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MEMORIALS

OF THE

MCMATH FAMILY

INCLUDING A GENEALOGICAL ACCOUNT OF THE DESCENDANTS
OF ARCHIBALD McMATH, WHO WAS BORN
IN SCOTLAND ABOUT THE
YEAR 1700.

"Lover, daughter, sister, wife, mother, grand-
mother; in these six appellations lie what the
human heart contains of the sweetest and most
delightful, the most sacred, the purest and most
inexpressible." — Massias.

COMPILED BY

FRANK M. McMATH,

OF THE DETROIT BAR.

DETROIT:

Speaker Pkinting Company:

1898.

"It will bore you very likely; so it would to read through
'Howell's Letters' froin beginnin;^ to end, or to eat up the
whole of a ham; but a slice on occasion may have a relish,
a dip into the volume at random and so on for a page or
two, and now and then a smile, and present!)' a gape, and
the book drops out of your hand; and so hon soir, and pleas-
ant dreams to j'ou." — Thackeray .

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Preface.

Introduction, and herein short dissertations concerning the his-
tory of Genealogy and the origin of surnames; some specuhitions (more
or less sage) and historical fragments touching the name McMath and

its earlier owners.

Page 3.

Archibald McMath and his three children Alia, Daniel and

Mary.

Pages 3 to 21.
Alla McMath; the settlement of the family in America; removal
from Pennsylvania to New York; ancestry of Mabel Kelsey, wife of
Alia McMath; the thirteen children of Alla and Mabel McMath.

Pages 22 to 47.
John McMath and his descendants, embracing the Himrod, Hatha-
way, Hammond and other families.

Pages 48 to (H,

Martha (McMath) Van Auken and her descendants, embrac-
ing the Stewart, Padden, Tompkins and other families.

Pages 65 to 84.

Elizabeth (McMath) Bainbridge and her descendants, includ-
ing the Gillette, Smith, Keltner, Folwell, Foster, Cole and other families.

Pages 85 to 119.

Mary (McMath) Bainbridge and her descendants, including
the Jones, Cassidy, Sweet, Marsh, Van Auken, Douglass and other
families.

Pages 119 to 178.
Samuel McMath and his descendants, including ancestry of
Mary (Fleming) McMath and the Shepherd, Vaughn, Derby, Persels,
Brewer, Chaffee and other families.

Pages 178 to 184.

Mabel (McMath) Baldridge, and her descendants, embracing
the Martin, Van Dyke, and Kuns families.

Pages 184 to 207.

Ann (McMath) Baldridge and her descendants including the
Wykoff, Salyer, Doty, I^emmon, and other families.

Pages 208 to 340.

Appendices and Notes.

PREFACE.

A preface to a work of this sort has several definite functions
to perform. It is important to state the sources from whence we
have drawn the data contained in the work, and the care taken to
avoid and correct mistakes, in order to inspire confidence in its
accuracy; the mechanical make-up, perhaps, requires a few words
of explanation; it affords the compiler an opportunity to acknowl-
edge the many kindnesses and courtesies which he has received in
the course of his labors, and it is an opportunity for a few observa-
tions touching the value of such work.

The work was taken up and carried forward in intervals of relax-
ation from more laborious pursuits and to divert the mind from less
healthy channels. There has been no thought of pecuniary profit.

It was not the intention to publish a book when we commenced
the work, but the large amount of interesting matter concerning the
family which came into our hands led us to consider that idea as the
only means of making it accessible to those of the family who might
feel interested. Those who happened to see the manuscript, expressed
in such commendatory terms their desire to possess a copy in print,
the compiler's sense of its increasing value as time went on and one
after another of the aged members of the family whose memories had
been drawn upon for important dates and facts, passed away, and our
manuscript became (in many instances) the only remainmg witness of
those facts, these considerations determined its publication. It is quite
probable that the book may possess more interest and value than if
undertaken and published as a matter of business. It is improbable
that the returns from sales will pay the expense of printing and bind-
ing. A preliminary canvass resulted in about forty subscriptions. No
matter what price may be fixed upon the book, not more than one
hundred and fifty copies are at all likely to be sold, judging from the
experience of others in the same field. The cost of printing five hun-
dred copies and binding one hundred (even in this modest dress) is
something over four hundred dollars. It will thus be seen that the
chance of realizing any return for the several hundreds of dollars spent
in gathering the material is very remote. Moreover, it is intended that
every member of the family who so desires shall possess a copy of the
book, and the matter of price shall not stand in the way.

In the commencement, the work was skeletonized by correspond-
ence with some of the older members of the family, addresses, dates,
and various items and scraps of more or less interest secured and

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iv PREFACE.

placed under appropriate heads. Next, a circular letter and blanks
were printed and sent out to every member of the family whose address
could be secured. Then letters had to be written requesting and
even begging the favor of a reply to the circular letters and the ques-
tion lists. In many cases dates and events were found differently
reported and letters had to be written to ascertain which account
was correct. A good many recipients of these letters and blanks
would not reply and their recoids had to be secured through rela-
tives or friends. If any errors appear in the dates it will be found, we
think, to have proceeded from this cause. Others would reply in part
and refuse to answer further inquiries. For more than a dozen years
this work has been pursued with more or less diligence.

In preparing the matter for publication we have exercised the
greatest care in comparing the MSS. with the sources of our infor-
mation, (letters, question lists, other MSS., etc.) Lastly, the printer's
proof has undergone a careful revision, and, while but an amateur in
this kind of work, it seems scarcely possible that an error of our own
can have crept into the book.

The mechanical make-up is as simple as possible. Every indi-
vidual descendant of Archibald McMath is numbered in the left hand
margin of the page. This number is repeated where the record of the
individual is carried forward for convenience or intelligibility. Where
numerals follow a name, the first number indicates the order of birth
and the second gives the book numbecof the father or mother. After
becoming acquainted with the use of these numerals, and the indenta-
tion or the plan of carrying the different generations in from the
margin of the page, it is not believed that any difficulty will be ex-
perienced.

Some, without doubt, will exclaim against the devotion of so
much space to family names and names in general, a subject not
immediately touching the purpose of the book; but the writer in the
course of his work, became interested in the origin of his own family
name, and finding such a wealth of historical learning upon the sub-
ject, could not forbear appropriating something to embellish and
furnish an introduction to the work proper; and, indeed, this subject
(whether Christian or surnames) is not without its own importance,
for, "as Walter Shandy often insisted, there is much, nay, almost all,
in names. Could I unfold the influence of names, which are the
most important of all clothings, I were a second greater Trisme-
gistus." If Carlyle be permitted to quote Air. Shandy, the writer may
perhaps be allowed to say that he regards this worthy gentleman's
argument upon the subject as absolutely convincing. In few words,

PREFACE. V

a child may be given a Christian name or, for that matter, inherit a
surname at birth which shall influence his conduct, morals and for-
tune. Camden says, "To find out the true origin of surnames is full
of difficultie," and if it shall be found that we have not accomplished
much in this direction, in the matter of our own family name, we have
at least found high authority to excuse our shortcomings.

The matter concerning the various other families bearing our
name is the fruit of much correspondence and research. It may be
that to many this matter will seem fragmentary and of doubtful im-
portance, but some future historian of the family who shall undertake
to amplify and complete our history will find sufBcient justification
for its presence here.

In the course of our labors we have examined family histories
to the number of nearly two hundred; of these the most remarkable
is the history of the Washington family, which shows the Father of
his Country to be a direct descendant of Odin, the founder of Scan-
dinavia, born B. C. 70. We may admire the patriotism, though we
must, for reasons elsewhere stated, doubt the veracity of this chron-
icler. The largest of these family histories is that of the Whitney
family of Connecticut, which commences with the year 1649, and is
contained in three bulky volumes embracing 20,361 names. The
writer is indebted to Hon. Diedrich Willers, of Varick, N. Y., (for-
merly Secretary of State) for a copy of his address, in pamphlet,
delivered at the Centennial celebration (June 13, 1894) of the ofificial
organization of the town of Romulus, N. Y. It is an historical
paper of rare value and of especial interest to our family and the
families of our connection.

The works most useful to us, perhaps, have been the little booklet
of the late Rev. Samuel Fleming, "being a Record of the Family and
Descendants of Robert Fleming," (Pub. Coldwater, Mich., 1868).
embracing the descendants of Mary Fleming, who in 1805 married
Col. Samuel McMath, and the "Record of the Gillette Family," com-
piled and published by the late Mahlon B. Gillette (Niles, 1885), this
record includes the descendants of Mabel Bainbridge (dau. of Eliza-
beth McMath), who married in 1817 Joel Hoyt Gillette. Mellick's
"Story of an Old Farm" embraces a record of the descendants of Ma-
bel McMath, who married Gen. Peter Himrod, and would have been
serviceable had not the author of that genealogy (Mrs. Mary J.
Dalton) kindly copied and revised her work for us, in manuscript,
so that we had no occasion to resort to the published work.

Some good things culled from various family histories may not be
out of place here. In the History of the Wrays of Glentworth, (Lon-
don, 1880), the author, Charles Dalton, says: "It is difficult to define

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the meaning of the term, an "Old Faniil}." In America, a man who
can prove he had a grandfather is considered of an old family. But
in this country it takes a line of grandfathers to entitle a man to
describe himself as coming from an old family. I consider the Wray
family a very old family." (It commences with a birth in 1523.) In
his preface to the "Memorial of the Walkers," the author, J. B. R.
Walker, eulogizes his family and ancestry in the following simple
but dignified and eloquent period, which might be applied to our
own family with equal truth and propriety. "With a name on which
no stain has ever rested, with an ancestry not often great, but always
virtuous, filling with fidelity and honor the stations tliey were called
to occupy, one may justly be proud of his lineage." And this, from
the autobiography of Rev. Wm. Jay, of Bath. "I have not to trace
a long and proud lineage. If any great and illustrious individuals
have been found among my ancestors, they have not been ascer-
tained in my family in my own time. But were I mean enough to
feel any mortification here I could not console myself."

The writer here makes grateful acknowledgment to those who
have assisted in the work by prompt and cordial replies to his
requests for information. Too many have turned a deaf ear to
these requests, or returned empty answers, in the spirit of the Eastern
Cadi, who wrote in reply to M. Layard's inquiries about certain anti-
quarian statistics, "The answer which you seek of me, O illustrious
friend and joy of my liver, is both difificult and useless to be given."
However, it was but natural to expect that there would be some
who would have little interest in the matter, and the writer cherishes
no resentments.

Especial mention should be made of those whose contributions
embrace considerable portions of the work. Miss Sarah A. McMath
is entitled to credit for almost the entire history of our ancestor,
Alia McMath, involving a great deal of correspondence and re-
search, and on account of her interest in the work, her knowledge
of the family and its traditions, and a style of narrative especially
suited to an undertaking of this character, the family has reason for
congratulation that the history of this important period fell into such
capable hands. The history of the family of her grandfather, John
McMath, is almost wholly from her pen; at every step of the work
her assistance has been freely and cordially given. The simplicity J^nd
beauty of her narrative and expression easily distinguish her contribu-
tions. The late Alia McMath, Esq., and Mrs. Joanna B. Folwell were
earnest and interested helpers.

Hon. John W. McMath, William Bainbridge, Esq., Rev. William
Folwell Bainbridge, Miss Ida B. Van Auken, Mrs. G. H. Ten Broek,

PREFACE. vii

Mrs. Spencer G. Allen, Prof. Wm. W. Folwell, Mrs. Mary. J. Dalton,
Mrs. Alonzo M. Doty and Oliver C. Gillette are all gratefully remem-
bered. It would be impossible to enumerate all those whose names
crowd upon our memory.

Credit should also be given the late Rev. Robert McMath, whose
history of the family, in MSS., was made accessible to us through the
kindness of his sons, Morrison H. and Edwin McMath. His MSS.
represents the labor of years and evidences the cordial relations sub-
sisting between himself and the other members of the family of thirty
and forty years ago, with a very large number of whom he main-
tained a constant and cordial correspondence.

Our MSS. was completed so far as seemed possible in 1895, and
but little has since been added. The likenesses which we have repro-
duced might cause the suspicion that we had been at some pains to
select our best looking members, but that suspicion could only occur
to those who are strangers to the family.

A Scotch author in touching upon the subject of genealogy says,
"facts of this nature are easily ascertained in the Highlands, where
descent from honorable ancestors is not forgotten or neglected by the
poorest individual. To a stranger the accuracy with which genealog-
ical connections are preserved may appear ridiculous, but the people
fill many idle hours very innocently with matters of this kind, never
failing to bring forward the best traits in the character of their rela-
tions, and the conduct of the Highlanders is influenced by the dread
of disgracing the honorable race whose blood they believe fills their
veins. It may, therefore, be believed that in former times the bond of
friendship was close and strong in societies where so much import-
ance was attached to consanguinity.

And now a word in conclusion. We believe this work will serve
to draw together and knit in closer bonds of amity and good fellow-
ship the scattered members of this numerous family. We are con-
scious of our shortcomings. We know the work should have been
taken up by more capable hands. But, such as it is, we hope it may be
deemed a not unworthy monument to a righteous, patriotic and
honorable family.

FRANK M. McMATH.

Detroit, Mich.. May, 1898.

INTRODUCTION.

A few observations touching the history of genealogy and of
surnames, together with some data concerning the origin of our
own family name, may not be out of place. According to the Bible,
for many hundreds of years succeeding the creation of Adam and Eve,
a genealogical record was preserved of their descendants.

The ancient Hebrews attached especial importance to the preser-
vation of genealogical records, either because under the Mosaic law
all land remained forever in the family to which it was originally
allotted upon the occupation of the Holy Land, making such record
the only, proof of title to lands, or because by this means they
deemed they would be able to establish their claim to the blessings
promised to the seed of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. And hence it
is said the sacred writings contain their genealogies for nearly 3,500
years.

The Grecian mythology is evidence of the fact that the Greeks
bestowed attention upon this subject, for all of their Gods were
descended from old Saturn, and the line of descent and degrees of
relationship between the divinities were carefully defined.

The fables and endless genealogies against which St. Paul warned
Timothy were doubtless the tracing of human descent from angelic
and spiritual sources, which was indulged in by some of the ancient
philosophers.

Following the disruption of the Roman Empire for several hun-
dreds of years historical records are very meagre and upon good
authority it may be stated that there is probably no family in the
world which can trace a line of descent through the "Dark Ages."

With the gradual revival of learning and stimulated by the chiv-
alric deeds of the Crusaders, people began to delight in tracing their
relationship to those heroes and the science of genealogy again re-
ceived attention. It is from this period that the older royal and noble
houses of Europe date their authentic genealogical records.

In England, even during the middle ages, considerable atten-
tion was given by the government to the preservation of records of
the more important families, though the absence of surnames, great
changes in their orthography, and the fact that they were not hered-
itary until after the conquest render the earliest of these records of
little value. The duty of keeping these records devolved upon the
King's Heralds who made periodical visitations to the different coun-
ties and made notes of the names and condition of the various landed

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proprietors with such pedigrees as they might furnish. These were
made matter of record in the "Heralds' College" and are still access-
ible. These curious and sometimes valuable records consist of thou-
sands of great manuscript volumes filled with diagrams illustrating
chains of descent, drawings of coats of arms and historical memoranda
of like character.

In the reign of Henry VIII., Thomas Cromwell instituted parish
Registers as official records, though they only came into general
use throughout England about the beginning of the reign of Queen
Elizabeth, 1558. In every parish church a book is required to be
kept for the record of every baptism, marriage and burial in the
parish, with the dates, but they are said to be deplorably defective.
So long as a family held land the descent of the principal members
can be traced in the title deeds. But where they were not landed pro-
prietors the tracing of a line of descent by official records or docu-
mentary evidence is almost impossible.

For very many years among the English speaking nations (per-
haps among others) family records have been kept in Bibles. Pos-
sibly in the early history of the custom, because of the reverence with
which the Book was generally regarded and the belief that no one
would be so impious as to make it the receptacle of falsehood, whence
such records came, in some cases, to be accepted as primary and
absolute proof of the facts stated therein. Then, too, the family
Bible was the most cherished family heirloom, partly because of its
intimate association with the home life and partly because books
were rare and costly.

The early settlers in New England were so careful in the keep-
ing of family records that it is not difficult for their descendants to
trace their ancestry with certainty to the date of settlement in the
New World. We accordingly find New England families greatly
given to genealogical research and there are many old families with
published pedigrees. The quakers, too, have always given great
attention to the preservation of records of the members of their
sect and of their family history, and a quaker ancestry is compara-
tively easy to trace.

Closely allied to the history of genealogy is that of surnames.
Perhaps, of the two subjects, the history of surnames may be found
to possess the greater degree of interest.

All names, from the beginning, have been descriptive, though
owing to lapse of time and the changes which languages are con-
stantly undergoing, they sometimes become arbitrary and their sig-
nificance lost.

X INTRODUCTION.

Adam received his name from his Creator; it denoted his origin
from the earth. Adam called his wife's name Eve (from the Hebrew
Chevah, living) because she was to be the mother of all living. And
Eve gave to her first born the name Cain, implying acquisition.

From the creation until the commencement of the Christian era
and among some nations for long after, a single name sufficed to
distinguish the individual, as Joseph, among the Jews; Amasis, among
the Egyptians; Romulus, among the Romans; the British Charadoc,
etc. These names were usually indicative of some fact concerning
the birth or infancy, denoted some quality of body or mind, or ex-
pressed the fond hopes or wishes of the parents. In old testament
times a name was sometimes changed on the happening of an impor-
tant event in one's life.

The pagan philosophers, Pythagoras and Plato, taught that the
fate of the individual was largely determined by the name bestowed
by the parents upon their offspring. Even Cicero and Tacitus seem
to have shared this view.

At a later period we find many historical personages bearing nick-
names or sobriquets evidently bestowed by their admirers or enemies
and the name given by the parents was laid aside. Among these
may be noted, of the Greeks, Philip, meaning a lover of horses; Alex-
ander, a benefactor of men; among the Romans, Strabo, the squint-
eyed; Cadwallader, among the Britons, a leader of the war; among
the Celts, Howel da, or Howel the good.

The Romans at a very early period bore two names and after-
ward every Roman citizen had three. The praenomen, like our Chris-
tian name, was personal to the individual, as Caius, Marcus, Cneius.
It was given in early times on the attainment of puberty, and after-
wards on the ninth day after birth. Women had no praenomen till
marriage, when they took the feminine form of that borne by their
husbands. Cognomina were often derived from some bodily pecu-
liarity or event in the life of the founder of the family. The second
cognomen (or agnomen, as it was called), was sometimes added for
honorary distinction, and the third name was the family name, like
our surname. The Roman names were in their origin less dignified
and aspiring than the Greek; some were derived from ordinary
employments, as Porcius (swineherd). Cicero (vetch grower), some
from personal peculiarities, as Crassus (fat), Naso (long nosed), and
a few from numerals, Sextus, Septimus.

While the speech of Europe was undergoing a transformation,
the names in use remained the same; belonging to an obsolete tongue,
their signification by and by became unintelligible to the people using
them. The names selected at baptism were taken more frequently

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from the history of the Bible and of the church than from the old tra-
ditional repertory, which, however, was never altogether disused.
Many names supposed to be local and very ancient, particularly in
the Scottish Highlands, Wales and Cornwall, are in reality corruptions
of names of Christian origin in use elsewhere.

Succeeding the Christian era. and after the nations of Europe had
begun to adopt to a considerable extent Hebrew names, such as
Moses, Mark, Matthew, David, Luke, etc., to distinguish the indi-
vidual soubriquets, nick-names, and patronymics were added, which
became in some cases surnames. It is impossible to state at what pre-
cise period surnames began to be systematically adopted or to descend
hereditarily. Some surnames seem to have been hereditary in Rome
during the time of the Caesars, but their introduction is first traced
in the far East — in China. All family names in that country are re-
quired to be taken from a sacred poem attributed to the Emperor
Yao. As it contains but four hundred and eight words it will be seen
that the number of family names is not large. In four other countries
family names are found to have existed before their general intro-
duction among the Christian nations of Europe. Surnames began to
be taken in France about the year looo, and in England about the
time of the Conquest (1066), being introduced by the Norman adven-
turers, or a very little before, under King Edward the Confessor.
And Camden says, "Toe this time doe the Scottish men referre the
antiquitie of their sur-names, although Buchanan supposeth that
they were not in use in Scotland many years after. But in England
certaine it is that as the better sort even from the Conquest, by little
and little took sur-names, so they were not settled among the people
wholly, until about the time of King Edward the Second, but still
varied according to the fathers' name — as Richardson, if his father
were Richard; Hodgson, if his father were Roger, or in some other
respect; and from henceforth began to be established (some say by
statute) in their posteritie. This will seem strange to some English
men and Scottish men, which, like the Arcadians, think their sur-
names as ancient as the Moone, or, at the least, to reach many an
age beyond the Conquest. But they who thinke it most strange, I
doubt, will hardly find any sur-name which descended to posteritie
before that time; neither have they scene (I fear) any deed or dona-
tion before the Conquest but subsigned with crosses, and single
names without sur-names, in this manner in England:
" t Ego Eadredus confirmani.
" t Ego Edmundus corroborani, etc.

"Likewise for Scotland in an olde booke of Duresme in the
Charter, whereby Edgare, sonne of King Malcolme, gave lands near

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"Coldingham to that church in the year 1097, the Scottish noblemen,
"witnesses thereunto had no other sur-names but the Christian names
"of their fathers, for thus they signed: Gu'.fi fiUii iMeniani; Culuerti
"fillii Doncani, etc." Though after the Reformation in England, the
introduction of Parish Registers contributed to give permanence to
surnames, yet at the beginning of the eighteenth century many
families in Yorkshire had none, and it is said that even now, few
Stafifordshire miners bear their fathers' names, but are known by some
personal soubriquet. In Egypt, it is said, none but individual names
have ever been known to prevail.

On the authority of Dr. Keating and his contemporary, Gratianus
Lucius, it may be stated that surnames first became hereditary in Ire-
land in the reign of Brian Boru, who was killed in the Battle of
Clontarf (1014). Previous to this time individuals were identified by
tribe names after the patriarchal manner. It is asserted on the author-
ity of the ancient Irish manuscripts, that King Brian ordained that
a "certain surname should be imposed on every tribe or clan, and
that those names should become hereditary and fixed forever. The
several families were required to adopt the names of their fathers and
grandfathers, and those ancesters were generally selected who were
celebrated for their virtues or renowned for their valor."

A Statute of England, 5 Edw., IV. Cap. (1465), enacted that every
Irishman "dwelling within the English pale (then comprising the
counties of Dublin, Meath, Lowth and Kildare in Ireland), should
take an English surname of one towne — as Sutton, Chester, Tryne; or
colour — as White, Black, Brown; or Art or Science — as Smith, Car-
penter; or Office — as Cook, Butler; and that he and his issue shall use
this name under paine," etc.

A curious illustration of their origin is given in "Curiosities of
Puritan Literature." In the wardrobe accounts of Edward IV., 1480,
occur the names of "John Poyntmaker, for pointing XI dozen of silk
points; John Carter for carting away a load of robeux (.now rubbish);
Richard Gardyner, for working the garden; Alice Shapster, for
making sherts" (shapster being feminine for shaper.)

The system of surnames was consolidated by a statute of Henry
v., requiring that the name and description of the party should be
exactly set forth in every writ or indenture.

The Hebrews in their genealogies used the word Ben, meaning
Son (having no surnames), as Melchi Ben Addi— Addi the son of
Melchi. The Welsh used Ap, as Ap Owen— the son of Owen. The
Britons used the terminal "ing," and the Normans used the word Fitz,
as Fitzherbert, for the same purpose. In England, the addition of a
final "s" to a father's name, in some cases became the son's surname,
as Peters, and in Spain "ez," as Ferdrandez (literally, son). The

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prefix "De" or "D" in France, '"di" in Italy, and the German "von"
was usually followed by the name of the estate or residence of the
bearer. In Scotland, as soon as the head of the family or clan had
adopted some hereditary name, it was immediately adopted by all his
vassals of whatever rank.

The prefix "Mac" began to be adopted in the sixteenth century.
The head of a tribe or smaller group of kindred in Ireland and the
Highlands of Scotland, selected some ancestor and called himself
Ua, grandson, or as it has become Anglicised O' (Ua Conchobair —
O'Conor). This naturally led some to form their surnames with Mac
(meaning son), as, Mac Carthaigh, the son of Carthach — McCarthy.
Both methods were followed in Ireland, but the latter came to be
exclusively followed in Scotland. In a Clan or Sept (a sept being one
of a number of smaller communities into which each clan was divided,
with a chief, his kinsmen and retainers, as in the larger community,
the clan proper), all the members of which bore but the one name
(with no forename), the chief was designated as, e. g., "The Mac-
Math." In an old history of Scotland is recorded an exchange of
visits by the English Earl of Mersey and "The MacMath" at their
respective seats. The earliest mention of the name MacMath
seems to be in the records of the Privy Council. We find that in the
middle of the i6th century the family were included among the
landed proprietors or gentlemen of Dumfries. The seat of the Mac-
Maths of that Ilk was at Dalpeddar, County of Dumfries. They held
their lands under the Douglases of Drumlanrig, as their feudal super-
iors up to about the year 1600, when the superiors bought up the
property in addition to the superiority, and Dalpeddar has since that
time formed a part of the Drumlanrig estates, and belongs to the
Duke of Buccleuch and Queensbury, who is Douglas of Drumlanrig.
It is quite certain that the MacMaths held their lands in Dalpeddar
from about the year 1400 for a period of nearly three hundred years.
About the commencement of the eighteenth century the family pos-
sessions appear to have been acquired by the Douglases, and the
family dispersed. Whether this was the result of some great misfor-
tune, the penalty of rebellion, or deliberate intention cannot now be
known. It is tradition, handed down through nearly two centuries in
our family, that our ancestor Archibald AIcMath left Scotland to es-
cape persecution on account of his religious convictions.

"In the seventeenth century a family of merchant burgesses of
the name of Macmath flourished in Edinburgh, and the arms assigned
to them in Funeral Escutcheons — sable, a chevron checquy argent and
azure between three lions' heads erased of the second — are certainly
founded on McNaught. They intermarried with the Kinlochs, Trot-

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ters. Dicks and other families of rich merchants in Edinburgh."
(Workman's MSS., Lyon office, compilers name unknown, but be-
longed to James Workman, 1623.)

Stodart II., 187.

"Sir Robert Forman, Lyon King of Arms, sent to France to 'our
Sovrane lady, Marie, by the grace of God, Queen of Scotland and
Dowager of France,' probably in 1562. a roll of the arms 'of two hun-
dred and sixty-seven knights and landed gentlemen of the Kingdome
of Scotland.' The original is not known to exist, but in the Advocates
Library there is an imperfect copy in trick, executed by Sir James
Balfour, Lyon King of Arms, 1630-54. * * * ic^^2 is given as the
date, but this must be a mistake; Sir Robert Forman was appointed
Lyon in 1555, and Francis II. died in 1560."

"Scottish Arms," by R. R. Stodarl, 18S1, I. Introduction V.

(Forman's Roll.)

"Mackmath of that Ilk. L(indsay) 129, Makknaucht, the tincture
of the field is not marked; the inescutcheon is gules charged with a
cross argent."

Stodart II., p. 72.

McMath (that Ilk), sa. an inescutcheon chequy, ar. and ax. betw.
3 lions' heads, erased, of the second: in chief a mullett of the same.

McMatch (Auchinsay), sa. three lions' heads, erased, ar. in chief
a mullet of the last a bordure of the second.

(Burke's Encyclo. of Heraldry.)

The following is taken from the recoi'ds of the Privy Council
(1590) out of an almost completed list of the landed proprietors of
Scotland. It is entitled:

"The Roll of the Clans that hes Capitanis, Cheiffis, Chieftenis,
quhomeon they depend, oftymis aganis the willis of thair Landisloi-dis,
alsweill on the Bourdouris as Hielands and of some special personis
of branches of the saidis Clannis."

"Laadit men."

Including "Dumfries. Drumlanrig (Douglas), MacMath (of that
Ilk)," and others, the last name on the Roll of Dumfries being "Lord
Hereis."

From Monipenny's list of "The Names of the Barons, Lairds and
Chiefe gentlemen in every Sheriffdome, as they were Anno Domini,
1597," we take the following, "Dumfries, with the Stewartries of Kirk-
cudbright and Anandail, MacMath, of that Ilk," et al.— i. e., of the
same as, e. g., "Dunwoody of Dunwoody." It signifies that the per-
son so described is the head or chief of the family of the name. There

Copy of Rough Tkacinc of Arms of McNaught.

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may or may not be a place of the same name. (Jamieson's Scot.
Diet.)

In Ireland several families are found bearing the name, all, how-
ever, appearing to have sprung from the same stock. All the members
of these families maintain that their ancestors came from the High-
lands of Scotland, though they differ as to the time of the settlement
in Ireland. They seem to have settled in the vicinity of Castleblaney,
County Monaghan, in Ulster. From the beginning of the Reforma-
tion in Scotland its inhabitants who had embraced Protestantism
sought refuge in times of persecution in Ireland, settling principally
in the Province of Ulster, the most northerly of the four provinces
into which that country is divided, and which long remained com-
paratively independent of English rule. Under the reign of James I.
of England, during the Protectorate, and at the time of the Restoration
when Charles II. attempted to introduce Episcopacy into Scotland,
large numbers of Scotchmen settled in Ulster. They demonstrated
their numbers and the strength of their religious attachment in the
staunch and memorable defense of Londonderry (begun April i8th,
1689), and in the valiant service rendered their Protestant champion,
William of Orange, at the Battle of the Boyne (July 12th, 1690).

The name "Alia" is a peculiar one and cannot fail to arrest the
attention of any student of nomenclature who may chance upon this
volume. In the Irish language the word denotes a "cliff." The word
was anciently written "Aella," and appears in English history after
the invasion and settlement of the Angles on the eastern coast of
England, which occurred about the middle of the fifth century.

Among Chaucer's Canterbury tales we find the tale of "The Man
of Law," which relates to Alia, King of Northumberland; a man of
generosity and kindness of heart who married the unfortunate Con-
stance, daughter of the Roman Emperor.

The name is evidently of Scandinavian origin; how it came into
our family or why preserved, may only be conjectured. In some
families of distinction, unusual names have been handed down from
father to son for centuries — e. g., Peregrine among the Berties, and
Sholto in the Douglas family.

In Bowditches' "Suffolk Names" Math is given as an existing sur-
name; the compiler adds, "its derivation is not obvious." Though
the word is still found in our language, its derivation is involved in
doubt and obscurity. It is now used as a noun to signify a mowing
or what is gathered from the mowing. In this sense it is used in the
word aftermath. Bishop Hall is authority for its use in this connec-
tion. "The first mowing thereof for the King's use is wont to be

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sooner than the common Math." Math, a drink referred to by
Milton, is probably of the same derivation as Mead coming from the
Saxon word Meadow, and allied to Math and Mow. That it became
grafted upon our language through the Saxons, is further attested by
the number of old family names existing among that people and
among other Teutonic peoples, embracing this word or syllable. The
word was also used by the ancient Greeks.

Take the word Philomath, defined as "a lover of learning." This,
is derived from the Greek, Math in that tongue being the root of
Manthano (to learn). Philos meaning a lover. Mathematics being
derived from the same source, and a number of other words.

It has been suggested that Math might be a corruption of the
Irish word Maith (level country, from whence comes Meath, applied
to two of the counties of Ireland), or from the Gaelic word Maith
(good), but it is quite certain that the word or name Math is by far
the most ancient.

As a name, the earliest mention we have found is in the Welsh
legends of the Bardic age. In those early days, the stories and songs
of the bards kept the memory of notable men and events from genera-
tion to generation.

These were arranged into Triads "of memorial and record, and
information of remarkable men and things which have been."

It is said there were originally three hundred. The sixteenth
preserves the memory of the "Three Masters of Mysterious and Secret
Science of the Island of Britain."

The first named of the three is "Math, son of Mathonwy, and he
disclosed the secret to Gwiddon, a son of Don."

Many legends concerning "Math, son of Mathonwy (or Math ab
Mathonwy), king of Arvon (Anglesea?), and Mona" (Isle of Man),
may be read in "Mabinogion," an English translation from the
original Cymric, by Lady Charlotte Guest, of a collection of tales, in
a MS. volume of the fourteenth century known as the "Red Book of
Hengest," and kept at Jesus College, Oxford, England.

Edward Davies, in his "Celtic Researches," published 1804, gives
us the name in a curious and unexpected connection.

The aim of this book is to prove the antiquity of the symbolical
sprig or twig alphabet to be far beyond all other alphabets. That it
was not the invention of the Druids, but had been preserved by them
through all their sojournings, in various lands, through intervening
time and generations, "from that period when the families of the earth
were divided."

Arms as Registered in the Lvon Office,
Edinisurgh.

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In support of this theory he gives quotations from a poem by
Taliesen, a Welsh bard of the sixth century, in which the alphabet is
supposed to relate its own story of its origin.

(Excerpts from the poem.)-

"Out of the multitude of arts,

"Of the teachers of men. Children of MATH.

"When the removal took place,

"I was marked by the Chief,

"I was marked by the Sage

"Of Sages, in the primitive world,

"At which time I had being;

"And I dispose the song of praise

"Which the tongue utters."

"The greatest of the three mental exertions
"That disported the world,
"And the one which was amongst
"The stories of the Deluge."

"Truly I was in the Bark

"With Dylan, the son of iihe -sea."

"I had been marked by Math
"Before I became immortal."

This author surmised that Math was the name of the deity or
supernatural power who directed or supervised the inventions of men,
according to the mythology taught by the Druids.

A family or tribe bearing the name Math are found in the Scottish
lowlands about the time of the Conquest.

The accumulation of two or more Christian names did not become
common till the present century, and another practice which has
gained ground in Britain and the United States is the use of surnames
as Christian names The traveling habits of the Scotch account for
such names as Inglis, Fleming, Welsh (the original of Wallace), ap-
plying to those who had visited, foreign parts, and sometimes a Scotch-
man wandering into England returned with the acquired name of Scot.

In England, the number of existing surnames approaches to about
forty thousand; one to about every five hundred individuals; in
Scotland there are far fewer surnames in proportion to the population.
Two or more surnames are often borne by one individual, in which

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case the paternal surname is placed sometimes first and sometimes
last. The wife in Britain and the United States changes her surname
to that of her husband on marriage. In continental Europe the hus-
band often appends his wife's name to his own, and in Spain the wife
retains her own name, while the son is at liberty to use either paternal
or maternal name as he pleases.

We should acknowledge our indebtedness to various authors and
lexicographers for the information contained in the foregoing pages,
but it would be impossible to name them all from memory, or from
any notes at hand. We are chiefly indebted to "Arthur's Derivation
of Family Names" and to Charlotte Yonge, though many other
authors have been drawn upon. As to the origin of our family name,
the reader is given all the information it has been found possible to
glean and left to deduce his own conclusions. Few family names, of
such evident antiquity, present such obstacles to the student in this
field as our own.

ARCHIBALD McMATH.

1. ARCHIBALD McMATH emigrated from Scotland
on account of religious persecution, to the north part of
Ireland. He appears to have settled in or near London-
derry some time prior to the year 1738.

Of his three children, Alia, Daniel and Mary, the
younger son, Daniel, who died at the early age of 19
years, was considered a lad of unusual promise and was
educated for the ministry.

Beyond these facts, family tradition is silent; but the
time of our ancestor's removal from Scotland, (Presby-
terianism then having but a precarious foothold there)
the place chosen for his new residence (the very strong-
hold of Presbyterianism) and the devotion of a son to
the ministry, are facts which would seem to identify him
as an adherent, and probably a staunch and active one,
to the Presbyterian cause.

2. i. Alia.

3. ii. Daniel, d. ae. 19 years.

4. iii. Mary (no record.)

ALLA McMATH. (i.l)

2. Born January ii, 1738, in or near Londonderry, Ire.,
where he lived until his 19th year, when he came to
America (1756) to avoid compulsory service in the British
Army. He landed at Philadelphia and found employ-
ment with James Wilson, farmer in Chester County, Pa.,
whose granddaughter, Mabel Kelsey, he married about
1769.

The settlers of Kittatinny Valley, Chester Co., Pa.,
were principally Scotch-Irish and early became dissatis-

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fied with their location for agricultural purposes, owing
to the upheaval of the soil by the wintry frosts.

When, as rangers, for the purpose of cutting off hos-
tile Indians, and on their hunting expeditions, the younger
men had traversed the valleys of Central Pennsylvania,
they noted the more fertile soil and pleasanter slopes,
and as soon as the land in this section became obtainable
by purchase to actual settlers, they flocked in to secure
for themselves new homes.

In 1768 the treaty at Ft. Stanwix (Rome, N. Y.) con-
veyed to the "Proprietary Government," all the country
on both sides of the west branch of the Susquehanna up
to Lycoming Creek. It was known as the "New Pur-
chase," to distinguish it from their land by a former grant.
Individual purchases were limited to 300 acres and the
terms were made at ^5 per hundred acres, and one penny
per acre "quit rent."

We find the name of A. McMath on the tax book of
Turbut Township, Northumberland Co., Pa., as early as
1774. At this date, and for some years later, Turbut
township included all lands lying between Ft. Augusta,
near the present town of Sunbury, and the top of the
Muncey Hills.

His plantation contained 214 acres, and is now within
the limits of Delaware township, the most northern
township of Northumberland Co., Pa. Evidently he was
not one of the original purchasers, his deed being from
one Samuel Man. It is inferred that the family did not
go out to occupy the home in the "New Purchase" until
some two or three years later.

It was known through the spring and early part of the
summer of 1778 that a large force of Indians and Tories
were collecting at Niagara for the purpose of laying
waste the frontier settlements of New York, Pennsylvania
and Virginia, and the settlers were filled with fear and

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apprehension. About the middle of July, the main body
of invaders descended the East Branch of the Susque-
hanna and perpetrated the fearful massacre of Wyoming.

At the same time, smaller parties of Indians roved
over the Valley of the West Branch, spreading ruin and
devastation, and killing and taking the inhabitants as
prisoners. Upon receiving intelligence of their approach,
the settlers fled in haste to the nearest forts.

The McMath family and their neighbors, some fifteen
or twenty families, sought protection in Fort Freeland,
which, the local historian says, was but two miles from the
McMath land, while family legends treble that distance.
But it is not probable the buildings were upon the point
nearest the fort, nor that the roads through the woods,
were the most direct.

Fort Freeland stood on the West bank of Warrior
Run, and had been prepared by Jacob Freeland, Sr., who
had built a grist mill and a saw mill on the creek. About
a half acre of ground was enclosed by a stockade fence,
some twelve feet in height, made of heavy timber set
firmly and closely together into the ground. Within the
enclosure was a fine spring of water, but only a barn,
some sheds and other out-buildings for shelter. After-
wards the refugees added a strong two-story log dwelling
house for better defense and for the accommodation of
their families.

Note: — Fort Muncey stood on the north side of the Muncey
Hills, about ten miles north of Fort Freeland. At the mouth of
Warrior Run, four miles below was Fort Menninger; while Fort
Augusta was twenty miles to the south, on the Susquehanna.

In the summer of 1779 this valley was again visited by the
Indians and Tories. At the first alarm, Fort Muncey was evacu-
ated, having been declared untenable. The women and children
were placed in boats, canoes, and upon rafts, and every available
means for floating, and were sent down the river. When any
of this varied craft were caught aground, the women, without

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hesitation, would get out into the water and push the vessel over
the obstruction. The men, armed, walked on the banks of the
river. They stopped at Fort Menninger and took with them the
families there, and sent word to those at Fort Freeland, but could
not wait for them.

Early on the morning of the 23rd of July, 1779, "more than
a year after the Wyoming massacre," says J. F. Wolfinger, 100
British and 200 Indians, under command of Col. McDonald, sud-
denly appeared before Fort Freeland and begun their attack.
They killed Freeland, the owner of the fort, as he was about to
enter the gate. The fort was commanded by Capt. John Lytle,
who, after a sharp contest, surrendered. He had no cannon and
but few fighting men who would have bravely defended until death;
but those within were principally women and children. When the
attacking party began their attempts to burn the fort, for their
sakes a capitulation was agreed upon. The able-bodied men were
made prisoners of war and were taken to Canada, while the fifty-
two women and children and four old men were allowed to leave
the fort in peace, and make their way to the towns of Northumber-
land and Sunbury below. After the evacuation the enemy burned
the fort. "On the site now stands a large, two-story brick farm
house." (Wolfinger.)

There is an impression, prevailing among the descend-
ants of Alia and Mabel McMath, that their grandpar-
ents were not numbered among the refugees of the fort
at the time of its capture and destruction, July 23, 1779,
since there are no legends of these events among
the several families; it is therefore inferred they had
already sought a safer residence in the better pro-
tected towns in the southern part of the county.
During the summer and fall of 1778, they had been
obliged to keep within the boundaries of the stockade,
but it is said they returned to their plantation for
the winter. There are reminiscences of more than
one hasty retreat to the fort, and it is supposed that it
was during one such absence, early in the summer of
1779, that their buildings were burned and their improve-
ments destroyed by the Indians; then, recognizing

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the utter uselessness of a longer stay, they had pro-
ceeded southward. We know they were absent from
their plantation six years, and that the head of the house-
hold found employment, the meanwhile, in the iron
mines, the locality of which cannot be learned, until he
acquired the possession of a five-horse team. Then he
returned to his farm and cultivated the land, and, as
occasion offered, "teamed it" to and from Philadelphia.
This was the custom among the farmers who possessed
sufficient teams and suitable wagons; or they used their
teams and employed their men in the iron mines for the
winter. Their manner of driving a five-horse team was
peculiar, one team being hitched before the other, and
the fifth horse ahead, as leader. The driver rode the
nigh, or left-hand, horse of the tongue team, and guided
the leader with a single rein. The wagons also were
unique. The box was of generous depth and a frame
work was added above, into which extra side and end
pieces could be slipped, one, two, or three above the
other, thus increasing the carrying capacity according to
necessity; often the whole was surmounted by an " orna-
mental railing." The noise of an empty wagon could be
heard a long distance, particularly in the stillness of a sum-
mer evening, or upon a frosty winter's night, and was often,
doubtless, a welcome sound to the watchers at home. How
horses were ever trained to travel quietly before them is
a mystery. As late as 1840, these Pennsylvania wagons
could sometimes be seen in Seneca Co., N. Y., the prop-
erty of the early settlers from Pennsylvania and New
Jersey,

The McMath family returned to the plantation in
1784 or perhaps '85. The land that they had previously
improved had become thickly covered with a growth of
bushes and young trees, requiring far more labor to re-
move than the original growth. Eight or nine years

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later this farm was sold to John Jacoby for ^8.33 per
acre. It is said to be at this date (October, 1889) of fine
farming quality and worth from $40 to $50 per acre.

Note — See deed, Alia McMath and Mabel, his wife, to John
Jacoby, Recorded D. B., F. p. 441, Northumberland County Records:
Cons. £658, I sh. Dated, May 3rd, 1794. Ack. May ig, 1794-
Recorded May 24, 1794. Land described as a certain tract or
parcel of land situate, lying and being on the west branch of
Delaware Run in Turbut Township, Northumberland County
State of Pennsylvania, beginning at a post, north 14 degrees east

by land of Carson, 163 perches to white oak, thence by land

of Greams, south 26 degrees, west 223 perches to a white

oak, thence by vacant land south 14 degrees, west 163 perches
to a post, thence by land of Wm. Scott, south 76 degrees, east 223
perches to the place of beginning. Containing, in the whole, 214
acres, and the usual allowance of 6^ for roads. Here a deed is
recited identifying the land as that conveyed by Samuel Man to
Alia McMath.

The soldiers who accompanied Gen. Sullivan in his
campaign against the Indians in the summer of 1778,
gave glowing accounts of the beautiful lands over which
they marched in central New York — the abundance of
small, clear lakes and frequent streams, the land rolling
and covered with fine, large forest trees.

Emigrants sought this country as early as possible.
In 1 791, young James McKnight, a resident of Turbut
township, Northumberland Co., Pa., went northward,
following the Sullivan trail, and located on the eastern
shore of Seneca Lake, taking up 600 acres, or lot 64
in the township of Romulus, Herkimer Co., N. Y.

Note — James McKnight, Sen., was killed by the Indians, when
he was detailed as one of ten men to go out from the fort after pro-
visions. (Harvey Baldridge.)

From a letter of John F. Wolfinger, Milton, Penn.:
" The James McKnight, Sen., you mention was killed by the
Indians near Fort Freeland, while McKnight and some other fort
men were out in the woods hunting their horses. The wounded

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and scalped woman you refer to was not Mrs. McKnight, but
Mrs. James Durham, who in company with Mrs. McKnight was
on her way on horseback from Ft. Freeland to the town of North-
umberland, near Ft. Augusta. Mrs. Durham did not creep mto a
hollow log, but was found sitting against a tree on the river bank,
with her little dog in her lap."

Sherman Day also tells the story of Mrs. Durham, and that
she lived until 1840.

His former neighbor, Alia McMath, was induced to
follow him, and he, with his large family, arrived at Mc-
Knight's in June, 1794. The eldest son, John, had been
married the February previous, and the young people
formed a part of the family. McMath bought from Mc-
Knight 400 acres — the northeast portion of lot 64 — for
which he paid $2. 50 per acre. It was the custom at that
time and in that locality to make contracts for land,
while the giving of the deed was delayed until all pay-
ments had been made. In this instance, it was given two
years after the purchase.

Note — See Deed, James McKnight and Hannah, his wife,
to Alia McMath, dated June 18, 1796. Recorded Sept. 27, 1796,
in book p. Seneca County Records, Cons. £387, 12s. 3d.
Current money of the State of N. Y., Land described as 373^
acres — 18 sq. rods of land — in Lot 64 of the Township of Romu-
lus, Onondaga Co., now Seneca Co., N. Y.

Before the deed was recorded, it is said, McMath
sold to Francis Albright 28 acres from the southeast cor-
ner, who, in 1798, erected upon the largest of the three
water courses, a grist mill — the first in this part of the
country. The supply of water fell off rapidly as the
land was cleared of the forests and brought under culti-
vation, and the mill did not long supply the settler's
needs.

When M. Baldridge purchased this 28 acres in 1804,
the mill site did not increase its value. It is remarked
that since the farmers of the present day have so thor-

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oughly put in tile under drain through their lands, that
the flow of water has increased noticeably during the
summer months.

The three water courses entering near the southeast
corner of lot 64, unite and flow in one stream in a northwes-
terly direction to the lake. McKnight reserved the two
hundred acres south of the ravine for himself, and Mc-
Math's 400 acres included the ravine. Just north of it,
near the lake shore, McMath built his cabin. Besides
household goods, he had brought sheep, cattle and
horses. They were well off for settlers, and had many
comforts, considering the time and circumstances. The
third summer, 1796, they raised 1,000 bushels of wheat,
which found ready sale for seed and bread among the
newcomers.

