DESCENDANTS OF JACOB HOUSE

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                               Don Norman

 

1.JACOB HOUSE

 

    Jacob House was born about 1755. He married Barbara ------.

 

Known children of Jacob and Barbara House.

 

  2.  (1). Abraham                 b.c.     1776

         m.Judith Fitzwater Dec 1 1801

 

2.ABRAHAM HOUSE     1.JACOB HOUSE

 

    Abraham House, a son of Jacob and Barbara House, was born about

1776. He married Judith Fitzwater in Rockingham County VA December 1,

1801. Judith, a daughter of William and Anne (McCaslin) Fitzwater, was

born about 1777 and died September 11, 1853.

    In 1827, Abraham sold his Hardy County and and moved to Lewis County

VA. They settled on the Buckhannon River at what is now Rangoon, Barbour

County, WV.

 

Children of Abraham and Judith (Fitzwater) House.

 

  3.  (1). Catherine

         m. Hiram Hall

 

  4.  (2). Abraham, Jr.

         m. Sarah Simon

 

  5.  (3). William

 

  6.  (4). Isaac                   b.Jul 22 1809   d.May 1 1886

         m. Elizabeth Britton Dec 4 1834

         m. Elizabeth Swecker

 

  7.  (5). Jacob

         m. Gincy Hudkins

 

  8.  (6). Jesse

         m. Mary Radabaugh

 

  9.  (7). John

         m. Clemanda Dilworth

 

 10.  (8). Absolom

         m. Rachel Wood

         m. Martha Smith

 

 11.  (9). Elizabeth

         m. Noah Wamsley

 

 12. (10). James House

 

6.ISAAC HOUSE    2.ABRAHAM HOUSE     1.JACOB HOUSE

 

    Isaac House, a son of Abraham and Judith (Fitzwater) House, was born

in Hardy County VA July 22, 1809 and died in Lewis County WV May 1,

1886. He married Elizabeth Britton December 4, 1834. Elizabeth died in

Barbour County VA in 1849.

    Isaac married Elizabeth Swecker. Elizabeth was born December 4, 1821

in Pendleton County VA and died in Lewis County December 19, 1873.

 

Children of Isaac and Elizabeth (Britton) House.

 

 13.  (1). Amanda

         m. Henry Fultz

 

 14.  (2). Irena Elizabeth         b.       1837   d.       1843

 

 15.  (3). Malissa Ann             b.       1838   d.       1843

 

 16.  (4). Hiram Hall              b.       1840   c.       1843

 

 17.  (5). John C.                 b. May 16 1845

         m. Martha George

         m. Virginia Sprouse Jun 17 1875

 

Children of Isaac and Elizabeth (Swecker) House.

 

 18.  (1). Asa                     b.       1853   d.       1853

 

 19.  (2). Nathaniel               b.       1854   d.       1856

 

 20.  (3). Isaac Jr.               b.c.     1857

         m. Margaret Smith

 

 21.  (4). Margaret                b.c.     1859

         m. James Hall

 

 22.  (5). Judith Ann              b.c.     1861

         m. Marcellus Ehud Shouldis

 

 23.  (6). Mary Ett                b.c.     1865

         m. Charles Linger

 

 24.  (7). Charles                 b.c.     1867

 

 

17.JOHN C. HOUSE    6.ISAAC HOUSE    2.ABRAHAM HOUSE     1.JACOB HOUSE

 

    John C. House, a son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Britton) House, was

born in VA May 16, 1845. He married Martha George. Martha was born in VA

about 1842 and died about 1872. John married Virginia Sprouse June 17,

1875. Virginia, a daughter of Benjamin and Nancy Sprouse, was born April

11, 1851.

    John served the Union in the Civil War in Co K, 6th W.Va. Volunteer 

Infantry from 1862 to 1865.

 

Children of John C. and Martha (George) House.

 

 24.  (1). James                   b.c.     1868

         m. Lucinda Cutright

 

 25.  (2). Sarah                   b.       1870   d.infant

 

 26.  (3). Hettie

 

Children of John C. and Virginia (Sprouse) House.

 

 27.  (1). Andrew

         m. Ella Bennett

 

 28.  (2). Bland                   b.       1879   d.       1896

 

 29.  (3). Birdie

         m. Stewart Simmons

 

 30.  (4). Rhoda

         m. Wallace Hardway

 

 31.  (5). Benjamin Harrison       b. Feb 15 1891  D.SEP  3 1981       1

         m. Edna Anderson Sep 13 1908

 

 32.  (6). Thornton

         m. Thankful Tenney

         m. Dorothy Johnson

         m. Mary (Johns) Hollen

 

31.BENJAMIN HARRISON HOUSE    17.JOHN C. HOUSE    6.ISAAC HOUSE

2.ABRAHAM HOUSE     1.JACOB HOUSE

 

    Benjamin Harrison House, a son of John C. and Virginia (Sprouse)

House, was born February 15, 1891 and died September 3, 1981 in Carroll

County OH. He married Edna Anderson September 13, 1908. Edna, a daughter

of Ballard and Rachel (Helmick) Anderson, was born January 21, 1891 and

died in Carroll County November 18, 1956.

 

Children of Benjamin Harrison and Edna (Anderson) House.

 

 33.  (1). Pearl

 

 34.  (2). Lee

 

 35.  (3). Grace

 

 36.  (4). Lawrence

 

 37.  (5). Leonard

 

 38.  (6). Walter

 

 39.  (7). Fred

 

 40.  (8). Opal

 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

 

"Lewis County WV, Her People and Places",2000, p. 117

Norman, Don, "Descendants of Thomas Fitzwater"

1870 Lewis County WV census