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THOMAS VINCENT, date of will, Feb. 27, 1840; date of probate, Nov. —, 1841; wife, Jane; children, Joseph, Thomas W., Robert, James, Amanda, Sarah, Martha Milligan, Jane Holmes; execs., Jane Vincent, Joseph Vincent; wits., William Holmes, William Smiley.


JOHN WAGNER, Jefferson township; date of will, Oct 10, 1857; date of probate, Feb. 17, 1858; wife, name not given; children, George, John, Levi, Daniel, Henry, Catherine, Sarah, Rachel, Polly, Susanna, Drusilla; execs., John Winings, Jr., Samuel Smith; wits., John Gruber, Milton Burchfield.


WILLIAM WAGSTAFF, date of will, Dec. 22, 1838; date of probate, June —, 1840; wife, Charlty; children, James, Joseph, William, Daniel, John, Robert, Elizabeth, Edie, Matilda Anderson; execs., James Wagstaff, Robert Wagstaff; wits., John Beal, Henry Maxwell.


JAMES WALKER, Cadiz township; date of will, Dec. 27, 1858; date of probate, May 30, 1859; wife, Margaret; niece, Margaret McKitrick; sister, Martha Hutchison; legatees, Isaac Lawrence, John Rolston; execs., names not given; wits., Samuel N. Clifford, Samuel Nash.


JOSEPH WALKER, Stock township; date of will, Feb. 18, 1839; date of probate, April 12, 1841; children, William, John, George, James, Elizabeth Parker, Mary Kent; exec., Samuel McFadden; wits., Jacob Wright, John McKenney.


ROBERT WALKER, date of will, Nov. 8, 1858; date of probate, Jan. 22, 1859; wife, name not given; children, James, Charles, John W., David A., William M., Robert A., Margaret J.; exec., Wesley Birney; wits., James Billingsley, Alexander Moore.


ROBERT WALKER, date of will, March 12, 1855; date of probate, April 29, 1859; children, Nelson, Lorenzo, Nancy Davis; exec., Nelson Walker; wits., Alexander Moore, John Poulson.


JOHN R. WALLACE, date of will, June 10, 1846; date of probate, April 26, 1847; wife, Elizabeth; children, Amanda, John, William; exec., Robert Davidson; wits., Samuel Kincaid, William Buchanan.


NATHANIEL A. WALLACE Moorefield township; date of will, March 20, 1855; date of probate, April 5, 1855; wife, Juliann; children, Mary Mc., Thomas C.; wits., T. R. Crawford, James Kirkpatrick.


WILLIAM WALLACE, Moorefield township; date of will, Aug. 23, 1841; date of probate, May 2, 1842; wife, Polly W.; children, John, Nathaniel S., William A., Samuel M., Wilson E., Sarah Ann, Elenor S., Margaret J.; execs., Polly W. Wallace, Thomas J. Holliday; wits., Thomas J. Holliday, John W. Milligan.


WILLIAM WALRAVEN, Jefferson county; date of will, Sept. 25, 1810; date of probate, May 3, 1813; wife, name not given; children, William, Elias. John, Hester, Harriett, and five other daughters, not named; sisters, Sarah, Mary, and Susannah Walraven, and Margaret Guyton; execs., son, John Walraven, and Joseph Holmes; wits., Richard Jones, Andrew Eagleson, Thomas Dickerson.


JACOB WALTERS, date of will. Jan. 25, 1849; date of probate, June 21, 1854; children, Jacob, John, Samuel, George, Martin, Davld, Joseph, Abraham, Elizabeth; exec., Abraham Walters; wits., Lot Deming, William Deming, Thomas Lyons.


ISAAC WARNER, Moreland, Montgomery co., Pa.; date of will, Feb. 3, 1824; date of probate, Dec. 25, 1829; wife, name not given; children, Isaac, Thomas, Joseph, Ruth, Martha, Mary; grandson, Isaac Jeams; execs., Thomas Warner, Isaac Warner, Joseph Warner; wits., Ellas Booskirk, Sr.. Benjamln Briggs.


ANN WATERMAN, Short Creek township; date of will, Nov. 16, 1835;


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date of probate, Dec. 15, 1855; children, Leona Dickey, Rebecca Jane Chamberlain; execs., Milton R. Pettot, Ezra Cattell; wits., John Nicholson, John S. Reddig.


JOHN WATKINS; date of will, Nov. 23, 1847; date of probate, Dec. 16, 1847; wife, Margaret; legatees, Silas H. Amos,. and children of his brothers and sisters, names not given; exec., Spencer Webb; wits., Joseph Harrison, John Creal.


JOHN W. WATSON, date of will, July 17, 1859; date of probate, July 29, 1859; wife, Rebecca; children, Rachel Ann, Nancy A., Adam D.; exec., S. R. Watson; wits., John Webb, Joseph Dunlap.


ALLEN WATTERS, date of will, July 1, 1821; date of probate, March 18, 1823; wife, Jane; children, John, Allen, William, Anna, Fanny, Elizabeth; exec., John Watters; wits., Thomas Graham, James C. Hutchinson, Michael Grable.


THOMAS WEAVER, date of will, Oct. 25, 1822; date of probate, April 3, 1827; wife, Mary; nephews, James and Thomas Weaver; Jane Beeabout, and Thomas Weaver; brother, Robert; sister-in-law, Betsey; legatees, Jane Beeabout, Jane Wilson; execs., brother, Robert Weaver, and nephew, James Weaver; wits., S. Connell, James Burson, Isaac Jones.


JACOB WEBB, date of will, Feb. 5, 1834: date of probate, April 12, 1834; wife, Hannah; children, Robert, Ezekiel, Joseph, Jacob, Hannah, Ann, Sarah, Esther, Edith, Mary; execs., John Webb, Sirus Holt; wits., Robert McCracken, William McFarland, James McMillan.


JOSEPH WEBB, Athens township; date of will, Feb. 7, 1850; date of probate, Oct. 22, 1850; wife, Susan: exec., Smith R. Watson; wits., William Boyer, S. B. Shotwell.


DANIEL WELCH, Green township; date of will, Sept. 3, 1819: date of probate, Nov. 15, 1819; wife, Elizabeth; children, Daniel, Reasin, Benjamin, Jacob, William, Cyrus, Rodey; granddaughters, Elizabeth and Rachel Welch; execs., sons, Daniel and Reasin Welch, and daughter, Rodey Welch; wits., William Kyle, James Cobean.


SAMUEL WELCH, date of will, May 4, 1849; date of probate, April 5, 1850; wife, name not given; children, John, James, William, Nancy Johnson, Ellenor Dunbar; granddaughters, Elizabeth Fisher, Catherine Welch; execs., John Welch, James Welch; wits., Fryer McKinney, Michael Conaway.


WILLIAM WELCH, date of will, Feb. 9, 1856; date of probate, March 11, 1856; wife, Isabelle; children, George, Thomas; exec., Isabelle Welch; wits., John W. . McClaren, Steward Price.


JOHN WELLING, date of will, --, 1818; date of probate, Jan. 22, 1821; wife, Mima; children, William, John, David, Thomas, Henry, Nancy, Polly, Elizabeth; execs., William Welling, John Welling; wits., John Maholm, Connel Abdit, J. Harris.


JOHN WELLS, date of will, Aug. 15, 1824; date of .probate, June 5, 1826; wife, Catherine; children, Isiah, Elizabeth, Susannah Gray; grandson, John Morris; execs., Isiah Wells, William Lewis; wits., Joseph Rhodes, Samuel Lewis, Edwin Patterson.


JOHN WEYANDT, date of will, July 19, 1845; date of probate, April 24, 1848; wife, Motlena; children, Daniel, Jacob, Abraham, Polly Heller, Teny Warner; daughter-in-law, Nancy; execs:, Jacob Weyandt, Daniel Weyandt, Abraham Weyandt; wits., Thomas McClintock, John Plowman.


JOHN WHAN, Shortcreek township; date of will, Oct. 25, 1855; date of probate, April 9, 1859; wife, Margaret; children, James B., Sarah, Ellen, Hannah; grand-children, Martha Stewart, William Twinnam, Mary Twinnam, William McCollough, Mary Bell, William Morgan; execs., James


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B. Whan, Marshal Morgan; wits., James Hanna, John Hanna.


ISAAC WHEALDON, date of will, April 16, 1836; date of probate, May 21, 1841; wife, Elizabeth; children, Ann, and others, names not given; execs., wife, Elizabeth Whealdon, Joseph Whealdon; wits., Abel Pickering, Jonathan Sayers.


BENJAMIN WHEELER, Baltimore co., Md.; date of will, Jan. 25, 1806; date of probate, Aug. 22, 1807; wife, name not given; children, Nicholas, William, Benjamin, Mordicai, James, Richard, Rachel, Elizabeth, Keziah, Isabella; exec., William Wheeler; wits., Samuel Price, Daniel Basley, John Price.


JOHN WHITE, Shortcreek township; date of will, Jan. 1, 1835; date of probate, Dec. 7, 1840; wife, Jane; children, Ann Tribby, Rachel Thorn, James; grandson, John McMillan; execs., John Tribby, James White; wits., John Howard, John C. Thompson, Thomas Hirst.


ANDREW WYLIE, Green township; date of will, June 2, 1832; date of probate, Oct. 25, 1833; wife, name not given; brothers, Samuel, William; sisters, Jane Wilkin, Elizabeth, and Nancy; execs., David Watts, William Wylie; wits., William Watts, William Fulton.


JOHN WILEY, Green township; date of will, April 3, 181.6; date of probate, April 10, 1816; wife, Margaret; children, Elizabeth, Nancy, Jean, William, John, Samuel, Andrew; execs., Danlel Welch, William Watts, Margaret Wiley; wits., John Miller, James Black, William Waddle.


MATTHEW WILKIN, date of will, April 10, 1830; date of probate, Aug. 24, 1833; wife, Jane; children, John, Matthew, Robert, Betsy, Fanny Pollock, Peggy Day, Jane Orr; exec., John Patterson; wits., Thomas Patton, Edward Fletcher.


ELIZABETH WILLIAMS, date of will, Dec. 2, 1847; date of probate, Feb. 26, 1850; children, Rachel Warwick, Elizabeth Wagstaff, Mary Henry, Jane McKinney, Susanna Reckey, Martha Brown, William, Samuel; exec., William Williams; wits., Daniel McIlrevy, Charles Conaway.


NATHAN WILLIAMS, date of will, May 19, 1841; date of probate, Aug. 16, 1841; wife, Sarah; execs., Wilson Maddox; wits., Evan Hurford, Asenath Spurrier, Amelia Stephens.


THOMAS WILLIAMS, Archer township; date of will, April 13, 1816; date of probate, Nov. 27, 1816; wife, Betsey; chlldren mentioned, names not -given; execs., Robert Maxwell, Thomas Maxwell; wits., Robert Maxwell, Thomas Maxwell.


WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Moorefield township; date of will, May 2, 1857; date of probate, Aug. 8, 1857; wife, Ann; sons, Isaac W., James A.; exec., Ann Williams; wits., John Sloan, Robert C. McConnell.


JANE WILLIAMSON, date of wlll, July 4, 1849; date of probate, Aug. —, 1849; children, Frances T., Phebe M., Lusia, Mary J. G., William McKnight; exec., Robert Woods; wits., David T. Robe, John Campbell.


CHARLES WILLISON, Moorefield township; date of will, Aug. 14, 1830; date of probate, Oct. 19, 1830; wife, Zillah; children, Elijah, Amos, Jeremiah, Charles, Gerusha, Abijah, Anne, Rosilla; exec., Zillah Willison; wits., William Wyckoff, Ephriam Johnson, Benjamin S. Cowen.


JANE WILSON, date of will, Feb. 12, 1831; date of probate, June 23, 1834; children, Sarah Crain, Joseph, Robert; wlts., William L. Robison, William Russel.


JOHN WILSON, date of will, Oct. 27, 1810: date of probate, Nov. 15, 1819; wife, Hannah; children, mentioned, names not given; execs., Hannah Wilson, Jacob Kiser; wits., John Wagner, John Waind, John Winings.


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SAMUEL WILSON, Freeport township; will, not dated;. date of probate, April 24, 1850; wife, name not given; 'children, William-P., Samuel-C., Lydia Halliday; grand-daughters, Ann-Eliza and. Eveline Wilson; legatees, Sarah A. Irvin, Sarah A. Wilson; exec., William P. Wilson; wits., R. K. Price, Joseph Whealdon.


THOMAS WILSON, Cadiz township; date of will, Nov. 30, 1829; date of probate, March 30, 1830; wife, Levinah; children, John, William, Isaac, Thomas, Levinah, Rebecca, Mary, Elizabeth, Rachel; execs., John Wilson, Thomas Wilson; wits., Alexander Henderson, Joseph Burwell, William Crom.


JACOB WININGS, date of will, June 28, 1843; date of probate, Oct. —, 1844; wife, Elizabeth; children, John, Jacob, Catherine; son-in-law, James 'McClure; legatee, W. D. Stringer; exec., John Winings; wits., Alexander Patterson, Samuel S. Winings.


JOHN WININGS, German township; date of will, June 19, 1829; date of probate, April 8, 1833; wife, Barbara; children, Margaret, Elizabeth, Catherine, Mary; execs., Jacob Winings, John Winings; wits., John Shober, John Coyl.


LOVINA WINROD, date of will, Nov. 7, 1861; date of probate, Nov. 18, 1861; children, Rachel E., Lewis D.; exec., Milton Harvey; wits., John Winrod, James W. Wherry.


WILLIAM WOOD, date of will, Jan. 13, 1830; date of probate, April 11, 1831; wife, Margaret; children, Hugh, Thomas, John, William, Jane Pool, Margaret Chance, Effey Chance, Marget Prane, Mary Beall; exec., Margaret Wood; wits., Samuel Cope, John Suddith.


ZACHARIAH WOOD, North township; date of will, Sept. 9, 1831; date of probate, Oct. 24, 1831; wife, Mary; children, Charles, John, Isaac, Lisha, Zachariah, Benjamin, Joseph, Henry, William, Nancy Lowry, Salle Low; execs., names not given; wits., Peter Rutan, Jonas Gutshall, John Creal, Jonathan Shotwell.


ALEXANDER WORK, date of will, Jan. 25, 1845; date of probate, Aug. 27, 1861; wife, . Jane T.; children, Anderson D., Alexander T.; adopted daughter, E. W. Wilcott; execs., John A. Work, James T. Work; wits., John Adams, Anderson D. Work.


THOMAS WORLEY, date of will, July .3, 1834; date of probate, May —, 1859; wife, Mary; children, David, Thomas, Daniel, James, Susanna Martin, Julianna Bonum,. Margaret, Elizabeth; execs., Thomas Worley, James Worley; wits., Benjamin Gudgen, David Worley, James McMillan.


ISAAC WRIGHT, date of will, March 27, 1852;. date of probate, July 31, 1852; wife, Hannah; children, Mary Jane; legatee, Hannah Jane Hurles; 'execs., Hannah Wright, Jacob Reigal; wits., Thomas Underhill, Robert Wright.


JAMES WRIGHT, date of will, Sept. 10, 1836; date of probate, Nov. 4, 1842; wife, Barbary; children, Jacob, Thomas, Eliza, Metilda Whitney; execs., names not given; wits., Peter Crabtree, Cornelius Crabtree.


JONATHAN WRIGHT, Frederick co., Va.; date of will, Jan. 28, 1819; date of probate, March 5, 1838; wife, Hannah; children, Richard, Thomas, David, Esther Lupton, Margaret Cattle, Sally Smith, Bulah, Ruth, Tacy; execs., wife, Hannah Wright, and son, David Wright; wits., William W. Hutt, Martha A. Lupton, Micagah Beeson, Margaret Wolf, Jonathan Pickering.


MOSES WRIGHT, date of will, April 11, 1854; date of probate, June 14, 1854; wife, Ann; children, Isaac, John C., Thomas, Nathan, Benjamin, William, Moses, Nathan, Pricilla Stugert; execs., Nathan Wright, William Wright; wits., Isaac Cope, John Knox.


AARON YARNELL, Nottingham township, date of will, June 15. 1851;


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date of probate, Nov. 18, 1853; wife, Mary Ann; children, no names given; exec., Michael Crowl; wits., William Johnson, M. Crowl.


MARY ANN YARNELL, Nottingham township; date of will, May 2, 1855; date of probate, Oct. 2, 1856; children, Zeba, William, Aaron, Colmer, John, Nelson, Lydia, Mary-Ann; exec., M. Crowl; wits., M. Crowl, Cyrus Rowland.


HENRY YEISALY, date of will, Oct. 18, 1828; date of probate, April 12, 1841; wife, Barbary; son, John; exec., Adam Hubler; wits., Christopher Able, William Abaugh, Frederick Able.


DENTON YOUNG, date of will, July 22, 1831; date of probate, Jan. 4, 1831; wife, name not given; children, Denton, Mark, John, McKinzie, Marandie, Manervy; exec., Andrew Keys; wits., Thomas Patton, Hugh Birney.


JOHN YOUNG, date of will, March 14, 1861; date of probate, June 19, 1861; wife, name not given; children, Mary Sproul, Jane Moore, Sarah Ann Wages, Elizabeth Mcllroy, William, Jared, Robert G.; execs., names not given; wits., R. M. Coultrap, G. W. Spiker.


WILLIAM YOUNG, Brooks county, Va.; date of will, May 18, 1812; date of probate, Aug. 24, 1813; wife, name not given; children, Jean Eagleson; nephews, William Hervey (and his daughter, Margaret) James Hervey, David Hervey, Henry Hervey; sisters, Jean Young, Agnes Young; legatees, Andrew Eagleson, Isabella Hervey; execs., William Hervey, Andrew Eagleson; wits., John McComb, John Henry.


MATTHIAS ZIMMERLY, date of will, Aug. 24, 1839; date of probate, Nov. —, 1847; wife, name not given; children, Jacob, John, George, Catherine Kaylor; execs., names not given; wits., William L. Packer, Thomas Davidson.


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HARRISON COUNTY GENEALOGIES *


JOHN ADAMS, a native of Ireland, settled in Short Creek township, Harrison county, Ohio, about 1805, where he d. 1812; m. , d. 1846; had issue: 1. William; 2. James; 3. Samuel, b. Dec. 1, 1809; m. (1st) .1842, Sarah Chambers, d. February 7, 1851, daughter of David Chambers, of Green township; m. (2d) April 2, 1857, Mary Clark, daughter of James Clark, of Athens township (had issue by first wife: i. Joshua, b. August 2, 1842; ii. Rachel, b. September 3, 1844; iii. John, b. December 11, 1850; d. April 27, 1882; had issue by second wife: iv. Clark, m. November 26, 1884, Dora Copeland, daughter of Henry Copeland, of Green township; v. Sarah Elizabeth); 4. Hannah; 5. Joshua; 6. John.


JOHN ADAMS, a native of Pennsylvania, b. November 13, 1774; settled in Freeport township, Harrison county, Ohio, about 1807, where he d. 1835; m. May 2, 1799, Rachel Asher; b. in Pennsylvania May 16, 1776; d. August 25, 1851; had issue:


I. Rebecca, b. February 29, 1800. II Elizabeth, b. April 16, 1801. III. Rachel, b. December 18, 1803. IV. Samuel, b. January 16, 1806, in Erie county, Penn.; came with his parents to Ohio; settled in Moorefield township, Harris on county, 1828, where he d. November 17, 1880; m. January 24, 1828, Elizabeth .Johnson, d. May 19, 1883, daughter of William and Nancy Stalson Johnson, early settlers in Moorefield township; had issue; 1. John, b. January 17, 1831, in Moorefield township; m. January 13, 1853, Mary E. Swearingen, b. December 30, 1835, daughter of John and Nancy Pumphrey Swearingen, natives of Virginia (had issue; i. Henry-T.; ii. Annie E.; iii. Albert D.; settled in Chicago, Ill.; iv. W. S.; v. Emma V.; vi. Sadie;

vii. Mary-E.); 2. Rachel A., m. ____ Romans; 3. Mary, m. ____ Johnson; settled in Washington, Davis county, Ind.; 4. William; 5. Samuel, d. young; 6. Rebecca, m. J. Moore. V. John, b. June 20, 1808. VI. Julia A., b. December 13, 1811. VII. Anthony, b. October 4, 1815.


THOMAS ADAMS, b. in Pennsylvania, about 1790; removed to Cadiz township, Harrison county, Ohio, 1815; settled in Nottingham township, in 1846, where he d. 1855; m. Charity Blair, a native of Ohio, b. 1792, d. 1866, daughter of John Blair; had issue: 1. John, d. in infancy; 2. Maria Rogers; 3. Percival, b. September 10, 1820, in Cadiz township; m. March 27, 1845, Mary J. Downs, b. August 26, 1822, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth McKinney Downs (the former b. 1797, in Carroll county, Ohio; the latter b. January 22, 1797, in Lancaster county, Penn.); (had issue: i. John F., b. March 20, 1846; ii. Albert B., b. May 23,


* In the family records given in the following pages. the names of the children of the first on of the family to settle in Harrison county are usually preceded by roman capital numerals (I., II., III., IV., etc.) the names of the grandchildren, by arabic numerals (1, 2, 3, 4, etc.) ; and the names of the great-grandchildren by roman lower-case numerals (i., ii., iii., iv., etc.).


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1849; iii. Eliza-J., b. March 14, 1851, d. November 14, 1887; iv. Richard-M., b. August 27, 1853; v. Thomas-P., b. December 3, 1857; vi. James-B., b. July 12, 1860; vii. Margaret-B., b. December 13, 1865); 4. James, d. in Nottingham township, October 8, 1888; 5. Matthew, settled in Cadiz; 6. Albert, settled in Missouri; 7. Isabelle, m. Thomas Rogers, settled in Crawford county, Ohio; 8. William, settled in Cadiz; 9. John, settled in Uhrichsville, Tuscarawas county, Ohio; 10. Sarah-E.


WILLIAM ADAMS, a. native of Pennsylvania, of Scotch-Irish descent, m. Mary , b. in Pennsylvania; settled in Archer township, Harrison county, Ohio, 1819; had issue, among others: 1. Samuel, b. January 20, 1808; d. June 13, 1874, in Archer township; m. 1833, Jane C. Stewart, b. in Pennsylvania, daughter of James Stewart, a native of Ireland who settled in Philadelphia July 4, 1811, thence removing 'to Washington county, Penn. (had issue, among others: 1. Samuel-W., b. November 18, 1839, m. Flora J. Gray, 'daughter of Samuel and Eliza Gray, residents of Findlay).


WILLIAM ADAMS, b. September 5, 1799, in Fayette county, Penn.; resided in Short Creek township, Harrison county, Ohio, until 1880; thence removed to Freeport township; d. January 8, 1881; m. in Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Clark, d. December 10, 1869, daughter- of Joshua 'Clark; had issue: 1. David, settled in Short Creek township; m. (1st) November 10, 1855, Lucinda Marsh, of Iowa, d. December 9, 1865; m. (2d) March 14, 1867, Mary Ann Moore (had issue by second wife: i. ______ d. in infancy; ii. William-Moore; Robert-C.).


JAMES AIKEN, a native of Ireland, .emigrated to America and settled, about .1803, 'near Hickory, in Washington ,county, Perm; had issue: 1. James, b. ,1802 in Ireland; came to Washington county, Penn., With his parents; removed in 1826; to Jefferson, German .township, Harrison county, Ohio, and in 1870 to Jewett, Rumley township, .where he d. 1885; m. in Jefferson, 1829, ,Jane Scott, b. 1806 in Washington county, Penn., d. 1867, daughter of Josiah Scott (had issue: i. Elizabeth; ii. John, a minister, settled in Wayne county, Ind.; iii. Martha; iv. Jane, m. John Roberts; v. Annie, m. James Dennis, settled at Wellsville, Ohio; vi. Robert, settled in Amsterdam, Jefferson county, Ohio; vii. James, b. June 19, 1840; m. March 11, 1865, Maria Mikesell, daughter of Joseph and Magdalene Hoobler Mikesell; viii. Samuel-B.; ix. Josiah; x. Alexander, served in the Civil War; xi. Benjamin; xii. George); 2. John, settled in Chester county, Penn.; 3. William, settled in Baltimore, Md.; 4. Alexander, settled in Pittsburg, Penn.; 5. David, settled in Washington, D. C.; 6. Margaret, m. _____ Agnew, settled in Washington county, Penn.


JOHN ALEXANDER, a native of County Antrim, Ireland, emigrated to America and, about 1826, settled in Pennsylvania; two years later removed to Freeport township, Harrison county, Ohio, where he d. June, 1869; m. in Ireland Mary Allen; d. 1838; had issue: 1. Eleanor; 2. Thomas; 3. Jesse; 4. Mary-Ann; 5. John, settled in Kansas; 6. James, b. March 8, 1829; m. May 27, 1852, Margaret Forsythe, daughter of Matthew Forsythe, of Freeport (had issue: i. Matthew, settled in Freeport township; m. November 20, 1888, Nancy Harbison; ii. Mary; iii. John; iv. Maggie-E.); 7. Hannah-J.; 8. Elizabeth, settled in Kansas.


JAMES ALLEN, a native of Maryland, d. 1792; m. Rebecca Miller; had issue, among others: I. Reuben, b. in Maryland, 1783; removed in 1812 to Cadiz township, Harrison county, Ohio, where he d. July 8, 1875; m: 1812, Jo., hanna McMillan, d. 1869, daughter of John McMillan, a resident of Harrison county; had issue: 1. Isaac, b. September. 16, 1813; m. 1841, Sarah Barrett, daughter of David Barrett, of Cadiz township (had issue: i. Reuben; ii. Rebecca J., m. R. M. Black; iii. Albert; iv. Winifred) ; 2. Rebecca; 3. Esther; 4. Amos; 5. Mary-Jane; 6. Ruthann; 7. Johanna; 8. James.


JAMES ALLISON, a native of Ireland, b. 1790; d. at Hopedale, Ohio, 1881; emigrated to America and first settled in Philadelphia, Penn., about 1805; removed to Pittsburg, Penn., and thence to Cadiz, Harrison county, Ohio, where he resided until about 1818; removing thence to Stark county, where he resided until about 1825; m. in Cadiz, Margaret Hervey, d. 1837; daughter of


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William and Margaret Hervey; had issue: 1. Margaret, m. John Galbraith; 2. John Rea; 3. David, b. in Stark county, Ohio, April 20, .1820; m. (1st) 1854, Mary Crouch, d. 1865, daughter of Levi Crouch, who settled in Green township before 1817, where he d. 1862; m. (2d) 1867, Martha-E. Smith, daughter of Joel Smith (had issue: i. Henry-F.; ii. Willard-R.; iii. Howard-Smith); 4. Henry; 5. Sarah; 6. James, d. 1859; 7. Mary-Jane, m. John Hammond'; set tied. in Athens township, Harrison county; 8. Joseph; 9. Elizabeth, m. Daniel Eaton; settled in Jefferson county, Ohio; 10. Isabella, d. 1830.


SAMUEL AMSPOKER, see Family of Henry Ferguson.


ROBERT ANDERSON, b. in Ireland, 1753; d. September 2, 1838, in Claysville, Washington county, Penn.; emigrated to America and first settled in Maryland about 1780, where he remained until 1786, and. then removed to Washington county, Penn.; m. 1781, in Maryland, Margaret Johnson, b. in Ireland, 1760; d. September 13, 1827; had issue: I. Samuel, b. 1183, in Maryland; d. February 22, 1866; removed to the Stillwater Valley, in Stock township, Harrison county, Ohio, about 1838, locating seven miles west from Cadiz; m. 1813, Catherine Forbes, daughter of John Forbes, of Scotch-Irish ancestry; had issue: 1. Robert, b. in Claysville, Penn., October 11, 1815; came with his father to Harrison county, in 1838; located in North township; m. July 1, 1840, Esther McCullough, a native of Archer township, of Scotch descent (had issue: i. Sarah-A., b. May 23, 1842; m. Thomas McDivitt; ii. William-B., b. in Stock township, Dec. 29, 1843; served in the Civil War; m. Sept. 6, 1870, Mary Buchanan, b. near Jewett, Ohio, Dec. 19, 1845; of Scotch-Irish descent, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Hines Buchanan; iii. Samuel-L.; b. in Harrison county, January 22, 1846; iv. Isabel- J. b. in Harrison county, January 12, 1848; m. S. J. Rippeth, who d. Dec. 19, 1883; v. Joseph-M., b. in Carroll county, Feb. 20, 1850; a Presbyterian minister; settled in Cincinnati; vi. Mary-E., b. in Carroll county, March 5, 1852; m. Thomas Brough; vii. Thomas-H., b. in Carroll county, August 23, 1854; viii. Martha-F., b. in Carroll county, December 30, 1856, d. Feb. 17, 1888; m. Thomas Whittaker; ix. 'John E., b. August 15, 1862; d. March 25, 1864); 2. John; 3. James; 4. Samuel; 5. Hugh; 6. William;, 7. Jane; 8. Thomas. II. Richard, b. in Maryland.; III. John, b. in Washington county, Penn., as were also his younger brothers and sisters; IV. William; V. Robert; VI. Mary; VII. Hugh; VIII. James; IX. Jane; X. Margaret; XI. Thomas; XII. _____ , d. in infancy.


WILLIAM ARBAUGH, a native of Maryland, of German descent, and a soldier of the Revolution, had issue: I. Jacob; II. Daniel; III. Rachel; IV. Margaret; V. John, b. in Maryland, where he m. Rosanna Wentz, a native of that State; removed to Rumley township, Harrison county, Ohio, about 1820; had issue: 1. Sarah; 2. Margaret; 3. Lavina; 4. Lydia; 5. John; 6. James; 7. Adam; 8. Levi, b. October 28, 1825; m. (1st) December 23, 1858, Elizabeth Reid, d. 1885; daughter of Hugh and Margaret Fulton Reid, pioneers of Archer township, Harrison county; m. (2d) April, 1889, Louisa Hilbert, of Defiance, Ohio.


