HISTORY OF KENTUCKY AND KENTUCKIANS, E. Polk Johnson, three volumes, Lewis
Publishing Co., New York & Chicago, 1912. Common version, 
Vol. III, pp. 1277-78.    [Bourbon County]

CHARLES HENRY MENG--The Meng family is of Teutonic origin. John Christopher
Meng, the founder of this family in America, was born in Mannheim, Germany,
in 1697, and married Dorathea Von Elsten on June 29, 1723.  In 1728, 
with their two children, they came to this country and settled in Germantown,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  He brought with him testimonials of himself
and "honorable housewife" from Samuel Michael Doughfs, a preacher of the
reformation.  On August 24, 1728, he took the oath of allegiance.  A large
Bible, which they brought with them, and their letter and other records can
be seen at the Historical Society, 130 Locust Street, Philadelphia.
     From this union we have eight children.  The third, John Ulrich, born
June 11, 1731, married Sarah Calladay. We are uncertain as to the exact
date of the birth of Christopher Meng, a son of this union and next in
lineal descent.
     Christopher Meng was a captain in the Revolutionary war.  He served in
the Second Battalion, Philadelphia Militia, was in the battle of Brandywine
and records speak of him as having crossed in the boat with General
Washington.  At the close of the war he settled in Winchester, Frederick
county, Virginia, and married Margaret Jones.
     In 1780 Charles Ulrich Meng, next in line, was born in Winchester,
Virginia and he lived there till [sic] he was fifteen years of age, at
which time he moved to Woodstock, Shenandoah county, Virginia.  He married
Victoria Tebbs, daughter of Captain William and Victoria Haislip Tebbs.
William Tebbs was a captain in the Revolutionary war in a company of
Westmoreland militia.  (see record of service Old Military Acc't Book,
page 776, in State Library, Richmond, Virginia.)  Charles Ulrich Meng was
a captain in the war of 1812, Scott's Regiment of Virginia Militia.
"Present on duty at Norfolk.  (See Record and Pension Office, Washington,
D.C.)  Charles Ulrich Meng inherited great wealth from his wife, Victoria
Tebbs, and removed to Brentsville, Prince William county, Virginia, the
native home of his wife.  There he practiced law and served as a Judge
up to the time of his death, 1865.  Nine children were the issue of this
marriage, Evelina, Ellen, Charles H., James Madison, Sarah, Martha,
William, Edmond and Catharine.
     James Madison Meng, the father of Charles Henry Meng, was born
February 22, 1812, at Brentsville, Prince William county, Virginia.  He
was educated in Virginia and at the age of twenty-one years came to
Bourbon county, Kentucky, where he was engaged in teaching school for over
twenty years in Bourbon and Nicholas counties.  He was married in Bourbon
county, Kentucky, in 1842, to Malvina F. Hall, who was a native of Bourbon
county, born in 1822.  She was the daughter of Henry and Fanny Talbott
Hall.  There were two sons from this marriage, Charles Henry and James
Augustus.  Charles Henry was born April 25, 1843, and James Augustus,
born in 1865, died February 3, 1885, at the age of nineteen years.  Major
James Madison Meng received his title of major from mustering home
troops before the Civil war.
     Charles Henry Meng attended the school taught by his father until the
outbreak of the Civil war.  He was then about eighteen years of age, too
young to enlist in service without his parents' consent.  It was owing to
the illness of his father that he was allowed to go in the latter's place.
He served during the four years' conflict in Company C, Sixth Kentucky
Cavalry, Morgan's command.  On May 21, 1875, he was married to Sarah
Katherine Calvert, daughter of Walter Stephenson and Louise Evans Calvert,
her father being a direct descendant of Lord Baltimore, George Calvert,
founder of Maryland.  Mr. and Mrs. Meng have five children, namely:
Calvert, Malvina, Charles McClelland, James Madison and Walter Stephenson.
Malvina married Ellwood Garrett Harrison, of Xenia, Ohio, November 24,
1897.  He died about a year later; no issue.  Walter Stephenson was
married to Sarah Amanda Jones, daughter of William S. and Emma Collins
Jones, October 5, 1910.
     Mr. and Mrs. Meng live at their beautiful country home, "Woodlawn"
lying three quarters of a mile east of North Middletown, Bourbon county,
Kentucky.  Mr. Meng is actively engaged in the business of farming and
stock-raising, which has occupied him since the war.  The Meng
coat-of-arms is painted after the official designs of heraldic authorities
of Germany, established by authoritative records as the true and only
bearing of the Mengs of that part of Germany from which John Christopher
Meng went to America in the year 1728.  The emblazonment consists of a
shield and helmet, a mantle, a crest, and a ribbon, and is very
beautifully done in colors.

Meng Von_Elsten Calladay Jones Tebbs Hall Calvert Harrison Doughfs
=
Nicholas-KY Philadelphia-Philadelphia-PA Winchester-Frederick-VA
Shenandoah-VA Prince_William-VA MD Xenia-Greene-OH Germany

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