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HISTORY OF THE
BORTON AND MASON FAMILIES
IN EUROPE AND AMERICA.
Compiled by
FREEMAN C. MASON, M. D.
Hillsdale, Mich.
Printed by
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INTRODUCTION.
The work of compiling this book should have been done by other
hands hi days long past, and we have taken it up simply as a duty and
labor of love, and not with hopes of any pecuniary gain. In the main,
written records have been relied upon; written statements from in-
dividuals have, in some instances, been inserted, and where tradition
is given, it is so stated.
This work is compiled and published especially for the home circle
of the Borton and Mason families, and those who have descended there-
from ; and we hope and desire that it may be received in the same spirit
in which it has been written. Some families will not appear owing to a
lack of proper data concerning them; but knowing their ancestors for
two or three generations, will be able to trace their genealogy and family
history back to the progenitors. Much authentic history has been in-
serted, believing that it will not only add interest to the book, but will
help to preserve it for those who may come after us.
There will doubtless be mistakes in geneological data, compilation
and construction of this volume; but when we think of the wa'c, stu-
pendous in its nature, which has been done during moments of ,i«me as
they could be snatched from a busy professional life, and also think of
the vast correspondence and research required, we believe that all criti-
cisms will be considerate and charitable.
THE COMPILER.
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
The arrangement of the work is by generations, and the names of
the children in each generation who married are carried forward as
parent of the following generation.
The index includes the eighth and ninth generations, and the
numeral placed, in each instance, before the name Borton and Mason can
through the above arrangement be readily traced back to the progenitor,
assisted by the number of each generation given at the margin of each
page.
The abbreviations are: b., born; d., died; m., married; gen., gen-
eration.
These families will be known and spoken of as follows :
New Jersey Bortons.
Ohio Bortons, descendants of
Benjamin, Sr. of the IVth gen., immigrated to Gurnsey Co., Ohio,
1804.
Samuel, Sr., of the Vth gen., immigrated to Stark Co., Ohio, 1808.
Daniel, Sr., of the Vth gen., immigrated to Stark Co., Ohio, 1810.
Josiah, Sr., of the IVth gen., immigrated to Clinton County, Ohio,
1812.
Sons of Bethuel, of the Vth gen., immigrated to Fulton County,
Ohio, 1836 to 1839.
Indiana Bortons, Ira Borton, and Sons of Samuel, Jr., Vlth gen.,
immigrated from Stark County, Ohio, 1858.
Masons, "Evesham" Burlington County, New Jersey.
Masons, Ohio branch, descendants of John Mason, of the 5th gen.,
who immigrated to Fulton County, Ohio, 1839.
In preparing this history of the Borton and Mason families, search
has been made in Friends Records of monthly meetings in Philadelphia,
Pa., and also in Friends Records, London, England, also local church
records in that country. A thorough search in the Congressional
Library, Washington, D. C, also, in Friends Library, Philadelphia, and
in the University Library, Urbana, 111., and all books have been examined
that would probably give information with regard to the history or
genealogy of these families. We have given the biographies of noted
persons in the Mason family, compiled in part by Miss Eleanor Lexing-
ton, while others have been taken from Encyclopedias and other authen-
tic sources of information. While the present work has to do with the
BORTON FAMILY
Evesham New Jersey branch of the family, we believe a short history
of the family at large will not cause a lack of interest in the work. Fur-
ther, we wish to acknowledge our obligations to the following named
persons, for assistance rendered in securing the required data and for
the interest taken in the work.
Charles H. Engle, Mount Holly, New Jersey.
Richard Haines, Medford, New Jersey.
John W. Borton, Cambridge, Ohio.
Amelia Eliza Tarr, Manasquan, New Jersey.
Ner B. Borton, Camden, New Jersey.
S. Eliza Hunt, Camden, New Jersey.
George B. Borton, Moorcstown, New Jersey.
Joel Borton, Woodstown, New Jersey.
Anne R. Borton, Ocean Grove, New Jersey.
Mary Ellen Borton, Belmar, New Jersey.
Amy A. Hendrickson, Haddonfield, New Jersey.
Susan V. Borton, Zenia, Ohio.
Sarah A. Metzger, Salem, Ohio.
Daniel C. Borton, Cleveland, Ohio.
Paul G. Agnew, Washington, D. C
George O. Borton, Bridgeport, Conn.
Katie Borton, New Burlington, Ohio.
Daniel J. Prickitt, West Unity, Ohio.
Emily A. Town, West Unity, Ohio.
Leonidas Hubbard Sr., Rapid City, M
Byron Hubbard, Waldron, Mich.
Maysie Light, Arapahoe, Nebraska.
Mary S. Allen, Philadelphia, Pa.
Isaac Sharp, London, England.
Louisa A. Borton, Bourbon, Indiana.
Cornelia W. Griscom, Medford, New Jer
Lucina J. Rodi, Calumet, Mich.
Joseph Borton, Scottsville, Mich.
Ann D. Harley, Bedford, Iowa.
Lucina Haas, Ithaca, Mich.
Sarah Towns, Ludington, Mich.
Albert Towns, Bethany, Mo.
Amanda Millbern, Mentone, Ind.
Marion E. Sparks, Urbana, Illinois.
Asa V. Borton, LaFayette, Ind.
Daniel Borton Sr., Salem, Ohio.
Jesse Leroy Cox. Barrvton, Mich.
Mary A. E. Matlack, LaFayette, Ind.
Joseph H. Borton. Atlantic City, New Jer
Julia D. M. Walls, Philadelphia, Pk
S. F. Rexstrew, South Bend, Ind.
Edmund Darnell, Atlantic City, N. J,
Maud W. Gassin, Camden, N. J.
David L. Ballinger, Moorestown, N. J.
Caroline Borton Zelley, Moorestown, N. J
Charles S. French, West Philadelphia, Pa.
David T. Ballinger, Marlton, N. J.
Thomas Borton, Mullica Hill, N. J.
Uriah Borton, Moorestown, N. J.
Carl D. Borton, Bowen, Illinois.
T. Artemas Borton, Plymouth, Indiana.
Josiah B. Borton, Merchantville, N. J.
Norman Penney, London, E. C.
Thamazine M. Haines, Medford, New Jersey.
Tiichard A. Warrick, Hartford, New Jersey.
William H. Zelly, Marlton, New Jersey.
Amos A. Zelley, Masonville, New Jersey.
Levi Ballinger, Moorestown, New Jersey.
Lillie I. Rogers, Merchantville, New Jersey.
Elmina K. Borton, Moorestown, New Jersey.
Ruth Dudley, Richmond, Indiana..
John B. Atkinson, Earlington, Kentucky.
Mary E. Mason, Marietta, Ohio.
Kate Mason Rowland, Washington, District of Col^unil*
Leila Ballinger Wythe, St. Joseph, Missouri
'ohn Borton, Cambridge, Ohio, R. F. D.
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THE BORTONS IN EUROPE.
The ending of the name in "ton," and the location of a town named
Bourton in Gloucestershire, a county adjoining that of Northampton,
would indicate that the ancestors of John, the immigrant to America,
were of Norman origin, and were no doubt one of the tribes who came
into England at the time of the Conquest in 1066; and that Bourton in
Gloucestershire was their county seat, and which was devised to them
by William the Conqueror. Tradition says that the chief of this tribe
was John of Bourton, and that later the crest on the arms was a boar's
head.
We quote the following from Joseph Besse's "Collections of the
Sufferings of the People Called Friends for the Testimony of a Good
Conscience." Two Vol., London, 1753.
"In I mo., 1660, John Bett and John Borton, of Aino, Northampton-
shire, were taken out of their own houses by soldiers, and committed
to prison for refusing the oaths. Also, in the year 1665, John Bett,
John Borton, Edward Hardley and John Holcroft, (poor laborers) had
their goods taken by distress for a fine of four shillings each, imposed
for four weeks' absence from their parish church."
In the year 1674, Oxfordshire; taken by distress for meetings this
year, from John Holcroft, John Borton and Thomas Mercer, i pound,
15 shillings. From a search made in Friends' Records, London, it is
probable that John, the immigrant, with Ann, his wife ,were the only
converts to the Friends' faith in the Borton family; and being persecuted
not only by the established church of England, but possibly by members
of his own family, he sought a home and refuge in the new country.
He became a Friend, as shown above, many years prior to immigration;
and the dates of births of all of his children except the youngest daughter,
who was born in America, are to be found in Friends' Records of Eng-
land. There are Bortons who still reside at Aynho and vicinity, and all
Bortons in America, so far as known, descended from John and Ann;
and the ancestry in all cases has so far been traced back to these pro-
genitors.
In Samuel Smith's History of the Colony of New Caesaria, or New
BORTON FAMILY
Jersey, 1765, page 151-152, "Transactions of the Assembly of West
New Jersey, Session 1682, ist to nth, i mo.," states that John Borton
was chosen in connection with William Brightwen for constable of
London tenth. John Borton in his will left his sons, John Jr. and
William, shares which he owned in the above named tenth. Throughout
the county of Burlington, a tenth of land was considered as 32,000 acres
and the inhabitants thereof were entitled to ten representatives in the
General Assembly of West Jersey, which Assembly was empowered to
appoint persons to fill all public offices from Counsellors to Constable.
We have been able to trace the genealogy of the Borton Family,
in America, back to John Borton and Anne, his wife, who came from
the Parish of Aynho, Northampton county, England, in the year 1679,
in company with several families of Friends. In this company of
Colonial Immigrants were the progenitors of the Gardiner, Moore,
Prickitt, Evans, Collins, Engle, and Troth families.
John Borton, with Anne, his wife, and seven children, two boys and
five girls, settled at Hillsdown, on the Northampton River, now known
as Rancocas Creek, New Jersesy. The land which he entered was a
tract in Evesham township, now Mount Laurel, Burlington county. New
Jersey. The tract of land extended from a line now occupied by the
Mount Holly and Moorestown turn pike to Rancocas Creek, and was
known as the "Borton Tract."
jf his six daughters, but does not name them
John Borton died at Hillsdown in the year 1687, leaving a will dated
28th day of the 5th month, and proved the nth month and 14th day of
the same year. He named his son John and William antf^enumerates
The "Borton Tract" of land, by will, became the property of John
Jr. and William ; and from them to their descendants. A portion heired
by John Borton Jr., he felt to his son John, from whim it descended
to his son, Abram Borton.
Abram was a son of John Borton and Elizabeth Lord. He married
Rachel Engle. They had a son, Uriah Borton, who married Mary
Collins. He heired a portion of the "Borton Tract" on which he lived,
and at his death, left the same to Joseph Borton, their only son, who
married Sarrah Jessup.
Joseph was born on the homestead of his ancestors, April 29th,
1800; here he resided until 1835, when he purchased 127 acres of land
in possession of the family as late as 1882.* We insert a cut taken from
on the Rancocas and Burlington road, in the township of Westhampton.
Here he resided until his death, April 9th, 1868. His wife Sarah, died
26-9 mo., 1876, age 53 years. Portions of the "Borton Tract" remained
if a photo of a portion of the "Borton Tract" showing the farm buildings
at the present time. (See Frontispiece.)
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GENEALOGY. ]1
John Borton, Jr., and William Borton purchased land on North-
ampton River, Burlington County, New Jersey, in lo mo., 1681, one
hundred and seventy-five acres, and one hundred and fifty acres respec-
tively.
Certificate of removal of John Borton, the Immigrant, from Eng-
land to America.
John Borton and Anne, his wife, of Hillsdown on the "Northampton
River," Burlington County, New Jersey, came from the Parish of Aynho,
Northamptonshire, England, bringing a certificate from the monthly
meeting of Borton, in Oxfordshire, dated 3rd month, the 5th, 1697, O. S.,
and signed by a number of persons who vouch that they have "Known ye
sd John and Anne Borton these many years, and that they have walked
honestly among us, living in the fear of God and in obedience to the
blessed truth revealed in this our day, and have been of a good savor to
friends and to their neighbors in ye village where they dwell."
Names of Signers of Certificates: .
Richard Tredwell.
Bray Dailey.
Ralph Hills.
John Smith.
Thomas Butcher.
George Ason.
Thomas Penn.
Thomas Marcer.
John Butcher.
Peter Barrett.
William Potter.
William Tredwell.
Simon Thompson.
John Lange.
Richard Parker.
Christopher E. Barrett.
Richard Maull.
John Gardner.
Thomas OllifTe.
Richard Vivers.
Timothy Burbro Jr.
Richard Haines.
James Treppes.
Timothy Burbro, Sr.
Thomas Sherwell.
John Hastings.
Nathaniel Ball.
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"We and other Friends found freedom in ourselves, to give this
testimony."
L John Borton and Ann's children were :
John Jr., b. 27-9 mo., 1669; m. i
m. 2. Ann Darnely, 1717,
m. 3. Mary Hillbourne, 173;
William, b. 2-4 mo., 1672; m. Hannah Cole, 1699.
Anne, b. 18-8 mo., 1660; m. Thomas Barton, 1681.
Elizabeth, b. 27-5 mo., 1664; m. John Woolman, 1684.
Esther, b. 25-5 mo., 1667; m. John Haines, 1684.
Mary, b. 5-8 mo., 1678; m. Francis Austin, 1696.
Susanna, b. 24-8 mo., 1675.
II. John Borton Jr., son of John Borton and Ann, married three
wives. First wife, ; Second wife, Ann Darnely;
Third wife, Mary Hillbourne. The children by first wife were: —
\-Obadiah, b. 1708; m. Susannah Butcher,
m. Mary Driver.
John, b. ; m. Elizabeth Lord.
Willam, b. ; m. Deborah Hedge,
m. Abigail Lord.
Hannah, b. ; m. John Darnell.
John Borton and Ann, the immigrants, had one daughter born in
America, some time between 1679 ^^^ 1687. Nothing is known with
regard to her.
III. John Borton, son of John Borton Jr. and first wife, married
Elizabeth Lord, daughter of John was born 4-3 mo.,
1696. Their children were:
John, b. 16-12 mo., 1730; m. Rebecca Haines.
Abram, b. 1732; died 1777; m. four wives.
Abigail, b. 1735; m. Reuben Braddock, 1765.
m. Joseph Wilkins, 1784.
Issac, b. 1737; m. Mary Hooten, 1761.
Elizabeth, b. 1740; m. Joseph Gauntt, 1762.
Jacob, b. 1742; died young.
III. Obadiah Borton, son of John Borton Jr. and first wife, married
Susannah Butcher, daughter of Samuel Butcher and Silence Bunting.
Their children were : —
Silence, b.
IV. Mary, b. ; m. Joseph. Engle.
Solomon, b. ; m. Elizabeth
IV. Samuel, b. 27-4 mo., 1743; m. Rhoda Packer, ii-ii mo., 1776.
Susannah died and Obadiah married Mary Driver. Their children
were : —
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GENEALOGY. 13
Jane, b ; m. Thomas Bond.
IV, Josep^, b. ; m. Nancy Cliflfton.
Phebe, b.
IV. John, b. 9 mo., 1755; m. Hannah Haines, 1776.
IV. Benjamin, b. 5-4 mo., 1761; m. Charity Rogers, 16-3 mo., 1780.
IV. Job, b. ; m. Anna Rogers.
III. William Borton, son of John Borton Jr. and first wife, married
Deborah Hedge, daughter of Benard Hedge and Elizabeth Prague.
Their children were: —
William, b. ; m. Martha Owen, 1760.
Esther, b. ; m. William Troth, 1757.
Hannah, b. ; m. Joseph Lippincott, 1763.
Deborah died and William married Abigail Lord. Their children
were : —
IV. Joshua, b. ; m. Mary Lippinj )tt, 1772.
m. Rachel Borton, 29-9 mo., 1781.
m. Elizabeth Newton Woolman.
IV. Josiah, b. ; m. Rebecca Haines, 1774.
IV. Caleb, b. ; m. Silence Willetts, 1766.
IV. Sarah, b. ; died single.
III. Hannah Borton, daughter of John Borton Jr. and fire wife,
married John Darnell, the projenitor of the Darnell family, in 1722.
Their children were : —
Edward, b. 14-1 mo., 1730; m. Jane Driver.
Lewis, b. 1736; m. Grace Thomas, 1759.
Hannah, b. 1742.
William, b. 1739.
Jemima, b. 1744; m. Rehoboam Braddock.
IV. Edward Darnell, , son of John Darnell and Hannah Borton
daughter of John Borton and Ann, married Jane Driver. They had two
children : —
Samuel, b.
Edmund, b. 1768; m. 1790, Rachel Dudley.
V. Edmund Darnell, son of Edward Darnell and Jane Driver, mar-
ried Rachel Dudley, daughter of Joshua and Rachel Dudley. Their
children were: —
Job, b. ; m. Agnes Mullen.
VI. Job Darnell, son of Edmund Darnell and Rachel Dudley, married
Agnes Mullen, daughter of William Mullen and Elizabeth Lukens.
Their children were: —
Charles, b. ; m. 1852, Lydia Haines.
Edmund, b. ; m. Esther Jessup.
Sarah, b. ; m. Mark H. Busby.
Agnes, b. ; single.
14 J BORTON FAMILY .
Henry, b. ; m. Anna Engle Prickitt.
VII. Charles Darnell, son of Job Darnell and Agnes Mullen, married
Lydia Haines. They had two children : —
Emily H., b.
Joseph H., b. ; the family are all deceased.
VII. Sarah Darnell married Mark H. Busby. She was a daughter of
Job Darnell and Agnes Mullen. They had two children.
Georgiana, b. ; single.
Walter J., b. ; m. Emily Borton, daughter of George and
Susanna Borton of Moorestown, N. J.
VII. Henry Darnell, son of Job Darnell and Agnes Muller married
Anna Engle Prickitt. They have one child.
Albert H. Darnell, b.
Henry Darnell is the owner and proprietor of tlie "Hotel Holm-
hurst," Atlantic City, New Jersey. (See cut.) It has been said that
his grandfather, Edmund Da • tell, whose home was in Evesham, now
Mount Laurel Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, could go to
both mill and market on his own land.
Edmund Darnell, second son of Job, was born and lived many
years in Evesham Township, Burlington County, New Jersey. He
owned many acres of land, but after the decease of his wife, 1901, sold
most of the same, and now makes his home at the Hotel Holmhurst,
Atlantic City, New Jersey, and as we have stated elsewhere, Walter J.
Busby, son of Sarah Darnell and Mark H. Busby, is owner and proprietor
of the Hotel Dennis, Atlantic City, New Jersey.
HOTEL HOLMHURST.
This beautiful building is located at Atlantic City, New Jersey^
Pennsylvania Avenue, on a high point of land, which gives an excellent
view of the ocean, being in easy access of the Board Walk and Steel Pier.
It is fitted up with large upper and lower exchange, large committee
and amusement rooms. The dining room has capacity for three hundred
guests. During the past winter the Holmhurst has been enlarged and
extensively improved. It is now equipped with electric plant, steam
heat, and complete elevator service. The new addition includes over
fifty beautiful bed rooms, each with bath attached.
HENRY DARNELL, Proprietor.
Lydia Ilaines, b. 9-7 mo., 1826, was the daughter ot Joseph Haines
and Del^orah Engle, a daughter of Aaron Engle and Esther Troth,
married Charles Darnell, 1852.
Esther Jessup, wife of Edmund Darnell, was the daughter of Rachel
Borton and William Jessup, son of Jolin Jessup and Deborah. Rachel
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GENEALOGY. 15
Borton was a daughter of Uriah Borton and Mary Collins. Uriah was
a son of Abram Borton and Rachel Engle, daughter of Robert Engle
and Rachel Venicomb. Abram Borton was a son of John Borton and
Elizabeth Lord. John Borton was a son of John Borton Jr., and first
wife. John Jr. was the son of John Borton and Ann, the projenitors
who came to Burlington county, N. J. from England in 1679.
IV. Jemima Darnell, daughter of Hannah Borton and John Darnell,
married Rehoboam Braddock, son of Robert Braddock and Elizabeth
(first wife). Their children were:
Wiiliam, b. ; m. Ann Rogers.
Darnell, b. ; m. Sarah Rogers.
Job, b. ; m. Hannah Snowden.
Elizal)eth, b. ; m. Noah Sharp.
Ilnnnali, b. ; m. William GifFord.
riiche, b. . ; m. Joseph Haines.
Jemima, b. ; m. John Borton.
Bathsheba, b. ; m. Daniel Zelly.
Rachel, b. ; m. John Dudley.
Mary, b. ; m. Edward Borton.
V. John Borton, son of Hannah Haines and John Borton Sr., mar-
ried Jemima Braddock, daughter of Rehoboam Braddock and Jemima
Darnell. Their children were : —
Barzilla, b. ; died single.
John, b. ; m. Keturah Haines.
m. Martha Woolman.
m. Sarah Busby, (widow).
Jemima, b. ; m. Jacob Ballinger.
m. David Walton.
Esther, b. ; m. William Glover.
Pemberton, b. 19-3 mo., 1840; m. Anna Wright.
Caroline, b. ; m. David Davis.
II. Esther Bort«n, daughter of John Borton and Ann, married
John Haines, son of Richard Haines and Margaret, 10-10 mo., 1684, at
ThiVi :■ '. Gardiner's house, in Burlington, New Jersey. Their children
were : —
John, b. 10-14 mo., 1685; m. Elizabeth Satterthwait, 1709
m. Jane Smith, widow, 1728.
E]izal)cth, b. 16S7; died young.
Jonathan, b. 3-2 mo., 16S8; m. RLiry Matlack, 171 1.
Isaac, b. 12-2 mo., 1690; m. Catharine Davis, 1714.
Mary, b. 20-2 mo., 1693; m. Thomas Lippincott, 171 1.
Calcl), b. 8-2 mo., 1695; m. Sarah Burr, 1719.
Esther, b. 15-T., 1697; m. Thomas Evan<;, 1715.
Hotel Holmhurst, Atlantic City, N. J.
GENEALOGY. 15
Borton was a daughter of Uriah Borton and Mary Collins. Uriah was
a son of Abram Borton and Rachel Engle, daughter of Robert Engle
and Rachel Venicomb. Abram Borton was a son of John Borton and
Elizabeth Lord. John Borton was a son of John Borton Jr., and first
wife. John Jr. was the son of John Borton and Ann, the projenitors
who came to Burlington county, N. J. from England in 1679.
IV. Jemima Darnell, daughter of Hannah Borton and John DarnelU
married Rehoboam Braddock, son of Robert Braddock and Elizabeth
(first wife). Their children were:
William, b. ; m. Ann Rogers.
Darnell, b. ; m. Sarah Rogers.
Job, b. ; m. Hannah Snowden.
Elizal)eth, b. ; m. Noah Sharp.
irrmiuiii, b. ; m. William Gifford.
Pliche, b. . ; m. Joseph Haines.
Jemima, b. ; m. John Borton.
Bathsheba, b. ; m. Daniel Zelly.
Rachel, b. ; m. John Dudley.
Mary, b. ; m. Edward Borton.
V. John Borton, son of Hannah Haines and John Borton Sr., mar-
ried Jemima Braddock, daughter of Rehoboam Braddock and Jemima
Darnell. Their children were: —
Barzilla, b. ; died single.
John, b. ; m. Keturah Haines.
m. Martha Woolman.
m. Sarah Busby, (widow).
Jemima, b. ; m. Jacob Ballinger.
m. David Walton.
Esther, b. ; m. William Glover.
Pemberton, b. 19-3 mo., 1840; m. Anna Wright.
Caroline, b. ; m. David Davis.
IL Esther Borton, daughter of John Borton and Ann, married
John Haines, son of Richard Haines and Margaret, 10-10 mo., 1684, at
TIio],:;^ Gardiner's house, in Burlington, New Jersey. Their children
were : —
John, b. 10-14 mo., 16S5; m. Elizabeth Sattcrthwait, 1709
m. Jane Smith, widow, 1728.
Elizabeth, b. 1687; died young.
Jonathan, b. 3-2 mo., 16SS; m. Mary Matlack, 171 1.
Lsaac, b. 12-2 mo., 1690; m. Catharine Davis, 1714.
Mary, b. 20-2 mo., 1693; m. Thomas Lippincott, 171 1.
Calcl\ b. 8-2 mo., 1695; m. Sarah Burr, 1719.
Esther, b. 15-1., 1697; m. Thomas Evans, 1715.
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Hannah, b. 13-2 mo., 1699.
Joshua, b. 14-1 mo., 1701; died 1714.
Josiah, b. 21-11 mo., 1703; m. Martha Burr, 1723.
Rebecca, b. 10-2 mo., 1705; m. Joseph Matlack.
Abigail, b. 1-8 mo., 1708; died 171 7.
Phebe, b. 6-9 mo., 1710; m. John Burrough, 1726.
Esther, the first wife, died and John Haines married Hannah Wood,
1722, at Evesham Mtg. No issue. John died 1728, in "Evesham, Bur-
lington county, N. J.
II. Elizabeth Borton, daughter of John Borton and Ann, was born
in Northamptonshire, England, in 1664, and married to John Woolman,
in 1684. They had a son Samuel, and possibly other children.
Samuel Woolman, son of John Woolman and Elizabeth Borton
married Elizabeth . /^^V-.^ . v.' Their children were:
Patience, b. 27-10 mo., 1718; m. 1736, Joseph Moore.
John, b. 1720; m. 1749, Sarah Ellis.
Asher, b. 27-6 mo., 1722; m. 13-12 mo., 1769, Rachel Narcross, b.
15-8 mo., 1750, she being nineteen years of age, and Asher Woolman
forty-seven years old. Their children were:
Granville, b. i-i mo., 1774; m. Hannah Stokes, i-ii mo., 1795.
Abigail, b. m
IV. Patience Woolman, daughter of Samuel Woolman and Eliza-
beth, married Joseph Moore, son of Benjamin Moore and Sarah Stokes.
Their children were : —
Mary, b. 3-8 mo., 1740; m. John Mason.
Elizabeth, b. 13-7 mo., 1744; m. John Mason.
Patience, b. 8-1 1 mo., 1750; m. Joseph Vainey.
Uriah, b. 8-1 1 mo., 1753; died single.
Jana, b. 6-4 mo., 1758; died single.
Cyrus, b. 3-12 mo., 1760; m. Mary Austin.
John, b. ; m. Bethsheba Ballinger.
IV. Mary Austin, the wife of Cyrus Moore, was the daughter of
Jonathan Austin and Rebecca Mason. Jonathan was the son of Francis
Austin, the Progenitor, and Mary Borton, the daughter of John Borton
and Ann, progenitors of the Borton family.
II. Mary Borton, daughter of John Borton and Anne, married
Francis Austin, the progenitor of the Austin family. Their children were:
Mary, b. ; m. William Sharp, 1716.
Sarah, b. ; m. Nathan Haines.
Francis, b. ; m.
III. Francis Austin, son of Francis Austin and Mary Borton, married
Their children were : —
Jonathan, h, ; Rebecca Mason.
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Caleb, b. ; m. Lydia Mason.
III. Mary Austin, daughter of Francis Austin and Mary Borton,
nlarried, 1716, William Sharp, his first wife, son of John Sharp and
Elizabeth Pain. Their children were : —
Rebecca Sharp, b. 1729; Solomon Haines, 1749.
Hannah, b. 27-1 mo., I72r; m Jonathan Haines, 1740.
Hugh, b. 1 5-1 1 m.o., 1724; m. Sabilla
m. Ann Stratton.
Esther, b. 26-2 mo., 1727; m. Job Haines.
\Villian\b. 19-J2 mo., 1730; m. Mary. Haines, 1752.
Mary Austin died in 1732.
III. Nathan Haines, son of William Haines and Sarah Paine-, married
Sarah Austin, daughter of F'rancis Austin and Mary Borton, daughters
of John Borton and Ann, who settled in Burlington county, N. J. in 1679.
Mary Borton and Nathan Haines' children were: —
William, b. ; . 1745, Elizabeth Ballinger.
Amos, b. ; m. 1754, Mary Conrow.
Nathan Jr., b. ; m, Rebecca Ballinger,
m. Dorcas Davis.
Mary, b. ; m. 1758, Isaac Holloway.
John, b. ; m. 1758, Mary Shreeve.
Sarah, b. ; m.
IV. Abraham, son of John Borton and Elizabeth Lord; John being
a son of John Borton Jr. and first wife ; married Rachel Engle, daughter
of Robert Engle and Rachel Venicomb. Their children were :
Abraham, b. 4-9 mo., 1769; died 28-3 mo., 1784.
Joseph, b. 28-4 mo., 1771 ; m. Ethel Dudley.
Robert, b. 29-3 mo., 1773; died 26-11 mo., 1781.
Rachel, b. 26-8 mo., 1774; m. Jacob Evans.
Uriah, b. 1-12 mo., 1776; m. Mary Collins.
Mary Collins, who married Uriah Borton was the daughter of Job
Collins and Elizabeth Ballinger, widow Mason, daughter of Joshua
Ballinger and Naomi Dunn. Abraham Borton was married to three
other wives. Mary Collins was born 19-8 mo., 1780, and married Uriah
Borton 12-9 mo., 1798.
V. Uriah Borton, son of Abram Borton and Rachel Engle (fourth
wife), married Mary Collins, daughter of Job Collins and Elizabeth
Ballinger Mason (widow) and second wife of Job Collins. Uriah and
Mary Bortons' children were: —
Joseph, b. 29-4 mo., 1800; m. Sarah Jessup.
Elizabeth, b. 27-1 mo., 1803; m. Charles Haines — first wife.
Rachel, b. 7-9 mo., 1806; m. William Jessup — second wife.
Mary, b. 7-10 mo., 1813: m. Thomas Evans — first wife.
Nacmi, b. 1-9 nio., i8j6; m. Nathan Haines.
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Lydia, b. 16-5 mou, 1809; died single.
Amy, b. 22-8 mo., 1818; died single.
Sarah and William Jessiip, ^ho married Joseph and Rachel Borton,
were the children of John Jessup and Deborah. John was the son of
John Jessup and Elizabeth Ballinger.
Thomas Evans, who married Mary Borton, was the son of Joseph
Evans and Rebecca Roberts. Joseph was the son of Thomas Evans
and Mary Eves.
Nathan Haines, son of Hinchman Haines and Mary Warrington,
married Naomi Borton.
VI. Joseph Borton, oldest son and child of Uriah Borton and Mary
Collins, married Sarah Jessup, daughter of John and Deborah Jessup.
Their children were: —
Deborah, b. ; m. Richard Busby.
Elizabeth C, b. 2-4 mo., 1826; died single 16-10 mo., 1895.
Mary J., b. ; m. Chalkly Stokes.
Rachel, b. ; died 1876, single.
Uriah, b. 5-2 mo., 1836; m. Rachel Wiggins.
Sarah J. b. 18-10 mo., 1842; died 17-6 mo., 1897.
VII. Uriah Borton, Jr., son of Joseph Borton and Sarah Jessup, mar-
ried Rachel Wiggins of Wrightstown, Bucks county, Pa. Their
children were: —
Mary C, b. 27-10 mo., 1877.
William Joseph, b. 23-9 mo., 1879; m. Mary A. Newbold.
VIII. William Joseph Borton, son of Uriah Borton and Rachel Wig--
gins, married Mary A. Newbold, 25-3 mo., IQ05. They have one son : —
IX. Alfred Chapman, b. 20-8 mo., 1896.
Copy of the Will of John Borton, ist, the Immigrant.
Ye 28th day of ye 5th mo. 1687. I* Jo^^" Borton, of Hillsdown,
being weak in body but of a perfect memory, have made this my last
will and testament in manner as follows. Imprimis. I commit my soule
to Almighty God who gave it me. And my body to ye earth from
whence it came, and to be laid in ye burial place of Friends at Burlington.
Item. I give to my son John that settlement called Hillsdown, lying
on ye south side of Northampton River, being in quantity 300 acres and
somewhat more, together with barn, house and all other out houses,
with garden, orchard and all manner of improvements whatsoever, ex-
cept one third part thereof which I give to my dear wife Ann Borton,
with Five Pounds a year, which she will have during her natural life
and widowhood.
I also give to my son John a two and thirtieth part of a propertie
through ye County, and one pair of oxen.
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Item. I give to my son William the settlement fronting upon
Northampton River northward, being in quantity one hundred acres and
somewhat more, with house, barn, garden, orchard together with all
manner of improvements thereunto belonging, with my three lots upon
Burlington Island and also a two and thirtieth part of a property through-
out ye County with one yoak of oxen.
Item. I give to my grandchildren ten shillings a piece.
Item. All ye rest of my cattle and goods I give to my wife and six
daughters, my debts and legacies being first paid, as followeth: viz:
One third part to my wife, and ye other two parts to be divided equally
among my six daughters.
John Bortoa
Signed in ye presence of us.
John Woolman.
Enoch Coore.
It may seem strange, but yet we believe it to be true, that the
original log house, built by John Borton, the immigrant in 1682, is still
in existence and is being put to daily use. This building is about 18x24
feet in size and one and one-half stories in height, and is made of hewn
Red Cedar logs, brought down to a uniform size of 4-6 inches. It was
formerly a part of the residence of John Borton Jr., and later of Pember-
ton. See page ilhistration. In 1850, it was moved from the "Borton
Tract" to Masonville, the distance of one mile, by Charles Darnell.
It has been resided without and plastered within and is occupied for store
purposes by A. A. Zelley. See cut on page opposite. What proof do we
have as to its identity? First, it formed a home on the "Borton Tract,"
and is built of Red Cedar, a timber which dce^j not decay. It was built
before saw mills were introduced into Burlington county. New Jersey^
as with access to mills no one would incur so great an expense, in pre-
paring the material ; further, the logs have been hewn by an experts
The writer has ol)served much timber craft and knows full well that a.
broad-ax cannot be skillfully used, except by one who has been carefully-
trained, and has had much practice with that tool and the person who
did this work in so early a day must have come from the ship-yards
of England. How home like it must have seemed to the Borton immi-
grants, when they took up their abode in this clean, cedar scented, neat
little home, so snugly tucked away in the great, primeval forests of New
Jersey.
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IV, Mary Borton, daughter of Obadiah Borton and Susannah Butcher,
married Joseph Engle. Their children were: —
John, b. 16-8 mo.. 1761 ; m. Lucy Brooks.
Obadiah, b. 16-3 mo., 1763; m. Patience Cole.
Aaron, b. 6-1 1 mo., 1764; m. Esther Troth.
Susanna, b. 22-^ mo., 1766; m. Stacy Haines.
^Phebe, b. y-2 mo.^ 1769. '^
Asa, b. 7-1 1 mo., 1770. •
Ann, b. 15-3 mo., 1774; m. John Troth.
Joseph, b. 16-7 mo., 1776; m. Lydia Conrow.
Rachel, b. 15-4 mo., 1782; died 14-2 mo., 1783.
Mary died and Joseph married Mary Stratton, daughter of Emanuel
Stratton and Mary Joyce. No issue. Joseph Engle was born 24-7 mo.,
1740 and was married to Mary Borton in 1760.
Obadiah Engle, son of Joseph Engle and Mary Borton, married
Patience Cole, daughter of Job Cole and Elizabeth Tomlin.
IV. Samuel Borton, son of Obadiah Borton and Susannah Butcher,
married Rhoda Packer, daughter of Phillip Packer and Rhoda Jones,
daughter of Daniel Jones and Mary his wife, who came from England in
1680, or thereabouts, and who were the progenitors of the Jones family.
Samuel Borton and Rhoda Packer were married ii-ii mo.. 1766. Their
children were: —
Obadiah, Jr., b. 21-4 mo., 1768; m. Sarah Andrews.
Ephriam, b. 2-3 mo., 1770; m. Mary Burrough.
' Samuel, b. 7-4 mo., 1772; m. Mercy Owen.
Eleanor, b. 1-3 mo., 1774; m. Abraham Mason.
Daniel, b. 1-6 mo., 1776; m. Tabitha Rodman. - •
Deborah, b. 1-3 mo., 1778; died single, 1804.
Joseph, b. 28-8 mo., 1781 : m. Nancy Cliffton.
Susannah, b. 13-3 mo., 1784; m. Jacob Hampton.
Mary, b. 9-3 mo., 1788; m, Ralf Hunt.
Jesse Packer, b. 22-9 mo., 1790: m. Elizabeth Hunt.
Samuel Borton, son of Obadiah Borton and Sussannili Butcher,
was born 27-4 mo., 1743.
Rhoda Jones and Phillip Packer had four children: Sanuiel, Rhodn,
Rebecca, and Daniel. Sarah Andrews, wife of Obadiah Borton Jr., was
the daughter of Isaac Andrews and Rel>ecca Evans.
V. Obadiah Borton married Sarah Andrews, oldest son of S:inuiol
Borton and Rhoda Packer. Their children were : —
William, b. ; m. Susan Masoi'..
Esther, b. .j
Rebecca, b. : ni Mat bias.
Joseph. 1). : m. Rebecca Borton.
Samuel, b. ; m. Mary Borton.
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Eber, b. ; m.
Obadiah Borton Jr., son of Samuel Borton and Rhoda Packer, was
born ^1-4 mo., 1768.
Susan Mason, the wife of William Borton, was the daughter of
Abraham Mason and Eleanor Borton.
VI. Rebecca Borton and' Mary, sisters, who married Joseph and
Samuel Borton, were the daughters of Bethuel Borton and Rebecca
Cliffton. Bethuel was a son of Benjamin Borton and Charity Rogers.
The Mathias who married Rebecca Borton, daughter of Obadiah
Borton Jr., was drowned in the presence of his children, while rowing
an intoxicated man across Rancocas Creek, upsetting the boat.
V. Ephraim Borton, son of Samuel Borton and Rhoda Packer, mar-
ried Mary Burrough. Their children were : —
Azariah, b. ; m. Rachel Stafford.
Elizabeth, b. ; m. John Wady.
Ellen, b. ; m Laconey.
• Rachel, b. ; m. Joseph Day.
Samuel, h, ; m. Elizabeth Stratton.
Ephriam Borton was born 2-3 mo., 1770.
V. Samuel Borton, Jr., son of Smuel Borton and Rhoda Packer,
married Mercy Owen. Their children were: —
Ruth, b.
Ezra, b, ; m. Jane Heacock.
m. Ann Brown,
m. Sarah Barber, widow.
Samuel, b. ; m. Mahala Nash.
Asa, b. ; m. Elizabeth Hazen.
Deborah, b. ; died at twelve years of age.
Isaah, b. ; m .Mary Hamlin.
Rhoda, b.
Ira, b. ; m. Hannah Allen.
Samuel Borton was born 7-4 mo., 1772.
V, Samuel Borton and Mercy Owen moved from New Jersey to
Stark county, Ohio, 1810, where Ezra Borton, their youngest son, was
born. Ezra's third wife was Sarah Heacock, widow. After Ezra mar-
ried his second wife he moved to Fulton county, Ohio, near his brother
Asa. We believe he is the only one of his family living at the present
date, 1906, having passed his ninety-fifth birthday. He was born 3-5
mo., 181 1. His sister, Deborah, and his mother are buried at Lexington,
Stark county, Ohio.
V. Deborah Borton, daughter of Samuel Borton and Rhoda Packer,
born 3-1 mo., 1778, (6th day of the week) never married, but departed
this life in 1804, leaving very comforting evidence of her hope in eternal
life.
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V. Eleanor Borton, fourth child of Samuel Borton and Rhoda
Packer, married Abraham Mason, youngest son of John Mason and
Elizabeth Ballinger. Their children were: —
Elizabeth, b. 29-11 mo., 1797; died single, age 30.
John, b. 12-10 mo., 1799; m. Charity Borton.
m. Rebecca Vansciver.
Joseph, b. 13-9 mo., 1801 ; died single.
Samuel, b. 26-5 mo., 1803; m. Mary R. Borton.
Susan, b. 4 ; m. William Borton.
Mary, b. ; m. Esaias Hunt, first wife.
Josiah, b. ; died single, age 82 years.
Rhoda, b. ; never married, died age 19.
Naomi, b. ; died age 15.
Eleanor Borton was born 1-3 mo., 1774.
V. Daniel Borton, son of Samuel Borton and Rhoda Packer, mar-
ried Tabitha Rodman. Their children were: —
Daniel, b. ; m. Mary Foughty.
Sarah, b. ; m. John Best.
Eliza, b. : m. Alexander Hubbard.
Joshua, b. ; m. Mary Johnston.
Darling b. ; m. Amy C. Ingling, first wife.
Rebecca, b. ; m. William Reece.
Levi, b. ; m. Nancy Foughty. '^^ ■
Jesse Packer, b. ; m .Mary Wedy. *
Daniel Borton was born 1-6 mo., 1776.
Jane, b. ; died young, internal ulcer.
V. Joseph, son of Samuel Borton and Rhoda Packer, born 28-8 mo.,
1781 ; married Nancy Cliff ton. Their children were: —
Sarah, b. ; m Smith.
Mary, b. ; m. Enoch Moore.
Charles, b. ; m. Parmalia Sitly.
John, b. ; killed by a horse.
V. Susannah Borton, daughter of Samuel Borton and Rhoda Packer,
born 13-3 mo., 1784, married Jacob Hampton, by whom she had one
child:—
Rhoda A. Hampton, b. ; single, died 2 mo., 1890.
Sussannah died in 1866.
V. Mary, daughter of Samuel Borton and Rhoda Packer, born 9-3
mo., 1788, married Ralf Hunt. Their children were: —
Esaias, b. ; m. Mary Mason.
Deborah, b. 15-8 mo., 181 1; m.. Samuel Fox.
Elizabeth, b. ; m. William Wilson.
Rhoda, b. ; m. Manly Peacock. ' "
Ralph, b. ; m .Rhoda
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Samuel P., b. ; m .Susan Wheaton.
Edward, b. : m.
Joseph, b. ; m. Mariah Shinn.
V. Jesse Packer Borton, son of Samuel Borton and Rhoda Packer,
born 22-9 mo., 1790, married Elizabeth Hunt, sister to Ralph Hunt, who
married Mary Borton, 9th child of Samuel and Rhoda Borton. Their
children were: — :
Jesse Jr., b. ; m. Mary Jane Vansciver.
Susan H., b. ; m. Frederick W. Tarr.
Samuel, b. ; died young.
Thomas, b. ; died young.
Elizabeth, b. ; m. Samuel McHinney.
Ralph, H., b. ; m. Emaline Clear.
Amy, b. ; died young.
Edward H., b. ; m. Matilda Schooley.
Jacob Hampton, b. ; died young.
III. Obadiah Borton and Susannah Butcher's children, Silence, Mary,
Solomon and Samuel, with their descendants to the sixth generation,
have been given as far as known.
Sussanna died and Obadiah married Mary Driver. There were six
children by this marriage, Jane, married Thomas Bond, Joseph, Phebe,
married, 1781, Richard Burdsall, John, Benjamin and Job.
IV. John Borton, born 16-9 mo., 1755; married Hannah Haines. Their
children were : —
Mary, b. 11-3 mo., .1777; "^- Joseph Engle.
Hannah, b. 2-12 mo., 1779.
Rebecca, b. 25-12 mo., 1781.
Edward, b. 25-7 mo., 1783; m. Mary Braddock.
Esther, b. 31-1 mo., 1785; m. John Collins.
Abraham, b. 14-10 mo., 1786; m. Mary Dudley.
David, b. 28-2 mo., 1788; m. Ann Haines, widow.
Abigail, b. 10-9 mo., 1789; m. Daniel Stratton.
Asa, b. 10-4 mo., 1791.
Jacob, b. 20-10 mo., 1792. '
Thomas, b. 21-4 mo, 1794.
Elizabeth, b. 25-1 mo., 1798.
John, b. 31-8 mo., 1778; m. Jemima Braddock.
. Mary and Jemima Braddock, sisters, wives of Edward and John
Borton, were the daughters of Rehoboam Braddock and Jemima Darnell,
the daughter of John Darnell, the progenitor and Hannah Borta^,
daughter of John Borton Jr., the son of John Borton and Ann, the pro-
genitors of the Borton family.
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IV. Job Borton, son of Obadiah Borton and Mary Driver, married
Anna Rogers. Their children were: —
Mary R., b. ; m. Samuel Mason.
Hannah, b. ; m Pedrick.
Lydia, b. ; m\ Thomas Brooks.
Aiin, b. ; m Fox,
III. A Testimony from Evesham Monthly Meeting in New Jersey,
Concerning Obadiah Borton.
"He was born in the township of Evesham, New Jersey, in the year
1708 and the influence of divine grace made early impression on his
mind whilst young in years, which led him to love solitude and sobriety,,
and to shun those vices incident to youth. About the twenty-second
year of his age, a dispensation of gospel ministry was committed to him.
He was very awful at times in his public approach before the divine
majesty in prayer, and often engaged to exhort friends to humility, and
to shun arrogancy and pride, being a good example herein himself; so
that his upright, innocent deportment, gained him the good esteem
of his .friends and others. He departed this life the 7th of the seventh
month, 1761, age fifty-three years. A minister thirty-one years and
was buried at Evesham, New Jersey."
in. Copy of the Will of Obadiah Borton Sr.
I, Obadiah Borton, of the Township of Evesham, and county of
Burlington, Province of west New Jersey, being at this time weak of
body but of sound mind, do make and ordaiQ 4:his as my last will and
Testament, making null and void all former wills made by me, and this
only to be taken for the same. Imprimis. My will is that my just debts
be paid by my Executors and Executrix, hereafter named. Item, My
will is that my land be divided in the following manner, that I give to my
son Benjamin, twenty acres to be taken off from that side next to
Abraham Borton's land. To my son Job twenty acres to be taken off
the South end of my land at discretion of Executors.
I give to my two sons Samuel and John, all the west end and re-
maining part of my land improvements to be equally divided, and to
pay to my two daughters, Jane and Phebe, to each of them the sum of
twenty pounds in the following manner. My son Samuel to pay to each
of them ten pounds, when he attains the age of twenty-five years, and
likewise my son John to pay to each of them the sum of ten pounds,
when he attains the age of twenty-five years.
Likewise I give to my two said sons all of my Cedar Swamp except
one acre for my son Benjamin, and one for my son Job, to be equally
divided to my said four sons according as before.
I give to my loving wife Mary the room at the west end of my
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house to dwell in, also the chamber over it so long as she shall bear my
name, with same privilege. in the cellar and garden and oven, and at
tlie'>^iell for i give mj^ said wife, the profits of niiy *f arm
V-^r plarftlii^W 'until my said :sonsshaH*a the age of twenty-one years-
arid t^ke it into'tlieir-own harids,'but not to make any sale of timber but
for fireWood and fencing or other repairs.
I also give to my said wife all my movable or personal estate to her
disposing after my just debts are paid in the lieu of dower, and to
bring up my children. My will further is that my two sons Beujamin.
and Job be put to such trades as may be thought best. Lastly I denom-
inate, constitute and appoint my loving wife Mary, my Executrix, and
my true friends William Foster and Benjamin Haines my Executors of
this my last Will and Testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 28th
day of 7th month, 1761.
Obadiah Borton. (Seal)
Pronounced that the above writing doth contain his last Will and
Testament in the presence of us.
Isaac Evans.
James Cattell.
Abraham Brown.
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The Inventory of Obadiah Borton as on file in the original in the
office of Secretary of State at Trenton, N. J., amounts to £337, 5 s., 8 d.,
and contains 7 horse, kine and i colt, 7 cows and 2 heifers, 2 pairs of
oxen, 12 other cattle and some calves, 26 swine, nearly 50 sheep, in-
cluding lambs, farming implements and household goods.
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IV. William Troth, son of Paul Troth , arid Deborah, married Esther
Borton, daughter of William Borton and- Deborah Hedge, -firM wife.
Their children were: —
Paul, b. 3-1 mo., 1758; m.
Deborah, b. 28-12 mo., 1759; m. Jacob Evans, first wife.
Isaac, b. 14-11 mo., 1762; m. Rebecca Eves.
Jacob, b. 5- 1 mo., 1764; m.
John, b. 13-11 mo., 1767; m. Ann Engle.
Esther, b. 18-2 mo., 1771; m. Aaron Engle.
Ann and Aaron Engle, who married John and Esther Troth, were
the children of Joseph Engle and Mary Borton. Mary was the daughter
of Obadiah Borton and Susannah Butcher. Obadiah Borton was a son
of John Borton Jr. and first wife, and John Jr. was a son of John Borton
and Ann, the progenitors of the Borton family in America.
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IV. Joshua Borton, spn of William Borton and Abigail Lord.
William was a son of John Borton Jr. and first wife, and John Jr. was
a son of John Borton and Ann, the progenitors of the Borton family.
Joshua married Mary Lippincott, 1772, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary
Engle Lippincott. Nathaniel Lippincott was the son of Thomas and
Mary Haines Lippincott, who were married in 171 1. Thomas being'
the son of ''Freedom" and Mary Lippincott, who was born in England.
Mary Engle was the daughter of John Engle, the son of Robert Engle^
the immigrant, who died in 1696. Joshua Borton and Mary Lippincott's
children were : —
Martha, b. ; m. 12-4 mo., 1796, Asa Engle.
Abigail, b. ;m Woolman.
Mary Lippincott died and Joshua married Rachel Borton, 29-9 mo.,
1781. She died, no issue, and Joshua married Elizabeth Newton Wool-
tnan, widow of Abraham Woolman. Their children were: —
William Borton, b. ; m. Martha Tallman.
Sarah, b. 19-2 mo., 1791; m. Israel L. Stokes.
Levi, b. ; m. Sarah Haines, 9-5 mo., 1816.
Joshua Borton Sr. died ii-io mo., 1821 and Elizabeth Woolman
Borton died 18-6 mo., 1S26. They both left wills which are on record
at Mount Laurie, N. J. The Executors of Joshua's will were Levi Borton
and Israel L. Stokes.
V. William Borton, son of Joshua Borton Sr. and Elizabeth Wool-
man, (widow), married Martha Tallman. Their children were: —
Joshua, b. 25-3 mo., 1808; m. Elizabeth Engle.
Mary Ann, b. ; m. James Risdon.
VI. Joshua Borton, son of William Borton and Martha Tallman,
married Elizabeth Engle, 3-10 mo., 1832; and died 25-6 mo., 1892. Their
children were: —
Thamzine M., b. 16-7 mo., 1833; m. Calyton N. Haines.
William T., b.. 24-5 mo., 1836; m. Martha Lukens.
Aaron E., b. 30-9 mo., 1842; m. Deborah D. Pancoast.
Hettie T., b. 12-7 mo., 1846; died 10-2 mo., 1867.
Elizabeth E., b. 6-8 mo., 1849; ^' William D. Busby.
VII. Thamzine M. Borton,. daughter of Joshua Borton and Elizabeth
Engle, married Clayton N. Haines. They had one son, bofn 10-3 mo.,
1868.
A. Engle Haines, b. . ; m. Anna R. Taylor. Their children
were : —
Emily E., b. 30- r mo., 1895.
VII. William T. Borton, son of Joshua Borton and Elizabeth Engle,
married Martha Lukens, 8-1 mo., 1863 and died 15-9 mo., 1903. Their
children were: —
Joshua E., b. 16-11 mo., 1863; m. Helen Chambers, widow.
Hotel Arborton, Ocean Grove, N. J.
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Oscar L., b. 29-1 mo., 1874; died 3 mo., 1900.
VIII. A pretty wedding took place on Saturday nighth, 20-4 mo., 1907,
when former Assemblyman Joshua E. Borton, of Moorestown, president
of the Security Trust Company, of this city, and Mrs. Helen Chambers,
were married at the latter's home in Mt. Holly. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. James P. Dunham, pastor of the Presbyterian church,
and brother-in-law of the bride.
Mrs. Borton is the widow of the late Charles Chambers. Mr. Borton
was recently appointed a director of the United Railroads of New Jersey.
VII. Aaron E. Borton, son Joshua Borton and Elizabeth Engle^
married Deborah D. Pancoast. Their children were: —
Helen P., b. 15-5 mo., 1871 ; m. Schuyler C. Stratton, 3 mo., 1893.
VIII. Helen P. Borton, daughter of Aaron E. Borton and Deborah D.
Pancoast, married Schuyler C. Stratton, 3 mo., 1893. Their children
were : —
Harold, b.
Roland, b.
Aaron Engle, b.
Marion, b.
Florence, b.
VII. Elizabeth E. Borton, daughter of Joshua Borton and Elizabeth
Engle, married William D. Busby. They have two children: —
William J., b. 12 mo., 1876; m. Emily Trimble.
Esther T., b. 4 mo., 1886.
V. Levi Borton, son of Joshua Borton and Elizabeth Newton Wool-
man, Joshua's third wife, married Sarah Haines, 9-5 mo., 1816. Their
children were: —
Samuel Newton, b. i8;20; m. 1846, Hannah Busby.
Mary Haines, b, 12-6 mo., 1822; m. Isaac Williams, 21-10 mo., 1841.
Elwood C, b. ; m. Ann Eliza Stockton.
VI. Samuel Newton Borton, son of Levi Borton and Sarah Haines,
married Hannah Busby, 1846. Their children were : —
•Margaret Busby, b. 1847; died 1848.
John Busby, b. 1849; died 1850.
Levi Newton, b. 185 1; m. 1887.
Mary Williams, b. 1853; died 1869.
Sarah Eldridge, b. 1854; died X887.
Ann Roberts, b. 1856; died 1857.
. Josiah Busby, b. 1858; m. 1883, Mary Woolman.
Anne Roberts, b. 1862.
Eliza Busby, b. 1865; m. 1889, Irvin Burr Wilkins.
VII. Josiah B. Borton, son of Samuel Wewton Borton and Hannah
Busby, married Marry Woolman, 27-12 mo., 1882. Their children vy^ere: —
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bamucl N. Borton, b. 7-1 1 mo., 1884.
J. Harold, b. 1-7 mo., 1887.
Satjife E.yb. 15-8 hib., 1888.
Marian Hannah, b, 30-9 mo., 1893.
VI. Mary Haines Borton, daughter of Levi Newton Borton and
Sarah Haines, was born near Moorestownj N. J , 12-6 mo., 1822, mar-
ried Isaac Williams. Levi Newton Borton was h. son of Joshua Borton.
and third wife, Elizabeth Newton Woolman, widow of Abraham Wool-
man. Joshua Borton was a son of William Borton and Abigail Lord.
Mary Haines Borton and Isaac Williams' children were: —
Levi Borton, b. 10-10 mo., 1842; died 27-8 mo., 1844.
Edward Potts, b. 6-7 mo., 1845; "^- Eleanor H. Boulden.
Henry Borton, b. 21-12 mo., 1848; m. Elizabeth Pusey Wilson.
Sallie Borton, b. 10-7 mo., 1852; m. John H. Roberts.
Vn. Edward Potts Williams, son of Mary Haines Borton and Isaac-
Williams, married Eleanor Howell Boulden, 17-9 mo., 1872. Their
children were: —
Richard Downing, b. 5-7 mo., 1874; m Ella Hansell Lippincott.
Florence Nightingale, b. 7-6 mo., 1879; "i- William Samuel Laizeaur,.
Eleanor Boulden, b. 16-12 mo., 1881.
Edward Potts, b. 2-1 mo., 1883; died 18-6 mo., 1884.
VIII. Richard Downing Williams and Ella Hansell Lippincott were
married 1-6 mo., 1899 and Florence Nightingale Williams and William
Samuel Laizeaur were married 5-4 mo., I9c.»3. Mary Haines Borton
died 24-12 4no., 1884.
VII. Henry Borton Williams, son of Mary Haines Borton and Isaac
Williams, married Elizabeth Pusey Wilson, 2-10 mo., 1875. Their
children were: —
Jacob Paul Jones, b. 9-'irmo., 1876; m. Marie Welsh.
Twins.
Samuel Borton, b. -2^8 mo.,. 1878.
Theodore Pusey, b. 2-8 mo., 1878; died 26-7 mo., 1879.
Edna Pusey, b. 4-10 mo., 1880'; ni. H^nry Baldwin Drake.
Elizabeth Ann, b. 15-8 mo., 1883; m. Walter Keller Hardt, 26-6 mo.,.
1907.
Rebecca, b. 23-6 mo., 1885 ; died 30-7 mo., 1885.
Alice Rebecca, b. 14-11 mo., 1886; d. 21-7 mo., 1887.
Elizabeth Pusey Wilson was a daughter of Pusey and Rebecca
Wilson.
VIII. Jacob Paul Jones Williams, son of Henry Borton Williams and
Elizabeth Pusey Wilson, married Marie Welsh, 18-10 mo., 1902. They
have one child: —
Ralph Welsh Williams, b. 16-11 mo., 1903.
VIIL Edna Pusey Williams, daughter of Henry Borton Williams and
GENEALOGY. 29
Elizabeth Pusey Wilson, married Henry Baldwin Drake, 8-6 mo., 1904.
They have one child : —
Martha Carolyn Drake, b. 18-5 mo., 1907.
VII. Sallie Borton Williams, daughter of Mary Haines Borton and
Isaac Williams, married John H. Roberts, 19-2 mo., 1874. Their children
were : —
Afarr Williams, b. 3-3 mo., 1875; '"• Hyman G .Miller.
Elizabeth Mason, b. 19-7 mo., 1876; m. Walter R. Willets.
Martha Potts, b. 6-3 mo., 1878; m. William L. Kimball.
Reuben, b. lo-i mo., 1880; died 26-6 mo., 1880.
Anna Borton, b. 13-11 mo., 1885.
VIII. Mary Roberts, daugliter of Sallie Borton Willian>s and John
If. Roberts, married Hyman G. Miller, 5-10 mo., 1898. They have two
children : —
Elizabeth Miller, b. 12-10 mo., 1900.
MiMred Thorn, b. 8-6 mo., 1902.
VIII. Elizabeth Mason Roberts, daughter of Sallie Borton Williams
-and John H. Roberts, married Walter R. Willits, 12-1 mo., 1904. They
have one son : —
Roland John, b. 2-1 mo., 1905.
VIII. Martha Potts Roberts, daughter of Sallie Borton Williams and
John H. Roberts, married William L. Kimball, 25-3 mo., 1903. They
have one child : —
Sylvia Kendrick, b. 13-3 mo., 1905.
VI. E iza Busby Borton, daughter of Samuel Newton Borton and
Hannah Busby, married Irvin Burr Wilkins, 1889. She was born in
J867 and d?ed 1895. Their children were: —
Irving Burr, b. 1890: died 1892.
Hannah Borton. b. 1891 ; died 1892.
Leslie B., b. 1892: died 1892.
Anna B., b. 1893.
Irvinia Burr, b. 1895.
VI. Elwood C. Borton, son of Levi Borton and Sarah Haines, married
Ann Eliza Stockton. Their children were: —
Elizabeth Newton, b. : m. James McAlister.
S'\rah H., b. ; ni. Charles Dudley.
VII. Stockton Borton. b. 1853; died 1907: m. Christina Hickiman, 18S7.
VII. Elizibeth X. Borton, daughter of Elwood C. Borton and Ann
Elizi Stockton, married James McAlister, 1863, of Montgomery, Pa.
Their children were: —
Howard Borton. b. 1864; m. Emma H. Tolley.
Mnry Williams, b. 1865: m. Cieorge C. Hendrickson.
Afred Stockton, b. 1868: died single, 1890.
Henry Will-'ams, b. 1878: single.
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VIII. Mary Williams Borton and George C. Hendrickson had one
daughter : —
IX. Elizabeth Borton Hendrickson,'. b.. 1893.
VII. Sarah Haines Borton, daughter of Elwood Borton_ and Ann
Eliza Stockton, married- Charles H. Dudley. Sarah Haines Borton was
born 20-4 mo., 1849 ^"^ married Charles H. Dudley, 29-12 mo., 1869.
They had three children: —
C. Harry Dudley, b. 4-10 mo., 1870; m. Anna Holmes, 22-3 mo., 1902:
Lida Borton, b. 8-7 mo., 1874: m. J. Hansell Lippincott, 1899.
Mabel Stockton, b. 7-10 mo., 1876; m. Aubrey S. Walton, 2 mo., 1901.
VIII. Lida Borton Dudley, daughter of Sarah Haines Borton and
Charles H. Dudley, married J. HanseM Lippincott. They had two
children: —
Charles Dudley, b. 19-12 mo., 1901.
Richard Williams, b. 23-3 mo., 1907.
VIII. Mabel Stockton Dudley, daughter of Sarah Haines Borton and
Charles H. Dudley, married Aubrey S. Walton. They had three
children: —
Elizabeth Borton Walton, b. 10-10 mo., 1902.
Sarah Dudley, b. 8-12 mo., 1903.
Deborah, b. 28-10 mo., 1906.
Taken from the American Carpet & Upholstery Journal.
Stockton Borton, Sewing Machine Inventor.
By the death of Stockton Borton, on 7-1 mo., 1907, the sewing ma-
chine industry suffered a loss in a man to whom it owes a huge debt, as it
is probable that but for his inventive genius and mechanical skill those
manufacturers who are large users of sewing machines would be unable
to turn out the enormous product in their respective lines which the
growing trade of the world requires. Manufacturing in many lines has
been made easier both for the employer and the employee by means of
Mr. Borton's numerous inventions.
Mr. Borton died at Lakewood, N. J., a few days after returning
from Jamaica, where he had gone for his health.
He was born in Moorestown, Burlington county, N. J., in 1853,
his i»arents being members of the Society of Friends.
Borton's boyhood days were spent in his native town, and on the
occasion of his funeral Dr. Haines, a practicing physician, made an in-
teresting address, having been a student in the same class.
Mr. Borton leaves a widow and two sisters; The funeral ceremonies
wrre held in the Friends' Meeting House in Moorestown on Thursday.
]0-i mo., 1907, interment taking place in the Colestown Cemetery, near
Moorestown.
His early tastes led Mr. Borton to mechanical lines and he first
Stockton Borton
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started to work in Philadelphia, becoming interested in the sewing
machine business in the '70s. In 3rd mo., 1881, he was employed by the
Willcox & Gibbs Sewing Machine ^Company, his immediate superior be- .
ing Mr. Charles H. Willcox, of that company, who was present at the
funeral. At the time of his death, the immediate cause of which was
Iiemorrhage of the brain, Mr. Borton had been in the continuous service
of the Wilcox & Gibbs Company for over twenty-five years.
Some of Borton's inventions are marvels of the sewing machine
industry. For Willcox & Gibbs alone, he took out over fifty patents^
His wonderful mechanical mind wats specially directed towards the in-
vention and perfection of high-class sewing machines capable of being
operated at great speed, with the maximum productive power and con-
sequent reduced cost to manufacturers.
One of Borton's inventions had particular reference to the upholstery
trade, namely, the Overlock Lace Edger. This machine was primarily
designed for finishing underwear, on which work it is extensively used,
but it was soon found to be of even greater service for making a strong
and sightly edge on lace curtains. It is estimated that since 1896, when
the Overlock corded edge first appeared on the market, upwards of
250,000,000 pairs of lace curtains have been finished on this machine.
It is to inventors like Borton that a large part of the material
prosperity of the United States in the manufacturing line is due.
Host of Mr. n^rtOTi's work in connection with the Willcox & Gibbs
machines invented by him had been for a number of years carried on at
the Brown & Sharp Manufacturing Company's works, Providence, R. I.,
where all their machines are made.
IV. Caleb Borton, son of William Borton and Abigail Lord, married
Silence WiUits, daughter of Richard and Patience Willits, at Burlington,
New Jersey, 10 mo., 1764. Their children were: —
Jacob, b. 1-5 mo., 1767; m. Jemima P'rench, died 1828.
Elizabeth, b. 10-8 mo., 1768; m. John Atkinson, 1795.
Abigail, b. 12-2 mo., 1770; m. Thomas Lippincott, 5 mo., 1795.
Keziah, b. 21-10 mo., 1771; m. Timothy Pharo, 1805.
m. Isaac Horner. No issue.
Caleb, b. y-z mo., 1774; m. Patience Clark.
m. Mary Miller.
Patience, b. 17-3 mo., 1776; died 7-9 mo.. 1800.
William, b. 4-3 mo., 1778; m. Elizabeth Edwards, 27-1 mo.. 1803.
Richard, b. 16-3 mo., 1780; m. Rachel Braddock, 16-1 mo., 1801.
Joel, b. 19-6 mo., 1782; m. Elizabeth Lippincott; died 2-6 mo., 1869.
Levi, b. 5-2 mo., 1784; died 27-2 mo., 1785.
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Hannah, b. 1-2 mo., 1785; m. Samuel Moore.
Thomas, b. 3-7 mo., 1787; m. Maria Braddock.
m. Elrzabeth Lippinrott.
m. Rachel Wilson.
Rachel, b. 4-3 mo., 1789.
Aaron, b. 18-7 mo., 1790.
Caleb Borton died in 1802. Silence Willits died in 1826.
V. Jacob Borton, son of Caleb Borton and Silence Willets, married
Jemima French. Their children were: —
Elizabeth, b. 17-5 mo., 1791; m. Haines Sharp, (ist wife.)
Stacy, b. 7-3 mo., 1795; died 5-1 1 mo., 1801.
Edward, b. 25-7 mo., 1797. ' ^i
Abigail, b. 3-3 mo., 1799. I
Jemima, b. 26-10 mo., 1802; m. Haines Sharp. (2nd wife.)
Jacob, b. 19-6 mo., 1806.
Amasa, b. 29-6 mo., 1808.
VI. Elizabeth Borton, daughter of Jacob Borton and Jemima Frcnc^^
iuarried Haines Sharp. Issue: —
Rebecca H., b. 5-3 mo., 181 5; died 9-1 1 mo., 1825.
Jane, b. 7-5 mo.. 181 6.
Mary Ann, b. 12-6 mo., 1817; m. Samuel G. Matlack
Barclay H., b. 20-4 mo., 1820; died 14-7 mo., 1822.
Arthur, b. 26-5 mo., 1822.
Abigail, b. ; m. George Brown.
Jemima, b.
Elizabeth, b. ; m. William Woolman.
Esther Ann, b. ; died unmarried.
Haines Sharp moved to Ohio.
VII. Mary Ann Sharp, daughter of Elizabeth Borton and Haines
Sharp, married Samuel G. Matlack. Elizabeth Borton was a daughter
of Jacob Borton and Jemima French. Mary Ann Sharp and Samuel G.
Matlack's children were: —
Albert, b.
St«ncy, b.
VII. Elizabeth Sharp, daughter of Elizabeth Borton and Haines
Sharp, married \\'illiam Woolman. They had one daughter: —
Eva, b.
V. Elizabeth Borton, eldest daughter of Caleb Borton and Silence
Willits. married John Atkinson. 1795. Their children v.ere: —
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Elizabeth, b. 16-8 mo., 1799: m. William H. French, 3-3 mo.. 1840.
John, h 19-3 mo., 1800: died 2-6 mo., 1805.
C'aleb, I), i-ii mo.. 1803; died 13-4 mo., 1804.
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Samuel, B. 14-1 mo., 1805; died 22-8 mo., 1809.
Eli, b. 14-2 mo., 1806; died 27-8 mo., i8o9.
Hannah, b. 27-3 mo., 1808; died 16-8 mo., 1809.
George T , b. 26-10 mo., 1810; m. Elizabeth T. Bond, 5-2 mo., 1840.
John, b. 12-3 mo., 1814; m. Anne O. Albertson, ii-io mo., 1847.
V. Richard Borton, son of Caleb Borton and Silence Willets, mar-
ried Rachel Braddock. Caleb Borton was a son of William Borton and
Abigail Lord. William was a son of John Borton Jr. and first wife.
John Jr. was a son of John Borton and Anne, the immigrants. Richard
Borton and Rachel Braddocks' children were: —
Ner, b. ; m. ii-ii mo., 1824; m. Ruth H. Peacock.
Martha, b. 12-4 mo., 1803.
EI wood, b. 14-6 mo., 1804.
William, b. 5-3 mo., 1806; m. Rebecca D. Borton, b. 6-3 mo., 1809.
m. Rachel Evans, b. 2-12 mo., 1802.
m. Anna Holmes.
Abigail, 1). 25-10 mo., 1807; m. Joshua Duell.
Reuben, b. 3-9 mo., 1809; "^- Alice Austin.
Keziah, b. 29-7 mo., 181 1.
Elton, b. 5-4 mo., 1813; "^- Hannah Brown.
Josiah, b. 4-1 mo., 1815: m. Hannah Hunter.
Rachel Ann, b. 1-3 mo., 1817: m. Isaac H. Ballinger.
Sarah, b. 4-2 mo., 1819.
VL Ner Borton, son of Richard Borton and Rachel Braddock, mar-
ried, II-II mo., 1824, Ruth H. Peacock. Their children were: —
Ruth Anna, b. 11-5 mo., 1833.
Xer B., b. 24-4 mo., 1835; ^- Susanna H. Borton.
Reuben P., b. 30-12 mo., 1837; m. Mary B. Dudley.
John Stokes, b. i-io mo., 1839; m. Ruth T. Dudley,
m. Elmina K. Lippincott.
VIL Ner B. Borton, son of Ner Borton and Ruth H. Peacock, mr.r-
ried Susanna H. Borton, a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Stratton.
Their children were : —
Chalkley, b. 30-6 mo., 1862; died 5-1 1 mo., 1880.
Thomas E., b. 5-8 mo., 1867; m. Rebecca K. Bodine.
VIII. Thomas E. Borton and Rebecca K. Bodine, daughter of John \\\
Bodine, have one sen : —
[X. John Ner, b.
Ner B. Borton in his younger days was a teacher in the public
schools of New^ Jersey and later a mill wright and a fine penman In
bis 72nd year he wrote the Lord's Prayer in the space occupied by the
surface of a ten cent silver piece.
VII, Reuben P. Borton, son of Ner Borton and Ruth H. Peace :k,
Harried Mary B .Dudley, 1862. Their children were: —
Ella M., b. 4-5 mo., 1864; m. John H. Bernheiser.
William R., b. 19-2 mo., 1866; m. Maria Young.
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m. Martha B. Young.
J. Howard, b. 26-4 mo., 1868; m .Laura M. Faunce.
VIII. Ella M. Borton, daughter of Reuben P. Borton and Mary B.
Dudley, married John H. Bernheiser, 27-4 mo., 1892. They have one
daughter: —
Edna May, b. 14-3 mo., 1898.
VIII. William R. Borton, son of Reuben P. Borton and Mary B.
Dudley, married Maria Young. They had one child:. .
Ethel M., b. 29-5 mo., 1890; died 17-7 mo., 1898.
Maria Young Borton died 2-4 mo., 1893. Then William R. Borton
married Martha B. Young, a sisKr to Maria, his former wife, 1 1.-3 mo..
189Q.
VIII. J. Howard Borton, son of Reuben P. Borton and Mary B. Dud-
ley, married Laura M. Faunce, 16-4 mo., 1890. They had two sons: —
Earl Taylor, b. 2-12 mo., 1896; died 10-2 mo., 1897.
Howard Borton, Jr., b. 18-4 mo., 1907.
VI. William Borton, son of Richard Borton and Rachel Braddock, mar-
ried Rebecca D. Borton, daughter of Abraham Borton and Mary Dudley,
24-1 mo.^ 1833. They had three daughters: —
Rachel, b. 27-11 mo., 1833; ^'^^^ 16-2 mo., i860.
Rebecca A., b. 1-9 mo., 1837; died 18-8 mo., 1856.
Mary, b. 26-10 mo., 1835; ^''^^^ 14-10 mo., 1836.
Rebecca died 12-4 mo., 1840, and William Borton married Rachel
Evans. She died 28-7 mo., 1865; and then \\'illiam married Anna
Holmes. There was no issue from the last tw^o marriages. William
Borton died, 24-10 mo., 1883.
VI. Abigail Borton, daughter of Richard Borton and Rachel Braddock,
married Joshua Duell. Their children were: —
Lydia B., b.
Keziah, b.
Phebe, b.
John, b.
Sarah, b.
Elizal)eth, b. ; m.
Elton, b.
As to the children of Abigail Borton and Joshua Duell, some re-
moved from New Jersey to Oregon, and others to Iowa. We have no
history as to the families of these children.
VI. Reuben Borton, son of Richard Borton and Rachel Braddock, mar-
ried Alice Austin. Their children were: —
Richard, 1).
Rachel, b. ; m. William Braddock. No issue.
VI. Elton Borton. son of Richard Borton and Rachel Braddock„ married
Hannah Brown of Ohio. Their children were: —
Samuel S., b! ; ni. Eliza Thomas.
Sarah E., b. ; m. Eli Thomas.
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Clayton, b. ; m .
VII. Sarah Borton Thomas had two sons ; both died young men. Clay-
ton Borton was twice married; names of wives not known. No issue to
either marriage.
Samuel S. Borton died 8-8 mo., 1901.
VI. Josiah Borton, son of Richard Borton and Rachel Braddock, mar-
ried Hannah Hunter. They had one daughter: —
Mary J., b. 15-9, 1839; m. John Shedaker.
VII. Mary J. Borton and John Shedaker's children were : —
Frederick Walter, b. 24-1, i860.
Hannah H., b. 18-4 mo., 1862; died 20-4 mo., 1876.
William B., b. 5-9 mo., 1865.
Elizabeth R., b. 11-2 mo., 1867; m. Charles H. Parker; died 12-4
mo., 1905.
Sarah M., b. 30-5 mo., 1869.
Ida May, b. 20-6 mo., 1872; died 22-12 mo., 1872.
Amy P.. b. 19-4 mo., 1874.
VI. Rachel Ann Borton, b. 1-3 mo., 1817, daughter of Richard Borton
and Rachel Braddock, married Isaac H. Ballinger of Ohio, 11-8 mo.,
1842. Their children were: —
William, b. 25-2 mo., 1844; died 13-4 mo., 1855.
Joseph, b. 13-11 mo., 1845; died 22-2 mo., 1847.
Ner B., b. 30-7 mo., 1847; ni. Mary M. Kopp, 3-3 mo., 1870.
Isaac, Jr., b. 15-3 mo!, 1851; m. Katie E. Bross, 2-7 mo., 1880.
Isaac H. Ballinger, b. 22-8 mo., 18 10; died 3-1 mo., 1884. Rachel
Ann Borton died 7-1 mo., 1901.
VII. Xer B. Ballinger, son of Rachel Ann Borton and Isaac H. Bal-
linger, married Mary M. Kopp. Their children were:
George O., b. 23-1 mo., 187 1.
Charles Edgar, b. 19-3 mo.., 1873.
Estella Irene, b. 13-1 mo., 1881 ; died 29-7 mo., 1883.
VII. Isaac Ballinger, Jr., son of Rachel Ann Borton and Isaaac H,
Ballinger, married Katie E. Bross. Their children were:—
Eila D., b. 9-7 mo., 1881; died 17-7 mo., 1887.
Maud, b. 2-8 mo., 1882.
Clarence I., b. 30-5^110., 1886.
Grace May, b. 5-4 mo., 1888.
Emma, b. 17-3 mo., 1890.
V. Elizabeth Borton, daughter of Caleb Borton and Silence Willets,
married John Atkinson. He was born 1-8 mo., 1756; married 15-3 mo.'
1798. Their children were: — *
Esther Atkinson, b. 5-8 mo., 1799; m- Jonathan Herritage ; died 1=1-2
mo., 187 r. ^
Elizabeth Atkinson, b. 16-8 mo., 1800; m. AVilliam H. French- died
3-10 mo., 1864.
George T. Atkinson, b. 26-10 mo., 1810; m. 5-2 mo., 1840, Elizabeth
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Bond, daughter of Jesse Bond, Salem, New Jersey.
John Atkinson, b. 18-3 mo., 1814; m. Annie Albertson. He died in
Colorado, 13-1 mo., 1887.
VI. George T. Atkinson, son of Elizabeth Barton and John Atkinson,
born at Salem, New Jersey, 20-10 mo., 1810; m. Elizabeth Bond, 5-2
jno., 1840, and resided on the homestead near Mullica Hill, New Jersey,
celebrated their golden wedding, 5-2 mo., 1890 Their children were: —
John B. Atkinson, b. ii-ii mo., 1840; m. 23-5 mo., 1867, Sarah A.
Black.
Lydia T. Atkinson, b. 5-2 mo., 1843; ^^^' Robert Comly.
^^ Townsend Atkinson, b. 15-9 mo., 1845; died single 26 4 mo., 1S90.
<• Caroline F. Atkinson, b. 16-12 mo., 1847; ^^^- B. N. Farren, of Mass.;
d. 3-9 mo., 1885.
George C. Atkinson, b. 15-5 mo., 1852; m. Fannie M. Miller.
Warren Atkinson, b. 28-2 mo., 1856.
VII. Sarah A. Black, wife of John B. Atkinson, was a daugliter of
William and Ann Black of Mount Holly, New Jersey, removed to
Earlington, Kentucky, where in connection with Hon. John Clements,
he published a very comprehensive brochure entitled **The Atkinsons in
New Jersey." He is vice-president and treasurer of the St. Benard
Coal Company. His children were (VIII.) John B. Jr., and Mary New-
bold. John B. Atkinson, Jr., died at Swarthmore College, Pa., 31-10
mo., 1886.
VII. George C. Atkinson moved to Earlington, Kentucky, where he
is now employed as Secretary of the St. Benard Coal Company.
(From History of Atkinson Family.) *'Samuel Atkinson, father of
John, who married Elizabeth Borton. married Esther Evans, daughter
of Thomas and Esther Evans, his wife, of the Township of Evesham,
New Jersey, on 24-2 mo., 1745. Sameul was a soldier in the Revolution-
ary War; was in the battle of Long Island. Samuel Atkinson was the
son of John and Hannah Shinn. John was a son of Wil'iam Atkinson
and Elizabeth Curtiss; married 9-3 mo., 1686.
VI. Elizabeth Borton Atkinson married William Hazelton French, 3-3
mo., 1824. She was a daughter of Elizabeth Borton and John Atkinson.
Their children were: —
Caroline, b. 11-4 mo., 1825; m. 20-5 mo., 1847, David T. Burr.
George A., b. 16-10 mo., 1826; died 22-6 mo., 1827.
John Eli, b. 28-4 mo., 1828; m. 2-12 mo., 1852, Cynthia E. Jones.
Charles S., 1). 21-9 mo., 1829; m. 22-1 mo., 1856, Clementine
Albertson.
VII. Charles S. French died 9-9 mo., 1857. He and C'ementine Albert-
son had one child: —
Ella May French, b. 9-2 mo., 1857.
Clementine Albertson French later married Geors^e Sidney L')vcll,
13-1 mo., 1885. No issue.
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VII. Cynthia E. Jones, wife of John Eli French, was a daughter of
William and Rachel Jones, b. 18-12 mo., 1828; died 18-5 mo., 1904.
V. Hannah Borton, daughter of Caleb Borton and Silence Willits, mar-
rier Samuel Moore. Their children were: —
Elizabeth, b. ; m. Isaac Flitcraft.
Keturah, b.
Rachel, b. ; m. Aaron Edwards.
Allen, b. ; m. Sarah Dean.
m. Martha Jennings, widow.
Abigail, b. ; m.
VII. Caroline F. Atkinson, b. 16-12 mo., 1847; "i- B- N. Farren of Mass.;
died 3-9 mo., 1885.
Thomas, b. ; m. Phebe A. Rice.
William, b. ; m. Martha Coles.
Samuel, b. : m. Hannah Moore.
Atlantic, b. ; m. Benjamin Dean.
Hannah Moore died i860.
V. Thomas Borton, son of Caleb Borton and Silence Willits, married
Maria Braddock. Their children were: —
Aaron, b.
Elizabeth, b. Twins.
Maria Braddock died and Thomas Borton married Elizabeth Lip-
pincott. She deceased and later Thomas married Beulah Wilson of
Kennet Square, Pa. No issue.
VI. Rachel Moore, daughter of Samuel Moore, and Hannah Borton,
married Aaron Edwards. Hannah Borcon was a daughter of Caleb
Borton and Silence Willits. Their children were: —
Anna E. Edwards, b. 20-1 mo., 1845; m. Fillmore Gaunt, 11-2 mo.,
1874.
Samuel M., b. 5-4 mo., 1846; m. Carrie S. Horner, 2 mo., 1884.
Henry, b. 27-11 mo., 1847; unmarried.
Walter, b. 9-8 mo., 1852; m. Christianna G. Kirby, 4-1 mo., 1877.
Hannah M .,b. 27-8 mo., 1854; m. Asa M. Horner, 21-2 mo., 1879.
VII. Anna E. Edwards, daughter of Aaron Edwards and Rachel Moore,
married Fillmore Gaunt. Their children were: —
Eva H., b. 17-1 mo., 1876; m. Wilmer B. Kille. 30-3 mo., 1897.
Abbie Anna, and Mary Lizzie, twins, b. 5-4 mo., 1880.
Dillwin Garfield, b. 16-9 mo., 1881.
VII. Walter Edwards, son of Aaron Edwards and Rachel Moore, mar-
ried Christianna G. Kirby. Their children were: —
Henry Gaunt, b. 1-7 mo., 1883.
Lewis, b. 1-2 mo., 1889.
Slierman. b. lo-ii mo., 1890.
Horace, b. 23-9 mo., 1893.
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Aaron Edwards died 17-11 mo., 1890 and Rachel, his wife, died
27-10 mo., 1896.
VII. Hannah M. Edwards, daughter of Aaron Edwards and Rachel
Moore, married Asa M. Horner, at Collins, Colorado, 21-2 mo., 1879.
Their children were : —
Henry Horner, b. 23-12 mo., 1879.
George, b. 8-2 mo., 1884.
Alice Stratton, b. 21-6 mo., 1888; died 12-7 mo., 1888.
Jesse A., b. 27-5 mo., 1890.
Eula R.,.b. 12-1 mo., 1892.
VIII. Eva H. Gaunt, daughter of Fillmore Gaunt and Anna E. Ed-
wards, marfied Wilmer B. Kille. Their children were: —
Horace F. Kille, b.
Helen Horner, b. lo-ii mo., 1904.
Anna G., b. 17-3 mo., 1907.
Henry Edwards, soil of Aaron Edwards, died 16-3 mo., 1878. Abbie
Anna Gaunt died of membranous croup, 18-6 mo., 1882. Fillmroe Gaunt
died 3-1 1 mo., 1895. Carrie S. H. Edwards, wife of Samuel M. Edwards,
V. Abigail BortOn, daughter of Caleb Borton and Silence Willits, mar-
ried Thomas Lippincott, son of Thomas Lippincott and Elizabeth Haines,
of Westfield, N. J. Abigail Borton and Thomas Lippincott's children
were: —
Juliana, b. ; m. John Matlack.
Pennington, b. ; m. Susanna Haines.
Barclay, b. ; m. Deborah Burrough.
Elwood, b. Disappeared when a young man and never
returned.
Carlton, b. 181 1; m. Hannah Borton, daughter of Abraham Borton
and Mary Dudley.
V. Caleb Borton Jr., b. 7-2 mo., 1774, son of Caleb Borton and Silence
Willits, married Mary Clark. They had one child: —
Patience, b.
Mary died and Caleb Borton Jr. married Mary \\'hite. They had
children as follows: —
Omar, b. 30-1 mo., 1818; m. Sarah Albertson.
Mary C, b. 27-6 mo., 1820; m. Nathan Y. Lippincott.
Phebe Ann, b. 30-4 mo., 1822.
Omar. •>. 30-1 mo., 1818; m. Sarah Albertson.
2-8 mo.. 1867.
V. Joel Borton, son of Caleb Borton and Silence Willits, married
Elizabeth Lippincott, daughter of James Lippincott and Hannah Crispen.
Their children were : —
Maria, b 20-11 mo., 1804; died 1-8 mo., 1806.
Sarah, b. 25-7 mo., 1807; died 12-6 mo., 1826.
Samuel, b. 2-3 mo., 1817; m. Mary Edwards, died 28-9 mo., 1886.
Elizibeth S., b. 27-7 mo., 1819: m. Jacob Somers, 14-5 mo.. 1840.
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Asahal, b. 28-8 mo., 1814; m. Ann Flitcraft, 8-3 mo., 1832.
Aaron, b. 25-1 mo., 1810; m. Lydia Flitcraft, 7-3 mo., 1832.
Joel, b. 22-1 mo., 1812; m. Maria Rulon, 7-3 mo., 1835.
m. Elizabeth Robinson, 1840.
William, b. 22-1 mo., 1812; m. Hannah Gill; died 27-9 mo., 1896.
Joel and William were twins.
Keziah, b. 26-11 mo., 1823; died 1823.
Joel Borton died 6-2 mo., 1869.
VI. Samuel Borton, son of Joel Borton and Elizabeth Lippincott, born
3-2 mo., 1817, married Mary Edwards, daughter of Thomas Edwards
and Sarah Lippincott. The children of Samuel and Elizabeth were : —
Edwin Lippincott, b. 22-12 mo., 1840; m. Emily Duell.
Sarah Edwards, b. 15-9 mo., 1843; "i. Chas. Kirkbridge Horner.
Franklin, b. 8-1 1 mo., 1846; died 3-9 mo., 1858.
Joseph Moore, b;29-9 mo., 1849; "^- Elizabeth G. Haines.
Mary Emma,, b. 20-4 mo., 1852; died 17-2 mo., 1853
Samuel Lippincott, b. 5-3 mo., 1854; m. Anna Cooper.
Annie Edwards, b. 31-9 mo., 1859; ^- Charles F. Pancoast.
VIL Edwin Lippincott Borton, son of Samuel Borton and Mary Ed-
wards, married Emily Duell, daughter of John and Tacy Duell. Their
children were: —
Mary Ella,- b. 15-2 mo., 1865; m. Chas. French Moore, 1887.
Frank E., b. 7-10 mo., 1868, m. Emma K. Waddington, 1896
Albert D., b. 13-5 mo., 1871 ; m. Margaret Tozer, 7-2 mo., 1895.
John D., b. 19-7 mo., 1872; m. Lidie Crawford, 2-1 1 mo., 1904
Edith N., b. 20-3 mo., 1875; "^- Elmer E. Kiger, 20-11 mo., 1900.
Mabel E., b. 29-3 mo., 1887.
Samuel Lippincott Borton died 16-12 mo., 1880. He was .1 son of
Samuel Borton and Mary Edwards.
VIII. Mary Ella Borton, daughter- of Edwin Lippincott »»orton and
Emily Duell, niarried Chas. French Moore, 2-3 mo., 1887. Their chil-
dren were: —
Alice Moore, b. 7-12 mo., 1887.
Ed.vin Borton, b. 16-3 mo., 1891.
ChaiJes T., b. 17-7 mo., 1900.
VIII. Frank E. Borton, son of Edwin Lippincott Borton and Emily
Duell, married Emma K. Waddington. 2-9 mo., 1896. Their children
were: —
Helen M., b. 15-9 mo., 1897.
Norman, b. 5 mo., 1898.
Mary \V., b. 6 mo., 1899.
Emily, b. 24-3 mo., 1902..
VIII. Albert D. Borton, son of Edwin Lippincott Borton and Emily
Duel!, married Margaret Tozer, 7-2 mo., 1895. Their children were: —
Ethel M., b. 14-12 mo., 189 5.
Edith M., b. 22-2 mo., 1899.
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VIII. John D. Borotn, son of Edwin Lippincott Borton and Emily
DuelK married Lidie Crawford, 2-1 1 mo., 1904. No issue.
VIII. Edith N. Borton, daughter of Edwin Lippincott Borton and Emily
Duel), married Elmer E. Kiger, 20-11 mo., 1900. They have one
daughter : —
lulith Bcrton Kiger, b. 28-8 mo., 1902.
VII. Sarah Borton, daughter of Samuel Borton and Mary Edwards,
married Charlee; K. Horner, 15-3 mo., 1865. Samuel Borton was a son
of Joel Borton and Elizabeth Lippincott. Sarah and Charles' children
were : —
Anna Bell, b. y-y mo., 1866; m. Frank Kirby, 25-2 mo., 1892.
Mary Borton, b. 1-12 mo., 1872; died 12-6 mo., 1897.
VIII. Anna Bell Horner, daughter of Sarah Borton and Charles K.
Horner, married Frank Kirby. Their children were: —
Mary, b. 21-12 mo., 1892.
Charles, b. 2-4 mo., 1897.
VII. Joseph Moore Borton, son of Samuel Borton and Mary Edwards,
married Elizabeth G. Haines, 15-2 mo., 1873. Their children were: —
Emma, b. 19-1 mo., 1874; m. David Russell Stratton.
Linwood, b. 17-9 mo., 1877; ^^- Florence Josephine Gruff.
VIII. Linwood Haines Borton, son of Joseph Moore Borton and
Elizabeth G. Haines, married Florence Josephine Gruff, 15-2 mo., 1899.
Their children were : —
Mildred G., b. 26-1 mo., 1900.
Joseph Harold, b. 31-8 mo., 1902.
VII. Samuel Lippincott Borton, son of Samuel Borton and Mary Ed-
wards, married Anna Cooper. Their children were: —
Joseph Cooper, b. ; deceased.
Estclla, b. 7 mo., 1880: died 9 mo.. 1890.
VII. Annie Edwards Borton, daughter of Samuel Borton and Mary Ed-
wards, married Charles Fithian Pancoast, 5-12 mo., 1882. Their children
were : —
Joseph Davis, b. 8-9 mo., 1883.
Ch^irles Fithian, b. 8-1 1 mo., 1892.
VI. Aaron Borton, son of Joel Borton and Elizabeth Lippincott, mar-
ried Lydia I-^litcraft, 1832. Their children were: —
Martha R., 1). 8-1 1 mo., 1833; m. Charles Heritage, 6-14 mo., 1854.
Thomas, b. 15-11 mo., 1836; m. Annie E. Gaunt, 9-2 mo., 1865.
Elizabeth L., b. 3-7 mo., 1838; m. Asa Engle, 10-7 mo., 1874.
David, h. 11-5 mo., 1840; m. Lydia A. Tonkins, 12-3 mo., 1867.
Richard, b. ; died at the I)attle of (lettysburg. 3-5 mo., 1865.
Lydia, b. 26-2 mo., 1844; "i- George Duell, 15-2 mo., 1866.
Sarah, b. 23-1 mo., 1846; m. Charles Peterson, 6-3 mo., 1867.
Aaron, b. 19-7 mo., 1849; "i- Sarah S. Kirl)y, 14-1 mo., 1872.
Lydia Tonkins, wife of David Rorton, died 18-7 mo., 1905, and
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David married Sarah A, Haines, 25-2 mo., 1906.
Sarah S. Kirby, wife of Aaron Borton, died 21-6 mo., 1906.
VII. Martlia R. Borton, daughter of Aaron Borton and Lydia Flit-
craft, married Charles Heritage, son of Jonathan Heritage and Esther
Atkinson. Their children were : —
Walter, b. 21-2 mo., 1855; m. Susan R. Haines, 5-3 mo., 1878.
Alberr b. 1-7 mo., 1856; m. Rebecca B. Batten, 29-11 mo., 1883.
Clara, b. 7-12 mo., 1867; died 4-7 mo., 1879.
John C, b. 16-3 mo., 1869; m. Elizabeth Borden, 8-6 mo., 1886.
Richard B., b. i.s-5 nio., 1863; "i- Martha Borton of Ohio, 28-9 mo.,.
1892.
Esther L., b. 2-3 mo., 1869; m. Howard J. Rulon, 4-3 mo., 1890.
Mary, b. 3-9 mo., 1872; died 6-1 mo., 1875.
Howard J.,'b. 18-2 mo., 1874; died 5-7 mo., 1877.
VIII. Walter Heritage, son of Charles Heritage and Martha Borton,
married Susan R. Haines. They have two children: —
Howard J., b. 19-11 mo., 1882; m. Martha B. Kirchner, 24-2 mo!^
1904.
Charles T., b. 22-3 mo., 1888.
VIII. Albert Heritage, son of Charles Heritage and Martha Borton,
married Rebecca B. Batten, daughter of John and Anna Batten. Their
children were: —
Clifford B., b. 29-8 mo., 1884; m. Anne Gooden.
Raymond E., b. 4-9 mo., 1886; died 24-2 mo., 1887.
Clara B., b. 25-5 mo., 1888.
Emma, b. 2-12 mc, 1890: died 2-12 mo., 1890.
Alice R., b. 3-7 mo., 1892.
^\'arren A., b. 22-8 mo., 1896; died 4-3 mo., 1897.
Edith M., b. 2-9 mo., 1898.
Ann T., b. 11-7 mo., 1902.
Albert M., b. 24-8 mo., 1906.
VIII. John C. Heritage, son of Chalres Heritage and Martha Borton,.
married Elizabeth Borden, daughter of Thomas J. and Ann L. Borden.
Their children were : —
Clarence, b. 1-7 mo., 1887.
Martha, b. 23-7 mo., 1889.
El wood, b. 5-12 mo., 1897.
VIII. Richard Heritage, son of Cliarles Heritage and Martha Borton,
married Martha Borton of Ohio. They had one son: —
Walter, b. 12-7 mo., 1899.
IX. Howard J., son of Walter Heritage and Susan R. Haines, married
Martha B. Kirchner. They had one daughter: —
Loisa May, b. 11-4 mo., 1905.
VII. Thomas Borton, son of Aaron Borton and Lydia Flitcraft, married
Annie E. Gaunt, daughter of Samuel Gaunt and Caroline Horner.
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Samuel Gaunt was the son of John Gaunt and Elizabeth Kirby, and
Caroline Horner was the daughter of Elijah Horner and Elizabeth Cole.
Thomas Borton and Annie E. Gaunt's children were: —
Elizabeth, b. 15-3 mo., 1866; m. Henry Ridgeway, 9-10 mo., i8qo.
Samuel G., b. 28-1 mo., 1870; m. Elizabeth Brown, 4-2 mo., 1891.
William S., b. 6-5 mo., 1871 ; m. Elizabeth K. Cooper, 29-8 mo., 1905.
VIII. Elizabeth Borton, daughter of Thomas Borton and Annie E.
Gaunt, married Henry Ridgeway, son of Wadington Ridgeway and Ann
Powell. Their children were: —
Mary T., b.