JONATHAN ARNOLD, of Welsh descent, removed probably from Virginia to Luzerne township, Fayette county, Penn., before 1786, there settling " at a place called the West Bend of the Monongahela River, six or seven miles above Redstone Old Fort (now Brownsville); " di. 1799 (before July 5th); m. Sarah Scott; had issue: I. Jonathan; II. Benjamin, d. about 1804; m. Comfort (or Mary) Cullum (her father of Scotch-English descent; her mother, Dutch), b. about 1758; d. in Archer township, Harrison county, Ohio, 1856, having removed' there with her children from Fayette county about 1810; had issue: 1. Rezin, b. in Luzerne' township, Fayette county, Penn., Feb. 25, 1786; d. at Manhattan, Kan., Nov. 23, 1858; served in the War of 1812; m. (1st), Dec. 24, 1821, Anna Arrison, b. July, 1794; d. Feb. 16, 1823; m. (2d) at Cadiz, Dec. 9, 1824, Maria Eleanor Robertson, b. Aug. 25, 1802; d. Nov. 15, 1869; daughter of Robert and Beulah Stanley Robertson (the latter descended from George Maris, a Quaker preacher who emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1683; the former, son of John and Eleanor Dick Robertson); (had issue: i. Joseph-.


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ine-A., b. Sept. 30, 1825; m. J. H. Brouse; ii. Marion, b. April 25, 1827; m. Mary 0. Borden; iii. William-Stanley, b. March 16, 1829; d. at Los Angeles, Cal., Sept. 7, 1870; m. Katharine Davidson; iv. Maria-Louisa, b. May 3, 1831; m. Dr. S. Whitehouse; v. Laura-Anna, b. June 19, 1833; m. D. W. Lane; vi. Benton, b. March 7, 1835; vii. Amanda-Tingley, b. March 18, 1837; viii. Robert-Robertson, b. in Morgan county, Ohio, Feb. 15, 1839; d. March 5, 1863; ix. John-Hanna, b. July 18, 1841; d. Nov. 7, 1862; x. James-D., b. May 5, 1844; d. Jan. 8, 1891; xi. Charles-Robertson, b. Aug. 15, 1846); 2. Jonathan; 3. James; 4. Comfort, m. Jonathan West, {see West Family); 5. Aneka (Axle), m. James Mehollin; 6. Sophia, m. 1815, Nathan Ross, of Richland; 7. Frances, m. 1819, Charles Conaway; 8. William, b. 1798; d. at Cadiz, 1874; m. May 17, 1831, Jane C. Hoyt, b. 1806; .d. 1872; daughter of Jesse and Sarah Hoyt, natives of New York (descendants of Simon Hoyt, who emigrated from England. to Massachusetts about 1638) ; (had issue: i. John, d. in Kansas, 1855, while serving as a Government Surveyor; ii. Mary-A., m. John W. Simmons; Sarah, d. in Washington, Guernsey county, Ohio, 1869; m. James Knox, of Cadiz; iv. Jesse, settled in Washington, D. C.; v. William-H., m. (1st) 1866, Lydia Hunter, d. Feb. 28, 1886, daughter of Judge Joseph R. Hunter, of Cadiz; m. (2d) Caroline Thompson, daughter of James Thompson, of. Cadiz township; vi. George, settled at Columbus, Ohio; vii. Jane, settled at Portland, Oregon). III. Levi. IV. William. V. Jemima, m. Rezin (?) Virgin. VI. Rachel, m. William (?) Hammond. VII. Hannah. VIII. Sarah.


GAVIN ARTHURS, see Family of Jonathan West.


THOMAS ATKINSON, d. in Amwell (now Franklin) township, Washington county, Penn., June-September, 1784, leaving children: Mercy, m. Ellet ; Eleanor, m. Charles ( ?) Cracraft;

Elizabeth, m.    Ellet; Jean, m. _____ Sargent; William; George; _____ Thomas; and (probably) John. George Atkinson, probably the son of Thomas Atkinson first named above, died in Brooke county, West Virginia, 1824, leaving children: Thomas, Mary, Margaret, Eleanor, Sarah, Martha, Ruth, and Elizabeth. Of these: George, b.-May 1, 1778; d. Aug. 27, 1854; m. Sarah Snodgrass, b. Dec. 1, 1786; d. Dec. 23, 1854; had issue: 1. Mary, b. Oct. 7, 1812; m. David Hilbert; 2. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 12, 1813; m. 1833, James Roberts; 3. Elenora, b. March 5, 1816; m. James Ross; 4. Samuel, b. Nov. 30, 1817; d. Oct. 30, 1821; 5. Rebecca, b. Oct. 17, 1818; d. March 17, 1860; m. Andrew Finley Ross, son of Reynolds and Martha Finley Ross, of Westmoreland county, Penn.; 6. George-S., b. Nov. 14, 1819; m. Matilda Simeral, b. Dec. 25, 1818; daughter of James and Mary Ann Vincent Simeral (had issue: i. James-S., b. Aug. 8, 1845; d. March 11, 1895; ii. Frank-H., b. Oct. 12, 1847; m. Mary Bell Shauf; iii. Charles-D., b. Jan. 24, 1851; d. June 18, 1885; iv. Anna-Amanda, b. Nov. 5, 1853; 6. Nov. 16, 1855; v. Emma-Caroline, b. Nov. 5, 1853; d. Sept. 24, 1855); 7. Sarah, b. March 1, 1823; m. Levi J. Kennard; 8. Francis, b. June 28, 1825; d. April 11, 1854; m. Eliza Bostwick; 9. Leann, b. Feb. 1, 1827; d. Oct. 1, 1840.


SAMUEL AULD, see . Family of Archibald Stewart.


JOHN BAKER (son of John Baker), b. in Pennsylvania, 1777; came with his parents to Green township, Harrison county, Ohio, in 1802; d. Feb. 12, 1847; m. Margaret Buchanan; d. 1829; had issue: 1. Delilah, d. in infancy; 2. John; 3. George; 4. Elizabeth; 5. Rezin, b. November 10, 1810; d. May 26, 1876; m. February 13, 1835, Sarah Thompson, daughter of Thomas Thompson, of Cadiz township (had issue: i. John-L., b. November 20, 1836; ii. Thomas-J., b. January 9, 1838; iii. Weston, b. Novem-. ber 17, 1841; iv. ____ , d. aged twenty-two months; v. Elijah-W., b. January 4, 1847); 6. Samuel; 7. William, d. in infancy.


DAVID BARCLAY, b. May 18, 1790, in county Derry, Ireland; emigrated to Baltimore, Md., in 1826, thence removed to Pittsburg, Penn., where he remained two years, and came to Nottingham township, Harrison county, Ohio, where he d. April 9, 1876; m. in Ireland, September 26, 1822, Elizabeth Kissick, b. in County Derry, March 17, 1801; d. January 9, 1871; had issue: 1. James, b. in Ireland; 2. William, b. in Ireland; 3. Barbara, m. _____ Love; 4. Eleanor, m. ____ McAdams; 5. David;.


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settled in Allegheny County, Penn.; 6. John; 7. Joseph, b. September 3, 1846, in Nottingham township, where he settled; m. April 30, 1872, Sarah Scott, b. December 28, 1846, in Athens township, Harrison county, daughter of Thomas and Sarah Hogg Scott; 7. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 18, 1841; m. Joseph M. Easter, b. 1841; d. 1871; son of James and Sarah Mehollin Easter; 8. Ann, m. _____ Lee; settled in Jefferson county, Ohio; 9. Jane, d. in childhood.


ARTHUR BARRETT, a native of West Virginia, b. 1743; removed to Harrison county, Ohio, in 1803, settling on Brushy Fork Creek, in Cadiz township, where he d. 1828; had issue: I. Nancy. II. Susan. III. Hannah. IV. Rachel. V. Sarah. VI. Thomas, d. Sept.-Dec., 1849; m. Alaneda ____ had issue: 1. Thomas; 2. Warden; 3. Arthur; 4. Esther, m. ______ Wilson; 5. Emma, m. ____ Spurrier; 6. Belinda, m. _____ Cadwalader; 7. Anna, m. _____ Miller; 8. Rachel, m. _____ Sears. VII. Arthur, b. in Virginia, 1780; came to Ohio with his father; settled in Cadiz township, where he d. 1845; m. (1st) Mary Huff, d. 1814; daughter of William Huff, a famous Indian scout and fighter, who was a pioneer in Ohio; m. (2d) Elizabeth Wolf, di. 1887; had issue by first wife: 1. Meredith; 2. Lewis; 3. William-H., b. June 10, 1812; m. May 25, 1837, Eliza V. Betz, of Jefferson county, Ohio, b. 1817, daughter of William and Elizabeth Betz (had issue: i. Meredith-Mc.; ii. Marion-B.; iii. Brice-W., a Methodist Episcopal minister, d. 1866, in Mount Union, Ohio; iv. Mary-E., m. Henry Haverfield; v. Margaret-E., m. William Birney; vi. Emma-E., m. Samuel Crawford; vii. William-F.; settled at Martin's Ferry, Ohio; viii. Flora-M.); 4. Mary; had issue by second wife: 5. Louisa; 6. Aeneas; 7. John; 8. David. VIII. David. IX. Aeneas. X. Isaac, d. before Aug. 21, 1858; m. Hannah ______ had issue: 1. Erasmus, m. _____

Keesey; 2. Arthur; 3. Hiram; 4. Mary-Ann, m. ____ White; 5. Tabitha, m. ______ Ford.


CONRAD BARRICKLOW, b. in New Jersey, where his emigrant ancestor, a native of Holland, had settled before 1671, emigrating with a brother, who located on Long Island; d. in Franklin township, Fayette county, Penn., 1802, where he had settled about 1790; served in the Revolutionary War; m. Sarah Farrington; had issue: I. Henry, b. 1771; d. April 27, 1851; m. about 1802, Meriba Oglevee, b. 1773; d. May 15, 1848; removed to Harrison county about 1809; had issue, among others: 1. John, b. in Fayette county, Penn., Oct. 18, 1803; d. July 21, 1875; m. (1st) 1836, Rachel Watson, b. 1819; d. 1839; daughter of Robert S. and Rachel Wilson Watson; m. (2d), 1853, Ann Johnston, d. 1875; daughter of Nicholas Johnston (had issue by first wife: i. Henry, b. March 2, 1837; d. Feb. 28, 1873; served in the Civil War; m. 1869, Rebecca J. McFadden, daughter of Samuel McFadden; ii. Robert-Watson, b. March 6, 1839; m. Aug. 20, 1867, Isabella Alice Moore, daughter of John Moore, of Cadiz); 2. Sarah; 3. Joseph, b. in Fayette county, Penn.; d. April 13, 1875; m. 1846, Phoebe Bartow, b. May 21, 1813 (had issue: i. Henry-S., b. Dec. 10, 1847; m. Oct. 11, 1883, Elizabeth B. Haverfield, d. Sept. 13, 1884, daughter of James and Elizabeth Haverfield; ii. Maribah-Anne, 1:4 April 22, 1849; iii. Joseph-E., b. July 1, 1855; m. Oct. 10, 1883, Mary L. Walker, daughter of Isaac and Angeline Walker); 4. Anna; 5. Henry; 6. Julia; 7. Conrad; 8. Farrington, b. in Athens township, June 6, 1817. II. Daniel. III. John. IV. Farrington. V. Anne (" Nancy "), b. 1778; d. Oct. 16, 1845; m. 1790, Joseph Oglevee, a native of Cecil county, Maryland, who had settled in Franklin township, Fayette county, Penn., about 1788-89; b. 1760; d. Sept. 14, 1835; had issue: 1. Jesse, b. 1804; d. Jan. 26, 1876; m. 1826, Elizabeth Galley, b. 1807; d. 1858; daughter of Philip Galley (had issue, eight children, of whom: i. Joseph, b. June 2, 1827; m. 1850, Rebecca Stoner; ii. John; iii. Philip) ; 2. John; 3. Farrington.


William Hoese von Barkeloo and his brother, Harman Jansen von Barkeloo, with his wife and two children, landed in New York, where Harman died be fore 1671. William M. Elizabeth Jane Cloessen in 1666, and d. in 1683. His son, Direk, m. Jamelia (or Janetjie) Van Arsdale, Sept. 17, 1709, and settled at Freehold, Monmouth county, N. J. Conrad, b. Dec. 4, 1680; d. 1714; settled at Raritan, and m. a daughter of Jacob Loes, of Monmouth county. Their son, Conrad, removed to Bucks county, and was the ancestor of the Barkalows



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there. The family came from Borkelo, in Zutphen, Province of Guilderland, Holland. The name is variously spelled in America, Barkalow, Barcalow, Baricklo, Barricklow, Borcelo, etc.


FREDERICK BARRICKLOW, son of Henry, b. Dec. 3, 1794; d. May 1, 1858;

m., 1826, Nancy Dugan, b. 1800; d. Oct. 17, 1881; daughter of John and Catherine McClelland Dugan, of Fayette county, Penn.; removed to Harrison county in 1832; had issue: 1. John-D., b. Nov. 6, 1828; m. Mary Dunlap, daughter of Adam and Martha Thompson Dunlap; served in the Civil War; 2. Henry, b. March 10, 1829; m., October, 1878, Mary Henderson, of Jefferson county, Ohio; 3. Alexander; 4. Margaret-A.; 5. George-W., b. Aug. 7, 1837; m. 1869, Ruth Emily Gregg, daughter of Presley and Sarah Gregg, of Indiana.


JAMES BEALL, b. 1778; d. Dec. 29, 1834; removed from Washington (?) county, Penn., to Wheeling township, Belmont county, Ohio; m. Jane Baird, b. 1783; d. Nov. 11, 1883; had issue: 1. John, m. (1st) Mary A. Hield, b. 1817; d. March 2, 1842; m. (2d) Agnes T. Vincent, daughter of Thomas C. and Jane McCurdy Vincent, of Green township (had issue by first wife: i. Amanda-M., m. James Paul; ii. William-R., m. Laura Clark; had issue by second wife: iii. Jane-C., m. Wesley B. Hearn; iv. Mary-Q., m. Jesse W. Grimes; v. Thomas; vi. Ida-F.; vii. Laura-A.; viii. Emma-A., m. Henry H. McFadden; ix. Anna, m. R. N. Dodds, and settled at Springfield, Ill.; x. John-A., a physician, m. Ocena Billinghurst; settled' at Detroit, Mich.); 2. Isabel; 3. James, m. Sarah Jamison; 4. Eleanor, m. John McDowell; 5. William, b. 1822; d. Oct. 4, 1856; m. Mary Culbertson, b. 1823; d. May 15, 1889; 6. Jane, m. George McKibbon; 7. Mary-A., b. Dec. 19, 1807; d. May 30, 1834; m. George McKibbon; 8. Josiah, m. Martha Anderson.


JAMES P. BEALL, a native of Pennsylvania, removed before 1826 to Nottingham township, Harrison county, Ohio, where he resided until 1857; thence settled in Crawford county, Ohio, where he d. February 24, 1869; m. (1st) ____ ; m. (2d) Minerva Huff, d. January 14, 1875. daughter of William Huff (whose sons William, Reuben, Jackson, and Johnson Huff were Indian scouts in eastern Ohio, Jackson being killed by the Indians); had issue by first wife: 1. Jane, settled in Crawford county; 2. Zenas; had issue by second wife: 3. Elizabeth; 4. Cassandra; 5. Colmore-C., b. June 5, 1826, in Nottingham township; d. March 15, 1880; m. January 24, 1850, Hannah Rogers, b. in Nottingham township,. August 19, 1830, daughter of Barrett and Nancy Carson Rogers, natives of Ohio; 6. James-P.; 7. Cyrus; 8. John (Cyrus and John served in the Civil War, dying in the service); 9. Rebecca; 10. Susan; 11. Minerva; 12. Zephaniah.


SAMPSON BEATTY, a native of Ireland, b. 1786; d. November 27, 1849, in Archer township, Harrison county, where he had settled in 1826; m. April 20, 1826, Rachel Johnson, d. June 25, 1850, daughter of Samuel Johnson, a resident of Pennsylvania; had issue, among others: 1. Arthur, b. January 25, 1827, in Archer township; m. March 27, 1851, Susan McDivitt, daughter of Samuel McDivitt, of Stock township, Harrison county; 2. John served in the Civil War; d. 1862, in Knoxville, Tenn.; 3. Jeremiah, served in the Civil War.


STEWART BEEBE, whose paternal ancestor came from England. to Massachusetts about 1623, d. at Wilbraham, Hampden county, Mass., 1825; m. Huldah ; d. 1803; had issue, among others:


I. Walter-Butler, b. at Wilbraham, Mass., 1785-86; d. at Cadiz, Jan. 24, 1836; m. Nancy Maholm, b. 1779-80; d. Oct. 13, 1856; daughter of Samuel and Jane Maholm, of Cadiz; had issue: 1. Walter-Butler, m. 1841, Maria Bayless Welch, b. 1812; d. Aug. 10, 1891; daughter of Rezin and, Eliza Bayless Welch, of Cadiz (had issue: i. Eliza-Bayless, m. E. Z. Hays; ii. Nancy-Jeanette, m. John A. Norris, and settled at Columbus; iii. Stuart; settled at Columbus) ; 2. Stewart, removed to Iowa; 3. James, removed to Coshocton, Ohio (had issue, among others: i. James; ii. Stacy).


II. Rhoda, b. in Hampden county, Mass., June 19, 1792; d. at Cadiz, March, 1876; m. 1819, William Shotwell, son of Hugh and Rosetta Arrison Shotwell (see Shotwell Family).


EDWARD BETHEL, a native of Virginia, removed in 1813 from Loudoun county, that State, to Flushing township, Belmont county, Ohio; had' issue:


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I. Simpson, a native of Loudoun county, Va.; removed to Athens township, Harrison county, Ohio, about 1810, where he died; m. in Virginia, Nancy Holloway; d. in Harrison county; had issue: 1. John, b. June 29, 1806, in Loudoun county, Va.; removed with his parents to Athens township, Harrison county, where he d. April 4, 1887; m. in Harrison county, Elizabeth Oglevee, a native of that county, b. 1804; d. December 5, 1881; daughter of John and Agnes Passmore Oglevee (had issue: i. Simpson, b. Dec. 29, 1828, in Athens township; m. September 23, 1858, Frances Clemens, d. October 26, 1884, daughter of James Clemens, a resident of Athens township; ii. Agnes, m. John Price; iii. John-H.; iv. Sarah-Jane, m. Monroe Dunn; v. Mary-E., m. Samuel Dunlap; vi. Caroline, m. Samuel Compher; vii. Hiram; viii. Isaac-H., b. in Athens township; ix. Elizabeth, m. W. J. Dunlap); 2. Mary; 3. James; 4. Caroline; 5. Hiram.

II. James, b. in Virginia about 1795; m. Mary Brock; had issue: 1. Edward; 2. Benjamin; 3. Alfred, m. Margaret McCall (had issue: i. John-A.; ii. James-0., b. December 19, 1848; removed to Moorefield township, Harrison county, 1869; m. June 30, 1870, Nancy M. Slater, b. October 1, 1846, daughter of James Wells and Margaret Dunlap Slater; iii, Jesse-B.; iv. Franklin; v. Mary; vi. Jane; vii. ______ , d. in infancy; viii. _____ , d. in infancy); 4. Abner; 5. Marion; 6. James-S., settled in Belmont county; 7. Sarah; 8. Lucinda, settled in Kansas; 9. Elizabeth-A.; 10. Mary, b. April 25, 1826; m. August 18, 1844, Joseph Lafferty, b. October 26, 1819, in Virginia; d. March 29, 1886, in Moorefield township, son of Samuel and Margaret Figley Lafferty (had issue: i. _____ , d. in infancy; ii. ______ , d. in infancy; iii. James; iv. Elizabeth; v. Mary-E.; vi. Sarah-E.; vii. Laura-L.; viii. George-F.); 11. Mary; 12. Eliza-J.; 13. Quintery. III. Anne-Katherine. IV. William V. Henry, had issue, among others: 1. Broudus, b. in Loudoun county, Va.; removed from Belmont county to Harrison county; d. March 17, 1870; m. June 14, 1827, Sarah Smith, d. November 28, 1876, daughter of William Smith (had issue: i. James; ii. Anna; iii. Mary-E.; iv. HenryMatthess; settled in Moorefield township; v. William-S., b. September 3, 1834; settled in Freeport township, Harrison county, where he m. October 19, 1858, Phebe Ann Price, d. December 11, 1890, daughter of Reynolds K. and Mary Michnor Price, residents of Harrison county; vi. Louis-B.; vii. Sarah-E., m. W. C. Smith; viii. Barnett; ix. David-R., settled in Freeport; x. Ruth-Ann; xi. Celinda, m. _____ Niblock). VI. Thompson. VII. John-Thornton, b. in Virginia, February 11, 1802; removed about 1834 from Belmont county to Harrison county, and settled four miles from Freeport, in Freeport township, Harrison county, where he d. March 1, 1877; m. September 14, 1824, Mary Jackson Billingsby, a native of Virginia; d.. August 15, 1870; had issue: 1. Lorinda; 2. Vitura; 3. Celestine; 4. Melinda; 5. Ruth; 6. George-W., b. February 21, 1833, in Belmont county; removed to Harrison county with his parents; settled in Freeport, Harrison county. VIII. Elizabeth.


JOHN, HUGH, ROBERT, and WILLIAM BINGHAM (Hugh and Robert, at least, brothers, and thought to be the sons of Richard Bingham, of Scottish descent), emigrated to America between 1736 and 1760, and before 1774 settled in the Manor of Maske, now Cumberland, Liberty, and Hamiltonban townships in Adams (formerly York) county, Penn.; John Bingham died there Dec. 18, 1739, aged twenty-six years; William Bingham's name appears on a petition from the settlers in Cumberland township in 1755; the names of Hugh and Robert Bingham appear on the tax-list of Hamiltonban township for 1767 (the earliest one now extant), together with the names of Samuel and Thomas Bingham, in the same year. It is possible that John or. William Bingham, first named above, may have been the father of Samuel, Thomas, Hugh, and Robert, the last three of whom, at least, were brothers; of these:


A. Samuel, may have been a brother to Hugh, Robert, and Thomas above; or, possibly, the son of Hugh above (see IV. below).


B. Thomas, see below.


C. Robert, probably the same who died in Hamiltonban township, November-December, 1798, and who had issue: 1. Samuel; 2. Abraham; 3. Eve; the executors mentioned in his will were William Bingham, James Agnew, and


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Barnabas McSherry; the name of Catharine Bingham appears as witness to will of Barnabas McSherry in 1823.


D. Hugh, d. in Hamiltonban township, September-October, 1777; m. Martha Armor, daughter of Thomas (?) and _____ McKinley Armor, and probably sister or aunt to Thomas Armor, an active Revolutionary patriot, who died in Yorktown, Penn., February-March, 1785 (he mentions in his will " cousins " Robert and Thomas Bingham); had issue:


I. Samuel; settled in Metal township, Franklin county, Penn., where he d. September, 1801; m. Mary ____ ; had issue: 1. Elizabeth; 2. Jean; 3. Mary; 4. Catharine, m. ____ Anderson; 5.

John, possibly the same who d. in Green township, Franklin county, Penn., August, 1818 (leaving a wife, Hannah, and children: i. Elizabeth; ii. Eleanor, m. _____ Furrey; iii. David;

iv. John; v. James; vi. Samuel); 6. Hugh, m. his cousin, Jean Bingham, daughter of Hugh (IV. below); 7. Samuel; 8. Thomas.


II. William, b. 1748; d. Feb. 2, 1816; m. (probably) Ann _____ , b. 1760; d. April 9, 1838; had issue: 1. James; 2. Thomas; 3. Hugh; 4. Charles-W., served as an officer in the War. of 1812; m. Margaret Agnew, of Emmitsburg, Md. (had issue: i. Sophia; ii. William; iii. Agnew; iv. Albert; v. Martha; vi. Margaret, m. 1866, Samuel McFarland, of Smith township, Washington county, b. June 11, 1812; d. June 29, 1829; vii. James, a physician, settled at Clinton, Allegheny county; viii. Emma, m. Dr. W. V. Riddle; ix. Mary; x. Charles-Carroll) ; 5. John; 6. Armor; 7. Anna-Eliza; 8. William.


III. Robert, possibly the Robert who d. in 1798, whose will is given in connection with his uncle, Robert (C, above); but more probably the Robert Bingham who died in Hopewell township, Washington county, Penn., June, 1804; m. Mary ____ ; had issue: 1. Hugh; 2. James; 3. Robert; 4. John; 5. Joseph; 6. Elizabeth; 7. Jane; 8. Mary; 9. Phebe.


IV. Hugh, d. In Hamiltonban township, May 11-15, 1793; had issue: 1. John-Armor, d. at Natchez, Miss., 1824; 2. Jean, d. at Freeport, Penn., 1857; m. her cousin, Hugh, son of Samuel (I. above).; 3. Hugh, d. at New Wilmington, Lawrence county, Penn., 1865; m. (1st) Oct. 13, 1807, Esther Bailey, daughter of Captain William and Mary Ann. Duncan Bailey, of York, Penn.; m. (2d) Ellen Junkin Galloway; settled in Mercer, Penn., soon after 1800 (had issue by first wife: i. John-Armor, b. at Mercer, Penn., Jan. 21, 1815; settled in Ohio about 1841, and later, at Cadiz; served as a representative in Congress from 1854 to 1873, with the exception of one term; served as United States Minister to Japan from May, 1873, to 1885; d. at Cadiz, March 19, 1900; m. 1844, at Cadiz, his cousin, Amanda Bingham, daughter of Judge Thomas. and Lucinda Stuart Bingham [had issue: Lucinda-Stuart, m. 1869, Rev. Samuel Robinson Frazier; Emma; Marie-Scott, m. at Tokio, Japan, 1876, James Robert Wasson]; ii. Marian; iii. William, a Baptist minister; iv. Martha, m. _____ Patterson, and settled at Pittsburgh; v. Hugh-Mason; had issue by second wife: vi. Thomas, settled in California; vii. Ellen-Mary, settled at Canton, Ohio). William Bailey, father of Esther Bailey Bingham, served, in 1775, as second lieutenant of the Independent Light Infantry Company of the first battalion of York county (Penn.) Militia, formed in Yorktown, December, 1775; the company was commanded in 1776 by William Bailey as captain, and was captured by. the British at the fall of Fort Washington; settled in Yorktown after the Revolution; m. Mary Ann Duncan; probably daughter of _____ and Margaret Mason Duncan, the latter a. native of Scotland, who d. Nov. 16, 1802, leaving funds with which to build the second United Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia; 4. Thomas, d. at Cadiz, April, 1853; m. Lucinda Stuart, d. at Cadiz, Nov. 6, 1844; daughter of James and Mary Ann Mcllvaine (or McElwain) Stuart, of Newville, Cumberland county, Penn. (had issue: i. Martha-Armor, m. [1st] 1832, Henry Olmstead; m. [2d] Van Rensselaer Lee; settled at Cincinnati; ii. Lucinda, m. Joseph P. Wood; settled. at Omaha, Neb.; iii. Mary-Jane, m. 1833, Josiah Scott; iv. Thomas-M., m. 1844, Rachel Sheets; v. John-Stuart, d. at Shippensburg, Penn., 1891; vi. Amanda, d. 1891; m. 1844, John Armor Bingham, her cousin, son of Hugh and Esther Bailey Bingham; vii. Emma-E., m. 1870, Judge John Stoneman Pearce, of Cadiz; viii. Isabella; ix. Belinda).


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James Stuart (or Stewart), father of Lucinda Stuart .Bingham, m. near Newville, Penn., Mary Ann Mcllvaine (or McElwain); he was probably son of Alexander or Archibald Stewart, of Cumberland county; had issue: 1. Lucinda, m. Thomas Bingham, as above; 2. Mary, m. Samuel Patterson, of Newville, and settled at Cincinnati.


V. Elizabeth.


VI. Mary, m. ______ McKinley; had issue: 1. Mary; 2. John; 3. Hugh.


Thomas Bingham, a soldier of the Revolution, lived in Mercer county, Penn., as late as 1816; probably brother or son to Hugh, who d. 1777, although not mentioned in his will; but described in will of Thomas Armor, of Yorktown, who died 1785, as his " cousin," and brother to Robert.


Patrick Bingham, d. in Mount Joy township, Adams county, 1796, leaving a wife, Mary, and children: 1. Samuel; 2. Hugh; 3. Bryan; 4. Eleanor; 5. Agnes.


Agnes Bingham, d. in Manor of Maske, Adams county, Dec. 18, 1749, aged fourteen years.


Margaret Bingham is mentioned by her father, Alexander McVear, of Hamiltonban township, Adams county, in his will, dated April 13, 1799.


HUGH BIRNEY, a native of Ireland, son of John Birney, emigrated to America and settled in Chester county, Penn., in 1815; removed in 1819 to Green township, Harrison. county, Ohio, where he d. September, 1862; m. 1800, _____ Brown, a native of Ireland; had issue: 1. William, settled in Rumley township; 2. Wesley; 3. Rebecca., 4. Martha, m. Samuel Hitchcock; settled in Indiana; 5. Jane, m. George Leese; settled in Coshocton, Ohio; 6. James, settled in Nebraska; 7. Elizabeth, m. Jacob Hitchcock; settled in Iowa; 8. Samuel, settled in Colorado; 9. Asbury, b. March 15, 1815; m. April 23, 1840, Ellen McCollough, b. May 29,, 1821, daughter of Hugh and Isabella Cunningham McCollough, natives of Ireland, who settled in Jefferson county, Ohio, in 1810 (had issue: i. Isabella, d. May 22, 1863; ii. Oliver, settled in German township; iii. Almond, settled in Labette county, Kan.; iv. Hugh W., b. March 17, 1849; m. (1st) June 15, 1883, Estella Montgomery; d. 1884; m. (2d) February 9, 1886, Hadassah Jack man, a native of Washington county, Penn., daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth Gaddis Jackman, natives of Ireland; v. Elizabeth, m. Joseph McCollough; settled in Archer township; vi. Rebecca-J., m. Henry K. Ford;. settled in Salem township, Jefferson county).


