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William Nelson Hope
Born: 15 Mar 1779 Madonna, Harford (formerly Baltimore) County, Maryland (1)
Died: 19 May 1842 Clay Village, Shelby County, Kentucky (1)
Buried: Hope Cemetery, Shelby County, Kentucky (approx. 38 deg., 13', 07.24"N; 85 deg., 07', 39.83"W) (1)
Ahnentafel #64
Parents: Thomas Hope and Hannah Howe Nelson
Ethnic Origin: Scots Irish/Ulster Scots
Religion: Presbyterian
He was born on his father's farm in Madonna, Harford County, Maryland.
He moved to Washington County, Maryland sometime before 1800. The 1800 and 1810 Census list
him in Linton Hundred. Linton Hundred is the westernmost part of the county. The
1800 Census lists him with no slaves, even though his father was a slave holder,
so it appears that he did not bring any with him. Soil depletion from tobacco
cultivation had exhausted the land in Harford County causing a large
out-migration. In 1811 his father granted him a 269 acre plot called Dilliearly
on which he was said to be already resident.(2) It appears that he and his wife
resided part of each year in Harford County, Maryland, since he was married
there in 1801 and at least his first eight children were born there.
Sometime between 1815 (the birth of William Nelson Hope,
Jr.) and 1818 (the birth of Catherine Hope), William and his family moved to
Shelby County, Kentucky. He may have migrated with other family members, since
his cousin, Isaac Hope (son of Richard) also lived in Shelby County. He
settled in the area of Tick Creek near Cross Keys and Clay Village. This
area was settled by a large group of Scots-Irish Presbyterians. William
appears in Shelby County in the 1820, 1830 and 1840 Censuses.
His will was made on May 9, 1842 and proved in June.(3)
Married: 22 Jan 1801 Harford County, Maryland (1)
Margaret Miles
(Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, John, John, Thomas)
Born: 21 Jun 1779 Baltimore County, Maryland (1)
Died: 13 Dec 1834 Shelby County, Kentucky (1)
Buried: Hope Family Cemetery, Shelby County, Kentucky (approx. 38 deg., 13', 07.24"N; 85 deg., 07', 39.83"W)(2)
Ahnentafel #65
Parents: Thomas Miles and Mary Coeing (or Cowan)
Ethnic Origin: Scots Irish/Ulster Scots
Religion: Presbyterian
Children of William Nelson Hope and Margaret Miles: (3)
i. Hannah Miles Hope b. Oct 23, 1801 Maryland m. William Fenley
ii.
Elizabeth Hope b. Aug 2, 1803 Maryland never married
iii. Thomas Hope b. Aug 8, 1805 d. 25 Mar 1884 Jefferson Twp., Scotland County, Missouri
m. Lucille Haney b. 1811 (Their son, Francis Marion, is included in The Family of James Norton
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bensonarchives/NortonFamilyArchives/ajng06.htm
iv. Aquila Miles Hope go to Aquila Miles Hope
b. 29 Aug 1807 Madonna, Harford County, Maryland d. 16 Mar 1883 Borden, Fresno
(now Madera) County, California
v. Anna
Hope b. Nov 8, 1809 m. Nathan Scearce or Scarce (Scearce was a Maryland family.)
See
http://iamonia.tripod.com/famtree/taylor/scearce.htm.
vi. Denton Hope b. Jan 25, 1812
vii. John Hope b. Mar 28, 1813 Maryland m. Jan 4, 1849 Sara Francis Bondurant
viii. William Nelson Hope II b. Sept. 13, 1815 Maryland d. May 4, 1896 Colorado m. Dec 12, 1838 Nancy Jane Bondurant
ix. Catherine Hope b. Feb 23, 1818 Shelby County d. Dec 21, 1888 Missouri m. Sept. 29, 1835 Addison Logan
x. Almira Hope b. Dec 30, 1820 Kentucky m. Oct 24, 1860 David Garrett Bondurant See Family of John Norton
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bensonarchives/NortonFamilyArchives/ajng06.htm
xi. James David Hope b. Oct 7, 1824 d. Oct 23, 1906 m. Martha Ann Parish 30 Mar 1848 Shelby County, Kentucky
Notes:
1) Doris Floyd from "DAR Papers 360-1"
2) Shelby County, Kentucky Wills, Bk 15 p. 23 180-1
3) Jean Hope Otterholt, 2636 Harris
Avenue, Richland, WA 99352 March 19, 1984
William Graham
Born: abt 1772 Prince Edward County, Virginia (1)
Died: 1826 Shelby County, Kentucky(1)
Buried:
Ahnentafel #66
Parents: Thomas Graham and Jane Unknown
Ethnic Origin: Scots Irish/Ulster Scots
Religion: Presbyterian
"William Graham born circa 1772 Pr[ince] Edw[ard] Co[unty], Va; died 1826 Shelby Co KY; married in Shelby Co, KY
12 June 1798 Patsy Shillideay, dau of George, Senr. (Marriage Record in Shelby Co, KY)" (1)(2)
"In 1801 [Esther Shillideay and George Shillideay (her
son)] were permanently settled east of Shelbyville and were each listed with
fifty acres on Tick Creek in the four hundred acre Michael Troutman patent.
Sharing this tract on adjoining farms were Thomas Graham, William Graham, Samuel
Graham, and James Graham... Likely the Grahams, the Shillideays, and Edward
Smith were on the four hundred acres before this report was made, but only the
tax lists make record of the fact until 1 June 1812. On that date, Michael
Troutman of Bullit County, Kentucky gave legal title to the various parcels of
his four hundred acre patent to Thomas Graham, James Graham, Samuel Graham,
William Graham, George Shillideay, Caleb Shillideay, and Edward Smith. (Shelby
County, KY Deed Book K-1, pp. 704-711)" (3) "
"On a hill near the middle of the [Michael Troutman] patent was a rock house which is
pictured on page 6 of Graham Ground, Volume 1, Number 1. It stood on the
undivided land of the sons, William Graham and Samuel Graham. Of native
limestone with no indication as to when it was built, it may have been home for
the parents begun soon after the log houses were finished. Several years ago it
was demolished, the stones were crushed and used in the circular driveway of the
ornate colonial home built by William Graham, Baker S. Graham, and Joseph Lawrence." (4)
"No record of members for the Tick Creek
Congregation are extant prior to 1819 when a listing of Mulberry Creek Church
included these kinsmen of the Graham family: William Graham, Patsy Graham, Sam
Graham, James Graham, Caleb Shillideay, Caty Shillideay, William Johnstone, Mrs.
Johnstone, Mr. George Smith, Mrs. Smith, and Mrs. Edward Smith. The last three
wives were likely the daughters of Thomas Graham (1736-1810) who had married men
by these names. Because many of the Grahams and the George Shillideay family had
moved to Jennings County, Indiana by this date, we get no indication of their
impact on Presbyterianism in Shelby County. From 1819 Graham names are found on
the membership rolls and in the sessions minutes through the 1880's. Records
show that both William Graham and his brother Samuel Graham served as elders." (5)
There is a Graham Presbyterian Cemetery in Jennings County. Graham Presbyterian Church
Cemetery Take 650S east from SR3 through covered bridge to Base Road; turn north (left) and follow blacktop through curve
(turns into 600S). (38 deg. 53' 50.42"N 85 deg. 36' 36.05"W)
"The Shelby County, Kentucky Grahams
William Graham and Samuel Graham, sons Number (7) and (8) of the patriarch Thomas Graham became co-owners of the Graham
land, and Caleb Baker Shillideay, the youngest son of Esther, bought the land of
his brother George. In 1822, Caleb died, and in a few years his widow Elizabeth
married George King of Johnson County, Indiana and the name Shillideay
disappeared from Shelby County records. In 1818, Samuel Graham married Jane
Watson in Jennings County, Indiana, and by 1832 Jane was dead. Samuel never
remarried, and he and Jane had no children. This left the family of William
Graham to carry on the name in Shelby County.
The Descendants of William and Patsy (Shillideay) Graham
William Graham, son of Thomas and Jane
Graham, was born circa 1772 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. He died in 1826
Shelby County, Kentucky. He married 12 June 1798 Patsy Shillideay in Shelby
County. Family tradition says that William and Patsy built the brick home near
the eastern boundary of the farm on Tick Creek which has been incorporated into,
and is still an identifieable part of the large colonial structure which is the
home of Katherine and her son Lawrence Lea. (6)
"[Shelby County] Deed Bk T. -- p. 201 J.A. Grayham VS Wm. Grayham This Indenture made the
4th day of Oct. 1823 between Jas. Grayham of the county of Jennings, the state
of Ind. of one part and Wm. Grayham of the County of Shelby and the state of Ky
of the other part to wit. that the sd Jas. Grayham for the consideration of
twelve hundred to his part in hand by the said Wm. Grayham the receipt whereas
he do hereby acknowledged, has bargained and sold by those present doth bargain,
sell, and deliver to the said Grayham, his heirs and assigns forever for his use
and behoof, a certain tract of land situated in Shelby Co. on the waters of Tick
Cr. Michael Troutman's 400 acres patented on the 2nd day of Dec. 1785. Beginning
at a stake in the corner of Geo. and Caleb Sheleday; thence E. 28 poles to a
stake in the corner of John Clines line north 20 E 43 poles to a sugar tree to
Clines; thence E 28 S and sd. line. Thence 38 poles to a popular, elm, beech
trees on Troutman; Thence north 104 poles to a elm and black ash corner to Wm.
and Samuel Grayham; thence 140 poles to a stake corner to sd. Grayham's and 30 W
28 poles to a stake corner to Wm. and Samuel Grayhams; thence W 21 poles on Geo.
Shelledy line; thence with E line to the beginning to have and to hold sd, tract
or parcel of land and appurtenances thereto belong to the sd. Wm. Grayham, his
heirs and assigns forever and sd, Jas. Grayham hereby covenant with sd. Wm
Grayham and his heirs and will forever defend against all claim or claims what
so ever. In testimony whereof Jas. Grayham sets his hand and seal on the day
first written. Signed Jas. Grayham By Jas. Smith this deed was proven on 7th day
of No. 1823 as the act of Jas. Grayham by the oath of Sam. Smith and ordered.
Jas. Whitaker C. P." (7)
This James Graham seems to be William's brother.
Notes:
1) Bulls, Minnie; Graham Ground - A Bulletin for Meeting Graham Cousins
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0603/92225371.html p. 72
2) Record of Marriages in Shelby County Kentucky for the period of years 1792 to 1851
inclusive; comp. Annie Walker Burns, 210 West Main Street, Frankfort, Kentucky March 1932
3) Bulls, op. cit., p. 66
4) Ibid., p. 67
5) Ibid., p. 69
6) Ibid., p. 74-5
7) Typescript from Shelby County deeds
Married: 12 Jun 1798 Shelby County, Kentucky
Martha (Patsy) Shellady (Shillideay)
(George, Edward)
Born: 1780 Prince Edward County, Virginia
Died: aft 1819
Buried:
Ahnentafel #67
Parents: George Shillideay (Shellady) and Esther Baker
Ethnic Origin: Scots Irish/Ulster Scots
Religion: Presbyterian
"George Shilliday and George Shilliday, Junr.[Signers of the Petition of Religious Liberty of Prince Edward Co.]: The descendants of William Graham and Patsy (Shillideay) Graham of Shelby County, Kentucky which includes the Huffmans of Illinois, and the Hopes of Madera County, Graham of Shelby County, Kentucky, Jennings and Hendricks Counties, Indiana. Records are easily traced to George Shilliday and his son George, Junr." (1)
Children: (2)
i. Scott R.
Graham b. 7 March 1803 Tick Creek, Shelby County, Kentucky d. 21
August 1882 Illinois m. (1) 17 July 1826 Julia Ann Shillideay, and
(2) 29 February 1834 Frances King. (Shelby Marriage Records) In 1854, Scott R.
Graham and his family moved to Illinois.
ii. Baker
Shillideay Graham b. 1805 Tick Creek, Shelby County, Kentucky d. 10
March 1884 Tick Creek, Shelby County, Kentucky m. March 1832 Margaret Smith
iii. Sarah Florence Graham go
to Sarah Florence Graham b. 10 Sep 1810 Tick Creek, Shelby County,
Kentucky d. 20 Aug 1890 Borden, Madera County, California m. Aquila Miles Hope
iv. Thomas Graham b. abt. 1815 Tick Creek, Shelby County, Kentucky circa 1836) never married
Notes:
1) Bulls, Minnie; Graham Ground - A Bulletin for Meeting Graham Cousins (P.O. Box 542, Reedley, CA 93654) p. 40
2) Ibid., p. 74-5
John M. Smith
Born: abt. 1795
Died: 1833 Greenfield Twp., Fairfield County, Ohio
Buried:
Ahnentafel #68
Parents: Unknown
Ethnic Origin: Scots Irish /Ulster Scots
Religion: Presbyterian
I think the most likely candidate for father of Solomon and John W. Smith is John M. Smith, see will abstract below.
No Smith in Greenfield township in the 1806 tax list.
"Smith,
"Case #879 (2) - estate of John M. Smith of Greenfield Township. Filed in 1833.
