the church register entry
for Adam's birth and baptism, his father Joseph was a
weaver and his mother was Elisabetha nee Weber.
The baptism was performed by Peter Edward Hepelbach,
the chaplin in Schweigern. The sponsors were
Johannes Adam Gantner and his wife Elisabetha
Zimmerman (unknown relationship, if any).
The marriage records state that Adam
was single, a weaver from Massenbachhausen who was
born on December 11, 1800. His parents were
Joseph Zimmermann, deceased
citizen of Massenbachhausen and Elisabetha nee
Weber. Maria was a citizen of Massenbachhausen
and single daughter of Joseph Leisle and Maria
Elisabetha nee Farni who was born on October 14,
1800. Witnesses to the marriage were Johann Adam
Gartner and Augustin Merkle, both citizens of
Massenbachhausen.
177. Maria Barbara Leisle, born
October 14, 1800 in Massenbachhausen, Duchy of
Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire; died December 27, 1854
(of dropsy) in Massenbachhausen, Oberamt Brackenheim,
Kingdom of Württemberg, German Confederation. She was the
daughter of 354. Joseph Leisle
and 355. Maria Elisabetha Farni.
Notes for
Maria Barbara Leisle:
According to the church register entry
for Maria's baptism, her father Joseph was a shoemaker
and her mother was Elisabetha nee Farni. The
sponsors were Michael Geiger, a shoemaker, and his
wife Maria Barbara Lock. The record of Maria's
death/burial states that she was a farmer's wife from
Massenbachhause. Her husband was Johann Adam
Zimmermann. Her parents were Joseph Leisle, a
farmer from Hausen (Massenbachhausen) and Maria Elis.
nee Farni.
Children of Adam Zimmermann and Maria Barbara Leisle are: |
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i. | Josef Zimmermann,
born February 1, 1826 in Massenbachhausen, Oberamt
Brackenheim, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Confederation;
died July 29, 1882 (of suicide by hanging) in Alexandra
Gully, Toowoomba, Queensland Province, Australia; married
(1) Sophia Catharina Dalaker August 21, 1863 in Toowoomba,
Queensland Province, Australia; born August 1, 1842 in
Waldbach, Oberamt Weinsberg, Kingdom of Württemberg, German
Confederation; died May 19, 1874 in Gowrie Road, Toowoomba
Province, Queensland, Australia; married (2) Johanna
Elizabetha Hermann December 28, 1881 in Toowoomba,
Queensland Province, Australia; born 1838 in Zella-Mehlis,
Gothe, Saxony; died June 7, 1916 in Queensland Province,
Australia.
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ii. | Leobold Zimmermann,
born January 3, 1827 in Massenbachhausen, Oberamt
Brackenheim, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Confederation;
died November 14, 1904 in Massenbachhausen, Oberamt
Brackenheim, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire; married
Katherine Barbara Scholl March 8, 1859 in Massenbachhausen,
Oberamt Brackenheim, Kingdom of Württemberg, German
Confederation; born March 13, 1832 in Massenbachhausen,
Oberamt Brackenheim, Kingdom of Württemberg, German
Confederation; died Unknown.
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88 | iii. | Johannes Zimmermann,
born October 13, 1829 in Massenbachhausen, Oberamt
Brackenheim, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Confederation;
died October 24, 1895 in Massenbachhausen, Oberamt
Brackenheim, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire; married
Katherine Schwarz May 13, 1856 in Massenbachhausen, Oberamt
Brackenheim, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Confederation;
born October 22, 1831; died February 24, 1901 in
Massenbachhausen, Oberamt Brackenheim, Kingdom of
Württemberg, German Empire.
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iv. | Johann Adam
Zimmermann, born September 11, 1831 in Massenbachhausen,
Oberamt Brackenheim, Kingdom of Württemberg, German
Confederation; died January 9, 1833 (of gout) in
Massenbachhausen, Oberamt Brackenheim, Kingdom of
Württemberg, German Confederation.
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v. | Heinrich
Zimmermann, born November 1, 1833 in Massenbachhausen,
Oberamt Brackenheim, Kingdom of Württemberg, German
Confederation; died March 6, 1835 (of gout) in
Massenbachhausen, Oberamt Brackenheim, Kingdom of
Württemberg, German Confederation.
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vi. | Anna Magdelena
Zimmermann, born April 7, 1836 in Massenbachhausen, Oberamt
Brackenheim, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Confederation;
died February 18, 1837 in Massenbachhausen, Oberamt
Brackenheim, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Confederation.