ISRAEL BIRNEY, a native of German township, Harrison county, Ohio, removed to Nottingham township, where he d. May 11, 1862; m. in Franklin township, Martha Hedges, d. August 30, 1870, daughter of Samuel Hedges, of Cadiz township; had issue: 1. Samuel-H., b. October 28, 1838; m. March 3, 1863, Cynthia Johnson, daughter of Nathan Johnson, of Nottingham township; 2. Prudence, m. Slemmons Welsh; 3. William; 4. Elizabeth; 5. Israel.


JOHN BIRNEY, b. in Green township, Harrison county, Ohio; d. in Washington township, September 9, 1885; m. (1st) in Green township, Hannah McKee, d. 1872, daughter of Robert McKee; m. (2d) Sarah Eaton; had issue by first wife: 1. Rachel, m. Henry Pittis; 2. Nelson; 3. Robert-M.; 4. James-N., b. in Washington township, August 27, 1847; m. 1869, Anna R. McFadden, daughter of Robert McFadden,. of Harrison county; 5. Rebecca J., m. Matthew Simpson; 6. John-T.


ROBERT BIRNEY, b. in Ireland, about 1787; emigrated to America and about 1801 settled in Chester county, Penn.; removed with his family in 1807 to German township, Harrison county, Ohio, where he d. 1874; m. in Chester county, Penn., Margaret Northhammer, b. 1795, d. 1871; had issue: 1. Mary; 2. Zilla; 3. Wesley; 4. John; 5. Asbury; 6. Lot, settled in Washington county, Iowa; 7. Elizabeth, b. March 3, 1822; m. December 26, 1843, Robert W. Endsley, b. 1813, son of James and Elizabeth Walker Endsley; settled in Jewett, in Rumley township, Harrison county (had issue: i. Mary-M., m. William C. Adams; settled in Archer township; ii. Melissa; iii. Lucinda J., m. Eli Caven; iv. Elizabeth-A., m. R. H. Freshwater, a minister, of Steubenville, Ohio; v. Rebecca-Frances, m. Charles A. Naylor, a minister); 8. Rebecca, settled in Washington county, Iowa; 9. J.-S., b. May 23, 1824; m. March 10, 1847, Susan Mummey, daughter of Charles and Rebecca Hedges Mummey, of Cadiz


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township (had issue: i. Margaret; ii. Mary, m. John B. Busby; iii. William-Asbury, settled in Cadiz; iv. Robert- M.; v. Charles R., a minister, settled in New Philadelphia, Ohio; vi. Maria-B., m. Goliath Tedrow).


James Endsley, father of James Endsley, who married Elizabeth Birney, was a son of James Endsley, a native of Lancaster county, Penn., where he died; the son came with his widowed mother to Archer township before 1817, where he di. 1869; in. in Pennsylvania about 1815, Elizabeth Walker, d. 1865, a native of Columbiana county, Ohio; they were the parents of four children, three sons and one daughter, of whom: 1. Robert-W., b. 1813, m. Elizabeth Birney; 2. James, b. Sept. 7, 1817.


JANET BLAIR, see Family of Thomas Phillips.


JOHN BLAIR, a native of Ireland, emigrated to America, and d. about 1840, in Cadiz township, Harrison county, Ohio, where he had, settled, before 1804; had issue: I. John. II. Daniel. III. James. IV. Charity. V. William, b. March 14, 1804; d. January 29, 1867;

m. Sarah Day, b. April 26, 1808; daughter of George and Margaret Moore Day, natives of eastern Pennsylvania, who were early settlers in Cadiz township; had issue: 1. George; 2. John-W., b. May 15, 1831, in Cadiz township; settled in Stock township; m. January 19, 1853, Melissa A. Carson, b. June 19, 1831, daughter of Elijah and Catherine Knight Carson; 3. Albert; 4. Mary.


JAMES BLACK, a native of Ireland, b. 1756; emigrated to America and, first settled in Pennsylvania; removed to Green township, Harrison county, Ohio, about 1806, where he d. 1846; served in the Revolutionary War; m. about 1783, Jane Stewart, b. 1753; d. Aug. 22, 1835; had issue: 1. James, b. in Adams county, Penn., 1785; m. 1812, Isabella Hervey, b. 1785; d.. Dec. 30, 1865; daughter of Margaret Hervey, an early settler in Harrison county, coming there after death of her husband (had issue: i. John-Hervey, b. in Green township, 1813; d. March 26, 1885; m. Feb. 22, 1838, Mary K. Work, daughter of Alexander Work, a resident of Green township; ii. James-S., b. June 20, 1816; iii. H.-Stewart, b. Nov. 22, 1819; d. Jan. 22, 1890; m. Oct. 31, 1843, Jane Thompson, daughter of Samuel Thompson, of Green township; iv. .Margaret-J., b.. March 21, 1845; m. William Dunlap); 2. Mary; 3. Elizabeth; :4. Margaret; 5. Jane.


WILLIAM BOGGS, b. in the North of Ireland, 1716; removed to America about 1728, and afterward settled in Chester county, Penn., where he died.; in. Jane Stein, a native of Ireland;. had issue: James, b. July 21, 1735; John, b. February 19, 1737; Margaret, b. February 23, 1739; Robert, b. April 9, 1741; William, b. March 14, 1743; Jane, b. April 10, 1745; Elizabeth, b. July 31, 1747; Rebecca, b. January 31, 1749; Agnes, b. February 17, 1752; Mary, b. May 24, 1753; Joseph, b. October 1, 1754; Moses, b. May 6, 1757.


James Boggs (b.1735) settled in Newcastle county, Del.; served in the Revolutionary War; removed about 1790 to Washington county, Penn., settling near the present site of Cross Creek Village; in. (1st) in Newcastle county, Del., Hannah Rice; m. (2d) Sarah Brown; had issue by first wife: 1. William; 2. Rice; 3. Jane; had issue by second, wife: 4. James, b. April 27, 1778; 5. Margaret; 6. Robert (twin brother to Margaret), b. November 17, 1779; 7. John, b. June 28, 1782; 8. Rebecca; 9. Mary (twin sister to Rebecca), b. February 15, 1784; 10. Sarah, b. April 21, 1786.


John Boggs (b. 1782), son of James, in 1839 removed from Washington county, Penn., to Harrison county, Ohio, where he d. December 21, 1848; M. September 17, 1812, Sarah Marshall, d. January 6, 1849; had issue: 1. Thomas-Marshall, b. June 26, 1813, in Washington county, Penn.; a Presbyterian minister; removed to Marietta, Lancaster county, Penn., thence to Mount Joy, in the same county, where he d. 1850; m. A. J. Cunningham, of Chester county, Penn.; d. January 6, 1849 (had issue: i. Elizabeth, m. Rev. Edgar, President of the Wilson College for women, in Chambersburg, Penn.; ii. John-C.; iii. William-M., settled in Chicago); 2. James-Brown, b. January 20, 1815; d. in infancy; 3. William, b. November 5, 1816; d. 1836; 4. John-M., b. October 20, 1818; a Presbyterian minister; served' Paxtang and Derry congregations, near Harrisburg, Penn., thence removed to Millersburg, Ohio., and from there to Independence, Iowa, where he d. Sep-


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tember 1, 1872; 5. Samuel M., b. December 6, 1820, removed to Short Creek township, Harrison county, where he `remained until 1884, when he settled in Athens; m. September 1, 1854, Margaret Parks; 6. Sarah-Ann, b. February 3, 1823; m. William H. Watson; settled in Belmont county (had issue: seven children); 7. Robert-W., b. August 1, 1825; removed to Short Creek township, where he remained until 1884, then settled in Athens; 8. James, b. July 23, 1828; di. February 13, 1840.


WILLIAM BOGGS, see Family of James Simeral.


SAMUEL BORLAND, a native of Ireland, emigrated to America and before 1785 settled near the present Manor Station, in Westmoreland county, Penn., where he m. Lydia Cary; both died in Pennsylvania; had issue:


I. Samuel, b. in Westmoreland! county, 1785; d. 1862, in North township, Harrison county; m. (1st) Mary Little; m. (2d) Elizabeth Hevlin, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Hevlin; had issue, by first wife: 1. William, settled in Tuscarawas county, Ohio; 2. Washington, settled in Carroll county, Ohio; 3. Lydia, m. James Waddington, of Nebraska; had issue by second wife: 4. Mary, m. James Mackey; her family settled in Dennison, Ohio; 5. David, b. January 27, 1831, in North township; m. December 24, 1857, Ann Havnar, b. 1833; d. October 26, 1890; daughter of

Dominick and Elizabeth Havnar. both of whom died in Monroe township.


JOHN BOYD, b. in Ireland; d. 1832; m. (2d) _____ McMillan; emigrated to America about 1812 and settled in Freeport township, Harrison county, Ohio; had issue: 1. Samuel; 2. William, b. 1798; di. April 12, 1867; m. about 1864, Anne White, b. in Ireland', 1802; d. at Freeport, Jan. 7, 1879 (had issue: i. John, m. Sarah Fulton; ii. Hannah, m. William Williams; iii. George, b. 1827; m. Eliza Vail Markee, daughter of William and Hannah Norris Vail; iv. Sarah, d. young; v. Eliza, m. William Fulton; vi. Mary, m. James Fulton; vii. Margaret, m, _______ Likes; viii. Belinda, m. James Carr; ix. William, m. Mary "Phillips; x. Martha, m. R. Niblick; xi. Melancthon, d. young).


HENRY BOYLES, b: 1770; di. 1834; removed from New Jersey to Virginia, where he m. (1st) Rachel Barkhurst; m. (2d) in Chester county, Penn., Jane Filson, d. 1854; daughter of Robert Filson; removed to Bedford county, Penn., and thence, in 1821, to Steubenville, Ohio; had issue by first wife, three children; had issue by second wife: 4. John; 5. Samuel; 6. Elisha; 7. Margaret; 8. Henry, b. in Lancaster county, Penn. Jan. 5, 1814; d. July 8, 1892; removed to Harrison county, 1843; m. at Cadiz, Martha Grimes, b. May 12, 1826; d. April 4, 1874; daughter of William and Rebecca Grimes (who had settled in Harrison county about 1802), and both died at Cadiz, 1840; 8. Joseph-Filson, d. at Rockport, Ind., 1889.


GETTYS BRADEN, see Family of Jacob Stahl.


ROBERT BRADEN, of Irish descent, b. 1773, in Pennsylvania, of which State his paternal grandfather was a native, removed in 1800 to Short Creek township, Harrison county, Ohio, where he d. 1837; m. (1st) in Pennsylvania, _____ Finney, daughter of James Finney, who settled in Short Creek township 1800; m. (2d) 1815, Catherine Hay, b. about 1775; d. 1845; had issue by first wife: 1. _____ ; 2. _____ ; had issue by second wife: 3. John, d. aged twenty-four years; 4. David-B., b. August 21, 1818, in Short Creek township; m. (1st) November 5, 1851, Susannah M. Graves, b. 1813; d. October 19, 1885, daughter of Francis and Jeanette Groves, of Cadiz township; m. (2d) in Canonsburg, Penn., September 2, 1886, Melissa Donnell, a native of that place; d. May 14, 1889; 4. Anna, m. Walker Patton; 5. Robert, settled in Washington, Iowa; 6. William, settled in Iowa; 7. Elizabeth, d. aged eight years; 8. Mary-Jane, m. Casper Devilbiss, and settled in Iowa.


JAMES BRADFORD, of Scottish descent, b. in Washington county, Penn., 1790, a son of James Bradford, a native of Lancaster county, Penn.; removed about 1800 to Cadiz, Harrison county, Ohio, where he d. 1830; m. Mary Morrison, who after her first husband's death returned to Washington county, Penn., .where she m. (2d) David Watson, of Pennsylvania; she d. aged eighty-one years; daughter of James Morrison, of Washington county, Penn.; had issue (surname Bradford): 1.


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James-M., b. February 28, 1821, in Cadiz; settled in Scio, about 1874; m. 1844, Julia Ann Lewis, of Jefferson county, Ohio, daughter of William and Mary Lewis (had issue: i. Ann-Eliza, m. (1st) Dr. Kennedy; m. (2d) Marian Coates; settled in Pratt county, Kan.); 2. David, settled in Washington county, Penn.; 3. Eliza, settled at Scio.


ABRAHAM BRANSON, a native of Virginia, of English descent, removed from near the vicinity of Winchester to central Ohio, about 1800; had issue:


I. Reese, located in St. Clairsville, Belmont county, Ohio, where he died; had issue: 1. Abraham-Dow, b. June 13, 1806, in Belmont county, Ohio; located, 1831, at Kinsey's Mills, Belmont county, on the National Pike; settled. near Georgetown, in Short Creek township, Harrison county, Ohio, about 1833, where he d. January 16, 1867; m. June 2, 1831, in Jefferson county, Ohio, Ann W. Wilson, b. 1806, near Mount Pleasant, Ohio; d. February 3, 1888, daughter of Jonathan and Hannah Wilson, pioneers of Jefferson county (had issue: i. Lindley-M., b. September 26, 1832, at Kinsey's Mills, Belmont county, Ohio; m. May 7, 1874, Anna M. Fox, daughter of Charles J. and Esther Cooper Fox, of Harrison county; ii. Elizabeth-S., m. Isaac Thomas; iii. Abraham-Wilson, b. December 9, 1846, in Short Creek township; m. May 25, 1875, Lucy Thomas, daughter of Isaac and Annie Ladd Thomas; iv. Rachel, settled in Iowa; v. William, settled in Kansas; vi. Jonathan, d. in infancy; vii. John-C., d. young); 2. William; 3. Maria; 4. Eliza.


Isaac Thomas, father of Annie L. Branson, was b. June 1, 1813; settled in Short Creek township; afterward removed to Mount Pleasant, Jefferson county, Ohio; m. January 1, 1834, Mary Ladd. b. near Richmond, Va., August 14, 1812; d. 1872; daughter of Robert and Mary Ladd.


ANTHONY BRICKER, of German ancestry, removed from Pennsylvania to Green township, Harrison county, about 1804, where he d. 1813; m. Margaret ______ ; had issue: 1. Henry; 2. George; 3. John, b. May 9, 1793; d. March, 1861; m. Anna Busby, b. 1812 (had issue: i. David; ii. John, m. _______ Holmes; iii. Elizabeth, m. Dr. William Beadle); 4. David; 5. Elizabeth, m. (1st) ____ Hilbert; m. (2d) ____ Warfel.


JESSE BRINDLEY, a native of Germany, settled in Maryland about 1775, where he died; m. (1st) in Germany, ____ ; m. (2d) Julia Kent; had issue, among others:


I. Benjamin, b. in Maryland; removed from Harford county, that State, to Archer township, Harrison county, Ohio, in 1825; afterward settled in Green township, where he died; m. in Maryland, Ellen Cooper, b. about 1759; d. 1824; had issue, ten children, of whom: 1. Priscilla, m. Caleb Low; settled in Steubenville, Ohio; 2. John, b. in Harford county, Md., March 16, 1806, came to Harrison county with his parents; settled in Cadiz, about 1873; m. 1830, Ann Brown, b. 1809; d. October 6, 1889; daughter of Hugh and Jane Brown, residents of Archer township (had issue: i. Hugh, settled in Kansas; ii. Benjamin; iii. Ellen, m. James Crawford; iv. Frank; v. Albert; vi. David; vii. Nathaniel; viii. Wesley; ix. Sarah, m. J. Rea Finney; x. John; xi. _____

d. in infancy; xii. ____, d. in infancy; xiii. Thomas, b. March 16, 1846; m. November 11, 1869, Hester A. Birney, daughter of Hamilton Birney, a resident of Archer township).


GEORGE BROKAW, of Huguenot descent, emigrated to America before 1775, with his brother, John, both of whom served in the Revolutionary War; located in Pennsylvania; removed about 1802 to Green township, Harrison county, Ohio, and afterwards settled in Athens township; m. about 1777 (?), Jane Custard (or Custer); had: issue: 1. Abraham, b. April 8, 1778; 2. Benjamin, b. Sept. 28, 1779; 3. Sarah, b. Feb. 20, 1782; 4. George, b. March 27, 1784; 5. William, b. Feb. 10, 1786; 6. Judah, b. March 19, 1788; 7. Jane, b. July 15, 1790; 8. John, b. Sept. 23, 1793; settled in Athens township, where he d. March 25, 1876; m. July 10, 1823, Sarah Burwell, b. 1802; d. April 5, 1883, daughter of Job Burwell, a resident of Harrison county (had issue: i. Catherine, b. April 18, 1824; m. Benjamin Covert; ii. Jane, b. August 22, 1825; m. William Smith; iii. Mary, b. November 29, 1827; m. Isaac Fitch; iv. Margaret, b. November 19, 1829; m. William Price; v. Nancy, b. October 21, 1831; vi. George, b. Decem-


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ber 5, 1833; settled in Iowa; vii. John P., b. April 25, 1836; m. December 25, 1867, Mary E. McGrew, daughter of William McGrew, a resident of Green township; viii. Sarah, b. July 29, 1843; m. Wesley Van Horn; ix. Martha, b. September 1, 1845; m. Abraham Atzinger) ; 9. Mary, b. February 14, 1796; 10. Isaac, b. April 30, 1798; 11. Jacob, b. October 31, 1800; 12. Peter, b. December 25, 1802.


Some families of the name of Brocaw are found in the early records of Somerset county, N. J., and Adams county, Penn.


BASIL BROWN and THOMAS BROWN, two brothers, settled in Luzerne (then Springhill) township, Fayette county, Penn., about 1768. Thomas, b. about 1746, settled on the site of the present town of Brownsville about 1776, and began to lay out town-lots in 1785; he died in 1797, before March 27th, leaving issue: Ignatius, Thomas, Levi, Zachariah, Simeon, Elizabeth (m. _____ Cox), Eleanor, Ann, and Ruth; two of his daughters married William Crawford and ____ Ewing. Basil left issue: Thomas, m. (1st) Dorcas Goe, daughter of William Goe; m. (2d) Mrs. Philip Worley; Basil, d. unm.; Sarah, d. unm. Possibly descended from one of the above was Basil Brown, said' to have been a native of England, who resided in Brownsville before 1800; had issue, among others: 1. Basil, b. at Brownsville, 1801; d. at Cambridge, Ohio, 1851, where he had settled in 1844; in. Nancy Johnson, b. 1809, d. 1888, a native of Pennsylvania (had issue, seven children, among whom: i. Turner, m. Mary E. Price; ii. Melford J., b. in Brownsville, Jan. 16, 1832; removed to Ohio about 1850, and in 1853 settled at Cadiz; m. 1855, Martha Robinson, daughter of John Robinson, an early settler, who came from Pennsylvania).


JOHN BUCHANAN, a native of Londonderry, Ireland, settled in Carlisle, Penn., before 1776; served in the Revolutionary War, and after the close of that war located in Washington county, Penn.; m. _____ Ross; had issue: I. John. II. Jonathan. III. Mary. IV. Ross. V. Samuel, b. in Maryland, March 4, 1773; d. March 23, 1858; removed to the Connotton Valley, Harrison county, Ohio, before 1806; m. (1st) in Washington county, Penn., 1799, Mary Neiper, a native of that county; d. July 15, 1818; m. (2d) Mrs. Mary Stanley Buchanan, b. 1778; d. January 21, 1838; of Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, widow of John. Buchanan, who was a second cousin to Samuel Buchanan; had issue by first wife: 1. Jane; 2. Maria; 3. John, b. 1807; 4. Margaret; 5. Joseph, b. April 23, 1814; d. July 11, 1883; m. February 8, 1838, Elizabeth Hines, b. 1819; d. Jan. 5, 1883; daughter of Jacob and Susanna. Brough Hines, of Archer township (had issue: i. Margaret, b. October 28, 1839; m. Johnson Montgomery; settled in Jefferson county, Ohio; ii. Susan, b. October 9, 1841; m. John. Stringer; settled in Harrison county; iii. Samuel, b. October 25, 1843; d. September 5, 1863; iv. Mary, b. Dec. 19, 1845; m. William B. Anderson; v. John, b. March 11, 1848; settled in Pueblo, Colo.; vi. Thomas, b. November 8, 1850; a Presbyterian minister; settled at Ida Grove, Iowa; vii. Malinda, b. April 6, 1854; m. John Patterson; settled in Archer township; viii. James, b. October 5, 1856; d. December 11, 1857; ix. Albert, b. May 1, 1859; d. in infancy; x. Elizabeth, b. 1861; d. in infancy) ; 6. Nancy. VI. Thomas. VII. Joseph. VIII. George. IX. Margaret. X. Mary. XI. _____ , m. ____ Harvey.


WILLIAM BUCHANAN, b. in Pennsylvania, 1790, of Scotch descent; served in the War of 1812; settled in Harrisville, Harrison county, Ohio, before 1853; m. in Ohio, Abigail Mercer, d. May 30, 1857, a descendant of Edward Mercer, of Anglo-Irish descent, who settled in America about 1720; had issue: 1. David; 2. Wilson; 3. William, b. May 1, 1853; settled in Hopedale, Harrison county; m. June 29, 1880, Virginia. W. Maddox, a native of Short Creek township, daughter of Wilson and Mary Ladd Maddox.


Wilson Maddox, father of Virginia Maddox Buchanan, came to Harrison county in 1826, where he d. April 30, 1859; his wife d. January 17, 1875; came from Virginia and settled! in Harrison county in 1833.


JOHN BUSBY, a native of Maryland; settled in Archer township, Harrison county, Ohio, in 1805; m. Agnes Wisner; had issue, fourteen children, among whom: 1. Abraham-H., b. in Archer township, Jan. 18, 1814; m. May 18,


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1848, _____    Marshall, daughter of James and Elizabeth Marshall, natives of Pennsylvania, of Irish descent (had issue: i. John-B.; ii. Nancy-Jane, d, March 5, 1885; iii. Isaac-Jackson; iv. William-R.; v. James-W.; vi. Anna-Mary, m. Delmar Robinson); 2. Sarah, m. ______ Healea; 3.. Rachel, in. David Smith; 4. Belinda, m. 1819, Nathaniel Baker; 5. Elizabeth-Ann; 6. Eda, m. Zachariah Baker; 7. Mary-Ann, m. 1834, John McCombs; 8. Dorcas, m. 1833, Aaron Conaway; 9. Deborah, m. 1838, Albert Singhaus; 10. Jane, m. 1840, William Strawsbaugh.


JOHN CADY, a native of county Tyrone, Ireland (son of Joseph Cady, who settled in Reading, Penn., in 1783), settled in Washington county, Penn., and thence removed to Cadiz township, where he died, 1824; m. Margaret Parr; had issue, among others: 1. James, b. in Washington county, Penn., March 2, 1812; removed to Virginia in 1832, and thence to Flemingsburg, Ky., in 1838; returned to Cadiz, 1842, and settled at Cadiz Junction, 1856; m. October 2, 1834, Caroline T. Purdy, a native of New York City (had issue: i. Isabel; ii. William-H.; settled in Dennison, Ohio; iii. Dorcas-C., m. William' H. Randall, of Southern California; iv. Adaline-E.; v. Caroline-T.; vi. Elizabeth-A.; vii. Ella, m. R. J. McCarty; viii. Lucinda-M., m. John S. McKay; settled in Memphis, Tenn.; ix. John-E., settled at Cadiz Junction; x. James-R.); 2. Mary, b. 1790; d. July 8, 1865; m. Hiram Con-well; 3. William, settled at Cadiz (had issue, among others: i. James; ii. Isabel, m. ____ Lupton; iii. Ida).


JOHN CALDWELL, b. near Red--stone Creek, Fayette county, Penn., 1781, of Scotch-Irish descent; in 1808 removed to Green township, Harrison county, Ohio, where he d. Dec. 10, 1859; m. (1st) in Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Birney; d. in Harrison county; m. (2d) Sarah Reed, b. 1791; d. Feb. 16, 1871; daughter of. Robert Reed, a pioneer in Harrison county; had issue by first wife: 1. Robert-Reed, settled in Wood county, Ohio, where he died aged seventy-five years; had issue by second wife: 2. Samuel-Mitchell, settled in Clarke county, Ohio; 3. Elizabeth-Rea, m. James Davidson; 4. Ankrum; 5. William-H., b. Aug. 22, 1825; settled in Cadiz township; m. 1856, Mary-Ann Cochran, daughter 'of Robert and Sarah Cochran, of Harrison county; 6. John, settled in Marshall, Kan.; 7. Isaac-Shannon; 8. Martha-McCrea, m. James English; 9. James, settled in Fort Wayne, Ind.; 10. David-Hilbert; 11, Albert-Hamilton. David. and Albert Caldwell settled in Guernsey county, Ohio.


JOHN CAMPBELL, see Family of Samuel Patton.


JOHN CAMPBELL, a native of Scotland, had issue, among others:


I. John, probably b. in Pennsylvania; removed to Guernsey county, Ohio, before 1818, where he resided for four years; then settled in Green township, Harrison county, where he died; m. (1st) Margaret Fogle; d. 1844; m. (2d) ____ _____, of Tuscarawas county; had issue by first wife: 1. George; 2. Nathaniel; 3. Andrew; 4. Elizabeth; 5. Margaret; 6. Abraham; 7. Frederick; 8. John, b. Feb. 26, 1822; m. Malinda Dennis, daughter of Jacob Dennis, a resident of Green township (had issue: i. William; ii. Rebecca, m. William -Ford; iii. Jennie, m. James Rutledge; iv. Margaret, M. Merchant Ault; v. John; vi. Laura, m. William Abraham; vii. Edward; viii. Josiah-P.-Scott; ix. _____, d. in infancy; x. James; xi. Nellie); 9. Hester; 10. Robert; 11. Henry.


JOHN CAMPBELL, d. in Windsor township, York county, Penn., 1775 (before Sept. 18), leaving a wife, Anna, and children, William, John, James, Charles, and Ann; of these:


John Campbell, b. 1744; d. Aug. 13, 1807; served in the Revolutionary War (probably as a militia lieutenant); removed with his family to Washington county, about 1780, and, settled in Cross Creek township, where he died; m. March 31, 1772, Mary Hammond, of York county, b. 1752-53; di. March 18, 1817; had issue:


I. Ann, b. March 27, 1773; probably d. young.


II. Griselda (" Gracie ") b. Feb. 19, 1775; m. Major Benjamin Bay, and removed to Belmont county, Ohio, about 1812.


III. John, b. Jan. 22, 1775; d. July 24, 1844; m. Elizabeth Lyle, and removed to Wheeling township, Belmont county, Ohio.


IV. William, b. Aug. 11, 1779; m.


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Eleanor (?) Smith, and removed to Wheeling township, Belmont county, Ohio.


V. James, b. Dec. 29, 1781; d. July 17, 1842; m. Margaret Smith, b. Oct. 16, 1784; d. Oct. 8, 1878; removed to Wheeling township, Belmont county, Ohio, in 1803; served as a captain in the War of 1812; had issue, among others: 1. John, a physician, b. Nov. 21, 1804; d. Sept. 17,. 1882; m. May 11, 1830, Jane Irwin, b. 1808., d. 1883 (had issue: i. Mary, b. Jan. 24, 1833; ii. Margaret-A., b. Feb. 17, 1836; iii. James-B., b. Nov. 14, 1839; iv. Rachel-J., b. April 14, 1842; v. Maria-L., b. March 29, 1848; vi. Martha-E., b. Jan. 18, 1852); 2. William-M., b. 1808; m. (1st) Mary Kerr, b. 1820; d. Dec. 13, 1874; m. (2d) Louisa Dixon, b. May 8, 1835; d. July 19, 1889.


VI. David, b. March 25, 1784; m. Ann Rea, daughter of William and Jane Mason Rea, of Lower Mount Bethel township, Northampton county, Penn. (the former b. Sept. 13, 1762; d. in Cross Creek township, Washington county, Penn., Sept. 28, 1835; son of the Revolutionary Col. Samuel [b. 1732; d. 1813] and Ann McCracken Rea).


VII. Charles, b. Oct. 31, 1786; d. June 4, 1832; m. Feb. 22, 1810, Esther -Mason, of Cross Creek township; had issue: 1. Lucinda, b. 1811; 2. Mary, b. 1812; 3. Elizabeth, b. 1813; 4. John, b. 1815; 5. William-Mason, b. Nov. 10, 1816; m. (1st) 1842, Isabella Ramsey; m. (2d) 1856, Anna E. Mcllvaine; 6. Louisa, b. 1818; 7. David, b. 1820; 8. Hannah, b. 1822; 9. Esther, b. 1824.


VIII. George-H., b. June 5, 1789; m. Elizabeth Rea, sister to Ann Rea; had issue: 1. Jane, m. John Wilson, of Noble county, Ohio; 2. John, m. Eliza Moore, of Hickory, Penn.; 3. Mary, m. John Graham, of Knox county, Ohio; 4. William, m. Elizabeth Nichols, of Greene county, Penn.; 5. Elizabeth, d. unm., aged fifty-eight; 6. Samuel-Scott, b. 1822; d. 1895; removed to Harrison county, Ohio; m. (1st) _____ Wright; m. (2d) Ann E. Wallace, of Washington, Penn.; m. (3d) Mrs. Mary Law Long, of Harrison county; 7. George-W., b. 1826; d. 1885; 8. Esther-I., removed to Cadiz, Ohio (three other children died young).


