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Aquila Miles Hope (William, Thomas, James)
Born: 29 Aug 1807 Harford County, Maryland
Died: 16 Mar 1883 Borden, Fresno (now Madera) County, California
Buried: Arbor Vitae Cemetery, Madera, Madera County, California (36.96616 deg. N; 120.07196 deg. W)
Ahnentafel #32
Parents: William Nelson Hope and Margaret Miles go to William Nelson Hope
Ethnic Origin: Scots Irish or Ulster Scots
Religion: Cumberland Presbyterian

The Christian name of Aquila comes from Acts of the Apostles 18:26.  His birth place is given in one source as Maryland (1).  Another source gives his birthplace as Baltimore (2).  In fact, he was probably born in Harford County, near the boundary with Baltimore County on the farm of his grandfather, Thomas Hope, near the present Madonna, Maryland.
Aquila's father, William, inherited land from Thomas in Washington County, Maryland (the skinny bit that always breaks in USA jigsaw puzzles).  The tract of land was called Dilliearly and contained 269 acres.  William is shown there in Linton Hundred in the 1800 and 1810 Census.  Linton Hundred is the westernmost part of Washington County.  It appears that Aquila's mother may have remained in Harford County or Baltimore County while his father ran the farm in Washington County.  It appears that the family moved there by the time of the 1810 Census.
Some time about 1815 the family moved to Kentucky.  They probably went overland on the old Cumberland Trail and then down the Ohio River to Shelby County.  They moved to an area called Tick Creek (38.20935 deg. N; 85.10544 deg. W).  They are shown in Shelby County in the 1820 Census.
Aquila married Sarah Florence Graham in 1831.  One source (3) gives March 29, 1831 as the date, but the family bible states April 5, 1831.  My guess is that the first date is the license issuance and the second is the ceremony.
It appears that he and Sarah lived for a few years in Kentucky, perhaps until about 1838.  One source states that he, "resided in Kentucky seven years after his marriage; he then moved to Indiana, [He may have been in Decatur County where his brother Thomas lived before 1836.  He may also have been living in Jennings County, to where many of his in-laws had moved.] living there but three years he moved to Missouri in the fall of 1841." (4)  His daughter Elizabeth, born in 1839 gave her birthplace as Indiana in the 1860 and 1880 censuses.  The actual date on which he left Indiana is unclear.  The 1840 Kentucky Census Index shows him back in Shelby County.  It is possible that he was listed in both places.  I have encountered at least one other instance of that.
Some time in late 1841, Aquila and his family moved to Scotland County, Missouri.  They probably went down the Ohio River to the Mississippi River and then up that river to Alexandria, Missouri and then overland to Scotland County.  "In the spring of 1842 at a meeting held in Scotland county, Mo. he made a profession of religion and joined the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of which he was immediately elected a ruling member." (5)  Another source states, "The Cumberland Presbyterian Church:  The Middle Fabius Church of this denomination, seven miles west of Memphis, was organized in 1840, with Rev. [Samuel G.] Briggs, George D. Slavin, Thomas Hope, Aquilla Hope and their wives, and Elizabeth Isaacs as original members."(6)  The church appears to have been located at the intersection of Missouri State Highway 136 and Campground Road (40.45540N, 92.31812W).  His involvement with founding was confirmed by the Scotland County Genealogy Society. (7)
This was part of Aquila's long association with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.  As a youth, he was a member of the Mulberry Church, whose minister was Archibald Cameron.  He was apparently associated with James McGready, who led the revival in Kentucky that lead to the founding of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.  McGready later broke with the Cumberlands and it is not clear whether Cameron did as well.  Aquila also participated in the founding of the Borden Cumberland Presbyterian Church near Madera, California in 1875. (8)  Many members of his family were ministers of the Cumberland including, Samuel G. Briggs, the father of his daughter Ann's husband (and co-founder of the Middle Fabius Church), his grandchildren James Aquila Skaggs and George Edgar Skaggs.  His brother, Thomas, was a co-founder of the Middle Fabius Church.  More information on the Cumberland Presbyterian Church can be found at Historical Foundation of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America http://www.cumberland.org/hfcpc/.
At the time of the 1850 Census Aquila and his family was living in Scotland County, Missouri.  Nearby were his brother Thomas, Thomas Briggs and Samuel G. Briggs.  He was primarily a farmer, but also worked as a millwright and tanner.
In 1852 Aquila and his family went overland to California.  They appear in the 1852 California Census in Santa Clara County "where he had the distinction of grinding the first sack of flour made in the Santa Clara Mills.  Removing to Contra Costa county in 1853, he remained there two years, being employed in milling and stock raising.  The following year he spent in Amador county, and then removed to Westpoint, Calaveras county, where he was successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits from 1856 until 1873."(9)  Another source said that he joined the Masons while in Santa Clara County. (10) 
The 1860 and 1870 Censuses show the family in West Point, Calaveras County.  He appears to have engaged primarily in farming and ranching in West Point.  Aquila's ranch was located on a quarter section (160 acres) just west of West Point (SW 1/4 of Section 3, Township 6, Range 13, Mt. Diablo Meridian [Latitude/Longitude 38.4025°N, 120.5300°W ( 38°, 24', 8.9" N; 120°, 31', 48.0" W ). (11)  This geolocation appears to be the NE corner of the 160 acre ranch.  The quarter section covers the area directly to the west of West Point, bisected by Spink Road. (12)  He also bought a "one-story frame house together with lot on which same stands...  situated as follows:  east side of Main Street and directly between the two lots owned by one Shuband" in 1858. (13)
He and his family also engaged in mining in the area.  In 1860 Aquila bought a claim in Township at "Campo de los Flores, near Campos Flores Starr for one thousand dollars. (13)  This was in Township 7, east of West Point.  This is apparently the property he sold in 1872 and described as 160 acres on Bear Creek, 2 miles east of mouth of Alpine Gulch with flume and the Hope-Eastin Quartz Mill.  It appears to have been 1 1/2 miles west of an area called Blue Mountain City.  I have been unable to precisely pinpoint this location.  Another claim in which he was involved was "called Hippolite Quartz Lode, situated on the northern side of the Middle Fork of the Mokelumne River, above China Mill, north of Ross Ranch" which he sold in 1865.
In 1873 Aquila moved to Fresno County (now Madera County) and began wheat farming.  This was a period when California became for a brief time the leading wheat exporter in the world.  He also raised sheep.  He patented land in the SW quarter of   Sec. 29,  Twp. 12-S,  Range 18-E,  Mount Diablo Meridian (36.8599N, 120.0311W (36 deg., 51', 55.6"N; 120 deg., 1', 52.0"W) (11)  This is about a mile from the Eastin-Arcola school, which still stands.  His sons Edgar, John and Samuel patented the other quarter sections of the same Section and his son John patented an additonal quarter section adjacent.  In the 1880 Census the next door neighbors were daughter, Elizabeth and son-in-law Allen Skaggs and Joseph Borden, for whom the area, called Borden, was probably named.
One of his obituaries gave an interesting summary of his character.  "He was not a man given to much social intercourse but was kind, courteous and extended the hand of friendship to all who asked him.  His integrity was never questioned and he was generous to a fault."(14)

Notes:
1) The Descendants of Thomas Miles by Walter J. Hastrich, 2060 Harvey Road, Grand Island, NY Phone 716-773-5950  c. 1986
2) Guinn, Prof. J.M., History of the State of California and Biographical Record of the San Joaquin Valley, California (The Chapman Publishing Co., Chicago 1905) p. 1282
3) 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
4) Kimberly Rae, e-mail of August 29, 1998 
5) Ibid.
6) History of Lewis, Clark, Knox and Scotland Counties, Missouri, 1887 (Orig. Publ. 1887 Goodspeed Publ. Co., St. Louis & Chicago.  Reprinted by Stevens Publ. Co., Astoria, Il) p. 551
7) Joanne Aylward, Researcher, Scotland County Genealogy Society;  11/9/99
8) Calaveras Weekly Citizen, March 31, 1883
9) Guinn, Op. Cit.
10) Calaveras Weekly Citizen, March 31, 1883
11)Federal Land Patents, Bureau of Land Management www.glorecords.blm.gov 12/30/05  TRS Data Locater www.esg.montana.edu/gl/trs-data.html
12) Calaveras County, California Geographic Informations Systems, West Point 7.5 Quad www.co.calaveras.ca.us/departments/gisproject/usgs_topo_sm/WestPt6.gif
13) Aquila Miles Hope Research, prepared by the Calaveras County Historical Society, San Andreas, CA
14) Calaveras Weekly Citizen, op.cit.

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Married: 5 Apr 1831 Shelby County, Kentucky

Sarah Florence Graham (William, Thomas, James)
Born:  10 Sep 1810 Tick Creek, Shelby County, Kentucky
Died:  20 Aug 1890 Borden, Madera County, California
Buried:   Arbor Vitae Cemetery, Madera, Madera County, California (36.96616 deg. N; 120.07196 deg. W)
Ahnentafel #33
Parents:  William Graham and Martha Shellady go to William Graham
Ethnic Origin:  Scots Irish/Ulster Scots
Religion:  Cumberland Presbyterian

She was heavily involved in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church with her husband and was an early promoter of the Eastin School District in Borden. (1)

Children of Aquila Miles Graham and Sarah Florence Graham:
i.  William Samuel Hope b. 17 Mar 1832 Shelby County, Kentucky d. 2 Aug 1833 Shelby County, Kentucky
ii. Ann Almira Hope b. 22 Feb 1834 Shelby County, Kentucky d. 1904 Madera, Madera County, California
m. Samuel Wallace Briggs
iii. George Thomas Hope b. 25 May 1836 Shelby County, Kentucky d. 24 Jul 1865 West Point, Calaveras County, California
iv. Elizabeth Margaret Hope b. 3 Feb 1839 Indiana d. 1906 Madera, Madera County, California
m. Allen Alexander Skaggs
v. Edgar Graham Hope b. 29 Jan 1841 Shelby County, Kentucky d. bef. 1910
m. Elizabeth Helen Edwards
vi. Lucy Jane Hope b. 17 May 1843 Scotland County, Missouri d. 1914 Merced, Merced County, California
m. Octavius C. Eastin
vii. John Baker Hope b. 17 Dec 1845 Scotland County, Missouri d. 1920 Madera, Madera County, California
m. Martha Ellen Wright
viii. Samuel Davidson Hope b. 31 Mar 1848  Scotland County, Missouri  d. 29 Jul 1907 Deane Colony, Merced, Merced County, California  m. Mary Ellen Smith
ix. Martha Catherine Hope b. 16 May 1850 Scotland County, Missouri d. 1923 Fresno, Fresno County, California
m. Dwight Charles Harris
x. Sarah Florence Hope b. 3 Dec 1854 West Point, Calaveras County, California d. 5 Jun 1905 Fresno, Fresno County, California
m. William Samuel Patterson

Notes:
1) Graham Ground:  A Bulletin for Meeting Graham Cousins; http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0603/92225371.html

Solomon Smith (John)
Born:  8 Feb 1827 Carroll, Greenfield Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
Died:  13 Mar 1898 Carroll, Greenfield Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
Buried:  Carroll Cemetery, Carroll, Greenfield Township, Fairfield County, Ohio (39 deg., 47', 43.30"N; 82 deg., 42', 26.10"W)
Ahnentafel #34
Parents:  John M. Smith and Elizabeth Unknown go to John M. Smith
Ethnic Origin:  Uncertain, probably Scots Irish/Ulster Scots
Religion:  Presbyterian

He was a prominent farmer in Greenfield Township his whole life.  In the 1880's he was a trustee of the township.(1)   It appears that he planned to retire in Georgia.  After returning from a trip there, he died suddenly, apparently of smallpox.(2)

Notes:
1) Graham, A.A.; History of Fairfield and Perry Counties (Chicago:  W.H. Beers & Co., 1883) p. 218
2) Lancaster Daily Eagle, Monday, March 14, 1898

Married: 1 May 1849 Fairfield County, Ohio

Leah P. Wisely  (Edward, John, John)
Born:  6 Feb 1824 Bloom Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
Died:  7 Jun 1893 Carroll, Greenfield Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
Buried:  Carroll Cemetery, Carroll, Greenfield Township, Fairfield County, Ohio  (39 deg., 47', 43.30"N; 82 deg., 42', 26.10"W)
Ahnentafel #35
Parents:  Edward Bond Wisely and Leah Tomlinson go to Edward Bond Wisely
Ethnic Origin:  Uncertain, probably Scots Irish/Ulster Scots
Religion:  Presbyterian

The "P." in her name probably came from the maiden names of one of her grandmothers, whose names are currently unknown.

