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A HISTORY
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IN AMERICA
1715 to 1900
By FRANKLIN KEAGY
Chambersburg, Pa.
L,et the twenty-three years of toil in collecting the data
for this genealogical record attest the love I bear for the
Kagy Relationship.
" Love is the Divinest thing iu the world." — Henry Di ummond.
JOEL MUNSELL'S SONS.
Albany, N. Y.
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Book First, Chapter First
INTRODUCTION
I HAVE heard it said that almost any one who would go to
woi'k wirli a detenuination to succeed could trace the history of
his ancestry for at least live o-enerations with tolerable accu-
racy. In some cases this may be trne, bnt its certainty is not
true in all cases. There may Vie no difficulty in most instances
in going back to our grandfathers, for they were dead before
our time, their children or other relatives who were cotempor-
ary with tlieni can tell us something of his personal appear-
ance, his manners, habits and peculiarities. But wdien we try
to k^arn something of his ancestors, whose history is
nn written, then the ditHculty thickens and we are content
if we are able to get the merest glimpses of their career or even
an unimportant incident in their life.
Even this is often difficult to accomplish, as all wdio lived
in their day have passed away. In old countries the difficulty
is not near so ereat as it is in a new" country like this, where
families have become so widely separated that in time they be-
came entirely unknown to each other, and were as widely sep-
arated in feeling and they were l)y distance. It is a lamenta-
ble fact that in our family brothers do not know where
each other are — all human experience and observation shows
that long separation or communication leads to estrangement
and forgetfulness, and finally to total indifference.
Young people rarely feel much interest in tracing their fam-
ily history. It is only wdien the evening shadows begin to ap-
pear that they feel like trying to trace the long line of an-
cestry wdiich has preceded them; how", when and where they
lived, and what tliev did and when they died. It is unfor-
tunate that this is the case, as sources of information wdiich
are available at one period of our lives are not so at another,
and thus valualile data is forever lost. In tracing our history
8 KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
Ave have not iiidiiliied the hope that we could trace our an-
cestry back to the "^layflower." AVe are content to know that
the first of the Ivagys to ^Vnierica came to enjoy the same re-
ligions liberty that the Pilarim Fathers sonedit and found, and
which was denied them in the land of their birth, and that he
and those of his religious faith were more tolerant to those who
diifered with them than they — of them it can l)e truthfully
said, "They left imstained what there they foimd, freedom to
worshi}) God." A large ntimber of our people have adhered
to the faith of their fathers, and we find representatives in the
Cith generation. Some of our people have attained to great
age, few, however, to great wealth. The great majority are
well-to-do. Some, if poor, are very respectable; none as far as
I have learned have been the pensioners of public charity,
while others attained to eminence in the literary world and
have acquired fame ; others have blazoned their name in their
country's annals and their deeds have engaged the historian's
pen. The loftiness of character and benevolence of others has
been told in story and song by abler pens than mine. In such
a work as this one must depend largely upon others for the
needed data. These have often been found conflicting and the
only thing to do was to use the one deemed the most likely to be
correct. I wish here to acknowledo'e mv a'reat indebtedness
for valuable assistance to Mrs. Anna M. AVayland, of Mt. Jack-
son, Ya., without whose aid the history of descendants of
Henry Kagey would be far less complete. Xext, to Joseph S.
Barb, of Oakfield, Trnmbiill ('(>.. Ohio, who deserves special
mention; also to Benjamin F. Kagay, of Effingham, 111., to
whom I am much indebted for most of the history of Jacob
Kagy, the 3d son of Rudolph, the 3d emigrant.
Dr. Martin Kagy, of Somerset, Ohio, also contributed val-
uable data, and Jos. G. Keagy, of Hanover, York Co., Pa.,
of his branch of the family; also Eev. Peter Keagy, of AVood-
bury, deserves special mention. The thanks of the entire fra-
ternity are due to L. ]\I. Ka2,'y, of Salem, 111., the efficient sec-
retary of the Kagy Biographical Society, for his untiring zeal
in the cause and his generous assistance. There are others
whom we would wisli to mention, but space forbids. To all
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who liaye lent their aid thanks are dne and are cheerfully
fi'ive-n. "Chronoloii'v is the sonl of history," and nmeh time
and effort has been expended to obtain dates of occurrences
noticed and recorded in this Avork. This has not always been
possible and in some instances inijiossible by reason of the de-
struction of family records by fire and flood and losses in other
ways. Great diflicidty has been experienced in tracing the
history of the daughters of "ye ancient sires." The change
of name and location by removal to distant States, the indift'er-
ence and sometimes the complete estrangement has resulted in
the loss of whole family records, and hence, much to our re-
gret, the history of daughters is less complete than that of the
sons.
All effort to bestow fulsome praise has been studiously
avoided and only given where it was known to be jnstly
merited. It is impossible for a single individual to know the
worth and merit of so vast a relationship and if he could, it
would exceed the limit of this work to chronicle it. Informa-
tion of a more general interest that was sought, and on which
much labor was spent, does not appear, because unattainable.
That which we have given is believed to be authentic. I am
informed that the Kagys have a printed liist<»ry in Switzer-
land. This is the first attempt to write a family history in
this country. I most sincerely wish tlie task had fallen into
abler hands than mine — fate seemed to decree that I- should
do it. Perhaps a hundred years hence a "Bosswell" may arise
among us and rewrite our history in better form.
'• Deal gently with us, ye who read I
Our largest hope is unfulfilled :
The promise still outruns the deed ;
The Tower, but not the Spire, we build.
Our whitest pearl we never find :
Our ripest fruit we never I'each ;
The flowering moments of the mind
Lose half their petals in our speech."
— O. W. Holmes.
Preface
There are several methods employed in presenting a fam-
ily history, and after an examination of them, the one herein
employed is thonght to be the best and as most likely not to
lead to confnsion.
Beginning with tlie lirst emigrant, the eldest of the family
will be given first, when it is known, then the next eldest and sa
on to the end of the list. This will be followed by a record
of the births, niarriaacs and deaths of the children, grandchil-
dren and great-grandchildren down to the present day in order
of births, completing the entire list of his or her descendants.
Then the next eldest will follow in like manner and will be
designated as the 2d son or daughter as the case may be. In
several instances, however, the records came to me in irregnlar
order, and appear in. this way for want of time to rewrite it.
As will be seen in these pages, where exact dates are not known
the word ahoiit is nsed preceding the date given.
"The fathers sleei^, but men remain
As true, and wise, and brave as they,
Why count the loss without the gain?
The best is that we have to-day."
"The day will come when men shall know
That goodness only can be great;
That no man can be mean and low
^Yhose nobleness is his estate."
In Dedication
Where the hills of Pennsylvania
Cluster round the valleys fair,
And the vales of Old Virginia
In the sylvan glories share,
There are those of kindred spirit,
Kinsmen by a bond of blood,
And forever bound in friendship —
Everlasting brotherhood.
Southward with the rolling rivers,
Westward o'er the smiling plain
Where the golden spear-paint quivers
Through the ranks of waving grain,
They have followed love or duty, —
Duty to the loved and dear.
Till in freedom's land of beauty
They are dwelling far and near.
Truth and right, to each a treasure.
Guard the heart and guide the hand;
For they own with pride and pleasure
Alpine-crowned Switzerland
As the birth-place of their fathers ;
And they heed its teachings well, —
Death to tryants, love for brothers, —
Living themes of deathless Tell.
Not on fields aflame and gory.
In the battle's wild array.
Have they sought from fame a story
Blazoned on her banners gay ;
But within the halls of learning.
Graven with the scholar's pen,
You may read a record burning
With the acts of noble men.
And among the sad and lowly,
Cherished dear in many a heart,
Live the words and deeds so holy
That have proved the healer's art.
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So to these we bring- a tribute,
And we dedicate the same
As an lionor roll of ages
To tiie dear old Kiig-y name.
By John Walter Wayland, son of Mr. and Mrs. Anna M.
Kagey Wayland, Bridgewater, Va.
Second Preface
So:\iE twonty-tliree years ago tlie writer of this biography
started out to learn, if possible, something of his earthly origin
and liere I wish to say that little did I think I had undertaken
so vast a task as this has proven to be.
In place of finding a few relatives I have discovered a vast
relationship, widely scattered over all the States and Terri-
tories of this great country and have traced them back through
seven generations into that hist<»ric country, where the first
and oldest Republic exists to-day — "Switzerland." Xot only
the descendants of one emigration, but the descendants of five'"
emigrations have been tracked and followed, the trail of
which has sometimes been lost for years to be found again and
followed into the dim and mouldy past, only to repeat again
and again a like experience, and final success. I most sincerely
wish my self-imposed task had fallen to the lot of some one
who possessed the ability to prepare this biography in such
shape as the large and highly respectable relationship, which
it attempts to record, so richly merits. A work of this kind
recpures far more time than its author could possil)ly give it,
though ever so willing, and after years of weary research and
correspondence that taxed the author's time to the uttermost
and all has been learned that possibly ever can be, yet there is
doubtless much that ^vould be interesting that is forever lost.
It was the author's desire to present a record of the date of
birth and marriage and death, occupation or calling of every
one who bore the name. This it has been impossible to do in
every instance. Tor these and all other omissions and imperfec-
tions I must beg the kind indulgence of a host of friends and
kinsfolk, who are im]3atiently asking "AVlien will this history
be published?"
Before giving the story of the origin of the Iviigi name the
*The 6th. emigration occurred about 1893, when Henry K'dgy came
fi"om Switzerland and located in Colorado.
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next question of interest is, whereabouts in that historic hind
do "vve first find the progenitors of the Kiigi name. From sev-
eral letters written by Jacob Kiigi Kiigi, Ur. Kiigi and Thos.
Kiigi Kiigi, of Rn^Dpen near Wyla Canton Zurich, we learn
that in that place and vicinity within a radius of three miles
there are thirty-five or more families of the Kiigi name and it
is an accepted fact among the Kiigis there that the name had
its origin in C'anton Zurich, where they are most numerous
to-day, although they are to be found in every Canton (county)
in Switzerland. Some are engaged in farming and in the
various industrial trades; quite a numlier are engaged in knit-
ting various articles of wearing apparel, using American-made
knitting machines, most of the products of which are sent
to America. All the honored professions or callings are rep-
resented, such as merchants, school teachers, ministers, etc.,
and are almost universally well informed and of decided liter-
ary tastes and decision of character and also of a humorous
and lively disposition, fond of society and desire to entertain
their friends. In general they are above medium stature,
strong of limb and constitution, some of them have attained
to nearly the century mark in age. In religious faith the
greater portion belong to the Keformed Church, but in Switz-
erland as in America every Protestant society has the name
in its list of members. Led by interest or impelled by necessity
they have gone out from the ancestral home into every civil-
ized land and country on the erlobe. The writer of this his-
tory has been informed that in feudal times a Kiigi built a
castle in Scotland, which if true, would indicate a greater an-
tiquity for the name than has been supposed.
On the following page we present a picture of Zurich, the
metropolis of Switzerland, taken from the Lake Zurich, a
photo of which has been obtained after much effort and ex-
pense. Zurich is a beautiful city of 150,000 population and
lies on the lake of the same name and at the point where the
River Limmat starts its course. The city extends from the
heights of Zurichberg to the base of the steep ridge called the
Uto. Its importance is partly owing to its situation at the
foot of the Alps and 1,345 feet above sea level. It is also on
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the ancient commercial liiglnvay leading from the heart of
Lombardy across the mountains of Ilhaetia and along the
various lakes and rivers into Germany. The walks and drives
through the sul)url)s are fine, the woods and paths are well
kept and the variety of scenery beautiful. One of the prin-
cipal hotels, Baur-au-lac, or "Bower by the Lake," is located
facing the lake with a magnificent garden of walks, trees and
shrubbery in front extending to the lake. At night, when the
houses and gardens shine with hundreds of lights, and the city
part of the lakefront glows with the same, the scene is like that
of fairyland. There are many interesting points along the lake,
including Au and Ufenau, which Conrad Meyer has so poet-
ically woven in his lieautiful song of ''Hutton's Last Days."
The attractions of Zurich are noble churches with ancient his-
tory attached. The town library of 130,000 volumes, the An-
tiquarian Museum, the town hall, the Swiss IS^ational Museum,
schools, universities and other public buildings. The history"
of Switzerland as a nation properly begins in 1231, but liot
until 1291 was the ^T.eague of Perpetual Allegiance" formed
and that grand confederation, the Swiss Republic, which has
existed for over GOO years the wonder of an admiring world;
now, as then, the model for future republics, it would be ab-
surd to suppose that the new Hepublic of 1201, represented
as truly a democratic form of government as it does to-day;
a long period of time elapsed during which a high-spirited peo-
ple were engaged in perfecting and maintaining it against
powerful enemies, often by force of arms, as at the battle of
Morgauten, in 1315; Laupen in 1339; Sempach in 1386,
where 1,500 Swiss defeated 6,000 Austrians, and at ^aefels,
where 600 Swiss defeated 6,000 Austrians, the latter losing
1,700 men, and the former 54. A seven years' peace fol-
lowed in 1389. This peace was prolonged for twenty years,
and afterward, in 1412, for fifty years. Thus they became a
nation long before this country was kno's^m to exist. For
many reasons the history of Switzerland is peculiarly interest-
* Part of an essay read at a family reunion at Dayton, Va.. 1894, and
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ing- to Engli>>li-speakmg people. This "playgTound of Europe"
is every year visited by large numbers of British and Ameri-
cans. Then to the Anglo-Saxon race, the grand spectacle of
a handful of freemen nobly struggling for and maintaining
their freedom, often amidst enormous difficulties, and against
appalling odds, cannot but be heart-stirring. To the citizen of
the great American Republic a study of the constitution of the
little European Eepublic should bring both interest and profit
— a constitution resembling in many points that of his own
country. And few readers, of wh-atever nationality, can, we
think, peruse their history without a feeling of admiration for
a gallant people who have fought against oppression as the
Swiss have fought, who have loved freedom as they have loved
it, and who have performed the well-nigh incredible feats
of arms the Switzers have performed. A study of the Con-
stitutional History of the Swiss Confederation can hardly be
overestimated.
Very few histories in the English language go back beyond
the year 1291 A. D., the date of the "Swiss League," and of
course of Smtzerland as a nation cannot boast of an earlier
origin. But some account of the previous history of the men
who founded the "Leagiie," cannot fail to be interesting. For
a country which has been occupied at different periods by
Lakemen, Helvetians and Romans, where Alamanni, Burgun-
dians, and Franks have played their parts, where Charlemagne
lived and ruled, and Charles the Bold fought; where the great
families of the Zaerings, the Kyburgs, and Savoy struggled;
and whence the mighty house of Habsburg sprang (and domi-
neered)— all this before 1291. A country with such a story
to tell of its earlier times, can not fail to interest some of us at
least. The historian has endeavored to show men differing in
race, in language, in creed, and in mode of life, combined to
resist the common enemy and to build up the compact little
State we now see playing its part on the European stage. Says
the historian in his history of the "Swiss Confederation:"
Swiss history teaches us, all the way through, that "Swiss lib-
erty was won by a close union of many small States, and will
be best joreserved by the same means, and not by obliterating
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all local peculiarities, nowhere so striking, nowhere so histori-
cally important as in Switzerland. Onr wonder and admira-
tion increases at the vast influence of the Little Republic, when
we remember that the total area of its twenty-two Cantons
is less than 16,000 square miles and a population of only
3,000,000. jSTo other nation in the world of equal area and
population has ever wielded so much influence for good as has
this little Kepublic. Of men of intellect, of talent, of artistic,
scientific or literary skill Switzerland has produced many, and
sheltered many more. The numerous academical, literary,
scientific and musical institutions, tell the story of her ad-
vancement. Amongst the numberless names of her men of
science, now or lately living, may be mentioned Aggassiz,
Desor, De-la Rive, Heer, Studer and Dr. Ferdinand Keller,
the discoverer of the Lake dwellings. In literature a host of
names present themselves, among them ^Nlonnier, Meyer and
Gottfried Keller, who has been called the German Shake-
speare. Amongst the painters are Calaine, Diday, Girardet,
Vantier and Bocklin, and of sculptors Vela and Lautz. Gus-
tavo Weber, Joachim Raff and Baumgartner are world-wide
known musical composers.
In recent years archeologists all over the world have been
greatly interested in the discovery of the Swiss lake settle-
ments. Everv schoolboy has heard of the wonderful discov-
eries made on the shores of the beautiful Swiss lakes during
the last few^ years. A brief account of what was found and
how it was found on the lake shores will not be out of place
here.
In the winter of 1853, the waters of Lake Zurich sank so
low that a wide stretch of mud was laid bare along the shores.
The people of Meilen, a large village some twelve miles from
Zurich, took advantage of this unusual state of things, to effect
certain improvements, and during the operations the work-
men's tools struck against some obstacles which proved to be
great wooded props or piles. These piles, the tops of which
were but a few inches below the surface of the mud, were
found to be planted in rows and squares, and the number of
them seemed to be enormous. Further investigation discov-
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ered large numbers of bones, antlers, weapons, implements
of various kinds and what not. Dr. Ferdinand Keller, the an-
tiquarian, was sent from Zurich to examine the spot, and he
pronounced it to be a lake settlement, probably of some ancient
Celtic tribe. Many marks of a prehistoric occupation had pre-
viously been found, but hitherto no traces of dwellings. Dr.
Keller called these early settlers "'Pile-builders," from their
l^eculiar mode of building their houses. During the course of
the last thirty years, over two hundred of these aquatic villages
have been discovered on the shores of the lakes of Constance,
Geneva, Zurich, jSTeuchatel, Bienne, Morat and other smaller
lakes, and on certain rivers and swampy spots which had once
been lakes or quasi-lakes.
These lake dwellings are mostly placed on piles driven some
ten feet into the bed of the lake, and as many as thirty or forty
thousand of these piles have been found in a single settle-
ment. The houses themselves were made of hurdle work,
and thatched with straw or rushes. Layers of wattles and clay
alternating formed the floors, and the walls seem to have been
rendered more weather-proof by a covering of clay or else of
bullrushes or straw. A railing of wickerwork ran round each
hut, partly, no doubt, to keep the wash of the lake and partly
as a protection to the children. Light bridges or gangways,
easily moved, connected the huts with each other and with
the shore. Each house contained two rooms, at least, and some
of the dwellings measured as much as twenty-seven feet by
twenty-two feet. Llearthstones blackened by fire often re-
main to show where the kitchens had been. Mats of bast, straw
and reeds abound in the settlements, and show that the Lake-
men had their notions of cosiness and comfort. Large crescent-
shaped talismans, carved on one side, were hung over the en-
trances to the huts (just as we to-day find over the doors in
many houses a real or paper-made horseshoe), showing pretty
clearly that then as now the Moon goddess was worshipped.
The prehistoric collections in the public museums at
Zurich, Berne, Bienne, jSTeuchatel and Geneva, not to speak
of private collections, are very extensive and very fine, con-
taining tools, handsome weapons, knives of most exquisite
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shape and carving, woman's ornaments, some of tlieni of the
most elegant kind. A ''Lady of the Lake" in fnll dress would
seem to have made an imposing show. An undergarment of
fine linen was girded at the waist by a broad belt of inlaid or
end^ossed bronze work. Over the shoulders was thrown a
woolen cloak fastened wdtli bronze clasps or pins, whilst neck,
arms and ankles were decked with a great many trinkets —
necklaces, anklets, bracelets rings, spangles, and so forth.
The whole was set off by a diadem of long pins with large
heads beautifully chiseled and inlaid with beads of metal or
glass, these pins being stuck through a sort of leathern fillet
which bound up the hair. So l)eautiful are some of these
trinkets, that imitations of them in gold are in request by the
ladies of to-day.
One of the most extensive lake colonies in Switzerland is
situated in and spread over the vast marshes of Robenhausen
(Zurich), which once formed part of Lake Pfaftikon. The
visitor who is not deterred by the inconvenience of a descent
into the damj) and muddy pit, where excavations are still being
carried on, finds himself facing three successive settlements,
one above another, and all belonging to the remote Stone Age.
Between the successive settlements are layers of turf, some
three feet thick, the growth of many centuries. The turf itself
is covered by a stratum of sticky matter four inches thick. In
this are numbers of relics embedded, both destructible and in-
destructible objects being perfectly well preserved, the former
kept from decay through having been charred by fire. There
has been discovered and analyzed remains of more than a hun-
dred different kinds of plants. Grains, and even whole ears of
wheat and barley, seeds of strawberries and raspberries, dried
apples, textile fabrics, implements, hatchets of nephrite — this
mineral and the oriental cereals show clearly enough that the
Lakemen traded with the East, though no doubt through the
the Mediterranean peoples. The scholar's mind is at once car-
ried back to the account given by Herodotus of Thrakian Lake
dwellers. The people of this tribe, he tells us, built their
houses over the water, so as to gain facilities for fishing. They
used to let down baskets through trap doors in the floors of
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their Inits and these baskets rapidly tilled with all kinds of fish
that had gathered around, tempted by the dropping of food
from the rooms overhead.
AVith regard to the date when the immigration of the Lake-
men began the Savants are hopelessly at variance. Nor do
thev ao-ree anv l)etter as to the dates of the Stone and Bronze
epochs, into which the history of the lake settlements di^'ides
itself. Bnt as in some of the marshy stations these two epochs
reach on to the age of iron, it is assumed 1)y many authorities
that the Lake dwellers lived on to historical times. This is
particularly shown in the allu^^al soil and marshes between
the lakes of Xeuchatel and Bienne, where settlements belong-
ing to the Stone, Bronze and Iron ages are found ranged one
above another in chronological order. In the topmost stratum
or colony the Lakemen's wares are found mingling with iron
and bronze objects of Helvetian and Roman make, a fact suffi-
cient to show that the Lake dwellers associated with historical
peoples. It woul(] lie useless as well as tedious, to set forth
at leng-th all the theories prevailing as to the origin and age of
the Lake dwellings. Some authorities place the commence-
ment of the Stone period at six thousand, and others at three
thousand years before the Christian Era. As to the age of
Bronze, the year 1100-1000 B. C. is about as near as can be
arrived at. Eminent anticpiarians say that the time of Homer,
the Greek Age of Bronze, was contemporary with the Bronze
epoch of the Lakemen. The Lake period would seem to have
dra^vn to a close about 600-700 B. C, when the Age of Bronze
was superseded by that of Iron.
The most reliable authorities on the subject inform us that
about the time last above named the Lakemen left their watery
settlements, and began to fix their habitations on terra firma.
Various tombs found on land woidd bear witness to this
change. When these people had once come on shore to live
they would be gradually absorbed into neighboring and suc-
ceeding races and most likely into the Helvetian peoples.
Thus they have their part, however small it may be, in the his-
tory of the Swiss people, and nation. The Pile builders, or
Lakemen, are not now thought to be of Celtic origin, but to
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some preAdous race whose history is as completely lost to us
as is that of the Mound builders of the Mississippi Valley in
our OA\ai country, many of Avhieli are to be found in Ohio.
The history of the country often includes the history of
many peoples, for history is but the record of a stage on which
nations and peoples figure, playing their parts and making
their exits, others stepping into their places. And so the
Swiss soil has been trodden by many possessors — Celts, Rha-
tians, Alamanni, Burgundians, Franks.
These have all made their mark upon, and contributed to
the history of the Swiss ^STation. Dim are the glimpses we
catch of the early condition of the Helvetians, but tlie mist
that enshrouds this ancient people clears, though slowly, at the
end of the second century before Christ, when they came into
close contact with the Romans, who conquered them and who
chronicled their deeds. The Helvetians themselves, though
not ignorant of the art of writing, were far too much occupied
in warfare to be annalists. The form of religion at this time
most common to all the tribes was Druidical worship. Invested
with powers, civil and spiritual, the priesthood held al)si:)lute
sway over the superstitious tribe, and professing all the sci-
ences of the age — medicine, astrology, soothsaying, necro-
mancy— they had taken into their hands the education of the
young. The common people were mere blind devotees, and
rendered unquestioning obedience to the decrees of the Druids.
Human sacrifice was one of the most cruel and revolting
pictures of the Druidical religion.
It would be impossible in this paper to set forth a tithe of
what changes took j^lace in the condition of these people from
the time of their conquest by Caesar up to the time of the
Reformation. Wars, with all their desolating consequences,
feuds within and foes without, make up the greater part of
her history.
The accounts of the introduction of Christianity into
Switzerland are mostly legendary, yet it is generally believed
that it was not the work of missionaries. It is more likely
that the new faith came to the land as part and parcel of the
Roman culture, l)rought by the Roman soldiers quartered
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among tlieiii. At first the Eoinan authorities looked upon
Christians as State rebels and fierce persecutions followed.
The oldest Christian legend of this country tells of such a con-
flict between the State officials and the Christians, and no
doubt contains some admixture of truth, as many of these
stories do. A legion levied at Thebes, in Egypt, was sent
to Cologne to take the place of troops required to quell a
rising in Britain. Coming to the Valais, they were required
by the Emperor, ]\[aximian, to sacrifice to the heathen gods
(A. D. 200), l)ut l)eing mostly Christians they refused, and
were massacred with their chief, Mauritius. Tradition says
that Charlemagne, in later days, erected a minster on their
burial spot. Tims, as ever, the lilood of martyrs became the
seed of the church.
The fifth century was remarkal)le for what nuiy be called the
dislocation of the peoples of Europe, the immigrations of the
Germans into the Roman Empire, and mightiest movement of
all, the irruption of the Huns under their terrible King Attila,
the "Scourge of God." These masses of barbarians burst into
Europe, stayed for a while in Hungary, but soon rolled
towards the West, dislodging all the peoples with wdiom they
came in contact. ^Marching to the Khine, they drove the
Burgundians from their settlements, and entered Gaul to
found a new kingdom. But the doom of the Huns was at
hand. Actius, the Boman general and the last defender of
the Empire, defeated them, A. D. 451, in a gigantic battle
in the Champagne country. It is said the river ran red with
the blood of 300,000 men slain. But the Boman Empire was
tottering, the time had come for her to leave the stage of his-
tory. The great German Xation was forming, the petty tribes
and clans gradually formed alliances with each other for
greater security, and, dropping their ancient names, took col-
lective ones more familiar to our ears — Saxons, Franks, Bur-
gundians, Bavarians and Alamanni. Of these, the Alamanni
and Burgimdians, are those from whom the Swiss are de-
scended, and thus Switzerland, like England, has to look back
to Germany as its ancestral home.
The name Alamanni is said to be derived from AJali, a tem-
KAGY EELATIONSHIP. 2T
jDle grove, and implies a combination of various tribes. ^^Tlie
People of the divine grove." JSTot even so vast a horde of
Asiatics as overrun their land could obliterate the Alamanni^
who grafted as a true German people, retained their old lan-
guage, institutions and mode of living.
The Alamanni did not at once develop into a civilized and
cultivated people, but retained their fondness for war and
hunting, and characteristics of their ancient life.
Their grand and majestic woods had stamped themselves on
the intrepid, dauntless spirits ; for the mighty aspects of nature
— forest, mountain, sea — play their part in moulding the char-
acter of a nation.
It would be interesting to follow up the history of this peo- '
pie to the close of the life of Charlemagne. His court jvas a
great intellectual center, whence enlightenment spread to
every part of his domains.
Charlemagne was great as a general, as a statesman, as a
politician. His humanity and other virtues secured for him
the noble title of ''Father of Europe." A brilliant figure in a
benighted age, which shed its light on after times. Time and
space forbid us enumerating the changes which took place af-
ter the great Emperor died. Bloody conflicts followed that
split the empire in three pieces. After a time the people be-
gan again the struggle for national independence and separate
rule, and thence came the restoration of the kingdom of Bur-
gundy and the duchy of Alamanni, or Swabia, under the rule
of a renowned nobleman, Rudolf, at whose death in 912 his
crowm passed to his son, Eudolf the Second. The memory of
this good king is almost eclipsed by the glory of his wife, the
famous "Sj^inning Queen," and her wisdom and ministry
among the poor. After the death of Rudolph the Second the
dynasty split into two branches; the heads being, respectively,
Albrecht the AVisc and Rudolph the Silent. Albrecht, it is
said, died wdiilst engaged in one of the crusades in the attempt
to wrest the Holv Land from the infidels. His estates passed
to his only surviving son, Rudolph of Habsburg. This man
within the space of thirty years made his family one of the
mightiest in the empire, and brings us up to the time of the
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formation of the confederation of tlie three cantons, Unter-
walden, Schwvz and Uri, which eventually grew to eight, then
thirteen, and to-day numljers twentv-two cantons — known in
history as the Swiss liepuldie.
It is not necessary to recite here the ]3art that Switzerland
took in the Reformation in the fifteenth and sixteenth cen-
turies. Foremost in learning and wisdom among the many
great names that adorn the pages of history stands that of
Ulrich S\\dngli; an enthusiastic scholar, a gifted preacher, a
zealous jDatriot and a remarkably able politician, he devoted
his life to the work of rescuing his people and country from
their moral decline. He fell gloriously at the battle of
Kappel, and sealed with his life his devotion to the cause of
truth. But Zwingli is not the only name that stands out in
bold relief as champions in the cause of truth and right in that
eventful period. A host of names loom up before me. We
see in Switzerland a nation which once played a conspicuous
part in European military affairs, but which has now become
a land of peace, whose neutrality the Powers vouchsafed at
the Vienna congress. In the exceptional position she holds
she deems it part of her mission of peace to promote the gen-
eral welfare of the world so far as lies in her power. Most
important international institutions owe their origin, or at
least their successful establishment to Switzerland. She
started the Geneva Convention, which has for its object the
mitigation of the horrors of war; and every European nation
was represented in it. The right to offer an asylum in time
of war she considers one of her most precious privileges. The
Revolution of 18-18 brought to S's^dss territory fugitives from
all parts of Europe; as many as ten thousand fled from the
grand duchy of Baden into Switzerland. Many distinguished
men who would have met death, or lingered in j^risons, found
there a safe retreat.
Erom the earliest times its peoples have been particularly
interesting — from its pre-historic lakemen with their unique
series of settlements, dovm through successive nationalities of
Helvetians and Romans, Alamanni and Burgimdians, to the
modern Erench, Germans and Italians. Switzerland has bred
K'AGY EELATIOXSHIP. 29
or has been closely connected with some of the proudest ruling
families in European history — Habsburgs, and Zearings, Car-
lovingians and Burgundians, Hohenstaufens and Savoys.
Some of the most glorious victories recorded in history have
been gained by the little Swiss Xation in defense of their be-
loved fatherland ; the fame of Morgarten, Sempach, Grandson
and Morat is not likely to die out while European civilization
lasts. Constitutionally the history of Switzerland is of sur-
passing interest. Step by step we have seen a handful of gal-
lant people free themselves from oppression by emperor or
duke, by prince or lord, by prelate or cloister. Inch by inch
the people at large have gained their political rights from for-
eign overlords or from native aristocracies.
AVe have seen how a tiny confederation of three petty States
has grown into a league of eight, and then of thirteen inde-
pendent districts, and how this has developed into the federal
State of twenty-two cantons of our own day. Lastly, some of
the institutions of the country, notably the Initiative and the
Referendum, are well nigh unique of their kind, and certainly
are of the greatest interest to the student of political history
and development; whilst Switzerland's noble efforts for the
amelioration and benefit of mankind at large cannot but com-
mand our admiration. I am })roud that I am descended from
the Swiss people, on both the j)aternal and maternal side, and
if this crude and imperfect sketch of the Swiss people will in-
cite in you a similar pride the object of its author will have
been attained.
It may not be a o-reat virtue, and certainlv is not a fault, in
t,' ~ / %J '
any possessing a desire to know something of their earthly
origin. AYe are among those who believe that any who care
not about their origin, care little as to anything higher.
!N^ames of persons have their origin in many ways, and the
name of Kagy is no exception.
It is not knowm how long ago in the dim vista of the past
since the name originated, but certain it is that it is of Swiss
30 KAGY RELATIONSHIP.
origin, and its original orthography is Kiigi. It has recently
been learned from one Jacob Kiigi, of Ruppen, in Canton
Znrich, Switzerland, that the name originated in this wise:
^'Alaiiy, many years ago a ]\Ir. Ivaller fell in love wnth and
married a Miss Gibler. Their nnion was blessed with a son.
From some cause or other, after a time tliev disagTeed and
finally separated, and the lady became so l)itter toward her
husband that she would not allow her child to bear his father's
name. The matter was linally decided in the courts, and the
decision was, that the child should bear a name composed of
two letters from the father's name, Ka(ller), and the two first
letters from the mother's, Gi(bler) ; so the name Kagi, as it is
yet written in Switzerland, was started." One thing is cer-
tain, whether the above legend be true or not, the name has
been in existence for three huudred years, and has met with
many changes in its orthography, to wit : Kiiga, Kiigy, Kiigay,
Kiigey, Keagy, Iveagey, Kagie, and sometimes Cagey. It is
Init natural to ask, AVhy did the ancestor of the Kligi's leave
the land of his l)irth, the graves of his sires, ''Their hearths
and homes, where soft affection dwells?" AVas it the love of
fame, the desire of conquest, or greed for gain? that induced
them to leave their homes and all that the heart holds most
dear, and brave the perils of an ocean voyage; at that distant
clay no sinecure, you may be assured. ISTo! a higher c.nd
nobler object w-as his aim.
The unsettled state of affairs in Europe during the last
decade of the seventeenth century w^as an eventful period.
The religious complexion of the country was frequently de-
termined or influenced by the character of the rulers — as they
changed it was changed. To these changes it was impossible
for the Swiss and Germans to conform. Frederick II., elector
Palatine, embraced the Lutheran faith; Frederick III. be-
came a Catholic; Lodovic Y. restored the Lutheran Church:
his son and successor w^as a Calvinist. These in their turn
protected some, others they did not. The last Prince, son of
Lodovic, was succeeded by a Catholic family, during whose
reign it was the lot of the Protestants to be unkindly op-
pressed. Besides these unpropitious changes and being sub-
KAGY RELATIOXSHIP. 31
jeets of alarm and persecution, the Germans occupied the un-
enviable position of living between two powerful bellig'erent
rivals. War seemed to be the pasttime of these then ruling
Princes of those countries. In the year 1622 Count Tilly, the
Imperial General, took Heidelburg and ]nit five hundred of
the inhabitants to the sword. In 163-1:, Louis XIV. entered
the same city and destroyed many of the inhabitants.
In 1688 Heidelburg was taken the second time bv the
French, who laid the inhabitants under oppressive contribu-
tions ; after which, at the approach of the imperial army, they
blew up the citadel and reduced the town to ashes. It soon
rose again u]wn its cinders, and again it was taken by a French
army, who laid it a second time into ashes in 1693. The in-
habitants, men, women and children, about 1,500, stripped of
all, were forced to flee in consternation to the fields by night.
Once more on the retreat of the French army were the inhabi-
tants prevailed upon to rebuild the city, unconscious, however,
of the treachery of a perfidious elector, who had sacredly prom-
ised them liberty of conscience, "^Heaven's choicest boon," and
exemption from taxes for thirty years. After some time the
elector, whose creed it a})pcars embraced the essential ingredi-
ents, "Promises made to heretics should not be redeemed,"
harrassed his duped subjects, with relentless persecution. The
French army having crossed tlie Rhine, the distressed Pala-
tines, persecuted l»y their heartless Prince, plundered by a for-
eign enemy, fled to escape from death, and about six thousand
of them for protection to England in consequence of encour-
agement received by proclamation from Queen Anne.
Prior to the issuing of Queen Anne's proclamation and con-
sequent upon the Revocation of the celebrated Edict of jSTantes
issued bv Henrv the Fourth in 1598, and which secured lib-
erty of conscience to Protestants, and was revoked October
23, 1685, by Louis XIV., a man whose name was execrated
over a large part of Europe, there arose one of the most terri-
ble persecutions ever seen in France. History records the fact
that upwards of five hundred thousand Huguenots made their
escape into Switzerland, Germany, Ilollaud. England and
America.
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The liydra-lieaded niouster, religious bigotry, is never satis-
tied, and religious intolerance has not been confined to any
particular country or time.
xVbout this time the Mennonites were heartlessly persecuted
by the Calvinists in Switzerland, and were driven into various
countries; some to Strasburg, others to Holland, and some to
America, where they were safe from their priestly persecutors.
Those who emigrated to Pennsylvania had lied from the can-
tons of Zurich, Bern, Shatfhausen, Switzerland, to Alsace,
above Strasburg, where they remained some time, thence they
came to the then Province of Pennsylvania.
The offense of which they were guilty and which brought
down uj^on them so much suffering and persecution was their
non-conformity to the prevailing religion. They also did, as
they now do, openly discard the doctrine of self-defense and
violent resistance. They have been and are still opposed to
war; they believe it comports illy with the Christian profes-
sion to fight with carnal weapons.
They have always been peaceable and domestic in their
habits. The descendants of the Puritans boast that their an-
cestors fled from the face of their persecutors, willing to en-
counter ''perils in the wilderness and perils by the heathen"
rather than be deprived by the ruthless persecutor of the free
exercise of their religion.
The descendants of the Swiss Mennonites who, amid hard-
ships and trials, made the first settlements among the tawny
sons of the forest in the southeastern part of Lancaster county,
can lay claim to more. Their ancestors did not seek for them-
selves and theirs only, the unmolested exercise of faith and the
practice of worship ; but they in turn did not persecute others
who differed from them in religious opinion. They plead for
universal toleration, and their practice confirmed it.
"They left unstained what there they found
Freedom to worship God!"
It was about the year 1706 or T, when a number of the per-
secuted Swiss Mennonites went to England, and made a par-
ticular agreement with the Honorable Proprietor, "William
KAGY RELATIONSHIP. 33
Peiin, at London, for lands to be taken np in his new colony.
A Swiss L'onijiany was organized to emigrate to America and
settle in the wilderness, bnt who the projector of it was we
have not been able to learn. The pioneers were Hans Meylin,
his sons :\Iartin and dohn, Hans Herr, John Rndolph Bnndely'
Martin Kendig, dacol) .Miller, :\Iartin Oberholtz, Hans Funk,
Michael 0])erlioltz, Wenclel I5o\vniaii, and otliers, who came
to Oonestoga in 1700; selected a tract of ten tlionsand acres of
land on the north side of Peqna creek, and shortly afterward
procured a warrant for the same. It is dated October 10,
1710; the land was surveyed and the warrant recorded on the
23d of the same month. This came to be known as the '■'Swiss
Settlement." The ])rice to be paid for the above 10,000 acres
was live hundred ])onnds sterling money. Having erected
temporary shelters to answer their wants, some set about it and
put np dwellings of more dnrability. Martin Kendig bnilt
one of heaved Avalnnt logs on his tract, Avhicli withstood the
storms and rain, the knawing tooth of time, for one hundred
and ten years, and Nvould have stood generations longer, bnt
was removed and a more elegant one took its place. Martin
Kendig appears to have been ot\c of the most active and ener-
getic men in the Swiss colony. After they had become fair-
ly seated they thought of their old homes, their country and
friends. "They remembered them that were in bonds as
bound with them and wliicdi snffered adversity," and ere the
earth began to yield a return in "kindly fi-nits" to their labors,
consultations \verG held and measures devised to send some one
back to the "Vaterland," to bring the residue of some of their
families; also their kindred and brothers in a land of trouble
and oppression to their new home; into a land wdiere peace
reigned and the comforts of life could not fail. A council of
the whole society was called, at wdiich their venerable pastor,
Hans Herr, presided, and after fraternal interchange of senti-
ment, much reflection and consultation, lots were cast in con-
formity to the customs of the Mennonites, to decide who
should return to Enrope for the families left behind and others.
The lot fell upon Hans Herr, who had left five sons in the old
country. This decision was agreeable to his own nn'nd, bnt
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to liis friends and charge it was unacceptable; to be separated,
"Von ilireni prediger," from their preacher, couhl be l)orne
with reluctance and heaviness of heart only. They were all
too ardently attached to him to cheerfully acquiesce in this de-
termination; reluctantly they consented to his departure, after
much anxiety manifested on account of this unexpected call of
their pastor from them. Their sorrows were alleviated bv a
proposal made on the part of Martin Kendig, that if approved
he wou]<l take Hans Herr's place. This was cordially assented
to l)y all. \\'itli(nit unnecessary delay, Martin, the devoted
friend of the colony, made ready, went to Philadelphia, and
there embarked fur Kuro];e; after a ju-osperous voyage of live
or six weeks he reached the home of his friends, where he was
received with apostolic greetings and salutations of joy.
Having spent some time in preliminary arraug(Muents, he
and a comjiany of Swiss and some Germans, bade a lasting-
adieu to their old homes and dissolved the tender ties of friend-
ship with those whom they left. With his company, consist-
ing of the residue of sonu- of those in America and others, he
returned to the new home, where they were all cordially em-
braced by their fathers and friends.
"With this accession, the settlement w^as considerably aug-
mented, and numbered about thirty families. Though they
lived in the midst of the Mingo or Conestoga, Pequa and
Shawanese Indians, tliev were nevertheless safelv seated and
liad nothing to fear from the Indians, with whom they mingled
in fishing and hunting, and who were exceedingly hospitable
and civil to the whites; the latter often shared ^\utli the Indians
the shelter of their cabins in inclement weather. For seventy-
five years these humble Christians and their children lived in
unbroken friendship with these sons of the forest, proving con-
clusively that in the bosom of these children of nature there
exists the same principles of humanity, love and kindness, that
is found in the more enlightened races of men ; and had after
generations pursued the same kind ]^olicy toward the Iiulians
as did these pious followers of that noble Christian reformer,
Menno Simon, the bloody chapters that blacken the history of
our country would never need to have been written.
KAGY RELATIONSHIP. 35
Settlements liaviuo- now heeu fairly made amidst the In-
dians, the hardships that first presented themselves in the
beginning- of the settlement began to vanish, or were snr-
monnted. Their success, the glo^\ang aeeonnts given by them
of the scenery of the country about them, the fertility of the
soil, the abundance of the game in the forest around them, the
quantity and delicacy of the lisli which the creeks and rivers
yielded, l)nt nl)0ve all the kind and amicable relationship they
cultivated and iuaiiitaiiie<l with their Indian neighbors, alh
conspired to make them the objects of attention and one of
the points whither emigration tended in an increasing stream.
Ill the year 1715, the settlement was increased by the ar-
ri\'al of the following i:)ersons from the old countrv who had
lieard ^Martin Kendig's glowing description of the new home.
Among these were Hans Maver, Hans Kiigv, Christian Her-
shey, Hans Pupather, Michael Shank, Peter Leman, ^Nlelchoir
Brenneman, Henry Funk, Ulricli Howry, Michael Miller,
Jacob Boehm, Theodorus Eby and others." The descendants
of the aliove-named persons are scattered all over the States,
and are among the most respectable and wealthy citizens of
Lancaster and adjoining counties in Pennsylvania. In after
years some of the above-named persons and their descendants
became allied to the Iviigy's by blood and marriage, as will be
shown later on.
In tracing back to discover who our fathers were, the author
deems it of no less moment to know who our mothers were,
because to our mothers is largely due all the virtues that adorn
human character. It is confidently believed that Hans Kagy,
Avhose full name was John Rudolph Kagy, was the first one
of the name in America, and also that he was unmarried at the
time of his arrival here; and that in a year or two after his
arrival he married a daughter (Rebecca) of James Patterson.
In order to make this record jilain it will be necessary to
say something of the fellow-passenger over the sea with Hans
Kagy, viz: Jacob Boehm. My authority for the following-
statement is to be found in the "Reminiscences of Rev. Henry
*See Rupp's History of Lancaster Co.. Pa.
36
KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
Boehni/' a grandson of Jacol) Boelnii, above named. He savs:
'']\Iy forefathers were from Switzerland. There is romance
in tlieir history as well as the land of their hirtli. Jacob
Boehm, my great-great-grandfather, was a Presbyterian. His
son Jacob learned a trade. It was a cnstom in Switzerland for
all who completed their ajiprenticeship to travel three years
tlirongh the conntry as itinerant jonrneymen. The design
was to make them finished workineii, and no man could enter
into Imsiness for himself, no matter huw well (jnalified, until
he pursued this course.
In his wanderings Jacob fell in with a people called Pietists.
In many respects they resembled the Puritans, lie was con-
verted aniono' them. The change in him was so STeat when
he returned home, his language so strange, that his friends
conld not understand him. His exj^wsnre of formal religion,
his boldness in reproving sin, raised a storm of persecution.
The ministry withstood him and denounced him as a heretic.
His answers were so pertinent that his father gave him a
severe re])riniand, inquiring: 'Boy, do yon answer a minister
that way^'
The (Iiurcli exercised ciril as well &, ecclesiastical author-
ity, and yonng Boehm was convicted of heresy and sent to
prison. An elder brother was appointed to condnct him to
prison. He did not watch his brother very closely and as they
were near the line that separated Switzerland from France, the
prisoner crossed over and was forever free from his domestic
and priestly persecutors. He jonrneyed along the banks of
the Rhine till he entered the dukedom of Pfaltz. Idiis was
the Palatinate bordering on Belgium. There yonng Jacob
became acquainted with a people called Mennonites. They
took their name from ]\[enno Simon, who was cotemporary
with Luther. They were a simple-hearted people, and ho
united with them and became a lay elder.
He had several children, of whom Jacob, the third, was my
grandfather. He was born in 1693 and emigrated to this
country in 1715. llany of the ^NFennonites emigrated from
Switzerland and Germany.
My grandfather was induced to come to America from the
KAGY RELATIONSHIP. 37
,al(»\viii,o' ijeseription given of tliis coniitrv bv ]\rartin Kendig,
one of the seven families that first settled in what is now Lan-
caster Co., Pa. Jacob Boehm, landed in Pliiladelphia,
from thence went to Germantown, then to Lancaster, and
finally settled in Peqnea, Conestoga township. Soon aftor-
Avard he married a ]\Iiss Kendig. My grandfather was a lay
elder in the Mennonite Society.
Soon after his arrival he bonght a farm and built him a
lionse. lie was also a blacksmith, the first one in all that
region. His wife was verv industrious, and when necessary
she would leave her work and blow and strike for liiui. Tie
died in ITSO, aged eighty-seven. ]\Iy grandmother Avas an
excellent woman, particularly fond of me because I was the
youngest grandchild. Thoy had a nundjer of sons and daugh-
ters. My fatlier, .Martin Loehm, was the youngest. He was
born ]^ovendjcr 30, 1725, and was married in 1753 to Eve
Steiner,* who was born on Christmas day, 1734. Ller an-
cestors were from Switzerland and settled near my grand-
fathers. My father inherited my grandfather's beautiful
farm, and in 1750 built a house, in which his children were
all lioi'u and where he died. He was a short, stout man, with
a vigorous constitution, an intellectual countenance and a fine
flowing beard, which gave him a patriarchal appearance. Lie
liad strong common sense and understood well the science^ of
family government.
The order and discipline of the family attracted the atten-
tion of the Apostolic Asbury, and he made mention of it in
l)reaching my father's funeral sermon on April 5, 1812.
Martin Boehm was first a Mennonite preacher, for he em-
bi'aced the religion of his fathers. He was made so by lot in
1750, for such was the custom of this singular people. For
some time he preached without a knowledge of sins forgiven,
l>ut in 1701 he found redemption in the blood of the Lamb,
*Steiner is now spelled Stoner. One of Hanse Kiigy's sons (Henry)
married Barbara Steiner, and it is believed a sister of Eve, Martin
Boehm's wife, as there was no other family of that name in the neig^h-
borhood at that time. Henry Kiigy emigrated to Virginia in 1768, iv
what is now Page Co., and the following year to Shenandoah Co.
38 KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
and then he became a flame of tire and preached with the Holj
Ghost sent down from heaven. His success was wonderful and
the seals to his ministry were numerous. Then the Mennon-
ites expelled him for being too evangelical. He then joined
the United Brethren, and afterward became a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. My mother was a noble woman,
and to my ])arents I am, under God, indebted for what I am
on earth and all I hope to 1)0 in heaven." (Reminiscences of
Ivev. Henry Boehm.)
I wish now to call particular attention to the following
(piestions and ansAvers, as in them I claim to have proof, and
the only proof, that the wife of Johannes Kagic, called ^Manor
John, was Nancy Kendig, a sister of Martin Boehm's motlier,
and the daughter of Alartin Kendig, the head of one of the
seven families who first settled in Lancaster Co., Pa.
"When Martin Boehm had reached beyond the Patriarchal
age, and was nearing the close of a long and glorious life,
his son, Henry, who was then traveling companion of the
pioneer Bishop of Methodism, the gTeat and good Asbury,
asked his father the following questions:
Question. Tather, when were you put into the ministry C
Ans. Aly ministerial labors began about the year IT.jG.
Three years afterward, by nomination to the lot, i received
full pastoral orders.'
Question, 'What was your religious experience during that
time V
Ans. T was sincere and strict in the religious duties of
prayer in my family, in the congregation and in the closet. I
lived and preached according to the light I had. I was a ser-
vant and not a son. ]!^or did I know any one, at that time, who
would claim the birthright by adoption but Xancy Keagy, my
mother's sister. She was a woman of great piety and singular
devotion to God.'"
We do not think we hazard anything in stating and we feel
confident that Nancv Keagv here named is no other than the
wife of Johannes Kagie, the second of the name in Pennsyl-
vania, if not in America.
KAGY EEL.ATIOXSHir. 39
Til 1 TS3 Abraham, tlic gTandson of "ITanse" Kiigy,* mar-
ried the granddaughter of Jocob Boehm, and tlie daughter
(Barbara) of Martin Jjoehm.
It appears somewliat singular that so important a fact slioiild
be discovered in the manner here stated. The reader is re-
ferred to "Keminiseenees of Rev. Henry Boehm," page 378,
bv the Bev. J. B. AVakelv, 1 ). D.
111 the succeeding pages it has been stated that tlierc has
been five emigrations of Kiigys to this country, all of wlimii
have l)een traced back unmistakably to Switzerland, thus prov-
ing conclusively that that is the country whence the name
originated. It may be proper here to state the time when
these several emigrations occurred. It appears from reliable
records that Hanse Kiigy at an early (hiy became the possessor
of large tracts of land, part of which Avas in Conestoga town-
ship, Lancaster Co., Pa. .V tract of 400 acres and a similar
tract of 400 acres in the vicinity of the now city of York,
York Co., Pa., at that time ])art of Lancaster (\j. The first-
named tract of land lay in the very garden s])ot of Lancaster
(Vj., of woi'ld-\vid(» faille for fertilitv aiul productiveness.
It was the writer's good fortune a few years ago to visit
the neighborhood where my ancestor, Hanse Iviigy first set-
tled and built his humble cabin on the banks of the far-
famed Conestoga creek. AVords fail to describe the beauty
of the scenerv that lav before me or the thoughts that filled
my mind and heart. Before me, in matchless beauty, lay the
Pequea Valley with its highly cultivated fields of corn,
wheat, etc., a perfect garden of the Lord; the air was balmy
and made fragrant with the odor of roses and sweet-smelling
clover; the hum of the l)ees, the joyous songs of birds, all coii-
*In I. D. Rupp's history of Lancaster Co., Pa., page 117, it is re-
corded that " Hans Kiigy," Jacob Boehm and others came over from
the old country and settled in Lan. Co., Pa. In the "Reminiscences
of Rev. Henry Boehm. he says on page 10, "My grandfather, .Jacob
Boehm. was born in 1693, and emigrated to this country in 1715;"
now as Rupp says in his history that Hans Kiigy, Jacob Boehm and
others came at one and the same time, we feel warranted in saying
that the first Kiigy (of whom we have any account) came to America
in 1715.
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KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
spired to fill the mind and heart with emotions inexpressible,
that still linger after the lapse of years like some sweet hene-
diction — some holy prayer. I could not help but contrast
the scene before me with what it was when TTanse Kiigy first
settled tliere in the midst of a virgin forest am! among the un-
tutored sons of the woods, with whom he and his sons lived in
unbroken friend.ship, often sharing with them the rude shelter
of his cabin, and receiving from them a generous share of the
hunt or chase in retm'n. In fancy T could see the stoutdu'arted
Sweitzer wielding the axe and felling the giant oak and hick-
ory, burning away the brush and thistle or planting the golden
corn, and at the close of day, when the evening shades had
gathered around his humble hut, then like Burn's Cofferer, the
husband and father led his household in songs of praise
and prayer, with gratitude to (iod for the peace and joy that
now is his, and thus daily he brought up his little dock (d sons
and daughters in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Our ancestor seems to have been singularlv fortunate in the
selection of a help-mate. She was no doubt a woman of great
force of character. His wife, Rebecca Patterson Kiigy, was
the 3d daughter of James and Susannah Patterson, both note-
worthy persons in the early history of Pennsylvania, dames
Patterson was extensively engaged in the Indian trade on the
Potomac and had what is now called a ranch at the entrance
to Conojohela Valley on the Susquehanna, in York Co. now,
then it was in the bounds of Chester Co., and was in the dis-
puted territory which was claimed by the authorities of l)oth
Pennsylvania and !!Maryland. The dispute waxed hot and
led to bloodshed and is known in the historv of the States as
"Cresap's War." James Patterson, the father of Rebecca
(Keagy), was an energetic partisan of the claims of the Penns,
John, Thomas and Richard, in this boundary dispute, as was
Captain Thomas Cresap of the claims of Lord Baltimore.
Patterson's ranch was in the disputed territory and Avlien
Cresap came in 1730 to reclaim the land for ^laryland it was
Patterson's ranch he claimed for his own, binlding a block-
house there, and his partisans dispersing Patterson's horses,
killing some of them. This was the beginning of ''Cresap's
KAGY EKLATIOXSIIIJ'. 41
AVar/' Cresap claimed Patterson's plantation under a Mary-
land grant and dciiiandod that Patterson show a warrant or
patent for the land, threateninu- an apjjcal to the King in his
own behalf and that of Maryland. Patterson's defiant answer
was "Penn is our king." The contest lasted from 1 7;J2 to
1736, when (h'esap was seized and the ^Maryland intruders
were overcome. The established boundary line between the
States was made July 4, 1700, by Charles Mason and Jeremiah
Dixon,"" and is known as Mason and Dixon's line, which gave
not only the disputed territory above mentioned, but more
to Pennsylvania. James Patterson died in 1735 and his
Avidow, Susannah, the next year, married Thomas Ewing, and
bec-ame the mother of General James and Captain John
EAving, of Revolutionary memoi-y. Thomas Ewing died in
l74o and his widow, Susannah Patterson Ewing, married
John Connelly, an Irish surgeon in the British service. The
issue of this last marriage was Lieutenant Colonel John Con-
nelly, who was conniiandant at Port Pitt, now Pittsburg, Pa.,
at the beginning of the Revolution and who ])roved to be one
of the most virulent loyalists in the colonies during that
eventful period. Xo doubt each one of Susannah Patter-
son Ewing C^onnelly's sons followed their ideas of duty as it
a]ipeared to them, while we approve or condemn as interest or
fancy dictate. James Patterson, conjointly with his wufe,
Susannah, acquired a plantation a short distance from what is
now Washington Borough, in Lancaster Co., Pa., as early as
1718. On February 15, 1748, Johannes Keagy bought
300 acres of land from Susannah (Patterson Ewing) Connelly.
This land was part of the estate of Thomas Ewing, devised to
his son. General James Ewing — the other half of this tract
Johannes Keagy had previously purchased. In the same year
Johannes Keagy purchased from Mrs. Connelly and her three
daughters, by her first husband, James Patterson, the land that
belonged to him. "The tract of 500 acres owned by Thomas
Ewing was bought of John, Thomas and Richard Penn, Esqs.,
*Two Eng-lish astronomers, who were appointed to run the lines
by the Penns and Lord Baltimore.
42 KAGY KELATIONSIIIP.
sons of William Peiin, Proprietors and (jovernors-in-Chief of
the Pr<>\inc(' of Pennsylvania. The deed, bearins," date March
21. 17-"!;». in the 22(1 year of the reii>-n of Lord George, the 2(1
bv the i2Ta(/e of God, of Great Britain, France and Irehmd
King."
James Patterson and Susannah, liis wife, had two sons,
James and Thomas, and three daughters, Susannah, Sural
1 and
Rebecca — who niai-i-icd John liudolj)]! Keagv al)ont 1T1<>-17,
and who came to America in 1715, as before stated, and who
was called "Hanse" to distinguish him from Johannes Keagv,
who came into the same vicinity in 1 7-V.K
1. James Patterson, Jr., m. and had a son William, both
of whom took an active }!art in the French and Indian War,
the latter conducted by the justly celebrated Indian chief^
Pontiac. James was interested in the Conococheague settle-
ment with Penjamin Chambers, hut he soon i'('lin(|uished his
])lantation here, and removed to Standing Stone, in Ilunting-
don Co., Pa.
2. Thomas Patterson, d. young.
3. Susannah Patterson, the eldest daughter, m. James
I^owry, one of the celebrated Lowry family of pioneer history
of Penna. See Harris's EiogTaphical history of Lancaster
Co., Pa.; also I. D. Rupp's history of the same county.
4. Sarah Patterson, the second daughter, m. Col. Benja-
min Chambers, the founder of Chambersburg in 1704, and the
first white man to make a settlement in P'ranklin Co., Pa. lie
was a native of the County Antrim, Ireland, and of Scotch
descent, and with his brothers, James, Robert and Joseph, l)e-
tween the years 1726 and 1730, emigrated to the Province of
Pennsylvania, and first settled at the mouth of Fishing Creek
on the Susquehanna, where they built a mill. In 1730 Benja-
min and Joseph, fascinated l)y the story of a hunter as to the
beauty of the "Kittochtinny" valley, they boldly pushed out
into the wilderness until they reached the "Falling Spring."
Benjamin remained and built himself a log house which he
covered with cedar shingles held fast by nails; afterward he
erected a saAvmill and later a floui-ing mill, so that Chamber's
KAGY RELATIONSHIP. 43-
Fort" became a place of note and its builder a distingiiished
man of his timos. George Chambers, Esq., a great-gTeat-
grandson of Benjamin, the first settler, is the nearest neighbor
of the Editor of this History. James Chambers was an only
son of Sarah Patterson Chambers, and became a distingaiished
general in the War of the Revolution.
5. Rebecca Patterson, m. John Rudolph Keagy, who set-
tled in Conestogoe township, Lancaster Co., Pa., in 1715, as
heretofore stated.
The Second Emigration occurred in 1739, Dec. 11th, when
the shiji "Lydia," James Allen commander, from London,
with ~o passengers. Palatines; among these was Johannes
Kagic.
The Third Emigration occurred Oct. 27, 17(34, when the
ship "Hero," Ralph Forster, Captain, from Rotterdam, last
from Cowes, with 500 passengers, among whom was one Ru-
(l(>l])]i Iviigy. My authority for the above records is to be
found in I. D. Rupp's 80,000 names of innnigrants to Penn-
sylvania from 1727 to 177(».
The Fourth Emigration occurred in about the year 1818 —
or perhaps a little earlier — when one Simon Kegey and a
brother, and a son of Simon's named John B., left Switzer-
land for America; the father and mother both died at sea, and
the bo}', John B., was taken by the captain of the vessel to
his home in Pennsylvania; the uncle remained in Xew York.
The Fifth Emigration was in 1854-59, when Anna C. Kagi,
of Ruppen, Smtzerland, now Mrs. Henry Fluegge, living at
Effingham, HI., an<l her parents, Hans Jacob and Anna Maria
Kiigi and their son, Albert, came.
In w^riting this genealogical record it has been the aim of its
author to give the descendants in both male and female line.
It has, however, been impossible to do this in the female line
beyond a generation or two, and of times not that far; this is
indeed a matter to be regretted.
Having given in a previous chapter the time and circum-
*Col. Chambers also built a fort and he mounted it with a cannon,
the only one in the valley at that time.
44 " KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
stances that induced the tirst one who bore the name Kligi
to come to these western shores, and who, in the foHowing
pages, will be called "Hanse Kagw" (to distinguish him from
the Johannes Kiigie, who came to this country in 1739, and
who resided and owned lands in the same township — Cones-
togoe.) Thus far, no accurate record of the date of his birth or
•death has been found; l)ut in Book A, page 150, in the Re-
corder of AVills office, at Lancaster, Pa., Anil l)e found on tile
a copy of his will, of which the following is an exact copy, both
in orthography and form of letters, as near as it was possible
to re])roduce them, to wit:
Will of Joiix R. Keagy — 1748.
JUllX lvE( JAY. I John Kegav in the Count v of J^ancas-
ter and province of Pena, Township of Conestogoe being very
sick cV: weak in Ixxly hut of Perfect mind and memory Thanks
1)0 unto (iod for it, do make this my Last Will and testament
& desires it May be Recev'^ by all as such. Imprimis it is my
Will and 1 do order that in Ye first Place All my Just Debts
and funeral charges be pa'' and Satisfied. Item. I give and
bequeath unto my well beloved Son Abraham Kagey, my
Plantation whereon I now Lives upon to Possesst by him &
his heirs and assigiis for Ever, Containing two hundred acres.
Ye land tV" Plantation is to valued by two or three men chosen
by Ye Elders of our Church or Meeting 6: whatsoever they
shall value it at above a hundred Pounds he shall i)av unto niv
Ex''* hereafter mentioned within four vears after my Death,
his Mother shall live with him dureing and he shall Provide
firewood for her cV he shall give fifteen Bushells of wdieat
everv vear & six bushels of malt. Three Barrells of Syder,
half a Barrell of still*^ Liqure, one hundred weight of meat.
Either Beef or Pork at her choice to be paid to her yearly &
every year dureing her pleasure to live with him. He shall
Keep a Cow for her and give her her choise of Ye Cowes;
Every he Shall Keep a mare for her dureing Ye Term & shall
give her four Apple trees Every year bearing fruite at her own
Choice & give her half an acre of ground for flax and half Ye
KAGY EELATIONSHIP. 45
Garden. Item. 1 give and l)e(|\ieath uiiti> my Son Henry
Kegay Two Imndred Aeres of Land to liini his heirs and as-
signs for Ever joining Ye Above s'' Lands to be valued by onr
Eklers as afores'^ ct he to pay accordingly within fonr years
after he shall Setth' ujion or oc(|nepie Ye Same.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Eldest Son Jacob & my
Son Kudolph, my tract of Land Situate on Ye West side of
Susquehanah River joyning Yorktown to be ciiuall Divided
between tlieni to be vabicd by the Ehlers or Such men as they
choose asaf"' A: they to })ay Each of them as above '^'^' to.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Susannah Ye
Sum of one hundred pounds Lawful money to be paid mthin
five years after my decease. Item. I give & bequeath unto
my Daughter Anne the Sum of one hundred pounds Lawful
money to l»e ])ai(l Avlicn slie Comes of Eage. Item. I give
unto my Daughter Barbara Ye Sum of one hundred pounds
Lawful money, and I do appoint Jacob Myers & Jacob Beam
my whole and Sole Executors of this my Last AVill and Testa-
ment. In witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and
Seal this 8tli day of :Aray 1 7i8
his
Juo. J. It. X Kegav, [l. S.]
Ill ark
Signed Sealed t\: Delivered in the Presence of us ye Sub-
scribers Adam Prenneman, John Jones.
Personally appeared before me A d a 1 1 i^Preniiemim & John
Jones, the Witnesses to ye above Will, & the Said Adam
Prenneman on his Solenni affirmation and the s'^ John Jones
on his oath declared they were present & Saw and heard John
Keagy the Testator Sign. Seal, publish and declare the Same
as his last Will & Testament and that at the doing he was of
Sound and disposing mind and memory according to Ye best
of their Knowledge. 31 October 1748.
Before Tm): Cookson
Dep Reg'".
Erom the abo\-e will we learn that Hans Iviigy had four
sons and three daughters, of whom Jacob was the eldest son
and was b. Sept. ^13, 1710; Henry, Nov. 11, 1728; the
46 KAGY BELATIONSHIP.
dates of hirtli of the others it not known; Abraham !>. al)()ut
1723 and Rndolph, b. abont 1725; Susannah, Barbara and
Anna. I'^'A'?
Jacob Keagy was ni. to Feronica Stehman about 1770 and
had three sons and one dauohter. Tlie old family Bible thus
records his death: "Fell asleep in Jesus on the 2Stli of De-
cember, in the year of Lord Jesus Christ 1788, aged 69 yrs.,
3 m. and 15 d." TTis children were John, Jacob, 1). April
21, 17<)0; Abraham, b. , and Anna.
flohn Keagy, the eldest son of Jacob, was b. 171('), or
thereabout. He was m. to Sarah Sneider, who was 1). in
Canada. To them were born six cdiildren, one son, Jacob, and
five daughters, Mariali, Sarah, Ann, Elizabeth, b. Aug. 2,
1781, in York Co., Pa., and Eve. In the spring of 1783 John
Keagy moved from York Co., Pa., to Bedford Co., Pa., near
where Myersdale City, now in Somerset Co. John Keagy was
a Dunkard preacher and held the first Liebensmohl com-
munion meetiup- west of the Allegheny mountains. This was
in the vear 1783. At this time there was only eiiiht to ten
families livinii' in that ri'i;ion.
John Keagy sought out these families and a})})ointed a day
and place of meeting, and a church was organized; the society
l)rospered and multiplied, and the settlement took the name of
"Bruderthal," that is "Brother's Valley." Years afterward,
when this section was laid out in townships, one of them was
named Brothers Yalley townshi}). The society thus began
in 1783, has increased and divided, and subdivided, and to-day
nundiers nearly thirty distinct organizations of brethren or
Dunkards.
In 1810 John Keagy moved from Somerset Co., Pa., to
Montgomery (\)., Ohio, with his son-in-law, John Olinger,
where he soon afterward died, l)eloved and respected by all
^vllo knew him for his kindness and exalted ( Iiristian charac-
ter. His wife d. about 1835, in Montgomery Co., Ohio.
Jacob Keagy, the only son of John, was 1). about the year
1770. He m. Susan Markley and they had a son
whom they called John, who was b. about 1795. Jacob
Keao-y is said to have been a a'enius, a natural-born mechanic
Edward and Sarah Mesee Keagy.
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and could iiiuuld and fashion anything that he undertook to
make either in wood, stone, iron or steel. He d. quite young,
at about 30 yrs. of age.
Jolm Keagy," only son of Jacob, ni. Margaret Mesee aliout
the year 1815 or 18 li;. '11 icy had four chihjren, viz: (1) Ed-
ward, (2) Anthony and (3) Patrick, and a daughter, (4) Sarah.
John Keagy, d. Dec. 0, 1822, in Salisbury, Somerset Co., Pa.
He followed merchandizing. His widoAv m. again, a man
named David Steele and had three children.
Edward,t the first son of John, was b. Jan. 12. 1818, and
m. his first cousin, Sarah Mesee, March 15, 1815 or 1846, and
located in Coshocton, Ohio, the same year. They had thirteen
children named as follows:
1. Catharine or Katy, 1). Feb. 19, 1817.
2. John, b. Aug. 1], 1848.
3. Maggie, b. March 31, 1S5().
4. Danifd L., b. Dec. 8, 1851.
5. Anthony, b. ^Nlay 3, 1853.
6. Edward, b. Aug. 1!», 1855.
7. James, b, Feb. 2, 1858.
8. Joseph, b. Dec. 20, 185!).
!). ^lary, b. May 5, 1862.
HI. Sarah, b.Jufy 12, IS 64.
11. Jacob, \'.. Aj.rii 21, 1866.
*John Keagy was a member of the Masonic fraternity : he owned
mills and a store in Saulsbury, Somerset Co., Pa. It appears from all
the facts, that a brother Mason had stolen some goods from a neigh-
boring store and unknown to ^Mr. Keagy had secreted them in his
mill or store, where they were subsequently found and identified by
their owner. Mr. Keagy discovered who the thief was, and he being
a Mason also, Mr. Keagy forebore divulging his name ; in shielding
his brother Mason he unwittingly assumed his guilt, which his rival
in business turned to his own advantage and greatly to the detriment
of Mr. Keagy's good name ; and being extremely sensitive in all mat-
ters of honor, the mortification and shame produced by the unjust
accusation, broke down his health and he died at 30 years of age leav-
ing an estate worth neai'ly $75,000.
t Edward Keagy first went to Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, in 1837 and
afterward, as before stated, to Coshocton Co., Ohio.
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5U KAGY RELATIOXSIITP.
12. Agnes, L. July 8, 1869.
13. Elizabetli, b. May 3, 1872.
Echvard Keagy, Sr., d. Sept. 24, 1882, aged 64 v., 8 in. niul
12 (1. Ilis wife d. May 30, 1887, aged 50 y., 5 m. and 22 d.
Edwath) Keagy's Ciiildeex.
2. Jolin, d. April 5, 1875, aged 27 y,, <] ni. and 18 d.
7. James, d. April 20, 1860, aged 2 y., 7 m. and 18 d.
4. Daniel Lowell, m. Margaret Collins, of Adamsville,
Ohio, May 27, 1875, and had ten children, yiz: Effie Agnes,
1). Dee. 31, 1876, m. .May 25, 18!)8, to Charles Adams, b.
Jan. 8, 1871, reside at Cohimbns, Ohio; (reorge Edward,
b. May 23, 1877; Lowell Llenry, b. Ang. 18, 1878; Viola
Elizabeth, b. Jnne 20, 1880, m. Jnly 28, 1897, to John Wes-
ley Eeese, b. Sept. 11, 1873. They had one child, Lucy Hen-
rietta, b. Ang. 5, 1898.
Jennie Bell, b. Sept. 11, 1882; Joseph Marion, b. Jan. 28,
1884; Xellie Catharine, b. April 14, 1886; Lotta Anna, b.
May 23, 1888, d. Ang. 1, 1889; Anna Lotta, b. Sept. 11. 18!M);
Emma Eose, b. Sept. 10, 1892.
Daniel Lowell Keagy is a carpenter at Columbus, Ohio.
6. Edward, m. AVinnie Yansiclde, of Barnesville. Ohio,
Xov. 18, 1886. He is a plasterer and house-painter and is a
member of the ^lethodist Church. They haye no children.
Mrs. Winnie Keagy b. Eeb. 3, 1866. They haye adopted a
little girl, Adna Dawson, b. Oct. 21, 1885.
8. Jose])h, ni. Ella Dunfee July 1, 1884, a natiye of Coshoc-
ton, Ohio, b. Jan. 22, 1863. He is a machinist, and at
present is a ])artner in the Coshocton Machine Co. works in
Coshocton, Ohio. He has one child, Bernice, b. June 27,
1887. Mr. Keagy is an energetic, self-made man; he is now
a member of the City Council, being his third term; he is
also one of the official board in the AE. E. Church; his wife
also beina; a member.
12. Agnes, m. Walter Ernest Ralls, Sept. 29. 1892. who
KAGY EELATIOXSHIP. 51
was 1). .Vpril 17, 1870. liesides at Coshocton, Ohio. They
have one son, Walter Aurelius, 1). Oct. 15, 1807.
11. Jacob, ni. Jan. 23, 1892, Xellie Holmes, b. Jnne 10,
l8Gi>. Their children are: Hazel, b. Sept. 12, 1801; Ilnssell,
b. ]\rarch 11, 180G. lieside at Coshocton, Ohio. Both are
Methodists.
(1) Catharine, (5) Anthony, (.']) :\rargaret, (0) Mary, (TO)
Sarah and (13) Elizabeth are unmarried, at home with their
mother.
Anthony, 2d son of John Keagy, was b. , 1820, was
nnmarried; he went to Ohio in ISIG tVom Pennsylvania. In
1860 he left Ohio and went to Pulaska Co., Indiana. He
had amassed considerable property at the time of his death,
which occurred in 1878.
Patrick was b Xov., 1822, in Pennsylvania. He moved
to Coshocton Co., Ohio, in the year 1847, where he m.
Magdalena Tong, eldest daughter of George Long, Sr. Soon
after this he united with the Dunkard Church, in which he
lived a faithful and devoted Christian life to the time of his
death. In the year 1853, with three of the Long families, he
came with his to Marion to^vnship, Owen Co. Ever since that,
he lived on his farm a mile or more south of Marion Mills,
where he cut down the timber for a building site. About one
year ago (1883) his health began to fail and that insidious dis-
ease, consumption, brought him down to the grave, on Thurs-
day, May 3, 1883, at the age of 63 years; he bade farewell to
his companion and children, some of whom had come from the
northern part of the State to visit him, and then calmly and
serene passed from life to join the innumerable throng that
gather on the pearly shores of immortality, having first se-
lected as the texts for his funeral I. Cor. i. 10, and Hebrew x.
23 and 29. The consistent life and peaceful death of Patrick
Keagy are a precious monument, which makes glad the hearts
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of liis relatives, friends in the elmrcli and neighbors, of a life
'Wfdl spent in doing good.
Ilis father dving when he was two years old he was lionnd
ont to Abraham Bneehle, his iinele, where he remained until
he was 18 years of age, then went to Berlin, Somerset Co.,.
Pa., and learned chair-making and thence to Ohio in IS-iT.
Patrick Iveagy's (3d son of John) children: there were
seven boys and three girls, to wit :
1. John ir. Keagy, b. Dec. 20, 18-i7, and ni. Ilestor E.
Monce Dec. 2G, 1878; had one child, Clyde, died three days
after birth, May 3, 1881. His Avife was b. in 1858, and d.
Ang. 3, 1887. ITo m.. the second time, Ada Skelton, Aug. 1,.
ISiJl, and had a son, dohn Franklin, b. June 19, 185)2, and d.
Oct. 2, 1892. A(hi Skelton Keagy d. April 26, 1893, aged 20'
years. ]\fr. Keagy is a carpenter and builder and resides at
Brighton, Lagrange Co., Ind.
2. Sanmel P. Keagy was b. Jan. 24, 1849; m. Martha M.
Humerickhonse Feb. 21, 1884, and have three children: Joyce
Mable, b. Jan. 26, 188(i; Pari Posco, b. Jnne 20, 1889; Yada
Flora, b. Jan. <i, lS!t3, lives in Fraid>;lin Co., Kansas (Cen-
tropolis).
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•J.
Anthony Edgar Keagy was b. in Coshocton Co., Ohio,,
on the 18th day of Sept., 1852; and in 1855 went with his
father to Owen (^o., Ind., and worked on his father's farm
until reacdiing his majority; in 1874 he located in Lagrange
Co., Ind., where he worked at the carpenter's and joiner's
trade for seven years; on the 8th of Sept., 1877, lie w^as m.
to Miss Xancy Swihart; they have three daughters, Orpha,,
Belle and Mary Adella, aged respectively 10, 8 and 6 years at
this date, 1889. Mr. Keagv has served for a nnnd)('r of vears
as justice of the peace, and at this time (1893) is postmaster at
Greenfield Mills, Indiana. !^[rs. Keagy is a member of the-
' 'Progressive Christian Church."
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4. Sarali Ellen Iveagv was b. Jan. 20, 1859, and was m.
to Elias Horner, ]\lai-eli IT, 1878, and have fonr children:
j\Ielviii A., 1). Feb. 11, 1870; Joyce Viola, b. March 10, 1880;
Sylvia Tressa, b. Aug'. 28, 1882; CordiaLena, b. Sept. 4, 1885.
Mrs. Keagv united with the (lernian Baptist Church in 1878,
find is now connected with the "Prooressive Branch."
0th. David 1). Keagv was b. Dec. 18, 1801, and was ni.
Jan. 28, 1883, to Eliza Ellen Xeed, b. Oct. 28, 18(;4; they
have five children :
1. Oliver Perrv, b. Iv^v. 10, 1883.
2. Mary Magdalen, b. Jan. 22, 188().
3. Effa Yiola, b. Oct. 13, 1888.
4. Jolm Irwin, b. April 2S, 1801.
5. James Earl, b. Oct. 20, 1803.
David D. Tveagy is a machinist l»y tra<le and lives in Clay
Co., Ind., in Coal City.
8th. Mary Elizabeth Keagy was b. March 26, 1865, and m.
Jacol) Lint, June 5, 1S87. They live in Lagrange Co., Ind.;
Brighton P. O.
5th. AVilliam Henry Keagy, b. Xov. 20., 1860; d. Dee. 22,
1860; aged 27 d.
7th. George Grant Keagy, !>. Jan. 17, 1804; d. A])ril 5,
1864; ao-ed 2 m. and 10 d.
5
0th. Pius Keagy, b. April 11, Lso7; d. :\lay 3, 1807; aged
22 d.
10th. Elnora Emma Keagy, b. Eeb. 21, 1870; d. June 3,
1870; aged 3 m. and 13 d.
Sarah Keagy was b. about the year 1821 — Dee. 8th. She
was m. to George Christian Eisher in the year 1847. They
had eleven children; six of them died in infancy. The names
of the living are :
54 KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
Kezia Fisher, h. May 2-1, 1848.
Jemima Fisher, b. May 29, 1852.
Peter Fisher, 1). Oct. 8, 1854.
Brishen Fisher, b. .May 20, 1858.
Christian Fisher, b. May 17, 18(30.
For more than twenty years Mrs. Fisher and her two clangh-
ters have been consistent members of the Sngar Creek Dnnker
chinvli. Mrs. Fisher departed this life Oct. 29, 1893, loved,
honored and respected by all who enjo^';ed, the favor of her
acqnaintance. Tier death cast a shadow over tlie neighbor-
hood of her home, where she was so well known for her kind
and oljliging disposition and her nntiring indnstry. Oh ! happy
children of sncli a mother, may her l)riglit example incite you
to emnlate her many virtues, and ''Sweet may her slumbers
be." George Christian Fisher d. April 24, 1897.
1. Keziali Fisher m. Jacob Haman March, 1891.
2. Jemima Fisher is num.
3. Peter Fisher m. Flmina Fair Oct. 26, 1876, in Holmes
Co., Ohio, and have two children: Orrie Bell and Arthur.
4. Brisl)en C. Fisher m. Amanda llurner dune 8, 1884, and
have two children, Mamie and Cleter Arden. Mamie d. aged
4 m. and ('» d.
5. Christian Fisher m. Amanda Stantz Oct. 24, 1887, of
Holmes Co., Ohio. They have two children, viz: Laodicea
Fav and Lester Ocelsis.
Mariali Keagy, 1st daughter of John Keagy, was b. in York
Co., Pa., all but one, the youngest. Eve, who was h. in Bed-
ford then, now Somerset Co., Pa. ]\Iariah Keagy was m.
to Joseph Buechele, a brother of Abraham Buechele, her sis-
ter Elizabeth's husband.
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2. Sarah Keagy. iM dauglitLT of John Keagv, b. in York
Co., Pa., was ni. to Emmanuel Florv.
3. Anna Keagy, 3d daughter of John Keagy, b. in York
Co., Pa., was m. to Henry Idorv, a brother of Sarah's husband.
They had seven sons and five daughters: (1) Emmanuel, (2)
Abraham, (3) John, (4) Henry, (5) Jonas, (6) David, (7) Xa-
thaniel and (1) Esther, (2) Sarah, (3) Catharine, (4) Eliza-
beth and (5) Rachel. At this writing (1888) they are all dead
except .Vbraham, David and Rachel.
4. Elizabeth Keagy, 4th daughter of John Keagy, b. in
York Co., Pa., on the 2d day of Aug., 1781, and was m.
to Abraham Buechele, a brother of Joseph, her sister Mariah's
husband. They had six children, viz: (1) Ennnanuel, (2)
Daniel, (3) Sally or Sarah, (4) John, (5) Elias Keagy and (6)
Eliza.
Elizabeth Keagv d. Oct. 10, 1848, and is buried on the old
homestead in what is now called the Union Cemetery of Myers-
dale. Her husband, Abraham Buechele, d. in Towa and is
buried in the ''l]rethren" grave-yard, near AVaterbxj, Black-
hawk Co., Iowa.
Elias Keagy Buechele was b. Xov. !», 1812, and was a
bishop in the Dunkard Church, and was a noble Christian man.
He (1. at or near AVaterloo, Iowa, in 1892. To this dear old
soldier of the cross the Keagy fraternity owe a debt of grati-
tude, for all that is known of John Keagv and his descendants
has been furnished by him. The following obituary notice of
his death was taken from the "^Messenger":
Death of Eldeu E. K. IjUkciily.
Bro. E. K. Buechly, of South AVaterloo, Iowa, has gone to
his long home. He died April 20, being at that time 80 y.,
4 m. and 11 d. old. Thus he fell asleep in a ripe old
age. After his death the following, written by himself, was
56 KAGY HELATIOXSHIP.
found among his papers. It gives a few incidents concerning
his ancestors that may be of interest:
"I was born Dee. 0, 1S12, in Elklick township, Somerset
Co., Pa., about four miles from the town of Salisbury, and
about the same distaiice fi-diii wliat is now termed Meyersdale.
"My father removed frdiii tlic above-named place April 14,
1814, to near Meyer's Mills. A great ])art of the place where-
on I was raised is now occupied hy ilie lown of AleytTscUde.
]\fy father, Ahi'ahani l!iie(ddy, was horn in liedford, no\v
Somerset Co., about foiii- miles fi'oni where I was raised, lie
wash. Jan. .'50, 17^0; my mother h. Aug. i', IT'"^!. in ^'ork
(^)., Pa. Her father's name \\a> dohn Keagw lie renio\'ed
to Bedford, now Somerset Co., Pa., in the spidng of 1TS4, and
in that fall lie was (dected to the ministry. He was the hrst
minister among the Jh-ethren west (d' the .Mleghany Mount-
ains. The valley he IivimI in was named i'>rothei''s \'alley,
and one township still retains this lo\(dy name.
''My grandfather, Micdiacd l!ue(di(de (as he s|!(dled his
name), removed from ihud-:sC(»., Pa., to IJedford (now Somer-
set) about 1775, to the placc^ where my fathei- was horn, in Kdk-
li(d< dOwiiship. He was a memher of tlie Meiinoiiite ('Amisli)
(dinrcdi until after -I. Kcagy rnovetl in. when he also joined the
Brethren and was soon after ])ut to the mini-try.'''
Eve Keagy, the youngest and fifth daughter (d' dohu Iveagv.
Avas 1). in Bedford then, now Somerset Co.. I'a.. to w hidi place
John Keagy moved, from \'ork Co., Pa., in the spring (d' 1 78.'},
to a place about thri'e miles north of wdiat is now called Salis-
bury and about four miles southwest (d' what is now Myers-
dale City. Eve Keagy was 1». May :_', 17n."5, and d. May 14,
1858; she was m. to J(Jin Olinger, b. Se])t. .'>, 1770; d. Eeb.
25, 1870; aged 93 y., 5 m. and ■2-2 d.
John and Eve Olinger had fo\u' sons, vi/: (1) John, (2)
Samuel, (.3) Jacob and (4) Joseph, and five daughters, viz:
(]) Catharine, (2) :\rary, (3) Sarah, (4) Su>an and (5) Hester.
In 1810 John Olinger went to Moutgomei'v Co., Ohio.
They went to Wheeling, \;\.. in wagons and there hought a
KAGY EELATIOXSHIP. 57
flat-bottom boat and put their teams and goods on it and floated
it doTvn tlie Ohio to Cincinnati, and from there to ^Montfi-om-
ery Co., by wagons; they endured many hardships on the
ionrnev.
The descendants of John dinger are many and are widely
scattered, and are of the highest respectability and intelli-
gence. John Olinoer was blind the last few vears of his life.
Will of Johx Keagy, Eldest Sox of Jacob, the Eldest Sox
OF Haxse.
In the name of God amen. ] .lolni Keagy of Somerset Co
and State of Pennsylvania — l^eing of reasonable health of
body and sonnd mind, memory and understanding, (Blessed
be God for the same) but considering the uncertainty of this
transitory life, do make and publish this my last will and tes-
tament. In manner and form following to wit:
Principally and first of all, I com-
mend mv Immortal Soul to God's hands who e'ave it, and mv
body to the earth, to be buried in a Christian like manner at
the discretion of my Executors hereinafter mentioned; and
as such AVorldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless
me with in this life, I give and dispose of the same in the fol-
lowing manner to wit.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Sarah,
my riding horse and my side saddle, and one hundred pounds,
to be raised out of my estate after my death, and also the use
of two sheep, and as much butter as is necessary for her use
yearly. So long as she may live, and fruit of five apple trees
ill the orchard, to be chosen by her every year, and one quar-
ter, or so much beef as she the said Sarah may make use of
for her o\w\ support, to be deliA'ered yearly during her life,
and also all the residue of my estate except what is liereiu
otherwise ordered and bequeathed, and as my Soninlaw Eman-
uel Elory, being in possession of my Plantation and mansion
house, and is bound by his obligations to pay unto me and my
Executors &:q. the sum of Eifty pounds for the term of sixteen
vears.
58 KAGY RELATIONSHIP.
It is my intent and will that lie hold and keep in his lumds,
the snni of ton pounds ont (d' catdi payment in Lien of his aiul
my danahtci' Sarah's dower —
Jteiii. I ixlw and heqneath nnto niy son iidaw Joseph IJeech-
ley and his wife Mary, the snni of one hundred and fifty
pounds.
Item. 1 aive and bequeath nnto my soinidaw Henry bdory
and my daughter Ann the snm of one hundred and lifty
230unds.
Item. I give and bequeath nnto my danghter Fdizabetli the
sum of one hundred and fifty ])oiuids.
Item. I give and bequeath nnto my daughter Eve. the sum
of one hundred and fifty pounds.
Item. I gi\-e and bequeath nnto my (irandson -lohn Keagy,
the sum of fiv(> ])ounds, being in addition to the sum I gave
to his fathei' dacob Ivaav in his life time to be paid bv mv
Exeeutors out of the last money that shall become due from
Emanuel Elory.
John Keagy.
Emanuel Floky,
ELr:\roER Griffith,
Executors.
AVill proved November 25th, 180G.
JACOB KEAGY, the second son of Jacob Keagy 1st, was
b. April 21, 17(>(); was m. to Susanna (Jroestin (pronounced
Grove), b. May 20, ITGT; they were nn Oct. 9, 1785.
Their children are:
1. Abraham Keagy, b. June oO, ITSG; sign of the A^irgin.
2. Elizabeth Keagy, b. Eeb. 1, 1789; d. April 16, 1700, at
7 p. m.
3. John Keagy, b. Jan. 2, 1791; d. Jan. 13, 1791, at 12 m.
4. Anna (INTancy) Keagy, b. Jan. 5, 1792; sign of the
Twins.
5. Elizabeth Keagy, b. Oct. 13, 1794; sign of the Twins.
G. Susanna Keagy, b. July 20, 1797; sign of the Twins.
7. John Keagv, b. Jan. 12, 1800; sign of the Lion.
Abraham Keagy, called "Machine Abe."
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8. Beronica (Fannv) Keagy, b. Fcl). 7, 1S02; Aries the
Ram.
!). :\Iarj Keagy, h. Feb. 7, 1802; Aries the Eaiu.
(8 and U are twins; the hist one born one liunr and hftj
minntes after Beronica.)
Jacob Keagy d. abont the year 1803, near Hagerstown, Md.
His widow then ni. Phili]! Stai'n; and she d. in 1840. She
had one danghter, Barbara, who ni. Andrew Bansler. She d.
Jnne 10, 1887.
Al)raliani Iveagy was b. near Hagerstown, Md., it is be-
lieved and went to ^Abirrison's Cove in 1813, and lived one
mile sonth of AVoodbnrv, until his death in Ana'. 23, 1867.
1. Abraham Keagy (called Machine Abraham) m. i^ancy
Keagy (Anna), who w^as b. ^Nfareli 20, 1786. She was the
third danghter of Christian Keagy, of near AVaynesboro,
Franklin Co., Pa., formerly from Lancaster Co., Pa. He be-
ing the eldest son of Abraham Keagy, of Alartic tOAvnship,
Lancaster Co., Pa., and he the beloved son of Hanse or John
P. Keagy, of Conestogoe Township, Lancaster Co., Pa., and
the first of the name in this country ; coming here in 1715.
She d. in 1833.
Abraham Keagy d. August 23, 1867. His children are:
(1) Jacob, b. May 23, 1810; (2) John, b. 'Noy. 8, 1811; (3)
Abraham, b. Xov. 15, 1813; (4) Christian, b. Dec. 29, 1815;
(5) Susan, b. Jan. 4, 1819; (6) Mary, b. April 14, 1821.
l^^ancj (Anna) b. Afarch 13, 1823. Elizalicth. b. Jnne 15,
1828.
(Are River Brethren.)
Jacob Keagy m. ^^largaret AVorking, March 29, 1835; they
had three children: (1) David F. Keagy, (2) George AA''.
Keagy and (3) Susannah Keagy.
(1) David F. Keagy, b. Sept. 29, 1836; m. Dec. 27, 1866,
to Kate E. Oellig, b. 17, 1843; have six children: Ida
M., b. Oct. 23, 1868; Edwin AV., b. Feb. 3, 1871; Harry O.,
'€2 KAGY RELATIONSHIP.
1). Dee. 4, 1873; Asher, b. Sept. 1, 1875; Charles O., b. Feb.
15, 1877; Frank, b. Jan. 16, 1879. ]\1 embers of the M. E.
C'hnreh; reside at Altoona, Pa.
Harry Oellig Keaii'v was ni. Sept. 16, 1897, to Miss Izilhi
ArJell Ilnth, of Altoona, Pa.
Edwin AV. Keagy was ni. Sept. 16, 1897, to Margaret Kas-
berg, of Pittsburg, Pa.
Ida AL, diaries O. and Frank Keagy are at home with their
parents at this date (1899) and are num.; reside in Altoona,
Pa. Asher d. May 8, 1899.
Jacob Keagy d. Dec. 3, 1853; the father.
Margaret Keagy (h Feb. 2, 1884; the mother.
David F. Keagy was a soldier in the Civil AVar, serving as
2d lieutenant in Co. C, 208th Keg., Pa. Vol., and was in the
battles fought at Fort Steadman, Ya., on the 25th of March;
and in front of Petersburg, Va., on the 2d day of April, 1865;
and at the close of the w^ar he received from President Andrew
Johnson, a commission as brevet captain for meritorious ser-
vices in front of Petersburg, Va. His lirother, George AV.,
served in tlie same company and regiment with him.
(2) George W. Keagy, b. Sept. 27, 1837; m. Feb. 9, 1870, to
Sue E. Smith, b. May 9, 1846. Xo issue. Kesidenee, AAHiit-
taker, Miami Co., Kan. AViuebrennarian in faith.
(3) Susannah Keagy, b. Dec. 31, 1838; m. Sept. — , 1857;
George J. Fishhack, b. . Have three children: David, d.
in infancy; ^Maggie, m. David Leiter, of Ashland, Ohio, in
1886; George, d. in infancy. Mrs. Fishhack d. Aug., 1865.
John Keagy, b. Xov. 8, 1811, is the second son of Machine
Abraham Keagy; m. Ann Maria Carper, b. Oct. 9, 1812, and
had nine children: Samuel, Xancy, Christina, Catharine,
]Mary, Susan, Eliza, John, Abraham.
John Keagy was called AVoolen ]\Iill John; he owned and
•operated a woolen factory. He was of the River P>rethren
John Keagy and his Second Wife.
Son of "Machine " Abraham.
PuP
KAGY RELATIONSHIP. 65
faith; lie d. in isuo^ Fcl). ig, in Morrison's Cove, Bedford
Co., Pa. John Kea^y and Ann Maria Carper were m. March
1, 1830. .Mrs. Ann M. (Carper) Keagy d. March 7, 1877.
1. Sanmel Keagy, h. Jan. ;](), 1837; ni. A\)v. 3, 1803, to
]\rinerva Ann Ci-(.ft, h. May 3, 184!), and Inid three (diihhvn;
Elk, AVavne, Florence, d. Jidv IC, issc. Klhi Catharine, b.
Oct. 22, 18(U, nnni., at lionie; Wayne, b. Jan. 10, 1867, nnm.,
at home. Residence, Maria P. O., Bedford Co., Pa.
Sanmel Keagy was a soldier in the ( 'i\il War, sci'ved in the
133d Regiment, Pa. A^oh, Co. C, Third Div., under (ien. A.
A. iruinphreys, Fifth Army Corps, and was in the battle of
Chancellorsville, Va., and was honorably discharged May 26,
1863, liis term of enlistment having expired.
2. Xancy Keagy, li. July 22, 1838, in Morrison's Cove,
Bedford Co., Pa.; m. Oct. 1!>, 1858, to Phili]) S. Frederick, 1).
]\[ay 1!), 1831, and had ten (•hil(h-('n, viz: William, d. at 4
years of age; ]Mary Ann, d. at 2 years; John, d. at 25; Jenine
v., d. at 18; Alice, d. at 14; Frank an<l Charles E., all d. early
in life; U. S. Grant, b. Jan. 28, 1866; Lnella Catharine, b.
Xov. 14, 18(;7; Florence May, b. .Tidy 9, 1871.
1'. tS. (irant, m. Aug. 28, 1<S'J5, to Lena L. Frantz.
Lnella Catharine, m. X(n'. 16, 1887, to Edward Suiter.
Florence ]\fay, m. Alarcdi 17, 1897, to Simon P. Suiter, a
cousin of her sister's husbaiul. This entire family are mem-
bers of the Presbyterian church and I'cside in Larimer Co.,
(^oh; P. O., Fort Collins, Col.
3. Christina Keagy, b. Dec. 10, 1839; m. Sept. 12, 1854, to
Daniel Ober, b. Jan. 21, 1835. Had nine children: David
K., b. Xov. 30, 1S55; m. Anna Samuels, and have three chil-
dren. John ]v., b. June 9, 1857; m. Jennie Crissman, and
have two children. Leora, b. Sept. 28, 1858; m. Elmer Tay-
5
66 KAGY RELATIONSHIP.
](»r, and have one child. A'irginia, b. Sept. 28, 1860; m. James
CniTv, and have one child. Saninel, b. -Inlv IT, ISfi^; resides
at Clay C-enter, Kansas, and have one cliihh
Mrs. Ober d. Fel). 15, 1872.
Frank, 1). Oct. 1!>, 1864; iinni.; residence, Maria P. O.,
Bedford (V)., Pa.
Anna, 1). Ang. 23, 1867; d. Afarch 24, 1869.
Clara, b. Se])t. 4, 186!»; in. William J. Croft; residence,
Waterside, Pa.
Charles, b. Jan. 31, 1872; resides at Altoona, Pa.
4. Catharine KeagY, b. Oct. 27, 1841; d. Dec 1, 1873;
nnni.
5. Mary Keagv, b. Aug., 22, 1843; m. Xov. IS, 1868, Eli
E. Pose, b. July 15, 1841. Peside at XeAvton Falls, Ohio.
They haye fiye cdiildi'cn, \iz: Jiozelia ]\Iariah, b. Nov. 6,
1870; d. Oct. 22, bs72. (Carles Warren, b. July 20, 1873.
Eliza F]dna, b. Xoy. 17, 1S7<'). Ilaryey Keagy, 1». dune 8,
1878. James William, b. Oct. 18, 1879.
Mrs. Mary (Keagy) Pose is a member of the ( diiu'ch of God,
and ^fr. F. F". Pose is a member of the Methodist ( 'hui'ch.
Charles AVarreu liose lives at Lloys, Portage Co., Ohio.
Eliza F]dna Rose m. Henry Sutcliffe, March !), 1805, and
was born duly 25, 1873, and have one child, Haryy Roy, b.
Feb. 1, 1896. Peside at Diamond, Portage Co., Ohio. Occu-
])ation, coal mining.
Haryey Keagy Rose is a merchant, resides at Diamond,
Portage Co., O.
James William Rose is a sportsman, resides at Newton Falls,
Ohio.
Eli E. Rose was b. in Columbiana Co., Ohio, July 15, 1841,
KAGY RELATIONSHIP. 67
iiud was raised at Dccrfiold, Portage Co.. Ohio; Avlieii li)
rears of age lie went to Tluntiiigtoii, Iiid. On the breaking-
out of tlie Civil War he enlisted Oct. 1, lS(iO, in Co. F, -iTtli
Indiana \^)1. Infantrv, and served three and a half years; lie
partieijiated in nineteen engagements, some of whi(di were
ihe most sangidnarv of that terrible war. lie was eno-aii'ed
for forty-five days in the siege of Vicksl)nrg, Miss., in I860.
In Oct., ISG-i, he was wonnded in the arm near the shonhler
at an engagement at the month of the White River, Ark. On
March 27, 1805, he was in the engagement at S[)anish Fort,
Alabama, where he lost his left leg, which had to be amputated
eight inches above the knee; he was in the hospital at New
Orleans, La., njitil dniy 26, 18<;r), when he was honorably dis-
charged. He then went to Bedford Co., Pa., in Alandi, 1867,
and tanght sidiool and followed huckstering up to the time of
his man-iage, then worked in the woolen factory of dohn
Keagy, his father-in-law, for seven years and for three years
Avas on the road in the interest of his employer. Tn 1880 he
went to AVoodl)ni"y, I)edford Co., Pa., and learned tailoring
and harberiiig; Wved there till 1892; then nKJved to Carthage
Co., Ohio, and lived there foiu* years; then moved to jS^ewton
Falls, O., Trund)nll Co., wdiere he noAV (1898) resides, en-
gaged in the tailoring business.
I 6. Susan Keagy, b. Sept. 7, 1815; m. Jan. 21, 1869, to
]\fartin L. Tauber, b. Dec. 15, 181-7, and have eight children:
John d. at 2 years; Ward F. Tauber, b. Aug. 5, 1871; xVnna
M. Tauber, b. Alay 10, 1873; Eliza M. Tauber, b. July 4,
1875; Earle G. Tauber, b. Feb. 1, 1878; Blanche S. Tauber,
b. June 14, 1880; Mary C. Tauber, b. July 29, 188:); Harry
Y. Tauber, b. July 30, 1886; Eva F. Tauber, b. Dec. 2, 1888.
Martin L. Tauber d. Xov. 18, 1898, at Spartansburg, Craw-
ford Co., Pa.
7. Eliza Keagy, b. June 15, 1848; m. Oct. 11, 1876, to
James Curry, b. . Had one child, Anna, wdio d. in in-
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KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
fancy. Eliza (Keagy) ( "nrrv »1. June 15, ISIT. lieside at
Waterside, Bedford Co., Pa.
!'. Al)ra]iaiii Keagy, b. Feb. 8, 1X5;]; ni. Dee. 27, 18TG
Sarah Griffith, b. .March 22, IS,")!). Their chilih-en are: Car-
rie Belle, b. Aug. 18, 1878; John Irving. 1). Oct. 11, 1879;
Hannah Alvci'iia. b. Jnly 10, lsS-1-; Ira Kveninuton, b. -Inly
4, 1801.
Air. Kcagv and faniilv reside at AVoodbnrv, Bedford Co.,
Pa.
.bihii I\cagy, eighth son, b. Sept. 20, 1850; d. Xov. 22,
1872; nnm.
Ahrahaiii I\eagy, b. Xov. 15, ISI;], the thirtl sun of .Ma-
chine Ahrahaiii Kea^'v; in. March 2s. Ls;]<», to Alary Teeter,
1>. . I line (), 181<). 'i'licir chihh'cn are:
1. John T., b. X..V. 2, 1840: in. Xov. 20, 1874, to Alary M.
Ab>rrison, and liave three children : John AT., h. Oct. 7, 1875;
James A., b. Alardi 4, 1^78; Charles C., b. Dec. ij, 1880; d.
Peb. 4, 1881.
-Tohn T. Keagy Avas a soldier in The ( 'i\il War, was a mem-
Ijcr of Co. J), lOlst Penna. \'ol. Infantry, was severely
wonnded at the battles of Pair Oaks, Y-a., Alay 1, 1862, and
on account of his wonnds was honoral)ly discharged Dec. 20,
1862. He then l)egaii the stndy of law in the office of the
late Hon. Judge A. King, of Bedford, Pa., and was admitted
to the bar in Feb., 1865. He practiced law at Bedford nntil
April, 1870, when he removed to Alma, Kan., practicing
law nntil 1880, at which time he was elected Probate Jndge of
the connty of Bedford, which position he held for eight years.
From 1872 to 1877 he was the connty attorney for Wanbnnnsa
Co., Kan. He now resides at Alma, Kan.
Alary 1'eeter Keagy d. Jan. 1, 1846, near AVoodlniry, Betl-
ford Co., Pa.
Snsana Keagy, b. Feb. 27, 1842, m. Henry Al. Jacobs,
KAGY EKLATIOXSHIP. C9
l^Tov. 2, 1858, lie was b. :yrarcli 14, 1833. Their children are:
Annie K., b. Jan. 10, 18GG; John K., b. Jan. 10, 18()(;.
Snsana Jacobs d. Jan. 29, 1888, and Mr. Jacobs ni. Marga-
ret C. Pieffer, June 10, 1897.
Aiina K. Jacobs ni. Jacob Myers, of Washington Co., Md,
Jan. 1, 1885, who wash. Sept. 19, 18(50. Their children arc:
(1) Harry J. Myers, b. Feb. J, 1888; (2) Elizabeth J. Myers,
1). March 21, 1889; (3) Mary Myers, 1). Aug. 11, 1891; d.
Aug. 29, 1891; (4) John Myers, b. Aug. 15, 1893; d. July 4,
1894; (5) "Walter J. Myers, b. Oct. 25, 1895; d. Aug. 8, 189G;
(6) Annie Myers, b. :\fay 12, 1897.
John Keagy Jacobs is unni.
Abraham Iveagy's wife dying, on the 23d of Aug., 1846,
he married, the second time, Mary Baker, b. A])ril 30, 1822,
at Ore Hill, Pa. By this union there were seven children:
Andrew B., b. June 13, 1846; Elias B., b. Sept. 16, 1848; d.
Jidy 21. 1851; David B., b. Sept. 22, 1S51 ; Jacob, b. Dec. 22,
ls.-,4; d. June 26, 1862; Christian, 1). :\[arch 26, 1857; Henry
B., b. June 22, 1859; Irvin, b. Aug. 10, 1867. The father,
Abraham Keagy, d. on March 8, 1888.
(1) Andrew B. Keagy, 1). June 13, 1846, m. Alice Eayert,
■of Bedford Co., Pa., wlio was b. , 1850, and m. in 1870,
and have six boys: AVilliam H., b. Feb. 3, 1872; Charles, b.
Oct. 16, 1873; Franklin, 1). Xov. 14, 1875; Joseph, b. April
16, 1878; Archie, b. Aug. 20, 1880; John E., b. March 2,
1883, and one girl, Jessie Jane, b. July 11, 1887; Walter, 1).
June 23, 1889. Andrew B. Keagy resides in Ellis, Kansas.
AVilliam Henry and Franklin are machinists and Charles is
a clerk.
(2) Elias Keagy was b. Sept. 16, 1848, and d. July 21,
1851, at Woodbury, Pa.
(3) David B. Keagy was b. Sept. 22, 1851, near Wondl)ury,
70 KAGY RELATIOXSHIP.
Pa., is num. and resides at Rosalia, Washington State. In
Ajn-il, 1872, lie left the paternal home, and went to Ellis and
Rnssell connties, Kansas, where he, after the first year there,
pre-emj)ted a claim of 160 acres of land; this he farmed for
two years; the gTasshoppers came and destroyed everything
gTeen, and disconraged farming. In the spring of 1875 he
left Kansas and went hy wagon to (dear Creek Co., Col.,,
where he remained nine years, working in and ahont the silver
mining camps, in hanling ores and in freighting goods from
Georgetown, on the East Side, to Decatnr and Chewanwan, on
the west side of the main range of the llocky Monntains, a
distance of nineteen miles, for which he was paid $2.00 per
100 pounds; this road is said to l)e one of the highest wagon
roads in the world. In the spring of ISSI: he left Colorado
and went to the iJlack Hills, Sonth Dakota, and there had a
"Homestead"" and a "Tree Cnltnre" of ^520 acres. He re-
mained here eight years, and in 18!)2 he went to Whitman Co.,
Wash., where he now resides (18t)8). In the early ])art
of the year 18!)8 he visited his earlv home after an absence
of twenty-six years, and spent several months visiting relatives
in Pennsylvania and Maryland. Many changes had taken
place since he had left home — his father and many of his
kindred had died, the children had grown to be men and
women, and those in middle life to old age. Mr. Keagy car-
ries witli liini to his far-off home the heartiest wishes of a host
of friends.
(4) Jacob Keagy was !>. Dec. 22, 1854, and d. at 10 years
of aee.
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(5) Christian Keagy was b. March 26, 1857, is nnm., re-
sides at Anltman, Colorado. On the 26th of March, 1878, he
left the i^aternal home and went to Ellis, Ellis Co., Kan., and
was one year in the employ of a railroad company. He then
went to Clear Creek Co., Col., and has been in the employ
of several silver mining companies as mechanical and mining-
engineer for the past nineteen years. In May, 1897, in com-
KAGY EELATIOXSTTIP. 71
}!aiiy with t\\vvv others from Colorado, he started for Lapaz,
Bolivia, South America, via Xew York and Panama, for the
purpose of mining for silver. On their arri\'al at Panama
they found tlie yellow fever raging, and Icai'ued through the
United States Minister in Boli\-ia, liy telegram, that all the
party of thirteen that had preceded them to that place had
died with the yellow fever. After waiting at Panama eleven
days foi' a return shi]) to Xew York they returned home, one
of their number dviuii' at sea, and was buried in old ocean,
thus only three of the seventeen lived to return. In 1884
he and a partner discovered a silver mine at Lawson, Colorado,
which they sold for $5,000 cash. He is now (1898) engaged
in running mining machinery at Aultman, Col.
(()) Henry B. Keagy, b. Jan. ^:>, 185!), m. Emma Hol-
linger, of Upton, Franklin Co., Pa., A])ril 27, 188<), who was
b. . Their children are: Lloyd H. Keagy, b. April
11, 1SS7; Elmer Keagy, b. Aug. 5, 1889, and d. Sept.
1, l.s.S!»; David Kay Keagy, b. Jnly 29, 1891. .Mr. Keagy is
a farmer and resides three-fourths of a mile from Waterside,
Bedford Co., Pa. Both husband and wife are liiembers of the
:\1. E. Church.
(7) Irwin B. Keagy was b. Aug. 10, iSiiT; m. Xannie
Bayer, Dec. 31, 1890, who was b. Aug. 22, 1809, in Bedford
CA:)., Pa. Their children are: Alice Catharine, b. Aug. 3,
1892; Ida IVUe, 1). Oct. 3, 1894; (dark B., b. dune 23, lSi)7.
Reside near Woodburv, Pa.
All of Abraham Keagy's children to both wives were b. in
the same house, one mile south of Woodbury, Bedford Co., Pa.
Christian Keagy, b. Dec. 29, 1815, the 4th son of Machine
Abraham Keagy, m. , 1843, to Cliristena Working, b.
Sept. 19, 1823. They had twelve children.
1. Daniel W. Keagy, b. Dec. 26, 1843; d. in infancy.
2. ]\lartha Jane Keagy, b. Sept. 14, 1845; d. at 23 years
of age.
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.'5. AVilliam Keagy, b. Sept. 12, 1840; d. at 4 rears of age.
4. Charles AV. Keagv, h. June 25, 1849, resides at Altoona,
Pa., 411 Eighth avenue.
5. Margaret Ann Keagv, h. Sept. 30, 1851; d. young.
6. James S. Keagy, !>. June 4, 185:5.
7. Ila\-id Franl<liii Keagy, 1). ^Vug. 12, 1855; d. March 3,
1871.
8. Ilenrv \V. Keaov, h. .March l!l. 185S.
0. Abraham AV. Keagy, b. May 13, 18(;i ; d. dan. 25, 1870.
10. George AV. Keagy, 1). April 12, 18r>3: d. Xov. 13, 1884.
11. Minnie E. Keagy, 1). duly 16, 18(;(;; d. Feb. 2(i, 1807.
12. Cliristianna Keagy, b. Dec. 4, 18()7.
Charles AV. Keagy was m. Sept. 21, 1871, to Miss Lucinda
liowers, who was b. Ajn'il 28, 1851, at Martinsbnrg, Blair Co.,
Pa. The marriage ceremony was performed l)y an uucdc of
the bride, Jiev. Ahraham Ijowcrs. Idieir (diihh'cn arc: Ira
O. Keagy, b. Aug. 4, ls72. at .Martiusburg, Pa., and now
(1898) resides in Altoona, i^l., aud is the chief clerk in the
passenger car dcpartiuent iu the Peuu'a railroad shops at that
city. Tsunui.
Mollie B. Keagy, daughter of ('harles W. Keagy, Avas b.
Aug. 23, 1874; is single at home.
Howard C. Keagy, son of Charles AV. Keagy, was b. April
16, 1877; is now (1898) in the employ of the Penn'a P. P. Co.
at Altoona, in the passenger car department.
]\Ir. C. AV. Keagy is at this time engaged in the dairy pro-
duce business in Altoona, Pa. In reliiii(ms faith '"AVinebren-
narian."
(6) James S., b. June 4, 1853, and m. Xov. 27, 1887, to
Anna AAHiittaker, who was b. March 4, 1867. They have one
child, b. Sept. 5, 1890, named Ethel May. Mr. Keagy was an
employee of the P. R. P. Co. at Altoona, where his family still
live. He was engaged in adjusting some machinery in the
St^SAN (KEACIY) .SNIVELY,
Eldest Daughter of" Machine " Abraham Keagy.
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Wood working shop; he was thrown from a scati'ohl some twelve
feet from the floor hv the breakine; of a belt, against which
he was leaning, falling backward down \i])on some ma-
chinery, injuring him to snch an extent that he died shortly af-
terward, on April 9, 1894.
Henry W., b. ]\larch 19, 1858, and was m. abont ,
1891, to Mary Ellen Teeter, of Ilagerstowii, Ind., b. ,
and have one son, George, b. Sept. 5, 189:2. Henry W.
Keagv is a miller bv trade, bnt has been for the last ten vears
engaged in the wholesale lumber and contracting business
under the firm name of Working A: Kcagy, at Ilagerstown,
Indiana.
10. George AV., b. April 13, 18(38, m. July 3, 188:3, to
Marie Brennemen, b. April 4, 18GG; have one child, Malilon,
b. May 29, 1884. Geo. \V. Keagy was a moulder by trade,
but at the time of his death, Xov. 18, 1884, he was engaged
in the confectionery hnsiness in Ahirtinsburg, l^a., where his
widow and son still reside. ]\Irs. Keagy m. a ]\[r.
Keim.
Susan Keagy, 1). Tnne 4, 1819, the eldest daughter of Ala-
chine Abraham Keagy, m. Aug. 25, 188G, to George \i.
Snively, b. Xov. 5, 1809, d. Se])t. 10, 1868, and had six chil-
dren: (1) Jacob, (2) Anna ]\taria, (3) Mary K., (4) Eliza-
beth, (5) Xancy J., and (6) Andrew Joseph.
(1) Jacob Snively was b. Eeb. 17, 1837, and d. Aug. 7,
1852, aged 15 y., G m. and 2 d.
(2) Ann Maria Snively was b. June 17, 1839, and d. A])ril
11, 1840, aged 9 m. and 12 d.
(3) Mary Keagy Snively was b. Feb. 5, 1842; m. Xov. 10,
1864, to Andrew Mock, and have seven children, \dz: Itlia-
more C, b. Aug. 5, 1865; George W., b. June 23, 1868; Viola
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E., 1.. Aiiii'. -24:, 1870; Anna E., 1). Oct. 1, l.sTi'; Sarah Ellen,
I). Aug. 5, 1874; David Shelly, b. Aug-. 12, 1S7G; Lillian
Belle, h. Jan. 13, 1884; Andrew Mock, b. Oct. 10, 1840; d.
June 14, 181)8.
Ithamore i\, m. Oct. 21, 1893, to Margaret Longenecker.
George AV., ni. ]\Iarch 10, 1897, to Edith Hoover.
Yiola Edna, ni. April 27, 1892, to Isaac E. Stoner.
Anna Elizabeth, m. Oct. 5, 1 892. to Roller E. Rhnle.
(4) Elizabeth Srdvely was b. Tnly 2G, 1>4:), and d. :\ray 1,
1846, aged 9 m. and 4 d.
(5) Xancv Jane Snively was 1). duly 20, 1848, and m.
March 24, 1874, David Shelly. 1.. Xov. 8, 1842, and had five
children: Mary Edna, b. May 8, 1875; Susanna Florence, b.
Jan. 19, 1877: Ellis Snively, b. .May 13, 187s: Fl.ira Olive, b.
]\rarch n. issi: Vanetta :\rargneritt, b. dnne 8, 1892; Itha-
more Rov, 1). Jan. 4. lss4. d. Mav 4. lss4. Reside at AVil-
liamslnirg. Pa.
Andrew Joseph Snively, 1). Jan. 7. b^.J3; ni. Dec. 4, 1881,
to Sarah Bowers, b. Oct. 21, 18.j3, and have four children:
George B., b. Dec. 22, 1882; Lottie K., b. June 28, 1887;
Mary S., b. Oct. 21, 1892; Emory B., b. Feb. 4, 1897, d. July
1, 1897. Resides at Hope, Dickinson Co., Kansas.
0. ]\Lirv Keagy, 2d daughter of ^lachine Abraham, was 1).
April 14,"is21, m. Eeb. 16, 1843, to John S. Hetrick, b. Jan.
2, 1820, and d. April 23, 1893. The issue of this marriage
was six children:
Xancy Hetrick, b. Feb. 17, 1844: d. Oct. 12, 1844.
Daniel L. Hetrick, b. July 5, 1845.
:\[ariah Hetrick, b. Dec. 15, 1847.
Joseph L. Hetrick, b. Xov. 3, 1849; d. April 21. 1856.
Mary Margaret Lletrick, b. May 8, 1851.
AViliiam K. Hetrick. b. :\[arch 3, 1853.
Marv Keao-y Hetrick was killed Oct. 2, 1875, on her wav
t. ~t 7 7 %,
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home from a finieral, l»y lieing thrown out of a biig'gy and
dish^cated her neek, dviu<i' fifteen minntcs afterward. ]\Irs.
Hetrick was dearly beloved by all Avho knew her f(jr her
sweet and aniial)le dis]:)osition, which was enhanced by her
iinnsnal comely appearance. She was a sincere and earnest
Christian woman and a mend)er of the River Brethren
Church.
Daniel S. Hetrick was attending school at the Allegheny
j\lale and Female Seminary in Ivainsbnrg, Bedford Co., Pa.,
when the Civil War began. lie cpiit his stndies and enlisted
in (^ipt. Ah'xauder ( 'om])her's Co. Oct. i», 1S()1, and went into
camp at Camp Curtin, Ilarrisburg, Pa., and was a mendjer of
Co. D, 101st Pa. Vols., Col. Jos. Wilson commanding. The
regiment was assigned to the -tth Army Corps, Gen. Casey's
Div., .Vrmy of the Potomac. He participated in a imiiibcr of
engagements on the peninsula under Gen. Geo. B. McClellan.
When the armv chanoed its base his brigade was sent to Snf-
folk, Va., and from there to Xewberne, X. C, and from there
to Plymonth, X. C, where he was taken prisoner on the 20th
day of xVpril, 18 04; the Confederates drove the Union gun-
boats from the river and surrounded the Union forces, who,
after stubborn resistance, were overpowered and compelled
to snrrender. With others he was taken to the Andersonville
prison May 4, 1S64. About the 1 1th of Sept., LS()4, he was
sent to Florence, South Carolina, and remained there until the
morning of Dec. 8, 18G4, when he was pai-oled and sent to
Charleston Harbor, arriving there on the 10th of Dec. '04,
and from there started for home, where he arrived Dec. 26,
1864. Under general order from the AVar Department Xo.
77, he was discharged June 15, 18()5, as were all paroled pris-
oners of war. At this date he was just 20 y. and 22 d.
old, having served 3 y., 8 m. and 8 d. — 7 m. and 20 d.
of wdiich were in prison. After recruiting his health,
which had been impaired by ])rison life, he again entered
school, completed his studies and entered the office of Dr. S. H.
Smith, of Woodbury, Bedford Co., Pa., read medicine and
attended lectures at Jefferson AEedical College, and after grad-
uating, began the practice of medicine in Afarch, 1869, and
has been in continuous practice since at Alum Bank, Pa. Dr.
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Hetrk'k was appointed on the IJoard of U. S. Pension Exam-
iner at Bedford, Pa., Jan. 10, is'.tT.'
On the 2d of Feb., 1871, lie ni. Miss Minnesota Trout
and to them was 1). Chirk 1)., May -'!, 1S72, who, when 18 y.
i_»f age, was fatally injured ou the i';id of Aug., 1890, and d.
the same day; he was 0 feet 41 inches high and weighed 170
jDOunds; 2d. JIarry Leady, h. Aug. 21, 1873, and is now
(1898) attending a pharmacy in Philadelphia, Pa.; 3d. Eoy
Rutherford, h. July 18, 1870, is in the employ of the V. S.
Cracker Co., at Altoona, Pa.
-Maria lletrick, 1). Dee. 15, ls47, m. to AVm. H. AVise-
garver , and have two children, Howard and William.
Mr. Wisegarver lives at Savoy, ( 'hampaign Co., Ill, Mary
Margaret lives with her sister, Maria.
AVilliam Iveagy Hetrick m. Anna Mary Wesley Sept. 30,
1884, who was h. Xov. 5, 18()4. Their children are: Cora
May Hetrick, h. May 11, 1880; John Wesley, b. Dec. 19,
1887; ^\i\y ^largaret, 1). Aug. 27, 1894. Reside at Altoona,
Pa. i:!oth are Methodists.
Xaucy Iveagy, 3d daughter of ^fachine Abraham, was b.
Mandi i:?, 1823, and m. Al.nnii Ober Aug. 13, 1S4<;, and
had six cliildreu: Martha, b. June 2, 1847, d. in infancy;
David WVsley, b. Sept. 24, 1848; William K., b. :\rarch 14,
1851; Mary Elizabeth, b. Eeb. 5, 1853; Leora and Loretta,
twins, b. April 10, 1855. The last-named d. in infancy.
Abraham Ober d. Dec. 2, 1855, and "Mrs. Ober m. David S.
Long, Sept. 7, 1809, and he d. June 8, 1878. Xo children.
Reside at Baker s Summit, Bedford Co., Pa.
David AVesley Ober m. Emma Sjiooner and have one child,
Jessie. Reside in Illinois.
AVilliam Reagy Ober m. Xellie Gill and have six children:
Bessie Lee, Claude David, Ray P., Flossie, Ruth and Gladys.
Reside in Elgin, 111.
Nancy (Keagy) Ober-I.ong,
Daughter of " Machine" Abraham Keagy.
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Mary Elizabeth Ober in. 1 )a\i(l A. Luu<y and have seven chil-
dren: Willie K, Ida Bell, llarve_\', Elmer, Bessie, Pearl,
Anna May and Homer. Mr. Long d. .Afay 3, 1807. Are
Eiver Brethren. Beside at Baker's Snmnnt.
Leora Ober m. Rnfns Kanode and have ten (diildren: Anna
]\Iay, deceased; Laura Pearl, ^lavy Alice, John, Avery, Ean-
nie, deceased; Jennie Belle, Willie, Ira and Carrie Bnt1i. Re-
side at Xew Entorjirise, Bedford (\).. Pa.
S. Elizabeth Keagv^, the yonngest dauiihter of Machine
Abraham, was b. June 15, 1828, and m. Josiah Wolfe, March
9, 1848. They have nine children. Reside in Lamar, Barton
Co., Mo. Josiah Wolf was 1). Jan. •'), iSi^T. ]>()th are mem-
bei's of the Christian Church.
1. Anna Margaret Keagy Wolf, b. ^March 8, 184!).
2. Abraham Keagy Wolf, b. June 2U, 1851.
'■>. Fi-anklin Pierce Wolf, b. March 24, 1854.
4. Sarah Isabelle Wolf, b. Sept. 4, 1855.
5. An<h-e\v Jackson Wolf, b. March 1!), 1858.
C. Lvmaii Ilarvev AVolf, b. Dec. 7, 1860.
7. Mary Augusta L. W^olf, b. May 1, 18(;4.
<S. Carrie Ida Wolf, b. July 3, 1867.
!». Fannie May AVolf, b. Sept. 7, 1870.
(8) Ei'anklin Pierce AVolf, d. Oct. 7, 1854.
1. Anna ^largaret Wolf, m. Dec. 13, 1871, to William
Davison. Beside in Logan, Iowa; farmer and member of the
Latter-dav Saints Churcli (M(»rnion).
2. Abraham Keagy AVolf, m. Aug. 14, 1876, to Elizal)eth
Boyd, who d. , and he ni. Afary Sharp, Nov. 2, 1884.
Reside at A'ale, Kansas. Alethodist, and occupation farming.
4. Sarah Isalxdle AVolf, ni. Dec. 18, 1872, to L. K. Epperly.
Is a corset manufacturer. Religious faith, Christian Science.
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•J. Aiidivw Jackson AVulf, m. Oct. 17, iSSo, to Lucy Har-
rison. Is a farmer. Resides near Fuller Station, Kansas.
Methodists.
(!. Lvman Ilarvov Wolf is uiiiii.; lixcs in Bandon, Orec'nn:
cajjtain of a life-saving station. Christian Church.
7. :\rary Aui-ustus AVolf, m. Dec. 28, 1885, to Preston C.
Stephenson, llesides in Lamar, rjai-ton Co., ]\Io. Occu-
l^ation, carpenter. Christian Church.
8. Carrie Lla AVolf. ni. Se])t. 5, 1S!)8, to Joseph Sparling-
and reside at dantha, Mo.; owns the grain elevator. AEem-
bers of the (dirisiian Chruch.
!). Fannie :\Iay AVolf. iii. Dec. 30, 1894, to Asa F. Mills.
Lives neai" Lamar, Mo. l^'ai'iuer. She is a iiiend)cr of the
(Christian ( 'hiirch.
^Vl.raham Keagv (^Machine Abe, as he was caMed,) was a re-
markable man in many respects. His advantages were ex-
ceedingly linnted, and op|.ortunities few to acquire an ordi-
nary education, at that early day lindte(l to reading, writing*
and cyphering. Xature done iiiiieh foi- him — he was a nat-
ural mechanic and possessed inventive talent of the highest
order. He could construct anything he wished either in wood
or metal, and was an expert in any of the mechanical arts.
He invented and patented a spark arrester for railroad loco-
motives, which bears date April 2i), 1842, and is said to be the
first device for the purpose ever used and very similar to those
in use at this day. It is said that unscrupulous parties stole
his ideas and reaped the benefit of his genius. He made the
])atterns and moulds and cast the first cook stoves made and
used in this State. These were a godsend to the housewives
of more than a half century ago, but would not compare in
beauty and finish wdth the tiled and nickleplated stoves of
to-day that are found in the humblest homes. He built and
owned a woolen mill, making the carding and s]iinning ma-
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cliiiiLTv liiinsclf with the rude tools of that early dav. lie
built one of the first grist and merchant mills in his conntv.'^
It was hardly completed before it was stored with grain hv
neighboring farmers, when from some uidoiown canse it was
destroyed by fire, inflicting great loss upon its owner. Kn-
conraged by his neighbors and fi'icii(b, lie I'ehiiilt tlie nnll,
wlii(di still stands and attests his indomitahle energy and skill.
But it is not alone as a mechanic or genius in which he ex-
celled, lie A\-as a broad-gauged man, and was ever ready and
willing to aid the deserving and help the needy. Tlis advice
was often sought and the conclusions of his ri})e judgiuent
followed with marked advantage. He was jtist, honest and
ii]3riglit ill all his dealings with his fellow men and few men
maintained through a lou^ life more than he the respect and
confidence re])osed in him. His genius, skill aud industry
Mou its certain reward and he possessed a goodly heritage.
His genius and skill entitles him to a place beside Arkwright,
Howe or Ericson. So well halanced a mind as his would be
successful in any calling or profession in which he might
choose to engage. His highest aml)ition seems to have been
to do his duty as a man in every I'clation in wdiich he was
placed and to do his ^Master's will. At four-score years, after a
lono- and useful life, he went to share the holv rest of a life
■\vell spent, honored, respected and loved by all who knew him,
leaving behind him the I'ichest legacy that any oue can leave
to his 230sterity, an exemjdary life and honore(l uame.
4. Anna or Xancy Keagy was b. Jan. 5, 1702, and was the
eldest daughter of Jacob Keagy, the 2d son of Jacob, the
eldest son of '^Hanse" Keagy, aud m. Daniel Frederick,
. They had five children, bhey resided in Alle-
gheny Co., Pa.
5. Elizal)eth Keagy was b. Oct. lo, 1T'.»4, and was the 2d
daughter of Jacob Keagy, the 2d son of Jacob, the eldest son
* The mill was first built in 1833 and rebuilt the year after it burned
down. Mr. Keagy first located in Morrison's Cove, Bedford Co., Pa.,
in 1813.
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of ''Hanse" Keagy^ and was m. to John Auekernian, b. Xov.
18, 1792, and who d. Oct. 5, 1862. Thev had two children:
(1) Snsan, b. April 23, 1815, m. Elias Afflerbaiigh, .
Had no children. Snsan Afflerbangli d. Feb. 23, 1890; (2)
Jacob, b. Anii' 3, 1817, d. when 18 vrs. old.
6. Snsanna Keagy was b. Jnly 20, 1797, and was the 3d
danghter of Jacob Keagy, the 2d son of Jacob, the eldest son
of 'Jlanse" Iveagy^ and ni. to Joel Gibbonv, . Thej
had six children: (1) John, (2) Benjamin, (3) Jacob, (4)
Elizabeth, and (5) Samnel. A yonnger child d. in infancy.
Joel (libbony d. , and his ■^^^dow ni. Jacob Baker. Xa
issue. Thev lived and d. in Favctte Co.. Pa.
7. John Keagy, b. Jan. 12, 1800, was the 2d son of Jacob,
the 2d son of Jacob, the eldest son of "Ilanse'' Keagy. Jle
was b. at or near Hagerstown, Md., and when 13 or 14 y.
of age he went to Woodbnry, Bedford Co., Pa., and m. Snsan
Longanecker in 1821. In 1848 he moved to Fayette Co., Pa.,
where he died June 17, 1864. He was a preacher in the
Society called River Bretliren. His children are:
1. Joseph Keagy, b. in Fayette Co., Feb. 18, 1823; d. at
Woodbury, Bedford Co., Pa.,"^Dec. 21, 1860.
2. Samnel Keagy, b. April 1, 1825.
3. Fanny Keagy, b. Ang. 9, 1826.
4. N"ancy Keagy, b. Jan. 26, 1828.
5. Lydia Keagy, b. April 3, 1830.
6. John L. Keagy, b. Xov. 8, 1832.
7. Sarah Keagy, 'b. Ang. 20, 1838.
8. Elizabeth (Betty) Keagy, b. May 8, 1840.
1. Joseph, m. Barbara Bansler in Woodbury, Pa., in — ,,
1855, and had three sons and one daughter. He was a meni-
l)er of the Piver Brethren Church. He d. Dec. 21, 1860, in
Woodbury, Pa. Barbara Bansler was b. Sept. 17, 1824. His
children are: Joseph B., b. July 18, 1856, at Woodbury, m.
Jan. 10, 1878, ^Margaret J. ^McGregor, in Pittsburg, Pa. Mar-
garet J. Kag^^ (McGregor) was b. July 18, 1854, at Pleasant-
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ville, Pa. Their diildivn aiv: Alfred M.. 1). Xov. 26, 1S79,
at WoodLiiry, ]\i.; W. liiisli, b. Feb. 12, 1882, at Woodbury,
Pa.; Jennie P., b. -Jan. 25, 1884, at AV(>()<ll)nrv, Pa.; Leeta
Pelle, b. Xov. 2, 1885, at Woodbnrv, Pa.; Florence Ethel,
]). May 12, 18i)l, at Pittsl)iiro-, Pa.
]\lr. Jose])li V). Kauy, dr., was engautMl in business in
Johnstown, Pa., at the time of the great flood, and his house
and all that was in it was carried into the seething- flood. He
and his wife and four children were conijielled to get U[)(»n the
roof, where they spent the long fearful hours of that terrible
night, and were rescued in the nmi-ning. Xot a vestige of
the house or its contents Avere ever found. ]\lr. Keagy is a
pen artist and draughtsman and is noted for his splendid pen-
uianshi]). Resides at Irwin, P. R. P., Westmoreland Co., Pa.
Alfred M. Keagy was in the em]iloyment of the Penn'a
Railroad Co. in Pittsburg, Pa., and met his death by being run
down bv a shiftino en<>ine while carrviuii: a message or order
to an engineer a short distance across the tracks from the
company offices. He was a line and ]:roniisiiig young man.
