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HISTORICAL SKETGH
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OF THE
PROUDFIT FAMILY
OF
YORK COUNTY. PENNSYLVANIA
WITH A COMPLETE RECORD OF THE DESCENDANTS
OF ALEXANDER PROUDFIT AND
MARTHA McCLEARY
Compiled by MARGARET COMPTCN
Meadville, Penn'a
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TIRRATA.
Pane 12, 11th line,
For ealTanir>tic rectd Ccilvinistic.
Pase 14, 32d line,
For 1811 rer.d 1B14.
( A diacrep.-incy bet/w-een the record of
the birth of Sar;.li \7all:-ce and the in-
scription on her tombstone l^ar. not
been expl:.ined. )
Paf^e 16, 40th line,
For Apr. 20, 1B31 read Apr .;:0,X'fe3 ',
Pr^e 17, 17>th line fro:: bottom,
For 3"eb.;i8,179 7 re?\d Feb. 28, 1799.
Pace 18, 18th line,
For eicht read ncven.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
To THE Reader 5
History of the Proudfit Family of York Co., Pa. 9
Andrew Pppudfoot (2) and His Family '. . 13
James Proudfit (3) 15
Alexander Proudfit (3) 17
David Proudfit (3) 20
Robert Proudfit (3) 24
James Proudfoot (2) and His Family 26
Robert Proudfoot (2) 29
David Proudfoot (2) and His Family 30
Descendants of Alexander Proudfit (3) and
Martha McCleary 33
Andrew (4) 35
Elizabeth (Proudfit) Sinclair (4) 49
John (4) 50
Sarah (Proudfit) Gillespie (4) 54
David (4) 57
Alexander (4) 60
Jane (Proudfit) Sinclair (4) 62
Martha ( Proudfit) Compton (4) 69
Agnes (Proudfit) Campbell (4) 68
Robert (4) 71
Margaret (4) V5
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Appendix :
Record from the Family Bible of Andrew
Proudfoot (2) 79
Will of Andrew Proudfoot (2) 79
Inventory of Andrew Proudfoot's Goods and
Chattels 82
Will of Sarah (Wallace) Proudfoot 84
Andrew Proudfoot (2) on Trial for Heresy.. . 85
Letter to Mrs. Margaret Neilson 87
Muster-roll of Lieut. McKissick's Company. . . 89
Old Ballad 90
PREFACE.
To Any of the Proudfit Kin Who :\ray Read this Book:
Imagine a group of relatives gathered from widely-
separated homes for a family reunion. They will ex-
change personal recollections and family traditions
about those of the older generations who have passed
away which will make them living realities instead of
mere names to the younger people who never saw them.
^luch of the family history here offered is of this inti-
mate character, of interest only to ourselves; trifling
and pointless to a stranger.
The preparation of this Historical Sketch and Fam-
ily Record was begun at the instance of Mr. Andrew A.
Culbertson, of Erie, Pa., who made himself responsible
for the enterprise financially. The purpose was to col-
lect and preserve such facts of family history as it was
not already too late to obtain. Tlie wish to do so arose
purely from the sentiment of family loyalty, and lias
never been associated with the thought of material gain
of any kind whatever.
I am greatly indebted to the Rev. T. P. Proudfit, of
Washington, Pa., from whose carefully prepared manu-
script Proudfit-Patterson Genealogy I quote freely ; to
Mr. S. V. Proudfit, of Washington, D. C, who had made
some researches into the history of the Proudfits pre-
vious to my undertaking, and placed his material in my
hands; to Mr. David Morrow Proudfit, of ^Nlemphis,
Tenn., who, with his brother, Dr. Samuel M. Proudfit,
had compiled a Proudfit Genealogy, a copy of which he
kindly sent me ; and to Mr. J. M. Gemmill, of Laurel,
York County, Pa., to whose interest in the subject is
due the discovery of the burial place of Andrew and
Sarah (Wallace) Proudfit, of the location of their home,
and many facts in the early history of the Proudfit and
Wallace families.
I have spared no pains in verification, and have
never hesitated to sacrifice interest to accuracy.
The complete record of the descendants of Alex-
ander Proudfit, of York County, Pa., which I am able
HISTORY OF THE PROUDFIT FAMILY
here to present, was obtained by correspondence with
members of the respective branches of his family. To
all the cousins of various degrees who, by their patient
response to my persistent querying made "this result pos-
eible, I here express my hearty thanks.
The partial records in Part I. furnish bases for fur-
ther investigation, should anyone be interested in mak-
ing a complete genealogy of this group of families.
There are now living in the United States both
Proudfoots and Proudfits who are not connected with
the families named in this sketch.
MARGARET COMPTON.
Meadville, Fa., February 17, 1911.
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PART I
HISTORICAL SKETCH
HISTORY OF THE PROUDFIT FAMILY OF
YORK COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
The name of the family, a sketch of which follows,
was formerly written Proudfoot. Andrew, the oldest
of the brothers who came to the colonies between 1750
and 1760, so signed his name to his will, which is pre-
served in the Prothonotary's office in York, Pa., and to
the letter printed in the Appendix to this record, the
original of which is in my possession. In the census list
for York County, taken in 1790, the name is so spelled.
According to my mother, the change of spelling
was first made by Dr. Alexander Proudfit, of Salem,
N. Y., who counseled the family to preserve in this way
the Scotch pronunciation of the name.
The common ancestor of all the Proudfits named in
this sketch, was Andrew Proudfoot, a farmer, of Perth-
shire, Scotland. He was twice married. Four sons by
the first wife emigrated to the American colonies:
Andrew and James in 1754, Robert and David in 1759.
Two daughters, Jenette and Elizabeth, are named in the
records of T. P. Proudfit and D. M. Proudfit. One of
these daughters, it must have been, who, "when she saw
her brother James embark, threw herself upon the
ground in wild and despairing grief," to quote from Dr.
Alexander Proudfit 's biographer.
A granddaughter of Andrew (2d) remembered
hearing her father say that his father had half brothers
and sisters in Scotland, but no further account of them
has been found.
The circumstances which led to the transplanting
of a part of the family to America may be learned from
the following extract from the Rev. T. P. Proudfit 's
Proudfit-Patterson Genealogy :
"Andrew, the father, and his wife were members
of the Established Church of Scotland, and taught their
children the principles of Christianity, including the
"Westminster Catechism.
10 HISTORY OF THE PROUDFIT FAMILY
"James, the second child, was a person of serious
mind, great memory, and well-balanced mentally. lie
was born near Perth in 1732, and at a suitable a^'e was
6ent to the University. He became dissatisfied with the
Established Church, and decided to join the Anti-
burgher branch of the Secession Church. His parents
protested against the step, regarding it as fatal to liis
prospects of temporal preferment. James, after mature
deliberation, carried out his purpose, completed his lit-
erary course, and studied theology under the direction
of the Rev. Alexander [Moncrielf, professor of divinity
in that denomination, for whom he subsequently namt-d
a son. lie was licensed by the Presbytery of Perth and
Dumferline in 1753 to preach the gospel.
"Frequent applications were made at that time by
members of the Associate, or Secession Church, who
lived in the British colonies in America for preaching.
Accordingly the Rev. Alexander Gellatly and the Rev.
Andrew Arnot were sent as early as 1753 (possibly not
till 1754), the former as a permanent minister with a
view to settlement, the latter as a missionary for a year.
They came to Lancaster County, Pa., and organized the
Associate Presbytery of Pennsylvania, subordinate to
the Associate (Antiburgher) Synod of Scotland.
"November 2, 1753, James Proudfit 'was deemed
eminently fitted to occupy this new field of labor, and
accordingly, in July, 1754, he was ordained to the min-
istry, with a destination for North America. The or-
dination sermon was preached by the Rev. Geo. Brown
from Gal. 1:15, 16.'"
The young missionary was accompanied by his
older brother, Andrew. They landed in Boston in Sep-
tember, 1754, and proceeded at once to southern Penn-
sylvania, which was the field where the work of the Rev.
James Proudfit lay. Families from Perthshire had
already built up homes in York County, so that it was
natural that Andrew should settle there.
When, five years later, Robert and David followed,
they established themselves near their oldest brother.
In a special assessment ordered by the commissioners of
York County, in 1783, among the taxables of Hopewell
Township are found Andrew Proudfoot, owning 2U0
acres, valuation 171 pounds; Robert Proudfoot, 160
HISTORY OF THE PROUDFIT FAMILY 11
acres, valuation 104 pounds; David Proudfoot, 55 acres,
valuation 68 pounds.
These three brothers spent the rest of their lives in
York County, but their children nearly all sought homes
in newer regions.
The profession of the ministry has had a strong
attraction for the Proudfits, both in Scotland and in
America. ScouUer's ^Manual of the United Presbyterian
Church of North America gives the names of nine
Proudfits among its ministers, to which might be added
several not bearing that name but of Proudfit ancestrv.
A number are found in the Presbyterian Church. Rev.
John McAlister, himself the grandson of a Proudfit, re-
ported that when attending a Pan-Presbyterian council
in Scotland he met sixteen preachers named Proudfit.
The first three generations of the family in America
— those numbered 2, 3, and -i, in this sketch — were, with
very few exceptions, members of some sect of Presby-
terians. The later generations, widely scattered geo-
graphically, have naturally formed various other con-
nections.
The Proudfits have shown themselves a patriotic
'race. The three brothers, ANDREW, ROBERT, and
DAVID, who settled in York County, are all enrolled in
one of the companies (Lieut. ]^IcKissick's)* of the Sixth
Battalion of the militia of that county, organized in
1776, and known locally as Associates. (See History of
York County, Pa., J. II. Beers & Co., Chicago, 111., 1907,
edited by Geo. R. Prowell, of the American Historical
Association, Vol. I, p. 269.) They were first called out
for one month July 7th, 1776, and congregated at Lan-
caster. From there they marched to Philadelphia,
thence to Trenton and Perth Amboy, N. J. James,
oldest son of ANDREW, then a lad of seventeen, also
enlisted in '77.
I have the names of twenty-two great-great-grand-
sons of Andrew, the Pertlishire farmer, who served in
the Union Army in the Civil War; and my records in-
clude but a small part of the numerous descendants of
the Rev. JAMES PROUDFOOT and of his brother
DAVID.
•On the same muster-roll is the nam^ of James McAlister.
"In an old ledger of my great-great-prandfather Gemmill is the
following charge: Jas. McAlister, Julj- 8, 1776, To sundries at
going Away to Sojer Is lid. " J. M. G.
12 HISTORY OF THE PROUDFIT FAMILY
But perhaps their patriotism is still better mani-
fested in that they have been almost universally indus-
trious, sober, thrifty, and law-abiding. Their names
rarely appear as parties to lawsuits. In temperament
they are conservative and practical; seldom among "the
first by which the new is tried," and perhaps, now and
then, of those who are "last to lay the old aside." On
moral questions, however, they have usually been found
facing forward, as would be expected of persons of their
logical mind and conscientious disposition reared in the
Calvanistic faith.
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ALEXANDER PROUDFIT. D.D.
REV. CHAS. P. PHOUDFIT
ANDREW PROUDFOOT (2) and His Family.
ANDREW PROUDFOOT (2) was born in 1728 in
Perthshire, Scotland. Before coming to America in
1754 he had learned the shoemaker's trade. In the deed
transferring Clark's Glade to him he is called a "cord-
winder" — no doubt a misspelling of cordwainer, an
archaic synonym of shoemaker. After settling in York
County he followed farming.
He was a deeply religious man, and trained his chil-
dren with a care uncommon even for that day. They
were thoroughly instructed in the Bible, the Larger and
Shorter Catechism, and the tenets of the Associate Pres-
byterian Church. The quality of his training is shown
by its results. Of his four sons two became eminent in
the ministry, and the others served their church societies
many years as ruling elders. ANDREW PROUDFOOT
was elected elder in Guinston Church, Hopewell Town-
ship, York County, May 15, 1769.
Beyond the foregoing not much is known of him
personally. "He was a small man. His son David re-
membered his dandling him on his knee and singing in
his broad Scotch accent:
Dainty Davie ! Dainty Davie !
You and I, Dainty Davie !
"Also on one occasion when he was sick he peremp-
torily ordered David to lead in family worship in this
decided manner: 'David, take the books!' " (From
Mr. D. M. Proudfoot's Genealogy.)
His education was above the average for persons in
the common walks of life at that time. Ability to write
was by no means universal. His brother ROBERT
"made his mark" in signing his will, and DAVID'S sig-
nature is almost illegible. ANDREW'S will (see Ap-
pendix) shows that he prized books and had an unusual
number. From the will, also, it may be inferred that he
was fairly successful in business, since it is improbable
that he brought much money to this country with him.
He married December 4, 1759, Sarah, daughter of
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Alexander and Agnes Wallace, born in Scotland Feb-
ruary 12, 1733.
This family of Wallaces were among the earliest
settlers of "vvhat later became York County. They came
from Perthshire in 173-i, and mav have known
ANDREW PKOUDFOOT's father. Mr'. J. M. Gemmill,
in a private letter writes: "I have often thought of the
Wallace family as it settled here in the wilderness about
1734. Then there was no transportation for persons or
belongings except on horseback along the Indian paths.
That family came here, father and mother, and, I sup-
pose, seven children, James, the oldest, about twelve,
Sarah in her mother's arms."
Alexander Wallace was the first elder elected
(1753) by the Guinston Associate Church. For many
years services were held in his house. In 1773 a small
stone church was erected, of which James Wallace, the
pioneer boy, was builder. This church is still in good
condition (1911), thus attesting the character of its
builder. (See Plate IV.)
The Wallace home was held in that name until 1910.
Except that she is said to have been a large woman,
I have found nothing authentic concerning the person-
ality of Sarah Wallace. ]My mother recalled dimly the
event of her death, and knew her as a tradition in her
father's family, they having lived on the old homestead
with "Grannie," at least during her widowhood. My
impression, gained from my mother, is that she was a
woman of very positive character with much family
pride.
ANDREW PROUDFOOT (2) died March 30, 1807,
his widow June 27, 1811. Their graves in a long-aban-
doned private burying-ground, known as the ]McAlister
Graveyard, were discovered by ^Mr. J. M. Gemmill in
1904. I visited them in 1907. They are marked by
small white marble headstones, which, though they must
have been standing for ninety years, were as white as if
set up that season. The inscriptions are :
In memory of Andrew Proudfit, who died 30, March
1807, aged 78 years."
"In memory of Sarah Proudfit, who died 27, June
1814, aged 76 years."
(See Plate V.)
Children of ANDREW PROUDFOOT (2) and Sarah
Wallace :
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1. James (3) b. Nov. 8, 1760.
2. Alexander (3) b. Mav 2, 1763.
3. Janet (3) b. Dec. 30^1764.
4. Agnes (3) b. Sept. 11, 1766, d. Aug. 15, 1769.
5. David (3) b. Mch. 25, 1770.
6. Robert (3) b. June 6, 1777.
(The above record is from one in my mother's hand-
writing. The record in the "larcre Bibfe" mentioned in
the will of ANDREW PROUDFOOT, contains the names
of the four sons with the same dates as here given, but
omits the names of the daughters. I can find no fur-
ther trace of Janet, nor can I account for the omission
of the names of both Janet and Agnes from the old rec-
ord. The fact that the Bible was bought nine years
after the birth of the youngest child, when one, possibly
both daughters had died, offers a not very adequate ex-
planation.) See Appendix.
JAMES PROUDFIT (3) 1760-1856.
James Proudfit (3), oldest son of ANDREW
PROUDFOOT, was serving under Capt. Travis in the
War of the Revolution on his eighteenth birthday. He
served for two months in three different years : 1777,
1781, and 1782. He received a pension for his services
from 1833 until his death, :\Iay 2, 1856.
He must have left York County as soon as he was
discharged, as, according to Crumrine's History of
Washington County, Pa., he settled in that county in
1782. He bought of Job Stout, December 8, 1787, 100
acres of land in what was later Hanover Township. On
this farm he spent the remainder of his life.
He was justice of the peace for 34 years, and for
many years an elder in the Crossroads Presbyterian
Church. A man now living on the farm adjoining his,
remembers hearing his parents talk of Elder "Jimmie"
Proudfit. His granddaughter, Mrs. Jane Orr, who had
reached adult age before his death, describes him as a
small man with brown eyes and black hair. He was
very fond of books and was deeply interested in the
slavery question. She has seen him in his old age, when
the Blanchard and Rice debates on that question were
16 HISTORY OF THE PROUDFIT FAMILY
attracting public attention, rehearse to himself the ar-
guments on both sides, enforcing' them with emphatic
gestures and quoting the Scripture adduced by either
disputant. "^
James Proudfit (3) m. Jane ("Wallace) Thompson,
a widow. Children:
1. Alexander (4) b. ^Ich. 20, 1790, became a physician,
practiced at Hamilton City, near Cincinnati, 0.,
had a daughter Caroline, and perhaps other chil-
dren.
2. Jolm (4) b. May 2, 1792, d. May 20, 1882, m. Maria
McCully.
3. David (4) b. June 9, 1794, d. Oct. 28, 1818.
4. Nancy (4) b. Aug. 31, 1796, m. John Moore.
5. Jane '(4) b. Mch. 24, 1799.
6. Sally (4) b. Dec. 11, 1801.
Jane (Wallace) Proudfit d. May 15, 1808. James
Proudfit (3) m. 2d. Sept. 20, 1809, Peggy :\Ierch-
ant, b. Mch. 30, 1780, d. Nov. 21, 1811. Of this
marriage was :
7. Samuel (4) b. July 22, 1810, d. Sept. 30, 1817.
James Proudfit (3) m. 3d, Jan. 6, 1814, Jane Mc-
Laughlin, d. Jan 15, 1841. Of this marriage were:
8. Mary Tate (4) b. Aug. 10, 1815.
9. Margaret (4) b. Oct. 11, 1816.
10. James (4) b. Oct. 25, 1818.
Children of John Proudfit (4) and Maria McCully:
1. Romaine Vinton (5) b. Nov. 13, 1825, d. Apr. 10,
1836.
2.^ Jane (5) b. Jan. 9, 1828, was graduated from the
seminary at AYashington, Pa., 1849, taught for
several years, m. George Orr, d. Jan. 19, 1911, in
Crafton, Pa., leaving three daughters and one
grandson.
3. Nancy LeMoyne (5) b. Nov. 11, 1829, m. Thomas
Carothers, now (1911) living in Holildays Cove,
W- Va. Has two daughters.
4. James Alexander (5) b. Nov. 13, 1831, d. Mch. 28,
1899. Served in the Civil War.
5. Charles Julius (5) b. Apr. 20, 1831, d. Mch. 14, 1860.
6. David John (5) b. Mch. 9, 1837, d. Mch. 12, 1864.
7. Elizabeth (5) b. Sept. 28, 1840, m. Campbell, d. Oct.
4, 1907.
James Proudfit (3) had a stepson, Moses Thompson,
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generally called Closes Proudfit, and so mentioned in
Creis:h's History of "Washington County.
(In the record of James Proudfit (3) kept at the
Bureau of Pensions, his birthplace is given as Notting-
ham Township, Chester County, Pa.)
ALEXANDER PROUDFIT (3) 1763-1844.
Alexander, second son of ANDREW PROUDFOOT
and Sarah AVallaee, was born in Hopewell Township,
York County, Pa. After the death of his father he occu-
pied the old homestead at Proudfit 's Point, living in the
log house shown in the frontispiece. (The stone exten-
sion was added by a later owner, and covers the site of
what was known to Alexander's children as "Grannie's
House.") Proudfit 's Point was sold to ANDREW
PROUDFOOT by Daniel Robinson in 1768. It is now
owned by Archibald Hyson. Clark's Glade, which was
willed to Alexander by his father and on which he may
have lived prior to his father's death, is now owned by
Thomas Waltemyer.
Alexander Proudfit (3) m. Dec. 12, 1793, IMartha
daughter of John (?) and Elizabeth (Jameson) Mc-
Cleary, of Chaunceford Township, York County, Pa., b.
Dec. 5, 1774. Children:
1. Andrew (4) b. Aug. 13, 1795, m. Isabella Smith.
2. Elizabeth (4) b. ^Ich. 2S, 1797, m. Hugh Sinclair.
3. John (4) b. Feb. 28, 1797, m. Eliza Freshour.
4. Sarah (4) b. Mch. 15, 1801, m. John Gillaspie.
5. David (4) b. May 8, 1803, m. 1st, Margaret Gay;
2d, Nancy ]\IcWilliams ; 3d, Jane IMcBurney,
6. Alexander (4) b. May 2, 1805, m. Margaret Mor-
row.
7. Jane (4) b. May 15, 1807, m. Daniel Sinclair.
8. Martha (4) b. May 9, 1809, m. Hugh Compton.
9. Agnes (4) b. Feb. 1, 1812, m. William Campbell.
10. Robert (4) b. Dec. 14, 1814, m. Eliza Cilley.
11. Margaret (4) b. Oct. 24, 1819.
All these children survived their parents.
(Complete record of the descendants of Alexander
18 HISTORY OF THE PROUDFIT FAMILY
and Martha [McCleary] Proudfit found in Part II.)
Alexander Proudtit (3) was for many vears a rul-
ing elder in the Associate Reformed Church, of which
both he and his wife were exemplary members from
their youth. While living in Seneca thev drove six
miles to church every Sunday in all weathers, remain-
ing for two services. The morning service consisted, be-
sides the usual devotional exercises — prayer and' the
singing of David's Psalms in Rouse's Version— of the
**. Morning Lecture," described as the "Expounding of a
passage of Scripture." In the afternoon service a for-
mal sermon was preached. As the discourses of the
Presbyterian preachers of that day were from one to
two hours in length. Alexander Proudfit 's Sunday will
hardly be looked on by his great-grandchildren as a day
of rest. A regular Sunday evening exercise was the re-
view of the Westminster Shorter Catechism. The father
could propound the one hundred and eight questions in
order from memory, and prompt any of the younger
children who might hesitate in giving an answer*
Although nothing approaching levity was per-
mitted on Sunday, the home must have been a merry one
on week daj's. :\Iost of the family were somewhat musi-
cal. The father had a store of old songs and ballads
with which he amused the younger children. In the self-
taught fashion of the day, several of the sons played the
violin and one the flute. The house was a gathering
place for the young people of the neighborhood, who
joined with those of the family in singing and dancing.
The last named amusement was deemed an innocent di-
version when practiced in a private house.
Martha (^IcCleary) Proudfit was of gentle dispo-
sition and very conscientious. She was in full accord
with her husband's religious views, and aided him in
training their children to value character above posses-
sions, and to apply the same moral standard to all ranks
end both sexes. She would never allow one of her cliil-
dren to censure in her presence one of her children-in-
law. Her grandson, Win. S. Proudfit, says: "She was
very accessible to children, and not easily bothered by
their questions as was her sterner half. When I was
five or six years old Alexander and I lived at grand-
father's one summer and went to school. Grandmother
gave us much religious instruction; taught us prayers
and religious sentiments. The following is a sample:
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Have communion v>hh one;
Be intimate with few;
Deal justly with all;
Speak evil of none.
"Praying will make us leave sinning, and sinning
will make us leave praying."