Besides the stream mentioned, a smaller one, draining
the central part of the farm, seeks the same outlet as
the larger one; for some four or five hundred feet they
are about one hundred feet apart, and a ridge of fifty
feet in height separates them — a real "Hog Back," too
narrow at the top for a wagon. The two ravines are one
at the road crossing, and the whole has views of beauty
and picturesque attractions. The northern and southern
banks are some fifty feet in height, and from a point on
the northern side flows a spring of water, and pump logs
were laid to carry the water to the roadside for the con-
venience of the animals of travelers. From the southern
bank is quarried a clay slate, which in the days of fire
places, was valued for fire backs, since the heat would
neither crack nor seam it. (Prof. Folwell remarks: "The
old fire place in my father's house was made from this
stone.")

It was left optional with A. McMath, upon purchasing
the land, whether he should include the ravine in his
part or not. He chose to take it, and the line between

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his possessions and McKnight ran upon the edge of the
southern bank.

McKnight lies buried at a conspicuous point near this
boundary, on the south bank of the ravine.

Note — From a letter of William Bainbridge, Romulus, N. Y.,
May 13, i8qo.:

" On my way homeward, I stopped and hitched my horses at
the roadside and sought the burial place of James McKnight, on the
south bank of the ravine; I walked a long distance over stones and
many bushes, and was about to decide to return when I saw the
appearance of a tombstone, still farther on among trees and bushes,
and so it proved to be. The inscription reads: " In memory of
James McKnight, who departed this life July 2g, 1808, in the forty-
fifth year of his age."

" Heliold, O man, behold thy fin:il end,

And ere death comes make Christ, the I^ord, tliy friend."

At the time of the " General flight " he could have been but
fifteen years of age.

His widow and three children, Andrew, Washington and Mary,
went to Michigan and settled near Ypsilanti.

In the early days the stream carried no mean body of
water to the lake, and when swollen by rains or melting
snow, it was a rushing torrent. When the spring floods
subsided, the Indians were wont to come for several
years afterward and stay for weeks at a time, and fish
with great success.

Later, the settlers would go, during the proper season,
night after night, with scoop nets, spears and hickory
torches, and "large fishing stories" might be repeated of
their successful efforts.

Note— Prof. Folwell says: "My father (Gen. Thos. J. Fol-
well) used to tell this story. 'Uncle Sammy' McMath would some-
times take it into his head to warn the boys off from fishing in
his creek. He had a peculiar voice with a 'burr' to it, which
'Tom' Folwell learned to imitate. On one occasion, 'Tom' went
down to fish in McMath's creek. On arrival he foimd too many

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fisherman already on the ground. He went up the creek slyly,
climbed over the 'Hog Back,' and came down to its lower end
where it overhung the best fishing holes. He then called out:
'Byzel byze! I will have no fizhing in my brook to-nightl'

No sooner were the words out of his mouth than ' Uncle
Sammy,' who had followed him, sprang upon him, and, recognizing
him, said: 'Tammas! Tammas! Is this you? I really thought it
was myself.'

This fishing, it needs to be said, took place after the warm
spring rains had swelled the brook, so that the 'lake suckers' could
run up to spawn.

I have eaten many a sucker taken out of that stream. The
fish of Seneca Lake seem to be unsurpassed for flavor."

A portion of this country was included within Montgomery County
previous to 1791. Then it became Herkimer County which extended
as far west as the Genesee River. A new division in 1794 made it
Onondaga County; in 1799 it became a part of Cayuga County,
but since 1804 it has remained as Seneca County; familiarly known
outside of the locality as " 'tween the lakes."

The site of Albright's old mill, is now known as Kendaia
Post-office. A school house stands upon the rise of ground between
the central and southern streams. Two miles south is the site
of the Indian town, the real " Kendaia," the " Appletown" of
the matter of fact settlers, now a farm cultivated and owned by
Edward Van Fleet, and across a gully can still be traced
the remains of a roadway cast up by Sullivan's soldiers for the
passage of their cannon.

Interesting Indian relics have been found here and all through
this section of the country, particularly near the Indian villages
and within burial mounds.

An effort to establish a Presbyterian church in
Romulus was first made in 1795 and '96 by the Rev.
Daniel Thatcher, of Virginia, who had been sent out for
this purpose by the General Assembly. He was a man of
hardy appearance, wore a round crown hat, with a broad
brim turned up in a triangular, military style. He had a
soldierly bearing, and had probably been a Chaplain in
the army of the Revolution. He collected the people of
this faith and inclination together and formed a church

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organization. Four elders were elected: John Fleming,
Alia McMath, Henry Wharton, and a gentleman from
Ovid. For some reason the proceedings were not ac-
cording to the recognized form — two of the elders died,
and the church became extinct. No other attempt was
made until 1802, when the Rev. Jedediah Chapman of
Geneva brought together again those who held
Presbyterian views, and established the Romulus church,
which is one of the oldest churches in this part of the
country. Services were held at the house of Henry
Depue. Alia McMath, Henry Beers and Jesse Brew-
ster were elected elders; there were fourteen mem-
bers. From this time until 1807 occasional services were
held in barns and private houses. In the absence of a
minister, the Bible was read, hymns sung, prayer offered,
and often one of Emmon's sermons was read for further
comfort and reflection. The people made great sacrifices
to attend " meeting." Women walked four and five
miles, or rode on horseback. The roads were too rough
for spring wagons, and strong farm wagons — even Penn-
sylvania wagons — were considered comfortable convey-
ances. The congregation came together early in the
morning, an hour before services, for quiet social inter-
course, and it would be well nigh evening' before they
returned home. The sermons were two and three hours
long; there was a morning, and an afternoon sermon, which
would often compass the entire system of theology. The
distance which the McMath family necessarily traveled
to church was five miles. Alia McMath served two years
as elder — until his death, Oct. 17, 1804. He had been
in feeble health a long time.

In dividing his property he gave to his three married
daughters $100 each; to his two daughters remaining un-
married, $250 each. (Girls were not supposed to want
much in those days!) The lOO acres from the east side
of the farm he gave to his son John, and the residue, 272

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acres, to his younger son, Samuel. His widow was to
have her home at the homestead with Samuel, with other
special privileges.

He was buried at Willard Cemetery% the oldest "bury-
ing lot" in this section of country.

Record of the stone in Willard Cemetery.

SACRED TO THE MEMORY

OF

ALLA McMATH,

WHO DIED

OCTOBER 17, 1804,

AGED 66 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AND 6 DAYS.

He was a man of few words and quiet ways and com-
manded the respect of friends and neighbors; he was an
earnest worker, performing "faithfully whatever his hand
found to do," neither withholding strength or purpose.

His only military service was rendered at the " Fort "

while acting as <2['uard.
/A
Of his jp»«iiB children, Mrs. Mary Bainbridge remarked,

that "no two were born in the same house."

MABEL KELSEY, who became the wife of Alia
McMath, was the great-granddaughter of William and
Jane (Stewart) Wilson, who lived in the north of Ireland
in the latter part of the 17th century. They and their
kinspeople were sufferers during the " Siege of Derry."
Mrs. Mabel McMath, when an aged woman, would relate
to her grandchildren, with tears in her eyes, the terrors
of the siege and the sufferings of her ancestors, as she
had heard the story from her grandmother Wilson.

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Their son, James Wilson, born 1693, and his wife,
Mabel Witherough, born 1698, emigrated to America
about the middle of the i8th century, and settled in
Chester Co., Penn, as farmers. James Wilson died 1771 in
the 78th year of his age; Mabel, his wife, died 1770, in
her 72nd year, of blood poisoning, induced by the bite of
a snake.

Of their nine children, only three are known — Mar-
garet, the eldest (who was six years old when they
removed from Ireland), married John Kelsey; Mabel,
probably the youngest daughter, married Michael Bald-
ridge, who for 65 years, resided in Little Britain, Lan-
caster Co., Penn.; another daughter married Rusk.

Note. — Ann Baldridge (dau. Michael and Mabel [Wilson]
Baldridge) m. John McMath; her brother, Alexander, m. (ist) Ann
McMath, and (2nd) Elizabeth McMath (then Bainbridge, widow of
Mahlon Bainbridge) and another brother, William Baldridge, m.
Mabel McMath, all three being sisters of John McMath. Michael
Baldridge m. (2nd) Margaret Rusk, granddaughter of James Wilson.

These numerous inter-marriages are of interest as exhibiting
the close and cordial relation which existed between the Wilson,
McMath and Baldridge families of that period.

Margaret Wilson, who married John Kelsey, was the
mother of three children. She died at the age of 26
years, of smallpox. Her third child, an infant, died of the
same disease and was buried with its mother. Her hus-
band, John Kelsey, after her death, went to South Caro-
lina, contracted a second marriage, and had a family of
nine children. He died of dropsy. Was considered a
man of wealth.

The two little daughters of Margaret and John Kel-
sey, Mabel and Martha, were reared by their maternal
grandparents, and grew to be "fair and winsome girls,"
"the fairest," according to tradition, "that walked into
the meeting house." Martha, the younger, became the

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wife of Guinn McConnell. Several of her children set-
tled in western New York, in the vicinity of Canadaigua.
The elder daughter, Mabel Kelsey, born in the house
of her grandfather, James Wilson, Chester Co., Penn.,
1749, was married to Alia McMath 1769, and remained
at home with her grandparents until after the birth of
her eldest child, John. The family legend declares,
" Mother and son were born in the same house."

Since her fourth child, Elizabeth, was born in Chester
Co., Penn., Aug., 26, 1776, she could not have gone out
to the "plantation" in the "new purchase" until after that
event. She and her husband could scarce have made for
themselves a comfortable home in the wilderness of
Northumberland Co. before the hostilities of the Indians
in the summer of 1778, compelled them to leave, first to
seek protection within Ft. Freeland, and the year follow-
ing to find another home in the better protected settle-
ments in the southern part of the county.

In person, Mrs. Mabel McMath was very small and
slender, weighing less than loo pounds, but she was great
in courage and intrepid daring, and possessed a large
amount of nervous energy and power of endurance. Her
grandchildren remembered her with pride and pleasure,
and readily responded to the request for personal remin-
iscences, regretting only their inability to recall more of
her wonderful stories of the times in which she had taken
an active part.

From letters written by the late Mrs. Joanna Bainbridge Fol"
well, of Romulus, N. Y., we gather the subjoined:

" I have often wished grandmother's story of the " General
Flight " had been taken down in writing as she was wont to tell it
to us youngsters. It took place in the beginning of harvest, 1778,
my mother, born Aug. 26, 1776, being less than two years old, so
grandmother always said. She tied my mother and one of the
other children upon a horse and walked eight miles to the Fort,
leading two horses — and ' then Sammy was born,' so she used to

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express it. Mother remembered being tied upon the horse and
added that she was put upon the top of a feather bed. Grand-
father and John had the care of the wagon.

"While they were within the Fort, grandmother said she com-
mitted to memory the ' Song of Solomon.' She had a wonderful
memory and was fond of reading history, both sacred and profane.

"After her son, John, opened his store at Ovid, Seneca Co., N.
Y., (they purchased his first stock in Lancaster, Pa.) she used to go
to Northumberland alone on horseback to buy goods to put in
'Johnny's store.' One day, when belated, she found herself at night
time still within the 'Beech Woods' and no accommodation for man
or beast within reach. She took some things down from the horse,
made a little bed and slept for the night.

"She was with my mother frequently, and for long periods after
my father's death, which occurred in 1814, when 1 was five years
old; I was always sorry when she left and happy on her return. She
had none but kind words for me and I have only pleasant memories
of her.

"She was witty and cheerful, never at a loss for something
to say.

"Of her granddaughters, Mrs. Louisa Hathaway resembled her
most in features, but she had steady nerves, was strong, and never
heard to complain. Her eyes were blue. Her hair, at seventy, was
scarcely gray — brown in color, thin and fine in texture. She
combed it down smooth, and turned it up on the top of her head,
tying it with a black ribbon to keep it in place; and then would put
on her white cap, which she had done up herself, having crimped
the border with a knife, and looked as neat as could be. She was
not as fully appreciated by her family then as she ought to have
been; there was no woman at that age, like her.

"Grandmother had peculiar forms of expression; she would
say 'the nigh way across the run,' instead of saying 'the shorter
way across the river,' and if denied anything she desired, would
say, 'I can do wantmg,' and at times 1 have heard her emphatically
declare, ' Indeed, I'll not; I'm above it."

From Mrs. Roxana Derby, Greenville, Mich.:

"Grandmother was an active business woman, rode long jour-
neys on horseback and bought goods to put in their store. The
family spun and made their own cloth. The plantation in Pennsyl-
vania, upon their return after the war, was overgrown with bushes
and strong weeds. The site of the house which the Indians had

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burnt six years before, had to be patiently searched for. Beneath
it they had buried dishes and kitchen utensils before their flight;
these they recovered. I had one of grandmother's fruit jars, which
had been buried there, for a keepsake when I came to Greenville."

From Mrs. Mabel Salyer, Ann Arbor, Mich.:

"The first summer the family spent at the Fort, grandfather
and grandmother would go to the farm, six miles, 'in the dead of
night,' clean wheat and carry it back to the Fort before daylight.
They winnowed the wheat with a hand fan — there were no fanning
mills in those days. They went at night, through fear of the
Indians, and the horses would shy and throw up their heads, as
though they shared the fears and anxieties of their riders. Grand-
mother was a small, slender woman and looked very small when
mounted on her horse. She was a woman of unusual intelligence."

An incident told by an eye witness to Mrs. Louisa Hathaway,
while a resident of Corning, N. Y.:

" On one of her journeys to and from Pennsylvania, she reached
the ford of the Chemung, a branch of the Susquehanna, not far
from where Corning was afterwards built. The river was swollen
by a freshet, and for several days a number of men had been wait-
ing at the convenient tavern for the waters to subside. After a
night's rest, she ordered her horse brought. 'Are you going to
cross?' the astonished men asked. 'I am,' she promptly and decid-
edly answered, and mounting her horse, she gathered her feet upon
the saddle and rode over safely, triumphantly."

From the late Alia McAIath, Esti., St. Louis, Mo.:

"For many years, grandmother rode a little brown mare called
'Fanny.' In warm and pleasant weather Fanny was allowed to take
her own gait; and with the reins dropped upon her neck, she
leisurely and daintily picked her steps, grandmother knitting as she
rode. But Fanny never failed to show a decided displeasure when-
ever any of the old lady's grandsons endeavored to enjoy a ride
upon her back; no coaxing or urging would give them the privi-
lege. Even to her latest days, she would run wildly about and
endeavor to throw the lad, who usually dismounted, very much clis-
comfited. She died of old age.

"One of grandmother's greatest pleasures was to measure
weapons of argument with those who differed from her upon the
great doctrinal points of the church. She fully enjoyed such

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opportunities, and being better read, and a better reasoner than
some of the preachers sent out as missionaries, frequently got the
better of her opponent."

From a letter by the late Fleming McMath, Esq., Adrian, Mich,:
"She had a spare, thin face, was a great reader, especially of

the Bible; took a lively interest in the welfare of her children and

grandchildren."

Recollections of Hervey Baldridge, of Varick, Seneca Co., N.
Y., as written by his daughter, Suessa, Nov. 14, 1889:

"From the stories of the life at the Stockade, and the number
of families taking refuge there, some fifteen or twenty, I have
always inferred that there must have been an acre or more in the
mclosure and that the families constructed for themselves several
houses, as they were obliged to remain there sometime. When the
warning came, 'Flee to the Fort, the Indians are coming.' it was at
mid-day, early in the summer of 1778. All the families in the
vicinity set out, after hurried preparations, before the setting of the
sun, save the McKnights and one other family, who delayed until
the following morning, when they were attacked by the Indians on
their way to the Fort. A young man and a child were killed, and a
young woman was scalped, being supposedly wounded to death.
She afterwards revived, and was found the next day by some
men from the Fort, was cared for, and lived.

"After grandfather's death, grandmother still lived at the old
homestead with her son Samuel until he and his family left for
Michigan (1826), after which event her home was with those of her
children remaining in the vicinity of the old home.

"After the death of her trustworthy mare "Fanny," she never
took long rides on horseback, and walked to make her visits,
knitting as she walked. The last time she visited her daughter,
Mrs. Martha Van Auken, at Lyons, N. Y., she was 79 years old and
walked the twenty-five miles; being a welcome guest with every
family along the way, she frequently stopped to make visits.

"Her memory was excellent, and she was wont to tell of the
life in Pennsylvania and of the War of the Revolution. She read
her Bible studiously, and other books, among them Josephus>
Hervey's Meditations and Scott's Commentaries. Her conversation
was frequently upon religious topics, especially the Prophecies and
the Millenium. She thoroughly believed a "bloody strife" would
take place throughout the world before the reign of Christ on
earth. She held long conversations on this and kindred topics
with Rev. Mr. Young and Rev. Mr, Barton, of Romulus, successive

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pastors of the Presbyterian church. In the spring of 1830, she came
to my father's house and remained there until her death. On the
24th of July, after we had returned to the wheat field in the after-
noon, a call by the 'horn' summoned to the house. Grandmother
was dying, and shortly after passed away.

"The following Sunday she was buried. It was a perfect
summer day. The old Presbyterian 'meeting house' at Romulus
was filled to its utmost capacity by relatives and friends.
The Rev. Morris Barton conducted the services. His text con-
sisted of the familiar words of Paul: 'I have fought a good fight,
I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there
is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the
righteous Judge, shall give me at that day, and not to me only, but
unto all them also, that love His appearing.' She was buried in the
ground attached to the old Presbyterian 'meeting house' now
known as the Romulusville Cemetery, where a large number of her
descendants are also buried."

Record of stone at Romulusville, N. Y.:

IN MEMORY OF

MABEL,

WIFE OF ALLA McMATH,

WHO DIED JULY 24, 1830, IN HER 82ND YEAR.

Children:

5. i. John, b. Chester Co., Pa., March 27, 1770.

6. ii. Martha, "the oldest dau." b. 1772 (probably).

7. iii. Margaret, b. Chester Co., Pa., April 8, 1774; d.
July 10, 1795, and buried in Willard Cemetary.

She was awakened in the night by some terrible dream which
proved such a shock to her nervous system that she became insane.
Her parents and relatives were advised by the best medical
advisers at hand that as the malady was caused by a shock, the
means of cure might be found in a similar nervous and mental
catastrophe. Acting upon this theory, they caused her to be
thrown suddenly into the lake. So far, however from restoring
her reason, it caused other complications resulting in her death a
week later. This treatment, rude as it may seem, was sanctioned
by some of the most distinguished authorities on mental and
nervous diseases of that day.

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8. iv. Elizabeth, b. Chester Co., Pa., Aug. 6, 1776.

9. V. x'\rchibald, named after his grandfather, was born
soon after the family had taken refuge in the Fort, in
the latter part of June or first of July, 1778. His tomb-
stone in the Willard Cemetery tells us that he died Sept.
14, 1796, aged 18 years.

He was the type of boy suited to a pioneer life; ready vvitted,
brave and aggressive. When the family moved to Romulus, Archie
had charge of the sheep, twenty-nine in number. The deep,
unfordable rivers seemed at first great obstacles, but his powers as
a swimmer enabled him to assist his flock over them in safety.
Unfortunately, after all his care and painstaking, the wild beasts
within a year had killed all but two of the flock.

He did not like the name Archibald, and so was always called
Archie. He said to his sister, Mrs. Mary Bainbridge, "call me
Archie; leave the 'bald' off until I deserve it."

He built a boat of about two tons burden with which he made
trips to various points on the lake. During his last trip, which
was made from Geneva, he encountered a strong head wind and
was compelled to make a landing about six miles from home.
\Vhile delayed here he ate a quantity of the wild red plums growing
on the lake shore and became violently ill, dying a few days later.

10. vi. Mary, b. Northumberland Co., Pa., Sept. 19, 1780.

11. vii. Samuel, b. Northumberland Co., Pa., Jan. 28, 1782.

12. viii. Mabel, b. Northumberland Co., Pa., March 6, 1786.

13. ix. Ann, b. Northumberland Co., Pa., May 27, 1788.

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5. JOHN McMATH (i.2.) was born Mar. 27, 1770,
in the house of his great-grandfather, James Wilson,
near Brandywine, Chester Co., Pa. He was eight years
of age at the time of the " Flight to the Fort," and
assisted his father in the care of the waeons.

At the age of ten he possessed his first Bible, he had
long desired one for his own, and one September morn-
ing was made happy by the permission to walk eight
miles to town to make the purchase. On his return, he
found a new little sister had arrived in the meanwhile,
and she became to him a special favorite during his life,
Mary (Mrs. John Bainbridge).

He and his wife removed to Seneca Co., N. Y., with
his father and family, June 1794. Having assisted his
father in clearing the land and making a comfortable
home for all, he desired that the one hundred acres that
had been promised, should be deeded to him. His father
proposed giving him his portion from the east side, but
the young man desired a lake frontage, to which his
father would not agree. Instead of accepting the land,
he took in its place $100 in cash, and with this, accom-
panied by his mother, started for Philadelphia on horse-
back, to purchase goods with which to stock a store. (At
his father's death, this despised 100 acres became his by
bequest, and was sold to his brothers-in-law Michael and
Alex. Baldridge.)

On their arrival at Lancaster, Pa., they stopped to
visit relatives; the merchants of the town persuaded him
to buy from them, saying they would do as well by him
as any of the merchants in Philadelphia. It is probable his
first business venture was made at the homestead. After-
wards he opened a store, some three or four miles south-
west of Ovid village, on the " Sullivan Trail." The date
of the change and how long he remained there is not

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known, but this was his residence and place of business
when the birth of his second son, Alia, occured in June,
1799. The "Trail" was abandoned as a public highway,
and in 1800 he was located on the direct road between
Ovid and Lodi. The buildings were of logs. John
DeMott was indentured as a clerk in that year. He
afterwards became one of the prominent business men of
that vicinity and a member of Congress. In 1806 John
McMath erected suitable and commodious buildings
upon Lot 18, a little to the north of this second location.
This was long known as McMath's Store, but in later
years as the residence of Dr. C. C. Coan.

There seems to be an impression that his mother con-
ducted a branch store. It is a well attested fact that
during these early days, this small and delicate woman
made several journeys to Northumberland Co., Pa., to
replenish the stock of goods, — 200 lbs. was the limited
weight placed on a horse, her weight 96 lbs. The heavier
goods were sent by water to Elmira, N.*Y., and were
from there transferred by wagons to their destination.

It has been said that his profits for the year defrayed
the expense of building, ^3,000. Success met him in
every undertaking. Little money was in circulation.
The dry goods and few groceries which were considered
necessities, were exchanged for grain and live stock.

The cattle were gathered in droves and driven to
Philadelphia. Later when the highways were opened up
through the country, grain was carried to Albany in
sleighs and from thence shipped to New York.

One winter he extended his trade to Montreal, and
loaded several sleighs with pork, and went with them
to that market. This proved a failure financially. Wish-
ing the following year to profit by experience, he
attempted to repeat the experiment against the prudent
counsels of his wife. To make preliminary arrangements
he rode down to "Brook's Point." His horse was young

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and not throughly trained. On his return as he rode up
the ravine, a sudden shower came up, he essayed to raise
an umbrella, the horse took fright, plunged forward, and
left him in the roadway. The next passerby raised the
alarm, he was taken to his home as dead. The doctors
however, found life, removed from his head the crushed
bones, and inserted a silver quarter, which he wore the
remainder of his life. He did not go to Montreal.

In 1813, he transferred the store to his clerk and son-
in-law, Peter Himrod, and retired to the farm, 193 acres
of Lot 36, purchased of David Laforge, September 1808,
for ^3,000. (This farm had been conveyed by Joseph
Wickoff and Nancy his wife, to Robert Oliver, for five
Shillings, July 3, 1802.) Two years later, June 8, 1815,
he was found dead in his bed.

He inherited from his mother, strength of will, power
of endurance and a vigorous circulation of blood. The
obstacles of travel and transportation over an unimproved
and undeveloped country were courageously and success-
fully met and overcome. Yet in all business matters of
importance he usually gave due deference to the wise
judgment and prudent counsels of his wife.

His only connection wath military service is evidenced
by a yellow and time stained paper bearing date of Mar.
2, 1804, appointing John McMath, Gentleman, paymaster
of the Regiment of Militia in the County of Cayuga,
whereof William Himrod, Esq., is Lieutenant Colonel
Commandant, to which is attached the autograph of Geo.
Clinton, Governor, State of New York.

He was small in person, about five feet six inches in
height, dark brown hair and blue eyes, fair skin, easily
excited, hasty in temper, but a generous friend and pro-
vider for his household.

Buried at Willard Cemetery, Willard, N. Y.
His estate was valued at $60,000. It was not divided
equally, his daughters having three dollars to every five

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for the sons, but neither they nor their husbands could
use aught but the interest, the principal being reserved
for their children.

His wife, Ann Baldridge, was born Feb. ii, 1774, at
the house of her maternal grandfather, near Brandywine,
Chester County, Pa. She was the daughter of Michael
and Mabel Wilson Baldridge and married John McMath
Feb. 8, 1794. She was a woman of unusual reserve who
looked well to the ways of her household, and was
systematic in all her work and appointments. Five of
her seven children attained maturity; they always
referred to her with pride and reverence. Her useful
and caretaking life closed at the home of her son, Alia
McMath, in Varick, Seneca County, N. Y., Jan. 5, 1835.

The funeral service was held at the Romulusville
Presbyterian "Meeting House," Rev. Thomas Lounsbury,
of Ovid, her own pastor, officiating. She was buried in
the Romulusville Cemetery.

Her mother was probably the youngest daughter of
James and Mabel Witherough Wilson. She was born
1743 or 4, and married Michael Baldridge, May 15, 1763,
died May 27, 1782. She was the mother of nine
children, two of whom died early. Her sons were named
Michael, Alexander, John and William Wilson, and her
three daughters, Jane (Mrs. David Rush), Ann (Mrs.
John McMath) and Mary.

Michael Baldridge was born May 19, 1726, in
Coleraine, County Antrim, Ireland, he was the third son
of William and Janet (Holmes) Baldridge. He emi-
grated to America with his parents in 1745, and settled
in Little Brittain, Lancaster Co., Pa. They were a
family eminent for their piety, and their "plantation" is
known as St. Michael's to this day.

His second marriage occurred in 1784 with Margaret
Rush, a granddaughter of the frequently mentioned James
Wilson. Their children were Elizabeth, David and Eli.

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His father bequeathed to him the "plantation" which
he sold in 1810. He died May 12, 1812, having resided
the last two years of his life near St. Clairsville, Ohio,
at which place his second wife, Margaret, died January,
14, 1841.

14. i. Alia, b. Dec. 6, 1794; d. July 15, 1797.

15. ii. Mabel, b. July 15, 1797.

16. iii. Alia, b. June 12. 1799.

17. iv. Michael, b. Aug. 8, 1802.

18. V. Infant, d. unnamed.

19. vi. Louisa, b. Sept. 28, 1807.

20. vii. John Bainbridge, b. May 27, 1809.

15. MABEL McMATH (ii.5) was born July 15, 1797,
died Feb. 7, 1836, at Ovid, N. Y., buried at Romulus.
She was married at Ovid, N. Y., Aug. 8, 1813, to Gen'l.
Peter Himrod (b. Feb. 25, 1794, and baptized April 13
1794, according to Readington church records, in New
Jersey. S. of Gen'l. Wm. Himrod and Elizabeth Sutphen
of Ovid, N. Y., and grandson of Simon Ludewig and
Marie Cathrine (Moelich) Himrod. Simon Ludewig
Himroth was baptized Dec. 16, 1731, in Bendorf, Ger-
many, was a son of Master Wilhelm Himroth, a miller of
Bendorf. Simon came to Philadelphia in 1752. (For
his descendants see " The Story of an Old Farm," by
Andrew D. Mellick, Jr., p. 656.)

He was clerk for five or six years for his father-in-law,
John McMath, and at his death carried on the business
for several years. About 1818 he removed to the town
of Hector, and turned his attention to farming. He was
quite a military character and rose through the successive
ranks to Major General of the Cavalry Corps. He was
of fine and commanding personal appearance, being tall,
well proportioned, very erect and with a pleasant, noble
countenance. In character he was impulsive, energetic

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and decided, generous and hospitable, and made many
friends. He was honest and conscientious in all his deal-
ings and strong in his religious principles.

He m. 2nd, Aug. 6, 1836, Mary (Leonard) Towar,
widow of Charles Towar, of Lyons, Wayne Co., N. Y. and
daughter of John and Mary Leonard of Ovid, N. Y. She
was b. April 28, 1800 and d. Oct. 12, 1859, and was buried
at Lodi, N. Y.

He m. 3rd, Oct. 30, 1861, Sophronia Bailey, b. Feb.
27, 182 1, daughter of Charles and Amaretta (Case)
Bailey, of Ithaca, N. Y. He resided at Ovid and Lodi,
Seneca Co., N. Y. and Hector, Tompkins Co., N. Y. He
died at Cayuga, N. Y. Aug. 30, 1868, and was buried at
Lodi.

21. i. William, b. April 23, 1814.

22. ii. John McMath, b. May 10, 1816; d. Nov. 24, 1822.

23. iii. Louisa McMath, b. April 29, 1818; d. Nov. 8, 1818.

24. iv. Charles, b. July 15, 1820.

25. V. Oliver Williams, b. June 26, 1822.

26. vi. Jane DeMott, b. April 4, 1824.

27. vii. Peter, b. Feb. 28, 1834.

28. viii. James, b. Jan. 25, 1836.

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21. WILLIAM HIMROU (i. 15.) was born April 2t,, 1814,
Ovid, N. Y. in the house built by his grandfather, John
McMath in 1806, and which was so long owned and
occupied by the late Dr. C. C. Coan. He died Feb. 25,
1894, 12:15 noon, Sunday, Brooklyn, N. Y. Funeral ser-
vices by Dr. H. S. Carpenter, 4 p. m., Tuesday, Feb. 27,
buried Wednesday morning, Sonierville, N. J. He was
married at Ovid, N. Y.. by Rev. Thos. Lounsbury, D. D.,
Sept. 2, 1839, to Ellen Van Home, b. Sept. 20, 1820, Ovid,
N. Y., daughter of Wm. C. and Elizabeth (Van Fleet) Van
Home, of Ovid and granddaughter of Cornelius and
Nellie (Couwenhoven) Van Home of Centerville, N. J.
June 20, 1827, Mr. Himrod went to Trumansburg, N.
Y. and entered the store of Hermon Camp, where he re-
mained until 1835, when he went to Ovid and was a mer-
chant in Ovid until 1847, from whence he removed to New
York City and entered the produce commission business,
in which he continued for some years. He then turned
his attention to milling, and had mills successively in New
York, West Farms, Carthage Landing, N. Y., and New
Brunswick, N. J.

He was a member and deacon for many years in the
First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn, Rev. Samuel
Hanson Cox, D. D., and Rev. Wm. Hogarth being
Pastors; on removing to South Brooklyn in i860, he held
successively the offices of elder and trustee in the West-
minster Presbyterian Church, of which Rev. Hugh
Smith Carpenter was Pastor.

From N. Y. Recorder, Feb. 27, 1894 ;

"William Himrod, one of the oldest and most respected citizens
of Brooklyn, and one of the pioneers of the old Corn Exchange in
this city, died at his home, 230 Union street, Brooklyn, on Sunday
afternoon. He removed to New York in 1847, and engaged m the
produce commission business, and was one of the projectors of the

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old Corn Exchange, which has since grown into the New York
Produce Exchange, the foremost commercial exchange of this
continent.

"Later in life Mr. Himrod became interested in milling, and
operated flour mills in this city, at West Farms and Carthage
Landing, N. Y., and in New Brunswick, N. J. He was for several
years a special agent of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of
this city, and for the past fifteen years he was a special agent of
the Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company. He was
among the first to identify himself with the co-operative system of
life insurance in this country, in which he was remarkably
successful.

"He was appointed by Gov. Marcy brigade inspector in the
New York State Militia, in 1836, with the rank of major.

"He married Ellen Van Home, of Ovid, N. Y., on Sept. 2, 1839,
and celebrated his golden wedding five years ago in his Brooklyn
home. His family consists of his widow and four daughters, all of
whom survive him. He was a member of the Society of Old
Brooklynites, an elder and a trustee of the Westminster Presby-
terian Church, of Clinton street and First place.

"He was a life-long Democrat, and was vigorous and outspoken
in his political and religious views. He was a total abstainer. He
was assisted to the polling place on last election day, and cast his
vote against lioody, McLaughlin and bossism, and in favor of
political reform in Brooklyn.

"Mr. Hinirod's son-in-law, A. J. Dalton, died about six months
ago. He was greatly affected by this death, which, with two
accidental injuries received shortly after, hastened his own death.
The interment will take place at Somerville, N. J."

He d. Feb. 25, 1894.

His widow res. 1895. Uemarest, Bergen Co. N. J.

Children:

29. i. Anna Christina, b. Nov. 2, 1840, Ovid, N. Y.

30. ii. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 2, 1842, Ovid, N. Y.

31. iii. Mary Jeannette, b. Nov. 16, 1844, Ovid, N. Y.;
m. New York City by Rev. Hugh S. Carpenter, D. D.,
Feb. 20, 1882, to Albert Jefferson Dalton, b. Oct. 17,
1843, Hamburg, S. C, s. of Williamson Wade and
Catharine Matilda (Gleckler) Dalton, of Palatka, Fla.
For twenty one years he was with "The John J. Crooke

30 MEMORIALS OP THE

Co.," Manufacturers of Tin Foil, etc., at i86 Grand
street, N. Y. He d. July 15, 1893, 230 Union street,
Brooklyn. N. Y., of Angina Pectoris, funeral services
by Dr. Carpenter, 5 p. m. Monday, 17th, buried
Somerville, N. J.

It is to Mrs. Dalton that the family is indebted for this very
complete and excellent history of the descendants of Mabel Mc-
Math. To the "Story of an Old Farm," by Andrew D. Mellick, Jr.,
is appended a genealogy of the Mellick (or Moelich) family, from
which Mrs. Dalton is descended, her g. g. grandmother, the wife of
Simon Ludewig Himrod (or Himroth) being of that family. Mrs.
Dalton contributed to that genealogy the history of the descend-
ants of Mabel McMath, and revised and corrected her Mss. for use
in this work.

.She resides (1897) Demarest, N. J. /'

Child:

32. i. Henry Himrod, b. Sept. 22, 1883, New York.

33. iv. Julia Ellen, b. Aug. 6. 1847, Ovid, N. Y., m.
New York City, by Rev. Hugh Smith Carpenter, D. D.,
Oct. 31, 1882, Josiah Ouincy, b. Aug. 22, 1844, s. of
Samuel and Abby Adams (Beale) Quincy, of Boston,
Mass., for many years an importer of decorated
pottery.

Res. 1895, Demarest, N. J.

24. CHARLES HIMROD (iv. 15) b. July 15, 1820,
Hector, N. Y. He m. Feb. 15, 1849, Deborah Biggs, b.
Nov, 6, 1824, Ovid, N. Y., dau. of Michael and Tabitha
(Semans) Biggs, of Trumansburg, N. Y. She d. Aug.
22, 1849, Tekonsha, Mich. He m. 2nd, Hector. N. Y.,
Jan. 4, 1853, Margaret Hill, b. June i, 1829, Lock-
port, N. Y., dau. of James and Electa (Reynolds) Hill,
of Delaware Co., N. Y.

He has resided for many years at Lodi, N. Y.
Children:

34. i. Ida Deborah, b. June 27, 1854. Res. 1895,
Corning, N. Y.

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35. ii. Ella Jane, b. Aug. 2, 1863; Res. 1895, Corn-
ing, N. Y.

36. iii. Wm. Cornelius, b. May 31, 1865; m. Penn Yan,
N. Y., Oct. 24, 1894, Cora Belle Hayes, dau. of
Thomas C. Hayes, of Penn Yan.

Res. 1895, Penn Yan, N. Y.

25. OLIVER WILLIAMS HIMROD (v. 15) b. June 26,
1822, Hector, N. Y., d. Oct. 22, 1881, Alameda, Cal.; bur.
at Mt. View Cemetery, Oakland, Cal. He m. Oxford,
N. Y., Aug. 19, 1850, Mary Johanna Cruttenden, b. Sept.
8, 1825, dau. of Lyman and Harriet (Noble) Cruttenden,
of Oxford, N. Y.

He went to California in 1849 and was a member of
the Pioneer Society. He was engaged in mining,
speculations in grain, mines, etc. He was with D. O.
Mills, in Sacramento, and Friedlander, the great wheat
speculator, in San Francisco. He was also a fine
accountant and introduced a new system of book-
keeping, which he copyrighted in 1877.

He resided in Sacramento, San Francisco and Ala-
meda, Cal.

She res. 1895, Alameda, Cal.

Child:

37. i. Harriet Ellen, b. Dec, 1854; d. March 26,
1855, San Francisco, Cal.

26. JANE DeMOTT HIMROD (vi. 15) b. y\pril 4, 1824,
Hector, N. Y., d. New York City, June 2, 1890; m. Ovid,
N. Y., by Rev. Thomas Lounsbury, D. D., Aug. 17, 1843,
to George Robertson, b. April 21, 1809, New York, s. of
George and Martha Wharton (Collins) Robertson, of
New York. Merchant Tailor.

They resided in Trumansburg, Tompkins Co., N. Y.

He res. 74 Clinton Place, N. Y.

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Children:

38. i. Martha Jane, b. July 18, 1844, Cortland, N. Y.,
m. New York City, May 4, 1871, John Franklin War-
ner, b. June 6, 1840, Jamesport, L. I., s. of David T.
and Elury Youngs (Corwin) Warner, of Jamesport,

She res. Winchendon, Mass.

39. ii. Ellen Himrod, b. Mar. 24, 1846, Cortland, N.
Y., m. Trumansburg, N, Y., by Rev. Wm. M. Paige,
Jan. 20, 1869, to John Hall Mcintosh, b. Mar. 26, 1845,
Aurelius, N. Y., s. of Daniel and Mary J. (Hall)
Mcintosh, of Cayuga, N. Y. He is an American Ex-
press Messenger.

Res., 1895, at 13 Wadsworth street. Buffalo, N. Y.
Children:

40. i. Charles Himrod, b. Dec. 24, 1870, Trumans-
burg. N. Y.; m. Buffalo, N. Y.. June 27, 1894.

41. ii. John Henry, b. Dec. 11, 1873, Cayuga, N. Y.

42. iii. Cecelia Elizabeth, b. Dec. 2. 1849, Trumans-
burg, N. Y.; m. Trumansburg, by Rev. O. H.Seymour,
Nov. 10, 1874, to Daniel Fritts Chandler, b. Nov. 22,
1848, s. of Wm. and Rachel (Fritts) Chandler, of
Trumansburg.

Res. 1895, Corning, N. Y.
Children:

43. i. Wm. Robertson, b. Feb. 10. 1879; d. Feb.,
1879, Trumansburg.

44. ii. George, b. June 29. 1880; d. June 29, 1880,
Trumansburg.

46. iv. Wm. Peter Himrod, b. Sept. i, 1853, Trumans-

brug; m. New York City, by Rev. Chas. F. Deemes,
D. D., Dec. 29, 1881, to Mary Elizabeth Shea, b. June
5, 1857, New York City, dau. of Robert and Mary A.
(McCreery) Shea, of New York City. Dealer in
ribbons, 325 Canal street, N. Y.

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Res. 1895, 74 Clinton PL, N. Y. City.

Children, all born in New York City:

46. i. Robert Deemes, b. Dec. 13, 1882.

47. ii. Grace Marion, b. May 2, 1885.

48. iii. Edith, b. May 23, 1888.

49. iv. Harold, b. May. 1891.

50. V. James Oliver, b. May 22, 1857, Trumansburg;
d. Mar. 15, 1858, Trumansburg.

51. vi. George Wharton, b. July 30, 1S63, Trumans-
burg.

Res. 1895, Corning, N. Y.

27. PETER HIMROD (vii.15) b. Feb. 28, 1834, Ovid,
N. Y.; d. April 6, 1887, of pneumonia, at the residence
of his brother-in-law, E. N. Woodworth, Elgin, 111.; bur,
April 12, Lodi, N. Y. He m. Lodi, N. Y,, Jan. 9, 1861,
Amaletta Howard Ellison, b. Dec. 28, 1836, dau. of
Michael Blue and Cornelia (Satterlee) Ellison, of
Lodi, N. Y. He followed the pursuit of farming until
he was twenty-two years old, when he became a dealer
in grain. In 1865 he moved to New York. For ten
years he was an invalid from asthma; out of many
remedies which he tried for his disease, he formulated a
remedy which he manufactured under the name of
"Himrod's Asthma Cure."

She m. 2nd, New York, Jan. 14, 1891, Joseph Cutler
Hudson, and res. 1895, 4^ ^^- 7^^^ street, N. Y.

Child:

52. i. Fred Ellison, b. April 4, 1866; m. New York
City, Oct. 29, 1890, Anna (Bogart) Seeley.

Himrod M'f'g Co., cor. Fulton and Church sts.,
N. Y.

Res. 41 W. 70th street, New York.

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28. LIEUT. JAMES HIMROD (viii.15) b. Jan. 25,
1836, Ovid, N. Y.; d. Nov. 13, 1878, Alameda, Cal., bur.
at Sacramento. Cal. He m. Sacramento, Cal., by Rev.
F. L. Nash, Sept. 27, 1870, to Jennie P21iza Cowdrey, b.
Oct. 22, 1834, New York City, dau. of David Martin and
Mary H. (Peck) Cowdrey. of New York City. She d.
June 26, 1886, Patterson, N. J., bur. at West Earms, N. Y.

He enlisted Aug. 24, 1861. in the 48th Regt. N. Y. S.
Vols., Co. A., Captain, L. H. Lent; Colonel, James H.
Perry. Appointed 5th Sergeant. Aug. 6th, 1862, to rank
from Dec. 16, 1861; ist Sergeant, April 13, 1864; 2nd
Lieut., April 29, 1864, to rank from April 4, 1864; app. ist
Lieut., Sept. 16, 1864, to rank from Aug. 16, 1864. He
was with the 48th Regt. through all the engagements in
S. C, Georgia and Va.

Book-keeper for the large lumber firms of R. J.
Adams & Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.; Friend & Terry, Sacra-
mento, Cal.; Sierra Nevada Lumber Association, Truckee,
Cal., and Truckee Lumber Co.

He resided at Ovid, Lodi. Covert, Milo, Dundee,
Watkins, Trumansburg, Cortland, West Farms, New York
City, Brooklyn and Clinton, N. Y.; Clinton, Iowa;
Chicago, 111.; Bloomington. 111.; Metuchen. N. J.; Sacra-
mento and Truckee, Cal.

Children:
63. i. Mabel Cowdrey, b. Dec. iS, 1871, Sacra-

mento, Cal.
54. ii. Hugh Carpenter, b. Aug. 10, 1874, Boca, Cal.

Res. 1895, Demarest, Bergen Co., N.J.

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16. ALLA McMATH (iii.5) b. in Ovid township, June
12, 1799, while his parents were living on the "Sullivan
Trail."

He had about completed his si.xteenth year when his
father died, and upon him devolved the chief responsi-
bility of carrying out his mother's plans in the work and
management of the farm.

Isaac VanTuyl, a lad of the same age, afterwards a
citizen of Romulus, but who resided at the time of his
death in Ypsilanti, Mich., earnestly and faithfully worked
with him, until they attained their majority.

In 1822, he became a resident of Varick, purchasing
of his uncle, William Baldridge, 175 acres of Lot 50, with
a frontage on Seneca Lake, which he occupied seven-
teen years, and sold to Peter L. Uey, April, 1839, for $60
per acre.

Nine years he resided at Waterloo, N. Y., and seven-
teen years in Rochester and vicinity. The last seventeen
years of his life were spent with his son, Robert E. Mc-
Math, in St. Louis, Mo.

He died Jan. 23, 1883, in his 84th year and was laid to
rest in Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.

He was conscientiously truthful and honest in all his
relations with his fellow men, his influence and his per-
sonal efforts were decidedly given in favor of temperance,
education, and improved agricultural labor and knowl-
edge. In his later years, his attention and means were
devoted to the advancement of religion and moral teach-
ings.

He was m. Mar. 19, 1829, to Elizabeth Homan, of
Phelps, (b. New Windsor, now part of Newburg, N. Y.,
June 10, 1796; dau. of Joshua and Nancy Wharry Homan
of Orange Co., N. Y.) by Rev. Henry Strong, pastor of
Presbyterian Church of Oaks Corners, N. Y. Her grand-

36 MEMORIALS OF THE

father, Lieut. John Homan, came into this country with
the British troops, when they were ordered from the
West Indies to the Colonies at the time of the Siege of
Louisburg. He served through the French and Indian
war, then settled in Long Island. Was born in Wales.
Joshua Homan was artilleryman, in the War of the Rev-
olution, was present at the battles of Rrandywincand Red
Bank Fort, where he was seriouslv wounded.

She died Jan. 21, 1852, and was buried in Mt. Hope
Cemetery, Rochester, N. Y.

55. SARAH A. McMATH (i.i6) b. at Varick, N. Y.,
March ig, 1830. Res. (1897) ^o- /Windermere Place, St.
Louis, Mo.

(Thus briefly has one, who has found so many kindly things to
say of others, summed up her own life's history.)

56. ROBERT E. McMATH (ii.i6) born Varick, .Seneca
Co., N. Y., 1833.

Graduated from Williams College, Mass., June^
1857, and chose Civil Engineering for his profession.
Located in St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 1858. During the Civil
War he entered the service of the U. S. in the Coast
Survey. After a years service in Missouri, he was as-
signed to duty upon the defences of Philadelphia at the
time of Lee's invasion, arriving upon the scene of labor
on the first day of the battle of Gettysburg. He spent
the winter of 1863-4 in F^lorida, and in the spring and
summer made survey of the Arlington Heights property
and National Cemetery, and later in that year was
transferred to regular Topographical duty in Maine.
During the winter of 1865, he was one of the party of
Gov't. Engineers loaned by the U. S. to the Nicaraguan
government to make survey of the Nicaragua Transit
Route. He returned to his family in Rochester, N. Y.,
about the first of July. After the war he returned to St.
Louis, remaining in the U. S. Government service for the

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improvement of the Mississippi and its Tributaries, with
two or three short intervals until 1883, when by appoint-
ment of the mayor of St. Louis, he became a member of
the Board of Public Improvements, as sewer Commis-
sioner for eight years. In April 1893 he was elected
President of the Board, for a term of four years.