Administrator was John Flattery of
Fairfield County and assistant administrator, Thomas T. Smith, of Allen County,
Indiana. Wife, Elizabeth, died in January of 1827. John M. Smith had
children, Elizabeth, Margaret, Sarah and several others not named. The
guardian of the minor children was M. Alspach [J. Alspach was an original
patentee in Greenfield Township.]. John M. Smith owned property in
Baltimore [Fairfield County] and in section 11, township 15, range 19, and in
section 18, township 30, range 13 in Indiana." (1)
A
James Smith was the entryman (original patentee) on 27 May 1805 on the Southwest
corner of Section 11, Range 19, Township 15. A J. Smith was the entryman
on the Southwest corner of Section 12, Range 19, Township 15 on 27 May
1805. William Gessel, Smith and Miesser were the entrymen on Section 13 on
26 Oct, 1801. Smith, Miessa [sic] and Feilburt were the entrymen on
section 23 on 26 Oct 1801. (2)
Notes:
1) Collier, Jean comp.; Fairfield County Will and Estate Abstracts (Fairfield County Chapter of OGS June
1997) p. 41
2) Kocher, L. Richard; Section Maps with Entrymen on Lands in Fairfield Co, Ohio, Vol. I (Woolkoch Pub. Columbus OH March
1, 1994)
Married:
Elizabeth Unknown
Born:abt 1795
Died: Jan 1827 Greenfield Twp., Fairfield County, Ohio
Buried:
Ahnentafel #69
Parents: Unknown
Ethnic Origin: Scots Irish/Ulster Scots
Religion: Presbyterian
Children:
i. Elizabeth Smith b. abt 1814
ii. John W. Smith b. 1 Mar 1816 Ohio d. 10 Apr 1885 Carroll, Greenfield Twp., Fairfield County, Ohio m. Sarah Holmes
iii. Margaret Smith b. abt 1818
iv. Sarah Smith b. abt 1820
v. Solomon Smith go to Solomon Smith b. 8
Feb 1827 Carroll, Greenfield Twp., Fairfield County, Ohio d. 13 Mar 1898 Carroll, Greenfield Twp.,
Fairfield County, Ohio m. Leah P. Wisely
Edward Bond Wisely
Born: 20 Sep 1782 Pennsylvania
Died: 20 Jul 1833 Greenfield Twp., Fairfield County, Ohio
Buried: 23 Jul 1833 Coffman Cemetery, Bloom Twp., Fairfield County, Ohio (Geolocation 39.78954 deg. N; 82.72770 deg. W)
Ahnentafel #70
Parents: John Wisely and Mary Ann Bond
Ethnic Origin: Scots Irish/Ulster Scots
Religion: Presbyterian
According to Sharon Butsch Freeland his name was Edward Bond Wisely (e-mail of 11/21/2004).
The entryman for Range 19, Twp 16, Sec 04 was Edward Wisely. Township 16 is Bloom.
Edward Wisely was a tax-payer in 1806 in Bloom Township.(1)
Listed in the 1820 Census in Fairfield County, Ohio in Greenfield Twp.
Occupation listed as agriculture.
"In 1823 William [Wiseley] and Sarah sold 50 acres of his land to his brother, Edward, for $150.00.
[William and Sarah were farmers in Greenfield Township, Fairfield County northwest of the thriving town of
Lancaster. They owned 50 acres in the southwest one half of Section 5, and
some 8 acres in Section 8 bordering the north side of the Ohio Canal...
The Wiseley land changed hands several times, and is now owned by a Miss
Gertrude Schmitt who rents out the fields and has leased the house (which is not
the original building) to Dick Getz of the Ohio Farmer Magazine Staff.]" (2)
Listed in the 1830 Census in Greenfield Township, Fairfield County, Ohio. William Wiseley is listed next to him.
"Page 193, 1867 - Edward Wisely died July 20, 1833.
Widow was Leah who died in 1866. Children and heirs; Jesse Wisely of
Hancock County; Mary, wife of John G. Klink of Licking County; Phoebe, wife of
John Godwin; Leah, wife of Solomon Smith; Harriet, wife of Isaac Brandt of Polk
County, Iowa; Sarah, wife of Jacob Albright of Cass County, Indiana; Amos Wisely
of Cass County, Indiana; Henry Wisely of Cass County, Indiana; Elizabeth
Wildermuth; Naomi, wife of John Rauch; William Wisely; Isaac [sic - Elizabeth?]
Wildermuth died May 7, 1848, leaving husband, Henry and two children, Leah
Louisa, wife of Henry Myers of Cass County, Indiana and William Jasper
Wildermuth of Cass County, Indiana. William Wisely died January 12, 1835
without issue. Linda Wisely died June 18, 1842 without issue. Rhoda
Wisely died 1851 and James Whimp died February 28, 1845, leaving 5 children,
Henry Harriet, John, Margaret and William Whimp -- all of whom died in
Missouri." (3)
"Saturday, September 28, 1833...
All persons having just and legal claims against the estate
of Edward Wisely, late of Greenfield twp., deceased, are hereby notified to
present them for settlement.
William Wisely, Jr. Henry Tomlinson, Admins"(4)
Burials in the Coffman Cemetery (Bloom Twp. website
http://www.foorgenealogy.com/coffmancemetery.html 9/28/05)
This cemetery is in section 12 of Bloom Twp., Fairfield Co., Ohio, at intersection of
Brandt Road (TR 204) and Hope Drive.
"The following list is NOT a tombstone transcription. All
of the individuals below are in the online searchable database. Death or birth
dates shown below may not be what's actually on the tombstone, as the data may
have come from a probate or Bible record, or an estimation from census records,
etc. Married females are listed in the left column under their maiden name, if
known, and spouse(s) name(s) are in the far right column...
TOMLINSON,Henry
Abt
1761
Abt 1838 , Elizabeth
TOMLINSON,Joseph
18 Nov 1795 3 Mar
1829 MCPHERSON,Catherine
TOMLINSON,Leah
30 Jun 1790 14 Jul
1866 WISELY,Edward
WISELY,Edward
Abt Sep 1782 20 Jul
1833 TOMLINSON,Leah
WISELY,Rhoda
12 Feb/Mar 18 29 May 1851"
"Edward Wisely b. September 20, 1782 Pennsylvania d. July 20, 1835 [sic] m. Leah Tomlinson Oct. 21, 1806"(5)
"William Wisely, Edmund [sic] Wisely... settled in the north-east part of Greenfield Township, in the years 1800 to 1805"(6)
"Wisley, Edward/Tombleson, Leah; 21 Oct 1806; Elijah
Spurgeon; 00A-25" (7)
There is a Wisely file (#49) in the First Families of Ohio Collection of The Ohio Genealogical Society.
Notes:
1) A Complete History of Fairfield County by Hervey Scott repr. 1983 Fairfield County Ch. Ohio Gen Soc, p. 40
2) Wiseley, Clayton H.; The Wiseley-Peters Story (Clayton Wiseley 1983) p. 7
3) Partition Record Abstracts, Vol. II, 1851-1900 Fairfield County, Ohio, Books 7-17 Abstracted by
Jean Collier
4) Ohio Eagle, Genealogical Abstracts by Dorothy Mercy (1998)
5) Family Group Sheet of Clayton Wiseley
6) A Complete History of Fairfield County, p. 181
7) Fairfield County Ohio Marriages (Fairfield Gen Soc 1999) p. 8
Married: 21 Oct 1806 Bloom Twp., Fairfield County, Ohio
Leah Tomlinson
(Henry)
Born: 28 Jun 1790 Bullskin Twp., Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Died: 14 July 1866 Bloom Twp., Fairfield County, Ohio
Buried: Coffman Cemetery, Bloom Twp., Fairfield County, Ohio (Geolocation 39.78954 deg. N; 82.72770 deg. W)
Ahnentafel #71
Parents: Henry Tomlinson and Elizabeth P.
Ethnic Origin: Scots Irish/Ulster Scots
Religion: Presbyterian
"Leah Wisely
The State of Ohio Fairfield County... 18th day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty six the following [was presented]
Will
In the name of the Benevolent Father of all.
I, Leah Wisely of Fairfield County State of Ohio of Sound Mind do make and Publish this My will and Testament in Manner
and form following-
First I commend My Soul to the care of God who gave it my body to the Earth to be buried in a decent and Christian
like Manner.
2nd I Bequeath out of my effects my son Jesse Wisely twenty dollars. I also give and bequeath to my Daughter Mary
Clink[sic] Twenty Dollars, to my Daughter Phoebe Goodin [sic]Twenty Dollars and
my Daughter Sarah Albright Twenty Dollars. I also give and bequeath to my
Grandson William Jasper Wildermuth the Sum of Ten Dollars. I also give and
bequeath to my Grand Daughter Leah Lovisa[sic] Wildermuth ten Dollars. I
also give and bequeath to my Daughter Leah Smith wife of Solomon Smith three
Hundred Dollars to my Son Henry Wisely three hundred Dollars all of which is to
be first paid out of my effects.
I also will after paying the above stipulated Legacies that then my Executors Sell all of my Real and
Personal property and make an Equal divide among the following Persons to wit:
Henry Wisely, Amos Wisely, Leah Smith, wife of Solomon Smith,
Lovisah[sic] Rauch wife of John Rauch and Harriet Branett[sic], wife of Isaac
Brannett[sic].
I do appoint John Rauch and Amos Wisely Executors of this my last will and testament hereby Revoking all of former wills
by me and Confirming this and none other as my last will and testament." (1)
Family Finder Index
Name Date Location Archive Type
Tomlinson,
Leah 1750-1849 Unknown World Family Tree
She may be descended from Richard Tomlinson, who was noted
in 1692 in Northern Liberties/Oxford Twp., Philadelphia County, PA in "1692 Tax Protest & 1694 Land Survey".
"Wisely, William//Tumbleson [This is Leah's brother-in-law. Rachel is probably her
sister.], Rachel; 4 January 1801; Samuel Carpenter, JP; DBA[Deed Book A, Fairfield County Recorder's Office]-48"(2)
"Saturday, December 16, 1837...
Chancery Court - Leah Wisely vs. John Tomlinson and others, heirs at law of Henry Tomlinson, late deceased.
Notice is hereby given to John Winsent and Margaret, his wife; Peter Haruff, the unknown heirs of Mary, late Mary Haruff;
Phebe, late Phebe Haruff and her husband whose name is unknown; Leah Haru (sic); Henry
Haruff, and Rebecca Haruff, who reside outside the state of Ohio, that the said
complainant alleges in her bill that Henry Tomlinson, late of Fairfield Co.
departed this life intestate, seized of a certain tract of land... which
passed by descent to the complainant and the defendants as heirs at law of said
intestate. Said defendants are notified to appear in court on the first day of the next term." (3)
Two of Leah's children have the middle initial P, which may be related to the maiden name of her mother.
There is a Tomlinson file (#179) in the First Families of Ohio Collection of the Ohio Genealogical Society.
Notes:
1) Will of Leah Wisely
2) Fairfield County, Ohio Marriages, Vol. I 1800-1835 (The Fairfield County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society,
June 1999 p. 1
3) Mercy, Dorothy Hallarn; Ohio Eagle, Lancaster, Ohio 1814-1840 Genealogical Abstracts (August 1990) p.124
Children:
i. Jesse Wisely b. abt 1809 Fairfield County, Ohio d. aft 1880 Biglick, Hancock County, Ohio m. Keziah Unknown
ii. Amos Wisely b. abt 1813 Fairfield County, Ohio d. aft 1878 Cass County, Indiana
iii. Henry Wisely b. 9 Jul 1816 Fairfield County, Ohio d. aft 1878 Cass County, Indiana
iv. William P. Wisely b. abt 1818 Fairfield County, Ohio d. 12 Jan 1835 Greenfield Twp., Fairfield County, Ohio m. Mary Patterson
v. Sarah Wisely b. abt 1819 Fairfield County, Ohio d. aft 1866 Cass County, Indiana m. Jacob Albright
vi. Phoebe Wisely b. abt 1820 Fairfield County, Ohio d. aft 1866 m. John Goodwin
vii. Elizabeth Wisely b 3 Oct 1821 Bloom Twp., Fairfield County, Ohio d. 7 May 1848 Bloom Twp., Fairfield County, Ohio m. Henry Wildermuth
viii. Mary Wisely b. abt 1823 Fairfield County, Ohio d. aft 1866 m. John G. Klink
ix. Leah P. Wiselygo to Leah P. Wisely b. 6
Feb 1824 Bloom Twp., Fairfield County, Ohio d. 7 Jun 1893 Carroll, Greenfield
Twp., Fairfield County, Ohio m. Solomon Smith
x. Rhoda Wisely b. 6 Feb 1826 Bloom Twp., Fairfield County, Ohio d. 29 May 1851
Bloom Twp., Fairfield County, Ohio m. James Whimp
xi. Naomi Louisa Wisely b. 5 Jun 1829 Fairfield County, Ohio d. 1898 m. John Rauch
xii. Harriet Wisely b. abt 1830 d. bef 1900 Des Moines, Iowa m. Isaac Brandt
xiii. Linda Wisely b. abt 1832 d. 18 Jun 1842 Fairfield County, Ohio
Ebenezer Chambers McLean
Born: abt 1800 Southampton, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (1)
Died:
Buried:
Ahnentafel #72
Parents:
Ethnic Origin: Scots Irish/Ulster Scots
Religion: Presbyterian
I have placed him as the father of Chambers McLean only because they share a middle name and the
dates are approximately correct. The Chambers McLean's in the AF and IGI give different parents. However,
the dates given are out of agreement with other information.
Ancestral File
Chambers
McLean AFN: 112P-257 b 1828 Carlisle, Franklin, PA Mother Elizabeth
Submitter: Charlotte Carpenter Smith, 2791 Walker Lee Drive, Los Alamitos, CA 90720
IGI
Chambers McLean Christening May 19, 1822, United Presbyterian Church, Shippensburg,
Cumberland County, PA Source Batch 8130713-11
Father William McLean Mother Nancy
Film #126100
1) While census data gives various dates for the birth of Chambers, 1870 (45), 1880 (53), 1900 (May
1826), and death certificate (78 by May 2, 1903 or born about 1825), none of
these dates are consistent with the AF and IGI. In the Great Register of
1888 he gave his age as 64. If the death certificate age at death is
accurate, a very big if, then Chambers became 78 after May 2, 1902. This
means that he was born between May 2, 1824 and May 1, 1825.
2) A child of William McLean and Nancy could not have been
born in 1822 (IGI), when William was about 15 and his wife only 12. I did
not find this entry when going through the United Presbyterian Church microfilm,
but I could have missed it. It also could be wrong, in which case Chambers
may have been born to William and Nancy in 1826.