2. John Scipio, b. April 27, 1852, and m. Peb. 8, 1875, to
Margaret Geagler, at Hollidaysburg, Pa. 1 heir children are:
Mary Alice, 1). Xov. 18, 1876; Howard, b. A])ril 6, 1878;
Estella, b. March 24, 1881; J. Scipio, b. duly 5, 1886. The
mother, ]\rargaret Geagler, was b. Mar(di. 24, 1858. Jolin
S. Keagy is a Avatchmahei- and jeweler; resides at Hollidays-
burg, Plair Co.. Pa., whei'c all his (diihb'en were born.
3. Emmanuel W., 1). Dec. 7, 1853, m. Etta Lowe, b. May
20, 1861; have two boys, Roy, b. June 29, 1881; Clyde, b.
Dec. 23, 1884; the wife d. in ; he m. Jennie Rankin, b.
Dec. 20, 1870, and have one son, Walter, b. Jan. 26, 18SS.
Reside in Cincinnati, Ohio.
4. Mary, b. Jan. 3, 184i), in Woodbury, Pa., m. Samuel D.
Brown, Jan. 23, 1868; no issue. Reside at Waco, Stark Co.,
Ohio.
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5. Samuel, d. in infancy.
Barbara Baiisler Keagy re-ni. to Jaeol) F. Barnett, Xov. 15,
1N82. Jaeol) F. Br.rnett d. Jan. — , ISSi). Eesided at AVaco,
Stark C^o., Ohio.
Samuel, the -!d son of dohn, 1). .VjU'il 1, iM'.J, and Xov. 25,
1844, m. Christena Bice, h. , l.Si>5, in Fayette Co., Fa.
Their children ai'e : (1) Nancy, h. Anu'. 25, 1845; (2) Fan-
ny, 1). Fel). 1, 1848; (8) Flizabeth, b. Xov. 20, 1841); (4) Sn-
^an, b. Marcli 24, 1S52; (5) (leorge AV., h. March 23, 1854;
(()) Albert K., 1). Dee. K!, 185(); Samuel B., b. Dec. !>, 1858;
(8) Lydia A., b. Aj.ril 1(», isci; (<)) ( yms S., b. .May 17,
1863 and (lO) Altie Ahiy. 1.. dan. 27, 180(;. Beside at 'Mt.
Erie, Bl.
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1. IvTancy. ni. William ('amp, St'|)t. 27, l^i'if., and d. May 7,
1n77, and had dx (dnhh'cn: (leorg'c B., 1). dune 2<i, 1868;
Sanniel, b. Dee. — , 18()!t, and A. in 1S88; Elmer, b. ,
1872, and d. in 1881; Oscar, \>. April — , 1874; twin girls, I).
, 1877, d. a few da\s old. (Jeorge L., m. Ida ( 'arnes,
, b^!M), and have tw(. (dnldren: Bay, b. , 1891;
Balpli, b. , lSli;>. (ieorge B. Camp is a farmer. Both
are Fnited Brethren. Oscar Camp m. Fearle Frazier in Sept.,
1804. Issue is: Flerman, b. Aug. — , 18!m:); :\BTbel, b. Feb.
— , 1898. Oscar Camp d. Sept. — , 1897, and his wife, Pearle,
d. Feb. — , 1898. Members of the United Brethren Church.
"William Camp) was a soldier in the Civil AVar on the Union
side, and was a farmer. He and his wife were ^Methodists.
Reside at Mt. Erie, 111.
2. Fanny, m. Henry Oberholtzer in A])ril, 1882. Issue:
Ethel, b. May — , 1883 ; Roscoe B., b. Feb. — , 1885 ; Ralph, b.
Oct. — , 1887; Margerie, b. June — , 1890. He is a farmer
and both are members of the Protestant Methodist Church.
Reside at Cricket, lib
3. Elizabeth, m. Eli Holmes, ]Mar. — ,1871. Issue: Roy,
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1). June — , IST:^; .Maud, 1). ,luly — , 1ST4; IJlaiicli, h. Sept.
— , 1870; Zula, b. April — , ISTO. Koy d. in 1S73, Maml in
1870. B]aiu']i m. :\rarsliall Orr, May — , 18!»7. Issue: Kli
Holmes, 1). ]\rav ], 1898. Eli Holines is a nurservman at Mt.
Erie, 111. The wife and Znla ai-c Tnited Brethren. ]\[ar-
sliall Orr is a school teacher and farmer. His wife is a mem-
ber of the United Brethren Clnii-cdi. He is a AEetliodist. All
reside at ]\[t. Erie, 111.
4. Snsan, m. Newton B. Rose. March — , l<s75. Issue:
Cloyd, b. Xov. — , 1870; Glenn, b. Oct. — , 1878; Earl, b.
Sept. — , 1881; Josie, b. Xov. — , 188:5 : Lura J., b. April, — ,
1887. Mr. Rose is a United Brethren. Reside at Alt. Erie.
5. George ^V., m. Eliza (^nind)y, Oct. — , 1875. Issue:
EfHe, b. March — , 1877; Herbert and Hubert, b. Dec. — ,
1880; Dessie, b. , 1882; Carrie, b. , 1888.
Effie, Hubert and Dessie d. iu infancy. Georac AV. is a
farmer. U. B. Chni'cli. Diamond, ]\Io.
0. Albert R., m. Mollic Wilder, Sept. — , 1871). Issue:
Roy, b. Aug. 80, 18,S0; Charles, b. April — , 1882; William,
1). :\ray — , 1881; Ethel, b. Dec. 29, 1887. Albert R. is a
carpenter and farmer and local preacher in the U. 15. Churcdi.
His son, Charles, is now (1899) a soldier in ( "o. K, 9th 111. Vol.
Infantry, in Havana, Cuba. A. R. resides at Mt. Krie. 111.
7. Samuel B., m.LauraA.]^ridewell, Sept. ■ — , 1883. Issue:
Buela, b. Oct. 30, 1884; Christena, b. July 30, 1886; Madge,
b. Sept. 21, 1888; Clyde, b. April — , 1891; Geo. W., b. Feb.
14, 1893; Blanch, b. Feb. — , 1895; Robert, b. Oct. — , 1896.
Clyde d. in 1898. Samuel B. is a teacher and fai-nier. Camp-
belite Churcdi. Reside at Diamond, ^Nfo.
8. Lydia A., m. George J. Sturm, Oct. — , 1880. Issue:
Cyrus E., b. Jan. — , 1882; Samuel Keagy, b. :\[arch 8, 1887,
d. Eeb. — , 1893; Dorothy, b. May 8, 1892; Albert, b. May 2,
1895. Georc'e J. Sturm is a tinsmith and a member of the M.
90 KAGY RELATIOXSPIIP.
E. Chnrcli. His wife is a ineinlier of the United Brethren
(liinvh. Flora, 111.
0. Cyrus S., m. :\rartha A. Tronsdale, Oct. 5, 1890. Issue:
Liira E., 1). Alio'. Ki, 1S!)1. :\rartha A. Trousdale Keagy d.
Dec. 5, 18!):^. Cyrus S. then m. Jessie Crews, Xov. -20, \S\n.
Issue: ]\rahel I., b. Xov. 2, 1805. Cyrus S. taught school a
fcAv terms, then studied medicine uuder his uncle, C. A. Rice,
then attended the Missouri Medical College at St. Louis, re-
ceiving his diploma in March, 1889, commenced j^racticing
medicine at Merriam, 111., Oct. — , 1889. Removed to
Ih'owns, 111., where he nciw (1899) resides, and is a member of
the Board of Frison Exannners at Alliioii, IH. I)i»th are
iiKMiibcvs (if the U. B. ( 'Imi'i'li.
10. Allie May, m. Robert R. Gilkinson, March — , 1885.
Issue: Cyrus, b. ^NFarch — , 18!M); Eugeue. 1). Se])t. — , 1892,
(1. June — , 1S!m;. lufaut l)oy uuuameil. b. Jan. — , 1S!»9. Mr.
(xilkiuson is a merchaut at Bellmont, 111. Both are mend)ers
of the M. E. Church.
Eaniiy Keagy, the eldest daughter of John Keagy, was b.
Aug. 9, 1826; m. iu 184(>, to Peter C. Hockenberry. They
had five children: (1) John, d. in infancy; (2) Lydia ]\lar-
garet; (13) Samuel K. ; (4) Rebecca Jane, and (5) Susannnh L.
Reside at Seottdale, AVestmoreland Co., Pa.
2. Lydia ^Margaret, b. Oct. 10, 1S50, m. John Branthoover,
Jan. 1, 1874.
3. Samuel K., b. Jan. 18, 1852; m. Mary Lessig, June 18,,
18T6. Reside at Seottdale, Pa.
4. Rebecca Jane, b. July 3, 1854; m. Xoali Hixson, Oct.
20, 1872. Xo iss^^e.
5. Susannah L., b. ^March 3, 185(5; m. Leonidas Ilandin
Anderson, Xov. 22, 1875.
Xancy Iveagy, the 2d daughter of John Keagy, was b.
Jan. 2(), 1828; m. Feb. 25, 1847, to Joseph Shoenfelt, and
have ten children, viz :
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1. Eamatine, b. ^ov. 25, 1847; m. Dee. 24, 1867, to Jacob
S. Biddle, of Loysbiirg, Pa.
2. Louisa, b. Jan. 4, 1850; in. Dee. 1, 1868, to Isaac Bayer,
of Loysbiirg, Pa.
3. Jolm Keagy, b. Jan. 13, 1852; ni. March 18, 1880, to
Mary Virginia Hicks, of AVillianisbnrg, Pa.
4. George Keagy, b. April 7, 1854; ni. Dee. 27, 1881, to
Mary Stine, of Clay.sbnrg, Pa.
5. Sarah, b. April 9, 1856; ni. Feb. 24, 1880, to David M.
Miller, of Spruce C^reek, Huntingdon Co., Pa.
6. Albert, b. Jan. 16, 1850; num.
7. David, b. May 24, 1861; m. March 3, 1887, to Evaline
Amiek, of Maria, Pa.
8. Afarv Elizabeth, 1). Ma V 4, 1864; uiiiii.; resides at Dun-
eannsville. Pa.
0. Ira, b. Sept. 23, 1868; unni.
10. Joseph ]\Iarks, b. Sept. 1, 1871; num.
Lydia Keagy, the 3d daughter of -John Keagy, was b. April
3, 1830; m. , 1851, to Polx'i-t Freed, and has one
son, John K. Reside near PennsviUe, Fayette Co., Pa.
John K; Ereed, b. ; ni. Elhi Boyd, and has three
children, Mabel, Harry Lindley and Thomas. John K. lives
on his father's farm near PennsviUe, Pa.
John L. Keagy, the 3d son of John Keagy, was b. ISTov. 8,
1832, near Martinsburg, Blair Co., Pa., and moved with his
father's family to Eayette Co., Pa., in 1848, and m. Catharine
Morris, Eeb. 22, 1860, and have three children living: Kancy,
b. March 28, 1862; Susan E., b. June 16, 1865, and James
H., b. April 21, 1870. Nancy m. Mr. Barton C. Shaw, Xov.
27, 1884. Mr. Shaw is a school teacher and local preacher.
Sarah Keagy, the 4tli daughter of John Keagy, was b. Aug.
20, 1838; m. to Henry Baker in 1853, and had one son,
Henry. Henry Baker, Sr., d. in 1854, and in 1867 his widow
m. James Irwin.
92 KAGY EELAXrOXSHIP.
kSarali Baker (Irwiuj d. A'ov. lo, 1SS5, at Bula, Clayton
Co., Iowa, where slie resided.
Elizabeth (Bettv) Keagy, the ."ith daughter of John Iveagy,
was 1). May 8, IS-iO; is nnm. ; followed teaching instrnniental
nuTsie some years, and more recently engaged in the millinery
business in Scottdale, where she d. Ang. 29, 1898. ]\Liss Keagy
was a devoted and consistent member of the United Brethren
Cliuridi, and was a highly cnltivated, intelligent woman. She
]i;i(l always sliown a deep interest in the welfare of her rela-
tives and fi'ieiids. Iler Avell-stored mind and social disposi-
tion liad won for her a host of friends. Few families ]iossess
in so large a degree as this one, the ties of brotlicrly and sis-
terly affection. All of them are members of one or other of
the Protestant churches. The writer hereof ha<l the pleasure
of meeting a number of them in 1887 and was deeply im-
pressed by the kindness and iiospitality received at their hands.
8. Fanny (Beronica), b. Feb. 7, 1802, is the Itli daughter
of Jacob Keagy, the 2(1; was m. to Ahrahani Longenecker.
Abraham Longenecker d. in Bedford Co., Pa., and his
widow moved to Blackhawk Co., Iowa, in 1859 or '00. She
was a most exemplary Christian woman; trained her children
up in the fear and love of Cod. She d. a few years ago in
Blackhawk Co., Iowa, loved and respected bv all who knew
her.
9. Mary, the twin sister of Fanny, b. Feb. 7, 1802, one hour
and hfty minutes after her sister, m. Abraham Keagy, in the
year 1819. He was the second son of Christian Keagy, of
near Waynesboro, Franklin Co., Pa., formerly from Lan-
caster Co., Pa., tlie eldest son of Abraham Keagy, the beloved
son of Hans or John Kegay, of Conestoga to^\aiship, in the
same Co., and the first of that name in the country. Mary d.
in 18.59, Auii'. 30th. Faunv and ^larv Keaffv Avere so much
Fanny (Longanecker) Keagy.
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alike in jijijicaraiicc and and disposition that tlieii' (jwn
mother eould not tell tlieni apart, even when they had grown
to Yoiing woniaidiood.
By this marriage there were the following clnldreii: ( 1)
Philip; (2) Barbary, d. at 8 y. of age; {'■]) Christian, and (4-)
Elizaheth. On tlie iM of Dec., 1828, the husband d., and the
widoAv ni. her luisbancbs oldest brother, Henry Keagy, and hy
this mai-riage there was born: (1 ) Snsanna; (2) Ejihraim; {'■])
Rndolph; (4) Mary Ann, and (.">) Sarah -lane, llenrv
Keagy was b. Ang. 23, ITTs, d. :\la_v 21, isr>(;.
The descendants of Mary Keagy and Abraham Keagy are
given in the record of the descendants of Christian Keagy,
the eldest son of Abraham Keagy, tlie beloved son of Ilanss
Keagy, and are not repeated here.
Abraham Keagy, the 3d son of Jacob, the eldest son of
Hans or -John Keagy, was b. about 1748 or '50, in Lancaster
Co., now in Voi'k Co., Pa. Tie m. Elizabeth Hershey, of
1 oi'k ( 'o.. Pa., ahont 17^,^; had twelve children, viz:
{!) dac<»l) Ji. Keagy, b. Api-il <;, 17S(;.
John Keagy, 1). Dec. 10, 17^^7; d. in infancy.
Abraham Keagy, b. Feb. 17, 17!M); d. in infancy.
• (2) Anna Keagy, b. Aug. 2, 17;»4; d. Ajiril 17, 1S7(*>.
(3) Barbara Keagy, b. Oct. 2."), 17!m;; d. Sept. (>, 1887.
(4) Elizabeth Keagy, b. Xoy. 28, 1708.
(5) Susan Keagy, b. Api'il .'JO, 1S07; d. aged 23 y. and
!) m.
((1) Henry Keagy, b. -Ian. 17, 1803; d. Dec. If), lS2i>.
(7) John Keagy, b. Dec. 3, 1804; d. April 15, 1,S20.
(8) Abraham Keagy, b. Dec. 0, 180(;: d. Xov. 18, 1883.
(9) Michael Keag;v^, b. May 9, 1809; d. duly C, ls71.
(10) Joseph Keagy, b. March 1, 1812; d. May 10, 1882.
Jacob IL, 4tli, was b. .Vpril (i, 17N(J, and ni. in Oct., 1822,
Fanny Longanecker, 1). Aug. 14, 1803, and had the following
children, yiz : (1) Michael Keagy, b. Aug. 17, 1823; (2) Da-
vid L. Keagy, b. Dec. 16, 1824'; (3) Elizabeth, b. Dec. 31,
1820; d. — ^ ; (4) Catharine, b. Oct. 2(;, 1<S28; (5)
90 KAGY EELATIONSHIP.
Eebecca, ]>. July 20, 18:J1 ; d. ; (0) Peter Keagv^
b. March 2, lSo4; (7) Ain.a (Xaiu-y), b. Sept. 0, 1880; d.
: (N) Abraham, b. Oct. 3, 1838; d. ;
(9) Fanny, b. Feb. 1, 181-1: <1. ; (10) Jacol), b.
Oct. 1, 1842. Residence, llartinslmrg, Bhur Co., Pa.
Jacob H. Keagy, d. Mandi 27, 1858, aged 71 y., 11 m. and
21 d. Fanny Keao'v d. J^ec. 27. 1^0^. :ii;c(l !»(*. v.. 4 ni. 13 d.
(1) Michael Iveagy, eldest son of Jacol) H. ]\eagv, was b.
Ang. 17, 1823, and was ni. June J2 or 14, ls4(i, to Xancy
AVertz, a danghtcr of Fred('ri(d< Wcrtz, of (^)nincy, Franklin
Co., Pa., who Avas b. Xov. 0, 1823, and d. Jnne 29, 1887.
Tlieir children arc:
1. Fi'cdcrick W. iveagy, b. ^Nfay 3, lb47.
2. Jleiirv L. K'caav, 1). Ana. 12, 1849.
3. Fra^iccs Amanda Keac'v, b. Oct. S, 1851.
4. Annie Flizabeth Keagy, b. Afarch 1, 1851.
5. Charles Franklin Keagy, h. Ang. 8, 1850; d. June 30,
18()1.
0. Clara Keagy, 1). Oct. 27, 1858; d. Jan. 20. isco.
7. AVilHam Keagy, b. Jan. 15.1801.
8. Alalissa Jennie Keagy, b. Jan. 20. ls(;3.
9. Tva ^lay Keagy, b. Jnne 7, Cs70.
10. An infant, b. Jnne 22; d. Jnne 27, 1800.
Michael Keagv's children :
1. Frederick W. Keagy ni. Annie M. Hagy, Oct. 22, 1885,
who was b. May 15, 1802. Their children are: King Kissin-
ger Keagy, b. Jnlv 24, 1887: d. April 20, 1894. David Elvin
Keagy, b. Xov. 3, 1890.
Fredericdv AV. Keagy is a mendiant. Reside at Martins-
burff. Pa.
2. Henrv L. Keagv, m. Camillie Lindsav, Jan. 31, is (7.
Camillie Lindsay was h. Ang. 9, 1852. Their children are
(1) Ira, b. IvW 13, 1877; (2) Arthur, b. Jan. 9, 1879; (3)
Clark, b. Dec. 14, 1882; (4) Laura, b. April 22, 1885; (5)
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97
Iva, 1). July 20, 1888; (6) Dora, b. May 21, 1800; (7) Clinton,
b. Feb. 3, 1893.
Ira died Sept. IT, 1878; Tva d. Dec. 17, 1800. Tu'side at
Martins! )nrg, Pa.
3. Frances Amanda Keagy ni. George Z. Replogie, Dec.
24, 1874, who was b. June 1st, 1851. Their children are:
Ida Reprogle, b. Oct. 24, 1875; Gilbert and Asher Reprogle,
b. April la, 1877, twins; Jennie Reprogle, b. April 0, 1878;
Wealthy Reprogle, b. April 28, 1879; Floyd Reprogle, b.
Dec. 2, 1881; Harry K. Reprogle, b. :\larcii !», 1885; Lan-
rance Reprogle, b. .Vpril 30, 1888; Lanra Reprogle, b. Jan.
31, 1S!)2 ; Flvin Reprogle, b. Sept. 22, 1895.
Asher d. ^ov. 5, 1877; Jennie d. April 13, 1878; Gilbert
d. Feb. 13, 1884; Flvin d. Feb. 20, 1800. Reside at Altoona,
Pa.
4. Annie Flizabeth Keagy, ni. Dec. 10, 1880, to Warren
S. Lee, b. Jnly 13, 1853. Their children are: Cora May Lee,
b. Feb. 0, 1S84; Fdmond Leo, b. Jan. 27, 1886, d. Xov. 10,
1887; Walter J. Lee, b. Sept. 3, 1888; Fanny Lee, b. Jnly 7,
1801, d. April 7, 1894; Elizabeth Lee, b. June 25, 1895.
Mr. Reprogle and family reside at Xo. 1307 Seventh ave-
nue, Altoona, Pa. O('('ii])ation, merchant; in religion, Lnth-
eran.
7. AVilliam Keagy, m. Rosa B. Hoffman, Oct. 24, 1888,
a daughter of Isaac L. Hoffman. She was b. May 10, 1867.
Their children are Alma May Keagy, b. .lunc 4, 1800; (^harles
Michael Keagy, b. Aug. 31, 1802. Reside in Altoona, Pa.
Occupation, clerk; member of the Church of God.
8. Malissa Jennie Keagy, m. to Levi Z. Reprogle, Feb.
15, 1888 (a son of David B. Reprogle), who was b. March 16,
1863. Their children are: Ida May, h. March 28, 1800;
Keagy Clair, b. :\Iay 22, 1893.
9. Iva May Keagy, m. Jan. 13, 1891, to Charles R. Fluke,
98
KAGY EELATIOXSIIIP.
b. April 13, 1868, a son of Samuel B. Fluke. Their children
are: Clyde, b. March 12, 1892; Alma, b. June 7, 181)4; War-
ren, b. June 23, I81i7. Reside in Altoona, Pa.
(2) David L. Keagy, ni. Susan Xeweomer, Feb. IS, 1851;
she d. XoY. 23, 1875. Issue: One child, Annie, b. ^lay — ,
1860, d. May — , 1862; and on Jan. 2, 1879, he m. Annie
Grafins.
(4) Catharine Keagy, b. at AVoodbury, Pa., Oct. 26, 1828,
m. Jacob F. Hoover,* June 26. 1860. and have three chiUlren:
Albert, Frank and Jacol> K.
1. ^Vlbert Hoover, b. March 31, 1863, in ^lartinsburg, l\i.;
m. Dec. 20, 1883, to Maggie Hagy, b. A^u-il 14, 1862, in Mar-
tinslmrg. Pa. She was m. by the Rev. D. S. Shoop, pastor of
the ('luiri'li of Cod. The issne of this marriage is one child,
Edna May Hoover, 1). Feb. 21, 1887.
2. Franklin Hoover, b. A]iril 20, 1866, in Woodbury, Pa.;
m. June 20, 1894, to Emma Bulger, 1). June 5, 1869, in
"Woodbury, Pa. Married by Rev. J. B. Brenneman, pastor of
the Methodist Episcopal Church. Xo children.
3. Jacob K. Hoover, b. Feb. 25, 1868, in Wot>dbnry, Pa.;
m. Dec. 12, 1893, Ella W. Grove, b. Sept. 14, 1874, at Cypher
Station, Bedford Co., Pa., and was m. b,y the Rev. C. Buel, an
Episcopal minister. Have one child, Jacob William Hoover,
b. Jan. 6, 1895.
All three brothers are in the general tnerchandise business
and compose the firm of Hoover Bros., at Woodbury, Bed-
ford Co., Pa.
* Jacob F. Hoover, the husband of Catharine Keagy, was born near
Chambersburg, Pa.. June 26. 1817. and went to Bedford Co., Pa., be-
tween 184-5 and 1848 : was married to Catharine Keagy. June 26, 1860,
by the Rev. Cambridge Graham, of the Methodist E. Church. Com-
menced housekeeping in Martinsburg. Blair Co.. Pa., in July. 1860.
and was in the employ of Keagy & Everhart as clerk in the general
merchandising business until 1864-5 ; he then moved to Woodbury,
Bedford Co., Pa., where he i"esided at the time of his death, which
occurred Oct. 29, 1867.
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(6) Peter Keagy, the 3d son of Jaeolt II. Keagy, was 1). on
the 2d of March, 183-i; was m. May 8, 1850, to Mary Leidy,
who was b. April 20, 1838. Their children are: Raphael, b.
March 20, 1857; Dr.niel, b. Sept. 3, 1858; Mary, b. Dec. 5,
1800: Jacob, 1). Dec. 0, 1802; Samuel, b. Dec. 2,'^1804; Abra-
ham, b. Dec. n, 1800; Fanny, 1). April 18, 1809; David, b.
Sejjt. 28, 1871; Susy (Susan), b. Xov. 15, 1873; Christian, b.
May 28, 1870; Ira^ b. April 1), 1879; Homer, b. April 28,
1882; a twin, d. three days after l)irth. All Imt the eldest of
these children reside in Woodbury, where they were born.
Of these, Daniel d. Feb. 28, 1859; Ira d. Jan. 3, 1880; Sam-
uel d. Jan 11, 1883; Mary d. Feb. 4, 1884.
1. Kaphael Keagy, m. Jennie Bausler, Jan. 22, 1889, who
was b. at AVoodbury, Pa., Dec. 30, 1857. They have one son,
Howard S., b. June 15, 1890. Reside at Sunnydale, Sedge-
wick Co., Kansas.
4. Jacob Keagy, m. .Vnna llollinger^ Jan. 12, 1880, wdio
was b. April 8, 1804, near Woodbury, Pa. They have four
(•]iil<lren: ' Ira, b. Jan. 21, 1887; Jeremiah, b. Xov. 3, 1888;
Minnie, b. Sept. 4, 1890; Alton, b. Sept. 14, 1892, d. March
10, 1893. Reside at Woodbury, Pa.
0. .M)raham Keagy, m. Ella Young, March 20, 1893,
wlio was 1). at Johnstown, Pa., June 10, 1808, and had one
child, 1). April 29, 1890; d. May 11, 1890.
7. Fanny Keagy, m. Charles Kauffman, Aug. 5, 1890, at
Martinsburg, Pa., who was 1). May 3, 1809. They have two
children, Roy, b. Dec. 7, 1890; Minnie Pearl, b. Sept. 5, 1893.
Reside at Woodburv, Pa.
>
9. Susan Keagy, m. Charles Guyer, Dec. 23, 1897, who
was 1). at Woodbury, Pa., June 8, 1872. Xo issue.
8. David Keagy, is num., resides at 1141 Liberty street.
100 KAGY RELATIONSHIP.
Pittsburg", Pa. In business with tlie Pennsylvania Union
Xews Co. (1898).
10. Christian Keagv, is num., resides at home, Woodluirv,
Pa.
11, Homer Keagy, is innu., resides at home, Woodbury, Pa.
Peter Keagy^ is a minister in his church, and is known as a
man of the strictest integrity, and is liighly esteemed by all
wliu liave the pleasure of his acquaintnance; as a man, as a
minister, or as a good citizen. The character of Peter Keagy
is above reproach. Old and young seek his council and find
it to their advantage to heed his advice; his principles are of
that steadfast kind that iiniliing can shake or intimidate; his
charity is boundless, ami no worthy one is ever turned empty
from his door. Parents point their children to him as an
example woi-tliy of their imitation. 'I'lie aged honor him, the
young reverence him, and all wlm know him speak his praises.
2. Anna Keagy, b. Aug. 2, 1794, the eldest daughter of
Abraham Keagy, of York Co., Pa., m. John Hostetter,
. They had children, viz.: dohn, 1). ; Al)ra-
ham, 1). , was a Mennonite ])reacher; Jacob K., b.
, also a minister in the same church, and who had four
daughters: Elizabeth, who m. Samuel Grove; Mary, who m.
Martin Grove, a brother of Samuel; Anna, who m. Christian
Herr, also a minister in the Mennonite Church, and Susan,
who d. unm.
3. Barbara Keagy, b. Oct. 25, 1796, was the 2d daughter
of xVbraham Keagy, d. Sept. H, 1887, nearly ninety-one years
of age. She m. Jacol) I]aer and had six children: Polly K.,
d. num.; Samuel K., m. Kebecca Graybill, he d. Oct. 26, 1820,
no issue; Elizabeth, b. Sept. 11, 1822, num.; Jacob K., b. Xov.
26, 1826, also unm.; Anna and Barbara, twins, were b. Oct.
30, 1835. Anna m. Xoali Martin, who had three children.
* Peter Keagy died July 7, 1899, near Woodbury, Pa.
KAGY EELATIONSHIP. 101
Sarah m. ^Ym. Eeilly. Elizabeth m. John liiipp, and Jere-
miah .
4. Elizal.eth, b. Xov. 2s, ITOS, was the U danghter of
Abraham Keagj, m. John Baer, a brother of her sister Bar-
bara's husband. They had four ehikh-en, John, Daniel, Henry
and K^ancy.
5. Susan Keagy, b. April 30, 1801, was the 1th daughter
of Abraham Keagy; d. at the age of 23 y. and 9 m., unm.
G. Henry Keagy, b. Jan. 17, 1803, was the 2d son of Al)ra-
ham Keagy, and d. Dee. 15, 1829. He was m. to Susannah
Baer, and had one child, :\laria, b. July 11, 1828, d. Aug. 28,
1815, unm.
7. -btliii I\eagy, b. Dec. 3, 1801, was the 3d son of Abraham
Keag3^, and d. A])ril 15, 182(), unm. He was a sincere Chris-
tian man, and a devoted Bible student.
8. Al)raliam Keagy, b. Dee. 9, 1806, w^as the 1th son of
Abraham Keagy, and d. JSTov. 18, 1883, unm. By industry
and economy he amassed a large estate, which he bequeathed
to relatives, to his hired servants and to the churches.
9. Michael Keagy, b. May 9, 1809, was the 5th son of
Abraham Keagy, and d. July C, 1871; he also was unm.
10. Joseph Keagy, b. March 1, 1812, was the 6th son
of Abraham Keagy, and met death suddenly by being thrown
out of a wagon, on the 19th day of May, 1882. He was m.
tn Isabella Graybill, on the 19th day of March, 1839, and
cnnunenced farming near Carlisle, Pa., where he remained for
eight years. In 1817, he removed to his birthplace in Cone-
wago township, Adams Co., Pa. They had three children:
(1) Agnes G., b. Feb. 8, 1840; after the father's death she and
her mother removed to Hanover, York Co., where she d. Dec.
19, 1897. She was a devout Christian and a faithful member
102 KAGY RELATIOXSHIP.
of tlie :\reniioiiite Church. (2) John H., was b. Feb. 18, 1841,
and 111. Susan H. Dombach, of near Cohiiiibia, Pa. Their
children are:
1. Ilenrv L., b. Ang. 20, 1803; in. Mary A. Heagy,
and they have seven chiklren, viz.: (1) Roseoe W., b.
Dec. 11,' 1886, d. July 17, 1887; (2) Cdandie H., b. May 28,
1888; (3) Albnrtns J., b. Feb. 22, 1890; (4) John H., b.'jnly
!), 18!»2, d, Jnly 14, 1894; (5) Joseph J., b. April 1, 1894;
(0) Charles 'M., b. May 15, 1896; (7) Eoy II., b. April 21,
1898. •
2. Emma J., b. :\rarch 17, 1865; d. April 30, 1865.
3. Elmira 11., b. Feb. 23, 1866; m. John Bollinger.
4. Ida P., b. ]\Iarcli 7. 1868; m. Henry Myers.
5. Abraham (i., h. dnly 13, 1870; m. Ellenora Zumbrum,
and has three children: (1) Annie, b. Xov. 4, 1893, d. July
8, 1894; (2) :\Iartin F., b. Feb. 12, 1895; (3) Effie, b. Sept.
4, 1896.
6. Joseph F.. 1). Dec. 23, 1871, unm.
7. Bertha, b. May 25, 1898.
8. Annie J., b. April 18, 1873; d. Xov. 9, 1874.
9. :Minme M., b. April 25, 1875; d. Feb. 22, 1876.
10. Jennie A., b. Oct. 12, 1879.
11. Lottie J., b. Xov. 19, 1882.
12. Cora A., b. Aug. 27, 1884.
3. Abraham G. Keagy, was b. Aug. 8, 1842, and m., Xov.
1, 1866, Elizabeth Bebert, b. , and have seven chil-
dren: (1) Alberta J., b. Oct. 9, 1867, m. Charles D. Sell, and
have three children, Rodger Iv., b. May 17, 1891 ; Holman L.,
b. Jan. 8, 1893; Elizabeth H., b. Feb.' 1, 1897; (2) John H.,
b. March 11, 1868, m. Jan. 8, 1895, to Mamie Stanibangh, no
issne; (3) Emma M., b. Sept. 25, 1871, m. Robert II. "Wilson,
March 5, 1896, no issue; (4) Samuel M., b. Jan. 12, 1875,
single; (5) Charles A., b. Dec. 6, 1876, single; (6) Melta
M., b. May 13, 1881, d. July 20, 1886; (7) Nora R., b. May
14, 1882. ^ ■
4. Isabella Keagy, b. Jan. 4. 1848; d. Sept. 23, 1851.
KAGY EELATIONSHIP. 103
5. Joseph G. ]vcagy, was 1). .Viiu'. l'U, 1851, and was m.
Feb . 7, 1882, to Louisa A. ]]aer, a daiigliter of Henry
Baer, of Xorth Codonis township, York Co., Pa., and have
had four chihh'eii, viz.; An infant son, b. and d. Feb. 17,
1883; Irma Catharine, b. March 6, 1886; Joseph Henry,
b. Marcli 12, 188i>; :\rartha Aones, b. Feb. 22, 1897.
Joseph G. Tveao'y was broni2,ht up on a farm, and followed
that calling' until 1883, when he removed to Hanover, York
Co., Pa., and engaged in the cnltivation of tobacco and the
manufacture of cigars. In 18'.>1, he returned to the farm and
now conducts a dairy, poultry, fruit and vegetable farm. Mr.
Keagy is a man of business, a useful and esteemed citizen ; his
judgment is often consulted by those in need of advice, and is
followed with advantage. He has been chosen frequently to
act as administrator, executor, assignee and guardian, and has
been the trusted treasurer of four corporations at the same
time. The duties of these several positions, he has filled with
marked ability and to the entire satisfaction of all parties con-
cerned.
Book First, Chaptek Skcoxd.
DESCKNn.VN rs ov
Ar.UAllAM IvKAl.Y. the beloved sou of ILm? or Joliu
K. Kvayv, was born about 1 7:20-3, in Lancaster Co.. Pa., and
inherited the paternal hnuiestead eontaiuiug two hiuidred acres
of hnid, situate in Conestogoe township. In his Avill, which
bears date oOth (V-r., IT^^^, and which was probated Nov. 1-2,
17S4, he ordei-s and directs that all his property, real and per-
sonal, shall be sold and divided eqiuillv betweeu his eleven
children. He owned a large anumnt of real estate, and was
considered verv wealthy in his day. His will directs that his
servant-nuni, Thomas ^huicks, shall be free six mouths after
his death, and appoints his son, Abraham Keagy, aiul son-in-
law. Christian Sheuk, as his executors, and also guardians over
all his children in their nunority. who as far as we have learned
are as follows:
His wife was Ann Brenneman, aiul she died before him.
(1) Ann, b. Dec-. 10. 174^.
(2) Christian, b. Aug. o. 17:.l; d. Aug. 31, ISO.l.
(3) Henry, b. 1754 (^or 1753).
(4) Abraham, b. July 4, 1757; d. in 1S20.
(5) Barbara, b. 1700: ni. George Urban.
(6) Kudolph, b. Feb. 17. I704:\l. Aug. 5, 1S15.
(7) Fanny (FronicaV b. in 1700.
(8) Polly (Mary\ b. Jan. 15, 170S: m. Jacob Haverstick.
(9) John, b. Jan. 20, 1770; d. in 1800.
(10) Susannah, m. John Stelnuan.
(11) Elizabeth, m. Adam Litzenborg.
A^2\ IvhLVCiY. the eldest daughter and child of Abraham
the beloved son of Hanse Keagy. m. Christian Slienck or
Sheuk, in 1771. The children of Christian and Ann (Keagy)
Slienck are :
1. Susanna, b. Sept. 20. 1772; d. June 17. 1801; m. (1)
KAGY KELATIONSIIIl'. 105
Frederick :\Jemiert, b. :\lareli 15, 17G2, d. April 1, 1829; m.
(2) Jacob Good. Xo children by last marriage.
2. Cliristian, b. Aug. 21, 177;]; d. May 29, 1S50. Blind
from his fonrtli year.
3. John, 1). ; d. ; iii. IJarbara Kreider.
4. Barbara, b. in 179(;; d. .Inly 23, 18G2, aged SO y. ; m.
(1) Jacob Menncrt (or JNIayiiard); iii. (2) (ieorge Hoffman, b.
March 9, 1784, d. Jnnc 80,' 1845. [See Harris' Biog. History
of Lane. Co., p. 312.]
5. Ann, b. ; d. ; m., 1802, Abram S. ^Fylin.
6. Rudolph, b. ; d. ; m. Cath. Smith.
7. Abram, b. ; d. ; m. .
8. Henry, b. April 14, 1788; .1. Aug. 30, 1808; m. Mary
Wesley, b. ^v. 24, 1790, d. Dec. 1, 1861.
9. Jacob, b. ; d. ; m. Sarah McCardlc, ilan. of
Terrence and ]\lary (Phillips).
10. ^lichael, b. ; d. ; m. Susan Wesley.
The aboye is the complete list of children id" ( 'hristian and
Ann (Keagy) Slienck.
Christian SlnMich was b. Fob. 5, 1749; d. Auii'. 8, 1833.
wife Ann was b. Dec. 19, 1748; d. Aug. 4, 1824.
Children and descendants of Frcdci-ick and Susannah (Shcnk)
]\Iaynard:
(Frederick .Mayuard, b. March 15, 17G2; d. April 1, 1829.
Susannah, his wife, b. Sept. 20, 1772; d. June 17, 1861.)
1. Anna,_b. May 2, 1791; d. Dee. 21, 1864; m. Samuel
Hess, BrTeb. 26, 1784, d. Sept. 1, 18()6.
2. Frederick, b. ; d. in Illinois; m. (1) ; m. (2)
Elizb. Bachman.
3. Mary, b. Aug. 16, 1798; d. Sept. 7, 1886; m. (1)
Harnish; m. (2) Abram Ibx.vci', b. Feb. 6, 1793, d. Feb. 4,
1858.
4. Barbara, b. Aug. 9, 1801; d. Jan. 17, 1883; m., 1822,
Adam Miller, b. May 1, 1799, d. Aug. 2, 1872, son of John.
5. Susan, b. ; d. ; m., Dec. 18, 1824, John Buck-
^yalter, b. March 11, 1802, d. .
106 KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
Children of Sainnel and Anna (]\[aynard) TIess:
1. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 25, IblS; d. Sept. 0, 181 H. at Safe
Harbor, Pa.
2. Susanna, b. Jnne l-t, 1814; d. , at Safe Harbor, Pa.
3. Samuel, b. Aug. 31, 181(3; ni. Leah Warfel, b. ]Kov. 11,
1816, d. at Landisville, Pa., Jan. 9, 1892, dan. of Jacob.
4. Jonas, b. 1819; d. , at Safe Harbor, Pa.
5. Joseph, b. May 23, 1821; d. May 2, 1878, at Landisville;
m, Caroline Brnbakcr, b. Jan. 27, 1837, dan. of Christian and
Pannie.
0. Prederifdc, b. Jan. 2."), 1820; ni. Elizabeth Kreider, dan.
of Peter and (Gonghenonr). They have three cdiildren,
and lives at Elizal)ethtown. Pa.
7. Anna, b. Dee. 4, l82(i; ni. Daniel .Miller, wIk. d. Oct. 23,
1895, in his (39th year. Children : :\Irs. D. H. Singer, Mrs. D.
:\1. Peese and .Mrs. A. C. Ober (dee\l).
Children (d' Jacob and Earbai-a ( Shcnk) ]Maynert:
Barbara (Shenk) Maynard d. July 23, 1862, aged 86 years.
1. Mai:^lJ^it^rnLrt, b. Feb. 5, 1798; d. May 29, lss5; ni.
Jan. 25, 1821, Abram Mess, b. April 25, 17!>1, d. March 24,
1849, son of Christian and Cath. (Brua).
2. Christian, 1). ; d. ; m. Amelia Leaman.
3. John, b. ; d. ; m. Harriet Hall.
Children of George and Barbara (Shenk) Hoil'nian, 2d hus-
band :
1. Jesse, b. ; d. ; m. Sarah Hall.
2. Barbara, b. Dec. 6, 1812; m.' Jacol) B. Erb, b. Oct. 15,
1809, d. July 3, 1864.
3. George, d. in infancy.
4. George (2), d. in infancy.
5. Frank, d. in infancy.
6. Anna C, 1). July 25, 1816; d. Xov. 29, 1898; m. B. B.
Gonder (son of George), March, 1840, b. Feb. 6, 1814, d.
April 24, 1887.
7. Margaret, b. , 1823; d. April 17, 1883; m., 1844,
AVni. S. Warren, b. 1815, d. July 31, 1880.
ivAGY EELATIONSHIP. 107
Children of Al)rani and Mary (Maynert) Hess :
1. Jacob Mayiiart, I). Xov. 2, I81M; d. April 5, 1895; m.^
Jidy 11, ISll/Eebecca M. Kennedy, b. Feb. 14, 1822, dan.
of ^laj. Will, and Janet (Faris).
2. Francis Brna, b. Jnly 22, 1823; d. Sept. 2, 1812, from
an accident.
3. Catharine, b. Jnly 22, 1825; d. Sept. 17, 18S(J; m.. May
9, 1811, Amos Sourbeer, b. Ang. 21, 1817, d. xVpril 7, 1808,
son of Henry and Barbara (Grnbb).
J. George Hoffman, b. Marcli 9, 1828; d. Jnly 4, 1862,
from the explosioii of a shell, before Richmond, Va. Was a
captain; m. Sarah Me:\Iiik'n, 1;. Vv\k 25, 1828; d. .May 29,
1890, dan. of Bobert and Catharine (Shnster).
, 5. Barbara, b. April 7, 1830; d. May 8, 1837.
0. Christian S., b. Oct. 3, 1832; d. Sept. 23, 1842.
7. Abrani R., b. Jan. 15, 1835; m., :\[arch 12, 1856, Ma-
linda Ann Knlp, b. Sept. 29, 1836, d. Dec. 2, 1870, dan. of
John and Frances (Earhart); m. a 2d time, Dec. 9, 1873,
Jemima Carr, b. Jnly 18, 1843, dan. (jf Henry and Rebecca
(Latamer).
8. Charlotte, b. Oct. 26, 1839; d. Dec. 24, 1884; 111. Abel B.
Kise, d. March 28-29, 1882, dan. of John and .
9. Mary B., b. Sept. 12, 1842.
All born at Safe Harbor, Ba.
1. J. Maynart, Jr., died at Steelton Ba., where he was a
dmggist.
3. Catharine, died in Illinois, where she was on a visit.
7. Abram R. is a merchant in Steelton.
Children of Christian and Amelia (Leaman) Maynart :
1. Frank Maynart, d. Dec. 23, 1896, aged 63 y.; m. Mary
A. Chambers, d. Ang. 13, 1897, aged 57 y.
2. Ann Maria, m. Michael Seifret.
3. Feter Leaman, b. Ang. 27, 1849; m. (1st) Amanda
Seifret, b. Fe^? 4, 1851, d. Feb. 5, 1882; m. (2d) April 1,
V^o^
108 KAGY EELATIOXSHIP
1884, Anna M. Stump, b. Dec. 18, 1863, dan. of John and
4. Christian, (L
5. John, d. —
0. Edward, ni. Vergie Williams; no i-hildron.
Children of John and Harriet (Jlall) ]\raynart :
1. Ambrose, b. ; d. while prisoner at Andersonville.
2. Evaline, m. Frederick Seliner; 1 (diild, ^Faiid, m. to John
Worth; d. .
o. Martha, d. .
4. George, d. ; m. Marv Anment, Strasburg, Pa.
5. John, d. .
Children of Frank and ]\lary (Chambers) Mavnart:
Frank, IT'ai-rv. AVilliani. Cora, "^rarv, AValter. and fonr
children dead.
Xote. — Mary Chambers was a dan. <»f and Mary
Smith.
Children of Peter and Amanda (Seifertj Maynart :
1. Minnie, b. March 29, 1873.
2. Lottie, b. Feb. 8, 1878; m., Jan. 8, 1805, Samuel Baker,
son of John and Rachel (^Shenk); 1 child: Euth, b. Oct. 22,
1895.
3. Jennie, 1). Oct. 11, 1880.
Peter and Anna (Stump) ]\Iaynart :
4. John, b. June 3, 1885.
5. Carrie, b. Jan. 29, 1888.
6. Ambrose, b. May 7, 1894.
7. Paul, b. Sept. 28, 1895.
'Children of ]\richael and Anna ^l. (]\[aynart) Seifret;
1. William Seifret.
KAGY RELATIU^■SlilP. 109
Jonas W. Hess is a son of Samuel and Leah (Warfel) Hess.
See descendants of Frederick and Susan (Slienk) Maynard;
of Christ and Ann (Keagj) Shenk.
4. Jonas W. and (Hepps) Hess.
Amos F. Hess, son of Jonas ^Y. Hess.
Chihhvn uf Amos F. and E. Lizzie (Carpenter) Hess:
1. Charles Edward, 1). Aug. 19, 1891.
2. George Washington, 1). Feb. 22, 1893.
3. Alfred Anderson, 1). April 23, LS9.5.
6. Children of George AV. (son of Samuel and Leah LIcss) and
Hannah (Herr) Hess :
1. Benjamin, 1). Xov. 21, 1874; d. Xov. 17, 1878.
2. Susan May, b. April 27, 1878.
3. Harry, I). April 9, 1880.
4. Samuel, b. June 19, 1883.
5. Lizzie G., b. Sept. 30, 1885.
6. Ira X., b. June 22, 1888.
•7. Walter E., b. :\Iay 30, 1891.
8. Xora, b. MaYch 13, 1893.
■ 9. Harold, b. Xov. 1,5, 1894.
9. Chil(hvii of Levi and Susan (Hess [sister of Jonas W. and
•laughter of Samuel and Leah Hess]) Hershey :
1. Samuel Hershey, b. June • — , 1892.
5. Children of Joseph, son of Samuel and Anna (Maynard)
Hess, and Caroline (Brubaker) Hess:
1. :Miami, b. May 25, 1854; m., March 2, 1875, Jac. Gable,
b. Jan. 10, 1849, son of william and Catharine (Klugh),
Mountville, Pa.
2. Caroline,_l). July 27, 1857; m., Oct. 13, 1873, Dr. A.
G. BoAvman. They live at Lancaster, Pa.
Children of Jacob and Miami (Hess) Gable
1. Jacob H., b. Jan. 19, 1876.
110 KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
2. Irvin H., b. Xov. 23, 1877.
3. Cora ]\Iay, b. ]\[av 1, 1877.
C'liildren of Dr. A. G. and Caroline (Hess) Bowman;
1. Elsie Bowman, b. .
The al)0\'e belongs to the Fredk. and Snsan (Shenk) May-
nai'd l)raneh of Christ and Ann (Keagv) Shenk.
( liildren of J. M. and Rebecca (Kennedy) Hess :
1. Frank K, b. ,)nly 17, 1845; d. • ; m. Charlotte
Bnrch, dan. of AVm. and Elizabeth Cilliert (Cox), of Som-
mersetshire, Eng.
2. ]\rary Elizabeth, 1.. April 21, 18-1:8; m., ::\lay (>, 18G9,
John William AVible, son of Joseph and Rebecca (Boyer).
3. Amos Sourbeer, b. Eel). 2, 1851 ; m., Xov. 30, 1876, Ida
B. Seidlinger, dan. of John and Orilla (Wible).
4. Catharine Louisa, b. Feb. 2, 1851; d. April 1, 1872.
5. Lewis Cass, b. July 5, 1853; m., Aug. 11, 1878, Bertha
Eckert, dan. of Jacob and Sarah Jane (AVilliams), Xew York.
0. AVilliam Harrison, b. Jnne 11, ls57; m., Dec. 27, 1888,
Estella Elizabeth Kleinline, dan. of John AV. and Adaline
(Laverty).
7. Janet Faris, 1). April 7, l.sGO; d. July 14, 1860.
8. Jessie Benton Fremont, b. May 9, 1862; m., Oct. 23,
1894, Harry Irwin Xewlin, son of James F. and Margaret A.
(Irwin).
Children of Amos and Catharine (Hess) Sourbeer.
1. Milton Maynard, b. March 31, 1855; m., March 2, 1881,
Emma Frances TTright, b. June 1, 1854, dau. of Jos. B. and
Elvina (Kendig). Xo children.
Children of George H. and Sarah (McMillen) Hess :
1. Abram M., b. ; ni. (1st), Jennie Patterson, of
Harrisburg, Pa. ; after her death he married (2d), -.
Has several children. He lives in Lancaster, Pa., and i< now
in the employ of the traction company.
KAGY KELATIOXSniP. Ill
2. Elizalieth, b. July 10, 1848; d. Feb. 20, 1850.
3. Josephine (\, b. Oct. — , 1851; in., April 7, 1878,
Pliares W. Frey, b. Dec. 24, 1845, son of Samuel and Eliza
(Wise). Ml". Erey is a dealer in leaf tobacco in Lancaster,
Pa., resides 511 AV. Cliestnut street, Lancaster Pa. Three
children.
4. George Stephens, b. A])ril 17, 1854; m., March 29,
1883, Clara J. Ehodes, dau. of Charles J. and Jane (Bell).
Book-keeper for Eliiin A: Brennenian, lL:)Use furnishers. Xo
children. Lives on ( \)lunibia ave., Lancaster.
5. Mary Barbara, b. March 27, 1856; d. May 6, 1858.
G. Charlotte C, b. July i), 1858; m., N'ov. 25, 1800, Tlnrry
D. Shackelford, of Cincinnati, ().; no (diildren. A ti'avcliiig
salesman. Lives at Cincinnati.
7. Sarah, b. June 2, 1800; m., Dec. 11), 1880, John
Heiland, b. April 25, 1855, son of John and Mary (Earlow).
Three children. In tobacco business, 120 College ave., Lan-
caster, Pa.
8. Anna, 1). April 15, 1802; m., March 7, 1882, Menno M.
Erey, brother of Phares W. X(» children; 024 AV. Chestnut
street, Lancaster.
Children of Abram E. and ^Nfalinda (Kulp) Hess:
1. Mary Erances, b. Eeb. 22, 1857; m., Xov. 7, 1881, Chas.
K. Laverty, son of D. A. L. and ]\Iary (Knisely).
2. Ellen Kulp, b. Sept. 27, 1858; d. Sept. 10, 1850.
3. Martha Alice, b. March 1, 1800; m., Oct. 10, 1880, xV.
Eussell Calder, son of He v. Jas. and Ellen (AVinebrenner).
4. CVirrie Elizabeth, b. May 2, 1802; m., July 11, LS05,
Alex. M. Lindsay, son of Isaiah C. and Margaret (Ilolfcrty).
5. Catharine Sourbeer, b. Jan. 22, 1804; m., July 20,
1804, Dr. Horace AA"". AIcKenzie, son of John AA\ and Mary
(Berkstresser).
A'eronica (Sehenck) Gish, daughter of John Scheiick and
Barbara (Kreider) Sehenck, born in Conestoga tow.-ship, Lan-
112 KAGY HELATIONSHIP.
caster Co., Ta., Oct. I'H, isoT, and died Mixy 2!», IMtd. llcr
grandparents were Christian ISclienck and Ann (Keagy)
Sclienck, the eldest daughter of Abraham Keagy, of Martic
township, Lancaster Co., Pa., who was one of the four sons
<if "llanse" or John Rndolph Keagy, who came from Switzer-
huid ill 1715 and settled in Conestoga to\\aisliip, Lancaster
Co., La.
Jacob Gish, son of Abraham Gish and Anna (Longanecker)
Gish, was born in Donegal township, Lancaster Co., Pa.,
March '27, 1804, and died Jnne 26, 1864.
Jacol) Gish and Veronica Sclienck were married in Lan-
caster, Pa., February 9, 1830. The same year they moved
to Alihon township, AVayne Co., Ohio^ on a tract of land on
which not a single tree had been cut, which tliey iniprov('(l
and lived on and died in well-to-do circninstances, honored and
beloved by tiieir neighbors. To thcni were born five sons and
three daughters:
1. Al)rahani Gish. b. .Tnly J), 18;n.
2. Jacob Gish, b. Ai)ril il], 1838.
3. John J. Gish, b. :\Iarch 21, 1835.
4. David Gish, b. April 13, 1837.
5. Michael Slieuk (iish. b. .May 0, 1830.
^[•AYx Gish, b. Oct. 15, 1841, and d. Xov. 13, 1843.
Fanny Gish, b. March 10, 1844, and d. Jan. 20, 1846.
AmniGish, b. Feb. 16, 1847, and d. Oct. 3, 1888.
1. Abraham (iisli, m. Polly AVright, dau. of Jacob Wright
and Elizabeth (Schall) Wright, Jan. 31, 1853. Their address
is Tiittman, Ohio; had four sons and one daughter. One son
died in infancy.
Jacob Byron Gish, b. Xov. 12, 1860.
Willian/ Arley Gish, b. Oct. 12, 1863.
Augusta Ann Gish, b. Xov. 25, 1876.
Jacob Byron Gish m. Ada Elliott, dau. of Henry S. Elliott
and Caroline (Johnson) Elliott, :\ray 10, 1885. Their address
is Rittman, Ohio.
William Arley Gish m. Lulu Jennie Mariana, of Xewport^
Ky., Sept. 26, 1893. Live in Cleveland, Ohio.
KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
113
■2. -I:ic(»l) Oisli, in. Leali Seliraiitz, dan. of Samuel Sclirantz
and CaTlu'rine (Hall) Sclirantz, Dev. 17, 1857. Is a fanner.
His address is Medina, Ohio. Leah (Sclirantz) Gisli d. June
10, 1895. Had one son and two daughters:
Arba Allen Gish, b. Feb. 1(», 1S5!».
Laura Luella Gish, b. May ;>1, liHy2.
Etha Ann ( Jish, b. April 5, 1867.
Arb.a Allen Gish m. Hattie M. Fenii, dau. of lieuben Fenu
and Mi\vy (Miller) Fenn, Jan. 18, 1888. Resides at Medina,
Ohio; have one dauohter, Alarv Leah Gish, b. May 20, 1894.
Etha Ann Gish in. ^Vllen \V. ]\Iartin, son of Thomas S.
^fartiu and Mahala (Lance) ^lartiii, Xov. xl, 1880. Their
address is Cuyahoga Falls, Summit Co., Ohio; had three
children :
Harry G. Martin, b. Feb. 25, 1891; d. Aug. 30, 1891.
Bessie L. Martin, b. May 29, 1892.
A'ervon L. ^Martin, b. dan. 25, 1896.
3. John J. Gish, in. Sarah Ann Bessey, dau. of Isaac Bes:ey
and Barabara (Hoover) Bessey, May 4, 1865. He is a farmer.
His address is Littman, AVayne Co., Ohio; had four daughters
and one son:
Iscie Dora Gish, b. :\Iay 10, 1867.
Xettie Ann (iish, b. Aug. 20, 1869.
Minnie biim (lisli, 1). Sejit. 22, 1873.
( 'harlcs IJ. (Hsh, b. April 23, 1877.
Bessie Kate Gish, b. Aug. 29, 1881.
Sarah Ann fB>essey) Gish, d. Oct. 13, 1888, and John J.
(Hsh, m. T)(ira Alice Yolicy. dan. of Jacol) and ATary Yohey,
Oct. 28, 1891.
Iscie Dora Gish, m. Edgar E. Stone, son of dohn L. Stone.
Their residence is Sterling, Wayne Co., Ohio. Occupation is
farming. Had two sons:
Loyd Walker Stone, b. .
Blair Hobson Stone, b. Oct. 28, 1897.
Xettie A. Gish, m. AVilliam H. Geisinger, son of Joseph
Geisinger and Lydia (Sheib) Geisinger, Oct. 25, 1889. Their
114
KAGY liELATIOXSHIP.
residence is Sterling, AVayne Co., Ohio. Occupation is farm-
ing'; liad two daughters and one son:
Edith Bessie Geisinger, 1). Feb. 11, ]s\)-2.
]\[innie Alverna Geisinger, !>. J:in. 'J, 1>'J4.
Glenn Geisinger, b. ^lav 80, 1896.
-1-. David (Hsh, m. Snsan Ivohn, dan. of Charles llohn and
Snsan (Heckman) Eohn, Oct. 17, 1858. Their address is
Ldili, Medina Co., Ohio. OcciipaTion is farming; had fonr
sons and three daughters :
Charles Ixufns Gish, b. June 1 ii. 1801.
dacob Edwin Gish, b. Dec. 14, 1862; d. Dec. .^, 1^65.
Ethe Erances Gish, b. July 14, 1864.
David William Gish, b. Jan. 28, 1866.
Cora Anil (iisli. b. :\[ar<di 21, 186U.
Eaura Arvosta (;i>b. b. Oct. 15, 1873.
dohn Arley Gish, b. Aug. Hi, ls7'.i.
Charles Uufus Gish, m. I'diiora Ilandshaw, March '■), 1883.
Their address is Lodi, .Mc(Hiia ('o., Ohio. Oc-eupatioii, farmer;
Had fiv(> daughters and two -oii>:
Bertha Mav Gish, b. Alav 31. 1^^4.
Charles Arthur Gish, b. Oct. 25, 1885.
Xettie Ann Gish, b. Dec. 29, 1887.
Jessie Lnella Gish, b. Sept. 22, 1889.
.Minnie Ezilda Gish, b. Oct. 1 1, IMMI.
David Franklin Gish, b. Sept. 23, 1892.
Bessie ]\rario Gish, b. Dec. 27, 1896.
Effie Erances Gish, m. Jacob Hanshue, March 4, 1883
Their address is Lodi, Aledina Co., Ohio. 0('cn].atiou, farmer.
Had one dauji'hter and one son ;
Eilla Belle Hanshue, b. April 10, IMil : d. Aug. 11, 1891.
Bert Handshue, b. Jan. 25, 1893.
Cora Ann Gish, m. Frederick AVilliam Hammer, Xov. 30,
1893. Ad(h'ess is Medina, Medina Co., Ohio. Occupation is
a mechanic.
5. Michael Shank Gish, m. ^fartha Slemmons, dan. of Sam-
uel Slemmons and Ann (^fclvee) Slemmons, Jan. 10, 1878.
Their address is Sterliiic, Wavne Co., Ohio.
KAGY KELATIOXSHIP. 1 1 •">
Elizabeth Slienk, dan. of John and Barbara (Kreider)
Shenk, was b. Aug. 13, IT'.iT; d. Scjit. 18, 1841:; m. John Esh-
baeh, b. :\Iareh 10, 1702, d. .Inly 10, 18(51.
Chikb'cn of dolm and Elizabeth (Shenk) Eshbach :
1. Christian, 1>. :\ray 15, 1815; d. Sept. IC, 1805.
2. Barbara, b. Ang. — , 1816; d. .
o. Catharine, b. 0('tol)er 18^ 1818; nnm.
-i. ]\liehael, b. : d. ; m. Xancy Haverstick, dan.
of Jacob and Elizabetli (linsli).
5. Elizabeth, b. Jan 28, 1824; d. Xov. 10, 1883.
6. Eannie, 1). Eeb. 25, 1827; m. Rudol})h 1!. Haverstick, b.
Xov. 21, 1821, son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Bush). See Ja-
cob and ^Mary (Kagy) Haverstick.
7. John. b. Oct. b, 1831; d. :^ray 18, 1880; ni. Anna_Kib
heifer, dan. of .Christian andj^^ath. (H^rr).
8. Susairna, b. Oct. 22, 1833; m.,'^ray 1, 1850, Jacob Im-
niel, b. Oct. 11, 1827, d. Eeb. 28, 1883, son of John and Eliza-
beth (Burke).
( liildren of Michael and Xancy (Haverstick) Eshbach:
1. Jacob, b. ; ni. Anna Auxer; 1 child, Ida; Ean-
caster.
2. Theressa, 1.. March, 1852; d. Aug. 0, 1808; m. Fraidc
E. Abel, P. O. Williow Street, Lancaster Co., Pa. '
3. Elizabeth, unni.
4. John; ni. .
5. Isaac; m. llerr.
G. Al)ram Lincoln; ni. ^Martha ]\Evlin; no children.
CLildrcn of .John and .Vnna (Kilheffer) Eshbach:
1. dolm. 1). ; ni. Anna Buckwalter, dan. of Benja-
min and ]\[ary (Shenk). See John and Susan Buckwalter.
2. Catharine, b. ; ni. Jonas Kreider; children : Susan,
Anna, Katie, Ella.
116 KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
3. Elizabeth, 1». ; m. John Stehmaii; children: Min-
nie, John, Milton, Anna, and three or fonr dead.
4. Barbara, b. .
5. Elias, 1). ; ni. Anna AVarfel.
(). Isaiah S., 1). Dee. G, ISGU; ni., Xov. C, 18S4, Mary M.
Xeii', dan. of A bram and Maria (Mellinger) ; children : Harry,
Grace, Mande.
7. Fannie, b. ; ni. Simon Seichrist, son of Christian
and Anna (Musser); children: Anna K., Phares K., Mabel.
8. Snsan, b. ; ni. Ilarrv Kauifman, son of Andrew;
children: liavniond. Jnlni. d. , and (Otstot).
Anna Shenk, dan. of John and Barl)ara (Kreider) Shenk,
b. Feb. 2S, Iso:]; d. ; ni. (1st) Feb. 19, 181U, Josepli
Eathfon, d. Sei)t. 10, 1820; m. (2) Oct. 5, ls2r). Christian
Longenecker Gish.
Children of Anna (Shenk) liathf(»ii-( ;ish :
1. Anna, b. March 10, 1827; m., May 12, 1850, William
Brennenian J]nller. Besides in Florin, Lancaster Co., Pa.
2. Addison Shelly, 1). Ang. 22, 1820; imm. Resides in
Massilon, Ohio.
3. Jane Amanda, b. April 10, 1835; m., Sept. 20, 1857,
Flenry K. Minnick. He d. in Philadelphia in 1883. She
lives at 4144 Parish street, Philadelphia. Her only child,
Virginia, b. Oct. 20, 1857; m. a clerk in Strawl)ridge &
Clothier's store.
(3. Children of Bndol])h" and Catharine (Smith) Shenk:
1. ( hristia]!, b. dan. 22, 1800; d. Xov. 1, 1800; m., Jnne
5, 1830, Mary C. AVarfel, b. Oct. 10, 1811; d. Sept. 20, 1884,
dan. of Abraham and Anna (]\laynard).
2. Rndolph, nnni. b. .Innc 10, IMO; d. :\ray 10, 1838.
3. Jacob, b. ; m. .
*Rudolph removed from Lancaster Co. to Erie Co., in 1830, where
sonae of his descendants (except those of (1) Christian) reside. — T.-
C. W.
KAGY EELATIOXSTTTP. 117
4. Ileiii'v, I). ; 111. .
T). ^Vinia, 1). ; iii. Martin Wart'cl, li. — , 1804, brother
of :Mary (". AVarfVl. Anna d. in 1898, aged IM) yrs.
(i. Catharine, b. : ni. 1 h\ Brandis. Lives at Erie,
Pa.
7. Lizzie, innn. Lives at Erie.
8. Jonas, 1). Oet. 2, 1822; d dnly :), 18(;:5.
1. ( 'hihlren of Christian and ^Lirv ( '. (W'arfel) Shenk:
1. Catharine, b. Mixveh 20, 18:51 : d. Jan. ?>1, 183:3.
2. Anna, h. Oet. o, 18:52; ni., Ahiy :>, 185:5, Christian V.
Kendig, b. Oet. 21, 1828, son of ]\rartin and Fannie (Mylin).
:3. Endolph W., b. Oet. 4, 18:34; d. Sept. 26, 1881; ni.
Marv Bair Shanl), (hiu. of John and Eliza ( 15air).
4. Abram AV., b. Sept. 2, 18:56; d. Jnne 14, 1865.
5. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 2, 1840; ni. (1st) 1857, Hon. Oliver
J. Dickey, b. April 6, 182:], d. xVpril 21, 1876; son of John
Dickey; ni. (2d) E. E. Eonestock, b. Xov. 2, 1S22; d. Sept.
29, 1895, (a niercliant of Lancaster city).
Children of Oli\cr J. and Elizabeth (^Slienk) Dickey:
1. Maria Elvira, b. ; ni. C^ochran.
2. Lizzie, b. ; d. Jnne — , 1880, aged 19 y.
o. John, b. .
4. Anna, b. ; m. Keller, a lawyer in Lancaster.
5. Chihh-en of Abram S. and Ann (Shenk) ]\iylin:
1. Eannie, b. April 22, 180:j; d. Sept. 18, 1845; m. ]\lar-
tin Kendig, b. Sept. 5, 1800, d. Oct. 24, 18:39, son of Christian
and Barbara (]\Iiley).
2. Lydia, b. ; m. Benjamin Haverstick.
3. Abram S., d. Xov. 1, 1893, aged 82 y. ; m. Elizabeth
Snavely, dan. of Abram and Elizabeth (Bnckwalter).
[Had three children, all dead.]
4. Annie, b. ; d. .
118 - KAGY KELATIOXSHIP.
(7) Descendants of Al)rani Slieiik, Ly liis daughter, Kate
Slienk, ^vlio lives at Lampeter at an advanced age. She mar-
ried Adam Kockafield, vlio died in his S3d year.
('Iiildren of .\.(hnii and Kate fShenk) Kockafiehl :
1. I'dizahctli, ni. David Froelicli; Itoth (k-ad.
2. Anna, d. Sept., lS6(j; m. James Coyle, d. Feb. 17, 1871,
son of James Coyle.
3. Catharine, m. Samuel Kantfman, h. ^lay, 1818; d. Dec.
27, 1S1I2; a son of Dr. Walter L. Kautfman, of Lancaster, Pa.
4. ^Martha, m. John Lefever, son of Messech and Christi-
anna (liipley). (She was his tirst wife.)
5. Esther, m. John I^eaman, Strasbnrg, Pa.
<>. Ivachel, m. Frank Scott, Christiana, Pa.
7. Cordelia, d. yonng.
N. Fnniiii, ni. Kitcli.
U. ^Vl)ram, Jr., lives with his mother at Lampeter.
10. Dr. Adam, lives in the West.
8. ITcnry Shenk, son of Christian and Ann Slienk, h. April
14, 1788; 'd. Ang. 30, 1868; m. Mary Wesley, b. Xov. 24,
1700; d. Dec. 1, 1861.
Children of Henry and Polly (Mary) Shenk:
1. Levi, b. ISIO: d. : m. Margaret Frey, b. 1809.
2. Leah, b. Sept. 19, 1811: d. dnne 15, 1886; m. John
Gardner, b. Oct. 16, 1807, d. INFay 16, 1894, son of Valentine
and (Good).
3. Elias, b. :March 10, 1813; d. April 30, 1824.
4. Judith, b. July 23, 1817; d. Feb. 25, 1823.
5. Delilah, b. Dec. 16, 1819; d. Dec. 9, 1876: ni. Samuel
Harnish, b. Xov. 12, 1816, d. March 5, 1893, son of J(»s. and
Prudence (Good).
6. Rachael, b. March 12, 1822: d. Aug. 5. 1822.
KAGY KELATIOXSIIir. H'J
('lu](lrcii of Ilirnni and ]\Iavv A. (.loiie^) SluMik :
1. Jlarriet A., 1). Aug. 3, 1S18; m., June IT, l.SOi), .lusiali
B. Seliwineliart, b. ]\[arch 20, 18-i;3 (at present reside in Lan-
caster).
2. Alfred, 1). Dee. 22, 1841>; d. Mareli S, 1S50.
3. .\l)raiii, \>. Fcl). 13, is.^l; m. Sophia (iaLert, dau. of
Lucas and Laura ( Ilci-riek). 'J'liev reside at Xew Jlollaud,
Pa.
4. Samuel J., b. Jan. 12, 1854; m. Nora Bletcher, dan. of
Henry. Lhey reside in Pliiladelpliia, Pa. Xo children.
5. fJolin ^Vn(h'e\v, 1>. A])ril 29, 18r)7; ni., 1882, Henrietta
Zerclier, b. ]\la_\' 10, i8,'((j, dan. of Michael and Jnliann (Tem-
l)leton). They reside at 154 S. Queen street, Lancaster, Pa.
He is engaged in the grocery bnsiness.
('). Anna L., b. Jan. 4, 18()0; d. Jan. (l, 1894; m. Merritt
Edwards, son of Pichai-d ( '. and Elizabeth Edwards.
7. Sarah M., b. Jan. 28, 18<i2; ni. (1st) Joseph Carr, son of
Dennis ( 'ai'r. After his death she was ni. a second time, to T.
Jeff. Shirk, son of Mathias and (Potts): 124 S. Prince
street, Lancaster.
8. Hiram J., b. July 23, 1804; m. ]\lal)el .Mackneal, dau.
of John and Hannah (Kepperling).
9. Mary Ellen, b. Aug. 23, 1867; m.. Eel). 2!), 1888, Aaron
Groff', 1). Jan. 15, 1867, son of John and Mary (Kreider).
Their ])ostoffice is Quai'i'vville, Pa.
10. Daniel G., 1). April 12, 1870; m. .
('hiJdi-en of Josiah B. and Harriet A. (Shenk) Schwinehart,
b. Aug. 3, 1848; m. June 17, 1869:
1. Anna ]\[ary, b. Xov. 9, 1869; m., Xov. 25, 1892, John
Thomas Groff, b. Oct. 25, 1866, son of Jacob Xew^ton and
^lary Pebeeca. They reside at Quarryville.
Children of John Thomas and Anna ]\lary Groff are: Wil-
lis Obednigo, b. Aug. 24, 1893; Josiah, b. Jan. 25, 1896.
2. Josiah B., b. July 5, 1875.
3. Harriet F., b. Jan. 8, 1879.
4. Yergie E., b. Xov. 2, 1882.
l-U KAGT EELATIOXSHIP.
( i») Childi'en and descendants of Jacob and Sarah (McCardle)
Sbenk :
1. Jacob, b. July 29, 1811: d. June 2, 1852; m. Fannie
Heiney, b. Xor. 8,1810, d. Sept. 8, 1891, dan. of David and
Susan ( Steine). and a descendant by her mother of Christo-
pher Kucher, an extensive lai. r of Lebanon.
2. Amos, b. : d. ; unm.
3. HaiTiet, b. : d. : in. T-hu Hess, son of David
and Mai-tha (Byc-rsl.
4. Sarah, b. : <1. .
"t. Rachel, b. : d. .
0. Anna, b: July 31, 182.5; d. June 6, 1865; m. Jacob
Hoover, b. March 22, 1815, d. . 1872, son of Abram and
Magdalena (Good).
7. Hiram, b. Jan. 26, 1828: d. Oct. 10, 1890; m., Api-il
2, 181:8, :Mary Ann Jones, b. April 20, 1828, d. March 26,
1888, dau. of Richard and Mai-y (Xoll).
8. Alfred, b. Jan. 26, 1828; d. April 17, 1895; m. July 13,
1851, Elizabeth Herr, d. Oc^ 22. 1 ^nn. dan. of Levi and Leah
(Wai-fel), Marticviile! Pa.
9. Elizabeth, b. — — ; lives at Lancaster, Pa.
10. Abram, b. : d. . He was an attorney-at-law,
at Lancaster, Pa., beine admitted in 1859.
11. John, b. ; d. .
1. Children of Jacob, Jr., and Fannv (Heinev) Shenk :
1. Margaret, h. ; m. Charles Sweitzer; d. 1897. She
lives at Rohrei"stown, Pa. ; 5 childi-en.
2. Amos, b. ; m. Mahala DaA-is, and lives at Fomi-
taintown, Ind. They have no childi'en.
3. David, b. : unm. ; lives at Marticville, Pa.
4. Jacob R., b. : m. Mary Eugles, dau. of Joseph
and Mary A. (Mehaffie).
5. Elizabeth, b. : d. : m. John Urban, son of
Louis and Mattie (Biu-kholder). [See George and Barbara
(Iveagy) I rbau.]
6. Louisa, b. : m. Albert Hull; no children. They
live at Locust Grove, Ohio.
KAGY EELATIOXSHIP. 121
7. I!arl;ai';u 1). : iii. Isaac Tsiidv, Willow Street, Pa.
S. Sara ^Viiii, !>. • ; lu. .loliii Sigman, dec'd, son of
Bariiev, of Willow Street, Pa.
10. Children of ]\Ii(diael and Snsaii (Wesley) Slienk :
1. Eliza Ann, h. ; d. -Ian. :;(i, l.s-l:4; ni., Oct. 20, 1835,
Edward Hess, !>. Xov. i".», isi;;; d. .hine H, 1S83, son of John
and Catharine (Keaay) Ile-^s."" She was his first wife. Had
children :
1. Catharine h. dune ID, 1830: d. Ang-. 7, 1838.
•2. Snsan, b. Ang. S, 1838; d. -Tnne 1, is.-)!); ni. David
F. A'onng, d. . Had one chihl, Kdward IE,
b. ; d. at Johnstown, Pa., where his widow
now resides.
3. :\Iarv Ann. b. Jnne 23, 1841; d.Jnnc 10, 184().
■1. Eliza Ann, b. Jan. 24, 1n44; .1. March (3, 1840.
2. , b. ; d. ; m. Kline.
3. Elias Elliot, b. Xov. 3, 1830; d. at Airville, York Co.,
Pa., April 30, 1880; ni. :\rargaret E. Pvobinson, 1). March 29,
1832; d. Jnne 10, 18!)7. He was her first Imsband. Had
one (diild, Harry, b. ; ni. . Eives at Airville, Pa.
(2) CHPISTIAX KEACV, married Mary Pesli, of Ean-
caster Co., Pa., aljont the year 1770. She died Jnne 27, 1823,
and was bnried near Woodbnry, Bedford Co., Pa. Tn the year
"Catharine Keagy was a supposed daughter of Eudolj)h Keagy.
who was i-ehated to ^lichael Shenk's mother. Ann (Keag'y) Shenk.
She had a sister Sarah, who married a Christian Hess, and a tirst
con sin to .Tohn Hess, Catharine's husband.
Tt is not definitely known at this date (1S99) what rehitionship
this (lJudol]>h) Keagy sustained to Ann (Keagy) Shenk's father,
whose name was xVbraham. An impenetrable mj'stery surrounds
the origin and disappearance of the father of Catharine and Sarah
(Keagy) Hess. Their mother's name was Catharine r)0\vman. who
lived and died near Safe Harbor. A record will he given of this
family in succeeding pages. None of the descendants of Catharine
or Sarah (Keagy) Hess are positive as to the Christian name of this
Keagy. Quite likely it was lludolph. a brother of Abraham, above
named.
1-- KAGY ItKLATrOXSTITP.
17^7. ( liri>ti;iii l\c;iuv rciiiovcil fiMiii I^aiicasrcr tn Fraukliu
('(>., I'a., to a t'ai'iii now or recently owned l)y -Ino. Stoner, on
the east side of the hi-toric '"Antietani Creek,'' about one mile
from W'ayneslioro, oii the I'altiniore and Pittshnru' pike. 1 licy
hail nine ehiidreii: ( 1 i Ilenry. h. Aug-. :28, 1778; (2) Anna
(Xanev), 1). Oct. ('.. 17M. d. dan. i\ 17S2; (3) Susanna, 1).
.March 10. I7s;5; (4) Anna (Xancy), li. March -^'i. 178(), d.
June i'7, is;5:]:(r)) Maria (Mary), b. dan. l':'.. 17^!»; Hi)
Abraham, b. X'ov. !i. 17!>7: (7) Christian, b. April ^, I7;'d;
(8) Jolm. b. Sept. 10, 17'.h;; (!I) Kli/abetli, b. dan. 8, 1801.
The fonr tirst named (diildren were Ikumi in Lancaster ( 'o.,
Ta.. the others in Franklin ("o., I'a.. near the town of
\\ ayne.-lioro. ("hi'istian Keagy, Sr., died Aug", ^ll. 1^0.'), and
is bnriecj in the grave yai'd near where he lived.
Henry, the eldest son, niari'ie(l the widow of his brother,
.Vbrahani; slu' was the vonngest daughter of dacob Keagv,
the second son of dacoli. the oldest son of "Ilanse" Iveagy.
It is a rare occuri'ence that a lady marrying twice I'etains her
maiden name; .Mary Keagv was a twin sister and the two sis-
ters were .so alike in looks and in manner and dis])ositi<)n that
tlu'ir mother conld not often tell them ajiart. whicdi sometimes
caused her mnch amusement, and «d'ten times some peri)le.\ity.
Mary Keagv enjoyed another distinction. There were two
brothers of hers named dohn; and two sisters named Klizal)eth:
of course one of the brothers and one of the sisters died in in-
fancy, as the record shows. It .^eenis to have been the custom
at that day in tmmy families, when recording a l)irth of son or
daughter to give the sign, thus: — Henry Keagv was born in
the siaii of the Virain; Anna in the sian of Tanriis the Bull:
Susanna in the sign of (termini the Twins; Anna, in the sign
of the l\am; ^lai'A" in the sian of Capricornus the (xoat; Abra-
ham in the sign of Taurus the TJnll ; Christian in the sign of
I^o the Lion; .7<din in the sign of Caprieonius the Ooat, an«l
Elizabeth in the sign of Idbra the Balance. Our forefathers
had great faith in "Signs," and especially in regard to sowing
and planting; and in many other things pertaining to human
conduct and welfare. The belief still prevails, but in a far
less degree, and serves to <how the advan<-e ..f rhoUi>lit.
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The cliildreii of Henrv and Marv Keae-v have alreadv been
given in the records of Jacob's descendants, and are repeated
here simply for convenience and a proper nnderstandine:. Sn-
san, Ephraim, RndolpL. ^Tary Ann, and Sarali Jane.
Susanna Keagy, the second daughter of Christian Keagy,
married about the year 1802 to Geo. Michael Boyer, who -was
born in (iermany, Jan. 11. 177S. ^Irs. (Keagy) Boyer was a
member of the German Baptist church, in which faith she
lived a long and most exemplary Christian life. Her religious
life was of that jiractical kind that incites in our minds and
hearts the loftiest admiration. She was a woman who was
universally beloved, because her life was marked by so many
admirable traits that go to make up the character of a noble
woman. The opportunities for an education in her day and
neighborhood were exceedingly limited, but nevertheless, she
possessed a sound and discriminating judgment. She was ever
solicitous for tlie ])liysical and the moral well-being of her chil-
dren, and strove to bring them \^\) in habits of industry and
usefulness in the world. Xor was her labor in vain. She
could say, as the Boman matron said, pointing to her children:
'*These are my jewels."' The noble virtues of the mother
have, we know, descended to her children and grandchildren.
The influence of such a woman as Susanna Boyer is like drop-
jiing a pebble into a still lake, it circles out and still out until
it reaches the farther shore. So her example and good influ-
ence will le felt alono- the shores of time, and the good done
A\-ill only lie known in Eternity. The children of Susanna
and Geo. Boyer are as follows:
Henry, b. OrT. 17. 1^0:1: Joseph, b. Eeb. 1, 1806: John, b.
Sep. 25, 1807: Mary Ann, b. Aug. 15, 1809; Susanna, b. Sep.
28, 1811: Barbara, b. :\lay. 5, 1813: Xaucy, b. April 4, 1815:
Elizabeth, b. .lau. 17, 1M7: George, b. Aug. 24, 1820; Han-
nah, b. Aug. 15. 1822: Catharine, b. March 28, 1828.
Susanna died June 2d or 3d. 1897.
AXXA ( XAXCY^ KEAGY. the third daughter of Chris-
tian Keagy, married Abraham Keagy. the eldest son of Jac^b
Keagy. wln) was the second s(^n of Jacob Keagy, the eldest son
3-4 KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
of "Haiise.'" He was called "jMachiiie Al)c'" to (listino'uish
liim from C'liristiaii Keagy's son "Abe," who was liis brother-
in-law as well as his cousin, and wlio was calletl "Tanner Abe,"
liecanse he tV)llowed tanning as a calling. Anna (Xancy)
Keagy was niavried about the year 1800. Theii- children are:
dacol). 1). May :>:3, 1810; John, b. Xov. 8, Isll; Abraham,
b. , Lsl;5; Christian, b. , 18ir); Snsan, h. ;
Mary, b. ; Anna (Xancy), b. March !;>, 1S:>;3; Elizabeth,
b. June 15, 1828.
riie descendants of these sons and danchters have alreadv
hecn given in the (Genealogical Record of .Jacob Keagy, the
eldest son of Hans.
.Vbraham Xeagy was a man of more than ordinary ability
and energy and possessed mechanical talent <d" the highest or-
<ler. S(H' the record of Jacob Keagy's (h'scen(hints for a
sketch (d' this woi'thy maiTs life.
^Vbraham Keagy (bed in Morrison (_'ove, Bedford Co., Pa.,
Aug. 23, 1867. His wife Amia (Xancy) died June 27, 1833.
MxVRIA (MARY) KEAGY, the fourth .hmghter of Chris-
tian Keagy, mari-ied Jacob Rover, and moved to Williams-
burg, Blair ( 'o.. Pa., where she dic^'l on the 11th of Oct., 1852.
Jacob Royer was l)orn Dec. 25, 1780, and died March 12,
I8(n. They wei'e married A]tril 12. isll. Their cldldren
are:
An infant son b. A|)ril 5, 1815; Samuel K., b. April 3,
1816; Mary K., b. April !», 1822 ; d. July 11, 1830.
ABRAHAM KEAGY, the second -on of Christian Keagy,
married ^Larx Kea^'v, the sister of "Alachine Abe," and the
youngest t^^dn daughter of Jacob, the second son of Jacob, the
<'ldest son of "Hanse" Keagy. This marriage was made in
1810.
They had four children: Philip, 1). April 4, 1822. now liv-
ing at E])wortli, Iowa. He was born near AVoodbury, Bedford
Co., Pa. Jnu-l)ara died at 8 years of age. Christian, b. in
1824; d. Jan. 17. 1>62. in Polo, 111.; m. Elizabeth Powell,
June, 22, 1847.
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San Jose, ( 'alifornia.
Abraham Keagv d. Dec. 2, 182S, and liis widow ni.
his eklest hrothcr, Ileniw. ahont the year 1S;;1, and had fixe
ehih:lren : Susan, Ephraiiii, Kndiil|;h, Aiarv Ann, and Sai'ah
Jane, iienrv Keao'v d. Mav 21, IS.jlj, and his widow d
Ani>". 30, 1859. This cross rehitionship is somewhat conf us-
ing', for the reason thai the Iienrv Keagy's record is lirst in
(»rder of l»irths. He was not married nntil after his brother
Abraham's death. The descendants of Henry and Abraham
are fnlly given in the Genealogical record of Jacob Keagy, the
eldest son of 'TIanse" Keagy, to which the reader is referred.
Abraham Keagy was called ''Tanner Al)e," to distinguish
him from -Tacol^ Keagy's eldest son, Abraham, wlio \\as called
''Machine Al)e/' and who was his brother-in-law, as well as his
cousin.
PliiHp Keagy, eldest son of Al)raliam, the sec<_>nd son ot
Christian Keagy, the eldest son of Abraham, the beloved sou
of ''Hanse" Keagy, — the hrst in America — was b. .\.]iril -t,
1822, near AVoodbnry, Bedford Co., Pa., on a farm. His
father dying JJec. 2, 1828, his mother left the farm the follow-
ing spring and rented a lionse owned by her brother and kept
lioarders. Tn 18;}0 he went to live with his Aunt Mary and
I'ncle Jacob iluyer, who was a tanner by trade, and also a
farmer. His father being a tanner also, had been in the em-
ploy of rlacob Poyei', his bi'other-in-law, for several years. Sev-
eral years of his youth was spent at work on the farm an<l at
the tannery. ^Vt the latter place his surroundings were uncon-
genial and not at all conducive to correct morals, on account of
the rude, uncultivated and dissipated character of some of the
employees about him. His aunt was fond of flowers and fre-
quently, in season, had him cultivate these for her, and to this
he attributes his love for ilow^ers to this day. His mother in
the meantime had chosen as the guardian of her children,
( 'hristian Hoifman, a farmer, and who agreed to take him, and
he woi'ked on the farm for nearlv three years, and was sent to
school three months eacdi winter. When he arrived at the age
of 15 years he a])prenti('ed himself to F. S. Washeim, a Gcr-
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man ealnnet maker, located at Woodbnvy. Bedford Co.. Pa.,
and served tliree and onedialf years for his idotliing and board.
He continned in the employ of his master some time, and at-
tended school three months the last winter, and '"g-radnated.''
as that was the last time he ever attended school.
He worked in a fanning mill shop in the early part of 184:^,
and later in the same vear fonnd a sitnation in Lovsbnrg, fonr
miles sonth of Woodbnry, in E. Mentzer's cabinet shops. In
1843 he bnilt himself a honse and shop, and on Jan. oO,
1844, he was nnited in wedlock to ^iiss ^Margaret Jane Moore.
Here fonr of their eldest children were born. In the spring
of 1851 he visited Iowa, with the hope of making that State
his future home. In the meantime he was appointed po-t-
master at Woodbnry, I*a., and held the otHce for two years;
then resigned, and moved to Iowa abont the middle of Oct.,
1855, locating in Epworth, where he has lived ever since.
Soon after his arrival at Epworth he built himself a honse, and
continued in the carpenter business for years. In the spring
of 180o he was induced to go into the merchandising business
in Epworth. and liought out the stock of i". G. Erench, with
whom his eldest son, AVesley, was then employed as clerk.
This proved a success, from the fact that the Civil AVar raised
the price of goods, and his stock was sold at greatly advanced
l)rices. He, however, built some houses after engaging in
storekeeping and always preferred the "jack plane" to the
yard stick. His sous, C. Wesley and AVm. H.. each clerked in
their father's store for yeai"s, and until each in turn found a
wider held for their expanded energies and business qualifica-
tions. Then the voimaest livino- son. Henrv Reed, assumed
their place and in a few years became a partner in the firm,
under the name of P. Keagy A: Son. and still continues
(1898), haA^ng won a large patronage by their fair dealing,
probity and integrity in their business.
In 1842 he united with the church, and two years afterward
was appointed class leader by the Pev. J. S. Lee, and retained
that position until he moved to Iowa, and soon after his arrival
there the Rev. H. W. Reed made him the leader of a new
class, which he served from that time up to 1807. when lu
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asked to be relieved. Pliilip Iveagy is regarded, and entitled
to 1)6 called, a ])illar ni the M. K. elmrcli. His hand and purse,
his voice and ](rayers have all been lavishly and freely used
and given to proiiKite her interests, and the cause of religion.
His charity is unbounded, and he is the hrst to respond to the
cry of distress; his sympathies embrace the whole of human
kind, without regard to creed or nationalitv. Possessing natur-
allv a kind heart and "cnerous nature, he has added to these
tlie cnlture and graces of the true Christian gentleman. The
clini'ch is his bride,
" The kingdom of his Lord, the liouse of his abode,
Theclaurch our blessed Redeemer saved
With his own precious blood ;
Beyond his highest joy, he prized her heavenly ways,
Her sweet communion, solemn vows,
Her hymns of love and praise."
On the loth of A])ril, 1892, the loving mother and fond
wife sickened and died. Six years before, the youngest son,
Edson F., died away from home. Hoth these sad events fell
with crnshing weight upon tlie (k'voted husband and father,
bnt his faith is of that steadfast kind, that he can say with
J^aul, '']^one of these things move me," and Avith Job, ''If he
slay me, yet will 1 trust in him.'' The strong social disposi-
tion and affectionate nature of Philip Keagy will not allow
him to long brood over sorrows or disasters, come from whence
they will, but rather seeks to assuage them by sharing with an-
other the wealth of affection that tinds its truest, best expres-
sion in married life. On the Ttli of dnne, 1894, he was mar-
ried to Mrs. Agnes M. Albrook, who was born in Germany
and came to this country with her parents when she was 8
years of age. They settled in Philadelphia, Pa., wdiere they
remained four years. Then removed to Clarion Co., Pa.,
where at the age of 20, she was married to Mr. Frank Albrook.
In 1858 they moved to a farm 6 miles south of Manchester,
Delaware Co., Iowa, where they resided at the time (d his
death in 18(!2. Mrs. Albrook the next year moved to Ep-
worth, Iowa, her son being the principal of Ep worth College,
and a leader in everything relating to advanced enducational
work'.
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Margaret Jane Keagy was a iiiosT exeuiplarv woinaii, one in
Avluini many of the virtues and graces were t'dniid in an emi-
nent deii'ree. The devoted liduse nmrher, an heliiuieet indeed
in every sense of the word, one who wall-ccd tlie thorny, wind-
ing road of lif(^ liand in liand with lier linsl)and, for nearly
half a eentuj'y oi' time. i'es|!ected, h<tn(ire(l and loved hy all
who knew her in life, and revere her in death. Philip
Keagy, though past the ])ati'iarchial age, is yet hale and
hearty and takes a lively interest in everything pertaiinng to
the welfare of the eonnmnnrx', the church and the world.
The children of Philip Keagy and .Margai'et dane ^loore arc;
1. (diaries Wesley, h. in \V Ihury. Pa., Pel.. 14, 1845;
m. 8e]:t. 11, ps7;j^ Jlester Alice OhI. who was Ixirn dune
7, IS,")."], ill ("liiitoii ('o.. Pa., and m. in .Manchester, Iowa.
Mr. Keagy is a bookkeeper in the Pank of Manchester, Iowa.
Poth hushand and wife are active inemhcrs of the ^[(^thodist
church, and have one son, Koy ( lif ton, h. Jnly 11, 1885.
2. Sarah Elizabeth, b. April 21, 1847.
3. Wni. :\rcGill, 1). Dec. 8, 1850.
4. Anna Alaiy, b. duly 8, 1853.
5. Henry Peed. b. March 21, 18(il.
G. Edson P.. b. .June (>, 1863.
2d. Sarah Elizaheth, 1). at AVoodbnry, Pa., April 21, 1847;
m. Mr. Cduirles Hnsted, dnn(^ Id, 1800. .^^r. TPisted is a law-
yer. Their children are :
1. Grace, b. duly 20, isTl; m. F. L. P.ogers, Oct. 29,
1891, and have one son, Charles Erancis Pogers, b. at Clear
Lake, la., March 25, 1893.
2. Tibbie Hnsted, b. duly 20. 1871, at Mason City, la.;
m. Charles R. Patton, June 20, 1890. ddieir children are:
AValter H., b. at Mason City, la., Jnne 29, 1892; Joseph, b.
at Mason City, la., Dec. 8, 1890. Resides at Mason City, la.
3. :\fargaret A. Hnsted, b. dnly 30, 1873, at Mason 'City,
la.; m. R. A. Hinton, Jnne 12, 1895. and have one son, iSTi-xon
Pinton, b. at ]\ranchester. Resides at Mason ville, la.
4. Lonise A. Hnsted, b. Xov. 0, 1879. at ^fanchester, la.,
and resides at T)\'erville. la.
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5. Alice Y. Ilii^^teJ, 1>. .lune 5, ISSo, at ]\Iauclicstei', la.,
and resides at Dyerville, la.
3d. AViii. :\Ie(;ilI, 1). at Woodlmry, Pa., Dec. 8, 1850; m.
Dec. 18, 1880, at Parkersburg, la., to Estella Devenport, b.
Kor. 11, 1861, and have 2 children: Margaret C, b. May
17, 1881, in Cherokee, la.; Helen Lonise, b. Tan. 3, 1897, in
Cherokee, la.
1th. Anna ^lary, b. a1 Woodbnry, Pa., July 8, 1853; ni.
A})ril 30, 1871, S. B. Christ, at Epworth, la., and have one
daughter. Lulu M., b. :\larch 2, 1872. Resides at 186 :N".
Third St., San Jose, Cal.
5th. Henry Reed, b. .March 21, 1861, at Epworth, Du-
bnqne Co., la.; ni. Xov. 9, 1893, at Epworth, la., to Katie
May ]\rcTntosh, who was born Oct. 24, 1875, in Freeport, la.
Their children are: ^Margaret Atay, b. at Epworth, la., April
5, 1895, d. June 27, 1895; Philip Donald Keagy, b. at Ep-
worth, la.. May 28, 1897.
Henry Reed Keagy is an active member of the M. E.
clinrch in E])worth, and an officer in Epworth College. He is
now engaged in the general merchandising business, having
succeeded his father. jMr. Keagy is well known in his county,
and as a business man enjoys the confidence and esteem of all
who know him, and stands as high in the church as ho does in
the business world. His leligion is of that staunch and practi-
cal kind that abides with him, and accompanies him in his
dailv work and in all the walks and relations of life.
6th. Edson E., b. June 6, 1863; d. Aug. 17, 1886, of malig-
nant diphtheria, at Iowa Falls. He was a telegraph operator
and railroad agent. Too close attention to his business im-
paired his health, to recover which he had gone to the sanita-
rium at the above named place, when he was suddenly seized
with the disease that caused his death. Before the coming of
this fatal sickness he was happily converted and wrote his pa-
rents a most tonching letter, glowing with the hopes of his
132 KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
new-fonnd faith. He wrote: "I have experienced religion,
and I am feeUng very happy, and I know yon will rejoice with
nie." His brothers, AVesley, Reed, AVilliam and wife, and
brother-indaw, Charles Hnsted, were with him dnring his last
hours, honrs that were filled with trinmph and resignation to
the Divine will. Shortly after the arrival of his brothers
Wesley and Keed at his bedside, a prayer service was held, in
which the voices of the three brothers were mingled. His
last w^ords were: "Good bye, God bless yon all." On account
of the natnre of tlie disease, his body coidd not be taken home.
Memorial service was lield at his home Ang. ISth. His pa-
rents, both ])iHars in the Methodist chnrch, have the Christian
sympathy of a hirge circle of fi'icnds. The above notice was
taken from the North Western Christian Advocate.
3. Christian Keagy, son of Mary and .Vl)raliam Keagy, b.
in AVoodl)nrv, IJedford Co., Pa., in the vear 1824, Avas m.
to Elizabeth Powel] in the year 1847. dune 22. She was born
in Maryland, Sept. 13, 1825.
Christian Keagy died in Polo, 111., Jan. 17, 18G2, aged ;>8
years. In 1852 he joined the M. E. church in Bedford Co.,
Pa. In Oct., 1854, he moved to Polo, Ilk, and united with the
]\r. E. churrli in that phico. His death was most triumphant;
his hist words were: "All is bright, I have a hope beyond."
Their children are: Samuel McMullen, was b. in AVo(m1-
bury, Pa., Dec. 16, 1840; John C, was b. in Bedford Pa.,
Ajn-il 20, 1S51; Charles C, was b. in Polo, Ilk, Dec. 20, 1857.
Of these,
Samuel ]\lcMullen m. Florence M. ^Vrne, who was b. July
26, 1855, at Wolcotte, Wayne Co., T^. Y., and m. on the 14tii
day of ]\Iay, 1874, in Polo, 111. To them were born, Aug.
31, 1875, Mary Ada, and Ethel Arne, Alarch 23, 1877. Re-
side at Polo, lik
Mary Ada, m. ]\[ay 30, 1804, to G. F. Bellows, of Milledge-
vile. Ilk, and had two children. The first, a little boy. Otto,
b. Eeb. 3, 1806, d. Eeb. 5, 1807; and a daughter, b.\lan. 6,
1808, named Ruth. Reside at Polo, Ilk
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Ethel Ai-ne, m. March 23, 1808, to Torrence E. Harper.
Reside at Polo, 111.
John C, Keagy in. June — , 1888, to Joann Devaney, \\\u)
was b. Ang. — , 18C0, and liave one child, Catharine Maria, h.
April 2, 1806.
Charles C. Keagy, m. Clara C. Landis, Dec. 20, 1881, in
Polo, 111., 1). Marcii 11, 1803, in Franklin (^o.. Pa. No issue.
Reside in Kockford, 111.
Elizalx'th Keagy, b. 1827; m. to J. D. Stockton, in 184(*);
and had nine children: (1) Philip K., b. near Tipton, Iowa;
(2) Rebecca Olive, b. near Tipton, and d. at the same place in
1852; (3) Infant son, b. and d., 1852; (4) William Dungan,
b. and d. in 1853; (5) Nelson Lee, b. ; ((») Mary; (7)
Annie; (8) Charles; (0) Alfred; and (10) Lizzie, b. in Los
Angeles, Cal.
Philip K., ni. Ella Perry, of Sacramento, Cal., July, 1874;
and had two children: Mabel Clara, and Willis Percy. Philip
K. (1. April 12, 1885, at Helena, Cal.
Nelson Lee, m. Martha Wells, of San Jose, Cal., in 1881;
and have two children: Frederick James and Edna.
Susan Keagy, b. May 10, 1832, is the eldest daughter of
IMarv Keagy, by her second husband, Henry Keagy, the elder
brother of her first husbaud, both being the sons of Christian
Keagy, of Waynesboro, Franklin Co., Pa. The second hus-
band died and Mrs. Keagy maried Conrad Gabriel, Aug. 10,
1840. Conrad Gabriel was born in Germany, July 25, 1811,
and to this union w"ere born 6 children, all in Muscatine, Iowa.
First, Henry Keagy Gabriel, b. May 12, 1850; Christian, b.
July 15, 1851; Ephraim Keagy, b. Oct. 30, 1853; John Pil-
grim, b. Nov. 6, 1855; Wm. Gabriel, b. March 5, 1857;
Franklin, b. Feb. 0, 1850.
134 KAGY RELATIONSHIP.
Ephraini Jveai>y, b. July 4, 1834; in. Xov. 22, I860, Lucin-
dia C. Mills, who'd. Sep. 5, 18G4. He then m. .Mary B. Har-
ris, Sep. 13, 1805; who was h. Jan. 12, 184(). They had one
ehild, Liu'inda, h. ^lareh '61, ISGO; d. in infaney.
Rudolph l\eag,y, h. dune — , 1S3G; d. at the home of
his brother, Cliristiau, in Polo, 111., Aug. 30, 1856.
Mary Ann Keagy, b. Jan. 15, 1840; ni. Msiy 23, 1858, to
AVni. liodniau Eeyuolds, b. Jan. 2, 1821; and had five chil-
dren: dames Henry, b. Feb. H), 1859; Charles William, b.
May 1!), 1860; Douglass H., b. dan. 24, 1864, d. Aug. 20,
1864; Ida, b. Get. 7, L'^66; Albert ('., 1). April 10, 1869.
Sarah dane Keagy, b. Sep. 4, 1845; m. So]). 4, 1865, to Hen-
ry I3rown, b. Sep. 21, 1840, in England. They had 7 chil-
dren: Lewis H., b. Aug. 5, 1866; Yerner E., b. April 13,
1868; Adelbert J., b. Eeb. 27, 1873; Homer M., b. July 17,
1879; Amy Henrietta, b. June 20, 1881; Bertha Alice, b. Sep.
2, 1886; one unnani('(l child died in infancy.
This completes the record of all of Abraham and Henry's
children.
(TIBISdTAX ]\EAGY, JR., the 3rd sou of Christian
Keagy, died Oct. 7, 1826, and so far as we can learn, was un-
married. He died near Waynesboro, Ba., where he was Ijorn^
and is buried in a near-l)y graveyard. His age was 32 y. and
6 m.
JOHX KEAGY, the fourth son of Christian Keagy, was
born near AYaynesboro, Franklin Co., Pa., on the 10th of Sept.,
1796; and died in Chambersburg, Pa., April 2, 1864, and is
buried in Cedar Grove cemetery, Chambersbura', Pa., bv the
side of his two daughters, Anna L., and ^Margiirette Jane, who
j)receded him to the tomb.
On April 20, 1818, he was united in holy wedlock to Miss
Jane Greer, of Emmitsburg, ^fd., who was born ^fav 19,
1800.
John Keagy, Artist.
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KAGY RELATIONSHIP. !•>"
Juliu KciiiiT was 1) years old at his father's death, and by his
guardians was ap])rcnticed soon afterward to learn the carding
and weaving trade, wliic-li hnsiness he followed for many years
in .Vdanis and Franklin Cos., Pa. In tlie year 1S24- he })nr-
chased the (»ld grist null situated two and oneduilf miles east of
AVnynesboro, on the historic Antietam creek, and (duinged it
into a woolen mill. It is said to have been the most thorough
and complete of its kind in the country at that time. The
original name of this ])ropei'ty was "Homestead." It was
taken np in the year 17<»(S by John JLorner, who disposed of it
to Phili]) Peed, on .March 27, 1700, and from :\rr. Reed to
dolm leaker, K'ov. 28, l7!»r). He sold it to dohn Walter,
.Mai-cli 4, iSll, who sold it to flonathau Keefer, and on the 1st
day of Ajii'il, 1S24, he sold it to John Keagy, as before stated,
who conducted it as a woolen null for some 'J or 10 years.
John Iveagy was a noble minded man; his nnnd was of that
lofty kind tlmt embraced the whole race, and regarded them
as brothers, and his pity was shown to eveiw sufferer within
his ken, by the gifts of his hands. He was generons to a fault,
and he has been known to give his last dollar to mitigate suf-
fering. It is ditficnlt to define a character so noble, so good.
He had an artistic taste, and followed portrait painting for
years, and in many <dd liomes are to be found upon the walls
specimens of his skill in that art. In later years he engaged in
])liotogra]!hy in ('liand)ersburg. Pa., and was employed at that
nt the time of his death, which occurred suddenly on a Sunday
morning as he w^as preparing to go to church.
Mr. Keagy was a devoted Christian gentleman, a mend)er of
the M. E. church for nmny years. He and his beloved wife
reared their children in the nurture and admonition of the
Lord. I'o the ehnrdi, he and his family always gave liber-
ally, and tnrned "n.ot away from the beggar at the door." He
was poor in this Avorld's goods, but ridi in all the noble quali-
ties that make a good husband, father or friend. His wife
Avas educated at Emmittsburg, Md., as a nun, when she first
saw her future husband. 'Twas the old story — love at first
sight, and the young nun (put the school room to assume the
graver duties of A\'ife and mother, which she ever filled wdtli
138 ' KAGY RELATIOXSnir.
loviiiii' kiiidncss and afi'ct'tioii, and sinieiior intedliiieiiee and
ability. Tlic writer hereof has tlie most pleasant recollections
of both of these dear, g'ood ])eo])le, and will ever cherish their
nieniorv in sweet renunnbrance. They had eiiiht ehildren,
viz: Samuel, b. March ^O, 1S20; James, b. Sep. 18, 1821;
Susanna, b. Oct. 29, 1824; Christian Greer, b. Xov. 4, 182G;
.Mary Elizabeth, b. Oct L", 1828; Margarett Jane, b. Jan. :]0,
1831; Anna Lonisa, 1). .hine 8, 1833; Fdiza P.arbary, h. March
13,1830.
Sannud, m. Elizabeth Shrvock, I). Oct. 23, 1S14; and m.
-, 1844.
Saninel d. in ('and)iMa Co., Pa., on -Inly ."), 1858. For
years he followed |ie(ldlino-^ selling various articles of honse-
liold goods, and was widcdy known in half a dozen counties in
I'a. and \'a. II i^ widow lives in Chambersbnrg, Pa., and is
the honored agent of the Society for the Relief of the Poor.
W'lio does not know "Idzzie Keagv?" There is not a woman
in the county so well known, or more highly respected or es-
teemed than she i^. J>ver\' home or liovcd, where want and
sniferini;' is to be seen, can testifv to her iicnerous ministra-
tions, both in food and raiment for the body, consolation for
the sorrowing, and, when needed, reproof for the nngodly.
Daily, all the year long, her venerable form is seen upon oin'
streets and alleys; with basket or bundle, on her errand of
mercy, to relieve the sick or suffering ])oor; often through un-
broken paths of snow, ice and mud, through winter's wind and
chilly blast, or snnnners scorcdiing heat, intent only npon her
errand; and content to know her "Master's will," who said:
"The poor ye have always with you." No issue.
James, m. Martha Olemmie Oonrad, of Harrisonburg, Va.,
a daughter of (ieorge and Susan Conrad, of that ])lace, in the
year 1855, April 18. They had two children: (1) Anna
Virginia, b. at Lynchburg, Va., 1856; (2) Vernon Conrad,
b. in Harrisonburg, Va., , 1857.
His wife d. in 1870. He m. in 1871, the second time, Eliza
KLizAiiETH (Shryock) Kea(;y— " Aunt Lizzie."
YORKJ
ASTOn, LENOX AND
TILCE.N FOUNDATIONS.
KAGY RELATIONSHIP.
141
A. Francis, of Andover, Henry Co., 111., uiid have one cliild :
Clemmie Francis, b. April 11, 187;').
James Keagy lives at CaniLridge, Henry Co., 111., and lias
l)een postmaster there for eight years or more.
1. Anna \'ira,inia Keagv, m. Thomas ^I. Shalcnhcraer, of
Tnlon, 111., and now resides at Bradsliaw, Xeh.; were m. in
1877, and liave one (diild, Panl Slialenberger, b. , 1881.
■2. Vernon C^onrad Keagy, ni. Tnnc 1881, Bcdl Freeman, of
Genesse, 111.; and has a son named Vernon Freeman, b. ,
1883; and a daughter named Florence Lonisa, 1). , 1885.
Vernon Conrad Keagy lived near Fresno City, ('al., and d.
there, March 19, 188U.
3rd chihl of John ]veai>v, Snsanna ]veaiiv, d. starch 27,
1827.
4th child of John Keao'v, Christian Greer Keagv, d. Xov.
28, 1827.
."^ith child of John Keagy, Mary Klizabeth Keagy, single;
and I'csided with her sister, Eliza Barbary Knapps, at Cam-
iiridge. 111. From early yonth she was deeply religions. In
abqnt 1863, while rising from a stooping positicni in the attic
of her father's lionse she accidentally struck licr head against
a nail in the I'afters, which tore the seal]:), and subsequently
affected her nnnd t<> such a degree that she became insane;
and from a delicate girl she became quite corpulent and strong.
She died at the home of her sister, at Cambridge, 111., in 188(3.
^largaretta Jane Keagy, the Otli child of John Keagy,
died at Chambersbnrg, Pa., Xov. 17, 1848, in her young and
beautiful womanhood. In the last hours of her life she had
her friends to gather around her bedside "and told them that
she was going to that laud, where those who lo\e here shall
meet to love ac:ain."
•13^
Annie Louisa Keagy, the 7tli child of John Keagy, d. in
Chambersbnrg, Pa., Aug. 0, 1855, in the prime of youth.
142 KAGY liELATIOXSHIP.
Eliza Barliara Keagy, the Stli child of John Keagy, m. Sal-
mon W. Knapps, of Andover, Henry Co., 111., Oct. 23, 1873.
Mr. Knapps d. in 1886.
Mrs. John Keagy died at the homo of her son, James, in
Camhridge, 111., Ang. 13, 1880.
ELIZABETH KEA(;Y, the itth and youngest child of
Christian Keagy, m. Jacoh Haiisler, May 13, 1819. lie was
b. Dec. 18, 1795, and d. Aug. 27, 1836. Elizabeth (Keagy)
Bansler d. on the 18th of May, 1840. They lived near AVil-
liamsbnrg. Pa. (l>lair Co.), where they both died. Their chil-
dren are :
iSanmcl Keagy Ijanslcr, b. .Inly 13, 1820.
Mary Ann Bansler, b. dune 11, 1822.
David Bansler, b. Jan. 19, 1825.
Elizabeth Bansler, h. duly 24, 1827.
Susannah IJauslcr, b. May 18, 1830.
Sarah Bauslcr, b. Dee. 6, 1835.
This ends the record (d' Christian Keagy.
IIEXRY KEAGY, the 2d son of Abraham, was born in
Lancaster Co., Pa., about 1753 or 4. All the definite infor-
mation we have thus far learned of him is exceeding meagre.
He is supposed to have died unmarried. He evidently was
living at the time his father made his will, which is dated Oct.
30, 1784, probated Xov. 12, 1784, in which he orders all
his property, real and personal, to be sold and divided equally
between his eleven (diildren, and that was the number in his
faniilv, livinii' then.
The witneses to the will are :
Martin Boyer, Bichard Keagy, John Hart.
James Jacks, Register.
The Bichard Keagy here mentioned was the uncle of Hen-
ry, the name Richard being an alias. His real name was Ru-
dolph. AVlien a boy at my father's home I have heard him
say that his uncle Henry was fond of hunting and was a skilled
marksman with the rifle, and that he made his own rifle. It
KAGY EELATLOXSUir. 14o
was SO heavy that no one l)iit liimself cared to carry it. During
the Kevohitionarv w.w his gun was demanded for nsc in tlie
Continental army, Imt because of its great weight it was re-
jected. Tjjon a certain occasion a l)ald eagle made its appear-
ance in liis neighhorli 1 and the hnnters were anxious to get
a shot at it, hnt tlic Avai'v l)ii'd would not allow any one to ap-
jiroach within rifle shot of him. On a certain occasion Henry
Keagy saw the eagle ])erched n])on a top branch of a high dead
tree several hundred yai'ds distant, and he decided to try and
shoot him at that great distance. He loaded the rifle with an ex-
tra charge of ]iowder, took a steady aim at a rest, and pulled
the trigger. The bii'd was seen to fall, and on approaching,
it was seen to be wounded, and showed a readiness for tight.
All'. Keagy jjlaced the stock of his gun, the butt toward it and
the eagle sank his talons into it so deep that he could not get
them out of the poplar wood. He had to cut them off.
From all the information that has come to mv knowledge
about him. 1 am lc<l to think that he remained nnniai'rie(l.
Some years ago when at Hanover, York Co., Pa., i visited the
Keagy graveyard near there and whicdi is situated on land,
noAv, as it has been for o\-er li!5 years, in possession of the
Keagys. In this gra\eyard there is a plain stone with these
simple words on it: fH. Ky, 1700). As this stone is among
and suri'ounded with the graves of Keagys, it is fair to suppose
that he was some kin to them, and quite likely Henry Keagy,
the second son of Abraham, the ^'beloved son" of "Ilanse." It
were also wcdl to bear in nnnd that his uncle, Jacob Keagy, and
his three sons were then living in that immediate place, and
Henry may have been residing there at the time of his death.
He inherited an equal share of his father's estate. His name
appears upon the register and recorder's index in Lancaster
city, between 1703 and ."), in the transfer of property, and it is
iwssible he died in 1 7;»!».
ABEAHAM KEAGY, the third son of Abraham, was born
in Lancaster Co., Pa., July 4, 1757, and married Barbara
lioehm, the only daughter of Martin Boehm, who was one of
the founders of the United Brethren church. She was l)orn
144 KAGY EKLATIONSHIP.
Dec. 12, 1 7<)-?. The Keagys and Boelims were not only allied
by marriage, bnt by the strongest ties of friendship, and the
same precions faith. Al)raham Keagy and Barbara Boehm
were married at Strasbnrg, Lancaster Co., Pa., May 23, 1781.
Abraham Keau'v was a cradnate of the University of Peun-
sylvaiiia, at Philadelphia, Pa., and jji^acticed medicine in the
eonnties of Lancaster and (deartiehl, in Pennsylvania, and at
JSTeAvcastle, Delaware. At the latter place he owned llonr
mills, and also on the Brandywiiic creek. In 1815 he moved
from there to Oleartield Co., Pa. At that time this jiart of the
State was a M-ilderness.
He settled on CJeartield Creek, owq mile behnv (ilen Hope;
cleared ont a farm, built a dam on Clearfield creek, and erected
two sawmills. Their nearest grist-mill was 40 miles distant.
Mr. Keagy was a local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal
chiH'cli.
He was present when Frances Asbnry preached the funeral
sermon of Martin Boehm, in Boehm's chapel, 6 miles south of
Lancaster city, in 181.'). He was asked by the bishop to ad-
dress the people. He arose to speak, but was so overcome witli
emotion that he sat down and wept, in which the entire au-
dience joined. The scene was one never to be forgotten.
^Mr. Keagy was an estimable man, and his house was one of the
bishop's homes. ^Vs a ju'eacher, Bishop Asbnry was great on
funeral occasions. On this occasion, he far transcended him-
self. His whole person seemed to glow with seraphic fire, as
he portrayed the virtues of his fi-iend, whom he declared l)e-
ing dead 'S'et speaketh," "'An Israelite indeed, in whom there
was no guile."
Abraham Keagy was engaged in the milling business at
the time of the war with Great Britain in 1812-5, on the Del-
aware river at Newcastle, and it is believed that the danger
from the close iDroximity of a foreign enemy had everything
to do with his removal from there, to a place of gTeater secur-
ity, into the mountains of Pennsylvania. All of his sons and
daughters were born in Pennsylvania, with the exception of
the voungest, and all but this one in Lancaster Co.
Abraham Kea2,"v was killed bv beine: thrown from a sulkv
KAGY EELATIONSHIP. 1^5
^vliile traveling- in Ihintinodon Co., Pa., Sept. 23, 1820, and
was bnried near AVillianisl)urg:, Blair Co., Pa., aged 63 v., 2
ni. and 10 d. • "^
Barbara Keagv (nee Boelnn), died March 9, 1828, aged <i6
v., 2 ni. and 27 d. She died on the old homestead one mile
lielow (ilen Hope, and is bnried in what is known as "Keagv's
(Iraveyard,"' noai- the same place. She is said to have been
a Avoman of sn]X'i'i()r mental and moral worth aiid the purest
Christian character.
Their children are:
1. Ann Keagy, b. Ang. 4, 1782.
2. ( 'atharine, b. Nov. 10, 1783.
3. Alartin Boehm, b. Ang. 3, 1780.
4. Mary, b. Tnne 1."., 1788.
."). Abraham St(tner, b. Jnly 11, 17!H).
C. John Miller, b. Ang. 31,' 1792.
7. Eliza Lavina, b. Aug. 20, 1796.
8. Adam Litzenborg, b. Jan. — , 1799.
9. Henry Boehm, h. Ang. 12, 1809; d. a few hours after
birth.
(1) Anna Keagy, m. AVm. Wright, at Strasburg, Lancaster
Co., Pa., March 31, 1802, and settled near Glen Hope, Clear-
lield Co., Pa., in 1815, Avhere they resided until 1863, wdien
they both died. Phej" raised a family of four boys and one
girl : Benjamin Bartram, Abraham Keagy, John W., Henry
Boehm, and Eliza Ann Wright.
Benjamin ]3artrani Wright, b. Eeb. 3, 1803; d. Sep. 1."),
1871 ;'m. :\rartha Shoif, Eeb. 3, 1825. Their children are:
(1) Elizabeth A. AVright, m. Jas. White; no issue; (2) AVm.
S. Wright, 1). March 25, 1836, m. July 16, 1863, to Anna E.
Sterling, b. June 10, 1843, a daughter of Benjamin and
Bachael Sterling; (3) Henry A. Wright, m. Sarah Smith;
(4) :\rary C. Wright, b. July 5, 1828,^1. Dec. 24, 1893, m.
May 21, 1801, to Samuel Atkins; (5) Ellen Moore, dec'd;
nnm.; (0) Eranklin Wright, dec'd., m. Mary Jane Baily.
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146 KAGY RELATIOXSHir.
Children of AVin. 8. and Anna (Stcrlino-) \Vri2,'lit:
1. Levcrt S. Wright, 1). Jnnc lU, ISiil; m., Oct. iM), ISbO,
to Cora Patterson, b. Jnly 9, 18G6, dan. of lienhen and Elizb.
M. Lee (Pitman). He is in the emphjy of the Penna. K. li.
at Altoona, Pa.
2. (Carrie, 1). Jan. 4, 1867; ni., Xov. (i, 1SS9, to John :\rehr-
wciii. 1). Xov. 3, I860, son of Jacob and Magdaline (Utzinger)
jMehrwein.
3. Pohmd F., ]). :\Iay 30, 1S69; m., April 19. 1888, to Car-
rie Lvons, I). I )cc. 1*7. 1869. dnii. of Jacnl) ;iiiil Sarah ( ( \arson)
Lyons.
4. Penj. F. Wright, I). Feb. 12, ls72.
5. Ethel K. W^right, 1.. Jnly 18, 1875.
C. Walter Leslie, b. Xov. 10, 1880.
C'liildrden of TTenry A., and Sai-ah (Smith) AVright:
1. AVm. Bartram Wright, b. : m. Kate I )(AV; It dan. <>f
J()>. and Sarah (Van Dyke) DiAValr.
2. Kdith O. Wright,' b. .
3. Estella W^iaht 1). .
Children of Samntd and ^Mary C. t Wright) Atkins:
1. Martha, b. : m., :^rareh 18, 1884, to Asbnrv ^V.
LLnll.
2. Lanra, b. Dec. 20, 1865; m., Sep. 14, 1886, to Kirk M.
Hallo well.
3. Xellie, b. Jnly 1, 1868; m., Xov. 17, 1886, to Cassitis
M. Brattain.
Children of Franklin and .\rary (liailey) AVright:
1. Lillian, b. ; d. ; nnm.
2. Jnlia, h. ; m. Thos. P. Snnley.
3. Fallen, b. ; m. .
4. Charles, b. ; nnm.
Abraham Keagy AVright, b. F'eb. 25, 180,"). and m. Fhnily
Alexander; A. K. AVright d. Oet. 5, 1871. Their children
KAGY EELATIONSHIP. ' 147
are: (1) Amelia B. AVriiiht h. Mec. 5, 1S;]1, m. June 24,
lSr):2, to Jos. B. McEiially, an attornej-at-law in Clearfield
Co., Ba. Mrs. ]\[eEnall}' had one child, AVright ]\rcEnally, b.
— 5, 1862. Mrs. McEnally died, Snnday, Jnne 30, 1895.
She was born at Blnmb's Forg"e, in Centre Co., Ba. Her pa-
rents subsequently settled in Glen Jlope, Clearfield Co., Ba.,
where ^Mr. Wright was engaged in the lumber business, and
later was associate judge of the county for several years.
Three vears after her marriage she became a member of the
Bresbvterian chun-h, and continued a faithful and consistent
member during the remainder of her life. Mrs. McEnally
was a woman who was universally loved. Her life was marked
bv all the graces that makes the noble woman.
2. AVilliam Y. Wright, 1). ; ni. to Mary Foley, ;
children: Anna J^oley AVright, 1). ; Boland (\, b. ;
111., Jnne 15, 1893, Helen C. Irwin; All)ert M., b. , m.
Anna Caldwell.
3. John Wright, b. ; d. April 29, ISTO; m. Jan. 2,
1868, to Emma Thompson; (nic child, Abraham Keagy
Wright, b. .
4. Bertha Wright, 1). June 3, 1844; m. Jan. 13, 1870, to
Edmund Ijigler, a son of ex-Gov. Bigler, of Bennsyh'ania,
and now (1S97) collector of port at Bittsburg, Ba. Children
arv: .Vhi-nliaiii AVright, Marion K., Emilv A. and Amelia AV.
Wright.
(3) John AV. AVright, h. Sept. 9, ISOT; d. July 15, 1890;
m. March 16, 1876, to Mary Mullen, b. July 19, 1834, a dan.
of AVilliam and Jane (Crone) Mullen.
(4) Henry Boehm AVright, b. May 16, 1810; d. Dec. 7,
1893; m. Eeb. 26, 1839, "to (^itharinc Xevling, a dan. of
Adam and Edith A^audm, b. Jan. 9, 1815. Their children
are;
148 KAGY BELATIOXSHIP.
1. Edith A., b. Jan. ;JU, l.'^lU; J. Sept. 14, 1884; in. Jan. 1^
1863, to John Wertz.
2. Mary J. P... h. Pee. 2. 1841, nnni.
3. AViliiani M.. h. April 0, 1845; cL Dee. 11, 1871, num.
4. Martha I... 1>. Oet. 2<;, 1852; m. Sept. 11, 1878. to the
Rev. E. P. Campbell, b. Aug. 17. 1849, d. Jan. 21, 1880, sou
of James W. and ^larv (Peuniugtou) Campbell.
5. Luella Clark, b. '.Tnlv 27, 1800; d. Dee. 18, 187<'..
Children of John Wertz and Edith A. W right are:
Mayberrv, Ilarrv Boehm; Katharine Lee, b. Sept. 24, 1867,.
graduate Millersville Xormal School, now teaching; Cora, b.
June 1, 186!t: d. :\Iarch 3, 1892; John AVright; Edith Boyu-
ton, b. Oct. 27, 1873. ^Nfary and Ai, twins. Paul and Ethel^
twins. Mattie. The last-named five are dead.
Children of Rev. K. P. Campbell and ^Martha I.. Wright:
John F. Hui-st Campbell, b. Aug. 15, 1879.
Children of Asbury AV. and ^fartha (Atkins) Hall are:
Charles A. Hall. b. Aug. 23, 1885; Lela :\rarv, b. Feb. 5,
1889.
Children of Kirk M. and Laura (Atkins) Hallowell are:
:\rary E. Hallowell, b. July 8, 1887; Bertha O. Halbnvell,
b. Jnlv 26, 1889.
■ J
Children of Cassius ^1. and Xellie (Atkins) Brattain are:
Carrie L. Brattain. b. July 31, 1887; Lester H. Brattain, b.
Julv 16, 1889.
5. Eliza Ann Wright, b. Oct. 19, 1815: d. Dec. 24, 1864;
m. Dec. 25, 1838, to Rev. Jos. S. Lee, sou of the Rev. Timothy
Lee. (1) Asbury Wright Lee, lawyer in Clearfield Co., Pa.,
b. May 14, 1841. m. Jan. 6. 1885, to Lillian Coodfellow, d.
Mav 29, 1892; (2) Rosevel Bartram Lee, b. Au^-. 16, 1845.
KAGY RELATIOXSHIP.
14U
d. Oct. .s, llMil), iniiu.; (o) Willetta C. Lee, 1). April V>, 1840,
m. Eev. A. D. McCloskev, Marcli 0, 1875.
Cliildivu of Aslmrv Wi'iulit Lee and Lillian Goodfellow are:
:\Lary E. Lee, 1). Oct. 25, 1885; Lillian Lartrani Lee,
1). Dec! 21, 1890; Asbnry AV right Lee, L. Feb. 2(3, 1802.
Children of the l!ev. A. D. McOloskey and Willetta C. Lee
are:
]\[arv Lee McC'loskev, h. -Tan. IT, 187G.
C'liildren of Levert S. and Cora (Patterson) Wright are:
Byron Stanton AVright, h. Dec. 4, 1888; Florence Louisa
AVriiihr. 1). Alnn-h :](). 1801.
Children of Roland and Carrie (Lyons) AVright are:
Daisy AVright, h. Alav 1, 1889; (Veil AV. AVriuht, h. Xov.
3, 1891.
Children of AVilliani Jl. and Kate (Dewalt) AVright are:
John Bartrani AVright, L. ^lawh 12, IS.sO; Jennie R.
AVria-ht. li. Feh. 25, 1802.
(2) CATHARIXE, the second daughter of Abraham
Keagy, the third son of Al)raham the "beloved son," was born
Xov. 10, 1783, in Lancaster Co., Pa., and married Benjamin
Hershey, Xov. 29, 1803. Idiey lived on the Potomac River
for some years and it is said owned mills there; then moved to
the AA^est, and nothing more is known of them or their de-
scendants. They had two sons and three daughters.
Note.— The compiler of the Keagy History wishes here to ac-
knowledge his indebtedness to Thomas C. Wright, Esq., of Millers-
ville. Lancaster county, Pa., for much valuable data furnished, prin-
cipally of my grandfather's sisters.
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KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
(3) MARTIX BOEIBt KEAGY, Si-., was m., Get. 29,
181(), to Elizabeth Wright Thomas, who was h. Get. 31, 1795.
Their chikh-eii are: Barbara Aim, 1). Xov. 18, 1817, d. Jan.
14, 1832; Abraham Staymaii, b. April 28, 1819; Elizabeth
AVright, b. June 24, 1821 ; AVilliam Wright, b. Xov. 8, 1824;
John Bartram, b. ]\rarch 4, ls27; jMary AValker, b. Eeb. 4,
1830; Catharine Adaline, b. Get. 30, 1832. Martin Boehm
Keagy, d. Eeb. 5, 1847; his wife d. Sept. 2, 1835, in Chimber-
land Co., Pa., near Carlisle; John B. Wright and his father
d. ill Monroe Co., 111.; he moved from (dearfield Co., Pa., to
Illinois after the year 1835. .Vll of ]\lartiii Boeliin Keagy's
children living — except M. B. Keagy, Jr.- — arc living in Bli-
nois; tlic lattei- is now (18!>S) in , Oklaliouui.
1. Abraham Staynian Keagy, ni. Sc])t. 19, 1844, Martha
Winter, b. . Their chiklren are, by tliis marriage: (1)
Martin Boehm, b. Sept. 30, 1845; (2) :\Iaria Jane, b. May 22,
1848; .Tames Grvel. 1). .bin. 15, 1851 (dead).
1. ]Mai'liii Uiielim Keagy, Jr., m.. Get. 1<, 1S(;7, Rebecca
Ann Hamilton, b. Get. 20, 1849. Their children are: Ida, b.
Get. 12, 1868; Anra Stayman, b. April 15, 1871; Ava, 1).
Ang. 14, 1874, and Ptoy Linii, b. April 29. 1890.
2. Maria Jane Keagy, m. liobt. E. Cann, Eeb. 11, 1868.
The second wife, Emily Ann Glasgow, b. ; m. .Tan.
15, 1856. Their children are:
Ai Gphra, b. Jan. 21, 1861.
la Grfa, b. Sept. 20, 1862 (dead).
Dama Ann, b. April 20, 1864.
Ami Ida, b. April 22, 1866.
Ira S., b. Jnne 3, 1868.
Abraham Stayman Keagy, d. May 25, 1871.
Martha Keagy (nee Winter), d. Sept. 9, 1854.
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Ira S. Keaoy, m. ]\Iaivli 2, \S\)-2, at Alacoii, 111., t(» Maiy
Effie Johnston, h. Fch. 1:>, 1809, near Utica, Ohio. To them
Avas horn a son, Ahrahani Eenel, July 7, 1893. Resides at
Decatnr, 111.
Ami Ida Keag'v, ni. Lel)0 -y— . Reside at Macon, 111.
Dama Ann and .\i ()r])hra arc single and reside with their
mother.
AVilliani Wright Keagy, 1>. X(»v. 8, 1824, m., May 10,
185,"), ()li\e Marietta Sampson, 1). ^farcli 18, 1835; d. .
Thcii' children arc:
[i) L'r Keagy, h. Feb. (J, 1850; (2) Aaron S., b. Sept. 4,
1858. Ur Keagy, m. Sept. 1, 1879; wxMit West and his pres-
ent residence is now not known to his friends (1898).
(2) William Wright Keagy, d. Mai-ch 21, 1801; was b. at
Mechanicsbnrg, Pa.
2d. Aaron S. Keagy, m., .Tnnc 12, 1881-, Jennie P. Prick,
b. flan. 17, 1807. Lives at Lichheld, ^lonroe Co., 111. Aaron
S. Keagy, h. Sept. 4, 1858, and lives on the home farm. Car-
penter by trade. His children are:
Kitt William Kea-v, h. A])ril 30, 1885.
Olive Emily Keagy, b. Jnne 8, 1887.
Aaron Herbert Keagy, b. Oct. 4, 1888; d. -Ian. 23, 1891.
Hannah ^Nfar}' Keagy, b. Jnne 3, 1890.
Ur :\rartin Keagy, b. Jnne 13, 1892.
John Cecil Keagy, b. Oct. 28, 1895.
Catharine Adaline Keagy, m., -Ian. 25. 1855, to Morillo
Camron Glasgow, b. Jan. 25, 1833. Their children are:
1. Isabelle Isadora, b. Feb. 27, 1857.
2. Hester Caladona, b. Dec. 20, 1858.
3. Alice Lnella, b. March 21, 1801.
4. Emily Izora, b. :N"ov. 1, 1805.
Emily Izora, d. Ang. 14, 1800.
Catharine Adaline Glasgow, d. Jnly 10, 1803 or 4.
152 KAGY HELATIOXSHIP.
Tsabell Isadora ni. Jacobs.
Hester Caladoiia m. and lias one child.
Barliai'a Aim ivcaav d. single.
Mlizahctli \Vrii>lit Keagy d. single.
.loliii jjartram Keagy d. single in Monroe Co., 111.
.Mary Walker Keagy. d. single. ( 'iiildreii of Martin B.
Keagy, Sr., and Elizalietli Wright Thomas.
This comi)letes the I'eeovd of ^^artin lioehni Keagy's family
and descendants.
(4thj .\1AK\ KKA(iV, the fonrth ehild and third dangh-
ter of Abraham Keagy, married to Samnel Walker at New
Cattle, Del., Dec. 14,' 1813. They ivmoved to Missonri,
Avliere she died. XotliinP' is known of their descendants.
(5th) AimAITAM STOXEK KEACV was m. Feb. 1, or
5, 1825, to Elizabeth Shotf, h. Dee. 17, 1800; d. .Inly 2:;, 18s2.