Married, Detroit, Dec. 29, 1859, in the chapel of St.
John's Episcopal Church, to Frances Elizabeth Brodie, b.
at Berfield, England, July 4, 1833; ^^^- William Brodie,
b. Catcholm, Perthshire, Scotland, and Elizabeth Avery,
b. Henley, Buckinghamshire, England; and sister of
William Brodie, M. D., of Detroit.

.She was a woman of unusual worth as daughter, wife,
mother and friend. Her early death was deeply deplored.
She died Feb. 12, 1867. Buried in Bellefontaine Ceme-
tery, St. Louis, Mo.

57. i. Frances Isabella, b. St. Louis, P^b. 3, 1861.
P^inished her course of study at one of the

Seminaries for young ladies in that city, June 12,
1879.

Died May 5, 1881.

58. ii. Thomas Brodie, b. St. Louis, Dec. 28, 1862.
Graduated Civil Plngineer from Washington Uni-
versity, St. Louis, June 12, 1884. Since April, 1893,
has been President of the R. E. McMath Surveying
Co.. of St. Louis.

Married, Dec. 12, 1895. ^t Cincinnati, O., by Rev.
Dr. C. F. Mussey and Rev. Dr. E. Trumbull Lee, to
Carrie Louise Burnham, dau. of Erastus and Caroline
Augusta Pease Burnham, of Cincinnati, O., grand-
daughter of Silas and Clarissa Jane Bastedo Burnham,
of Toronto, Can., and of Thomas and Jane Trimble
Pease, of Rochester, N. Y. Silas Burnham was son
of John B., who went from New England to found
Port Hope, Can., and grandson of Lieut. Nathan

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Burnham, who fell at the battle of Ticonderoga. also
lineal descendant of Thomas and John B.,who landed
at Ipswich, Mass., in 1624. The old English origin of
Burnham signifies " brook dwelling."

One of the editorial staff of the Cincinnati En-
quirer at the time of her marriage.

59. iii. Robert Homan, b. Rochester, N. Y., May 15,
1865.

Graduated Pioneer Class St. Louis Manual Train-
ing School, 1883; also Washington University, Bache-
lor of Engineering, 1886. Since October, 1887, with
the St. Louis Board of Fire Underwriters as building
surveyor and rate expert.

Married at St. Louis, Sept. 2, 1891, b)- Rev. S. C.
Palmer, to Mary Taylor Rosborough, b. Philadelphia,
Pa., June 25, 1865; dau. Major and Ellen Patton
Rosborough.

An enthusiastic and successful kindergartner; for
five years director of one of the prominent kinder-
gartens of St. Louis.

60. i. Francis Rosborough, b. St. Louis, Aug, 21,
1892.

6L ii. Virginia Rosborough, b. St. Louis. Mar. 9,

1895.

62. iv. Francis Charles, b. St. Louis, Jan. 29, 1867.

Graduated Washington University, Civil Engineer,
June, 1887. Entered the employ of Detroit Bridge
& Iron Works as draughtsman, July 16, 1887. Has
since become Asst. Engineer in the same works.

Married, Detroit, June 26, 1890, by Rev. Rufus G.
Clark, Rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, to
Josephine Eliza Cook, b. Detroit, Dec. 26, 1872; dau.
Otis L. and Mary (Raynolds) Cook; g. dau. of James
and Mary A. (Robinson) Cook, of Detroit, also g.

63.

64.

ii.

65.

Hi.

1895-

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dau. of George and Elizabeth Burgert Raynolds, of
Canton, O.

It might be noted that the Raynolds family, from
which Mrs. McMath is descended on her mother's
side, is a very old family in America, the first of the
name landing here in 162S. The family home was at
Fairfax C. H., Va.

Robert Raynolds, b. Detroit, May 11, 1891.

Neil Cook, b. Detroit, Sept. 30, 1892.

Marian Huntington, b. Detroit, Dec. 28,

17. MICHAEL McMATH (iv.5) b. Ovid, N. V., Aug. 8.
1802. M., at Lyons, N. Y., April 29, 1835, to Elizabeth
Akenhead, b, May 6, 1809.

He was an enthusiatic Odd Fellow when in middle
life. His later years were spent in Loudon Co., Va., and
previous to his death, became totally blind. He died in
Va., 1880.

His wife died March, 1879, at Lyons, N. Y.

66. i. William M., b. Lyons, N. Y., Feb. 11, 1836.
Enlisted in i6oth N. Y. S. Vols., Co. C, Aug. 28,
1862; was commissioned 2nd Lieut. July 4, 1863;
mustered in again in same Co., Aug. 28, 1863. Served
in the Dept. of the Gulf, in 19th Army Corps.

Married, Clyde, N. Y., Dec. 4, 1872, Mary A.
Smith, b. New Brunswick, June 18, 1842.
Resided for some years at Eola, La.

67. i. Margaret J., b. Nov. 11, 1873.

68. ii. Jane Elizabeth, b. Lyons, N. Y., July 22,

1838.

Resided at Lyons and at Yonkers, N. Y.

19. LOUISA McMATH (vi.5) b. Ovid, N, Y., Sept. 28,
1807. She was fond of society, and as a young lady, was
the centre of an admiring circle of friends and acquaint-

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ances. Her features were of the Roman type, with an
exceedingly fair complexion, blue eyes and brown hair.
Height, 5 ft. 3 in.

Married, Ovid. N. Y., Feb. 16, 1830, George W. Hath-
away, s. of Thomas and Mary Botsford Hathaway, of
Torry, Yates Co., N. Y., Rev. Thos. Lounsbury officiating.

The Hathaways were early settlers of Yates Co., re-
moving to that point from New Bedford, Mass., in
1788. In the days of the Revolution, were " King's
Men " and suffered much from the hands of the patriotic
colonists.

George W. Hathaway died Nov. 19. 1861; ae. 61 yrs.

Mrs. Louisa Hathaway died, Corning, N. Y., Jan. 13,
1864. She had been a sufferer from dropsy for 14 years.
.She was buried at Rochester, N. Y.

Personal recollections of Mrs. Louise Hathaway, as remem-
bered and recounted by Miss S. A. McMath:

"My name was a departure from family tradition. It was sug-
gested by 'Louise Villiers' a popular story, which received much
attention about the time of my birth. I was nearly six years old
when we went to live on 'the tarm.' My father built the house; a
roomy, two story frame. The main part was painted white, the 'L'
containing the kitchen, woodshed and other necessary conven-
iences, with sleeping rooms above, was 'Spanish Red.' It stood
on a crossroad, but little traveled, leading to the Lake. We were
fully one mile and a half from the school-house. 'The School-
master' was required to give us six hours of his time each day be-
side the customary intermissions. During the shorter days of
the year we reached home at twilight. We were obliged to pass
through a piece of woodland. Severe storms had gnarled and
twisted some of the trees into grotesque shapes. These our imagina-
tious converted into griffins and other monsters. For we were
willing listeners to the folk-lore of the different nationalities repre-
sented in our neighborhood. There were also trees lying prone
upon the ground with roots upturned, forming secure hiding places
for beasts of prey, which never appeared; but brother John and I
would clasp hands and nightly run this gauntlet of terrors. There
was but little taught at the school beside elementary studies. The
hours were fearfully long. Upon a well remembered morning one

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of the girls brought a geography to school; this opened to us a new
world of wonder and investigation. The school hours seemed
shorter as we rivaled one another in the 'finding of places' upon the
maps. Committing poetry to memory was an additional pleasure.
We confined ourselves at first, to short poems; ' Pity the Sorrows of
a Poor Old Man,' ' Ode to Science ' and others. But Scott's 'Lady
of the Lake' proved to be a source of unabated enjoyment. I
could repeat the entire poem. When but fourteen I was sent to
Aurora, Cayuga Co., N. Y., to a school kept by two English gentle-
women. Our essays were required to be epistolary in form and we
aimed to emulate the formal and didactic style of Mrs. Hannah
Moore and Mrs. Mary Montague, but tell far beneath. At seven-
teen I entered the Seminary at Canandaigua, but a severe illness
terminated my school days. The happiest event of my young life
was a trip to New York in company with Mr. and Mrs. John De
Mott. We went in our own conveyance to Ithaca, from thence by
stage coach. That 1 might not be altogether ignorant of the
country through which we were to pass, I copied from a U. S.
Gazeteer all that was of interest regarding the towns along the way ;
much to the edification of our fellow passengers. A part of our
time was spent at Rockaway Beach, then at its height of popularity
as a summer resort of wealth and fashion.

•' It has been well said of those days, • every farm house was a
social center,' so many helpers were needed out of doors and
within to meet the wants and maintain the comforts of the family.
Every pair of hands that came to lighten the labor at one point,
added to the labor at another for each helper had board and lodg-
ing; save the 'wood chopper' whose work was counted by the 'cord.'

" There was much work and weariness, but there was also much
cheeriness and the great kitchen held nightly a lively party of co-
laborers. The successful management of a household required
forethought and executive ability, not called for at the present day.
Our work was done at great disadvantage which is readily conceded
by those who remember the cooking at the great fire place. The
baking was done on certain days when the big brick oven was
especially heated for the purpose. A grave offence was to allow
the kitchen fire to go out, for we had no matches. A still greater
offence was permitting the yeast to deteriorate in quality or quantity.
The housekeeper was put to great inconvenience and her temper
sorely tried if obliged to begin anew, on short notice. We knew
nothing of bicarbonate of soda, having only a crude pearlash, which
was used cautiously. Every family were soap manufacturers to
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leaching barrels were set in place, the ashes renewed and kept wet
until a sufficient supply of lye had dripped through. The great
kettles were usually set out ot doors and it was a woman's work to
watch the boiling of the soap until finished. We also made our own
candles and were satisfied to work or sew by the light of a tallow
dip.

" The spinning was a matter of great importance. The prepar-
ation of flax was a long and tedious process, all hand work and
careful watching. The 'little wheel' was always in season and al-
ways kept in place and in readiness that spare moments might be
utilized for the toweling and linen bedding needed yearly re-enforce-
ment. The preparation of the wool, the oiling and carding into
rolls, was performed by hand. On the long summer days Margaret
Van Tuyl would place her wheel at the front door and run the full
length of the hall with her thread; at supper time she counted her
'forty knots' and then would be ready to contribute her share to the
social evening chat. Not only was the supply of bedding to be
kept plentiful; blankets, blue and white coverlids and all wool com-
forts, but the yearly supply of 'stocking yarn' was not inconsider-
able, and last but not least, the clothing for the women and children
was to be provided. When all was ready the important tailoress
came in and took possession until every one was made comfortable
for the winter. Then, too, came the shoemaker to make the shoes
and boots for each member of the family. The carefully chosen
skins which had been properly prepared at a neighboring tannery^
were taken from the young cattle that had been slaughtered
throughout the year.

"The Autumn was our busiest and merriest season. The
gathering, preserving and drying of fruit gave work to every hand
and extra hands.

" All the floors were painted save that in the kitchen which was
kept well scrubbed and sanded. We ate together, in true demo-
cratic style, from the table scoured spotlessly white. Table linen
and carpets crept into use durmg the second and third decades of
the century. Rag carpets were mostly in vogue. Some of the
more ambitious prepared yarn for carpets which was home spun,
home dyed and home made. One made after this manner, with a
wide stripe in solid green and equally as wide a fancy stripe, did
duty in our family over forty years. For extra occasions we used
polished tables of black walnut made by a local artisan, Helim Sut-
ton. He made in the same style a tea table and dining table with
marvelous borders of inlaid woods in a delicate and artistic design
and a center-piece of similar ingenuity; also a set of bedroom furni-

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ture; a combination desk, bookcase and chest of drawers with secret
recesses, opened by hidden springs. This was given to my eldest
brother. Another piece was a tall eight day clock with its wonder
of wheels that not only gave the time of day, but represented the
changes of the moon. This last is in the possession of my sister's
family, Mrs. Mabel Himrod."

69. i. ANNA McMATH (Hathaway) b. Baileytovvn,

now Willard, N. Y., Dec. 25, 1830.

"She was a happy and beautiful child, the idol of her parents.
Among the pleasant memories of those earlier days, none were
more pleasant than of the walks she took with her father down to
the " Pines " on the banks of Seneca Lake. Standing in the sun-
shine with the tall trees above them, confident of the love and in
the protection of her father, the child was filled with the beauty of
the scene spread out before them, the deep, blue waters of the lake
stretching out to the north and south, the western line bounded by
the farms, dotted by buildings and broken by stream gorges and
forests, and as she looked she was filled with pride, for was not "all
this hers," since the money bequeathed to her by her maternal
grandfather, was at that time invested in this land.

" At maturity, she was bright and attractive, conscientious yet
sensitive, with an active imagination. Although depressed by
trouble and perplexities, she would rise above all with a remarkable
elasticity, until the shock of her father's death; that proved too
great, and it was followed by many cares and anxieties. On
the fifth anniversary of his death, she passed into an uncon-
trollable excited condition, which lasted for several weeks and
then apparently reason resumed sway. But for years at the
recurrence of November, these periods of excitement recurred,
of greater or less intensity, of longer or shorter duration. She
tried various methods of overcoming the weakness, by employ-
ment, by environment, and advising with physicians, avoiding all
proximity with the insane, but after a prolonged aberration follow-
ing November, 1873, she was sent to Utica, and at the expiration of
two years was transferred to Willard (in 1876) among the chronic
insane. Within the shadows of the "Pines" stand the buildings
of the asylum. And still November proves to be with her the most
exciting period of the year."

Living Willard N. Y., 1896.

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70. ii. WILLIAM (Hathaway) b. Baileytown, July 4,

1832. He left New York City in the spring of 1876
and nothing is known regarding him since.

7L iii. EUGENE (Hathaway) b. Ovid, Aug. 27, 1838;

d. Jan. 22, 1839.

72. iv. MARY LOUISA (Hathaway) b. Corning, N. Y.,

Dec. II, 1846; d. May, 1847.

20. JOHN BAINBRIDGE McMATH, [vii. 5] b. Ovid
Township, N. Y., May 27, 1809.

Upon attaining his majority, he came into possession
of ^10,000, a very favorable beginning. With a part of
this he bought 520 acres lying in Superior Township,
Washtenaw Co., Mich., some six miles northeast of
Ypsilanti.

He married near Emery Sta., Washtenaw Co., Mich.,
Jan. I, 1833, Charlotte Carr, b. Romulus N. Y., Jan. 24,
1808; dau. Elijah and Katherine (Williams) Carr. She
died Feb. 22, 1848, near Corunna, Mich.

He died at the house of his cousin, Samuel K. Mc-
Math, in Superior, Mar. 15, 1851.

From Rev. C. C. Carr:

"My sister, Mrs. J. B. McMath, was tall and slender, eyes a
light blue, and light brown hair, was of a quiet and uniformly a
pleasant disposition. My father Elijah Karr lived to be well in
years. My mother, Katherine Williams, died young, leaving three
little children, Horace, Charlotte and myself. My father, and grand-
father Joseph Karr, came into Romulus, N. Y., from New Jersey
and were of Scotch descent. My grandfather Williams lived to be
96 years old and my grandmother Karr more than eighty; he came
from Germany. My grandmother Williams died young. Both the
Carr and Williams families moved into Michigan.

73.

74, i

75. ii

Ann.

Mary, b, Feb. 13, 1837; d. Sep. 10, 1844.

Charles Carr.

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76. iv. Alia, b. Aug. 5, 1844; d. July 10, 1845.

73. ANN McMATH (i.20) b Superior, Washtenaw Co.,
Mich., May 24, 1834.

She was in her fourteenth year at the time of her
mother's death, and soon after that event was transferred
to the home of her maternal uncle. Rev. C. C. Carr,
Horseheads, N. Y., who occupied the pastorate over the
Presbyterian Church an unusually long period. There
are but few happier households than was this, where the
rights of each member were treated with genuine respect
and their opinions and privileges with thoughtful defer-
ence which extended even to the little children, and yet
they were under a wholesome and loving restraint.

Mrs. Elinor Folwell Carr was a model as a pastor's
wife, whose kindness and sympathy were given freely,
even to the humblest of her husband's flock.

Married, Victor, N. Y., June 4, 1856, William Oliver
Hammond (eldest son of Martin and Diana Hammond
of Big Flatts, N. Y.) Her husband was a farmer near
Horseheads, but in 1870 made a new home near Ft. Scott,
Ks., where after a residence of three years, she died from
dropsy, June 6, 1873.

Her husband died. May i, 1891, at Minneapolis, from
pneumonia. Interred in Crystal Lake Cemetery, by his
son. May 4, ae. 63 years.

77. i. Selwyn Carr (Hammond), b. March 10, 1857,
died in infancy.

78. ii. Adelaide Martin (Hammond) b. Horseheads,
N. Y., Dec. 28, 1858.

Married at Girard, Ks., June 21, 1886, by Rev. J.
M. Payne to John Wesley Doty (son of John and
Mary (Frambos) Doty.)

Their children were all born in Osage Tp., Craw-
ford Co., Ks.

Reside, 1894, McCune, Ks.

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79.

80. i

81. ii

Ethel, b. Sept. lo, 1887.

Charles McMath, b. July 23, 1889.

Lillian, b. Oct. 7, 1890.

82. iv. Elmer Raymond, b. Feb. 19, 1892.

83. V. (Baby boy) b. July 29, 1894; d. Feb. 1895.

84. iii. Elmer Ellsworth (Hammond) b. Horsehead's
N. Y., Apr. 12, 1861.

He resided at Hammond, Ks. until 1882, since which
date he has resided in Bay City, Mich., with the excep-
tion of about three and a half years spent in Toledo.

Married at Bay City, Oct. 3, 1893, to Lucy H. Clark
(dau. William H. and Lucy W. (Hoisington) Clark of
Bay City.)

85. iv. Charles Fremont (Hammond) b. Oct. 6, 1862;
d. Dec. 17, 1862.

86. V. Mary Grace (Hammond), b.Waverly.N. Y., May
21, 1866.

Married at Bay City, Mich., Aug. 27, 1889, to Western
Talbot Thompson (b. Dec. 25, 1861, Moundville, W. Va.
s. of Walker Thompson of Belmont, O. and Rebecca
(Richardson) Thompson, Wheeling Va.)

Reside, Florence, Col.

87. i. John Ray, b. Oct. 20, 1890, Florence, Col.; d.
Jan. 16, 1893.

88. ii. Alfred Paul, b. Nov. 5, 1893, Florence, Col.

89. iii. Western Talbot, b. May, 1895, Florence, Col.

90. vi. Edith Maude, b. Feb. 5, 1873; d. Sep. 2, 1873.

75. CHARLES CARR McMATH (iii. 20) b. Superior,
Washtenaw Co., Mich., Oct. 28, 1839; enlisted Aug. 25,
1861, at Battle Creek, Mich., in the Cavalry Regiment,
known as "Merrills Horse," 2d Mo., serving chiefly in
Missouri and Arkansas to protect Union inhabitants from

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the depredations of guerillas. Mustered out at St. Louis,
Mo., Sept. 19, 1864. Only unfit for duty five days.

Married at Battle Creek, Mich., July 17, 1880, to
Lillian Gertrude Severance (dau. George and Evaline
Severance of Brattleboro, Vt.)

He is engaged in the Laundry business in Ft. Scott,
Ks.

91. i. Carroll Barton, b. July 16, 1881.

92. ii. Fray Eunice, b. July g, 1889.

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6. MARTHA McMATH (ii.2) was the eldest daughter;
b. Chester Co., Pa., 1772, (probably).

Married at Romulus, N. Y., Jan. i, 1800, to Anthony
Van Auken, of Lyons, N. Y. (b. 1763).

Lived for a time in Lyons where he d. and was buried
July 12, 1827, ae. 64 yrs.

She d. in 1831 and was buried at Parma Corners, N. Y.

From Miss Ida B. Van Auken. " The name Van Auken was
originally written— Van Aachen. The Dutch Van and the German
Von being the same preposition. Van — from; Aachen — flowing
waters; no doubt it was once written Van Der Aachen; grafted on
to Yankeedom, the name became Van Auken, and, when fully-
anglicized, Van Aken as pronounced by the descendants in Mich-
igan.

There is a legend that three brothers emigrated from Holland
to the New Netherlands, bearing the name of Von Aachen, and
that they were ministers or held high places in the Church at home.
Certain it is the Van Auken family have a decided preference for
the Dutch Reform and Presbyterian faith. For six generations we
know this to have been true, and that they were singers, both men
and women.

Physically the Van Aukens have been a hardy race. The men
tall and of a commanding presence, public spirited and interested
in the schools, church and state. We may not count eminent men
and women in our family, but we are proud to say their motto has
ever been: "Act well your part, there all the honor lies." Fame
is not always success.

The first authentic record is of James Van Auken, born at
Smithfield, Pike Co., Pa., about 1840, fdate of death not known). He
lived on the banks of the Delaware in the northwestern part of Penn-
sylvania. His wife's maiden name was Elizabeth Von Benscoten,
> born 1736. She was the widow of one Meddaugh when she
^-- married James and had had two children, Henry C. (b. 1750) and
Elias (b. 1752) by her previous marriage. They had five children,
Levi, (b. 1760); Charity, (b. 1761); Anthony, (b. 1763); John, (b.
1768); and Garret, (b. 1770).

Anthony, the third son of James, married for his second wife,

Martha McMath, and a grandson of James, George Van Auken,

married years later, another daughter of the McMath line, Eliza-

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f

beth Bainbridge, of Romulus; thus by two unions were the Van -ii Al

Aukens and the McMaths related. y^ \^

John Van Auken, fourth son of James, was born, 1768, in Pa, ^ %
died 1854. He was a drummer boy in the Revolution. Married in ^ {J
1788 Margaret Westfall (b. Mar. II, 1773; d. 1861). >6

He emigrated to Phelps, N. Y., in 1796, the brave pioneer
mother, carrying in her arms a son eight weeks old. A brother-in-
law of John's, Lodowick Vandermark had preceded them about two
years.

The vicissitudes of traveling, with a family, and household
goods, would try any woman's heart, but after dangers from rocky
ways, rivers and lakes, the pioneers arrived safely at the farm, four
miles east of Phelps.

The family hired a scow at the head of Seneca Lake, sending
oxen and sheep by land to Geneva. They settled upon a tract of
six hundred acres, on the Canandaigua outlet four miles east of
Phelps.

The scow passed the McMath homestead situated on the shore
of Seneca Lake; little did that mother dream, that the boy in her
arms would one day find a wife, from the daughters of the McMath
family.

Time, love, romance, weave their woof m a fabric lasting as
eternity"

From Miss S. A. McMath:

" One evening early in the winter of 1799, a hunter, wrapped in
a robe of fur accompanied by his dogs, claimed the hospitality of
the McMath home. This was Anthony Van Auken, of Junius, the
most northern township of Seneca Co. His childhood and youth
had been spent in the vicinity of Port Jervis, N. Y.but on the Penn-
sylvania side of the Delaware River. He had married a Miss
Hornbeck, but now, five motherless children played around his
hearth. They bore the names of Benjamin, .Xodowick, Levi,
Cornelius and Elizabeth.

This expedition of their father was destined to be of the
greatest importance, in the comfort and happiness of the every day
life, and in the influences moulding the future of these children, for
this was the occasion of his forming the acquaintance of Martha
the eldest of the McMath daughters, who not many weeks after-
ward assumed the cares and duties of wife and mother in this little
household, to do for them the best she could."

Levi Van Auken married a lady named Peters at or near Little
Falls, N. Y. A grandson now resides in Alexandria, Va., named F.
L. Van Auken (son of John Peters Van Auken, b. 1816; d. 1843).

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Lodowick Van Auken moved to Albion or Adrian, Mich., and is
said to have left a large family. James Hasson Van Auken of Cold-
water, Mich., (b. Fabius, Onondaga Co., N. Y., Oct. 3, 1821), is a
son of Cornelius and Harriet (Phelps) Van Auken.

"Anthony Van Auken and wife, Martha, were visiting his
brother-in-law, William Baldridge, about nine miles east of Lyons,
on the canal, July 4, 1826 or 1827.

When they started home with horse and light wagon, in going
down a very steep hill close to the Baldridge's home, a strap broke
and let the wagon down on the horse's heels, she began kicking,
broke the front part of the wagon out, kicked uncle on the knee and
broke it. He was put onboard a canal boat and sent home. It was
very warm, inflammation set in, and he only lived four or five days,
dying before his wife Martha.

My wife's father's farm joined the Baldridge farm and some of
her family witnessed the accident.

Grandma McMath used to visit Anthony's near Lyons quite
often, when I was a small boy, and always came on horse back,
distance from her home about twenty miles. She always stopped
over night at father's (John Van Auken, of Phelps) as we lived
about half way from her home to Anthony's. The old lady lived
near Ovid, Seneca Co., and was very intelligent and well informed,
she could repeat more Scripture than any person I ever knew."

(Written by Wm. H. H. Van Auken, Hudson, Mich., 1891, for
his great-niece, Ida Van Auken. He was born 1S16 and died June
1892.)

Children:

93. i. Alia.

94. ii. James.

95. iii. Rebecca.

96. iv. John McMath.

97. V. Archibald.

98. vi. Mabel.

99. vii. Kelsey.

100. viii. Ruth.

93. ALLA VAN AUKEN (i.6) b. Junius, Seneca Co.,
N. Y., 1800; m. ( 1st) Mahala He had one child, John

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Wesley, by this marriage; m. (2nd) in the town of Clark-
son, Monroe Co., N. Y. in 1827, Polly Elliott (whose
sister m. John M. Van Auken.) He had four children by
this marriage.

He was m. (3d), in Rochester, N. Y., to Betsey Will-
iams who died in August 1874.

He was a farmer residing for a time near Clarkson's
Corners, Monroe Co., N. Y., and later at Osseo, Mich.
He d. at Hudson, Mich., Aug., 1866.

From Mrs. Mary J. Klotz:
"Alia Van Auken's first wife was Mahala Schofield; they were mar-
ried at Parma, Monroe Co., N. Y., 1864, and she died in the follow-
ing year. His second wife, Polly Elliott died in 1845."

101. i. John Wesley, m. Mary Jane Tompkins (b. Apr,
12, 1831, dau. William and Susan Sampson Tompkins) .
Mr. Van Aken d. Feb. 25, 1865, in the town of Jeffer-
son, Hillsdale Co., Mich. His widow subsequently
m. a Mr. Klotz and they reside at Frontier, Hillsdale
Co., Mich.

102. i. Susan, b. Jan. 14, 1849.

103. ii. Henry, b. May 15, 1851; m. at Reading,
Mich., Oct. 1876, Sarah Jane Daniels. They re-
side in Frontier, Mich.

104. i. Charles.

105. ii. Adelbert.

106. iii. Clara.

107. iv. Wesley.

108. V. Bessie.
109.

110. iii. Caroline, b. Aug. 19, 1854.

111. iv. Charles W.,b. Jan. 15, 1857.

112. V. Mary, b. Aug. 4, 1859.

113. vi. Clara b, Feb. 4, i860; m. Nov. 7, 1880 to
Wm. Goforth. She. d. July 27, 1893.

114.

115.

■^

116.

ii.

117.

iii.

118.

iv.

119.

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i. Alta.
— ii. Hazel.

Mahala. (ii.g3)

James, (iii. 93)

Francis, (iv.93)

George (v. 93) m. Julia Wonder (dau. John and
Elizabeth Wonder). Res. (95) Hudsonville, Kent
Co., Mich.

94. JAMES VAN AUKEN (ii.6) b. Junius, N. Y., 1802;
m. Betsey Scoville. A grandson descended from this
union is said to be living.

M. (2nd)

Farmer. He d. June 4, 1838, at Parma Center, N. Y.

120. i. James Clark, b. 1836; m. Louise Curtis. After
the death of his first wife he married again.

Mrs. Clark d. April 6, 1872, ae. 32 years. He
d. Sept. 24, 1875.

95. REBECCA VAN AUKEN (iii.6)b. 1805; m. 1827 to
Marvin Clark. He was a farmer for many years. After
Mrs. Clark's death which occurred at Parma Corners,
N. Y., 1855 or '56, the sons and families removed to
Mich. He d. May 13, 1863. They had three children,
Matson L. being the only one living ('95.)

121. i. Matson Lee (Clark), m. at Parma, N. Y., 1855,
to Mary Elizabeth Stewart, his cousin, (b. Oaks Cor-
ners, N. Y., Feb. 26, 1839; dau. James and Mabel (Van
Auken) Stewart.) Resided for a time at Lexington,
Ky. Res. (1894) Eaton Rapids, Mich.

122. i. Flora E,, b. ; m. a Mr, Belknap, and
after his death she m. a Mr. Gallery.

123. i. Clark, b.

124. ii. Charles, b.

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96. JOHN McMATH VAN AUKEN (iv.6) b. Lyons,
N. Y., Aug. 26, 1806; m. in Clarkson, Monroe Co. N. Y.,
April 10, 1827, to Hannah Elliott (b. Aug. i, 1810, at
Barnstead, Vt.) A farmer. He d. in Jefferson, Hillsdale
Co. Mich. Dec. 22, 1851. Mrs. Van Auken's death
occurred at Elkhart, Ind. Oct. 20, 1876.

125. i. NATHANIEL, b. Clarkson, N. Y., Jan. 5, 1829;
m. at Hudson, Mich., Aug. 15, 1852, Julia Ann Rumsey
(dau. Thomas and Sophia Rumsey). He was Road-
master on L. S. R. R. and was killed in a collision of
two trains near Hillsdale, Feb. 6, 1856. She m. again,
her second husband being G. W. Knight.

126. i. Charles Thomas, b. Hudson, Mich., Dec. 14,
1855; ^- ^t Hillsdale, Mich., Jan. 27, 1880, Frances
A. Cook (dau. Hugh and Hannah Cook).

Mr. Van Auken was for some years engaged in
the shoe business in Omaha, Neb. and elsewhere;
at present he is engaged in farming about a mile
and a half out of Hillsdale, Mich.

127. i. Bertha, b. Oct. 6, 1883.

128. ii. Grace, b. July 12, 1891.

129. iii. Elsie, b. Sept. 21, 1693.

130. ii. HARRISON, b. Clarkson, Monroe Co., N. Y.,
March 17, 1831; m. at Hudson, Mich. Nov. 3, 1853, to
Martha Elizabeth Wade (dau. of Hon. Silas A. and
Sallie A. (Beers) Wade). They reside near Locust,
Hillsdale Co. Mich.

Harrison Van Auken (or Van Aken as this gen-
eration usually spell and pronounce the name) after
several years of rail roading in Southern Illinois, as
construction foreman on the Illinois Central, returned
to Mich, and to farming, in Jefferson Twp., Hillsdale
Co. He ran a flouring mill for two or three years at
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Twp. in 1869, where he has always been prominent in
township affairs and has for many years been deacon
in the Locust Free Baptist Church.

131. i. Martin Henry, b. Jefferson Twp., Hillsdale,
Co., Mich., Jan. 4, 1859; d. Pittsford Twp., Mich.,
Jan. 22, 1873.

132. ii. Ella, b. in Jefferson Twp., Hillsdale Co.,
Mich., March 18, 1861; m. at her father's home in
Pittsford Twp., Hillsdale Co., Aug. 2C, 1884, to
Edmund F. Augur (b. at Hillsdale, Mich., July 13.
1858, s. of Rev. Franklin Page and Lavina Lillie
(Bixby) Augur). Mrs. Augur graduated from

^^ - Hillsdale college in class of '82; Mr. Augur gradu-

/(^v ~.y x^ ateed from same college in class of '81. He was

^ ' . "^ admitted to the bar in LeMars, Iowa, in 1883.

They settled in Detroit, Mich., in 1892. Mr.
Augur is employed by the Union Trust Co. in ab-
stracting titles.

. 133. i. Villa, b. LeMars, Iowa, Aug. 21, 1885.

134. ii. Irving Van Auken, b. LeMars, Iowa, Oct.

31, 1886.
t., 135. iii. Edna, b. Rush Center, Ks. Aug. 20, 1888.

136. -iv. Wayland Bixby, b. Detroit, Mich., Mar.
5, 1894.

137. iii. John Irving, b. Jefferson Twp., Jan. 1,1863;
^ 'iV'ff d. Pittsford Twp., March 2, 1873.

138. iv. Carrie Lucretia, b. Hillsdale, Mich., Sept. i>
H 1867; m. at her father's home in Pittsford, June 8,

1892, to Rev. Elbert Edison Carr (s. of Erastus
and Mary Ann Carr, of Stephentown Center, Rens.,
Co., N. Y.

Mr. Carr graduated from Hillsdale College in
class of '95, with the degree of B. D. He is now
pastor of the Free Baptist Churches at Union,

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Mason and Brownsville, Cass Co., Mich. Res.
Day, Cass Co., Mich.

139. V. Elbert Wayland, b. in Pittsford Twp., Dec.
5, 1873. Attending Hillsdale College, class of
1899, is preparing himself for the ministry.

140. vi. Randall Wade, b. in Pittsford Twp., Dec. 25,
1876. Res. Locust, Mich.

141. iii. SARAH M., b. Logan (or Madison) Lenawee
Co., Mich., Nov. 30, 1833; m. in Jefferson, Hillsdale
Co., Mich., May 2, 1852 to Serring N. Wade (bro. of
Mrs. Harrison Van A.).

Mrs. Wade was the first white child b. in Lenawee
Co. Mr. Wade combined the occupations of farming
and milling. His death occurred at Quaker, Mich.,
April 17, 1892. Mrs. Wade d. at Nickerson, Ks., Dec.
23. 1892, at the home of her daughter and was buried
at Locust, Mich.

142. i. Amelia L., b Jefferson, Mich., Aug. 18, 1853;
m. at Jefferson, Mich., Jan. 6, 1875, to James W.
Cole (s. of James A. and Jane Cole).

Resided after their m. until Oct. 1877, in ¥Ak-
hart, Ind. Since that date they have resided in
Ks. Mr. Cole is a R. R. employee and resides in
Nickerson, Ks.

143. i. Hattie Louise, b. Pawnee Rock, Barton
Co., Ks., Jan. 5,1881.

144 iv. DAVID MARKS, b. Dover, Mich., Oct. 10,

1836; m. at Hudson, Mich., July 16, 1856, to Amanda
A. Foster (dau. Asa and Lydia E. Foster.)

He was a R. R. employee and was killed in a
railway accident near Valparaiso, Ind., May 30, 1865.

Mrs. Van Auken subsequently m. Daniel Unruh,
and they reside in Gunnison, Col.

56 MEMORIALS OF THE

145 i. Ida, b. Hudson, Mich,. Jan. 28. 1858; m.
(ist) Clarence D. Lang (s. of D. J Lang, of
Pittsford, Mich.) who died in the spring of 1890;
m. (2nd) at Gunnison, Col., Apr. 29, 1891, to
Charles Henry Meyer (s. of Chas. and Mary
Meyer). Mr. Meyer is electrician and asst. supt.
Gas and Water Co., at Gunnison, Col.

146 i. Clyde D., b. Jefferson, Mich., Oct. 2,
1877. Is attending Agricultural College at Ft,
Collins, Col.

147 ii. Leon F., b. Gratiot Co., Mich., April
16, 1879; d. Hillsdale, Mich., March 26, 1889.

148 ii. Fred D.,b. Wanatah, Laporte Co., Ind., Jan.,
4, 1862; m. at Aspen, Col., June 6, 1888 to Matie
A. Yeldhani, (dau. Charles and Sarah Yeldham).
Res., Gunnison, Col., where he is engaged in the
grocery business, the firm being Herrick & Van
Aken.

149 i. Ray.

150 V. MARTHA ADELL, b. Pittsford, Mich., July
21, 1839; rn- ^t Hudson, Mich., May 14, 1858, to
Levi B. Clements (s. of Isaac and Nancy Clements).
Mrs. Clements d. at Carbondale, 111., June 27, 1864.

151 i. Ida May, b. Carbondale, 111., Oct. 29, i860;
m. at Larned, Kas., Sept, 15, 1880, to Darwin B.
Wolcott (s. of Joseph and Rebecca Wolcott).
Res. Garfield, Pawnee Co., Kas., where their four
children were born. Mr. Wolcott is engaged in
lumber and real estate business.

Burtt J.,b. Nov i, 1881.
James Harlan, b. Feb. i, 1886.
LeRoy B., b. Oct. 20, 1890.
Charles C, b. July 25, 1890.

152

i

153

ii

154

iii.

155

iv.

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156 ii. Lena C, b. Carbondale, 111., May 3, 1863; d.
unm.

157 iii. Grant, b. Carbondale, 111., June 22, 1864; d.
July 1864.

158 vi. GILBERT, b. Hudson, Mich., July 13, 1842; d.
Nov. 28, 1846.

159 vii. JOHN MARK, b. Dover, Mich., Dec. 8, 1844.
He enlisted in U. S. army at the opening of the re-
bellion. His health was broken by a confinement of
ten months in Andersonville Prison. M. at RoUa,
Mo., Dec. 22, 1869, to Amy L. Luce. By occupation
he was R. R. station agent and operator.

He d. June 7, 1892, at Fairbury, Neb. Mrs. Van
Aken removed to Emporia, Kans., for the purpose of
educating her children.

160 i. John Andrew, b. Carbondale, Ills, Nov. 14,
1870; m. at Fairbury, Neb. June 22, 1892, to Delia
May Carpenter (dau. John and Elizabeth Carpen-
ter. Mr. Van Aken is R. R. Station Agt. at Fair-
bury, Neb.

161 i. Jessie Belle, b. June 3, 1893; d. Dec. 10,
1894.

162 ii. Clyde Clifford, b. Dec. 26, 1895; d. Oct.
15, 1896.

163 ii. Lena Caroline, b. Carbondale, Ills.. Aug. 18,
1873; m. at Emporia, Kans., July 19, 1893, to Rev.
Luman L. Smith (s. of David P. and Elmira J.
(Slade) Smith). Rev. Mr. Smith became Pastor
of the 1st Baptist church at ElReno, June i, 1896.
Res. ElReno, Oklahoma Ten

164 I. David Van Auken, b. Lawrence Kans.

165 iii. Sarah, b. Earned, Kans., May 11, 1878; stu-
dent at State Normal school at Emporia, Kans.

58 MEMORIALS OF THE

166 iv. Amy L., b. Larned, Kans., March 6, i88o; d.
Larned, Kans., July 5, 1880.

167 V. Charles R., b. Pawnee Rock, Kans., April
20, 1882.

168 vi. Harrison, b. Pawnee Rock, Kans., Jan. 7,
1886.

169 viii. CHARLOTTE E., b. Feb. 15, 1849; d. April
24, 1851.

97 ARCHY (or Archibald) VAN AUKEN (v. 6) b. near
Lyons, N. Y., June 3, 1809; m. by Rev. C. W. Cloud, at
Lexington, Ky., Dec. 6, 1835, Georgia Helena Hay, b.
Sept. 9, 1817, in Lexington, Ky., (dau. George and Helena
Hay, who were m. Sept. 14, 181 5, in Fauquier Co., Va.
Mrs, Hay was a dau. of Col. Moffatt, a wealthy Virginia
planter; she d. April i, 1817; her husband m. Jan. i,
1818, Anna Wheelock at Lexington, Ky; his first wife was
Margaret Bateman whom he married at Baltimore, Aug.
23, 1808, she d. July 5, 1814 at Lexington. Mr. Hay d.
Dec. 12, 1856.)

Mr. Van Auken (or Van Aken as the family spell the
name) d. at Hastings, Neb., June 7, 1883. His widow
res. Lead Hill, Ark.

From Harrison Van Aken:

"He left home and went to Lexington, Ky.. when about twenty -
two years of age; m. and had five children. It was reported that
one of his boys was in the Confederate army and another in the
Union army. But little is known of Uncle Archy or his family-
During his last years he lived with a married daughter, Mrs. Mary
Bilyen, near Hastings, Neb. His widow resides with her daughter,
Mrs. Bilyen. Another daughter, Mrs. Annie Singletary, resides in
Elixir, Ark., and a son, Archibald, resides in Minnesela, S. Dak."

From Mrs. Helena Van Aken:

" My husband was a stone mason by trade and followed that
occupation for forty years. Had at times as many as forty men in
his employ. He was generous, jovial, enjoyed life, provided abun-

McMATH FAMILY. 59

dantly for his family and was a good husband and father. He was
a great friend of John C. Breckenridge and was admitted to his
chamber when all others, except his family, were denied. My
mother was born in Fauquier Co., Va., her father, John Moffatt,
being a government surveyor and the owner of several thousand
acres of land and many slaves. My father was an extensive dealer
in boots and shoes in Baltimore, and Lexington, Ky.

170 i. George, b. Lexington, Ky., May g, 1837; d.
Sept., 26, 1838.

171 ii. Caleb Cloud, b. July 9, 1839; d. Paris, 111.,
Sept. 9, 1864.

172 iii. Anna Helena, b. Lexington, Ky., Dec. 5, 1842;
m. by Rev. Mr. Brown, Aug 25, 1864, at Paris, Edgar
Co., 111., to Marcus G. Bagley, (s. of James and
Frances (French) Bagley) a successful farmer and
merchant, who d. Dec. 19, 1883. She m. (2nd.) at
Lead Hill, Ark., Wm. C. Singletary, M. D., (s. of Rev.
John and Mary A. (Johnson) Singletary). Dr. Sing-
letary was b. in Bladen Co., N. C. His father was an
M. E. minister of more than ordinary ability and in-
fluence. He was for ten years circuit clerk of Carter
Co., Tenn. His mother was a first cousin of Pres.
Andrew Johnson. The Dr. served in the Confederate
Army as asst. surgeon. He d. May 2, 1894. Where-
ever he resided he became respected and influential.
By a prior marriage the Dr. had three daughters all
of whom reside with their step mother, Mrs, Anna
Singletary, at Lead Hill, Ark.

173 i. Helena F., b. Paris, 111., July 6, 1865; d.

174 ii. Marcus Crouly, b. Batesville, Ark. July 21,
1872; d,

175 iii. George C, b. Cedar Creek, Mo., June 22,
1876.

176 iv. Robert W., b. May 11, 1844; d. in Shreveport,
La., in Aug. 1873.

60 MEMORIALS OF THE

177 vi. Rebecca Rose, b. Lexington, Ky., April lo,
1854; d. Aug-. II, 1854.

178 V. Archibald Hay, b. Lexington, Ky., Aug. 18,
1846; m. by Rev. J. B. Jones, at Taylorsville, 111.,
Sept. I, 1870, Elizabeth Bilyen (dau. Sampson and
Sarah (Workman) Bilyen); res. Lead City, S. Dakota.

179 i. Hiram, b. Moweaqua, 111., Dec. 22, 1872; m.
Lead City, S. Dak., to Mable Josephine Andrews.

180 i. Grace Faith, b. Dec. 8, 1895.

181 ii. Anna M., b. Moweaqua, 111., Aug. 25, 1874;
m., by Rev, Fr. Redmond, to Hope .Slaughter at
Lead City, S. Dak., Feb. 28, 1897, where they have
since resided.

182 iii. Mary M., b. Jan. 14, 1876.

183 iv. Maria H.. b. Aug. 16, 1878.

184 V, Bessie, b, Jan. 22, 1882.

185 vi. Wilhelmina, b. Dec. 5, 1884.

186 vii. Helena, b. P>b. 28, 1885.

187 viii. Charles W., b. June 23, 1889.

188 IX. Jessamina A., b. Dec, 6, 1891.

98. MABEL VAN AUKEN (vi.6) b. Junius, N. Y., Oct.
20, 1813; m. by J. R. Snow, Esq., at Lyons, N. Y., July 4,
1832, to James Stewart, (b. Cranford Co. Pa. ;s. Archibald
and Nancy (Brawley) Stewart).

Her father removed to Lyons, N. Y. when she was
four years old. Resided in Phelps, Ontario Co., N. Y.,
where she died May 23, 1870 (or 1871). F'or many years
Mr. Stewart followed the occupation of blacksmithing.
He died at Phelps, Aug. 8, 1871 (or 1873).

189 i. ARCHIBALD STEWART, b. Oaks Corners,
Ontario Co., N. Y., June 12, 1835; "'^- '" Feb., 1857, to

McMATH FAMILY 61

Helen Augusta Swan (b. Feb. 7, 1840; dau. Alonzo
and Minerva Swan.) She d. Sept. 17, i860, leaving
two little boys, the younger of whom, Charles A., d,
just six months to a day after his mother.

Married (2nd) at Clymer, N. Y., July 6, 1866, to
Lorinda Poole (dau. of Alvarez and Charity Poole, of
Clymer.) She d. on Christmas Eve., 1892, a good
christian woman He resides (1897) Clymer, Chau-
tauqua Co., N. Y. Has spent much of his time in the
Penn. oil regions.

190 i. Frank Willis, b. Phelps, N. Y., July 7, 1859;
m. at Phelps, Oct. 9, 1878, to Inez M. Roberts (dau.
William and Betsey Roberts.) Mr. Stewart is a
building contractor, at Schenectady, N. Y., ad-
dress, 113 Pearl St., Edison Park. His wife and
children reside (1894) Penn Yan, N. Y,

191 i. Lena Belle, b. Phelps, N. Y., Oct. 3, 1879.

192 ii. Howard Archibald, b. Waterloo, N. Y.,
July 6, 1885.

193 ii. MARTHA STEWART, b. Oaks Corners, N.Y.,
June 20, 1836; m. Feb. 5, 1856, by Rev. F. S. Howe, to

William A. Padden (s. Thomas and Annie (Campbell)
Padden.) Mr. Padden enlisted at Phelps, N. Y., Aug.
14, 1862, in Co. C. 148th Regiment U. S. Volunteers
and served until the close of the war. Since that
time he has resided in Phelps; a successful contractor
and builder. In politics, a republican. Res. (1894)
Phelps, N. Y.

194 i. Addie, b. ; d. in infancy, 1857.

195 ii. Mary Josephine, b. Phelps, N. Y., July 5,
1859; m. at Phelps, Dec. 20, 1882, by Rev.
Lansing Bailey, of Geneva, N. Y., to Frank A.
Stoddard (s. Warren and Catherine (Parkhurst)

62 MEMORIALS OF THE

Stoddard of Hopewell, Ont.. Co., N. Y.) Mr.
Stoddard is a farmer at Phelps.

196 i. Fred Lavern.

197 ii. William Warren.

198 iii. Thomas Judson, b. Phelps, N. Y., May, 28,
1862; m. at Phelps, N. Y., Oet. 2, 1890, to Hattie
M. Filkins (dau. Francis M. and Mary Filkins.)
Res. (1894) Phelps, N. Y.

199 i.

200 ii.