3) Elizabeth was the widow of John McLain, William's brother. However, he
died before May 1822 and so could not be the father of the AF Chambers
McLean.
4) Another consideration now is that our Chambers
McLean came from Beardstown, Cass County, Illinois. There are only two
McLane (McLain, McLean) entries in the 1840 Census for Beardstown, Joseph M.
McLane (1 - - -4/1 - - -4), who look like a young married couple with no
children of Chambers' age, and Nancy McLane (1 1 - 1 1/- - - 2 1 - 1).
This latter one looks like an aged mother with her children, one of whom could
be Chambers.
Notes:
1) Rung-Stout Genealogy
http://www.gbnf.com/genealog3/rung/html/d0099/I9234.HTM
Married:
Elizabeth Unknown
Born: abt 1800 Pennsylvania (1)
Died:
Buried:
Ahnentafel #73
Parents:
Ethnic Origin:
Religion:
Notes:
Children:
i. Chambers Charles McLean
go to Chambers Charles McLean b. abt 1824 Pennsylvania d. 2 May 1903 Fresno, Fresno County, California
Notes:
1) Rung-Stout Genealogy
http://www.gbnf.com/genealog3/rung/html/d0099/I9234.HTM
Unknown
Ahnentafel #74
Unknown
Ahnentafel #75
Robert L. Snead
Born: 20 Apr 1801 Hanover County, Virginia
Died: 29 Mar 1878 Knoxville, Tennessee
Buried: Old Sweetwater Cemetery, Monroe County, Tennessee (Reburied in Westview Cemetery,
Sweetwater geolocation 35 deg. 36' 05.23" N; 84 deg. 28' 43.38"W)
Ahnentafel #76
Parents: Robert Snead and Sophia Eley Harris
Ethnic Origin: Scots Irish/Ulster Scots
Religion: Presbyterian/Baptist
One source states that he was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia (1), but another gives his birth place as Hanover
County, Virginia. (2) I think it is most likely that he was born in
Hanover County, where his father lived and died, but I have not found any birth
record. He was raised as a Presbyterian.
It appears that he migrated to Rockbridge County as a young man. He appears as a
member of the Lexington Presbyterian Church in 1822 when he was dismissed to the
Baptist church. (3) This connects with the story below of how he was
convinced by his (future) wife of the correctness of Baptist doctrine. He
went on to become a locally famous Baptist minister and leader. His career
was described in Sketches of Tennessee's Pioneer Baptist Preachers, which is
available online at
http://www.knoxcotn.org/tnbaptists/snead_robert.htm.
He took a prominent part in the debates among Baptists over foreign missionary
efforts, being a strong supporter of those efforts. Robert was one of many
family members and relations who were Baptist ministers; including Eli
Cleveland, father-in-law of daughter Elizabeth; members of the Kimbrough family
of his daughter Martha Ann; A.S. Worrell, the husband of his daughter Mary, who
translated the Bible into English, and the uncle (Elika Adams Taylor) of his son
Thomas' wife.
After his marriage he moved with his family to Monroe County in 1824 and joined the Sweetwater Baptist Church in 1826.
He was postmaster at Sweetwater (then called Upton's) from
December 20, 1847 to 1852. (4) This is an interesting indication of
Robert's political position. Postmasterships were political rewards
(spoils). The president at the time of his appointment was the Democrat
James Polk, but the Whig presidents, Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore, were
in office during most of his tenure. This would seem to mean that
while he was a Democrat, that he was in good standing with the rival Whigs, as well.
Robert was also a very substantial farmer, builder and capitalist. He was a slaveholder. He
even brought some of them from Virginia when he migrated to Monroe County.
He was also a director of the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad, which opened
East Tennessee to greater contact and trade with the rest of the country.
Notes:
1) Lenoir, William B.; History of Sweetwater Valley, Tennessee (Baltimore: Regional
Publishing Company, 1976 Originally Pub. 1916 Richmond)
2) Burnett, J
.J. Sketches of Tennessee's Pioneer Baptist Preachers.
Nashville, Tenn.: Press of Marshall Bruce Company, 1919.
http://www.knoxcotn.org/tnbaptists/index.html
3) "Lexington Presbyterian Church Records (Contributed by Patti Wood, Palo Alto, CA.)
From Microfilm: Union Theological Seminary in Richmond. Title: "Lexington Presbyterian Church Records."
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/rockbridge/churches/lexpres.txt 1/25/07
4) Sands, Sara G. Cox; History of Monroe County, Tennessee; (Gateway Press Baltimore 1980) Vol. II., p. 326
Married: (1) 9 Jan 1823 Neriah Baptist Church, Rockbridge County, Virginia (geolocation 37 deg. 47' 16.55"N; 79 deg. 21' 48.20"W)
Frances (Frankie) Henley
(Leonard, Leonard, Leonard, Leonard, Leonard, Reynolds, Thomas, Hezekiah)
Born: 1802 Henrico County, Virginia
Died: bef 1852 Monroe County, Tennessee
Buried:
Ahnentafel #77
Parents: Leonard Henley and Rebecca P. Miller
Ethnic Origin: English
Religion: Baptist
"Henley...
Frances Robert Snead 9 Jan 1823; d Leonard of Henrico cty min - V M Mason, Baptist" (1)
It is obvious from the following vignette that Frances was a convinced Baptist, highly literate and a person of very strong
character.
"Sketches Of Tennessee's Pioneer Baptist Preachers
ROBERT SNEAD...
(pages 481 - 486)
The subject of the following sketch was born in Hanover County, Virginia, April 20, 1801,
and is of Scotch-Irish descent. He was converted in the twenty-second year of his age and joined a Presbyterian
church in Richmond, Virginia. January 9, 1823, he was married to a Miss Frances
Henley. This union was blessed with a family of ten children, four sons and
six daughters. To settle the church-and-baptism question, his wife, being a
Baptist, proposed that they read the New Testament together, marking the
passages pro and con. The husband assenting, the critical reading contest was
begun. At the close of almost every chapter "Frankie" would score a point
against her husband and in her own favor. The husband, little discouraged but
not despairing, kept thinking it would be "better further on," especially in the
Acts, where he expected to find comfort from the baptism of the jailer and his
household. On reaching that point, however, it did not read just as he
expected to find it, and as he had so often heard it quoted. It was a
"household," it seemed, of gospel hearers and believers that was baptized.
He took the passage to his pastor, who, reading it carefully and with looks of
surprise confessed that the passage favored the Baptist position. For some
time the unequal contest went on, but finally the surrender was made -
"Frankie" and the truth had triumphed. The husband joined the Neriah Baptist
Church, Rockbridge County, Virginia, and was baptized by Volentine M. Mason." (2)
Children:
i. Elizabeth Snead b. abt 1823 Rockbridge County, Virginia d. Jul 1875 Monroe County, Tennessee m. Robert M. Cleveland
ii. Martha Ann Snead b. 22 Aug 1825 Monroe County, Tennessee d. 1906 Mesquite, Texas m. Jacob Kimbrough
iii. William E. Snead b. 11 Dec 1822 d. 28 Aug 1875 Monroe County, Tennessee m. Nancy Prater Johnson
iv. Virginia E. Snead b. 17 Jul 1834 Monroe County, Tennessee d. Clinton, Anderson County, Tennessee m. Richard Jarnigin
v. Robert L. Snead b. 1837 Monroe County, Tennessee d. aft 1850
vi. Mary L. Snead b. 23 Feb 1839 Monroe County, Tennessee m. A.S. Worrell
vii. John Lilburn Snead b. 22 Mar 1841 Monroe County, Tennessee d. 14 Feb 1863 Nashville, Tennessee
viii. Thomas Edwin Snead go to Thomas Edwin
Snead b. 26 Oct 1843 Monroe County, Tennessee d. 24 Feb 1921 Sara, Clark County, Washington m.
Anne Elizabeth Patton
Notes:
1) Kirkpatrick, Dorthie Edwin C.; Rockbridge County Marriages, 1778-1850 (Iberian Publishing Company,
Athens, Georgia c. 1985) p. 312
2) Burnett, J .J. Sketches of Tennessee's Pioneer Baptist Preachers. Nashville,
Tenn.: Press of Marshall Bruce Company, 1919.
http://www.knoxcotn.org/tnbaptists/index.html
Robert Snead Married (2): 20 Dec 1857 Knoxville, Tennessee
Samantha Ann McReynolds
(David)
Born: 28 Apr 1815 Tazewell, Claiborne County, Tennessee
Died: 12 Jan 1897 Sweetwater, Monroe County, Tennessee Buried: Westview Cemetery,
Sweetwater, Monroe County, Tennessee
Buried: Old Sweetwater Cemetery, Monroe County, Tennessee (Reburied in Westview Cemetery,
Sweetwater (geolocation 35 deg. 36' 05.23" N; 84 deg. 28' 43.38"W)
Parents: David McReynolds and Leleta Lane
Ethnic Origin: Scots Irish/Ulster Scots
Religion: Baptist
"Robert Snead's second wife was Samantha Ann McReynolds, to whom he was married on the 17th of September, 1852. She was born in Tazewell, Tenn., April 28, 1815. She died at Sweetwater, Tenn., January 12, 1897, and was buried in the old Sweetwater cemetery. They resided at the Snead farm, near Sweetwater, after their marriage, until they moved to Knoxville, in 1874. They had one daughter, Laura F., born December 20, 1857, who married Sam Epps Young, a Knoxville lawyer, September 5, 1878."(1)
Children:
i. Laura F. Snead b. 20 Dec 1857 Monroe County, Tennessee d. Knoxville, Tennessee m. Sam Epps Young
Notes:
1) Lenoir, William B.; History of Sweetwater Valley, Tennessee (Baltimore: Regional
Publishing Company, 1976 Originally Pub. 1916 Richmond), p. 325
Francis Alexander Patton
Born: 6 Jun 1799 (1) Haywood County, North Carolina (2)
Died: aft 16 Dec 1846 (4) Philadelphia, Monroe (now Loudon) County, Tennessee (2)
Buried:
Ahnentafel #78
Parents: James S. Patton and Mary James
Ethnic Origin: Scots Irish/Ulster Scots
Religion: Baptist
The Taylor genealogy (1) gives his birth place as Knox County, Tennessee. This is very unlikely, since there
is no evidence that his father or mother ever resided there. It is much
more likely that he was born in Haywood County, North Carolina, where they
lived, though no definite proof has surfaced. He moved to Monroe County
around 1830. On November 3, 1830 he purchased land from a William Patton.
(3) It is unclear whether this William Patton is related. According
to the deed William Patton was dead by 11 Sep 1852 when another
William Patton and Samuel Johnson attested to his signature. That is
probably the same William Patton who witnessed his will.
His first
marriage was to a "Miss Rose."(1) In his
will, he leaves "To Mary A. and Harris F. $214.00 from the estate of their
grandfather, Samuel Bell."(4) This would seem to make it clear that the
first wife was Rose Bell. He had two children by his first
marriage, Horace (possibly called Harris in the will) Flavius and Mary
Adaline. Horace was born in 1838 and Mary Adaline may have been born in
1840 (1870 Census). In the 1840 Census he is shown with his wife
(presumably Rose Bell) and two children under 5. From the listing, it
appears that he was a neighbor of Robert Snead. He died soon after making
his will on 16 Dec 1846. It appears that he was at least a small
slaveholder because he gave two of his slave children to his own children.
It appears he may have also been an investor in the Hiwassee Railroad Co., since
his executor had dealings with them (Monroe County Deed Book P, p. 323).
His second wife came from a strong Baptist family and his
children all married Baptists, so that he must have at least become a Baptist
after he moved to Monroe County.
Lenoir states, "He died at his residence where C.D. Browder now lives."(5) I have not found his
place of burial.
Notes:
1) Blomquist, Ann K.; Taylors and Tates of the South (Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore 1993)p. 359
2) Patton Genealogy Page 10, Descendants of William Patton, M. A. <
http://lady3248.tripod.com/pattongenealogypg10.htm 4/20/06
3) Monroe County Deed Book O, p. 408
4) Monroe County Wills Book A, p. 61
5) Lenoir, William B.; History of Sweetwater Valley, Tennessee (Baltimore:
Regional Publishing Company, 1976 Originally Pub. 1916 Richmond), p. 270-1
Married abt 1837 Monroe County, Tennessee
Rose Bell
(Samuel)
Born: abt 1820
Died: abt 1840 Monroe County, Tennessee
Buried:
Parents: Samuel Bell
Ethnic Origin: Scots Irish/Ulster Irish
Religion:
Children:
i. Horace
Flavius Patton b. 1838 Monroe County, Tennessee d. 1920 (1) probably Knox
County, Tennessee m. (1) Mary E. Cleveland (2) Nancy Amanda Unknown
ii. Mary Adaline Patton b. abt 1840 Monroe County, Tennessee (1870 Census) d. 1872 m. Charles L. Owen
Notes:
1) Blomquist, Ann K.; Taylors and Tates of the South (Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore 1993) p. 359
Francis Patton married (2) 28 Jul 1841 Monroe County, Tennessee (1)
Amanda Ann Taylor
(Hughes Owen, James, William)
Born: 7 Dec 1818 Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee (1)
Died: April 1895 (2) Moore Township, Barber County, Kansas
Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Kiowa, Barber County, Kansas (Geolocation 37 deg., 1' 18'N; 98
deg., 27' 35"W)(3)
Ahnentafel #79
Parents: Hughes Owen Taylor and Elizabeth Kennon
Ethnic Origin: English and Welsh
Religion: Baptist
This family is the subject of an excellent genealogy, Blomquist, Ann K.; Taylors and Tates of the South
(Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore 1993), from which I have drawn much material.