Lydia, b.
Harvey, b.
Henry, b.
VIII. Samuel G. Borton, son of Thomas Borton and Annie Gaunt,
married Elizabeth Brown, 4-2 mo., 1891. Their children were: —
Carrie G., b. 3-12 mo., 1891.
Etta, b. 1-4 mo., 1893.
Jesse T., b. 18-10 mo., 1896.
VIII. William H. Borton, son of Thomas Borton and Annie E. Gaunt,
married Elizabeth Kirby Cooper, 29-8 mo., 1895, daughter of Joseph and
Elizabeth Cooper. Their children were: —
R. Borton, b. 15-8 mo., 1896.
Mildred, b. 3-1 1 mo., 1898; died 1900.
VII. Elizabeth Borton, daughter of Aaron Borton and Lydia Flitcraft,
married Asa Engle, 7-10 mo., 1884, son of Joshua Engle and Mary
Gardner. They have one son: —
James G., b. 2-1 1 mo., 1875; m. Ruth W. Peasley, daughter of
Gideon and Waddington Peasley. 15-3 mo., 1904.
VII. David Borton, son of Aaron Borton and Lydia Flitcraft, married
Lydia A. Tonkins, 12-4 mo., 1867. Their children were: —
Richard B., b. 22-11 mo., 1868; ni. Helen D .Shull, 14-12 mo., 1892.
Lydia P., b. 3-1 1 mo., 1870; m. Joseph H. Butcher, 22-2 mo., 1895.
George T., b. 24-11 mo., 1873; m. Ann P. Kirby, 18-11 mo., 1896.
VIII. Richard B. Borton, son of David Borton and Lydia A. Tonkins,
married Helen D. Shull, 14-12 mo., 1892, daughter of Asareah Shull
and Mary Pane. Their children were: —
Alice P.. b. 23-4 mo., 1894.
Richard B., b. 29-12 mo., 1898.
Frances B., b. 8-1 mo., 1899.
Alfred E., b. 1-12 mo., 1902.
VIII. Lydia F. Borton, daughter of David Borton and Lydia Tonkins,
married Joseph H. Butcher, 22-2 mo., 1895. Their children were: —
Herbert B., 26-1 mo., 1897.
Joseph H., b. 13-6 mo., 1898.
VIII. George T. Borton, son of David Borton and Lydia Tonkins,
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married Anna P. Kirby, 18-11 mo., 1896. They had two children: —
George T., b. 1-8 mo., 1900.
Mary E., b. 5-1 mo., 1904.
VII. Ly.dia Borton, daughter of Aaron Borton and Lydia Flitcraft,
married George H. Duell, 15-2 mo., 1866, son of John Duell and Tacy
Homer. Their children were : —
Wilbert H., b. 6-5 mo., 1867: m. Abigail Dubois, 12-8 mo., 1886.
Mary C., b. 26-7 mo., 1870; m. Asa Moore ,6-3 mo., 1896.
Martha R., b. 6-9 mo., 1873; m. Charles Tonkins, 31-3 mo., 1897.
Li7zie L., b. 6-9 mo., 1873. (Twins).
VIII. Wilbert H. Duell, son of Lydia Borton and George H. Duell,
married Abigail Dubois, 12-8 mo., 1884, daughter of John V. Dubois.
They have one child: —
Edna, b. 3-2 mo., 1889.
VIII. Mary C. Duell, daughter of Lydia Borton and George H. Duell,
married Asa Moore, 6-3 mo., 1896, son of Benjamin Moore and Hope
Lippincott. They have one child: —
EUie D., b. 1893.
VIII. Martha R. Duell, daughter of Lydia Borton and George H. Duell,
married Charles Tonkins, 31-3 mo., 1897, son of Samuel Tonkins. They
have two children : —
Marrion L., b. ii-i mo., 1900.
Edith, b. 28-7 mo., 1901. ^
VII. Sarah B. Borton, daughter of Aaron Borton and Lydia Flitcraft,
married Charles Peterson, 6-3 mo., 1867, son of Joseph Peterson and
Sarah Cowley. Their children w^ere: —
Joseph B., b. 8-2 mo., 1868; died 19-8 mo.. 1869.
Lydia T., b. 2-6 mo., 1869; m. Thomas F. Batten, 21-2 mo., 1889.
Anna B., b. 15-1 mo., 1871; m. Joseph Gardner, 19-3 mo., 1891.
F'^lorence, b. 8-7 mo., 1872; m. George E. Vennel, 9-1 1 mo., 1898.
Sarah H., b. 20-8 mo., 1874; m. William E. Nichols, 11-5 mo., 1900.
Charles A., b. 29-1 mo., 1876; m. Sarah M. Ambler, 27-2 mo., 1901.
Clara B., b. 24-7 mo., 1879.
George R., b. 10-12 mo., 1884.
Elsie A., b. 1-8 mo., 1888.
VIII. Anna B. Peterson, daughter of Sarah B. Borton and Charles
Peterson, married Joseph Gardner, 19-3 mo., 1891. Their children were:
Elizabeth R., b. 4-7 mo., 1892. ,
Wiliberd, b. 17-8 mo., 1894.
Hazel, b. 3-2 mo., 1899.
VIII. Florence Peterson, daughter of Sarah B. Borton and Charles
Peterson, married George H. Vennel, 9-1 1 mo., 1898. Their children
were : —
G. Earl, b. 4-8 mo., 1899.
Rupert, b. 19-9 mo., 1900.
George H. Vennel died in 23-8 mo., 1902.
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VIII. Sarah H. Peterson, daughter of Sarah B. Borton and Charles
' Peterson, married William E. Nichols, son cf Isaiah Nichols. They
have one son : —
Elwell, b. 1 1-8 mo., 1900.
VII. Aaron \V. Borton, son of Aaron Borton and Lydia * Flitcraft.
married Sarah S. Kirby, 4-1 mo., 1872, daughter of Ebenezer Kirby and
Martha Somers. Their children were: —
Martha R., b. 18-1 mo., 1873; m. Clinton Iredell, 7-3 mo., 1899.
VI. William Borton, son of Joel Borton and Elizabeth Lippincott,
married Hannah T. Gill, 4-2 mo., 1836. Their children were: —
Ann, b. ; died in infancy.
Sarah, b. ; died in infancy.
Hannah, b. 5-4 mo., 1840; m. James Griscom.
Rachel M.. b. 19-7 mo., 1842; m. Henry Lippincott.
Keziah. b. : died young.
Sarah Ann, b. ; died young.
John G., b. 9-10 mo.. 1847; ^^- Alice Borton, 15-9 mo., 1870.
William, b. 2-1 mo., 1850; m. Mary A. Sailer.
Joel, b. 12-11 mo.. 1854: m. Mary E. Wallace.
VII. Hannah Borton, daughter of William Borton and Hannah T.
Gill, married James Griscom. They had three sons: —
William Borton, b. 23-7 mo., 1876: m. Mary Taylor.
James, b. n died single.
Robert W., 1). ; died single.
VIII. Wil.iam Borton Griscom and Mary Taylor had one son: —
William Borton Griscom, Jr., b. 7-1 mo., 1906.
VII. Rachel M. Borton, daughter of Wm. Borton and Hannah T. Gill,
married Henry Lippincott. Their children were: —
C. Carroll, b. 6-10 mo., 1874: m. Mary D. Ewing.
H. Raymond, I). 23-8 mo., 1879; m. Elizal)eth G. Hunt, i-io mo.,
VIII. C. Carol Li])pincott, son of Rachel M. Borton and Henry Lip-
pincott, married Mary I). Ewing. They have two children: —
Grace, 1). 1-6 mo., 1902.
Laurence Carroll, b. 8-7 mo., 1906
VII. John G. Borton, son of William Borton and Hannah T. Gill, mar-
ried Alice A. Borton. Their children were: —
Linda T., b. 1-9 mo., 1871 ; deceased 2-9 mo., 1871.
J. Gilbert, b. 8-5 mo., 1872; m. Martha Hazelton, 10-2 mo., 1895.
Hannah T., b. 18-2 mo., 1874; m. Franklin S. Taylor.
Lucy L., b. 18-5 mo., 1876; m. Robert Miller Fogg.
Elsie A., b. 13-2 mo., 1884; deceased.
Rachel M, Borton, wife of Henry Lippincott, was a prominent
minister among Friends.
VII. J. (iill:crt P>crt(Mi. sen cf Jchn (i. I)()rton and Alice A. Bortori.
R'VCHEL Bo.<TON LiPPiNCOTT
Fletcher iVl. E. Churcli located on Homestead of Benjamin BortQii, Sr.
GiiriiscV Coimiv, Ohio.
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inarried Martha Allen Hazelton. They had two children: —
Gilbert Earl, b. 26-7 mo., 1901.
Elsie Allen, b. 4-10 mo., 1903.
VIII. Hannah T. Borton, daughter of John G. Borton and Alice A.
Borton, married Franklin S. Taylor, i-i mo., 1902. They have one
daughter: —
Alice, b. 19-2 mo., 1903.
VIII. Lucy L. Borton, daughter of John G. Borton and Alice A. Bor-
ton, married Robert Miller Fogg, i-io mo., 1902. Their children -.vere: —
John Borton, b. 26-8 mo., 1903.
David Taylor, b. 19-1 mo., 1905.
VII. Joel Borton, son of William Borton and Hannah T. Gill, married .
Mary E. Wallace. William Borton was a son of Joel Borton, Sr., and
Klizabeth Lippincott, and Joel Borton, Jr., was also a son of Joel Borton
Sr. and Elizabeth Lippincott. and Joel Borton Sr. was a son of Caleb
Borton and Silence Willitts. Joel Borton and Mary E. Wallace's chil-
dren were : —
Mary Wallace, b. 1-4 mo., 1875; ^^- Robert G. Baynes.
Helen Griscom, b. 2-2 mo., 1877.
William, b. 13-4 mo., 1879; ^^^- Lydia Allen Ware.
Alice, b. 1-5 mo., i88i.
Samuel Lippincott, b. 29-11 mo., 1882.
Clement, 1). i5-8 mo., :H84.
Jcel Roland, b. 13-6 m.j., 1886.
Allen Wallace, 1). 28-7 mo., 1890.
Francis, b. : died in infancy.
Omar, b. 4-8 mo., 1892.
Joseph, b. ; died in infancy.
At the home of the bride's parents, 2y, 11 mo., 1907, by T^-iends'
ceremony, Frank K. Ridgway, son of Samuel A. and Elizabeth H. Ridg-
way, to Alice Borton, daughter of Joel and Mary E. Borton, a'l of
\\'ocdstcwn. New Jersey.
VIII. Mary Wallace Bortcn, daughter cf Joel Borio:^. and Mary E.
\\'allace. married Robert G. Baynes. They had three children: —
Elizabeth Elecnor, b.
Robert Griscom Jr., b.
Edward Borton, b.
VIII. William Borton, son of Joel Bort6n and Mary E. Wallace, mar-
ried Lydia Allen Ware. They have two children: —
Lu Lu Jet, b.
Sarah Virginia, b. 30-4 mo., 1907.
Joel Borton, son of Wi'liam Borton and Hannah T. Gill, was born
in New Jersesy, 12-11 mo., 1854 and was married to Mary E. Wallace by
whom he had eleven children. He was a prominent minister among
Fricntl.s. has traveled quite extensively in this country in the cause of
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the Master and, in 1904, made a religious visit to England. Mary E.
Wallace Borton is also a zealous Friend and *7iade the European trip
with her husband.
VI. Elizabeth S. Borton, daughter of Joel Borton, Sr., and Elizabeth
Lippincott, married Jacob Somers. Joel Borton Jr. was a son of Joel
Borton Sr. and married Maria Rulon. Joel Borton Sr. was a son of
Caleb Borton and Silence Willits. Elizabeth and Jacob Somers' children
were : —
Alfred J., b. 27-9 mo., 1841.
Richard, b. 7-5 mo., 1844.
Sarah, b. 17-3 mo., 1846.
Edward B., b. 5-4 mo., 1848 died; same year.
Aaron B., b. 8-3 mo., 1850.
Chalkley L., b. 28-5 mo., 1851; died same year.
Jacob, b. 6-10 mo., 1852; died 31-10 mo., 1892.
Maria L., b. 20-11 mo., 1855; m. Gideon Tussie.
Joel Borton, b. 30-8 mo., 1857; m. Jennie
William B., b. 29-9 mo., 1859.
Anna J., b. 13-9 mo., 1863.
Franklin A., b. 3-12 mo., 1864.
VII. Alfred J. Somers died in camp, near Falmouth, Virginia, 13-3 nic,
1862, aged 21 years, 3 mo., 16 days.
VII. Richard B. Somers died 12-4 mo., 1867, aged 22 years, 11 mo.,
5 days.
VII. Franklin A. Somers died of lock-jaw, 20-7 mo., 1874.
VII. Maria L. Somers, daughter of Elizabeth S. Borton and Jacob
Somers, married Gideon Tussie, i-i mo., 1878. Elizabeth S. Borton
was a daughter of Joel Borton and Elizal)eth Lippincott. The children
of Maria L. Somers and Gideon Tussie were : —
Elizabeth S., b .13-1 mo., 1879.
Eleanor S., b. 23-8 mo., 1884.
Henry B., b. 10-7 mo., 1889.
VII. Jacob Somers, Jr., son of Jacob Somers and Elizabeth S. Borton,
married They left two children : —
Franklin A., b. * ; m. Emma Weldon.
Emma J., b.
VIII. Franklin A. Somers, son of Jacob Somers and
married Emma Weldon. They had one child: —
Lillian, b.
VIII. Emma Somers, daughter of Jacob Somers, Jr., and Elizabeth S.
.Borton, married James Simpson. They have two children: —
Norman S., b.
Earl A., b.
Emmri Somers Simpson died 7-1 mo., 1906.
VII. Joe! Horlon Somers, son of Elizihcth S. rU)rton and Jaco!) Somers,
I
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Home of Joel Boiton, Woodstown, N. J.
Joel Borton.
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married Jennie Their children were : —
Frances C, b. 25-9 mo., 1882.
William B., b. 24-12 mo., 1883.
Raymond, b. 22-12 mo., 1886.
VII. Warren H. Somers, son of Jacob Somers and Elizabeth S. Bor-
ton, married Mary A Their children were: —
Joseph Allen, b. 21-6 mo., 1873; m. Mabel , by whom
he had two children: —
Violet, born 21-4 mo., 1898.
Warren, b. 28-11 mo., 1900.
VL Joel Borton, Jr., son of Joel Borton and Elizabeth Lippincott, born
22-7 mo., 1812, married Maria Rulon, 7-5 mo., 1835. She died on the
29-9 mo., 1836. Joel Borton, later, married Elizabeth Robinson, 19-5
mo., 1840. Their children were: —
Susanna, b. 16-5 mo., 1841 ; m. Thomas Hunter.
Joseph, b. 30-1 mo., 1843 ; died in infancy
William, b. 18-11 mo., 1844; died in infancy.
Rebecca D., b. 12-2 mo., 1846.
Stacy C, b. 12-4 mo., 1849.
Richard D., b. 2-5 mo., 1852; died in infancy.
Mary E., b. 12-1 mo., 1854.
Sarah Emma, b. 9-5 mo., 1861.
Edward R., b. 21-3 mo., 1864.
VI. Asahel Borton, son of Joel Borton and Elizabeth Lippincott, born
28-8 mo., 1814, married Ann Flitcraft, 7-3 mo., 1839. Their children
were : —
Anna, b. 5-1 mo., 1840.
Benjamin, b. 5-10 mo., 1841.
Isabel, b. 26-4 mo., 1843.
Prudence P., b. 5-1 1 mo., 1847.
Mary Anna, b. 19-10 mo., 1853.
VII. Susanna Borton, daughter of Joel B.>rton, Jr., and Elizabeth
Robinson, married Thomas Hunter, 22-1 mo., 1866 and died 21-5 mo.,
1872, left three children: —
J. Franklin, b.
Louisa B., b.
Levi Morse, b.
VII. Mary E. Borton, daughter of Joel Borton, Jr., and Elizabeth
Robinson, married Samuel H. Carter in 1876 and died in 1894. Their
children were: —
Dora, b.
Stacy, 1).
William, 1).
Rebecca, b.
VII. Sarah Emma Borton, daughter of Joel Borton Jr., and Elizabeth
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Robinson, married Harry Wallace, 1885 and died 1895. They had one
child:—
Omar B., b. ; died young.
VII. Edward R. Borton, son of Joel Borton, Jr., and Elizabeth Robin-
son, married Matilda Conover, 22-5 mo., 1890, They had two children : —
Everett, b.
Richard, b.
Matilda Conover died 5 mo., 1898, and Edward R. Borton married
Mary Kiger, 2-5 mo., 19CX3, by whom he had: —
Sarah Mable, b.
IV. Josiah Borton, son of William Borton and Abigail Lord, married
Rebecca Haines. 17-11 mo., 1774. Rebecca was born 30-7 mo., 1754, and
was a daughter of Solomon Haines and Rebecca Sharp, who were mar-
ried in 1749. Rebecca Sharp was the daughter of William Sharp and
Mary Austin, who were married 5 mo., 1716. William Sharp, born 2-10
mo., 1689, the son of John Sharp and Elizabeth Payne, who married
17-4 mo., 1688. Solomon Haines born 25-1 mo., 1728, -was the son of
Carlisle Haines and Sarah Matlack, who were married, 1721. Carlisle
Haines, the son of Richard and Mary Carlisle Haines. Carlisle Haines
was born in 1700. Richard Haines was ])orn in the parish of Aynho,
Northampton, England.
The children of Josiah Borton and Rebecca Haines were: —
Josiah, b. 1780: m. Margaret Sharp, died 1819.
Isaac, I). ; m. Sarah Peacock.
Sarah, b. 25-7 mo., 1782; m. Job Engle; she died 1854.
V. Sarah Borton, daughter of Josiah Borton, Sr., and Rebecca Haines,
married Job Engle. He was born in 1780. Their children were: —
VI. Edith Ann, b. ; m. Dr. Joseph E. Thaane. Their children
were : —
Elvvood E. Thaane.
Howard.
William Penn; died in infancy.
V. Josiah Borton, son of Josiah Borton and Rebecca Haines, mar-
ried Margaret Sharp. Their children were: —
George, b. 17-11 mo., 1801 ; m. Polly Summers,
m. Mary Miller,
m. Charity Vickers.
Margaret, b. 26-4 mo., 1803: m .Jeremiah Rakestraw, 1822.
Josiah, Jr., 1). 4-7 mo., 1804; m. Lydia Rakestraw.
Rebecca, 1). 7-12 mo., 1895; "i- Jacob Burden,
m. William Devoe.
m. Jesse Eaton.
John. b. 1 1-5 mo., 1806; m. Elizabeth Powers.
Early Home of Josiah Borton, Clinton County, Ohio, 1812
GENEALOGY. 49
! ' m. Melinda . . *
Alahlon,' b. 4-10 mo., 1808; m. Racji^l .Garwood.
Ann, b. 20-2 mo., 1810; m. Job Rakestraw,
m. John Evans,
m. John Garvswod. -x
Isaac, b. 4-4 mo., 181 1; m. Keturah Anders m,
m. Eve Heater.
Job, b. 25-8 mo., 1812; m. Elizabeth Hester.
Sarah, b. 13-6 mo., 1814; died single, 1843.
Phebe S., b. 5-8 mo., 1815; m. Japhet L. Prickitt.
Jane, b. 18-5 mo., 181 7; m. John Peacock.
Margaret Sharp died in 1819 and Josiah Borton married Hannah
Fairfield, a native of Virginia, by whom he had two sons:—-
Henry, b. 4-5 mo., 1821; m. Rachel Bunton,
m Hinney.
Soloman, b. 13-3 mo., 1823; died a young man.
Hannah Fairfield died in 1824 and in 1828 Josiah married Sarah
Pendry. No issue to this last marriage.
VI. Margaret Borton, oldest daughter of Josiah Borton and Margaret
Sharp, was born neear Mount Holly, Burlington county, N. J., 26-4 mo.,
1803. When about eleven years of age, she came with her parents to
Clinton county, Ohio. Here, in the year 1822, she was married to
Jeremiah Rakestraw. In the fall of 1849, she with her husband and
family of nine children again took up their westward march and settled
5n St. Joseph county, Indiana, five miles north east of North Liberty.
In Ohio, their farm consisted of 49 acres of land, while that of their new
home in Indiana embraced 160 acres. They left Lumberton, Ohio, on
109 mo., and landed at their new home 20-9 mo., 1849. The journey was
made in covered wagons and took ten days to cover the distance of about
250 miles. Her husband, Jeremiah Rakestraw, was also born near Mount
Holly, N. J.,. 2-10 mo., 1795 and died at their home in Indiana, 9-10 mo.,
1854, age 59 years. She followed him to the better world, 20 years later,
in 1874, age 71 years. They were both consistent Christians, faithful
members of the Methodist Episcopal church. They were both buried in
the Porter cemetery. Liberty township, St. Joseph county, Indiana.
Their children were all born in Green county, Ohio, near Lumberton, and
were as follows: —
Ann,b. ; m. Abner Wharton,
m. David Garwood.
Aaron, b. 9-1 mo., 1829: m. 15-2 mo-, i860, Caroline Moore.
Foster, b. ; died in infancy.
George, b. 25-11 *mo., 1832; m. Lavina Rupe.
Amos, b. 10-10 mo.,.j834: m. Lettie Brace.
Margaret, b. ; ni. Nicholas Geyer. ^f '
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Job. b. ; m. Elizabeth Home.
Mary, b. 8-4 mo., 1842; m. Eli Garwood.
Martha, b. 15-3 mo., 1844; "i. William Wharton,
m. John Friar.
Dinah Jane, b. 23-2 mo., 1848; m. Simon Mangus.
VII. Ann Rakestraw, daughter of Margaret Borton and Jeremiah
Rakestraw, married Abner Wharton. Their children were: —
Lydia Ann, b.
Frank, b.
Riley, b.
Robert, b.
VII. Aaron Rakestraw, son of Margaret Borton and Jeremiah Rake-
straw, married Caroline Moore, 15-2 mo., i860. Their children were: —
Henry Lincoln, b. 4-3 mo., 1861.
Levi Albert Rakestraw, b. i-i mo., 1863; m. Georgia A. Barrett.
Angeline Agusta, b. 16-8 mo., 1865; m. Marion Mangus.
Oscar Isaiah, b, 29-8 mo., 1867; m. Ida O. Neal.
Barbary Aldora, b. 31-12 mo., 1869; m. Nelson Ronstead.
Margaret Melinda, b. 13-8 mo., 1873.
Daughter died in infancy, b. 13-12 mo., 1875.
Martha Jane, b. 18-10 mo., 1876.
VII. George Rakestraw, son of Margaret Borton and Jeremiah Rake-
straw, married Lavina Rupe. Their children were: —
Francis May, b. ix-12 mo., 1859.
John Delbert, b. 13-2 mo.. 1862; died 15-8 mo., 1862.
Samuel Franklin, b. 30-5 mo., 1867.
Henry Sylvester,. b, 15-2 mo., 1869; died 21-2 mo., 1879. "
VII. Amos Rakestraw, son of Margaret Borton and Jeremiah Rake-
straw, married .Lettie Brace. Their children were: —
Berton, b. . ; single.
Two other children died in infancy.
Berton Rakestraw lives at South Bend, Indiana. He is a machinist
by profession and he spells his name Rex&trew. George Rakestraw is
a farmer, owning 79 acres of choice land in Liberty township, St. Joseph
county, Ind. In politics he is a Republican, and is a member of the
Weslyan Methodist church. His address is North Liberty, Ind.
VII. Margaret Rakestraw, daughter of Margaret Borton and Jere-
miah Rakestraw, married Nicholas G^j^er. Their children were: —
John Geyer, b. ; m Francis.
Catherine, b.
Lena, b. ; m. John Lodge, died 6 mo., 1885.
Ellen, b. ; m. Bart Lodge.
Abbie, b. ; died age 15 years.
Sarah, b. ; m Pickle.
George Rakestravv, and son Samuel Franklin Rexstrew, of
South Bend, Indiana
ii5T-
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Lydia, b. ; m Hoffman. .
Sylvester, b. ; died age 9 years.
William, b. 27-3 mo., 1880.
VII. Job Rakestraw, son of Margaret Borton and Jeremiah Rake-
straw, married Elizabeth Home. Their children were: —
John Clinton, b. 15-7 mo., 1862; m. Alice Auten.
Margaret M., b. i-io mo., 1864; m. J. M. Dick.
Mary J. b. 21-4 mo., 1867; "^- A- E. Gantz.
VIII. John Clinton Rakestraw, son of Job Rakestraw and Elizabeth
Home, married Alice Auten. Job was a son of Jeremiah Rakestraw
and Margaret Borton. John and Alice Rakestraw's children were: —
Hazel May, b. 17-12 mo., 1891.
Edith Fay, b. i-io mo., 1906.
Their address, 1907, is Sacramento, Cal.
VIII. Margaret M. Rakestraw, daughter of Job Rakestraw and Eliza-
beth Home, married J. M. Dick, of Portis, Kansas, b. 10-8 mo., 1859.
Their children were : —
Harvey H. Dick, b. 4-1 1 mo., 1883; died 22-11 mo., 1883.
Guy E., b. 3-5 mo., 1886.
Inez May, b. 29-3 mo., 1890.
Hazel M., b. 1-9 mo., 1898. - •
VIII. Mary J. Rakestraw, daughter of Job Rakestraw and Elizabeth
Home, was born 21-4 mo., 1867, married A. E. Gantz. Their children
were : —
Harry Eugene Gantz, b. 20-5 mo., 1886.
Margaret Eleanor, b. 23-5 mo., 1890; died 2-5 mo., 1895.
Arthur Ellsworth, b. 1-2 mo., 1892.
Helen Dorothy, b. 22-10 mo., 1900.
Howard Samuel, b. 2-3 mo., 1897; ^^^^ 6-7 mo., 1897.
Their address, 1907, Portis, Kansas.
VII. Martha Rakestraw, daughter of Margaret Borton and Jeremiah,
Rakestraw, married William Wharton. They had two children:—
Silas Edward Wharton, b. 8-5 mo., 1865; m. Ella Schroder, *
One daughter died in infancy. - '^ ^*h'^
William Wharton died and Martha married John Friar. They re-
side at North Liberty, Ind.
VII. Dinah Jane Rakestraw, daughter of Margaret Borton and
Jeremiah Rakestraw, married Simon Mangus. Their children were :
Melissa Ann, b. 20-6 mo., 1870; m. Edward McDonald,
m. CliflFord Mathewson.
Samuel Franklin, b. 12-8 mo., 1873; m .Ida L. Workman.
m. Maud Brown.
Martha Pearl, b. 6-10 mo., 1879; m. Clarence Lewis.
Asa Merrill, b. 3-9 mo., 1883; m.
Grace, b. 4-8 mo., 1887; died in infancy.
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BORTON FAMILY '^"^
Winnie Ethel, b. 7-11 nio„ 1891 ;,siitgle.,
VIII. Silas Edward Wharton, son of Marth^t Rakestraw and William
Whaiiton^ married Ella Schroder, Their children were: — r
Martha Christena, K.j^ ma., .1887; m. Jacob Sanley. One child!
Bertha Sanley; Martha died 14-8 njo., 1905.
r- Clarence Russell, b. 6-4 mo., 1892.
I Hazel M., b. 15-5 mo., ^^905.
^III. Kf elissa Apn M^ngus, daughter of Dinah Jane Rakestraw and
tSimon Mangus, marriet;! Edward McDonald. They had one child:-—
Ethel »^cDonald, b. 25-8 mo., 1898.
Later Melissa Ann Manges married Clifford Mathewsou, by v'h>m
she had two children: —
Bernice Mathewson, b. 1-9 mo., 1903.
. , Earl, b. 21-7 mo., 1906., . :
yill, Samuel Franklin Mangus, son of Dinah Jane Rakestraw and
Simon Mangus, married 12-8 mo., 1899, Ida L. Workman, and laier,
4 mo., 1903, Maud Brown. Their children were: —
Gertrude. B..Maiigy5,^b.. 2 1-6 mo., 1900.
Helen E., b. 25-2 mo., 1902.
Everett E., b. 12-3 mo., 1905. {
Gladys E., b. 3T12 mo., 1906.
, Jvan L., b. 28-3 mo.,. 1907. i
VIII. Martlia Pearl Mangus, daughter of Dinah Jane Rakestraw and
Simon Mangus, married Clarence Lewis, 23-8 mo., 1901. Their children
were: —
Cora A. Lewis, b. 1-5 mo., 1902.
Fordie L., b. 10-10 mo., 1903.
Lloyd A.,.b. 3176 mp., 1906.
Melissa Ann Mangus married Edward McDonald, 27-11 mo., 1890,
aixJ: CliflEord Mathewson, 24-10, mo., .1901.
VIL Mary Rakesitraw, daughter of Margaret Borton and Jeremjah.
Rakestraw, married Eli Garwood. Eli was the son of Abner and Sar.ih
Rudduck Garwood and a grandson of Stacy and Joicy Garwood. .S^;icj
and Joicy Gar^rpod were ampijg the very first settlers of Green t twn-
ship, St. Joseph county, Indiana. They moved from Zenia, Gr^*eii,
aounty,. Ohio, in 1832 and it is believed that they previously immigiaLod
from Burlington county, N.. J., to Ohio. The children of Mary Kake-
straw and Eli Garwood w^re:-:-
Albert Clinton, b. 6;mo.,.i86o;.m. Phoebe Janis.
Luella, b. 5 mo., 1862; i^. Allen Boggs.
Everitt, b. ; died in infancy.
John, b. i-ii mo., 1866; died 1889.
^ Barden, b. i mo., 187^1.
Minnie, b. 25-12 mo., 1873; died 1879.
Rose, b. 5 mo., 1875; "^-
GENEALOGY. ^ ^*
\ Jessie, b. lo mo., 1877; m.
Grace, b. ; 'single.
Charier, b, .1 i^ik).,.<^^I9!^ j ni-Lizzae^Groff ." : ' '
Mary Rakestraw and Eli Garwood Were married in St. Joseph
county, Ind. Moved to Cloud county, Kiti.\ 1111873; She" died 21-6
mo., 1902. Eli Garwood is a brothet'to'^Divid Garwood, wh6\married
Ann Rakestraw. J .. ^ .... ft
Vin. Levi Albert Rakestraw, son of Aaron Rakestraw and Caroline
Moore, married Georgia A. Barrett, at Soixth Bend; Indiana, 27-12 mo.,
if888.* She Was born 24-7 mo., r867. Their c?iildren Weire: —
David Aaron, b. 27-5 mo., 1889. ' * "* '
William A., b. 18-8 mo., 1891.
Lydia A., b. 24-8 mo., 1897:
Aldora J., b. 26-4 mo., 1899.
James A., b. 2-1 mo., 1893.
Walter N., b. 29-7 mo.; 1905.
VIIL Angeline Augusta Rakestraw, daughter of Aaron Rakestraw
and Caroline Moore, married Marion Manglis. They have ohe child : —
Lydia Mangus. '
VIII. Oscar Rexstrew, son of Aaron Rakestraw and Caroline Moore,
fc'arried Ida O: Neal. They have one daughter r —
Nellie Rexstrew, b. '
Oscar spells his name Rexstrew.
VUL Barbara Aldora R-akestraw, daughter of Aaron Rakestraw and
ffafrrfline Moore, married Nelson Ranstead. * They had ohe child whicli
died in infancy. .,.:.,.
Job Rakestraw moved from St. Joseph county, Ind., to Cloud county,
Kan., and from there to Osborne county, Kan. His' present address is
l^ortis, Kan. His occupation is carpenter and farmer.*
VL George Borton, son of Josiah Boitort .and' 'Margaret -5harp,'--mar-
ried Tolly Summers. There wefe no dhiWreh by this marriage ; she died
and George married Mary Millfer. * Their 'children were:—
-.Henry, b. .10-10 ,mo.,. 18^5 ; .m.. Mary JBunton.
John, b. 28-1 mo., 1828; m. Ellen Adams.
Job, b. 7-1 nro., 183 1 ; m. Jane Barnes.
Levi Miller, b. 20-3 mo., i''833 ; m. l^san V. Ford.
George Jr., b. 30-4 mo., 1839; died 18-12 mo., 1839.
George Borton married Mary 'Miller, 30-12 inb.v 1824. She died
and George married Charity Vickers. There were no children by Usl
marriage. George Borton was born 17-ij mo., 1801. Ma!ry Miller,
his second wife, 'was' born 26-2 nio., 1796. - • •
Vn. Levi Miller Borton, son of Geof^e Borton and Mary Miller/
married Susan V. Ford, 30-5 mo., 1865. She was born in Baltimorer
"Md., 22-1 mo., 1842 and descended cin the nfattrrial side from Thomks
Owings, of Owings Mills, Baltimore county, Md. She \vas a daughter
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of Jam^s C. and Susanna Ford. Their children were: —
J^es E&mofe;^b. 30-1 mo., 1871; m. Edna Irvine, 18-3 mo., 1891.
A^rtha S., b. 7-1 1 mo., 1876; m. Charles A. Darrow, 4-7 mo., 1902.
Three children died young.
VIII. James Edmore Borton, son of Levi Borton and Susan V. Ford,
married Edna Irvine. They have two children: —
Mabel Vivian, b. 1906.
Roy Irvine, b. 23-12 mo., 1905.
VIL ' Henry Borton, son of George Borton and Mary Miller, married
Mary Bunton. Their children were: —
Mary E., b. ; m. Newton Middleton.
Elsie A., b. ; m. Harrison Street.
John H., b. ' ; m. Hannah V. Breedlove.
Ella J., b. ^ ; m. SdmuelMurphy.
Frank M., b. ; m. ^lariah Breedlove.
Roena B., b. ; m. Parker Pennington.
Henry C, b. ; m. Jessie Jenkins.
Martha L., b. ; m. John H. Adams.
Lucinda C, b. ; m. Lawrence Harness.
VIII. Mary E. Borton, daughter of Henry Borton and Mary Bunton,
married Newton Middleton. Their children were: —
Pearl, b. ; m. Vernice Haynes.
Bell, b.
IX. Pearl Middleton, daughter of Mary E. Borton and Newton
Middleton, married Vernice Haynes. Their children were: —
Earl, b.
Mary Eliza, b.
VIII. Elsie A. Borton, daughter of Henry Borton and Mary Bunton,
married Harrison Street. Their children were : —
Mollie, b.
Frank, b. ; m. Mary Prickle.
John, b
Wilber, b.
Cora, b. ; m. Andy Michne^
George, b. ; m. Daisy Jones.
Harry, b.
IX. Frank Street, son of Elsie A. Borton and Harrison Street, mar-
ried Mary Prickle. They have one child: —
Clara, b.
IX. George Street, son of Elsie A. Borton and Harrison Street,
married Daisy Jones. They have one daughter: —
Marjorie, b.
IX. Cora Street, daughter of Elsie A. Borton and Harrison Street,
married Andy Michner. Their children were: —
Mary, b. •
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Wilfred, b.
Katheren, b.
Edna, b.
Josephine, b.
VIII. John H. Borton, son of Henry Borton and Mary Bunton, mar-
ried Hannah V. Breedlove. Their children were: —
Albertis R., b. ; m. Grace Strait. '
Mellie, b. ; m.
Elmer G., b.
Charles H., b.
Katie L., b.
Mary E., b:
Ahner, b.
Harry B., b.
IX. Albertis R. Borton, son of John H. Borton and Hannah Breed-
love, married Grace Strait. . They have one son : —
Howard, b.
IX. Mellie C. Borton, daughter of John H .Borton and Hannah V.
Breedlove, married They have one daughter: — •
Mabel, b.
VIII. Ella J. Borton, daughter of Henry Borton and Mary Bunton,
married Samuel Murphy. They have one daughter: —
Cora Murphy, b. ; m. Herman Lacy.
VIII. Frank M. Borton, son of Henry Borton and Mary Bunton, mar-
ried Maria Breedlove. Their children were:— ^ >-^
Homer, b.
Jessie, b. ; m. Fanny Dale.
Harry, b.
Darius, b.
Ruth, b.
VIII. Henry C. Borton, son of Henry Borton and Mary Bunton, mar-
ried Jessie Jenkins. They have three children: —
Herman, b.
Hershell, b.
Chalmer, b.
VIII. Martha L. Borton, daughter of Henry Borton and Mary Bun-
ton, married John H. Adams. They had three children: —
Clarence, b.
Robert, b.
Samuel Adams, b.
VIII. Lucida C. Borton, daughter of Henry Borton and Mary Bun-
ton, married Laurence Harness. Their children were: —
Nina Harness, b.
Helen, b.
Henry, b.
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William, b.
I-Orena, b.
Edgar, b. *:....
VII. John Borton, son of ^George Borton and Mary Miller, his second
wife, married Ellen Adams. George Borton was a son of Josiah Borton
and Margaret Sharp. Josiah was a^son of Josiah Sr„ and Rebecca HaineSv
John Borton and Ellen Adams' children were : —
Mary Jane, b. ; m. Henry Gorman.
Levi. b. ; m. Jane Huffman,
m. Lillie Constant.
Susan, b. ; m. William Huffman.
VIII. Mary Jane Borton, daughter of John Borton and Ellen Adams,,
married Henry Gorman. Their children were: —
Minnie Gorman, b.
Merl,b.
Mattie, b.
VIII. Levi Borton, son of John Borton and Ellen Adams, married Jane
Huffman, first wife. Their children were: —
Samuel, b. ; m. Rebecca McKinney.
Willis, b.
Fay, b. ; m. Ada Barnes.
Gertrude, b. ; m. Harry Cline.
Mary E., b. ; m. Carl Miller.
Robert, b. ; deceased.
Jane Huffman Borton died and Levi married Lillie Constant by
whom he had four children : —
Russel, b.
Carl, b.
Herbert, b.
Stella, b.
IX. Samuel Borton, oldest son of Levi Borton and first wife, Jane
Huffman^ married Rebecca McKinney. They had three children: —
Willard Borton, b. ,
Glen, b.
Rosanna, b.
IX. Gertrude Borton, daughter of Levi Borton and first wife, Jane
Huffman, married Harry Cline. They have one daughter: —
Fay Cline, b.
IX. Mary E. Borton, daughter of Levi Borton and Jane Huffman,,
his first wife, married Carl Miller. They have one son:—
Howard Miller, b.
IX. Susan Borton, daughter of John Borton and Ellen Adams, mar-
ried William Huffman. They had.*hree children: —
Marl, b.
Ardenia, b.
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Adclbcrt, b.
VII. Job Borton, born 9-1 mo., 1830, son of George Borton and
-Mary Miller, married Sarah Harris. Job Borton and Sarah's children
were: —
Leander Borton, b. ; m. Jane Shaw.
Jane, b. ; m. Carl Hiney.
Delia, b. ; m. Benjamin Avery.
John, b. ; m. Ella Barnes.
Ola, b. ; m. Clinton Pennington.
William, b. ; m. Mary Moore.
Edgar, b. ; m. Ella Robiriette.
VIII. Jane Borton, daughter of Job Borton and Sarah Harris, married
Carl Hiney. Their children were: —
Burell Hiney, b.
Ray, b.
Fay, b.
VIII. Leander Borton, son of Job Borton and Sarah Harris, married
Jane Shaw. Their children were: —
Golden Borton, b.
Ralph, b.
Edith, b.
Francis, b.
May, b.
Ray, b.
VIIX Delia Borton, daughter of Job Borton and Sarah Harris, married
Benjamin Avery. Their children were: —
Lillie, b. . ; m. WiUiam C. Mills.
Norah, b. ; m. John Boxhymer.
Hattie, b.
Sarah, b. ; died 7-9 mo., 1907.
IX. Norah Avery, daughter of Delia Borton and Benjamin Avery^
married John Boxhymer. They have one son: —
Benjamin Boxhymer, b.
VIII. Ola M. Borton, daughter of Job Borton and Sarah Harris, mar-
ried Clinton Pennington. Their children were: —
Sarah, b.
Harold, b.
Stephen, b.
Prudence, b.
Vllt. William Borton, son of Job Borton and Sarah Harris, married
Mary Moore, 6-6 mo., 1892. Their children were: —
Lena Borton, b.
Clarence, b.
Ona, b.
Orville, b.
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Jesse, b.
Thelma, b.
VIII. Edgar Borton, son of Job Borton and Sarah Harris, married
Ella Robinson. Their children were: —
Oma, b. 15-5 mo., 1892.
Orville, b. 1894.
Jesse, b. 1896.
Thelma, b. 1902.
May, b. 6-8 mo., 1905; died 26-7 mo., 1906.
VI. Josiah Borton, Jr., son of Josiah Borton and Margaret Sharp,
married Lydia Rakestravv, and located in Auglaze county, Ohio. Their
children were: —
Job Borton, b. ' •
Josiah, b. 1833; "'*• ]^^^^ Borton.
Solomon, b.
Lydia, b.
i . ' . . ■ .
VI. Rebecca Borton, daughter of Josiah Borton and Margaret Sharp,
born 12-7 mo., 1805; married Jacob Burden, 29-10 mo., 1825. They lo-
cated in Auglaze county, Ohio, and raised a family of fourteen children.
They were : —
Josiah, b. ; died, age 17 years.
Uriah, b. ; m. Fanny Clingaman.
Sarah Ann, b. • ; m. Marshal M. Shaw, 4-10 mo., 1849.
Zimri, b. ; m. Betsy A. Morris; died in U. S. Army, war
1861-65.
Samuel, b. ; m. Martha Golden.
Eli, 1). ; m. Maggie Fox.
Sylvester, b. ; m. Delilah Fox.
Phebe.Jane, b. ; m. Hiram Fox.
James Allen, b. ; m. Jane Shaw.
Joseph Henry, b. ; m. Lavina Williams.
Mary Elizabeth, b. ; m Kessler.
Lewis, b. ; m Walthall.
Jacob, b. ; m. Martha Golden.
Hannah, b. ; m. Washington Williams.
Jacob Burden died and later Rebecca married William Devoe and
her last husband was Jesse Eaton.
VII. Zimri Burden, son of Rebecca Borton and Jacob Burden, mar-
ried Betsy A. Morris. They had two daughters: —
Mary Rebecca, b.
Hannah, b.
Jacob Burden was a son of "Uncle Jimmy" Burden.
VII. Uriah Burden, son of Rebecca Borton and Jacob Burden, mar-
ried Fanny Clingaman. ' Their children were: —
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George, b.
Rebecca, b. ^^
Amanda, b. '
Lincoln, b.
Ida, b.
Alice, b.
Jacob, b. * ^ • •■'
Frank, b. ; child by second wife.'
VII. Sarah Ann Burden, daughter <)f Rebecca Borton and Jacob Bur-
den, married Marshal M. Shaw, 4-10 mo. ,'1849 • He died 24-10 mo.,
1877, age 50 years. Their children were : —
James W., b. 2-y mo., 1850; m. Mary Edmiston. •
Sarah J., b. 18-8 mo., 1851 ;* died, age 12 years.
Narcissa E., b. 24-2 mo., 1855; m. Lewis Naas.
John, b. 16-6 mo., 1856; m. Sarah Brinklinger.
Mary, b. 5-1 1 mo., 1859; m. Samuel Morey.
Henry, b.'24-2 mo., 1863; died unmarried, 18-10 mo., 1906.
Charles, b. 22-11 mo., 1865; m. Louise Carter, widow.
Jacob, b. 10-3 mo., 1867; m. Amanda Bryant!
George, b. 12-10 mo., 1869; m. Nannie Sellers.
VI. John Borton, son oif josiah Borton and Margaret Sharp, was
born 11-5 mo., 1806, and' married Elizabeth Powers. They moved to
Washington Court House, Ohio. Their children were: —
Lewis Borton, b. ; m. Mary Ann Barnes, 1847.
Nathan, b. * : m. Sarah Denn. No issue.
James Allen, b. ' ; m. Margaret R'bss; Thanksgiving day, 1867.
Eliza Jane, b. ; m .Barney Linkhart.
Rebecca Ann, b. ; m. Stephen Garringer.
Elizabeth Powers died and John Borton married Malinda Campbell
Sriyder. No issue by the last marriage.
John Borton diieid 1^7-5 mo., 1890. Elizabeth Powers was th^
daughter of Edward and Catherin Powers. She was born 3-12 mo.,
1808, and died 26-9 mo., 1867. Nathan Borton, son of John Borton and
Elizabeth Powers, died of cancer in 1884.
VII. James Allen Borton, son of John Borton and Elizabeth Powers,
married Margaret Ross, 1867. Their children were: —
Siliari,' b. '
Alvaro T., b.
James A. Borton died in 1878.
VII. Eliza Jane Borton, daughter of John Borton and Elizabeth
Powers, married Barney Linkhart. Their children were: —
Zaida Leretta, b. 19, 9 mo., 1856.
Mattie May, b. 4-7 mo., 1875; died 9-1 1 mo., 1875.
Charles O., b. 15-3 mo., 1857; died 19-3 mo., 1887.
Elmer Nathan, b. 5-6 mo., 1875.
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^ .•.■.'.'■■'
Elva BHl, b. IO-2 mo., 1861 ; m. Squire Martin.
Joannk, b/ 22^i2-mD.r i.8&j^7^^^^ - "^
Lydia Lillian, b. i-i mo., 1^5; rii.^Cilvrii'Sinis.' .
John Borton, b. 20-3 mo., 1870; single.
Rebecca Frances, b. 22-2 mo., 1872; died 3-9 mo., 1874.
Thomas William, b. 24-7 mo., 1867; died 10-7 mo., 1893.
Eliza Jane Linkhart is a widow and lives at Levasey, Jackson
County, Missouri ^
Vn. JRebecca Ann Borton7 daughter of John Borton and Elizabeth
t^Awerfe,' married 23-3 mo., 1865, Stephen Garrlnger. Their childreif
Were: —
Laura M., b. 14-10 mo., 1865; died 9-2 mo., 1875.
Lizzie J., b. 18-12 mo., 1868; mi Ephrainr Wolfe, 1888.
John W., b. 21-9 mo., 1^70.
Kittie Catherine, b. 24-7 mo., 1872; m. Raymond Irons, 23-10 mo.,.
1893.
Frank E., b. 7-3 mo., 1874; m. Maud Fulton, i mo., 1896.
Atrella, b. 22-12 mo., i8;^S; m. Madison Dower, 3-10 moi, 1895.
Carry W., b. 4-3 hio., 1878; m. Gertie Dower, 26-12 mo., 1901.
Harley D., b. 9-10 mo., 1879.
Roy Amos, b. 10-2 mo., 1 882; died 17-9 mo., 1883.
Clara Dell, b. 10-3 mo., 1884.
Eva Loie, b. 8-4 ilio., 1886.
Leo E., b. 26-8 mo., 1890.
VI. Mahlon Borton, son of Josiah Borton and Margaret Sharp, was
born "4-10 md., 1808 and married Rachel Garwood. They moved to St,
Joseph county, Indiana. Their children were: —
iohn Borton, b. 12-12 mo., 1834: m. Susan Mangns.
largaret, b. .
Joycy, b.
Sarah Jane, b. 4-11 mo., 1837; m. Stacy Wharton,
m. Levi Mangus.
Mary, b. i-ii mo., 1845; "^- Joseph Finkenburden.
Rachel A., b. 10-4 mo., 1843; m. John Wesley Woods.
Martha Ellen, b. 15-7 mo., ,1848; m. Solomon Thornton Gard.
VIL John Borton, son of Mahton Borton and Rachel Garwood, mar^
ried Susan Mangus. Their children were : —
Phebe Borton, b. 10-12 mo., 1863; m. Lewis Buchtel.
Margaret E., b. 17-5 mo., 1867; m. Charles G. Fryar.
Joseph E., b. 3-9 mo., 1869; m. Elnora Zentz, b. 5-8 mo., 187 1.
William Nelson, b. 29-7 mo., 1870; m. Nancy Aniia Plumel.
John Samuel, b. 19-3 mo., 1879; "^- Emma King.
Franklin, b. ; single.
Mary R., b. 6-3 mo., 1886; ni. William F. Dudley.
G^ENEALOGY. di
John Bbrtoh died 26-1 a mo,, 1900*
VIII. Phebe Borton, daughter of John Borton and Susaxi Mangus)
married Lewis Buchtel. John Borton was a son o{ MaHlon Borton and
JR^achel Garwood. Mahlon Bbrtoti was a son of Josiah Borton and Mar-
garet Sharp. Phebe and Lewis BuchteFs children were: —
Joline Buchtel, b. 22-9 mo., 1888.
Clara, b. 3-9 mo., 1890.
Arthur, b. 2-5 mo., 1893.
Mary Ann, b. 12-6 mo., 1896.
Glenn, b. 26-3 mo., 1898.
Mahlon, b.
VIII. Margaret E. Borton, daughter of John Borton and Susan Man-
gus, married Charles G. Fryar. Their children were : —
Clement S. Fryar, b. 18-10 mo., 1890; died 31-7 mo., 1891.
Harry, b. 11-3 mo., 1893.
Rowena, b. 7-6 mo., 1897.
Dortha M., b. 8-9 mo., 1905.
VIII. John Samuel Borton, son of John Borton and Susan Mangus>
married Emma King. 17-8 mo., 1904. She was born 24-9 mo., 1886.
They have one child: —
. Esther L. Borton, b. 7-6 mo., 1907.
Vni. Joseph El wood Borton, son of John Borton and Susan Mangu^,
married Elnora Zentz. She was born 5-8 mo., 1871. Their children
w^ere : —
Ernest Clyde Borton, b. 17-7 mo., 1891.
Roscoe Earl, b. 22-9 mo., 1892.
\Vi liam H., b .18-8 mo., 1895.
Grace Lenora, b. 6-9 mo., 1897.
Clemmie Monroe, b. 22-10 mo., 1899.
VIII. Mary R. Borton, daughter of John Borton and Susan Mangus,
married William F. Dudley, 25-7 mo., 1901. Their children were: —
Blanche Viola Dudley, b. 28-12 mo., 1901.
Wrethal Irean, b. 8-6 mo., 1905; died 21-12 mo., 1905.
VII. Sarah Jane Borton, daughter of Mahlon Borton and Rachel
Garwood, married Stacy Wharton. He was born 11-6 mo., 1830. Their
<:hildren were: —
Margaret Marilla, b. 6-1 1 mo., 1&55.
John A., b. 2y7 mo., 1858.
Alfred Nelson, b. 3-9 mo., 1862: m Stull.
m. Lizzie Bressler.
Rachel Jane, b. 15 3 mo., 1863: m. Wi Ham Crowl.
''^. Jesse "Ffeemnn. b. 3Ch6.mo.,; 1865; died 13-6 mo., 1871.
M^ry Ellen, b. 8.-3 pio,, 1869": m'r Henry L. Bickel.
Stacy Wharton, died 23-3 mo., 1873 and Sarah Jane Married Levi
>langus.
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VII. Mary Borton, daughter of Mahlon Borton and Rachel Garwood,
married Joseph Finkinburder. Their children were: —
John Henry, b. 22-8 mo., 1872.
Rachel Elizabeth, b. 2-ro mo., 1875.
Nellie Emma, b. 24-12 mo., 1881.
Alice D., b. 30-12 mo., 1885.
VII. Rachel A, Borton, daughter of Mahlon Borton and Rachel Gar-
wood, married John Wesley Woods. Their children were: —
James M. Woods, b. 13-4 mo., 1869.
Thomas, b. 29-11 mo., 1871; m. Helen Robbins.
Sherman William, b. 31-10 mo., 1873.
John A. Logan, d. 30-12 mo., 1875.
Ida, b. 17-4 mo., 1878; m. John Halsey of Burr Oak, Mich.
Alma, b. 17-5 mo., 1883.
EUen, b. 16-8 mo., 1884.
Laura, b. 23-4 mo., 1886.
VIII. Alfred Nelson Wharton, son of Sarah Jane Borton and Stacy
Wharton, married Stull, and later Lizzie Bressler. Sarah
Jane Borton was a daughter of Mahlon Borton and Rachel Garwood.
Alfred Nelson Wharton's children were: —
Charles Edward, b. 30-1 mo., 1888.
Nellie May, b. 26-12 mo., 1890.
Ethel Lavern, b. 29-9 mo., 1896.
Mary Rebecca, b. 2-4 mo., 1900. * '•
Martha Ellen, b. 6-8 mo., 1904.
VIII. Rachel Jane Wharton, daughter of Sarah Jane Borton and Stacy
Wharton, married William Crowl. Their children were: —
Grace L. Crowl, b. 13-3 mo., 1888.
Eva May, b. 17-5 mo., 1894.
Neva Madell, b. 19-6 mo., 1898.
VIII. May Ellen Wharton, daughter of Sarah Jane Borton and Stacy
Wharton, married Henry L. Bickell, born 12-5 mo., 1865, died 24-3 nio.,
1903. Their children were: —
Dulcie M. Bickel, b. 20-11 mo., 1891.
Clarence E., b. 6-4 mo., 1893.
Carson S., b. 17-4 mo., .1895.
Gertrude E., b. 13-7 mo., 1896. .,.
Blanch B., b. 24-6 mo., 1898.
Dewey H., b. 14-9 mo., 1899.
John G., b. 3-3 mo., 1891.
Charles, b. 7-5 mo., i88«.
C.ara, b. 22-6 mo., 1890.
VI. Henry Borton, son of Josiah Borton and Hannah Farfield, born
4-5 mo., 1821, married Rachel Bunton and moved to Warren county.
GENEALOGY. . ^3
Ohio, and later to the state of Iowa. They had eight children. Names
not known. Rachel Bunton died and Henry married his second wife,
Hinney.
VII. Martha Ellen Borton, born 15-7 mo., 1848, marri.ed 30-9 mo.,
1871, Solomon Thornton Gard. He was born 20-3 mo., 1847. Martha
Ellen was a daughter of Mahlon Borton and Rachel Garvyood. Martha
Ellen and Solomon Thornton Gard's children were: —
Mary Ellen Gard, b. 11-9 mo., 1872.
John William, b. lo-ii mo., 1874; m. Mary Elizabeth Snyder, 29-10
mo., 1903.
Binta Ann, b. 2-1 1 mo., 1877.
Isaac Benjamin, b. 28-7 mo., 1883; m. Ella May Isamaker, 28-3
mo., 1907.
Charles Edward, b. 5-2 mo., 1889.
Francis Clema, b. 28-8 mo., 1893.
Thomas Gard'spresent address, 1907, is North Liberty, Indiana.
>
VI. Ann Bortdn, daughter of Josiah Bunton, Jr., and Margaret
Sharp, born 20-2 mo., 1810, and died at South Bend, Indiana, 1-3 mo.,
1902, age 92 years. She was. about four years of age when the family
moved from Burlington county, N. J., to Clinton county, Ohio. She
was married three times. Her first husband was Job Rakestraw, a
brother to Jeremiah Rakestraw. He claimed that the correct spelling
of the name would be Rexstrew. They were married in Clinton county,
Ohio. Her second husband was John Evans of Auglaze county, Ohio,
and the third was John Garwood of Sl Joseph county, Indiana. Her
children were: —
Lydia Rexstrew. b. 12 mo., 1827; m. Benjamin Harrison Osman.
Mary, b. 11 mo., 1829; m. George Walters.
Gilbert, b. 9 mo., 1831; m.
Emzly Pope, b. 11-9 mo., 1833; m .Matilda Jones.
Simon, b. 9 mo., 1835; m. Esther Douthy.
Becca Ann, b. 1837; m. James Barker.
Eliza Jane, b. 1839; m. Daniel Kinser,
m. Daniel Ferrier.
Valentine Sellinger, b. 1841 ; m. Magdaline Wilder.
Sarah Margaret, b. 28-4 mo., 1843; "^- John Lamon Evans.
George Vane, b. .; died single.
Joshua, b. ; died in infancy.
Job Borton, !>* 14-ii mo., 1850; m. Lauisa Haite,
m. Ida Weise, widow.
Elizabeth Barbary, b.
Clorinda, b. ; m. James Stultz.
m. Frederick Steiner.
Ann Borton Rexstrew was the daughter of Josiah Borton and
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Margaret Sharp. ' f . v -r / -
VII. Mary Rcxstrew, daughter of Ann BortoiT'-and/ Job Rexstrcw,
born II mo., 1829, married George Walters. Their children were: —
Henry Walters, b. ; single.
Mary Catherine, b. ; m. William White.
Thomas, b.
Jacob, b. ; m. Elizabeth Getting.
Adam, b.
Milton, b.
Amanda, b.
VII. Emzly Pope Rexstrew, born 11-9 mo., 1833, married Matilda
Jones. Their children were: —
Alvira Alveretta, b. 1863; m. Andrew Kinser.
William Emzly, b. 29-7 mo., 1865; m. Lida
Minnie Lucinda, b. 1868; m. Milton Stewart.
George b. 1871; m. Minnie Williams.
Ella Victoria, b, 1873; m .Christopher Huss.
Mary Ann, b. ; m. James Lawson.
Jennie Johnson, b. ; m. Ray Phillips.
- Emzly Pope Rexstrew's present address, 1907, is Sodus, Michigan.
VII. . Simon Rexstrew, son of Ann Borton and Job. Rexstrew, married
Esther Douthy. They had oi;e son: —
J^avicl Rexstrew,. b.
VII." Eliza Jane Rexstrew, daughter of Ann Borton and Job Rexstrew,
born 1839. married Daniel Kinser. Their children were: —
Andrew Kinser, b. ; m. .\lvira Alveretta Rexstrew.
Charles, b. ; m.
Stella, b.
Daniel Kinser died and Eliza Jane Rexstrew Kinser married Daniel
Ferrier, by whom she had: —
Clarence Ferrier, b.
Arthur, b.
Hattie, b.
Way, b.
VII. Valentine Sellinger Rexstrew, born 1841, son of Ann Borton
and Job Rexstrew, married Magdaline Wilder. Their children were: —
Ida, b. ; m. Phillip Enders.
Rose, b. ; m Salisbury.
William, b.
Ann, b. ; m. Hartley.
Frederick, b. ; m. Ella Werner.
VII. Sarah Margaret. Rexstrew, daughter of Ann Borton and Job
Rexstrew, marricid>John Lamon Evans. They had one son : —
John Henry Evans, b. 15-1 mo., 1862.
John I-imori Evans died in the Civil War and Sarah Margaret mar-
GEXEALOGY. 65
ried Eli Alexander Heater. He was born 9-7 mo., 183 1 and was also
a soldier in the late Civil War. He died 12-3 mo., 1876. He and Sarah
Margaret had two children: —
Elizabeth Barbary Heater, b. 21-4 mo., 1864.
Sarah Jane, b. 26-3 mo., 1867.
Sarah Margaret next married John Sylvester Wright. They had
one daughter: — ^
Sylvia Viola Wright, b. 7-10 mo., 1875.
John Sylvester Wright died 22-3 mo., 1900. Sarah Margaret
Wright's address, 1907, is Omaha, Nebraska.
VII. George Vane Rexstrew, son of Ann Borton and Job Rexstrew,
never married. He \yas born in the year 1845 and was killed in the
late Civil War.
VII. Job Borton Rexstrew, son of Ann Borton and Job Rexstrew,
married Louisa Haite. She was born 3-1 mo., 1847. Their children
were : —
Charles Herbert, b. 23-8 mo.. 1872.
Benjamin Franklin, b. 16-8 mo., iS;
Clarinda Maude, b. 14-12 mo., 1878.
P^rederick Stiner, b. 8-8 mo., 1880.
Winnie Viola, b. 17-2 mo., 1888.
Sarah Ann, b. 23-1 mo., 1881.
Lillie Christena, b. 14-11 mo., 1884.
Louisa Haite Rexstrew died and Job married Ida Weise, widow.
VIII. Clarinda Rexstrew, daughter of Ann Borton and Job Rexstrew,
married James Stultz. They had one daughter: —
Anna Stultz, b.
Later, Clarinda married Frederick Stiner, by whom she had another
daughter: —
Ella Stiner, b. ; m. Martin Whitman.
They had two children : —
Harrison Whitman, b.
Lulu, b-
VIII. Jacob Walters, son of Mary Rexstrew and George Walters,
married Elizabeth Getting. Their children were: —
(jeorge Walters, b.
Mabel, b.
Bertha, b.
Sarah, b.
Edith, b.
Mary Rexstrew was a daughter of Ann Borton and Jol) Rexstrew
and Ann was a daughter of Josiah Borton and Margaret Sharp.
VIII. Alvira Alveretta Rexstrew, daughter of Emz'y Pope Rexstrew,
and Matilda Jones, married Andrew Kinser. Emzly Pope was a s()!i
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of Job Rexstrew and Ann Borton. Alvira and Andrew Kinser's chil-
dren were: —
Cora, b.
Jaether, b.
Bertha, b.
Myrtle, b.
Lloyd, b.
George, b.
Florence, b.
Ralph, b.
Golda, b.
VIII. William Emzly Rexstrew, son of Emzly Pope Rexstrew and
Matilda Jones, married twice : First wife, Lida ; second wife,
Their children were :-
Edith Rexstrew, b.
Frank Howard, b.
Their address, 1907, is Benton Harbor, Mich.
VIII. Minnie Lucinda Rexstrew, daughter of Emzly Pope Rexstrew
and Matilda Jones, married Milton Stewart. They have two children: —
Ernest Stewart, b.
Dora, b. 13-7 mo., 1886.
VIII. George Rexstrew, son of Emzly Pope Rexstrew and Matilda
Jones, married Minnie Williams. They had three children: —
Floyd Rexstrew, b.
Two daughters.
Their address, 1907, is Coloma, Mich.
VIII. Ella Victoria Rexstrew, daughter of Emzly Pope Rexstrew and
Matilda Jones, married Christopher Huss. They have two children: —
William Huss, b.
Emzly, b.
Their address, 1907, is Niles, Mich.
VIII. Jennie Johnson Rexstrew, daughter of Emzly Pope Rexstrew
and Matilda Jones, married Roy Phillips. They have one son: —
Chester Phillips, b.
VIII. Charley Kinser, son of Eliza Jane Rexstrew and Daniel Kinser,
married Their children were : —
Ada Kinser, b
Ruth, b.
Chesty, b.
Gould, b.
Ernest, b.
Merrill, b.
Eliza Jane Rexstrew was a daughter of Ann Borton and Job
Rexstrew.
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VIII. Ida Rexstrew, daughter of Valentine Sellinger Rexstrew and
Magdaline Wilder, married Phillip Enders. Their children were: —
Ona Enders, b. 16-12 mo., 188/
Fronie, b. 12-4 mo., 1887.
Paul, b. 16-6 mo., 1889.
Carl, b. 22-12 mo., 1890.
Lila, b. 25-12 mo., 1892.
Idabell, b. 30-7 mo., 1898.
Phillip, Jr., b. 23-12 mo., 1901.
Their address , 1907, is Eau Claire, Mich.
VIII. Fred Rexstrew, son of Valentine Sellinger Rexstrew and Mag-
daline Wilder, was born 13-7 mo., 1878. When he was 18 months old,
his mother died, and he was adopted by Col. Joseph Turnack and wife.
His adopted name is Fred Rexstrew Turnack. In 1897, he married Ella
Werner, of South Bend, Indiana. Their children were: —
Clarence Turnack, b. 24-9 mo., 1899; died 12-11 mo., 1900.
Frances, b. 30-1 mo., 1902.
Joseph, b. 15-5 mo., 1905.
Fred Rexstrew Turnack is a finisher by trade, and resides, 1907,
in South Bend, Indiana.
VIII. Ann Stultz, daughter of Clarinda Rexstrew and James Stultz,
married Albert Pinkerton. Their children w^ere : —
Guy Alvin Pinkerton, b. 29-6 mo., 1890.
Susie May, b. 8-5 mo., 1895.
Victor Earl, b. 23-7 mo., 1897.
Iva Luella. b. 26-6 mo., 1899.
Cecil Ray, b. 20-12 mo., 1901.
Russel Everett, b. 17-7 mo., 1904. ' - " *•
Esther Ella, b. 21-10 mo., 1906. ^'■''M\'-.)^
VI. Isaac Borton. son of Josiah Borton and Margaret Sharp, was^
born 4-4 mo., 181 1 and married Keturah Anderson, first wife, and Eve
Heater, second wife. His children were: —
William A. Borton, b. ; m. Phebe Borton.
John Wesley, b. 18-2 mo., 1841; m. Sarah Focht, 21-12 mo., 1861.
There are two other children whose names are not known. Isaac,
after marriage, located in Auglaze county, Ohio. Later he removed from
there to Cook county, Illinois and finally to Kansas, where he died in
the home of his son, John Wesley Borton, at Madison, 14-2 mo., 1900.
VII. John Wes'ey Borton, son of Isaac Borton and Keturah Ander-
son, married Sarah Focht. Their children were: —
W. D. Borton, b. 31-7 mo.. 1864 ; m.
S. J. Borton, b. 6-6 mo., 1866; m.
VIII. W. D. Borton. son of John Wesley, has three children, one son
and two daughters, lives at Madison, Greenwood county, Kansas. S.
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J. Borton, also has three children, one son and two daughters. He re-
sides in Colorado. W. D. and S. J. Borton were both born in Aug^laze
county, Ohio. John Wesley Borton is one of the directors of the First
l»Jational Bank of Hamilton, Kansas, also owns many acres of real estate
at Madison, Kansas.
VI. Jane Borton, sixth daughter of Josiah Borton and Margaret
Sharp, was born 18-5 mo., 1817, married John Peacock. He was horn
2-8 mo., 1816 and was a son of Amos Peacock. Jane Borton and John
Peacock's children were: —
Amos, b. 8-12 mo., 1840; died in the U. S. Army.
Josiah, b. 26-11 mo., 1841 ; died or killed in U. S. Armv, 4-9 nio.,
1865.
Dinah, b. 31-8 mo., 1843; ^^^' Ballard L. Patterson.
Henry, b. 18-3 mo., 1845; "i- ^^ Iowa. ;
Margaret, b. 20-11 mo., 1846; died lo-ii mo., 1847. '
Thomas, b. 18-5 mo., 1848; m. Sallie Wallace, 20-1 mo., 1878. |
Louisa, b. 7-9 mo., 1849; m Robbins.
Isaac, b. 27-3 mo., 1851; m. Alice Wallace, died of cancer, 27-9
mo., 1898.
John, b. 13-7 mo., 1853; died at the age of 23 years.
Mary, b. 13-7 mo., 1853; m Onia; lives in Iowa, has
children.
Daniel, b. 24-8 mo., 1855; died young.
Hannah Rebecca, b. 9-8 mo., 1858; m Dishon, 1877, ^^
Texas; 3 children.
Amanda, b. 9-4 mo., i860; died 24-6 mo., 1866.
George, b. 16-4 mo., 1864; m. had 4 children; 3 living.
VII. Dianah Peacock married Ballard L. Patterson. They have four
children; one daughter dead. They live in the Indian Territory. Henry
Peacock also lives in the I. T. : has three children. Thomas Peacock
married Sallie Wallace. They had seven children. Five are now living.
Louisa Peacock married Robbins. They have six boys and five girls.
Isaac and Alice Peacock have four girls and four boys,
VL Job Borton, sixth son of Josiah Borton and Margaret Sharp,
born 25-8 mo., 1812, married Elizabeth Hester, bori) 10-5 mo., 1817.
He was born in Burlington county, N. J., and was an infant wlien his-
people moved west to Clinton county. Ohio. Their children were: —
Jane, b. 6-12 mo., 1834; m. Josiah Borton. b. 1833.
Barbara, b. 16-8 mo., 1836: m. A. J. Hawkins, 1857.
Phebe, b. 23-2 mo., 1839; m. William A. Borton.
Lucetta, b. 4-12 mo., 1843; m. George Fisher, 1866.
Mahlon, b. 14-9 mo., 1847: m. Elizabeth Oswald. 1863
Margaret, b. 14-9 mo., 1847; m. J. W. Bupp, i856.
Rebecca A., b. 14-3 mo., 1850.
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VI. Job Borton died in Montcalm county, Michigan, 15-1 mo., 1883,
age 70 years, 4 months and 20 days. Elizabeth Hester Borton was a
daughter of John and Barbara Hester. She was born 10-5 mo., 1817 and
died in Allen county, Ohio, 4 miles east of Wapakaneta, where she had
resided for 46 years, age 61 years. Jane and Barbara were born in Clin-
ton county, and the other children were born in Allen county, Ohio.
VII. Jane Borton, daughter of Job Borton and Elizabeth Hester, mar-
ried Josiah Borton. son of Josiah Borton, Jr. and Lydia Rakestraw.
Josiah Jr. was a son of Josiah Borton and Margaret Sharp and he
was a son of Josiah Borton and Rebecca Haines. He was a son of
William Borton and Abigail Lord, second wife; William was a son of
John Jr. and first wife. John Jr. was a son of John Borton and Ann,
the immigrants. Jane Borton and Josiah's children were: —
Sarah A., b. ; ni. W. A. Shivers, 1875. They have one
son and a grand-son.
Thomas, b. ; m. Has one son, Benjamin.
W. A., b. ; m. Has fcur children.
Estella M., b. ; m Hissong, and had nine children.
Four are living.
VII. Bar])ara Borton, daughter of Job Borton and Elizabeth Hester,
married A. J? Hawkins, 1857. They had five children: —
Miranda, b. ; m Janes, have nine children; seven
are living.
Lemuel, b. ; m. Maud E .Xewbold, have 2 girls and 2 boys.
J. A. Hawkins, b. ; m. Josephine Gardner, 1898. They
have 2 boys.
James W., b. : unmarried.
Mary M., b. : m. Mattson Motts, 1883; have one boy and
two girls.
VI. Phoebe Sharp Borton, daughter of Josiah Borton and Margaret
Sharp, born 5-8 mo., 181 5, married Japheth Leeds Prickett, 27-12 mo.,
1838. He was a son of Isaac Prickitt and Dorothea Joyce. Their chil-
dren were : —
Daniel J., b. 15-8 mo., 1840; m. 4-10 mo., 1865, Lydia G. Borton.
Sarah Jane, b. 31-3 mo., 1842; died 6-4 mo., 1850.
James H., b. 7-1 1 mo., 1843; "^- Eunice T. Axtell, 1869
Anna M., b. 19-8 mo., 1845; ^^i^^' 20-11 mo., 1851.
John B., b. 9-10 mo., 1847; m. Marie McCrue, 1870,
m. Melissa Pechin.
Abigail E., 1). 15-5 mo., 1850; m. Lsaac N. Drake, 1872.
Josiah B., b. 6-1 mo., 1854; died 8-1 mo., 1854.
Mary E., b. 22-9 mo., 1855; m. Frank E. McWilliams, 1890.
Japheth C. P., b. 14-9 mo., 1857; m. Anna Momeyer, 12 mo., 1888.
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Phoebe S. Borton died 26-1 mo., 1901, in her 86th year. Japheth
Leeds Prickitt died in the spring of 1893. See l)iographx by Daniel J.
Prickitt.
Lydia G. Borton, wife of Daniel J. Prickitt, was a daughter of Ben-
jamin Borton and Abigail. Benjamin was a son of Bethuel Borton and
Rebecca Cliffton. Bethuel was a son of Benjamin Borton Sr. and
Charity Rogers. Benjamin was a son of Obadiah Borton and second
wife, Mary Driver.
Biographies of Japheth L, and Phoebe S. Prickitt, together with
family and neighboorhood history, written by D. J. Prickitt.
Phoebe S. Prickitt was the eleventh of twelve children born to
Josiah and Margaret Sharpe Borton, six sons and three daughters being
born in N. J. and three near Lumberton, some seven miles north of
Wilmington, Court House, of Clinton county, Ohio, where the subject
of this memoir was born, 5-8 mo., 181 5, dying near West Unity, Ohio,
26-1 mo., 1901, aged 85 years, 5 months and 21 days.
Her ancestors came from England and are of Scotch-Irish and
Welsh lineage. Her paternal ancestors came to America in 1677 and
settled in Burlington county, N. J- and judging from the Bortons, Sharps,
Engles and others there and elsewhere their number is legion. But
you never heard of a Borton being in the penitentiary, however guilty
they may have been.
Josiah Borton and family came to Ohio in 1812, settling on the lands
on which he died in 1844, in his 64th year, and accumulated some eleven
hunderd acres in Clinton and Auglaize counties, giving each child a
farm and retaining one hundred sixty acres for himself. He engaged
in farming, even had a small distillery, I am sorry to say, but it was
not disreputable then. His better judgment caused him to discontinue
the business very soon. He also had a smithy and he and two or three
of his sons were experts for the times.
Her mother died about 1819 and in 1820 Hannah Fairfield, a native
of Virginia, took the mother's place to whom were born two sons. She
dying in 1824, Sarah Pendry took .her place as stepmother in 1828 or
1829, dying in 1846. She came from Charleston, S. C, to Kentucky,
starting in the month of February as the peach was coming in bloom
and although six weeks on the road the peach was just blooming in
central Kentucky when she arrived. They came on horseback or on
foot, carrying their worldly effects on their backs or pack horses. Those
were the days that tried the souls of men and women as the red man
was troublesome. Mrs. Pendry was left a widow by a former hushand
and had given shelter to a sickly young man. When the Indians came
Japheth L. Prickitt
Phoebe Borton Prickitt
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to her house she fled with her child to a place of safety. When she
returned she found the boy had been thrown into the fire. She dressed
his burns and when able to travel took such goods as were needful and
fled on horseback across the Ohio river.
Phoebe grew to robust womanhood inured to the labors and toils
of the hardy pioneer life. Could shear the sheep, card, spin and weave
wool, cotton or flax, the latter of which she would pull and put through
all the processes — break, hackle, scutch, spin, weave, bleach, cut and
make into garments. Within the past three years she spun som^ flax
on the 'Mittle wheel" which Mary Crumrine wove into toweling and her
oldest son is in possession of a checked linen apron of her make from
raw material which he wore in his infantile years. She. like son«e. of
her br')thers, was a born mechanic, and could cut and make almost a»"y
garment without a pattern — after the olden style and some of tho newer
one:'>. Could decorate them with needle work and trimming. She un-
doui)redly stamped the aptness for mechanics on her childrer..
Religiously her ancestors were Friends and her father sr.vovc ap^iinst
the impression that he had a call to the ministry of that church. Her
aunt, Sarah Engle, mother of Edith A. Thorne, whom a very few re-
member, was an acceptable minister among Friends.
She became a member of the United Brethren church in West Unity,
I think, during the ministry of John Northland and so far as know re-
mained such and although not demonstrative her older children can
remmebr her reading the scriptures to and praying for them. Hers w^is
a busy life, full of cares, toil and much suffering.
Japheth Leeds Prickitt, second of seven sons and four daughters of
Isaac and Dorothea Joyce Prickitt, was born three miles east of Medford,
Burlington county, X. J., died 14-4 mo., 1893, aged 77 years, 8 months
and 9 days.
His father's family are all gone, the father, mother and brother
next younger dying within three days, and the youngest on the U. S.
man of war, Kickapoo, in Mobile Bay, 1864.
J. L. lived at home, tilling the soil, cutting and hauling cedar and
maple timber from swamps, attending the country school in the neigh-
borhood, thus securing a sufficient education to conduct such business
as fell to his lot.
About his twentieth year he engaged wMth his grandfather, Danine
Joyce, who owned a saw mill and lathes and manufactured material for
chairs, which was hauled to Philadelphia, twenty miles distant. Here
he w'as engaged for a number of years, mostly doing the team work,
hauling chair stuff to the city.
He worked for Isaac Newton in Pennsylvania one summer, farming
and hauling dairy products to the Philadelphia market. Newton was
one of the first, if not the first. Commissioner of Agriculture, and it is
said was so interested in the improvement of sheep husbandry as to
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ask Congress for an appropriation of five thousand dollars for the im-
portation of Hydraulic Rams.
In 3rd month, 1838, he and Aaron Borton, brother-in-law to J. R.
Cliffton, Sr., and Benjamin Borton came to Clinton county, Ohio, carry-
ing their effects in knapsacks, the journey occupying three weeks. They
stopped at the home of Josiah Borton, uncle to Aaron.
I might say in passing that J. L.'s father had before this time been
engaged in butchering at Cincinnati and was considered an expert.
None of his descendants follow the business from choice.
After his landing in Ohio, he engaged to work for John Borton, who
carried on a cabinet shop and farming, where he soon became a fair
workman, as a few pieces of furniture, in possession of his children will
att-est.
Here he became acquainted with Phoebe S. Borton. The acquaint-
ance ripened into friendship, and with the approval of her father they
were married, 27-12 mo., 1838. No wedding arch or march to sound of
pealing organ or jingling piano, costly supper, wedding tour to Chicago
or Niagara in palace car, but on a timber wagon to the squire's and home
to a supper of mush and milk. Not much rentiment in that!
Gathering together a few of the necessary articles of furniture they
began housekeeping in a log cabiii west of Lumberton, where their son,
Daniel J., was born. Soon after they moved to a one and a half story
log house near the paternal home, where Sarah J. and James H. were
born.
In 1844 they built a house on forty-two acres of the home place,
which was deeded to the wife by her father, where they lived till 10 mo.,
1845. Here their fourth child, Anna M., was born.
John R. Clififton Sr. came down from Williams county and praised
the country so highly that they sold out, and leaving the associations
of brothers, sisters, and friends, journey to the north, accompanied by
S. L. Seward and wife, who was Martha Anderson. After eleven days'
journey they reached their goal, staying the last night at Benj. Borton's.
They purchased of George Kellog the quarter section now occupied
by the heirs of Henry Emerick and Israel Mat tern, in the northeast
corner at the elm tree south of Fayette, S. L. Seward taking the north-
west corner forty, where Stahl now lives. Here they engaged in farm-
ing. S. L!* Seward's brother, Amasa, soon came and a cabinet shop was
erected, and furniture and undertaking went together with toils of fell-
ing the forests and cultivating the virgin soil.
The howl of the wolf was heard and the deer pastured the wdieat
too closely at times. Game was plenty, so plenty that Giles Harrington
wished he had not promised to carry all the squirrels Sam and Mace
would kill in an afternoon. What they killed in less than three hours
satisfied him.
While living in Gorham township, the father made a journey on
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horseback to Clinton county by way of Wapakoneta, also to X. J.,
from which place he was accompanied by his sister, Sarah S. Priekitt,
who in time became the wife of Adam Gettings.
The nearest markets were Adrian and Maumee. The grist mill
nearest was Bird's mill, on Mill Creek, three-fourths mile southeast
of what is now Zone postoffice, but usually they went to Canandaigua,
on Bean creek, and for lumber to Chatfield's on Bean creek, east of
Zone.
Hosea Harrington manufactured black and white salts from the
ashes left from the log heaps of the clearings, selling the salts usually
in Adrian, Michigan.
Hosea was the nearest neighbor and preached some excellent ser-
mons from the Free Will Baptist standpoint, but went insane on the
question as to whether the dead will recognize each other in the spirit
world. His was a mild insanity and he alternated between the jail at
Ottokee and his home.
The courts in those early days were held in Maumee, and I remem-
ber of father going on horseback to Maumee as juror. Uncle Jimmy
Riddle was on the same jury, ^\'hen father came home I got my first
school reader, Sander's Third Reader. Heretofore I had used Webster's
Elementary Spelling Book and The Introduction to the English Reader,
by Lindley Murray.
Here was l>orn their fifth child, John B. In 1848 or '49, Fulton
county was struck off from Williams, Defiance and Lucas, and they were
in Fulton instead of Lucas county.
While living here in the spring of 1846 an orchard was planted.
The trees were from the nursery of Benjamin Borton, who carried
the grafts from New Jersey.
The children attended school in the log school house a few rods
west of the elm tree. Of the teachers, Annette Deming, now the wife
of Uncle John Gamber, of Fayette, and Hope Jane Verity, sister of
Judge O. B. Verity, of Fulton county, are remembered. Hope Jane
taught two or three weeks at the home of Joseph Ely, father of Mrs.
Hannah Mclntyre, which, of course-, was contrary to law, but Jake and
Dan got what they needed in ^'lickings" and she was sent to the school
house to finish the term.
The Presbyterians held services often at Mr. Ely's, and Hosea Har-
rington preached in the school house often and acceptably. When he
warmed up with his subject he would pull oflf his coat and if necessary
his vest.
Camp meetings were held on camp grounds about a mile northeast
of S. B. Darby's, on the lands owned by O. G. Greeley, who, by the way,
was born a few miles from where the writer of these lines was.
In the late summer or early fall of 1849 the farm was sold to one
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Singer, and the following March, 1850, the family moved into Wni.
ClifFton's house, staying there till July 17. following.
While here a scourge of scarlet fever visited the neighborhood, and
the oldest daughter, Sarah Jane, died of it. D. J. and Anna Maria were
very sick and neither ever fully recovered from its effects. Here Abby
E. Drake was born in May.
The father alternated between home and West Unity , where he and
S. L. Seward purchased the saw mill of S. N. Baker. He also bought
the "New Orleans Drug and Grocery Store'' of E. E. Thorne and Dr.
Jos. Thorne was made his agent to carry on the store. Meantime, a
house was built on what is now a part of the public school ground. The
house was changed and is now the home of Comrade John Robnolt.
17-7 month they moved into town, sleeping the first night at Dr.
Thome's. Of those who lived in Unity at that time but few remain
who live there now. Those of the Bohner family — Comrade Jacob and
Katy Molir, Mrs. Skinner, Geo, Rings, and those of H. H. Peppard's
family, born in 1850 and l^efore, Justus Munson and his mother, I think
are all.
The mill and store engrossed attention till the store was sold to
Benjamin Borton. While in possession of the mill a good living was
made, but no fortune. Seward, after two or three years, sold his interest
in the mill to his partner and everything w^ent as usual.
The Plank Road was built from the northwest corner of G. H.
Ritchie's east across Bean Creek a few rods from Johnson's mills. The
school house, which is now a part of Denman's drug store, stood where
Wm. Clay's residence is, and was used for religious services.
Rev. A\'ood and H. M. Taft had a select school in the upper part
cf t!]c foundry, which stood about on the line between Mrs. Gill's and
Jo'.n Hollington's. It is now used as Combs' livery stable.
The old school house was replaced by the two story house 32x52,
built in 1854, G. AW Money, contractor and builder. John Rings, J. L.
Prickitt and P. D. Benson, I think, were directors and building com-
mittee.
Anna i\I., tlie second daughter, died in 1851, and Josiah B., Mary E.
and J. C. F. were born. Life in the usual way went on. Sickness and
death are ever present.
D. J. and J. H. attended the village schools regularly except when
someone came with oxen to haul logs on the skidw-ay, then J. H.
objected to going — would rather drive the cattle. In 3rd month, 1854,
the Pike's Peak fever struck Daniel J., so he and Thos. J. Coslet started
west, and as the fever seemed to have partially subsided they only
got to Palmyra, Mo., where Eli Anderson was living. They hired out
to work on the farm, Coslet returning after harvest and D. J. taking
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an eight months' term of school, returning in 6th month, i860, after the
nomination of A. Lincohi for president.
The old mill was about worn out and in the winter of '60 and '61
a new one, a portable, was purchased and D. J. concluded not to return
to Missouri, where he had contracted to teach a twelve months' term.
The new mill was started in April, 1861, after a few days* instruction
from Uncle Joseph Burkholder, and run by home forces.
In April came Lincoln's call for seventy-five thousand men and D.
J. packed his valise to become a soldier in the old 14th O. V. L, with
Allegar, Moudy, Ewers, Burwell and others, but his parents prevailed
on him to stay until the mill was paid for. So on August 20 he enlisted,
his brother, J. H., Wm. Rings, Allegar, Allgire, Russell, Hinman, Hart-
man, Scannel, Hansey, Skinner and a host leaving the 10-9 mo., for
Columbus to become a part of the ist O. V. C, but not liking the
situation went to Monroeville and became Co. H. 3rd O. V. C. In
1864 the mill and other property was sold to the Grindles. John B.,
Thom. Russell and John Rings in the fall of 1864 went to -Gallatin, Tenn.,
and were employed in the commissary and quartermaster departments
under W. A. Hunter, formerly editor and proprietor of the firs'- paper
published in this town.
The war ended in April and D. J. and J. H. were paid off at Colum-
bus, 15-8 mo., 1865. having served almost four years. D. J. married
Lydia G. Borton, 4-10 mo., following and has ever since lived on the
Benjamin Borton farm.
In the spring of 1866, father's family moved to the Geo. Carpenter
farm one mile east and half mile north of tow.n. James went west and
worked at bridge building and carpentering for the B. & M. railway in
Iowa. He came back and married Mrs. Eunice Axtell in 1869. A\'ent to
Redwillow county, Xel)., in 1872, accompanied by Ab])y E. ; J. H., after
living at RedVillow a few months, returned east on account of his wife's
health, living in Battle Creek, Mich., West Unity, Iroquois county. 111.,
again working for B. & M. railway, living in San Francisco, is now
settled at Pomona, California.
J. B. learned blacksmithing, working in Hamer with John Kosier,
Ft. Wayne and Kendallville, Ind., Lexington, Ky., and with Nate Stoner
in Unity, leaving West Unity in 6th month, 1872, with his wife — having
married Marie McCue in 1870 — going to Portland, Ore., and to Jack-
son county, where he engaged in hydraulic mining and is now in Forest
Grove, Ore., farming, smithing and threshing.
Abby E. married I. N. Drake late in 1872 at Ft. McPherson and
followed the life of a soldier's wife at Ft. McPherson and Ft. D. A.
Russell, near Cheyenne, Wyo., accompanied the army, after the Big
Horn expedition, to the Spotted Tail agency in S. D., where her hus-
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band resigned in 1878 and is now living at Loretta, Bonhomnie county^
S. D., on a farm.
On account of her health Mary E. went to Drake's in Wyoming,
in 1876. Came home and went west to Drake's again in the spring of
1878. Went west to J. H. Prickitt's in I.linois, in 1880, then to Los
Angeles and Pasadena: then to San Francisco, caring for Mrs. Mayl)erry,.
a helpless invalid, and from there in the winter of 1881 and 1882. to
J. B.*s in Oregon; then back home and back to Pasadena to keep house
for herself and J. C. F. She married Frank Williams, 1891, and lives
near Chino, where they are raising sugar beets for the sugar factory.
J. C. F. has traveled this country over, having worked in lumber
woods in Michigan; been in Florida, Louisiana, Oregon; carpentered,
farmed and tunneled in California. He was married to Anna Momeyer^
I2th month, 1887, and has lived on the home farm ever since.
Father and mother kept the even tenor of the farmer's life until
after the marriage of their youngest; then they bought a house and
four lots. and moved to town in 1888, where father died in the spring of
1893. Mother rented the house to D. McLaughlin rind went to California
in the fall of 1893, staying some months with Mary F., then to San
Francisco, spending some time with J. H. and family, from there to-
Oregon visiting J. B., until the fall of 1894 slie .returned accompanied
by John B. Since she has lived alone most of tiie time except a few
months. Mrs. Phoebe Ayers made l:cr home with her and for a few-
months her grand-daugliter, Mamie Drake was with her. Lnst sum-
mer the property in town was sold to S. E. Jackson. Two large rooms
were built to tlie farm house and a few weeks l)efore her deatli she
began again to keep house, but the death angel called her and she
must needs go to her rest like as a shock of corn cometh in its season.
Only one of her father's family living. Aunt .Vnn (iarwood, past ninety-
one and soon to walk through the vallev of the shadow of death.
VII. Japheth C. F. Prickitt, son of Phebe Borton and Japheth Leeds
Prickitt, was born 14-9 mo., 1857. He was married 4-10 mo., 1887, to
Annie Cath MoMeyer, born J3-10 mo., i860. Their children were:— -
Charles Augustus, b. 10-6 mo., 1888.
Mary Elizabeth, 1). 30-8 mo., 1889. ■
Phoe])e Emma, b. 224 mo., 1891.
Clara Maria, b. 31-1 mo., 1893.
Grace Evangeline, b. 14-9 mo., 1894.
Charlotte Amelia, b. 12-6 mo., 1898.
George Eldriclge, b. 18-T mo., 1900: died 27-1 mo., 1900.
Franklin Japheth, 1). 15-TO mo., 1907.
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VII. Abigail E. Prickitt, daughter of J. L. Prickitt and Phebe S^. Bor-
ton, born 15-5 mo., 1850, married Isaac N. Drake, at North Platte,
Neb., 28-11 mo., 1872. Their children were: —
Phebe, b. 24-8 mo., 1874; m. Grant Carothers, 22-4 mo.^ 1893.
Mary Mamie, b. 15-4 mo., 1876.
Charles, b. 31-12 mo., 1878; m. Myrtle Baldwin, 30-12 mo., 1900.
Hester, b. 13-1 mo., 1886; m. Herman Seiling, 23-8 mo. ,1905.
James Edward, b. 16-3 mo., 1890.
VIII. Phebe Drake, daughter of Abigail E. Prickitt and Isaac N. Drake,
married Graht Carothers. Their children were : —
Francis Borton, b. 10-2 mo., 1894:
Hazel Marzy, b. 2-6 mo., 1895.
Harry Sherman, b. 22-6 mo., 1897.
Irva May, b. 16-4 mo., 1899.
Angelina Abigail, b. 20-10 mo., 1903.
They reside at Brookings, S. D.
VIII. Charles Drake, son of Al)igail E. Prickitt and Isaac N. Drake,
married Myrtle Baldwin. Their children were :—
Norman Isaac, b. 10-10 mo., 1901.
Merle, b. 30-1 mo., 1902.
Lola, b. 3-mo., 1904.
Fay, b. 4 mo., 1906.
Isaac N. Drake enlisted in the regular service. Company M. 3rd U.
S. Cavalry: was engaged on the western frontier against Sitting Bull,
]>eing in several expeditions against the Sioux and other Indians, in-
cluding that of the Big Horn, under Generals Tery, Crook and Custer.
V. Isaac Borton, son of Josiah Borton and Rebecca Haines, married
Sarah Peacock, daughter of John Peacock and Susannah Ballinger.
Their children were: —
Abigail, b. : m. Benjamin Borton.
Sarah, b. : m. John ClifTton.
Aaron, b. ; died a young man.
Charles, b. ; died young.
Samuel ClifFton, son of Nathan Cliffton and Mary, married Ann
Their children were : —
Re))ecca, youngest daughter, 1). about 1828: m. Davis Bisbee,
m. Jefferson Sweet.
Rachel, b. 26-12 mo., 1813: died 1885, age 73 years
Mary, b. 8-2 mo., 1815; m. Job Borton.
John, 1). 22-6 mo., 1819: m. Sarah Borton.
Aniy, b. 29-9 mo., 1822: m. Joseph Powell.
William Henrv, b. 12-12 mo., 1826; m.
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John Cliffton died 22-10 mo., 1887, and William Henry Cliffton
died in Chicago, 111., 5-1 mo., 1898.
VI. Sarah Borton, daughter of Isaac Borton and Sarah Peacock, mar-
ried John Cliffton, son of Samuel Cliffton and Ann Their
children were: —
Rachel Ann, b. 1-4 mo., 1840; m. Silas Mills.
• m. John Metcalf.
Esther, b. 4-2 mo., 1842; m. George Sparks.
John S., b. 22-8 mo., 1848; m. Melvina Kime,
m. Helen Smith.
Mary, b. 10-5 mo., 1845; ""^- David Crumrine.
Samuel, b. 11-9 mo., 1850; m. Emma Pifer.
George, b. 30-11 mo., 1855; m. Alice Hibbard.
Sarah, b. 20-2 mo., 1844; ""i- Joh" Hutchison.
Abigail, b. 18-10 mo., 1852; m. Samuel Crumrine.
VII. Rachel Cliffton, daughter of John Cliffton and Sarah Borton, mar-
ried Silas Mills. Silas died and Rachel then married John Metcalf, of
Amboy, Mich. They had one daughter: —
Pearl Metcalf, b. 15-12 mo., 1875 '•> "^ Sommers.
VII. Esther P. Cliffton, daughter of John Cliffton and Sarah Borton,
married George Sparks, son of John Sparks and Emaline Jones Butcher,
widow. Esther P. Cliffton and George Sparks have two daughters: —
Marion E., b. 5-12 mo., 1872.
Annie E., b. 18-6 mo., 1879.
VII. John Cliffton Jr.. son of John Cliffton and Sarah Borton, married
Melvina Kime. They had two children: —
Marion, b. [0-3 mo., 1876.
Enoch, b. 17-ro mo., 1878; m.
Melvina Kime died and John married Helen' Smith, who is now
deceased.
VII. Sarah Cliffton, daughter of John Cliffton and Sarah Borton, mar-
ried John Hutchison. Their children were: —
Olive E., b. 30-3 mo., 1870; m Stiple.
Delbert E., b. 11-5 mo., 1866.
Lewis C, b. 12-1 mo., 1874.
Marion, b. 9-2 mo., 1868; died 6-5 mo., 1869.
Carrie E., b. 15-4 mo., 1882.
Florence, b. 26-2 mo., 1885; m Geesey.
Sarah C, b. 6-1 mo., 1872; m. Hershiser.
Wilber J., b. 12-9 mo., 1880.
Francis S., b. 31-8 mo., 1877.
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VIII. Marion and Anna E. Sparks are graduates of the State Univer-
sity, Urbana, 111., and hold positions in the chemical laboratory of that
institution. Marion E. Sparks is also a trained librarian and formerly
had charge of the University library.
Rachel Cliffton and Esther P. ClifTton taught many terms of school
in Williams and Fulton counties, Ohio, and v^ere considered two of the
most successful teachers of that day and time.
George Sparks is still a teacher in the public schools of the state of
Illinois. He has followed this occupation all his life, having formerly
taught in the public schools of Ohio.
VII. Mary ClifTton, daughter of John ClifTton and Sarah Borton, mar-
ried David Crumrine, son of Frederick Crumrine. They have one son: —
Frank, b. 29-12 mo., 1870.