Children of Solomon Smith and Leah P. Wisely:
i.  William H. Smith b. 1851 Carroll, Greenfield Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
ii.  Mary Ellen Smith  b. 11 Mar 1852 Carroll, Greenfield Township, Fairfield County, Ohio  m. Samuel Davidson Hope
iii.  Henrietta Smith b. 1856  Carroll, Greenfield Township, Fairfield County, Ohio  m. John Woodward
iv.  Amanda Smith b. 25 Oct 1857 Carroll, Greenfield Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
v.  Henry E. Smith b. 1858 Carroll, Greenfield Township, Fairfield County, Ohio  d. aft 1870
vi.  Louisa Smith b. 1859 Carroll, Greenfield Township, Fairfield County, Ohio d. 1894  m. Hiram Raver
vii.  George Smith b. 27 Jul 1861 Carroll, Greenfield Township, Fairfield County, Ohio d. 18 Sep 1861 Carroll, Greenfield Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
viii.  Thomas Smith b. 27 Jul 1861 Carroll, Greenfield Township, Fairfield County, Ohio d. 18 Sep 1861 Carroll, Greenfield Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
ix.  Ulysses Grant Smith b. Apr 1865 Carroll, Greenfield Township, Fairfield County, Ohio d. aft 1920  m. Pearl Butler
x.  Amos Smith b. 1866 Carroll, Greenfield Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
xi.  Bozaras Smith b. 1868 Carroll, Greenfield Township, Fairfield County, Ohio

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Chambers Charles McLean (Ebenezer)
Born:  May 1826 Pennsylvania
Died:  2 May 1903 Fresno, Fresno County, California
Buried: 
Ahnentafel #36
Parent:  Ebenezer Chambers McLean go to Ebenezer Chambers McLean
Ethnic Origin:  Scots Irish/Ulster Scots
Religion:  Presbyterian

When and where was he born?  The first clue is his name, Chambers.  A famous family among the Scots Irish of Pennsylvania was the Chambers family for whom Chambersburg was named.  In the 1850 Census he is (probably) listed as born in 1826 in Illinois.  In the 1870 Census his age is listed as 45 (b. 1825-6) born in Pennsylvania.  In the 1880 Census his age is listed as 53 (b. 1826-7) born in Pennsylvania.  In the 1900 Census his birth is listed as May 1826 in Pennsylvania.  His obituary also states that he was born in Pennsylvania.(1)  I think this is the most accurate.
The next information we have about him is that he was a '49er.  His obituary (1) states that he lived in California for six years.  He joined a wagon train in Cass County, Illinois.  On May 2, 1849 the wagon train of from thirty to thirty-five wagons departed from St. Joseph for California.  About one hundred and twenty men and four women were in this train. (2)  There is at least one extant diary for this wagon train, but it does not mention Chambers.
Cass County, Illinois 49er Wagon Train
I have not found him definitively in California 1849-55. He was not among those who voted in Sonora on August 1, 1849, but he probably arrived in late August, 1849 in California.  He seems to be the "C.C. M'Lean" recorded in the California Census on May 1, 1850 in Township 1 of Tuolomne County.  This person was aged 24 born in Illinois.  He is listed in dwelling 1195 with S.H. Neely.  Living nearby were Nicolas Elisalde and Salvador Borda, both of whom are described in other sources as living in Sonora.  I did not find any likely entry for him in the 1852 California Census.  I have also not found any information on his return, which was probably by sea.
By November 1857 he had married Mary Ellen McCullen and they had their first child, Agnes, in Iowa. (1900-1910 Censuses)  I have been unable to find them in the 1860 Iowa or Illinois Censuses.  However, his son, Edward, was born in Illinois in November, 1862.  Their daughter, May, was also born in Illinois in 1865.  Sometime between 1865 and 1867 (when their daughter Emma was born in Barton County, Missouri) the family moved to Missouri.  Barton County had been nearly depopulated during the Civil War.  The McLeans seem to have followed the tide of postwar resettlement.
In the 1870 Census the family is shown living in Golden Grove Township of Barton County.  His occupation is listed as cabinet maker.  In the 1880 Census the family is listed in Golden City, Barton County and his occupation again as cabinet maker.  I believe that Golden City is in Golden Grove Township.
In 1888 Chambers and his family and his son Edward and his family moved to California.  They registered in Fresno on September 26, 1888.  It appears that Chambers bought a house on the corner of Mono Avenue and Raisina Street (36.73698 deg. N; 119.77316 deg. W) in Fresno.  Both Chambers and his family, and Edward and his family lived there, at least through 1894.  Chambers died there.

Notes:
1) Fresno Morning Republican Sunday, May 3, 1903 p. 4, Col. 2
2) Rasmussen, Louis J.; California Wagon Train Lists, (Vol. I April 5, 1849 to October 20, 1852) (San Francisco Historic Records) pp. 46-7

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Married:

Mary Ellen McCullen
Born: April 1841 New York
Died: 20 Sep 1918 Barstow Colony, Fresno County, California
Buried: 23 Sep 1918 Mountain View Cemetery, Fresno County, California (geolocation 36.74984 deg. N; 119.83152 deg. W)
Ahnentafel #37
Parents: Unknown
Ethnic Origin: Uncertain, probably Scots Irish/Ulster Scots
Religion: Presbyterian

I know very little about the origins of this woman.  I have found nothing which actually gives her maiden name.  The name I have given is from my mother's research, but I have no idea if it is correct.  In the 1870 and 1880 Censuses her birthplace is given as Tennessee.  In the 1900 Census her birth is given as April 1841 in New York.  In the 1910 Census her age is given is 58 and birthplace as New York.  In her death certificate her age is given as 78 (probably correct) and her birthplace as Scotland (certainly incorrect).
After her husband's death in 1903, she continued to live at the family home near the intersection of Mono Avenue and Raisina in Fresno (36.73698N; 119.77316W) until at least 1915 (1)  At the time of her death she was apparently living with her granddaughter, Anna Mae (McLean) Hope, who filed the death certificate.
How many children did she have? In the 1910 Census, she said that she had five, with 4 surviving.  One son, Henry (or Harry) B. is listed as adopted.  In the 1900 she lists six children, with six surviving.  This may not be contradictory.  She may have included her adopted son, Henry, in the 1900 total.  If one died between 1900 and 1910, this would reconcile this discrepancy.  Interestingly, in the 1910 Census, two grandsons with a surname Hemphill are living with her.  This would indicate that one of her daughters married a Hemphill and died between 1900 and 1910.

Children of Chambers Charles McLean and Mary Ellen McCullen:
i.  Agnes E. McLean  b. Nov 1857 Iowa d. aft 1920  m. 16 Aug 1874 Barton County, Missouri
ii.  Edward McLean b. 11 Nov 1862 Illinois d. 11 Dec 1932 Trigo, Madera County, California  m. Frances Ann Snead
iii.  May (Minnie) McLean  b. abt 1865 Illinois
iv.  Emma McLean  b. abt 1867 Golden Grove Township, Barton County, Missouri
v.  Nellie McLean  b. abt 1872 Golden Grove Township, Barton County, Missouri
vi.  Henry B. McLean b. Jun 1878 Missouri d. aft 1910 (adopted)(2)

Notes:
1) Fresno City and County Directories
2) 1910 Census, Series: T624 Roll: 75 Page: 124

Thomas Edwin Snead (Robert, Robert, Robert, William, William, John, Henry, Samuel)  
Born: 26 Oct 1843 Monroe County, Tennessee
Died:  24 Feb 1921 Sara, Clark County, Washington
Buried:  26 Feb 1921 Sara Union Cemetery, Sara, Clark County, Washington (45 deg., 45', 14.61N; 122 deg., 42' 49.23"W)(8)
Ahnentafel #38
Parents: Robert Snead and Frances Henley go to Robert L. Snead
Ethnic Origin:  Mixed, primarily English (Virginia)
Religion:  Missionary Baptist