She grew up in Grainger County, Tennessee. She
apparently followed her brother Elika Adams Taylor to Monroe County, where she
shortly thereafter married Francis Patton. There was a very strong
connection between the Taylors and the Sneads. Two of Amanda's children
married two of Robert Snead's children. Robert Snead and Amanda's brother,
Elika, were both leaders of the same Baptist church. After the death of
her first husband, she married Thomas L. Brickell on January 3, 1850. (1)
He disappeared shortly thereafter and one story has it that he went to
California. (1) I have been unable to locate him in California as
yet. In the 1860 Census she is shown living with her children as head of
household in Sweetwater. Her two sons fought for the Confederacy in the
Civil War and both were captured at Vicksburg. In the 1870 Census she is
shown as living with her daughter, Anne, and son-in-law, Thomas Snead in
Sweetwater. I do not know where she was living at the time of the 1880
Census, but she moved to Barber County, Kansas in the 1880's to live with her
son, Frank, and died there in 1895, probably in Moore Township, where her son,
Frank, is shown living in the 1895 Kansas State Census. (4)
Children:
i. Frank Taylor
Patton b. 5 May 1842 Monroe County, Tennessee
d. 13 Sep 1901 Hinsdale, Valley County, Montana m. Aurelia McGeehe
ii. Anne Elizabeth Patton
go to Anne Elizabeth Patton b. 12 Jan 1844 Monroe County, Tennessee d. Apr 1895 Moore
Township, Barber County, Kansas m. Thomas Edwin Snead
iii. James Finley Patton b. 18 Jan 1845 Monroe County, Tennessee d. 14 Dec 1928 Medicine Lodge, Barber County, Kansas
Amanda Ann Taylor married (2) Thomas L. Brickell 3 Jan 1850 Sweetwater, Monroe County, Tennessee (1)
Children:
i. Emma J. Brickell b. Dec 1850 Sweetwater, Monroe County, Tennessee d. 1909 Marshall Twp., White
County, Arkansas m. Joseph Traylor (1) (5)
Notes:
1) Blomquist, Ann K.; Taylors and Tates of the South (Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore 1993) p. 359
2) Barber County, KS USGenWeb
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/barber/news/KSHS-M806-95.html#Patton>
3) Barber County, KS USGenweb
http://history.cc.ukans.edu/kansas/medicine/cem18_P.html
4) Barber County, KS USGenWeb
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/barber/census/moore95.html
5) 1900 Census
Andreas Kernberger
Born: Bef 30 Aug 1815 Bruchsal, Baden, Germany (1)
Died: 11 Apr 1864 Boston, Massachusetts (2)
Buried: 13 Apr 1864 Mount Hope Cemetery, Mattapan, Massachusetts (2) (geolocation 42 deg., 28' 6"N; 71 deg., 28' 25"W)
Ahnentafel #80
Parents: Sebastian Kernberger and Margaretha Schliecher
Ethnic Origin: German (Baden)
Religion: Roman Catholic
Andreas was christened at St. Paul's Catholic Church in Bruchsal, Baden. (1) (geolocation 42 deg., 7' 6.74"N;
8 deg., 35' 32.58"E) Bruchsal was a Catholic enclave in the Protestant state of
Baden and was ruled by the Prince-Bishop of Speyer.
In 1995 I visited Bruchsal and spoke with Jon Sontag, a local resident, who had researched the family. He stated that
Andreas worked for the railroad in Freiburg and returned to Bruchsal in
1843. Andreas' brother, Johann Adam Kernberger, apparently lived in
Herdern, a suburb of Freiburg, and had at least two children born
there. Andreas probably worked as a stone cutter in Bruchsal, since
that is listed as his occupation when he emigrated to the U.S. He further stated
that Andreas and his family lived on Frohndberg Strasse (geolocation 49 deg., 7'
18.27"N; 8 deg., 35' 50.58"E), which is very near St. Paul's Church. The
original house was destroyed in the bombing of Bruchsal by Allied forces in
World War II and the site is currently occupied by a residential garage. Soon
after his return to Bruchsal he married Franziska Willwerth on 15 Apr 1843 at
St. Peter's Catholic Church, Bruchsal (3) (geolocation 49 deg., 7' 15.21"N; 8
deg., 36' 11.89"E).
The Revolution of 1848 convulsed the Rhineland. After it was crushed by Prussia, many people from the area fled or
emigrated. Andreas Kernberger was probably among those. What we know is that he
was issued a passport on 23 October 1850 in Bruchsal. (4) He traveled without
his family, leaving Rotterdam on the Leila and arriving in New York on 12 Feb 1851. (5)
It appears that he went immediately to Boston.
At the time of his enlistment in the Civil War in 1861 and at his death in 1864,
his address was listed as 1 Castle Street. This is located at the current
intersection of East Castle Street and Harrison Street (geolocation 42 deg., 20'
46"N; 71 deg., 3' 47.5") near the current intersection of I-90 and I-93.
Apparently, nothing is left of the original building. According to the 1867
Sanborn map, it was a blacksmith's shop. His wife and four children joined him
there in 1851. It is unclear if he continued to work as a stone cutter. His
profession at the time of his enlistment in 1861 was painter. They were members
of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, now called
Holy Trinity (German) Catholic Church, 140 Shawmut Ave., Boston
http://www.holytrinitygerman.org/. It is located only a
couple of blocks from the Kernberger's residence. New England Ancestors
(Spring 2007 pp. 20-33) has several articles on the German community in Boston and New England.
His service record in the Civil War follows:
Andreas Kernberger enlisted in Captain A.R. Curtis' Company (C) (formerly Captain Ferdinand Dreher's Co.) of the Twentieth
Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry at Camp Massasoit on 21 Aug 1861
for three years. He was 5' 7" with brown eyes and dark hair and was a painter by
profession. He lied about his age saying that he was born in 1823. In October
1861, he was a cook for General Landers. In December 1861 he was the company
cook. He was under arrest 1/25-2/28/1862. He was discharged at Falmouth,
Virginia on 17 Mar 1863 because of "Rheumatism and Varicose Veins." The
Certificate of Disability for Discharge shows him discharged from Company C of
the 20th on March 26, 1863, Major General (Darius) Couch commanding the 2nd Corps.
These bare details provide a fruitful basis for
speculating on the details of Andreas Kernberger's life immediately before and
during the Civil War. Their two excellent books on the 20th Mass, Richard F.
Miller, Harvard's Civil War (6) and the regimental history, George A. Bruce, The
Twentieth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. (7) With these and other
sources a much more detailed picture can be painted. A movie, "Shot to
Pieces," on the career of William Francis Bartlett, features his time in the
20th Mass from 10 Jul 1861 to 12 Nov 1862.
Company C was composed almost entirely of German immigrants recruited through the Boston
Turnverien. The Turnveriens were nominally athletic societies, but also hotbeds
of liberal political ideas. The original company captain, Dreher, was from
Baden, and was a refugee from the crushing of the Revolution, as were many other
company members. In January 1861 Dreher provided part of a bodyguard for
abolitionist Wendell Phillips made up of emigrant Germans (Miller, p. 13). Two
of Andreas' sons joined the 20th Mass before him, William on July 18 (Bruce, p.
466) and Adolph on July 26 (Bruce, p. 464). His third son, Frank joined
the 56th Mass in 1864, showing an extraordinary level of commitment to the Union
cause by this family.
The 20th Mass was stationed at first Camp Benton near Edwards Ferry, Maryland. The first action for the
regiment was at Ball's Bluff on 21 Oct 1861. The action was a disaster for the
regiment, but none of the Kernbergers were casualties. Andreas may not have
participated, since he was a cook for the brigade commander, General Lander. In
the period after Ball's Bluff there was periodic tension between regiment's
German soldiers and some of the regiment's officers over the treatment of
escaped slaves, whom the officers ordered be returned to their owners. Friction
continued between the native American officers and the German emigrants. It is
not known if Andreas' arrest for a month was related to this.
The regiment was then part of McClellan's Peninsula Campaign April-June, 1862.
The 20th fought at Yorktown, Fair Oaks, Allen's Farm, Savage Station and Glendale.
Again the Kernbergers escaped unscathed.
The 20th was withdrawn from the Peninsula with the rest of
the Army of the Potomac. On 17 Sep 1862 it faced the Confederates again at
Antietam. The 20th was part of the attack of Second Corps under General Sumner
into the West Woods. The force was ambushed in the woods by a large Confederate
force and decimated. The 20th managed to maintain its unit cohesion, but lost
about a quarter of its soldiers and stumbled back out of the battle. The
Kernbergers were uninjured.
After Antietam, the Army of the Potomac shifted to the area near Fredericksburg, Virginia. The 20th
was involved in another brutal battle as the Army of the Potomac crossed the
river to capture Fredericksburg and attack the Confederates on Maryes Heights
behind it. The 20th was assigned the task of clearing Caroline Street on
December 11. It succeeded despite heavy casualties, only to be sent
against Maryes Heights the next day where it suffered further. Captain
Dreher was mortally wounded, but all three Kernbergers survived.
Andreas was discharged on 26 Mar 1863 for "Reumatism and Varicose Veins," he was about 49 years old.
Andreas returned home to Boston and died of "Apoplexy," (8) probably a heart attack.
Notes:
1) LDS Film 1051227 Kirchenbuch, 1792-1823 Katholische Kirche Sankt Paul,
Bruchsal (Baden)
2) Robert Flood Also Massachusetts Vital Records, New England Ancestors <
http://www.newenglandancestors.org/research/Database/mass_bmd/sid_dispatch.asp?downstat=1&img=58.sid&page=1&vol=176&pn=58&nav_type=view&yr=18643/6/06
3) Pension application of Franziska Kernberger quoted by Robert Flood.
No marriage certificate has been found in Bruchsal, Johlingen or Herdern.
They may have been married in Freiburg, were he was working at the time.
4) Nora Hope
5) Germans to America, Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports, 1850-1855, Vol. I, p. 409
6) Miller, Richard F.; Harvard's Civil War (University Press of New England, Lebanon, NH 2005)
7) Bruce, George A.; The Twentieth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry (Houghton, Mifflin and Co., Cambridge, rep.
Butternet and Blue, Baltimore 1988)
8) Massachusetts Vital Records, New England Ancestors <
http://www.newenglandancestors.org/research/Database/mass_bmd/sid_dispatch.asp?downstat=1&img=58.sid&page=1&vol=176&pn=58&nav_type=view&yr=18643/6/06
Married 15 Apr 1843 St. Peter's Church, Bruchsal, Baden, Germany
Franziska (Frances) Barbara Willwerth
(Johann Michael, Michael)
Born: bef 5 Aug 1810 Johlingen, Baden, Germany (1)
Died: 22 Mar 1906 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois (2)
Buried: Forest Home Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois
Ahnentafel #81
Parents: Johann Michael Willwerth and Franziska Catharina Barbara Enis
Ethnic Origin: German (Baden)
Religion: Roman Catholic
In her passport issued 14 Apr 1851 she gave her age as
40
and her birthplace as Bruchsal. In the 1870 Census she gave her age as
60. She gave her birth date as Jul 1810 in the 1900. Her age at
death 22 Mar 1906 was given as 97 years, 7 months, 22 days and is probably
incorrect. One more hint about her family is the fact that a
Elisabeth Willwerth of Johlingen is said to have been a witness to the
baptism of Franziska's son, Adolph Adam [I have not found the original
record]. Johlingen is just south of Bruchsal (geolocation 49 deg., 1'
51.55"N; 8 deg., 34' 33.02"E). The International Genealogical Index
(IGI)(1) records a christening of a Franziska Barbara Willwerth on 5 Aug 1810 in
the Catholic Church of Johlingen with parents Michael Willwerth and Barbara
Enis. I believe this is Franziska. Additional confirmation is found
in the 1870 Census.
In the 1870 Census, a Frances Kernberger, born Baden, cook is shown in Ward 10, Dwelling 164, Family 2363 in
Chicago with children Frank and [Magda]Lena. In the same dwelling is
Family 2364, whose head is Rosalin [sic] Fels, age 51, keeping house, and three
sons, William, Eugene and Constance. The IGI shows a Rosina Willwerth
christened in Johlingen, daughter of Johann Michael Willwerth and Barbara Eniss,
marrying Franz Adam Fels, who died in 1860 in Germany, by whom she had three
children, Wilhelm, Eugen and Constantin. It appears that Rosina migrated
to the U.S. to live with her sister after the death of her husband.
Next door is Sebastian Willwerth, age 45, born Baden and
his family. The IGI shows Sebastian Willwerth christened 13 Jan 1825 at
the Catholic Church in Johlingen with parents Michel [sic] Willwerth and mother
Catharina Barbara Eniss [sic]. In 1874 Sebastian was living at 231
Maplewood, Cook County, 1874" (3) (231 N. Maplewood 41.88478N; 87.69020W
231 S. Maplewood 41.87881N; 87.69027W) Probably S. Maplewood as that is
closer to the area around Van Buren where Frank Kernberger later lived.
Translation of passport from pension files:
Grand Duchy Baden
District Middle Rhine Circuit Bruchsal
Personal Description: Age, 40 years; Height, 4'7"; Shape, heavy set; Face Long-healthy color; Hair,
brown; Forehead, high; Eyebrows, black; Nose, Mouth, Beard, Ordinary; Chin,
round; Teeth, faulty; Married, yes...
The wife of Andreas Kernberger and 4 children, viz: Wilhelm, 7, Adolf, 5, Franz, 2,
years, Magdalena, 8 months old
born and residing at Bruchsal
who travel to America, by way of the Netherlands with the intention of emigrating...
This pass is made upon presentation of a ship contract for passage and proof of
possession of 300 florins.
Given at Bruchsal April 14, 1851
Franziska first went to Boston to live with her husband. Sometime after the
Civil War, but before 1867, when her son Adolf married in Chicago, the family moved to Chicago. They were living there
when the Great Chicago Fire happened in 1871.