201 iv. Bertie, d. ae. 8 yrs., 1875.

202 V. Bertha, d. Aug. 6, 1882.

203 iii. ANDREW STEWART, b. 1837; d. 1839.

204 iv. MARY ELIZABETH STEWART, b. Oaks
Corners, N. Y., Feb. 26, 1839; m. at Parma, in 1855,
to Matson Lee Clark, of Parma, (s. of Marion and
Rebecca (Van Auken) Clark.

205 i. Flora E. b. ; m. a Mr. Belknap. She had
two children by this union.

Married (2nd) a Mr. Gallery.

206 V. CHARLES ANTHONY STEWART, b. June
6, 1844; m. at Canandaigua, N. Y., Nov., 1885, to
Sarah Sage. In 1862 he enlisted in the U. S. Navy and
served on the U. S. vessel " Vermont." Honorably
discharged on account of poor health. After regain-
ing his health, he again enlisted and served till the
close of the war. In politics was republican. He d.
in Geneva, N. Y., June i, 1889. His widow resides
(1894) at Canandaigua, N. Y.

207 vi. SARAH STEWART, b. Phelps, N. Y., Sept.
24, 1847, where she has ever since resided.

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McMATH FAMILY. 63

^09

i.

210

ii.

211

iii.

1894.

208 vii. JOHN C. STEWART, b. Phelps, N. Y., June
19, 1850; m. at Walsenburg, Aug. 25, 1887, by Rev.
Sewell to Anna Doretta Vogel (b. Piqua, O., Apr. 4,
1859; dau. Peter and Rose Anna Vogel). Is a car-
penter by trade. In politics, republican. Res. (1894)
2972 South Broadway, South Denver, Col.

Erma Vogel, b. Pueblo, Col.; d. ae. 6 wks.

b. in West Denver, Col.; d. in infancy.

Julia Vera, b. South Denver, Col. June 16,

99. KELSEY VAN AUKEN (vii. 6) b. Phelps, N. Y.,
Feb. 17, 1816; m. Clarkson, Monroe Co., N. Y., Jan. 25,
1844, to Rozanna Lowry (b. Skeneatles, N. Y., Mar. 31,
1826; dau. John and Esther (Walch) Lowry; the former b.
Albany, May 13, 1804, and the latter b. in Troy, May 24,
1804.) He died in the Twp. of Greece, Monroe Co., N.
Y., July 12, 1848. It is said that his mind had been
affected for some time before his death.

His widow m. (2nd) at Greece, N. Y. May i, i860,
Daniel Reed, who died in the town of Ogden, Monroe
Co,, N. Y., Apr. 4, 1865, and she now (1895) resides with
her son, William Kelsey Van Aken, at East Bloomfield,
N. Y. This branch of the family spell the name " Van
Aken."

From Mrs. (Van Aken) Reed, March 31, 1895:

" My parents were married at Marcellus, Onondaga Co., N. Y.
June 14 1823; father's parents were both born in Albany and lived to
be very old, she 109 and he 104 years. My mothers parents were
both born in Hebron, N. Y.; her mother's name was Mary Ruthy
her father bemg a son of Lord Ruthy and born in London."

■212 i. William Kelsey, b. Parma Twp., N. Y., Mar. 19,

1845; m at East Bloomfield, Nov. 6, 1876, to Millie
Cramer, b. East Bloomfield, Apr. 18, 1853, (dau. of
John and Betsy (Bunnell) Cramer, the former b. in

64 MEMORIALS OF THE

Maryland, Mar. 9, 1808, the latter in Canandaigua, N.
Y., Nov. 6, 1820. Their children were all b. in
the town of East Bloomfield. Mr. Van Aken is a
funeral director. Res. (1894) East Bloomfield, N. Y.

213 i. Augustus James, b. Aug. 27, 187S.

214 ii. Charles Arthur, b. July 24, 1882.

215 iii. William Andrew, b. June 21, 1884.

216 ii. Augustus James William, b. Twp. of Greece, N.
Y., June 19, 1849; m- at Rochester, N. Y., Mar. 27,
1873, to Emily May. He d. in Rochester, Dec. 30,,
1875. He was a carpenter by trade.

Mrs. Van Aken m. (2nd) Edward A. Fowler.
Mr. Fowler is a member of the firm of Standart Bros.„
wholesale hardware firm of Detroit, Mich.

100 RUTH VAN AUKEN (viii.6) b. Lyons, N.Y., 1817;
m. at Clarkson, N. Y., July 4, 1839, to William I. Tomp-
kins (b. 1816; s. of William and Susan (Lampson) Tomp-
kins.) Mr. Tompkins d. at Parma, N. Y., June 30, 1871.
She m. (2nd) at Clarkson, Aug., 1874, to William
Eggleston. She d. at Brockport, N. Y., Mar. 25, 1883.
It is said she kept her father's Bible containing the family
records.

217 i. William, b. Clarkson, N. Y., 1841; d. in infancy.

218 ii. James M., b. Clarkson, N. Y., Sept. 6, 1844; m.
Dec. 24, 1870 to Emogene Van Auken (dau. of Geo.
W. and Adaline (Humphrey) Van Auken and g. dau,
of John Humphrey, of Phelps, the latter a well
known resident. Res. (1894) Phelps, N. Y.

219 i. Geo. W., b. Oct. 7, 1871: d. Mar. 25, 1872.

220 ii. Henry, b. May 7, 1872.

221 iii. Jennie, b. Feb. 16, 1876.

McMATH FAMILY. 65

8 ELIZABETH McMATH (iv.2) b. in Chester Co.,

Pa., Aug. 6th. 1776; m. at her father's home on Seneca
Lake, Dec. 22, 1796 to Mahlon Bainbridge, who was born
Apr. I2th, 1771. He was the fourth son of Edmond Bain-
bridge, (a native of Scotland according to family tradi-
tion, though the best accounts derive this family from the
Bainbridges of Durham, England,) an early settler on the
Potomac River in Md., (see record of Mary McMath).
He was a constituent member of the First Baptist Church
of Romulus which was constituted June 27, 1795, and
was the first person baptized in Seneca Lake, his brother
Peter officiating at the baptism.

From Wm. Bainbridge:

" He owned a slave, Harry, whom he liberated sometime before
his death. Harry remained with the family on the farm after
Mahlon's death, until the sons became of age, when they paid him
for his services; with this money he purchased one hundred acres
of land in the town of Middlesex in Yates Co., N. Y. He erected a
log cabin on his land and lived there until his death a number of
years later. He kept a couple of rattlesnakes in a box in his cabin,
and entertained himself and friends by setting them at liberty on
the floor and watching their movements. (The writer saw them
once in the box, but did not wait to see them liberated). Upon his
death it was found that he had willed all his possessions to the child-
ren of his old master, Mahlon Bainbridge, excepting Samuel against
whom he had a pique. The land went to Mabel, Cyrus and Joanna.
Harry was buried on his land, his grave afterwards enclosed by a
stone wall."

Mr. Bainbridge d. Mar. 12, 18 14, and was buried in
the Baptist Cemetery in Romulus, (Baileytown near the
Willard Asylum).

Mrs. Bainbridge m. (2nd), Dec. 25, 1825, Alexander
Baldridge, then a widower, his first wife having been her
sister Ann. Mr. Baldridge was a son of Michael and
Mabel (Wilson) Baldridge, his mother being an aunt of
Mabel (Kelsey) McMath.

66 MEMORIALS OF THE

Her daughter, Mrs. Folwell, remarked of her:

" She always lived in a liberal way and was generous even to a
fault. She entertained a great deal of company and was liked and
esteemed by her acquaintances." " A hundred and fifty and three
are descended from mother and me." (One of her quaint sayings
recalled by her grandson Prof. Folwell.)

He d. Mar. 25, 1849, 3-"^ she Feb. 22, 185 1, and both
were buried in the Baptist cemetery in Romulus.
Five children were born of this union:

222 i. Mabel, b. Sept. i, 1798.

223 ii. Ruth, b. in Romulus, Jan. 10, 1800; d. May 31,
181 5. She had become engaged to Stephen Miller ta
whom her early death proved a lasting sorrow.

224 iii. Samuel, b. Aug. 9, 1804.

225 iv. Cyrus, b. Mar. 4, 1806.

226 v. Joanna, b. May 4, 1S09.

(Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Com-
moners of Great Britain)

The name "Bainbridge" was originally spelled, Baynbrigge.
The family are of great antiquity, their earliest history places them
in the north of England, "l^ayn" a Saxon word signifying "ready."
One of the family having, with his sons and followers, defended a
bridge against a party of invaders the "Brigge" was added to the
name. The battle axe in the Coat of Arms shows that they were
established in England prior to the Norman invasion. The Axe
also shows a Celtic origin and Danish connection.

Coat of Arms, ist and 4th argent, a fess embattled between
three battle axes Sable; 2nd and 3rd gules, a chevron between
three leopards heads, or. Crest, a goat sable, horned and unguled
argent around his neck a collar of the same, standing on a hill vert.
The crest was granted to Wm. Baynbridge in 1583.

222 MABEL BAINBRIDGE (i.8) b. Romulus, N. Y.,

Sept. I, 1798; m. at Romulus, June 8, 1818, to Joel
Hoyt Gillette, (b. Orange Co., N. Y., Aug. 6, 1788; s.
Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Hoyt) Gillette), then a resi-

McMATH FAMILY. 67

dent of Penn Yan, at which place they resided until
their removal in 1822 to Benton, Yates Co., where
they resided until April, 1835, when they settled in
Avon, N. Y. After a few years residence at Avon,
they followed the tide to Michigan, (Aug. 8, 1844)
taking up a new farm near Niles on the west bank of
the St. Joseph River, in what is still known as " the
Indian Reserve." The hardships and constant ex-
posure incident to a journey of six or seven hundred
miles through almost unbroken forests, and the work
with axe and team cutting the trees and hauling the
logs to make a shelter from the winter now close at
hand, proved too much for the endurance of a man
nearing his three score of years. He met with an ac-
cident, his horses running away and throwing him to
the ground on the night of Nov. 9, 1844, and after
a few days illness, two months after their arrival in
Michigan, his sorrowing family laid to rest, in Silver
Brook Cemetery, with the simple burial rites of a new
community, all that was mortal of the strong, true-
hearted husband and father. He was a man of rather
slender build, about five feet eleven inches, in height,
hazel eyes and light or "sandy" complexion, and
usually wore a heavy beard. He was a quiet christian
man, who did much to allay the turbulance and
friction incident to pioneer life. Mrs. Gillette lived
to see " the wilderness blossom like a rose " and her
children and grand-children prosperous and influential
men and women. She passed away at the good old
age of seventy years, at Niles, Mar. 25, 1869. They
were both worthy and active members of the Baptist
church. Mrs. Gillette was of about the average
height, her hair, before it became silvered with the
frosts of age was a beautiful brown, her eyes gray,
and her manner and speech direct and positive.
Their children were named,

227

i.

228

ii.

229

iii.

230

iv.

231

V.

232

vi.

233

vii.

234

viii.

235

ix.

68 MEMORIALS OF THE

Mahlon. (follows 235)
Charles, (follows 245)
Avilda. (follows 252)
Cyrus Edwin, (follows 257)
Darius, b. July ig, 1827; d. Aug. 27, 1827.
Edmund, (follows 265)
Elizabeth, (follows 271)
Oliver Comstock. (follows 277)
ix. Julia Ann, b. Sept. 17, 1835; d. Aug. 10, 1836.

It may be worthy of note here that Luther M. Gillette, a brother
of Joel Hoyt Gillette (who m. Mabel Bainbridge), was b. at Penn
Yan, N. Y., Mar. 3, 1809, was m. at Romulus, to Jane Dungan Fol-
well (dau. Wm. Watts and Elizabeth (Dungan) Folvvell). After Mr.
Gillette's death she m. Mr. Hiram S. Badger of Elmira, N. Y.

227 MAHLON BAINBRIDGE GILLETTE (i.222)

b. at Penn Yan, N. Y., Dec. 18, 1818. Accompanied
his father's family to Livingston Co., N. Y., in 1835,
and to Niles, Mich., in 1844. M. at Adamsville,
Cass Co., Mich., by Rev. U. B. Miller, March 29, 1849,
to Nancy M. Reese (b. Tioga, N. Y., April 10, 1822;
dau. of Jacob Singer and Anna (Mills) Reese, who
removed to Adamsville from Sherbourne, N. Y., where
they were m. Sept. 18, 1814). She d. March 27, 1880,
and was buried in the family burial lot in Silver Brook
Cemetery at Niles. Mr. Gillette after the death of
his wife, compiled and published a genealogical re-
cord of the Gillette family from 1630 to 1885 (pub.
Niles, Mich., 1885.) He d. at Minneapolis, Minn., in
the house of his son George, July 5, 1892, and was
buried beside his wife in Niles, Mich.

236 i. Lewis Singer (Gillette) was b. at Niles,

Mich., May 9, 1854. Graduated from the Univer-

Lewis Singer Gillette.

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sity of Minnesota in the class of '76, Scientific and
Engineering course. Received the degrees of B.
S. and C. E. M. at Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 18,
1877, to Louisa E. Perkins (dau. of Geo. L. and
Augusta Viola ( Moody) Perkins, both natives of Vt.,
he of Stowe and she of Waterbury). He was en-
gaged for some time in the manufacture of plows
in Niles, Mich. He is now (1894) President of
the well known Gillette-Herzog Manufacturing
Co., of Minneapolis, one of the largest structural
iron manufacturing concerns in the west, his
brother George M. being Sec'y and Treas.

Ralph Perkins, b. Minneapolis, June 13,
George Lewis, b. Minneapolis, Nov. 4,
Marion Augusta, b. Minneapolis, Nov. 7,

Louise, b. Minneapolis, Jan. 21, 1892.

Delphine, b. Minneapolis, Sept. 30, 1893.
George Mahlon (Gillette) b. at Niles, Mich.,
Dec. 19, 1858. Graduated from Niles High School
in 1876 and in the same year entered Classical
course at University of Michigan; after two years
of study returned home and took charge of his
father's farm. M. at Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 18,
1883 to Augusta M. Perkins (b. Oct. 4, i860 at
Belle Plaine, Minn.; dau. George L. and Augusta
Viola (Moody) Perkins). He is engaged in
bridge building and the manufacture of structural
iron with his brother at Minneapolis (The Gillette-
Herzog Manufacturing Co.).
243 i. Grace Louise, b. Bertrand, Mich., Sept.

13. 1884.

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244 ii. Raymond, b. Marion, Ind., Feb. 19, 1888.

245 iii. Carl Bainbridge, b. Minneapolis, Minn.,
April 8, 1 891; d. 1894.

228 CHARLES GILLETTE ( ii . 222 ) b. Penn Yan, N.

Y., Oct. 17, 1820; m. at Wales, N. Y. May 15, 1848, to
Hannah Kinyon (dau. Varnum and Lucinda (Earl)
Kinyon, both natives of N. Y.). Mr. Gillette died
April 30, 1872, and was buried at Niles, Mich. He
was an enterprising and successful farmer, a prominent
and estimable citizen. Mrs. Gillette resides in Niles,
Mich., her two daughters, Mabel and Gertrude, res-
iding with her.

246 i. Joel Hiram (Gillette) b. Bertrand, Mich.,
March 22, 1851; m. at Bertrand, Mich., Feb. 24,
1880, to Ida M. Wells (b. Bertrand, Mich., Oct. 31,
1854; dau. Francis and Rachel (Herkimer) Wells).

" Joel H. Gillette, of Bertrand township, was born in that town-
ship in 1851, is a farmer and has always lived there. As an indica-
tion of his standing among his neighbors, with whom his whole life
has been spent, it may be noted that though always an earnest and
active Republican and residing in a strongly Democratic township,
he has been twice elected School inspector; has rilled the position
of town Superintendent of Schools under the old law and was town
clerk one term and Supervisor of Bertrand three terms. He taught
school four winters with marked success in the same district. He
served as census enumerator in 1880, and was president one year of
the Y. P. P. A. of this county. He was president of the Berrien Co,
Farmers' Institute in 1890. He is a thorough believer in America
and its great future. Mr. Gillette is a safe man." — Bemen Springs
Era, Oct., iSq2.

He was elected Register of Deeds of Berrien County, Mich., in
Nov., 1892, and re-elected, Nov. 6, 1894, leading the county ticket
with a majority of 2220. Is a Baptist, and has been engaged in Sun-
day School work about 25 years; served as S. S. Superintendent and
Assistant about 15 years; served as Secretary and Treasurer of the
County S. S. Association; and is now (1894) Superintendent of Ber-
rien Springs Baptist S. S., and Associational S. S. Superintendent of
the St. Joseph River Baptist Association.

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247 i. Charles, b. Bertrand, Mich., June 14, 1884.

248 ii. Clarence, b. Bertrand, Mich., June 28,

1885.

249 iii. Irene M., b. Bertrand, Mcih., Nov. 20,
1887.

250 iv. F. La Rue, b. Berrien Springs, Mich.,
Feb. 28, 1893.

251 ii. Mabel Cora (Gillette), b. Bertrand, Mich.,
April 20, 1857; res. (1894) Niles, Mich.

252 iii. Gertrude Ella (Gillette) b. Bertrand, Mich.,
Jan. 7, 1859; res. (1894) Niles, Mich.

229 AVILDA GILLETTE (iii. 222) b. at Benton, N.

Y., Nov. 28, 1822; m. at Avon, N. Y., July 24, 1844, to
Loring Smith, He d. April 6, 1861, and was buried at
Pontiac, Mich. Mrs. Smith survived her husband
many years, passing away at the age of 72, in Chicago,
Sept. 6, 1894 and was buried there on the Sunday fol-
lowing.

253 i. Frances E. (Smith) b. at Avon, N. Y., June
18, 1845; "^- 3-t German. Ind., April 8, 1868 to Sam-
uel Keltner (s. Abraham and Melissa (Beyers)
Keltner); d. July 16, 1876 and was buried at Ger-
man, Ind. Mr. Keltner d. Thanksgiving-day, 1874,
and both are buried in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery,
South Bend, Ind.

254 i. Alberta Avilda, b. at German, Ind., June
II, 1869; m. at Chicago, 111., Dec. 24, 1890, to
Christian Henry Sellman, (s. Christian Henry
and Mary Sellman); res. (1894) 7827 Winne-
conna Ave., Auburn Park, Chicago, 111.

255 ii. Ida M. b. at German, Ind., Sept. 25,
1872; res. (1894) 7827 Winneconna Ave.,
Auburn Park, Chicago, 111.

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256 ii. Mary (Smith) b. at Avon, N. Y., April 5,
1847; "1- at German, Ind., Dec. 25, 1866, to James
W. Camper (b. at South Bend, Ind., June 13, 1836;
s. of William and Elizabeth Camper). She d.Feb.
9, 1885, and was buried at South Bend, Ind. He
was in California and Nevada from 1857 until Mar.
1865, when he returned to South Bend, and has
since continued to reside there. He is a dealer in
guns, ammunition, etc. (Camper &Stedman.)

257 iii. Charles A. (Smith) b. at Dansville, N. Y.,
June 19, 1849; res. (1894) 7827 Winneconna Ave.,
Auburn Park, Chicago, 111.

230 CYRUS EDWIN GILLETTE (iv.222) b. at Ben-

ton, N. Y., Nov. 29, 1824; m. at Ypsilanti, Mich., Oct.,
21, 1847, to Mary M. Kimmel (b. Ypsilanti; dau. Henry
and Susanna (Lobengier) Kimmel). Three children
were born of this marriage. She d. Jan. 26, 1853, ae.
22 years, and was buried in Silver Brook Cemetery.

M. 2nd at Niles, Mar. 8, 1858, to Sarah Cleland
(b. Bertrand, Mich., Jan. i, 1832) who d. June 4, 1862.
One child, Cora, was b. of this marriage.

M. 3rd at Milton, Mich., Nov. 5, 1867, to Mary C,
Reese (b. July 7, 1833, at Tioga, N. Y.). She d. Oct.
7, 1868, and was buried at Niles, Mich.

M. 4th at Marshall, Mich., Nov. 10, 1874, to
Elizabeth S. Kincaid (b. Medina, N. Y., Nov. 25, 1842).
He d. at Bertrand, Mich., Sept. 23, 1888. His widow
resides (1894) in Denver, Col.

258 i. Ida A. (Gillette) b. Bertrand, Mich., Aug.

31, 1848; m. at Bertrand, Mich., Aug 31, 1870, to
John W. Salladay; d. Oct. 30, 1871. Mr. Salladay
re-married and is engaged in commission business
on S. Water St., Chicago, 111.

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259 ii. Edwin Leisure (Gillette) b. Bertrand, Mich.,
June 5, 1850; m. at Niles, Mich., Jan. i, 1872, to
Sarah E. Rosewarne (b. Decatur, Mich., Oct., 25,
185 1 ; dau. William H. and Eliza A, (Hicks) Rose-
warne).

260 i. Lewis E., b. Niles, Mich., Dec, 11, 1873;
d. April 14, 1894.

261 ii. Cyrus W., b. Niles, Mich., Nov. 8, 1875

262 iii. Ethel H., b. Milton, Mich., Mar. 7, 1882.'

263 iv. Ralph R., b. Bertrand, Mich., Sept. 29,
1891.

264 iii. Mary M. (Gillette) b. Superior, Mich., Sept.
6, 1855; d. Nov. 17, 1869.

265 iv. Cora (Gillette), b. Bertrand,. Mich., Jan. 3,
1859; m.

232 EDMUND GILLETTE ( vi . 222) b. Benton, N. Y.,

Oct. 9, 1828; m. at Oregon, la., Feb. 24, 1856, to Helen
M. Barber, (b. LaPorte, Ind., Nov. 14, 1837; dau. of
Horace and Elizabeth (Burbank) Barber). He was
admitted to practice at the bar, but has spent very
little time in the active practice of his profession;
with the exception of about four years, during which
he was Clerk of the District Court including Howard
County, Iowa, and a couple of years spent in partner-
ship with his cousin Archy McMath, in railroad con-
tracting; his time and energies have been devoted to
agricultural pursuits. He now (1894) res. in Cresco,
Iowa.

266 i. Annette Mabel, b. Cresco, la., Jan. i, 1857;
d. Cresco, la., Feb. 7, 1890.

267 ii. Fred Edwin, b. Cresco, la., Dec. 2, 1858.
In business in Minneapolis, Minn., address, 63 and
64 Chamber of Commerce.

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268 iii. Arthur B., b. Cresco, la., Mar. 26, 1861. In
business at Beardsley, Minn.

269 iv. Edmund C, b. Cresco, la., Dec. 13, 1863.
Resides at home and operates the farm.

270 V. Nellie E., b. Cresco, la., Nov. 26, 1871.

271 vi. Gertie E., b. Cresco, la., Aug. 15, 1875.

233 ELIZABETH GILLETTE (vii . 222) b. Benton, N.

Y., July 17, 1831; m. at Bertrand, Mich., Dec, 17,
1857, to Josiah G. Keltner (b. Liberty, Ind., Sept. 24,
1828; s. Samuel R. and Jane (Hardman) Keltner).
Mr. Keltner was a farmer for many years; for the past
five years has managed his farms but has resided in
South Bend, Ind.,

272 i. Arthur Gillette, b. German, Ind., May 14,
1861; m. at Lapeer, Mich., Nov. ig, 1890, to Annie
Axford Smith (b. in England, Sept. 28, 1865; dau.
Thomas P. and Jennie Smith). Mr. Keltner grad-
uated from South Bend, Ind., High School, and
spent two years as a student at Franklin College,
Ind. At present (1894) engaged in hardware
business.

273 i. Harold S., b. South Bend, Ind., May 7,
1893.

274 ii. Charles E., b. German, Ind., July 28, 1865;
m. in Center Twp., St. Joseph Co., Ind., Jan. i,
1889, to Nettie Jackson (dau. John and Jack-
son). Mr. Keltner is a farmer and dairyman in
German Twp., Ind., his address ( 1894) being South
Bend, Ind.

275 i. Ralph J., b. Aug. 14, 1891.

276 iii. Helen Mabel, b. German, Ind., Feb. 3, 1870;
m. at the home of her parents Nov. 25, 1888, to

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Ezekiel Green Garwood (s. Stacey and Clara
(Throckmorton) Garwood). Mr. Garwood is a
farmer in Green Twp., St. Joseph Co., Ind. Ad-
dress South Bend, Ind.

277 i. Helen, b. Feb. 26, 1893.

234 OLIVER COMSTOCK GILLETTE (viii . 222) , b.

Benton, N. Y., Sept., 20, 1833; m. at Milton, Mich.,
April 15, 1857 to Alvira Drew, (b. Milton, Mich., July
31, 1836; dau. Oliver and Ann (Woods) Drew). He
has always been engaged in farming except during a
period of about nine years when he was engaged in
lumbering. In Feb., 1868, his mill burned "leaving
him nothing but his hands, a few debts, and a good
credit." The latter enabled him to build a new mill
and resume business. In April 1874, he removed to
Kansas and again engaged in farming. His home
farm is said to be the best in Franklin Co. Res.
(1894) Ottawa, Franklin Co., Kan.

278 i. Harry Edmund, b. Chickaming Twp., Ber-
rien Co., Mich., May 21, 1865; m. at Ottawa, Kan.,
Sept. 20, 1893, to Minnie Elsie Haley (dau. William
and Nancy Cornell Potter). Mr. Gillette is a suc-
cessful farmer, living (1894) at Ottawa, Kan.

279 i. (Unnamed), b. Aug. 14, 1894; d. Aug. 20,
1894.

224 SAMUEL BAINBRIDGE (iii.8), b. at Romulus,
N. Y., Aug. 9, 1804; m. July 4, 1845, the Rev. J. Hopkins,
of Auburn, officiating, to Catherine Sebring (b. Romulus,
N. Y., May 28, 1824; dau. Thomas and Rebecca Sebring).

"My uncle Samuel had fine intellectual gifts, but (an exception
in his family) until quite late in life was addicted to occasional
excesses remaining abstemious in their intervals. He always
preserved a stately, gentlemanly dignity."

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It is said of him, that he was born, lived and died on
the same farm, the central part of lot 72, town of Romulus.

He d. Romulus, N. Y., Nov., 1872, and was buried in
the Baptist church cemetery. His widow still resides in
Romulus.

280 i. Infant, b. May 14, 1S46; d. ae. seven weeks.

281 ii. Tunis, b. Romulus, May 11, 1848; m. Feb. 13,
1S79, to Mary Coryell, (b. Romulus, Oct. 29, 1851;
dau. John and Abby Coryell of Romulus.) .^ He is a
farmer and resides (1894) Romulus, N. Y.

282 iii. Charles, b. ; res. Romulus, N. Y.

283 iv. Frank Watkins, b.

225 CYRUS BAINBRIDGE (iv.8), b. in Romulus, N. Y.,
March 4, 1806; m. at Romulus, June 2, 1830, Anne
Catherine Folwell (dau. William Watts and Elizabeth
(Dungan) Folwell.)

"Cyrus Bainbridge was a man of absolute honesty, even temper,
kind disposition. He was in every way 'lovely and of good report.'
His manners were perfect. He was a devoted christian." — Prof.
Folwell.

He was for many years a deacon in the Baptist church
of Romulus. His death occurred at Romulus Jan. I,
1872, and he was buried beside his wife, who had pre-
ceded him, Dec. i, 1869, in the Baptist cemetery at
Romulus.

284 i. Martha Dungan (twin), b. at Romulus, N. Y.,
Feb. 19, 1831; m. at Romulus, May 19, 1852, to James
W. Watkins, of Naples, N. Y.; d. Nov. 17, 1885.

285 i. Frank Bainbridge, b. 1854; d. Feb. 13, 1861.

286 ii. A child adopted when five years of age, a
girl, d. in Sept. 1880, aged 12 years.

287 ii. Mary P. (twin), b. Feb. 19, 1831; d. ae. 10 yrs.

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288 iii. Lisle, b. Romulus, N. Y., Aug. 30, 1833.

In 1882 she accompanied her cousin Mrs. Helen Coan
Nevius and husband, Dr. J. L. Nevius on their return
trip to Chefoo, China, where the Dr. and Mrs. Nevius
had been stationed; they were Presbyterian mission-
aries to China for over thirty years. They sailed in
the "Tokio" from San Francisco, Sept. 21, 1882.
Mrs. Nevius, (a niece of Thomas J. Folwell's) had
been home on a visit, but it proved a sad one as both
her father and mother (Dr. and Mrs. Coan) died dur-
ing her stay.

" Originally named Eliza Jane for two aunts on the Fohvell side.
As a child she was called 'Lisle' and this name, with her parents ap-
proval, she has since retained. She is a lovely lady of many gifts."
— Prof. Folwell.

289 iv. Mahlon, b. at Romulus, N. Y., March 9, 1836;
m. at Ovid, N. Y., Dec. 20, 1871, to Emma Freleigh
(dau. G. W. and P. Freleigh). Graduated from
Hobart College, Geneva in the class of '62. Enlisted
the following year in the 50th N. Y. Engineers, attain-
ing the rank of Lieutenant. After the close of the
war he returned home and remained some time, but
contracting a severe cold and his health becoming pre-
carious, he went to Minneapolis, and took charge of
the Agricultural Department of the State University,
but his health not improving, was obliged to give up
his work, and went to Colorado. Having apparently
regained his health in a year or two, he returned and
married Miss Freleigh (to whom he had been long
engaged). His old malady returning, he again
sought relief in Colorado, but this time without suc-
cess. He died June 30, 1876, in Colorado, and his re-
mains were brought to Ovid, N. Y. for burial.

290 i. Clarence Mahlon.

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291 V. Sarah Coan, b. April 3c, 1839; d. unmarried,
Dec. 23, 1864.

292 vi. Mary Helen, b. July 29, 1848; d. Aug. 7, 1865,
unmarried. She inherited the strain of personal
beauty running in the Bainbridge blood in a high de-
gree.

226 JOANNA BAINBRIDGE (v. 8) b. in Romulus, N.
Y., May 4, 1809; m. in Romulus by Rev. John C. Holt,
Jan. 21, 1828, to Thomas J. Folwell (s. of Wm. Watts and
Jane(Dungan) Folwell, both only children of their re-
spective parents, who removed from Bucks Co., Pa., in
1806 and settled on a large farm about two miles south of
the McMath farm in Romulus; Wm. Watts Folwell was
b. at Southampton, Bucks Co., Pa., Jan. 28, 1768; gradu-
ated from Brown University in class of 1792; d. Oct. 13,
1858).

From Mrs. Joanna B. Folwell:

"I began house keeping March 4, 1829, the day President Jack-
son was inaugurated. Our children were all born in Romulus on
the same farm and in the same house. I have led an uneventful
life trying to do my duty to my family as well as I could; Mr. Fol-
well thought we had better give the children as good an education
as we could and they would thus be qualified to take care of them-
selves. Mr. Folwell was not a business man, he liked to read and
did read a great deal, he always had something interesting to tell us
at the table and was more intelligent than the average farmer. In-
stead of accumulating property, we enjoyed life as we went along.
We were always comfortable and knew no real wants."

From Prof. W. W. Folwell:

"He was one of the best farmers of his time, but was no trader.
He was a true country gentleman, proud of his position as a farmer
and the respect in which he knew himself to be held.

Mr. Folwell, or Gen. Folwell as he was usually called,
(he was a Brig. Gen. in the N. Y. State Militia) d. at
Romulus, Sept. 13, 1867 of typhoid pneumonia after an
illness of only two weeks and was buried in the new

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cemetery near the Baptist church at Romulus. The fun-
eral was conducted by Rev. Dr. Bissell, of Geneva, N.Y.,
afterwards Bishop of Vermont. Mrs. Folwell survived
her husband many years, retaining the old home at Rom-
ulus though much of her time was spent with her child-
ren. During the last few years of her life she took a
lively interest in the preparation of this little history of
the family. Her letters were written in a small feminine
hand, showing perhaps the tremulousness of age, but^ex-
pressed in language which indicated a cultivated mind, a
rare memory, and a mind and heart filled with pleasant
recollections of the persons and events of which she
wrote. She d. at the home of her son William, in Minn-
eapolis, Minn., April 2, 1889 and was buried April 7th, in
the new Baptist cemetery at Romulus, beside her hus-
band,

293 i. ELIZABETH (Folwell), b. in Romulus,
June 21, 1829; d. Aug. 29, 1875, ^^^ was buried in
Romulus beside her father.

" She was an invalid from childhood, suffered a paralytic stroke
and she never walked, but sat in a chair the most of her life; her
mind and memory were remarkably good, she received her educa-
tion at home. Mary Folwell, her father's sister taught a school in
our house for a time and she was enabled to receive a pretty good
education, considering her situation. Her bible was a source of
much comfort to her and she read it through once in each year from
1849. Reading was her only recreation as she was unable to use
her hands in any kind of work."— Mrs. Joanna B. Folwell.

294 ii. WILLIAM WATTS (Folwell), b. in Rom-
ulus, Feb. 14, 1833. Graduated from Hobart Col-
lege in the class of '57; taught in Ovid Academy two
years, then accepted the adjunct professorship of
Mathematics in his Alma Mater; in 1860-1 studied
Philology in Berlin and travelled extensively in
Europe. In January, 1862, was commissioned First

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Lieut, in the 50th N. Y. Engineers (this regiment was
organized by Gen. Charles B. Stuart, an eminent
engineer, in July, August and September, 1861, at
Elmira, N. Y., and mustered' into service Sept. 18,
1861 as "Stuart's Independent Volunteers") was soon
after promoted to rank of Capt. ; he served in the
army of the Potomac till the close of the war, attain-
ing the rank of Major of Engineers and the Brevet
rank of Lieut. Colonel of U. S. Volunteers, Durine-
the siege of Petersburg, Capt. Folwell then command-
ing Company I, is credited with the construction of
forts Wadsworth and Siebert. He constructed a great
number of pontoon bridges for the Army of the
Potomac.

M. at Buffalo, N. Y., March 14, 1863, to Sarah Hub-
bard Heywood (dau. of Russell H. and Sarah (Wicks)
Heywood). After some years spent in business, he
accepted in 1869, the chair of Mathematics in Kenyon
College, O. In the same year he was tendered and
accepted the position he has ever since filled. Presi-
dent of the University of Minnesota. Among his
published papers and addresses are "Public Instruc-
tion in Minnesota" (transactions Am. P2d. Asso. 1875),
"Lectures on Political Economy," "The Science of
Industry," etc. A man of eminent abilities and at-
tainments, of broad views, and kind and generous in
disposition.

295 i. Mary Heywood, b. Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. 29,

1864.

296 ii. Russell Heywood, b. Minneapolis, Minn.,
Feb. 26, 1 87 1.

297 iii. William Bainbridge, b. Minneapolis, Minn.,
Feb. 7, 1878.

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298 iii. JANE DUNGAN (Folwell), b. at Rom-
ulus, N. Y., July i6, 1836; m. at her mother's
home, Aug. 2, fe^H^ by Rev. Henry Lounsbury, her
fiancee's brother, to Prof. Thomas R. Lounsbury, L.
L. D. (s. of Rev. Dr. Thomas Lounsbury of Ovid, N.
Y. ). Prof. Lounsbury has for many years filled the
chair of English Literature in Yale College at New
Haven, Conn.; a distinguished author and scholar.
Capt T. R. Lounsbury commanded Co. C. 126th N. Y.
Vols., from Ovid, Lodi and Romulus,

299 i. Walter Whitney (Lounbsury) b. in Kendaia,
Seneca Co., N. Y., July 10, 1872. Graduated from
Yale College 1894.

300 iv. MAHLON BAINBRIDGE (Folwell), b.
Sept. 18, 1838, in Romulus, N. Y.; was fitted for
college by his older brother and completed the whole
work of the usual three years preparatory classical
course, together with two terms of that of the Fresh-
man class in fifty-six weeks of actual study. He en-
tered Hobart College, Geneva, N. Y., at the begin-
ning of the third term of the Freshman year in March,
1858 and graduated near the head of his class in July,
1861. At a war meeting in his town soon after, he
was the first man to volunteer, but the command pro-
posed not being organized he did not at once enter
the military service. He began the study of medicine
in Geneva, N. Y., the fall of that year and taught a
country school the following winter. Early in the
spring of 1862 he was offered and accepted the posi-
tion of hospital steward in the 50th N. Y. Engineers
which his brother William had lately joined as a First
Lieutenant. He joined the command at Alexandria,
Va., as it was leaving Washington for the Peninsular
Campaign. Early in 1863 he was commissioned a
First Lieutenant and assigned to Company I, then

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commanded by his brother. He was attached to this
company until mustered out with it in July, 1865, be-
coming its Captain after th^gntomotion of his brother.
For a large part of the time of his service he was de-
tached to serve as Adjutant of the battalion of the
regiment in the field under command of Brevet Brig.
Gen. Ira Spaulding. Gen. Spaulding held him in
high regard and frequently declared him to be an
officer on whom he could depend in any emergency.
His handsome face and figure, his tasteful dress, and
graceful horsemanship attracted the attention of all
who met him. After the close of the war he com-
pleted his medical studies and took his degree of M.
D. at the Medical College in Buffalo, N. Y. His
father dying suddenly in Sept. 1867, Dr. Folwell at
once returned to the home and took charge of the
property and postponed for two years the work for
which he had prepared himself. In Sept., 1869, he be-
gan medical practice in Buffalo and was one of the
leading practitioners and a professor in the college.
M. in Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 21,1882, to Florence Doty,
(dau. of Leonidas and Doty) of that city.

He d. at Buffalo, Dec. 10, 1895, of peritonitas.

301 i. Bainbridge Folwell Doty, b. Buffalo, N. Y.,

1884.

302 V. KATHERINE LOUISE (Folwell), b. Feb.
6, 1841. She graduated from Mt. Holyoke,
(Mass.) Seminary in the class of '65, and began teach-
ing at Decatur, Mich., soon afterwards; taught in
Owosso in 1870. M. by Rev. Mr. DeLand, at Saginaw
Mich., Dec. 26, 1870, to Prof. Morris Bishop Foster
(s. of Ira and Caroline (Bishop) Foster; who removed
at an early date from Madison Co., N. Y., settling at
Kesler, Van Buren Co., Mich., where they still reside).
Mr. Foster after three years service in the U. S. army,

Prest. William Watts Folwell.

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in the west, graduated from the University of Mich-
igan in the class of 'yo; he taught at Saginaw and
Benton Harbor, Mich., and Wabasha and Glencoe,
Minn., assisted by his wife at the latter points, and
finally in 1878, having secured a farm of 360 acres
near Hector, Renville Co., Minn., they began farming.

303 i. Adele, b. Wabasha, Feb. 27, 1874. Attend-
ing Hamline University, Minn (1894).

304 ii. William Bainbridge, b. Romulus, Aug. 13,
1875-

305 iii. Thomas Ira, b. Hector, Jan. 24, 1880.

306 iv. Robert Morris, b. Hector, Aug. 4, 1881.

307 vi. MARYADELAIDE(Folwell),b. in Romulus,
N. Y., May 2, 1848. Attended the academy at Ovid,
and was prepared to go to Elmira college; she only
staid there six months, v/heri her brother William, re-
signing his position in Kenyon college, O., to take
charge of the University of Minnesota, she went with
him and studied in the University for three years. In
1874 she returned home to Romulus without graduat-
ing. Her health became permanently impaired and
while her home continued to be with her mother at
Romulus, her time was spent in part with her sister in
New Haven and partly in travel. In 1881 she spent a
portion of the summer with her brother in Buffalo.
The summer of 1876 she spent in Bermuda but re-
ceived little benefit. Two years, 1882-3, she spent in
South Germany and Italy. She died in Rome, Italy,
where she was buried pursuant to her own expressed
desire, Feb. 4, 1894. She had been abroad nearly
five years in pursuit of health and pleasure.

308 vii. ADELLA JOANNA (Folwell), b. Romulus,
N. v., Aug. 20, 1851; m. at her mother's home in

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Romulus, by Rev. D. D. Owen, to Edmund P. Cole,
(only s. of and Ruth (Smith) Cole) Nov.

19, 1872. Mr. Cole's father was engaged in business
in San Francisco, Cal., for many years. They reside
now near Ovid, N. Y., about three miles from the old
home in Romulus. The children were all born in
Romulus, N. Y.

309 i. Katherine Augusta, b. Nov. 23, 1873; d.
March 14, 1884.

310 ii. Edmund Bainbridge, b. Sept. 13, 1874; d.
Sept. 15, 1874.

311 iii. Thomas Folwell, b. June 2, 1876.

312 iv. Clement Bainbridge, b. May 7, 1878.

313 V. Claudius Coan, b. July 23, 1881.

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10 MARY McMATH (vi.2) b. Sept. 19, 1780. She was
the sixth child, and was named after her father's sister
Mary. She was thirteen years of age when her father
settled in Romulus, 1794. M. at Romulus, N. Y., March
7- I799> tccjohn Bainbridge (b. Aug. 14, 1773; settled in
Romulus, 1793; a brother of Mahlon Bainbridge who
married her sister Elizabeth).

"They resided near the Baptist Church in Romulus and were
near neighbors of her sister Elizabeth's, who lived but a short dis-
tance the other side of the church." — Mrs. J. B. Folwell.

She became a member, in 1804, of the Presbyterian
church and was a regular attendant during her life,
though her children all became members of the Baptist
church. She was a kindly woman of very decided views.
She d, May 22, 1850, and was buried in the Baptist cem-
etery in Romulus. Mr. Bainbridge d. Feb. 4, 1849, ^^ his
73rd year and was buried in the Baptist cemetery.

From the late Wm. Bainbridge:

" My grandfather's name was Peter Bainbridge; [This seems to
be a mistake, Mrs. Dalton, who was at great pains to ascertain the
facts, states that the name was Edmond] he lived formerly in Scot-
land. He owned a stone flouring mills property, on the Potomac, in
Md. He had six children, whose names were Peter, Absalom, Abner,
Mahlon, Julia and John. Peter, the eldest son, became a Baptist
minister and distinguished himself as a pulpit orator. He m.
Nellie Mcintosh of South Carolina; upon the death of her father
Mrs. B. inherited a plantation of some 200 acres and 65 slaves. He
became an abolitionist, they manumitted their slaves, but five or
six refused to leave them and came with them to Romulus, N. Y,
He invested largely in real estate; the mile square of land after-
ward owned by Joseph Hunt (grandfather of the late Jos. H. Hunt),
and other lands west of this tract, were among his early purchases.
He was a constitutent member of the First Baptist Church, of Rom-
ulus, constituted in 1795. He baptized his brother Mahlon (who.
was also a constituent member of the same church) in Seneca Lake,
being the first person baptized in Seneca Lake.

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" Absalom also became a minister, a missionary of the lake
country; finally with his wife (a devoted assistant in his work) went
to carry the teachings of the gospel into the homes and hearts of
the pioneers, of the then far west; their after life is unknown to
their relatives in the east.

" Abner studied medicine with Dr. Ethan Watson, of Romulus,
and graduated from Brushwood Medical College. His wife was
Susan Piert, a southern lady who was always trying to make him
appear youthful (he was an old 'bach ' and she a young girl, when
they married). (Whether he left descendants his nephew fails to
state.)

" Mahlon married Elizabeth McMath.

" Julia was as fair as a lily; she d. young and unmarried.

"John, my father, was b. Aug. 14, 1773; was a printer in Phila-
delphia for a number of years. About 1793 went to visit his
brothers, Peter and Mahlon, in Seneca Co., N. Y.,and concluded to
stay there. Was employed for a short time in the tirst printing
office established in Geneva. After his marriage he settled in the
town of Romulus, engaging in the mercantile business, his store
being located on his farm near the Baptist Church. I have in my
posession the old books of account kept at this store in my father's
own handwriting. On one occasion while engaged with Geo. Mc-
Clellan in clearing a piece of his land, he felled a hollow tree and
thinking he would remove a Yellow Jacket's nest, he reached into
the log; feeling a peculiar and painful sensation in his hand and
arm he withdrew it hastily, jerking from its nest within the log a
huge rattlesnake which had fastened its fangs into the third finger
of his hand. He bound his arm with rye straw from a nearby field
but it availed little, the swelling finally reached his body which be-
came spotted as the snake itself. He was cured with door yard
plantain applied to the wound in poultices and taken internally as a
drink. In 1813 he leased the village hotel, in Ovid, from his
brother-in-law, John McMath, but after carrying it on for a year, the
length of his lease, he gave it up and returned to his farm. He was
Captain of a company of militia at the time of the Canadian war."

In a subsequent letter Mr. Bambridge says:

" In the record I wrote and sent you, my grandfathers's name
was given as Peter Bainbridge. Mrs. Folwell's record says Ed-
mund Bainbridge. She 'being a grandaughter and a much older
person than myself was without doubt right as she could better re-
member what was said of her grandparents. The famous Com-
odore Bainbridge was a son of my grandfather's brother. I have

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frequently heard my father refer to him as his cousin. I have felt
and still feel much interested in having such a record as you men-
tion and will do all I can to help it on. I am now the last of my
father's and mother's family, a household of thirteen children, eight
sons and five daughters, all of whom lived to the age of manhood
and womanhood except two brothers. I have just rounded up my
eighty years of life, have lived to a greater age than any of my
father's family and have never had a prolonged sickness and am at
the present time in the enjoyment of as good health as any who
have lived to the advanced years of my life."
August 27th, 1894.

From Mrs. Mary J. Dalton:

" Edmond and William Bainbridge came to America together,
from England. William settled near Princeton, N. J. and Edmond,
who m. Ruth White, located near Annapolis, Md.,on the Potomac.

From Miss S. A. McMath:

" Mrs. Mary Bainbridge was a bright and capable woman. She
maintained her Presbyterian views all her life although in constant
companionship with Baptists. Living opposite the Baptist church
she entertained ministers and influential laymen frequently. Her
husband and most of her children were members of that church.
After a season of revival services, a number of her children were to
be baptized and received into communion. At the breakfast table
on the eventful morning, she said she had slept but little, owing to a
very uncomfortable dream. She thought her family were invited to
a great and wonderful feast and she was left out; could she not be
with her husband? No; nor her children? No; would not the
Master recognize her love and admit her? No. A stream of water
seemed to divide them and was impassable.

" I saw her but once, she was then nearly seventy."

From Miss Ida B. Van Auken:

" The courtship of Mary McMath and John Bainbridge was
romantic. The handsome Philadelphia gentleman, bearing in dress
and manner the polish of city education, was cordially welcomed in
the little settlement, and the young ladies, we can readily believe,
were among the most cordial welcomers. Mary McMath, however
carried off the prize. In after years she liked to entertain her
daughters with the story of her courtship, telling them many little
incidents of her early life, 'the golden time, the happy, the bright,
the unforgotten,' and of the handsome lover, the adored husband,
and the protecting companion of her later life."