VII. Samuel ClifTton, son of John Cliffton and Sarah Borton, married
Emma Pifer. Their children were: —
Georgia G., b. 20-4 mo., 1876.
Mable M. ,b. 28-8 mo., 1882.
Samuel Leon, b. 12-4 mo., 1885.
Alice Fay, b. 3-5 mo., 1887.
Luella, b. 3-6 mo., 1873.
Marcus Verne, b. 31-10 mo., 1889; died 20-1 mo., 1905
Ada B., b. j-8 mo., 1892.
Charles Wallace, b. 1-12 mo., 1894.
VII. Geoge ClifTton, son of John ClifTton and Sarah Borton, married
Alice Hibbard. They have three children: —
Nellie, b. 1-9 mo., 1897.
Cora, b. 24-11 mo., 1900.
Emerson G., b. 16-2 mo., 1905.
Two children died young.
Vll. Abigail ClifTton, daughter of John Cliffton and Sarah Borton, mar-
ried Samuel Crumrine, a son of Betsy and Frederisk Crumrine, and a
brother to David Crumrine, who married Mary Cliffton. Their children
were : —
Marcus, b. 4-1 1 mo., 1883: died 7-11 mo., 1883.
Nellie, b. 10-8 mo., 1887.
Clara, b. 22-4 mo., 1886.
Sarah E. Borton, wife of John Cliffton, was born 26-10 mo.. 1812,
and died 25-10 mo., 1896.
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IV. Benjamin Borton, son of Obadiah Borton, Sr., and second wife,
Mary Driver, married 1780, Charity Rogers, daughter of John Rogers,
and a sister of Anna Rogers, who married Job Borton, youngest brother
of Benjamin. Benjamin Borton and Charity Rogers' children were: —
Bethnel Borton, b. 2-1 mo., 1782; m. Rebecca Cliffton 17-4 mo., 1805.
Phebe. b. ; m Pedrick.
\\'iUiam, b.
Reuben, b. : m. Elizabeth Pedrick.
Martha, b. ; m. William Dillon.
Ann, b. ; m. John Abies.
Mary, b.
Vashti, b. 1794; d. 1883; m. 1812, Samuel Dillon.
James, b. 21-4 mo., 1801; m. 14-3 mo., 1822, Mariah Wilson,
m. 20-5 mo., 1852, Ann Marsh.
Benjamin, Jr. b. ; m Wilson.
IV. Benjamin Borton was born 5-4 mo., 1761, in Burlington county, N.
J., was married to Charity Rogers, 16-3 mo., 1780. Obadiah Borton Sr.
died before Benjamin, and Job Borton, his sons, had reached their
majority, and a provision was made in his will, that they be taught a
trade, or otherwise, as his executors might elect. Benjamin became a,
distiller of essential oils. It is not definitely known whether he was
apprenticed to the trade or not. Tradition says that he distilled the
first peppermint oil ever distilled in America, and Borton's brand of this
oil stood at the head of the eastern market, in all 01 the early years
ot the drug trade. The business of distilling these oils has been fol-
lowed by the descendents of Benjamin and Charity Borton, ever since
his day, and this fact has helped in tracing out this branch of the
Borton family.
Benjamin Borton immigrated from New Jersey to Oxford Tp.,
Gurnsey county, Ohio, in 1804, and entered a section of land, situated
in that township, on the old Wheeling road, about two miles west and
a little south of Fairvievv, and about one mile north of the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad.
Benjamin's removal to Ohio was, no doubt, due to the abundance
of Sassafras timber and pennyroyal, from which the oil could be ex-
tracted, that brought ready cash on the Philadelphia market — a com-
modity which was mucli needed by the early settlers of the west. The
homestead where Benjamin Borton wrought and toiled has passed into
other hands. The present farm house and Fletcher M. E. Church built
on this land are shown in cuts on opposite page. Also, the graves where
Benjamin and Charity Borton, and some other members of the family
lie buried. These graves are just west of the church and are marked by
Homestead Benjamin Borton, Sr., Center Township, Gurnsey Co., Ohio.
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field stgne, one bearing the inscription, G. B. 1821. This is, no doubt, the
grave of CJbarity (Rogers) Borton.
V„ Martha Borton, daughter of Benjamin Borton and Charity Rogers,
married William Dillon, (farmer and gunsmith). Their children were: —
James, b.
Noah, b. ; m. Sarah Jane Brown,
m. Sarah Johnston.
Sarah, b. 17-12 mo., 1812; m. James Head; he was b. 1804 and died
7-2 mo., 1863.
Twins;
Benjamin, b. 26-5 mo., 182 1 ; m, Cynthia Dillon 13-2 mo., 1845.
-Charity, b. 26-^5 mo., 1821; m. William Bortbri, 19^12 mo., 1846.
Phebe, b. ; m. Archibold Cranston, died 4-5 mo., 1877.
Keziah, b.
Delila, b. 23-5 mo., 1807; m. 25-12 mo., 1827, Joseph Marsh.
Lorenzo Dow, b.
Joshua, b. 5-10 mo., 1829; m. 2ir9 mo., 1852, Mary Jane Dillon.
William, b. ; m. Ruhama Jane Cowan.
David L., b. 18-7 mo., 1831; m. 17-11 mo., 1853, Lucinda Sheppard.
Martha, b. ; m. William Cole (first wife). She died 1888.
VI. Noah Dillon, son of Martha Borton and William Dillon, married
Sarah Jane Brown. They had two children: —
Lurilla. b;> : m. Ellis Brill.
Linda, b. ; m. Christopher Columbus Ream.
Sarah JaWe died and Noah Dillon then married Sarah Johnston, by
whom he had two children:
Jennie, b.
Keziah, b.
VII. Linda Dillon, daughter of Noah Dillon and Sarah Jane Brown, mar-
ried Christopher Columbus Ream. They have three children: —
Mary Alice, b.
Homer, b.
McKinzie, b.
VIII. Homer Ream, son of Linda Dillon and Christopher Columbus
Ream, married They have one son : —
Georgfe Ream, b.
VI. Sarah Dillon, daughter of Martha Borton and William Dillon, mar-
ried James Head, who was born in 1804 and died 7-2 mo., 1863. He was
a fcrmer and lived in Gurnsey c^>unty, Ohio. Their children were : —
Margraret Lsabel, b. ; m. William Berry.
Martha Maria, b. : m. William Olden Ridgway.
Mary Ann. b. : m. James HeiMry Tutle.
Tames William, b; ; died single 20-g ma, 1847
Keturah is shigle and lives at Quaker City, Ohio.
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Wilson Shannon, b. ; m. Rebecca Jane Miller.
Sarah Caroline, b. ; died young.
Levi Dillon, b. 30-11 mo., 1848; m. Melinda Gillespi
Pamly Andora, b. ; died 23-12 mo., 1873.
VII. Margaret Isabel Head, daughter of Sarah Dillon and James Head,
married William Berry. Margaret Isabel was born 24-5 mo., 1832.
William Berry was born 10-5 mo., 1838. They were married 12-1 mo.,
1861, at her home in Oxford Tp., Gurnsey county, Ohio, by Rev. John
Bourher. Issue : —
Charles Edward, b. 5-12 mo., 1861 ; m. Minnie Bolton.
James William, b. 6-5 mo., 1863.
Marion Sherman, b. 30-1 mo., 1865; m. Estella Cranson
Franklin, b. 10-10 mo., 1867.
Harry Evans, b. 6-9 mo., 1869; m. Jennie Secret.
Nettie Isabel, b. 16-12 mo., 1871.
' Minnie Icelene, b. 6-1 mo., 1875; "^- Susan Brown, in 1904.
VII. Martha Maria Head, daughter of Sarah Dillon and James Head,
married William Olden Ridgway of Philadelphia, Pa. They had one
daughter: —
Marietta Huff Ridgway; m. Isaa(i Kennan, M. D.
Martha and Isaac Kennan have three sons.
VII. Levi Dillon Head, son of Sarah Dillon and James Head, married
Melinda Gillespie, 17-10 mo., 1877. She was born 18-5 mo., 1854. Their
children were: —
William Ambrose, b. 1-8 mo., 1878: m. Estella A. Wright, 27-6 mo.,
1906.
Ernest Cook, b. 23-8 mo., 1889; ni. Amy Forsythe, 1904.
Amy, b. 27-5 mo., 1885.
VII. Wilson Shannon Head, son of Sarah Dillon and James Head, mar-
ried Rebecca Jane Miller. She died without issue, and Wilson Shannon
then married Margaret Anderson Clark. They had two children: —
Mary Clark, b. ; m. Rev. Thomas Pollock.
Stephen Revere, b. ; single.
VIII. The Rev. Thomas Pollock, husband of Mary Clark Head, was
pastor of the Second United Presbyterian Church of Cambridge, Ohio.
Later they moved to Monmouth, 111. Issue: —
Thomas Pollock, b.
Margaret, b.
VI. Benjamin Dillon, son of Martha Borton and William Dillon, mar-
ried, 13-2 mo., 1845, Cynthia Dillon, b. 8-12 mo., 1824. Their children
were: —
Levi, b. 18-11 mo., 1845: died 21-12 mo., 1862.
Jaco]) T., b. 27-9 mo., 1849: m. 7-8 mo., 1879, Ethel A. Merry man.
Zachariah, 1). 2-6 mo., 1847; "^- --"^ ""^^m 186S, Almyra Mumma.
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Mattie A., b. 8-12 mo., 1853; m. 9-4 mo., 1872, Sheldon Toby.
Mary F., b. 7-10 mo., 1857; died 12-5 mo., 1863.
Emery E., b. 24-6 mo., 1863; m. ii-io mo., 1885, Minnie Mowberry.
Rosalia I., b. 18-11 mo., 1864; died 7-4 mo., 1899.
Cynthia Dillon, wife of Benjamin Dillon, deceased 24-6 mo., 1879.
Benjamin Dillon deceased 22-6 mo., 1897, in the 77th year of his age.
VII. Jacob T. Dillon, son of Benjamin Dillon and Cynthia, his wife, mar-
ried Ethel A. Merryman. Their children were : —
Charles William, b. 2-4 mo., 1880.
Earl Wayne, b. 8-9 mo., 1881.
Edward Everett, b. 3-6 mo., 1883.
Bertha, b. 21-4 mo., 1886.
Mabel Luella, b. 14-10 mo., 1893.
Earl and Edward Everett* Dillon ^re telc«|||^h operators.
VII, Zachariah Dillon, son of Benjamin ,a;'^W!ynthia Dillon, married
Almyra Mumma. Their chifdren were: —
Eunice May, b. 14-3 mo., 1869.
Joseph Elis, b. ^2-i mo., 1871.
Florence Ethel, b. ii-io mo., 1872
Cynthia Etta, b. 20-9 mo., 1874.
Grace Pearl, b. 15-5 mo., 1887.
VII. Emory E. Dillon, son of Benjamin and Cynthia Dillon, married
Minnie Mowberry. She was born 4-9 mo., 1865. Their children were: —
Mary Cecil, b. i-i mo., 1888; died 14-8 mo., 1899
Bessie Arline, b. 22-8 mo., 1889. i-,- . c- '^-
Archibald E., 1). 18-8 mo., 189T.
Flossie Eveline, b. 8-9 mo., 1893.
Clara Earsley, b. 12-3 mo., 1896.
Laura Ellen, b. 30-11 mo., 1897. u^''^-^
Infant son, b. 4-8 mo., 1900: died 5-10 mo., 1900. /^p- . ^
Daniel E., b. 17-11 mo., 1901. T - ' "*
Helen M., b. 28-12 mo., 1904. ''"'" '
Zarelda J., b. 30-ii mo:, 1906.
Percy Ner, deceased 14-1 mo., 1889, in her third year. (Oldest
child). ^ '•
VI. Charity Dillon, daughter of Martha Borton and William Dillon,
b. 26-5 mo.. 1821, married William Borton, 19-12 mo., 1846. Their
children were: — * ■ '
Winfield Scott, b. 17-4 mo., 1848; m. Mary Laura Drener. y
James XVilliam, b. 7-10 mo., 1849; "^- Columbia Ann Carnal.
Martha Maria, single and lives in Delevvare, Ohio.
John Wesley^ b. 22-5 mo., 1854; ni. 24-12 mo., 1902, Marie E. Caskey,
b. 6-3 mo., 1856. " ] • ■ ' ' '
Irene Isabel, b.*i4:-i2 nio., 1855; died 12-3 mo., 1864.
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Harry, b. 21-5 mo., 1858; died 6-8 mo., 1865.
I Laura Elizabeth, b. 24-9 mo., i860; m. 1884, Thomas Todd Gillespie.
^ Mary Louisa, b. 24-10 mo., 1864; m. George Sylvester Hillard.
Laura Elizabeth Borton Gillespie died 8-5 mo., 1889.
VII. Winfield Scott Borton, son of Charity Dillon and William Borton,
married Mary Laura Dresser of Morris, Illinois. She died and left no
children. Winfield Scott then married Sarah Adaline Lik<:s, by whom
he had six children : —
Lola, b. ; m. Sandy W. Moore.
I Orphelia, b. ; single,
I Ora, b. ; m. Otha C- Steele.
' Grov^r Cleveland, b. ^^ , ; m. Estella Carmine Monroe, 19-6
mo., 1907.
Russell Grace; b. jiflK ; ^gle.
• Elsie, b. ; snigle. '
VIIL Lola Borton, daughter of Winfield Scott Borton and Sarah Adaline
Likes, married Sandy W. Moore. They have two children: —
Elizabeth, b. - --
Murray, b.
Sandy W. Moore is a train dispatcher, employed by the Louisville
and Nashville R. R., and resides at Louisville, Ky.
VIIL Clio Frances Borton, daughter of James William Borton and
Columbia Ann Carnal, married, 1895, Samuel Alford. They have three
children : —
Barbary, b. 1898.
Robert, b. 1902.
William, b. 1907 ,
Their home is at Salida, Colorado. James William Borton is en-
gaged in the ice trade. Charity Irene Borton is teaching, and Samuel
.Oxford is running a novelty works. Winfield Scott Borton, deceased
21-5 mo., 1908, at his home in Cambridge, Gurnsey County, Ohio.
The funeral of W. S. Borton was conducted at the family residence,
cast Steubenville avenue, this afternoon, by his pastor. Rev. C. E. Shep-
pard, assisted by his former pastor, Rev. Dr. F. A. Brown. Appropriate
hymns were sung by members of the M. P. choir. The floral tributes
were numerous and very beautiful.
The Carpenters' Union attended in a body and the hirge attendance
of neighbors and friends attested the high esteem in which Mr. Borton
was held by all who knew him.
Th^ pall bearers were old friends who lud long known him. and
been associated with him in his chiifch- relationship. Ins -business and
political life, namely: Jas. G. Bair, Alfred Weedon, John X. McCirtney,
G. A. Doyle, John M. Amos and Joseph Randall.
Mrs. G. S. Billiard and Miss Martha Borton of Delaware, s'ster^ cf
James W. Borton Winfield Scott Borton John W. Borton
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deceased, J. G. Likes and wife of.. Columbus and *a number of friends,
from Fairview and elsewhere, attended the services. Interment in
Northwood cemetery. ,
In aU his relations in life Mr. Bdfton was universally recognized as
the soul of personal honor. Industrious, faithful, pure minded, brave
and courteous he won and held unusual confidence. Few men. after a
long apd active life go to their graves so universally respected and
honored.
• He will be greatly missed by those with whom he associated, espe-
irially in his church and his family relations.
-. .. - Rbsi-in peace.
VIL James William Borton, son of Charity Dillon and William Borton,
married Columbia Ann Carnal, 25-5 mo., 1873, in the twentieth year
of her age. Their children were : — .
Charity Irene, b. 19-9 mo., i876iv> . .
Clio Frances, b. 28-8 mo., 1880; m. 1895, Samuel Alford.
• ' Dacy Carmel, b. 11 mo., 1889.
William Edward, b. 22-11 mo., 1893.
VIL Laura Elizabeth Borton, daught/er of Charity Dillon and William
Borton, b. 24-9 mo., i860, married, 1884, Thomas Todd Gillespie. She
died 8-5- mo., 1889 and left one daughter; Mattie Bell; she lives with her
father at Homestead, Pa., where he is engaged in the hardware trade,
and is married to Josephine Kelso.
VII. Mary Louisa Borton, daughter of Charity Dillon and William Bor-.
ton, b. •24-10 ino., 1864, married George Sylvester Hillard. They have
two. children :^ —
William, b.
Lois, b.
. They reside near Delaware, Ohi<
Vli Phebe Dillon, daughter of ^lartha Borton and William Dillon, mar-
ried Archibald Cranston. He was born in the state of Maryland. Their
children* were : —
Martha Ann, b. ; m. Thomas Gardiner.
Mary Jane, b.
John TMoore, b.
Delila, b. ; died young.
Joseph Franklin, b. ; m. Maria Elizabeth Marshall.
William, b. ; m. Aramintha Jane Ault.
m. Mary Dandna.
Margaret, b. ; m. John Carzine.
Keturah,'-b. ; single; lives at Quaker City, Ohio. •
Benjamin Cowan, b. ; m. Susan Marton.
Tercssa, b. ; died young.
Vn. Joseph Franklin Cranston, son of Phebe Dillon and Archibald
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Cranston, married Elizabeth Marshall. Their children were: —
Clara, b. ; m. Andrew Oberg.
Margaret, b.
Joseph Franklin Cranston was a veteran of the late Civil War and
has since spent several years in the Rocky Mountains, mining and
teaching.
VII. Martha Ann Cranston, daughter of Phebe Dillon and Archibald,
Cranston, married Thomas Gardiner. Their children were: —
James William, b.
Mary Catherine, b.
Tacy, b.
Archibald, b. ; these four first named children died of
dipththeria in i860.
Margaret, b. ; m. Evan J. Romans.
Joseph, b. ; m. Martha Jane Marrow
Emery C, b.
Phebe, b.
Alma, b. ; m. Clarence Hall ; she died in riW^. '^'^^rH!
Rhoda, b.
Marrell, b.
Vni. Joseph Gardiner, son of Thomas Gardiner and Martha Ann Cran-
ston, married Martha Jane Marrow.. They live iti South Dakota.
VIII. Alma Gardiner, daughter of Thomas Gardiner and Martha Ann
Cranston, married Clarence Hall. They had one child which died In
infancy, and Alma died in 1887. Clarence Hall married Elizabeth Hen-
derson. He is in the employ of the Cambridge Ohio Light and Traction*
Company. Phebe, Rhoda and Marshall Gardiner are. all deceased.
Vni. Margaret Gardiner, . daughter of Martha Ann Cranston and
Thomas Gardiner, married Evan J. Romans. Their children were:—
Norman, b.
Helen, b. .j
Edgar, b.
Ev^n J. Romans was a druggist in, St. PajrJ; Minnesota.-
Vni. 'Clara Cranston, daughter of JosdpH Frah^ClTrt Ci^artM i^
bcth Marshall, married Andrew Oberg. They have two children:— .
Dwight Earl, b. :":
Lois Mae, b. ; ^^ .
VII. William Dillon Cranston, son of Phebe Dillon and Archibald
Cranston, married Armintha Jane Ault. Phebe Dillon was. a daughter of
Martha Borton and William Dillon. Martha Borton was a daughter of
Benjamin Borton and Charity Rogers.
William Dillon Cranston and Armintha Jane Ault^? children were:— •
Montana, b. ; died young. . *^ . .
Gurney Clifford, b. • ; single,
GENEALOGY. 87;
Lewella, b. ; m. Norman Rosmond Shipley.
Leona, b. ; died 1887, age 15 years.
This family lives at Quaker City, Ohio. William Dillon Cranston
was a veteran in the late Civil War. He was in Company E. 88th regi-
ment, O. V. I. Armintha Jane Ault died and William married" Mary
Dandna, who is also deceased and he now makes his home with his
daughter, Lewella Cranston Shipley.
Vlil. Lewella Cranston, daughter of William Dillon Cranston an<^
Armintha Jane Ault, married Norman Rosmond Shipley. They have
two children: —
Bertha Rohena, b.
William Edward, b.
VI. Delila Dillon, daughter of Martha Borton and William Dillon^ marr
ried Joseph Marsh, 25-12 rao., 1827. He was born 3r8 mo., 1806 a^^^
Delila was born 23-5 mo., 1807. Their children were : —
Rachel, b. 15-5 mo., 1829; m. William Herron.
Ann, b. 21-10 mo., 1830; m .James Borton, 205 mo., 1852.
Samuel, b. 15-5 mo., 1832; m. Rachel Lowe, ii-i mo., 1853.
Keziah, b. 3*12 mo., 1833; m. Wesley Lewis, 14-4 mo., 18J9.
Phebe, b. 8-$l mo., 1835 » "^- Edward Ca iial, 7-9 mo.,. 1852.
William, b. 7-3 mo., 1837; m. Lucinda Lewis, 15-& mo., 1861.
Martha, b. 28-10 mo., 1838; m. Thomas Morris, 16-9 mo., 1862.
Mary, b. 18^8 mo., 1840; died i>5 mo., 1842.
Joseph, b. 25-6 mo., 1842; killed ia Battle Corinth, 4rio mo., 1862,
Daniel, b. 23-3 mo., 1844; died 1-4 tno., 1852.
James, b. 6-1 mo., 1846; killed in Battle Dallas, 29- 5 mo., 1864,
VII. Rachel Marsh, daughter of Delila Dillon and Joseph Marsh, married
William Herron. Their children were:—
Samuel, b. ; m. (children).
Bennett, b. ; m. Kate McConnell. .
Jogjph, b.
Delila, b. ; m. John Headier.
Maggie, b. ; m. Talbert Shipley (four children;.
Amelia, b. ; Flavins Porter (two children).
Martha Herron, b. ; m. Jesse Kester.
Columbus, b. ; m. Nettie Simmons. ,.^
Eugene, b.. ; m. ;..%
E'mrSi, b. ; m.. Clem Simmons (five'' children)
James, b. ; m. Rachel.
William, b. ; m. Sfattie Paige (two children)
Other children died in infancy. "
Vin. Delila Herron, daughter of Rachel Marsh and Wihiam Herron,
married John Headier. Their children weft : —
Theria, b.
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Hallie, b. .^
burk, b. '
Abbic, b.
Lcttie, b.
Tficrman, b.
Samuel Herron, Maggie, Amelia, Emma and William have children^
as designated above, but could not ascerifain their given names.
VII. Ann Marsh, daughter of Delila Dillon and Joseph Marsh, married,
20-5 mo., 1852, James Borton (his second wife). He was a son a(
Benjamin Borton and Charity Rogers. -Benjamin was a son of Obadiah
Borton and (second wife), Mary Driver. Obadiah Borton was a son
of John Borton Jr., and first wife, and John Borton Jr. was a son of John
Borton and Ann, the immigrants who came from the Parish of Aynho,
Northampton, England, in 1679.
VII. James Borton and Ann Marsh's children were r^—
Benjamin, b. 19-6 mo., 1854; m. Caroline Ford.
Mariah, b. 29-10 mo., 1855; m. Zachariah Taylor Hatcher.
John Henry, b. 21-10 mo., 1858; single.
Sarah Matilda, b. 25-10 mo., i860; died 17-6 mo., 1877.
Thomas Lorin, b. 3-12 mo., 1862; m. Margaret Snillnink.
Delila, b. 7-4 mo., 1864; m. Henry Harrisoh Fisher. i
Ann Marsh Borton was born 21-10 mo., 1830. James Borten was
born 21-4 mo., 1801. Ann lives in Woodsto^lf, Richland county, \\ is-
consin, this 1907.
VIII. Benjamin Borton, son of James Borton and Ann Mar^h, married
Caroline Ford.' They have ten children:-^ ^ • *• -
Armintha, b. ; m. Ezra Stockwcll.
Wilber, b. ;-m. -M41dr«d Strangway.
William, b. ' * ; ' ' '
Joseph Jasper, b.
Charles R.. b.
Fred W., b.
Leo Baker, b.
Otto, b.
Ira, b.
Wilma Lois, b
VII. Samuel Marsh, son of Delila Dillon and Joseph Marsh, mafriecl,
ii-i mo., 1863, Rachel Lowe. Their children were: —
Lilian, b. ; m. Godolphin Sylomis Lowe.
Joseph Heiiry, b. ; m. Lon Keevert.
Pearl, b. ; m. George Rogers.
VIII. Lillian Marsh, daughter of Samuel Marsh and Rachel Lowe, mar-
ried Godolphin Sylomis Lowe. They have two children: —
Raymond, b. :•• • «
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Alice May, b.
VIII. Joseph Henry Marsh, son of Samuel. Marsh. and -Rachel Lowe,
married Lou Keevert. No children. They live in Columbus, Ohio.
VII. Keziah Marsh, daughter of Delila Dillon and Joseph Marsh, married
Wesley Lewis, 14-4 mo., 1859. Their children were: —
Joseph, b.
Ellen, b. ; deceased.
William, b. ; died young.
Emma' lona, b. ; m. Lenda Barrett.
Jesse Purdue, b. ; m. Sarah Hay.
VIII. Jesse Purdue Lewis, son of Keziah Marsh and Wesley Lewis,
married Sarah Hay. They have two children: —
Beatrice Marie, b. . . ^
Wmifred, b.
Emma lona Barrett and Jesse Purdue Lewis reside at Coldwell,
Noble^County, Ohio.
VII. Phebe Marsh, daughter of Delila Dillon and Joseph Marsh, mar-
ried Edward Carnal. Phebe Marsh was born 8-9 mo., 1835 and Edward
Carnal 26-6 mo., 1829. They w^ere married 7-9 mo.,. 1852. Their chil-
dren were: —
Columbia Ann, b. ; m. 25-6 mo., 1873, James W.Bprton. .
Tcressa Melvina, b. ; m. 25-10 mo., 1875, ..JEnoch R.
Shrtii^iey.
• Keziah Francis, b. ; died 19-7 mo., 1885.
Irene Isadora, b. ; m. 8-6 mo., 1881, Milton Hartley.
Elizabeth Delila, b.
Phebe Jane, b. ; died 1863.
Ma^rthii Loretta; b. _ , ;.ui. 3-4-ilio^^ 1884, William H. Dresback.
James Edward, b. ; m. 30-4 mo7, 1892, Maud Goddard.
Clehi^Ht L., b. ^ m. 10-6 mo., 1888, Anna L. Jones.
Rachel Leona, b. ; m. Charles B. West.
Marietta, b..
' Johanna, b. ; died 1870. ^ ..... ^..v .... :-- -. ^-.^
Joseph Millard, b. ; died 28-2 mo." 1896.' " . . . . ^ -
Wifber Kella, b.
William Riley, b.
• Ctaudina, b.
Edward Carnal died 7-8 mo., 1889. Maud Goddfsird, wife of .James
Edward Carnal died 1893.
VIII. Teressa Melvina Carnal, daughter of Phebe M^rsh and Edward
Carnal, ^married, 25-10 mo., 1875, Enoch R. Shringley. To them was
born one son : —
Ora Guy, b. ^. _ ... .
Vni.' Irene Isadora Carnal, daughter of Phebe Marsh and. Edward
90 BORTON FAMILY
Carnal, married, 8-6 mo., 1881, Milton Hartley. They have two sons: —
Maurice Revier, b.
William C, b.
Vin. Martha Loretta Carnal, daughter of Phebe Marsh and Edward
Carnal, married, 3-4 mo., 1884, William H.* Dresback. Their children
were : —
Harold, b.
Claudina, b.
VIII. Clement L. Carnal, son of Phebe Marsh and Edward Carnal, mar-
ried, 10-6 mo., 1888, Anna L. Jones. They have four children, two girls
and two boys. The names could riot be "secured.
VIIL Rachel Leona Carnal, daughter of Phebe Marsh and Edward
Carnal, married Charles B. West! Th^ir children were : —
Edward, b.
Phebe, b.
Goldie Leah, I
VIIL James Edward Carnal, son of Phebe Marsh and Edward Carnal,
married, 30-4 mo., 1892, Maud Goddard. They had one child: —
Ethel Eartiestine, b.
Maud Goddard Carnal died 1893, and 3-3 mo., 1899, James Edward
Carnal married lorra Bowman. They have three children : —
Marguerite, b.
Edna, b.
Elizabeth, b.
VIIL Mariah Borton, daughter of James Borton and Ann Marsh (second
wife) married Zachariah Taylor Hatcher. They had five children: —
James, b.
Ernest, b.
Thurman, b.
Lillian, b.
Grace, b.
VIIL Thomas Loran Borton, son of James Borton and Ann Marsh, (sec-
ond wife), married Margaret Snillnink. They have two sons: —
Leslie, b.
Ralph, b..
VIIL Dt^favSorton, daughtef of>Jamest/Bb^rfoit an<l^^ Jlarsh^: (second
wife) married Henry Harrison Fisher.* Thefy*had four children :^^ .1 '
Lorain, b.
Grace, b.
Christiana, b.
Kate, b.
VII. William Marsh, son of Delila Dillon and Joseph Marsh, married
Lucinda Lewis, 15-8 mo., 1861. Their children were: —
Millard Filmore, b. ;*m..Adda Datson.
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Letitia Ellen, h. ; m. Emerson Van^Scio.
Jessie, b. ; ni. Frank Nayler.
Vni. Milard Fillmore Marsh, son of William Marsh and Lucinda Lewis,
married Adda Dotson. They had one son: —
Carl Marsh, b.
Millard Fillmore Marsh was postmaster at Quaker City, Ohio,
during Cleveland's first administration and was killed by falling oflf of a
train of cars, while in motion ; and.the general belief is that he was pushed
off purposely, as he was prosecuting some parties for improper use of
the U. S. mails. ^. ' .
VIII. Jessie Marsh, daughter of William Marsh and Lucinda Lewis,
married Frank Naylor. They have two sons: —
Marsh, b.
Millard, b.
They are both in'the U. S. Army in the Philippine Isl inds.
VII. Joseph" and James Marsh, both sons of Deiila Dillon and Joseph
Marsh, were killed in the war of the Rebellion. \.^^
VII. Martha Marsii, daughter of Dtelila Dillon and Joseph Marsh, mar-
ried Thomas Morris, 16-9 mo., 1862. They have two children: —
Almeda, b.
Norval, b.
Thomas Morris was a veteran in the late Civil War.
VI. Joshua Dillon, son of Martha Borton and William Dillon, was born
in Gurnsey county, Ohio, 5-10 mo., 1829 and was married to Mary
Jane Dillon, 21-9 mo., 1852, also of Gurnsey county, Ohio. They had
two sons and five daughters —
Francis Marion, b. 21-8 mo., 1853; "^- Rebecca Jane Crawford.
William Franklin, b. 20-12 mo., 1855; m. Rozella Maria Kail.
Keturah Lurella, b. 15-1 mo., 1858; m. Joseph McKendry Mumma.
Rosalie Elizabeth, b. 16-3 mo., i86o;'^iecl 8-2 mo., 1863.
Marj^ Jane, b. 23-6 moi, 1864. ' •
Martha*!!^lva, b. 18-10 mo., 1867/ m. Christopher Columbus White-:
side. ' - . ,
:/ Infaitt;cbugfht^er,^b: -2^5rmo., .18^ ; died"9-6 mo., r^^.
VIL-Francrs-Maflort arfcf W Dillon' were borniirGtintscy -
county, Ohi<T. Tn* the. i'i riio., 1856; the family moved' to Rockf Island
county, Illinois, where they resided for fifty years, when on the 8-12.
mo., 1905, they again moved to the city of Rock Island and live at
N-. 4014 7th Ave., where they wilt be glad to welcome their relatives
afid friends;
VIL Francis Marion Dillon, son of Joshua Dillon and Mary Ja^ne
Dillon, married, 21-8 mo., 1873, Rebecca Jane Crawford. Their chil-
dren were: —
Cora 'Elva, b. 16-9 mo., 1875 ; m. Joseph Robert Coon.
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.^.•
^ ,. Clj'dc EIray, b. 31-5 mo., 1879; m. Daisy Estclla Hussc.
^_\^VVilHani Marion, b. 10-7 iiio.; 1886,-' died 7^ mo.. 1887.
Sarah Lufiiia, Ki '3^0^10 m^ . ' . ^^ "^ ■ '•'>^.*''
VIII. Cora Elva Dillon, daughter of Francis Marion Dillon and Re-
becca Jane Crawford, married, 8-6 mo., 1898, Joseph Robert Coon.
They have one son : —
Robert Dillon, b .17-5 mo., 1900.
VIII. Clyde Elray Dillon, son of Francis Marion Dillon and Rebecca
jane Crawford, married, 8-5 mo., 1892, baisy Estella liusse. They
had two children: —
Infant daughter, b. 21-3 mo., 1893; died same date..
Blair Elroy, b. y-y mo., 1906,
^VII. Francis Marion Dillon has lived for many years in the city of
Moline, Illinois, and is employed as a fine wood worker. His .son, E'ro>%
is also employed as a painter in the same city. Cora Dillon Coon was
for many years a teacher in the public schools of Moline.
VII. William Franklin Dillon, son of Joshua Dillon and Mary Jane
Dillon, married, 2-3 mo., 1876, Rozilla Maria Kail of Ohio. Their chil-
dren were: —
Francis Burr, b. 26-3 mo., 1877.
Albert Joshua, b. 21-3 mo., 1879; "^- Tessa Elizabeth Guirn.
Roland Edward, b. 21-4 mo., 1881 ; m. Lina Guirn. . .
William Henry, b. 30-11 mo., 1883. ....
Mamie Mae, b. 25-3 mo., 1885; m. Charles Anderson.
. m. Edward Cole.
VIII. Roland Edward Dillon, son of William Franklin Dillon and
Rozilla Maria Kail, married, 21-1 mo., 1900, Lina Guirn^ They have
one child: —
Lila Jqlia, b. 2:5 mo., 1905. . ;•',,- > • - ... . ••
VIII. AlbeVt Joshua Dillon, 'soil -of WHiiamFfanklWpillou and^Rozitla
Maria Kail, married, i-i mo., 1902, Tessa Elizabeth Guirn. They have
two .children :-— ... ...... .
Albert LaVerne, b. 7-1 1 mo., 1903.'
Marjorie Lillian, b. 3-5 mo., 1906.
William Dillon Sr. is a central telegraph- operator at Hillsdale,
Illinois. William Dillon Jr. is also a telegraph operator and the other
sons are farmers.
VlIL Mamie Mae Dillon, daughter of William Fwiklin Dillon and .
Rozella Maria Kail, married, 15-5 mo.,] 1900, Charles Anderson. He
died, 5-5 mo., 1901. Mamie Mae then married 25-12 mo., 1903, Edward
Cole. They have one daughter: — ^
Alma Rozilla, b. 13-9 mo., 1904.
VII. Keturah Lurilla Dillon, daughter of Joshua and Mary JaneDillon,
married, 3-1 1 mo., 1876, Joseph McKendry Mumma. Their children
GENEALOGY. 93
•r ■
Averc: —
Frederic Keator, b. 16-7 mo., 187?
Martha Jane, b. 16-7 mo., 1880.
VIII. Frederic Keator Mumma, son of Keturah Lurilla Dillon and
Joseph McKendry Mumma, married, 12-9 mo., 1900, Katie Beatrice
'Mulnix. Their children are: —
Clyde Freeman, b. 27-7 mo., 19QI
Martha Elva, b. 18-10 mo., 1904.
Velma, b. 13-10 mo., 1906.
Keturah Lurilla Mumma's children were born on the same day of
month, also married oh the same date. (See above).
Vllfc- Martlufc Jane M^imma, daughter of Keturah Lurilla^ DiUpn, and
Joseph McKendry Mumma, married, 12-9 mo., 1900, Noah Hauck. They
have three children-: —
Lester, b. 24-6 mo., 1901.
Melvin, b. 9-6 mo., 1903.
Neil, b. 1-7 mo., 1906.
VIL .Martha ELyapillon, youngest daughter of. Joshua and. Mary Jane
Dillon, tnarried, 9-1 1 mo., 1887, Chi-jstopher Cbhimbus WWteside. .He
was a talented musician. He died i-ri mo., I899:'^To^thehl was born
one child. •
Jessie Mildred, b. 20-9 mo., 1888. She also'is a fine' musician.
VI. William Dillon, Jr. son of William Dillon Sr. and Martha Borton,
married Ruhama Jane Cowan. Martha Borton was a daughter of Ben-
jamin Borton and Charity Rogers. Benjamin was a son of Obadiah Bor-
ton and Mary Driver, his second wife. Obadiah was a son of John
Borton Jr. and first wife, and John Jr. was a son of John Borton and
.Ann the immigrants who came to America from the Parish of Aynho,
Northampton. England, in 1679.
William Dillon and Ruhama Jane Cowan's children were : —
Margaret Gertrude, b.
Newell, b. ; died young.
Martha, b. ; died in infancy
Wentworth, b.
^Villiam, b.
The other children left Gurnsey county, Ohio , with. .their parents
and nothing definite is known with regard to them. It is reported that
there is only one son living, but do not know where he is or his
descendants.
VI. Wiliam Dillon, Jr., son of Martha Borton and William Dillon, Sr.,
v(Uti'^ vetjitafi in; the' late Civil W being a..mcmber pf Company K.-i. 74
' Regimen tr Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He js. said to haNe first invented
the rapid fire gun which is used at the present day, in modern warfare.
He w:is a gunsmith and made a model; went to Washington, D. C, and
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showed the same to General Winfield Scott. Hi sopinion: was that it
woul.d be too heavy for field use. This discouraged Williani Dillon, so
he left the model there, and the supposition is that some one who had
means and influence took it up and made a success and fortune therefrom.
William Dillon departed from this life in 1878.
VI. Martha Dillon, daughter of Martha Borton and William Dillon Sr.,
and sister of William Dillon, Jr., married William Cole from Virg^inia.
She died in 1888. No issue. William Cole then married a Mrt. Gibson
of Illinois. This marriage was not congenial so he returned to his old
home, in Virginia, where he has since died.
VI. David L. Dillon, son of Martha Borton and VV^illiam Dillon Sr., was
born at Fairview, 18-7 mo., 1831, and 17-11 mo., 1853, he married
Lucinda Sheppard, who was born 12-3 mo., 1835, at, Fairview, Gurnsey
county, Ohio. They moved to the state of Kansas in the fall of 1878.
Their children were :- —
Ella M., b. 19-9 mo., 1855; *^^- H-6 mo., 1874, Robert Gise.
Isaac Wakley, b. 17-11 mo., 1857; died 25-4 mo.. 1859.
William Eliot, b. 8-9 mo., 1859; died 29-3 mo., i860.
James Edwin, b. 8-2 mo., 1861 : m. 5-6 mo., 1883, Katie Ann Beckley.
Martha Emma, b. 19-9 mo., 1863; m. Benjamin Franklin Musgrove.
.Sarah Malinda, b. io-8 hio., 1867 m. John William Jones.
VII. Ella M. Dillon, daughter of David L. Dillon and Lucinda Sheppard,
married, 14-6 mo., 1874, Robert Gise. They had one child: —
Albert Blair, b. 1-4 mo., 1875; "^- Anna Mabel G;sc, 24-7 mo., i8g5.
VIII. Albert Blair Gise and Anna Gise's children were: —
Bertha, b. 5-9 mo., 1897; died 6-12 mo., 1898.
Lillian Ella, b. 3-1 mo., 1896; died young.
Thomas David, b. 8-7 mo., 1899; died young.
Mabel, b. 22-6 mo., 1901.
Susie Valentine, b. 1-2 mo.. 1904: died 2-8 mo., 1904
Nira, b. 12-1 mo., 1905.
Herbert Earl, b. 12-3 mo., 1907.
VII. James Eddie Dillon, son of David L. Dillon and Lucinda Sheppard,
married, 5-6 mo., 18S3, Katie Ann Bccklcy. She was l)orn ij-i mo.,
1865, at Logansport, Indiana. Tliey ha\e three children: —
Irvin Gray, b. 7-6 mo., 1885.
Stella Minta, b. 6-8 mo., 1887; m. Robert Wiliams, 8-12 mo., 1906.
David Wilbur, b. 16-7 mo., 1890.
VII. Martha Emma, daugliter of David L. Dillon and Lucinda Shep-
pard, married, 16-2 mo., 18S2, Benjamin Franklin Musgrovc. who was
born 13-2 mo.. 1852, at Pitts) urg. Pa. Tbcy lir.vc six children: —
Essie Emma. b. 24-12 mo., 1882: died 22-7 mo., i8qi. .
Pearl Frances, b. 10-9 mo., 1-884.
Nannie Riil^y, 1). 10-2 nic, 1886: died 26-7 mciSoi.
Sitting Lewis Wetzel Borton, Reuben Borton
Standing Baker Borton William Borton
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David Ray, b. 18-1 mo., 1892.
Franklin Guy, b. 4-12 mo., 1894.
Sarah Desse, b. 29-11 mo., 1897 .
VII. Sarah Malinda Dillon, daughter of David L. Dillon and Lucinda
Sheppard, married, i-io mo., 1885, John William Jones. They had
three children: —
William Earl, b. 21-6 mo., i886.
Lorena Ethel, b. 26-12 mo., 1889.
Lelia Marie, b. ^-2 mo., 1895.
Lucinda Sheppard Dillon died at Springhill, Kansas, 18-10 mo.,
1886, leaving a husband and three children. David L. Dillon was again
married, 12-6 mo., 1888, to Nira Sprong, who was born 18-6 mo., 1865.
He died at Springhill, Kansas, 2^-^ mo., 1891.
Sarah Malinda Dillon and husband, John William Jones, are both
fine musicians.
Iryin Dillon and Earl Jones are professors in high schools and Pearl
Musgrove is a rural teacher.
V. Vashti Borton, daughter of Benjamin Borton and Charity Rogers,
married Samuel Dillon in 181 2. She was born in 1794 and died in 1883.
Vashti and Samuefs children were : —
George Washington, b. 26-12 mo., 1812.
Rachel Dillon, b. 7-3 mo., 1814; m Hornbrook.
Agnes, b. 181 5.
William, b. 191 2 mo., 18 17.
James Martin, b. 20 -12 mo., 18 19.
Josiah, b. 7-10 mo.. 1822.
Benjamin B., b. 2-1 mo., 1824.
Alfred Robert, b. 26-5 mo., 1826.
VI. Alfred Robert Dillon was a physician and practiced and died in
Kansas. Josiah Dillon is a gospel minister and is the only one of these
children living at the present time. His home is at Caraopolis, Pa.
George Washington Dillon died. in 1897; Rachel in 1898; William in
1893; James Martin in 1907; and Benjamin B. in 1890.
V. James Borton, son of Benjamin Borton and Charity Rogers, mar-
ried, 14-3 mo., 1822, Mariah Wilson. James was born 21-4 mo., 1801,
in New Jersey. Mariah was l)orn 12-7 mo., 1801. Their children were: —
Reuben, b. 17-11 mo., 1822: m. Ann Credelia Brown. She died i-i
mo., 1852. aged 25 years; and Reuben married Sarah Caskey.
Edward, b. 15-2 mo., 1824: m. 15-4 mo., 1848, Datia Ann Beaty.
William, b. 27-2 mo., 1826; m. Charity Dillon.
Martha, b. 11-5 mo., 1828; m. 8-1 mo., 1852, John Henry Kennon.
Lewis Wetzel, b, 1-9 mo., 1831: ni. 20-4 mo., 1851, Matilda C. Liw.
James Wesley, 1). 9-2 mo., 1834: clied 3-5 mo., 1854.
Baker, b. 31-7 mo., 1836: m. 14-10 mo., i860, Susanna M. Os'er.
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Louisa, b. 21-6 mo., 1839; m- 4-5 mo.,*i8s3,^ J^ij^h'Bprt^^
Vashti Caroline, b. 9-5 mo., 1845; m. Samuel Kutz.
James Bortoii lost his first wife, Mariah Wilson, 26-9 mo., 1851.
He then married, 20-5 mo., 1852, Ann Marsh (See descendants of Delila
Dillon and Joseph Marsh, by whom he had several children. He deceased
18-2 mo., 1865.
VI. Reuben Borton, son of James Borton and Mariah Wilson, married
Ann Credelia Brown. Their children were : —
Josephine, b. ; lives in Quaker City, Ohio.
Ann Credelia, b. ; died in infancy.
Ann Credelia, wife of Reuben Borton, died i-i mo., 1852.
VI. Reuben Borton, aiter the destth of his first wife, Ann CredeHa
Brown, married Sarah Caskey, by whom he had two sons: —
Antley Elmore, b.
James, b.
VII. Antley Elmore is in California and James is in St. Louis, Mo.
VI. Edward Borton, son of James Borton and Mariah Wilson, married
Datia Ann Beaty, 15-4 mo., 1848. He was a plasterer by trade and
died 3-3 mo., 1850.^ N-iithinjgf mote could, b^ learned of him.
VI. Williani Borton, soq of James BortOii arid Mariah Wilson, married
Charity Dillon. He taught school for a number of years, in Oxford
Township, and was treasurer of Gurnsey county, Ohio, from 1858-1860.
After the expiration of his term of office he moved back to his farm in
Oxford Township. He was largely interested in farming and the manu-
facture of essential oils. In his later years he read law and became a
leading lawyer, belonging to the Cambridge Bar. Hv^ always took an
active part in school and church work and helped to found the "Penny-
royal Reunion.*' After the decease of his first wife he married Mary
Catherine Herron. No issue. He died in 1891.
VI. Martha Borton, daughter of James Borton and Mariah Wilson,
married John Henry Kennon, 8-1 mo., 1852. Both deceased,; date of
death is not known. They went west in the fifties and settled at Pilot
Knob, Kansas, and later located at Raderbury , Montana. They had two
daughters: —
Mittie, b.
Katy, b.
The last named was the first child born at Raderbury, and the
citizens showed their respect for parents and child by lifting John Henry
to their shoulders and* carried him about the town wrth ouuch mirth and
good humor, and thb parents, to show their appreciation fdr the re-
spect shown them,' gave-the ^ privilege* bf naming the* child,'. ^il their
choice was Katy. John Henry Kennpn died many yeats ago, and Martha
(Borton) Kennon married Archer MaVconier.'^M children \vcre bom
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to this union. None of the family are living at present, except the
daughter.
VL Lewis Wetzel Borton, son of James Borton and Mariah Wilson,
married Matilda C. Law, 20-4 mo., 1854. He died 14-3 mo., 1889. She
is still living and resides at Clyde, Cloud County, Kansas. He was a
lawyer, and well known all over the state as "J^dge Borton,'' although
he never filled the office of judge. He represented Cloud County in the
Kansas legislature one term, defeating Charles W. Van Demark. He
enjoyed the reputation of being the only man that ever made Jay Gould
laugh. Lewis Wetzel Borton and Matilda C. Law had no children.
VI. James Wesley Borton, son of James Borton and Mariah Wilson,
went to California in 1849, where he resided until 3-5 mo., 1864, when
he was murdered by the Piute Indians. (See page opposite).
VI. Vashti Caroline Borton, youngiest daughter of James Borton and
Mariah A\'ilson, born 9-5 mo., 1845, married Samuel Kutz (pronounced
Koots). They live at Los Angeles, California, - where he is deputy
County Clerk.
VI. Baker Borton. son of James Borton and Mariah \\ilson, married,
14-10 mo., i86o, Susanna M. Osier. Shortly after marriage he moved to
Morris, Grundy County, Illinois, where he engaged in farming until
1870, when he went to Clyde, Kansas, and did real estate and insurance
business. To Baker and Susanna Borton was born one daughter: —
VII. Carrie, b. 8-7 mo., 1862: m. 16-8 mo., 1881, William S. Cannon.
They have four children: —
Ruby Manty, b. 24-8 mo., 1882
John Baker, b. 29-10 mo., 1885.
Bess Borton, b. 7-5 mo., 1887.
Marjory Agnes, b. 15-1 mo., 1893.
VIII. Ruby Manty Cannon graduated from Clyde High School in 1898
and entered her grandfather's office as his secretary and during the three
years of his sickness took charge of the business and at his death be-
came his successor.
VIII. John Baker Cannon and Bess Borton Cannon are, also, graduates
of the Clyde High School. John Baker is book-keeper in the Elk State
Bank, Clyde, Kansas, and Bess Borton has chosen teaching and is tak-
ing a special course in language, Emporia College.
V. ^ John Abies, who married Ann Borton, daughter of Benjamin Bor-
ton and Charity Rogers, came from Amsterdam, Holland, when he
was a small boy. He did not remember his mother and he thought his
father died on shipboard. He was landed at Philadelphia, Pa., without
relatives, friends or money. He was taken by some one of the Bortons
and raispd to rnanhood, when he married Ann Borton. Their children
were: —
Bethuel, b. ; ni. Rachel Masters.
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Benjamin, b. ; died young.
Rebecca, b. ; m Nickles.
John, b.
VI. Bethuel Abies, son of John Abies and Ann Borton, married Rachel
Masters. They have the following children : —
John, b. ; m. Emaline Partlett.
Benjamin, b. ; m. Maria Pulley.
Thomas, b. ; m. Lizzie Martin.
William, b. ; m. Susan Williams
Joseph, b. ; m. Mary Beard.
James, b. ; died, single, of consumption.
Mary, b. ; m. John Marlow.
Sarah Abies, b. ; died single.
Alexander, b. ; m. Lizzie McPeek.
Rebecca, b. ; m. Luther Moore.
Maria Louisa, b. • ; m. William' Cunningham.
VL Bethuel Abies, son of John Abies and Ann Borton, was a farmer
and blacksmith. He lived at Bridgewater, Ohio, on the "Old Pike" a
short distance east of Middlebourne, during the building of the Pike,
back in 1826. He made and repaired the tools of the workmen.
VII. John Abies, son of Bethuel Abies and Rachel Masters, married
Emmeline Parlett. They had two sons: —
Emmet Oscar, b. ; m. Nettie Hackley.
Thomas, b. ; m. Letitia McPeek.
VIII. Emmet Oscar Abies, son of John Abies and Emmaline Parlett,
married Nettie Hackley. They have five children: —
Aultman, b.
Wilda, b.
Clara, b.
Clarence, b.
(Twins).
Elzie, b.
VIII. Thomas Abies, son of John Abies and Emmaline Parlett, mar-
ried Letitia McPeek. Their children were: —
John C, 1). : died when small.
Lola, b. ; m. Harry Marlow.
Jesse E., b.
Gladys, b.
IX. Lola Abies, daughter of Thomas Abies and Letitia McPeek, mar-
ried Harry Marlow. They have one child: —
Edith Marlow, 1).
VII. Benjamin Abies, son of Bethuel Al)lcs and Rachel Masters, mir-
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ried Maria Pulley. They have six children: —
Rachel, b.
Alfreta, b. ; died in infancy.
Anna, b.
Alice, b.
Clarence, b
Ilalley, b.
VII. Thomas Abies, son of Bethuel Abies and Rachel Masters, mar-
ried Lizzie Martin. Issue: —
Clara, b. ; m. Dr. Cottingham
Zella, b.
Horace, b.
This family resides in California.
VII. William Abies, son of Bethuel Abies and Rachel Masters, married
Susan Williams. Their children were: —
JMelissa, b. ; m. Casper Enos.
Rachiel, b. : m. James Lindsey.
Josephine, b. ; m. Loyd Mercer.
Alice, b. ; died in infancy.
Samuel, b. : died young.
Thomas, b. ; m. Jennie Waters.
Rcthuel. b. : m. Jessie Bryant.
Charles, b. ; m. Mattie Smith.
VIII. Melissa Abies, daughter of William Abies and Susan Williams,
^larried Casper Enos. Their children were: —
Edgar, b.
Ethel, b.
William, b.
Rufus, b.
Harry, b.
Edna, b.
VIII. Jo.^ephine Abies, daughter of William Abies and Susan Williams^
./narried Lloyd Mercer. They had three children: —
Louis, b.
Oma, b. . ,^^ H '
Norma, b. * -••
VIII. Rachel Abies, daughter of William Abies and Susan Williams,
marr'ed James Lindsey. They have four children:
feernice, b.
Clara, b.
H.irry, b.
Helen, b.
VIII. Thomas Abies, son of William Ablet and Susan Williams, mar-
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Tied Jennie Waters. They had two children : —
Lizzie, b.
Thomas, Jr., b.
They lived in California and Thomas Abies, Sr., was kicked and
killed, by a horse.
VIII. Bethuel Abies, son of William Abies and Susan Williams, married
Jessie Bryant. They had one child: —
Inez, b.
Later Bethuel Abies married his second wife, name not known.
Two children by this marriage : —
Leslie, b.
Lillian, b. Twins.
VIII. Charles Abies, son of William \bles and Susan Williams, mar-
ried Mattie Smith. They have three children : —
Alice, b.
Two others, names not known.
VII. Joseph Abies, son of Bethuel Abies and Rachel Masters, married
Mary Beard. Bethuel Abies was a son of John Abies and Ann Borton.
Ann was a daughter of Benjamin Borton and Charity Rogers. Joseph
Abies and Mary Beard's children were: —
Wilda, b. ; m. Albert Rose.
Flora, b. ; m. John Henry.
Frank, b. ; died in Spanisli American War.
Verna, b. ; died in infancy.
Joseph Abies was a veteran in the Civil War.
VIII. Wilda Abies, daughter of Joseph Abies and Mary Beard, mar-
ried Albert Rose. Their children were: —
Raymond, b.
Mable, b.
Fred, b.
Eva, b. ; died when small.
VIII. Flora Abies, daughter of Joseph Abies and Mary Beard, married
John Henry. They had six children: —
Gertrude, b.
Wilda, b.
Earl, b.
Mary, b. '
Fred, b.
John, b.
VII. Mary Abies, daughter of Bethuel Abies and Racli:l Mas'er^. mar-
ried John Marlow. . Their children were: —
Nevada, b. : died in infancy.
• . Minnie, b. : single.
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Luella, b. ; m. John Scott.
Twins.
lola, b. ; m. JudsonSnpdgrass . . -
Leroy, b. ; m. Lizzie Vance.
VIII. Luella Marlow, daughter of Mary Abies and John Marlow, mar-
ried John Scott. They have two sons: —
Otha, b.
George, b.
lola Marlow, daughter of Mary Abies and John Marlow, married
Judson Snodgrass. They had two children; both died in infancy.
Leroy Marlow, son of Mary Abies and John Marlow, married Lizzie
Vance. Their children were: —
Berlena, b.
Robert, b.
Eva, b.
VII. Alexander Abies, son of Bethuel Abies and Rachel Masters, mar- .
ried Lizzie McPeek. They had five children: —
Leota L., b. ; m. William Groves.
Dora, b.
Omer, b.
Delbert C, b.
Sadie M., b.
VIIX, Leota L. Abies, daughter of Alexander Abies and Lizzie Mc-
Peeic, married William Groves. They have two children: —
Leslie O., b.
Lester S., b.
Twins, four years of age, 1907.
VII. Rebecca Abies, daughter of Bethuel Abies and Rachel Masters,
married Luther Moore. They had four children: —
Emma, b.
Icy, b.
Maud, b.
Otha, b.
None of these children arc married. Rebecca Abies Moore died
several years ago, in the west.
VII. Maria Louisa Abies, daughter of Bethuel Abies and Rachel Mas-
ters, married William Cunningham. They have three children: —
Harry, b. ; m. Zella Shicks.
Isolena, b.
John, b.
Harry Cunningham, son of Maria Louisa Abies and William Cun-
ningham, married Zella Shicks.
Bethuel Abies said that he felt as if the Good Being had been
specially good to him. You want to hear of early life. It shows the
102 BORTOX FAMILY
goodness of God. I am amongst the first residents of the township. I
was born in 1806, within a mile of this spot, amongst the wolves, Indians,
and snakes. My father died when I was six years old, and left me the
oldest of the family upon mother's hands. John, who has just spoken,
was next oldest. One night he and I, as the wolves were troublesome,
penned the sheep right up against the cabin. In the night the wolves
came and howled and pushed about the house. The sheep were killed
and wounded. It made our little hearts quake at the danger. Once I
went for my uncle, Reuben Borton, through a wheat patch for water.
I was terribly afraid of snakes. I stepped in my bare feet on two
copper heads while I was going, and also on an old hoop which flew
up and struck me. I jumped so high each time that I brought no water
back. My uncle found and killed the snakes. This is the way the
children were brought up. There were no near neighbors; for miles
around there was nothing but paths. One day I was riding on an
errand through the woods on **Kate," and suddenly a man's hand came
from behind a tree on my thigh. I told of it and was informed it
was a robber looking for land buyers, who had money. I escaped be-
cause I was a boy. In a few days we heard of a murder on the Maginnis
farm. The hand of Providence was around us, or we could not have
lived. We suffered. I was out after the cows one day, and in crossing
a creek walked on a log into the stream and jumped to get over. I lit
in the mud and went down and down, and could not get out — the
more I stepped the more I was fastened. I would have been there to
this day, if providentially some chips had not floated near me, and
enabled me little by little to reach a slim branch above me. I learned
the blacksmith business. I made the tools to clear this country. I
made the hose, the axes and the mattocks for the settlers as they came
I was once when a boy about frozen, being taken from the horse in-
sensible when coming from Gilliland's mill. I had to ride several miles
after night, and it was only Providence that led Uz. Shores to save my
life. I was here when there were not thirty people in the township,
and had this meeting been thirty years ago I would have seen here
many people I knew in earliere and subsequent days. I know all of
Pennyroyal, and know how to make the oil too. In the early days we
boiled it in kettles; now a four-horse load is needed to fill a "gum." It
was hard work to gather Pennyroyal. It grows by "grasshopper
springs." The springs near it are generally filled with grass-hoppers,
and the field with weeds, etc.
The above is an extract from a talk given by Bethuel Abies, at the
^'Pennyroyal Reunion," which is held annually in Oxford Twp., Guernsey
County, Ohio. Bethuel Abies, was the oldest son of John Abies and
Ann Borton, daughter of Benjamin, whose early home was in Oxford
Twp. He resided there before the township had a name.
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V. WilHam Borton, (always known as Uncle Bill), son of Benjamin
Borton and Charity Rogers, married Matilda Wilson. Their children
were : —
Harriet A., b. ; m. Wilson Riggle.
Jesse, b. 4-1 mo., 1832: m. Margaret Brown.
James Baker, b. ; m. Mary Elizabeth Brown.
William Borton was a farmer and distiller of essential oils in Ox-
ford Twp., Gurnsey County, Ohio, where his youngest son, Baker Borton,
is still engaged in the same business.
VI. Harriet A. Borton, daughter of William Borton and Matilda Wilson,
married Wilson Riggle. Their children were: —
Matilda, b. ; m. Lorenzo Allison.
Mary E., b. ; m. William Escher.
William, b. . ; m. Susan McMurry.
Sadie, -b. ; m. Thomas .Cox.
John W., b. ; m. Elizabeth Cotril.
Lida B., b. ; m. William Hostettler.
VII. William B. Riggle, son of Harriet A. Bortorx and Wilson Riggle,
married Susan McMurry. Their children were: —
Robert Riggle, b. . ,.h j
Hatty, b. * . ,= {
Ada. b. i
VII. Matilda Riggle, daughter of Harriet A. Borton and Wilson Riggle,
married Lorenzo Allison. Their children were: —
Isaac, b. ; m. Bessie Reems, (i child).
Mable, b. ; m. Harry Husher, (2 children).
Myrtle, b. ; m. Samuel Frost, (2 children).
Eva, b. ; m, John Holton.
Edward, b. " %
Martha, b.
Netty, b.
VII. Mary E. Riggle, daughter of Harriet A. Borton and Wilson Riggle,
married William Escher. They had six children: —
Lurilla, b. ; m. Hart Moore, (2 children).
Hatty, b. ; m. Charles Snorts, (i child).
Lawrence, b.
Arthur, b.
Celestia, b.
Pearl, b.
VII. Sadie Riggle, daughter of Harriet A. Borton, and Wilson Riggle,
married Thotnas Cox. Their children were: —
Anna, b.
Stanley, b.
Fannie, b.
104 BORTON FAMILY
Wm. Borton, Esq,, then delivered an address, the •'Histcry of
Pjenoyroy^ldom," as follows:
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen t — By: reference to the pro-
gramme you will see that the duty assigned to me is to give a brief
history of Pennyroyaldom. Many inquiries are made as to the meaning
of Pennyroyaldom, its boundaries and how the name originated, etc.
In answer I will state that my grandfather, Benjamin Borton, emigrated
to this township from the State of New Jersey in 1804 and settled on
the line of the Old Wheeling Road, leading from Wheeling to Zanes-
ville, said road having been previously marked out by Colonel • Zane
under a contract with the government. Pennyroyal, being of a spon-
taneous growth, soon made its appearance upon the newly cleared lands ;
and he, having learned the art of distilling it in the State of New Jersey,
soon commenced the process of distilling the well known oil of penny-
royal in this township; and his sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons
have kept it up ever since. The pennyroyal plant is a native of North
America and differs from the English pennyroyal and all other plants
having the same name and possesses valuable medical qualities. But
the name Pennyroyaldom, as applied to Oxford township, is compara-
tively of recent date and originated from a reply of our worthy citizen,
Mr. Morris Morton, while Commissioner of the county, to some com-
plaint in reference to high taxes, **that when every thing else failed we
would go out and pull pennyroyal enough to pay them," and at the ex-
piration of Mr. Jonathan Rose's term of office as County Commissioner,
also of Oxford township, at a social meeting called by him,, it was said
to be "in honor of Pennyroyaldom." Its boundaries are not limited, but
Oxford township is claimed to be the center. But a "history" of penny-
royaldom means something more than has been said and indeed more
than time will permit to be said on this occasion.. Hence we will con-
tent ourselves with a few : facts and incidents connected with it, some
of which are written and others traditional. Guernsey county was
erected or organized in 1810 from territory formed by territory formerly
included in the counties of Belmont and Muskingum and was so called
because a large number of its inhabitants were from the Isle of Guernsey.
James Killon of "Tinker Hill" in Oxford township was one of the first
Commissioners. Oxford township was organized, of course, at the
same time, but there is no record until the year 1813.
Wm. Borton : Last year I was restricted to a history of pennyroyal ;
today I am free to say what I will, but have no speech, I will refer
only to three circumstances: In 1833, when I was only seven years old,
in the days of horse mills, people got up early. My father rose early
one morning to go to the horse mill. He found the heavens ablaze with
meteors, seemingly falling like snow flakes, and as thick and fast. He
wakened the family, and I saw the great sight, and it so impressed me
that I remember it vividly to this day. My father went on to the mill,
GENEALOGY. 105
whilst everybody else, through alarm, stayed at home. He soon got his
grinding. He ever prided himself upon the courage which made him
go. The second incident was at school at Center, when Daniel Patterson
announced to the astounded pupils that there would be a "Polemic."
Yes, a "Polemic." What that horrible thing was I could not imagine,
for the teacher was a tei'ror. Samuel F. and Robert Armstrong and
William Ferrell knew something of it. It was explained. We were to
debate, "Which is the most useful animal, the cow or the horse .'^" I
was put up barefooted for the horse. My speech was, "You can go to
mill on a horse, and you can't on a cow." The horse won. The other
incident is as to my procuring a school certificate, in 1848, from Charles
Armour, before the school system of the state was reformed. I went
with fear and trembling. J. O. Grimes was in the office, with his feet
on the table. Grimes' sole was worn. I wished him out of my sight.
"Bound Ohio," said Armour. I did, and told its capital. "What is the
capital of Pennsylvania?" he asked. I had fortunately just heard and
answered. I was proud of the beautifully printed and elegantly filled
certificate he gave me. He was a pretty writer.
VII. John W. Riggle, son of Harriet A. Borton and Wilson Riggle,
married Elizabeth Cotril. Their children were: —
James, b.
Ward, b.
Belle, b. ; m. Edward Wonder
Sylvester, b.
Jasper, b.
Mary A., b.
VI. Jesse Borton, son of William Borton, "Uncle Bill," and Matilda
Wilson, was born 4-1 mo., 1832. He married Margaret Brown, born
1833 and deceased 24-2 mq., 1893, at Borton, Illinois. Their children
were: —
John Walter, b. ; m. Delia Clark,
m. Emma Clark.
William Buchanan, b. ; single.
Rhoda Janetta, b. ; m. Samuel Murkle.
Mary Matilda, b. ; m. James Bolen.
Edson Seymour, Rev., b. ; m. Alice Walden.
Eppa Lucile, b. ; m. G. F. English, M. D.
Maggie Zuella, b. ; m, D. B. Lauber.
Emmet Sanford, b. 1869; m. Nana Carver, 1903.
Nana Carver, wife of Emmet Sanford Borton, was a daughter of
Capt. J. C. and Defiance Carver.
106 BORTON FAMILY
VII, John Walter Borton, son of Jesse Borton and Margaret Brown,
married Delia Clark. Their children were: —
Gladys, b.
Leah, b.
Delia Clark Borton died, and John Walter Borton married Emmn
C. Clark, by whom he had two children ; both died in infancy.
VII. Rhoda Janetta Borton, daughter of Jesse Borton and Margaret
Brown, married Samuel Murkle. They had two children: —
Leroy C. Cleveland, b.
Rhoda Janetta, b.
Rhoda Borton Murkle, deceased at Borton, 111.
VII. Mary Matilda Borton, daughter of Jesse Borton and Margaret
Brown, married James Bolen. Their children were: —
Howard, b. ; deceased.
Conway, b.
Mable, b.
Their home is in Kansas City, Mo. James Bolen is deceased.
VII. Eppa Lucile Borton, daughter of Jesse Borton and Margaret
Brown, married (j. F. English, M. D., of Isabell, 111. They have three
children : —
Jesse, b.
Dora, b.
Raymond, b.
VII. Rev. Edson Seymour Borton, son of Jesse Borton and Margaret
Brown, married Alice Walden. They have one son: —
Cecil W., b.
They reside at Urbana, 111.
VII. Maggie Zuella Borton, daughter of Jesse Borton and Margaret
Brown, married D .B. Lauber. They have four sons: —
Percy, b.
Kenneth, b.
Maurice, b.
Ernest, b.
They reside at Paris, 111.
VII. Ernest Sanford Borton, son of Jesse Borton and Margaret Brown,
married 1903, Nana Carver, daughter of Captain J. C. and Defiance
Carver of Cambridge, Ohio. Ernest Sanford and Nana have one son: —
Emmet, b.
They expect to soon remove from Cambridge, O., to Illinois.
VI. James Baker Borton, son of William Borton ("Uncle Bill") and
Matilda Wilson, . married Mary Elizabeth Brown. They have three
children : —
Celestia Belle, b. ; single.
Rosa Z., b. ; m. Hamer Wells.
Clinton Brown, b. ; m. Anna.McFadden.
GENEALOGY. 107
VII. Rosa Z. Borton, daughter of James Baker Borton and Elizabeth.
Brown, married Hamer Wells. They have one daughter: —
Mary Lucile, b.
VII. Clinton Brown Borton, son of James Baker Borton and Elizabeth
Brown, married Anna McFadden. They have two sons: —
Homer Thompson, b.
James Loyal, b.
V. Reuben Borton, son of Benjamin Borton and Charity Rogers, mar-
ried Elizabeth Pedrick. He moved from Burlington county, N. J., to
Guernsey county, Ohio, in the year 1804. Their children were: —
William R., b. ; m. Anna Marsh.
John, b. ; m. Ruth Bazil.
David, b. ; m. Mary Cranson.
Benjamin, b. ; m. Mary A. Maxwell.
George, b. ; m. Hannah Baker.
Margaret, b. ; m. George Cranson.
Sarah, b. ; m. Moses Marsh.
Charity, b. : m. Thomas Grier.
Rebecca, b. ; m. Wesley Cranson.
VI. Benjamin Borton, son of Reuben Borton and Elizabeth Pedrick.
married Mary A. Maxwell. Their children were: —
Joseph, b. ; died in infancy.
George Truman, b. ; m. Annie Oliver.
John, b. : m. Retta Warne.
Sarah, b. ; died young.
Elizabeth, b. ; died in infancy.
Jane, b. ; m. David Culbertson.
Addie, b. ; m. John Sunnafrank.
Martha, b. ; m. John Henry Borton.
Laura, b. ; m. Andrew Wall Jackson.
Rosella, b. ; m. Alfred Rufus Raymond.
Dora, b. ; m. Dell McPeek.
VII. George Truman Borton, son of Benjamin Borton and Mary A.
Maxwell, married Annie Oliver. Their children were: —
Daisy, b.
Jesse, b.
Annie Oliver died and George Truman married
They had one son: —
Neat Borton, b.
VII. John Borton, son of Benjamin Borton and Mary A. Maxwell
married Retta Warne. They have oiie child: —
Anna Cora, b.
VII. Addie Borton, daughter of Benjamin Borton and Mary A. Max-
well, married John Sunnafrank. Their children were: —
Erwin, b.
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Edwin, fc.
Bessie, b.
Golda, b.
VII. Rosella Borton, daughter of Benjamin Borton and Mary A. Max-
well, married Alfred R. Raymond. Their children were: —
Charles, b.
Neva, b.
Lulu, b.
Minnie, b.
VII. Martha Borton, daughter of Benjamin Borton and Mary A,
Maxwell, married John Henry Borton. Their children were: —
Gaston, b.
Glenn, b.
Gregg, b.
Daisy, b.
Iva, b.
Martha, h.
Lily, b.
Esther, b.
Mildred, b.
VII. Laura Borton, daughter of Benjamin Borton and Mary A. Max-
well, married Andrew^ W. Jackson. Their children were: —
Lona, b.
Leota, b.
Pauliae, b.
Arthur, b.
VII. Dora Borton, daughter of Benjamin Borton and Mary A. Max-
A\^ell, married Dell McPeek. Their children were: —
Frederick, b.
Laurence, b. ur-^
Gertrude, b. ; m. George Rennic.
Dora McPeek Borton lives near Toledo^ Ohio.
VI. John Borton, son of Reuben Borton and Elizabeth P :drick, mar-
ried Ruth Bazil. Their children were: —
Reuben, b. : m.
Bazil, b. ; m. Josephine Cranston.
John Henry, b. ; m. Martha Borton.
Elizabeth, b. ; m. Christopher Boyd.
Robinson, b. '
VI. Sarah Borton, daughter of Reuben Borton and Elizabeth Pedrick,
married Moses Marsh. Their children were: —
John Wesley, b.
David C, b.
Elizabeth, b.
Susan, b.
Phebc, b.
GENEALOGY. 109
VI. David Borton, son of Reuben Borton and Elizabeth Pedrick, mar-
ried Mary Cranston. Their children were: —
Adaline, b. ; m. Jerius Collins.
Emaline, b. ; m. James Hunt.
Elizabeth, b. ; m. Alfred Hamilton.
Walter, b. ; m Grubb.
Charles, b.
Oscar, b.
William, b.
Rilla, b.
Wilber, b.
V. Benjamin Borton, son of Benjamin Borton and Charity Rogers,
married Wilson. Benjamin, Sr., was a son of Obadiah Bor-
ton and second wife, Mary Driver. Obadiah was a son of John Borton
Jr., and first wife. John, Jr., was a son of John Borton and Ann, the
immigrants who came from the Parish of Aynlio, Northampton Shire,
England, in the year 1679. The children of Benjamin, Jr., and wife
were : —
Benjamin, b. ; died 7-1 1 mo., 1836.
Levi, b. ; deceased 4-4 mo., 1844, in his 22nd year.
Job, b. ; m. Delila
Bethuel, b.
Nancy, l>. *
Deli a, 1). : m. Jolin Likes.
Charity, h. ; in. Riley Moon,
m. Christopher McDowell.
Keziah, b. ; m. Steele Smith.
Kelurah, b. : m. William F. Orr.
VL Bethuel Borton, son of Benjamin, Jr., raised a family of six children.
We could not secure information as to them, nor could we get inform-
ation as to the family of Keziah Borton Steele, nor Nancy Borton.
VI. Job Borton, son of Benjamm Borton, Jr., and wite, Wil-
son, married Delila Their children were: —
Alelissa, b. ; m. John Boyd.
Arminda, b. ; m. John McCutchson.
Khcda, b. ; m. John Poorman.
Mary, b.
Martha, b.
Twins.
VIL Melissa Borton, daughter of Job Borton and wife, Delila ,
married John Boyd. Their children were: —
Mark, b.- : m. Eunice Stewart. No issue.
Anna, b. : m. Charles W. Forney.
Uhod.i. b. ; m. ^\'illiam .\. Blackburn.
Lun.i, b. : m. I'Vank Clvnier.
110 BORTON FAMILY
Charles, b. ; m. Sarah Hackley.
Frederick, b. ; m. Agnes Wenger.
Darrell, b. ; m. Charles Barber.
VIII. Anna Boyd, diiighter of Melissa Borton and John Boyd, married
Charlese W. Forney. They have three daughters: —
Wilma, b.
Melissa, b.
Louise, b.
VIII. Rhoda Boyd, daughter of Melissa Borton and John Boyd, married
William A. Blackburn. They have two daughters: — •
Margaret, b.
Maud, b.
VIII. Luna Boyd, daughter of Melissa Borton and John Boyd, mar-
ried Frank Clymer. They have three children: —
Boyd, b.
Robert, b.
Eugene, b. ; deceased.
VIII. Charles Boyd, son of Melissa Borton and John Boyd, married
Leah Hackley. They have six children: —
Earl, b. '
Frederick, b. ; m. Agnes Wenger.
Martha, b.
Maud, b.
Bertha, b.
VVilma, b.
IX. Frederick Boyd, son of Charles Boyd and Leah Hackley, married
Agnes Wenger. They have one child: —
X. Marjorie. b.
VII. Arminda Borton, daughter of Job Borton and wife, Dclila
married John McCutchson. They had three children: —
Estella, b.
Melissa, b.
Franklin, b. : deceased.
VII. Rhoda Borton. daughter of Jol) Borton and wife, Delila
jiiarried John Poorman. He is a printer and lives in Bellairc, Ohio.
VII. Martha and Mary Borton, twin daughters of Job Borton and
Delila, also live in Bellaire, Ohio. We have no data as to descendants
of these persons.
VI. Delila Borton, daughter of Benjamin Borton, Jr., and wife
Wilson, married John Likes. They had one son: —
Benjamin Franklin, b. ; m. Estella Cook.
VII. Benjamin Franklin and Estella Cork h.ul :wo children-—
I'Vederick, b.
Estella, b.
Benajmin l^-anklin Likes is deceased.
GENEALOGY. HI
John Likes was a carpenter in an early day, but later moved to
Delaware, Ohio, and engaged in the jewelry business.
VI. Charity Borton, daughter of Benjamin Borton, Jr., and wife,
Wilson, married Riley Moon. They had one son: —
Columbus B., b. ; m. Dorotha Bramhall.
Riley Moon died in 1856 and Charity Borton Moon married
Christopher McDowell.
VI. Keturah Bo'ton, daughter of Benjamin Borton, Jr., and wife,
Wilson, married William F. Orr. Their children were: —
John Franklin, b. ; m. Mary E. Likes.
Charles A., b. ; m. Delia Ross.
Mary Adaline, b. ; deceased.
Sadie May, b. ; m. John W. Moon.
Keziah Likes, b. ; m. Watson Rucker.
William Newel, b. ; m. Rose Weakley.
Daisy Dell, b. ; m. E. H. Nowell.
VII. John Franklin Orr., son of Keturah Bortou and William F. Orr^
married Mary E. Likes. Their children were : —
James Finley, b. ; m. Isa Spier.
Helen Alice, b. ; m. Albert H. Forger.
Charles G., b.
John P>anklin Orr is an architect, office 5th floor, Central National
Bank Building, Cambridge, Ohio.
VII. Charles A. Orr, son of Keturah Borton ^.nd William t*. Orr, mar-
ried Delia Ross. They have one child: —
Mary, b.
VII. Sadie May Orr, daughter of Keturah Borton and William F. Orr^
married John W. Moon. Their children were: —
Nellie Moon, b. ; m. William Dudley.
Frank, b.
Mabel, b. ; m. William Wing.
Bessie, b.
Earl, b.
Pearl, b.
Twtns.
VII. Keziah Likes Orr, daughter of Keturah Borton and William F,
Orr, married Watson Rucker. They have two children: —
William, b.
Clara Belle, b.
VII. William Newell Orr. son of Keturah Borton and William F. Orr^
married Rose Weakley. Their children were: —
Dessie, b.
Carl, b.
(jUv, b.
James, b.
Henry, b.
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VII. Daisy Dell Orr., daugjiter of KetiVrah Borton and William F. Orr,
married E. H. Nowell. Their children were:—
Clement Vain, b.
William, b.'
Frederick, b.
Jay, b.
Pauline, b.
Clement Vain Nowell was the first male child born in Colorow.
now Oleathe, Colorado.
THE PENNYROYAL REUNION.
, This annual gathering is held in the township of Oxford, Guernsey
county, Ohio. It was in this township that Benjamin Borton and
Charity Rogers, his wife, located a home of one section of land in the
year 1804 and many of their descendants still reside in the locality of
the early home, hence we have thought proper to insert some extracts
from letters sent to, and speeches made at this re-union, by some of
those connected wfth and descended from Benjamin Borton.
Col. J. D. Taylor and Hon. Wm. Borton were on the program to
speak on the *'Recollections of Old Center." The former was absent,
but the lattef responded as follows:
I do not consider myself a very old man, and to give me this
subject is not a compliment to a man of mylooks and age; but, after
thinking the matter over, I find that I can go back pretty far in the
past. And to do so we must leave these green fields, these present im-
provements — leave tlie mowing machine and the threshing machine —
and we find ourselves in imagination in an unbroken forest, where the
tinkle of the cowbells, the sharp crack of the hunter's rifle or the heavy
stroke of the woodman's axe are the only sounds to break the solenm
stillness. And to come to old Center: The original house was burned
down, and one erected near the present site of hewed logs. My first
teacher's name was Anguish, and I thought that the man's name and
nature corresponded, for he did put more anguish into his administra-
tion than I thought to be proper. He taught a loud school, where every
scholar studied out loud, and the noise produced was a perfect bedlam.
Here he gave a specimen of reading, **A hungry ])ear in walking mood,
came from a leafy neighboring wood," etc. Then a man named Patter-
son taught for a number of years. Oh, those long, dreary years, to me,
at least. I went into the room a little late my finit morning and began.
out loud to get my lesson, when both teacher and scholars commenced
laughing. The custom had been changed. I remember of going to the
old Pisgah church to hear Rev. Keil, who is still living, and it was be-
fore the floor was laid. Strangely enough, I can still remember the
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text to this day: "For as many as are led by the spirit of God, they are
the sons of God/'
Clyde, Cloud Co., Kansas,
August lo, 1 88 1.
To My Friends of Pennyroyaldom : —
It is impossible to be with you in the flesh, but I am with you In
spirit at your grand re-union today. There can be no passion, no emo-
tion any purer than that which bears us back to the spot which was the
cradle of our childhood, the playground of our boyhood, the theatre of
our manhood. Has the Holy Book a passage more deeply touching
than that which pictures to us the daughters of a captive race, in their
desolation of soul, weeping by the waters of Babylon when they remem-
berer their lost homes and the vanished towers of Zion? Has profane
verse a line more exquisitely eloquent than that which tells us of the
brave young Greek — beautiful and radiant as his native land — bleeding
and dying on the plains of Latium, with his darkening eyes fixed on
Greece? Has political history a grander incident than that of Warren
Hastings, the dictator of India, in the midst of all his ambitious schemes,
all through his struggles, his triumphs, his crimes and splendors, ever
and always cherishing in his purer heart the hope and purpose of once
more returning to his ancestral home and spending there in calmness
and goodness the evening of his stormy life? And so it is today with all
the Pennyroyalists who are out of Pennyroyaldom. *Tn our minds,"
we are all there with you at the re-union. We all landed there this
morning, in the exact spot where we were best acquainted, on the spot
most endeared to us, and which the dust of our people for generations
has sanctified.
Yes, we are all with you today. We are visiting around among the
old patriarchs and their posterity. We are at the Dillons, Marlows,
Fergusons, Morton, Heads, Wherrys, Moores, Cranstons, Taylors,
Andersons, Kennons, Ableses, Likeses, Fairview, Middletown, Bunker
Hill, on. the *'Pike,'' on the **old W' heeling road." We are in our visions
and memories, riding down young hickory trees by the Center school
house, carrying water from the *'cool spring," going to spelling schools,
playing **blackman" with the Taylors, Scurrs, Marlows, Merrymans,
Mortons, Fergusons and Wherrys, all boys together, having a general
good time. W^e are planting mint and tobacco, pulling pennyroyal,
hoeing corn, climbing cherry trees, borrowing watermelons from
neighbors on the sly, distilling wormseed, going to apple cut-
tings and debates, running off to "Putney," oc.casionally to a
dance. The old chestnut trees, bee trees, coon trees, and the great
oaks, which to us boys were held in as great esteem as were the sacred
oaks of Dodona by the Grecians, in the rustling of whose leaves the
voice of the supreme divinity was believed to be heard.
It is astonishing how we have scattered from our native Penny-
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royaldom. From the field to the forum, to pulpits, to senates, to gold
fields and to foreign lands. How many of our playmates have fallen in
battle? How many have faced the mouths of belching cannon, and
whose blood has crimsoned the limpid waters of our fair land from
the rock-ribbed slopes of the Cumberland Mountains to the blood-stained
fields of Chickamauga, who have been roused a thousand times from
their midnight slumbers to the tented field by the long-roll and sprang
to arms to meet to foe in defense of their own loved country, and today
they wear crowns that, like the laurels of Tiberius, shall be forever
green, defiant of time and imperishable.
How many young scholars in Pennyroyaldom today, fresh from
their books, with the fire of sunny Attica in their brains, pant and burn
to one day fling the glory of their intellect over all the country, and v^'ith
their eloquence launch it into ecstacies and lead it captive. The public
displays of these young chanters of the paeans of the nation swell the
glowing current of each one's glorious career, and are so many waves
that lift him from the strands of private life, carrying him with flying
colors under a full press of shining sail, out upon the broad sea, where
all the land beholds him with delight and cheers him on his venture.
Hoping that these re-unions may be kept alive until I can attend
one in person, I am your o'd schoolmate and friend.
Lewis W. Borton.
From the Borton Family.
Clyde, Kan., Aug. 16, 1884.
To all Penny royalists to whom these presents shall come, greeting:
Know ye that we, the undersigned, sons and daughters of Pennyroyal-
dom, hereby send greetings. We are with you in spirit at your re-union
and regret we cannot be with you in the flesh. We shall ever remember
our native land, our fathers and our mothers. The brightest diamond
in the Kremlin of Russia is not good enough to deck their brows. We
earnestly hope these re-unions may be kept alive, as we expect to send
a car load of Pennyroyalists next year. With best wishes for your
success, we remain your friends.
Lewis W. Borton, Winfield S. Borton, James W. Borton,
John W. Borton, Baker Borton and all their wives.
He said that he was there with very litt'e to say. He had no
politics to preach, no axe to grind. My old home was within four hun-
dred yards of where I now stand, and about fifty years ago, if you had.
been here, you could have heard me rrying. I used to sit under that
tree with Col. Taylor, conning our lessons and thinking of being presi-
dent. We may be president yet. I have the size and he the intellect.
My name is Lewis Wetzel Borton. My father was a great admirer of
the old Indian fighter and named me aft^T him. I have traveled a great
deal since I left Pennyroyaldom; but I don't c(»me here to advise you
to leave. If you have a good thing here, do not leave it. I am like the
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man who always took hash when away from home, because then he
always knew what he got. There are many tender recollections in this
place. You have forgotten all your trials and tribulations, your labors
and your cares, and have come together for a day of joy and happiness.
You have left your plows standing idle in the furrow, while you devote
one day to old memories and old friends. Small incidents change the
whole course of a man's life. My life was changed when I went west
to the gold mines. I have no reason to regret that step, yet I do not
come here to blow up the west.
While we have big crops this year, we may not have so big next
year: and I advise you to stay right here, if you are fixed. Col. Taylo^
has told you about the railroads, those great iron arteries that span our
continent from ocean to ocean, and from lakes to gulf. Of the white
winged sails that dot the ocean, and of the telegraph wires that reach
across the Atlantic, carrying the new\s down among sunken vessels and
over dead men's skulls. But in a few years I expect to see ships sailing
through the clouds, and to hear of collisions several miles in the air.
Why. I expect to see the Capitol at Washington lifted up bodily and set
out somewhere in Kansas. The people of this country can accomplish
anything. That same fire and patriotism that met scarlet and steel in
deadly combat still burns in the hearts of the American people. I have
belped to build up that western country, and I have built several towns
myself. Come out and see. You will find my latchstring hanging clear
out in the street. I came here to see you through coal dust, and hot
sun. traveling hundreds of miles, and I want you to come to see me —
if not all at once, come one at a time. I love Ohio, my native state,
even as a man loves his mother better than his wife; he could get
another wife, but never another mother. Look at California, bright,
affluent, with rivers of gold, the gem of the continent. Look at Nevada^
her brow encircled with the pure tiara of silver stars. Look at all the
intervening states, some rich, some beautiful, some magnificent. But
here is Ohio, last but not least: my mother's state — the state where 1
went to school a poor boy, knowing nothing, seeing nothing: yes, and
reading nothing except that old United States spelling book . And in
that 1 read, '*My son, do no ill." I didn't come here to tell you whether
ycu c ught to be Democrats or Republicans — only came here to shake
l:an(!s witli you, tc meet ycu cnce again in God's country where red
r.jjples grow. (After describing several of the western states, he con-
tinued: I tell ycu as an old schoolmate and teacher that in every
country you will find inconveniences. Wherever you can be happy,
there is the place to he. I thank God that I was made out of good old
Ohio soil. I think it ec'ipses the soil everywhere.
The above are remarks made l)y Lewis Wetzel Borton of Clyde,
Cloud county, Kansas, which county he formerly represented in the
Kansas legislature.
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THE OLD MUSICIAN AND HIS HARP.
Many years have passed away,
Golden locks have turned to gray;
Golden ringlets once so fair,
Time has changed to silvery hair.
Yes, Tm near the river's side,
Soon ril launch upon the tide,
Soon my boat with noiseless oar,
Safe will pass to yon bright shore
Chorus.
Bring my harp to me again,
Let me sing a gentle strain.
Let me hear its chords once more,
Ere I pass to yon bright shore.
Oh, those chords, with magic power
Take me back to childhood's hour;
To that cot beside the sea.
Where I knelt at mother's knee,
But that mother, she is gone.
Calm she sleeps beneath a stone,
While I wander here alone.
Sighing for a brigliter home.
Chorus.
Soon ril be among the l)lest.
Where the weary are at rest :
Soon ril tread the golden shore.
Singing praises evermore.
Yes, my boat is on the stream,
' can see the water's gleam:
Soon ril be where angels roam
Chorus.
The day's pleasure was enlivened by the singing of "Auld Lang
Syne," with words written specially for the occasion by John D. Talbot^
Esq., of Barnesville, as follows:
AULD LANG SYNE.
Should old acquaintance be forgot
Old memories never come?
3f Dear old harp, Tm going home.
Should old acquaintnnce be forgot
And Pennyroyaldom?
Early home of Betheuel Borton, Sr., Evesham, (Mount Laurel,) N. J.
Burial place of Benjamin Borton, Sr., on old Homestead, Gurnsey Co., O.
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Chorus.
For Pennyroyaldom, my friends,
For Pennyroyaldom,
We'll take the cup of kindness yet,
For Pennyroyaldom.
Our feet have trod these hills and vales.
We've heard the forests hum;
The woodman's axe hath reared these homes
In Pennyroyaldom.
Chorus.
The honored name will soon be lost,
Old Oxford will be mum.
By name more glorious 'twill be known,
'Tis Pennyroyaldom.
Chorus.
The Mortons, Bortons, Taylors, Macks,
And many more to come,
The Bells and Wherries hold their name.
In Pennyroyaldom.
Chorus.
The days of old make memory wild,
Our hearts beat like a drum —
Should old acquaintance be forgot
And Pennyroyaldom?
Chorus.
IV. Benjamiti Borton. son of Obadiah Borton and second wife, Mary
Driver, married Charity Rogers. Their oldest son: —
Bethuel, b. 2-1 mo., 1782; m. Rebecca ClifFton, b. 12-9 mo., 1786,
daughter of John Cliffton and Ann , and whose children were: —
Charity, b. 4-9 mo., 1806; m. John Mason, first wife.
Mary, b. 9-12 mo., 1807; m. Samuel Borton.
Benjamin, b. 16-3 mo., 1809; m. Abigail Borton,
m. Elizabeth Wright.
Nathan, b. 27-9 mo., 1810; m. Mary T. Ayers,
m. Mary Butcher Borton.
Rebecca, b. 9-1 1 mo., 1812; m. Joseph Borton,
m. Joseph Bates, 184^
Bethuel, b.. 24-9 mo., i8y4; m. Mary Butcher.
Job,.b. 29-11 mo., 1818; m. Mary Cliflfton.
)ohn, b. 4-9 mo., 1820; m. Elizabeth Taylor,
m. Rebecca Wise.
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Martha, b. 29-1 mo., 1822; m. Asher Ely, first wife.
Samuel, b. 2-1 mo,, 1824; m. Jane Brown,
m. Sarah Taylor,
m. Betsy Sipes.
Reuben, b. 6-1 mo,, 1817; died in infancy.
These Bortons descended from Bethuel and Rebecca and immigrated
to Fulton county, Ohio, in 1836. Formerly they worked rented land in
Evesham township, Burlington county. New Jersey. They entered land
in the county named above and endured many hardships such as are
common to a new timbered country. Most of them lived to old age,
seeing the forest land develop into most beautiful homesteads.
Bethuel Borton died in New^ Jersey, age fifty years. Rebecca, his
widow, came to Ohio in 1836 and spent her remaining years with her
children and other relatives, among which were Samuel and Ann ClifT-
ton, also her nephew, John Cliffton and Sarah, his wife. She died 8-4
mo., 1861, age 74 years, 5 months and four days.
Abigail Borton, wife of Benjamin Borton, son of Bethuel Borton and
Rebecca Cliflfton, was a daughter of Isaac Borton, who came from New
Jersey to Ohio, and died ii-io mo., 1844, age 68 years. Abigail w^as a
sister of Sarah Cliflfton.
Rebecca Cliffton Borton, w^fe of Bethuel Borton, was born in New
Jersey, 21-10 mo., 1786. She was the daughter of Nathan Cliffton and
Mary. Nathan Cliflfton was a son of John Jr., and Ann Cliflfton and was
born in New Jersey, 30-10 mo., 1761. John Cliflfton, Jr., was the son of
John Cliflfton and Sarah. He was born 17-9 mo., 1727.
Rebecca Cliffton Borton's brothers and sisters, children of Nathan
and Mary Cliflfton, were : —
Ann, b. 5-2 mo., 1782.
Sarah, b. 5-4 mo., 1784; m. Reuben Sparks.
Rebecca, b. 21-10 mo., 1786: m. Bethuel Borton.
John, b. 27-7 mo., 1789.
William, b. 16-2 mo., 1792.
Samuel, b. 12 mo., 1794; died 1880, age 86 years.
Mary, b. 15-11 mo., 1797.
Rachel, b. 18-10 mo., 1800.
Nathan Cliflfton died ii-i mo., 1832, age 71 years. Mary Cliflfton
died 16-12 mo., 1831, age 74 years. Ann Cliflfton, mother of Nathan
Cliflfton, died 18-7 mo., 1780, age 60 years, and John Cliflfton, his father,
died 4- 1 1 mo., 1781.
VI. William Borton, son of Obadiah Borton, Jr., and Sarah Andrews,
married Susan Mason, daughter of Abraham Mason and Ehanor Bor-
ton. Their children were: —
Joseph, b. ; m. Rhoda Hunt.
Hester A., b. ; single.
William, b. . ; Wilda Taylor..
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Elvvood, I). ; died sing^Ie.
Hampton, b. ; died single.
Eleanor, b. ; single.
Mary, b. ; m. Esaias Hunt, second wife.
VI. Joseph Borton, son of Obadiah Borton, Jr., and Sarah Andrews,
married Rebecca Borton, daughter of Bethuel Borton and Rebecca
Cliffton. Their children were: —
Obadiah, b. 6-9 mo., 1830; m. Ann Mason.
Mary Ellen, b. : m. John Bates.
Sarah Jane, b. ; m. Royal Stevens.
Joseph Borton died and Rebecca married Joseph Bates, second wifeo
Their children were: —
Steven Bates, b. ; m.
Elnathan Bates, b. ; m Miller.
Rhoda Bates, b. : m. Gilbert Barber.
We copy the following facts from "History of 'the Early Settlers
of Franklin Township, FuUon County, Ohio." (^ompiled by A. VV.
Fisher. Joseph Bates married Rebecca Borton, widow of Joseph Bor-
ton, They had three children, Steven, Elnathan and Rhoda. He was
also a grandparent to Elizabeth Bates, wife of Rolapd Borton and
daughter of Joseph Bates, }r.