Children:
i. William
Kernberger b. 1844 Bruchsal, Baden, Germany d. 10 Sep 1894 San
Francisco, California m. Catherine Kennedy Changed name to William
Bartlett.
ii. Adolph Adam Kernberger
go to Adolph Adam Kernberger b. 17 Jun 1845 Bruchsal, Baden, Germany
d. 18 Aug 1935 Veteran's Administration Hospital, Bay Pines, Pinellas County,
Florida m. (1) Mary Hengel (2) Emma May Fisher
iii. Frank Kernberger b. 1849 Bruchsal, Baden, Germany d. 4 Jan 1893 Chicago, Illinois m. Elizabeth
Heinberg
iv. Magdalena Kernberger b. Sep 1850 Bruchsal, Baden, Germany d. aft 11 Jun 1900 m. Unknown
Kramer
Notes:
1) International Genealogical Index, LDS Film 1052127, Kirchenbuch, 1640-1900
Katholische Kirche Jöhlingen (A. Durlach)
2) Death certificate quoted by Robert Flood
3) Nora Hope, probably quoting a Chicago directory.
Frank (Franz) Hengel
Born: August 24, 1808 Hassel, Luxembourg (1)
Registered in Weiler-la-Tour (2)
Died: aft 4 May 1886 (3)
Buried:
Ahnentafel #82
Parents: Franz Hengel and Elisabetha Kungert (1)(2)
Ethnic Origin: Luxembourg
Religion: Roman Catholic
Frank was part of a very large emigration from Luxembourg
to America in the 19th century. See
Luxembourg Emigration for further
background. According to Leonora Mulock, he migrated to the United States
with his family in 1847 aboard the bark Louis from Antwerp to New York.,
arriving on 13 Sep 1847. (4) Traveling with him were his wife Margaretha,
his children Frank, Anna Maria, Catherina, Eva, Anna, Maria and his brother,
Peter. The path of the family's migration appears to have been up the
Hudson River to the Erie Canal at Troy and then across Upstate New York to
Buffalo, where his daughter, Maria, was born. (5) The family would then
have proceeded down the Great Lakes to Port Washington.
He first appears in Ozaukee County in 1848, when he was the
entryman (first purchaser) of two 40 acre parcels (geolocations 43 deg. 29'
49.97"N 87 deg. 47' 48.47"W & 43 deg. 31' 36.93"N 87 deg. 48' 14.24W"). (6)
In the 1850 Census he is living in Belgium:
1850 Census Belgium Ozaukee County [From Ozaukee County USGenWeb page]
page 75B Line 10 Dwelling 1258
Hangel
[sic] Francis 42 M Farmer $800 Germany [sic - Luxembourg]
Marg't 42 F Germany [sic - Luxembourg]
Frances 16 [Frank, Franz] M Farmer Germany Attended School
Anna M. 14 [Anna Maria] F Germany Attended School
Catherine 12 F Germany Attended School
Efan 10 [Eva]
F Germany Attended School
Anna 8 F Germany
Mary 6 [Mary L.] F Germany
Mary 3 [Maria]
F Wisconsin [Family came to the U.S. in April
1847. Actually born in Buffalo.(5)]
Mary 1 [Maria Anna] F Wisconsin
In 1858 he purchased 40 acres in Section 25 (geolocation 43 deg. 27' 49.95"N 87 deg. 48' 24.31"W).
(6) In that year Franz was naturalized as a U.S. citizen.
Naturalized on the same day was a John Hengel, probably a brother, although I
have found no other record of him. Franz was a witness at John's
naturalization. He had apparently been admitted to the U.S. as "John Decker."(7)(8)
The last record of Franz in Belgium, Wisconsin is the 1870 Census.
He traveled to Alton with his wife. She died there, but I have been unable to find the date and
place of his death. He probably went on to live with his son, Frank, in
Sioux Falls, South Dakota and died there.
Notes:
1) Mulock, Lenora; The Hengel Families 1997 p. 5
2) Registres de l'état civil de Weiler-la-Tour (Luxembourg), 1796-1923 Tables décennales 1802-1892 -- Naissances
1796-1890 FHL INTL Film 1792166 Items 3 - 4
3) Luxembourg Gazette, May 4, 1886
4) National Archives Microfilm Publication M237, 675 rolls); Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group
36; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
5) Marriage Certificate of Maria Hengel in Ozaukee County Marriage Certificates Book 6, p. 626
6) Federal Land Patents, Bureau of Land Management <
www.glorecords.blm.gov 12/30/05
7) Naturalizations, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin; cop. by Bev Hetzel p. 20
8) Ozaukee County, Clerk of Courts, Naturalization Records 1847-1906; Naturalization Records 1847-1906;
Certificates, vols. 1-5, Declarations, vol. 1; Ozaukee Series 11, Reel 3; Vol. 1, p. 197-8
Married 29 Jan 1834 Weiler-la-Tour, Luxembourg (1)
Margaretha Ludowisi (Ludovici, Ludovise)
(Bernard, Michael)
Born: 11 Nov 1807 Syren, Luxembourg (1)
Died: 9 Apr 1886 Alton, Sioux County, Iowa (2)
Buried: St. Marys Cemetery Alton, Sioux County, Iowa(geolocation 42 deg. 59' 25'N 96 deg. 00' 58'W) (2)
Ahnentafel #83
Parents: Bernard Ludowissi and Maria Catherine Poncin (1)
Ethnic Origin: Luxembourg
Religion: Roman Catholic
Her obituary was published in the Luxembourg Gazette May 4, 1886. (Translation) "Through Mr. John Delles elder that is well known to the town of Belgium, Mrs. Franz Hengel on Sunday in Iowa, in the family of Nic. Ludovise. Franz Hengel and his Mrs. travel for 6 weeks from the town of Belgium, where they lived for 40 long years, to live shortly with their son in Dakota. They had an opportunity to journey out to visit her Ludovise. The death was sudden and the 78 year old Mrs. Hengel has read her journey forward. May she rest in peace. (1)
Children (1):
i. Francis Hengel, b. 29 Apr 1834 Hassel, Luxembourg m. Elizabeth Delles Both died after the 1900 Census.
ii. Anna Maria Hengel, b. 30 Dec 1835 Hassel, Luxembourg d. 2 Jul 1884
iii. Catherine Hengel, b. 22 May 1837 Hassel, Luxembourg d. 15 Nov 1923 Alton, Sioux County, Iowa (2)
iv. Margaretha Hengel, b. 22 May 1837 Hassel, Luxembourg m. Peter Delles
v. Eva Hengel, b. 28 Jul 1839 Hassel, Luxembourg d. Mar 1912.
vi. Anna Hengel, b. 8 Aug 1841 in Hassel, Luxembourg d. aft 1900 She married ________ Reis.
This could be the Anna Reis of Washigton mentioned in the will of uncle Peter Hengel (1900).
vii. Nicholas Hengel, born 12 Dec 1843 in Hassel, Luxembourg, died 12 Dec 1843 in Hassel, Luxembourg.
viii. Mary L. Hengel go to Mary L. Hengel
b. 10 Dec 1844 Hassel, Luxembourg d. 26 Aug 1898. Chicago, Illinois m. Adolph Adam Kernberger
ix. Maria Hengel, b. Jun 1847 Buffalo, Erie County, New York d. 2 April 1916 Chicago, Illinois m.
Michael Wiltgen (3)
x. Maria Anna Hengel, b. 1849 Ozaukee County, Wisconsin m. J.C. Laveeney
Notes:
1) Mulock, Lenora; The Hengel Families 1997 p. 5
2) Cemetery index: HEIDEMAN through HENNINK: Sioux County, IA GenWeb <
http://www.rootsweb.com/~iasioux/cemetery/cem_heideman.htm
10/24/06 and Cemetery List
3) Marriage Certificates, Book 6, Ozaukee County, WI, p. 626.
Onuphrius (Onufris) O'Leary
Born: abt 1810 County Cork, Ireland
Died: bef 1866
Buried:
Ahnentafel #84
Parents:
Ethnic Origin: Irish
Religion: Roman Catholic
On his son's wedding certificate, his name is written "Onufris Leary". Apparently he was named for an Egyptian saint, Saint Onuphrius, who also gave his name to the famous nuclear power station near San Diego, San Onofre. Since his son's birthplace is listed as Cork in that marriage certificate, I assume he was born there, as well. I assume he died before the marriage because he is not listed as a witness. I have found no record of him in London.
Married
Margaret Unknown
Born: abt 1815 County Cork, Ireland
Died: aft 1866
Buried:
Ahnentafel #85
Parents:
Ethnic Origin: Irish
Religion: Roman Catholic
I assume that the "Margarita Leary," who is a witness at the marriage of Jeremiah is his mother. Jeremiah also named one of his daughters Margaret.
Children :
i. Jeremiah O'Leary go to Jeremiah
O'Leary b. abt. 1836 County Cork, Ireland d. 13 Nov 1901 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Daniel Hurley
Born: abt 1815 County Kerry, Ireland
Died: bef 1866
Buried:
Ahnentafel #86
Parents:
Ethnic Origin: Irish
Religion: Roman Catholic
The only record I have of him is from his daughter, Mary's, wedding certificate. I have no record of his wife. In addition to Mary, he may have had a daughter named Johanna. Johanna (Joannes) Cahill was a witness at the marriage of Jeremiah O'Leary and Mary Hurley. John (Johanes) Cahill was a godfather of Jeremiah and Mary's daughter, Ellen. I also found a John and Johanna Cahill in the 1861 census in London. They were both born in County Kerry, as was Mary.
Unknown
Ahnentafel #87
Children:
i. Johanna Hurley b.abt 1831 County Kerry, Ireland d. aft 1861 m. John Cahill
ii. Mary Hurley go to Mary Hurley
b. abt. 1839 County Kerry, Ireland d. aft 1881 m. Jeremiah O'Leary
Salmon Squires Merriman
Born: 1803 Otisco, Onondaga County, New York (1)
Died: 1842 Gainesville, Sumter County, Alabama
Buried:
Ahnentafel #88
Parents: Benoni Merriman and Lydia Squires (see below)
Ethnic Origin: English
Religion: Congregational/Presbyterian
Family bible record states: "Salmon Merriman Place of Birth New York State; Date of Birth 1803; Date of
Marriage Sept. 18, 1827"
I have not been able to prove his parentage. Based on a number of indirect pieces of evidence, I believe
that his father was Benoni and his mother was Lydia Squires.
1) Hughes & Allied Familes (1) states that he was born in Otisco, Onondaga County, New York.
2) The family bible record states he was born in 1803.
3) Charles Merriman and many members of his family, including Benoni, moved to Onondaga County,
sometime before the birth of Charles' son Elisha in 1793. In 1794, Charles
was elected as one of Manlius Township's Commissioners of Roads. He and
Benoni are listed in the 1800 Census in Manlius.
4) The 1810 Census lists Benoni, Charles and Zephany Merriman in Otisco.
5) It seems very likely that Joel, born 1799, was the last child of Rachel (Cowles) and Benoni.
At that time, Rachel was 42 years old. She is unlikely to have given birth in 1803 at age 45.
6) Zephany's wife, Rachel Plumb, was born in 1790, and so is exceedingly unlikely to have given birth in 1803.
7) Benoni's wife's name was Lydia, as is shown by cemetery records. I have
surmised that her surname was Squires because they gave that as a middle name to Salmon.
8) The first child of Charles Johnson Merriman, brother of Benoni and a resident of Otisco, was born in 1808.
On June 15, 1802, administration of the estate of Salmon Squires of Pompey, Onondaga County,
New York was granted to Betsey Squires et al. (2) He is undoubtedly the person for whom Salmon was named. I do
not know his relationship to Salmon Merriman, if any.
Appointed Postmaster of Christian Hollow, County and State of New York on 21 February 1828. It appears that this post office was
located in Onondaga County, New York, near Cardiff. The post office closed in 1830. Salmon earned $5.13 from
the job in 1830. (3) I have a photocopy of the appointment. Its date
would imply that Salmon was a Whig, appointed just before Andrew Jackson, a
Democrat, became President.
"After 1825 Christian
Hollow's rise to prominence was steady and pronounced. We have noticed
that Pompey West Hill's maturity as a seat of commerce was recognized by the
creation of a post office in 1816. So it was to be with Christian
Hollow. A post office under that name was established February 5, 1828
with Salmon S. Merriman as postmaster. But after two years Federal postal
authorities requested that the hamlet have a new name... When a new name
for Christian Hollow was sought, Mr. Spencer proposed "Cardiff" in honor of that
city of his homeland. So it was that on January 15, 1830 Cardiff was born."(4)
According to Hughes and Allied Families (1),
he and his wife moved to Syracuse in 1829. From there the family moved to
Elbridge, Onondaga County, New York in 1837.
According
to the will of Nathan Munro, he was residing in Mobile, Alabama in December
1839. (5)
Hughes & Allied Families (4), continues with the following: "[They removed] on account of his declining health, to
Gainesville, Alabama, where he died the same year at the age of forty-one.
He was a merchant by occupation." His death led to a long series of legal
proceedings in Gainesville, Sumter County, Alabama. These proceedings show
that he owned land in Kemper County, Mississippi and a house in Gainesville.
He also had extensive connections with merchants in New York and Massachusetts. (6)
Notes:
1) Hughes & Allied
Families (1877) p. 193-4
2) Abstracts of Wills,
Administrations and Guardianships in NY State, 1787 - 1835 www.newenglandancestors.org
3)
Historian's Office, Post Office
4) Lafayette, N.Y., A
History of the Town and Its People, J.Roy Dodge; c. 1975, Library of Congress
No. 75-33434; Pub. Manlius Publishing Corp., Fayettesville, N.Y. 13066
5) www.newenglandancestors.org
6)
Sumter County, Alabama Orphans Court record photocopied by Joseph Stegall
Married 18 Sep 1827 New York (1)
Laura Bowen (Elijah, Valentine, Hezekiah, Obadiah, Obadiah,
Richard)
Born: 1800 Marcellus, Onondaga County, New York
(2)
Died: 4 Feb 1887 Grass Lake, Jackson
County, Michigan (3)
Buried: West Cemetery, Grass
Lake, Jackson County, Michigan (3)
Ahnentafel #89
Parents: Elijah Bowen and Martha Cody
Ethnic Origin: English/Welsh/Channel Islands
Religion: Congregational/Presbyterian
"Laura Bowen, born Marcellus, in 1800: was the youngest
member of her father's family, and like the others, labored under the
disadvantage of passing her childhood and youth in a new country where
educational facilites were limited. At the age of twenty-five she married
George Clark, who died about six months afterwards. They had no children.
