Harrison County, Ohio - Chapter with an unread heading (no. 9 of those read), 1900 (part 5 of 9)
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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: 1. 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 iincle, Robert (C, above) ; but more probably the Robert Bingham who died in Hopewell township, Washington county, Penn., June,
(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
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 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).
James Stuart (or Stewart), father of Lucinda Stuart Bingham, m. near Newville, Penn., Mary Ann McIIvaine (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.
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.
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, 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 McCclloiigh, b. May 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 Jackman, la 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. Mc- Padden, daughter of Robert McFad'den, 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; rn. 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 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 d. 1869; m. 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.
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,
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; m. (1st) in Newcastle county, Del., Hannah Rice; m. (2d() Sarah Brown; had issue by first wife: 1. William; 2. Rice;
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- 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 Paries; 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, he remained until 1884, then settled in Athens; 8. James, b. July 23, 1828; d. February 13, 1840.
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.
America about 1812 and settled in Freeport township, Harrison county, Ohio; had issue: 1. Samuel; 2. William, b. 1798; d. 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.
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.
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 second wife: 3. John, d. aged twentyfour years; 4. David-B., b. August 21, 1818, in Short Creek township; m. (1st) November 5, 1851, Susannah M. Groves, 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 deal'h 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.
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, ni. (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.
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 hisparents; 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,
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 townlots in 1785; he died in 1797, before March 27th, leaving issue: Ignatius, Thomas, Levi, Zachariah, Simeon,
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; m. 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;
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 BI'SBY, 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,
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,
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 Conwell; 3. William, settled at Cadiz (had issue, among others: i. James; ii. Isabel, m. Lupton; iii. Ida).
JOHN CALDWELL, b. near Redstone 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.
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.
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; d. March 18, 1817; had issue:
Wright; m. (2d) Ann E. Wallace, of Ohio, where he died; m. Mary Bowman, Washington, Penn.; m. (3d) Mrs. Mary (j. aged ninety years, a native of Mary- Law Long, of Harrison county; 7. land; had issue: I. Mary. II. Rachel. George-W.. b. 1826; d. 1885: 8. Esther- ui. Maria. IV. Euphemia. V. Harriet. I., removed to Cadiz, Ohio (three other yi. Moses, b. in Maryland, Oct. 15, 1794; children died young). settled in Athens township, where he
IX. Mary, b. Feb. 4, 1792; m. William d. Aug. 26, 1851; m. October 15, 1819, Fulton, of Mount Pleasant township, Rachel Turner, d. December 11, 1864, Washington county. daughter of Joshua and Priscilla
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.
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);
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: I.David, b. April 1, 1782; d. Dec. 25, 1863; served
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;
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
1. William-N., b. 1822; d. 1899; m. in "^- ^^r^' ^'- you^g). Ireland, 1845, Margaret Tiernan, b. PHILIP CECIL, born in Maryland, 1821, d. 1885, daughter of Henry and son of Kingsbury Cecil, also a native Jane Abram Tiernan. of Maryland, who afterward settled in