IX. Mary, b. Feb. 4, 1792; m. William Fulton, of Mount Pleasant township, Washington county.


X. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 9, 1793; m. William Mason Rea, brother to Ann and Elizabeth Rea.


CHRISTIAN CANAGA (originally spelled Gnaegi), emigrated from Berne province, Switzerland, to America before the Revolution (1750-70), and afterwards settled in Somerset county, Penn., whence he removed to North township, Harrison county, Ohio, about 1807, where he died 1812; had issue, among others: I. Jacob, b. Feb. 23, 1780; d. 1872; m. 1804, Susanna Livingstone, d. 1830, daughter of Christian and Anna Livingstone, of Somerset county; removed to North township, Harrison county, about 1806; had issue: 1. Anne-D., b. May 19, 1805; d. 1889; m. 1823, Rev. D. Strayer; 2. Catharina, b. May 23, 1807; m. Michael Firebaugh; 3. Levi, b. Aug. 29, 1809; 4. Joseph, b. Feb. 21, 1811; 5. Jacob, b. Jan. 15, 1813; d. 1837; m. Sarah Fisher; 6. Salome, b. Aug. 10, 1814; 7. Elias-Greene, b. April 23, 1816; d. Sept. 4, 1888; m. June 27, 1844, Jane McClintock, b. 1818; d. 1894; daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth McClintock, of Carroll county (had issue: i. Silas-Wright, b. June 2, 1845; m. 1868, Elizabeth Wight, daughter of George Adam and Biddy Gordon Wight; ii. Orlando-Loomis, b. July 11, 1846; iii. Milton-Addison, b. 1848; d. young; iv. Alfred-Bruce, b. Nov. 2, 1850; v. Elizabeth-Ellen, b. June 21, 1852; vi. Melissa-Anna, b. Feb. 18, 1854; vii. Josephine, b. Dec. 14, 1855; viii. Emma-Jane, b. June 9, 1857; ix. Heber-Edson, b. Jan. 3, 1860; x. Thomas-McClintock, b. March 12, 1863; xi. Barton Livingston, b. Dec. 19, 1865; xii. Ira-Atilla, b. Jan. 31, 1867; xiii. b. Sept. 25, 1870); 8. Lydia, b. Aug. 1, 1819; m. Napoleon B. Fisher; 9. Manassas, b. May 17, 1821; 10. Susanna, b. June 5, 1823; 11. Mary, b. 1825; 12. John, b. Feb. 10, 1830.


ERASMUS CANNON, b. in Maryland, March 3, 1763; settled about 1815, in Athens township, Harrison county, Ohio, where he died; m. Mary Bowman, d. aged ninety years, a native of Maryland; had issue: I. Mary. II. Rachel. III. Maria. IV. Euphemia. V. Harriet. VI. Moses, b. in Maryland, Oct. 15, 1794; settled in Athens township, where he d. Aug. 26, 1851; m. October 15, 1819, Rachel Turner, d. December 11, 1864, daughter of Joshua and Priscilla


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Turner, of Moorefield; had issue: 1. Sarah-Ann, m. Joseph Dickerson, and settled in New Athens; 2. William, settled in Cadiz; 3. James, b. March 31, 1824; m. Oct. 21, 1848, Mary Trimble (daughter of John Trimble, whose father was killed while serving in the Revolutionary War; his mother, Eliza McCall Trimble, settled in Belmont county, Ohio, in 1805); (had issue: i. Mary E.; ii. Sarah T.; iii. Rett A.; iv. John-A.; v. Hayes, settled in Butte City, Mont.; vi. Jeanette; vii. A.-A.); 4. John; 5. Rachel-Jane; 6. Thomas; 7. Moses; 8. Allen; 9. Caroline, m. Basil Bowers; settled in New Martinsville, W. Va. VII. Ewell. VIII. John. IX. Erasmus. X. Thomas.


JOHN CARNAHAN, a native of the North of Ireland, d. at Cadiz, May 20, 1806, being the fourth person buried in the old graveyard at that place; had issue, among others: I. George. II Samuel, b. 1764; d. Oct. 13, 1851; m. Sarah ____. III. Joseph, b. 1770; d. Feb. 21, 1852; m. ____ Slater; had issue: 1. Joseph; 2. Samuel; 3. James; 4. John, b. 1806; d. 1882; m. 1831, Martha Henderson, b. 1800; d. 1880, daughter of Alexander and Mary Bell Henderson (had issue: i. Mary-Belle, m. Lawson Scott; ii. Andrew-Henderson, m. 1860, Elizabeth Wood, daughter of Sylvanus and Amanda Tingley Wood; iii. Elizabeth, m. Dr. William T. Sharp; iv. Thomas-Lee, m. Sarah Emerson; v. Martha, m. George Black); 5. Margaret; 6. Sarah; 7. Isabel, d. May, 1816. IV. John. V. James.


JAMES CARRICK, a native of Adams county, Penn., of Scotch-Irish descent, removed to Harrison County, Ohio, about 1811, settling in Short Creek township, where he d. 1820; m. in Adams county, Penn., 1775; his wife d. 1833; had issue, among others: 1. David, b. April 1, 1782; d. Dec. 25, 1863; served in the War of 1812; m. Elizabeth _____ b. 1794; d. Nov. 15, 1873 (had issue, among others: i. Agnes-E., m. 1845, John Hanna Hammond); 2. John, d. 1854; 3. Laura, m. ____ Andrews; 4. Nancy, m. ____ Carr; 5. James-W., b October 14, 1799; removed with his parents to Short Creek township, where he d. March 10, 1885; m. (1st) 1825, Martha Pennel, d. Jan. 7, 1833; m. (2d) 1834, Mrs. Sarah Campbell Boggs, a native of Belmont county', Ohio, d. 1870, daughter of William Campbell, an early pioneer of Belmont county (had issue by first wife, three children; had issue by second wife, eight children, of whom: i. Ezra L„ b. December 15, 1843; served in the Civil War; m. 1872, Martha Jamison, daughter of Andrew Jamison).


GEORGE CARROTHERS, b. in Ireland, 1784; emigrated to America and first located in Washington county, Penn., 1803; removed, about 1813, to Nottingham township, Harrison county, Ohio, and in 1836 to Moorefield township, where he d. December 4, 1863; m. (1st) in Pennsylvania about 1810, Jane Hall, b. in Ireland, February 2, 1791; d. February 2, 1828; m. (2d) 1828, Ann Hastings, a native of county Fermanagh, Ireland, b. May 1, 1798; d. January 14, 1886; had issue by first wife: 1. James; 2. John; 3. George; 4. William; 5. Margaret; had issue by second wife: 6. Sarah, m. James Wilson; 7. Beatty, b. March 14, 1832, in Nottingham township; settled in Moorefield township; m. (1st) Nov. 26, 1856, Martha J. McClintock; d. March 26, 1859; m. (2d.) June 21, 1860, Elsie Johnson, b. July 10, 1839; 8. Eliza, m. Jackson Kennedy; 9. Mary; 10. Christopher; went to Japan as a missionary in 1869.


JOHN CARSON, a native of Maryland, b. 1780; d. May 13, 1858; settled in Nottingham township, Harrison county, Ohio, about 1800; m. Hannah Rogers, also a native of Maryland, b. 1777; d. Nov. 2, 1852; had issue, among others:


I. Franklin, b. July 8, 1808; d. June 16, 1874; m. (1st) Oct. 20, 1829, Sarah Hines; d. 1844; daughter of John and Rebecca Deacon Hines, who were among the early settlers in Harrison country, coming from Westmoreland county, Penn.; m. (2d) Nov. 25, 1852, Tabitha Hines, sister of his first wife; had issue by first wife: 1. Louisa-A., b. September 2, 1830; 2. John, b. November 2, 1831; settled in Lucas county, Iowa; 3. Hannah, b. December 6, 1833; 4. William-F., b. August 4, 1835; settled in Lucas county, Iowa; 5. Elijah-R., b. June 13, 1837; m. Drucilla P. Johnson, b. Sept. 13, 1840, daughter of Abiram and Lydia Turner Johnson, pioneers of Nottingham township; 6. Walter-B., b. August 20, 1838; 7. Rebecca, b. December 8,.1839; 8. Harvey-L., b. September


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19, 1841; served in the Civil War and died in that service; 9. Isaac, b. February 15, 1844; settled in Lucas county, Iowa.


II. Elijah, b. 1810; d. November, 1887; m. 1832, Margaret Mahaffey, b. in Washington county, Penn., 1803; d. 1884; had issue, among others: 1. ____ , m. Joseph G. Rogers; 2. Elmira-J., m. James M. Hines; 3. ____ m.Thomas Benton Huffman.


III. William. IV. Walter. V. John.


JOHN CARSON, see also Family of Rudolph Hines.


WILLIAM CARSON, b. in Ireland, 1803; d. there, 1865; m. Jane Noble, b. 1792; d. 1812; had issue, among others: 1. William-N., b. 1822; d. 1899; m. in Ireland, 1845, Margaret Tiernan, b. 1821, d. 1885, daughter of Henry and Jane Abram Tiernan.


JOHN HENRY CARVER, b. in Germany; came to America as a drummer boy with a regiment of Hessian soldiers who served on the British side in the Revolutionary War; about 1779 m. Talitha Mitchell, d. March 14, 1845, a native of North Carolina; he settled in Mt. Pleasant, Jefferson county, Ohio, about 1798, removing thence to Flushing township, Belmont county, where he resided until 1812, and then located at Freeport, Harrison county, where he died March 15, 1841; had issue: I. John. II. Rebecca, m. ____ Thompson. III. Henry. IV. Elizabeth, m. ____

Carrington. V. Jane. VI. Ann, m. _____ Bailey. VII. Abner, b. Jan. 23, 1805; d. May 13, 1884; m. (1st) 1829, Eliza Norris, d. July 23, 1855, daughter of Thomas Norris, of Freeport; m. (2d) Rachel Cullen, d. Aug. 14, 1882; had issue, among others: 1. Thomas-P., b. Sept. 19, 1843; served in the Civil War; m. November 15, 1868, Mary A. Johnson, daughter of William Johnson, of Smyrna. VIII. Mary, m. ____ Cox, and settled in Iowa. IX.. Elijah, b. July 17, .1810, in Belmont county; settled in Freeport; m. (1st) Nov. 26, 1835, Nancy Boals, d. Jan. 24, 1854; dau. of .Tames Boals, of Freeport; m. (2d) April 25, 1871, Narcissa E. Bevan, daughter of Joseph Bevan; had issue by first wife: 1. Henry-B., b. October 17, 1836; d. June 25, 1890; 'settled in Washington township; m. (1st) April 8, 1858, Sarah Phillips; d. Aug. 20, 1876; daughter of John Phillips, of Washington township; m. (2d) March 20, 1878, Nancy E. McCullough, daughter of Jonathan McCullough, of Tippecanoe; 2. Mary-J., m. Thomas Sloan. Elijah Carver had issue by second wife: 3. Anna; 4. Thaddeus.


JOHN CASSELL, a native of Germany, emigrated to America and settled in Frederick county, Maryland, where he married and died; had issue, among others: 1. Jacob, b. April 15, 1799; d. near Hopedale, 1881; m. in Maryland, 1821, and removed from Unionville, that State, to Green township, Harrison county, about 1835 (had issue: i. John-Wesley, m. 1893, Elizabeth Jones; ii. Chelnissa, d. 1888; m. _____ Decker; iii. Mary, d. young).


PHILIP CECIL, born in Maryland, son of Kingsbury Cecil, also a native of Maryland, who afterward settled in Kentucky, where he died; the son removed to Harrison county, Ohio,. before 1823, where he died in 1850; m. Mary Logan; d. 1845; daughter of John Logan; had issue: 1. Richard, b. in Harrison county, May 23, 1823; m. Feb. 25, 1847, Jane E. Bliss, daughter of Zadoc Bliss, of Franklin township (had issue: i. Sarah-Jane, b. April 16, 1848; m. A. Oliphant; ii. George, b. July 17, 1850; iii. Mary-K., b. May 19, 1853; iv. Emma-L., b. April 9, 1856; v. John-B., b. Dec. 11, 1858; vi. Jesse-F., b. March 21, 1861; vii. Clara, b. Sept. 10, 1863; viii. ____ , d. in infancy; ix. Clarence-A., b. June 8, 1867; x. Merritt-R., b. March 31, 1870); 2. John, m. Dec. 10, 1846, Susanna Donahey; 3. William; 4. Kingsbury; 5. Margaret; 6. Jesse, m. 1838, Elizabeth Goddard; 7. Wesley.


Zadoc Bliss, father of Jane E. Cecil, was a native of Connecticut, b. Feb. 26, 1788; d. July 8, 1850; settled, in Franklin township, about 1826, having removed thither from Columbiana county, Ohio; m. Keziah Hoskins, b. April 4, 1786; d. May 31, 1851; had issue: 1. Ralph; 2. Sarah-C.; 3. Mary; 4. Emily; 5. James; 6. George-W.; 7. Zebulon; 8. John; 9. Keziah; 10. Jane-E., m. Richard Cecil.


NATHAN CHANEY, d. 1837: a native of Maryland; removed from Virginia to Cadiz township, Harrison county; Ohio, about 1805; m. in Virginia, Sarah Mansfield; d. 1847; had) issue, among others:


I. Thomas, b. Oct. 28, 1803, in Vir-


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ginia; d. July 1, 1890, in Archer township; served in the War of 1812; m. Sept. 25, 1836, Elizabeth Clark, had issue: 1. James; 2. John; 3. William; 4. Sarah; 5. Martha; 6. Samuel, b. Dec. 14, 1846; m. Aug. 5, 1875, Clarinda Edwards, daughter of John Edwards, of New Athens, Harrison county; 7. Mary-Ann; 8. Elizabeth-Ann; 9. Mary-Ellen; 10. Thomas-W.; 11. Hannah; 12. Nancy.


James Clark, father of Elizabeth Chaney, was a native of Fayette county, Penn., where he married Sarah Watson; served in the War of 1812; had issue: 1. Martha; 2. Elizabeth, m. Thomas Chaney; 3. Mary; 4. John; 5. William.


ROBERT CHRISTY, of Scottish descent, b. about 1732-35; emigrated to America and first settled in New York City; removed to Jefferson county, Ohio, before 1800, and later located in Archer township, Harrison county, Ohio, where he d. 1830; served in the Indian wars; m. Margaret Marshall, a resident of New York; had issue: 1. George, d. aged eighty-four years; served in the War of 1812; 2. William; 3. Robert, b. in Jefferson county, 1799; settled in Nottingham township, Harrison county, about 1832, where he d. Oct. 9, 1853; m. 1831, Jane M. McCleary, b. 1812, daughter of Andrew McCleary (d. in Jefferson county, 1812) and sister to. James McCleary (b. 1809) (had issue: i. David, b. Nov. 12, 1832; settled in Stock township; m. April 7, 1864, Elizabeth Spiker, daughter of Christopher Spiker; ii. Elizabeth, m. John R. Hines; iii. Margaret; iv. James; v. Sarah-A., m. Meredith Barrett; vi. George; served in the Civil War; vii. Jane-Anne; viii. Mary, m. George Garver; ix. Lydia-C., m. Elias Hines; x. Joanna-Matilda, m. Pinckney Moore); 4. David; 5. John; 6. Sarah, d. aged eighty-three years; 7. Nancy, d. aged over eighty years; 8. Margaret.


JAMES CLARK, b. probably in Virginia; d. in Pennsylvania; m. Margaret Trimble; had issue: 1. James; 2. Matthew, b. 1800, in Virginia or Pennsylvania; d. in Cadiz township, 1852; m. in Washington county, Penn., Jane Barr, b. 1801; d. Oct. 5, 1865; daughter of John and Sarah Gailey Barr, of Scotch. Irish descent (had issue: i. John-Barr, b. Oct. 9, 1827; di. Jan. 13, 1872; a United Presbyterian minister; served, as col onel of the 193d Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War; m. (1st) Lydia Collins; m. (2c1,) Frances Florence; ii. Eleanor-Margaret, m. John C. Jamison, of Cadiz, Ohio); 3. Samuel, m. Jane Hawthorne; 5. John; 6. Thomas,. m. EllenBarr; 7. Sarah, m. James. Hunter; 8. Elizabeth, m. James Carnahan; 9. Rebecca, d. young; 10. Anne, d. young.


JOSHUA CLARK, a native of Fayette county, Penn., of the family of Walter Clark; removed, in 1804, to Belmont county, Ohio, ands in 1808 to Short Creek township, Harrison county,. thence to Freeport, in the year 1839, where he d. Jan. 17, 1868; m. in Pennsylvania, Susannah Flaugh, of English descent; d. July 6, 1853; had issue: 1. Elizabeth; 2. John; 3. Abisha, settled in Maynard, Ohio; 4. Mary; 5. James; 6. Hannah; 7. Margaret, m. Augustus. Harris; 8. Susan, m. James Reeves, and settled in Washington township; 9. Joshua, b. April 9, 1823; settled in Freeport; m. Feb. 28, 1862, Sarah Covington; d. July 5, 1887; daughter of Elijah. Covington.


ROGER CLARK, b. 1726, in Ireland; d. 1765; settled in Cumberland county, Penn.; m. (1st) in Pennsylvania, _____ Agnew; m. (2d) ____ ; had issue by first wife: Elizabeth, James, Nancy, and Jane; had issue by second wife: Joseph and John.


James Clark, the second child by the first wife, was b. 1751, in Cumberland county, Penn., removed, to Westmoreland county, Penn., 1776; settled, in Jefferson county, Ohio, in 1810, where he died, in 1833; served in the Indian and Revolutionary Wars; m. 1775, Jane Jack, a native of Cumberland county, b. 1753; had issue:


I. John. II. Joseph, b. in Westmoreland county, Penn., Feb. 12, 1778; removed to Jefferson (now Harrison) county, Ohio, in 1808, and settled, in Green township, where he d. Oct. 3, 1861; m. March 4, 1811, Rachel Johnson; b. Dec. 31, 1793; d. Sept. 3, 1854; had issue: 1. James, b. 1812; 1847; removed to New Philadelphia; 2. Mary,. b. Aug. 22, 1813; 3. Johnson, b. Aug. 31, 1814; settled in Cadiz; 4. Ingram, b. Sept. 21, 1816; di. Feb. 18, 1876; served in the Ohio Legislature, 1866-68; m. Feb. 16, 1842, Sarah Moore, daughter of William Moore, a resident of Green


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township (had issue: i. Rachel, b. Nov. 10, 1842; d. April 22, 1865; ii. Alfred-W., b. Aug. 27, 1845; settled in Nebraska; iii. John, b. April, 1849; d. April 12, 1871; iv. Joseph-A., b. Nov. 16, 1852; settled in Nebraska; v. Clara--J., b. Feb. 27, 1855; d. April 22, 1880; m. Lee Johnson; vi. Charles-G., b. July 10, 1860; settled in Nebraska; vii. Ella-B., b. December 5, 1862; m. George Mills); 5. Jane, b. Sept. 26, 1818; m. David Moore (had issue: i. James-Clark, settled in Cadiz); 6. Rachel, b. March 4, 1824; 7. Ephraim, b. Feb. 19, 1826; d. at Cadiz, Oct. 10, 1885; served in the Ohio Legislature, 1855-57; m. Isabella Kennedy, daughter of Dr. Moses and Catherine Snyder Kennedy (had issue: i. Oliver, removed with his parents to Cadiz, in 1871; m. (1st) Sept. 13, 1871, Clara S. Cochran; d. Jan. 20, 1878; daughter of Samuel Cochran; m. (2d') March 20, 1879, Elizabeth Agnes Kerr, (laughter of James Kerr, of Cadiz; ii. Frances, d. aged six years; iii. Ida, m. George D. McFadden, of Cadiz; iv. Cora-V., d. aged seven years); 8. Joseph, b. June 4, 1830; settled in Cadiz; 9. Oscar, b. March 10, 1833; m. Margaret Hamilton; settled in Walton, Kan.; 10. Albert, b. Jan. 16, 1836; m. Amanda Kerr, daughter of John C. Kerr, of Harrison county; settled in Nebraska. III. William. IV. Mary. V. James. VI. Andrew. VII. Thomas. VIII. Robert. IX. Francis.


Samuel Kerr, grandfather of Elizabeth Kerr Clark, was b. Oct. 25, 1792; d. in Short Creek township, Harrison county, where he was among the pioneers; served in the War of 1812; m. (1st) Sept. 28, 1815, Annie Smith; m. (2d) September 8, 1835, Agnes Hamilton; had issue by first wife: 1. Sarah-J., m. James McLaughlin;. 2. James, b. April 19, 1818; d. in Cadiz, Jan. 21, 1886; m. Julia Ann Carrick (had issue: i. Samuel-Mason; ii. David-Ramsey, a minister; iii. Elizabeth-Agnes, m. Oliver Clark; iv. James-A.; v. Adda-Zilla, m. Charles G. Clark, and settled in Nebraska; vi. Mary-M.; vii. Julia-Ella, m. _____ Matson, and settled in Short Creek township); 3. Mary, m. William Campbell, of Belmont county, Ohio; 4. Joseph-S.; 5. Ellen, m. Stewart Carrick; 6. Robert, a Presbyterian minister; had issue by second wife: 7. Thomas-H.; 8. Samuel-C., a Presbyterian minister; 9. Margaret-Ann, m. John Calderhead; 10. William-J.; 11. Effie-J.


JAMES CLEMENTS, a native of Maryland, settled in Cadiz township, Harrison county, Ohio, before 1819; later removing to Athens township, where he died; m. Plessey Merritt, a resident of Belmont county, Ohio; had issue: 1. Nancy; 2. Josiah; 3. Daniel, b. in Athens township, Dec. 24, 1819; d. Sept. 1, 1872; m. 1842, Elizabeth Dickerson; d,. Jan. 22, 1888; daughter of Baruch Dickerson, a resident of Cadiz township (had issue: i. Thomas-W., b. June 14, 1846; m. June 19, 1883, Josephine Smith, a resident of Harrison county; ii. John-M., b. June 4, 1848; m. June 20, 1888, Mary Sloan, daughter of John Sloan, a resident of Moorefield township; iii. Samuel; iv. Jane-Elizabeth, m. Robert Bartow; v. Josiah; vi. Louisa; vii. Clara-P., m. ____ Dunlap; settled, in Belmont county, Ohio); 4. John; 5. Esther; 6. Eliza; 7. Mary; 8. Merritt; 9. James.


JOHN CLEMENS, a native of county Tyrone, Ireland, died aged, one hundred' years, his wife also having attained the same age when she died; first settled in Eastern Pennsylvania; removed from Raccoon Creek, Washington county, Penn., to Harrison county, Ohio, about 1837, and later to Tuscarawas county, where he died; m. in Ireland, Frances Scott, a sister of Alexander Scott, later of Scott's Mills, Tuscarawas county, Ohio; had issue: 1. David; 2. John; 3. Joseph; 4. William; 5. James, d. aged seventy-two; first located in Washington county, Pennsylvania; removed to Harrison county, Ohio, in 1836, and subsequently settled in Athens township; m. in Pennsylvania, Mary Campbell, a native of that State, d. aged seventy years, daughter of James Campbell and wife, of Scotch descent, who died in Pennsylvania (had issue: i. John, m. Elizabeth Moore; ii. Eliza-Jane; iii. Frances, m. Simpson Bethel; iv. Samuel-C., b. June 28, 1833, in Washington county, Penn.; removed to Athens township, Harrison county, Ohio, and later to Cadiz township; m. May 12, 1864, Sarah J. Dunlap, daughter of Hugh B. Dunlap, of Athens township; v. Mary-J., m. Thomas Fur-bay, of New Athens, Ohio; vi. Alexander-S., settled in Newport, Tuscarawas county; vii. Rebecca; viii. Gilles-


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pie); 6. Samuel, d. 1887, in Iowa; 7. Elizabeth; 8. Mary; 9. Frances; 10. Rebecca.


SAMUEL COCHRAN, of Scotch-Irish descent, b. in Lancaster (now Dauphin) county, Penn., 1738; d. 1818; served in the Revolutionary War; located on the Monongahela River, ten miles above Pittsburgh, before 1800; m. 1770, Mary Shearer, b. 1754; d. 1805; had issue, among others:


I. Robert, b. in Lancaster (now Dauphin) county, Penn., Sept. 15, 1771; d. Feb. 1, 1861; settled near Cadiz, Ohio, about 1801; m. (1st) 1800, in Pennsylvania, Dorcas Neal, d. 1801; m. (2d) 1807, in Allegheny county, Penn., Sarah Calhoun, b. Jan. 8, 1787; d. April 4, 1867; daughter of David and Eleanor King Calhoun; had issue by first wife: 1. Dorcas, b. 1801; d. 1853; m. Isaac Whittaker; had issue by second wife; 2. Eleanor, b. Feb. 11, 1808; d. Sept. 17, 1867; 3. Samuel, b. March 30, 1811; d. September, 1899; m. (1st) 1839, Sarah J. Hedges, d. 1841; m. (2d) 1849, Margaret Thompson, b. July 11, 1820, daughter of Samuel Thompson, of Green township (had issue by first wife: i. an infant, d. 1841; had issue by second wife: ii. Clara-S., d. 1878; m. Oliver Clark, of Cadiz; iii. Robert-Byron, m. 1886, Flora Morgan, daughter of M. Morgan, of Short Creek township; iv. Belle, m. William Morgan, of Cadiz township; v. Martha); 4. David, a United Presbyterian minister; b. Aug, 1, 1814; d. Oct. 30, 1883, in Leavenworth, Kan.; m. Martha Shearer (had issue, three sons and six daughters, of whom: i. William; ii. Martha—both removed from Leavenworth with their mother to San Jose, Cal., after 1883; iii. James, settled in Oregon; iv. ____ , m. ____ Shearer, and settled in Kansas City, Mo.; v. ____, m. _____ Bissett, and settled in Leavenworth, Kan.; vi. George; settled in Kansas City, Mo.; vii. m. ____ Pierson, and settled in Tonganoxie, Kan.; viii. ____ , m. ____ Monks, and settled in Chicago; ix. Elizabeth, settled in Lawrence, Kan.); 5. Mary, b. Dec. 11, 1817; d. July, 1899; m. W. Harvey Caldwell, and settled near Cadiz; 6. Robert-Reed, b. Sept. 14, 1822; m. Oct. 10, 1867, Rachel Hedges, daughter of William and Mary Jane McClellan Hedges, of Cadiz township (had issue: i. John-William; ii. Robert-Emmett; iii. Mary-Eleanor; iv. Frank McClellan; v. Rees-Burchfield); 7. Sarah-Jane, b. Oct. 9, 1825.


DAVID COLLINS, m. Mrs. Ann Workman Glasgow; had issue: 1. John, m.. Ellen Patterson (had issue: i. Patterson; ii. David; iii. Jane; iv. Elizabeth; v. Ellen); 2. Martha, d. 1847; m. (1st) James Bowland; m. (2d) 1822, John Maholm (had issue, by first husband, surname Bowland: i. Robert, b. 1798; d. 1880; ii. Anna, b. April 18, 1810; d. May 16, 1844; m. Robert Lyons; had issue by second husband, surname Maholm; iii. Eliza-Jane, m.1848, Joseph Sharon; iv. Martha-Matilda, m. 1845, Rezin J. Bennett; v. James-B.); 3. Elizabeth, m. Robert Gilmore (had issue: i. Ephraim, m. Julianna Dennison; ii. John; iii. Arabella, m. Theodore Jennings; iv. Joseph, m. Letitia A. Brady; v. Ann-W., b. April 16, 1817; d. Oct. 30, 1880; m. John M. Richey; b. Nov. 2, 1808; d. Jan. 30, 1897) ; 4. Ruth, m. George McFadden.


GEORGE COLLINS, b. in Maryland, about 1796; d. in Moorefield township, Harrison county, Jan. 1, 1870, where he had settled in 1832; m. in Frederick county, Maryland, Eliza Johnson, b. 1803; d. 1890, daughter of Joseph and ____ Bain Johnson; had issue: 1. Elizabeth; 2. Israel; 3. William; 4. Amanda; 5. Mary; 6. Zachariah, b. in Maryland, 1828; d. 1884; m. Rachel Willoughby (daughter of Henry Willoughby), b. in Knox county, Ohio, 1831 (had issue: i. George H., m. Elizabeth A. Hilbert, ii. William; iii. Nicholas B.; iv. Elizabeth, d. young; v. Ann-Eliza, m. David N. Reynolds; vi. Parley-A., m. Frank J. Mead) ; 7. Catharine; 8. George-P.; 9. Nicholas; 10. Battelle; 11. John-W.; 12 Cyrena; 13. Eliza; 14. Thomas-L.


DAVID COMLY, b. in Washington county, Penn., Aug. 8, 1798; removed ire 1814 to what is now Carroll county, Ohio; settled near Mount Pleasant, Jefferson county, about 1817, where he d. 1886; m. 1821, Sarah Whinnery, a. native of Pennsylvania; had issue, among others: 1. John-W., a physician; b. June 24, 1823; settled in Harrisville, Harrison county; m. 1849, Mary C. Armstrong, a native of Ohio, of Scotch-Irish descent; d. 1863; daughter of Charles and Sarah Armstrong (had issue: i. Sarah-J., m. Dr. N. R. Coleman,


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and settled in Columbus; ii. Marietta; iii. William-J., d. in infancy).


CHARLES CONAWAY, see also Family of William Johnson.