I find that the first settlers within the present limits of Franklin
and the old limits of Brady, were Joseph Bates and family, who in 1832
settled on the southeast quarter of section 2, town 7, north range 4 east,
and all this country for years was known as the Bates settlement. From
a letter from his daughter, combined with the statement of several of the
first settlers, I have obtained the following sketch of Mr. Bates' life,
which had become almost legendary, but I have been very careful to
give only the facts on which the majority agree. Joseph Bates was born
in Vermont in the year 1787. From Vermont he went to Canada, where
he married Harried Dodge, by whom he had eight children, four sons
and four daughters, who came wMth him to Williams county. Truman.
who moved with the Packards to Missouri in 1840; Thomas, who died
on the Isthmus of Panama, while on his way to California about 1849;
Joseph, who died in Iowa in 1867 ^^ 1868; James, who now resides in
Boon county, Iowa; Harriet, Mrs. Theron Landon; Belinda, Mrs. War-
ren Hancock; Mary, Mrs. Cyrus Barrett, and Elizabeth, Mrs. Hiram
Alvord, now of Reading, Michigan. Mr. Bates moved from Canada to
Mew York, and from there he moved to Richland county, Ohio, where he
settled in a very early day. In the summer and winter of 1830 and 1831;
Ezekiel Masters says: "He took his gun, dogs, bear and wolf traps and
150 muskrat traps and came to Harden county, where he hunted and
trapped till spring and lived on muskrats and other game which he
caught or shot. He bought his land in Williams county with the money
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that he got for the bear's oil and skins, wolf scalps, coon, muskrat and
bever skins, and had $130 in money left." In February, 1832, in the
dead of winter, he started with his family for his new home, and cut
his road through an unbroken wilderness from Ottawa to Defiance, and
stopped a short time with John Perkins at Brunersburg. From there
he went to where Pulaski now stands, and cut the road through to what
is now the Shilling's farm where he lived for three days in his wagon
until he built a cabin. The cabin stood near the confluence of Bates and
Ayres runs, on the farm now owned by John Shillings, and his nearest
neighbor was Mr. Opdyke, 12 miles away. Here he cleared some land
and raised the first grain within the present limits of Fulton county, but
spent the greater portion of his time hunting and trapping. In the
spring of 1835 he was elected the first supervisor, and the first fence
viewer in Springfield township. On June 7, 1836, his daughter, Harriet,
married Theron Landon, who was the first person married in what
afterwards became' Millcreek township, and Miss Bates the first in the
old limits of Brady, and no doubt the first within the limits of Fulton
county. In 1840 he sold his farm to Wm. Ayres. and bought of Asher
Ely, the farm now owned by Jacob Schenk in sections 10 and 11. He
first lived in a log house which stood in the field southwest of the
present graveyard. Here on the 20th of March, 1845, his first wife died,
and the following year he married Mrs. Joseph Borton, a sister of Ben-
jamin, Nathan, John and Job Borton, who are so well known throughout
this country. In the year 1852 he erected a large frame tavern, which
was the first within the present limits of Franklin township, which he
ran for a number of years, and the building remained as an old land-
mark till December 30, 1885, when it was destroyed by fire. He called
it "J- Bates' Inn," and it was largely patronized, as the Angola road was
then the great thoroughfare for travelers and the movers to their west-
ern homes. He and Theron Landon cut and logged out the Angola
road from Joseph Ely's to his place, and Mr. Cogswell cut the road from
there to Cogswell's corners, west of the St. Joe. Mr. Bates lived on this
farm till 1861, when he moved to Iowa and died in Storey county of that
state, August i, 1866, at an advanced age of 79 years.
VL Benjamin Borton, son of Bethuel Borton and Rebecca Cliffton, mar-
ried Abigail Borton. Abigail was a daughter of Isaac Borton and Sarah
Peacock and a sister of Sarah Cliffton. Their children were : —
Sarah, b. 6-12 mo., 1836; m. Thomas Heaton, b. 27-6 mo., 1828.
Lydia G., b. 18-5 mo., 1839; m. Daniel Prickitt.
Abigail died 23-11 mo., 1861 and Benjamin married Elizabeth
Wright. No issue by the last marriage.
Daniel Prickitt, son of Japeth Prickitt and Phebe Sharp Borton,
daughter of Josiah Borton and Margaret Sharp, married Lydia G. Borton.
Josiah Borton came to Lumberton, Ohio, from New Jersey, in 1812.
Japheth Prickitt was the son of Isaac Prickitt and Dorothy Joyce.
Benjamin Borton
Abigail Borton, 1st Wife of Benjamin Borton.
Daniel J. Prickitt and wife, Lydia G. Borton
GENEALOGY. 121
Japheth was born at Luniberton, N. J., 5-8 mo., 18 15, and Phebe Sharp
Borton, his wife, was also born 5-8 mo., 181 5, at Lumberton. Ohio, and
died at her home near West Unity, Ohio, 26-1 mo., 1901, age 85 years.
Japheth Prickitt died 14-4 mo., 1893, age yj years,
VII. Sarah Borton, daughter of Benjamin Borton and Abigail Borton,
married Thomas Heaton. Their children were: —
Elwood, b. 7-10 mo., i860.
Laura, b. 31-8 mo., 1857; m. Valoris Geesey.
Wilmer, b. 27-1 mo., 1859; m. Emma Manavel.
Mary Ellen, b. 31-12 mo., 1862.
VIII. Laura Heaton, daughter of Sarah Borton and Thomas Heaton,
married Valoris Geesey. Their children were: —
Marcus, b.
Chester, b.
George, b.
Howard, b.
VIII. Wilmer Heaton, son of Sarah Borton and Thomas Heaton, mar-
ried Emma Manavel. Their children were: —
May, b.
Charles, b.
Thomas Heaton died 30-4 mo., 1904.
VII. Lydia G. Borton, daughter of Benjamin Borton and Abigail, who
was a daughter of Isaac Borton, married Daniel Prickitt. Daniel was a
son of Japheth Prickitt and Phebe Sharp Borton. Their children were: —
Anna M., b. 5-10 mo., 1866; m. 22-2 mo., 1888, William Persing.
Jemima E.. b. 27-2 mo., 1868; m. 4-12 mo., 1889, Warren Steward.
Phebe A., b. 21-4 mo., 1871 ; died 9-9 mo., 1871, age 4 mo., 3 days.
Benjamin J., b. 2-8 mo., 1872; died ii-io mo., 1872, age ?. mo., 9 days.
Lydia Gertrude, b. 9-9 mo., 1873; "^- Alonzo Mangus, ^-i mo., 1896.
Daniel James, b. lo-ro mo., 1874; m. Pearl Borton, 15-^1 mo., 1896.
Jessie Ellen, b. 15-11 mo., 1877; m. Daniel Myers, 17-12 mo., 1898.
Mary Eva, b. 14-7 mo., 1879.
VIII. Anna M. Prickitt, daughter of Lydia G. Borton and Daniel
Prickitt, married William Persing. Their children were: —
Verne William, b. 24-10 mo., 1893.
Florence Geneva, b. 10-2 mo., 1889.
. Nellie E., b. 3-3 mo., 1891.
Hazel B., b. 28-4 mo., 1898.
Anna Prickitt died in Wisconsin, 22-10 mo., 1903, age 38 years.
VIII. Jemima Prickitt, daughter of Lydia G. Borton and Daniel
Prickitt, married Warren M. Steward, 4-12 mo., 1889. No issue.
VIII. Lydia Gertrude Prickitt, daughter of Lydia G. Borton and Daniel
Prickitt, married Alonzo Mangus, i-i mo., 1896. Their children were: —
Paul Raymond, b. i-io mo., 1896.
Arthur Benjamin, b. 24-8 mo., 1898; died 19-8 mo., 1900.
122 BORTON FAMILY
Jessie Lois, b. 22-11 mo.. 1903.
Gerald Alonzo, b. 12-5 mo., 1906.
VIII. James D. Prickitt, son of Lydia G. Borton and Daniel Prickitt,
married Petirl Borton, daughter of Job Borton Jr. and Ellen Graves.
Their children were: —
Clement Lee, b. 18-1 mo., 1898.
Lenna Pearl, b. 5-6 mo., 1900.
Infant, b. 13-3 mo., 1897; lived but two days.
VIII. Jesse Ellen Prickitt, daughter of Lydia G. Borton and Daniel
Prickitt, married Daniel Myers. Their children were: —
Marjorie G., b. 12-2 mo., 1904.
Donald C, b. 26-3 mo., 1902.
Benjamin Borton, son of Bethuel Borton and Rebecca ClifTton, was
born in Burlington county. New Jersey, 16-3 mo., 1809. When twenty
years of age he hired to Levi Lippincott for $100.00 a year, to work on
a farm. Later he and his brother, Nathan, rented what is known as the
Rhoda Hampton farm, near Hartford, New Jersey, for four years. This
farm was formerly ow^ned by Bethuel Borton. They tilled the farm
in the summer and distilled oil of sassafrass in the fall and winter^
In the year 1835 he married Abigail Borton, daughter of Isaac Borton
and Sarah Peacock of New Jersey, by whom he had two daughters,
Lydia G. and Sarah C. In 1838, he came to Ohio, in company w^ith his
wife's brother, Aaron Borton and Japheth Prickitt. They walked the
entire distance from Burlington county, New Jersey, to Clinton county,
Ohio, where they visited at the home of Josiah Borton. Later Ben-
jamin and Aaron Borton came to Fulton county, Ohio, and Benjamin
bought the Packard farm of 160 acres, slightly improved, for which he
paid $1,800, which he occupied the remainder of his life. He went back
to New Jersey and moved his family to Ohio, in 1839, in company with
the families of John Mason and John Cliffton. He started the first store
in his log house and also the first nursery in this part of the country.
The latter business he conducted for several years. He filled many
township offices and although he was bountifully blest he was plain and
unassuming. He was a life long member of Friends church, the meet-
ings of which he attended faithfully and through life lived his religion.
His wife's father, Isaac Borton, came to Ohio in 1840 and lived with
him, w^here he died lo-ii mo., 1844, age nearly 69 years and was the
first person buried in Friends cemetery, Franklin township, Fulton
county, Ohio. Abigail Borton died 23-11 mo., 1861. and in 1863 Ben-
jamin married Elizabeth Wright of New Jersey, who survived him.
She died at Moorestown, New Jersey and was buried 5-12 mo., 1892.
She was loved and highly esteemed by all who knew her.
Benjamin Borton died 10-2 mo., 1888, age nearly 79 years. He
started out in life poor and empty handed but through integrity and
honest dealing amassed a fortune wMthout becoming grasping or
Benjamin Borton and 2d Wife Elizabeth Borton.
GENEALOGY. 123
avaricious.
VI. Samuel Borton, son of Obadiah Borton Jr., and Sarah Andrews,
married Mary Borton, daughter of Bethuel Borton and Rebecca Cliflf-
ton. Their children were : —
Bethuel, b. lo-io mo., 1830; m. Caroline Stockton,
m. Mary Deza.
VII. Bethuel Borton, son of Samuel Borton and Mary Borton, daughter
of Bethuel Borton and Rebecca Cliflfton, married Caroline Stockton.
Their children were: —
Frank, b.
Louisa, b. ; died young woman.
Edwin, b. ; m. Catharine Ely.
Mary Ellen, b.
Sarah, b. ; died young woman.
Later Bethuel Borton married Mary Deza. Their children were : —
Barbary, b.
Lottie, b.
Freemont, b. : died at the age of 24 years.
VI. Bethuel Borton, Jr., son of Bethuel Borton and Rebecca Cliflfton,
marr'od Mary G. Butcher, daughter of Samuel Butcher and wife. He
was »>orn 24-9 mo., 1814. Their children were: —
Charity, b. ; m. Eli Stoner.
Martha, b. ; m. Ahimaiaz Borton.
Samuel, b. 17-5 mo., 1840; m. Sarah McLaughlia, 21-10 mo., i85o.
Kulon, b. ; m. Harriet Dunoway.
m. Mary C. Ely,
m. Esther McFaul.
Ruth, b. : m. David Carpenter.
Bethuel died 11 mo., 1847, ^S^ 33 years, and Mary G. married
Nathan Borton, a brother of Bethuel : she was his second wife. Nathan
Borton was for many years a minister in the society of Hicksite Friends,
of Franklin township, Fulton county, Ohio. A man who loved justice,
lived righteously, and was greatly beloved and esteemed by all who
knew him. He lived for the betterment of men and taught the better
way, not only by precept, but also by example.
VI. Charity Borton, daughter of Bethuel Borton and Rebecca Cliflfton,
married John Mason. See Mason family.
VI. Nathan Borton, son of Bethuel Borton and Rebecca Cliflfton, mar-
ried Mary T. Ayers, daughter of Samuel Ayers. Their children were : —
Rebecca C, b. 11-4 mo., 1842; m. Leander Conaway.
Emily Ann, b. 27-10 mo., 1849; "^- James Calkins.
Cynthia, b. ; m. James Town; died.
Rachel, b. : died.
Benjamin, b. ; died age about two years.
Clarissa, b. ; died in her tenth year.
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Mary T. died 17-4 mo., 1850. age 27 years, and Nathan married
Mary G. Borton, widow of Bethuel Borton. Their children were: —
Harriet P., b. 27-4 mo., 1852; m. David Stoner.
Mary L., b. 12-5 mo., 1854: m. Newton Leonard.
Priscilla, b. 25-12 mo., 1856; m. John E\v.
Lydia, b. ; died in infancy.
Nathan Borton died 16-6 mo., 1889, age 78 years. Mary G., l)orn
1816, died 1899. Mary G. Butcher was the daughter of Samuel Butcher.
He came to Fulton county, Ohio, from Philadelphia and made his home
with his daughter until his death, which occurred 3-8 mo., 1868, agfe yy
years and 6 months.
VII. Rebecca C. Borton, daughter of Nathan Borton and Mary T.
Ayers, married Leander Conaway. Their children were: —
Ella, b. ; m. Wesley Huffman.
Mary Jane, b. ; died 2 mo., 1890, age 24 year>.
Melissa, b. ; died, age 4 month. s
Eusibie, b. : m. Wilbur Mason. •
Charles, b.
Cora, b. ; m. William Wells.
Nathan Morris, ]). ; m. Flora Townsend.
m. Cora Heist.
Myrtie, b.
Nina, b.
VIII. Eusebie Conaway," daughter of Rebecca C. Borton and Leander
Conaway, married Wilbur Mason, son of Abraham Mason and Mary
Ann Borton. Their children were: —
Una, b.
Laura, b.
Ora, b.
Aoraham, b.
VVilvia. b.
Vida, b.
Blanch, b.
Mildred, b.
Wilbur, b.
Dot, b. ; died young.
VIII. . Cora Conaway, daughter of Rebecca C. Borton and Leander
Conaway, married William Wells. They have two children: —
Gareld, b.
Virgil, b.
VIII. Nathan Morris Conaway, son of Rebecca Borton and Leander
Conaway, married Flora Townsend. They had one child, Charles, died
at the age of 10 months, later Flora, his first wife died, and Nathan
Morris then married Cora Heist, by w^hom he had one child: —
Catharine, b.
Nathan Borton
Mary Clifton Bjrton
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VII. Emily Borton, daughter of Nathan Borton and Mary T. Ayers,
married James Calkins. They had one son : —
Nathan Lewis, b. 18-7 mo., 1867.
Later she married James Town, by whom she had two sons: —
Alva, b. 7-4 mo., 1873.
Ernest, b. 14-12 mo., 1880.
Leander Conaway, who married Rebecca C. Borton, was a bon of
Joshua Conaway. Joshua was a carpenter and mechanic. He clairjci
that there was nothing made out of wood, but what he could reproduce.
VIII. Xathan Lewis Calkins, son of Emily Borton and James Calkins,
married Magdalena Benhrer. Their children were: —
Henry, b.
Inez. ').
Kliza, b.
nirnia. ).
VIII. Alva Town, son of Emily Borton and James Town, mariied
Maggie Berryman. Their children were: —
Eva. b.
Emma, b.
^^'illiam J., b.
Gildie, b.
VII. Harriet Borton, daughter of Nathan Borton and Mary Butcher,
married David Sooner. TJiey had one son: —
Estell Clarence, b. 11-4 mo., 1880.
David Stoner died and Harriet Married \\'esley Deck, and later
John r^oot. No issue from last two mnrriages.
VII. Mary Lucy Borton, daughter of Xathan Borton and second wife,
Mary Butcher, married Xewton Leonard. Their children were : —
Ella Senera, b.
\\'illiam G., b. ; died in infancy.
VII. Priscilla Borton, daughter of Nathan Borton and Marv Butcher,
married John Ely, Jr., son of John E!y and Mary Mason. Mary was a
daughter of John Mason and Charity Borton. Their children were: —
Lucy, b.
Verna, b.
Glenn, b.
Nathan Borton, son of Bethuel Borton and Rebecca ClifTton, was
born in Burlington county, New Jersey, 27-10 mo., 1810. He moved
from New Jersey to Fulton county, Ohio, and w-as one of the pioneers
of that county. He tells his story as follows:
"My brother Bethuel Borton and myself came from the state of
New Jersey in the fall of 1835, to enter land. We had to walk several
hundred miles of the way. We went to the Bates settlement and he
.showed us the north half of section 8, town 10, north of range S east.
We went to Lima. Ohio, and entered the same. This land is in what
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is now known as German township. In the fall of 1836, w^e moved out
and began to improve the land. My brother, Bethuel and family, and
Joseph Borton and family came in one wagon and mother, myself. Job,
John, Martha Ann and Samuel in the other wagon. We were six weeks
and two days on the road and reahed our destination on the 22-10 mo.,
1836. We had to cut our road the last mile and a haH of the wav. \\'e
lived in the wagons until we built a house, which was of logs on three
sides; the roof slanted one way and was of bark, as used by the Indians.
For the front, quilts were hung up and in froi\t of these we kept a large
log heap burning to keep out wolves and bears. The same winter John
and myself walked to Lima and entered 80 acres apiece for John and
Job Borton, near the Oak Openings.
I was elected the first Justice of the Peace of German township,
and married the first couple after the township was organized. Their
names were Abram West and Julia Roley, 10-10 mo., 1844. I bought
the northeast quarter, section one, in township 10, north of range one
west, 160 acres, and Bethuel moved on to it the same fall and mvself
the next summer."
Nathan Borton married Mary J. Ayers, 23-10 mo., 1839. She flied
the 17-4 mo., 1850 and left two small children. He then married his
brother's widow, Mary G. Borton, 21-12 mo., 1850. She was left a
widow with five small children, who grew up to man and womanhood,
loving him as much as they could have loved their own father. He was
for many years a minister of the Society of Friends, and died the 16-6
mo., i88g, in his seventy-ninth year, in Toledo, Ohio, at the home of
Alice Ross, his niece, and he is buried in F'riends cemetery, Franklin
township, P^ulton county, Ohio. A good man gone to his rest and re-
ward.
In contrast with the hardships endured by the Borton pioneers,
who settled in the wilds of Ohio in the early days, we append a short
history given by Emily A. Town, the youngest daughter of Xathan
Borton and Mary T. Ayers. My father and I went to Lincoln Nebraska,
where we met James Town, to whom I was married by the Judge of
Probate of Lancaster county, 3-5 mo., 1872. From Lincoln we rode in
a lumber wagon to Rulon Borton's, thirty-five miles, and from there
to Hamilton county, where my husband had formerly loca:ed a quarter
section of land, on which a sod house had been built, "a dugout," size
f2xi4 feet, walls and roof of sods, floor of earth and bedstead made ci
poles. My father accompanied us to this our future home and when he
took leave ^f us, my husband provided him with a compas, to guide bin:
on his way back over the plains. Our neighbors were bachelors, no
w^oman living within five miles of us. Later we built a new sod dwel ir.g.
using the sod as brick, first laying two len;;:thwise and then two cross
wise to bind the will together. The roof was supported by poljs nvi
which wilicw branches wns laid, then sods lapped like shingles. O ;r
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well was one hundred feet deep and curbed with pine boards at the top
and bottom and the water was drawn with two wooden buckets, with
pully ruid a rope. Here our first child w^as born on the 7-4 mo., :8;w
Five (I'lys later a storm, called a ^'blizzard," came on and lasted for
three days. Jt was so dark and the air so filled with snow that you
could not .'^ee a building at any distance and the settlers tied ro])CS to
guide llieni fron"» the house to the barn and back, that they mii^^hi care
for the stock. These times I shall never forget. Cattle, driven by the
storm into the Platte river, soon chilled and died and all stock that was
not well housed died of cold. We also saw the great swarms of grass-
hoppers like bees, looking at a distance like a cloud or sand storm, for
which that country is noted, and when the wind ceased blowing, down
they came striping every green thing; in three days time not a thing
was left except prairie grass, which indeed gave poor encouragement a?
to our future living. Pawnee Indians were going up and down the
Piatt river and called on us quite often. Prairie fires often swept away
a settler's whole crop. The fire was a scene never to be forgotten as it
advanced for miles in one unbroken line.
Bethuel Borton, Jr., son of Bethuel Borton and Rebecca ClifFton.
was born in Burlington county, N. J., 9 mo., 1814, and came with his
brother, Nathan Borton, to Fulton county, Ohio, in 1835, to enter land.
He located a part of the north-east quarter of section 8, German town-
ship. The brothers returned to New Jersey as they came, on foot,
walking several hundred miles of the way. In the fall of 1836, he and
his family, in company with Joseph Borton ,his brother-in-law, moved
on to the land and improved the same until 1844, when he located and
moved on to the north-east quarter of section one, township 10, now
known as Franklin township, Fulton county, Ohio. He resided here
until 1847, i" which year he went to Philadelphia on a visit. On his
return he had reached Toledo, Ohio, where he was taken sick and died.
His brother brought his remains home, in a wagon, and he lies buried in
Friends cemetery, Fulton county, Ohio. He was one who helped to
organize and build the church, and many times was called to deliver a
message as he believed it was given to him for utterance. He died ii
mo., 1847, aged 33 years and 2 months.
VII. Charity Borton, daughter of Bethuel Borton, Jr., and Mary G.
Butcher, married Eli Stoner. Their children were: —
Alice, b. ; m. E. Ross.
Armintha, b. ; m. Jesse Borton.
Byron, b. : m. Mary Horton.
Priscilla, b. : m. John Cox.
Eli Stoner was a member of Company C, iiith Reg. O. V. I. and
died 9-2 mo., 1900.
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VIII. Alice Stoner, daughter of Charity Borton and Eli Stoner,
married E. Ross. Their children were: —
Wallace, .b.
Kola, b.
Edith, b.
VIII. Armintha Stoner, daughter of Charity Borton and Eli Stoner,
married Jesse Borton. Their children were: —
Howard, b.
Beulah, b.
VIII. Priscilla Stoner, who married John Cox, moved from Ohio to
Esterline, S. D.
VII. Samuel Borton, son of Bethuel Borton, Jr., and Mary G. Butcher,
married Sarah McLaughlin. Their children were: — .
AVilliam B., b. 25-19 mo., 1861; m. Cora B. Kennedy, 25-12 mo., 1889.
May, b. 2-9 mo., 1864; m. 29-10 mo., 1893, Albion Morrison.
George Orland, b. 21-7 mo., 1866; m. 25-6 mo., 1868, Minnie May
Irwin.
VII. Rulon Borton, son of Bethuel Borton, Jr., and Mary Butcher,
married Harriet Dunoway,
m. Mary C. Ely,
m. Esther McFaul.
He had one child by first wife: —
William, b. ; m. Mary Simmonj
They had three children: —
Nellie, b.
Ruth, b.
Hazel, b. : died, age 3 yean
VII. Ruth Borton, daughter of Bethuel Borton Jr., and Mary G.
Butcher, married David Carpenter. Their children were: —
Maud, 1). ; m. Aaron Losey,
m. J. N. \Vheatle>
Hattie, b. : m. William Weatherwax
Maud Carpenter and Aaron Losey's children were: —
Carl, b,
Howard, b.
VII. Samuel Butcher Borton, son of Bethuel Borton and Mary G.
Butcher, was born 17-5 mo., 1840 and died 17-3 mo., 1907. He married
Sarah Jane McLaughlin, at Medina, Mich., 21-10 mo., i860, in the
presence of Warren Poaler and I. W. Snow, by Amos Kendall, Justice
i>f the Peace of Medina, Mich . They went to housekeeping at the oid
liomestead of his father in a log house, situated in the middle of an
apple orchard, Franklin township, Fulton county, Ohio. He followed
farming and raising peppermint; lived here four years. One son an i
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one daughter waa born to them.h^r^.. 25-c^ nio.. f86i, Will|aAi Butcher
Borton was born; '?-^ nio., 1864, M%ry Bor^pn was born. They then
moved to his pface east of Bean Creek or Tifin River, on the old Anjg^ola
road. He had bought this 80 acres of land from Charles H. Carrol,
26-10 mo., i860, for $560.00, about the time he was married. He
cleared up quite a tract of it and built a house and barn. They lived
there one year and then moved to his father-in-law's, John McLaughlin ;
lived in his log house. and farmed part of his place. Here their son
George Orland Borton was born. John McLaughlin built them a new
house and they lived there a number of years, then, 24-10 mo., 1870,
he bought the **01d Boulinger Farm," 3 miles east of West Unity,
Williams county, Ohio, on Plank road, of 70 acres, 20 acres cleared. He
cl«ared about 20 acres more. There was a log house and log barn on
this place and he built a large frame barn, put an addition to the log
house and had lumber to build a frame house. He planted a large peach
orchard and enlarged his apple orchard; he also distilled oil of pepper-
mint, sassafrass and wintergreen and followed general farming. He, 8
mo., 1878, exchanged farms with Armstrong Irving and got 100 acres
of land for his 70 acres and gave $2,200.90 to l>oot, here he farmed and
made sugar, had about 500 maple trees on this place. (Went to
Methodist church in Ohio.) He sold this place to John Ricliie, 9-4-
mo. ,t88o, for $6,000.00 and went to Hillsdale county, Michigan, bought
the **jOseph B. Bngley" farm, 2 1-2 miles' sout,h of North Adams, near
Mud Lake or Lake Adams. He paid $4,060.00 for 58 acres *f fine land;
here he raised fancy thoroughbred stock and did genera] farming. He
>ent liis «on William R. Borton to Hillsdale College, and his daughter
Mary and youngest son George to the Academy at North Adams. (They
attended the Methodist church at North Adams.) His v/ife's health
failed and the doctor advised him to take her South. The fall of 188.^
he took his oldest son, William B., and went to Richmond, Va., and
Jumght, from Nathan Shipman, 325 acres of hnd, 3 miles east of Rich-
mond, between York River R. R., at Jennings Crossing, and Wil iams-
burg Turnpike. He left WiKiam in charge of the farm and came back
Xorth and brought his wife and two children with him to Virginia,
where he lived 13 years and followed general farming. He sold to
George Rich, 15-1 mo., 1887, 160 acres, or south portion, near Williams-
burg Turnpike. He then built a new house and barn near Jennings
Crossing, and bought a right of way road, out to the 9 mile road.
They lived in the barn one month until the house wis finished, and kept
the stock in sheds, so as to be near for their meils as it was nearly
a mile to the old house. (They attended the Baptist church in Virgin!'!.)
17-3 mo., 1896, he rented his Virginia firm and brought his wifo,
(bughter and grnndson to Brooklyn. N. Y., via Feder.^lsburg, Md., and
stopped to sec his son Wi lianl oft his way. They lived for a time with
^lis ycungtst son, Georj^e. at 447 Franklin Ave., Brooklyn. N. Y. He
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then moved to Qarenceville, with his oldest son William, who had just
sold his Maryland farm. He followed the cooper business for a time,
then obtained a position as carpenter and handy man in a larf^e dry
goods store in New York, Lee Tweedy Co., Worth St., near Broadway-
He worked there until they went out of business and then came to live
with his youngest son, George, who had bought a lot arid biiilt a house
in Rutherford, New Jersey, 1-2 hours ride from New York. He en-
gaged in the manufacturing of extracts and perfumes, stayed in Ruther-
ford several years, then moved back to Brooklyn, N, Y., and finally
located at Glenmore Ave., and Enfield Street, the Wm. Steethoof house,
where he died about 13 minutes of 8 p. m., 17-3 mo., 1907, of cei'ebral
apoplexy. He was a good Christian and died in the Euclid Avenue
Baptist church; was taken while addressing the Yoiing People's Chris-
tian Endeavor meeting, was talking about always being prepared to
die; these were almost his last words. The funeral services were con-
ducted at the late residence, Glenmore Ave., and Enfield St., at 8 p. m.,
Wednesday. 20-3 mo., 1907. Rev. A. D. Bennett, 60 Slieppard Ave.,
Brooklyn, N. Y., preached the sermon, also went to the grave with the
family, Thursday morning, Cedar Grove cemetery, L. I., undertaker,
Oscar Boch, 781 Manhattan Ave.. Brooklyn. He left a wife, two .sons
and one daughter; William B .Borton of Freeport, L. L. Mrs. A. M.
Morrison, Arlington. R. I.. George O. Borton, Bridgeport. Conn.
William B. Borton, oldest son of Samuel Butcher Borton and Sarah
Jane, his wife, was born 25-9 mo,, i86r, at the old homestead of Bethuel \
Borton, his grandfather, Franklin Township. Fulton county, Ohio. . He '
lived with his father until they moved to Virginia; he stayed there wi'tVi
them for a while and made several trips to sea on tli'e S. S. Pioneer, of
the Clyde line, running from Richmond, Va., to Philadelphia. Pa.^
worked in the engineer department, as fireman, also made a few trips
on S. S. Roanoke. O. D. S. S. Co., running between Richmond a^iil,,.
New York. He was engaged for a time as handy man with the firm '
of Acker, Merrall & Condit, fancy grocers, 132 Chamber St., New.
York, then he made a trip west, through Nebraska and Iowa, engaged
in railroad building and various other occupations. Sold out his outfit
and returned to his old neighborhocxl, in Ohio, 12 mo.. 1889. .The
25-12 month of the same year he was married to Cora B. Kennedv, of..
Bryan, Ohio, (formerly of Pulaski, Ohio. She was. born 26-10. mo./
1863, o" a farm near Pula.sriii) by Rev. G. H. Pridsly, witiies.ses, W... F.
Kennedy and Jennie Kennedy. They went to Richmond.' Va., 'to see
his father and mother and stayed there and farmed the place with liis
father till 1890, then they went to FederaTsburg, Mr., and bought a farm
of S. L. Richardson, known ^^ the "Shipyard Farm." in Dorchester
county, Md., on ther Nanticoke River. They sold out there and came
to Brooklyn, N. Y.^ ^Ipio., 1896, and went to work in the ice plant as
fireman for the W/n. Ottam{i'h.& Co., Fulton Market, New York, corner
GfeNiALOGY. I3l
of Front "and Fulton Sts., 21-12 mo., 1897, he was appointed fireman in
the department of Water, Gas and Electricity, Brooklyn, N. Y. He
was stationed at the Ridgewood pumping station. 11 mo., 1901, he
was appointed oiler and was laid off 31-1 mo., 1902, for lack of work.
He made two trips in S. S. Chaster W. Chappin to Providence, R. I.,
then went with the Edison Electric Light &, Power House, First Ave.,
73 9th St., N. Y.; till 3 1- 1 m'd., 1903, and was then reinstated as oiler at
Ridgewood pumping station. 26-6 mo., 1905, he was appointed engineer
and transferred to the Mattawan pumping station, near Freeport, L.
I., 14-3 mo., 1907, was again transferred to Morris Park pumping station,
where he is at present employed. Four boys have been born to them;
Perry Burns Borton, born 29-7 mo., 1900; Loyal B. Borton, born 24-8
mo., 1902, (lied 29-9 mo., 1902; William Earl Borton, born 29-11 mo.,
1903; Theodore Borton ,boni 26-11 mo., 1905. All four boys were born
at 68 Glen St., Brooklyn, N. Y., formerly owned by W. B. Borton.
Mary Borton, daughter of Samuel Butcher Borton and Sarah Jane,
his wife, was born in the old log house of Bethuel Borton, her grand-
father, 2-9 mo., 1864, Franklin township, Fulton county, Ohio. She
lived at home Until married to Albion Morrison, 29-10 mo., 1893, by
Rev. C. C. Meatfer, at Washington, D. C.^ Three children have been
born to tlieni, Charles All)ioil Morrison, born 2-11 mo., 1894, at Rich-
mond, V^1. ; GecVrge Everitt Morrison, born '3-10" iiiq., 1898, at Litchfield
Conn.: Hazel Inez Morrison, born 16-1 mo.f 1900, Norwich township,,
Kent county, R. L Albion M. Morrison was born 17-6 mo., 1867, Surry
Hancock county, Maine. He learned the carpenter trade but after he
married engaged in the manufacture of perfumes and. .extracts, which
he follows at the present time.
George Orland Borton, second son of Samuel Butcher Borton and
Sarah Jane, his wife, was born 21-7 mo., 1866, .in John McLaughlin's-
old log house, l^>anklin township, Fulton county, Ohio. He stayed
with his father tiH he Went to Virgiiiia arid was with him about one year
there, then went to work* on the S. S. Rbanqke of O.. D. S. S. Co.,
running from Richmond to New York, worked up from coal passer to
oiler, then went with Acker Merrall & Condit, fancy grocers, 132 Cham-
l>er Street, New York, worked in their liquor department 3 years, then
went with H. B. Kirk & Co., 69 Fulton Street, New York, wholesale and
retail liquor dealers: was there 13 years. He had a fine chance to go
west' with Clarke Bros. & Co., distillers and rectifvers^. Peoria, III. He
took charge of their i<eCtifying pran't. wa's Vhere* nearly* three years and
was taken with malaria and jaundice and had to give up, and go back:
cast to his home in Rutherford, N. J. Then^vveht into business in New
York and failed; lost all he had. He then Secured a position with the
Wm. Bergenthal Co., Milwaukee, Wr.s.; lirid wias there over two years.
His family not liking the west, he obtained ^K position *a>» coinpomider
with Rittcrman & Kraemer. New York rectifyers. He then had a
13^ mi.^-...- BORTON FAMILY
xhance to better himsejf, so .he went with McMahon Wren . & Co.^
brews and rectifyers, Bridgeport, Conn. He bought a house and lot
there and his mother lives with him, since the death of his father. He
was married to Minnie May Irwin, 29-6 mo., 1892, at her home in
Middletown, Orange county, N. Y. She was born at Unionville, Orange
county, N. Y., 25-6 mo., 1868. Two children were born to them:
Marjorie Blanche Borton, born ii-i mo., 1897, 447 Franklin Ave.,
Broklyn, N. Y. ; Grace Isabelle Borton; born 14-1 mo., 1899, 217 Sylvan
Street, Rutherford, N. J.
VI. Martha Borton, daughter of Bethuel Borton and Rebecca Cliffton,.
married Asher Ely. Their children were: —
Mary Ann, b. ; died single.
George Asher, b. ; m. Carrie Shangle
Susan S., b. ; m. Frank Mattern.
Joseph, b. ; m. Esther Baum,
m. Frances Axtell.
Ella, b. ; m. George Pifer.
VII. Mary Ann Ely died, aged 20 years, fall of 1864, also Martha, her
mother, from yellow fever brought to Ohio from Philadelphia, Pa.
Asher then married Phebe Marlow. No children by last wife.
VII. Susan S. Ely, daughter of Martha Borton and Asher Ely, married
Frank Mattern. Their children were: —
Wilbur, b. ; m. Ida Axtell.
' Sula, b. '; m. A. O. Tabor.
. Asher, b. : died, age 8 mo.
VIII. The children of Wilbur Mattern and Ida Axtell were:—
Mildred, b.
Ruth, b.
VII. Joseph T. Ely, son of Martha Borton and Asher Ely, m:irric<l
Esther Baum. They had one son which died, and Esther also d'cd.
Joseph T. then married Frances Axtell. Their children were: —
Eleanor, b. ; m. Marshall Arnott.
Ida, b.
Esther, b. ; m. Carlos Stryker
Martha, b. ; m.
Bertha, b.
Edith, b.
VII. Ellen Ely, daughter of Martha Borton an.l Asher Kly, nvirrit .1
George Pifer. Their children were : —
Ely J., b. ; died 20-12 mo., 1880.
Carmine, b. ; m. Harry Wilkins.
Mildred, b. : m. Ilirvey IIoopen;;^n*!ifr
Gartha, b. ; died 10-6 mo., iQOO.
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VIII. Mildred Pifer, married Harvey Hoopengarner. She was the
daughter of Ellen Ely and George Pifer. Their children were : —
G.- B.-^H^opciagarner, b.
Asher Ely was born in Northumberland county, Pa., the 24- T ino.,
1822, while yet a small boy he moved with his parents, Asher Sr., and
Catherine Ely, to Knox county, Ohio, where they resided until 1839. In
that year they moved to Williams county, Ohio, which was then an
almost unbroken wilderness.
In 1841, Asher Ely, Jr., was married to Martha A. Borton, a
diaughter of Bethuel Borton and Rebecca Cliffton. She died 9 mo., 1864.
To them was born five children, three of whom, are living. He was
again married to Phebe Marlow, 10 mo., 1866. She died in the 3rd mo.,
1887. After her death, Asher made his home with his children, first with
Mrs. Frank Mattern of Adrian, Mich., then with Mrs. George Pifer,
of East Gilead, Mich., and later with his sons in Kansas, until his death
which occurred from apoplexy, 4-6 mo., 1899, at the age of yj years, i
month and 10 days. He was highly esteemed by all who knew him
and had held many places of public tru it as a gift of the people.
VI. Job Borton, son of Bethuel Borton and Rebecca Clififton, married
Mary R. ClifFton, daughter of Samuel ClifTton and Ann Their
children were : —
Ann, b. ; m. Samuel Harley.
Nathan C, b. 14-6 mo., 1846; m. Candace Mann, b. 8-4 mo., 1847.
Benjamin J., b. 26-11 mo., 1850; m. Hester Harley, b. 27-12 mo.,
1833-
Job, Jr., b. ; m. Ellen Graves.
VI. Job Borton and wife, with his son. Job., Jr., and family, moved to
Abilena, Kansas, in 1686. They returned to Ohio, their former home,
where Job died, 19-3 mo., 1888. Mary ClifTton Borton died 24-4 mo.,
189 1, age 76 years. Job died in his seventieth year.
Samuel ClifTton and Ann came from New Jersey to Williams
county, Ohio. Samuel died 28-11 mo., 1880, age 86 years. Ann, his
wife, died 25-7 mo., 1864. John Cliffton of Williams county, Ohio, was
a brother to Mary CliflFton Borton and a son of Samuel Cliffton and Ann.
VII. Ann D. Borton, daughter of Job Borton and Mary Cliffton, mar-
ried Samuel Harley, 12-1 mo., 1870. Their children were: —
Levi, b.
Eunice, b. ; m*. J. B. LePage.
Anna B., b. ; m. A. G. Harley.
Samuel J.,, b. ; m. Stella Propts.
Edith A., b. ; m. Nova St. Clair. , , .^ .
Eva L., b. ; m. R. B. Robinson.
Pearl, b. ; died young. >
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David C, b.
A. B., b.
Jennie R., b.
Ann D. Borton ?ind husband, Samuel Harley, moved from Fulton
county, Ohio, to Bedford, Iowa, in 1880, where they have since reside^.
VIII. Eunice M. Harley, daughter of Ann D. Borton and Samuel Har-
ley, married J. B. LePage. Their children were : —
Burt W., b. /.
Isabelle, b.
VIL Nathan Borton, son of Job Borton^ and Mary Cliffton, married
Candace Mann, 4-7 mo., 1867. Their children were: —
Oren, b. 3-9 mo., 1868; m. Minnie Leist.
Zale, b. 13-2 mo., 1872; m. Allie Leist.
Hilpa, b. 13-11 mo., 1877; m. Aaron Town.
Cynthia L., b. 2-6 mo., 1883; m. Charles Mattern.
Alden, b. 18-2 mo., 1881.
Alvin T., b. 18-2 mo., 1881 ; m. Anna Rutledge.
(Twins)
Earl J., b..30-5 mo., 1886.
VIII. Oren Borton, son of Nathan Borton and Candace Mann, married
Minnie Leist, 30-6 mo., 1887. Their children were: —
Alberta, b. 15-3 mo., 1889.
Frederick, b. 2-9 mo., 1892.
Reah, b. 25-7 mo., 1902.
Leon, b. 8-1 1 mo., 1906.
Vin. Zale Borton, son of Nathan Borton and Candace Mann, married
Allie Leist, lo-ii mo., 1893. They had one child: —
Leon, b. 15-2 mo., 1895.
VIII. Cynthia Borton, daughter of Nathan Borton and Candace Mann,
married Charles Mattern, 7-12 mo., 1898. They had one child: —
Myrtle, b. 23-6 mo., 1899.
VIII. Hilpa Borton, daughter of Nathan Borton and Candace Mann,
married Aaron Town, 15-6 mo., 1897. Their children were:—
Loren, b. 19-6 mo., 1898.
Malon, b. 11-7 mo., 1899*
Verna, b. 14-6 mo., 1905.
VIII. Alvin Borton, son of Nathan Borton and Candace Mann, married
Ann Rutledge. Their children are : —
Olin C, b. 21-3 ^^-^ ^9^3
Ray C, b. 15-3 mo., 1905.
Hazel L., b. 29-10 mo., 1906.
VII. Benjamin Borton, son of Job Borton and Mary Cliffton, married
Hester Harley, 13-10 mo., 1870. Their children were: —
Jennie A., b. 14-7 mo., 1673; m- 29-9 mo., 1896, John Demoy.
Mary C, b. 26-10 mo., 1871 ; m. 2-6 mo., 1900, Byron Stoner. ^
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Irvin, b. 12-10 mo., 1876; m. 31-5 mo., 1900, Cora Stoner.
Bryant, b. 8-2 mo., 1875 J "^- ^'^ '"o* I900> Mary Libby.
Dcvilla, b. i-io mo., 1882; m. 23-3 mo., 1905, Orva Borton.
VIII. Jennie Borton, daughter of Benjamin Borton and Hester Hurley,
jmarried John Demoy, 29-9 mo., 1896. Their children were: —
Rena, b. 5-10 mo., 1898.
Dortha, b. 1-9 mo., 1904.
VIII. Mary C. Borton, daughter of Benjamin Borton and Hester
Harley, married Byron Stoner, 2-6 mo., 1900., and 20-6 mo., 1907, Mary
C. Borton married William Gleason, of Fulton county, Ohio.
VIII. Irvin Borton, son of Benjamin Borton and Hester Harley, mar-
ried Cora Stoner, 31-5 mo., 1900. They have one child:—
Qarence, b. ii-io mo., 1902. •
VIII. Bryant Borton, son of Benjamin Borton and Hester Harley, mar-
ried Mary Libby. Their children were : —
William, b. 9-10 mo., 1903; died 11-5 mo., J904, age 7 mo
Effie, b. 23-8 mo., 1905.
VIII. DcviUa Bolton, son of Benjamin Borton and Hester Harley, mar^
ricd Orva Borton, 23-3 mo., 1905. They have one child:—
Bertha, b. 31-12 mo., 1905.
VII. Job Borton, Jr., son of Job Borton and Mary Qiffton, married
Ellen Graves. Their children were: —
Henry, b. 9-3 mo., 1874; m. Opha Myers.
Leroy, b. 14-9 mo., 1875; ^- Lottie Lyons.
Loyd, b. 3-7 mo., 1877; m. Anna Sayers.
Emmet, b., 30-11 mo., 1878; m. Edith E. Apsbawgh
Pearl, b. 9-10 mo., 1880; m. James D. Prickitt.
Mabd, b. 30-8 mo., 1882.
Inez Eva, b. 21-2 mo., 1884; m- E. T. Allis. . *-
Elon Fay, b. 10-12 mo., 1885.
Daisy Myrtle, b. 5-12 mo., 1887.
Allen Jaxon, b. 21-8 mo., 1890.
Herbert Leland, b. 1-5 mo., 1893.
VIII. Henry Borton, son of Job Borton, Jr. ,and Elle:^ Grjtve^ m?.rried
Opha Myers. They had one child : —
Eddie, b.
VIII. Leroy Borton, son of Job Borton, Jr., and Ellen Graves, miirried
Lottie Lyons. They have one child : —
Blanch, b.
Vm. Pearl Borton, daughter of Job Borton^ Jr., and Ellen Graves,
married James D. Prickitt, son of Lydia G. Borton and Daniel Prickitt.
Their children were : —
Lee, b.
Lenna, b.
VIIL Eva L. Harley, daughter of Ann D. Borton and Samuel Harley,
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married R. B. Robinson. Their children were :—
Leona, b.
. Job Borton, Sr., son of Bethuel Borton and Rebecca Cliffton, w?.s
born in Burlington county, New Jersey, 29-ii mo., 1818. He came with
his mother, brothers and sisters and settled in what is now German town-
ship, Fulton county, Ohio, near Bean Creek, in the then unbroken forest.
They were six weeks on the journey and arrived the 22-11 mo., 1836.
They lived in the wagons until a house was built. The next winter he
and his brother John entered land in the Oak openings, then called fine
lands. This they sold about 1840 and bought their old homesteads in
Brady township, William county, Ohio, and settled there the next year.
Job lived with his brother John, until after his marriage with Mary
Cliffton, in 1845, ^"^ soon afterwards moved on to the farm where he
lived until 1885, when he sold his farm and moved to Abilena, Kansas.
He and his brother Nathan built the first distillery for essential oils,
in German township, and which was the first^ no doubt, in Fulton
county. He distilled peppermint and other oils, and in 1850 built a
cane mill and helped to manufacture the first sorghum molasses. In
later years he dealt in blooded stock and he aiVd his son Job Borton, Jr.,
owned the finest herds of Holstein cattle in the county. He accumulated
many acres of fine land arid gave each of his children a good farm. He
was a life long member of Friends church, and gave the ground for
church and cemetery, and with his four brothers built the church in
1850. He was the father of three sons and' one daughter and also took
three diflferent children and reared them to woman and man's estate.
After making his home for some time at Abilene, Kansas, he came back
to visit old time friends and died at the hoiiie of Ezra Borton, West
Unity, Ohio, 19-3 mo., 1888, being in his seventieth year of age. He
lies buried among those with whom he toiled and loved, in the quiet
cemetery of Frrends, in Franklin township, Fulton codnty, Ohio.
VI. Samuel Borton, son of Bethuel Borton and Rebecca Cliffton, mar-
ried Jane Brown. Their children were: —
Ruth Ann, b. ; m. Emory Haines,
m. William Taylor
Mary E., b. ; m. Jacob Lunabarger
Benjamin, b. ; m. Mary Fidler.
Martha E., b. ; m. 1873, Leroy Bigbee.
m. 6-10 mo., 1891, George Hittle.
Alice, b. ; m. 9 mo., 1889, Amos Fetzer.
Nathan, b.
Truman, b.
I . Lydia, b.
David, b.
Manah, b.
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The last five children named all died young; none reached the ag^e
of three years.
Jane Borton died 27-6 mo., 1870, age 44 years, and Samuel married
Sarah Taylor and later Betsy Sipes. No issue by the Jast two mar-
riages. Samuel Borton died 18-9 mo., 1902, age 78 years.
'VII. Ruth Ann Borton, daughter of Samuel Borton and Jane Brown,
married Emory Haines in 1870. Their children were: —
Jennie, b. 1871 ; m. W. B. Ammerman.
Wilbur, b. 1875.
Twin boys died in infancy. Ruth Ann later married William H.
Taylor, son of Sarah Taylor, who was the second wife of Samuel Bor-
ton. Their children were: —
Harry Taylor, b. 10-6 mo., 1886.
Frank, b. 16-9 mo., 1887; died 26-3 mo., 1888.
Morris, b. 12-6 mo., 1893.
William H. Taylor served three years in the war of the Rebellion,
being a member of the 38th Regiment, O. V. I.
VII. Mary E. Borton, daughter of Samuel Borton and Jane Brown,
married Jacob Lunabarger. To them was born one child : —
Stella Lunabarger, b. ; m. Jason Branderbery.
Their children were: —
Wilbur, b.
Ida, b.
Inez, b.'
Chester*; b.
One died' in infancy.
VII. Martha E. Borton, daughter of Samuel Borton and Jane Brown,
married 9 mo., 1873, Leroy'Bigbee. They had two children, one dying
in infancy; the other was: —
Charles Bigbee, b. 13-12 mo., 1874; hi.* 14-3 mo., 1900, Elizabeth
Rupp.
To them one child was born: —
Olen Bigbee, b. 20-7 mo., 1903.
. Martha E. Bigbee married 6-10 mo., 189 1, George Hittle. To them
was born: —
Lois Hittle, b. 4-3 mo., 1894.
VII. Benjamin Borton, son of Samuel Borton and Jane Brown, married
Mary Fidler, 31-12 mo., 1878. Their children were:—
Charles, b. ' ; died single.
Howard, b.
Archie, b.
Hazel, b. ; died single.
Wilbur, b.
VII. Alice Borton, daughter of Samuel Borton and Jane Brown, mar-
ried Rev. Amos Fetzer, a Methodist Episcopal minister, and they moved
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to Nebraska. Tiley were married 9 mo., 1889. Their children were : —
Raymond, b. 14-7 mo., 1894.
Ruth, b. 4 mo., 1900.
VI. Samuel C. Borton, son of Bethuel Borton and Rebecca Cliffton, was
born in New Jersey, 2-1 1 mo., 1824. He came to Fulton county, Ohio,,
with his brother, Nathan Borton, when he was 16 years of age and made
his home with him. He was married to Sarah Jane Brown, and to this
union we^re born ten children. One son and three daughters are still
living to cherish his memory, this 1907. He first lived on the farm
known as the "Frederick Crumrine," then on different places, near Bean
Creek. He was married three times; his last wife dying, he lived alone
for some time, then with his grandmother, Stella Branderbury, after
which he made his home with his son Benjamin, in Michigan, where he
died, 18-10 mo., 1902, in the 79th year of his age. His remains were
brought to Fulton county, Ohio, and rest in Friends Cemetery.
VI, John Borton, son of Bethuel Borton and Rebecca Cliffton, married
Elizabeth Ann Taylor, daughter of John Taylor and Elizabeth Peacock.
Their children were : —
Susannah, b. ; m. George Harlan,
m. Elwood Tule.
William, b. 27-8 mo., 1842; m. Regina Oliver.
John T., b. ; m. Melvina Jacoby.
Martha Ann, b. 23-4 mo., 1847; m. Nathaniel Lyons.
Reuben, b. ;twin brother to Martha, died youn^
Bethuel, b. ; died in infancy.
Sarah C, b. 18-4 mo., 1849; "^- Orville Mann,
m. David Rosier.
Elizabeth, b. 8-7 mo., 1852 ; m. George- Pancoast.
Rebecca, b. ; m. George Hutchinson.
Mary Lydia, b. 11-8 mo., 1857; m. George Rhoads.
m. Rev. John Mason.
Elizabeth Borton deceased 7-5 mo., 1887, age 70 years and 6 months.
John married Rebecca Wise, widow of Solomon Wise. They had one
daughter : —
Grace, b. 18-10 mo., 1888.
John Borton died 7-12 mo., 1899, age 78 years, 10 months and 8 days.
VII. Susanah Borton,. daughter of John Borton and Elizabeth Tajrlor,
married George Harlan. Their children were: —
Frank, b. ; died single .
Sarah, b. ; single.
Olive, b. ; m. Manse Miller,
m. John Sturgis.
George, Jr., b. ; died young.
George Harlan died in U. S. army service, and Susanah marricil
Elwood Tule. Their children were: —
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John, b, ; m. Lacy Leist.
. m. Ida Coon.
Sanford, b. ; m. Floren<ie Carpenter.
VIIL Olive Harlan, daughter of George Harlan and Susanah Borton,
married Manse Miller. Their children were: —
Edna, b.
Emmit, b.
Later Olive married John Sturgis. No issue to this marriage.
VIIL John Tule, son of Susanah Borton and Elwood Tule, married
Lucy Leist. Their children were: —
Elmer, Ix
Nellie, b.
Later John united in marriage with Ida Coon. No issue by last
marriage.
VIII. Sanford Tule, son of Susanah Borton and Elwood Tule, married
Florence Carpenter. They had one child: —
Verlin, b.
VII, William Borton, oldest son of John Borton and Elizabeth Ann
Taylor, married Regina Oliver, daughter of Nathan Oliver and Sarah
Carmichael. Their children were : —
Ada, b. ; m. Sherman Ely.
Charles, b. ; m. Bertha Baker.
Sarah, b. ; m. Vern Umphrey.
John, b. ; m. Cora Hibbard.
Arthur William, b. ; m. Retta SbiHing.
VIII. Ada Borton ,oldest daughter of William Borton a ad Regina
Oliver, married Sherman Ely. No issue to this marriage.
VIII. Charles Borton, oldest son of William Borton and Refcina Oliver,
married Bertha Baker. Their children were: — '
Ruth, b.
Arthur Allen, b.
Dortha, b.
VIII. Sarah Borton, daughter of William Borton and Regina Oliver,
married Vern Umphrey. Their children were: —
Bulah, b.
Hannah, b.
VJIJ. John N. Borton, son of William Borton and Regina Oliver, mar-
ried Cora Hibbard. Their children were : —
John Vernon, b.
Vera, b.
Gladis, b.
VIII. Arthur William Borton, son of William Borton and Regina Oliver,
married Retta Shilling. No issue to this marriage.
Arthur William Borton served four years in the U. S. uavy, most pf
his time being spent on board the Battleship Maine.
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VII. John T. Bortoii, son of John Bortpn and Elizabeth Ann Tsylor,
married, Melvina Jacoby. Their children were: —
Marion, b. ; m. Tilla Lippy .
Ella, b. ; m. William Tucker,
m. Frank Bradley.
Minnie, b. ; m. Frank Bricker,
m. Clyde Shaflfer.
John, b. ; ni. Dora Gerring (deceased).
William, b. ; m. Ava E. Irving.
VIII. Marion Borton, son of John T. Borton and Melvini Jacoby, mar-
ried Tilla Lippy. Their children were : —
Maud, b.
Lydia, b. ; m. Chester Dorcus.
Retta, b.
VIII. Ella Borton, daughter of John T. Borton and Melvina Jacoby,
married William Tucker. Their children were:—
Mable, b.
Earl, b.
William Tucker died and Ella then married Frank Bradley. No
issue by the last marriage.
VII. Martha Borton, daughter of John Borton and Elizabeth Ann
Taylor, married Nathaniel Lyons. Their children were:— -
Dilla, b. ; m. Eliott Robinson.
Charity, b. ; m. Peter Barnes.
Arabell, b. ; m. Homer Dunn.
Myra, b. ; died single.
Lottie, b.' ; m. Roy Borton.
Grover, b. ^ ; single.
VIII. Dilla Lyons, daughter of Martha Borton and Nathaniel Lyons,
married Eliott Robison. Their children were:—
Myrta. b.
Inez. b. ; m. Charles Garison.
Glenn, b.
Verlon, b.
George, b.
Mildred Opal, b.
IX. Inez Robison, daughter of Dilla Lyons and Eliott Robison, married
Charles Garison. They have one child: —
X. Hubert Eliott Garison, b.
VIII. Charity Lyons, daughter of Martha Borton and Nathaniel Lyons,
married Peter Barnes. They have one child, adopted: —
Van Barnes, b.
VIII. Arabell Lyons, daughter of Martha Borton and Nathaniel Lyons,
married Homer Dunn. Their children were: —
•- • Lowell, b. .
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Vera, b.
Ellis, b, ^
Dale, b.
VIII. Lottie Lyons married Roy Borton. Lottie was a daughter of
Martha Borton and Nathaniel Lyons. Roy Borton was a son of Job
Borton, Jr., and Ellen Graves. Job was a son of Job Borton and Mary
Cliflfton. who was a son of Bethuel Borton and Rebecca Cliffton. Bethuel
was a son of Benjamin Borton, who was a son of Obadiah Borton and
Mary Driver. Obadiah was a son of John Borton, Jr., oldest son of
John Borton and Ann, the projenitors. The children of Lottie and Roy
Bortor were: —
Blanch, b. : Only child.
VII." Sarati C. Borton. daughter of John Borton and Elizabeth Ann*
Tay!oi. niairied Orvil Mann. Their children were:—
William, b. ; m. Phebe Struble.
Zoe, b. : m. Albert Camber.
Loyd, b. ; m. Alta Ovcrlander.
Lydia, b. ; m. William Hicker.
Susanah, b. ; m. William Boyce
Mendrcl^ b. : m. Ma.eeye Hill.
Orvill Manil died and Sarah C. married David Rosier. Xo issue
from last marriage.
VIII. William Mann, son of Sarah C. Borton and Orvil M:inn, mar-
ried Phebe Struble. Their children were: —
Howard Eugene, b.
VIII. Zoc Mann, d'lughter of Sarah C. Borton and Orvil Mann, mir-
ricd Albert Grmibcr. They have one child: —
IHorencc, b. : m Blessing.
VIIL Lydia Mann, dnighter of Sarah C. Borton and Orvil Mann, mir-
:*icd William Ilicker. Their children were: —
Zclla. b.
Clara. 1>.
Anna. b.
Lee, b.
NiuH, b.
VIII. Mendrcl Mann, son of Sirah C. Bortc-n and Orvil Minn, inirried
M;^ggie Tli 1. Their children were: —
How«nrd, b.
.\fildred. b.
Lucile, b.
Marjorie, b.
John R., b.
VII. Elizleth Borton, daughter of John Borton and Elizabeth Ann
Taylor, married George Pancoast. Their children wcre:-
.Vuthan. b. ; m. Flora Gates,
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m. Ida Dean.
Albert, b. ; m. Mary Holtzberg
Mabel, b. ; m. Robert Poucher,
Hariett, b. • . ; ^^' Walter Morton.
Rose, b.
VIII. Albert Pancoast, son of Elizabeth Borton and Georg^e Pancoast,
married Mary Holtzberg. One child: —
Helen, b.
VIII. Mable Pancoast, daughter of Elizabeth Borton and George Pan-
coast, married Robert Poucher. They have one child:—
Elizabeth, b.
VII. Rebecca Borton, daughter of John Borton and Elizabeth Ann
Taylor, married George Hutchison. Their children were: —
Arthur, b. ; m. Inez May ..:*.*.....
Samuel, b.
Arwilda, b. ; died in infancy.
George, Jr., b. ; m. Carmine Fisher.
VIII. George Hutchison, son of Rebecca Borton and George Hutchir>on,
married Carmine Fisher. They have one cliild: —
Mary Rebecca, b. .••-.
At his home lour miles northeast of West Unity, on July 12, 1899,
John Borton, at the age of' 78 years, 10 months anil 8 clays, pissed into
that land which lies beyond the valley of the shadow of death.
John Borton, son of Bethuel Borton and Rebecca Cliffti-^n Borton,
was born in Burlington county, N. J., 4-9 mo., 1820, one of a familv of
eleven children. He traces his genealogy to one of three 'iM-others who
came from England before the Revolutionary War.
In the fall of 1836, he, in company with his mother, four brothers
and two sisters, came west and settled in Fulton county, Ohio.
From his earliest boyhood he was inspired with a determination
and hope that laughed at obstacles that would have been unsurmountable
barriers to one of the same age and experience.
He purchased his farm of eighty acres in 1840 and went to work
to make a home in the wilderness.
On two different occasiofis he walked the entire 'distance between
his new home and his old home in Burlington comity, X .J.
He chopped several acres to pay for the carpenter work on the
house in which he lived and died, besides felling the mighty forests on
his own lands.
Deprived of school privileges, he mastered the three R's so well
that there were few men whose calculations were so nearly correct as
his. Many could testify to rhi's remark, **I carry the scales in my head.'*
He possessed a largeness of vision that enabled liim to meet coniinj^"
events with the spirit of a victor. Fresh from fhfe field of victorv he
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laughed at the discouraging features which ordinarily accompany new
opportunities. He made them his own door into larger. possibilities.
Noticing the dwarfed condition of the live stock of this section of
the state, he brought Cotswool sheep from Canada, Moreno sheep from
Vermont and Pennsylvania, short horned Durham cattle from Kentucky^
and Poland China hogs from eastern Ohio. His neighbors were many
times amazed at the enormous prices he paid;' which on one occasion
reached the large sum of .one thousand dollars for two cows. In all
these ventures he succeeded, and his name became throughout this
section of the country, and at the fairs for many miles in all directions,
a synonym for high grade stock.
Not only was he first in stock raising but in raising of all kinds ofr
fruits and grains. His name associated with stock, fruit or grain was
a guarantee of its being first-cla&s in quality.
He succeeded financially to the extent that the land distributed
among his children and others was ten hundred and twenty-seven acres^ .
while his gifts in money and chattels reached well into thousands.
He was a living example of what a young man can do, almost with-
out money or education, if they have the one gift he possessed — a deter-
mination to keep expenses inside the income.
Nor was this his only ambition. Whether acting as fruit grower,
farmer, stock-raised or shipper his must not only be as. good,, but he was
not satisfied if his were not the best. . ., , -
He believed in the excellency of the Republican party, the society
of Friends, honesty, sobriety, loyalty.
He was distinctively gifted in making home enjoyable. He re-
tained his farm hands for years in succession. Almost a score of men,
who had toiled in his service, came to shed tears and take leave of
one for whom they had worked day iii and day Qut without.. jar or jangle.
Mr. Borton bought and sold a great mauy.fai:4ns. He dealt onlv in
good land. His motto was "Good land is cheap. at. any price, while poor
land is dear at any price/' . :: .
He was a lover of mus.c, while great portions of the scriptuers were
vividly planted in his memory. . .; .:
He was twice married. First in \^g to .EIi.zal)eth Ann Tavlor. To
them were born ten children, eight' of whom sui:yive him. His wife
died in 1887 and that same year he wjis united ip marriage to Rebecca ;
Wise, the widow of Solomon Wise, of layette, 0.hix>, To them was born
the comfort of their old age, Grace, who is closing" her eleventh year.
It is a remarkable fact that Mr. Borton and two of his brothers died
in the same year of their age. The. age at death was as follows: Nathan
Borton, 78 years, 8'months and 19 days; Benjamin Borton, 78 years, 10
months and 19 days, and John Borton, 78y^ars; 10 months and 8 days.'-
John Borton leaves in direct line tp|j)iourn his loss, nine- children.
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thirty-three grandchildren, and thirty great-grandchildren.
He was laid to rest in the Friends cemetery. A large concourse
of people followed him to his grave. He will live longest in the hearts
of those who know him best.
IV. Joseph Englc. son of Robert Engle and Rachel Yenicomb, married
Mary Borton, daughter of Obadiah Borton and Susannah Butcher.
Obadiah Borton was a son of John Borton, Jr., and first wife. John, Jr.,
was a son of John and Ann Borton, the projenitors. Their children
were : —
John, b. 16-8 mo., 1761 ; m .Lucy Brooks.
Obadiah, b. 16-3 mo., 1763; m. Patience Cole.
Aaron, b. 6-1 1 mo., 1764; m. Efither TTroth.
Susannah, b. 22-^ mo., 1766; m. Stacy Haines.
Phebe, b. ^-2 mo., 1769.
Asa, b. 7-11 mo., 1770.
Ann, b. 15-3 mo., 1774; m. John Troth.
Joseph, b. 16-7 mo., 1776; m. Lydia Conrow.
Rachel, b. 15-4 mo., 1783; died 14-1802.
Mary died and Joseph married ^tary'StrattoUj daugjbtcr of Emanuel
Stratton and Mary Joyce. No children by last marriage. " . '
John Troth and Esther Troth, who m-^rried Ann and Aaron Engle,
were the children of Esther Bortonr and William Troth.
y. Obadiah Engle. son of Mary Borton and Joseph Engle, married
Patience Cole. Their children were as follows :—
Ann, b. 17-3 mo., 1795; died 1807. ^
Job C, 1>. 13-12 mo., 1796; m. Louisa C. Farman.
Arthur, b. 9-3 mo., 1799; ^^' Elizabeth C. Engle
Aaron, b. G-\ mo., 1801 ; m. Albina Haines.
Elizabeth, b. 5-2 mo., 1803; m. Abel Moore.
Mary, b. 12-4 mo., 1805; m. Charles Burr,
m. Lsaac Haines.
Rachel, b. 24-6 mo., 1807; m. Asher Woolman.
Samuel C, b. ii-i mo., 1810; m. Edith Sharp.
Sarah Ann, b. 20-5 mo., 1812; m. Barclay Haines.
Nathan, b. i-io mo., 1817; died single.
Patience Cole was the daughter of Job Cole and Elizabeth Tomlin.
VI. Aaron Engle, son of Obadiah Kngle and Patience Cole, marrie.i
Albina Haines, a diughter of Abel Hainc$ and Elizabeth Stokes. Their
children were: —
Charles H.. b. ii-ii mo., 1840: m .Rebecca W. Wills, 6-3 mo., 1873,
Aaron W., b. 31-5 mo., 1844: m. Sarah B. Lippincott, 20-11 mo., 1867.
RebeccH W. Wills, wife of Ch?irles II. Engle, was the daughter of
William S. \\'ills and Elizabeth Haines, daughter of Isaac H'iines and
Elizabeth Austin. Rebecca W. died in and Charles H.
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V. Aaron Engle, son of Mary Borton and Joseph Engle, married Esther
Troth, daughter of William Troth and Esther Borton. Esther was
the daughter of William Borton and Deborah Hedge. William Troth
was a son of Paul Troth and Deborah. Aaron Engle and Esther's
children were: —
Deborah, b. 5-1 mo., 1793; m. Joseph Haines.
Paul, b. 22-10 mo., 1787; died single.
Elizabeth, b. 17-9 mo., 1807; m. Joshua Borton.
Esther, b. 2-9 mo., 1813; m. George T. Browning.
Mary Ann, b. ; m. Isaac Hewlings.
V. Ann Engle, daughter of Joseph Engle and Mary Borton, married
John Troth, son of William Troth and Esther Borton. They had eight
children : —
Mary Troth, b. ; 1795; m. Charles Haines
Charles, b. 14-2 mo., 1797; died 9-9 mo., 181 5.
Deborah, b. 28-9 mo., 1798; m. David Haines.
Susannah, b. 22-10 mo., 1800; m. Job Ballinger.
Huldah, b. 2-1 1 mo., 1802; died 8-9 mo., 1815.
Esther, b. 15-9 mo., 1804; m. Daniel Coate.
Lucy Ann, b. 2-4 mo., 1807; m. Charles Burr
John, b. 1812; died 1814.
V. John Engle, son of Mary Borton and Joseph Engle, married Lucy
Brooks. Their children were : —
Mary Brooks, b. 14-9 mo., 1783; died 1793
Thomas, b. 17-3 mo., 1792; died 1793.
Joseph, b. 26-5 mo., 1794.
Amasa, b. 12-12 mo., 1796.
John, b. 23-9 mo., 1801.
Samuel, b. 12-11 mo., 1803; m. Elizabeth Troth
Charles, b. 14-7 mo., 1806; died 1821.
Allen, b. 12-7 mo., 1810.
Rachel Engle, daughter of Robert Engle and Rachel Venicomb,
sister to Joseph Engle, married Abram Borton.
IV. Abram had previously l)een married three times:
1. 1756; m. Mary Andrews, died 1759; no issue.
2. ; m. Charity Cattle, died 1761; no issue.
3. 1764; m. Margaret Woolston, died 1767; no issue
4. 1768; m. Rachel Engle. Five children: —
Abram, b. 4-9 mo., 1769; died 1784.
V. Joseph, b. 28-4 mo., 1771; m. Esther Dudley, 1792.
Robert, b. 1773; died 1781.
Rachel, b. 1774; m. Jacob Evans, 1795.
V. Uriah, b. 1-12 mo., 1776; m. Mary Collins, 1798
Joseph Borton died in 1796. Rachel Borton Evans died in 1844.
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Uriah Borton died in 1840.
IV. John Borton, son of Obadiah Borton, Sr., and Mary Driver, 2nd
wife, married. Hannah Haines, daughter of Thomas Haines and Hannah
Their children were : —
Mary, b. 10-3 mo., 1777; m. Isaac Dudley.
Hannah, b. 2-12 mo., 1779; m. William Cooper.
Rebecca, b. 25-12 mo., 1781; died 1805.
Edward, b. 25-7 mo., 1783; m. Mary Braddock. Went west.
Esther, b. 31-1 mo., 1785; m. John Collins.
Abraham, b. ii-io mo., 1786; m. Mary Dudley.
David, b. 28-2 mo., 1788; m. Ann Haines. (Widow).
Abigail, b. 10-9 mo., 1789; m. Daniel Stratton, 1823.
Asa, b. 10-4 mo., 1791.
Jacob, b. 20-10 mo., 1792.
Thomas, b. 21-4 mo., 1794; m Bullock.
Elizabeth, b. 25-1 mo., 1798; m. Jacob Buckman, of Pennsylvania.
John, b. 31-8 mo., 1778; m. Jemima Braddock.
V. Mary Dudley, who married Abraham Borton, was the daughter of
Joshua and Rachel Dudley. Mary and Jemima Braddock were sisters
and were wives of Edward and John- Borton. They were daughters of
Rheoboam Braddock and Jemima Darnell, daughter of John Darnell,
the progenitor, and Hannah Borton.
V. Abraham Borton, son of John Borton and Hannah Haines, married
Mary Dudley. John Borton was a son of Obadiah Borton and Mary
Driver. Obadiah was a son of John, Jr., who was a son of John Borton
and Anne, the progenitors of the Borton family in America. Abraham
and Mary Borton's children were: —
Hannah, b. • ; m. Carlton P. Lippincott.
Elwood T., b. 25-9 mo., 1812; m. Mary Wright, b. 18-6 mo., 1813.
Lydia, b. ; m. Charles Brock.
VI. Hannah Borton, daughter of Abraham Borton and Mary Dudley,
married Carlton P. Lippincott. Their children were : —
Elmina, b. ; m. John Stokes Borton.
Thomas, b. ; m.
Mary, b. ; m. Joseph B. Kille.
Abigail, b. ; single.
Lydia, b. ; m.
Abraham, b. ; m.
VL Elwood T. Borton, son of Abraham Borton and Mary Dudley, mar-
ried Mary Wright, daughter of Nathaniel and Rebecca Wright. Their
children were: —
Sarah W., b. 9-3 mo., 1839; "i- James Megargee.
Abraham, b. 21-2 mo., 1841 ; m. Mary Ellen Hunt.
Elizabeth W., b. 19-12 mo., 1844: m. John Wesley Garwood.
Thomas E., b. 17-7 mo., 1847; m. Amanda T. Doran.
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VI. Lydia Borton, daughter of Abraham Borton and Mary Dudley, mar-
ried Charles Brock. Their children were: —
Rebecca, b. ; m. John Ford.
Emma, b. ; m. David Young.
John, b. ; m. Caroline Sharp.
Mary, b. ; m. Franklin Search.
Rjichel, b. ; m. Judson Kain.
Elizabeth, b. ; m. John Ford. (2nd wife).
VII. Sarah W. Borton, daughter of Elwood T. Borton and Mary
Wright, married James Megargee. Their children were:—
George E., b.
Anna Mary, b.
Henrietta, b. ; died young.
Elizabeth B., b. ; m. John M. Stow.
Elwood Royal, b. ; m. Mary R
J. Harrison, b. ; m. Margaret J. Carter
William, b. ; died a young man.
Ella B., b.
VIII. Elizabeth Megargee, daughter of Sarah W. Borton and James
Megargee, married John M. Stow. Their children were: —
Henrietta, b.
Clifford, b.
VIII. J. Harrison Megargee, son of Sarah W. Borton and James
Megargee, married Margaret J. Carter. Their children were: —
Helen, b.
Sarah, b.
VII. Abraham Borton, son of Elwood T. Borton and Mary Wright,
married Mary Ellen Hunt, daughter of Esaias Hunt and Mary Mason.
They had two sons : —
Walter G., b. 18-4 mo., 1871 ; m. Gertrude Cranmer
Robert H., b. 12-3 mo., 1878; m. Myrtie Robinson.
VII. Elizabeth W. Borton, daughter of Elwood T. Borton and Mary
Wright, married John Weslay Garwood. Their children were: —
Laura, b. ; m. Charles Knoth.
Walter, b. ; died young..
Benjamin, b.
Howard, b. ; died young.
Elizabeth, b. ; died young.
Carrie, b. ; m. Charles Kelley.
Clarence, b.
VII;^ Thomas E. Borton, son of Elwood T. Borton and Mary Wright,
married Amanda T. Doran. They had one daughter:—
Mary Eliza, b. 25-10 mo., 1875; died 9-2 mo., 1890.
VI. Elwood T. Borton, Pemberton Borton and Benjamin Borton, mar-
ried sisters, daughters of Xathaniel Wright and Reliance, his wife, of
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DeRuyter, New York. Benjamin Borton's first wife was Abig"ail Bor-
ton, daughter of Isaac Borton and his last wife, Elizabeth Wright. Pern-
berton Borton married Anna Wright, 19-3 mo., 1840.
John Borton, son of John Borton and Hannah Haines, also, John
and William Borton, sons of Richard Borton and Rachel Braddock, are
Aaron Borton, son of Joel Borton, were all ministers of the Society of
Friends and each delivered the message as he believed it given to
him for utterance.
V. Edward Borton, son of John Borton and Hannah Haines, married
Mary Braddock. John Borton was a son of Obadiah Borton and Mary
Driver. Edward Borton and Mary Braddock's children were: —
Job, b.
James, b.
Edward, b.
VI. Job Borton, son of Edward Borton and Mary Braddock, married
Their children were : —
Emmor, b.
Joseph, b.
Abraham, b.
Thomas, b.
VI. James Borton, son of Edward Borton and Mary Braddock, married
They had one daughter : —
Elizabeth Ann, b. ; m Halley.
VI. Edward Borton, Jr., son of Edward Borton and Mary Braddock,
married They had one child : —
Anna, b.
V. Mary Borton, oldest child and daughter of John Borton and Hannah
Haines, married Isaac Dudley. Mary was born 10-3 mo., 1777. Their
children were: —
David, b. 21-8 mo., 1803; m. 12-4 mo., 1827, Lydia Dudley
w Isaac, Jr., b. b. 26-10 mo., 1805; died 26-4 mo., 1867.
Aaron, b. i-ii mo., 1806.
Nathan, b. 4-10 mo., 1808; died 30-7 mo., 1896.
Abigail, b. 24-8 mo., 1810..
Edward, b. 6-10 mo., 1812*.
VI. David Dudley, son of Isaac Dudley and Mary Borion, married 12-4
mo., 1827, Lydia Dudley, daughter of Job and Rachel D\ulley. Their
children were : —
Martha Ann, b. 20-1 mo., 1828; died 4-4 nio., 1903.
Mary B., b. 22-12 mo., 1829; m. Reuben P. Borton, 1862; died 5-12
mo., 1903.
Enoch R., b. 27-2 mo., 1833; m. 7-1 mo.. 1858, Beulah Ann Brown.
Joseph A., b. 27-11 mo., 1835; m. Clara M .Haines.
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Lydia Dudley, wife of David Dudley, died 11-8 mo., 1881.
VII. Enoch R. Dudley, son of David Dudley and Lydia Dudley, mar-
ried 7-1 mo., 1858, Beulah Ann Brown, daghter of Isaac Brown. They
had one child: —
Sarah Lydia, b. ii-ii mo., 1861 ; died 13-11 mo., 1873.
VII. Joseph A. Dudley, son of David and Lydia Dudley, married Clara
M. Haines. Their children were: —
Howard J., b. 17-3 mo., 1874.
Lydia R., b.
VIII. Howard J. Dudley, son of Joseph A. Dudley and Clara M.
Haines, married Their children were: —
Mary Emma, b. ; deceased.
Percy H., b.
Warren E., b. ; deceased.
VIII. Lydia R. Dudley, daughter of Joseph A. Dudley and Clara M.
Haines, married Henry Wiber. They had one daughter.
Mary Emma Wiber, b.
Later Lydia R. married Theodore Foell. Their children were: —
Theodore, Jr., b.
Emma Louise, b.
Mary Emma Wiber had her name changed to Foel|.
V. David Borton, son of John Borton and Hannah Haines, b. 28-2 mo.,
1788, married Elizabeth Troth, daughter of Paul Troth, 15-10 mo., '
1812. Their children were: —
Martha, b. ; m. Josiah Ballinger.
Hannah T., b. ; m. Elwood Lukens.
Deborah, b. ; m. Henry Warrick.
Emeline C, b. ; m. Elwood Lukins, 2nd wife.
John T., b. ; m. Rebecca Shields Jackson.
Rebecca, b. ; died single.
Sarah, b. ; died a young woman .
David Borton married Anna Haines, widow, for his second wife,
after the death of Elizabeth Troth.
Martha Borton, daughter of David Borton and Elizabeth Troth,
married Josiah Ballinger. Their children were: —
Anna B., b. ; m. Isaac Powell.
David T., b. ; m. Sarah B. Evans.
Sarah Ann, b. ; m. Alfred Wills.
Josiah, b. ; m. Ida Perkins.
VI. Hannah T. Borton, daughter of David Borton and Elizabeth Troth,
married Elwood Lukens. They had one daughter: —
Lillie I., b. ; m. William Henry Rogers.
Lillie I. Lukens and Henry Rogers have one child: —
Helen Rogers, b.
Deborah A. Borton, daughter of David Borton and Elizabeth
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Troth, married Henry C. Warrick, 30-3 mo., 1843. Their children were:
Elizabeth B., b. 5-3 mo., 1844; m. Levi L. Walton, 25-2 mo., 1869.
William H., b. 25-9 mo., 1847; m. Margaret A. Hollingshead.
Richard A., b. 1-7 mo., 1849; "^' Margaret W. Coles.
John B., b. 6-7 mo., 1854; m. Mary A. Hancock.
Henry C. Warrick was born 23-7 mo., 1816, and deceased 11-7 mo.,
1864. Deborah A. Borton, born 27-5 mo., 1820, died 23-10 mo., 1863.
Elizabeth B. Warrick, daughter of Deborah A. Borton and Henry
C. Warrick, married Levi L. Walton. Their children were: —
Deborah A., b. 2-10 mo., 1871; m. Henry B. Coles, 18-10 mo., 1894.
Harry R., b. 19-12 mo., 1873.
Aubrey Spencer, b. 3-12 mo., 1877; m. Mabel S. Dudley.
Levi L., Jr., b. 15-1 mo., 1880; m. Anna W. Kirkbride.
Slias, b. 7-2 mo., 1870; m. Mary B. Jones.
Silas Walton, son of Elizabeth B. Warrick and Levi L. Walton,
married Mary B. Jones. They have two children: —
Joseph L., b. 26-10 mo., 1897.
Elizabeth, b. 15-7 mo., 1903.
Deborah A. Walton, daughter of Elizabeth B. Warrick and Levi L.
.Walton, married Henry B. Coles, 18-10 mo., 1894. Their children were:
Marguerite, b. 17-12 mo., 1896.
Charles Benjamin, b. 28-4 mo., 1899.
Henry Walton, b. 3-12 mo., 1905.
Aubrey Spencer Walton, son of Elizabeth B. Warrick and Levi L.
.Walton, married Mabel S. Dudley, 20-2 mo., 1901. Their children w^ere:
Elizabeth Borton, b. 10-10 mo., 1902; died 10-10 mo., 1902.
Sarah Dudley, b. 8-12 mo., 1903.
Deborah Walton, b. 28-10 mo., 1906.
Levi L. Walton, Jr., son of Elizal)eth B. Warrick and Levi L.
Walton, Sr., married Anna W. Kirkbride, 23-3 mo., 1904. They have
one son: —
Norman K., b. 1-3 mo., 1906. e
William H. Warrick, son of Deborah A. Borton and Henry C. War-
rick, married 3-9 mo., 1867, Margaret A. Hollingshead. Their children
were : —
William Roland, b. 27-9 mo., 1873; m. Marion Deacon.
Howard Thomas, b. 22-11 mo., 1877; ""» .Katharyn Conrey
William H. Warrick deceased 8-7 mo., 1899.
William Roland Warrick, son of William H. Warrick and Margaret
A. Hollingshead, married Marrian Deacon, 11-6 mo., 1902. They have
one daughter: —
Eleanor Louise, b.
Howard T. Warrick, son of William H. Warrick and Margaret A.
Hollingshead, married Katharyn Conrey, 16-11 mo., 1905.
Richard A. Warrick, son of Deborah A. Borton and Henry C. War-
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rick, married Margaret W. Coles, 13-2 mo., 1878. Deborah A. Boiion
was a daughter of David Borton and first wife, Elizabeth Troth. David
was a son of John Borton and Hannah Haines. John was a son of
Obadiah Borton and second wife, Mary Driver. Obadiah was a son of
John, Jr., and first wife, and John, Jr., was a son of John Borton and
Ann, the immigrants to America. Richard A. Warrick and Mar^faret
W. Coles' children were: —
Esward Morris, b. 26-9 mo., 1882.
Mahlon Henry, b. 22-3 mo., 1879.
Raymond Coles, b. 10-7 mo., 1884; m. Ivy B. Shemeley, lo-i mo.,
1906.
John B. Warrick, son of Deborah A. Borton and Henry C. War-
rick, married Mary A. Hancock, 12-12 mo., 1878. Their children were: —
George Hancock, b. 29-6 mo., 1880; m. Caroline H. Leeds.
Helen, b. 13-2 mo., 1895.
George Hancock Warrick, son of John B. Warrick and Mary A.
Hancock, married Caroline H. Leeds, 20-1 mo., 1904. They have one
daughter: —
Elizabeth Leeds, b. 1-8 mo., 1906.
John T. Borton, son of David Borton and Elizabeth Troth, married
Rebecca Shields Jackson. Their children were: —
Lydia, b. ; m. Percy Powell.
William, b. ; m. A;:uba
Henry, b. : died single.
Sadie, b. ; single.
Elizabeth, b. ; m. Horace Powell.
Martha Borton, daughter of David Borton and Elizabeth Troth,
Avas born 15-10 mo., 181 5, and married Josiah Ballinger, 18-3 mo., 1847.
Their children were: —
Levi, b. 21-2 mo., 1848; died 14-3 mo., 1848.
Anna E., b. 2-4 mo., 1849; m. Isaac Powell.
David T., b. 5-9 mo., 1851; m. Sarah B. Evans.
Sarah A., b. 22-9 mo., 1853; m. Alfred Wills.
Josiah R., b. 10-9 mo., 1858; m. Ida Perkins.
Martha Borton Ballinger deceased 12-7 mo., 1884, and Josiah
Ballinger, 11-2 mo., 1901.
Anna E. Ballinger, daughter of Josiah Ballinger and Martha Borton,
married Isaac Powell. They had two sons:-
Benajah, M. D., b. ; m.
Josiah, b. ; m.
David T. Ballinger, son of Martha Borton and Josiah Ballinger,
married Sarah B. Evans, b. 21-10 mo., 1852. They, were married on
19-12 mo., 1876 and their children were: —
Hermon S., b. 30-11 mo., 1877.
Harry B., b. 20-6 mo., 1879; m. 7-10 mo., 1903, Ida M. Pancoast.
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Anna M., b. 7-8 mo., 1882.
David T., Jr., b. 13-11 mo., 1883.
William E., b. 28-2 mo., 1886.
Ethelind, b. 22-6 mo., 1888; died 4-12 mo., 1888.
Raymond L., b. 16-10 mo., 1891.
Josiah Ballinger, father of David T. Ballinger, was born 18-9 mo.,
f8i8.
Hannah T. Borton, second daughter of David Borton and Elizabeth
Troth, married Elwood Lukens. They had one daughter: —
Lillie I. Lukens, b. ; m. William Henry Rogers:
To Lillie L Lukens and William Henry Rogers was born one child :
Helen Rogers, b.
Hannah T. Borton died and Elwood Lukens then married her sis-
ter, Emeline C. Borton, by whom he had two children: —
Josephine, b. ; died unmarried.
Harry Stockton, b. ; m. Katie Nangle.
Harry Stockton Lukens and Katie Nangle had one child: —
Bertha N. Lukens, b.
V. John Borton, son of John Borton and Hannah Haines, married
Jemima Braddock, daughter of Rehoboam Braddock and Jemima Dar-
nell. Their children were: —
Barzilla, b. ; died single.
John, b. ; m. Keturah Haines,
m. Martha Woolman.
m. Sarah Busby, widow Warner.
Jemima, b. ; m.Levi Ballinger,
m. David Walton.
Esther, b. ; m. William Glover.
Pemberton, b. ; m. Anna Wright.
Caroline, b. ; m. David Davis.
VL John Borton, son of John Borton and Jemima Braddock, married
Keturah Haines, first wife, daughter of Joseph Haines and Hannah
Maxwell. Their children were: —
Joseph H., b. 23-11 mo., 1827; m. Henrietta Haines.
George B., b. 5-7 mo., 1830; m. Susannah Wills.
VIL Joseph H. Borton, son of John Borton and Keturah Haines, mar-
ried Henrietta Haines, daughter of Joseph Haines and Deborah. Troth.
They have one daughter: —
Josephine H., b. ; m. Joseph H. Marvil.
Vn. Joseph H. Borton, son of John Borton and Keturah Haines, was
born in Burlington county, New Jersey, 23-11 mo., 1827. He married
Henrietta Haines, daughter of Joseph Haines and Deborah Troth, and
located at Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1866, and purchased the Dennis
Cottage of twenty-four room^-, to which he built additions from time
to time until 1892, when he built the New Dennis Hotel, which contains
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two hundred and thirty-six bed chambers, single and in suite, and the
hotel can accomodate four hundred and eighty-six guests. It is equipped
with forty-eight private baths and four salt water baths. The ground
occupied is 85 by 200 feet, and the building is five stories high, and the
largest in the state of New Jersey. Joseph H. Borton sold the property^
in 1900 to his nephew, by marriage, Walter J. Bushy, who has again'
remodelled the same as shown in the cut. Joseph owned and conducted
this hotel for thirty-four years. He has been identified with all of the
improvements of Atlantic City, was a member of the city council for
many years, and for twenty-one years was president of the city boarcF
of health; helped to secure the present garbade crematory and hospital^
and also fathered the sinking of the first artesian well, for which the
city is famous, also the deep well of free dispensing water. He also-
helped both by his money and influence to further all business and
municipal improvements. The first lumber company, water works,-
sewerage company, and all of the railroads which enter the city. None
of these early projects could be considered profitable. He is still in-
terested in the city gas works, and the Atlantic City National Bank,
which are remunerative. Joseph H. Borton and Henrietta Haines had
but one child, Josephine H. She married Joseph H. Marvil, and resides,
at Atlantic City, New Jersey. Henrietta Haines, wife of Joseph H.
Borton, died 17-4 mo., 1907.
Joseph H. Borton represents one of that number who through thrift
and business sagacity has risen from poverty to opulence, and has become
a leading factor in the city where he resides.
VII. George B. Borton, son of John Borton and Keturah Haines, mar-
ried Susannah Wills, 13-4 mo., 1859, daughter of Aaron Wills and Martha.
Jarret. Aaron was a son of Samuel Wills and Grace Rogers. George
Borton and Susannah's children were: —
Frank L., b. 23-2 mo .,1863; m. Charlotte Geren, 15-8 mo., 1888.
C. Walter, b. 20-1 mo., 1867; ni. Sarah Carter.
George W., b. 6-1 1 mo., 1870; m. Elizabeth Lippincott.
J. Harvey, b. 12-9 mo., 1872; unmarried.
Emily Wills, b. 22-2 mo., 1865; m. Walter J. Busby.
J. Howard, b. 5-1 1 mo., i860; disd 4-4 mo., 1872.
Keturah Haines died in 1842 a\ d John Borton married Martha^
Woolman. They had three children: —
Rebecca W., b. 12-9 mo., 1846; m. George W. Kirkbride.
John W., b. 23-9 mo., 1850; single, drowned oflf Long Branch, 1874^
James C, b. 12-6 mo., 1852; m.
VIII. Frank L. Borton, son of George B. Borton and Susannah Wills,
married Charlotte Geren, 15-8 mo., 1888, of Columbus, Ohio. They had
one daughter: —
Helen Wills, b. 18-8 mo., 1889.
Charlotte died in 1905 and in 1907 Frank L. married Georgia Wood-
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bridge of Evanston, 111., where they reside. Office rooms 61-62, No.
4 Sherman St., Chicago, 111.
Martha Woolman died and John Borton married Sarah Busby,
widow Warner. No children.
VIII. Emily Wills Borton, daughter of George B. Borton and Susannah
Wills, married Walter J. Busby, proprietor of the Hotel Dennis, At-
lantic City, N. J. They have two sons: —
J. Howard, b. 12-10 mo., 1893.
George H., b. 4 mo., 1896.
VIII. C. Walter Borton, son of George B. Borton and Susannah Wills,
married Sarah Carter, daughter of John E. Carter, of Germantown, Pa.
They have throe children: —
Faith, b. 24-8 mo., 1899.
John Carter, b. 12-1 mo., 1901.
Hugh, b. 14-5 mo., 1903.
They reside in Moorestown, N. J. His office, Provident Life and
Trust Co., Chestnut and 4th streets, Philadelphia, Pa.
VIII. George W. Borton, son of George B. Borton and Susannah Wills,
married Elizabeth Lippincott, daughter of Joseph K. Lippincott, of
Haddonfield, N. J. They have one daughter: —
Gertrude, b. 31-5 mo., 1904.
George W. Borton resides at Haddonfield, N. J.. He is of the firm
of Borton, Tierney & Co., Stephen Girard Building, Fourth Street, near
Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
VIII. J. Harvey Borton, son of George B. Borton and Susannah Wills,
b. 12-9 mo., 1872, unmarried, resides at Moorestown, N. J. Place of
business, Haines Jones and Cadbury Co., 1136 Ridge Ave., Philadelphia.
VI. John Borton, son of John Borton and Jemima Braddock, married
Keturah Haines, first wife. She died and John then married Martha
Woolman, by whom he had three children.
VIII. Rebecca W. Borton married George W. Kirkbride. They have
one daughter: —
Jean \\'oolman, b. 13-4 mo., 1872.
VIII. James C. Borton, son of John Borton and Martha Woolman,
married Their children were : —
Effie Florence, b. 18-3 mo., 1874; single.
Chailes Stanley, b. 1-12 mo., 1875; ""*• Martha Hamilton Kelley.
IX. Charles Stanley Borton and Jaartha Hamilton Kelley have four
children: —
X. Elizabeth Jamison, b. 29-1 mo., 1902.
Martha Frances, b. 31-8 mo., 1903.
John Stanley, b. 29-12 mo., 1904; died 16-5 mo., 1906
Charles Stanley, Jr., b. 31-1 mo., 1907.
Keturah Haines, first wife of John Borton, was the daughter of
Hannah Maxwell and Joseph Haines. Hannah was the daughter of
Joseph H. Borton, Atlantic City, N. J.
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John Maxwell, the son of John Maxwell and Hannah Matlack.
David Davis, who married Caroline Borton, was the son of David
Davis and Mary Haines.
Joseph Haines was the son of Isaiah Haines and Sarah Wilkins.
VI. Caroline Borton, daughter of John Borton and Jemima Braddock,
married David Davis in 1840. Their children were: —
Mark, b. 11-5 mo., 1842; m. Sue W. Satterthwaite.
Mary, b. 13-1 mo., 1844; m. Chalkley B. Zelley.
John Borton, b. 26-12 mo., 1846; m. Phebe Ann Bowne.
David Walton, b. 1-4 mo., 1849; ^^* Rachel S. Huston.
Benjamin, b. 27-11 mo., 185 1; m. Ruth A. Perkins,
m. Margaret B. Hilyard.
Charles, b. 2i-i mo., 1854; m. Sarah H. Taylor.
VII. Mark Davis, son of Caroline Borton and David Davis, married
Sue W. Satterthw-ait. Their children were: —
Eva, b. 16-11 mo., 1886.
Raymond, b. 7-X0 mo., 1888,
Mary, b. 11-4 mo., 1891.
Arthur, b. 7-12 mo., 1895; died 16-10 mo., 1896.
Minnie Sue, b. 9-10 mo., 1899.
Caroline Borton and David Davis were married in "Old Evesham
Meeting House," Friends, 24-12 mo., 1840. Mary Davis Zelley and
Chalkley B. Zelley were married in Burlington county, N. J., 15-2 mo.,
1870.
VII. Mary Davis, daughter of Caroline Borton and David Davis, mar-
-ried Chalkley B. Zelley. Their children were: —
Caroline Borton, b. 13-5 mo., 1872.
Herbert Chalkley, b. 22-y mo., 1873; died 10 mo., 1873.
Emmor, b. 3-10 mo., 1875; ""*• Martha Gaunt.
Pearl, b. 15-10 mo., 1879.
VII. John Borton Davis, son of Caroline Borton and David Davis,
married Phebe Ann Bowne. Their children were: —
Elizabeth, b. 1872; died 1872.
Caroline Borton, b. 9-10 mo., 1873; m. Aaron Gaunt.
Anna Bowne, b. 5 mo., 1875 m. William C. Jones.
Phebe A., b. ; died.
VIII. Caroline Borton Davis, daughter of John Borton Davis and Phebe
Ann Bowne. married Aaron Gaunt. Their children were : —
Edwin Aaron, b. 27-11 mo., 1897.
John Davis, b. 9-4 mo., 1899.
Caroline, b. 16-4 mo., 1905.
VII. Benjamin Davis, son of Caroline Borton and David Davis, mar-
ried Ruth A. Perkins. They had one child: —
Abraham Perkins, b. 7-10 mo., 1888.
Later Benjamin married Margaret B. Hilyard. There were no
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children by the last marriage.
VII. David Walton Davis, son of Caroline Borton and David Davis,
married Rachel S. Huston. Their children were: —
Anna H., b. 3-1 1 mo., 1881.
Ida, b. 6-4 mo., 1884; died 31-8 mo., 1887.
Samuel H., b. 5-8 mo., 1887.
Viola, b. 21-9 mo., 1889.
David \V., b. 25-6 mo., 1892.
Earl, b. 31-12 mo., 1896.
The portrait of John Borton, which adorns another page of this
book, was secured by Caroline Borton, his daughter, and the original is
now in the possession of Mary Davis Zelley.* She also has an elaborate,
"Rising Sun'' quilt made by Caroline Borton Davis, when a little girl,
she being thus engaged while her parents were visiting their Borton
friends in, what was then, "The Wilderness of Ohio.'' The material of
which the quilt is made, was fashioned for Caroline by her school teacher,
thus we see kindergarten work was begun even in that early day. The
quilt is well preserved and still brilliant in its colors.
David Davis, who married Caroline Borton, daughter of John Bor-
ton and Jemima Braddock, was the son of David Davis and Mary Haines,
daughter of John Haines and Mary Shreeve. David Davis, Sr., was a
son of David Davis and Martha Cole.