He was a nnller hy trade: moved with his father to ( 'leartield
Co.. Pa., in 1815. .Vfter his father's death he moved in 1825
on the old homestead one mile beloAv Glen Hope, where he re-
mained nntil he died in 185G, Jnly IGth, after a lingering ill-
ness of three years. He was one of the fonnders of the
]M. E. Chnrch in Clearfield Co., Pa., and a deyoted Christian
man. He is Iniried in ''Keagy's" hnrying ground near (Jlen
Hope; was b. in Lancaster Co., Pa. His children are as fol-
lows :
Barbara Ann Keagy, b. Xoy. 15, 1825.
Snsan Eliza Keagy, b. April 27, 1827.
Samuel AValker Keagy, b. Oct. 23, 1828; d. Xoy. 7, 18(12.
Mary Matilda Keagy, "l>- Jnly 1, 1830. ' t •
Eebecca Keagy, b.\Tuly 1830; d. April 27, 1863. ) ''""'
Sarah ShoiT Keagy, b. March 9, 1832; d. Feb. K), ~|
1881. [> twins.
Catharine Hersey Keagy, b. Mareh 0, 1832. j
Eannv Keae:v. b. Mav 16, 1834.
KAGY RELATIONSHIP. 153
hme Glasgow Keagy, b. April IT), lb;jG. "|
^lartlia Keagy, b.April 15, 183G; d. May 16, twii
]\Iartlia Keagy, b. April 15, 183G; d. May 16, | twins.
1837. ' ^ }
Adametta Keagy, b. Feb. 21, 1830.
Sophia Sides Keagy, b. May IT, IS-tl; d. June 4, 1868.
Jiilet Letitia Keagy, b. May 1, 1845; d. May 2:!, 1845.
diristojdicr Joliii Keagy, 1). Oct. 25. 1S46.
1. Barbara ^Viiii Iveagy, in. Xov. 25, 1S45, Ahraliaiu
Beyer, and had ten children. Three are deceased. They live at
Mason City, Iowa (1880).
^Vbraliani Beyer, 1). Xov. 20, 1822. Their children are:
Elizabeth. l!.'Se])t. 15, 1846.
David, b. Oct. 24, 1848.
Abraham K. and ( 'liristena K., twins, 1). -Tnly 15, 1850.
Bebecca and Barbara Ann, twins, 1). dune 10, 1853.
:\rary Oatharinc, b. Oct. 14, 1855.
Henry Jabez, b. May 4, 1857; ni. ^Fandc Spickcrninn. Dec.
21, 1808.
Samuel Walker, b. ^May 15, 186,"); geologist.
John \'iiiton, b. jSTov. 28, 18(i7.
Elizabetli. iii. Wm. H. Jones, Oct. 20, 1873, and had one
child. Maggie May, I.. A].ril 2, 1877.
Ohristena, m. David AVilliams, Oct. 20, 1873, and had chib
dren: Edith Ann, 1). Aug., 1874; L-a Abraham, b. Dee. 24,
1876; Xancy May, b. Aug. 2, 1878; Mil.., b. Sept., 1882;
Earnest Clifford, b. Jan., 1802.
]\rarv Catharine, m. Thomas Yickerman, April, 1874.
Their cliildreu are Harrv Everet, b. ]\[ar(di, 1870; Charles, b.
1887.
Barl)ara Ann, m. George ^McBeod, ]\ray 10, 1876, and had
four children : ( Jertrnde Eudora, 1). Jan. 1870 ; Bebecea Elsie,
b. June, 1882; George Bur, b. Jnne, 1884; Elizabeth, b.
1887, and an infant, not yet named (1803, Ang. 11).
15-t • KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
Sanuiel AValkcr. m. Toiniie ^Morrison, June 22, 1893, and
resides at .Vnies, Iowa. In early life lie attended the common
schools in the vicinity of his home, and later <»n the hiah
school. In ISUl he entered tlie Johns Hopkins rniversity
in Baltimore, Md., and completed a course in geologic studies,
and was also a teacher in that institution during the same
time. In 1S95 he completed a geological report of the coun-
ties of Liiic((lii. Lyon, Xohle, Minnehaha and Rock, Iowa.
Fu June, 1807, he was appointed l)y the Governor of Iowa
to represent the Iowa geological survey and the State of
Iowa in the AVorld's (Geological Congress, which convened
at St. Petersl)urg, Russia, where he spent seven weeks in the
dominions of the Czar, and the remainder of the year, and up
to January 20, 1808, in (ici'mauy, the largest part of the time
in the city of ^Munich. ^Iv. Beyer is now (1808) a professor
in tlie State Ceologieal (\:)llege at .\nics, Iowa, as Professor of
Ceoloii'v and ]\Iineralo2:v.
David Beyer, 1). Oct. 24, 1818; d. May 15, 1865.
(2) Susan Eliza Keagy, m. July 24, 185(), to Samuel Ed-
monston, and had four children. Two are now dead (1808).
Reside at Glen Hope, Ck'arlield Co., Pa. The living are:
Walker Keagy, and ^Fary, who m. ^Fatthew P)h)oni and had
five children.
(3) ^lary Matilda Keagy, m. Dec. 14, 1848, to Jeremiah
Cooper, and had eleven children; four are dead. Reside at
Glen Hope, Clearfield Co., Pa. Israel, Abraham, Annie and
Harry are deceased. William and Vincent are unni. Thomas,
m. Etta Ilinkle and had three children ; Lewis, m. Belle Rum-
sey, and had three children; Xettie, m. R. O. Rex, is a widow
with two children: Ennna, m. E. A. Stiles, of Duquesne, Pa.;
John is also m., have four children, resides near Glen Hope,
Pa.
(4) Rebecca Keagy, ni. John Beyer, Eeb. 17, 1853, and
had five children: three are dead, viz., Olive, AVilliam and
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Eliza; Melissa, and Jcunie, wliu in. Lewis Irwin, and now re-
side in Smoke Run, Pa.
Miss (Lide) Eliza Beyer, d. Oct. IS or 1!), 1895.
(5) Sarah Shoil Keagy, m. Ang. 27, 1855, to James H.
Green and liad five children. She d. Eeb. 16, 1881. Abra-
ham T\., 1). Jnly 20, 1856; John Allen, h. Feb. 3, 1861; Walter
Elvin, \). Jnly 7, 1863; Harriet Irene, b. May 31, 1867;
Siisana Elizabeth, d. in childhood, Ang. 17, 1858; James H.
Green, d. Sept. 20, 1867.
Abraham Keagy Green, m. Emma Rex, Oct. 12, 1881, and
had eight children: Harris lioy, Geo. Rex, William Glair,
Les Iveagy, Viola ^lay, Rachel Irene, Emma Rnth, and Orrie
Alma.
John Allen Green, m. Margaret Baer, Eeb. 27, 1885, and
had two children, Harry, deceased, and Garrie Gwendola.
Walter Elvin Green, m. Alattie I^arret, Jan. 1, 1886, and
had five children: Sarah Enola, deceased; William Allen, A.
K., Ines Mav and Raymond.
(Ci.) Gathai'ine Ilershey Keagy, m. Eeb. 0, 1866, to Wil-
liam Dotts and had fonr children ; one dead. Reside at Glen
Hope, Pa. Garrie Keagy, Elizabeth M., Orrie 011a, and an
infant son. Garrie K., m. Silas Eranni])ton, April 20, 181J3,
and d. Xov. 19, 1891. Mrs. C^atharinc Ilershey Hotts, d. Oct.
6, 1894. Miss Orrie is single.
(7) Fanny Keagy, m. Sept. 15, 1853, to Samuel P. Strong
and had eleven children; two are dead; live at Berwinsdale,
Clearfield Go., Pa. Sarah E. Hanna, deceased; Joseph Wni.,
deceased; Evaline, deceased; Gharles, Susan, James, Harrie,
ChristojJier, Howard, deceased; Gatharine, Gurtis Linn.
Sarah E., m. A1>raham Eagler; the rest are single.
(8) Jane Glasgow Keagy, ni. Xov. 21, 1865, to Samuel
B. Linn and had five children ; two are dead ; lives near Shelby,
Iowa. The living are : Luella, Elizabeth and Samuel.
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KAGY KELATIONSHIP.
(10) Aclametta Keagy, m. May 12, 1859, Philip Tubbs and
liad nine cliildrcii; two are dead. licsidc at (Uen Hope, Clear-
field Co., Pa. Mrs. Tnbbs d. Feb. 3, 189(j. Ida, Lillie and
Lnella, twins; Walker, Mary, Sarah, George, deceased; Harry,
deceased, and Ruby. Ida ni. Irwin Garner and had seven
children; T.illie ni. James Garner and have eight children; Ln-
ella ni. \\ illianj Groom, ]\Iary m. -Joliu Joys and have six chil-
dren; (ieorge, Grace, Harry, ]>anra, Walker and Jemima;
Sarah m. Charles Wilson and have one son, Perrv.
(11) Sojdiia Sides Keagy, m. Jan. 14, 186G, to Wui. 1. AFnl-
len and had two children; one dead. Mrs. Mnllen d. Jnne 4,
18()8. Sopliia. (h'ceased; Kllen, who ni. ]). F. Bell, whose
children are J3essie K.. deceased, and Wm. ('lair.
(12) Christopher John Keagy, ni. Mandi 22, 1807, to
Snsaii I). KakestroAv. 1). Jan. 12, 1849, and have five children:
Cordelia, b. Mareh 21), 1:>()S, d. March 15, 1871; lizzie Jane,
b. Oct. 21), 18()!»; :\Iaggie O., b. Jnly 4, 1872; Wm. John, b.
Dec. 1, 1874; Iiol)b,y .May, b. April 15, 187(5. Reside at
Glen Hope, ClearH(dd' Co., Pa.
Lizzie Jane m. Joscjih Lear and have three children, viz.,
Keagy Bear, Susan I)., Margaret.
Maggie O., Wm. John and Pol'.by ^Fay are single at home.
(0) JOHN .MILLER KEAGY, M. D., was l.oni in Stras-
bnrg, Lancaster Co., Pa., Ang. 31, 1792, antl died in the city
of Philadel])hia, on the 13tli of Jannary, 1837, and is bnried
in "Laurel Hill cemetery," Philadel])liia, Pa. Owing to the
delicate constitution of the sidjject of those remarks he was de-
signed in early life for some one of tlu^ learned professions.
He was accordingly ]daced under the care of the ]trofessor of
languages in the University of Pennsylvania, with whom, on
account of his devotion to study, and his attainments, he was
a favorite pupil, and with whom he completed his classical
studies. In 1819 he published a series of articles in the "Bal-
timore Chronicle," which he reprinted at Harrisburg-, Pa., in
1824. Li 1827 he ]niblished his "Pestallozzian Primer" at
Harrisburg, Pa., a book made uj) largely of the more modern
KAGY RELATIONSHIP.
157
object lessons, but under the name of "Thinkinji' Lessons and
Lessons m Generalization. " In lSi>7 Dr. Keagy opened a
classical academy in llaiM'isLnru-, Pa., Avlicre new studies and
modes of instruction wci'c introduced, sucdi as tlie natural sci-
ences tano'lit orally in an excellent conversational style, for
there were no ]iroper Looks at that period. Besides being' a
classical scholar, the Doctor knew Hebrew, German and
French, lie was well informed in the ]nnnciples of mechanics,
and insisted that steam boilers should have more tire surface.
Had he been brought up as a nuichinist he would have in-
vented '"tubular boilers," he having constructed a copjier
model composed partly <if tubes. After some years of instruct-
ing at Harrisburg, Pa., he went to Philadelphia to take charge
of the "Friends' High ScdiooL' and wdiile there he was elected
classical professor at Di(d<inson ( 'ollcge at ( 'aidisle. Pa.
Shortly after completing his education at the L niversity of
Pennsylvania he was appointed professor of English literature
in "Asbui'y ( "ollege," Tjaltimore, Md. One of his pupils,
when tea(diin<i- at liarrisburs', Pa., was the late Prof. S. S.
Llaldenian, of Chickies, Lancaster Co., Pa., wdiose fame in a
scientitic and litei-ary respect is worldwide.
1 '1'. Keagy was (Iccjily and practically religious, a ^lethodist,
hut entirely free from the dcnioustrative and noisy character-
istics of this dcnouiination at that day. He had charitable feel-
ings toward all other denominations, and frequently attended
the C^atholic Ghui'ch, with those of his pupils of that faith,
where he conformed to the acts of the congregation, and taught
his pupils that politeness required such conformity when visit-
ing the churches of various denominations.
The various inipoi'tant relations which Dr. Keagy sustained
in the literary world, his former connection with the Asbury
(^ollege in Lialtimore, as one of the ])rofessors of that institu-
tion and for several years the efficient superintendent of
the ''House of Refuge," Philadelphia, his election to the
professorship of natural sciences in Dickinson C^ollege (which,
on account of failing health, he was conq^elled to decline) and
other situations, which he so advantageously occuj^ied, are suf-
ficiently illustrative of that intellectual worth which his schol-
astic attainments so justly merited.
158 - KAGY KELATIOXSHIP.
But it is not so ranch a literary as it is a religious testiuionv
Avhicli the writer wishes to bear to the character of Dr. Keagy.
His lofty attainments may excite our admiration, i)ut his moral
Avorth commands onr reverence, and calls for onr imitation.
Unman knowledge is not generally sanctifying; it is too often
pollnting — and there is a knowledge of Christ, too, which does
not destroy either the gnilt or ])ower of sin, and which leaves
ns in donbt and nncertainty as to the fa\-or of the reconciled
(lod, hnt in the case of Dr. Keagy the "knowledge whicli
]»nifctli n])" was overruled Ity that which is divine, and whitdi
ciidni'cth unto everlasting life. At the age of fifteen he be-
came a partakei- of the "(Irace of God which hringeth salva-
tion," and atta(di(>d himself to the ^lethodist Episcopal
Chnrcdi, of whicdi he contiiinod a worthy and devoted member
nntil the day of his deatli.
(deaving to the Savioi', on wliom he had believed with full
])Ui'])ose of heart, he continue(l to adorn his })rofession and to
study iu the school of Christ, those lessons of grace, wdiicli his
whoh' life (h'chire(l he had learned in faith, love and obedience.
He was always ready to do good, and seldom, except when it
became too obvious to mistake, inclined to believe evil of anv
one. He was geuth'uiauly iu his habits and manners, and
never allowed prejudice, ])assion or envy to disturb the seren-
ity of his welbbalnnced mind. In private and domestic life es-
pecially did he exhibit the virtues and graces of the Christian
temper. He was an atfectionate and kind husband, father and
friend, lie died as he lived, in peace with all mankind, and
as we have a strone" assurance in favor of Cod, through the
merits of his Son Jesus Christ, u])on whom he rested all his
hopes of salvation.
A few days before his death, a friend being alone with him,
in conversation asked liim whether he still considered the
Scriptures of the Old and the Xew Testaments as the word of
God, and could rely upon its promises now, as he used to do.
His ready answer was, "I do, I do. The Bible is the book of
books, the book of God. The more I read it the more I feel
its influence and am delighted with the suldimitv of its stvle.
KAGY RELATIOXSIITP.
159
111 its addivss to deiiciienitc' man it is the least artificial, tlie
most simple, and understands the secret springs of the Imuian
heart infinitely better than any book that has ever been writ-
ten. In the perusal of ])rof'ane authoi-s. I liave often been
struck Avith their strained efforts at sublimity. When they are
contrasted Avitli the writings of the Scriptures, the grandeur,
majesty and authority with wliicli tliey speak, leaving the
finest of the profane authors at an immense distance, I am con-
strained to say that the Bible is of divine origin; that its writ-
ers could never have received those maxims and ])recepts by
mere sjjeculation and abstract thinking; else some, at K'ast, of
the Greeks and Itomans wonhl have written in the same strain
as did Moses, I)a\id. Isaiah and other of the Jewish poets and
writers.
In the best specimens of ancient writings that have de-
scended to lis we find nothing coin])ared to the sentiments, lan-
guage and morals of the Scriptures. If they did not every-
where reprove man for his transgressions and place them be-
fore his face as if in a mirror, so as to check his madness and
alarm his conscience, by warning him of his ini(piity, and
threateinng him of a coming jiidgment, they would be prized
above all ]>i-ice as the most remarkable relic of antiquity, as
the most grand and suhlimc of all coiii])ositioiis, by every class
of mankind."
''In the triiim])hs of such a faith, leading to a review of the
evidences of our lioly religion, and of the immortality which
those evidences touch. Dr. Keagy entered into rest, leaving an
estimalile widow and several children, with many friends, to
monni their loss."
In the example of Dr. Keagy there was much to imitate,
and little to shun. ''Mark the perfect man. and behold the
upright, for the end of that man is peace."
(Contributed by the Rev. Dr. Samuel Kepler, of the I'alti-
more Conference, ]\retliodist K])isfopal Church, South, Alnniiu
of Asbury College.)
Philadelphia, Pa., 1837.
Dr. John Miller Keagy, m. Miss Kelen ]\I. Ilulings, of Lew-
istown, Miiflin ( 'o., Pa. They had three children, viz : Thomas,
lliO KAGY BELATIOXSHIP.
.1. Keaoy, 1). alioiit ls;U: Ellen Keagv, b. aLout 1832; Re-
becca Keaev, h. 1S3().
1. Thomas J. Keaii'v, never in.; lie was an invalid lor vears,
and spent most ol liis time in the reading room in the public
libraries in Baltimore City. lie d. alxmt two years ago (18SG)
in IJaltimore City, at the home of his sister, ^Irs. llebecca Mc-
Plieeters.
2. Ellen Keauy, d. , in her yoniig and beautiful
womanhofid, ver\- suddenly of heart disease, at the home of
Dr. d. 15. Ard, in Lewistown, Pa.
After the death (d' Di'. John Miller Iveagy, his widow m.
l^r. J. n. Ard, of Lewistown, who was a widower with a son
anil grandchildren, who itdierited most of his large fortune.
Airs. Helen Al. .Vi'd d. in Hahiniore City Tune 21, 1880; is
buried by the side of her Hrst husband in Eaurel Hill cemetery^
Philadeliihia, Pa., aacd about 74 or 7.") v.
0. Rebecca Keagy, b. about ls;](;, was m. to Mr. J. G. Mc-
Pheeters, of St. Louis, Alo., in the winter of IN,")!. The fruits
of this union are two daughters:
1. Ella AfcPheeters, b ; is unm., and is now (1888)
in Europe with her sister, ]\rrs. Elorence Padelford.
2. Florence McPheeters, 1). ; m. Edward M. Padel-
ford, of Georgia, a gentleman of large wealth, d hey have one
ehild. Airs. Padelford and her sister, Ella McPheeters, are
now (1888) in Europe, where they spend most of their time.
At this time (1888, March !tth,') they are at Pan, France.
Mrs. Rebecca McPheeters (nee Keagy) inherited from her
father a love for languages and classics and was a woman of
more than ordinary intelligence and acquirements. She de-
voted much of hei time to the culture and training of her
children, and with the assistance of competent masters, they
were educated by herself — neither of them ever was in a
school room save at home, hence they grew up accomplished
girls, and like Job's daughters, it was said of them, "There were
none more beautiful in all the land." Her husband, Air. J. G.
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161
MePlieeters, was a brother of the Kev. Saiiniol B. McPlieeters,
pastor of the I^iiie Street Presbyterian Church, in St. Louis
in 1851 to 18i'.l, lioth being sons of the Ilev. Dr. William .Mc-
Pheeters, of lialeigh, X. C. The IVIcPheeters fauiilv arc of
tlie highest respeetabilitv, and of the most culturiMl and re-
fined to be found in this country.
]\lrs. Rebecca- ( Keagy) ^IcPheeters died (piitc suddenly at
Xewport, P. I., Ang. i^T, ISSi;, where she had gone to siK-nd
the snnnnei' months.
(7) Eliza Lavina Keagy, m. in IS 17, to Abraham Stayman,
of Carlisle, Pa. They were married at her father's home near
Glen IToiie, Clearfield Co., Pa., and settled near Carlisle, Pa.;
lived there a number of years and then moved to Baltimore,
Md., where she died. They had three sons and fonr daugh-
ters.
-bihn Keagy Stayman, the eldest son, was born about 1818,
and \vas highly educated. He was a professor in the Dick-
inson ('ollege at ('arlish', Pa., for many years, lie died July
4, 1888.
Jacob A. Stayman, b. —
Susan T^. Stayman, b. —
Elizabeth A. Stavman, 1
A. Eletcher Stayman, b. ; d. , 1887.
Catharine E. Stayman, 1). .
Jacob A. Stayman is in tlie mnsical instrnment business in
Baltimore, AM.
(8) Adam Litzenhorg Ivc^agy was a graduate of a medical
college at Baltimore, ]\rd. Shortly after his graduation the
cholera broke out as an e])idennc in Xew Orleans. There was
a call foi- physicians and Dr. Keagy offered his services and
gave his time and services gratuitous until the scourge had dis-
appeared in that city to make its appearance at Jackson, Miss.,
followed by an e])i(lemic of yellow fever in 1832. Prompted
by the noblest philanthro])y, and fearing nothing, not even
death oi- disease in the discharge of a solenm duty, he labored
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102 KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
(lay and night, unreinittingly exercising liis skill to Lalile the
dread disease, and alleviating snft'ering, his oidy reward the
consciousness of duty done. As soon as the scourge subsided
in one place, onlv to appear in another, we find him hastening
to that, where lie labored unceasiugiv, and at last he himself
fall> a victim to the dread disease, going down to death in the
iirime and glorv of voung manhood, beloved and lamented bv
all who knew him. (Jladly would his friends have brought
his liody back to his native State for luirial among his kindred,
but that could not l)e on account of the nature of the disease
tliat tei'minate<l his life. In au uidoiown grave ou the banks
of the majestic ^lississipju he slee])s the dreandess slee]) of the
dead, leaving behind him a meuiorv fragrant with all the vir-
tues that adorn human nature. One cannot help but wonder
what tlu> noonday splendor would be of such a man. whose
early morning was so noble, so self-sacrificing, so good. Dr.
Keagy was highly cdncatcnl and jiossessed poetic talent of a
high order, and had he li\-ed woidd no doubt have acquired
medical and litcrai'\' fame.
RrDOLPII KEAGY, 4th son of Abraham, the beloved son
of Ilanse, m. Klizabeth Miller, b. iTtlO, and d. In-M ; m. about
ITST). He d. Aug. 5, 1815. Their children are:
1. Jacob T\eagv. 1). ]\rarcli 10, l7S(i; d. in Lykens Valley,
1S7l'.
2. John Keagy, b. April 1, I7s!l; d. Aiarch I'l, isli).
;]. Kudolph Keagy, b. July 3, 1704: d. June 17, 18G6. His
wife dying, he m. the second time, Esther Bowman, a first
cousin (d" the late -losepli TJowman, of Strasburg, Lancaster
Co., Pa. Their children are:
4. Henry Keagy, b. Jan. 26, 1800.
5. Abraham Keagy, b. Eeb. 0, 1802.
(i. Isaac Keagy, b. 'May 14, 1804.
7. Levi Keagy, b. .May 27, 180G; d. Jan. ;]1. 1S2."').
8. Anna Keagy, b. Sept. 22, 1800.
(1) Jacob Keagy was b. near Strasburg. Lancaster Co., Pa.,
and was ni. to Elizabeth Fronk, b. at the same place Oct. 1"^,
1702: m. :\Ln-ch 24, 1811.
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Klizabt'tli Fj'uiik Keaiiv d. iu Lvkeus X'alk'y in spring' of
1873, aged 82.
Their children are:
1. Catharine Keagy, li. ^Tareh 20, 1812, in Lancaster Co.,
Pa.
2. Sarah Keagy, h. April 16, 1814, in Lancaster Co., Pa.
3. John Keagv, h. Dec. 11. 1817, in Jvvkens Valley.
4. Henry Keaoy h. ; d. aged 6 or 7 v.
5. Susannah Keagy, h. ; d. , aged 0 or 7 j.
1. ( 'atharine, ni. .lolin Miller, 1). Nov. ('>, 18U8, and resided
at Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa., ni. in 1832 and had live children:
1. Polly, b. Jnly 10, 1833.
2. Elizal)eth, h." .
3. dohn IL, b. .
4. C^atharine, b. Ang. 7, 1839.
5. Geo. \V., b. Sept. 24, 1846.
Catharine, d. Xov. 23, 1870.
John ]\Iiller, d. April 12, 1880.
J*(»lly :\Iiller, ni. Samuel Dilhnan, May 12, 1850, and had
children. She d. in 1864. Pesided near Lykens, Dau-
phin Co., Pa.
Elizabeth Miller, b. , 1835, ni. Jnu. llenkel.
John H. Miller, 1). .
Catharine Miller, b. Aug. 7, 1830, m. Samuel Dillman,
March 18, 1866.
George AV. Miller, b. Sept. 24, 1846, m. Harriet Sheely.
Geo. W. :\Liller, d. April 5, 1878, aged 31 y., 6 m. and 11 d.
(•2) Sarah Keagy, b. April 16, 1814; m. to Jacob Aliller
about 1838; resided near Lykens, Dauphin Co., Pa. Sarah
Keagy d. Oct. 28, 1896. Their children are:
1. Mary A. C, b. Jan. 18, 1839.
2. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 26, 1840.
3. John W., b. Aug. 24, 1844.
4. Benjanun, b. June 2,1847-8.
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5. Aiii:ni(l:i, 1). Oct. l."!, 1S5().
0. Levi, 1). Ajiril ;J0, isr),").
Jacdl) .Miller was \>. April IC), ISIG, and d. Septt'iulicr 2<i^
1892.
1. .Mary A. C, m. ( 'lii'isTiaii (i. (lood about isdO.
2. Elizabeth, m. Harrison 11. Kcpnci'. March <'». 1S70.
•"). John W., HI. Annie Jackson, Xov. 1^ 1874.
4. Jieiijaniin, ni. Mari>aret (hinder, Dec. 18, 1875.
5. Amanda, m. ( 'onrad Z. Iials'cr.
G. LeA'i, nnni.
(.'5) John Keaiiy, l>. I )<'«'. 11, 1M7; ni. Rel)ecca Lnken-
baiigh, who Avas b. in \'ork ('(»., I^i., in ]S20, and d. about
185!», lu'ar Lykcus, |)au|)hin ( 'o., I*a. Married about 1839.
Their child I'cn ai'c :
1 . Willie: <l. iu infancy.
■J. Win. A. K'caoy. 1.. April ■2:>, 1841.
•">. Jacob J^. Kea^ii'V, b. -Ian. 10, 1S47.
4. Lizzie Keai>-v, I). Ana-. 24, lsr)2.
!Mrs. Rebecca Xeagv d. in the ycai- 1839, and John Kea2,y
m. ]\rollie WandroAv in May, 187<i. John Keagy d. July 24,
1895. Second wife d. Feb. 19, 1895.
AVni. A. Keagy, b. near Killinger, Dauphin Co., Pa., m.
^'ov. IG, 18G2, to Sarah E. Jackson, b. June 2N, 1844. Their
chiklren are: Emma Jane, b. A]n-il 13, 18G4, d. Oct. 8, 1875;
John Eranklin, b. Jnly 3, 18G5, m. ; William Harrison, b.
Oct. 9, 18GG, d. Jan. 11, 1 SG7; Rebecca Wilhebnina, b. March
7, 18G8: m. to R. P. Lilly , and had one son, d. in chil
hood. Mr. Lilly went to Paris, Erance, in 1896, and died witl
a fever. His widow resides in Philad(d])hia, Pa. John
Eranklin resides at Roanoke, Xi\. Mr. Wni. A. Keagy en-
listed in the 7th Pa. Volunteers ^lay 21. 1861, for 3 years or
during the war. He Avas wounded in the left leg at the battle
of Drainville, Va., on the 21st of Dec, 1861; was in the en-
gagements at AVilliamston, Va., and at White House Landing,
Mechanicsburg, Gaines ]\rills, and ( 'harles ('ity Cross Roads
June 30, 18(52, where he received a gunshot wonnd iu his
right hantl, and was honorably discharged Sept. 27, 1862.
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Rudolph Keagy.
ItHE new YORK]
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
A8TOR, Lenox AND
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KAGY KELATIOXSlill'. ^^>^
,l;ic<il) I.. l\c;iay, 1». 'Tan. 10, IS-l-T, near Killinger, J'a.; ui.,
Oct. :]1, lS(i7, to Kiiiuia Jane K(»])]i('iilicti'ei', h. Aug. 14,
1845. Is now (1S98) living at Clavton, Delaware, and has
three children: A. AVatson Keagv, b. ^^ov. L^S, 1868; J. Ar-
thnr K. Keagy, h. -inly 4, ISTO; Mai'tiu Lntlicr Keagv, b.
Sei)t. :-'0, IST.").
1. .Vlexantler Walsini Keagy was b. near Jvilliiiger, Dau-
jihiii Co., Pa., and ni., Oct. 2^3, 1890, to Xettie II. Wert, of
IJirdsboro, Ta., who was b. Sept. 2i», 1874. Their cbilihvn
are: Kdith St. Clair Keagy, b. dnly Ki, IsDl'; Alma Florence
Keaffv, b. Oct. 2, 1893; Harold Lauiont Keau'v, b. Alav 7,
1895. Resides in Xew Yoi'h City.
■2. -lohn Artlmr Krasnins Keagy, b. .Inly 4, 1n70, and m.
To .Miss Lelia (irace liichards, of jSTew York State, in bs'.'o,
and who d. A])ril 2(i, 1894, leaving one child, Lelia, b. April
15, 1894. Ilesides in Xew York (^ity.
3. ]\Iartiu Lnther Keagy, b. Sept. 20, 1S75, is nnni. He-
sides in l^GVJ York Citv.
Elizabeth Iveao'v, the youngest diild and onlv dan. of John
and Rebecca (Lnkenbangh) Keagy, ni. , to B. F. Rickert,
of Tusseyville, Centre Co., Pa., where she d. Dec. 10, 1887,
leaving three children.
John Keagy, the 2d son of ltndol])li, b. A])ril 1, 1789, and
d. March 24, 1819. lie was feebleminded from bii'th to tbe
time of his death.
RTTDOLPII KEAGY, the 3d son of Rndolph Keagy, was b.
July 3, 1794, in Lancaster Co., Pa., and was m. ahont the year
1823-4 to Sarah Jane Douglass, who was the dan. of a Revoln-
tionary soldier, and a descendant of the royal house of Doug-
lass, of Scotland. The stately manners and refined de]iort-
ment of this family woidd lead one to l)elieve that they were
of high born parentage. Idie issue of this marriage was two
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sons: Isaac, 1). aliout tlic year 1824-5, and Joriauiali, a twin
brother, d. in infancy.
Sarah (l)oni>hiss) Keagy d. ahout the year 1S2(). Ilndolph
Keao'Y ni., Jan. 15, 1S;>2, to Sarah Sweitzer, the (hiu. of Peter
Sweitzer, of the Marsh, near AVaynesboro, Franklin Co., Pa.,
■who was b. -Tnly 15, 1801». Tlie issne of this union was
twelve cliil(h-('n, viz.: (1) died in infancy; (2) JNIary Ann,
b. .March 17, 18:54; (:)) Ilndolph, 1). Jnne 10," is;'.!'.;
(4) Franklin, b. Sept. 80, 18;}T;(5) Flenry, b. dan. 1». 18:50;
(C) George AV.. b. Jan. 15, 1840; (7) Flizal)eth, d. in in-
fancy; (8) Snsan, d. in infancy; (0) AnnuKhi, d. in (diildhood;
(10) d. in infancy, niinanie(l; (11) d. in infancy, unnamed;
(12) Abraliani, \>. Jnne 10, 1850.
Sarah ( Keagy) Sweitzer d. March 25, 1S55, in Mercers-
bui'g. Pa.
Pudojpli Kcagv (b at the home of his son, Geo. W. Keagy,
on the 17tli day of Jnne, ISlii;, and both are bui'ied at Aft.
Zifiii (diui'cdi, in (^)nincy township, Frankbn Co., Pa.
Isaac Keagy, after the death of his mother, was taken by his
mother's sister, his Aunt Maiw Jane Douglass, who cared for
him in childhootl and ycnith, autl also educated him, and when
he grew n]) to manhood and married, she made her home with
him (luring his litV' time. Gases are extremely rai'e wdiere a fos-
ter mother will manifest the' care and solicitude that this
mother did. An unusual affection existed between them that
only death could sunder. Isaac Keagy became a printei' ami
for years was the foreman of the ''Penna. Telegrai)h," ])ub-
lished at Ilarrisbnrg, Pa., then owned by ArcXiuley cV' Les-
cure, who were also the State ]^rinters at that time, lie also
had a job othce of his own, where he did a great deal of fancy,
fine work, for which he had earned an enviable repntation. He
was rehne(l in his manners, courteous, sociable and obliging,
and was held in high esteem by all who knew him. Fie was a
tine singer, and took part in an entertainment in Hari'isbnrg
under the world renowmed Jenny Find.
In the year 1848, Sept. 28, he m. Sarah Jane Daugherty,
of Ilarrisburo', Pa., a hidv of refined manner and excellent
KAGY KELATIOXSHir. 1^)9
ciidowinciits of iiiiiid ;ni(l lioart. After two vrai'^ and four
luontlis of liapiiy wedded life, lie d. .Ian. (i, 1851, lea\ina- one
(diild, Emma, seA'oii months old, who when she was in her six-
teenth year, m. Mr. Wilson Uingde, a locomotixc engineer,
who has heen in the eni|ilo_vment of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Co. for 44 years, whieh fnlly establishes his repntation as an
engineer, and liis cliaraeter as a trusty, reliable man. ^Mr.
Kingle's home is at Derry Station, P. R. R., in AVestmoreland
Co., Pa. Phe issne of this marriage, made Ang. 12, 1807, is
as follows:
Calvin Panl Ringle, b. July 1, 18(;ii; d. Ang. li', IM'i'.
William Wilson Pingle, h. May 27, 1S72.
Edward McConnell llingle, b. -Iidy 10, 1874.
Alliert Keagy Pingle, b. ^May l!», 1.^77: d. dan. 1>, 18S0.
Pobert Pranklin Pingle, b. Jnly 14, iss.").
Sarah Aliee Pingle, b. Pec. 21. 18,ss.
Claire Panline Pingle, 1.. duly S, psiKj.
Tn , 1855, ]\Irs. Iveagy m. her second Inishand, Wil-
liam Royden, who was h. in England, in sound of the "Pow-
Bells," Xov. 18, 1812. He Avas the only son of an only son.
In Iris eleventh year he was sent to a collegiate school wdiere
he remained until his nineteenth year. His mother d. when
he was 12 years old. After leaving s(diool he and a school
mate resolved to come to America, of Avliich they had heard
and read so mnch. This ste]) his father opposed, but in a
short time he found a way and the o])porttniity to go, and in
due time landed in Xew^ York City, and had a good time as
long as his money lasted. He then apprentieed himself to
learn jiattern making and millwrighting. lie finally located
in Peading, Pa., and starte«l a nuudiine slio]). He was first m.
to a ]\[iss Rose Devlin, by wdiom he had hve (diildren. The
two youngest ones and the wife and mother d. in 18:57. About
this time a great flood swept all his property away. He then
went to Harrisburg, Pa., and began life anew, wdu-re he met,
m after years, the widow of Isaac Keagy, to wdiom he was m.
m 1855, by the Pe^ . Charles Hay. The issue of this imion
was three dnldren, viz: George Albert, b. Jidy 18, 185G, in
ITO KAGT KELATIOXSHir.
the city of Altooiia, Pa.; Margan^tta Alice, b. April 18, 1859;
Benjamin Franklin, 1). Jan. ]0, 1867.
George Albert Boyden, b. Jnly 18, 185G, at Altoona, Pa.;
ni., Oct. 2, t88(i, t(» Harriet Virginia Galloway, ^y]\o was 1). in
Baltimore Gity, Md., ( )ct. i', 1857, and has fonr children, viz:
Beatrice Virginia, b. Ai)ril 25, 1887; George Albert, b. Dec.
15, 1889; Donald Galloway, b. Ang. 19, 1892; a son b. April
2(1, 1895, not named at this date (1898).
]Mr. (icorge A. Doydcn's early life was spent in attending
the pul»Hc s(di()ols in Altoona, Pa. Afterwards attended St.
Francis ('ollege at Loretto, P;i. AVliilc still in his teens he
served an a])])renticeship at ])att('i'ii making, and in the foun-
dry and machine shops, in Altoona, and titted himself for a
mechanical engineer and architect, wliicli ])r()fessi(>ns he
studied.
He became intercsTeil in patents, anil stndied the Patent
Laws, and practiced before the V. S. Patent Othce for several
years. His health failing in this bn>iness from too (dose con-
finement, he (piit it and tni'nei] his atti'ntion to the invention
of air brakes for raih-oad ear>, an<l is the inventor of the Avell-
known and highly meritorions brake which bears his name,
and the rival of the Westinghonse air brake. .Mr. l]oyden is
the ]n'esident of the ]>oyden Power lirake Co., J^altimore,
Aid., and is actively engaged in the manufacture of the same,
and has thus far successfully rendered void all the efforts of
the AYestinghouse xVir Brake Go. to show that his device is an
infringement u])on theirs. The issue involves millions of dol-
lars. Becently the last and highest conrt has sustained Mr.
Boyden's claims.
Margaretta Alice Boyden, m.. :\ray 9. 1888, to Robert Gib-
son, b. March 16, 1863. Had one child, d in infancy.
Robert Gibson is a locomotive engineer, running on the
Shenandoah Valley road. Resides at Hagerstown, Md.,
(1898). Mrs. Sarah Jane flveagy) Boyden resides with her
son-in-law, Robert Gibson, at HagerstoAvn. Md.
Benjamin Franklin Boyden is a mechanical engineer and
draughtsnnin. no>v in the i-mploy of the iMiyden Brake Go., at
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171
Baltimore Citv, .Md.; is umn. at this date (18'J8). He was
b. at Altoona, JPa., Jan. 19, 1867.
Mary Keagv, the eldest child of Rudolph Keagy and Sarah
(Switzer) Keagy, in. J<»lni L. Metcalfe Se]it. 18, 1S53, who was
b. ill England Jan. S, 1881, and came with his father's family
to America in his early hoyhood, and settled in the ''Corner,"
southwest of Mercersburg, Pa., about 7 miles. When he ar-
rived at the ]iro]ier age he ap]n'enticed himscdf to Messrs. Shep-
ler, Berger ikr AVistar, millwrights, Avliich l)usiness he followed
for a score of years, })art of whicdi were in partnerslii[) with
Henry Shepler, one of the above-named firm. In 1855 he
purchased the old yahrney property near C^uincy, I*a., and
manufactured agricnltni-al implements and other machinery.
lie was the inventor of the '^Metcalfe Idireshing Machine,"
manufactured by him, and afterward by the Fi'ich Co., of
Waynesboro, Pa., with whom he became identilied at that
time, filling the position of superintendent in the woorhvorking
department, lie withdrew from the Frick Co., and returned
to his old place at Quincy, and in a few years built u]) a pros-
perous business, whidi eml)raced engine building. This gave
birth to the formation of a company called ''The ^Metcalfe
Mannfacturing (Vj.," and which was located at Shippensburg,
Pa, This proved a failure because of the peculiar stagnation
of business which then began, and which lasted up till 1897.
He then rebuilt the shops at (Quincy, Pa., and with his son,
John T. Metcalfe, engaged in the manufacture of engines and
other machinery, in which he was engaged at the time of his
death, which occurred Auc;. 20, 1894. His edtication was verv
limited, such as the country schools in the rural districts then
aiforded, but he was a man of good sound judgment, a good
mechanic, a model husband, a kind father, and a steadfast
friend. The issue of this marriage was three sons : John T.
Metcalfe, b. June 20, 1854; Wm. H., b. Xov. 8, 1856; d. in
infancy; Aaron L., b. March 30, 1862.
Mrs. ]\rary Ann (Keagy) Metcalfe d. IJcc. 8, 1898.
John T. Metcalfe, m. Xancy E. Fahrney, of Quincy town-
ship, Franklin Co., Pa., July 31, 1875, who was b. May 21,
172 KAGY RKLATIOXSHIP.
1855, ami liad i' cliildrcii : Laura Belle, b. ^larcli :)1, 1879,
and Ira (iartiekl, 1). April -I'l, 1882.
Laura Bell Metcalfe, d. Fel.. ?>, 1800. On Jan. 20tli, while
engaged in ironing, her elotliing tor>h tire from some coals that
fell unobserved from the stove, receiving snch iiijnrv as proved
fatal. She was a dutifnl, ol)edient danghter. and highly es-
teemed liy all who knew her.
]\'ancy ^V. (Fahrney) Aletcalt'e, d. Nov. n, 1888, and John
T. Metcalfe, ni. Jndith R. Berger. 1». June 12, 1859, and m.
Feb. 13, 1800, and have (uic (diild, Mary L., b. Dec. 1, 1892.
]\[r. Metcalfe is the owner of the works, consisting of a ma-
chine shop and fnnudi'y, formerly owned and operated by hi>
father at (^nincy. Pa., and i-^ of a tine mc(diatiical turn of
mind, good financial ability, Avide awake and np-to-date in all
the imjjrovements of the age. ^Fin. Judith ]\[etcalfe is a
Wf)rthy mendier of the Tuid^ci- (diurcdi. Takes great interest in
the Tenqjcrance cause and all matters relating To It, and that
have in view the welfare of mankind. Her husband is also a
member of TJic same society.
Aaron L. ^b'tcalfe m. ^liss Lottie IIofFmaii. of Waynes-
boro, Pa., 1». Sc|iT. 20. 1868, and was m. May 1."), lS,s4. and
have nine (diildi'cn.
Addie Belle, b. Feb. 7. 1885.
John F:rnesT. b. March 18. 188(b
Frederick Lvn, b. Aug. 17, 1887: d. .
linby Viola, b. Jan. 28, 1889.
Allen Franklin, b. Feb. 16, 1891.
Margie Beattrice, b. Xov. (i, 1802.
Milton Ilotfman, b. Sept. 17, ls04.
George Keagy, b. Sept. 12, 1895.
Jndith Maehala, b. Sept. 14, 1896.
Aaron L. ^letcalfe served as an apprentice in the Frick
company works at AVaynesboro, Pa., and was in the employ of
that conqiany for several years, erecting ice-making ma-
chinery. He is now (1898) conducting a shop of his own,
selling and repairing bicycles and other light machinery. He,
too, inherited the mechanical talent of his father, and keeps
11]! wItIi tIic ]>rocession in every a<lvancement made in im-
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proved appliances. ^Ivs. Metcalfe is a woinaii of surprising
enere'v, e'reat industrv, and exliibits rare good juduiiuMit in the
government of lier lionschold. IJotli are mendx-rs of the 'I'nn-
ker elmreli.
lludolpli Iveagv, tIic eldest son of Tvndolpli TCeagy and Sa-
rah (Sweitzer) Keagv, d. at 18 x. of age, at liagerstown, Aid.,
Jnn(^ i'. 1S4S. lie was a precocions child. lie acquired
knowleilge reniai'kahly (puck, and seenie(l never to forget any-
thing, lie was a iiiatlieniatical genius, and had the faculty
of solving any pr<»hh'in in anthmetic after once reading the
rules. He [jossessed fine mechanical ideas for one of his age.
His ])liysical courage knew no fear, and was cquaHed l)y his
moral courage. He vonld not allow larger hoys to impose
upon smaller ones. His sense of right was clear, and his judg-
ment correct, far above one of his years. He was a })rodigy
of physical strength, and I once saw him throAV a much larger
hoy than himself clear over his head in a wrestling bout. On
another occasion he and a smaller boy were bathing in the Ant-
ietam creek, east of liagerstown, Md., when a young man
came in to l)athe, and seizing the little boy ducked him under
The water and wellnigh drowned him. The brntality of the
act aroused the anger <d" Kudol])h, and disregardless of the
difference in their years and size, he pounced upon the fellow
and witli herculean strength he compelled him to let the little
bov go, and then in turn threw the fellow down and half
drowned him before he let him go. The fellow tV-ai'ing to
renew the t-tunbat, left the water and went his way. Ou an-
other occasion a poor colored boy was made the target of abuse
by fonr white boys all larger than himself. He at once took
the side of the weaker one. and detied any one to molest him.
He conid not tolerate any s])ecies of cruelty to dund) ainmals.
He Avas the kindest of brothers. When he died I was away
from home tilling his place on a farm as errand boy for an old
lady and gentleman. They came for me on horseback, and I
rode home behind the messenger. I was so o-rieved that I
cried out in loud and frantic anguish, so that all who lived
along the roadway were alarmed at my intense and inconsol-
able grief. It seemed to me as if utter darkness had over-
l~-i KAGY KELATlUXSllir.
spread evervthiiig, and all I cared for was forever lost. lN"o
l)rotlier was ever loved more fondlv than lie.
Franklin Keagv served an a])])renticesliip two years and as
jonrnevnian three years at millwrichting, in Pennsylvania
and ^rarylaii<l. and assisted in eqnipping the steani sash, door
and hhnd works of Messrs. Shepler cV: ("lark, at ( 'liand;)ers-
linrg, ]^a., established in 1857, working in the sho]:) as a jour-
neyman until tlie l)nrning of the town in ]N(;4-. The extra-
ordinary demand for mannfactni'cil Inmhcr, creatcil hy the de-
struction of the Town, taxed the establishment to its fullest
ca])acity, and tlic proprietors appointed hiin as superintendent
of the works, which position he filled to the entire satisfaction
(•f the owners, continuing in that capacity until the year 1875,
when he resigned to engage in the profession of an architect
and huilder, having served his first employer twenty-two years.
In liis ])rofession as an architect he has shown marked al)ility
in taste and construction, always preferring utility to mere
display, and despising sham an<i dishonest construction. From
early boyhood he was fond of books, and in them fonnd his
best companions. His reading was not confined to any ])ar-
ticnlar line or class of literature, but emlu'aced history, biog-
ra})liy, poetry, and scientific works. He w^as fond of mathe-
matics, and took great interest in trigonometry, geometry and
mensuration. He has alwavs had a iireat desire to know what
has been and what is going on, on this big earth, and more par-
ticularly, what has happened in this his native land. Yet he
lias always felt that
"No j)ent lip continent contracts our powers,
The whole l)oiinclless universe is ours."
He thinks that lie can truthfully say that there are few men
A\-lio are better informed in the historv of their countrv, or the
world at large. Politically, he took great interest in elections
long before he had a vote. His first realization of what slavery
A\'as occurred in this way : His father was a miller by trade,
and in 1846 and 7 lived on the Antietam creek at Beclitebs
Mills, Md. Across the creek and close to the mills there lived
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a colored man, his wife and a son and danglitor. The father
and mother were free, Imt the children were slaves owned by
one Gabriel ITanna. The Ixiy was about 12 years of age. One
day as this boy mid himself were out in the field ])laying, his
master came and took him from his home, to go into service
for his master. He shall never forget the look of agony on
that ])oor black boy's face. It was fully eipialled by the
terror with whicdi it struck him. and the eternal hatred of
slaverv that it incited in his mind and heart. He never ceased
in hjs-'-eif.orts for its overthrow% until 18 years later when
the institution exjiired, a victim of the folly and rashness of its
friends. "(lod works in a mysterious way, his wonders to ])er-
form.'' Little did he thiidc that day that he would live to see
it abolished.
About the year IStb he first thought of and began to in-
(|uire ^'who his fathers were." He had heard his father often
speak of his brothers and uncles in Lancaster Co., Pa., but be-
yond that he knew nothing. Had he known in the beginning
the difficulties he would encounter he would have shraid^ from
the undertaking, bur ha\'ing once ])ut his hand to the plow he
dare not turn backward, nor has his toils and labor been with-
out some measure of rewai-d. The joy and gladness that have
shone in the eves of those of his kinsmen, who thi-ough his ef-
forts have learned "who their fathers were," has soothed many
a weary hour. He has heard the oft-repeated '"God bless
you" from the trendiling lips of hoary age, as they listened to
the names of sires and grandsires; "names they loved to hear,
and which were carved for many a year on the tomb." After
he had been at this work a decade or so he learned that others
of the same name were making the same in(|uiry and ha<l or-
ganized a '^'Biographical Society" whicdi had the same object
in view in the Avestern States. The annual meetings of this
society are best known as reunions of "the Keagy Relation-
ship" and which have done much to promote the knowledge
Ave have of one another, and to strengthen the bonds of broth-
erhood among the scattered tribes.
In 1860, May ir)th. he was married to Ann Eliza Funk, of
1T(J K AGY RELATION SHIP.
CliambersLnrii'. Pa., and (Ui the following- day moved into the
lionse he had just Iniilt. and where he has since resided.
Ann Eliza Fnnk was h. April 20. l>o>>. Their children
are :
Sarah Ann. h. Jan. 14. 18G2.
Marv Kliza, 1.. .Inne 14, l.s64.
Saninel SnesseroTt, b. Sept. 18. 18(Ui.
^Uiee Athelia, h. Feb. •J.'S. I8(i;t.
Katherine, 1). ^lay 7. I'^T^^f.
Bertha, b. Sept. lo. InTO.
Sarah Ann. d. Ang. 0, 18(]I2.
J^ertha,d. Oct. 1(>. 1884.
.Vtlielia and Katit- are at honir. >ini:le.
Min-\- Eliza, ni.. Fed.. :!."). 188G, Cvrns (.". Patterson, of
Franklin Co.. Pa., and luwe two sous. They now (1889) re-
side at Pidgway. W. \'a.
Kalph Herbert, b. ar ( 'hanibei-sbnrg, ^lareh 4, 1888.
Xorinan Edgar, b. at Rest, Frederick Co.. Va., Ang. 7,
1800.
Sanniel S. Keagy Avas ni. Sejit. ITi, 1^J•1, to Sarah Carr.
Xo issue. Sanniel S. is a rari>enter and bnihler at Chanibers-
bnrg. Pa., and resides at the jiarental home.
Henry Keagy, the thiitl son of Rudolph Keagy and Sarah
(Sweitzer) Keaarv, m. Margaret E. M<M.re. IVx-. 4. 1800. at
Chambei-sbnrg, Pa. She was b. Jan. 12, l>4r>. in Hunting-
don Co., Pa. They had seven children:
Wm. Lt^inard, b. Oct. 7, I8G0; d. ]\[ay 1, 1^70.
Samuel Henry, b. :\[ay 28. 18(>G, at Elkridge Lauding. Md.
Grace May, b. Sept. 14. 1808; d. Sept. 20, 1870.
Franklin AVm., b. April 20, 1871.
Frederick Andei-son, b. Feb. 10, 1874.
Rudolph Hays. b. July :>0, 1877.
Martin Luther, b. April 10, 1883.
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Katharine Keagy.
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Henry Ivoag-v was a suklk'r in \\w. Civil War. lie enlisted in
the darkest period of the mighty eontliet. He enlisted Fel).
3, 18(54, in Co. L, 21st Penn'a (-avalry, nnder Col. Knowles,
(Jen. Gregg's brigade, (Jen. AVarren's corps. He was in nine
engagements — Stony Creek, Poplar Grove, Church, Yellow
House, Weldon Railroad and at Petersburg. In one of the
engagements he had a horse shot under him while retreating,
and l)ut for the timely aid of a comrade he would have been
captured by the enemy. He was once wounded in the leg
slightly by the fragment of a shell. In early life he was a
good boy and was a member of the Lutheran Church in early
boyhood, in which faith he continued till his death. He was
an earnest, sincere, hund)le (diristian man. I)ui-ing his ser-
vice in the army in the war for the preservation of the Union,
he never for a moment forgot that he was a soldier of the cross.
At his home he held family woi*shij) morning and evenmg and
this he did regularly dnring his service in the army. It mat-
tered not where h( was, where the hour arrived, in camp or
field, or on picket duty, he would ]>erform his devotions, and
such was the respect and esteem for him, so convinced were
liis comrades of his sincerity, shown by his every act that they
would cease theii' talk oi' laughter when he began his ])i'ayers,
whicli were always audible. Said a comrade of his to the
writer: "He prayed for his family, for his friends, his country,
his comrades and their loved ones, and also for the enemy, and
invoked the (Jod of battles to bring peace, lo^-e and charitv and
liap])iness to all mankind.''
His faith in (Jod was of that kind that trusted all to Him,
and which no calamity could shake, no terror over-awe.
"His was a faitli that would not shrink,
Though pressed by every foe;
That woiild not tremble on the brink
Of any earthly woe."
During his residence at Elk Ilidge Landing, Md., a great
flood destroyed the village and all his household goods were
swept away, he and his family barely escaping with their
lives. But none of these things disturbed his faith or the even
temper of his nnnd. Wherever duty called he ^vas foiuid.
182 KAGY RELATIOXSniP.
The consequences lie left to God. He arose from a sick Led
only a fcAV days before President Lincoln's call for volunteers
in 1864. He told his wife his country had called him and
"he would go and help preserve the nation, the host govern-
ment under the sun." He was so tender-hearted, so sympa-
thetic his friends had many fears that he would quail in the
trying ordeal of battle. How groundless these fears — more
than a score of his comrades who were by his side in the deadly
charge or hurried retreat say : "There was none more dutiful ;
no cooler, braver man ever drew a sabre or shouldered a car-
bine than Henry Keagy. You may well be proud of your
brother, he is a Christian soldier." In June, 1889, he moved
from Chambersburg, Pa., to Canton, Ohio, where he died May
25, 1803, and was brought back to his old home and hurled l)y
the side of his two children in Cedar Grove cemetery, Cham-
bersburg, Pa. His widow still (1899) resides in Canton.
He was poor in this world's goods, but rich in all the practi-
cal virtues that make up a grand manhood. In all of his boy-
hood or later manhood I never heard him utter a word that
cnidd not have l)een said in the presence of any child or the
most refined lady. His speech was pure because his heart
was pure.
Samuel H. Keagy, eldest son of Henry, m. Aug. 22, 1889,
to lantha Ellen Stenger, of London, Pa., b. June 29, 1868.
To them were born three daughters and one son : Sarah Marga-
retta, b. May 5, 1890; Grace Kuth, b. May 20, 1892; Martha
Elizabeth, h. April 16, 1896; Wm. Stenger, b. June 28, 1899.
Reside at Altoona, Pa. Both are members of the Methodist
church.
Franklin AVm. Keagy, m. Harriet T. Bevier, of Huron Co.,
Ohio, Dec. 19, 1895; b. , and have one child, Buelali Ma-
belle, b. April 19, 1897. Franklin Wm. Keagy was educated
in the common schools :t Chambersburg, Pa., and after his
father moved to Canton, Ohio, he was em] Joyed in the Dueher
watch works there. He attended the hiah schools at Alliance
George W. Keagy.
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KAGY EELATIOXSHIP. 185
and at Fiiidlay, Ohio, and edncatod hiuiself for the office of the
ministry in the ]\Iethodist E. chnreh, in which he is to-dav an
earnest and worthy worker.
Frederick .Vndcrson Keagw, m. Ane,'. 28, 1895, Olive ^lyrtle
Anderson, of Canton, Ohio, b. , 1875. Their chil-
dren are Frederick, b. April 30, 1896; Henry , b. -Tan. 9,
1898. Fred. A. Keagy liyed at Canton, O. ; was in the em-
ployment of the Dneber Watch ^rfc,-. Co., at (Janton, and was
regarded as a skilled \V(H'kman. He d. A])ril 4, 1899.
Rudolph Hays and Alartin Fnther Keagy are at this time
single and reside witli their mother at (^anton, Ohio. Ocen-
]\nti< in ] iliotographer.
George W. Keagy, the 4th son of Rndolph Keagy and
Sarah (Sweitzer) Keagy, m. Louisa Snowl)erger, of Qnincy
township, Franklin Co., Pa., b. May 25, 1846, and was m.
Dec. 29, 1863. She is a dan. of Andrew Snowl)erger, dec'd.,
a mend)er of the Snow Hill Society of Seventh Day P)a]itists,
("Siebentagers") near Qnincy, Pa.
Oeorge AV. Keagy is by trade a millwright, having seryed
an ap])renticeship nnder his brother-in-law, the late John L.
Metcalfe. Of late years he has lieeu in the em])loy of the
''Geiser Company," at AVaynesboro, Pa., bnt his home is at the
''Xnnnery," near (Qnincy, Pa. Tn Oct., 1S62, he was drafted,
and reported on the 16tli of the same month for duty, and was
assigned to Co. (J, of the 158th regiment, Col. David B. Mc-
Kibben, conniiander, and in Gen. Spinola's brigade, nnder
Gen. Foster. He served nine months, the fnll tenn of the
draft; part of the time in Xewbern, X. C, and the rest of the
tnne at Little Washington, X. C. He was mustered into ser-
vice on Xov. 4, 1862, and mustered out in Aug., 1863. He
had charge of a gnn in the fortifications around Little Wash-
ington and is said to have made the best shot at a target, two
miles distant from the fort. Geo. AV. Keagy is a member of
186 KAGY KELATIOXSIIir.
the Tiiiikoi" c'luireh. Lolus^a Jvcagy i.s a ineinber of the Ttli
day Baptists. His children are:
1. David Franklin, h. Jan. Ki, ISti:).
2. James Wesley, b. Sept. ■22, ISGT.
3. Anna:\Iay, Ih Jan. S, 1870.
4. George linddpli, b. didy 27, 1872.
5. Sarah Myrtle, b. Aug. 11», lS7r).
<i. Amanda Elizabeth, b. Feb. 2, ls7s.
7. Daisy A^iola, b. Sept. 22, 18S0.
8. Emma Blanch, b. Jnlv 21, 1880; d. Feb. 12, 1887.
1. Oavid FraukHii iii. Kii'a Mar\- Kccclicr, of Rino-p-old,
Washiiiglcu Co., Md., Api'il 2:>, ISSI), b. .Mnrdi 1:5, 1860, a
dan. of dacob aii<l I'di/.abctli Reecdicr, and liavc (i children:
(1) David Arthnv. b. dnue 111, lSi)(); (2) Fraidv Jl., b. Dec.
11, 18!V1: {:]) Lonisa Fdizabeth, b. Mim-h i», 1804; (4) Gil-
son Jacob, b. Sei)t. 17, 18!>.->; (:>) Elsie Alay, 1). Xov. 30,
180(i; on (b'orov Kl-inon". 1-. duly 14, 18!)8.
David F. lives at W'avucsboro, Fa.; is a macdiiuisr.
2. James WcsU'v Kcagy, m., \)r(\ 1. IMK"), To Imiiuui Laura
Funk, b. Aug. 8, 1872, and ha\-(' one child. Rlioda -May,
b. Oct. 11, 1890. Ilesides at the Xnuncry, near (^^nincy, Pa.
Occn]iation, machinist.
3. Anna Afay Keagy, d. July 12, 1893, in her young and
beantifnl Avonumhood. She \vas one of those few self-sacri-
ficing persons who never get weary in well-doing. Her indus-
try was untiring, and with it she possessed rare good judgment
for one of her years. When her cousin, John F. Aletcalfe's
young wife died she took charge of his house and his two
motherless children, and brought them up with such care that
they loved her as a mother, and when he married again the
children were loth to give her up. Her sweetness of disposi-
tion, her gentleness and kindliness, and disposition to oldige,
made her the loved one in anv circle of old or vouim'. The
world can ill afford to spare one so Avell fitted by nature to dis-
charge the duties of liuman life. But this world was too cold,
KAGY EELATIONSHIP. 187
too rude for so gentle a sonl as hers. Her ineiuoiy is em-
balmed in the hearts of her friends, and those who knew her
best bedew her grave with tears.
4. Georg-e Eiidolph, the 3d son of Geo. AV. Keagy, was
m. to Etr;i MoHii, of "Snow Hill,"' or the I^imnery, near
Qniney, Pa., m. Oct. 12, 1898. She was b. Ang. 30, 1873,
and have one child. Bertha , b. . Mrs. Geo. R. Keagy,
Jr., (1. :it their homo at the jSTunnery, Franklin Co., Pa., April
Ki, IS!).").
5. Sarah Mvrtle Keaov is mini. At home.
6. Amanda Elizal)eth Keagv, d. Oct. 1, 1805, in the 18th V-
of her age. In hei 17th y. she was the pictnre of health, and
life had many charms for her. She was a dutifid dan., a lov-
ing sister and was (Icarly loved l>y all who knew her. Like
some beantifnl flower, she sank speedily to the fell disease that
terminated her vonna' life.
7. Daisy A'^iola Keagy is num. At home.
Al)raliam Keagy, the last and yonngest child, m. Anna
Reed, b. Jan. 21, 1850, on the 2(5th of Sept., 1872. Their chil-
dren are:
Mary Ellen, b. Ang. 14, 1874.
John Metcalfe, b. Sept. 20, 1877; d. in boyhood.
Carrie Jane, b. Oct. 13, 1880.
Lottie Agnes, b. Jnly 17, 1884.
Emma Athelia, b. May 10, 1887; d. in infancy.
Mary Ellen m. Saranel Cordell, , 1892, and have one
son, Frank, b. Dec. 20, 1893.
HENRY KEAGY, oldest son of Rndolph Keagy, by his
second wife, Esther Bowman, was b. near Strasbnrg, Lancaster
Co., Pa., Jan. 26, 1800; m. Feb. 18, 1823, to Sarah Sides, of
the same place. She was b. Feb. 22, 1804. He moved to Ohio,
(Warren Co.), in 1835, near Lebanon; bonght a farm, and
188 KAGY EELATIOXSHir.
lived tliere until he died. He was killed \)\ being tliro\Nni from
11 load of wheat, hv the horses suddenly startino- and riinnine;
over a boulder, on July 2!), 1847. lie was an estimable man,
loved and honored l)y all who knew him for his strict integ-
rity and high moral worth. The praises that fell from the
lips of all who knew him added sweet sorrow to those who
mourned his untimely death. His widow moved to Xenia,
Ohio, in 1852. She was a woman of great energy and useful-
ness, of deep jnety, and lived to ''(ilorify her Master," and
leaves a ])recious memory behind. They had 11 children, 7
girls and 4 boys. Mrs. Sarah Sides Keagy d. Xov. 24, 1882,
78 y. old.
1. Catliarinc. b. Dec. 10, 182-'], near Lancaster, Pa.
2. KsTJicr Ann, b. .July IC. Ts2:.: d. Aug. 144, 1828, 3 y.
and 2.S (1. old.
:). Elizal)eth. b. Xov. i;5, 1S2(;: d. -\ray 23, 1827.
4. Sarah, b. Feb. 27, 1S2S.
:>. Franklin Baker, b. Feb. 23. 1S30; d. Dec. 1, 1S3;5.
(•). Anna Flizabeth, b. Aug. 2'.i, \s:]-2: d. Sept. (3, 1852.
7. Emma. 1.. Ai)ril 1 1, b^34: d. Aug. 14, 1835.
8. Mary, !>. dan. 28,1837.
;». llcnVy Howry, b. June 8, 1838; d. April 24, 1868.
10. (iranvill Moody, b. Oct. 22, 1841 : d. May 20, 1801.
11. AVilliui' Fisk. b. AjM'il C, ISlC: d. April , 184t».
(V) Oatharine Keagy, m., Aug. 20, ls44, Rev. d. B. Ells-
worth, of the Methodist E])iscopal church, and had six chil-
dren, three of whom are living and married, viz: Jeremiah,
( 'ourtlan<I, and Anna Ellsworth. Their youngest son, Morris,
is a book-keeper in Dayton, Ohio.
'.'. Henry H. Keagy m. Miss Carrie Anderson, of Xewark,
Ohio, in the vear 1864, was engaged in the book bu-iness. He
died in 1868, aged 30 yrs. He left no children. His widow
lives in Xewark.
Misses Sarah and Mary are single and with their sister, Mrs,
Ellsworth, now live in Xenia, Ohio.
End of Henry Keagy record, the son of lludolph, the sou
of Abraham, the son of Hanse.
KAGY EELATIOXSIIIP.
189
ABEAIIAM KKA(;y, the id son of liiidclpli Keagy,
l)_v his second wife, Esther Bowman, was b. Feb. 1), 1802, near
Strashnrg", Lancaster Co., Pa., and ni. Sarah Herr, May lo,
1824, b. :\rarch 3, 1 803. She was a (bin. ..f Samnel Herr, who
was the son of Enuuniel Herr, who was the tbird sun of Imikui-
i!('l Herr, one of the 5 sons of "Hanse," or John Herr, who
came to this conntrv from Switzerland in the year 1710, at the
solicitation of ^fartin Kendig, who had came over to this conn-
try the year before (in 1 7o;» ). The Kendig family being one
of the seven families that first settled in what is now Lancaster
Co., Pa. (then it was in Chester Co.), and being pleased with
the conntrv, they conchided to send for the rest of their
friends. They therefore cast lots, to see who shonld go, and
rlie lot fell on "Hanse" Herr, who was their minister. They
felt sad, not wishing to part with liim, and not willing for him
to go. Then ]\[artiii i\('ndig offered to go, and all of them be-
ing satisfied, he went, and brongbt over the rest of the Herr
family and others.
Sarah Herr Keagy d. Jan. 12, 1887, at Peistertown, Balti-
more Co., Md. Abraham Keagy d. at the same place, May 12,
186(3. Their children are:
Saninel Herr Keiigy, b. April 17, 182.5.
A nine K. Keagy, b. March 8, 1827.
Amanda Y. Keagy, b. Jan. 24, 182!>.
Snsannah Keagy, b. Dec. 1, 1830.
John Boehni Keagy, b. Oct. 27, 1832.
Levi Keagy, b. Xov. 15, 1834.
Sarah A. Keagv, 1). Xov. 27, 1836.
All of whom were born in Lancaster Co., Pa.
In 1846 Abraham Keagy and family moved to Reisters-
town, Baltimore Co., JMd., where he resided nntil his death,
Avhich occnrred Mav 12, 1866.
■>
1. Samuel Herr Keagy, eldest son of Abraham Keagy,
m. Rebecca H. Linval, b. , m. in 1850, and had 5 chil-
dren, viz :
Bertha S., b. Dec. 28, 1857.
Jacob S., b. Dec. 1, 1859.
190 KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
Isaac E., b. Sept. 10, 1860; d. in cliildliood.
Eva L., ]). June 27, 1867.
Samuel HeiT, 1). March 24, 1875.
Samuel IL Keaii'v, Sr., lived in ( 'liristiaua, Lancaster Co.,
Pa., where he died .
Bertha S., m. B. A. (iilhert, , and d. :\Iay 20, 1894,
near the parental home.
Jacob S., m. Aug. 23, 1894, Laura Anna Cirebinger, b.
Aug. 13, 1872. Jacob S. is a eondnctor on the P. P. P., and
resides in (/obmdiia. Pa. Xo issne.
Eva L., m. Geo. 11. Stewart, Nov. 7, 1889, b. , and have
two dans., Fayetta, b. Eel). , 1891; Olive E., b. March
— , 189-"). Posidc at Christiana, Pa.
Samuel Jl. is nnm. at this date (1898), and now resides at
Degraft", Logan Co., Ohio.
2. A]inie E. Keagy, ni. George Heckrothc in June, 1845,
and had fonr children: Benjamin, Amanda, Katie and Cdif-
ford. Anna E. (Keagy) Jlecki'othc d .March 9, 1866. lie-
sided ar Mt. Jov, Pa.
3. Amanda ^ . Keagy, m. .Martin lLildel)rant in ,
1864, and have one child, Harry K., b. Feb. 2, 1865. Reside
at Mt. Joy, Lancaster Co., Pa.
(4) Susannah Keagy, d. Sept. 29, 1850; nnm.
(5) John Boelim Keagy, m. Catharine Barr in , 1855,
b. , and had 5 children :
Agnes Clara, b. Jan. 30, 1857.
Samuel Miller, b. May , 1858.
Henry Clay, b. Sept. 17, 1859.
AVinfield Scott, b. Sept. 25, 1862.
Anna Elizabeth, b. , 1863.
John B. Keagy, d. Sept. 9, 1862, near Reisterstown, Balti-
more Co., ATd.
Agnes Clara lives at Peisterstown, ^Td. Single.
KACY KELATIOXSHIP. 191
Saiinic] Millci- Keagv m. Mamie AViiulrini, aii<l liavo no
cliiklren. lieside in Philadelphia, Pa.
Henry Clay lives at Towson, Iwiltiiiiore Co., ^Fd. Ts a [)rint-
er ill the office of tlic Powsoii ncwspajxT.
AVinfichl Scott Keaoy m., Jniic i\ ISOS, Miss Andora Ga-
hcl. 1). March 'I'd, ISTO, in Montii'omery Co., Pa. lleside now
in l^luladelphia. Pa.
Anna Elizabeth lives with the Kev. E. J. Wolfe, who raised
her from cliildliood. Is nnm., and resides at Gettysl)nrg, Pa.
(G) Levi Keagy, d. dnly — , 1860: nnm.
7. Sarah .V. Keagy, m. Edwin L. Storm on the -lA of Dee.
1858. Their clii'hh-en are: \Vm. II., b. Sept. 11, 1860; Es-
telle B., 1). dnly 1!», 1862; Samnel M., b. Sept. 29, 1861; Rosa
A., b. Sept. !), 1866. Edwin L. Storm d. Ajiril 17, 1867.
Mrs. Storm and her family are Episcopalians. All the
other mendiers of Abraham Keagy's family were ^Fethodists.
Mrs. Storm, with her interesting family, reside in the city of
Baltimore, Md.
ISAAC lvEA(!^", •')(! sun of Kndoljdi Keagy, by his 2d
wife, Esther Bowman, was b. May Id, 18U-1-. He was a natn-
ral genins — smart, witty, and a fine penman. He clerked in
his brother Abraham's store in Strasbnrg, Pa., for some time.
Then went awav from home, it was thonoht to Xew Orleans,
Louisiana, and has never been heard of since.
LEVI KEAGY, 4th son of lindolph Keagy, by his 2d
Avife, Esther Bowman, was b. May 27, 1806, and died in 1825 :
iinm. His father, Ilndolph Keagy, and his brother Henry's
three children, and his halfd)rotlier, John Keagy, are all
bnried in the little c'ravevard of the old Methodist church at
Strasbnrg, Lancaster Co., Pa., (dose to which they were all
born.
192 KAGY KELATI0X81I1P.
AJs^lv^A KEAGY, the only dan. and last child of Rudolph
Keagy and Esther Bowman, was h. Sept. 22, 1809, near Stras-
hnrg, Lancaster Co., Pa., and d. in Lancaster City, July 17,
l.S!>2. She was ni. to Al)rahani TTowry, Xov. 29, 1837, who
was 1). -luly 8, 18()(), and d. Feb. 19, 1871. Ivesided in Lan-
caster City, Pa. To them was born nine diildren:
1. Abraham Keagy Howry, b. , 1838; unni. Is a
bookkeeper in Lancaster National bank.
2. Esther Ann Howry, b. Feb. 4, Ls;5!>; hi. -Ian. 11, iSOli,
to Benjamin Espenshade, b. dan. 14, ISIO. Issue, 8 chil-
dren: (1) AVilfred Henry, b. Oct. 21, ISCili, ni., now living
at (\>fl"eyville, Kan.; (2) Charles Wesley, b. Oct. 31, 1807, m.,
now living at ( ionlonville. Pa.; (.')) Abraham TTowry, b. May
30, 1.S09, unni., lie is n gra(biat( — 15. A., from Wesleyan T"ni-
versity, Aliddletown, Conn., in ISIH, ami M. A., from Colum-
bia T^niversity, Xew York, in 1S!)7, and now (1899), an in-
>rrnc*^or in rlic Penna. State College, Penna. ; '^(4) .Vnna
Mary, 1). 4an. 12, 1872. nnm., graduate of the Millersville
State Xormal School in 1895; (5) Edward Iiowman, b. Dec.
IT), 1873, num., gradnatiMl ]]. S. from the Penna. State Col-
lege in 1895, now a eivil engineer for the ill. Central I^. P.,
Murphreysboro, Til.; ((i) ALiurice Tveagy, b. -Ian. C, 1879, d.
Xov. 15, 1890; [7) Martha Agiies, b. Jan. 17, 1880, d. May
1!), 1880; (8) Ella Frances, b. Oct. 13, 1882; d. April 10 or
17, 1899.
3. John Fnnk ILmTy, b. Aug. 18, 1840; m., Jnly 29,
1873, to Eunice J. l^oot, b. Mareh 20, 1845, and have 4 chil-
dren: (1) Homer, b. Oct. 7, 1874; (2) Helen, b. March 16,
1881; (3) Robei-t Boot, b. Dec. 20, 1882; (4) Arthnr Jay, b.
May 2, 1887. Besides at 344 E. 17th St., Minneapolis, Alinn.
-i. Elizabeth TTowry, b. 1841; d. 1842.
*Anna M. died from burns, May 5, 1899. She had been ill for sev-
eral months with neuralgic fever. Her mother left her bedside to
g-et a glass of water in the next room; returning in a moment, she
found the sick daughter in the middle of the room enveloped in
flames, from the effects of which she died before midnight. In her
delirium she arose from bed and is supposed to have ig-nited her
night-robe at the gas jet. She was a member of St. Paul's M. E.
church, and liad uuinv friends.
KAGY EELATIONSHIP. 193
5. Jacob Howry, b. 1843; d. 1843.
(i. Martha H. Howry, I). Dec. 11, 1844; m., in , 1880,
to John AVesley Lytic. Have one son, John H., b. Atarch 17,
1885. Mrs. Lytle d. at Strasbnrg, Lancaster. Co., Pa., Sept.
24, ]8!>T. She was a member of the Methodist E. chnrch,
and was highly esteemed l)y all who knew her lV)r her many
Christian graces.
7. Mary Howry, b. , 1847; nmn.
8. Sophia Howry, 1). , 1 849 ; nnm.
0. Anna Howry, b. , 18.50; nnm. The three last
named reside at jSTo. 32 IsTortli Lime St., Lancaster City, Pa.
A clanghter of Abraham Keagy, the l)eloved son of
''Hanse," named liarbary Keagy, l)()rn abont 17<iO,
and married, abont 17!»0, (leorge Urban, and lia<l S children:
Lonis, 1). Jnly IT), islO; d. ]\ray 18, 1873; m. Mattie Bnrk-
Itolder, and they liad fonr children. Benjamin, b. Oct. 10,
180(1; d. Feb. 5, 1882; in. Eliza Mylin, b.'Dec. 21», 1811; d.
Jan. 2(i, 1840. She was a danghter of Christian and Ann
Mylin. Jacob, m. Eachael Ressel. Snsan, b. Mar. 5, 1708;
d. Feb. 1, 1804; m. Peter Miller, who d. March 1, 1840, in his
47th year; he was a son of Peter and Veronica I3ear. Eliza-
beth, m. Peter Zercher. Fannie, m. Elias Harnish; Mrs.
flacol) Eshelmen, of Strasl)nrg, Lancaster Co., Pa., is a de-
scendant. Polly, m. dolin Henry. Catharine, b. Ang. 13,
180!»; ,b July 14, 18!)1; m. Benjamin Charles, b. Sept. 9,
I79(i; d. April 15, 1870.
Cliildren of Lonis and ]\rattie Bnrkliolder Urban are Bar-
bara; dohn, m. Elizabeth Shenk; (\vrns; Mattie, m. a Kreider.
2. Benjamin's children are : (1) Adaline, m. George J.
Fehl; (2)' , d. young.
3. Jacob, ni. Bachael Ressel; no record of them.
4. Snsan, m. Peter Miller, avIio d. March 1, 1840. She was
b. March 5, 1798; d. Feb. 1, 1804. Issue: George, d. yonng;
Louis, d. imm.; Barbara, b. ]\Ln-. 24, 1824; m., Dec. 15, 1841,
Christian Kendig Miller, d. July 30, 1876.
5. Lizzie, ni. Peter Zercher; issue: Addison, Barbara, Ben-
jamin, Susan.
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194 ■ KAGY RELATIOXSHIP.
G. rannio, m. Elias Harnish.
T. Polly, 111. -Tolni Ilenrv; issue: Benjaiiiiii, d. aged 1:^;
Fannie, ni. an Evans; Susan, ni. an Evans.
8. Catharine, 1). Aug. 13, ISOi); d. July 14, 1^91; m. Benj.
Charles, h. Sept. 1), 1706; d. April 15, 1870; son of Henry
and Catharine (Carpnian) Charles.
Children :
1. Leah, h. June 23, 18a(»: .1. July 27, 1802; in. (dmstian
Krcidcr, son of (leorge and Ahiria (Swarr). 1 child: Ben-
janjin.
2. Helena, 1). Feb. 22, 1832; d. June 6, 1855; ni. Dr.
David ^r. Brul)akei', son of David and Elizabeth (Martin).
3. IJarhara, unin.
4. ]\rary, in. Breniu'nian Slu-rnian, son of -lac-ol) B. and
Fannie (Turban), of Washington l)Orough. iSo children.
5. Fdi. I.. Oct. S, 183(i; (1. Oct. 15, 183G.
G. Benjamin F., in. Adeline Henry, b. Jan. 17, lS4t); d.
May 31, 18(;!»; (hm. of Martin and Ilattie (lierr).
7. Jolin. b. ; ni. Annie Martin, dau. of I)a\dd and
Elizabeth (Mann).
8. Abrani, ni. Adeline llerr, dau. of (diristian B. and
Elizabeth (Shenk).
9. Adam, b. 1 num.
3. Children of Christian K. and Barbara (Miller) Mib
ler: (1) Benj.; (2) Christian; (3) Wyatt; (4) Halderaan; (5)
twin boys; (G) twin boys; (7) Susanna, ni. John Graver, son
of Henry; (8) Mary; (9) :\rartha; (10) Lizzie; (11) Viola.
1. Children of ( hristian and Leah (Charles) Kreider:
( 1) Benjamin, b. .
2. Children of Dr. D. M. and Helena (Charles) Bru-
baker: (1) Alice, b. June 2, 1855; m. Jacob Gable; no chil-
dren.
G. Children of Benjamin I", and Adeline (Henry)
Charles: (1) Henry, b. .
KAGY RELATIONSHIP.
195
7. Children of flolin and Annie (Martin) Charles: (1)
Martin, b. .
8. Children of Abram and Adeline (Herr) (J'harles: (1)
Beiijaniiii; (2) .Vnianda; (8) Honrv; (-i) Minnie.
A (hm. of Snsan and Peter Miller: Barbara, b. March 24,
1824; ni. Dec. 15, 1841, to Christian Kendig Miller, who d.
Jnly 30, 187<1; their daughter Snsanna, b. June 1, 1845, ni.,
Oct. 28, 186(3, John M. Graver, b. Isov. 5, 1844, son of Henry
and ]\rary (Meek).
Children:
1. Olivia, b. March 12, 1867; m., Aug. 23, 1888, Maris K
Pless, b. Julv 8, 1866, son of John and Martha (Canipl)ell);
3 children.
2. Frances, 1). July 24, 1868; m., Feb. 21, 1S04, Amos O.
Kauft'nian, b. July 8, 1870, son of Henry and Rachel
(Groom).
3. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 6, 1869; m., Dec. 25, 1800, Peter H.
Becker, b. Jan. 12, 1867, son of Christian and Barbara (Ha-
becker) Becker; 4 children.
4. .Mary, b. April 6, 1871; d. Aug. 30, 1888.
5. Barbara, b. July 15, 1872; m., Nov. 5, 1891, Andrew
O. Kauffman, b. Jnne 24, 1871, son of Andrew and Annie
(Otstot); 2 children.
6. Ada, b. Sept. 11, 1873; m., Oct. 31, 1894, Elias W.
Lindeman, b. Sept. 28, 1871, son of Elias and Elizabeth
(Clark) ; 2 children.
7. Charlotte Viola, b. Xov. 3, 1876.
8. Harry M., b. Sept. 1, 1878.
9. Jlerbert M., b. Oct. 10, 1881.
10. Clay M., b. Jan. 10, 1884.
Children of Maris K. and Olivia (Grave) Hess: (1) Bertha,
b. April 3, 1889; (2) Barbara, b. Feb. 23, 1891; (3) Martha
Hess, b. June 10, 1897.
Children of Amos G. and Frances (Graver) Ivauifman : (1)
Gertrude, b. April 30, 1897.
196 KAGY KELATIOXSHIP.
Children of Peter H. and Elizabeth (Graver) Becker: (1)
Mabel, b. Jnly 30, 1891; (2) Snsan, b. Oct. 29, 1892, d. Feb.
28, 1895; (3) Mary, b. May 12, 1894; (4) Charlotte, b. Dec.
24, 1895.
Children of Andrew O. and Barbara (Craver) Kauti'man
(1) Minerva, b. Jnne-28, 1893; (2) Snsie, b. Oct. 28, 1895.
Children of Elias AV. and Ada (Graver) Lindenian: (1)
Eaymond, and (2) Gertrude (twins), b. May 17, 1895.
Children of Christian K. and Barbara Miller:
1. ■ . b. and d. AFarch 2, 1843.
2. , 1). and d. April 22, 1844.
3. Susan \., 1>. Jnne 1, 1845; ni. John M. Graver, b.
ISTov. 5, 1844, son of Henry and Mary (Meek).
4. Benjamin, b. March 12, 1851; d. April 15, 1852.
5. Christian, b. Xov. 8, 1853; d. Feb. 22, 1875.
6. Wyatt, b. Jan. 1, 1858; d. Dec. 26, 1861.
7. Elizabeth, b. ; d. .V<.v. :], 1S9>^. in her 41st year.
8. Haldaman.
9. Alary.
10. Martha.
11. Viola.
Christian K Miller, b. l)<-c. 2, 1M<;; d. July 31, IS 76.
MARY KEAGY, danghttr of Abraham, the '^beloved"
son of ''Hanse," was born in Martic township, Lancaster Co.,
Pa., Jan. 15, 1768, and died Feb. 28, 1828. She married
Jacob Haverstick about 1795. He was born Xov. 10, 1760,
and died Alarcli 22, 1833. Both were members of the (Ger-
man Beformed Church, at Lancaster, Pa. Their children are :
1. John, b. Xov. 5, 1796.
2. Abraham, b. about 1798.
3. Jacob, b. ^ov. 21, 1799.
4. David b. .
KAGY RELATIOXSIITP. 197
5. C'atharine, L.
(J. .\inia, 1).
7. , m. Christian Herr.
John m., about 1817, MagxUilena Xeff, b. Oct. 24, 1799; d.
March 15, 1893. John Haverstick d. in 1883; issue: (1)
Henry, 1). Jan. 18, 1818; ni. Jan., 1810, Elizabeth Bausman,
b. Marcli 11, 1817, a dau. of John and Elizabeth Peters Baus-
man; (2) Jacob, 1). Jan. 5, 1820; d. Xov. 10, 1887; ni. Eliza-
beth Frick, d. Jan. 7, 189(), aged 73 v., dau. of Jacob and
Mary (Pfantz) Frick; (3) John, b. April 10, 1822; d. Oct.
18, 1822; (4) Levi, b. Jan. 13, 1824; m. Catharine Hostetter,
a dau. of Michael Hostetter, of Donegal township; (5) Eliza-
beth, b. Feb. 22, 1827; m. (first) Christian Hertzler, (second)
Ileinstine; both deceased; (6) John I^eff, b. Jan. 5.
1830; d. Oct. 16, 1888; m., May 13, 1852, Maria S. Hershey,
b. Dec. 23, 1829, a dau. of Christian and Anna (Stauffer)
Hershey; (7) Afary, b. Oct. 14, 1832; deceased; (8) Abraham,
b. Jan. T), 1837; m. Catharine Martin, a dau. of Christian and
Catharine (Detrick) Martin.
Children of Henry (first son of John Haverstick) and Eliza-
beth (Bausman) Haverstick :
1. ]\rartha B., 1). ; m. Jacob E. Rank, son of Samuel
and (Eby). Children: (1) Samuel H.; (2) Rev.
Henry B.; (3) Emma; (4) Lizzie; (5) Clayton; (6) Mary.
Rev. Henry m. Miss .
2. Elizabeth B., b. ; m. John J. Brenneman, son of
Adam; no children.
3. Anna, b. ; m. John R. Bricker, son of David;
7 children.
4. Mary B., b. ; num.
5. Catharine B., b. ; m. Tobias D. Martin, son of
Christian; 5 children.
6. Henry B., b. ; m. Anna Espenshade, dau. of
Jacob; 3 children.
7. Amelia B., b. ; \nnn.
8. Abram L., b. .
198 KAGY BELATIOXSHIP.
(2) Jacob Haverstick (second son <>f John) and Elizabeth
(Flick) Haverstick had one son: ILavvej F., h. ; ni.
Annie Stoner, a daughter of Abraham and (Bach-
man) Stoner, a son of Jacob Stoner, who m. Fanny (Fronica)
Keagv, a dan. of Abraham Keagy, the "beloved son" of
"Hans"' Keagy; they have seven children: Elizabeth Frick d.
Jan. 7, 1800, aged 73 v. Harvey F. resides at Lime Valley,
Pa.
(4) Levi, h. Jan. 13, 1824; m. Catharine Hostetter; issue,
five children: John, Henrv, Christian, Catharine and Mattie.
(5) Elizabctli, ni. (first) Christian Ilertzler; (second)
Heinstein.
(6) John y.e^, m. ]\laria S. (Ilershey) Haverstick:
1. Anna :\raria, b. .Marcli 28, 1853; m., Jan. 8, 1878,
Llenry Stoner liohrer, b. Jan. 12, 1848, son of Christian and
Maria (Buckwalter).
2. Ennna, b. ILay IG, 1854; ni., X(.v. 21, 1S77, Henry M.
Herr, 1). Sept. 25, 1851, son of Christian B. and Elizabeth
(Mayer).
3.*^ Eli H., b. Feb. 12, 1856; nnm.
4. Cliristian, b. April 4, 1858; m., Jan. 12, 1884, Elizabeth
Hersii, b. Jan. 22, 18()L dan. of Henry S. and Anna (Sli:inl»).
5. Magdalena, b. Feb. 5, 18G1.
G. Lizzie, b. Oct. 14, 1863; m., Feb. 11, 1890, Abram L.
Book, b. Dec. 8, 1858, son of Daniel and Maria (Leaman).
7. Alice, b. June 26, 1866.
8. Mary Ellen, b. Oct. 29, 1868.
9. Enos S., b. Feb. 13, 1871; ni., Dec. 25, 1894, Lydia
Reinhart, b. !^L^rch 23, 1872, dan. of John and Barbara
(Gall).
10. John H., b. April 23, 1873.
Children of Henry S. and Anna ^L (Haverstick) Rohrer:
(1) Eoss H., b. Dec. 23, 1878; (2) Mary Alice, b. Sept. 22,
1880; (3) John Christian, b. Xov. lo, 1882; (4) Frank H.,
KAGY KELATIONSHIP. 190
1). Sept. IT, 1884; (5) Ezra, h. March, 1887; d. April, 1888;
(6) Ainia :\Inria, 1.. Jan. 21, 18i»4; (7) Tlonry II., b. March 3,
1895.
Chiklrcn of Heiirv ^I. and Eimiia (Ilaverstick) Ileri':
(1) Cliristiaii, h. Dec. 30, 1878; d. Dec. 31, 1878; (2) Guy
II., b. July l(i, 1880; (3) Ivan M., b. June 2(3, 1882; (4) Roy
M., b. Feb. 27, 1884; (5) Ealph II., b. Ang. 7, 1885; (6)
Clarence II., b. Dec. 10, 1887.
Children of Christian and Elizabeth (Hersh) Ilaverstick:
(1) Agnes, b. Xov. 13, 1884; (2) Ira Hersh, b. Eeb. 25,
1887; d. Xov. 15, 1888; (3) Jchii Henry, 1). Ang. 30, 1888;
(4) Maris Eari, 1). Ang. 13, 1800.
Children of Abraham L. and Lizzie (Ilaverstick) Book are:
(1) Edna May, b. April 20, 1801; (2) Maria Hilda, b. Sept.
in, 1S03.
(8). Children of ^Vl)rani and Catharine D. (Martin) Ilaver-
stick :
1. Dora A., b. May 14, 18(;0; d. Eeb. 17, 1872.
2. Stelinian M., I).' Sci)t. 0, 1871; d. April 2, 1872.
3. :Monroe P., b. March 24, 1873; m., Ang. 4, 1800, Sab
inda Grabill, dan. of John and Salinda (Grabill); no children.
4. Clayton D., b. Oct. 3, 1870.
5. Minnie K., b. July 7, 1870.
End of John Ilaverstick's record.
(2) Abrani, b. ; ni. (first) Susan Miley, b. Sept. 20,
1705; (1. June 5, 1843; (second) a widow.
C'hildren of Aln-ani and Susan (^Mih^y) Ilaverstick
1. Mary, d. .
2. Elizabeth, d. .
3. Martin, d. in West; ni.
200 • KAGY EELATIONSHIP.
4. Abuer, b. ; m. (first j ]\Iartha Fisher; (second)
Mattie Garloch.
5. Susan, b. ; m. Jolm Lebr^ d. . ^
She lives in Lancaster. | , .
twins.
6. xVbram, b. ; m. Fannie Fisher, <biu. of {
Emanuel and Martha. J
7 and 8. Daniel and Christian (twins). Both m. Swartleys;
P. O. Eohrerstown, Pa.
!». Amos, d. in Libliv Prison.
10. Martha, d .
Children of Abram and Fannie (Fisher) Haverstick :
1. Granville F., b. .Inne 21, 1860; m. Elizabeth E. Hoover,
dan. of Charles and (Ernst); one child: Blanche H.,
b. Dec. 31, 1888.
2. Emma, m. John Myers, of Colnmbia; children: (1)
Katie; (2) John: (3) Lizzie; (4) Edward.
3. Edward, d. .
4. Amos, ni. Ada Deep, of Sterling, PL Children: Charles
D., P. O. Sterling, 111.
5. ]\rary, deceased.
G. Elizabeth, m. John Bongard, P. O. Cohnnbia, Pa. Chil-
dren: (1) Florence; (2) Annie; (3) Mazie.
7. Etfie, m. Jacob Mnmma, Mount Joy, Pa. Children: (^1)
Earl; (2) Galdie: (3) Anna; (4) John.
8. Clara, nnm. ; Jersey City.
9. Minnie.
10. Wesley, dec'd.
11. Susan.
12. Aliram, m. ^fay Shaub, dan. of Jacob, P. O. Mountville.
Susan Haverstick, the twin sister of Abraham, m. John
Lehr (dec'd) ; issue : Amanda, Anna, Lizzie, John (resides in
Cleveland, O.), and Phares. Mrs. Lehr resides in Lancaster,
Pa.
(3) Jacob Haverstick, Jr., b. Xov. 21, 1799; m. Elizabeth
KAGY KELATIONSIIIP. 201
Knsli, 1). ]\[ay 14, 1804; d. March 27, 1876; issue: Eudolpli
Eiisli, I). Xov. 21, 1824; in. Pannie Eshbacli, 1). Feb. 25, 1827,
a daughter of Jnlm and Elizabeth (Shenk) Eshbach; 2d.
JSTancv, ni. ]\[iehael Eshbach, bro. of Fanny.
3. Maria, ni. Christian Hostetter.
4. Susan, b. Aug-. 2, 1832; d. Jan. 1, 1833.
5. Ilettie, b. ; ni. David Hertzler.
6. Elizabeth, b. ; ni. John Stoner,
7. Fannie, b. ; ni. David Burkholder.
8. Jacob, b. July 15, 1843; d. Feb. !), 1846.
0. j\rattie, b. Xov. 28, 1845; d. Jan. 20, 1846.
10. Amauda, b. ^ov. 2, 1848; m. Benjamin F. Ilerr, b. Oct.
14, 1845.
Childi'cn of IvndoljJi Busb and Fannie (Eshbacli) llaver-
stick :
1. Jolni .Jacob, b Aug. 4, 1852; m., June 7, 1877, Emma
Brubaker, b. -June, 1857, dan. of Daniel and Susan (Xew-
comer).
2. AVilliam, b. March 12, 1862; d 12, 1877.
3. Frances Elizabeth, b. Feb. 25, 1864.
Children of Joliii J. and I^]ninia (Ih'ubakci') Haverstick
1. William, \>. Xov. 17, ls77.
2." , b. and d. Jan. 1, 187U.
3. Mabel, b. May 25, 1881; d. June 3, 1891.
4. Balph, b. Jan. 25, 1886.
(2) Xaney. (Xo record.)
(3) Maria, b. Jan. 18, 1830; d. April 11, 1864; m. Xov.
14, 1848, Christian Hostetter, b. Aug. 16, 1823; d. Feb. 27,
1879, son of Ulricli and Maria (Erisman). Children:
1. Aaron H., b. Feb. 1, 1850; m. (first), Dec. 9, 1884,
Elizabeth H. Charles, b. May 10, 1853; d. Feb. 28, 1892, dau.
■of John and (Herr) ; m. (second) Annie Rote.
202
KAGY EP]LATI()XSHir.
2. E])liraim, h. Jan. 7, is.",;]; d. Dvc. 22, 1878; m. Oct.,'
1876, :\rarv H. Charles, dan. of Jolm and (llerr). 1
child: Lizzie, 1). Sept. 8, 1877; m. Oliver Slienk, P. O.
Kready, Lancaster Co., Pa. A child died Ang. 9, 1898.
3. Jacob H., 1). Dec. 3, 1855; m., Sept., 1876, Snsan
Eohrer, 1). Sept. 6, 1858, dan. of Sebastian and Elizabeth
(Brenner). (1) Bertha, b. xVjn-il 19, 1878; d. May 2, 1882-
(2) Paris Pt., 1). April 28, 1881; (3) Stella, b. Xov." 30, 1882;
(4) Blanche, b. Oct. 30, 1884; (5) P;d])li, b. Tan. 2, 1887; (6)
iriabel, b. March 14, 1890.
Aaron II. Ilostetter, b. Peb. 1, 1850, son of Christian and
Maria (Ilaverstick) d. Jan. 3, 1899.
(lOj Children of Bcnj. Y. and Aniaiuhi (Ilaverstickj llerr
1. Alice H. llerr, b. An- 27, 1873.
2. Mary IL Llerr, b. Auu. li», 1875.
3. Stelia IL Herr, 1). Ang. 3, 1879.
End of Jacob the ''>d record.
(4) David JLiverstick, foiiiili son of Jacob and Mary
(Keagy) LLiverstick, had one son : David C, m. Anna St.
John; has several children.
(5) Catharine Ilaverstick, ni. a Inur; her descendants live
in Ilagerstown, Md.
(6) Descendants of John and Anna (Haverstick) Shenk.
One son, John, ni. Barbara Kreider, and had children, as fol-
lows: John; Christian; and Elizabeth, b. Ang. 13, 1797; d.
Sept. 18, 1844; m. John Eshbach, b. March 19, 1792, d. Jnly
10, 1861.
This record is incom]dcte.
(7) jSTame nnknown; ni. Christian Herr.
Anna Slienk, hfth dan. of .Vnn Keagy and (Iiristian
Shenk, ni. Abraham S. Mvlin, and their dan. Lvdia m. Ben-
janiin Ilaverstick.
KAGY BELATIONSHIP. 203
Children of Beiij. and Lydia (Aiylin) Kaverstick, Mecdianics-
biirg, Cumberland Co., Pa.
1. Anna ]\raria. h. Xov. ?>, 18:>.5; m., Dec. 2!», 1S4(). John
A. llenscl (decMj.
2. Hiram A., 1). Xov. 10, 1(S2>S; ni. Xancy Jane Johnson.
3. Benjamin L., b. Sept. 27, 1S30; m. lEary L. Snavely.
■i. Martin Mylin, b. ; m. Sarah Jane Wonderly.
5. Lydia R., b. ; m. Dr. AV. H. I^ongsdi >rii'.
6. Barbara Eva, d. in infancy.
7. I^evi M., d. ; m. Emma E. Frantz.
8. ]\Iary E., ni. dohn \. Longsdorff.
!). Frances Cathei'ine, d. ; ni. Edward Weibley.
10. Snsan Caroline, ni. AVilliam T. AVilliamson, P. O. Me-
chanicsbnrg. Pa.; one child: ]\rande Kanaga AVilliamson.
Children of John A. and Anna AT. (Ilaverstick) Hensel, East
State street, S2)ringfield, O.
1. Benjamin, d. in infancy.
2. George, m. Bella TTaniilton; 4 ehildren: llerl)ert, John,,
Clara and Charles.
3. Lydia, m. A'aleiitine Blank; 1 child: Chester.
4. Alice, d. .
5. .Anna, ni. Ilnntzberger; 2 children: Ethel and
Helen.
6. Sarah, d. .
7. Maggie, m. Lemon Bradford ; 1 child : Zatae Leola.
S. AA'illiani, m. Bessie -; 2 children: Hiram and
Seth.
Children of Jliram A. and Jane (Johnson) Llaverstick:
1. John, m. Matilda ; 3 children: Pearl, Matilda
and Hiram.
2. Charles, d. .
3. Alice, d. — .
4. AA'illiam, m. Florence Girard; 1 child: William.
5. Xora, ]\rarion Co., Hidiana.
204 KAGY UKLATIOXSIIIP.
Children of Beiij. L. and Marv L. (Snavely) Haverstick, P. O.
New Kingston, (^nniborland Co., Pa.
1. Alfred Coolcman. d. .
2. Graham.
3. Susan.
Children of ^lartin ^l. and Sarah J. (AVonderlv) Haverstick,
P. O. Xevada, Vernon Co., Mo. :
1. Clarence, m. Marv Bro\\niawell, P. O. Bartlett, Kan.
2. Georo-e, P. O. Salt Lake City, Ftah.
3. Cora, m. James Denman; children: George Melvin.
4. Edgar, P. O. St. Panl, :\Iinn., care of II. J. Ileintz Co.
5. Martin !Mevlin, m. ; P. O. Xevada, Vernon Co.,
Mo.
6. Stella.
Children of 1 )r. W. 11. and Lydia li. ( Haverstick) Longsdorff,
P. O. 20lt W. Ponther street, Carlisle, Pa.
1. Harold Hamilton, :Sl. J)., m. Ella Ernst; P. O., Dickin-
son, Cumberland Co., Pa.; children: (1) Harold: (2) Helen.
2. Earnest ^leylin, deceased.
3. Zatae Leola, M. D., m. Dr. Amos Gale Straw; P. O.,
627 T'nion street, Manchester, >s'. 11.
4. Ilildecrade Haverstick. M. 1>.. at home.
5. Jessica Dale, m. Pev. Hiram P. Bozorth, Mount Joy,
Lancaster Co., Pa.: 2 children : ( 1) Enid E. Smith, d. ;
(2) ^.
6. Persia Miriam.
Children of Levi ^1. and Emma E. (Frautz) Haverstick:
1. Puth.
2. P.alph.
3. Frantz.
4. :\Iirian, P. O. Pock Island, 111.
KAGY RELATIONSHIP. 205
('liildi'cii (»f John A. and ^iary E. (Haverstick) Lono'sdorff,
r. (). MeehaniesLurg, Cinnberland Co., Pa. :
1. Caroline Francis.
2. Frank Parson, ni. Hannah Gorgas; chihh-en : John, Gor-
gari J>ungs(h)rff.
3. Mo.vlin.
4. .Vnna AVoodburn.
Chiklren of Edward and Frances C. (Haverstick) A^^eibley:
1. E(bia (Jrace, ni. Samnel Goodyear, son of Jacob G(»od-
year, P. (). Carlisle, Pa.
2. :\rary Faller.
?>. John, d. .
4. Iiollaiid Haverstick.
"). Fannie Gcrti'nde.
(9) FEONICA (FANI\^Y) IvEAGY, a danghter of Abra-
ham ]\eagy, ''the beloved son" of "Hanse," was 1). ,
I7()0,.and d. ; ni. Jacob Stoner, and raised a family of
children ; no reeoril.
(10) SFSAX.XAIl KEA(;Y, a danghter of Abraham
Keagy, "^the beloved son" of "llanse," was b. ; m.
John Stehman; no record obtainal)le.
(11) FhlZABETir KEAGY, a danghter of Abraham
Keagy, "the beloved son" of ''Hanse," was b. ; m,
Adam Lit/.enboi-g. It a])])ears they both died early ^^dthont
issne.
JOH^T KEAGEY, the r.th son of Abraham Keagey, "the
beloved son of "Hanse" or John Keagy, Avas born Jan. 20,
1170, and died in Canada, Oct. 24, 18()0. He was married
the first time to Elizabeth Smith, who w^as born Jan. 2, 1773,.
and died Jan. 10, 1823. He married the second time Magda-
lene Xetf, a widow, Oct. 0, 1828. She was born Jnly 30,.
206
KAGY RELATIOXSHIP.
1781, and died :Marcli 15, 1874.* The first wife was the
aniit of A. Ilerr Smith, Es([., of Lancaster City, Pa. .
The following' sketch was contribnted l)v Ilichard Jones to
the CJiristian Guardian, pnldished at Toronto, C-anaihi, (hited
Xox. 21, 1800:
"Tn Memoriam : In AVest Fhmiboro, on the Dundas Circuit,
John Keag'ey, aged 00 years, 9 months and -l days. He was
Lorn on the 20th day of January, 1770, and died October 24,
ISGO. His native place was Lancaster Co., Pa. He emigrated
to Canada in the year 1800; his overhmd journev was through
a trackless Anlderness, occupying weeks and attended with
great labor and perih He bought a large tract of land in the
neighl)orhoo(l of Dundas and Ilaunlton, tlu'u almost un-
known, now populous and dourishing cities. He was a farmer
by occu])ation and gi'eatly esteemed for his intelligence and
high moral worth. One of his sons was a i)rominent member
of the Canadian Parliament. Early in life tlie deceased at-
tached himself to the Methodist Cliundi, and continued to the
last a firm and consistent member. For more than fifty years
the itinerant preachers made his house their home, and under
his hospitable roof ever found a warm and generous welcome.
The deceased was connected bv blood and marriage -with many
of the most prominent families in Lancaster Co., Pa., and was
an uncle of the late A. Herr Smith, of I^ancaster City, Pa.
''Mr. John Keagey was not one of those given to change, for
after he had selected his home on a farm in AVest Flamboro,
he never left it to reside in any other place, until summoned
to take possession of a mansion in the house not made with
hands, eternal in the heavens. Thus for sixty years he lived
with the same people, going in and out before them and their
children, and children's children, who grew up around him.
In comparatively early life he gave himself to the Lord, and
then to his people. Prom the time he decided to be pious to
* Mrs. Neff had a daughter to her former husband named Martha
or Matta, about 7 years of age when her mother became John Keagey's
(Sr.^ second wife. Matta married the Rev. Peter German, of Cains-
ville, Canada, whose son, Rev. J. F. German. M. A., D. D , resides at
Toronto, Canada.
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the (lay <if his dcatli liis walk and conversation were sneh as
might he expected of one who was determined to love and
serve God with a sincere heart. The proofs which he gave of
his sincerity were of the most convincina' and iiractical char-
acter. He highly jn-ized the ordinances of religion, giving
his family and neighbors (dear ])i'actical illnstrations of the
value he placed n])on them l»y his regular attendance n])on
them, so long as his health and strength would allow him to
do so. Class meetings and the 'Holy Supper' were so highly
valued hv him that when his ei'eat as'e and manv infirmities
prevented him from going to the house of the Lord, he had
the class-meetings in his own house, and often the members of
his class united there with him and his family in celebrating
the 'Holy Supper.' Such seasons Avere times of special refresh-
ing from the ])resence of the Lord to all who were permitted
to conmiunicate with him while he Avas able to attend to the
duties of his station in life. As a man of business he was in-
dustrious and economical, and at the same time liberal. He
found godliness to be profitable in all things. For the Lord
blessed tlie labor of his hands, giving him enough of this
world's goods for the support of his own family in great re-
spectability and something to spare for the [)Mor, the widows,
and the fatherless, none of whom, when in distress, ever left
his door without relief.
For more than fifty years his home was a home for our
itinerant ministers; doubtless many of the oldci- ministers of
our (diurcli, who are yet li\-ing, and wdio were among the
jnoneers of the great work which (lod has accomplished and
is still carrying on in Western (^anada will remember with
gratitude the cheerful hospitality of Father Keagey, and his
courtesy and kindness to the preachers' families. He was dis-
posed to have the ministers and their families as comfortable
as his own fanuly, and always generously contributed to their
support. All tlie institutions of tlie cdinrch were cared for by
him, and when onr missionary society was organized he was
one of the first to contribute to its funds on this circuit, and
he continued to take an interest in its successes up to the day
of his death.
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Several of his last years were years of great sntfering, but
during his protracted sufferings he neither murmured nor
comj^lained. His mind was eminently peaceful and happy.
At length the weary and worn wheels of life stood still, and
almost without a struggle or a groan he sweetly fell asleep in
Jesus, going down to the grave in a good old age, like as a
shock of corn cometh in his season. 'Mark the perfect man,
and ])ehold the upright, for the end of that man is peace.' "
John Keagey's (Sr.) children are as follows :
1. Jacob Keagey, b. April 8, 170:2, in Lancaster CN)., Pa.
2. John Keagey, b. Nov. 22, l7l)4, in Lancaster Co., Pa.
3. Magdalene Keagey, b. iSTov. 2(), 171M3, in Lancaster Co.,
Pa.
4. Catharine Keagey, b. Jan. 11, 1801, in Canada.
5. Xancy (xVnn), 1). June IG, 1805, in Canada.
G. Elizabeth Keagey, b. June 24, 1808, in (*anada.
7. xVbraham Keagey, h. March 23, 1812; d. at 23 y., in
1835; not married.
8. Mary B. Keagey, b. Jan. 14, 1815.
1. Jacob Keagey had two liuiidrcd acres of land given him
by his father, located about twenty ndles west of Dundas, on
which he had been working; he returned to his father's house;
remained a few days, then started oft' as the family thought
for his farm, which he never reached aa'ain. Some one who
knew him saw him going toward Xiagara, and that is all that
has ever been learned about him. It is thought that he was
killed and his body secreted, as he was a man of excellent
habits, and of the best moral character, and of such domestic
nature as to bind him in tender bonds to family and friends.
Xo trace of him has ever been discovered, thereby confirming
the worst fears of his friends regarding his hapless fate. This
last visit to his home was in May, 1816.
Jacob and John Keagey were both in the military service
and participated in two engagements in the war of 1812;
fought on Canadian soil, and were on the English side.
Rev. John ISinklfv Keagey.
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Joliu Kcaiiov, the 2(] son, in. Mary Ijiukk'v, July 12,
1832, \vl)o Avas h. Fel). 10, 1805; John Keagey d. in C^anada,
-Ian. I, IS.-)!); .MavN- IJinklev Ivea^'ev d Xov. li), 1803; then-
eliildren are :
1. Aim Keagey, 1). May 11, 1834.
2. Abraham Smith Keagev. !>. Feb. 15, 1836; d. Julv 21,
1850; num.
3. John Binkley Keagey, b. Julv 10, 1830.
4. Elizabeth Keagey, 1). Dee. 17, 1840.
5. AVni. Henry Keagey, h. Alareh 4, 1843.
0. David Keagey, b. -lune 22, 1845.
7. ]\lary Jane Keagey, b. March 3, 1848.
1. .\iin Keagey, ni. Nelson Howell, May 28, 1803; they
had two ehihlren: ISTettie Bella, b. April 28, 1800, ni. Daniel
Coyne, of St. Thomas, Canada; I.ula, h. Feb. 20, 1868, d.
April 28, 1872.
Ann Howell <1. Se]>t. 1. 1808.
Xelsoii Howell ni. again, and lives 12 miles west of Dundas,
Cannda.
3. John Binkley Keagey was edncated at Victoria College,
whicli institution he entered as a divinity student and gradu-
ated: soon aftei- lliat lie entereil the ministry in the M. E.
Church, and tra\cded one year on the Jjradford Circuit north
of Toronto, Canada, and then moved to his old home on the
mountain above Dundas. His father dying intestate and his
mother and (ddest brother being dead, he settled up his father's
estate in a \-erv satisfactory manner, receiving from the heirs
a handsome familv Bible, containing resolutions of love and
esteem as expressive of their appreciation of his ability, integ-
rity and unselfishness in executing his trust.
In 1873 he sold the old home and moved to Dundas, where
he was engaged to teach in the Methodist College just started
there for young men. He remained there one year teaching
and lecturing ;ind preaching, until his health gave way; he
tl'.en decided upon a complete change and went with his fam-
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ily to Xew York to spend the sniuiner there, ami (hii-inu- his
stay there he eoiu-liKled to try the sea shore, and went to
Ocean (irove, X. J. There he regained strength
and
preached whenever opportnnity offered; he seemed to be in-
spired h\ the scenery around him, and often was heard to
say: "^'AVhat a lovely place to go to heaven from; it is as near
like it as it can 1k\" Ahont the end df Ani>-nst he took typhoid
fever, and in s])it(' of all tlie best medical skill he sank to re.t,
in holy trinm])h; his physicians declaring he did not die, but
that he was "translated."
The London ( 'onference of the Methodist ( hnrcdi of ( "an-
ada, held in St. l^anl's chnrcli, in the city of St. Catharines,
Ontario, in 1S7(), has the followinu- notice <>n their minutes:
"John Binklev Keae'ev, !*>. A., was born on the ohl home-
stead near Dundas, in the year is:]!), of parents very hig-hly
esteemed in that region of connti'v; his conversion occurred
at 14 years of age. Shortly aftci'wai'ds he was sent to Vic-
toria College where he remained a faithful student till his
graduation. In 18()2 he entered upon the work of the Chris-
tian ministry in which lie I'cmaineil about 5 years. In a sup-
ei'nnmci'ai'y relation, he eoiitiiiue(l to laboi- nntiringlv for
Christ, a jiorrion of nearly every Sabbath being spent in
preaching the 'W'oi'ddf Life." AVhen the f^nndas AVesleyan
Institute was opened, he acce])ted a ])lace as teacher, which he
fillcMl with accej^tance and al)ility. till im])aired health obliged
him to resign. Thi-ough most of the winter of LS74-5 he was
a great sufferer, but in his affliction, he was patient and peace-
ful, testifying to the ])ower of grace to save and to sustain.
As soon as possible he was again at his loved employment ef
striving to save souls. In the summer of ls7.") he went to
Ocean Grove, X. J., for the ])urpose of seeking health amidr:t
circumstances of great spiritual ])rivilege. There, while he
spent his strength in labors more abundant, he was sieze 1 wit'i
typhoid fever and despite the utmost endeavors of the most
skillful physicians, he speedily yielded to the inevitable dis-
ease. During his last sickness his mind was often obscured,
but in his rational moments his trust in Christ was firm and
his experience perfectly satisfactory. lie died on the first day
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of September, 1875, in the 37tli year of liis age. Brother
Iveagey was a man of great worth. One of the most marked
features of his character was his devotion to duty; whatever
he undertook to do he did most heartily. I Lis k)ve of truth
and sincerity was very strong. He liad clear, honest ci»nvic-
ti(ms, and was not afraid manfully to express them; his love
for the Church and the cause of God, had all the fixedness of
principle and all the fervor of ])assion. Whether ])reaching
the gospel, working on his farm, or engagc(l in teacliing, ho
tried to do it for 'God's glory.' He was always readv at the
call of duty to preach the gospel, visit tlie sick and dying, or
bury the dead. During the last year of his life he undertook
to do more than he was able, for his whole soul seemed to be
inflamed with a desire for the salvation of the unsaved and for
the welfare of the Church. At Ocean Grove he said: 'What
a place to go to heaven from ! It breathes of Christ. The
power of faith lifts my spirits up.' When told by Dr. Stokes,
the pastor, that unceasing prayer w^as going u]) for his recov-
ery, he said: Aly work is done; I am going home; yoni' ])ray-
ers are being answered, or will be. God is holding uj) my
wife. He will kee]) her and my little children.' 'If God
should call you, wdiat then?' some one askc^l. He re])lied: 'I
have no will but Clod's will; that was settled when I was 14
years old; 1 have given myself, wife and children to him, and
he has accepted them; I am all his.' Thus passed away one
of our most amiable and faithfid bi-cthren, who during the
last year of his life grew rapidly in mental and spiritual
slatnrc; and if his sun went down at mi<l-day, the splendor of
the sitting was more glorious than the effulgence of the noon-
tide."
3. John Binkley Keagey m., June 20, 1866, Jennie Glenny
l\lcGill, at the home of her uncle, Wm. H. (Uenny, at Buffalo,
X. Y., b. Sept. 1. Their children are:
1. Died in infancy, in Bradford, Canada.
2. Wm. Glenny Keagey, b. Sept. 6, 1868.
3. Sarah Caroline Keagey, b. June 30, 1870.
1. Infant son, d. in infancy, 1872.
5. Esther Mary Keagey, b. July 3, 1873.
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]\ri's. Iveagey is living at 68 Irving Place, Bnffalo, X. Y.
Wm. Glenny Keagey is nnni., and at this time (1899) is the
assistant treasnrer of the Xew York Car AVhcel Works, and
has an office at 18 Swithin's L-^.ne, E. C. LoiidDii, Eng.
Sarah Caroline Keagey, ni. Joseph \Vardman Tvenworthy,
Jnly 27, 1891, who was b. at Chester, Pa., Eeb. 14, 1859. Mr.
Tvenworthy is an attorney-at-law, and resides in Phihi kdpMa,
Pa. Their children are : Caroline Ke?gpy, h. ]\[av 10,1892;
Joan AVardnian Keagey, b. May 11, 1895.
Esther ]\rarv Keagey is nnni, at this date (1899), and is now
pnrsning her studies and coni|)leting her edncation at Colnni-
bia Eniversitv, Xew York Citv.
4. Elizabeth Keagey, ni., Jnne 7, 1864, Kev. Ednmnd S.
Knpert, M. A., 1). Ang. 11, 1835, a minister in the ^[ethodi-t
Clinrch in Canada, and have three children. \iz:
(1) William Thornton, b. April 24, 1865; at present (1899)
is nnm., and is engaged in Morang's Pnblishing Honse, Tor-
onto, Canada.
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(2) Ida :\Iary, 1). April 16, 1868, m. Ang. 11, 1897, to Rev.
George Chalmers Balfonr, now (1899) living at Severn
Bridge, Canada, and have one child : Irene Keagey, b. Dec. 8,
1898^^
(3) Edith :\[ay, b. April 22, 1872; d. Dec. 4, 1898, in her
beantifnl \vonianhood, in fnll assnrance of a home in the man-
sions above, there to dwell fm-ever with the Lord.
5. William Henry Keagey, m. Jan. 25, 1871, Isabella
Eckford Logic, b. . Beside at, or near, Dnndas, Can-
ada; their children are:
Annie Bella Eckford, b. Jnlv 15, 1872.
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Mary Lope, 1). Yv^K 11, 1S7<;.
James AViniam, 1.. April 2'.i, 1ST8.
Mag'gie DrnimnoiKl, b. A])i-il 4, 18S0.
Eftie Louisa, !.. Oct. 9, lS8i>.
(I)) David l\cagey, d. April ."), isTO; niiiii. TTc was cmIu-
cated for a })liysieian, took his degree at the medical school
connected with Victoria College, and also at Bellvne Hospital,
United States. He then spent two yeai's in Kurope, and took
his degree at the College of Physicians and Snrgeons in Lon-
don and Edinbnrg, lie then retnrned to (^mada and com-
menced the ])ractice of his profession in the city of Hamiltim;
abont one year afterward he took a severe cold, ending in hem-
orrhage of the Inngs which terminated fatally A])i'il '>, ISTO.
(7) ]\rarv Jane Tveagey gradnate(l at the AVesleyan Female
College, at Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. She was a yonng
woman of many acconi])lislini('nts and rare qualities of mind
;iiid heart. Her engaging manners and lovely disposition
made her the center of a large circle of friends. To a well-
stored mind she added all of the Christian graces, and sliowe 1
by her walk and conversation that she had been with (1iri.-t
and learned of him. She died Xov. 19, 1883, rejoicing in a
Savior's love and in the brightest hope of a blissful immor-
tality, b(doved by all who knew her, aged 35 years, 8 mont^ s
and Hi days (unmarried).
2. Abraham Smith Keagey, the 1st son of John, who was
the second son of John, the hfth son of .Vbraham, the belove 1
son of "Hanse" or John II. Keagy, the first in America; d.
Jnly ill, 1859, in Canada; he was num.
3. Magdalene Keagey, the eldest daughter and 3d child
of John, Sr., m. AVilliam Ijawtenheimer, and resided in the
township of .Xelson, Halton Co., Canada. She was b. in Lan-
caster Co., Pa., and was four years of age when her father
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eniigTatod To (Amada, in the year liSUU. Slie d. July ;]'), i.sT-i;
was 111. Oct., 1827; William Bawtenheimer was 1). in the State
of Xew Jersey, F. S. A., Ano'. i;,, i7;i«>, and d. Feb. 18, 1875.
He changed his name to William Behimer, because there was
two or three others of the former name in the same ]>lace.
Their cdnldren were: jSTelson, b. dune 1.'), IS^'.I; William,
b. A])ril -C). ls:')7: d. Api-il 15, 185S; two boys d. in infancy.
iV^elson Behimer ni. Oct. 5, 1854, to Sarah 'r(Mn])ler, who <1.
duly ol, 1S75, and ha\'e two children, viz:
1. Helen Calista, b. Oct. l'<;, 1;«;55, and m. Aug. 27, 1878,
to Kev. d<iliii Suiiiiiiers, and they have 7 children, viz: -lohn
Xelson, \). Oct. 7, bs7'.t; William I5ehimer, b. dan. 7, 1881;
Frank Harold, b. Dec. 15, 1882; Percy Keagey, 1>. duly 21,
1884; Clai'a K'alista, b. dan. 4. 1886; Sarah Xetanis, b. Dec.
17, 188,S; Fred. All.'ii. b. duly 5, 1891.
2. Clara .Magdalene was b. March 14, ISCO; m. Dec. 13,
1882, to dose]di lleiii'\- Bowman, and have two children:
Frederick Behimer, b. Xov. 7, 188IJ; Sarah McMahon, b.
June 1, 1885. lleside in Canada.
(4) Catharine Keagey, the second dau. and 4tli (dnld of
John, Sr., m., March 25, 1S22, Danii'l ( 'ornell, and resided in
the townshi]) of Beverly, Halton Co., Canada. She was the
first of her family b. in Canada, to which country her father
emic'rated in the vear 1800. Daniel (^ornell was b. in ISOl
and d. May 17, 1852; his wife d. May :il. 1887. Issue: 11
children, viz :
(1) Elizabeth, b April 18, 1823; m. James Mead, April 18,
1840, and d. Feb. 13, 1852; had two children: (1) Mary
Anna, b. A])ril, 1850; d. in infancy; (2) ddiaddeus Stimp^on,
b. :\Lay 21), 1851; d. Aug., 1889.
(2) Abigail, b. :\rarch 24, 1824; m. Eobert Pmrt, Aug. 24,
1842, and had Ct children. I'obert ihirt is a native of Lanark-
shire, Scotland, and a descendant of the Scotch Covenenters, a
Catharinr (Keagev) Cornkll.
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soil of John Bnrt, mid was 1). ]\Iarcli 1 l\ ISi'l; issue: .loliu
Keagey Bnrt, b. Xov., 1883; ni. Catharine Green, h. ,
and have two sons and one danghter, viz: Frank, a teaeher
of ninsic in the Institnte for the Blind in the city of Brant-
ford; (2) Ernest, a farmer on the lionie ])hi('e.
2. Catharine Bnrt, h. Oct. 20, 184:5; d. Jan. l(i, 184*).
3. Daniel Bnrt, 1». Se])t. 11-, lSl-7; ni. Catharine Manndrcn,
b. ; issne: 5 danghters and two sons.
Mr. ]]nrt is a scientific farmer and owns a fine, large farm
in Ontario. He was awarded prizes at the (Hiicago Exj)osition
for the l)est wheat and barley. l\\r. Bnrt is a representati\'i'
man, and has been twice elected a member of the Legislatnre
of Ontario, a ]iosition he now fills with signal ability.
4. AVilliam Bnrt, b. .March 24, 184U; m., Jnne Ki, 1880, to
Miss Janet jMcHonll Ballingal, b. March 8, 1858; issne: Abi-
gail Florence, b. -Inly 5, 1882; Annie Blanche, b. April 17,
1884; Catl>arine "Kathleen' Elizabeth, b. Dec. 29, 1885, d.
Ang. (J, 181)6.
Mr. Bnrt is a practicing physician, and resides in Paris, On-
tario, Canada. Mr. Bnrt spent three years in the hospitals of
Xew York and Brooklyn (hiring the Civil War, and in 18(;5
he was sent to Texas with Colonel (now General) .Merritt's
coniniand. Jle is a member of the Methodist Clmrcdi.
5. Eranklin Bnrt, :\r. B., M. D., I., in 15rant Co., Ontario,
March 5, 1853; graduated, with two gold nu'(lals from the
Toronto University, in 18T'.>, and practiced medicine for years
in Norwalk, Ohio, since 1881, where he now resides. He
m. Agnes Eood, at Norwalk, Ohio, Oct. 26, 18.sT, b. at Port
Chester, K Y., May 3, 1863. Issne: one (diild, Carda, b.
Jan. 18, 1800.
6. Estella Bnrt, b. April 2, 1859; m., Oct. 25, isso. to
George Shipinan Batty, b. Jan. 20, 1857; issne: I>nrt. I).
April 30, 1882; Eranklin Marsh, b. AFarch 14, 1884; George
Leonard, 1). A])ril 12, 1886; Pvoberi dames b. Sept. 25, 18S8;
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Estella, 1). Aug. U, J8U1; d. :\Iay 27, 1893; Kennetli, b.
March 13, IbUG. Eesidence, C'aiiLy, Ore.; Episcopalian.
(3) Mary, 1>. liarcli 2S, iSiT); in., June 9, 1851, to Jesse
Cornell, a first cousin, who was 1). Oct. 28, 1828, and d. April
28, 1883; his occn]iati<)ri wa-^ farniino'. Ttclicious faith, Meth-
odists. Issue: Hvc children, viz:
1. George AVellington, li. Dec. 25, 1855, and ni. Jan. 1,
1879, to Boadicea Coleman, and liave two children: Mabel
Amelia, 1). Ahuvh 13, 1880, and ( \:)ra Almina, b. .May 19,
188(;. Mctliodists.
2. Augusta, b. May 22, ISCO, and m., 15, 1880, to
Jolm Tohin. a farmer. MetlnxHsts. Xo issue.
3. WiUiam Maitland, b. Se])t. 1, 1801; m., Jan. 27, 1885,
to Lillian Gaukel, and have four children: Alary Alma, b.
Dec. 3, 1885; Maitland Koy, b. Sept. 11, 1887; Charles Fred-
erick, 1). Sept. 3, 1895; Jesse Herman, b. June 10, 1897; oc-
cupation, farming; Methodists.
4. Sarah Elzine, b. March 3, 18()1-; m., March 3, 1886, to
Frank Walsh, and ha\e one chihl. John Franklin, b. Jan. 27,
1888. Methodists.
5. Jessie Almira, b. May 28, 1800; ni., Feb. 5, 1885, to
Isreal Konkle, a "Desciple" minister. She d. Alay 15, 1880.
Issue: one daughter, Mary Amanda, b. April 28, 1880; d.
Sept. 15, 1889.
The two last named lived in the C^ounty Lincoln, and the
three first named lived in the County Wentworth, Canada.
(4) Rachael, b. April 20, 1830; is num.: resides with Mrs.
Burt, at Paris, Ontario, Canada.
(5) Thaddeus S., b. Julv 7, 1838; m. Bell Eraser, Xov. 30,
1883, b. May 1, 1850, and she d. July 1, 1897; thev have two
children: Gertrude Irene, b. Jan. 8, 1885; Mary AVilhelniina,
b. Jan. 0. 1887. Resides at Pleasant Forks, X. W. Territory,
Canada.
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(G) Ahiiini, !>. Jun. -24-, iN-jD; in. William 11. Tceple, April
10, 18r>!>, niul liavc two childreii : PiO^eoe ('., 1). Oct. 1<), iSi;;);
]\razclla ('., 1). -Imie -21, ISTO; VVilliaiii R. Teeple, b. -July :),
IS']'-). Reside at Port Elgin, (Vniada.
Tlic other five cliildrcii d. in iiifancv.
( .")) Xancy, or Anna Keagev, the third daughter and r)th
clnh! (»f Joliii, Sr.. \va.~ inniiarrifMl, and di(Ml Ang. Id. iSi'ii.
((i) Klizahc'th Jveagey, the fourth danghter and (ith child
of .John Keagcy. first m. John Cornell, and had two daughters :
1. ]\Iartha, ni. jjenjaniin Snntli, and had three children.
One daughter is still living (18911).
2. Sarah, ni. a Mr. ^MeOregor, and lia<l >i.\ clnMren. All
are now (U'ad, iiududing the mother.
]\lr. ('orncll A. ahont ls;!,^ oi- (I. ami his widow m. AVilliani
McKay.
((')) Elizabeth Iveagey, the fonrth danghter and (»tli child
of flohn Tveagey, m., in 1838, to Widiam ^IcKay, b. ,
l7iJ(i. Elizabeth Keagv McKav d. -Ian. lo, 1845. Issue:
three children: {\) Margarett, (2) Jane and ['.'>) dacob, b.
April 1, 1S4:3.
]\rargaret, b. ]\Iarch 12, 1839; m. to (ieorge Cai'pcntcr in
18G3. '
Jane, b. May 14, 1841: ni. dan. 2(1, is:)l>, to dohn Gage
Xash, and had 4 children: two sons dead and a son and daugh-
ter living.
Jacob d. July 10, 18 64. Margaret d. Xov. 26, 1864.
Mr. Mclvav m. the second time.
(7) Abraham Keagey, d. Sept. 10, 1835, in his 23d year;
num.
(8) Mary B. Keagey, m., in 1832, John Xeif, and had 11
chddrcn: William Ilenry, b. May 17, 1833, d. May 21, 1864;
dohn, b. dulv lit. 1834;'Al)raham, b. Sei)t. 20, 1836: Samuel,
224 KAGY RELATIONSHIP.
I). Fel). 10, 1838, deceased; Mary Ann, 1). Sept. 25, 1S41, m.
a ]\Ir. AVhite, June 26, 1873, and liave one child, Florence
Keagey, b. Ang. 13, ISTl; Eliza Catharine, h. Jnly 8, 1845,
ni. a ]\Ir. Hall, Jnly 5, 1882, no issne; James, b. Jan. 4, 1847,
(1. Jidy 10, 1S57; Elizabeth, 1). Eeb. 5, 1841), d. :\lay 30,
3 851; Joseph, b. April 27, 1851, d. Jnly 5, 187S; Alaria, b.
Dec. 4, 1853, d. Jnne 15. 1S54; I\>ter Augnstiis, b. Xov. 8,
1857, ni. Oct. 2 7, 188J, and have one child, A'ellie Eonisa, b.
Feb. 22, 1S8().
Airs. Xetf d. May 11, 1863.
John Xcd' 111. Ilaiiiiali Slcightci- in 1857 or 8, b. Ang. 3,
]841, and have twelve cliiMrcn, viz: Ijcnjamin F., b. Sept.
3, 1858; Alary K., b. Oct. 22, 1860; James AA\. b. Jan. 23,
1863; Alai-ia M., b. .Vpril 22. 1865; Charles IE, h. Oct. 7,
1867: John Keagy, b. Dec. 6. 1S70: E. Catharine, b. AEiy 4,
1S72: II. Theresa, b. Oct. 2s, 1S74; I\'ter .V.. b. Jnne 8,
1877; F. E Aland, b. \\m\ 12, 1880; Carrie AE, h. Xov. 26,
1882; Ednmnd B.. b. Sei)t. 23, 1885. Reside at X^o. 610 Fifth
Avenne, Dnlnth, Minn.
End <d' Abi'ahani Keagy's descendants, the belove<l son of
"Hanse."
Book Firsi, Chapter Third.
Rl'DOLPH KAGY, tlic rhinl son of Joliu Rudolph Kiigy
(Ilaiise Ktig'y) was born about the jeiw IT-^-J-,").
Tlic only aiitlicntic record of this son of IJanse Kiigy that
we can find n]) to this time (1899) is: First, lie is named in
liis father's will, beai'inu' date ^Jay S, IT-I-S. l]y the condition-;
of this will he (Kudolphj and his eldest brother, Jacob, in-
herited a tract of six hnndred acres of land on the west side of
the Snsqnehanna liiver, joininii' Torhtown, now the city of
York, York Co., Pa. This tract of land was afterwards sold
by Jacob and Kndolph Iviigy to James Wright, .rohn Wright,
AVilliam Willes, John Jlnghston and .lames Ewing and Pa-
tience, his wife, and Susannah, the wife of John Jlnghston,
danghters of dohn AVright, deceased. This deed was dated
June 8, 1774, and is signed: Jacob Kiigy and Ui(diard Kiigy.