MICHAEL CONAWAY (brother to Charles [1751-1837] and Samuel Conaway) b. 1737, near Baltimore, Md., of Scotch-Irish descent; m. 1779, Elizabeth Davis, a native of Scotland; had issue:


I. Michael-C., b. near Baltimore, Md., 1780; removed about 1800 to Pennsylvania; in 1805 settled with his parents in what is now Stock township, Harrison county, Ohio; m. in Pennsylvania, 1805, Martha Hoagland, daughter of James and Mary Hooey Hoagland; had issue: 1. Eli, b. 1806; d. 1832; 2. Aaron, b. Oct. 13, 1807; settled in Archer township; m. March 28, 1833, Dorcas Busby, daughter of John Busby, of Archer township (had issue, fourteen children,

of whom: i. Michael; ii. ____ ; killed in the Civil War; iii. ___ ; iv. John-B., settled in York, Neb.; v. Henry O., settled in Omaha, Neb.; vi. Alpheus-B., settled in New Sharon, Iowa; vii. _____, m. R. M. Welch; viii. , m. C. B. Burrier) ; 3. Elizabeth, m. 1828, George McKinny (had issue, five children); 4. Henry, m. Rosanna Mosholder (had issue, three children); 5. Susanna, m. Joel Smith (had issue, three children) ; 6. Rachel, m. Alexander Picken (had issue, seven children); 7. Enoch, d. 1861, in West Virginia; m. (1st) Amanda Granfel; m. (2d) Charlotte Loman (had issue by both wives); 8. Mary, d. 1855; 9. Moses-H., b. Aug. 6, 1817; d. Oct. 3, 1890; m. (1st) July 15, 1856, Mary J. Crozier, b. Feb. 15, 1829; d. Nov. 19, 1862; m. (2d) Sept. 13, 1883, Kate Gallaher, b. Sept. 28, 1843. II. John, b. 1790, in Kent county, Md.; came with his parents to Stock township, Harrison county, where he d. 1861; served in the War of 1812; m. Elizabeth Hoagland, b. 1797, in Pennsylvania; d. 1886, in Stock township; had issue, nine children, of whom: 1. Charles, b. Sept. 12, 1819; m. April 1, 1847, Mary Given, b. Sept. 1822, daughter of Robert and Rebecca Evans Given, pioneers of Harrison county (had issue: i. Rebecca-J., d. aged fourteen years; ii. Robert, settled in Conneaut, Ohio; iii. John-W.;

iv. Ella-E., m. Samuel Milliken. and settled in Tuscarawas county, Ohio; v. Mary-Martha) ; 2. Elizabeth ; 3. Jemima; 4. Susanna; 5. Rachel; 6. Cynthia, m. ____ Layport; 7. Hannah, m. ____

Whitaker; 8. Martha, m. ____ Patterson. III. Charles, m. Frances Arnold; had issue, nine children. IV. Catharine, m. Henry Barnes. V. Susan, m. Gabriel Holland (see Holland Family). VI. Elizabeth, m. Archibald Virtue.


James Hoagland, father of Martha Conaway, was of Dutch descent; settled in Harrison county; his wife, Mary Hooey, Was of Irish descent; had issue, among others: 1. Martha, m. Michael Conaway (b. 1780); 2. Mary, m. Harvey Tumbleson; 3. Jane, settled in the South; 4. Ann, m. Piatt Martin. James Hoagland's brother, Aaron Hoagland, settled in Ashland county, Ohio; another brother, Moses, settled in Holmes county, Ohio.


PATRICK CONNOR, b. in Ireland, 1807; d. in Pennsylvania, 1890; m. Margaret Gallagher, b. 1813; d. 1889; had issue: 1. Bryan, b. 1835; settled at Salineville, Ohio, 1871; m. in England, Mary Morris, daughter of James Morris (had issue: i. James-V.); 2. Mary, m. ___ Cordy; 3. Margaret, m. ____ Whalen; 4. John, m. Mary McCann.


HIRAM CONWELL, a native of Virginia, of Scotch descent; settled in Harrison county before 1816; about 1830 he went to New Orleans, and never returned, having died, it is thought, of cholera, which was epidemic at that time; in Ohio he had married Mary Cady (b. 1790; d. July 8, 1865), a daughter of John and Margaret Parr (17611864) Cady; had issue, among others: 1. John, b. 1827, in Cadiz; served as an officer in both the Mexican and Civil Wars; he was one of a party that went to the gold fields of California in 1849, returning to Cadiz in 1851; m. (1st) October, 1848, Mary J. Gordon, a native of Ireland (had issue: i. Jesse-L.; Frances-May; iii. William-Henry, who died in infancy; iv. Charles-Emmett; v. Minnesota, m. Wesley Holmes, of Harrison county; vi. Caroline, m. John F. Kennedy; vii. Ella, m. (1st) Charles B. Pearce; m. (2d) Dr. Campbell); John Conwell m. (2d) Elizabeth McConnell, of Cadiz. Mrs. Mary Cady Conwell married (2d) Joseph Forker, by whom she had issue, surnamed Forker: 1. m. John Shauff; 2. Henry-G.. settled in Cadiz; 3. Mary-Jane, m. Dr. C. Thomas; settled in Des Moines, Iowa.


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JAMES COOKE, a native of Ireland (son of Robert Cooke, a native of Scotland, who removed to Ireland), emigrated to America and, about 1788, settled in Washington county, Penn., thence removed to Athens township, Harrison county, Ohio, about 1805; di. 1815; m. in Ireland, Nancy Moore, di. 1829; had issue: I. Mary, m. John Love. II. Elizabeth, m. John Henderson. III. Robert. IV. William. V. James. VI. John. VII. Thomas. VIII. George, b. in Washington county, Penn., May 5, 1804; settled in Athens township; m. July 10, 1824, Nancy Anderson, daughter of Col. William Anderson, an early settler in Cadiz township; had issue: 1. Nancy, m. William Gillespie, and settled in Guernsey county; 2. Melila, m. James Crossan; 3. Ruth-E., m. David McConaughey; 4. Mary; 5. Jane, m. Thomas Morrow; 6. James, b. Dec. 28, 1835; m. March 4,1858, Jane McCracken, daughter of William McCracken, of Belmont county; 7. William; 8. George; 9. John, settled in Bridgeport, Ohio; 10. Thomas, twin brother to John; 11. Mary-N., m. John H. Rourk; 12. Matilda, m. William Walker.


JOSEPH COOK, b. in Pennsylvania; settled in Freeport township about .1820; had issue: 1. Jesse, b. 1810; d. 1898; m. 1825, at Westchester, Ohio, Susanna Wilson, b. 1814; d. 1896; daughter of James Wilson (had issue: i. William, b. 1837; removed to Bloomington, Ill.; m. Temperance Perrgoy; T.-H.; settled in Scio); 2. Joseph, b. 1812; 3. David, b. 1815; 4. Jane.


WILLIAM C. COOPER, a native of England, emigrated to America and first settled in Pennsylvania; later removed to near Deesville, Harrison county, Ohio, where he died; his widow d. in Cadiz township; had issue: 1. Sarah, m. _____ Lafferty, and settled in Cadiz township; 2. William, settled in Carrollton, Ohio; 3. Benjamin; 4. Stephen, settled in Oregon; 5. John, settled in Rising Sun. Ohio; 6. Thomas, d. in the army; 7. Michael, removed to Indiana; 8. Louisa, m. John S. Clevender, and settled in Dakota; 9. Mary.


JOHN COPE, a native of Virginia (great grandson of Oliver Cope, who emigrated from Wiltshire, England, to Pennsylvania, 1687, and d. 1701), removed from Virginia to Belmont county, Ohio, in 1812; located in Short Creek township, Harrison county, in 1813, where he died; m. in Virginia, Grace Steer, b. 1763; d. March 30, 1885; had issue:


I. William, b. Aug. 1, 1796; d. in Iowa, Sept. 27, 1869. II. Joseph, b. in Virginia, Jan. 9, 1799; d. April 22, 1885; m. in Fayette county, Penn., 1825, Ruth Griffith, of Welsh descent, b. in Westmoreland county, Penn., Jan. 1, 1801; daughter of William and Sarah Cooke Griffith; had issue,: 1. Amos-A., settled in Powesheik county, Iowa; 2. Benjamin-T., b. May 15, 1828; m. 1855, Rachel Lukens, b. 1834, in Guernsey county, Ohio, daughter of Moses and Elizabeth Barber Lukens; 3. Israel, d. in infancy; 4. Oliver-G., b. Aug. 11, 1830; served in the Ohio Legislature, 1880-1881; m. March 6, 1856, Sarah Williams, d. May 19, 1859, daughter of Nathan and Sarah Williams, of Harrison county; 5. _____ d. in infancy. III. Isaac, b. Feb. 1, 1801; d. Dec. 19, 1883. IV. John, b. in Virginia, April 25, 1803; m. 1832, Mary Lukens, b. in Pennsylvania, Nov. 4, 1804; d. July 19, 1876; daughter of Moses and Sarah Lukens; had issue: 1. Sarah-T., b. June 2, 1833; 2. Lemuel, d. young; 3. Hiram, b. Dec. 16, 1843; m. 1872, Martha Thomas, daughter of Isaac and Anna Thomas, early settlers in Harrison county. V. James, b. Nov. 9, 1806; d. in Hopedale, Jan. 17, 1868.


Moses and Elizabeth Lukens, parents of Rachel Cope, removed to Harrison county from Guernsey county, in 1838. The father of Elizabeth Lukens was Samuel Barber, b. 1777; d. in Harrison county, in January, 1851; m. Ann Schooley, b. 1766; d. Oct. 1, 1863.


SAMUEL COPE, b. in Frederick county, Va., 1762; d. November, 1854; settled in Green township, 1823; m. in Frederick county, Va., 1797, Sarah Steer, b. Feb. 27, 1778; di. 1828; daughter of James and Abigal Steer; had issue: 1. John, b. 1799; 2. Elizabeth, b. 1801; 3. Susannah, b. 1803; m. 1830, Lloyd Case of Pennsylvania (had issue: i. James; ii. William; iii. Thomas; iv. Sarah-Elizabeth; v. Rhoda-Jane); 4. Abigail, b. 1805; 5. Joshua. b. 1808; 6. Jane, b. 1811; 7. Sarah, b. 1814: 8. Anna, b. 1816; 9. Mary, b. 1819; 10. Rachel, b. 1823.


JAMES COPELAND, a native of Ireland, emigrated to Pennsylvania and settled in Westmoreland county, thence


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removing to Wayne township, Jefferson county, Ohio, in 1800; had issue:


I. Thomas, b. in Westmoreland county, Penn., 1795; settled in Green township, Harrison county, Ohio, in 1814, where he d. 1879; m. Nancy Shepler; had issue: 1. Christina; 2. Mary; 3. Jacob; 4. Lucinda; 5. James, b. Sept. 4, 1823; settled in German township; m. 1846, Margaret Gutshall, daughter of Daniel and Mary Hospelhorn Gutshall, who settled in Harrison county, in 1800—the father served in the War of 1812—(had issue: i. Mary-M.; ii. Thomas-D.; iii. Nancy-J.; iv. Elizabeth-A.; v. Christina-L.; vi. Rebecca-S.; vii. Sarah-S.; viii. James-A.; ix. Emma-A.; x. Adaline; xi. Evaline, twin sister to Adaline last named; xii. Laura-B.; xiii. Samantha-M.); 6. Samuel; 7. Peter; 8. Joseph-L.; 9. John-M.; 10. Henry; 11. Thomas-F.; 12. George. II. James. III. Susan. IV. Samuel. V. Mary. VI. Jennie. VII. Joseph. VIII. Nancy. IX. John. X. Iba.


JOHN COPELAND, a native of Ireland, emigrated to America and settled in Maryland or Pennsylvania, whence, in 1805, he removed to Jefferson county, Ohio; d. 1840; m. Isabelle Leach, a native of Pennsylvania; had issue: 1. Samuel; 2. Thomas, b. in Jefferson county, Ohio; removed to Franklin township, Harrison county, Ohio, before 1837, where he d. July 4, 1877; m. in Harrison county, Nancy A. Dick; d. April 1, 1880, daughter of William Dick, a resident of Harrison county (had issue: i. Jane, m. John Hilton; ii. Isabelle, m. Nathaniel Lukens; iii. John; iv. Mary; v. William, b. Sept. 4, 1837; m. 1863, Mary Cruin, daughter of George Cruin, of Franklin township) ; 3. Joseph ; 4. James, b. in Maryland, Aug. 7, 1801; settled in Washington township, where he d. April 30, 1859; m. 1837, Mary A. Walters, daughter of Leonard and Rachel Ruby Walters, of Jefferson county (had issue: i. Thomas-W., b. in Franklin township, Aug. 25, 1838; settled in Washington township; served in the Civil War; was a prisoner at Andersonville; m. Aug. 29, 1869, Mary E. Ramsey, of Washington township; ii. Matilda; iii. Rachel; iv. Amanda; v. Isabelle; vi. Leonard; vii. S.-S.; viii. Nannie-E.; ix. John. served in the Civil War; d. about 1865) ; 5. David; 6. William, settled in Franklin township, where he d. 1870; m. 1833, in Harrison county, Mary Dempster, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Hunter Dempster, of Jefferson county (the former a native of Pensylvania; the latter a daughter of John Hunter, who settled in Jefferson county in 1820); (had issue: i. John-W.; ii. William-D., b. Jan. 8, 1836; m. March 10, 1867, Lucy Burns, daughter of John M. and Elizabeth Hilbert Burns; iii. Joseph; iv. Albert; v. Elizabeth; vi. Isabelle; vii. Mary-M.; viii. Margaret-J.); 7. Archibald.


John M. Burns, father of Lucy Burns Copeland, was a native of Westmoreland county, Penn.; removed to Smithfield, Jefferson county, Ohio; afterward settled in German township, Harrison county; m. Elizabeth Hilbert, daughter of John Hilbert; had issue: 1. Frances-Samantha, m. Alexander Henderson; 2. Letitia, m. Joseph Courtright; 3. Lomida, m. Henry Taylor; 4. Lucy, m. William D. Copeland.


Leonard Walters, father of Mary Walters Copeland, was an early settler in Jefferson county; m. Rachel Ruby; had issue: 1. Thomas; 2. Joseph; 3. Mary-A., m. James Copeland; 4. Catharine; 5. Martha; 6. Maria.


ROBERT COTTLTER, a native of county Antrim, Ireland; emigrated to America and settledwith three brothers in Chester county, Penn., 1780-1790; thence removed to Lancaster county, Penn.; m. Isabella Mayes, a native of the North of Ireland, daughter of Joseph Mayes, who after the death of her first husband, m. Robert McCoy; removed, in 1816 to Jefferson county, Ohio; thence in 1828 to Perry township, Tuscarawas county, Ohio, where she d. June, 1849; had issue: 1. Andrew, b. June 14, 1796, in Lancaster county, Penn.; d. Sept. 30, 1872, at Smithfield, Ohio; removed in 1816 to Jefferson county, Ohio; m. (1st) Jane Reed. a native of Jefferson county; m. (2d) June 9, 1844, Nancy Mayes, b. Sept. 15, 1815; d. June 17, 1859; had issue, among others: 1. Robert-McCoy, b. March 19, 1849, near Bethel, Ohio; a Presbyterian minister; m. Sept. 27, 1881, Janet E. McCoy, daughter of Matthew McCoy, of Archer township, Harrison county.


Joseph Mayes, father of Nancy Mayes Coulter, was b. June 6, 1785, in Washington county, Penn., of Scotch-Irish descent; settled near Folks' Station,


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Green township, Harrison county, where he d. Dec. 29, 1845; m. Sarah Miller, daughter of John Miller, of Beech Spring, Ohio.


WILLIAM COULTRAP, a native of Virginia, of Scottish descent, settled in Stock township, Harrison county, Ohio, in 1816, where he d. 1823; m. in Virginia, Mary Woods; d. 1842; had issue: 1. William, b. in Virginia, 1800; d. 1845; m. in Jefferson county, Sarah Moore; b. 1796; d. Sept. 8, 1889 (had issue: i. Nathaniel; ii. Nancy; iii. Mary; iv. Richard-M., b. 1840; m. Mary E. Moore; v. David; vi. Ruth; vii. Oliver; viii. Nathan; ix. William; x. Susannah; xi. Margaret; xii. Charles); 2. Henry; 3. David; 4. Matthew; 5. Elizabeth, m. ____ Hall; 6. Sarah, m. _____ McGeel; 7. Margaret, m. ____ Hall.


JOHN COURTRIGHT, b. in New Jersey, Sept. 7, 1774; removed to Washington county, Penn., and thence to near the present site of Salineville, Columbiana county, Ohio, before 1809; had issue:


I. Jacob-V. II. James. III. Samuel, b. April 30, 1809; removed in 1829 to Carrollton, Ohio, later to Short Creek township, Harrison county, and in 1856 to Smithfield, Jefferson county; m. (1st) 1829, Frances Zollars; d. 1862; daughter of Frederick Zollars, of Harrison county; m. (2d) 1867, 'Mary E. Stonebraker; had issue by first wife: 1. James; 2. Franklin; 3. Z.-Z., b. July 12, 1832; settled in Freeport in 1875; m. 1858, Mary A. Crew; 4. Vail, settled in Illinois; 5. Mary-Jane, m. George D. Walcott; 6. Charles; 7. Ann-Rebecca, m. Thomas Penny; 8. John; 9. Sarah, m. William Carrick; 10. William, settled in Franklin; 11. Joseph-W., b. Jan. 6, 1847, in Short Creek township; settled in Freeport township; served in the Civil War; m. (1st) Sept. 28, 1866, Letitia Burns; d. Aug. 17, 1875; daughter of John M. Burns; m. (2d) Oct. 15, 1881, Laura Steadman, of Freeport; 12. Melissa, m. Wilson Lugar. IV. Isaac. V. William. VI. Milo. VII. Judith. VIII. Rebecca.


GEORGE COX, see Family of David Smylie.


PETER CRABTREE, a native of England, emigrated to America and first settled in western Pennsylvania; removed to Rush Creek, Jefferson county, Ohio, where he remained until about 1812, and then settled in Nottingham township, Harrison county, Ohio, where he d. 1829; had issue:


I. Rhoda. II. Sarah. III. Rachel. IV. Ann. V. Amy. VI. Cornelius. VII. Gabriel. VIII. William, b. in Pennsylvania, about 1795; m. Rachel Moore, b. about 1811; daughter of Loami Moore, who served in the Revolutionary War; had issue: 1. Sarah; 2. Keziah; 3. John-D., b. June 12, 1825; in. May 27, 1847, Elizabeth Moore, b. Feb. 6, 1829, in Moorefield township, Harrison county, daughter of David and Sarah Kidwell Moore (had issue: L William; ii. Sarah; iii. Martha; iv. Gabriel; v. Mary; vi. Edmond; vii. Elmer); 4. Loami; 5. Gabriel; 6. Shepard; 7. James, served in the Civil War; 8. William, served in the Civil War; 9. Peter; 10. Mary-A.


WALTER CRAIG, a native of Ireland, of Scotch descent, settled at West Middletown, Washington county, Penn., about 1791; m. in Ireland, Jane McCleon; had issue:


I. David. II. Thomas. III. Ann, b. 1780; d. Aug. 30, 1847; m. John Jamison (see Jamison Family). IV. Rebecca. V. William. VI. John, b. in Ireland, Aug. 1, 1775; emigrated to America with his parents, and afterwards settled at Hardscrabble (now West Alexander), Penn., removed in 1803 to Green township, Harrison county, Ohio, where he d. Aug. 22, 1825; m. in Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Johnson, b. June 23, 1781; d.. Feb. 28, 1864; had issue: 1. Jane, b. June 14, 1802; 1890; in. Joshua Hamilton; 2. Johnson, b. in Green township, Dec. 19, 1803; d. 1888; in. 1834, Martha Thompson, b. 1810; d. July 16, 1890; a daughter of Samuel Thompson of Green township (had issue: i. John, d. in infancy; ii. Thompson; settled in Nebraska; iii. Rachel.' A., in. George W. Brown; settled in Nebraska; iv. Eliza-J., in. M. K. Turner, and settled in Nebraska; v. William-S.; settled in Nebraska; vi. John-A., b. May 6, 1852; m. Oct. 20, 1881, Elizabeth J. Mills, daughter of James and Nancy Davis Mills); 3. Rachel, b. Sept. 16, 1805; d. Aug. 22, 1825; 4. Mary, b. July 16, 1808; m. Nathaniel Gilmore; settled in Ford county. Ill.; 5. Ann. b. Feb. 22, 1811; d. Feb. 27, 1887; m. James Tag-


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gart; 6. Rebecca, b. July 27, 1813; m. Andrew Patterson, of Pickaway county, Ohio; 7. William, b. March 15, 1816; d. Feb. 8, 1872, in Fulton county, Illinois; 8. Walter, b. July 4, 1819; m. (1st) 1844, Jane Moore, b. 1824; d. 1859; daughter of William and Sarah Moore, of Green township; m. (2d) 1860, Hannah Henderson, d. 1879; m. (3d) Florence Welch, daughter of William Welch (had issue by first wife: i. Sarah-Jane, d. aged thirteen years; ii. Amanda, m. Cassius M. Nichols; iii. John, settled in Nebraska; iv. Elizabeth, m. W. H. Oglevee, and settled in Illinois; had issue by second wife: v. William; vi. , d. in infancy); 9. John, b. July 31, 1822; d. Sept. 16, 1825. VII. Walter. VIII. Jane. IX. Susan.


EDWARD CRAWFORD, b. in Virginia, about 1760; d. in Archer township, Harrison county, 1831; removed there from Brooke county, West Virginia, in March, 1806; m. Mary Wiggins, b.1770; d.1864; daughter of Edward and Charity Wiggins, of Brooke county; had issue: 1. Ellen, m. James Hagerty; 2. Mary, m. James Harper; 3. Alexander, d. in Carroll county; 4. Thomas, b. Dec. 3, 1804, in Brooke county, Va.; removed with his parents to Archer township; m. (1st) 1829, Jane Kelly, daughter of Hugh and Mary Kelly, residents of Cadiz;_ m. (2d) March 5, 1839, Mrs. Eleanor Forbes, widow of Joseph Forbes, a former resident of Harrison county (had issue by first wife: i. Hugh; ii. Edward; iii. Isabella; iv. Thomas; had issue by second wife: v. John-A.; vi. Elizabeth; vii. Jane; viii. Robert; ix. James-F.; x. Jason); 5. Isabella, m. William Welch; 6. Charlotta; 7. Josiah; 8. Nancy, m. William Lewis; settled in Holmes county; 9. Margaret; 10. Elizabeth, m. Joseph McGonigal; 11. John, b. in Archer township, Nov. 29, 1816; m. in 1849, Elizabeth Hedges, b. 1827; d. 1877; daughter Of Samuel and Prudy Hedges (had issue: i. Mary, m. Hamilton Lisle, of Archer township; ii. Samuel-E., b. in Archer township, 1853; settled in Cadiz township; m. 1874, Emma E. Barrett, a native of Nottingham township, daughter of William H. Barrett; iii. Alexander; settled in Archer township; iv. Harriet, d. 1878; v. Martha, m. John Holland, of Cadiz; vi. Margaret) ; 12. Harriet, m. Matthew McCoy, of Archer

township. Alexander Wiggins, the father of Edward Wiggins, was of Scotch descent, having come to America from the North of Ireland a short time before Edward was born. Edward Wiggins died in Virginia.


ROBERT CREE, a native of Pennsylvania, m. Elizabeth Villars, b. in Pennsylvania, Oct. 12, 1763; daughter of John and Mary Villars; had issue:

I. Ann, b. Nov. 13, 1788.

II. Mary, b. Dec. 17, 1789.

III. Janet, b. Feb. 5, 1790.

IV. Robert, b. April 12, 1791.

V. George, b. Dec. 28, 1793.

VI. Eleanor, b. April 20, 1795.

VII. John, b. Sept. 18, 1796.

VIII. James, b. in Pennsylvania, May 12, 1798; d. May 16, 1859; removed to Freeport township, Harrison county, Ohio, about 1817; m. Dec. 27, 1817, Sarah Woods, b. March 10, 1803; d. Sept. 23, 1860; had issue: 1. William-A., b. Dec. 31, 1818; d. Oct. 17, 1881; 2. Elijah-W., b. April 22, 1826; d. Oct. 17, 1843; 3. James-H., b. Aug. 29, 1829; d. Dec. 6, 1855; 4. John-W., b, Jan. 30, 1832; 5. ____ , b. April 24, 1833; d. in infancy; 6. Thomas-M., b. April 24, 1835; m. March 6, 1859, Caroline A. Grant, b. Nov. 20, 1839; daughter of Mead and Elizabeth Grant, of Carroll county, Ohio; the former d. June 7, 1883; the latter d. Feb. 8, 1886; 7. Sarah-J., b. May 20, 1837; 8. George-W., b. April 4, 1839; 9. Robert-B., b. Nov. 5, 1841; served in the Civil War; d. May 10, 1863, in the army; 10. Mary-M., b. Sept. 7, 1844; 11. Elizabeth-V., b. June 16, 1847.


ROBERT CROSKEY, a native of Ireland, emigrated to America and later, in 1802, removed to Green township, Harrison county, Ohio; had issue:


I. William. IL John, b. in New Jersey, Oct. 7, 1775; d. March 16, 1862; m. in Pennsylvania, Feb. 9, 1801, Catherine Fry, b. June 25, 1781; d. in Iowa, Jan. 22, 1863; daughter of Samuel Fry, a resident of Pennsylvania; had issue: 1. John, b. April 19, 1802; d. Oct. 20, 1867; m. Esther _____ ; 2. Christina, b. Feb. 13, 1804; 3. Rachel, b. Feb. 22, 1806; 4. Samuel-F., b. Dec. 11, 1808; 5. Sarah, b. Jan. 12, 1811; 6. Jackson, b. Feb. 6, 1815; d. Feb. 7, 1890; 7. William, b. Oct. 11, 1817; m. Jan. 16, 1840, Susan Baxter, b. May 11, 1822, daughter of Samuel P. Baxter, a pioneer of Green township


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(had issue:- i. Nancy-Jane, b. June 25, 1841; m. Edward Hall; ii. Clarinda, b. Oct. 9, 1846; m. Rezin B. Mansfield; iii. Louisa-Caroline, b. Sept. 9, 1848; d. June 28, 1869; iv. Susan-Amanda, b. .Feb. 7, 1856; m. William F. Houser); 8. Abraham, b. Jan. 24, 1820; settled in Chicago; m. Mary Phillips, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth William Phillips (had issue: i. Thomas, m. Martha Osburn).


WILLIAM CROSKEY, b. in Ireland', 1795; d. 1873; son of Robert Croskey, who emigrated to Maryland, in 1775; removed to Washington county, Penn., and thence, in 1812, to Green township, Harrison county, Ohio; m. 1848, Margaret Crabb, of Jefferson county, Ohio; had issue: 1. Robert; 2. Margaret, m. James Thompson; 3. Henry, settled in McLean county, Ill.; 4. Anna, m. John Clifford, and settled in Green township; 5. Mary, m. George McFadden; 6. Sarah,

m. Thomas Groves, of Jefferson county; 7. John, died in infancy; 8. ____ ; 9. ____


THOMAS CRUMLEY, a native of Virginia, b. Dec. 31, 1776; d. July 3, 1861; settled near what is now the village of Harrisville, Harrison county, Ohio, in 1802, coming into Ohio with the Dickersons and Dunlaps; m. in West Virginia, Elizabeth Gardner, of English descent; d. 1856; had issue: 1. Samuel; 2. Sarah; 3. Mary, m. Joshua Dickerson; 4. William; 5. Thomas; 6. Ira, b. Oct. 7, 1809; settled near Freeport, in Washington township; m. Jan. 31, 1840, Jane Dickerson (had issue: i. Mary-E., m. David McFadden, and settled in Iowa; ii. Sarah, m. William Wilson, and settled in Freeport, Harrison county; iii. Hiram; iv. Clara; v. Thomas, m. Oct. 9, 1888, Abbie Kirkpatrick, daughter of. G. W. Kirkpatrick, of Moorefield township, Harrison county); 7. Elizabeth; 8. John; 9. Hannah, m. _____ Glazener; 10. James; 11. Aaron-W.; 12. Emily, m. ____ Barkhurst; 13. Joseph; 14. David.


ROBERT CULBERTSON, b. in Ireland, 1743; emigrated to Ohio in 1811, and settled one mile northeast of New Athens, in what is now Harrison county, Ohio, where he died Dec. 22-24,

1840; m. (1st) in Ireland, _____ ; m. (2d) in Ireland, ____ ; d. aged sixty-seven; had issue by first wife:

I. James. II. John. III. Samuel. IV. Ezekiel; had issue by second wife: V. Thomas. VI. Robert.. VII. Benjamin. VIII. William. IX. Hugh. X. Joseph. XI. George, settled in Muskingum county, Ohio. XII. Annie, m. Thomas Pollock, and settled in Guernsey county, Ohio. XIII. Mary, d. aged eight. XIV. Gillespie, b. in Athens township, October, 1816; m. (1st) Dec. 17, 1840, Dorcas Holt, of Guernsey county, b. 1818; d. Aug. 15, 1865; m. (2d) Nov. 8, 1866, Eliza J. Duncan, a native of Guernsey county, daughter of James Duncan (d. 1835), and Elizabeth McKinney. Duncan (d. 1861); had issue by first wife: 1. John, b. Sept. 20, 1841, in Athens township; m. Nov. 8, 1866, Sarah Jane McDowell, b. 1845; d. 1890; daughter of William and Hannah Watters McDowell, early settlers in Athens township; 2. Mary, m. Jeremiah Brown, of Monroe township; 3. Sarah-Ann, m. F. M. Cooper, and settled in New Athens; 4. Robert, d. aged seventeen; had, issue by second wife: 4. Dorcas-Eliza, m. Samuel A. Kirkland.