And this from the psalms:
Do thou with hyssop sprinkle me,
I shall be cleansed so.
Yea, wash thou me and then I shall
Be whiter than the snow.
"My brother Alexander in his last hours repeated
some of these sentiments."
To her grand-daughter and namesake she used to
sing:
Martha McCleary is fat and fair.
Coal black eyes and curly brown hair,
Rosy cheeks and dimpled chin,
Martha McCleary 's heart's bound in.
She is said to have had dark brown hair, hazel eyes,
and fair skin.
She had two brothers, John and William, and one
sister, Sarah, m. John Wood.
A century ago the farmers of Hopewell Township,
ignorant of proper methods of conserving and restoring
the fertility of the soil, believed their farms to be worn
out, and many left York County for newer sections.
Western New York, styled "The Genesecs," was re-
puted a very rich farming country, particularly adapted
to the raising of wheat, then a very profitable crop. In-
fluenced by these reports Alexander Proudfit removed
with his family in 1817 to Seneca Township, Ontario
County, N. Y. Two large covered wagons conveyed him,
his wife, and ten children with their household goods, to
their destination. They journeyed up the Susquehanna,
which they crossed in ferry boats, stopping for the night
at taverns. The change proved unfortunate, and a few
years later the family again moved, this time to Coving-
ton Township, Genesee County, N. Y. In 1833 three of
the sous who had married bought farms in Erie County,
Pa., and here Alexander, his wife and the younger mem-
bers of the family lived for ten years on a farm two
miles west of Edinboro, belonging to David Proudfit (4).
20 HISTORY OF THE PROUDFIT FAMILY
Alexander F^roudfit (3) died at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. William Campbell, Oct. 11, 1844. His
wife died at the same place July 13, 1844. Both are
buried in the old cemetery at Edinboro.
DAVID PROUDFIT (3) 1770-1830.
David Proudfit (3) was educated at Dobbin's Clas-
sical School in Gettysburg.* He studied theology with
Rev. John Jamison, and was licensed April 5, 1795, by
the Second Presbytery of Pennsylvania.
"With ^Matthew Henderson, Jr., he went on a mis-
sionary tour to Kentucky in 1797. They took the road,
passable only for horsemen, just constructed by Eben-
ezer and Jonathan Zane, in accordance with an Act of
Congress passed May, 1796. They endured great hard-
ships, fording swollen streams amid floating ice, sleep-
ing in the open air when they would wake to find them-
selves covered with several inches of snow."
After his return Rev. David Proudfit was ordained,
Nov. 14, 1798, and installed pastor of Laurel Hill con-
gregation, including Dunlap's Creek and East Liberty,
Pa. After twenty-six years he removed to Crooked
Creek, Muskingum County, 0., where he died June 11,
1830.
"During his ministry of 34 years he preached every
Sabbath except two. On one of these high water pre-
vented him from reaching his appointment, on the other
he was unable to speak aloud from a cold.
"He preached the last Sabbath of his life, though
obliged to sit during the sermon from weakness, and
died the following Friday." (From Rev. T. P. Proud-
fit's Genealogy.)
"The Rev. David Proudfit was a large man, six feet
in height, strong and athletic ; deep through the chest,
but slightly round-shouldered. He always lived on a
• • In 1776 Eev. Alexander Dobbin erected the stone house
now standing at the intersection of Washinf^ton street and the
Emmetsburg road, close by the National Cemetery. It served
as dwelling, academy, and church. It is the oldest Covenanter
church building in this country, and is as strong as when built.
(J. M. G.)
REV. DAVID PROLDFIT3
HISTORY OF THE PROUDFIT FAMILY 21
farm and was industrious in its management. He tes-
tified to doing much of his sermonizing while at the plow
or some other manual labor. * * * * j^ lover of
music, he sang well and played gracefully on the violin.
Could carry two parts, 'treble' and bass, of the dear old
psalm tunes, with voice and violin. Loyal to his ances-
try, much of his music was Scotch. Ilis sweet-toned
violin and many remembered tunes descended to his son,
Robert. The violin is now the valued and well-pre-
served possession of his grandson, David ^Morrow Proud-
fit." (From D. M. Proudfit's Genealogy.)
David Proudfit (3) m. June, 1798, Sarah, dau. of
"William and Jane (Morrow) Patterson. They had nine
children :
1. William (4), b. July 11, 1799, d. Aug. 5, 1862, m.
Sept. 9, 1828, Susan, dau. of Thomas and Eliza-
beth (Brown) Patterson.
2. Andrew (4), m. Deborah Speer, d. Feb., 1852.
3. David (4), drowned at the age of eleven while cross-
ing a creek on his way home from school.
4. Patterson (4), b. 1805, d. Feb. 26, 1878, m. Sarah
Speer.
5. Jane Morrow (4), d. unmarried in early womanhood.
6. Sally Wallace (4), m. Henry Bonner. Two children
d. in infancy.
7. Mary Jane (4), m. David Long. Two children.
8. Robert (4), twin brother of Mary Jane, b. 1811, d.
June 21, 1890, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel and
Jane (Patterson) Wilson, m. 2d, Mrs. Mary Jane
(Wilson) Campbell.
9. David (4), b. 1813, d. Mch. 23, 1880, m. Mary Jane
Walker.
Children of William Proudfit (4) and Susan Patter-
son:
1. Elizabeth Brown (5), b. June 19, 1829, d. July 3,
1902, unmarried.
2. Sarah Patterson (5), b. Jan. 22, 1831, d. Apr. 21,
■ 1891, unmarried.
3. David L. (5), b. Mch. 24, 1833, d. Feb. 23, 1904,
served in the Civil War, m. Elizabeth Thompson.
4. Thomas Patterson (5), b. Mch. 3, 1835, m. Margaret,
dau. of Edward and Catherine (Duncan) Carpen-
ter.
5. Mary Jane (5), b. Sept. 24, 1837, m. John Wilson, six
children.
22 HISTORY OF THE PROUDFIT FAMILY
6. John B. (5), b. Mch. 14, 1840, served in the Civil
War, m. Fannie Barnet.
William Proudtit (4) spent his life on a farm seven
miles north of New Concord, 0. He was a progressive
man. Used neither liquor nor toliaceo. His views on
**book farming" and intoxicants would be up to date in
Ohio to-day.
Thomas Patterson Proudfit (5) was graduated from
Madison College Sept., 1859. He had earned money for
college expenses by teaching country schools. Studied
theology in Alleglieny Seminary, and was licensed April
15, 1862, by the ]\Iuskingum Pres)\ytery of the United
Presbyterian Church. Was ordained and sent as home
missionary to the Territory of Nebraska in 1863. Trav-
eling facilities had improved since his grandfatlier went
on a similar mission to Kentucky, but would seem primi-
tive to the youth of to-day. He and his wife went by
train from New Concord to St. Joseph, Mo. ; thence by
boat to Nebraska City ; by hack to Omaha ; by stage to
Fremont, and on a wagon load of lumber to North Bend.
The journey required nine days of actual travel.
His work here involved long horseback rides; two
appointments for the same day would sometimes be 15
or 20 miles apart. Three years of this life began to tell
on his health, and he left the frontier. He preached for
four years at Bethel, 111., eleven at Union, 111., and twelve
at Taylorstown, Pa. With his wife, his daughter
Blanche, and his son William, he now lives at 115 E. Ilal-
lam Ave., Washington, Pa.
Children of Rev. Thomas Patterson Proudfit (5) and
Margaret Carpenter:
1. Susan Catherine (6), b. Dec. 5, 1863, d. May 28, 1864.
2. Alice Mary (6), b. June 29, 1865, m. Geo. Fraser.
Issue (surname Fraser) :
1. James Murray (7), b. Oct. 11, 1899.
2. Vernon Proudfit (7), b. Feb. 17, 1902.
3. Harold Carpenter (7), b. Aug. 9, 1904.
3. Edward Hervey (6), b. Apr. 17, 1867, d. Nov. 8, 1872.
4. Lillie Blanche (6), b. Jan. 7, 1869, has taught music
in Tarkio College, Mo., and Knoxville College,
Tenn.
5. William Albert (6), b. Aug. 4, 1872, graduated from
Muskingum College 1893; partner with his
brother-in-law, Geo. Fraser, in The Keystone Fur-
nishing Co., Washington, Pa.
HISTORY OF THE PROUDF[T FAMILY 23
6. Charles Patterson (6), b. June 30, 1874, graduated
from Washington and JetYerson CoUege 189G,
from Allegheny Seminary 1899. Now (1911) pas-
tor of First United Presbyterian Church, Des
Moines, la. ^larried May 14, 1907, Laura Grace,
dau. of William Clark and ^Nlary E. (Davis) "SVar-
nack.
John B. Proudfit (5) has three daughters and one
son, William Barnet (6), who married Margaret iMc-
Alpine Dick. Issue, Surname Proudfit :
1. John Negley (7), b. Oct. 26, 1907.
Andrew Proudfit (4), son of Rev. David, had three
sons, but one of whom lived to manhood : David Wallace
(5), m. Mahala Fleming. Is a farmer near New Con-
cord, 0.
Patterson Proudfit (4), son of Rev. David, had six
sons and five daughters. Of these seven died in infancy
or youth. Two sons married: James (5) and John (5)
were living in 1910.
Robert Proudfit (4), son of Rev. David, had by his
first wife seven children, four of whom died in child-
hood.
1. David Wallace (5), killed at the Battle of Shiloh.
6. Samuel ^Mitchell (5), a physician, began a Proudfit
Genealogy, died at the age of twenty-five.
7. Mary Isabel (5), m. Thos. White, living (1910) at
Jonesboro, Ark.
Robert Proudfit (4) had by his second wife five chil-
dren:
8. Hugh Wilson (5), farmer. Bay, Ark.
9. Andrew Patterson (5), Arenzville, 111.
10. William Wallace (5), Kansas City, Mo.
11. Robert Bruce (5), d. in infancy.
12. David ^Morrow (5), taught for some years in Illin-
ois and Arkansas, added to the Proudfit Geneal-
ogy begun by his brother. Address (June, 1910),
326 Randolph Bldg., ^lemphis, Tenn.
David (4) (son of Rev. David), m. Mary Jane
Walker. Children :
1. Jane ]McCadam (5), m. Robert Boyd.
2. David (5), living in the west (1910).
3. James Walker (5), d. in early manhood.
4. Sarah Patterson (5), m. Warren Crouch.
5. Mary ]\Iorrow (5), m. Rev. Oliver Garland Brock-
ett. They have two children.
24 MISTOkY OK TFIK PROUDFIT FAMFLY
ROBERT PROUDFIT (3), 1777-1860.
"It^was the ambition of every old-fashioned Scotch
family," says lau McLaren, "to raise one son for the
ministry."
We have seen that ANDREW PROUDP^OOT'S third
son, David, was destined for this calling. While he was
astudent at Dobbins 's Classical School he used to brini?
his books home for study during vacation. Robert, then
alad in his early teens, began studying these books for
his own pleasure. When the older brother saw the in-
terest taken he offered to help him, and so Robert began
his higher education; and this family's quota of recruits
for the ministry was doubled.
Robert was sent to Dobbins 's School, and later to
Dickinson College, from Avhich he was graduated in 1798.
He studied theology in the house of his Uncle JAMES in
Salem, N. Y., where his cousin, Alexander, as well as his
uncle, gave him instruction. lie was licensed in 1802,
April 20, and two years later, April 18, 1804, was or-
dained and installed in Broadalbin, now Perth, N. Y. He
preached there until 1818, when he was called to Union
College, Schnectady, N. Y., as Professor of Greek and
Latin. He remained in this position, active or emeritus,
until his death, Feb. 11, 1860.
His daughter, Sarah, wrote of him: "From the time
he came to this college he preached almost every Sunday
in some of the churches of the surrounding country. He
often went to his old charge, 21 miles away. He was
very strongly attached to them."
Robert Proudfit (3) married Elizabeth Law, who
came from Scotland when a young lady. They had six
children. To the best of the recollection of the two sur-
viving granddaughters the following is the order:
1. James (4), unmarried.
2. Ellen (4), m. Luke Newland, of Albany.
3. Sarah (4), unmarried.
4. Eliza (4), unmarried.
5. David Law (4), m. Israella Hasbrouck.
6. Robert (4), unmarried.
7. Mary (4), d. in early childhood.
Mrs. Ellen (Proudfit) Newland had five children.
The only one now (1911) living is Mi.ss Helen Nev.'land,
of Plainfield, N. J. Three great-grandchildren and three
HISTORY OF THE PROUDFIT FAMILY 25
great-great-grandchildreu of Mrs. Newland are living.
David law Proiidfit (4), born in 1811, entered the
ministry in the Associate Reformed Church. lie died in
1847, leaving two children: Elizabeth (5), who has been
for many years interested in the work of Ilephzibah
House in New York City, and in mission work in Sing
Sing prison. Her present address is 49 E. 73d St., New
York City.
David Law, Jr. (5), served four years in the Union
Army in the Civil War. After his return home he wrote,
under the pen-name of Peleg Arkwright, and also under
his own name for the "Century" and other periodicals.
He published a volume of poems, "Love Among the
Gamins," 1877, "Mask and Domino," a volume of
poems, 1888, and "From the Chapparal to Wall Street,"
a novel, in 1891. He died in 1897.
He married, July 8, 18G8, Frances iMarian Dodge,
dau. of Rev. Orrin Dodge. Thev had three children:
1. Edwin B. (6), now (1911) at 312 Park St., Westfield,
N. J.
2. Albert D. (6), with The Sterling Piano Co., New
York.
3. Herbert T. (6), 4 Holland Terrace, Montclair, N. J.
There are now living three grandsons and five
granddaughters of David Law Proudfit, Jr. (5).
JAMES PROUDFOOT (2), and His Family.
"The Kev. JAMES PROUDFOOT after itinerating
several years, planting churches and nuturing them, ac-
cepted a call from the Associate Church in Pequea, Lan-
caster County, Pa.
During the time he was pastor of Pequea he, like
many other of the old time ministers, combined farming
with preaching. He owned a fine farm of 193 acres in
Salisbury Township, Lancaster County.
Of the Eev. James Proudfit the Rev. Robert Proud-
fit, D. D., his nephew, writes: "]Mr. Proudfit was a tall
man, I think rather more than six feet high, and in the
days of his health, was well-proportioned. Everything
about his appearance and manners betokened gravity.
I never heard of his being surprised even into an indis-
cretion.
"When the Associate Presbyterian and the _Re-
formed Presbyterian Churches united, June 13, 17S2,
forming the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church,
he cast his lot with that denomination. In 1783 he ac-
cepted a call from the A. R. P. Church of Salem, N. Y.,
where he labored till old age overtook him. In 1799 he
had a paralytic stroke which terminated his labors. He
is said to have been 'a highly instructive preacher,' and
*a model of prudence, fidelity, and afllection.'
"He died October 22, 1S02, in the seventieth year of
his age, and the fiftieth of his ministry." (From the
Proudfit-Patterson Genealogy.)
Rev. JAMES PROUDFOOT (2) married, in 1759,
Mary Fulton. To them were born in Pequea, Pa., seven
sons:
1. Andrew (3), m. Mary Lytle. They had eight sons
and five daughters. Andrew was a merchant in
Argyle, N. Y.
2. John (3), m. Judith Roane. They had five sons and
five daughters. John was a physician, settled in
Norfolk, Va., d. 1812.
3. James (3), studied medicine with Dr. Rush of Phila-
delphia, unmarried.
4. Daniel (3), (John J. Proudfit (5) Constantine, ilich.,
HISTORY OF TflE PROUDFIT FAMILY 2"?
gives Dr. David as fourth son of Rev. James.
Omits Daniel.)
5. Alexander (3), m. Susan, dau. of Gen. John "Wil-
liams. They had three sons and one daugliter.
6. Ebenezer (3), m. Elizabeth Williams. Had four sons
and two daughters. Ebenezer was a merchant in
Salem, N. Y., d. 1813.
7. William (3), unmarried, d. in Salem, N. Y.
Rev. James Proudiit (2) married, 2d, Ann Houston.
They had one daughter :
8. Mary (3), m. John Reid.
Children of Andrew and ^lary (Lytle) Proudfit:
1. Jane (4), b. Aug. 27, 1786, m. John Hamill.
2. James (4), b. Dee. 21, 1788, m. ]\[aria Kerr, lived in
Argyle, N. Y.
3. Andrew (4), b. :\Ich. 27, 1791, lost at sea, 1820.
4. :Mary (4), b. Apr. 2, 1793, m. W^m. D. Haight.
5. John (4), b. Mch. 10, 1795, killed by an Indian,
1824.
6. Hannah (4), b. Dee. 21, 1797, m. Ransom Stiles.
7. Susan (4), h. Apr. 25, ISOO, m. Theo. Sheppard.
8. Alexander (4), b. Apr. 2, 1802, m. Eliza Dunlap,
lived in Stirling, N. Y.
9. Ebenezer (4), b. Apr. 23, 1804, died in childhood.
10. Daniel (4), b. Jan. 15, 1805, m. Juliette Holmes,
lived in "Waunatosa, AYis.
11. William Pitt (4), b. Oct. 12, 1806, m. Maria Free-
man Jones.
12. Margaret (4), b. Sept. 18, 1809, m. Thos. Whiteside.
13. Hugh Peebles (4), b. Apr. 26, 1814, unmarried, lived
in Sterling, N. Y.
Gen. James Kerr Proudfit (5), son of James and
Maria (Kerr) Proudfit, and Herbert Kerr (6), his son,
are now living in Kansas City, Kas. Herbert Kerr
Proudfit has two sons, James Henry (7) and Herbert
K., Jr. (7).
The family of Daniel Proudfit (4) lived for some
years at Friend, Neb. His son, William Henry, is now a
commission merchant in Denver, Col. He has two sons
and a daughter,
William H. Proudfit (5), son of William Pitt (4)^
and grandson of Andrew (3), named above, is head of
the Proudfit Clothing Co., of Jamestown, N. Y. He
served in the Civil War.
Alexander, fifth son of Rev. James Proudfit, became
28 HISTORY OF THE PROUDFIT FAMILY
an eminent divine. lie was widely known in the first
half of the last century as Dr. Proudfit of Salem, or,
more familiarly, "Old Sawney o' Salem."
He was born in 1770; was graduated at the head of
his class in Columbia College, New York, in 1792. He
succeeded his father as pastor of the Associate Reformed
Church in Salem, N. Y., which position he held for forty
years.
His sermons were greatly esteemed, and many of
them were published. He was the author of several re-
ligious works, the best known of which is, "The Ruin
and Recovery of Man." His biography by John Forsyth,
D. D., a volume of 484 pages, was published in 1855 by
Harper & Brothers. He died in 1843.
Children of Alex. Proudfit (3) and Susan Williams:
1. John Williams (4), m. Abigail H. Rallston.
2. JNIary (4), m. John Irvin.
3. James Owen (4).
4- Alexander Moncrieff (4), m. Maria B. .
John Williams Proudfit (4), son of Dr. Alexander
Proudfit of Salem, adopted his father's profession. He
connected himself with the Presbyterian Church, and
preached for a short time in Newburyport, Mass. He
afterward became Professor of Latin in the New York
University, and later Professor of Greek in Rutgers Col-
lege. Died 1874.
The priestly mantle descended in this line to the
fourth generation. The two sons of Dr. John Williaius
Proudfit both entered the ministry. The elder, Robert
Rallston, was chaplain of the First Regiment New Jersey
Volunteers, in the Civil War, and the younger, Alex-
ander, was pastor of a Presbyterian church in Scranton,
Pa., and later, in Baltimore, Md.
Children of Ebenezer Proudfit (3) and Elizabeth
Williams :
1. John Williams (4), lawyer and judge of county, un-
married.
2. Mary (4), m. James A. McFarland.
3. James E. (4), m. Jane Wells.
4. Ebenezer (4), m. Margaret Burden.
5. Alexander (4), m. Delia Williams.
6. Susannah (4), m. George Shepard.
Alexander (4), fifth child of Ebenezer (3), was a
doctor of divinity, and preached at Saratoga Springs,
N. Y., and Springfield, 0.
ROBERT PROUDFOOT (2).
ROBERT PROUDFOOT (2) settled on a farm in
Hopewell, York County, Pa. His name is on the muster-
roll of Lieut, I^IcKissick's company, organized in that
county in the time of the Revolution.
He married Mary ^NIcKittrick, but had no children.
To an adopted son, Andrew Bennet, he willed his "plan-
tation." He died in 1802.
DAVID PROUDFOOT (2) and His Family.
DAVID PROUDFOOT (2) came from Scotland with
his brother Robert in 1/59, five years later than the older
brothers, Andrew and James. He, too, settled in York
County, -where some of his descendants now live.
David Morrow Proudfit (5), in his Proudtlt Geneal-
ogy says of him: "David (2) was a farmer of wonderful
dispatch in business. He was an admirer of good black-
smithing, and when he would see good work would com-
pare it to the work of one William McKelvie, who was
his ideal. He would say, 'That is just such a job as Billy
RIcKelvie would do with his own iron.' "
DAVID PROUDFOOT (2), m. Nancy Livingston.
Issue (surname Proudfit) :
1. Elizabeth (3), m. Shadrach Corbin.
2. John (3), m. Elizabeth Lyle, settled in Washington
Co., d. 1849.
3. James (3), m. Catherine Smith.
4. Robert (3).
5. Andrew (3).
6. Nancy (3).
7. Mary (3), ra. John IMcCalmont, of Washington Co.
8. Jane (3), m. John McAlister, of York Co.
From the old family record of John Proudfit (3) :
John Proudfit was born Jan. 28, 1775. Elizabeth Lyle
was born Mch. 24, 1793. Married Apr. 2d, 1809. Children:
1. David (4), b. Aug. 13, 1810, d. Sept. 19, 1813.
2. John Lyle (4), b. Sept. 3, 1812, m. June 10, 1841,
Eleanor Campbell.
3. James Kerr (4), b. Apr. 21, 1815, d. Feb. 25, 1816.
4. Eliza Jane (4), b. Jan. 2, 1817, m. Jan. 15, 1843,
Arthur Campbell.
5. Agness (4), b. Jan. 17, 1819, d. Aug. 15, 1826.
6. Robert Fulton (4), b. Dec. 23, 1821, m. JaD. 18, 1849,
Sarah E. Porter.
7. Cinderella (4), b. Sept. 16, 1824, m. Jacob Proudfit,
of Ashland, 0.
8. William (4), b. May 10, 1828, m. Jan. 4, 1855, Cath-
erine Riddile.
HISTORY OF THE PROUDFIT FAMILY 31
9. Andrew (4), b. Mch. 20, 1831, m. Jan. 21, 1865,
Elizabeth Porter.
10. Eleanor (4), b. Aug:. 29, 1833, m. Thomas Shipley.
John Lyle Proudtit (4) was a proiuiuent and success-
ful business man of Burgettstown, Washington Co., Pa.
Died Sept. 22, 1882.
Children of John Lyle (4) and Eleanor (Campbell)
Proudtit :
1. Elizabeth (5), b. 1842, m. William Linn.
2. Jane Ann (5), b. 1844. m. Dr. Wm. P. Taylor, living
in Noblestown (1910).