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Their children were named:

314 i. Margaret.

315 ii. Elizabeth.

316 iii. Edmund, b. Dec. 3, 1803; d. 1815.

317 iv. Mahlon.

318 V. John McMath, b. 1807; d. 181 1.

319 vi. Angeline.

320 vii. John.

321 viii. William.

322 ix. Samuel McMath.

323 X. Erastus.

324 xi. Erasmus.

325 xii. Mary A.

326 xiii. Susan Miranda, d. ae. 25.

314 MARGARET BAINBRIDGE (i.io) b. in Romulus,
N. Y., Jan. 8, 1800. Married at Romulus, N. Y., Jan. 8,
1820, to Samuel Jones, b. May 15, 1798, at Southampton,
Pa., (s. Dr. Joshua and Elizabeth (Fohvell) Jones; Dr.
Jones was b. Nov. 5, 1764, and died at Southampton,
Bucks Co., Pa.; Elizabeth Fohvell was b. Jan. 29, 1774,
and died at Philadelphia, Pa.). Mrs. Bainbridge d, in
Rushville, N. Y., Mar. 20, 1869. She was never a strong
woman and passed through much sickness. In the
neighborhood where she lived during most of her life,
she was most highly esteemed and beloved. She was
possessed of exceptional refinement and good judgment.

Mr. Jones was m. 2d. at Romulus, N. Y., Apr.
23, 1873, to Mrs. C. M. Marsh, dau. William and Zadah
(Williams) Howe. Mrs. Marsh is a direct descendent
of Roger Williams, famous in colonial history as the

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founder of Rhode Island. Her son, Rev. Stephen V.
Marsh, married Mr. Jones' daughter, Mary.

From Mrs. S. V. Marsh:

"My father was educated for the medical profession at Phila-
delphia, but soon after becoming of age, he was invited by his
uncle, Wm. W. Folwell and family to visit them at Romulus, N. Y.
His father gave him a 'freedom suit,' consisting of $ioo in money
and a horse, saddle, bridle and saddle bags, and he made the trip
on horseback, travelling the distance, some 300 miles, in seven days.
He became so much in love with the country and surroundings —
and Miss Margaret Bainbridge— that he determined to abandon his
profession, marry, and become a farmer. In 1823, with his wife and
two sons, John Bainbridge and Joshua, he removed to Middlesex
and there bought and finally settled on a farm. They were greatly
prospered, spiritually and financially, adding farm to farm until
they owned some six hundred acres of fine land. Here six more
children were born to them. He possessed a good constitution, a
strong, well-balanced mind and was a man of high christian char-
acter. It might be worth adding that he was a descendant of Dr.
Watts, the author of Watt's Sacred Hymns. He died at Romulus,
N. v., Feb. 19, 1878."

327 i. John Bainbridge (Jones) b. Middlesex, N. Y.,

December 24, 1820; m. at Middlesex, N. Y., April 6,
1842, to Melina Adams, b. E. Bloomfield, Mass., Feb.
8, 1825, (dau. Henry and Lucinda (Slayton) Adams.)
Mr. Jones was a man of medium height, of posi-
tive though pleasant manner and of exceptional in-
telligence and judgment. His children remember
him as a kind and affectionate parent. He was a
farmer by occupation, residing in N. Y. until 1868
when he removed with his family to Michigan, set-
tling first near Tecumseh and about two years later in
Jackson Co., near Napoleon, where after a lingering
sickness of some three years duration, he died, Feb.
18, 1888. His widow is an invalid in mind and body,
residing with her two eldest daughters at Grass Lake,
Mich.

90 MEMORIALS OF THE

From Mrs. Clarissa E. Van Houten:

" My mother is described as having been in earlier life, tall and
stately, absolutely self reliant, and possessed of a bright and activ^e
intellect.

328 i. Sarah P. (Jones), b. Middlesex, N. Y., Feb.
23, 1843. Since her father's death she has resided
with her sister, Mrs. Van Houten, at Grass Lake.
Her mother's care has devolved largely upon her.

329 ii. Clarissa Elizabeth (Jones), b. Middlesex,
N. Y., Nov. 26, 1S46; m. at Rushville, N. Y., Feb.
5, 1868, to Aaron Richard Van Houten (s. Abram
and Mary S. Van Houten). Mr. Van Houten was
successively a farmer, druggist, bookkeeper, grain
dealer and finally first deputy in the office of the
Auditor General, at Spokane, Wash., which posi-
tion he held at the time of his death, of Typhoid
Fever, Jan. 12, 1889.

Mrs. Clarissa E. Van Houton:

"We came to Michigan in April, 1868; lived two years in
Tecumseh, one and a half at Napoleon, then in Nov., 1871 removed
to Eugene City, Ore., where we staid four years. I regained my
health in Oregon; when we went there I was nearly gone with con-
sumption. Mr. Van H., spent part of two years in Texas, 1882-3
and went to Spokane in 1887. It might be added that Mr. Van H.
accumulated a comfortable property, notwithstanding his nomadic
career, belieing the old proverb 'a rolling stone etc'

Res. (1894) Grass Lake, Mich.

330 i. Arthur Jones, b. Sept. 28, 1874; d. the
same day.

331 ii. Ethel Mae, b. Feb. 11, 1881; d. Apr. i,
1882.

332 iii. Mary Melvina (Jones), b. Middlesex, N. Y.,
Aug, 6, 1849; ffi- at Napoleon, Mich. Sept. 2, 1874,
Gordon Sprague Jones (b. at Grass Lake, Mich.,
July 29, 1843; s. of Hiram A. and Love (Watkins)

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Jones.) Mr. Jones in 1879 went to Crete, Neb., in
company with his brother, Marion L., intending to
settle there but returned to Mich., in 1880. Again
went west in the fall of 1884, this time purchased a
farm near Blunt, Dak., and remained there nearly
two years, returning to Mich., in fall of 1886. Has
since lived on the farm Mrs. Jones' father pur-
chased, about two years after his arrival in Mich.,
near Napoleon, Address (1894) Napoleon, Mich.

333 i. Fred Gordon, b. Napoleon, Oct. 3c, 1876.

334 ii. Lorin W., b. Crete, Neb., Mar. 26, 1880.

335 iv. Jennie Lucinda (Jones), b. Middlesex, N.
Y., Aug. 25, 1853; m. at Napoleon, Mich., Mar. 14,
1883, to Marion Lucien Jones (b. at Grass Lake,
Mich., Nov. 24, 1841; s. Hiram A. and Love (Wat-
kins) Jones.) Mr. Jones and his brother, Gordon
S., were merchants in Napoleon for some time
prior to 1879 when they went west, settling in
Crete, Neb. In 1883, Mr. Jones after a short
visit in Mich., went to Blunt, Dak., and took up
some land but in the fall of 1889 returned to Mich,
and engaged in mercantile business in Hanover,
Jackson Co., where he has since resided.

336 i. LeRoy Lucien, b. Napoleon, Nov. 5, 1885.

337 ii. Paul Verner, b. Hanover, July 4, 1894.

338 V. Efifie (Jones), b. Middlesex, N. Y., June 8,
1855; d. Sept. 22, 1863.

339 ii. Joshua (Jones), b. Romulus, N. Y., Sept. 9,
1822; m. at Middlesex, N. Y., Mar. 18, 1846, by Rev.
Samuel McMath Bainbridge, (the groom's uncle) to
Miss Randilla Angenette Adams (dau. John and
Rebecca Adams, of Middlesex, N. Y.). Mrs. Jones
d. at Middlesex, Oct. 12, 1853.

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He m. 2nd., at Middlesex, May 24, 1854, by Rev.
A. C. Mallory, of Benton Center, N. Y., to Ursula B.
Case, (dau. Samuel S. and Betsy Case of Bristol, Ont.
Co., N. Y. ) Mr. Jones was a farmer residing, at the
time of his death, Jan. 27, 1893, at Rushville, N. Y.,
where his widow still resides.

340 i. Rufus Pharcellus (Jones), b. Sept. 22, 1847;
d. unm.. Mar. 3., 1869.

341 ii. Marcenus Joshua (Jones), b. Middlesex, N.
Y., Oct. 8, 1849; m- at Rushville, Yates Co., N. Y.,
June 16, 1875, to Mary J. Silvernail of Rushville, N.
Y., (dau. James and Hannah Silvernail.) Resides
(1894) in Rochester, N. Y. Mr. Jones is the

■inventor and is engaged in manufacturing, "Jones'
Drug and Baking Powder Mixer and Sifter." He
also manufactures a Baking Powder known as the
"Flour City" brand.

342 i. Arthur J., b, Erie, Pa., Apr. 9, 1877.

348 ii. Elsie E., b. Oil City, Pa., Feb. 28, 1880.

344 iii. Mandel M., b. Cleveland, O., May 5, 1883.

345 iv. Florence M., b. Penn Yan, N. Y., Feb. 7,
1884.

346 V. Ernest E., b. Penn Yan, N. Y., June 12,
1885.

347 iii. William Frank (Jones), b. Middlesex, N. Y.,
Sept. 27, 1851; m. at Rushville, N. Y., Sept. 10,
1874, to Carrie A. Watkins, of Rushville, N. Y.
(dau. Moses and Catherine Watkins). He is a
farmer and resides (1894) in Webster, Monroe Co.,
N. Y. The children are all at home with their
parents.

348 i. Inez Kate, b. Rushville, Sept. 25, 1875.

349 ii. W. Fred, b. Rushville, May 17, 1877.

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350 iii. Rowena Randilla, b. Rushville, June 27,
1882.

351 iv. Bessie Edith, b. Pittsford, N. Y., June 7,
1888.

352 V. Alice Lela, b. Penfield, N. Y., July ii,
1893.

353 iv. Samuel Case (Jones), b. Middlesex, N. Y.,
Feb. 12, 1856. Graduated from Bellevue Medical
College, N. Y. City, in class of '85. He is still
unm. and is one of Rochester's best known physi-
cians; res. at No. 21 East Ave., in that city. He
was appointed, by Gov. Morton, Jan 15, 1895, com-
missioner of the New York Board of Health, for a
term of three years; is ist Lieut, and Asst. Sur-
geon 1st Separate Co., National Guard of N. Y.

354 V, Charles Sumner (Jones), b. July 27, 1858;
m. at Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 26, 1893, to Emma Pratt
(dau. of Pascal P. Pratt, Esq., of Buffalo). He
graduated from Cornell University in the class of
'84, and from the Buffalo Medical College in class
of '87. He was for a time physician and surgeon
in the Dansville Sanitarium, at Dansville, Living-
ston Co., N. Y. At present engaged in the prac-
tice of his profession at Buffalo, N, Y. ; address
564 Delaware Ave.,

355 i. Pascal Pratt, b. Buffalo, Dec. 20, 1894.

356 vi. Alice Emma (Jones), b. Middlesex, N. Y,,
Nov. 8, i860; m. at Middlesex, N. Y., June 18, 1890,
to Owen Cassidy (s. George and Mary B. (Doyle)
Cassidy). Mr. Cassidy graduated from Cook
Academy in class of '83 and from Colgate Univer-
sity in class of '87. Is a lawyer in active practice
at Montana Falls, N. Y. He was a delegate to
the N. Y. State Constitutional Convention 1894; is

94 MEMORIALS OF THE

a member of the N. Y. State Board of Health,
Mrs. Cassidy graduated from Cook Academy in
class of '84; she taught for four years in Havana,
two years in the public schools and two years in
Cook Academy.

357 i. Florence Gertrude, b. Havana, N. Y.,
Jan., 1892.

358 ii. Harold Hill, b. Havana Sept., 1893.

359 vii. Gertrude Elizabeth (Jones), b. Middlesex,
N. Y. April 6, 1863. She graduated from Cook
Academy, Montana Falls, Schuyler Co., N. Y., in
the class of '84. She taught several terms in the
Union School at Montana Falls (formerly Havana)
N. Y. Is now principal of the Rushville Academy
at Rushville, N. Y.

360 viii. Washington Irving (Jones), b. May 30,
1865. He is a farmer and resides at Rushville,

N. Y.

361 ix. John Bainbridge (Jones), b. Oct., 27, 1868;
resides with his uncle William at Wellsville, N. Y.,
and is book-keeper for the First National Bank of
Wellsville, of which his uncle is president.

362 iii. Elizabeth (Jones), the third child of Margaret
c , ",", Mj.j - (Bainbridge) Jones, b. Middlesex, N, Y. Feb. 25,
B:i.]C.\:z:itoni,"' 1824; m., at the home of her parents in Middle-
file af Desk, gg^^ Yeh. 23, 1844, to Israel C. Sweet, (s. of Col.

William and Clara (Catlin) Sweet) of Fayette, Seneca
Co., N. Y. (A daughter of the Colonel's, Mary Sweet,
m. William Bainbridge.) She d, at Middlesex, July
5, 1845.

Mr. Sweet married again and by this marriage had
one child, Samuel J. His third wife, Mrs. Harriet
Sweet and her son William H. Sweet, reside in St.
Joseph, Mich. Mr. Sweet was a farmer during most

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of his life though he was for a short time engaged in
mercantile business in South Bend, Ind., where he
died Nov. 3, 1891.

i. Samuel J., b. at Middlesex, May 4, 1845; "''•
at Middlesex, May 7, 1868, to Elizabeth A. Smith,
(dau. John and Ellen (Woodward) Smith.) He
was drowned in the Gallinas River, New Mexico,
April 20, 1886, and the body was never found.
His widow, now Mrs. E. A. Hendricks, resides at
Dolores, New Mexico. He carried on a mercantile
business in Kans. for a time before removing to
New Mexico.

i. Pharcellus Mather, b. Sept. 17, 1869; d.
June 27, 1879.

ii. Mary Emma Belle, b. Oct. 27, 1879.

iii. Ir\ing Clarence, b. Oct. 19, 1882,

363 iv. William Folwell (Jones), b. Middlesex Yates
Co., N. Y., Sept. 5, 1826. Until 21 years of age
remained at home assisting in the farm work.
Graduated from Union College, Schenectady, in class
of '51; attended first term of the Albany Law School,
'51 and '52; admitted to practice in the State and Fed-
eral Courts in March 1852. Began practice at Wells-
ville, N. Y., in July, 1852; spent 23 years in active
practice of his profession. Was a member of the N.
Y. Assembly, 1857-8. M. at Wellsville, N. Y., Sept.
I, 1858, to Gertrude Fassett (dau. Isaac W. and
Cynthia P. (Brown) Fassett). The)' reside at Wells-
ville, N. Y. Mr. Jones has retired from active prac-
tice, his business consisting chiefly in the manage-
ment of his investments. He is president of the First
National Bank of Wellsville and its principal owner.

364 V. Mary Angelina (Jones), b. Middlesex, N. Y.,
June 13, 1828; m. at the home of her parents, in

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Middlesex, N. Y. Feb. ii, 1852, to Rev. Stephen V.
Marsh (s. of Thomas and Caroline Matilda Marsh, of
Romulus, N. Y. Mr. Marsh d. April i, 1864, and
Mrs. Marsh April 5, 1887, both at Romulus, N. Y.);
res. (1895) Monongahela, Pa., where Mr. Marsh is
pastor of the First Baptist Church. He is a lineal
descendant of Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode
Island. Mr. Marsh's mother's name was Howe, her
mother's name was Thirsting and her mother was
named Williams and was a great grand daughter of
Roger Williams.

365 i. William Jones, b. Romulus, N. Y., March 16,
1853; m. Aug. 20, 1882, to Delia A. Tenny (b.
Clifton, N. Y. June 10, 1855; dau. Anson Tenny of
Clifton.) Mr. Marsh is a pharmacist at Corning,
N. Y.

366 i. Stephen Victor, b. Trumansburg, N. Y.,
Oct. 29, 1883.

367 ii. William Judson, b. Trumansburg, N. Y.,
Feb. 16. 1885.

368 ii. Heber T., b. Elbridge, N. Y., Sept. 18, 1855;
d. Sennett, N. Y., April 27, 1873, buried at Rush-
ville, N. Y.

369 iii. Dana Judson, b. Lodi, N. Y., Nov. 9, 1861;
d. Middlesex, N. Y., July 15, 1865, buried at Rush-
ville.

370 vi. Samuel Stephen, b. Covert, N. Y., April 21,
1864; d. Citra, Florida, Oct. 26, 1886; buried at
Rushville.

371 v. Emma Gertrude, b. Waterloo, N. Y., Sept.
12, 1869; d. Sennett, N. Y. Aug. 9, 1871; buried at
Rushville.

372 vi. Samuel Judson (Jones), b. Middlesex, N. Y.,
Nov. 6, 1831; m. at her father's home, in Gor-

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ham, N. Y., June 6, i860, to Edith Wilson (dau.
James R. and Lavina Wilson); resided for a time at
Rushville, N. Y. Their children were all born at
Rushville.

373 i. Wilson J., b. Mar. 31, 1861; res. (1894)
Bath, Steuben Co., N. Y.

374 ii. Helen T., b. Sept. 30, 1866; res. at home
with her parents.

375 iii. Jessie E., b. Mar. 23, 1870; res. at home
with her parents.

376 vii. Joseph Hart (Jones), b. Middlesex, N. Y.,
Aug. 3, 1833; m. at Rushville, N. Y., Feb, 10, 1858, to
Sarah Frances Hoyt (dau. Henry Wiley and Susan
(Van Anden) Hoyt); he d. at Cleveland, O., June
8, 1879, and was buried at Romulus, N. Y. Mrs.
Jones d. at Kasson, Dodge Co., Minn., June ii,
1885. For a number of years prior to his death
Mr. Jones was engaged in the business of Life
Insurance. He held the position of General Agent
for the New York Mutual Life.

377 i. Allan Clement, b. Rushville, N. Y., Nov.
5, 1858; m. at Kasson, Dodge Co., Minn., Oct.

7, 1887, to Fannie Melita Porter (dau. Allen L.
and Vira Porter) ; he d. at Winona, Minn., Dec.

8, 1889 and was buried at Mantorville. His
widow is still living. He was a photographer
and crayon artist of exceptional talent, devot-
ing himself to his art for several years prior to
his death.

378 ii. Carrie Belle, b. Clyde, N. Y., Aug. 3,
1862; m. at Winona, Minn, June 18, 1890, to
Thomas Walter Roberts, M. D. (s. Dr. Daniel
H. and Elizabeth (Paul) Roberts). Dr. Roberts
is a physician and surgeon; a graduate, class of

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'84, of the Chicago Homeopathic Medical Col-
lege. He has been in active practice since his
graduation. Res. Winona, Minn.

379 viii. Margaret Emma (Jones) b. Jan. 6, 1840; m,
at Rushville, N. Y., 1864, to Prof. Ira C. Mumford
(s. of Ansel and Polly Mumford). Prof. Mumford
was an instructor in Eastman's Business College.
She d. in June, 1870, about six weeks after her
husband.

380 i. Mime b. May, 1866; d. ae. one year.

315 ELIZABP:TH BAINBRIDGE. (ii.io) b. Romulus,
N. Y., Nov. 14, 1801; m. at Romulus, to Col. Geo. Van
Auken of Phelps, (b. June 22, 1796; 3rd s. of John and
Margaret (Westfall) Van Auken). He was a farmer
and mint grower near Phelps. She d, Nov. 17, 1863, of
consumption.

From Miss Ida B. Van Auken:

" To John and Margaret (Westfall) Van Auken were born ten
children, nine sons and one daughter. Simeon was b. Dec. 11, 1789;
he was three times married and had seven children; James was b.
April 29, 1794, he d. in early manhood, one son named Charles and
a grandson are said to be living; George b. June 22, 1796, m. Eliza-
beth Bainbridge; David b. Dec. 12, 1798, left two sons, Hulbert resid-
ing at Williamston, Mich, and George at Rochester, N. Y.; Charles
b. Dec. 29, 1802; d. unm.; Lucena m. Harry Van Demark, they had
ten children, six of them still living; Hiram b. June 18, 1807, he m.
Hannah Wilson and they had four children; Lawson A. b. April 22,
1809, m. Sallie Field, they had ten children, one, Mrs. Ed. Bennett
resides on Holcomb Ave, Detroit, Mich.; Dudley L. b. Nov. 6, 181 1,
m. Betsey Barker, they had eight children; Wm. H. H., b. July 2,
i8i6,m. Julia Ann Featherly, they had nine children; an adopted
daughter, Sallie Field, wash. Nov. 4, 1809. They were remarkably
strong in body living to great age. The only one living at date of
writing, (Oct. 1894) is Dudley Van Auken, Hudson, Mich. They
grew to maturity without using spirituous drinks or tobacco. A fact
remarkable when thinking of the early part of the century, and the
universal prevalance of drinking customs.

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"George Van Auken, who married Elizabeth Bainbridge, was
tall and handsome, a good horseman, and Colonel of a training
company, at Waterloo, N. Y. He was thirty years a ruling elder in
the Oaks Corners Church. A man of most tender affection for his
family, kind and charitable to the poor. He d. at Phelps, N, Y.,
April 26, 1870.

" His son, Theron Van Auken, followed in his father's footsteps
and was a ruling elder in the same church for 29 years. He d. in
1889.

" Thus the years have rolled on carrying into The Beyond, the
loved, successful and useful members of succeeding generations.

" Col. Geo. Van Auken was a tall, powerfully built man, his
feats of strength are still told in the family. Upon horseback he
was a magnificent figure. His favorite horse was a handsome gray.
Hector, which he rode on parade at general training. At one time
four thousand men were under his command. Hector would dance
and rear walking on his hind legs to the music, his master sitting
like a statue upon his back.

" Geo. W., his son, then a lad of ten or twelve, tells of attending
'general training' and how proud he was that day when his father
took him to Smith's book store and bought for him 'Robinson
Crusoe,'

"Col. Geo. Van Auken was a staunch Democrat.

"Elizabeth Van Auken, wife of Col. Geo. Van Auken, was
petite in figure and of retiring disposition; she was a model wife
and mother and a devoted christian. 'Her children rise up and
call her blessed.' The only daughter, Mary E., was her mother's
chief joy and dependence. Mary was a beautiful girl, the pet of her
home. In face she resembled the well known picture of Evangeline,
The lovely and devoted daughter was permitted to watch over and
care for her mother Elizabeth in her last illness. She heard her
mother's last words, 'Jesus has come.' In less than a year mother
and daughter were united in the great beyond. Mary going to
care for a sick neighbor took the deadly fever, and thus at the age
of twenty-two passed from the sorrowing eyes of father and devoted
brother."

(See record Martha McMath, p. 48, for the earlier history
regarding the Van Auken family.)

381 i. Edwin Bainbridge (Van Auken), b. Phelps, N.

Y., Dec. 25, 1829; m. at Phelps, June 17, 1852, to Mary
Post (dau. William and Elizabeth Post of Phelps, N.

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Y. ). Graduated from Auburn Theological Seminary
(Presbyterian). Was stationed for a time in New
York City and again in Theron Ont., Co., N. Y.

"You can safely say of Rev. Van Auken that he has done faith-
ful pastoral work and that his record is a creditable one." — Rev.
Wm. F. I5ainbridge.

" Rev, E. B. Van Auken was my classmate at Hamilton College
and afterwards a member of my congregation in Rochester. He
has not met with the success in the ministry which he probably de-
serves owing chiefly, as I think, to a natural timidity and a deliber-
ate, formal and hesitating manner. He was greatly wronged some
years ago in a financial transaction." — Rev. F. F. Ellinwood.

382 i. Edwin E., b. July, 1853. He studied at
Rochester University, was admitted to the Bar and
practiced in New York City. He was a young
man of good abilities. It is said, one of his Court
of Appeals cases brought him a fee of $5,000. He
d. Apr, 28, 1892, in New York City,

383 ii. Herbert Dodge, b. 1S62; residence. New
York City.

884: ii. Theron (Van Auken), b. Phelps, N. Y., Dec. 2,

1832; m. at Phelps, June 12, 1855, to Sophia Ottley
(dau. Wm. and Lydia Ottley). He d. at Phelps, N.
Y., Aug. 31, 1889.

From Miss Ida B. Van Auken:

"A life so rounded in usefulness and successes deserves a pass-
ing tribute and we may say, truthfully, of the many bright pictures
which ornament the McMaths' history, none sheds a clearer light
than the one under consideration.

" He was of fine presence, tall, black hair, grey eyes, handsome
features, a voice magnetic and controlling. His education was
obtained at a common school, yet great powers of observation, a
retentive memory, a love of reading, placed him among the best in-
formed men of his day. Of an earnest, enthusiastic temperament,
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a strong desire for the advancement of education, religion and
public reforms. In his private business, a farmer, he was more than
ordinarily successful. For seven years a teacher in the schools of
his native town, he became greatly endeared to a multitude of
scholars, who owe much of their success to his example and inspira-
tion. In 1855 he m. Miss Sophia Ottley. The union proved a most
happy one, his wife proving in every respect a help and comfort to
him. In 1857 he united with the Presbyterian Church, Oaks Cor-
ners. In 1861 was elected Sunday School Superintendent. In 1862
was made a Ruling Elder, holding both offices until his death. Ke
was connected with the choir from childhood, and leader for thirty
years. Music was a passion and he did much to arouse a taste for
singing in the young. He taught singing successfully, and the last
winter of his life conducted a large class in his own neighborhood.

" For literature, Theron Van Auken developed a broad, elevated
taste, Shakespeare, Milton, Dante, Burns, Irving and Goldsmith
were his favorites. Markings and notes in his books attest his keen
appreciation of humorous or beautiful sentiments. Burns' poems
he read aloud every winter to his family, who were drawn into his
own enjoyment of standard literature.

" Another mark of a fine spirit was shown in his love for nature.
A starlit sky, a sunrise, the October tints, touched his heart, while
the hundreds of trees planted by his hand, held almost a human in-
terest for him. He taught his children to observe these beauties
and to revere the Hand behind the universe.

" In politics, a Republican, he was ever ready to lift his voice
for moral and political reform.

" He was a good debater, rising at times to the confines of oratory,
his voice ever giving the true ring for righteousness and patriotism.
He concluded an address before a S. S. Convention at Geneva, N.
Y., upon 'Singing' with these words, 'God grant that all may learn
the New Song, and in the Great Beyond, nave our voices attuned
to the Celestial Harmony.' "

385 i. Ida Belle (Van Auken), b. Phelps, N. Y.,

Mar. 26, 1856. She was educated at Phelps Union
and Classical School, developing a decided taste
for the classics and languages. She has continued
the study of French and German for years. Is
identified with the W. C. T. U. and clubs for work-
ing women. She is a teacher, and has done con-
siderable literary work, chiefly translations, short

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stories, essays and talks on domestic science. She
is a member of the Presbyterian church of Oaks
Corners, N. y. We are much indebted to her for
assistance rendered in the preparation of this work.
Res. (1894), Phelps, N. Y.

386 ii. MiUicent (Van Auken), b. Phelps, N. Y.,
Sept. 28, 1859. Graduated from Hamilton College
in class of '86. M. at Phelps, Nov. 13, 1878, to
Ambrose Van Deusen (s. William and Gertrude
Van Deusen, of Phelps, N. Y.). Res. (1894),
Phelps, N. Y.

From Miss Ida B. Van Auken:

"MiUicent Ottley, the second daughter of Theron and Sophia
Van Auken, might be mentioned for her beauty of face. Brown
hair and eyes and fine features, the admiration of her family and
friends. To beauty of face is added the higher beauty of a self
sacrificing spirit and domestic graces, which go to make a perfect
home; and after all that is what the women of our family excel in,
making happy homes."

387 i. Alice Maud, b. Phelps, Apr. 11, 1883.

388 ii. Harold A., b. Phelps, Mar. 5, 1891.

389 iii. Charles Sumner (Van Auken), b. Phelps,
N. Y., June 21, 1861; m. at LaCrosse, Wis., Nov.
4, 1886, to Lillian Howard (b. June 12, 1861; dau.
George and Caroline Howard). Graduated from
Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y., class of '86. Is
ensaged in the Insurance business at LaCrosse,
Wis. Secretary Century Club and Loan and
Building Association, of LaCrosse. A good Rep-
ublican and member of Presbyterian Church.

390 i. Howard Ottley, b. Feb. i, 1888; d. Feb.
23, 1891.

391 ii. Geo. Lord, b. Nov. 12, 1895.

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392 iii. John Judson (Van Auken), b. Phelps, N. Y.,
Oct. 17 1834; d. Phelps, Mar. 23, 1896.

393 iv. George W. (Van Auken), b. Nov. 16, 1836; m.
at East Bloomfield, N. Y., Oct. 28, 1868, to Sarah A.
Spring (dau. Benj. D. and Azubah Spring, of Victor,
N. Y.). She d. at Victor, N. Y., June 26, 1884. He
began teaching at 17 years of age and taught eight
terms. He was a soldier in the Rebellion; enlisted in
the 50th N. Y. Vol. Engineers and transferred to the
15th Regulars; during the last ten months of his ser-
vice was acting Lieut. Engaged for 18 yrs. in silver
mining in Colorado. Republican in politics and a
member of the Presbyterian church. Res. (1894),
Phelps, N. Y.

394 i. Eula, b. 1878; d. and was buried in George-
town, Col. 1878.

395 V. Mary (Van Auken), b. Phelps, N. Y., 1841; d.
at Phelps, June i, 1865. ae. 24 yrs.

"317 MAHLON BAINBRIDGE, (iv.io) b. Romulus,
N, Y., Nov. 29, 1805; m. at Oaks Corners, Ontario Co., N.
Y., June 16, 1829, to Rowena (or Roenna) Burnet (b.
Aug. 6, 1807; dau. Gen. Burnet, of Oaks Corners.
Gen. Burnet held a Captain's Commission in the Con-
tinental Army. As Brig. Gen. of Militia, he com-
manded the Volunteer force called out to repel the
British invaders at Sodus). He d. Sept. 9, 1843, ^6. 37
years, of erysipelas. She d. at Byron, Shiawassee Co.,
Mich., July 25, 1866.

396 i. Albert (Bainbridge), b. Phelps, N. Y., Feb. 12,
1831; m. at Byron, Mich., Nov, 5, 1862, to Mary. H.
Lee (b. Brighton, Mich.; dau. Harvey T. and Lemira
Lee). He enlisted at Byron and became ist Lieut.,

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8th Mich. Inf., Sept. 5, 1861. Resigned and was
honorably discharged April 7, 1862. He d. and was
buried at Byron, Sept. ii, 1872. His widow resides
Muskegon, Mich.

397 i. Emma Louise, b.

m. at Muskegon, Mich., Sept. 5, 1883, to Edward
Dwight Magoon. Res. Muskegon, Mich.

398 ii. Theodore (Bainbridge), b. Phelps, N. Y., Sept.
22, 1833. Enlisted in the military service of the C. S.
A. and was last seen by his family in 1865. Nothing
further is known regarding him.

399 iii. William (Bainbridge), b. Phelps, N. Y. Nov. 12,
1839. He enlisted at Geneva; went with his Co. into
camp at Elmira, N. Y., where he d. (unm. ) July i, 1862.

400 iv. Miranda S. (Bainbridge), b. Phelps, N. Y.,
Dec. 16, 1835; m. at Phelps, 1856, to Nehemiah Valen-
tine; she d. and was buried at Norwell, Jackson Co.,
Mich,, 1870.

401 v. Darwin Mahlon (Bainbridge), b, Phelps, N. Y.,
Nov. 22, 1841. Enlisted at Phelps, Aug. 11, 1862, and
served till the close of the war. Unm. and resides at
Clinton, Lenewee Co., Mich. Has retired from active
business; was engaged in the milling business about
twelve years, and for some sixteen years in furniture
and undertaking business.

319 ANGELINE BAINBRIDGE. (vi.io) b. Romulus,
N. Y., Apr. 17, 1810; m. at Romulus, Mar. 7, 1838, to
Henry Douglass (b. Whitestown, Oneida Co., N. Y., June
II, 1808; s. Caleb and Sarah Douglass). Mr. Douglass
was twice m; he m. (ist) in Gorham, N. Y,, Eeb. 25, 1829,
Amanda Blodgett, who was b. in Alexander, Genesee Co.,
N. Y., Sept. 28, 1808. They resided in Gorham. Mrs.

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Douglass d. Aug. 13, 1837, leaving two children, Philena
Amanda, b. Mar. 27, 1830, who m. Delos D. Pierson, of
Avon, N. Y., and removed to Flint, Mich., their present
home. The other child, Charles Henry, who was b. May
19, 1832, d. in childhood, Oct. 6, 1835.

From Mrs. Susan M, Sherwood:

" My father was a farmer. At the age of fourteen, he removed
with his father, Rev. Caleb Douglass, to Gorham, N. Y. There in
1830, he was baptized into the Baptist Church, For thirty years he
was a faithful, burden bearing deacon of the church of Gorham.
He wrought with the strength and earnestness of his young man-
hood in building their present house of worship. In 1865 he re-
moved to Penn Yan, N. Y., where by generous gifts of both time
and money he was largely instrumental in erecting their beautiful
and commodious church. In 1872 he went to live with his sons in
Peabody, Kan., and here again he aided in building a house unto
the Lord, which is still standing. These several churches which he
helped to build, stand as worthy monuments of his life work. He
afterwards removed with his son Charles to Sun City, Barber Co.,
Kan., where he d. Dec. 23, 1880. His chief characteristic was in-
dustry. He was an omnivorous reader, possessed a remarkable
memory and his mind was a storehouse of social, political and relig-
ious information.

"As my mother d. when I was a child, I cannot tell you much
of her, except that wherever she was known, she was loved and re-
spected, was a faithful Christian and loving wife and mother, and
pleasant memories and thoughts of her linger with her children.
She d. at Gorham, March 14, 1861."

402 i. Sarah Eliza (Douglass), b. Gorham, Ont. Co.,

N. Y., Jan. 16, 1839. She graduated from Mt. Hol-
yoke Seminary, in the same class with her cousin
Katherine FolwelL M. at Penn Yan, N. Y., Aug. 22,
1870, to Rev. John Todd McMahon (b. in Columbia,
Me., May 5, 1843; s. of Rev. Isaiah and Margaret
(Todd) McMahon), the groom's father performing
the ceremony.

" Rev. Isaiah McMahon was b. of a Scotch ancestry, in the
County of Tyrone, four miles from the market-town of Ochnecloy,
Ireland, in 1808. He came to America a young man, prepared for

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college and graduated from Bovvdoin college, and entered the
ministry of the M. E. church."

Rev. John T. McMahon and wife became mission-
aries to India, in 1S70, sailing from N. Y. Sept. 22;
stationed for two years at Dwarahath, Kumaon, India.
Tliey spent three years in Pauri, in the Himalayas,
and ten years in Rae Barcilly. They came home to
America, in 1884, with their children, Mr. McM. re-
turning to India alone in the fall of 1885. He came
back again in 1890, returning to India with his wife in
1891. Present address, (1894) Pithoragush, Kumaon,
India. He is presiding elder of the Kumaon District,
North India Conference of the M. E. church. All
their children were b. in Rae Bareilly, India.

403 i. Henry Isaiah, b. Sept. 23, 1871; journalist;
res. (1894), 91 Clark St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

404 ii. George Douglas, b. Feb. 28, 1874.

405 iii. John Robert, b. Sept. i, 1875; journalist; res.
(1894), 91 Clark St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

406 iv. Charles William, b. June 18, 1877.

" Charles and Robert are in the last year of a classical prepar-
atory college course at Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, Lima, N. Y."

407 V. Robert McMath, b. June i, 1879; present
address (1894) Lima, Livingston Co., N. Y.

408 vi. Clara Margaret, b. June i, 1879; d. Pauri,
Apr. 27, 1882.

409 ii. Samuel Bainbridge (Douglass), b. Gorham, N.
Y., Jan. 4, 1841; m. at Gorham, Feb. 24, 1864, to Caro-
line L, Stone (dau. Harvey and Caroline (Ottley)
Stone).

" I was brought up in the Baptist faith and have been a member
for 35 years of a Baptist Church. My father was a deacon for over
forty years." — Samuel B. Douglass.

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410 i. Alice Angeline, b. Gorham, N. Y., Feb. 17,
1865; m. at Gorham, Oct. 14, 1884, to Fordys B.
Gates (s. Leonard and Elizabeth Gates). He d.
Jan. 2, 1894. She resides with her father at Reeds
Corners, N. Y.

411 ii. Lillie L., b. Gorham, N. Y., June 5, 1868;
m. at Gorham, Dec. ig, 1888, to Lewis C. Lincoln
(s. Flavius and Mary Lincoln). She d. of heart
failure, Sept. 3, 1891.

412 i. Gertrude M., b. Nov. 26, 1889; d. Sept.
6, 1891.

413 iii. Charles Henry (Douglass), b. Gorham, N. Y.,
Jan. 4, 1844; m. at Potter, Yates Co., N. Y., Oct. i,
1867, to Elizabeth A. Barber (dau. Ira and Elizabeth
Barber). Res. Sun City, Barber Co., Kan.

414 i. Dora Eloise, b. Gorham, May 8, 1869; m.
at Sun City, Kan., 1886, to Frank E. Lockert, (s.
Louis and Isabel Lockert). Res. (1894) Wichita,

Kan.

415 i. Edith, b. Dec. 21, 1887.

416 ii. Eben Arthur, b. Sun City, Dec. 10, 1877.
Res. (1894) Sun City.

417 iii. Karl Henry, b. Sun City, Nov. 7, 1879.
Res. (1894) Sun City.

418 iv. Amelia A. (Douglass) b. Gorham, N. Y., May
3, 1846; m. at Penn Yan, Yates Co., N. Y., Mar. 16,
1869, to Castner Goundry (s. Matthew and Amy
Goundry). Res. Himrods, Yates Co., N. Y.

419 i. Maud A., b. Himrods, Dec. 18, 1871; m. at
Himrods, June 27, 1894, to Herbert C. Longwell
(s. Andrew and Rebecca (Miller) Longwell). Mr,
Longwell is a farmer and resides at Penn Yan.

420 ii. Ora M., b. Dec i, 1874.

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421 . V. Susan Mary (Douglass), b. Gorham, N, Y., Oct.

15, 1852; m. at Pcnn Yan, N. Y., June 27, 1872, to
Levi Fitch Sherwood (s. Daniel and Abbie Augusta
(Sanford) Sherwood). Res. for a time in Kechi,
Sedgwick Co., Kan., at present in Wichita, Kan. Mr.
Sherwood is a dentist by profession, practiced for ten
years in New York. He was a charter member of the
Wichita Board of Trade and has been active and in-
fluential in the building up of the city, and the en-
largement and growth of its business interests.

422 i. Lula Augusta, b. Manlius, Onondaga Co.,
N. Y., Aug. 15, 1873; m. in Wichita, Kan., Oct. i.
1890, to Edwin Willard Stevens (s. of Edwin and
Martha A. (Roberts) Stevens; both b. Cincinnati,
O., the former Sept. 25, 1834, and the latter Jan.
18, 1844; m. in Cincinnati May 13, 1868). Res.
(1894) Elwood, Ind.

423 i. Daughter, b. Elwood, Ind., Dec. i, 1894.

320 JOHN BAINBRIDGE, (vii.io) b. Romulus. N. Y.,
Mar. I. 181 2; m. at Varick, N. Y., Feb. 26, 1834, to Mary
Ann Abbott (dau. Elijah and Mary (Compton) Abbott
of Varick, N. Y.) ; Mrs. Bainbridge d. Middlesex, N. Y.,
Sept. 3, 1846. Three children were b. to her, Augustus,
Anthony and William.

Mr. Bainbridge was m. (2nd), at East Avon, N. Y.,
Oct. 21, 1847, to Ann Judson Pierson, of Avon, N. Y.,
(dau. David and Huldah (Churchill) Pierson), and three
children were also b. of this marriage, John, Stella and
Alice. He d. Nov. 20, 1880. Mrs. Bainbridge resides at
Ft. Townsend, Wash., with her dau., Mrs, Capt. Kimball.
Although past 81 years of age her health and mind are
both good and she takes a lively interest in the welfare
of her children and grandchildren.

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From Col. Bainbridge:

" My father was a farmer. Both my parents were consistent
members of the Baptist church, father being, at the time of his death,
one of the deacons of the Baptist church of Fenton, Mich. My
brother Anthony was killed in battle during the rebellion. My
brother William served in a Conn. regt. during the rebellion, and
still suffers from disabilities incurred m the service. My sister
Stella -is a loving and good wife, a fond mother and a most estim-
able woman."

424 i. Augustus Hudson (Bainbridge), b. Varick, N,
Y., Dec. 7, 1836; m. at Detroit, Mich., Feb. 12, 1862,
to Charlotte Dietz Cobb (dau. Elisha Mott and
Susanah (Dietz) Cobb). He was appointed 2nd Lieut.
14th Infty. U. S, A., July 14, 1862, and ist Lieut.,
June g, 1864; Capt. by Brevet, "for gallant services
during the operations on the Weldon Railroad, Va.,"
Aug. 18, 1864; Capt., Aug. II, 1866; Major loth Infty.
Oct. 14, 1892; and Lieut. Col. 4th Infty., April 17,
1897. ^ow (1897) quartered at Ft. Sheridan, Ills.

" Engaged at the battles of Antietam, Leetown, Fredericksburg,
Mine Run, and was engaged in all the battles and engagements in
which my regiment (the 14th U. S. Infty.) participated, incident to
the campaign of the 'Army of the Potomac' during the year 1864."

"Col. Bainbridge is a man of fine military presence, respected
alike by officers and men. A cordial, agreeable gentleman, whose
military life has served only to strengthen his attachment to friends
and kindred."

425 i. Susie Cobb, b. Apr. 26, 1864; d. Ft. Yuma,
Cal, June 4, 1868.

426 ii. Robert Maitland, b. Ft. Laramie, Dec. 24,
1871; d. Fenton, Mich., Feb. 28, 1877.

427 iii. Irene Augusta, b. Vancouver Barracks,
Wash., Dec. 19, 1884.

428 ii. Anthony C. (Bainbridge), b. Varick, N. Y.,
July 29, 1838; m. in April, 1858 to Eliza Lambie, of
Varick. Was one of Gen. Geo. B. McClellan's Aides

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during the rebellion, and supposed to have met his
death while in military service during the rebellion;
one of the " unrecognized dead." His widow resides
at Little Falls, N. Y., with her youngest son.

429 iii. William Henry (Bainbridge), b. Middlesex,
Yates Co., N. Y., Dec. ii, 1840; m. at Auburn, N. Y.,
Feb. 1868, to Emma Easterly, of Auburn, who d. in
Chicago, in Feb., 1887. Mr. Bainbridge resides in
Chicago.

430 i. Augustus Hudson, b. Memphis, Tenn., Nov.
1869. Res. New York City.

43L ii. Howard Abbott, b. Rochester, N. Y., Jan.

1871.

432 iii. Helen Louise, b. Rochester, N. Y.,Jan, 1872;
m. S. Gardner Yerkes, and resides in Seattle, Wash.

433 iv. John Pierson (Bainbridge), b. Varick, N. Y.,
1850; m. at Fenton, Mich., 1875, Julia Andrews, of
Fenton. Both d. in San Leandro, Cal., she in 1882,
and he May 28, 1887. He was engaged in hardware
business in San Leandro.

434 i. Jennie Andrews, b. Oakland, Cal., Mar. 12,
1877.

435 ii. Mabel Hulda, b. San Leandro, Cal., Aug.
9, 1879. They reside with their uncle, Capt. W. A.
Kimball (U. S. A., Retired) at No. 353 Twelfth
St., Portland, Ore.

436 V. Stella (Bainbridge), b. Varick, N. Y., Mar. 12,
1852; m. at San Leandro, Cal., Feb. 1885, to William
Augustus Kimball (s. of Gen'l Nathan Kimball).
Capt. Kimball was appointed 2nd Lieut., 14th Lifty.,
Aug. 31, 1876; 1st Lieut., May 6, 1890; retired with
rank of Capt., August 13, 1894, and now resides, 353
Twelfth St., Portland, Ore.

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437 vi. Alice May (Bainbridge), b. Varick, N. Y.,

1859-60; d. Fenton, Mich., 1875.

321 WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE, (viii.io) b. Romulus,
Seneca Co., N. Y. May 15, 1814; m. at Geneva, N. Y., by
Rev. E. Tozer, Feb. 22, 1846, to Mary Ann Sweet (dau.
Col. William and Clara (Catlin) Sweet) of Fayette, N. Y.
Mrs. Bainbridge d. in Romulus, N. Y., May 9, 1881. Mr.
Bainbridge, to whom we are indebted for much of the
data concerning the Bainbridge families, d. at Varick, in
1896. He was a man very highly respected.

" I was named after Commodore William Bainbridge, of the U.
S. Navy, who was a cousin of my father's (as I remember to have
heard him say)."

(The following letter which must be held to dispose of the ques-
tion of relationship to the Commodore, was not received in time to
be printed in its proper place — the commencement of the Rain-
bridge history. Mr. Barnes is the author of an excellent story com-
prising the principal incidents in Commodore Bainbridge's life.
*' Commodore Bainbridge," published by the Appletons.)

Dec. 3, 1897.
Dear Sir: —

In reply to yours of the 28, which I took great pleasure in read-
ing, I can only state that while my story of Commodore Bainbridge
does not go deeply into family history, it tells something of it, and
is absolutely accurate and truthful in its statements, so far as such
things can be.

But now for a few facts that will answer your question, I am
Commodore Bainbridge's eldest great-grandchild, and inherit from
him the order of the Cincinnati, inherited from his uncle. His
nearest male relatives are Capt. Hayes, of New York, and Capt.
Hoff, of the U. S. Navy, but my grandmother, Susan Parker Hayes,
was his eldest daughter. Commodore Bainbridge was the son of
Dr. Absolom Bainbridge, who married Miss Taylor, of Monmouth
Co., N. J. Dr. Bainbridge's father was a Tory during the revolu-
tion, and Absolom himself had leanings in that direction; but this
did not prevent his children from growing up to be stout patriots.
The relationship which exists between Colonel Bainbridge, of Fort
Sheridan, and the William Bainbridge you mention, must come
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William Bainbridge: William was Commodore Bainbridge's great
grandfather, The people to whom you refer must be connected
with the family of Edmond, Commodore Bainbridge's great uncle.

I can refer you to Harris's " Life and Services of Commodore
Bainbridge," published in the early part of the century, in Phil-
adelphia.

We possess all of the Commodore's personal property, letters,
etc., and I should be glad to answer any question in regard to the
family any time you care to address me on the subject.

Very truly yours,

James Barnes.

No doubt Mr. Bainbridge was named after the Commodore and
very likely his father knew the relationship, but considered it near
enough to justify him in claiming a cousinship. Such facts as our
relative learned concerning the Commodore's parentage seemed to
confirm his belief that he was the son of his great uncle William
and he therefore stated it as a fact.