The name Richard being an alias.
The next time, his name appears as a witness to his Pr. »thor
Abraham's will, which bears date Oct. 30, 1784, and whi(di
is also written llichard Kiiffv. About this time there was ;i
number of jiersons left Lancaster C^o., Pa., and went into
sonthwestern Pennsylvania. It is not only possible, but it is
highly ])rol)al)]e that Rudolph (alias Richard Kiigy) was
among the nnnd)er."' T. D. Rupp, in his history of the western
comities of Pennsylvania, gives the name of Cagey as one of
the early settlers in and around Point Marion, Fayette Co.,
Pa. The descendants of this early settler spell their name
Cagey, but that form of orthography will not be a surprise to
any one who is conversant with the many forms now in vogue,
and the differences to be seen in the way it is spelled l)y mem-
bers of the same family. There is a good reason found as to
how the name of this branidi of the Keacws came to spell the
^-^.'
name with a C, instead of a K, at the beginning of the name,
*Late and well authenticated data convinces us that he was not
i Rudolph, but that he was the son of Rudolph.
2li6 KAGY EELATIONSHir.
ill tliis fact: Tlio first settlor in that region, was killed
ill liiiildiiig liiiuself a log house. His descendants tell this
storv al)()iit the occurrence. The father and two sous
were engaged in building them a house, and had it built
u]) with logs roughly hewed, as was the custom in those
days, to the square, some eight or nine feet high, and while
engaged in |)lacing one of the to])niost logs it fell upon the
father and injure(l hiui so badly that he dieil. The boys
were quite young, mere lads, and had never been inside of a
school room, because there was none at that early day, hence it
must be ap])arent that in all ])rol>ability they had never seen
llieir name Avrittcii or in writing; up to the time of this acci-
dent and not pei'liaps f(j|- many years afterward, and then, if
at all, v(U"y infrecpieiit ; and when they may have seen it writ-
ten it was done by some one who spelle(l it as it wouM be pro-
nounced by an imeijucated PennsyK'aina (lei'iiiaii, as I have
frcMpiently lieanl il in my day — thus, '"( 'ake-ey." Just here
it should he stated that in the deed of conveyance aliove re-
ferred to the name is spelled C'agy in the commencement
of the insti'ument, but the signature to it below is Ivagy.
Again, an agc(l lady in X'irginia, whose maiden name was
Kagey, informs me that her father wrote his name "Cagy."
A few other instances of like kind have come under my no-
tice. Then, I see nothing in that form of the name that is
very objectionable; it has the great merit of simplicity, wdiicli
many of the others have not. There is another fact bearing
u])oii this (piestion that seems to warrant, or at least to
strengthen our belief that the pioneer Cagey of Fayette Co.
is the Rudolph, alias Richard Keagy, the third son of John
K. — "Hanse'' Kea2,v — and it is this: a diligent search among
the records in all the counties then organized has failed to dis-
cover his name upon the records; neither in the offices of Reg-
ister of AVills or Recorder of Deeds, or ( 'lerk of the Orphans'
Courts, etc., except in the counties of York and Lancaster.
In the record of his brother Abraham's descendants it is
stated that Eliza Ann, daughter of Michael and Susan
(AVesley) Slienk, m. Edward Tless, a son of John and
Catharine (Keagy) Hess, and that her father was probably
Rudol])h. Tt is unfortunate that none of the descendants of
KAGY EELATIOXSIIIP. 227
( 'atliariiic m- licr sister, Sandi ( Iveaii'v) Hess, know tlic ( 'liiis-
tian name of their ancestor. From the data given me, in a
recent letter, dated April 17, 1899, written by Mr. Elmer
Cagey, of Point Marion, Fayette Co., a very intelligent gen-
tleman, and a great-grandson of the first settler in that region,
informs me that his great-grandfather's name was Michael
Cagey, and that lie Avas in tliat locality prior to 1780. Mrs.
Anna Taylor, a danghter of Isaac and Ann (IIcss) Kanffman.
[Anna (Hess) Kanffman is the eldest danghter of -Fohn and
Catherine (Keagy) Hess] says that hoi- great-grandfather's
name was Abraham, and his wife's maiden name was (Cath-
erine Jjowman, born in 174.'5, and died Oct. 15, ISol; her
"hinghter Sarah was l>orii ^larcli ;)(), 1787, and died Ang. 24,
1850, near Safe Harbor, Lancaster Co., Pa. The danghter
( 'atheriiie dieil in 1807. idiese were the only children of
Abraham' and Catherine (Bowman) Keagy. From all the in-
formation at <»nr command we tliiiik it conclnsive that Rndolpli
Keagy, the son of "Hanse" is the ancestor of Catherine and
Sarah (Keagy) Hess; and the ancestor of the Faj'cttc (^o., Pa.,
Cageys. Certain it is, they are related, as all are who bear
tlie name. From the foregoing it will be seen that Iliidolph
Keagy married, had a family, but how many, and when and
where he died is not known. The (Vitlierine ( 'agy who died
Ang., 1835, aged 77 years, was without doubt a danghter of
Kndolph Keagy and a sister of Abraham and Michael.
For man\' years all efforts to discover the descendants of
Iiiidol])h Keagy proved abortive. True it is we had found
them as we now believe, l)ut conld not for a long time feel
warranted in fully accepting the proofs, but now, after com-
paring unquestioned data, a careful exannnation of court
records, contemporary events, and everything that could throw
any light on the subject we are fully persuaded that he is the
father of Abraham and Michael Cagey. As yet we do not
know whether these two sons constituted his whole fanuly or
not. There may have been others. For a long time there was
much doubt about the name of the first son, but that it was
Abraham there is now no longer anv doubt. It is a little
singular that l)ut one of his descendants are quite certain as
228 KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
to his Christian name. Mrs. .Viuia Kaufl'man Taylor, of
Millersville, Lancaster Co., Pa., a daughter of Anna (Hess)
Kanffniaii, who was the eldest child of Catharine Keagy and
John Hess, says her great-grandfather's name was Al)raham,
and her great-grandmother was Catharine Bowiiiaii l)efore
marriage. There was only two children, both of whom M'ere
daughters. Catharine Bowman was lv)rn aliont 1743, and died
Oct. 15, 1834, aged 91 years. The date of death and age was
taken from a family Bible in possession of Mrs. Jacob Rohrer,
of Ilarrisbnrg, Pa. In a graveyard near Safe Harbor, Lan-
caster Co., Pa., there is a grave of a (^atharine C'agy, who d.
Ang. — , 1835, aged 77 years. The name was spelled "Cagy."
In the same yard ai'c tlic marked graves of Christian Hess and
his wife, Sarah (Keagy) Hess, b. ]\Iarch ;5(), 17s7; d. .Vug.
24, 1850. Cliristian Hess, l".. dune 19, 1784; d. Oct. 29,
1842. Both <li('(l in Manor towiisliip, Lancaster ('o.. Pa. A
son named Levi is also buried there.
Catharine (Keagy) Hess was born about 1785, and died
1867. She married John Lless, a first cousin of lier sister
Sarah's husband. She is buried on or near Turkcx Hill, aud
her sons, Edward and Amos, and their (diildren, in the Re-
formed Church Cemetery at Conestoga Centre, near Safe Har-
bor, where they all lived. Anna, the eldest child of John and
Catharine (Keagy) Hess and her husband, Isaac Kauffman,
are buried at the Mennonite cemetery at Letort, Manor town-
ship, Lancaster Co., Pa. The father of Catharine and Sarah
(Keagy) Hess disappeared from his home and it is not known
what became of him. The accounts of his disappearance are
somewhat conflicting. Mr. John Kauffman, a son of Anna
(Hess) Kauffman, a great-grandson of this Keagy, says he
remembers well of hearing it said ''that his Great-grandfather
Keae:v went awav from home on a certain occasion, and when
on his return toward his home he stopped to see a shooting
match. From this time nothing was ever heard of him again."
Mrs. Anna (Hess) Taylor, previously named, says her mother
told lier that her mother's father left his family in very
pressing want. Mrs. Hannah ^NFacondier. the widow of Amos
KAGY KELATIOXSIIir. 229
Hess, a son of Jolm and Catliariiic (Koagy) Hess, residing in
HarrisLnrg, Pa., now in lier s^d year, says her hnsband's
graiidfatlier, Xeagy, enlisted dnring the Kevolntionary War,
and never retnrned home. !^Irs. Hannah (]\[acoinher) Hess
enjoys the rare distinction of being a real, live Danghter of
the Revolntion. Her father, Zenas Maconiber, was a soldier
in the days "that tried men's sonls," and was one of General
AVashington's l)ody gnard. All these stories of the disa])-
pearance of ye ancient ancestor may have some fonndation for
snpport, bnt I am inclined to think the story of his enlist-
ment and demise in the war is ]nirely legendary, from the fact
rliaT at least one of his danghters was born as late as ITST,
and the Avar was ended five years before that. He left no de-
scendants in tlie male line. Those of the danghters are allied
by marriage to the descendants of the other branches of the
Keagy family, and are also connected with othei' families of
the liighesT res])ectability, intelligence and cnlture in the
State and conntry.
b I'om all rlie data that has been fonn'd the compiler of this
history is compelled to think that the C^agy family, living at
Point Marion, in Fayette ('o.. Pa., and the several hranches
of the same family i-esiding in Ohio, are closely allied to this
Abraham Keagy. They say their early ancestor, ]\richael
Tagey, was from Sontheastern Pennsylvania, and fnrther
proof is shown in the fact that their children were Ixu-n in the
same genei'ation.
I. D. Pnp}) in his history of "Westmoreland Co., Pa., says:
''Among the early settlers in what is now Fayette Co. was one
named Cakey.'' This name was written as it wonld sonnd
when spoken by a German. There is another reason in sn])-
]»ort of the claim to kinship between these families and with
the oi'iginal Kiigy family, and that is in the Christian names
of the sons and danghters, which are strikinadv the same as
the I'eeord in the Iviigv historv shows. Certain circnmstances
led the writer to think that Pndolph, alias Richard Keagy, the
P>([ son of Hanse, was the progenitor of this branch, and later
data convinces ns that he was. bnt not the father of Catharine
230 KAGY KELATIOXSHIP.
and Sarah Kea2:v. Most iiiidoiibtedlv lie was their <>rand-
father. Little hy little the tangled web of relationship has
been unraveled and the record of the f onr sons of Hanse Kiig'y
completed.
The reader will 1)0 attracted to the varied <>rtli(igra])h_v of
the name. We deem it but ])ro])er to give it as it is nsed by
the several branches of the family. As will l)e seen in these
pages, the sons write the name different from that of their
fathers.
Descendants of Abraham and C^ithariiu^ (Bowman i) Keagy:
(^atharine (Bowman) Keagy, b. in 17 b"!; d. Oct. 1.5, Is^-l-.
Children:
1. Catharine, b. abont ITS,"); d. , lS(i7; m. -Tohn
Hess.
2. Sarah, b. .March :;(), ITM; d. Aug. 24, 1>M\ m. Chris-
tian llcss, b. -Inne 19, 1784; d. Oct. 29, 1842. Both died in
Manor township, near Safe Harbor.
Children of John and Catharine (Keagy) Hess:
1. Anna, b. Sept. 9, 1808; d. ; m. , Isaac
Kaiiffman, d. Xov. 15, 1888, aged 87 y.; b. Feb. 25, 1802.
2. Edward, b. Xov. 29, 1813; d. June 9, 1883; m. (1st),
Oct. 20, 1835, to Eliza Ann Shenk; d. Jan. 30, 1844, dan.
of Michael and Susan (Wesley) Shenk; m. (2d), June 8, 1848,
Mary Ann Lewis; d. Oct. 3, 1873, dan. of David Lewis.
3. Amos, b. June 8, 1819; d. Dee. 1, 1851; m., March
10, 1840, to LLamiah Macomber, b. Sept. 15, 1S17, dan. of
Zenas Macomber, who served in the Revolutionary War and
was body guard to General Washington. Mrs. Hess is still
living at 1321 X. Sixth street, Harrisburg, Pa.
Children of Anna (Hess) and Isaac Kanffman :
1. Elizabeth, b. July 3, 1826; d. July 14, 1880; m. David
Eshleman, b. Xov. 8, 1817, son of Jacob and Catharine
(Lutz).
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2. Jolni, 1). Doe. 13, 1828; in., Oct. 2U, 1848, Susan My .as,
1). ,I:iii. 1. Js;50; (1. Feb. 3, 1800, dan. of (liristiaii and Anna
(Hess).
3. Al.raliam II.. h. Ang'. 2(;, 1830; d. Api'il 23, 1871: ni.,
Oet. 10, 18:)4, .Mary Ann (Jehr, b. Dee. 28, 1835; d. dune
3, 18',) 7, dan. of dolm Erhart and Christianna (Falek).
4. Ilndolpli, b. Ang. 10, 1832; m. fist), Fannie Fuid<. dan.
of John and Catliarine (Herr) ; in. (2d), Anna Grebinger, dan.
of Henry and Martka; in. (3d), Afary K. Eshleman, widow of
Christian Eshleman, dan. of John and Sophia (Kline) Christ.
5. Isaac, b. Feb. 23, 1834; d. Dec. 27, 18!)3; m. Fannie
Herr, dan. of Henry and Mary (Herr).
<■). Edward, b. ]\[ay 8, 1836; ni. l^lizabeth Gramm.
7. Catharine, b. I)ec. 23, 1838; in., Dec. 23, 1856, Benja-
min K. AVitnicr, b. March 19, 1835, son of Jacob S. and Mary
(liohrer).
8. Michael, b. A]n'il 14, 1840; m. (1st), Shenh,
dan. of Xathaniel, of Conestoga township. Lan^'ajster (^•. ; m.
(2d), .
1>. .Vinos, b. Oct. 4, 1842; ni. Snsan Frey, dan. of Frederick
an<l ( Erey) ; Bnck P. ( )., Pa.
10. .lacob. b. Eel). 1, 1845; d. Oct. 18, 1874; m. Amanda
Eshleman, dan. of Jacol); d. . Had one (diild, Frank,
wlio is married and lives in Harrisbnrg.
1 1. Anna, b. July 13, 1848; m. George A. Taylor, b. Feb.
3, 1845; d. Aug. 16, 1803, son of AVilliam and Susan (Tri]>
ple). One child, Elsie Ellen, b. March 2, 1889.
12. David, b. June 8, 1850; d. Anu'. 10, 1852.
(1) Children of David and Elizal)eth (KaiifFman) Eshleman:
1. Isaac, b. Oct. 17, 1844; m. Lydia Ann Falk, dan. of
Frederick and Mary (Strass). P. O. Ilighville, Pa.
2. Cyrus, b. xVng. 13, 1846; m. Catharine Hershey, dan.
of Abram and AFattie (Alartin). P. O., Cresswell, Pa.
3. Anna, b. Alarcli 30, 1848; m. Eenben Baker, who opL-r-
ates a grist mill near Alarticville, Pa. Two children, Harri-
son and Ella.
232 KAGY RELATIONSHIP.
4:. Aaron, h. Xov. 24, 1849; d. April 13, 1850.
5. Hiram, 1). March 2, 1853; m. Amanda Manning, dau.
of Benjamin and Catharine (Doestler), AVindom, Pa. They
have five ehikh-en dead and one living, Amelia, who is mar-
ried to Abner Ilenrv. Tavo children, one of which is dead.
6. Abraham, b. Dec. 26, 1855; d. Xov. 1, 1875, from an
accident.
7. Jacob, b. Aug. 14, 1801 ; m. Ella TTershey, dan. of David
and Elizabeth ( Ivanii'iiian), Steelton, T^i. ('hildren: Lizzie,
d. ; Ixceder, Stella, 8enol)a, and two boys.
8. r)aA'i(b b. Jan. 22, 1865; m. Alice Gardner, <hni. of
John and Susan (I>inn). AVashington, Pa. Cliildren : Min-
nie, David, Mary, d. , and Bertha.
0. Elizabeth,!). Se]it. 18, 1870. Graduated at AEillersville
State Xormal Scliool, class of 18!»2; taught scliool foi- several
years; at present is stenogra]dier for Hamilton Watch Co.,
Lancaster, Pa.
Childi'eu (if Isaac and Lydia Eshleman :
1. ( 'harles, m. ^linnie Stoncr. Children: Willis, ^Mcrtle,
Isaac, ( 'lyde and Charles.
2. Harry, in. IMiocby McMtdlcn, dau. of Pcnjaniin and
^\nna (Goss). ("hildren: Katie, Elora, Klvin, Mary.
3. ( layton, m. Anna Domsey. ( 'hildren : George Crane.
4. irederick.
5. ]\rary
<;. Allen, m. Alary Brady: one child, Carrie.
7. Lizzie.
8. David.
!». Aiilton.
10. Mabeh
11. Isaac, d. .
12. ^Vnna, d. .
Children of Cyrus and Catharine Eshleman:
1. Edwin, m. Fannie Lefevei', dau. of Adam. Cdiildren
d ) , a. ; (2) Reeder; (3) Edith.
d.
KAGY EELATIOXSIIIP. 233
2. ^Viiiia, 111. Aliraiu Sliiinian. ( "liildrcn : Kliiia; Katie,
o. Benjamm.
4. Elniei', d.
5. ( 'atliariiic. d.
(2) (liildreii of Joliii and Susan (Myers) Ivanffman, High-
ville, Va. :
1. Adalinc, 1). Alarcdi I'S. 1S."»(); ni. Leonar*] S. Fleckeii-
stinc. Children: AVilliani, IIar\cy. dolin. d. ; ^lin-
iiie, Lizzie and lioy. P. ()., Easton, Md.; farmer.
2. Elizalietli ^\nn, 1). dan. 10. IS,"),';; ni. Thomas ('. Kaehel.
Chihlren : I'l'a, A'ineent. llioliville, Pa.
;]. Isaiah, h. dnly 12, lsr)(>; m. Clara lliller, dan. of Cas-
per an<l ]\[arv A. (l)aily). lie is a merchant at Tiawlinsvillc,
Pa. Cliildren: Ada/willis, Walter, d. .
•f. Aaron, !>. dan. 2, iSCiO; m. Ida Jones, dan. of ■
and Hulda Ann (McFarland ). Lancaster, Pa. N^o chihlren.
5. Edward, 1). Oct. 13, 18(U; lu. Plioda Seichrist. Chil-
dren: Edna, Xellie, Lettie. Addie, Pay, Earl, Mary and
Ella. Hiohville, Pa.
(;. l)(diiah, h. Oct. 1.-;, 18GT; m., Dee. 2,-), 1S<>:,, Jacob
Striekler, son of Reid)en and Parhara (Wisslcr). ('liildi'en:
Pavmond, h. Oct. Pi, ISUT.
(3) Cliildren of Ahrahani and Mary A. ((ndir) Kanffnian:
1. Edward Gehr, h. April 5, 185G; d. Sept. 27, 18G1.
2. Christie Gehr, 1). Sept. 11, 1857; m., Dec. 27, 1882, to
Walter 11. AVinters, son of Silas and Catharine (Marks).
3. Elizaheth. h. Dec. 31, 1859; d. May 17, 18G4.
E Ahrahani Lincoln, h. Feh. 1, 18G2; m.. Xov. 27, 1889,
to Ellen M. Owens, (hm. of Steven T. and . ( 'hildren:
Panl Abraham, b. Alay 27, 1.S9(»; Anna Marie, b. Alay 1,
1802;Pnth, b. May 7, 1897.
5. Elmer Elsworth, b. Sept. 4, l-sG3; m., .Xov. 11, 188G,
to Emma L. Groff, dan. of Levi AV. and Mary Emma (AYin-
-3-1: , KAGY KELATIOXSHIP.
ters). Cliildreii: Mary Einnia, L. Feb. 3, 1SS8, d. April 10,
1892; Tra Clinton, 1). Xov. 12, 1891, d. April 2, lSi)2: Catli-
arinc (irace, b. April U, 189-I-; Bertha Klizabctli, b. Jan. 20.
189(;.
(J. Anna Mary, 1). Oct. 17, 1805.
T. ]\raro'ie Falek, h. May ol, 1SG7; ni., -Ian. 2:5, 189U,
Samncd Geary jMcMicliael, son of James and Esther Ann
(Steele).- Children: Florence Tvauffman, b. Oct. 20. 18!)0;
:Mary Esther, 1). July 18, 1X9:3; Xellie Elizabeth, 1.. .May Ki,
1897.
8. Clinton Hess, b. Feb. Hi, ls70: ni., Dec. 24, 1894, Anna
Eebecca Moss, dan. of Patrick and Sarah (Clai-k) Moss. Chil-
dren: Herbert AVallace. b. Fcl). 2(), 1897.
9. Dayid Israel, b. A]n-il 1, 1872; d. April i:], 1S73.
10. Katharine, 1). -Ian. 22, 1877.
1 1. AVarren "Miller, b. didv 17, 1^81; <1. dnly 18, 1881.
(■4) Childi'iMHif IJudiilph Kanlfnian by 1st wife, Fannie Fnnk r
^Vnianda, married Abi'aham Sondcr. They have two chil-
dren: Franklin and .\.lfrc<l. Fi-anklin is married and has
two children.
(4) Children of Rnd<>l])h Ivanffman by 2d Avife, Anna (ireb-
inger :
1. Davi<l. died in infancy.
2. Barbara Ann, m. AVilliani Cover. Have two children.
3. Alfred, m. (1st). Anna Cnilderslief, and had fonr chil-
dred; m. (2d), ]\rinnie Zercher, and has three children. P. O.,,
Ironville, Pa.
4. ^Martha, m. Jacob Wanner. Childi'eii : Five boys and
one eirl.
5. Abraham, m. (1st), Emma Wissler, dan. of David, and
had two children; ni. (2d), Sallie Hess, dan. of Benjamin, and
has fonr children. P. O., Bansman, Pa.
0. Alice, m. Harry (Trannn. an<l has three children. P. O.,.
( 'iilnndiia.
KAGY RELATIONSHIP. 235
7. Isaac, in. Lizzie Stoiier, dan. of Bernard, and has six
children. Bansnian, Pa.
8. Henry, ni., Dec. 25, 1898, to ■ .
9. Frances, died in infancy.
10. Amos.
(5) Isaac Kanffinan, b. Feb. 23, 1831; d. Dec. 27, 1893; ni.
Fannie llerr, dan. of Henry and Mary (Ilerr). Children :
1. Uriah H., b. May 8, 1859, nn, dan. 31, 1884, Mary
Bear, b. March 26, 1860, dan. of Henry and Elizabeth (Lich-
tenberger). Children: Grover Cleveland, 1). Dec. 12, 1885;
Earl B., b. April 27, ls87; Sarah B., b. Oct. 25, 1891; AVil-
liain, 1). Feb. 21, 1898.
2. Katharine, b. Jan. 31, 1861; d. Jan. 18, 1863.
3. Anna 31., 1). Dec. 28, 1862; ni., Sept. 12, 1881, Chris-
tian Garber, b. Oct. 20, 1860, son of Andrew and Snsan
(Greider). (liildren: :\rande, 1). Dec. 5, 1881; Bu.y G.. b.
March 31, 1881; :\Iay K., b. Jan. 10, 1891.
1. Addie, b. Ang. 17, 1S65; ni., Ang. 11, 1881, Jos. F.
Charles, b. ^lay 3, 1863, son of Jos. and Fannie (Forry). Chil-
dren: Edna Kate, b. Dec. 6, 1881; Frances May, b. May 1,
1883; Isaac K., b. Oct. 11, 1886; Myrtle Elsie, 1). Oct. 23,
1888.
5. Henry, b. Dec. 2, 186(); ni. Minnie Chaptman. One
child, Verne, b. dan. 19, 1889.
6. Frances, 1). Dec. 6, 1868; ni., Dec. 14, 1886, John Mns-
ser, b. Dec. 12, 1866, son of :\rartin and Mary (Kntt). Chil-
dren: Clarence, 1). Oct. 24, lss7; John K., b. Sc])t. 19, 1803,
d. ^lny 7, 1895.
(6) Edward Kanifman, b. ]\ray 8, 1836; m. Elizabeth
Gramni. riiildren :
1. Ella, ni. John Slongh, Lancaster, Pa. Have one cliild.
2. John, d. June 14, 1889, in his 27th year.
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KAGY KELATIOXSHIP.
Children of Benjamin Ti. and Catharine (IvanfTniaii ) Witmer,
Millersvill,., Pa. :
1. Elias, h. Sept. ;](), 1S57; d. Fel). 1, 1S64.
■2. Isaiah K.. h. Se])t. l>8, 185!); ni., Auo-. -t, 1897, :N"ellie
Sea^-er. Mr. Winner is a graduate of tlu' .Millersville State
Annual School, (hiss of 1878. At present he is snpervising
priiieijial of schools at Lansford, Pa.
3. Levi, 1). ^^)v. 29, 1800; d. Jan. 1, 1861.
4. Anna, h. Dec. 1:5, 1861; d. Sept. 24, 1862.
.•). ]\[ary Ann. h. :\Iarc]i !>, 1S63; d. Pel). 11, 1867.
(i. Penjaniiii K., 1». Oct. Is, 18()4; d. ; ni. Amanda
Sieiiler. One child, Ira Knox, d. .
7. Elizabeth, h. Oct. 30, 1868; m. Charles S. MiWey, h.
Sept. 13, 1S68; son ..f dolm and .Ma-dalene (Scholl). Chil-
dren : K(hia, Rolu'iT. Knnlv. (See Fred, and Snsan (Shenk)
Mavnai'd liraiidi.)
8. J(hu 1). dnnc 7, 1870.
!». Isaac X., ]>. Dec. 13, 1872; m., Ang-. 4, 1897, to Cora
Howard. ^Ir. Wirmer is a graduate of the Millersville State
Kornial School, Ch^ss of 1892, and at ])resent is ]n'incipal of
schools at Pallsington, Pa.
10. Anna Lvdia, h. ]\[arch 11, IS 7 7.
Chilth'en of Amos and Snsan (Prey) Kantfman :
1. AV. Scott, b. Jan. 25, 1869; m. Lanra Weih'r, dan. of
Silas and Pebecca (AVeigand). Oiu^ (diild. Lanra !May. P. O.
Gordon\ille, Pa.
2. Anna ]\rarv, died at age of 7 years.
3. Plarry, m. Francis McC^'irrigan, dan. ()f James. Xo chil-
dren.
4. Francis, died at age of 2 years.
5. Ella.
6. Lilah.
( 'hihlren of Edward and Eliza A. (Shenk) Hess :
1. Catharine, b. June 19, 1836; d. Ang. 7, 1838.
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2. Snsaii, 1). Alio-. 8, 1888; d. Timo 1, 1850; ]ii. I)nvi<l F.
young, (1. .
3. ^[ai-y Aim, 1.. .June 23, 1S41; d. June lU, 1840.
1-. Eliza Ann, b. Jan. 24, 1844; d. March 6, 1846.
( 'liildren of Edward and ^larv Ann (Lewis) Hess:
1. Enieline, 1). Dec. !!•, 1848. Lives at Harrishnrg', Pa.
2. ElizaLetli, 1). Jan. 17, 1850; d. July IT), 1850.
3. Hannah, 1). Dec. L5, 1850; d. July 20, 1851.
4. Amos LoAvis, h. Jan. 1!», L852; d. duly 27, 1852.
5. Thos. J., 1). duly 3, 1853; d. Oct. Ki, 1853.
6. Edward Xeagy, b. Sept. 24, 1854; m., March 3, 18^0,
Emma Lotta Hogentogler, dan. of .rose]»li and Kstlier (8our-
l»eer), of ( '(>lund)ia.
7. Sarah Ann, h. June 1, 185(;; d. April 29, 1867.
8. John Henry, h. April IS, 1858; d. duly 31, 1858.
0. David Lewis, 1). June 5, 185!); ni., Oct. 1, 1883, Ida
Jane Kellar, dan. of ]\richacl S. and Mary Ann (Eisenberger).
10. l^K'ujamin D., b. Oct. 15, 1862; m., Xov. 3, 1889, Min-
nie May Townsley, dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth (Beck).
11. :\Lirgaret, b. June 21, 1864; d. July 24, 1864.
12. Anna, b. May 19, 1865; d. Aug. 8, 1865.
13. :\Lu'y Ann, b. Sept. 21, 1866; d. IMarch 7, 1872.
14. Simpson C;., 1). June 20, 1868; d. July 19, 1871.
15. George AV., b. Sept. 15, 1870; d. Oct. 7, 1870.
16. Thomas Eranklin, b. Oct. 27, 1871.
17. AVilliam AVirt, b. Oct. 1, 1873; m. Clara Garrett, dau.
of Amos, Safe Harbor, Pa.
Ghildren of David E. and Susan (Hess) Young:
1. Edward H., b. ; d. at Johnstown, Pa.
Ghiblren of Edward K. a)id Emma I^. (Hogentogler) He-s :
1. Eleanor Ledona, b. Sept. 22, 1881.
2. :\rary Lewis, b. April 10, 1883: d. Jan. 17, 1886.
3. Esther, b. Sept. 16, 1885.
4. Anna T.ewis, b. April 5, 1893.
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(;hiklreii of David L. and Ida J. (Kcllar) Uess:
1. ]\ral)el Eiinua, 1.. Sept. G, 1887; d. Sept. 28, 1887.
2. Lotta :May, 1). Sept. 24, 1889.
:]. David J.ewis, 1). June 29, 1891.
4. Edward Keagy, I). Dec. 11, 189:5: d. Jnly 11, 1894.
(■). Daniel Hastings, h. Jan. 8, 1895; d. May — , 189:).
< liildren of Ijenjaniin B. and ]\Iinnic M. (Townsley) Hess:
1. Benjannn I"'i'aid<liii. h. Xov. ?>, 1890.
2. Alice Kate, 1). Sept. 11, isiH.
;3. Xellie May, 1). Dec. 3, 1894: d. Sept. 1, 1895.
( hildi'en oi' Amos and 1 laiiiiali ( Maconilu'i') Hess:
1. Katharine, h. Sept. 2o, 1841; m., Aug., 10, 1859, to
Henry Soni"l)eer.l). dniy 13, 1S35, son of Henry and (^itharine
(Sto(dv).
2. Edward, b. Eel.. 8, 1S44: .1. .March 13, 1845.
3. Phoeby Ann, b. Eeb. 0, 1840; ni. .Miles Dcsilvie. At
the end of a year he died, when she aftcnnvards married Ed-
wai'd I5o\vers.
4. Eranklin John, b. ^'..v. 12. ls4s: iii., Eeb. 6, 1879, to
Eleanor L. Leedoni. Lives at Harrisbnrg. One child, Eannie,
h. Jnly 22, 1884.
5. Amos Wesley, b. .Tnne 21. 1852: d. Jnne is, 1888; m.
Catliarine Dnbbs.
Children of Henry and Katharine (Jless) Soiirbeer:
1. Erancis Marion, b. Eeb. 23, 1860; m. Ella Graffers.
One child, Marion.
2. George AV., b. Ang. 8, 1863; d. May 17, 1893; m. Mellie
Armpriester. Children : (1) Blanche; (2) Ehea; (3) Leanora;
(4) Meriani. (Leanora and ]\Ieriam are twins.) P. O. ad-
dress, 1321 X. Sixth street, Harrisbnrg, Pa.
KAGY EELATIO^^SHIP.
239
Children of ]\files aii«l riiocln- A. ( ITcss) Dcsilvio
One cliild, ^liles.
Cliildi'cn of Edward and Phoebe A. (Hess) Bowers:
1. Jessie.
■2. Helen.
3. Edna.
P. (). address, cor. ( 'iiiiilicrland and C'apitol streets, Harris-
bnrg, Pa.
Children of ^Vmos AV. and Kate (l)nl)l)s) Hess:
1. Bertha; m.. dan. :.^4, ISDO, Harry ^l. Shope, of Tlnni-
melstown. Pa.
2. Malxd.
:]. Edith.
4. Tlnii-nian.
5. Puith.
Children of CHRLSTIAX an<l SARAH (KKACY) HESS:
1. Henry, h. Dec. 8, ISOG; d. .
•2. Edward, h. Dec. 1, 1808; d. .
:]. Catharine, h. ^Fav 11, 1810; d
4r. Abraham. I). Aug. 17, ISI;]; A. ; ni. (1st) Cath
arine AV right, (h Afarch 14, 1841, dan. of James and
(Parker); m. (iM) Elizabeth McCnlley, b. April 20, 1823, d.
AIar(di 11, 1879.
'>. ( 'hi'istian, b. Fed). 19, 1816; ni. Cath. Hogentogler, of
Cohnnbia, Pa. She is deceased.
0. Eli, V). Xov. 18, 1818; d. Aug. 8, 1837.
7. Sarah, b. June 3, 1821; d. ; m., Sept. 18, 1838,'
Jonas Kendig, b. Sept. 20, 1817, d. .
8. Jonas, b. Sept. — , 1823; d. Xov. 3, 1825.
9. Mary Ann, b. Oct. 30, 1820; d. Eeb. 11, 1880; m., :N^ov.
9, 1S43, Samnel Contner, b. Xov. 10, 1821, son of Danicd and
Catharine Garrett. P. O. Safe Harbor, Pa.
2 iO KAGY RELATIOXSHIP.
( 'liildron of ^Vbraliaiii aii<l ( 'atharme (Wright) Hess:
]. Catliariiio, b. Sept. il, 1^37; in., ^lay — , 1S(J7, Jacob II.
Itolirer, son of Isaac and Martha (Hess). Xo children. P. O.
633 Herr street, Harrisburg, Pa.
■2. Eli ('.. 1). Max 13. 1830; d. num.
3. Mary Ann. 1». Maivh 14, 1841; m. (1st) AVilliam Schna-
der, d. ; ni. (i!d) .lohnson, d. . She
lives in Philadelphia, 03.! X. Tenth street.
Children of ('hristian and Catharine (Hogentogler) Hess
1. Henrv, b. A])ril (1, IMi^ d. ; ni. .
■2. Abrani, b. Ana-. 24. ls44: d. ; ni. ■ .
( 'liildron (tf Jonas and Sarah (Hess) Kendiu :
1. Christian, b. Fob. 24. 1830; d. Oct. 11. 1840.
2. 3Iary. b. : .1. — .
3. Emeline, b. Jnne 27, ls43; d. May 5, 1866; m. John
Shaeffer. Xo children. (He re-niarried; now deceased.)
4. Elizabeth II.. b. Dec '.>, 1845; m.. Jnne 16, 1868, John
S. Parhor. b. .fnnc 1.".. Is44.
Children of John S. and Elizabeth H. (Kendig) Parker:
1. Sarah Pebecca, b. ^May 23, 1870; m., 1888, John Fnnk,
son of Christian and Elizabeth (Fishel). Children: (1) Rnth
Elizabeth, b. Jnly 24, 1806; (2) Panl Parker, b. Xov. 26,
1808.
2. Belva Irene, b. April 17, 18.SG.
All reside at AVashington Boro, Lancaster Co., Pa.
Children of Samnel and Mary Ann (Hess) Gontner:
1. Sarah Ann, b. Oct. 28, l.s44; d. March 7, 1871; m. Jctf.
Hawthorn, d. . Six children ; all dead.
2. Catharine Jane, b. Jnly 17, 1846; d. Sei)t. 6, 1847.
3. Samuel Hess, b. Jan. 15, 1848; d. Sept. 21, 1848.
4. John Bowman, b. Aug. 20, 1840; d. :\rarch 8, i8s0;
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111. ^fary Sawvcv, dan. of Tar-ol). ( 'In'ldrcii: John. ^T iriaii and
3Iarv Kiimui.
."). Al.rain ( '., 1). Autx. ;;i, l^:)(l; d. July ;U, l^-ll.
ij. ^Mary Elizabeth, 1). .May :i<», 1853; m. Levi Hildebrand,
son of Isaac. P. O. Loai>:anvi.lk', Yoi'k ('<>.. Pa. Children:
(1) Jennie, ni. dnlm Myers (one cdiild, Lucy ILildebrand
]\Iyers) ; (2) Daniel.
7. Aai'on Mai'Tin ( .M. J).), 1». ^fay 2, 1850; m. Sarah Kief-
fci'. Cliihlren: (1) Mary, ni. (niiles; ( lM KHa; (o)
.Varon J\I. is a graduate of -letferson Medical ( 'ollege, Phda-
dcl])hia, Pa. He is practicing at "^'ork, Pa.
><. Charles, k. ^NTarch 7, 1858; m. Fda E])ley. ()iie child.
( 'ai'rie.
!». Daniel <k, I), duue kJ, l^'iO; m. J\kizie J llgeiifi'it/,. One
(diild, Ivan.
The 2d son of KUDOklMk alias PJCIIAIM). KEACiY is
MICHAEL CAGEY.
It is not known at what date ^ricduud Cagey tirst went into
Fayette Co., Pa. He was hoi'u iu Lancaster Co., Pa. It is
kuoAMi. however, that he was residing there prior to 1780. A
c-arcfui examination of all the available ilata. together with
coi'roborative circniustances leads one to hclieve that the Fay-
ette Co., J*a., Afichael Cagey and .Vbraluun Keagy, the father
of Catharine and Sarah, in Lancaster C^o., Pa., were brothers;
with the strongest probability that they Avere the sons of liii-
dolph, alias Richard, Keagy, the ."M son of Uanse, the first
one in America of whom we ha\i' auy knowledge. The above
statement is made after having spent nearly a (piarter of a
century in investigating the tangled web of consanguinity,
and now, 1899, is given as a coiudusion of the matter, and to
our mind there is r\n lonaer i-ooni foi' doubt.
^irCHAEL CAflEY, b. m. Strom, b.
. Issue: foui' children, viz: Christian, b. ■ , 1780;
Henry, b. ; Anna, b. ■ ; Catharine, b. ■ .
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KAGY KHLATIOXSHIP.
1. ( liristiaii, in. Mnranict Wall. li. . Her family
A\:is from liedford ('(>.. Pa. l->siic: cialit children, viz: (1)
ddlni, 1). : (-2) Aliehacl, dr.: ( •") ) ("liristian; (4) Samuel
AV.; (.")) (icoruc M.: ((1) Fdizahctli: (7) Anna; (S) Catharine.
All are dead at this datf, IMIH, hut .Michael, dr., who is
88 Years old.
2. Ilcnry Caucv. 1).. it is thouii'ht, prior to 1780, and is sup-
])os('(| to he the eldest <on. He went into Ohio at an earlv dav
and <lie(| tliei'e: nothiiii;' tni'tliei' is known of him.
'■'). .\nna ( 'aiicy, l». : ni. Xicdiolas Illazei' or l>losser,
and die(| witliont issue.
4. ('atharine ( 'aucy, h. ; ni. a man hy the name of
Zimniernian : lliev lixccl in the \icinity of ( 'onmdlsville, Fav-
ette ('(»., Ta., and atf erward went into ( )hii>: no fnrther rec .rd
of them.
4. Samuel Wall Ca.acy, I.. , iM^:'.: m. , 18.")(): he
(I. in iss;;. Issue: six (diildreii: ( 1) l^lnier, h. , \s:>-2:
( iM Ceoruc d. 1). ; (:; ) daeoh 1 ).. I). ; (4) hvdia
A., I). ;(,->) I^liza I).,h. ;((i) Mary d., h. .
I-dnier M. m. ; issue tliree (duldren : (Ij Lloy.l W..
I). , 1.S77: {-2) Perry M.. h. , 1883; (3) Lucv
\\'., 1). , iMtd. .Mr. i'dmer ( "aaev is a farmer.
]\richael (^aex'v, Sr., was killed while huildinu a lions- near
Smithiield, Fayette Co.. Pa. It a]i]>ears that he and his two
hoys Avere engaged in imtting the top log or plate in i)hu'e,
\vheu it f(dl upon the father and kille(| him. ddns occurred
ahout 17lMI-i^; his children were all small, and after his drath
heeame se})arate(l from one another. The mother afterward
married a man hy the name of Keedy, with whom the son
( hristian lived awdiile. We i-egret onr inaldlity to ]n'esent a
nioi'e coin])lete record of this hraucdi of the Cagey familv.
Ihere is yet one more ])erson who claims to he a Keagy. fi»i"
whom we cannot tind a ]»lace in the Keagv faunlv; this person
is Airs. Catharine Pife, of Litth'<town. Pa. She savs her
KAGY KKLATTOXSTITP. ^4:6
fatlicr's iiiiiiic \\;is Alexander Keau'v, and lier iiKitlier's uiaideii
name was iJusli; they liad Init one son and a dauiiliter. The
hoy died in chihUiood or yonth. and the fathei' and niother
die(| when the (•hi!(h'en were (|nite snialh They lived between
d'ettyshnri;' and the South .Mountain neai' the place called
"Two 'I'avci'iis'" at the time they die(l. ALrs. Rife ne\'ei' heard
the ( 'hristian name (»f her ( Irandfatlier Keagy. There is no
]»hiee for her in any Keagy family ex('e])t tliat of lJndol])h, of
the nnndcr of whose faiuih' we hax'e no knowledac: we feel
warranted in stating' that she is a great-gTan(ldaiii>hter of Rn-
dolph. Her hiisl-)an(l, Rife, was a soldiei- in the ( 'i\-il
W'ai'. and either was killed in battle or died wdiile in the arnn'.
( 'atharine ( 'aay. who died Ang., is:;,"), aged 77 years, ])re-
\-ionsly mentioned, was without (htubt a d'inghter *>i' Rndolph
]veagy.
Tin's ends the reeord (d' Rinlolph Keagy, or ( 'hapter Third.
" What thouiih the years are tlyiiii;- fa>t
And drive sprinkle-) through the hair.
And crow's feet come and wrinkles last
Jn spite of pride's m )st jealous caie :
That with reluctance we confe^-s
And 'growing old I' escapes the tongue
So plain a truth should not distress—
"Tis nothing if the heart is young."
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JIKAMa^' 1\A(;K^\ the lili soil (.r llausc or John R. Kii,s;v,
of (\)iiesto^a, Laiicask'i- ( 'o., I'a., and his desceiiJciiits.
lie was born in 1728, .\(.v. 11; (li(Ml Oct. S, l'^88, ai^vd
5 1 years. I'lic exact date o1 his einii;rat ion to \'iri;iiiia i-- now
known to ha\(' heeii the vear 1T(>><. in the vear 17ti7 he
and his wife IJarhara (whitse iiiai(h'ii name was l)ai'l>ara
Stoiier) sohl a tract of hind in I,ancaster ('o.. Pa., to .lohii
Aliissc]', and as this is the hist time liis name appeals on the
records, it is (piite prohahh' that he went t(» \'iri:inia the vear
almvc stated ; a nninherid hischihh'eii were honi in Peiirrsvl-
vania. lie hrst went to i'a^e ( 'o.. \'a., aftei-ward crossed the
nioiintain (called Massannttan Mountain) to S]ieiian<loah ( 'o.,
and settled on Smitlis creek, wliere lie snlisecpiently possessed
a laru'c ti'act ( -l<)4 aci'es) of land"' and also hnilt a mill ; hei'c lie
lived and died in the vear I7s:;. leaxina a laiiiilv of eii^lit sons
and three daniihtei's, viz: (1) dohn, (2) Ilenrv, (;>) .lacoh^
(4) Anna, (o) Ahraham, (('>) Christian, (7) Rudolph, (^) liar-
hara, (!•) Isaac, (1»>) .Martin, and (11) Kli/.aheih. Ilenrv
Kaii'cv was iiiai'rie(l l'"eli. i*. 1750. Darhara Sioiier h. 1 )e('.^
17:!2.
JJioiii'aphv of JOllX l\A(il^^, who was horn March 7,
1757, in Lancaster Co., Pa. Tie was a minister in the
(ierman or Trinne Paptist ( hnr(di. and a man of cxalteil
*The tract of land containini;- 404 acres purchased by Henry Kajzey,
on Smiths Creek, was originally in Frederick Co.. Va., and was taken
up and patented by Samuel Lusk on the 21st day of .July, One Thou-
sand Seven Hundred and forty-nine (1749), and by him sold to Heniy
Kagey. the deed being dated April 5th. 1760 : the consideration money
to be paid for the above mentioned 404 acres was five shillings cur-
i-ent money of Virginia, and in addition there was to bo paid each
year upon the feast of Christmas one ear of Indian corn if the same
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])iety, as well as noble generosity, and was revered by old and
yonng, ricli and pool", white and l)hud<, wherever he went.
Ili^ alfeetionate disposition. kiii<lness of heart and practical
piety won the love and esteem of all who came in contact with
him: liis love and affection for his wife was of the purest char-
iicter, and it is said of him that he never left her ]>resence to
he gone only an lunir that he did not kiss her affectionately
and bid her gooddiyc; on one occasion, being called on bnsi-
ness to the next vilhigc, he as nsnal songht his wife, who had
not been feeling well for sevei-al days, and on lier stating that
she felt better, he start('(l fi'oni home; he. had not been
al)sent moi'c than an honi' when lie was informed that his
A\ife had die(l. Filled with sorrow he remarked, "I l)ade her
good-bye for the last time, but did not know it.''
The exalted character of John Kagey was snch that none
knew him but to love him, an<l the influence of his holy life
will be felt and a])]u-eciated by generations yet unborn. From
sire to son th(> good deeds of Father Kagey have come down
to this geiieratiim, and we well remember years ago having
heard of his benevolence from lips long since hushed in death.
A few are yet living who listene(l to his teachings and were
guided b\- his wise counsels, so kindly and lovingly given. In-
deed lu' seemed \r. Ww in an atmosphere of lo\'e an<l joy that
infused itself into all who came in contact with him, and even
when his adxanced age (for he HvcmI far beyond that allotted to
the ])atriarclis) and his bodily iiiHrmities (•(»n"fiiied him to th(^
house, he was as cheerful as was his wont, content to live, or
ready to obey the summons to leave earth for a more glorious
mansion in the skies. The last seven years of his life were
passed in blindness, his eldest daughter ministering to his
wants until the "weary wheels of life stood still." In all the
mutations of a long and active life, most of which was spent
ill a new country, where great diversity of character always
exists, and where a teacher is so likely to ])rovoke o])position, if
not hatred, no matter how anxious to avoid it, he seemed to
possess sucdi rare cpialifications of mind and heart that dis-
armed all o])]iosition and won the respect, the love and esteem
250 KAGY KELATIOXSHIP.
(»f all elasst's and coiiditions of men, an aeeoniplishment so
rare that one nnist needs feel that some sn])ernatnral ])ower
was liis. 'Idiis lie did not elaim, hnt he believed the best
Avav to persuade men to lead the life of a Christian was to
exemplify that kind of a life in <lail_v ]»raetice of the diviiu;
commands to fee(l the hnni;i'y. clothe the nake(l, comfort tlu^
distressed in heart aiul in all tliinus do justly and love mere\".
In an eminent degree he thus pi-actieed what he tauuht, and
by it g'ave the most abundant ]»roof of his sin('erit\' and estal>-
lishe(l a claini to an exaltcil ('hi-istiau character.
John Kagey was uiari'ied to Kli/.abcth lirenneman, Dec.
24, 17S-2. She died March 211, is.'JC, in th(> TStli year of
her age. dohn Kagcy dicil Oct. 11. isi,",, aged 88 years,
forty of wlii(di had been dcvote(l to ministerial duties. He
lived and died near the old honic place near New ^Market,
Shenandoah (V)., V-a.
"Tlie following l)(';i lit i fill "t'lt'ij'N'" a ppi'iirt'il soiiif years ntxu in tlie
]!()st()ii Conr'ni' (iiid 'l'r<i rcllcr. and in tlie L'<irl.iii</li<iiii I'lyistf r. iiiid
a1 ;i Inter date in the Sjiiril of Dciiiocrdcj/.
"AliiiDsl as i>oo(l as .Idlni Kajjey" lias l)ecii an expression on the
li])s of old and youiiii-, fieli and ponr, for the last forty years, when-
ever they wished to eon\e\ as exalted an idea as possible of a man's
piety and virtue. Tlie followinfi' stanzas would reverently indulge a
few reminiscences of this good man. He died October 11, 1845, aged
88 years, forty of which had been devoted to ministerial duties, and
to acts of the most exeniplar\ l)ene\ olenee. — Editors Slniitiitdi.dli
Viilhil.
Come, meekest virgins of the vale,
With silent stex) and votive tear,
^^'ith cypress boughs and jiansies ])ale, —
Your Abdiel" is sleej)ing here,
From Pennsylvania's epic shades.
Where first the ])aths of life he trod.
Sweet E})hratah, thy vestal maids,
Bedew this consecrated sod: —
What Elahf that the prophets knew.
On ht)lier ground its shadow threw?
"" .Vbdiel. a worshiper of Jehovah.
■fEhili, or El-Elati the Oak, in the English version of the Scriptures.
It is supposed to have been the Serrebinth tree. It lives to a great
age, and has therefore been used as the emblem of prosperity.
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Come see wliere lunv the mantling sn.,\v.
One s])()t A\itli whitest swell invests; —
Here with liis cliiidren deep below,
In silent liap|Mness he rests.
Ah, purer than the snow that heart.
Which meekly lies nnthrol)liin,<j' !.eve;
More nndeliled tlie god-like ]):\y\
He bore in onr ])recarions sjihere.
And deathless in enr sonls shail he
'I'lie tragranee of his memory.
The breezes of suspii'ing Spi'ing
From .Massanutten's side shall blow.
Around this spot their incense tiing
And sigh in holy whis])ers low;
For while with joyful haste he trod
Yon deepening dale and arduous hilk
The conscious, all-pervading- Cnu
Engrossed his soul-felt Axhispers still.
And still the airs of hill anil plain.
Effusions from his lips I'etain.
In yonder lane the widow \uvn, —
Naomi of onr heartless year. —
Leans o'er her or])han e\ery morn.
And yields to unavailing tears,
For, he whose voice had soothed so long.
Sad meinory's unobtrusive sigh,
\A'lK)se hand secured from reckless wrdUg.
\Vhose bosom bU'd at sorrow's cry,
He, too, has left our wintry shore. —
He hears the sufferer plead no more.
Ah! never down the rocky vale
She hastes to meet her or])han"s m ire:
Shares the Avarm kiss and lifts the p.iil
White-wreathed with sweetness fr ini his ^t n-e.
No more the fatherless from play.
Shall run with lis|)ing joy to tell. —
"The good man brings his gifts t;)-day:
Come see his white locks in tliL^ dell."
Deep Death hath wrajjped in darkness now.
The honors of that reverend brow.
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Loni>- years tlirfiui^h flood anil l)eatin<>' storm.
Tlie messenger of life (li\ine.
We saw his worn and wasting- form
Expanding- still his blest design.
Age came with mortal omens sere.
Keen Pain, and P>lindness, and Decay;
Though clouded in his high career,
The glorious watchman spurned delay;
Throtigh darkening years wrapt echo rung
The dictates of his fervent tongue.
And when from eacli familiar aisle.
Inveterate Time his feet withdrew.
K"en strangers paused to share his smil:',
AtuI learn submission sweet and true.
As lingering years subdued his frame.
Slill warmer grew the whispered |)i-ayer;
Till silence oVr lii^ chamber came.
The shadow of White Death was there;
Wnn daughters ceased their watch to keep.
And strangers tui-ned away to weep.
Cease meekest \irgins of the vale!
Dim not with tears your Abdiel's tomb:
Fond spirit of the choral gale.
Thy starlit wing of Faith resume!
He has rejoined the countless throng-
That glow in una])parent space;
Sweet on his lips triumphant song.
Kthereal beauty on his face.
And radiant \vith immortal youth.
He wings the realm of love and 'I'rutli.
^Kw Map.kkt. ^'A., Filiiiniri/ .^1. IS'id.
J. S.
•Inliii Kao-ey and Elizabeth Breiineinau had six children,
A-iz: (1) Ilenrv, (2) Barbara, (3) Anna, (4) Elizabeth, (5)
^Vl)i-aliani, ( <3) Barbara.
lieni'v Kai^-ey, 1). May 1, ITS,'); ni. to ( 'atliai-ino Seibert,
Sept. 2S. 1812, in Shciiaiidoali Co.. Va., and moved to Bristol,
Triiiiil)iill Co., Ohio, Sept., 181 C. Tii is:',8 he moved into
Anna (Kagev) Summers.
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Knox t()\viislii|), ( '()liiiiil)i;iii;i ( 'o., Ohio, wlu'i'e he (11(^1. They
had four (hniiihtei'8 : (1) Anna, (•2) Mariah, (o) Elizabeth,
and (4) Sarah.
(1) Anna Kaiicy. h. Anu. 21, lsi;>, in Viri>inia, ni. to
David Summers, Mai'ch Id, is;!!'.; ho was h. Maivh iM, iSlC.
They had six clnhh'on, viz:
1. .Maria, h. .Inno i>4, 1S,:5S.
■2. Mary, h. May 4, 1S40.
3. Henry, h. dannary 10, 1S4l>.
4. Sarah, 1.. Ajn-il '.», ls4;;.
5. Amos, 1). .\o\-. iM, 1 s4,"'».
0. Levi, 1). Dee. iU, 1847.
I. Maria, m. \)v. Jesse Miller, Sept. 2U, lN:>'.t, and have
two childi'on, \dola Kslclla, h. -Inno :.':>, I.SCO; \Vm. Leslie, h.
Ang". 13, IHO"). \'i<ila Kstella m. Dr. ('. L. Morgan, Sept. 2,
1880, and have two children, Freddie L., I». Api'il I's, 1S83;
Jessie M., 1). Api'il 1:!, 1885. Dr. ,1. Miller is dead.
2. J\Iary, rn. Di'. d. (!. Lewis, May ■)(), 187S, and had one
daughter, Hattie A. .\h-s. ^Marv Lewis d. Dec. 11, IssT).
''). Henry Summers, m. -lennma W'eigle, March 27, 1805,
and had one son, Henry D., !>. Feh. 18, 18()(>, and m. Fdizabetli
Ash, Dec. <■), 1885, an<l had two (diildren, viz: William Oscar,
1). Xov. 1, 1880; ( hanncey Feroy, 1». -lune 1, ISDI. Henry
Sunniiei's, (I. Xo\-. S, 1S08.
4. Sarah Summers, m. ireni-v ^lichener, Leh. iM), 1808,
and had four children :
1. Anna Dora, h. Feh. 14, 1801).
2. Maria Estel la, h. Feh. 13, 1872.
3. Edward Parker, 1). :\rareh 30, 1875.
4. Elsie May, h. Feh. 10, IS.so.
They are all living. P. O. address, Beloit, ^[alioning Co.,
Ohio. '
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1. Anna Dora Micliener, ni., Ang. lo, 1890, at ("anton,,
Ohio, Eev. John Cassel Reiff. Eesidence, Chicago (1899).
5. Amos Summers, ni. Jinda Kelly, March 27, 18G(), and
had seven children: (1) A'<ira, h. Sep. lo, 18(>7; (2) Ida, b.
March 8, ISTO; (:".) Anna. !>. Ang. S, 1872; (1-) Sadie, b.
April ;5<), 1S74; (.")) Elmer, b. .May ;W, 1878; ((>) Jesse, k
Dec. 19, 1881; (7) Lloyd, b. Oct. 19, 1890. P. O. address,
M()iit\-ilU', (icanga Co., Ohio.
(). Levi Summers, m. ( 'clcstia Stonffer, Feb. 2:'), ls7l, and
had three children: (1) (Lira. b. .laii. 21. 1S72; (2) Kltiua,
b. June 28, 1875; (3) hc.ra, b. June 19, 1882. P. O. ad-
dress, 287 South ^farket street. Canton, Ohio.
^Afariah Kagey, 2d daughter of Henry, ni. Isaac Ilcestaml,
dan. 8, 184.'», and had five children:
1. Rachel, b. Jan. 22, 1M4.
2. Sarah, b. Sept. 25, 1847.
3. Anna J., b. Feh. 8. 1851.
4. Mary V., b. May 15. 18r>5.
5. Levi II., b. .Ian. 24. is:,7.
Mariah Heestand L May 7, 1S90. P. (). address of Isaac
Heestand, Xorth (Georgetown, ( "obiinbiana ('o., Ohio.
1. Rachael Heestand. ni. Jesse Messimore, Aug. 11, 1801,
and had one daughter, Alice ^Messimore, b. Jan. 25, 18()2.
Ilachael Messimore d. April 1, 1876.
Alice Messimore was m. to David Sanor, Feb. 5, 1880, and
had three children: (1) Mertie E., b. Oct. 18, 1883; (2)
Leroy, b. Feb. 3, 1886; (3) Rachael, b. Se])t. 1 (;, lsitL>. P. O.
address. East Rochester, Columbiana Co., Ohio.
2. Sarah Heestand, m. Aaron Hoffman, Oct. 28, 1867, and
had three children, two daughters and one son: fl") Anna
Iloifman, ni. Frank Kelly; (2) Sarah Iloifman, d. Ajn-il 1^
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1890; (;}) Amui Ileestaiid, d. Dec. 8, 1873. uiiiii. P. O. ad-
dress, ^'orth Georgetown, ( 'ohnnliiaiia (_'o., Ohio.
1. ]Mary V. Ileestaiid, is single.
5. Levi II. Ileestaiid, ui. ^lavy C. Wdf, May 22, 1881, had
one son named Roy A. Ileestaiid, 1). Ang. 2o, 1883. Levi
I!. Ileestaiid d. Sept. 20, 1887.
Elizaheth Kagey, 3d (hiiighter of Ilenvy, in. Taeob Ilott-
inan, Jan. 17, 18,")0, and liad fcnr (diildren:
1. Henry F. lloiinian, b. .Iiiiic IG, 1851.
2. Amanda C. lk)lfiiiaii, b. Ang. 22, 1851.
3. John E. Hoffman, b. Feb. 20, 1859.
1. Jacob L. Hoffman, b. Dec. 3, 18G2.
L Henry F. Doff'man, m. Lry])hena Jv Lhorp, Aug. 17,
1873, and had three eliihh'en : (1) Alnie(hi May, b. April 24,
1875; (2) and (3) Floyd J. and Lloyd S. (twins), b. Aug. 13,
1878. Lloyd S. d. Ang. 13, Ls78. P. O. address, Malvern,
( 'an'oll ( '(»., Ohio.
2. .Vinanda (\ Iloff'man, in. Lohiali V. Dickinson, Sept.
5, 1880, and had live children : (1) Anna E., b. July 2, 1881;
(2) Edgar ()., b. May 4, 1883; (3) Eby O., b. May 5, 1885;
(4) Madge V., b. Oct. 18, 1888; (5) Vilma O., b. March 11,
1S91. P. O. address, Freebnrgh, Stark Co., Ohio.
3. John Pi. lloffnian, m. Emma Tnim])f, Oct. 23, 1884,
and had two children: (1) Ford T., b. Dec. 18, 1886; (2)
AVilda :\I:iy, 1). Ang. 28, 1889. P. O. address, Freebnrgh,
Stark ( 'o., { )liio.
4. Jacob L. Iloft'nian, Jr., in. Elniina ]Matz, March 5, 1885.
May 11, 1888, his wife, Elniina, died. October 6, 1889, he
m. Miss Ella Eheil ; no children.
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Elizabeth Hoffman d. .March 17, 1875.
Jacob Hoffman, Sr., d. Dec. 20, 1881.
4. Sarah Kao-ev, 1th (hmchter of Henrv Kaa'ev, m.
Solomon Snmmers, Oct. 25, 1850, liad one dang'hter, Clem-
entina Snmmers, b. Alio-. 8, 1851, and m. Samuel Ileestand,
Nov. 21 , 1 s72. and had hve children : (1) Leander C, b. Oct.
21), ls7:j; (2) Leonora V., b. dan. 30, 1876; (3) James E., b.
jMav 28, 1878; (4) Hiram R., 1). :\larch 2(;, 1880; (5) Rena
S., b. April 2, 1883. Their P. O. address, Xorth (leorge-
toAvn, Columbiana Co., Ohio. Sarah Ivagey Summers d. Aug.
«, 1851.
Barliara, the 2d chihl of rbihn and Elizabeth, d. at the age
of 4 V.
Anna, the 3d chiJd oi dohn and Elizabeth, d. in Xew
]\rarket, Shenandoah Co., Va., July 11, 1808, aged 80 y., 3
m. and 13 d., and was blind for 7 years. She was her father's
constant companion and nurse dnring his 7 years of blindness.
Elizabeth, the Itli cliild of John and Klizabetli, b. Nov. 12,
1789, m. to Anthony Ryan in l.so7. He was b. in Virginia.
Tn Oct., 1818, they moved to Coshocton, O., and had six chil-
dren, viz:
1. dohn jvao'ev.
2. Abraham.
3. Elizabeth.
4. Sarah.
5. Barbara Ann.
G. Mary Victoria.
The mother d. June 5, 1870, and the father d. A})ril 1,
1855, near liluff", Coshocton Co., O.
1. John Kagey Eyan, b. Oct. 22, 1800; d. Oct. 20, 1832.
He Avas accidentally shot and died ten days afterward, at .Vsh-
land, Ashland Co., O., where he had gone on a hunting trip.
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2. Abraham, b. Aug. 20, 1811, lu. Ainializa Snow, April
28, 1839, and bad eight children, three girls and hve buys.
3. Elizabetli, h. April 2(3, 1813; d. Sept. 12, 1819.
4. Sarah, b. .\ov. 20, 1811; d. Sept. 11, 1819.
5. Barbara Anna, b. dnly T, 1829; m. Feb. 14, 1847, to
Lewis Bricker, and had twelve children, fonr boys and eight
girls, seven now (1899) are living; reside at Anrora, Kan.
C). ]\Iary Victoria, b. Oct. 13, 1833; ni., >s'ov. 14, 1855,
Washing Darling, and have twelve children, fonr girls and
eight boys. Keside at Blnft", O. One of her dan., Elizabeth,
ni. a Mr. Farqnhar, of Warsaw, O.
Elizabeth Kagey Ryan inherited the noble qnalities of
mind and heart of her parents. She devoted mnch of her
time to reading and w-as a lover of mnsic. She possessed
a strong and musical voice even in her old age. The last
seven years of her life ^vas passed in blindness, like her
renerable father and sister. Her well-l)alanced mind for-
titied her heart t(» meet every ill, every calamity incident
to life, and made her hopeful and cheerful. She was
every ready to counsel and aid the unfortunate and needy,
and in her quiet way did much goo(l dni'ing her long
life. She united with the Mohawk Baptist Church in 1839
and remained a sincere, worthy member of the same till she
died. In her sphere in life she wielded an influence for good
far beyond that of ordinary persons. Her Christianity was
of the practical kind that seeks to do good. Such a life cannot
fail to leave a "blessed" memory behind — and such is hers.
In 1823 her father visited her and preached to the people
under an apple tree, then large enough to shade the congre-
gation at that time; the tree is yet green and bears fruit in
its season and promises to outlive the youngest of that assem-
bly wdio found shelter beneath its mde-spreacl branches. In
1853 her 2d son, Abraham, started for California to make
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a fortune in the gold mines. After leaving St. Lonis nothing
has ever been hoard of him since.
5. Ahrahani, the 5th child of John and Elizabeth, b.
Jnly 4, 170l\ and m. Miss Frances Yonnt, Ai)ril 10,. 1823.
To them eight children were born: (1) Benjamin, lived only
13 d.; (2) John R., d. at 18 y. of age; (3) Elizabeth, (4) Bar-
bara Ann, ii)) ]\rary F., (6) David F., (7) Sarah C, and (8)
Amelia J. Abraham lived on the old home place of his father
nj) to the time of his death, Xov. 17, 1859, aged 07 y., 4 m.
and 13 d. Fi'ances Yonnt was 1). on the 27tli day of March,
1802; she was a dan. of IJcujamin ami Barbara Yonnt. She
d. :\Iareh 12, 1840.
3. Elizabctli Y., 1). Dec. ^o, 1827; m. Albert G. Keyes,
Eeb. 11, 1S4S. 'i'licy linve eight children. They live near
Coliimbns, (J., and near Geurgesville, O. Albert G. Keyes
was b. Xov. 15, 1821. Their issue is :
1. Amanda M. Keyes, 1). :\Larch O, 1849.
2. AVm. M. Keyes,' b. July 12, 1852.
3. Mary E. Keyes, b. :Ararc.h 31, 1854.
4. Francis Asbnry Keyes, b. Feb. 1, 1857.
5. F. Engene Keyes, b. ^NTarch 4, 1860.
6. Joseph H. Keyes, b. March 21, 1864.
7. Charles AYesley Keyes, b. Oct. 10, 1866.
8. Ilarrv E. Kev'es, b.' Feb. 9, 1868.
1. Amanda ]\f. Keves, m. Daniel Stottler and had two
children, a son and daughter; the son d. in infancy. The
danghter m. John Grethers, of Golnmbns, O. Mr. Stottler
dving, she m. Henrv Bronson and had one child who d. in
infancy. Mr. Bronson also died.
2. AVilliam M. Keyes is single, is a railroad bridge carpenter
for the Ohio Sontliern Tiailroad.
3. Marv Y., d. at the age of 34^ v.
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4. Francis AsLiiry, m. ]\riimie (lardner and lias four chil-
dren: (1) Willie, (2) Essie, (3) Walter, and (4-) :\rary.
5. F. Eng'ene, is in the life insurance husiness.
G. Joseph 31., ni. ^liss Flla Welsh and have one dangliter,
named Genevieve Lucillen.
1 . Charles Wesley is nnni., resides at ITarri^onburg, Va.
8. llarrv F., is unni.
4. Barhara Ann, h. dune 13, 1830, and ni. Oct. IC), isi:),
to George W. Rosenberger, ^vh() was 1>. Fel>. -I'l, 1823, reside in
liockinghani Co., Va., and had eight children. Mrs. Barbara
A. Iiosenberger d. Tune 23, 1887. Idieir children are: (1)
Wm. Tazwell Eosenberger, b. Aug. 15, 1.840, d. March 15,
1879; (2) Jacob Gaston Rosenberger, b. Oct. 12, 1848, d.
Sept. 20, 188G; (3) Frances Katura Rosenberger, b. Oct. 10,
1850, ni. Joseph Fray, and d. June 2, 1893; (4) Florence
Virginia Rosenberger, b. April 23, 1853, d. Oct. 3, 1876; (5)
Martha Eee Rosenberger, b. IMarch 17, 1855, m. C. F. Myers;
(6) Arthur Russell Rosenberger, b. Oct. 3, 1857; (7) George
Washington Russell, b. Feb. 22, 1801, ni. ■ Myers, d.
Dec. 17^ 1886; (8) Charles Walter Rosenberger, h. July 27,
1863. ]\[r. Rosenberger ni. Amelia J. Kagey, his deceased
wife's youngest sister, Aug. 22, 1892. ^Mr. Rosenberger is
one of Shenandoah county's worthiest citizens and is the owner
of a beautiful farm called "Rosendale," where the many
friends of his and his worthy wdfe are royally entertained with
true Virginia hospitality.
5. ]\[arv F., b. ]\L\y 20, 1832, is unm. and lives in ^ew
Market, Va., at the home of her brother, David F. Ivagey.
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o. David F.. b. Jan. IS, ISol; m.. Sep. ■2-2. ISOS, 3Iise
Emma 31. Heukle. a dan. of Dr. Samuel Godfrey Heiikel, of
Xew ^Market. Va. Emma M. Kagey (nee Heukel) d. April 21.
ISSo. DaWd E. is a mereham aud also cashier of tlie banks
at Lnray. Page Co.. and also at ^ew Market. Va. He will
be Ions: remembered bv those who attended the renuion at
Valley View Springs. Shenandoah Co., Va.. in 1SS9. for his
mitiring eflFoits to make the friends' visit enjoyable. Mrs.
Emma 31. Kairev wash. Oct. lo. 1S4T.
DAVll) F. IvAliEV, son of Abraham and grandson of
John Kasrev. was born at the old homestead two and a half
miles northeast of Xew Market, Shenandoah Co., Va.. Jan.
IS. 1S34. He was reared on the farm nntil the age of 12, at-
tending school during the winter months after his tenth year,
at the old Kagey school honse. Then he spent two sessions
Xew Market Academy nuder the tutorage of the late
Prof. Joseph Salyai-ds. Ar the age of 15 his father placed
him with the late John K. Strayer. a prominent and snccessfid
merchant of Xew ^larket, Va.. where he remained twelve
vears, at which time. Mav, 1S61. the beoinnine: of the Civil
AVar, he vohmteered in the Sth Star Artillery. Rice's battery.
Confederate States Army, serving as a private tmtil disabled
by sickness in the West Virginia campaign. He hired a sub-
stitute, and after recovery spent one session, nine months, at
the Univei-sitv of Viririnia. taking the course of medicine.
However dnrincr this period it became necessarv for all. even
those who had substitutes to again enter the army, where-
upon he joined the 25th Virginia Infantry and was soon after
appointed assistant surgeon, or hospital steward, in which
capacity he served until the surrender at Appomattox. He
emerged from the four years' war without capital, but still
possessed of that spirit that mark the career of every Confed-
erate soldier that followed the immortal Lee and Jackson.
Hence he promptly embarked in the mercantile Inisiness
asrain at his old stand in Xew Market, Va., and success
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crowned his every effort, so iniK-li so that in 187:2, after seven
Years of active and enerii'etic work as a merchant, the New
Market Bank of Virginia, having been chartered and organ-
ized, he was against his wish and earnest protest nnaninionsly
elected its cashier, lie continned in that position until the
l)ank went into voluntai'v li([ui<latlon in 1884, a ])eriod of
tweh-c vcars. The l)nsiness of the bank Avas wound up Avith
credit and success, and to the entire satisfaction of all con-
cerned. The same year he conceived the idea that Turay,
Va., was a good tield for the banking bushiess. lie opened
a private bank there, and Avas prospering under the confidence
of a satisfied, as well as gratified puldic, until 1890, a period
of six years, when the spirit of speculation, the father of
"booms'' started in A'irginia and cri])]ded her ]ieople more
than the four years of ("ivil Wai'. It seized him, and took
})OSsession of him, l)ody and sonb and he went into it with all
the energy tliat had marked his progress in the past. He little
thonght of the precijuce of disappointment that was in his
immediate front, and he went down like thousands of others,
who were marching to the same music and maddened by the
same false, i)iir hright hopes. The public, for nearly every
one engaged in these undertakings, paralyzed financially,
looked in every direction for relief. Ills bank Avent under
with the "^'boom" and some (d' the depositors, sore from losses
in the "boom," sought to ])unish him for misappropriation of
the bank's funds, but to his credit, twelve of his countrymen,
after a thorough examinati(ui of his acts, prononnccd him not
guilty, and acquitted him of the charge. Since 1890 he has
gone into business again at his old home, Xew Market, Va.,
and is doing Avell and has the respect, esteem and entire con-
fidence of the public.
Emma M. Kagey, wife of 11. F. Kagey, daughter of the
late Samuel Godfrey Henkel, a ]irominont and successful
physician and surgeon of TnTcw Market, Shenando^di Co., Va.,
and Susan Ilenkel (nee Koiner), was born October 13, 1847.
Eeared in a refined Christian homo, she w^as properly edu-
cated, and to an attractive personality she united the Chris-
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tiaii virtues Avitli the iicntlc i;riic'es of head and heart. She
was m. to D. F. Kagev on Sept. 22, 1868, to whom she
proved a help-meet indeed, the nniou being crowned with
nnalloyed peace and happiness. There was no issue from this
marriage. She took great interest in the Lutheran Church,
of wliich she was a lifedong, consistent member, and shining
light. She departed this life on April 21, 1883, loved by all
in life, lamented by all in death. Of her it may be appro-
priately said : "Blessed are the ]uu'e in lu^art, f<u' they shall
see God."
7. Sarah ( \, b. Tune 0, 1 830. is mini., lives in Xew Market,
Va.. at th(^ home of hci' brother, David F. Tvagev.
8. Amelia -Tane, 1). May 11, 1840; m. her deceased sister's
(Barbara) husband, Geo. AV. Rosenberger, and lives at his
beautiful country home near .Vew Market, Va. The writer
liad the pleasure of enjo^'ing the ])riiu'ely h()s])itality of those
dear friends in the fall of 1889.
G. BAIvBAliA, the (ith ehild of John and Klizabeth, was b.
March 9, 1795, and d. Sept., 1828; unm.
The 2d and (itli child were named llarl)ara.
2. HENRY KAGEY, b. Sept. 24, 1758, in Lancaster
Co., Pa., in Conestoga township, and was the 2d son of
Henry; he left Shenandoah Co. and went into Botetourt Co.
then, now Roanoke Co., Va., in about 1816 and d. there.
He m. Catharine Grabill, b. 1765; d. 1835. Henry d. in
1844, in July. His sons were: (2) Henry, and (4) Christian,
and his daughters: (1) Barbara, (3) Anna, and (5) Mary.
1. Barbara Kagey, was b. about 1786 and m. a son of
Balzer Hupp by his first wife; his second wife was Barbara
Grove, a sister of Isaac Hershberger's mother. They had a
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271
son luiiiictl Christian. 'Hw parents both d. of the cohl phigue
or sniall-pox, and his grandfather'^ took him to raise, but
when lie was 15 or 10 y. of age lie d. with pneumonia.
2. Henry, 1). April 27, 1788; m. in 1816, Anna Strickler,
b. July 12, I7i>2, and d. dune 7, 181:8, and had four ehildren:
1. Benjamin.
2. Catharine.
?>. Elizabeth.
4. Susan.
Henry Kagey d. Xov. 28, 1807.
1. Benjamin, b. .Inly 22, iSlCi; ui. Catharine Tntut,
March 25^ 1841, b. Feb. 10, 1815. Benjamin d. 1S72, and his
wife in 1877-8. Their children were:
1. ]\rary Susan.
2. George.
3. Anna Eliza.
1. Mary Susan, b. July 18, 1842, single.
2. George, b. July 0, 1844; m. Sept. 15, 1875, Xannie S.
Linkous, b. April 19, 1848; no children.
3. Ann Eliza, b. June 12, 1847; single.
2, Catharine, b. March 11, 1818; m. to Isaac llershberger
in 1835 and had eleven children. Isaac Hershberger b. 1813,
Oct.
1. Immanuel Andjrose Booten, the eldest son, was 1). June
17, 1837, and m. Susan Crund)acker in 1858.
2. Elenry Xagey Hershberger, b. 1838, and was killed in
the late Civil AVar, Sept., 1803. He was a Confederate
soldier.
* Henry Kagey. 2d.
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o
Adelia Rose, b. Ana'. 14, ISOi; uiim.
4. Marv Aini, m. Daniel J. Michaels and d. Mav 19, 1887,
leaving fonr children.
There are seven children of Isaac Hershberger. Two boys
and fonr girls died in vdnth with diphtheria and another girl
died of typhoid fever.
(2) Catharine Kagey. 1). March 11, 1818, in Shenandoah
Co., \i\., and in the same year moved with her father and
grandfather to Botetonrt Co., now lioanoke Co., Va. Miss
Kagey was m. to Isaac Hershberger in lioanoke, Ya., Xov. 4,
1835, and i\. near Bell's P. ()., Bedford Co., Va.,Jnne 13,1890.
Isaac Hershberger was b. in Shcnandoali ( 'o., \"a., on Smith's
Creek, near Xcav Market, Oct. 15, In 1:1. he was the youngest
child (d liis father's familv, Jacoh I Ici'sld)era'er, who was a
farmer and Baptist preachci-. Tlic farms of Henry Kag(\v,
the 3d, and Jacob ircrshbei-ger adjoined each other on Smith's
creek. In the year 1834, Isaac Hershberger M-ent to Roan-
oke and, as stated above, m. in 1835. In religion he is a Bap-,
tist and by occupation a farmer; as a man he has the fidlest
confidence of his fellow-men. In all the walks of life he has
been n(»teil foi' Ids integrity and honesty, and in all his dealings
with his fellow-men he has been above reproach or blame. In
misfortune or in pros])erity he has always ])roven himself to
be an honest, upright man in the strictest sense of the term.
Few men lun'c l)een called n]>on to jiass tlirough so many try-
ing ordeals. In a fcAV l)rief years nine of his children died,
seven out of the nine with diphtheria; one son was a soldier
in the Confederate armv and was killed in an ena'agenient on
the Kanahwa river. In 18G8 he lost all his property by tire
and $5,000 besides that burned up. He then moved east of
the IJlue Bidge into Bedford Co., near Bells P. O., where he
now resides (1898), at the good old age of 85 y., loved and
respected by all who share his acquaintance. His wife was
blind the last five years before she died. She made no profes-
sion of religion, but in all her long life of 72 y. she lived
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tlie most exemplary life; such as would have adorned the life
aud walk of anv ])rofessing (diristiau. AVhile she subscribed
to no })articular creed, yet she was guided in all her conduct
])}' tliose wholesome truths that the wisdom of ages has proven
to be good. Her's was a well-balanced mind that no prospect,
however pleasing, could unduly elate, or no calamity could
unduly depress or intimidate. At last the weary wheels of
life stood still and as the morning broke the darkness of the
night, the eyes that were so long blinded opened to the light
and life of a l»etter world. Calmly as an infant sleeps she
])assed over to meet the loved ones avIio had gone before and
share the holy rest of a life well-spent.
3. Elizabeth Kagey, 1). 1820-1; d. in infancy.
4. Susan Kagey, b. July 27, 1833; m. Perry liobinson in
18-19, moved first to Illinois and tlieii to Kansas, and had 8
sons and daughters :
1. Charles Allen, b. March 11, 1851.
2. Louisa A., b. in Cass Co., Til., Feb. 23, 1854.
3. Sarah Catharine, b. May 5, 1857.
4. Ida F., b. Sept. 29, 1859.
5. Ella E., b. Sept. 2, 1863.
0. AVm. Ilenry, b. Jan. 7, 1807.
7. Estella A., b. in Chandh'rsville, 111., April 10, 1870.
8. Emma C, b. May 6, 1875.
Mr. Robinson d. March 11, 1884.
1. Charles Allen Eobinson, was b. March 11, 1851, at
Chandlersville, Cass Co., 111., and m. July 1, 1S68, at the
same place to Sarah Ursula Johnston, a dan. of John and
Catharine Johnston, who was b. Mardi 17, 1848. Jln^ii' chil-
dren are :
1. Anna Lee, b. Oct. 2(1, 1809, at ChandlersviUc, III.
2. Lucy Gertrude, b. Xov. 12, 1870, at Mound Eidge, Mc-
pherson Co., Kan.
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274 KAGY RELATIOXSHIP.
3. .Teniiie Florence, 1). Jan. 17. 1^>4, at Sdcm-ro, SocKno
Co., Territdi-v of Xew Tilexicu.
1. Amui 1.CI-. 111. .lime !".•. 1 >'.•!'. To rii(>iun> T. llciiijiliill.
of Ilollidavsliiu-i;', Hlair ("(>.. Pa., and have a (lanuiiter, 1).
Jan. 10. IMM). named ^larcenrite. Mr. ami .Mis. Ilciiniliill
residt' at l'.*:;:') W. ( liestnnt street, Altoona, l)lair Co., Pa.
•2. Lney Gertnide, ni. Xnv. 10, 1^07, to ^Ir. Frederick O.
Williams, of lialeii>li, X. C, an<l ar this date (IM's) livfs at
Tiinsville. F>ri'vard Co.. Fla.
'2. Louisa A., iii. in i'^i'i'.'. (ieorgi- W. W'ouacott. avIio was
1>. in Xewltnni. \'a.. March 2(». 1840. Tlieir children are:
U) ^\m. Ferrv. 1.. March 1>. Is7t>: (2) Fdward Lemav. 1..
Aug-, o. ls7:5: (.'5) Maude C.ertrn<lc. h. Xnv. :<. 1^7<'.; (4)
Charlo K. Xcwt(«n. h. .\uii-. 27. isM ;(.■)) Snsie Florence, I).
May 1, FS84, d. Xov. 18, 1895; (0) Leroy V. K'caoy. 1,. A]>ril
2C,, 1880. .Mr>. AVonacott united with the Presbyterian
( hundi when 17 v. of age. Mr. AVonacott is an elder in the
same churtdi.
O.
Sarah Catharine, ni. ^larch 4. iSi,"), to -John ( ". .Vrni-
■strong', who was h. May tl, 1852. Their children are: (1)
John AV., h. July oO, 187G: (2) Xancy Alice, 1>. Jan. 22,
1878; (3) Mvrtle Nellie, 1>. :\rarcli 5, 188(;.
4. Ida F.. m. , a !^^l■. Lane, and has two (diildren :
(1) Oscar K.. 1.. Xov. 4. ls77; (2) Perry A., h. Julv 1.".. 187!i.
]Mr. Fane d. and she m. . a ^Nfr. Fstes.
'>. Flla F.. m. , and have no children.
<*>. AVui. llenrv. is num.. resides at Anl«»na. Fla.
7. Kstella A., m. dohn T. ^Nfullen. in Larned. Kan., ^[ay
1, 188(i. He was b. Jan. 30, 18(')2. Their chihlren are: (1)
KAGY HKLATIONSlIir. ^'O
Perry J., I). Feb. 1(», 1887. d. Feb. <), 1888; (2) Bertie L., h.
Jan.'?, 1889; (3) Otis (r. K., 1.. Sept. 22, 1891, in Stoning-
toii, 111., where the parents now (1898) reside.
8. Emma G., is single at home at Los Angeles, (Jal.
Anna Kagey, 3d child, 1). ahont IT'.M); m. Henrv ]M. Frantz
and had eight children :
1. Madison.
2. ITenrv.
3. John.
4. ]\rary.
.■). ( 'atharine.
0. Elizabeth.
7. Delilah.
8. Frances Ann.
2. Ileni'v Fi'antz, 1». al»ont 181S; m. to ^NTartha Thompson,
no rcH-oi'd.
All tlic others of this t'annly d. of consmnption, unm; re-
sided near Salem, Va.
( hi'istiaii Ivagej, 4th chihl, h. ahont 1702, and iii. Entli
/ii'kle, of Shenandoah Co., X-a., and moved to Montgomery
Co., Va., and hoth d. there, Avitliont issne.
Mary Kagey, 5th child, h. Feb. 2, 1797; m. in l81(')-7,
Jacob Strickler, b. Oct. 21, 178G. in 1S30 they moved from
Shenandoah Co., Va., to Roanoke Co., and in 1834 to Mont-
gomery Co., Va., and in 184.5-t) they moved to Avithin seven
nules east of Floyd conrt honse, Floyd Co., Va., Avhere the
son, Samnel, now resides (1899). Fnto them was born one
son and six girls, viz :
1. Mary A., b. Oct. 11, 1818.
2. Sanniel, b. Sept. 17, 1820.
3. Catharine, h. 1822-3.
276 KAGY RELATIONSHIP.
4. Elizabeth.
5. Henry, d. in infancy.
6. Sarah.
7. Barbary.
8. Rnth.
Mary Kagey Striekler d. May 16, 1880, and Jaeol) Strick-
ler d. Aug. 28", 1867.
1. Mary Ann Striekler, in. Matthew Scott, Oct. 10, Ibll,
by I\ev. Owen Snmmers, a primitiye Baptist minister. Mary
Ann (Striekler) Scott d. Feb. 21, 1896; her husband d. :Mar.'h
9, 1896. ]Xine children were born to them, seyen of wlioiu
are now (1899) liying.
2. Samuel Striekler, m., Dec. 4, 181:-4, to Miss I^ancy Ann
Holmes, b. March 25, 1836, and de]>arted this life Sept. 15,
1894. Unto them was born ten children, seyen of whom
are liying, yiz: (1) .\nn Eliza, 1). Sept. 22, 1845; (2) Sarah
Rosabelle, b. dune 20, ls47; Co) John Ballard, b. March 7,
1849; (4) Millard Jacob, b. ^'oy. 19, 1850, was killed by the
falling of a tree, Dec. 8, 1866; (5) ]\rary Josephine, b. Se])t.
18, 1853; (6) Samuel Ilomer, b. Dec. 5, 1855; (7) Christian
F., b. Sept. 30, 1858; (8) Xancy Ahiali. 1). Oct. 5, 18(;2, d.
June 23, 1864; (9) James ^Xm. AVarfield, b. Xoy. 25, 1864,
d. July 6, 1865; (10) Eenora Davis, b. Oct. 17, 1869. Mr.
Samuel Striekler liyes iiear ITowery, Flovd Oo., Va., and one
of the best-known citizens of his county and is a man of ster-
ling worth and probity. All of his children are married and
all but one liye in E1ovd ('o., Va., the son in ^b»ntg(nii(M'y
Co., Va.
3. C^atharine Striekler, is unmarried and lives near Little
River, Eloyd Co., Va.
4. Elizabeth Striekler, 1). about 1824; m. AVni. J. AVilliatns
and moved to Texas, where she d. in Jefferson, Feb. 26, 1881,
and was buried at Tvcllevville, Tex. Her husl):ind d. .
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6. Sarah Strickler, m. Eli M. Williams and after lier deathj
Sept. 13, 1875, her husband married twiee ami l)<»tli wives
(lied, and he now lives in Texas.
7. l!arl)ara Striekler, m. Alvin Whitlock and after his
<lcatli slie m. -lolni \\\ (Iraliaiii. \vln> <lie(l, and then slie (HcmI.
■s. Kiitli Strickler, was b. April 3, 1834, and m. An(h-e\v
C'ross, and at last accounts were living at Blendon, Sedgwick
Co., Kan.
This ends the record of Tlenrv Xac-ev, the 2d son of <dd
Henry from Pennsylvania.
(3) JACOB KAGEY, b. Oct. 3, 1700, in (Vmestoga
township, Lancaster Co., Pa., was a minister in the Mennon-
ite church; he lived north of his father's place on Smith's
creek in Shenandoah Co., Va., and was m. about 1785 to
Christena Brenneman (a sister of his brother John's wife), b.
July, 1703; d. March 19, 1810. They raised seven children:
(1) Abraham, (2) Jlenry, (3) Barbara, (4) Jacob, (5) EHza-
bftli. ('0) John, ( 7) Isaac. Jacob, Sr., d. March 12, 1 S 1 5.
(1) Al)raham Kagey, b. Oct. 1, 1780, in Shenandoah (*o.,
Va., and m. Catharine Gochenour, Jan. 17, 1810, who was b.
Xov. 27, 1794, and d. Oct. 24, 1857. In the year 1810, iu
company with his brother Isaac, and his cousin, Henry Kagey
(a son of John, the "Good Man" and Dunkard })reaeher, of
Virginia), he started for Ohio; they took one horse and a cart,
loaded with a liox of dry goods, wortli $500.00, with which to
purchase land. He bought his land, then went to Fareport
and Cleveland, O.; at that time there was al)out twelve houses
in Cleveland. I^orthern Ohio at that time was a wilderness.
He then returned to Virginia. In June. 1818, he moved
to Ohio and settled in the east part of Bristol township; his
lu^arest neighbors ou the west were two miles distant, on tlie
278 KAGY RELATIOXSIIIP.
east four miles, on tlie north two miles and on the south eleven
miles. Abraham Kagey lived to the ripe old age of 84 y. and
4 m. His wife d. at (i4 y. of age. He d. Feb. 4, 1871. They
had a familv of eiiiht children, fonr bovs and four girls, viz:
(1) Samnel, (2) Christena, (3) Elizabeth, (4) Mary, (5)
Henry, (O) John O., (7) Catharine, (8) .Taeol)'A.
Samuel Ivagey, who had li\('d in Bristol seventy-eight years,
died on the (itli inst. of blood })oisoning following pneumonia,
after an illness of five weeks. Mr. Kas'ev was born in Shenan-
doali county, \i\., in IS 17, and the year following came with
his parents to Bristol. 'I'lie family settled in the east part of
the town, subse(piently known as the Kagey settlement. In
1845 he was m. to .Vnna Maria Spitler, who with three chil-
dren, survives him. 'Jlie children are : Mrs. L. King, of East
Rochester, O.; E. A. ]\agey, of Bristol, and S. A. Kagey, of
Rock rreek, (). The funeral was held on the !Hh inst., at the
Dunkard church. East Bristol, of which denouiination Mr.
Kagey had been a consistent member since 1805. Rev. Knapp,
assisted by Ivev. (iledhill, officiated at the services. The in-
terment was on the Saturday previous, this being necessary
because of the nature ni the disease. ]\rr. Kagey is held in high
esteem by all who knew him, as a good man and neighbor, a
kind husband and father. In his death Trumbull comity
loses another of its jDioneer settlers who helped supplant its
forests with beautiful fields and to make "the wilderness blos-
som as the rose."
(1) SAMUEL, b. Aug. 11, 1817; d. March 0, 181)0; m.
Anna M. Spitler, Oct. 16, 1845, b. Aiay 21, 1824. They
have three children :
1. Frances.
2. Seymour A.
3. Emma F.
]. Frances A., b. Sept. 14, 184G; m., June 13, 1870, to
Amv Maria Everett (widow), whose nnndeu uauK^ was riough.
IvAGY RELATiOXSITIP. -"!♦
They li;i(l one cliild, Lcnii Mnrin; the mother d. ^Lareh 7, iST-i,
;iii(l chihl Feh. 21), 1S7(>. Frances A. in. the second time,
Sophia Fint, aii<l ha\-e two chihh'cn : Leslie S., 1). -Ian. 7, 1^77,
and Bnrritt W., h. May 23, 1880.
2. Seymour A., h. ]May 2;>, 18(!1, youngest chihl of Samuel
Kagey. m. Miss Nettie A. ISarh. fJune (!, 1882; was h. .lune
(i, 18(i;]; ha\'e one son,.l)ean (!ates Kagey, ni. A])ril 1, 1898.
Jiesides at Rock C'reek, O.
3. Ennna F., h. Nov. 20, 1850; ni. Leander King, April
23, 1874, and have one son, Emmet Laben King, b. May 12,
187<», and jSTettie .Vnna King, b. Dec 28, 1892. Resides at
F]ast Rochester, Columbiana C^o., (3.
(2) CinnSTENW, oldest dan. and 2d child of Abraham
Kagey, the son of Jacob, the .'M son of TTenry, was b. Xov.
9, 1818; d. March 18, l,s7l; was ni. to Stephen ('. Thorpe.
They had eight children, viz: (1) Henry A., b. Aug. 22,
1846, m. ]\[ary Jane F]ckstein, b. Jan. 10, 1849, m. June 1 1,
187-'), and had two children. Forest II., b. Feb. 4, 1875, and
.Mahel ( ;., b. March 17, 1882; (2) Mary Catharine, d. 1 y. ohl;
(3) llai'riet S., d. 4 y. old; (4) ElminaB., d. 8 y. old; (5) Sarah
.1., d. 1 y. old; ((')) Luther A., m. F]liza A. Stickney; (7) An-
son A., ]n. ( 'arrie Travis; (8) Tryphena B., ni. ITenry Hoff-
man and have two children.
(3) EL1ZARE4T1, b. F(4). <;, 1820, dau. of Abraham la-t
named, is single, lives on the old homestead in Trumbidl
Co., O.
(4) ]\1ARY, b. April 26, 1822, dau. of Abraham; m. Xoah
]\richael Kagey, her cousin, and had two children : Susanna
Catharine and John Abraham.
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(5) HENllY, b. Nov. 14, 1823; d. April 2(i, 1851. He wa^
engaged to a ]\Liss Smith and d. on the day set for his wedding.
(6) JOITX GOIJCHEXOUK KAGEY, Avas h. in Bristd-
ville, Trnmbnll Co., O., Xov. 22, 1825, and is now living o:i
the place where he was born, on a farm. He was m., Dec.
23, 1855, to Florilla Osborn, a lady of many graces, and a
model Christian woman, both of them Ix'ing members of the
Methodist E. chnrch, and worthy and consistent members of
the same. To this union there was four children ;
Olive Jane Lncretia, b. Feb. 0, 1850.
Effie Rebecca Catharine, b. Aug. 25, 1862.
Elbert Osborn, 1). Jan. 14, isTl.
Lillie Elizabeth, 1). Ang. 5, 1874.
Olive J. L. Ivagey m., April 5, 1883, Emerson J. Short, wlio
wash, in Ohio, Jidy 10, 1859. ]\[r. Sliort completeil his edu-
cation at the State T'niversity of Towa, graduating with the
degree of Bachelor of LaAvs, and at this time (1898) is fir.-t
assistant city attorney in llu' city of Denver, and has won his'
way to distinction in his chosen profession. Their children
are: (iouevicve .losejJiinc, h. Oct. 3, 188(), and Lucilia
Amelia, 1). Sept. 19, tsss.
Etfic Ji. C. Kagey entered the Western Reserve Seminary as
a student in 1877, and was making rapid progress in her
studies; at the end of her jimior year, on the 24th of March,
1881, she d. quite suddenly in her young and beautiful
womanhood.
Elbert O. Kagey graduated from the commercial depart-
ment of the AVestern Reserve Seminary in 1891, and graduated
Jidy 29, 1899, in a course in pharmacy at the Highland Park
College in Des Moines, Ta. ; is num.
TiMie E. Tvagey received her early education at the AVestern
Reserve^ Seminarv and later in the s(diools in D;'nver, Col.
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Slic 111. KliiHM' F. Pivseott, of Denver, .Iiiiie 20, 1897. Mr.
Preseott was 1>. at Spencer, la., April 4, ISTT), and is a lineal
descendant of General Prescott, of Revolntionarv fame. He
has lieen for some years in the anditinc,- (l('])artnient of the
T^onver and Rio drande Ttailroad Co.
(7) CATHAllIXE KACKV, the youngest (hiu. of Ahra-
liani, b. Sept. 23, 1S3S; m. ('lark ^NFonroe, , and have
(diildren, vi/:
1. Tuifus L., 1). .
2. John L., b. .
3. Charles Mc, 1). .
4. Florence J., 1). .
1. Rnfns L., ni. ^fattie Lawscni, and lun-c (Uic diild, .lainc
O.J,. .
2. -lohn L., m. ^Iagi>ie Flover, and have n<> cliildren.
3. Charles Mc. .
4. Florence J., ni. (ieo. Christv and lia\e one child, Geo
::\r., b. . ■ '
(8) JACOB A., b. Ang. 17, 1831, nnni., was a soldier in
the late Civil War, and was killed at the battle of Fittsbnrg
Landing, April C, 1862. He was a mend)er of the 14th Ohio
battery under Captain, now Judge J. B. BurroAvs, of liaincs-
\'il]('. O. The military career of Jacob Kagey was a brief one.
It was his fate to fall in his first battle. Fie nobly and nntlinch-
ingly stood by his guns contending against fcarfnl o(lds until
lie fell dead and was carried by his comrades \n the reai-. Like
the true soldier that he was, he died at his i)ost and the high-
est ]n'oof of his patriotic devotion to his country is this: Fie
gave his life for his country and to-day he fills an honored
soldier's oTave. The sterling' worth and hich moral character
'^S2 KAGY IJEI.ATIOXSIIIl'.
of Jacob Kagey had won for liiiii a host of friends, who were
foiidlj endeared to him for liis lumiy iiohh' traits of character,
and his sterlina- worth. Dntifid as ;i son, kind and h)vin2: as
Iti'otlier and friend, his name and memory will l)e cherished
l>y a host of friends until their snn of life sets in death.
(2) IIEXRV KA(;KV, I). Dec. IG, 1787, is the i^d son of
Jacob, the od son of ohl llenrv from Pennsylvania, and m.
Elizabeth (Tochenonr, a sister of Catharine, who ni. his
brother .Vbraliam. They Ijoth d. on SnutlTs creek, near
the old home of their father. Thev had no (diildrcn.
(;n liAREAlLV KAGEY. 1.. Jan. 8, 1700, and m. Dr.
David Xeif. She was the eldest dan. of Jacob, the 3d son of
Henry from Pcniisyh-aina, and ( 'hristene (Brennenian)
Ivagey. Pier father was a Mcnnoiiite ])rcacher. Three of her
brothers, Jlenry, -lolin and Ahrahani, m. Kochenours, and
sisters. Abraham, .John ami .Iaci;h went to Trumbull Co., ().,
at an early day ( I8l8) and also their sister, Elizabeth, who
m. Gabriel ]5arb. the ]n-ogenitoi' of the B:irl)s in that county
and State.
Barbara (Kagey) Xeft" d. young and left three children, two
sons and a daughter.
'&'
(1) Jacob, the eldest, Avas a doctor at Xew Market, \'a., and
had three daughters: Anna Eliza, Kate and Amanda.
(2) Abraham, the 2d son, was a merchant in Xew Market,
Va., wliere he d. He was well np in years when he m. a
widow named Rinker, whose maiden name was Mary ^Vnn
Lantz. She had six children by her tirst hnsband, bnt none
by the last.
(3) Christena, b. Ai)ril 27, 1811, the only daughter, m.y
Aug. 26, 183G, Joseph Eunkhouser, b. May 29, 1813, a
KAGY RELATIOXSHir. 283.
United Brethren ])reaclu'r. tii>t. and after tlic Tivil War lie
joined tlie ]\retli()dist Y. clmrcli. lie d. in lbS2; issne, nine
children.
1. The cidesr. XaTliaiiicl X.. ui. Sallie Xi-ti:' and had
these children: Anna, doscjth, Martha and Earnest. Of
these Anna ni. Frank Zirkle, wlio have three children, viz:
Xettie, Mattie and AVilner; .I()se])h ni. Lanra Pence and had
two children, viz: Ii'ene and Mai'v: Martha and Earnest aver
single.
2. Mary C. ni. T. AV. Palmer, of P.»rt Pepnblic, Va., and
have five chihlreii : ()lin. Jennie. Xellie, Albert and Carndl,
tAvins.
o. Sallie E., ni. J. 11. Swisher, now residinji,- in Salem, Va.,
no issue.
4. David X., m. Georgie V. Konilahnsh, and have six chil-
dren: AVillie, Marv, Hiram, E'lorence, Samnel and John.
AYillie m. Lizzie ]\[angree, Mary m. Peter Pence, Hiram m.
Alice Mangree. Reside at ]\rontevideo.
5. Jacob C, m. Fannie V. Tvite: no issne: reside at Keezle-
town. Va.
6. Samuel, m. Lucy Littelle, and have one child, Littellc
Eeside in Pome, Ga.
7. Isaiah, m. Snt- Koiner; no issne; reside at Waynesboro^
Va.
8. Anna A., is nnm.: resides at Keezletown, Va., on the-
old homestead.
9. Amanda E., m. Alexander Kite and have two children L
Hiram and Edgar. Reside at Elkton, Va.
:284 KAGY KELATIOXSHir.
Cliristeiia (.Xeff) Fuiiklioiiser, d. Jnlv 23, 1899, aged 88 y.,
2 111. and 26 d. After 17 years of separation she rejoins her
husband in the spirit hmd. One son, Joseph; two brothers,
Samnel and David, and one sister, Annie ]Xeff, preceded her
to tlie tomb. She was a most estimable ladv, highly esteemed
and respected bj a large circle of relatives and acquaintances.
(4:) JACOB KAGEY. U son of Jacob, the :3d son of
Henry, b. Jan. 8, 1791, and m. May 16, 1812 or 13, to Susan-
nah Johnson, b. June 2«, 1796, and d. Jan. 16, 1865. He
d. Dec. 27, 1866, and liad seven children: (1) Leah, (2)
Rachel, (3) John, (1) .l-.-o]Ji, (r>) :\ricliael Xoah, (6) Eliza-
beth J., (7) .lacnl) J.
(1) LEAH, 1st, b. Jan. ^, L'^U; m.. Sept. S. ls:',l, Jacob
Sngor, b. Oct. 25, 1805, wb" ha<l six cbiblren :
1. Sue :\r.
2. William J.
3. Henry E.
1. Jacob A.
5. Mary E.
6. So]Jiia H.
1. Susannah :\r. Sager, b. March 10. 1834; in. A. A.
House, Oct. 22, 1861, and had two children: Stella M., b.
June 10, 1864; Stewart S., b. March 12, 1873; d. Oct. 4,
1874. Susannah AL Honse d. Oct. 5, 1875, and ^h: A. A.
House m. Alary E. Sager, his wife's sister, Oct. 23. 1877, who
Avas b. Aug. 11, 1841 : no issue.
Stella :^r. House m. Cliarles Gagel, Aug. 11. 1^91. and
have one child, Alenze TL. b. June 8, 1892.
2. "William J. Saa-ev, b. Ane. 31. 1835; is num.
3. Henry E. Sager. b. ^Nfarcli 12. L^37: m. Sept. 28. ls67.
to 0(dia J. Gillespie. 'iJicif cbiblren arc : Alice ^Nfay. b. ^Fay
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Jacob Kagey.
Mrs. Susannah Johnson, Wife or Jacob Kagev.
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KACiY llELAT10-\f>llir. 289
l,-), 1ST4; Lciili F... 1.. Api'il 27, 1882; Hellc L., b. April 11,
188;").
I. ,I;i(-(.l) A. S:i,uvi'. 1.. Ocl. 4-, ISnO; in.. Sept. 0, isr>r), AFarv
1.. 'J'lioiupsoii, and liad llii'cc cliildren : liufus I)., b. Aui;'.
1. I8(;r.: Vcnicr K., h. Vv\k i>7, 18(;8; Tlarrv A., b. diiiio 29,
ISTC). Alarv I., d. Mav 24, 1888, and dac.b A. ni., Nov.
8, 18!)4, Lizclta Ii. Kaiicy, a dan. df -loscpli Kai^cv; no issue
Rnfns 1). Saiicr in. biliaii Hi'own, Sept. 7, lSi»;5, and liave
one cliil<l Ktlud .M., h. Od. 2 1, 1894.
5. ]\rary E. Sager. ni. A. A. TTonse, as above stat('(l.
0. S()])bia \l. Saii'er, b. Oee. 22, 1842; in., June 2, 186?,,
to Sbcrbiinic \V. Kenton, 1.. Maivli 29, 1841. ^Idicir cdnb
dren arc:
]\Jyrtlc E., b. Maivh IC, 18(14.
Cnvlos S., 1). F(4). 15, 186().
:\baiii'ic(' K., 1.. dan. 14, 1868.
Alcinus \\'., b. Oct. 1, 18(;!».
William d., b. .\pril 29, 1872.
Nellie A., I). Sept. 23, 1875,
(irace A., I). .Maivli S, 1878, and was killed hy lia'Iitning,
-I line 1, 1892.
Jamie (J., b. .Vug. 16, 1880.
diaries ]\I., b. A])ril 29, 1883.
Taeob P., b. :\raTeh 4, 1885.
]\ivi'tle !<:. |'\.nt(in in., Maivli 10, 1SS7, to (^irl A. llnnll-y,
and have b)iir (diildreii: BiTiiiee S., Slierhiirne W'., .Afanrice
u. and Seyinonr ( '.
(^iH(.s S. Eentoii in., Sept. 3, 1891, to Ida M. Vinev.
Jacob Sager, Sr., was the first white child b(irn in Ib'istol
township, 'jhaiinbiill Co., O., and was (me (d" the most liijxhly
19
21MI
KAGY U£LATI<»N>Hir.
res] »eft(*(i i'iti/.cns of the coniitv, niiil was hcM in niiivi'isal
estcoiii l».v Jill \v1m» kiH'W him. He «I. May ('», IS'.tj. His wilV.
l.cali Kaircy. was a woinaii <»f «rn*ait «*iu*rir_v ami derision <»t
cliaiactcr aii<l inana:r««l Iht lions<'ljoM with raiv ijood iiul"-
UK lit. ami tlnmirh tlicv Imth lived lu'Voiid the patriarchal a<»(\
vet they were Imtli liv<'ly. checrfnl and ph-asant i*oini>aMy all
tlx-irdav-. M r>. Sai:«'r d. I )«•<-. J\. 1 ^M:'..
{■2\ KAt lii-.l. K.\<.l.^, Jd rhh-si dan<:ht«r ut' .laccl). the
'.\i\ son "I dat-ol.. ilu- ;5d sou of Henry, of Pennsylvania, \\a>
1>. in Kockinirhani ( "o.. \'a.. .\wj. !:'•. l^^h''; ni.. Maidi 1.
1 "^."i;.. !<. Wni. MclJridr. h. .hi! ■ ls(»;i. and had ch'voii
(diildrcii :
1. Mary Ann.
1'. Susannah I..
::. Wm. Henry.
I Inlani ^on.
."•. ( handler ( '.
<"'. Sarah .lane.
7. .I..vf|»h K.
^. < -loll. -I M.
'.'. ( 'ar«diue M.
K'. Knink I.
1 1. Ali.-e A.
1. Mary Ann ^MeHride, 1.. 'IW. I'T. 1^:;7: m. S. S. I5ist-
wi«d<. of r.ristolville. ( ).. ( ».i. h'.. \^r,-^. and he d. 1 )e;'. 12.
]nn7: she then ni. Wni. Sai:' \oi-ih Hri-fol. ().. Oct. :!<».
1"^^!': no i-sne to eitln-r uiarria^e.
■2. Sn>annah 1.. M.dlride. h. Se|.i. 1. ls;;'.t: ni. to F. 1.
llaiiiuiond, of Hristolville. ( ).. Dec. •_'!. l^i".-'. ainl have one
^oii. .lo<ej»h F.. 1>. Ma\" 7. 1'^7l.'.
:;. Wni. Henry M.Hride. 1.. .Inne 1^. 1^1": d. dan. 1^.
1S41.
. .. - « A. • I 4
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W'M. McBride.
Rachaei, (Kagey) McBride.
EW YORK
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4. All infant son, nnnanied, h. Dec. 14, lb41; d. Dec. ill,
1841.
.^. Clian.llcr ( '. .M.-i'.ride, 1). ::\Jarcli 15, isl:); d. April I't),
1S4:;.
• ;. Sarali -lane AleBride, b. Oct. 0, 1844; m. to Bradford
Calc, (d .Mecca, ()., Jidy '27, 1S(;4; d. Xov. 7, 18TG, and liad
tuiir cldldicii: Wni. II., 1.. Oct. 1, 1865, m. Iva L. Gale,
a widow. Sept. 4, 1880, and bad three cbiblreii, Rolicrt E., b.
Se])r. 1, INST, Ernest E., b. dune 25, ISSII, AVni. 11., b. Aui-'.
7, ISIMI; Frank 8., b. Oct. I'T, iscii, ni. to Xora Tbateb-
er, Se])t. l'2, 1880, and liave one son, , b. Oct. 15, 1S90;
Lvnian W., b. Sept. 2, 1872, ni. Lncy Smith, Nov. 9, 1895,
have one son. ( liarles B., b. Se])t. 1. 1897; Joseph ('., !>. June
1<>, 1 S75, unm.
7. -losepli K. M(Jh-i(h\ b. Dec. 17, 1847; ni. Josephine
('allahan, Xov. 15, 188;], and had two chihlren : An infant
son, I). Auo-. 24. 1SS4, d Sei)t. 17, 1884; Ellen S., b. 0<-t.
8, ]S91.
8. ("olonel M. McBride, b. Jnne 10, 1850; ni. Maggie
r'orker, of Mercer, Mercer Co., Pa., JSTov. 15, 1877. She d.
iMay 1, 1883; had one danghter, Maggie Belle, b. March 7,
1881; d. Jnly 20, 1887. Colonel McBride then m. Sadie
Jiosendale, of Fostoria, O., Jan. 17, 1885; no issue.
9. Caroline M. McBride, 1). ^^iarch 20, 1852; m. C. B.
Stoddard. Kedland, Cab, Jidy 4, 1890; no issue.
10. Frank J.]\rcBride,b. Jinie 10, 1855; m. Annie Bollai'd,
of Geneva, O., Dec. 27, 1881; no issue.
11. Alice A. ]\IcBride, b. Ifarch 4, 1858; m. Reuben
^Miliar, of ]3ristolvilIe, O., April 20, 1894; no issue.
cy) ■
, M Hiiwii <tid" .llaittdliJL, i11b+' :5iil *Mt '*A' jld»y (4^
. .swju liiii
■■ttju IPWui' :ic, Well* • U. t7^ lim%
.mici ((id., mi, JJ.-^'
wx^mi- ■ i«j'^ Ik. J^ij>wiiU H'l
- :'H. Kbt^idl. -Hb
• ' .. NWciH^ iJ.uiiLUi^l tSfHadl iiuu Ikiydl;
JIH;. iwtU:'..
.'L Mm'^im J..
•ii.. H'liijiauu*^ A..
' ' ' ^m E.
11- Mtmaii isi.^ IL Otit. its. Il*:vll; m. 41.. M.. CUfcaiwdllkv., ^^ •-'•"• •'
KAQY BEIATIONSHIP. 29T
,'». lu^eua K., b. ^hilv 15,, I860; m. Jacob Sagei^ Jr., Now
;>, 1893 or 4.
(». Thomas A., h. Sept 5, 1862; in. Julia A. Coe, Get. 2t\
1886, at CoTU'tlaiid. O.; no ehiltiren.
:. Aivhio E., 1>. Dec. 24, 186T.
Raehel (llottle) Kagt^v a. Sept. 10, 1868; b. Jan. 12,
182T. Joseph Kag\y d. Get. 21, 1890, near Xortli Bristol, G.
(5) 3 1 U 1 1 . V 1-: 1 , NOAH K A ^ ; 1 ■: \' , ;kl son of Jaeob, the
;kl son of Jaeob. 8d son of IlenrT from Pennsylvania, b. K^ov.
8, 182o: u.. M;ir\ Kagey, a ckughter of his nnele, Abraham,
JuIt 5, 185Tj, and have t\YO ehildren: Susannah (\itharine.
b. Ang. 4, 1859, d. Feb. 4, 18T6; John Abraham, b. Sept. 5,
1857. M;-^. Kagvy d. A\i>i-. 2, 1892, near N. Bristol, G.
(6) i:i.l/Ai;i 111 .1. KAiiKV. :>a danghter of Jaeob, the
od son ot JacoU, -nl -.mi >>t' llonr\ from Pennsylvania, was
b. Xov. 20. 182S, aiul innnied TnU h M.'ore. Thev had one
son. Frank, who luarvi^'il -hilia Morton and they have two
ehildren. Frnost and W^A. Mr. .\h>oro dvinu' Klixabeth J.
Moore (nee Kaijev') niarrioJ Jonathan Norton and luul eiiiht
eliildreu :
Josoj^h A\".
lai^'inilia 1..
MarN ( '. N.I r^H-.M-d.
A\isiin Mi^'haol.
Morri-^i'ii M.
W. S^',.n.
Ni'tlio riiihMia.
Raehaol -1.
OVwov.
Resiilo in Allouair To.. Mii-h.
293 KAGY KELATIOXSIIIP.
Jose]>li AV'. iiini'ricil ( 'lara ('liatlwick ninl lunl iiuccliild. Ail:i.
Liu-iii(l.-i I., iiiiiri'icil .Vhiioiid IS. Pierce ami had nnc cliiM,
(larenee A.
An>tiii Al icliacl i> uiiui.
Alori'isou M. iiian'icMl ^larv Faulkner and have one eliihl,
Iwivniond.
W. ScMitt. Xcttic p. and Pacdiael J. are single.
Oliver i> dead.
(7) dACOl; .1. K'Atil'A'. hh sMii (.f Jacnh. the i'.d son of
dacdli. .■'.(! xui lit iicni'v frnni I'mn-vhania. was 1>. !)(•(•. IS,
l^ol, and married ^largarerre Tlioni]>M'n an<l had rwo t-hil-
dren: Fanny (dead) and Frederick, -lacoh -1. and his wife
were legally divorced, and he nnirried tlie second time, Sn-an-
nali Spitler. a sister of his hrother John's wife, JJelinda, also
a sister of his consin Samnel's wife, Aina AI. Spitler. Samnel
was the ehlest son of Abraham. TJie eldest son of Jacoh, the ".d
son of Henry from Pennsyhania. Jai-oh .] . and Snsannah
had n<i children.
Thi> ciinijilcres the record of dat-oh Kagey, Txl son of Jacoh.
the ■]A son of llenrv.
ELIZABETH IvAGEY, 5th child of Jacoh, the 3d son of
old Henry from Pennsylvania, b. Sept. 7. 17'.>:i. in Shenan-
doah Co., Va.. and was m. to ATr. (lahriel Parh, Sept. '20.
1S20: he Avas b. in . Eeb. 1."). 17!i4, and d. Jnly 11.
1S34, in Bristol township. Trnmbnll Co.. O. Elizabeth Barb
(nee Kagey) d. Jnly 4, ISSl. In the year IS 10 Elizabeth
Ivagey, her brother and another relative, went from Virginia
to Ohio to visit lur brother, Abraham, who had moved to
KLIZAIUCTII (KAC.m) l!.\Kli.
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^UNDATI0N8.
KAGY RELATIONSHIP.
HOI
Ohio in 1811), after having honaht hind tlici'c with (h'v gixxls
in 1810, as heretofore stated. She ])ei'fonned the entire jour-
ney on horseha(d<. and in tlie fall of the s^ame year she re-
turned to Virgiina, ridiiiu' the same liDrsc, which she had
honght with her own money, ])ayinii' $100 for it. On her
return to Virginia she sold her hoi'se f(»r the same amount she
had i>aid for it. At that distant day it required courage, for-
titude and cndnrance of the highest order ti> make a journey
like that over mountains, aero-s livers and throngh a trackles-;
wilderness. Dnrinc,' this A'isit to Ohio the maidenlv heautv
and sterling worth of Elizaheth i\agey attracted the atten-
tion and won the heart of a young frontiersman named Gahricd
Barb, whose father had settled in that vicinity in 1S05. In
1820 the young lovei- journeyed h'M-k to Virginia and sought
and obtained the hand of Elizabeth in marriage. They re-
turned to Ohio and in Feb., 1821, the young husband com-
menced to clear a ])lace for his log cabin; the first tree he
cut fell upon another tree, breaking oft" a large lind) which
was thrown swiftly back by the recoil of the bent tree and
in falling struck Mr. ]]ai'b, dislocating his hip, mashed his
arm and hnrt his head, and he was ludd fast to the ground hy
the weight of the lind) wliicdi \\as iijion him. lie Avas two
miles from his father's house and a mile from his brother-in-
law's, Abraham Kagey, wlieri' he had intended going at
night, and had so iuformed his wife and ])arents in the morn-
ing before leaving home. His pain and suffering were in-
tense and his situation a tei'i'ihle one. When young Barb
sufficiently recovered from the shocd-; he called as loud as he
could for hel]). Several times he fainted from loss of blood
and ]iain. After re])eat(Ml calls he was heard by a woman
who lived one and a half unles north of where he lay. She
told her husband and son to go and see and hud out what it
meant. They finally went in the direction the sound came
from, l)ut after going some disTance they could hear or see
nothing. They were about to turn ba(d< home when they
heard a faint call, and ]U'oceediug in that direction they found
him. They then ha<l to go to his home for help to take
'j"2 KAGY i;ELATIOX«lIlP.
liim liome, Avliidi wns tiiiallv roaelied just as the shades of
night Avere g'athci'ing. He recovered after a long time and
witli the liolj) of a few friends cleared a ])lace an<l hiiilt a
log cahin. in wliicli lie moved in the fall of 1S21. The old
log cabin lia< -^ince gi\X'U ]dace to a far more commodious
house, uoAv the lovely home of Elizabeth Barb and her worthy
son, Jose])h S. Barb, to whom the author of this history is
greatly indebted for data rchiting thereto, as well as for many
kindnesses Avhih' a gnest at their house in hsSS. ^[r. Barb's
family consists of the following persons, viz :
1. Isaac, b. Dec. 18, 1822.
2. Henry, b. .Ian. 14. bs2(i.
:]. Kli/.ai.ctli. b. .Ian. 22. is;)!).
1. Isaac Bai'b. m. F.Hzabctli Xoi'toii. Xmv. :',(). 1848. She
Avas 1). Oct. 22, 1 82-"), and ba<l one son. doscpli S.. and ('Inrissa
3[.; reside near ()akhel(b l'i'und)ull ( 'o., (). Mi's. Barb (b
April 2(t. lsii;». Air. Barb (bed years before her.
Jose])li S. b. .Marcli .'>. 1 >.".(! ; m.. Api'il 12. IMH, to LycUa
.\. Toffman. who was b. Dec. 17, l.s,")(t, in I'ennsylvania. The
wife and newdiorn cdnld d. Se])t. ;]0, 18!>2. He m. I'diza
( 'bi])|>ei'. ( )cT. 15, 181M;, who was b. Sept. 20, 1S.",2.
Clarissa AL. b. July :;. ls4'.t; m. to Joseph \V. (iah'. Feb.
21, 1874. and liax'C two idiihb-en:
( 'hii'ence W .
Isaac L.
(darence \V.. 1,. Sept. :!0, 1875.
Isaac b.. b. Ocr. 2, ls7^.
2. ITeury L. Barb, married Jane A. Thompson. an<l have
two gilds:
ITattie .\.
Xcttie A.
KAGY JiHl.ATlOXSIllP. 303
TTnttic (lied yoiiiia".
Xctric A.. 1). .hint' t>. isi^J, uiarricMl lo Scvnioiii' A. Kuii'cy.
11(1 liavc one soil, Dean (rates Kagcv, 1). April 1, 181>3.
3. yji/alictli Barb, iiian-icHl .lolni Hit'lil, a Disciitlr
prcaclu'V. Lixc in Laiienstcr Co., ^s'eb., since iSOcS. They
lia\(' four sons: Win. S.. Ilcnry (i., Isaac E. and Charles P.
End of J"]lizal)ctli (Kagey) iiarl) record.
f4) JOIIX E\\(;EV, }k Oct. 1, ITOr;, a sou of Jacoh, the
3d son of Henry, of l\'nns\l\aiiia, was horn in Shenandoah
Co., Va., and ni., IS 17, to Mai'v ( ioiudienonr, a sister
of ( 'atharine, the wife of his hrother Ahrahani. Ehey had
two sons and three daughters, viz:
1. Ahrahani.
2. Elizabeth A.
• ). -laeol'.
4. ('atharine.
T). ( diristena.
John Xagey d. Oct., 182."), and hi^ wife, ]\[arv, d. Aug. 31.
1844.
3. .Tacoli. h. Xov. 20, 1822: d. Tan. 2(;, 1820.
1. Ahrahani. h. dan. 11. isiS; married about 1S41. Ifan-
iiaii Syder, of Louis\-ille. Stark (.^o., (). They had Three sons:
(1) Jacob, (2) John. (3) Daniel, and one dangliter, who died
youug. Abraham Kagey d. .lune 21. 1S73. TTannah Kagey
d. A]>ri] 1 1. ISS,-).
1. Jacob, b. Oct. 13, 1842: uiari'ied Sarah lierlin. b.
. They liave four sous:
1. Isaac E.
2. W'\]\. lienrv.
304 KAGY RELATIONSHIP.
3. John Benton.
4. Ira Ellsworth, b. , 1875.
1. Isaac E., died youiiu' at IS montlis. in ISO*).
2. Wni. llcnry, b. Auii'. 1^5, 18(56.
o. .lollll n('llt<»ll, b. , 1(S72.
2. -b.lni. b. Nov. 16, 1843; m. Alarv (iilbert, , 186S»,
and have four girls: Lilv ,]., liose E., Grace .M., and Sylvia.
John Kagey lived in Alliance, ()., was eni])loyed by the P..
E. AV. A: ('. Ti. Tv., and was killed iu a wi-ecd-c on that road in
1883. lie was a soldier in the war for the Eiiidn. lie was
a member of Co. II, lOTtli Ohio Infantry, and was in the bat-
tle of Ciettysbnrg, Avliei'e many of that reginKMit dictb
3. Daniel, b. , 1,S44; niai-i'ie(l Ahilinda Shirk, aiul
have four children, three boys and one girl, viz: (1) Clar-
ence C, (2) Eranklin E., is dead: (3) llichard (b, (4) Mabel
(b, and (5) Leroy Harrison.
2. Elizabeth A., daughter of John Kagey, b. Oct. 9, 1819,
in Virginia, and m., Marcdi '.», 1S41. David P>. Strong, of Bris-
tol, Ernndinll ( 'o.. O. She d. d nne 1."), lsr)l, lea\'ing fonr
children, three sdii- nnd one daughter, viz:
1. John Ansel.
2. Ceo. Alfred.
3. Henry Abraham.
4. ^larv Hannah.
David Hrainard Strong, b. Se].t. 24, 1818: d. :\Iaicli 30.
1894, in Bristol, O.
1. John Ansel, b. June 11. 1842: lives in Milwaukee. Wi-;. ;
is a ]>rintei- l)y trade: was ni. to Martha T'i'tton, Mai'cdi ;'»1.
KACY RELATIOXSHir. 305
1867, and has three (huigliters: Edith Floria, b. April -2,
1870, d. Sept. 0, 1870; Alice jMaI.el, b. May 9, 1872, d. June
8, 1892; Bessie Cora, b. Feb. 7, 1875.
2. (ieo. Alfred, 1). .May 12, 1844, in Bristol, lives near
Bnri', Otoe Co., Xeb. He served foiu- years iii the Union
army; ni., Aug. 12, 1877, Sophia E. Edwards, b. July 28,
1850; has four daughters and one son; learned blacksmithing,
bnt is now farming. Their children are: Mary Lnella, b.
,hdy 25, 1878; Fredk. Charles, 1). Oct. 3, 1880; Susie Bell,
b. May 9, iss;3; Josephine A., b. Sept. 8, 1885; Eliza Kntli,
b. Feb. 10, 1888. Farmer. Methodists.
?>. Henry A., 1). March 12, ISiG, in Bristol, lives in War-
ren, 'rnind)nll Co., O., is a blacksmith; m. Emma A. Tovey,
April 10, 1879, who was b. Dec. 20, 1852. They have three
children: Harry A. Strong, b. May 12, 1881; Clarence A.,
b. Sept. 12, 1882; Warren A., b. Oct. 7, 1888.
4. Mary H. Strong, 4th child of David Ib-ainard Strong
and Fdizabeth (Kagey) Strong, wash. March 19, 1848; d. Oct.
4, 18()0.
4. Catharine, b. Oct. 16, 1821; m., , 1844, David
< iilliert, and she d. Dec. 25, 1845, leaving one son, Charles G.
Mr. (lilbci't married Christena, a sister of his first wife on the
null of .July, 1846. David Gilbert was b. April 15, 1818,
and (1. in Clarks, 'Neh., Feb. 8, 1879.
5. ("hristena Kagey, was l>. in Eristol, ()., Sept. 1;5, 1S25,
seven weeks before her father died. Their children are :
First wife's child: Charles G., h. Dec. l^, 1845, enlisted at
Is yoai's of age, and d. in service of his country in May, 180;5.
He enlist('(| in the 21st Ohio Infantry in Feb., 1803, and d. at
Xashville, Ten n . , :\ray , 1 8 0 3 .
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30(5 KAGY KKLATIOXSniP.
Seconil wife's eliiklron:
(1) Joiiathaiu (.'klest son. was 1). in Bristol April 10, 1847,
and (1. in llicksvillc O., (Vt. 5, 1858.
(2) Daniel. 1». Xov. ,"., 1848, and .1. in Basetta, Oct. 10,
1840.
( 'A) ^Maggie Ann, 1). "Fel). 4. 18.-)1, in Basetta, O., and was ni.
in ('larks, ^'eb.. To Knirene ]M. Sinnnons, Dee. li\ 1882; is a
milliner at Central ( 'ity, Xeb.
(4) -Maria l.avina, b. -Ian. 8, 185:1, in BascrTa. ()., and was
ni. to Alfred Crowl. Sr])!. lMI. 1s7<», at 1 licksvillf. resides in
Aine:er, AVilliani< ('o.. ().. antl has seven children.
(5) ]\Iarv ^^rag-daline. h. .Inne 17, 185(1. and was ni., Oct.
11, lN8o, to James A. Wee.l. at Tiawlins. \Vv., and now
lives at Cheyenne, Wv.: he is su|)erinrendenr of hriilu'es on the
I'nion Bacitie liailroa(h
((5) Alorpin, h. Se])r. 1>, 1S5>, and is now in ILanna, AVv.,
nnni., at this time (1899).
(7) David Todd. h. Nov. 17, 1861, is now in Bntte, Mon. ;
ni.. Dec. 8, 1890, to Lottie Living-ston; have one child, 1>. Dec.
24. iNOti. named ^[argaret Tna.
(8) Ellsworth Abraham, b. A].ril 1>. 18 (;:";. lives in Bed
Clond, Xel). : m. Tnlia Ab-Cartney, Feb. K;, I^'.M).
(9) Benj. Franklin, b. Jnnt' 4. l>ti."., bves in Texas; m.
Alice Brown, June 4, 189o, at that city.
(10) Lanra F.. b. Alay i".. ls7(i: m.. Sepr. Kb ISOC. to
Charles Bichard Ib'own. and have one cdnld. I'lurence ATary,
b. Oct. 7, 1897: live at Clark-. X'eb.
KAGY EELATIOXSHIP. 3(l7
ISAAC KAGEV, 1). Sept. 30, ISOO, was the 5tli son of
Jacol). the 3d son of ireiiry from Pennsylvania. He went
from Shenandoah Co., Yn., to Ohio in 1818, in company Avith
his brothers, Abraham, Jacob and John, and lived in the same
vicinity until he d. Oct. 25, 1825. lie remained nnm.
This ends the record of Jacob Kagey's descendants, the 3d
son of old Ilenrv from Pennsylvania.
A XX A I\ AGEY, the eldest daughter of Henry from Penn-
sylvania, was I). -June 25, 1762, in ( 'onestoga township, Lan-
caster Co., Pa. She married John Poof. They had sons and
dnngl iters as follows:
J . M artin.
2. I)arbary.
3. Mary.
1. Samuel.
5. (hristena.
li. Ahi'aham.
7. Frances )
8. hlizaheth |
1. ]\Iartin, born ; married Alargaret Zirkle, had five
children. He was a carpenter and moved to Illinois.
2. Barbara, born ; married .John Bush, farmer; had
foui' children: Charles, Samuel, Wellington and Anna.
3. Alary, born ■ ; married AVm. Hess, carpenter;
livc<l ill \"irginia, and had nine cliildren: John, Alartin,
Anna, Samuel, Bettie, AVilliam. Fannie, Wellington and Eras-
nnis. Samuel went west. Fannie married a Bowman,
1. Samuel, born ; married Ilorothy Steffy. He
moved to Indiana. They had cliildren : John, Eliza, Eras-
mus, Franklin. Elizabeth, AVilliam, Sarah and Leah.
308 KAGY RELATIONSHIP.
5. Christena, born ; married James Hawkins^
farmer; had no children; lived and died in Viro-inia.
li. Al)raham, horn ; no rer()rd.
7. Elizabeth, born ; married Isaac Xewland, shoe-
maker, and had two cliildren: Lawrence and John. The
latter died single. Lawrence married Lncy Koontz.
8. Prances, born ; married Solomon Peffley. f irmer.
They moved ro Ohio and had five children.
[Want of time and the diihculty invcjlved has prevented me
from obtainini;- the records of the (diildren and o-randchildren
of these and other danghters of the Kageys, hence the record
of Anna Ivagey here ends.]
ABRAHAM KAGEY, the 4th son of IL-nry from Penn-
sylvania, Avas b. dnly or Aug. 7, 17'i-l-, in Conestoga township,
Lancaster C'o., Pa. He married Anna Xeif, a daughter of Dr.
Jacob Keff. They lived within two miles of his father's place.
He d. Sept. i:.. ls:',1. She d. Sept. ]. is:n. Thcv ha.l nine
children, viz :
1 . Henry Xeff Kagev.
•2. Jacob Kagey.
3. Abraham ]*Veff Kagey.
4. David Xeff Kagey.
5. Isaac Kagey.
G. ]Marv Ka^ev, ] r,^ .
~ -r-T 'i i"t- , 1 vrnis.
i. Elizabeth Kagey, \
8. Barbara Kae:ev.
9. Anna Kagey.
L Henry Xeff Kagey, b. Jnlv 4. 1n04; m., Ls;3!), to Mary
Xeff, and had one son and fonr danohters :
1. John Henry.
2. Anna K.
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4. Sarah F.
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1. Tolin Heiirv, li. Aiiu'. IT), 1S42; in. Eiinna T. Fnlt/,
-, 1874. 'J hey have six children, viz : Henry AValter,
(liarles Lenmel, edncated at tlie I'niversity of Viro-jnia
and won the Debaters' medal at that institution. He is now
(1899) connty attorney for T.oaan ('o., Kan., at Knssell
Springs; Anna, Thomas, John llolhind and David Franklin.
John Ilenrv Kagev was a soldier in the (\3nfederate arniv
thu'ing the last three years of the war, tanght school f<»r ten
years after the war. He li\-cd on the farm owned by his
grandfather and father. He d. Alai-ch 17, 1895.
2. Anna T\., b. Jnne 10, 1847, and m., :\ray 20, 1874, to
David Abraham Xochenonr, who was b. Feb. 7, 1844. They
are tirst consins. Thev have one child, Leigli Francis, who
was b. A])ril 18, 1881. Their home is in Brownstown, Ind.