3. Martha Eleanor (5), b. 1846, m. John ^l. Moore.
4. Amanda (5), b. 1848, d. at the age of two years.
Elizabeth (Proudtit) Linn (5) lives in Burgettstown
(1911), where three of her four sons are in business. The
fourth is the Kev. James Patterson Linn, of Creston,
Iowa.
Children of Robert Fulton (4) and Sarah B.
(Porter) Proudtit:
1. Margaret (5), m. W. J. McNary of Smith Tp., Wash-
ington Co.
2. John Presley (5), m. Carrie Russell. Issue (surname
Proudtit) :
1. Ethel S. (6), b. Aug. 20, 1880.
2. Alexander R. (6), b. May 3. 1883.
3. Annie M. (6), b. Feb. 24, 1886.
4. Robert F. (6), b. Mch. 5, 1888.
Robert Fulton Proudtit (4) died Aug. 13, 1887.
Children of William (4) and Catherine (Riddile)
Proudtit :
1. Elizabeth C. (5), m. T. M. Patterson, of Burgetts-
town.
2. Margaret S. (5), m. Dr. S. L. McCullough, of Frank-
fort Springs, Pa.
3. Andrew C. (5), m. Rowena McBride, a farmer. Ad-
dress (1911), Bulger, Pa.
Children of Andrew C. (5) and Rowena (McBride)
Proudtit :
1. William Rankin (6).
2. Kathleen McBride (6).
3. Andrew Stewart (6).
4. Mary J. (5), m. Miller Russell, of Robinson Tp.,
Washington Co.
5. Samuel R. (5).
6. William R. (5), deceased.
32 HISTORY OF THE PROUDFIT FAMILY
7. John Lyle (5), pastor of Presbyterian Church in Con-
nellsville, Pa. (1911).
8. Kate B. (5).
Andrew (4), known as Andrew Jackson Proudfit
("I think I added that Jackson myself," he confessed,
with a twinkle of the eye. "Maybe you can guess my
politics,"), carried on a farm near Burgettstown, Pa.,
until his death, Feb. 2S, 1910.
He was a most genial and hospitable man, and an
irrepressible joker. When I saw him at the age of 78 he
manifested a buoyancy of spirit which a lad of 20 might
envy.
He left one daughter, Ida (5), now (1911) living
with her mother on the home farm.
The Proudfits descended from John (3) and living
in Washington Co., have been generally identified with
the Democratic party, and with the Presbyterian or
United Presbyterian Church.
In 1907 I met in York County two descendants of
DAVID PROUDFOOT (2) : John McAlister Gemmill,
and W. N. McAlister, veteran of the Civil "War, and at
that time postmaster at Laurel, Pa.
Other great-grandsons of DAVID PROUDFOOT
(2) who served in the Civil War were Joseph Proudfit,
Smith Proudfit, and Henry Clay Proudfit, all from York
Co., David Proudfit McAlister (died in hospital), and
John McCalmont of Bulger, Washington Co.
John ]\rcAlister Gemmill, son of William and Agnes
Proudfit (I\IcAlister) Gemmill, lives on the old Gemmill
farm which has been held in that name for more than one
and a half centuries, and which lies not far from Proud-
foot's Point, the home of ANDREW PROUDFOOT (2).
He has eight children:
1. Annie (6) (Mrs. Ettlich).
2. William H. (6).
3. Albert V. (6).
4. John M., Jr. (6).
§. Florence (6).
6. Roscoe (6).
7. Chauncey (6).
8. Norman (6).
James Proudfit (5), of Pottstown, Pa., is of this line
of Proudfits.
J. M. GEMMILL
3d -jy
PART II.
FAMILY RECORD OF ALEXANDER PROUD-
FIT AND MARTHA McCLEARY
(Continued)
(For Record of their Marriage and Birth of their Children
«ee Part I, page 17)
1590386
I.
Andrew Proudfit (4), m. Nov. 26, 1823, Isabella
Smith, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Mclntire)
Smith, b. Aug. 13, 1803, in Seneca, Ontario Co., N. Y.
Issue (surname Proudfit) :
1. Elizabeth Mclntire (5), b. Mch. 9, 1825, in Friend-
ship, Allegany Co., N. Y.
2. Alexander (5), b. May 20, 1827, in Friendship, Al-
legany Co., N, Y.
3. William Smith (5), b. Dec. 26, 1828, in Friendship,
Allegany Co., N. Y.
4. John (5), b. Feb. 9, 1831, in Friendship, Allegany
Co., N. Y.
5. Leonard (5), b. Feb. 22, 1833, in Friendship, Alle-
gany Co., N. Y.
6. Martha McCIeary (5), b. July 17, 1835, in Franklin
Tp., Erie Co., Pa.
7. David (5), b. Dec. 10, 1837, in Franklin Tp., Erie
Co., Pa.
8. Robert (5), b. Sept. 26, 1839, in Franklin Tp., Erie
Co., Pa.
9. Andrew Jameson (5), b. Sept. 9, 1841, in Franklin
Tp., Erie Co., Pa.
10. Francis Trimmer (5), b. Mch. 15, 1844, in Franklin
Tp., Erie Co., Pa.
Andrew Proudfit (4) served as a volunteer in the
"War of 1812. His company, under Capt. William Alli-
son, was ordered out Nov. 7, 1814.* In 1817 he went
with his father's family to Western New York. After
his marriage he lived in Friendship, Allegany Co., N. Y.,
until 1833. In that year he moved with his family to
Franklin Tp., Erie Co., Pa., where he bought a farm of
•His return was fixed in the memory of his sister Martha
by what seemed to the child's mind a domestic catastrophe. A
few neighbors had come in to welcome the young soldier home,
and while conversation was going on, a china cupboard fell with
a crash, just missing the head of the small Nancy, who ran lo
her mother crying, "It wasn't me!" An old man who was one
of the callers was so amused that he kept chuckling at intervals
during the rest of his stay, " *It was na' me/ quo' ehe! 'It was
na' me,' quo' she."
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S6 HISTORY OF THE PROUDFIT FAMILY
H. J. Iluidekoper. Here he farmed and practiced his
trade of cooper until his children were grown, and here
at the home of his oldest son, to whom the farm had
been transferred, he died of pneumonia, Jan. 20, 1S75.
He was a man of strong character, but not afreres-
sive. His unquestioned integrity and absolute fairness
commanded confidence, and his uniformly considerate
treatment of others made enemies impossible. Sincrai-
larly free from personal prejudices and petty weak-
nesses, he was one of those rare persons whose friends
find nothing to censure during his life, and nothing to
excuse after his death.
A quiet dignity of manner, and an intelligent in-
terest in matters of general importance, gave the im-
pression of a man of the world, though after he settled
in Pennsylvania he rarely traveled beyond the limits of
the county, and never made a journey by rail. His mind
was open and receptive to the last. The habit of smok-
ing, formed when a young man, he gave up after he was
seventy years old, because he became convinced that it
was injurious.
He had a great fondness for flowers. My earliest
recollection of a visit at "Uncle Andrew's" is associated
with my first acquaintance with the gilliflower or stock,
some plants of whicli were blooming luxuriantly where
he had sown the seed in a hollow stump in his front door-
yard.
Isabella (Smith) Proudfit d. Jan. 30, 18G5, at her
home in Franklin Township, Erie County, Pa.
She was a woman of great energy and physical en-
durance. Her life was undoubtedly shortened by grief
and anxiety. Five of her sons had enlisted in the Union
Army in the Civil War, and at the time of her death one
had died of wounds, one been reported missing after a
battle and not again heard from, and two had been con-
fined in Southern prisons, the fate of one of whom — her
youngest child — was unknown.
Descendants of Andrew Proudfit (4) :
1. Elizabeth Mclntire Proudfit (5), m. Mch. 11, 1847,
Warren, son of Paul and Clarissa Marble, b. Jan.
23, 1822, d. Jan. 15, 1852.
Issue (surname ^Marble) :
1. Alban Warren (6), b. Sept. 14, 1848, in Franklin
Tp., Erie Co., Pa. Address (1907), Hamilton,
Montana.
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Albau Warren Marble (6), m. Sept. 14, 1S69,
Amanda Lenora, daughter of ^ledad and Mary (Free-
man) Hotchkiss, b. Dec. 2S, 1S49, in Crawford' County,
Pa., d. Dec. 7, 1889, in Shelton, Neb.
Issue (surname Marble) :
1. Nora Elizabeth (7), b. Mch. 16, 1873, in Clay County,
Kans., d. iMch. 14, 1874.
2. Manton Medad (7), b. Aug. 25, 1875, in Clay County,
Kans.
3. Nellie Elizabeth (7), b. May 17, 1877, at Edinboro,
Pa.
4. Blanche May (7), b. Mch. 14, 1886, at Shelton, Neb.
Nellie Elizabeth I\rarble, m. Dec. 23, 1897, William,
son of Henry James and ]\Iary Ann (AVright) Richard-
son, b. Jan. 16, 1865, in Yorkshire, England.
Issue (surname Richardson) :
1. Manila See (8), b. Dec. 29, 1898, at Hamilton, Ra-
valli Co., ]\Iont.
2. Harold Alban (8), b. Aug. 3, 1900, at Stevensville,
Mont.
3. Hazel :\rarie (8), b. July 9, 1902, at Hamilton, Mont.
4. Anna Elizabeth (8), b. Aug. 31, 1904, at Hamilton,
:Mont.
5. Florence Opal (8), b. Aug. 25, 1906, at Hamilton,
Mont.
Blanche May Marble (7), m. May 26, 1906, Harry
Joseph, son of William Hitchcott, b. Feb. 5, 1878, in
England. Adress (1907) Hamilton, ]Mont.
Elizabeth IVIcIntire (Proudfit) ^larble, m. ]May 2,
1854, Charles, son of Ezekiel and Dimis (Van Ross) Bil-
lings, b. Aug. 23, 1823, d. Oct. 3, 1901, at Edinboro, Pa.
Issue (surname Billini^s) :
2. Vernon B. (6), b. Feb': 11, 1855, Franklin Tp., Erie
Co., Pa.
3. Frank T. (6), b. Aug. 3, 1856, Franklin Tp., Erie Co.,
Pa.
4. Archie (6), b. Dec. 4, 1859, Franklin Tp., Erie Co.,
Pa.
5. Hugh Compton (6), b. Feb. 23, 1864, Franklin Tp.,
Erie Co., Pa.
After her marriage with Charles Billings, Elizabeth
Mclntire (Proudfit) Billings (5) lived on the farm in
Franklin Township, now (1907) owned by her son
Archie, until after the marriage of her children. Mr.
38 insiORV OF TflE t'KOUDFIT FAMILY
Billings retired from farming; in 1SS6 and moved to Ed-
inboro, Pa., -where ]^Irs. Billings still lives.
Vernon B. Billings (6) m. Sept. 23, 1879, Jennie
^riranda, dau. of Alphonso Hiram and Jane (Miller)
Irish, b. April 24, 1862, at Lockport, now Platea, Erie
Co., Pa.
Issue (surname Billings) :
1. Charles Wilbur (7), b.^:\Ich. 19, 1881, Edinboro, Pa.
2. Blanche Ellen (7), b. Jan. 8, 1884, Edinboro, Pa.
3. Ralph Alphonso (7), b. Jan. 3, 1894, Edinboro, Pa.
Charles "Wilbur Billings (7) was graduated from
the State Normal School at Edinboro, Pa., June, 1900. m.
tfune 17, 1903, Mabel Idyl, dau. of David and Joanna
(Lawson) Cassidy, b. Apr. 12, 1880, at Brocton, N. Y.,
graduated from State Normal School, Edinboro, Pa.,
1900.
Issue (surname Billings) :
1. Joanna May (8), b. ]May 2, 1906, at Edinboro, Pa.
Blanche Ellen Billings (7) was graduated from the
State Normal School, Edinboro, Pa., 1904, m. :\rch. 21,
1907, Harper George Rusterholtz, b. June 24, 1882, in
McKean Tp., Erie Co., Pa.
Issue (surname Rusterholtz) :
1. Wallace Palmer (8), b. Mch. 21, 1909.
Vernon B. Billings is now (1911) cashier of the Sav-
ings Bank, Edinboro, Pa.
Frank T. Billings (6). m. Apr. 12, 1881, :Mary, dau.
of Elisha and Lydia (Eno; Mills, b. Oct. 12, 1856, Frank-
lin Twp., Erie Co., Pa.
Issue (surname Billings) :
1. Inez (7), b. Feb. 10, 1852, in Franklin Tp., Erie Co.,
Pa.
2. Andrew (7), b. July 18, 1883, in Franklin Tp., Erie
Co., Pa.
3. Nellie (7), b. Jan. 1, 1885, in Franklin Tp., Erie Co.,
Pa.
4. Barnum (7), b. June 18, 1887, in Franklin Tp., Erie
Co., Pa.
5. Hattie (7), b. Oct. 29, 1889, in Franklin Tp., Erie
Co., Pa.
6. Ellen (7), b. June 18, 1892, in Franklin Tp., Erie Co.,
Pa.
7. Harry (7), b. Jan. 17, 1900, in Franklin Tp., Erie
Co., Pa.
HISTORY OF THE PROUDFIT FAMILY 39
Address of Frank T. Billings (1911), R. D. 4, Edin-
boro, Pa.
Inez Billings (7), m. Apr. 26. 1905, Myron, son of
James and Margaret Isabel (Lowe) Edwards.
Issue (surname Edwards) :
1. Lowe Frank (8), b. Mch. 12. 1906.
2. Margaret (8), b. Mch. 20, 1908.
Nellie Billings (7), m. July 12, 1905, Grant, son of
Charles and Jane (Lockwood) LeSuer, b. Aug. 16, 1878,
in "Washington Tp., Erie Co., Pa.
Issue (surname LeSuer) :
1. Helen Elizabeth (8), b. June 3, 1906.
Barnum Billings was graduated from the State Nor-
mal School at Edinboro, Pa., 1908. Is a teacher in the
public schools.
Hattie Billings (7), m. Mch. 17, 1910, Robert, son
of John and Ellen (Swoap) Sundback, of Franklin Tp.,
Erie Co., Pa.
Archie Billings (6), ra. Apr. 30, 1885, Lucretia
Cooley, dau. of Solyman and Mary (]Marsh) Sedgwick,
b. Dec. 1, 1862, at Waterford, Erie Co., Pa.
Issue (surname Billings) :
1. Kenneth (7), b. Oct. 12, 1888, in Franklin Tp., Erie
Co., Pa.
2. Arden (7), b. Apr. 27, 1892, in Franklin Tp., Erie
Co., Pa.
3. Neal (7), b. Mch. 26, 1900, in Franklin Tp., Erie
Co., Pa.
Kenneth Billings (7), m. Dec. 28, 1910. Flossie Ulo,
dau. of Wilson B. and ^lary A. (Skelton) Alward.
Archie Billings (6), now (1907) owns and occupies
the farm about four miles northwest of Edinboro, on
which he was born.
Hugh Compton Billings (6), m. Sept. 16, 1884,
Carrie, dau. of William Bentley and Mary Ann (Piatt)
Goodrich, b. June 20, 1866.
Issue (surname Billings) :
1. Rose Opal (7), b. Apr. 2, 1888, at Edinboro, Pa.
2. Paul (7), b. ]March 23, 1890, at Edinboro, Pa.
3. Ethel Agnes (7), b. Oct. 3, 1895, at Edinboro, Pa.
Address of Hugh Compton Billings (6) (1911), Ed-
inboro, Pa.
Alexander Proudfit (5), m. July 3, 1852, Harriet
Elizabeth, dau. of Leonard and Sally (Kelley) Putnam,
b. Dec, 1834, d. July 30, 1856.
40 HISTORY OF THE PKOUDFIT FAMILY
Issue (surname Proudfit) :
1. Helen Estella (6), b. June 29, 1852, d. Feb. 22, 1860,
in Franklin Tp., Erie Co., Pa.
2. Frank Eugene (6), b. June 9, 1856, d. Sept. 16, 1856,
in Franklin Tp., Erie Co., Pa.
Alexander Proudfit (5), m. (2d) Jan. 1, 1857. Eliza-
beth, dau. of Abner and IMehitabel (Talbot) Lay, b.
Sept. 3, 1833, in Cambria, Niagara Co., N. Y., d. Sept.
3. 1905.
Issue (surname Proudfit) :
3. Ethleen Exene (6), b. Sept. 9, 1857, in Franklin
Tp., Erie Co., Pa.
4. Mary Inez (6), b. Oct. 31, 1858, in Franklin Tp.,
Erie Co., Pa.
5. Albert Menzo (6), b. Jan. 29, 1862, in Franklin Tp.,
Erie Co., Pa., d. Feb. 9, 1862, in Franklin Tp., Erie
Co., Pa.
6. David Grant (6), b. Sept. 12, 1864, in Franklin Tp.,
Erie Co., Pa.
7. George Colfax (6), b. Sept. 4, 1868, in Franklin Tp.,
Erie Co., Pa.
8. Arthur Ernest (6), b. Dee. 19, 1871, in Franklin
Tp., Erie Co., Pa., d. Mch. 8, 1878, in Franklin Tp.,
Erie Co., Pa.
9. Leo (6), b. Mch. 5, 1874, in Franklin Tp., Erie Co.,
Pa., d. Oct. 5, 1874, in Franklin Tp., Erie Co., Pa.
10. Robert Bruce (6), b. Mch. 10, 1876, in Franklin Tp.,
Erie Co., Pa.
11. Jessie Rachel (6), b. July 12, 1878, in Franklin Tp.,
Erie Co., Pa.
Alexander Proudfit (5) died Sept. 24, 1906, on the
farm which his father bought in 1833, and which he had
owned for more than thirty years.
Etlileen Exene Proudfit (6), ra. May 24, 1881, Car-
son Lee, son of William Bentley and Mary Ann (Piatt)
Goodrich, b. July 24, 1857.
Issue (surname Goodrich) :
1. Margaret Elizabeth (7), b. Dec. 20, 1881, in Wash-
ington Tp., Erie Co., Pa.
2. Donna Inez (7), b. Sept. 28, 1883, in Washington
Tp., Erie Co., Pa.
3. Nellie Isabel (7), b. July 30, 1886, in Washington
Tp., Erie Co., Pa.
4. Wilbur Bentley (7), b. Mch. 24, 1888, in Washington
Tp., Erie Co., Pa.
HISTORY OF THE PROUDFIT FAMILY 41
5. Harry Owen (7), b. May 14, 1892, in Washington
Tp., Erie Co., Pa.
Address (1911) of Mrs. Ethleen E. (Proudfit) Good-
rich, R. U., Edinboro, Pa.
Jlargaret Elizabeth Goodrich (7), in. June 1, 190-1,
John Andrew, son of Wilson and Emily (Sedgwick)
Marsh, b. Apr., 1881.
Issue (surname Marsh) :
1. Gail Andrew (8), b. Dec. 14, 1904.
2. Ethleen (8), b. Aug. 5, 1906.
3. James Elbert (8), b. July 26, 1908.
4. Carson Wilson (8), b. Aug. 14, 1910.
Margaret E. Goodrich (7) was graduated from the
State Normal School, Edinboro, 1903; Nellie I. Good-
rich and Wilbur B. Goodrich in 1906.
Mary Inez Proudfit (6), m. Aug. 8, 1878, Charles
Darius, son of Darius and Harriet (Jenkins) Caulkins, b.
Feb. 11, 1852, at Sherburne, N. Y., d. Nov. 28, 1890, at
Edinboro, Pa.
Issue (surname Caulkins) :
1. Emma Grace (7), b. Mch. 27, 1880, in Franklin Tp.,
Erie Co., Pa.
2. Harriet Elizabeth (7), b. Apr. 9, 1882, in I<>anklin
Tp., Erie Co., Pa.
3. Frank Alexander (7), b. May 19, 1886, at McKean,
Erie Co., Pa.
4. Charles (7), b. Jan. 26, 1891, at Edinboro, Pa.
Address of Mrs. M. Inez (Proudfit) Caulkins (1911),
Edinboro, Pa.
Emma Grace Caulkins, m. July, 1903, Virgil Rae,
son of Lott Halnez and ]\rargaret (Brown) Henry.
Harriet Elizabeth Caulkins, m. Dec, 1902, Clifton
John, son of John Kepler and Ellen Lavina (Bellinger)
Shreve.
Issue (surname Shreve) :
1. Grace Audine (8), b. Feb. 6, 1904.
PVank Alexander Caulkins was graduated from the
State Normal School at Edinboro, Pa., 1906.
David Grant Proudfit (6), m. Mch. 9, 1883, Ruby
Diana, dau. of Cornelius Thomas and Lauretta (Good-
rich) Swift, b. Aug. 28, 1863.
Issue (surname Proudfit) :
1. Emraett (7), b. Oct., 1883, in Franklin Tp., Erie Co.,
Pa., d. Oct. 9, 1884.
42 HISTORY OF TFIE I'ROUDFIT FAMILY
2. Emma :\[ay (7), b. May 26, 1885, in Franklin Tp.,
Erie Co., Pa.
3. Elsie Vera (7), b. Nov. 3, 1886, in Franklin Tp., Erie
Co., Pa.
4. Leonard Andrew (7), b. June 18, 1888, in Franklin
Tp., Erie Co., Pa.
5. Helen Ora (7), b. Jan. 16, 1892, in Franklin Tp., Erie
Co., Pa.
6. Mabel Lucile (7), b. Apr. 26, 1898, in Franklin Tp.,
Erie Co., Pa.
Address of David Grant Proudfit (1911), Con-
neaut, 0.
Emma May Proudfit (7), m. July 30, 1903, Charles
Monroe, son of James Monroe and Olive Eliza (Batche-
lor) Darling, b. July 10, 1882.
Elsie Vera Proudfit, m. Nov. 4, 1903, Charles, son of
James and Anna (Waltman) Smith, b. July 10, 1SS5.
George Colfax Proudfit (6), m. 1905, Lottie Daven-
port.
Issue (surname Proudfit) :
1. Virginia Inez (7).
(More than twenty years ago George Colfax Proud-
fit began accumulating material for a Proudfit Geneal-
ogy, but soon abandoned the undertaking. His papers
were placed in my hands, and supplied a few facts which
I had not found elsewhere. I\I. C.)
Robert Bruce Proudfit (6), m. June 3, 1896, Edith
Irene, dau. of Clark Franklin and Alice Cora (Harris)
Amidon, b. Feb. 10, 1877, at McLane, Pa.
Robert Bruce Proudfit was graduated from the
State Normal School at Slippery Rock, Pa., 1S95, and
has taught in the public schools since that time. Ad-
dress (1911), Liberty Lake, Washington.
William Smith Proudfit (5), m. Apr. 22, 1856, Sarah
Jane, dau. of Jesse and Sarah (Campbell) Lewis, b. July
1, 1836, in Washington Tp., Erie Co., Pa., d. Mch. 30,
1857, at Edinboro, Pa.
■ William Smith Proudfit (5), m. (2d) Harriet
Amanda, dau. of Jessie and Sarah (Campbell) Lewis, b.
Mch. 21, 1841, in Washington Tp., Erie Co., Pa. Now
living at 623 E. 41st St., Chicago, 111.