VI. Jemima Borton, daughter of John Borton and Jemima Braddock,
married Levi Ballinger. Their children were: —
John, b. 26-1 mo., 1832; m. Rebecca Walton, 22-1 mo., 1857.
Isaac S., b. 25-10 mo., 1834; m. Elizabeth Kuechle.
Charles, b. 15-2 mo., 1837; m. Maria Louisa Gibbs.
m, Anna Eliza Roberts,
m. Julia Ann Lippincott,
m. Rebecca N. Gibbs.
Levi, Jr., b. ; m. Sarah M. Lippincott, 15-3 mo., 1864,
m. Rebecca Hollingshead, 18-11 mo., 1887^
VII. John Ballinger, son of Jemima Borton and Levi Ballinger, married
Rebecca Walton, daughter of David and Sarah Walton, 22-1 mo., 1857.
J. heir children were: —
Caroline, b. 20-12 mo., 1859; m. John Moon, 20-12 mo., 1888.
David Walton, b. 5-4 mo., 1863; m. Jessie Moon, 10-10 mo., 1889.
John Ballinger died 28-9 mo., 1900.
VIII. Caroline Ballinger, daughter of John Ballinger and Rebecca Wal-
ton, married John Moon. Their children were: —
Rebecca Moon, b. 10-5 mo., 1890.
Marthena Davis, b. 29-5 mo., 1892.
VIII. David Walton Ballinger, son of John Ballanger and Rebecca Wal-
ton, married Jessie F. Moon. Their children were:—
Anita Moon, b. 2-2 mo., 1891.
Quilt pieced by Caroline Borton Davis
I'HK -RISING SI:N'' QUILT
This quilt was pieced by Caroline Borton
when a little ^irl while her father (the preacher)
and mother were on a \on\x dri\ino; visit to Ohio.
The quilt is a ''Risinii; Sun/' pieced of
sprigged calico in beautiful reds, shading off to
soft pinks; charninij; ijjreens shadini^; down to buff;
and quaint browns.
The stars in the corners are against a back-
i^round of sprii2:L;ed blue. The graduation of
colors produces a most pleasinii; effect, \\hich with
the harmony of the whole color scheme makes the
quilt a work of art.
'. - GENEALOGY. 157
Florence Gertrude, b. 2-1 1 mo., 1902.
John Roland, b. 4-10 mo., 1895.
VII. Isaac S. Ballinger, son of Jemima Borton and Levi Ballinger, mar-
ried Elizabeth Kuechle, who was b. 28-3 mo., 1843. Their children
-were : —
Leila, b. 21-6 mo., 1865; "^- Huston Wyeth, b. 8-7 mo., 1863.
Nellie, b. 25-7 mo., 1868; m. Herbert Byron Coutler.
Charles Albert, b. 21-1 mo., 1873; died 23-9 mo., 1900
May, b. 9 mo., 1870; died in 11 months.
VIII. Leila Ballinger, daughter of Isaac S. Ballinger and Elizabeth
Kuechle, married Huston Wyeth, 4-4 mo., 1883. Their children were: —
William Maxwell, b. 12-5 mo., 1884.
Leila Maud, b. 5-9 mo., 1885.
Alison, b. 17-2 mo., 1888.
John, b. y-z mo., 1892.
VIII. Nellie Ballinger, daughter of Isaac S. Ballinger and Elizabeth
Kuechle, married Herbert Byron Coulter, 1-12 mo., 1889. They had two
children, twins, b. 11-9 mo., 1890: —
Elsie, b. 1 1-9 mo., 1890.
Adel, b. 1 1-9 mo., 1890.
Isaac S. Ballinger died 25-1 mo., 1887. He was the second son of
Jemima Borton Ballinger.
VIL Charles Ballinger, son of Jemima Borton and Levi Ballinger, mar-
ried Maria Louisa Gibbs, daughter of Edward Curtiss Gibbs and Eliza-
beth Troth, 27-11 mo., 1859. Their children were: —
Edward Gibbs, b. 6-3 mo., 1861 ; died 17-1 mo., 1882.
Mary Alice, b. 25-11 mo., 1866.
Anna Maria, b. 13-7 mo., 1871 ; died 9-10 mo., 1871.
VIII. Mary Alice Ballinger, daughter of Charles Ballinger and Maria
T^ouisa Gibbs, married Francis H. Wilkinson, 25-1 r mo., 1891. They
have one son : —
• Charles Kirk, b. 21-8 mo., 1894.
VII. Levi Ballinger, Jr., son of Jemima Borton and Levi Ballinger, Sr.,
niarriefl Sarah M. Lippincott. Their children were: —
David L., b. 24-1 mo., 1866; m. Elizal)eth H. Ridgevvay, 7-3 mo., 1888.
Martha M., b. 21-4 mo., 1868; m. Isaac Collins, 19-3 mo., 1890.
Sarah R.. b. 30-8 mo., 1874; died 4 mo., 1879, in the fifth year of
her age.
VIII. David L. Ballin^.'-er, son of Levi Ballinger, Jr., and Sarah M.
Lippincott, married Elizal)eth H. Rid^vvay, daughter of Samuel P. and
Isabelle Ridgvvay. Their children were: —
Mabel S., b. ii-io mo., 1889.
Grace R., b. 9-12 mo., 1891 .
Levi, b. 22-3 mo., 1895.
158 BORTON FAMILY
Clarence David, b. 25-3 mo., 1907.
VIII. Martha M. Ballinger, daughter of Levi Ballinger, Jr., and Sarah
M. Lippincott, married Isaac Collins. Their children w^ere: —
Harold L., b. 4-1 mo., 1892.
Sarah Ethel, b. 16-3 mo., 1894.
Earl Russell, b. 19-7 mo., 1896.
V. Pemberton Borton, son of John Borton and Jemima Braddock, born
28-2 mo., 1816, died 27-1 mo., 1871, married Anna Wright. 2 mo., 1840,
daughter of Nathaniel and Rebecca Wright of DeRuyter, N. Y. Anna
Wright was born 21-1 mo., 1818 and died 2-2 mo., 1868. Their children
were : —
Esther, b. 17-12 mo., 1840; m. Samuel Snitcher.
Meribah W., b. ; m. William C. Rogers, 21-11 mo., 1866.
Cornelia W., b. 14-5 mo., 1843; m. Charles L. Griscom.
Jemima, b. 28-6 mo., 1845; died unmarried 29-11 mo., 1870.
Emily R., b. 1847; died unmarried 23-2 mo., 1869.
Hannah, b. 8-3 mo., 1852; died unmarried 27-11 mo., 1871.
Sarah A., b. 9-6 mo., 1856; m. Edwin Heacock,
m. Hartwell Barber.
VI. Esther Borton, daughter of Pemberton Borton and Anna Wright^
married Samuel Snitcher of Salem, N. J., in 1871. They had one child
which died at the age of one year.
VI. Meribah Borton, daughter of Pemberton Borton and Anna Wright^
married William C. Rogers of Mount Laurel, N. J. Their children were :
Anna Mary, b. 24-1 mo., 1868; died 17-2 mo., 1871.
Emily B., b. 17-5 mo., 1871 ; m. Dr. Walter W. Gardiner.
William B., b. i-io mo., 1873; died 9-5 mo., 1885.
VII. Emily B. Rogers, daughter of Meribah Borton and William C-
Rogers, married Dr. Walter W. Gardiner, of Moorstown, New Jersey.
They have one son: —
Walter W. Gardiner, Jr., born 20-2 mo., 1905.
VII. Cornelia W. Borton, daughter of Pemberton Borton and Anna i
Wright, married Charles L. Griscom, son of Benjamin and Theodosia I
L. Griscom, iwa wi c d Martha H e a l. Th» y have one ehild : — j
Benjamin C, born 6-8 mo., 1872; m. Mary Shoemaker.
Pemberton B., b. 6-8 mo., 1872: m. Martha Heal. (Twins).
Charles H., b. 29-10 mo., 1874; m. Lillian Horner.
Herbert, b. 13-2 mo., 1877; unmarried.
William C, b. 17-3 mo., 1880; m. 21-11 mo., 1907, Hannah Adams. ]
Edwin A., b. 8-5 mo., 1883; m. Sarah Small. I
VIII. Pemberton B. Griscom, son of Cornelia W. Borton and Charles
L. Griscom, married Martha Heal. They have one ch*ld: —
Verna A., born, 12-8 mo., 1903.
Charles L. Griscom was born 17-10 mo., 1832, and died 30-12 mo.,
1895. ^
Pemberton Borton
Anna Wright Borton
GENEALOGY. 159
VIII. Charles H. Griscom, son of Cornelia W. Borton and Charles L.
Griscom, marriecl Lillian Horner of Mount Holly, New Jersey, 3-4, 1907.
VIII. Edwin A. Griscom, son of Cornelia W. Borton and Charles L.
Griscom, married Sarah Small of Indian Mills, N. J., 27-6 mo., 1906.
VII. Sarah A. Borton, daughter of Pemberton Borton and Anna Wright,
married Edwin Heacock of Ohio. They had one daughter: —
Emma, b. 10-9 mo., 1880; m. William Corbin.
Edwin Heacock died 29-6 mo., 1883, and Sarah married Hartwell
Barber of Adrian, Michigan, 18-9 mo., 1889. Their children were: —
Helen E., b. 2-2 mo., 1891.
Clifford H., b. 25-8 mo., 1893.
VIII. Emma A. Heacock, daughter of Sarah A. Borton and Edwin Hea-
cock, married William Corbin of Chicago, 111. They have two children:
Alice, b. 1 1-8 mo., 1901.
Edwin, b. 26-9 mo., 1904.
V. Ephraim Borton, son of Samuel Borton and Rhoda Packer, married
Mary Burrough. Their children were: —
Azariah, b. ; m .Rachel Stafford.
Elizabeth, b. ; m. John Wady.
Eflen, b. ; m Laconey.
Rachel, b. ; m. Joseph Day.
Samuel, b. ; m. Elizabeth Stratton.
VI. Samuel Borton, son of Ephraim Borton and Mary Burrough, married
Klizabeth Stratton, daughter of Benjamin and Sarah Stratton. Their
children were: —
Grace S., b. m. 22-6 mo., 1837; single.
Joseph E., b. 16-6 mo., 1839; m. Elizabeth Seeds.
Susanna H., b. i-i mo., 1841 ; m. Ner B. Borton.
Sarah R., b. 11-8 mo., 1843; ""*• Avery Morgan.
Mary, b. 3-5 mo., 1845.
Elizabeth, b. 19-7 mo., 1849.
Anna M., b. 25-4 mo., 1853.
VI. Azariah Borton, son of Ephraim Borton and Mary Burrough, mar-
ried Rachel Stafford. Their children were: —
Mary Annie, b.
One son ; dl the children are dead.
VII. Joseph E. Borton, son of Samuel Borton and Elizabeth Stratton,
married Elizabeth Seeds. Their children were: —
Harry, b.
Clark, b.
Wid, b.
Lavina, b.
Minnie, b.
VII. Susanna H. Borton, daughter of Samuel Borton and Elizabeth
Stratton, married Ner B. Borton, son of Ner Borton and Ruth H. Pea-
160 BORTON FAMILY
cock. Ner Borton, Sr., was a son of Richard Borton and Rachel Brad-
dock, while Richard was a son of Caleb Borton and Silence Willetts.
Susanna and Ner B. Borton's children were : —
Chalkley, b. 30-6 mo., 1862.
Thomas E., b. 5-8 mo., 1867; m. Rebecca K. Bodine.
VIII. Thomas B. Borton and Rebecca have one son: —
John Ner, b.
VII. Sarah R. Borton, daughter of Samuel Borton and Elizabeth Strat-
ton, married Avery Morgan. They have one son: —
Edgar T., b. 22-8 mo., 1872; m. Nettie Elizabeth Ashley.
VI. Elizabeth Borton, daughter of Ephraim Borton and Mary Burrough,
married John Wady. They had one daughter: —
Rachel, b. ; m. Charles Baldwin.
Charles died and left a son, Charles Baldwin, Jr.
VI. Ellen Borton, daughter of Ephraim Borton and Mary Burrough,
married Laconey. Their children were : —
George, b.
Also, a daughter.
VI. Rachel Borton, daughter of Ephraim Borton and Mary Burrough,
married Joseph Day. Their children were: —
Mary, b. ; m. Samuel Crawford.
VII. Mary Day, daughter of Rachel Borton. and Joseph Day, married
Samuel Crawford. Their children were: —
Jane, b.
Rhoda, b.
Joseph, b.
VI. Samuel Borton, son of Samuel Borton and Mercy Owen, was born
in Burlington county, N. J., 1802, and came with his parents to Lexing-
ton, Stark county, Ohio, in 1810. His parents were "Hixite Friends,"
and his father followed the occupation of farming and the making of
brick, which he taught to his sons. When he reached his majority, he
united in marriage with Mahala Xash, by whom he had eight children,
four sons and four (laughters; of these only one son and two daughters
survive him, this 1907, T. Artemas Borton, M. D., of Plymouth, Indiana,
Miss Louisa A. Borton and Mrs. Rhoda A. Johnson of Bourbon, Indiana.
Samuel Borton was a friend to progress and improvement. He carved out
for himself a home from the primeval forests of Ohio, and helped to im-
prove the commercial and educational advantages of the county in which
he lived. He continued to beautify and enjoy his home at Marlborough,
Ohio, until the time of his death, which occurred at the age of 55 years.
He was a student of the Bible, well versed in history and kept fully
posted as to all living issues of his day and time. After his death tlie
family removed to near Plymouth, Indiana, where th<i mother resided
until the time of her death.
GENEALOGY. 361
In a letter written by Samuel Borton, dated Marlboroug^h, Ohio,
3012 mo., 1852, some five years before his decease, he portrays his
belief as to the Great Ruler of the Universe in the following stanzas.
That there must be a Great Supreme,
Who rules both land and sea.
And the planets in their orbits roll.
With such velocity.
He hears the young ravens when they cry,
He formed the lions' den.
And to the Pelican in the wilderness,
He sustenance doth send.
Why should we not such a being love?
And attend each secret call.
For if he protection should withdraw,
We must into anniliation fall.
His letter closes with the following:
And now I bid you all adieu,
"^ I have nothing more to say,
But hope our love and friendship to renew
Upon some future day.
SAMUEL BORTON.
VL Samuel Borton, son of Samuel Borton and Mercy Owen, married
Mahala Nash. Their children were: —
Albert, b. ; m. Lavina Wood.
ni. Minerva Johnson.
Amos, b. ; m. Mary Cooper.
T. Artemas, M. D., b. ; m. Jane Edith Green.
Elizabeth M., b. ; m. Jacob Meek Lanning, M. D.
Louisa, b. ; single.
Rhoda A., b. ; m. Luther Johnson, ^I. D.
Jane, b. ; died young.
Israel M., b. ; died in childhood.
VIL Albert Borton, son of Samuel Borton and Mahala Nash, married
Lavina Wood. They had one son : —
Alonzo W. Borton, b. ; m. Alice Milice.
Later, Albert Borton married Minerva Johnson. Their children
were : —
Jane, b.
Luther Henry, b. ; m. Malvina Bebee.
Lillie, b.
Lura, b.
Edith, b.
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Mary, b.
VIII. Alonzo Wood Borton, son of Albert Borton and Lavina Wood,
married Alice Milice. They had one son: —
Frank O. ,b.
VIII. Luther Henry Borton, son of Albert Borton and Minerva Johnson,
married Malvina Bebee. They had one daughter: —
Francis B., b.
VII. Amos Borton, son of Samuel Borton and Mahala Nash, married
Mary Cooper. Their children were: —
Frederick Samuel, b. ; m. Harriet Brown.
Chester Cooper, b. ; m. Lilla Kelly.
Thomas Ernest, b. ; m. Elizabeth Lewis.
VIII. Frederick S. Borton, son of Amos Borton and Mary Cooper,
married Harriet Brown. They had two children: —
Eleanor, b.
Samuel, b.
VIII. Chester Cooper Borton, son of Amos Borton and Mary Cooper
married Lilla Kelly. They have one son : —
Earl, b.
VIII. Thomas Ernest Borton, son of Amos Borton and Mary Cooper,
married Elizabeth Lewis. They have three children: —
Marian, b.
Gene, b.
Robert Cooper, b.
VIII. Frederick S. Borton, of Cleveland, is the capable and genial secre-
tary of the Ohio State Golf association, 1907. He has given a great deal
of his valuable time to the affairs of the state association, and his work-
is much appreciated. He, together with Albert Uavis, of Cleveland,
were instrumental in securing the national tournament for Cleveland.
For this work, all Ohio golfers in the first class and those striving to get
into the first class are very grateful.
Thomas Ernest and Frederick S. Borton's addresses are Guardian
Savings and Trust Building, Cleveland, Ohio, where they are engaged
ih business.
VII. T. Artemas Borton, M. D., son of Samuel Borton and ^Lihala
Nash, married Jane Edith Green. They have three children: —
Harriet Green, b. ; m. Charles Boyd.
Grace Wharry, b. ; m. Xevitas Burley Aspinwall, M. I).
Mabel Borton, b. ; m. Ralpli Bebee.
VII. Elizabeth M. Borton, daughter of Samuel Borton and Mahala
Nash, married Jacob Meek Lanning, M. D. They have three sons: —
Leroy Linn, b. ; m.
Jay Richard, M. D., b. ; m.
Jacob Meek, Jr., b. ; m.
Home of T. Artemas Borton, LaFayette, Indiana
T. Artemas Borton, M. D.
GENEALOGY. 163
VII. Rhoda A. Borton, daughter of Samuel Borton and Mahala Nash,
married Luther Johnson, M. D. They have three children: —
Charles M., b.
WiUa W., b.
Arthur Lee, b.
VIII. Harriet Green Borton, daughter of T. Artemas Borton and Jane
Edith Green, married Charles Boyd. They have one son: —
Frederick Artemas, b.
VIII. Mabel Borton, daughter of T. Artemas Borton and Jane Edith
Green, married Ralph Bebee. Their children were: —
Stanley, b.
Katherine, b.
VI. Isaiah Borton, son of Samuel Borton and Mercy Owen, married
Mary Hamlin. Isaiah was a brother to Asa Borton, Ezra Borton and
Samuel Borton. He moved to Spring Hill, (Tedrow) Fulton county,
Ohio. He and his wife, Mary Hamlin, has seven children: —
John, b. ; m. Maud Williams.
Rhoda, b. ; m. George Rittenhouse.
Silas, b. ; m. Mary A. Lee.
Simmeon, b. ; killed in U. S. army during the Rebellion.
Samuel, b. ; m. Sarah Jane Riddle.
Elwood, b. . ; died in the army.
Elizabeth, b. ; m. Alfred Shaflfer.
VII. Rhoda Borton, daughter of Isaiah Borton and Mary Hamlin, mar-
ried George Rittenhouse. Their children were: —
Simmeon, b.
Elwood, b. ; m. Lillian Wheeler.
John, b.
Mary, b. ; m. William Crisher.
VIII. Elwood Rittenhouse, son of Rhoda Borton and George Ritten-
house, married Lillian Wheeler.
VIII. John Rittenhouse, son of Rhoda Borton and George Rittenhouse,
married Maud Williams. They had two children: —
Names not known.
VIII. Mary Rittenhouse, daughter of Rhoda Borton and George Rit-
tenhouse, married William Crisher. They have two children: —
Ethel, b.
Clarence, b
VII. Silas Borton, son of Isaiah Borton and Mary Hamlin, married
Mary A. Lee. Their children were: —
Herbert, b. ; m. May Johnson,
m. Viola Adamson.
Lowell, b.
Ella, b. ; rr., Edwin Clark.
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Charles, b. ; m. Florence Gamble.
Ett,a b. ; m. Bert Dickerson.
VIII. Herbert Borton, son of Silas Borton and Mary A. Lee, married
-May Johnston. They had one child : —
Leo, b.
' May died and Herbert married Viola Adamson. No issue by last
marriage.
VIII. Ella Borton, daughter of Silas Borton and Mary A. Lee, married
Edwin Clark. Their children were: —
Clarence, b.
Alta, b.
Ida, b.
VIII. Charles Borton, son of Silas Borton and Mary A. Lee, married
Florence Gamble. They have three children: —
Crete, b.
Clare, b.
Ida, b.
VIII. Etta Borton, daughter of Silas Borton and Mary A. Lee, mar-
ried Bert Dickerson. They have one child: —
Ethel, b.
VII. Samuel Borton, son of Isaiah Borton and Mary Hamlin, married
Sarah J. Riddle. Their children were : —
Lilly, b. ; m. George E .Cook.
Mary, b.
Wesley, b. ; m. Florence Blair.
Levi, b. ; m. Nettie Campbell.
Bert, b.
Sarah Jane died and Samuel married Relea Myers. No issue by last
marriage.
VIII. Lilly Borton, daughter of Samuel Borton and Sarah J. Riddle,
married George E. Cook. They have one child : —
Genevieve, b.
VIII. Wesley Borton, son of Samuel Borton and Sarah J. Riddle, mar-
ried Florence Blair. They have two children: —
Celia, b.
Robert, b.
VIII. Levi Borton, son of Samuel Borton and Sarah J. Riddle, married
Nettie Campbell. No issue.
VII. Elizabeth Borton, daughter of Isaiah Borton and Mary Hamlin,
married Alfred Shaffer. They had three children: —
Alfred, Jr., b. ; died young.
Florence, b. ;m Barnes.
Alwilda, b. ; m. Charles Reynolds.
VIII. Florenct Shaffer, daughter of Alfred Shaffer and Elizabeth Bi»r-
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ton, married Barnes. Their children were : —
Alfred, Jr., b.
Howard, b.
VIII. Alwilda Shaffer, daughter of Alfred Shaffer and Elizabeth Bor-
ton, married Charles Reynolds. They have one child: —
Howard, b.
VI. Asa Borton, son of Samuel Borton and Mercy Owen, married Eliza-
beth Hazen. Samuel Borton, Jr., was a son of Samuel Borton and
Rhoda Packer. Samuel was a son of Obadiah Borton and Susannah
Butcher; Obadiah was a son of John Borton, Jr., who was a son of
John Borton and Ann, the progenitors of the Borton family, and who
came from the Parish of Aynho, England. Their children were: —
Deborah, b. ; m. Noah Specht.
Ahimaiaz, b. ; m. Martha Borton,
m. Caroline Davison,
m. Violine Hamp.
Mary Ann, b. ; m. Abraham Mason.
Lucinda, b. ; m. Michael Shaffer, second wife.
Ruth, b. ; m. Josiah McDaniels.
Roland, b. ; m. Elizabeth Bates.
Arthur, b. ; m. Kate Fieldmire.
Asa, Jr., b. ; m. Sarah Hagaman.
Mercy Mahala, b. ; m. Abijah Rogers.
Sarah, b. ; m. David Shaffer.
Martha Borton, first wife of Ahimaiaz Borton, was a daughter of
Bethuel Borton, Jr., and Mary Butcher. Bethuel was a son of Bethuel
and Rebecca Cliffton, who was a son of Benjamin Borton, the son of
Obadiah Borton and Mary Driver, a son of John Borton, Jr., the son
of John Borton and Ann, the progenitors of the Borton family.
Michael Shaffer was a soldier in the Union army and died in a hos-
pital in Philadelphia, Pa., during the late Civil War. He was the hus-
band of Lucinda Borton, she being his second wife.
VII. Ahimaiaz Borton, son of Asa Borton and Elizabeth Hazen, married
Martha Borton, daughter of Bethuel Borton, Jr., and Mary G. Butcher.
Their children were : —
Charles N., b. 29-11 mo., 1853; m. Emma Miller.
Laura, b. 24-11 mo., 1857; m. William Leiby.
May Melvina, b. i-io mo., 1855; "^- Daniel Stoner.
Martha E., b. 22-8 mo., 1859; m. Wesley Price.
Martha Borton died and Ahimaiaz married Caroline Davison, to
whom was born: —
Azelia, b.
William, b.
Walter, b.
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Jesse, b.
Frank, b.
Later Ahimaiaz married Violene Hamp. Their children were: —
Lottie, b.
Rose, b.
Nora, b.
Lillie, b.
Bell, b. ' -^
Wesley, b.
Asa, b. . * •
Lydia, b.
Stanley, b.
VIII. Charles N. Borton, son of Ahimaiaz Borton and Martha Borton,
married Emma Miller. Their children were: —
Lucy, b.
William, b.
Clarence, b. \.
Jacob, b. ^ , -M
Dora, b. v%"'^ ;
Clara, b.
Baby boy, unnamed.
VIII. Mary Melvina Borton, daughter of Ahimaiaz Borton and Martha
Borton, married Daniel Stoner. They have two children: —
Cora, b. 29-5 mo., 1883.
Perley L., b. 12-3 mo., 1890.
IX. Cora Stoner, daughter of Mary Melvina Borton and Daniel Stoner,
married Irvin Borton. One child : —
X. Clarence Leo, b. ii-io mo., 1902.
VIII. Martha Borton, daughter of Ahimaiaz Borton and Martha Bor-
ton, married Wesley Price. They have three children : —
John, b.
LaFayette, b.
Floyd, b.
VIII. Laura Borton, daughter of Ahimaiaz Borton and Martha Borton,
married William Leiby. Their children were: —
Hazel, b.
Grace, b.
Effie, b.
Emery, b.
VII. Deborah Borton, daughter of Asa Borton and Elizabeth Hazen,
married Noah Specht. Their children were: —
Albert, b. ; died when 21 years of age.
Alice, b. : m. Albert Elliot.
VIII. Alice Specht, daughter of Noah Specht and Deborah Borton,
GENEALOGY. 167
married Albert Elliot. Their children were: —
Nellie Florence, b.
VII. Mary Ann Borton married Abraham Mason. She was a daughter
of Asa Borton and Elizabeth Hazen. Abraham Mason was a son of
John Mason and Charity Borton. (See Mason family.)
VII. Lucinda Borton, daughter of Asa Borton and Elizabeth Hazen,
married Michael Shaffer. Their children were: —
Henry Shaffer, M. D., b. ; m. Carrie Houghton.
Rosa, b. ; m. William Scott.
Delia, b. ; died when 3 years of age.
VIII. Henry Shaffer, M. D., son of Lucinda Borton and Michael
Shaffer, married Carrie Houghton. Their children were: —
Addie, b. ; m. Henry Pierce.
Effie, b. ; m. Charles Dilly.
VIII. Rose Sliaffer, daughter of Lucinda Borton and Michael Shaffer,
married William Scott. Their children were: —
James, b.
Blanch, b.
Frederick, b. ; died young.
Bessie, b.
Henry W .Shaffer, M. D., graduated at the Cleveland University of
Medicine and Surgery, Homeopathic, in the year 1897 and resides at
Spring Hill, (Tedrow), Fulton county, Ohio.
IX. Addie Shaffer, daughter of Henry W. Shaffer and Carrie Houghton,
married Henry Pierce. Their children were: —
Arthur, b.
IX. Effie Shaffer, daughter of Henry W. Shaffer and Carrie Houghton,
married Charles Dilly. Their children were: —
Ward, b.
VII. Sarah Borton, daughter of Asa Borton and Elizabeth Hazen, mar-
ried David Shaffer. Their children were : —
Cyrus, b. ; m. Julia
Mary, b. ; m. Eugene Smith.
Wilbur, b. ; m. Jane Gorhara.
Emma, b. ; m. Charles Brown.
Lilly, b. ;m. Newton Ivese.
Ziba, b.
Arthur, b.
VIII. Cyrus Shaffer, son of David Shaffer and Sarah Borton, married
Julia Their children were : —
Dora, b. ; died young.
Gertie, b. ; died young.
VIII. Mary Shaffer, daughter of David Shaffer and Sarah Borton, mar-
ried Eugene Smith. Their children were: —
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Bernice, b. ; m Stall.
Arthru, b. ; m.
Unice, b.
VIII. Wilbur Shaffer, son of David Shaffer and Sarah Borton, married
Jane Gorhara. Their ':hildren were: —
Edith, b.
Clayton, b.
William, b.
Sarah, b.
Van, b.
VIII. Emma Shaffer, daughter of David Shaffer and Sarah Borton,
married Charles Brown. Their children were: —
Delpha, b.
Ray, b.
VIII. Lilly Shaffer, daughter of David Shaffer and Sarah Borton, mar-
ried Newton Ives. Their children were: —
Cora, b.
VII. Ruth Borton, daughter of Asa Borton and Elizabeth Hazen, mar-
ried Josiah McDaniels. Their children were : —
David, b. ; m. Bertha Ely.
Upton, b. ; m. Winnie Lee.
Myrtie, b.
VIII. David McDaniels, son of Ruth Borton and Josiah McDaniels,
married Bertha Ely. Their children were : —
Lena, b.
Elwood, b.
Ruth, b.
Lair, b.
Velma, b.
Ray, b.
Ernest, b.
VIII. Upton McDaniels, son of Ruth Borton and Josiah McDaniels,
married Winnie Lee. Thehir children were: —
Myrtie, b.
Millie, b.
Anna, b.
IX. Myrtie McDaniels, daughter of Upton McDaniels and Winnie Lee,
married John Fink. Their' children were: —
George, b.
Ray, b.
VII. Roland Borton, son of Asa Borton and Elizabeth Hazen, married
Elizabeth Bates. Their children w^ere: —
Arthur, b. ; m. Ann Vedder.
Arthur Borton, Kate Fieldmire Borton
GENEALOGY. 169
Florence, b. ; m. Frank Eastman.
VIII. Arthur Borton, son of Roland Borton and Elizabeth Bates, mar-
ried Ann Vedder. They have two children: —
Roland, b.
Lura, b.
VIII. Florence Borton, daughter of Roland Borton and Elizabeth
Bates, married Frank Eastman. Their children were : —
Frederick, b.
Floyd, b.
Flora, b.
VII. Arthur Borton, son of Asa Borton and Elizabeth Ha^en, married
Katharine Fieldmire. They have five children: —
Edwin, b. ; m. Louisa Webber.
Allen, b. ; m. Libbie Fuller.
Herman, b. ; m. Laurence Berry.
Cora, b. ; m. Roy KeifFer.
Frank, b.
Arthur Borton, deceased i mo., 1907, and Katharine Fieldmire Bor-
ton, 2 mo., 1907.
Yin. Allen Borton, son of Arthur Borton and Katharine Fieldmire,
married Libbie Fuller. They had four children : —
Arthur, b.
Leo, b.
Lamont, b.
Mildred, b.
VII. Hermie Borton, daughter of Arthur Borton and Katharine Field-
mire, married Laurence Berry. They have one child: —
Fern, b.
VIII. Cora Borton, daughter of Arthur Borton and Katharine Field-
mire, married R(5y Keififer. Their cliildren were: —
Ellis J., b.
Everet, b.
VII. Asa Borton, Jr., son of Asa Borton and Elizabeth Hazen, married
Sarah Hagerman. Their children were : —
Ellis, b. ; m. Sarah Riger.
Arthur, b. ; m. Addie Fausey.
Ivizzie, b.
VIII. Ellis Borton, son of Asa Borton and Sarah Hagerman, married
S&rah Riger. Their children weT«^'—
Dessie, b.
Nettie, b.
Paul,' b.
Hazen, b.
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VIII. Arthur Borton, son of Asa Borton, Jr., and Sarah Hagcrnian. mar-
ried Addie Fausey. They have one child: —
Asa, b.
VII. Mercy Mahala Borton, daughter of Asa Borton and Elizabeth
Hazen, married Abija Rogers. Their children were: —
Edith, b.
Lula, b. ; m. Allen McCaskey.
VIII. Lula Rogers, daughter of Abija Rogers and Mery Mahala Bor-
ton, married Allen McCaskey. Their children were: —
Frederick, b.
Harry, t).
Glee, b.
Jay, b.
George, b.
Kenneth, b.
Edith, b.
IX. Edith McCaskey, daughter of Lula Rogers, and Allen McCaskey,
married Frank Keiffer. Their children were: —
Ireta, b.
Ivan, b.
VI. Ira Borton, whose genealogy follows, was a brother to Isaiah,
Samuel, Asa and Ezra Borton, sons of Samuel Borton and Mercy Owen.
Samuel was a son of Samuel Borton and Rhoda Packer, who was a son
of Obadiah Borton and first wife, Susannah Butcher. Obadiah was a
son of Jolin Borton, Jr., and first wife; a son of John Borton and Ann,
his wife, who immigrated to America in 1679.
Ira Borton was born in Xew Jersey, in 1808. He moved west to
Indiana in 9th month, 1854, where he located land and resided until his
death. He married Hannah Allen, by whom he had twelve children, of
which only three survive at the present time, 1907. Lyman, John and
Amanda. Ira Borton died 15-12 mo., 1890.
VI. Ira Borton, son of Samuel Borton and Mercy Owen, married Han-
nah Allen. Their children were : —
Nancy, b.
; m. Henry Wertenberger.
Allen, b.
; m. Eliza Ann Jeflfries.
John, 1).
; single.
Ellis, b.
; m. Phebe Dunwick.
Isaac, b.
; went west when 18 years of age.
Linus, b.
; m. Margaret Jeflfries.
m. Mary Emmons.
Amanda, b.
; m. Austin Millbern.
Lyman, b.
; m. Rul)y Stewart.
Ira, b.
; died unmarried.
Samantha, b.
; died in infancy.
GENEALOGY. '' "^ ^ -' •* ' 171
Hannah, b. ; died unmarried.
Hiantha, b. ; died unmarried.
Amanda and Samantha were twin sisters.
VII. Nancy Borton, daughter of Ira Borton and Hannah Allen, mar-
ried Henry Wertenberger. Their children were: —
Samantha, b. ; died young.
Hannah, b. ; died young.
Ira, b. ; m. Lucina Baker.
Amasa G., b. ; m. Kate Blue.
Minetta, b. ; m. Samuel Blue.
Sherman, b. ; m. Lois Meridith.
VIII. Ira Wertenberger, son of Nancy Borton and Henry Wertenber-
ger, married Lucina Baker. They have three children: —
Ola, b.
Bessie, b.
Abraham, b.
VIII. Minetta Wertenberger, daughter of Nancy Borton and Henry
Wertenberger, married Samuel Blue. They have two children-.* —
Wert, b.
Vance, b.
VIII. Sherman Wertenberger, son of Xancy Borton and Henry Wer-
tenberger, married Lois Meredith. They have three children: —
Almont, b.
Blanche, b.
Fawn, b.
VII. Allen Borton, son of Ira Barton and Hannah Allen, marrieci
Eliza Ann Jefferies. They have four children : —
Cleanthes, b. ; m .Alice Garwood.
Mary, b. ; m. John Blue.
Hannah, b. ; died in infancy.
AVellington, b. ; m. Esther Griffis.
VIII. Cleanthes Borton, son of Allen Borton and Eliza Ann Jefferies,
married Alice Garwood. Their children were: —
Charles, b.
Ethel, b.
Allen, b.
VIII. M^ry Borton, daughter of Allen Borton and Eliza Ann Jefferies,
married John Blue. Their children were: —
Linden, b.
Oda, b.
VIII. Wellington Borton, son of Allen Borton and Eliza Ann Jefferies
married Esther Griffis. They have three children: —
Oda, b.
Chloe, b.
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I
Gladys, b. I
VII. Linus Borton, son of Ira Borton and Hannah Allen, married
Margaret Jefferies. Their children were: —
Lucetta, b. ; m. George Creakbaina.
Elmer, b. ; m. Sadie Branton.
Hiantha, b. ; m. Robert Ellis.
Amanda, b. ; m. Wesley Eaton.
Allen, b. ; m. Ora Branton.
Margaret Jefferies Borton died and Linus Borton married Mary
"Emmons. They had five children : —
Ira, b. ; m. Mary Widmier.
Emma, b. ; died in infancy.
John, b. ; m. Alice Jefferies.
Linus, b. ; single.
Austin, b. ; m
VIII. Lucetta Borton, daughter of Linus Borton and Margaret
Jefferies, married George Creakbaina. They have two children: —
Alta,- b.
Cora, b. |
VIII. Amanda Borton, daughter of Linus Borton and Margaret
Jefferies, married Wesley Eaton. They have one child: —
Noah, b.
VIII. Hiantha Borton, daughter of Linus Borton and Margaret
Jefferies, married Robert Ellis. They have nine children: —
Names not known.
VIII. Ira Borton, son of Linus Borton and Mary Emmons, married
Mary Widmier. They have two children: —
Daisy, b. I
Mary, b.
VIII. John Borton, son of Linus Borton and Mary Emmons, married
Alice Jefferies. They have one child: — "
Delta, b.
VII. Amanda Borton, daughter of Ira Borton and Hannah Allen, mar-
ried Austin Millbern. They had eight children •• — •
Rosella, b. ; died in infancy.
Minerva, b. ; m .Eli Hammer.
Allen, b. ; m. Carrie Fesler.
Tilden, b. ; m. Jennie Huffer.
Melvina, b. ; m. Lillie Everly.
Lizzie, b. ; m. George Lyon.
Lurie, b. ; m. Arthur Golentine.
Blanch, b. ; m. Ray Pontius.
VIII. Minerva Millbern, daughter of Amanda Borton and Austin Mill-
bern, married Eli Hammer. Their children were: —
Charles, b.
Ezra Borton
GENEALOGY. 173
Russel, b.
VIIL Allen Millbern, son of Amanda Borton and Austin Millbern, mar-
ried Carrie Fesler. They have five children: —
Harlen, b.
Lola, b.
Opal, b.
Fesler, b.
Gretchen, b.
VIIL Tilden Mlilbern, son of Amanda Borton and Austin Millbern, mar-
ried Jennie HuflFer. They have one son: —
Huflfer, b.
VIIL Melvin Millbern, son of Amanda Borton and Austin Millbern,
married Lillie Everly. They have three children: —
Vern, b.
Marie, b.
Merl, b.
VIIL Lizzie Millburn, daughter of Amanda Borton and Austin Mell-
bern, married George Lyon. They" have one child: —
Madge, b.
VIIL Lurie Millbern, daughter of Amanda Borton and Austin Mill-
bern, married Arthur Golentine. They have one child: —
Paul, b.
VIL Lyman Borton, son of Ira Borton and Hannah Allen, married
Ruby Stewart. They have five children : —
Alonzo, b. ; m. Florence Stewart.
William, b. : dead.
Lsaac, 1). ; single.
Alice, b. ; m. Albert Emmons.
Florence, b. : m. Delbert Hall.
Twins.
VIIL Alonzo Borton, son of Lyman Borton and Rul)y Stewart, mar-
ried Florence Stewart. They have three children: —
Eva, b.
Mary, b.
Lyman, 1).
VIIL Alice Borton, daughter of Lyman Borton and Ruby Stewart,
married A l:ert Emmons. They have one child: —
Sampson, b.
VIIL Florence Borton, daughter of Lyman Borton and Riil)y Stewart,
married Delbert Hall. Thev have two children: —
Velra, b.
Edna, b.
VI. The passing of Ezra Borton, as noted in last week's Reporter, from
cut of this life to the great eternity l)eyond was the rounding up of a
life full ( f gord deeds, rich in testimony for his Master. Rev. J. P.
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Stockton, who had known and loved him for thirty years, stated that he
admired his even temper, his broad minded toleration of all branches
of the Christian church and his sterling integrity. This would be the
verdict of all who knew him.
Blessed beyond most men in the retaining of all his mental faculties
up to the time of his death so near the century mark, he used his powers
always on the side of right and justice.' The xample of such a life cannot
be too highly commended to the young and rising generation.
The funeral services were held from the M. E. church or Thurs-
day at lo o'clock, conducted by Rev. J. L. Hill, assisted by Rr^\ J .P.
Stockton, and the remains laid to rest in the Friends cemc*<*''y in
Franklin.
The following account of his life is taken from the Reporu of
March 7, 1906, which was written after various talks with him and had
his approval.
Ezra Borton. the son of Samuel and Mercy (Owen) Borton, was
born March 3, 181 1, near the village of Lexington, two miles north of
what is now the city of Alliance, Stark County, Ohio. His father had
emigrated from Xew Jersey the fall before his birth.
The eyes of young Ezra first looked out upon the wilderness. He
was the youngest of eight children — three daughters and five sons. With
one exception theirs was a family of Bible names in the order of their
birth, Rhoda, Ruth, Deborah, Samuel, Isaiah, Asa, Ira and Ezra. All
the rest have long since passed away. With the exception of Samuel,
who died at 55 years of age, all the sons lived to a good old aec
The sons all learned to farm and in connection ])ecame exi)ert l)rick-
makers in their father's brick yard.
In speaking of his early remembrances, Mr. Borton said that anion.s;
the first things was that of his mother leading him to the log F'riends
church in the village of Lexington, which was among the first churches
of that denomination in Ohio.
The memory of his mother was very dear to him. Her deep piety,
her even temper and good teaching have gone a long ways towards
making him the faithful .man he has always been.
His education was received at the old log school house common to
those days. They were built l)y the settlers and the teacher hired bv
subscription — a select school. In the summer a school was held for
the smaller children, for as the boys and girls got to the age when they
were helpful at home they had to take their part in making a living.
Thus his childhood passed going to school winters and working 011
the f.irm and in the brick yard summers.
At the age of 20 he joined the Hixitc or liberal branch of the
Friends' church. To that church he has proved faithful all these vears,
striving to do his duty to God and man.
GENEALOGY. 175
His father and mother were raised Friends, but the former did not
join the church till after the division occurred, when he joined the Hixite
branch. This was about the time his son joined.
March, 1832, when 21 years of age, he was united in marriage to
Jane Heacock. To this union were born three daughters: Emaline,
now Mrs. Benj. Gaskill, of Nebraska; Angeline, Mrs. Webster Richards,
of Nebraska; Jane^ Mrs. Joshua Pollock, a widow, who lives in Missouri.
His wife died in February, 1837, soon after the birth of her young-
est daughter, with scarlet fever contracted from the doctor who at-
tended her.
One year after her death he was married to Ann Brown, of Stark
county. It was shortly after this he moved to Portage county near Ran-
dolph, where they lived for about 16 years.
In 1854 they moved to Fulton county, where he purchased 160 acres
of land nearly all heavily timbered. This he went to work to clear up
and soon had a comforable home.
To this union were born four daughters and one son: — the twins,
Almira and Alvira, who live at Alvordton; Sabina, deceased; Lucina,
Mrs. Levi Haas, of Ithaca, Mich.; Joseph, his only son, who lives in
Morenci, Mich.
His second w'ife died in Septem])er, 1861, and he remained a wi«.:ower
until March, 1863, when, he was married to Mrs. Sarah Bar])er Heacock,
of Mahoning county, who had four children to whom he became a true
father, and all of whom came to love him as their own father.
Mrs. Borton, liking a country better improved than the part of I'ul-
ton county they lived in, the family moved back to her farm of 20 acres
in Mahoning county in 1865, where they resided for eight years.
It was at that time, 1873, that West Unity had taken on new life
by the promised Mansfield, Coldwater and Lake Michigan railroad
Mr. Borton having exchanged his 160 for the farm now occupied
by his grandson, Wendell Borton, and West Unity l)eing near the farm
and on the boom, they moved there, and Mr. Borton's was among the
first houses built during that time.
While living in Fulton county, Alice, now Mrs. W. T. Orton, the
only child by this union, was born.
For more than 30 years, Mr. and Mrs. Borton made this their home.
Simple, uneventful life, but always on the right side — respected and
beloved by all.
He was keenly alive to all that was going on in the world, and,
with an intellect unclouded by age, a delightful companion. He attri-
buted his long life to simple living, and for years past, which had not
been vears of active work on account of his being crippled by rheuma-
tism, his diet was largely bread and milk. He was an inveterate enemy
of axoho! drinks and tobacco. Perfect control of one's temper and
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appetite, temperance in all things, he believed to be the key to long-
evity.
For 30 years he fought slavery — being one of the original Garrison
Abolitionists, and for more than 75 years had been a teetotaler.
The victories that impressed him most during his long life were
along moral and religious lines, rather than inventive — the abolition of
slavery and the religious toleration arid fellowship that is taking the
place of the old sectarianism.
VI. Ezra Borton, son of Samuel Borton, Jr., and Mercy Owen, married
Jane Heacock. Their children were: —
Emaline, b. ; m. Benjamin Gaskill.
Angeline, b. ; m. Webster Richards.
Jane, b. ; m. Joshua Pollock.
In 1837, Jane died and Ezra married Ann Brown. They had five
children : —
Almira, b. ; m. Amza Stites.
Alvira, b. ; single. (Twins).
Sabina, b. ; died young.
Lucina, b. ; m. Levi Haas.
Joseph, b. ; m. Olive Parmer,
m. Adelia Stevenson,
m. Lydia Onweller.
Ann died 25-8 mo., i860, and Ezra married Sarah Barber, widow
Heacock. They had one child: —
Alice, b. ; m. William Orton.
Ezra's first wife. Jane Heacock, had seven sisters, also his last wife,
Sarah Barber, had seven sisters. Joseph Borton was a veteran in the
late Civil War. Ezra's children are all living at the present time,
1907, except Sabina.
VII. Emaline L. Borton, daughter of Ezra Borton and Jane Heacock,
born 10-3 mo., 1833, married Benjamin W. Gaskill, born 16-6 mo., 1831.
Their children were : —
Celesta Jane, b. 7-5 mo., 1853 ; m. . Woods.
Lewis Ezra, b. 10-8 mo., 1857.
Israel P., b. 19-11 mo., 1859.
William E., b. 29-4 mo., 1862.
Annie Bell, b. 5-2 mo.. 1864.
Eva May, b. 6-6 mo., 1866.
Maggie Lola, b. 15-3 mo., 1868.
Milton Valentine, b. 10-12 mo., 1870.
The children of Emaline Borton and Benjamin W. Gaskill are all
dead this 1907, except William, Lewis and Celesta.
VII. Angeline Borton, daughter of Ezra Borton and Jane Heacock,
married Webster Richards. Their children were : —
Wendell Borton, b. ; m. Lettie Anderson.
GENEALOGY. 177
James Ezra Wilson, b. 30-12 mo., 1861; m. Elizabeth M. McMakin.
Allie May, b. 2-7 mo., 1866; died 8-9 mo., 1867.
Anna Eliza, b. 2-7 mo., 1867; m. Wiggins L. Light,
m. Martin L. Ruby.
Franklin Everett, \>. 2-6 mo., 1869; "^- Anna Johnson.
Walter Emerson, b. 10-9 mo., 1871; died 11-7 mo., 1874.
Clara Bell, b. 8-6 mo., 1876; died 30-6 mo., 1877.
• Charles Elmer, b. 26-5 mo., 1874; m. Ella Hamilton.
Edith Angeline, b. 19-7 mo., 1880; died 4-1 mo., 1881.
VIII. James Ezra Wilson Richards, son of Angeline E. Borton and
Webster Richards, married Elizabeth M. McMakin, at Juniata, Neb.,
24-12 mo., TiS84. Their children were: —
Clare Cecil, b. 11 -12 mo., 1885.
Grai.e Emma, b. :6-2 mo., 1889.
Angle Flla, b. 7-1 mo., 1891.
Helen Elizabeth, b. 4-2 mo., 1893.
James W., b. 27-12 mo., 1895; died 20-11 mo., 1901.
VIII. Charles Elmer Richards, son of Angeline E. Borton and Webster
Richards, married Ella Hamilton, at Oakland, Iowa, 12 mo., 1902. Their
children were: —
Elmer Lloyd, b. 12-7 mo., 1903.
Franklin Orlando, b. 10-6 mo., 1906.
VIII. Franklin Everett Richards, son of Angeline E. Borton and Web-
ter Richards, married Anna Johnson, Dry Creek, California, 1-3 mo.
1S96. No issue.
Later he was again marriexl to Alice Cunningham, in McCook
co'inty, Nebraska, 22-12 mo., 1904. Xo children from last marriage.
VIII. Anna Eliza Richards, daughter of Agneline E. Borton and W'eb-
iZttr Richards, married Wiggins L. Light, 10 mo., 1883, at Hastings,
Nebraska. Their children were: —
Raphael Oscar, b. 24-5 mo., 1884.
• Earl Tuttle Leroy, b. 6-9 mo., 1888.
Maysie Edna Rose, b. 2-4 mo., 1890.
Anna Eliza Richards was again married to Martin L. Ruby, of
Plattsmouth, 5-3 mo., 1906, in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
VII. Jane Borton, daughter of Ezra Borton and Jane Heacock, mar-
ried Joshua Pollock. Their children were: —
W. C. Pollock, b.
Mary A., b.
Hattie P., b.
Laura S., b.
Lula M., b.
Robert A., b.
VII. Almira Borton, daughter of Ezra Borton and Ann Brown, mar-
ried Amzv Stites. Their children were: —
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Adelbert, b. ; m. Florence Riley.
Elnora, b. ; m. William Oden.
Charley, b. ; single.
Flora, b. ; ni. Charles Huyck.
m. Thomas Saunders.
Cora Stites, b. ; m. Warren Peach.
Dora, b. ; m. Noah Delamater.
VIII. Adelbert Stites, son of Almira Borton and Amzy Stites, married
Florence Riley. Their children were: —
Hazel, b.
Eva, b.
Homer, b.
Olive, b.
VIII. Elnora Stites, daughter of Elmira Borton and Amzy Stites, mar-
ried William Oden. They had three children: —
Leo, b.
Helma, b. ; died young.
Edna, b.
VIII. Flora Stites, daughter of Almira Borton and Amzy Stites, mar-
ried Charles Huyck. Their children were: —
Pearl, b.
Clair, b.
Cora, b.
Later Flora married Thomas Saunders, second husband.
VII. Lucina Borton, daughter of Ezra Borton and Ann Brown, married
Levi Haas, 14-11 mo., 1867. Their children were: —
Martha A., b.
Cora O., b.
Charles S., b.
Owen E., b.
Allen C. b.
Benjamin B., b
Sabina M., b.
Minnie E., b.
Evie J., 1).
Landes L., b.
Luella E., b.
Dasie A., b.
VIIL Martha A.
; m. William H. Derby.
; single.
; single.
; died single.
; single.
; single.
; m. Florin Mathew.
; m. Charles E. Kinney,
m. Lester F. Grubaugh.
; m. Mildred M. Allen.
; single.
; deceased.
Hass, daughter of Lucina Borton and Levi Haas^
married William H. Derby. Their children were :-
Clarence E., b.
Bessie L., b.
VIII. Sabina M. Haas, daughter of Lucina Borton and Levi Haas, mar-
ried Florin Mathew. Their children were: —
Evie M., b.
Daniel Bor ion, Sr.
GENEALOGY. 179
Cressie M., b.
VIII. Minnie E. Haas, daughter of.Lucina Borton and Levi Haas, mar-
ried Charles E. Kinney. Their children were: —
Levi B., h.
Garrold R., b.
VIII. Evie J. Haas, daughter of Lucina Borton and Levi Haas, married
Lester F. Grubaugh. Their children were : —
Clyde A., b.
VII. Joseph Borton, son" of Ezra Borton and Ann Brown, married Olive
Palmer, daughter of Norris Palmer. Their children were: —
Ellsworth, b. ; m. Ida Crout.
Pearl, b.
Later, Joseph Borton married Adelia Stevenson, she died and then
he married Lydia Onweller. No issue from last two marriages.
VIII. Ellsworth Borton, son of Joseph Borton and Olive Palmer, mar-
ried Ida Crout. Their children were: —
Bessie, b.
Clifford, b.
VII. Alice Borton, daughter of Ezra Borton, and last wife, Sarah Bar-
ber, married William Orton. Their children were: —
Harrv, b. ; died when 12 yars of age.
Edith, b.
^. ^ Lorena, b.
(^V. Daniel Borton, son of Samuel Borton and Rhoda Packer, born 1-6
mo., 1776, married Tabitha Rodman, 18-5 mo., 1798. Their children
were : —
Eliza, b. 26-6 mo., 1799; m. 27-10 mo., 1818, Alexander Hubliard^,
died 23-10 mo., 1884.
Sarah, b. 12-4 mo., 1801: m. 2-12 mo., 1824, John Best, died i88a,.
in Chicago, II!.
Daniel, Jr., b.*9-ii mo., 1802; m. 27-10 mp., 1825, Mary Foughty,
died 1889.
Amos, b. 10-8 mo., 1804; died 9-3 mo., 1805. -f
Mary, b. 26-11 mo., 1805; died 2-2 mo., 1808.
Levi, b. 7-1 mo., 1808; m. 24-5 mo., 1827, Nancy Foughty, died 1885.
JesFe Packer, b. 13-3 mo., 1810; m. 13-10 mo., 1831, Mary W'edy,
CazA 19-4 mo., 1837.
Joshua, b. 24-4 mo., 1812: m. 12-8 mo., 1830, Mary Johnson.
barling Haines, b. 5-3 mo., 1815; m. 24-1 1 mo., 1833, ^'^"ly C. Ingling,
m. Anna L. Thompson.
Rebecca, );. i.:-i mo., 1820; m. 29-4 mo., 1842, William Reece. She
'\\t(. in 1S55.
1 IK, b. ; -'!itd young from internal ulcer.
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VI. Eliza Borton, daughter of Daniel Borton, a son of Samuel Borton
and Rhoda Packer, married Alexander Hubbard. Their children were: —
Mary, b. ; m. Fred Favor.
Leonidas, b. ; m. Louisa Williams.
[' m. Ella Vandervort.
Euclid, b. ; m. Ann Tinsley. .
Sarah, b. ; m. Hiram Lee.
John, b. ; m. Ruth Moon.
. Byron, b. ; m. Phebe Day.
Julissa, b. ; m. William Tritt.
Eliza, b. ; m. Isaac Gibbs.
Alexander Hubbard died and Eliza married a man named Doughty.
No issue by the last marriage.
VIL Mary Hubbard, daughter of Eliza Borton and Alexander Hub-
bard, married Fred Favor. Their children were : —
Gustavius, b. ; m. Mable Martin.
Eliza, b. ; m. Harry Varnell.
Fred, b. ; m.
VIII. Gustavius Favor, son of Mary Hubbard and Fred Favor, married
Mable Martin. Gustavius was killed on the railroad.
VIII. Eliza Favor, daughter of Mary Hubbard and Fred Favor, mar-
ried Harry Varnell. Their children were : —
Claud, b.
Harry, b.
Edna, b.
George, b.
Marjorie, b.
VIII. Fred Favor, Jr., son of Mary Hubbard and Fred Favor, married
They have two children : —
Lillian, b. ; m. George Voscar. They had one child : —
Burl Voscar, b.
Adie, b, ; m. Arthur Fowler. They had. one child: —
Ruth Fowler, b.
We transcribe the following letter from Leonidas Hubbard, son of
Eliza Borton and Alexander Hubbard. He was the father of Leonidas
Hubbard. Jr., the explorer who died in Labrador.
Rapid City, Mich., 5-2 mo., 1907.
My old and esteemed friend : —
Your letter of the 30-1 mo., 1907, after a run to Kalkaska, Traverse
City, and Rapid City, was this morning dropped into our mail box.
I think my grandmother's name was Tabitha Rodman, when a boy
I had my head well filled with family traditions, by my mother and
grandmother. For a year or more I made my home with Uncle Darlins-
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Borton, in \\'oocl county, Ohio, and they named their first baby Tabitha,
after her grandmother.
Leonidas Hubbard, Jr., after graduating, I think, reported for a
lime for the Detroit Evening News, then he struck out for New York
and did whatever came to hand until he got a berth in the Outing
IVlagazine. This was his delight. He was first sent through the South-
ern states, with camera and pen, to obtain copy for the magazine. He
supplied lots of graphic pen pictures and photos of the Moonshiners and
their dogs. Again he was sent, for the same paper, into the wilds of
Can.ida, with Indian trappers and dog sleds. For a year or more he had
^•ork on the editorial staff of the paper.
The maiden name of his wife was Mina Benson, a Canadian girl of
sliglil figure but as elastic and tenacious as steel. She could tramp
through the woods, with *'Lon,'' from morning until night, carry a rifle,
and shoot game or catch trout with the best of them. Since his death
she has followed his trail through Labrador, saw the place where he
died, and is now lecturing to crowded houses about the trip.
I will note a few incidents of my father's life and may be of my own.
iVlore than one hundred years ago, my grandfather, Ephraim Beech
Hubbard and family, migrated from the state of New York to the
**\\'estern Reserve," and stopped in what became Deerfield township,
Portage county, Ohio. Besides the parents, there were three boys and
one girl, Sophia. Of the boys, Alexander, the oldest, had been adopted
by Captain Kidd, of sea-faring fame, (not the pirate hung at the yard
arm). The connection with Kidd did not bring him a **bag of gold/' but
led him to return to his old haunts, where he received a fairly good
education. Among other acquirements, he became a good practical
surveyor, just what was needed in a country that was filling up with
settlers, and where the government had only established township lines.
This gave my father a monopoly of the surveying business for
many miles around. The last time I saw Uncle Daniel Borton, as we
were looking over his well improved farm, he said, **Your father came
from Deerfield, 12 miles, and surveyed this land for me, and I went to
Deerfield and mauled rails to pay him for it." My father was a good
woodsman, a great deer and bear killer. An old German that I was
^vorking for, said to me, '*Hubbard, I tells you what your daddy did, he
gilled dwenty-five durkeys in one day." When Daniel Direr had his
eyes shot out, in Deerfield, one night by Indians, Alexander Hubbard
was one of the hunters who followed and captured them.
The Bortons were hunters, too, in the early days of uncivilization
of the Western Reserve. I doubt not that the desire to prospect Labra-
dor, rather than to become altogether absorbed in literature and city
life, w-as planted in Lon's make-up by his ancestors.
As for myself, I think I have never committed any acts worth
recording in a book. I have always had a hankering for the wilds of
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nature, with Darling H. Borton for a comrade, we encamped on the St.
Jo river for a week, in 1842, where the Territorial road crosses it. The
wolves howled around our camp every night, and it was music to our
ears.
I moved into Wright township, Hillsdale county, Michigan, in the
year of 1851. In 1852, I found a beech log where a mother wolf had
raised her pups. I set a couple of traps and caught five of them. They
were the last ever caught in Wright township, and I received a bounty
of seventy-five dollars. In the year 1856, I went to California; I killed
hundreds of deer there and sold the meat to the miners. One day, I
shot a big bear, knocking it down, but it got away from me. Another
day. I killed three California lions — it took only three shots to do it. I
have tread on and over rattlers, but was never bitten. This is enough
of this stuff.
I am keeping over one hundred swarms of bees, and guess it will
pay. I never saw a place where bees would collect as much nectar
in a day.
VII. Leonidas Hubbard, son of Alexander Hubbard and Eliza Borton,
married Louisa Williams. Their children were: —
William, b. : m. Melissa Baker.
Mary, b. ; m. Cory Durbin.
Delia, b. ; m. Joseph Andrews.
Louisa died and Leonidas married Ella Vandervort. Their children
were : —
Leonidas, Jr., b. ; m. Mina Benson.
Daisy, b. ; m. Arthur Williams.
VII. Leonidas Hubbard, Sr., was formerly a member of the Michigan
Legislature, and an expert apiarist. He was one of the early settlers
of the township of Wright, Hillsdale county, Michigan, but later removed
to Rapid City, Michigan.
VIII. William Hubbard, son of Leonidas Hubbard and Louisa Williams,
married Melissa Baker. Their children were: —
Jesse, b.
Nina, b.
Waneeta, b.
William Hubbard, son of Leonidas Hubbard and Louisa, was the
Judge of Probate of Kalkaska county, Michigan, for several years.
VIII. Mary Hubbard, daughter of Leonidas Hubbard and Louisa Will-
iams, married Cory Durbin. Their children were: —
Georgia, b. ; m. John Kinsley.
Charles, b.
Dale, b.
VIII. Delia Hubbard, daughter of Leonidas Hubbard and Louisa Will-
Leonidas Hubbard, Jr.
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iams, married Joseph Andrews. Their children were : —
Bessie, b. ; ni. Frank Nichols.
Florence, b.
Dot, b.
VIII. Daisy Hubbard, daughter of Leonidas Hubbard and Ella Vander-
vort. married Arthur Williams. Their children were: —
Leonidas, b.
Helen, b.
Leonidas Hubbard, Jr., son of Leonidas Hubbard and Ella Van-
dervort, married Mina Benson. Leonidas was the son of Eliza Borton
and Alexander Hubbard. Eliza was the daughter of Daniel Borton, the
son of Samuel Borton and Rhoda Packer. Samuel was the son of Oba-
diah Borton and Susannah Butcher. He was the son of John Borton, Jr.,
the oldest son of John Borton and Ann, his wife, who came from the
Parish of Aynho, Northamptonshire, England, in 1682.
Leonidas Hubbard, Jr., was for some time engaged as a reported on
the *'Outing Magazine/' a sporting paper, after which he engaged to
explore the interior of Labrador, a feat which he would have accom-
plished had he not been diverted from "the trail," and perished from
hunger. The death of Leonidas Hubbard, Jr., occurred in 1903. Later
the work was taken up by Mrs. Hubbard, his widow, and we think fully
accomplished. Mr. Dillon Wallace, a New York attorney who was in
the former exploring party with Hubbard, also, later successfully ex-
plored that country.
(See **Lure of the Labrador Wild," by Dillon Wallace.)
VII. Euclid Hubbard, son of Eliza Borton and Alexander Hubbard,
married Ann Tinsley. Their children were: —
John, b. ; m. Eurita Rifner.
Byron, b. ; m. Martha Allen.
Clara, b. : m. Prof. Angalo Atkin.
Charles, M. D., b. ; m. Daisy Russell.
Julissa, b. ; m. William Tritt.
Ella, b. ; died young.
VIII. John Hubbard, son of Euclid Hubbard and Ann Tinsley, married
Eurita Rifner. Their children were: —
Anna, b. ; m. Nelson Gamble. ' •
Ella, b. ; m. Burt Dayle
Edward, b.
Lena, b.
Mildred, b.
IX. Anna Hubbard, who married Nelson Gamble, was the daughter of
John Hubbard and Eurita Rifner. Their children were : —
Heman, b.
Kenneth, b.
Louis, b.
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VIII. Byron Hubbard, son of Euclid Hubbard and Ann Tinsley, married
Martha Allen, Their children were: —
Melvin Hubl)ard, M. D. : m. Edna Hanibal.
Lillie, b.
Glenn, b.
Nine, b.
VIII. Clara Hubbard, daughter of Euclid Hubbard and Ann Tinsley,
married Prof. Angalo Atkin. Their children were: —
Clark, b.
Perry, b.
VIII. Charles Hubbard, M. D., son of Euclid Hubbard and Ann Tinsley,
married Daisy Russell. Their children were : —
La ton, b.
Elton, b.
VII. Sarah Hubbard, daughter of Eliza Borton and Alexander Hub-
bard, married Hiram Lee. No issue to this marriage.
VII. John Hubbard, son of Eliza Borton and Alexander Hubbard, mar-
ried Ruth Moon. Their children were: —
Willard, b.
Mary, b. ; m. Parker Kay.
VIII. Mary Hubbard, daughter of John Hubbard and Ruth Moon, mar-
ried Parker Kay. Their children were: —
Louis, b.
Ruth, b.
Ivan, b.
VII. Byron Hubbard, son of Eliza Borton and Alexander Hubbard,
married Phebe Day. Their children were: —
Frank, b.
Charles, b.
VIII. Frank Hubbard, son of Byron Hubbard and wnfe, Phebe Day,
married Their children w^ere: —
Walter, b.
Ida, b.
Eva, b.
VIII. Charles Hubbard, son of Byron Hubbard and Phebe Day, mar-
ried Janett Keen. Their^ children were: —
Pearl, b.
Cleatus, b.
VII. Julissa Hubbard, daughter of Eliza Borton and Alexander Hub-
bard, married William Tritt. Their children were: —
Zevar, b.
Fredreka, b.
William, b.
Hiram, b.
Ida, b.
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Lizzie, b.
Euclid, b.
Delila, b.
Alice, b.
Flora, b.
VII. Jiilissa Hubbard and William Tritt moved to Omro, Wisconsin,
where they at present reside. Byron Hubbard, son of Eliza Borton and
Alexander Hubbard, went to California in 1856, with his brother,
Leonidas. He contracted Panama fever and died 23-8 mo., and is buried
at Sparta Hospital, Panama.
VII. Eliza Hubbard , daughter of Eliza Borton and Alexander Hubbard,
married Isaac Gibbs. Their children were: —
Oliver Gibbs, M. D., b. : m. Viola Gibbs.
Sidney, b. ; m. Emma Colbetzer.
Frank, b. ; m. Delila Tritt.
VIII. Oliver Gibbs, M. D., son of Eliza Hubbard and Lsaac Gibbs, mar-
ried Viola Gibbs. Their children were: —
Joise, b.
Herald, b.
Rex, b.
Wapaconeta, b.
Eliza Borton married Alexander Hubbard and lived in Ohio. He
died and later, in 1857, she with her children moved into Wright town-
ship, Hillsdale county, Michigan, where she resided until her death,
which occurred from a paralytic stroke, on the 23-10 mo., 1884.
Alexander K. Hubbard, who married Eliza Borton, was born in
Schoharie county, N. Y., 7-5 mo., 1787, and was the son of Ephraim
Hubbard, who removed to what is known as the **Western Reserve,"
Ohio, and was an early settler in Deerfield township, Portage county,
Ohio. He purchased a tract of timl)er land and settled upon it while deer
and wild turkeys, with smaller game, were yet to be found in abundance,
and the howling of the wolves broke the stillness of the night.- He was
occupied in clearing his land and improving his farm, upon wdiich he
resided until his decease.
Alexander K. Hubbard was about fifteen years of age when his
parents removed to Ohio. He remained there only a short time, how-
ever, and then, returning to New York state, lived with Captain Kidd,
and attended school. He paid particular attention to the study of sur-
veying and after becoming skillful in that branch of science, he returned
to Ohio and secured employment as a surveyor of land. He surveyed a
great part of that section of country lying around Deerfield, but after
his father's death he bought the interest of the other heirs, and took up
his residence on the homestead. He was industrious and energetic and
attended closely to his own business, in w^hich he exercised good judg-
ment. His usual recreation was found in the hunt and manv a wild
186 BORTON FAMILY
animal fell before his unerring aim. He filled many offices of trust in the
• township and county, discharging- his duties with that fearlessness and
ability for which he was noted. He was at one time a candidate for the
legislature and was defeated by only one vote. At the time of his tie-
c^ase he held the office of justice of the peace.
^VlJSarah Borton, daughter of Daniel Borton and wife, Tabitha Rod-
man, married John Best. They moved to Wisconsin and from there to
Chicago, Illinois. Sarah's girlhood was spent in Wood county, Ohio.
Their children were: —
Socrates, b. s -''] '-y'f-C^ fJ-^ ^* /•
Lycurgus, b. r\^ ^.s '^,u.; • [ ''' " "'
,_ Solon,^b. -- .»v
yij Daniel Borton, son of Daniel Borton and Tabitha Rodman, married
Mary FougJity. Their children were: —
Charlotte, b. : m. Amos Wilson.
Rachel, b. ; m. Joseph Towns.
Eliza, b. ; died single.
^.-'Horace P., b. ; m. Pauline S. Clement.
Sarah, b. ; m. Jesse Towns.
Cyrus W., b. ; m. Phebe Ann Brosius.
Daniel, Jr., b. 16-9 mo., 1866; m. Katherine Ann Stoffer, died 16-Q
mo., 1873 ^"^l 3"! ""^o- 1876; Mary K. Galbreath, died 9-2 mo., 1881 and
27-11 mo., 1888; m. Hannah E. Metzger.
VII. Charlotte Borton, daughter of Daniel Borton and Mary Foughty,
married Amos Wilson. They had two children : —
John, b.
VII. Horace P. Borton, son of Daniel Borton and Mary Foughty, mar-
ried Pauline S. Clement. They had tw^o sons and one daughter: —
Daniel Columbus, b. 2-10 mo., 1862; m. Anna RufF.
Arthur, b. 30-9 mo., 1866; m. Mary RufF.
Mary Eliza, b. 29-9 mo., 1864: died 10-9 mo., 1866.
Horace Potter Borton, son of Daniel Borton, Jr., and Mary Foughty,
was born 19-1 mo., 1832, and was named after Dr. Horace Potter. H^
attended the common schools, Damascus Academy and Mt. Union Col-
lege, taught country schools and worked at the stone and brick mason
trade. He was superintendent of the school at East Liverpool, Ohio,
i862-'63, about that time he l)egan to preach for the Disciple church,
which he joined when he was about 17 years old, from that time until
1884. He taught school and preached almost continuously, besides work-
ing a large farrii on the Mahoning River, after this he continued to
preach for several years, at length his health, became so poor that he had
to discontinue the work, except to speak at an occasional funeral ser-
vice. He was a natural orator and a fine scholar, and one of the best
debators in that part of the country. He held two public debates with
James Wesley Borton
Rev. Horace P. Borton
Daniel Columbus Borton
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atheists and was in constant demand to speak at public meetings, on
temperance and many other questions of public interest. On 19-7 mo.,
i860, he was married to Pauline S. Clement, daughter of John F. Clement
and Maria Yaggi Clement, born 17-10 mo., 1841, educated in the common
schools and Damascus Academy, began teaching at the age of 16 and
taught until two years after her marriage.
VIII. Daniel Columbus Borton, son of Horace P. Borton and Pauline
S. Clement, married Anna R. Ruflf. Horace P. Borton was a son of
Daniel Borton, Jr., and Mary Foughty. Daniel Borton, Jr., was a son
of Daniel, Sr., and Tabitha Rodman, and Daniel, Sr., was a son of Samuel
Borton and Rhoda Packer. Samuel was a son of Obadiah Borton and
Susannah Butcher. Obadiah was a son of John Jr., and first wife, and
John Jr. was the oldest son of John Borton and Ann, the immigrants, and
progenitors of the Borton family in America. The children of Daniel
Columbus Borton and Anna R .Ruflf were: —
Mary Pauline, b. 4-7 mo., 1894.
Eugene Horace, b. 9-8 mo., 1896.
Arthur, b. 9-4 mo., 1898.
VIII. J. Arthur Borton, son of Horace P. Borton and Pauline S. Cle-
ment, married Mary RufF. Their children were : —
John, b.
George, b.
Pauline, b.
Marjorie, b.
Trace, b.
Mary, b.
Dessa, b. ; died in infancy.
VIII. Daniel Columbus Borton, son of Horace P. Borton and Pauline S.
Clement, was born 2-10 mo., 1862, and was educated in the comyion
schools, Damascus Academy and the Northwestern Normal University,
Ada, Ohio. Taught school and practiced surveying, was one of three
engineers who laid out the city of Guthrie, Oklahoma, when that countr>^
was first opened for settlement. He was the city civil engineer of Mas-
sillon, Ohio, from 1893 to 1901, when he resigned to become chief en-
gineer of the Massillon Coal Miners Company, at the organization of
that company by the late Senator Hanna, 1-3 mo., 1906, he was made
chief engineer of coal mines for the M. A. Hanna Company.
Daniel Columbus Borton married Anna Ruflf, 21-1 mo., 1893, daugh-
ter of Hurum and Mary RuflF.
VII. Rachel Borton, daughter of Daniel Borton, Jr., and Mary Foughty,
married Joseph Towns, 8-4 mo., 1849, and moved from Ohio to Bethany,
Harrison county. Mo., 21-6 mo., 1873. Their children were: —
Albert, b. 18-3 mo., 185 1 ; m. Nancy B. Roberts.
Mary Jane, b. 20-7 mo., 1853; m. Walter Price.
Eliza E., b. 1858; m. Monroe Barto.
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Cynthia, b. ; m. James Hobbs.
Ulysses A., b. 1862; m. Xora Spear.
VIII. Albert Towns, son of Rachel Borton and Joseph Towns, married
Nancy B. Roberts, 2-9 mo., 1877, of Bethany, Mo. Their children were: —
Omer G., b. 16-2 mo., 1880.
Xora B., b. 19-12 mo., 1884: m. Roger X. Harrison.
Gladys X., b. 22-1 mo., i885.
Gay R., b. 6-1 mo., 1888.
Sir V^illa E., b. i-ii mo., 1890.
Porter J., b. 28-4 mo., 1891.
Ettie R., b. 22-1 mo., 1893.
Jessie M., b. 16-7 mo., 1896.
Monroe V., b. 27-10 mo., 1900.
Three other children died in infancy. Rachel Borton, daiio^hter of
Daniel Borton, Jr., and Mary Foughty, died in I898, age yi years.
VIII. Mary Jane Towns, daughter of Rachel Borton and Joseph Towns,
married Walter Price of Bethany, Mo. They have two children: —
Mabel, b. 1884.
Harvey, b. 1888.
VIII. Eliza E. Towns, daughter of Rachel Borton and Joseph Towns,
married Monroe Bartoe. They have two children: —
Una, b. 1896.
Mauscell, b. 1898.
VIU. Cynthia Towns; daughter of Rachel Borton and Joseph Towns,
married James Hol)bs of Bethany, Mo. They have one son: —
Charles, b. 1892.
Cynthia Towns died in the state of Washington, 1892.
VIII. Ulysses A. Towns, son of Rachel Borton and Joseph Towns, mar-
ried Xora Spears of Chillicothe, Mo. They had four children: —
Xewell, b. 1886.
Ollie, b. 1891.
Myrle, b. 1901.
Dorris, b. 1906.
Three children died in infancy.
IX. Xora B. Towms, daughter of Albert Towns and Xancy B. Roberts,
married Roger X. Harrison, 22-9 mo., 1903. They have one child: —
Lois Mare, b. 1907.
Lois is the only great-grandchild of Rachel Borton and Joseph
Towns.
VII. Sarah Borton, daughter of Daniel Borton and Mary Foughty, mar-
ried Jesse Towns. Sarah w^as born 4-5 mo., 1834, and was married 11-12
mo., 1856. Their children were. —
Lewis C, b. 14-4 mo., 1858: m. Sarah J. Looher, 4-7 mo., 1883.
Daniel L, b. 21-10 mo., 1859; single.
Cyrus B., b. 28-3 mo., 1862: died 16-1 mo., 1864.
GENEALOGY. 189
Jesse M., b. 6-2 mo., 1864; m. Ethel Brown, 8-6 mo., 1895.
/^ rthur \V., b. 29-10 mo., 1866; single.
Robert O., b. 2-1 mo., 1869.
Laura B., b. 9-4 mo., 1871 ; m. William Oliver, 4-5 mo., 1891.
Mary E., b. 9-91110., 1874; m. Martin A. Clapper, 24-3 mo., 1898.
Blanch A., b. 11-12 mo., 1876; m. John Griffin, 18-12 mo., 1891.
VII. Cyrus \V. Borton, son of Daniel Borton and Mary Foughty, mar-
ried Phebe Ann Brosius. They had four sons: —
Benjamin, b.
Lewis, b.
Seth, b. ; died 10-5 mo., 1907.
Mark, b.
VII- Daniel Borton, Jr., son of Daniel Borton and Mary Foughty, mar-
ried 16-9 mo., 1866, Katherine Ann StoflFer,
m. 3-1 mo., 1876, Mary K. Galbreath,
m. 27-11 mo., 1888, Hannah E. Metzger.
Their children were : —
Samuel, b. ; m. Metta S. Sinclair.
Daniel Jr., b. ; m. Emma Davis.
Ellis, b. ; ni. Jessie Davis.
Katherine Ann, b. : m .Eugene Perry.
Thomas, b.
Charlotte, b. : m. Ernest Brick.
Elma Lucinda, b. : m. Worthington G. Ray.
Leona, 1). ; ni. Thomas H. Sturgeon.
Abner, b.
Ross, 1).
VIII. Samuel Borton, son of Daniel Borton, Jr., and KatKerine Ann
Stoffer, married Metta S. St. Clair. They have two sons: —
Perry L., b.
Ethel, b.
VIII. Daniel Borton, Jr., son of Daniel Borton and Katherine A. StofFel',
married Emma Davis. They have one son: —
Daniel Davis, b.
VIII. Ellis Borton, sen of Daniel Borton and Katherine Ann StoflFer,
married Jessie Davis. They have two daughters: —
Eva, b.
Margaret, b.
Forest, b. ; died when young.
VIII. Charlotte Borton, daughter of Daniel Borton, Jr., and Mary Cath-
erine Galbreath, married Ernest Brick. Their children are: —
Ray Daniel, b.
VIII. klnia Lucinda Borton, daughter of Daniel Borton, Jr., and Mary
Catherine Galbreath, married Worthington G. Ray. They have one son:
Joseph Borton Ray, b.
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Tabitha R. dman, wife of Daniel Borton, Sr., was a descendant of
Doctor John Rodman of Barbadoes. She was born 19-10 mo., 1776, and
married Daniel Borton, 18-5 mo., 1798. She died at Hamilton, Steuben
county, Indiana, and was buried in the cemetery of the M. E. church
o£.-that village.
'(VJ-^Levi Borton came west to Ohio from New Jersey, when his mother
came, and lived in Columbianna and Stark counties, Ohio, until his death
which occurred in the year 1885, at Alliance, Stary county, Ohio. On the
24-5 mo., 1827, Levi married Nancy Foughty. Their children were: —
Pleasy, b.
Jane, b.
Melissa, b.
Alexander, b.
Lewis, b.
Mary, b. ;m. Hurford.
VI; Jesse P. Borton, son of Daniel Borton and Tabitha Rodman, was
b. 13-3 mo., 1810, married Mary Wedy, 13-10 mo., 1831, and deceased
19-4 mo., 1837. Their children were: —
Franklin, b. ; died age 16 years.
Sarah A., b. ; m. Abner Metzger, 1857.
Caleb W., b. 1835; "^- Hannah Roller, 1856.
Eliza H., b. : m. 1856, Joseph W. Mather, b. 14-8 mo., 18.^4.
VII. Sarah A. Borton, daughter of Jesse P. Borton and Mary Wedy,
married Abner Metzger, 1857. Their children were: —
John W., b. 2-12 mo., 1852; m. Xorce Dinius.
Mary E., b. 28-12 mo., 1857; m. W. H. McCave, 1884.
Hannah E., b. 17-4 mo., 1859; m. Daniel Borton.
Joseph B., b. 14-3 mo., 1861; single.
Laura E., b. 23-2 mo., 1863; m. David Klingensmith.
Rose B., b. 13-4 mo., 1865; m. James L. Zimmerman.
Susan L, b. 14-6 mo., 1867; m. Comley Carr.
Minnie L., b. 5-8 mo., 1869; killed by lightning, age 15 years.
Lewis P., b. 25-4 mo., 1873; m. Annetta Farr, 1905.
VIII. Rose B. Metzger, daughter of Sarah A. Borton and Abner Metz-
ger, married James L. Zimmerman. Fhcv had two children: —
Roy, b.
Dean, b.
VIII. John \V. Metzger married Nora Dinius. John was a son of Sarah
A. Borton and Abner Metzger. They had four children: —
Madge, b.
Pearl, b.
Grace, b.
Clarence, b.
VIII. Mary E. Metzger, daughter of Sarah A. Borton and Abner Metz-
ger, married W. H. McCave. Their children were : —
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Heramn D., b.
Myra E., b.
Lee v., b.
Mark L., b.
Herbert Byron, b.
Martha W., b.
Ruth, b.
William Henry McCave, b. 24-11 mo., 1859.
VIII. Laura E. Metzger, daughter of Sarah A. Borton and Abner Metz-
ger, married David Klingensmith. They have two children: —
Earl, b.
Mark, b.
VIII. Susan Metzger, daughter of Sarah A. Borton and Abner Metzger
married Comley Carr. Their children were: —
Bessie, b.
Jessie, b.
Ray, b. ; deceased.
Wade, b.
Louis, b.
VIII. Lewis P. Metzger, son of Sarah A. Borton and Abner Metzger,
married Annet.ta Farr, 1905. They have one son: —
Rowland South Metzger, b.
VII. Caleb W. Borton, son of Jesse P. Borton and Mary Wedy, was
b. 1835, and married Hannah Roller, 1856. Their children were: —
\Vi Ham. b.
May, b. ; m. O. G. Halderman.
Carrie, b. ; m. L. L. Park.
Etta, b. ; m. Frank Naylor.
Charles H., b. ; m. Mary B. Xaylor.
Leslie V., b.
VIII. William Borton, son of Caleb W. Borton and Hannah Roller^
married Thev have two children : —
Harold, b.
The families of William Borton and O. G. Halderman reside in
Texas.
VIII. May Borton, daughter of Caleb W. Borton and Hannah Roller,
married O. G. Halderman. They have two sons: —
Lester, b.
Roy, b.
VIII. Carrie Borton, daughter of Caleb W. Borton and Hannah Roller,
married L. L. Park. They have two children: —
May, b.
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Harry, b.
VIII. Etta Borton, daughter of Caleb \V. Borton and Hannah Roller,
married Frank Naylor. They have five children: —
Leon, b.
Raymond L., b.
Carl R., b.
Lewis W., b.
Carrie, b.
Frank Naylor died 30-1 mo., 1906.
VIII. Charles H. Borton, son of Caleb W. Borton and Hannah Roller,
>{narried Mary B. Naylor. Their children were: —
* Blanch, b. .
ClifTton E., b.
Henry, b.
VIII. Leslie V. Borton, son of Caleb \V. Borton and Hannah Roller,
married They have one child: —
Arthur Ray, b.
Caleb W. Borton died 27-8 mo., 1906.
VI. Joshua Borton, son of Daniel Borton, Sr., and Mary Fou^hty, mar-
ried Mary Johnson. Their children were : —
Albert R., b. ; m. Nancy Sarver.
Curtis L., b. ; m. Elizabeth Aiber.
Alcibiades, b. ; m. Celia Edwards.
Lucretia, b. ; m. John Patterson.
Merinda, b. ; m. Harvey Stephenson.
Minerva, b. ; m. Robert Wallace.
Samantha, b. ; m. Jackson Davenport.
Angeline, 1). ; died in infancy.
Mary Johnson died and Joshua Borton married Levina Stoddard.
Their children were: —
Rameth L., b. : m. Laura Lee.
Eleander, b. ; m. Anna Merideth;
VII. Albert R. Borton, son of Joshua Borton and Mary Johnson, mar-
ried Nancy Sarver. Their children were: —
John Curtis, b. : m. Clara McMillen.
Joshua L., 1). ; m. Bell Wilson.
Edwin S., b. : m. Atha Campbell.
Albert H., b. : m. EflFie Devore.
Willia F., b.
Charles S., b.
Byron L., b.
Mary M., I). ; m. William D. Barnett.
Lucina J., b. ; m. Dr. C. H. Rodi.
VII. Curtis L. Borton, son of Joshua Borton and Mary Johnson, mar-
ried Elizabeth Aiber. Their children were: —
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William, b. ; m. Lois Bullock.
Joseph, b.
Lucy, b. ; m. Theodore Henderson.
Mary, b. ; m. John Cannikle.
Myrtle, b. *
VII. Rameth L. Borton, son of Joshua Borton and Levina Stoddard,
married Laura Lee. They have one daughter: —
Mabel, b.
VIIL John Curtis Borton, son of Albert R. Borton and Xancy Sarver,
and a grand son of Joshua Borton and Mary Johnson, married Clara
McMillen. Their children were: — >*».
Albert F., b. ; m. Dora Richards.
Don, b.
Earl, b.
Frederick, b.
Paul, b.
Harry, b.
Clark, b.
Florence, b. ; m. John Richards.
VIII. Joshua L. Borton, son of Albert R. Borton and Nancy Sarver,
married Bell Nelson. They have four children: —
Gail, b.
Forest, b.
Lorin, b.
Fern, b.
VIII. Edv^nn S. Borton, son of Albert R. Borton and Nancy Sarver,
married Atha Campbell. They have one son : —
Edwin, b.
VIII. Albert H. Borton, son of Albert R. Borton and Nancy Sarver,
married Eflfie Devore. They have three children: —
Russell, b.
Helen, b.
Ruth, b.
VIII. Mary M. Borton, daughter of Albert R. Borton and Nancy Sar-
ver, married William D. Barnett. They have one son : —
Ellis R., b. ; m. Kittie Carl.
VII. Alcibiades Borton, son of Joshua Borton and Mary Jolinston,
married Celia Edwards. They had four children: —
Osceola, b. ; m.
Claude, b.
Stella, b. ; m. John Shellebarker.
Hazel, b.
VII. Merinda Borton, daughter of Joshua Borton and Mary Johnson,
married Harvey Stephenson. Their children were: —
William, b. ; died.
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mo., 1893. Their children were: —
Carl Darling, b. 30-6 mo., 1894, at Potterville, Mich.
^ Albert Jesse, b. 11-12 mo., 1896, at Villa Ridge, III.
Hugh Vernon, b. 15-7 mo., 1902, at Lyonsville, 111.
VIII. Jesse Packer Borton, son of Darling Haines Borton and Amy
Cornelius Ingling, was born in Smith township, Columbiana county,
Ohio, 26-4 mo., 1840. He was taken by his parents to Wood county,
Ohio, when two years of age, where he lost his mother, 13-5 mo., 1845.
Next he was taken to Logan county, Ohio, and became one of the
family of Willard Hill, who took him to Cassopolis, Cass county, Mich.,
2 mo., 1846, after one year he moved to Geneva, Cass county, Mich.,
where he resided until the spring of 1847, when he went to live with
Col. Henry Walton of Jefferson township, Cass county, Mich. Here he
learned to read and make the rudimentary calculations in arithmetic.
On the last of the 8th month, 1849, ^^ ^^^ away from Col. Walton's
for fear that they would send him down a well to recover some rings
which he had lost from the well bucket, and went back to Willard Hill's,
who had in the meantime moved to Brownsville, Cass county, Mich. He
remained until 2nd month, 1850, when he went back to his father's home
in Bryan, Ohio. From 1850 to the year i860, his home was changed
several times, living in Steuben county, Indiana, New Berlin, Ohio,
Metz Corners and Hamilton, Indiana, during this time he had an in-
flammation of the bones which rendered him a cripple for life. In
March, i860, in company with his brother, he went to Brownsville, Cass
county, Mich. He now commenced teaching school, which he followed
until the winter of 1862-3, when he became a student in the graded
school of Dowagiac, Mich., at which he graduated the 29-3 mo., 1866.
He was now employed to teach the 2nd intermediate department of the
Dowagiac school for three months, during the summer of 1866, after
which he taught the White school for two years, taught the Vandalia
Cass county, graded school for five years, also the Bronson graded
school for four years, i877-'8o.
He experienced religion while at Bronson, in 2nd mo., 1881, and
commenced to preach on the loth of the 7th mo., 1881, preachins^ his
first sermon in the Congregational church of Ceresco, Calhoun county,
Mich. The 1-9 mo., 1881, he took charge of the Congregational churches
of Prattsville and Ransom, Hillsdale county, Mich., for one year, beinc^
ordained by a council held at Ransom, Hillsdale county, Mich., 20-10
mo., 1881. After the expiration of the year he continued to preach
for the Ransom church until he resigned, 1-5 mo., 1886, to accept a call
to the Congregational churches of North Adams and Jerome, Mich.
While pastor of the Ransom church he taught the Railsom school for
about two years, also, a select term of two months. He also taught the
Doty school during the summer of 1885. He continued as pastor of
Rev. Jesse. P. Borton
Rev. Carl D. Borton
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the North Adams and Jerome churches until 1-5 mo., 1889, when he
resigned to accept a call to the Rockford church, in Kent county, Mich.;
where he remained till death called him to his long home on the 26-3 mo.,
1890, at four-thirty, a. m. The Death Angel knocked at his chamber
and took him home to Glory.
Anna L. Thompson, second wife of Darling H. Borton and step-
mother to Jesse Packer Borton, moved from" Pioneer, Ohio, to Malta,
Montana, where she spent her last days with her daughter, Viola Cox
Ebaugh, wife of John Ebaugh. Viola was a daughter of Ann L. Thomp-
son and John Cox, Anna's second husband. Anna died at the age of
seventy-five years.
VII. Rebecca Jane Borton, daughter of Darling Haines Borton, and
Amy Cornelius Ingling, married George Wilkerson, in Illinois, 1865.
She was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, 31-8 mo., 1843. After the
death of her mother at Freeport, Ohio, in 1845, she lived with her
grandparents, William Fenimore and Rebecca Ingling, who took her to
Cass county, Michigan, in the spring of 1847. She was taken by her
father, 2 mo., 1850, to Bryan, Williams county, Ohio. In the 5 mo.,
i860, she returned to Cass conty, where she resided until the spring of
1864. She then went to live with her sister, Tabitha, in Whiteside
county, Illinois, where she was married. In a few years the family
moved to Beatrice, Nebraska, where they are living at the date of this
history, December 10, 1885.
VII. John Fletcher Borton, son of Darling Haines Borton and Anna L.
Thompson, was born in Richland township, Steuben county, Indiana, 5-8
mo., 1850. He married Emma Garfield, of Independence, Iowa. Their
children were: —
Lizzie, b.
Royden, b.
Elsray, b.
Clyde, b.
VII. Margaret Ann Borton, daughter of Darling Haines Borton and
Anna L. Thompson, married Henry Cox, son of John and Eliza Cox.
Their children were: —
Jesse Leroy, b. ; m. Blanch Sloan.
William Worthy, b. ; died.
Henry Berton, b. ; single.
Mortimer V., b. ; m. Alma Robison.
Margaret Ann Borton was born at Metz Corners, Steuben county,
Indiana, 7-12 mo., 1855, and died at Pioneer, Ohio, of cancer, 3 mo., 1885,
and lies buried beside her father in Oak Grove cemetery, Bridgewater
township, Williams county, Ohio. She lived with her parents until the
death of her father in 1866, later her mother married John Cox and she
resided with them until her marriage with Henry Cox, about 1874. The
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last clays of her life were spent under much affliction and thoug^h dre?.d-
ing death so young, she died with a hope centered in her Redeemer.
John Flitcher Borton located at Tacoma, Washington. He became
yard master in the Northern Pacific freight yards and w^as killed while
making a coupling on a ^'flying switch.'' He was conscious, but died 48
hours after the accident.
V. Joseph Borton, son of Samuel Borton and Rhoda Packer, born
28-8 mo., 1781, married Nancy CliflFton, a sister to Rebecca Cliffton.
Sally Cliflfton and Samuel CliflFton. Their children were: —
Sarah, b. ; m Smith.
Mary, b. ; m. Enoch Moore.
Charles, b. ; m. Permalia Sitly.
John. b. ; kicked by a horse, died a young man.
VI. Mary Borton, daughter of Joseph Borton and Nancy Cliflfton, mar-
ried Enoch Moore. Their children were: —
Joseph B., b. ; m. Mary DorflF.
Mary Ann, b. ; m. Charles Davis.
Anna, b. ; m. Joseph Jaggana.
Rebecca, b. ; m. Samuel Porch.
Sarah, b. ; died single.
Enoch, b. ; m.
VII. Joseph B. Moore, son of Mary Borton and Enoch Moore, married
Mary Dorflf. Their children were : —
J. Hampton, b. ; m. Adelaid Stone.
Julia D. M., b. ; William C. K. Walls.
Clarence, b. ; m. Marion Hutton Way.
Washington, Dec, 29, 1906 — President Roosevelt has appointed J.
Hampton Moore, of Philadelphia, Chief of the Bureau of Manufactures
of the Department of Commerce and Labor.
Mr. Moore is president of the National League of Republican clubs,
and was formerly city treasurer of Philadelphia. He has accepted the
appointment and will enter upon the discharge of his duties about the
first of the vear.
Moore's Meteoric Career.
J. Hampton Moore's political rise has been meteoric in its speed
from his entrance into the city hall family as the private secretary of
ex-Mayor Ashbridge, on the first Monday in April, 1899. Shrewd, pains-
taking, tireless, and possessed of executive ability of a high order, he
drew to him the attention of President Roosevelt at the very threshold
of the national campaign, and that his services to the Republican- cause
are now rewarded in 'substantial form will be no surprise to the party
or to his friends in this citv.
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Mr. Moore is a young man yet, only 40 years of age. He was born
at Woodbury, N. J., March 8th, 1864, but has been a Philadelphian since
boyhood. He began earning his living when 13 years old, and after
attending public school commenced to study law. He continued as
office boy and student until February. 1881, and then became court
reporter for the newspapers. A couple of years later he entered the
service of the Public Ledger, and remained in newspaper work until
requested in 1896 to accept the position of chief clerk to City Treasurer
Oellers. At the close of Mr. Oellers' term, Mr. Moore entered into
the real estate business, which he subsequently abandoned to go into
the mayor*s office, where he remained until his nomination and election
to the office of city treasurer, upon which duties he entered January,
1902.
Mr. Moore's connection with the Young Men's Republican clul) as
its president, brought him into local prominence during various political
campaigns, which resulted in his official advancement in the National
and State Leagues of Republican clul^s. Ten years ago he was chosen
president of the State League, and served two terms. He is now in the
second term as president of the National League.
VIII. J. Hampton Moore, son of Joseph B. Moore and Mary DorfT, mar-
ried Adelaid Stone. Their children were: —
Clayton Fife, b.
DorflF, b.
Edward Morrell, b.
Harvey Cedars, b.
Mark Muckle, b.
Serena Cedaria, b.
Julia Dorflf, b.
Richard Oellers, b.
VIII. Clarence Moore, son of Joseph B. Moore and Mary DorfT, mar-
ried Marion Huttonway. Their children were: —
Joseph Edwin, b.
Albert Loeling, b.
Joseph B. Moore, father of Congressman J. Hampton Moore of this
city (Philadelphia) died yesterday afternoon, 29, 11 mo., 1907, at Mer-
chantsville, New Jersey, aged 71 years. Mr. Moore was born at Chew's
Landing, New Jersey, and was successively a country school teacher,
farmer and common merchant. He was a fine type of an old fashioned
gentleman who was kind to all, and one whose thoughtful ministrations
for many years made the pathway of life better for his fellow kind. He
has been, failing for some time, but was not obliged to take to his bed
until a few days ago. His death w^as due to an attack of pneumonia.