]\lr. Kochenonr is a lawyer by profession. ^Nfrs. Tvochenonr
possesses literary as well as artistic talent. 'Jdie beantifnl
poem, "Shenandoali River," is the product of her gifted pen.
o. Barbara Catharine, b. , 1849; is nnni.
4. Sarah Frances, b. , 1854; m. to L. Harper Zirkle,
in 1883. Besides in the vicinity of Xew Market, Shenandoah
Co., Ya. Mr. Zirkle is one of the best and most intelligent
farmers in his connty and his wife is a woman of charming
manners and personality. They have no children.
5. Jnlia ( ^aroline, b. , 1850 ; d. at Brownstown, Ind ,
at the home of her sister, ]\rrs. D. A. Kochenonr, Dec. 22,
1884.
Jacob IMoses, b. abont 1844, died in his (Ith year.
Marv Elizabeth, b. abont 1858, died in infancv.
312 KAGY RELATIOXSHIP.
•1. JACOB, 2d son of Ahnihain JCaiioy, b. Feb. G, 1800;
111. Barbara A'off, , 1827, and had two sons and two
daughters:
1. Abi'ahaiii -I.
■1. ,I(K'] F.
;;. Anna AL
4. Elizabeth.
.laeol) Kaoev d. , 186-1.
1. Abraliam .T., 1). Dec. 5, 1833; in., May 16, 1866, to
Eniillian A. Koontz, b. Jnne 17, 1842, and had two sons and
tlireo danghters, viz: Elizabeth A., b. May 6, 1867; Emelii
\., b. Eel). 18, 1868, dicnl one hour after birth; Jacob ^lichael,
b. .Ian. 23, 1870; Barbara, 1». May 26, 1872; d. Aug. 22,
1872; Ezra Francis, b. March 20, 1874. Mrs. Kag.n' d. Aug.
11 , 1888, having been an invalid for sixteen years from paraly-
sis. ]\Ir. Kagey is a farmer by occupation, and one of Shenan-
doah county's best and most worthy citizens; one that is held
in the highest esteem for his integrity, for his gentle, oblig-
ing disposition, high moral worth and consistent Christian
character.
Elizabeth A. Kagey, eldest child of Abraham T. Kagey, is
nnmarried and is the housekeeper for her devoted father. She
is a dutiful daughter and an accomplished and estimable
young lady. Fler industry is untiring, and she never seems
happier than when she is doing something to make others
happy. Her cheerful disposition and known kindness makes
her a welcome guest everywhere. Father and daughter are
members of the old order Baptist church.
Jacob Michael Kagey m., Jan. 31, 18!»2, to Francenah
Myers, b. April 15, 1865, and have two children: Wni. F.,
b. Jan. 23, 1893. and Abraham J., b. Se])t. 13, 181)5. Occu-
]iati(»n, farming on the home ])lac(', near Mt. Jackson, Va.
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Ezra Francis Kai^cy lu. ^lareli ;)1, INO."), to 1 )(>i'a A. (iood,
I). Aug. 4, 1S75, and have one eliild, Marv \']., 1). Afay IS,
1806. Ezra F. Kagoy d. July li>, 1S97, of typh(.i<l fever, in
the prime ami ulory of yoniig uuinliood. lie lies intei'reil in
the Kairev PTavevard on his father's farm.
2. Joel F., 1). Oct. 18, 1845; in. to Mary i\ Ruby, Oct. IS,
ls7(), vlio was 1). Se])t. 9, 1850, and have five chihlren :
Cora A. Kaoev. 1,. Aug. 12, 18TT.
Etttie A^ Kagvy, 1). Oct. 2!», 1878.
Fannie O. Kagey, h. Oct. s. 1880.
Anna E. Kagey, 1>. dune 18, 1885.
Ellen Alay Kagey, L. Sept. 10, 1880.
Fannie O. Kage^' ni., \ov. 25, 1S97, to Joseph liarpine^^
of near Flawkinstown, Ya. ; farmer.
Joel F. Kagey was a volunteer in ( 'o. K, Twcdfth Virginia
Cavalry, which company he joined Oct. 12, 1862, and was
transferred, January, 1863, to Co. I, 23d Virginia (Cavalry,
in which com])any he served as first orderly sergeant imtil the
close of the war. Air. Kagey was a good and faithful soldier,
and was frequently com])limented for meritorious conduct ex-
hibited on the field of battle. At the battle fought near
Lynchburg, Va., he was complimented on the battlefield by
his brigadier general to the general in command and his name
was sent to the seat of war with a recommendation for pro-
motion. Joel F. Ivagey is a carpenter by trade and resides
at Hawkinstown, ^"a., and is a Avorthy man ami a good citizen.
3. Anna AF, b. Alay 3(», 1831 ; m., A])ril 25, 1S54, to John
Wesley Wayland, b. July 7, 1820. They have four children :
1 . J ames Worth.
2. Agnes Alabel.
3. Jacob Wesley.
4. John AValter'!
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Julin AVeslej W'avluud d. April 23, 1890, at BriJgewater,
Va.
1. James AVortli, b. March 11, 1855; m. to Ellanora Yir-
iiiiiia Brunk, Feb. 7, 1878, and have one chikl, a son, b. Xov.
].'), 1878, named Eugene Adelbert. Reside in Caldwell
Co., 3[o.
2. Agnes Mabel, b. :N'ov. 25, 1856; m., Feb. 0, 1878, to
Jacob Grabill, avIk* was killed bv a horse kicking him, Aug.
28, 1881. KoY is their only cl'iild. b. Oct. 2, 1870. Mrs.
Grabill m. Robert Wai'dcll. June 4, 1882, and have six chil-
dren : Francos Anna, li. ^Vpril 15, 1885; Benlali Louisa, 1).
fJaii. 4. lMt5. Fhe other four died in infancy, lieside in
Franklin, AVarren Co., O.
.'). -lacol) W'cslcv, I). .Vpril 1 ,1^5^; m. Klla Morcucc Krwin,
( )ct. 10, 1884, and had one child, Milan, b. Jan. 12, 1887. Mrs.
Wayland died about 1887. On April 7, 1880, Jacob m.
Annie Penny witt, of Virginia, and they have a son and three
danghters, viz: Dallar Vorth, 1). Feb. 10, IS'.K), in Cald-
well Co., Mo.; Damaris Rnth, b. Sept. 3, 1801; Dolly May,
1). Feb. 22, 1804, and Anna Esther, b. April 17, 1806, in
Miller Co., Mo., where Jacob W. now resides. Occupation,
farming and stock raising.
4. John AValter AVavland, vonnii'est chihl of Anna ]\r.
(Kagey) and John Wesley Waydand, was 1). ISunday, Dec. 8,
1872, near Mt. Jackson, Shenandoah Co., Va. He was taken
into the chiu'ch Sept. 1, 1880, and was elected to the office of
deacon and installed Ang. 28, 1801; was called to the min-
istry and installed in Ang., 1894, and advanced to the sec-
ond degree of the ministry, Aug. 20, 1807, in Rockingham
Co., Va. On June 8, 1808, he Avas m. to Mattie V. Frey, in
Bridaewater ( 'ollea'e.
John Walter Wayland.
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.l(»lin AYesley AVajland was a native of Shenandoah Co.,
Xa. .1 lis ancestors on his father's side were from Madison Co.,
\'a. When in tlie ])rinie of life, he was noted for his intelli-
iiciK'c :iii(l was a snceessfid teaehcr. He also ]iossessed nic-
ehanieal talent of a high order and was a skilled workman in
Avood or metal. Dnring his life he was engaged in carpenter-
iug. caltinct-niiiking, ]iainting, silver-smithing, ete. Dnr-
ing the ("i\'il war lie served ]M\vt of two years in
Co. G, 24th Viriiinia, and servccl nndcr Cienerals Meem,
^Vshhv and "Stonewall" Jackson. He endnrcd all the liai-d-
ships and pi'i\'ations of a soldier's life in the ( 'ontedcratc
army, and at its close retnrned to his home the physical and
intellectnal wreck of his fornuM- self. His wife, Anna M.
Kagey, was horn near the Northern ilrancdi <d' the Slicnan-
d<»ali river, near the famons Kndes Hill, made ever meniorahlc
hy the tragic scenes enacted npon its snmmit dnring the (Uvil
AVai'. The honse in which she was horn has long since heeu
r('])laced hy a larger one of brick. Here she \yRs horn s])ii'it-
iially, also, having heen hajtti/cd Ang. 11, LSIKI, according
to the I'nles of the J^a])tist (dmrcdi, in the heantifnl Slienan-
(h)ah I'iver. In this society she has remained ever since, and
is one of its most consistent, faithfnl and highly intelligent
niemhers. When she was yet a babe her fathei', Jacob Kagey,
l)onght a farm of 102 acres about four miles west, where he
remained nearly ten years, near where the village of Forest-
ville has since been built. On the 4th of March, 1S41, her
father moved al)out six miles n(»rth of Mt. Jackson, Va., where
he bought a farm of 300 acres, on wdiich he lived and died,
and here all of his (dnldi'eu, exce]it two, who,died in infancy,
were reared to manhood and womanhood, and A\hi(di her
brother, .Vhi-ahani J. Kagey, no^v (18!)8) owns and occupies.
The early edncation of the snbject of this sketch Avas obtained
in the country schools and later on at Woodlawn Academy,
which was in the immediate vicinity of her home, but which
has been removed for more than twenty-five years past. Upon
the death of her father, she inherited a ]X)rtion of the farm
nearest the old academy, and ga\-e the ])lace the name of
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"Woodlawn'' and ri'sidcd there until Sept. 5, 181)3, when she
moved to Bridgewater, Va., in order to afford her son, John
AV., Letter facilities for ac(inii'iiio' an edncation, Mrs. Wav-
land is the best-known woman and one of the most liiahly
esteemed in all her large relationship. She possesses in a large
degree all those qualities of mind and heart that make friends
and retain them. She is a most entertaining speaker, and a
model in letter-writing, as all will testify who have been the
recipients of hei- clear, concise and edifying epistles. Her
love for her kindred is of the sincerest kind and it impelled
her to keep track of the many branches of the old Henry
Kagey family of Virginia. To her more tliaii anyone the com-
piler and editor of the "Kjigy History'' is indebted for the
fnll and c(»in])lete record of this branch of tlie Kaffv fanulv.
Her name and memoi'\- will long be cherished by her gratefnl
kindi'ctb
4. Elizabeth Kagey, was born in isfji;, and died in Tlawk-
insville, ^^l., at the home (d' lier brothei", Joel F. Kagey, Feb.
2G, FSUS, aged (il y., 4 m. and 11 d. ]\Iiss Kagey was highly
respected and a most estimable lady.
ABEAFIAM XEFF KAGEY, the 3d son of Abraham, the
4th son of old Henry, of Pennsylvania, was b. Jnly 20, 1807, in
the Shenandoah Valley, and lived there until he was 22 years
old, when he went to Trundudl Co., O., and was m. there,
^Vpril 1."), 1832, to Anna Fanslei', whose parents and grand-
l)arents were natives of Virginia. To them were born four
children, viz: Barbara A., John Henry, j\Jary E., and one
child, died in infancy. On the 30th of March, 1838, his wife
died. He remained in Ohio until 1853, and then went to
California, and worked at his trade, l>hicksmithing, doing-
work for the gold miners. In 185G he retnnie(l from ( 'ali-
fornia to Virginia on a visit, where lie met his ycmnuest
daughter, ]\rarv E., and after com])leting his visit, they b )th
returned to liristohdlle. 'I'rundndl Po.. ().. their former h \\\\
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His eldest daughter bad married and moved to Xebraska,
wbile her fatber was in California. His son, John Henrj,
was then in Kansas. In Oct., 1856, he went to Xebraska, near
Nebraska City, and took a claim for 80 acres of land and
went to farming. In 1857 his daughter, Mary E., went out to
Nebraska and kept hi>nse for him. He remained in Nebraska
until 1885, when he removed to Edwards Co., Kan. His boun-
dary line is the line between Stafford and Edwards counties,
and his P. O. address was Prattsburg, Stafford Co., Kan. He
was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He d.
Jan. 15, 1893.
Barbara A. was b. about 1833, and d. Jan. -ll, 1882. She
was first m. to Allen Mayliew, of Ohio, in 1852, and to them
was born eight children, viz: (\) Edward, (2) Henrv, (3)
a girl, died in infancy, (4) Charlie, ( 5 ) Thomas, ( <>) Hanni-
bal, (7) Herschel, and (8) Albert. She then married, after
^fayhew's death in Xebraska, one Calvin Bradway, of Iowa,
and had three children, viz: (1) Elmer, ('2) a girl, who died
in infancy, and (3) Calvin. Of these children Herschel is
dead. Nothing further is knoA^^l of these children.
John Henry Kagey, the only son of Alu-aham Xeff
Kagey, was b. March 15, 1835, at Bristolville, Trumbull Co.,
O. His mother dviug when he was but 3 vears and 2 weeks
old, he was deprived of the influences wrought upon the young
In- a mother's love. His early education was such as the
common schools in his neighborhood at that early day afforded.
He was cjuick at learning and possessed a retentive memory.
He was quiet and studious, and of good moral character and
highly respected by all who knew him. His natural talents
were seen and a])preciated by his schoolmates. Whenever an
exhibition was planned by the scholars he was always assigned
the most difficult task. He was in a great measure self-taught,
and was a rapid shorthand writer. He taught school in Xe-
braska and in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, at an early
a£-e. He studied law in Xebraska Citv: tinished his course
o^b KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
and A\as admitted to the bar. lie was a fluent talker and a
ready debater. His companions, among whom were Richard
Ralph, called him "Greely," because in manner and stvlc he
looked like Horace Greely. He went to Kansas in 1856, dur-
ing the trnul)le there between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery
men and was correspondent for several Eastern papers, tak-
ing sides fearlessly with the free State men, and an ecpial
sharer in the hardships and dangers incident to those perilous
times. AVhen Governor Geary arrived in Kansas the free
State men Avithdrew from the field. A large number of them
were arrested, among them John llenrv Kagev. He was a
mendjer of Co. B, Second Tvegiment of Kansas Volunteers,
and participated in the bdrdci- Avars. AVhen he first went to
Kansas he was with dim Lane and (mgaged in I'cpiu'ting for
some eastern papers — Tlie J'l-ihiiii)' and Natioiuil J'Jra.
The pro-slaA'ery men, knowing his sentiments and position
on tlie (juestions then at issue, sought every means at their
command to provoke a (juarrel Avitli him in order to furnish
a pretext to kill him. He had early acipiircil a reputation as
a writer of ability, a brave man and an incorruptible politician.
The pro-slaA'ery administration then in power under Presi-
dent Pierce, viewed with dismay the ])ossible triumph of the
free State men, and tIu^ consecpu-nt admission of Kansas as a
free State into the Union, and accordingly sent (^ol. Geary
with United States soldiers into the Territory with orders to
arrest and ini])rison those found in arms. The condition of
these prisoners was pitiable in the extreme. They were herded
like cattle and fed like swine. The indomitable spirit of Kagi,
as he wrote his name, which is the original way, could not be
subdued by cruel treatment, and it only incited him to greater
efforts. He managed to continue his correspondence while
in prison. He would borrow a plug of tobacco from a comrade
(he was not a user of the weed) and hollow it out in such a
way that he could insert his letters, then cover it over with a
leaf of tobacco, and when a friend Avould call to see him he
would manage to exchange pieces with them, and by this means
he Avould convev an account (d" wliat was being; done around
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liim. Soon after his liltcration From jiiison, ^vlliell lie effected
l)v fullv and fearlessly vindicating' himself from the unjust
charges against him, he became more Avidely known through-
ont tlie country hy the brntal attack on him hy Judge Elmore.
The nrcurrcnce happened in this wise: Tlie store of a free
State man had been robbed at Tecnmseh, a village about four
miles from Tojieka. The OAvner could get no redress from
the party then in ])(»wer, because he was known to be a free
State man. After all other efforts failed to bring the thief
to justice, the ownei' aj>])lie<l to the '^Topeka Boys'' for justice.
These sent word tliat an investigation must be made or thev
would visit and burn the town. As soon as this "gentle" warn-
ing was given and received a committee was appointed. It
consisted of first, a fi'ce State man; secondly, the person sus-
pected of the robbery; thirdly, Ex-Judge Elmore as chairman;
a conservative. 1'he evidence, fidl and explicit was givcMi in,
the free State man deciding in favor of a restitution of the
stolen goods, and the accused man opposing it. The deci-ion,
therefore, developed on Elmore. In true "conservative"
spirit he declared his inability to decide the case. Kiigi, in
commenting (»n the decision, remarked that "President Pierce
need not have sought a pretext to dismiss Elmore on account
of his extra judicial investments, as it was self-evident that a
man who co\dd not decide a case where the clearest evidence
was given, whether a convicted robber should restore stolen
goods or retain them, was hardly qualified for a seat on the Su-
preme bench of a Territory." Klmore was greatly incensed
at these comments, and meeting Kiigi in Tecumseh, as he was
going up the court house steps, he said to him: "Are you
the man who writes under the signature of Iv ?" and being
answered in the aihrmative he immediately struck Kiigi over
the head with a heavy gold-headed cane, knocking him down.
Stunned and iTalf l)linded by the brutal blow, 1k> drew his re-
volver and shot the judge in the groin; the ball could not be
extracted and he carried it to his grave. Several shots were ex-
changed between the parties. A ball from the Judge's pistol
struck Kiigi in the region of the heart, first passing through
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his coat and vest, then thronuh a memoranda book an inch
thick and glancing on a rib, passed around his body several
inches, lodged in his side. His friends took him to Topeka
and tliere lie removed the ball himself with his pen-knife.
'Jdie perfidity and brutality of Elmore's attack on Kagi can lie
])ro]ierly estimated when it is known that he sent a note l:)y
the hands of a man named Pardee to Kiigi requesting an in-
tci'\icw, to which Kagi assented and it was when going to keep
tills ai»])ointment that he met Elmore, and was assaulted in the
manner described. It was re^iorted at the time that Elmore
said to his fi'icnds : 'if he ha<l known that Kiigi "had so much
pluck he Would lia\-c in\'it('d him home to dinner."
One who sliaivd tjie same trials, privations ;nid dangers with
hiui in Kansas, says of him: "He was truly a i Id man,
in temperance and good morals. I nc\-cr hcai'd lilui swear an
oath; nor saw him drink intoxicating li(|uors, chew or
smoke tobacco. He was a brave, fearless man, a warm, true
and steadfast friend; he suffered many hardshi]>s in marching
and fighting to make Kansas a free State. He was not afraid
of death, and was a firm believer in the doctrines as taught by
Thomas Paine, Voltaire, and other free thinkers.
He first went from Nebraska to Kansas with James II. Line,
MJio took a ])arty of emigrants to Kansas l)y Avay of Nebraska.
It was about this time that Colonel Titus had invaded Kan-
sas with the avowed ])ur])ose of driving out tlie free State
men or kill them. Kiigi looked upon the attempt of the ]>ro-
slavery men to force slavery u])on Kansas with detestation
and abhorrence, and at once enrolled his name as a niend)er
ot Co. B, 2d Kegiment of Kansas Volunteers, under Colonel
Stevens, then known as Colonel AVhipple. This force was op-
posed to Titus, and was following him in the northeast part of
the State, wlu'u about the last of September or 1st of October,
by order of Covernor Geary, who had been sent out with
Knited States soldiers to arrest all men b.und with arms, they
wei'e taken ])risouers. It was during the marches in this
campaign that one day, tired, footsore and thirsty, they came
to a small town, and while restine:, some of the "bovs" of his
KAGY EELATIOXSHIP. 329
eoinpanv obtained some liquor and In'oiiglit it into canqi. It
Avas didv shared out and drank l)_v all except Kiigi. lie said
his stomach was all right, bnt as his feet were sore and tired
he wonld give his share to them, and bathed his icct witli it.
After their surrender to Governor Geary's forces, to whom
they looked for protection, they were taken to Lecompton, and
l)y one of those many strange coincidences in human affairs
tliey were placed under guard of C\»lonel Titns, whom they
had atteiiijjted to capture. They were confined in a new build-
ing just enclosed and kept there until about December. They
were then taken to Tecumseh for ti'iak Tie was chargeil with
murder for having killed one of Titus's men in battle, l»ut
at the time of that battle Kiigi had not yet entered the service
(of his country, as he stated it). TTe was asked to prove it
(this was in exact keeping witli their idea of eqnitv, nlthongh
grievously at variance with the rules of law as laid d(»wn bv
T^)lackstone, etc.). Iliis he readily did and he owed his life to
a woman and her bov, who i-ave their e\idence in his behalf.
At the time the Bogus Legislature met at Leconii)ton Kiigi
was corres])ondent for several eastern ])a]>ers aud was associate
editor of the TopclxCi I'rihinic. Being a rapid stenographer,
he reported their proceedings and commented upon them very
freely. I'his ]»rovoked their ire, aud a i)lot was ari-anged to
assassinate him. This no doubt would have been successful
liad it not been for his landlady, who informed him of the
plot and entreated him not to attend the extra night session,
which evidently was held for that ])urpose. I'he ''distin-
guished" Judge Elmore formed one of the nund)er of that
august body, and when the meeting was organized he rose
and moved that the person who was rc])orting their proceed-
ings l)e arrested and summarily dealt with. Kiigi had taken
the woman's friendly a<l\'i('e and gone to Topeka and
thereby frustrated their designs upon his life. The situation
in Kansas at this time was deplorable. In (Jovernor Geary's
^'Farewell address to the people of Kansas," dated March 12,
1857, he says, in describing the condition of things on his
first arrival aud when entering n])on his official duties as Gov-
Q
30 KAGY KELATIOXSHIP.
cnior (»f the IVrritorv: 'VDesulatioii and ruin reigned on
every hand. Homes and firesides were deserted; the smoke
of l)nrning dwellings darkened the asmosphere; women and
cliiMi'cn driven from their haltitations. Avandered over tlie
])rairi('s and among the woodlands or sought refuge and ]>ro-
tectiou even among the Indian ti'il)es. 'V\w hiiihwavs wci'e
infested Avitli murderous predatory hands, and the towns Avero
fortified and garrisoned h_v armies of eonflicting partisans, eatdi
excited almost to frenzy and determined upon mutual ex-
termination. Such was, -ndthout exagc'eration, tlie coiidi-
tion of the Territory at this ]>eriod.'"
The excitement produced l>y tlie state of affairs in Kansas
on tlie slavery question tliroiigliout the Union was intense,
and in tliat Territory had assunKMl the character of a civil war
on a small scale. Aftci' the close of the dtHcnlties in Kansas,
.lohn Henry l\;igi I'etnrneil to Ilristoi, (). He had made the
acMpiaintance ni' a young lady (a teacher, I am informed), to
whom he seemed greatly attacdieil before he went to Xebraska.
A corres])ondence was begun and ke])t up for some time, hut
through the (dianging of his address so frequently the corres-
pondence ceased, and the lady tliinking she was forgotten, re-
ceived file attentions of another man and married him.
Wlieii Kiigi returned to Brist(d and learned that his ''sweet-
heart" was wedded it is said he was greatly disappointed and
declared that ''Xow he didn't care what became of him." He
returned to Kansas and with dolm Ilrown engaged in rnnning
off slaves fi-oiii Missouri into Iowa and thence to Canada.
Hi IS.'iT he went to Springdale, la., and with others en-
gaged in military drilling. In the spring of 1858 he went
with John Brown and others to Chatham, Canada, where was
held the Convention of the "Friends of Freedom." Kagi was
elected secretary of the Convention and also Secretary of
War of Brown's Provisional government. In the following-
year, sometime about June, in company with BroAvn, he came
to Chambersburg, Pa., and engaged board at the house of
Mrs. MavY Kittner, on East King street, where lie remained
most of the time until the first week in October, when he
KAGY KELATIOXSIIIP. 331
aiul 15i"(>\\ii left there for the Kennedy ])laee near Harper's
Ferrv, Yd., and from tlierc to the Ferrv <»n tlie niuht of
Octoher Ki, ls:>i>.
Dnring the time of his stay at tlic lioine of ALrs. Kittner
Kiigi won the good opinion of the famil v and boarders by his
friendly manner and social disposition. He took a great in-
terest in iiistrncting and ])leasing the yonng folks in the
family by engaging with them in social games, etc. All of
these voiuiii' misses have 2,ro\vii to womanhood and now have
families of their own and to this day speak of the kind con-
duct of IvJigi toward them and sincerely monrn his nnha])]n'
fate, lie Avas a flnent talker and freely discnssed the cpiestions
of the day with the boarders, always using good language
that at times sparkled with humorous wit. To the writer of
this sketch he appeared more like a divinity student than a
warrior. He was of medium height and build, had large l)lue-
gray eyes, and a somewhat round face, full of ex]u-ession
when engaged in an animated conversation, bnt somewhat
careless in his dress. Several incidents occurred during his
stay in ( 'hambersburg that 1 Mill relate as told me by Mrs.
Rittner and her eldest daughter a short time after it oc-
curred. One day a('('om])anic(l |»y one of the eldest of ]\rrs.
Eittner's daughters, he went to a |)hotogra])h gallery kept l)y a
llr. John Iveagy, who was distantly related to him, though
at that time the artist was not aware of it, as John Henri was
the name by which he was known at his boarding place. After
the negative was taken and John Henri turned to leave the
room, the artist, as was usual, asked him his name. He replied
John Henri. The artist being an aged man and a little hard
of hearing had to ask again, and the third time before he was
assured he had the name right. As Heni'i and his little com-
panion were leaving the room he said to the little girl, 'T
could have given him a name he will always remember," mean-
ing his full name, which was the same name as that of the
artist. 'Mohn Henri" used the Swiss orthography in the name
Kagi, as it universally is done in Switzerland. The above
recited expression is the only one as far as known which he
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KAGY RELATIONSHIP.
ever made that would indicate a secret mission during liis stav
here, but in liis correspondence with his cousins in Virginia
he asked them to direct his letters to ''John Henri" (omitting
the last name). This the reader need not be told was for pru-
dential reasons.
I will relate another little incident that occurred during
his stay in this place, which will show his skill as a marksanan.
A near neighlior of Mrs. rtittner's named Gross, a man of
rough, uncouth habit, one wh<» had won the unenviable name
of a "Slave (/atelier," liad a worthless dog that annoyed the
neighbors by running over and destroying their gardens. As
Mrs. Kittner's lot adjimicd tlie (iross property she was the
most annoyed, and all her recjuests to the dog's owner to abate
the nuisance were ti'eated with scorn. Indeed Gross rather
delighted in ;iiiiioyiiig her because he knew she was a w^oman
of ])i"ononnce<l anti-slavery sentiments, and for every slave
rhar (Jross captured and ivturned to their master she aided a
scoi'e to freedom and lilxn'ty. The daily depredations of the
dog were exceedingly provoking and became so frequent that
she expressed a wish some one would shoot him. The room
occupied by John Henri was on the first floor adjoining the
<lining-room and a window opened out toward the garden.
The weatluM' being warm, jNIr. Henri sat near the open window
engaged in writing when his attention was directed to the
garden by INfrs. Kittner (who was in the dining-room and from
the open door saw the dog lea]) the fence and commence his
foray among her vines and vegetables), exclaiming: ''Oh,
there that hateful dog is again." She had scarcelv uttered the
w(trds when the sharp report of a ])istol rang out and ere she
she could turn around the dog fell over dead shot through the
heart. The distance was at least fifty yards. The dog was
left there until evening when some one threw him over the
fence into his master's lot, where lie was found the next day.
The owner swore terribly, declaring he would shoot the per-
son, if he ever discovered who did it. He never attempted to
avenge it, for if he had it would have insured his speedy exit
out of the world and ended his dastardly slave-catching pro-
KAGY BELATIOXSniP. 333
clivities, as his character in this respect Avas wcll-kiiuwn to
Brown and his men.
The life and conduct of John Henri during his stay in
C'hanibershurg was most exemplary. The greater part of
his time was spent in reading and writing. His was a strong
social nature and he no doubt would have made a mo(k'l lius-
band. He frequently engaged in reading aloud to ]\Irs. Ritt-
ner while she was engaged at her work, sometimes from news-
pa])ers, histories or ]ioetry. Sometimes he would go away for
a few days and then return again. .Vt the time that tlie
celebrated Frederick ! )(iuglass came to ( "luiudxTshnrg, Pa.,
to meet Brown, John Henri was present at the meeting, which
took ])lace in an old stone (piarrv near the creek south of
town. This occurred Aug. 10, 1850, or about nine weeks be-
fore tlie i-aid upon the Ferry. On the night of Oct. lOth, the
raid was made on Har])ei"'s Ferry, Va. Brown gave the o.'der
to Ktigi to take and hold the rifle works, situated about a half
mile above the town on the west side of the Shenandoah river.
From here he was driven out the next day by a large force of
Virginia militia and was shot in endeavoring to cross the
river. It was said that he and others were l»nrie(l on the
south bank of the Shenandoah river at the foot of the Blue
Ridge mountain. Kiigi had become a scientific military offi-
cer and brilliant lio])es were formed of his futni'e by the
friends who knew him liest. Fie was a young man of clear,
logical intelk'ct, but wholly unlike his leader. Brown, he
was ske])tieal in religious matters, and he engaged in the mili-
tary anti-slavery movement rather from a haughty sense of
duty to a friendless race, and in obedience to the teachings
of Virginia's greatest statesmen. His talents, natural ability
and acquirements would have enabled him to make his mark
in any society.
Perish with him the folly that seeks through evil g-ood.
Long live the generous purpose, sustained with huinan blood.
— Whittier.
Now, " North " and " South " shall strive no more,
And all their feuds and fears are lost
In freedom's holy Pentacost.
S6i KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
YvY forty years liis Innly rested in au unknown grave, tlie
waters of the beautiful Shenandoah river murmuring his
reqnieni as it flowed to the sea. Just as this reeord was about
being- given to the publisher the following account of the dis-
interment (»f the bodies of seven of John I>rown's men, who
were killed at Harper's Ferry, Va., a]ipeared in Tlic Neir Era
of Lancaster city, Pa., and no doubt the body of Jolm Ilenrv
Kiigi is among the nundjer. The account is appended hereto.
Tlie John ]jrown llaid was the ])relu(lo of the mighty Civil
AVar, during which tlie contending armies in adxance, in battle
and in retreat trod over his pulseless heart, and their trampling
sipiadrons knead the winter's snow in clay, but he heard not
the thunder of Miles's cannon from J^laryland Heights, nor
those of Stonewall .Ia(d<s(»ii on boudon Heights, or the sliouts
of his A'ictorious legions, whose matchless valor has won im-
])erislial>le fame.
.lOn.X lUv'OWx's .MKX.
Their JUmes Iieniovcd from Ilnrprr's Ferry to Xorlli
Elha, N. Y.
A ihuper's Ferry, W. \'a., special says: The bodies of
seven followers of John Brown were disinterred near this place
on Saturday by Dr. Thomas 1\. Featherstonhaugh, of Wash-
ington, 1). ('., and Captain K. P. Hall, employed in the In-
terior Department. The forgotten graves Avere located by Dr.
Featherst(mliaugli three years ago.
The seven bodies were Imried in a loncdy s})ot near the banks
of the Shenandoah river. Dr. Featherstonhaugh learned that
Jefferson county paid James Marshall, now a very old man,
$10 for burying the bodies. Marshall assisted him in heating
the graves, one of which was opened.
The remains were sent to Xorth Elba, K. Y., the old home-
stead of John Brown, where his body lies buried, and will be
interred in adjacent soil. The bones were shipped to Xorth
Elba in charge of a nephew of one of the men who partici])ated
in the raid and escaped with his life.
KAGY EELATIOXSIITP. ^-i-^
'\]iv l)0(lies had hccii hiii'iiMl in two largo store Ixixcs. There
Avas nothing' left in the lioxes exee])t the hones and some of the
men's clothes. Olixcr lli'own was Imrictl in a shag'gv over-
coat of bearskin d**!!!. whieli was found ai'oiind tlic Ixmes of
one indi\'i(hial, and Iwo shoi't lead ])en('ils (hoppcMl fi'om the
coat.
Alarv K., danghter of Abraham Xetf Kagey, b. ,
ISiiT; m., in 1^0:2, to Davis, and had three rhildi'cii :
1. Elizabeth.
2 Lloyd.
". TTattie.
.Mary K. Kagey d. Sept. 0, ISCO.
3. Ilattie, b. ; m. . She was the honsckeeper
for her grandfather at the time of her death and in her cor-
respondence with the author of this history she always spoke
in the highest terms of her grandfather.
DA^'■II) XEFF KAdEY, the 4th son of Abraham Kagey,
the 4th son of Henry, of Pennsylvania, was b. Feb. 27. 1S(»1>,
and ni., Dec. 18, 1834, ]\Iary :\riller, h. March 13. IS 17.
David Xeff Tvagey d. March 17, 18G4. Religions faith, Dnidv-
ard. ]\rrs. David Ivagey <1. Se]it. 3, 18!M), near Dayton. Yu.
They had fonrteen children:
1. Samuel, b. Fel). 12, 1S3G; d. .March 5, 183(1.
2. Abraham D., b. Jnne 19, 1837.
3. Jacob H., b. Oct. 15, 1830; d. dan. 12, 1840.
4. John AVm., b. April 4, 1841.
:.. David A., b. Dec. Ill, 1S43; d. duly 5, 1845.
0. Isaac B., b. March 9, 1846.
7. Anna E., b. Sept. 21, 1847.
s. Joseidi :\I., b. Feb. 5, 1850.
9. (diaries D. b. Se])t. 2(3, 1852.
10. Sarah A., b. Oct. 17, 1854.
336 KAGY EELATIONSHIP.
11. ]\rary C, b. Sept. 8, 185G; d. June 18, 1886.
12. Barbara F., 1). July 1, 1858.
13. Xoah I., I). Dec. 10, 1800.
14. Rebecca J., b. Aug. 18, 1863.
2. Abraham D., in. Alary V. Kagoy, Nov. 2(), 1868. She
is the 2(1 (hiu. of Isaac Kagey, a brother of his father. They
have two sons and one (hiughter: (1) Harry Lee, b. July 22,
1874; (2) Don Clyde, 1). July 12, 1877; (3) Josia Ellen, b.
Aug. 16, 1882. Harry ni. Myrtle OandJe, Dec. 23, isD.V,
issue, Iia\inond, 1). ^lar. i:'). 1S!»7.
-■>
4. .I<»hn Wni., ni. ]Mary ('. Shaver, of liockinghaui Co.,
Va., Dec. 21, 1865, b. ; (hiughter of Levi Shaver.
They have two sons, Benjamin Franklin, b. in Rockingham
Co.,' Va., April 6, 1867; (diaries Claudius, b. Aug. 24, 1870,
in Piatt Co., LI. Tienjamin F. m., April 7, 1891, Miss Lue
Shelton, of ]\Ioiiltric ( 'o.. 111.; no issue, but have adopted an
orphan girl from the children's home in Cincinnati. B. F.
Kagey is a graduate of Danville ]Srornial College, Ind. Charles
C. Kagey is a graduate of the Xormal College at Valparaiso,
Ind.. and is at present (1898) engaged in school w()rk. He
m. JMattie Hornady, Sept. 1, 1898. John AVm. Kagey was a
soldier in the service of the Confederate States Army, having
enlisted March, 1862, in R. P. Chew's battery of Fight Ar-
tillery, first serving eight months in the militia. Serving in
this capacity uj) to the ch^se of the war, his battery was en-
gaged in nearly all the principal battles of the war in Virginia,
Maryland and Pennsylvania.
6. Isaac Benjamin, m. Ella ]\r. Crickenberger, Sept. 26,
1876. The wife d. Feb. 21, 1893, at her home at Weyer's
Cave Station, Augusta Co., Va. Mrs. Kagey was b. ^larch
16, 1853. The amiability and strong social (pialitications of
Mrs. Kagey drew around her a large circle of friends, who
esteemed her very highly for the many excellent cpialities of
KAGY RELATIONSHIP. 337
Loth iniiid and ln'art, ami will loiii;' iiioiirii her dcpai'tiirc from
amongst tliem. Occupation, merchandizing; no issne.
7. Anna E., 1>. Sept. 21, 1847; m. Samuel TTinegardner,
and have a son and daughter.
8. Joseph M., 1). l"el). 5, 1^50, in Shenandoah Co., Va.;
m., , 1874, to Tiebecca Garber, of Ilockingham (*<►.,
Va., and have h^'e children living, viz: (Ij Mary Alice, ('2)
David Sager, (3) Wdlliam Otis, (4) Fannie Rebecca, (5) Jo-
seph Forest, 1). Dec. 18, 1802. One child died in infancy.
Joseph M. is a farmer an<l also a minister in the German Bap-
tist chnrcli; is now living at Dayton, Ivockingham Co., Va.,
in a new and beautiful h<)me.
9. Charles L., b. Sept. 20, 1852; unm.
All the above-named were born in Shenandoah Co., Xa.
10. Sarah A., b. Oct. 17, 1854, at Bridgew^ater, Rocking-
ham Co., Va., and m. George B. Holsinger, of Pennsylvania,
teacher of music, etc., Aug. — , 1885. Then- children are
Clyde Ivagey and Lloyd, twins, b. July 22, 1888. Lloyd d.
in 1S80. Reside at Bridgewater, Va.
11. llary C, b. at Bridge^vater, Va., Sept. 8, 1856; ra.
Jonas Early, , 1874, and have four sons. Mary C. d.
June 18, 1886.
12. Barbara Frances, b. at Bridgewater, Va., July 1, 1858;
is nnm.
13. Xoah Ismenins, b. at the same place, Dec. 10, 1860,
and m. ]\riss Cora A. Crickenberger, Sept. 11, 1880, and have
three children: Ida :^rerle, h. ]\rarch 10, 1801; Benjandn
Lee, b. June 30, 1803; Alice Virginia, b. ^oy. 8, 1807. Re-
side at AVeyer's Cave Statiou, Vr.
338 KAGY EELATIONSHIP.
l-i. licbecea Jane, l». at the saiiu' place, Aug. IS, I860; m.
Saiimel H. Hale, -lulv — , 1887, and have four children:
Ward D., b. Jan. — , 1888; Ora K., 1). April — , 1890; :\[ary
Eefa, 1). , 1S1);J, d. in IS!) 7; Lena Susan, b. Feb — ,
181) ().
BAEBAJiA KA( iKV, the eldest daughter and 5th child uf
Abraham Ivagev, the 4th son of Henry from Pennsylvania,
was b. Feb. 11, IMl, at the old "Kagey honiestead," now
occu]»ied l)y her nephew, .1. IL Kagey, about three miles north
of A'ew JNIarket, \'a., whei'e she s})ent the greater portion of
her long and uscdul Hfe.
Her whole life Avas one uubi'ohen record of loving devotion
to those about her. From her early girlhood she had the con-
stant care of a deaf mute sister, who lived ti^ be more than
sixty years old. After her father's death, she still resided at
the old home with liei- l)rother David and fannly. AVhen a
number of years had jtassed away, he sold out to his brother
Flenry, and I'cmoved to a farm near Bridgewater, Rocking-
ham C'o., \^i. She aecompaiu(Ml the fannly there, and re-
mained with them several years longer, and by her unselfish
devotion to those nephews and nieces became very near and
dear nnto them. But she was recalled to the old home to take
a mother's place, in the household uf her brother Henry,
which she so nobly filled for many years with unwearied de-
votion. For all her life she obeyed the injunction, "Be not
wearv in well doing." In all her busv life she vet found
time to assist the needy and distressed, to nurse the sick, and
lier charity was dispensed so quietly that the right hand knew
not what the left hand did.
At the age of 14 years she uinted with the German Baptist
church (Tunker), and her many friends know what a consist-
ent life she lived; alwavs readv for everv good work, never
thinking of self, and thus she followed the divine Master to
the end.
She "fell asleep in Jesus" at 0 o'clock p. m., April 27th,
JiARBARA KAGEY.
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1802, at the lioiiie of licr beloved niece, Mrs. L. 11. Zirkle, and
was laid t<> rest on the 2J)tli, in the (^edar ( irove ( 'emetery. A
large congregation of sorrowing fi'iends and rcdatives were
present, notwithstanding the rainv weather. An a]i])ropriate
fnneral sermon was preached by Elder Benjannn Xeff, at the
church, where she had worshipped ever since it had been l)nilt,
and where she was ahvays fonnd in her place, regardless of the
weather. She considered it a blessed privilege to go up to the
house of tlie Lord.
She leaves two brothers, Abraham, who lives in Kansas,
and Isaac, living in Areola, 111., besides nnmerons ne])liewrf
and nieces to monrn her departure.
" Her work was done: her mission ended:
Time had measured years, four score ;
And the present was so blended
With the futui-e"s g'olden shore,
That the woi'ld had lost in interest
What it held to hei- before.
Lost to her were all its pleasures,
And she cared not to remain ;
For in heaven were all her treasures,
So at last the Angel came.
Came and bore her to that city
Where her heart so long had been.
Life to her had been a blessing.
Naught of work was left undone,
Long — long years ago confessing,
Christ accepted her as one
Of the ransomed of his children ;
So to-day we know she's home."
A Friend.
ISAAC KAGEY, the 5th son of Abraham, the dtli son of
Henry, of Pennsylvania, was b. Feb. 7, 1813, and m. Alagda-
lena XefF, May 15, 1834. Both were born in Shenandoah Co.,
Va., and lived there nntil abont 1S37, when they moved to
Harrison Co., Ind., where they lived twenty-eight years. In
the spring of 1865 they moved to Areola, 111. They have six
sons and two daughters, viz :
342 KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
1. Abraliain X.
2. Jnllll.
3. Francis.
4. Henry.
5. Jacol).
0. Cliarles Isaac.
7. Sarah.
8. ILarv Y.
Isaac Kagev d. May 2C, 1897, at his home in Arcohi, 111.,
aged 84 v., 3 m. and 19 d. Magdalena Xeff b. Xov 23, 1814;
is yet living (1899).
1. Abraham X., b. in Virginia, Ang. 2, 1835; m. Marv Ann
Simler, of Indiana, Oct. 27, 1858, b. Jnne 15, 1839. Issue:
]. AVm. L., b. Jnly 22, 1859; m. Bannon, of Ken-
tucky.
2-3. Alvin and Jacob, died in infancy.
4. Emuja Alice, b. Dec. 15, 1864; m. (ico. Dnggins. She
d. April 2, 1899.
5. .Vnna ^^lagdaline, b. dune 28, 18G7; m. Jesse Berrvman,
Oct. 30, 1894, b. May 23, 1868.
6. Mary Ellen, b. Sept. 18, 1869; m. Thos. Price, of Ken-
tucky.
7. Eva Isabell, b. May 27, 1870; m. Elisha Neafus, March
22, 1899.
8-9. John T. and ( diaries "W., died in infancy.
10. Georgia Atlanta, b. Xov. 21, 1880.
Mr. Kagey, Sr., is a farmer and in religious faith a Metho-
dist. Some of the family are Baptists and reside at Braden-
bura', Ky.
•>?
2. John, was b. in Harrison Co., Ind., on the 20th of
March, 1840, and m., Jan. 1, 1870, to Mary Trotten, b. June
27, 1852. They have no children; live in Indiana. Occupa-
tion, druggist.
3. Erancis, b. in the same place, July 8, 1842. At the
ISAAC KAGEY.
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age of 20 years lie enlisted in the <)(;tli Regiment in Co. C,
K'ltli Aniiy Corps, and was wonnded in the neck at the battle
of Itichmond, Ky., from the etfects of whicdi he was nnfitted
for duty afterward and was honorably discharged. On -Tnly 2,
1IS()4, he was drowned at Fort AVayne, Tnd. He was a gallant
soldier and a l)raYe man.
4. Henry A"., was b. in tlie same place, on the 11th of A]>ril,
1845, enlisted in the 4!)th Eegiment, Co. H, Indiana Volnn-
teers, nth Di^dsion, l-'Uli .\rniy Corps, and l)ore honorable
wonnds received in battle when 17 years of age. Served three
years and was honorably discharged. The hardships and ex-
]>osnre of a soldier's life impaired his health and for years he
was an invalid and finally d. Sept. 22, 1878, 33 years of age.
He was num.
5. Jacob, was b. in the same place, March 12, 1850; is
num. ; lives in Colorado, and is a Methodist preacher.
<i. (diaries Isaac, b. in the same ])lace, on the 12th of De-
cember, 1854; married Belle Colfman and have fonr children.
7. Sarah, b. in the same place, on the 15tli of April, 1838,
and ni., Aug. 24, 185G, to Jesse Denbo, of Indiana, who d.
Dec. 3, 18!)3. Their children are: Tanra D., 1). Oct. 30,
1857, m. Henry Rhodes, Feb. — , 187(); Charles F., b. Alarch
11, 1860, is nnm. ; Fanny M., b. June 21, 18G5, m. Geo. Getz,
Xov. 6, 1884; Nevada, b. Alay 10, 1873, d. Jnne 29, 1883.
Reside at Corydon, Ind.
8. Mary V., b. in the same i)lace, Se]it. 2, 1847, and m.,
Nov. 20, 18G8, Abraham D. Kagey, her first consin, the son
of David Neff Kagey, of Bridgewater, Va. Their children
are: Harry Lee, b. July 22, 1874, who m. Myrtle Gamble,
Dec. 22, 1895, and has one son, Raymond, b. March 13, 1897;
Don Clyde, b. Jnly 12, 1877; Josia Fllen, b. Aug. 10, 1882.
Resides at Filson, 111.
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AXXA KAC.iEY, the od dauii'litei- of AUraluiiu Kagey, the
4th son of Henry, of Pennsylvania, was b. Xov. 17, 1814, and
ni., Feb. 25, 1836, Isaac Koehenonr, of Rego, Orange Co., Ind.
They raised two sons and tw<» daughters, viz:
1. David A.
2. Wm. P.
?j. Martha.
4. Barbara A.
Isaac Koehenonr (h Jan. 22, 1885.
Died. — At the homestead on Honey Creek, near Pego,
Orange Co., Ind., on Tnesday, Jan. 26, 1892, Anna Aetf
Koclienoiir. vi(h>\v of the hite Isaac Kdclieuonr, aged 77 y.,
2 ni. and i» <h
Mrs. Koehenoiu' was one of Indiana's pioneers. Piftv-six
years ago she came to this State with her Imsband and found
a home in Brnshey Valley, Harrison Co., where she resided
until 1865, when the fannly removed to Orange Co., npon the
farm whereon she died. In early life she became a member
of the Lntheran chuivh and remained a member thereof till
death. Her husband and four children have gone before. She
leaves two sons: David A., a lawyer, residing at Browns-
town, Ind., and William 1^., a ])hysician at Pego, Orange Co.
Also three grandchildren : Clyde and Alice Burgess, of Eng-
lish, Ind., the children of her daughter, Barbara A. Bnrgess,
who d. at Paoli, S'ept. 13, 1884, and Leigh Koehenonr, son of
David A.
She has gone from labor to reward. A life of nnremitting
toil and industry has found rest, sweet rest. She lived a life
of practical Christian piety. "There remaineth, therefore, a
rest to the people of God" — Heb. 9 :9. Her life was one of
hnmble, domestic exclnsion. Her many superior qualities of
mind and heart, thongli hidden from the general public, wer?
felt and recognized by all who associated intimately Avith her.
Faithful and true was she in all duties of the calling wherein
she was called. She has accomplished her work. She hath
done what she could, and hath received the ]daudit, 'AVell
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done, tliou good and faithfnl servant, enter tlmu into the joy
of thy Lord."
1. David Abraham, b. Feb. 7, 1844; m., :\ray 20, 1874, to
Anna J. Ivagey, of Shenandoah Co., Va., a (hui. of Henry
jSTeif Kagey, the oldest son of Abraham Kagey, the 4th son
of Henry from Pennsylvania. David A. is an attorney-atdaw;
resides at Brownstown, Ind. Issne : Leigh Frances, 1). A})ril
18, 1881. Mrs. Anna (Kagey) Kochenonr is a lady ])osses3-
ing artistic and literary talent and is the anthor of the beantl-
fnl poem that graced the pages of the Slienandoalt Vullci/
a few years ago, entitled "The Shenandoah liiver," close t>
which was her childhood home.
2. ^Ym. P., 1). Jan. 18, 1848; m. Mary AV. TTarncr, duly ol,
1888. Have no children. Reside at Rego, Lid.
3. Martha, b. abont 1853; d. nnm.
4. Barbara Ann, li. March 1<!, 1851, and m. Floyd Burgess,.
May 8, 1882, and d. Sept. 13, 1884, leaving two small chil-
dren, Clyde and Alice.
MARY and ELIZABETH KAGEY were twin sisters and
youngest daughters of Abraham Kagey, the 4th son of Ilenry,
and were born in 1815-16. Both remained single and died in
Virginia.
End of the record of Abraham, the 4th son of Llenry from
Pennsylvania.
CHRISTIAX KAGEY, the 5th son of Henry from Penn-
sylvania, was b. Ang. 22, 1766, in the comity of Lancaster,
and township of Conestoga, Pa. He lived south of his father's
place on Smith's creek, Shenandoah Co., Va., where he d.
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July [), 1834. lie married Catharine Xetf, b. Dec. 1, 1777;
d. Aug. 2, 1872, and had five sons and three daughters:
1. Martin.
2. Isaac.
3. SaniueL
4. ( 'liristiaii.
5. Danieh
C. Barl)ar_v.
7. iMarv. '
8. Elizabeth
0. Henry j
10. Jacob.
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MARTIX KAGEY, b. Dec. — , 1801, in Shenandoah Co.,
Va.; ni., about 1828, Xancy Charles, b. , and had seven
children, viz :
1. Anna.
2. John C.
3. Christian.
4. Samuel.
T). Daniel.
(i. .Martin V.
7. Henry.
Martin Ivagey, Sr., d. ^Vng. — , 1883, in Ashland Co., O.
1. Anna, b. about 1830; num.
2. John C, b. Oct. 16, 1831; m. Elizal)eth Kohler, Eeb.
18, 18G3, who was b. June 19, 1 841 ; d. March 9, 1S94. Issue:
1. Cora B., b. Eeb. —,1866.
2. AVni. :\t., b. July 18, 1867.
3. Tullus J., b. Sept. 6, 1870.
4. Erederick G., b. July 9, 1873.
1. Cora, b. Eeb. — , 1866; m. to William V. Beach, June
8, 1887, and have two children: (1) Buth Cora. b. July 9,
1888; (2) Bavmond Wni., b. Jan. 28, 18!»1.
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2. AVni. M. Kagey, m. Frankie McBride, of "Woostcr, O.,
Oct. 0. ISUC).
0. ( iii'i:^tiaii Ivagey, 1). alxmt 1832; in. , llaiinali
Ball yeat, and have five children :
1.' Kiifiis L.
2. Sarah.
;]. Harriet Belle.
4. .lacnl).
5. Ollic.
1. Biifiis L. Kagey, marrifMl Jnlia Parks, and hnvc^ three
childi'cn : .Mand, Enos and ires.
2. Sarah Ivagey, married AVni. ('rider.
4. S;nimcl, 1). about is.'li; married to Esther C'roninger,,
and ha\"e eight children, viz:
1. ]\rartha.
2. .Mary.
3. Daniel.
4. Flora.
5. AVm. A.
(>. Esther.
7. Libby.
8. Martin.
1. ]\iartha, b. ; m. Byron Ilershey, and have one
child, Zora.
2. Mary, h. ; ni. Aaron CoK", and have four (dnl-
dren, viz : Walter, Bessy, Raleigh, Edith.
3. Daniel, h. ; m. Leah Wertman, and liave one
child, Artie.
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4. Flora, b. ; m. Franldiii Stanian.
5. AViii. A., 6. Esther, 7. Libbv, and 8. Martha, are iinm.
5. Daniel, b. about I8o0; J. in the army in the War of the
Itebellion.
6. Martin V., b. Xov. 22, 1840; d. Tnne 15, 1884; m.
Catharine Moore. Had two children, Emma and ]^^artin Her-
bert.
7. Ilenrv, born abont 18:^8.
ISAAC, the 2d son of Christian, the 5th son of Ilenrv from
Pennsylvania, ^vas b. April 14, 1803, in Shenandoah Co., Va.,
and in the year 1827, he went to Ohio and married Anna
Brinker, who was b. Feb. 26, 1800. They were m. on
the 27th day of Sept., 1827, and had the following sons and
■danghters, viz :
1. Catharine, b. May 9, 1828.
2. Christian B., b. Oct. 21, 1829.
3. Andrew Jackson, b. Jan. 21, 1831.
4. Elizabeth Ann, b. May 28, 1832.
5. Sarah, b. Sept. 7, 1833.
6. Eebeeea, b. Jan. 27, 1835.
7. Mary, b. Sept. 7, 1836.
8. Henry, b. Jan. 15, 1838.
9. Solomon K., b. March 18, 1840.
10. Alletha, b. Oct. 23, 1841; d. Oct. 30, 1850.
Isaac Kagey d. Oct. 15, 1842; his wife d. Oct. 21, 1850.
Both died in Ashland Co., O. Thev were members of the
German Baptist chnrch.
1. Catharine, b March 9, 1828; m. Joshua Brnbaker, May
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20, 184G. Their children: Ann Alletha, b. Feb. 23, 1847;
Isaac Weslev, b. Aug. 21), 1848; Mary Eleanor, b. Sept. 4,
1850; John F., b. Ajn-il 15, 1852; Sarah Adda, b. Feb. 14,
1854; M. Allen, h. Auii'. 12, 1855; ]\[artha Elizabeth, b. Dec.
18, 1857; Henry Ihirt, 1». Aug. ID, 1S5U; Adda Eebecca, b.
April 25, 18G3; Amy Fostoria, b. Nov. 25, 1865; Xettie Cath-
arine, b. Nov. 24, 18G7. Mrs. Brnbaker d. April 4, 1868.
2. Christian ?>., b. Oct. 21, 1S2!»; ni., March 3, 1854, to
Mary Ann Treelir, 1>. April 26, 1835, and have tive chihh-cn :
1.' John Franklin, b. Dec. 2!), 1854.
2. Sarah Catharine, b. Sept. 3, 1856.
3. Daniel Edward, b. Jan. 30, 1858.
4. Eliza Ann, b. Sept. 15, 1868.
5. Xancy Belle, b. April 15, 1870.
They live at Cornnna, Dckalh C(»., Ind. ; farmer.
1. John Franklin, ni., ]\[areh 28, 1897, Alice Fimons; have
one child, Elsie M., b. Jan. 28, 18U8. Reside at Garret, Ind.
2. Sarah Catharine, m. Sanniel J. Lawhead, Dec. 3, 1876.
They have fonr children, viz : (1) Frank, (2) Orpha, (3) Essy,
and '(4) Mand. Of tliese Frank, b. Feb. 24, 1876; Orpha, b.
Oct. 7, 1878; Essy, b. May 5, 1880; Mand, b. Feb. 5, 1883.
P. O. Cornnna, Ind.
3. Daniel Edward, ni., Dec. 25, 1879, Mary Dawson, and
they have three children: (1) Francis, b. Dec. 9, 1880; (2)
Grace, b. Oct. 12, 1884; (3) Virda, b. Nov. 11, 1886. He
resides in Garrett, Dekalb Co., Ind.
4. Eliza Ann, d. Ang. 5, 1886; nnm.
5. Xancy Belle, m. Charles M. AValker, Feb. 19, 1891, and
have one child, a girl, named . P. O. Anbnrn, Ind.
^Iv. Kagey raised his ne]Jiew, J(Jin F. Rohm, who m. Dora
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Boweii, ]\larch 10, 1807, who have one son. P. O. Auburn,,
liid. In the siininier of 1896 Mr. Kagey's barn was struck by
lightning and his entire crop of hay and grain was destroyed.
3. Andrew Jackson Kagey, son of Isaac Kagey, d. Xov. 4,
1850, aged 10 y. and 8 m.
4. Elizabeth Ann Kagey, d. Aug. 25, 1850, aged 18 y. and
o ni.
5. Sarah Kagey (Hershey), d. Dec. 24, 1855, aged 22 y., 3
ni. and 7 d.
0. Rebecca Kagey, daugliter of Isaac Kagey, was 1>. in
Mifflin townshi]), Ashland Co., ()., Jan. 27, 1835, and ni.
Simon E. Ketfer at .Mifflin, :\rarc]i 24, 1854. In 1855 they
went to Iowa, and lived a few years at Winterset, Madison Co.^
and Homer, AV(J)ster Co., then settled at De Moines, la., where
they still reside. Mr. Keffer is a shoemaker, which trade he
has followed for forty years. lie has served as alderman in
the City Councils of Des Moines and has served as delegate to
several State Kepublican Conventions. Mr. and Mrs. Keffer
have had ten children, viz:
1. William Byron Keffer, b. Dec. 23, 1855.
2. Sarah Eudorah Keffer, b. Feb. 27, 1857.
3. Frank Robinson Keffer, b. July 29, 1858.
4. Florence Kag^y Keffer, b. Jan. 6, 18G0.
5. Charles Albert Keffer, b. June 11, 1861.
6. Henry Sumpter Keffer, b. March 17, 1863.
7. Catharine Harriet Keffer, b. Jan. 17, 1865.
8. Jennie Gladys Keffer, b. ^"ov. 8, 1866; d. June 28, 1875.
9. Emma Amanda Keffer, b. Oct. 22, 1870.
10. Esther Bonnie Keffer, b. Jan. 22, 1874.
1. William Byron Keffer, m. Ella Skinner, Sept. 17, 1879,
and have three children, viz: Frances, Karl Kagev and Flor-
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ence. Mr. Keffer is the secretary of the De Moines Gas Light
Company, at Des Moines, la.
2. Sarah Endorah KelTer, ni. Isaac C. Balthis, Jan. 17,
187G, and had fonr children: Frank, Unssel, Marion and
George. Reside at Colfax, la.
3. Frank Robinson Keifer, d. at Denver, CoL, Oct. 14,
1879.
4. Fh:>rence Keagy Keffer, unm. ; resides with her brother,
Charles Albert, at Brookings, S. D.
5. Charles Albert Iveffer, nnm. ; occnpation, professor of
forestry and botany in the State Agricultural College of South
Dakota; resides at Brookings, S. D., and at this date (1898)
is assistant chief in the department of forestry and agriculture
at Washington, D. C.
6. Henry Sumpter Keffer, unm. ; occupation, that of a
foreman in l^ook liindery; residence at Atlantic, la.
7. Catharine Harriet Keffer, m. Charles H. Edmunds, April
29, 1886, and has two children: Clarence and Jesse.
8. Jennie Gladys Keffer, d. in the 9th y. of her age.
9. Emma Amanda Keft'er, num.; a student at the college
in Brookiuffs, S. D.
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10. Esther Bonnie Keffer, m., June 28, 1899, Joseph Ralph
Orwig.
7. Mary Kagey, daughter of Isaac Kagey, died in infancy.
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8. Henrv Kagev, son of Isaac Kagev, m. March 6, 1867,
Margaret Ann Dennis, of near Madrid, Dallas Co., la., and
had one son, Charles Carl, who d. April 12, 18GS. Thev
adopted his sister Catharine's youngest child, Xettie Catharine
Brnbaker, on the 20th of July, 1872.
9. Solomon R. Ivagey, d. Feb. 21, 1859, aged 18 v., 11 m.
and 3 d., of consumption.
SAMUEL KEAGY, 3d son of Cliristian, 5th son of Henry,
b. Jan. 25, 1800; ni. Elizabeth Landis, b. in Lancaster Co.,
Pa., XoY. 12, 1809, and d. at hor home in Ashland Co., O.,
Jan. 4, 1891, aged 81 y., 1 m. and 22 d. In the year 1823
her parents came to Ashland Co., O., where she was united in
marriage with Sanmel Kagev, Jan. 5, 1832. To them were
born ten children, viz:
1. Catharine.
2. John W.
3. ^Vinia F.
4. Mary.
5. Elizabeth.
6. Daniel.
7. Isaac.
8. Samuel G.
9. Zacharias T.
10. Christian JJ.
Mrs. Kagey had twenty -two grandchildren and seven great-
grandchildren. Her husband d. Feb. 19, 1851, in the prime
and vigor of manhood; also one daughter, Mary, preceded her
to the better world. aSTine are living to mourn the loss of a
dear mother. Mrs. Kagey's life was marked by the strictest
integrity and uprightness of heart. She was of a very kind
and cheerful disposition and df her it could be truthfully said
she had not an enemy in the world. She was never idle a
moment, and retained the full possession of her mental facul-
ties and was in good health until two months before her death.
For manv A^ears she was a member of the Lutheran church
Henry Kagey, of Des Moines, Iowa.
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and tried to lead an (-xc-iiiiilarv ( 'liri-t iaii lili-. ^Vlter a l'>iio-
and woll-spoiit life she fill iiit(» iluii drcandcss sleep wliidi
kisses down licr cvelid^ -rill.
Peaceful be thy silent slumber,
Peaceful in thy grave so low.
1. Catharine, 1). Xov. 20, 1^32; is num.: Ii\(- on the old
lioniestea<l Avitli her l^rother.
2. John W., 1). Dec. 0, 1833, and was a travelinfi' salesman
an<l a jn'intei- and litlir)p-ra])lier in C'levfland. O.
3. Anna F., h. May 1.-,, l.s;).-,; m. I ). II. I.on-, \h-r.. ls(;3.
They have one ehild, Isaac Preston. Mr. Lone: is a inonMcr
l>y trade. ]icside at A -hi and. ().
4. 'Mi\v\\ 1,'. So])t. 3, 183(;: m. Ahraliani Davis, Jnne 0,
1851); and had eight children: .lolm V... Dni'on 15., Lillic K..
Mary, Charlie, .Xnnic. Florence, and .Mai'tin. They nio\-cd
to >*'ebraska in Xov., 1^7(). She d. there, Oct. 31, 1877.
5. Elizahi th. h. May 28, 1838; m. rreorffe lloiio-h, Sept. — ,
1859, and have seven childi-en, viz: .lolm 1... Xettie. Samuel,
Elmer, Orjdia, Daniel. :ini| ( 'lyde. Tliey li\-e in .Mieliiiiim ;
fannei-; he d. ^fav 27, 1M»7.
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0. Daniel, \>. dniy ji'. 1840; m. j:ii.,da Foi'hes, in March.
3808, and have three children: l-'ijiiik 11.. W'ni. Edward, and
Grace ^lay. They live in Ju'liana; i.- a mlllei' \,y trade.
7. Isaac, 1). Eel). 2('>, 1842: m. Sne Tow.sley, Oct. 10, 1872,
and have on child. Helen .hilia: home, .\-lilaiid, O. : Itnirji'v-
niakf'r.
8. Sanniel O., h. Anc. ^>, 1845; nnm.: lives at Ashland, O. ;
cai-jvnter and joiner.
U. Zacharias T., 1.. Sept. 10, 1847: m. Minnie Ih-hop, Oct.
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— , 1875, and have two boys: Charles F. and George M.
Reside in Indiana; miller ])v trade.
10. ( hristian U., h. Jan. 5, 1850; unm. ; occupation, clerk,
generally a hotel clerk. His present home is with his brother,
Samnel (J. Kagey, at Ashland, O.
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Samuel G. and Catharine Kagey occupy the old home place
and, as above stated, are unmarried and have the care of a
brother who is sorely afflicted with epilepsy. Samuel Kagey,
Sr., went from Shenandoah Co., ^'a., to Ohio in the year 1830,
and took up land now in possesion of his children, and where
he died Feb. Id. 1^.51.
(-i) CiiFJSTlAX KAGFY, the 4th son of Christian, the
5tli son of Flenry from Pennsylvania, b. in Shenandoah Co.,
Va., in the year 1807, and m. Frances Coffman about the year
1852. Thev had but one child, ^larv C., who married John
A^^'TvoaTe^ a merchant. She d. about 1880, leaving a family
of smaTTchildren. In one week after she was buried her mother
was taken to the grave. Christian Kagey d. Jan. — , 18S1>-00,
at the ao'c of 82 or 3. near Xew ^larkct. Va.
(5) DANIEL KACiEY, the 5th son of Christian, the 5th
son of Ilenrv from Pennsvlvania, was b. in Shenandoah Co.,
Va., in the year 1818. Resides on the old homestea<l of his
father. He is unm.; he lives on Smith's Creek, Va.
(G) BARBAILV KACiKY, the 1st daughter of Christian,
the 5th son of Henry, of Pennsylvania, was b. Oct. 11, 1804,
and married Zachariah Shirlev, both now dead. Issue :
1. Thomas.
2. Elizabeth.
3. ^Martin.
4. Christian.
5. Samuel.
6. r'atliarine.
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7. Barbara.
Barbara Kae-ey Shirley d. Beb. 23, 1839.
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6. Catharine, born ; married Andrew Brnbaker and
is dead.
7. Barbara, born ; married Be v. AV. H. Cone, a
Lutheran preacher, now living on the old Christian Kagey
home near Xew Market, Shenandoah Co., Va.
(7) MAKY KAGEY, the 2d danghter of Christian, the
5th son of Henry, of Bennsylvania, b. in Shenandoah Co., Va.,
Dec. 0, 1808; m. to Joseph Xeff, April 2, 1833, who was b.
Feb. 21, 1807. They lived in Ohio a while and thfii moved
to Bnshnell, Bl. Their children are :
1. Sanmel Iv., b. April 12, 1835; d. Jan. 27, 1840.
2. Catharine E., b. Feb. 8, 1838; m. to Jacob D. Gebhardt,
April 2, 1857; d. at Etiwanda, Cah, Ang. 3, 1891.
3. Barbara A., b. July 14, ISK); m. to J. C. Walters, Sept.
24, 1862; d. ^ov. 1, 1873.
4. John, b. May 17, 1842; m. to Marv F. Borter, Sept. 7,
18G9; elected treasurer of McDonongh Co. Xov. 4, 1877; d.
in Brairie City, la., Xov. 5, 1878.
5. Daniel C, b. Sept. 26, 1844; m. to Frances A. Cole, Xov.
7, 1866.
6. Frances A., b. Xov. 5, 1846; m. to II. S. Wells, Jan. 24,
1867.
7. Michael, b. Jnly 30, 1849; d. Oct. 11, 1853.
8. Snsannah V., b. Xov. 12, 1851; d. Jan. 25, 1856. Lived
near Bnshnell, 111.
2. Catharine Elizabeth (Xeff) Gebhart's children are:
Mary Elizabeth, b. Jan. 1, 1858; Frances Amelia, b. Oct. 13,
1860; Sherman AValters, 1). Ang. 31, 1864; an imnamed
danghter, d. Dec. 19, 1874. All the above were born at Tou-
lon, 111. Ill 1875 Mr. Gebhart and family moved to Olathe,
Kan., where the daughter, Mary E., d. Dec. 18, 1875. Frances
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Amelia m., Dec. 13, 1882, to Myers. In May, 1886,
Mr. Gebliart moved to California. On the Itli of Aug., 1892,
Catharine E. Gebliart died at the home of her daughter,
Frances A. Mjers, at Grapeland, Cal. Sherman AV. Gebliart
resides at Vicalia, Cal. Jacob D. Gebhart is a photographer.
3. Barbara Ann (]^eff) Walter's children are: (1) Marv
Ida, b. at Bushnell. 111., Dec. 15, 1863, d. xVug. 6, 1865; (2)
Clarence Josepli, b. Feb. 19, 186<;, d. Sept. 18, 1867; (3)
Lillian Etta, b. A'^ov. 20, 1870, m. Frederick Herbert Saun-
ders, Jan. 21, 1891, and have two daughters, Gladis, b. at
Minneapolis, March 12, 1892, and Virginia, b. at Minneapolis,
Dec. 11, 1891; (4)Arthur Xeff Waltei-s, b. Oct. 11, 1873, and
at this date is num.; on the staff of the Evening Journal at
Minneapolis. Mr. J. C. AValters was b. in Xew York City,
Feb. 20, 1839. Barbara Ann, his wife, d. Xov. 1, 1873.
4. John Xeif's children were : Porter Joseph, b. Sept. 13,
1871; Gertrude Mary, b. Xov. 10, 1872, and Blanch Ella, b.
May 18, 1874.
5. Daniel C. Xeff has but one child, Carrie Luella, b. March
17, 1877. ]\rr. Xeif resides on the old home place farm, one
mile east of Bushnell, 111.
6. Frances A. (Xeif) Wells's children are :
1. Maude Gilbert, b. at Bushnell. 111., Dec. 29, 1867.
2. Louis M., b. at Bushnell, 111., April 10, 1869.
3. Clarence Arthur, b. at Karitan, 111., Dec. 4, 1870.
4. R. Irving, b. at Bushnell, 111., Aug. 23, 1874.
5. Joseph Herbert, b. at Raritan, 111., Oct. 27, 1876.
6. Justus X>ff, b. at Bushnell, Jan. 12, 1879.
7. Mary Edna, b. at Bushnell, 111., Oct. 29, 1882, and died
in infancy.
8. Henry Spencer, b. in Quincy, 111., April 10. 1884; died
in infancy.
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1, Maude Gilbert AVells, ni. Clarence Dickson, June 29^
1891.
2. Louis M. "Wells, m. Leaton Trwiu.
8. Clarence Arthur Wells, m. Mabel E. Ilewes.
5. Joseph Ilerl)ert Wells, m. ^Nfaliuda Boschutte, Oct. 27,
1896.
(8) ELIZABETH KAGEY, the 3d daughter of Christian,
the 5th son of Henrv from Pennsylvania, b. Xov. 14, 1814,
and m. Joseph ITouser, Xov. 15, 1849, and now lives in Upshur
Co., W. Va. (Buckhanon). Joseph Llouser was b. Oct. 13,
1815, and in the fall of 1850 moved from Shenandoah Co. to
Upshur Co., Ya. Both are members of the German Baptist
church, in which he was a minister several years before his
death, which occurred June G, 1891. His wife is still living
at this date (March 1, 1899). Their children are: (1) Jacob
Christian, b. April 13, 1851, d. dune 19, 1859; (2) Barbara
Catharine, b. Sept. 14, 1854, and m. in the spring of 1882 to
Isaac Carter, and have one son, b. Eeb. 19, 1884; (3) Henry
Garver, b. March 17, 1859, and is unm.
(9) IlEXUtY KAGEY, b. Xov. 14, 1814, was a twin
brother of Elizabeth, and d. Aug. — , 1828.
(10) JACOB KAGEY, b. 1816; d. about the year 1821.
This completes the record of ( 'liristian Ivagey, the 5th son
of Llenrv from Pennsvlvania.
EUDOLPH KAGEY, the 6th son of Henrv, of Pennsvl-
vania, was b. Jan. 14, 1768. It is not known to a certainty,
but it is most likely that he was born in Pennsylvania from the
fact that his father would not likely have gone to Yirginia
from Pennsylvania in midwinter at a time when there was few
364 KAGY RELATIONSHIP
rciads and at best very poor ones, even for traveling in sum-
mer, llndolph d. Dec. 11, 1828, and is buried in the grave-
vard on the farm of John Henrv Kagcv, deceased, near
Quicksburg, Va., knoA\n as the Kagev graveyard. This hind
has been in ])ossession of the Kageys for 130 years, or since
1769. Henry Kagey went from Pennsylvania to Virginia in
1768.
Tiudolph Kagey m. (1st), Eve Tioof, about 17 S 7, and she
d. — '■ , aued al)Out 40 years. Thev had four children, viz :
(1) Barbara, (2) Henry, (3) Christian E,., (4) Jacob.
Rudolph Ivagey, the 6th son of Henry from Pennsylvania,
111. (2), Barbara Burkholder, ui. Dec. 10, 1772, who d. May
26. 1S.'")2, ag(Ml 70 y., 5 m. and 16 d., and is buried by the side
of her husband in Kagey's graveyard, on the farm of John
Henry Kagey, deceased, near (Quicksburg, Va. To them were
born the following children : (1) Elizabeth, (2) David, (3)
Anna. (4) John R., (5) Mary, (6) Peter, (7) Eudolph, (8)
Magdalene, (9) Eve. Of these Elizabeth, Mary, Anna, and
Magdalene remained num.; all are now dead. The following
notice is taken from the Shenandoah Y alley, published at ]^ew
Market, Va., in its issue for Oct. 6, 1892 : ''On Thursday of
last week, ^liss Magdaline (Magdalene) Kagey, of Hupp,
Rockingham Oo., Va., departed this life, aged 80 v., 8 m. and
25 d. The funeral was preached in St. Paul's Lutheran
church at Hupp, Revs. Shank and Heatwole officiating. The
remains were interred in the Wampler burying ground. She
was a member of the Mennonite church." Elizabeth d. in
1822; Mary, b. Dec. 3, 1805, d. Feb. 3, 1831.
First Generation.
Barbara, daughter of Rudolph Kagey, Avas b. Oct. 14, 1788,
in Shenandoah Co., Va., and was m. to John Blosser in 1807,
who was b. June 5, 1780, in Page Co., Va. In 1827 they
moved to Mahoning Co., O., where he bought the following
tracts of land: 102 acres at $20 per acre; 200 acres at $4
per acre; 75 acres at $8; 100 acres at $20, and 110 acres at
KAGY EELATIONSHIP. '^^^
$11 per acre. The above farms all but one arc owned l>_v bis
children or grandchildren. Occnpation, farmer. Tlicv were
both members of the ]\rcnnonite cbnrcb, of which church
he was a minister. His wife, Barbara, d. June IG, ISGl, and
he d. Oct. 4, ISO-l. There were twelve children born to them,
viz : Rudolph, Anna jMagdalena, b. Jan. 4, 1813, and d. Dec.
1, 1854; Maria, Peter, Jonas, Xoali, Enos, Joel, Daniel, who
was b. Jan. 20, 1828, and d. Jan. lU, 1854; Jacob and Su-
sanna.
Second GencraHon.
Eudolph Blosser was 1). Oct. 0, 1S01>, in Rockingham Co.,
Va., and was m. to Barbara Metzler on the 12th- day of April,
1832, who was b. March 11, 1817. She d. Xov.' 13, 1882.
Both "were members of the Mennonite church. lie was a min-
ister of said church, and d. March 8, 1852. Occupation, farm-
er. The children born to them were ten, viz : David, b. Sept.
20, 1834, and d. Dec. 2, 1834; John, Joseph, b. Dec. 8, 1837,
d. March 21, 1838; Tobhis, Xoah M., Abraham M., Elizabeth,
Peter M., Samuel and Leah.
•?
Third Generation.
John Blosser Avas b. Jan. 10, 1830, in Mahoning ('o., ().
Present P. O. address, Goshen, Ind. M. m Mahoning (/'o., O.,
to Elizabeth Lehman, Dec. 25, 1859, who was 1). in (\)lum-
biaiui Oo., O., Jan. 18, 1841. Both members of Mennonite
church. Occupation, farmer. There was one child born to
them, viz: Peter Blosser, in Mahoning Co., O., on Sept. 8,
1801, who was m. to Maria Martin, Sept. 14, 1884, who was
b. in Lancaster Co., Pa., Eeb. 17, 1800. P. O. address,
Goshen, Elkhart Co., Ind. Members of Mennonite church.
Thi rd Gene ra tion.
Tobias Blosser was b. in Mahoning Co., O., Jan. 20, 1839,
and d. March 31, 1878. He was m.'to Rachel Thut, Jan. 22,
1803, who was b. June 11, 1838. Both were mend)crs of the
Mennonite church. Occupation, farmer. To them Avero
366 KAGY RELATIOXSIIIP.
Ixn'ii seven cliildren, viz: AYilliam Blosser, b. in Paulding
Co., O., June 4, 1865; John Blosser, I), in Elkhart (*o., Ind.,
Aug. 1, 1867; Saloma Blosser, b. in Elkhart Co., Ind., Jan.
25, 1870; Ezra Blosser, b. in Elkhart Co., Ind., Sept. 22, 1871;
Barbara ]jlosser, 1). in Elkhart Co., Ind., Jnly 10, 1873; Sarah
Blosser, b. in Elkhart Co., Ind., Jan 1, 1875; Christona Blos-
ser, b. in Elkhart Co., Ind., April 21, 1876.
Third Generation.
Xoah M. Blosser was b. in Mahoning Co., O., Dec. 29,
1810. P. O. jSTorth Lima, Mahoning Co., O. Occupation,
farmer and beed^eeper, in which he takes considerable inter-
est. He was m. to Hannah II. Lehman, Dec. 22, 1864, who
d. Dec. 2, 1880. He was m. the second time to Susanna L.
Mover, Xov. 3, 1881.
Third Generation.
Abraham M. Blosser was b. in Mahoning Co., O., Dec. 19,
1842. P. O. address, Xewton, Ivan. Was m. to Mary Gray-
bill, Oct. 27, 1861, wlio was b. March 26, 1847. There were
eleven children born to them, viz: Theodore, b. Sept. 20,
1865; Susanna, b. June 26, 1867, d. Oct. 24, 1867; Anna, b.
Xov. 1, 1868; Christena, b. May 20, 1870; Lucinda, b. Oct.
29, 1873: Puidolph, b. Aug. 24, 1875; Samuel, b. May 22,
1877; Ida, b. June 12, 1879, d. Oct. 25, 1879; mthaniel, b.
June 4, 1882; Saloma, b. Aug. 12, 1884; Linden, b. Sept.
2, 1886.
Third Generation.
Elizabeth Blosser was b. in Mahoning Co., O., Dec. 6, 1844,
and was m. to Henry Stouffer, March 21, 1867, who was b.
Eeb. 11, 1841. P. O. Address, Xorth Lima, O. Occupation,
farmer. Both members of the Mennonite church. To them
were born nine children, viz: Leah, b. Dec. 4, 1867; Sarah,
b. Feb. 24, 1869; Jacob, b. Jan. 28, 1871; Susan, b. April 9,
1878; Barbara, b. Jan. 24, 1876; Xoah, b. Oct. 19, 1877;
Samuel, b. March 14, 1880; Anna, b. Aug. 25, 1883; Ada,
b. April 26, 1886.
KAGY EELATIOXSIIIP. 367
Third Generaflon.
Peter M. Blosser was 1). Fel). 7, 1847. P. 0. address, Ex-
celsior, Morgan Co., ^Mo. ; ocenpation, farmer. AYas m. to
Elizabeth AA^eldj, Eeb. 4, 1872, in Elkhart Co., Ind., avIio was
h. ]\ray 26, 1850, in Holmes Co., O. To them were born nine
children, viz: Levi, b. Jan. 18, 1873; Samuel, b. Sept. 5,
1874; Barbara, b. Ed). 20, ls77; Anna, b. Oct. 27, 1878;
Xoah, b. Jan. 14, 1880, d. Jnly 21, 1881; Emma, b. March
14, 1882, d. Oct. 22, 1884; Fidelia, b. Aug. 5, 1883; Henry, b.
Oct. 5, 1885; Elvina, b. Jnly 10, 1888. The above named
children were all born in Morgan Co., Mo.
Third Gene ration.
Samuel Blosser was b. Oct. 14, 1848, in Mahoning Co., O.
P. O., AVakarusa, Elkhart Co., Ind. He was m. to Leah Leh-
man, X(»v. 5, 187(), who was 1). in Mahoning Co., O., July 7,
1854. They are both members of the Mennonite church.
There were five children born to them, viz : Lizzie, b. Xov.
9, 1877; Henry, b. Oct. 24, 1870: Vernon, b. ^o\\ 1, 1882;
Arvilla, 1). Aug. 3, 1885; Celestia, b. Oct. 11, 1887.
Third Genercdion.
Leah Blosser was b. in Mahoning Co., O., ISTov. G, 1850, and
d. Jan. 25, 187U, in Lagrange Co., Lid. She was m. to
Claudius K. Curtis, who was b. in Waterloo Co., Ont. His
present P. O. address is Goshen, Elkhart Co., Lid.; occupa-
tion, farmer, and is a minister of the Mennonite church in
Christ. His present wife and three oldest children belong to
the above church. To them were born four children, viz :
Lucinda Curtis, b. in Elkhart Co., Lid., Jan. 30, 1870, and was
ni. to Samuel Lloover, Hec. 1), 1888, who was b. in Elkhart
Co., Lid.; Elah Xary, b. Aug. 22, 1871; Joseph A., b. June
3, 1873; Barbara E.,'b. May 22, 1876.
Second Generation.
Maria Blosser was b. Xov. 24, 1814, in Rockingham Co.,
Va., and moved with her parents to Mahoning Co., O., in 1827.
368 KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
In the nioutli of Jan., ISo-i, i?lie was m. to Peter Basinger, who
was b. Oct. 15, 1812, in Canton Del See, France. In the
spring of 1824- he started from Havre de CJrace for America;
after a voyage of two months landed at Alexandria, Va. From
there he vent to Shenandoah Co., Ya., and in 1833 came to
Beaver township, Columbiana (now" Mahoning Co., O.). He
now lives in Green township, Mahoning Co. P. O. address,
East Lewistown, ]\rahoning Co., O. lie was received as a
mendjer into the Mennonite church in 1832, and was or-
dained a minister of said church in 1854, and is still (1880) an
active worker in the cause of Christ and the church. To
them were born ten children, viz : Pudolph, Xoah, Jacob,
John, Sarah, Barliara, Susanna, Anna, Mary and Rebecca, who
was b. Jan. 5, 1855, and d. Dec. 21, 1880.
Third Generation.
Pudolph Basinger was b. Oct. 9, 1836, in Mahoning Co., O.
Occupation, farmer; P. O. address. East Lew^istown, Mahoning
Co., O. Himself and wife and three oldest children belong to
the Mennonite church. He was m. ISTcn'. 7, 1858, to Elizabeth
IsTold, who was b. Aug. 19, 1839. To them were born four
children, viz: Hannah Maria; Emma, b. Xov. 2, 1862; Katy
Ann, b. June 26, 1869; Seth, b. June 1, 1874.
Fourtli Generaiion.
Hannah M. Basinger was b. Aug. 15, 1859, in Mahoning
Co., O., and m. Henry Metzler, Dec. 12, 1880, who was b. ISTov.
9, 1859, in Mahoning Co., O. Both members of Mennonite
church. Occupation, farmer; P. O. address, l^ortli Lima, O.
To them were born four children, viz : Walter Metzler, b.
March 3, 1882, d. Aug. 10, 1882; Eno, b. Sept. 4, 1883; Xet-
tie ]\retzler, b. June 3, 1885; Orpha, b. Xov. 29, 1889.
Third Generation.
Elizabeth, wife of the above liudolph Basinger, d. Oct. 9,
1875, and on Oct. 1, 1876, the said Rudolph Basinger was m.
to Elizabeth Metzler, who was b. March 29, 1849, in Mahoning
KAGY EELATIOXSHIP. 3(J9
Co., O. To them were liorn two children, viz : Xoah, 1). Xov. 3,
1878; Mary, b. Sept. 11>, 1881.
!
Third Generation.
[N^oah Basiiiger was b. April 9, 1838, in Mahoning Co., O.
Occupation, farmer; P. O. address, ^Newton, Ivan, lie was m.
to Mary Schrager, wdio was b. May 12, 184.^. To them -were
born five sons and five daughters, viz : Sarah, Maria M., Susan,
John Henry, Katie A., Jacol) P., Samuel II., Rebecca C,
J^oali J., and Benjamin P.
FourtJi Generation.
Sarah Basinger was b. iSTov. 19, 1800, and was m. to George
Freek. Their children : Vergie C Freek was b. Jan. 1, 1887;
Irwin Freek was b. June 25, 1888.
Maria M. Basinger was b. Feb. 0, 1862, and was m. to Jere-
miah Fretz. Their children are : Warren E., h. .] uly 8, 1886 ;
Nettie A., h. July 13, 1887.
Susan Basinger was b. July 21, 1863, and was m. to Menno
Showalter. Their children are: Samuel E., b. Sept. 3, 1886,
and Frank, b. Sept. 27, 1888.
John Flemy Basinger was b. Feb. 12, 1865; P. O. address,
East Lewdstown, O. Occupation, farmer.
Katie A. Basinger was b. Oct. 20, 1866, and was m. to Peter
Bentler. Their children are: Xoah A., b. Feb. 25, 1887;.
Harmon I., b. Sept. 2, 1888.
Jacob P. Basinger, b. May 25, 1869; Samuel H. Basinger,
b. May 3, 1871; Rebecca C. Basinger, b. F)ec. 12, 1873; Xoah
J. Bassinger, b. Julv 5, 1877; Benjamin F. Basinger, b. Aug.
19, 1879.
The above family nearly all belong to the Mennonite
church.
Tliird Generation.
Sarah Basinger was b. Sept. 7, 1840; m. to ISToah C.
Wenger, who was b. Oct. 5, 1835, in Rockingham Co., Va.
24
370 KAGY EELATIOXSIIIP.
Occupation, farmer. P. O. address, Dayton, Kockingliam Co.,
Va. ]^otli are members of the Mennonite church; also all
their children helong- to the same church. There were four
children b. to them, viz : Peter Benjamin Wenger was b. Oct.
28, 1858, and d. June 17, 18G0; Marv Ann Rebecca Wenger,
Jernsha, and Barbara Catharine Wenger, who was b. -luly 11,
1871.
Third Generation.
Jacob Basinger was 1). Xov. 4, 18ir), in ]\[alioning Co., O.
P. O. address, Calla, O. ()c('U])atio!i, fanner, lie was m. to
Lydia i;ice, Oct. 22, 1871, who was b. April 22, ISlS. l]..th
are members of the Mennonite church. To them were born
two children, viz: Xoruian, b. Aug. 81, 1872; Ira, b. Xov. 27,
1874.
Third Generalion.
Susanna Basinger was b. April 10, 1848; was m. to John B.
Metzler, who was b. Sept. 25, 1845. Both are members of the
Mennonite church. They had one child, Priscilla B., b. Oct.
30, 1878. The above Susanna Metzler d. Xov. 3, 1873, and
her husband, John B. [Metzler d. Ifay 24, 1875.
Fourth Generation.
Mary Ann Bebecca AVenger was b. Jan. 20, 18 Gl, and was
m. to David H. Lehman, in Rockingham Co., Va. Occupa-
tion, farmer. P. O. address, Dayton, Xa. To them were b.
five children, viz: Xoah Daniel Lehman, b. May 12, 1881;
John E. Paul Lehman, b. Jan. 10, 1883, who coming too near
the stove his clothes caught fire and he was so badly burned
that he lived only a few hours and d. Feb. 5, 1884; Ida Cath-
arine Lehman, b. ]\rarch 13, 1884; Jernsha Pauline Lehman,
b. Aug. 28, 1886; Sarah Ann Lehman, b. .June 15, 1888.
Fourth Generation.
Jernsha AVene:er was m. to Jesse Brenneman.
KAGY EELATIOXSHIP. o i 1
'Jill I'd (IciK'i'dl ion.
Barl)ara Basiiigcr was b. Aiu'il 2, 1.S43, in Alaliuuing Co.,
O., and was in. to Jacob Knopp, ^NFay 14, 1865, who was b.
Jnne 10, 1S;52, in Alalioning Co., O. P. O. address, Colum-
biana, (). Occupation, farmer. Both members of the ]\Ien-
iionite church. To them were l)orn five chihh-en, viz: ]\Iary
Emma, b. Feb. 15, 1866; Xoah, b. Aug. 20, 1867; Sarah Ann,
b. March 31, I860; Dora, b. Ai)ril 23, 1873; Alvin, 1). April
7, 1877.
Till I'd Ociu'iritinri.
John H. Basinger was b. May 7, 1858, in Green twp., Ma-
honing Co., O., and was m. to Saloma Shank, Xov. 13, 1881,
who was b. June 21, 1863, in Mahoning Co., O. Both are
members of the Mennonite church. P. O. address, East Lcw-
istowii, O. Occupation, farmer. To them were born four
children, viz: Vincent Clyde, 1). June 27, 1882; Adelia
Faith, b. March 22, 1884; Ivimon day, b. March 2:5, 1886;
Evan Cecil, 1). May 27, 1888.
111! I'd Gcneraf ion.
Anna Basinger was b. Sept. 26, 1850, in Mahoning Co., 0.,
and was m. Sept. 24, 1871, to Solomon Metzler, who was b.
July 1, 1847, in Mahoning Co., O. Occupation, farmer. Both
are members of the Mennonite church. She d. Xov. 4, 1878.
To them were born two children, viz : Mary Minerva Metzler,
b. Xov. 20, 1872, and Cora Metzler, b. Sept. 6, 1874.
Third Generation.
]\Lary Basinger was b. Jan. 5, 1855, in ^tahoning Co., O.,
and was m. to Solomon Metzler, Aug. 24, 1880, who was for-
merly m. to Anna Basinger. He d. Nov. 29, 1885. She is a
member of the Mennonite church. To them was born one
child, viz: Aldine Metzler, b. Oct. 23, 1882.
Second Genei'dlion.
Peter Blosser was b. Aug. 3, 1816, in Eockingham Co., Va.,
372 KAGY EELATIOXSPIIP.
and came with his parents to Mahoning- Co., O., in 1827. He
was m. to Mary Ann Reed, Jan. 25, 1850, who was b. Dec. 15,
1831, in Rockingham Co., Ya. In the year 1852 they moved
to Elkhart Co., Ind., where he bought a hirge tract of land,
which is now owned by his children. Both were members of
the Mennonite church. Peter Blosser d. May 20, 1861;
his wife d. Dee. 11, 1882. To them were b. three children,
viz : Rebecca A. Blosser, Amos P., and Susanna Blosser, who
was b. Xov. 10, 18G0, and d. Xov. 3, 1883.
Third Generation.
Rebecca A. Blosser was b. Oct. 29, 1851, in Mahoning Co.,
O., and was m. to Claudius K. Curtis (who was formerly m. to
Leah Blosser), Sept. 23, 1879, in Elkhart Co., Ind. To them
were b. four children, viz: ]\rartha V. (Airtis, b. Oct. 8, 1882;
Eva C. Curtis, b. Feb. 11, 1884; Otho C. Curtis, b. Feb. 12,
188G; Homer B. Curtis, b. Jan. 15, 1888.
Tliird Generation.
Amos P. Blosser was b. June 7, 185-1, in Elkhart Co., Ind.
P. O. address, Goshen, Elkhart Co., Ind. Occupation, farmer.
He was m. to Clara Alice Apple, Feb. 25, 1883, who was b.
Dec. 5, 1804, in Elkhart Co., Ind. Both are members of the
Evangelical church. To them were born two children, viz :
Sadie A. Blosser, b. March 29, 1881; Dura A. Blosser, b.
April 4, 1886.
Second Generation.
Jonas Blosser, b. July 29, 1818, in Rockingham Co., Va.
He came with his parents, in 1827, to Mahoning Co., O. He
was m. to Susanna Kold, May 9, 1844, who was b. ]\Iarch 5,
1826, in Columbiana Co., O. Both are members of the Men-
nonite church. Occupation, farmer. He died very suddenly of
heart disease on the morning of March 27, 1875. To them
were born two children, viz : Barbara and John Blosser.
KAGY EELATIONSHIP. 373
Third Genei'afion.
Barbara IJlosser was 1). Sf])t. 5, 1840, in Malioiimg Co., (J.,
and was ni. to Isaac B. ( 'nllar Dee. 1-4, 18G2, who was 1).
March 25, 1830, in ]\rahoning Co., O. Both are members of
the Mennonite chnrch. Occupation, farmer. P. O. address,
East Lewisto^vn, O. To them Avere born tAvo children, viz:
Jonas Cnllar, h. Oct. 11, 1863, occupation, book-keeper at
Frederick tt Son's slioe store, Cohnnbiana, O.; and Xoah, b.
Dec. 9, 1878.
Third Generation.
John Blosser was b. Oct. 4, 1851, in Mahoning Co., O., and
was m. to Anna Yoder Dec. 17, 1874, wdio was b. Jan. 4, 1850,
in Salem twp., Columbiana Co., (). Both are members of the
Mennonite church. Occupation, farmer. P. O. address, Xortli
Lima, Mahoning Co., O. To them w^as b. one son, viz : Eno
Blosser, b. Sept. 2, 1876, in Mahoning Co., O.
Second Genera iio n .
Xoah Blosser was b. March 3, 1821, in Kockingham (^o.^
Va. lie came with his parents to Mahoning Co., O., in 1827,
and now owns part of the land originany bought by his father
in 1827; also a large tract bought by him since he was m>
He was m. to Mary JSTold Oct. 10, 1847, wdio was b. Jan. 28,
1828, in Columbiana Co., O. Both are members of the Men-
nouite church. Occupation, farmer and retired stock dealer.
P. O. address, East Lewistown, Mahoning Co., O. To them
M'ere born six children, viz : Sarah; Salinda; Susan, b, April 8,
1855; Eva; Warren, b. Sept. 22, 1865, occupation farmer, P.
O. address. East Lewistown, ]\Ialioning Co., O. ; and Homer,
w]i(. was b. March 4, 1875, aud d. March 3, 1878.
Third Gencraiion.
. Sarah Blosser was b. Oct. 25, 1850; was m. to John B. Leh-
man, Sept. 28, 1876; d. March 29, 1878. She was a member
of the Mennonite church.
374 KAGY RELATIONSHIP.
TJiird Generation.
Salinda Blosser was b. Jan. 21, 1852, in Mahoning Co., O.,
and was m. to David S. Leliman, Sept. 4, 18T!>, wlio was b.
Oct. G, 1851, in Mahoning- Co., O. Occnpation, fanner. P.
0. address. East Lewistown, O. Both are members of the
Mennonite chnreh. There were fonr chikh^en born to them,
viz: Homer, b. Aug. 29, 1880; Alma, b. Oct. 28, 1882; Mary
Estella, b. May 21, lss5; Clarence Earl, b. Jnly 28, 1888.
Third Generation.
Eva Blosser, b, Oct. 24, 1859, in Mahoning Co., ( )., and was
m. to Henry D. Yoder, Jan. 31, 1883, who was b. Se])t. 27,
185G, in Mahoning Co., O. Occnpation, farmer. P. O. ad-
dress, East Lewistown, O. Jjoth are members of the Men-
nonite church. There were two children b. to them, viz : Xoah
B., b. Feb. 14, 1887, and William Kay, b. Dec. 17, 1889.
Third Generation.
Enos Blosser was b. Sept. 9, 1823, in Bockingham Co., \'a.
He came with his parents to Ohio in 1827, and was m. to
Xancy Xewcomer, Dec. 2, 1849, who Avas b. March 21, 1827.
He moved to Elkhart Co., Ind., in 1860. Occnpation, farmer.
Both are members of the Mennonite chnreh. To them were
b. five children, viz: Jacob, !^Iary Ann, l)avi<b Klias. and
Arcenns X.
Third Generation.
Jacob Blosser was b. April 7, 1852, in Mahoning Co., O.,
and was m. to Harriet Christophel in Elkhart Co., Ind., avIio
wash. April 2, 18G0. P. O. address, Xappanee, Tml. Occu-
pation, farmer. Both are members of the Mennonite ch\irch.
To them were b. fonr children, viz : Sarah E. Blosser, b. Oct.
1, 1878; Harvey M., b. May 21, 1880: Hnlda May, b. Dec. 3,
1884, d. Aug. 31, 1885; Clara A., b. March 31, 1886.
Third Generation.
Mary Ann Blosser was b. Jnly 5, 1855, in Mahoning Co.,
KAGY KELATIOXSHIP.
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O., and was m. in Elkliavt Co., Iiid., to Jacob Stonder, who was
1). ]\Iai'cli 7, 185C, d. Oct. 9, 1887. Botli were members of
Dunkai'd cliurcli. To tlicni were b. four children, viz: (^ora
Stonder, b. Jmie 13, 1879; Xoah ( '., 1). April 14, 1881; :N'ancy,
b. April 11, 1883; :Arary E., b. :\larcli 5, 1880.
Third Generafion.
David lllosser was 1). Ang. 28, 1858, in Mahoning Co., O.,
and was m. to Elizabeth ALishlcr, in Elkhart ( N)., Ind., who was
1). Jidy 5, 1868. P. O. address, Xappanee, liuh ()ccii])atioii,
farmer. There were fonr children born to them, viz : War-
ren Clayton, 1). Jnly 22, 1883; Morris Clarence, b. Jnly IC),
1885; Jester Lawrence, b. Ang. 15, 1887, and Mable May, b.
Feb. 15, 1889.
Th ircl Gene ration .
Elias Blosser was b. May 2(5, 18G0, in Elkhart Co., Ind., and
was m. to Amanda Cnlp, who was b. Dec. 17, 1867, in Elkhart
Co., Ind. Their child, Tessie Blosser, w^as b. Feb. 16, 1889.
P. O. address, N^appanee, Ind.
Third Generation.
Arcenns IS". Blosser was b. Dec. 3, 1862, in Elkhart Co.,
Ind., and m. to Sarah ^Mishler, who Avas b. Jnly 5, 1866, in
Elkhart Co., Ind. To them were born two children, viz:
Emma Edna, 1). July 23, 1885; Dora May, b. Jnne 25, 1887.
Second Generation.
Joel Blosser was b. Ang. 29, 1825, in Rockingham Co., Va.
Came with his parents to Ohio in 1827. In 1852 he went
to Elkhart Co., Ind., and there was m. to Mary Stonffer, Jan.
5, 1854, who was b. May 24, 1833. Both members of the Men-
nonite chnrch. Occupation, retired farmer. P. O. address,
Goshen, Ind. To them were born three children, viz: Henry
Blosser, b. Dec. 7, 1854, and d. Feb. 8, 1858; Xoah Blosser,
b. Feb. 21, 1856, and d. Ai)ril 9, 1880; Lydia Blosser, b. Jan.
2, 1860, in Elkhart Co., Ind., and m. to John B. Weaver, Sept.
376 KAGY EELATIONSHIP.
20, 1877, wlio was b. Feb. 18, 1855. Occupation, farmer. P»
O. address, Goshen, Ind. Both members of Mennonite chnrch.
To them were b. four chikb-en, viz : C^ora Weaver, b. Oct. 21,
1879; Noah B., b. March 22, 1882, and d. April 27, 1884;
Orpha Weaver, b. May G, 1885, and d. Aug. — , 1889; Joel S.,
b. Jan. 15, 1889.
Second General ion.
Jacob Blosser was b. June 17, 1830, in Beaver township,
Mahoning Co., O., and was m. to Barbara Printz, of Poland,
Mahoning Co., O., Xov. 3, 1859, who was b. Jan. 29, 1834,
in Colundiiaiia Co., O. To them were Ixjrn three chihlren,
viz : Lvdia Ann, Henrv and Susan, who was 1). ^Lav 2(j, 1869.
Third Generatio)!.
Lydia Ann Blosser was b. Xov. 2-1, 1860, in Mahoning Co.,
O., and was m. to Menno Weaver, of jSTorth Lima, O., Jan. 1,
1885, who was b. Jan. 12, 1854. P. O. address, Xorth Lima,
O. Occupation, contractor and slate-roofer.
Henry Blosser was b. Oct. 12, 1862, in Mahoning Co., O.,
and Avas m. to Mary A. Detweiler, of East Lewistow^n, O., Dec.
18, 1884, who was b. July 1, 1863. P. O. address. East Lewis-
town, O. Occupation, carpenter and slate-roofer. To them
was born one child, viz : Clifton Blosser, b. May 22, 1888.
Second Generation.
Susanna Blosser was b. Xov. 11, 1832, in Mahoning Co.,
O., and was m. to Christian Stouft'er, Feb. 20, 1862, who was
b. Feb. 24, 1831, in (\.hnnbiana Co., O. P. O. address,
Washingtonville, O. Occupation, farmer. Both members
of Mennonite church. There were two children born to them,
viz : Salinda Stouffer, b. Dec. 7, 1862, and Joel, b. March
26, 1870.
Thi)xl Generation.
Salinda Stouifer was m. to John B. Lehman, Sept. — , 1883,
who was b. in Mahoning Co., O., Dec. 15, 1851. (He was
formerly married to Sarah, daughter of Xoah Blosser.) Occu-
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patioii, fariuef. P. O. address, Wasliingtonville, O. To tliein
were born three children, viz: AVarren, 1). April 11, 1881;
Lottie, k April G, 1886; Viana, h. April 13, 1888.
Second Generation.
Anna Blosser was b. in Eoekinghani Co., Va., May 24
1811, and was m. in Mahoning Co., O., in the month of March
1835, to John Bare, who was b. Sept. 2, 1810, and d. Jan. 24
1855. Both members of Mennonite church. Occupation
fanner. To them were Iwrn seven children, viz : Xoah
David, John, Jacob, Jonas, Peter and Elias.
Third Generation.
Xoah Bare was b. March 18, 183*J, in .Mahoning Co., O.,
and m. to Hannah Xold, Jan. 13, 18(il, who was b. Dec. 4,
1841. In 1864 they moved to Elkhart Co., Ind. Occupation,
farmer. V. O. address, Xappanee, Ind. Both members of
Mennonite church. To them were born two children, viz:
Catharine A., and John 11. Bare, who was b. May 12, 1869.
Occupation, farmer. P. ( ). address, JSTappanee, Ind.
Foartli Generation.
Catharine A. Bare was 1). Feb. 23, 1865, in Elkhart Co.,
Ind., and was m. to Cornelius Davidhizar, Oct. 12, 1882, who
was born May 7, 1858. P. O. address, Xappanee, Ind. Occu-
pation, farmer. Both members of Mennonite church. To
them was born one child, viz : Hannah Alsina Davidhizar, b.
July 4, 1887.
Tliird Generation.
David Bare was b. in Mahoning Co., O., May 9, 1838, and
was m. to Mary Moyer, who was b. Sept. 12, 1840. He d. Jan.
7, 1861. To them was born one child, viz: Elias H. Bare,
b. April 20, 1859, in Mahoning Co., O. lie was m. to Mary
Sponseller, who was l)oni on the same day hor husband was
born, which is, I think, remarkable. P. O. address, Green-
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ford, O. Occupation, dealer in spouting and tin-ware. To
them was born one child, viz : Lucy Ella Bare, b. Oct. G, 1883.
Til I I'd (U'uerniio)}.
John Bare was 1). Aug. 15, ISoU, in Mahoning Co., O. P.
O. address, Canlield, O. Occupation, farmer. Member of
Dunkard church.
Third Geiio'dlioit.
Jacob Bare was b. June 5, 1811, in Mahoning Co., O., and
was m. to Alarv Oberholtzer, of Columbiana, O., April (J,
1862, who was b. March 28, 181G. P. O. address, Petersburg,
Mahoning Co., O. Occupation, farmer and stock-dealer. To
them were l)orn six cdnldren, viz: Uriah, b. Dec. 7, 1861;
Richard, b. Dec. 24, 1867; Harvey, b. ^"ov. 8, 1869; William,
b. Oct. 26, 1871; Harry, b. Dec* 19, 1875; George, b. April
9, 1874, and d. Sept. 5, 1871.
Third Generation.
Jonas Bare Avas b. March 23, 1814, in Mahoning Co., O.,,
and was m. to Sallie Sheets, Oct. 11, 1875, who was b. in
Columbiana Co., O., Dec. 3, 1846. P. O. address, Crestline,,
O. Occupation, railroad engineer. To them were born t\V(^
children, viz: Lottie B., b. July 17, 1877; Frank, b. Sept.
20, 1879, and d. June 10, 1881.
Third Generation.
Peter Bare was b. .Inly 20, 1S47, in Mahoning Co., O., and
was ni. to Sarah AVorndey, Aug. 9, 1868, who was b. in Ma-
honing Co., O., Aug. 9, 1848. P. O. address. East Lewis-
town, O. Occupation, farmer and small fruit raiser. Him-
self, wife and son belon2: to the Beformed church. Thev
have one son, Harvey, who was b. July 11, 1871.
Third Generation.
Elias Bare was b. March 1, l>s55, in Mahoning Co., O., and
was m. to Anna Musselman, Xov. 4, 1880, who was b. Xov.
Henry Kagey, Ticking County, Ohio.
THE
PUB
AST ox AND
TILC JATION8.
KAGY RELATIOXSHIP.
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26, 1864, in Page Co., Va. P. O. address, Cantield, (). Oc-
cupation, farmer. Both niendiers of Mennonite church. To
them were born six children, viz: Xoah, b. March 2\), 1882,,
d. Aug. 13, 1882; Warren, b. Aug. 20, 1883; Eihe, b. Xov.
22, 18^84; Lottie, b. Feb. 22, 1886, d. Jan. 3, 1890; Eva, b.
Sept. 25, 1887; Elmer, b. April 4, 1889.
I think it is something remarkable that so manv of the de-
scendants of Barbara Kagey remain true to the Mennonite
church, of which she was a member, and also that a majority of
them are in good circumstances so far as this world's goods are
concerned. I. B. C*ullak.
IIEXRY KAGEY, b. May 20, 1792; m. Catharine Eitz-
gerald about 1817, and moved to Licking Co., O., whore he d.
May 3, 1887, at the great age of 94 years or more. Catharine
d. in 1845, aged 47 years. Issue, seven sons and throe daugh-
ters, VIZ
1. Isabelle Kagey, b. Jan. 6, 1818.
2. Eliza Kagey, h. Jan. 3, 1822.
3. Edward Kagey, b. ^^ov. 19, 1824.
4. ]\Iary Kagey, b. ^^v. 3, 1827.
5. Alfred Kagey, b. Oct. 3, 1829.
6. William Kagey, b. Dec. 12, 1831.
7. Stephen Kagey, b. April 27, 1835.
8. JTarvey Kagey, b. April 11, 1837.
9. Maxwell Kagey, b. June 19, 1838.
10. James Kagey, b. June 27, 1839.
1. Isabelle Kagey, m. David Black, Jan. 7, 1840. David
Black d. Eeb. 23, 1888, aged 72 y., 2 m. and 9 d. Isabelle
Kagey d. March 18, 1892, aged 74 y., 2 m. and 9 d., and had
five children, all daughters:
1. Mary A. Black, b. Doc. 14, 1840; m. to W. D. Gilbert,
May 1, 1862 ; the issue of this union was three children : Lelia
Maud, b. March 3, 1869; Walter H., b. Sept. 23, 1874; Lorin
R., b. Aug. 13, 1876 ; all dead. Kesidence, ISTewark, O.
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KAGY RELATIOXSHIP.
2. Jemima Catharine Worley, nee Black, b. April 8, 1843;
m. AVorley, and had four children, viz : Carrie Estine,
b. Jnly 8, 1875; Minnie Enola, b. July 13, 1877; Myrtle
Agnes, b. Oct. 23, 1879; Xellie Gertrude, b. Xov. 16, 1881.
3. Jennie E. Black, b. ; ni. to George Keller, Xov.
4, 1873, and liad five children: Belle A., b. April 2, 1875;
David IL. 1). Alarcli 27, 1878; Guy W., b. June 28, 1881;
Elsie J. Keller, b. April 26, 1883; Clint M. Keller, b. April
6, 1885. Residence, Kansas.
4. Alice S. Black, b. ; m. to John Gilbert, Dec. 2,
1873. They have two children: Earl B., 1). Eeb. 14, 1879;
Kalph, 1). Dec. 27, 1884. Beside in ]vansas.
5. Libbic E. J^hick, 1). ; m. to Joseph Ilaslop, June
17, 1880, and lia\c throe cliildren : Florence E., b. April 2,
1881 ; Arthur T., b. '.May 11, 1883; Mary A., b. Oct. 12, 1885.
Beside in Xewark, Licking Co., O.
2. Eliza Kagey, a daughter of Henry Kagey, is unm., and
resides at home near Hebron, Licking Co., O.
3. Edward, is unm.; resides near Jlebron, O.
4. ]\rary Kagey, b. Xov. 3, 1828; m., Xov. 10, 1847, Joseph
"Walton, and after his death she m. Aaron Hildebrand and is
uow a Avidow, and lives three miles west of Hebron, O. Joseph
Walton d. Xov. 3, 1861, and Aaron Hildebrand, the 2d hus-
band, d. Xov. 3, 1879. By the first marriage there were born
to them four girls, all of whom married, and by her 2d marriage
one son. Children by the 1st husband are :
1. CV^tharine L. ATalton, b. Oct. 10, 1848; m. F. M. Stool-
iire, Aug. 19, 1869, and have three children : Crace A. Stool-
hre, b. June 27, 1870; Stanton H. Stoolfire, b. Dec. 21, 1871;
Ernest J. Stoolfire, b. Sept. 8, 1873.
2. Clara C. AValton, b. July 17, 1852; was m. to Edward
Hand, Dec. 19, 1871. They have two children: Guy AY.
KAGY EELATIOXSIIIP. 383
Hand, 1). Jan. 21, 1873; Mary C. Hand, 1). June 27, 1878.
Gnv ^y. Hand d. Oct. 28, 1885. Reside at Xewark, ().
;5. Agnes M. Walton, b. Oct. 7, 1855; was m. to Marion
Long, Sept. 27, 187<*). They have two children: Earl
S. Long, 1). March 11, 1878; Xellie AV. Long, b. July 1, 1882.
-i. Ella E. AVahon, b. June 23, 1858; m. to T. F. Hibrandt,
.Vpril 18, 1882. JIave no children. Residence, Enion Sta-
tion, Licking Co., O.
Mary Ivagey AValton ni. the 2d time as altove stated to
Aaron Hildeln-and, March 14, 1805, and had one son, Wil-
liam II. Hildebrand, b. June 16, 1867. Aaron Hildebrand
d. Xov. -'5, 1870, at 72 v. Marv Kagev AValton Hildebrand
d. May 1, ISUO.
5. Alfred Kagey, b. Oct. 3, 1829; went to California in
1840, and from there to AValla AValla, Ore., where he owned
100 acres of land. It is not now known whether he was mar-
ried or not. He died out there, but just when has not been
learned. Xothing is known further of him by his family.
6. William Kagey, b. Dec. 12, l,s31; imm. He started
with a party to go to (California in 1852 and died on tlu' way,
at the Platte river on the 8th of June, 1852.
7. Stephen Kagey, was 1). in Rockingham Co., A"a., April
27, 1833, and removed with his parents to Ohio the same year.
He m. Mary D. AA^arner, Eeb. 21, 1856, and had six children:
1. Edward T. Kagey, 1). Feb. 14, 1857; is unm.
2. Samuel H. Kagey, b. Oct. 28, 1858, and m. Miss Ada
J. Johnson, Eeb. 18, 1880. Children: Pearl AV., b. April
20, 1881; Florence M., b. Xov. 16, 1883.
3. AVillisD. Kagey, b. Oct. 2, 1800.
4. Anna E. Kag'ey, b. Xov. 10, 1802; d. July 3, 1865.
5. Florence C. Kagey, b. Oct. 28, 1865.
6. Eva L. Kagey, b.'duly 20, 1870; d. Xov. 3, 1877.
Stephen Kagey resides at Thurston, Fairfield Co., O.
384 KAGY EELATIONSHIP.
M. Harvey Kai>x'y, in., Oct. 16, 180G, Martha Smith, of
Hebron, O. liesides on tlie old home place. Xo children.
0. ;Max\vell, 1). June 19, 1837; m. Emma Fitzgerald, Oct.
2, 1875. They live on a farm near lAiray, O. They have two
children, a lioy aii<l girl, viz: (^eorge F. Kagey, b. !Nov. 2,
1877; ]\Iary K. Ivagey, b. :\larch 1, 1882. Eesidence, Hebron,
Licking ( "c, ( ).
Tliomas and Kii(I()li)li, sons of Henrv Kagev, d. in infancy.
10. James, 1>. dune 27, 1830; m. ]Marv Crawford, and lives
in Xewai'k, l^icking Co., O. They liad one son, Henry
Harvev, A\ln> <k Aug. (>, 1887, in infancv, at tlie age of 4-J-
months. Iveside at ^se^\■ark, O.
Henry Ivag(\v and Oatlnu-ine (Fitzgerahb) Tvagey were na-
tives of Virginia, and were Imi-n in Shenandoah (^o., and emi-
grated from there to Licking ('<»., O., in the year 18.3.3, where
lie ]inrchasc<l 10!) acres of land, 'idns tract was all or nearly
all woodland, a primitive forest; this the sturdy pioneer sub-
dued, \\\\\\ the assistance of his sons, and made out of the wil-
derness a h<)nic and habitation i'nv his fannly. In the cdurse
of years he built himself a couifortable and commodious house
wliieli is still ilic home of those of the family who yet re-
main by the ohl home hearthstone, a ])lace dear to the
hearts of all, and to which de]")arting years lend a richer
charm. Here he and his helpmeet spent their wedded lives
together, and reared their large family, and from here
some of the sons A\-ent into far-away States to die among
strangers. One of these, Alfred, was one of the celebrated
fortv-inners, who went to California to die: ijold, and from
there to Walla AValla. Washington State now, where he
owned a farm. His brother. A^'illiam, also started for Califor-
nia, but died on the journey at the Platte river, on the 8th of
June, 1852. The father, Henry Kagey, was a plain, unassum-
ing man and was what is called a practical man, the cast of his
mind was such that he never became unduly elated or de-
pressed; in all the ehanging vicissitudes of a long and useful
KAGY RELATIONSHIP.
385
a
life, he presented a wliolt'sonie clicerfnlness, and a itlcasniit de-
meaiinr. In every relation in life, whether as a citizen of the
State, or a niendjer of the coninminty, he dischai'iicd his ob-
ligations as became a good citizen and a good neighbor; as a
friend he was trne and steadfast ; his connsel was often sought
1)Y his neighbors, and followed with advantage; he was iini-
forndy kind to all with whom lie did business, and his
truthfulness and integrity was never in doubt, never ques-
tioned. As a farmer he was industrious, careful and economi-
cal. He saved that he nnght have wherewith to give, and no
worthy person was ever turned from his door empty handed.
ITe was charitable, not only with his goods, the labor of his
hands, but he had that larger charity that thinketh no (>vil.
He was firm in his convictions of right, yet tolerant of the
views and opinions of others; his was a well-poised, well-bal-
anced mind, that no disaster could overawe or success unduly
elate. He asked for no rights he was not willing freely to ac-
cord to others. His religious views embraced the golden rule,
Do to others as you would they slioidd do to you." r]»on
this principle his whole life actions w^ere based, and it was this
that won for hiuL that high esteem, with which all held him,
who were fortunate enough to share his acquaintance, or who
had any business transactions with him. His principles were
deep-rooted, and remained with him all through a long life,
far beyond the patriarchal age, to guide and direct hand and
bi'ain. It is allotted to few to live to his age and fewer still to
attain to his many virtues, but his work was done, his task
ended, his mission fulfilled, and the Aveary wdieels of life stood
still. He has gone from among us, we shall not soon see his
likes again, but he has left behind him a grand good name, the
name of an honest man, 'Hhe noblest wT)rk of God."
"And I am glad that he has lived thus long,
And g-lad that he has gone to his reward;
Nor can I deem that nature did him wrong,
Softly to disengage the vital cord.
For when his hand grew palsied, and his eye
Dark with the mists of age, it was his time to die.
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386 KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
"Why weep ye then for him. who having won
The bounds of man's apjDointed years at last.
Life's blessings all enjoyed, life's labors done,
Serenely to his final rest has passed;
While the soft memory of his virtues yet
Lingers like twilight hues when the bright Sun is set."
CHKISTIAIs^ E. KACiEY, the -Id son of Eiidolph, the 6th
son of Henry from Pennsyhanin, was h. Dec. 13, 1795, in
Shenandoah Co., Va., and ni. in 1S21-, for the 1st wife, Bar-
bara Bh^sser, who was h. , and had one chihl named
Barbara, b. Jan. 1, 1825, in Page Co., Va. Christian Kagey
left Virginia at the same time his brother Henry d. in 1S33,
and settled in Pairiiekl Co., O. Barbara r]k>sser d. ,
and ( 'hristian Kagey m. Barbara Hnffman, who was b — -,
and ni. alinut 1S27, and had six sons, viz :
1. Pndol])h.
2. Prederick.
3. Franklin.
4. David.
5. John.
6. Christian C.
Barbara Kagey, the eldest child (jf Christian R. Kagev
and his first wife, Barbara Blosser, was m. to Elijah Brandt,
March 11), 1<S45, and had three sons and two danghters. Bar-
bara Brandt was a member of the Presbyterian church for
thirty yeai's. In A]»ril, 1887, she joined the Evangelical
chnrch, to which society she now belongs, ^fr. Brandt d. May
17, 1854. Their eldest son, David, was 1). April 20, 1846,
and ni. Pachel AVilson, April 22, 1870, and have one child.
May Lillian, b. July 10, 18S0. ^Mr. and Mrs. I). Brandt are
members of the Reformed clmrch. Occtipation, nurseryman.
Beside two miles west of Bremen, O.
Mary, the 2d child of Barbara and Elijah Brandt, was b.
Sept. 26, 1847, and m. Enos Young, Peb. <»', 1869, who d. Dec.
26, 1886. He left two sons, the eldest Edward, was b. March
13, 1871, and who m. Carrie Alexander: Willmr Youna', the
Christian R. Kagey.
Barbara (Huffman) Kagey.
PUBLIC Upr>.
^'LDCN FOUNDATIONS.
KAGY KEL A'l'IONSllll'. 391
2(1 soil of Imios \'ouii,i;', was 1». 1 )(■(•. Ill, 1 S77. The iiiollicr,
^Marv, ami her two sons and <laiii;litt'r-in-la\\' arc iiicnibers of
the KeforiiiCHl cliurcli.
]\larlluu llic ;')<! cliilil of Uai'lmra and l*"llja!i IJrandt, was 1).
May 10, lcS4'.>, an<l <1. May 12, l.SliT.
Cliristoplior, the -Itli cliild, was h. ,Iiily 1, isni, and was m.
to ^Maria hdlen Wcstenhci'i^cr, ()(■!. ."i, isTT), ami had IwcKc
children, viz: Charles S., I.. ,lnly :!(», JSTC; Xcllic L., 1..
Jan. ;5, 1878; Lecfe d., I). \uix. 2(;, ls7i»; danics W., 1». Oct.
21, 1881; :\rary K., h. Api'il S, 1S84; John, h. Api'ii 1, 18S();
Isaac i\\,h. Mandi ti, 1S,S8; Cora Iv, h. Mandi 1."., 1S!)0; Clai--
cneeC, 1». Dec. 28, 1892, (h xXov. 1 1, iSIKi; (Mara K., I.. Dec.
28, 18!)2, d. dan. 17, 18!i7; Mariha 1'.., h. Nov. :>, \^u:>;
Frank. 1). Oct. 1, 1S07. (darencc C an<l ( dara K. were twins.
P. O. adili'css, Fhiii'dah', tlii-e(> miles south of Th'enKui, O.
Farniin<^'. M. E. church.
Lewds ]\I., tlic ath aiitl yoiini>,'est, was !>. dime <!, IS,""),'}, and
ill. Arniinda d. Page, Pel). 2r>, 187."), the daiigliter of (Jreorge
and Susan Page. ( dnl(h-cii : .\rniinda d., h. Oct. 27, i8r)r);
Ida M., b. Peb. 15, 187(); Alta A., b. Oct. 0, 1877; Charles Iv,
b. Ang. 7, 187!>. Ida 'M. m. Sanm(d T. McCrackcn, March 4,
1897, and have a daughter, .\i-ndnda K., b. Pcb. If), 1898.
Methodists.
Knd(d])h Ivagay, the 1st son of the 2d wife, was 1). Oct. 27,
1828, in Page Co., Va., and m., May li», 1857, Anna Alexan-
der, and had two children. lie d. duly 28, 1889. Mrs.
Ivagay is still living at Salida, Colo., with her daughter, Mrs.
Gravett. Tludr (dnldi'en are: ( 1) Nettie T. Kagay, li. I'Vb.
21, 18G1, graduated at the Fairli(dd Pnion Academy at Pleas-
antville, ()., and at the Seminary at Oxford, O. She m. John
A. (Jravett, Dec. 5, 1888, and now (1S99) reside at Salida,
Colo. _\o issue; (2) James dosiah ivagay, was b. duly 9,
180;}, amid the throes of the (Jivil War, he finished his edu-
cation at the Fairfield Union Academv, ()., and at Davlon, O.
392 KAGY RELATIONSHIP.
He was m., May 17, 1893, to Ida M. Fisher, of Pleasantville,
O. They have one son, Ilartington R., b. Jnne 23, 1895.
They reside two and one-half miles northeast of Pleasantville,
O.. on a farm.
Kesolutiox.
Adopted hy iJie Fair/ield Coiudij Agrlcaltiu-aJ Society Board
of Directors Upon the Death of Budolph Kagy.
Witli feeling's of the most ])rofonnd regret, Imt with a de-
sire to do what litth' honor is in (nir power, we perpetuate on
onr record the memory of an honest man, a useful and es-
teemed member of society, an affectionate husband and father,
and a faithful and valued niend)er of the Board of Directors
of this society.
For fiftv-nine vears liudoli)h Kiio'v has lived in Fairheld
Co., devoting himself to the business of farming. His life
has closed without a single stain upon his unpretentious but
manlv career. In business, in societv, in his familv and his
cliui'cli. in whatever position, calling or capacity he chose, or
was called upon to assume, he was always the same straight-
forward, frank and honest man, free from guile or decei)tion,
and intent only in accomplishing what was right. In his life
''malice towards none, charity towards all," was typified and
no wrong or questionable act ever marred his pure character
of moral rectitude. He was genial and hospitable in his dis-
position, and his relations with others in business and in social
life were always marked with kindness and generous forgive-
ness of the faults of humanity. All his life he was a constant
sufferer from a painful physical affection, luit like the afflic-
tions of the mind and heart he bore his burden with patience
and humility, and his even temper and good humor were never
touched by a murmur of complaint. His affectionate manner
at home, his enthusiastic and earnest devotion to his church,
and his benevolent and kindly conduct toward his friends and
neighbors, illustrated and emphasized his general good and
noble character.
As a man of business and affairs, ^fr. Ivagv's views were
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393
In-oad, clear and c'(»iii])ivliensive. His judgment was often
consulted by those in need of advice and liis conviction usually
deferred to. it was not his habit to arrive at a conclusion
quickly, but he was not vacillating or capricious and when, af-
ter mature deliberation, his decision was made, only the most
sound and potent reason could move him; yet he accorded to
each individual the right to his own personal opinion, and
could respect if he could not agree wdth his opponent in debate
or altercation. In his political convictions this disposition
was particularly illustrated. He believed with miflinching
faith in the principles of his political party, but was a respecter
of honest men wdierever found, and counted among his sincere
friends men of all parties, all creeds and denominations, and
Avas likewise fearless in condemning dishonesty or corruption
wherever it might be discovered.
S. Theodore Sheaffer,
JoHX Artz,
A. I. VORYS,
Comm iitcc.
Thomas AVetzler, President.
Attest: AV. T. McClexegax, Secretary.
—Ohio Eacjte, Thursday, August 15, 1889.
Frederick Kagay, 2d son, was b. in Page Co., Va., Feb. 8,
1830; was num.; he lived with his brother, Rudolph, and was
■a partner with him in the agricultural l)usiness. He w^as a
member of the Presbyterian chiu-ch. He w\as a quiet, unas-
suming Christian gentleman, a good friend and neighbor. He
d. in Xew Berne, Fairfield Co., O., April 3, 1890.
Franklin Kagay, 3d son, was b. in Page Co., Va., July 21,
1831, and m., Jan. 20, 1853, Ellen Jane Alexander, and had
eleven children, two sons and nine daughters. Mr. Kagay
was an active and prominent member of the Bethel Presby-
terian church for many years. He d. .
His eldest son, Harrison B., was h. Dec. 17, 1853; is a farm-
er, living two miles west of Bremen, O. He m. Ida Johnston,
394 KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
Oct. 5, 1SS8, and have rhiec cliiklren: Clay ]\1., 1). Dec. 3^
1889; Ealph -I., 1). Sept. 15, 18i)2; Inez M. Kagay, b. Sept.
— , 1896.
Alice Jane Kagay, 2(1 child of Franklin and Ellen J. Kagay^
was 1). Se])t. IT, 1855; received a common stdiool education
and for a nnmher of years held a Incrative position in the
Asylum for Feeble-Mindcd Youth at Columbus, O. She is
an active and consistent mend)er of the Presbyterian cliurch
and a noble philanthropic-liearted girl.
Maggie Ann Kagy, the ."Id chihl, was 1). S('])t. 1, 1857,,
and was m., Sept. 11, 187!*, to Thomas A. Pngh, one of the
most successful teatdiers in his county, justice of the peace, etc.
Their children ai'c two hoys and two girls.
John AA'illiani Kagay, 4th child, was b. Xov. 28, 1859; at-
tended the common schools and finished his education at the
Ohio Normal University, at Ada, O. ; taught school a number
of years with much acceptance; m., April 2, 1885, to Jennie
Stuart, of near Bremen. After his marriage he gave up teach-
ing and engaged in tlic hardware business; relinquishing this
he engaged in farming. Both he an<l his wife are Presby-
terians.
Phoebe A. Kagay, 5th child, was b. Jan. 10, 1862; acquired
a good common school education; is a tailoress by trade; is
now in Mexico with the family of Mr. Charles Brown, of Fifth
avenue, 1^. Y., wdio owns and operates valuable silver mines in
Mexico.
Ella Dora Tvagay, 6th child, was b. Aug. 3, 1864; m. (Jeo.
McCandlish, ]\[arch 18, 1886, a farmer, and have six children,
viz: Clarence C, b. Feb. 21, 1887; Clifford H., b. July 12,
1888; Pvussel K., b. May 29, 1890; Lloyd P., b. June 23,
1892; Lurline F., b. Oct". 27, 1894; Francis Marion, b. Sept.
13, 1896. Both parents are members of the Peformed church.
John Kagay and Wife Tenia (Stuart) Kagay.
KAGY KELATlOXSllir. 397
Hattie Florence Kagay, Ttli eliild, was 1). Jan. 2i, 18G6;
111., July IT, 1887, to I>ert Stuart, of Bremen, ()., and have
five children : Leefe, b. March 8, 1800 ; Delia Lncilc, h. Sept.
1, 1891; Marguerite, b. i\ov. 22, 18!J3; AVard, 1). Oct. :]0,
1895; bal)y, unnamed, b. Dec. G, 1897.
lihuda May Kagay, 8th child, was b. Aug. 1, 1809; is unm.;
resides at present (1898) at West Rushville, O.
Mellnotte Kaga}-, 9th child, Avas b. Xov. 10, 1872. She
made her home with her uncle Rudolph's family until she was
m. to Banner E. Friend, a well-to-do young farmer, of near
West Rushville, on the 27tli of Dec, 1893. They have one
child, Karl, b. Oct. li, 1800.
Lilly Belle Kagay, the loth chihl, was b. April 28, 1874;
is unm., and an active member of the Reformed church.
Ivy Janette Kagay, lltli (diild, was b. April 27, 1877; is
unm., and resides with her mother in Bremen, O.
David Kagy, the 4th son of Christian Kagy, was b.
in Page Co., Va., July 7, 18;];3, and d. April 7, 18;],"), aged
1 y. and 9 m,
John Kagay, 5th son of (Christian Kagay, was b. near Bre-
men, O., Feb. 3, 1835, on the binii where he now (1898) re-
sides. His early education was such as the common schools of
his day and a new country afforded. Fie and his brothers as-
sisted their father in clearing the heavy timbered land for
cultivation; and he is to-day one of the most intelligent and
thrifty farmers in his State. He has filled several minor of-
fices in his township, and is an active member of the Reformed
church, has been and is vet an elder in that societv. Fie m.
Tenia Stuart, 'Nov. 21, 18G1, and bought the old homestead,
where he has lived ever since, with hand still u]:)on the helm of
the barque of life. His wife d. Aug. 27, 1894, after 33 years
398 KAGY KELATIOXSHIP.
of ]ia]ipv wedded life. She was a faithful, loving wife and
a fond and affectionate mother. They had eleven children:
( "lara Belle, b. Xov. 17, 18Gi>;ni. Feb. 3, 1885, to Wm. Ilil-
brandt, of Kirkersville, O., and now (1898) resides on a farm
at L_v(»ns, Kan. Mrs. Ililbrandt is a member of the Ileformed
chnrcli. They have four children, viz: Hazel Dell, b. May
3, 1887; Ward K.. b. Sept. -27, 1889; Marie L., b. Aug. 25,
lSil2: Cnrtis K., h. Feb. 19, 1897.
dames Franklin, the 2d child of dohn Kagay, was b. June
29, 18G1:. After (piitting the common schools he attended
school at the Ohio Central jSFormal College, at Pleasantville,0.,
and the Ohio Normal I'lnversity, at Ada, O. He tanght school
in Fairfield an<l Licking counties, ()., for a nnnd)er of years,
and was three years at the head (d' the (jranmiar department
at Pataskala, O. Tie was a lover of music and had a fine tenor
voice of great compass and sweetness, and delighted many
large audiences. He was a s]iecial favorite at all social gather-
ings, and in the church, of which he was an active member,
and an enthusiastic worker in the Sunday-school and Chris-
tian F^ndeavor Society. In every relation in life he was a
most exem])lai'y young man and gave abundant ])roof of a
brilliant fuTni'e, but alas! death loves a shining mark, and
after seven Aveeks of suffering with that fell disease typhoid
pneumonia, he sank into death's dreamless sleep on the 2d day
of March, 1898. His last words were. "T am ready to go;"
lie was num.