Thomas was born into a prominent family in Sweetwater, Monroe County, Tennessee.  His father was a leader of the local Baptist church, a prominent local businessman and a slaveholder.  Thomas was the youngest child in the family. Eastern Tennessee was strongly Unionist in sentiment and Thomas' own family was torn apart by the Civil War.  Thomas' oldest brother, William, was a major in the Confederate army.  Thomas' next oldest brother, John, was a Captain in the Union army and died of wounds suffered in the battle of Stone's River.  The father-in-law of Thomas' sister, Elizabeth, was a major in the same unit with John.  The husband of his sister, Martha, was a prominent Unionist.  Of his father it was said, "During the Civil War he was considered a Union man but was opposed to any discussion of it, or prayers for either combatant in church meetings, and rarely could he be induced to express an opinion about the war in private conversation.  This is by no means strange, as he had two sons in the Confederate army and one in the Federal."(1)
Thomas E. Snead enlisted in the 4th Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry (Branner's) on 28 Jun 1861 at Sweetwater, Tennessee.  He was present Sep- Oct 1861 with one horse, bridle and saddle.  He enlisted 17 Aug 1861 in Company G, 2 (Ashby's) Tennessee Cavalry as a private.  [According to Tennessee Civil War Home Page - County/Unit Listings for Monroe County http://members.aol.com/jweaver303/tn/tnco-mp.htm, 10/31/99, one of the Confederate units formed in Monroe County was Co. G, 2nd TN Cav Regiment (Ashby's).]
He was detailed to the Commissary Dept. on May 8, 1862 by Col. Allston.  He went AWOL on 24 Oct 1862 and furnished a substitute on 28 Apr 1863.
"Record of Events for Fourth Battlion (Branner's), Tennessee Cavalry (also called First Battalion, East Tennessee Cavalry), July 1861-April 1862...
Company B became Company G, Ashby's Second Tennessee Cavalry...
Subsequently became Company G, Ashby's Second Tennessee Cavalry...
Company B
Stationed at Beech Grove, Kentucky, September-October 1861.
Stationed at Kingston, [Roane County], Tennessee, October 31, 1861-April 30, 1862.
[This county is very close to Monroe County.  The company was probably involved in surpressing active local Unionists.]
Stationed at Beech Grove, [Pulaski County], Kentucky, [Geolocation 37.12137N; 84.69916W] January 9, 1862...
Mustered into the state service of Tennessee on June 28, 1861 by (David) M. Key at Sweet Water [sic], Tennessee." (2)
"Record of Events of Second (Ashby's) Tennessee Cavalry, February 1862-December 1864...
Formerly Company B, Fourth Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry...
Company G
Stationed at camp on Clinch River, May-June 1862.
[This is near Knoxville and also close to Monroe County.]
April 30. - At 5 p.m. the company marched from Kingston to Wheeler's Powell Valley, distance forty-seven miles." (3)
Monroe County Civil War Web Site http://www.tngenweb.org/monroe/mocsa.htm
4th Confederate Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry (Branner's)  Roster Web Site http://www.tngennet.org/monroe/4thbatt.htm
Roster Owen-Young http://www.tngenweb.org/monroe/4thbatt/ow-y.htm
Thomas' unit was part of General Zollicoffer's Brigade at the Battle of Mills Springs/Fishing Creek on January 19, 1862. It appears that his unit was not engaged.  During the battle, it was located west of Mill Springs Road at approximately 37 deg., 03', 35.04"N; 84 deg., 44', 34.58"W. http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/1864/main_battle_map.htm  Ironically, his brother John Lilburn Snead, and his unit the 2nd Tennessee Volunteer Infantry Regiment (which mustered at nearby Somerset) were involved in the Union assault on Zollicoffer's forces.  The Confederate forces were routed and in the retreat lost most of their horses and equipment.  Two first-hand accounts from Thomas' unit are contained on the Mills Springs Battle website http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/1864/index.htm.
Thomas may also have participated in a raid on a group of Unionists at Woodson's Gap, near Fincastle, Campbell County, Tennessee led by Captain Ashby on April 17, 1862 which led to to capture of over 400.
He was obviously proud of his service, because it is mentioned on his tombstone.
He returned to farming after his involvement in the Civil War. He continued to farm in Monroe County until about 1879-80. He was a justice of the peace in 1875. (4) He petitioned the Monroe County court in 1879.(5)
One source (1) states that he and his family lived in Texas, Indian Territory (Oklahoma), Missouri, Montana and Washington. I have been unable to find the family in Texas or the Indian Territory (modern Oklahoma). In the 1880 Census the family is in Colfax Township, DeKalb County, Missouri. It appears that they would have moved there shortly before the Census. His youngest son, Thomas B., was born in Tennessee on September 6, 1879 and is listed in the 1880 Census. Thomas, Sr. listed his occupation as farmer.
The family must not have stayed in DeKalb County for long.  In 1884 Thomas' daughter, Frances, married Edward McLean.  They probably married in Barton County, Missouri, though I have found no record of this.  Their first child was born there in December 1884.  This would indicate that Thomas Snead and family were living in or near Barton County by then.
We next find the family in south eastern Washington.  His son ,Charles H., was married in Colfax, Whitman County, Washington in 1892.  His daughter, Addie E., was married in Albion, Whitman County, Washington in 1896.  I have not found any additional documentation on Thomas in the area, but it seems that they lived in that area from about 1890 to 1898. One daughter, Minta, was living in Placerville, California in about 1915. Most of the rest of the family seems to have moved to Montana, with Thomas.
In the 1900 Census (June 28, 1900) he is listed with his sons, Robert H. and Thomas B., in Hinsdale Township, Valley County, Missouri.  Another son, Charles H. (Charley H.), is listed in Saco Township, Valley (now Phillips) County nearby.  None of them are listed with any family.  This would indicate to me that they had just emigrated to Montana.  Thomas wrote a letter to his old hometown newspaper, the Sweetwater Telephone, from Valley County which was published January 4, 1900.  The family had multiple homesteads in the county; Robert F. (1898), Charles H. (1900), Thomas E. (1900), Thomas B. (1902), Thomas E. (1902), Richard T. (1908),  Robert F. (1916), Thomas E. (1916). (6)  We have a detailed description of Thomas' 1908 and 1916 homesteads.  The 1908 homestead (patented 7/1/1908) was 160 acres in the SW corner of Sec. 34 of Twp. 33-N, Range-E Montana Principal Meridian (48.5765N, 106.9983W (48 deg., 34', 35.4"N; 106 deg., 59', 53.7"W)).  A Sneed's Ranch is nearby.  The 1915 (patented 3/13/15) was 160 acres in the S1/2NE  Sec. 20  Twp. 32-N  Range 37-E  Montana Principal Meridian, E1/2SE Sec. 20  Twp. 32-N  Range 37-E  Montana Principal Meridian (48.5166N, 106.9443W (48 deg., 30', 59.8"N; 106 deg., 56', 39.6"W).  This is near Rock Creek north of Hinsdale.
Thomas and Robert are listed together and without family in Hinsdale in the 1910 Census.  Listed nearby are Richard F. and his family. Charles appears to have moved back to Colfax by 1916.(1)  According to his granddaughter, Peggy Sater, "From what I have been told Grandfather Snead and my father Robert Francis Snead were together on a ranch near Hinsdale, Mont.  for several years.  Later on they had a Bowling alley & saloon in Hinsdale.  My parents were married Feb 1917 & moved to Sara, Wa shortly after as my brother was born Jan 1918 in Sara.  Grandfather Snead came out to live with them shortly after until he passed in 1921.".  In the 1920 Census he is listed as a grocer.  He died of heart disease in 1921 and is buried in the Sara Union Cemetery in Clark County, Washington.

Notes:
1) Lenoir, William B.; History of Sweetwater Valley, Tennessee (Baltimore: Regional Publishing Company, 1976 Originally Pub. 1916 Richmond)
2) Records of the War of the Rebellion, Supplement Records of Events, Vol. 66 Tennessee Troops (Confederate) Cavalry, pp. 81-4
3) Ibid., pp. 27, 29, 30, 34
4) Sands, Sarah G. Cox; History of Monroe County, Tennessee, (Gateway Press Balt 1982) Vol. I, Part 1, p. 458
5) Ibid., p. 460
6) Footprints in the Valley:  A History of Valley County, Montana (Promoter Publishing, Shelby, Montana 1991), pp. 637 & 649
7) Federal Land Patents, Bureau of Land Management www.glorecords.blm.gov 12/30/05
TRS Data Locaterhttp://www.esg.montana.edu/gl/trs-data.html
8) KNAPP MORTUARY FUNERALS - 1907-1925 by Geraldine Gilman.
Records of over 2500 funerals, includes additional 42 page Supplementary Index of Knapp Mortuary Funerals 418 pages

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Married: 27 Aug 1863 Monroe County, Tennessee

Anne Elizabeth Patton  (Francis, James, Francis, Robert, William, Henry, Henry, William)
Born: 12 Jan 1844 Monroe County, Tennessee
Died: 18 Mar 1890 Kiowa, Barber County, Kansas
Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Kiowa, Barber County, Kansas (37 deg. 1' 17.75"N; 98 deg. 27' 38.37"W)
Ahnentafel #39
Parents: Francis Alexander Patton and Amanda Ann Taylor go to Francis Alexander Patton
Ethnic Origin: Mixed, Scottish, Scots Irish/Ulster Scots, Welsh
Religion: Missionary Baptist

Her family appears to have been Confederate in sympathy.  Her brother, Frank, was captured at Vicksburg.  He later moved to Barber County, Kansas from where he was twice as a State Senator from the Greenback Party.  Anne died while visiting her brother and her mother in Kiowa, Barber County, Kansas.   Her brother, Frank, seems to have been close to the Snead family, as he moved to Hinsdale and died there in 1901. (1)

Children of Thomas Edwin Snead and Ann Elizabeth Patton:
i. Robert Francis Snead b. 20 Dec 1864 Sweetwater, Monroe County, Tennessee d. 21 Nov 1930 Sara, Clark County, Washington m. Pearl Rice Jones
ii. Frances Ann (Fannie) Snead b. 16 Jan 1867 Sweetwater, Monroe County, Tennessee d. 29 Mar 1949 Trigo, Madera County, California  m. Edward McLean
iii. Richard T. (Dick) Snead b. 31 Dec 1869 Sweetwater, Monroe County, Tennessee d. aft 1924 m. Anna Nelson Riley
iv. Charles H. Snead b. 19 Jul 1871 Sweetwater, Monroe County, Tennessee d. aft 1920 m. Ida Mooney
v. Minta L. Snead b. 10 Aug 1874 Sweetwater, Monroe County, Tennessee d. 1970 Seattle, Washington m. Frank Wilson
vi. Addie E. Snead b. 20 Apr 1877 Sweetwater, Monroe County, Tennessee  d. 1950 Washington m. Edward Kelso 
vii.  Thomas B. Snead  b. 6 Sep 1879 Sweetwater, Monroe County, Tennessee d. 15 Oct 1960 Ridgefield, Clark County, Washington  m. Nettie Lucretia Baalke

Notes:
1) Blomquist, Ann K.; Taylors and Tates of the South (Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore 1993) pp. 375-6

Related Website:  Patton Genealogy Pag 11 Descendants of William Patton, M. A. http://lady3248.tripod.com/pattongenealogypg11.htm

Adolph Adam Kernberger (Andreas, Sebastian, Wilhelm)
Born:  17 Jun 1845 Bruchsal, Baden, Germany (1)
Died:  18 Aug 1935 Veteran's Administration Hospital, Bay Pines, Pinellas County, Florida (2) (27.81138N; 82.77391W)
Buried:  20 Aug 1935 Plot 1 1, Bay Pines National Cemetery, Bay Pines, Pinellas County, Florida (2) (27.80934N; 82.77130W)
Ahnentafel #40
Parents:  Andreas Kernberger and Franziska Willwerth go to Andreas Kernberger
Ethnic Origin:  Baden (Germany)
Religion:  Roman Catholic