He leaves to mourn his loss a widow and three children, the Congress-
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man, Mrs. W. C. K .Wall and Clarence E. Moore. The burial was at
Woodbury, his boyhood home.
VI. Charles Borton, son of Joseph Borton and Nancy Cliffton, married
Permalia Sitly. Their children were: —
Mary, b. ; died a young woman.
Eleanor, b. ; died a young woman.
Sarah Ann, b. ; m. Samuel Davidson.
Rhoda, b. ; m. Oscar Scott.
Permalia, b. ; m. Thomas Love.
Charles, b. ; m. Hattie Bisby.
Joseph, b. ; m. Alcinda Rhoades.
Samuel, b. ; died young.
Ellen, b. ; m. William Smitley.
Lizzie, b. ; m. George Bronson.
VII. Sarah Ann Borton, daughter of Charles Borton and Permalia Sitly,
married Samuel Davidson. Their children were : —
Joseph, b.
Emma, b.
Samuel, b.
William, b.
VII. Rhoda Borton, daughter of Charles Borton and Permalia Sitly,
married Oscar Scott. Their children were : —
Ida, b.
Ellsworth, b.
VII. Permalia Borton, daughter of Charles Borton and Permalia Sitly,
married Thomas Love. They had two children : —
VII. Charles Borton, Jr., son of Charles Borton and Permalia Sitly,
married Hattie Bisby. Their children were: —
Francis, b.
Louis, b. ; m. Mary Yeagly.
Willard, b. ; m. Effie Luxon.
Edith, b.
VIII. Louis Borton, son of Charles Borton, Jr., and Hattie Bisby, mar-
ried Mary Yeagly. Their children were: —
Dale, b.
Ruby, b.
George, b.
Glen, b.
Francis, b.
VIII. Willard Borton, son of Charles Borton, Jr., and Hattie Bisby,
married Effie Luxon. They have one child: —
Wesley, b.
VII. Joseph Borton, son of Charles Borton and Permalia Sitly, married
Alcinda Rhoades. Their children w^ere: —
Lizzie, b.
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Bert, b.
Sherman, b.
VII. Ellen Borton, daughter of Charles Borton and Permalia Sitly,
married William Smitley. Their children were: —
Permalia, b.
Estella, b.
William, b.
V. Ralph Hunt, born 14-8 mo., 1790, married Mary Borton, daughter of
Samuel Borton and Rhoda Packer. Their children were: —
Deborah, b. 15-6 mo., 181 1; m. Samuel C. Fox.
Esaias, b. 15-9 mo., 1814; m. Mary Mason.
Elizabeth, b. 11 mo., 1816; m. William Wilson.
Samuel P. b., 25-1 mo., 1819; m. Susan Wheaton.
Joseph B., b. 26-9 mo., 1823.
Ralph, b. 28-11 mo., 1825; m. Rhoda Huntsinger.
Edward, b. 31-7 mo., 1828; m. Elizabeth Clark.
Rhoda Ann, b. 29-6 mo., 182 1 ; m. Manly Peacock.
Ralph Hunt died 17-6 mo., 1899.
VI. Deborah Hunt, daughter of Ralph Hunt and Mary Borton, married
Samuel C. Fox, 10-5 mo., 1852. Their children were: —
Mary A. E. Fox, b. 20-3 mo., 1833; m. James W. Matlack.
Thomas C, b. 3-10 mo., 1836.
VII. Mary A. E. Fox, daughter of Deborah Hunt and Samuel C. Fox,
married James W. Matlack, 31-3 mo., 1852. Their children were: —
Deborah Elizabeth, b. 19-8 mo., 1858; m. David Munn.
Samuel Edward, b. 3-3 mo., 1863; "^- Rose Hilburn.
Thomas Allison, b. 25-4 mo., 1866; m. Dora Jacobs.
VIII. Deborah Elizabeth Matlack, daughter of Mary A. E. Fox and
James W. Matlack, married David Munn, 4 mo., 1876. Their children
were : —
Olla Arabella, b. 22-12 mo., 1878; m. Frank F. Strasser.
James Keplorah, b. 13-6 mo., 1887; died 20-3 mo., 1891.
IX. Olla Arabella Munn, daughter of Deborah Elizabeth Matlack and
David Munn, married Frank F. Strasser, 3-12 mo., 1902. They have
one son : —
X. Carl Kenneth, b. 25-9 mo., 1903.
Since the article was published in the LaFayette Evening Call, of
18-2 mo., 1902, some changes have come to this home. On the 25-1
mo., 1905, James W. Matlack was summoned to his final rest. He was
born in Haddonfield, N. J., 25-2 mo., 1830. He married Mary E. Fox,
31-3 mo., 1852, in the city of Camden, N. J., locating the farm where he
died at LaFayette, Indiana, in 1856. He united with the Sickler Meth-
odist church, in 1858, and retained his membership until his death; and
as shown above, Olla Arabella Munn married Frank F. Strasser, and on
3-12 mo., 1903, Carl Kenneth Strasser was born, making the five gener-
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ations living as shown in the cut, picture taken i month, 1907.
Rare Family Picture. Four Generations Now Living on James W.
Matlack's Wea Farm.
Review of Lives and Ancestry.
One could travel far and not find many houses wherein exists a
family such as exists in a Tippecanoe county household. On a beautiful
Wea farm, three miles south of the city, four women reside who repre-
sent four generations of a single family, the youngest member of which
unique quartette is twenty-four years old and the eldest is nearing her
ninety-second year. The *'Cair' takes pride in today presenting a group
picture of these women. Their lives encompass the major portion of
the country*s history, for that reason being doubly interesting. Their
home is the James W. Matlack farm. These four women are aged
respectively: Mrs. Deborah Fox, 91; Mrs. James W. Matlack, 68; Mrs.
Deborah Munn, 44; Miss Belle Munn, 24.
By far the most interesting member of this unusual family group
is the great-grandmother. She is in the fullest possession of all her
faculties and is very good natured. She is an entertaining talker and
loves to tell of her Quaker ancestry, of her girlhood days spent on her
native New Jersey heath and of her early experiences in the land of her
adoption, Indiana, the dearest state of them all to her. She fell on
the ice about a year ago and since has been unable to walk.
Mrs. Fox w^as born June 15, 181 1, in New Jersey, in what is now
Camden county. The first member of the family to come to the United
States was her grandfather, Samuel Borton, who emigrated from Eng-
land, landing in New York and going to New Jersey, where he settled
in Eavesham tov^aiship. The grandmother of Mrs. Fox picked huckle-
berries where Market street, Philadelphia, now runs. Samuel Borton
was a speaker in the Primitive Society of Friends, being a prominent
worker in that faith. One of Mrs. Fox's most cherished possessions is
the old book of Quaker articles of faith, possessed by her grandfather.
This book is bound in leather and is entitled "A Treatise Concerning
Christian Discipline." It was printed in the year 1752 and as it bears
no publisher's name was probably printed secretly as the Quakers were
then among the persecuted of the earth. Its title page gives the in-
formation that it was "Compiled with the Advice of a National Meeting
of the People Called Quakers in the Year 1746, Held in Dublin," by
John Rutty, M .D. It is divided into seven chapters, which comprise all
the early beliefs of this peculiar sect. In the preface the author sets
forth his object as two-fold, to do justice to a people represented as en-
thusiasts and madmen and to gain converts by their teachings. He says
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also that his faith is anomalous to the Church of England in as far as
wishing for a restoration of the godly discipline of the primitive church.
The book bears all the characteristics of the printing facilities of that
early day. It bears on the fly leaf this signature, **Samuel Borton, His
Book/' 1780. Mrs. Fox has been offered a large sum of money for this
rare old volume, but has steadfastly refused to part with it.
Mrs. Fox tells an interesting anecdote of this vigorous ancestor
of hers. Being a member of the Society of Friends when the war of
the Revolution broke out, he did not participate directly in the struggle
of the colonies. It so happened one day he was a passenger on a boat
which was attacked by a party of Britishers. In the hostilities which
followed, the redcoats were successful in getting to the side of the
American boat. A rope was dangling enticingly over the edge of the
deck and up this rope the British soldiers started hand over hand. Sam-
uel Borton, leaning over the edge of the deck, whipped out his knife,
shouting as he cut the rope in twain, "Take the rope if thee desire it,
but I guess we still need the boat.'* That was a typical Quaker method
of avoiding the shedding of blood and yet coming off triumphant. It
was the total extent of his participation in that eventful war.
Among her other relics which have come down to her as heirlooms,
are two pewter platters, rare old daguerreotypes, shadow pictures,
ancient china and pottery, and a handsomely engraved silver creara
pitcher. The pewter platters are twenty-four and twenty inches in dia-
meter respectively. Mrs. Fox says they are identical with those which
were melted down into bullets by the colonists. They are extremely
plain, having no markings other than those incidental to long usage.
They were not to eat from but were used to contain meats and table
dishes. The collection of daguerreotypes and shadow pictures is quite
large and embodies valuable portraits of many of her ancestors. This
collection is treasured by her for the old associations it keeps fresh in
her mind and which this dear old lady never tires of telling about. The
cream pitcher is hand engraved and is decidedly handsome from an ar-
tistic point of view as well as valuable intrinsically. The china and
pottery are largely of the eighteenth century and comprises many beau-
tiful pieces. There are plates, saucers, dessert dishes, cups and bowls.
Besides these valuable possessions there is the baby rocker in which
Mr. Fox herself used as a child and which has perfromed the same duty
for the other three members of the quartette. It is of wood and was
carved by hand. It has been laid away to await the coming of succeed-
ing generations.
Mrs. Fox as Miss Deborah Borton, was wooed and won by Samuel
C. Fox, in her native New Jersey in 1831. They continued to reside in
that state until the year 1856, when they removed to Indiana. Mr. Fox
was a lifelong Democrat and voted the ticket until the famous campaign
of i860. He cast his vote that year for the great emancipator. It was
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his last vote, for the clay that Lincoln was inaugurated, March 4, 1861,
his final summons came. His last words were, "Thank God I didn't vote
for Douglass!*'
Mr. and Mrs. Fox were the parents of two children, both of whom
are living. They are Mrs. James Matlack, born as Mrs. Fox quaintly
says, **in first grass," in 1833, and Thorn Fox, born in "tater diggin* "
1836. With the former, Mrs. Fox now resides, while the latter is a
prosperous merchant in Knoxville, Tenn. Mr. Fox was the first person
buried in the Sickler cemetery, where now sleep many respected old
pioneers of the county. There are six grandchildren and five great-
grandchildren of this estimable old couple living. Three of the former
reside in Tennessee and three in this county. Of the latter three live
in Tennessee and two in old Tippecanoe. As pround as Mrs. Fox is of
her ancestry and their honorable careers, she feels a deeper interest in
those who have come after her.
The next oldest of this quartette is Mrs. James Matlack, whose
birth date was noted above. She was married March 17, 1851, in New
Jersey, her husband being of English descent and a native of that state.
Mr. Matlack is well and favorably known throughout the county. They
are the parents of Deborah Munn, the next oldest, who was born in
1868 in Indiana.' Miss Belle Munn, the youngest of the four women,
was born December 22, 1878, and is still unmarried. She also is a native
of Indiana.
This is in brief, a history of the representatives of the four gener-
ations. They enjoy a large acquaintance in Tippecanoe county and La-
Fayette and are widely esteemed and respected.
VI. Esaias Hunt, son of Ralph Hunt and Mary Borton, married Mary
Mason, daughter of Eleanor Borton and Abraham Mason. See Mason
family, as to their descendants.
VI. Deborah Hnut, daughter of Ralph Hunt and Mary Borton, married
Samuel Fox. Their children were: —
Chalkley, b.
Lida, b. ; m. James \V. Matlack, 31-3 mo., 1852.
Mary Borton, b. 9-3 mo., 1788, was the daughter of Samuel Borton
and Rhoda Packer. Samuel Borton was the son of Obadiah Borton and
Susannah Butcher. Obadiah was the son of John Borton, Jr., and first
wife. John Borton, Jr., was the oldest son of John Borton and Ann^
the progenitors of the Borton family.
Deborah Hunt's home is at LaFayette, Indiana, and she is the only
one living of her family, at the present time, this 1907, being 97 years
of age.
V. Jesse Packer Borton, son of Samuel Borton and Rhoda Packer, mar-
ried Elizabeth Hunt. Their children were: —
Jesse, Jr., b. ; m. Mary Jane Vansciver.
Susan H., b. ; m. Frederick W. Tarr.
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Thomas, b. ; died young.
Elizabeth, b. ; m. Samuel McHinney.
Ralph H., b. : m. Emaline Clair.
Amy, b. ; died young.
Edward H., b. ; m. Matilda Schooley.
Jacob Hampton, b. ; died young.
Jesse Packer Borton was born 22-9 mo., 1790.
VL Jesse Packer Borton, Jr., son of Jesse Packer Borton and Elizabeth
Hunt, married Mary Jane Vansciver, daughter of Asa Vansciver and Re-
becca Bee. Their children were: —
Hampton, b. ; died 28-7 mo., 1874, in his 30th year.
Rebecca, b. ; m. Edwin Selah.
Alfred, 1). ; m. Amy Hyder,
m. Phebe Ely.
Asa, b. ; m. Lillie May Rawling.
Anna, b. ; died in infancy.
VIL Rebecca Borton, daughter of Jesse Packer Borton and Mary Jane
Vansciver, married Edwin Selah. Their children were: —
Robert, b. ; m. Rose
Alfred, b. ; single.
Anna May, b. ; m Cooper.
Edwin, b. ; died young in 1906.
Rebecca Borton Selah died 4-6 mo., 1880, age about 32 years.
VII. Alfred Borton, son of Jesse Packer Borton, Jr., and Mary Jane
Vansciver, married Amy Hyder. They had one daughter: —
Lucy Hannah, b. ; m. James Gooden.
They have two children : —
John Gooden, b.
Harriet, b.
Amy Hyder Borton died and Alfred Borton married Phebe Ely.
No issue by the last marriage.
VI. Asa Borton, son of Jesse Packer Borton, Jr., and Mary Jane Van-
sciver, married Lillie May Rawlings. Their children were : —
Darius Gardner, b.
Elmer Elsworth, b.
Blanch Elizabeth, b.
Arthur Runyan, D.
Ruth Hunt, b.
Jesse Page, b.
Asa Arnold, b.
LeRoy Edwnn, b.
Minnie Florence, b.
VI. Jesse Packer Borton, Jr., son of Jesse Packer Borton and Elizabeth
Hunt, vras bcrn on 22-5 mo., 1816 and died 21-1 mo., 1893. He followed
206 BORTON FAMILY
for some years the occupation of his father, the distillation of Essential
Oils. Later he was employed in securing gas lines, acting in the capacity
of an agent for a gas company. Later he was steward on two of the
river steamboats; first the Camden Tow Boat, running from Borden
town, N. J., to Philadelphia, Pa. Then the William Woodward, a pro-
peller, running from Philadelphia to Baltimore, Md. The family re-
moved from Burlington county, N. J., to LaFayette, Ind., 23-3 mo., 1878.
VI. Susan H. Borton, daughter of Jesse Packer Borton, son of Samuel
Borton and Rhoda Packer, married Frederick W. Tarr. Their children
were : —
Amelia Eliza, b. ; single.
Eleanor Searlis, b. ; m. Edgar Miiier.
Martha, b. ; m. Charles J. O. Conwell.
Jessie Elizabeth, b. ; died single, 1904.
VII. lileanor S. Tarr, daughter of Frederick W. Tarr and Susan H.
Borton, married Edgar Miller. Their children were: —
Eleanor M., b. ; m. William Hall.
Susan, b. ; m. George Parkham.
Josephine, b. ; single.
Edgar Miller, at the time of his death, was a coal dealer in Camden,
N. J., The business is still, this 1907, carried on by his widow, Eleanor
Searlis Miller. Martha Tarr Conwell and family reside in Gardansville,
Virginia.
VII. Martha Tarr, daughter of Frederick W. Tarr and Susan H. Bor-
ton, married Charles J. O. Conwell. They have two children: —
Mary, b.
Russell, b.
VI. Ralph H. Borton, son of Jesse Packer Borton and Elizabeth Hunt,
married Emaline Gill Clair. Their children were: —
Sarah Elizabeth, b. 6-9 mo., 1843; m. Isaac Hoey.
Rebecca Jane, b. 21-1 mo., 1845; ""^- Alfred Bowker.
Benjamin Franklin, b. 25-8 mo., 1848; died 27-1 mo., 1872.
Amy Anna, b. 28-5 mo., 1851; m. Isaac W. Hendrickson.
Jesse Packer, b. 19-2 mo., 1854; died 14-7 mo., 1855.
Susan Joanna, b. 21-11 mo., 1856; died 17-2 mo., 1870.
VII. Sarah Elizabeth Borton, daughter of Ralph H. Borton, and Knia-
line Gill Clair, married Isaac Hoey. Their children were: —
Ella, b.
Walter, b.
Emma, b.
Ada, b.
VII. Rebecca Jane Borton, daughter of Ralph H. Borton and Emaline
Gill Clair, married Alfred Bowker. They had two childre:i: —
Beulah, b.
Ethel, b.
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VII. Amy Anna Borton, daughter of Ralph H. Borton and Emaline
Gill Clair, married Isaac W. Hendrickson. They had three children: —
Joseph, b.
Ralph, b.
Herbert, b.
Ralph Hunt Borton, son of Jesse Packer Borton and Elizabeth
Hunt, was born in Burlington county, N. J., 14-5 mo., 1820. He was a
shoemaker by trade, and was noted for good workmanship. He was a
true Christian man and what he promised was always punctually ful-
filled. Jle was a member of the Baptist church of Haddonfield, N. J.,
for most of his life, and was sexton for many years. He was married
to Emaline Gill Clair, who was a Quaker, but after her marriage, united
with the Baptist church of Haddonfield. She was truly his helpmeet,
and they spent more than fifty years of married life together, living
most of this time in Haddonfield. Emaline Gill Clair was born 12-8
mo., 1817, and died 19-4 mo., 1896, surviving her husband slightly more
than four years. Ralph Hunt Borton died 24-5 mo., 1892, in the 73rd
year of his age.
None of Jesse Packer Borton and Elizabeth Hunt's children are
living at the present time, 1905; Edward, the last, having died in the
1st mo., 1904.
Jesse Packer Borton, Sr., came west to Lexington, Stark county,-
Ohio, and obtained eighty acres of land, later he returned to New Jersey,
came the second time to Ohio, but finally returned to New Jersey and
died there. His son, Jesse Borton, Jr., married Mary Jane Vansciver.
They moved to the state of Indiana. Mary Jane was a sister to Re-
becca Vansciver, who married John Mason, second wife. Rhoda Packer
Borton, mother of Jesse Packer Borton lived to be nearly one hundred
years old, and became blind before her death.
The Mason Family, by Eleanor Lex/ngton.
The first who assumed the name Mason doubtless derived it from
his occupation. It is supposed that the word comes from the old
Latin, macio, or it may be a modification of marcio, from marcus, a ham-
mer. Maceria, the Latin word, meaning a stone wall, has for its root
mac. In Italian we find the macigno means a stone lap-mill.
Le Mason, le Masson, le Masun are old forms of the name. In-
French it is Macon.
Mason is a favorite name in this country for counties, that is, many
in eastern and western states are thus named. A township in North-
umberland, England, is called Mason. Shall we say, without more ado,
that it was the cradle of the Masons? Perhaps it was. One of the
pleasures of genealogical research is that much must be left to the
imagination.
208 MASON FAMILY
One of the first of the name, of whom records are preserved, is
Charles Mason, born 1616. He was a minister and a writer. Some of
his letters are preserved in the British Museum. There are also MSS.
of his in the Bodician Library. Archdeacon Francis Mason was born
in Norfolk, of poor parents. He rose to power, through his own efforts,
^'after making a hard shift to rub on," as he expresses it.
Martin Mason, son of John Mason, "gent.'' of Lincoln, was a Friend,
who was continually being imprisoned for his opinions. He was con-
cerned in the controversy about wearing the hat during prayer. He took
a broad-minded view of this question, and said: **What matter whether
the hat be on or off, so long as the heart be right?'' He wrote an ad-
dress to Charles H, which was considered so forcible and able a docu-
ment that it was printed broadside.
John Monch Mason was a Shakespearean commentator, and Sir
Joseph Mason won lasting fame by not dying rich. He was one of the
rich men of his day, and worth half a million. He founded the Scientific
College at Birmingham.
The poet of the family, and regarded as one of the most eminent of
his day, was William, of Yorkshire, born in 1725. A medallion of him
may be seen in Westminster Abbey. He is now remembered as the
biographer of the poet Gray.
George, the artist, was the grandson of the potter, who invented
the celebrated ware called Mason's ironstone china. Its manufacturer
and inventor in the new world was Melancthon Wells Mason, who de-
signed parts of the first railroad engine. He is best known as the
inventor of the locomotive headlight.
The name of one of the family is perpetuated in **Mason and Dixon's
Line." It was Charles Mason, associated with Jeremiah Dixon, both
English astronomers, who in 1763-67 surveyed the line ever since known
by their names. Another surveyor was Porter Mason, of Connecticut.
During the early part of the nineteenth century he was a member of
the commission for defining the boundary between Maine and Canada.
In colonial history, the Masons play an important part. One state
— New Hampshire — was founded by John Mason. Before the May-
flower load arrived, John was exploring the Xew England coast. This
was in 1617, when he was governor of Newfoundland. Five years later
he obtained a grant of land on the Merrimac river, and the following
year sent over a shipload of settlers, who founded Dover and Ports-
mouth. The name Hampshire was given to the state from Hampshire.
England, John's birthplace. The rights in the state of the Mason
heirs were sold out; in 1691 Governor Samuel Allen acquired some of
the property, and in 1746 a part was disposed of for £1,500 to twelve
men of Portsmouth, known as the Masonian proprietors. Efforts to
assert rights to part or all of New Hampshire, by Mason's descendants,
proved a source of litigation for over a century.
GENEALOGY. 209
Another pilgrim ancestor was Robert, who was one of Winthrop's
company that settled in Roxbury, 1630. His son Thomas, one of the
founders of Medfield, Mass., was a subscriber to the building^ fund of
Harvard college. Thomas's wife was Mary Partridge, descendant of
Richard De Pertriche.
Major John, born in England in 1600, after serving in the Nether-
lands under Fairfax, came over to take a hand in subduing the Indians.
He made short work of the Pequots. By his prompt measures a hand-
ful of men within a few weeks annihilated the powerful trible and se-
cured a general peace that lasted unbroken forty years. He then sat
down, pen in hand, and wrote a history of the Pequot war. He was one
of the founders of Windsor, Conn., and for thirty years held successively
every office in the gift o fthe town. Truly a right worthy and noble
ancestor! His son, Captain John, inherited the splendid traits of his
illustrious father. Tracing the line from "Pequot John,'* we come to
Daniel of Lebanon, Conn., and his wife, Dorothy Hobart.
Here we must pause a moment, for she was the daughter, several
times removed, as might be said, of a hundred earls, not to mention a
few kmgs. Charlemagne and Alfred the Great being of the number.
Dorothy, the Puritan maid, born in New England, was great-graiid-
mother of Oliver S. John, Baron of Beauchamp, third cousin of Queen
Elizabeth, who made him Lord St. John of Bletshoe when she came to
the throne. The grandmother of Henry VH, Margaret Beauchamp,
comes into the story, and, as the reader recalls, was a descendant of
Gundred, fourth daughter of. William the Conqueror. Other little
branches of this illustrious genealogical tree were Margaret of Scotland
Edgar Atheling, Lewis the Fair, Charles the Bald and Hildegard of
Swabia. Daniel left one son, Joseph.
It was of another Jeremiah Mason, lawyer, that Daniel Webster
said he was great through sound sense and sound judgment. His (Web-
ster's) own professional ability, he declared, was due to daily associa-
tion with him for nine years.
The founder of the Virginia branch of tlie family was George Mason,
English royalist, who took refuge here in 1652. He was prominent in
colonial wars. It was George Mason, born in 1726, who was a member
of the Committee of Safety, in 1775. In the following year he prepared
the declaration of rights and the constitution of Virginia. He was a
member of the convention that framed the Constitution of the United
States, which he refused to sign, and with Patrick Henry, led the opposi-
tion to its ratification, partly on account of what he considered its
monarchical features. A distinguished member of this branch of the
family was John Young Mason, member of the cabinet during Tyler's
and Polk's terms, and afterward minister to France. To know anything
about the history of Virginia is to know of the **Masons of Gunstown,"
and of their military and adventurous spirit. The Masons intermarried
210 MASON FAMILY
with the other well known and illustrious southern families — the Fitz-
hughs and Lees.
The Revolutionary records as well as colonial ones, reveal the
names of Masons, and judging from the number of officers, they were
always foremost in action. Stevens Thomson Mason enteren the army
as colonel ; he was a general at its close. Abner, of Medfield, was in
the ranks; so was Phineas, who was present at the execution of Andre.
The late war with Great Britain also had its representatives from the
family — Brigadier General Thomas Mason among the number.
The arms reproduced is argent, a bend wavy, azure between two
spur rowels in chief, and a fleur-de-lis in base gules. Crest, a tower
proper, masoned sable. Motto : Demeure Far La Verite — Keep fast
by the truth.
Regarding the symbolism: the bend, representing the scarf, or
shield suspender of a knight or military commander, signifies protection
and defense. It is a l^earing of high honor. Shakespeare's arms show
the bend, with the addition of a lance. Alertness is betokened l)v the
spur rowels, and purity or whiteness of soul by the fleur-de-lis; like
all flowers, it also signifies hope and joy. The tower, emblem of soliditv
and grandeur, was usually granted to him who had faithfully held one
for his king. As to the colors, argent means sincerity; azure, loyalty
and truth; gules, military fortitude and magnanimity; sable, constancv.
. I am informed by Aiiss Kate Mason Rowland, of Washington, D.
C., a descendant of Colonel George Mason and also his biographer, that
the arms he bore were not the same as those represented by the cut.
while Binkes' General Armory gives arms for some eighteen families
by the name of Mason. Arms were no doubt worn by the ancestors
of the quiker Masons, but by these people themselves no attention was
paid to chivalry.
To the summary given by Miss Eleanor Lexington of the Mason
family at large; we might add those of Caroline Atherton Mason Bri'i^gs,
an American verse writer, born in Marblehead, Massachusetts, I'j-';
mo., 1823. She wrote '*Do They Miss Me at Home?" She died in i8q3.
Sir Josiah Mason, an English philanthropist, born in Kidderminster,
England, 2^2 mo., 1795, began life by selling cakes on the street. He
began to make pens in 1829 and his business increased till he became the
largest penmaker in the world. He died in Erdington, England. 16-6
mo., 1881.
James Murray Mason, an American legislator; born on Mason's
Island, Fairfax county, Va., 3-1 1 mo., 1798. He was United States sen-
ator from Virginia, from 1847 till expelled, 7 mo., 1861 ; drafted the
fugitive slave law in 1850, was sent by Jeffierson Davis, as Confederate
Commissioner, with John Slidell, to England and France, in 1861 and
was captured on the "Trent," 8-1 1 mo., and kept in Boston as a prisoner
of war till 2-1 mo., 1862. He died near Alexandria, Va., 28-4 mo., 1871.
GENEALOGY. 211
ITo was a champion of the ''lost cause," which he believed to be right,
but had his efforts been enlisted in the cause of humanity, his great
energy and perseverance would have caused his fame to shine out as
brightly as his illustrious predecessor.
William Ernest Mason, also an American legislator; born in Frank-
linville, N. Y., j-j mo., 1850; removed with his parents to Bentons Port,
la., in 1858; was admitted to the bar, and began practice in Chicago, 111.;
was a member of the Illinois General Assembly, and the state senate; of
congress, and elected United States senator in 1897, in which capacity
he was an ardent advocate of Cuban Independence.
It will be noticed in the biographies given of the Mason family at
large, that it has been composed of three branches distinguished by
leaders, great in military affairs, lawyer statesmen, and champions of
religion. To the latter class 1)elongs the branch of the family whose
genealogy is more minutely traced out in these pages.
THE MASON FAMILY IN EUROPE.
Evsham, New Jersey, Branch.
The eairly history of the Mason family is to a great extent wrapped
in obscurity, and particularly that branch with which this history has
to do. The family no dou])t lived in England from a very early day,
and we believe it to have been of Anglo-Saxon origin. Among the
first converts to the Quaker faith was one, Martin, from whom the
Evesham branch of the Mason family is believed to have descended.
The follo.wing is copied from the Dictionary of English National
Biography: "Martin Mason, (from 1650 to 1676), Quaker, was the son
of John Mason, *Gent.' of St. Swithians, Lincoln^ whose will leaving his
son Martin his seal ring, was proved 1675. Mason received an ex-
cellent education, was well versed in Latin, and became a copious writer
chiefly of controversial tracts. He joined the Quakers early ,and be-
tv^'een 1650 and 1671 was continually imprisoned for his opinions. Most
of his writings are dated from Lincoln Castle. He was concerned as to
the schism of John Parrot about wearing the hat during prayer. The
Vision of John Parrot, 1682, contains on the back of the title page some
memoriam verses by Mason, date 2y, 10 mo., 1676. He seems to have
taken a broad-minded view of the controversy, and wrote, **\\'hat mat-
ter whether hat be on or off, so long as heart be right!" (MSS. letters.)
In II mo., 1660, Mason wrote from Lincoln Castle an address to Charles,
King of England, and an address to both houses of parliament. They
are clear and forcible addresses, setting forth that all compulsion in re-
ligion should be removed. They were printed in broadside. Martin
Mason was one of the four hundred liberated by the King's Patent 13,
9 nio., 1672. The absence of any record probably implies that he left
the Scc'cty. A volume of manuscripts left in the possession of a descend-
212 MASON FAMILY
ant, contained verses and letters addressed to judges and deputy lieu-
tenants of the county of Lincoln, besides correspondence with Albertus
Ottis Faben, a German doctor, who cured him of a violent inward
complaint. See Faberis Deauro Potable Medicale, (1677, P. 6.) Mason
had a daughter, Abigail, buried among the Quakers at Lincoln, 4, 4
mo., 1658, and a son Martin, Jr., married at St. Peters at Arches, Lin-
coln 29, 7 mo., 1679, to Frances Ross, widow of Lincoln.
We give the following data taken from Friends' Records, London,
England, and various histories pertaining to the people known as
Quakers.
The following are the early Mason families of the parishes of Moul-
ton, Crayland and Lincoln, monthly meetings of Spalding, Broughton
and Wainfleet, County of Lincoln.
Thomas, b. ; m. Ann ,
m. Bridgett Curtiss, 26-4 mo., 1664.
' Lidda, b. ; m. Steven Carnal!, 4-7 mo., 1670.
Simon, b. ; m. Susannah
Martin, b. ; m
Ann Mason, first wife of Thomas, died at Moulton, 14-4 mo., 166.3,
and was buried at Spalding. Her body was stolen away a* night, and
carried to Combect. Thomas Mason died at Moulton, and was buried
at Spalding, 1667. Susannah Mason, wife of Simon, died 18-2 mo., 1687,
and was buried at Crayland. Simon Mason died at Crayland i-i mo.,
1785, and was buried at Spalding.
Bridgett Mason, the second wife of Thomas, after his decease,
married Thomas Head of Spaulding, Lincolnshire, (Husbandman), at
the house of Thomas Summers, 11-8 mo., 1674.
The children of Simon Mason and Susannah were:
Mary, b. 2-10 mo., 1675; ^1'^^ ^^ Crayland, 6-5 mo., 1683.
Simon, Jr., b. ii-io mo., 1677; m. Mary Sharp.
William, b. 11-8 mo., 1682.
Mary, b. 17-12 mo., 1686, (the second).
Simon Mason, Jr., son of Simon Mason and Susannah, married
Mary Sharp at the house of Thomas Summers, 11-7 mo., 1690. She de-
ceased, and 13-5 mo., 1715, he married Martha Stephenson, daughter of
Thomas of Spalding. Martin Mason resided in the parish of Lincoln,
and was a member of the monthly meeting of Broughton and Gainsboro,
whom he married, is not known, and the names of his children as far as
can be ascertained were:
John, b. ; m.
Abigail, b. ; d. 4-2 mo., 1658.
Martin, Jr., b. ; m. 29-7 mo., 1679, Francis Ross, (widow).
There may have been other children. John Mason resided at or
near the parish of Aynho, Northamptonshire, and immigrated to Bur-
lington county, New Jersey, between 1678 and 1683, O. S. We believe
GENEALOGY. 213
that Martin Mason instead of leaving the Society of Friends, as sug-
gested in the quotation above, left England with other Friends, to make
a home in America, as no star has beuen placed opposite his name, as
was the custom of Friends where members had repudiated the
faith. He probably died on shipboard or very shortly after landing. No
permanent record could well be kept, as Friends' records were not yet
established in Burling^ton monthly meeting of "New Caesaria," later
New Jersey. As to the wives of John and Martin Mason, nothing is
known.
In 27-12 mo., 1660, John Mason, while a lad, was taken by a con-
stable, while in a Friend's house at Polebrook; and was sent to North-
ampton Goal, for his religious belief. Besse's Suffering of Friends, Vol.
I- page 551-
From Samuel Smith's History of the Colony of New Casearia or
New Jersey, page 276, we quote the following:
In 1703, **Lord Cornbury arrived in New Jersey in the month called
August, 1703, having published his commission at Amboy and Burling-
ton. He returned to his government in New York, but soon came back,
and convened the General Assembly to meet him at Pearth, Amboy, the
loth of November **♦****•»
The first representatives for the western division of New Jersey
were Thomas Lambert, William Biddle, William Stevenson, Restore
Lippincott, John Kay, John Hugg, Jr., Joseph Cooper, William Hall,
John Mason, John Smith.
In 1704, (page 283) the members of this assembly were Restore
Lippincott, John Hugg, John Kay, John Smith, William Hall, John
Mason, Thomas Bryan, Robert Wheeler, Peter Fretwell, Thomas Lam-
bert, Thomas Gardiner, Joshua Wright.
How varied the vicissitudes and conditions of life. We find John
Mason in his native and home land incarcerated in the goal of North-
ampton for his Christian loyalty, while in America, the land of his
adoption, we find him sitting in the presence of an English lord helping
to frame and enact laws to govern the Commonwealth of the West
Division of New Jersey. **Truly, he that -humbleth himself shall be
exalted."
As to John Mason, Gent., of St. Swithians, Lincoln, England, we
have no knowledge except the statement quoted above. We infer, how-
ever, for the following reasons, that he was rector of the above named
parish of the established church of England. The title of gentleman in
England belongs to what is known as the "upper middle class" of English
nobility, and any person or family having a coat of arms, and not a yeo-
man, was entitled to use this appelation. Most persons who made use
of this title were supposed to be owners of real estate, and leasors
of the same; but tradesmen and the clergy were included. Martin
Mason, son of John, joined the Society of Friends early, and was im-
214 MASON FAMILY
prisoned from time to time, dating from 1650 to 1671. Now, the will
of his father, John Mason, was proved, or probated, in 1675, and we
find that he was not disinherited, but came into possession of the seal
ring of his father, giving him all of the authority which his father fohn
possessed. Such forbearance manifested towards his son Martin for
twenty years would not have been tolerated by any one outside of
the clergy. Further, it may be argued that his letters and manuscript
writing w^ere dated from Lincoln Castle; such is no doubt the case, but
this does not prove that his faher John w^as in any particular way in-
terested or concerned in said castle, for it was a common practice to
incarcerate persons who belonged to the gentry of England in castles,
and not in the country goals with the average criminal class of persons;
and especially would this be the case with the son of a rector, a person
of good standing in the established church of the country, and whose
crime, (so-called) was simply for conscience sake.
L We learn from court records, at Trenton and Mount Holly, N. J.,
that John Mason, the progenitor of the Evesham branch of the Mason
family, came to Burlington county, N. J., in a very early day, possibly
with the Bortons, Moores, Engles, Prickitts, Sharps and other families
and possibly he may have immigrated prior to this time. He was, no
doubt, settled in America as early as 1677, as a creek which empties into
the Rancocas has been known by the name of Mason's Creek since Bur-
lington county was first settled. He leaves a will dated 20-3 mo., 1706,
and also in a deed dated 5-4 mo., 1786, mention is made of his purcnas-
ing one hundred acres of land, deed dated 22-3 mo., 1689, of Thomas
Olive, Colonial Governor of X. J. He was, no doubt, a member and
one w^ho helped to organize the monthly meeting of Orthodox Friends
of Haddonfield, X. J., and were it not for the fact that a part of rhese
church records have been lost, or destroyed, we should be enabled to
give a much fuller record as to the family's early history. He died at
the home of his eldest son, James, in the year 1728. The name of his
wi(( is not positively known. His children were: —
James Mason, b. ; m. 3-1 mo., 1718, Lidy Busby.
John, Jr., b. ; died single, 1728.
Mary, b. ; m. Simon Bassard.
Sarah, b. ; m. John French.
II. John Mason, Jr., made his home with his brother James for the
last six years of his life, as far as known he never married, and died in-
testate. His estate w^as administered by his brother James and Hugh
Sharp, 9 mo., 1728.
II. James Mason, son of John Mason and , married Lida
Busby, daughter of Xicholas Busby and Mary Busby, his wife, of Bur-
lington county, X''. J., 3-1 mo., 1718. Their children were: —
Jacob Mason, b. : m. 9-1 1 mo., 1763, Rachel Tew^ksbury.
Lsaac, b. ; m. 1750, Sarah Price.
GENEALOGY. ' 215
John, b. ; m. 9-4 nio., 1759, Mary Moore.
m. 21-5 mo., 1761, Elizabeth Moore,
m. 22-2 mo., 1773, Elizabeth Ballinger.
Rebecca, b. ; m. 1747, Jonathan Austin.
Lydia, b. ; m. 1759, Caleb Austin.
Solomon, b. ; m. 13-9 mo., 1754, Anna Kemble.
Mary, b. ; m. 1739, Thomas Rakestraw.
Ester, b. ; m Nailer.
Copy of the Will of John Mason, the Immigrant. 20-5 mo., 1706.
I, John Mason of Evesham township, Burlington county, New Jersey,
being aged and weak, but of sound mind, do will and bequeath to James
my oldest son, the house where I now live, and one hundred akers of
land belonging to it purchased of Thomas Olive; also, stock and house
goods.
To my son John, £2. One year after my decease.
To Mary, wife of Simon Bassard, one shilling.
To Sarah, wife of John French, one shilling.
I hereby appoint as executor of this my last will and testament my
son, James Mason.
JOHN MASON.
AVitnesses:
JanTes Cattle.
Hannah Pearce.
Hugh Sharp.
Probated 1728.
(Says on back of will — No inventory exhibited.)
III. Isaac Mason, son of James Mason and Lida Busby, married Sarah
Price, daughter of Wliliam Price, 1750. Their children weie: —
IV. Isaac, Jr., b.
Other children, names not known.
III. Rebecca Mason, daughter .of James Mason and Lida Busby, married
Jonathan Austin, 1747. Their children were: —
Sarah, b. ; m. Jacob Haines.
Elizabeth, b. ; m. Isaac Haines.
Mary, b. ; m Cyrus Moore.
IV. Mary Austin, daughter of Rebecca Mason and Jonathan Austin,
married Cyrus Moore, son of Joseph Moore and Patience Woolman.
Their children were : —
Joseph Moore, b. 5-2 mo., 1790; w^ent to Ohio.
Abel, b. 20-4 mo., 1791; m. Elizabeth Engle.
Patience, b. 26-10 mo., 1792; m. William Wilkins.
Charles, b. 19-2 mo., 1794; m. Sarah Ann Cole.
Rebecca, b. 12-10 mo., 1795.
Eliza, b. 12-2 mo., 1797; m. John Engle.
Cyrus b. 30-11 mo., m. Elizabeth Stokes.
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Uriah, b. 2-10 mo., i8cx); died single.
Mary, b. 24-6 mo., 1802; m. Nathan Busby.
Martha, b. 5-7 mo., 1804; m. Thomas Deacon.
John, b. 21-7 mo., 1808; m. Sarah Lippincott.
V. Cyrus Moore, Jr., son of Cyrus Moore and Mary Austin, married
PMzabeth Stokes, daughter of Jarvis Stokes and Elizabeth Rogers. Their
rhiidien were: —
Cyrus, b.
Jarvis, b. ; died when 10 years of age.
Abigail, b. ; m. Amos Harvey.
Mary, b.
V. John Moore, son of Cyrus Moore and Mary Austin, married Sarah
Lippincott, daughter of Josiah Lippincott and Mary Phillips. Their chil-
dred were : —
Joseph, b. ; m. Elizabeth C. Wills.
Abel, b. ; went west.
Mary, b. ; m. Isaac H. Wills.
Elwood, b.
V. Able Moore, son of Cyrus Moore and Mary Austin, married Eliza-
beth Engle, daughter of Obadiah Engle and Patience Cole. Their chil-
dren w^ere: —
John, b. ; m. Priscilla X. Wills.
Granville, b. ; died single.
Cyrus, b. ; m. Esther Prickitt.
Barclay, b. ; m .Catherine Johnson.
George, b. ; m. Kate Sellars.
Anna, b. ; m. Lemuel Prickitt.
Elizabeth, b. ; died single.
Lemuel Prickitt, who married Anna Moore, was the son of Jo^iab
Prickitt and Ann Sharp. Esther Prickitt, who married Cyrus Moore, was
the daughter of Zachariah Prickitt and Agnes Sharp.
V. Eliza Moore, daughter of Cyrus Moore and Mary Austin, married
John Engle, son of John Engle, Sr., and Lucy Brooks. Their children
were : —
Mary A., b. 13-1 mo., 1827; went to Burlington.
V. Mary Moore, daughter of Cyrus Moore and Mary Austin, married
Nathan Busby, son of Thomas Busby and Esther Borton. They had
one child : —
Lydia M., b. ; m .Jacob Wills, son of Benjamin H. and
Elizabeth C. Wills.
IV. Sarah Austin, daughter of Jonathan Austin and Rebecca Mason,
married Jacob Haines, son of Jonathan Haines and Hannah Sharp. Their
children were: —
Jacob, b. ; m. Elizabeth Haines Bowker, (widow).
Jeremiah, b.
GENEALOGY. 217
Jonathan, b. ; m. Naomi Stratton.
Rebecca, b. ; m. Caleb Haines.
Hannah, b. ; m. Jonathan Austin.
New Jersey Wills.
Burlington county, (Originals) 1783-1785. Date, Oct. 15, ♦1754.
I, James Mayson, of Evesham township, Burlington county, New Jersey,
Yeoman, sick and weak but being of sound mind, do will and bequeath
to wife Lidya, use of my aforesaid house and plantation while my widow,,
and £50.
To my son Solomon, part of plantation I now live on (that is to say)
150 acres, with house I live in, and 50 acres of woodland where he thinks
most convenient to accommodate the old plantation.
To my son, John, 9 acres next adjoining John Engle, and fronting
the road leading from Mount Holly, to Moorestown.
To sons Isaac, and Jacob, equal share of my lands wherever and
whatsoever.
Mary Rakestraw, 5 shillings.
Esther Nailer, 5 shillings.
Rebecca Austin, 5 shillings.
I hereby appoint as executors of this my last will and testament:
Wife Lidya,
and Son Solomon.
Witnesses: his
Thos. Talman. Signed, James B. (X) Mayson,
John Engle. mark
John Cox.
Inventory taken July 2nd, 1784, 13-4-0.
his
Thomas B. (X) Brooks.
mark
Robert Engle,
Appraisers.
Affirmed to at Burlington.
January 8th, 1784.
Before me, Jos. Read, Surogate.
Probated, Nov. 29th, 1783.
First Friends Church of Burlington, New Jersey, built in 1685, and
in use until 1787. This was among the first Friends' churches built, if
not the first. We wonder why it was that a plain people should build
a church in this form and shape. This is no doubt due to the fact that
in England there is still remaining two of the round churches built by
the Saxons. One of these churches is located at Northampton, the
former home of many of the Burlington Friends, and no doubt suggested
the above form of structure. The first meetings of Friends at Burlington,
New Jersey, were held under a tent covered with sail cloth, then in the
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log house of Thomas Gardiner, and then in the home of John Woolston,
which was the first frame house erected in Burlington and probably in
New Jersey. Thirteen couples passed meetings for marriage before the
vcar 1681. The first yearly meeting was held in Thomas Gardiner's
hcuse. 28-6 mo., 1681, and was composed of the following, Shrewsbur}-,
S^lem, Burlington, Ancocas, Shackamaxon and Chester, (Moorestown)
on the west side ot the River Delaware. The first meeting of Friends
was held at Shrewsbury in 1670, Salem, 1675, first house at Chester built
of stone, 1720, by Cadwalader. First meetings held in Evesham, 1695,
and in the same year joined the Newtown, (Haddonfield) monthly meet-
ing. In 2-1 mo., 1685, Benjamin Moore and Joseph Haines subscribed a
portion of lumber towards Iniilding the above church, which shows that
i>aw mills run by water power must have come into use about this time,
otherwise this lumber must have been sawed by hand or imported from
England, which is not probable. Elizabeth Mason Collins, and John
Woolman, Jr., no doubt attended meetings and spoke in this church as
the Spirit gave them utterance.
III. Solomon Mason, son of James Mason and Lida Busby, married
Anna Kemble, 13-9 mo., 1754. Their children were: —
James, b. 1759; m. 1782, Mary Lee.
Samuel, b. ; m. 15-3 mo., 1786, Rachel Zelly.
John, b.
Kemble, b.
Beulah, b. ; in. Josiah Gaskill.
Martha, b. : m. 1777, Samuel Tomlinson.
III. Jacob Mason, son of James Mason and Lida Busby, married Rachel
Tewksbury, 9-1 1 mo., 1763. Their children were: —
IV. \\'illiam, b. ; m. Rebecca
Lida Busby, wife of James Mason, Sr., was a daughter of Nicholas
Busby and Mary French, married 30-8 mo., 1695. Nicholas died 1727,
and Mary died 1728, both leaving wills. Nicholas Busby was a son of
John Busby, weaver, of Milton, in the Parish of Shipton, belonging to
Friends' Meeting, Milton, England. He came with a certificate to
Philadelphia, 4-2 mo., 1682, and is, no doubt, the John who settled at
Rancocas, Burlington county. N. J.
IV. James Mason, son of Solomon Mason and Anna Kemble, married
3-10 mo., 1782, Mary Lee. Solomon Mason was a son of James Mason
and Lida Busby. James was a son of John Mason, the immigrant. The
children of James Mason and Mary Lee were: —
John, b. 4-7 mo., 1783.
Mary, b. 16-2 mo., 1785.
James, Jr., b. 16-11 mo., 1787.
Joel, b. 2-2 mo., 1790.
Alice Anna, b. 29-3 mo., 1792.
Solomon, b. 6-7 mo., 1794.
i:^iist Friends Church, Buriington, N. J. 1685 to 1787
GENEALOGY. 2l9
Isaac, b. 13-2 mo., 1797.
James Mason died 5-12 mo., 1803, ^^'^^ Mary, his widow, married
22-7 mo., 1813, Bethuel Moore; he. died 7-3 mo., 1831.
Anna Kemble, wife of Solomon, Sr., was born 21-4 mo., 1759. Mary
Lee, wife of James Mason, w^as born 6-5 mo., 1763, and died 17-6 mo.,
1848.
V. Solomon Mason, son of James Mason, and Mary Lee married
1. Mary .
2. Mary Woolman,
3. Kiziah Woolman.
His children were: —
John, b. 9 mo., 1825; m. Sarah Borton Engle.
Alice, b. ; m. Ruben Dudley.
Solomon, Jr., b. ; m. Susan Hancock.
VL John Mason, son of Solomon Mason and Mary Woolman, his second
wife, married Sarah Borton Engle. They have two daughters: —
Allcenia E., b. 12-6 mo., 1857; single.
Mary F., b. 14-3 mo., 1867; died 30-1 mo., 1871.
VI. Alice Mason, daughter of Solomon Mason and Mary Woolman, in
1846 married Reuben Dudley, b. 15-5 mo., 1817. Their children were: —
John B., b. 23-10 mo., 1857: d. 7-10 mo., 1900.
Sarah Emma, b. 29-6 mo., 1849; m. Samuel Harkness.
AX'iiliam R., b. 9-10 mo., 1857; d. 16-6 mo., 1885, single.
Avalinda, b. 4-1 1 mo., 1853; m. Benjamin S. Ashead in 1881.
Laura B., b. 26-5 mo., 1861 ; d. 14-2 mo., 1895, single.
Mary W., b. 7-1 1 mo., 1865; ^^- ^^' Price.
Solomon Mason, Sr., was thrice married. He had two daughters by
Mary , his first wife. Have no knowledge as to them. John,
his oldest son, by second wife, resides at Masonville, New Jersey, which
place was named for his ancestor, Solomon, who for many years did
undertaking, and was a cabinet maker of that place in the early days.
The second and third wives of Solomon were Mary and Keziah Wool-
man, sisters. Mary was the widow of John Brooks, and Keziah was the
widow of Edward Brooks, brothers. Mary and Keziah Woolman were
daughters of David Woolman and Alice Borton.
VII. Sarah Emma Dudley, daughter of Alice Mason and Reuben Dud-
ley, married Samuel Harkness in 1885, son of William and Ann Hark-
ness of Philadelphia, Penna. Their children were: —
VIII. Sarah E., b. 23-6 mo., 1886.
Edward D., b. 5-4 mo., 1889.
Alice M., b. 3-1 mo., 1892.
This family resides at Philadelphia, Penna.
VII. Avalinda Dudley, daughter of Alice Maso nand Reuben Dudley
married Benjamin S. Ashead, son of Amos Ashead, and Hannah Hoyle,
in 1881. Their children were: —
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VIII. Oliver P., b. 21-2 mo.. 1882.
Alice D., b. 16-7 mo., 1883.
Hannah S., b. 12-9 mo., 1885.
Benjamin E., b. 12-5 mo., 1887; died 7-6 mo., 1887.
Mary Eliza, b. 6-2 mo., 1889.
Laura D., b. i-i mo., 1895.
This family resides at Collingwood, Camden county. New Jersey.
V. Joel Mason, son of Jamse Mason and Mary Lee, married Marthsr
Their children were : —
Mary Ann, b. 12-6 mo., 1812.
IV. Samuel Mason, son of Solomon Mason, Sr., and Anna Kemble, mar-
ried Rachel Zelly, 15-3 mo., 1786. Their children were: —
Anna, b. 26-12 mo., 1786; m. Thomas E. Antrim, 19-1 mo., 1812.
Samuel J., b. ii-io mo., 1789.
Rachel, b. 18-9 mo., 1790.
Kemble, b. 25-6 mo., 1784; m. 19-2 mo., 1825, Sarah D
Mary, b. 23-3 mo., 1797; m. Josiah Cook.
Eliza, b. 15-9 mo., 1802; m. 7-10 mo., 1822, Champion Atkinson.
Sarah Ann, b. 30-7 mo., 1804; m. 4-1 1 mo., 1824, James J. Kirby.
Beulah, b. 8-10 mo., 1807; m. Briggs Kay.
Joseph, b*. 4-6 mo., 1810; m. 31-12 mo., 1844, Mary E. Antrim.
Rebecca, b. 19-8 mo., 1814; m. 8-1 mo., 1835, Jacob Serrill.
John, b. ; m . No issue.
Champion Atkinson was a son of Caleb Atkinson, and Sarah Cham-
pion. Caleb lived to be ninety-nine years and five months old. He died
in 1855. Champion married Eliza Mason, daughter of Samuel Mason
and Rachel Zelly, 7-10 mo., 1822.
New Jersey Wills, (Abstract).
18-361.
I, Solomon Mason, of Gloucester township, Gloucester county. West
New Jersey, on this 31 day 3 mo., 1777, being weak of body, but of
sound and disposing mind, do will and bequeath.
Item. To wife Anne, £100, and profits of my lands until my son>
are 25 years old, and to live in the house where I now live, while nir
widow, and son Solomon to find her firewood.
To Child James, 20 acres to be surveyed from the upper end of my
land adjoining Isaac Tomlinson, the place where Henry Miers now lives,
to possess the same when 25 years of age.
To son Samuel, when 25 years old, 20 acres from the upper part of
my land, adjoining Ephraim Tomlinson's line, and the mill creek.
To son John, 20 acres at the lower corner of land given to son
Samuel.
Son Kemble Mason, 20 acres adjoining land g.ven to son John, wherr
25 years of age.
To son Solomon, house and tJie plantation where I now live, u>
Old Warming Pan
In possesion of Rev. John R. Mason
Shipshewana, Indiana
GENEALOGY. 221
Tiave and hold when 25 years old.
Beulah Gaskill, wife of Josiah Gaskill, to have £10.
Martha Mason, £50, three months after my decease.
I hereby appoint as Executors of this my last will and testament,
my wife Anne Mason, and Son-in-law, Josiah Gaskill.
(Signed) SOLOMON MASON.
Witnesses:
Joseph Hillman.
Samuel I'omlinson.
Isaac Tomlmson.
Probated 27-5 mo., 1777.
HISTORY. .
This relic was no doubt brought from England in the **Good Ship
Kent," 1677, by Thomas Stokes. It then passed into the home of Sarah
Stokes, his daughter, who in 1693 married Benjamin Moore, the pro-
genitor of the Moore Family in America, and after whom Moorestown,
New Jersey, is named.
It was next used in the home of his son, Joseph Moore, who in
1736 married Patience ^^'oolman. It descended from them to" their
daughter, Mary Moore, who married John Mason in 1759. She died,
and in 1761 John married her sister, Eh'zal)eth Moore. She also died,
and in 1773 John Mason married Elizal)eth Ballinger. From this home
this relic came into the home of Al)raham Mason and Eleanor Borton,
and from them descended to his son John Mason and wife, Charity Bor-
ton, who brought it from Burlington county, Xevv Jersey, to Fulton
county, Ohio, in 1839. At his decease it was purchased by John Borton,
the sixth, of ^^'est Unity, Williams county, Ohio, and was presented to
his (lau^^hter Lydia Borton and husband, John R. Mason, now of Ship-
shcwana, Indiana.
It will be noticed that warming pans whicli were used in the latter
part of the 17th century were more elaborate in design and construction.
-This specimen ante-dates tlie use of stoves and had done service for
many years ];efore the United States government was organized.
III. John Mason, son of James Mason and Lida Busby, married Mary
Moore, daughter of Joseph Moore and Patience A\'oolman, at Haddon-
lield. Monthly Meeting, X. J., 9-4 mo., 1759. No issue as far as known.
Mary died and John then married her sister, Elizabeth Moore. This
marriage was under the laws of N. J., 21-5 mo., 1761, and outside of
«.he Friends' church an acknowledgement made by John Mason at the
Kvesham Monthly Meeting, N. J., 10-12 mo., 1772. They had one
slaughter: —
IV. Mary Mason, b.
Elizabeth died and John then married, 22-2 mo., 1773, Elizabeth
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BalUnger, of Salem Monthly Meeting, N J. She was the daughter oi
Joshua Ballinger and Naomi Dunn. Their children were: —
Joshua, b. ; m. 17-1 mo., 1799, Mary Maxwell.
Abraham, b. 12-11 mo., 1775; m. Eleanor Borton.
Mary Maxwell was the daughter of John Maxwell and Rebecca,
and was born 15-1 mo., 1780.
V. Eleanor Borton, who married Abraham Mason, was the daughter
of Samuel Borton and Rhoda Packer. Samuel was the son of Obadiah
Borton and Susannah Butcher. Obadiah was the son of John Borton,
Jr., and first wife, who was the son of John Borton and Ann, who came
from the Parish of Aynhoe. Northamptonshire, England, in 1682.
Elizabeth Ballinger Mason, third wife of John Mason, was born in
N. J., 4-1 mo., 1755. Her parents, Joshua Ballinger and Xaomi Dunn,
being members of the Society of Friends, her father died when she
was only six years of age, leaving a widow with six small children. Eliza-
beth was frail in body, until 15 years of age. In 1770, she was ap-
prenticed to a trade, which she followed until 18 years of age, when she
united in marriage with John Mason, a member of Evesham Monthly
Meeting, N. J., with whom she lived a little more than 4 years, and of
whom she speaks in her memoirs as a truly affectionate husband, and few,
she believed, ever lived together in greater harmony and love. But He
who I believe brought us together, saw meet to separate us. A short
time before he expired, in a very affectionate manner, he said to me,
**\Vell, my dear, I think we have nearly fulfilled our marriage covenant,
and shall have nothing to answer for upon that account." He also ex-
pressed that he saw nothing in his way, and believed he shou'd go to
rest, the remembrance of which always afforded comfort and satisfac-
tion to her mind. Being left a widow with two small children, life's
burden seemed truly great, but her faith in her Lord and Master, buoyed
her up, and kept her through all trials and discouragements. In the
year 1778, she was again united in marriage with Job Collins, of Eves-
ham, N. J., by whom she had the following children: —
Mary Collins, b. 19-8 mo., 1780; m. Uriah Borton.
John, b. 31-5 mo., 1782; m. Sarah Haines.
Naomi, b. 26-4 mo., 1784; m. Isaac Roberts.
Lydia, b. 17-11 mo., 1787; m. Isaac Stokes.
Elizabeth, b. 9-2 mo., 1786.
Josiah, b. 18-6 mo., 1789.
Hannah, b. 5-9 mo., 1792.
Hope, b. 7-10 mo., 1794.
Isaac, 1). 4-7 mo., 1797.
P^zra, b. 12-2 mo., 1801 ; died 8 mo., 1825, age 24 years.
Job Co'lin's first wife was Mary Haines by whom he had one
daughter: —
Sarah, b. 15-11 mo., 1774: m. 12-3 mo., 1784, Samuel Thorn.
GENEALOGY 223
The children of Joshua Ballinger and Naomi Dunn, parents of Eliza-
beth Mason Ballinger and who were married in the year 1749, were: —
Elizabeth, b. 4-1 mo., 1755; m. John Mason, 3rd wife,
m. Job Collins.
Thomas, b. ; m. Susanna Dudley.
Sarah, b. ; m. William Wilkins; died 9 mo., 1812.
Bathsheba, b. ; m. John Moore, died 2 mo., 1820.
Rachel, b. ; m.
Joshua, Jr., b. ; m.
Job Collins died 2 mo., 1827, in the 75th year of his age. In her
memoirs, Elizabeth says: I believe his departed spirit is now at rest,
in the arms of Redeeming Mercy; this is my comfort, my great consola-
tion. Elizabeth Mason Collins was granted a dispensation to enter the
gospel ministry w^hen 24 years of age, in which she continued, as her
health would permit, to nearly the close of her life. She traveled with
other Friends and held meetings in Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey,
Long Island and New York, also, was a delegate to many yearly meet-
ings at Philadelphia, Pa. The memoirs which she wisely kept, she says,
were for the benefit of her descendants and were approved by the Upper
Evesham Monthly Meeting, held 12-3 mo., 1831, and Haddonfield quar-
terly meeting, 17-3 mo., 1831. After her death, which occurred 1-2 mo.,.
1 83 1, in the 77th year of her age.
IV. Joshua Mason, son of John Mason and Elizabeth Ballinger, mar-
ried Mary Maxwell, daughter of John M. Maxwell and Rebecca, 17-1
mo., 1799. Their children were: —
Bethuel, b. 31-1 mo., 1800; m. Sarah
John, b. 1 1-4 mo., 1802; died 9-5 mo., 1802.
Job, b. 5-7 mo., 1804; m. Mary Rogers.
Hannah, b. 11-8 mo., 1807; m. Levi L. Kain.
William, b. 28-3 mo., 1809; m. Mary Ann W'isham.
Joshua Mason died 2-^ mo., 181 1. The account as given by his
mother, Elizabeth Mason, is as follows: **In the seventh month, I met
with a severe trial indeed, l)y the sudden and unexpected death of my
oldest son. I knew not of his illness until late in the afternoon; I went
that evening to see him, and found him nearly speechless, though I be-
lieve sensible. With a look of endeared affection, he grasped my hand,
being able to say but little. He departed next morning, z-y month, aji^ed
about 37 years, leaving a widows and four children.'
V. Bethuel Mason, son of Joshua Mason and Mary Maxwell, married
Sarah Their children were : —
Mary, b.
Joshua, b.
Sarah, b.
Richard, b.
V. Job Mason, son of Joshua Mason and Mary ilaxwell, married Miry
224 MASON FAMILY
Rogers. Their children were: —
Edwin, b. ; m Witcraft.
John, b. ; m. Abigail Carson.
Angeline, b. ; died in minority.
Ezra, b. ; died in minority.
V. Hannah Mason, daughter of Joshua Mason and Mary Maxwell, mar-
ried Levi L. Kain. Their children were: —
Mary, b. ; m. Joseph Sharp, 2nd wife.
Beulah, b. ; m. Joseph St. Kinson.
Emma, b. ; m. William Evans.
Hannah, b. ; died young, unmarried.
V. William Mason, son of Joshua Mason and Mary Maxwell, married
Mary Ann Wisham, daughter of Jacob Wisham and Desiah. Their
children were: —
Annie, b. ; m. Jacob Braddock.
William, b. ; Mary Haines.
Cooper, b. ; m. Mary Bowker.*
Levi L. Kain, who married Hannah Mason, the daughter of Joshua
Mason and Mary Maxwell, was the son of William Kain and Anna Lip-
pincott; Anna was the daughter of Levi Lippincott and Lettice Wills.
VL Emma Kain, daughter of Hannah Mason and Levi L. Kain, mar-
ried William B. Evans, son of Thomas Evans and Sarah Burrough.
Thomas was a son of Thomas Evans and Mary Eves. Mary Kain,
daughter of Levi L. Kain and Hannah Mason, married Joseph Sharp,
son of Thomas Sharp and Rebecca Troth. Thomas was a son of Thomas
Sharp and Esther Brooks.
IV. Abraham Mason, son of John Mason and Elizabeth Ballinger, was
horn in Evesham, N. J., 12-11 nio., 1775. He married Eleanor Borton,
daughter of Samuel Borton and Rhoda Packer. Their children were: —
Elizabeth, b. 29-11 mo., 1797; died single, age 30.
John, b. 12-10 mo., 1799; m. Charity Borton.
Joseph, b. 13-9 mo., 1801; died single.
Samuel, b. 25-6 mo., 1803; m. Mary R. Borton.
Susan, b. ; m. William Borton.
Mary, b. ; m. Esaias Hunt.
Josiah, b. ; died single, 7-9 mo., 1891, age 82 years.
Rhoda, b. ; died single, age 19 years.
Naomi, b. ; died age 15 years.
VI. Esaias Hunt was the son of Mary Borton and Ralph Hunt. Mary
was the daughter of Samuel Borton and Rhoda Packer. Esaias married
Mary Mason, daughter of Abraham Mason and Eleanor Borton. Will-
iam Borton, who married Susan Mason, was the son of Obadiah Borton
and Sarah Andrews.
Abraham Mason, second son of John Mason and Elizabeth Ballinger,
was a wheelwright by trade and his home was at Milltown, N. J. He
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departed this life 4-2 1110., 1828, in his S3rd year, ''after a long and
tedious illness from consumption, which through adorable mercy, was
sanctified to him for good. A profitable season, wherein he became in-
structed in the school of Christ, and was enabled to bear his affliction
with Christian fortitude. Being favored with his understanding, he took
leave of his wife and children, in an affectionate manner, and quietly de-
parted without sigh or struggle.''
Naomi Mason, daughter of Abraham Mason and Eleanor Borton,
died very suddenly in the 15th year of her age, having previously been
a very robust person. Her loss was so keenly felt by her sister, Eliza-
beth, who was a consumptive, that she, too, soon passed away, dying
at the age of 30 years. Xaomi preceding her only three months. She
died in the year 1825.
18,358. Copy of Will, (Abstract).
Date, 16-3 mo., lyjy. I, John Ma.son of Evesham township, Bur-
lington county. New Jersey, being sick and weak, but of sound mind, do
will and bequeth to my daughter Mary, £200, when eighteen years of
age.
To my son Joshua, £50, when 21 years of age, and the rest of my
lands.
To my son Abraham, £100, and all of my land which I purchased
of John Engle, on the northerly side of ye Market road, also, six acres
of woodland, touches father Mason's lands, to have the same when
twenty-one years old.
Wife, Elizabeth, rest of personal property, and use of my estate, as
long as she is my widow, to bring up the children.
I hereby appoint my w^fe Elizabeth, and Brother-in-law Caleb Aus-
tin, as mv Executors.
(Signed) JOHN MASON.
Witnesses:
Joseph Eyer.
Josiah Gaskill.
Isaac Evans.
Probated, May 14th, 1777.
V. John Mason, son of Abraham Mason and Eleanor Borton, married
Charity Borton, first wife. Charity was a daughter of Bethuel Borton
and Rebecca Clifton. Bethuel was a son of Benjamin Borton
and Charity Rogers. Benjamin was the son of Obadiah Borton and
second wife, Mary Driver. Obadiah was the son of John Borton, Jr.,
and first wife, and John Borton, Jr., was the son of John Borton, and
Ann. the progenitors of the Borton family in America.
John Mason and Charity Borton's children were: —
Mary, b. 23-7 mo., 1823; m. John Ely, first wife, 25-9 mo., 1841.
Rueben B., b. 4-3 mo., 1826; m. Sarah Oldham, 15-3 mo., 1849.
Abraham, b. 18-7 mo., 1828; m. Mary Ann Borton, 21-2 mo., 1850.
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Rhoda, b. 21-7 mo., 1830; m. 31-1 mo., 1859, John Ely, second wife.
Rebecca, b. 21-9 mo., 1832; m. 27-12 mo., 1849, Hudson Prickitt,
m. John Paxon.
Jolin C, I). 22-10 mo., 1836: m. Sarali Stockton, 9-1 mo., 1862.
m. Mariah White,
m. Emma W'el^ster, 10-8 mo., 1901.
Naomi C, 1). 18-2 mo., 1840; m .Samuel Prickitt, 16-8 mo., i860.
Hethuel, b. lyj mo., 1842: died 24-8 mo., 1864, age 22 years.
Cliarity I)., b. 10-2 mo., 1845; died 3-10 mo., 1850.
V. John Mason, the ])rojcnitor of the Ohio branch of the Mason family,
was a son of Abraham Mason and Eleanor I>orton. He was born at ^H11
Town, X. J., 1799, and removed to Fulton county, Ohio, with his family,
in the year 1839. While a youn^^ man in X. J. he learned the carpenter's
trade, which he followed for many years. He was twice married. He
first united in marriaj^e with Charity P>orton, a daupi-hter of Bcthuel Bor-
ton and Rebecca CliiTton, by whom he had nine children, 4 boys and 5
girls. Charity died 7-5 mo., i86[ and on the 9-11 mo., 1865, he again
united in marriai^c with Rebecca \\ansciver, of Camden, X. }., with wlioiii
he lived until hi^ death on tlie 8-1 mo., 1878. In his marriage relations
he was very successful, the women whom he married being far above
the medium as women of business capacity, and true moral and re-
ligious worth. John Mason built some of the first frame l)uil(lings erect-
ed in Fulton county, Ohio. One that he constructed for his brother-in-
law, Benjamin Borton, is still occupied and in good state of repair, this
1907. When he removed from X. J. to Ohio, his effects were trans-
ported in a one horse wagon; and at the time of his death he owned
many acres of land and was surrounded by prosperous neighbors and
had all of the luxuries of modern life. In later years he abandoned his
trade and lived (juietly until his death, on the beautiful homestead which
he had carved out of the primeval forest. For many years he was a
member of the Society of Hixite Friends.
In Memoriam.
Died, at her home in West Unity, Wednesday, 2-5 mo., 1900, at 2
o'clock, a. m., Mrs. Rebecca P>ailey, aged 84 years, 3 months and 11 days.
Rel)ecca Vansciver was born 21-1 mo., 18 16, in Gloucester countv.
N. J., near the village of 15erlin, and was the fifth of a family of seven
daughters. Her early girlhood was spent on the farm where slie was
born and in the village where for a number of years her father ran a
hotel. When she was about 15 years old her family moved to Camden.
wdiere she learned vest-making, which trade she followed for upwards
of thirty years.
On 9-1 I mo., 1865, slie was united in marriage to Mr. John Mason, i
Franklin township, whom slie had met while on a visit to Ohio. SIil
came at once to Ohio and has lived there ever since.
After .Mr. Mason's death she remained a widow for about two vears.
Bethuel Mason
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when she was united in marriage to Mr. Ranchill Bailey, and came to
West Unity to live, where she has lived ever since. Mr. Bailey died
about eleven years ago.
Early in her life she gave her heart to God and throughout her long
life gave evidence of a strong Christian character. About four years
ago she united with the Ambrose Baptist church in Fulton county.
She was tlie emlxxliment of industry and frugality. A kind friend
and neighbor, she was always ready to help along a good cause.
Mrs. Bailey comes of a long-lived family, one of her sisters having
died in her 86th, one in her 84th and one in her 74th year.
I^\)r the past six or seven weeks, Mrs. I'ailey has been cared for by
her niece, Mrs. Emma \\'el)ster, of Camden, X. J., and after her death
another niece, Mrs. Cramer, of Camden, X. J., and a nephew, Asa V.
Borton. from near Eafayette, Ind., came. These three represent the
families of her nearest living relatives, as Mrs. Bailey was tlie last of
her family.
I'he funeral services were lield from her late residence on Saturday,
at 1 1 o'clock, a. m., her pastor. Rev. Lewis, of Fulton county, assisted
by Rev. J. P. Stockton, pastor of the First Pres])yterian church of this
place, officiating. Iler remains were laid to rest beside her husl)an(l in
the ShifTler cemetery.
VI. Mary Mason, daughter of John ^Lason and Charity Borton, mar-
ried John r^ly, 25-9 mo., 1841. Their children were: —
Charity, b. 30-8 mo., 1843; "'^- ^^'orman Ingraham.
ILarrison \\'., b. ()-4 mo., 1848; m. Tamar Snider.
Phebe A., b .20-1 mo., 1850; m. Alfred Borton.
Mary C, b. 8-1 mo., 1852; m. Rulon I^orton.
Catherine E., b. 22-5 mo., 1853; m. Edwin Borton .
John", Jr., 1). 7-8 mo., 1855; m. Priscilla Borton.
A.sher M., b. i 1-2 mo., 1845; died young, 2-4 mo., 1849.
Rhoda A., b. 1-9 mo., 1846; died young, 2-4 mo., 1849.
Mary Mason died 20-10 mo., 1856, and John Ely married Rhoda
Mason, sister to his former wife, 31-1 mo., 1859. Their children were: —
W^inlield Scott, b. 5-IJ mo., 1859: m. Dora Oswold.
Stanton M., b. 18-3 mo., i8r)2: m. Ruie Ilider.
Elliott C, b. 13-f) mo., 1865: m. vSarah Dswold,
m. Dora M. McElroy.
John l^ly, Sr.. son of Aslier and Catherine Ely, was ])orn 13-3 mo.,
1820, X<:)rthum])erlan(l county. Pa., came to Knox county, C)hi(), wliere
they resided until 1839, and tlien removed to Williams county, Oliio.
John was a born athlete. An ex])ert swimmer, a good w6odsm:in and
could distance his fellow laborers in husking, binding up wheat or u.sing
the scythe or cradle. His favorite sport was hunting and fisliing. In
hunting deer his favorite method was **belling" them, this was done
l)y stra])ping a cow bell to tlie horses neck, he would then mount and
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with loaded rifle quietly saunter through the woods. At this early day
all cattle had to be pastured in the woods, hence each herd had its bell
cow, and this being the case the deer became used to the bells and many
times herded with the cattle, hence a hunter riding a belled horse could
readily come within rifle shot of the deer. The favorite horse used for
this purpose was a fine large sorrel stallion, owned we believe, by Asher
Ely, and John Ely has located to the writer many places where deer
have been killed by him, in this vvay. The horse was so trained that he
would stop with head erect, while the rifle rested between his ears and
was aimed and fired. The deer when killed would then be '*jerked."
thrown across the horse behind the rider and taken to the cabin home.
John Ely deceased the 26-9 mo., 1878, a man greatly loved and esteemed
by all who knew him.
VII. Charity Ely, daughter of John Ely and Mary Mason, married
Norman Ingraham. They had one son : —
Harry H., b. ; died young.
VII. Harrison Ely, son of John Ely and Mary Mason, married Tamar
.Snider. They had two children : —
/r>.. John Elbert, b.
V* Elsie M., b.
VII. John, Jr., son of John Ely and Mary Mason, married Priscilla Bor-
ton, daughter of Nathan Borton and Mary Butcher. Their children
were : —
Lucy L., b.
Verna C, b.
Glenn M., b.
VII. Catherine E. Ely, daughter of Mary C. Mason and John Ely, mar-
ried Edmund Borton, son of Bethuel Borton and Caroline Stockton.
Their children were : —
Maggie E., b. ; m. Howard Canby.
Edwin, b.
VIII. Maggie E. Borton and Howard Canby have one child : —
Eddie, b.
VII. Winfield S. Ely, son of Rhoda B. Mason and John Ely, married
Isidora C. Oswald. Their children were: —
Mable S., b.
Charles E., b.
Alta M., b.
Florence B., b.
Nellie M., b. ; m. Elmer E. Shaffer. : .
Estell R., b. ; m. Fanny '
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VII. Stanton M. Ely, son of Rhoda B. Mason and John Ely, married
Ruie H. Hider. Their children were: —
Elva, b.
Howard, b.
VII. Elliott C. Ely, son of Rhoda B. Mason and John Ely, married Sarah
Oswald. They had one child : —
Rhoda Fern, b. 15-4 mo., 1889, died 12-3 mo., 1890.
Sarah Oswold died and Elliott C. Ely then married Dora M. Mc-
Elroy. They had three children: —
DwHght M., b. 20-T mo., 1895.
Velma L., b. 15-9 mo., 1897.
Rose Urban, b. 5-7 mo., 1899.
VI. Mary C. Mason, first wife of John Ely, was born in Burlington
county, N. J., 23-7 mo., 1823, and departed this life 20-10 mo., 1856, in
the 34th year of her age. She taught the first district school ever taught
in Brady township, Williams county, Ohio.
VI. Reuben B. Mason, son of John Mason and Charity Borton, married
Sarah Oldham, 17-3 mo., 1849. Their children were: —
Rhoda A., b. 27-12 mo., 1849; m. 29-9 mo., 1870, Allen Agnew.
Freeman C, M. D., 1). 11-8 mo., 1851; m. 4-10 mo., 1877, Emily
Comstock.
Rebecca, b. 7-6 mo., 1853; m. 5-1 1 mo., 1874, Henry Miller.
John R., b. 14-1 mo., 1855; m. 2-4 mo., 1878, Mary L. Borton, 2nd
husband.
Rynaldo R., b. lo-ii mo., 1857; m. Hetty Amsl^augh.
George W., b. i-i mo., i860; m. Tillie Crawford.
Cynthia Sarah, b. 5-8 mo., 1863; m. 25-2 mo., 1883, Charles Mills.
Emitt C, 1). 24-12 mo., 1865; m. Lil)])ie Munson.
Melville A., 1). 12-10 mo., 1867; m. 31-3 mo., 1889, Julia Watkins.
VII. Rhoda A. Mason, daughter of Reuben B. Mason and Sarah Old-
ham, married Allen Agnew, l)orn 2-10 mo., 1844.- Their children were: —
Ruey, !). 26-7 mo., 1873; m. Gilbert Keller.
Hugh. b. 31-1 mo., 1875; m. Marie LeGault.
Claudia, b. 28-9 mo., 1878; m. Calvin D. Albert.
Paul G., b. 3-7 mo., 1881.
VIII. Hugh Agnew, son of Allen Agnew and Rhoda A. Mason, married
Marie LeCiault. Their children were: —
Clifton Allen, b. 9-1 mo., 1903.
VII. Rynaldo R. Mason, son of Reuben B. Mason and Sarah Oldham,
married Hetty Amsbaugh. Their children were: —
Bee, b. 10-8 mo., 1884; m. Clara Shank.
George, b. 10-4 mo., 1886.
Verney, b. 21-10 mo., 1893.
VII. Rev. Bee Mason, son of Rynaldo Mason and Hetty Amsbaugh,
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married Clara Shank. 'I'hcy have one child : —
Vergia Lcona, h. 10-9 mo., 1906.
VII. (ieorge W. Mason, son of Reuben B. Mason and Sarah Oldhani,
married Tillie Crawford, 30-5 nio., 1886. They have two children: —
Harlcy, b. 20-2 mo., 1889.
Marjorie, b. 24-7 mo., 1903.
VII. Emitt Mason, son of Ken])en I]. Mason and Sarali Oldham, married
Libl)y Munson, 2-5 mo., 1885. Their children were: —
Harry, b. 9-1 1 mo., 1888.
Islah, b. 4-5 mo., 1891.
Freeman Clark, b. 17-6 mo., 1895.
Velma, b. i-i mo., 1900.
VII. Melville A. Mason, son of Reuben B. Mason and Sarah Oldham,
married Julia A .W'atkins. Their children were: —
Alta R.. 1). 23-1 mo., 1891.
S. Verle, b. 23-8 mo., 1893.
Esther R., b. 13-7 mo., 1899.
Julia A. W'atkins was born 31-12 mo., 1870.
VII. Sarah Cynthia Mason, daughter of Reuben B. Mason and Sarah
Oldham, married Charles Mills. They had two children: —
Emitt C, b. 13-8 mo., 1884.
Ernest J., b. 26-6 mo., 1896.
Sarah Cynthia died 18-9 mo., 1906.
VII. John R. Mason, son of Reuben B. Mason and Sarah Oldham, mar-
ried Lydda Borton, widow, daughter of John Borton and Elizabeth Tay-
lor. Their children were: —
Cora, b. . Adopted.
Reuben Borton Mason, oldest son of John Mason and Charity Bor-
ton, was born in Burlington county. New Jersey, 4-3 mo., 1826, and came
with his parents to Fulton county, Ohio, in 1839, being a lad 13 years
of age.
He attended tlie public schools in X^. J., and secured what education
he could obtain from the pioneer schools of Fulton county. Ohio. His
boyhood days were spent in helping to clear and im])rove the land taken
up l)y his father and the raising and distilling of peppermint.
When he reached his majority, he was married to Sarah Oldham,
15-3 mo., 1849. She was 'horn in Allegheny county. Pa., 17-12 mo., 1830.
After marriage they settled on section one. on p:irt of tlie land taken up
by his father.
He built a log house wliicli later was occupied in part, for store pur-
poses until a frame building was erected. He also built an ashery and
began the manufacture of pot and pearl ash,' also baking soda, "Saler-
atus.''
Eater lie laid out the town of Trenton, and the neighboring post-
ofifice of Blanc was removed to this village. He was installed as post-
Sarah Oldham Mason, Cynthia Mason Mills
Rebecca Mason Miller, Rhoda Mason Agnew
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master, which office he held for several years.
He had some kiiowledf^e of law, althou^^h never admitted to tlie
bar, and pleaded many cases in justice court.
His knowled^i^e of medicine was such that he never employed a
physician in his home, and altliough they ])assed through several epi-
<lemics of fever, his children all grew up to man and womanhood.
In politics he was an ardent abolitionist until after the emancipa-
tion of the slaves, when he became a Democrat. .\s to his religious
views, he clings to the tents of his early fathers, the Hicksite Friends.
During the war of the Rebellion, he enlisted in the 38th Regiment,
Ohio \'ol. Infantry, but was rejecterl owing to weak eyes, (myopia) and
other pliysical ailments.
In 1866, the family moved to Ransom township, Hillsdale county,
Mich., where he located on a large farm and later entered into the
mercantile business at Frontier, Mich.
He is still living, in his 82nd year, and with his youngest sister,
Naomi Prickitt, are all that survives of his father's family, in which
there were nine children, four boys and five girls.
He gives many reminiscences of the early days, and the hardships
endured, among others, how he and his younger brother, Abraham,
killed a deer. The gun rested on his shoulder while Abraham aimed and
fired it. The aim proved true and there was meat and great rejoicing
in the Mason home.
One flour mill had to do the grinding for the pioneers scattered
over a wide tract of country, so that a peck of corn was a grist for each
family, hence, Reuben or his brother, Abraham, had to visit the mill
each day astride of the old family horse, which they called Dave. The
same which hitched to a one horse wagon brought the family from New
Jersey and landed them in their new home in Ohio. This noble old
charger made one or two subsecpient visits to New Jersey and Phila-
delphia, Pa., carrying to that city, peppermint oil and returning with
boots and shoes and other family supplies, or in other wcrds, going six
hundred miles to market.
Reuben l>orton Mason was an educator and helped to build up
the pieneer schools of Franklin, Fulton county, Ohio. He was for many
years an officer on the scliool board, was also one of tlie township trus-
tees. After his removal to Michigan he was elected to the office of Justice
of tlie Peace, which office lie tilled to tlie satisfaction of the ])ublic and
all ct>ncerne(l.
The village of Trenton would, no doubt, have thrived and became a
business ])lace, but parties owning the adjacent land, refused to survey
and disi)(>se of village lots, hence, the town ceased to grow and tlirive.
VI. Abraham Mason, son c)f John ^^ason and Charity Horton, married
^lary Ann Borton, daughter of Asa }>orton and Flizal)eth Haxen. Their
children were : —
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Elizabeth, b. 4-12 mo., 1851 ; m. 25-12 mo., 1873, Willis E. Clark.
Ellen Angeline, b. 29-8 mo., 1855; m. 1874, George Oldfield.
l-.:uira Celesta, b. 15-8 mo., 1857; m. 1876, Henry D. Walters.
Ecliii Aiineta, b. 5-9 mo., 1859; m. 23-8 mo., 1882, James Riddle.
Florence Mercy, b. 27-12 mo., 1861 ; m. Harvey Stevens,
m. 23-2 mo., 1885, John Emmitt Riddlo.
\\ ilbur Josiah, b. 23-8 mo., 1863; m. 1887. Eusebie Conaway.
VII. Ellen Mason, daughter of A])raham Mason and Mary Ann Borton,
married George Oldfield. They had two children: —
Nora, b. ; died young.
Cieorge \\'illis, b.
VII. Laura C. Mason, daughter of Abraham Mason and Mary Ann Bor-
ton, married Henry D. AX'alters. Their children were: —
Ora C, b. : m. William Rupp.
Jessie, b. ; died age 17 years.
Garfield, b. ; m. l^]anch Loveland.
Wilbur, b. ; died age 14 years.
VIII. Ora Walters, daughter of Henry Walters and Laura Mason,
married William Rupp. They have two children: —
Henry, b.
Iva, b.
VIII. Garfield Walters, son of Laura Mason and Henry Walters, mar-
ried Blanch Loveland. They had one child: —
Leora, b. ; died young.
VII. Lelia Mason, daughter of Abraham Mason and Mary Ann Bor-
ton, married James Riddle. They have two children: —
Clive, b. 15-6 mo., 1885; m. Bessie S. Warner.
Carrie J., b. 19-6 mo., 1888.
VIII. Clive Riddle, son of Lelia Mason and James Riddle, married
Bessie S. Warner.
VII. Florence Mason, daughter of Abraham Mason and Mary Ann Bor-
ton, married Harvey Stevens, first husband. No issue. Later Florence
married John Emmitt Riddle. They have three children: —
Fred, b. 29-6 mo., 1888.
George, b. 15-10 mo., 1890.
Mary Ann, b. 10-7 mo., 1896.
VII. Wilbur Josiah Mason, son of Abraham Mason and Mary Ann
Borton, married Eusebie Conaway. Their children were: —
Una, b. 1889.
Laura C, b. 1891.
Ora C, b. 1893.
Abraham, b. 1894.
Wilvia, b. 1896.
Vida, b. 1898.
Blanch, b. 1899.
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Dott, b. ; died yoiing^.
Mildred, b. 1901.
Wilbur, b. 1905.
VI. Abraham Mason, son of John Mason and Charity Borton, was born
at Hartford, New Jersey, 18-7 mo., 1828, and came, while a lad, to Ohio,
with his parents. He united in marriage with Mary Ann Borton, daugh-
ter of Asa Borton and Elizal)eth Hazen, 21-2 mo., 1850. In 1853 he pur-
chased his homestead, one hundred sixty acres of land in Gorham town-
ship, Fulton county, Ohio, of E. C. Chester, for $i,ooo. He also at this
time owned eighty acres of land in the township of Rasin, Lenawee
county, Michigan. He enlisted 3 mo., 1864, in Company B., 6oth Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, under command of Captain Eddy. His regiment
was a part of the infantry corps of the Army of the Potomac under Gen-
eral Burnsides. His first experience in battle was at the Wilderness,
Virginia. His whole time while in the service was spent in and around
Petersburg, Virginia, and the engagements were Battle of the Wilder-
ness, Spottsylvania Court House, North Anna River, Cold Harbor,
battles at Petersburg, battles at A\'eldon Railroad, Battle of Richmond
and Petersburg, and Hatcher's Run, where on the 27-10 no., 1864, he
was shot through the bowels, w\'is sent to the City Point hospital, where
he died at 7 o'clock a. m., 29-10 mo., 1864, and lies l^uried at City Point,
Virginia. This patriot might have enlisted in a new regiment, and
have seen but comparatively little service, but he went as a recruit in a
regiment that had seen much previous service. This veteran regiment
was kept at the front, which was according to his wish and desire. He
was ready for sacrifice or service. He left a w'lie and six little children
to enter the service of his country. We append an extract written by
Abraham Mason to his brother, Reul)en B. Mason, on 13-9 mo., 1864. At
this time his father, John Mason's home and that of Reuben were in
the throes of an epidemic of yellow fever, which had been l)rought into
the country from Philadelphia, Penna. The younger brother, I5ethuel,
had died with it in 8 mo., previous, while Reuben Mason, with most of
his family, were down with the disease, also his brother, John C. Mason.
The letter in question is written just after Abraham has learned of the
death of his brother, Bethuel.
Petersburg, Va., 13-9 mo., 1864.
Dear. Brother: —
I take this opportunity of writing a few lines to let thee know that
I am just middling well, hoping that when thee gets this, it will find
thee and all thy family, and all the rest of my folks, and also others, all
enjoying good health, as that is one of the greatest blessings we have
in this world. I heard of Bethuel's death, which was sad news to me to
think that one so young and in the prime of life should be called away;
but the Lord knows best, and wdiat is best for us; so let His will be done,
not ours. Tell Father not to fret about it for all things are for the best.
2VA MASON FAMILY
I heard that John was very sick, and that thee was not much hetter. * *
*****! almost forgot to tell thee that I received a few lines from
Khoda Ann, which was a great pleasure to me to think that she tliought
enough of her uncle to write to him, for a letter always does a soldier
g"ood, if it is but a sliort one.
I sui)i)ose thee would like to know something about what we are
<loing here at the present time. Well, today ,we are lying still, but have
orders to clean our guns, and be ready for any emergency. We are
])ack about one mile from the front where we have been building forts,
and breast works, for a week or over, and we have to work every day,
and some of us stand guard every night, so thee can see that we have not
much time to write. ****** Well, I must bring my letter to a close,
so farewell for this time. Please write as soon as thee gets this and let
nie know how you all are.
From thv brother,
ABRAHAM MASOX.
VI. Rebecca Mason, daughter of John Mason and Charity Borton, mar-
ried Hudson Prickett, 27- u mo., 1849. They had tw'o children: —
Benjamin F., b. 30-5 mo., 1851.
Samuel, b. 30-11 mo., 1855.
Alcenia T^^lnor, b. 16-5 mo., 1853; died J7-5 mo., 1853.
VII. Benjamin F. Prickitt, son of Rebecca Mason and Hudson Prickitt,
married Anna M. Bushy, 16-2 mo., 1871. Their children were: —
Samuel Edwin, b. 12-5 mo., 1872; m. Laura Craskey .
29-5 mo., 1901, m. Bessie Powell, died 14-1 mo., 1902.
8-3 mo., 1906, m. Ethel Eldridge. No issue.
Sarah Ellen, b. 27-/ mo., 1874; m. Herbert Poorman.
Cora Bell, b. 31-8 mo., 1877; m. Thomas Barnes.
Samuel Edwin Prickitt died 6-4 mo., 1906.
VIII. Sarah Ellen Prickitt, daughter of Benjamin F. Prickitt and Anna
Mary P>ushy. married Herbert Poorman, 237 12 mo., 1892. Their chil-
dren were : —
Leo I^^., b. 10-9 mo., 1897.
Xina 15., b. 13-9 mo., 1901.
VIII. Cora [>ell, daughter of Benjamin F. Prickitt and Anna Mary
lUishy, married 25-12 mo., 1895, Thomas Barnes. Their children were: —
George, b. 3-8 mo., 1902.
Harr}', b. 2T-2 mo., 1906.
VII. Samuel Prickitt, son of Rebecca Mason and Hudson Prickitt, mar-
ried Barbary Bushy, 19-12 mo., 1897. Their children were: —
\\'illian>, i). 4-1 mo., 1881.
Pearl, b. 15-10 mo., 1883.
HudscHi Prickitt, w lio married Rebecca ^Mason, died 10-10 mo., 1856.
-cind Rel.)ecca married Jhon Paxon, 17-11 mo., 1859. Their children were:
Mar). 1). 16-9 mo.. 1860; single.
John Paxon and wife Rebecca Mason Paxon
Josiah Paxon
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John. Jr., b. 7-5 nio., 1864; m. Jennet Kifj^er, 13-11 nio , 1890.
30-5 mo., 1897, "1- Grace McCa.skey Stevens.
Cha"ily, 1). 24-8 mo., 1862; m. rVank Far(iuor.
m. John Hoi man.
Jo.s :Ji, 1). 27-5 mo., j866; m. Mary Hallett.
HiH 'sjn, h. yy mo., 1868: m. Nettie Horn.
m. Ilannali Miller.
Rebecca J., I). 21-4 mo., 1874; m. (jeorj^e Bushy.
VII. John Paxon, Jr., son of Rebecca Mason and John Paxon, married
two wives. No issue by the first; died 6-1 1 mo., 1895. He had one child
by Grace McCaskey Stevens: —
Leslie, b. 26-1 mo., 1900.
VII. Josiah Paxon, son of Rebecca Mason and John Paxon, married
Mary Hallett, 2-4 mo., 1890. Their children were: —
Florence, b. 24-6 mo., 1895.
Edwin, b. 7-11 mo., 1899.
James, b. 17-5 mo., 1891 ; died young, 27-4 mo., 1895.
John, b. 30-8 mo., 1893; died young, 29-9 mo., 1894.
Mary Hallett Paxon died. 9-ri mo., 1907.
VII. Charity Paxon, daughter of Rebecca Mason and John Paxon, mar-
ried Frank Farquor, 16-4 mo., 1882. They had one daughter: —
Jennie, b. 22-1 mo., 1884; died single, 3-3 mo., 1907.
Later Charity married John F. Hallman, 25- 10 mo., 1887, by whom
she had two sons: —
Ehvood, b. 9-7 mo., 1888.
George, b. 3 mo., 1892.
VII. Rebecca J. Paxon, daughter of Rel)ccca Mason and John Paxon,
married Cieorge I>ushy, 12-11 mo., 1890. They have two children: —
Ralph, b. 20-1 mo., 1895.
Rosa, 1). 4-1 1 mo., 1899.
VII. Hudson Paxon, son of Rebecca Mason and John Paxon, married
Nettie Horn, 30-8 mo., 1888. Tliey had two cliildren : —
Helen Irma, b. 15-10 mo., 1889.
Arthur Ray, 1). 11-6 mo., 1894; died young, 19-2 mo., 1899.
Nettie Horn died 27-4 mo., 1901, and Hudson Paxon then married
Hannah Miller. 27-8 mo., 1902, by whom he had
Roscoe (ieorge, b. 14-7 mo., 1903.
(jrace Mildred, b. 19-2 mo., i(;o5-: died 25-7 mo., 1907.
Bertha Belva, b. 16-9 mo., 1907.
John Paxon, Sr., second hus1)and of Rebecca ^lason, was born in
the state of Pennsylvania: but moved with his parents to New Jersey,
wlien (juite young. In the year 1844, he came to Ohio, being in the 25th
year (^f his age, having l)een born 2'^-^^ mo., 1819. He Wcis a wheelwright
by trade, and also did undertaking; but after his marriage retired to the
farm, where he died 12 mo., 1893, aged about yi years. For m:iny years
236 MASON FAMILY
he was a menil)er of the Franklin Baptist church of Fulton county, Ohio,
where his wife and family also worshipped. In disposition he was quiet
and unassuming, and won many life-long^ friends.
VI. Naomi C. Mason, daughter of John Mason and Charity Borton,
married Samuel Prickitt, 16-8 mo., i860. Their children were: —
Rebecca Elizabeth, b. 7 mo., 1861 ; m. Charles Smith.
Lida Alice, b. 2 mo., 1863; m. Christ Hochstettler.
Rhoda, b. 2 mo., 1868; m. Ernest Buxton.
Frank, Elmer, b. 2 mo., 1865; m. Clara Gilford.
Lillian Anna, b. 2 mo., 1870; m. Rev. George Curtiss.
Henry Herbert, b. 9 mo., 1872; m. Nellie Galbraith.
VII. Rebecca Elizabeth Prickitt, daughter of Naomi Mason and Samuel
Prickitt, married Charles Smith. Their children were: —
Nellie E., b. ; m. Everett Spring.
Bertha L., b.
Charles Ernest, b.
VIII. Nellie E. Smith, daughter of Rebecca Elizabeth Prickitt and
Charles A. Smith, married Everett Spring. They have one child: —
IX. Florence L., b.
VII. Lida Prickitt, daughter of Naomi Mason and Samuel Prickitt, mar-
ried Christ Hochstettler. They have two children: —
Floyd E., 1).