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vii. | Maria Elisabetha
Zimmermann, born July 10, 1837 in Massenbachhausen, Oberamt
Brackenheim, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Confederation;
died unknown.
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viii. | Franz Michael
Zimmermann, born December 8, 1840 in Massenbachhausen,
Oberamt Brackenheim, Kingdom of Württemberg, German
Confederation; died (of gout and scurvy) February 11, 1842
in Massenbachhausen, Oberamt Brackenheim, Kingdom of
Württemberg, German Confederation.
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ix. | Franz Michael
Zimmermann, born July 14, 1843 in Massenbachhausen, Oberamt
Brackenheim, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Confederation;
died October 17, 1847 in Massenbachhausen, Oberamt
Brackenheim, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Confederation.
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x. | Caspar Zimmermann,
born January 20, 1846 in Massenbachhausen, Oberamt
Brackenheim, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Confederation;
died January 29, 1847 (of gout) in Massenbachhausen, Oberamt
Brackenheim, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Confederation.
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182. Karl Johann Hochwarth, born
August 28, 1799 in Helmhof, Margraviate of Baden, Holy
Roman Empire; died Unknown. He was the son of 364. Karl
Hochwarth and 365. Veronika Maria Ruegner.
He married 183. Dorothea Margaretha
Fasch January 10, 1830 in Neckarbischofsheim
parish, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Confederation.
183. Dorothea Margaretha Fasch, born
November 29, 1796 in Helmhof, Margraviate of Baden, Holy
Roman Empire; died July 21, 1830 in Helmhof, Grand Duchy
of Baden, German Confederation.
Child of Karl Hochwarth and Dorothea Fasch is: |
91 | i. | Katharina Eva Hochwarth,
born June 11, 1830 in Helmhof, Grand Duchy of Baden, German
Confederation; died Unknown.
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184. William McKay, Sr., born 1824
in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland; died April 1889
in Drumgauney, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. He
was the son of 368. Joseph McKay.
He married 185. Margaret Loughery
May 13, 1845 in Presbyterian Church, Balteagh Parish,
County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
Notes for
William McKay, Sr.:
From the LDS film #101271, Volume 9-10 of 1845
Marriage Records in the General Registry Office of
Ireland:
Groom's Name: William Mckay
Bride's Name: Margret Loughry
Marriage Date: 13 May 1845
Marriage Place: Balteagh Parish,
Londonderry, Ireland
William McKay's father was a Joseph McKay from the
marriage record as recorded at Balteagh Presbyterian
Church. There are also the marriages of two
possible brothers, James McKay in 1855 and Thomas
McKay in 1860, both married in the same Presbyterian
church and both with Joseph as father:
Groom's Name: James Mc Kay
Bride's Name: Mary Loughry
Marriage Date: 25 Oct 1855
Marriage Place: Balteagh, Derry, Ire
Groom's Father's Name: Joseph Mc Kay
Bride's Father's Name: Samuel Loughry
LDS film #101370, Volume 9 of 1855
Marriage Records in the General Registry Office of
Ireland
Groom's Name: Thomas Mckay
Bride's Name: Jane Jackson
Marriage Date: 12 Jul 1860
Marriage Place: Balteagh, Derry, Ire
Groom's Father's Name: Joseph Mckay
Bride's Father's Name: David Jackson
LDS film #101420, Volume 9 of 1860
Marriage Records in the General Registry Office of
Ireland
In addition to James and William having a same
named father, they also married sisters, which seems
to strengthen the potential they are brothers.
The Griffiths Valuation (a survey of
all property in Ireland for taxation purposes) of 1858
for County Londonderry shows a William McCay renting a
house and garden in Lower Drumgavenny, parish of
Balteagh, from William Loughry. (Note: spelling in the
Griffiths Valuation depended on the enumerator, just
as with the U.S. censuses). On Google maps this
area can be found just south of the village of
Drumsurn. It is not known for sure which William
Loughery this landlord is. Two of William
McKay's sons, Joseph and William Jr., married a woman
whose first father-in-law was a William
Loughery. Were they the same William Loughery
and is that how the two McKay sons may have become
first acquainted with their future wife? This is
not an easy question to answer as Loughery was a very
common name in that area of Northern Ireland.
William died at his residence in
Drumgavenny, County Londonderry on Thursday, April 11,
1889 at the age of 65. He was buried at Lislane
burial ground on Friday, April 12 at 3 o'clock p.m.