Issue (surname Proudfit) :
1. Sheldon Lewis (6), b. Dec. 27, 1861, at Edinboro, Pa.
2. James Maxwell (6), b. Mch. 30, 1864, at Edinboro,
Pa.
HISTORY OF THE PROUDFIT FAMILY 43
3. William Smith (G), b. Apr. 7, 1SG8, at Edinboro, Pa.
4. Sarah Isabel (6), b. July IG, 1S73, at Edinboro, Pa.
5. Ralph Campbell (6),b. June 25,1882, at Edinboro, Pa.
AVilliam Smith Proudtit studied medicine in Cleve-
land, but preferred pharmacy to the practice of his pro-
fession and established himself in the drug business in
Edinboro, Pa., in ISGO. For nearly thirty years he car-
ried on this business in a building directly opposite the
Presbyterian Church on ^^leadville St., occupying part
of the building as a residence. In 1889 he removed with
his family to Chicago, 111., where he died Dec. 5, 1910.
Sheldon Lewis Proudfit (6), having fitted himself
for the work at Oberlin, 0., taught music for a number
of years in Cincinnati. Is now in Chicago. Address, 623
E. 41st St., Chicago.
James Maxwell Proudfit (G), m. June 9, 1896, Clar-
issa Luella, dau. of Wellington and Josephine Amanda
(Parmalee) Lincoln and Avidow of John Blackett, b.
Sept. 27, 1871, at Ionia, Mich.
Issue (surname Proudfit) :
1. Josephine Harriet (7), b. ]Mch. 24, 1897, at Chicago,
111.
2. Helen Stewart (7), b. Dec. 29, 1899, at Chicago, 111.
3. Sarah Frances (7), b. Dec. 8, 1902, at Chicago, 111.
4. Margaret (7), b. June 10, 1906, at Chicago, 111.
5. Priscilla (7), b. Nov. 25, 1908, at Chicago, 111.
6. Jean (7), b. Nov. 24, 1909, at Chicago, 111.
James Maxwell Proudfit studied law at the Univer-
sity of ^Michigan and has practiced in Chicago since 1890.
Residence (1911), 3436 Fulton St., Chicago, 111. Office,
Security Building, Fifth Ave. and Madison St.
William Smith Proudfit, Jr., m. Nov. 10, 1886, Mat-
tie, dau. of Elizur and Hannah (Campbell) Goodrich, b.
May 31, 1866, in Washington Tp., Erie Co., Pa., d. Jan.
26, 1901, at Chicago, 111.
Issue (surname Proudfit) :
1. Bernard Maxwell (7), b. July 7, 1888, at Edinboro,
Pa. Address (1911), Charles City, low^a.
2. Russell Lee (7), b. Dec. 6, 1890, at Edinboro, Pa., d.
Feb. 25, 1891.
3. Kenneth Lewis (7), b. Nov. 29, 1891, at Chicago, 111.,
d. June 19, 1910.
4. Ruth (7), b. Sept. 13, 1893, at Chicago 111.
5. Naomi (7), b. Aug. 8, 1897, at Chicago, 111.
6. Leona (7), b. Aug. 8, 1897, at Chicago, 111.
44 HISTORY OF THE PROUDFIT FAMILY
William Smith Proudfit, Jr., m. 2d, Jennie Duns-
mour Knox Gilmour Brown, dan. of Allen Columbia and
Christina (Knox) Gilmour, adopted into a family
named Brown, b. Aug. 13, 1877, at :\Ionkton, Aryshire,
Scotland.
Family residence (1911), 127 Silas Ave., Grand Rap-
ids, IMich.
William Smith Proudfit, Jr., is President of the
Loose Leaf Company, 10 Lyons St., Grand Rapids, Mich.
This concern manufactures exclusively the inventions of
Mr. Proudfit, covering a wide variety of loose leaf
binders.
Sarah Isabel Proudfit (6), took a business course at
the Chicago University, and taught for several years in
the public schools of that city. She married Aug. 3,
1903, William Henry George, son of William and ]^lelissa
Jane (Williams) Roden, b. Feb. 4, 1868, at Glen Wil-
liams, Ontario, d. 1907.
Issue (surname Roden) :
1. Alice Williams (7), b. Dec. 8, 1907, in Chicago, 111.
Ralph Campbell Proudfit (6), m. July 23, 1903, Wil-
helmina, dau. of William and Wilhelmina (Borett)
Meier, b. Aug. 1, 1882.
Ralph Campbell Proudfit and his nephew, Kenneth
Lewis Proudfit, were killed June 19, 1910, while riding
in an automobile. The ear was struck by an express
train at an unguarded cro.ssing in Wildwood, a suburb
of Chicago.
John Proudfit (5), m. Apr. 29, 1869, Harriet Emily,
dau. of John Augustus and C^larissa (Harrison) Culbert-
6on. Address (1911), Edinboro, Pa.
At the breaking out of the Civil War John Proudfit
(5) was teaching in Texas. He made his way North
with difficulty, and after reaching home enlisted Aug.
13, 1862, in C\3. B, 145th Reg. Pa. Vols., with the rank of
sergeant. Taken prisoner before Petersburg, June 16,
1864, he was held in Andersonville and Camp Florence
until Dec. 11, 1864, when he was paroled. Diseharered
June 17, 1865. After his discharge he studied law in
Erie. Was admitted to the bar April 26, 1876. Has held
the office of justice of the peace in Edinboro for several
terms.
Leonard Proudfit (5) was an ordained minister of
the United Presbyterian Church. He was educated at
Waterford Academy (Erie Co., Pa.), Michigan Uuiver-
HISTORY OF THE PROUDFIT FAMU.Y 45
sity, and the Theological Seminary, Allegheny, Pa. Was
ordained at Promise City, Iowa, Oct. 21, 1868. Was pas-
tor of congregations in the following places successively:
Corydon, la., Oreliard. Neb., and Dunbar, Neb.; and was
stated supply at St. Charles, la. He died at his home in
Clarinda, la., Nov. IS, 1906. His remains were taken to
Edinboro, Pa., and buried beside those of his first wife.
Leonard Proudfit, m. Dec. 27, 1859, Lovinna, dau. of
James and Lydia (:\IcLellan) Port, b. Jan. 21, 1835, in
Erie Co., Pa., d. Nov. 21, 1878, at Waterford, Erie Co., Pa.
Issue (surname Proudfit) :
1. Leon Roy (6), b. June 30, 1863, at AYaterford, Pa.
2. Anna Belle (6), b. June 6, 1868, at Corydon, la.
3. Nellie Effa (6), b. Feb. 4, 1873, at Corydon, la.
Rev. Leonard Proudfit, m. 2d Harriet Gano, dan.
of Alexander and ]\Iary (Gulick) Bain, b. Nov. 13, 1851,
at Laporte, Ind.
Issue (surname Proudfit) :
4. Andrew Carlyle (6), b. Feb. 10, 1881, at Corydon, la.
5. Helen Merle (6), b. Nov. 6, 1885, at Albia, la.
Address (1911) of Mrs. Leonard Proudfit, Clar-
inda, la.
Leon Roy Proudfit is now living at Orchard, Neb.,
where he owns and manages a large stock ranch.
Anna Belle Proudfit, m. June 12, 1903, Alonzo, son of
John ^lartin and ^lary Ann (Christopher) Mickle.
Issue (surname Mickle) :
1. Leon Reese (7), b. Apr. 10, 1904, at Chariton, la.
2. Robert :Maurice (7), b. Jan. 20, 1908, at Chariton, la.
Address of ]\rrs. Anna Belle (Proudfit) Mickle
(1911), Chariton, la.
Andrew Carlyle Proudfit, m. Aug., 1902, Ida Belle,
dau. of Samuel and Sarah Ann (Priest) Todd.
Issue (surname Proudfit) :
1. Phyllis Gwendolyn (7), b. Oct. 7, 1909.
Address (1911) of Andrew Carlyle Proudfit, Clar-
inda, la.
Martha McCleary Proudfit (5), m. May 31, 1859,
Charles Lewis, son of John Augustus and Clarissa (Har-
rison) Culbertson, b. Mch. 7, 1832, at Edinboro, Pa., d.
Sept. 4, 1910, at Edinboro.
Issue (surname Culbertson) :
1. Clarissa Isabelle (6), b. June 4, 1861, at Edinboro.
2. Loua Mabel (6), b. Jan. 24^ 18G4, at Edinboro.
46 UrSTORY OK THK PKOUDKIT FvMILY
3. Harriet Emily (6), b. Sept. 10, 1SG5, at Edinboro, d.
Oct. 22. 1870.
4. Agnes Anua (6), b. Sept. 15, 1867, at Edinboro.
5. Harry Ernest (6), b. June 23. 1870. at Edinl)oro.
6. Mary Elizabeth (6), b. Aug. 5, 1872. at Edinboro.
7. Andrew Augustus (6), b. Dec. 15, 1874, at Edinboro.
Clarissa Isabelle Culbertson, ni. Dee. 26, 1883,
Frank ilaxwell, son of Willard and Sarah (Adams)
Pulling, b. Aug. 7, 1862. at Sherred Hill, Erie Co., Pa.
Issue (surname Pulling) :
1. Charles Everett (7), b. Aug. 1, 1885, at Sherred Hill,
Erie Co., Pa.
2. Agnes Merle (7), b. July 29, 1887, at Sherred Hill,
Erie Co., Pa., d. Nov. 26, 1SS8.
3. Margaret Louise (7), b. Sept. 8, 1893, at Sherred
Hill.
Charles Everett Pulling (7), m. Apr. 21, 1906, :\Iary,
dau. of Scott and Ida (Armstrong) Brown, b. Jan. 3,
1888, at Union City, Pa.
Issue (surname Pulling) :
1. James Brown (8), b. Nov. 6, 1910, at Cambridge
Springs, Pa.
Address of Mrs. Frank M. Pulling (1911), Cam-
bridge Springs, Pa.
Loua Mabel Culbertson, m. Aug. 13, 1885, Charles
William, son of John and Louisa (Bertram) Dundon, b.
Sept. 22, 1865, at Drake's Mills, Crawford Co., Pa.
Issue (surname Dundon) :
1. Helen Louise (7), b. Dec. 8, 1889, at Edinboro,
Pa. Graduated from State Normal School at that
place, 1907.
2. Louis John (7), b. Jan. 17, 1892, at Edinboro. Grad-
uated from Normal School at that place, 1910.
3. Lynn Culbertson (7), b. Mch. 24. 1897, at Edinboro.
4. Roscoe Charles (7), b. July 21, 1902, at Edinboro.
Address of Mrs. Charles William Dundon (1911),
Edinboro, Pa.
Agnes Anna Culbertson was graduated from the
State Normal School at Edinboro, Pa., in 1886. Taught
for a time, but is now (1911), and has for some years,
been assistant cashier of the Edinboro Savings Bank.
Harry Ernest Culbertson is engaged in real estate
and other commercial business. Address, Edinboro, Pa.
Mary Elizabeth Culbertson was graduated from the
State Normal School at Clarion, Pa., in 1892. Taught at
HISTORY OF TFIE PROUDFIT FAMILY 47
Conemaugh, Pa., Escanaba, Mich., and Redlands, Calif.
Gave up teaching for business in 1903, and is now a
member of the firm of Ilarley & Culbertson, ladies' fur-
nishing store, 7 Valley St., Lewiston, Pa.
Andrew Augustus Culbertson was graduated from
the State Normal School at Edinboro in 1893, and from
Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa., in 1901 ; m. Jan. 15,
1908, Anna Giles, dau. of Isaac Robbins and Sarah
(Giles) Reeder, b. Sept. 29, 1873; is now (1911) presi-
dent and manager of The Culbertson Coal Co., Erie, Pa.
OfQee, Downing Building.
Mrs. ]\Iartha IMcCleary (Proudfit) Culbertson is
now living in Edinboro, in the house which has been her
home for nearly fifty years.
David Proudfit,(5) enlisted in Co. C of a regiment or-
ganized in Erie, Pa., in response to the call for "three
months' men" at the opening of the War of the Rebel-
lion, which regiment drilled for three months but was
never mustered into the army of the United States. He
was third sergeant in this company. At the expiration
of his term of enlistment he re-enlisted, Aug. 26. ISGl,
in Co. D. of the 83d Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers,
and was chosen sergeant.
He was wounded June 27, 1862, at the battle of
Gaines's ]\rill, and died in Philadelphia, Aug 5, 1862. Is
buried in the old cemetery at Edinboro, Pa.
David Proudfit m. Aug., 1861, Anna, dau. of Hugh
and Mary Ann (^Vaidley) Ilaggerty, who married 2d,
J. N. ]McCloskey and died in Meadville, Pa.
Robert H. Proudfit (5) enlisted with his brother
David, both in the Erie Regiment, and in Co. D of the
83d Regiment. At the second battle of Bull Run, Aug.
30, 1862, he was wounded and left on the field, where, it
is believed, he died, as no later information could be ob-
tained regarding him.
Andrew Jameson Proudfit ra. Feb. 13, 1866, VTy-
nette, dau. of Wynant and Mary Ann (Nodine) Stone, b.
June 1, 1843, in Woodcock Tp., Crawford Co., Pa., d.
Feb. 22, 1887, at Edinboro, Pa.
Issue (surname Proudfit) :
1. Charles (6), b. Apr. 25, 1868, at Edinboro, Pa., d.
Mch. 26, 1893, at Edinboro.
2. Robert (6), b. Oct. 18, 1877, at Edinboro, Pa.
Charles Proudfit (6) m. Apr. 26, 1888, Margaret
48 HISTORY OF THE PROUDFIT FAMILY
Waid, dau. of Charles AVesley and ^lary Jane (Hamil-
ton) Benu, b. Sept. 28, 1867, at Tryouville, Pa.
Issue (surname Proudfit) :
1. Mary Wynette (7), b. Mch. 1, 1889, at Edinboro, Pa.,
was graduated from the State Normal School at
Slippery Rock, Pa., 1909.
2. Lucile :\rarguerite (7), b. July 31, 1890, at Edinboro,
Pa., was graduated from State Normal School at
Slippery Rock, 1910.
Robert Proudfit (6), m. Apr. 29, 1902, Jeanette, dau.
of Edmond and Ann (Douglas) Robbins, b. Nov. 2, 1878,
at Ogden, Utah.
Issue (surname Proudfit) : ' .
1. Doris Wynette (7), b. Sept. 21, 1903, at Ogden, Utah.
2. Phyllis (7), b. July 3, 1907, at Ogden, Utah.
Andrew Jameson Proudfit (5), m. 2d, Mch. 12, 1888,
Ida Georgina, dau. of James Philip and Eliza (Nodine)
Crook, b. Oct. 25, 1852, at Erie, Pa.
Under the firm name of Proudfit Sporting Goods
Co., Andrew Jameson Proudfit and his son Robert do
business at 351 Twenty-fourth St., Ogden, Utah.
Francis Trimmer Proudfit enlisted in Co. B, 145th
Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, which was mus-
tered into service Aug. 26, 1862. He was taken prisoner
at Ream Station, Weldon, R. R., Aug. 25, 1864. Was
confined in Libby Prison, Belle Isle and Salisbury,
Georgia, successively spending altogether over six
months in southern prisons. Was discharged with his
company May 31, 1865.*
Francis Trimmer Proudfit m. May 13, 1875, Mary
Elizabeth, dau. of Leander and Aliff Eliza (Fellows)
Putnam, b. Feb. 8, 1848, in Franklin Tp., Erie Co., Pa.
Issue (surname Proudfit) :
1. Andrew Bruce (6), b. Aug. 3, 1888, at Edinboro, Pa.
2. William Burns (6), b. Aug. 3, 1888, at Edinboro, Pa.,
d. June 13, 1908.
3. Francis Trimmer (6), b. May 3, 1890, at Edinboro,
Pa.
Andrew Bruce Proudfit was graduated from State
Normal School at Edinboro, Pa., 1906, and from Dart-
mouth College, Feb., 1911.
From 1875 to 1902, with a brief interruption in
•In honor of the Civil War veterans of this family the Grand
Army Post at Edinboro, Pa., is named Proudfit Post.
HISTORY OF TFIE PROUDFIT FAMILY 49
1S85, F. T. Proudfit (5) conducted a grocery business in
Edinboro, Pa., where since his retirement in 1902, he
still (1911) resides.
II.
Elizabeth Proudfit (4) m. IMay, 1843, Hugh Sinclair,
son of Duncan and Christie (McXaughton) Sinclair, b.
May 18, 1801, at Maytield, N. Y.. d. Aug. 17, 1874, in Cen-
terville, Mich. Elizabeth (Proudfit) Sinclair was a person
of uncommon energy and comamnding spirit. In her
youth spinning and weaving were arts practiced in
every farmer's household, and she was expert in both.
It is said that in spinning wool she easily doubled the
usual day's work. She was ready in conversation, and
fond of the society of young people. A nephew reports
a characteristic remark. She was asserting very posi-
tively that under no circumstances would she have done
as had one of her friends, when her nephew, knowing
her uncompromising Calvinism, said, "But, Aunt Bet-
sey, you know if it was foreordained that you should do
so, you'd have had to do it." "I wouldn't," she re-
torted, "I'd have broken the decrees first" — an answer
that can be appreciated only by those who have been
brought up under the full rigor of Scottish orthodoxy.
The early part of I\Irs. Sinclair's married life was
spent on her husband's farm in Moscow, Hillsdale
County, Mich. About 18G0 they moved to Centerville,
St. Joseph County, Mich., where she died May 18, 18G3.
Her body was taken to Moscow for burial.
III.
John Proudfit m. Dec. 3, 1829, Eliza Freshour, dau.
of John and 2klary (Angelberger) Freshour, b. May 15,
1811, in Hopewell Tp., Ontario Co., New York.
Issue (surname Proudfit) :
1. William David (5), b. Sept. 23, 1830, in Hopewell
Tp., Ontario Co., N. Y.
2. John Alexander (5), b. Feb. 10, 1832, in Hopewell
Tp., Ontario Co., N. Y., d. Sept. 29, 1842, in
Branch Co., IMich.
3. Martha Ann (5), b. June 18, 1834, in Hopewell Tp.,
Ontario Co., N. Y.
4. Andrew (5), b. Apr. 13, 1836, in Hopewell Tp., On-
tario Co., N. Y., d. Sept. 21, 1839, in Coldwater,
Mich.
5. George (5), b. Jan. 28, 1838, in Hopewell Tp., On-
tario Co., N. Y.
6. Charles Henry (5), b. Aug. 6, 1841, in Coldwater,
Mich.
7. A Son (5), b. Nov. 21, 1843, in Branch, Branch Co.,
Mich., d. Nov, 22, 1843, in Branch, Branch Co.,
Mich.
8. Edward Alexander (5), b. Sept. 6, 1846, in Branch,
Branch Co., Mich., d. Sept. 13, 1846, in Branch,
Branch Co., Mich.
9. John Freshour (5), b. Oct. 7, 1850, in Seneca Tp.,
Ontario Co., N. Y.
10. Mary Eliza (5), b. Mch. 1, 1853, in Seneca Tp., On-
tario Co., N. Y.
John Proudfit (4) remained in York Co., Pa., for
three years after his father's removal to Western New
York. He then followed, making the journey on foot.
After his marriage he lived for nine years on what is
known at Algerine Street, in Hopewell Tp., Ontario
County, N. Y. In May, 1838, he moved with his family
to Branch County, Michigan, but finding the locality un-
healthy, he returned, in September, 1845, to New York,
settling in Seneca Tp., Ontario County, near the present
village of Stanley.
JOHN PKOUDFITt
HISTORY OF THE I'ROUDFIT FAMH Y 51
He was a cooper by trade, but after his return to
New York iu 1845 he followed fanning.
Like his father, he was a staunch Presbyterian, and
was a member of the Associate Reformed branch until it
was merged in the United Presbyterian Church. He
then, with the organization in Seneca Tp., of which he
was a member, known as the "No. 9 Church," joined the
General Assembly Presbyterians. In politics, he was a
lifelong and earnest adherent of the Democratic party.
He was a man of genial disposition and made many
warm friends. His fondness for a joke was one of his
most conspicuous traits.
He died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. James
Hutchinson, Dec. 27, 1889.
Eliza (Freshnour) Proudfit died June 18, 1880.
The present whereabouts of William David Proud-
fit (5), if living, is unknown. He was last heard from
just before the breaking out of the Civil War, at Mem-
phis, Tenn.
Martha Ann Proudfit (5) m. Jan. 3, 1863, James
Hutchinson, son of Ralph and Jane (Fallowfield) Hutch-
inson, b. Jan. 6, 1825, in Cumberland, Cumberland
County, England, d. Sun., June 19, 1910, in Stanley, N. Y.
Issue (surname Hutchinson) :
1. Jane (6), b. Nov. 28, 1863, near Stanley, Ontario Co.,
N. Y.
2. John (6), b. July 28, 1866, near Stanley, Ontario Co.,
N. Y.
3. Eliza (6), b. Feb. 12, 1868, near Stanley, Ontario Co.,
N. Y.
Mrs. Martha Ann (Proudfit) Hutchinson now
(1911) lives on the farm near Stanley, N. Y., which she
and her husband have occupied for many years, and
which is at present managed by their son, John Hutchin-
son (6).
Jane Hutchinson (6) m. June 18, 1891, Joseph, son
of Frederick and Rebekah (Burrage) Cooper, b. Apr. 21,
1862, in England.
Issue (surname Cooper) :
1. James Frederic (7), b. Aug. 28, 1894, in Stanley,
N. Y.
2. Floyd Temple (7), b. May 16, 1897, in Stanley, N. Y.
3. Harold Joseph (7), b. Aug. 15, 1906, in Stanley, N. Y.
Address of Joseph and Jane (Hutchinson) Cooper
(1911), Stanley, N. Y.
62 HESTORY OF THE PROUDFIT FAMILY
John Hutchinson m. Feb. 15, 1893, Ada. dau. of
John Williams and Julia Etta (Wickwire) Putnam, b.
Kov. 1, 1871, in Canada.
Issue (surname Hutchinson) :
1. Ina May (7), b. July 10, 1S94, at Stanley, N. Y.
2. IMabel Louise (7), b. Jan. 23, 1897, at Stanley, N. Y.
3. James George (7), b. Sept. 2, 1898, at Stanley, N. Y.
4. :yrartha Julia (7), b. Dec. 20, 1899, at Stanley, N. Y.
5. Charlotte E. (7), b. Jan. 18, 1911, at Stanley, N. Y.
Address of John Hutchinson (1908), Stanley, N. Y.
Eliza Hutchinson (6), m. Dec. 10, 1885, John Philip,
son of John and Ann (Oliver) Williams, b. Oct. 15, 18b3,
in Bedfordshire, Eng.
George Proudfit (5) m. July 16, 1868, Maggie Her-
indeen.
Issue (surname Proudfit) :
1. Dora Nell (6), b. July 7, 1864.
2. William E. (6), d. at the age of 1 yr. 9 mos. 15 days.
George Proudfit (5), on Aug. 26, 1861, entered the
United States service as captain of Co. K, 8th ]\Iich. Inf.,
and resigned Dec. 3, 1862. He died June 18, 1880, at
Jackson, Mich. His wife had died about six years before.