In 1827 she married Salmon Squires Merriman, of Otisco,
New York... She now resides with her son Almerin, at Grass Lake,
Michigan: is in good health and full possession of her mental and physical
powers, writes a good hand and a vigorous and excellent letter." (2)
On Mar 12, 1843:
"The following
persons were received into communion of this church upon examination, viz Mrs.
Merriman and Miss Lucy Martin Bliss."
On Mar 27, 1843:
"Mrs. L. B.
Merriman received a dismission for herself as a member in full communion and
good standing, and for her children Almerican (sp?) [Almerin] and de Forest to
connect themselves with the church in Elbridge, New York." (4)
This would seem to indicate that she returned to Elbridge,
Onondaga County, New York after the death of Salmon and before moving to
Michigan.
"November 1, 1846... [Admitted to the
First Congregational Church of Jackson] Merriman, Mrs. L. B. by Letter from
Presbyterian Church in Gainesville, [Sumter County, west central] Alabama...
Merriman, Miss Louisa by P of F Dis by L June 3, 1851"
(5)
She petitioned for the guardianship of two of her
minor children, Almerin B. Merriman, age 19 and De Forrest (De Forest) H., age
13. She stated that they were residents of Jackson and were sons of Salmon
S. Merriman (Gainesville, Alabama). She was appointed guardian on January
2, 1851 with a bond worth $1500 placed by "D. T. Merriman". The judge was
O.W. Bennett. (6)
Denman T. Merriman is a neighbor of
Laura in the 1850 Census in Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan. Denman is
the son of Salmon's uncle, Titus.
In the 1860 and 1870
Census she is living with her son, Almerin, in Grass Lake.
"Died -- At the home of her son, A. B. Merriman, on Friday
evening, Feb. 4th 1887, Mrs. L. B. Merriman, aged nearly eighty-seven
years. Mrs. Merriman had been ill for a year past. Funeral services
were conducted at the residence on Sunday, February 6th, by Rev. J. M.
Kerridge. Interment took place at the West Cemetery. The morning and
noontide had passed and in the evening of her life she sank peacefully to her
rest."(3)
Children :
i. Louisa Dotia
Merriman b. 18 Sep 1828 Lafayette, Onondaga County, New York d. aft 1920
Grass Lake, Jackson County, Michigan m. John Kief (or O'Kief)
ii. Almerin Bowen
Merriman go to Almerin
Bowen Merriman b. 13 Nov 1830 Syracuse, Onondaga County, New
York d. 26 Feb 1904 Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California m.
Louisa Quick
iii. Charlotte Lawrence
Merriman b. 1833 Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York d. 1838
Elbridge, Onondaga County, New York
iv. DeForest H.
Merriman b. 1838 Elbridge, Onondaga County, New York d. 6 Jun 1853
Manchester, Washtenaw County, Michigan
Notes:
1) Family Bible in the
posession of John Hope
2) Hughes & Allied Families,
(1877) pp. 193-4
3) Unknown Grass Lake newspaper sent by
Marilyn Osterhout April 8, 2004
4) Gainesville
Presbyterian Church Records, West Alabama University, communicated by Joseph F.
Steagall
5) Jackson County Vital Statistics 1830-1870
comp. Linnwood Hubbard Anthus (Jackson, Michigan 1940) p. 90-91
6) Abstract of file 612, Jackson County by "MER" found at
the Jackson County Library
Abraham (Abram) Quick
Born: 23 Jul 1802 New Jersey (1)
Died: 3 Jun 1867 Leoni, Jackson County, Michigan (1)
Buried: Leoni Cemetery, Jackson County, Michigan
Ahnentafel #90
Parents: Jacob Quick
(1) and Elizabeth Updike (2)
Ethnic Origin: Dutch
Religion: Unknown, probably Lutheran or Presbyterian
"Abraham Quick, was born in New Jersey, in 1802, a son
of one Jacob Quick, who was also a native of that State. He spent the early part
of his life there, but removed to New York with his family in 1819, going
thither with teams, and was an early settler of Tompkins County. He bought a
tract of wild land in the town[ship] of Ulysses [north of Ithaca on the west
side of Cayuga Lake. Trumansburg is the main town.], and improved it into a
farm, which remained his residence until 1835 [probably 1831, see below], when
he once again became a pioneer, seeking fresh fields in the Territory of
Michigan. He located in Grass Lake Township among its early settlers, and buying
a tract of eighty acres of land, developed it into a farm, and there remainder
of his life was quietly passed. The father of our subject was married in
Tompkins County, and learned the trade of carpenter and joiner, which he
followed in the State of New York until 1831 [sic], when he too, became a
pioneer. He started from his old home, accompanied by his wife and three
children, and went as far as Cayuga Lake with a team, and there embarked on a
boat in Erie Canal for Buffalo, whence he came by lake to Detroit, and, leaving
his family in a hotel in that city, he walked from there through the woods and
swamps to Grass Lake. Being pleased with the beauty and apparent fertility of
the country, he resolved to locate in that place, and procuring an ox-team, he
returned to Detroit for his family. He had no money to invest in Government
land, but finding a shelter for his family in a log cabin belonging to his
brother-in-law, he engaged in mechanical work of various kinds, being a natural
genius in that line, and at the same time proficient in the trades of cooper,
carpenter and cabinet maker. For two or years he was profitably employed in
making fanning mills, and carefully saving his earnings, he finally gathered
together enough money to enter a tract of Government land in Leoni Township. He
built a good frame house thereon, and then devoted the most of his time to his
trade, hiring others to do his farm work. He was a resident of this township
until his death June 3, 1867, and his name will ever occupy an honorable
position among those of the brave, resolute, efficient pioneers who laid the
foundations of the present prosperity of Leoni. The maiden name of his wife was
Charity Richey...
There were nine children born to the
parents of our subject, of whom the following five were reared to maturity: our
subject, William, Louisa, Adelia and Mahala. The latter is dead. Louisa is the
wife of A.B. Merriman; Adelia married Evander Holloway." (3)
"In 1834 a Mr. Abram Quick found employment in making
fanning mills, the first made in the country. The setlers by this time raising
crops, made quite a large local demand for these grain separators." (4)
"1825 Census Township of Ulysses, County of Tompkins, New
York
Quick, Abraham
There were 2
males in the family including its head
1 female in
family including its head
1 male subject to military
duty 18-45 years
1 male person qualified to vote for
state and county officers
1 married female under 45
years
There was a male birth in the previous year. [This
person is obviously Isaac Chauncey Quick (see above)." (5)
Patentee: Abraham Quick State: MI 80 acres Issue Date:
8/18/1837 Authority: Sale-Cash Entry Doc.# 25045
W1/2NE
Sec. 26 Twp. 2-S Range 1-E Michigan-Toledo Strip Jackson County(6)
He is present in the 1840 Census (as Abram Quick) in Leoni
Township, Jackson County, Michigan with one boy between 5 & 10 (William),
one boy between 15 & 20 (Isaac), one man between 30 & 40 (Abram or
Abraham), 2 girls under 5 (Louisa and Adelia) and one women between 30 & 40
(Charity).
1850 Census Leoni, Jackson County,
Michigan
Abram Quick age 47 m
Carpenter real estate $1000 b NJ
Charity
45 f "
Isaac 25 m
Farmer b
NY
William 16 m
Farmer b
MI
Louisa 14 f "
Adelia 11 f "
Caroline 6 f "
His property is shown on an 1858 platt of Leoni Township,
Jackson County, Michigan. It is in section 26, the same section as A[lmerin]
B[owen] Merriman, his son-in-law. We drove to the location (the roads and swamps
are in exactly the same place). The current address of the house which occupies
the site (not Abraham's original house) is 7690 Greenwood Road (geolocation 42
deg. 16' 10.38"N; 84 deg. 16' 32.07"W). Next to the house is a barn with an old
stone foundation which may be original.
Series: M653
Roll: 547 Page: 344
Surname
GivenName Age Sex Race
Birthplace State
County Location Year
QUICK
ABRAHAM
58 M W NY MI
JACKSON IONIA[sic-Leoni] 1860
Abraham Quick
age 58 Farmer Real Estate $5680 Personal Estate $703 b NY [sic]
Charity " 56 b " [sic]
Isaiah [sic-Isaac] 35 Farm
Laborer b
NY
Lucy[wife of Isaac]
32 b "
William " 25 b
Mich
Catherine " 22 b
"
Mahala " 16 b
"
Daniel W Roshel [??? Richey?] age
60 b
NJ
I found his tombstone next to that of his wife in the
Leoni Cemetery. It says that he died June 3, 1867 at the age of 64 years, 10
months and 11 days.
Notes:
1) Quick Genealogy, p.
158
2) Jackson County, USGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~mijackso/cemleoni.htm 6/7/07
& International Genealogical Index (LDS Film 170713)
3) Portrait and Biographical Album of Jackson County,
Michigan (Chapman Bros., Chicago 1890) p. 364
4) Haney,
Bill; From Spirit Lake to Goose Lake: A Bridge Over Time (The New Press, Grass
Lake 1971)
5) Letter from Marion Hoffmire
6) Federal Land Patents, Bureau of Land Management www.glorecords.blm.gov 12/30/05
TRS Data Locater http://www.esg.montana.edu/gl/trs-data.html
Married bef. 1825 Tompkins County, New York
Charity Richey (Lawrence, Daniel,
John)
Born: 13 Oct 1804 New Jersey
Died:
19 Aug 1871 Leoni, Jackson County, Michigan
Buried:
Leoni Cemetery, Jackson County, Michigan
Ahnentafel
#91
Parents: Lawrence Richey and Elizabeth Unknown
Ethnic Origin: Scots/Irish
Religion: Probably Presbyterian
"The maiden name of his [Abraham Quick's] wife was
Charity Richey, and she was born in New Jersey, a daughter of Lawrence Richey, a
pioneer of Tompkins County. Her death occured in Leoni Township. Her sister,
Nancy Richey, who came to Michigan with the family, was the first
school-teacher, and she and her husband were the first couple married in Grass
Lake Township." (1)
In the 1870 Census she is living
with her son Isaac Chauncy Quick.
I found her tombstone
in the Leoni Cemetery next to her husband. It says that she died August 19, 1871
at the age of 66 years, 10 months and 6 days.
Children:
i. Isaac Chauncy Quick
b. 25 May 1825 Ulysses, Tompkins County, New York m. Lucy Vorhees
ii. Nanevra Quick b. 1827 d. 19 March 1834
iii. David Quick b. 1830 d. 30 Oct 1836
iv. William b. 22 Aug. 1833 d. 23 Sept. 1908 m.
Catherine McClarry
v.
Louisa Quick go to Louisa Quick b.
27 Mar 1836 Leoni, Jackson County, Michigan d. 23 Dec 1904 Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, California m. Almerin Bowen Merriman
vi. Adelia Quick b. Sep 1838 Leoni, Jackson County,
Michigan d. aft 1900 m Evander Holloway
vii. Mahala
Quick b. abt. 1844 Leoni, Jackson County, Michigan d. bef. 1890 Leoni, Jackson
County, Michigan
Notes:
1) Portrait and
Biographical Album of Jackson County, Michigan (Chapman Bros., Chicago 1890) p.
364
Unknown
Unknown
Ahnentafel #93
Anderson Cheves Ledbetter
Born: abt 1804 (1850
Census) Chatham County, North Carolina
Died: aft 21 Nov
1890
Buried:
Ahnentafel #94
Parents: Coleman Ledbetter and Elizabeth Moore
Ethnic Origin: English
Religion:
Unknown
Anderson Ledbetter's family moved from Chatham County to
Guilford County in 1818, according to the Revolutionary pension application
filed by the widow of Coleman Ledbetter.(1)
It appears
that Anderson and many of his relatives were gunsmiths. The gun that was
produced was called the Jamestown Guns, after the town in Guilford County near
where Anderson and his family lived. Long Rifles of North Carolina by John
Blivens, Jr. (Long Rifle Series; George Shumway York, PA 2006) gives some
additional details.
"Ledbetter, A.C. Jamestown, Guilford
County. Awarded first premium at the N.C. State Fair for 1855 for "Best lot of
Rifles."
Raleigh Spirit of the Age, October 31, 1855"
pp. 159-60 Among the other gunsmiths were:
Alpheus
Ledbetter (He is the son of Anderson's cousin, Henry) "Jamestown, Guilford
County Born 1831. Worked with Henry Ledbetter" p. 159
Henry Ledbetter (Anderson's cousin)
"Jamestown, Guilford Co. Born 1809. Wife Ruth (39).
Occupation listed as farmer in Guilford [1850 Census]. Signed rifles are
known.
The 1850 Census of Manufactures lists him as a
maker of "Rifle Guns" with a shop employing 2 1/2 men and in which he had $300
invested. Hand power only was used in the shop, and a total monthly wage of $50
was paid. Annually he used 150 gun barrels valued at $675 and 150 gun locks
valued at $175, and produced 150 "rifle guns" valued at $650 and other articles
valued at $50." p. 160
Alveus P. Ledbetter (same as
above)
Chesley Ledbetter (Anderson's cousin)
Francis Ledbetter
Judd F.
Ledbetter
Miranda Ledbetter (his oldest son, listed as
a gunstocker in the 1850 Census. In the shop of James Gordon, undoubtedly a
relative of his mother, in the 1850 Census of Manufactures.)