(diaries Edmund, the 3d child of John Kagay, was b. March
9, ISfifi, and worked on his father's farm and attended the
country schools from three to four months each year until
he was 18 years of age, when he taught school that year for
over nine months. He then attended the Ohio Central Xor-
mal C^ollege at Pleasantville, O., and became principal of the
schools at Thurston, O., in 1889. He decided to go west and
hinded at AVhatcom, AVash., and became a partner in the mer-
cantile business for one year, then sold his interest, May, 1890,
iind engaged in taking the census of the State. He returned to
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Ohio and s;})ends liis time in teaching and as ])rineipal of the
Etna, O., schools and tipon his father's farm. He is a member
of the Reformed church; is nnni. Kesides near Bremen, O.
Elizabeth J., the 4tli child of John Ivagay, was b. Feb. 22,
1868; is nnin., and since her mother's death is the housekeeper.
She is a member of the German lieformed chnrch, and a
lovely (diristian woman.
Mary A., the otli child of John Ivagay, was b. Dec. 9, 1801);
is nnm., and has for a number of years held a lucrative position
in the Asylum for Eeeble-Minded Children, at Columbus, O.
She is a mend)er of the Reformed church, and an active Cdiris-
tian Endeavor worker.
Lorena, the 6th child of John Ivagay, was b. Feb. 10, 1872;
is unni. ; (|ualified herself for teaching at the age of 16, gradti-
ated from the Ohio Central Xormal College, at Pleasantville,
O., Aug. 24, 1889; attended the Ohio Xormal University, at
Ada, O., and took special training in vocal music, of which
she is now a proficient teacher. She is also a member of the
Reformed churcdi and an earnest Christian worker.
Jesse Stuart, the 7th child of John Ivagay, was b. Jan. 11,
1874; is unm. At the age of 19 he accepted a position in
the Asylum for Feeble-Minded Children, at Columbus, O.,
and is now supervisor of that institution. He is a member of
the Reformed church at Columbus, O.
-:
William Henry, the 8th child of John Ivagay, was b. Oct.
30, 1875; united witli the Reformed church at an early age
and d. Sept. — , 1889.
Xina P,., the 9th child of John Ivagay, was b. Jan. 27, 1878,
and d. Jan. — , 1887, of crou]).
Ellen Leota, the 10th child of John Ivagay, was b. July
3, 1880; is unm. She graduated from the common schools
406 KAGY EELATIONSHIP,
and is now preparing for the calling of a teacher. She is a
meniljer of the Reformed church.
Raymond Frederick, the 11th child of John Kagav, was b.
Oct. IT, 1883; is an active young member of the Reformed
church, Sunday-school and Christian Endeavor Society. The
entire family of John Kagay presents the pleasing spectacle of
a united, intelligent and cultured Christian family without a
peer in all the broad land.
Christian C. Kagay, Jr., the Gth son of Christian R. Kagay,
was b. ]\rarch 10, 1837. Received a good common school edu-
cation, and taught school several terms before the Civil AVar
began, and was also a carpenter and builder. He responded to
the call of his country by enlisting in Co. C, 62d Ohio Volun-
teers, under Captain Poundstone, Colonel Pond's regiment,
and participated in the battle of Winchester, Va. ; was in Elk-
ington Hospital at Washington, D. C, for six weeks, and was
discharged on a surgeon's certificate of disability, June 23,
1862; his friends despaired of his life, so emaciated had he
become, but by careful nursing he recovered his health to
such a degree that he re-enlisted for 100 days. May 24, 1864,
in Co. B, 159th Ohio Volunteers, under Capt. H. S. Allen,
Colonel Jackson's regiment, and took part in the battle of
Monocacy, July 9, 1864, and was discharged Aug. 22, 1864,
at Zanesville, O. He was a skillful mechanic in his calling,
and was assessor several times. He m. Maria J. Stuart, a
sister of Tenia, his brother John's wife. He d. July — ,
1897, and his wife soon followed him, dying Jan. 21, 1898.
Jacob Kagey, the 3d son of Rudolph, the Gth son of
Henry from Pennsylvania, was b. about 1790, and m. Mary
Grabill, . He was a doctor and remained in Virginia.
He was killed by being kicked by a horse. He left no chil-
dren.
This ends the record of the children bv the first wife, Eve
Roof.
Rudolph Keagy, Second Son of John R.
/ York'
^RARY.
ASTCR LENOX AND
TIL TlONa.
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Childrt'ii of Riulolpli Kagey, by the 2d iiuirriage to Bar-
Lara Bnrkliolder :
2. David Kagey, h. about 1800; m. Barbara Strickler, and
d. without issue.
4. JohnE. Kagey, b. Oct. 28, 1802; m. Barbara jliller, of
Kockiugham Co., Va., a daughter of Michael Miller. They
moved to Augusta Co., Va., about 1830, and raised his first
iauiily on a farm on Xaked Creek, as follows, viz :
1. Michael.
2. Kudolph.
3. John.
4. Elizabeth, d. in infancy.
5. Susannah.
6. Isaac.
7. Jacob, d. at age of 10.
8. Anna.
9. :\Iary.
Barbara (Miller) Kagey d. ]\Larch — , ISGl.
1. Michael, b. Xov. 22, 1831; d. unni., Sept. 22, 1868, at
the age of 37 years. He w^as a teacher, but spent the last
three years of his life assisting in establishing the Herald
uf Truth, the first paper published in the United States by the
Mennonites. He was noted for his sincere piety and moral
worth. He was well versed in the Greek, Latin, French, Ger-
man and English lano'uaa'es.
2. Eudolph Keagy, b. Xov. 30, 1833; ni. Jan. 1, 1858, Ver-
rindia E. Mchol, b. in Harrison Co., "W. Ya., June 22, 1841;
d. July 15, 1883, aged 42 y. and 23 d. They had the follow-
ing children :
1. Susan Alice Keagy, b. May 20, 1859.
2. Mary Elizabeth Keaaw, b. March 20, 1801.
3. Bebecca Jane Keagy, b. July 1, 1862.
4. Charles Edward Keagy, b. Xov. 1, 1863.
5. Martha Ann Keagy, b. Xov. 13, 1865.
6. Barbara Ellen Keagy, b. Sept. 8, 1867.
410 KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
7. Rhoda Keagy, 1). April 11, 18(30.
S. Esther Xaomi Keagy, b. Xov. 14, ISTO.
!). John Eudolph Keagy, b. Ji;ly :>9, 1873.
10. llainiah Catharine Kcagy, b. Xov. 3, 1875.
11. Sarah Adaline Iveagy, b. Sept. 12, 1877.
Rudolph moved from Virginia to Indiana in the year
1865. After the death of his ^vife he with four of his
children, sought a more congenial clime in San Diego,
Cab, in the year 1885, spending part of his time there and
])art in Kansas. In 1892 he went to reside with his daughter,
Ilhoda Byrum, then at Grand Junction, Mich., where he d.
Jan. 25, 189G. His wife d. at Elkhart, Ind., on the 15th of
July, 1883. They were m. Jan. 1, 1858, near Burks Mills,
Augusta Co., Va.
1. Susan A. Iveauv, was b. in Viriiinia and moved to Ohio,
and then to Indiana with her parents in 1865. She m. Aaron
Miller, at White Pigeon, Mich., Sept. 22, 1885. No issue.
2. Mary E. Keagy, was !>. in A'irginia, and m. Jacob J.
Fast, at Hillsboro, Marion Co., Kan., April 20, 1884, and d.
April 1, 1887, at Hillsboro, Kan.
3. Rebecca J. Keagy, was b. in Virginia and m. to Wm.
H. Swartz, at Goshen, Elkhart Co., Ind., May 22, 1884, and
have one child, Gustava V. Swartz, b. Jan. 25, 1887. Re-
side at Herrington, Dickinson Co., Kan. AVm. H. Swartz
was b. Aug. 3, 1860, at Elkhart, Ind.
4. Charles Edward Keagy, was b. in Virginia, and at this
date (1899) resides at Victor, Colo. He was m. to Bertha
Lehr, Dec. 29, 1898, and is now engaged in gold mining.
For one so young he had a varied experience, as the subjijined
account will fully show, taken from the Rocky Mountain
News, of Denver, Colo., Jan. 8, 1894:
KAGY RELATIOXSHIP. ^1 •-
He Fou.xd $10,000.
But it Sent ITlm to Penitcntlafy — .-i Bemar'kable Story.
Charles E. Keagy walked into The Journal office one day
tills week and presented a petition for signatnre praying for
his release from the penitentiary at Canon City. A look of
astonishment natnrally overspread the conntenance of his lis-
teners. Here was a man walking abont, apparently as free
as the air, begging to get ont of prison. AVhat's more he has
not l)een in })ris()n for a year. In the snmmer of 'DO he was
sent to the penitentiary from this district, by Jndge John
Campbell, for a period of twelve years for forgery.
Keagy's story is as interesting as any ever written. He
says that a few years ago he was proving np on a claim on
the Cimarron river near the north line of Stevens Co., Kan.
In the spring of 1888 there was quite a flood on the Cimarron
and it washed into his land. AVhile driving along the river
one day he noticed something sticking out of the bank which
looked like a rude coffin. He approached it with some degree
of curiosity and took hold of it. It moved, and with but little
trouble he lifted it out. It was shorter than a coffin and some-
thing rattled inside. He placed it in his wagon and drove to
his little sod shanty where a hatchet made short work of ex-
])Osing its contents. Inside the box was a tin box about a foot
long and a foot deep. Inside of this box was a sight that made
the farmer bov's eves startle from their sockets. J^icely
stacked up was a pile of greenbacks "about the size of three
bricks," as he says in telling about it.
There was exactly ten thousand dollars in the pile from fives
to fifties. As Keagy's farm is on the Saute Fe trail, he natu-
rally supposed that some one returning to civilization with a
fortune had met with some accident or danger which pre-
vented him from carrying his gains farther, and so buried
them, hoping to return at a later day. Perhaps the owner was
killed by Indians or died some other unnatural death on the
plains. He never came back for his monev.
412 KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
Throwing away the box, Keacy put the money in an okl
satchel and hid it. He was afraid to tell anvbodv anything
about his find, for fet^r of robbers. In the fall of that year,
he proved np his claim in Kansas, and located a homestead
under the Henry ditch, three miles from Lamar, Colo. Late
in the summer of 1889 he came to Manitou to see the sights,
and stopped at the Mineral Springs Hotel, kept by Dr. A. G.
Lewis. Llere he ran across A. K. Fidlam.
Fullam is a character about whom a small volume could be
written. He came here several years ago, and lived in a little
^'A" tent. He had scarcely any furniture, slept on straw and
lived chiefly on crackers and cheese. The e:ood ladies of the
town took })ity on him and a sukscription was taken for the
poor man. At the time, he had sewed up in his clothing,
which he never took off, over $10,000. He aftei-wards bought
property in Manitou, at the corner of Manitou and Ruxton ave-
nues, for $7,000, which a few years later he disposed of for
$-20,000.
Fullam scented Keagy with the same keen insight that one
of "Soapy" Smith's men would locate a sucker on lower Sev-
enteenth street. Keagy bought a confectionery stand, near
Fullam's abode, and used it to sleep in. The two men became
quite intimate. Fullam was now occupying a room in one
of the cottages on his property, and under the plea of sick-
ness, had Keagy come up and stay with him. He offered
certain ^lanitou property to him at $15,000. Keagy agreed
to take it, giving $10,000 cash, and his Lamar farm, which
he valued at $5,000. Fullam next offered, according to
Keagy's story, to start up a big grocery in ^Nfanitou, each to
put in $10,000 cash. This was agreed to, when Fullam took
another turn. He wanted Keaa'v to go in with him on a min-
ing deal. Then Keagy went back to his Lamar farm, proved
up, and traded it for lots 7 and 8, Kenwood place, Denver.
The trade was made by a Mr. Funk, of Peabody, Marion Co.,
Kan. The lots were valued at $5,000. They were W(^rth
about $500. Keagy never saw them. He pinned his faith
to Funk.
A correspondence began between Fidlam and Keagy, which.
KAGY ItliJ.ATlOXSliir. 41
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to iiiiikc a loiiii' story short, resulted in Fveagy's cniuina- t<»
!Maiiitoii jumI tiifiiinu- over to Fiilhiiii hi- $ 1 O.dOd juk! hi- I )cii-
vei- ])ro|icrt_v for two notes of $10,'H)(l cncli. 'I'lic 1 riiii~:u-t ion
was witnessed l>y no one Fnlhini ilicn li;i<l Keagj arrested
for forgery of tlie notes, lie was tonii'l aiiillx- \>y a jnrv, nftor
heint;' r)nt tliii'ty-six hours, sentfiiccil Ky .J ndge (.'aiiijtiicll, and
takf-n to the [jenitent iary, all in a few days. Fnihini tlicn
left tlic country. J\'o one knows where he went. A ]Mani-
tou man (•hiini> lie saw I'lilhini licfe three weeks ago.
Keagy's case is a sad one. lie has scarcely any education
and knows ahsolutely nothing of business. A year ago lie was
let out on parole, and Inul lioen cooking foi- ihe cidiiractors
on the ^Midland Terminal until Midland was reached. Lately
he has heen with the same cr,ntractors on the washout near
Colorado ( 'ity and has taken the opportuinty of circulating
his petition in person. A large mnnber of prominent men of
Maintou have willingly signed it.
If Keagy had an in-tinct of" i-evenge, he would I'un I'ullani
to ejii'th and cut that $10,000 out of his clothes. I Jut he is
not liuilt that wav.
T)Tsro\-i:i;v of a P>ox coxtatxtx(; $10,000 ox the Saxta Ye
diJAIL.
'idle wildest imagination cdidd -c;ire(dy conceive of a more
intensely interesting story than was unfolded before the State
Board of Pardons yesterday.
An unso])histicated young countryman, traveling on the
old Santa Fe trail, di^cr)ver's a hox containing $10,000. The
treasure is alhj wed to lie f(^r three years in the discoverer's
valise, in a lone cabin of Kansas. Then the young man starts
out in the world to invest his fortune. Passing along the
streets of Colorado Springs with his valise in his hand, he is ac-
costed by an old man, becomes a companion of the stranger in
a rude tent and finally parts from the $10,000, receiving two
notes of $10,000 each in payment. The notes are signed by
the aged individual, who, according to the story, follows his
414 KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
victim with a devilish malignity that never ceases in its opera-
tions until the too confiding rustic is landed in the State peni-
tentiary under a sentence of twelve long years. The grand
denouncement came yesterday when a minister of the gospel
appeared in behalf of the young man before the Board of
Pardons, and Governor Waite signed a full and unconditional
pardon for Charles E. Keagy.
THE GOOD AXGEL.
The minister who appeared as the good angel in the case is
the Rev. John E. Roberts, of a peculiar religious denomination
known as the Church of the Living God. The reverend gen-
tleman is an intelligent looking and as handsome a man as one
can see in a day's experience. His story is told in such a plain,
straightforward way that it carries conviction, although it may
be stated that Judge Campbell, of the district court at Colo-
rado Springs, who to-day is elevated to the Supreme judgeship,
and President ^V. F. Slocum, of Colorado College, do not ac-
cept the story as true. On the other hand, the minister's story
is supported by the mayor of Colorado Springs and numerous
prominent citizens of Colorado Springs and Manitou, as well
as by experts in handwriting who, it is claimed, were refused
the opportunity to appear and testify at the time of the trial.
The address which the minister delivered l)efore the Board
of Pardons yesterday convinced many of the listeners that a
gross injustice has been practiced on Iveagy. It failed, how-
ever, to touch the hearts of the majority of the Board, and
Governor AVaite acted upon his own responsibility when he
issued the executive order, relieving the young man from the
cloud that has hung over him for years past.
A SOEKOWING FATHER.
According to ^h\ Roberts, the case was first called to his
attention while in attendance at a camp-meeeting of his
church over two vears aao, at Junction Citv, Mich. A white-
haired man arose and told the story of his son's misfortunes and
imprisonment in the penitentiary of Colorado. The recital
^■reatly aftected the hearers and right then and there prayers
KAGY RELATIONSHIP. 415
Avere offered up for the release of the voinig man and for his
vindication. Mr. Roberts pledged to the sorrowing father
his utmost efforts in freeing his son.
Keagy was sent to the penitentiary in Xov., 1890. From the
day he entered the institution good fortune seemed to smile
upon him. He was made the recipient of every favor the prison
officials could bestow and at the first favorable opportunity the
prison l)oard ordered him transferred to the reformatory at
Buena Vista. In less than three months Keagv was released
on parole. He has visited Denver several times and is at
present a ]n'ospector in the (^ripple Creek gold fields. The
telegraph last night bore the glad news to the father in ]\[ichi-
gan that his prayers had been answered.
YOITjSTG KEAOy's LIFE.
]\lr. Itobcrts says that Keagy was born near Elkhart, Ind.,
thirty years ago. '"His mother died when Charles w^as quite
young," said Mr. Eoberts, ''leaving Charles and his father to
work the farm and sui)i)ort a family of six or seven growing-
girls. For this reason Charles was denied the privilege of
a common school education. In 1886 Charles took u]) hind in
Stevens Co., Tvau., and drove a freighting team for a living,
between Hartlan and Hugoton while proving up on his claim.
While at one of the towns he was delayed over night by a
heavy rain. The next morning he started for home and as he
was crossing a bridge on the Cimarron, in the line of the old
Santa Fe route, he noticed the end of a wooden box protruding
from the oi)posite bank of the river. The sand had been
washed away l)y the freshet. He dismounted from his
w^agon and pulled out a box three feet long. Upon opening
the box he found within it a tin box containing $10, 000 in
cash, mostly currency."
Mr. Roberts relates how the surprised young teamster car-
ried the treasure to his cabin and hid the money away from
sight. There it remained for several years until the young-
man disposed of his Kansas farm and started for Colorado.
The evil genius, according to Mr. Roberts, appeared in the
form of Alvin K. Fulbun, of Colorado Springs. The minis-
416 KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
ter says that rullani was an old man, apparently on the verge
of starvation, living- in a tent. The W. C. T. F. of the city
had compassion on him and took n]) a collection for his benefit.
In reality, Mr. Eoberts says, Fnllam was a miser and it was
afterwards shown that he was worth $50,000 in money and
property. Walking on the streets of Colorado Springs or
Maniton, Keaa'v was accosted hv Fnllam and a friendship was
strnck np which resnltcd in Fnllam's getting possession of the
$10,000 and $2,000 additional which Keagy had accumu-
lated by selling his ranch and other operations.
"After securing the money," says Mr. Roberts, "Fnllam
disappeared and Cliarles became alarmed. He called to his
aid several of the business men of Manitou and every effort
Avas made to ascertain the whereabouts of FuUam. He was
finallv located at Friend, Xeb. Fullam returned to Colorado
Springs and remained there for two weeks without the knowl-
edge of Charles or his friends. It was during Fnllam's so-
journ at the Springs that Charles' awful fate was planned.
He w^as arrested for forgery and placed behind the bars. The
prisoner's money was freely used to convict him and the only
method he had of paying two young attorneys, who engaged
in his behalf, was to give them his gold watch and other
effects. One of the grand jury refused to vote for indictment
because upon comparing signatures he felt convinced that Ful-
lam wrote the notes. Experts were summoned, but their tes-
timony was ruled out except that of the men with whom
Fullam had his money deposited. All of Charles' witnesses
were ruled out and Fnllam's sigTiature was not allowed to be
compared Avith the signatures on the notes, and Charles, who a
short time before had walked the streets of Manitou, Colorado
City and Colorado Springs with $12,000 cash in his hand
satchel, wearing a neat suit of clothes worth $75 and every-
thing to match except experience, was sentenced to the Canon
City penitentiary for twelve years."
Mr. Eoberts says he presented the case to Governor Eoutt
before the retirement of that officer from the chair. ''I said,
'1 leave this case in God's hands and yours.' The governor
replied, T am running the State of Colorado and God has
KAGY RELATIONSHIP.
■417
nothing- to do with it.' " Mr. Roberts disagTeed with the gov-
ernor and is now positively convinced that God has a great
deal to do with the administration of aiTairs in Colorado.
"God answers the prayers of the righteous," devoutly said
the minister last night.
The Board of Pardons met in adjourned session yesterday to
consider several cases referred to Professor Slocum in order
that he might talk personally with .Judge Campbell at Colo-
rado Springs concerning them. The list embraced the names
of Charles E. Keagy, C. W. Mills and William S. West, all
sentenced to the penitentiary from El Paso county. Keagy
got twelve years for forgery; Mills, two and a half years for
luu'glary, and "West tw^o years for horse stealing. Professor
Slocum reported unfavorably on all three of the cases, the vote
standing three to one in favor of refusing the application.
Governor Waite voted in favor of clemency, and Slocum, Ap-
pel and Mrs. Love voted against pardon. Members Wheeler
and Mills and Mrs. Belford were not present.
Immediately upon going to his office after the adjournment
of the board. Governor Waite began issuing pardons, and be-
fore night documents bearing the governor's signature and the
seal of the State were issued in favor of the three applicants
named. The governor took the ground that Keagy is inno-
cent, that Mills was inveigled into pleading guilty and that the
deputy district prosecuting attorney admitted that West was
not guilty.
5. Martha A. Keagy was b. in St. Josephs Co., Ind., and m.
April 5, 1883, at Goshen, Ind., to John C. Fast, who was b.
Dec. 2-1, 1858, in OrlofP, South llussia, his grandparents hav-
ing emigrated from Germany to Russia; his mother was of
French descent — her grandfather was a native Frenchman
and her grandmother a native German. The issue of this
union is three children, viz : Arthur Herman Fast, b. July 6,
1887, at Tlillsboro, Kan.; Beatrice Verinda Fast, b. Oct. 18,
418 EAGY EELATIONSHIP.
1891, and John Constantine Fast, h. Jan. 5, 1891. Mrs. and
Mr. Fast reside at liillsboro, Kan. (1898). John C. Fast and
Jacob J. Fast, Mary E. Keagy's hnsband, are brothers.
6. Barbara Ellen Iveagy, was b. in Elkhart Co., Ind., and
m. Dec. 26, 1891, to Frederick Evans and live at Eseondido,
San Diego Co., Cal. ; have three children, Lottie IsTaoma, b.
April 1, 1893; Koy Frederick, b. Feb. 5, 1895; Mand Kate,
b. Jan. 27, 1898.
7. Ehoda Keagy, was b. in Elkhart Co., Ind., and m. June
29, 1889, to E. E. Byrnm at Grand Junction, Mich., where
they resided up to June 29, 1898, at which date they moved to
Moundsville, W. Va., with their printing establishment. Mr.
Byrum is the publisher of the Gospel Trumpet, a weekly anti-
sectarian holiness journal, and also The Shining Light,
a weekly religious paper for children. Four children bless
this union — Ethel Elsie, b. duly 1, 1890; Birdie Kuth, b.
Aug. 9, 1892; Enoch Arh., 1). Aug. 1, 1891; baby girl un-
named, b. Mar. 29, 1898.
8. Esther Xaomi Keagy, m. Louis IS". Gridley at San Diego,
Cal., Xov. 11, 1880, and now, 1898, reside at Gridley, Butte
Co., Cal., have two children — Lulu Florence, b. in San Diego,
Cal., Ivlov. 3, 1891; Claude Wallace, b. at Gridley, Butte Co.,
Cal., April 21, 1894. Louis X. Gridley wash. Kov. 19,
1861, in Butte Co., Cal. Members of the' Christian Church.
9. John Kudolph Keagy, b. July 29, 1873, in Indiana, is
unm. and resides in Gridley, Truckee Co., Cal.
10. Hannah Catharine Keagy, b. Sept. 12, 1877.
11. Sarah Adaline Keagy, m. Xov. 10, 1898, to Charles
W. Davidson, and reside at Moundsville. AV. Va. (1899).
3. John, b. July 22, 1836; d. Mar. 10, 1855.
KAGY RELATIONSHIP. 419
4. Elizabeth, b. Mar. 26, 1838; d. April 0, 1838.
5. Siisannali, b. May 18, 1839; iii. to Rev. Daniel Brenne-
men in Mar., 1857; of Fairfield Co., Ohio, where they resided
until Mar., 18G4, when they settled in Elkhart Co., Ind., and
reside near Goshen. They have ten children, viz:
Mary M., b. April 24, 1859; school teacher; Goshen, Ind.
Timothy IT., b. Sept. 20, 1860; printer; Goshen, Ind.
Samuel J., b. May 4, 1862; printer; at Xorthfield, Minn.
Josiah M., b. June 28, 1864; painter; at Goshen, Ind.
Ehoda K., b. July 17, 1866; school teacher; Goshen, Ind.
Martha, A., b. July 29, 1868; ; Goshen, Ind.
jSTaomi S., b. Sept. 10, 1870; school teacher; Goshen, Ind.
Daniel J., b. May 19, 1873.
Phoebe P., b. Aug. 31, 1875.
Moody IL, b. Xov. 12, 1877.
6. Isaac, b. Xov. 25, 1841; d. June 10, 1861.
7. Jaeoli, b. May 21, 1844; m. Emily Eorwood; his home
was in St. Petersburg, Elorida. He was a teacher. He d. in
Florida, , 1897. E'o issue.
8. Anna, b. March 9, 1847; m. Ancel M. Thomas and re-
sides at Battle Creek, Mich. She has one child, a daughter
named Clara May. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas are physicians of the
hygiene school.
Clara May Thomas was b. at Mt. Crawford, Va., April 6,
1874, and was m. at Battle Creek, Mich., to George W. Hall,
June 11, 1892, and have one child, Harold Rollin, b. May 24,
1893. JSTeglect and cruel treatment and disregard to provide
for his wife and child compelled Mrs. Hall to seek and obtain
a legal divorce from her husband. Returninc; to Virginia in
1894 she was united in marriage to Arthur C. Miller, of Day-
ton, Va., l^ov. 11, 1897.
9. Mary, b. May 15, 1849; d. July 19, 1869. Single
420 KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
JOHiST R. KEAGEY re-m. some two years or so from the
time his wife Barbara died. He m. in 1863, Elizabeth M.
Lucas, b. June 6, 1837, and they had six children, viz : (1)
Irene, b. Dec. 2, 1864; m. S. F. Landis; (2) ^^lagdalene, b.
April 28, 1867; (3) William, b. Dec. 22, 1869; (4) Sarah, b.
Sept. 10, 1872; (5) Timothy T., and (6) Rhoda A., twins, b.
Eeb. 6, 1875. Mother and children live at Mt. Crawford^
Va. Magdalene d. March 8, 1897.
6. PETER KAGEY, a son of liudulph, a son of old
Henry, b. Jidy 6, 1807; m. Magdalene Xisewander, b. Xov.
28, 1806; d. Xov. 18, 1862, and had ten children, viz:
1. Abraham P.
2. Isaac P.
3. Jacob P.
4. Samuel P.
5. John Riid(il]ih.
6. J Barbara A.
7. MaryM.
8. Joseph Henry.
9. Lydia C.
10. Sarah E.
Peter lived on the old home of his father's. His sisters^
Anna and Magdalene, lived in the old house. Peter d. Feb.
2,^1849, aged 41 y., 6 m., 27 d.
1. Abraham P., b. July 24, lb33, and m. Francis Virginia
Simmers April 5, 1855; she was b. May 1, 1837, and had three
children, viz :
1. Mary Alice, b. Oct. 23, 1856; d. Feb. 2, 1862.
2. Ida Florence, b. Feb. 8, 1860.
3. Ada Melciua, b. Feb. 11, 1S65.
2. Ida Florence, m. Charles AV. Showalter and had three
children, two now living, both girls. Both the above families
are now, 1893, living at Iron Gate, Allegheny Co., Ya.
KAGT EELATIONSHIP.
421
3. Ada Melcina, ]n. James Eareliart and luive two cliildreiij
a girl and a boy. Tliev live at Basic City, Augusta Co., Va.
2. Isaac P., 2d son of Peter Kagey, 1). Oct. 19, 1834; m.
Feb. 13, 1859, Rebecca Jane Shaffer, and had eight chiklren.
Isaac P. d. April 19, 1887, aged 46 y. and G m.
1. Wm. E., b. Xov. 28, 1859.
2. Cdiarles E., b. July 27, 1862.
3. Joseph P. and 1. Fanny M., twins, b. iS ov. 1, 1865
5. Milton E., b. Mar. 18, 1868.
6. Mary E., b. Dec. 22, 1869.
7. Sallie E., b. June 17, 1871.
8. Jacob A., b. Sept. 9, 1873.
9. Lewis P., b. Oct. 19, 1875.
10. Virginia Alice, b. June 9, 1878.
1. AYilliam Eugene Kagey, ni. Emma J. Jones, Dec. 28,
1884, and have one son, Franklin E. Kagey, b. Jan. 17, 1887.
William E. Kagey d. Aug. 5, 1888, aged 28 y., 8 m. and 8 d.
2. Charles Edward Kagey, m. Lydia A. Lloyd May 13,
1884, and she died; then he m. again Mary J. AVoods in 1887,
May 13, and had six children.
Shirley A., b. Sept. 25, 1887.
John M., b. Feb. 14, 1888.
Alpha O., b. 'Nov. 26, 1890.
Millie E., b. Dec. 28, 1892.
One son and a daughter died in infancy.
3. Joseph P. Kagey, m. Amanda Hawkins Dec. 22, 1891.
5. Milton E. Kagey, m. Ida P. dinger April 10, 1891, and
have one child, Florence M., b. May 20, 1892.
6. Mary E. Kagey, m. Jacob Fleming Sept. 8, 1889, and
have one child, viz :
Minnie M., b. Sept. 25, 1890.
422 KAGY EELATIONSHIP.
Marv E. Ivagey Fleming d. ^ov. 12, 1895, aged 25 v., 10
m., 20 d.
7. Sallie E. Kagev, m. Charles W. Bellinger Dec. 25, 1890,
and have one child, Mattie E., b. Feb. 7, 1892.
8. Jacob A. Ivagev, m. Xov. 21:, 1894, to Eosa J. Shaffer,
and have one son, Vernon E. Kagey.
Jacob P., 3d son of Peter Kagey, b. April 26, 1830; ui.
Frances C. Weller, b. April 5, 1836; m. Feb. 4, 1857. Their
children are :
1. Mary Magdalene, b. Dec. 26, 1858.
2. John William, b. Feb. 8, 1860.
3. George Harvey, b. Feb. 16, 1861.
4. Jacob Calvin, b. Mar. 10, 1863.
5. Philip Michael, b. Feb. 3, 1865.
6. Barbara Virginia, b. Jnly 16, 1866.
7. Charles David, b. Jmie 25, 1868.
8. Sarah Alice, b. Ang. 22, 1869; d. Jmie 15, 1896.
9. Anna Price, b. Feb. 7, 1870.
10. Frances Catharine, b. March 3, 1871.
11. Benjamin Franklin, b. March 20, 1873.
12. Archibald R., b. Jmie 20, 1875; d. Jan. 16, 1875.
13. Daisy Florence, b. Sept. 13, 1882.
Of these all are members of the United Brethren church ex-
cept George and the two youngest.
Jacob P. Kagey's post office is Elkton, Rockingham Co.,
Va. ; occupation, farming.
1. Mary Magdalene, m. April 3, 1884, L. B. Myers, and
have two children. They live near Peach Grove, Rocking-
ham Co., Va.
3. George H., m. Feb. 4, 1886, a Miss Moyers.
Members of the Dunker church.
6. Barbara Viro-inia, m. a ^h\ Fadlev Oct. 9, 1887.
All are members of the United Brethren church.
KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
423
4. Samuel P., son of Peter Kagey, 1). Aug. 9, 1837; in.
Amanda Walker, Xov. 13, 1857; b. July 8, 1834, and d. Sept.
— , 1862. They liad three children, viz :
1. Simon P./l). Sept. 1, 1858.
2. John E., b. Jan. 9, 1860.
3. Mary J., b. Sept. 1, 1861.
March 28, 1863, Samuel P. m. Mary To])pin, b. Sept. 15,
1833, and had nine children, viz: (1) Lydia A., b. Jan. 14,
1864; (2) Jacob S., b. Mar. 6, 1865; (3) Samuel M., b. July
9, 1866; (4) Sarah C, b. is'ov. 16, 1867; (5) Benjamin B., b.
Feb. 18, 1870; (6) Barbara S., b. June 22, 1871; (7) Joseph
H., b. Oct. 12, 1872; (8) Charley P., b. Sept. 21, 1874;
(9) George L., b. Sept. 18, 1876.
1. Simon P., m. Miss Leanna E. Ilowver, Oct. 24, 1885,
and had three children, viz: Evada A., b. Aug. 23, 1886;
Bertha J., b. Jan. 10, 1888; Manola H., b. April 6, 1890.
2. John P., m. Miss Josie C. Kitchie, Xov. 26, 1882, and
had two children, viz: Xettie J., b. Sept. 24, 1888; Kudy S.,
b. June 23, 1892.
3. 'Mryx J., m. John AVerner, Jan. 1, 1890, and have one
son, Samuel O., b. Sept. 8, 1890.
Samuel P. Kagey and family reside at Linville, Shenandoah
Co., Va.
Second wife's children :
2. Jacob S., m. Bettie J. Swank, Aug., 1889, and have two
children. Lulu M., b. Sept. 8, 1890, and Paul S., b. March,
1892; resides at Sky, Va.
5. John Pudolph, son of Peter Kagey, b. March 1, 1839 ; m.
Miss Poarick, a widow, and had one child. He was killed a
few years ago near Martin's Ferry on the Ohio Piver, where he
lived, by the bursting of a steam engine boiler.
8. Joseph Henry, son of Peter Kagey, b. July 11, 1845; m.
424 KAGY KELATIONSHIP
Miss Mary Catharine Rogers Aug'. 1, 1880, and have four
children, viz : Alton AV., Samuel 11., Tay S. and a baby un-
named. In the year he went to AYashington territory
and has resided ever since at Semiahnioo, AVhatcom Co.
6. Barl)ara A., daughter of Peter Kagey, b. Aug. 4, 1840;
m. David Gochenour Dee. 28, 1858, and have children, viz :
1. Virginia Frances, b. March 30, ISGO; and d. duly 15,
1862.
2. Wm. Ashby, b. April 20, 1862.
3. John Luther, b. Xov. 22, 1863.
4. Malinda Lee, b. Marcli 16, 1865.
5. Minnie Alice, b. Feb. 18, 1867: d. June 24, 1888.
0. Maggie Elizabeth, ]>. June 16, 1868.
7. ChaVles IrAvin, 1). .lune 2, 1870; d. May 1, 1871.
8. ]\[ilt()n Fniory, 1). Jan. 10, 1875.
9. Millie Florence, b. Aju-il 6, 1882.
-'5. John J^uther, went to Ohio in Jan., 1886, and m. Miss
]\Iira AVheeler Dec. 27, 1891. They have one son, Charles
Irwin, 1). Oct. 6, 1892; resides at Buckland, Auglaize Co., 0.
4. Malinda Lee, m. David O'Roark, of Kockingham Co.,
Va., Dec. 29, 1891, and have one child, Carrie Leona, b. Feb.
2, 1893.
7. Marv Magdalene Kagev, daughter of Peter Kagev, was
b. March 14, 1842, and m. Timothy Knight. They reside at
State Line, Franklin Co., Pa. They have four children living,
two bovs and two girls.
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9. Lvdia Catharine, daughter of Peter Kagev, b. March 13,
1847; d. Sept. 12, 1852; aged 5 y. and 6 m.
10. Sarah Elizabeth, daughter of Peter Kagey, b. Jan. 25,
1849; m. J. Frank Zirkle on the 14th day ol April. 1870, and
have six girls and two boys, viz :
Olilia M., b. Jan. 1, 1871.
KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
425
Laura ^L, h. Oct. 1, 1873.
Lydia M., 1). fhuie IT, 1875.
Liicv M., b. May 29, 1877.
Arthur K. and Ollie M., b. Oct 17, 1870; twins.
Gilbert L., b. March 25, 1882.
Agnes P.., 1). July 11, 1885.
J. y. Zirkle b. April 5, 1845.
7. Eudolph Kagey, the seventh child and fourth son of
Kudoli^h Kagey, the sixth son of Henry from Pennsylvania,
wash. Dec. 18,' 1800, and d. May 31, 1815.
EVE KAGEY, 1). Dec. 2, 1M3; m. Samuel AYenger, of
Rockingham Co., Va., Xov. 8, 1831, and had nine children,
all daughters, viz :
1. Barbara Wenger, b, jSTov. 8, 1835.
2. Mary Wenger, b. Dec. 30, 1837.
3. Magdalene Wenger, b. April 2, 1840.
4. Ghristena Wenger, b. March 20, 1842.
5. Anna Wenger, b. Aug. 4, 1844.
6. Susannah M. AVenger, b. Eeb. 1, 1847.
7. Eva AVenger, b. Sept. 10, 1S40.
8. Sarah AVenger, b. May 27, 1852.
9. And one unnamed, d. at l)irtli.
Eve AVenger d. Eeb. 4, 1808, near Dayton, A^a.
Samuel AVenger was born July IG, 1813, and d. Sept. 11,
1861; aged 48 y., 1 m. and 25 d.
1. Barbara AVenger, m. John J. Smitli; they liave no chil-
dren.
2. jMary AVenger, m. Henry Geil, who was b. Dec. 1, 1831;
they had three children, viz : John Samuel Geil, b. July 30,
1859; Priscilla Geil, b. Xov. 0, ISGl, and d. Sept. 14, 1882;
Mary Eva AA^ Geil, b. June 18, 1864, and d. A"ov. 16, 1865.
John S. Geil m. Alice Shank, and have one son, Henry
Palph. Mary AA^iger Geil d. Aug. 18, 1864.
426 KAGY KELATIOXSHIP.
3. Magdalene, b. April 2, 1840; d. Xov. 30, 1861.
4. ehristena, b. Mar. :^0, 1842; d. Oct. 5, 1801.
5. Anna, ni. April 9, 1891, Solomon Beerj.
6. Susannah M., m. Peter S. Holsinger on tlie 2 2d of Dec,
18T0, and had six children, viz :
Josephine Dorinda Holsinger, b. Dec. 26, 1871.
Cornelius AValter Holsinger, 1>. Jan. 3, 1876.
Elsie Ceretta Holsinger, b. Ang. 17, 1879.
Kittie Lillie Holsinger, b. Mar. 22, 1883.
Gather Peter Ralph Holsinger, b. May 7, 1886.
Amos Stover Alva Holsinger, b. Xov. 21, 1888.
Josephine Dorinda ni. John Peubnsh, Aug. 17, 1887, and
have three children, viz: Lena Posa, b. Aug. 28, 1889; Mary
Lillie, b. Sept. 5, 1891; Xora Kenyon, b. March 26, 1893.
7. Eva Wenger, ni. Adam Linhoss on the 11th of June,
1874, and had eight children, viz:
Minnie, b. March 28, 1875.
Annas, b. Jan. 28, 1877.
Jesse, b. Dec. 10, 1878.
Cora, b. June 5, 1881.
Ada, b. Aug. 30, 1883.
Thomas, b. March 2, 1886.
Vena and Vincent (twins), b. May 17, 1890.
8. Sarah Wenger, m. Christian Good, on the 12tli of Feb.,
1891; they had one child, a son, b. Feb. 21, 1892, d. a few
hours after birth. The mother also d. Feb. 23, 1892.
9. Child of Eva and Samuel "Wenger d. at birth.
Mrs. Eve (Kagey) AVenger informed the writer that there
was another son in her father's family that bore the name of
(7) Rudolph; he was born Dec. 18, 1809, and died May 31,
1815. She says her mother often spoke to her in her child-
KAGY EELATIOXSHIP. -iST
lioi id about this little son and brother. Mrs. Eve AVenger was
the youngest child of Eudolph Kagey, the son of old Henry,
from Pennsyh'ania, and it is highly probable that he was born
in Pennsylvania, as he was born Jan. 14, 1768, and as that
is the year his parents emigrated from Pennsylvania to Vir-
ginia; first into the Luray Valle}", and the next year into the
Shenandoah Valley, where he bought 960 acres of land, on
which he built a mill and died before it was completed. It is
not at all likely that Henry Kagey would go to Virginia in
the dead of winter at that early day, hence we feel warranted
in stating that Rudolph was born in Pennsylvania. Certain
it is that several of his lu'others, viz : John, Henry, Jacob,
Abraham, Christian, and a sister Anna, were born in Pennsyl-
vania. Eve Wenger died Feb. 4, 1898, near Dayton, Rock-
ingham Co., Va., and is buried at the Bank church. She was
a member of the Alennonite church for over sixtv vears, and
was a pillar in the church. Her many excellencies of mind
and heart won many warm and lasting friends; to know her
was to love her.
BARBARA KAGEY, the second daughter of Henry from
Pennsylvania, was born Eeb. 27, 1770, on the old Kagey home-
stead, on Smith's creek, Shenandoah Co., Va. She married
Daniel Beery, one of two brothers, who were millwrights, and
who walked from Pennsylvania to the Valley of Virginia.
They stopped to build the "Old Kagey Mill" (which is still
standing, 1899), when Daniel Beery fell in love with and mar-
ried Barbara. They lived and died in Rockingham Co., Va.
Beery owned a farm on Linville creek. They raised five sons
and five daughters, viz : (1) Daniel, (2) John, (3) Abraham,
(4) Henry, (5) Joseph, (6) Barbara, (7) Elizabeth, (8) Mary,
(9) Anna, (10) Kittie.
1. Daniel, b. ; m. Anna liufi'man, and settled in
Fairfield Co., Ohio.
2. John, b. ; m. Magdalene Wenger.
3. Abraham, b. ; m. Magdaline Miller.
4. Henry, b. ; m. Lydia Grooves.
428 KAGY KELATIOXSHIP.
5. Joseph, b. ; m. Fannv Garber.
0. Barbara, b. ; m. Joseph AVenger.
7. Elizabeth, b. ; in. Abraham Brennemaii.
m. John Brenneman.
m. Henry Wenger.
; m. Michael Kline, a stock dealer of
8. Mary, b. -
9. Anna, b.
10. Kittie, b.
Baltimore, Mel.
ISAAC KAGEY, the seventh son of Henry from Penn-
sylvania, was born April 12, 1772, and died nnmarried. He
was the miller in his father's mill; he was the only Kagev in
Virginia, it is said, who ever owned slaves; he liberated them
at his death. His nncle Al)raham, of Pennsylvania, was the
onlv Kagev that ever owned a slave in that State; he also lib-
erated them at his death.
MAKTIX KAGEY, the eighth son of Henry, from Penn-
sylvania, was born Augnst 26, 1774, and died when about full
grown.
ELIZABETH, the youngest daughter of Henry from
Pennsylvania, was born Dec. 5, 1770, and m. Martin Myley.
Thev had one son, whom thev called Martin; he died at about
19 years of age. Before her marriage to Myley, she had a
son called Zacharipf) Shirley ; after the death of her husband
she lived with this son until she died. Shirley's father, and
his brother Thomas, were bachelor brothers, and lived to-
gether, and at their death gave all their wealth, land, money
and negroes, to this son of Elizabeth Kagev-Mvlev. Zacli-
ariali Shirley, this son, married Barbara Kagev, the eldest
daughter of Christian, the fifth son of Henry, and, of course,
her first cousin.
Elizabeth Kagey Myley lived to a good old age, and was
highly esteemed by all who knew her.
End of the record of Henrv Kas'ev's descendants.
Book Fikst, Chapter Fifth.
Susannah Kiigy, the ehlest daughter of Hanse Kagy, was
born .
Barbara Kiigy i.s thought to be the second daughter of
Hanse Kiigy, and was born .
Anna Kiigy is known to l)e the youngest daughter of Planse
Kiigy, as she is the only one named as being under hiwful age
in her father's wilL
It is not now (1898) known who any of them married, and
it may never be ascertained now, after the lapse of so many
years. If they married, and remained in Lancaster Co., the
county records must have something in its archives relating
to them; a careful search would no doubt reveal it, but the task
was too much for the limited means of the Editor.
This closes the record of Hanse Kiigy's descendants, as far
as is positively known.
15ooiv Skcom).
TJIE SECOND E]\II(;rvAT10X (of wliidi thorc is any
record) of tlio lunnc of iviigv, t<> this couiitn', oe'curred in the
year 17P»0, nocciiibcr lltli, when ihe ship ''Lydia," eoin-
iiumdcd by James Allen, from London, England, arrived with
seventy-live ]iasscng'(>rs from the Palatinate, among whom was
one
JOllAAWESTvAGTE.*
It is known Ihal riohannes ivagie Avas not mnrried before he
came to this country. His Avife's name was Ann Xendig, a
daughter of JMartin Jvendig, the head of one of the seven first
families of Mennonitcs who came into Lancaster Co., Pa., in
1708-9.
In roliirions faith he was a Mennoiute.
On the loth of Eeb., 174S, he bought two hundred acres
of land fr<»m Snsannali ('onnelly, and on the 15th of the same
month and ye;ii\ three hundred acres more. This land had
formerly bt-en sohl to Thouias Ewing hy John, Tli(»mas and
Ivichard Penn, Esqs., Proju-ietors and ( Jovernors-in-Chief of
the province of Pennsylvaiua; tlie di'ed hearing date jNIarch
21, 1739. This land was in Manor township, Lancaster Co.,
Pa. This John ]v;igy was called Manor -lolin, tt) distinguish
him from John \l. Kiigy, who was called "Ilanse" Kiigy, who
lived in ( Nmestogo(^ to\vnslii]>; tlie two townsjiips adjoined
and are se])arated hy llie ( 'oiiestogoe creek.
There was a relationshi]) existing between these two Keagys
— 'Tlanse," being the eldest, may have been an uncle; it is
*The orthography of the name here <^iven is the way the ship's
clei'k spoiled it. The (e) in the Kiigy name is permissible, but wholly
unwarranted. The accentuated (ii) in German orthography permits
the use of an (e) but should alwaj^s follow, and never precede the (a),
thus (ae) or Kaegy — all forms deviating- from the Swiss form Kiigi or
the German Kiigy, detracts fi'oni the simplicity and beauty of the
name.
KAGY EELATIOXSHIP. 431
certain that they sprang from the same stem tree; as do all
who bear the name.
Some years after the death of Juhanues Kaiiie, hi.s widow
married James Jacks, who was Register and Recorder of
Deeds for years at Lancaster city, Pa. James .Ia(d<s was a
mend)er of the Pennsylvania Legislatnre in 1780-1-2, and ap-
pointed Recorder of Deeds in 1783. It is said that Ann
Iveagy Jacks jumped ont of the attic window of her lionse
and was killed by the fall. She was among the first persons
to make claim to a knowledge of sins forgiven in her vicinity,
as tanght by the AVesleys and AVhitfield. She was a woman
of nncommon energy and actl\ity, as well as piety. JMartin
Boehm, who with Philip William Otterbein, were the fonnd-
ers of the ''United Brethren ( 'Imrch," says of her: "At this
time (I7r>(^)) I knew^ no one wdio claimed the birtlii-ight 1)y
adoption Init Xancy Ann Keagy, my mother's sister. She
was a woman of great piety and singular devotion to (Jod."
She outlived all of her family and grandchildren except Ann
Katharine, the wife of (*ol. Sewell. Her body and mind, en-
feebled l)y age gave way and in a fit of mental aberration she
met her death in the manner stated. Por a more extended
account of her parentage see the first chapter of this history.
Johannes Kiigy bought 188 acres of laud in ( 'onestogoe
Manor June, 1760, and 159 acres in 1701; Conestogoe Manor
was in Conestogoe township, Lancaster Co., Pa., and as there
was two John Kiigy's owning lands in the same townshij), the
first settler was named "•Ilanse" luigy; the other was called
"Manor" John, as his dwell ing-])lace was in Manor township.
The biographical sketcli of the Kendig and Jioehm families
given in the l)eginning of this work properly belongs to this
branch (jf the Kiigy family, but it was deemed necessary to
give it there for several reasons, which will be apparent to
the reader.
Li 1701, John Kjigy bought two tracts of laud in Cones-
togoe Manor, Lancaster Co., Pa.; one of 188 acres and another
of 159 acres.
John Kagy made a will before he died, which is dated 8th
day of ISIov., 1703, in which lie names his sons, first Jacob,
432 KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
whose full Christian name was John Jacob; the second son,
named John; third, lindolph, and fourth, Isaac, and a daugh-
ter Ann, who married Isaac Xeff.
JOHX JACOB KEAGY was the eldest son, and was born
July 28, 1751, in Manor township, Lancaster Co., Pa., and
died in Lancaster city, Xov. 27, 1783, and is buried in the
Moravian graveyard in Lancaster city, Pa. He was a member
of the "Unitas Fratrum" or Moravian church.
John Jacob Keagy married Catharine Reigart,'^ in Oct.,
1773, and had one son, John, living at the time he died. In
his will which bears date Xov. 7, 1783, he provided for an
unborn child, who was named Ann Katharine, born Dec. 12,
1783, and died June 14, 183(i.
John Keaffv, the onlv son of John Jacob, was born about
1774-5, and died intestate, unmarried, and his sister Ann
Katharine inherited the whole of her father's estate, previously
willed to her uncles and aunt, Ann Xeff.
Catharine Reigart was born Jan. 20, 1758; died June 30,
1822.
Ann Katharine Keagy was born Dec. 12, 1783, and was mar-
ried to Charles Smith Sewell, on Jan. 9, 1805, by the Eev. Dr.
James Latta, of Chestnut Level. Miss Keagy owned and re-
sided at the house built by her grandparents. A stone in
the gable shows that it was built in 1756, and a stone in
the barn has the date 1763, and has the name of John
Keagy and Ann Keagy, by whom they were built. This house
is still standing, and is now (1898) owned and occupied by
the venerable ex-commissioner, Jacob B. Shuman, now in his
90tli year, the greater part of whose life was spent at this old
* Catharine Reigert married a second time, one Christian Stake.
This name is often written Reigart. Through the kindness and cour-
tesy of Mrs. T. F. Bayard I am enabled to present pictures of Colonel
Sewell and his wife. These pictures were copied fi*om oil paintings
in the possession of the Bayai-ds, at Wilmington, Del. I am indebted
to Mrs. Mary E. Wilson, of Calvert Co.. Md., for the picture of Colo-
nel Sewell taken in his old age, and by permission of Mrs. Bayard I
present a picture of her honored and distinguished husband.
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Charles Smith Sewell, in His Young Days.
Ann Katharine (Keagy) Sewell.
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lioiisc, wliicli vet Idoks as if it would stand another ccntui'v of
Pini and storm.
It will not, r li(»])(\ 1)(' deemed iri^levant to narrate here an
ocenrrence that will i>,o far to show the peenliar condition of
society as it was at that dav. ^ir. Sewell hronght with him
to the home of his bride several slaves, a pack of honnds and
several race horses. He was having a good time generally in
the ]\ianor when he was ordered bv a wi-it of mandanms from
the C(»nrt in Lancaster to ])rodnce his slaves in conrt.
Tnder the law of 17S8 a sojourner from a slave State had a
right to keep his slaves in Pennsylvania for a ])eriod of six
months. Parties often evaded the law by crossing over the
line into Maryland for a few^ minutes at the expiration of each
six months and then returning again to Pennsvlvania soil.
These proceedings did not fail to be noticed by such sterling
anti-slavery men as William Wright, of Columbia, Pa., who
1i;hI been watching and waiting for the expiration of the time
linnted by law, when he made application for this writ.
Wdien Sewell a])peare(l in court with his slaves he was en-
raged and in a belligerent mood, and ready to inflict corporeal
])nnishment n])on Mr. Wright, Avlio was not only a inend)er of
the "Society of Friends," l)nt ])hysicallv a very small and weak
])crson; however he was a very agile and active man. lie;
was fond of the "chase" and a most excellent rider, and backed
one of the fleetest horses in the neighborhood.
After the conrt declared Sewell's slaves to he free, ^Ir.
Wi'iglit went to the hotel and mounting his horse, started to
retni'n to his home in ( 'olumbia. When near the outskirts of
Lancaster he discovered that Sewell was following him. Both
jMit spurs and whip to their horses and both went on a dead
riMi for five miles. Then Sewell began to gain a little, and
when near Klngh's tavern, a short distance cast of Mountville,
he struck Mr. Wright several times with a rawdiide. AVhen
their horses arrived opposite the tavern Mr. Wright sprang oft"
his horse and ran into the tavern, called the "Bear," while
Sewell stopped a moment to hitch his horse, and thus Mr.
Wright escaped his fury.
]\Ir. Sewell became so disgusted with the court and people
438 KAGY RELATIOXSHIP.
in their interference with liis shives that he soon afterward
sold his entire property in Lancaster Co., Pa., and returned
to Maryland, to the Eastern Shore, from whence he had come.
The deed of sale bears date April 1, 1^07; the purchaser was
Jacob Dritt, of Windsor townshi]). York C^o., Pa., for part of
the estate.
ANN KATIIAPIXE (KEAGY) SEWELL died June U,
CHARLES SMITH SEWELL, b. May 12, 177'); died
Xov. 30, 1848.
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AXX IvATHAEHXE KEAGY and (diaries S. Sewell mar-
ried Jan. 9, 1805, by Dr. Latta. Their children were :
1. Catharine Eloise Sewell, b. Xov. 26, 1805; d. in 1871.
2. Cornelia Olivia Sewell, b. Aug. 18, 1807.
3. Chark^s Smith Sew(dl, 1>. Jan. 14, 1809; d. Sept. 11,
1832.
4. Anna Maria Sewell, b. April 17, 1810; A. July 23, 1835.
5. Clement Keagy Sewcdl. 1>. Xov. (J, 1811; d. Jan. 12,
1843.
6. Jacob Keagy Sewell, b. May 27, 1813; d. April 15, 1840.
7. George Smith Sewell, b. July 30, 1814; d. Sept. 10,
1828; umn.
8. Edward Augustine Sewell, b. March 1, 1818; d. Sept.
28, 1825.
9. James Monroe Sewell, b. Oct. 10, 1820; drowned.
10. Septimus Davidge Sewell, b. April 26, 1822; drowned.
1. CATHAPTXE ELOISE, m. Josiah Lee in ls31, and
had six children, all of whom are dead except Mary C, who
m. Richard Snowden Andrews Dec. 18, 1855, and d. in 1874.
Their names are :
1. Marv C. Lee, b. Julv 20, 1832.
KAGY EELATIOXSHIP. 4:39
2. Louisa Sewell Lee, 1». -Inly 4. ls;j<;; d. Fvh. 1, 1S8G.
3. Charles Lee, 1). ; <1. iiiiin.
•Jr. Henry Lee, 1). ; d. ninii.; (Ii-owiumI Aug. 5, 1869.
5. Josiali Lee, b. ; d. uimi., in 1S72.
6. Elizabeth Lee, b. ; d. ninii.
1. MAKY r. LLK, b. duly 20, LS32; ni. Dec. 18, IS.-):),
liichard Siiowdcu Andrews, of Laltiiiuirc city, Md., and had
tive children, viz :
1. Louisa Lee .Vndrews, 1). Xov. 27, 185(3.
2. Charles Lee Andrews, 1>. Oct. 28, 1858.
n. Emily Kosalie Lee, b. Eeb. 20, isc.o.
4. Carolyn S. Andrews, 1). Jan. 20, lS(i2.
5. George Snowden Andrews, b. ]\larch 11, 1868.
1. LOUISA LEE AXDIIEAVS, m. Henry Bacon, Dec. 8,
1891; no issue.
Mr. Bacon is an artist, and resides in JJaltiniore city, Md.
2. CHAPtLES LEE ANDREWS, m. Edythe Walden,
April 4, 1893. Clnhlren arc: Bicdiard Snowden, 1). July 24,
1894; Caroline Walden and C^harles Lee (twins), 1». Jan. 15,
1897.
Charles Lee Andrews is a stock l)ri»ker and a member of the
Xew York Stock Exchano-e.
3. EMILY B. AXDBEWS, m. Tunstall Sndtli, Fell. 20,
1882, and d. Oct. 5, 1889. ]Mr. Smith is a commissidn mer-
chant in Baltimore city, Md. Their children are: Rosalie T.,
b. Dec. 17, 1882; Annita T., b. Aug. 17, 1SS4; Marian L.. 1>.
March 20, 1889.
4. CAROLYX S. AXDREAVS, m. (iilison Fahnestock,
June 3, 1884. Their children are: Snowden, b. March 22,
1886; Gibson, b. March 30, 1888; Margaret, b. May 28, 1S98.
5. GEORGE SXOAYDEX AXDREWS, is unmarried.
-1^0 KAGY EELATIOXSIIIP.
Ill rolia-ir>ns faith this fainilv arc Protestant;
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2. LOUISA SEWKI.L LKK, 1.. July 4, ls:]C,; m. the Hon.
Thomas Francis Bayard, Oct. 2S, 185(). Mrs. Bayard d. Feb.
1, lS.s<i. Issue: twelve cliildi'cii.
I'lK ).\i AS F. BAYABI) was horn at tlic city of Wihuing-
toii. !),.]., Oct. 29, 1828.
in i8M) he married aiiaiii to ^Miss ('lymer, of the distin-
guished Pennsyl\ania family of that nauLe.
The children of the first Avife are:
1. Katharine Lc'c l^avard, 1>. Aug. i:), 1857; (h -Ian. 10.
2. James Ashton Bayard, h. Feb. 20, 1850.
:i Mal)el C. Bayard,' 1.. ^^larcli :;i. isoi.
4. Mary Lee Bayard, d. in infancy in ls<i.'j.
5. Annie Frances Bayard, li. May 10, 1S04.
0. Florence Bayard, h. Oct. 17, 1805.
7. Louisa Lee Bayai'd, h. Feb. 25, 1807.
8. Thomas Francis Bayard, b. June 4, 1808.
!». Ellen Bayard, I >. dune 3, 1801).
1(». A\'illiam Shippen Bayard, b. in ls7t»: d. the same year.
11. Willing Frances Bayard, b. in ls71 ; d. the same year.
12. Phili]) Francis Bayard, b. Aug. 2<;. 1^72.
2. -Tames A. Bayard, m. -Tune 10, 1880, to Ora Deakins.
I heir issue is Annie Francis, b. May 10, 1887.
-3. Mabel C. Bayard, m. Tan. 25, 188:5, to Samuel I ). War-
ren, Tr. The issue of this marriage is ^fabel B., b. .Vpril '••.
1884; Samuel Dennis, b. \ov. 25, 1885; Katharine, b. April
0, 1889; Bayard, b. Feb. 15, IMM ; Sylva, b. May 17, 1890.
5. Annie Francis Bayard, d. in Algeria, Africa, in Xov.,
1898, Avhilst seeking health, in conqianv wtih her brother
Philip F.
Hon. Thomas F. Bayard, of Delaware.
KAGY EEL ATIOX SHIP. -i-iii
6. Florence Bayard, m., in ISDS, Mr. William S. Ililles, of
AVilminatoii, Del., an attonicv-at-law. Otiice at 904 Market
street.
7. Tvonisa Lee Bavard, ni. Franlc Angell, Dee. ^1, ISDl.
They have three children : Thomas Bayard Angell, b. Sept.
28, 1892; Mahel, b. Xov. 2.-), 1893; Charles, b. March 3, 1895.
8. Thomas F. Bayard, -Jr., single, resides in j^ew York city
at this time ( 1S99).
9. Fllen Bayard, m. (\)nnt Beinliold A. Lewinhanpt, April
2, 1891; he d. the same year, A]ml 1:5, 1891. She then m.
Gnstav _Maiii'itz Ilagren, Feb., ISHT, and tliey lia\'e one son,
Thomas Manritz, b. Nov., 1897; d. Dec, 1897.
10. AVilliam Shippen Bayar(b d. in 1870, in infancy.
11. AVilling Francis Bayard, d. in 1871, in infancy.
12. Pliili]) Francis Bayard, is single (1899).
lion. Thomas F. Bayard died Sept. 28, 1898.
Thomas F. Bayard has been so prominently before the conn-
try that he needs no biography. He was born at Wilmington,
Del., Octobei- 29, 1828, and althongli Ins early training was
for a mercantile life he later stndied hnv and was callcMl to tiic
bar in 1851. His first pnldic office was that of United States
District Attorney, bnt this he resigned in 1851, after an in-
cnmbency of one year. In 18 09 he sncceeded his father in
the United States Senate, and served three consecntive terms
with distinction. In 1885 he resigned his seat to beconu'
President Cleveland's Secretary of State. His discharge of
the dnties of this office was marked by his characteristic abil-
ity, althongli he w^as called on to deal with many difficnlt diplo-
matic problems, not the least in im]ioi'tance of which was the
Behring Sea difficnlty. Since his retirement from office Mr.
Bayard has ]iracticed his profession. His first wife, who was
4-J:-i KAGY KELATIOXSHIP.
Miss Lec, of Baltimore, died soon ai'tci- lie became Secretary of
State, and in 1889 he married Miss Clymer, of Washington,
of the distincnished Pennsylvania family.
One of the many things that will particnlarly distinguish
Mr. Cleveland's second administration is the high character of
our representatives at foreign courts. All his diplomatic ap-
pointments have thus far heen of the highest standard and
those that were made to-day only emphasized the fact that onr
diplomatic service will he excellent thronghont.
The ripe statesman whom he to-day commissioned as the
first American Ambassador and sent to the Court of St. James,
is one of the ablest and most tlioroughly experienced men that
have represented us in England in the last half century. He
is a typical representative of the family name, long since made
synonymous with courage and hoiioi- by the great French
Chevalier. ]\rany i>ayards havi' served Delaware and the
Union in iilaces of great inqjortance during and since the
devolution, bnt Thomas F. Bayard has rendered more distin-
guished sei^vice than any of them. As the Democratic leader
in the Senate for many years, as acting Vice-President and
heir apparent to the Chief ^lagistracy and as Secretary of
State for four years he has become richly (■([ni])])ed for the
important duty to which he is now assigned.
When it is recalled that Cleveland was President and Bay-
ard was Secretary of State when Lord Sackville-West was
sent east so unceremoniously for his attempt to interfere in our
domestic i)olitics it will be seen that Mr. Bayard's nomination
has a peculiar significance. It is indicative of a strong foreign
policy and of an intention to bring about the ampler recogni-
tion of the infiuence and importance of the United States by
the great powers of the Old World.
AA'iLMiNGTOX, Del., Oct. 1, 1898. — With the simple and
impressive ritual of the Protestant Episcopal Church all that
was mortal of former Ambassador Bavard was to-dav given to
the grave. The entire city joined in the expression of sorroAV
over the death of Delaware's noble son ; fiags fluttered at half
mast, bells were tolled, jdaces of business were closed and the
streets were thronged with people.
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A niultitiide of pe()])lc early assembled at the quaint and
historic Old Swedes' Clnirdi, where the hody had hccii taken
the night before on its ai'rival from I )edham. I>nt the elnirch
was not thrown open to the ])ul)lic, as it had been decided not
to open the casket and permit the people to view the remains.
]]nt all morning the crowd lingered aronntl the old building,
Avaiting foi' the time of the brief funeral procession from the
church t(t the grave.
The hour of the funeral was 2 o'clock p. in., and l<»ng before
that time the little chnrcli was crowded with those for whom
admission ha<l been reserved. They comprised the pall-
bearers, members of the New Castle County Bar Association,
representatives of the Delaware Society Sons of the American
Kevolution, and committees representing the P)ayard Legion
and the Young ]\Len's Democratic Clubs.
The honorary pall-bearers were former President G rover
Cleveland, former Secretary of the Treasury Charles S. Fair-
child, Ebe W. Tunnell, Governor of Delaware; Chancellor
John R. Xicholson, George \^. Hives, of Xew York city; John
V. (*ra\'eii, and Thomas ('raven, of Salem, N. J., and dudge
Ignatius (\ (irubh, Di'. James A. Draper and Henry (!. Pan-
ning, of Wilmington.
End of Louisa Sewell Le(> Bavard's descendants.
2. COIiNELIA OLIVIA SEWELL, m. ALEXANDER
SOMERVELL, son of Dr. William Sonierv<-ll, Nov. 0, 18;}2.
Their children are :
1. (diaries Sewell Somervell, b. Sept. 4, 1S.33; d. April 7,
LS73.
2. AVilliam Alexander Somervell, b. August 15, 1834; d.
Xov. G, 1835.
3. Mary Elizal)etli Somervell, b. Jan. 29, 1836.
4. Catharine Sewell Somervell, b. Jime 5, 1837; d. Sejjt.
10, 1837.
448 KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
5. Cornelia Olivia Somervell, b. ^lay 17, ISoO; d. Fel). 1,
1840.
<j. Williaiii A. Somervell, 1). .luiie :^1>, 1S41; d. Jan.. -21,
1843.
7. Louisa Sewell Somervell, 1). ^fay 7, 1842; d. July 9,
1842.
8. Alexander Somervell, Jr., 1). Dee. 1, 1843; d. Mareli 27,
18U1.
!». Kmnia ("ornelia Somervell, 1). Se])t. K!, 1845; d. Xov.
14, 1884.
10. Eloise Sewell S.niiervell, 1.. April 10, 1841); m. Charles
Stewart Solomon.
11. liosa Somervell, 1». .Ian. 2^, IS,")!; m. Somervell Sel-
lers.
CllAHJ.ES SEWELl. S():\IEEVELEL was m. to :^rar-
garct Elizabetli AVeems, Dee. 1, 1853; he <1. A})ril 7, 1^73.
Their issue :
1. Olivia Sewell Somervell Weeins, h. Sei)t. 20, 1854; d.
•Ian. 11, ls7l>; m. to John Turner, Xov. 25, 1874. l-^ut-:
^Margaret Elizabeth, b. Aug. 25, 1875; Mary Peterson, b. Xov.
3, 1876; Charles Somervell, b. Feb. 18, 1878; d. Feb., 1883.
John Turner then m. Eloise Sewell AVilson, Oct. 27, 1887.
Issue: (1) Allen Claude, b. April Ki, lss!»; (2) Eloise, b.
Oct. 11, 1891; (3) Ethel AVilson, b. June 3, 1893, d. Xov. 0,
1895. [See record of Mary Elizabeth (Somervell) AVilson.]
2. Loch Weems Somervell, b. Jan. 24, 185(5; m. to Sarah
X. (iardiner, Dec. 11, 187'.t; he d. .March 31, 1881. They had
one son, Llewellyn Gardner, b. Sept. 9, 1880.
3. Alexander Somervell, m. A]>ril 27, 1881, to Ida Dorsey.
4. Frank Wilson SomerveH, b. Oct. 2, 1858; d. Aug. 20.
1800.
5. William Clement Somervell, b. ::\rarch 11, 1802.
li. Charles Sewell Somervell, b. Jan. 19, 1808.
7. Margaret Bourne Somervell, b. Xov. 12, 1871.
8. Mary Emma Somervell, b. April 2, ls73; d. Feb. 27,
1874.
KAGY EELATIOXSIIIP.
449
3. Alexander SoiiK-vvell, in. A]n-il i^T, 1S81, to Ida l)<iisey.
Their issue is: Olivia, 1). Alaivli Ki, ISS^'; AVilliani Dorsey,
1). :\rar(-li 27, 1S,S4.
End of (diaries Sewell ISoniervcdl recoi'd.
3. :\iAKy Ki:iZAI'>Kd II SOMKRVKLL, m. June 13,
isCl, to Xatlianicd Dare Wilson; lie d. Alar(di 2!), 1878.
Their issne: Olivia Sonierv(dl, 1). duly 14, 18G2; Alarv Eva-
lin, 1). Aug. 3, isiM; l^loise Sewell. h. dniie 22, 18G7; Maggie,
1). .Mareh 5, 18r)li; Annie Dare, 1>. Marcdi 17, 1873; Ellen
Douglass, 1». Xov. 2!>, 187:).
1. Olivia .Sonier\-ell Wilson, ni. Oct. 31, 1SS<), to Hobert
.MniTay. They have two cliildren. viz: Olivia Somervell
]\Inri'ay, 1>. Aug. 8, 1800; Henry Manydier Murray, h. March
21, 1S!m;.
2. Kloise Soinervell AVilson, in. Tohn d'nrner, Oct. 27, 1887.
Issue. is: Allen ( dande Turner, h. Api'il t«», 188!»; Eloise
Turner, h. Oct. 11, 18'.)1; Ethel Wilson, 1.. dune 3, 1803, d.
Xov. G, 1805.
8. ALEXAXDEli SOIMERVELE, Jr., (2<1) m. .^[aggie
Beonie, Xov. 12, 18(;7. She d. Oct. 18, 1880. He then ni.
Dixie Gardiner, Dee. 15, 1881; d. Afarch 27, 1801. Issue:
Koy Alexander, h. Tan. 22, 18S4; (2) Paul (dement, h. >rareh
30, 1885.
;>. KM MA COEXEIJA SOMERVELL, ui. X^ov. 15,
18(>(;, to Dr. Will. A. Sedwick. She d. X^ov. 14, 1884.
Issue: (1) Rosa Somervell, h. '^liuvh 20, 18G8, in. Eeb. 2,
1808, —■ (2) Wan. Alexander, b. July 0, 1860; (3) Mar-
garet Beome, b. Feb. 5, 1871 ; (-1) Elizabeth AVarren, b. Aug.
10,1875.
2!)
450 KAGT KELATIUNSHir.
10. ELOISE SEWELL SOMERVELL, m. April 24,
1873, diaries Stewart Soloinoii. Issue: ( 1 ) J. Somervell,
1>. Tilly 2, 1874; (2) Olivia Alexiiie, k A no. ir>, 1x75; (3)
Orace Stewart, 1). Dec. 23, 1880.
11. EOSA SOMERVELL, m. Soiaervell Sellers, Aug-. 11,
1880.
I'jid of tlie record of ( '(inielia OIi\'ia (Sewcll) Somervell.
3. CilAliLKS S.Miril SIAVELL, Jr., d. Sept. 11, 1832;
di'(»\viied; num.
I'Ik- followiiio- remarks liy a fi-iciid of tlie family on learn-
ing of the dcjitli of ('liarles S. Sewcll. dr.: Death is still
Itiisy and is sweeping away both the old and the young among
our friends. At the residence of his father, in Harford Co.,
Md., the Hon. Charles Smith Sewell, Sr., long a member of
the Senate and TTouse of Delegates of Maiyland; on tlie lltli
of September, l.s32, ( 'harles S. Sewell, di'.. in the 23d year
of his age. It seems like tlie other day, and it was but a few
Aveeks ago since Ave were two nights at Mr. Sewell's house, and
we have sehlom seen a more happy family. We sat by the
side of the affectionate mother and a fond father, and a group
of interesting sons and daughters, and now we have to put upon
record that one of that hap])v family has been called away,
in the vevj prime of life. These are sad, sad circumstances,
and many, very many, feel deeply for the loss this family has
sustained. AVe dare not dwell on this melancholy subject,
vet when death robs our friends of those so dear to them, we
must and do "wee]) with those who weep," for Sewell is one
whom we love as we do a brother; we sat with him in the
House of Delegates, and five sessions by his side in the Seuate
chamber at Annapolis, and Avliile there he lost a dear boy, on
board the United States ship "'Horuet," and now Charles, an-
other sou, is called away, and we fancy we hear more than
one of the familv sav, 'AVould to heaven I had died for thee.''
KAGY IIELATIONSIIIP. 451
4. AXXA MARIA SEWELL, m., , 1831, to
.lames Sewell Morsell. She d. July 23, 1835. Issue:
1. Maria Eloise SeAvell, b. June 28, 1832.
2. Hannah (Catharine, (L at G years of age.
3. E]izal)eth, d. ■ , young.
4. Olivia Clementina, b. and d. July — , 1835.
1. Maria Kloise Morsell, m. Se})t. !>, isiil, to James Free-
Ixii'ii Lambdin. Issue: (1) Anna IMaria, 1>. Aug. 28, 18G2,
lived 1 week; (2) Catharine Sewell, d. at IS months; {'.)) Alar-
garet Eloise, b. Aug. 28, 1864, d. at 2 years of age; (4) James
Morsell, b. May 14, 1867; (5) Sallie Morsell, b. Feb. 7, 1875,
and m. to George Peabody Loker, June 30, 1897; (6) Rosa
Eleanor Eambdin, b. April 21, 1877.
On the 23d of July, 1835, Mrs. Anna Maria Morsell, in the
26th year of her age, wife of James Morsell, Esq., of (^alvert
( o., ]\ld. In the death of this lovely and interesting woman,
society is called upon to mourn the loss of one of its brightest
ornaments. In the bloom of life and vigor of health, but a
few months since she bade fair to run her course with joy,
when death has suddenly chilled the stream of life, and forever
(dosed its course. Though he has marred the beauty of her
faultless form and quenched the light of her radiant eye, yet
there was no terror in his embrace to one whose heart was
fixed on CJod and whose treasure was in heaven. She bore
\\rr illness, which was long and painful, with patience
and ( 'hristian resignation. Perfectly conscious of her situa-
tion, she strove to conceal from her husband for some days
the nearness of the end, with a resolution that almost con-
(piered his despair. In the death of her lovely l)abe, which
died the day previous, the last link was broken, but only
for a few short hours, that the chain of affection might be
more firmly riveted in heaven. Thousands of God's holy
angels rejoiced when these two spotless spirits were ad-
mitted within the portals of heaven. They are now in that
ha])])y ])lace where the flowers of happiness never fade, and
where disease and death can never molest. On the 2 2d of
452 KAGY KELATIOXSHIP.
July, Olivia Clciaentiua, vouiigvst <laui;litt'r uf James and
Anna ^laria ^[ovscll, died only a few lionrs before its mother.
— ('ontril)ntc'(l l)v J. M.
5. CLKMKM KKA(i V .SKWJvLL, .M. 1)., d. num., March
- — , 1843, on tlie Ishmd of Jamaica, of eonsnni]ition. Having
put off tliis mortal frame, he lives, clothed with immortality.
AVlieii the old and venerated of the land are called to their final
rest, onr g-rief is teniperc^l with the thoni>'hts that after a long
and well-spent life, the rejiose of the grave is hnt a means of
heavenly rejuvenescence; that the tond) is but the portal to a
world where the age-enfeehlcd hody is thrown aside, and the
s])irit no longer dogged oi' eucumlicrctl. i-evels in all the de-
lights of those mansions iUiiuunated and made joyfid by the
])resence of an approving and eternal (!od. But when the
shafts of the destroyer strikes down the yonng, those whose
])ros])('cts of woi'ldly happiness were niielonded. whose visions
were oidy those of joy, the objects of their parents' deep and
sure centre(l aifection. ihcii- pi'ide, the depository of their
honor and happiness, then do the springs of the soid well ii])
naught l)Ut the bitter waters of sorrow and affliction, over-
Avhehning the nnnd with thoughts of grief and nusery. Such
are our feelings wdien we contemplate the death of Clement
Keagy Sewell, wdioni we remember as being one wdio, by his
amiahility and gentleness, had emleareil himsejf to both old
and young; one dee])ly imlmed with all those generous feelings
and higli-tone(l sentiments, which characterize the man of
])rol)ity and honor. Youth Avas his wdth all its attributes.
Wealth and all the enjoyments it could prociu-e, were at his
command. But disease Avitli its long train of afflictions fell
upon him. And did we hear him murmiu'ing and repining?
Oh, no. Calm and peaceftd resignation, under the severest
suffering, was de})icted in his countenance, and evinced in all
his actions. He spared us the anguish of hearing him com-
plain of sufferings which could not be alleviated, or of a fate
which conhl not be averted. AVith his relations and friends,
the writer of this hiunble trihnte t<» his niemorv, sincerelv and
KAGY RELATIONSHIP. -1:53
truly sympathizes. Their grief is his also. But still should
not their sorrow be softened with the thoughts that "our loss
is truly his gain?" That the gates of paradise have been
opened to him, and that he now stands before the throne of a
just and merciful deity, an advocate for their tcuijioral and
eternal welfare ? AY.
Harford Co., ATd., Marclt 15, ISJ^S.
G. JACOB KEACIY SEWELL, M. I)., d. April 15, lyiO;
was unm.
7. (lEOBGE SMITH SEWELL, d. at 12 years of age. He
was lost at sea in the Ignited States ship "Hornet/' off Tam-
pico, Se])t. 10, 1828; 200 perished, with the captain, Otho
Xorris, commandant, mIio m. C^ornelia Wright.
8. EDWABl) AUGUSTINE, d. unm., Sept. 28, 1825.
!». .IAjMES jVIOXKOE, in. a Miss Janney, of Baltimore
city, who d. without issue. He then m. again, a Mrs. Anna
Ditfenderfer, and had one daughter named Anna, who m. a
AFi-. Pxind. Ticsidc at Towson, Md. Mrs. Sewell, the second,
d. , 18!j2. James Alonroe Sewell was drowned in
( hesapeake Bay while out in a pleasure yacht, Aug. 5, 1869.
His brother, Septimus, and his sister's son, Harry Lee, all
drowned at the same time.
De])arte(l this life on the 5th day of Aug., 1869, my two
])re('ious hi-others, James M. Sewell and Septimus 1). Sewell,
James in his 50th year, Septimus in his 45th year. The yacht
from a sudden and violent blast of wind, capsized in Bush
Itibbon Xeck, and before the relief boat could reach them
thoy were both drowned. Their precious remains were both
interred in the Rose Hill family burying ground and were fol-
loA\-ed by a very large number of distressed and sorrowing
friends, who deeply mourned their sudden death. My dear
nephew, Harry Lee, was also drowned from the same boat,
aged 22 years, and was interred in Green Mount Gemetery,
454 KAGY EELATIONSIIIP
in his father's family vault. ^lay God in his intinite inerev
guide and direct his sorrowing snrvivors, "and temper the
wind to the shorn lamb." Bv their Sister.
10. SEPTIMUS D., m. Maria L. Smith, from Gal vert Co.,
]\rd., and had the following children, viz:
1. Charles S. Sewell, b.' Feb. 10, 1850.
2. LncY E. Sewell, b. May 5, 1854.
3. Catharine Sewell, b. Ang. 22, 1856.
4. Mary S. Sewell, b. April 17, 1858; is nnm.
5. Clement Keagy Sewell, 1). March 7, 1860; is nnm.
6. Wm. 11. Sewell, b. , 1862; is num.
7. F. Bowie Sewell, b. , 1864; d. aged 2 years.
8. Louisa Sewell, 1». Oct. S, I860. This one was a post-
luimons child. Her father and her nncle, James M., and her
father's sister's son, Harry Lee, were all drowned in Chesa-
peake Bay, while ont in a pleasnre yacht, Ang. 5, 1869, as
heretofore stated.
1. Charles S., m. Mamie Tinsley, of Georgia, and had one
son, C. S., a military stndent at ^NTacon, Ga. Charles S. d.
Sept. 6, issi). His wife also is dead.
2. Lncy E., m. Manrice P. :\Iunder, , 1880, and
have three children : Lela, b. , 1881 ; Lucy, b. ,
1886, and Eena, b. , 1889. Mrs. Mnnder d. Jnly 4,
1894. Piesided in Baltimore, Md.
3. Catharine, m. ]\[. D. AVilson, and has eight children,
five bovs and three girls. Beside at Fenksbnrg, Carrol Co.,
:\rd.
8. Lonisa, m. John P. Heard, of Gainsville, Ga., and has
one daughter.
The father of Col. Charles Smith ScavcH was Clement
Sewell, b. March 14, 1735, and d. March 14, 1795, and m.
Col. Charles Smith Sewell, in cjld Age.
vv yorkI
.IBRARY.
NOX AND
jNDATIONS.
KAGY r.ELATIOX.SlUr. 457
( onicliii Suiirli, Oct. 31, 177.">, wlio was li. A|ii'il ."Hi, 17."')!',
aii'l il. Jan. 21, 18::J1. Tlu-ir children were:
1. Cornelia, 1). Aug. 14, 1776; d. Sept. 17, 177>>.
■1. Cliarles Smith, ^^. 3[ay li\ I77!i: d. Nov. :;(), 1S4S.
••J. Henrietta, 1). :\Iarch »',. 17m': d July 5, 1783.
4. ]\raria, !>. .Mandi ]•;. i7^4; d June 12, 1826. She was
ni. to Henry AV right, aliout 1803, and had three children, viz :
(l.j Cornelia Wright, h. .March 22, ls()4.
(2.) Frances Amelia AVi-ight, 1). Alay 27, 1806: d. .Iinic .">,
1 ^iii'i.
(:;.) Will. .Middlctu], Wriglit. h. A])ril 7, 1809.
1. ('(iniclia Wriiiht, was m. to Captain Otho Xorris, who
Avas cdnimaink-r of the T'nitod States ship ''Hornet," which
was lost off Tampico, Sept. lo, 1828, and 200 with the crew
perished, inclnding the commander. C'aptaiu .\orris had
nrgently invited George Smith Sewell, the 4th son of CoL
' harh's Smith Sewell, to go on a tri]) on hoard his vessel, and
he perished with the rest. He was a lad <d 14 years of age.
Xot a vestige of ship or crew were ever seen or heard of after-
wai'd. Kverv soul on board perished.
Cornelia (Smitli) Sewell m. again, to John SoThereii, and it
appears he d. ])rior to 1810.
The following nr)tice ap])eared in the Daltimoi'c ])apers.
l)ec. — , 1848, announcing the death of Colonel Sewell: l)ied
on the 30th instant, at his residence, ''Rose Hill," Harford
Co., ^Id., the Hon. ( 'harles Smith Sew^ell. in the 7<iTh year of
his age. The announcement of thi> death is sntiicient to toucdi
aresponsive chord in a most extended circde of friends to awak-
en a feeling <»f deep sorrow, mingled with recollections of
jiast enjoyments, not only in his immediate neighborhood, bnt
far beyond the limits of ordinai'v interconrse and acquaint-
ance. ( 'olonel Sewell Avas b. in (^neen Anne Co., Eastern
Shore of ]\ld., on the 12th day of May, 1770, where he lived
tmtil manhood, and nntil he had fnlly confirmed hi- in horn
tendency, to that conrteons dignity of deportment, and cordial
hospitality so characteristic of that poi'tion of his native State,
and which. <in his snbse(nient removal to thi- ciT\-. and after-
458 KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
ward din-iiiii" his long' residence in Harford Co., made him so
nniversallv respected and beloved, and cansed him to he re-
garded as among the most conspicnons of the surviving few
gentlemen of the old Mar}dand School. This affectionate
regard of his fellow-citizens, with their nnhonnded confidence
in his integrity, and their high opinion of his capacity for use-
fulness, led to C^olonel Sewell's repeated nominations and elec-
tion to offices of high honor and trust, and in the various sta-
tions which he filled in the House of Delegates and Senate of
this State and in the Congress of the United States, he not oidy
fulfilled the ])artial expectations of his friends, hut add(Ml to
his deserved re])utation and popularity by his activity, ability
and zeal in supporting measures of policy calculated to advance
the interests of the ])eo])l(' and the national honor and pi'os-
]K'rity. And not only was he untiring in his civil efforts to
]ti'omote these, bnt when in the AVar of 1S12, this State was
invaded by the enemy, he was as prom])t to nuiintain his coun-
trv's honor in the field, and with his regiment was of those who
])articipated in the glorious defence of this city. Thus whether
in the forum or the field Colonel Sewell was always among
the foremost in his efforts to promote public welfare. But,
however distinguished as a ]3atriot, he was perhaps even yet
more remarkable for those admirable traits which adorn social
life, and contribute to the hajipiness of immediate friends and
neighbors. Xone such ever sought without obtaining aid
and council, and his warm heart was ever eager to seek out and
his kindly hand ready to relieve the sufferings of the afflicted
and the wants of the needy, !^^any such pensioners of his
liberal bounty will sadly mourn the passage from time of a
beloved benefactor. Many bound by the ties of family and
social regard will deplore the void left in the charmed circle of
love and friendshi]). fn Oct., 1S23, Colonel Sewell repre-
sented Harford Co., ^Md.. in the Legislature, and again in
1825. In 1826 he was chosen an elector; at that time two
such electors chosen in each county, met at Annapolis, as an
electoral college, to choose a Senator for each county in the
State. Colonel Sewell was chosen by the body of which he
was a member State Senator (Sept. 19, 1826), for Harford
KAGY KELATIOXSHIP.
459
( 'o. J 11 1^L^S he was elioson on the Adams ticket to represent
rlie electoral district composed of Harford and Cecil comities
in tlie natidiial electoral college. In 1832 lie represented the
same two connties in the national Congress as a Jackson man.
He was a high-miiidc*!, lioiiorahlc man of marked ahility and
intea'ritv, one whom no bribes could seduce, nor threats over-
awe. He left a landed estate of nearly 3,000 acres, the great-
er part of it in Harford Co. He also left valnalde proi^erty
in the city of Baltimore and un the Eastern Shore of Mary-
land.
2. .I(»lin Keagy, h. ahont 1753: (k mini., and intestate, the
2d of his family to die.
3. liudol]di Keagy, h. ahont 1755; d. unni. and intestate,,
tlie 1st of his family to die.
4. Isaac Iveagy, h. abont 1757; d. nnm. He left a will
dated duly 11, 1780, and he(iueatlie«l ])art of his estate to his
nephew, Isaac Xelf, ]iis sister's son, and to his nephew, dolin
Keagy, and liis niece, Ann Katharine Keagy, the two minor
children of liis brother dacob, who died a few years before him.
X. seeming strange fatality followed this Keagy family. Three
of the sons and a grandchild of Ann Katharine Keagy Sewell,
the only surviving grandchild of John Keagy, were drowned.
5. Ann Keagy, b. about 17»><>; m. Isaac Xefl', and had two
sons, viz: John and Isaac. Of these John d. in infancy, and
the other in liis yonng manhood before he possessed his inherit-
ance. Ann (Keagy) JSTeif d. ])rior to 1780.
The descendants of John (u- Johannes Keagy are all extinct
in the male line, and in the female line are found in tlie
Sewells, Lees, Somervells, Morsells, of Maryland, and tin-
Bayards and others of Delaware, all of whom are of the high-
est respectability and distinguished for their intelligence, so-
ciability and hospitality, and are accounted among the most
worthy citizens of the States in which thev dwell.
I300K Third, Chapter First.
DESCE^TDAXTS OF
CllKISTJAA' .KEA(;V, the eldest sou uf Uudolpli Kiioy
^vlio came to America in 17<14, landing' first in Pennsylvania,
and alxnif the vcai- iTsl iniii'ratiiiu' t(» the \'aUev of Virginia,
^vliere lie die(l in ITlK").
'• Biography is tlie only true history."
— Ralph W<ddo Emerson.
Tile third eniii>Tation of T\;ii>'_Ys to tliis conntrv took ])lace
Oct. I'T, 17<i4, when the ship "Hero/' R;d])li Forster, captain,
from liotter<lani, last from ( 'owes, ari'ive(l with .■)()() passengers
(11»4 of whom were adults), the balance wei'e under 16 vears
of age. .Vniong this nnmber was one
TirDOLril K.\(;^'. the progenit(n- of this branch. Tt is
(piite certain that this Kiigy located in Pennsylvania and re-
mained there nntil aftei- the (dose of the Pevolntionary AVar.
AVlien he left Pennsylvania to take np his residence in Vir-
ginia is not now (IMMt) definitel\- known. The most definite
and relialile information we have thns far Iteen altle to get has
been fni'nished by John Kagy, of Titfin, ()., in a letter to his
son. Dr. Isaac Kiigy, of near the same city, whicdi J insert here
'A'erbatim et literatim:"
Dkar Sox Isaac : According to yonr request, I will give
y( m a biography of the Kiigy family as near as I can remember.
S(t far as onr family is concerned, I will commence with my
gi'andfather and grandmother. They were both from Ger-
many and settled in Pennsylvania, where they had a good prop-
erty, Avhicdi grandfather sold and took the avails of it all in
Oontinentnl money. He intended to move from Pennsylvania
to Virginia to bny ]n'opertv at the latter place, bnt he delayed
so long doing so that the money he had received for his Penn-
sylvania property became worthless, and so he became poor
jind <lependent on niannal laboi- to make a living. He how-
KAGY KELATlOXSirri'. 4(Jl
over moved to Virginia and raised ([iiite a large familv. Tlicv
lived in Shenandoah Co. (the place of my nativity), on a small
stream called Iloleman's creek, wliei'c he nndcrtook to raise
a saw-null. He and another man vent out into the \vo(mU to
pr(>])are some tind)er to raise the mill. The man wIlo was
with grandfather cut down a tree which fell against another
and then fell hack where grandfather was sitting and killcil
him. So grandmothci' hccamc a widow, and some time after-
wards married a man hy the name of dacoh Milici', with wlmni
she was living when ^ve hd't Virginia.
"There A\'ere seven children in my grandfather's family
Avhen he died, threc^ hoys and fonr girls. Tho names of th(>
Ikivs wci'c ( 'hristian, lin<lol])li and dacoh. The names of the
two older girls were IJarhara and Elizabeth. 1 ha\'e forgotten
the names of the two yonngest girls. As to their marriages,
('hristian married ^lary IJihler; father (Iludol]»li) iiiari'ied
Hannah Si])le; Jacob mai'ried Rebecca Bibler, sister to Mary
liibler above named. The girls were niarrie(l as follows:
Barbara married (ieorge Zirklc; Fdizabcth niarriccl l)a\'id
AVinc; one whom I cannot name married KSamnel Wine,
hrother (d' David AVine, and the fourth married Samnel (iood.
"Tiins I liave gi\'cn yon a description of onr ancestors. Xow
as to the other Kageys, with whom our relationshi]> is very
distant, so that T cannot give anything more than the names
of some of the oldci' (nies, with whom 1 was acquainted. There
was old Henry Ivagey,"" who owned a mill on Smith's creek;
Isaac, who was the miller in said mill; .Jac(d), who was a J\Ien-
nonite ])i'eacliei"; John, who was a ])reacher among the Punk-
ards, so-called, hut now named Trinne Baptists; then there
was Budolph, who had a large family of boys, with Avhom T
was never ac(piainted. .Ml these old Xageys iiaiiie(l were
brothers and respectable ]ieople.
* Henry Kag-ey was the fourth son of John R. Kiig-y, the first of the
name in Pennsylvania, who came from Switzerland in 1715. Henry
migrated from Page Co., Va., to Shenandoah Co., Va , in 1769. Isaac,
Jacob and Rudolph were three of his eight sons.
402 KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
[Henry Ivagev d. Oct. S, 1783, and tlie Avriter lias been told
that the mill was not yet completed, hnt that his wife, Barbara,
completed it and brought a miller from Pennsylvania to in-
struct her young son Tsaac, a lad of some 13 years of age,
in the art of milling. Tradition says this person was named
Rudolph Kiigy. Later researches furnish indubitalde proof
that it was him (Rudolph Kiigy), the founder of this branch,
who came to America in 1TG4. If so, then he came to Vir-
ginia a few years later than heretofore stated, or about 1783.
The millwrights that built Henrv Ivagev's mill were Daniel
and Beery, who walked from Pennsylvania to the Val-
ley of Virginia. Daniel Beery, the first named, married Bar-
bara Ivagey, the 2d daughter and 8th child of Henry Kagey. — ■
Editor. ]
'•^Tlie ohl ones arc dead and no more, and the young ones
are scattered throui^himt tlie States. Thus I have given vou
all the information concerninu' the Kiicvs that I am able to
accoi'ding to my I'ccollcctioii.
Your father,
Jonx Kagy."
The only error, if such it be, in the above statement of John
Kiigy is the omission of the daughter Anna's name. It is cer-
tain that there was a daughter Anna, which makes live daugh-
ters.
From Airs. Catharine Ivnupp, of Moore's Store, Shenan-
doah CV)., Va., I have learned that Budolph Ivagy was unmar-
ried when he came to this country and settled in Pennsylvania.
His wife, who was Frances Barglebaugh, was 14 years old
when she came to America from Germany.
From I. D. Pupp's 30,000 Emigrants to Pennsylvania, I
learn that one Johan -Tost Birckelbach came to this country
from Rotterdam Oct. 29, 1770, on the ship ''Sally," John Os-
mond, master, 143 passengers. He is confidently believed to
be the parent of Frances Birckelbach, who became the wife
of Rudolph Kiigy.
In the year 1727 the Provincial Council adopted and en-
forced the following rule, to wit : ''That the masters of vessels
importing Oermans and others from the continent of Europe,
KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
463
-hall be L'xamiiuHl wlictlu'r tlicv have leave granted them l>v
the cotirt of Great Britain for the importation of these foreign-
ers, and that a list he taken of all these people. These lists
contain the names of all male ])assengers above the age of Ki.
These Avere made to snbscribe to a Declaration of Allegiance,
with their own hands, if tliev conld write; if they conld not,
the name was written by a clerk, and the person (lualitied
made his mark. This is the reason why the names of wives
iUid children do iu»t a])pear in the lists, with fathers and adnlt
s<.ins.''
On the occasion of the Gtli reunion of the Kagy Iiiographi-
cal Association at A'alley Spi'ings, near >s>w jMarket, \'a., in
issii, the venerable .Mrs. Moffett,* of near the latter
place, said that her gi-andfather, l\tidol])h Kiigy, came to Vir-
ginia from Pennsylvania. He was a millwright by trade, and
also a niillci-. Some time after he came to Virginia he erected
a saw-mill. Wdiile at work in the woods he Avas killeil by a
tree falling on him. He was not instantly killed, but never re-
gained conscionsness, dying at midnight of the same day. ^Irs.
Moffett says her mother coidd wxdl remember how her father
looked \vhen bi'ought to his home, the sight of his mutilate^l,
bleeding foim was indelibly impressed tipon her memory. I le
was buried in a nearl)y graveyard. 31 r. Kiigy was <d a dark,
swarthy complexion, dark hair and eyes, and his son, Ktulolph,
was like him and was sometimes called "Black Bndy," to dis-
tingtiish him fi-om another Itiijjolphl^agey, a son of old
Ilgnrv-. who went from Pennsylvania to the Valley of Vir-
ginia in 1768. Mrs. Moffett says: "I can remendx-i- well
hearing my father tease mother about her father being so
black. Slie also says my mother was very dark." j\Irs. JMoft'ett
savs there were fonr sons in Rudolph Iviigv's familv, one of
whom was killecl accidentally by the ]»rematnre discharge of
a gun in the hands of his brother. The two brothers wei-e ])re-
])aring to go on a hunt, and while one of them was engaged
*Mrs. Moflett informed the writer that her mother often told her
that her father, Rudolph Kiigy, came from Switzerland to Pennsylva-
nia, embarking- on board a vessel at Rotterdam. Germany, stopping-
at Cowes, England, from whence they sailed for America.
464 KAGY RELATIONSHIP.
easting l)nllets outside of the luill, the other one was inside,
the gun resting on the h)\ver half of the door, the muzzle di-
rected outward, when the gun went off accidentally and killed
the one outside. ]\Irs. ^Moflfett is a granddaughter of the widow
of KiKlolpli Kas'ev hv her niarriaii'e to Jacob ^Miller. Mrs.
Jvnupps was a descendant of Jacob Miller and so was the vener-
al)h' iiKithcr of Rev. Joseph ,M. I\agey, of i)ayr()ii, \'a., aii<l hy
her niarriaii'e t(» David Tvaaev, a son of AKraham, .")th son of
Henry, the two branches of the Kagey families became doubly
related in a distant <legree. It seems conclusive from all the
data obtainable that Rudolph Kiigy, who came to .Vmeriea in
1T()4, was a generation younger than John \l. Kiigy, who
came in 17b"), or (piite as likely two generations younger,
riiat they boi'e some kinshi]) to each other we can well be-
lieve from the testimony of the few old Kiigys and others, who
vet liuiicr anKUii;' ns on the shores of time, and who alwavs re-
gai'de(l one another as kin<b'e<l.
KI'DObl'll KA(;^', as has heretob)re been stated, sold a
])i'o|ierty in l'enii>yl\:inia and was paid in ( 'ontinental money.
This must have taken place during the Uexdlutionary War and
before its close, while that kiml of money was yet good, he-
cause while it hail rapidly depi'eeiateil in value, it was not
wholly worthless until 17^1. Therefore it is (piite likely
that this date is about the time of liis migration to Virginia.
As to the time of his mai'riage we are not infoi'ineil. His
youngest daughter and child was born in L7l>:), three months
aftei' the death of her fathei'. 1 am informed that he ne\er
owned any real estate in \'irginia. lie lived on a ]ilace called
Boiling Sj^ring, about three miles northwest of JN'ew Market,
Shenandoah Co., Va., in the vicinity of which he evidently is
buried. The exact locality is not now known.
To Rudolph Kiigy and Frances Barglebaugh were l)orn four
sons and five daughters, to wit: Christian, Rudol])li, Jacob,
Anna, Barbara, Elizabeth, Alary and ( 'atharine. There was
another son, Avho was killeil by the accidental <lischarge of a
gun as before stated.
In religious faith they were both "AFennists." AVhen, after
the death of her husband, she mari'ieil .Tacob ^lillei-. she united
KAGY RELATIONSHIP. 465
Avitli the Geriinni l>aptists. T wish to call tlio roador's atten-
tion to wliat appears to l)e a ii,rave (liscre])aii('y between tlio
statement made by Dr. Isaac Kiigy's fathei' when he says:
"There were seven chiklren in his grandfather's family when
he died/' I have stated that tliere was nine. A litth' reflec-
tion will ('((n-ect the apparent discrepancy. It has l^een ])i'c-
viously stated tliat a yonng son was accidentally kill(Ml, and as
tlic eldest daughter had mai'ricMl and left tlic pai't-ntal lionic
before the Doctor's father was born, at least before he had ai--
rived at an observing age, so far as it relates to the nnmbcr of
sons, we are perfectly safe in saying that he never could ha\'e
known the one killed and may have never even heard of the oc-
cnrrence, and hence his statement was correct as to the fact he
mentioned, viz : 'Idiere l)eing seven persons, sons and dangh-
tci's, in his grandfather's family when he (IicmI. .Idhn's father,
Rndolph, the 2d, kd't Virginia about the yeai' IS is, oi- per-
haps a little later. I am informed that all three sons of old
llndy left Virginia abont the same time and settled in Ohio
and became pioneers in the npbnilding of that great State, and
from whence their descendants have gone out into every State
and Territory, and by their industry have added to the wealth
of the country and have shaped an'd^ administered its laws, with
honor to themselves and to the satisfaction of their f(dlow-citi-
zens. In every walk and avocation of life is found some one
of this worthy ])eo])le, adorning their calling with credit and
ability, exhibiting all the \ii'tnes that ennoble manhood and
womanhood.
Alnch (lonbt existed for some time among the descendants of
Kndol])h Kiigy as to the time he left Pennsylvania and went to
^"irginia. After much time s])ent and thought given to the
matter and an examination of all the data bearing upon the
subject we now feed confident we have arrive(| at the time to
within a month oi' two at least, and which is suificiently satis-
factory tor the ])ui']>ose of a Kagy History. A correct chi-on-
ology is however the life and soid of any history. Thus it will
be seen that Rudolph Kiigy lived some thirteen years in Vir-
ginia and Avas not killed (as heretofore stated by a tree falling
30
•iGG KAGY 1!1:LA riONSllll'.
(Ill liiiii sdoii ;iltiT liis ;iri'i\;il ill \'ii'uiiii:i. as is ii'i'iicrally bc-
licV(Ml).
Mr. Ucii jaiiiiii Zirklc. of Mt. llorcl*, -Icll'ci'sou Co., Tciiii..
a son of (ico. /ii'klc. wlio inaiTHMl llarbara, the dauiiiilcr of
Kiidolpli Kiiii'V, says in a Icllci' lo llic I*",(lilor (latt'<l April l'4,
ISJM): "I rcoollocf licariiiii- my inollicr say that licr fatlici'
told licr llial lie came Iroiii Swit/.ci'laiid ; lie was a .Mciuiouilc
and hroiiiilil liisclinrcdi letter with him. My mother always
said, in speakinu' of the Shenandoah ( 'o. Kaii'cys, that they
were consins in Switzerland. I ne\'er heard her sa\' that her
father, Kndolpli K;ii;y, had any brothers or sisters." In rej^ard
to the ( 'out ineiital money that Knilol|ih Kiiu'v reeeixcd for his
]iro|)erty sold in I *eniis\ l\ania, Mr. Zirkle savs : " M v
mother told me that they Kd'l P(.'nnsyl\-ania in the fall o\' the
year and by spring the money beeanie worthless. .\ handker-
(diief fnll of it was nstnl to liiiht the tire in eookiiii^'. Mr.
Zirkle says: "T saw a few pieces of it in my lather's Iiotise."
!' I'oiii t he ab<i\-e statements, com in ii' as i he\- do from sii antlien-
tie a source, we are led to believe that luidolph K;ii:y left
reiiusyhauia in the fall of ITSI. I n fiirt her support of tliis
(•(uudnsion I will (piote from llnrjirr's Xrir Monllih/ Majid-
zin(\ \(d. I'ti, paiie 4oVi, for tlu^ veais Mi' and "<'>■'!, \)rc. to .Mav
immbers. whicdi <:i\-es a table exhibitinu the depreciation (d"
the ('onlineiital money at llie be<:iiiiniii:' of everv month dnr-
inii' the last \\\r years of its existence, specie L)eini;' the standard
of value, to wit :
1777. 177S. 1779. 17S0. 17S1.
January, $10.", $325 $742 $2,934 $7,400
February, 107 350 868 3,322 7.500
^rai-ch, 109 370 1.000 8.73()
April, 112 400 1.104 4.000
May, 11. -> 400 1.215 4,600
.Tune, 120 400 1.342 6.400
July, ... 125 425 1.477 6.900
August 150 450 1.680 7,000
September, 175 475 1.800 7.100
October 275 500 2.0 W 7,200
November. . . 300 445 2. SOS 7.300
December, 310 634 2.593 7.400
KAGY EELATIONSIIIP. 4()7
111 tlic ;il;()ve' tabic wu sec; that in iY'briiary, 1781, Cuiiliiie'ii-
tal iii()iie,\- became valueless, and confirms the statement of Mr.
Zirklo's iiiotlicr, and tixes the time of Riidolpb K;ig'y''s mig'i'a-
tioii in X'ii'iiiuia as beine" made in tlic fall of ITSI, oi' n jililc
later.
Ill order to show the practical effect of this (l('])re<'iati<ni of
( 'oiiiiueiital money, I append a hill of sah^ of goods as follows:
Captain A. M. Lane, Bought of Wm. Nieholls, ,lan. ">. ITS! :
One pair boots, $6U(i
61 yds. Calico, at 85 dollars per yd,, ... .... 752
6 " Chintz, "150 " " " 900
4h " Moreen, '• 100 " " " 450
4 Handkerchiefs, ■■ 100 " each, 400
8 yds. Quality binding-, at 4 dollars per yd., 32
1 skein of silk, 10
$3,144
If paid in Specie, 18 pounds & 10 shillings.
Received payment,
Wm. Nicholas.
From all the data in our possession we arc led lo lliiiik
that Kndolph ivJigy and Frances Barglehangh were iii. about
1774, in Pennsylvania, and had foiu" sons and five danghters,
viz: Christian, Kudolph, Jacob, Barbai'a, .\nna, Elizabeth,
j\Iary and Catharine, and a son, wliose name is not known, who
was accidentally shot as heretofore stated.
CHRISTIAN KAGY, the 1st son of Rudol])h, was b.
iSej)!. 14, 1771, in Pennsylvania, and went with his parents
to Shenandoah Co., Va., about the year 1781. lie m. Mary
]jibler, of the same Co., abont 1790. Their children, ten in
iiiinibcr, are:
1. Lewis B.
"2. Frances.
'). Abraham Bihler.
4. Barbara.
5. Elizabeth.
(). Rebecca.
7. (diristian.
468 KAGY RELATIONSHIP.
8. Saiimol.
9. Susan.
10. Joliii, (1. Dee. -l-j, IS 10, ai-ed !) days.
1. Lewis B. Kiigy, 1>. -Ian. 1."), IT'.'S, in Slicnamloah Co.,
Va., and m. Franciiiah Ashbrook, Oct. 0, I'S'l'i. He d. ^May
1l>, 187:^. Slie d. A])ril 27, 181)7, b. Jan. :'., 1S04. lie re-
sided in Illinois at the time of his death. Issue, seven ehildven,
1. Abigail A., h. Se])t. 0, 1824; d. Oct. 5, 1825.
2. Aaron A., b. April 2, 1820.
;5. :\larv AValters, b. ^>Uy 11, 1828.
4. Tunis A.. I.. April 2)^, 18:^0; drowned duly :;, iS.jS.
5. Laura Catharine, b. :\Iareh III, 1832.
0. d(.hn.M., b. Aj.ril 8, 1834.
7. IJeheeca, 1.. .March 4, 1830.
All the above (dnidi'eii wei'e born in Fairfi(dd (^)., O.
2. AAUOX A., I). April 2, 1820; ni. Eliza AIa\d<, .Nov. 8,
bS4!,». lieside at ^IcCool d miction, Xeb.
3. MAin', 1.. .May 1 1, 1828; m., Dec. 7, 1848, to Jacob M.
Walters, b. .Vu,a-. 13, 1821 ; d. Feb. 1, 1898. Their children
are: Tunis ]\L, 1>. \\\is. 1, 1853; James R., b. Oct. 3, 1856,
and was killed by a vicious animal, Nov. 7, 1897; Wm. B., b.
Jan. 12, 1859; Cora May, b. Dec. 18, 1800, d. Jmi. 28, 1887,
from burns that caused death.
5. LAURA 0.,b. March 1<), 1§32; m., Oct. 0, 1853, James
T. Church, b. Nov. 19, 1828. Married in Fairfield Co., ().;
reside in Englewood, 111. elames T. Church d. , 189 .
Their children are: Francinah Jane, b. July 22, 1854, in
Ohio; ]\Iary Walters, b. A])ril 23, 1857. in Ohio. F'rancinah
dane m., June 3, 1880, Ricardo E. ^liner, and ]\[ary AValters
m.. Ana-. 4, 1880, Charles A. Foss.
0. JOILX .M., 1). Ai)ril 8, 1834; m., Sei)t. 19, 1S05, to Mary
P. Beckwith, b. April 30, 1847. They have three children,
Francinah (Ashurdokj Kaijy.
Tr - - ^''^x ^'
A8T0R. LeN'^>'
TILDEN P^'
KAGY KELATIONSIIir. 471
two (l;nii>'hters and one son, viz: Ethel May Kagv, 1>. in
Ottawa, 111., . I line 2C>, ISOG; Volnev B. Kiigy, b. in Ottawa,
111., Oct. 31, 18G7; Lanra C. Kagy, 1,. in Kankakee, Til.. Dec.
31, ISGD. John ]\r. Kiioy and family new (1898) reside at
Bozenian, jMont. John M. Kagy has had a varied experienci'
in his life as this brief biogTa])hy will show. lie was b. in
Fairfield Co., O. His early life was spent on a farm nntil
he was 21 years of age. At that time his father's land was
mostly in timber, ami had to be clcai'iMl, wliicli iii\'ol\'ed l!ic
hardest niannal laboi-. His schooling was sncli as was then
obtained in country schools; the sessions were for three
months only. In the s])ring of 1<S,57 he left Fairfield ('o.,
()., and went to Illinois, in coin])any with his brother-indaw,
J. .M. AValters, and in the s])ring of ISHD he retnrned to
Ohio, and moved his father and family to Ottawa, Lasalle Co.,
111., where his father d. in 1872. Ilis great-nncle, Jacob
Kiigy's farm was within a half iinle of his father's in Fair-
field Co., and frequently visited John M.'s home, and on snch
occasions he wonld often reconnt the story of his pioneer life,
and no doiiht the recital of these stories had much to do with
the snhject of this sketch in forming a taste for adventnre in
the wdlds of the far ^vest. Tn a letter to the writer he says :
"My great-uncle was one of the best men that ever lived. Tie
wrote his name Cagy, stating that is Avas easier for him to make
a (^ than a K. Ti)econnng ambitious to see something of the
c(»nntry, in the spring of 1861 he left Illinois in company
with an old friend of his, A. It. Keller. Jdiey ^vent across the
]»lains with a team to California. They had entered into a
solemn compact to stand by each other, and to do nothing with-
out the other's consent. Tn ihc s])ring of 1862 young Iveller
got the war fever and asked his companion to consent to his
return to the East. This being given, young Iveller enlisted
as a private, an"d so acquitted himself that at the close of the
war he wore the uniform of a colonel. Our hero being thus
left alone, in the spring of 1862 he went to the Salmon Kiver
mines, in Oregon, where he worked in the mines six months,
and secured $1,000. The mine failing to yiehl, he returned
to California and Avent nii the Feather river, from P>ntte City,
472 KAGY RELATIOXSTUr.
( al., and tlun'o he rented a ranch and farmed it for two years,
1868 and 18()4. He then concluded to return to Illinois,
and sold out and foiuid he had $10,000 in ii'old. This he
exchanged for greenbacks, and received $20,000 for it. He
located at Ottawa, and entered into the wholesale grocery and
whiskey business in com])any with his brothers-in-law, J. W.
AValters and James T. (^hurch; he had a half interest in a dis-
tillery at Joliet, HI. This enterprise was a hnancial success,
hut a destrnctive fire consumed the greater ])art, and he sold
out his interest. (Concluding that that was not the business for
him, he then went to Kankakee Co., 111., and bought 960
acres of land and went to farming, with the ]uir|)ose of mak-
ing that tlie bnsiness of his life. Ihit fate decreed otherwise.
In an evil lioui' he yielde(l to the generous impulses of his heart
and endorsed largely for friends, and through them lost all his
possessions and he hecame ])oor and ])enniless, and was made
to feel in his own exi)erience the terrible truth of the old
adage, "Prosperity makes friends; adversity tries them,'' and
alas, too often we hnd them wanting. AVith hope still undis-
mayed, he again started for the west with his little family, a
wife and three children. This was in the spring of 1872. He
located in the same ])lace he occu])ied in 1863 and '64. Here
he went to work with a will and determination to achieve suc-
cess, but h(^ found he could not do as much work or stand the
wear and tear of hard work as he once did. lie remained
here until Oct., ls7l>, during which time he and his family
suffered from the chills and fever. Abotit this time he was
ai>i)ointed to assist his old friend. A. H. Keller, who was then
Indian agent under a])pointment of the Hnited States Oov-
ernment, and had eonti-ol of the stock, serving in this capacity
for hve years, afterward going into the sheep raising business.
He is now engaged in farmine; at Bozeman, Mont.
Kthel ]May Kiigy m., ^\ay 20, 1886, to Arthur Thomas
lilliot, b. in Chester, Mass., June 11), 1857, and has five chil-
dren, viz: John Elbert, b. May 31, 1887; Arthur Raymond,
b. Oct. 11, 1888; \Vm. Earle, b. Xov. 24, 1881); Mary Louise,
Frances (Kagy) Bretz and David liRiixz.
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TiL'-'^ FOU'-OATIONS.
KAGY EELATIOXSIlir. 475
b. Oct. 24, 1892; Ethel Kiigy, h. April 14, ISOn, on Easter
day. Occupation, iiiacliinist. Resides at Spreckels, (Jal.
Volnev B. Kiigy is imm. at this date (1899) and is a printer
by trade and a member of the Congres;ational chnrch at Red
Lodge, Mont. Resides at Red Lodge, ]\Ljnt.
Lani'a ('. Kligy m., Dec. :>1, 1890, to Esselstyn, and
has one child, Fail, I). Oct. IT), 18l»2. Resides at Red Lodge,
Mont.
7. REBEC t\V, b. March 4, 18:5(;; m. Eeb. 2('., 1863, Moab
P. Trnmbo, b. Dec. Ki, 1829. T<t tlicni were born two chil-
dren, a son and danghter: (1) Benjamin Franklin, b. Xov.
25, 1862, is m. and has two (hiuglitcrs, Helena, 1). (^ct. 27,
1887, and Joseplnne, b. Jan. 2, 181»2; (2) May Tnunbo, b. Tan.
6, 1866, m. Bradford, and have a son and daughter, viz:
Oharles T., b. Xov. 30, 1890; Rebecca May, b. Jan."31, 1898.
FRAXCES (KAGY) BRETZ, a native of Rockingham
Co., Va., daughter of Christian and ]\Iarv Kiigy (nee Bibler),
was 1). July 20, A. 13. 1800.
DAVID BRETZ, a native of Lancaster Co., Pa., son of Val-
entine and Elizabeth Bretz, was 1). July 24, A. D. 1798.
Frances Kagy and David Bretz were m. at the home of the
bride's parents in Fairfield Co., O., by Elder Thos. Snelson,
May 19, A. D. 1822. Frances (Kagy) Bretz was raised in
the primitive Baptist faith in which faith she d. Jan. 2, 1885.
David Bretz was raised in the Lutheran belief, but d. in the
Primitive Baptist faith, Oct. 28, A. D. 187<*). Issue, ten chil-
dren, viz :
L Lewis K. Bretz, b. May 4, 1823.
2. Abraham K., b. Dec. 12, 1824.
3. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 7, 1826.
4. Samuel, b. Sept. 13, 1828.
5. Valentine, b. Sept. 5, 1830.
6. Mary, b. Sept. 9, 1832.
47G KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
7. Barl)ara, 1). Sept. 1-2, ISS-t.
8. (liristena, b. Sept. 8, 183G.
1». Frances, b. April o, 1838.
10. Coorae AV.. 1». Julv 4, 1840.
1. LEWIS K. BRETZ, ^vas m. to Elizal)eth Seitz, a native
of Seneca Co., O., Feb. 7, 1849. Issne, fonr children, viz:
1. Eliza F. Bretz, b. Sept. 15, 1851.
•2. AVilson J. Bretz, b. July 11, 185(5.
3. Ada ('. Bretz, b. duly 4, 18G0.
4. Frances A. Bretz, 1). .March 7, 1803.
1. Fliza F., ^vas ni. to O. AV. Hershbergcr, a farmer, native
of Seneca Co., ()., Feb. 20, 1878. Issne, one child, Martha
Elizabeth, h. A])i'il 28^ 1881 : no reliaions ]>rofession. P. 0.,
Bloonndllc, Seneca ( 'o., O.
2. AVilson d. Bretz, fanner; niiiii.: makers nn religions pro-
fession. P. ().. Wyandntt, Wyaiubitt Co., O.
3. Ada (\ Bretz, seamstress; num.; a member of the Free
AVill Baptist cliinvb. P. O., AVyandott. AVyandott Co., O.
4. Frances A. Bretz, ni. to AV. B. Stinemetz, a farmer, Xov.
15, 1887. Has one chihb hecta Elizabeth, b. dnly 22, 1805.
Frances is a member the Free Will Baptist clinrch. P. O.,
AA^yandott, AA'yandott Co., O.
Lewis K. was a farmer by occnpation. lie made no re-
ligions profession; d. Aug. 11, 1871. Cannot give date of his
"wife's death.
2. ABRAHAM K. BRETZ, was m. to ^Liry Ann Perkey,
a native of Seneca Co., O., Ang. 27, 1854, Had four chil-
dren, viz :
1. Ale:ernon II.. b. Jnlv Is, 1855.
2. Addnirano I)., b. Sept. 15, 1S."')7.
KAGY KKLATIOXSIUJ'. 477
3. Ozora S., 1). Oct. 1, 1859.
-1. .Milton A., 1). Se])t. 2, 1862.
1. Algernon II., d. Feb. 10, 1885; nnni.
2. Adonirano T)., was m. to Bena Kling, Se])t. 15, ISS',).
Xo children. Occnpation, merchant grocer. Kesidence,
( ■harlotte, ]\rich.
3. Ozora S., ni. S. II. Slicplici'd, Nov. 2(i, 1884. Have one
son, Don M. (Vcnpation, grain merchant. Residence and
P. O., Cliarlottc, :\Iich.
4. ]\Iilton A., unm. (lccn])ation, attorne_v-at-hnv, real es-
tate and loan agent. Uesidcncc and V. ()., Altilene, Tex.
Abraham K. d. Oct. :;(), 18(;7.
3. ELIZABETH BRETZ, m. Ziba B. Meyers, Oct. 20,
1844, a farmei' and native of Seneca (^o., O. Elizabeth d.
Dec. 2, 1870. There were l)orn to them hvc children, viz:
1. George AV., b. Sei)t. 30, 1S45.
2. AVesley, h. Sept. 11, 1847.
3. Ann Eliza, b. May 2!», 1853.
4. Alvin !)., b. dan. 4, 185G.
5. Jesse B., b. Dec. 2, 1870.
1. George AW, was m. to Xancy J. Pickens, Jan. 30, ls70;
farmer l)y occnpation. Their children are: Mertie M., b.
Jan. 21,'l873; Clara L., b. Ang. 17, 1874; (duirles \V., 1..
Feb. 3, 1880; :\Iary E., b. :\Iarch 27, 1883. P. O.. Sim-
tield, Eaton Go., ]\Ii(di. Residence, Sebewa, Iowa Co., Alidi.
2. AA^esley Meyers, by occn])ation a drnggist; m. ]\lary Al.
McArthnr, Sept.' 21, 1870. P. O., AVoodland, Barry ('...,
Mich.
478 KAGY RELATIONSHIP.
'■'>. Ann J'^liza, in. Win. 11. Ale. \rlliur, liiiiil)ci-iiiaii and fann-
er, Dee. 21, ISTO. Issue: Dcrllia U.. 1.. \ui^. 27, 1874;
Florenee A., 1). April 2:5, ls7(i; Win. 11., .Ir., I>. Jan. 23, 1887;
Zil.a A., I). .May IS, lss!»; Dclhci't LeKoy, I.. -Ian. 2(;, 1895.
P. O., Boyii (Hty, ( 'liarlcvoix ( "o., Alieli.
4. .Mvin 1 )., farmer; in. IJclle Uno'er, Ajn-il 30, 1882. One
cliild liorii 1(1 lliciii, I'aiiiiia L., li. -Inno 21, 1SS;'>. Alvin 1 ).
(1. -Jan. 12, ISSII. P. ()., Lake Odessa, Iowa Co., Mieli.
,5. Jesse 1!., I'ai-nier; iniui. 1*. ()., Lake 0<lessa, Iowa Co.,
Mich. ^Ml I*rotestaiits in their reliiiious belief.
4. SAMITELBEETZ, son of Da\ id and l-'rances Bretz, was
1>. Sept. l-'j, 1S2S; in., .\pi'il 14, 1853, Anna Seitz, daugliter
of Lewis and IJai-hara Seitz, !>. FeL. 19, 1832. Anna (Seitz)
I)retz A\-as liaptize<l into tlie fellowship of the Prinntive IJa])-
tist ehurch l>y hei' son, Klder (ieoriic .\. Pretz, -Inly 13, 1892;
d. Maivli is, 1895, leavin^c: a ImsLand and three sons:
1. Dow, 1). Jan. 29, J85i'); ni. Sarah L. Rohinson, Dec. 25,
1878. Issue, one (hi niihter. Hazel Pea I'l, \k -Ian. 2, 1891. Xo
reliiiions ])rofession. K("-ideiice, Iviehtiehl township, Henry
Co., O. P. ()., Alilton Center, Wood Co., O.
2. Geoi'oe A., b. Dee. 7, 1800; m. Snsan Angnsta Jordan,
JMareli 3, 1883. Cieorac .\. is a Primitive l)a|)tist minister.
Residence and D. O., Albion, A'obie i\>., Ind.
-3. Franklin -1., b. Xov. 7, 18(j(); in. to ]\Iiiiiiie -F. Bacome,
Feb. 17, 1892. Issue, one dangliter, Elma (V)reiie, 1). Feb.
4, 189.3. Xo religious ])rofession. Kcsidence, Kiclifield
township, "Henry Co., O. P. O., Milton Center, Wood Co., O.
5. VALF.XTIXF BKETZ, in. Sarah .\. Telford, Sept.
27, 1855. He enlisted, Sept. 3, 18(iL\ in the 21st Michio-an
Infantry, and was Avonnded in the battle of Stone Biver in the
head and eai-ried the ball nnlil -liine 23, 1885, when it came
down through the air passages into his month, which was the
KAGY lii:i,.\'l'l(».\Sllll'
-1711
cansr (if liis (lc;illi. I Ic d. -I iiiic II, ISSC). Issue, sc\cii cliil-
(li'cil. iwd ilviiiu' ill ill l';iii('v : l);i\iil, li. Ndw is, IST),, m..
Fell. II, ISSI, lo Ahiry 1 !()iz,-i;-s, issue, four eliildreii, oc('ii|i;i-
limi, l;ii'iiiiiiii', residence, Seni's, Mieli.; Im'ii, I). Aiii;'. 2 1, lS(il,
I'esideiiee. L;ike Odessa, Mi(di, oeeiipal ion, dress maker; ( )rson
(i., li. ()el. 1.'), ISliC), and in. Mwilila \'.. Si iiKdieomli, ()et. i'-">,
ISIITf, lia\-e one (diild, oeeii] lal ion, rai-iniiii;', \\ ( )., Lake
Odessa, Mi.di.; Kiilli S., I., dnlv I, 1S(;!», and in. Sidney lliud;-
])oi'ouiili, a l>la(d<>iiiilli. Dee. 1(», IMMt, liaxc one (diild, resi-
deiieeaiid W ()., Lake Odessa, l\li(di. ; Don ('., I.. -Iiilv !», 1ST-',
resides at llnddocdi. La., oeeiipal ion, ea rpeiiler. (raiinol i^ix'e
(kile (d' ihe dealli (if Sarah A. ('i^dford) I'.rel/..) ddie faniilx-
(>( N'aleiiline llre1/., orlliodox in lieli(d', lour of wlioiii are
( 'liri<l iaiis.
• ;. \\\\l\ llKK/rZ, in. .Noah I'liuse
('o., ()., lariner hv oeeuiial ioii, .Marcdi 1
<diildreii :
J. Alon/.a 1)., 1.. Dec. Hi, 1S:,L>.
:!. (dara K., L. Sept. iM , IST)!.
;;. Delora d., I.. K(d). :^L^ IST)?.
d. Fannie F., 1.. Oci. IS, jSCl.
I, a iiali\'e <d' Seneca
1, lsr)2. Issue, four
1. Aknizo D., III. deiinie V.. Di(d-;soii, l"'el». Fl, ISTS. ILid
Iwo.diildreii: Mary Lois,!.. ALiivli 7, isso, .k duly'.), isso;
Kalph D.. 1). dune 5, ISSL deiinie I-:. (Di(d<soii) l';iiis(d <l.
duly 4, ISSl. Ocnpalioii, lio(d< keeper. F. O., d'illin, O.
i'. (dara !'"., in. Frank P. iCIaIr, a pliysitdaii, d line 17, FsT.").
Issue, Iwo (diildreii : Leora F., Ii. .\pril 17, 1S7S; I'doreiice
]\L, 1). F(d). lid, 1SS2. Fesideiice, lloricoii. Wis.
d. Delora d., uiiiii. F. O., ddlliii, O.
4. {''aiinie Iv, in. I'd'auk F. (diiir(di, a coniiiier(dal man.
Residence. ( de\ (dau<l, ( ).
480 KAGY KELATIOXSHir.
]\Iarv (Bretz) Kiusel is a iiu'inbei' of the Primitive Ikiptist
clun-cli. Clara K. Ivlair and lnisl)aiiil and daughter, Leora,
are (Miiiiniuincants of tlie Second Presbyterian clinrch at liori-
con. Jennie K. (Dickson) Einsel was a iiieHd)er of the First
Presbyterian chnrch at Bloonville, O. JJehjra J. is a menil)er
I if tlie 7'^ir^t l*resl)vterian chnreh at Tiffin, O.
7. PAPBAKA IMIETZ, m. Daniel Seitz, a native of
Seneca ('<»., ()., Peb. 4, ts(;i'. a fai'inei- by (leenpation. Issue,
four cbildreii, \'\/.:
1. ( 'assius M., and f
2. Cora I!., 1.. in iMii', and'd. in 1880. ( ^^"''''
;;. Wade \V.. 1'. Feb. 2-1, 1 SliS. Ueligions bel iid', ( 'ongrciia-
tidiial. ( )('en|»ati(in, elei'k in wlmlesale diaiLi' lionse.
4. desse W'., b. Sept. 4, ls70. I'nitiMl jn'etlireii. Oeenpa-
ti(in, ]»i'inter.
1. Cassius, 111. P(4). 14, 1802.
Hai-bai'a Uretz, Fi'iiiiiri\-e baptist (dini'eli. Residence and
P. ()., (leveknd, O.
8. (MIPISPFNA BUFTZ, m. William A. Wats.ui, Sept.
1, 1800. Issue, three children:
1. Jrvin C, b. Dec. .'5, 1801.
2. :\Iary F.. b. dnly 14, bsOO.
:;. (dara .May, b. Xov. Is, IsTi;.
1. Irvin (;., m. Dora Lions, Dec. 1, 1888. TTad two cdnl-
dren: Don, b. Dec. 20, 18811; Plorence, b. Aug-. 24, isin;.
2. .Mary P., m. Frank Kn.du', Jan. 18, 1801. Three cliib
dren: Katie, b. Dec. 8, 1802, d. March 6, 1800; Howard, b.
Xov. 0, 1804, d. Jan. 10, 1805; Eugene, b. March 0, 1800.
Christena AVatson is a Primitive Baptist; Clara ^Nlay is a
Presbyterian: AVilliam A. AVatson is a retired farmer, living in
Van Buren, O.
KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
481
9. FExVXCES BRETZ, d. at the home of her parents, July
4, 1858.
10. GEOEGE AV. EEETZ, never ni. Tie was one of
tlie nnfortunates who starved to death in Libby Prison during
The hite Civil War, June 26, 1864. He d. a patriot martyr,
ill defence of the Union. '''No sound can awake him to glory
ai;ain."
3. ABEAHAM BIBLEE KAGAY, son of Christian
Kiigy, b. Sept. 17, 1802; m. Aug. 11, 1826, to Sarah Hall, b.
.May 25, 1S03, and resided at Effingham, 111., and raised ten
children. Abraham B., d. Feb. 15, 1877, at Effingham, 111.
Sarah Hall Kagay d. at Ewiiigtoii, Effingham Co., 111., in
1857, aged 51 years.
Mr. A. B. Kagay was 1). in the Shenandoah Valley, Va.,
and while yet in his infancy his parents moved into Ohio, to
Fairlield Co. In 1832 he went to Eindlay, Hancock Co., O.
Here he engaged in the tanning business, and subsequently
ill rlie mercantile and harness and saddlery business. In 1841
he emigrated to Ewington, Effingham Co., 111., and continued
in the harness and saddlery business. In 1842 he was elected
clerk of the countv for four vears, and in 1853 he was elected
treasurer and assessor of his county, which office he held for
seven years. In every res]5ect, whether as a neighbor, citizen,
or a ])ublic servant, ]Mr. Kagay had the confidence of his fel-
low men. Air. Kagay had four sons and six daughters, viz:
1. Daniel Hall.
2. Alay Jane, b. Jan. 21, 1820; <1. Oct. 22, 1842.
3. Benjamin E.
4. Eebecca.
5. John Lewis, d. in infancy.
6. Xewton, d. in infancy.
7. Sarah, d. in infancy.
31
482 KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
8. Eiueliiie E. ] , .
9. Emily E. \ ''''''''
10. Martha Jane, d. in infancy.
'?
1. DANIEL HALL, was b. May 16, 1827, in Pleasant
township, Fairfield Co., (). In the spring of 1861 he volun-
teered and enlisted in Company K, in the 35th Kegiment, 111.
Infantry. He was appointed orderly sergeant and afterward
promoted to a 2d lieutenancy in his company. He was en-
gaged in a imiiiber of battles, and at Pea Ridge he was woimd-
ed in the hand. Lie was then assigned to the invalid corps, and
had charge of a company, in consequence of the hardships
of a soldier's life his health gave way and he d. in the service,
Eel). !>, L'^64, and his body Avas taken to Ewington, 111., for
burial. Aug. IT, 1848, he m. Martha J. Lechrouc, aud raised
three children, viz: John E., Joseph M. and Sarah. Daniel
H. Kagay had a good common school education, aud in his
younger days taught in the public schools. He filled several
offices; that of constable and coroner. By trade he was a
carpenter. As a man he was popular. As a friend he was
true and steadfast, and as a citizen soldier he gave the fullest
measure of devotion that a patriot can give — his health and
life — to attest his patriotism and love for the L'nion of the
States and the peri^etuity of his government. Daniel Hall
Kagay after his marriage followed the carpenter trade. He
was careful and neat with whatever he done, especially in his
dress and habits. He Avas above medium stature, fair com-
plexion, with blue eyes, and hair as black as the raven's Aving.