JOHN HENRY CARVER, b. in Ger- Kentucky, where he died; the son remany; came to America as a drummer moved to Harrison county, Ohio, before boy with a regiment of Hessian soldiers 1823, where he died in 1850; m. Mary who served on the British side in the Logan; d. 1845; daughter of John Revolutionary War; about 1779 m. Logan; had issue: 1. Richard, b. in Talitha Mitchell, d. March 14, 1845, a Harrison county. May 23, 1823; m. Feb. native of North Carolina; he settled in 25, 1847, Jane E. Bliss, daughter of Mt. Pleasant, Jefferson county, Ohio, Zadoc Bliss, of Franklin township (had about 1798, removing thence to Flush- issue: i. Sarah-Jane, b. April 16, 1848; ing township, Belmont county, where m- A. Oliphant; ii. George, b. July 17, he resided until 1812, and then located 1850; iii. Mary-K.. b. May 19, 1853; iv. at Freeport, Harrison county, where he Emma-L., b. April 9, 1856; v. John-B., died March 15, 1841; had issue: I. b. Dec. 11, 1858; vi. Jesse-F., b. March
23, 1805; d. May 13, 1884; m. (1st) 1829, 1846, Susanna Donahey; 3. William; 4. Eliza Norris, d. July 23, 1855, daughter Kingsbury; 5. Margaret; 6. Jesse, m. of Thomas Norris, of Freeport; m. (2d) 1838, Elizabeth Goddard; 7. Wesley. Rachel Cullen, d. Aug. 14, 1882; had Zadoc Bliss, father of Jane E. Cecil, issue, among others: 1. Thomas-P., b. was a native of Connecticut, b. Feb. 26, Sept. 19, 1843; served in the Civil War; 1788; d. July 8, 1850; settled in Frankm. November 15, 1868. Mary A. Johnson, lin township, about 1826, having redaughter of William Johnson, of moved thither from Columbiana county,
25, 1871, Narcissa E. Bevan, daughter of NATHAN CHANBY, d. 1837: a native Joseph Bevan; had issue by first wife: of Maryland: removed from Virginia to 1. Henry-B., b. October 17, 1836; d. June Cadiz township, Harrison county, Ohio, 25, 1890; settled in Washington town- about 1805; m. in Virginia, Sarah ship: m. (1st) April 8, 1858, Sarah Mansfield; d. 1847; had issue, among Phillips; d. Aug. 20, 1876; daughter of others: John Phillips, of Washington town- I. Thomas, b. Oct. 28, 1803, in Vir- ginia; d. July 1, 1890, in Archer town- one! of the 193d Pennsylvania Volunship; served in the War of 1812; m. teer Infantry in the Civil War; m. (1st)
Sept. 25, 1836, Elizabeth Clark, had is- Lydia Collins; m. (2d) Frances Florsue: 1. James; 2. John; 3. William; 4. ence; ii. Eleanor-Margaret, m. John C.
ROBERT CHRISTY, of Scottish de- sylvania, Susannah Flaugh, of English scent, b. about 1732-35; emigrated to descent; d. July 6, 1853; had issue: 1. America and first settled in New York Elizabeth; 2. John; 3. Abisha, settled City; removed to Jefferson county, in Maynard, Ohio; 4. Mary; 5. James; Ohio, before 1800, and later located in 6. Hannah; 7. Margaret, m. Augustus Archer township, Harrison county, Harris; 8. Susan, m. James Reeves, and Ohio, where he d. 1830; served in the settled in Washington township; 9. Indian wars; m. Margaret Marshall, a Joshua, b. April 9. 1823; settled in Freeresident of New York; had issue: 1. port; m. Feb. 28, 1862, Sarah Coving- George, d. aged eighty-four years; ton; d. July 5, 1887; daughter of Elijah served in the War of 1812; 2. William; Covington.
Samuel Kerr, grandfather of ElizaiDeth 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.
Creek township); 3. Mary, m. William Campbell, of Belmont county, Ohio; 4. Jospph-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.
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.
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: 1. 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 (3adiz township: m. May 12, 1864. Sarah J. Dunlap, daughter of Hugh B. Dunlap, of Athens township; v. Mary- J., m. Thomas Furbay, of New Athens, Ohio; vi. Alexander-S., settled in Newport, Tuscarawas county; vii. Rebecca; viii. Gilles-
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:
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
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-
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
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 in 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,
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,
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) ; S.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 Hoaa;- land, 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.
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; hadi 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.
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 (1761- 1864) 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.; ii. 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. Isabella-Belinda, m. John Shauff; 2. Henry-G.. settled in Cadiz; 3. Mary- Jane, m. Dr. C. Thomas; settled in Des Moines, Iowa.
JAMES COOKE, a native of Ireland (son of Robert Cooke, a native of Scotland, who removed to Ireland), emigrated to America and, about 17S8, settled in Washington county, Penn., thence removed to Athens township, Harrison county, Ohio, about 1805; d. 1815; m. in Ireland, Nancy Moore, d. 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.