Abner Gordon (probable relative of Anderson' wife)
"Jamestown, Guilford County. Born 1826. He apparently
worked with Henry Ledbetter." p. 155
Eli Gordon (his
brother-in-law) He apparently worked with Henry Ledbetter. p. 155 He later moved
with the Ledbetters to Missouri.
James Gordon (probably
his wife's uncle)(2)
Anderson is listed in Guilford
County, North Carolina in the 1830 Census with two male children (identities
unknown) and one female child (Juliana). He is listed there as "Cheeves"
Ledbetter in the 1840 Census.
1850 Census North
Carolina, Guilford County, Southern Division
Anderson
C. Ledbetter age 46 Male Brickmaker b. Chatham Co.
Elizabeth
Ledbetter 48
Female b. Guilford
Co.
Rachel J.
Ledbetter 17
Female "
Martha [sic -Martitia] Ledbetter 15
Female "
Carmelia
Ledbetter 13
Female "
Emmeline
Ledbetter 10
Female "
Adolphus
Ledbetter 8
Male "
Alpheus
Ledbetter 6
Male "
Deborah
Ledbetter 2
Female "
Luzina
Gordon 2
Female "
(probably a granddaughter, daughter of Juliana, who died in 1849)
Elizabeth
Ledbetter 76
Female b. Virginia
(Anderson's mother)
About 1858 the family
migrated to northwestern Missouri. They were accompanied by Eli Gordon
(Elizabeth's brother). (3)
The oldest son,
Miranda, settled in Gentry County. Anderson and the rest of the family settled
in Rochester Twp., Andrew County.
1860 Census Missouri,
Andrew County, Rochester Twp.
Ledbetter,
Anderson age 55 Male b. N.C.
"
Elizabeth 58 Female
b. N.C.
"
Rachel 26
Female b. N.C.
"
Martitia 25
Female b. N.C.
"
Emaline 21
Female b. N.C.
"
Adolphus 18
Male b. N.C.
"
Alpheus 16
Male b. N.C.
"
Delphina 12
Female b. N.C.
"
Charles 1/12
Male b. Mo. (probably a grandchild of Anderson and Elizabeth)
The Ledbetter family was strongly Unionist in sentiment
during the Civil War, as shown by the service of the sons and sons-in-law of
Anderson.
Myranda Ledbetter 4th Regiment Missouri State
Militia Cavalry
Adolphus Ledbetter 4th Regiment
Missouri State Militia Cavalry
Alpheus C. Ledbetter
35th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
John Jay Finley
(husband of Deborah Delfina) 27th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
1870 Census Missouri Albany, Gentry County
Alpheus C. Ledbetter, 25, carpenter
Anderson Ledbetter, 63, farmhand
Elizabeth, 61
Jenete [Rachel
Jennett], 31
Emeline, age 28
1880 Census Missouri Jackson Township, Andrew Co. with
Rachel Billmire (his daughter)
His age is given as
76, his profession as Farm Laborer, he was unemployed for 6 months of the prior
year, he is listed as disabled, born in North Carolina and both parents born in
Virginia.
The last record of him that I have found
is:
"Nov. 21, 1890 Fillmore [Andrew County, Missouri],
Nov. 17 John Smithers and Mr. Ledbetter, former
citizens of this place, but now of Cloud Co[unty]., K[ansa]s., are visiting
relatives here." (4)
Notes:
1) Abstracts of
Revolutionary Pension Files (Pension Application R6236), p. 2041
2) Hughes, Fred, "Guilford Co., NC," The Custom House,
Jamestown, NC 1988 p. 90
3) Andrew County Democrat
1936
4) Newspaper Gleanings of Andrew County and
Surrounding Area; comp. McMackin, Dorothy J. (Jordan Valley Heritage House,
1986) p. 293
Ledbetter Genealogy: Haughton, Kenneth E.
Huddleston, Relf L.; Ledbetters Revisited (privately printed October 2000)
Ledbetter DNA Project: Haughton, Kenneth E.;
Ledbetter Y-Chromosome DNA Project, (New England Ancestors, Summer 2006, p. 46)
http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/l/ledbetter/
https://www.familytreedna.com/surname_join.aspx?code=R84253&special=True&projecttype=S
Married: aft 22 May 1827 (license issued) Guilford County, North Carolina (1)
Elizabeth Gordon (John, James,
John, Thomas)
Born: 16 Oct 1801 Deep River, Guilford County, North
Carolina (2)
Died: 4 Jun 1875 (3) Whitesville,
Rochester Twp., Andrew County, Missouri
Buried: Bennett Lane Cemetery, Nodaway Twp., Andrew County,
Missouri (geolocation 39 deg. 59' 45.92"N; 94 deg. 52' 46.61"W)
Ahnentafel #95
Parents: John
Gordon and Mary Wheeler
Ethnic Origin:
English/Scottish/Dutch/French
Religion:
Quaker/Unknown
Elizabeth came from a family of Quakers that were
members of the Deep River Monthly Meeting. The Deep River runs through the
southwestern corner of the county, halfway between Greensboro and High
Point. She and her sister were disowned by the meeting in 1824.
(2)
The 1870 Missouri Census shows her living near
Whitesville (the post office), Rochester Township, Andrew County, probably in
Rosendale. Rosendale is about five miles west of Whitesville. Living
with her were Sarah, 18, Elisha, 16, Alpheus F., 14 and Mary E., 12. Her
age is listed as 48, which is probably a mistake. It shows that she owned
real estate worth $800 and personal property worth $155.
Children: (1)
i. Juliana Elma
Ledbetter b. 18 Dec 1827 Guilford County, North Carolina d. 24 Feb 1849
Guilford, County, North Carolina m. James Jones Gordon (4)
ii. Myranda (Miranda) H. Ledbetter b. 1831 in Guilford
County, North Carolina d. 05 Feb 1892 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County,
California m. Martha Ann Couch
iii. Rachel Jennett
Ledbetter b. 1833 in Guilford County, North Carolina d: Aft. 1880 in Jackson,
Andrew County, Missouri m. John W. Billmier (Billmore)
iv. Martitia Ledbetter b. Abt. 1835 Guilford County, North
Carolina d. Aft. 1880 m. Joseph H. Allen 1839
v.
Carmelia Ledbetter b. Abt. 1837 in Guilford County, North Carolina
vi. Emeline Ledbetter b. Abt. 1840 in Guilford County,
North Carolina d: Aft. 1870
vii. Adolphus F. Ledbetter
b. 15 Mar 1842 in Guilford County, North Carolina d. 27 Aug 1887 in Macyville,
Cloud County, Kansas m. Susan J. Gilliland
viii.
Alpheus C. Ledbetter b. May 1844 Guilford County, North Carolina d: Aft. 18 Mar
1920 in Los Angeles, California
ix. Deborah Delfina Ledbetter go to Deborah
Delfina Ledbetter b. 15 Sep 1847 in Guilford County, North Carolina d. 1930
in San Diego, California m. (1) John Jay Finley m. (2) Edward J.
Sween
Notes:
1) Haughton,
Kenneth E. & Huddleston, Relf L.; Ledbetters Revisited (privately printed
October 2000), p. 761
2) Encyclopedia of American Quaker
Genealogy, Vol. 1, North Carolina, Deep River Monthly Meeting, p. 781
3) Tombstone picture on Andrew County USGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~moacc/bennettlane/section1/151b1_elizabeth_ledbetter.jpg
4) Lininger family bible, supplied by Jan Snyder
Henry John Whiteman
Born: 16 Jan 1777 Rhinebeck, Dutchess County,
New York
Died: 7 Jul 1867 Jasper, Steuben County, New
York
Buried: Five Corners Cemetery, Jasper, Steuben
County, New York (geolocation 42 deg., 6'47.61"N; 77 deg., 29'29.38W)
Ahnentafel #96
Parents: Zacharias
Weydmann and Anneken Ostrander
Ethnic Origin: Swiss
German and Dutch
Religion: Dutch Reformed
Henry Whiteman was baptised on January 17, 1779 at the
Red Hook Dutch Reformed Church near Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York. His
father was from a Swiss German family and his mother was from a family of Dutch
settlers.(1) His birthdate is from his tombstone.
A
Henry Whiteman is listed in Duanesburgh, Schenectady County, New York in the
1800 Census. A John Van Vliet is listed on the same page. He may be Henry's
wife's father. According to one source (2), his first two children, Anna and
John, were born in Duanesburgh.
In 1816, Henry Whiteman
was among the first settlers in the township known as "Ninety-Six" from Section
96, Remsen, Oneida County. In the 1820 Census, he is listed as residing in
Remsen, Oneida County.
"Jasper...
the head-waters of Tuscarora Creek rise near the residence
of J. S. Whiteman, and run south into Woodhull...
The
first settlement in the northwestern part of the town was made by Guy Wardwell,
in 1822. William F. Gardner, Henry Whiteman, and Richard Winship came in 1821,
and with him his brother Sylvester, father of Dr. D. C. Winship, a prominent
physician of Jasper, located in the southern part of the town. Sylvester
Winship, grandfather of the doctor, accompanied his sons." (3)
The 1850 Census for Steuben County (Vol. 83) gives his
family. 1855 Census of the County lists "Henry Whiteman, 76 male, born in
Dutchess County, widower. Had lived in Jasper for 16 years, a land owner."
An 1857 map of Steuben County shows "Mrs. Whiteman" and "E. Whiteman" in the SE
corner of Jasper Township. "Z. Whiteman" is shown in the NE corner of Troupsburg
Township.
He is buried in a rural cemetery 1 mile east
of Jasper, Steuben County, New York, next to his wife Martha Van Vliet. Death
date is from his tombstone.
Notes:
1) Jones, Jr., Hank Z.;
More Palatine Families (Universal City, CA) 1991, p. 303
2) Deb Reed
3) Clayton, W.
Woodford, History of Steuben County, New York: with illustrations and
biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, (Philadelphia:
Lewis, Peck & Co., 1879 (Philadelphia: Press of J.B. Lippincott)), pp.
342-348.
Married: abt 1800 Martha Van Vleet (Vliet/Fleet) (1)
Martha Van Vleet (Vliet/Fleet) (John, George, Jan, Jan, Jan,
Adrian, Gerrit)
Born: 4 Aug 1776 Esopus, Ulster County, New York
Died: 3 May 1863 Jasper, Steuben County, New York
Buried: Five Corners Cemetery, Jasper, Steuben County, New
York (geolocation 42 deg., 6'47.61"N; 77 deg., 29'29.38W)
Ahnentafel #97
Parents: John Van
Vliet and Sarah Swart (2)
Ethnic Origin: Dutch
Religion: Dutch Reformed
Children:
i. Anna Whiteman b.
1800 Duanesburg, Schenectady County, New York d. aft 1850 Woodhull, Steuben
County, New York m. John Worden
ii. John H. Whiteman b.
4 Nov 1801 Duanesburg, Schenectady County, New York d. 12 Jul 1883 Jasper,
Steuben County, New York m. Catherine Smith
iii.
Zachariah Whiteman b. abt 1808 New York d. aft 1855 m. Lydia Prudence Drake
iv. Elizabeth Eloise Whiteman b. Nov 1811 New York d. Oct
1911 Galeton, Potter County, Pennsylvania
v. Henry A.
Whiteman b. abt 1817 New York d. aft 1850 m. Martha Sanford
vi. William Henry Whiteman b. 28 Jul 1821 New York d. 28
May 1906 Jasper, Steuben County, New York
vii. Elias
Whiteman b. abt 1824 Jasper, Steuben County, New York d. 26 Aug 1892 Woodhull,
Steuben County, New York m. Barbara Deck
viii. Jacob
Henry Whiteman go
to Jacob Henry Whiteman b. 4 Mar 1826 Jasper, Steuben County, New York d. 12
May 1918 Nile, Allegany County, New York m. Annis M. Bartoo
Notes:
1) Genealogies of the
Descendants of the First Settlers of Schenectady: Van Valkenburgh to Vedder
[This information is from Contributions for the Genealogies
of the Descendants of the First Settlers of the Patent and City of Schenectady,
from 1662 to 1800 by Jonathan Pearson (Albany, NY: J. Munsell, 1873). It is in
the Schenectady Collection of the Schenectady County Public Library at Schdy R
929.1 P36c, and copies are also available for borrowing.]
http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/firstsettlers/vanv_ved.html
6/30/07
2) Arlene Whiteman
Jesse Luce Bartoo
Born: 28 May 1808 Greene, Chenango County, New York (1)
Died: 9 Jul 1897 Larned, Pawnee County, Kansas (1)
Buried:
Ahnentafel #98
Parents: Jesse Bartoo and Eunice Loomis
Ethnic Origin: English (Puritan) and French (Huguenot)
Religion: Baptist
"He moved to Jasper, Steuben County, New York in
1836... He enlisted in Co. B, 9th NY Cavalry; discharged for
disability Oct 1862; later, pensioner. He had 3 sons & 3
sons-in-law in Union Army in the Civil War. (1)
"Jesse
Luce Bartoo, sixth child of Jesse and Eunice Loomis Bartoo, was born May 28,
1808. On February 22, 1829 he married Caroline Barnes, born June 12, 1812,
of Greene, N.Y. He moved to Jasper, N.Y. in 1836. He was a farmer
and a short, muscular man. He rafted and run lumber down the Canisteo,
Tioga and Susquehanna rivers in the spring freshets, and was considered a good
waterman. He had a good eye for a horse.
He was a
little visionary and had a roving turn of mind. In the early fifties he
started for Oregon which to him was the land "flowing with milk and
honey." After reaching the Mississippi River, he came quietly home and
said no more about Oregon.
He moved to Little Valley,
N.Y. in 1856. His wife Caroline died August 14, 1857. He married for
a second wife, Malendas [sic-Malinda] Chase of Little Valley, N.Y.
She died Jan. 5, 1862. Both wives are buried near Little Valley, N.Y.