185. Margaret Loughery, born August
18, 1819 in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland; died
August 28, 1845 in Thornburg, Keokuk County, Iowa. She was
the daughter of 370. Samuel Loughery
and 371. Anne McCloskey.
Notes for
Margaret Loughery:
Margaret's obituary, combined with
that of her daughter Elizabeth, shows that Margaret
remained in Ireland and likely Scotland before coming
to America likely in 1893. Margaret's obituary
states when William died, then "after which she and
the family sailed for America". However, the
four oldest children had immigrated to Canada and son
James had immigrated to America, all before their
father died. Son George never married, and
likely lived with his parents. George and
Margaret seemed to live with Elizbeth and her husband
Sam once in America, thus it is likely this is the
family referred to in her obituary.
The obituary identified her birth as
August 18, while her entry in the microfilm of "Keokuk
County Death Register Transcripts" identified her full
birth date as August 18, 1819. This transcript
also identified her father as Sam Lougher (sic) and
mother as Anna McClosky.
Only two of Margaret's siblings are
known at this time - Mary who married James McKay
above, and Elinor who was born 15 May 1827 in Boveva
Parish, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
Nothing more is known of these sisters.
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92 | i. | Samuel McKay, Sr.,
born December 20, 1845 in County Londonderry, Northern
Ireland; died January 02, 1929 in Black Hawk Township, Rock
Island County, Illinois; married Margaret Flemming November
8, 1866 in Bovevagh Presbyterian Church, County Londonderry,
Northern Ireland.
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ii. | Joseph McKay, born
1847 in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland; died July 20,
1873 in Lobo Township, Middlesex County, Ontario Province,
Canada; married Elizabeth Hannah Semple May 28, 1867 in
Newtonlimavady, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland; born
Abt. 1837 in Northern Ireland; died March 13,1918 in London,
Ontario Province, Canada.
Joseph is first found in the 1871
Lobo Township, North Middlesex District, Ontario
Province, Canada census where he is listed as age 23 and
born in Ireland. His wife is Hannah, age 34, born
in Ireland, and they have two children, Margret I., age
3, and Fanny Ann, age 1, both born in Ontario
Province. The 1881 census, taken after Joseph's
death, suggests another child, Lillie, born to this
couple about 1871 and too late to appear in the 1871
census. The 1871 census suggests that Joseph and
Hannah were in Canada b 1868 for Margaret to have been
born there. In fact, the following suggests they
immigrated soon after marrying.
From the LDS film #101509, Volume 6
of 1867 Marriage Records in the General Registry Office
of Ireland one Joseph McKay married Hannah Loughery on
28 May 1867 in Newtownlimavady, County Londonderry,
Northern Ireland. That marriage record states
Joseph's birth date as 1847 and gives his father's name
as William McKay. Hannah's birth date is not
given, but her father's name is given as William Semple,
and her marital status is given as widowed. The
name of her previous husband was not given. But in
looking for a marriage record of a Loughery to Hannah
Semple, LDS film #101360, Volume 9 of 1854 Marriage
Records in the General Registry Office of Ireland, shows
Hannah Semple, daughter of William Semple, marrying
Richard Loughrey, son of William Loughrey, July 24, 1854
in Boveva, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
This marriage record gives Hannah's birth date as 1835,
but does not give Richard's birth date. Is this
William Loughery the same as the landlord for William
McKay, Sr. above?
The Ireland Civil Registration
Indexes (LDS film #101583) for the Newtownlimavady
registration district show that Richard Loughery died in
1866 at age 50. He died of a brain tumor on March
28, 1866. According to Semple family history,
Hannah left her 4 children who were raised by her sister
and brother-in-law, Ann Semple and John Loughery.
This John was a brother of Richard Loughery and married
a sister of Hannah. In addition to the 4 children
she left behind, she and Hannah had a daughter, Fanny,
who was born the year Richard died. Fanny died at
4 years of age in 1870. It is not clear whether
she left them with her sister shortly after Richard's
death, or was it when she and Joseph left for
Canada? Her next marriage, to Joseph McKay, was a
little more than 1 year after Richard's death.
While no connections have been found yet between the
Loughery families, there may be a good likelihood there
was one and that is how Joseph and Hannah first became
acquainted.
Page 611 of Schedule C - Deaths for
Lobo Township, Middlesex County, Ontario Province,
Canada contains the death registration for Joseph.