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.
Cadiz township; 2. William, settled in Carrollton. Ohio; 3. Benjamin; 4. Stephen, settled in Ore"Ton; 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. Eneland. to Pennsylvania. 1687, and d. 1701). removed from Virginia to Belmont county, Ohio, in 1812; located in Short Cresk
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 Januarv, 1851; m. Ann Schooley, b. 1766; d. Oct. 1, 1863.
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.;
JOHN COPELAND, a native of Ireland, emigrated to Americarand 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 be d. April 30, 1859; m. 1837, Mary A. Walters, daughter of Leonard and 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, 183G; 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 COULTER, a native of county Antrim, Ireland; emigrated to America and settled with 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. S'^'pt. 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,
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.
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 B. 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.
removed to Rush Creek, Jeffersoa 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; m. May 27, 1847, Elizabeth Moore, b. Feb. 6, 1829, in Moorefield township, Harrison county, daughter of David and Sarah Kidwell Moore (had issue: i. 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 Mc- Cleon; had issue:
Ohio; 7. William, b. March 15, 1816; Scotch descent, having come to Amerd. Feb. 8, 1872, in Fulton county, Illi- ica from the North of Ireland a short
Robert; ix. James-P.; x. Jason); 5. ROBERT CROSKEY, a native of Ire- Isabella, m. William Welch; 6. Char- land, emigrated to America and later, lotta; 7. Josiah; 8. Nancy, m. William in 1802, removed to Green township, Lewis; settled in Holmes county; 9. Harrison county, Ohio; had issue: Margaret; 10. Elizabeth, m. Joseph I. William. II. John, b. in New Jer- McGonigal; 11. John, b. in Archer town- sey. Oct. 7, 1775; d. March 16, 1862; m. ship, Nov. 29. 1816; m. in 1849, Eliza- in Pennsylvania, Feb. 9, 1801, Catherine beth Hedges, b. 1827; d. 1877; daughter Fry, b. June 25, 1781; d. in Iowa. Jan. of Samuel and Prudy Hedges (had is- 22, 1863; daughter of Samuel Fry, a sue: i. Mary, m. Hamilton Lisle, of resident of Pennsylvania; had issue: 1. Archer township; ii. Samuel-E., b. in John, b. April 19, 1802; d. Oct. 20, 1867;
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. 111.; 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.
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,
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. P. M. Cooper, and settled in New Athens; 4. Robert, d. aged seventeen; had issue by second wife: 5. 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 Mc- Laughlin, b. Sept. 28, 1782; d. April 6, 1829; daughter of John and Elizabeth McLauehlin; m. (2d) Ann Barricklow, b. May 8, 1808: d. Aug. 13, 1887; had issue bv first wife: 1. John, b. Oct. 29, 1808; d, Aug. 18, 1870; m. Feb. 3, 1829, Nancy Sharp, b. 1810; d. Oct. 10, 1875; daup-hter 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, dauehter of Thomas and Elizabeth Williams Phillips, natives of Chester
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,
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-0., 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.
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. iu 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, r 1747, son of William Davidson, a native of Ireland, who settled in Pennsylvania before the Revolutionary War; m. (1st) Rosanna Hutchinson, a native of
(^ales; ,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 I whom : v^ I. Lewis, b. March 23, 1773, in Fayette county, Penn.; removed in 1801 to the present site of Catlettsbui-g, Kentucky; a year later located on the French grant, in Scio 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 covmty; 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. Lixcy, d. in infancy; iii. Sarah, d. in infancy; iv. James-M., killed Sept. 20, 1863, in the battle of Chickamauga; v.
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; lO.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: 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;
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.
m. (1st) Margaret McPherson; m. (2d) Cornelia Craig (had issue: 1. 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, m. 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 m. Samuel Dunlap; of the sons:
I. Baruch. b. May 21. 17S6; 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.
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.
2, 1842; m. 1864, Rebecca Dickerson, daughter of John and Elizabeth Mc- Fadden 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.