438 i. Francis Wayland (Bainbridge), b. Varick, N.
Y., Nov. 29, 1846; m. at St. Clairsville, O., Sept. 23,
1880, to Eleanor A. Thompson (dau. Robert and
Louisa (Alexander) Thompson). He is a member of
the firm of B. F. Wade & Co., Printers, Blank Book
Manufacturers and Stationers, 1420 Huron Street,
Toledo, Ohio.

439 ii. Clara Cornelia (Bainbridge), b. Varick, N. Y.,
Feb. 22, 1850; m. at Varick, by Rev. D. D. Owen, of
Central Sq., N. Y., Oct. 12, 1870, to Warren Everett
(s. William and Catherine Everett) of Varick. From
their marriage to removal west they resided at or near
Varick. Mr. Everett has been a farmer but is now
(1894) Post Master and Grocer at Glanntown, Lucas
Co., O., where they have resided for past three years.
Aug. 21, 1894, they suffered the loss of their home by
fire and contemplated returning to New York.

440 i. Thomas S., b. V^arick, Jan. 10, 1874. Res.
(1894) McDougalls, Seneca Co., N. Y.

441 ii. P"rank William Bainbridge, b. Dec. 28, 1885.

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442 iii. Roy, d. at birth, Dec. 28, 1885.

443 iii. Susan Arabella (Bainbridge) b. Varick, N. Y.,
Oct. I, 1856; m. at Romulus, N. Y., by Rev. Lewis
Halsey, of Farmer Village, Seneca Co., N. Y., May 16,
1877, to Rev. Louis J. Gross, of Romulus, (s. Joseph

A. and Nancy (Hulbert) Gross). Dr. Gross studied
in Union Theological Seminary, but received his
degree from Madison University. Was pastor of the
Romulus Baptist Church for seven years, filled the
pulpit at Wilson for five years, settling in W. Somer-
set, Niagara Co., N. Y., Jan. i, 1886, where he is (1894)
pastor of the First Baptist church. He is a frequent
contributor to the religious press.

444 i. Mary B., b. Romulus, Mar. 12, 1880; d.
Romulus, May 7, 1880.

445 ii. Mabel L., b. Romulus, May 3, 1881.

446 iii. Winnifred P., b. Wilson, N. Y., Oct. 30, 1884.

447 iv. Louis B., b, Wilson, N. Y., Oct. 23, 1886.

448 iv. Anna Delphine (Bainbridge), b. Varick, N. Y,,
Oct. 24, 1858; m. at Varick, by Rev. L. J. Gross, Feb.,
20, 1879, to William Silas French, of Romulus (s. Silas

B. and Mary Ann (McConnelly) French. Mr.
French was a volunteer soldier in the Federal army
during the rebellion; and d. in service at New
Orleans). He is engaged in the manufacture of
brooms. Res. (1894) W. Fayette, Seneca Co., N. Y.

449 i. Nathaniel Bainbridge, b. West Romulus,
Mar. 6, 1881; d. May 6, 1881.

450 ii. Clara Belle, b. Newark, N. Y., Oct. 13, 1882

451 iii. Laura May, b. Fayette, N. Y., Oct. 20, 1886.

322 SAMUEL McMATH BAINBRIDGE, (ix.io) b.
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Theological Seminary (now Colgate College) and was
licensed to preach as a Baptist minister in 1841. He was
regularly ordained at Stockbridge, Madison Co., N. Y.
Soon after his ordination, in 1842, he m. Mary P. Fol-
well (dau. William Watts and Jane (Dungan) Folwell)
of Romulus. Had a charge at Stockbridge for four years,
was at Avon four and a half years, and three and a half
at York, for a time at Wheatland, N. Y. He d. at
Elmira, N. Y., Jan. i, 1865, ae. 49 years.

His widow m. (2nd) John Seaman, of Cleveland, who
d. some years ago. She now resides in Cleveland, O.

He had six children, four sons and two daughters.
William F., Frances L., Samuel S., George D., Clement
D., and Mary E.

From Wm. Bainbridge:

" He loved the interests of his church in its old faith and
practice, to which he gave the enthusiasm of his youth, the strength
of his manhood, and the wisdom of his later years. He was proud
to avow himself a 'through and through' Baptist. He composed
some very creditable verse. At the time of his death he was pastor
of the Second Baptist Church of Elmira, N. Y."

From Rev. Wm. Folwell Bainbridge:

" I recall one or two verses of a poem father wrote and sent to
me while I was at Rochester University. He composed them on
the occasion of a visit to ' Greenwood,' in New York City.

" Beautiful Greenwood, in thee I have strayed,
Mused where the brotherhood slowly are laid;
Back to the walks of men chastened, I go,
Oft to return again, thoughtfully so.

"And in that glad morning, divinely foretold,

When saints their adorning shall put on of gold,

Hope, {a) Auburn (/;) and Greenwood, rich numbers shall send.

To swell, in full chorus, the song without end."

(a) Rochester Cemetery, (d) Boston Cemetery.

"He was a tall man, his features at rest somewhat stern, in con-
versation and in his public addresses, animated and genial. He
was a very gifted singer, reminding one very much of the great
singer Philip Phillips.

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" I came across last month some extended Hebrew critical
notes, evidently my father's handwriting and thought, and I was
amazed; they would have done credit to Delitzch or Hengstenberg or
our own Green or Kendrick. He was undoubtedly a very thorough
Hebrew scholar, a fact which may have had something to do with
the intimacy, which as a college lad, I remember, he enjoyed with
the professors at Rochester and his opinions upon matters relating
to the classics were held in high respect."

452 i. Frances L. (Bainbridge), m. John Peck Colby,
and (2nd) Gerritt H. Ten Broeck. Mr. Ten Broeck
is a prominent lawyer of St. Louis, Mo., where they
reside at 1 103 Jackson Place. Mr. Colby was also a
member of the legal profession and well known and
respected.

" I am much interested in your work and I will buy the book,
but please do not ask me to furnish you with dates. I never cared
for dates of any kind, and I never ask people how old they are.
Moreover I am sure the ladies of our family have no idea you con-
template publishing their ages! Please don't do that." — Mrs G. H.
Ten Broeck.

453 i. Bainbridge (Colby) resides in New York
City. Is a lawyer in active practice, with offices at
44 Wall Street.

454 ii. Lisle (Colby), b. St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 2,
1871; m. at St. James, L. L, Aug. 16, 1890, to^
Augustus Thorn Thomas (s. Elihu Baldwin and
Imogene (Garretson) Thomas). Mr. Thomas is
the well known playwright and the following item
from the St. Louis Republic may not be without
interest:

"Gus Thomas, the talented St. Louis playwright, actor, journal-
ist and artist, has married Miss Lisle Colby, of St. Louis. The
marriage took place in New York.

" Miss Lisle Colby finished a special course m German and
music at Vassar College last spring. She spent the summer at
Eastern watering places and last fall went on the road in "Reckless
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England. Miss Colby then become a member of the Madison
Square Company. Her education was conducted from early child-
hood with a view to the stage as a profession. Miss Colby was the
original Editha in Gus Thomas' 'The Burglar,' as first given by
the McCullough Club.

" Mr. Thomas has met with remarkable success since taking up
his abode in the East, where his gifts as a dramatic writer have been
generally recognized. Years ago, when connected with Pope's
Theatre in St. Louis, he spent much of his spare time on manu-
scripts which his friends predicted would make him famous. It
was during his connection with Pope's that he converted Mrs.
Frances Hodgson Burnett's story, 'Editha's Burglar,' into a one-act
play, elaborating the motive of the tale and deftly introducing some
very skillful dialogue between Editha and the burglar. The piece
was presented with great success by the old McCullough Club, and
was afterwards taken on the road by the Dickson Sketch Club, of
which Gus Thomas, Delia Fox and Manager Smyth of 'The Burglar'
were members. Two years ago 'Editha's Burglar' was amplified by
Mr. Thomas, and became a four-act play. It was first presented in
Boston with a strong cast, including Maurice Barrymore, and has
since been given throughout the country with such gratifying results
that it will again take the road next season. During his three years'
absence in the East he has written several curtain-raisers for lead-
ing metropolitan theatres. Among these are 'After Thoughts,' 'A
Woman of the World,' and 'A Man of the World." So confident
of his abilities are prominent managers and actors that he is now
under contract to write several plays, one for Mr. Crane."

455 i. Luke Garretson, b. New Rochelle, N. Y.,
July 1 1, 1894.

456 ii. William Fohvell (Bainbridge), b. Stockbridge,
Oneida Co., N. Y., Jan. 15, 1843; "i. at Cleveland, 0.,
Sept. 5, 1866, to Lucy Elizabeth Seaman (dau. John
and Cleora (Stevens) Seaman). Graduated from
Rochester University in class of '62, and from
Rochester Theological Seminary in class of '65. Res.
160 Prospect Place, Brooklyn, N, Y.

" Mr. Bainbridge was for ten years the popular pastor of the
Central Baptist church, of Providence, R. I., later for several years
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foreign travel, accompanied by his wife and son. His best tfiought
and work have been devoted to the subject of foreign missions, and
he has addressed over eleven hundred churches upon that subject.
He is the author of " Around the World; a Tour of the Foreign Mis-
sions," "Along the Lines at the Front," "Self Giving." Is at pre-
sent engaged in the preparation of a work called, "Through all
Bible Lands," to be ssued in four volumes. It consists of a tour
with each book of the Bible, into its land or lands, embracing a
careful yet interesting description of geography, topography, phil-
ology, botany, zoology, minerology, manners, customs, etc. It will
illustrate over 75,000 passages of scripture. Mr. Bainbridge's work
cannot fail to prove a valuable contribution to biblical literature. It
is the product of the best years of one of the ripest and most
scholarly theologians and travelers of his day, possessed of excep-
tional power of description."

457 i. Cleora Emily, b. Cleveland, O., Nov. 8, 1868;
d. Providence, R. I., April 14. 1870.

458 ii. William Seaman, b. Providence, R. I., Feb.
17, 1870. Graduated in class of '93, from medical
department of Columbia University, New York
City. Head Surgeon Presbyterian Hospital, Madi-
son Ave., New York.

459 iii. Nellie Augusta, b. Providence, R. I., Nov.
23, 1872. Educated at Brooklyn Packer Institute,

460 iii. Samuel Stillman (Bainbridgc), b. Feb. 8, 1847;
m. at Scranton, Pa., by his brother, Rev. VVm. F.
Bainbridge, Oct. 29, 1S73, to Adelaide Steele; d. Aug.
28, 1880. His widow married again but is now dead.

From Rev. W. F. Bainbridge:

" He was chief book keeper for the Del. & Lack. R. R., at
Scranton, Pa., the Co.'s headquarters; was a prominent mason.
Very droll in conversation, having a vein of quiet humor, wtiich
often reminded his friends of " Mark Twain," though he was in no
sense an imitator."

461 i. Samuel Stillman, b. Nov. 8, 1874; d. Nov.
19, 1874.

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462 ii. McMath Steele, b. Nov. 8, 1874; d. Nov. 19,

1874-

They are burled beside their father at Elmira,
N. Y.

463 iv. George Dana Boardman (Bainbridge), b. May
30, 1849; ni- St Cleveland, O., by his brother, Rev.
Wm. F. Bainbridge, Feb. 5, 1878, to Mary E. Harvey;
d. (leaving no children) Dec. 16, 1878. Mrs. Bain-
bridge res. in Cleveland, O.

From W. F. Bainbridge:

" He was possessed of very decided literary ability. It is unfor-
tunate that his talents and genius were devoted to newspaper work.
He went to France as special correspondent for a prominent Phila-
delphia daily. When his health gave out he held a responsible
position on the staff of the New York Tribune."

464 V. Clement Dungan (Bainbridge ),b. at Wheatland,
Monroe Co., N. Y., Sept. 5, 1853. Is at present
managing " The Alabama Co.," a theatrical attraction.
Res. New York City.

465 vi. Mary Eliza (Bainbridge), b. Romulus, N. Y.,
Aug. 21, 1855; m. at Cleveland, O., Sept. 5, 1877, to
Samuel Henry Covvell (s. of George and Editha
(Espinet) Cowell, the former of English and the
latter of French Huguenot descent). Mr. Cowell was
Pres. of the " Cowell and Hubbard Co." jewelers. He
d. at Cleveland, Feb. 14, 1889. Mrs. Cowell res. at 91
Arlington St., Cleveland O.

466 i. Dana Editha, b. at Cleveland, July 25, 1879.

467 ii. Bainbridge, b. at Cleveland, Nov. 13, 1883.

323 ERASTUS BAINBRIDGE, (x.io) b. Romulus, N.
Y., Apr. 14, 1818; m. at Rahway, N. J., May 28, 1845, to
Cornelia Clarkson (dau. Noe and Lydia (Bishop) Clark-

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son). He was a farmer and resided at Romulus, where
he d. Sept. 26, 1892. He left no descendants.

324 ERASMUS DARWIN BAINBRIDGE, (xi.io) b.
Romulus, N. Y., May 6 (or 16), 1820; m. at Gorham, N.
Y., Oct,, 20, 1850, to Sarah Jane Picket; he d. May 30,
1881, at Lansing, Mich., where he was buried. He had
already started for Romulus, his old home, when he was
stricken down with Pneumonia, and returned to Lans-
ing to die. He was a delightful singer and a teacher of
music. He served as Deputy Sheriff of Monroe Co., N.
Y., for six years. Res. for a time in Detroit, Mich. His
widow m. L. H. Haskins, Res. Morganton, N. C.

468 i. Son d. in infancy.

469 ii. Josephine Zeruah (Bainbridge), b. Romulus,
N. Y., Aug. 22, 1858; m. at Detroit, Mich., May 29,
1879, to John M, Willson. Mr. VVillson d. at Chicago,
Ills., Mar. 27, 1891. His widow res. at 673 West Lake
St., Chicago. Mrs. Willson has achieved some suc-
cess as a teacher of children's classes in dancing and
deportment.

325 MARY A. BAINBRIDGE, (xii.io) b. Romulus, N.
Y., Dec. 1823; m. Alonzo Swan, of Phelps; she d. June
1894. Mr. Swan d. many years ago.

11 SAMUEL McMATH, (vii.2) b. Jan. 28, 1782, North-
umberland Co., Pa., and accompanied his father's family
to Seneca Co., N. Y. ; he m. Mary Fleming, May 24, 1805.
He inherited from his father 272 acres of the old farm,
where he continued to reside until shortly prior to his
death, when becoming involved as an indorser to the ex-
tent of some S2500 he was obliged to dispose of the old
homestead and came to Michigan, taking up a new farm.
He enlisted in the war of 181 2 and rose to the rank
of Colonel.

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From Hon. John W. McMath:

" My memory of the south east part of Washtenaw and the
western portion of Wayne county, known formerly as the ' W^illow
Run,' goes back to the year 1825.

"The Willow Run is a small stream that gave its name to the
region, and is a tributary to the river Huron, into which it empties
its waters near the present village of Belleville. W^th this part of
the state and its first white inhabitants are connected my earliest, as
well as many of my most pleasant memories. I knew all the people
who first settled there, and was myself one of them. I was born in
the town of Romulus, that beautiful part of State of New York lying
between the Seneca and Cayuga lakes, and came at quite an early
age with the rest of our mother's family, late in the year 1826, into
this portion of the then territory of Michigan. We moved at once
upon a farm, previously purchased from the general government
by my father, Samuel McMath, who, with my two older brothers,
Archy and Fleming, had come the year before, to select and pre-
pare a home for the family in this new country. My father, after
having made the purchase and assisted in making some improve-
ments upon the land, was smitten with the fever and died before
the family came.

"The place chosen for the dwellmg and buildings, was pleas-
antly situated upon t'ne east bank of the Willow Run. W^hen we
came, mother and the children, (there were nine children, I being
the youngest) there were built and ready for use, a good large log
house and a large log barn with the other small buildings usually
found upon a farm. All these old structures were photographed
upon my young mind, and though they have long since disappeared
they now come up before me as distinct and as well defined in
every outline as any object I see to-day. On the east side of the
house, running along the whole length, was a generous 'stoop,' as
it was then called, with the usual mass of vines and ivies reaching
up and over the windows on that side. To the south-east forty or
fifty feet, was the well, with its old fashioned sweep and bucket.
From this well we drew and drank the purest and best of cold
water. The large log barn with one or more sheds attached, stood
a few rods to the north and just across the old Territorial road
which ran from the bank of the stream east and was supposed to
lead to Detroit. On the west, and eight or ten rods from the house
and just across another road, running north and south, was the deep
bank of Willow Run. Down this bank a short distance and right
opposite the house, was a fine spring of clear, cold water, the flow
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along this bank was a number of fine old black oak trees with their
wide leafy tops. To the north west of our place, four and a half
miles, was the village of Ypsilanti, first started upon the east side
of the Huron river. While adjoining our farm on the south, was the
one of Clement Loveder, who with his wife had settled there the
year before we came. They both died many years since, leaving
as I believe no heirs or relatives in this country. Farther on to the
south, beyond the Loveder farm, and by a windmg woods road, one
and one-half miles distant was the village of Rawsonville, why the
ville was added to this name I do not know. There was only one
house and a very small saw mill there, they being on the north side
of the Huron river. To the east of our house, and within the door
yard, stood the old fashioned brick oven, in which all the dejicious
loaves of good, honest bread, the pumpkin pies, biscuits and cookies
for the family were duly baked, and where too, everything was done
just right. An incident I remember, connected with this oven.
Along during the third or fourth years of our residence, the good
mother as was her custom on Saturday, had prepared and placed in
this oven to bake a number of pies and other good things, when a
party of men came along, stopped and asked for a drink of water;
this was given them, when seeing the old brick oven and getting
the odor of the baking pies, they requested some of them to eat.
Now, these pies could not well be spared, they were intended for
domestic use and not for sale, and besides, they were not yet done.
This was fully explained to them but they were not quite satisfied.
The mother thinking they were about to leave went into the house
for a moment, and on coming out soon after, found that not only
the men were gone but all her half baked pies and goodies as well.
They had opened the rear door of the oven and stolen every single
thing there was in it. It would be drawing it mild to say that
mother was indignant, however there was no help for it, the
strangers were out of sight. To the west of the house and across
the Willow Run, was an unbroken wilderness for several miles, I
don't know how far, to the westward. It remained so, unsettled and
uninhabited for many years, the home and hiding place of wolves
and other wild beasts. Wild hogs in great numbers roamed over the
whole region. They were often hunted as game, caught with great
difficulty, and like the man's horse, worth but little when caught;
they were too poor for pork, and too wild and savage to be either
fatted or tamed.

" The old Territorial Road, but little used after the building of
the Chicago Road, was the route usually taken by the Indians, then
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from Detroit, to obtain their annuities from the general govern-
ment. Their pilgrimage was made in the fall, and they went in
bands numbering from fifty to five hundred, counting squaws,
papooses and ponies and not counting the dogs. While on the
march they were generally quiet and orderly, marching always
single file, each pony carrying a squaw, two or three papooses and
a lot of camping utensils. They often camped near our house
m the woods a little to the east, and when they had no liquor, they
were quiet and peaceful, but this seldom happened. Whiskey was
cheap then and, il possible, more easily obtained than now, and it
required but a very small quantity of whiskey to cause a very large
drunk among the noble red men, and then, the very mischief was
to pay, quarreling and fighting was in order and they made night
hideous with their racket. Once I remember when their noise in-
dicated something more serious than common, my brother Samuel,
then a full grown man, ran over to their camp to see what was up,
and seeing an Indian in one of the lodges was pounding his old
squaw over the head with the butt end of his musket, promptly in-
terfered and after a short tussle got the Indian off and was handling
him rather roughly, thinking of course that he was doing about the
right thing. The old squaw however didn't understand it in that
way, so she at once sprang up and seizing a stout stick, began beat-
ing brother Sam most vigorously over his head and shoulders, bid-
ding him in broken English, to be gone and mind his own business.
This brother, in speaking of it afterwards, averred that he did not
stand upon the order of his going but that he went at once, vowing
never again to interfere with other people's domestic affairs.

" The location and general appearance of our old place was
indeed very fine to look at, and gave promise, not only of a happy
home for the family, but of abundant crops as a reward for their in-
dustry.

" The timber consisted mostly of black oak, white oak, oak
bushes and a species of wooden turnip, which was called 'oak
grub.' The timber was not large nor the trees numerous, hence the
land was easily cleared. During the first three years, from seventy-
five to ninety acres of this farm was cleared, fenced and put under
the plow. By the fourth and fifth years, the soil had been thoroughly
tested and its productive capacity fully ascertained. Now I always
regret to speak disparagingly of that which has served me or mine,
yet in this instance, I cannot in truth and candor say much in praise
of the producing qualities of this dear old home farm.

" It was a very light, sandy soil, of reddish color, with a strata
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extending over nearly the entire southeast portion of it. The
first one or two seasons after the land was cleared, the crops were
fairly good, but after that all the elements that go to produce the
usual cereals seemed to have been exhausted, and the only thing
that would grow to any purpose was the white bean. Wheat,
oats and rye were dead failures; corn, with extra care, did a little
better, but was never after the first and second years more than
half a crop. The usual fertilizers from the barn yard, buckwheat
sown and plowed under when half grown, were resorted to in
order to enrich this fruitless earth, but it was all useless; things
would not grow.

"My first knowledge of legal proceedings was obtained from
a lawsuit which grew out of some wild hay business. My brother
Fleming had, during the summer, cut and stacked a quantity of
this hay. leaving it to be hauled home as wanted for winter use.
After this was done, and while it remained upon the place where
cut, a man bought the land and claimed to own the hay. Flem-
ing removed it and was sued for its value, the plaintiiif commenc-
ing proceedings by civil warrant issued by a neighboring Justice,
whose name was Dalrimple. The arrest was made at our house,
where Fleming happened to be, the Justice himself being present
with the constable to see that everything was done in proper legal
form. Fleming requested permission to go over to his own house
for some papers and for his other clothes, in order that he might
not only better defend his legal rights, but that he might make
a more respectable appearance in court. But as his house was
just over the county line and within the County of Washtenaw,
and as our house was in the County of Wayne, where these pro-
ceedings were being carried on, his request was denied; and when
he absolutely refused to go with the officer he was taken by the
coat collar and forcibly compelled, very much to his indignation
and to the terror of all present. But on the trial the case went
against the plaintifif and the prisoner was honorably discharged.
Brother Fleming was married at this time, and lived upon a part
of the original farm, about one-half mile northwest of the old
house. His land was a little better than the rest, but not much.
He lived here some eight years, when he sold and went to an-
other farm about five miles west of Adrian, in this State, on which
he remained until his death.

"According to family gossip or tradition, always a high au-
thority in such matters, this brother had, when a small boy,
chosen his wife from among his playmates, Miss Eliza Pruden,
and he and she were so well content with each other during their

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school days that later years only served to strengthen the attach-
ment thus early formed. It is said that she never accepted the
attention of any other young gentleman, and that he never even
attempted to flirt with any other girl. All this being known when
the family left the State of New York, his early marriage was
anticipated and provided for. Upon the part of the family home-
stead allotted to him, a few acres were soon cleared and a small
log house built, the other brothers aiding in this as a part of
their duties. I should like to describe their house fully, but can
only say that it was of the regulation kind, about 18x24 feet, one
story high, all in one room, chimney and fireplace at one end, a
door on the side with a small window near it of 7x9 glass, and
another larger window in the side of the house opposite. The
bed stood in one corner, a small table in the center of the room
and three or four chairs (home-made) were here and there.
There were no partitions, no carpets, no curtains; such things
were not necessary then. Domestic comfort and happiness did
not depend upon them. As soon as this house was ready, and a
few days after brother Fleming had reached the mature age of
twenty-one years, he returned to the State of New York, was
married and came on with his bride and went right to house-
keeping.

"I well remember her looks and appearance upon their arrival.
She was rather tall when compared with her husband, who was
quite a small man, was slight and graceful in her movements, of
a bright and cheerful nature, and always had something to say.
Children came rapidly to this good couple, and each little stran-
ger received a loving and tender welcome. How well I remem-
ber that most amusing and fascinating "baby talk" which this
matron would get ofif to the little dear as she held it upon her
lap. Nothing like it was ever invented. I do not recall all the
words, but there are doubtless those who can, for she must have
taught it not only to each of her own daughters, but to many of
her granddaughters as well.

"A short distance beyond brother Fleming's place settled our
uncle, James Fleming, my mother's brother. He had formerly
lived near us in the State of New York, and followed our family to
the new territory. He had a large family of six sons and four
daughters, most of whom grew up on this farm. Poor uncle
James had a hard time of it; his land was much like ours, and
although he and his boys worked hard and lived prudently, as
did, in fact, all those early settlers, it was a life and death strug-
gle for existence. He lived here twelve or fourteen years, sell-

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ing at the first opportunity and at a very low price, and going
thence in his old age to another new farm near my brother Flem-
ing's west of Adrian, where he died not very long since, a very
old man. He was a large, tall man, very industrious, and in his
younger days loved to spend a day now and then in hunting. I
well remember his old flint lock rifle and powder horn, always
clean and bright, hanging ready for instant use upon wooden
hooks near the fireplace.

"In the war of 1812 this uncle was a soldier at the battle of
Lundy's Lane. My father commanded a company in that war,
and at its close held the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. The sev-
eral engagements they had been in were fought over and over
again by the fireside, and gave interest to many a long winter
evening. It was told me by my mother that in the early period
of the temperance reform, when all the other men of the family
yielded to the new doctrine of total abstinence and ceased to use
intoxicating liquors, that this uncle James, though a very ex-
emplary man and a member of the Presbyterian church, refused to
adopt the new theory and continued right along to take his morn-
ing and evening bitters just as he had done before. He kept up
this habit to about the end of his life, and outlived all the other
members of his father's family by many years. But whether the
morning and evening bitters (always genuine whisky) aided in
prolonging his life, or whether he lived to a good old age in spite
of them, I do not stop to speculate. I saw him when he was over
ninety, and he was then quite strong and able to do many kinds
of manual labor. The other male members of his family (his
brothers) died at from sixty to seventy years of age.

"About this time, the exact date I cannot give, occurred the
Black Hawk war. This caused considerable alarm and much war
talk among us, though there was probably no real danger in our
case. Upon all frontiers, however, an Indian war is at all times
a great terror. Every one knows that an Indian will travel far
and fast to gratify his savage propensities. Many blood-curdling
stories of Indian massacres during this exciting time were told
in my hearing. I was, therefore, kept in a rather feverish state
of mind. The sight of an Indian even was not good for me, and
there were a good many of them, too, passing and repassing our
house during this time. They were not then the tame-looking
fellows such as we see now, but large, fine-looking, bold men,
always walking with head erect and with strong, steady step. If
they wished to go into a house, no matter what time of day or
night, they just walked right in and never stopped to knock or

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say '"by your leave." If they were hungry, they made their wants
known more as a demand than as a request. I was, therefore, not
pleasantly impressed with anything pertaining to the Indian char-
acter.

"One afternoon while I was returning from brother Fleming's,
and just as I was going through a piece of \;^oods, I met suddenly
at a bend of the road eight or ten large braves coming directly
towards me. all dressed in war-paint, carrying their guns and
marching single file. Retreat was, as I thought, impracticable.
So, terribly scared as I was, I put on as bold a front as I could
and walked straight on. expecting every moment, though, as they
filed by to feel the sharp edge of a tomahawk and to have my scalp
torn from my head. But I was soon past and out of their sight,
and, without any delay, made my very best time home.

"A mile or so northeast of us lived the Combs family. Old
grandfather Combs (he was a very old man), during fair weather,
visited us two or three times a week to gossip and talk over old
revolutionary times. He and my mother had during the colonial
struggle for freedom lived in the State of New Jersey, and she
had, when a child, fled with her parents before the marauding
march of the British army across that State. The other members
of the Combs family were John Combs, his wife and their four or
five children. John was the hunter of the settlement, and many a
gallant stag fell before his deadly rifle, to furnish venison not only
to the Combs household, but to the neighbors as well. He was
also chief musician for the community, and played the violin when
the young people gathered for a dance. A very nice, clever fel-
low was John, but he had a fondness for whisky, and betimes took
more than was proper.

"There was also another member of the Combs family deserv-
ing mention — old Lois, a colored woman. She was quite large
and of a clear, coal black color, born a slave, the property of old
grandfather Combs. She was given her freedom by the laws of
the State of New York in 1824. She had remained with the fam-
ily, however, and followed their fortunes to the new territory of
Michigan. She was a kind, faithful creature, caring for the chil-
dren and doing most of the work, not only in the house, but in
the fields as well. She could use an ax as well as a man, and I
often looked on in wonder while she would chop down the trees
and then chop up the trunks into wood. The family, however,
did not seem to thrive. Too much time was spent in hunting and
playing the violin and too little in work upon the farm.

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"In 1829 our eldest sister. Roxana, was married in the old
home to Orrin Derby, and they went at once to Ypsilanti to live.
Wedding tours were not fashionable then. Mr. Derby was a New
England youth, of good habits, had a good trade, was active and
thrifty, and he and his young, little wife (she was very small) be-
gan life with good prospects. He built a house on the east side
of the river Huron, some three blocks back, and on the south side
of the main street. For a time they "kept tavern" here. He,
however, had a shop near by. where he made and sold saddles
and harness. As soon as they were well settled, sister Mary
went from the old home to live with them, and remained a mem-
ber of the Derby family till she married.

"In 1830 our oldest brother, Archy, who, since father's death,
had, under our mother, been the head man of the family, was
married to Miss Elizabeth Kimmel, and went over to the north
about five miles, near his father-in-law's, Henry Kimmel, and
"began business upon a piece of now land with the view of making
a home. His wife, when they were first married, was one of the
brightest, prettiest and smartest brides I ever saw, and "chock
full" of innocent fun and mischief. She was called "Betsy" by
her own people, and is better known by that name now. Htr
parents were from Pennsylvania. In their early married life they
had settled in southern Illinois, upon the Kaskaskia river. After
remaining there a few years they left and came, with all their
stock of cattle, horses, wagons, etc., through the State of Illinois
to the south end of Lake Michigan, and thence on around the
end of that lake, up through northwestern Indiana, and nearly the
whole width of Michigan, to where he was living in 1830, and
where he remained till his death, which occurred only a short
time since. I think it was the next year after brother Archy was
married that the cholera broke out. This caused great excite-
ment, but I remember of no cases of it in our vicinity.

"In 1831 our good sis'-er Mabelle was married at the same old
home. This was made eventful by the large number present, and
more particularly, to me, by the fact (sorry to admit it) that I
got most ingloriously drunk on the occasion. It was a custom
then to have wine at wedding dinners. A large table had been
spread, at which the guests had just dined. At the side of each
plate was one of those very small wine glasses, filled with wine.
This the guest was supposed to taste of only, leaving at least some
of it in the glass. Being myself very small, I did not sit down
with the grown folks, but when they had all left I came into the
room, hungry and dry (a boy is always hungry and dry), and

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seeing there the httle glasses, tasted one, and rather liked it. It oc-
curred to me to see how many of them I could dispose of; so I
began going around the table, taking them in course. Very soon
everything began to swim around, then I began to feel queer
myself. I laid down, then rolled over and over Finally I lay
quite still. Someone coming in thought I was dead, but I wasn't.
Finally, after I had created quite a commotion, I was laid on
mother's bed to sober ofY. The usual headache followed on this,
and is still well remembered.

"Sister Mabelle and her husband, U.sal Williams, also went to
Ypsilanti to live after their marriage. He was a fine-looking
young man, bright and active, but was lacking in that stability in
business pursuits essential to ultimate success. He was a tailor
by trade, but soon left that for other business. After living at
Ypsilanti for two or three years he went to some place in Indiana,
where his wife soon after joined him.

"The next to leave the old home was our brother Robert. In
1831 or 1832, and when he was about 17 years of age, it was de-
cided, after much talk with our then pastor. Rev. Ira M. Weed,
and after many family consultations, that he should become a
minister, and with that in view he left home to begin the studies
preparatory to entering college. He was then small of his age,
not very robust in health, but was of a studious turn of mind,
loved to study and to read. Brother Samuel, on the other hand,
who was two or three years older than he, was the mechanic of
the family. Everything in that line seemed naturally to go to hint,
and I must say that he was always able to do about everything —
could make a sled, mend a wagon, make a pair of shoes, a drum
or a violin. Fie also played the snare drum. Brother Robert
blew good music upon the fife, and together they often made the
whole country echo at evening times with the best of martial
music.

"The habits of the people of this settlement were simple and
their wants few. Grocery and dry goods bills were light. Maple
sugar was made in the spring, and did duty for most purposes
the whole year around. The making of it was hard work, as we
had to go four or five miles to find the trees, but it was looked
upon as a sort of holiday entertainment, was engaged in by whole
families and heartily enjoyed by all. Barley did very well for
cofifee. The best of butter was made at home; pork and beef were
home productions; of good fresh eggs we had an abundance; the
river Huron supplied us with excellent fish of choice varieties,
and the forest held plenty of nice strawberries, whortleberries and

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sweet nuts, all to be had in their proper season for the gathering.
Buggies, either with or without canopy tops, were not used. When
a young man wanted to attend a social five or ten miles away he
just mounted his good horse and, taking his best girl on behind,
went. This may have been a little hard on the horse, but the
riders enjoyed this mode of conveyance, and always had a lively
time of it. The nearest mills where wheat and corn could be
ground during the first two years were at Detroit and Pontiac.
Going to mill, then, was no small matter, and took several days.
But in the third year Mark Norris and John Brown built a grist
mill on the Huron river at Ypsilanti, and then our wants in this
direction were more easily supplied. The health of our people, if
nothing be said of the fever and ague, was generally good. 1
remember of no deaths occurring while we lived there. The ague,
however, was there, and it stayed. The doctor, with his whole
saddle bags of medicine, did but little good; it paid its unwelcome
visits to about everyone, and none could shake it off. I alone of
the whole family escaped. This was a wonder to the others, but
I am not willing to confess that I ever regretted not having had it.

"The clothing for the family, as well as the materials for it,
were made at home, excepting, perhaps, the materials for extra
fine dresses and a few articles in the millinery line for the women
folk. Linen sheets, woolen blankets and rag carpets adorned the
house. Hair mattresses, patent spring beds and marble-topped
bedroom sets were not known then. But we had, instead, good
feather beds, nice pillows and home-made bedsteads, which, if
they did not cost as much as the modern kind, were considered
then very good, and gave just as sweet and refreshing sleep. The
big spinning wheel for wool and the little wheel with its distafY
for flax, then so common in every house, have long since gone
out of use, and are now objects of curiosity only. A few sheep
■provided the wool, which was clipped, carded and spun at home.
A hand loom wove it into cloth, which was sent away to be fulled.
It was soon returned a good, substantial grey cloth, which was
cut and made up in the house into winter suits for the men folk,
and always did good service.

"There was not much effort at style; clothes were just cut,
made and put on, and that was about the whole of it. For sum-
mer wear for the men and boys, a good linen suit was always in
-order. Boys did not tear these linen clothes — they couldn't. The
girls made us straw hats for summer, and for winter they manu-
factured for us hats or caps of some kind of woolen stuff. These
latter would hardly be thought in style now, but they were com-

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fortable and handy, and kept the ears from freezing in cold
weather. For shoes, the leather had to be bought, but brother
Samuel, who was the mechanical genius of the family, somehow,
without having learned the trade, made us very good shoes. They
might not have looked as well as those now worn, but they fitted
the feet and did not hurt the corns.

"The Beers family came in about 1830 (this family was, I think,
from Seneca, and became allied, by marriage, to the Fleming fam-
ily) and built a small house on a part of brother Fleming's land,
just north of his house, where they lived two or three years. Mrs.
Beers taught the first school in the neighborhood, and the first I
ever attended. Later I attended a school taught by my sister
Mabelle over on the Chicago road, nearly a mile east of Mr.
Bowen's place. This was before she was married. While I was
attending this school someone broke into the schoolhouse one
night and stole nearly all our little school books, with about every-
thing else that could be carried off. We learned a few days after
that the thief had been caught near* Detroit, tried and convicted
and severely punished by whipping. Such was the law then in
the territory. Our books were returned to us. A little later I
went part of a summer to a school located near the Supes farm,
about a mile southeast of Mr. Lovedor's place. It was while go-
ing to this school one morning that an incident occurred that I
must not omit to mention.

"As I was walking quietly along the road leading south to-
wards Mr. Lovedor's place, with the fence on the left and the
deep bank of the Willow Run on the riglit of me, I saw coming up
the bank, just in advance of me. a large wolf. I knew what it
was, for I had recently seen one that had been caught in a trap.
I was too much frightened to run, so I did nothing but stand still
until the animal came up into the road and turned to come
towards me, when I raised my dinner basket, and shaking it,
screamed with all my might. At this the wolf turned, leaped over
the fence and ran off and around towards our house. Fearing to
go back, I just went right along towards school, but when I
reached Mrs. Lovedor's I went in and told her what I had met
on the way. Much to my indignation, she intimated that I had
seen nothing but a dog, and probably not even that.

"The wolf, after passing me, continued on towards our house.
It was soon seen by my brothers, who, with others, pursued it
with dogs and guns for a good distance and finally killed it.

"The early settlers here, as elsewhere, had other things to con-
tend with besides poor soil, distant mills and the ever present

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ague. This whole country seemed to be the native home and
paradise of wolves; it was a constant care to protect our sheep
and young cattle from their ravages, and their howlings at night
often close to the house, were fearful.

"Now, if there is any animal in the world that can make him-
self numerous, it is the wolf. Though his voice is not sweet or
melodious, it has great compass and variety of tone. In fact, each
can be, when he chooses, a full band all by himself, and if you
did not know him well, you would certainly think there were at
least forty in the orchestra, so great and peculiar is the variety of
his utterances. Then, like the thief and coward that he is, he
does all his hard work at night, spending the day in his hiding
place, digesting what he has stolen and eaten the night before.
He is partial to mutton and veal, prefers to do his own butchering,
and always takes his rations raw. I think they made it a point to
visit us about every night during fall, winter and spring. If a
sheep was left out unhoused for even a single night, we were sure
to find its half-eaten remains lying somewhere about in the
morning.

"Most of the settlers were of Presbyterian stock, and attended
public worship on the Sabbath. Our family, Mr. and Mrs. Love-
dor and uncle Fleming's people went to Ypsilanti. Betimes some
wandeiing minister would favor us and hold service on an even-
ing at some of the private houses. I well remember my first ap-
pearance in meeting at the old red Presbyterian church in Ypsilan-
ti. The late Rev. Ira M. Weed was in the pulpit. He had but re-
cently come- on from somewhere among the hills of New Hamp-
shire to make his first efifort here as pastor of a church. He was
a very pleasant, fine-looking young man, and not only he, but his
beautiful and accomplished young wife as well, met a most cordial
reception among this warm-hearted people.

"The long services, filling up nearly the entire day, would be
thought tiresome now, and we are inclined to pity those who
formerly had to endure them. Yet it must not be forgotten that
most of the men and women who grew up under those old-fash-
ioned ways and long Sunday ministrations, were strong in re-
ligious faith and doctrine and good, honest people, who paid a
hundred cents on the dollar every time.

"Besides those mentioned there were a few others that came
and settled near us, but not many. Mr. Supe located on the
Huron river, two or three miles below us. He was a German of
the Pennsylvania kind, a man of means, and had a large family of
lively, good-looking girls. He soon had a fine, well-cleared farm.

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The Vining family lived near him, while two miles or so to the
northeast of us settled a family by the name of Horner, a respect-
able, thrifty, well-to-do household.

"Ypsilanti grew apace meantime, the west side of the river,
after a while, taking the lead. The present part of the town where
the depot and the upper bridge are now seen, was then still over-
grown with trees and brush.

"Among the prominent men I now recall the name of Solo-
mon Champion, Mark Norris, A. H. Ballard, James M. Edmunds,
Madison Cook, John Brown, Walter B. Hewitt and Orrin Derby.

"The good old Dr. Millington looked after the health of the
people, while the lawyers, Marcus Lane and Elias M. Skinner,
saw to it that their legal rights were preserved or a fair oppor-
tunity given to contend for them before the proper courts.

"In about six years from the time we came there the family
consisted of only our mother, brother Samuel, sister Elsie and
myself. The old farm was then sold and the family moved out
near Adrian, in this State. As time went on the Reaper Death
came betimes to several of them. My mother and two of my sis-
ters, Mrs. Mary Persels and Mrs. Elsie Brewer, now lie buried
side by side in the cem.etery at Niles. Another sister, Mrs. ]^.Ia-
belle Williams, sleeps in a grave at Berrien Springs. My oldest
brother, Archy, and my brother-in-law, Orrin Derby, died in Cali-
fornia many years since; brother Samuel died at Ypsilanti, in this
State, and brother Robert (Rev. Robert McMath) died some
fourteen years since at Webster, in the State of New York.
There now only remains of the old household, beside myself, my
oldest sister, Mrs. Roxana Derby, who now lives, a widow, at
Greenville, in this State."

[Since the foregoing was written Mrs. Derby has also passed
away. Her death occurred at Greenville, in January, 1898.]

From Mrs. Roxana Derby:

"Michigan, in 1826, was mostly a dense wilderness. It took
from Tuesday until Friday night to reach "Willow Run" from
Detroit, a distance of only thirty miles; no road except an Indian
trail. My father. Col. Samuel McMath, with two sons and two
hired men, came to Michigan to locate in May, 1826, from Romu-
lus, N. Y. The "Oak Openings" had just been burned over — not
a bush or tree left — all ready for the plow, and while the men and
boys were plowing and building a house to live in, father came
back home to Romulus to get seed and another span of horses and
a lumber wagon full of necessaries. I think they put in forty

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acres of wheat. The first year they bought four eighty-acre lots
joining — all timber. They cut down trees to build with and split
them to make a floor. We lived in this house several years, then
moved to near Adrian."

Ancestry of Mary Fleming, wife of Samuel McMath:
"The Flemings were an old Scottish family, and according to
the Rev. Samuel Fleming (see Record of the Family and Descend-
ants of Robert Fleming, 1868), settled in Scotland probably about
the 13th century, and the name probably comes from that of
Flaminius, an ancient Roman governor in the Belgic country. A
considerable people were known as Flemings in Flanders and Bel-
gium until a comparatively recent period. After the battle of
Bannockburn, June 25, 1314, Robert Bruce granted large estates
in western Scotland to his principal supporters. John Fleming
was one of the recipients of these grants, and was elevated to the
Scottish peerage with the title of the Earl of Wigton. his estate
embracing the present county of Wigton. From this time, in
Scottish history, we find frequent mention of the name of Flem-
ing; the family or families of the name seem to have been im-
portant and influential, and many of its members held high posi-
tions in the state, especially during the periods of Scottish inde-
pendence. Robert Fleming (grandfather of Mrs. Mary McMath)
was born in Argylshire in the year 1706. His father, it is said, had
been obliged to flee to Ireland on account of some feud which
endangered his life. The family lived, for the most part, in the
vicinity of Campbelltown. He was married in 1746 to Jeanette
or Jane Jackson, having passed over to Ireland for this purpose.
They sojourned for about a year in County Down, Ireland, from
whence they sailed for America, and landed in Philadelphia in
1747. They settled first in Chester County, a few miles west of
Philadelphia, where the most of their children were born. About
1760 they removed to Cecil Co., Maryland, and ten years later
to the banks of the Susquehanna in the "New Purchase." From
this point they were driven by the Indians, about 1778, the harvest
burned in the field and some of their cattle taken. They sought
protection at or near Fort Hunter, and remained in this vicinity,
or near Harrisburg, till near the close of the war. About the year
1784, accompanied by their three younger children, James, Sam-
uel and Mary, they removed into western Pennsylvania, and set-
tled on Harmon's Creek, Hanover township, Washington Co.
Their remains lie in the Cross Creek Cemetery, and the plain
slabs which mark their resting place contain the following in-
scriptions:

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In memory of In memorv of

ROBERT FLEMING, JANE FLEMING,

who departed ' who departed

this Hfe April jrd. this Hfe June i6th,

1802, in the 96th 1803, in the 94th

year of his age. year of her age.

"John Fleming, the father of our ancestor, was born in Chester
Co., Pa., 1752, and accompanied his father's family into Maryland,
and thence to the Susquehanna. He married, in 1774, Mary Jack-
son, whose father had settled near Pine Creek, Lycoming Co., but
were driven down the river by the Indians, probably at the time
his father's family abandoned Big Island, which was but a few
miles west. They returned to Lycoming Co. at the close of the
war and continued to reside there until 1790, when they removed
to lands lying between Cayuga and Seneca Lakes, N. Y.. now
included in the town of Romulus. He was a man of exemplary
piety, and his house was the home of missionaries and a place
for holding public worship. He was the first elder chosen at the
organization of the first Presbyterian church of Romulus. He
died December 15. 1800. His wife died December 5, 1816, aged
about 60 years. She was the eldest daughter of John and Elcy
(Armstrong) Jackson. She was born in Orange Co., N. Y., from
whence her parents removed to Pine Creek about the year 1770,
where her father died in 1820 past 90 years of age. Till near the
close of his life, he was accustomed to ride on horseback to Sene-
ca County annually.

"Mary Fleming was born near Harrisburg, Pa., June 20, 1784,
and accompanied her father's family to Seneca County, riding on
horseback. She d. at Niles, Mich., Nov., i860.

"She was generally known among the relatives as "Aunt
Polly." She is said to have been in early life a fine looking woman.
At sixty-fave years of age she is described as having grey eyes, a
face rather long, though it belied her disposition, which
was friendly and social, and a manner so quiet that when among
strangers it bordered upon taciturnity.

470

i. Archy.

471

ii. Fleming.

472

iii. Roxana.

473

iv. Mabelle.

474

V. Samuel Kelsey.

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Mrs. Elizabeth McMath.

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475 vi. Robert.

476 vii. Mary.

477 viii. Elcy.

478 ix. William Ethan Bainbridge, b. Romulus, N. Y.,
July 22, 1821 ; d. from an accident Jan 23, 1824.

479 X. John Watson.

470 ARCHY McMATH, (i. 11.) b. Romulus, N. Y., May
13, 1806; married at her father's home in Superior, Oct. 3,
1830, to Elizabeth Kimmel (b. in Westmoreland Co., Pa.,
Sept. 27, 181 1 ; dau. Henry and Susanna (Lobengier) Kim-
mel. He died in Gravelly Valley, Cal., Apr. 2, 1879.

"After his marriage he purchased a farm in Superior, near his
father-in-law, and occupied it for several years.