Glenn, b.
VII. Rhoda Prickitt, daughter of Naomi ^Lason and Samuel Prickitt,
maried Ernest Buxton. Their children were: —
Henry Leland, b.
Florence, b.
VII. Frank Prickitt, son of Naomi ^lason and Samuel Prickitt, married
Clara Gilford. They have two children: —
Dessa A., b.
Charles Kenneth, b.
VII. Lillian Prickitt. daughter of Naomi Mason and Samuel Prickitt,
married Rev. George T. Curtiss. Their children were: —
Vesta, 1>.
.Mable, 1).
Hazel, b.
Gladys, b.
George Lester, b.
The Rev. George Curtiss was born in England and has been ordained*
a pastor of the regular Baptist church of America.
VII. Henry Prickitt, son of Naomi Mason and Samuel Prickitt, mar-
ried Nellie Galbraith. Their children were: —
Alice M., b.
Marjory, b.
Dorothy, b.
Nellie E. Spring,
Naomi Mason Prickett, Rebecca E. Smith,
Florence L. Spring
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VI. John C. Mason, son of John Mason and Charity Borton, married
Sarah Jane Stockton. Their children were: —
Carrie, b. ; m. William Eldridge.
Josiah, b. ; m. Rettie Munson.
Charity, b. ; m. Walter Morey.
Sarah Jane Stockton died and John C. Mason married Mariah White
and IO-8 mo., 1901, Emma Webster. No issue by the last two marriages.
VII. Carrie Mason, daughter of John C. Hason and Sarah Jane Stock-
ton, married William Eldridge. They had two children: —
Merl, b.
Estel, b.
VII. Josiah Mason, son of John C. Mason and Sarah Jane Stockton,
married Rettie Munson. Their children were: —
Earl b.
Vernon, b.
Luella, b.
Harlow, b.
Louis, b.
VII. Charity Mason, daughter of John C. Mason and Sarah Jane Stock-
ton, married Walter Morey. Their children were: —
Floyd A., b.
Esta L., b. . '
Kenneth E., b.
Tune A., 1>.
krith M., b.
Edward G., b.
Marsine, b.
Lena May, b.
VI. John C. Mason, third son of John Mason and Charity Borton, was
born 22-10 mo., 1836, in Evesham. Burlington county, N. J., and died
in Franklin township, Fulton County, Ohio, 8-7 mo., 1902. His boy-
hood was spent amidst the forests of the new country and he was sub-
jected to the hardships and privations of a pioneer life, but such was his
l.)\e 'OT books and animals, particularly the horse, that he spent hi.>
leisure hours with such books as he could procure pertaining to the dis-
eases and training of that animal, so that he stood in high esteem as a
veterinary surgeon, and treated and trained horses with marked success.
Farther, not content with his achievements, he began the study of gen-
eral medicine and was admitted to practice by the Medical Examining
Board of the state of Ohio. The number of his medical certificate being
638. Although being deprived of modern school privileges, he overcan^e
all obstacles, and made himself a very useful member of society.
V. Samuel Mason, son of Abraham Mason and Eleanor Borton, married
Mary R. Borton, daughter of Jol) Borton and Anna Rogers. Job was
the son of Obadiah Borton and Marv Driver; Obadiah was the son of
238 MASON FAMILY
John Borton, Jr., and first wife. John, Jr., was the son of John Borton
and Ann, the progenitors of the Borton family in America. Mary R.
Borton was l)orn 29-6 mo., 1807. Her and Samuel Mason's children
were : —
Rzra C, b. 30-6 mo., 1829; m. Sarah Matthews.
Anna R., b. jo-ij mo., 1831 : m. Obadiah Borton,
m. Morrosin Gleason.
Asenath, b. jo-i mo., 1834; died sinj^le.
Job ]>., b. 3-4 mo, 1835: m. Ann Kliza Appleby.
Xaomi C, 1). 14-10 mo., 1840; died sino^le.
Rhoda, 1). 1-9 mo., 1843: single, died 4 mo., 1907.
Ann is all of Samuel Mason's children living at the present time.
Job and one son died of tyi)h()id fever, in 1873. Mary R. Borton. wife of
Samuel Mason, departed this life 16-6 mo.. 1848, in the 41st year of her
age.
VI. h>.ra C. Mason, son of wSamuel Ma^on and Mary R. Borton, mar-
ried Sarali Matthews. Their children were: —
Joseph ()., b.
Two children died young and Joseph O. lost an arm while driving
on the canal.
IV. Job Borton, son of Obadiah Borton and Mary Driver, married Anna
Rogers. Their children were : —
Grace, b. ; m. Lashley.
Ann, b. ; m. Fox.
Lydia, b. ; m. Thomas Brooks.
Hannah, b. ; m.
V. Mary R., 1). : m. Samuel Mason.
A brother to these sisters died young and his name is not known.
VI. Ami Mason, daughter of Samuel Mason and Mary R. IJorton, mar-
ried Obadiah Borton, son of Rebecca I>orton and Joseph Borton. Their
children were : —
Mary Ann, b. ; m. William Hunter (Jrice,
m. Josej)!! Feathers.
Josei)h, I). ; m. Jennie JMiglish,
m. Rachel Rhinninger.
James, b. ; m. Sarah Hoops.
John, b. ; m. Lora liailey.
William, b. ; m. Eva Towns.
Cinderella, b. ; \u, William (iocdman,
m. Lewis Dilyard.
(icorge, 1). ; m. Alice.
Obadiah, Jr., b. : single.
Amy. 1). ; died at the age oi 16.
VII. Mary Ann P)orton, daugliter of Obadiah Borton and Ann Mason,
married Wi'.liam Hunter (irice. Their children were: —
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William Eber, b. ; ni, Nora Wilson.
Elizal)eth Viola, b. ; m.
Later Mary Ann married Joseph Feathers. Their children were: —
Dora, b.
Emanuel, b.
John, b.
Amanda, b.
Lovina, b.
Joseph, b.
VII. Joseph Rorton, son of Ann Mason and Obadiah Borton, married
Jennie English. They had one child: —
Mabel, b.
Later Joseph Borton married Rachel Rliinninger, by whom he had
five children : —
Grace, b.
Herman, b.
Otis, b.
(jlen, h.
Lester S., b.
VII. James Borton, son of Ann Mason and Obadiah Borton, married
Sarah Hoops. Their children were: —
Lyman, b.
Orpha, b.
Letta, b.
Lenard, b.
Dora, b.
Beulah, b.
Hazel, b.
Veda, b.
VII. John Borton, son of Ann Mason and Obadiah Borton, married Lora
Bailey, widow of James Ely. Their children were: —
Amanda, b.
Emma, b.
Bertha, b.
Hazel, b.
VII. William Borton, son of Ann Mason and Obadiah Borton, married
Eva Towns. Their children were: —
Simeon, b.
Emma, b.
Francis, b. c
Ernest, b.
Jesse T., b.
VII. Cinderella Borton, daughter of Ann Mason and Obadiah Borton„
married William (joodman. Their children were: —
Anna, b.
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Charles, b.
Later Cinderella married Lewis Dilyard. Their children were: —
Ruth B., b.
Edith A., b.
VI. Job A. Mas6n, son of Samuel Mason and Mary R. Borton, married
Ann Eliza Appleby. Their children were: —
Jacob A., b. ; m. Mary Shugar.
Samuel A., b. ; m. Laura Emmons.
Anna Elizabeth, b. ; ni. Henry Burke.
Rhoda A., b. ; m. Benjamin Vanzant.
William, b. ; died young.
VII. Samuel A. Mason, son of Job Mason and Ann Eliza Appleby, mar-
ried Laura Emmons. They had two children: —
Elsie, b.
Samuel, Jr., b. ; died in infancy.
VII. Anna Elizabeth Mason, daughter of Job Mason and Ann Eliza
Appleby, married Henry Burke. Their children were: —
Maud, b. ; m
Henry, b.
Samuel, b.
Enoch, b.
Maud Burke is married and has three children. The name of her
husband and children not known.
VII. Rhoda A. Mason, daughter of Job Mason and Ann Eliza Appleby,
married Benjamin Vanzant. They had nine children: —
Benjamin, 1). ; died young, 1888.
Fred, b. 2-1 mo., 1889.
Thomas, b. 31-5 mo., 1891.
Mary, b. 12-3 mo., 1894.
Charles, b. 23-3 mo., 1897.
William, b. 2-1 mo., 1900.
Ella, b. 1802; died age 2 years.
George b. 30-7 mo., 1905.
Robert, b. 4 mo., 1907.
VII. Jacob A. Mason, son of Job Mason and Ann Eliza. Appleby, mar-
ried Mary Shugar. They have one child: —
Ada,'b.
Jacob A. Mason is a laundryman and his home is at Steubenville,
Ohio. *l
V. Josiah Mason, son of Abraham Mason and Eleanor Borton, never
married. He was born in Evesham. Burlington county, N. J., 1809,
where he resided and cared for his mother through her declining years,
and when she was laid away to rest he sought a home amidst the forests
of the west. He came to Fulton county, Ohio, in 1856, and made his
home with his brother John, until his death, after which he lived with his
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niece, Rebecca Paxon. He was of a sunny, pleasing disposition and
had a good word for every one with whom he came in to contact. He
loved to hunt and fish and sly indeed was the animal or bird who did
not fall a prey to his trap or the unerring aim of his rifle. He amassed
quite a reasonable fortune, which was secured by honest integrity and
thrift. He died at the home of his niece in Chesterfield, Fulton county,
Ohio, 7-9 mo., 1891, about 82 years of age.
V. Susan Mason, daughter of Abraham Mason and Eleanor Borton,
married William Borton, son of Obadiah Borton, Jr., and Sarah Andrews.
Their children were: —
Joseph, b. ; m. Rhoda Hunt.
Hester A., b. ; single.
William, b. ; m.Wilda Taylor.
Elwood, b. ; died single.
Hampton, b. ; died single.
Eleanor, b. ; single.
Mary, b. ; m. Esaias Hunt.
VI. Joseph Borton, son of William Borton and Susan Mason, married
Rhoda Hunt. Their children were: —
Howard N., b. ,; m. Hester Pyatt.
Franklin, b. ; m. Mable Sexton.
John Albert, b. ; m. Rena Dobbins.
Joseph Borton enlisted in Co. C, loth Regiment, N. J. I., 9-9 mo.,
1861, and re-enlisted i mo., 1862. He was in the battle of the Wilderness
and many others, was captured at Winchester, taken to Libby Prison,
then to Danville and next to Salsville, X. C, after 7 months imprisonment
he was honorably discharged at Annapolis, Md.
VI. William Borton, Jr., son of Wlliiam Borton and Susan Mason, mar-
ried Wilda Taylor. Their childrtn were: —
Eva, b.
Clara, b.
Anna May, b.
V. Mary Mason, daughter of Abraham Mason and Eleanor Borton,
married Esaias Hunt, son of Mary Borton and Ralph Hunt. Their chil-
dren were : —
Ralph Mason, b.. ; m. Ruth Copeland,
m. S. Eliza Middleton.
Mary Ellen, b. ; m. Abraham Borton.
Esaias, Jr., b. ; m. Francis Richmond.
Abraham J., b. ; m. Amelia McAllister.
Rhoda A., b. ; m. Joseph Borton.
Susan B., b. ; m. John Wright, 18-9 mo.. 1872.
Mary Mason died in the year 1857 and Esaias Hunt married Mary
Borton, daughter of William Borton and Susan Mason. They had three
children : —
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Georgiana, b. ; m. Howard V. Chamberlain.
Josephine, b. ; m. Franklin Sleeper.
Seymour, b. ; m. Rose Salnek.
VI. Ralph Mason Hunt, son of Esaias Hunt and Mary Mason, married
Ruth Copeland. Their children were: —
Beulah Stone, b. ; m. George Pooley.
Alberctta Ralphine, b. ; m. John Newman.
VII. Beulah Stone Hunt, daughter of Ruth Copeland and Ralph Mason
Hunt, married George Pooley. Their children were: —
Owen, b.
Bessie, b.
Helen, b.
Mable, b.
Robert, b.
VII. Alberetta Ralphine Hunt, daughter of Ralph Mason Hunt and
Ruth Copeland, married John Newman. They have one son: —
Clarence, b.
• Ruth Copeland died and in 1868, 8 mo., Ralph Mason Hunt married
S. Eliza Middleton. Their children were: —
Ruth Anna, 1). ; m. Nelson Ireton.
Ida, b. ; m. Walter Ellis.
Samuel P., b. ^ ; m. Ida May Hendricks.
Lewis, b. ; m. Anna English.
VII. Ruth Anna Hunt, daughter of Ralph Mason Hunt and S. Eliza
Middleton, married Nelson Ireton. They have tw^o children: —
Nelson, b.
Paul, b.
VII. Ida Hunt, daughter of Ralph Mason Hunt and S. Eliza Middleton,
married Walter Ellis. They have four children: —
Walter, b.
Bessie, b.
Percy, b.
Grace, b.
VII. Samuel P. Hunt, son of Ralph Mason Hunt and S. Eliza Middleton,
married Ida May Hendricks. Their children are: —
Helen May, b.
Samuel P., b.
Ruth Anna, b.
VII. Lewis Hunt, son of Ralph Mason Hunt and S. Eliza Middleton,
married Anna English. They have two children: —
Samuel Izard, b.
Warner, b.
VI. Susan B. Hunt, daughter of Esaias Hunt and Mary Mason, married
John Wright, his third wife. They had two children: —
Maud W., b. 5-1 1 mo., 1877; m. Joseph Egbert Gassin.
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Ella M. C, b. ; died in infancy, 1876.
John Wright immigrated from England when a boy and was a coal
dealer in Camden, N. J., for many years. The family visited in England
in 1887.
VII. Maud \V. Wright, daughter of Susan B. Hunt and John Wright,
married ir-io mo., 1899, Joseph Egbert Gassin. They have two children:
Dorothy, b. 2-8 mo., 1900.
Robert, b. 16-12 mo., 1903.
Susan B. Wright died 2-5 mo., 1901.
VI. Mary Ellen Hunt, daughter of Esaias Hunt and Mary Mason, mar-
ried Abraham Borton. They have two sons: —
Walter G., b. ; m. Ge trude Cramner.
Robert H., b. ; m. Myrtie Robinson.
VI. Rhoda A. Hunt, daughter of Esaias Hunt and Mary Mason, married
Joseph Borton, son of William Borton and Susan Mason. They have
three sons: —
Howard N., b. ; m. Hester Pyatt.
Franklin, b. ; m. Mabel Sexton.
John Albert, ; m. Rena Dobbins.
VII. Howard N. Borton, son of Rhoda A. Hunt and Joseph Borton,
married Hester Pyatt. Their children were: —
Alice R., b.
Laura, b.
Tliomas B., b.
VII. Franklin Borton, son of Rhoda A. Hunt and Joseph Borton, mar-
ried Mabel Sexton. They have two children : — ^ <
Joseph Earl, b.
Myrtle, b.
VII. John Albert Borton, son of Rhoda A. Hunt and Joseph Borton,
married Rena Dobbins. They have one child: —
Helen R., b.
VI. Esaias Hunt, Jr., son of Mary Mason and Esaias Hunt, married
Frances Richmond. They had two daughters: —
Agnes, b.
Alice, b.
VII. Agnes Hunt, daughter of Esaias Hunt, Jr., and Frances Richmond,
married Jessie Coloway. Their children were: —
Ethel, b.
Leroy, b.
VII. Alice Hunt, daughter of Esaias Hunt, Jr., and Frances Richmond,
married Rev. John Wesley Wainwright. Their have one child: —
Edith Ethel, b.
VI. Abraham I. Hunt, son of Esaias Hunt and Mary Mason, married
Amelia McAllister. The parents died and left two children: —
Amelia, b. : m.
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^ Clarence, b. ; m.
After the death of their parents these children went to live with
their mother's people in Philadelphia, Pa., and we have no more record
concerning them.
\
James Mason, the only male heir of John Mason, the Immigrant.
who lived to raise a family, married Lida Busby. They left four sons,
Jacob, Isaac, John and Solomon. The descendants of John and Solomon
have been traced, while those of Jacob and Isaac but little is known. The
former married Rachel Tewksbury, and with his son William sold their
landed estate in Evesham township, Burlington county, New Jersey, to
James Mason, son of Solomon, who married Mary Lee. The deed is
dated 5-4 mo., 1786, recorded at Mt. Holly, New Jersey, and the con-
sideration was 415 pounds. After this sale, the family moved to Red
Stone, Pa., and later William located at Marietta, Ohio, and his father,
with other members of the family, journey on into Kentucky, where
sorie of his descendants still reside.
Isaac Mason is believed to have also located in Pennsylvania, and
is believed to have been the father of Ernest Mason, who was born in
Pennsylvania, and later returned to the birth place of Isaac, his father.
He was the father of William Mason, a millwright by trade. He lived
to be a man past eighty years of age, and died at Mount Holly, New
Jersey, in 1907, leaving two sons, William, Jr., and Josiah. The former
lives in Camden, New Jersey, and the latter at Mount Hollv. Ernest
Mason's home in Pennsylvania was near Brandywnie.
Other New Jersey Masons who were- prol)ably related to the Eves-
ham branch, as to whom no positive data could be secured, were: John
B. Mason. He had one brother who went west, and may have been the
progenitor of the family ia Indiana. John B. and his brother were or-
phans. The former was brought up by a man named Joseph Brown of
Shamong township, Burlington county, New Jersey. He married Eliza-
beth Shinn. They had six children as follows: William H., niarried
Hannah A. Lippincott. He died 1-7 mo., 1880; Silas C. married Lvdia
Willits; Joseph B., married Margaret Dob])ins; Thcmas S. married Mar-
garet Mitchel of Richmond, Va. ; Samuel S. married Eliza Cutterlv; Mar-
garet S. married John Forncrook of Haddonfie'd, New Jersev. Another
family is that of the Rev. John R. Mason of CoUingvvood, New fer>ev.
His great-grandfather, he thinks, came direct from England, and settled
near Honesdale, Pa. His grandfather was John Mason,* who had one
sister Nancy, who married a man by the name cf Jameson. Thev were
the only children. At the age of twenty-one years John came to New-
Jersey, and settled at Cranberry. He married Ann K. Pessine. Thev
had three children: Robert P., father to John R. Mason; Marv, who
married Abyele Dey and Margaret, single: Robert P. Mason resides at
GENEALOGVr. ' ^^ 245
South Amboy, New Jersey.
We give below some account of John and Thomas Mason of Salem.
Salem county, New Jersey, by Thomas Shourds, from his history of
"Fenwick Colony" of West New Jersey. Thomas Shourds married Sarah
Thompson, daughter of Joseph Thompson and Ann Mason, a descendant
of John Mason. John and Thomas landed in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1683,
and were no doubt cousins of John Mason who settled in Evesham about
1677. Search has been made in England, parish records of Winchcomb,.
and all others in Gloucestershire, also various records in this county, but
positive proof giving the exact relationship could not be secured. After
giving quotations taken from Shourd's History, we append data taken
from Colonial Records, Trenton, New Jersey, and also from accounts
of treasurer of Salem county, New Jersey, 11 mo., 1720 to 1728 in-
clusive. ,
Mason Family — Shourds' History and Genealogy of Fen wick's
Colony of Salem county, New Jersey, pages 150-152.
"John Mason was a native of Gloucestershire, England, and resided
in the parish of Winchcomb. He emigrated to America when a young
man, and landed at Philadelphia in 1683. Soon afterward he came to
Salem to live, and purchased a town lot in the town, containing sixteen
acres. It lay on the south side of Broadway and was bounded on the
west by Samuel Hedge's land. He erected a brick house there and
lived in it for some time. In 1685 he purchased 5,000 acres of land.
******* About the year 1690 John Mason purchased of Roger Mil-
ton, 1,000 acres of upland and salt marsh in the township of Elsinborough.
It was bounded on the east by Samuel Nicholson's allotment of 2,000
acres; on the west by Redroc Morris' land. In 1695 he built a substantial
brick dwelling, left Salem, and lived on his landed estate before de-
scribed. In 1704 he built a large addition to it, which made it one of
the largest brick dwellings that was in the county at that early day. John
Mason married S^rah Smith, daughter of John Smith of Ambelbury;
she was born near London, England, 27th of 10 mo., 1671. (Births of
children as in Salem Mo. Mg. Records). He owned land in various
parts in Fenwick tenth. He purchased considerable tract of land in
Monmouth precinct of Anna Salter, erected a flour mill about i70j:;.
***** He. was appointed a commissioner for the public highways in
1706; was a member of the legislature for two or three years, and one
of the Justices of Salem county for a number of years. He was a large
landholder in the state of Delaware, likewise in Pennsylvania in the
neighborhood of Chester. His descendants are not very numerous.
There are none at the present time by the name of Mason of his descend-
ants in this country. John Goodwin ?/ason, who died in 1839, was the
Ust of the male descendants. There are quite a number in the female line
who are direct descendants of John Mason, the emigrant."
"It is probable Thomas Mason emigrated from England to West
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New Jersey about the same time his brother John Mason did. He re-
sided in the town of Salem some length of time. * * * * He purchased five
hundred acres of land in Upper Mannington, being part of Fenwick's
grove. He soon became a citizen of that township, and continued ,0
reside there until his death. In 1720 he purchased of Samuel Fenv-''':k
Hedge five hundred acres of land, being'part of Hedgefield. Tht.^ is
nothing to show that he even took an active part in the public affairs
of the colony." (See page 534 d.) "I see by the court records he
occasionally served as one of the grand jurors. (Births of children of
Thomas and Elizabeth Mason as in Salem records.) James Mason, son
of Thomas and Elizabeth Mason, became in possession of nearly all of
the large landed estate in the township of Mannington, that belonged
to his father, Thomas Mason. He married a daughter of Abel Nicholson.
They had no issue. He devised the greater part of his landed estate
to his nephew, James Mason Woodnut, son of Jonathan Woodnut. lames
left his mill and farm adjoining to his wife's niece, Ann, the daughter
of John Nicholson."
Colonial Records, Deeds and Wills, page 562.
Edmond Warner of London to John Mason (forever) of Winch-
comb, County of Gloucestershire for five thousand acres of land, Fenwick
Colony, 10-6 mo., 1675.
Page 606. Deed by John Horner of Philadelphia, Pa., of one hun-
dred acres to John Mason, (Brickmaker) of Salem county. New Jersey,
16-8 mo., 1694.
Deed 5-5 mo., 1703. Three hundred and ninety-four acres in Salem
county to John Mason of Annis Grove, Salem county. New Jersev.
Page 225. Deed by Thomas Mason, (Ship-carpenter*) of Maneton
Creek and wife, Elizabeth, of one hundred acres near the mouth of
Chahansy Run.
Page 632. Deed by Thomas Mason and wife, Elizabeth, of Tindalls
Bowery, Salem county. New Jersey, of three hundred acres of land, being
part of five hundred acres bequeathed by Richard Tindall to his then wife,
the aforesaid Elizabeth, 8-5 mo., 1702.
Account of treasurer of Salem county. New Jersey, 11 mo.^ 1720-
1728 inclusive.
Cash paid to Mr. John Mason in General Assembly, . .i6£, os., o pence.
Cash paid to Thomas Mason 12 £, 15s., o pence
3 mo., 1724, per warrant. No. 26, paid to John Mason. . io£, os., o pence
Also by money paid to John Mason 21 £, 21s., o pence
1728. Thomas Mason, per certificate of representative, 21 £,i8s., o pence
Register of names of veterans of the Civil and other wars with name
of company and regiment, where the same could be secured, of all sol-
diers connected with the Borton and Mason families. At the head of
this list we place the obituary notice of the death and burial of Captain
Cyrus Borton of Alliance, Ohio, which occurred near the' close of the
GENEALOGY. 247
year, 1906. Of the persons named, some were killed in battle, others
died from wounds and sickness, but the majority of them are living^
today, 1907.
Captain Cyrus Borton answers the last call.
After an illness of several months, Cyrus Borton passed away Sat-
urday afternoon at his home about 6 miles south east of Alliance. He
was past seventy years of age and was one of the best known and most
highly respectable residents of Knox township, Columbiana county, Ohio.
During the Civil war, Mr. Borton first enrolled as a member of the
organization known as Freemont's Bodyguard. Later he enlisted in the
Eightieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was promoted to first sergeant, then
iirst lieutenant and afterward was made captain of Company K. of the
above regiment. He served with credit in all the engagements in vvhich
the organization took part, which were many. It also participated in
Sherman's famous march to the sea.
Capt. Borton was a member of John C. Fremont post, G. A. R., of
Alliance, and Masonic lodge at Homesworth. In the latter society he
had the rank of Past Master. Besides the wife, four sons survive, Ben-
jamin and Seth of Alliance and Louis and Mark Borton.
The funeral services were held Monday afternoon, meeting at the
house at one o'clock, then proceeding to Quaker Hill cemetery, near Se-
bring. At the latter place members of the Grand Army from Alliance
conducted their burial service. A nmber of other people attended the
funeral.
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ROSTER OF SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OP BORTON
AND MASON FAMILIES
Isaac N. Drake, Regular Army Cavalry, Co. M., 3 U. S.
Zimri Burden, died in service, member O. V. I.
Josiah Peacock, died in the army, O. V. I.
Amos Peacock, killed or died from disease, 4-9 mo., 1865. O. V. I.
John Lamon Evans, died in U. S. service.
Eli Alexander Heater, died 12-3 mo., 1876.
Harry Mason, substitute.
William Taylor, 38 Reg., O. V. I.
Royal Stevens, Co. A., 67 O. V. I., sergeant.
Henry Mason, private Co. K., 2 Reg. N. J. 1%
Joseph Borton, Co. A., 67, O. V. I.
Noah Specht, 60 Reg., O. V. I.
Abraham Mason, 60 Reg., O. V. I., Co. B.
Michael Shaffer, 60 Reg., O. V. I.
Henry W. Mason, Co., F. 7 Reg., N. J. L
Josiah McDaniels, was in the U. S. Navy.
Arthur Borton, Co. A., 67, O. V. I., Corporal, ii-i mo., 1865.
George Y. Mason, Co. B., 10 Reg., N. J. I.
Asa Borton, Jr., 60, O. V. I.
Abija Rogers, Co. E., 67, O. V. I.
Job Mason, private Co. F., 10 Reg., N. J. I., substitute.
Daniel Prickitt, Co. H., 3 Ohio Cavalry, sergeant.
Eli Stoner, Co. C, iii Reg., O. V. I.
I Job Mason, Co. D., 34 Reg., N. J. I.
David Carpenter, Co. H., 3 Reg., Ohio Cavalry.
George Harlan, Co. H., 100 Reg., O. V. I.
Mark H. Mason, Co. B., 25 Reg., N. J. I.
El wood Tule, Co. C, 100 Reg., O. V. I.
Orville Mann, 11 1 Reg., 0». V. I.
George D. Mason, Co. M., 2nd Cavalry, N. J. L
David Rosier, Co. F., 182 Reg., O. V. I.
John T. Borton, Co. H., 86 Reg., O. V. I.
Job T. Mason, Co. D., 2nd Reg., N. J. I.
George Pancoast, Co. H., 23 Reg., N. J. I.
i George Oldfield,
Job B. Mason, sergeant, Co. D., 30 Reg., N. J. 1.
Allen Agnew, Battery L First Michigan Artillery.
George Ely, Co. F., 182 Reg., O. V. L
Peter G. Mason, private Co. C, 10 Reg., N. J. I.
William F. Borton, 20 Reg., 111. V. I.
Simmeon Borton, Cr. J., 67 O. V. I. ; killed 10-5 mo., 1864.
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Job A. Mason, Co. C, 21 Reg., N. J. I.
El wood Borton, Co. C, 130, O. V. I.
William H. Mason, private Co. E., 23 Reg., N. J. I.
William J. H. Mason, Co. H.; transferred from the 15 Reg. to the
and N. J. I.
George H. Borton, Co. B., 4 Reg., N. J. I.
Lyman Borton, Co. K., 74 Ind. V. L
George H. Mason, Co. H., 3 Reg., N. J. L; recruit, killed in action
at Spottsylvania Court House, Va., 5-12 mo., 1864.
George Mason, Co. C, 10 Reg., N. J. L
Richard Borton, died at batle of Gettysburg.
Joseph Borton, Co. C, 10 Reg., N. J. I.; sergeant, re-enlisted.
George Y. Mason, Co. C, 38 Reg., N. J. L
Alfred J. Somers, died in camp, Falmouth, Va.
Hugh H. Mason, Co. G., 15 Reg., N. J. I.; died in hospital, Wash-
ington, D. C.
Samuel Borton, Co. J., 67 Reg., O. V. L
George Vane Rexstrew, killed in U. S. service.
Albert Mason, Co. D., 13 Reg., N. J. L; musician.
Alexander Mason, Co. I., 2 Reg., N. J. L; private.
Almon E. Mason, landsman, U. S. recruiting ship Princeton, at
Philadelphia.
John Mason, landsman, U. S. recruiting ship Princeton at Phila-
delphia.
Joseph H. Mason, landsman U. S. recruiting ship Ohio, at Boston.
Thomas H. Mason, landsman, U. S. ship Pilgrim.
Charles Mason, private, Co. L, 35 Reg., N. J. I. ; recruit substitute.
Stacy Borton, corporal, Co. E., 4 Reg., N. J. L ; killed at Fredericks-
burg. 13-12 mo., 1862. V
Richard Borton, private, Co. F., 12 Reg., N. J. L; killed at Chan-
cellorsville, 5-3 mo., 1864.
Benjamin Borton, private, Co. A., 24 Reg., N. J. L
David Borton, sergeaiU, Co. F., 12 Reg., N. J. I.; 20-3 mo., 1864.
James Prickitt, Co. H., 3 Reg., Ohio Cavalry.
Franklin Mattern, 38 Reg., O. V. L
Daniel Mason, private, Co. G., 4 Reg., N. J. L; died of typhoid fe\er,
17-3 mo., 1862; buried at Georgetown, Va., grave No. 1494.
Edward Mason, private, unassigned.
EHja Mason, Co. B., 25 Reg., N. J. L
George Mason, Co. C, 6 Reg., N. J. L ; died at Georgetown, D. C, of
wounds received at Bull Run, 1 1-9 mo., 1862.
James Calkins, N. Y. L
George A. Mason, private, 2 Reg., N. J. L, unassigne<l.
William Dillon Cranston, Co. E., 88 Reg., O. V. L
William J. H. Mason, Co. H., 15 Reg., N. J. L; musician; discharged
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at Breaky Station, Va.
Joseph Marsh, 39 Reg., O. V. I., enhsted 31-7 mo., 1861 ; killed at
battle of Corinth, 4-10 mo., 1862.
James Marsh, 18 Reg., W .S. I., enlisted 12-9 mo., 1861 ; killed at
battle of Dallas, 29-5 mo., 1864.
Job Mason, Co. F., I Reg. Cavalry, N. J. V.; re-enlisted.
Thomas Mason, Co. I., 10 Reg., N. J. I. ; discharged, disability.
Solomon Mason, Co. F., i Reg., Cavalry, N. J. I.
Samuel Mason, 2 Reg., Pa. V. Artillery.
Thomas Morris, O. V. I.
Marsh Naylor, U..S. A. service, Philippine Islands.
Millard Naylor, U. S. A. service, Philippine Islands.
Robert Mason, Co. F., Reg. N. J. I.
Richard Mason, Co. B., 10 Reg., N. J. I.
William Dillon, Co. K., 74 Reg., O. V. I.
Job Mason, Co. F., 40 Reg., N. J. I.; recruit.
William Mason, sergeant; 2 Reg., D. C. Volunteers.
Joseph Abies, O. V. I.
James Abies, O. V. I., 3 years service; died at home of consumption.
William B. Mason, Captain Co. K., 8 Reg., N. J. I.
William Mason, Co. K., 2 Reef.
Silas Borton, Co. J., 67 Reg., 6, V. I.
William R. Mason, Co. E., 10 Reg., N. J. I. ; joined regular army.
James Henry Tuttle, O. V. I.
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Attorjieys and Physicians Conner-led with the Borton and
Mason Families
Joshua E. Borton, attorney-at-law, was born 16-1 1 mo., 1861, in
Mt. Laurel, Burlington county. New Jersey. Was educated at the pu'nlic
schools of Bordentown. New Jersey, and in Chester county, Pa. He be-
came a student of the law in 11 mo., 1880, under the preceptorship of
Messrs. Jenkins and Jenkins of Camden, New Jersey, and was admitted
to practice in 11 mo., 1884. He was a son of William T. Borton and
Martha Lukens. He also studied law with Thomas B. Horned of Cam-
den, New Jersey.
Josiah Paxon, son of Rebecca Mason and John Paxon, studied law,
and was admitted to practice 24-6 mo., 1897, at Wauseon, Fulton county,
Ohio, where he at present resides. He taught school in Fulton and
Henry counties, Ohio, and received the depjee of Machelor of Science at
Fayette College, Fayette, Ohio, 6 mo., 1892.
Oscar L. Borton, son of William T. Borton and Martha Lukens,
born 29-1 mo., 1874, studied law with John F. Horned of Camden, New
Jersey, graduated as an attorney-at-law, November term of the Supreme
Court, 1893, died 3 mo., 1900.
Wilson Sherman Head, son of James Head and Sarah Dillon, taught
school several years, after which he studied law and located at Cam-
bridge; Ohio, where he entered into partnership with E. W. Mathews,
attorney-at-law, and the firm of Matthews and Head became known as
the leading law firm in that section of the country. •
Lewis Wetzel Borton, attorney-at-law, was a son of James Borton
and Mariah Wilson. He was born 1-9 mo., 1831, died 14-3 mo., 1889. His
home was at Clyde, Cloud county, Kansas. He was a member of thb
Concordia Bar and well known throughout the state as **Judge Borton,"
although he never accupied the office of judge. He represented Cloud
county in the Kansas legislature, defeating Charles M. Van Demark.
William Borton, son of James Borton and Mariah Wilson, was one
of the leading attorneys of Gurnsey county, Ohio. He taught school for
many years in Oxford township, later, studied law and was admitted to
practice at Cambridge bar. He was treasurer of Gurnsey county, Ohio,
1858 to i860. He was born 27-2 mo., 1826.
The following named physicians have descended or are connected
with the Borton and Mason families:
J. R. Lanning, M. D., (Regular) graduate of the Memphis Hospital
Medical College, of Memphis, Tenn., 1900, and practices his profession
at Corinth, Miss.
Meek H. Lanning, M. D., (Regular) graduated at Rush Medical
College, Cliicago, 111., 1862. He also practices at Corinth, Miss.
•Dr. Meek J. Lanning, Jr., practices at Bellaire, Smith. county, Ind. ,
T. Artemas Boft6fi, M.D. (Regular) graduated* at Starling Medical
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College, Columbus, Ohio, in 1858. Physician in chief, Borton Hospital,
Plymouth, Ind. Author of a work, ^'Influence of Mind on Disease."
Specialist in nervous diseases and diseases of women.
Novitas B. Aspinwall, M. D. (Regular) graduate College Physicians
and Surgeons, London, England, 1879. Physician at Borton Hospital,
Plymouth, Ind., also Railroad Surgeon to the P. F. W. and C. ; also the
L. E. and W. R. R. Co.
Charles E. Hubbard, M. D., (Regular) graduate Detroit College of
Medicine, 1893. He resides and practices at Fayette, Fulton county, O.
Oliver H. Gibbs, M. D., (Eclectic) graduate of Eclectic Medical
Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1891. Practices at Hamilton, Ind.
Dr. Luther Johnson practices at Bourbon, Marhall county, Ind.
Dr. John C. Mason, (Eclectic). He was admitted to practice medi-
cine by the Ohio State Medical Board, 6-1 mo., 1897, certificate No. 638.
John C. Mason deceased 8-7 mo., 1902, at his home in Franklin, Fulton
county, Ohio.
Melvin Hubbard, M. D., (Regular) graduated at the Detroit College
of Medicine, 1906, and practices medicine at his home at Vestaburg,
Montcalm county, Mich.
Freeman C. Mason, M. D., (Regular) graduated at Rush Medical
College, Chicago, 111., in 1877, also took^special course in medicine and
surgery at the Post Graduate Medical School, New York, in 189 1. He
practices in Hillsdale, Mich., being a specialist in diseases of the eye, ear,
nose and throat
Henry W. Shaffer, M. D., (Homeopath) graduate of Cleveland Uni-
versity of Medicine and Surgery, 1897. Practices at his home in Tedrow,
Fulton county, Ohio.
Charles H .Rodi, M. D., (Regular) graduate of the University of
Michigan, Department of Medicine and Surgery, 1882, and practices
medicine and surgery at his home, Calumet, Houghton county, Mich.
Benajah B. Powell, M. D., (Homeopath). graduated from the Hahoe-^
mann Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa., 1897. Lives and practices his
profession at Moorestowji, N. J.
Isaac W. Keenan, M. D., (Regular) graduated at JeflFerson Medical
College, Philadelphia, Pa., 1895. He lives and practices medicine at
Quaker City, Gurnsey county, Ohio.
G. F. English, M. D., (Regular) graduate of Columbus Medical
College, Columbus, Ohio, 1881. His home and practice are at Isabel,
Edgar county. 111.
Alfred Robert Dillon was a physician. He was a son of Vashti Bor-
ton and Samuel Dillon. He lived, practiced and died in Kansas. No
further information could be obtained with regard to him.
Dr. Joseph Thorne, (Thompsonian), born in Burlington county, N,
J. Married Edith Ann Engle, in New Jersey, daughter of Sarah Borton
Engle. They came to Cincinnati, Ohio, and later moved to Dublin, Ind.,
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and from thence to West Unitey, Ohio, about 1847, where he practiced
medicine and conducted a drug store, until 1853, when he moved to
Moorestown, Pa., He was a Friend, and many times spoke in their
meetings.
Religious and fraternal Affiliations
In compiling this "History of the Borton and Mason Families,*' we
should consider our task only partially completed, were we to omit men-
tion of the religious, political and fraternal status taken by the members
of these families.
The early fathers who immigrated to America were fruits of the
religious reform inaugurated by George Fox, in England, in 1643. The
Society of Friends to which these immigrants adhered was greatly pros-
pered until the coming of Elias Hicks, through whose teachings a split
was caused in the original church, in the year 1827. At this time and
previous, many Friends were immigrating from New Jersey to Ohio and
Indiana, which was then known as the "Far West/' The Friends who
thus sought new homes, in many instances reared up iie-v churches,
either orthodox or Hixite, according to their faith. Others found a
church home with the then existing denominations: Baptists, Metho-
<lists, Presbyterians, Disciples, Congregationalists, and later the United
Brethren in Christ. In perusing these pages, the reader will notice the
names of many descendants cf these families who are and have been
]> i^^tors in these churches. .Vtheists, Deists, Skeptics, and Universalists
are very rare, if they exist at all, and the members of the above named
families are always found in favor of jiiorality, religion and good govern-
ment.
Politically, the Borton and Mason immigrants, in common with
Friends did not engage in political affairs, and were non-coni])atants
during the war of the Revolution and were, no doubt, divided in opinion
as to the outcome. When the evils of the African slave trade became
apparent, they lal)ore(l in common with others, for its extermination,
first in Rngland and then in America. They freed their own slaves and
later helped to estal)lish **the Underground Railway," and when the
clcud of the Rebellion darkened the sky of the Republic, these families
contril uted of their means and many of their young men went to the
front, some cf which returned no mere to the home of their childhood,
lut sleep in southern graves. Previous to the war, these families, almost
to a man, csi)cuse(l the cause he'd l)y the abolition party. After the
slavery ({uesticn was forever settled and other political issues came to
ihe front many l)ecane adherents to the cause of prohibition, others
joined the ranks of free silver, some became Democrats (free traders^ but
the great majority still help to hold aloft the banner of the Repul)lican
party, at the present time, 1907.
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Fraternally. As to the fraternities, some members of these families
have united with the Free Masons and have become recognized leaders
in that order. Others have become Oddfellows, while some may be found
as members of the insurance fraternities, and others who are engaged in
agricultural pursuits, have become patrons of husbandry and praise
the Grange and its benefits, but the majority of the members of these
families hold aloof from all secret societies, which is in no doubt due to
the teaching of Friends' discipline, and no desire for public preferment,
as to office. We will quote the article of discipline in question, taken
from the rules adopted by Friends* yearly meeting, of the state of Ohio,
and is in substance the same as all others.
'*Rule as to Masonry and other Kindred Associations.''
As a church, we have ever held that secret, oath-bound societies as
Freemasons, Oddfellows and other kindred associations are contrarv to
the example and teachings of the Lord Jesus, hurtful to the best in-
terests of his church and a serious hindrance to the spiritual life and
growth in grace, of its members; we therefore affectionatelv enjoin it
upon our youth, not to connect themselves in membersliip with sucli :
and if any of our members are found to l)e active or adhering members
of such societies or if any sliould join them, they should be tenderly and
faithfully labored witli and if such labor prove ineffectuil, thcv should
be dealt with as in other cases of offense."
A few words might be said with regard to the finincial standing of
thes families. We believe that the request of King Solomon, '*That he
be given neither poverty nor riches" would apply to their financial stand-
ing, which is the result of their own efforts and desires, to live modestly,
do justly and owe no man, thereby keeping the injunction as given by the
Apostle Paul. In one or two cases it might require seven figures to
• represent the accumulated wealth and in. others only two or three, yet
as tar as we know, avarice with its kindred vices has never led a mem-
ber of either family into the penitentiary, nor a lack of industry and thrift
compelled any to appeal for alms or shelter in a home for the unfor-
tunate. Speculation in stocks and otherwise has been tabooed as fickle
and uncertain and all games of chance which promise much for nothing,
but the rule seems to have been to make the income always more than
the outgo and with prudence and perseverence, a competency for old age
will be assured. We apend the following diagram of loss and gain which
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The Famous Packer vs Nixon Litigation
On the following pages we append the opinion given by the at-
torneys in the case of the representatives of Daniel Jones; also the
affirmation of Rhoda Packer Borton, "Packer vs. Nixon," in the matter
of the estate of Mathias Aspden. This suit at law was be^e^un in 1828
and decided in 1850. The object in bringing^ this action was to recjver
under the will of Mathias Aspden, Jr., property which had descended
through his mother from his great-grandfather, Daniel Jones. It will
be seen from the above that the Packer heirs could not w^ell claim
under the Aspden will, but should have commenced in an early day, a
suit for ejectment, and recovery of the property. Daniel Jones, having
died intestate, according to the opinion given by the attorneys above,
there are at least two undivided shares, one of which should go to the
descendants of Rhoda Packer and Samuel Borton.
Opinion m the Case of the Representatives of Daniel Jones.
We have examined, although ])ut cursorily, yet satisfactorily, the
claims exhibited upon the part of the descendants of Daniel Jones, to
certain real estate situated in tlie city of Philadelphia and Northern
Liberties. Prima facia, there is no doul)t resting upon the face of the
title of those parties. The title to the property which they claim bein^ by
unequivocal and unquestioned documents, cstal)lished to have been
le.o[-ally vested in Daniel Jones, their progenitor. If Daniel Jones lias not
parted with said property, and I have met with nothing to induce me
to suppose he has, and if his daughter Rebecca and her husband, to w^hom
it must have descended, did neither convey it nor suffer it to be sold
under executions, then it must have come regularly down to the four
children of the said Rebecca and Philip Packer, viz: Samuel, Daniel,
Rhoda and Rebecca. Under two of those, viz., Samuel and Rhoda, the
present claims arise, and the question put to us is, whether, in the first
place, the title in Samuel Jones is regular and sufficient ; scondly, whether
there is anything in the Act of Limitations calculated to bar us from a
recovery. The title, as we have said, is regularly in the said Daniel,
and of course, unless parted with, he having made no wnll, descended
to his daughter. We have examined the Register's office, in order to
ascertain the extent of personal property left by Daniel Jones, and find
that it but little exceeded two hundred dollars. This certainly is but a
small personal estate, when compared with the vast extent of real prop-
erty of which it is alleged he died possessed. However, it must be re-
membered — we speak of other days than those in which we live — that
at the period of Daniel Jones' death, furniture to the amount of two
hundred dollars was not altogether contemptible; and we must bear in
mind, that although the real estate in question is at this time, of im-
mense value, it was, at the time of the purchase or grant, u])war(ls of
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one hundred and twenty-five years since, of little or no consideration
in a pecuniary point of view. So that, upon reflection, whatever may
now appear to have been the disparity between his real and personal
estate — a disparity brought about by the lapse of more than a century,
which has diminished in our estimation the .value of the one, and in-
creased, almost beyond proportion, that of the other — we may fairly
conclude, that there is nothing in the circumstance referred to, cal-
culated to excite unfavorable suspicion of the title by which the property
was held by Daniel Jones, and, as far as we have been able to learn,
no conveyance was made by him of the estate in question. Indeed, he
died shortly after it became his, and the probability of his having trans-
ferred it to others, is diminished by that consideration. There is an-
other circumstance which infalliably shows that he, as well as his
immediate heirs, died, seized of the chief part, if not all, of the real estate,
the deeds for which have been submitted to us. It appears, that in the
year 1768 Rebecca Aspden and Daniel Packer, two of the children of
Rebecca Packer, the only child of Daniel Jones, executed a deed where-
in they recite the title in their grandfather to certain real estate, and
that recital accords with the description of the estate now claimed. We
may therefore say that the property in question came unimpaired in^o
the hands of the grandchildren, viz., Samuel, Rhoda, Daniel and Rebecca,
the two last of whom, as we have said, executed a deed in 1786, un.lo
Mattbais Aspden and James Hartley, wherein they state that they arc
the only surviving children of Rebecca Packer.
Now, whether this were true or false matters but little in regarJ to
our claims. If Rebecca and Daniel were the only survivnig children,
they Vv'ere certainly not the only children, and it is equally certain tlmt
the other two children of Rebecca, viz., Samuel and Rhoda, left nuniercu->
issue or oiTspring, some of whom are still alive, and all of whom arc
legally represented in this claim. This being the case, the deed referred
to could, of course, convey no right or title that was not possessed by
the grantors. They may have been the only children, but thev v.cre
not the only heirs. Hence, we take it as pretty well established that
dowii to the time of the grandchildren, no appropriation incompatible
with our claim had been made of the real estate in dispute, and there is
no reason to suppose that since that time no appropriation has been
Made. As to the second question, or that having relation to the Statute
oi Limitations, we can only observe, that we have been much at a loss
in respect to the chronological part of thic inquiry, and, consequently
that if it were essentially necessary, we should encounter great difficulty
in coming to a satisfactory conclusion upon the subject.
But we are inclined to think that the case may be placed upon other
and better footing. The present holders of the property may be con-
sidered as not holding adversely, but as tenants in common with the
present claimants so that it is optional with us either to proceed by
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ejectment, provided the statute should not bar us, or, if it should, we
can at least proceed in partition against the present holders of the de-
batable lands, as tenants in common with us of the larger right, no time
can deprive us.
After infinite labor and difficulty, and a most careful investigation
of the documents and papers submitted to our inspection, and after ex-
tracting from among the rust and rubbish of near a century and a half,
all the light that could be possibly derived, although certainly less than
might have been desired, we are inclined to the opinion: — First, that
Daniel Jones had a complete legal title vested in him at the time of his
death, which descended to the present claimants. Secondly, that there
is nothing in the deed from Daniel and Rebecca Packer calculated to
affect our claim; and thirdly, that although the statute may bar an eject-
ment, the remedy of partition is still open to the claimants.
Wm. Raule, Jr.,
D. P. Brown.
February 25th, 1823.
Affirmation of Rhoda (Packer) Borton.
Rhoda Borton, aged about 84 years, residing in the county of Bur-
lington, in the state of New Jersey, in Evesham township, widow. Being
duly affirmed on the part of the petitioners, deposes as follows:
My father's name was Samuel Packer, called Samuel Tones Packer,
and he sometimes put the Jones first. He was the son of Philip Packer
of Pensauken. He(Philip) married Rebecca Jones; she was his second
wife, and the daughter of Daniel and Mary Jones, as I have been told,
the children of Philip Packer, by Rebecca Jones, were Samuel, Daniel,
no other sons that I have any knowledge of: daughters, Rebecca, Martha,
Rhoda, Mary, and I believe the name was Sarah, not Mary. Sarah mar-
ried John Carter, I don't know her children. I believe she left children,
but they were out of my knowledge. Rebecca married Roger Hartley
of Bucks county; she married secondly Matthias Aspden; her children
by R. Hartley were Roger, James, Benjamin, Ann, Jennet, Bathsheba
and Rebecca; I don't recollect any others, and am not sure I have stated
them in the order of their birth ; she left a child by Aspden, a son named
Matthias, he was the only child that I know of. I was personally ac-
quainted with Matthias Aspden the younger, and with his mother while
he went to England. I cannot tell if Roger Hartley the younger left
any children ; he was living in Pennsylvania some time ago. James and
Benjamin are both dead; James left no children that I ever heard of;
he died more than ten years ago, soon after I was married. Benjamin
left daughters; I don't know of any sons, don't remember how many
daughters nor their names, some of them married into the Brick familv.
Ann, the daughter of the first Roger Hartley, is dead ; she married Will-
jam Hinchman, she left children, one named Ann, another William, one
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John, who is dead; he lived in Moorestown. Jennet died a young;* woman,
unmarried. Bathsheba married a Nathan Zanes and left two daughters
and some sons, the daughters are living and I believe some of the sons
are; the daughters were named Ann and Sarah, Ann married a man
named Ellis, and Sarah a Champion; Ann lived recently near Haddon-
field, and Sarah in it.
Rebecca, daughter of the first Roger Hartley, married John Kay.
now both dead, leaving children, whose names I do not konw. They
have both been dead more than ten years. They left a son named
Matthias; he is dead; he was married. I don't know if he left children;
he died not a great while ago, perhaps eight or ten years. My father,
Samuel Packer, had ten children, Parthena, Rebecca, Susan, Sarah, Ruth,
myself (Rhoda), Daniel, John, and Eleanor. Parthena married William
Lopen'. They are both dead; they died more than ten years ago, I ex-
pect. They left Uriah, Rhoda and Ravhel, their children. I can't tell
if Uriah is living; he went to the new country; I understood his father
went after him, but he must be deceased if he did. Rhoda married a
man named Bailey, I don't know if she is dead or alive. Rachel, I don't
know whether she married, or is living or dead. These are all the chil-
dren of Parthena I know of. Rebecca married Caldwell. They are both
deceased; he has been dead many years and she too; they left one
daughter named Sarah, a son Thomas, who died during the old war.
Sarah married Thomas Sims and had some children, who are deceased,
They had two grandchildren, I can't tell their names. Thomas left no
children, Sarah, my sister, died childless; so did Samuel. Ruth married
James Duffield; she is dead, dying in the time of the yellow fever in
Philadelphia. She left Samuel, James and Rhoda. Ther<: was also one
Edward. Samuel is dead; he died an infant; James died a young man,
out at sea. I expect he died unmarried. John is living, Edward is liv-
ing; Rhoda is dead; she married James Reynolds. She died very lately,
since the death of the testator. I married Samuel Borton.
Daniel, my brother, has been dead many years. He left Samuel.
John, Daniel, Susan, Elizabeth. These are all I can recollect. Samuel is
living, I believe they are all living; there were children who died in
infancy. Susan married Hugh Cox, Elizabeth is unmarried, my brother
John is dead, leaving issue, his children were James, Edward, (I don't
know which was first) Martha, Mary and John, John was the youngest.
My brother John died a long time ago, more than thirty years ago. My
husband has been dead more than thirty years.
The children of my brother John are all living except John, who
died twelve or thrteen years ago ; he died a young man without children.
My sister Eleanor married Amos Bee, they are both dead ; he died a con-
siderable time ago ; she married again and died five or six years ago, her
second husband was Isaiah Hunt, I think died before Matthias Aspden's
death; her children by Amos Bee were Deborah, who died before her.
GENEALOGY. 299
Samuel, Ephraim, Packer, Eleanor and Rebecca. Deborah died in in-
fancy. Samuel is dead, leaving no children that I know of. He died
since his mother, about ten years ago. Ephraim died at seat, leaving no
children, before his mother's death. Packer had one daughter; I don't
know whether she is dead or alive, the daughter is named Deborah, she
is married. Eleanor Bee was twice married, her first husband was Isaac
Leeds, her second was Joseph Wiley; she died I guess as much as seven
years ago, her children are living for aughht I know. Charlotte is iust
married to Joseph Sickler, Mary Ann is living, unmarried, and Ruth, I
believe, had children by Wiley I don't exactly remember. Haywood is
one; he is living; they had a daughter who died a child. Rebecca Bee
married Asa VanSciever, they are both living. Eleanor Bee had by her
second husband Isaiah Hunt, Samuel, Rhoda and Isaiah; they are all
living I believe. Rhoda married Jacob Sickler. Rhoda, my aunt, the
daughter of Philip Packer and Rebecca Jones, married George Hammitt.
They are dead many years ago, sixty years ago ; they left children. They
had Daniel, who died a young man unmarried, for all I have heard.
George was the next, Samuel, Rhoda, Theodosia, Rebecca, Benjamin,
Joseph, Sarah, Elias and Thomas. George is dead, he died many years
ago, before I was married, he left children, one son Daniel and some
daughters, whom I do not recollect. Daniel lived in Moorestown. I
don't remember the names of any of the daughters. Samuel Hammitt
died, I believe, many years ago ; I don't remember how many children he
left nor their names. Rhoda Hammitt married a man named William
Wheaton, and had one daughter by him ; they are both dead a long time
ago. They did six or eight years ago. The daughter's name was Mary;
she married Thomas Haines, I believe. I think she and he are both
living. Theodosia Hammitt is dead, it may be ten years ago; she mar-
ried a man named Manning, I think, and left children, whose names I
do not know. Rebecca Hammitt died a young woman, unmarried.
John Hammitt is dead I believe; I don't know how long ago ?e died
I don't remember the children; he had sons and daughters, I believe;
he had a son named Eves, but I don't know what became of him. I
think he had a son Thomas who deceased lately. He kept a tavern, I
don't know what children he left. I believe there was a daughter named
Hepzibah; I have not heard of her death. Benjamin Hammitt went out
to the new country and settled there, I don't know if he had any chil-
dren, and I have not heard of his death. Joseph Hammitt married and
lived at the Rising Sun; he died 14 or 15 years ago. I cannot remem-
ber his children. He had a son George, but I cannot tell whether he is
living or dead. Sarah Hammitt married Wothon, who has been dead a
good many years, and her husband, too. I don't know that I saw any
of the children except John. There were others whom I remember see-
ing when they were small. Elias Hammitt, son of George and Rhoda,
I most think is dead, leaving a daughter or two, I think there were one
^60 BORTON FAMILY
or two others. Thomas Hammitt died many years ago. I know nothing
of his children. Being examined on the part of the complainant, the
witness says I cannot say whether my father was older than my Uncle
Daniel, but I rather expect so. My father died first, some of us were
young when my father died. My uncle Daniel left no children; he had
one who died an infant. Daniel, my brother, was older than my brother
John. I had but two brothers. My brother Daniel died about ten years
after my marriage, as well as I can recollect. (Produces her marriage
certificate. Married on the nth of November, 1766, Samuel Borton to
Rhoda Packer). My uncle Daniel died about five or six years after my
marriage. My brother Daniel died ten or fifteen years before my hus-
band's death, which was about thirty years ago. Samuel was the oldest
of my brother Daniel's sons. I cannot say if the oldest child, but believe
he was. Samuel, my nephew, is living; I expect he is here now.
Being examined on behalf of Job Packer, the witness says, I don't
recollect a Philip Packer, who married Ann Coates. My grandfather had
a son Philip, who married and lived in Pennsylvania; he was not the son
of Philip and Rebecca Jones, he was the son by a first wiie. I remember
a son of his namd Aaron, comig out of Pennsylvania to see my mother.
I don't know the name of the first wife, he was an old man when he
married my grandmother. I have heard my mother say that his head was
as white as a sheet. I had not a good chance of knowing the Philip Pack-
er's family of Pennsylvania. I knew my grandmother very well; she came
and stayed with my mother; perhaps I was then two years old.
Being examined on the part of Jone Zane and Isaac Zane, the wit-
ness says, Matthias Aspden, the testator, his brother, James Hartley and
waiting man came to our house after they returned from England, not
long afterwards, a few years perhaps, Matthias Aspden, the testator,
went with his father to England to get his, the father's eyes coached.
This was when I was about fourteen or fifteen years old; he wrote to
his mother that he was then going to school in England. I don't re-
member when he went to England a second time. They came to see if
uncle Daniel had signed his rights to lots in the city of Philadelphia,
my grandmother wanted my father Samuel to have, because he bore
the maiden name.
Matthias Aspden came down with Hartley to get all us children to
sign our right to him. I believe Matthias Aspden returned to England
about the beginning of the war. I think he came home after it was
settled. I don't know how long he stayed in this country; he was back-
wards and forwards several times. I did not see him the last time he
was here. RHODA BORTON.
Examination taken, reduced to waiting, and by the witness sub-
scribed to the eleventh day of August, 1829, before me,
T. L. Wharton, Master.
Rhoda Borton, being examined on the part of the petitioners, de-
G£NEAL06V
261
poses as follows : I have heard of Matthias Aspden being twice married.
The issue of the first marriage was a daughter, who was married to Cap-
tain Harrison. I never heard when I was young, many years ago, any
doubts of her being born in lawful wedlock.
RHODA BORTON.
ESTATE OF MAI 1 HIAS ASPEN,
OCTOBER 12th., 1849.
Par Value Appraised
Remarks
Value
and Costs.
Cash $
780 53 $
780 53
U. S. 5 per cent Stock,1853
58000 00
58688 68
Cost 101.46
$21000. 1856)
$23000. 1862 y
52000 00
53802 22
Cost 103.46
8000. 1867 )
Penna. 5 percent Stock
415000 00
335693 83
Val. & Cost80.91
6 "
18000 00
19080 00
" " " 106
Phila. Co. 5 per cent
1000 00
8961 25
Cost 86.91
6 per cent
16000 00
15377 50
Cost 96 10
Girard bank, 100 shares at $50
5000 00
2815 00
Val. $28.25 share
U. S. bank, 320 shares at $100
32000 00
6400 00
Val. $20 a share
Judg. U. S. Nixon for taxes
478 08
478 08
UdionCanal 14 138-200 shares
2233 40
1116 70
Value 50 per cent
Bonds and Mortgages, viz: —
C. Shippen (property sold
this balance would be a
loss. $ 1153 37
J. W. Tilford 18000 00
Coleman Fisher 10000 00
Eliza Wilson 5000 00
Elizabeth Ray 2000 00
J. C. Spencer (3 of
$3000 each) 9000 00
Kimber & Sharpless
5000 00
H. Gardner 2500 00
•
52653 37
52753 37
$688245 38 $581057 99
262 BORTON FAMILY
Genealogical Notes and Biographical Sketches*
Borton Family.
Credits, pages 7-8.
Family in Europe 9 - 10.
History in America 10-11.
Certificate of Removal, 11.
Copy of the Will of John the Immigrant, 18.
Cedar House, 19.
Testimony concerning Obadiah Borton, Sr., 24.
Copy of Will of Obidah Borton, Sr., 24 - 25.
Biography of Stockton Borton, 30-31.
Biography of Margaret Borton and Jeremiah Rakestraw. 49.
Biographies of Japeth L. and Phoebe S. Prickitt with family history by
Daniel J. Prickitt, 70 - 76.
Biography of Benjamin Borton, Sr., 80-81.
Biography of Winfield Scott Borton, 84.
Remarks at Pennyroyal Reunion by Bethuel Abies, 101.
History of Pennyroyaldom by William Borton, 104 - 105.
Recollections of Old Center by William Borton at Pennyroyal Reunion, 112.
Letters sent to be read and remarks made at the Pennyroyal Reunion by
Lewis Wetzel Borton, 113-115.
Pieces sung at the Pennyroyal Reunion, 116 - 117.
Early Pioneerhistory of Joseph Bates, compiled by A. W. Fisher, 119 - 120.
Biography of Benjamin Borton, son of Bethuel Borton, 122; Biography of
Nathan Borton, 125 - 126; Pioneer life in the West by his daughter,
Emily A Town, 126 - 127.
Biography of Bethuel Borton, Jr., 127
History of Samuel Borton, son of ethue 1, Jr. and family, by his son,
George O. Borton, 128 - 132.
Biography of Asher Ely, 133.
Biography of Job Borton, Sr., 136.
Biography of Samuel C. Borton. 138.
Biography of John Borton, the sixth, 142 - 144.
Biography of Joseph H. Borton, of Atlantic City, N. J., 152 - 153,
Biography of Samuel Borton with Poem, 160 - 161.
Biography of Ezra Borton, 173 - 176.
History of Hubbard Family, descendants of Eliza Borton Hubbard, by
Leonidas Hubbard, Sr., 180 - 182.
Biography of Alexander Hubbard from Hillsdale County History, Mich-
igan, 185 - 186.
Biography of Horace Potter Borton, 186 - 187.
GENEALOGY, 263
Biography of Daniel Columbus Bortcn, 187.
Biography of Darling Haines Borton, 194 - 195.
Biography of Rev. Jesse Parker Borton, 196 - 197.
Biography of Hon. J. Hampton Moore, 198 - 199.
Obituary of Joseph B. Moore, 199.
Biography of Deborah Hunt Fox and reminiscences of Samuel Borton,
201 - 204.
Biography of Jesse Parker Borton, Jr., 205 - 206.
Biography of Ralph Hunt Borton, 207.
Mason Family ,
History of the Family at large, 207-211
The Family in Europe. "Evesham Masons." History New Jersey
branch. 211 - 214.
History of John Mason the Immigrant, 214.
Copy of the will of John Mason the Immigrant, 215.
Copy of the will of James Mason, 217.
History of First Friends* Church, Burlington, New Jersey, 217 - 218.
Copy of the will of Soloman Mason, 220 - 221.
Old Warming Pan, 221.
Biography of Elizabeth Mason Collins, 222 - 225.
Copy of the will of John Mason of "Evasham," N. J., 225.
Biography of John Mason of Fulton County, Ohio, 226.
History and obituary of Rebecca Vansciver Mason, 226 - 227.
Biography of John Ely, 227 - 228.
Biography of Reuben Borton Mason, 230 - 231.
Biography and letter of Abraham Mason, 233 - 234.
Biogrophy of John Paxon, 235 - 236.
Biography of John C. Mason, 237.
Biography of Josiah Mason, 240 - 241.
History of Salem, New Jersey, Masons and others who may have been
related to the'/*Evesham branch," 244 - 247.
Register of the names of veterans of the Civil War and other wars, 248 - 250,
Register of Attorneys \^ho have descended from the Borton and Mason
Families, 251.
Physicians who are connected with the Borton and Mason Families, 251 - 253.
General History as to the Mason and Borton Families, 253 - 254.
Information given as to the case at law. Will of Nathias Aspden, Jr., the
case entitled Packer vs Nixon, from 1828 to 1850, 255 to the end.
Family Record for Births, Deaths and Marriages.
264 BORTON FAMILY
Errata
Page 11 — 8th line from top, date should read 1679 — O. S.
Page 88 — 15th line from top, the Generation should be V, instead of VII,
and the children VI, instead of VIII.
Pages 88 — 90, Henry Harrison Fisher, should read Fishel.
Page 138 — 12th line from top, Grandmother should read Grandaughtcr.
Page 190— Marriage of Sarah A. Borton, and Abner Metzger should read
1851, instead of 1857.
Page 215 — Children of Rebecca Mason, and Jonathan Austin, the name of
Lydia Austin, should be included. She was married to William
Haines, a son of Nathaniel Haines, and Mary Henry, at Evesham
Meeting, Burlington county N. J., 19 — 5th mo, 1774, and immigrated
with the Sharps, and Bortons, to Clinton or Warren counties, Ohio,
INDEX
BORTON FAMILY
Ann. 1 12
Anne, II 12
Abram. IV 145- 17
Abigrail, IV. ...; 12
Abraham, V 17
Amy. V 18
Azariah. VI 21-158
Asa. VI 16s
Amy. VI 23
Abraham. V 145-146
Abigail, V 23-146
Asa, V 23
Ann, V 24
Abigail. V 26
Aaron E., VII 27
Ann R.. VI 27
Abigail, V 38, 31
Aaron, V 32
Amasa, VI 32
Abigail, VI 33, 32
Aaron. VI 40, 39- 37
Annie E. .VII 39
Albert D.. VIIL 39
Asahcl. VI 39
Aaron W. Jr.. VII 40
Alice M., IX 39
Ann C. VII 96
Alfred C. IX 18, 42
Aaron, VI 39, 40
Ann, VI 49
Alice. V 44
Alice, VIII 45
Allen W., VIII 45
Anna, VII 49
Ann, VI 63
Albcrtis R., IX 55
Aimer, IX 55
Alvaro T., VIII 59
Ann, VI 194
Abigail. VI 120, 118
Ann, V 80
Addie. VII 107
Arminda, VII 109
Ann D.. VII 133
Alden, VIII 134
Alvin T.. VIII. : 134
Alberta. IX 134
Allen J.. VIII 134
Alice. VIII 173
Archie. VIII 137
Ada. VIII 139
Arthur W.. VIII 139
Arthur A.. IX 139
Abraham. V 17
Abigail, VI 77
Adaline, VII 109
Anna Cora, VIII 107
Asa, V 146
Abraham, VII 148
Abram, VII 146
Anna, VII 44
Anna M., VII 159
Albert, VII 161
Amos, VII 161
Alonzo W., VIII 161
Ahimaiz, VII 123-165
Arthur, VII 165
Asa Jr., VII 165
Azelia, VIII 165
Asa, VIII 166
Arthur, VIII 169
Allen J., VIII 135
Arthur, IX 139
Arthur, VIII 168-186
Asa, IX 170
Allen. VII 170
Amanda, VII 170
Amanda, VIII 172
Allen, VIII 169-172
Austin, VIII
Alonzo, VIII 173
Alice. VIII 42-243
Angclinc. VII 176
.\lmira. VII 176
Amos. VI 179
Alvira. VII 176
Armintha. VII 88
.•Mice. VII 136-176
Arthur, IX 187
Albert H., VIIL ......192
Abner, VIII 189
Alexander. VII 190
Arthur R., IX 192
Albert R., VII 192
Alcibiades. VII 192
Angclinc. VII 192
Anttey E.. VII g'S
Albert F.. IX 193
Ann, VII 148
Albert J.. IX 195
Amy, VI 205
Alfred. VII 205
Asa. VII 205
Anna, VII 47-205
Arthur R.. VIII 20s
Asa A., VIII 205
Amy Anna, VII. ..206-238
Amanda. VIII 239
Anna May, VIII 241
Benjamin. IV 13
Benjamin. VII 47-206
Barbara, VII 68
Bessie. VIII 179
Benjamin. VIII 189
Benjamin, IV.- 8a
Bethucl, V 80-117
Benjamin Jr., V 109
Benjamin, VI 107
Baker, VI 95
Benjamin, VI 77
Bazil, VII 108
Benjamin, VI 109
Bethuel, VI 117
Benjamin. VI 117
Blanch, IX 135-192
Barzilla 152
Bethuel, Jr.. VI 109
Bethuel, VII 123-138
Barbary. VIII 123
Benjamin, VII 88-123
Benjamin J.. VII 133
Bryant, VIII 135
Bertha. IX 135
Byron L.. VIII 192
Belle, VIII 165-194
Bert. VIII 164-201
Blanch E.. VIII 205
Benjamin P., VIl 136
Beulah, VIII 128-239
Bertha, VIII. 239
Blanch. IX 140
Caleb, IV 13
Charles, VI 77
Clarence Leo, IX 166
Caleb. Jr., V 38
Chalkley, VIII 33
Clayton, VII 35
Carrie G.. IX 42
Charles T., IX 39-171
Chalmer. IX 55
Carl, IX 56
Clarence, IX 57
Clemmic M.. IX 61
Charles, VI 198
Clio Franci.s, VII 8s
Charity L. VII 85
Charles R.. VII 88
Carrie, VII 97
Celestia B., VII 106
Clinton B.. VII 106
Charity, VI 107-117
Charles, VII icg
C. Walter, VIII 153
Charity, VI 109
Charity, V 224
Charity. VII 123
Cynthia, VII ^23
Clarissa, VII 123
Cynthia L.. VIII r34
Clarence, IX .135
Charles, VIII 137
INDEX
Charles, VIII 139
Clinton H., VII 105
Caroline. VI 152
Charles S., VIII 154
Charles S. Jr.. IX 154
Cornelia \\ ., VII 158
Clark, VIII 159
Chalkley, VIII 160
Chester C. VIII 162
Charles. VIII 164
Crete. IX 164
Clare, IX 164
Celia, IX 164
Charles N., VIII 165
Clarence. IX i66
Clara, IX 166
Cora. VIII i6()
Cleanthcs. VIII i/i
Chloe. IX 171
CliflFord. IX 179
Charlotte. VH 18(1
Clement. VIII 45
Cyrus. VIl 186
Charlotte. \'\\\ i8(;
Caleb W. VII igo
Carrie. VIII 191
Charles H.. VIII 191
Clifton R.. IX 192
Curtis L.. VII 192
Cecil W.. VIII 106
Charles S.. VIII 192
Clark. IX 19.^
Claud. VMI H)^
Carl D.. VIII 19.=^
Cora Ksse. VIII 195
Carl I). Ir.. IX 195
Clyde. VIII 197
Charles. VI 77
Charles. Jr. VII 200
Cinderella. VII 2^^
Clara. VIII 241
Daniel. V 22-179
Deborah, V 21
Deborah. VI 149
Daniel, Jr., VI 179
Darlini-^ II.. VI. ...179-194
David. V T46
Darius. IX 55
Delia. VIII 57
Dacy C. VII 85
Delila, VI 109
David. VI 107
Dora. VII 107
Daisy, VIII 107
Delila. VII 88
Devilla. VIII 135
Daisy M.. VIII 135
BORTON FAMILY
David. VII. . . .' 40-136
Dortha, IX 139
David. VI 109
Deborah, VII 18
Deborah. VII 165
Dora, IX i66
Dessie, IX 169
Daisey. IX 17^
Delta. IX 17-'
Daniel. Jr., VII 186
Dcssa. IX 187
Daniel C. VIII 186
Daniel Jr.. VIII 189
Daniel D.. IX i8q
Don. IX 193
Daniel H.. VII 194
Dale, IX 200
Darius G.. VIII 205
Dora. VIII 239
Daisy. VIII 108
Esther. II i5
Klizabeth. II 16
Elizabeth. IV
Esther. IV
Elizabeth, V ^2
h'l)hraini. V 21
Eleanor. V .22
Esther. VI 35
Eber. VI 21
Elizabeth. VI .37
Ellen. VI 159
Ezra, VI 17<>
Eliza, VI 179
Elizabeth. VI .^5
Edward. V 146
Irlsther. V 146
Elizabeth. V 14<>
Elizabeth E.. VII 27
Elwood C. VI 29
Eliza r... VI 2i)
Elizabeth \.. VI : 29
Elizabeth. \'I I5>
Elizabeth. VI ^7
Edward. VI 95
h:iwo«.d. VI X^
Elton. VI 34. X^
Ella M.. \'III .34. .33
Ethel. IX 171
Earl T.. IX 34
Elizabeth. VI 205
Edwin E.. VII 39
Edith N.. VIII 39
Edna May, IX .34
Eniilv, TX 39
Ethel M.. IX 39
Edith M.. IX 39- 57
Emma, VIII 40
Estella, VIII 40
Elizabeth S., VI 3^
Elizabeth L., VII 40
Elizabeth, VIII 41
Etta, IX 4^
Elsie. A.. VIII 44
Edward R.. VII 47- 4«
Everett, VI JI 4S
Elsie A.. VIII 45
Ella J., VIII 54
Elmer G., IX 55
Edgar. VIII 57
Edith, VIII 40
Eliza Jane, VII 59
Esther L.. IX 61
Ernest C. IX 61
Estella M.. VIII 6q
Elsie, VIII 54
Edward, VI .'.. 32
Elijah, VI 96
Edson S., .VII 103-106
Eppa L., VII 10s
Emmet S.. VII 105
Elsie. VII 84
Ernest S.. Vll 106
I":mmet, VIII i«^
b:iizabeth. VII 107-163
Elizabeth. VII 108
Emaline. VII 109
Edwin, VIII 123
Emily A.. VII 123
Enrl J.. VIII 134
ICtlic. IX 135
Emmet. VIII i35
Elon Fay. VIII I35
Eddie, IX 135
Elizabeth. VII ioi>
Ella, VIII 140
Edward. V 23
Esther. VII 1=8
IClizabeth. V 3»
Elwood T.. VI i4<»
Elizabeth W.. VII 14'*
Edward Jr.. VI 148
Emmor. VII 148
Elizabeth A.. VII 148
Emaline C. VI 149
Elizabeth. VII ,U
Emily W.. VIII 15J
Effie R, VIII 154
Eli. VI 33
Elizabeth J.. IX 154
Esther, VIII 108
Emily R.. VII 15S
Elizabeth. VII i3>^
Elizabeth M., VII Ku
Edith. VIII i6i
INDEX
Esther, VI 152
Eleanor, IX 162
Earl, IX 162
Elwood, VII 119
Elizabeth, VII 159
Ella, VIII 163
Etta. VIII 164
Edwin. VIII 39-169
Ellis, VIII ;..i69
Ellis, VII 170
Elmer, VIII 172
Emma. V^III 239
Eva. IX 189
Emalinc. VII 176
Elsworth. VIII 179
Eliza. VII 186
Eugene II., IX 187
Ellis, VIIL 189
Elma L., VIII 189
Ethel. IX ^4-189
Eva. IX.-
Eliza. VII 190
Etta. VIII 191
Elamler. VI [ 192
Edwin S.. VIII 192
Edith. VIII 200
Elizabeth. VI 159
Edward H.. VJ 205
Elmer E.. VIII 205
Earl, IX 193
Edwin. IX 193
Enos Ed.. VI f 194
Elsray. VIII 197
Elean(jr. VII 119
Ellen. Vir 200
Emma. VI H 2 ^9
Emma. VIII '
Ernest. VIII 239
Elwood. VII 163-241
Eleanor. Vll 200-241
Eva. VIII 24r
Esther. VIII
P'ranklin, \'II 39
Frank E. VIII 39
Francis I*.. IX 42
Francis. \'II1 239
Franklin. VIII i6()
Fred W.. VII 88
Frank M.. VIII 54- 55
Freemr)nt. VIII 123
Frederick. IX 134
Frank I... VIII 153
Faith. IX 1^4
Frank ()., IX 162
Franris IJ.. IX 162
Frederick S.. VIII 162
Frank. VIII 123-169
Florence, VIII. ...169-173
Forest, IX 189
Franklin, VII 190
Frederick, IX 193
Florence, IX 193
Fay, IX 56
Forest, IX 193
Fern, IX 193
Francis, VIII 45
Francis, IX 57-200
Francis, VIII 200
Franklin. VIII 60-241
George T., VIII 42
George T. Jr., IX
George, VI ^^
George Jr., VII 53
Gertrude, IX 56
Glen. IX 200
Golden B.. IX .'. 57
Grace L., IX 6r
Grover C, VII 84
Gladys. VIII 106
George, VI 48-107
George T., VII 107
George O., VIII 128
Grace, VII 138
Gladis. IX 139
George B.. VII 152
George W..'VIII 153
Gertrude. IX 154
Grace .S.. VII 159
Grace W.. VIII 162
Gladys. IX 172
George, IX 187
(iail. IX 193
George T., VII 194
Gilbert E.. TX 45
George, TX 200
Glenn. IX
George. VII 238
Grace, VIII 239
Glen. VIII 239
Gaston. VIII 108
Glen. VIII 108
Gregg. VIII 108
Hannah. Ill 13
ITaimah. IV 24
Hannah. V 146
Hannah. VTT 171
Hettie T.. VII 26
Helen P.. VIII 27
Hannah. V ^y
I loward J.. IX ^4
Helen M.. VII *
Hannah, VT 146
Hannah, \'H 44
Helen G.. VIII 45
Henry, VI 49
Henry C, VIII 54
Harry B., IX 55
Homer, IX 55
Harry, IX 55-193
Herman, IX 55
Hershell, IX 55
Hilpa, VIII 134
Herbert, IX 56
Henry, VI
Harry, VI 84
Harriet A., VI loi
Homer T.. VIII 107
Harriet P., VII 124
Hazel, IX 128-134
Henry. VIII 135
Herbert L,. VIII 135
Howard. VIII 128-137
Hazel. VIII 137-239
Hannah, VIII 171
Hannah, VI 33
Hannah T.. VI 149
Helen M., IX 39
Hugh, IX 154
Hannah. VII 158
Harry. VIII ,59
Hiantha. VIII 172
Harriet G.. VIII 162
Herbert, VIII 163
Herman, VIII 169
Hazeji. IX 169
Hannah T.. VIII [ 44
Hiantha. VII 171
Horace P.. VII 186
Harold. IX 191
Henry. VII 53
Henry. IX 192
Helen .IX 19"^
Hazel. VIII 193:239
G.AL FOUR INDEX^
Hugh v.. IX ,96
Hampton. VII 205
Herman, VIII 239
Hester .'K., VII. ...'.118:241
Hampton. VII 119-241
Howard N.. VIII. 241
Helen R.. VIII 243
'•^aac. I\' ^8
I^'i'«il>. VI 49-163
Ira. VI 170
Isabel. VII 47
Isaac, \' 77
Isaac. V ^
Isaac. VI
Irene I.. VI 67- 83
fra. VII ,7^
Irvin. VIII ,35
INDEX
BORTON FAMILY
Inez Eva, VIII 135
Israel, VII 161
Ida, IX 164
Isaac, VII 170
Ira Jr., VII 170
Ira, VIII 88-172
Isaac, VIII 173
Isaac. VII 194
Iva, VIII 108
John, 1 10-12
John Jr., II 12
John, III 12
John, IV 13-23-146
John, V 15-146
John, VI. ...198-33-48-59
John, VII 53- 60
John, VIII 57-139
John v., IX 139
John G., IX 154
John, VII 163-107-107
John Ncr, IX 33-i6o
John VI 152-107-117
John B., VI 108
John Stokes, VII 33
John D., VIII 39
John G., VII 44
John H., VIII 54
John S., VIII 60
John Wesley, VII 67
John W., VI 83
John, IX 187
John H., VII 108
John W., VII 105
John Henry, VII. . .88-108
John T., VII 138
John, VIII 140
John T., VI 149
John W., VII 153
John C, VIII 192
John F., VII 194
John A., VIII 241
Jacob, IV
Jane, IV
Joseph, IV 13
Job, IV 13- 24
Joshua, IV 13- 26
Josiah, IV 13- 48
Joseph, V 22
Joseph, VI 117
Joseph, V 145-198
Jesse Packer, V 22-204
Joseph, VI 18
Joshua, VI 145
Jesse Packer, VI 179
Jane, VI 49-67
Jesse Jr., VI 204
Jacob H., VI 205
Jacob, V 146
oshua, VI 179
oshua E., VIII 26
bsiah B., VII 27
Harold, VII 28
acob, V 32
oel, V 38
emima, VI 152
acob, VI 32
bsiah, VI ^
Howard, VIII 34
oseph M., VII 39
oseph H., IX 40
oseph C. VIII 40
oel Jr., VI 39
esse T., IX 42
oel. VII 44
. Gilbert, VIII 44
oel R., VIII 45
oseph, VII 47
oseph, VII 107-200
osiah Jr., V 48
bsiah Jr., VI 48
ob. VI 49
ane, VI 68
ob. VII 53
ames E., VIII 54
esse, IX 55
ob.. VII 57
osiah, VII 68
ames A., VII 59
oycy, VII. 60
oseph E.. VIII 60-243
ane, VI 179
ob., VI 109
ane. VII 68-190
osiah Jr.. VII 58
ames, V 80
ames W., VI 83
ohn. VII 238
oseph J., VIII 88
ames Wesley. VI 95
osephine. VII 96
ames, VIE 59-238
emima. VI
oseph H.. VII 152
osephine H., VIII. ..152
. Harvey, VIII 153
. Howard. VIII I53
ames C VII 153
emima, VII 158
oseph E., VII ..159
ane, VII 107
esse. VI 103
ames B.. VI 103-148
ames L., VIII 107
oseph, VII 118
ane, VII 69
Jesse, IX 58
Job., VI 117-148
Job, VII 58
Job Jr., VII 133
Jennie A., VIII 134
Jacob, V
James, VII 96
Joseph, VII 148
Jane, VIII 57-161
Jay R., VIII
Jacob M., VIII
Jesse, VIII 107-165
Jacob, IX 166
Jane, VII 161
Joseph. VII 176
J. Arthur, VIII 187
Jane. VII. 176
Joshua L., VIII 192
Joseph. VIII 45-193
Jennie, VIII 194
Jesse P., VI igo
Judson, VII 194
Joseph.. VII 238
Jesse Jr., VI
Jacob H., VI
Jesse P., VIII 205
Jesse Packer. VII. .194-206
Joseph, VII
James. V 88- 95
Jesse T.. VIH 239
Joseph. VII 241
Keziah, V
Keziah. VI 39
Keziah. VI 109
Keziah. VI
Katie L.. IX 55
Keziah. VI 33
Keturah. VI 109
Katherine A.. VIII. ...189
Lydia. V
Lydia. V
Levi. V 27
Levi N.. VI
Levi. V
IJnwood. VIII 40
Lydia B.. VII 34
Lydia F.. VIJI 4^
Linda T.. VIII 44
Lucy L., VIII 44-45
Lulu Jet, IX 45
Levi, VIII 56
Leander. VIII 57
Lena B.. IX 57
Leo Baker, VII 88
Lydia, VIII 166
Lucctta. VII f^
INDEX
Lydia G.. VII 120
Levi M., VII S3
l-iicinda C. VIII 54
Laura E., VI 84
Lola. VH 84
Leslie. VII 90
Lewis Wetzel, VI 95
Louisa. VI 9f)
Leah, VIIT 106
Laura. VII 107
Levi. VI 109
Lydia. VII 136
Louisa. VIII 123
Lottie. VIII 123
Lydia. VII 40
Leon, IX 134
Leroy, VIII 135
Loyd. VIII 135
Lydia, VII 58-124
Lydia, IX 140
Lydia% VI 146
Lydia, VII 170
Lavina. VIII 159
Louisa. VII 161
Luther H.. VIII 161
Lillie. VIII ic8
Luna. VIII 109
Leroy L., VIII
Lewis B.. VII S9
Lowell. VIII 163
Leon. IX. 134
Lilly. VIII 161
Levi. VIII 164
Lucinda. VII 165
Laura. VIII 165-243
Lottie. VIII 165
Lillian, VIII 165
Lydia. VIII
Lucy. IX 166
Lura. VIII 161
■Leo. IX 164-169
Lamont. IX 169
Lizzie. VIII. . . .-. 169
Linus. VII 170
Lyman. VII 170
Lucetta. VIII . .172
Linus, VIII
Lyman. IX.
Lucina, VII 176
Lewis. VIII 189
Leona. VIII 189
Lewis. VII 190
Leslie. VIII 191
Lucxetia. VII 192
Lucina J.. VIII 192
Leonidas H., VII 194
Lucy. VIII 193
Lorin, IX 193
Lizzie, VIII 200
Lizzie, VII 200
Louis, VIII 200
Lizzie. VII; 200
Lucy IL. VIII 205
Leroy E., VIH 205
Lester. VIII.. 239
Lyman. VIII 239
Letta, VIII 239
Leonard. VIII 239
Lily. VIII 164
Levi. VI 179
Mary. II 16
Mary, IV 12-20-144
Mary, V 22-146
Mary V 80-201
Mary, VI 1 17-179
Mary, VII 159-34- 60
Mary, V^III. .193-171-30-164
Mary, IX 172
Mary, E.'VII 119
Mary, VII 241
Mary C. VII 38
Mary, VI 198
Mary E.. VII 119
Mary Haines. VI 28
Mary. VII 190-200
Mary J., VII 35
Mary Emma, VII 39
Mary Ella. VIII 39
Mary W., IX 39
Mary C, VI 38
Mary It., IX 55
Mary W., VIII 45
Mary E., VIII 54
Mary E., IX 56
Mary Jane, VIII 56
Mary. IX 187
Mary R., VIII 60
Mary L., VI 84
Mary M., VIII. ...166- 19-2
Mary E., VIII 123
Mary L.. VII 124
Mary C, VIII 134
Mary E., VII 47
Mary L.. VII 138
Mary Eliza, VIII 147
Mary Annie, VII 47
Mary Ann. VII 165
Mary Ann. VII 238
Mary E.. VII 136
Mary E.. VIII 186
Mary P., IX 187
Mary M., VII 105
Mary A., VII 159
Mary E., VI
Martha, V 80
Margaret B., VI
Marian H., VII 28
Martha, Vf ^^
Mabel E., VIII 39
Mildred, IX 40
Maria, VI 38
Martha R., VII 40
Mildred, IX 42
Martha R., VIII 44
Margaret. VI 48
Mahlon. VI 49
Mable V., IX 54
Martha S.. VIII 54
Mellie C, IX 55
May, VIII 165
May, IX 58
Margaret. VII 60
Martha Ellen. VII 60
Margaret E.. VIII 60
Martha E.. VII 136
Mahlon, VII 68
Margaret, VII 68
Martha. V
Martha M.. VI 83
Mariah. VII 136
Martha, VI 95
Maggie Z.. VII 106
Margaret. VI .107
Martha, VII 107
Melissa, VII 109
Martha, VII 123
Martha, VI 118
Martha L., VIII 54
May, VIII 128
Mable, VIII 162
Martha E., VII
Mariah, VIII 88
Martha A.. VII 138
Marion, VIII 140
Minnie. VIII 140
Maud, IX 140
Martha, VI 149
Martha P., IX I54
Meribah W.. VII 158
Minnie, VIII IS9
Marian, IX 162
Mabel, VIII 239
Mercy M., VII 165
Martha E.. VIII 165
Mildred, IX 169
INDEX
Marjoric, IX 187
Mark, VIII 189
Margaret." IX i8g
Melissa, VII 190
May, VIII 191
Merinda, VII 192
Minerva, VII 192
Myrtle, VIII 193-24?
Mable, VIII 135
Mathew, VII 194
Margaret A., VII 194
Minnie F., VIII 20s
Mablc, VIII 193
Martha. VIII ic8
Mildred. VIII 108
Naomi. VI 17
Ner. VI 33
Ner P»., VII x^
Norman, VII
Nathan, VII 59
Neat, VIII 107
Nancy, VI 109
Nathan, VI 117
Nathan C, VII 133-136
Nora, VIII 16s
Nellie, IX 128-169
Nancy, VII 170
Nellie. VIII 194
Norman, IX 39
Obadiah. Ill 24-12- 23
Obadiah Jr.. V 20
Oscar L.. VIII 27
Omar, VI 38
Omar, VIII 45
Ona, IX 57
Orville. IX S7
Orphclia. VII 84
Ola, VIII 57
Otto, VII
Oscar, VII 88-109
Oren, VIII 134
Olin C, IX 134
Oda, IX i7r
Osceola, VIII 193
Obadiah. VII 119-238
Obadiah Jr., VII 23^
Otis, VIII 239
Orva, VIII 135
Ora 84
Phcbc, IV 13
Patience, V
Patience, VI 38
Phcbc Ann. VI 38
Prudence F., VII 47
Phcbc S.. VI 49
Phebe. VIII 60
Phebc. VII 34- 67
Phoebe. VI !.. 69
Phebc. VII 68
Pearl, VIII ,35
Priscilla, VII j^^
Pearl. VIII 179
Pemberton, VK 152
Panl. IX 169
Pearl. VIII
Pauline, IX 187
Phebe. V 80
Perry L.. IX 189
Pleasy. VII 190
Paul, IX ,93
Parnialia. VII 200
Robert. V 145
Rachel. V 145
Rachel. V 13
Rebecca. VI 48
Rachel. VI 33-15R
Ruth, V 1!.
Rhoda. VI
Rebecca. VI loj
Ralph H.. VI. ..•. 206
Rebecca, V
Richard. V x}
Rachel. V 145
Reuben. VI 95-118
Rachel Ann.. VI
Ruth Anna. VII i ?(>
Rachel. VII 44
Rebecca, VII 59
Richard. VII 40
Rachel M.. VIII 44
Richard. VII
R. Horton. IX 42
Richard B., VIII 42
Richard H. Jr.. IX. ... 42
Rachel, VI 35
Rebecca D., VII 47
Richard D., VII. . .34- 47
Richard, VIII 48
Rebecca, VI 117
Roy I.. IX 54
Rowcna B.. VIII S4
Ruth, IX 55
Robert, IX 56
Russel. IX 56
Rosanna, X .*
Ralph, IX 57.
Ray, IX 57
Rebecca A 34
Rachel A., VII 60
Rosco E.. IX 61
Rachel. IX 34
Rebecca A., VII 68
Russel G.. VII 84
Reuben P.. VII 33
Ralph, VII ^jo
Reuben. VI 34. x\
Rhoda J.. VII. ...\.io5
Rosa G.. VII
Rebecca. VI ji
Rozella, VII 107
Reuben. VII 108
Robinson. VII icS
Rilla. VII 109
Rhoda. VII 161
Rebecca, VI 17Q
Reuben. V So
Rulon. VII 123
Ruth. VII 123
Rebecca C, VII 123
Rachel, VII 34-186
Reah. IX 134
Ray C, IX 134
Ruth Ann. VII x^
Reuben, VII i><
Rebecca. VII T38
Ruth. IX 126
Retta. IX 140
Roy, VIII
Rebecca, V 146
Robert H 147- ^4?
Rebecca. VI 14Q
Rebecca W., VII 153
Rhoda A., VII juo
Robert C, IX 102
Rhoda, VII 103
Robert, IX :M
Ruth. VII 165
Roland, VII i'i5
Rose. VIII i'')5
Roland, IX j6q
Rachel. VII i2.\
Ross, VIII »8q
Rameth L.. VII 192
Russell, IX i«*3
Ruth, IX i.30-103
Rebecca J.. VII 191
Royden, VIII tof
Rhoda, VII 103
Ruby, IX 2CC
Ralph H., VI 205
Rebecca. VII 205
Ruth il.. VIII 305
INDEX
Rebi-.'ca J.. VI f
Susannah. II
Silence. IV
Solonu.n. IV
Samuel, IV
Samuel. IV i
Sarah. IV
Sam-j.-l Jr.. V
Susanna H.. V
Samuel, VI T^y
Samuel, VI
Samuel, Vi
Sarah, VI
Sarah, VII 60-
Susan H.. VI.
Samuel. VI
Sarah M.. VIII
Samuel Newton. VI. . .
Sarah E.. VII
Samuel N., VII
Sadia E., VII
Sarah H., VII
Stockton. VII
Stacy, VI
Sarah. IV
Samuel S., VII
Sarah, VII
Samuel, VI
Sarah E.. VII
Samuel L., VII
Sarah. VI
Samuel. VI
Sarah B.. VII
Samuel G.. VIII
Sarah, VI
Sarah Ann
Samuel L.. VIII
Sarah V.. IX
Susanna. VII
Stacy C. VII
Sarah Emma, VII
Sarah M., VIII
Sarah. VII
Solomon, VI. ...
Susan, VIII
Samuel, IX
Stella. IX
Solomon, VI [. ...
Sillian. VIII
Sarah J.. VII
Sarah Jane, VII. .
Sarah. VII
S, J. VIII
Sarah A.. VIII. .