In disposition he was always kind aud considerate for all.
Calm, cool and quick to decide. He had the ([ualities of a born
soldier, and fills an honored soldier's grave. He d. at Xew
Albany, Ind., as 1st Lieut., Co. Iv, 35th 111. Volunteers.
1. His son John E., b. July 15, 1849, resides at Aurora,
111., and is a locomotive engineer.
2. Joseph :\I., b. Dec. 4, 1850; resides at Starfield, Clinton
Co., ^ro.
IvAGY EELATIOXSIIIP. 483
3. A. B., 1). April 7, 1855; d. Feb. 10, ISOT.
4. Sarali, 1). Oct. 17, 1858; m. John Bradley. Resides at
Effingham, 111.
3. BEIv^JAMIX FEANKLIX, 1). Feb. 27, 1831, in Pleas-
ant township, Fairfield Co., O. .Mr. Kagav never had the
op]:)ortnnitv for a higher edncation than that aft"orded by the
common schools of his day. These were improved by reading
and stndv, between his 16th and 22d years. He was eno-affed
some years in teaching in the common schools and at the same
time in reading law, npon the jn-actice of which he snbse-
qnently entered, and in which he has acqnired a large clientage
in Effingham Co. He was elected for three terms to the office
of supervisor of Douglass township, 111., and was president of
the Board of Trustees of Effingham. He was also chairman
of the Building Committee of the court house at Effingham,
and was the tirst mayor of the city of Effingham, having served
two terms. He was elected a member of the State Legislature
of Illinois for the years 1871-2. He served as the police judge
of the city of Effingham for four years, and city attorney for a
period of six years. He had entered upon the practice of law
in 1855, and was the junior member of the law fi.rm of Cooper
&r Kagay, of Effingham. He m., in Fayette Co., 111., Eel). 6,
1853, Martha J. Starnes, and have had five children:
1. Sarah A.
2. Laura K.
3. Benjamin F.
4. Clara.
5. Mattie K.
1. Sarah, d. in infancy.
2. Laura K., b. in 1856; m. Alvin B. Judkins, of Spring-
field, 111., Feb. 23, 1875, and now reside at 429 Anderson
street, Los Angeles, Cal. Their children are : Laura Alice,
b. Aug. 27, 1882, at Effingham, 111.; Alvin Franklin, b. March
484 KAGY HEI.ATIONSHIP.
27, 1886, at Spriiiii'lield, 111. Mr. A. B. Jndkiiis d. Sept. '21,
181)7, at Los Angeles, Cal.
o. I>eii jiiiuiii I'Vaiikliu. fir.. 1). Oet. 4, 18G2; in. Bessie F.
Harrison, near (lai'ticM, \'a., flulv :il, 1886, and lives at Ef-
fingham City, 111. Js a real estate agent. His children are:
B.F., 1>. .Inly 21], 1887; Bessie Pearl, 1.. Dec. 22, 1890.
4. Clara. <h in cluhlhood.
5. j\rattie K., 1). Feh. 16, ison, at EtHnghani; ni. Ollie P.
Bray, Oct. 2S, 1885. Have three children: Orville K, b.
Jan'. 20, 1886, d. Oct. — , 1886; Orville Perry, b. Jan. 20,
1881), and Frances Bnth, b. -inly 16, 181)1, botli dead.
In 1S84 Mr. Kagay went to Texas and assisted in locating
a towii on the Texas Pacitic Railroad, called ILidland, and in
1886 assisted in organizing that Co, In 1889 he went to
Santa Ana Co.. Cab, and pnrchased a frnit ranch, which he
sold in ls;»l. Ill politics ^Ir. Kagay is a Democrat, and is a
Liberal in religions faith.
4. PKBECCA KA(i.\^'. b. Sept. 23, 1832; d. Dec. 19,
18r)2; ni., in 1850, 1). 1*. .Murphy, and had one daughter,
Sai-ah, b. -Inly 10, 1,s,">l\ who m. a (u'rmau named Helmnth.
Pi'ilelior aud havi' six childriMi: (1) Anna, (2) Bobert, (3)
John, (4) William, (5) Elsie, and (<V) Blanch. Bi4)ecca
(l\agay) ^hn']>hy d. — .
8. E:MELTXE ELIZAl^ETH, b. Ang. 28, 1840; m. AVm.
C. Lecrone, Alay ('», 185S, at Ewington, Etfingham Co., 111.
AVas (elected circnit clerk for two terms, eight years. In 1884
he enugrated to Earibanlt, A! inn. They had four children,
viz: (1) Emma 1''., m. ( 'harles McXauiarv ; (2) Anna L., (3)
Sarali and ( H John A\\, a rising young lawyer.
9. KMILV ELIZA, b. Ang. 20, 1840; m. John E. Thomp-
son, Jan. 24, L^6)7. They have five children: (1) Wm.
JiJ'.iVJAMIN 1'. KAf.AV, JK., I', !• i' 1 NC II AM , 1 1.1.
' YORK
^
KAGY RELATIOXSIIir. 487
Thompson, (2) May Thompson, m. John Mnsser, a farmer,
and they have two chikh'en; (3) Charles Thompson; (4) Ar-
thur Thompson, and (5) Iva Irene Thompson.
Emeline Elizabeth and Emilv Eliza Ka^av were twin sisters
and were well educated and of amiable disposition, but in a])-
pearance they are remarkably unlike. The one is of fair
complexion, with bine eyes and aubnrn hair, while the other
is of dark complexion, black hair and eyes. The one resembles
the mother and the other the father.
4. BAEBAExV IvAGY, b. about 1804; m. John Bretz,
about 1820, and at the time of her death lived in Seneca Co.,
O. Their children are :
1. Christian.
2. Marv.
3. Isaac.
4. Lovinah.
5. Elizabeth.
6. Frances.
1. Iiebecca.
8. Rachel.
9. Simon Peter.
10. John L.
11. Jesse K.
1. Christian Bretz, b. Sept. 12, 1821; m. to Anna F. Jenks,
Dec. 12, 1852. He was a soldier in the war with Mexico, and
after his return from there he was a clerk in the State De-
partment at Columbus, O. He d. April 21, 18G7.
2. Mary Bretz, b. May 29, 1823 ; m. to Geo. :N'. Myers, ^ov.
7, 1844; d. July 13, 1890.
3. Isaac Bretz, b. Feb. 10, 1826; m. to Eliza Bare, Nov. 7,
1850; d. Dec. 9, 1883. He was township assessor for several
years.
488 KAGY KELATIOXSIIIP.
4. Lovinah Bretz, b. Aug. 13, 1827; m. Xoah Huddle, Xov.
29, 1817; d. June 11, 1872.
5. Elizabeth Bretz, b. Sept. 12, 1829; m. to Robert :\rartin,
April 5, 1855; d. July 3, 1863.
G. Frances T^retz, 1». Ai)ril 21, 1831; ni. a ]\lr. Weaver,
. She d. May 22, 1866.
7. Rebecca Bretz, b. July 27, 1833; d. Oct. 12, 1860: unm.
8. Raehacl Bretz. b. Oct. 19, 1835; m. Absalom :\rnrtin,
March 30, 1855, and d. Oct. 13, 1861.
9. Simon Peter Bretz, b. Ang. 8, 1837; ni. to Ordelia M.
Soniers, Feb. 5, 1861; d. May 15, 1863. He was a soldier in
the War of the Rebellion, on the Union side.
1(1. John L. Bretz, b. Aug-. 13, 1840; d. July 13, ]
1862, in the United States Army; unm. {
11. Jesse K. Bretz, 1). Aug. 13, 1840; <1. Aug 26, (" ^'''^^^^'
1840. J
5. ELIZABETH KAGY, daughter of Christian Kiigy, b.
Dec. 28, 1807; ni. J(.hn Hall, March 18, 1828, b. Jan. 25,
1801, and who resided near Republic, Seneca Co., O. John
Hall d. Dec. 31, 1887, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John
F. Xorris, a few miles east of Tilhn, O., at the advanced age
of 86 y., 11 m. and 6 d. Mr. Hall was b. in Rockingham Co.,
Va., and with his parents went to Ohio (Fairfield Co.) in 1804.
At that time this county was a dense wilderness, and was still
inhabited by remnants of Indian tribes. A few months after
their marriage, Aug. 25 1828, they moved from Fairfield Co.
to Seneca Co., and unloaded their little household utensils
under the grateful shade of two large oak trees, on the banks
of ^Morrison's creek, and one week later the rude cabin was
raised in the Avilderness and became their home for fortv vears.
KAGY KELATIOXSHIP. -189
Here he raised a family of ton children, eight of whom still
live. The hist few years of Mr. Hairs life were attended with
great suffering from rheumatism, l)nt he bore his sufferings
with great ])atience and resignation, calmly and serenely wait-
ing the ]\raster's call to come up higher. He retained his kind,
2-enial sr)irit all through life, which won for him manv warm
personal friends, with an ever-al tiding faith in God. He trust-
ed his all to Him.
'' His was a faith that would not shrinl^,
Tho' pressed by every foe —
That would not trenible on the brink
Of any earthly woe—'"
For years he served as justice of the peace and as a civil
officer he was just and impartial and his decisions in matters
of dispute among his fellow-men — he was often asked to de-
cide them, not as a magistrate, but as a friend — and very often
the parties submitted to the verdict of his just judgment. He
was a good man, an honor to an honored name. He is buried
at Silver Creek Cemetery, in Seneca Co., O. Elizahctli
(Kagy) Hall d. Sei^t. 10, 1868, and was buried at Pleasant
Run Cemetery. Their children are:
1. Mary, b'. Dec. 22, 1828; m. Cyrus Hulet, Oct. 28, 181:8.
2. Eebecca, b. March 20, 1831; m. James Burk, Nov. 17,
1857.
3. Daniel, b. Feb. 22, 1833; m. Lydia Crossley, Aug. 7,
1864.
4. Sarah, b. July 30, 1835; m. Agasiali Felfond. Ang. 20,
1857.
5. Christian, b. ^oy. 7, 1837; d. is^ov. 5, 1844.
6. Eliza, b. Jan. 28, 1840; m. George AV. McCartney, Jan.
20, 1861.
7. Elizabeth, b. May 3, 1842; m. John F. Xorris, Oct. 14,
490 KAGY KELATIOXSHIP.
1801, 1). :SL\x 10, 1838. Elizabeth d. Sept. 19, 18G8. They
had seven children, viz : (1) Allen L. Xorris, b. Oct. 18, 1864,
m. Annie Miller, March 1, 1888; (2) Lanra S. Xorris, b. Aug.
28, 1866, ni., Tan. 13, 1887, Lester P. Hensing-er; (3) Addie
R. Iv^rris, b. March 7, 1860. m., May 21, 1896, ; (4)
Delia C. and Ella E. Xorris, b. May 6, 1872. Ella E. m. Clin-
ton E. Dieken, March 7, 1895; (5) Clara A. Xorris, b. July 11,
1876, m. Charles E. Schriver, Feb. 26, 1896; (6) Annie B.
Xorris, b. Eeb. 20, 1879; (7) Ralph J. Xorris, b. Aug. 21,
1881, and d. Jan. 20, 1888.
8-9. John and James, twins, b. July 2, 184-4. John m. Call
Creager, Dec. !». ISC.C. Jmiics d. July 2, 1844, on the day
ho Avas l)oi'n.
li>. I^iiciiida, b. Xnv. 2tl. 1>1(1; iii. Leonid as Duffy, Jan. 25,
1870. They lia<l two cliiMrcii : I'limiia Estelle, b. Sept. 9,
1872, aii<l Chira Krlud, b. Sc].t. is. ISSC.
6. REBECCA KAGY, daughter of ( 'hristian Kaffv, Ut h.
Xov. 16, 1811; ni., Xov. 10, 1836, James A. Ashbrook, b.
Aug. 16, 1811, and d. Jan. 24, 1879. Rebecca (Kagy) Ash-
brook d. Jan. 7, 1890. In faith. Baptists. They had eight
children :
1. Lewis Kiigy Ashbrook, b. Sc]>t. 9, 1837.
2. John ]\ronroe Ashbrook, b. Jan. 23, 1839.
3. Abigail Ann Ashbrook, b. Oct. 11, 1840.
4. Alary (Catharine Ashbrook, b. Alay 17, 1843.
5. Maria Amelia Ashbrook, b. April 2, 1845.
6. Aaron Tunis Ashbrook, b. Feb. 19, 1847.
7. Francinah Deborah Ashbrook, b. April 6, 1849.
8. James Scott Ashbrook, b. June 2, 1852.
9. Samuel Clinton Ashbrook, b. June 17, 1854.
1. LEAVIS K., m. 1st, Cynthia Chisem; died, ; m.
2d, Ruth L. , wlio d. and left two daughters.
Lewis K. d. Sept. 18, 1881.
KAGY KELATIONSHIP. "191
2. JOHN MONROE, m. Margarette Parker. They have
three sons and fonr danghtcrs. Three of the children are dead.
In faith, Baptist. P. 6., ITnnil)ohIt, III
3. ABIGAIL ANN ASIIBROOK, b. Oct. 11, 1810; m.
Eohert Groves, b. . In faith both are Baptists. Issue,
thirteen children, viz :
1. Rel)ecca E. Grove, b. May 22, 1860.
2. Perry V. Grove, b. Dec. 1, 1862.
3. Victoria G. Grove, b. Jan. 30, 1866.
4. Minnie S. Grove, b. Nov. 25, 186Y.
5. Amelia C. Grove, b. Ang. 28, 1869.
6. Albert C. Grove, b. March 28, 1871.
7. Malvina A. Grove, b. Dec. 27, 1872.
8. Chester R. Grove, b. Ang. 23, 1874.
9. Septor A. Grove, b. Dec. 31, 1876.
10. Ira J. Grove, b. Oct. 25, 1878.
11. Sallie M. A. Grove, b. Sept. 2, 1882.
12. Scynthia B. Grove, b. Oct. 26, 1884.
13. Grace B. Grove, b. Oct. 23, 1886.
1. Rebecca E. Grove, ni. Sept. 23, 1875, to William H.
Terry, who was b. March 16, 1846; and to them was born two
children: (1) Mary A., b. Dec. 3, 1880; and (2) George W.
Terry, b. Jan. 21, "^18 8 3.
Mr. Terry resided near Wildwood, Washington State. On
the 21st of March, 1883, he was engaged in clearing up some
land, and in cutting down an anlder tree it fell on him and
killed him. His wife found him and sawed the tree off in
order to release him ; she then carried him to the house, distant
some two hundred yards, over a creek and up a hill. She and
her two little children were the only occupants of the house,
the nearest house being two miles distant, and as this occurred
about 5 o'clock in the evening she was compelled to remain
there alone until morning. When morning came she locked
the door and started for her parent's home, carrying both of
her children a distance of two miles. During her stay in the
house over night she prepared her husband's body for burial.
49"^ KAGY RELATIONSHIP.
Eebecca E. (Grove) Terrv m. again, to Charles B. Rimyan,
June 5, 1884, who was b. Xov. 20, 1851); their children are:
(1) TTenrv B. linnyan, b. May 16, 1885; (2) Prndence Eva
Knnyan, !>. Jnne 7, 1888; (3) John E. Ennvan, b. Eeb. 25,
1892.
■ 1. ]\rary A. Terry, m. George A. Pollan, Xov. 9, 1897.
2. Perry V. Grove, m. Viretta B. Boyd, Sept. 8, 1887, who
was b. Aug. 28, 1872. l^o children.
4. Minnie S. Grove, m. Oct. 24, 188G, to Thomas J. Long,
and liave fonr children, viz : Olive A. Long, b. May 11, 1889;
Gliomas W. Long, b. July 17, 1890; Walter F. Long, b. March
25, 1892; LLarry Long, b. Eeb. 20, 1897.
5. Amelia ( 'atharine CJrove, m. .\.[)ril 15, 1888, to Andrew
J. Long, and have two chihh-en : Poy A. Long, b. May 27,
1889; ilenry Long, b. Xov. 17, 1890.'
6. Albert C. Grove, m. Editha L. Leny, May 6, 1894.
Issue, three cliildren : AVilliam P., 1). Eeb. 29, 1895, d. April
26, 1895; Alma L. B., b. June 22, 1896, d. May 9, 1897; Ered-
die C., b. Xov. 6, 1897, d. aged 3 months.
7. Malvina A. Grove, m. Feb. 6, 1890, to Jacob G. AVatson,
who was b. Eeb. 28, 1867, and have four children: Bertha
M., b. Jan. 29, 1891; Bessie V., b. X"ov. 9, 1893; Mallie A.,
b. Xov. 16, 1895, and Ethel, b. Jan. 27, 1897.
8. Chester K. Grove, m. May 3, 1896, X^ellie E. Griffin,
who was b. Aug. 13, 1878; have one child, Clara Vicie, b.
Aug. 12, 1897.
4. MAPY CATHAPIXE ASHBPOOK, m. June 16,
1861, to Joseph Vance Hill, b. April 4, 1838, and reside at
Seward, Xeb. Their children are: (1) Almeda, b. ^March 11,
1868; (2) Catliarine J., b. Oct. 25, 1872; (3) Emma F>., b.
KAGY EELATIOXSHIP. 493
Dec. 10, 1874; (4) liutli F., 1). Yvh. 1:5, isTT; (."■)) Forest
]\Iabel, 1). Aug. 7, 1884. Mrs. Hill is a Coiio-regationalist.
(2) Catharine J. Hill, m. Dec. 24, 1895, Frederick S. Mor-
ris, and have one child, Vance Henry Morris, h. May 2, 1897.
(4) Ihith y. Hill, m. April 7, 1890, Walton AV. Dish(>r.
5. MAPJA AMELIA ASTIDIJOOK, m. Isaac Bowers, of
Imes, Kan.
6. AAIiOX TFXIS ASHBUOOK, d. in childhood, Ang.
6, 1850.
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7. FRAJS^CIXAH DEBOIiAH ASHBROOK, daughter
of James and Rebecca (Kiigy) Ashhrook, was born near Lan-
caster, O., April 6, 1849, and was married to Lafayette (Jreen,
March 26, 1867, born Dec. 10, 1839, near Mt. Venion, O.
After marriage they located <»n a farm near Shelbyvillc, Shelby
Co., 111., where they resided for five years; they tlicii moved
to Coles Co., near Cliarlestoii, 111., and remained there nntil
1876, when they moved t<» ncai- Ottawa, Franklin (b., Kan.,
and located on a farm, where they now (1898) reside. Mr.
(Jreen believes in the Baptist faith. Issno, two sons and five
danghters:
1. James Joseph Green, 1). .\.])ril 21, 1808.-
2. Mary Rebecca Green, b. Jnly 20, 1870.
3. Rntii Jane Green, b. Dec. 23, 1872.
4. Anra Grace Green, b. Jnly 9, 1875.
5. Charles Lafayette Green, b. April 1, 1878,
6. Francinah Amelia Green, b. July 16, 1885.
7. Maggie Dell Green, b. Sept. 7, 1890; d. 9 months old.
Mrs. Green is a ]\Iethodist.
2. Mary Rebecca, m. July 1, 1889, Lewis AV. Cai-penter;
they have one son, George Green Carpenter, b. J^ov. 3, 1891.
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3. Iiutli Jane, m. Oct. 3, 1889, Charles Lemaster; they
have one son, Glenn James Lemaster, b. ]\rarcli 8, 1891.
8. JAMES SCOTT ASHBROOK, m. Almira Gray, Sept.
16, 1879, and have two boys now living. Methodist in faith.
James Scott Ashbrook d. Jan. 24, 1879, at Mattoon, 111.
9. SAMUEL CLINTOX ASHBROOK, m. Sallie C.
Brown, Dec. 23, 1875. Xo children. Methodists in faith.
Mr. Ashbrook is now (1898) postmaster at Ilnmboldt, lU.
7. CHRISTIAN KAGY, son of Christian Kiigy, b. about
1817; m., in 1839, to Xancy Delany, in Fairfield Co., Ohio,
and settled in Effingham Co., Til., in 1840, and d. there in
1844 or 45. They had two children: Rebecca and E. Lu-
cretia.
L REBECCA, b. about 1840; m. X. T. Whorton, and
raised a large family. fXo record.)
2. ELIZA LUCRETIA, b. about 1842; m. Andrew Kav-
eiiaugh, who d. and she then m. James Siddon, from whom she
was divorced; then she m. a • Pinkley. There were chil-
dren to the first two husbands. (Xo record.)
8. SAMUEL KAGY, son of Christian Kiigy, 1>. in Ohio,
Jan. 1, 1819; m. Feb. 6, 1840, Hannah Baker, b. July 26,
1820, in Perry Co., O. He moved from Fairfield Co., O.,
to Hancock Co., O., in the year 1847, where he resided until
his death, which occurred May 7, 1884. His children
are : (1) George A., (2) Joseph R., (3) Solomon D., (4) Eliza-
beth B., (5) Stephen "\V., (6) David B., (7) Samuel A., (8)
Mary A. R., (9) William, (10) Rhoda Clara, (11) Alice C,
(12) Frances E.
1. GEORGE ABRAHAM, b. March 5, 1841; d. April 22,
1854.
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2. JOSEPH EFFFXER KAOY, h. Doe. 21, 18i2; m.
Jan. 21, 1S()4, to (^itliarine Ann Zarl)angli, Ang. 12, 1843.
Their children are :
:Xora Bhmche, b. Oct. 0, ISGl:.
Mary Editii, b. Oct. 10, 1867.
Samuel Stanly, b. Xov. 28, 1809; d. Sept. 10, 1870.
Infant sun, b. Jan. 2'.», 1870; d. same day.
Earl Clement, b. Jnne 20, 1873.
John Pitt, b. March 10, 1875; d. Ang. 25, 1878.
F»avid Dudley, b. Jan. 27, 1877.
Joseph Iiodney, b. Aug. 15, 1880.
3. SOEO.MOX DALLAS KAGY, b. Oct. 31, 1811. He
went to Lincoln, Xeb., in 18(5!J, and was ni. in that city on
April IG, 1874, to Elioda ]\Iatthewson, of Vermont; they have
but one child, Rudolph, 1). A])ril 25, 1875.
4. ELIZABETH BARBARA KAGY, b. Oct. 21, 1840;
m. Sept. 19, 1872, to Samuel Swal), b. Aug. 5, 1845. Reside
at Van Buren, O. Their children are : (1) Blanche Frances,
b. Xuv. 25, 1873; (2) Delera :\lav, 1). Xov. 0, 1870; (3)
Samuel Kiigy, b. April 30, 1881; (4) Alice Pearl, b. Xov. 15,
1883.
(1) Blanche Frances, m. John A. Xusser, Xov. 12, 1893,
b. 'Nov. 14, 1872.
5. STEPHEX ^YAIXER KAGY, b. March 24, 1849; d.
of lung disease, July 22, 1870; num.
0. DAVID BRETZ KAGY. b. June 10, 1851; ni. Xov.
18, 1879, Elizabeth A. Higgins, b. July 27, 1806; both were
teachers; he was townshi]^ clerk and trustee.
7. SAMFEL A. KAGY, b. March 31, 1853. He is a grad-
uate of Mt. LTnion College; studied law nii<lci' the lb»ii. K. F.
Dunn, of Eindlay, O. ; followed teaching school a nundxn-
of years ; served as a member of the board of school examiners
for six years, and was elected to the oflfice of ]u-obate judge.
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lie 111. May Ferrall, Xov. IT, ISSl, who was b. Jan. 15, 1859.
Their ehikh-en are :
Donakl Lancebtte, b. Oct. 7, 1882.
Frederick Glendon, b. Xov. 20, 1883.
Ilarokl Claire, b. Jan. 20, 1886.
Edmnnd Leroy, b. April 21, 1889.
Joseph, b. Ang. 27, 1801.
Frances Ellen, b. April 15, 1807.
8. MAKY xVNXE K. KA(iY, b. Xov. 21, 1851, and d.
. I line 26, 1869, of Inng disease.
0. AVTLTJA'M K ACY. b. Feb. 1, 1856; d. Sept. 1, 1859.
10. IMlOD.'v CLAJLV KAGY, b. Oct. 28, 1859, edncated
in the district scliO(ds at Yan Ihiren, Findhiy, and Mt. Blanch-
aiil and tan^lit school for a niiinl)er of years; was married to
Sanmcl U. jlnntington, at \'an Bnren, O., Dec. 24, 1890.
Their children are:^ llaniuili Merena, b. May 22, 1892; d.
June 1, 1892; Laura Jose})hine, b. AFay 26, 1895; Sannicl
Endolph, b. Dec. 9, 1896.
11. AFICE CEADELLA EACV, b. Dec. 6, 1861; edn-
cated at Yan Bnren lii,i>h school; ni. Sept. 26, 1883, to Lloyd
A. Fleniiiiiier, of X. Baltimore, O., who Avas 1). Xov. i, 1860,
a teacher in the pnblic schools.
12. FPvAXOES E. KACV. b. Feb. 21, 1865; edncated hi
the district schools; educated in music at Findlay, O., and
taught the same several years; m. Edward AY. Starn, of Fos-
toria, O., Xov. 16, 1887, who was b. Alarch 9, 1866, and d.
Dec. 20, 1895, from lung disease, and is buried at Fostoria
cemetery, Ohio.
9. SFSAX KAGY, 3d daughter of (Tiristian IvJigy, son of
Rudolph 1st, never married; d. ^March 18, 1838, aged 30 y.,
11 ni. and 11 A. Cliri^tinn Kiiav. his infant son John, and
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daughter Susan are buried in Pleasant Run clmirhyard, Oliio.
There is also one of Lavina Kagy's sons huricil there.
CHRISTIAX, RUDOLPH and JACOB, the three sons
of RUDOLPH, the 1st, lived in Rockinglmm Co., Va., and
moved from there to Fairfield Co., O., at an early day — 18 IS
or thereabouts. Christian d. Sept. o, 1831, aged ^)U y., 11 m.
and 19 d. Mary ( P,il)ler) Kiigy d. June 28, 1848, b. Feb. 7,
1T73, aged 75 y., 4 m. and 21 d.
End of Christian Kagy's descendants.
Book Third, Chapter Second.
Descendants of ]\n(l<>l]>li Kiigy, 2d son of Kndolpli Kiigy
of 170)4.
EUDOLPII KAC; Y, tlie 2d son of Rn.l..li.li 1st, was b. Xov.
5, ITT^), and nndonbtedlv in tlie State of l\'nnsvlvania, and
AVfiit to N'irii'iiiia with his parents in about the year 1781. He
in. Hannah Sii>l(\ in 171M), Avho was h. Sept. 20, 1780, and
d. Xov. 21, 1871. Unddlph went fnmi lv()(d-;ing'hani Co., Va.,
to Fairtit'ld Co., ()., in 181U. They had twelve ehiklren, viz:
1. flohn.
2. Jacob.
o. Clu'istian.
4. Abraham.
5. ('atliarine.
6. Barbara.
7. TTannah.
8. Klizabeth.
9. .Mary.
10. Rnd'olph.
11. Henry.
12. :\iartin.
Kndoli)h Kiig-y, Sr., d. Ang. 5, 1829, in Fairfiekl Co. O.
1. JOHIST, b. Jan. 17, 1797, in the Shenandoah Valley;
ni., Dec. 3, 1820, Catharine Hite, b. Jnly 25, 1801. John
]\agv d. ^Marcli 9, 1885, in Tnka, Til, aged 88 years. His wife
d. Fid). 21. 188(i, aged 85 years. They had ten children, viz:
1. Andrew.
2. Hannah.
3. Rudolph.
4. Isaac.
5. John B.
(). David.
7. Each J.
8. Catharine.
Hannah (Siple) Kagy.
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9. Levi D.
10. Aiuos II.
JOIIX KAGY. the eldest son of Kiulolpli Kagy, the 2d,
was b. in Shenandonli Co., Va., Jan. iT, 1707, and was 22
years of age wlicii his ])arents moved from ^^i^ginia to Fair-
field Co., O., in 18 lU. His father's family at this time con-
sisted of ten children, John being the eldest. Their jonrney
westward was made in a fonr-horse wagon, which served the
three-fold purpose of passenger, freight and sleeping-car. The
jonrney was a long and tedious one, and was accompanied with
many discomfoi'ts and ])rivatioiis. The roads were exceed-
ingly had, and often they were obliged to cnt their way throngh
the dense woods and draw the team throngh deep creeks.
There were no smooth, well-ballasted ])ikcs in those days, no
Pnllman coaches with their elegant dining saloons, sleeping-
T'crths with lavatory an<l observation accommodations, for
these were not then dreamed of. The prospect that was be-
fore these hardy and brave pioneers was not a glowing, pleas-
ing one. The termination of their long and perilous journey
Avonld not seat them in a country surroinided with all the com-
forts and conveniences of modern life, far, vastly far from
it. The stont-hearted pioneer w^as going out into the wilder-
ness to battle with nature, to reduce the forest, and with
grub and hoe carve out of the primeval forest a home and
habitation for himself and his family. The forest around him
in his new chosen home resounded with the woodman's axe,
where but a short while l)efore was heard the Indians' war-
whoop as he stealthily struck his last blow to defend the graves
of his sires, and his hunting grounds from occupancy by the
l)ah' faces. The soil was yet wet with the l)lood of the slain,
spilled in the mighty struggle between the savage and civiHan,
in which fate has decreed victory to the latter. By energy,
industry and perseverance the forest has been subdued, the
wild beasts have disappeared, and the red man has gone to
the ''happy hunting ground" and in their place we see to-day
smiling fields of golden grain, cattle upon a thousand hills,
502 KAGY RELATIOXSIIIP.
and homes where the sons and daughters of the jnoneers dvvell,
in tlic ])Ossession of all the comforts that euihellish and adorn
modern life, and wlio are accounted among the most cultured,
able and worthy citizens of the State. The place where the
suhject of this sketch first settled in Ohio is now in AValnut
township, Fairfield C^o. Afterward he moved into Seneca (^^.,
O. The date of his emigration from Virginia to Ohio was
Oct. 10, 181U, which is supposed to he the time when they
left Virginia, and not the date of arrival in Ohio. Soon after
his arrival in Ohio John Tvagy married Catharine Kite, whose
parents had emigrated from Virginia a few years ])r('\iou^, :)r
near the same time, aii<l settled in the same ( 'oniitv ( Faii-h'hl).
John Kiii>"v i-cmovcd fi-oni Fairhcld ('o.. ()., to Senaca Co., in
the year ISl'T. At this time tlic place wliei'e lie loeateil w.is a
])rimitive forest, not a tree had heeii cut in the dense woods.
There was no Avhit(> ]x>rsons near, no cahin of some earlier
pioneer to give his family temporary shelter until ho could
erect one. ITe and liis family lived in the wagon used in
transporting them until they could cut tindx'r and erect a log
cabin for their future place of dwelling. The place where he
located was about one mile south of the village of the Mohawk
Indians, who were quite numerous at that time, and though
they appeared friendly, they often caused alarm bv ap])earing
in numbers of from two to six, begging for something to eat;
the good wife gave them pie on the occasion of some of their
visits and told them what it was; by this name they afterward
called every kind of food. Mrs. Kagy often related to her
children that the Indians would often appear and ask her for
"More peace pie." Here John Kiigy established his ])erma-
nent home on one of the most fertile districts of land in Ohio.
A stream wound its course across these lands, on which lie
erected a saw-mill, which was operated day and night dui-ing
much of the season, and Avhich proved the soiu'ce of considera-
ble profit. This stream took its name, "Honey creek," from
the large amount of wild honey found in the forests along its
banks. In the course of time, as the country began to be set-
tled and schools were needed, John Iviigv engaged in teaching,
which he continued at for several vears durine' the winter
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luuiitlis. In whatever he did he was senipulouslv lionest and
was always fearful lest he woidd not ii'ive good measure when
he sold the products of the farm, and always gave several extra
measures to insure correctness. His word w^as as good as any
man's bond, and his statements in any transaction where he
was an interested party were never questioned — never doubt-
ed. He was like the towering oak that lifts its head high
above the lesser trees and catches the first rays of the morning
light, while the others are still in darkness. Thus in like man-
ner was he above the common men of his time. He w^as a
noble character and worthy of imitation.
In early life he and his wife attached themselves to the regu-
lar Predestinarian Baptist Church and remained in that order
or society during their lives, faithful and consistent nicnd)ers,
both living far beyond the patriarcliial age — he having at-
tained the ripe old age of over 88 years, dying March 9, 1885,
at luka, Marion Cck\ 111. His wife died Feb. 21, 1880, less
than one year after the death of her husband. After a long,
busy, useful life, on which they had journeyed together so
long, kind nature granted them but a brief separation, and the
drama of life of two grand souls ended.
"Weep not for them, who having- won
The bonnd of man's appointed years at last,
Life's blessings all enjoyed, life's labors done,
Serenely to their final rest have passed;
While the soft memory of their virtnes yet
Lingers like twilight hnes, when the bright sun is set."
His youth was innocent; his riper age
Marked with some act of goodness every day;
And watched by eyes that loved him, calm and sage
Faded his late declining years away;
Cheerful he gave his being up, and went
To share the holy rest that waits a life well spent."
1. AXDREAV KACiY, b. Sept. 14, 1821; m. April s, 1852,
to Hannah Jones, b. , d. March 25, 1872. The issue
for this marriage is :
1. Elizabeth, b. March 19, 1853.
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2. Klhi .I;iiic, 1.. .lime C, 1855.
:',. Fi-iihkliii Pierce, b. May 24, 1857.
4. MaliMii, I). Oct. (;, 1858.
5. Fanny ('., !>. -Inly :',, ISOO.
<;. Floi'ii F, 1). . I lino 2, 1802.
7. Ii(. I. ('I't, Martin, I). Api-II 25, 1805.
S. I )clni<iiitr'Tr), l». .Inne ."S, J80(i.
!». (';ii'..linc, I.. Aug. 2, 1809.
10. itoscoe. It. Sept. 15, 1871,
(\) l':ii/,;ihctli, (7) Kohcrt M., (10) lioscoo and (4) AhitiMa
]iviii<;- ill Tilliii, ()., aii'l all of them single.
2. Klhi .liiiic K'ii-v, 111. A\^oods, March 10, 1880, at
itliaca, JMicli., who wiis !>. Mjii'cli \^\, 1854, at ilaniliui-g, Midi.
"J'lieir cliildi'cn arc :
Andrew Woods, 1). at Newark, .Mich., Dec. 25, 1880.
Flora Woods, I). Xov. 1 1, 1880.
Belle Woods, h. Feh. 10, 1800.
Occupation, farming.
'•'>. I'laiiklin Pierce i\;i,iiy, resides at 01vin|)ia, Wash.
5. Fanny C. T\iigy, rn. Bechtal.
0. Flora P. Kiigy was m. at 'IMffin, O., :\Pirch 20, 1882,
to William AVesley Wliidden, who was h. at Ilnll Prairie,
Wood Co., ()., Xov. 18, 1855. Flora (Kiigy) Whidden was
born at Green Springs, 0., June 2, 1802, and after her mar-
riage loeateil in lljiiid ( "o., S. I). In the year 188!) they
ihovcmI to ()lyiii|M;i, Wasli., where they now reside. Po
lliein wei'c liorii nine chihlreii : P'wiii Poscoe, b. Sept. ]•'!,
1883; ■J)ell Ernest, b. dnly 22, 1885; Addie Catharine, b.
Se])t. 22, 1880. All <d' the above children were born near
Sweetland, "Dakota. ( )n the liomestead in Thni-ston (*o.,
AVasli., lliei'(! were horn: l''raiik AVesley, Mav 17, ISIH);
Carrie Agnes, b. Sept. 10, Is'.il ; Pearl Uannah, b. Dec. 1!»,
ivACY KELATIOXSIliP. o09
1892; J. C, 1). April 16, 1894; AVillinni IJav, 1.. Maivli s,
1896; Mabel Flora, 1). Aiii-.. 4^ 1897.
.Ml'. Wliidilcii is a I'ai'iiici' and liotli iiiciiilx'is of tlic Mctlio-
(list Kpisc()])al fliiu'cli.
8. 1 )clii!otitci'() Jv;iii,A' was l)()ni in Iowa, ami wcii! from
tlieroAvitli liis father's family to .Micliiiian when he was ahoiM
three years of an'c. where lie I'eiiiaiiied a few years, and I hen
iii(_)\'e(l hack lo()hio, where he stayeil uiilil A|)i-il, JSIH), when
lie went west and located neai' Olyiupia, \Vashini.';ton State,
whei'e he in. .lune ;)ii, 18915, I.ela M . !*arsons, who was
]i. near Olyinpi;!, I'Vh. i*, ISTO. They have two hoys, Lloyd
P., h. -July ;5, 1894, and Orville L., h. dune i:., iSiM). Mr.
Jviigy was appointed hy (io\-eriior Koiicrs to a pnsiiion at
the State Penitentiary at AValla Walla, A\diere he is now
(1898), Xo. 537 Eighth street.
9. ( ^ir(dine Kiigy d. Nov. 1, 1890, at , in the 21st
year (d' her age.
2. ITANTs'AlI KAGY, h. Aug. 26, 1S2;;: in. Henry Boroff,
Jan. 23, 1845, and d. May 14, 1853; I heir (diildren are : Sarah,
C'atliarine, Iji(dn<la and Waltei'.
1. Sarah, h. ; ni. William Whilmire, and liave three
children, viz: Tolm K., Edna and llarley .M.
2. Catharine, h. .
3. hncinda, h. .
4. Walter, h. . Xo recoi'd of these three.
3. PaTDOLPII KAGY, b. May 13, 1826, in Fairh. hi Co.,
O.; m. Mariah McCormicd-;, Dec. 20, 1847, and liave fonr (diil-
dren, viz: Andrew J., Xarcissus, Ereeman and I'^i^ank.
1. Andrew Jackson Kiigy, b. Se])t. 1 1, 1848; num. Studied
law with liis uncle, Jndge John P. Kiigy, of Salem, III., and
is now teaching school in western Missonri and raising stock.
2. Xarcissns, b. April 7, 1851; d. Oct. 23, 1S73; iinm.
3. Ereeman Kjigy, b. dan. 8, 1854; d. Oct. 1, is.M;; nuni.
4. Frank Kiigy, b. Jnne 3, 1862; m. to Idella Elizabeth
510 KAGY RELATIOXSHIP.
Cockrell, Xov. 6, 1884, near KiminiiiKlv, Marion Co., 111., and
have four children living :
James Kiigy, b. July 8, 1880.
Mary Maria, b. Oct. 2, 1895.
Kndolph, b. May 27, 1897.
Charles, b. reb.'l7, 1898.
Mr. Frank Kaffv is a tiller of the soil and a successful
farmer.
Rudolph Kiigy removed with his parents from Fairfield C'o.,
()., to near TitKn, Seneca Co., O., where he grew to manhood
on the farm now owned by his brother. Dr. Isaac Kiigy. In
1861 he removed to Marion Co.. 111., and commenced farming
there; in 1872-3 he engaged in merchandizing, and in the lat-
ter part of 187''> he again took up farming on another farm,
on which he is living noAV (1898). Mr. Kiigy is known
throughout the county where he lives, and is regarded as one
of the most just and n]U'ight of citizens; he is a man of few
words, d('('i<lcd in his convictions and firm yet kind to all; a
good neighbor, ready and willing to oblige. His wife d. Oct.
22, 1881. Xeither the father or sons ever joined a church, be-
lieving that a correct life here in all its relations to our fellow-
beings is the best, and that virtue is its own reward; and if
there be another life right conduct here will be the best pass-
port, the surest means of nicriring it.
4. ISAx\C KAGY was b. on the 2d of Feb., 1828, in
Seneca Co., 0., on the old homestead now owned l>y him. His
youth up to 18 years of age was spent upon his father's farm,
where he imbibed that love for a farmer's life that he follows
so enthusiastically and so successfully to-day. After his
eighteenth year he began the study of medicine and entered
the medical college at Cincinnati, O., graduating in the year
1848-9. He was m., March 29, 1849,"to Xancy Taylor Mar-
tin, daughter of Samuel S. ^Martin, of Perry Co., O. He
ju-acticed his profession for six years at Green Springs, O.,
when, on account of broken health caused by a laborious
country practice, he dis?ontiured the praetic:^ of medicine. He
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was appointed postmaster at Green Si)rings under tlie adiuin-
istration of President Pierce, and served for six years. At tlic
same time he was appointed railroad agent at the same pkice,
■which position he tilled for the same time. In ISOI he re-
signed both of these positions to enter npon the dnties of the
office of county auditor, to which office he was elected in 1800
and re-elected in 1S(;2. lie was a nifiiilicr <>f the scliool hoard
and City Coniicil of Tiffin, ()., for two years each, and was
elected in 1865 a mend)er of the Legislature of Ohio ami
served one term. He was api)ointed audit<n' to hll a vacancy
in 187:^. an<l was appointed county treasurer of Seneca Co.,
to till a vacancy in 1885, serving sixteen months. In 181)0
ho was elected a member of the Decennial Board of Equali-
zation of Taxes of Ohio, having been land appraiser for his
township for the same year (1890). He was twice elected to
the office of justice of the peace, which office he now hlls
(1898). An intelligent and enthusiastic farmer, he was chosen
and served as one of the lecturers for the State Board of Agri-
cidture of Ohio, at "Farmers' institutes." He was the editor
of the Toledo Dciiionnl, ])ublisliecl at Toledo, and was a cor-
respondent and essayist for a number of papers, and wiehls a
trenchant pen on any subject he writes upon. He is intlepend-
ent Avithout haughtiness; as a politician he is incorruptible
and always true to his principles and under every circum-
stance he has exhibited the strictest integrity. His hands are
as free from bribes as his heart is from malice. His kindness
and charity is of the largest kind, yet so unostentatiously done
that the left hand liardlv knoweth Avhat the right hand has
done. Dr. Ki^igy and his noble wife have taken nuder their
roof fourteen or] than cdiildren and fed and clothed and edu-
cated them and made them useful mendiers of society, ami
who have gone out into the world equi])ped for the duties and
responsibilities of citizenship, and are the living monuments
of the nobleness of heart and mind of their foster ]»arents.
This is but one of the nianv charitable deeds of Dr. and .Mrs.
Kiigv. In all his dealino's and business affairs with his fellow-
men he has l)een on the giving side. In all these acts of the
most practical kind of Christianity Dr. Iviigy is seconded and
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assisted by his wife. Their home is a model one; here is
seen the happiest proofs that marriage is not a faihn-e. Love,
the divinest thing on earth, is the goddess that rnles here,
and here is seen the ricdi fruits of its influence. The gener-
ous and liberal hospitality of Ur. Kiigy and his wife is too
well known to need repeating here. The "^gnde honsewife"
always has an extra plate for the casual friend or "stranger
within the gates." St. Panl, the most learned and greatest
of all the Apostles, has said that "C^harity is the greatest of all
the virtues that adorn Christian character." The broad-ganged
generosity of Dr. Kiigy and his wife end)races the whole re-
lationship and hnman kind and to their loving hearts and gen-
erous minds the "Kagy Relationship" are indebted for the
origin and success of those grand reunions, which have wielded
so mncli intluenee for good and aid in tracing the Kiigy geneal-
ogy. Four or more of these meetings have been held at their
l)cantifnl home, and of tlie hundreds who attended all testify
to the princely hos))itality shown thcni. Dr. and Mrs. Kagy
have both reached and ])assed })atriarcliial age, but still take
a lively interest in all the duties and affairs of life. If the
sincere and well wishes of a nnghty host of friends could pro-
long their lives, they would live far beyond the century mark,
to enjoy thc^ love and esteem of their many friends, neighbors
and kin(h'e(l. it is impossible to estimate the worth and
value to the world (»f such as they, and impossible to overesti-
mate them.
XAXCY TAYLOR :MARTIX KAGY was b. in Perry
Co., O., on the lOtli day of Sept., 1827. She is a daughter of
Samuel S. Martin, of the above named county. Her education
was such as was afforded by the common schools in the vicinity
of her home; being of a ready and in(piiring mind, she was fit-
ted for and commenced teaching in her 16th vear, in which
she was engaged for six successive terms. Mrs. Kiigy is dis-
tinguished for her amiability, sweetness of temper, gentleness
and kindly deportment, Avith an intelligence that is rare and a
judgment seldom mistaken. She seeks and gives counsel to
her husband. This she does with a ffrace and ease that is
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as miiqiie as it is matcliless. She seems to iiii(lci'staii(] the
science of family government well and trained her own cliih
dren (and fourteen orphans, who fonnd shelter nnder hen-
motherly wing), to habits of industry and nsefnlness, giving
to those the same motherly care that she did to her own. We
know that the hnrden and care of children falls heaviest npon
the mother, and we can l)nt wondei- and admire the self-sacri-
ticing s])irit <if tliis nol)h'diearted \v(»nian. Where do we tind
an instance to match it, or even to approach it ? This is not
nnmerited, fnlsome praise; it is simple jnstice. Let ns l)e jnst
to the living; it is a dntv we owe them. The children of Isaac
and Xancv Kac'v are :
1. Samuel Thompson Kiigy, b. Fel). 23, 1850; d. Sept. SO,
1S52.
2. Mary Catharine Kagy, b. Fel). 11, 1852, in (ireen
Springs, O.
3. Hannah Sabina TCiigy, b. Oct. 29, 1853, in (ii-een
Springs, O.
2. Mary Catharine, m. Thomas Jetson Frazier, Dec. 28,
1876. Their children are : Mary Kagy, b. March 29, 1878;
Harry Clinton, b. Dec. 14, 1880; Js^ancy Estelle, b. July 14,
1882; Edith Lee, 1). July 12, 1884. AU were born in TitHn.
O. There is a noteworthy circumstance connected Avitli the
birth of the two last-named children. The last one at birth
weighed only 2^ pounds, while the other one, Xancy F.,
weighed only 1^ pounds and could have been put in and cov-
ered over in a quart measure. Life was scarcely discernable
for six weeks. She was not dressed at all for three months,
bnt was kept in cotton. When one year ohl she weigluMl 0
])ounds, and looked like a beautiful doll. She is now (1898)
a beautifid oiid of 1 0 vears and of average size. ^Ir. Thomas
J. Frazier is an officer of the B. & O. R. Jl. Co., at Zanesville,
0., and was b. in Loudon Co., Va., March 31, 1849.
3. Hannah Sabina Kiigy, b. Oct. 29, 1853; m., Aug. 10,
1875, to Dr. James S. Haly. Issue: AVm. Stokes Llaly, b.
Xov. 6, 1876, and is now (1898) a student at the Ohio State
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University; Joliu Ktigy Ilaly, b. Jan. 27, 1879, gradnate of
the High School, is a drnggist; An infant daughter, d. iu iu-
fancv. Dr. James Steadman Halv was b. July 25, 1851, at
ISTapoleon, O. He was educated at the public and private
schools in Napoleon, after which he studied medicine, attend-
ing college at the University of Michigan, at x\nn Harbor, and
at Jefferson Medical College, at Philadelphia, Pa., having
graduated at the latter place March 9, 1872, and has continued
in the practice of medicine ever since at Napoleon, O., where
he now resides (1898). Dr. Haly possesses many of the quali-
ties that go to make u]) the successful physician, notably
among these is the kindness and sympathy shown the sick
under his care, which in many cases is more efficacious than
anv medicine. This anxietv and u in-emitting care has in a
large measure resulted in the impairment of his own health,
but has made him many warm and appreciative friends among
all classes of people.
5. JOHX BEXJAMIX KAGY, was b. Jan. 9, 1830, in
Seneca Co., O., on the farm to which his father removed in
1827, His early education was acquired at the common schools
in his neighborhood ; later he entered the Seneca County Acad-
emy, located at Republic, and took a course of instruction
under eminent instructors, the faculty consisting in part of
the late Thomas W. Harvey, professor of languages; and
Aaron Schuyler, who was professor of mathematics. After
leaving the academy Mr. Kagy engaged in teaching as a chosen
profession, which he continued for thirteen years successively.
In 1853, Sunday, Feb. 13th, he was united in holy wedlock
to Miss Marietta Black, the eldest daughter of Daniel Bies and
Phoebe Black, of Xew York, a lady of much culture and many
graces, and of untiring energy and industry, and one who has
been to her husband a helpmeet in all that the word implies.
In Mrs. Kiigy is found that rare combination of qualities that
enables her to fill all the varied offices and duties of wife and
mother, with such singular abilitv to command with e'entle-
ness, to reprove without wounding, yet firm in maintaining
that discipline so essential in the household. Her devotion to
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her large family of sons and dangliters is proverbial, and
though some of them have left the parent nest, her rich mother-
love follows them with a mother's prayers, but it is not alone
to her own family that her native goodness of heart manifests
itself. All who chance to come within the charmed circle of
her presence are made to feel that they are in the presence of
no ordinary woman and one with the noblest impulses, ]\[rs.
KJigy is highly esteemed in the community where she resides
by all who know her, as a modest Christian woman of the
practical kind.
At the age of 23 the county commissioners of his county
unanimously offered Mr. Kagy the appointment to the office of
county surveyor, and although the office was a lucrative one,
he declined to accept it, preferring the more congenial one of
that of a teacher. In 1860 he and his family removed to
Salem, Marion Co., Til. Here he purchased a farm near the
city, a portion of which lays within the city limits, and upon
which he still resides. Here he completed the study of
law, which he had previously pursued under the Hon. Silas
L. Bryan, father of the Hon. AVm. Jennings Bryan, of Ne-
braska, late Democratic condidate for President of the United
States. The sul)ject of this sketch was admitted to the bar
in 1864, and was thereafter appointed master in chancery by
Judge Bryan, which office he held for three successive terms
of two years each. From the time of his admission to the bar
he began the practice of law at Salem with his youngest
brother, Amos H., and Wm. H. Brazier, under the firm name
of Kiigy, Brazier A: Kligy. Later this firm dissolved and at
the close of the twelfth year of Judge Bryan's judicial terms
Mr. Kiigy and he formed a law co-partnership under the firm
name of Bryan & Kiigy. An amusing incident occurred dur-
ing this co-partnership. Judge Bryan, in writing a l)usiness
communication, signed the firm name in such undecipherable
chirography that the party receiving it could not clearly make
out the name of the writer, but answered it, addressing their
letter to "Barrel and Keg." In Jime, 1885, Mr. Kiigy was
elected judge of probate, with common law jurisdiction, and
Avas re-elected to the same position at the expiration of the
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term, liokling the positiuii of jiulg'e for tlio full term of six
years. His decisions were almost universally acquiesced in by
litigants and the bar, that hut a single case was appealed to
the higher courts and this one was aiBrmed in the Circuit
and Appellate C^ourts of the State, tlius every opinion ren-
dered hy Judge Tviigy during his long service stands unre-
versed as the law of the case in which it was rendered. This
is a vory rare case and deserves special mention as showing a
full and com]n'ehensive knowledge of the laws of his State.
In 1868 Mr. Kiigy compiled an ingenious perpetual calendar^
which is based on the dominical or Sunday letter as the Mone-
monic Key, or (dironological unit. This calendar is as use-
ful as ingenious, and ]ioints out the day of the week on each
day of any year, -Inlian or (h-egorian, old style or new. For
simplicity of arrangement and ease of a])])lication it is be-
lieved to excel all others of its kind now extant. It also pre-
sents the basic laws and principles on which it is constructed.
It has become popular as a unicjue pocket c(>ni]ianion in the
counting room and in the historian's studio. Judge Kiigy
is at this time (1899) enjoying the comforts of life, the earn-
ings of an active and energetic busy life, in his beautiful and
connnodious home on one of the loveliest sites in the city of
Salem, within the boundary of whose lawns and groves the re-
unions of his kindred, by name and blood, have met on four
different occasions, and enjoyed the princely hospitality so
freely and courteously bestowed upon all who chose to abid
with him. The first general reunion of the Kiigys was held at
his residence on Xov. 12 and 13, 1884, and the last one there
was held Oct. 1 and 2, 1897. The writer hereof had the pleas-
ure of being the guest of John B. Kagy and fannly on the
occasion of the Kagy reunion at Prairie Summit Baptist
Church, near Salem, Marion Co., 111., in the fall of 1886, Sept.
29 and 30th, and has had the most convincing proofs of their
kindness, and of the Kagy relatives who met on that, to me,
the most pleasing, the most enjoyable occasion of my life, the
recollection of which after the lapse of twelve years is still as
vivid as if it had been but yesterday, and which will abide
with me while life and niemorv lasts. In this beautiful home
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he and his wife raised their hirge faiiiilv and here lie and Ids
faithfnl wife, witli their vonngest son and danghter, quietly
await with ])hilosn])hi(' trnst the fidlfilliiient of the law that
'' 'Tis lite to live ; 'tis death to die,
What kind nature gave she taketh by and l).v."'
This union was hlessed with eleven children as follows:
1. Emma (A Iviigy, eldest daughter of John B. Kagy, was
b. March 6, 1854, and was m. to Henrv C Feltman, Oct. 6,
1875. ]\Ir. Feltman is an attorney-atdaw and at this time
(1898) is postmaster at Salem, 111., and is a member of Lodge
JSTo. 114, I. O. O. F., located at Salem. ITis wife, Emma, is
a member of Rebekah Degree Lodge, I. (). (). F., IS^o. 107,
at Salem, 111. The issue of this marriage is:
1. Frederick Kiigy Feltman, b. .
2. Frank Orendorf Feltnuni, b. .
3. Mary Etta Feltman, b. .
1. Fred Iv. Feltman, d. Oct. 18, 1807, of typhoid i)iieu-
monia and spinal ti'onble. lie was a bright and moral young
man, and was deputy postmaster of Salem, 111., at the time of
his death.
2. Oill)ert JNL Iviigy, d. in infancy.
3. Flora Kiigy, was b. Dec. 10, 1856, and was m. to John
Merz, Oct. 15, 1870. John Merz is a machinist and builder
by occupation and resides at Salem, 111., and is a member ^f
Lodge Xo. 114, I. O. 0. F., at Salem, 111. The issue of this
marriage is: Harry Ilite Merz, b. ; Charles Kiigy
Merz, b. , d. Feb. 22, 1896; John Benjnnnn Merz, b.
4. John D. Kiigy, b. Jan. 12, 1859; was m. to Rosa A.
Bryan, Dec. 24, 1882, John Daniel Kiigy is a professor in
Van Buren, Ark., and is a member of Lodge T^o. 114, I. O.
O. F., of Salem, 111. To them were born four chiklren :
Clyde Bryan Kiigy, b. ; Andrew Edwin Kiigy, b.
; John Russel Kiigv, b. ; Reuben Haves Kiigy,
b. .
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5. Joseph E. Kagy, b. April 2, 18 Gl, and m., Oct. 3, 1881,
Liona Hoiisli, who was b. Oct. 3, 1861. Joseph E. is a ma-
chinist at Salem, 111. Their children are : Floyd Edwin
Kiigy, b. Aug. 23, 1882; Irma Belle Kiigy, b. March 10,
1884; ^^ellie Lera Kiigy, b. Dec. 4, 1886; Paul Vincent Kiigy,
b. Dec. 5, 1894.
6. Marietta Kiigy, b. May 24, 1864, and m. Edgar F. Bru-
baker, April 3, 1889. Mr. E. F. Brubaker is a successful
farmer and owns large tracts of real estate. Mr. and ]\Irs.
Brn])aker are active members of the Cumberland Presbyterian
church. iSi^o issue.
7. Ella Kiigy, d. in childhood.
8. Eachel A. Kiigy, b. Aug. 25, 1868, and was wedded to
Logan E. Brubaker, a brother of Edgar F. Brubaker, the hus-
liand of Marietta Kiigy, and owns a large tract of land. They
were m. on the 2 2d of Feb., 1888, and have one child, Emma
Marguerite. Mr. and Mrs. Brul)aker are both mombers of
the Cumiierland Presbyterian church.
9. Jesse Belle Kiigy, b. Marcli 10, 1871, and is a member
of the Missionary Baptist church and Vice-Grand of Rebekah
Lodge, Xo. 107,' I. O. O. F.
10. Benjamin E. Kiigy, b. July 23, 1874.
11. Kate H. Kiigy, b. Sept. 25, 1880.
The last three named are at home and at this ^v^iting are
imm. (1898).
6. DAVID KAGY, b. May 23, 1832, in Seneca Co., O.:
m. Sarah R. Miley, Dec. 31, 1854, b. June 4, 1835, and had
two children :
1. LeviM.
2. Alice Amanda.
David Kiigy d. Feb. 8, 1887, in Marion Co., 111.
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1. Levi M., 1). Dec. 15, 1855, mid on ^May, 18, 1887, he
m. Emily Alice Larimer, youngest danoliter of the Hon.
Smith Larimer, deceased. Levi M. is a lawyer and hy his in-
tegrity and honoral)le dealing, and by his conrtcons and gen-
tlemanly manners, has won a large and remunerative client-
age, and the esteem of all who have the pleasure (»f his ac-
quaintance. He was b. in Seneca Co., O., on the ohl home
place, where his father was born, and when -1 years old re-
moved with his parents and his bal)y sister Alice to Red Lick
Prairie, in Alma township, Marion Co., 111., Oct., 1859. Levi
Monroe Kagy received a common school education, and at the
early age of 17 began teaching, which he followed for eight
successive years. During the suinmer he worked <»n his
father's farm. After arriving at his majority he decided to
study law. Lie worked on the farm in summer and taught
school in the winter until Sept., 1881, when he entered the
L'nion College of Law, at Chicago, 111., graduating June 14,
1883, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He was admitted
by the Supreme (/"ourt of his adopted State to practice in her
courts, June, 1883. On the 1st day of Jan., 1884, he opened
an office in Salem, 111., and liegan the ])ractice of his chosen
profession, to which he has given all his time, and by study
and perseverance has overcome the many obstacles and hind-
rances that ever ])eset the pathway of a young lawyer, es-
pecially so in his case, where there were many old, able law-
yers at the bar. Gifted by nature with a strong will and with
the purpose and determination to succeed he has risen step by
step until to-day he stands in the very front rank of the local
bar, and has a practice extending into other counties. His
many friends predict for him a bright and honorable future.
His wife, Emily Alice Larimore, of Marion Co., 111., received
her education principally in the high schools of St. Louis, ]\Io.
She is of Scotch-Irish descent, a member of the Cumberland
Presbyterian church. She is a woman of deep convictions,
energetic and has superior social qualifications, and lias a host
of friends. The fruit of this union is : John Larimer, h. Feb,
22, 1888, and a little daughter, who d. March 4, 1891, in in-
fancy.
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2. Alice Aiuaiula Kiiuv, was 1). on the old liomestoad in
Seneca Co., (>., on iho Tth of .Inlv. is.')',), and was al'out ''5
months oKl when Iut parents nio\od Ironi the old hmne in
ISeneea Co., O., to their new home in Marion i'o., lU. Sht> had
all the advantaiivs of aeiiniriiiii' an edneation snrh as was af-
fortled bv the etnnmou sehools at that da_v. She beeame a
sneeessful teaelior and in that way spent the vears of her earlv
womanhood. At the !?ame time assistinji' her nioihor in the
duties of the household and in the managenuMit of her own
and her mother's interest in the estate, and is a statf of support
and of eonsohition to Ium" \eneral>U' mother in hci- widow-
hood, and a worthv daui;htin' of a iiohlo father and mother.
PAN IP KAti^ removed from his native eonntv in Oliio
with his fanulv in the fall of 1851), and settled on the farm
where he fell asleep in death at (» o'eloek on the moriunn' of
Feb. 8, 188T. Pavitl was one of eiiiht sous and three dauii'hters
of his j)areuts, and leavi>^ one sister and tivo brothers sni-\ i\ inu;
him. \\\< venerable father and nu^ther had preceded him to
their final resting- phu-e within ^wo \ears. As a man of l>nsi-
ness he was correct and just to all with whom he tlealt. His
judiiiuent was calm, deliberate ami licnerallv correct. His
heart was warm, impulsive and iieuerous, and his sympathies
iiushed out as a fountain of waters. He was not a niendter of
anv church, but the cast of his uund was such as favort>tl that
of the ehnreh of his parents, who for manv years were d(>voted
members of the Old School r>aptists. He was a uood eili/,en,
a kind neighbor, a lo\ iui:.- husband and father and luul ihv iv-
speet and esteem of all who knew him.
7. K.VPHKl. K.\(;V, b. Alay II, 18:-.4; m. Hcujamin Hud-
dle. Nov. ;•. l"-^.">f. Their children iwc :
1. FrecTuan K.
2. .Tohu.
*>. Ttdafer.
\. .Vnnie.
5. ,lane.
t!. Xaroissns.
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8. :\rira.
9. :Shmd.
Reside at luka, 111.
1, Freeman E., 1). -
cliildrcii : Eddie and
; ni. Ida Lester, and tlicv liave
4. Annie, b. •
dren: William,
5. Jane, 1).
child,
-; m. Lodi Bonser, and lias three chil-
-, and .
; m. Lonis Spencer, and they have one
C. l^arcissns, h.
; m. John DeCiolyer.
8. CATIIAEIXE KAGY, K Jan. 25, 1837; m. Hiram J.
Cmnmins, who was b. in Virginia, Feb, 22, 1830, and was m.
l^Tov. 22, 1855. Both were Baptists in faith. Catharine
(Kagy) Cnmmins d. ^Mareli l'.>, 1885. Hiram J. Cummins
d. May 28, 1886. Their children are :
1. John B.
2. Annie E.
3. EachelM.
4. JSTancy L.
5. Isaac K.
G. Frank Lee.
7. Orris O.
8. DeWitt Clinton.
9. Elmer E.
10. Elizabeth C.
1. John B., was b. in Ohio, Jnly 5, 1858, and m. Mary S.
Hisaw, Dec. 7, 1884, who was b. Oct. 21, 1861. Their chil-
dren are: Mamie C, b. Oct. 8, 1885; Elmer J., b. TCov. 18,
1887; Clarence Dell, b. April 21, 1894. John B. and wife
are members of the M. E. chnrch. Occupation, farming. P.
0., Pierce City, Mo.
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2. Annie E., 1). Fel). 4, 1S60; m. to Frederick L. Ilisaw,
Aug. 14, ISsi), Avho was b. -Jan. 4, 1860. Frederick L. Hisaw
is a brother of Mary S. Hisaw, John B.'s wife. Their chil-
dren are: Frederick Lee, b. Aug. 23, 1891; Ottis Lovd, b.
Kov. 28, 1802. Annie E. and linsl)and are members of the
Baptist church. Occnpation, farming. 1^. O., Pierce City,
Mo.
3. Rachel :\laria, b. Dec. 4, 18(;i; m. to Frederick Chand-
ler, Jan. 9, 1881, who was b. Jan. 18, 1856. Their children
are : Annie E., b. i:!ec. 30, 1882 ; Hiram H., b. Dec. 20, 1885.
The religions faith of the parents is Baptists and Campbellites.
P. O., Pierce City, Mo.
4. Xancy Eeah, b. Oct. IT, 1863; m. to Firman A. Lucas,
Sept. 9, 1883, who was b. Feb. 20, 1855. Their children are :
Hiram D., b. xVug. 16, 1884; Alexander C.,~b. Oct. 24, 1885;
John F., b. June 7, 1888; Frederick AV., b. Xov. 11, 1892;
Orris Vance, b. Aug. 27, 1894, d. Aug. 27, 1895. Xancy
Leah and husband are Methodists. His occupation, merchant
miller. P. O., Pierce City, Mo.
5. Isaac Kiigy, b. Sept. 17, 1865; m. to Jennie E. Carpen-
ter, March 3, 1889, who was b. Sept. 26, 1866. Their chil-
dren are: Mabel M., b. Xov. 30, 1889; George H., b. Oct.
16, 1891. Both parents are Baptists. Occupation, farming.
6. Frank Lee, b. June 3, 1867; m. to Celia H. Grimes, Feli.
20, 1889, who was b. Feb. 22, 1868. Their children are:
Mary C, b. Dec. 17, 1889, d. Oct. 11, 1890; Roy D., b. Jan.
23, 1893; Irl C, b. Aug. 5, 1894. Xot members of any
church. P. O., Xewtonia, Mo. Occupation, farming.
7. Orris Ottis, b. July 7, 1869; d. Dec. 22, 1889; unm.
8. DeWitt Clinton, b. Xov. 30, 1871 ; unm. Xot member
of any church. Occupation, farming. P. O., Pierce City, Mo.
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AMOS HITE KAGY.
MRS. BETTIE OFFUTT KAGY.
. OR, L£NOX
I TIUOEN FOU
KAGY RELATIONSHIP. 545
9. Elmer Kucl()l})li, h. Dec. 22, 187o; uniu. lleligious faith,
Baptist. Occupation, miller. V. O., Pierce City, Mo.
10, Elizabeth C, b. Jan. 13, ISST; nnm. Eeligious faith,
Baptist and student.
9. LEVI 13. KAGY, the 9tli child and Gth son of -l..liu
and Catharine Ilite Kiigy, was b. in Seneca Co., O., Oct. 29,
1838; m. to Frances Ann Lambertson, Oct. 29, 1808, who
was b. K'ov. 26, 1812. Their children are:
1. Jessie Lambertson, 1). April 7, 1870.
2. Xannie S., b. Julv 10, 1872; d. March 24, 1875.
3. Edna Hite, b. May 21, 1876.
4. John Edson, b. July 29, 1882.
Mr. Levi I). Kiigy was elected auditor of Seneca Co., 0.,
October — , 1872, and re-elected in October, 1874. Lie is
now residing in Fostoria, O.
1. Jessie l.andx^rtson Kiigy, was m. to AVilson S. Oehrett,
Oct. 27, 1897. Mr. Oehrett is a druggist at Deshler, O.
3. Edna Ilite Kiigy, was m. to Percival Ilawley Lcdiiai-d,
Oct. 27, 1894, and have two children: John Richard, b. Aug.
3, 1895; Dorothy, b. June 30, 1897.
10. AMOS IIITE KAOY, the youngest son of John and
Catharine (Ilite) Kiigy, of Seneca Co., O., was b. Jan. Ki.
1841; m. Ilattie Weirick, of Tiffin, O., Xov. 21, 1865. Mrs.
Kiigy d. Kov. 17, 1875. Issue, Grace Jessie AVeirick Kiigy,
who d. Mav 30, 1878. In Julv, 1881, Mr. Kiigv m. Mrs.
Bettie Offutt Winsor, b. . Their children arc : Amos
Ilite, b. April 21, 1884, and Marcus Offutt, b. Ai)ril 21, 188G.
Mr. Amos Hite Kiic'v is a lawver bv profession, and has
built up a large ])ractice in the city of his adoption, and by
his attention to the l)nsiness entrusted to his care has won the
confidence and esteem of his large clientage. Mr. Kiigy is a
Democrat in politics, but has never sought office of any kind,
preferring to devote his time and talent to his chosen ])ro-
540 KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
fession, rather than engage in the debasmg, corrupt life of the
modern politician. Mr. Iviigy joined the Order of Freemasons
in earlv life, and takes a lively interest in every good work of
this ancient order and has taken the 32d degree. In his early
career as a lawyer he was associated with his brother John B.
Kiigy and William H. Brazier, nnder the firm name of Kagy,
Brazier tV: Kiigy.
This ends the record of John Kiigv's descendants.
2. JACOB KAGY, the 2d son of Rndolph, the 2d, was
b. about 1799, in Shenandoah Co., Va., and moved with his
father's family to Fairfield Co., O., in 1819. lie d. there
: unm.
3. CHRISTIAN KAGY, the 3d son of Ptndoli.h, the 2d,
was h. Ang. 10, 1801, in Shenandoah Co., Va., and d. in
]\rarion Co., 111., Jan. 22, 1852, and is buried at Prairie Sum-
mitt, in that Co. He was m. to Anna Hite, the daughter of
John Hite. She w^as b. Feb. 25, 1806, in Pleasant township,
Fairfield Co., O., and was m. March 21, 182-i. She d. May
7, 1889. They resided in Ohio until May 28, 1840, when
they moved to Marion Co., 111. They had six sons and six
daughters.
One w^ho knew Mrs. Christian Kagv has said of her:
"Mother Kiigy never attached herself to any church, though
brought up by a regular Predestinarian Baptist father, who
was the founder of the church at Prairie Summit. She al-
ways remained a friend of that Society, but in so far as her
own future welfare was concerned she was firm in her convic-
tion that a well-spent life in all its relations was the best and
most convincing evidence of a true Christian. She w^as a
woman of remarkable physical endurance and mental acute-
ness, and her convictions were of the most decisive character.
She often expressed herself as ready and willing to die, satis-
fied that all was well with her. Thus calmly and peacefully
she passed from life to death. Few women possessed so many
of the qualities necessary to meet the varying vicissitudes in-
AMOS HITE KAGY, JR.
MARCUS OFFUTT KAGY.
KAGY KELATIOXSIIIP. 551
cident to a pioneer life. Armed Ijy nature and strengtlieiUMl
by culture, with the attributes of niiud and heart which dis-
tinguished the great and good, she was the peer of the most
eminent of her sex,- nevertheless acting within the sphere of
her own and her husband's calling. She displayed disciplinr
without harshness, and achieved success without pride.
Whether as wife, mother or neighbor she was the unifoi-iii niul
constant dispenser of the goodness of heart and purity of pur-
pose, which she eminently characterized through the whole
of her long and useful life. She was firm in her convictions,
strong in her purposes, just in her dealings, circumspect in
manners and ready and pleasing in conversation. She loved
justice and praised W'isdom. She esteemed friends and ])a(*itied
enemies. She proved her faith by her example and led iu the
way she would have others go. Her history al)0un(h'd in
deeds of kindness toward all with whom she mingled wliihi
here, and her uniform goodness of heart secured encomiums of
praise from all who knew her, which stands a continuing
monument to attest her virtues and nobility." Their chil-
dren are as follows, viz :
1. Elizabeth Iviigy, b. Xov. 19, 1826.
2. Kancy J. Kiigy, b. , 182S; d. , 1832.
3. John Ilite Kiigy, b. Oct. 15, 1830.
4. Lewis Hite Kiigy, b. Oct. 21, 1833.
5. Barbara B. Kiigy, b. July 18, 1835. '
6. Hannah Kiigy, b. May 24, 1838.
7. Margaret S.'^Ivligy, b. Feb. 27, 1839.
8. Wilfiam Baker Kiigy, b. Oct. 22, 1841.
9. Wilson Shannon KiigJ, b. May 26, 1844.
10. Dorothy E. Kiigy, k Oct. 5, 1846.
11. Frances M. Kiigy, b. .
12. Edgar C. Kiigy, b. • .
1. ELIZABETH KAGY, eldest child of Christian Kiigy,
was b. in Eairfield Co., O., Xov. 19, 1826. She was 14 years
of age when her parents moved from Ohio to Marion Co., 111.
The early youth of Elizabeth Kiigy was chiefly spent in as-
sisting her mother in the cares of a large family of brothers
552 KAGY RELATIONSHIP.
and sisters, and in attending school in winter at such times as
her services were not imperatively needed in her home. It is
not necessary to say that at that day the cook stove, washing
machine and sewing machine were not yet invented, and the
life of a farmer's wife and daughters then was one of work,
work, from early light till dewey eve. More especially is this
true of those who have gone into a new country, where the
heaviest hurdens often are borne by the gentler sex. But with
all the disadvantages that environed her pathway and her
meagre opportunities for acquiring an education, she qualified
herself for teaching school, and it was whilst in this capacity
she met the man who was to be her future husband. lie was
a native of the same county in Ohio from which she came. This
iiCquaintance ripened iuto friendship and theuce into love and
matrimony and on the 18th day of ]\ray, 1848, their marriage
was duly solemuized. But oh, liow ditferent was the surround-
ings of the bride that day, compared to that of her daughters
in our day. There was no canopied, carpeted path, no fes-
tooned draperies, llower-bedecked room and hall, no music
froui the oi'gan or cloistered choir, no rays from richly-colored
cathedral glass to cast a dim religious light and halo over the
sceue. The bride of that day stepped from the altar to the
rude cabin w^ith its two rooms and rude furnishings, and w^ith
loyal heart and willing hands set to work and in a brief time
the busy housewife had transformed the cabin into a commo-
dious and comfortable dwelling and added to their possession
several hundred acres of land adjoining their's. Her zeal for
the temporal and physical welfare of her famdy was fully
equalled by her care for their intellectual advancement. She
was a generation ahead of most of the women of her day in her
appreciation of the advantages of an education for women and
in order to be able to give such advantages to her children
she has, it was said, often worked in the field all day, doing
the work of a man and then done her work at the house, thus
giving her daughters more time to attend the public schools.
It is rarely that there is found so many of the gentle virtues
combined in one person as was found in this good woman,
with firmness for the right, always and at all times, yet her
' ^^BRAKr.
Elizabeth (Kagy) Stevenson.
Hon. Samuel K. StbvknsuN.
KAGY RELATIONSHIP. 557
gentleness disarmed opposition and the vanquished became her
fast friends. Her indnstrv was untiring and her frugality pro-
verbial. She saved tliat she might have wherewith to give.
She was wholly free from either malice or envy and none but
words of kindness ever came from her lips. She seemed to be
pre-eminently endowed with all those wouianly virtues and
generous qualities that bespeak the true Avoman. No one
ever discharged the duties of life, in all its varied relations,
more faithfully and conscientiously than she did. As a daugh-
ter she was dutiful and having, as a wife she was faithful and
true, "an helpmeet indeed," in every sense of the word. As a
mother, oh, how devoted, tender and considerate for each one
of her family. Iler every thought was for their good; her
every act was to promote their welfare. Her character was
as pure and stainless as a child's, and than hers, there throbbed
not a kinder or nobler heart in all the world, or one more en-
tirely free from all "the deceits of the world." Words cannot
measure the worth and value to the world of such a character ;
it is beyond computation, it is priceless. It is appointed unto
all to die, and in the meridian of life and in the glory of ma-
ture w^omanhood she sank into that dreamless sleep Ave call
death. "After life's fitful fever she sleeps well." The
kindly heart is still, the busy hands are folded forever. IMotlnn'
earth has received her oAvn again, Imt the pure soul has entered
upon that eternal rest that awaits a life well spent. AVheii
time with healing wings has assuaged the bitter grief of her
departure from among her children and friends, the memory
of her life, so true and noble, so fragrant with kindly deeds,
will 1)0 to those Avho loved her a sweet and abiding comfort —
a sAveet peace that passeth all understanding, and that the
Avorld cannot take aAvay.
" Why do we wait till ears are deaf
Before we speak our kindly word.
And only utter loving praise
When not a whisper can be heard ?
Oh ! let us heed the living friend
Who walks with us life's common ways,
Watching our eyes for looks of love,
And hungering for a word of praise."
558 KAGY KELATIOXSniP.
SAMUEL E. STEVEXSOX was 1). Aug. <), 1819, iu Fair-
field Co., O., his father heing- one of the early pioneers to
this section of the State, and who hy their sturdy l)lows have
made the great State of Ohio one of the foremost in the Union
in material wealth and ])r()S])erity. In his early life the sub-
ject of this sketch had few opportunities to acquire an educa-
tion. At the early age of (3 years he assisted his father in
clearing the forest <ind preparing it for cultivation. Thus was
his early boyhood spent u]i until his lOth year, when he re-
solved to seek and to hew out liis fortune, and leaving the
parent nest he hired out at ten dollars per month, and at the
end of each year his employer found it to his advantage to in-
crease his pay. lie remained four years with Farmer Miller,
and at the end of that time he was the owner of seven hundred
dollars and a fine hoi'sc. His total expense, spent for clothing
during these four years, was a fraction over forty dollars. Be-
ing and)itious, strong and healthy in body and mind, schooled
to habits of industry and ecoiKuiiy, gifted with self-reliance
and good practical coinnion sense and a business tact rare iu
one so young, he took with him his earnings, mounted his
horse and setting his face westward he resolved to better his
fortune in the lonely wilds of Illinois. Here his first venture
was to purchase cattle, which he drove back to his native State
and sold at a good profit. He continued in this business up to
May 18, 1848, when he met and married Elizabeth Kagv,
a daughter of Christian and Anna (Hite) Kiigy, when he
commenced farming and buying and fattening cattle, at which
he is one of the most successful in the State. Mr. Stevenson
is a self-made man. He is emphatically the architect of his
own fortune. His only inheritance was one hundred dollars,
given him by his father v.dien he arrived at age. This money
he put out at interest with the purpose that it should be used
when occasion demanded it, to afford his children an educa-
tion, which advantage circumstances had deprived him of.
This money is vet on interest and amounts to thirty-one liuu-
dred dollars without the principal. It has been a cardinal
jDrinciple with liim all througli his long l)usiness career to be
KAGY K ELATION SHIP. 551)
]n-ompt to meet everv obligation and to keep every ]iroiiiise.
As a farmer lie was never behind in his work, and ev(n*ytliiiig
was done in its proper season. lie manaaed Ids farm aii<l
business with the strictest economy and l»y his industry and
frngality has won a handsome competency, and has set an ex-
ample worthy of inntation to all who wish to attain honorable
success in life. But it is not alone as a successful farmer and
business man that he has attained eminence among" his febow-
men. The sterling worth and intcffritv of ^\v. Stevenson has
been seen and recognized bv his fellow-citizens in manv wavs.
His knowledge of men and business has induced many ]ier-
sons to seek his cotmcil and advice and entrust their hnaneial
interests to his care and judgment and he filled his trust
to their entire satisfaction and advantage. ]\Ir. Ste-
venson has served the peoi)le of his township, county and
State as a ])ubli(' otiicer. He was a menil»er of tlie ilHnois
Legislature in the year/1866, and acquitte(l himself with creiHt
to himself nnd his constituents. The townshi]) in which he
resides was called Stevenson in his honor, he being the largest
landholder in the townshi]). He is a large stockholder in the
Sandovel coal nnnes and also in the Salem Xational Baidv at
Salem, 111. Mr. Stevenson has long since passed his three-
score and ten vears of age, but still takes a live interest in
everything that is of private or ])nblic interest in his county
or State. ITis ample means has enableil liini to give his
family a liberal education and to establish all of lliem in com-
fortable nnd pleasant surroundings. Unman Ht'e is often re-
garded as a success, if financial success is achieved regardless
of means, but Mr. Stevenson has done much more. He has
acquired wealth and retained honor. His good name is nn-
sullied by no ignoble act. His truthfulness is nnimpeached.
He has won a host of friends ancT retains their lo\-e and highest
esteem. ]\ruch more could be truthfully sai(b in jnst enh)gy
of this worthy man, but words are feeble, 'idie best eulogy is
a grand, glorious life. The children of Elizabeth Kiigy an<l
Samuel E. Stevenson are :
1. rinra Jl. Stevenson, b. A])ril :?n, ]S40: on ari-iving at
56U KAGY KELATIOXSIIIP.
the proper age she attended the district schools and assisted
her mother in honsehold duties. At the age of 20 she became
a student in Greenville College, Bond Co., 111. After a two
years' course there she engaged in teaching the district schools,
and at the age of 26 she m. Daniel W. Holtslaw, Jan. 3, 1875.
I\lr. Holtslaw is a merchant in luka, 111. Issue, two children:
Herschel, b. Dec. 22, 1^75, now in the mercantile business
with his father; Florence, b. Oct. 20, 1877, and m., April 28,
1897, to Albert E. Kelly, of _Xortli Vernon, Ind., who re-
sides at luka. 111., and is engaged in the mercantile business.
2. ^Marion T. Stevenson, was 1). ^May 2, 1851. His youth
was sj^ent on the home farm, assisting in such work as he could
do, and attending school until his ISth year, when he com-
menced teaching in the district school, which he did for three
terms. He then engaged in farming a place given him by his
father. On Jan. 12, 1875, he was united in marriage to Miss
Martha E. Orr, a native of Licking Co., O. Jle has been en-
gaged in farming and shii)ping live stock ever since his mar-
riage, and is accounted a successful farmer and business man.
Issue, seven children, viz: ]\label ('., b. Oct. 7, 1875, qualified
herself for teaching school at the early age of 17, and is yet
engaged in that pursuit, witli marked ability; Samuel E., was
b. April 1, 1S70, and prefers the life and work of a farmer as
one of independence; Edna B., was b. Jan. 17, 1881, and has
shown a taste and talent for music and is qualifying herself
for teaching; Oren T., was b. Dec. 8, 1882; Koy V., b. Oct.
11, 1881; Claude M., b. Oct. 13, 1886; Lloyd K, b. Sept. 3,
1890.
3. Joana Stevenson, was b. Feb. 22, 1855. Her girlhood
was spent in household duties and attending school in winter
until the age of 18, when she entered Greenville College, and
after graduating she was united in marriage to Mr. Aaron
"Warner, Oct. 4, 1877, and have two children: Maude May,
b. July 17, 1879; Paul R., b. Xov. 1, 1882. Mr. AVarner d.
KAGY RELATIOXSIIIP. 561
Oct. G, 1885, and his -widow now resides with her father, Sam-
uel E. Stevenson, near Salem, 111.
■i. Ediiar Stevenson, was h. July '2o, 1S5T; worked on his
father's farm and attended school until he was 18 years of age;
taiiiiht (me term of school. In 1878 he entered the hie'h
school at Salem, 111., where he d. Xov. 13, 1878.
5. Homer H. Stevenson, was b. April 3, 1859; worked on
his father's fai'iii during vacation and at the age of 20 years
tanglit school two terms. AVas m., Xov. -1, 1884, to Afiss ( dare
llnmphreys. Issue, two children: Frank Ti., h. Se])t. !),
1S!»(); Florence, b. ]\Iay — , 18U7. His present occupation is
farndnii".
'&•
G. Van C. Stevenson, was b. April J 4, 18G1. He worked
on his father's farm until his 25tli year, wlicii \w m. Miss J^u-
ella Brunton, Xov. 25, 188G. He then moved to a farm given
him by his father, two and a (piarter miles southeast of Alma,
where he now resides (1898). Issue, two children: Opal,
».
Tune 9, 1890; Fawn, b. Jan. IG, 189G.
7. Frank M. Stevenson, was b. April 1, 1SG3. He woikod
on his father's farm until his 18th vear, when he entered the
Illinois College, from which he graduated with high honors,
after taking a four years' course. The promise of a brilliant
career in life was terminated by death, June 7, 1887; unni.
8. Anna Stevenson, was b. June 4, 18G7, and Avas ni. 1o T.
A. Boynton, Sept. 28, 1893. Issue, one child, Oladys Maria,
b. Oct. 13, 1897. Anna (Stevenson) Boynton d. ■•"cli. k;,
1898.
9. Maggie Stevenson, was b. Aug. 28, 18G9, and m., Sept.
28, 1893^ to Walter C. Irwin, a druggist of Salem, 111. Issue,
one child, Eugene, b. Xov. 5, 1894.
5G2 KAGY KELATIOXSIIIP.
3. JOHX IlITE KACJY, tlio 3(1 clnl.l of Christiiin au.l
Aiiiin I lite Kiigy, Avas 1). in Fairfield Co., ().. and
was 10 years of ago wlicn his parents moved to Clarion
Co., Til. llis Ix.yhood days were spent in assisting his father
in the \ari(Ml and rude lahor incident to a new settler's life.
Jlis oppditninlies for acipiiring an education were exceedingly
limited and \va^ c(tniine(| to reading, writing and cii:)liering.
The greater i^art of his time was spent in hard, laltorious work,
lie assisted his I'alher in hnilding a h(»ns(> and fencing in the
]irairie fai'ni and being the (ddest son he was the main-stay
and manager ni' the jtlace. After the death (d' his father the
whole management of the farm and the care of a large family
(d' brothers and sisters was added to his other duties, and made
his life for years one of anxions care and nurenntting toil,
leaving him no time for reci'cation or study, dohn II. Kiigy
was made of stnrdy stnlf, and thongh he lia<l arrived at his
majority the year before his father's death and was legally
free, he (diose to remain at home and assist his wi<lowed
mother until the year 1859, when he met and married Hannah
Jane I''ui'ry, a lady of many traits of womanly (diaracter.
IIa\ing no children of their own ]\Ir. and Mrs. Kiigy were en-
abled to give their whole time to the care of the farm and re-
li(>ve his aged mother of hard Avork. ITe is the architect of his
own foi'tnne, won by honest toil and fair dealing. He is
always willing to assist those who are disposed to hel]) them-
selves and show themselves worthy of assistance. As a man of
bnsin(»ss he is cantions, prndent and econonncal. lie is the
ontspoken (diampion of popidar government, that is the gov-
ei'ument by the ])eo])le, for the ])eo]de and against all class
legislation, and heartily in favor of ecpial taxation and repre-
sentation, regardless of creed or nationality. ^Ir. Kiigy has
never songht office. He is content to be a plain independent
American citizen, the ])eer of office-holders, and who arc the
hope of this free land. Schooled in ardnons toil thronghont
his youth and early manhood, he has born the bni'dens fate de-
creed with (dieerfidness and manliness in a large degree.
These hai'dshi])s and exactions have not in any way lessened
the tilial, conjugal or fraternal ties of kin-hip. His care for.
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Hannah (Furry) Kagy.
KA(5Y EELATIOXSIIir. T)!)?
and devotion to his aiiod niotlie'r all tliroui^li licr long life was
noble and her declining years were watched ovei- hy eyes that
loved her, and hands that smoothed her dying ])illo\v, wlien
her grand sonl took its everlasting flight beyond this vale of
tears. John I lite Kiigy still lives on the home idacc and owns
the broad acres cnltivated by him in youth aii<l inaidiood. lie
and his faithfnl wife, who, hand in hand ai'c journeying the
dusty road of life, full of years, but large with liii]»('. witli
hands still n]>ou the helm of the barcpie of life, full <>(
strength and vigor that will, we \\i>])0 vouchsafe to thcni ycais
of nsefnlness and enjoyment in their al)undant means and
cheerful home. .John Hite Kiigy m. Oct. 0, IS.");*, Hannah
J. Furry, b. ; no issue. JveligioTis faith, (leruian
4. LEWIS HITE KA(JV, b. in Fairfield Co., O., moved
to Marion C^o., 111., with his parents, May 28, 1840, where he
assisted his father on the farm until the hitler's death, after
which he lived with his widowed mother until his mai'riagc
with Miss Filena ^Val•ner, Ang. 12, 1858. He then removed to
his farm adjoining the home place, where they spent thirty-
eight years of ha])])y wedded life, and by their industry and
frugality secured a goodly heritage for themselves and family.
He pnrchased the interests of the heirs in the home ])lace, and
upon the death of his mother became the sole own(n". As a
farmer he was noted for his industry and good judgment and
was known and highly esteemed as a man of business. In
politics he was an ardent Democrat and was fr(M|nently elected
to positions of trust and honor. He was su])ervisor, township
treasurer, school trustee, assessor and served sixteen years in
succession as magistrate. In all the varied duties id" tliese
offices he served the people of his connty and townshi]) with
the fidelity and faithfulness that become a true servant of the
people, always doing the right lor right's sake, and without
fear or favor. He departed this life March 2?), 189G, aged
62 v., 5 m. and 2 d., honored and respected by all who knew
him. His familv consisted of five sons and five daughters: •
568 KAGY KELATK^XSIIIP.
1. ^[ary Kligy, b. May 2, 18G2.
2. Anna Kii-v, b. Dec. 23, 1863.
0( 7 7
3. Mason L. Ktigy, b. Feb. 1, 1866.
4. Arthnr Kagy, b. :\Iay S, 1869.
5. Van Kagv, b. Dec. 30, 1870.
0. ITonicr Jviigy, b. Ang. 16, 1872.
7. Dorothy Kligy, b. I\^ov. 9, 1874.
8. jMaggie Kagy, b. Sept. 1<3, 1876.
9. Ethel Kagy7b. Dec. 18, 1879.
10. Ernest Kiigy, b. Oct. 3, 1882.
2. Anna Kiigy, ni., Sept. 22, 1895, to P. J. Enibser, a
farmer.
3. ]Mason L. Kiigy, m. Elida ITazehvood, of Kansas. Occn-
pation, farming.
4. Artlinr Kiigy. was ni. in Lawrence, Kan., to Ehna Es-
telle Parisli, Ang. 20, 18!>2, ami liavc one cliikl, Elva Filene,
b. May 5, 1896. His occnpation is (hiiryman.
5. Van Kiigy, resides in Xcw Vork City. His occnpation
for several years past has been that of a motorman on the street
cars.
7. J)orotliy Kiigy, m., Jnne 9, 1899, \\m. E. Stallon, a
farmer.
The other two sons and three danghters are living on the
home place with their mother.
5. BARBAEA B., b. Jnly 18, 1835, in Fairfield Co., O.;
m., Sept. 25, 1856, Joel Spitler: d. Feb. 21, 1890. Issne :
1. Minnie.
2. Xannie.
3. Shannon K.
4. Clara.
5. Ella.
KAGY EELATIOXSlIir. aCiO
1. Minnie, b. Xov. 15, 1857; d. Miireli oO, 1882.
2. Xannie, b. April 15, 1859, in Marion Co., 111., niid lu.
Tlios. B. McCartan, Xov. 20, 188)3, and have three childn-ii :
Charles E., b. Dec. 27, 1884; Pearl, b. April 17, 1887; Grace,
b. March 23, 1888. Members of the Christian clmi'ch.
o. Shannon K., 1). Oct. 28, 1804; tanght school tVinii is*<:]
to 1800; is now fanning and a Primitive Baptist in rt'ligimis
faith; was m, to Xora Mnndwiler, Peb. 24, 1887, and have
three children: Bertha, 1). Peb. 9, 1888; Virgil C, b. Oct.
7, 1894; Mayben P)., b. July 2, 1896.
4. Clara, b. Oct. 3, 1871; m. Chas. A. AVooteii, May 29,
1890; is a Primitive Baptist in religion; have fonr cliiMrcii:
Irl, b. Dec. 29, 1890; Clarence, b. Jnne 19, 1892; llerscliel
1). Dec. 27, 1893; Puby, b. May 29, 189G.
5. Ella, b. Ang. 11, 1873; m. AVm. P. McCartan, Sept. 15,^
1892; is a Primitive Baptist in religion.
6. PTANIsTAH KAGY, the 4th danghter of Christian and
Anna Ilite Kiigy, was b. in Fairfield Co., O., May 24, 1838,
and came to Marion Co., 111., with her parents in 1840, where
she now resides. She was m., Dec. 25, 1857, to Xoah K. Ste-
venson, the eldest son of Mordecai and Xcllie Stevenson, of
Pairfield Co., O. Issue, seven daughters and five sons, vi/:
1. Ida Stevenson, b. July 25, 1858.
2. Eva Stevenson, b. Oct. 28, 1860.
3. Carrie B. Stevenson, b. May 17, 1862.
4. Mordecai Stevenson, b. Jan. 7, 1864.
5. Morris Stevenson, b. Peb. 22, P866.
6. Otis Kagy Stevenson, b. ]\[arcli 14, 1868. ] .-
i. Omar Kiigy Stevenson, b. March 14, 1868. |
8. Ethel Stevenson, b. Feb. 15, 1870. \
9. Ernest Stevenson, b. Feb. 15, 1870; d. Api'Il. ^ twin
1870.
10. Dorothy D. Stevenson, b. Oct. 5, 1873.
570 KAGY KELATIOXSHIP.
11. Lena Pierce Stevenson, I). Xov. 7, 1875.
12. Grace Panline Stevenson, b. Feb. -!2, 1S77.
1. Ida Stevenson, b. July 25, 1858; ni. -Tosepli Dozier, May
19, 1888, and have fonr children, viz: Liicilia, Mildred, Mez,
and Ethel.
3. Carrie B. Stevenson, 1). ^lay 17, 1802; ni., Sept. 24,
1889, to Perrv W. Warner.
■)
Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson have an interesting faniilv. Their
children are bright, intelliucnt and ])rog"ressive, fnlly np to
date in the accomplishments of modern life; a beantifnl home-
life here finds its ha])piest realization in this Christian house-
hold. In Oct., 188(;, the writer hereof was the invited guest
at their home and the kindness shown us on that occasion will
be remend)ered as long as life lasts, and will remain as a green
spot in memory.
7. MAKGARET S. KAGY, was b. Feb. 27, 1839, in Fair-
field Co., O., and removed with her ])ai'(Mits to Marion Co.,
111., in 1840. Til her girlhood days she learned ra]U(lly and
taught school in the country. AVliile thus engaged she met her
future husband. Dr. L. McColm, a native of Ohio, and a grad-
uate at the same school and at the same time wdth the late
lamented President Garfield. They were m. April 20, 1858,
and after her marriage resided on a farm up to the time of
hc" rhnitli, which occurred Sept. 10, 1884. Their children
are :
1. Selma Louisa, b. Sept. 4, 1859.
2. Metta, b. Sept. 17, 1805.
3. Elmer Ellsworth, b. April 4, 1868.
4. Edward Everett, b. Feb. 22, 1874.
Both parents were members of the Christian church.
1. Selma Louisa McColm, m., March 13, 1889, to John
Dover, a farmer. Mrs. Dover is a Methodist.
KAGY RELATlOXSIllP. 5 71
3. Ehiiei- Ellsworth McColm, m., Aii<;'. ;;o, isDi;, to Aliss
Lottie McColm, and have one child, Kienzi, h. Feb. 27, 181»7.
8. AVM. BATvEIi KAGY, was h. Oct. 22, 1S41; m. to
Elizabeth I. ]*liilips, Dec. G, 18(;o. His occupation i> larm-
ing. Ill religions faith a I!a])tist and his wife a Methodist.
Issue, nine chihh'en :
1. Edg-ar E., h. Oct. 5, 18G4.
2. Mary E., b. Jan. 13, 186U.
3. John A., b. Aug. G, 1870.
4. Lilly M.,b. Aprils, 187:).
5. Xora F., b. Se])t. 2(;, 1877.
<!. Roy, b. Oct. 17, 1880.
7. Ella, b. Aug. 12, 1882.
8. Tony G., b. Mnj 5, 1881.
9. Marshall, b. .March 15, 188G.
1. Edgar E., m., ]\larch 2, 18U1, Miniue Brown, and have
two daughters: Ruby E. and Ivy. Both are Methodists.
2. Mary E., in., Sept. 25, 181)2, to Ira Anglin, and have
two sons: Cecil and William. Both are Methodists.
3. John A., m., Oct. 11, 1800, to Missouri McCindrie, and
have two sons : Aaron M. and Lester Bryan. Both are Metho-
dists.
1. Lilly M., m., Sept. 25, 1892, to Eraid< Rogers, and have
two (diildren : Ilerschel ami Hazel. Both ai-e .Methodists.
5. Xora F., in., Xov. 12, 1897, to Elmer I^irthing, a
farmer, and have one child, Harry II. In religion, Ilapti-t
and Metliodist.
G. Roy, 7. Ella, S. Tonv G., and 9. ^Marshall are at home
(1899). ' Their P. O. address is Brubahcr, Bl.
572 KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
9. WILSOX SHAXXOX KAGY, was b. near Salem, 111.,
May 20, 1844. He lived with liis widowed mother until about
18 years of age, when he responded to the call of his country,
and enlisted in Co. K, 111th Ilegiment, Til. Infantry. His
name was enrolled on the 21st day of Aua,., 1862, for three
years, his term of service ending June IT, 1865, when he re-
ceived an honorable discharge at the city of AVashington, D.
C He engaged in farming, and was united in the holy bonds
of matrimony, Feb. 27, 1868, to Anna E. Bruliaker, daughter
of Eli and Mary Ann Brubaker, by the Eev. X. F. Gill. The
fruit of this union was five children: ]\Iyrtle Kagy, b. Jan.
26, 1869; Corwin Kagy, b. Dec. 27, 187o'; T. Claric Kagy, b.
Sept. 6, 1872; Frank F. Kagy, b. March 4, 1877; Ellis C.
Kiigy, b. Xov. 17, 1879.
10. DOr.OTIIY R. KAGY, b. Oct. 5, 1864; m. Isaac
Brubaker, April 14, 1870. The issue of this union is one
son, Marvin Dell Brubaker, b. Oct. 7, 1881. Mr. Brubaker
is a farmer and is much esteemed by all who have business re-
lations with him. for his straightforward, plain, unassuming
manner and obliging disposition. Mrs. Brubaker was for
many years the Treasurer of the Kagy Biographical Society,
and evinced much interest in its success. In the home circle
]\[rs. Brubaker finds her greatest pleasure, and here is to be
seen the best display of those graces that make home the dear-
est spot on earth.
11. FRAXCIS M. KAGY, b. ; lately resided in
Oakland. CaL: is unm.
12. EDGAE C. KAGY, b. : num.
Ends the record of Christian Kiigy's family and descend-
ants.
4. ABKAHA]\r KAGA", son of Ptudolph, the 2d, was b.
Dec. 23, 1803, in Shenandoah Co., Ya., and d. Dec. 2, 1888, in
KAGY RELATIONSHIP. 573
Seneca Co., O. He in. Barbara Pugli, Dec. 27, 182o, and
had fifteen children.
Barbara (Pngli) Kagy d. Aug. 11, ISGo. In the summer
of 1864 Abraliam Kiigv ni. Anna Fanber, wliu d. without
issue, Ang. 22, 1876. Mr. Kiigy was an Old School Baptist.
His children are :
1. Hannah Kiigv, b. Dec. 4, 1824.
2. Christian Kiigv, 1). May 4, 1826; d. .lulv 27, 1820.
3. John Kiic'v, b. Julv 7, 1827.
4. Mary Kiigy, b. Dec. 1, 1828; d. July 30, 182!).
5. Barbara Kiigy, b. Keb. 19, 1830.
6. Lavina Kiigy, b. April 24, 1831.
7. Eliza S. Kiigy, b. Aug. 10, 1832.
8. George Kiigy, b. April 23, 1834; d. Feb. 28, 1863.
9. Lewis Kiigy, b. Dec. 18, 1835.
10. Martha Kiigy, b. May 21, 1838; d. Feb. 11, 1844.
11. Benjamin Kiigy, b. Aug. 30, 1840; d. Aug. — , .
12. Elijah Kiigy, 1). July 20, 1842.
13. Stephen Kiigy, b. ])ec. 2, 1844.
14. Leander Kiigy, b. Feb. 27, 1847.
15. Isabelle Kiigy, b. April 25, 1852.
1. HANNAH KAGY, the eldest daughter au.l diild of
Abraham Kiigy, w^as b. Dec. 4, 1824, in Seneca Co., ()., and
was united in marriage to Daniel Spitler, Feb. 6, 1845, by
Elder Lewis Seitz, of the Old School Baptist faith. Danicd
Spitler owned a fine farm some five miles southwest of Bloou)-
ville, Seneca Co., O., which under his wise and careful man-
agement has become one of the best in the county. ^Ir. Spit-
ler was w'idely known in the county. He was strong not oidy
in physical frame, but he w^as stoutdiearted and eminently
fitted for the work he undertook to do. His honestly and integ-
rity w'as never impeached, his word when once given was to
him a sacred trust not to be l)roken. It was as good as any
man's bond. He was a fine old gentleman, a desirable neigh-
bor, a kind and affectionate husband and father. AVhen age
had bent his stalwart frame, and wrinkled his bro\v, he still
retained in a large measure the joyousness of youtli. He was
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574 KAGY RELATIONSHIP.
fond of his friends and entertained liberally and freeh' all who
came under his hospitable roof. Several of the "Kiigy Re-
unions" were held at his place, at one of which the writer of
this too feeble tribute to his memory was present and partook,
with many others, of his l)Ounteous store. Industrious and
frugal himself, he brought up his large family of sons and
daughters to be self-reliant and aimed to equip them for the
active duties of life, to make out of them manly men and
women. His wife is a woman of like traits of character, and
much of the success of the husband was due to the industry
and care with ■which she managed her household and gov-
erned her children. She was a helpmeet indeed in every sense
of the word, a sharer of his joys and sorrows, for these are the
common heritage of num. Tie d. in 1890, at his home, sur-
rounded by loving sons and daughters, mourned and respected
by all who knew him. Mrs. Sjutler at this date (1808) is still
living on the home ])lace, and is a member of the Old School
Baptists. Issue, eight daughters and three sons, viz:
1. Martha Spitlcr, b. Dec. 11), 1815.
2. Agnes Spitler, b. Jan. 4, 1847.
3. Sabina 15. Sjutler, 1). Jan. 20, 184!).
4. John K. Spitler, b. Aug. 17, 1850.
5. Eliza K Spitler, b. Aug. 29, 1852.
6. ]\[onroe Spitler, b. Aug. 5, 1854.
7. Barbara Jane S|)itler. b. -Tune 9, 1857.
8. Elizabeth Spitler, b. April 11, 1801; d. May 9, 1801.
9. Infant child.
10. Ida ]\ray Spitler, b. March 28, 1863.
11. Abraham Cortis Spitler, b. Aug. 2, 1866; d. June 12,
1873.
1. Martha S])itler, oldest daughter of Daniel S])itler and
his wife, Hannah fEiigyj Spitler, was b. Dec. 19, 1845, five
miles southeast of Bloomville, Bloom township, Seneca Co.,
O. ; was united in marriage to John Lewis Ilershberger, May
15, 1866, by Elder Lewis Seitz, Jr., of the Old School Bap-
tist faith. To this union was born three sons. John Lewis
Ilershberger, b. in Eden township, Seneca Co., O., Xov, 8,
KAGY RELATIONSHIP. 0 ( 0
1843, he now lives (1898) one and a half miles southwest of
Bloomville, on a farm bought of his wife's grandfather,
Abraham Kagy. Their sons are: AVilbert Nicholas, b. Feb.
16, 18G7, m. Emma liieff, Dec. 30, 1894, b. ; Daniel
Eddie, b. ]S'ov. 1, 1809, in Harrison township, Kosciusko Co.,
Ind., m. Maud ^M. ^Mitcliel, 31art-h 0, 1894, b. , occu-
pation, sell* ol teacher (1898); Leonard Il'.ed, b. Sept. 11, 1872,
in the above named county, Ind.; occupation, school teacher;
umii. at tliis date (1898).
2. Agnes, the 2d daughter of Daniel Spitler and his wife,
Hannah (Kiigy) Spitler, was b. Jan. 4, 1847, on the old home-
stead in Seneca Co., 0.; m., Dec. 28, 1809, by Elder Lewis
Seitz, Sr., of the Old School Baptist faith, to Kalph W. Tittle,
who d. April 10, 1894.
3. Sabina Bretz Spitler, the 3d daughter of Daniel and
Hannah (Kiigy) S]utler, was b. Jan. 20, 1849, on the old
homestead in Seneca Co., O., and was united in marriage by
the Bev. P. Struble, of the United Brethren faith, to Edward
Bretz, Eel). 25, 1868. Issue, four children: BaliJi Tittle
Bretz, b. Eeb. 9, 1870; Herbert Oren Bretz, 1). Xov. 17, 1871,
d. Feb. 4, 1873; Susan Jane Bretz, b. March 15, 1874, d. Feb.
1, 1882; Hannah Arbilla Bretz, b. Oct. 7, 1875.
4. John K. Spitler, the 4tli child and oldest son of Daniel
and Hannah (Kiigy) Spitler, was b. Aug. 17, 1850, on the old
homestead, in Seneca Co., O., and was m. by Elder Lewis
Seitz, Sr., of the Old School Baptist faith, to Martha Patter-
son, Feb. 13, 1873, who was b. in Bloom township, Seneca
Co., O., Feb. 25, 1849. Issue, five children: Calvin D.
Spitler, b. Dec. 7, 1875; Cora Bell Spitler, b. May 17, 1877;
Edgar Spitler, b. Eeb. 17, 1880, d. Sept. 30, 1880; AVorden
M. Spitler, b. March 27, 1881; Kalph Tittle S])itler. 1>. A])ril
21, 1892. John K. Spitler is a farmer. He ]mrchased the
farm from his father-in-law, Daniel Patterson, in tlie year
1887, located near Bloomville, Seneca Co., O.
576 KAGY KELATIOXSIIIP.
5. Eliza Iv. Spitler, the r)th cliild and 4tli daughter of
Daniel and Hannah (Kagy) Spitler, was b. Aug. 29, 1852, on
the old homestead in Seneca Co., O., and -was ni. by Elder R.
B. Moore, of the Presbyterian church, to Garrett Burtis Hall,
Oct. 28, 1876, b. in Lykens township, Crawford Co., O.,
July 17, 1856. Issue : one child, Alislia May Spitler, b. Aug.
3, 1877. ]\lr. Hall is a farmer, lives six miles southwest of
Bloomville, Seneca Co., O.
6. Monroe Spitler, the 2d son and 6th child of Daniel and
Hannah (Kiigy) Spitler, was b. Aug. 5, 1854, on the old home-
stead in Seneca Co., O., and was m. by Elder Lewis Seitz, of
the old school Baptist church, to Susan Leister, Dec. 15, 1876,
who was b. in Crawford Co., ()., Jan. 30, 1854. To them
were born five children, two sons and three daughters :
Florence Spitler, b. Sept. 23, 1877.
Mattie Spitler, b. Sept. 15, 1881.
L D , b. Jan. 31, 1884.
Emery and Emily (twins), b. May 27, 1890.
Monroe Spitler d. May 27, 1892, in his 38th year; his occu-
pation was farming; in religious faith he held to that of the
Old School Baptists.
7. Barbara Jane Spitler, the 5tli daughter and 7th child of
Daniel and Llannah (Kiigy) Spitler, was b. June 9, 1857, and
was m. by the Rev. ILiwk to Ralph Hamlin, Feb. 4, 1874.
Issue, two children, one son and a daughter :
1. Guy Hamlin, b. Eeb. 6, 1875.
2. Eliza Hamlin, b. Aug. 28, 1879.
Barbara Jane Hamlin d. Oct. 1, 1886.
10. Ida May Spitler, the youngest daughter of Daniel and
Hannah (Kiigy) Spitler, was b. March 28, 1863, and was m. by
Elder Sherwood to Charles Tvino-, Dec. 14, 1892; thev reside
in Wood Co., O.
3. JOHX KAGY, the 2d son of Abraham Kiigy, was b.
KAGY EELATIONSHIP. 577
July 7, IS'27, is imm. and lives on his farm tlivcc miles spilth
of Bloomville, Seneca Co., O.
G. LA VINA KAGY, the 4th danohter of xVbr;ili:im Juii-v,
was b. April 24, 1831, in Bloom township, Seneca Co., ()., two
miles southwest of Bloomvillc, and was m. to Edward Saul,
Sept. 28, 1852. Issue, ten children :
Eobert M. Saul, b. June 13, 1853.
John K. Saul, b. June 13, 1855.
Lewis K. Saul, b. Aug. 11, 1857.
Isabelle M. Saul, b. Xov. 3, 1858.
Stephen Pv. D., b. Is'ov. G, 18 GO.
Mattie E. Saul, b. April 17, 18G2.
Maria F. Saul, b. March 23, 18G1.
Eliza L Saul, b. Sept. 23, 18G7.
Hannah L. Saul, b. A])ril 23, 1869.
George E. Saul, b. Feb. 7, 1872.
]\rr. Saul d. Sept. 17, 1873, and his widow makes her home
with her s'on Stephen B. D. Said, two miles southwest of
Bloomville, Seneca Co., O.
7. ELIZA S. KAGY, the 5tli daughter of Abraham Kiigv,
wash. Aug. 10, 1832, and was united in marriage to Samuel
Hershberger, Feb. 18, 1857. Issue, six children :
Mary Ellen Hershberger, b. April 8, 1860.
Florence Armitoa Hershberger, b. Sept. 18, 1863.
]\rartha Caroline Hershberger, b. ^May 20, 1S(;5; d. Aug.
25,1865.
Barbara Alice Hershberger, b. May 24, 1866; d. Sei)t. 'J,
1866.
Anna Bell Groves Hershberger, b. May 31, 1867; d. Xov.
18, 1892.
John Pinton Hershberger, b. May 21, 1869.
Samuel Hershberger d. Feb. 26, 1889.
Mary Ellen Hershberger m. Eric Shantz, Xov. 30, 1882,
and have one dauditer, Jessie, b. Feb. 1, 1885.
578 KAGY RELATIOXSHIP.
Florence A. in. J. AV. Ednnmstou, Dee. 2U, 1SS2, and had
two children : Jay \X., b. March 18, 1885; Florence Edna, b.
Feb. 1, 1887.
Anna Bell Groves ni. Edward Cook, Dec. 10, 1890.
John Pinton ni. Alice Banack, Sept. 20, 18i)0, and had two
children: Florence P., b. ]\Iay 10, 1891, and Raymond
Groves, b. Oct. 18, 1893.
8. GEORGE KAGY, 3d son of Abraham Kiigy, b. April
23, 1834; m. :\[ahala Einsel, and had three children:
Clement Kagy, b. .
Ma'rcene Kiigy, b. .
Jennie Kagy, b. .
Clement Kiigy was m. to Lea Seigley.
Jennie Kiia'v was m. to Saninel Mills.
9. LEAVIS KAGY, the 1th son of Abraham Kiigy, was b.
Dec. 18, 1835, three and a half miles southwest of Bloomville,
and m. Mary Owen, Dec. 3, 1857. Issue, ten children :
Nettie Kiigy, b. July 18, 1858.
Dora KiigyJ b. Oct. 28, 18()0.
Jennie Kiigy, b. Aug. 25, 18 61-.
Earl L. Kcfgy, b. March 16, 1869.
Cortha Kiii^v, b. Jan. 10, 1872.
Bertha Kiigy, b. June 3, 1874.
Rubia Kiigj, b. April 20, 1879.
Three unnamed died in infancy.
Xettie Kiigy m. Ada Bristol, Aug. 28, 1880, and had two
children; occupation, merchant.
Dora Kiigy m. Jesse H. Gaines, June 6, 1882, and had two
children ; occupation, farming.
Jennie Kiigy m. George Gilles, Sept. 6, 1882, and had three
children; occupation, school teacher.
KAGY RELATIONSHIP. 579
11. BEXJAMII^ KAGY, the 5th sun uf Al.rahaiu Kii-v,
wash. Oct. 30, 1848, and m. Bai-bara Miller, and had five chil-
dren, two sons and three danghters.
Stephen Tvii.C'y, b. .
Henry Kagy, h. .
Xo record of the other three chihli-on.
Benjamin Kiigy died in l>^!ii\
12. ELIJAH IvACJY, Gth sun of Ahrahuni Kagy, was h.
July 20, 1842, two miles and a half southwest of Bloomville,
Seneca Co., O., and m. Susannah Eeiif, Jan. 31, 1862. Both
hold to the old school Baptist faith. Issue, eight children :
1. Emma Ellen, b. .
2. Klioda ]\Iissena, b. .
3. Ophelia Elizabeth, b. — .
4. Marcus, b. ,
5. Irena lona, 1). —
6. Marv Bebecca, b.
7. Abraham, b.
8. Myrtle Ethel, b. .
1. Emma Ellen, m. D. A. Dellinger, Oct. 21, 1880, an.l liad
two children : Lloyd and Earl.
2. Ehoda Missena, m. J. A. Shellhorn, April 13, 1884, and
had three children: Alva L., Rolla J. and Anna S.
AlvaL. d. Aug. 11, 1886.
3. Ophelia Elizabeth, m. William K. Bol)crts, Nov. 22,
1886, and had three children: Emma Elleii, Rebecca Odessa
and Elovd.
Emma Ellen d. July 10, 1893.
4. Irena lona, was m. to Erank Geiger, j\Lirch 18, 1894.
Elijah Kagy resides one half mile west of St. Stephens and
is a farmer by occupation.
580 EAGY RELATIONSHIP.
13. STEPHEX KAGY, the Ytli son of Abraliam Kligy,
was b. Dec. 2, 1844, near Bloomville, Seneca Co., 0., and was
ni. by Elder Lewis Seitz, Sr., of the old school Baptist chnrch,
to Elizabeth Jane Fairehild, May 10, 18(56, who was b. near
"Wooodstock, Shenandoah Co., Va., April 23, 1850, and had
six sons and three danghters:
Mettie Ilaj Kagy, b. Feb. 5, 1867.
George Baker Kiigy, b. Ang. 18, 1869.
Annie Kosella Kagy, b. Ang. 17, 1872; d. Sept. 22, 1874.
Ola Debora Kagy, b. April 6, 1875.
Mattie Geneva Kagy, b. Eeb. 20, 1878.
Ertie Virginia Kagy, b. Oct. 20, 1880.
Daisy A^evada Kagy, b. Jan. 31, 1883.
Lloyd Leroy Kiigy, b. A]iril 7, 1886.
Clida Charles Kiigy, b. Jnly 14, 1889.
Mettie May Kiigy was ni. to AVilliam Briner, Dec. 2, 1858,
and have two danghters :
Bessie Saloiun, b. Mny 18, 1886.
Florence Belle, b. Oct. 30, 1887.
George Baker Kiigy m. Jennie Frankenfield, Ang. 22, 1887,
who was b. near ^rohiiorc, O., Sept. 2, 1870; they have three
sons :
Wayne Leander Kiigy, 1). Jidy 7, 1889.
Stephen AVilliani Kiigy, b. Dee. 9, 1891.
Ivan John Kiigy, b. Jnly 24, 1894.
14. LEAXDER KAGY, the 8th son of Abraham Kagy,
m. Irene Vandyke, and had three children:
1. Almeda Kiiaw, b. .
2. Vitus Kiigy, b. .
Third was not named.
15. ISABELLA KAGY, vonngest child of Abraham
Kiic'v, 1). ■ .
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5. (^VTIIAKIXE KAGY, 1st daughter of Kihlulph \Uv
2d, was b, about 1805, and m. about 1S2(), and d. .
She m. Andrew Hite, a brother of Anna, who ni. Christian
Kagy, the third son of Endolph tlie 2d. Issue :
1. Barbara, b. March 15, 1824; d. March 22, 1841, aged
17 y. and 7 d. She was the eldest.
2. John, b. Oct. 7, 1827; m. Susan Brnbaker.
3. Katharine, b. June 30, 1829; ni. Xoah Brubaker.
4. Anna, 1). July 2!), 1831; m. ]\rartin Brubaker.
5. Endolph, b. Feb. 2, 1834; ni. Anna .McC^olni.
6. David, b. Dec. 1, 1835; bachelor.
7. Beali, b. Oct. 11, 1838; m. Henry Wolf.
8. Andrew, b. Dec. 5, 1840; ni. Harriet Mattox.
9. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 15, 1843; m. William French.
10. Hannah, b. April 8, 1846; m. Albert Tucker.
11. Rebecca, b. Sept. 11, 1848; m. G. Dewitt.
12. ]\rary, b. Xov. 19, 1853; ni. John Armstrong.
13. l^ichael, b. J)ec. 25, 1854; died at Inrth.
2. JOHX HITE, was born in Eairiiehl Co., O., Oct. 7, 18l>7.
and removed from tliere (Pleasant township) to Marion ('(..,
111., alumtthe year 1839, and was m. to Susan Bi'uliakei'. Dec.
9, 1847; he emigrated to Kansas in 1807, an<l <1. in W'ibon Oo.,
Kan., Sept. 27, 18G9. Susan Brubaker, tlu' (hiughtei' of Al)i-a-
ham and Elizabeth Brubaker, was b. Fel>. 1 1, iSi'K, in l-'air-
field Co., O., and removed to ]\rarion Co., IIL, in Isll ; issue,
seven children :
1. Barbara Savilla Hite, b. Si'pt. 28, 1848; m. .1. (i. L.
Adams, July 6, 1867, in Marion Co., 111. J. G. b. A.hims h.
in Lincoln Co., Ky., Feb. 10, 1828; residence, AVayne ( '.... 111.;
occupation, farmer; their children are Jessie Milton. Ii. duly
11, 1868; William Marion, b. Feb. 12, 1870; :Mand. 1.. Feb.
17, 1877; John Henry, b. Feb. 9, 1880, in Wayne Co., 111.,
and the two former b. in Clay Co., 111.
2. Samuel Irwin Hite, b. Oct. 1, 1850, in :\rarion (',,.. TIL;
ni. Esther M, Coates, Sept. 26, 1872, in Cowley Co., ivan.; oc-
cupation, carpenter. Esther M. Coates was b. ; d.
582 KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
]\Iareli G, 1S70, in AVilson Co., Kan. Issne: (1) Charlotte Sa-
villa, b. Ang. 9, 1873; (2) Ida Florence, b. Oct. 4, 1874,
d. Aug. 18, 1875; (3) John Thomas, b. Xov. 14, 1875, d. Ang.
9, 1876; (4) Samuel Irwin, b. Sept. 25, 1878.
3. Franklin P. Ilite, b. Dec. 2, 1852, in .Marion Co., 111.;
m. to Alice Dailev, Dec. 25, 1876, in Henia, Clay Co., 111. ; oc-
cupation, railroader; d. Xov. 23, 1878, in Marion Co., 111.
Alice Dailey b. Ang. 27, 1857, in Joj Co., Ind. Their chil-
dren are: Vady, b. Sept. 5, 1877, d. Sept. 29, 1877; Enlela,
b. -Ian. 6, 1878.
4. Donglas Ilite, b. Jan. 22, 1855, in Marion Co., 111.; m.
Mattie E. Pound, Feb. 23, 1879, in Fredonia, Wilson Co.,
Ivan.; occupation, printer; residence, Fredonia, Kan. ]\[ollie
E. Pound was b. Julv 5, 1863, in Christian Co., 111. Thev
have one child, Mabel Ethel, b. March 11, 1880.
5. Eli Henry Ilite, b. July 6, 1857, in Memphis, Scotland
Co., Mo.; railroader; residence, Butler Co., Kan.
6. AVilliam H. Hite, b. :\rarch 22, 1860, in Memphis, Scot-
land Co., ^lo. ; residence, Butler Co., Kan.; farmer.
7. John ::\rilton Ilite, b. May 14, 1866, in Marion Co., 111.;
occupation, farmer; residence, Altoona, Wilson Co., Kan.
9. HAXXAII HITE, b. April 8, 1846; m., March 13,
1870, to Albert Tucker, b. Xov. 26, 1829. Their children
are: Mary Louisa, b. Jan. 21, 1871; Elenore, b. Sept. 22,
1876; Katharine, b. Sept. 30, 1878. Residence, Altoona,
Wilson Co., Kan.
XoTE. — It is a matter of sincere regret that we are not able
to give a full record of the descendants of Catharine (Kiigy)
Hite. — [Editok.]
KAGY RELATIONSHIP. 583
G. BAliliAJiA ]vA(;Y, 2<1 dimghtcM- <.f IJuddlph, \hr iM,
was b. Xov. 10, 1807, in Slieiiandoali Co., \'a., and d. Se])!.
26, 1848, in Seneca (\)., O. She m. LeAvis Seitz, Aii,<i-. 24,
1823, who was h. in Fairheld Co., O., Oct. 21, 1802, and had
±\)nrteen children, viz :
1. Catharine Seitz, h. Jan. 15, 1825.
2. Lydia Seitz, h. Max 11, 1826.
3. Elizabeth Seitz, 1). Jnly 17, 1827.
4. John Seitz, b. :\Iarch 12, 1829.
5. Mary Seitz, b. Oct. 5, 1830.
6. Anna Seitz, b. Feb. 19, 1832.
7. Daniel Seitz, b. Ang. 7, 1834; d. in infancy.
8. Barbara Seitz, b. Sept. 25, 1836. She was a deaf mute
and d. May 24, 1867.
9. ITannali Seitz, 1). May 27, 1838. She also was a deaf
mute and d. Dec. 6, 1876. These two sisters were sent to the
school for deaf and dnnd), at Colmnbus, O., and everything
that money and affection conld do was done for these two un-
fortunate children to improve their condition, and make tlicin
as happy as possible under the circumstances.
10. Abraham, b. April 16, 1840, a deaf mute; d. Sept. li^,
1881.
11. Lewis, b. Jan. 3, 1843, a deaf mute; d. Api-il 25, 1877.
12. Aaron, b. March 12, 1844. He was an extremely deli-
cate child. It is said he never cried until he was two nionilis
old.
13. Lavina, b. Xov. 30, 1846, also a mute, who now H^^OS)
makes her home with her sister, Mrs. Ivvdia Siplc.
14. Jonas, b. Aug. 21, 1848; d. in infancy.
1. CATHAEIXE SEITZ, m. Daniel H. Patterson, :\Iaivl,
31, 1842, in Seneca Co., O., and had tweh'c childi'cn. three of
whom d. in infancy:
1. Wm. JL, b. ; m. Ida Siple, and have one cliihl
named Glenn, b. .
2. Martha, b. Feb. 25, 1849; m., Feb. 13, 1873, to Jolin
K. Spitler, and had five children. (See names and dates of
584 KAGT EELATIOXSHIP.
birtli in tlie record of Daniel Spitler, Sr., and Hannah (Kiigy)
Spitler.)
3. James K., b. ; m. Lydia Rinehart, and liave three
children: Delia, Katie and Edward.
4. Wallace, b. Feb. 31, 1852; m. Azelia Thompkiu<. He d.
March 31, 1880; Old School Baptist, and was highly edu-
cated.
5. Clara, b. ; m. A. T. Spitler, of Mansfield, O.,
and has three children : Bertha, Xora and Mervin.
n. 1,1a, b. ; m. TT. P. Spitler, and hare two children:
Elmer and ]\Iande.
T. Delia, I). : m. Samuel ::\lcClelland. She d. in
1882, leaving twin daughters, Bessie and Jessie.
8. Celia, b. ; m. Reuben Ackerman. She d. March
10, 1882. Issue, one child, d. in infancy.
2. LYDIA SEITZ, m.. May 17, 1849, Jacob Siple, and
lia<l eleven children, seven of whom are living (1899), viz :
1. Hannah, b. Oct. 28, 1850; m., Oct. 28, 1874, to John W.
Kaga, a son of Rudolph and Anna (Seitz) Kiiga. Issue, nine
children: (1) Pomeroy, d. at 12 years of age; (2) Claude,
d. aged 19 years; (3) Guy, d. at 11 years; (4) Budd, d. aged 15
years; (5) Belle, (6) Louis, (7) Bessie, d. aged 7 years; (8)
Hattie, an infant daughter, d. aged 9 days. In one year this
dear mother buried her husband, two sons and two daughters.
She was obliged to sell a beautiful home to meet the expenses
of the physicians' and undertakers' bills.
2. Matilda Siple, b. Aug. 13, 1854; m. Claude H. Van-
fleet, a farmer of Attica, Seneca Co., O. Issue: George, Rus-
sell and Donald.
KAGY RELATIONSHIP. i)8o
3. Jennie, b. abuut lbO(J; ni., Feb. 22, ibb2, tu i)a\i<l II.
Ilawblits, a farmer and stock-breeder, and was well known.
He d. June 1:^, 1888, leaving one son, Lloyd S. lu ^^e[>t.,
1891, liis widow ni. Elder II. E. Purris, of Savannah, Ga. He
was b. of English parents, and is a minister in the I'rimitive
Baptist church.
I. Mary II., b. June 1, 18G1; m., Oct. 13, 1890, to David
A. Dellinger, dealer in live stock. Issue, two sons: Harold
A. and IJavid DeWitt.
5. George AV., b. Oct. 20, 1SG3; m., , to Ida Grillin,
who was 1). near London, England. Issue: Jacob, J\lorris,
Mabel and George Herbert. Farmer and stock raiser.
6. Minerva, 1). Oct. 15, 1865; in. Win. \\\ Aiiway, Dec.
20, 1887, farmer. Issue: George, William, Glenn Dorr and
Florence Mabel.
7. Harriet, b. Han. 4, 18G!I, in kSeneca Co., O.; is unm.;
teacher in the puljlic schools, and instructor in elocution and
physical culture.
Jacob Siple d. July 13, 18S1, in Seneca Co., O. He was
a man of sterling worth, generous and liberal. "Even his fail-
ings leaned to virtue's side." He filled many offices of ])ul)-
lic trust in his vicinity, the duties of which he discharged
with fidelity and satisfaction. A noble life is the only suc-
cessful one. Mr. Siple, his wife and two daughters, ^Mrs.
John AY. Kaga, and Mrs. Jennie Purris, are members of the
Primitive Baptist church.
3. ELIZABETH SEITZ, m.. Jam 25, 1849, to F.ll Ibvt/..
Their children are :
1. Mary Ellen Bretz, m., Oct. 10, 1868, to L. C. Si^itler.
2. Lewis C. Bretz, m., Nov. 5, 1889, to Ida M. Johnson.
3. Addison M. Bretz, m., Aug. 1, 1882, to Laura ^\. l\<'ar.
4. Flora F. Bretz, m., March 8, 1883, to Benj. W. Ow.n.
586 KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
5. Hattie Bretz, in., Dec. 25, 1892, to C. A. Bartholomew.
6. Hugh IS\ Bretz, m. .
7. William X. Bretz, in. .
8. Geo. AV. Bretz, in. .
4. JOHX SEITZ, m. Cecilia J. liitc, of Aiaiion Co., O.,
April 9, 1851, b. Feb. 6, 1829. Issue, seven children:
1. Milford K., b. Fch. 9, 1852.
2. Omar B., b. Oct. 20, 1853.
a. :Marshall, b. Feb. 2, 1859.
4. May, b. Dec. 8, 18 GO.
5. Annettie, b. Feb. 20, 186:3.
6. Oriu K., b. Oct. 7, ISOS.
7. Jav, 1). June 9, 1870; d. 'luly 2, 1874.
1. Milford K., m., ]\Iay G, 1897, Ella Miller, and have one
son, b. April 4, 1898, named John.
2. Omar I)., in., Jan. 11, 1880, to Susan Richardson, and
had four daug'hters: Xellie, b. Sept. 25, 1886; Frances, b.
April 21, 1889; Edith, b. Dec. 1, 1890; Xaoini, b. Dec. 28,
1892. Omar B. was accidentally killed in ]Molan Co., Tex.,
on April 21, 1892.
3. Marshall, m., Xov. G, 1895, at AVaco, Tex., to Maggie
Boyd.
4. May, in. on Cliristimas eve, 1884, R. ~\V. Thornburg,
and have five sons: John S., b. March — , 1886; Wesley C,
b. Aug. — , 1889; Oriu Tv., b. May — , 1894; Victor Hugo, b.
Feb. — , 1896; Edwin B.. b. Dec! — , 1897.
5. Annettie, d. April 3, 1878.
6. Oriu X., 111., on Chri'^tnias eve, 1895, Bena Lamberson,
of Tithii, O., and have a son, F. Clarion, b. Auer. 14, 1898.
KAGY EELATIOXSHIP. 587
JOIIX SEITZ first saw llic lii^iiT in a I'udc Idi;' eahiu in
the woods of Ohio, in Seneca Co., and grew up iiu<ler pioneer
conditions, and received such an education as tlie common
schools at that early day atlui'dcd. nud several icnas at an
academy, fitting and (|ualifyiiig liimsclf i'i>v tcaciiiuu', wliicdi
he followed in the winter months until ho Avas 22 years
old, when lie m. Cecilia J. llite. John Seit/ is of com-
manding presence and is in every sense a man of the
people and for the people, lie inheritofl si.me of the indonii-
talde ])lnclv and spirit of his honored father, as well as tiie
ardor and (hwotion to personal ideals of human excellence of
his mother. His fondness for reading history made him ac-
quainted with the lives of the world's great reformers and mar-
tyr heroes and these became his models for imitati<in. lie l>e
came interested in all live, social and ecoiKunic (piesii,,ii-.
which eventually led him into politics in wliicdi he engaged as
a public speaker as early as 1854. Constitutionally opposed
to all forms of oppression, in 1854 he spoke and circidated pe-
titions against the "Kansas ISTebraska Act,'' and votetl to send
an anti-slavery man to Congress in 1855. The rise of "Know-
nothingism'' landed him back into the Democratic party, lie
was elected a member of the Ohio Legishdniv in Isc,',). aiid re-
elected in 1871. In l,s7;) he was cdected to the Ohio State
Senate from the Third District. Tn 1875 he was defeated for
the nomination for Senator by the "court house ring," but in
1877 he was elected Senator by an un])recedented majoriiy.
and during this term was a inemher ol' the l'"inance Com-
mittee and chairman of the Committee on 15ene\'olent In-
stitutions. Hon. Allen O. Myers, historian of the Senate,
characterized Seitz as "the ever vigilant defender of tlie jico-
ple and the watch dog of the treasury." His second election
was regarded as a "Greenback \ictory." lie stum])e(l the
State for Gen. Ewing for Govei-nor in 187l», but he Avas de-
feated by AVall street influence. In 1880 he ran for Congress
on the Greenback ticket, defeating the Democratic candidate,
and in 1881 he was called to carrv the Greenl)ack l)anner
through Ohio as a candidate for Governor and received over
6,000 Azotes. In 1887 he was chosen to carrv the banner of
588 KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
Jeffersoiiian Democracy in the name of 'TTnion Labor" and
received over 25,000. In 1891 he was made a candidate of
the '^'People's Party" against his positive declination and spoke
in every city and most of the connties in Ohio and again re-
ceived 25,000 votes. In 189G he was on the Union ticket for
Bryan and AVatson as an elector. Mr. Seitz has always songht
the pidjlic good and was always to be found on the side of right
and against op])ression, and was always a true servant of the
people. Mr. Seitz is now (1899) and in the past forty-five
years, when not engaged in public duty, occupied in farming
at his beautiful home near Tiffin, O.