His family came from the Catholic enclave of Bruchsal in Baden, Germany.  He emigrated with his mother and siblings to America via the Netherlands.  They traveled in 1851, following his father who had emigrated previously.   The family settled in Boston.  (1) At the time of his father's enlistment his address was listed as 1 Castle Street.  Castle Street no longer exists.  It ran from Tremont Street to Harrison Street between Harold Street and Paul Place, just south of the railroad (and what is now the Massachusetts Pike (I-90).  No. 1 appears to have been at the junction of East Castle and Harrison (42.34613N; 71.06320W).  In the 1867 Sanborn map on newenglandancestors.org shows the location as a blacksmith shop.
It appears that the family were members of Holy Trinity Church.  Adolph and Frank are listed among "boys of our school" who fought in the Civil War. (10)
His father joined the 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment on August 29, 1861.  His brother, William, had joined the same regiment on July 18, 1861.  Adolph joined on July 26, 1861 as a drummer.  They were all members of Company C commanded by Ferdinand Dreher.  The majority of company were Germans. (3)  Captain Dreher was a refugee from Baden who had escaped the collapse of the Revolution of 1848.  He was a passionate abolitionist.  It is entirely possible that Adolph's father, Andreas, was also a refugee from the Revolution of 1848.  Dreher recruited many of the members of the company from the First and Second German Volunteer Militias.  Many of the officers of the 20th were Harvard graduates or students (including future Justice of the Supreme Court, Oliver Wendell Holmes).  There was substantial tension between this group of officers and the men, where companies B and C were largely German, company F was largely Irish, company I was composed of men from Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard and company K full of portside toughs.
After initial training near Boston, the regiment moved to positions on the Potomac River near Poolesville, Maryland.  On October 21, 1861, the 20th joined the 15th Mass., the Tamany Regt. and the California Regt. in a reconnaisance in force across the Potomac.  After establishing a position on the other side (39 deg., 07', 54.88"N; 77 deg., 31', 39.76") the Union forces were attacked and routed by a larger Confederate force.  With their backs to the river, the Union troops were forced to abandon most of their equipment and swim to an island in the Potomac.  It was a debacle.
In May, 1862 the regiment moved to Virginia to take part in McClellan's Peninsula Campaign.  The first engagement, Fair Oaks on May 31, was a great success.  The 20th stopped the last Confederate charge of the day bringing a Union victory.  McClellan besieged Richmond, but, unnerved by Lee's attacks in the Seven Days battle, began a withdrawal on June 27.  The 20th was then involved in a series of rearguard actions.  In July the 20th was withdrawn with the rest of McClellan's army.
September 17 found the 20th at Antietam.  It took part in attack by II Corps into the West Woods which was ambushed by the Confederates.  The Corps retreated in disorder with heavy casualities.
The disasters continued at Fredericksburg, one of the worst engagements of the regiment.  The Kernberger's company was part of a hard-fought attack through Fredericksburg under heavy fire from Confederate units on December 11.  On December 13 the regiment took part in the abortive attack on Marye's Heights.  Over this period more than sixty percent of the regiment became casualties, including Capt. Dreher, who was killed, though the Kernbergers seemed to have escaped unscathed.
The climax of the war for Adolph came at the Battle of Gettysburg.  On the third day of battle the 20th was stationed behind the famous stone wall which was the center point of Pickett's Charge.  In his application for pension in 1865 he stated, "while lying under fire with the regiment a piece of shell struck his gun, and left shoulder was dislocated.  Was treated in Chestnut Hill General Hospital, Philadelphia, where he was under treatment when his time expired and he was discharged."  After recuperation he was mustered out in August 1, 1864.  His father had been invalided out earlier and died in April 1864.  His brother, William, deserted after going home to his father's funeral.
Adolph returned to live in Boston.  He was there in 1865, when he filed for an invalid pension, still at 1 Castle Street.  
By 1867 he was living in Chicago where he married his wife, Mary Hengel.  I do not have information on how Adolph came to meet his wife, who was apparently living in Wisconsin at that time.  There appears to be a letter from a Father P.J. Delles of Kohler, Wisconsin about the marriage.  This P.J. Delles could be the son of his sister-in-law, Eva Delles (nee Hengel).  His mother , Franziska (Frances) Kernberger, is listed in the 1870 Census in Chicago, but I have been unable to find him anywhere in the 1870 Census.  His first six children were born in Chicago, the last one in 1878.
In June 1883 Adolph moved with his family to South Dakota where they homesteaded in Hyde County.  His brother, Frank, joined him in June 1884 (1885 South Dakota Veterans Census).  They are present in the 1885 Special South Dakota Census.  His last child, Frances, was born there in 1886.  He made two claims in 1886.  Their claim, dated 9/19/1888 was located in NW  Sec./Block:  27  Twp.:  114-N  Range:  72-W  located at 44 deg., 39', 24.5"N; 99 deg., 28', 58.8" W. (5)  It is clear that they were farming their claims.  On July 21, 1886 the located newspaper reported, "The Kernberger boys were in the town Tuesday and report things in the crop line as looking brighter than a week ago." (6)  Unfortunately, tragedy soon struck. 
"A Prairie Fire
During the last two days of September, 1888, a terrible prairie fire raged north of Highmore...  The following are some of the losses:...  A. Kernberger, stable, one horse, 70 tons of hay, and most of his farming implements" (9) It appears that this combined with the problems of trying to farm on small acreages on the high plains to drive the Kernbergers back to Chicago.
In 1890 Adolph and his family returned to Chicago. I have no information on his occupation during this period.  His first wife, Mary, died in Chicago in 1898.  I have not found him in the 1900 Census.  In his pension application he states that he lived in New Orleans from 1907 to 1911, probably with his son, Emil.  However, in the 1910 Census, he is listed at the residence of his son Frank in Oak Park, Illinois.  No occupation is listed, only the notation, "Own Income."  On his pension application of April 9, 1913 he was living at 637 S. Scoville, Chicago with his son Frank.  On May 15, 1913 he married Emma May Fisher in Chicago.  Ironically, her first husband served in the Confederate Army.  After the marriage, they moved to Kenosha, Wisconsin to live with his daughter, Anna (Kernberger) Betzer.  By the 1920 Census (January) he had returned to Chicago and was living at 2545 Jackson Boulevard (probably 2545 West Jackson Boulevard; geolocation 41.87766N; 87.68999W).  He is listed as the proprietor of a cigar stand.  He was very active in Civil War veteran's affairs.  He may well have attended the fiftieth anniversary in 1913 of the Battle of Gettysburg.  There is a famous photo called "Hands Across the Wall" which may picture him.
On his 1925 pension application he listed his address as Glenn [sic] Ellyn, Illinois (just west of Chicago).  On January 7, 1931 he applied to be admitted to a veteran's hospital.  He listed his address as 815 Highview Avenue, Glen Ellyn, Illinois (geolocation 41 deg. 52' 10.76"N; 88 deg. 03' 07.89"W).
In 1932 he moved to Lake Worth, Palm Beach County, Florida with his daughter Frances.   They lived at 428 S. K St. (geolocation 26.61076N; 80.05548W).
He died on August 18, 1935 at the Veteran's Hospital in Bay Pines, Florida and is buried at the Bay Pines National Cemetery. (2)

Notes:
1) Translation of passport of Franciska Kernberger issued April 15, 1851 gives his age then as five.  He probably lied about his age when he enlisted.  In his pension application on March 8, 1865, he gave his age as 19.  This would have made him only 15 when he enlisted.  On later pension applications he gave his birth year as 1843.
2) Interment.net Cemetery Transcription Library; Bay Pines National Cemetery, Bay Pines, Pinellas County, Florida http://www.interment.net/data/us/fl/pinellas/baypinat/bay_pines_kaski.htm
3) Bruce, George A.; The Twentieth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry (rep. Butternut and Blue, Baltimore, 1988) pp. 464, 466
4) Miller, Richard F.; Harvard's Civil War:  A History of the Twentieth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry (University Press of New England, Hanover 2005), p. 21
5) Federal Land Patents, Bureau of Land Managementwww.glorecords.blm.gov 12/30/05 TRS Data Locaterhttp://www.esg.montana.edu/gl/trs-data.html
6) Hyde County Bulletin, July 21, 1886
7) Robert Flood & Nora Hope
8) Death Certificate
9) History of Hyde County, South Dakota : from its organization to the present time Highmore, S.D.?: unknown, 1908, p. 136
10) HOLY TRINITY CHURCH Boston, Massachusetts http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mvreid/bgrc/htccwint.html

Married:  16 Sep 1867  Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Mary L. Hengel  (Frank, Franz, Anton)
Born:  10 Dec 1844  Hassel, Luxembourg (geolocation 49 deg., 32', 55.00"N; 6 deg., 12', 33.00"E) (1)
Died:  25 Aug 1898 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Buried:   Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Chicago, Illinois (41.86688N; 87.82592W)
Ahnentafel #41
Parents:  Frank Hengel and Margaretha Ludowisi   go to Frank Hengel
Ethnic Origin:  Luxembourg
Religion:  Roman Catholic

She came to the U.S. on "Belgium Bark Louis [sic - probably the Belgian bark Louis]" on 19 Apr 1847 from Antwerp to New York with her family. (1)  Her sister, Maria, was born in Buffalo, New York .(4)  This would indicate that the family traveled from New York City up the Hudson River, then through the Erie Canal to Buffalo.  They then would have traveled down the Great Lakes to Port Washington, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, where a large settlement of Luxembourg immigrants was settling.  Her father patented land in Ozaukee County in 1848 near Belgium, Wisconsin.
"Mary Hengel had polio when she was three years old, and walked with a limp.  She immigrated from Luxembourg about this same time.  She died of diabetes related disease at age 54.  From what I know, at this time, the Hengels are a very interesting side of the family."(2)  According to her husband's pension application, they were married on September 16, 1867 in Chicago by Major A. Kovats, Justice of the Peace.

Children of Adolph Adam Kernberger and Mary L. Hengel: (3)
i.  Andrew Kernberger  b. 17 May 1868 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois  d. 20 Jul 1868 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
ii.  Anna Kernberger  b. 29 Jun 1869 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois  d. aft 1916  m. Elmer E. Betzer
iii.  Frank Christopherous Kernberger b. 4 Apr 1871 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois  d. 11 Oct 1915 Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois  m. Margaret Aloysius O'Leary
iv.  William Constance Kernberger  b. 5 Oct 1872 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois  d. aft 1916
v.  Emil A. Kernberger  b. 6 Oct 1874 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois  d. aft 1920  m. Mary Emily Dana
vi.  Edward Kernberger  b. 10 Aug 1878 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois  d. Dec 1864 Tichigan Lake, Racine County, Wisconsin  m. Lillian Rohn
vii.  Frances Kernberger  b. 25 Jun 1886 Highmore, Hyde County, South Dakota  d. Feb 1985  Lake Worth, Palm Beach County, Florida

Notes:
1) Nora Hope
2) Letter of September 26, 1987 from Robert Flood to Nora Hope
3) Childrens' births and death date of Andrew given in his pension application of January 5, 1916.
4) Ozaukee County Marriage Certificate Book 6, p. 626.

Adolph Adam Kernberger married (2): 15 May 1913 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Emma May Fisher
Born: 2 May 1863 Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana
Died: 20 July 1931 Glen Ellyn, DuPage County, Illinois
Buried: Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Stickney, Cook County, Illinois

Emma's birth date is taken from the 1900 Census and her birthplace from and Ancestry.com Public Member Tree. According to the pension application of Adolph Kernberger, she was first married to Charles Harper, a Confederate veteran (interesting) in 1881 and had at least two children by him. She divorced him in 1911.

Jeremiah O'Leary  (Onuphrius)
Born:  abt. 1836 County Cork, Ireland (1)
Died:  13 Nov 1901 Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Cook County, Ireland (geolocation 41.87311N; 87.67232W) (2)
Buried: 
Ahnentafel #42
Parents:  Onuphrius O'Leary and Margaret Unknown  go to Onuphrius O'Leary
Ethnic:  Irish
Religion:  Roman Catholic

According to his marriage certificate, he was born in County Cork, Ireland.  I have uncovered nothing definite about his parents other than their names.  He probably had a sister named Margaret, since a Margaret Leary was a witness to his marriage and he named a daughter Margaret.  Since he was married in Fulham in 1866, he must have emigrated to the area sometime earlier.  While in England, Jeremiah used the Anglicized surname Leary, instead of O'Leary.  The 1871 Census gives his address as the Rose Crown, 5 Parsons Green Lane, All Saints, Fulham. (3) The 1876 birth certificate of his daughter gives the family address as 15 Parsons Green Lane (approximate geolocation 51 deg. 28' 37.01"N; 0 deg. 12' 04.79"W), Fulham and her father's occupation as laborer.  According to the 1881 Census he was still living in Fulham, employed as a gardener.  Living with him at that time were his wife and his children Ellen (Helen Josephine), Jeremiah and Margaret.  The address was 1 Broomstick Alley.  I have been unable to find it.(3)
The family arrived in New York on 23 Jun 1881 aboard the S.S. Greece from London.  They were listed in the passenger manifest as follows:
Jerry Leary  [age] 40  [occupation] Lab[orer]  [country to which their allegiance belongs] England  [country to which they wish to remove?] U.S. America [Class of passage] Steerage
Mary Leary         40                          Wife                                                                                      England                                                                           U.S. America                                   Steerage
Ellen                       10                          Child                                                                                     England                                                                           U.S. America                                   Steerage
John                        8                           Child                                                                                     England                                                                           U.S. America                                   Steerage
Maggie                   4                           Child                                                                                     England                                                                           U.S. America                                   Steerage (3)
Since Jeremiah and Michael do not appear on the manifest, I assume that they died prior to the family moving to the U.S.  John appears in the 1900 Census with his sister, Helen.
According to the 1900 Census, his daughter, Helen, arrived in the U.S. in 1881.
I have been unable to find any record of the residence of the O'Leary family in Chicago.  Robert Flood found the Coroner's Inquest for Jeremiah.  It indicates that he was killed by a street car on West Madison St. about 200 feet west of Spaulding Avenue (41.88094N; 87.70911W) while riding his bicycle.  It does not list his residence.  Interestingly, his son-in-law, Frank Kernberger was one of the witnesses called.
"Bicyclist Killed by Car
Jeremiah O'Leary of [67 Cicero Court??], while riding a bicycle west in Madison street yesterday morning, turned the corner of Homan avenue [geolocation 41.88081 N; 87.71101 W, southeast corner of Garfield Park] and was struck by a Madison street cable train.  He was dragged for some distance and when picked up was unconscious.  He died at the County Hospital a few hours later.  O'Leary was 60 years old and was a laborer." (3)