He died July 20, 1873 at age 25. This would seem
to suggest by combining this information with his birth
year on the marriage registration that he was born
between July 20, 1847 and January 1, 1848. The
death registration shows his employment as railway
employee. His cause of death was due to internal
injuries received from falling from a stack of hay, with
death occurring 14 hours later. It does not state
whether this happened while he was on the job. He
is buried in Campbell's Cemetery, Komoko, Lobo Township,
Middlesex County, Ontario Province, Canada.
Of the three children two died prior
to Joseph and one lived to marry and have a
family. Margaret Isabella McKay died July 6, 1872
in London, Middlesex County, Ontario Province, Canada of
Scarlatina Maligna. Her age is given as 5 years, 4
days and her birth location is given as Komoko,
Middlesex County, Ontario Province, Canada. That
would place her birth date as July 2, 1867, yet Joseph
and Hannah just married on May 28, 1867. If the
data about Margaret is correct, then Hannah was 8 month
pregnant when she married Joseph and must have jumped on
the ship immediately after their marriage. Fanny
Anne McKay died just 3 weeks later, on July 30, 1872,
also of Scarlatina Maligna. Her death registration
says she was 2 years, 9 months old and was also born in
Komoko, Middlesex County, Ontario Province,
Canada. The last child, Lillian, was born December
18, 1871 in Komoko, Middlesex County, Ontario Province,
Canada and married Richard Craib December 24, 1892 in
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. They had 3
daughters and 2 sons. They lived in Canada for a
period in the early 1900s and were in Detroit by 1920
where Richard was a laborer in the automobile
industry. Lillian likely died between 1937 and
1940 in Elkhart, Indiana where daughter Ethel lived.
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iii. | William McKay, Jr.,
born August 12, 1851 in County Londonderry, Northern
Ireland; died October 29, 1933 in Ontario Hospital, London,
Ontario Province, Canada; married Elizabeth Hannah Semple
April 16, 1875 in Delaware Township, Middlesex County,
Ontario Province, Canada; born Abt. 1837 in Northern
Ireland; died March 13, 1918 in London, Ontario Province,
Canada.
William's marriage to Hannah Semple
Loughery McKay establishes him as a son of William and
Margaret Loughery McKay (LDS film #159953 Delaware
Township, Middlesex County, Ontario Province, Canada
Register of Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1874-1900:
Groom's Name: William Mckay
Groom's Birth Date: 1851
Bride's Name: Hannah Mckay
Bride's Birth Date: 1837
Marriage Date: April 16, 1875
Groom's Father's Name: William Mckay
Groom's Mother's Name: Margaret Mckay
Bride's Father's Name: William Sempel
Bride's Mother's Name: Isabella
Sempel
This marriage registration also identifies William's
wife as the widow of brother Joseph. This marriage
record includes both parent's names for bride and
groom. Hannah Semple, with her sisters Ann and
Matilda, were the daughters of William Semple and
Isabella Mathewson. The parents were from Tyrone
(Ardstraw area), but the daughters were born in Donegal
where their father was a physician. Both parents
died young leaving 3 young daughters who were raised by
their uncle, John Semple.
I have not found William in the 1871
Canada census. It is possible that Joseph blazed
the trail and was the first of the McKay siblings to
immigrate to Canada. The 1881 census for Lobo
Township, Middlesex County, Ontario Province, Canada
shows William McKay, age 29, Hannah, age 44, Lillie, age
9, Minnie, age 5 (December 30, 1875), and Hannah, age 3
(April 19, 1878). They are all erroneously
enumerated as born in Ireland. Lillie is the child
of Hannah and Joseph, and Minnie is the same as
Mary. Mary married John Edmund Crawford and Hannah
Irene married Douglas Dawson. These same children,
and none additional, appear in the 1891 census, thus
this is the extent of the family size.
According to the Ontario Province,
Canada death register, page 120, entry #351, Elizabeth
Hannah McKay died March 13, 1918 in London, Ontario
Province, Canada. She was listed as 77 years of
age, which gives yet another approximation of her birth
date (likely provided by William). Cause of death
was given as Arterio Sclerosis and burial was given as
Woodland Cemetery in London.
According to Province of Ontario
Certificate of Registration of Death #023809, William
died October 29, 1933 in Ontario Hospital, City of
London, County of Middlesex. This newer
registration form gave significantly more information,
including date of birth as August 12, 1851, father's
name as William McKay, and mother's maiden name as
Margaret Loughrey. He was identified as a retired
laborer and a widower who lived in London city. He
died from Acute Bronchopneumonia with Senility as a
contributory cause, and was laid to rest with Hannah in
Woodland Cemetery in London.