November 1, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company B.,
Ninth New York Cavalry. He was discharged for disability in October
1862. Later he was a pensioner.
He became deaf and
blind in his old age and died July 9, 1897, at his son's, Jesse K. Bartoo, in
Larned, Kansas [I have not been able to identify his burial site.]; in the land
of the "setting sun", which it had always been his ambition to attain. He
had three sons and three sons-in-law in the Union Army of the War of the
Rebellion." (2)
In the 1850 Census a Calvin Whiteman is
living with the family. I have not been able to determine Calvin's
relationship to our Whiteman ancestors.
In the 1860
Census Jesse and his family are living in Mansfield, Cattaraugus County, New
York.
Jesse Luce Bartoo joined the Union army at the
astonishing age of 53!! He served in Company B, 9th New York Volunteer
Cavalry. The following gives the history of his unit during his service
from November 1861 to October 1862, which included the Peninsula Campaign and
the battles of Cedar Mountain and Freeman's Ford:
"9th
Regiment "Stoneman" Cavalry
Organized at Westfield and
Albany, N.Y., September 9 to November 19, 1861. Left State for Washington, D.C.,
November 26, 1861. Attached to Wadsworth's Command, Military District of
Washington, to March, 1862. Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac, to May,
1862. Defenses of Washington, D.C., to June, 1862. Cavalry Brigade, 1st Corps,
Army of Virginia, to September, 1862, Cavalry Brigade, 11th Army Corps, Army of
the Potomac, to October. 1862...
SERVICE.--Duty in the
Defenses of Washington, D. C., until March, 1862. Companies "C," "F" and "K"
detached for duty with Artillery Reserve. Other Companies on duty as train
guard, Army of the Potomac, to May 22, 1862. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4.
Before WilIiamsburg May 4-5. West Point May 7. Near Slatersville May 9. Ordered
to Washington, D. C., May 22, and duty there until June, when mounted. Action
near Cedar Mountain August 12. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August
16-September 2. Freeman's Ford August 22. Fants Ford and Great Run August 23.
Sulphur Springs and Jones Ford August 24 Deep Creek August 25. Salem and White
Plains August 27, Groveton August 29. Bull Run August 30. Near Centreville
August 31. Fairfax Court House September 2. Berryville September 29. Aldie
October 1. Snickersville and Middleburg October 13. Paris and Salem October 17.
Thoroughfare Gap October 17. Haymarket October 18. Warrenton October 19. "
(3)
In addition, three of his sons and three of his
sons-in-law served in the Union Army and all survived. Quite a record!
Jacob Henry Whiteman, 136th NY Infantry, Co. A
George Heckman, 79th New York Infantry, Co. A
Jesse Kellogg Bartoo, 86th New York Infantry, Co. H
Dennis Williams, 85th NY Infantry
Eli William Bartoo, 85th NY Infantry, Co. A
Smith H. Bartoo, 85th NY Infantry, Co. A
In the 1870 Census Jesse is living with Jacob Whiteman and
his daughter, Annis, in W. Clarksville, Allegany, New York.
In the 1880 Census Jesse is living with Jacob Whiteman and
his daughter, Annis, in W. Clarksville, Allegany, New York.
Notes:
1) McCourt,
Martha F.; The American descendants of Henry Luce of Martha's
Vineyard, 1640 to 1985 (c. 1985)p. 628-9
2)
Arlene Whiteman
3) The Civil War Archive http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unnycav2.htm#9th
5/18/06
Related Websites:
Descendants of Francis Barto (Barteau) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lbv531/Burgess1/francisbarteau.htm
Our family records: About this book Source:
Original data: Bartoo, Eli,. Our family records. United States: unknown,
1938.
Notes: Cover title: A Bartoo genealogy. Letter
from D.R. Bartoo to Elisha S. Loomis, Dec. 1, 1938, inserted at end.
http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=15602&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0
The Ninth New York Cavalry web site is located at
"
http://members.aol.com/ninthnycav/historyl.htm"
History of the 9th New York Cavalry http://www.bufordsboys.com/9thNYHistory.htm
Married (2) Little Valley, Cattaraugus County, New York (1)
Malinda
Chase
Born: abt 1826 New York
Died: 5 Jan
1862 Little Valley, Cattaraugus County, New York (1)
Buried: Little Valley, Cattaraugus County, New York
(Geolocation 42 deg. 16' 03.34"N; 78 deg. 45' 51.31"W) (1)
Married (1): 22 Feb 1829 Brisben, Chenango County, New York (1)
Caroline Barnes (Selah, Reuben, James, Daniel, Thomas)
Born: 12
Jun 1812 Greene, Chenango County, New York
Died: 14 Aug
1857 Little Valley, Cattaraugus County, New York
Buried:
Little Valley, Cattaraugus County, New York (Geolocation 42 deg. 16' 03.34"N; 78
deg. 45' 51.31"W) (1)
Ahnentafel #99
Parents: Selah Barnes and Annice Kellogg
Ethnic Origin: English (Puritan)
Religion: Baptist
"History of Brisbin (sic)
Until
1836 where now is Brisben there was only a Wayside Tavern and a saw mill, both
built by Selah Barnes, and a small still on the back part of his farm where
home-made whiskey was made. His first wife Annice, daughter of Elder Nathaniel
Kellogg, and their children were: Amelia, Caroline, Jerome, Nelson, and
Nathaniel K." (2)
Arlene Jones says that she was born in
Greene.
Her mother-in-law's (Eunice Loomis) family
settled first in Smithville Flats, so it seems likely that this branch of the
Barnes family settled in Smithville Flats/Greene. In the 1840 N.Y. Census Index
Reuben, Selah and Seth Barnes are listed in Smithville. Reuben is listed there
in the 1830 N.Y. Census Index.
She was buried near
Little Valley. The cemetery has been obliterated, but according to the Book of
Cemetery Inscriptions of the Cattauragus Historical Society, her tombstone read
"Caroline wife of Jesse died August 14, 1857 aged 45 years, 2 months and 10
days." Also buried there is Jesse Bartoo's second wife, Malinda Chase. The
cemetery is shown on an 1870's map in the Historical Society. I visited the
area. It is on County Route 15 where it makes a right angle turn to the east and
forms a triangle with New York State Route 242 as the hypotenuse.
Children: (1)
i. Annis M. Bartoo
go to Annis M. Bartoo b.
20 Nov 1829 Greene, Chenango County, New York d. 17 Apr 1903 W.
Clarksville, Allegany County, New York m. Jacob Henry Whiteman
ii. Betsey Bartoo b. 7 Jun 1831 Brisben, Chenango
County, New York d. 2 Jul 1898 m. Eli Bartoo
iii. Olive Bartoo b. 7 Mar 1833 Greene, Chenango
County, New York d. 15 Jul 1899 m. George Heckman
iv. Amelia Bartoo b. 15 Jul 1835 Brisben, Chenango
County, New York d. 29 Jul 1835 Brisben, Chenango County, New York
v. Cordelia Bartoo b. 15 Jul 1835 Brisben, Chenango
County, New York d. 24 Nov 1835 Brisben, Chenango County, New York
vi. Lucretia Bartoo b. 8 Sep 1836 Brisben,
Chenango County, New York d. 18 Aug 1839 Jasper, Steuben County, New
York
vii. Laura Etta Bartoo b. 14 Aug 1839 Jasper,
Steuben County, New York d. 22 Jan 1907 m. Rowland V. Haynes
viii. Hannah Bartoo b. 24 Aug 1841 Jasper, Steuben
County, New York d. 2 Oct 1892 Potter Brook, Tioga County,
Pennsylvania m. N.W. Hubbard
ix. Jesse Kellogg
Bartoo b. 26 May 1843 Jasper, Steuben County, New York d. 29 Aug
1901 Larned, Pawnee County, Kansas m. Polly Unknown
x. Lovilla Bartoo b. 26 Jul 1846 Jasper, Steuben
County, New York d. 21 Apr 1903 Jasper, Steuben County, New York m.
Dennis Williams
xi. Margaret Bartoo b. 16 Nov 1847
Jasper, Steuben County, New York d. 20 May 1849 Jasper, Steuben County, New
York
xii. Eli William Bartoo b. 26 May 1849
Jasper, Steuben County, New York d. 5 Jan 1918 Jasper, Steuben County, New
York m. Ella Stephens
xiii. Smith H. Bartoo
b. 1 Apr 1851 Jasper, Steuben County, New York d. 23 Apr 1910 Jasper,
Steuben County, New York m. Unknown Colgrove
xiv.
George Henry Bartoo b. 19 May 1856 Jasper, Steuben County, New York
d. 8 Sep 1888 Jasper, Steuben County, New York m. Elizabeth Walrath
Notes:
1) Luce Genealogy p.
628-9
2) Folsom, Mildred English Cochrane; Echoes of the
past; or, Annals of the town of Greene, Chenango County, New York,
1867-1967 (Binghamton, N.Y., Hall Print. Co., 1971)p. 200
James A. Swarthout
Born: 31 Aug 1788 Goshen, Orange County, New York (or
Pennsylvania, see below)
Died: 4 Dec 1871 Barrington,
Yates County, New York
Buried: Wayne Baptist Church
Cemetery, Tyrone, Schuyler County, New York (Painted Hills Genealogy Website)
[geolocation 42 deg. 28' 16.70"N;77 deg. 6' 11.27"W]
Ahnentafel #100
Parents: Ralph
Swarthout and Lois Halstead
Ethnic Origin: Dutch,
Scots-Irish, English (Puritan)
Religion: Baptist
James A. Swarthout was born in 1788, well after the
"Revolutionary troubles" mentioned in the Yates County Chronicle mentioned
below. For that reason, I believe he was born in Goshen.
Following received from Dick Apolant on 4/19/1993: "James
A. Swarthout was born in PA during his father's short stay among the Indians. He
was about six years old when they finally settled in Seneca Co., NY. There in
1808, he married Betsey Ketchum of Romulus who had been born in Orange Co. In
1817 he took his family to (the) town of Barrington, now the far southwest
corner of Yates Co. At that time only two log cabins existed between them and
Penn Yan. After the death of Betsey, who had given him nine children, he married
Anna Russell and had three more children. He remained on the farm for the rest
of his long life increasing the size to 473 acres. He was a leading citizen of
the town, twice serving as supervisor. Prior to his death he had become the
oldest living Swarthout in the area. McMasters History of Steuben Co states
James A. Swarthout was born 1787 in PA and moved on farm that he now lives on in
the town Barrington, Yates Co., NY, one mile north of Wayne Hotel, 52 years ago
when there was but two log houses between there and Penn Yan."
"Written for Yates Co. Chronicle
abt 1871 - About 1793, Ralph Swarthout settled in Ovid (Lodi) about three
miles southwest of Lodi village. His wife as a maiden was Lois Halsted. They had
previously lived in Orange Co from where they had moved among the Alleganies in
Pennsylvania and back again to Goshen during the Revolutionary troubles. Several
of their children were born before they drifted into Lake Country. Their 11
children were Polly, Benjamin, JAMES A., William, Betsey, Patty, Lois, Anthony,
Raphael, Sophia and Sally Ann. James A., the second son, was born in PA and
married Betsey Ketchum of Romulus, Seneca Co. in 1808. She was a native of
Orange Co, born 1787. In March (what year?) they purchased the farm on which he
lives on lot 72 in Barrington. 180 acres of his land was bought from Judge James
Dean of Oneida Co. and Judge Lush of Auburn. He added to this until his farm
embraced 473 acres on the Bath road about 1/2 mile from the south wild state and
none was more than partly cleared. His wife died Jan 10, 1832, leaving nine
children: Louisa, Joanna, Ralph, Simpson, Charles, Lois, Lewis, Betsey, and
Matilda. He married a second wife, Anna Russell from Tyrone [, Schuyler County]
in July 1832. The children of the second marriage were James A., Mary Ann and
Sarah. They still reside on the homestead, he is nearly 83 years old and she is
68 years old. He was a very industrious and successful farmer, in both grain and
stock growing. His grains have been very large. For cattle and sheep of superior
quality and for good horses he has been celebrated in his vicinity. He states
that he has drawn hundreds of (bushels?) of wheat to Bath, a distance of 18
miles, which was sold for 44 cents a bushel. He has sometimes raised 1400
bushels in one season, besides 1000 lbs. of wool and much other products. His
wife relates that she has made upwards of 30 firkins of butter in a season which
was sold at 10 to 12 cents a pound. Their toils have been patient and persistent
and they have gained a fine competency for themselves and secured substantial
aid to their children. Mr. Swarthout has been a leading man in this town and has
twice been supervisor." (1)
"The following material is
from the Annual Report (1901) of the State Historian as documented in Vol III,
Council of Appointment, Military Records, 1784-1821 - (This volume begins with
1817) ... 1818... 10th Regiment of calvary Ephraim Kinny, Captain; Elias Smith,
First Lieutenant; John B. Seely, Second Lieutenant; James Swartwout, Cornet."
This appointment probably occured after he removed to Yates County in 1817.
(2)
He apparently left a will. "SWARTHOUT, JAMES A.
BARRINGTON [County]62-[Volume]I-[Page#]288" (3) "Swarthout James A. 1872 360
James Jr., Anna, Simpson, Sarah Ann, Lewis B., Ralph & Charles Swarthout,
Louisa and Betsey Sunderlin, Joanna & Matilda Jourdan; Mary Ann & Mary
Horton"(4)
Notes:
1) Ruth Jordan Thoden
2) Militia appointments in Seneca County on Seneca County,
New York GenWeb site
3) Yates County, New York
Will Testators 4/27/01
4) Yates County Surrogate Court
Records
Anna Russell
Children:
i. James A. Swarthout
b. Mar 1835 (1900 Census) Barrington, Yates County, New York d. 15 Oct 1901
Tyrone, Schuyler County, New York m. Sarah Ann Huson (Ancestry.com One World
Tree)
ii. Mary Ann Swarthout b. abt 1836 Barring