Notes:
1) From LDS files provided by Sharon Wheelwright
2) Inquest No. 21892, upon the body of Jeremiah O'Leary at Cook Co. Morgue in the City of Chicago
3) Ancestry.com
4) Chicago Tribune, Nov. 14, 1901, p. 9 

Married: 24 Jun 1866 St. Thomas of Canterbury Roman Catholic Church, 60 Roylston Road, Fulham, Middlesex, England (geolocation 51 deg. 28' 54.71"N; 0 deg. 12' 21.57"W)

Mary Hurley  (Daniel)
Born:  abt 1839 County Kerry, Ireland (1)
Died:  aft 1881
Buried:  
Ahnentafel #43
Parent:  Daniel Hurley  go to Daniel Hurley
Ethnic Origin:  Irish
Religion:  Roman Catholic

The information on her father comes from her marriage certificate.  Although we have birth certificates for Ellen (Helen), Jeremiah Jr., John, Margaret and Michael, only Ellen, Jeremiah and Margaret are listed in the 1881 British Census.  This leads me to conclude that John and Michael died before then.  I have found no record of Mary in America, but since she was present in the 1881 census, I assume that she migrated with the family to America.

Children of Jeremiah O'Leary and Mary Hurley:
i.  Helen Josephine O'Leary  b. 15 Nov 1868 Fulham, Middlesex, England  d. 26 Oct 1944 Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California
ii.  Jeremiah O'Leary  b. 27 Mar 1871 Fulham, Middlesex, England  d. bef 1881  London, England
iii.  John O'Leary  b. 5 Jun 1873 Fulham, Middlesex, England  d. aft 1900
iv. Margaret Aloysius O'Leary  b. 25 Apr 1876 Fulham, Middlesex, England  d. 1 Jan 1954 Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona  m. Frank Christopherus Kernberger
v.  Michael O'Leary  b. 5 Mar 1879 Fulham, Middlesex, England  d. bef 1881  London, England

Notes:
1) From LDS files provided by Sharon Wheelwright

Almerin Bowen Merriman  (Salmon, Benoni, Charles, Titus, Eliasaph, Caleb, Nathaniel, George, Gregory, Thomas) 
Born:  14 Nov 1831 Syracuse, Onandaga County, New York
Died:  26 Feb 1904 Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
Buried:  28 Feb 1904 Rosendale Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California (N34 deg. 02' W118 deg. 17'53").
Ahnentafel #44
Parents:  Salmon Squires Merriman and Laura Bowen go to Salmon Squires Merriman
Ethnic Origin:  English (Connecticut), Welsh, Channel Islands,
Religion:  Presbyterian

He was named for his uncle, Almerin Bowen.  The family moved to Elbridge, Onondaga County, New York in 1837.  He moved with his parents to Gainesville, Sumter County, Alabama in 1842. (1)  His father died there.  The family left about 1843 and returned to Elbridge. (2)   In November 1846 they were accepted for membership in the Congregational Church of Jackson, Michigan.(3)
The 1858 plat map of Jackson County shows two forty acre parcels owned by "A.B. Merriman"  at the corner of Fox and Cain Roads. (4) (geolocation 42 deg. 15' 45.57"N; 84 deg. 17' 22.24"W)
In the 1860 Census Almerin is listed as a farmer in Leoni, the nearby town, with his family.  By the 1870 Census he and his family was living in nearby Grass Lake, where he was still living when his mother died in 1887.
From his death certificate, it appears that he and his wife moved ot Los Angeles in about 1890, though I did not find him in city directories until 1899 when he was living at 1317 S. Magnolia Ave., Los Angeles (geolocation 34 deg. 02' 49.29"N; 118 deg. 17'11.51"W).  In the 1900 Census he lists his occupation as "Retired Farmer."  By 1903 the Los Angeles City Directory listed his address as 1109 W. 30th (geolocation 34 deg. 01' 39.30"N; 118 deg. 17' 11.67"W), where he died.
Almerin Bowen is buried in an unmarked grave in Section H, Lot 258 of the Rosendale Cemetery (N34 deg. 02' W118 deg. 17'53").  The cemetery is located on Washington Blvd and is bounded on the west by Normandie Blvd and on the north by Venice Blvd.  The plot must have been one of the first purchased since the cemetery opened July 1902.  Almerin Bowen is buried next to his wife and his son Crayton.

Notes:
1) HUGHES AND ALLIED FAMILIES (1877), p. 193
2) Gainesville Presbytherian Church Records,  West Alabama University
3) Jackson County Vital Statistics 1830-1870 comp. Linnwood Hubbard Anthus (Jackson, Michigan 1940) p. 90-91
4) Jackson County, Michigan Plat and Atlas for 1858; edit. Paul R. Peck (1974 La Rue Printing Co., Jackson, Mich)

Married:  11 Nov 1857 Grass Lake, Jackson County, Michigan

Louisa Quick (Abraham, Jacob, Joel, Elletje, Thomas, Theunis, Thomas)
Born:  27 Mar 1836 Leoni, Jackson County, Michigan (1)
Died:  23 Dec 1904 Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
Buried:   Rosendale Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California (N34 deg. 02' W118 deg. 17'53")
Ahnentafel #45
Parents: Abraham Quick and Charity Richey go to Abraham Quick
Ethnic Origin:  Dutch, Scots Irish/Ulster Scots
Religion:  Presbyterian

She is descended from a family of early Dutch settlers of New York.  The standard genealogy of the family is Quick, Arthur Craig, A Genealogy of the Quick Family in America (South Haven and Palisades Park, 1942).  Her father had moved to Michigan about 1831 from New York.

Children of Almerin Bowen Merriman and Louisa Quick:
i. Carrie Louise Merriman b. 31 Oct 1859 Grass Lake, Jackson County, Michigan  d. 8 May 1951 Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California  m. Fred Ervin Palmer
ii.  DeForest Merriman  b. 11 Jul 1863 Leoni, Jackson County, Michigan  d. 20 Nov 1888 Grass Lake, Jackson County, Michigan m. Nina Cady
iii.  Crayton Wheeler Merriman b. 18 Dec 1865 Leoni, Jackson County, Michigan  d. Redlands, San Bernardino County, California  m. Sonora Emmeline Finley

Notes:
1) Quick, Arthur Craig, A Genealogy of the Quick Family in America (South Haven and Palisades Park, 1942) p. 158

John Jay Finley
Born: abt 1825  New York
Died: between July 2, 1885 (date of last petition) and March 10, 1887 (date of remarriage of wife)
Buried: 
Ahnentafel #46
Parents: Unknown
Ethnic Origin: Uncertain, probably Scots-Irish/Ulster Scots
Religion: Unknown

We know a great deal about this person, but it is astonishing how much we do not know.  The first thing we do not know is who his parents were or when or where he was born.  His full name is only given in his daughter Sonora's and son Alonzo's death certificates.  The first definitive record is of his marriage to Deborah Ledbetter on July 23, 1869 in Rosendale, Andrew County, Missouri. (1)  His marriage certificate states that he was born in New York.  The 1880 Census gives his birthplace and his parents' as Pennsylvania.  In the 1920 Census, his daughter, Ora, gives his birthplace as New York.  A further clue about his origins is provided by his application for a pension as a Civil War veteran.  One of the supporting documents was an affidavit by a Dr. Benjamin Bonifant, M.D. dated February 23, 1885 given in Weston, Platte County, Missouri states that Bonifant was well acquainted with J. J. Finley "for four years before the time of his enlistment in the army [1862].  This led me to an entry in the 1860 Census for Weston, Platte County, Missouri, which, I believe provides important information about John before his marriage to Deborah.
Series: M653  Roll: 640  Page: 684   
Surname  GivenName  Age  Sex  Race  Birthplace  State  County     Location   Year 
FINLY       J J                 35      M     W      NY             MO    PLATTE  WESTON  1860
Finly, J.J.  age 35  Marble Dealer  b NY
   "   , Mary A.  age 33                        b England
   "   , H.S.  age 16  Marble Cutter  b Ohio
   "   , John  age 3  b IL
   "   , Ada  age 2  b IL
   "   , ____  age 1/4  b MO
Kelly, F.S.  age 25  Marble Cutter  b Ohio
Jameson, J.M.  age 24  Marble Cutter  b KY
Cortright           age 29  Marble Dealer  b PA
Menson, F.G.  age 23  Shoemaker  b Baden
This would put John's birthdate as approximately 1825 and birthplace as New York. It is also very interesting, since it shows that he had another family prior to marrying Deborah and that he ran a marble stone-cutting business.  It shows a probable migration pattern from New York to Ohio (birth of H.S. Finley-son or brother-about 1844) to Illinois (births of John and Ada) to Missouri.  A letter in our John Jay Finley's pension file from a Dr. Bonifant of Weston, Missouri also makes it clear that the "J.J. Finly" of the 1860 Census is our John Jay Finley and that he arrived there about 1858.  This is consistent with the birth locations of the younger children.  I have been unable to locate any other information about the other members of this family.
John enlisted in the Union Army at Chillicothe, Missouri as a 2nd Lt of Company F, 27th Missouri Volunteer Infantry in July 1862.  According to his petition for an invalid pension, he enrolled in 1862 in Company F of the 27th Regiment of Missouri commanded by Thomas Curley and was honorably discharged at Rolla [? overwritten] on 3 March 1863.  His age is blotted, but he is described as 5' 8" complexion light, hair light, eyes blue.  The application states that while serving in St. Louis, Missouri on December 1, 1862, he "ruptured himself while in the line of duty and he also contracted the asthma, he is now greatly disabled and at time unable to perform manuel [sic] labor."  A reply to the Commissioner of Pensions from the Adjutant General of the War Department dated May 28, 1884 states that John J. Findley [sic] was mustered in the service as "Rect'g" 2 Lt. Co. F 27th Regiment of Mo. Vols., to date July 27, 1862."  "On the Muster-roll of Company F of that Regiment dated Dec. 31, 1862, he is reported present.  Return for Oct. 1862 (first on file) present.  Nov. 1862, absent with leave for 10 days since Nov. 25, 1862.  Dec. 1862 present without remark.  Station December 31, 1862, Schofield Barracks, Mo.  Returned, Jany. 1862, present...  He was honorably discharged on tender of resignation -- illness in his family -- Feby. 25, 1863.  No evidence of disabilities as alleged."  Presumably the application was turned down at this point.
[The Official Register of Missouri Troops, p. 59 shows Missouri Volunteers, Twenty-Seventy Regiment Infantry, Company F "1862-Nov. 22 [Date of Commision] John J. Findley [sic] 1st Lieut. [To rank from] Nov. 11, 1862"] 
A brief history of the regiment is contained at MISSOURI VOLUNTEER FORCES IN THE CIVIL WAR with Federal Service (UNION): 27th REGIMENT MO INFANTRY http://home.usmo.com/~momollus/MOREG/I094.htm.
William Anderson filed an affidavit on behalf of Finley at Montgomery County, Kansas on February 18, 1885.  He stated that they were both members of Company F, 27th Missouri, and that "during the month of Nov. 1862 or about that time... the regiment... was doing provost duty at Gracia [sic-Gresher] Street Prison in St. Louis, Mo. and when the said regiment was on drill... it was marching across a ditch which most all of the men had to jump because it was so deep and wide, and the claimant, J. J. Finley... in jumping the ditch above named, he received a rupture, caused by a strain in jumping the ditch...  He was never able to do much more duty after this and in two or three months resigned at the time stating to affiant that he resigned because he was unable for further duty on account of receiving the above injury."  William Anderson filed another affidavit at Leavenworth, Kansas on February 18, 1885 stating that Finley  "was also suffering with asthma contracted at St. Louis while doing duty."
He was in Nebraska in 1870 (birth of daughter Sonora) and in Summit Twp., Cloud County, Kansas in 1879 (birth of daughter Ora).  He is listed in Summit Twp. in the 1880 Census as a farmer.  According to the family, he worked for a railroad as a supply manager.  He apparently died before March 10, 1887 (the remarriage of his wife), probably in Cloud County, Kansas, but after July 2, 1885 when he wrote to the Commissioner of Pensions from Independence, Montgomery County, Kansas.