Charles Henry Proudfit (5), on July 28, 1862, en-
listed as corporal in Co. F, 126th N. Y. Inf. He lost his
left arm ISlay 6, 1864, in the battle of the Wilderness.
AVas discharged Dec. 24, 1864. Notwithstanding his dis-
ability he worked for a number of years at farming, and
later at house painting. He married Jan. 23, 1877, Lil-
lian Estella, dau. of Andrew Jackson and Harriet Short
(Barlow) Ilanna, b. Feb. 20, 1852, at Clifton Springs, N.
Y. Their present address (1911) is 35 Darien St., Roch-
ester, N. Y.
• John Freshour Proudfit (5) m. June 5, 1869, Docia
Elizabeth, dau. of George Washington and Alice (Peper)
Baker, b. July 26, 1852, at Geneva, N. Y.
Issue (surname Proudfit) :
1' P>anklin John (6), b. Apr. 25, 1871, in Geneva, N. Y.,
d. Sept. 2, 1871, in Geneva, N. Y.
2. Alice Mary (6), b. Sept. 26, 1872, in Geneva, N. Y.
3. Dora Eliza (6), b. Aug. 6, 1876, in Geneva, N. Y., d.
Aug. 22, 1880, in Geneva, N. Y.
4. Doris Goldman (6), b. Apr. 12, 1894, in Geneva, N. Y.
John Freshour Proudfit (5) has been for many years
a traveling salesman. His home since marriage has been
in Geneva, N. Y.
HISTORY OF THE PROUDFIT FAMILY 53
Alice Mary Proudfit (6) m. Nov. 23, 1904, Victor
Hugo, son of Seymour Lyman and IMartha (Branan)
Harrell, b. June 24, 1876, at Cambridge, N. Y. Now
(190S) living in Rochester, N. Y.
Mary Eliza Proudfit (5) m. Dee. 9, 1873, John
Henry, son of John Garrett and Eliza (Kierstead) Van
Riper, b. Aug. 27, 1846, in Webster, ^lich.
Issue (surname Van Riper) :
1. Charles LeRoy (6), b. Nov. 16, 1875, in Gorham Tp.,
Ontario Co., N. Y.
2. Clayton Peter (6), b. Dec. 20, 1877, in Gorham Tp.,
Ontario Co., N. Y.
Mr. and ]\Irs. John H. Van Riper are now (1911)
living in Stanley, N. Y.
Charles LeRoy Van Riper m. Nov. 9, 1898, Flora Ca-
dema, dau. of Edgar and Alice (Stokes) Phillips, b. June
8, 1876, in Gorham Tp., Ontario Co., N. Y.
Issue (surname Van Riper) :
1. Pearl Irene (7), b. Aug. 5, 1899.
Charles LeRoy Van Riper, d. July 1, 1899, in Gor-
ham Tp., Ontario Co., N. Y.
Clayton Peter Van Riper (6) m. Jan. 1, 1901, Mrs.
Flora Cadema (Phillips) Van Riper. Address (1908),
Newark, N. Y.
IV.
Sarah Proudfit (4), m. Sept. 3, 1831, in Peoria, Gen-
essee Co., N. Y., John Gillespie, son of Richard and
Martha (Mcllvain) Gillespie, b .Dec. 24, 1806, in Hebron,
Washington Co., N. Y.
Issue (surname Gillespie) :
1. Martha Elizabeth (5) b. Aug. 24, 1834, in Peoria,
Genessee Co., N. Y.
2. John Alexander (5), b. July 5, 1837, in Peoria, Gen-
essee Co., N. Y.
3. William Henry (5), b. Mch. 29, 1840, in Moscow,
Hillsdale Co., Mich.
Mrs. Sarah (Proudfit) Gillespie spent the first years
of her married life at the little village of Five Corners,
in the town of Peoria, Genesee Co., N. Y. In ^lay, 1839,
she removed to Hillsdale County, ^Michigan. The family
made their home for a time in the town of ^'vloscow, but
efterward settled in Mosherville. In this village the re-
mainder of her life was spent.
She was a quiet, unaggressive woman, whose life ex-
emplified the religious precepts in which she was in-
structed in her youth. She spent herself without stint in
the service of her family until attacked by the short ill-
ness from which she died, January 6, 1865.
John Gillespie died March 22, 1872, in Montgomery,
Hillsdale Co., Mich.
Martha Elizabeth Gillespie (5), m. June 3, 1858, in
Mosherville, Mich., Abial Wesley, son of Ira and Lydia
(Wicks) Tripp, b. Oct. 9, 1833, in Jefferson Co., N. Y.
Issue (surname Tripp) :
1. Frank Ira (6), b. Oct. 27, 1859, in Mosherville, Hills-
dale Co., Mich.
2. Alice Sarah (6), b. Nov. 1, 1863, in Bay City, Mich.,
d. Aug. 4, 1865.
Mrs. Martha Elizabeth (Gillespie) Tripp now lives
(1911) with her son at 202 Maple Ave., E. Jackson, Mich.
John Alexander Gillespie (5), m. May 8, 1860,
Amanda Malvina, dau. of John and Irene (Ashley) Wei-
SARAH (PKOUDFIT) GILLESPIE
HISTORY OF THE PROUOFIT FAMILY 55
don, b. Apr. 24, 1S41, in Columbia Co., N. Y., d. Aug. 2:^,
1872, at Mosherville, Mich.
Issue (surname Gillespie) :
1. Winfield Seott (GT, 1). July 8, 11861, at Moshervil>e,
^lich.
2. Edwin Guain (6), b. Aug. 29, 1863, at Mosherville,
Mich.
3. Rena May (6), b. June 30, 1866, at Mosherville,
Mich., d. June 14, 1873, at ]\Iosherville, :\Iich.
4. Martha Ann (6), b. Mch. 1, 1869, at Mosherville,
Mich.
5. Sarah Alice (6), b. Apr. 13, 1872, at Mosherville,
Mich., d. Sept. 11, 1872, at Mosherville, Mich.
Edwin Guain Gillespie (6), ra. Feb. 6, 1895, at Jones-
ville, Mich., Anna Evalyn, dau. of Samuel Jason and
Emma (Gregory) Monsell, b. Nov. 2, 1874, at Jonesville,
Mich.
Issue (surname Gillespie) :
1. Edwin Leonard (7), b. May 14, 1896, at Jonesville,
Mich.
2. Irene May (7), b. Feb. 6, 1898, at Jonesville, Mich.
3. Marian (7), b. Dec. 28, 1905, at Jonesville, Mich.
William Henry Gillespie (5), m. Oct. 9, 1862, Eliza-
beth ^laria, dau. of Thomas and Martha (Everingham)
French, b. Nov. 15, 1839, in Scipio, Hillsdale Co., Mich.
Issue (surname Gillespie) :
1. Thomas Clarke (6), b. Feb. 26, 1865, in Mosherville,
,Mich.. d. Mch. 24, 1884, in Mosherville, Mich.
2. Minnie Almiua (6), b. Apr. 29, 1868, in Mosherville,
Mich.
3. William Andrew (6), b. June 7, 1870, in Mosherville,
Mich.
William Henry Gillespie (5) has been for many
years a dealer in boots and shoes in JMosherville, Mich.
Minnie Almina Gillespie (6) m. Nov. 17, 1897, Harry
Buck, son of Judson and Jane (Turner) Harwood, b.
June 2, 1871, in St. Louis, Mich.
Issue (surname Harwood) :
1. Ralph Emerson (7), b. June 30, 1900, at Mosherville,
Mich., d. July 3, 1900, at Mosherville, Mich.
2. George Leslie (7), b. Aug. 2, 1901, at Mosherville,
Mich.
3. Clifford Jay (7), b. Dec. 9, 1905, at Mosherville,
Mich.
66 HISTORY OF THE PROUDFIT FAMILY
Mrs. Minnie Almina (Gillespie) Harwood (6) d.
July 3, 1907, in Mosherville, Mich.
William Andrew Gillespie (6), ni. Mch. 15, 1892, in
Mosherville, Mich., Eunice, dau. of George and Elizabeth
(Knapp) Springer, b. Apr. 1, 1869, in Cambria, Hillsdale
Co., Mich.
Issue (surname Gillespie) :
1. Hazel Marie (7), b. Oct. 4, 1S93, at Mosherville, Mich.
2. William Howard (7), b. Feb. 19, 1895, at Mosher-
ville, Mich.
8. Gladys Elizabeth (7), b. Oct. 6, 1902, at Mosherville,
Mich.
DAVID PROCDFITi
V.
David Proudfit (4) m. Jan. 22, 1835, Margaret Gay,
who died about June, 1S36.
Issue (surname Proudfit) :
1. James Maxwell (5), b. Dec. 17, 1835, d. Feb. 8, 1842,
near Edinboro, Pa.
According to the testimony of all who remember
him, "]\IaxweU" was a child of uncommonly attractive
personality. In suggesting that something more than a
mere mention would not be inappropriate to his memory,
"Vvllliam S. Proudfit, Sr., of Chicago, writes: "You can
judge how I regarded him, when I named my boy after
him, twenty years after his death. He was the most
amiable and lovelv child I ever knew.")
David Proudfit (4), m. (2d) Nancy Ann McWil-
liams, dau. of John and Hannah (Campbell) McWilliams,
b. July 14, 1814, at Edinboro, Pa., d. Jan. 18, 1852, in
Mercer, Pa.
Issue (surname Proudfit) :
2. Francis Marion (5), b. May 2, 1843, in Washington
Tp., Erie Co., Pa.
3. IMartha Hannah (5), b. Oct. 8, 1846, in Mercer, Pa.
4. Mary Jane (5), b. Dec. 2, 1848, in Mercer, Pa.
5. John Alexander (5), b. Jan. 9, 1852. in Mercer, Pa.
David Proudfit (4), m. (3d) Apr. 27, 1854, Jane Mc-
Burney, dau. of John and ^lary (Francis) McBurney, b.
in 1816, in Ireland, d. Sept. 5, 1881, in Wyoming, Iowa.
Issue (surname Proudfit) :
6. Thomas Andrew (5), b. Feb. 8, 1855, in Mercer, Pa.
7. James McDonald (5), b. Feb. 12, 1859, in Merger, Pa.,
d. Jan. 9, 18G3, in Mercer, Pa.
David Proudfit (4) moved in 1833 from Western
New York to Washington Tp., Erie Co., Pa., where he
owned a small farm about two miles west of Edinboro,
and worked at his trade of cooper. About 1845 he moved
to Mercer, Pa., where the rest of his life was spent.
He was a member of the Associate Reformed (later
United Presbyterian) Church, and his principal motive
in changing his residence to Mercer was his desire to be
near an organization of that denomination. His life was
58 HISTORV OF THE PROUDFIT FAMILY
governed most strictly by his religious convictions. An
incident is told illustrating his careful observance of the
Covenanter Sabbath. A neighbor stopped on his ^vay
home from church one Sunday to ask I\Ir. Proudtit, who
was always ready to do a favor, if he would lend him a
harness next morning, when he wished to make an early
start for Erie. "Call in the morning and I'll tell you,"
was IMr. Proudfit's answer. He died at his home in Mer-
cer, Jan. 2, 1866.
Francis Marion Proudfit (5) enlisted in April, 1861,
in Co. G., Tenth Pennsylvania Reserves, and was killed
May 9, 1864, in the battle of the Wilderness.
Martha Hannah Proudfit (5) m. Oct. 21, 1868, at
Centerville, I\Iich., William Henry, son of George and
Melinda (Byerly) Shaffer, b. Jan. 18, 1841, at Meadville,
Pa., d. Mch. 31, 1901, at Meadville, Pa.
Issue (surname Shaffer) :
1. Linda Ann (6), b. Jan. 29, 1870. at Meadville, Pa., ra.
June 2. 1897, Ward Augustus, son of Orville
Parker and Abigail Augusta (Wells) Dana, b.
Mch. 25, 1869, at Little Genesee, N. Y.
Mrs. Martha Hannah (Proudfit) Shaffer and ]Mr. and
Mrs. Ward A. Dana are now (1911) living at 759 N.
Park Ave., Meadville, Pa.
Mary Jane Proudfit (5), m. Dec, 1870, George, son
of Isaac R. and Eleanor (Reeder) Taylor.
Issue (surname Taylor) :
1. Paul (6), b. Oct. 1, 1871, at Bartlett, Tenn., m. Zella
I^Iay White.
Issue (surname Taylor) :
1. Cecil Ward (7).
Thomas Andrew Proudfit (5), m. Oct. 15, 1877, at
Wyoming, Iowa, Sarah Hester Belle McCready, dau. of
John Richard and iMary (W^illiams) McCready, b. Sept.
16, 1857, in Ohio.
Issue (surname Proudfit) :
1. Jessie Elizabeth (6), b. July 30, 1878, near Mon-
mouth, Iowa.
2. Charles Arthur (6), b. Oct. 5, 1880, near Monmouth,
Iowa.
3. Winifred Llay (6), b. June 22, 1892, near Elliott,
Calif.
4. Benjamin George (6), b. Sept. 29, 1894, near Elliott,
Calif.
Thomas Andrew Proudfit is now (1911) living in
HISTORY OF THE PROUDFIT FAMILY 59
Escalon, San Joaquin Co., Calif., where he owns and man-
ages a large wheat farm. Address, Escalon, San Joaquin
Co., Calif.
Jessie Elizabeth Proudfit (6), m. Aug. 31, 1899, near
Escalon, Calif., Andrew Roby ]\Ioore, son of Thomas i\I.
and Mary (Chedister) Moore, b. July 18, 1877, near
Stockton, Calif.
Issue (surname !Moore) :
1. Alta ^lildred (7), b. Aug. 26, 1900, near Escalon,
Calif.
2. Velma Pearl (7), b. Dec. 30, 1901, near Escalon, Calif.
3. Charles Homer (7), b. Sept. 23, 1903, near Escalon,
Calif.
Charles Arthur Proudfit (6) m. Aug. 25, 1907, at
Farmington, Calif., Ethel Acker.
Issue (surname Proudfit) :
1. Mavis Clair (7), b, Aug. 7, 1909.
VI.
Alexander Proudfit (4) m. Feb. 21, 1833, Margaret
Morrow, b. 1809, d. Sept. 6, 1892, at the home of her old-
est son, Oskaloosa, la.
Issue (surname Proudfit) :
1. John Alexander (5), b. May 2, 1834.
2. Mary (5), b. 1836.
3. Andrew James (5), b. 1848.
■ . Alexander Proudfit (4) went from western New
York to Pennsylvania in 1S33, and settled on a farm in
Franklin Tp., Erie Co., near his brother Andrew. Find-
ing the labor of clearing a farm in that locality greater,
and the soil less productive than he had expected, he re-
mained but a year or two, going to Hillsdale Co., Mich.,
where he lived until some time after 1850. He then
moved to ^It. Vernon, Ohio, but was caught in the cur-
rent of emigration which set so strongly in the fifties
to the states west of the Mississippi, and in 1857 moved
with his family to Oskaloosa, Iowa. They made the en-
tire journey with teams, the household goods being car-
ried in a "prairie schooner," and the women driving in
a single carriage. His oldest son had preceded him, and
was already in business in Oskaloosa. Alexander Proud-
fit died of gastritis, Dec. 26, 1859, at Oskaloosa.
John Alexander Proudfit (5) m. 1865, Sarah E.,
dau. of Robert and ]Mary Ann (Gilmore) Beatty, b.
1843, in Cadiz, Harrison Co., Ohio, now (1908) living in
Oskaloosa.
Issue (surname Proudfit) :
1. Kate Morrow (6), b. 1865, in Oskaloosa, Iowa, d.
1888, in Oskaloosa, Iowa.
2. Ralph Alexander (6), b. 1867, in Oskaloosa, Iowa,
3. Arthur L. (6), b. 1871, in Oskaloosa, Iowa, d. 1873,
in Oskaloosa, Iowa.
4. INlary Gay (6), b. 1876, in Oskaloosa, Iowa.
6. Beattie (6), b. 1879, in Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Ralph Alexander Proudfit m. 1894, Gertrude, dau.
of James ^^IcClelland and Susannah (Cissna) Adams, b.
1872, in Iowa.
Issue (surname Proudfit) :
ALEXANDER PROLDFIT^
HISTORY OF THE PROUDFIT FAMILY 61
1. Rlarjorie (7), b. 1900, in Des Moines, Iowa.
Mary Proudfit (5) m., 1864, Rev. Ira O. Kemble.
Issue (surname Kemble) :
1. Margaret E. (6), b. 1S66, d. 1867.
2. John A. (6), b. 1868, d. 1876.
3. Samuel T. (6), b. 1871, d. 1875.
4. S. Vida (6), b. 1874.
5. M. Winifred (6), b. 1878.
Mrs. Mary (Proudfit) Kemble was instantly killed
by an accident in 1891.
Andrew James Proudfit (5) m., 1870, Margarel
Catherine, dau. of Oliver and Sarah Ann (Priest)
Quick, b. May 30, 1849, in Whitley Co., Ind.
Issue (surname Proudfit) :
1. Lura Maude (6), b. Dec. 23, 1871, in Oskaloosa, la.
2. Minnie :\Iabelle (6), b. Apr. 15, 1876, in Oskaloosa,
la.
Andrew James Proudfit (5) now (1908) lives in To-
peka, Kansas. Address, 1222 Munroe St.
Lura Maude Proudfit (6) m. Oct. 9, 1894, Harry
Piersol, son of Jonathan and Minerva Worthington
(Lawhead) Irons, b. :\Ich. 16, 1866, in Hendricks Co.,
Ind., d. Jan. 27, 1897.
Issue (surname Irons) :
1. James Proudfit (7), b. Oct. 22, 1896, in N. Topeka,
Kan.
Minnie Mabelle Proudfit (6) m. July 24, 1907, Fred,
son of James McCurdy and ^larello Katherine Shalla-
barger, b. Aug. 2, 1876, in Springfield, 0.
VII.
Jane Proudfit in. Dec. 1, 1831, in York, Livingston
Co., N. Y., Donald (called "Daniel") Sinclair, son of
Hugh and Anny (Campbell) Sinclair (or Anny "Mc-
Phael" of Clan Campbell). Donald, or Daniel, Sinclair
was born June 8, 1797, in Glen Lyre, Perthshire, Scot-
land.
Issue (surname Sinclair) :
1. Ann (5), b. Dec. 17, 1832, in York, Livingston
Co., N. Y.
2. Robert Alexander (5), b. July 28, 1834, in York,
Livingston Co., N. Y.
3. Martha (5), b. June 24, 1836, in York, Livingston
Co., N. Y.
4. Archibald Campbell (5), b. Dec. 4, 1838, in
Leroy, Genesee Co., N. Y.
5. Catharine Spittall (5), b. Dec. 4, 1838, in Le-
roy, Genesee Co., N. Y.
6. ' Jane Skellie (5), b. Apr. 30, 1841, in Moscow, mils-
dale Co., ]Mich.
7. Leonora (5), b. Feb. 21, 1843, in Moscow, Hillsdale
Co., Mich.
8. Mary Agnes (5), b. Oct. 20, 1845, in Jonesville,
Hillsdale Co., Mich.
9. Sarah (5), b. June 20, 1848, in Jonesville,, Hillsdale
Co., Mich.
10. Elizabeth Cornelia (5), b. May 12, 1850, in Jones-
ville, Hillsdale Co., Mich.
Jane (Proudfit) Sinclair was a woman of fine mind
and unusually well-balanced character. The latter ap-
peared in the serenity and apparent ease with which for
many years she bore the responsibility of caring for and
helping to maintain her large family. A hasty word
from her was a thing unknown in her dealings with her
children, though her rule over them was as firm as it
was gentle.
The quality of her mind was strikingly shown in
the use she made of the leisure which was afforded her
in later years. Few women, after years of absorption
in family cares, could turn, as she did, to the best in lit-
JANE (pROUDFIT) SINCLAIR
HISTORY OF THE PROUDFIT FAMILY 63
erature with appreciation and enjoyment. This is tlie
more remarkable since, like all her father's family, she
had had but small opportunity for schooling. She died
at the family residence in Jonesville, IMieh., which had
been her home for over forty years, Apr. 21, 1895.
The parents of Daniel (or Donald) Sinclair came to
America in 1798, and settled at Broadalbin, N. Y. Later
they moved to the western part of the state, where Dan-
iel lived until 1839, when he went Avith his family to
Hillsdale Co., Mich. He died at Jonesville, Sept. 23,
1868.
Ann Sinclair (5) m. June 16, 1851, James, son of
John and Catharine (Sinclair) Spittall, b. Feb. 18, 1824,
d. Aug. 6, 1908.
Issue (surname Spittall) : ■ •
1. Catherine (6), b. Sept. 24, 1852, in York, Livingston
Co., N. Y.
2. John (6), b. Nov. 5, 1855, in York, Livingston Co.,
N. Y.
3. Martha (6), b. July 14, 1864, in York, Livingston
Co., N. Y.
John Spittall (6) m. Nov. 18, 1884, Sarah, dau. of
Hugh and Sarah (Trimble) Simpson, b. May 15, 1856, at
York, Livingston Co., N. Y.
Issue (surname Spittall) :
1. Mary Ellen (7), b. Dec. 15, 1885.
2. Boy Donald (7), b. Feb. 13, 1888.
3. John Edward (7), b. Nov. 25, 1890.
4. Hugh Simpson (7), b. Aug. 25, 1893.
John Edward Spittall (7) enlisted in the marine ser-
vice of the United States, and died, 1910, from injuries
received while on duty.
Mrs. Ann (Sinclair) Spittall died at her home in
York, N. Y., Oct. 4, 1888.
Robert Alexander Sinclair (5) was for some years
conductor on the Lake Shore Railroad. After leaving
this occupation he engaged in the cultivation of small
fruits until forced, by failing health, to give it up in
1895. He, his brother, Archibald Campbell, and his
sisters, Sarah and Elizabeth Cornelia, lived for many
years in Jonesville, IMich., in the house built by their
father in 1861. There Archibald Campbell died Aug.
22, 1908, and there Robert Alexander died Sept. 26,
1909.
Martha Sinclair (5) was graduated from the Ur-
U HISTORY OF THK PROUDFIT FAMILY
bana, 0., Female Seminary in IS.IS. She fitted herself
for teaehing:, studying a year in Germany as part of her
training. She taught in the college at Adrian, ]ilich.,
and at the State Agricultural College of Iowa, at Ames ;
Di. Oct. 14, 1885, at Jonesville. Mich., William Burt
Hawkins, M. D., son of AVilliam and (Burt) Haw-
kins, b.'Aug. 17, 1819, near Camelsford, Cornwall, En-^.,
d. Oct. 3, 1896, at Jonesville, .Alich.
Mrs. Martha (Sinclair) Hawkins died suddenly of
pulmonary apoplexy, Oct. 19, 1903, at Jonesville, Mich.
Catharine Spittall Sinclair (5) m. Dec. 25, 1855,
James Henry, son of James Henrv and Jean (Dickie)
Wylie, b. Sept. 22, 1831. in Nashua, N. H.
Issue (surname Wylie) :
1. James Henry (6), b. Feb. 11, 1857, in Pulaski, Jack-
son Co., ]Mich.