"Then, for a few years, was engaged in buying and selling live
stock; for a short time was interested in mercantile business with
his brother Samuel. Later purchased a farm near Niles, and re-
mained there several years, finally settled in California, first at
Marysville, and then in Gravelly Valley, where most of his de-
scendants still reside." ;

From John W. McMath:

"Archy, the oldest of the family, was, after father's death, the
one on whom mother and the others relied for counsel and advice
in most matters. At the family gatherings, he always took the
lead. He was a fatherly man, very fond of company, and his
house, while he remained in Michigan, was the stopping place of
all the cousins, uncles and aunts passing from the East to the
West — and there were many of them, and always welcome. That
was before the day of railroads. They came with their teams and
children, and their stay was often quite long enough. This was
the custom, however, and it was all right. If a family of old
neighbors or relatives were moving West, it was expected that
they would find a welcome — and they did. Hotels were few then,
and only resorted to when old friends or cousins were not within
reach. He was a man of considerable dignity, loved to talk, fond
of his children and wife, and an excellent husband and father.

"He was of good size, rather stout, and fine looking. During
the latter part of his life he weighed over 200 pounds He was of

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an even temperament, but when wronged could be quite furious.
I never knew him to be real angry but once, and that was when
he had good cause. He was intelligent, kept well abreast of the
current news and was in every way courteous, affable and kind;
nothing coarse or rude about him; a good specimen of a gentle-
man of his time. Over eighty years of useful life were granted
him."

From O. C. Gillette:

"At 45 he was of medium height (5 feet, 9 inches, I should
say), of very erect carriage, an intelligent, money-making man,
very cordial in manner — a gentleman in the best sense of the term.
Perhaps a trifle too stern in seeking to repress in his children the
follies incident to their age."

From Mrs. Effie K. Allen:

"Grandmother enjoys very good health, considering her age;
makes her home with my uncle Archie, and from there visits
among the other children, to all of whom she is very dear. She
has been visiting my aunt, Mrs. Ella Allen, who lives about a
quarter of a mile from me, and she occasionally walks the distance
between us. Uncle Archie's home — Hullville — is about 25 miles
north of us over the mountains. I remember my grandfather,
Archie McMath, as a man of strong temperance principles, and
so devoted to my grandmother that I do not remember to have
ever heard an unkind word between them, though I spent much
of my time in childhood at their home. His death has been a
heavy blow to my grandmother."

In answer to a letter of inquiry, the following was received,
written by Mrs. McMath, August 22nd, 1889:

"My husband's relatives have always been very dear to me,
and I gladly will do my best to answer your inquiries. Cyrus re-
sides at The Willows,' about two hundred miles from here. I
have written to him for some information regarding his family,
and expect an answer this week. I will answer all the questions
you asked as I can collect the necessary facts. We, that is, Archie
B. and Robert F. IMcMath and myself, live here in a little valley
about two miles wide and four miles long, and rightly named
'Gravelly Valley.' My son George's ranch joins ours. Our val-
ley is surrounded by mountains covered with beautiful pine timber.
In the valley is excellent pasturage for sheep and cattle and other
stock, and plenty of water. We own about one thousand acres
of valley and mountain land. There are about fifteen families

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here, and we have a good school. We keep the postoffice; Robert
carries the mail a distance of twenty-five miles. We keep the
country store and the hotel. We have the best part of the valley.
All this is not large business, and we are not rich, but we are com-
fortable and contented. The valley is remarkably healthy. A
good many people come here and camp through the summer. It
abounds with mineral springs. We raise sheep, cattle, hogs, etc.
* * * I send this now, fearing you might be tired waiting for
an answer. I am old and slow, and you must excuse all blunders,
as I cannot see the lines. I am 78 next month, in tolerable good
health. I would be glad to know where Edwin is, uncle Robert's
son; he and his wife visited us here."

480 i. Samuel Henry (McMath), b. twp. Ypsilanti,
Mich., Sept. 22, 1831; d. (unm.) in Ocolona, Miss., Aug.
5, i860.

From O. C. Gillette:

"S. Henry McMath, who was Archy's oldest son, was a friend
and companion of mine. He was about 5 feet, 9 inches in height,
unusually well built and athletic, and possessed of exceptional
business capacity. He was employed for a time as a railroad fore-
man, and I remember one cold winter day at Peru, Ind., some
iron had to be taken from the river. He waded in to test the
temperature of the water, then came ashore, caught a man by the
collar and threw him bodily into the river as a starter and to
'encourage' the men."

481 ii. Cyrus (McMath), b. nr. Ypsilanti, Mich., Sept. 10,
1833; m. at Niles, Mich., Sept. 7th, 1855, by Rev. Mr.
Anderson to Melissa W. Hazen, of Buchanan, Mich,
(dau. Ezra and Sarah Hazen) ; she d. at Marysville,
Cal.. July 22, 1862. M. (2d.) at Marysville, Cal., Jan.
14, 1864, to Mrs. Ruby Alvira Ellsworth (b. Chitten-
den Co., Vt., in May, 1840; dau. Moses and Sarah
(Lord) Melvin). They reside at The Willows, Gleno
Co., Cal., where Mr. McMath is (1895) engaged in
business as commission merchant. He is a member
of the Presbyterian Church, his mother being also a
member.

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"Our children are all healthy, fine-looking young people. I
can run a race with any of the boys yet, and they often 'tackle'
me for a wrestle. My weight is 185 pounds, but most any of the
boys can take their mother and tuck her under their arms and
carry her all over the house; she is a small woman, about 54 years-
old, but enjoys splendid health, and you would not think her a
day over 40. She has black hair and eyes. Two of the boys — •
Cyrus and Bertrand — are nearly as large as their father; Henry
and Edgar are smaller — weight about 150 pounds. Bertrand wants-
to study law. I might add we are all Republicans in politics."

482 i. Ada Melissa, b. Marysville, Cal., Mar. 4, 1857;
m. at Hullville, Cal., Mar. 17, 1875, to Aaron Al-
fred Graves (b. Carson Co., Tex., Feb. 9, 1832.)
Mr. Graves is a farmer and cattle raiser. Res.
(1895) Hullville, Gravelly Valley, Lake Co., Cal.

483 i. Melissa Jane, b. Gravelly Valley, Cal.^
Apr. 26, 1877; m. Oct. 28, 1896, to Walter
Brown, of Kelseyville, Cal.

484 ii. Charles Henry, b. Gravelly Valley, Cal.,
Aug. 31, 1879; ^- Gravelly Valley, Cal., Feb. 24,
1880.

485 iii. Samuel Cyrus, b. Gravelly Valley, Cal.,^
Oct. 2, 1881.

486 iv. Aaron Alfred, Jr., b. Gravelly Valley^
Cal., Jan. 8, 1884.

487 V. Jessie Leona, b. Gravelly Valley, Cal.,
Sept. 26, 1885.

488 vi. Effie Josephine, b. Gravelly Valley, Cal.,
July 28, 1888.

489 vii. Benjamin Franklin, b. Gravelly Valley,.
Cal., Aug. 17, 1890.

490 viii. William Grover, b. nr. Upper Lake^
June 22, 1892.

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491 ix. Robert /\rthur, b. Gravelly Valley, Nov.-
30, 1896.

492 ii. Effie Kate, b. nr. Marysville, Cal., Mar. 17,
1859; m. in Upper Lake, Lake Co., Cal., Apr. i,
1877, by Rev. R. F. Allen (the groom's brother) to
Spencer Green Allen (s. of John and Polly (Wil-
liams) Allen, of Audrain Co., Mo.) Mt . Allen is a
farmer ; in politics is a very pronounced Prohibi-
tionist; all their children were b. near Upper Lake.
We are much indebted to Mrs. Allen for assistance
rendered in this work. Res. (1895) Upper Lake,
Lake Co., Cal.

493 i. William Franklin, b. Jan. 7, 1878; d. Dec.
I, 1878.

Thomas Edgar, b. Jan. 23, 1880.

Veda Esther, b. Oct. 7, 1881.

Bertha Frances, b. Jan. 4, 1884.
Ernest Green, b. Mar. 21, 1886.

Guy Henry, b. May 30, 1890.
Eva Violet, b. Jan. 17, 1893.

500 iii. Jessie Elizabeth, b. nr. Marysville, Cal.,
Mar. II, 1861 ; m. at Elk Valley, Lake Co., Cal.,
Apr. 18, 1877, to Geo. W. Johnson (s. of Matthew
and Jane Johnson). Mr. Johnson is a farmer and
railroad contractor. Res. (1895) nr. Willows,.
Glenn Co., Cal.

501 i. Edith Belle, b. nr. Upper Lake, Mar. 26,.
1878.

502 ii. Alabel Efifie, b. nr. Upper Lake, Dec. 3,.
1880.

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503 iii. Hettie Adelia, b. nr. Upper Lake, Oct.
24, 1882.

504 iv. Silas Eddy, b. nr. Gooseberry, Ore., Mar.
8, 1885.

505 V. Fred Bertram, b. nr. Gooseberry, Ore.,
Apr. 2, 1887.

506 vi. Drusilla Ellen, b. at the Willows, July
22, 1890.

507 vii. Alta Irene, b. at the Willows, May 3,
1892; d. at the Willows June 28, 1892.

508 viii. Ruby Jane, b. at the Willows, June 30,
1895; d. at the Willows Dec. 16, 1895.

509 ix. George Randolph, b. at the Willows,
July 31, 1896.

510 iv. Henry Kimmel, b. nr. Marysville, Gal., Mar.
26, 1865. Is proprietor of a livery business and
deals in horses ; (unm.)

511 V. Drusilla Ella, b. Gravelly Valley, Lake Go.,
Gal., Feb. 29, 1868; m. at The Willows, Gal, Oct. 20,
1891, to Michael Kahn (s. of Abraham and Leah
Kahn). Res. (1895), Willows, Gal.

"Merchant; very fastidious; gentleman. Born in Germanj-.
Came here when sixteen years of age. Would succeed any-
where." (Cyrus McM.)

512 i. Harold Pratt, b. Willows, Gal.. Aug. 16,
1893.

513 vi. Gyrus Harrison, b. (Gravelly Valley. Dec.
17, 1870. Engineer. Res. (1894) Grass Valley,
Nevada Go., Gal.

514 vii. Edgar Russell, b. Gottonwood, Tehuma Go.,
Gal., Sept. 16. 1873. Res. (1894) The Willows. He

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combines the occupations of engineer and fire insur-
ance agent.

515 viii. Bertrand Centennial, b. Elk Valley, Lake
Co., Cal., July 21, 1876. Res. with his parents; at-
tending school.

516 ix. Ethel Clementina, b. Elk Valley, Mar. 10,
1879. Living at home; attending school.

517 X. Frank Orvis, b. Elk Valley, Aug. 26, 1882.

518 iii. George Kimmel (AlcMath), b. nr. Ypsilanti,
June I, 1836. M. nr. Niles, Mich., Oct. 8, 1858, to
Nancy M. Woodbridge (dau. Dr. H. A. Woodbridge, of
Buchanan. Mich.) Mr. McMath res. (1894) Fort
Bragg, Alendocina Co., Cal. Is engaged in the practice
of law.

"In 1859 we removed to Minnesota, where we resided two
years, returning then to Buchanan. In 1861 I crossed the plains
to California, arriving at Marysville July 27, 1861, my wife com-
ing by water in the following year. Our daughter, Ida May, d. in
Indiana just before my wife started to join me in California."

519 i. Minnie Belle, b. Belmont Co., Minn., June
8, 1859 ; m. at Adin, Alodoc Co., Cal., Apr. 5, 1874,
to Edwin Clarence Parker. Mr. Parker came to
California from Boston, Mass. He was well con-
nected, had been carefully educated, and at the time
of his marriage possessed considerable means. Res.'
(1894) Walla Walla, Wash.

520 i. Rollo C, b. nr. Upper Lake, Cal., Jan.,.

1875-

521 ii. Clarissa, d. aged 4 years.

522 iii. Leo. F. (aged 16).

523 iv. Xina, b. 1879. ■

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524 V. Dau., (bur. in Gravelly Valley).

525

VI.

526 ii. Ida, b.' May, i860; d.

527 iii. Estella Leona, b. Marysville, Cal., May 26,

1866; m. Gravelly Valley, Cal., Aug. 28, 1881, to

Walter Brown Marble (s. John and Hester Marble).

Res. (1894) Cahto, Mendocina Co., Cal. Mr. Marble

is a blacksmith by trade.

528 i. Clara Hester, b. Prineville. Ore., July 12,
1882.

529 ii. Ida Lea, b. Gravelly Valley, Cal., Nov. 5,
1883.

530 iv. George Grant, b. Gravelly Valley, Cal.,
Mar. 14, 1868; m. at Maxwell, Colusa Co., Cal., 1891,
to Margaret Kinsman. Merchant. Res. Ft. Bragg,
Cal.

531 i. d. in infancy.

532 ii. d. in infancy.

533 iii. Glenn.

534 iv. Gladys, d.

535 V. Frank, b. at Cottonwood, Tehuma Co., Cal.,
1870; d. in childhood.

536 vi. Elmer Kimmel, b. Tehuma Co., Cal.. 1882;
d. Lake Co., Cal., 1888.

537 vii. Orrin Wesley, b. Tehuma Co., Cal.; d. aged
4 years.

538 viii. Sylvia Elizabeth, b. Gravelly Valley, Cal.,
Nov. 9, 1877.

539 ix. Rose, d.

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540 X. Norman Ray, b. Gravelly Valley, Cal., June
24, 1879.

541 xi. Josie Dora, b. Gravelly Valley, Cal., June
II, 1883.

542 iv. Susan Merilla (McMath), b. June 18, 1838. M.
at Niles, Mich., June 4, 1855, to Sumner H. Perry (s.
of Willard and Amy (Russell) Perry. Res. until 1888
in Berlin, Greenlake Co., Wis. M. (2d) Mar. 23, 1890,
to Cyrus R. Wickes (s. of Orrin and Eliza (AIcKay)
Wickes). Mr. Wickes is railroad agent at The Willows,
Cal.

543 i. Amy Elizabeth, b. Niles, Mich., Mar. 11,
1856. M. at Eureka, Wis., Mar. 11, 1874, to
Adolphus Malnory (b. Oswego Co., N. Y., s. Cath-
erine Mosher and John Francis Malnory, both na-
tives of France). Mr. Malnory is a farmer. Res.
(1894), Eureka, Wis.

John Frank, b. Berlin, Wis., Nov. 22,

Earnest Pearl, b. Aug. 8, 1877; d. aged

William Adolphus, b. Aug. 7, 1879.

Frederick

Asa, b. May i, 1882.
Roy, b. April 22, 1886.
Amy, b. Feb. 3, 1888.
Cora Ellen, b. June 9, 1890.
]')ert, b. Nov. 24, 1891.
Lester, b. Nov. 28, 1892.
Leslie, b. Nov. 28, 1892.

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546

iii.

547

iv.

548

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549

vi.

550

vii.

551

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552

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553

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554

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555 xii. Clarence, h. Sept. — , 1894.

556 xiii. Susan lone, b. Apr. 9, 1897.

The twins are familiarly known as "Listie""
and "Lastie."

557 ii. Henry Hollis, b. Ypsilanti, Mich., Jan. 17^
1858. AI. Res. (1894), Sanborn, Iowa.

558 i. Archy Grant.

559 ii. Jerome.

560 iii. Clara.

561 iv. Perry.

562 iii. Elsie Fraser, b. Niles, Mich., Mar. 14, 1861 ;
m. at Berlin, Wis., Nov. 8, 1879, to Charles Learned.
She went to California in October, 1890, and d. at
The Willows July 25 of the following year. Mr.
Learned res. at Iron Mountain, Mich.

563 i. Lynnie Putnam, b. Berlin, Wis., July 2,
1889. Now res. with his grandmother at The
Willows.

564 iv. Albert A., b. Niles, Mich., Nov. 5, 1864; m.
March, 1880, to Laura Osborn (dau. Horace and
Theresa (Miller) Osborn, the former b. Cleveland,
O., in 1824, and the latter in Indiana in 1830). Mr.
Perry is a farmer, res. at Aurora or Berlin, Wis.

Grace, b. Dec. 25, 1883.

Bert, b. Sept. 10, 1885.

Charles, b. May 25, 1887.

Dora, b. May 9, 1891.

Guy, b. Feb. 28, 1894.

Elsie, b. Dec. 25, 1896.

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566

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568

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McMATH FAMILY. 145

571 V. Guy Oliver, b. Berlin, Wis., Oct. 25, 1878;
d. Berlin, Wis., June 25, 1885.

572 V. Mary Elizabeth (McMath), b. nr. Ypsilanti,
Mich., Apr. 28, 1840. In September, 1858, she joined
her parents in Marysville, Cal. M. Marysville, Cal., by
Judge Singer, then Mayor of Marysville, Sept, 13, 1859,
to D. A. McConnell (b. New Salem, Westmoreland
Co., Penn., s. of Thomas W. and Matilda (Gilchrist)
McConnell, both b. in Penn.). Mr. McConnell was
engaged in mercantile business in Marysville at the
time of his marriage and until he removed from there
to Marquette, Mich., in 1873. In August, 1874, they
removed to Holden, Mo., and later to Crooksville,
Gunnison Co., Col., in November, 1879, where Mr.
McConnell was engaged in stock raising for some
years. Mr. McConnell is at present chairman of the
Board of County Commissioners of Gunnison Co.
Res. (1895) Doyleville. Col.

573 i. Edward R., b. Marysville, Cal., July 6,
i860. Res., 1898, Doyleville, Col.

574 ii. Albert H., b. Marysville, Dec. 21, i86r.

575 iii. William N., b. Marysville, Apr. 14, 1864.
M. at Doyleville, Col, Apr. 23, 1895, to Mary L.
Huff (dau. Byron and Elizabeth Hufif). Res. (1898),
Doyleville.

576 i. Frances May, b. Apr. 19, 1896.

577 iv. Idella K., b. Marysville, Cal., Jan. 5, 1866.
M. at Doyleville Apr. 21, 1875, to William H. Knode
(s. Daniel P. and Mary E. Knode; the former was b.
Alexandria, Va., and d. Dec. 23, 1889). Res. (1898),
Gunnison, Gunnison Co., Col., where all their chil-
dren (except Frank) were born.

146 MEMORIALS OF THE

578 i. Frank, b. July 24. 1886: d.

579 ii.- Archie, b. July 17, 1888; d

580 liii. Pearl, b. Aug. 21, 1891.

581 iv. May, b. Nov. 26, 1895.

582 ^ ~-v. ]\Iary E., b. nr. Sierraville, Cal., Xov. 21,.

1871. M. at Doyleville, Col. Apr. 19, 1894, to Wil-
liam E. Reppy (s. of Hiram and Mary Reppy). Res.
(1898), Lake City, Hinsdale Co., Col.

583 i. Mamie Merle.

584 vi. Son, b. July 4, 1874; d. Holden, Mo., Nov.
23, 1875.

585 vii. Dau. d. (in infancy) at Crooksville, Col.,.
Nov. 23, 1 88 1.

586 viii. Nellie E., b. Aug. i, 1884.

587 vi. Elcy Ann (McMath), b. Superior Twp., Mich.,.
Aug. 23, 1842. M. at the residence of her uncle, John
W. Mc^Iath, at Sault Ste. Marie, (U. P.), Mich., Nov. 8,
1864, to Edward Eraser. They resided in Marquette,
]\Iich., where Mr. F. carried on an extensive lumber
business, doing considerable building in connection with
his lumber business. Mrs. Eraser d. at Marquette Apr.
12, 1884. After the loss of his wife, Mr. E. removed
with his family (excepting his son Edward) to Califor-
nia, settling in Los Angeles, where he is now (1894)
engaged in business. Address No. 216 S. Broadway.

588 i. Edward Lincoln, b. Marquette, Mich., July
4, 1866. M. Aug. 9, 1889, to Grace Hoyt (dau.
Enoch and Susan V. Hoyt), of St. Joseph, Mich.
Res. (1894) Marquette, Mich.

589 i. Elsie \'irginia, b. ]\Iarquette, Aug. 9,
1890.

McMATH FAMILY. 147

590 ii. Lincoln Hoyt, b. Marquette, Feb. 14,
1892.

591 iii. Samuel William, b. Marquette, June 10,
1893.

592 ii. Ella C. b. ^larquette, Feb. 10, 1869.

593 iii. James LeRoy, b. Marquette, June 10, 1875 ;
d. Ontario, Cal., July 22, 1892.

594 iv. William White, b. Marquette, July 14, 1883.

595 vii. Roxana Caroline (McMath), b. in Superior
Tp., Wash. Co., Mich., July 24, 1845. ^I- ^t Marys-
ville, Cal., Mar. 26, 18^)3, to Sullivan Streeter Russell,
(b. Solon, Somerset Co., Me., Aug. 15, 1836; s. James
and Abbie Cordelia Russell). Mr. R. follows black-
smithing at Lakeporte, Lake Co., Cal. Was elected
County Assessor Nov. 9, 1894, by a very compliment-
ary majority. Is a man highly esteemed. All their
children were born at Lakeporte.

596 i. Frank Benjamin, b. Laporte, Cal., Apr. i,
1868. AL at Lakeport, Lake Co., Cal., Feb. 5, 1893,
to Emma May Stanley. Res. Lakeport, Cal.

597 i. Mabel, b. Lakeport, Nov. 21, 1894.

598 ii. Grace Ella, b. Laporte, Aug. 16, 1869. M.
at Lakeport, Cal., Mar. 26, 1891, to Jacob Astor
Keithley (s. of S. and S. T. Keithley).

599 i. Harry Glenn, b. Kelseyville, Cal., Aug. 9,
1893.

600 iii. May Harley, b. June 18, 1872. M. at Lake-
port, Cal., Oct. 25, 1891, to David Edward Keith-
ley (s. of S. and S. T. Keithley),

601 i, Clarence Russell, b. Lakeport, July 12,
1893.

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148 MEMORIALS OP^ THE

Ralph Solon, b. Laporte, Cal., Xov. 9,

Archie McMath. b. Sept. 20, 1879.
Bessie Rowena, b. Oct. 19. 1881.
Jessie Irene, b. June 2. 1884.

606 viii. Archy B. (McMath), b. Niles, Mich., June 17,

1848. M. at Suisune, Cal., Sept. 3, 1872, to Josephine
Saunders (dau. Thomas and Harriet (Morris) Saun-
ders).

"Archy and Robert are both large men, six feet tall; both
live in Gravelly Valley; have quite a large amount of land, about
a thousand acres. Are stock raisers and dealers. The word of
either is as good as the bond of a millionaire. Full of life and
enjoy living. Belong to the Baptist church." (Cyrus McM.)
Res. (1894) Hullville, Lake Co., Cal. All the children reside at
home, unmarried.

Robert Henry, b. June 13, 1874.
Bessie, b. Dec. 28, 1875.
Sanford S., b. Sept. — , 1878.
Carrie Josephine, b. Mar. 15, 1881.
Archie, b. Aug. 13. 1883.
Irwin Blain, b. Dec. 15, 1889.

613 ix. Robert Fleming (McMath) (twin), b. Niles,
Mich., May 25, 1852. M. at HuHville, Cal., Dec. 24,
1891, to Mary E. Burrcll (dau. Isaac and Mary G.
(Knotvv-ell) Burrell. Res. (i8<j4) Hullville, Lake Co..
Cal.

614 i. Ernest Burrell, b. Hullville, Mar. 2, 1893.

615 X. Ellen Eliza (McMath), b. Niles. Mich., May 25,
1852. M. at Gravelly Valley, Cal., Aug. 9, 1870, to
John Alley (s. Andrew J. and Mary A. Alley).

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"Mr. Alley is a farmer, first class frontier style of man, and
honest as the day." (Cyrus McM.) Children were al! born at
Upper Lake, Cal.

616 i. Clara Carrie, b. nr. Upper Lake, Mar. 12,

1872. M. nr. Upper Lake, Nov. 26, 1892, to George
Nelson Beard (s. of William and Hannah Beard).
Res. (1894) No. 700 Eddy st., San Francisco, Cal.

517 ii. Hattie Adelia, b. Hullville, Cal., Sept. 29,

1873 ; d. nr. Upper Lake, Oct. 29, 1875.

618 iii. Effie Drusilla, b. nr. Upper Lake, Aug. 7,
1875. M. San Francisco, Cal., Apr. 26, 1895, to
Wm. Gilday. Res. San Francisco.

619 iv. Charles Martin, b. nr. Upper Lake, July
15, 1877.

620 V. Lottie May, b. nr. Upper Lake, Apr. 20,

Marie, b. nr. Upper Lake, Dec. 25, 1884.
Warren Edward, b. nr. Upper Lake, Feb.

623 viii. Ina Grace, b. nr. Upper Lake, Mar. 28,

1889.

471 FLEMING McMATH (ii. 11), b. in Romulus, N. Y.,
Jan. 14, 1808. M. in Romulus, N. Y., Apr. 22, 1829, to
Eliza Pruden. In 1835 he purchased a farm in Dover
Twp. in Lenawee Co., Mich., where he res. until his death.

"Fleming MclNIath was a quiet, self-possessed man, of good
mind, a great reader and always well informed upon the current
topics of the day. His opinions, religion and acts were decided,
though he was seldom drawn into argument. A few short, cnsp
sentences, always at hand, expressed his conclusions. He was a
short, thick-set man, fine head and erect carriage, and, at his best,
weighed 170 pounds.

"He had a strong will, and once settled upon a matter of any
kind, he was not readily moved. He had good judgment, and his

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150 MEMORIALS OF THE

disposition was kindly. Very fond of children, and his home life
was pleasant. He and his wife were members of the Presbyterian
church. He was an elder for thirty or forty years. His children
were reared in the same faith, and his descendants, so far as
known, cling to that denomination or to the Congregational com-
munion.

"His business capacty was fine, and he left a fair estate as the
fruit of his long life of 82 years, industry and economy. In his
old age he did little else than go here and there visiting his little
grand and great grandchildren. Would go to town once or twice
a week, fill his capacious pockets with such things as children
like and then make the grand rounds, making them all as well
as himself happy. He was always pleasant, but never demonstra-
tive. I never knew of his laughing 'out loud,' though he was
always pleasant, carrying a kindly smile upon his broad face " (J
W. McMath.)

"I remember my grandfather, Fleming McMath, as a man of
few words, cautious and careful in his business transactions, abso-
lutely honest and possessed of great firmness and decision of char-
acter. I think his descendants inherit their unusual stability of

character from him." (Wcllie McMath.)

The following is from the Adrian "Times and Expositor,"
December 8th, 1890:

"The death of Fleming McMath, a prominent pioneer, oc-
curred at his home in Dover, Sunday morning, about 11 o'clock,
of apoplexy, in liis 82nd year. From his earliest manhood Mr.
McMath has been untiring in promoting the development and
growth of Dover Township. For three or four years he was
County Superintendent of the Poor, and was Supervisor of Dover
Township for two terms, while he was Justice of the Peace and
Notary Public for many years." * * *

624 i. Francis C. (McMath), b. Ypsilanti. Mich., Apr.

2y, 1830. M. at Dover, Mich.. Mar 24, 1852. to :\Iarv
E. Waite, (b. Leroy. N. Y., Mar. 31, 1832; dati. Elisha
W. and Lydia P. Waite). Settled on a farm in Dover,
Mich., in 1852; removed to LesHc, Mich., in 1872,
where Mr. McMath engaged in mercantile business
until about 1879, in which year they removed to Iowa,
settling at Swan Lake.

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She died July 7, 1880, and was buried at Swan Lake,
Emmet Co., la.

After some ten years spent in traveling through the
west Mr. McMath married (2d) at Upper Lake, Lake
Co., Cal., Nov. 26, 1891, Jennie L. Torrey (dau. Levi
and L. J. Torrey), of Lakeport, Cal. They settled first
at Box Butte, Neb., later, in 1893, at Bayard, Cheyenne
Co., Neb., where he is now engaged in mercantile bus-
iness.

"He early turned his attention to teaching vocal music; he
possessed an exceptionally good voice, and was successful as a
teacher. Farming was his chief occupation, however. He is a
man of good mind and strong religious character, gaining friends
easily and winning a strong place in the hearts of those with whom
he has been closely associated." (Wellie McMath.)

625 i. Wellie, b. Dover, Mich., May 4, 1854. M.
at Leslie. Mich., Apr. 2, 1879, to Alice Amelia
Norton (dau. Harlow and Susan Norton).

"Entered the 'Miami Conservatory of Music,' Xenia, O., in
1870; continued as student here for two years. The following two
years was elected principal of the 'Clinton Academy of Music,'
Wilmington, O., during which time he received his diploma from
the former school; returning to Leslie in 1874, entered the high
school and continued teaching in connection with his studies.
After one year in Olivet College, returned to Leslie and con-
tinued teaching until the spring of '79, when he married and set-
tled on a farm in Leslie, Mich.

626 i. Ellena, b. at Leslie, Mich., May 9, 1882.

627 ii- Paul H., b. Leslie, Dec. 22, 1883.

628 ii. Eva Louise, b. Dover, Mich., June 10, 1856.
M. at Swan Lake, Emmctt Co., la., Sept. 24, 1884,
to Rev. Robert Akey Paden (s. William and Mary
Ann Paden). She taught school in Michigan about
seven years, then in the Cook Co. (111.) High School
one vear. Mr. Paden graduated from the Alle-

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gheny (Pa.) Seminary in the class of '82 ; after
eleven years spent in home mission work became
pastor of the Presbyterian church at Effingham,
Kan., where they now reside (1894).

629 i. Mary Louise, b. Swan Lake, la., Aug.
II, 1885.

630 ii. Ruth Agnes, b. Burt, la., June 28, 1887.

631 ' iii. Roberta Alice, b. Sumner, la., July 17,.

1890.

632 iv. Robert Wellie, b. Sumner, la., Dec. 6,
1892.

633 iii. Mary, b. Clayton, Mich., Nov. 11, 1870.
Drowned in Swan Lake, la., June 17, 1883, and
buried beside her mother.

634 ii. Roxana (McMath), b. nr. Ypsilanti, Mich.,
June 13, 1832. M. at Dover, Mich., Apr. 8, 1852, to
James H. Shepherd (s. of Rev. Paul and Asenath
(Mack) Shepherd). Mr. Shepherd had learned the mill-
ing business, but did not follow it long. Mrs. Shepherd
d. at her home in Dover Oct. 17, 1894.

635 i. Francis E., b. Dover, Jan. 28, 1853. M.
at Deerlield, Mich., Feb. 4, 1879, to Susan McMil-
lan (dau. James W. and Jeanette (Fisher) McMil-
lan). Educated at Ypsilanti State Normal School,
Adrian (Mich.), and Oberlin (Ohio) College.
Taught the Deerfield Graded Schools from 1875 to
1878. Commenced the practice of law at Cheboy-
gan 1879; was elected Prosecuting Attorney of
Cheboygan county 1880 and re-elected 1882. Was
appointed by the Governor, Judge of Probate of
Cheboygan county (to fill vacancy) in 1887 and
served till 1893. Was a member of Board of Man-

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agers of the State Prison at Marquette from 1889
to 1892. Representative in Legislature 1897. Is
practicing his profession at Cheboygan, Mich.
Children were all born in Cheboygan.

-636 i. James Francis, b. Sept. 12, 1880.

637 ii. Mary Ethel, b. Aug. 29, 1882.

638 iii. George Ralph, b. Oct. 12, 1885.

•639 ii. Eliza, b. Mar. 30, 1855; d. Mar. i, 1861.

640 iii. Ed. James, b. Dover, Mich., Aug. 10, 1858.
M. at Adrian, Mich., June 8, 1886, to Lena Belle
Angell (b. Adrian, Feb. 4, 1867; dau. David Angell,
who was b. in N. Y.) Res. (1895) Adrian, Mich.
Mr. S. being engaged in wholesale and retail drug
trade (S. E. Shepherd & Co.)

641 i. James H., b. Adrian, June 6, 1886.

642 ii. Addie B., b. Adrian, Apr. 16, 1889.

643 iii. Stanley, b. Adrian, Mich., June 2, 1892.

644 iv. Ida Jane, b. Dover, Aug. 10, 1858. M. at
Dover, Feb. 28, 1876, to John M. Abbott (s. Theo.
H. and Electa Abbott). Farmer, res. nr. Cadmus,
Lenawee Co., Mich.

'645 i. Edith, b. Cadmus, Jan. 2, 1882.

646 v. William Fleming McMath, b. Dover, Mich.,
Apr. 26, 1863. M. at Dover, Apr. 15, 1888, to
Emma Bovee (dau. Arthur and Esther Bovee). Res.
(1894) Cadmus, Lenawee Co., Mich.

647 i. , b. Nov. 6. 1891.

648 iii. Mary Elizabeth (McMath), b. Dover, Mich.,
Sept. 27, 1833. M. at Dover, Feb. 14, 185 1, to Samuel
Disbro Vaughn (s. Joseph and Hannah (Gage) Vaughn;

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• the former died in 1867 in tlic town of Novi, Oakland
Co., Mich.; the latter died in 1833 in the town of Per-
rington, Monroe Co., N. Y.) Mrs. Vaughn d, .

G49 i. Ella, b. Mar. 15, 1855; d. Nov. 29, i860.

650 ii. Mary Elizabeth, b. Jan. 13, 1856; d. Dec.

6, i860.

G51 iv. Elizabeth (McMath), b. Dover Twp., Feb. 27,

1836. M. in Dover, Sept. 2, 1857, to Charles Irving
Shaw (s. Brackley and Lydia (Poole) Shaw). Res.
Clayton, Mich.

052 i. Ethel, b. Dover, May 27, 1858. M. at Swan

Lake, Emmet Co., Iowa, Dec. 8, 1885, to Frank
Pierce (s. Edward and Romelia Pierce). Mr. Pierce
is clerk in the offices of the S. P. R. R. at Crow-
ley, La.

G53 i. Vera, b. Swan Lake, la., Nov. 8, 1886.

G54 ii. (Unnamed), b. Welsh, La., May 4, 1892;

d. Welsh, La., June 8, 1892.

655 ii. Charles Allison, b. Dover, Aug. 16, 1859;
d. Dover, Aug. 2, 1861.

656 iii. Harry Leslie, b. Dover, Aug. 26, 1866. M.
at Dover, Mar. 23, 1892, to Grace Belle Nichols
(dau. Frederick and Fanny Nichols). He is a far-
mer and res. at Clayton, Mich.

657 i. Grozelia Belle, b. Mar. i, 1893.

658 iv. Emily, b. Dover, Jan. 8, 1868; d. Dover,
Jan. 24, 1872.

659 V. Florence, b. Dover, Dec. 31, 1874. Res.
Clayton, Mich.

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660 V. Laura Angelina (McMath), b. Dover, Apr. 27,
1840. M. at Dover, Sept. 17, 1858, to Samuel D.
Vaughn. Res. (1894) in Osseo, Mich.

661 i. John McMath, b. Dover, Nov. 18, 1861. M.
at Adrian, Mich., Sept. 4, 1886, to Emma Belknap.
At present (1894) bookkeeper and cashier with a
mercantile concern in Adrian, Mich.

662 i. Gladys Laura, b. Adrian, Oct. 20, 1889.

663 ii. Myrtie, b. Dover, Aug. 20, 1864; d. Mar. 18,
1872.

664 iii. Zua Lura, b. Dover, Feb. 11, 1870. Teach-
ing at Osseo (1894).

665 iv. Vena Belle, b. Dover, Feb. 15, 1873. Teach-
ing at Osseo (1894)

666 V. Hally Samuel, b. Dover, May 16, 1884.

667 vi. Fleming (McMath), Jr., b. Dover, Mich., Mar.
16, 1846. M. Dover, Nov. 24, 1875, to Julia A. Dem-
ing (dau. Daniel H. and Mary Deming). She d. at
Clayton, Mich., Oct. 19, 1890. He m. (2d) at Clayton,
Mich., Mar. 16, 1892, to Fannie E. Abbott (dau. Elijah
H. and Kate (Baker) Abbott). He d.

668 i. Bertha A., b. Feb. 24, 1879.

669 vii. Esther (McMath), b. Dover, Mich., Oct. 16,
1853. M. at Dover, Nov. 28, 1883, to Charles V. Gil-
bert (b. Dec. 2.2, 185 1 ; s. Warren and Minerva Gil-
bert, formerly of Sandusky, O., now res. near Clayton).
Mr. Gilbert is a farmer at Clayton, Mich.

670 i. Ernest F., b. Dover, Aug. 30, 1884.

671 ii. Irving, b. Dover, Aug. 30, 1884.

672 iii. Frederick E.. b. Rome Twp., July 16, 1889.

673 iv. Hazel B., b. Rome Twp., June 25, 1893.

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472 ROXANA McMATH (iii. ii), b. in Romulus, N.
Y., Sept. 26, 1809. M. at home on the Willow Run, June
25, 1829, to Orrin Derby (b. June 2, 1806, in Westminster,
Mass. ; s. of Ruth and Ezra Derby). Res. at Ypsilanti until
their removal to Niles, Mich., in 1835. "Aunt Roxana
and her mother, Charles Fleming's parents, Clem Loveder
and his wife, were six of the twelve charter members of
the Ypsilanti Presbyterian church (organized as a Congre-
gational church). Mr. Derby joined soon after, and Aunt
Roxana and Mr. Derby were charter members of First
Congregational church organized at Niles." He was en-
gaged in saddlery and harness business in Ypsilanti and
Niles. In 1853 Mr. Derby went to California and two
years later, as he was preparing to return to his family
in Michigan, sulTered an injury which resulted in his death
at San Francisco, June 14, 1855.

Mrs. Derby in 1870 removed with her family to Green-
ville, Mich., where they have since resided. Mrs. D. d.

"Roxana was always a very small woman. When married
she was not larger than a girl of 12. Her head was large and
level. She was and is yet a most amiable, kind and pleasant per-
son; low, sweet voice; never peevish or fretful, a happy wife and
good mother. Of late years she has become quite stout. This,
with her short stature, large head and face, makes her a very fine
looking old lady. She was and is yet most gentle, loves her chil-
dren and numerous grandchildren devotedly, and is as devotedly
loved by all of them. With all her kind and gentle ways, she has
always been remarkable for her strong will, good sense and cour-
age whenever in life tliose qualities were required. A model wife,
mother and grandmother. She is now past 80, with all her men-
tal faculties in good preservation. Goes regularly to church and
holds her interest in life, which, she says, is 'worth living.' " (J.
W. McMath, 1895.)

674 i. Orrin Kelsey (Derby), b. Ypsilanti, Mar. 7, 1833;

d. Apr. 28, 1836, and bur, in Niles.

678

679 i

680

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675 ii. Mary (Derby), b. Niles, June 26, 1835. M. in
Niles, Aug. 31, 1854, Edgar Walter. Res. in Niles three
years when they removed to farm near Sumnerville,
Mich., their present home (1894).

676 i. Edgar Derby, b. Oct. 22,, 1856; d. July 26,
1865.

677 ii. Louis Fred, b. Jan. 26, i860. M. Mar. 19,
1884, Eva Badger.

Ruby May, b. Jan. 14, 1885.

Frank, born Alay 31, 1887.

Earl, b. Apr. 30, 1889.

681 iii. Winfield Joseph, b. Jan. 28, 1862.

682 iv. Leroy Chester, b. Feb. 9, 1864.

683 V. Arthur Gray, b. Mar. 7, 1866.

684 vi. Raymond, b. June 13, 1868.

685 vii. Bertie, b. Mar. 30, 1870; d. May 6, 1870.

686 viii. Lute, b. June 9, 1872.

687 iii. Nathan Fleming (Derby), b. Niles, Nov. 26,
1838. M. at Niles, July 28, 1861, Frances C. Calkins (b.
Batavia, N. Y., Aug. 16, 1840; dau. of Miles and Mary
Calkins), whose brother Edwin married Nathan's sister
Elsie.

688 i. Arthur Marion, b. Niles, Aug. 22, 1862; d.
Jan. 6, 1864.

689 ii. Anna De Vassa, b. Niles, July 3, 1864. M.
at Ionia, Feb. 22, 1888, William Fuller.

690 iii. Carrie Elsie, b. Greenville, July 7, 1868.

691 iv. Grace, b. Greenville, Mar. 6, 1871.

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692 V. Mabel Gertrude, b. Greenville, June 4, 1875.
M. at Greenville, Apr. 9, 1894, to Charles Suther-
land. Res. (1894) at Detroit, Mich.

693 iv. Elsie J. (Derby), b. Niles, Aug. 16, 1841. M. at
Niles, Sept. 6, i860, to Edwin L. Calkins (brother of
Frances C).

694 i. Louis Frank, b. Niles, Aug. 10, 1861 ; d.
Jan. I, 1864.

695 ii. Minnie Belle, b. Nov. 11, 1862. Res. at
Greenville.

696 V. Amelia Messinger (Derby), b. Niles, June 17,
1844. M. at Greenville, Nov. 26, 1872, George Fred-
erick Middleton (b. Lockport, N. Y., Nov. 14, 1844; s. of
Martha and Edward Middleton). Mr. Middleton car-
ried on milling business in Greenville for several years.
He d. Feb. 6, 1883. She res. in Greenville, Mich.

697 i. Ida Belle, b. Greenville, Apr. 4, 1875. M.
at Greenville, Oct. 17, 1894, to Henry Anderson,
Jr. Mr. Anderson is engaged in lumber business
in Greenville.

698 ii. Son d. at b., Feb. i, 1877.

699 iii. Edna Georgia, b. Greenville, Apr. i, 1878.

700 iv. Lulu, b. Greenville, Aug. 21, 1880; d. Jan.
26, 1881.

701 vi. Caroline (Derby), b. Niles, Sept. 9, 1846,
M. at Niles, Nov. 25, 1869, to George Larzalere (b. Sen-
eca Co., N. Y.). Mr. Larzalere was a jeweler. She d.
Jan. II, 1875, and was bur. in Greenville. He died six
months later, and was bur. at Adrian with his parents.

702 i. Elsie Calkins, b. Dowagiac, Mich., Oct. 28,
1870. M. at Marsh field, Wis., Oct. 11, 1893, to

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Edwin Finney (s. Edwin E. and Anna Louise Fin-
ney). Res. at Marshfield, Wis. Mr. Finney is the
manager of the supply store operated by the Upham
Mfg. Co.

703 i. Dorothy Upham, b. at Marshfield, July
14, 1894.

704 ii. Carolyn Lucy, b. Greenville, Mich., Dec. 30,
1874.

Elsie and Carolyn were adopted after the death
of their parents by Major (now Governor) William
H. and Mary C. (Kelley) Upham, the latter their
mother's cousin, of Marshfield, Wis. Mr. Upham
is the President and principal owner of the Upham
Mfg. Co., of Marshfield, manufacturers on a large
scale of lumber, furniture, etc. Major Upham was
elected in the fall of 1894, Governor of the State of
Wisconsin by a majority of over 50,000 votes.

705 vii. Albert Orrin (Derby), b. Niles, July 24, 1849.
M. at Niles, May 18, 1884, Lydia Howard Clark (whose
parents were natives of New Hampshire). He pursues
his father's calling. Res. Greenville, Mich.

706 i. Elvira Fay, b. Greenville, Oct. i, 1885.

707 ii. , b. Greenville, Mar. 7, 1889.

473 MABELLE McMATH (iv. 11), b. in Romulus, N. Y.,
June 13, 181 1. M. at her mother's home on the Willow
Run, Jan. 7, 1 831, to Uzal Williams; res. for a year or two
in Ypsilanti, then in Laporte, Ind., and later in Berrien
Springs, Mich. Mr. Williams was a tailor by trade.

"A tall, good-looking woman, light hair and eyes, in-
clined to be dignified, as I remember her at her marriage.
She was not cheerful; her health, never good, gave way quite
early. I saw her in the winter of 1838 on her deathbed at Berrien

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Springs, Berrien County, Mich. She died the following spring of
consumption. I only saw her once or twice after she, with her
husband, left Michigan in about 1830. Her disposition was of the
tender, sweet kind. I do not remember of ever seeing or hearing
her laugh. A cloud was ever over her. Her marriage was not
iortunate. Her husband, though not an unkind man; was always
unsuccessful in everything he undertook. I think poor Mabelle
often suffered from his, perhaps unconscious, neglect." (J. W.
McMath.)

She d. at Berrien Springs, Mich., Apr. 14, 1839.

708 i. George, b. Laporte, Ind.

709 ii. Orrin, b. Laporte, Ind.

474 SAMUEL KELSEY McMATH (v. 11), b. in Rom-
ulus, N. Y., Mar. 23, 1813. M. at the old homestead on
the "Willow Run" June 12, 1834, to Caroline Shuart (b.
July 8, 1815, dau. of Elisha and Julia (Evarts) Shuart),
her father having purchased the McMath farm.

Soon after his marriage, settled on a new farm near
Adrian, after a few years removed to Supei'ior, (near Ypsi-
lanti), and purchased a farm ; remained in Superior four or
five years, then sold his farm and embarked in mercantile
business at Lowell (near Ypsilanti) ; spent a couple of
years in Shiawassee Co., removing from there back to
Superior, and finally in 1853 to Ypsilanti, where they con-
tinued to reside; was for a time engaged in mercantile
business in Ypsilanti, but the venture did not prove suc-
cessful.

He built the house now known as "the old Pierce
homestead," adjoining Uncle Charles Fleming's place,
and occupied it for many years.

He d. in Ypsilanti Nov. 19, 1870.

"Samuel was tall and handsome, measured 6 feet in stockings,
very straight and weighed from 160 to 175 pounds; and well
formed during the earliest years of his manhood. Of good mind.

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rather nervous and excitable, but kind, upright and conscientious.
He was a member of the M. E. church.

"He was a natural mechanic, had a genius in that direction;
when he was a young man he did all the repairing of our broken
wagons, sleds, etc. Were a door out of place, a bit of harness
broken, he was the one to fix it. When he was about 17 and all
the old family at home, he made the shoes for the whole of us
for one or two winters, though he had never learned the trade.
He was something of a musician, too; fond of playing upon the
snare drum — made it himself. He once undertook to make a vio-
lin, but he did not succeed, though he wrought long and patiently
at it. He was a good singer, had a fine voice, though he never
gave much attention to music as a science. He was a natural
orator, an easy and fluent speaker; a clear mind and good power
of expression. Had he been well educated and gone into the
ministry, he would have been a splendid pulpit orator. He once
thought of taking up preaching as a life work, but it was too late;
he had a wife, and children had begun coming to them." (J. W.
McMath.)