Children of John Jay Finley and Mary A. Unknown
i.  H.S. Finley  b. abt 1846 Ohio
ii.  John Finley  b. abt 1857 Illinois
iii.  Ada Finley  b. abt. 1858 Illinois
iv.  Unknown Finley  b. 1860 Weston, Platte County, Missouri

IGI Source:  Extracted Marriage Record for Andrew County, Missouri  Batch M514591 1840-1875  Source Call 1006183 Film

Married: 23 Jul 1869 Rosendale, Andrew County, Missouri

Deborah Delfina Ledbetter  (Anderson, Coleman, William, Richard, John, Henry)
Born: 15 Sep 1847 Guilford County, North Carolina
Died: 1930
Buried: Her ashes are buried at 5001 Canyon Rd., Willits, Mendocino County, California
Ahnentafel #47
Parents: Anderson Cheves Ledbetter and Elizabeth Gordon go to Anderson Cheves Ledbetter
Ethnic Origins: English (Virginia, North Carolina), Scottish
Religion: Unknown

She belonged to a strongly Unionist family.  Her brothers, Myranda and Adolphus, both served in the 4th Missouri State Militia Cavalry, which was involved in many of the operations against Confederate guerillas in Missouri.  Her brother, Alpheus, served in the 35th Missouri Volunteer Infantry.  As noted above, her husband also served in the Union Army.
She remarried March 10, 1887 in Concordia, Cloud County, Kansas to Edward J. Sween. (1)  I have found him in the 1870 Census in Arago, Richardson County, Nebraska.  It is possible that the Finley family was also living in Arago in 1870 when Sonora was born in Nebraska, but I have not found them yet.
Apparently the marriage did not last long, because Deborah was listed in the 1890 Los Angeles Directory as "Finley, D.D. Mrs., res 121 Boston."  Boston Street is northeast of downtown Los Angeles near the current intersection of 110 and 101 freeways and near Chinatown.  At the time of the 1900 Census, she was living in Burbank, California with her son-in-law, Clayton Merriman.
Some time after that, it appears that she moved to San Diego to live with her son Alonzo, where she was at the time of his death in 1918.  On January 4, 1920, she is recorded in the Census as living in San Diego with her daughter, Ora at 1127 Twenty-Third Street (geolocation 32.71723N; 117.14307W).  On February 10, 1920 she is recorded in the 1920 Census as living in San Juan Capistrano, Orange County, California with her daughter, Sonora.
The last residence for her that I have found is in the 1927 Los Angeles Directory at 320 W118th Place, Los Angeles (geolocation 33.92550N; 118.27875W) near the intersection of the 110 and 105 freeways.  This was just a block away from her granddaughter Helen Merriman Kernberger.
According to her great-granddaughter Nora Kernberger Hope, she died in 1930, though I have yet to identify the date or place or find her death certificate.
Deborah Ledbetter and Her Family

Children of John J. Finley and Deborah Delfina Ledbetter:
i. Sonora Emmeline Finley b. 11 Jun 1870 Nebraska Territory d. 23 Feb 1923 San Diego, San Diego County, California m. Crayton Wheeler Merriman
ii. Charles C. Finley  b. 1874 Kansas  d. aft. 1880
iii. Alonzo Anson Finley b. 21 Feb 1876 Rosendale, Andrew County, Missouri d. 15 Sep 1918 San Diego, San Diego County, California  m. Sophia Durayo
iv.  Ora E. Finley  b. 22 Oct 1879 Summit Twp., Cloud County, Kansas  d. 19 May 1955 Verdugo City, Glendale, Los Angeles County, California  m. (1) Lawrence Bradley Street  (2) Unknown Smith  (3) Harry Melrose  (4) Unknown Hadden
v.  James Finley  b. aft 1880 Kansas d. bef 1900

Notes:
1) Early Cloud County, Kansas Marriages, Vol. I, Jan. 1886-Jan 1902, Cloud County Genealogical Society, Concordia, KS  p. 5

Jacob Henry Whiteman  (Henry, Zacharias Weydmann, Henrich Weydmann, Hans Weidmann)
Born:  4 Mar 1826 Woodhull, Steuben County, New York
Died:  12 May 1918 Nile, Allegany County, New York
Buried:  Unknown
Ahnentafel #48
Parents:  Henry Whiteman and Martha Van Vleet go to Henry John Whiteman
Ethnic Origin:  Dutch, Swiss German
Religion:  Unknown

He spent his early years in Jasper, Steuben County and married there in 1847.  In 1850 he moved to Allegany County.(1)  He lived in Allegany County for the rest of his life, apart from his Civil War service.  In the 1860 Census he is listed with his family in the township of Clarksville as a middling farmer with real estate worth $1600.
Even though he was 36 years old and, as a family man was not subject to the draft, Jacob volunteered to serve in the Union Army.  We can conclude that he was a strong supporter of the Union cause.  The 1890 Census of veterans states that he enlisted in the 136th New York Volunteer Infantry on August 14, 1862 and was discharged on September 21, 1864. (2)  "He was 5' 10", had blue eyes, brown hair and was a farmer.  He enlisted in Company A, 136th N.Y. Infantry and later transferred to Company G.  He was wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 2,  1863 in the thigh, lost the sight of the left eye.  He continued in service in spite of his wounds."(4)   The diary of a member of the regiment has been published (5).  It recounts the following:
The 136th New York was part of the brigade of Col. Orlando Smith (2nd) of Brigadier Adolph von Steinwehr's 2nd Division of the Eleventh Corps of General Howard and General Schurz.  Smith's brigade was the last to arrive on the battlefield on the evening of July 1.  It took up a position at the intersection of the Emmitsburg and Taneytown Roads on the extreme northwest of the Union position at Cemetery Hill.
"(June) 29th...  We are now at Emmitsburg near St. Mary's College... 
Wednesday (July) 1st (1863)  This morning we started at 7 1/2 a.m. and went into Pennsylvania to Gettysburg.  I think it is about fifteen miles from where we started.  When we came here we found that there was quite a battle going on.  We went right up for support but today have not fought any (his company I guess).  We have had six men wounded in our Regt. today.  One will die I think.  One belonged to our Company.
Thursday (July) 2nd (1863)
Today we were sent out as skirmishers (our co.) for 2 hours.  We had one man a Corp. (John Fiero), very badly wounded and two (Patrick Duffy and one unrecorded) were wounded a little.  I came out all right.  The balls fell around me pretty fast.  Just as soon as you put your head in sight they would fire at you.
At four and a half this afternoon the fight began along the whole line very fury.  The rebels advanced on us and then such a firing of cannon and guns I never heard before.  The fight continued until ten at night, when rebels fell back to their old places.  I think the rebels were whipped pretty well. (p. 53)
The regiment was deployed in line of battle perpendicular to the road (Steinwehr Avenue) which led into the cemetery with one of the flanks near the gate.  Later in the day, the regiment moved down in to the road paralleling the front of the cemetery. (p. 79)
July 2, 1863
Company A...
Cpl. Jacob Henry Whiteman - W[ounded] I[[n] A[ction] (p.  122)
[Despite his wounds, Jacob returned to service.  The regiment was transferred to Alabama to support Union forces at Chattanooga.]
(September) 30th  Last night we went through Nashville and out of the state of Tennessee into Alabama... (p. 65)
(October) 29...  Last night at 1 A.M. we were woke up by firing and got into line of battle and marched out into the fields.  Here we stayed but a few minutes, when the order came to charge up a small but very steep hill,  and drive the rebels off.  We went up the hill and just at the top the rebels fired and run...  We returned the fire with good effect, killing and wounding about 25.  We lost 6 or 8 men...  We have built breastworks on this hill and are in a strong place. (p. 67-8)
In the Battle of Wauhatchie, TN, three regiments from Colonel Orlando Smith's brigade, made a midnight assault up an extremely high hill against a supperior Confederate force.  With orders to use the bayonet only, the three regiments, which numbered less than 700 officers and men, drove an estimated 1,800 Confederates in McIver Law's brigade from the crest...  (On the left) After detaching H and K to a hill north of the Confederate position, Colonel James Wood, Jr. moved the rest of his regiment to the right and charged up the hill to support the two regiments already engaged.  Wood estimated the hill to be about 180 yards at a 45 degree angle from the base to the top, with a 6 foot wide crest.  His regiments fired one volley into the backs of the fleeing Confederates.  The New Yorkers captured 5 Confederates and 40 weapons. (p. 84)
(November) 23...  At 1 P.M. left our camp and went to Chattanooga.  Which place we got to at dark...
(November) 23...  At Noon today the enemy was attacked in the center of the army of Gen. (George H.) Thomas, and our corps (Gen. Howard's) was formed on the left and Gen. Hooker on the right opposite Lookout Mountain.
At half past three our corps advanced and drove the enemy about half a mile...  the 2nd (our Div.) was on the left and our Regt. was on the right of the Div.
When we advanced Co. I was put forward as skirmishers and the Regt. kept 100 yards behind them...
When we got on to the line we wanted, we were halted and lay down flat on the ground, while a perfect shower of bullets flew over our heads.  Here we stayed until dark and then built breastworks of rails & dirts behind which to lie tomorrow...
(November) 24...  There has been very hard fighting all day over to the right.  Where we are there has been but little firing...  &  Co's A & G lost each one man.  Our Reg't. has had ten wounded & one killed.
(November) 25...  This morning our Corps moved to the left &  rear of Missionary Ridge, while some of the other troops attacked them  in front & on the right.  Only a part of our Corps was in this fight & we were lucky enough to be out of it...
(November) 26...  This morning before light we were in pursuit of the enemy.  Our advance guard and their rear guard fought some today.  We did not stop until after dark....
(November) 27...  We marched all day & at dark got to Red Clay station.  There we tore up the track, burned two bridges & depot with 2 cars.  This is the railroad that Longstreet has to get his supplies on.  We then went back 6 miles & camped at 12 P.M. (p. 70-71)"
It appears that Jacob transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps on March 15, 1864 and did not take part any any further action prior to his discharge in September.  He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic.
There is a picture of the veterans of the 136th New York Volunteer Infantry.  I have not been able to determine if he is in it.
According to an 1869 map of Clarksville (3), he had a farm about one mile west of West Clarksville in Lot 36 on Hoyett Road.  I photographed the current farm house and farm, which may have been built by Jacob Whiteman.
The Gazetteer and Business Directory Of Allegany County, N.Y. for 1875 Compiled and published by Hamilton Child (2) gives the following information:
"Whiteman, George H., (West Clarksville,) r[oute] 19, cooper and farmer 25 [acres?].
Whiteman, Jacob H., (West Clarksville,) r[oute] 19, farmer 78 [acres?].
Whiteman, Jesse, (West Clarksville,) r[oute] 21, farmer 154 [acres?]."
There is a grave marker for him in the Clarksville Cemetery in West Clarksville, Allegany County, New York.  It says "Jacob H. Whiteman, Co. A. 136th Regt. N.Y.V.  Born March 4 1826."  It does not list a death date.  I think that the monument was erected at the time of the death of his wife (1903) and he may not be buried there.  He married a second time in 1904 to Eunice Steenrod Scott Bartoo.  It was a third marriage for her.  After he remarried in 1905, he moved to Nile.(4)   However, I was unable to find his tombstone in the Nile cemetery.