2. Frederick Sinclair (6), b. Mch. 7, 1859, in Pittsfield,
Mass.
3. Jane Proufit (6), b. June 15, 1860, in Blackinton,
Mass., d. Sept. 25, 1863, in York, N. Y.
Mrs. Catharine Spittall (Sinclair) Wylie died May
16, 1864, in York, N. Y.
James Henry Wylie, Sr., served two years in the
War of the Rebellion, in Co. M, First rilass. Heavy Ar-
tillery, d. at Holyoke, Mass., Mch. 5, 1906.
James Henry Wylie (6) m. Nov. 27, 1878, in Black-
ington, Mass., Agnes, dau. of John G. and Hermiena L.
(Rickerts) Piehler, b. Apr. 3, 1858, at Blaekington,
Mass.
Issue (surname Wylie) :
1. Mark Perry (7), b. Feb. 17, 1880, d. July 17, 1881.
2. Helen Pauline (7), b. May 25, 1883, in Blackinton,
Mass.
James Henry Wylie is manager (1908) of the Saxon
Machine Co., Holyoke, Mass.
Frederick Sinclair Wylie (6) m. Oct. 25, 1882, in
Blackinton, Mass., Harriet, dau. of William Henry and
garah Abigail (Blanchard) Gove, b. Oct. 20, 1858, in
North Pownal, Vt.
Issue (surname Wylie) :
1. Arthur Gove (7), b. Feb. 7, 1884, in North Adams,
Mass. Graduated from Cornell University in
1906 with the degree of E. E. in M. E.
Fredieriek Sinclair Wylie (6) lives (1908) in
HISTORY OF THE PROUDFIT FAMILY 65
Holyoke, Mass,, where he is connected with the Saxon
Machine Co.
Jane Skellie Sinclair (5) taught several terms in
the schools of ^Michigan, and was acting postmistress ii^
Jonesville for a number of years. In 1889 she was ap-
pointed librarian of the State Agricultural College at
Lansing, Mich., which position she held for two years {
m. Dec. 31, 1891, in Jonesville, ^lich., Jonathan Jacobs
son of Peter and Elizabeth (Stahl) Deal, b. Jan. 17,
1826, in Fayette, Seneca Co., N. Y. I^Irs. Jane Skellie
(Sinclair) Deal died Apr. 19, 1898, in Jonesville, ]\!ich.
Leonora Sinclair (5) m. Au^. 25, 18G4, in Jonesville,
Mich., ]\Iilton Morse, son of William Rynex and Mary
(Weeks) Perry, b. Oct. 23, 1836, in Sparta, Livingston
Co., N. Y.
Issue (surname Perry) :
1. Grace lone (6), b. ^lay 21, 1866, in Lowell, Mich., d.
Apr. 29, 1872, in Lowell, Mich.
2. Catharine Sinclair (6), b. Aug. 1, 1870, in Lowell,
Mich.
3. Martha Sinclair (6), b. Dec. 10, 1873, in Lowell,
Mich.
4. Mary Agnes (6), b. May 27, 1877, in Lowell, Mich.
Milton ^lorse Perry, after studying at Hillsdale
College and ]\riehigan University, was admitted to the
bar Feb. 21, 1878, at Grand Rapids, Mich., as attorney
and counselor-at-law, and solicitor and counselor in
chancery, in the courts of the state. Admitted to United
States courts, Nov. 1, 1878, in Grand Rapids, Mich. The
home of ^L 'M. Perry, Esq., and Mrs. Leonora (Sinclair)
Perry is (1911) in Lowell, Mich.
Mary Agnes Sinclair (5) m. Dec. 26, 1877, in Jones-
ville, Mich., Henry I\Iartyn, son of Rev. Alfred and
Dolly (Whittlesey) Newton, b. Oct. 15, 1838, in Nor-
walk, Ohio. '
Issue (surname Newton) :
1. Sarah Proudfit (6), b. Aug. 19, 1879, in Saginaw;
Mich., d. Sept. 17, 1880, in Saginaw, Mich. :
2. Robert Sinclair (6), b. Mch. 9, 1881, in Saginaw»
Mich.
Mrs. 'Mary Agnes (Sinclair) Newton died Oct. 8i
1882, in Jonesville, Mich.
Henry ]\[artyn Newton served three years in the
War of the Rebellion in Co. D, 101st Ohio Vols. Was
clerk of the regiment. Was educated at Western Re*-
66 HISTORY OF THE PROUDFIT F\NfILY
serve College, Hudson, 0.; d. Feb. 9, 1902, at Mil-
waukee, Wis.
Robert Sinclair Newton studied for five years at the
State College at Lansing, ]Mieh., selecting mechanical
engineering as his major. Was given the degree of
B. S. in 1901. Is now (1911) employed in the designing
department of the General Electric Works, Schenec-
tady, N. Y.
]\Iiss Sarah Sinclair and I\Iiss Elizabeth C. Sinclair
occupy the old Sinclair home in Jonesville, Mich.
VIII.
Martha Proudfit (4) m. Dee. 8, 1842, Hugh Comp-
ton, son of James and Clarissa (Cleveland) Compton, b.
Dec. 9, 1795, in Delhi, Delaware Co., N. Y.
Issue (surname Compton) :
1. Agnes (5), b. Sept. 26, 1843, in Washington Tp., Erie
Co., Pa., d. Jan. 30, 1844, in Washington Tp., Erie
Co., Pa.
2. Sophia (5), b. Jan. 13, 1845, in Washington Tp., Erie
Co., Pa.
3. Margaret (5), b. Nov. 29, 1847, in Washington Tp.,
Erie Co., Pa.
When the Proudfit family moved to Erie Co., Pa., in
1833, Martha Proudfit (4) had already had some experi-
ence as a district school teacher, a calling which she fol-
lowed until her marriage. She taught in the schools of
Livingston Co., N. Y., and of Erie and Crawford Coun-
ties, Pa., and won a high reputation as a thorough in-
structor and wise disciplinarian. Her knowledge of the
branches she taught was largely self-gained. Her deli-
cate health and the distance of her father's home from
a school house prevented her from attending school be-
fore the age of ten or during the winter after that age.
But, owing perhaps to the character of her parents'
MARTHA (pROUDFIT) COMPTON
HISTORY OF THE TROUDFIT FAMILY 67
training in the Scriptures and the Catecliism, she ac-
quired the habit of accuracy which \vas most conspic-
uous in all her work, mechanical as well as mental. A
good-sized volume might be filled with the songs which
she knew by heart, those of Burns being her favorites,
and rarely, if ever, could her memory of a verse be
found lacking in correctness. Her belief in the creed of
her fathers never wavered, but she always treated with
the greatest respect the religious convictions of others,
however widely they differed from her own. She took
a keen interest in current issues; was a "white-rib-
boner," and a sympathizer with the woman suffrage
movement.
After being for several years an invalid, she died at
her home in Edinboro, Pa., Jan. 28, 1890, from an attack
of the grip.
Hugh Corapton was for three months, in his nine-
teenth year, a soldier in a New York regiment engaged
in the War of 1812. After his marriage to Martha
Proudfit they lived for some time on a farm near Mc-
lane. Pa., whence they moved to Fairview, in the same
county. In 1853 i\Ir. Compton sold his farm in Fairview,
and in 1855 went West, settling in 1856 on a farm in
Burritt, Winnebago Co., 111. In 1863 he returned to
Pennsylvania, and in 1864 bought the house m Edinboro
in which he died Apr. 8, 1878, and in which his widow
died twelve years later.
Margaret Compton (5) was graduated from the
State Normal School at Edinboro in 1866 (B. E.) and in
1877 (B. S.). Taught in the Normal Schools of Pennsyl-
vania from 1867 to 1893, and in the High Schools of
California from 1894 to 1899.
Sophia Compton (5) and Margaret Compton (5)
now (1911) live at 610 Arch St., Meadville, Pa.
IX.
Agnes Proudfit (4) m. Feb. 10, 1835, "William Camp-
bell, son of John and IMary (Laughery) Campbell, b.
Dec. 2, 1808, at Edinboro, Pa.
Issue (surname Campbell) :
1. John Proudfit (5), b. Apr. 19, 1836, at Edinboro. Pa.,
d. July 23, 1852, at Cambridge, Crawford Co., Pa.
2. Martha Jane (5), b. July 20, 1839, at Edinboro, Pa.,
d. Sept. 12, 1848, at Edinboro, Pa.
3. Mary Helen (5), b. June 5, 1842, at Edinboro, Pa.
4. Sarah Elizabeth (5), b. Sept. 23, 1844, at Edinboro,
Pa.
5. William Montello (5), b. Jan. 29, 1847, at Edinboro,
J Pa., d. Aug. 17, 1851, at Cambridge, Pa.
6. Andrew Taylor (5), b. Nov. 17, 1848, at Edinboro,
Pa.
7. Hannah IMaria (5), b. Mch. 26, 1851, at Cambridge,
Pa.
8. Ozro Fayette (5), b. May 27, 1853, at Cambridge. Pa.
9. Ida Isabel (5), b. April 12, 1855, at Edinboro, Pa.
Agnes (Proudfit) Campbell, known always through-
out her large circle of connections as "Aunt Nancy,"
was pre-eminently a motherly woman. Her unselfish
interest in others and her strong practical sense made
her one to whom those needing counsel or sympathy
turned naturally. When in charge for a short time of
the boarding hall of the Normal School at Edinboro,
these qualities made every young person in the hall her
personal friend. She was an excellent nurse, and in the
days when the professional was unknown outside the
large cities, many a neighbor had reason to bless her for
willing and efficient aid in sickness. Of uncommonly
fine physique, it would seem that she might have re-
tained her bodily activity to the end of even so long a
life as hers, had she not broken herself down in the ser-
vice of others. She was unable to walk without help for
more than ten years, but never lost interest in the world
outside. Indeed, though her affections were strong, no
bereavement or misfortune could permanently cloud her
cheerfulness. She was a member of the Presbyterian
Church for seventy years. Her married life was spent
AGNES (PROUDFIT) CAMPBELL
HISTORY OF THE PROUDFIT FAMILY 69
in Edinhoro, Pa., or within a few miles of that place,
until 1S67, when Mr. Campbell moved his family to Ceu-
terville, St. Joseph Co., ]\Iich. Later they went to Stur-
gis in the same county, where she died Nov. 21, 1900.
William Campbell died in Sturgis, Mich., Oct. 3,
1879.
Mary Helen Campbell (5) taught with excellent,
success for many years in northwestern Pennsylvania.
and in Mieliigan. She married Nov. 14, lSS-4, at Sturgis,
Mich., John, son of John and ^largaret (^loore) Gibson,
b. Jan. 1, 1836, at Omagh, Tyrone Co., Ireland. Their
home (1903) is near Nottawa, St. Joseph, Co., IMich.
Sarah Elizabeth Campbell (5) m. Nov. 21, 1869, at
Centerville, ]\Iich., Franklin Hibbard, son of Calvin and
(DePew) Church, b. Apr. 2, 1846, at Genesee,
N. Y.
Issue (surname Church) :
1. Winafred (6), b. Feb. 4, 1871, at Sturgis, Mich.
2. Roy ^Maxwell (6), b. Feb. 16, 1873, at Sturgis, Mich.
3. Lloyd Calvin (6), b. Sept. 26, 1880, at Sturgis, ^lieh.
AYinafred Church (6), after teaching for a number
of years in the schools of Sturgis, Grand Ledge and
Grand Rapids, Mich., married, ^Nlch. 31, 1907, Abram
"Whitten, son of Cyrus Prindle and Mary (Finley) Sturr,
b. July 27, 1861, 'in Volinia Tp., Cass. Co., Mich. Ad-
dress (1911), R. D. No. 1, Cassopolis, Mich,
Issue (surname Sturr) :
1. Jesse Donald (7), b. June 26, 1908, near Cassopolis,
Mich.
2. Ilenrv Dickson (7), b. Jan. 29, 1910, near Cassopolis,
Mich.
Roy Maxwell Church (6) m. in Sturgis, Mich., Delia,
dau. of Alexander and (Geiss) Johnsonbaugh, b.
Meh. 26, 1874.
Issue (surname Church) :
1. Lael Bernice (7), b. Feb. 29, 1896, in Sturgis, Mich.
2. Frank Ozro (7), b. Oct., 1897, in Florence Tp., St
Jo. Co., Mich.
3. Hazel Helen (7), b. 1899, in Nottawa Tp., St. Jo.,
Mich.
4. ^Maurice (7), b. 1902, in Mishawaka, Indiana.
5. Leola Uretta (7), b. Sept. 23, 1904, in Mishawaka,
Indiana.
6. Roy Lyle (7), b. Jan. 26, 1908, in Mishawaka, In-
diana. •
TO rilSTORY OF THE PKOUDFir FVMILY
Roy ^laxwell Church d. .Mch. 10, 1910, at South
Bend, Ind.
Lloyd Calvin Church (6) ^vas attacked r,t the age of
twelve by a painful and lingering malady which it soon
became evident was incurable. lie accepted his fate
with a heroism seldom equalled. A proud-spirited, head-
strong, active boy, condemned to watcii his body becom-
ing distorted and helpless, he refused to assume the men-
tal attitude of an invalid, but kept in touch with the
world, made his sick-room attractive to his boy compan-
ions, and in his conversation and in letters to distant
friends, ignored his physical condition. With this cheer-
ful spirit he fronted the world to the last. He died Mch.
31, 1898, in Sturgis, Mich.
Andrew Taylor Campbell (5) served for five years
previous to 1879 in the United States cavalry. After his
father's death he took employ with the L. S. & il. S. R.
R. Co. at Sturgis, ]\Iich., and remained there until the
death of his mother. Since that event he has been en-
gaged in farming with his brother-in-law, John Gibson,
near Nottawa, Mich.
Hannah Maria Campbell (5) taught for nearly
twenty years in the public schools in Southern ^Michigan.
Her last service was in Sturgis, where she had been en-
gaged for several years when a failure of health com-
pelled her to resign her work. She now (1911) lives
with her sister, Mrs. John Gibson, near Nottawa.
Ozro Fayette Campbell (5) m. Nov. 28, 1894, at De-
catur, Mich., Emma Sophia r^Iartin. He lived after his
marriage in Lawton, Mich., where he died Jan. 22, 1903.
Ida Isabel Campbell (5) ra. Mch. 22, 1876, at Center-
ville, Mich., Harlan Ebenezer Watkins, son of James
Bradley and Matilda Ann (Bunnell) "Watkins, b. Aug.
8, 1849, at Grass Lake, :\Iich.. d. at Sturgis, Feb. 22, 1910.
Issue (surname Watkins) :
1. Ralph Moore (6), b. Dec. 21, 1879, at Great Bend,
Kansas, d. Mch., 1880, at Great Bend, Kansas.
2. Matilda Agnes (6), b. Jan. 26, 1882, at Macpherson,
Kansas. \Vas graduated from Michigan Univer-
sity, 1907, (B. A.).
3. Walter Earl (6), b. Sept. 5, 1884, at Macpherson,
Kansas. Was graduated from the medical depart-
ment of Michigan University Feb., 1910. Is now
(1911) practicing in Sturgis, Mich. ; m. July 16,
HISTORY OF THE PROUF^FIT FAMILY 71
1909, Bertha Eleanor Pierce, dau. of William Col-
lins and Sarah Elizabeth (Davis) Pierce, b. May
13, 18S7.
Issue (surname Watkins) :
1. Harlan Burnett (7), b. Aug. 3, 1910, in Sturgis, Mich-
Mrs. Ida Isabel (Campbell) AYatkins and her daugh-
ter are now (1911) in Sturgis, Mich., where the daughter
is engaged as principal of the high school.
X.
Robert Proudfit (4) m. Mch. 11, 1845, at Edinboro,
Pa., Eliza Philena Cilley, dau. of Samuel and ]\Iary
(Baker) Cilley, b. Aug. 14, 1823, d. at Virden, lU., Mch.
13, 1870.
Issue (surname Proudfit) :
1. Samuel Victor (5), b. Jan. 9, 1846, in Edinboro, Erie
Co., Pa.
2. Mary Sophia (5) b. Mch. 6, 1848, in Harbor Creek,
Erie Co., Pa.
3. Margaret Jane (5), b. Feb. 13, 1851, in Harbor
Creek, Erie Co., Pa., d, Nov. 5, 1852, in Harbor
Creek, Erie Co., Pa.
4. Ella Jane (5), b. Nov. 5, 1853, in Harbor Creek, Erie
Co., Pa., d. Apr. 13, 1855, in Harbor Creek, Erie
Co., Pa.
5. Nettie (5), b. Mch. 1, 1856, in Harbor Creek, Erie
Co., Pa.
6. LeRoy Maxwell (5), b. July 12, 1859, in Burritt,
"Winnebago Co., 111., d. Nov. 5, 1890, in Friend,
Neb.
7. Robert Morton (5), b. April 30, 18G2, in Rockford,
111.
8. William Vernon (5), b. July 17, 1865, in Rockford,
111., d. Mch. 9, 1891, in Friend, Neb.
72 HLSTORY OF THE PROUDFIT FAMILY
9. Edward Mitchell (5), b. Jau. 21, 1S6S, iu Rockford,
111., d. Apr. 18, 1SG8, in Virden, 111.
Robert Proudfit (4) learned the trade of cooper, but
for fourteen j'ears after his marriage followed farmmg,
first in Harbor Creek Tp., Erie Co., Pa., later in Burritt
Tp., AVinnebago Co., 111., to which place he moved in
1856. In 1859 he sold his farm and moved to Rockford,
111., where he worked at his trade for nine years. He
then went to Virden, Macoupin Co., 111., where he re-
mained until October, 1884, when he went to Friend,
Neb. After his son, Samuel V., who held a position in
Washington, D. C, had bought a home in Falls Church,
Va., he spent several years with him, but returned to the
W^est in 1895, and died in St. Joseph, Mo., Oct. 27, 1896.
He is buried in Friend, Neb.
He united with the Baptist church in Burritt, 111.,
in 1856, and remained a member of that communion until
his death. In politics he was a AVhig until the formation
of the Republican party, when he gave his support to
that organization. In disposition he was social, warm-
hearted, and somewhat impulsive, a man in whom the
ties of family and friendship were very strong.
Samuel Victor Proudiit (5) was educated in the
public schools at Rockford, 111., and at Shurtletl College.
He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1874, and en-
tered as a partner the law firm of Hale & Stone at Glen-
wood, la. After several years of active practice he ac-
cepted a position in the Interior Department of the
United States. Here he became the leading authority
on all questions relating to government lands. In 1900
he became First Assistant Attorney and executive head
of the Assistant Attorney General's office, and in 1908
he was made Assistant Commissioner of the General
Land Office. He also holds a professorship in the Na-
tional University Law School, "Washington, D. C, where
he lectures on the Jurisdiction and Practice of the Inter-
ior Department, especially with respect to public lands
and the mining laws.
Samuel Victor Proudfit m. at Glenwood, la., Emma
Medora, dau. of Hirara and Persis (Underwood) Fish, b.
Oct. 4, 1849, d. Feb. 10, 1895, at Falls Church, Va.
Issue (surname Proudfit) :
1. Persis (6), b. May 13, 1876, at Glenwood, la.
2. Robert (6), b. Jan. 28, 1880, at Glenwood, la.
3. Martha (6), b. June 1, 1882, at Falls Church, Va.
HISTORY OF THE PROUDFIT FAMILY 73
Samuel Victor Proudfit m. (2d^ Amy L., dau. of Wil-
liam Edwin and P^liza (Davis) \Yatson, b. Oct. 24, 1867,
in Ilarborne, Smithwick, County of Stafford, England.
Persis Proudfit (6) m. Jan. 23, 1900, at Washington,
D. C, William Madison Mason. Persis (Proudfit) :Mason
d. July 2, 1904.
Robert Proudfit (6) m. June 1, 1905, Myrtle Maud,
dau. of James II. and Mary Josephine (Williams) In-
gram, b. Jan. 21, 1885.
Issue (surname Proudfit) :
1. Mary Emma (7), b. July 18, 1908.
IMartha Proudfit (6) m. Nov. 25, 1903, at Washing-
ton, D. C, John Fairfax, son of Thomas and Emma La-
vinia (Ball) Conrad.
Issue (surname Conrad) :
1. Persis (7), b. Apr. 26, 1905, at Washington, D. C.
2. Virginia (7), b. Jan. 2, 1909.
Mary Sophia Proudfit (5) ra. Dec. 25, 1895, at
Friend, Nebraska, James, son of Ulic and Susan (Pierce)
lemmon, b. May 19, 1838, in Salisbury Tp., Sangamon
Co., 111.
For some years before her marriage Mary Sophia
Proudfit (5) taught in the public schools of Friend. She
and her husband now (1911) live on a farm in Seward
Co. Address, R. D. No. 2, Dorchester, Neb.
Nettie Proudfit (5) m. Oct. 14, 1878, at Virden, 111.,
Charles Henry Burch, son of William Henry and Eliza
Jane (Fisher) Burch, b. Feb. 15, 1858, at Fidelity, 111.
Issue (surname Burch) :
1. Robert Henry (6), b. Nov. 1, 1879, at Virden, 111.
2. LeRoy Edward (6), b. Aug. 23, 1881, at Virden, 111.
3. Laurance Byerly (6), b. Sept. 17, 1884, at Virden, 111.
4. Paul Kenyon (6), b. Nov. 22, 1889, at Hannibal, Mo.
5. Mary Verna (6), b. Sept. 4, 1893, at Hannibal, Mo.
6. Charles Park McKinley (6), b. Oct. 5, 1898, at Han-
nibal, Mo.
Robert Henry Burch m. Sept. 22, 1904, at Hannibal,
Mo., Bessie Belle, dau. of Charles Simeon and Belle Jose-
phine (Hoke) Davis, b. Dec. 26, 1882, at Hannibal, Mo.
LeRoy Edward Burch m. Aug. 18, 1908, at Ulster,
Pa., Carrie ^.larion, dau. of Huston and Carrie (Temple-
ton) McKinney, b. Aug. 18, 1887.
Issue (surname Burch) :
1. Charles Huston (7), b. June 4, 1909.
2. Eleanor Grace (7), b. Nov. 23, 1910.
14 HISTORY OF THE PROUDFIT FAMILY
Address of LeRoy Edward Burch (1911), Louisia-
na, Iklo.
Under the pen-name of March Ellinwood, Nettie
Proudfit (5) published a number of short sketches and a
book entitled "A Year in Poplar Row." Address (1911),
Hannibal, Mo.
Robert I\rorton Proudfit ra. Aug. 28, 1889, at Friend,
Neb., Ida Mae, dau. of Jason Watson and Helen
(DeWitt) Dorwart, b. Sept. 17, 1865, at North English,
la.
Issue (surname Proudfit) :
1. Helen Mae (6), b. June 2, 1891. in Friend, Neb.
2. Robert Watson (6), b. Nov. 1, 1892, in Friend, Neb.
8. Winifred Kent (6), b. Apr. 18, 1906, in Friend, Neb.
Robert ^Morton Proudfit is a practicing attorney.