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iv. | Mary Ann McKay,
born November 29, 1855 in County Londonderry, Northern
Ireland; died December 12, 1925 in London, Ontario Province,
Canada; married John Hobbs, Jr. December 4, 1878 in Komoko,
Middlesex County, Ontario Province, Canada; born March 24,
1854 in London, County London, England; died April 30, 1931
in London, Ontario Province, Canada.
It is likely that Mary Ann is the
one who served as witness to the birth of Samuel McKay,
Jr. in Lobo Township, Middlesex County, Ontario
Province, Canada on 12 February 1876. The
informant is given as Mary McKay, living in Komoko,
where the other McKay siblings were living. It is
very possible that Joseph led the way to Ontario, and
that William, Samuel Sr., and Mary Ann followed and came
over together between 1871 and 1873. This
timeframe results from not being able to locate William
in the 1871 Canada census, and Samuel Sr.'s second child
born 1871 in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland and
third child born 1873 in Ontario Province, Canada.
We know for sure that Mary Ann was
in Canada in 1878 with her marriage to John Hobbs.
According to certificate #38658 registered on page 267
of Schedule B Marriages for Lobo Township, Middlesex
County, Ontario Province, Canada:
Groom's Name: John Hobbs
Groom's Age: 26 years
Groom's Birth Place: England
Groom's Occupation: Broom maker
Groom's Father: John H. Hobbs
Groom's Mother: Sarah Hobbs
Bride's Name: Mary A. McKay
Bride's Age: 23 years
Bride's Birth Place: Ireland
Bride's Father: William McKay
Bride's Mother: Margret McKay
Names of Witnesses: Robert Gardner
and Hannah McKay (wife of Joseph and William Jr.)
Date and Place of Marriage: December
4, 1878, Komoko, Lobo Township.
From LDS film #380135, Parish Registers of St.
Botolph Aldgate, London, Baptisms 1856-1927 John Hobbs
was christened May 7, 1854 at St. Botolph and was born
March 24, 1854 in London, England.
Schedule A of Births in London,
Middlesex County, Ontario Province, Canada, page 204
shows the birth of their first child, John Hobbs III on
November 22, 1879. This entry shows the father's
occupation as broom manufactureer. Circa 1901 John
III married Lillian Mary Milligan and they had a
daughter and a son. John III died August 27, 1934
of Myocarditis. According to Schedule A of Births,
page 132 duaghter Alice Maude was born to John and Mary
Ann in London, Middlesex County on May 19, 1881.
John is occupied as broom maker. She only lived 3
1/2 years, dying on January 13, 1885 of "disease of the
heart". The 1881, 1891 and 1901 censuses show John
as the only surviving child.
In the Death Register for London,
Middlesex County, Ontario Province, Canada, page 351,
Mary Ann Hobbs death is recorded. This document
identifies several items, including parents William
McKay and Margaret Loughrey, Mary's birth date as
November 29, 1855 in Ireland, death on December 12, 1925
because of a heart attack, and burial in Mount Pleasant
Cemetery on December 15, 1925. It also identified
Mary's length of residence in Canada, and Ontario
Province, as 54 years, thus lending credence to her
immigrating about 1872. John lived another 5 1/2
years, dying April 30, 1931 as a result of myocardial
failure due to cardio vascular disease. His birth
was confirmed as March 24, 1854 and he was shown as a
broom manufacturer still. He was buried beside
Mary Ann on May 2, 1931.
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v. | Elizabeth McKay,
born July 4, 1857 in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland;
died May 15, 1941 in Keokuk County, Iowa; married Samuel
Stuart Rodgers September 1885 in County Londonderry,
Northern Ireland; born April 18, 1864 in Dungiven, County
Londonderry, Northern Ireland; died August 16, 1948 in
Keokuk County, Iowa.
Service Saturday
For Mrs. Rodgers
"Mrs Sam Rodgers, 83,
died May
15 at her
home in What Cheer.
Funeral was Saturday at 2
p.m. at
the Presbyterian church,
with ser-
vice by the Rev J. McInnis of Deep
River.
Burial was at
Sixteen
cemetery.
"Pallbearers
were Jim McKay,
Sam R. McKay,
George McKay,
William McKay, John McKay, and
Sam McKay,
sr. Mrs. Matthew
Manion and Mrs.