Notes:
1) Luce Genealogy p. 629
2) Allegany County, New York GenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyallega/
3) West Clarksville Sesquicentennial:  1835-1985, p. 45
4) Arlene Whiteman
5) Priest, John Michael, John T. McMahon:  Diary of the 136th New York 1861-64; White Mane Publishing Company, Inc. c. 1993

Related website:  Descendants of Rolof Swartwout http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/o/e/Kathy-A-Hoeldke/BOOK-0001/0004-0100.html

Married:  14 Dec 1847  Jasper, Steuben County, New York (1)

Annis M. Bartoo  (Jesse, Jesse, Silas, Francis Barto, John Barto, Francis Barteau)
Born:  20 Nov 1829  Greene, Chenango County, New York
Died:  17 Apr 1903  West Clarksville, Allegany, New York
Buried:  Clarksville Cemetery, West Clarksville, Allegany County, New York
Ahnentafel #49
Parents:  Jesse Luce Bartoo and Caroline Barnes go to Jesse Luce Bartoo
Ethnic Origin:  English, French
Religion:  Unknown

It appears that Annis came from a staunchly Unionist family.  Her father enlisted at age 53! Three of her brothers and three of her brothers-in-law also served in the Union army.

Children of Jacob Henry Whiteman and Annis M. Bartoo:
i.  Jesse L. Whiteman b. 28 August 1848 Jasper, Steuben County, New York  d. 12 Nov 1930 West Clarksville, Allegany County, New York m. Eunice L. Swarthout (sister of wife of George)
ii.  Martha Whiteman  b. 1850 Jasper, Steuben County, New York  d. 20 Jan 1911 West Clarksville, Allegany County, New York m. Albert M. Hoyt
iii. George Henry Whiteman b. 28 Nov 1851 W. Clarksville, Allegany County, New York  d. 23 Jul 1925 Hayden, Routt County, Colorado  m. Mary Jane Swartout (Swarthout)
iv. Eli Whiteman b. 1855 West Clarksville, New York  d. 19 Oct 1862 West Clarksville, Allegany County, New York

Notes:
1) 1847/48 Marriage Records, Jasper, Steuben Co., NY, Steuben County, New York GenWeb  www.rootsweb.com/~nysteube/ja/vr47-48.html

Related website:  Descendants of Francis Barto (Barteau)  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lbv531/Burgess1/francisbarteau.htm

Lewis B. Swarthout  (James, Ralph, Anthony, Anthony, Anthony, Roeloff Swartwout, Tomys Swartwout, Rolef Swartwolt)  
Born:  1825 Barrington, Yates County, New York
Died:  22 Nov 1887 West Clarksville, Allegany County, New York
Buried: 
Ahnentafel #50
Parents:  James A. Swarthout and Betsey Ketchumgo to James A. Swarthout
Ethnic Origin: English, Dutch, Scots Irish/Ulster Scots
Religion: Methodist Episcopal

According to the 1850 Census he was living in Barrington, Yates County, New York with his wife Almira. His age is given as 26.
By the 1860 Census he had moved to Throops, Cayuga County, New York.
Series: M653  Roll: 729  Page: 60 
Surname  GivenName  Age  Sex  Race  Birthplace  State  County  Location  Year
SWARTOUT [sic]  LEWIS B  36  M  W  NY  NY  CAYUGA  THROOPS  1860
Lewis B. Swartout  age 36  Farmer b New York
Almira Swartout  age 32  b New York
Eunice Swartout  age 10  b New York
Mary J Swartout  age 8  b New York
George Swartout  age 4  b New York
Minnie Swartout  age 2  b New York
He enlisted for service in the Civil War at Bolivar, Allegany County, New York, so apparently he had moved to nearby Clarksville before that time.
"Swarthout, Lewis B. -- Age, 33 years.  Enlisted at Bolivar, to serve three years, and mustered in as a private, Co. F [109th New York Volunteer Infantry], July 24, 1863; transferred to Co. F, Fifty-first Infantry, May 31, 1865." (1)  His enlistment papers show that he was 5'6", had blue eyes and light hair. (2)
The following brief history of the regiment covers the period when Lewis was a member:
"109th Regiment Infantry
Organized at Binghampton [sic-Binghamton] and mustered in August 27, 1862. Left State for Annapolis, Md., August 30, 1862. Attached to 8th Army Corps, Middle Department, to October, 1862. Railroad Guard, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Guard railroad from Annapolis Junction, Md., to Washington, D.C., and garrison duty in the Defenses of Washington until April, 1864. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May 3-June 15, 1864. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. Ox Ford May 23-24. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864. Weldon Railroad August 18-21. Ream's Station August 25. Poplar Springs Church, Peeble's Farm, September 29-October 2. Reconnaissance on Vaughan and Squirrel Level Roads October 8. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. Fort Stedman March 25, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Occupation of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Surrender of Lee and his army at Appomattox Court House April 9. Moved to Washington, D.C., April 22-27, and duty there until June. Grand Review May 23. Mustered out June 4, 1865. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 51st New York Infantry.
Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 160 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 164 Enlisted men by disease. Total 329." (3)
From the above it can be seen that Lewis and his regiment were heavily involved in the brutal final campaign of the Army of the Potomac in Virginia.  He also participated in the glorious Grand Review of the Union Army in Washington after the war ended.
From Allegany Co. Land Records, Belmont, NY - 1866 - Lewis B. Swarthout bought land in Scio  73:608, lot 6.
An 1869 map of Clarksville [Allegany County, New York] shows "L.B. Swarthout" living in Section 6 of Clarksville Town near the road that branches NE 1 1/2 miles east on the road going east of town. (4)
1870 Census, Clarksville, Allegany Co., NY
Lewis B. Swarthout, 46 farmer $900, $500, b. NY
Elmira [sic], 44
Mary, 18
George, 15
Winnie [sic], 13
Charles, 11
Sylvia [sic], 7
Rosa, 4
1880 Census, Clarksville, Allegany Co., NY
Lewis Swarthout, 55
Almira, 54

Notes:
1) Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of New York for 1903  Vol. 34  (Albany, 1904) p. 481
2) Arlene Whiteman
3) The Civil War Archive Union Regimental Histories New York http://www.civilwararchive.com/regim.htm
4) West Clarksville Sesquicentennial 1835-1985, p. 45

Related website:  Descendants of Tomys Swarthout http://swarthoutfamily.org/Genealogy/Tomysdesc.htm

Married: First Methodist Episcopal Church in Auburn, Cayuga County, New York   11 Jan 1848 (1)

Almira Osterhout (James, Hendrick, Jacob, Hendrick Osterhoudt, Teunis Osterhoudt, Jan Jansen van Oosterhout, Jan van Oosterhout)
Born:  1827 Fleming, Cayuga County, New York (1)
Died:  October 8, 1898 West Clarksville, Allegany County, New York (1)
Buried:  
Ahnentafel #51
Parents:  James Osterhout and Eunice Thorpe Isaac Hastings Wheeler  (Luther, Nathan, Nathan, Timothy, Timothy, Thomas)
Born:  7 Sept 1815  (1) Bethlehem, Grafton County, New Hampshire (2)
Died:  25 Aug 1875 (1) Springfield, Greene County, Missouri (3)
Buried:  St. Clair, Franklin County, Missouri
Ahnentafel #52
Parents:  Luther Wheeler and Rebecca Hastingsgo to Luther Wheeler
Ethnic Origin:  English (Puritan)
Religion: 