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 Mc- Kinney (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; 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. Amanda- Adaline, 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 James 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.-B.; vii.
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.
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.
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 ill Guernsey county, Ohio; ii. Hameline, settled near Cadiz,
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: 1. 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.
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.
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; vlii. Thomas; ix. Actia-A.); 5. Phoebe; 6. Isaac; 7. Nancy.
JOHN ESTEP, d. aged about eightyfour 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.
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, 111.; 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; daue-hter 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 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-B., 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; ii. 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;
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
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
II. Samuel; a minister; b. in county Armagh!, Ireland, 1715; d. in Pliiladelphia, 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; h. Dec. 13, 1801; d. without issue. 1833; m. Mary Ancrum; ii. William-Peronneau. ta. 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-Edwards- Burr, 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 Cain township. 1750 to 1764, or later: removed from Chester to York (now Adams) county, Penn., after 1764, and thence to Augusta county,
Culbertson (mother of William and Michael Finley), daughter of Samuel Culliertson. of Londongrove township, Chester county; m. (3d) Ann Cowan, daughter of David Cowan, of Lancaster 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.
who married Martha Berkley. John's son removed to South Carolina, but there are many circumstances leading d. Jan. 27, 1822; m. (4th) Mrs. Sarah to the conclusion that he may after- Jones, b. Sept. 14, 1769; d. Jan. 24, 1848 wards have settled in Westmoreland (had issue: i. John-Evans, b. Novem- county, Penn., and died there in 1775. ber, 1783; d. March, 1793; ii. James, b.
November, 1784; d. 186i; iii. Elizabeth, HENRY FERGUSON, of Scotchb. December. 1786; d. July, 1860; iv. Irish descent, settled in Indiana county,
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; daughter 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-L; 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 *A.mspoker 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, 188.5; 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.
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 issue: 1. Mary, m. John Shiltz; 2. Jacob, 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.
1842; emigrated to America about 1798, and in 1801 settled in Cadiz township, Harrison county, Ohio; had issue: I. John. II. Abraham, ill. 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.
JOHN FORSYTHE. a native of Ireland, of Scotch descent, emigrated with his wife and settled in Fayette county, Penn., before 1800: had issue:
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.
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:
1. 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. I'-agleson, b. near AVaterford, 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 1S13: 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.
daughter of John and Mary McBeth (had issue, seven children) ; 5. Richard- P., settled in California; G. Isaiah, settled in Brown county, Neb.; 7. Jeremiah, b. July 10, 1837; m. 1S59, 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.
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. T.,indlev M. Branson; ii. William-Spicer. b. 1839; m. 1876, Esther J. Moore, daughter of Jeremiah
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 1.5, 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 Wat?on. b. Oct. 11, 1838, in Marion county, Ohio, daughter of William and Sarah Kennedy Watson [the former born in Ireland, 1798; d. in Illinois, 18701: ii. Elizabeth, m. Yarnall, and settled in Moore-
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:
Another of the Gastons who remained in Ireland (living at Gastontown, Killycowan, county Antrim), had a daughter, who m. Gavin Mac Arthur; their son, William, b. 1796, emigrated to America after 1818, settling in Vermont; m. Malvina Stone (had issue, among others: 1. 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.
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
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 greatgranddaughter 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.
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, ra. 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:
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, 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. 111. (had issue, four sons and five daughters, of whom: 1. Samuel, d. 1826; settled in Marion county. III., 1819; ii. William; served in the War of 1812; iii. John, settled in Bond county, 111.; iv. Robert, settled in. Bond county. 111., 1822; v. Margaret, m. Thomas Kell, and removed to Marion county. 111., 1822); 2. James; 3. John; 4. Hugh; 5. Joseph; 6. Margaret, d. 1816; m. her second cousin, John McCreary.
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Text from Historical Collections of Harrison County, in the State of Ohio, with Lists of the First Land-owners, Early Marriages (to 1841), Will Records (to 1861), Burial Records of the Early Settlements, and Numerous Genealogies, published 1900, in the public domain in the United States and digitised by the Internet Archive.