Ross Johnston
sang, accompanied at the piano by
Mrs L. W. Wilson.
"Surviving are
her husband and
brother George, who lived
in her
home and helped care for her. Four
brothers and one
sister preceded
her in death.
"Mrs Rodgers was born in
County
Derry, Ireland, July 4,
1857. She
was married to Sam Rodgers in Ire-
land in
September, 1885. They
lived in Glasgow, Scotland, several
years and came to America in 1893,
living at Gilcrist and
Iola, Mercer
county, Ill., for
19 years. They
came to Iowa in 1912.
"They lived
on a farm four and
one-half miles north of What Cheer
until they came
to their present
home.
Mrs. Rodgers became
a member
of the United
Presbyterian church
when a young woman in Ireland."
From What Cheer Patriot-Chronicle
newspaper
May 22, 1941 issue
There are a few anomalies with this census entry:
This census shows that Elizabeth had
4 children with none surviving to 1900. It this is
also an error in census recording, then the assumption
they had four children is incorrect.
The 1910 census shows Samuel and
Elizabeth, enumerated as Sam and Lizzie Rodgers, still
living in Greene Township, Mercer County, Illinois, page
128A. George is not living with them for this
census, living instead with nephew William McKay and
family in Duncan Township (page 91A). The columns
related to number of children born and still living now
shows as 0 and 0, thus suggesting the 1900 census entry
was indeed in error. Sam has occupation of farmer
in this census.
Samuel and Elizabeth Rodgers are
found in 1920 in Prairie Township, Keokuk County, Iowa,
page 103B, north of Thornburg, and her brother George is
living with them. Sam and George are listed with
an occupation of grain and stock farmer. All three
show as having immigrated in 1892 and as naturalized in
1900. By 1930 they (Samuel, Elizabeth and George)
are retired and living in the town of What Cheer in
Keokuk County, Iowa. This census shows them all
immigrating in 1893. All three appear again in
1940 What Cheer, Keokuk County, Iowa (page 4A).
After Elizabeth's death in May 1941,
George continues to live with Samuel in What
Cheer. Samuel dies August 16, 1948 in What Cheer
and is buried in Sixteen Cemetery, west of Thornburg in
Keokuk County, Iowa.
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vi. | James McKay, born
August 28, 1860 in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland;
died June 16, 1937 in Keokuk County, Iowa; married Rose Anna
Selfridge February 23, 1887 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pennsylvania; born April 8, 1865 in Drumsurn,
County, Londonderry, Northern Ireland; died June 28, 1930
near Barnes City, Mahaska County, Iowa.
The 1925 Iowa state census shows
James McKay at home in Prairie Township, Keokuk County,
Iowa near the town of Gibson. Each person was
asked the names of their parents and James gave William
McKay as his father and Margret Laughary as his
mother. His obituary as published in the June 24,
1937 issue of the What Cheer Patriot-Chronicle newspaper
gives a picture of the man. He was born August 28,
1860 in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland and spent
his early years in Ireland and Scotland before coming to
America. It is possible he was in Scotland with
his sister and brother-in-law Samuel and Elizabeth
Rodgers. He immigrated to America (in 1886
according to the 1900, 1910 and 1920 censuses) and
settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. On February
28, 1887 he married Anna Selfridge who had immigrated
earlier (in 1883 according to the 1900, 1910 and 1920
censuses). After a few years they move to that
part of Illinois where many of his McKay relatives had
settled, appearing in the 1900 Buffalo Prairie Township,
Rock Island County, Illinois as a farmer. He was a
farmer up to his death on June 16, 1937, dying on his
farm.
According to LDS film #101105
Quarterly Returns of Births in the General Registry
Office of Ireland Vol. 6 for 1865 Rose Ann Selfridge was
born April 8, 1865 in Newtownlimavady, County
Londonderry, Northern Ireland to William Selfridge and
Mary McQuiston. Rose, who went by Ann or Anna,
according to McKay family history came from a family of
8 children, but only four siblings are known to this
author. Sister Jane, married John Osbourne in
Philadelphia and moved to Mercer County, Illinois,
likely when James and Rose did. After 1930, Jane
was in failing health, widowed and childless, so she
lived with James so he and his family could look after
her until her death. Brother William married Mary
McCloskey in Philadelphia and stayed there until 1920
when he is found living with his widowed sister Jane and
where his death record says he died February 24, 1920 in
Aledo. Sisters Martha and Mary, for whom nothing
else is know at this point other than their birth to
William and Mary McQuiston Selfridge.