He was admitted to practice in the district and county
courts of the State of Nebraska June 1, 1892 ; in the su-
preme court of the State of Nebraska Oct. 4, 1894 ; in the
district and circuit courts of the United States Oct. 31,
1895; in the supreme court of the United States Nov. 25,
1901. He is also admitted to practice before the interior
and treasury departments of the United States. His
home is in Friend, Neb.
XI.
Margaret Proudfit (4) was a healthy and vigorous
child, but, owing probably to an injury received in girl-
hood, was an invalid for the greater part of her adult
life. Those who remember her describe her as pleasing
in person, bright in intellect, of a decided literary taste,
and possessed of a fine voice. The pleasure of listening
to her singing is almost invariably spoken of by anyone
alluding to acquaintance with her.
About 1844 she went to ^Michigan to spend some time
with the members of her family who had moved to that
state. Improving health seemed to give promise of com-
plete recovery, when she was attacked by an acute dis-
order from which she died Oct. 3d, 1847. She is buried
in Moscow, Hillsdale Co., Mich.
The ages of the children of Alexander Proudfit ag-
gregate 791 years. Their average age was nearly 72.
Omitting the youngest from the list, the average is
nearly 76. It is safe to say that few parallels can be
found for this record.
The united lives of the eleven children cover a per-
iod of 105 years.
It may be of interest to note also that every one of
the eleven lived and died an orthodox Calvinist, like
their parents — all except one in some branch of the Pres-
byterian Church.
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APPENDIX.
APPENDIX.
The following records in the handwriting of AN-
DREW PROUDFOOT (2) are found in the Bible wliicb
he bequeathed to his son James, and which is now in the.
possession of i\Irs. Nancy (Proudfit) Carothers, of HollS:
days Grove, W. Va. :
Andrew Proudfoot his Bible bought in 1786. Price
one pound, two shillings, six pence.
My age I was born in the year of our Lord 1728
about the latter end of November, 1728, this is my age. .
Andrew Proudfoot his Bible.
My son James was born on Nov 8th in the year of
our Lord 1760.
My son Alexander was born on May 2nd in the
year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred & sixty
three.
My son David was born on ]\[arch 22nd in the year
of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy.
My son Robert was born on June 6th in the year of
our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy
seven.
Vol. 2 of Wills.
WILL OF ANDREW PROUDFOOT (2).
Executor, Alexander Thompson.
In the Name of God Amen. The seventeenth day
of August in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and four, I Ajidrcw Proudfit of Hopewell Town-
ship York County and State of Pennsylvania, being of
perfect mind and memory thanks be to God therefore
calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing
that it is appointed unto all men once to die do make
and ordain this my last Will and Testament that is to
say, principally and first of all I recommend my soul into
60 HISTORY OF THE PROUDFIT FAMILY
Gie hand of God who gave it and for my body I recom-
mend it to the Earth to be buried in a Christian like and
decent manner at the discretion of my Executors not
doubting but at the general resurrection I sliall receive
the same again by the mighty power of God, and as
touching such worldly goods as it hath pleased God to
bless me with in this life I give and devise and dispose
of them in the following manner and form, and first of
all I allow all my just debts and funeral charges to be
paid by my Executor. I give and bequeath to my beloved
wife Sarah Proudfit all my personal Estate wholely to be
disposed of as she shall see meet except such things
as shall be after mentioned. I also give and bequeath
to my beloved wife Sarah Proudfit all that my messuage
and tenement on which I now live, containing One
hundred and eighteen acres Together with all the in-
comes of said messuage and Tract of laud during her
natural life.
Item I give and bequeath to my beloved son James
Proudfit the Sum of one hundred and twenty pound to
be paid out of my real Estate at my wife's decease and
likewise fifteen pound willed to me by my brother
Robert Proudfit deceased, and also the Collection of Con-
fessions of faith at my decease, I give and devise to my
beloved son Alexander Proudfit all that iny messuage
and tenement adjoining lands of James Criswell, John
Bordner and others, containing ninety one acres and
allowance. To hold to him his Heirs and Assigns forever,
called Clark's glade to be by him possessed at my de-
cease, and also forty pounds in money to be (paid) out
of my real Estate at my wife's decease, and likewise all
my tools and implements for husbandry (except the
spade and one hoe and chains for my wife's cows) and
also my large Confession of faith. Item I give and be-
queath to my beloved son David Proudfit the sum of
fifty pounds in money to be paid out of my real Estate
at my wife's decease. Item I give and bequeath to my
beloved son Robert Proudfit the sum of ten pounds in
money to be paid out of my real Estate at my wife's
decease. Item, I give and bequeath to my grandson,
Andrew Proudfit, son of my son David Proudfit the sum
of three pounds in money to be paid out of my real
Estate at my wife's decease; and if there is any over-
pluss remaining of my real Estate after the aforesaid
Legacies are paid off, I will that the said remainder be
HISTORY OF THE PROUDF T FAMILY 81
divided equally, share and share alike amongst my four
sons viz. Jauies, Alexander, David and Robert Proudtit.-
I give and bequeath to ijiy grandson Alexander Proudiit,-
son of my sou James Proudfit, my best hat. Item I give
and bequeath to my grandson Andrew Proudfit, son of
my son Alexander Proudfit, my best saddle and bridle.
Item I give and bequeath to my son James Proudfit my
large bible, and all the rest of my books 1 will and allow
to be divided into five equal shares betwixt my wife
Sarah and my four sons. Item I give and bequeath to
my sons James and Alexander Proudfit, the whole of my-
■wearing apparel to be equally divided betwixt them. •
I appoint and ordain my beloved friend. Alexand<^r
Thompson, my sole Exeeutor of this my last Will and
Testament, and I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke
and disannull all and every other Testaments, "Wills,
bequeaths and Executors by me in anywise before
named, willed or bequeathed, ratifying and confirming
this and no other to be my last Will and Testament, In
witness hereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
my seal the day and year above written.
Andrew Proudfit, (Seal) Signed, Sealed published;
pronounced and declared in the presence of us who in
his presence and in the presence of one another have
hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses, Interlined
before signed. Patrick Stewart, James M'Allister.
York County, Ss. Before me, Jacob Barnitz, Reg-
ister for the probate of Wills and granting letters of
Administration in and for the County of York in the
State of Pennsylvania, personal!}' came Patrick Stewart
and James ^M'Allister the two subscribing witnesses to
the foregoing Instrument of writing and on their solemn
Oaths (taken with uplifted hand) do severally say
that they were personally present and saw and heard
the above named Andrew Proudfoot sign his name unto
and seal and publish the foregoing Instrument of Writ-
ing as and for his last Will and Testament, and at tiie
time of the doing he the said Andrew Proudfoot was of a
sound and disposing mind memory and understanding
to the best of their knowledge and belief, and that they
subscribed their names thereto as witness in the presence
of the said Testator and at his request and also in the
presence of each other at the same time.
Patrick Stewart,
James M'AIlister,
62 HISTORY OF THE PROUDFIT FAMILY
Sworu and Subscribed before me at York by Pat-
rick Stewart on the 9th day of April A. D. 1S07 and by
the said James M'Allister on the 23rd day of September,
1807.
J. Barnitz, Reg'r.
Note. — This will was copied from a copy of the
original document ^lay 1, 1907, in the Register's Office
at the courthouse in York.
I aimed to make this copy accurate as to spelling,
punctuation and capitalization. After the copy had
been made I was shown the original document and made,
by tracing, a copy of Andrew Proudfoot's signature.
In the body of the will the name is written Proudfit
in the copy from which I copied. M. C.
April 19, 1807.
An inventory of the goods and chatties belonging
to the Estate of Andrew Proudfit Late of Hopewell
Township County of York and State of Pennsylvania
Deceased and appraised by us the subscribers as follows :
To Pocketbook and cash.' $ 4.38
A Promissory Note 24.26 J
Book accounts 4.00
Wearing apparel $32.64| 30.01^
A Mare 30.00
Side Sadie and two bridles 7.00
Sadie and Bridle 4.75
One red cow 16.00
One flecked Cow 13.33
Six Sheep and four Lambs 10.67
A Sow and four pigs 3.50
Do 2.00
One bed. Bedding and Bedstead 13.33
'* *' ♦* " '* 12.00
Sundries of Bedcloaths 51.00
Nine yards Shirting @ 47c per yard 4.23
Eleven yards and an half tow Cloth @ 25c
per yd 2.67
One case of Drawers 20.00
One chest and small table 1.67
HISTORY OF THE PROUDFIT FAMILY 83
To One chest 2.00
One beef barrel, Tubs and sundries 2.33
One Table Dough Trough and cloathes Box. 2.G7
Two Linnen sheets and two Diaper Table
eloaths 5.00
Two chests Big Wheel and old barrels 1.61
Loom and Tacklings 2.00
A Dresser and furniture 13.03
A Cupboard and Furniture 4.11
Chairs and Kitchen Furniture 12.50
A Bookpress and Books 40.97
One heifer 8.00
One Bull Calf 4.67
Hems and cliains 3.67
Seven Cow chains 2.80
Three Pitchforks and three Dung forks 1.45
One hogshead and old iron 3.33
One pair sadle bags, three bags and large
bowl 2.06
" family Bible 2.00
** Kit shoemaker tools and Remnants of
leather 1.00
*• Lot of Carpenter Tools 1.50
' ' Grindstone and hoes .67 ■
five yards fulled Lincy 3.33
One Reel and spinning Wheel 1.60
" Quilwheel and old spinng wheel .53
Seven bushels Indian Corn @ 53c per 3.71
One and an half bushels buckwheat @ 40c
per .60
One bedstead and old irons .52
A sculping hoe .40
A frow .50
A wheat ridle and beebox .40
One lot of Meat 1.50
A lot of Linnen Yarn 3.69
260.84
61 HISTORY OF THE PROUDFIT FAMILY
: Wills No. I 3N.
• WILL OF SARAH (WALLACE) PROUDFIT.
In the Name of God Amen, the seventeenth day of
April in the Year of our Lord, One thousand eight
hundred and fourteen. I Sarah Proudfit Widow and
Relict of Andrew Proudfit late of Hopewell Township in
the County of York and State of Pennsylvania deceased,
of the same place being weak in body but of perfect
and disposing ]\liud and ^lemory thanks be unto God
therefore, calling to ]\Iind the ^Mortality of my body and
knowing that it appointed unto all men once to die, do
make and ordain this my last will and Testament, that
is to say. Principally and first of all, I recommend it to
the Earth to be buried in a Christian like and decent
Manner at the discretion of my Executors not doubting
but at the General Resurrection I shall receive the same
again by the IMighty power of God, and as touching such
\forldly goods as it has pleased God to bless me with in
this life. I give and bequeath and dispose of them in
the following manner and form and first of all I allow
my just debts and funeral charges to be paid by my
Eixecutors.
I give and bequeath to my beloved Son James
Proudfit 's "Wife and three daughters one black gown
one d's pattern and two petticoats with the napkin that
ia around them. Item I give and bequeath to my be-
loved Son Alexander Proudfit 's "Wife one Stuff petti-
coat black silk handerchief and shawl with the napkin
that they are bound up in. Item I give and bequeath
to my beloved Son Robert Proudfit 's Wife one Callico
Gown black silk petticoat and ]\Iuslin Handerchief with
the Napkin they are bound up in. Item, I give and
bequeath to my Grand Daughter Sarah Proudfit Daugh-
ter of my Son Robert one flowered lawn handkerchief.
Item, I give and bequeath to my grand Daughter Sarah
P^roudfit Daughter of my Son Alexander my Bible. I
will and allow the rest of Books to be equally divided
amongst my four Sons to wit, James, Alexander, David
and Robert Proudfit. I will and allow all my beds and
bedding household and kitchen furniture with all my
other property not before mentioned to be sold at
public Sale and the product thereof equally divided
between my four Sons as above mentioned. I appoint
HISTORY OF THE PROUDFIT FAMILY 85
and ordain my beloved friend Alexander Thompson my
Sole Executor of this my Last Will and Testament, and
I do hereby utterly disallow revoke and disanuU all
and every other former Will and Testament.
In witness thereof I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed my Seal the day and year above written.
her
Sarah Proudfit.
mark
Signed Sealed, published and declared in the pres-
ence of us who in her presence and at her the said Sarah
Proudfit 's request and in the presence of each other
hereunto subscribed our name as Witnesses.
her
Patrick Stuart. Elizabeth Thompson.
mark
(The certificate of Jacob Barnitz, Register for York
County, is api>ended to the copy of Sarah Proudfit 's will,
but, as it is the same in form as that which follows
Andrew Proudfit 's will, is omitted.)
ANDREW PROUDFOOT (2) ON TRIAL FOR
HERESY.
That ANDREW PROUDFOOT (2) and Sarah,
his wife, were buried in an out-of-the-way private
graveyard instead of in the burying-ground of Guins-
ton Church, of which he was one of the elders, was a
puzzle until :Mr. J. M. Gemmill discovered, in the
Guinston Church Records, the following:
"At Gueenstown Meeting House 11th Sept. 1781,
which day and place the Associate Session of Gueens-
town met to hold an extra-judicial conversation with
And. Proudfoot about points of Doctrine wherein he
differs from the session. Those present with Mr.
Clarkson, John Orr, John ^IcKay, Jas. McNary, John
Fullerton, Willam Stuart, John McNary, Alex. Moore,
and Samuel Harper, Elders. Mr. Clarkson began with
praver. In the course of conversation And. Proudfoot
"refuted that Christ yielded any obedience to the :>loTa\
law in form of a Cov. ; and refuted that Gal. 4, 4, wa.^
any proof that he did; as that text (he said) had only
66 HISTORY OF THE F'ROUDFIT FAMILY
a respect to the ceremonial law, which appears from the
scope."
He likewise "refuted that there was a revelation
of the Covenent of works from Mount Sinai ; but said
that all was a dispensation of grace." He further as-
serted "that no man was naturally under the Covenant
of Works; — that it was no longer binding on Adam or
his posterity after he broke it."
After various reasonings and long conversations
with him, the members were unanimous in their judg-
ment that they could not have freedom to join in com-
munion with him while he retained these sentiments.
Time having far spent, they finished the conversa-
tion with him without resolving on anything concerning
him; only that they could not join in communion with
him in his present state, which was intimated to him.
Andrew said he would take what had been said to him
into further consideration, which was so far satisfactory
to the members that they resolved to give him time.
"It appears this was the end of the controversy,
and that he never met with the session again. He, of
course, could not get a certificate of dismissal to any
other church, and what his after relation to the Chris-
tian Church was I do not know.
"The Associate Reformed Church was erected the
next year at Pequea, Lancaster Co., Pa., and he may
have in time, connected himself with that body by ex-
amination. My belief is that the above matter, in con-
nection with the attempted union at Pequea, was the
entering wedge which caused the split in Guinston and
resulted in the establishment of the Hopewell Churcii,
in which Alexander, your grandfather, was an elder. No
Proudfit was baptized in Guinston later than 1782." J.
M. G.
(The following letter, written years later by An-
drew Proudfit, shows that he still held firmly to the
doctrine of the all-sufficiency of "grace." Perhaps the
visit from Samuel Harper, who was to convey the letter
to j\Irs. Neilson, and who had been one of the members
who "could not feel free to commune with him while
he was iu this state," may have revived old memories
of the "conversation" with the elders, and explain why
his letter took the form of a religious homily. M. C.)
HISTORY OF THE PKOUDFIT FAMILY 87
LETTER OF ANDREW PROUDFOOT (2) TO
MRS. MARGARET NEILSON.
Dear friend by my seeing your friend ^Ir. Samuel
Harper we lieard you were all well whieh we are glad
to hear & at present we are all in our ordenary health
blessed be the great giver of all our niereys we are all
criepiug along to our eternal state & we are warned by
the great teacher be ye alwyis ready we have ned
to handel or learn to liandel the Christian armor & to
feiglit the good feight of faith be ay learning from
gods word in receiving Christ as our Capton to feight
for us &. by faith to set him on the frouut of the battell
if we do not feight with his armor we will lose the battle
for our enemies are all too strong for us satan sin such
as unbelief carnality enmity profanity lukewarmness a
hard heart hypocrisy self rightiousness earthlymind-
edness these are all satans armor & many eivels more
but is there no provision for helpless sinners such as we
are against these enemies in order to geat the victory
over them yes they are all conquered enemies already
to the beleivers hand by his great Capton who gained
victory over sin & Satan on the cross but is there no
way for his for believers for ther part of the bat-
tle yes there is the preceous promises of gods word is
still these wells of salvation never runs dry
alwyse open to the mouth of faith I will strengthen
them in the lord & they shall walk up & down in my
name saith the lord if the apostle paul had to strugle
with a body of sin & death crieing o wretched man who
shall Deliver me we may surely lay our account with the
same body of sin & Death but sin was too strong for him
so it is too strong for all blievers but they may say with
the great apostle of the gentiels thank be to god who
giveth us the victoury through our lord Jiesus Christ
yea the weackest beleiver may say so although they
walk in Darkness & have no light of satisfieng evidence
as to spiritual sence yet they may have a trusting saving
faith isaiah 50th 10 there is a little chapter in isaiah
there is but 6 verses in it it is the 12th the beleiver may
Draw living water with joy & consolation out of it &
it will never run dre it is ay the same because god is the
same for a god in Christ is in it & if a three one god in
Christ be in it there is no more beheind for all blessed-
ness is there he his faith to give against unbelief he his
68 HISTORV OF TilK PRQLTDFIT FAMILY
love to give against enineity he his spirituality against
carnality & all grace against our coruptiou & the spirit
of prayer of faith to Draw the living water in to the dry
& withered heart with jo}' unspeakable & full of glory
that is the unsearchable riches of Christ And Margret
if I was to tell my experiences I would say I had nothing
about me but a corupt heart but I would say let a god in
Christ be all in all for I can do nothing but sin sin is all
Tve but free grace to nedy sinners is what god his (?)
I will be as the Dew to iserael the Dew fals very in-
scencably on the grass we cannot fell it falieng yet it is
as realy there as if we felt it & as refreshing to herbs
as if felt by us hosea 14 so it is with the saints of god
often they walk by faith & not by sight faith sees god
in Christ in the promise althoug invisable like I\roses
Heb 11th 27 there is a great cloud of witnesses in that
chapter for our imitation we doo not know where the
wiend comes from nor where it goes so is every on that
is born of the spirit saith the great teacher John 3d 8th
it is I think alwise the of saving faith to embrace
the promise & gods faithfulness therein as it is founda-
tion to plead upon & god in Christ as it is object as
seieng him by faith in the promise for faith sees god as
mercyfull to nedy sinners nowhere Else if we want the
old heart taken away the new given it is in the promis
it is a Dry time in the church in this place profanety of
all kinds preveal Drunkness swaring adultery few
Kaing what shall I doo to be saved I am glade to hear of
your prosperity Sally & me are genrely midiling health
in our old age blessed be his name we have had a wet
season this sumer prety good crops send me a Itter as
you get opertunity our complemants to your husband
al relitions I will stope & bide you farewell when this
you see Remember me my spouse joines in her compli-
ments to you all this from your loving & friend & well
wisher. Andy & Saly Proudfoot.
(Address) Mrs. Margrit Neilson spouse to John Neilson
"Washington County
per favor Mr. Samuel Harper &
(The above letter, the original of which is in my
possession, was preserved in the family of John and
Margaret [Gilliland] Neilson until 1910, when it was
i;indly given by their great-great-grandson, Thomas
HISTORY OF THE PROUDFIT FAMILY
89
Forsythe Neilson, genealogist and Antiquarian, of Wash-
ington, D. C, to S. V. Proudfit. The paper is badly
stained and much worn. IMr. Proudfit had the letter'
''repaired" by the Vatican method, so that it may, with
care, last for several centuries more. The original is
without punctuation marks. The spelling and capitali-
zation have been copied as closely as possible. M. C.)
Muster-roll of the Company in which the three
Proudfoot Brothers, ANDREW, ROBERT and DAVID,
served in the War of the Revolution. •
First Lieut.
Isaac McKissick ; sec. Lieut.
Ensign, Thomas Dixon.
John Smith.
David Anderson
John Anderson
John Bohanan
John Blosser
Peter Bryfugle
Anthony Beaman
William Boyd
Henry Cunningham Robert ]\IcKay
Henry Craig James McElory
Robert Criswell
Stephen Cornelius
Jasper Clements
John Griffith David Proudfoot '
Evan Griffith Robert Proudfoot
Henry Householder Andrew Proudfoot
James Hamilton
Solomon James
John McKissick
James McAlister
Robert Dixon
John Duncan
George Egert
Nicholas Ferple
Andrew Fulton
David Gemmill
^lichael jMorrison
William ]McKlurg
William Neilson
Joseph Nowland
Martin Overmiller
James Regan
Elisha Pew
James Purdy
Patrick Purdy
Samuel Roseberg
Adam Reed
John Smith
William Smith
Robert Swan
Robert Straffort ,
Jacob Sadler
Samuel Smith
James Steel
Francis Sechrist .
Frederick Salter •
Andrew Thompson
James Young
Benjamin Yont
Jacob Yost
Descendants of ANDREW PROUDFOOT (2) or
DAVID PROUDFOOT (2) are eligible to membership
in the Sons or Daughters of the American Revolution;
on the record of service shown on page 11. Should
any further verification of this record be required, Mr.
Geo. R. Prowell of York, Pa., who has made an exhaust-'
ive study of the history of York County, has kindly
offered to furnish it. !
W HISTORY OF THE PROUDFIT FAMILY
All the facts found in this book in retrard to tlie
military service of ANDREW PROUDFOOT and his
brothers were contributed by Mr. J. M. Gemmill, of
Laurel, Pa.
Alexander Proudfit (3) had a fund of songs with
which he often amused his children as they sat before
the old stone fireplace in the living-room at Proudfit 's
Point. (He never sang psalms to his children. To use
the inspired words for any purpose but worship was
eacrilege.) ^ly mother often recalled how she used
to sit on one knee while "Nancy" occupied the other,
und the father sang the old English or Scotch ballads
popular in that day. She remembered snatches of some
of them, as "The Blackbird," "Polly Van Lieuw,"
"Young ]\Iusgrave," and others less well known. A
few months before her death there came into her mind
the words and tune of one of these which had lain dor-
mant in her memory for seventy years. As a lyric
curiosity it seems worth preserving, and as there is
probably no copy in existence except that which I wrote
down from my Mother's lips, I append it here.
SALLY SALISBURY.
An IrisTi fair lady to London there came,
And Sally Salisbury they call-ed her name.
Her beauty ■was more than the King could express,
And her riches were more than the King could purchase.
A gallant young knight with ten thousand a year
A-courting unto this fair lady did steer;
But she being so lofty and her portion so high,
That on this young knight she would scarce cast an eye.
"Oh, Sally! Oh, Sally! Oh, Sally!" said he,
"Ain't you sorry that your love and mine can't agree?"
" jfoung man, I would have you to leave off your discourse,
For I never will wed you unless I am forced."
"Oh, Sally! Oh. Sally! Oh, Sally!" said he,
"I'm sorry that your love and mine can't agree.
I make no great doubt that your folly you'll see,
And then you'll be sorry that you slighted me."
Scarce a month's come, or scarce a month's passed,
When this young man heard ot his love's fate at last:
8he sent for this young man whom she'd slighted with scorn;
She's pierced to the heart and she knows not wherefrom.