JOHN CUNNINGHAM, a native of Ireland, of Scottish descent, emigrated to America, and first settled at Baltimore; thence removed to Fayette and Westmoreland counties, Penn.; d. in Westmoreland county, April 19, 1797; m. Elizabeth ____ , d. in Westmoreland county, March 2, 1816; had issue: I. James, b. 1780; d. at Mansfield, Ohio, 1870; served as a captain in the War of 1812. II. Ezekiel, m. Feb. 25, 1813, Mary Dregoo; settled near Chillicothe, Ross county, Ohio. III. David, b. May 6, 1783; d. May 27, 1849; m. (1st) Dec. 23, 1806, in Fayette county. Penn., Mary McLaughlin, b. Sept. 28, 1782; d. April 6, 1829; daughter of John and Elizabeth McLaughlin; m. (2d) Ann Barricklow, b. May 8, 1808; d. Aug. 13, 1887; had issue by first wife: 1. John, b. Oct, 29, 1808; d. Aug. 18, 1870; m. Feb. 3, 1829, Nancy Sharp. b. 1810; d. Oct. 10, 1875; daughter of William (d. 1835) and Mary McFadden Sharp, who removed from Hopewell township (?), Washington county, Penn., to Harrison county (had issue: I. Mary, m. 1850, Eldred Glencairn Holliday, son of Robert and Eliza White Holliday; ii. David, b. March 1, 1837; m. 1859, Laura Phillips, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Williams Phillips, natives of Chester


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county, Penn., who settled at Cadiz about 1820-25. IV. Joseph, d. May 18, 1807. V. Robert, d. in West Virginia.


EMANUEL CUSTER, d. at Jessups, Maryland, of which State he was a native, aged over one hundred years; removed to Harrison county, Ohio, early in the century, afterwards returning to Maryland; had issue:


I. John, a native of Frederick county; Md., d. at Cresaptown, Allegany county, that State, 1830; had issue, among others: 1. Emanuel-H., b. at Cresaptown, Dec. 10, 1806; removed to Rumley, Harrison county, Ohio, about 1824, and later, to Monroe, Mich.; m. (1st) Aug. 7, 1828, Matilda Viers, d. July 18, 1834; m. (2d) Feb. '23, 1836, Mrs. Mary Ward Kirkpatrick, b. near Burgettstown, Washington county, Penn., May 31, 1807; daughter of Thomas and Sarah Ward, of Cross Creek township (she m. 1st, Israel R. Kirkpatrick, and by him had issue: • i. David; settled in Wood county, Ohio; ii. Lydia-A., m. David Reed, and settled at Monroe, Mich.) (had issue by first wife, three children, of whom: i. Brice-V., settled at Columbus, Ohio; had issue by second wife: iv. George-Armstrong, b. Dec. 5, 1839; served as general in the Civil War, and afterwards killed by the Indians at the battle of the Little Big Horn, June 25, 1876; m. Feb. 9, 1864, Elizabeth Bacon, daughter of Judge Daniel S. Bacon, of Monroe, Mich.; v. Nevin, b. July 29, 1842; settled near Monroe, Mich.; vi. Thomas-Ward, b. March 15, 1845; lieutenant U. S. A.; killed at battle of the Little Big Horn, June 25, 1876; vii. Boston, b. Oct. 31, 1848; killed at the battle of the Little Big Horn, June 25, 1876; viii. Margaret-Emma, b. June 5, 1852; m. Lieut. ____ Calhoun, killed at the battle of the Little Big Horn, June 25, 1876).


II. Jacob, b. 1790, at Jessups, Md.; d. 1862, in Rumley township, Harrison county, where he had settled before 1816; m. Sarah Webster, b. 1798; d. 1835; daughter of William Webster, a pioneer of Ohio; had issue: 1. William-Webster, b. in New Rumley, July 1, 1816; settled at Scio, about 1850; m. in New Hagerstown, Frances Amelia Phelps, b. in Massachusetts, daughter of Eben and Mary Kibbee Phelps, who settled in Franklin (now Kent), Portage county, Ohio, when Frances was five years old; (had issue: i. Mary-E., m. Dr. D. J. Snyder; ii. Caroline-A., m. W. N. McCormick; settled in Florida; iii. James-A., served in Civil War; killed at Mount Sterling, Ky.; iv. Albert-O., b. 1850; d. April 1, 1870, in Steubenville, Ohio; v. Clarence-P.); 2. Alexander, d. aged four years; 3. Stewart-F., settled in Connotton, Harrison county; 4. John; 5. Henry-L., settled in—New Philadelphia; 6. Robert, settled in Scio; 7. Isaac, settled in Westerville, Ohio; 8. Vincent, d. in infancy.


III. Emanuel, d. in Maryland.


IV. Charlotte, b. 1796; d. 1854; m. Robert Cummings, b. 1789; d. 1823.


V. Susan, m. John Hendricks.


VI. Mary, m. Joseph Cummings.


ROBERT DAVIDSON, a native of Pennsylvania, removed to Green township, Harrison county, in 1802; m. about 1804, _____ Croskey, sister of John Croskey, with whom he came to Ohio; had issue: 1. Margaret; 2. Elizabeth; 3. Robert; 4. James; 5. Rachel; 6. William, b. 1822; removed to Iowa in 1877; m. Oct. 10, 1849, Christian Shepler, daughter of Samuel Shepler, of Green township (had issue: i. Samuel-F., b. March 19, 1850; m. Nov. 18, 1869, Caroline M. Bell, daughter of Francis Bell, a resident of Wayne township, Jefferson county, Ohio; ii. James-H.); 7. Mary.


SAMUEL DAVIDSON, b. in Allegany county, Md., 1771; was one of a family of thirteen children; his father was a native of Ireland', who emigrated to Maryland; settled in Washington township, Harrison county, Ohio, in 1812, where a cousin had preceded him; m. Mary Drake, a native of Pennsylvania; had issue:


I. Lewis. II. Jesse. III. Jonah, b. in Allegany county, Md., July 4, 1804; d. June 16, 1889; m. 1829, Sarah Joice, d. 1859; had issue: 1. Eliza, b. in Washington township, Oct. 26, 1832; m. Aug. 4, 1864, James Wilson; d. 1873; son of James and Sarah Brock Wilson, natives of Virginia, who were among the early settlers of Moorefield township. IV. Mary. V. Hannah. VI. Nancy.


WILLIAM DAVIDSON, b. Nov. 20, 1747, son of William Davidson, a native of Ireland, who settled in Pennsylvania before the Revolutionary War; m. (1st) Rosanna Hutchinson, a native of


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Wales; m. (2d) Barbara McDale (by whom he had issue, five sons and three daughters); had issue by first wife, three sons and two daughters, of whom:


I. Lewis, b. March 23, 1773, in Fayette county, Penn.; removed in 1801 to the present site of Catlettsburg, Kentucky; a' year later located 'on the French grant, in Selo county, Ohio, where he remained until 1809, and thence removed to Freeport, Harrison county, Ohio; served in the War of 1812; m. his cousin, Mary Davidson, b. in Allegany county, Md., Sept. 23, 1778, daughter of Lewis and' Nancy Todd, Davidson; the former was a brother of William Davidson, Jr.; the latter a native of England. Lewis and Mary Davidson were m. in Fayette county, Penn., in July, 1798; had issue: 1. William; 2. Nancy, d. in Scioto county, Ohio; 3. Rosanna, d. in Scioto county; 4. John-S.; 5. Mordecai-W.; 6. Lewis- H., b. 1809, in Scioto county; removed with his parents to Harrison county; settled in Freeport township, Harrison county; was licensed to preach Feb. 8, 1845; m. Jan. 7, 1830, near Moorefield, Harrison county, Lucinda Latham, b. Sept. 18, 1810, in Fauquier county, Va. (had issue: i. Isaiah, d. in infancy; ii. Lucy, d. in infancy; iii. Sarah, d. in infancy; iv. James-M., killed Sept. 20, 1863, in the battle of Chickamauga; v. Mary, m. ____ McPeck, and settled near Jewett, Harrison county; vi. Latham-A., settled in West Milford, Harrison county, W. Va.; vii. Alexander-J., settled in Tucson, Ariz.); 7. Susanna; 8. Mary; 9. Jesse; 10. Thomas-L.; 11. Joseph-C.; 12. Jonathan-S.


JESSE DE LONG (son of Solomon De Long), of French descent, b. about 1776, on Short Creek, Jefferson county, Ohio, where his parents came from Pennsylvania; d. near Dennison, Ohio, May 8, 1882; his family served in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812; removed to Tuscarawas county, Ohio, where he m. Nancy Wagner; afterward settled near Dennison; had issue, among others: 1. Espy, b. May 11, 1832; removed to Monroe township, Harrison county, Ohio, 1872; served in the Civil War; m. March 6, 1864, Sarah A. Carmack, b. May 1, 1847, in Canal Dover, Ohio, daughter of Jacob and Clarissa Carmack, natives of Maryland.


DANIEL DEWEY, b. in Lebanon, Conn., June 19, 1731; d. March 9, 1816; served' as ensign, lieutenant, and captain in Company 4, Twelfth Connecticut Militia, 1767 to 1772; a personal friend of " Brother Jonathan " Trumbull (Governor of Connecticut); m. Feb. 22, 1753, Temperance Bailey, b. Feb. 2, 1731; d. March 31, 1795; daughter of Isaac and Abigail Hunt Bailey; had issue, nine children (Temperance, Esther, Daniel, Eliphalet, Philena, Ebenezer, Joshua, Experience, and Anna), of whom:


I. Eliphalet, b. at Lebanon, Conn., Dec. 13, 1762; d. at Cadiz, 1838; removed to Hartwick, Conn, 1798, where he was instrumental in building Hartwick Seminary; emigrated to Ohio in 1835, where he joined his son, Chauncey, who had. preceded him; m. at Lebanon, Conn., Aug. 25, 1793, Rachel Ann Hyde, b. Dec. 3, 1761, at Norwich West Farms, Conn.; d. at Cadiz, 1847; daughter of Silas and, Martha Waterman Hyde; had issue, nine children (Eliphalet, Susan, Lucy-Williams, Martha, Chauncey, Josiah, Henry, Harriet and Silas), of whom: 1. Chauncey, b. March 27, 1796, at Norwich West Farms, d. Feb. 15, 1880; removed to Cadiz, September, 1821; m. Feb. 11, 1823, Nancy Pritchard, b. Oct. 27, 1804, at Uniontown, Pa.; d. Sept. 6, 1897; daughter of John and Sarah Bromfield Pritchard (the former a native of Wales, b. 1775; d. 1844; the latter b. 1782); (had issue: i. Eliphalet-C., b. Dec. 16, 1823; d. 1886; m. 1845, Virginia Affleck; Harriet-Eliza, b. 1825; d. 1831; iii. Henry, b. 1828; d. 1830; iv. John-Henry, b. 1830; d. 1848; v. Orville-C., b. Nov. 12, 1833; m. 1868, Elizabeth Good Tingle; vi. Mary-Pritchard, b. March 6, 1836; d. 1869; m. 1857, Edward Fulton Moffett; vii. Martha, b. 1839; d. 1840; viii. Charles-Paulson, b. Oct. 24, 1843; m. (1st) Emma Scott; m. (2d) Mrs. Gertrude Osborne Jewett; ix. Albert-B., b. 1846; m. 1880, Louise Shufeldt, of Chatham, N. Y.; x. Clara-Hyde, m. Charles Mather Hogg. Daniel Dewey (1731-1816) was the son of John (b. 1700; d. at Lebanon, Conn., 1774) and Experience Woodward Dewey (m. 1726); grandson of Josiah (b. 1666 at Northampton, Mass.) and Mehitable Miller Dewey (m. 1691); and great-grandson of. Josiah (b. at Windsor, Conn., 1641, where he was a fellow-townsman of President Grant's


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immigrant ancestor, Matthew Grant) and Hepzibah Lyman (daughter of Richard and Hepzibah Ford Lyman) Dewey. Josiah Dewey, last named, was the son of Thomas Dewey (b. about 1597, at Sandwich, Kent county, England) who immigrated to Dorchester (now South Boston), Mass., in 1630, on the vessel, " Mary and John," with Matthew Grant and others, whence he removed to Connecticut, in 1635, and helped to found the town of Windsor.


ASA DICKERSON, b. 1814; d. 1864; a native of Washington county, Penn., probably of the immediate family of John or Henry Dickerson; removed to Harrison county, Ohio, where he m, Jane Dunlap, b. in Harrison county, 1814; d. 1873; had issue: 1. Samuel-D.; settled at Peabody, Kan.; 2. William-H.; 3. Sarah-J., m. Adam Dunlap; 4. Lydia-E., m. J. E. Carnahan, and settled in Pawnee county, Neb.; 5. Dunlap, d. in the army during the Civil War; 6. Granville, settled at Maryville, Mo.; 7. Rebecca-Caroline, in. Joseph McFadden Hamilton; 8. Adam-J., settled in Lyons, Kan.


JOHN DICKERSON and HENRY DICKERSON settled in Amwell (now Franklin) township, Washington county, before 1780, John apparently having come from Dunbar (now Tyrone) township, Fayette county, where his name appears on the tax-list in 1772, and where Joshua Dickerson (1740-1827) had settled about 1770; Joshua and John were doubtless brothers, and Henry may have been a third brother, although more probably the son of John.


John Dickerson d. in Washington county in 1785 (before March), leaving a widow, Ruth (d. before December, 1807), and children, of whom the following were mentioned in his will, written more than seven years before his death: 1. Susannah; 2. Henry (may have been the Henry mentioned below); 3. Gideon, d. unm. September-November, 1789; 4. Baruch; 5. Asa, d. January, 1794; m. Lydia _____ (had issue: i. John; ii. William, d. 1860; m. (1st) Sarah Jolly; m. (2d) Martha Clark); 6. Drusilla.


Henry Dickerson, of Morris township, d. before Aug. 13, 1825; m. Ann _____. had issue: 1. Joshua, b. in Washington county, May 3, 1781; d. April 30, 1853; in. (1st) Margaret McPherson; m. (2d) Cornelia Craig (had issue: i. Joshua-D.; ii. Nancy; iii. Alexander; iv. John, b. April 13, 1810; d. April 10, 1865; m. [1st] Mary Adams, daughter of Robert; m. [2d] Mary Johnson; v. Jane, m. Samuel Walters; vi. Ruth, m. Lewis Barker; vii. Henry; viii. Lydia, m. Howard Trusell; ix. Margaret, m. William Hazlett; x. Matilda); 2. George; 3. Gideon, in. Eliza Gunn, and removed to Ohio; 4. Henry, m. Catharine Beck, and removed to Illinois; 5. Leonard, m. Susan Wolf, and removed to Ohio; 6. Asa; 7. Margaret, m. ____ McLaughlin; 8. Ruth, m. ____ Reynolds.


JOSHUA DICKERSON, b. 1740; d. in Fayette county, Penn., Oct. 10, 1827; came from New Jersey; settled on what is now called Dickerson's Run, in Dunbar township, near East Liberty, Fayette county, Penn., about 1770; here, in 1780, he built a grist-mill on the site of the mill now owned by the Oglevee brothers; from this settlement and its vicinity emigrated to Harrison county the families of Dunlap, Oglevee, Barricklow, Rankin, and others; Joshua Dickerson had six sons, Thomas, William, John, Joshua, Levi, and Eli, all of whom removed to Ohio near the beginning of the present century. Joshua Dickerson also had, among other daughters, one, Sarah, who in. Samuel Dunlap; of the sons:


Eli, b. 1768; d. in Harrison county, Nov. 24, 1834; m. Mary ____ , b. 1776; d. April 28, 1831.


Thomas, b. May 19, 1764; d. Dec. 24, 1852; in. in Fayette county, Mary Curry, b. Jan. 16, 1766; d. March 30, 1853; emigrated to Harrison county about 1802, and settled at the present site of Dickerson's church; had issue:


I. Baruch, b. May 21, 1786; d. Oct. 2, 1824; m. in Harrison county, Elizabeth Holmes, b. near Wellsburg, W. Va., daughter of William Holmes and sister of Joseph Holmes; served as a captain in the War of 1812; had issue: 1. Joshua, b. Nov. 9, 1808; m. (1st) 1834, Elizabeth Crumley (d. 1839), whose parents removed from Western Virginia to Harrison county early in the century; m. (2d) Mary Elliott, b. Dec. 10, 1820, daughter of Samuel (d. 1828) and Nancy Grimes (d. 1830) Elliott, of Belmont county (had issue by second wife: i. Aaron-M., b. 1845; d. 1875; ii.


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Baruch, b. 1846; d. 1864; iii. Thomas; settled near Flushing, Ohio; iv. Sarah; v: Elizabeth; vi. Theodore;. vii. Samuel, d: in infancy; viii. Hiram, settled near New Athens; ix. Charles, settled in Colorado); 2. Susanna, m. Edward Lafferty; 3. Mary, d. in infancy; 4. Thomas; 5. Mary, m. Arrison Shotwell, and settled at Glenville, Ohio; 6. Jane, m. Ira Crumley, and settled in Washington township; 7. William-Wilson, b. April 12, 1818; settled in Athens township; m. Oct. 17, 1839, Susan McCoy, daughter of Thomas McCoy, of Athens township (had issue: i. Baruch, d. in infancy; ii. Thomas, d. in infancy; iii. Hannah; iv. Granville; v. Winfield; vi. William; vii. Elizabeth; viii. Clara; ix. Alvin); 8. Elizabeth, m. Daniel Clemens; 9. Baruch, d. in infancy.


.II. Joshua, b. in Fayette county, Penn.; d. April 12, 1850; m. Sarah Dunlap, b. 1779; d. Feb. 25, 1871; had issue: 1. Rebecca, m. Samuel Porter; 2. Joshua; 3. Adam; 4. John, b. Aug. 10, 1810; d. Feb. 20, 1878; m. Elizabeth McFadden, d. March 21, 1887, daughter of Samuel McFadden of Cadiz township (had issue: i. Joshua; b. Dec. 15, 1832; ii. Elizabeth, b. March 2, 1834; m. Thompson McFadden; iii. Sarah, b. Sept. 24, 1836; m. Jacob Webb; iv. Jane, b. April 24, 1838; m. Hiram Lafferty; v. Samuel-C., b. May 19, 1840; vi. John-J., b. April 29, 1842; vii. Rebecca, b. Nov. 16, 1843; m. Joshua Dickerson; viii. Margaret, b. March 20, 1845; in. Samuel B. Porter; ix. William-N., b. Dec. 3, 1846; settled near New Athens; m. Oct. 14, 1880, Mary B. McFadden, b.

July 19, 1857, daughter of Robert and Rebecca Dunlap. McFadden; x. James-M., b. Dec. 2, 1848; xi. Susan-C., b. Dec. 26, 1851; m. Gilmer Richey; xii. Mary A., b. May 2, 1853; m. Watson Dunlap); 5. Susan; 6. Sarah; 7. William, b. Oct. 7,1.815; m. (1st) 1838, Jane Lafferty, b. 1817; d. Sept. 11, 1864; daughter of Samuel Lafferty, of Moorefield township; m. (2d) Mary McMillan; m. (3d) 1881, Margaret Bartow (had issue by first wife: i. Samuel; ii. Joshua, b. Sept. 2, 1842; m. 1864, Rebecca Dickerson, daughter of John and Elizabeth McFadden Dickerson; iii. William, settled in Moorefield township; iv. John, settled in Illinois; v. Joseph-B., b. Oct. 30, 1848; m. 1874, Mary Barrett, daughter of Erasmus Barrett, of Cadiz township; vi. Margaret, m. John Dickerson. and settled in Kansas; vii. Sarah, m. ____ Scott; viii. Mary, m. John Lafferty; ix. Edward); 8. Mary, m. William Knee; 9. Jane, twin sister to Mary.


III. Thomas, settled in Harrison county.


IV. John.


V. Joseph, b. 1796; d. in New Athens, 1877; m. (2d) Mrs. Sarah Ann Cannon Mills, b. July 27, 1820.


VI. Eli.

VII. Levi.

VIII. Hiram.

IX. Jane.

X. Susan.


JOHN DOWNS, a native of Ireland; settled in Pennsylvania before 1800; removed to Carroll county, Ohio, where he died; had issue, among others: 1. Richard, b. in Pennsylvania, 1800; d. 1860, in Stock township, Harrison county, where he came from Carroll county, before 1832; m. in Stock township, Elizabeth McKinney, b. in Ireland; d. Jan. 19, 1886; daughter of George McKinney (had issue: i. Mary-J., m. Percival Adams; ii. George-M.; iii. John; iv. James; v. John-F., b. March 2, 1832; m. Nov. 9, 1860, Sarah West; d. May 18, 1879; daughter of Amos West; vi. Richard; vii. Margaret).


George McKinney, father of Elizabeth McKinney Downs, was a native of Ireland; settled in Stock township, Harrison county, before 1832, where he d. 1845; his wife d. 1841; had issue: Elizabeth, John, Nancy, Jane; George, Fryer, James.


ADAM DUNLAP, b. 1752; d. Jan. 10, 1830; removed from Dunbar township, Fayette county, Penn., to Athens township, Harrison county, before 1809; m. Rebecca Work, b. Dec., 1745; d. March 9, 1846; had issue:


I. Samuel, b. Sept. 11, 1772; d. Oct. 2, 1839; settled in Athens township, Harrison county, Ohio, before 1805; m. about 1800, Sarah Dickerson, a native of Fayette county, Pa.; d. Nov. 11, 1858; daughter of Joshua Dickerson; had issue, among others: 1. _____, m. Nelson Pearce, and settled in Cadiz township; 2. Adam, b. April 8, 1805; d. Feb. 20, 1883; m. (1st) Margaret Thompson; b. 1824; d. 1863; daughter of David Thompson; m. (2d) Elizabeth J. Sprott, b. 1829; d. 1871 (had issue by first wife: i. Sarah, m. John Porter; ii. Martha, m. Samuel Porter; iii. Mary,


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m. J. D. Barricklow; had issue by second wife: iv. Nancy, m. A. Farrell, and removed to West Virginia; v. Samuel, d. Jan. 4, 1859; vi. Elizabeth-J., m. Robert Holliday, and settled in Moorefield township; vii. AmandaAdaline, m. Henry Barto; viii. John-A., b. Dec. 11, 1859; m. Mary H. Chaney, daughter of James and Margaret Chaney; ix. William-S.; x. Clara-B., d. young).


II. William, b. 1780; d. Feb. 24, 1865; settled on the Brushy Fork of Stillwater Creek about 1812-13, later returning to Fayette county, Penn., and thence removing to Belmont county, Ohio; m. Margaret Rankin, b. in Fayette county, Penn., 1787; d. May 19, 1838; had issue: 1. Adam, settled in Missouri; 2. James; 3. William, settled in Missouri; 4. Samuel, b. June 25, 1825; removed to Belmont county, Ohio; m. (1st) 1844, Elizabeth Jane Bethel, b. 1827; d. 1858; daughter of Jathes and Mary Brock Bethel; m. (2d) 1859, Mary E. Bethel; d. 1872; daughter of John and Elizabeth Oglevee Bethel (had issue by first wife: i. William-J.; ii. Margaret, m. A. Dunlap; iii. Lycurgus-M.; iv. Thomas-A.; v. Joseph-C.; had issue by second wife: vi. O.-E.; vii. Eliza-J., m. ____ Compher; viii. Isaac-E.; ix. Samuel-A.; x. Cora-B.); 4 Margaret; 5. Rebecca.


III. John, b. Jan. 28, 1787; d. Feb. 24, 1874; m. Nancy Dickerson, a native of Fayette county, Penn.; had issue: 1. Adam; 2, Susan; 3. Mary; 4. Rebecca; 5. Joshua, b. 1822; d. Sept. 4, 1879; m. 1847, Nancy G. Watson; d. 1884; daughter of Robert S. Watson (had issue: i. Watson, b. Oct. 13, 1849; m. Sept. 4, 1874, Mary A. Dickerson; ii. Adam-C.; iii. Rachel-A., m. J. L. Scott, and removed to Missouri; iv. Mary-J., m. Winfield Scott, and removed to Missouri; v. Louisa-B., m. John Webb; vi. Susan, m. John P. Dunlap); 6. John.


IV. Adam, b. Sept. 15, 1790; d. Sept. 20, 1863; m. 1817, Jane Patterson; had issue: 1. Joseph, b. June 29, 1818; m. February, 1846, Julia Ann Hayes, d. Sept. 3, 1878; daughter of John and Hannah. Hayes, natives of Pennsylvania (had issue.: i. Adam-B.; settled in Freeport township; ii. John-A.; iii. Harriet-J., m. Israel Howells; iv. Patterson; v. William-H.; vi. Harriet-F.,

m. Israel Shepard; vii. Mary, m. John -Stephenson; viii. A.-M., b. 1860; m. Laura J. Moore, daughter of R. L. and Sophia Moore; ix. James-V.; x. Cora-B.; xi. Robert-S.; xii. LeGrand-E.); 2. Hugh-B., b. Feb. 15, 1820; m. Feb. 15, 1844, Elizabeth Dunlap, daughter of Joseph and, Sarah Gilmore Dunlap (had issue: i. Sarah-J., m. Samuel Clemens; ii. Joseph-G.; iii. Mary-E.; iv. William-A.; v. John-P.); 3. Rebecca, d. in infancy; 4. Nancy; 5. Mary-J.; 6. Sarah-A., b. 1828; 7. Adam, b. 1834; 8. Patterson; 9. Samuel; 10. John; 11. Robert; 12. William.


V. Joseph, b. in Fayette county, Penn., Oct. 12, 1792; d. March 23, 1878; m. (1st) 1819, Sarah Gilmore, b. Jan. 14, 1800; d. May 18, 1837; daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Buchanan Gilmore; m. (2d) Mary Anne Roberts, d. 1856; m. (3d) 1859, Susan Webb; had issue by first wife: 1. Samuel, b. May 20, 1820; d. Oct. 19, 1889; m. Oct. 22, 1844, Mary Rea, b. Dec. 14, 1821, daughter of Joseph and Jane McConnell Rea, of Green township (had issue: i. Martha, m. J. McKibben; ii. Sarah, m. ____ Dickerson; iii. Mary, m. H. Dunlap, of Athens township; iv. Clara-B.) ; 2. Joseph, b. May 30, 1834; m. 1855, Elizabeth Dickerson, daughter of Adam Dickerson (had issue: i. Sarah, b. 1856; ii. Jane, b. 1858; iii. Lee-D., b. 1861; iv. Crittenden, b. 1862).


VI. Robert, b. May 11, 1794; d. March 2, 1860; m. 1819, Mary Patterson, d. Sept. 29, 1852; daughter of Hugh and Nancy Patterson, natives of Ireland, who emigrated to Pennsylvania, where the father died: had issue: 1. Adam, b. Oct. 2, 1820; d. 1895; m. (1st) 1845, Margaret McFadden, d. 1863, daughter of Samuel McFadden; m. (2d) 1874, Sarah Jane Dickerson, d. 1875, (had issue by first wife: i. Robert, b. Nov. 14, 1845; m. April 20, 1871, Margaret McFadden, daughter of John J. McFadden, of Athens township; ii. Samuel, b. Nov. 13, 1847; m. March 16, 1876. Annie R. McFadden, daughter of John J. McFadden; iii. Mary; iv. Elizabeth; v. A.-J.. b. June 14, 1859; m. June 9, 1887, Annie McAdam): 2. Hugh-Patterson, b. Oct 17, 1822; d. March 29, 1894; m. 1856, Sarah Jane Kennedy, b. 1832; daughter of Napoleon B. and Mary Gilmore Kennedy (had issue: i. Robert-Kennedy; ii. Mary, m. William B. Scott, and removed to Missouri; iii. John-A., d. young; iv. Joseph-B.; v. Amanda-B.; vi. Samuel-P.; vii. Albert-C.); 3. Sam-


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uel, b. Dec. 24, 1825; d. June 29, 1882; m. .1857, Mary J. Dunlap; d. 1900; daughter of Adam Dunlap (had. issue: I. William-F., b. Aug. 2, 1858; m. Oct. 29, 1885, Mary H. Dunlap, daughter of Samuel Dunlap, of Nottingham township; ii. Emily-J.; iii. James-P.); 4. Nancy; 5. Rebecca; 6. Mary; 7. Robert.


VII. Mary, b. 1788; d. March 22, 1858; m. John McFadden, son of John and Margaret Sharp McFadden (see McFadden Family).


VIII. Sarah, b. Dec. 31, 1779; d. Feb. 25, 1871; m. Joshua Dickerson (see Family of Joshua Dickerson).


IX. Esther, m.____ Rankin..


X. Rebecca, b. March 31, 1786; d. March 24, 1864; m. (1st) ____ Rankin; m. (2d) Alexander (?) Hamilton.


XI. Rachel, m. Baruch Oglevee.


JAMES EDGAR, of Scotch-Irish descent; removed from Washington county, Penn., to Wellsburg, Va., and thence to Nottingham township, Harrison county, Ohio, where he died in 1845; had issue:


I. James, b. in Washington county, Penn., Feb. 22, 1794; d. March 16, 1882; m. Charity Bartow, b. in Washington county, N. Y., July 24, 1798; d. March 16, 1882; daughter of Zenas and Elizabeth Carpenter Bartow (the former born about 1750, was an officer. in the Revolutionary War, and settled about 1809 at Connotton, Harrison county, Ohio); had issue: 1. ____ d. in infancy; 2. Elizabeth; 3. Adam; 4. Cyrus, settled in Monroe county; 5. Margaret; 6. James, killed in the Civil War; 7. Phoebe, m. ____ Petty; 8. Francis; 9. Matilda, m. _____ Kidwell; 10. Elijah-

G.; 11. Charity, m. ____ Hanlon; 12. Samuel-D., b. Aug. 30, 1842, in Monroe county, Ohio; settled in Nottingham township, Harrison county; served in the Civil War; m. Jan. 14, 1869, Susan Poulson, b. March 14, 1852, in Nottingham township, daughter of John and Rachel Rogers Poulson.