Rose Ann was killed in a one car
accident rollover on June 28, 1930. She and her
daughter, Mrs. Della Murdock, were in a car with Samuel
and Elizabeth Rodgers which was driven by Sam. The
accident occurred when Sam attempted to pass a car on a
gravel road. He lost control of the car on loose
gravel in attempting to swing back to the right side of
the road to avoid a car approaching from the other
direction. The car rolled and landed in the
opposite ditch driving Rose's head through the floor
boards and crushing her under the door frame. She
died instantly. There were injuries to others in
the car but none were life threatening. James and
Rose Ann are both buried in Sixteen Cemetery, west of
Thornburg in Keokuk County, Iowa.
James and Rose had a large family,
with seven sons and five daughters - William (1888-1961,
James Selfridge (1890-1953), Margaret Ann (1892-1928),
Samuel R. (1893-1963), Mary Jane (1896-1982), George
(1897-1975), Elizabeth R. (1899-1987), John R.
(1901-1981), Harry Johnson (1903-1918), Adella A.
(1904-1970) and Earnest Allen (1906-1920). Most
did not stray from the area close to or in Keokuk County
with the exception of James Selfridge McKay who died in
Phoenix, and Mary Jane McKay Christie who died in
Saskatchewan Province, Canada.
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vii. | George McKay, born
February 10, 1865 in Newtownlimavady, County Londonderry,
Northern Ireland; died December 11, 1948 in Peru, Madison
County, Iowa.
LDS film #101100 Quarterly Returns
of Births in the General Registry Office of Ireland Vol.
1 for 1865 George Mccay born to William Mccay and
Margret Loughery on February 10, 1865 in
Newtownlimavady, County Londonderry, Ireland despite his
tombstone stating he was born February 28, 1867.
George never married, and was the last of the siblings
to die. It is entirely possible he lived with his
parents, at least until his father died. He made
his home with his sister Mrs. Elizabeth Rodgers most of
his life, and it is possible this occurred following his
father's death. Since Elizabeth, Samuel, George
and Margaret all immigrated together in 1893, it is
possbile they came together and lived as a unit after
William died. After Elizabeth died he continued to
live with Sam Rodgers until Sam's death in August
1948. From that time on, with failing health, he
was taken care of in the home of his niece Mrs. Della
Johnson, daughter of James and Rose Ann Selfridge
McKay. Having no close living relatives may
explain why no obituary was found.
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i. | William Fleming,
born March 1839 in Mulkeeragh, Northern Ireland; died
October 6, 1922 in Edgington Township, Rock Island County,
Illinois.
William's information comes from his
Illinois death registration, probably as supplied by
sister Elizabeth. William never married. He
is found living with brother James, as noted in the
relationship column of the census, and his family in
1900 Buffalo Prairie Township, Rock Island County,
Illinois census, page 204A. There his birthdate is
listed as March 1845, and his year of immigration is
noted as 1880. He is without occupation. The
1910 and 1920 censuses are closer to matching his birth
year above, suggesting that James may have been the one
providing the information in 1900. In 1910 and
1920 he is living in Edgington Township, Rock Island
County, Illinois with his spinster sister
Elizabeth. In 1910 he is 70 years old and in 1920
he is 80 years old, suggesting a birth year of
1839-1840. If Elizabeth was providing the
information for those censuses, and for his death
registration, that might explain the consistency, but
not necessarily mean that the information is correct.
These latter two censuses show he
and Elizabeth immigrating in 1881. Based on sister
Jane's marriage information below, it is clear he and
Elizabeth could not have immigrated prior to 1881, and
they would have had to travel not long after Jane's
marriage. Fellow McKay researcher, Judi Pegg,
found the following short piece in the July 9, 1903
issue of The Milan Weekly Independent, Rock Island
County, Illinois, "William Fleming of Buffalo Prairie
township has been adjudged insane; he is aged 65
years. He will have a conservator appointed for
him". It is likely Elizabeth was appointed his
conservator. William is buried in Aledo Cemetery,
Aledo, Mercer County, Illinois.
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ii. | Elizabeth Fleming,
born Abt. 1846 in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland; died
Aft. 1925.