His family moved to Ohio in 1820.
There is an Isaac Wheeler living in Madison Township in Scioto County, Ohio in the 1830 Census.
"Madison Township...
Wallace Mill is in the southeast corner of the Township on Rocky Fork, a branch of the Little Scioto river.  It was built in 1840, by John White and afterwards became the property of Isaac Wheeler who sold it to William Wheeler.  The mill was in Sect. 12 TS 3N R20W. Samuel Wallace bought the mill." (4)
"P. 407  Enoch Williams vs. Nathan Wheeler, Isaac Wheeler and the Scioto Iron Company - In Chancery 14 Mar. 1843 Plaintiff and James McCarty in 1841 agreed to deliver 100,000 bushels of charcoal to the Iron Company.  Wheelers took over the contract, but he has not been paid for his share of work." (5)
"Wheeler, Isaac H. & Elizabeth Burt.  22 Nov. 1856.  R[eturn], D-42." (6)
"he seems to have moved from Ohio to Missouri and back to Ohio after Sarah died and before he married Elizabeth." (7)
1860 Ohio Census
Series:  M653  Roll:  1033  Page: 492
Surname     Given Name     Age  Sex  Race  Birthplace  State  County  Location     Year
Wheeler      Isaac H              45      M     W          NH         OH    Scioto    Harrison Twp.   1860
Isaac H Wheeler  age 45  Miller  Real Estate 6000  Personal Estate 1000  b NH
Elizabeth Wheeler  age 28  b OH
Henry C Wheeler  age 22  Miller  b OH
Urania Wheeler  age 16  b OH
Franklin Wheeler  age 14  b OH
Maria Wheeler  age 8  b OH
Charles Wheeler  age 3  b OH
Isaac  Wheeler  age 1  b OH
Virgil M. Debolt  age 51  Merchant  b NY
Charles Conklin  age 23  Laborer  b OH
Isaac Jones  age 29  Farm Laborer  b KY
On 23 Apr 1868  Isaac sold the mill to his brothers Nathan and Levi.(9)
"Death of a Scioto County Pioneer
Isaac Wheeler, for many years a resident of Harrison township, this county, died at St. Clair, Mo., on the 25th of August, of pneumonia, after an illness of but two weeks.  He was first taken with remittent fever, and was attacked with pneumonia during the course of the disease.  He was born in the East, Sept. 7th, 1815, and with his father Luther Wheeler, emigrated to this county in his boyhood days.  He was twice married, his first wife being Miss Sarah Burt, who died about twenty years ago.  His second wife, Elizabeth, is a sister of his first companion, and survives him.  He leaves twelve children, seven of whom were born to his first wife.
He removed to Missouri about five years ago, but on account of ill health, the family came back to Scioto county, and last Spring, having recovered, they moved back to the vicinity of their Missouri farm.
Mr. Wheeler was at one time Sheriff [1844-46], and at another time Commissioner of Scioto county [1866].  It will be remembered that the investigating Committee of this county, in preparing statements of amounts drawn by the different Commissioners, among others, by their construction of the laws, had a small balance charged to him.  Mr. Wheeler was deeply pained at the publication of the report, and had just completed a lengthy statement for publication in our county papers to set him right among his people.  He had commenced copying it and revising it for publication, when he was taken down.  He was forced to take this course by the silence with which a letter to Mr. Damarin, one of the investigating Committee, was received.  He had addressed a long letter to that gentleman, pointing out where the Committee had done him injustice, and requesting its publication, but receiving no reply he set about to make his own defense, when death came and left the unfinished work in his hands." (8)
I was unable to find a tombstone for Wheeler in the St. Clair area in 1996.  I found one listing for "Isaac H. Wheeler, b. 13 Feb 1859  d. 16 Mar 1908" (his son) buried in the Methodist/IOOF Cemetery in St. Clair.  I could not find that tombstone either.  "Burial Site Wheeler farm cem, Franklin Co, MO  (This is the probable site.There is evidence of burials on the farm. Several places in close proximity where the ground is dished in.  There are no stones save what looks like a footstone of field rock. This site is in the NW 1/4 of Section 4 TS 41N R1E, near the Meramec River. Picture of the site taken in 1983)."(6)
Isaac Hastings Wheeler died in Springfield, Missouri and was transported for burial to St. Clair, Missouri. (3)
Probate of his estate was highly contentious and was not finally settled until 1888. (9)
Isaac married secondly, Elizabeth Burt on 22 Nov 1856.  She was the sister of his first wife.  He and Elizabeth had the following children:
i.  Charles Demetrius Wheeler b. 1 May 1857 Wheelersburg, Scioto County, Ohio  d. 3 Apr 1931 St. Louis, Missouri  m. Mary Elizabeth Brewer
ii.  Isaac Hastings Wheeler  b. 13 Feb 1859 Wheelersburg, Scioto County, Ohio  d. 16 Apr 1908 Springfield, Greene County, Missouri m. Eunice McCullough
iii.  Kayle Wheeler  b. abt 1861 Wheelersburg, Scioto County, Ohio
iv.  Samuel Edward Wheeler b. abt. 1865 Wheelersburg, Scioto County, Ohio
v.  Dora Wheeler  b. abt 1870
vi.  Belle Wheeler  b. abt. 1872

Notes:
1) Portsmouth Times, September 4, 1875
2) His grandfather lived in Bethelem at the time of his birth, where his father probably also lived.
3) Charles R. Mercer e-mail of 9/1/98
4) A History of Scioto County, p. 379
5) Shoemaker, Caryn R.; Early Court Records of Scioto County, Ohio (Minford, Ohio April 1981) Vol.2 p. 96
6) Scioto County Marriages p. 144
7) Arlene Whiteman
8) Land Rec Scioto Co OH dated  23 Apr 1868 Deed Bk___(Harrison Mill), 23 Apr 1868, 355,  Scioto Co. Ohio Court House.
9) Probate Rec Franklin Co MO Box "W"-includes  Administrators  Bond,  1880, Franklin  County MO Probate Court.   Administrators Sale of Real Estate, (Union, MO: Franklin Co Record,23  Feb  1888),  ; Four Rivers Genealogical Society.

Married: abt 16 Feb 1837 Scioto County, Ohio (1)

Sarah Burt  (Benjamin, Benjamin, Samuel, Christopher, Benjamin, David, Henry, Henry, Henry)
Born:  abt 1819 Porter Twp., Scioto County, Ohio
Died:  aft 1852 Harrison Twp., Scioto County, Ohio
Buried:  
Ahnentafel #53
Parents:  Benjamin Burt and Elizabeth Swaargo to Benjamin Burt
Ethnic Origin:  English (New England Puritan), German, Dutch
Religion:  Unknown

"Wheeler, Isaac H. & Sarah Burt.  Her father Benjamin Burt Jr. cons[ent] 16 Feb. 1837.  M[arriage] A[ffidavit], R[eturn], A-230."(1)

Children of Isaac Hastings Wheeler and Sarah Burt:
i.  Henry Clay Wheeler b. Nov 1837 Madison Twp., Scioto County, Ohio m. Ruth Ann Cunningham
ii.  George Washington Wheeler  b. 3 Nov 1839 Harrison Township, Scioto County, Ohio  d. 10 Dec 1915 Hayden, Routt County, Colorado  m. Elisabeth Ann Bennett
iii.  William Harrison Wheeler b. 14 Feb 1841 Madison Twp., Scioto County, Ohio  d. 17 Nov 1896 Sciotoville, Scioto County, Ohio  m. Rhoda Ann Taylor
iv.  Amanda Wheeler  b. 6 Oct 1842 Madison Twp., Scioto County, Ohio d. 4 Aug 1903 Wheelersburg  m. William Henry McCurdy, Sr.
v.  Urania Wheeler  b. abt. 1844 Madison Twp., Scioto County, Ohio  m. John T. Miller
vi.  Benjamin Franklin Wheeler  b. 13 Oct 1846 Madison Twp., Scioto County, Ohio d. 23 Dec 1901 Aurora, Lawrence County, Missouri m. Annie Pamela Walls
vii.  Sophia Wheeler  b. 6 Oct 1848 Madison Twp., Scioto County, Ohio  d. 20 Apr 1849 Madison Twp., Scioto County, Ohio
viii.  Nathan Wheeler  b. 20 Jun 1850 Franklin County, Missouri  d. 14 Aug 1851 Franklin County, Missouri
ix.  Maria A. Wheeler  b. 4 Feb 1852 Franklin County, Missouri  d. 23 Nov 1932 Harrison Twp., Scioto County, Ohio  m. James Boone Ray, Jr.

Notes:
1) Scioto County Marriages p. 144

Gershom I. Bennett  (Thaddeus, Thaddeus, Ephraim, Samuel, Samuel, Samuel, Edward)
Born:  June 1, 1810 Caneadea Twp., Allegany County, New York (1)
Died:  15 Feb 1899 Willard, Greene County, Missouri (1)
Buried: 
Ahnentafel #54
Parents:  Thaddeus Bennett and Polly McCreigh go to Thaddeus Bennett
Ethnic Origin:  English (Rhode Island)
Religion:  Baptist

The will of Thaddeus Bennett, recorded September 11, 1834:
"I give also to my grandson and granddaughter Gashum and Mahitable Bennett fifty dollars each to be paid them by my administrators." I conclude that he is the son of Thaddeus Bennett, jr. since Thaddeus jr. is not mentioned in the will of Thaddeus sr. and thus was probably dead at the time. He is also mentioned together with Mahitable Bennett in the will of Thaddeus sr. She was the daughter of Thaddeus jr. He may have been born in Canadea, Allegany County, New York since his grandfather, Thaddeus, and his uncle, Benjamin, lived there at the time of his birth.
Photocopy of a family history record included in the Arlene Whiteman genealogy:
"This certifies that Gershom I. Bennett and Hulda Smith were solemnly united by me in the [Unreadable] at Greenup Co. Ky on the twenty seventh day of March in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and thirty six conformably to the Ordinance of God, and the Laws of the State.  In Presence of By Jehu Rice Esq.  Signed R Pierce Jas Patten"
"Gershom I. Bennett was a Yankee from New York and an orphan.  He was a tall, angular, very energetic person, and we all stood in awe of him. He went to California for a short time during the Gold Rush of '49" (1)
I have been unable to locate him, so far, in the California Gold Rush.  Since he started out in Ohio/Kentucky, he would probably have gone overland or via New Orleans and probably returned via New Orleans.
1850 Federal Census  Bloom Township, Scioto County, Ohio
Dwelling 14
Gasshom[sic] Bennett  age 40  Laborer  bp NY
Hulda                  "         age 34                bp KY
Elizabeth             "         age 11                bp OH
Calfornia             "         age 9                  bp OH
Henrietta             "         age 7                  bp OH
George               "         age 3                  bp OH
Henry                  "         age 1                 bp OH
Elizabeth Smith             age 20                bp KY
James Warner              age 21 Laborer  bp OH
L Spriggs                     age 17  Laborer  bp OH
1860 Federal Census  Carter County, Kentucky
Dwelling 431  Post Office:  Mount Pleasant [There is a Mt. Pleasant Church at 38 deg. 24' 56"N 83 deg. 8' 44"W in Scott Hollow, according to the Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer.]
G.I.            Bennett        age 50  Teamster  bp NY
Hulda             "              age 45                   bp KY
California       "              age 17                   bp OH
Henrietta        "              age 16                   bp OH
George          "              age 13                   bp OH
Henry            "              age 11                   bp OH
Augusta        "              age 6                     bp OH
Richard Pearce            age 18  Teamster  bp KY
Other men on the same page are listed as teamsters.  One is listed as an ore digger.  Sebaste Iford [Eifort?] appears to be the mine owner.  If so, the mine would be Boones Furnace.
1870 Federal Census Hunnewell Furnace, Greenup County, Kentucky
Series: M593 Roll: 466 Page: 116
Bennett, Gershom J.[sic] age 60 married b. NY living with the family of Samuel Rice
"My grandfather Bennett was a Yankee from New York, tall and angular, a very energetic person of whom we stood in awe. They lived some distance from our home [in Leasburg, Crawford County, Missouri in 1884] for took most of the day by wagon to make the trip." (4)
"My grandfather was the first of our relatives to join us out West [in Clark County, Kansas about 1885]. He and grandmother had found the little farm too much for them to handle anymore and had turned it over to his only son, Uncle Henry, who farmed it along with his own. He came to us and made his home with us thereafter, while grandmother divided her time among her three daughters: Mother was the oldest of the family, Aunt Henrietta who was now a widow, her husband having been killed in an accident at work, and Aunt Augusta, whose husband was a carpenter.
When Grandfather arrived, he asked to take over the job of watching over our small herd of cattle. This relieved Orville and me to do many other active jobs about the place. Grandfather not only shouldered his stool, so he could sit and rest as he watched the gattle graze, he also carried a burlap sack in which to gather cowchips for fuel for that was a real problem on the plains."(5)
I visited the Wesley Chapel Cemetery (1 1/4 mi. No. of Willard) and the Rose Hill Cemetery (4 mi No. of Willard) in July 1996, but was unable to find either Gershom or his wife.
If his birthdate is 1810, he could not have been the son of Abigail Waite, who married Thaddeus Bennett, Jr. in 1820.

Notes:
1) Arlene Whiteman, quoting Olive Wheeler Whiteman
2) Kay, Bernadine Smith, Jehial Bennett: A History of the Forebears and Descendants of Jehial Bennett, First of Our Line in Wisconsin (Wisconsin Dells Events) p. 12-13
3) Ibid., p. 10
4) Olivia Whiteman; As I Recall (1959) p. 3
5) Ibid., pp. 12-13

Married: 27 Mar 1836 Greenup County, Kentucky

Hulda Smith (Jacob, Godfrey)
Born: 14 Dec 1815 Greenup County, Kentucky
Died: 11 Feb 1905 Willard, Greene County, Missouri
Buried:
Ahnentafel #55
Parents: Jacob Smith and Elizabeth Gray go to Jacob Smith
Ethnic Origin: English, German, French
Religion: Baptist