II. Jane. III. William. IV. Adam. V. Elizabeth. VI. Nancy.


ANDREW EKEY, see Family of Obediah Holmes.


JOHN ELDER, see. Family of William Scott.


SAMUEL ELLIOTT, a native of Ireland, emigrated to America, and, about 1800, settled in Belmont county, Ohio; m. (1st) Mary Grimes; m. (2d) ____ had issue by first wife: 1. Joseph, settled 'in New Athens, Harrison county; 2. Samuel, b. in Belmont county, about 1817; settled in Short Creek township, Harrison county, in 1847, where he died Jan. 15, 1884; m. 1845, Sarah Thomas, b. Oct. 28, 1828 (had issue: i. Mary-Elizabeth, settled in Guernsey county, Ohio; ii. Hameline, settled near Cadiz, Ohio; iii. Martha-J., m. ____ Thomas, and settled near Mount Pleasant, Jefferson county; iv. Susann-A., m. ____ Anderson, and settled in Short Creek township; v. Reason-Wilson, settled near Harrisville, Ohio; vi. Malinda, m. Samuel Brokaw, and settled in Belmont county; vii. Aaron, settled in Short Creek township; viii. Harvey, b. 1864; d. 1883; ix. Taylor); 3. James; 4. Mary, m. Joshua Dickerson; 5. 'Nancy, m. Joshua B. Dickerson, and settled in Short Creek township.


Isaac Thomas, a native of Virginia, father of Sarah Thomas Elliott, was one of the first settlers of Short Creek township, Harrison county, Ohio, locating there in the early part of the century; had issue: 1. Peter; 2. Isaac, b. 1785; d. 1867, in Washington county, Iowa, where he had settled in 1843; m. Elizabeth Holmes, b. 1800; d. 1852 (had issue: i. Aaron; ii. Asa; iii. Abram, a Methodist Episcopal minister; iv: John, settled in Iowa; v. Taylor; vi. William, settled in Colorado; vii. Sarah, b. Oct. 28, 1828; m. Samuel Elliott; viii. Susan, m. David Twinand); 3. Susan; .4. Ruth; 5. Anna; 6. Sarah; 7. Aaron.


JOHN ENDSLEY, see Family. of George McPeck.


PATRICK ENGLISH, a native of Great Britain, served in the Revolutionary War, and afterwards settled at' Redstone, Fayette county, Penn.; thence removed to Cadiz, Harrison county, Ohio; from there he went to Coshocton county, where he died; had issue, among others:


I. James, b. Oct. 17, 1791, either in Virginia, or Baltimore county, Md.; d. in North township, Harrison county, Ohio, June 6, 1869; m. (1st) Jane Pickens, d. 1842; m. (2d) Ann McCarroll, b. Jan. 25, 1809; d. Oct. 17, 1884 (daughter of John McCarroll, a native of Scotland, who died in Harrison county); had issue by first wife: 1. Talitha; 2. John, settled in Tuscarawas county, Ohio; 3.


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James, d. aged seventeen; 4. Matthew, settled in New Philadelphia, Ohio; 5. Thomas, served in the Civil War; d. at Nashville, Tenn; 6. Susannah; 7. Alpha, settled in Iowa; 8. Nelson, d. in Iowa; 9. Nancy, m. William Donaldson. and settled in North township; 10. William, settled in Kansas; 11. Jane, m. Samuel McLean, and settled in Iowa; 12. Alexander, settled in Harrison county; 13. James (second), settled in Brilliant, Ohio; 14. Mary-E., m. John Morgan, and settled in Iowa; had issue by second wife; 15. Martha, b. July 2, 1845; m. James Price; settled in Leesville, Carroll county, Ohio; 16. George, b. Feb. 11, 1847, settled near Scio; m. Sept. 4, 1877, Julia A. Lewis, daughter of Griffin Lewis, of Jefferson county, Ohio; 17. Isaiah b. Dec. 5, 1848 settled in North township; 18. Malida, b. Aug. 17, 1850; m. T. W. Smith, and settled in North township; 19. Scott, b. Aug. 13, 1852, in North township, where he settled; m. Oct. 29, 1879, Ida Masters, daughter of Isaac and Ann Overholtz Masters.


JAMES ERVIN, a native of Maryland, settled in Short Creek township, Harrison county, Ohio, about 1812; afterward removing to Franklin township, Harrison county, where he d. 1850; m. in Maryland, Elizabeth Bann, d. 1870; had issue: 1. William; 2. James; 3. John; 4. Henry, b. April 6, 1815; settled in Washington township; m. 1840, Elizabeth Watts, of Harrison county (had issue: i. James; ii. John; iii. Mahala; iv. Ann; v. Margaret-H.; vi. Sarah-J.; vii. Isabelle; viii. Thomas; ix. Actia-A.); 5. Phcebe; 6. Isaac; 7. Nancy.


JOHN ESTEP, d. aged about eighty-four years; removed from Pennsylvania to Short Creek township, Harrison county, Ohio, before 1826; m. in Pennsylvania, Sarah Smith; d. aged about eighty-four years; daughter of Edward Smith; had issue: 1. Harrison, settled at Lloydsville, Ohio; 2. William, a physician, settled in Lloydsville; 3. Robert; 4. Harriet, m. Taylor Lynn; 5. Andrew, b. 1826; settled in Kansas City, Mo., where he d. 1884; m. 1850, Sarah Henderson, daughter of Andrew. and Martha Nichol Henderson.


The Nichol family was of Scotch origin; during the religious persecution in . Scotland they passed from Scotland to county Derry, Ireland, thence emigrated and settled in Cumberland county, Penn., 1789; afterward located in Westmoreland county, Penn.; and about 1800 removed to Colerain township, Belmont county, Ohio; the parents of Martha Nichol Henderson were Andrew (1798-1861) and Jeanette (b. 1801) Nichol. Andrew and Martha Nichol Henderson had issue: 1. Martha; 2. John-N.; 3. Anna; 4. Agnes, m. Thomas Love, and settled at Aledo, Ill.; 5. Margaret, m. Robert C. McConnell, and settled at Brady, Ohio; 6. Mary-J., m. John Mintier, and settled at Shepherdstown, Ohio; 7. Andrew-Jackson; 8. Sarah, m. Andrew Estep; 9. Isabelle, m. John Anderson, and settled in Iowa; 10. Andrew, settled at Hardy, Neb.; 11. Elizabeth, m. R. W. Castle, and settled in Iowa; 12. Harriet, m. John Sweeney, and settled in Iowa; 13. William-T.; 14. Thomas-Jefferson; 15. M.-N..


ROBERT ESTEP, a native of New Jersey, settled in Peters (now Union) township, Washington county, Penn., before 1784; had issue, thirteen children, among whom: 1. Nathan, died without issue; 2. William (had issue, among others: i. Joseph); 3. Ephraim (had issue: i. Elmira); 4. James-S., a Baptist minister; m. Sarah Gaston (see Gaston Family), b. about 1808; d. 1875; daughter of Samuel and Margaret Penny Gaston, of Peters township (Samuel, b. 1772; d. 1853; son of John and Charity Cheeseman Gaston, who removed to Washington county from Upper Freehold township, Monmouth county, N. J., before 1783); (had issue, at least six children, of whom: i. Josiah-Morgan, b. Feb. 19, 1826; d. May 5, 1888; settled in Cadiz, Ohio, about 1853; m. 1857, Amanda J. Crabb, b. September, 1837; d. March 23, 1898; daughter of Jacob and Jane D. Crabb; ii. Harrison, removed to Marion, Ind.; iii. James, removed to Marion, Ind.).


ISAAC FINICAL, a native of Pennsylvania, of German descent, b. 1779; removed from Washington county and settled in Cadiz township, Harrison county, Ohio, in 1831; afterwards removed to Short Creek township, where he d. 1854; m. in Pennsylvania, Margaret Anderson, b. 1797; d. 1885; daughter of Robert Anderson, of Washington


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county, who served in the Revolutionary War; had issue: 1. Eliza-May, m. William Spiker; 2. Margaret, m. Alexander Henderson; 3. Jane, m. William Miller; 4. Frances-C., m. David Stewart; 5. Mary-E., m. Calvin Rodgers; 6. Rachel-A., d. in infancy; 7. Robert; 8.. John, b. in Washington -county, Penn., April 4, 1829; m. April, 1856- Martha Irwin, daughter of William Irwin, who afterwards removed to Iowa (her mother was a native of Ireland, her family having settled in Harrison county when she was six years of age) ; 9. Thomas.


MICHAEL FINLEY, b. in Scotland or Ireland about 1680-90; emigrated from county Armagh, Ireland, to America, landing at Philadelphia Sept. 28, 1734, with his wife and seven or eight sons; first settled on Neshaminy Creek in Bucks county, Penn., afterwards in New Jersey, and later in Sadsbury. township, Chester county, Penn., where he lived from 1737 to 1747 or later; had issue, among others:


1. John, b. in county Armagh, Ireland, killed by Indians about 1757-59, in Lurgan township, Cumberland county, Penn., where he had settled near Middle Spring Church before 1744; m. Martha Berkley; had issue: 1. James, settled in upper South Carolina; 2. Mary, m. (1st) John Thompson; m. (2d) James Leonard, d. in South Huntingdon township, Westmoreland county, Penn., 1791; (had issue by first husband: i. Martha, d. unm., aged twenty-eight years; Anthony, m. Rachel Henley, d. in Davis county, Ky., aged seventy-five years; iii. Jane, m. Charles Foster, and both d. 1796 in Cincinnati; iv. Mary, d. 1806; m. Adam Carnahan; had issue by second husband; v. Catharine, m. _____ Williams; vi. Elizabeth, b. March 4, 1772; d. June 25, 1863; m. (1st) March 3, 1796, Capt. Alexander Buchanan, b. 1760; d. May 8, 1810; m. (2d) Nov. 19, 1811, David Compton, of Meadville, Penn., had issue by first husband: Robert; James; Mary; Thomas; Alexander; Sarah; John; and by second husband: Rebecca and Nancy-Hanna; vii. Ann, or Nancy, b. June 7, 1775; d. at Cadiz, Ohio, March 23, 1818; m. Dec. 6, 1796, John Hanna, of Greensburgh, Penn., son of John Hanna, and had issue: James-Leonard, 1797-1820; Catharine, 1799-1801; Mary Leonard, 1800-1820; John-Evans, 1805-1894; Jane-Finley, 1811-1833; Andrew-Finley, 1813-1847, and David-Wilson, 1843; viii. John-Berkley (or Barclay), b. 1777; m. ____ Austin, and removed South; ix. James-Finley, m. Sarah Barber, and settled at. Bath, Summit county, Ohio) ; 3. Michael, b.-about 1747; d. near Chillicothe, Ohio; 4. Ann, m. Thomas Johnston, who lived in Westmoreland county, Penn., in 1775; 5. Elizabeth, b. about 1748; m. (1st) John Prebles (or Peebles), m. (2d) William McCracken; m. (3) Capt. William Rippey, of Shippensburg, Penn.; 6. Andrew, b. 1750; d. July 5, 1829, in South Huntingdon township, Westmoreland county, Penn.; served as first. lieutenant in the Revolution (8th Pennsylvania, 1777); m. Jane Jack, daughter of John and Eleanor Jack, of Westmoreland county (had issue: i. John, m. Mary Stokeley, daughter of Nehemiah Stokely, of Westmoreland county, and had issue: Nehemiah and Stokeley; ii. Andrew, removed to Indiana; iii. Mary, m. _____ Bell; iv. Nancy, m. ____ Bell; v. Jane) ; 7. Samuel, b. April 15, 1752; d. April 2, 1829; served as major of a Virginia Cavalry regiment during the Revolution, and as a brigadier-general in the War of 1812; m. May 5, 1789, at Newville, Cumberland county, Penn., Mary Brown, daughter of James Brown (had issue: i. Martha, b. March 16, 1792; m. Rev. W. L. McCalla, of Philadelphia; ii. James-Brown, b. June 7, 1794; d. May 14, 1851; m. (1st) Mary Theresa Brown; m. (2d) Mary E. Moore; lived in Chillicothe, Ohio, until 1829, and at South Bend, Ind., in 1836; iii. Clement-Alexander, b. May 11, 1797, at Newville, Penn.; d. Sept. 8, 1879, at Philadelphia; surgeon-general U. S. A., 1861, and brigadier-general, 1876; m. (1st) Elizabeth Moore, daughter of Samuel Moore, of Philadelphia; iv. Samuel-Berkley, b. Feb. 10, 1800; d. about 1877; thrice married; v. John-Knox, b. Jan. 13,. 1806; d. about 1885; m. Margaret. Nevin); 8. John, b. 1754; d. 1837 or 1838, in Fleming county, Ky.; served as lieutenant and captain in the Revolution (Pennsylvania Line, 2d, 5th, and 8th regiments, and as major in Wayne's army, 1793) ; settled at Upper Blue Lick, Ky., before 1800; m. Hannah Duncan, daughter of David Duncan, of Ft. Pitt (had issue: i. David-Duncan, lived in Nicholas county, Ky., as late


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as 1871); 9. Clements; settled in South Carolina (?). (See Clements, VI.)


II. Samuel; a minister; b. in county Armagh, Ireland, 1715; d. in Philadelphia, July 17, 1766; m. (1st), Sept. 26, 1744, Sarah Hall, b. 1728; d. July 30, 1760; m. (2d), Ann Clarkson, daughter of Matthew Clarkson, of Philadelphia; President of Princeton College, 1761 to 1766; had issue: 1. Rebecca, b. about 1743; m. about 1760, Samuel Breese of New Jersey (had issue, among others: Elizabeth-Ann., b. Sept. 29, 1766; m. May 14, 1789, Rev. Jedediah Morse, of Connecticut, and among their children was Samuel Finley Breese Morse, of Connecticut, the inventor of the telegraph); 2. Joseph, b. about 1745; d. unm.; 3. Sarah, b. about 1747; m. Isaac Snowden, of Philadelphia; 4. Samuel, b. about' 1748; d. unm.; served as surgeon in the Revolution (Massachusetts Line); 5. John-Hall, b. about 1750; served as first lieutenant in the Revolution (Fifth Pennsylvania Battalion, 1776); 6. Ebenezer, b. about 1754; served as captain in the Revolution (on staff of General Smallwood, Maryland Line, 1777); 7. James-Edwards-Burr, b. May 15, 1758; d. June 3, 1819; served as surgeon in the Revolution (Massachusetts Line, 4th, 5th, and 15th regiments), m. Jan. 2, 1798, Mary Peronneau, daughter of Arthur Peronneau, of Charleston, S. C. (had issue: i. Samuel-Benjamin-Rush, a physician; b. Dec. 13, 1801; d. without issue, 1833; m. Mary Ancrum; ii. William-Peronneau, b. Jan. 3, 1803; d. April 9, 1876; m. (1st) Nov. 14, 1833, Clelia Peronneau; m. (2d) Anna M. Harris Gibson; iii. Mary-Hutson, d. young; iv. Sarah-Anna, d. young; v. James-EdwardsBurr, a physician; b. June 28, 1808; d. May 11, 1844; m. Feb. 14, 1832, Maria Ancrum) ; 8. ____, d. in infancy:


III. William, d. 1800; lived in Sadsbury township, Chester county, 1737 to 1747, in West Caln township, 1750 to 1764, or later; removed from Chester to York (now Adams) county, Penn., after 1764, and thence to Augusta county, Va.; m. (1st) ____ ; m. (2d) Catharine Culbertson (mother of William and Michael Finley), daughter of Samuel Culbertson, of Londongrove township, Chester county; m. (3d) Ann Cowan, daughter of David Cowan, of Lancaster county; m. (4th) Eleanor ____ ; had issue by first three wives: 1. William, lived in York county (now Adams county) in 1771; 2. Michael, b. 1744; d. Aug. 13, 1821; m. Nov. 29, 1772, Mary Waugh, daughter of William and Mary Waugh, and removed to Rockbridge county, Va. (had issue: i. William, b. Oct. 4, 1773; m. (1st) June 28, 1796, Margaret Horner; m. (2d) Elizabeth Christian, and had issue: David-Horner; John-Horner; Matilda, m. Rev. James Paine; Drusilla, m. John S. Leech; Elizabeth, m. James Johnston, and Margaret, m. Joseph Bell; ii. Samuel, b. June 9, 1775; m. Sept. 22, 1796, Mary Tate, daughter of John Tate, of Virginia, and had issue: Maria-Waugh, 1779-1849, m. Rev. Isaac Jones; John-T., 1801-1848; Jane-Tate, 1803-1854, m. John B. Christian; George-W., 1806-1834; Nancy McClung, b. 1807; William, 18121871; Lavinia, 1812-18; Caroline-Ellen, m. James Harper; Samuel-B., 1818-1874; and Mary McClung, d. 1829; iii. John, b. Sept. 2, 1778; m. April 21, 1807, Ellen Tate,. and had issue: Clarinda-J.; Eliza, d. 1856; m. Dr. Thomas S. Bouchelle; Augustus-Washington, 1813-1889; William-Waugh, 1815-1874, and John Tate, b. 1817; iv. Mary, b. Sept. 2, 1778; d. Dec. 29, 1804; m. Aug. 22, 1797, Samuel Patterson, of Rockbridge county, Va.; v. Elizabeth, m. Jesse Scott, and removed to Indiana; vi. Esther, b. Sept. 30, 1780; d. unm., July 26, 1804; vii. Catharine, b. Septa 30, 1780; d. in infancy; viii. Michael, b. March, 1783; d. June 6, 1823; m. April 26, 1808, Ruth Irvine, and had issue: Augustus-C., 1809-1858; Maria-Waugh, 1812-1891; m. Jonathan Brooks; Caroline-E., 18121832, m. Samuel Patterson; and Harriet-Newell, 1822-1842, m. David C. Gilkeson) ; 3. Aaron, d. before 1794; m. Margaret Withrow; 4. Andrew, b. Feb., 1764; d. May 8, 1844; m. (1st) Ann McClain, of Pennsylvania; m. (2d) Jane Lyle, of Virginia; 5. James, d. young; 6. Samuel, d. young; 7. ____ (a daughter), m. ____ Morrow ( ?) ; 8. Margaret, m. 1770, D. C. Humphreys, and settled in Augusta county, Va.; 9. Elizabeth, m. David Blythe, of York county, Penn.; 10. Anna, d. before 1794; m. Robert Campbell, of Berkeley county, West Va.; 11. Susan, m. Robert Rowan, and removed to Ohio; 12. Mary, living in 1794; m. John Martin.


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township, 1764; m. Ann Lewis, of Chester county; had issue: 1. Joseph-Lewis, b. 1760 ( ?); d. May 23, 1839; served as lieutenant, captain, and major in the Revolution (Miles' Rifle Battalion, and .13th, 8th, and 2d regiments, Pennsylvania Line); lived in Adams county, Ohio, in 1833 (had issue: i. John-Blair, lived in Lewis county, Ky., in 1841); 2. Ebenezer; a merchant of Baltimore; m. (1st) Jane, daughter of Rev. John McKnight, of Franklin county; m. (2d) Mrs. Catharine (Allen) Marshall, of Kentucky.


V. James, a minister; b. in county Armagh, Ireland, February, 1725; d. in Rostraver township, Westmoreland county, Penn., Jan. 6, 1795; minister of Rock or East Nottingham Church, Cecil county, Md., 1752 to 1783; and of Rehoboth and Roundhill churches, Westmoreland county, Penn., 1783 to 1795; m. 1752, Hannah Evans, b. 1715; d. April 1,. 1795; daughter of Robert Evans; had issue: 1. John-Evans, a minister; b. July 6, 1753; d. in Ohio after 1813; pastor of Fagg's Manor church, 1781 to 1793, when he removed to Bracken, Mason county, Ky., and thence to Red Oak, Ohio; m. ____ Ruston, daughter of Job Ruston, of Londonderry township, Chester county, Penn.; 2. Samuel-Robert, b. Dec. 19, 1758; d. Oct. 25, 1839; 3. Margaret, b. Sept. 5, 1756; d. May 10, 1836; m. Col. John Power, of Westmoreland county, Penn., b. 1757; d. July 29, 1805; 4. Ebenezer, b. Dec. 30, 1758; d. Jana 18, 1849; settled on Dunlap's Creek, Fayette county, Penn., in 1772; m. (1st) Jane Kinkaid, b. 1762-4; d. June 5, 1793; m. (2d) Violet Lowrey, d. Nov. 11, 1804; m. (3d) Margery Cunningham, b. 1770; d. Jan. 27, .1822; m. (4th) Mrs. Sarah. Jones, b. Sept. 14, 1769; d. Jan. 24,. 1848 (had issue: i. John-Evans, b. November, 1783; d. March, 1793; ii. James, b. November, 1784; d. 1861; iii. Elizabeth, b. December, 1786; d. July, 1860; iv. Joseph,. b. March, 1788; d. December, 1848; v. Hannah, b. October, 1791; d. March, 1793; vi. Rebecca, b. October, 1795; vii. Hannah, .2d, b. Oct. 10, 1796; viii. William, b. August, 1798; d. January, 1865; m. Rhoda Harris; ix. Samuel, b. July, 1800; d. in Ohio; x. Jane, b. 1802; d. August, 1890; m. ____ Hibbs; xi. Ebenezer, b. Oct.. 24, 1804; d. Dec. 28, 1891; m. Feb. 9, 1826, Phoebe Woodward; xii. Eli-H., b. April 6, 1807; d. Jan. 7, 1892; xiii. Robert, b. April, 1809; d. October, 1874; m. Ann. _____ ; xiv Margaret, b. Nov. 29, 1810); 5. Hannah, b. June 20, 1764; d. before 1820; m. John Robinson; 6. Joseph, b. Dec. 13, 1766; d. June 3, 1860; m. (1st) _____ Veech; m. (2d) Frances Moore; 7. James, b. Jan. 14, 1769; d. Nov. 17, 1772; 8. William, b. June 10, 1772; d. Aug. 20, 1857; m. (1st) Sarah Patterson; m. (2d) Margaret Wilson; 9. Michael, b. March 24, 1774; d. July 29, 1850; m. (1st) Eleanor Elliott, daughter of William Elliott; m. (2d) Mrs. Mary Plumer Smith.


VI. Clements, b. March, 1735; d. Aug.. 11, 1775, in South Huntingdon township, Westmoreland county, Penn.; m. Jan. 12, 1761, Elizabeth Carnahan (sister of John Carnahan) ; had issue: 1. Elizabeth, b. April 9, 176-; 2. -John, b. May 18, 1766 (had issue: i. James-Power, b. Aug. 6, 1792; ii. Jane, b. July 16, 1794; iii. Clements, b. Nov. 17, 1796; iv. Mary, b. Jan. 28, 1799) ; 3. Martha, b. June 12, 1775; d. May 27, 1847; m. 1793, Reynolds Ross, of Westmoreland county; b. in Ireland, April 2, 1755; d. Feb. 11, 1847 (had issue: i. Clements, b. June 6, 1795; ii. John, b. Aug. 31, 1797; iii. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 21, 1800; m. ____ Boyd; iv. William, b. Aug. 15, 1803; v. Samuel, b. Sept. 11, 1805; vi. Mary, b. Nov. 29, 1807; m. ____ McCurdy; Jane, b. April 5, 1809; viii. Martha, b. March 12, 1811; m. ____ Wallace; ix. Andrew-Finley, b. June 4, 1813; d. ____; x. James, b. Jan. 27, 1816). It is possible that this Clements Finley was a son and not a brother of John Finley (I.), who married Martha Berkley. John's son removed to South. Carolina, but there are many circumstances leading to the conclusion that he may afterwards have settled in Westmoreland county, Penn., and died there in 1775.


HENRY FERGUSON, of Scotch-Irish descent, settled in Indiana county, Penn., about 1778; removed in 1802 to Green township, one mile west from Hopedale, in Harrison county, Ohio; had issue: I. Samuel. II. John. III. Joseph. IV. Thomas. V. Henry, b. in Indiana county, Penn., 1788; d. in Green township, 1863; served in the War of 1812; m. 1810, Elizabeth Johnson; d. 1856; had issue: 1. Vincent, b. July 12, 1812; d. May 20, 1876; removed to Germano, Harrison county, in 1835; m.


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March 19, 1835, Mary Amspoker, b. Dec. 21, 1816; daughter of Samuel and Mary Norris Amspoker (had issue: i. Amelia; ii. John-H., b. Jan. 20, 1838, in Germano; served in the Civil War; m. Oct. 6, 1881, Addie Plummer, b. July 18, 1849, in Washington county, Ohio; slaughter of Robert L. and Charlotte Faires Plummer; iii. Elizabeth, m. Martin Overholt; settled in Custer county, Neb.; iv. Samuel-J.; v. Mary-Jane; vi. Rebecca-A.; vii. Susan-P., m. Henry Redman; settled in Iowa; viii. Mary-I.; ix. Margaret-A., settled in Iowa; x. Henry-W., settled in Colorado; xi. Sarah-C.; xii. Etta-R.); 2. Samuel; 3. John, settled in Kansas; 4. Isabelle; 5. Mary; 6. Eliza-A., m. ____ Ferguson, and settled in Archer township.


Samuel Amspoker, father of Mary Amspoker Ferguson, settled in Harrison county, Ohio, in 1803, locating five miles north from Cadiz; had issue: 1. John; 2. Alexander; 3. Samuel; 4. Elizabeth; 5. Susan; 6. Mary, m. Vincent Ferguson; 7. Sarah; 8. Charles-N.; 9. James.


DANIEL FIERBAUGH, a native of Germany, settled in Pennsylvania about 1779; removed to what is now North township, Harrison county, Ohio, but afterward returned to Pennsylvania, where he died, his widow settling in Ohio after his death; had issue, among others:


I. David, b. either in Pennsylvania or Maryland, 1787; settled in North township, where he d. June 14, 1864; m. in Harrison county, Magdalena Gundy, b. 1797; d. 1878; daughter of Rev. Joseph and Fannie Coffman Gundy (the former a Mennonite minister, who settled in Harrison county, in 1804); had issue: 1. Frances, m. John Weimer, and settled in Austin, Neb.; 2. Daniel, b. April 27, 1817; d. Oct. 14, 1885; m. 1841, Elizabeth Boor, daughter of Michael and Caroline L. Barence Boor (the former came to Harrison county with his parents in 1838; d. in Defiance, Ohio), (had issue: i. Caroline-L., d. Jan. 26, 1866; m. Rev. B. F. Rinehart; ii. Mary-M., m. Ebenezer W. Laughridge; iii. Michael-B., b. Aug. 7, 1845; served in the Civil War; m. Nov. 18, 1869. Sarah E. Smith, b. 1852; d. 'Feb. 10. 1890; daughter, of Thomas and Mary Smith; the former b. 1809; d. February, 1881; the latter b. 1813; d. 1882; iv. David-G., d. April 13, 1870; v. Clara-E., d. Oct. 27, 1879).


JOHN FIREBAUGH, a native of Pennsylvania, of German descent, b. 1786; d. April 8, 1872, in North township, Harrison county, Ohio, where he had settled before 1825; served in the War of 1812; m. Elizabeth Friend, b. 1793; d. Feb. 19, 1872; daughter of Jacob and ____ Bowers Friend; had issue: 1. Mary, m. John Shiltz; 2. Jacobi m. Catherine McCarroll, and settled on the Kanawha River, Virginia; 3. John, m. (1st) Nancy Capper, a native of 'Ohio; m. (2d) Amanda Rippeth, also of Ohio; 4. Elizabeth; 5. Catherine, m, (1st) Joseph Heaston; m. (2d) J. Overholtz; 6. Margaret, m. Isaac Heaston;. 7. David, b. March 11, 1825; served in the Civil War; m. 1854, Christina Heaston, b. in Monroe township, daughter. of John and Christina Heaston, pioneers of Harrison county, both having died in Monroe township (the former a native of Maryland; the latter born in what is now a part of Philadelphia) ; 8. Samuel, settled in Southern Kansas; m. (1st) Julia True, of Ohio; m. (2d) Jemima Schooly, of Iowa; m. (3d) Emily Tucker, of Kansas; 9. Susan, m. David Addleman; 10. Frances, m. John Heaston; 11. Elias, settled in Nebraska; m. Mary Boor, of Ohio; 12. Sarah, m. Andrew Hale, of Carroll county, Ohio; 13. Joseph, b. 1838; d. Jan. 26, 1879, in Uhrichsville, Tuscarawas county, Ohio.


JOHN FORD, removed from Redstone, Fayette county, Penn., and settled in Nottingham township, Harrison-county, Ohio, before 1827; had issue, among others: 1. Lewis, b. in Washington or Fayette county, Penn., 1794; d. in Nottingham township about 1846; m. Rebecca Dodd, b. about 1795 (had issue: i. Slemmons; ii. William; iii. Lewis; iv. Emily; v. Piety-A.; vi. Ruth; vii. John-E., b. in April, about 1832; m. Dec. 2, 1870, Viney R. Hudson, b. in Indiana, June 3, 1843.


ADAM FORKER, b. in Scotland, 1793; d. in Mercer, Penn., 1837; m. Jane Green, d. 1836; had issue: 1. Jacob, b. 1786; d. July 19, 1842; 2. George, b. 1788; 3. Hannah, b. Oct. 21, 1791; 4. Joseph, b. Dec. 30, 1799; d. at Cadiz, 1841; m. Mrs. Mary Cady Conwell, b. in Reading, Penn., 1792; d. 1865; daughter of John and Margaret Parr Cady (had issue: L.