EORTON FAMILY
JO'; Sarah E.. VI
Sarah M.. VI
, 12 Sarah. VI i^g
. I.; Sarah. V\l 44
. I i Sarah. VI 77
. .:o Sarah. VII ic8
Sarah. VIII 123
if Samuel, VII 123-200
. 2J Susannah. VII 138
205 Sarah C. VII 120-138
^^H Sarah, VIII 139
39 Samuel. VI 161
49 Sarah W., VII 146
186 Sarah. VI 179
204 Sadie, VII.
1 18 Sarah A.. VII 159
48 Susannah H.. VII 159
27 Sarah R., VII 159
206 Samuel. IX 162
28 Silas, VII 163
28 Simmeon. VII 163
29 Samuel. VII 34
29 Sarah. VII 88-165
32 Stanley, VII 166
13 Samantha. VII 170
Sabina. VII 176
40 Sarah R.. VII iCyo
123 Seth, VIII 189
34 Samuel L., VIII 45
39 Sarah A.. VII 190
3-5 Samantha. VII 192
159 Stella. VIII 193
43 Sarah, VI 198
42 Samuel. VII 163
38 Sherman. VIII 201
44 Susan II.. VI 204
39 Samuel. VIII 189
45 Sarah E., VII 39
47 Susan J., VII 206
47 Simmeon. VIII 239
47 Sarah J.. VI
35 Sarah, V 48
200 Thomas. VI 205
49 Thomas. V 37
56 Thamzine M.. VII 26
56 Thomas. V 146
56 Thomas E.. VIII ^160
58 Thomas, VII 40-148
59 Thelma, IX 58
Thoma.s. VIII 189
119 Thomas L.. VI
107 Truman, VII 136
67 Thomas, V
69 Thomas E.. VII 146
Thomas, VII 88
Thomas E., VIII 162
T. Artemus. M. D..
VII 161
Thomas E.. VIII t^s
Trace. IX 187
Thomas. VII 1 69
Tabitha. VII 194
Thomas H., VI II 243
Uriah. V i7'^45
Uriah. VII 18
Vashli. V 80- 95
Vashti C, VI 96
Vera. IX 139
Veda. VIII 239
William. II 12
William, III 13
William. IV 13
William Jas.. VII
William, VI 95
William. V 26
William T.. VII 26
William. VI 33
William R.. VIII. ..33. 34
William, VI 34
William H.. VIII
William, VI 118
William, VII 47
William. VII 109
Walter J.. VIII
Willis. IX 56
William B., VII 105
William. VIII 18
William N.. VIII 60
William H., IX 61
William A.. VII 67
W. D.. VIII 67
W. A.. VIII 69
William, V 241-80-103
Winfield Scott. VI 83
William E.. VII 85
Wilber, VII 88
William, VII 118
Wendell. VIII 176
Wilma L.. VII 88
William, VI 44
William B., VII 35
William R.. VI 107
Walter. VII 109
William. VII 35-238
Wilber. VII 109
William S.. VIII 42
William, IX 135
Wilber, VIII 137
INDEX
William. VII 44
William, VIII 45-165
Walter G., VIII. ...147-243
William, VII 151
Wid. VIII 159
Wesley. VIII 166
William, VIII 47-165
Walter, VIII 165
W^-sley, VIII 164
Wellington. VIII 171
William, VIII 88-193
William, VIII 128-191
William, VIII 140-173
William F.. VII I94
Willard, VIII 200
Wesley, IX 200
William, VII 1.^8
William, Jr., VII 241
William. VI 96-241
William B., VIII 128
W'illia F., VIII 19^
Walter, VIII I94
Zale, VIII 134
MASON FAMILY
Alice A., V 218
Alice, VI 219
Alcenia E., VII 219
Anna. V 220
Abraham, IV 222
Angeline, VI 224
Annie, VI 224
Abraham, VI 225
Alta R., VIII 230
Abraham, VIII 232
Anna R., VI 119-238
Ascnath, VI 238
Anne E., VII 240
Ada, VIII 240
Beulah, IV 218
Beulah, V 220
Bethuel, V 223
Bethuel, VI 226
Blanch, VIII 232
Cooper, VI 224
Charity D., VI 226
Carrie, VII 237
Charity, VII 237
Cora 230
Dott, VIII 232
Esther, III 215
Eliza, V 220
Edwin, VI 224
Ezra, VI 224
BORTON FAMILY
Elizabeth, V 224
Emilt C. VII 229
Esther R.. VIII 230
Elizabeth, VII 232
Ellen A.. VII 232
Earl. VIII 2^7
Ezra C. VI 238
Elsie, VIII 240
Freeman C, VII 229
Freeman Clark, VIII. ..230
Florence M., VII 232
George W., VII 229
Hannah. V 223
Harley, VIII 230
Harry. VIII 230
Harlow, VIII 237
George, VIII 229
Isaac, III 214
Isaac. IV 215
Isaac, V 219
Islah, VIII ....230
John, 1 213-214
John Jr.. II 214
John, III 215
John, IV 218
John, V 117
John, VI 224-224
John, V ....218
John, V 220-225
John, VI 219
John, V 22^
John C, VI 226
John R., VII 229
James, II 214
Jacob, III 214
James, IV 218
James Jr., V 218
Joel, V 218
Joseph, V 220
Joshua. IV 222
Job., V. ., 223
Joshua, VI 222,
Joseph. V 224
Josiah, V 224
Job B., VI 238
Joseph O., VII 238
Jacob A., VII 240
Josiah, VII 2i7
Kemble, IV 218
Kemble, V 220
Lydia, III 215
Laura C, VII 232
Lclia A.. VII 2^2
Laura C. VIII 232
Luella. VIII 237
Louis, VIII 237
Mary, II ^4
Mary, III 21s
Mary, V -201
Mary F.. VII ^19
Mary A.. VI 2:20
Mary, V 218-224
Mary, IV 221
Mary, V 220
Mary, VI 22-225-341
Martha, IV 218
Melville A.. VII 229
Marjoric, VIII 230
Mildred. VIII 2^^
Naomi, V 224
Naomi C, VI 226
Naomi C, VI 2^
Ora C. VIII 233
Rebecca, HI 215
Rachel, V 220
Rebecca. V 220
Richard. VI 223,
Rhoda, V 224
Reuben B., VI 225
Rhoda, VI 238
Rebecca. VI 226
Rhoda A.. VII 229
Rebecca, VH 220
Reuben R., VII 22Q
R. Bee. VIII 229
Rhoda. VI 22^
Rhoda A.. VII 240
Sarah. II 214
SoloAion. Ill 215
Samuel. IV 2t8
Solomon. V 218
Solomon Jr.. VI 219
Samuel J.. V 220
Sarah A.. V 220
Sarah. VI 22^
Samuel, V 24-224
Susan. V 118-224-237
Samuel Jr.. VIII 240
Sarah C, VII 230
S. Verle, VIII 230
Samuel A.. VII 240
Una, VIII 2^2
Velma. VIIL 230
Vergia Leona. IX 230
Vida, VIII 232
Vernon, VIII 237
Verney, VIII 229
William, IV 218
INDEX
William. V 22^
William Jr., VI 224
Wilbur J.. VII 232
Wilvia, VIII 232
Wilbur Jr.. VIII 233
William, VII 240
ABLES—
John 97
Bethuel 98
Rebecca 98
John. Jr 98
Benjamin 98
John 98
Benjamin 98
Thomas 98
William 98
Joseph 98
James 98
Mary 98
Sarah 98
Alexander 98
Rebecca 98
Maria L 98
Emmet 98
Thomas 98
Aultman 98
Wilda 98
Clara 98
Elsie 98
John C 98
Lola 98
Jesse E 98
Gladys 98
Rachel 99
Alfreta 99
Clarence 99
Anna 99
Alice 99
Clarence
Halley 99
Clara 99
Zella 99
Horrace 99
Melissa 99
Rachel 99
Josephine 99
Alice 99
' Thomas 99
Bethuel 99
Charles 99
Lizzie 100
Thomas Jr 100
Inez 100
Leslie 100
Lilian 100
Alice lOQ
Wilda 100
Flora 100
Frank 100
Verna 100
Leola L loi
Dara loi
Omer loi
Dclbert C loi
Sadia M 101
ADAMS—
Clarence 55
Robert 55
Samuel 5s
Ellen 56
John H 55
Mary
Hannah 158
AGNEW—
Allen ^2q
Ruey . . . : 22ij
Hugh E 220
Claudia 22<)
Paul G 220
Clifton 229^)
ALLEN—
Mildred M
Hannah 21
Martha 183
ADAMSON—
Viola 163
ALLEN-
Hannah : "o
ALLISON—
Isaac 103
Mable 103
Myrtle 103
Eva 103
Edward 10;,
Martha 103
Netty J03
Lorenzo 103
ANDREWS—
Sarah 20
Joseph 183
Bessie 183
Florence 183
Dot 183
Mary I45
AIBER—
Elizabeth 192
ALFORD—
Samuel 84
Barbary 84
Robert 84
William 84
AMMERMAN—
W. B 137
ANDERSON—
Charles 92
Alma
Lettie
Keturah 67
ATKINSON—
Elizabeth 32- 35
Esther 35
John 35
Caleb 32
• Samuel 32
Eli 32
Hannah 32
George T 32- 36
John 32
John B 3^
Lydia T 3^
Townsend 36
Caroline F 36
George C 36
Warren 36
John B. Jr 36
Mary N 31^
Champion 220
John 36
Samuel 3^
ARNOTT—
Marshall 132
AVERY—
Benjamin 57
Lillie 57
Norah 57
Hattie 57
Sarah 57
ANTRIM—
Thomas E 220
Mary E 220
APPLEBY—
Anne E 23^
AT KIN—
Angalo 183
Clark ;i84
Perry 184
AUSTIN—
Sarah 16
Mary 16-21S
Jonathan 215
Caleb 215
INDEX
Caleb 17
Jonathan 16
Sarah 16
Elizabeth 144--215
Mary 17
Francis 16
Francis J
Jonathan
Alice 3^
AULT—
Armintha J 86
AUTEN—
Alice 51
ASHLEY—
Nettie E ifk)
ALLIS—
E. T 135
ARHEAD—
Benjamin S 219
Oliver P 220
Alice D 220
Hannah S 220
Mary Eliza 220
Laura D 220
Benjamin E 220
ANSBAUGH—
Edith E 135
Hetty 220
AYERS—
Mary T 117
AXTELL—
Francis 132
Eunice T
Ida 132
ALBERTSON-
Anna 36
Clemantinc
ANDERSON—
Keturah 49
ASPINALL—
Nevitas B.. M. D. ...162
ALBERT—
Calvin D 229
BALLINGER—
Elizabeth 17
Thomas 223
Jacob 15
Balhshebe 223
Elizabeth 215- 2J
Rebecca 17
Isaac H 3^^
Ner B 35
Isaac Jr 35
William 35
Joiieph 35
George 35
Charles E 35
Estella 1 35
■ Ella D 35
Maud ss
Clarence 1 35
Grace May 35
Emma A 35
Job 145
Josiah 149
Anna B 149
David T 149
Sarah A 149
Josiah B 149
Levi 151
Herman S 151
David T., Jr 152
Isaac S 156
Harry B 151
Anna M 152
William E 152
Ethelind 152
Raymond 1 152
Levi 152
John 156-156
Levi, Jr 156
Charles 156
David W 156
Lelia 157
Nellie 157
Charles A 157
Caroline 156
May 157
Edward G 157
Mary A 157
Anna M 157
David 1 157
Martha M 157
Sarah R 157
Mable S 157
Grace R I57
Levi 157
Clarence D 158
BARBER—
Hartwell 159
Charles iia
Helen E 159
Sarah 21
CliflFord H I59
Sarah
Gilbert 119
BALDWIN—
Charles 160
Charles Jr 160
BARNETT—
William D 193
Ellis R 193
BO>VKER—
Alfre.I 206
Beulah 206
Ethel 206
Mary 224
BAYNES—
Robert G 45
Robert G. Jr 45
Edward B 45
Elizabeth E 45
BAZIL—
Ruth IC58
BRADLEY—
Frank 140
BAUM—
Esther 132
BALDWIN—
Myrtle
BARRETT—
Georgia A 50
Linda 89
BARKER—
James 63
BEST—
John 22
John 186
Socrates 186
Lycurgus 186
Salon 186
BRACE—
Lettie 49
BRESSLER—
Lizzie 61
BARTON—
Thomas 12
BATES—
Joseph 117
John 119
Steven 119
Joseph, Jr 119
Elnathan 119
Rhoda 119
Elizabeth i6a
BUSHY—
Barbary 234
Mary Ann 234
George 235
Ralph 23s
Rosa 235
BAILEY—
INDEX
I.ora 239
BARNES—
Thomas 234
George 234
Peter 140
Harry 234
Jane 53
Ada 56
Ella 57
Mary Ann 59
Van 140
Alfred
Alfred. Jr 165
Howard 165
BERRY—
William 82
Qiarles E 82
James W 82
Marion S 82
Franklin 82
Henry E 82
Nettie 1 82
Minnie 1 82
Laurence 169
Fern 169
BRICKER—
Frank 140
BUSBY—
Lidy 214
Nathan 216
Lydia M 216
Anna M
Mark H 13
Georgiana 14
Walter J M
Sarah ^5
Rickard 18
William D 2(i
William J 27
Esther T 27
Hannah 27
Margaret
Sarah 152
Walter J i53
J. Howard i54
George H i54
BISBEE—
Davis Bisbee 77
Hattie 200
BOULDEN—
Eleanor 28
Mariah 55
BENHRER—
Magdalena 125
BREEDLOVE—
Hannah V S5
BASSARD—
Simon 214
HRADDOCK—
Reuben 12
Rheoboam 15
William 15
Darnell 15
Job 15
Elizabeth 15
Hannah 15
Rachel 3^^
Mary 146
Phebe 15
Jemima 15
Bathshebe 15
Rachel 15
Maria 32
Jemima 146
Jacob 224
William 34
Maria 15
Mary
Mary
BORDEN—
Elizabeth 41
BARTO—
Monroe 188
Una 188
Mauscell 188
BLACKBURN—
William A no
Margaret no
Maud no
BLUE—
Kate 171
Samuel 171
Wert 171
Vance 171
John 171
Linden I7»
Ada 171
BLAIR—
Florence 164
BEBEE—
Mclvina i6t
Ralph 163
Stanley 163
Katherine 163
BRONSON—
George 200
BRICK—
Ernest 189
Ray Daniel 189
BRANTON—
Sadie 172
Ora
BROOKS—
Thomas 24
Lucy 20-144
Thomas 238
Lucy 144
BUXTON—
Ernest 236
Henry 1 236
Florence 236
BOYD—
Christopher 108
John 109
Mark 109
Anna 109
Rhoda 109
Luna 109
Earl 1 10
Charles no
Frederick no
Martha no
Maud no
Bertha no
Wilma no
Charles 163
Frederick A 163
Darnell no
Earl no
Frederick no
BAKER—
Hannah 107
Samuel 194
Melissa 182
Martha 130
Bertha 139
Lucina 171
BIGBEE—
Leroy .137
Leroy, Jr
Charles i37
Olen 137
BRANDERBERRY—
Jason 137
Wilbur 137
Ida 137
Inez 137
Chester I37
BOYCE-
William 141
Harry 56
INDEX
BOXHYMER—
John 57
Benjamin 57
BOLEN—
James 106
Howard 106
Conway 106
Mable 106
BUCKMAN—
Jacob 146
BRAMHALL—
Dantha m
BROSINS—
Phebe A 186
BEARD—
Mary 98
BROCK—
Mary 147
Charles 146
Rebecca 147
Emma 147
John 147
Rachel .' 147
Elizabeth 147
BATTEN—
Rebecca B 41
BOLTON—
Minnie 8j
BECKLEY—
Katie Ann 94
BRYANT—
Jessie 100
Amanda 59
BURKE—
Henry .240
Maud 240
Henry, Jr 240
Samuel 240
Enoch 240
BUNTON—
Rachel 62
Mary 53
BUTCHER—
Sussannah 12
Joseph .... 42
Herbert B 42
Joseph H. Jr 42
Mary G 1 17-123
Samuel 123
BURDEN-
CARPENTER—
David .....123
Florence 139
Maud 128
Hattie 128
Jacob 58
Josiah 58
Uriah 58
Sarah Ann 58
Zimri 58
Eli 58
Silvester 58
Phebe J 58
James Allen 58
Samuel 58
Mary R 58
Hannah 58
Joseph H 58
Mary E 58
F-cwis 58
Jacob 58
Hannah 58
George 58
Rebecca 58
Amanda 58
Lincoln 58
Alice 58
Ida 58
Jacob 58
Frank 58
BUCHTEL—
Lewis 61
Jolinc 61
Clara 6t
Arthur 61
Mary Ann 61
Glen 61
Mahlon 61
BOND—
Thomas 13
Elizabeth T ^6
BODINE—
Rebecca K 33
Rebecca
BICKLE—
Henry L 62
Dulcie M 62
Clarence E 62
Carson S 62
Gertrude E 62
Blanch B 62
Dewey H 62
John G 62
Charles 62
Clara 62
BROWNING—
George T 145
BERRYMAN—
William I
Maggie 125
BUPP—
J. W 68
BECK—
Sarah A
BROWN—
Susan 82
Sarah J 81
Ann J 21
George
Hannah 33
FJizabeth 42
Anna C 95
Margaret 105
Mary E - .103
Maud 51
Charles 1(8
Mary E
Jane 118
Jane
Beulah A 149
Phebe Ann
Harriet 162
Joseph
Rny 1^8
Anna
Ethel
BRENHEIZER—
John H 34
Edna May 34
BRINKLINGER—
Sarah 59
BURROUGH—
John
Mary 20
Mary
BOGGS—
Allen 53
BURR—
Sarah I5
Martha
Charles i44
Charles Uf
Irvina
BULLOCK—
Louis 14^
Lois 193
Blessing 141
BEATY—
Datia Ann 96
B ARR—
Barbary J i94
BENSON—
Mina 182
BROSS—
Katie E 35
INDEX
CARTER—
Samuel H 47
Dora 47
Stacy 47
William 47
Mary 47
Rebecca 47
Louise 59
Margaret J 147
Sarah 153
CAMPBELL—
Nettie 164
Atha 192
CARVER—
Kaitt 105
CARL—
Kittie
CARMIKLE—
John 193
CARR—
Comly T91
Bessie 191
Jessie 191
Ray 191
Wade 191
Louis 191
CATTLE—
Charity 145
CARZINE—
John 85
CASKEY—
Snrah 95
Maria E 83
Wesiey
CLEMENT—
Pauline S 186
CARNAL—
Columbii A 85
Edward 89
Tcrcssa M 89
Keziah F 89
Irene 1 89
Elizabeth D 89
Phcbe Jane 89
Martha 1 89
James E 89
Clement 1 89
Rachel 1 89
Marietta 89
Johanna 89
Jfseph M 89
Wnhcr K Vo
William R 89
Claudina 89
Ethel E 90
Margurite go
Edna 90
Elizabeth 90
CALKINS—
Nathan L 125
Henry 125
Inez I2S
Eliza 125
Erma 125
James C 125
CANON—
William S 97
Ruby M 97
John B 97
Bess B 97
Marjory A 97
CARSON—
Abigail 224
CAN BY—
Howard 228
Eddie 228
CLIFFTON—
Nancy 22
John 11
Rebecca 21
Rachel ^^
Amy 77
William H ^^
Samuel 77
Rachel A 78
Esther 78
John S.. Jr 78
Mary 78
Samuel 78
George 78
Sarah 7«
Abigail 78
Marion 78
Enoch 78
CLIFFTON—
George G 79
Mabel M 79
Samuel 1 70
Alice Fay 79
Luella 79
Marcus V 79
Ada B 70
Charles W 79
Nancy 13-20-2CO
Mary nP
Rachel 118
Nellie 79
Cora 79
Emerson G 79
Rebecca 77
Mary 77'ii7-i33
Ann 118
Sarah 1 18
Rebecca 118
John 118
William 118
Samuel 1 18-133
CONWELL—
J. O 206
Mary 206
Russell 206
CLARK—
Patience 31- 38
Mary 38
Margaret A 82
Delia ..105
Emma ^^ .106
Elizabeth 201
Edwin 16.;
Clarence 164
Alta 164
Ida i(ti
Willis E 2.3^
CRAWFORD—
Rebecca J 91
Tillie 2J(f
Liddie 39
Samuel 160
Jane 160
Rhccja 160
Joseph 160
CLYMER—
Frank 110
Boyd no
Robert no
Eugene no
CLAIRE—
E-'Tiline Gill 2CS
COTRIL—
Erznbeth 105
CAROTHERS—
Grant 77
Francis B 77
Hazel M 77
Harry S 77
Iva May 77
Angelnia A 77
CLINGMAX—
Fanny 58
CLINE—
Fay ^
CHAMBERS—
Hellen C 26
CHAMBERLAIN—
Howard V
INDEX
CARROLL—
C
COATE—
Daniel 145
CONROVV—
Mary 17
Lydia 144
Lydia 20
COPELAND—
Ruth 242
COMSTOCK—
Emily 229
COOPER—
Anna 40
Elizabeth R
William 146
Mary 161
205
CONOVER—
Matilda 48
CONSTANT—
Lillie s6
COON—
Joseph R 92
Ida 139
COLE—
Hannah 12
Patience 144
Patience 20
William 94
Job 144
William
Sarah Ann 215
COLLINS—
Mary 145
John 146
Naomi 222
Lydia 222
Elizabeth 222
Josiah 222
Hannah 222
Hope 222
Isaac 222
Ezra 222
Sarah 222
Job 222
Mary 17
John
Jarius IC9
Mary 222
John 22Z
Isaac i5»*^
Harold 1 158
Sarah E 158
Earl R 158
COLES—
Martha 2t7
Margaret W 150
Henry B 150
Marguerite 150
Charles B 150
Henrv W i:;o
cox-
Thomas 103
Anna 103
Stanley 103
John 127
Fannie 103
John 194
Henry 194
Jessie L 197
William W 197
Henry B .197
Mortimer V 197
COOK—
Josiah 220
Estella 1 10
Cieorge E 164
Genevieve 164
COLBETZER—
Emma 18;
CREAKBAIKA—
(ienrge 172
Alta 172
Cora 172
CROUT-
I da \-i)
CULBERTSOX-
David 107
CUNNINGHAM—
William 101
Harry loi
Isolena 10 1
John loi
Alice 17;
COTTINGHAM—
Dr 9f)
COXA WAY—
Leander 124
Ella 12'.
Mary Jane 124
Melissa 124
Enseba r24
Charles 124
Cora 124
Nathan M 124
Myrtie 124
Nina 124
Charles 124
Catherine 124
Joshua 12s
CRISHER—
William 163
Ethel 163
Clarence 163
CORBIN—
William 159
Alice 159
Edwin 159^
COULTER— '
Herbert B 157
1^-Jsic 157
Adel i<;7
COXREV—
Katherine i sO
COWAN—
Rushanna J 9^
CROWL-
Grace L 62
Eva May 62
Neva M ti
William 62
CRUMRIXE—
David 74
Samuel 7n
Frank 79
Marcus 79
Xellie 7'>
Clara 7f^
CRASKV-
Laura 2^4
COMLV—
Ro[)ert >r»
CRANSOX—
Josephine icK
Mary 107
George 107
Anslcy
Weslcv 1C7
CRAXSTOX—
Archi])a!d 85
E-^lella 82
Clara 86
Montana 8^>
Gurney C S'i
Lewelh 87
1 -cona 87
Martha A 85
Mary J 8^
Marjrarci S'l
John M 8?
Delila 85
Joseph F 85
William 85
Marpfartt . . : 8:;.
INDEX
Kcturah 85
Benjamin C 85
Teressa 85
CURTISS—
Rev. George 236
Vesta 236
Mable 236
Hazel 236
Gladis 236
George L 2ib
CRAMMER—
Gertrude M7--243
CO LOW AY—
Jesse 243
Ktliel 243
Lernv 243
DA Vis-
David 1 5-'
Catherine 13
Dorcas 17
David 155
Mark 155
Mary i55
David \Y 155
Benjamin I55
Charles 155
\\\:\ 155
Raymond 155
Mary 155
Arthur 155
Minnie Sue 155
i:iizabeth \<^
Carohne 155
John B 155
Anna B 155
Phehe A i55
Anna II i5^>
Ida LV)
Samuel H I5^>
Viola \S(^
David \V i5^>
Karl iM)
Kmnia i^'O
DAVIS—
Jesse 180
Charles 198
DATSON—
Ada 9'
DA ROW—
Charles A 54
D A VEX PORT—
Jackson 19-^
DAVISON—
Caroline 165
O-arles
DANDNA—
Mary 87
DAY—
Joseph 159
Joseph 160
Phebe 184
Mary 160
DARNLEY—
Ann 12
DARNELL—
John 13
Edward 13
Lewis 13
Hannah 13
Jemima 15
Samuel 13
Edmund Sr 13
Jot) ^... 13
Charles 14
Edmund 13
Agnes 13
Henry 14
l-'mily H 14
Joseph II 14
Albert II 14
Sarah 14
DAVIDSON—
Samuel 2co
Joseph 200
I^mma 2CO
Samuel 200
William 2c:n
DEACOX—
rii'i!na«i 216
Marion 150
Sarah
I'enjamin
Ida
DEZA-
Marv 123
DEMOY—
John 135
Rena 135
Dortha 135
DERBY—
William H 178
Carence E 178
P.essie 1 178
DENN—
Sarah 59
devorf:—
Effie 192
DEVOE—
William 48
William 58
Jesse E 5g
Mary R
Hannah
DILLY—
Charles 167
Ward 167
DINIUS—
Norce igo
DICKERSON—
Bert 164
Ethel 164
DEAN—
Sarah $j
Benjamin 37
DRIVER—
Mary 12
Jane 13
DILYARD—
Lewis 24a
Ruth B 24a
Edith A 240
■ DISHON—
Amanda 68
George 68
DILLON—
Samuel
William 81
James 81
Sarah 81
Xoah 81
Benjann'n 81
Charily 81
Phebe 81
Keziah 81
Delila 81
Lorenzo Dow 81
Joshua 81
V/illiam 81
David 1 81
Martha 81
Cynthia 82
^Iary J 91
Lurilla 81
Linda 81
DILLOX—
Jennie 81
Keziah 81
Levi Sj
Jacob T 82
Zachariah 82
Mattie A 83
Mary F 83
Emery E 83
Rosalia 1 83
Charles W 83
INDEX
Earl W 83
Edward E 83
Bertha 83
Mable L 83
EuQice M 83
Joseph E 83
Florence E 83
Cynthia E 83
Grace Pearl 83
Mary C 83
Ifessie A 83
Archibold E 83
Flossie E 83
Clara E 83
Laura E 83
Daniel E 83
Helen M 83
Zerelda J 83
DILLON—
Percy Ner 83
Francis M 91
William F 91
Keturah L 91
Rosalie E gj
Mary J 9'
Martha E 91
Cora E 9*
Clyde Elroy 91
William M 91
Robert ".
Sarah L 91
Blair E 92
Francis B 92
Albert J 92
Roland E 92
William H 92
Mamie Mae 92
Lila J 92
Albert L 92
Marjoric L 92
Margaret G Q3
Newell 93
Martha 93
Wentworth 93
William 93
Ella M 94
Isaac W 94
William E 94
James E 94
Sarah M 94
Irvin G 94
Stella M 94
David W 94
George W 95
Rachel 95
Agnes 95
William B ps
James M 95
Josiah 95
Benjamin B 95
Alfred R 95
DRESBACK—
Harold 90
Claudina 90
William H 89
DRAKE—
Isaac N 77
Phebe 77
Mary M 77
Charles 77
Hester 77
James E 77
Norman 1 77
Merle 77
Lola 77
Fay 77
DORCUS—
Chester 140
DUNN—
Homer 140
Lowell 140
Vera 140
Ellis 140
Dale 140
DOWER—
Madison 60
Gertie 60
DORFF-
Mary 198'
DRENER—
Mary L 83
DUBOISE—
Abigail 43
DUNWICK—
Phebe
DOYLE—
Burt
DURBIN—
Cory 182
Georgia 182
Charles 182
Dale 182
DO RAN—
Amanda T 146
DUNOWAY—
Harriet ^23
DUELL—
Joshua 34
Martha R 43
Edna 43
Lydia B 34
Keziah 34
Phebe 34
John 34
Sarah 34
Elizabeth 34
Elton 34
Emily jg
George 4*
Wilbcrt H 43
Mary C 43
Lizzie L 43
DUDLEY—
John 15
Rachel 13
Esther 145
Ethel 17
Mary 146
Charles H 30
C. Harry 3a
Lida B 33
Mabel S 30-150
Mary B 33
Ruth T 33
DUDLEY—
William F. . , 61
Blanch V 61
Wrethal 1 61
WiHiam in
Isaac 146
Mary 146
•David 148
Isaac Jr 148
Aaron : 148
Nathan 148
Abigail 148
Edward 148
Lydia 148
Martha A 148
Mary B 148
Enoch R 148
Joseph A 148
Sarah L i49
Howard 149
Lydia R 149
Mary E i49
Percy H i49
Warren E 149
Mable S 150
Joseph A
Enoch R
Mary B
Reuben
John B 219
DUDLEY—
INDEX
Sarah Emma 219
William R 219
Avalinda 219
Laura B 219
Mary W 219
Susannah 223
Esther 145
DOBBINS-^
Rena 243
DOUTHY—
Esther 63
DICK—
Harvey H 51
Guy E 51
Inez May 51
Hazel M 51
J. M 51
DRI.AMATER—
Noah
EATON—
Jesse 48
Mary R
Hannah
Jesse
Wesley 172
Noah 172
EASTMAN—
Frank 169
Frederick 169
Floyd 169
Flora 169
EDMINSTON—
Mary 59
EDWARDS—
Elizabeth 31
Aaron 37
Anna E
Samuel M 37
Henry 37
W^lIter 37
liannah M 37
Anna E 37
Mary
Cclia 192
ELDRIDGE—
William 237
Merl 237
Rstel 237
Ethel 234
ELLIOT—
Albert 167
Nellie F 167
EVERLY—
Lillie 173
ELLIS—
WaUer 242
Waller. Jr 242
Bessie 242
Percy 242
Grace 242
Sarah 16
Robert 172
ELY—
Asher 118
Catherine 133
Mary C
John 225
Eleanor 132
Ida 132
Esther 132
Martha T32
Bertha 132
Edith 132
Charity 227
Harrison W 227
Phebe A 205-227
Mary C 123-227
Catherine E 123-227
John Jr 125-227
Asher M 227
Rhoda A 227
Winfield S 227
Stanton M 227
Nelson 228
ELY—
Elliott C 227
Elsie M 22S
John Elbert 228
Lucy L 125-228
Verna C 125-228
Glenn M 125-228
Mabel S 228
Charles E 228
Alta M 228
Florence B 228
Nellie M 228
Estell R 228
Elva 22Q
Howard 229
Rhoda Fern 229
Dwight M 229
Velma L. 229
Rose Urban 229
Sherman 139
Bertha 168
Phcbe 205
Asher 132
Mary Ann 132
George A 132
Susan S 132
Joseph T 132
Ella 132
Gladys 229
EVES-
Rebecca 25
EWING—
Mary D 44
EMMONS—
Laura 240
Mary 172
Albert 173
Sampson 173
ENGLISH—
Raymond 106
Dora 106
Jessie 106
Jennie 239
Anna 242
G. F.. M. D 106
ENOS—
Casper 99
Edgar 99
William 99
Rufus 99
Harry 99
Edna 99
Louis M
Oma
Norman
Ethel 99
ENDERS—
Phillip 67
Ona 67
Fronie 67
Paul 67
Cora 67
Lila 67
Ida Bell 67
Phillip Jr 67
ENGLE—
Joseph 20
Rachel 20
Robert
Joseph 20
John 20
Obadiah 20
Aaron 20
Susanna 144
Phebe 144
Asa ., 25
Ann 25
Rachel 144
Ann Edith 48
Aaron 25
Asa • 42
Elizabeth 26
Asa 42
James G 42
Job 48
Joseph 144
ENGLE-
INDEX
John 215
Obadiah I44
Aaron I44
Susanna 20
Phebc 20
Asa 144
Ann 144
Joseph 12
Rachel 145
Ann 144
Job C 144
Arthur I44
Aaron ^44
Elizabeth I44
Mary M4
Rachel 144
Samuel C M4
Sarah Ann I44
Nathan ^44
Elizabeth C T44
Charles H 144
Aaron \V ^44
Deborah M5
Paul 145
Elizabeth I45
Esther 145
Mary Ann U5
Mary H
ENGLE—
Thomas
Joseph M4
Amas^a
John M4
Sanuicl
Charles 145
Allen J4t
Rachel US
Sarah P. -' •)
Elizabeth 215
John 2ro
Mary A 2\(^
ESCHER—
William in^
Luella 10.^
llattie 10.^
Lawrence 103
Arthur 103
Celestia 103
Pearl 103
EVANS—
Jacob '• . • • 17
Thomas 17
Thomas I5
Jacob 25
Rachel 33
John 1 64
John 49
EVANS—
John H 64
Jacob 145
Sarah B ..151
Sarah B 149
William 224
FIELDMIRE—
Kate i6q
FARQUAR—
Frank 235
Jennie 235
FARR—
Anneta 190
FARREN—
P. N 37
FAUNCE—
Laura M 34
FOWLER—
Arthur
FAIRFIELD—
Hannah 49
FOWT.ER—
Ruth 180
FAVOR—
Fred 180
Ciustavius 180
Eliza 180
Fred. Jr 180
Adie 180
FA\'OR—
Lillian 180
FARMAN—
Louis'i C 144
FEATHERS--
Jnseph 239
Dora 239
Emanuel 239
John 239
Amanda 239
Lavina 239
Joseph. Jr .239
FERRIER—
Daniel 64
Clarence 64
Arthur 64
Haitie 64
Wav 64
FETZER—
Rev. Amos 137
Raymond 138
Ruth 139
FISHEL—
Henry h 88
Lftrain 90
Grace 90
Christiana 90
Kale 90
FISHER—
George 68
Carmine 142
FINK—
John 168
George 168
Rav 168
FINKINBURDEN—
Joseph 62
John H 62
Rachel E 62
Nellie E 62
Alice D 62
FIDLER—
Mary 137
FLITCRAFT—
Isaac 37
Ann 39- 47
Lydia 39
FOX—
Maggie
Delila 58
Samuel 22
Hiram 58
Samuel C 201
Mary A. E 201
Thomas C 201
Chalkley 204
Lida 204
FORD—
Caroline 8S
Susan V 53
FOGG—
Robert M 45
John B 45
David T 45
FOUGHTY—
Mary 22-186
Nancy 22
Nancy
FORD—
Caroline 88
John 147
FOCHT—
Sarah
FORNEY—
Charles W icg
Wilma no
Melissa no
Louise no
FORGER—
Albert H m
FESLER—
Carrie i/J
FAUSEV-
Addie ...170
FOELL—
INDEX
Theodore 149
Theodore, Jr 149
FOELL—
Emma L 149
FROST—
Samuel 103
FRENCH—
John 214
Jemima 32
William H 36
William IT 35
Caroline 7^6
George A 36
John Eli 36
Charles S 3^
Ella May 36
FULTON—
Maud ^-o
FULLER—
Libbie 169
FRL'VR-
John 5.0
FRYAR—
Charles G t>i
Clement S 61
Harry <ii
Rowcna ^>'
Dnrtha M C *
GARDIXER-
Thomas ?C)
GODDARD—
Maud 8c>
GORMAN—
Henry 56
Minni'i s6
Merl 50
Matlie 5'-
GOLDEN—
Martha 5»^
GARD—
Solomon T 63
Mary E v'3
John \Vm f>3
Rinta Ann ')3
Lsaac H 63
Charles L' 63
Frnncis C — . ^3
GORHARA—
Jane i^«^
GANTZ—
A. E .V
Harry E 5^
Marjjarel E 5-
Arthur E 5^
Helen D .M
Howard S 5'
GASSIX—
T - ph E -'43
Dorothy .243
Robert 243
GALBRAITH—
Nellie 2^6
GARISON—
Charles 140
Hubert E 140
GATES—
Flora
GARWOOD—
Rachel 49
John 49
David 40
Eli 50-52
Albert C ^. 52
Luella 52
Everitt 52
John 52
Borden S^
Minnie 52
Rose 52
Jessie 53
Grace 53
Charles 5>
John W 146
Alice 171
GAMBER—
Albert 141
Florence 141
GAMBLE—
Florence 164
Nelson 183
Herman 183
Kenneth 183
Louis 183
(lARFIELD—
Emma 194
GALBREATH—
Mary K 186
GARDNER—
Arthur
Paul
GARRINGER—
Stephen 60
Laura M 60
Lizzie J 60
John W 60
Kittie C 60
Frank E 60
Atrella 60
Carrie 60
Harley D 60
Roy Amos 60
Clara Dell 60
Eva Loie 60
Le- E 60
GASKILL—
lU'ni-ti "n ir-r.
Celesta J 176
Lewis Ezra 176
Israel F 176
William E 176
Annie Bell 176
Eva May 176
Maggie L 176
William V 176
Josiah 218
GRAVES-
Ellen 133
GAUNT—
Fillmore ^y
Joseph 12
Annie E 42
Aaron 155
Edwin A 155
John p 155
Caroline 155
Dillwin 37
GEYER—
Nicholas i . . .49- 50
John 50
Catharine 50
Lena 50
Ellen 50
Abbie 50
Sarah 50
Lydia 51
Sylvester 51
William 51
GEESEY—
Yaloris 121
Marcus 121
Chester 121
George 121
Howard i2t
GERRING—
Dora 140
GIREN—
Charles
GIFHLS—
Maria L 157
Rebecca N 156
Isaac 185
Oliver, M. D 185
Sidney 185
Frnak 185
Joise 185
Harold 185
Rex 185
Wapaconeta 185
V'iola 185
(;iSE—
Thomas D 94
Mable 94
Susan V 94
Rnbcrt 94
INDEX
Albert B 94
Anna M 94
Bertha 94
Lilian E 94
Nira 94
Herbert E 94
GILESPIE—
Melinda ^
Thomas T 84
liiattic Bell 85
GRISCOM-
James 44
William B 44
Robert 44
William B., Jr 44
Benjamin C ^5^
Charles L ^58
Pemberton B 158
Charles H ^^
Herbert ^58
William IS©
Edwin A ^58
Verna A 158
GILL-
Hannah 39
Hannah T 44
GILFORD—
Clara 236
GIFFORD—
William ^5
GRICE—
William H 239
William E 239
Elizabeth V 239
GRIFFIS—
Esther I7i
GROFF—
Lizzie S3
GRAFF-
Lizzie
GRUFF—
Florence 40
Mildred 40
Joseph H 40
GLEASON—
Morrison 238
William ^35
GLOVER—
William ^5
William ^52
GROVES—
William lo^
Leslie O ^^^
Lestetr S lO^
GETTINGS—
Elizabeth 64-65
GOODMAN—
William 239
Anna 239
Charles 240
GOODEN—
James 205
John 205
Harriett 205
GRIFFIN—
John 189
GURIN—
Lina 92
Tessa E 92
GRIER—
Thomas 107
GRUBAUGH—
Lester F i/Q
Clyde A i79
Charles H
GREEN—
Jane Edith 161
GARDINER—
James W 86
Walter. M. D 158
Mary C 86
Tacy 86
Archibald 86
Josephine 69
Emery C 86
Margaret 86
Joseph 86
Phebe 86
Alma 86
Rhoda 86
Marrell 86
Walter, Jr 158
Joseph 43
Elizabeth R 43
Willberd 43
Hazel 43
GARWOOD—
Laura ^47
Walter M7
Benjamin ^47
Howard '47
Elizabeth 147
Clarence ^47
Carrie '47
HAAS—
Levi 178
Dasie A '78
Luella E 178
Landes L 178
Martha A 178
Cora 178
Charles S 178
Owen E >78
Allen r i7.'>
Benjamin B 178
Sabina M 178
Minnie E. 178
Evie J 178
HACKLEY—
Nettie g8
Sarah no
Leah no
HAITE-
Louisa 65
HALL—
Clarence 86
Delbert i73
Velra i73
Edna i73
William 206
HALLEIT—
Mary 235
HALLEY—
148
HARRIS—
Sarah 57
HAMMER—
Eli 17^
Charles 172
Russel 172
HARTLY-
Milton 8<J
Maurice O'*
William C 9^
HARLAN—
George 138
Frank 138
Sarah 138
Olive 138
George. Jr 138
HATCH ER-
Zachariah T 88
HAY—
Sarah ^)
HAMILTON—
Alfred ico
Ella »77
HARLEY—
A. G 133
Samuel ^3^
Hester i34
Levi 13,1
Eunice i^
Anna B i33
Samuel J ^SS
Edith A i3i
Eva L 133
Pearl i33
A. B 134
Jennie R i34
A. G *.V5
INDEX
David C 134
HAMPTON—
Jacob 20
Rhoda A 22
HARWOOD—
Charles 1 195
HALDERMAN—
O. G 191
Lester 191
Roy 191
HARRISON—
Roger N 188
LoU M 188
HANIBAL—
Edna 184
HARVEY—
Amos 216
HAGERMAN—
Sarah 169
HARKNESS-
Samuel 219
Sarah E 219
Edward D 219
Alice M 219
HARNESS—
Lawrence 55
Nina 55
Hellen 55
Henry 55
William 55
Lorcna 55
Eclgar 55
HAWKINS—
Miranda 69
Lemuel 69
J. A 69
James W 69
Mary M 69
A. J 69
HAZELTON—
Martha 45
HANCOCK—
Mary A 150
Susan , 219
HAZEN—
Elizabeth 21
HAMLIN—
Mary 21-163
HEATON—
Thomas 120
Elwood 121
Laura 121
Wilmcr 121
Mary Ellen 121
May 121
Charles 121
HEACOCK—
Jane 21
Emma 159
Jane
Edwin 159
HEADLER—
John 87
Theria 87
Hallie 87
Dick 87
Abbie 87
Lettie 87
Therman 87
HEAL—
Martha 158
II EI ST—
Cora 124
HESTEF -
Elizabeth 68
HEATOR—
Eve 67
HEDGE—
Deborah 12
HENDERSON—
Elizabeth 86
HEATER—
Eli A 65
Elizabefh B 65
Sarah Jane 65
HAINES—
John 12
Hannah 13
Rebecca 12
Lydia 13
Joseph 15
Keturah 15-152
John 15
Elizabeth 15
Jonathan 15- 17
Isaac 15-144
Mary 15
Caleb 15
Esther 15
Hannah 16-217
Josiah 16
Joshua 16
Rebecca 16
Abigail 16
Phebc 16
Solomon 17
Jonathan 17-217
Job 17
Mary 17
Nathan 17
William 17
Amos 17
Nathan, Jr 17
Mary 17
John 17
Sarah 17
Charles 17
Nathan 17
Stacy 20-144
Hannah 146
Abel 144
Ann 146
Engle 26
Sarah 26- 27
Elizabeth G 40
Susan R 41
Rebecca
Solomon 17
Esaias
Emory I37
Jennie 137
Wilbur 137
Stacy 144
Albina 144
Isaac 144-215
Barclay I44
Joseph 144
Charles MS
David .145
Ann 14^
Clara M M9
Keturah 152
Henrietta 152
Jacob 2i5-2i<'>
Isaac 144
Clayton N -:6
Elizabeth 144
Caleb 217
Mary ^22-153
Mary 224
Clara M'. I49
HAYNES—
Vernice 54
Earl 54
Mary E 54
H EW LINGS—
Isaac 145
HEAD—
William A * 82
Ernest C 82
Amy 82
James 81
Margaret 1 81
Martha M 81
Mary Ann 81
James W «i
Keturah 81
Wilson S 82
INDEX
Sar.iJi (J 82
Levi D . . 82
Pamly A ^82
Ma.-y C S?
Stopiw.i R s >
HIBUAKD—
Cora 130
Ali'-c -?
HOEV--
Isaac 206
Ella 20(S
Waiter i-y,
Emiua 2c/»
Ada 206
HERITAGE—
Charles 41
Walter 41
Albert 41
Clara ; 41
John C 41
Richard B 41
Esther L 41
Mary 41
Howard J 41
Charles T 41
Clifford B 41
Raymond E 41
Clara B 41
Emma 41
Alice R 41
Warren A 41
Edith M 41
Ann T 41
Albert M 41
Clarence 41
Martha 41
Elwood 41
Walter 41
Louisa May 41
HENDERSON—
Theodore 193
Joseph
Ralph
Herbert
HIDER—
Ruey H 229
Amy 205
hendrickSon—
George C 30
Isaac W 207
HERRON—
William 87
Samuel 87
Bennett 87
Joseph 87
Delila 87
Maggie 87
Amelia 87
Martha 87
Columbus 87
Eugene 87
Emma 87
James 87
WilHam 87
Mary C 96
HILL-
Maggie 141
HICKER—
William 141
Zella 141
Clara 141
Anna 141
Lee 141
Nina 141
HITTLE—
George 137
Lois 137
HOUGHTON—
Carrie 167
HOLLOWAY—
Isaac 17
HENRY—
John 100
Gertrude 100
Wilda 100
Earl 100
Mary 100
Fred 100
John 100
HOLTON—
John 103
HINNEY—
Carl 57
Ray 57
Fay 57
HILLARD—
George S 85
William 85
Lois 85
HORNER—
Isaac 31
Charles K 40
Anna B 40
Mary B 40
HORNER—
Asa M 38
Henry 38
George 38
Alice S ifi
Jesse A 38
Eula R 3g
Lillian 159
HAMP—
Violene 165
HOLLINGSHEAD—
Margaret A 150
Rebecca '. 156
HTLLHOUSE—
Mary
HALLMAN—
John 235
Elwood 235
George 235
HOLMER—
Hannah
HORN-
Nettie 235
HOOPS—
Sarah 239
HENDRICKS—
Ida M 242
HORNE-
Elizabeth 50
HOCHSTETLFR—
Christ 236
Floyd E 236
Glen ". . 236
HOUSTON—
Robert 194
HILBURN—
Rose 201
HOOPENGARNER—
Henry 133
G. B 133
HOSTETLER—
William 103
HOLTZBERG—
Mary 142
HOBBS-
James 188
Charles 188
HILYARD—
Margaret B 155
HUNTSINGER—
Rhoda -.201
HUSHFR-
Harry 103
HUFFMAN—
Wesley 124
Adclbert 57
Jane 56
William 56
INDEX
Marl 56
Ardenia 56
HUYCK—
Charles 178
Pearl 178
Clair 178
Cora ,178
HUFFER—
Jennie 173
HUNTER—
Thomas 47
Hannah 33
J. Franklin 47
Louisa B 47
Levi M 47
HUSS—
Christopher 66
William 66
Enzly 66
Daisy E 92
HISONG-
69
HUTCHINSON—
George 142
Mary 142
Arthur 142
Samuel 142
Arwilda 142
George, Jr 142
John 78
Olive E 78
Dclbert 78
Lewis C 78
Marion 78
Carrie 78
Florence 78
Sarah C 78
Wilber J 78
Francis S 78
HUSTON—
Rachel S 155
HUBBARD—
Alexander 22-180
Mary 180
Leonidas 180
Euclid 180
Sarah 180
John 180
Byron 180
Jtilissa 180
Eliza 180
William 182
Mary 182
Delia 182
Leonidas, Jr 182
Daisy i8.»
Jesse 182
Nina 182
Wanetta 182
John ...183
Byron 183
Clara 183
Charles, M. D 183
Julissa 183
Ella ...183
Anna 183
Ella 183
Edward 183
Lena 183
Mildred 183
Melvin. M. D 184
Lillie 184
Glenn 184
Nina 184
Laton 184
Elton 184
Willard 184
Mary 184
Frank 184
Charles 184
Walter 184
Ida 184
Eva 184
Pearl 184
Cleatus 184
HURFORD—
HU NT-
Elizabeth 20
Ralph 20
Esaias 20
Deborah 201
Elizabeth 201
Rhoda 22
Ralph 201
Samuel P 201
Edward 201
Joseph B 201
James 109
Mary Ellen 146
Ralph 201
Deborah 22
Esaias 22
Elizabeth G 44
Samuel P 23
Joseph B 2,^
Ralph 22
Edward 23
Rhoda A 201
Esaias 201-241
Rhoda 22
Ralph M 241
Mary Ellen 241
Abraham J 241
Rhoda A 241
HUNT—
Susan B 241
Esaias, Jr 241
Georgiana 242
Josephine 242
Seymore 242
Beulah S 242
Albcretta R 242
Ruth Anna 242
Ida 242
Samuel P 242
Lewis 242
Hellen May 242
Samuel P 242
Ruth Anna 242
Samuel Izard 242
Warner 242
Agnes 243
Alice 243
Amelia 243
Clarence 244
INGRAHAM—
Norman 227
Harry H 228
INGLING—
Amy C 22
IRETON—
Nelson 242
Nelson, Jr 242
Paul 242
IRONS—
Raymond 60
IREDELL—
Clinton 44
IRVING—
Ava E 140
IRWIN—
Minnie M 128
IVES—
Newton 168
Cora 168
IRVINE—
Edna 54
JACKSON—
Andrew W 108
Lona 108
Leota 108
Pauline 108
INDEX
Arthur io8
Rebecca S 149
JACOBS—
Dora 201
JACOBY—
Melvina 138
JAGGANA—
Joseph 198
JAN IS—
Phebe 52
JENNINGS—
Martha 37
JOYCE—
Mary 144
JENKINS—
Jesse 55
JESSUP—
Esther 13
Sarah 17
William 17
JEFFRIES—
Ella A 171
Margaret 172
Alice 172
JOHNSTON—
Sarah 81
Mary 22
JOHNSON—
Minerva 161
Catherine 216
Mary
• Luther, M. D 161
Charles M 163
Willa W 163
Arthur Lee 163
May 164
Anna i77
Mary 192
Mary
JONES—
Cynthia E Zl
Daisy 54
Matilda 63
Anna L 8q
John W 95
William E 95
' Lorena E 95
Lelia M 95
Mary B 150
William C. ,A 155
KAY—
Parker 184
Louis 184
• Ruth 184
Ivan 184
Briggs 220
KAIN—
Levi L J24
Judson 147
KAIL—
Rozella M 92
KEMBLE—
Anna 215
KENNETH—
Charles
KEEN—
Janett 184
K EVERT—
Lou 8q
KELSO—
Josephine 85
KESTER—
Jessie 87
KENEDY—
Charles B
KENNEDY—
Cora B 128
KESSLER—
58
KIME—
Melvina 78
KENNON—
Isaac, M. D 82
John H 96
Mattie 96
Katy 96
ROSIER-
David 138
KIRCHER—
Martha B
KILLE—
Wilmer B 38
Horace F 38
Helen H 38
Anna G 38
Joseph B 146
KIRBY—
Frank 40
Mary 40
Charles : 40
Sarah S 44
Anna P 42
James J 202
KIGER—
Elmer E 39
Edith B 40
Mary 48
Jennet 235
KOPP—
Mary M 3^
KINSLEY—
John 182
KNOTH—
Charles 147
KINSER—
Daniel 64
Andrew 64
Charles 64
Stella 64
Cora 66
Jather 66
Bertha 66
Myrtle 66
KIMBALL—
William L 2Q
Sylvia K 29
KELLEY—
Charles 147
Martha H 154
Lilla 162
KING—
Emma 60
KUTZ—
Samuel 97
KLINE—
Harry
Loyd 66
George 66
Florence 66
Ralph 66
Golden 66
Ada 66
Ruth 66
Chester 66
Ernest 66
Merril 66
Gould 66
KIRKBRIDE—
Anna W 150
George W 153
Jean 154
KELLER—
Gilbert 22-)
KLINGENSMITH—
David 191
Earl ioi
Mark 191
KINNEY—
Charles E 177
Levi B r79
Garrold R 170
KUECHELE—
INDEX
Elizabeth 156
KEIFFER—
Ray xCyg
Ellis J i().)
Everett i(jo
Iretta 170
Ivan 170
Frank 170
LACONEY—
George 160
i.Sf>
LAUBER—
D. B :o6
Percy 106
Kenneth 106
Maurice 106
Ernest lo'j
LE GAULT—
Marie 220
LANNING—
Jacob M 161
Leroy L ](rj
Jay R. M. D 102
Jacob M. Jr 162
LASH LEY—
LOVELAND—
Blanch
I^eora
LOVELL—
George S ^6
LAIZEAUR—
Samuel Wm 2?^
LEE—
Mary 2i3
Mary A i.'.^
Minnie i6d
Hiram 184
Laura IQ.2
LEWIS—
Beatrice M 80
Winfield 8g
Lucind go
Millard F go
Letitia E 91
Jesse P 89- gi
Elizabeth 162
William 8q
Emma lona Sq
Jesse P S()
Clarence yj
Cora A s--
Fordie L. • 52
Loyd A «;2
Wesley 89
Joseph Sg
- Ellen So
LEONARD—
Newton •^•;
Ella S 125
William G u;
Newton
LOVE—
Thomas 2CO
LOONER—
Sarah J
LIKES -
Sarali A 84
John log
Benjamin F no
Frederick 1 10
Estella 1 10
Mary E in
LEPAGE—
J. B iv^
Burt W 134
Isabclle . . « u
LEIST—
Minnie 134
Allie 134
Lucy 139
LIBY—
Mary 135
LEIBY—
William 166
Hazel 166
Grace 166
Effie 166
Emery 166
LIGHT—
Wiggins 1 177
Raphael O i77
Earl T I77
Mazie E 177
LIPPY—
Tilla 140
LUNABARGER—
Jacob 137
Stella 137
LOWE—
Rachel 88
Godalphin S 88
Raymond 88
Matilda C 95
Alice May 89
LINDSEY—
James gg
Bernice 99
Clara 99
Harry 99
Hellen gg
LUXON—
Effie 200
LOSEY—
Aaron 128
Howard 128
Carl 128
LODGE-
John 50
Bart 50
LORD—
Elizabeth 12
Abigail '. . 12
LEEDS—
Caroline H 151
LUKENS—
Bertha N 152
Elwood 149
Lillie I I4Q
Martha 26
Josephine 152
Harry S 15^
LINKHART—
Barney 59
Zadia 1 59
Mattie May 59
Charles 59
Elmer N 59
Elva Bell 59
Joanna 59
Lydia L 59
John B 59
Rebecca F 59
Thomas W^m 59
George Lyon
Madge
LYONS—
Nathaniel 13S
Lottie 135
Dilla 140
Charity 140
Arabell 140
Myra 140
Lottie 140
Grover 140
LIPPINCOTT—
Elizabeth 15.^
Joseph 13
Mary 13- 26
Thomas IS
Ella H 28
J. Hansell 30
Charles D 30
Richard Wm 30
Thomas 31
Elmina K 33
Elizabeth 37- ^
Thomas 38
Tuliannn 38
INDKX
Pennington 38
Barclay [^
Elwood B .^8
Carlton 38
Elizabeth .^i
Henry 44
Henry R 44
Grace 44
Lawrence 44
Sarah B 144
Carlton P 146
Elmina 146
Thomas 146
Mary 146
Abigail 146
Lydia 146
Abraham 146
Elizabeth 32
Julia A 156
Sarah M 157
Sarah 216
McWILLIAMS—
Frank E 6q
MAY—
Alice
MARSHALL—
Maria E 85
MARSH—
Moses 107
Ann 88
Joseph 87
Rachel 87-107
Ann 87
Samuel 87
Keziah 87
Phebe 87
William 87
Elizabeth 108
Martha 87
Mary 87
Joseph 87
Daniel 87
Susan 108
James 87
Phebe 108
Lillian 88
John W 108
Joseph H 88
Pearl 88
Carl Qi
Samuel 88
MOORE—
Luther loi
Emma loi
Icy loi
Maud loi
Otha loi
Anna
David C
Moses
MATHEWSOX—
Clifford 52
Hernicc 52
Earl S2
MANGUS—
Marion 50
Melissa A 51
Samuel F 51
Martha P 51
Asa M 51
Grace si
Winnie E 52
Gertrude 52
Simon 51
Helen E 52
Everett E 52
Gladys E 52
Ivan L 52
Marion 53
Lydia 53
Suasn 60
Levi 60
Alonzo 121
Paul R 121
Arthur B 121
Jessie L 121
Gerald A 122
MATHER—
Joseph W IQO
M AT HEW—
Florin 178
Evie 178
Cressie M 179
MANN—
Zoe 141
William 141
Loyd 141
Lydia 141
Susannah 141
Mendrel 141
Howard 141
Mildred 141
Lucilc 141
Marjoric 141
MASTEES—
Rachel 97
John R 141
Candace 134
Orvill 141
McDANIELS—
Ruth 168
Lair 168
Velma 168
Ray 168
Ernest 168
Myrtie 168
Millie 168
Anna 168
MATLACK—
Mary
Joseph
Samuel G ,-^2
Stacy 32
Albert :^2
James W 201
Deborah E 201
Samuel E 201
Thomas A 201
MATTERN—
Frank 132
Wilbur 132
Sulu 132
Asher i^
Mildred 132
Ruth 132
Charles 134
Myrtle 134
MARLOW—
Harry 98
John q8
Edith 08
Nevada 100
Minnie 100
Luella 100
Tola 100
Leroy 100
Mary
Berlena loi
Robert loi
Eva loi
Joseph H
Rheol
Phebe 13.^
MARTIN—
Lizzie 98- 90
Squire 60
Mabel
MAXWELL—
Mary A 107-222
MANAVEL—
Emma 121
METZGER—
INDEX
Hannah
AhntT IQO
John W iQO
Mary E 190
Hannah E 186-IQO
Joseph B IQO
l^aura K igo
Rose H. . . '. , IQO
Susan I IQO
Minnie I IQO
Lewis P IQO
Madge iqo
• Pearl iqo
Grace iqo
Clarence iqo
Rowland S IQI
MERRYMAN—
Ethel A 8.1
METCALF—
John 78
Pearl 78
MERCER—
Loyd 9Q
Lois QQ
Oma QQ
Norman gg
MEGARGEE—
James 146
George E 147
Anna Mary 147
Henrietta 147
Elizabeth B 147
Elwood R 147
J. Harrison 147
William 147
Ella B 147
Hellen 147
Sarah 147
MEREDITH—
Anna iq2
Lois 171
McAllister—
Amelia 24^
McELROY—
Dora M 22Q
McDonald-^
Edw^ard 52
McCUTCHSON—
Estella no
Melissa ' no
Franklin no
John no
McFAUL—
Esther 12.1
Margaret 194
McFADDEN—
Anna 107
McKINNEY—
Rebecca 56
McMURRAY—
Susan 10^
McDowell—
Christopher lOQ
MUMMA—
Joseph M Q2
Almyra 83
Martha J 93
Frederick K q.^
Clyde F 93
Martha E 93
Velma 9^
McMILLIN—
Clara 192
McCAVE—
Hiram D
W. H IQO
Herman D iqi
Myra E 191
Lee V iqi
Mark L iqi
Herbert B igi
Martha W iqi
Ruth B. ..; TQi
McMAKIN—
Elizabeth M 177
McDANIELS—
David 168
Upton 168
MATHEWS—
Sarah 2^8
McDonald—
Ethel S2
McDANIELS—
Lena 168
Josiah 168
Myrtie 168
Elwood 168
McCASKEY—
Allen 170
Frederick 170
Harry 170
Glee 170
Jay 170
George 170
Kenneth 170
Edith 170
McHINNEY—
Samuel 20.^
MILLS—
William C 57
Silas 78
Alfred
Charles 230
Emmit C 230
Ernest J 230
MICHNER—
Andy 54
Mary 54
Wilfred 55
Kathrine 55
Edna 55
Josephine 55
MILICE—
Alice 161
MILLER—
Hyman 29
Elizabeth 2q
Mildred T 29
Mary 31
Fannie M 36
Mary 53
Mary 48
Carl 56
Howard 56
Rebecca J 82
iiQ
Edna 13Q
Emmit 13Q
Manse 13Q
Emma
Henry 22Q
Hannah 235
Edgar 206
Eleanor 206
Susan 206
Josephine 206
MILLBERN—
Austin 172
Rosella 172
Minerva 172
Allen 172
Tilden 172
Melvina 172
Lizzie 172
Lurie 172
Blanch 172
Harlan 173
Lola 173
Opal 173
Fesler 173
Gretchen 173
Huffer 173
Vern 173
Marie 173
Merl 173
INDEX
MIDDLETOX—
Bell 54
S. Eliza 242
Newton ^4
Pearl -,4
MORRISON—
Albion ij8
McGLOUGHLIN—
Sarah 12 ^
MOON—
John W Ill
Frank 1 1 1
Nellie in
Mable in
Bessie in
Columbns B in
Earl in
Pearl in
Riley 109
Ruth
MOREY—
Walter 237
Floyd A 237
Esta L 2,^7
Kenneth E 237
June A 237
Krith M 237
Edward G J37
Marsine 2>7
Lena May 2^7
Samuel so
, Ruth 156
MORROW—
Martha J S6
MARTON—
. Susan S-;
Walter Morton \\2
MOWBERRY—
Minnie 8^
MONROE—
Estella S4
MOMEYER—
Anna ^x)
MOTTS—
Mattson ' :)
MORRIS—
Betsy A 5/S
Tliomas 8/
Almeda gi
Norval gi
MOORE—
Joseph lO 21;
Mary ui
Elizabeth 16
Patience ro
Uri.i'i 1(1
Jam (
Cyrils fO
Joha M)
E-.i.MJi j.i
Sa ni'cl -2
Samuel 37
El':.:i»et»l X7
Kc»i:ruli ?"
Ra.l.'.l Q
Asa hI
Allen -
Ab':-ill 7
Thomas y;
Samuel .^7
Atlantic 37
Hannah 37
Charles F /,.)
Aii«c .>g
Kvlwin B .')
r'larles T V)
! sie D ^
Caroline
^{j»ry V
Alary _•.••-
Sandy W . ... «'<4
i'Jizabeth 84-.:i ;
Murray •' i
Hart 10^
Abel 144
Enoch iijS
Joseph B r jS
Elizabeth 2f.)-22i
Cyrus Jii-jiT.
Joseph ...21^
Abel 21;
Patience 21;
Charles 215
Rebecca 21 "^
Eliza 21 ^
Emma loi
Cyrus. Jr 215
Uriah 216
Mary 216
Martha 216
Mary ..221
John 216
Cyrus Jr 216
Jarvis 216
Abigail 216
Mary .216
Joseph 216
Abel 216
Mary 216
Elwood 216
Bethuel 210
John 216-2^.1
Joshua
Mary Ann igB
Anna igS-216
Rebecca .* '. . . iq8
Sarah iq8
Enoch. Jr tq8
J. Hampton iq8
Julia D. M iq8
Clarence iq8
Clayton F iqq
Dcrff IQQ
Elwood M iQO
Harry Cedars iqq
Mark iqq
Serena C iQQ
Julia Dorf iqq
Richard O IQQ
Joseph E IQQ
Albert L IQQ
MORGAN—
Avery 160
MUNN—
David 201
Alia Arabella 201
James K 201
MURKLE—
Samuel 106
Leroy C 106
Rhoda J 106
MULNIX—
Katie B Q.^
MURPHY—
Samuel S5
Cora 55
MUSGROVE—
Benjamin F 94
Essie E 04
Pearl F 04
Nannie R .......04
David R 04
Franklin G 04
Sarah D '94
MYERS—
Marjorie G 122
Donald C ,...122
Opha , .135
Daniel 122
Relea 164
McCONNELL—
Kate 87
MUNSON—
Libbie 229
Rettie 2.^7
INDEX
McCUE—
Marie 6q
McPEEK—
Letitia q8
Dell io8
Frederick 108
Laurence 108
Gertrude 108
George R
Lizzie q8
McALlSTER—
James 2q
Howard B 2q
Mary W 29
Alfred S 2Q
Henry W 29
MOOX—
John ...! 156
Jesse F 156
Rebecca 156
Anita 156
Florence G 157
John R 157
Marthena D is6
NEWMAN—
John 242
Clarence 242
NORCROSS—
Rachel 16
NASH—
Mahahi 161
NAAS—
Lewis 5Q
NAYLOR—
Frank Qi
Marsh Qi
Millard Qi
Frank N 192
Mary B 192
Leon 192
Raym Mid 1 192
Carl R IQ2
Lewis W 192
Carrie 192
NAN'GLE—
Katie 152
NASH—
Mahah 21
NFWBOLD—
Mary A 18
Mnud E (0
NEAL—
Idi 50
NOWELL-
E. H ij
NICHOLS—
William E 44
Elwell 44
Frank 18.^
NOWELL—
Clement V 112
William 112
Frederick 112
Jay 112
Pauline 112
OBERG—
Andrew 86
Dwight E 86
Lois May 86
ODEN—
William 178
Leo 178
Helma 178
Edna 178
OLIVER—
Annie 107
Regina 138
William 189
OWEN—
Martha l^
Mercy 20
ORR—
John F.- Ill
Charles A 11 1
Mary A in.
Sadie May iii
Keziah L. 111
William N 111
Daisy Dell in
James F in
ORR—
Helen Alice in
Charles G in
Mary ni
Drssie m
Carl in
Guy in
Tames in
Henry in
William F in
OSMAN—
Benjamin H 63
OMA—
C SWALD—
Elizihcih C8
S?rih 2-9
ONWEILER—
T vd 1 179
OVERLANDER—
Mu 141
OPAL—
Mildred
OSLER-.
Susannah M 97
ORTON—
William 179
OLDHAM—
Sarah 225
OSWOLD—
Dora E 228
OLDFIELD—
George 232
Nora 232
George W 232
ORTON—
Harry 179
Edith 179
Lorena 179
POWELL—
Isaac 149
Percy 151
Horace 151
PARLETTE—
Emaline 98
PARK—
L. L 191
May 191
Harry 191
PAIGE—
Mattie 87
PATTERSON—
Ballard L 68
POORMAN—
Herbert 234
Leo E 234
Nina 234
PARMER—
Olive 179
PANCO AST-
Charles F 40
Dtborah D 26
Joseph D 40
Charles F 40
George 141
Nathan " 141
.Albert 142
Mabel 142
Harriet 142
Rose 142
Helen 142
Tdi M ici
PAUI.IXS—
Ray
PARKHAM—
Ge-^rec
PATTERSON-
Jn^n 102
PACKER—
INDEX
Rhoda ^ 12
FAXON—
John 234
Mary 234
John Jr 235
Charity 235
Josiah 2.?5
Hudson 2'}5
Rebecca J 2/0
Leslie 3.53
Florence 2.^.s
Edwin 2.?T
James 235
John 235
Helen Irma J3-
Arthur Ray 2^S
Roscoe G 235
Grace M 235
Hertha B 23^
PEACOCK—
Manly 2 3-j.:t
Rut'i H ,3
Sa-j.V »20
John -JO- O-S
Amos 08
Josiah 6^
Dianah C\S
H'.Miry (>^
Margaret ^8
Thomas C8
Louisa ' ?<
Lsaac (»S
John jr 0'"^
Mary Oo
Daniol '^^
PEACOCK—
Hannah R .8
Amanda ')■>
(icorgc '^^
Sarah
Manly
PENNINGTON—
Parker
Clinton ^7
Sarah >7
Harold !^7
Stephen S7
Prudence 57
PERSING—
William 121
Verne W !2i
Florence G 12;
NeHie E in
Hazel 15 '-'>
P ED RICK—
I'v
Elizabeth 107
PECHIN—
Melissa
PERKINS—
Ida MO
Ruth A 155
Abraham 155
PETERSON—
Joseph B 43
Lydia T 4^
Anna B 43
Florence 43
Sarah H 43- 44
Charles A 4.^
Clara B ..43
George R 43
Elsie A 43
PARKER—
Charles H
PEASLEY—
Ruih W 42
PEACH—
Warren
PERRY—
luipene
PIFER—
Emma 78
Georp^e 1^2
Kly J i.V'
Carmine 132
Mildred 132
Gartha 132
PINKERTON—
Albert : 67
Guy A 67
Susie M (Q
Victoria E 67
Iva 1 67
Cecil Ray 67
Russell E 67
Esther E 67
POWELL—
Joj^eph J7
Isaac 151
Jcsiali 151
Bessie 234
Ben-ijh. M. D \\i
PEXDRY—
Saran 49
WILLIAMS—
Edward . .- iS
Henry B 2S
Sallie n 2'A
PORCH —
Samuel igS
PORTER-
Flavins 87
POORMAN—
John lOQ
POLLOCK—
Rev. Thomas 82
Thomas, Jr 82
Margaret 8^
Jo.shua 177
W. C 177
Mary A 177
Hattie P I77
Laura S 177
Lulu M 177
Robert A 177
POUCH ER—
Robert .....' 142
Elizabeth 142
PHARO—
Timothy ^i
PHILLIPS—
Ray 6C>
Chester (ty
POOLEY—
George 242
PLUMMEL—
Nancy A (So
PROPTS—
Stella 1 -^^
PRICE—
Henry
Mabel i8a
PRICE—
Sarah 214
Walter 188
Harvey 188
Wesley i(^
John U)6
LaFayeiie i()6
Floyd 166
Arthur
PULLEY—
Mariah c)H
PRICKLE—
M:iry 54
Clara ^4
PRICKITT—
Charles A 76
Mary E 76
Phoeba E 7^1
Clara M :. 7^
Grace E 7'>
Charlotte A 7^
George E 76
Franklin J y^
Daniel ijt
James D T2r
INDEX
Anna M 121
Jemima E 121
Phebe A 121
Benjamin J 121
Lydia G 121
Anna Engle 14
J(>peih L 6q
Daniel J 69. 121
Sarah Jane 6q
James H 6q
Anna M 6q
Charles K 236
John B 6q
Abigail E 69
Josiah B 6q
Mary E 6g
Japheth C 6()
Daniel J. Jr 121
Jesse Ellen 121
Mary Eva 121
Clement L 122
Lena Pearl T2>
Lee 135
Lenna ^^^
Esther 21^)
Lemuel 216
Samuel 226
Hudson 226
Benjamin F 234
Samuel 234
Alrenia K 2.U
S:imuel E 234
Sarah E 2.u
Cora Bell 231
Samuel 23 >
William 2^^
Pearl 2^A
Rebecca E 2U
Lida A 2.v>
Rhoda 23'^)
Frank E. 2,^()
Lillian A 236
Henry H 236
Dessa A 236
Alice M 236
ALirjt.ry 236
Dorothy 2^6
PYATT—
Hester 24^
FDVVERS—
i'-li/.ibeth 48
REAM—
George Hr
Ifomcr 81
McKenzie 81
Mary A 81
Christopher C 81
REYNOLDS—
Charles 165
Howard i6«;
ROSE—
AHbert 100
Raymond too
Mable 100
Fred 100
Eva 100
RAYMOND—
H
Alfred R to8
Charles I08
Neva T08
Lulu ic8
Thomas
Minnie 108
RAY—
Joseph B 180
Worthinurton G i8g .
RAKESTRWV—
Lydi:i 58
Jeremiah to
Job 50- s
Lydia .Ann 50
Frank :^o
Riley 50
Robert -,j
Henry 1 50
Levi .'\ 50
.Xni^clirie A 50
<'scar 1 50
l':ir')ary A. >,o
M:ir.L'arcl M 50
Mart!ia Jane 50
I'rancis M 50
Julin D 50
Berton 50
Samuel F 50
I Unry S 50
John C 51
Margaret M 50
Mary J 51
Hazel May 51
ICdilh Fay 51
David A 5;^
William 5^
Lydia A 5^^
•'vid' ra J 53
James .V 5^
Walt r X 5;,
REXSTREW—
Nellie 5.?
Lydia 63
Thomas 215
Mary 65
Gilbert 6,^
Enzly Pope 63
Simon 6,3
Becca Ann 63
Eliza J 63
Valentine S 6.3
Sarah M 63
George Vane 63
Joshua 63
Job B 6,3
Elizabeth B 63
George 50
Clarinda 6.3
Alvira A 64
William Emzly 64
Minnie 1 64
Elh V 64
Mary .A 64
Jennie J 64
David 64
Idi 64
) - ^4
Wi!Ii:im O4
Ann 64
Frederick (u
ChaHcs H 65
Benjamin F 6=;
Clarinda M 6.^
Frederick S 6-;
Sarah Ann 6^
Lillie C 6.^
Winnie V 6«;
Edith 66
Frank H 66
Florence 178
RILEY—
RIFNER—
Eurita 18^
RHINNINGER—
Floyd 66
RAWTTNG-
'-''^'1 May 2C5
REECE—
Willi irn 2'
REEALS—
Bessie 10^
»^'-'H-l 239
RICE—
Phebe A ,7
RJSDOX-
INDEX
James 26
RICHARDS—
Webster 176
James Ezra i77
Allie May I77
Anna E I77
Franklin E I77
Walter K I77
Clara Hell i77
Charles E I77
Edith A 177
Clare C 177
Grace E 177
Angie E I77
Helen E i77
James W 177
Elmer Loyd I77
Franklin O 177
Dora 193
John 193
Frances
RIGGLE—
Wilson 10.^
Ada 103
Matilda 103
Mary E 103
Sadie T03
William B 103
John W 103
Lida B 103
Robert 103
Hatty 10^
James 105
Ward iQi;
Bell 105;
Sylvester 105
Jasper 105
Mary 105
RIDGEWAY—
Henry 42
Mary T 42
Harvey 42
T.ydia 42
Henry Jr 42
Frank K a^
William 82
Marietta H 82
Elizabeth H 157
RIDDLE—
Sarah J 163
James 2.^2
J. Emmit 212
John Clivc 2U'
Carrie J 2^2
Fred 232
George .232
Mary Ann 232
RIGER—
• Sarah 160
RITTENHOUSE— .
George 163
Sarah
Simmeon 163
Elwood 163
John 163
Mary 163
RONSTEAD—
Nelson 53
ROBBINS—
Helen 62
ROBINETTE—
Ella 57
ROSS—
Margaret 59
Delia Ill
Wallace 128
Nola 128
Edith 128
E 128
ROBERTS—
John H 2C)
John H 28
Mary W 29
Elizabeth M 29
Martha P 29
Reuben 29
Anna B 29
Anna E. 156
Nancy B
RODMAN—
Tabitha 20-179
ROMANS—
Evan J 8.^
Norman 8^
Helen 8.S
Edgar m
ROBINSON—
Elizabeth 39 47
Elliott 140
R. B J3()
T.eona r3'3
Myrtie R 2\.^
Myrta ijo
Inez M'j
Glenn i.iO
Vcrlon 140
George 140
Alma \i)j
Myrtie 147
RODI—
C. H., M. D v)2
ROGERS—
Charity 13
Anna 13- 80
Ann 15
Sarah is
Charity 80
George 88
William C 158
Anna M 158
Emily B 158
William B 158
William H 149
Helen 149
William
Abijah 170
. Edith 170
Lulu 170
Mary 223
ROLLER—
Hannah 190
RHOADS—
George i.^
Alcinda 200
RUPE—
Lavina 49
RUPP—
William 2^2
Henry 232
Iva 232
RUFF—
Anna R 187
Mary 187
RUBY—
Martin L 177
RUTLEDGE—
Anna i vi
RUCKER—
Wat son Ill
William m
Clara Bell m
RUSSELL—
Daisy 18^
RULON- •
Maria 47
Howard J
RAKESTRAW—
Ann 4Q
Aaron 49
Foster 49
George 49
Amos 4Q
INDEX
Margaret 4Q
Job 50
Mary 50
RAKESTRAW—
Martha 50
Dinah 50
SALNEK—
Rose 242
SARVER—
Nancy 192
SAUNDERS—
Thomas 178
SATTERTHWAIT—
Sue W 155
Elizabeth 15
SANLEY—
Jacob 52
Bertha 52
SATLER—
Mary A
SAYRES—
Anna 13.S
SCHRODER—
Ella .SI
SCHOOLEY—
Matilda 205
SAULSRURY—
64
SCOTT—
John .'.TOi
Otha loi
George loi
William 167
Bessie 167
Frederick 167
Blanch 167
Tames i^7
Oscar 200
Ida 200
Ellsworth 200
SETTLERS—
Nanie .SQ
SEEDS—
Elizabeth i.SQ
SEXTON—
Mable 24.^
STEELE—
Otha C 84
SECRET—
Jennie .'• 82
SERRELU-
Jacob ...'.
SEILING—
Herman ......:
SELAH—
Kate 216
SELLARS—
Anna May 205
Edwin 20;
Robert .2C^
Alfred -'oc
Edwin 203
SHULL—
Helen D 42
SHANGLE—
Carrie 1.^2
SHOEMAKER-
Mary ^r^
SHIPLEY—
Norman R <^"
Bertha R 8-
William E 87
Talbert
SHEPPARD—
Lucinda 9-i
SHIVERS—
W. A ^9
SHAW—
Jane 5'
Marshall M =0
Jane 58
James W. . ., 5.0
Sarah J ^Q
Narcissa E -0
John "^o
Mary 5 )
Henry 59
Charles >()
Jacob ^c.
Georee 50
SHARP—
Williuni 17
Xoali t;
Rebecca 17
Hannah n-^-/
Hugh 17
Esther 17
William Jr 17
Haines .u
Rebecca H .^2
Jane ';2
Mary Ann .^?
Barclay 32
Arthur 32
Abigail 32
Jemima '32
Elizabeth 32
I'lsthcr A .\2
Rebecca J'**^
Margaret A^
Ediih 1-11
Caroline '47
Josep'.i 2J4
SHEDAKER-
John •.. . .13
Frederick W .0
Hannih H y^
William B .r>
Eliznbct'i R ,>S
Sarah M .33
Ida May .^^
Aniv P .V=i
SHELLBARKER-
John ig"?
SHINN-
M-'ri-h -.>
SVIREEVE—
Marv '7
SHUGAR-
Mary -MO
SHILLING—
Rettn '.V)
SHOTWELL—
Adn A 10^
SHICKS—
ZcMi .....101
SHRINGLEY—
Enorh 8'i
Ora <^iiv 80
SHANK—
Clan- -MO
SHAFFER—
Clvde 140
.'^'^C'^ '^'
p1<>I-pnre ^^*
.Al-i1da '^'
Alfred. Jr '''^
Micl^-el i^^^
Dnvid T^^7
SHAFFER—
Henry, M. D 7^7
Rosa 1^7
Delia 1^7
Addie i^>7
Eflfie T<^T
Cvrus 1^7
Mary 167
Wilbur 167
Emma 167
Lilly 167
Ziba 167
INDEX
Arthur i6t
Dora 167
Gertie 167
Edith 168
Claytpn 168
Wilbur 168
Sarah 168
Van 168
Elmer E 228
Lila Bell 228
Nelson 228
Gladys 228
Fanny 228
Clyde 140
SHERWOOD—
Warren
SLOAN—
Blanch jg7
SITLY—
Permalia 200
Permalia 201
SIPES—
Betsy 118
SIMPSON—
James 46
Norman S 46
Earl A 46
SIMMONS—
Nettie 87
Gem 87
Mary 128
SIMS—
Calvin 60
SEARCH—
Franklin 147
SINCLAIR—
Matta S t8o
SMITH—
Tane
Helen 78
Mattie 100
Steele ioq
Eugene 167
Bernice t68
Arthur 168
Eunice 168
SMITH-
Abraham 194
Charles 2.-^6
Nellie E 2.16
Bertha L 236
Charles E 2.-^6
SLEEPER—
Fr«nklln 242
SMITLEY—
William 201
Permalia 201
Estella 201
William 201
SMALL—
Sarah 15Q
SNIDER—
Maliada C ?;o
' Tamar 228
Mary E 6.^
SNODGRASS—
Judson loi
SNORTS—
Charles 10.1
SNOWDEN—
Hannah 15
SNILLWINK—
Margaret 88
SNITCHER-
Samuel 158
SPRING—
Everett 2.16
Florence L 216
SPRONG—
Nira 95
SPIER—
Isa in
SPARKS—
George 78
Marion E 78
Annie E 78
Reuben 118
SPEAR—
Nora t88
Nowell
Ollie
Myrtle
Darrtns
SPFCHT—
Nnah T<^
Alh*»rt 1^
ATir^ T^
STULL—
63
STOCKTON—
Ann F.liza yr
Tarotine 121
Sarah Tane 226
STAFFORD—
Rachel tco
Rachel 2t
STEVENS-
Royal 119
Harvey 232
STEWART—
Milton 66
Ernest 66
Dora 66
Eunice ioq
Ruby 17.^
Florence 17.^
STEINER—
Frederick 6c
Ella 68;
STONE—
Adelaide igq
STULTZ—
James f^
Anna 6c
STURGIS—
John ix'\
STOCKWELL—
Ezra 88
STRANGWAY—
Mildred 88
STOW—
John M I .-
Henrietta i •-
Clifford ijT
STRATTON—
Ann 17
Mary 144
Emanuel 144
Elizabeth
Daniel 146
Schuyler C 27
Harold 27
Roland 27
Aaron E 27
Marion 27
Florence 27
David R 40
Mary . . i 20
Daniel
Elizabeth 150
Naomi 217
STOKES—
Hannah t**
Chalkley iS
Elizabeth 144-216
Israel L a5
Lavina igs
STURGEON-
Thomas S tSo
STEPHENSON-^
INDEX
Cyrus B i88
Jesse M , i8p
SlODDARD—
i>TRUBLE-^
Phcbc .. li
VTEWARI)-.
Warren 121
Harvey iQi
William ig ^
James lqi
Amelia Eliza 206
Eleanor S 206
Martha 206
Jesse E 206
STITES—
Amzy 177
Adelbcrt 178
Elnora 178
Charley 178
Flora 178
Cora 178
Dora 178
Hazel 178
^^^ 178
Homer 178
Olive Wiyg
STOPFER—
Katharine A 186
STEVENSON—
Adelia I7q
SWEET—
Jefferson 77
ST. KINSON—
Joseph 224
ST. CLAIR—
Nova 133
SUNNAFRANK-
John 107
Edwin 107
Erwin 107
Bessie 107
Golden 107
STRYKER—
Carlos 1^
STREET—
Harrison 54
Mollie . . . .• 54
Frank 54
John 54
Wilber 5^
Cora j;4
George 54
Harry 54
Marjorie ^4
SUMMERS—
PoJIy 48
Polly
SOMERS—
Jacob 39- 46
Alfred J 46
Richard /\G
Sarah 4(1
Edward B 4^
Aaron B a6
Chalkley L 4/v
Jacob Jr 4
Mariah L 46
Joel B 46
William B 46
SOMERS—
Anna J 46
Franklin A 46
Emma J .46
Lillian 46
Francis C. 47
William B 4;
Raymond 47
Joseph A 4/
James
Ernest
Thurman
Lillian
Grace
Elizabeth 117
Sarah 118
William H 137
Sarah 137
Harry 137
Frank 137
STRAIT-
Howard
Grace 5;,
STONER—
STRASSER—
Frank F 201
Carl-K 201
Lewis C 188
Daniel 1 188
TAYLOR-
Morris 137
Elizabeth
Sarah H icc
Wilda 24t
TABOR—
Violet 47
Warren 47
TAYLOR-
Anna R 26
Emily E
Mary
Franklin S 45
Alice 45
A. 132
Eli 123
David ixs
TALLMAN—
Martha 36
TEWKSBURY-
Rachel «,.
THOMAS- ^
Grace , -
EH ;!:::::; 2
THORN- ^
Samuel 22:2
tHOMPSON—
Anna L ,g,
Anna L. ..
TINSLEY—
Ann ,0,
TRITT- •'
y»"»am ,83
Zevar ,g^
Fredreka 184
William 184
Hiram ..!!i84
Ida ,g^
Lizzie ,84
Euclid X84
Delila ,5j
Alice ,84
Elora ,84
TRIMBY—
Kate ; jg4
TRIMMER—
John ,Q.
TRIMBEL—
Emily 27
TOZER—
Margaret ^
TOLLEY-
Emma H
TONKINS-
Lydia A 40
Charles 43
Marion i.. .... 4^*
Edith ; ^
Loren 134
Mahlon 134
Vema 1^4
TOWNS-
THORNE—
Joseph 48
El'wood E 48
Howard 48
Armintha 1^7
Byron 1^7
Priscilla 1.7
Byron 135
Cora IJ5
Daniel lee
Cora lOS
Perly ifyS
INDEX
TARR—
Frederick W 204
Frerleri.k \V 206
Jane ^'"
Snnicint'ia i^'
Clara ^'^•
Ksiell C .2^
Alice -J-
William V 4«
TOHY—
Sl-eldMi 8j
TCnVXSEXD-
Flora i-M
'lOMLINSOX—
Samuel 218
TOWN—
James 1-^5
Alva 125
Ernest 125
Aaron ^34
Arthur W 189
Robert 189
Laura B 189
Mary E 189
Blanch A i8q
Gay R 188
Sirvilla E tF8
P( rier i^^
Eitie R 188
Jesse M 188
Monroe V 188
T scnh ^^7
"\lhert T87
M'lry J:inc '87
l':iizi K '■■^^7
Cvnlhi'i '88
nyses A 1^8
(Nner O 188
Gladys N 18S
V(ra B 18S
Eva 239
Tcsse
T ROT 11-
William 25
I':sther 20
John 2"
William \y\AA
Paul -'5
Dv'bcrah 25
is'iac ^5
Jacob 25
*fohn 25
Esther 25
Esther '44
John 145
Mary '45
Charles I45
Susannah 145
lUildah 145
Esther 145
Elizabeth 145
TROTH—
I.ucy Ann 145
John 145
Deborah 145
TUCKER—
William 140
Mable 140
Earl 140
TURXACK—
Fred R 67
Clarence 67
Frances 67
Joseph 67
TULE—
Elwood 138
John 139
Sanford 139
Elmer 139
Nellie I39
Verlin 139
TUSSIE—
Gideon 46
Elizabeth S 4^>
Eleanor S 46
Henry B 4^>
UMPHREY—
Vern I39
lUilah 139
Hannah i39
VAXCE—
Lizzie loi
\^\XSCIVER-
Mary J 204
Rebecca 22
VAINEV—
Joseph 16
VOSCAR—
George 180
Burl V 180
VAX SCIO—
Emerson 9^
YARN ELL—
1 larrv
Claud
Edna
George
- Marjorie
Harry. Jr
VANZANT—
Benjamin 240
Benjamin. Jr 240
Fred 240
Thomas 240
Mary 240
Charles 240
William 240
Ella 240
George 240
Robert 240
VAXDERVORT—
Ella 180
VEXELL—
George H 43
G. Earl 43
Rupert 43
VENICOMB—
Rachel i45
VEDDER—
Ann 1(0
VICKERS—
Charity 48
Charity 53
WORKMAX—
Ida 1 51
WADY—
John 159
Mary
John
Rachel 1^10
WALTERS—
Thomas ^M
Jacob <M
Milton 64
Adam ^^4
Amanda • ^M
WALTERS-
Gcorge ^U
Henry ^^
Mary C <»4
George ^'r
Mable '>?
Bertha <>?
Sarah ^=
Edith <'^
Henry D -3-^
Ora C -*32
Jesse 2^^
Garfield 232
Wilbur -2.U
WAI NW RIGHT—
John W 243
Edith f: 243
WILLIAMS—
Edward P. Jr. 28
Eleanor B 28
Richard D 28
Florence N 28
WARNER—
Bessie S
INDEX
WALLACE--
Mary E 45
Harry 48
Omar B 48
•Sallie 68
Robert 192
WATKINS—
Julia 229
WADDINGTON—
Emma K 39
WARNE—
Retta 107
WAY—
Marion H
WALLS—
William C. K 198
WARE—
Lydia A
WATERS—
Jemiie 100
WARRICK—
Henry C 150
Elizabeth B 150
William H 150
Richard A 150
John B 150
William R 150
Howard T 150
Eleanor L 150
Edward M 151
Mahlon H 151
Raymond C 151
George H 151
Helen 151
Elizabeth L 151
WHARTON—
Abner 49
William 51
Martha C 52
Silas E 51
Clarence R
Hazel M
Stacy 60- 61
Margaret M 61
John A 61
Alfred N 61
Rachel J 61
Jesse F 61
Mary E 61
Stacy, Jr 60
Charles E 62
Nellie May 62
Ethel L 62
Mary R 62
Martha E 62
William
WALTON—
David 15
Aubry S 30
Elizabeth B 150
Sarah D 150
Deborah 150
Levi L 150
Deborah A 150
Harry R 150
Aubrey S 150
Levi L. Jr 150
Elizabeth 150
Joseph L 150
Silas 150
Elizabeth B 150
Sarah D 150
Deborah W 150
Norman K 150
David 152
Rebecca 156
WEBSTER—
Emma 226
WERNER—
Ella 64
Ella
WEST—
Charles B 90
Edward 90
Phebe 90
Goldie L 90
WENGER—
Agnes no
Marjorie i^o
WEDY—
Mary 22
Mary
WELDON—
Emma 4^
WELLS—
Hamer io7
Mary L 107
William 124
Gareld 124
Virgil 124
WEATHERWAX—
William ^28
WEBBER—
Louisa
WERTENBERGER—
Ira 171
Samantha 171
Henry 171
Hannah 171
Amasa G 171
Sherman 171.
Ola 171
Minetta 171
Ella M. C 242
WYETH—
Huston 157
William M 157
Leila Maud 157
Alison 157
John 157
WEAKLEY—
Rose Ill
WRIGHT—
Anna 158
John S 65
Sylvia V 65
WRIGHT —
Elizabeth A 82-117
Mary .146
Anna 159
Anna
John 242
Maud W 242
Martha 15
Samuel * 16
Patience 16-215
John 16
Asher 16
Granville 16
Abigail 16
David 219
Elizabeth N
Mary 27
William 32
Eva 32
Asher I44
Martha i53
WOODS—
John W 62
James M 62
WONDER—
Edward 105
WOOD—
Hannah 16
Lavina 161
WOOLMAN—
Mary 219
Keziah 219
John 12
WOOLMAN—
WHEELER—
Lillian 163
WOOLSTON—
Margaret 145
.WALDEN—
Alice 105
WHITE—
Mariah 226
William 64
Mary 38
WOLF—
Ephraim 60
WING—
William iii
WHITMAN—
Martin 65
Harrison 65
Lulu 65
WILLS—
Elizabeth C 216
Isaac 216
Priscila N 216
Joab
Rebecca W 144
Alfred 149
WILLS—
Alfred 151
Susanna 15^
Jacob 216
WHEATLEY—
J. N 128
W H EATON—
Susan 23
Susan 201
WOODRRIDGE—
Georgia 153
Helen 183
WILKINS—
William 215
William 223
Joseph 12
Irvin Burr 29
Irvin, Jr 29
Hannah B 29
Leslie B 29
Anna B 29
Harry 132
WEISE—
Ida 63
Rebecca 117
WILDER—
Magdaline 64
Susan 98
Maud 163
Louisa 180
Arthur 183
Leonidas 183
WILLIAMS—
Isaac 28
Levi B 28
Jacob P 28
Samuel B 28
Theodore P 28
Edna P 28
Elizabeth A 28
Rebecca 28
Alice R 28
Lavina 58
Washington 58
Minnie 64
Robert
Mary A 223
WILKINSON—
Francis H 1*57
Charles K 157
WIDMIRE—
Mary 172
WATHALL—
58
WILLITS—
Silence 13- 31
Walter R 29
Roland J 29
Richard
Patience
WILLIAMS—
Bell 192
WHITESIDE—
Jesse M 93
Christopher C 93
WIBER—
Henry 149
Mary E 149
WIGGINS—
Rachel 18
WITCRAFT—
WILKERSON—
George 194
WISHAM—
Bculah 37
William 22-201
Elizabeth P 28
Rachel 32
Mariah 95
Mariah
Matilda
Amos 186
John 186
Abraham 171
Almont 171
WILSON—
Bessie 171
Blanch 171
Fawn 171
YEAGLY—
Mary aoo
YOUNG—
Maria 34
Martha B 34
David 147
Thomas 62
Sherman Wm. »
John A 62
Ida 62
Alma 62
Ellen 62
Laura 62
ZELLEY—
Rachel 218
Daniel 15
Chalklcy B 155
Caroline B 155
ZELLY—
Herbert C 155
Emmor 155
Pearl 155
ZENTZ—
Elnora 60
ZIMMERMAN—
Roy 190
Dean 190
James L 190
Illustrations
'*Hillsdown/* Home of John Borton the Immigrant, Frontispiece.
Cedar House. Erected between 1679 and 1683, 19.
John Borton the 4th, 23.
Homestead of John Borton the 4th, 24.
Joel Borton, 46.
Home of Joel Borton, Woodston, N. J., 45.
Rachel Borton Lippincott, Mullica Hill, N. J., 44.
Ner B. Borton, Susanna Borton, Camden, N. J., 33
"Eternity" Script copy by Ner B. Borton, 35.
Stockton Borton, 30.
Pemberton Borton, Anna Wright Borton, 158.
"Sunset Quilt" pieced by Caroline Borton Davis, 156.
Joseph H. Borton, 152.
Dennis Cottage, 1866-1892, 153.
Dennis Hotel, 1908, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 154.
Hotel Holmhurst, 1908, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 15
Hotel Arborton, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 27.
Homestead John Borton the 6th, 155.
Daniel Borton, Sr., 179.
Horace P. Borton, 186.
Daniel C. Borton, 187.
Rev. Jesse P. Borton, Rev. Carl b. Borton, 197.
Leonidas Hubbard. Jr., 183.
Benjiman Borton, Sr., Burial Place of Family, 81.
Homestead, Benjiman Borton, Sr., Gurnsey County, Ohio., 80.
Fletcher Church on Homestead of Benjiman Borton, Sr., 83.
Group, Lewis, Wetzel, Reuben, Baker and William Borton, 95.
Group, John W., William and Winfield Scott Borton, 85.
Bethuel Borton, Early home ^'Evesham," New Jersey, 117.
Benjiman and Abigail Borton, First wife, 120.
Nathan Borton, 125.
James Wesley Borton, 97.
Elizabeth Taylor Borton, 144.
Benjiman Borton and second wife, 123.
Mary Clifton Bcrton, 133.
John Borton the 6th, 142.
Illustrations
Friends' Church and Cemetery, Franklin, Ohio. 137.
Borton Reunion, 1907, Franklin, Ohio, 145.
Group, Samuel Borton, Jr., and Family, 128.
Early Home of Josiah Borton, Clinton County, Ohio, 1812, 48.
Japheth Prickitt, Phoebe Borton Prickitt, 69.
George Rakestraw and son, S. F. Rakestraw, 50.
Daniel and Lydia Prickitt, 121.
T. A rtemas Borton, M. D., 162.
Home of T. Artemas Borton, M. D., Plymouth, Indiana, 162.
Asa Borton, Sr., Elizabeth Hazen Borton, 165.
Ezra Borton, 173.
Arthur Borton, Kate Fieldmire Borton, 169.
Group, George Sparks, Esther ClifFton Sparks, and daughters, 79.
Group, Deborah Fox, Mary A. E. Matlack, Deborah E. Munn, Arabella
Munn, Kenneth Strasser, LaFayette, Indiana, 204.
Arms, Mason Family, 211.
First Friends' Church, Burlington, New Jersey, 218.
Group, Mason Reunion, 1891, 224.
John Mason, Sr., Rebecca Vansciver Mason, 225.
Abraham Mason, Mary Ann Borton Mason, 232.
Bethuel Mason, 227.
Rebecca Mason Paxon, 234.
John Paxon, Josiah Paxon, 235.
Group, Sarah Mason, Rhoda Agnew, Rebecca Miller, Sarah Cynthia
Mills, 231.
Group, Reuben Borton Mason, Freeman C. Mason, M. D., John R.
Mason, Reuben Rynaldo Mason, George W. Mason, Emmett C.
Mason and Melville Abraham Mason, 229.
Warming Pan of 1677, 221.
Group, Naomi Prickitt, Rebecca Smith, Nellie E. Spring and daughter,
Florence L., 236.
Diagram of gain and loss. Study for the young of both Families, 254.
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