5. MAKY SEITZ, m. A. D. Bretz, April 10, 1851. Mr.
Bretz is a farmer and stock raiser. Mrs. Bretz taught school
before lier marriage. Thev have had two children. The first
d. in infancy; 2d, Alice C, was b. Jan. 1, 1855, and m.
Ezekial Brown, Jan. 20, 1882, and they had four children:
Effie B. D., b. Xov. 7, 18TG, and is now taking a seven years'
classical course of instruction at Hillsdale, Mich.; Ralph A., b.
Xov. 7, 1879, d. June 28, 1882; Erank A., b. Aug. 9, 1882;
Ray M., b. June 15, 1888, d. Aug. 24, 1896. Mr. Brown is
a stock raiser. P. O., Marral, Clarion Co., O.
6. AXXA SEITZ, m. Samuel Bretz, xVpril 14, 185:3, and
d. March 18, 1895. Thev had three sons : Dow Bretz, b. Jan.
29, 1856, m. Sarah L. Robinson, Dec. 25, 1878; Geo. A., b.
Dec. 7, 1860; Franklin J., b. Xov. 7, 1866, m. Minnie J. Bas-
come, Eeb. 17, 1892, and have one daughter, Elma C. P. 0.,
Milton Centre, O. The record of Anna Seitz and Samuel
Bretz has been given in the genealogical record of Frances
Kagy (and David Bretz), a daughter of Christian Kiigy, the
eldest son of old Rudv, of Virainia, who was killed bv a tree
falling on him.
Dow Bretz has been twice elected township clerk, and twice
justice of the peace. In 1897 he was elected county clerk of
Henry Co., O., for a term of three years.
Geo. A. Bretz is a preacher in the Primitive Baptist church
KAGY RELATIONSHIP. 589
and has charge of several congregations and travels mucli
among the people of his faith.
LEWIS SEITZ ni. the 2d time to :\Irs. Martha llersh-
berger, whose maiden name was Mawk. She was l». in l*age
Co., Ya., near Liiray Caves. In her girlhood days she moved
to Ohio with the Hershhergers and soon afterward she was
m. to Jonas llershberger, who was for years the connty sur-
veyor of Seneca Co., O. A\'hen he d. he left six children,
four sons and two daughters. This, with his own children then
living, made a family of nineteen, not including a hired man
and maid servant. It is worthy of record that the members
of this family lived in peace and the most perfect harmony.
The date of his second marriage was Jan. 10, 1849, and to
them was born twin sons, Dec. 8, 1849, named Benjamin II.,
d. July 30, 1850, and Daniel A., d. Aug. 1, 1850. Mrs. Mar-
tha (ITershberger) Seitz d. Sept. 22, 1885. Lewis Seitz d.
July 12, 1890.""
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7. HAXXAII KAGY, 3d daughter of Iiu(loli)h, 2d, was
b. about 1811-2, in Yirginia, in the Shenandoah \^alley, in
Shenandoah Co., and was m. to John Crooks, . Issue,
nine children, viz: Susan, Catharine, Hannali, Mary Ann,
Rebecca, Amelia, John, Rudolph and Ellen. Of ihc-c Han-
nah, Rudolph and Ellen are deceased. They resided fonr
miles west of Lancaster, near Sugar Grove, O. Mrs. Ihinnah
(Kagy) Crooks d. at 42 years of age, and Mr. John ("rooks,
Sr., d. in 1895, aged 92 years.
8. ELIZABETH KAGY, 4th daughter of Rndolph, the
2d, was b. in 1813, in Shenandoah Co., Ya., and <1. .
She m. John Beaver, about 1830, and ha<l tour chiMi'cii. \i/. :
1. jSToah.
2. Anna.
3. Lydia Ann,
4. Hannah M.
1. XOALI BEAYER, b. , 1831; d. without issue.
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590 KAGY llELATIOXSHIP.
2. AX]S^A BEAVEE, b. , 1832; d. without issue.
3. LYDIxV AXX BEAVER, K Oct. 8, 1834: m., :\rarcli
15, 1855, Edward Tunier, b. Aug. 26, 1830. Issue, eleven
children, viz :
1. Rudolph K., b. Jan. 23, 1856.
2. Laura ('., b. Xov. 15, 1858; d. Aug. 4, 1859.
3. xVrie Elizabeth, b. April 2, 1859.
4. Medora, b. Sept. 4, 1860.
5. Clara, h. Oct. 7, 1802; d. Jan. 8, 1804.
6. Myrtle Xevada, b. June 30, 1865.
7. Mattie, b. Sept. 14, 1866; d. Eeb. 14, 1877.
8. Anna, b. Oct. 25, 1869.
9. Ilarla -I., b. July 7, 1871.
10. Earnest, b. Feb."ll, 1876.
11. Ada IJlanch, b. .May 3, 1879; P. O., Rushvillo, O.
Edward Turner d. March 6, 1886; P. O., Rushville, O.
1. Rudolph Tviigy Turner, m. Ivittie E. Baker, Sept. 17,
1878. P. O., Thomville, O.
3. Arie Elizabeth Turner, m. B. F. Angle, Aug. 28, 1887,
and d. ]\ray 5, 1890, without issue.
4. Medora Turner, m. Willis X. Dick, dan. 28, 1877. Mr.
Dick is a Methodist preacher on a circuit.
6. Myrtle Xevada Turner, ni. Lewis Bibler, Jan. 1, 1885,
and after Mr. Bibler's death his widow ni. Edward Clayton,
of Missouri.
8. Anna Turner, m. Xoble Hoover, June 29, 1890. P. O.,
Thornville, O.
9. Harla J. Turner, ni. Effie Barnes, Sept. 15, 1894. P. C,
Rushville, O.
KAGY EELATIONSHIP. 591
Elizabeth (Kiigy) Beaver d. June 27, 1882, in tli~e 4:3d
year of lior widcwliood. She was a meml)er of the Baptist
church.
4. IIAXXAH M. BEAVEK, b. Xov. 15, 183G: m., March
25, 1858, to George Grubb, b. Xov. 10, 18:55, and d. Aug.
22, 1864, and have two chikh-en:
1. Jacob E. Grubb, b Jan. 8, 1859; ni., , 1883, to
EUa Thackcr, who was b. Aug. 25, 1863, and had one son,
James P. Grubb, b. ■ , 1886. Mrs. (Jrubb d. on the
4th of Dec, 1888, aged 25 v., 3 m. and 10 d. :\rr. Jacob K.
Grubb ni. again. Miss Mariah L. Xeely, on July 12, ISDT,
who was b. July 28, 1856, and to them was born a smi. Win.
L. Grubb, b. June 5, 1808.
Mrs. Hannah :\r. (Beaver) Grubb now (1808) in the 35th
year of her widowhood, resides near Bushville, O. She is a
consistent member of the Old School Baptists. Both the
daughters-in-law are and were mend^ers of the United Breth-
ren church.
End of the record of Elizabeth (Kiigy) Beaver.
0. MAEY KAGY, 5th daughter of Kudolph, the 2.1, was
b. Jan. 8, 1814, and m. Hezekiah Kanode, Dec. 12, 1833.
Hezekiah Kanode d. Dec. 6, 1854. They had six children :
1. Joseidmie Kanode, b. Sept. :[G, 1834; d. March 31, 1840.
2. Hiram Kanode, b. Sept. 9, 1836.
3. Isaiah Kanode, b. A])ril 10, 1838; .1. Xov. 28, 1860.
4. Jerusha Kanode, b. Sept. 4, 1840.
5. John Kanode, b. April 14, 1843.
6. ]\larv Hannah Kanode, 1). Dec. 1, 1846; d. Sept. 11,
1850.
2. HIRAM KAXODE, b. Sept. 0, 1836; m., :\ray 2, 1861,
to Elizabeth Allen, who was b. Oct. 12, 1838. Their residence
is Logan, Hocking Co., O. His occu]iation is that of a ])las-
terer. Mr. Kanode was a soldier in the Civil Way. having
592 KAGY EELATIONSHIP.
served his country three 3'ears and four months, lie enlisted
Dec. 9, 18G1, in the Y5th Reg., Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in
Co. H, 2d Div., 11th Corps, Army of the Potomac. He was
in both eiiffaffements at the tirst and second battles of Bull
Run, ^"a., and in many of the skirmishes between these and
the battle of Gettysburg. He was also in the engagement at
Gainesville, Aug. lY, 18(]4, where he was captured and taken
prisoner and sent to Andersonville, where he remained two
months and was then sent to Florence, S. C, where he was in
prison six months. He was exchanged and on April 18, 1865,
he was mustered out of service at Colundjus, O., his term of
enlistment having expired. Mr. Kanode resides at Logan, 0.
His children are : (1) Hiram Edward Kanode, b. ]\Iarch 28,
1862, and .1. March 22, 1868; (2) John (Clayton, b. July 4,
186G, m. iM'niicfs lu'lly, 'Nox. 12, 1887; (3) LucUa Gertrude
Kanode, h. Dec. 26, 1867, m. Osa R. Spurrier, May 14, 189] ;
(4) Martin Harvey Kanode, b. Dec. 25, 1869, u'l., Jan. 18,
1898, to Bertie B. Saylor; (5) Ida Bell Kanode, b. March 31,
1872, m. to Charles Devoe, March 9, 1893.
4. JERHSHA K AX ODE, b. Sept. 4, 1840; m. Thomas
Hutchison, March 22, 1866, and settled in Gibisonville, O.,
where they resided niitil 1892, when they removed to Balti-
more, O., where she now resides (1898), her venerable mother
making her home with the daughter since the year 1888.
When quite young Jerusha Kanode joined the M. E. church,
of Avhich she is still a faithful and consistent member,
Thomas Hutchinson is an ex-soldier; by occupation, a shoe-
maker. Issue six childrcm :
1. Mary Hutchinson, !>. Jnly 25, 1867, and m., July 14,
1889, to Mr. C. V. "Wright, a school teacher. Soon after mar-
riage Mr. Wright was admitted to the l;)ar and is now a prom-
ising lawyer, of Logan, O. They have three children : Eva
Wright, 1). Oct. 6,^1890; Boyd' Wright, b. '^ov. 11, 1892;
Fred. Wright, 1). ]\Iay — , 1894.
2. Lou Eva Hutchinson, b. Jan. 25, 1870; taught school in
Hocking Co., ()., several terms, mid on Jnly 11, 1889, m. J.
KAGY RELATIOXSIIII'. 593
Brown Young, of ^STewark, Ind., a widower with two l)riglit
children. Soon after their marriage j\Ir. Yonng gradnated
at the medical college at Indianapolis and began 1o ]n'actic(;
medicine at Xewark, Ind., wliere he slilL resides. l)i'. ^ <Ming
and his wife are stannch Methodists. They have one child,
Tenth, b. Dec. 6, 1891.
3. Clara Belle Hntchinson, b. May 14, 1872; taught school
in Hocking C^o., O., several Ici'iiis. and on 1 )ec. 30, ISIM. ui.
George Thomas, a blacksmilli hy occnpation, and now^ reside
at or near Xew Straitsville, (). They have one child, Kditli,
b. KSept. 28, 1803. :Mr. and Mrs. Thomas are mendi.T^ cf the
M. E. chnrch.
4. Gertrnde Hntchinson, 1». A])ril 11, lsT4; edncaleil in
the comnKtii schools and in the high scdiool at I5alt iniorc, ().,
and tanght school fonr terms very snccessfnlly. is a mem-
ber of the ]\r. E. chni'ch.
5. Herbert Edmund Hutchinson, b. J)ec. 9, 187('); was
edncated at the common schools in his native town, Gibi-^on-
ville, Jjaltimore High School, Eairtield I'nion .\cadem\ and
Ohio Xormal University at Ada, O.; has tanght school mid
given lessons in vocal music. Is a member of the ]\r. E. ch n ic h .
Ck John Stanly Hntchinson, b. Xov. IT, ISSO, i-^ now
(1895) pursuing his studies at the r>altimore High Scdiool.
5. JOHN KAXODE, was b. April 14, ls43. in l.ogmi,
Hocking Co., O., and was m., at Logan, .Vpril s, l>t)S, to
. Mr. Eanode is a member of the I. O. O. F., iu good
standing, and is also a meml)er of Custer Post of tlie G. A. R.,
department of Alaska and Wasliington. ]le was a faithful
soldier of the Civil AVar. He Avas a mem1)er of tin; <'>lst ( )liio
Infantry Begiment, organized at Logan, Oct. II. isci. mul
was transferred to the 58th Ohio Bcgiment at Camp Chase
bv order of tlie Adjutant General of Ohio, and served with his
594 KAGY RELATIONSHIP.
regiment in all the trials and hardships of a soldier's life until
peace was declared. He participated in the following en-
gagements, viz: Fort Donelson, Feb. 14, 15, 16, 18(52; Shi-
loh, Tenn., April 0 and 7, 1802; Siege of Corinth, May 30,
18(32; and in many skirmishes and hard marches dnring May
and June, 1862; Yazos City, Ang. 18, 1862; Millikms Bend,
La., Ang. 19, 1862; Hains Bluffs, Miss., Aug. 22, 1862;
Greenville, Miss., Aug. 23, 1862; Bolivar Landing, Miss.,
Aug. 26, 1862; Chickasaw Bayou, Miss., Dec. 27, 28 and 29,
1862; Arkansas Post, Jan. 11, 1863, and in the following en-
gagements while on detached service with the ^Mississippi gun-
boats squadron, on gunboat Louisville, to wit : Dear Creek,
March 21, 1863, and run the blockade at Vicksburg on the
night of April IC. 1^63; Grand Gulf, April 29, 1863; Bom-
bardment of Vicksburg, Big Black river. May 17, 1863; Gen-
eral engagement on A^icksbnrg, May 22, 1863; Lake Provi-
dence, La., June 10, 1863; Fort Morgan, Ala., Aug. 5 to 23,
1864. After this engagement he Avas relieved from duty with
the Mississippi squadron by arrangement made between Ad-
miral Porter, (Jen. U. S. Grant and Col. E. P. Jackson, in con-
sideration of the regiment volunteering to serve on the gun-
boats. They were assigned to provost duty in Vicksburg for
the balance of their tcnu of service. Few regiments can show
as good a record for active service as the 58th (_). V. V. In-
fantrv, a record such as anv soldier mav w^ell feel in'oud of.
10. KUDOLPH KAGA, 5th son of Kudolph the 2d, b.
in Virginia, Feb. 18, 1818; m. Anna Seitz. Dec. 16, 1838, b.
. Eudolph Kaga d. Dec. 8, 1866, aged 18 v., 9 m. and
20 d. His wife, Ann (Seitz) Kiiga, d. April 27, 1868, aged
50 V. and 9 d. Their reliii'ious faith was that held bv the
Primitive Baptists, In politics Mr. Kiiga was a Democrat.
Issue, ten children :
1. ABRAHAM KAGA, b. Xov. To, 1839, spent the early
years of his youth on the farm. When he arrived at the age
of 16 years he entered the office of the Seneca Advertiser, in
Tiffin, O., then under the management of ^Fajor Armstrong.
KAGY EELATIONSHIP. 595
After liaving tlioronglilv mastered "the art preservative of
arts/' lie aspired to greater heights and V)y his energy, force
of character and talents he became editor and proprietor of
the Shelby Co., O., Democnd, which position he held at the
commencement of the Civil War. He promptly responded to
the call of his conntry by enlisting in Co. C, 15th Ohio In-
fantry, Jan. 27, 1802, and was commissioned as captain of his
coni])any. He was honorably discharged Jan. — , 1863, on ac-
connt of wonnds received in battle. After he had been at
home bnt three months he again re-enlisted and was chosen
captain of Com])any K, of the 30th Ohio Kegiment. He was
captured near Memphis, Tenn., and for a while tasted prison
life in the South. He was released and returned to his regi-
ment and participated in the engagement at Raymond, Miss.,
May 12, 1804, where he was so severely wounded that he was
compelled to retire from active service. He served as a
clerk in the Treasury Department at Washington, D. C.,
under President Johnson's administration, and also as clerk in
the Ohio Legislature. Afterward he entered journalism again,
in which he was engaged almost up to the time of his death,
which occurred July 12, 1S88. He was a brave, gallant and
high spirited soldier, and was possessed of the highest moral
as well as physical courage. He was a broad-minded, courte-
ous gentleman in every sense of the word. In politics he was
a Democrat. He made no profession of religion. He believed
in the l)rotlierliood of man ; to do good was his religion. He
was unm.
2. JOHX W. KAGA, b. Sept. 14, 1841; m. Hannah
Siple, Oct. 28, 1874, b. . He taught school up to the
time of his marriage ; is now engaged in farming near Bloom-
ville, Seneca Co., O. He is a Democrat in politics; makes no
profession of religion. Mrs. Iviiga is a member of the Primi-
tive Baptist Society. Issue :
Marcus Pomeroy Ivaga, b. Oct. 10, 1875; d. l^ov. 26, 1885.
Claud S. Iviiga, b. Dec. 30, 1877.
Guy CarltonKiiga, b. Sept. 13, 1870; d. in 1888.
Bud D. Kliga, b. March 30, 1884.
596 KAGT EELATIONSHIP.
Anna Maud Kaga, b. Feb. 3, 1886.
May Belle Kiiga, b. March 10, 1887.
Lou Kiiga, b. June 18, 1888.
Bessie L. Xiiga, b. Sept. 13, 1890.
Harriet A. Kiiga, 1). April 2, 1892.
AVitliin one rear the father, two sons and two daughters
died.
3. MAETIX V. IvAGA, b. Aug. 20, 1813; num. In poli-
tics he is a Democrat; makes no profession of religion; fol-
lows tilling the soil and is a successful farmer.
4. XOAIT KAOA. b. Juue 19, 181(;: d. Aug. 24, 1849.
5. BLOOM KAGA, b. Oct. 1, 1847; m. Mary E. llershey,
May 1, 1870, b. . He is a Democrat in politics, and
a FrecAvill Baptist in religion; occupation, farmer and me-
chanic. Issue :
Jennie Kilga, 1). Jan. 27, 1872.
Daisy Kaga, b. Oct. 7, 1874.
Gertrude Kiiga, b. .
Mattie Kaga, b. Aug. 9, 1882.
Grace Kiiga, b. Xov. 29, 1884.
Isaac Carlton Kaga, b. Aug. 4, 1891.
6. MAKTIIA S. KAGA, b. March 4, 1849; m. to David
H. Derr, Xov. 10, 1878, b. . In politics Mr. Derr is a
Republican, and a German Reformed in faith. Alartha S.
(Kiiga) Derr is a member of the Primitive Baptist church.
She has the faculty of winning friends wherever she goes,
and by her frank, candid, energetic manner, her generous dis-
position and kindness of heart binds her friends to her with
bonds of love stronger than chains of triple steel. Their chil-
dren are:
R. Blanch Derr, b. Sept. 19, 1883.
Ezra C. Derr, b. Oct. 26, 1885.
An infant son was b. and d. Feb. 6 1888.
KAGY KELATIOXSHIP. 597
7. IJA.\1.KJ. S. KAC;A, b. Oct. 24, 1850; m. Mrs. Z. Tat-
terson, , 1), ; no heirs. In politics lie is Demo-
cratic; no ])rofess()r of religion. His wife is a member of the
Primitive Baptist clinrch.
8. LAURA A. IvAGA, b. Oct. 17, 185:3; d. Jnly 5, 185G.
9. EMMA J. KAGA, b. March 8, 1855; d. April 13, 1804.
10. CLIXT(3X KAGA, b. Jnnc 1, 1S5'J; m. Anna Zink,
, b. . In politics ho is a Democrat; n()ii-])ro-
fessor of religion. Mrs. Kiiga liohls to the Catholic faith.
Their children are.
Lillie Maria Kliga, b. Ang. 17, 1882.
Clara Louisa Kaga, b. Sept. 7, 1884.
Harry Kiiga, b. Jan. 8, 1880.
Endolph Kiiga, b. April 7, 1889.
Gertrv.dc K^iiga, 1). Jan. 19, 1894.
End of Kndolph Kiiga's record, 5th son of Iindol})h, 2(L
11. LIE^MiY KAGr, the r.tli son of Rudolph, the 2d, was
b. j\Iarch 10, 1821, in Faii-tidd Co., O., and afterwards, in
tlie fall of 1837, moved to Seneca Co., ()., near St. Stephens,
where he now resides. ^Ir. Kiigy is a farmer. He was m.
first to Phoebe Miller, April 3,"l842, who was b. Xov. 17,
1825. Issne, three danghters: (1) jMargaret, (2) Hannah, d.
yonng; (3) Elizabeth, d. in infancy. ]\Iargaret m. Benjamin
F. Hite, Ang. 30, 1808, and have three daughters:
1. Alice, b. Jnly 29, 1873.
2. Elnora, !>. Oct. 10, 1878.
3. Elma, b. Sept. 0, 1885.
Martin Leroy and another child d. in infancy.
1. Alice, m. Jasper Brown, Ang. 9, 1890, n farmer. Both
are members of tlie old school Bn])tist chnrdi. iiaxc one
child, Amanda, b. Ang. 31, 1897, in White Co., lU.
598 KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
2. Elnora Ilite, is unni., and is also a member of the Baptist
clnu'cli.
liEXRY KAGY'S wife, Phoebe, :\liller, d. Jmie 4, 1849,
and he rc-m. again, to Lncinda Trowbridge, ]May 24, 1851,
who was b. Mareli 17, 1825. Botli are members of the Bap-
tist church. Tlieir children are :
1. Anna Bell, b. Jnne 7, 1853; d. -Inly 8, 1894. She m.
Andirose B. Hite, and had four children: (1) (Jrover C, b.
, 1885; (2) Francis, b. , 1887; (3) Henry, b.
, 1889; (4) AVilliani, h. , 1891. i:\rr. Ilite is
a farmer. ]\Irs. Ilite was a member of the Baptist church.
2. Rudolph L(^vi Kiigy, b. Feb. o, 1854; m. Julia Frances
Fauler, Dec. 8, 1881, b. Ang. 1 1, 1858, and have six children:
(1) Jesse Leroy Kiigy, b. A})ril 14, 1883; (2) Orpha Algina, b.
-I ail. 13, 1SS5; (37 Bertie Beatrice, b. Feb. 10, 1887; (4)
Nancy Fllcn, b. Xov. 20, 1889; (5) Flossie May, b. March
8, 1892; (6) Grace Lucinda, b. March 31, 1896.
3. Catharine Kiigy, b. A])ril 9, 1857; m., Dec. 20. 1887, to
Lawson llollingshead, ami lia\-e one son, Jesse, b. ,
1889. Mr. llollingshead d. .May 3, 1892. Mrs. Flollings-
head is a member of the Baptist church.
4. Samuel Kiigy, b. Aug. 27, 1859.
5. Lewis Kiigy, b. Jan. 30, 1864.
6. Sarah Jane Kiigy, b. June 19, 1866; m. toT^lmer Plat-
ner, and have one child, Kobert A., b. Feb. 27, 1895; d. Aug.
6, 1896.
7-8. John D. and Isaac, children of Henrv Kiigv, d. in in-
fancv.
12. MARTIX KAGAY, the 7th son of Ptudolph, the 2d,
was b. Aug. 20, 1825, and lived at Somerset, Perry Co., O.
KAGY EELATIONSHIP. 599'
He HI. Christeiia Walters, March 28, 1850, b. March ?>, 182G,.
and raised five children; three died in infancy.
1. Samnel C.
2. Delia.
3. Ida.
4. Rndolph R.
5. Mac'ii'ie.
Mrs. (hristena (Walters) Kagay d. on the 9th of h'el).,
1898. Dr. Martin Kagay d. Ang. 24, 1898.
Dr. Martin Kagay says: "I am the 7th son and 12th child
of Rndolph Kligy and Hannah Siple, his wife. I am now
(Dec. 25, 1893,) in the 69th year of my life. Of the twelve
children horn to my parents all grew to manhood and womaii-
hood and I and my brother Henry, of near Blooniville, Sen-
eca Co., O., snrvive. The names of mv brothers and sistei's
in the order of their l)irths as was related to me by my mother
often was as follows: (1) John, (2) Jacob, (3) Christian, (4)-
Abraham, (5) Katharine, (6) Barbara, (7) Hannah, (8) Eliza-
beth, (9) Mary (Polly), (10) Rndolph, (11) Henry and (12)
Martin. All m. and raised families except Jacob, who d.
in Fairfield CV)., ()., at the age of 67. All w^ere b. in Vii-
ginia except Henry and myself. W^e were both 1). in Fairfi.eld
Co., O. My parents with ten children made the jonrney in
a fonr-horse wagon from Rockingham Co., Va., to Fairfield
Co., O., in the year 1818-19. They were met on their jonr-
ney in this town (Somerset, O.,) by T^ncle Christian Kiigv
and my mother's brother, Frederick Siple, who mnst have
come here several years prior. I cannot give the names of
my annts, my father's sisters, bnt at least two of them were-
left in Virginia. One of them was ni. to George Ziihle and
lived in Shenandoah or Rockingham Co., Va., and ])rol)al)ly
d. there abont 1860-2. My father, Rndoli)li, <1. in 1829, when I
was 4 V. old, aged 56 v. He therefore must have been 1).
t./ / ~ '
abont 1773. His eldest brother. Christian, was probably 1>. in
1771, and Jacob, his youngest brother, not earlier than 1775,
in the midst of the Revolutionarv W^ir. .My hrothei- -John,.
•600 KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
wlio was married before I was born, and his son Andrew, tliougli
my nephew, was older than I. It is a cnrions fact that all of
my mother's chihh'en never sat down together at the same table
on the same date, for, as I said, one or perhaps more were
married and gone from home before the vonngestwas born, and
had moved away from Fairfield Co., O., to Seneca Co., O.,
at least 120 miles a^vay. I and my brothers, John, Abraham
and Henrv, ate at the same table bnt once in our lives and that
was at the table at Dr. Isaac Kagy's, near Tiffin, O., less than
a year before my brother John died. My mother lived to
the age of 91 years and over and so far no child of hers has
approached such an age except her eldest son John, who
neither chewed tobacco nor smoked it. My mother was a great
smoker and it was in lighting her pipe at the open fireplace
that I learned to smoke and got my fii'st taste of tobacco smoke,
but not the last, for I still both chew and smoke, not ex-
cessively, l)ut in moderation. I imagine that it was born in
me to love and endure the effects of tobacco. I don't say this
because I think it a virtue to be imitated, but rather a vice to
be shunned."
BiuGKArnicAL Sketch of Dr. Martin Kagay.*
Martin Kagay was born Aug. 20, 1825, three miles south
■of Lancaster, O., on the left bank of the Hocking river. His
father (Eudolph) having died in 1829, leaving his farm to his
Avidow and three younger sons after his death. The will prov-
ing defective, because only one, and not two witnesses were
attached to it, the farm was sold to the Hon. Thomas Ewing,
•subject to the widow's dower, which was found to be fifty-two
acres, wath the house, barn and orchard. This dower was sold
and guardians appointed for the minor children, (Polly)
Mary, Rudolph, Henry and Martin. He went to live with his
sister, Katharine, who had m. Andrew Ilite, and who lived
near the Baptist church, seven miles east of Lancaster, O. An-
drew Hite afterward moved to Marion Co., 111., and thence to
Cowly Co., Kan. He was m. to Christena Walters, March
*Dr. Kagay spells his name with an '"a" between the g" and y.
KAGY KELATIONSHIP. 001
28, 1850, and had eight chikh'en, three of whom d. in infancy.
Those living are: kSanmel (\, the eldest; Kndolph \l., Ida,
Delia and Maggie. He read medicine and began to practice
in Pleasantville, Fairheld Co., O., in 1850. He was elected
hrtt clerk of courts in 1851, beaten by Knownothings in 1S54,
moved to Somerset, O., in 1856, became editor and in-oprictni-
of the Democratic Union paper in the same ye;ii' and w>>\\ ilie
election of all candidates except sheriff over a oOO nuijurity
the year previous; took the stumj) fur Douglass in ]8()0; was
appointed the first assessor of internal revenue in 1SG2. Was
commissioned by President Lincoln as Commissioner of the
Board of Enrollment April 30, 1863, with rank of lieutenant
in cavalry; served two years and eight days and was honorably
discharged at the end of the war. Started the Somors(^t
Advocate in 1886, and set the ball in motion to build the New-
ark and Somerset and Straitsville Railroad, which was com-
pleted in 1871, at a cost of one million dollars, and \\hi(di
moved more than ten millions more into the coal lands and
towns and furnaces in the county of Perry. Became corres-
pondent of Sunday newspapers and dealt largely as agent in
real estate, the l)usiness that now engages his attention. He
invented a new method of constructing roadways, alf(n-ding
both a dirt or McAdam track face at the pleasure of the driver,
and which is destined to become the roadway of the fnt\u-e.
Dr. Kagay is a broad-gauged, liberal-minded man, on(; whose
heart, hand and ])urse is ever open to encourage, to lu'l[» and
to aid all linman kind.
1. Samuel C. Kagay, b. March 28, 1851; learned the art of
bricklaying. He is num., and now (1898) resides at 104
West Madison street, Chicago, 111.
2. Delia Kagay, b. Feb. 3, 1856; m. AVm. Dixon, hd.. 5,
1894, a blacksmith, and has two children: llicliai-d (i rover,
b. :NTov. 22, 1891, and Xellie Rose, b. Aug. 26, 1897.
3. Ida Kagay, b. June 16, 1858; m. Simon Todd, March 1,
1883. Reside at 4959 Deai-born street, Chicago, Til. Idiey
602 KAGY BELATIONSHIP.
have four eliiklren : (1) AVm. Martin, b. Feb. 16, 1S85; (2)
Christena Mildred, b. March IT, 1886; (3) Samuel Kagay, b.
Sept. 19, 1887; (4) Jennie, d. in infancy. Mrs. Todd d. April
3, 1895.
4. Eudolph Rizzier Kagay, b. April 19, 1860. Residence,
4959 Dearborn street, Chicago, 111. ]\lr. Ivagay is a mason
bv trade and clerk of construction work.
5. Maggie Ivagay, b. July 22, 1868; m. Isaac Milton Lin-
hart, June — , 1895, and liave one daughter, Florence Bernice,
b. Sept. 29, 1894.
This ends the record of Rudul})h the 2d's descendants.
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JACOB KA(i Y, the od and youngest son of Itinlolpli, was
b. on tlie 3cl of Xov., 1876, in Shenandoah Co., Va., and went
to Fairfield Co., O., in the year 1818, where he d. Oct. 23,
18(JU. He ni. EeLecca iJiMer, a sister of his ln'otlier ( 'liris-
tian's wife, Mary, Ai)ril — , 1810. Rebecca (IJibh-r) Kiigy d.
Jan. 3, 1871, was 1). in \'ii'g'inia, ^March 27, 171M). Issue, five
children, viz:
1. Barbara, b. Aug. 23, 1812.
2. John, b. Sept. 5, 1814.
3. Isaac, b. June 17, 1818.
4. Jerretha, b. July 1, 1824.
5. Lewis, b. Ang. 18, 1831.
1. BAEBARA IvAGY, m. Daniel Rinehart, in Jan.,
1837, b. . Barbara Rineliart d. July I."). IsDl, in Kf-
fiiighani ('o.. 111. Issue, six chikli'en, viz:
1. JEMIMA RIXEIIART, b. Xov. 5, 1837, in Fairfield
Co., O. ; m. AVm. C. AVright, about 1^')*,). Their eldest son,
Wni. B, Wright, b. about I860, when 16 years of age went to
Texas and remained there three years, returning in 1S7'.>.
Then entered the public schools for one year. Then com-
menced the study of law in a law scliool at N'alparaiso, InJ.
Was admitted to the bar in 1882, formed a partiici'-hip with
Hon. E. X. Rinehart in the practice of law. In the fall of
1894 lie was elected county judge of Effingham Co., which
office he now holds (18!)8).
2. DAVID L. WRIGHT, b. May 9, 1S65, was educated at
the Xorthern Indiana Xormal School at Valjiaraiso, Ind., from
Sept., 1880, to Aug., 1884. Taught school in Eftingham Co.,
111., in the winters of 1884-5. Was appointed V. S. postal
clerk April, 1885, and remained in the government service
38
60C) KAGY KELATIOXSHIP.
until Sept., 1891. Then attended the AVeslevan Law School,
at Bloomington, 111., ui'a(hiatiuii' in ^lay, 1893, and practiced
law np to Ang"., 1894, Avlieii lie entered into partnership in
hnv with his brother, AVni. 1>. Wright, whieli hriii still ex-
ists, lie was appointed V. S. conmiissioner Sept., 1897, for
four years. Jeminni TJincdKii't Wright d. in 1872.
2. EMMA E. EIXEIIAUT, h. Dec. 20, 1839; m.,
March 21, 1864, to E. AV. Fpton, 1). . Their children
are: (1) Hayden E. Upton, h. .Inne 29, 18()6; (2) Martha R.
Upton, h. Jan. 20, 1868, ni., Sept. 27, 1893, to Thomas S.
Pnrrington, whose chidlren ai-e: Thomas U., b. Jan. 19,
1895; Eose Einehart, b. March 1, 1896; Xoyes S. Pnrrington,
b. Dec. 16, 1897.
3. THOMAS BEXTOX ET^M^IIAET, b. Xov. 25, 1841;
m. ]\Iarv F. Crooker, dan. 7, 1S6S. Their children are:
Henry C. Einehart, b. Nov. 25, 18()S; Sybil Einehart, b.
March 13, 1870; Edwin and Edmnnd, b. March 8, 1872;
Ethel, b. Sept. 22, 1873; Philip Jacob., b. Jan. 20, 1875;
Agnes, b. Jnly 19, 1881; Harper Blakely, b. Ang. 11, 1883.
Of these Edwin d. Ang. — , 1872; Henry ('. d. Eeb. 22, 1888;
Edmnnd d. Oct. 27, 1892.
4. WHLLIAM ALLEX EIXEHAET, b. March 1, 1845,
in Eihngham Co., 111.; m. , and has two children. He
resides in Dakota; is a lawyer. Is now (1898) county judge.
5. EEASTUS X^. EIXEHAET, b. in Effingham C\3., 111.,
Feb. 29, 1847, is a lawyer by profession, and a widely-known
politician; Avas elected a member of the State Senate of Illi-
nois in 1878, from the Thirty-third District, composed of the
counties of Effingham, Shelby and Cumberland. At the end
of four years so acceptably had he served his constituents that
he was chosen in convention as a candidate for a second term.
His subsequent career in the Senate justified the confidence
placed in him, and when occasion required it no voice was
more potent than Senator Einehart's. It was largelv owing to
KAGY EELATIONSHIP. liU*
the persistent personal efforts of liis tlmt ])r()visi(>ii was made
l)v the State for tlie care of the incuraUly insane. Horn and
bronght np on a farm, reared by stnrdy parents, l»y iiilicrirant*e
his instincts and sentiments are in harmony willi llic masses.
From the farm to the common school, from school to coUege,
and thence to a lawyer's office, by indnstry ami ]iersistent lalior
he has grown to be a lawyer of marked ability, i-ankini: among
the foremost in his profession and one of the ablest advocates
in the State. E. ]S[. Rinehart m.. May 25, 1875, Miss Rose M.
Sears, of Jackson Co., 111. I^o issne.
6. ELAM R. RINEHART, b. May 17, 1840; m. Vietmia
('ar])enter, ]\Iarcli 1(5, 187G, of Effingham Co., 111., and had
the following children: Daniel R., b. Dec. 28, 1^7|■': Win.
CO.
B. and AValter -T., twins, b. Oct. 5, 1880; John A., 1
1883; Edward C, b. Jnly 111, 1885, d'. Oct. 5, IbhT; Myrtle
B. Rinehart, b. Nov. 22, 1888.
2. JOHX KAGAY, b. Sept. 5, 1814; m. Dec. — , !>:;;•,
Isabelle Stevenson, wlio d. witliont issne. He tlien m.. .\ov.
18, 1852, Mary Jane Camp, eleven years aftei' tlie death of liis
first wife. Mary J. Camp was h. Aj.ril 20, l,s;;;;. .lolm
Kagay d. Nov. 22, 1878; occn])ation, farming. The issne of
this 2d marriage is seven children :
1. Jacob L.
2. John J.
3. Frances C.
4. Mary Alice.
5. Daniel G.
6. Clement C.
7. Alargaret C.
1. Jacob L., b. Sept. 10, 1853; m. Aliss Baston. .\|.i-il C,
1880, 1). in Kentucky, Jan. 24, 1864. Their children are :
1. Lonatha J., b. Jnly 1, 1881.
2. Lonedna B., b. April 29, 1883.
3. Lonoma M., b. May 13, 1885.
4. Frances C, b. Sept. 21, 1886.
608 KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
5. Sylvia V., b. Sept. 22, 1888.
<;. JacoL v., b. Aug. 13, 1890.
7. Minnie M., b. July 18, 1892.
8. John C, b. March 3, 1895.
9. Lonvina T., b. March 2 7, 1898.
Jacob L. Kagay is a farmer and stock raiser and resides near
Elliottstown, 111.
2. John J., b. Ang. 3, 1855, is mim.; occupation, dealer in
timber and land. P. O., Latona, Jasper Co., 111. Resides with
his sister, ^irs. AVetherholt.
3. Frances C, b. .Maivli 7, ls5S; ni., :March 4, 1883, to
Daniel Xees, and d. Dec. 19, Issl. She was a member of the
old Baptist churcli. Xo issue, llcr ]nisl)and is a Methodist
and farmer. Resided near Xewton, Jasper Co., 111.
4. Mary Alice, b. Jan. 27, 1860; m., Oct. 18, 1884, to
Tli<»mas .1. AVetherhdlt, b. Xov. 23, 1848, and have five chil-
di-en, viz: Ethel I]. AVetherholt, b. Dec. 25, 1885; Maggie
L. AVetherholt, b. Sept. 28, 1887, d. Feb. 20, 1892; John L.
AVetherholt, b. June 20, 1889; Crista F. AVetherholt, b. May
9, 1893, d. Aug. 15, 1894; Mary II AVetherholt, b. June 9,
1897. Mr. AVetherholt is a merchant in Latonia. Ilis family
reside on a farm nearby. Neither of the parents belong to
any church. P. O., Latonia, Jasper Co., 111.
5. Daniel G., b. March 28, 1862; d. Sov. 4, 1886. He
was engaged in railroad work and was a bright, energetic
young man and gave promise of a brilliant future. He was
unm., and resided in Elliottstown, 111.
6. Clement C, b. Jan. 13, 1865; is by occupation a carpen-
ter. His whereabouts are unknown to his family and friends.
7. Margaret A., b. Xnv. 18, 1871; m., Sept. 5, 1893, to
Andrew Johnson, and d. Ana-. 8, 1891. ^Tr. Johnson is a
member of the Xew School Baptist churcli.
KAGY EELATIONSIIIP. (i09
All of -Tnlni Kagay's cliildrcn wci'c I), in Fuii'lidd (',>., ().,
from Avlionce they moved to Illinois in ISTT). lie d. at Klliotts-
town, 111. Mrs. Kagay is livino' at this date (1SU8) at Wat-
son, Effingham Co., 111. Both were mend)ers of tlu' old scdnM.l
Bai)tist clnireh. Mrs. Kagay was of English th'st-t'iit.
3. ISAAC KAGY, b. in Eairtield ('..., ()., Auw 17, l^lS;
was a doctor of physics. In the year 1844- he went from Faii-
field Co., O., to Effingham Co., 111. He taught scdiool some
years before he practiced medicine. He is said to have ac-
quired an extensive practice and won considei'able repuialinn
as a skilled physician. He contracted ty])hoid fever and A.
at the home of his sister, ]\rrs. Barbara Binehart, near AVat-
son, Effingham Co., Ilh One who knew Inni well and wa-
his pupil when a school teacher, says of hini : '-Ih' wa- one -d'
the noblest characters and best of men, one Avliose memory
should be peri^etuated." He d. in 1.852, un
nin.
4. JEBRETHA KAGY, b. July 1, 1824, in Eairtield ( 'o.,
O.; m. David Grove, Sept. 2, 18,-)1. .Terretlia (iroxc d. Xov.
15, 18!.)5. Issue, eight (diildi-en, xva:
1. John S.
2. (lara, deceased.
3. Eewis M.
4. Mary A.
5. Jacob, deceased.
(5. Theodore, deceased.
7. Laura E.
8. Barbara.
1. John S., 1). Julv 25, 1852: iinni. P. O., Tlmr-lon. Fair-
field Co., O.
3. Lewis M., b. July 27, 1857; m.. May 12. jsui'. i,, Laura
Hite, b. Aug. 7, 1868. B. O., ^ew Salem, O. Ibivc tliree
children: Bussel M., 1). Sept. 27, 1803; Arthur F.. b. Ang.
10, 1805; Georgia J., b. Xov. 24, 1897.
610 KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
4. Mary A., b. May 3, 1858; m., Xov. 30, 18ST, Xoah P.
Ruffner, and had two children. P. O., Oakthorpe, O.; occu-
pation, fanning. The first cliild, a son, was b. July G, 1891,
d. May 8, 1895; the second chikl, a son, was b. Feb. 7, 1894.
Mr. and Mrs. Puft'ner are members of the regular Primitive
Baptist elinrch. Reside at Oakthorpe, O.
7. Lanra E., b. Oct. 5, 18G5; nnni.
8. Barbara J., b. Sept. 9, 1868; unm.
5. LEWIS KAGY, b. Ang. 18, 1831, in Fairfield Co., O.;
m., Oct. ^, 1851, Julia Spitler, and d. .March — , 1886.
dulia, his wife, d. Sept. 7, 1897. Xo issue; occupation,
preacher.
JACOB KAGY, the youngest of the three sons of Rudolph
Kaaw (avIio came from Switzerland in the vear 1764, Oct. 27,
in the good ship ^'^Ilero," Ralph Forster, captain, from Rotter-
dam, last from Cowes, England), was made an orphan at an
early age by his father's death, who was killed by a tree fall-
ing on him while cutting timber in the woods, and he became
a member of the Bibler family, with Avlioni he moved from
Virginia into Ohio, and like Jacob of old, after serving his
guardian many years, took the daughter, Rebeccd Bibler, for
his wife in 1810. Dr. ]\Iartin Kagay, of Somerset, O., in a
letter to the Editor dated Dec. 25, 1893, says: ''Uncle Jacob
Kagy was a man of about 5 feet 10 inches in height, had fine,
glossy, black hair, dark skin, gray eyes, blunt nose, with large
nostrils, head long, narrow and high and 22 inches in cir-
cumference. His countenance beamed with serene benevo-
lence, his temper was as calm and even as a summer morn-
ing. He was never in a hurry, except when he thought he
might be too late for church. His wife's temper was about
the same, and she was his constant companion; wherever he
went, whether they rode horseback, went on foot or rode in
the 'dandy wagon,' which was a buggy without springs, or
later in life used a spring wagon or the covered buggy. At
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home or abroad they were lia]>i)v and vn-y -('Id(.iii I'diind apart,
either at church, associations <tr on visits t(t friends, ncii^hhors
or rehitives, and no t\\-o ohl ])(M»|)h' Avere ever more \vclc(inic(l
by all whom they honored witli a call, wlietlicr it was a l>nsi-
ness or friendly interview, lie was not only a |)roilii:\- in ilic
sweetness of his temper and g-entleness of his nianiici-, Imt
tOAvered above all around him like a giant oak, in the I'ectitndc
of his actions, the veracity of his tongue and in the exaltation
of his morality, lie was the centre-post in his clmrcli, a dea-
con for many years preceding his death at the advanced age of
80 years, an oracle in the doctrines and tenents of his church.
'the iron jacket Baptists,' the umpire to whom all dis])utes
were referred with the certainty of satisfactory ad judieatiou.
He was the noblest work of Go<l, an honest man, \\dioiii no
bribe could seduce and no terror overawe. ^Vith this trihutt'
to the 'just, who die in the Lord,' I close my reminiscences of
Jacob Kiigy," Dr. Martin Kagay was the 7th son an<l lilth
child of Kudcdph Kiigy, the 2d son of old I\udol])li, avIio Avas
killed by the tree falling on him, and a nephew of Jacob
above named.
"Kind hearts are more than coronets
And simple faith than Norman blood."
1. ANI\TA KAGY, m. Raiser an<l moved to Ten-
nessee and d. there. Xo further record obtainable.
2. BARBARA KAGY, m. George Zirkle an.l m.-ved to
Tennessee, or one of his sons (Benjannn) did. 7'//r Shcnitn-
doaJi ValJey, Xew ^Market, Ya., in a late issue, says:
Death of Benjamin Zik'ki.k.
Many of otir older readers will I'enieniliei' Me. iJenjaniin
Zirkle and his wife, both of whom were born. I'eai'cd. and
married in this community.
We learn from the Mossy Creek, Tenn., VisH()i\ ihat he
departed this life. In speaking id' him, it says: He was b.
in Shenandoah Co., Ya., near the town of Xew Mai'ket, in
Aug., 1815, and d. near Mt. Tloreb, Jetrei-son Co., I'eiin.. Dec.
(Jl2 KAGY RELATIONSHIP.
26, 1893. In 1838 he m. Susan Pennvwitt, daughter of John
Penny witt, of near Mt. Jackson, Va. Immediately after mar-
rying he removed to Mt. Horeb, Tenn., and proved a most
successful farmer, as ^vell as an excellent citizen, a kind friend,
a good neighbor, honest and upright in all his dealings.
3. ELIZABETH KAGY, 1). ; m. Daniel AYine,
4. MAPtY KAGY, b. : m. Samuel \Yine, • ,
and raised a family. The Pev. ( 'hristian Wine, of near Broad-
way, Rockingham Co., Ya., was a son. He d. Dec. 24, 1893,
aged 82 y., 1 m. and 11 d.
5. CATHARINE KAGY, b. , 1793, three months
after her father's death. She m. Samuel Good, and raised a
family. One of the daughters named Catharine, m. a Mr.
Knu])p. She lived near .Moore's Store, Shenandoah Co., Ya.,
where she d. a few years ago. ]\rrs. Knupp says four of her
grandfather's daughters d. in the Yalley of Yirginia, two in
Rockingham Co. and two in Shenandoah Co., Ya. Mrs.
Knupp says her mother was three years old when her mother
(Rudolph's widow) m. Jacob ]\liller, and raised a family of sons
and daughters. The late venerable Mrs. (Polly) Mary Kagey,
vnie of David Xelf Kagey, was a granddaughter of Jacob
Miller, above named. A grandson named Jacob now (1899)
resides on the old Jacob ]\liller farm near Moore's Store, Ya.
Rudolph Kiigy brought his church letter (certificate) with
him from Switzerland. Both he and his wife were Men-
nonites. After her marriage to Jacob Miller she united with
the German Baptists, of which society he was a member.
End of the record of Rudol])li Kiigy, 3d emigi-ant to
America.
Book Fourth, Chapter First
Desceiidants of Simon Kegi, of SwitzerlniHl. -Itli ciniiira-
tion about 1818.
The fourth emigTation of Kiigys to this count rv uccnn'cil
about the year 1818, possihlv a vcai- or two curlier. It ap-
pears that aliont this tiuie ouc Simon Iviigv, 1). in /cininLicn.
Switzerhind, in the year ITTS, and his wife, wliosc niai<h'U
name was Ursula Jeck, were m. in Switzerhind in L'^ol. as
appears from a marriage certificate, wliich l)cing translatetl
and a])pended hereto will he of interest to their descendant -
and the general reader.
It appears that about the year 1818 Simon iviigy, his wife,
Ursula, and a son about 10 years of age, accompanied l)y a
brother of Simon's, left the fatlicrland for America, and that
during the voyage the father and niothei' hotli died, leaving
the son and his uncle remaining. They landed in Xcw ^ ork.
The captain of the vessel took the son (whose name was dohn
B. KJigy) home with him. The uncle (whose name avc have
not been able to learn), is said to have settled some where in
Pennsylvania.* It was clearly understood that Simon K;ig\-
had uncles in this country many years before he left the old
country and the name of one "Iiudolph iviigy" was fre-
quently mentioned in some old papers that were in the son s
possession, for many years after his ai'rixal in this country,
and were yet in existence a few years ago. A singular thing
in the old papers above referred to is the orthograpiiy of the
name, which was Cagi. This may have heen done bv a clerk
or scribe, who was not acquainted with tlie true orthographv.
as the son, John B., always spelle(| Ins name Kiigy. II is sou<
have added the e and a a, aiid like all other superflous let-
*The accounts of this uncle are vague and conflictin<r and liis ex-
istence verj' mythical.
KAGY EELATIOXSIIIP. i'>\i>
All of wliieli is liore siil)sci'il)('(l tn hy the cntili'Mciiiii:' [Kii-iii'-.
Zeixisgen, Sc'})t. Jf, ISOJj.
AkTOX TsOTIITDIK, MfKjisI rule.
SiMOX' Ke(u, Grooin.
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iiuirk.
Peter Kegt, Fullicr of llir (Irmnii.
Kasper Jeck, as Fulln'r of Uic llrnlc
The foregoing document hereby receives, as to its verhal
ini])ort, thongli without prejudice to the right-^ of any third
person, the ap]n"Oval and ratification of the civil aiitlioriiy.
For the District C ourt,
F. F. IIlSCIIIXGER,
M II II irli.
Rheinfelde>;, Sept. 12, ISO.!/.
When John B. Kagy arrived at a ])r(>])er age he learned the
trade of a mason, and it is said that he Imilt the first stacks fur
the Beuna Vista blast furnaces in ('cntrc ('<>., Pa. At 'Mic
time he ran aline of canal boats on tlic nld JN'iiiisylvauia ( 'anal
in the eastern part of the State. Jolm \'>. Kiigy was a small
man, very active in all his movements; he luid hhick hair, Idack
eves and dark skin. He fell dead fnun hcai't disease in jili.mt
the year 1847 or 8, and was about 41 years of age at the time
of his death.
The dates of birth of Sinxni TCiigy's four sons are as follows :
Vinzeng, 1). in 1805.
JohnS", 1). in 1800.
Anton, 1). in 1811.
Simon, b. in 1815.
In the record the name is spelU'd Kegi, but we have given
it Kagy.
It is positively certain that two of these sons are dead, vi/:
John B. and Simon. What becanu' <>{' ilic mide is not known
up to this time; he is supposed to liuvo dici] without issue; tlii.s
is, however, only conjecture. Maybe, peiliMp- in fnturc years,
some wandering sheep of his ti-ib(> may lind liis way intci iIk'
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family fold; if percliance his gaze should be directed to these
pages, or possibly the future historian of our people may be
able to remove the doubts and uuecrtaiuties that hide so much
from our A'iew, and make all things clear.
John B. Kiic'v m. ]\larv .Vim Lomison, of Danville, Mon-
tour Co., Pa., in about 1833, in Indiana Co., Pa. Their chil-
dren are :
1. AVilliam Lomison, b. March 5, 1834 or 5.
2. Margaret Alice, b. March 5, 1838.
3. Lucy A., b. ■ , 1840.
4. David H., b. Feb. 26, 1842.
5. Henry L., b. • — , 1843.
C. -TohnB., b. , 1845.
Mary Ann Lomison, b. 1809, and d. Pel). 3, 1893, at the
home of her son, Dr. John P. Tvcaggy, at Allegheny City, Pa.
1. AVILLTA:\I: L():\ILS()X KPAGGY,* m. ]\rariali Ilolli-
day. -Iiine !•, iNT)!, who was b. Feb. 5, 1835, and have one
child :
JolniTL, b. ]\rarch 19, 18.")^. in Towa, and m., Jan. 15, 1883,
Eosa AVilhelm, b. Feb. 5, IbGU, and have fonr children:
Pena Leah, b. Xov. 14, 1884.
Mabel Henrietta, 1). Oct. 19, 1886.
Grace Inez, b. Feb. 10, 1894.
Marie Maria, b. April 18, 1896.
AVilliam L. KeaiiC'v and wife are members of the Protestant
M. E. church, and reside at Mapleton, Iowa.
2. MARGAEET xVLICE KEAGGY, b. Sept. 5, 1838; ra.
William F. Trontman in Oct., 1859, who was 1). in ls:>6, and
d. in . Their children are:
* William L. Keag-gy enlisted August 1, 1862, in Company I, 39th
Regiment, Ohio Volunteers as first sei'geant — was in but one engage-
ment and was honorably discharged July 1. 1865. His occupation is
that of a farmer.
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1. Fraiicclia, b. Dec. 1<>, lMi2.
2. Abi'ahaiu Lincolu, 1). -hilv 27, 1864.
3. Xora Augustus, b. June 10, 1867: <1. in infancy.
4. Ida Susau, b. July —,1869.
5. C'apitola A., b. Aug. 28, 1871; unm.
0. AVilliam Fi-anldin, b. Oct. 5, 1872.
7. J.ucy :\ray, b. Aug. 26, 1874.
8. Maud, b. Sept. 3, 1877; d. in infancy.
1. Francolia, m. David Etten, Oct. 18, 1880, at Donald-on,
Pa., and have ten children, vi/ : A\'illiani, b. Aug. 15, 1H78;
Franklin, b. , 187!»; Dora, 1). , 1881 (all three
of these d. in infancy); Ouy, b. , 1883; ^Mary Alice, b.
, 1885; Letitia, b. 1886; Carl Edgar, b. , 1887;
Capitola, 1). , 1889, d. in infancy; David AVebster, b.
, 1891, d. Avhen ten months old, on March 10th.
2. Abraham Lincoln, d. in Philadelphia, Pa., in Oct., 1894;
unm.
4. Ida Susan, m., Aug. 18, 1888, Frederick Long, at Don-
aldson, Pa., and have one child, b. Aug. 5, 1889.
7. Lucy May, m., Feb. 22, 1892, George Schmidt, at Don-
aldson, Pa., and have one child, a daughter.
Mrs. Margaret Alice (Keaggy) Trout man was b. at Dan-
ville, Pa., and now (1899) resides at Ocean City, IST. J.
3. LUCY A. KEAGGY m. Erastus Gray, and had two
children, Ida and Harry.
Erastus Gray was killed in a railroad acci'lcnt; he was a
locomotive engineer. Lucv A. (Keaggy) Grey tlicn ni. Gorge
Hood, of Alliance, O., a locomotive engineer. Xo is-ne. .^^rs.
Lucy A. (Keaggv) Gray-Hood d. at Alliance, O., in isiil.
618 KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
4. DAVID II. KEAGGY was h. in Indiana Co., Pa., Feb.
2G, 1842; worked on a farm nntil lie was 16 years of age, and
then went to Allegheny City, Pa., in 1858, and was in the em-
ploy of the Port Wayne Railroad when the war broke ont ; en-
listed in 180], and was discharged Ang. 1, 18 G5; he served in
the army and navy with credit and won distinction.
David H. Keaggy stands 5 feet 11^ inches high in his stock-
ings, weighs 100 ponnds, is as straight as an arrow, agile as a
boy of 15, has dark curly hair and gray eyes. There is a most
striking resemldance between his family and the sons and
grandsons of Rndolph Kiigy who came to America in 1704.
Independent of this resemblance, there is not only legendary,
bnt documentary proof that the families are more closely allied
to each other than either of them are to any of the other
branches of the Kiigy family in America. The documents
above referred to were given into tlie hands of a Philadelphia,
Pa., lawyer, to establish title to some expected fortune in the
okl country. The lawyer died and the papers, deeds, etc., were
lost and with them all claim to the estate.
David II. Keaggy lias had an eventful life. His youth was
si)ent upon the farm until his sixteenth year. He then en-
gaged in railroading five vears on the Fort Wavne and Chicago
Railroad as freight and passenger conductor and served three
years on the Pennsylvania Railroad in the same capacity. In
the latter part of 1801 he enlisted in the 123d Regt., Co. H,
Pa. Vol., as fifth corporal, and participated in all the battles
in which his regiment was engaged up to the battle of Gettys-
burg. At Fredericksburg he was wounded in the leg, but only
fiesh wounds. After the Gettysl)urg fight he returned home,
and soon afterward enlisted in the United States Xavy as
ensign on board the United States volunteers dispatch boat,
and was also a short time on the iron clad "Xeoshia," and par-
ticipated in several naval engagements. He was mustered out
of the service Aug. 25, 1865, with a record of which he may
justly be proud. ]\Ir. Iveaggy has been a merchant, then
farmer, then merchant, then an oil prospector, auctioneer,
landlord, horse dealer, and is now the superintendent of his
deceased uncle's (H. G. Lomison) estate at Greensburg, Pa.,
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now the property of his younger brother, wIki inlicritcMl it by
virtue of his uncle's will The estate is vah;ed at $700,000
dollars. In 1867 he married a daughter of John J. Henderson
and the widow of Henry Shafer, and to them were born three
sons: John B., b. Oct. 27, 188G, and David IT., 1>. A])ril H'.,
1890; the eldest son, D. II., Jr., was b. Oct. 27, ls7(l, and d.
April 16, 1880.
5. HEXEY L. KEAGGY was b. in rndiana ('<.., Pa.; hi.
Maggie Parks, and is a locomotive engineer, and for years ran
on the Pennsylvania Railroad between Pittsburg and Altoona,
Pa., and is now in the employ of the Atlantic and Pacific Kail-
road Company. They have two sons: Cjiafles B and William
T., and a daughter, Clara, b. ; m. to J. AV. ]\rulette.
1. Charles B. was b. , 1868 ; he was killed on the rail-
road in 1891 in a wreck; three more young men wore killc(l at
the same time.
2. "William T., b. in 1870.
Henry L. resides at Albuquerque, Xew Mexico.
6. JOHX B. KEAGGY wash, in Indiana Co.. Pa., and is
a doctor of physics, resides in Allegheny City, Pa. 1 li' \\ a- m.
to Carrie Grim. ISTo issue.
The knowledge and skill of Dr. Tveaggy won for him a large
practice in a city where the best medical skill was to be had.
He was and is yet a close student and keeps pace Avith every
advancement and new discoveries in his profej^sion. Some
years ago he came into the possession of a princely inheritance,
estimated at $700,000, from an uncle, Dr. Lomison, of ( Jreens-
burg, Westmoreland Co.
End of the record of tlie descendants of Simon TCcgi. fourth
emigrant to America.
Book Fifth.
DESCE^^DAXTS OE HAXS JACOB KAGI.
The fifth emigration of the name of Kiigi took place in May,
1854, when one Hans Jacob Kagi came to America by way
of Bremen to Xew York, on the ship "Robert."
Hans Jacob Kagi was b. in ]\[ay, 1816; ''Ab der Eich
Wyla." His father was also named Hans Jacob Kiigi, "Ab
der hintern Eich Von "Wvla" in Switzerland; he was b. in
1780, and d. in Ang., 1812, in Switzerland, aged 62 years.
He m. Katherine Erci, who was h. in Hnggenbnrg Canton
Zurich, abont 1790, and d. in 1850. To them were born three
sons, viz :
1. Hans Ulrich Kiigi, b, about 1812, and is still living
(1893) at Riedt by Schurten, Canton Turgan.
2. Hans Henrich Kiigi, b. abont 1811 ami d. at Xewbrunn
Turbenthal, in Switzerland, in 1889.
3. Hans Jacob Kiigi, b. May, 1816, ab der eich Wyla, and
and was m. in June, 1839, to Anna Marie Bollinger, b. Dec.
13, 1818, from JSTewbrunn Turbenthal, Canton Zurich, in
Switzerland; they had four children, viz:
The first d. at birth, in 1839.
Adolf, the second, b. July 2, 1841.
The third b. Aug. 24, 1842, was named Anna Carolina
Nettie.
Fourth, Albert, b. Sept. 29, 1849, at Xewbrunn, Canton
Zurich, Switzerland.
AVhen Hans Jacob Kiigi left Switzerland his family re-
mained behind. Five years later they followed him, leaving
Switzerland Sept. 29, 1859, by way of Havre to ISTew Orleans,
on the ship (a sail vessel) named the "Cumberland," arriving
at ISTew Orleans ISTov. 19, 1859. From ^N'ew Orleans they went
up the Mississippi river to St. Louis, Mo., where they met the
husband and father and went to Hiakland. Co.,
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111., Dee. 1st. Here the oldest son, A.lolf, d. Sept. 27, 1.m)U,
with typhoid fever.
In 1866 Hans Jacob Kiigi retiu-iied to St. Lnnis, ]\Io., to fol-
ic »av his trade, which was that of a carpenter, and d. there Oct.
8, 1866.
Anna Maria Kiigi, the mother, d. Jan. 5, 1890.
Anna Carolina Xettic, ni., Dec. 12, 1868, Henry Flnegge,
who was b. in Siesen, Brannschweig, (jerniaiiv, June 23, 1842.
Thev had five children, viz:
Albert H. Flnegge, b. Feb. 7, 1870.
Paidolph E. Flucgge, b. Feb. 21, 1873.
Henry Fluegge, b. April 26, 1874, and d. Oct. 27, 1880.
Marietta M. Fluegge, b. May 9, 1876; d. Sept. 19, 1876.
Oscar A. Flnegge, b. Aug. 4, 1878.
In 1874, the family moved from Highland, 111., to Effing-
ham, 111., where they now (1899) reside.
Albert, the youngest son of Hans Jacob Kiigi went to
Dudleyville, 111., and , 1879, he m. Laura Harter, b.
April 28, 1856, in St. Louis, Mo., and have seven children,
viz: (1) Laura S., b. March 7, 1880; (2) Henry, b. Jan. 31,
1882; (3) Caroline, b. Xov. 1, 1883; (4) Hattie, b. April
17, 1886; (5) Albert, b. Oct. 26, 1887; (6) Rush E., b. :\Lay
28, 1892; (7) AVillie R., b. Oct. 25, 1894.
i5c)C)iv Sixth.
riu'sixili ('iiiii;i';il ion o\ \\\r Kii<j,\- iKiiuc (U'currcd souic tinu'
in IM'.'l. When diic Ilcnrv l^iiu'v cnnic Ironi , Swil/,-
crhind, nnd locnicd for ;i wliilc ;i| ()nr;iv, ( 'olo. lie is
iiIhmiI IT) vciifs (if ;iu<' ;il lliis linir (1S!>1)), and is niMiM'icd,
lull wild licr lie li;is ;i t';iinilv ar ]\y>\. 1 li:i\t' iml K-irncd. All
in\ ('iToi'ls Id i'(';i(di liini !iv irllci' li;is hiilcd. j :\]\\ indclihMJ
lo Mrs. Nellie ( K;ii;';iv) (ir;i\-ell, ;l diinuliler ( d' lindid|ili
Kiiii'av, oi Hi'emeiu (K, lor this inlornini ion (d Inni. Slu'
lIuMi (ISOS") i-esided ;il ()nr:iv. ('olo., and niel Mi'. K;ii;'v at iiei'
Ihinie. She sa \ s he \\•a^ a \rv\ inlellii^cnl and esliniahle man,
s[)oke I'oni' oi' lixc ianunaucs llnenllv, and was hiu'hl\' re-
sjXM'tcd hv all wiio l\ne\\ him. Mr. Kiii^v is a tailor li\ trade.
W'e n^ii'rei our inal'ilil\' to uix'e a hotter record ol" this Kijo'v.
NfEW YORK
Plj. RARY,
ASToa, LENOX AND
TILOEN FOUNDATIONS.
ruK Kai^y Family Rkimons.
Tke i&njt r^Tnmwiiai iw immhr ^athertnir that ever M-a-
biv Ae KS§!x"!v t&*dh pitac^e- at tlw- ' aI Iioaie of I
K^iT at Aline' Hil. rnear- TitSm. St-rieca i\v» O.. oa tlit
(tlav (Oitf JaM.^ li>5>4. amu^ wa^ ati ULformat meetiuy:. Keld by the
infteuMfe rt'ij-kfeTig' im the- immtxliattf iiei^'hbo'irhoytL ul houor of
trlhie' i^rirlti MrtrMav ©df' Joluai Kae>\ Sr.^ the- veuerdble fatl
t^~ - ^ . -liar. The miet'tm^ w^as- a moi?t enjoyable one : aiul ■
ku .ci^c^s. will "• '■ ^'o forsottem bv" thosse whoi?e i:T.iod foriiuK-
itt wai$ to b*" a ;. ... . ..-. .pamt o.nL that happy ocvasiou.
Om the- lli^h (tlav of ^oiv>^ 1SS4» a tiuieh larijer iratheriui::
was he-M at the^ ho^iitaMe- hoMie ol Judge Johti B. Kiigy (a
Ixirether ©ff IX Isaae)i. at Salemi^ MarioiiL Cov.» IIL At this lueet-
iiiig' it "wras de-te'raiLiiiMHl^ amd eimsiiuutiated, to t'ortu the Kiigy
Rio^aphieaH A?«>eiatioiiii: whieh ha;* iont its objeetv the tvllee-
nioiitt odf' data of the vairio>iii# branehe* of the Kaji.v relatioti:>hip.
eoiMpiK^' J ' ^•"iiiiig, amd pi!ibli!>hii!iig the same in book tV)rtu.
The i.,. . ..^.ii was ealW tv)> Oinler hv Jo^hii JBl Kiiirv, who-
wel«(^')auiiie<ill aM to^ hi* ho-Bie im soaane very ap'propriate retuarkiiv
I>ir. Isaae Kagy^ of TitltB^ 0.» wa* elected teiajKirary ehair-
umaia amd adtlrej^e^ the irelative* as follows :
^Wrmiiik mmi^ KSmihmh AVe have eoiivemnl here tOH.lay» at
the pleasamt ho>Biie of o»iniF b-ro^ther toi make tiK^nisitiou iuto the
biiograpWeal Hstoory of the Kag^" family. We gre^'t yon all
with the salintatioiB of friendship and love, and bid yon a
heartv wele^t^me. Few families in the land have :;■••■;•■•• -d
to the snrt^at nmnmbers and have l)€<\>me stv widelv disst'u..^... .d
thFCinigho>iiiit the wortd* as has that oane whost^ name we bear.
Originatiiiii^- in Switzerland, in the dim vista t>!f ^leparted een-
tioiries^ ©mr amecstoors seattertnl thrvmgtiMit i*ermany, when\
we are infoirmed^ their posterity reside in great nnniU'rs,, and
frv>mi whieh eorantrv thev, *>r re^pres^'-iittatives wf them, emi-
grateit into> this e^>nntry in the latter ^x*rt of the sixteenth
OtT the liiesinning' of the seventee-nth ef-ntnrv, and became the
€;J2 KAOY UKI.ATIONSini'
foriiiators of the family in Aiiicrica. K<iiiil"i)- (,f larj^e
faniilioa arc IxH-oTiiitipf the order of the times, and the Kiigys
are not tlie last to imitate tlic goo 1 example and to
reap the golden lian-est of benefits the practice affords.
l*erliaps tlie p(!Ople of no civili/-(Hl nation on earth are so
niigratorv in their hahits as Americans, 'Hiis eliarac-ter of
onr people grows out of the peculiar conditions and institu-
tions of onr conntn', Onrs is comparatively a new country;
its first settlements were made on the Atlantic seaboard, where
the early fndgrants to this countn', including onr kindred,
began the stn|)endous work of carving out of the primeval
Avilderness of a contineiit, a new civili/afion. As the c(»lonies
became more and more populous gradual eiu^roachments were
made upon tho bonndless f(»rests that surrounded them and
upon fhf race of the barbarous red men, whir-h inhabited
them. Thus folhtwing westward the "Star of Mmitire" fam-
ilies became divide<l and sub-diviilcd, hd in this din-r-iidu by
thf |irom))lin^s of interest, and di-ivrn in that by imiMi-jous
necessity, it was often the case that laniilies were gradually
estranged and (inally lost to one another. To some extent is
this the case with thr^ K'iigv family. Tn reme.Iy the nielan-
clioly evils resulting from such estrangements, so far as we
may be able to do, to search out the lost tribes of the family;
to bring back to the natal hearth and baufpiet, the wandering
prodigals, to feed tin; sheep, reeovered from their wanderings
from the flock, upon the luxuriant pasturf-s f)f filial love, and
to bear in onr hosorns the tender Iambs of the fold and direct
them in virtue's blissful ways, is the chief business of tliis
reunion. Ilere we seek to form new acfpiaintanees, to re-
new old associations, to greet the living with love, and with
sublime reverence to honor the dead. Many causes conspire
to make it necessary that accurate family records should be
kept, i will mention soiue of them. So far in our history there
have not been gi-eat fortunes amassed by Americans. l)Ut the
events of the times demon.strate the fact that in tin; near
future fortunes of consideraMe amounts will go searching
for lawful claimants, and if the indifferent habit- and careless
practices of our people continue it will he dilllcult, if not ab-
KAGY KELATIONSHIP. 033
sohitely inipossil)lc, foi- lawful heirs, rt'inovccl dulv a few
generations from the ancestor, to establish tlieir ideutitv and
prove themselves entitled to inherit. If there were a fortune
of say twenty, sixty or a hundred millions of dollars discovered
as the estate of some of the old Kiig-ys of not more than one
hundred years ago, is there one of the uid<iio\vn thousands of
the Kagy race who could establish his claim on the ground of
mihroken lineal descent? Such a state of uncertainty sh<juld
not lie ])ermitted to exist in any family, and I hope the evil
will lie remedied by the persistent efforts of those \vho have
engaged in the good work so far as the Kiigys are concerned.
Another of the serious consequence to the family growing
out of the estrang-ement and consequent non-intercourse is
the change and final loss of the family name. Xames be-
come gradually coi-rupted b(»th in orthography and pronun-
ciation, so that in the course of time they become quite another
and different name. Whatever mav have been the original
spelling of the name Kiigy. Certain it is that it has l)ecome
corrupted, there are now at least a dozen different ways (jf
spelling it, by brandies of the family, that are know)i to be
intimately related. I believe it is agreed on all sides that the
original German spelling was Tvagy, which is the orthography
employed by the oldest living members of the famil\'. This
evil should l>e corrected in the family record, wliicli we are
here and now taking steps to make. The research into the
antiquity of our family has enabled us to glean from various
authentic sources, and to rescue from the dire vortex of ob-
livion, fragmentary evidence that the American stock of the
Kiigy sprang from Switzerland. Jheir early habitation
in this country undoubtedly was in the state of Pennsylvania,
whence some of them emigrated into Virginia, one of them
into Canada. From these distributing points they gradually
spread into nearly all the States and Territories of the riuon.
in obedience to the divine injunction, ''to nndtipl\- an<l re-
plenish the earth." We expected representatives here — s<»ine
of them have come — of several branches of the family wjiich
only a few years ago knew nothing of tlic r-xi-tfiifr- of one
another.
634 KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
Tlnis have our labors been crowned with signal and gratify-
ing success in searching out our kindred and fanning into life
the smouldering embers of consanquinity.
Family reunions are beneficial and deserve to be encour-
aged because they bring kindred immediately or remotely
connected, often unseen and sometimes almost unknown, into
intimate and hallowed communion with one another. They
serve to dispel the lowering night of brotherly estrangement,
and usher in the holy light and genial warmth of friendship's
cloudless day.
These reunions are the family conclave, at whose sacred
threshold all the antipathies, the bickerings, the asperities of
human nature are laid down and forbidden to enter. Here
we put away the chalice of worm-wood and gall that are wont
to embitter the sweet and pearling fountain of terrestrial joys;
the deadly upas of hate shall not poison the air of our habi-
tation. Here we lay down the armor of our warfare; we ban-
ish from this hallowed home all cares and vexations of busi-
ness and hush the muffled sound of discontent. Here we
cultivate the amenities of life, and fling abroad the genial sun-
shine of fraternal affection, and lay upon the altar of each
impulsive heart, the holy incense of love. Here in this re-
union, in this fraternal home, we are gathered from the sunny
fields of the South, from the icy moorlands of Switzerland,
from the hills of the East, and the boundless lawn of the
West, from the snow-capped mountains of the Pacific slope,
and the sun-gilded hills of Virginia. AVe are here represented
in the broken accents of infancy. In the vivacious sports of
hopeful youth, in the ripe years of manhood and womanhood,
with hand still upon the helm of the barque of life to stem
the storms and tides of adversity, and guide her into the
haven of security. Here we have the aged with feeble limbs
and faltering step and tottering pace, the silvery hair and
snowy beard, at once the insignia and inheritance of patri-
archal age. This is our family- — to its delightful and holy
communion we bid yon welcome. Our family ! What a ])0y-
tentious word is that I What deep significance I The
faniilv is the school of morale. Here the unfoldina' infantile
KAGY EELATIOXSHIP. 635
mind receives its lesson of riii^lit and wronii-; hero arc iintillcil
into the growing understanding those haUowed priueij)lL's of
justice, mercy, love and truth, meekness, patience and ol)edi-
ence, which elevate and ennoble the hiiiiiaii character. Tlic
home is the council chamber of the family; lici-c l)y means of
checks and eliastisements wisely tempcrcMl Avith lox'c and
mercy, on the one hand, and with instruction in \ii'rue's ways
on the other, are the young qualitied for the active duties of
life. The family is the promoter of civilization. History
tells us that the first step in the grand march (d' mankinil up
out of the lal)yrinthian darkness of barbarism, toward the
glittering zenith of civilization, was marriage. The fannly
followed as a sequence and gradually grew in sacredness nntil
the present time. In the family is formed tlic ])nrcst bond
that binds us together, the cord of parental affection, strength-
ened by filial love. From the wliolesome radiance of tlic
light of home are evolved by iniperce])tible degrees all that is
dear, all that is pure, all that is cherished as good and revered
as sacred, all that elevates the character, ennobles the miml,
chastens desires, and purges the heart. Idiis is our family !
See that your duty to it is faithfully done."
The chairman then appointed the following-namc(l persons
a Committee on ]\'rmanent Organization, viz: Le\vis 11.
Iviigy, John D. Kiigy, Levi ]M. Kiigy. The relatives ainl
friends were then addressed by hnkc 11. llitc, i,\' K;i-t St.
Louis, and Charles L Kiigy, of xVrcola, 111.
The Committee on Permanent Orgainzation reported a
Constitution, which was ado])ted as re])orted, as follows:
Article First. This organization .shall be known as "The
Kagy Biographical Association."
Article Second. The oiticers slnill consist of a itrc-iilciii.
three vice-presidents, a secretary, a treasurci-, and a conunittee
of five members on biogra]>liy of the Kiigys.
Article Third. The ])resident, vice-presidents, secretary
and treasurer shall perform the duties usually incident to their
respective offices, an<l the Committee on Biogra])hy <»f the
Kiigys shall gather all information in their power in nda-
636 KAGY RELATIOXSHIP.
tion to the biographical history of the Kiigys, and shall report
at the first ineting of this Association after their appointment.
Article Fonr. The officers of this Association shall IkjLI
their oflices for one year, and nntil their successors are cho-en.
Article Five. The secretary shall record all proceedings
of this Association in a wcll-l)onnd book to be kept for the
pnrpose.
Article Six. The rnles governing deliberative bodies gener-
ally shall govern the members of this Association at their
meetings, bnt if any contest shall arise, "Roberts' Rnles of
Order" shall be considered the standard of Parliamentary au-
thority.
Article Seven. This Association shall meet at the call of the
president, by and with the consent of the Committee on
Biographical History of the Kiigys, at snch time and place
as may be designated.
On the adoption of the Constitution, the following persons
were elected ofiicers for the ensuing year :
President, Dr. Isaac Kagy, Tiffin, O.; vice-presidents,
Samuel Kagy, Findlay, ()., John IT. Kiigy, Salem, 111.,
Charles I. Kiigy, Arcalo, 111.; secretary, Levi M. Kagy,
Salem, 111.; treasurer, :Mrs. Dollie Brubaker, luka. Ilk; com-
mittee on biographical data, Joseph P. Kiigy, of Findlay, O.,
Lewis H. Kagy, of Salem, Ilk, :\Lu-tin B. Keagy, of Welling-
ton, Kan., Abraham D. Kiigy, of Areola, Ilk, Samuel Kagy,
of Mount Frie, 111.
After music, aQljoiu-nment was made until after dinner.
The meeting was called to order at 1.30 o'clock, when a photo-
graph was taken of all the relatives present, and afterwards
of all persons present. The meeting again being called to
order, remarks were made by Rev. T. II. Padgett, of the C.
P. church; II. C. Feltman, Levi :\r. Kagy, Uriah Mills, S. F.
Stevenson and Dr. Isaac Kiigy. ]\[iss Clara Mourey, upon in-
vitation, treated the audience to a most excellent recitation.
After singing a solo l)y a lady member of the choir
and music by the band, the now permanently organized Asso-
ciation adjourned sine die. Thus closed the second reunion
of the Ka2:vs.
KAGY EELATIOXSIITP. 637
The Editor of tliis biography deonis it of sufRciciit iiuport-
aiice to give a full report of the business enacted at several
reunions, as recorded in the niiiintos, by the Wdvtliy secre-
taries of the Association.
Minutes of the Tliird Aiimuil ^feeting of the Kiigy bio-
graphical Association, held at the residence of Mv. and Mi-s,
Daniel Spitler, near Blooniville, Seneca Co., C)., Thursday,
Oct. 8, 1885 :
The meeting was called to order by Dr. Isaac Kiigy, i)resi-
dent of the Association. The secretary being absent, V>. V.
Siple was elected secretary pro tcni. Elder Lewis Seitz then
invoked tlie divine blessing, after which the president wel-
comed all ill the name of the Association in some very appro-
priate remarks, and then ])i'occ(m1ci1 to address tlic rchitives
and friends on the objects and benefits of these reiiiiioiis of
the Kiigy family.
Joseph R. Kagy, of Findlay, O., tlicm made a report on such
biogra]ihical data as he had gathered, after which mnsic
was rendered by the Honey ('reek I'and, and a recess taken
for refreshments. The Tiffin Ar/r.s under (hite of Oct. H'l,
1885, says: "According to arrangements a family renninn
of the Kiigys and relatives met at the residence <A' Mi', and
Mrs. Daniel Spitler, of Bloom townshiit, Thiirs(hiy, ()(•!. Mh.
The prospects for a fine ilay were not very flattering in the
morning, nevertheless tlie arrival of relatives began at an
earlv hour and from 9 a. m. fill 1.20 o'clock bn<>'uv after
buo'gv halted in front of the beaiififnl home of Mi-. Spitler,
and everv bus'a'v brouuht a widl-filled baskel m- two, until
it looked as if an army was to be fe(l. During I lie |)roceed-
ings in the house a numl)er of large tables in the yard wei'c
loaded with the good things which showed that the Kiigvs
lived in a land of ])lenfy aii<l lliaf wdiile the men pro\-ide(l,
the ladies were experts in preparing if Hov the feast. M i'. Spit-
ler now announcing that dinner was ready, Pivsident Kiigv
inarslialled the hosts and arranged theni liack of and on either
side of the tables. Then Mr. Donaldson, the photognii)her
from Tiffin, took a picture of the tables and eating began.
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638 KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
One InmdreJ and tliirty-eioiit ate at one time. After dinner
all the relatives were seated on a stage erected for the purpose
and photographed in a group. AVe would say right here that
was a grand sight, nearly two hundred relatives. There was
seen the highest types of physical manhood, towering intel-
lect and a1)ility, men whose ringing eloquence has been heard
on many occasions; women whose beauty and virtues grace
the land. There were present two hundred and four, all rela-
tives of the Kiigys, but about ten. AVe could not, if space
would ])ermit, give the names of all present, l»ur will give the
names only of those from a distance : Jos. R. Kiigy, wife and
mother, from Findlay, O., Thomas and AVilliam Tviigy of
Xorth Bristol, O.; John ('. Kagy, wife, son and daugh-
ter, of Ashland, O.; John H. Kiigy and wife, of Salem, Til,
and Judge John B. Kiigy, the silver-tongued orator, of Salem,
111., a brother of Dr. Isaac Kiigy, accompanied by his wife and
little dauoTiter.
This was an occasion long to be remembered l>y all present,
and should we ever have another opportunity to attend a Kiigy
family reunion we Avill try to be there."
The Association being called to order, the report on ''bio-
graphical data" was taken up and completed, and the relatives
were addressed by Joseph E. Kiigy, of Findlay, O.
The constitution of the Association was then read by the
president, followed by the election of officers of the Associa-
tion for the next ensuing year, as follows: President, Dr.
Isaac Kagy; vice-presidents, John H. Kagy, of Salem, 111.,
Samuel Kiigy, of Findlay, O., and Charles I. Kiigy, of Areola,
Til.: secretary, Levi. M. Kiigy; treasurer, Mrs. Dollie Bru-
baker, of luka. 111. JoseiJi Kiigy, of Findlay, O., Lewis
H. Kagy, of Salem, 111., M. B. Keagy, of Wellington, Kan.,
Franklin Keagy, of Chambersburg, Pa., and Samuel Kiigv,
of Mt. Erie, 111., were elected a committee on '•"l)iooTaphical
data."
AVhen, on motion, the Association adjourned sine die.
Isaac Kagy,
President.
B. F. SiPLE,
Secretary pro tern.
KAGY RELATlOXSllll". (-!o9
Minutes of the Foiirtli Aininnl Reunion ;iii<l ^[ectiiia' of
the Kagy Biooi-aphical Association, held at tlic Baptist elmrcli.
l^airie Summit, Marion Co.. Tlh. S('])t. i^'.t ami •')<». ISsC, :
The Association was calk'd to order hv ihc president, ami
the minutes of the last meeting were read and apjiroved. On
motion of John B. Kagy the ruk'S were sus]»(mii!(m| and l''i'aid<-
lin Keagv, of ( diambersburg Pa., was iinainiiiuiislv (dectcd
])resident of the Association for the ensuing year. ()n niutidii
of Dr. Isaac Kiigv, John TT. Ki'mv, of Salem, 111.. S;iiiiii(d
Kagy, of Findlav, O., and ( harles I. Kiigv, of Areola. 111.,
were unanimously elected vice-presidents of tln^ .Vssociatinii.
On motion of Joseph R. Kiigv, of Findlav, O., Levi .M. K;ig_v
was elected secretarv. On motion of Dr. Isaac Kiigv, ^Irs.
Dollie Brubaker was elected treasurer of the Association for
the ensuing year. On motion of -lohn 15. Kiigy, the I'mHuw-
ing-named persons were unanimously elected a committee on
biographical data, viz: Dr. Isaac Kiigy, Tiffin, O. ; Mrs. .\nna
M. AVayland, of Hawkinstown, Va.; Josc|)li O. Kcag\-. of
Hanover, Pa.; Joseph B. Keagy, of Johnstown, Pa., and .Jo-
seph 11. Kiigy, of Findla\", O. The secretarv then read letters
of regret from several of the relatives and also a letter from
Jacob Kaegi, of Ruppen, Switzerland. Joseph R. Kiigv then
read a historical sketch of dojin iieni'i Kiigi, famons for his
connection with dohn Ri-own in the raid nn llai'per's Ferry,
Va., in 1850, followe(l the newly-elected president, who liad
the singular fortune of having boarded at the same house with
Brown and his men during their stay in Ohandiershnrg. and
who was ])ersonally ac(|uainted with Ixitli of ihcin, Imt liy
their assumed names of course, which wa< 1. Siniih and dohn
Henri. Dr. Isaac Kiigy then made >ome remark- on the work
to be done by the Association and was followed hy do>cph
It. Kiigy, who also spoke on the same snbjeet.
Amotion was made, seconded and can'icd anlhorizing the
president to a])point a committee of three to arrang(» a program
for the next day, Sept. 30, 18sr;, and Di-. Tsiac Kiigy. Jo<c])Ii
K. Kiigy and John JI. Kiigy Avere a])i)<iiuted. Some remarks
■were then made by "Wm. B. Ketfer as to the ])lace of hohljug
6-1:0 KAGY EELATIONSHIP.
the next reunion, when, on motion, the Association adjourned
to meet at 9 oVdock the following day, Sept. 30tli.
Fbanklix Keagy,
President.
Levi M. Kagy,
Secretary.
The second day's exercises commenced, Dr. Isaac Kiigy
acting as president, and after a song was sung he delivered
the address of welcome. The minutes of the last meeting of
the day before were read and ap])roved.
Franklin Keagy (a member of the committee on biographi-
cal data), then made a lengthy report of the data he liad
gathered, during which a recess was taken for dinner, and a
picture of the relations was taken. At 2 p. m. the Association
was again called to order by the acting president and after a
song by the relatives, Franklin Keagy resumed his rej^ort,
and at its conclusion another song was sung, after which ad-
dresses were made by Joseph R. Kiigy, AVm. B. Keifer, Joel
Spitler, Kudol])h Kiigy, John B. Kagy. The Omega Cornet
Band then rendered a selection, followed by a song, '^Twenty
Years Ago," sung by Mr. H. T. Pace. At its conclusion,
Christian Kagey, of Corunna, Ind., addressed the relatives,
and the meeting adjourned by singing the doxology.
Feaxklix Keagy,
President.
Levi ]\L Kagy,
Secretary.
The Fifth Kiigy Keunion Avas held at the home of Dr.
Isaac Kiigy near Tiffin, Seneca Co., O., Oct. 5 and 6, 1887.
The Sixth Kiigy Reunion was held at the home of Jacob
Sager, near Xorth Bristol, Truml)ull Co., O., Sept. 26 and 27,
1888.
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The Seventh Kii.uy Reiiiiinii was held ai \':illc\- X'is'w
Springs, in Slienandoali Co., \'a.. al the lout ni the grand
IMassanntten nionntaiiis. S('[)t. ,"> and »;. ls.s()_
The Eightli Kiigv Ixennion \\a< hcdd at Pi-airic Siiminii
Baptist ehiiivli. ^Farion Co., 111., Se])t. 2!» and 'M), l.s'.M.
The Xinth Xiigy TJennion was held at Dayton, liocking-
hani Co., Va., Ang. 21 and l'l\ ls!t4. 'Idic trustees and offi-
cers of the college tendered the nsi' of the huildings on the
occasion and deserve the grateful thanks of onr people.
The Tentli Kiigv licunion was held at \)v. Isaac Kiigy's
beantifttl home near Tiffin, ()., Atig. 21 and 22, IS'.ir). 'Idiis
Avas a dotiblc reunion of tlie Kiigy and Man in fannlies, and
one of the most enjoyable occasions and happi(vst events imag-
inable. Mrs. Kiigy welcomed the friends, the Kiigys and
Martins, in the most charming manner, and witii the tenderest
regard. We give the address in full. Mrs. iCiigysaid:
Friends, Relatives and Neighbors: \'i(dding to the im-
portunities of the committee on program, I am (diarged with
the duty to-day of making the address of welcome. It is with
fear and trembling that I attempt to ])erforni the task ami T
hope yon will not view me with a critic's eye, bnt pass my im-
perfections by.
Most heartily do I welcome you, one and all, in ihis the
tenth reunion of the Kiigy family of America.
Reunions have become the fashion of the times. Tlenniuns
of all kinds of societies, of companies and I'cgimcnts of sol-
diers are of constant occurrence, anIiIIc almost every nnmci-nus
family in the land now holds an annnai I'cimii in ,,{' tVatcnial
greeting.
These meetings are fraught with very much good and they
should be encotiraged. Idiey l)i'ing together tlie nicmbei-s of
a family from far and near. They are elevating, civiliziiig,
chastening in their tendencies and develop tlic higher nnin-
hood of our natui'e. Fi-(M|ncnt cDmninidcations with people,
with kindred, with old and absent associates warms uj) our af-
644: KA(iY HKLATIOXSIIII'.
fcctioii.s; while pci'soiial (.'niiiiniiiiion piiritic's our t lioiiglits auil
ii'aniishr's tlio chaniliors of oiir hearts for the iiMlwelling of
liighci- and iinhlci- aspirations.
The Kiig'vs ai'c a imiiicroiis faiiiily. Few families, indeed,
are (■•pmlly hir£i;e. They arc widely scattei'ed ihi'diiuh'Mit the
I'uited States and tei'i'itoia'es and tlie I)(iiniinoii oj' ( 'aiiada.
Personally they aic necessarily strangers. I>ari;(^ settlements
of tlie family were unknown io eacli otlier hefore reseaivhes
st't on toot hy these reninoii-- hroiii^iit them together.
The minutes of the last reunion, read yesterday, made sucdi
reference to myself in a resolution passed at that meeting, giv-
ing me the ci'cdit ot lieing the mother ( d' these ri'Uiiious, whicdi
it would he d i-^coui'tcons to our trieiuls t<i pass o\'er without
notice oil my part. I heartily thank the friends who did nut
the undcser\-e(| honor, ;ind I iissurc them that I am not inscnsi-
l)le to the comi)liment. I little thought that the humlile part
T took in starling tlioe reunion^, \\hl(di lia\'e now grown to
siicdi proportions and lia\c liecoiiie so intensciv interesting,
would attract the iioiice o| our Irieiids. The circumstances
w hi(di develop these I'cnnions F will state briefly as follows:
'^riie first reunion was held here in this house on the 17th
day <d' dan., 1(S,S4, that heiiii;' the eighty-seventh aniii\-ersarv
of John Kiigy, our fat her, who was tlie pat riarcdi of our hraiudi
of the family. in .\ovemlier <>i that year on the day after
tJie jiresideiit iai (dection, lather and iiHtther Kiig\', accom-
panied hy my niece, \\\\/..\ Martin, my hushaud and myself,
started 1<U' Salem, III., where the second I'eunioii was to h(^
Judd at the house (d' diidge d. 11. l\;ig\-, on the I'Oth day of
Novendier. Here we were joined l>\- the Arc(da Kiigys and
corres])oii(lence from other stranger Kiigys was read. This
was the heginning in earnest of tlie Kiigy reunions.
In coiKdusioii 1 will say to those wIk* are not already in-
formed, that this is a doulde reunion. Two large families
meet here to-day. In this locality the Kiigvs and the Martins
are \-erv niiadi inler-inarrie(l. Many of (Uir near connections
are inliniat(dy related to liofh families. I wcdcome tlie AEar-
lin'^ in their tlii^ht hitherward. 1 welcoine the dear nei<z'hl)ors
who are within our ii'afes to^lav; a few of them were the iiiti-
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iiiiitf friorids and associates of (nir |i;ii'(nt- :iii(| om-^cl \c^ in
voutli, wliilo some of" tliciii wcri' oiii' cuiiii-.Klcr, aixl associates
ill the eplicriiial jovs ol' llic nioniino (,!' life. Some iVrw of
them I taiia,]it tlicir a 1) c's moi'c ilian lialf a criii iirv •.[<<■(>. W'r
iliec't logetlici' to-ilay as kimlrcd iIcsccimIciI iVoin a i-oiiiinoii
ancestry,as l»r(»||icrs and sisters of one family I Willi \ny I
greet yon. Willi ('ln-i-tlaii hope ;iiid JVatcrnal lo\f I liid sou
welcome, tlirice W(dc<,iiic. to oiir liomc.
The rcs|)OTise to the wclcoinc of Mrs. .Vancy I\iigy was made
by Dr. Alartin Kiicy.
The following coinmlttr-c on i'(v~(diitions was a|i|»oiiilcd :
Dr. Martin Kagy, Somerset; do-epli I\;igy, ("oslioctoji ; dolin
W. Iviigy, Bristolville, (). 'I lie comniitlee reported as fol-
lows :
Resolved, '^riial we have enjoyed this, the Tentli IJeiinion
of the Kagys, this yeai- held four mile- -oiith of Titlin ;it the
beautiful and hospitable home of Hon. Isaac Kiigy and lii^
amiable wife, Nancy (jfartin) I\;igy.
Jlesolved, That we return to them our thanks for the cour-
tesy and attention shown the guests, for [iroviding trans[)ortu-
tion to and from the depot at TiflRn to their home, and that the
same attention from Mrs. Martha Derr and others is also de-
serving of the kind recognition of public acknowledgnifMit.
Resolved, "J'hat we thank every one who ha- lent a helping
hand and who has contributed to the cntei'tainment, not for-
getting those dear fricaids who hav(; lent ns their preseiiee from
their far-off homes in Virginia, Pennsylvania, Indiana and
Illinois, and fiv»m distant counties in Ohio.
The Eleventh Kiigy lleiinion was held on the beantifui
lawn of Judge John iJ. K'iigy. at Salem, Afarion Co., III., Oct.
1 and 2, 1807. dhe event of the occasion was the eloquent
address of wcdcome delivered by Judge John f!. Kiigy. His
house is always op'cn to his friends, but on this occasion his
home, his heart, his all was theirs, and it was inspiring to hear
his ringing words of Avelcome; and it justly entitled him as
being the "silver-tongued" orator of Afarion Co. Xo less in-
spiring was the response, either in ehxpience, beauty of
648 KAGY llELATIOXSIIIP.
tlioiiglit, or word-painting" made bv the Hon. Luke H. Hite,
of St. Louis, Mo., a visiting relative. He was surrounded by
many of the friends of his childhood, and his sympathetic,
manly nature poured itself forth in most eloquent strains of
lofty thought, heartfelt gratitude and fraternal greetings.
The Kiigv Reunion of 1897 will ever be one of the green
•spots in the memory of each and every one present.
The Twelfth Kagy Reunion was held Aug. 31 and Sept. 1,
1898, in Bristol, Trumbull Co., O. The first day's meeting
was held on the old homestead of Jacob Sager (deceased),
where the Sixth Kagy Reunion was held ten years previous.
Jacob Sager married Leah Kiigy, deceased. She was the eld-
est child of Jacob and Susannah (Johnson) Kagy, formerly
of Shenandoah Co., Va. He was a son of Jacob, the 3d son of
Henry from Pennsylvania. The second day's meeting was
held on the beautiful ])ark at Bristol. The officials of the
Cone'regational church tendered the use of the church to the
friends, which was gratefully accepted. A grand and joyous
time was had by all.
Many of the Kiigy relatives fear that tlie publication of a
Kagy history will be the death knell of these delightful re-
unions. Why should this be ? It must not be I True it is
these reunions were instituted as a means of acquiring data for
a ^'History of the Kagy Kamily," but that was not the only
object sought. Dr. Isaac Kagy beautifully expressed the main
and principal purpose of these gatherings in his address to the
friends and kindred at the home of his brother. Judge John
B. Kagy, on the 12th of Xov., 1884, at Salem, 111. He said:
''Tamily reunions are beneficial and deserve to be encouraged
because they bring kindred into intimate and hallowed com-
munion with one another. Here we cultivate the amenities
of life, and fling abroad the genial sunshine of fraternal affec-
tion, and lay upon the altar of each impulsive heart the holy
incense of love." I hope, I trust that as each one reads the
records of their sires and grandsires it will inspire in the mind
and heart a fonder and more fervent desire to meet one an-
other. The Editor and Compiler of this history had been
KAGY EELATIOXSniP. <j-i&
at work for eialit vears or more before be knew anvtbinp: of
tbe descendants of Endolpb Kagy, of 1764. At tbe Reunion
of tbe Kag-v relationsbip beld at Prairie Summit Baptist
cburcb. near Salem, Marion Co., 111., Sept. 29 and 30, 1880,
tbe Kagv Biograpbical Society elected bim president of tbe
Association, and re-elected bim at eacb annual election beld
since tben until 1898. On tbe occasion of tbe Reunion beld
at Prairie Summit Baptist cburcb, Marion Co.. 111., Sept. 29
and 30. 1891, be was unanimously elected editor of tbe Kiigy
History, witb tbe autbority to publisb it in sucb manner, form
and style as in bis judgment seemed best.
CONCLUSIOiV.
When to the common rest that crowns our days,
Called in the noon of life, the good man goes,
Or full of years, and ripe in wisdom, lays
His silver temples in their last repose ;
When o'er the buds of youth, the death wind blows,
And blights the fairest : when our bitter tears
Stream, as the eyes of those that love us close,
We think on what they were, with many fears
Lest goodness die with them, and leave the coming years.
And therefore, to our hearts, the days gone by.
When lived the honored sage whose death we wept.
And the soft virtues beamed from many an eye.
And beat in many a heart that long has slept : —
Like spots of earth where angel-feet have stepped,
Are holy ; and high dreaming bards have told
Of times when worth was crowned, and faith was kept,
Ere friendship grew a snare, or love waxed cold —
Those pui'e and happy times — the golden days of old.
Peace to the just man's memory ; let it grow
Greener with years, and blossom through the flight
Of ages ; let the mimic canvas show
His calm benevolent features : let the light
Stream on his deeds of love, that shunned the sight
Of all but heaven, and in the book of fame
The glorious record of his virtues write,
And hold it up to men. and bid them claim
A palm like his, and catch from him the hallowed flame.
—From '• The Ages" by William Cullen Bryant.
To him who in the love of Nature holds
Communion with her visible forms, she speaks
A various language; for his gayer hours
She has a voice of gladness, and a smile
And eloquence of beauty, and she glides
Into his darker musings with a mild
And healing sympathy that steals away
Their sharpness ere he is aware.
KAGY RELATIONSHIP. 651
Yet a few days and thee
The all-beholding sun shall see no more
In all his course : nor yet in the cold ground.
Where thy pale form was laid, with many tears,
Xor in the embrace of ocean shall exist thy image.
Thou shalt go to mix forever with the elements,
To be a brother to the insensible rock
And to the sluggish clod, which the rude swain
Turns with his share, and treads upon. The oak
Shall send his roots abroad, and pierce thy mould.
Yet not to thine eternal resting place
Shalt thou retire alone, nor couldst thou wish
Couch more magnificent. Thou shalt lie down
With patriarchs of the infant world— with kings,
The powerful of the earth — the wise, the good.
Fair forms and hoary seers of ages past,
All in one mighty sepulchre.
The golden sun, the planets, all the infinite host of heaven.
Are shining on the sad abodes of death.
All that tread the globe are but a handful to the tribes
That sleep in its bosom.
The youth in life's green spring, and he who goes
In the full strength of years, matron and maid.
The speechless babe, and the gray-headed man.
Shall one by one be gathered to thy side.
By those who in turn shall follow them.
So live, that when the summons comes to join
The innumerable caravan, which moves
To that mysterious realm, where each shall take
His chamber in the silent halls of death,
Thou go not like the quarry slave at night,
Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed
By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave
Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch
About him and lies down to pleasant dreams.
— Wm. CuUen Bryant's " Thanatop&is."
FINIS.
Index to Illustratioxs.
BOOK 7-^1 1!ST.
Frontispiece — Franklin Keagy, llislorian 2
Home of Franklin Keagy, Chambersburg. I'a., ?,
Lake and city of Zurich, Switzerland, 17
Edward and Sarah (Meese) Keagy, 47
Abrahani Keagey, called "^lachine Alx'." :,\)
John Keagy and his second wife, a son of •\\lachine Abe," .... t;:]
Snsan (Keagy) Snively, eldest daughter of ">rachine Abe," 73
Mary (Keagy) Hetrick, second daughter of ••Machine Wh'." .... 77
Nancy (Keagy) Ober-Long, daughter of '•Miicliine Abe," si
Fanny (Longanecker) Keag-y, <J3
Philip Keagy and his second wife. Agnes M. (.\ll)rook) Keagj', 125
John Keagy, Artist, 135
Elizabeth (Shryock) Keagy, "Aunt Lizzie," 13',)
Eudolph Keagj', the father of I-'ranklin. "historian." 105
Mary Eliza (Keagy) Patterson, daiigliler of I'rankliii, "his-
torian," 178
Katharine Keagy, youngest daugiiter of Franklin, '•liistorian," 179
George W. Keagy, a son of Rudolph Keagy 183
Eev. John Binkley Keagey, of Canada 20'J
Catharine (Keagey) Cornell, of Canada 217
Mar^' B. (Keage}') Xelf, of Canada 220
Henry Kagey's old home near New Market, \:i.. lOast \iew, 24G
Henry Kagey's old home near New Market, \'a.. West \'iew, 247
Anna (Kagey) .Summers, 2.').'!
Elizabeth Y. (Kagey) Keyes 2(;i
David F. Kagej', 2iii»
Emma (Henkel) Kagey, 2(17
Jacob Kagey, 3d son of Jacob, the 3d son of llcni-y 2s()
Susannah Johnson, wife of Jacob Kagey 2s7
Wm. McBride, 292
Rachael (Kagey) ^kfcP.ridc 293
Ebzabeth (Kagey) Barb, wife of (JabricI liaih, 299
Henry Neff Kagey, eldest son of Abraham, 4th son of llmr-y. 309
Anna M. (Kagey) Wayland 313
John Walter AYayland 317
Abraham Neff Kagey, 322
John Henrjr Kagey and lady friend 323
Barbara Kagey, the eldest daughter of Abraham Kagey 339
Isaac Kagey, the 5th son of Abraham Kagey 343
Wm. Byron and Charles Albert KefFer, 353
664 KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
Henry Kagey, a son of Isaac Kagey 357
Henry Kagey. of Licking- Co., Ohio, son uf iiudolph 379
Ch7-istian R. Kagey, 2d son of Eudolph 388
Barbara (Huffman) Kagey. wife of Christian K Kagey 389
John Kagay and wife. Tenia (Stuart) Kagaj-. 5th son of
Christian 395
John Kagay, Sr., 'Slnvy A.. Clara 15. Hilbrant and Jesse S.
Kagay 399
John F., Leota, Lorena, Charles E. Kagaj', children of John. Sr., 401
Lizzie, Kaymond, William H., Xina, children of John, Sr 403
Ihidoljih Keag-y. 2d son of John K. Kagey, son of Kudolph, 409
BOOK SECOND.
Charles Smith Sewell, in his young days, 434
Ann Katharine (Keagy) Sewell 435
Hon. Thomas Francis Bayard, of J)elaware 441
Alexander Somervell and wife, Cornelia Olivia Sewell 445
Col. Charles Smith Sewell, in old age 455
BOOK THIKD— CHAl'TEK FIRST.
Francinah (Ashbrook) Kiigy 469
Frances (Kagy) Bretz and David I'.i-et/. 473
Benjamin F. Kaga^-, Jr., Effingham, III 485
CHAPn<:Pv SECOND.
Hannah (Siple) Kiigy, wife of Kudolph the 2d 499
John Kagy, eldest son of Iiudolph the 2d 504
Catharine (Hite) Kiigy. wife of John Kiigy. Sr., 505
Dr. Isaac Kiigy, son of John Kiigy, Sr., 512
Mrs. Nancy Taylor (Martin) Kiigy, wife of Dr. Kiigy 513
"Vine Hill," Home of Dr. Isaac and Nancy Taylor (Martin)
KJigy, 517
Hon. Judge John B. Kiigy, son of John Kiigy, Sr 524
Mrs. Marietta (lilack) Kiigy. wife of Judge John B. Kiigy 525
David Kiigy, son of John Kiigy. Sr 530
Mrs. Sarah K. (Miley) Kiigy, wife of David Kiigy 531
Levi ]\Ionroe Kiigy, a son of David Kiigy, 536
Mrs. Emily Alice (Larimer) Kiigy, wife of L. ~M. Kiigy 537
Amos Hite Kagy, son of John Kagj', Sr 542
3tlrs. Bettie (Offutt) Kiigy, wife of Amos H. Kiigy 543
Amos Hite Kiigy, Jr., son of Amos H. Kiigy, 548
Marcus Offutt Kiigy, son of Amos H. Kiigy, 549
Elizabeth (Kiigy) Stevenson, daughter of Christian Kiigy 554
Hon. Samuel E. Stevenson, husband of Elizabeth Kiie'v 555
iM)i:.\. I'tjj
John Hite Kiig}-, son of Christian ixiii^y .")()4
llainiali (Fvirry) Kiiii.v, wife of .loliii II. KiiLiy .">()."j
(iiAi' ri:i; I'li i i;i).
.lacob K;ii;\ and KcWccca (liihicr) Kii^'V. '-Ul son of Kudolph Ist. M?,
( Ol. David II. Keagij-.v, (ii-eensburg. I'a <j:.'ii
Dr. .lohn B. Keaggy. Allegheny City. I'a ''i:.M
1 ',()() K IMl'I'll.
Hans Jacob Kiigi, and Anna Mai-ia llnllinger i>-''>
The 5th Uennion of the Kiigy family at "Nine Hill." near 'I'itlin,
Ohio, at 1)7-. Isaac Kiigy's. Od. ". and d. IssT <■>;."■•
The ',)1h j;euiii(,n ol' ihc Kiigy family at Daylon. Kocki nghani
Co., Va.. Angnst :n-22, 1894 <j-ll
The nth Reunion of the Kiigy family, ludd at "Cottage drove,"
the home of Judge John I'.. Kiigy. Salem. 111.. Oct. 1 and
2, 1897 ''-'•^
V
Index to ]Vames.
BOOK FIRST— CHAPTER FIRST.
Title page, 5
Introduction, 7
Preface, 11
Dedication, 13
Second preface, 15
Description of the city of Zui-ich and Lake Zm-icli 16
History of Switzerland as a .\al ion 10
Swiss Lake settlements :jl
Origin of the Kiigi name, ;iO
Persecution of the "Mennonites," .■;2
Tlieir emigration to America, :!:!
Arrival in America of "Hanse" KJigy ( 1715), wr,
Marriage of "Hanse" Ktigy to Rebecca Patterson 42
The Second. Third. Fourth and Fil'lh emigrations 43
Will of "Hanse" Kiigy, 44
Jacob Keagy's descendants, eldest son of Hanse 40
John Keagy, eldest son of Jacob, 40
Mariah. Sarah, .Vnna and l^lizabetli Keagy, daughters of John
Keagj'; also Eve Keagy, .")4-.')0
■\Vi 11 of John Keagy, .")7
Jacob Keagy's descendants, 2d son of Jacob the 1st 58
Machine Abe, eldest son of Jacob the :.'(! 58
Jacob Keagy, eldest son of Machine Abe 01
John Keagy, 2d son of Machine Abe, 0-
Abraham Keagy, 3d son of Machine Abe, G!>
Christian Keagy, 4th son of Machine Abe, 71
Susan (Keagy) Snively, 1st daughter of ^Machine Al)e 75
Mary (Keagy) Iletrick, 2d daughter of Machine Abe 70
Nancy (Keagj-) Ober-Long, 3d daughter of Machine Abe "^ii
Elizabeth (Keagy) Wolfe, 4th daughter of Machine Abe s3
Anna or Nancj^ (Keagy) Frederick, daughter of Jacob llie 2d. S5
Elizabeth (Keagy) Auckerman. daughter of Jacob the 2d >'5
Susannah (Keag.\) Cibbi.ny. daughter of Jacol) llic :.'<! 80
John Keagy, the second son of Jacob the 2d, S6
Fanny Beronica (Keagv) Longanecker dauijhter of Jacob tlie
2d, ' ■ «2
Mary (Keagy) Keagy. daughter of Jacob the 2d, ^'2
668 KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
Abraham Keagy's descendants, the 3d son of Jacob 1st 95
Jacob H. Keagy, eklest son of Abraham 95
Michael Keagy, eldest son of Jacob H. Keagy, 96
Peter Keagy, 3d son of Jacob H. Keagy, 99
Anna Keagj', eldest daughter of Abraham Keagy, 100
Barbara Keagy, 2d daughter of Abraham Keagy, 100
Elizabeth Keagy, 3d daughter of Abraham Keagy, 101
Henry Keagy, 2d son of Abraham Keagy, 101
Abraham Keagj', 4th son of Abraham Keagj-, 101
Josejjh Keagy, 6th son of Abraham, 101
BOOK FIBST— CHAPTER SECOND.
Abraham Keagy, the beloved son of Hanse, 104
Anna (Keagy) Shenck, eldest child of Abraham Keagy 104
Veronica (Schenck) Gish, Ill
Anna (Shenk) Eathfon-Gish, 110
Abraham Shenk, son of Anna (Keagy) Shenk, IIS
Anna Shenk. 5th daughter of Anna (Keagy) Shenk 202
Henry Shenk. son of Anna (Keagy) Shenk, 118
Josiah B. and Harriet A. (Shenk) Schwinehart 119
Christian Keagy, eldest son of Abraham, 121
Henry Keagy, eldest son of Christian Keagy, 122
Susannah Keagy, 2d daughter of Christian Keagy 123
Anna (Nancy) Keagy, 3d daughter of Christian Keagy, 123
INIaria (Mary) Keagy, 4th daughter of Christian Keagy, 124
Abraham Keagy, 2d son of Christian Keagy, 124
Philip Keagy, eldest son of Abraham Keagj', 127
Christian Keagy, 2d son of Abraham Keagy 132
Elizabeth Keagy, daughter of Abraham Keagj', 133
Susan Keagy, eldest daughter of Henry Keagy, 133
John Keagy, 4th son of Christian Keagy, 134
Samuel Keagy, son of John Keagy 138
James Keagy, son of John Keagy, 138
Elizabeth Keagy, the 9th child of Christian Keagy 142
Henry Keagy, the 2d son of Abraham Keagy, 142
Abraham Keagy, the 3d son of Abraham Keagy, 143
Ann Keagy, eldest child of Abraham, 3d son of Abraham 145
Catharine Keagy, 2d child of Abraham. 3d son of Abraham, 149
[Martin Boehm Keagy, 1st son of Abraham, 3d son of Abraham, 150
Abraham Stoner Keagy, 2d son of Abraham, 3d son of
Abraham, 1^2
Dr. John Miller Keagy, 3d son of Abraham, 3d son of Abraham, 156
Rebecca (Keagy) McPheeters, 3d child of Dr. John M. Keagy, . . 160
Eliza Lavina (Keagy) Stayman, 7th child of Abraham Keagy, 161
Dr. Adam Litzenborg Keagy, 8th child of Abraham Keagy, . . 161
IXDKX. (IH!I
I\udolph Keai^-y llu- Itli sdii of Alii-;ili;nii. llif h.-loxcd sen of
Hanse, \c,\>
Jacob Keagy, eldest sou of lludolph Id:.'
Kudolph Keagy, 3d son of lvU(lol|)li 107
Isaac Keagy, son of Eudolph. the ;5d son of Kudolpli KJS
Wm. Boyden. second Inisband of Mrs. Isaac Keag_\ ICi'.)
Maiy (Keagy) ^letcalfe, eldest daughter of Kudolph Keagy. .. 171
Eudolph Keagy, son of ]iudoli)h Keagy IT:;
Franklin Keagy, son of Kudolph Keagy. and ihe llisl(U-iaii of
the Kiigy Family, 171
Henr^- Keagy, 3d son of Kudoljih Keagy 17i'i
Georg'e W. Keagy, 4th son of Rudolph l\e;ig;\ \'^'>
Henry Keag\\', eldest son of Kudol|)li. 1th son of Al)raliaui 1^7
Abraham Keagy, 2d son of Kudolph, 4th son of Ahrahaui. .. l>".t
Sarah A. (Keagy) Storm, daughter of Al)raham Keagy, I'.M
Anna (Keag'y) IIowr\', only daughter of Kudolph K'eagy I'J'J
Barbara (Keagy) Urljan, daughter ol' Ahrahaiu. the lieloNcd
son, l'.)3
Mary (Keagy) Haverstick, (iaiigliter of Ahrahaui the liclovcd
son 1 '■<*'<
John Haverstick. eldest son of Mary (Keagy) Haverstick r.»7
Abraham Haverstick, :2d son of Maiy (Keagy) Haverstick IK'.t
Jacob Haverstick. :!d son of ^Nfary (Keagy) Haverstick 200
David Haverstick, 4th son of Mary (Keagy) Haverstick :.'n:.'
Catharine (Haverstick) F.air. ath child of Mary (Keagy) Haver-
stick :i<»-
Anna (Haverstick) Shenk, -'•-
Fronica (Fanny) (Keagy) StoTu-r, daughlcr of Alu-ahani. the
beloved son, ••"••
Susannah (Keagj-) Stehman, daug-hter of Ai)raliaui. the iteloMc
son,
Elizabeth (Keagy) T.itzenborg. daughter <d' Al)raliaiu. the be-
loved son, -"■''
John Keag-ey, the son of Aluaham. the hdoved son :.'<'">
Jacob Keagey, eldest son of .Idlin Keagcy, of Canada :-'|'-
John Keagey, 2d son of .loliu Keagey, of Canada -l 1
John Binkley Keagey. son of John, the 2d 211
Elizabeth (Keagey) IJuiJcrt. daugliter of Jolm. tlie :.M 2U
"William Henry Keagey, :u\ son of John, the 2d 214
David, :Nrary Jane and Abraham Smitli Keagey. ciiildreii of
John, the 2d -l-*^
Magdalene (Keagey) Behimer. eldest daui^htn- of .lohn Keiifjey.
Sr ■•i>5
Catharine (Keagey) Cornell. 2d daughter of .lohii Keagey. Sr.. 210
Elizabeth (Keagey) Cornell. :;d daughter of .lohn K.-agey. Sr.. 223
Mary B. (Keagey) Neff, 8th cliild of John Krag.-y. Si- 223
205
670 KAGY RELATIONSHIP.
BOOK FIRST— CHAPTER THIRD.
Rudolph Ivagy, 3cl son of "Hanse" Kiig-y, 225
Abraham Keagy, son of Rudolph Kag-y, 230
Catharine (Keagy) Hess, a daughter of Abraham, a son of
Rudolph 230
Anna (Hess) Kauffman, daughter of Catharine (Keagy) Hess, 230
Edward Hess, son of Catharine (Keagy) Hess, 237
Amos Hess, son of Catharine (Keag-y) Hess, 238
Sarah (Kagy) Hess, a daughter of Abraham, a son of RuJoli^h
Kagy, 239
JNIichael Cag'ey, a son of Rudolph Kagy, a son of "Hanse," .... 241
Catharine (Keagy) Rife, a daughter of Alexander Keagy 242
HOOK FIRST— CHAPTER FOURTH.
Henry Kagey's descendants 244
John Kagey, eldest son of Henry, biography, 244
John Kagey elegy by Prof. Joseph Salyards, 250
Henry Kagey, son of John, 252
Anna (Kagey) Summers, daughter of Henry, a son of John,... 255
Mariah (Kagey) Heestand, daughter of Henry, a son of John, . . 256
Elizabeth (Kagej) Hoffnuin, (hiiighter of Henry, a son of John, 257
Sarah (Kagej') Summers, daug-hter of Henry, a son of John,.. 258
Barbara, Anna and Elizabeth (Kagey) Ryan, daughters of
John Kagey 258
Abraham Kagey, 5tli child of John Kagey, 260
Elizabeth V. (Kagey) Keyes, eldest daughter of Abraham 260
Barbara Ann (Kag'ey) Rosenberger, daughter of Abraham 263
David F. Kagey, a son of Abraham, 264
Henrj' Kagey, 2d son of Henry. Sr., 270
Barbara (Kagey) Hupp, a daughter of Henry, 2d 270
Henry Kagey, a son of Henry, the 2d, 271
Anna (Kagey) Frantz, a daughter of Henry, the 2d 275
Christian Kagey, a son of Henry, the 2d 275
Mary (Kagey) Strickler, a daughter of Henry, the 2d 275
Jacob Kagey, 3d son of Henrj', Sr., 277
Abraham Kagey, son of Jacob Kagey, 277
Henry Kagey, son of Jacob Kagey, 282
Barbara (Kagey) Nelf 282
Jacob Kagey, son of Jacob Kagey 284
Elizabeth (Kagey) Barb, a daughter of Jacob, 3d son of Henrj-, 298
John Kage3% a son of Jacob, 3d son of Henry, 303
Isaac Kagey, a son of Jacob, 3d son of Henrj', 307
Anna (Kagey) Roof, a daughter of Henry, Sr 307
Al)raham Kagey, 4th son of Henry. Sr 308
Henry Nefif Kagej', a son of Abraham 308
INDEX. 671
Jacob Kagey, 2d son nf A l)i;ili;iiii 312
Anna M. (Kag-ey) W,-iy l.-iiid. :i ihni-hici- df .lac.ili KaL'«'\' 315
John Walter W'ayland, a son of Anna M. Waylaud 31(5
Abraham INett' Kagey, 3d sou of Abraham 3*20
John Henr}^ Kage^', a son of Abraham ^elV Kagey 325
David Neff Kagey, 4th son of Abraham 335
Barbara Kagey, alh ehih] of Abraham 33S
Isaac Kagey, 5th son of Abraliam 341
Anna (Kagej--) Kochenour, 3d danghter of Al)raham 34G
Mary and Elizabeth Kagej', daughters of Abraham 347
Christian Kagey, oth son of Ilenry. Sr 347
Martin Kage^-, a son of Christian, 34S
Isaac Kagey, 2d son of Christian, 35(t
Rebecca (KagejO Keffer, daughter of Isaac Kagey, 352
Samuel Kagey, 3d son of Christian. r)th son of Henry 350
Christian, Daniel and I'arbara (Kagey) Shirley, chilihrn of
Christian Kagey, 5th son of Henry, 3t>0
Mary (Kagey) Neff, 2d daughter of Christian Kagey 3G1
Elizabeth, Henry and Jacolj Kagey. children of Cliristian
Kagey, 303
Eudolph Kagey, the (Itli son of Henry 303
Barbara (Kagey) Blosser, danghter of Kudolph Kagey 304
Kudolph iJJosser, son of I'.arbara (Kagey) Blosser, 305
Maria iWosser, (laughter of ilai-bara (Kagey) Blosser 367
Peter Blosser, son of liarbara (Kagey) Blosser 371
Jonas Blosser, son of Barbara (Kagey) Blosser 372
Xoah Blosser, sou of Barbara ( Kagey) Blosser 373
Joel Blosser. son of r.arbara ( Kancx ) Itlosser 375
Jacob Blosser, son of Barbara (Kagey) Bhjsser 370
Susanna Blosser, daughter of Barbara (Kagey) Blosser 370
Anna Blosser, daughter of Barbara (Kagey) Blosser, 377
Henry Kagey, eldest son of Kiid(>]|ili Kagey 3sl
Christian TJ. Kagey, 2d son of Kudolph Kagey 3S0
Barl)ara. (Kage\') Jirandl, daughtei- of Christian l\agev 3>^ti
Kudolph Kagay, 1st son by the 2d wife of Christian K.. .... 3'.tl
Frederick and Franklin Kagay, 2d and lid sons of Christian K., 31»3
John Kagay, 5th son of Christian li 307
Christian C. Kagay, Jr., Oth son of Chi-islian B. Kagey 4<iG
Jacob Kagey, 3d son of KuddliMi. Oth son nf Henry 406
John E. Kagey, 4th child of Kiidolph. Oth smi ,,( Henry 4iiO
Kudolph, 2d son of Jo'lm B. Kagey 40<.»
Charles Edward Keagy, 1st son of Kndf>lph K'eagy 410
Martha A. (Keagy) Fast, 1sl daughtfi- of Unilolpli, son of
John B -JK
Ehoda (Keagy) Byrum, daiigliiei- of Kudolph. son of John R.... 419
Anna (Keagy) Thomas, daughter of Jolm B. Kagey 419
^'''2 KAGY EELATIONSHIP.
Peter Kagey, a son of Kudolph, the 6th son of Henry, 420
Eve (Kagey) Wenger, daughter of Ivudolph, the 6th son of
Henry, 425
Barbara (Kagey) Beery, 2d daughter of old Henry, 427
Isaac, Martin and Elizabeth (Kagey) Myley, 428
BOOK FirvST— CHAPTEE FIFTH.
Susannah, Barbara and Anna Kiigy, daughters of "Hanse"
KiigT' 429
BOOK SECOND.
Emig-ration of 1739, 430
John Jacob Keagy, eldest son of Johannes Kagie, 432
Ann Katharine (Keagy) Sewell 432
Catharine Eloise (Sewell) Lee, 438
Mary C. (Lee) Andrews, 439
Louisa Sewell (Lee) Baj-ard, 440
Hon. Thomas Francis Bayard, 443
Cornelia Olivia (Sewell) Somervell 447
Charles Sewell Somervell 448
Mary Elizabeth (Somervell) Wilson 449
Alexander Somervell, Jr., 449
Emma Cornelia (Somervell) Scdwick 449
Eloise Sewell (Somervell) Solomon 450
Eosa (Somervell) Sollers 450
Charles Smith Sewell, Jr 450
Anna INfaria (Sewell) Morsell 451
Clement Keagy Sewell, 452
Jacob Keagy Sewell. M. D 453
George Smith Sewell, 453
James Monroe Sewell 453
Septimus D. Sewell 454
John Keagy, Rudolph Keagy. Isaac Keagy and Ann (Keagy)
Xeff, 459
BOOK THTBn— CHAPTER FIRST.
Rudol])h Kiigy, emigration of. 1764, 460
Rudolph Kiigy, sale of property in Pennsylvania, 464
Continental money, depreciation of, 466
Christian Kagy, eldest son of Rudolph Kagy, 467
Lewis B. Kfigj-. eldest son of Christian Kiigy, 468
John M. Kiigy, 6th child of Lewis B. Kiigy 468
Rebecca (Kiigy) Trumbo. (hiughter of Lewis B. Kiigy, 475
Frances (Kiigy) Bretz, a daughter of Christian Kiigy. 475
Abraham Bibler Kagay, a son of Christian Kiigy, 481
INDEX. t'.7:i
Daniel Hall Kaga^-, a son dl' Abraham I'.. K.il:;i\ 4s2
Benjamin Franklin Kagay, a son of Abraham 15. Kat,'a.\ 4s3
Barbara (Kiigy) l!retz. a daugrhter of Cliristian Kiigy 487
Elizabeth (Kiigy) Hall, a danjarhter of Christian Kiifry 4^8
Eebecca (Kiigy) Ashbrook, a danghter of Christian Kiigy. I'lO
Christian Kiigy, son of Christian, ehlest son of Kud(>l|)ii.. . .•4
Samuel Kiigy, son of Christian, eldest son of Itudolph. .... '4
Susan Kiigy, daughter of Christian, eldest son of Riidolph. ■. >6
BOOK TUIKI) (il.\i"IM:iJ SKCOXI).
Rudoljih Kiigy, 2d son of Kndolph Kiigy • 'S
John Kiig^-, eldest son of Kudolph, the 2d . iS
Andrew Kiigy, eldest son of John Kiigy i7
Hannah (Kiigy) BorotF, daughter of John Kiigy. .'.o'j
Rudolph Kiigy, a son of John Kiigy ,'.n'j
Dr. Isaac Kiigy, a son of John Kiigy ".10
Nancy Ta^'lor (Martin) Kiigy. wife of l)i-. Isaac Kiig.\. ... Hi
Hon. Judge John Uenjamin Kiigy, son of John Kiigy .'•-'O
Marietta (Black) Kiigey, wife of Hon. Judge .1. I!. Kiig.s .'CO
David Kiigy, a son of John Kiigy 523
Sarah R. (Miley) Kiigy, wife of David Kiigy. r)2^
Levi ^Monroe Kiigy, son of David Kiigy, 53.3
Rachel (Kiigy) Huddle, daughter of Jolin Kiigy .'».'}4
Catharine (Kiigj-) Cummins, daughter of John Kiigy 539
Levi D. Kiigy, son of John Kiigy. 545
Amos Hite Kiigy, son of John Kiigy 545
Jacob Kiigy, 2d son of Kiidoliih. i lie :.'(! 54fi
Christian Kiigy, 3d son of Rudolpii. lin- :.'<1 54rt
Anna (Hite) Kiigy, wife of Christian Kiigy 54C
Elizabeth (Kiigy) Stevenson, daughter of Christian Kiigy 551
Hon. Samuel E. Stevenson, husband of Klizabeth Kiigy 558
John Hite Kiigy, son of Christian Kiigy, 562
Lewis Hite Kiigy, son of Christian Kiigy 567
Barbara B. (Kiigy) Spitler, daughter of Cliristian Kiigv 568
Hannah (Kiigy) Stevenson, daughter of ( lnist ian Kiig\ '0
Margaret S. (Kiigj') ^fcColm, daughter of Christian Kitgs , . . . j70
Wm. Baker Kiigj', a son of Christian Kiigy 571
Wilson Shannon Kiigy, a son of Christian, a son «>f Itmlolph... 572
Dorothy R. (Kiigy) Brubaker, a daughter of ( hristian, a sou
of Rudolph
Francis M. and Edgar C. Kiigy. sons of Cliristian. a son of Uu-
dolph
Abraham Kiigy, a .son of Rudolph, the 2d ''72
Hannah (Kiigy) S])itler. a daughter of Abraham 573
John Kiigy, the 2d son of Abraham Kiigy
Lavina (Kiigy) Saul. 4th daughter of .\liraham Kiigy.. 577
572
572
572
573
576
€74 KAGY EELATIOXSHIP.
Eliza S. (Kiigy) Hershberger, 5th daughter of Abraham Kagj-, 577
George Kagy, 3d son of Abraham KJigy, 578
Lewis Kiigy, 4th son of Abraham Kagy, 578
Benjamin Kiigy, 5th son of Abraham Kagy, 579
Elijah Kagy, 6th son of Abraham Kagy 579
Stephen Kiigy, 7th son of Abraham Kiigy, 580
Leander Kiigy, 8th son of Abraham Kiigy, 580
Isabelle Kiigy, youngest child of Abraham Kiigy, .:.... 580
Catharine (Kiigy) Hite, eldest daughter of Eudolph Kiigy, .... 581
Barbara (Kiigy) Seitz, 2d daughter of Eudolph Kiigy, 583
Catharine (Seitz) Patterson, a daughter of Barbara K. Seitz,.. 583
Lydia (Seitz) Siple, a daughter of Barbara K. Seitz 584
Elizabeth (Seitz) Bretz, a daughter of Barbara K. Seitz, 585
Hon. John Seitz, a son of Lewis and Barbara K. Seitz. 586-7
Hannah (Kiigy) Crooks, 3d daughter of Rudolph, 2d 589
Elizabeth (Kiigy) Beaver, 4th daughter of Eudolph, 2d, 589
Mary (Kiigy) Kanode, 5th daughter of Eudolph, 2d, 591
Eudolph Kiiga, the 5th son of Eudolph, 2d. 594
Abraham Kiiga, a son of Eudolph Kiiga, 594
Martha S. (Kiiga) Derr, a daughter of Eudolph Kiiga, 596
Henry Kiigy, the 6th son of Eudolph, the 2d 597
Dr. Martin Kagay, the 7th son of Eudolph, the 2d, 598
BOOK THIED— CHAPTEE THIED.
Jacob Kagy, the 3d son of Eudolph, the 1st, 605
Barbara (Kiigy) Einehart, eldest daugliter of Jacob Kiigy,.. 605
Erastus X. Einehart, a son of Barbara (Kiigy) Einehart, 606
John Kagay, a son of Jacob Kagy, 607
Mary Alice Kagay Wetherholt, a daughter of John Kagay 608
Isaac Kiigy, son of Jacob Kiigy, 609
Jerretha (Kiigy) Grove, a daughter of Jacob Kiigy. 609
Lewis Kiigy, youngest son of Jacob Kiigy, 610
Anna (Kiigy) Raiser, a daughter of Eudolph, 1st 611
Barbara (Kiigy) Zirkle, a daughter of Eudolph, 1st, 611
Elizabeth (Kiigy) Wine, daughter of Eudolph, 1st, 612
Mary (Kiigy) Wine, daughter of Eudolph, 1st, 612
Catharine (Kiigy) Good, daughter of Eudolph, 1st, 612
BOOK FOUETH— CHAPTER FIRST.
Simon Kegi, 4th emigration of about 1818, CI 3
Contract of marriage of Simon Kegi and Maria Ursula Jeck... 614
John B. Kiigy, son of Simon Kegi 616
Wm. Lomison Keaggy, son of John B., 616
Margaret Alice (Keaggj) Troutman, daughter of John B 616
Lucy A. (Keaggy) Gray-Hood, daughter of John B 617
INDEX. tM.>
Col. David IT. Keagg'y. son of .Tolni I' lilfi
Henry L. Keagf^-y, i-oii of John 1! 6-'i
Dr. John D. Keaggy, son of John li G23
1U)()K I'irrii.
Hans Jac'ol) Kagi. .")tli emigration G24
Anna CaroJina .Nettie ( i\;igi ) Fliiegge ti:,'7
Albert KJigi, son of llanse .laeob iVJ7
I'.OOK SiX'lli.
Henry Kiigy. tlie tltli eiiiigiani (ls;i:;) »■'-
The Kiigy family Kennions ii'M
The tenth Keiinion at Dr. Isaac Kiigy's . t)4:i
The eleventh Iveuniim iielii at .liidge .Ino. l'>. K:ii;y s < 17
The twelfth Keiuiion held at Jacob Sagers, I'ristol. oliin (Us
Conclusion: •'The Aa'cs." '■'riiaitatopsis." (J5;>-1
■;i;i; A TA.
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