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Belinda, m. John Shauf ; ii. Mary-Jane, m. Dr. Chalkley Thomas, and settled in Des Moines, Iowa; iii. Henry-G., b. Nov. 19, 1838; d. Jan. 25, 1896); 5. Samuel, b. 1805; d. Sept. 5, 1866; 6. James, d. July 18, 1852; 7. John, d. Jan. 17, 1865; 8. Mary, d. June 14, 1856; m. ____ Harris; 9. Israel, d. April 28, 1866; 10. William, d. April 6, 1871.


ABRAHAM FORNEY, b. 1740; d. Aug. 27, 1824; a native of Germany; m. Susanna ____, b. 1752; d. May 28, 1842; emigrated to America about 1798, and in 1801 settled in Cadiz township, Harrison county, Ohio; had issue: I. John. II. Abraham. III. Catharine. IV. Mary, b. 1775; d. Aug. 5, 1850; m. about 1793, probably near Martinsburg, West Va., Charles Timmons, b. 1751; d. 1820 (see Timmons Family). V. Susanna, m. ____ Rabe. VI. Frederick, b. Aug. 28, 1787, in Germany; removed to Nottingham township, 1827, where he d. 1854; served in the War of 1812; m. Oct. 29, 1812, Deborah Harris, d. June 21, 1873, whose parents were pioneers in Harrison county; had issue: 1. Sophia, b. Sept. 6, 1813; 2. Susanna, b. Nov. 3, 1814; 3. Mary-Ann, b. Aug. 6, 1817; 4. John, b. Nov. 29, 1820; settled at Deersville; m. Nancy Johnson, daughter of Ephraim Johnson, of Moorefield; 5. Eliza-M. b. July 6, 1825; 6. Catherine, b. July 8, 1827; 7. Alice, b. July 4, 1829. VII. Sophia.


JOHN FORSYTHE, a native of Ireland, of Scotch descent, emigrated with his wife and settled in Fayette county, Penn., before 1800.; had issue:


I. John. II. Robert. III. Jesse, b. in Fayette county, Penn.; d. in Washington township, Harrison county, Ohio, Nov. 5, 1857; m. (1st) Mahala Patterson, in Pennsylvania, where all his children but the youngest one, were born; m. (2d) 1811, Sarah Colvin, d. June 24, 1854; had issue by first wife: 1. William, b. March 10, 1800; 2. Maria, b. Sept. 25, 1801; 3. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 21, 1803; 4. Matilda, b. Sept. 21, 1805; had issue by second wife: 5. Samuel, b. Jan. 19, 1812; 6. Harrison, b. Jan. 15, 1813; 7. Joseph, b. Dec. 22, 1814; 8. Nancy, b. Nov. 19, 1816; 9., John, b. June 15, 1818; 10. Benjamin-F., b. March 15, 1820; 11. Levi-C., b. Aug. 2, 1822; 12. Rebecca, b. Dec. 1, 1824; d. Aug. 19, 1872; m. Judge Amon Lemmon; 13: Jesse, b. Nov. 6, 1826, in Wash ington township, Harrison county, Ohio; served in the Civil War; served as a member of the Ohio Legislature, 1877; m. Oct. 26, 1854, Eliza Dean, b. 1829; d. Jan. 17, 1890; daughter of Samuel and Mary Dean, of Cross Creek township, Jefferson county, Ohio. IV. Eli. V. Nancy. VI. Elizabeth.


GEORGE FOSTER, a native of England, b. Sept. 24, 1794; settled near Scio, Harrison county, Ohio, 1816, where he d. June 8, 1849; m. (1st) Jerusha Wortman; m. (2d) 1837, Jane Shouse, a native of Pennsylvania, of German descent, b. 1810; d. June 16, 1889; had issue by first wife: 1. George; 2. Jane, m. Joseph Cummings; 3. Jerusha, m. ____ Custer; 4. Sarah, m. ____ Reed; 5. Elizabeth, m. ____ Kent; 6. Lavina; had issue by second wife: 7. Joseph-B., d. Aug. 18, 1889; 8. William, settled in Superior, Neb.; 9. Madison J., b. June 22, 1842; settled in North township; m. July 9, 1863, Margaret J. Somerville, daughter of Christopher and Jane L. Somerville; 10. John, d. in infancy; 11. David-C., settled at Uhrichsville, Ohio.


JOHN FOWLER, a native of Maryland, whose father was killed in the Revolutionary War, removed to West Virginia in 1800, settling opposite Steubenville, Ohio; afterward located near Hopedale, Harrison county, Ohio, and, before 1819, settled near Hanover, where he died about 1840; m. in Maryland, Mary Huff; had issue, among others:


I. Garrett, b. in Maryland, Feb. 28, 1799; settled in Monroe township, Harrison county, Feb. 15, 1828, where he d. March 21, 1867; m. April 23, 1819, Hannah H. Eagleson, b. near Waterford, Erie county, Penn., March 21, 1805; daughter of John and Mary Simpson Eagleson (the former a native of Maryland; served in the War of 1812, settling near Cadiz, in Harrison county, in 1813; the latter a native of Ireland, her parents having settled in Allegheny City, Penn., where she was married) ; Garrett and Hannah Fowler had issue: 1. Mary-Ann, m. Joel Cramblet, and settled in Franklin township, Harrison county; 2. John-E., settled in Columbus, Ohio; 3. Asenath-T.; 4. Thomas-E., b. Dec. 6, 1830; served in the Civil War; m. Nov. 27, 1856, Maria McBeth, a native of Harrison county,


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daughter of John and Mary McBeth (had issue, seven children); 5. Richard-P., settled in California; 6. Isaiah, settled in Brown county, Neb.; 7. Jeremiah, b. July 10, 1837; m. 1859, Catherine Auld, of Franklin township, daughter of Stewart (b. in Pennsylvania, 1792; d. September, 1883) and Sarah McConnell (d. 1844) Auld; settled in Scio; 8. Joseph-C., b. Aug. 30, 1841; served as an officer in the Civil War; m. Oct. 14, 1869, Maria C. Simmons, daughter of George and Sophia Simmons (had issue, nine children) ; 9. Malachi, d. in infancy; 10. Joel-C.,

d. aged four years; 11. Garrett-H., settled in Dennison, Ohio; 12. Clarissa, m. John Spray, and settled in Franklin township.


II. John, d. April, 1847; m. Elizabeth _____ ; had issue: 1. Andrew; 2. James; 3. John; 4. Mary, m. ____ Cells; 5. Sarah, m. ____ Leaters; 6. Nancy; 7. Hannah.


III. Benjamin; b. in Pennsylvania, Oct. 31, 1802; d. May 15, 1891; settled in Monroe township; m. Jane Whittaker; b. 1793; d. April 20, 1880; had issue: 1. Mary; 2. Jane; 3. John; 4. James-W., b. Oct. 12, 1829; settled in Stock township; m. June 7, 1852, Elizabeth Crawford, daughter of Andrew Crawford, of North township (had issue, nine children); 5. Rebecca; 6. Francis;- 7. Benjamin-B.; 8. William; 9. Arabella.


IV. Francis, d. 1838; m. 1830, Mary Giles; had issue: 1. Francis.

V. Joel, m. 1836, Esther Fisher.

VI. Jeremiah.

VII. Cena.


JOSIAH FOX, b. at Falmouth, England, 1763, son of John and Rebecca Steevens Fox; d. in Colerain township, Belmont county, Ohio, 1847, where he had settled in 1814; m. at Philadelphia, 1794, Anna Miller, b. 1768; d. 1841; of German descent; daughter of Peter Miller; had issue: 1. Charles-James, b. in Washington, D. C., 1805; d. 1895; settled in Short Creek township, Harrison county, Ohio, about 1839; m. Feb. 7; 1837, at Flushing, Ohio, Esther Cooper, b. near Baltimore, April 10, 1810; d. 1896; daughter of Nicholas and Sarah Balderson Cooper (had issue: i. Anna-Miller, m. Lindley M. Branson; ii. William-Spicer, b. 1839; m. 1876, Esther J. Moore, daughter of Jeremiah and Sarah Moore; iii. Sarah-C.; iv. Francis-C.); 2. John, d. young; 3. Elizabeth-Miller, m. Moses Chapline; 4. Anna-Applebee, in. Robert I. Curtis; 5. Rebecca-Steevens, m. Elijah Pickering; 6. John-Charles, d. young; 7. Sarah-Scantlebury, m. B. E. Dungan; 8. Francis-Drake.


JOHN FULTON, b. Aug. 26, 1777, near Havre de Grace, Maryland, of which place his parents were residents, removed in 1816 to Green township, Harrison county, where he d. Oct. 2, 1856; m. Dec. 12, 1799, Lydia Mitchell, b. Aug. 26, 1777; d. July 18, 1844; daughter of Samuel Mitchell, a resident of Maryland; had issue: 1. Mary, b. Sept. 13, 1800; 2. Margaret, b. Feb. 21, 1802; 3. William, b. July 29, 1803; d. July 30, 1884; 4. John, b. Nov. 26, 1805; 5. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 2, 1808; 6. Susannah, b. Jan. 1, 1811; 7. Miriam-Jane, b. Jan. 29, 1813; d. April 13, 1886; 8. Sophia, b. March 6, 1816; d. July 27, 1889; 9. Phcebe, b. July 13, 1819; 10. James, b. Jan. 25, 1825; m. (1st) April 4, 1855, Maria Louisa Simpson Gibson; d. Sept. 30, 1875; daughter of William Gibson, a resident of Holmes county, Ohio; m. (2d) Oct. 12, 1889, Charlotte Branson Pittis, daughter of George Pittis, of Scio (had issue by first wife, eight children).


PHILIP FULTON, b. in Cecil county, Md., June 24, 1777; d. Sept. 14, 1841 (his father, of Scottish descent, had settled in Maryland before the Revolution); about 1805 he removed to Washington county, Penn., thence to Steubenville, Ohio, in 1810, and in 1814 settled in the southeastern part of Nottingham township, Harrison county; served in the War of 1812; m. in Maryland, April 2, 1801, Sarah Hanna, b. in Harford. county, Md., May 8, 1782; d. Sept. 3, 1845; had issue: 1. Jane-S., b. Dec. 15, 1801; 2. Alexander, b. in Maryland, Sept. 12, 1803; d. March 15, 1881; m. Nov. 2, 1826, Sarah Ramsay, b. in Maryland, Feb. 12, 1804, only child of Samuel and Elizabeth Cochrane Ramsey (had issue: i. Samuel, b. Aug. 17, 1827; m. March 13, 1860, Caroline Watson, b. Oct. 11, 1838, in Marion county, Ohio, daughter of William and Sarah Kennedy Watson [the former born in Ireland, 1798; d. in Illinois, 1870] ; ii. Elizabeth, m. ____ Yarnall, and settled in Moore-


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field township; iii. Alexander; iv. Albert; v. Philip, settled in Nottingham township; vi. Mary-J.; vii. Sarah-A.); 3. William, b. April 28, 1806; 4. Philip-S., b. July 10, 1808; 5. Hannah, b. Feb. 4, 1811; m. ____ Kirkpatrick; 6. Harrison, b. May 11, 1813; 7. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 9, 1815; m. ____ Lantz; 8. Sarah-Anne, b. July 20, 1818; m. ____ Davison, and settled in Freeport township; 9. Mary-Ann, b. April 14, 1821; m. Moore, and settled in Moorefield township; 10. Julianne, b. May 3, 1823; m. ____ Pickering, and settled in Moorefield township; 11. John, b. March 2, 1827; settled in Nottingham township; 12. Calvin, b. Aug. 19, 1833.


Samuel Ramsey, father of Sarah Ramsey Fulton, was a son of Charles Ramsey; b. in Chester county, Penn., May 23, 1780; d. in Harrison county, Ohio, March 14, 1858; m. 1802, Elizabeth Cochrane, b. in Chester county, Penn. Oct. 28, 1768; d. Nov. 18, 1857; in 1804 the Ramsey family removed to Allegheny county, Penn., remaining there until 1814, when they settled in Harrison county, Ohio.


JOHN GASTON, b. about 1600, in Scotland (or France), of Huguenot descent; m. in Scotland, and had, among others, three sons: John, William, and Alexander, who emigrated to county Antrim, Ireland, about 1660-1668; of these, probably John (whose name appears on hearth-money rate list for Ireland in 1669, is of Magheragall, county Antrim) had issue, among others, several sons, some of whom remained in Ireland, and some emigrated to America, as did also the sons of other brothers; of the emigrants of that generation the names of eight are known (and the children of William, son of John last named), viz., Hugh of New Jersey, Joseph of New Jersey, Joseph of Pennsylvania (probably a son of Hugh), William of Pennsylvania (probably a son of Hugh), John of New Jersey (probably a son of Hugh), James of New Jersey (probably a son of Hugh), John of Connecticut, Alexander of Massachusetts. Of these, the last two were brothers, and are said by Marshall Gaston's account to have first landed in New Jersey, with one or more other brothers, who remained there; it is probable that they may have been brothers of Hugh and Joseph of New Jersey; they have also been identified in part as. brothers of the William who remained at home, his residence being Caranleagh (Carnlough?), Cloughwater, county Antrim (near Ballymena), Ireland. In the account given below, these nine progenitors of the Gaston family in America will be designated as follows:


William Gaston of Antrim (whose children emigrated to South Carolina).

Hugh Gaston (1st).

William Gaston (1st).

Joseph Gaston of Pennsylvania (1st).

John Gaston of New Jersey (1st).

James Gaston (1st).

Joseph Gaston of New Jersey (1st).

John Gaston of Connecticut (1st).

Alexander Gaston (1st).


Another of the Gastons who remained in Ireland (living at Gastontown, Killycowan, county Antrim), had a daughter, who m. Gavin MacArthur; their son, William, b. 1796, emigrated to America after 1818; settling in Vermont; m. Malvina Stone (had issue, among others: i. Chester Alan Arthur, twenty-first President of the United States).


First will be given the family of William Gaston of Antrim, who remained in Ireland, but whose children all emigrated to America and eventually settled in South Carolina.


William Gaston of Antrim, b. at Caranleagh, Cloughwater, county Antrim, Ireland, about 1680-90; d. about 1770; m. ____ Lemon; had issue:


I. John, d. 1782; m. Esther Waugh, d. 1789; emigrated to Pennsylvania, and thence removed about 1751-52 to Chester District, South Carolina, settling on Fishing Creek; served as King's Justice before 1776; and as leader of the patriots of his vicinity during the British incursion, 1780-81; had issue: 1. Margaret, b. Aug. 29, 1739; m. James McCreary (had issue: i. John, served in the Revolutionary War, and as a member of Congress; ii. Samuel; served in the Revolutionary War; became a Baptist minister); 2. Martha, b. June 11, 1741; m. her kinsman, Joseph Gaston, great-grandson of the first Irish William (had issue, among others: i. Alexander, m. Mary Blair); 3. William, b. June 5, 1743; served as a captain in the Revolutionary War (had issue: i. William; ii. James); 4. John, b. June 24, 1745; d. about 1806, leaving


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descendants, who emigrated to Illinois (had issue, among others: i. William); 5. James, b. April 15, 1747 (had issue: i. Stephen; and several daughters, who removed to Ohio about 1801-02); 6. Robert, b. March 11, 1749; served in the Revolutionary War; killed at the battle of Hanging Rock (S. C.), Aug. 6, 1780; 7. Hugh, b. March 12, 1751; m. his cousin, Martha McLure; removed to Wilcox county, Ala., 1826, and thence to Mississippi (had issue: i. John; ii. Ebenezer; iii. James; iv. William; v. Hugh; vi. Mary; vii. Martha; viii. Esther; ix. Margaret); 8. Alexander, b. Aug. 24, 1753; killed at the battle of Hanging Rock; 9. David, b. July 7,1755; killed at the battle of Hanging Rock; 10. Ebenezer, b. Sept. 15, 1757; killed at the battle of Hanging Rock; 11. Esther, b. Oct. 18, 1760; m. her kinsman, Alexander Walker, son of ____ and Jane Gaston Walker (the latter a great-granddaughter of the first Irish William); (had issue: i. John-Gaston); 12. Joseph, b. Feb. 22, 1763; d. Oct. 10, 1836; m. 1790, Jane Brown, b. 1768; d. 1858; served in the Revolutionary War, and wounded at the battle of Hanging Rock (had issue: i. John-Brown, b. Jan. 23, 1791; m. Mary Beaufort McFadden; ii. Narcissa, b. Nov. 17, 1792; m. ____ Lewis; iii. Eliza, b. Sept. 20, 1794; m. Neely; iv. Esther, b. Dec. 4, 1796; m. D. G. Stinson; v. Margaret, b. April 29, 1798; vi. Jane, b. Aug. 17, 1800; m. ____ Crawford; vii. James-A.-H., b. Oct. 17, 1801;. viii. Robert, b. Jan. 1, 1808).


II. Elizabeth, m. John Knox; settled in South Carolina; had issue: 1. William, a minister, b. 1768; 2. James, a physician (had issue, among others: i. Jane, probably the same who m. Samuel Polk, of Mecklenburg county, N. C., and who became the mother of James Knox Polk, eleventh President of the United States); 3. John; 4. Hugh; 5. Sarah, m. John Johnston.


III. Hugh, d. Oct. 20, 1766, a minister; emigrated to America about 1766, and died at the house of his brother, John, shortly after landing; had issue: 1. William; a physician; b. Feb. 6, 1749;

2. Alecia, b. Feb. 16, 1750; d. 1825; m. ____ Nelson; 3. Martha, b. June 11, 1752; m. James Ross (had issue: i. James, emigrated to America, but returned to Ireland, and settled at Londonderry; ii. _____ (a daughter), m. and had issue, who settled at Baltimore; iii. Hugh-Gaston, emigrated to America, and served in the War of 1812; iv. Rebecca, m. ____ Latimer, of New Jersey); 4. James, b. Oct. 6, 1754 (had issue, eight children); 5. Mary, b. Dec. 7, 1756; d. young; 6. Elizabeth, b. June 16, 1759; m. ____ Rogan, a physician, of the North of Ireland; 7. Thomas, emigrated to America, and settled in New York (had issue, two daughters, of whom: i. ____ , m. ____ Lindsay, and settled at Orange, N. J.) ; 8. Mary, b. April 4, 1763; d. unm.; 9. Hugh, b. April 27, 1765.


IV. Mary, m. James McLure; emigrated to America, and settled in South Carolina; had issue: 1. John; served as a captain in the Revolutionary War; killed at the battle of Hanging Rock (S. C.), Aug. 6, 1780; 2. William; a physician (had issue: i. Hannah, d. 1813; m. 1805, Judge William Gaston, son of Dr. Alexander Gaston) ; 6. Mary, m. Samuel Lowry; 7. ____ , m. Edward

Martin.


V. Robert, emigrated to America, and settled on Lynch's Creek, Lancaster county, S. C.; had issue: 1. William, b. July 23, 1755; d. 1838; served in the Revolutionary War; removed to Kentucky, and thence to Walnut Hill, Marion county, Ill. (had issue, four sons and five daughters, of whom: i. Samuel, d. 1826; settled in Marion county, Ill., 1819; ii. William; served in the War of 1812; iii. John, settled in Bond county, Ill.; iv. Robert, settled in Bond county, Ill., 1822; v. Margaret, m. Thomas Kell, and removed to Marion county, Ill., 1822); 2. James; 3. John; 4. Hugh; 5. Joseph; 6. Margaret, d. 1816; m. her second cousin, John McCreary.


VI. Janet, m. Charles Strong; emigrated to America, and settled in South Carolina; had issue: 1. William; served in the Revolutionary War, and killed in that service; 2. Christopher; 3. Letitia, m. her cousin, James Strong; 4. Margaret, m. John Simonton (had issue: i. Charles-H.); 5. Janet, m. ____ Gladney.


VII. William, drowned at Kell's Ford, Chester county, S. C.; m. after his fortieth year, ____ Harbison, sister of James Harbison: had issue: 1. Hugh (had issue: i. William) ; 2. William, m.

____ Beaufort; removed to Corinth, Miss., and thence to Memphis, Tenn:


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(had issue: i. Leroy, a Presbyterian minister).


VIII. Martha, m. Alexander Rosbrough; emigrated to America, and settled in South Carolina; had issue: 1. William-Gaston, a minister; d. unm.; 2. Joseph, removed to Indiana about 1800; 3. Alexander, a physician, m. {1st) Mary Hemphill; m. (2d) Janet Porter (had issue by first wife: i. Mary-Martha; ii. William-Andrew; had issue by second wife, six sons and two daughters, of whom: iii. Alexander-M., removed to California in 1848, and became a judge at Eureka, that State; iv. Joseph-Brown, removed to California 1848, and thence to Salt Lake City; v. David, settled in Texas; vi. John, settled in Tennessee; vii. Maclin, settled in Tennessee); 4. John, b. 1776; d. 1854; m. Eleanor Key (had issue, four sons and six daughters, of whom: i. John, killed in the Civil War; ii. William; settled at. Sardis, Miss.); 5. _____, m. Rev. J. Bowman, and settled

in Tennessee.


IX. Alexander, a physician, emigrated to America, and settled at Newberne, N. C., where he was killed by the British and Tories, Aug. 20, 1781; had issue: 1. Jane, m. Chief Justice John L. Taylor, of North Carolina (had issue: 1. ____ , m. David E. Sumner, of Gates county, Tenn.); 2. William, b. Sept. 19, 1778; d. Jan. 23, 1844; served in Congress, 1813-15; and as chief justice of North Carolina, 1834-44; m. (1st) 1803,. Susan Hay, daughter of John Hay; m. (2d) 1805, Hannah Mc-Lure; m. (3d) 1816, Eliza Ann Worthington, daughter of Dr. Charles Worthington, of Georgetown, D. C. (had issue by first wife: i. Alexander; ii. Susan, m. Robert Donaldson, of New York; had issue by second wife: iii. Hannah, m. Judge Mathias E. Manley, of North Carolina; had issue by third wife: iv. Eliza, m. ___ Graham, of Maryland; v. Catherine, d. unm.).


Three brothers, Joseph, Robert, and Matthew Gaston, said to be great-grandsons of the first Irish William, emigrated to South Carolina, with their sister, Jane Gaston Walker, leaving a fourth brother, Alexander, in Ireland, b. about 1750; d. about 1840; of these Joseph Gaston m. Martha Gaston, daughter of Justice John (above).


The name of John Gaston appears on the tax-list of Lurgan township, Cum berland (now Franklin) county, Penn., in 1751, and the name of Robert Gaston on the tax-list of Sadsbury township, Lancaster county, 1754 to 1759. These may have been two of the brothers (sons of William of Antrim) recorded above.


Hugh Gaston (1st), . b. in county Antrim, Ireland, 1687; d. in Bedminster township, Somerset county, N. J. (buried in Lamington graveyard), Dec. 23, 1772; m. Jennet ____, b. 1698; d. Aug. 1, 1777 (buried at Lamington) ; took up land in Mount Bethel township, Bucks (now Northampton) county, Penn., Feb. 10, 1746, and June 20, 1751; had probably a sister, Mary, m. to James Cauldwell (who emigrated to New Jersey from the North of Ireland about 1732, and settled on Long Hill addition to Elizabethtown); Hugh Gaston was probably the brother of Joseph Gaston, of New Jersey (1st), and the father of William and Joseph of Pennsylvania, of James and John of New Jersey, and of Margaret, who m. Nov. 8, 1750, Thomas Moffat (d. 1770), of Middlesex county, or one or more of them; also, either the father or grandfather of Hugh Gaston, Jr. (below), and of his sisters, Elizabeth Kirkpatrick and Mrs. William Logan; of these:


William Gaston (1st), took up land in (Upper) Mount Bethel township, Bucks (now Northampton) county, Penn., Feb. 20, 1751, on the same date as an entry made by Hugh (1st) above, of whom he was probably the son or possibly a brother; b. probably 1715-20; killed by the Indians in December, 1755, leaving a widow, who d. before September, 1762, and five children, as follows:


I. John, b. May, 1740; d. Sept. 10, 1823; m. in Monmouth county, N. J., Feb. 4, 1760, Charity Cheeseman, b. March 13, 1734; d. Feb. 15, 1821 (both buried at Mingo graveyard, Union township, Washington county, Penn.; Charity Gaston being the daughter of Joseph Cheeseman of Upper Freehold (now Millstone) township, Monmouth county, N. J., who d. 1783; and probably a descendant of the William Cheese-man who settled at Middletown, Monmouth county, 1667); removed from Monmouth county, N. J., after 1767, to Mount Bethel township, Northampton county, Penn., where he took up 275


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acres of land in February, 1772; served as a major in the Revolutionary War; removed, about 1780-82, to Rostraver township, Westmoreland county, Penn., and thence, about 1790, to Peters (now Union) township, Washington county, his wife's sister, Elizabeth Cheeseman, accompanying them; had issue: 1. William, b. July 15, 1761; removed to Ohio; 2. Joseph, b. April 25, 1763; d. Nov. 21, 1821; removed to Abbeville District, South Carolina; served as captain and major of the Savannah regiment in the Revolutionary War, 1782; m. Martha Hutton, and thence, about 1807, removed to Butler county, Ohio (had issue: i. Rebecca, b. Feb. 20, 1784; in. John Kerr; ii. Ann, b. Dec. 16, 1785; iii. Margaret, b. March 17, 1788; m. Ezekiel McConnell; iv. John, b. June 17, 1790; v. Mary, b. Sept. 23, 1792; vi. William, b. April 20, 1795; vii. Joseph, b. Oct. 9, 1796; viii. Matta-Ann, b. Feb. 6, 1799; m. William Hayden; ix. Lydia, b. July 22, 1801; in. Ebenezer Wilson; x. Lucinda, b. May 9, 1804; in. Daniel Symmes; xi. Eliza, b. Feb. 16, 1807; M. Benjamin R. Symmes) ; 3. John, b. Jan. 7, 1765; 4. Samuel, b. Feb. 18, 1767; d. in infancy; 5. James, b. Feb. 18, 1767; d. April 13, 1813; m. Mary Estep, b. Oct. 10, 1773, daughter of Robert and Dorcas Estep; removed to Hamilton county, Ohio (had issue: i. Nancy, b. March 25, 1794; m. _____ Spencer; ii. Dorcas, b. Aug. 19, 1796; m. David Figley, and settled in Scott county, Iowa; iii. Charity, b. Dec. 1, 1798; in. Enoch King, and settled in Clark county, Ohio; iv. Joseph; a minister; b. March 25, 1801; d. Dec. 6, 1834; settled in Carroll county, Ohio; v. Maria, b. April 6, 1803; d. Oct. 20, 1803; vi. Martha, b. Jan. 20, 1805; in. Enoch King (his second wife), and settled in Clark county, Ohio; vii. Rachel, b. March 18, 1807; d. Oct. 7, 1862; m. 'William S. Manfull, and settled at Steubenville, Ohio; viii. James Estep; a minister; b. April 14, 1809; d. at Des Moines, Iowa, 1888-89; removed from Warren, Trumbull county, Ohio, about 1850, to Monmouth, Ill., and thence to Davenport, Iowa, later settling at Des Moines [had issue: Thomas-Kirk; William-Henry; Mary; Joseph-James; John; Sarah-Kirk]; ix. Robert, b. July 25, 1811) ; 6. Samuel, b. Oct. 10, 1772; d. Feb. 21, 1853; in. Margaret Penny, of. Allegheny. county,' b. 1776; d. Aug. 14,. 1841 (had issue: I. John, b. 1800; m. Patience Morrison; ii. Charity, b. 1802; m. Robert Donaldson; iii. Margaret, b. 1803; in. Thomas Perry; removed to near Burlington, Iowa, 1844; iv. Nancy, b. 1805; m. Wil liam Peppard, and removed to Ohio about 1837; v. William, b. 1807; d. 1880; m. Eliza Morrison; vi. Sarah, b. 1808; d. 1875; in. Dr. James Estep-afterwards a Baptist minister-d. Feb. 26, 1861; son of Robert and Dorcas Estep, who came from New Jersey [had issue, six children, among whom: Harrison, settled at Marion, Ind.; James, settled at Marion, Ind.; Josiah-Morgan, b. Feb. 19, 1829; d. at Cadiz, May 5, 1888; M. 1857, Amanda J. Crabb]; vii. Eliza, b. 1810; m. Samuel Morgan; viii. Joseph-Smith, b. 1811; d. 1870; m. Jane Hindman; d. 1879 [had issue, among others: Samuel, b. 1831; in. 1st, Martha A. McClure; m. 2d, Amanda M. Way]; ix. Samuel, b. 1814; d. un-m., 1839); 1. Elizabeth, b. May 8, 1778; d. Feb. 28, 1858; 8. Margaret, in. Samuel McClain, a native of New Jersey; settled in Nottingham township, Washington county, Penn., where they d, without issue.


II. William, b. 1742-48; d. in Upper Mount Bethel township, Northampton county, Penn., April-May, 1801; m. Elizabeth ____ ; had issue: 1. Alexander, m. Huldah   _____ ; resided at

Richmond, Lower Mount Bethel township, until after 1811; 2. William; 3. Charles; 4. Margaret, m. before 1806, Elisha Everitt; 5. Elizabeth, m. 1806-97, Simeon Hart.


III. Hugh, b. 1743-48; served in the Revolutionary War from Mount Bethel township; resided in Allegheny county, Penn., in 1795.


IV. Jennet, b. 1744-48; in. Moses Phenix.


V. James, b. 1748-55; lived in Mount Bethel township in 1773.


Joseph Gaston of Pennsylvania (1st), probably a brother of William Gaston (1st) and perhaps a son of Hugh Gaston (1st), d. in Mount Bethel township, Northampton county, Penn., October, 1775, where he had taken up land in January, 1765; served as a King's Justice from 1766 to 1775; m. Isabel _____, d. after 1775; had issue, five children, Hugh, James, Elizabeth, John, and Alexander, who were probably those given below, although it is possible these are not the same (Joseph Gas--