HISTORY OF THE PROUDFIT FAMILY 91— ^.^
"When he came there he came to her bed-side:
"Lies the pain in your head, love, lies the pain in your side!"
"Oh, No!" she replied, "the truth you hain't guessedj
The pain which I bear pierces me in the breast.
"You are the doctor, I sent for you here;
You are the one that can kill or can cure."
A-si<:hiiig and sobbing these words she did eay,
"Without your assistance I'm ruined this day.'*
"Ob, isally! Ob, Sally! Oh, Sally!" said be,
"Don't you mind the time when you slighted me?
I ne'r will forgive you as long as I draw breath,
But I'll dance on your grave when you're laid in the earth!"
"Farewell to my father; farewell to my friends;
Farewell to my true love, I'll make him amends."
Tlicn off of her fingers pulled diamond rings three,
Saying, "Take these for my sake when you're dancing on mel"
"Farewell to my friends; farewell to my foes!
Farewell to this world, full of sorrows and woes!
I freely forgive him although he don't me.
Ten thousand times over my folly I see."
So now she is dead, as we do suppose.
And to the fair sex she's left all her fine clothes.
"Come all ye pretty maidens, take warning by me,
And treat your true lovers with civilitee."
INDEX OF PROUDFITS.
(The figure following name shows generation ; abbreviated names,
line of descent.)
Agnes {7),15.
Agnes (4) (Alex., And.), 17,
6S.
Agness (4), 30.
Albert D. (6), 25.
Albert Menzo (6), 40.
Alexander (3) (And.), 17.
Alexander (3) (Jas.), 27.
Alexander (4) (Alex., And.),
17, 60.
Alexander (4) (And., Jas.),
27.
Alexander (4) (Jas., And.),
16.
Alexander (4) (Eben., Jas.),
28.
Alexander (5) (And., Alex.,
And.), 35, 39.
Alexander (5) (Jno. W.,
Alex., Jas.), 28.
Alexander Moncrieff (4), 28.
Alexander R. (6), 31.
Alice Mary (6) (T. P., Wm.,
Dav., And.), 22.
Alice Mary (6) (Jno. F., Jno.,
Alex., And.), 52, 53.
Amanda (5), 31.
Andrew (1), 9.
Andrew (2), 13, 79.
Andrew (3) (Jas.), 26.
Andrew (3) (Dav.), 30.
Andrew (4) (Alex., And.),
17, 35.
Andrew (4) (And., Jas.), 27.
Andrew (4) (Dav., And.), 21.
Andrew (5), 50.
Andrew Bruce (6), 48.
Andrew C. (5), 31.
Andrew Carlyle (6), 45.
Andrew Jackson (4), 32.
Andrew James (5), 60.
Andrew Jameson (5), 35, 47.
Andrew Patterson (5), 23.
Andrew Stewart (6), 31.
Anna Belle (6), 45.
Annie M. (6), 31.
Arthur Ernest (6), 40.
Arthur L. (6), 60.
Beattie (6), 60.
Benjamin George (6), 58.
Bernard Maxwell (7), 43.
Caroline (5), 16.
Charles (6), 47.
Claries Arthur (6), 58.
Charles Henry (5), 50.
Charles Julius (5), 16.
Charles Patterson (6), 23.
Cinderella (4), 30.
Daniel (3), 26.
Daniel (4;, 26.
David v2, 30.
David (3), 20.
David (4) (Alex., And.), 17,
57.
David (4) (Dav., And.), 21.
David (4) (Dav., And.), 2d,
21.
David (4) (Jas., And.), 16.
David (4) (Jno. Dav.), 30.
David (5) (Dav., Dav., And.),
23.
David (5) (And., Alex., And.)
35, 47.
David Grant (6), 40-1.
David John (5), 16.
David L. (5), 21.
David Law (4), 24.
uavid Law (5), 25.
David Morrow (5), 23.
David Wallace (5) (And.,
Dav., And.), 23.
David Wallace (5) (Eobt.,
Dav., And.), 23.
Dora Eliza (6), 52.
Dora Nell (6), 52.
Doris Goldman (6), 52.
Doris Wynette (7), 48.
Ebenezer (3), 27.
Ebenezer (4) (And., Jas.), 27.
94
INDEX.
Eber.ezer (4) (Eben., Jas.),
28.
Edward Alexander (5), 50.
Edward Hervey (6), 22.
Edward -ditcuell (5), 72.
E iwin B. (6), 25.
Eleanor (4), 31.
Eliza (4), 24.
Eliza Jane (4), 30.
Elizabeth (2), 9.
Elizabeth (3), 30.
Elizabeth (4), 17, 49.
Elizabeth (o), 16.
Elizabeth (5), 31.
Elizabeth Brown (o), 21.
Elizabeth C. (5), 31.
Elizabeth Mclntire (5), 35,
35.
Ella Jane (5), 71.
Ellen {-t,, 24.
Linma May (7), 42.
Emmett (7), 41.
Elsie Vera (7), 42.
Etnel S. (6), 31.
Ethlene Exeen (6), 40.
Francis Marion (5), 57, 58.
Francis Trimmer (5), 35, 48.
Francis Trimmer (6), 48.
Frank Eugene (6), 40.
Franklin John (6), 52.
George (5), 50.
George Colfax (6), 40.
Hannah (4), 27.
Helen Estella (6), 40.
Helen Mae (6), 74.
Helen Mene (6), 45.
Helen Ora (7), 42.
Helen Stewart (7), 43.
Herbert Kerr (6), 27.
Herebrt Kerr (7), 27.
Herbert T. (6), 25.
Henry Clay (5), 32.
Hugh Peebles (4), 27.
Hugh Wilson (5), 23.
Ida (5), 32.
Jacob, 30.
James (2), 10, 26.
James (3) (And.;, 15.
James (3) (Jas.) 26.
James (3) (Dav.) 30.
James (4) (Jas., And.) 16.
James (4) (Robt., And.), 24.
James (4) ^And., Jas.), 27.
James (5) (Pat., Dav., And.),
23.
James (5), 32.
James Alexander (5), 16.
James E. (4), 2S.
James *^enry (7), 27.
James Kerr (4), 31.
James Kerr, Gen '1 (5), 27.
James Maxwell (5), 57.
James McDonald (5), 57.
James Owen (4), 28.
James Walker (5), 23.
Jane (3), 30.
Jane (4) (Alex., And.), 17,
62.
Jane (4) (Jas., And.), 16.
Jane (4) (And., Jas.), 27.
Jane (5), 16.
Jane Ann (o), 31.
Jane Mc^^adam (5), 23.
Jane ^lorrow (4), 21.
Janet (3), 15.
.lean (7), 43.
Jenette (2), 9.
Jessie Elizabeth (6), 58, 59.
Jessie Rachel (6), 40.
John (3) (Jas.), 26.
John (3) (Dav.), 30.
John (4) (Jas., And.), 16.
John (4) (Alex., And.), 17,
50.
John (4) (And., Jas.), 27.
John (5) (And., Alex., And.),
44.
John (5) (Pat., Dav., And.),
23.
John Alexander (5) (Jno.,
Alex.), 50.
John Alexander (5) (Dav.,
Aiex.,, 57.
John Alexander (5) (Alex.,
Alex.), 60.
John B. (5), 22.
John Freshour (5), 50, 52.
John Lyle (4), 30. 31.
John Lyle, Rev. (5), 32.
John Negley (7), 23.
John Presley (6), 31.
John Williams (4) (Alex.,
Jas.), 28.
John Williams (4) (Eben.,
Jas.), 28.
Joseph (5), 32.
Josephine Harriet (7), 43.
Kate B. (o), 32.
Kate Morrow (6), 60.
Kathleen McBride (6), 31.
Kenneth Lewis (7), 43, 44.
Leo (6), 40.
INDEX.
9o
Leon Roy (6), 45.
Leona (7), 43.
Leonard, Rev. (5), 35, 44.
Leonard Andrew (7), 42.
LcRov Maxwell (5), 71.
Lillie' Blanche (6), 22.
Lucile Marguerite (7), 48.
Lura JIaude (6), 61.
Mabel Lucile (7), 42.
Margaret ^4) (Jas., And.), 16.
Margaret (4) (Alex., And.),
17, 75.
Margaret (4) (And., Jas.), 27.
Jlargaret (5), 31.
Margaret (7), 43.
Margaret Jane (5), 71.
ilargaret S. (5), 31.
ilariorie (6), 61.
Martha (4), 17, 66.
Martha (6), 72, 73.
Martha Ann (o), 50, 51.
Martha Hannah (5), 57, 58.
Martha Eleanor (5), 31.
Martha McCleary (5), 35, 45.
Marv (3) (Jas.), 27.
Mary (3) (Dav.j, 30.
Mary (4) (Robt., And.), 24.
Mary (4) (And., Jas.), 27.
Mary (4) (Alex., Jas.), 28.
Mary (4) (Eben., Jas.), 28.
Marv (5), 60.
Mary Fliza (5), 50, 53.
Mary Emma (7), 73.
Mary Gay ^6), 60.
Mary Tne'z (6), 40, 41.
MarV Isabel (o), 23.
Mary J. (5), 31.
Mary Jane (5) (\Vm., Dav.,
Ard.), 21.
Marv Jane (5) (Dav., Alex.,
Ard.), 57, 58.
Mary Morrow (5), 23.
Marv Sophia (5), 71, 73.
Man,' Tate (4), 16.
MarV Wvnette (7), 48.
Mavis Ciair (7), 59.
Minnie Mabelle (6), 61.
Moses, 17.
Nancy (3), 30.
Nancv (4), 16.
Narcy LeMoyne (5), 16.
iNaoT'u (7), 4.3.
Nellie Kffa (6), 45.
Nettie (5), 71, 73.
Patterson (4), 21.
Persis (6), 72, 73.
Phyllis (7), 48.
Phv^.is Gwendolvn (7), 45.
Pri'scilla (7), 43".
Ralpu Alexander (6), 60.
Ralph Campbell (6), 43, 44.
Robert (2), 29.
Robert (3) (And.), 24.
Robert (3) (Dav.), 30.
Robert (4) (Alex., And.), 17,
71.
Robert (4) (Dav., And.), 21,
23.
Robert (4) (Robt., And.), 24.
Robert (5), 35, 39.
Robert (6) (And. J., And.,
Alex.), 47, 48.
Robert (6) (S. V., Robt.,
Alex.), 72, 73.
Robert Bruce (6), 40, 42.
Robert F. (6), 31.
Robert Fulton (5), 71, 74.
Robert Morton (5), 71, 74.
Robert RalLston (o), 28.
Robert Watson (6), 74.
"^omaine Vinton (5), 16.
Russel Lee (7), 43.
Ruth (7), 43.
Sally (4), 16.
Sallv Wallace (4), 21.
Sam'uel (4), 16.
Samuel Mitchell (o), 23.
Samuel R. (5), 31.
Samuel Victor (5), 71, 72.
Sarah (4) (Alex., And.), 17,
54.
Sarah (4) (Robt.. And.), 24.
Sarah Frances (7), 43.
barah Isabel (6), 43, 44.
Sarah Patterson (5) (Wm.,
Dav., And.), 21.
Sarah Patterson (5) (Dav.,
Dav., And.), 23.
Sheldon Lewis (6), 42, 43.
Smith (5), 32.
Susan (4), 27.
Susan Catherine (6), 22.
Susannah (4), 28.
Thomas Andrew (5), 57, 58.
Thomas Patterson, Rev. (5),
21, 22.
Virginia Inez (7;, 42.
William (3), 27.
William (4) (Dav., And.), 21,
22.
William (4) (Jno., Dav.), 30,
31.
96
INDEX.
William Albert (6), 22.
William Barnet (6), 23.
William Burns (6), 48.
William David (6), 50, 51.
William E. (6), 52.
William H. (5), 27.
William Henry (5), 27.
William Pitt (4), 27.
Wi..iam R. (5), 31.
William Rankin (6), 31.
OTHER SURNAMES.
Acker, Ethel, 59.
Adams, Gertrude, 60; James
McClelland, 60; Sarah, 46.
Allison, Capt., 35.
Alward, Flossie Ulo, 39; Wil-
son i3., 39.
Amidon, Clark Franklin, 42;
Edith Irene, 42.
Angelberger, Mary, 50.
Armstrong, Ida, 46.
Arnot, Rev. Andrew, 10.'
Ashley, Irene, 54.
Bain, Alexander, 45; Harriet
Gano, 45.
Baker, Doeia Elizabeth, 52;
George Washington, 52;
Mary, 71.
Ball, Emma Lavinia, 73.
Barlow, Harriet Short, 52.
Barnet, Fannie, 22.
Batchelor, Eliza, 42.
Beatty, Robert, 60; Sarah E.,
60.
Bellinger, Ellen Lavina, 41.
Benn, Charles Wesley, 48;
Margaret Waid, 48.
Bennett, Andrew, 29.
Billings, Andrew, 38; Archie
37, 38; .\rden, 39; Barnum
38; Blanch Ellen, 38
Charles, 37; Charles Wilbur
37; Ellen, 38; Ethel Agnes
39; Ezekiel, 37; Frank T.
37, 38; Harry, 38; Ilattie
38; Hugh Compton, 37, 38
Inez, 38, 39; Joanna May
38; Kenneth, 39; Neal, 39
Nellie, 38, 39; Paul, 38
Ralph Alphoneo, 38; Rose
Opal, 39; Vernon B., 37, 38.
BlacKctt, John, 43.
Blanchard, Sarah Abigail, 64.
Bonner, Henry, 21.
Borett, Wilhelmina, 44.
Boyd, Robert, 23.
Branan, Martha, 53.
Brockett, Eey, Oliver Gar-
land, 23.
Brown, Elizabeth, 21; Rev.
George, 10; Mary, 46; Scott,
46.
Bunnell, Matilda Ann, 70.
Bureh, Charles Henry, 73;
Charles Huston, 73; Charles
Park McKinley, 73; Eleanor
Grace, 73; Laurance Byerlv,
73; LeRoy Edward, 73;
Mary Verna, 73; Paul Ken-
yon, 73; Robert Henry, 73.
Burden, Margaret, 28.
Burrage, Rebekah, 51.
Byerly, Melinda, 58.
Campbell, Andrew Taylor, 68;
Anny, 62; Arthur, 30; Elea-
nor, 30; Hannah, 43; Han-
nab, 57; Hannah Maria, 66;
Ida Isabel, 68; John, 68;
John Proudfit, 68; Martha
Jane, 68; Mary Helen, 68;
Ozro Fayette, 68; Sarah, 42;
Sarah Elizabeth, 68; Wil-
liam, 68; William Montello,
68.
Carpenter, Edward, 21; Mar-
garet, 21.
Carothers, Thomas, 16.
Cassidy, David, 38; Mabel
Idyl, 38;
Caulkins, Charles, 41; Charles
Darius, 41; Darius, 41; Em-
ma Grace, 41; Frank Alex-
ander, 41; Harriet Eliza-
beth, 41.
Ctiedister, Mary, 59.
Christopher, Mary Ann, 45.
Church, Calvin, 69; Frank
Ozro, 69; Franklin Hibbard,
69; Hazel Helen, 69; Lael
Bernice, 69; Leola Uretta,
69; Lloyd Calvin, 69;
Maurice, 69; Roy Lyle, 69;
Roy Maxwell, 69; Winafred,
69.
Cilley, Eliza Philena, 71;
Samuel, 71.
INDEX.
91
Cissna, Susannah, 60.
Cleveland Clarissa, 66.
Compton, Agues, 66; Hugh,
66; James, 66; Margaret, 66;
Sophia, 66.
Conrad, John Fairfax, 73;
Persis, 73; Thomas, 73; Vir-
ginia, 73.
Cooper, Floyd Temple, 51;
Frederic, 51; Harold Jo-
seph, 51; James Frederic,
51; Joseph, 51.
Corbin, Shadrach, 30.
Crouch, Warren, 23.
Crook, Ida, Georgina, 48;
James Philip, 48.
Culbertson, Agnes Anna, 46;
Andrew Augustus, 46, 47;
Charles Lewis, 45; Clarissa
Isabelle, 45, 46; Harriet
Emily, 44; Harriet Emily
2nd, 46; Harry Ernest
46; John Augustus, 45;
Loua Mabel, 45, 46; Mary
Elizabeth, 46.
Dana, Orville Parker, 58;
Ward Augustus, 58.
Darling, Charles Monroe, 42;
.James Monroe, 42.
Davenport, Lottie, 42.
Davis, Bessie Belle, 73;
Charles Simeon, 73; Eliza,
71; Sarah Elizabeth, 71;
Mary E., 23.
Deal, Jonathan Jacob, 65;
Peter, 65.
DeWitt, Helen, 74.
Dick, Margaret McAlpine, 23.
Dickie, Jean, 64.
Dobbin, Eev. Alexander, 20.
Dodge, Frances Marian, 25;
Rev. Orrin, 25.
Dorwart, Ida Mae, 74; Jason
Watson, 74.
Douglas, Ann, 48.
Duncan, Catherine, 21.
Dundon, Charles William, 46;
John, 46; Helen Louise, 46;
Louis John, 40; Lynn Cul-
bertson, 46; Roscoe Charles,
46.
Dunlap, Eliza, 27.
Edwards, James, 39; Lowe
Frank, 30; Margaret, 39;
Myron, 39.
Eno, Lydia, 38.
Everingham, Martha, 55.
Fallowtield, Jane, 51.
Fellows, Aliff Eliza, 48.
Finley, Mary, 69.
Fish, Emma Medora, 72;.
Hiram, 72.
Fleming, Mahala, 23.
Forsyth, Dr. John, 28.
Francis, Mary, 57.
Eraser, George, 22; Harold
Carpenter, 22; James Mur-.
ray, 22; Vernon Proudfit, 22.'
Freeman, Mary, 37.
French, Elizabeth Maria, 55;
Thomas, -"5.
Freshour, Eliza, 50; John, 50.
Fulton, Mary, 26. '
Gellatlv, Rev. Alexander, 10.
Gemmin, Albert V., 32.;
Annie, 32; Chauncey, 32;
Florence, 32; John "McAI-
ister, 32; John Mc A lister,
Jr., 32; Norman, 32; Roscoe,
32; William, 32; William
H., 32.
Gibson. John 69; John 2d, 69._
Giles, Sarah, 47.
Gillespie, Edwin Guain, 55;.
Edwin Leonard, 55; Gladys
Elizabeth, 56; Hazel Marie,.
56; Irene May, 55; John,
54; John Alexander, 54;
Marian, 55; Martha Ann,
55; Martha Elizabeth, 54;
Minnie Almina, 55; Rena
May, 55; Richard, 54; Sarah.
Alice, 55; Thomas Clarke,
55; William Andrew, 55;
William Henry, 54, 55j Wil-
liam Howard, 56; Winfield
Scott, 55,
Gilmore, Jfary Ann, 60.
Gilmour, Allen Columbia, 44;
Jennie Dunsmour Knox, 44.
Goodrich, Carrie, 39; Carson
Lee, 40; Donna Inez, 40
Elizur, 43; Harry Owen, 41
Lauretta, 41; Mattie, 43
^fargaret Elizabeth, 41_
Nellie Isabel, 40; Wilbur
Bentley, 40; William Bent-
ley, 39.
Gove, Harriet, 64; William
Henry, 64.
Gregory, Emma, 55.
Gulick, Mary, 45.
INDEX.
Haggertj, Anna, 47; Hugh,
47.
Haight, W. D., 27.
Hamill, John, 27.
Hamilton, Mary Jane, 48.
Hanna, Andrew Jackson, 52;
Lillian Estella, 52.
Harrell, Seymour Lyman, 52;
Victor Hugo, 52.
Harris, Alice Cora, 42.
Harrison, Clarissa, 45.
Harwood, Clifford J., 55;
George Leslie, 55; Harry
Buck, 55; Judson, 55; Ralph
Emerson, 55.
Hasbrouck, Israella, 24.
Hawkins, William, 64; Wil-
liam Burt, 64.
Henderson, Matthew, 20.
Henry, Lott Halnez, 41; Vir-
gil Rae, 41.
Herindeen, Maggie, 52.
Hitchcott, Harry, 37; William,
37,
Hoke, Belle Josephine, 73.
Holmes, Juliette, 27.
Hotchkiss, Amanda Lenora,
37; Medad, 37.
Houston, Ann, 27.
Huidekoper, H. J., 36.
Hutchinson, Charlotte E., 52;
Eliza, 51, 52; Ina May, 52;
James, 51; Jane, 51; John,
51, 52; Mabel, Louise, 52;
Martha Julia, 52; Ralph, 51.
Hyson, Archibald, 17.
Ingram, James H., 73; Myrtle
Maud, 73.
Irish, Alphonso Hiram, 38;
Jennie Miranda, 38.
Irons, Harry Piersol, 61;
Jonathan, 61; James Proud-
fit, 61.
Irvin, John, 28.
Jameson, Elizabeth, 17.
Jamison, Rev. John, 20.
Jenkins, Harriet, 41.
Johnsonbaugh, Delia, 69;
Alexander, 69.
Jones, Maria Freeman, 27.
Kelley, Sally, 39.
Kerable, Rev. Ira O., 61; John
A., 61; Margaret, 61; M.
Winifred, 61; Samuel T., 61;
S. Vida, 61.
Kerr, Maria, 27, •
Kierstead, Eliza, 53.
Knapp, Elizabeth, 56.
Knox, Christina, 44.
Laugherv, Mary, 68.
Law, Elizabeth, 24.
Lawhead, Minerva Worthing-
ton, 61.
Lawson, Joanna, 38.
Lay, Abner, 40; Elizabeth,
40.
Lemmon, James, 73; Ulic, 73.
LeSuer, Charles, 39; Grant,
39; Helen Elizabeth, 39.
Lewis, Harriet Amanda, 42;
Jesse, 42; Sarah Jane, 42.
Lincoln, Clarissa Luella, 43;
Wellington, 43.
Linn, Rev. James Patterson,
31; William, 31.
Livingston, Nancy, 30.
Lockwood, Jane, 39.
Long, David, 21.
Lowe, Margaret Isabel, 39.
Lyle, Elizabeth, 30.
Lytle, Mary, 26.
Marble, Alban Warren, 36;
Blanche May, 37; Clarissa,
36; Manton Medad, 37; Nel-
lie Elizabeth, 37; Nora
Elizabeth, 37; Paul, 36;
Warren, 37.
Marsh, Carson Wilson, 41;
Ethlene, 41; Gail Andrew,
41; James Elbert, 41; John
Andrew, 41; Mary, 39; Wil-
son, 41.
Martin, Emma Sophia, 70.
Mason, William Madison, 73.
McAlister, Agnes Proudfit. 32;
David Proudfit, 32; John,
30; Rev. John, 11; W. N.,
32.
McBride, Rowena, 31.
McBurney, Jane, 57; John, 57.
McCalmont, John, 30; John,
32.
McCleary, Martha, 17; John,
17; John, 19; Sarah, 19; Wil-
Ham, 19.
McCready, John Richard, 58;
Sarah Hester Belle, 58.
McCully, Maria, 16.
McCullough, Dr. S. L., 31.
McFarland, James A., 28.
Mcllvain, Martha, 54.
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