Elizabeth never married. When
located in the U.S. censuses she was always living with
her never married brother William. In the 1900
census of brother James she is shown as born in January
1855 and having immigrated in 1880. In 1910 she is
62 years old, thus born about 1848. In 1920 she is
74 years old, thus born about 1846. When brother
William died in 1922 it left Elizabeth alone, the last
of the known siblings still alive. She is found in
the 1925 State of Iowa census living with Samuel Jr. and
Annie Jones McKay. Samuel's mother was Margaret
Fleming McKay, a sister of Elizabeth. In that
census her birth year is given as about 1844.
Because of the closeness of the last three census birth
years, I took the middle one as an approximation.
No vital records have been found for Elizabeth, and that
includes no death record. There has also been no
cemetery location found yet.
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93 | iii. | Margaret Fleming,
born May 5, 1848 in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland;
died June 27, 1886 in Mercer County, Illinois; married
Samuel McKay, Sr. November 8, 1866 in Bovevagh Presbyterian
Church, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
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iv. | Jane Fleming, born
Abt. 1851 in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland; died
August 19, 1889 in Mercer County, Illinois; married John B.
Osborne June 10, 1881 in Hyde Park, Middlesex County,
Ontario Province, Canada; born Abt. September 1852 in
Northern Ireland; died 1909 in Mercer County, Illinois.
The information for John and Jane is
largely from their marriage registraion Ontario
Province, Canada Schedule B Marriages for 1881, page
516. John Osborne, age 26 (about 1855), and Jane
Fleming, age 24 (about 1857), were both born in County
Londonderry, Northern Ireland and were both living in
Komoko, Middlesex County, Ontario Province (as were the
McKays) when they married. John gives his parent's
names as Robert Dixon Osborne and Hadessah while Jane
gives her parent's names as John Fleming and Mary.
Witnesses noted were William and Eliza Fleming, both
living in Komoko, and Jane's brother and sister from
above.
I took John's birthdate from his
1900 census. Jane's birth date comes from her
tombstone. She is buried in Aledo Cemetery, Aledo,
Mercer County, Illinois. Her death date is August
19, 1889 and the inscription reads aged 38 years, thus
suggesting about 1851 as a birth year. Jane shares
the same tombstone as her parents. John married
Jane Selfridge after his first wife died, and I suspect
they are both buried in the same cemetery as his first
wife.
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v. | James Fleming, born
Abt. September 1860 in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland;
died Bet. 1904-1910; married Elizabeth Loughery Abt. 1879 in
County Londonderry, Northern Ireland; born January 10, 1859
in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland; died June 9, 1945
in Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa.
James is a son of John and Mary by
virtue of his sibling relationship to William and
Elizabeth, as noted in the 1900 Buffalo Prairie
Township, Rock Island County, Illinois census, page
204A, referred to above. His wife, Elizabeth,
appears in the 1910 Big Grove Township, Johnson County,
Iowa census, page 862B, with several of their children
from the 1900 census and a new daughter born about
1901. Elizabeth shows as widowed. James'
death date and location have not been found, but the
following notice from the February 4, 1904 issue of The
Milan Weekly Independent newspaper of Rock Island
County, Illinois, as provided by fellow McKay researcher
Judi Pegg, narrows the timeframe of his death, "PUBLIC
SALE at my farm, 3 miles west of Edgington, on the John
Edgington farm....on February 17th. James
Fleming". This may also suggest that he had
already arranged for the family to move to Iowa and was
selling off his possessions and property to support that
move.
Elizabeth Loughery was the daughter
of James and Elizabeth J. Lindsay Loughery. She
and James had 11 children with the oldest, William
James, born November 17 1880 in County Londonderry,
Northern Ireland, and the remaining 10 born in the
Mercer and Rock Island Counties area of Illinois.
From Johnson County, Iowa Elizabeth moved to New
Hampton, Chickasaw County, Iowa for a few years, but in
1917 moved to Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa to be near
4 of her children. She is buried in
Murdoch-Linwood Cemetery in Cedar Rapids.
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Children of Francis Whan and Esther ? are: |
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i. | Samuel Whan, Sr.,
born Abt. 1805 in Ireland; died Aft. 1860; married Nancy ?;
born Aft. 1815 in Ireland; died Aft. 1860.
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ii. | William Whan, born
Abt. 1814 in Ireland; died Unknown.
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iii. | Agnes Whan, born
Abt. 1817 in Ireland; died Unknown.
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iv. | Ellen Whan, born
Abt. 1821 in Ireland; died April 08, 1879.
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95 | v. | Ann Whan, born
January 25, 1829 in County Antrim, Ireland; died June 07,
1908 in Mercer County, Illinois; married Robert Jones March
23, 1865 in Mercer County, Illinois.
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