"My grandmother never enjoyed good health after her hus-
band's death, and her faithful care of him doubtless shortened her
life. She d. Feb. 15, 1876. In a codicil to his will, made Septem-
ber 17, 1870 — about two months before his death — my grandfather
makes this touching allusion to her devotion and care:

" 'I do hereby revoke so much of item third of my said will
as provides for the annual payment of a sum of money to the
Methodist Episcopal church at Ypsilanti (or such other Methodist
Episcopal church as my wife may become a member of), and do
hereby bequeath the said annuity in full to my wife, Caroline Mc-
Math, adding the full amount and benefit of said annuity to the
provision elsewhere in said will made for her; and this I do
thoughtfully and conscientiously, not that I love less the church
of my choice, or have less desire to advance the cause of my
Master, but mindful of my long and expensive sickness and of
the scanty estate left to a devoted and faithful wife, in whom I
confide to do for the church all that God shall give her ability
to do."

"I have very little recollection of my grandfather. He is
chiefly associated in my mind with a sled which he made for me
while I was paying him a visit — perhaps three or four years before
he died. It was a very creditable piece of work, reminding one
of the "Deacon's One-hoss Shay, which ran a hundred years to a
day.' The sled was built on the same general plan; it might wear

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out, but could not break down. His health had begun to decline,
and he had retired from business pursuits, his time being chiefly
spent in a workshop he had built at the rear of his house. He
seemed to derive a great deal of satisfaction out of his achieve-
ments there, turning out all sorts of useful things. I remember
him as a man of much dignity and sobriety of manner, not given
to familiarities, yet I find nothing but most pleasant memories of
him among members of the family who knew him." (F. M. Mc-
Math.)

"The local paper, in chronicling his death, said: "Mr. Mc-
Math was one of the first settlers in the town of Superior. A
number of years since he sold his farm and moved into this city.
He has been a worthy member of the Methodist church over forty
years. He was a quiet, unassuming man, honest and upright in
his dealings and highly respected in the church and in the com-
munity."

"(Mrs. McMath's sister, Jane Shuart, married Jan. i6, 1840,
Charles Fleming, whose father (James) was a brother of Mary
(Fleming") McMath, and Nancy Shuart, another sister, married
John Fleming, a brother of Charles. Years later, Frank M. Mc-
Math (Sam'l K. McMath's g. son) married Ada Shuart. whose g.
father was a brother of the father of Jane and Caroline. During
the last twenty years of Mrs. McMath's life her sisters Jane and
Maria were near neighbors, and the closest friendship always sub-
sisted between the families.)

710 i. Robert Warner (McMath), b. in Lowell, Wash-

tenaw Co., Mich., Jan. 9, 1836. Remained with his
parents, with the exception of a few months spent in
Ontonagon (U. P.), until his marriage.

M. at Ypsilanti. Apr. 14, 1859, to Julia Ette Row
(b. in Superior, Mar. i, 1838; dau. of Abel and Lydia
(Brown) Parkhurst, who came to Superior from Mon-
roe Co., N. Y. ; widow of Wm. Row, of Sharon, Mich.)

Soon after their marriage removed to Osborn, Mo.
On the breaking out of the war they abandoned their
possessions and returned to Ypsilanti, when he imme-
diately volunteered for service in the army. Being a

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good rider he sought service in a cavalry regiment and
was mustered in at Grand Rapids in Co. C, Third Regt.
Mich. Cavalry, and left the state for Bereton Barracks,
Mo., Nov. 28, 1861.

He died in military hospital at Rienzi, Miss., Aug.
2, 1862.

Mrs. McMath m. at Ypsilanti, July 16, 1867, Charles
McDonald, of Penn Yan, N. Y., (who d. Apr. 3, 1881,
at Flint, Mich., where they resided during their mar-
ried life). She was a generous friend, a good wife*and
a kind, devoted parent.

She d. in Detroit Nov. 9, 1886, and was bur. in the
old Free Church burial ground in Superior beside her
father and mother, according to her own expressed wish.
711 i. Frank Mortimer, b. at Niles, Mich., Sept. 23,

i860. In 1874 entered the preparatory dept. of the
State Normal School at Ypsilanti, Mich., but did
not graduate. In 1878 began the study of law in the
office of his great-uncle, John W. McMath, at Bay
City. In 1880 entered the law office of Col. Syl-
vester Larned at Detroit as clerk, and remained
with him until admitted to the bar, Dec. 22, 1881,
when he embarked in practice.

M. Nov. 14, 1883, at Spencerport, N. Y., by Rev.
B. T. Stratton, to Ada M. Shuart (b. May 9, i860,
in the town of Ogden, Monroe Co., N. Y. ; dau. of
H. Garrison and Ellen M. (Crippen) Shuart).

She d. May 12, 1891, at Detroit, Mich., and
was bur. in the old cemetery in Clarkson, Monroe
Co., N. Y.

(From the Spencerport Star, May, 1891.)

"Her father's family settled in the town of Mendon nearly a
century ago, and the descendants have made for themselves hon-

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orable places in the history of the county. Her mother's father
was Irad Crippen, who settled in the town of Sweden over eighty
years ago, where a numerous and respected posterity still reside.
In this community, where she grew from infancy to young
womanhood, no one had more or truer friends. In her new home
in Detroit she soon made for herself a warm and lasting place in
the affection of new friends. She early embraced the Christian
faith and was staunch but broad-minded and charitable in her
religious convictions, a student of the best literature and of the
Bible. She chose her friends with care, but the attachment was
lasting; her loyalty to husband, parents and friends was absolute.
Through the long dark hours and months and years of the mortal
sickness which wasted her poor body until it could no longer hold
her pure, gentle spirit, she never swerved in her faith, never grew
impatient and was always the life and centre of her home. She
battled bravely for life — it seemed unfinished and was dear to her
but the end was accomplished, and the divine Builder summoned
to her reward the little toiler who had done her life work so
honestly and well. The influence of such a life cannot be meas-
ured. Like the ripple in the water, it spreads out into the sea of
humanity until its limit is lost to human sight."

M. (2d) at Covington, Ky., by Rev. Blackburn,
Dec. 25, 1895, to Nellie Esther AlcConnell (b. Ran-
somville, N. Y., June 16, 1867; dau. James and
Elizabeth (Gammet) McConnell). Res. in Detroit.
Address 497 Cass ave.

712 i. Dau. b. Nov. 17, 1887; d. in infancy.

Bessie Mae.

713 ii. William Ethan Bainbridge (McMath), b. Mar.
23, 1838; d. Mar. 26, 1838.

714 iii. Frances Josephine (McMath), b. in Superior
Twp., Mar. 4, 1839. M. at Ypsilanti, Apr. 5, 1864, to
Noah F. Chafee, M. D.

Dr. Chafee was b. in Pittsford, Rutland Co., Ver-
mont, Feb. 6, 1833. He was the eldest son of Daniel
and Miranda (Haven) Chafee.

Mrs. Carrie V. Eddy.

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He came to Michigan with his widowed mother in
the fall of 1843, settling in Monroe Co. Attended the
Normal School at Ypsilanti two years — 1855-'57, grad-
uated in class of '62 from U. of M. in the medical de-
partment; Oct. 28, 1862, he entered volunteer military
service of the U. S. and was assigned to duty as assist-
ant surgeon of the 14th Regt. 111. Vol. Infantry; mus-
tered out November 12, 1864, at Springfield, 111. The
doctor spent three weeks in Lioby Prison as the guest
of the late C. S. A., having been captured with part of
his regiment in Northern Georgia by General Hood's
army. In April, 1865, settled in Clayton, Lenawee Co.,
Mich., which, with the exception of a few years spent
in Leslie, Mich., remained their home until they moved
to their present residence, Shelbyville, 111.

The doctor and Mrs. Chafee are cordial Christian
people, highly esteemed by those who have known
them.

715 i. Myrtie Belle, b. Sept. 9, 1865; d. Feb. 19,
1872.

716 ii. Carrie Viola, b. Feb. 10, 1867. M. at Shel-
byville, 111., by Rev. W. S. Hooper, pastor of the
M. E. church, to William Jonathan Eddy, M. D., (b.
Shelbyville, 111., Oct. 13, 1857, s. of William and
Mary (Roberts) Eddy). He attended school at
Valparaiso, Ind., spent a couple of years in study
at the Illinois Southern State Normal School at
Carbondale. Graduated from the College of Phy-
sicians and Surgeons, Chicago, 111., class of '85.

He is engaged in the active practice of his pro-
fession at Shelbyville, III. Is attached to the sur-
gical stafif of one or two leading railway lines, and
enjoys an excellent local clientage.

166 MEMORIALS OF THE

Mrs. Eddy, after her graduation, taught school
for a short time. While her tastes are essentially
domestic, her quick intelligence, ready sympathies
and cordial manner have gained for her a wide
circle of friends.

717 i. Hazel Isabelle, b. at Shelbyville, III, Oct.
5, 1891.

718 ii. William Chafee, b. Shelbyville. Ills., July
27, 1895.

719 lii. George Kelsey, b. Dec. 29, 1870; d. Feb
21, 1872.

720 iv. Lura Josephine, b. Dec. 4, 1879; graduated
from Shelb}^'ille High School in class of '97. Res.
with her parents.

721 V. Dau. (unnamed), b.' July 29, 1881 ; d. Aug.
I, 1881.

475 ROBERT McMATH (vi. 1 1) was born at Romulus, N.
Y., Feb. 15, 1815. He was 11 years old at the time of his
father's death, and removed with the family to the farm^
in Michigan, about four miles east of Ypsilanti, in October,
1826. Pursued preparatory studies at Geneva Lyceum ;
graduated from Union College in the class of '38. At-
tended the Lane Theological Seminary for two years, and
the Andover Seminary for one year, graduating from Lane.
Married at Marion, N. Y., October 4, 1843, to Betsy
Caroline Huggins (b. Marion, July, 1816; dau. James
Huggins, of Marion, Wayne County, N. Y.), who was then
a teacher in the Marion Academy.

He was licensed by the Cincinnati Presbytery in 1840,
and ordained at Farmington, Mich., in 1841-, where he
settled for a time, as the pastor of the Presbyterian church,

McMATH FAMILY. 167

and subsequently at Salem, Three Rivers and Otsego,
Mich., whence they removed in August, 185 1, to Millport,
N. Y. They remained at Millport for about four years,
thence removed to North Hector, N. Y., where they re-
mained about two years, thence to West Dresden, N. Y.,
where they also remained about two years, and thence re-
moved, about April, i860, to Webster, N. Y., where they
both resided until their deaths. He was, from 1843 to
1863, continuously engaged in his labors as a preacher of
of the Gospel in the Presbyterian Church, and served as
pastor of the Presbyterian churches in the different places
above noted. In 1863 his health failed to some extent, and
on account of a bronchial trouble, he was unable to preach ;
from that time until the time of his death he was engaged
principally in raising and selling nursery stock, and in
this occupation accumulated a comfortable estate. He
died in Webster, N. Y., August — , 1871, after a lingering
illness, resulting from his bronchial trouble.

After the death of her husband, Mrs. McMath re-
mained at her old home in Webster until her death, after
a long and painful illness, Dec. 7, 1887, age 71 years. She
was a faithful helper in church work, and a devoted wife
and mother. The Presbyterian Church was the church
of her early choice, and she loved it to the end of her life.
During her illness and as long as her strength permitted,
she filled her place in the sanctuary, in the prayer-meeting
and in the Sabbath-school, where she was an efificient
teacher. She was a member, for the last fifteen years of her
life, of the Brick Church of Rochester.

"Brother Robert, when about 17, left home to study for the
ministry. This was at the urgent soHcitation of Reverend I. M.
Weed, then pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Ypsilanti, and
approved by a meeting of the family, called to decide upon the

168 MEMORIALS OF THE

matter. He was a small, light boy then, never robust and never
in his life "turned the scales" at more than 135 pounds. He had
a good mind, was a fine student and became a scholar of more
than ordinary excellence. His knowledge of Greek and Latin was
far above the average. He was also a very fine mathematician.
He never appeared at his best in the pulpit, though his sermons
evinced close and careful preparation and were sound and logical.
It always pains me to think that he did not attain a greater
measure of success in his chosen calling, for he was a most
earnest, faithful and diligent minister, ard no man ever put more
brain, heart and soul into his work than he.

"His domestic life was very happy. He married a wife, fully
his equal in mental endowments, a scholarly, good woman. Their
children inherit much." (J. W. McMath.)

From a letter now in possession of Mrs. Gerrit Ten Broeck,
written by the subject of this sketch to his cousin, Samuel McM.
Bainbridge, then at Hamilton Seminary, dated ''Union College,
July 28, 1837.

"Your letter was late in coming, but I know from experience
how to make allowance for the pressure of urgent duties. Though
it recalled many pleasing associations and some of your reflections
called forth a warm response from my heart, I have been unable
to sit down to the delightful task of answering it. * * * I
leave Schenectady to-day. I am going to take a ride down the
river to gratify a desire which I have long felt of seeing New
York. I am not certain how or where I shall spend the vacation.
My expectation now is to stop on my return at Newburgh and
go from there to Montgomery (Orange Co.) and perhaps spend
the vacation there. * * *

"Yours, with sincere desire for your spiritual welfare and that
that you may be successful and become the honored instrument of
good to men. ROBERT McMATH."

722 i. Norman Chester (McMath), bom at Farmington,.

Mich., Jan. 21, 1845. He prepared for college at Ovid
Academy, N. Y., and entered Hamilton College in the
fall of i860, in the class of 1864. He remained in col-
lege for two years. In 1863, owing partially to his poor
health, but principally to the fact that his father was
financially unable to pay his college expenses, he left

McMATH FAMILY. 169

his class, expecting to return later, but died October
8, 1864, of a disease of the brain.

723 ii. Albert Orrin (McMath) was born in Tliree
Rivers, Mich., May 10, 1847.

Attended the Academy in Webster and the Com-
mercial College in Rochester, N. Y.

Married at Webster, Monroe Co., N. Y., Sept. 29,
1870, to Frances Evaline Burnett (b. Dec. 8, 1849, at
Webster; dau. of Joel and Clarinda Burnett). Resides
in Webster, carries on farm there and also deals in
marble and granite at Webster and Herkimer, N. Y.
Both his children were born at Webster, N. Y.

724 i. Edwin Burnett, b. Mar. 27, 1872.

725 ii. Robert Joel, b. Feb. 18, 1879.

726 iii. Edwin Augustus (McMath) was born in Three
Rivers, Mich., Oct. 21, 1849.

Attended Webster Academy and graduated from
Hamilton College in the class of '70.

Married at Webster, N. Y., May 25, 1876, to Hattie
C. Lapham (dau. of Russell H. and Julia Lapham).

Soon after his graduation he accepted the principal-
ship of the Lawrenceville (N. Y.) Academy ; after a
year (1870-1) spent in this work became Professor of
the Greek and Latin languages in the Bloomsburg (Pa.)
State Normal School (1871-2). Gave up educational
work to prepare for the practice of law, and while pur-
suing his legal studies was elected School Commis-
sioner for Monroe County (N. Y.) and served in that
office for three years (1872-5). Admitted to practice
at Syracuse Jan., 1875. He entered upon the practice
of his profession at Rochester in 1875 ^^'^^ continued
there until in 1882, when, his health becoming precar-

170 MEMORIALS OF THE

ious, he went to California, where he remained for a
few months, going from there to Western Kansas in
May, 1882. He engaged in stock raising near Grain-
field, Kansas. Resumed the practice of law in 1886 at
Grainfield ; in 1891, seeking a broader field, he removed
to Topeka, where he is engaged in active practice.

727 i. Russell Lapham, d. Topeka, Kas., Nov.
9, 1894.

728 iv. Morrison Huggins (McMath) was born in Mill-
port, N. Y. He was six or seven years of age when
his parents removed to Webster, which became their
permanent home. Here he attended school and after-
ward, at Webster Academy, prepared for college. At
this time his father died, and the management of his
nursery business, which had become a prosperous and
rather extensive enterprise, devolved by common con-
sent upon young Morrison, then only seventeen years
of age.

In 1875 he entered the University of Rochester in
the class of '79, but after two years was obliged to relin-
quish the idea of graduating with his class and devote
himself more closely to the affairs of the nursery busi-
ness. Upon the sale of the business, about 1878, took
up the study of law, was appointed clerk of the Munici-
pal Court of Rochester, and in 1880 was admitted tc^
practice and resigned his clerkship.

Married at Rochester, N. Y., May 22,, 1882, to Eliza
Sargent Rapalje (b. Aug. 11, 1858; dau. John and
Sarah A. Rapalje).

He is an active and successful member of the Mon-
roe County Bar; resides in Rochester.

729 i. Elsie Morrison, b. Dec. 25, 1886.

Miss Alma Laura McMatii.

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730 ii. John Norman, b. Oct. 28, 1888.

731 V. Mary,

732 vi. Eliza,

Twins, b. Apr. 3, 1855 ; d. in infancy.

733 vii. Alma Laura McMath, born at West Dresden,
N. Y., March 13, i860. Educated at Webster Acad-
emy, Rochester High School and Syracuse University;
taught school at Webster and Charlotte, N. Y. ; resided
with her mother at Webster until her mother's death,
and since then has made her home with her brother
Edwin. Commenced teaching school at Topeka, Kas.,
Sept., 1890.

"Alma is now in Egypt, on the Nile, about 250 miles above
Cairo, teaching the children of the missionaries. Last August
(1897), with a party of friends, made a tour through the Holy
Land. She will return next sumrrer and probably resume teach-
ing at Topeka." . (J. W. McMath.)

476 MARY McMATH (vii. 11), b. Aug. 2, 1817. Married
at Niles, Mich., Mar. i, 1836, to Albert Persels (b. N. J.,
March 20, 1810; s. Moses and Rhoda Persels.) ^Ir. Persels
was a contractor and builder, and later a manufac-
turer; with the exception of four years spent in
Belvidere, 111., the family resided in Niles, where Mrs. Per-
sels died Jan. 14, 1850. Mr. Persels married (2nd) at the
residence of Mrs. Roxana Derby, in Niles, Jvme 11, 1851,,
to Eunice L. Smith; went to Beloit, Wis., to live; in 1857
went to Milwaukee, Wis., and in 1861 removed back to
Beloit, where, after months of sufifering, he died on the
evening of Nov. 30, 1874, at the age of 64 years. A widow
and six children survived him.

"Mary was of fair size, rather small, a very beautiful girl and
fine looking woman, quiet, but at times quite full of fun — ever

172 MEMORIALS OF THE

cheerful, kind and very considerate of others. A short time be-
fore her marriage she came home^ — mother, sister Elsie and I
were living near Adrian — and spent the summer. She had made
her home with sister Roxana, ever since she was 8 or lo years
old. going with this family to Niles from Ypsilanti, the first home
of the Derby family.

Mary and Elsie made the old home lively that summer. A
most lovable girl was my sister Mary. Her married life was very
happy, three children, girls, came, but her health, which was
never very good, gradually failed. Consumption claimed her as
one of its victims. Poor girl, how kindly and gentle she was,
never a complaint. She sleeps with mother and sister Elsie, side
by side In the cemetery at Niles, Mich." (J. W. McMath.)

734 i. Mary Roxana (Persels), b. Berrien, Mich., Aug.
26, 1838. Married at Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 11, 1859,
to William Gothard (s. of Rev. Wm. and Annie Goth-
ard ; the latter d. in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1877, and the
former at the same place Nov. 9, 1883 ; he was a Metho-
dist minister for 50 years). Removed to Marinette,
Wis., in 1866, where Mr. Gothard carried on planing
mill business for several years. Now reside in Onto-
nagon, Mich. Mr. G. was manager of the Diamond
Match Co.'s Planing Mill and Box Factory.

735 i. Anna Mary (Gothard), b. Milwaukee, Wis.,
Mar. I, i860. Married at Marinette, Wis., Sept. 8,
1881, to Thomas Henry Barron (s. of John and
Jerusha Barron, of Geneva, N. Y.).

Res., 1895, Iron Mountain, Mich., where Mr.
Barron is employed as bookkeeper with a leading
hardware concern.

736 i. William Henry, b. Marinette, Wis., June
22, 1882.

737 ii. Charles Edgar, b. Marinette, Wis., July
8, 1889.

McMATH FAMILY. 173

738 ii. William Persels (Gothard), b. Beloit. Wis.
Nov. II, 1861. M. at Olympia, Wash., June 2,
1891, to Mrs. Margaret Tallman. Res. (1895), Ap-
pleton, Wis.

739 iii. Fred Albert (Gothard), b. Peshtigo, Wis.,
June 25, 1864. Res. (1895), Ontonagon, Mich.

740 iv. Edgar (Gothard), b. Oconto, Wis., Oct. 19,
1871. Res. (1895), Ontonagon, Mich.

741 iv. Walter Lee (Gothard), b. Marinette, Wis.,
Feb. 7, 1881. (Res. (1895), Ontonagon, Mich.

742 ii. Elizabeth (Persels), b. Niles, Mich., July 25,
1841. Married at Menominee, Mich., Feb. 3, 1877, to
Sylvester Babbitt, of Beloit, Wis. Mrs. Babbitt died
at Peshtigo, Wis., Sept. 22, 1880. Mr. Babbitt resides
at Beloit, Wis.

743 i. Daisy Persels, b. Peshtigo, July 21, 1879.
Now resides with her aunt, Mrs. Wm. Gothard, at
Ontonagon, Mich.

744 iii. Lucy Jane (Persels), b. Belvidere, 111., Oct. 18,
1843; d. (unm.) Ontonagon, Mich., Apr. i, 1895. Bur.
at Beloit, Wis.

477 ELSIE McMATH (viii. Il), b. Romulus, N. Y.,July 21,
1819. Married at Adrian, Mich., Oct. 19, 1837, to William
Brewer (b. New York, Oct. 9, 1815; s. Elias and Charity
(Brink) Brewer).

They resided for about three years near Ypsilanti, then
removed to Grand Rapids ; in 1846 they purchased and re-
moved to a farm near Niles, where Mrs. Brewer died July
5, 1849. M'"- Brewer married (2nd) Feb. 13, 1850. Alvira
(Allen) Button (widow of Jacob Button).

174 MEMORIALS OF THE

He died in Galien, Mich., May 24, 1894. The follow-
ing is taken from the Michigan Christian Advocate (Meth-
odist) : "Bro. Brewer came to Washtenaw County in 1828.
He was married to Elsie McMath in Adrian, Oct. 19, 1837.
She died June 5, 1849. He was married again to Alvira
Button, Feb. 13, 1850, who survives him. He was con-
verted and united with the M. E. church when 15 years
old, and remained a faithful member. Bro. Brewer had
been a class leader here for many years and was always at
his post of duty, rain or shine. He was a patient sufiferer
for several months, and was fully prepared for a triumphant
entrance into the glorious mansion. He left a companion,
two sons and a daughter to mourn their loss, but 'they
mourn not as those without hope.' The funeral services
were conducted in the M. E. church by the pastor, after
which the remains were taken to Niles for interment."

"My father always lived upon a farm. He was a good
man, always ready to do a kindness to a neighbor, or any
one in need. My step-mother is still living, but in feeble
health." (Mrs. Alvira Wilson.)

Mrs. Brewer now (1894) resides with her son, Frank
Brewer, Esq., at Galien, Mich.

"Elsie was a tall, fine looking girl, modest, and ladylike in all
her ways, a good wife and mother, ever cheerful, but not demon-
strative. Happy in her marriage, in her children, and in her
home, a very loving, good sister. Death came, it would seem,
before she really developed her full worth. Her temperament
was most even. Never knew her to be angry or vexed. Always
the same, dear, patient, loving soul. I was at her side when. she
passed away and closed her eve-lids, when her pure spirit had
departed. Mr. Brewer died in May, 1894." (J. W. McMath.)

745 i. Wesley Milton (Brewer), b. Superior (Wash.

Co., Mich.), Aug. 24, 1838. Married at Niles, Sept. 26,
i860, to Frances J. Higby (dau. Marcus T. C. and Mar-

McMATH FAMILY. 175

garet J. (Brown) Higby). Settled in Niles, where they
remained until Jan. 27, 1868, when they removed to
Macon Co., Mo. Returned to Michigan Sept. 24, 1876,
settling at West Carlisle, in Kent Co. Mr. Brewer is a
farmer and dairyman by occupation.

746 i. Edwin M., b. Niles, Mich., Jan. 18, 1864.
Married in Gaines township, Nov. 25, 1886, to Celia
Brown (dau. Charles and Melissa Brown). He is
engaged in business with his father and occupies the
adjoining farm.

747 ii. Arthur C, b. Niles, Mich., Dec. 13, 1867.
Died at West Carlisle April 10, 1889.

748 iii. Lewis A., b. Macon Co., Mo., Aug. 29,
1869. Engaged in milk business in Grand Rapids.

749 iv. Elsie H., b. Macon Co., Mo., Oct. 8, 1871.

(We are indebted to this young lady for most of the Brewer
family notes.)

750 V. Earle, b. W. Carlisle, Mich., Aug. 30, 1880.

751 vi. Jennie L., b. W. Carlisle, Mich., Dec. 30,
1885.

752 ii. Mary (Brewer), b. Ypsilanti, Sept. 12, 1840.
Married at Dayton, Mich., Dec. 25, 1866, to Freeman
Hitchcock. Mr. Hitchcock was a farmer. Resided
Galien, Berrien Co., Mich. She died at Dayton, Sept.
20, 1877.

Charles, b. Dayton, Mich., Oct. 13, 1867.

Lewis, b. Dayton, Mich.

Leo, b. Dayton, Mich.

Alvira (Brewer), b. nr. Grand Rapids, Mich.,
Nov. 30, 1843. Married at Dayton, Mich., Nov. 21,

753

754

ii

755

iii

756

iii. t

176 MEMORIALS OF THE

1872, to Harrison Wilson (s. Harrison and Rebecca
(Landon) Wilson).

Immediately after her marriage they went to Greely,
Del. Co., la., their present residence (1894).

Mr. Wilson is a live stock buyer for the Chicago
market, and also proprietor -of a general store at
Greeley.

757 i. Frank B., b. Greeley, la., Aug. 10, 1878.
Res. (1894), Greeley, Del. Co., la.

758 iv. Susan (Brewer), b. nr. Grand Rapids, Mich.,
Oct. 22, 1845. Married Nov. 13, 1872, to Albert Roth-
ermel (s. of Daniel and Elizabeth Rothermel). She
died at Dayton, Mich., Sept. 27, 1873.

759 i. Susan May, b. Dayton, Mich., Aug. 14, 1873.

Now (1894) resides with her father at Kalamazoo,
Mich.

760 V. Aletta Elsie (Brewer), b. Niles, Midi., Apr. 7,
1849. Died July 30, 1849.

479 JOHN WATSON McMATH (ix. ii), was born in Rom-
ulus, N. Y., June 3, 1824.

Pursued preparatory studies at Ypsilanti Seminary, en-
tered the University of Michigan in 1846, and graduated
in the class of '50. In the fall of the same year accepted
a school at Centerville, St. Joseph Co., Mich., taught there
one year, and, later, the district school at Dearborn for four
months. Read law in the office of Backus & Harbaugh,
then a leading law firm in Detroit, and was admitted to
practice bv the Supreme Court at Pontiac, Mich., in Oct.,
1852.

Married July 14, 1852, at Ann Arbor, to Ella J. Roys
(b. May 5, 1828, at Lyons, N. Y. ; dau. of Reuben and Ruth
'' (Buttholf) Roys).

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McMATH FAMILY. 177

Entered upon the practice of his profession at Mackinac
Island in Nov., 1852. After about ten years spent on the
Island, removed to Sault Ste. Marie, where they resided
five years. Became Prosecuting Attorney of Mackinac
County and held the office three terms. In Mar., 1861,
was appointed Collector of U. S. Customs, District of
Mackinac, resigning in April, 1867, when they removed to
Bay City, their present home. Became City Attorney in
Apr., 1871, and held the office until Apr., 1873 >' was elected
Judge of Probate in Nov., 1872, and held the office until
Jan. I, 1877; was City Attorney again from Apr., 1879, to
Apr., 1880. Has held the office of U. S. Commissioner for
the past thirty years.

He has always enjoyed a lucrative law practice, though
in later years he has retired largely from the trial of causes.

When he was twelve years of age he united with the
Presbyterian Church, near Adrian, where his mother and
family then resided, and has always since been a staunch
member of that denomination. Pie is at present a deacon
and elder in the First Presbyterian Church of Bay City.
His wife is also a member, and active in all church work.

In person he is a man of medium build, of erect, dig-
nified carriage ; eyes blue in color ; features indicative of
character and determination.

While, as may be inferred from this brief sketch, the
Judge (as he is generally called) has been prominently
identified with the political and business afifairs of the
communities in which he has resided, he has not sacrificed
his social and home relations. With a wife of cultivated,
refined tastes, devoted to her husband and son and their
interests, enjoying, in the main, excellent health, a pleasant
home and ample library, and the best social environments,
his domestic life has been congenial and happy. In all the

178 MEMORIALS OF THE

relations of life, in the public positions he has been chosen
to fill, and in social life, his legal attainments, his sound
judgment, his many admirable traits of character, hi?
absolute integrity, have gained for him the respect of the
community at large, the confidence of those whose in-
terests have been entrusted to his care, and the warm and
lasting esteem of those whose relations with him have
been close and intimate.

761 i. William Guy, was born on Mackinac Island,

Apr. 22, 1853. Read law in the office of his father;
was Deputy Register of Deeds of Bay County for four
years prior to Nov., 1876, when he was elected Regis-
ter and held the office two years.

Married at Bay City, Dec. 17, 1884, to Minnie E.
Menten (dau. James and Mary Menten).

He resides in Duluth, Minn., and is engaged in the
abstract business.

"Social, generous, true-hearted, — as a young man he had
many friends. Since his removal to Duluth I know little of him.
He seemed to have inherited his father's dignified bearing. His
knowledge of land titles and conveyancing was exceptional."

12 MABEL McMATH (viii. 2), b. Northumberland Co.,
Co., Pa., Oct. 6, 1786. (This date has been given as Mar. 6,
but the date here given is believed to be the correct one.)

Married in Romulus, July i, 1806, to William Bald-
ridge (b. Little Britain, Pa., May 27, 1782; s. of Michael
and Mabel (Wilson) Baldridge).

She died July 27, 182 1, at Romulus, N. Y.

"A frugal and careful housewife and a wise mother."

He married (2nd) Feb. 6, 1822, Mrs. Percy Keith, of
Lyons, N. Y., who d. at Royalton (or Somerset), N. Y.^
Sept. 7, 1847.

McMATH FAMILY. 179

Two children, Clarissa and Malina, were born of this
union; the former m. Lewis Pierce and res. in Paris, Kent
Co., Mich., and the later m. a Mr. Mosher.

He died Apr., 1866, of old age, at Romulus, N. Y.

The seven children of William and Mabel Baldridge
were named:

762

i.

John.

763

ii.

Nancy.

764

iii.

Samuel.

765

iv.

Wilson.

766

V.

WilHam.

767

vi.

Charles (b. June 2y, 1819; d. Sept. 3, 1821).

768

vii.

Clarissa (b. Mar. 9, 1821 ; d. Mar. 30, 1821).

For notes concerning the Baldridge family see record

of i^

itin McMath.

762 JOHN BALDRIDGE (i. 12), b. Romulus, N. Y.,

May 2, 1807.

Married at Lyons, Wayne Co., N. Y., , 1829,

to Elizabeth Gee (b. Fishkill. Duchess Co., N. Y.,
1809; dau. Isaac Gee).

He was a farmer and apiarian, residing at Royalton,
Niagara Co., N. Y., where he died July 2, 1862, his
death resulting from typhoid fever.

Mrs. Baldridge died at Middleport, N. Y., Apr.,
1884.

769 i. Charles Wright (Baldridge), b. Lyons,

Wayne Co., N. Y., Oct. 5, 1833.

Alarried in the town of Yates, Orleans Co., N.
Y., at the county line, by Elder McGovern, Apr. 8,
1875, to Margaret M. Brass (b. on Orkney Island,.

180 MEMORIALS OF THE

Scotland, June 15, 1848; dau. William and Maria
Brass, both natives of the Orkneys, who immi-
grated into New York State, and both of whom
died there, the latter July 2, 1872, and the former
in 1884).

Staunch members and regular attendants of the
M. E. Church and strong Prohibitionists.

Mr. Baldridge is a farmer and an extensive
raiser and shipper of small fruit. He is also a
manufacturer of several medicinal preparations.

"Wife and children all living and healthy, tem-
perate in all things, fond of books and good Pro-
hibitionists." (C. W. Baldridge.)

Res. (1894) Richfield, Genesee Co., Mich,

770 i. William Ernest, b. Somerset, N. Y.,
June 8, 1876.

771 ii. John Thomas, b. Somerset, N. Y., Dec.
2, 1877.

772 iii. Royal Templar, b. Yates, Orleans Co.,
N. Y., June 4, 1880.

773 iv. Power Loyal, b. Richfield, Mich., Feb.
18, 1888.

774 ii. Mary Percy (Baldridge), b. Lyons, N. Y.,
Feb. 10, 1835. Res. (1894), Varick, Seneca Co.,
N. Y.

775 iii. James R. (Baldridge), b. Royalton, N. Y.,
May 17, 1837.

He was a carpenter by trade; for a time conductor on railway
between Harrisburg and Reading.

Residence at time of his death, Nov. 11, 1894, in Reading, Pa.
though he died at Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia, where his
widow still resides. Her address is Mrs. F. L. Baker, 55 S. 6th st.

McMATH FAMILY. 181

Mr. B., while in army service, left his company without leave;
dreading the punishment which was sure to be meted out to him,
he assumed the name of John R. Baker and settled at Reading.
He had no children.

776 iv. Mahlon M. (Baldridge), b. Middleport,
Niagara Co., N. Y., Dec. 2, 1838.

Married at Chicago, III., Aug. 4, 1870, by Rev.
W. D. Blair, to Ellen Losette Thomas (b. at Naper-
ville. 111., Apr. 4, 1839; dau. Nelson A. and Maria
Thomas). She died at St. Charles, 111., Nov. 9,
1883.

Mr. Baldridge is a beekeeper at St. Charles, 111.,
carrying on an extensive business in that line, and
in the manufacture of hives. He is also the part-
ner in the firm of Rickenbacher & Baldridge, Co-
lumbus, O., mnfrs of "The Baldridge Transplanter."

"My folks lived in Middleport, summers, and on the farm in
the town of Royalton, winters, about the time I was born; as I
was born Dec. 2, they should have been on the farm then — though
possibly not." (M. M. Baldridge.)

777 i. Mary L., b. at St. Charles, 111., Oct. 23,
1871. Married at Chicago, 111., Mar. 30, 1893,
by Mrs. Anna Orvis, to Frank F. Martin (s. of
Gottlieb and Lina (Stillmaker) Martin).

She made her home for a time with the fam-
ily of Dr. Bartlett in Chicago. They are en-
gaged in farming. Address (1894), West Rosen-
dale, Fond du Lac Co., Wis.

778 ii. Alice, b. at St. Charles, 111., June 10,
1875. Res. (1894), with her father at St.
Charles, 111.

779 iii. Bertha I., b. at St. Charles, Apr. 9, 1878.

182 MEMORIALS OF THE

Res. (1894) and attending school, at Wayne,
Dupage Co., 111.

780 iv. Milton L., b. at St. Charles, Aug. 28,
1880. Res. (1894), with his father at St. Charles,
111.

781 V. Milton H. (Baldridge), b. Royalton, N. Y.,
May 2.Ty, 1844. He died June 17, 1876, at Shreve-
port, La., of malarial fever, contracted while camp-
ing out and taking care of an apiary with his
brother Mahlon.

782 vi. Sarah Alice (Baldridge), b. Royalton, N.
Y., Dec. 23, 1849. Married at Buffalo, N. Y., by
Rev. D. K. Frazer, of the First Pres. Church, Apr.
27, 1874, to Joseph Van Dyke (s. of John and Cath-
erine Van Dyke). Res. (1894), Medina, Orleans
Co., N. Y.

783 i. Fred J., b. Somerset, Niagara Co., N. Y.,
Dec. 30, 1874. Res. (1894), Medina, N. Y.

784 vii. Martha Jane (Baldridge), b. Royalton, N.
Y., May 22, 1854. Married at Varick, N. Y., Dec.
25, 1873, by Rev. Geo. T. McNair, of the Bap-
tist Church, to Warren Sylvester Kuns (b. May 13,
1851; s. of Michael and Margaret (Kuney) Kuns).
Mr. Kuns is an engineer. Res. (1894), McDougall,
N. Y.

785 i. Helen Elnora, b. Varick, Oct. 14, 1874;
d. at Somerset, N. Y., Apr. 21, 1877.

786 ii. Emmett M., b. Branchport, N. Y., Mar.
30, 1876.

787 iii. Lloyd E., b. Varick, N. Y., Jan. 20,
1877.

McMATH FAMILY. 183

763 NANCY BALDRIDGE (ii. 12), b. Romulus, N. Y,
Feb. 21, 1809. Married at Waterloo, N. Y., May 19,
1836, by Rev. S. H. Gridley, to William Ely. She died
at Hancock, Pa., June 7, 1837.

764 SAMUEL BALDRIDGE (iii. 12), b. Romulus, N.
Y., June 13, 181 1.. Married at Canton, Onondag-a Co.,
N. Y., May 17, 1839, to Emily Loomis (b. Baldwins-
ville, N. Y., Aug-. 2, 181 1; dau. of Ezra Loomis and
widow of Daniel Ryther, who d. Canton, N. Y., Nov. i,
1834; Mrs. Ryther had three children, Irving, Daniel
and Caroline, the latter now Mrs. C. I. Balch, of Kala-
mazoo, Mich.).

He was a farmer during most of his life. He died
at St. Charles, 111., Oct., 185 1, of consumption.

His widow survived him many years, passing away
at Rochelle, 111., of la grippe Sept. 10, 1891, at the ripe
age of 80 years.

It is said of him that he was a fine man, full of
humor and good nature, and a kind and loving hus-
band and father. His height was 5 feet 11 inches, of
spare build, fair complexion, blue eyes, thin brown
hair, head large. Of the wife, that she was a judicious
mother and a wise and methodical manager of her
house. The family left Royalton for St. Charles, 111.,
in June, 185 1.

788 i. Herbert, b. Canton, N. Y. ; d. in infancy.

789 ii. Helen, b. Royalton, N. Y., , 1843;

d. Rochelle, 111., July 30, 1884. (Unm.)

790 iii. Martha, b. at Middleport, N. Y., May 26,
1843. Married at Rochelle, 111., Mar. 22, 1877, by
Rev. Israel Brundage. to David Boyle (s. of Alex.

184 MEMORIALS OF THE

and Ruth Boyle). Engaged in farming. Res.
(1894), Rochelle, 111.

791 iv. George, b. Middleport, N. Y.. July 18, 1845.

A carpenter by trade. Res. (1894), Rochelle, 111.

765 WILSON BALDRIDGE (iv. 12), b. Romulus, N.
Y., June 27, 181 3.

766 WILLIAM BALDRIDGE (v. i2),b. Varick, N. Y.,
July 4, 181 7; died in hospital in Sacramento City, Cal.

13 ANN McMATH (ix. 2), was born probably in Dela-
ware township, Northumberland Co., Pa., May 27, 1788.
Married at Romulus, N. Y., Oct. 14, 1805, to Alexander
Baldridge (b. Aug. 4, 1777, in Little Britain, Lancaster
Co., Pa.; s. Michael and Mabel (Wilson) Baldridge). She
died Jan. 16, 1824, and was buried at Romulus, N. Y.

Mr. Baldridge survived her many years. He married
(2nd) Dec. 25, 1832, to Elizabeth Bainbridge (b. McMath;
No. 8). He died Mar. 25, 1849, at Romulus, N. Y.

792

i.

Elizabeth.

793

ii.

Jane.

794

iii.

Cyrus.

795

iv.

Mabel.

796

V.

Icyphena.

797

vi.

Alexander.

798

vii.

Addison.

799

viii.

Hervey.

800

ix.

Erastus.*

801

X.

Mary Ann.*

802

xi.

Infant, b. and d. Jan.

17, 1824.

McMATH FAMILY. 185

*Twins. Were born Oct. 17, 1821. The house caught fire
during the night of the i6th of March, 1824, and was entirely con-
sumed, together with the household furniture and belongings; of
the 16 persons in the house at the time, all escaped except the two
babies, though the house burned so rapidly that many had ex-
tremely narrow escapes — all being obliged to leave in their night
clothing. The terrible death of her little ones was a blow from
which the mother was many years in recovering. (The house built
on the site was consumed by fire Nov. 24, 1889, while the family
who occupied the house were at church.)

The Baldridge family claims a Welch origin and say the name
was formerly written "Baldrid."

"Wm. Baldridge was cast into the Rebel Prison April 10,
1781, in London, Eng., and subsequently confined in the Old Mill
Prison at Plymouth, Eng. He was liberated Nov. 23, 1783, and
went to the Parish McMath in Dumfriesshire, Scot., the same
year and there married a daughter of David and Joan McMath;
he died in 1787. He was a grandson of Wm. Baldridge and Jean-
ette Holmes; he was a son of John Baldridge, eldest son of Wm.
and Jeanette, as John lived in England with his grandfather,
Holmes, after his parents moved to America, and married Re-
becca Clark." (Note: Mrs. Doty's informant is surely wrong
in his statement about the Parish McMath. There is no historical
trace in Scotland of such a parish.)

"James Holmes married two sisters— first, Jane; second, Mar-
garet, daughters of William Jennings. Jane had no heirs, but
Margaret had five heirs, Thomas, Charles, Robert, William and
Jeanette. The sons all died childless. Jeanette married William
Baldridge, son of Richard. She had six children, all born in
Ireland.

John married Rebecca Clark in Donegal, Ireland, 1733.

Jeanette married Matthew Atchison in Lancaster, Pa.

Elizabeth married John Brownlee in Lancaster, Pa.

Alexander married Jennie Ramsey in Lancaster, Pa.

Michael married Mabel Wilson, May 15, 1763.

Margaret married John Poston.

Note: The above Alexander had a son, Wm. b. in Lancas-
ter, Pa., who married Rebecca Agnew in 1782, (?) in Lancaster,
Pa.

"In 1745 Wm. Baldridge and his wife Jane came from Cole-
raine, Ireland, and settled in South Britain, Penn. They were ac-

186 MEMORIALS OF THE

companied by their three sons and three daughters, the youngest
son, Michael, being then in his 19th year." Mrs. Augusta Doty.

A few words regarding a branch of the Baldridge family who
settled in North Carolina at an early date may not be without
interest. From a letter by Edward Baldridge, West Union, O.:

"My g. grandfather, Rev. Wm. Baldridge, was the third son
of Alex. Baldridge, who emigrated from Ireland and settled in
North Carolina. He was born March, 1760. When the Revolu-
tionary war broke out he took an active part with the Patriots.
After the Peace of 1783 he began the study of Latin under the
tutelage of the Rev. Robert Findley, then a Presbyterian, later a
pioneer preacher of great prominence in the Methodist church
of Ohio. Attended Dickerson College, Carlisle, Pa., and gradu-
ated with honors from that Institution. He was Pastor over three
Congregations during his ministerial life. His death occurred at
Cherry Fork, O., Oct. 26, 1830. He married in 1794 Rebecca Ag-
new, of Adams Co., Pa., daughter of James Agnew. But two of
his children are living, Benjamin, who resides in California, and
Mary, who resides in Cincinnati, O. My grandfather was Waid
Baldridge, born in Rockbridge Co., Va., Aug. 6, 1805. My father
Wm. S. Baldridge, was the eldest of ten children; born at Cherry
Fork, Adams Co., O., Aug. 13, 1830; he had a large family, ten
children living.

792 ELIZABETH BALDRIDGE (i. 13), b. in Romulus,

N. Y., Aug. 18, 1806; m. at Romulus, N. Y., Jan. 8,
1829, to Joseph Wykoff; b. Sept. 27, 1805. They re-
sided upon part of Mr. Wykoff's father's old farm which
Joseph inherited.

Mr. Wykoff was an unusually intelligent farmer and
took a great deal of pride in his farm; he received a
premium at one of the county fairs for the best culti-
vated farm in the county.

He was Justice of the Peace for twenty years and
did considerable conveyancing and pension business.
He was a man of good judgment, was well known and
liked throughout the county. He was a staunch Bour-
bon Democrat until during the last few years of his life,

McMATH FAMILY. 187

when he became a Prohibitionist — a change ascribed to
the influence of his mother, who Uved to be upwards of
ninety years of age and for whom he felt the strongest
affection. He d. Mar. ii, 1886.

Mrs. WykofT was a devout Christian woman, a
member for many years of the Romulus Presbyterian
Church; her time was passed chiefly in attending to her
home work and the care of her children. She was an
excellent housekeeper and a faithful wife and mother.
She died Dec. 23, 1888, and was buried Christmas Day
in the old cemetery at Romulus, the Rev. J. Wilford
Jacks preaching the funeral sermon.

Peter Wykoff remarked that the name was spelled in his
great-grandfather's time "Wickoff."' and his grandfather and even
his father in his younger days adhered to this method of spelling
the name

"Joseph Wykoff came from Holland to New Jersey. He was
taken prisoner by the Indians at the time of the Wyoming massa-
cre. The Indians intended to torture him to death, and even pro-
ceeded so far as to tie him to a tree to burn him, but an old
"brave" interposed and his life was spared. During his captivity,
he became acquainted with Keziah Fore, a young woman, also a
prisoner; their unfortunate position brought them together and
an attachment was formed which resulted in their marriage short-
ly after their escape."
I They settled in Romulus, N. Y., in 1794, on "Lot 68."

They had three sons, Peter, John and Joseph. Peter, the eld-
est, married Anne Pruden, whose parents came from New Jersey;
their oldest son, Joseph, married Elizabeth Baldridge. daughter
of Alex, and Ann McMath Baldridge. Joseph was Captain of
Militia, Assessor of Taxes and Justice of the Peace for twenty
years. For many years a Trustee of the Presbyterian Church.
"He was honest and faithful to every trust, and generous in
thought and action. Reverence for his Creator caused him to have
regard for his word and promises and to look upon the Sabbath
as a day for worshipful rest." He was a paralytic and for the last
few years of his life was quite helpless. John WykofT, after the
Romulus Bank trouble, moved to Allegheny Co., N. Y. ; one of
his sons is a noted breeder of Berkshire hogs at Appleton, Mo.

188 MEMORIALS OF THE

Joseph bought several hundred acres in Saline and Superior town-
ships, Washtenaw Co., Mich., where his youngest son, Theron,
still resides.

803 • i. Peter (Wykoff), b. Romulus, N. Y., Dec. 3,

1829. Attended District School in or near Romulus,
taught at that time by Robert McMath; attended
Waterloo Academy three months, and Ovid Acad-
emy nine months, then (not yet eighteen years of
age) began teaching District School. About this
time his father sufifered a sunstroke, rendering his
presence necessary on the farm, and the idea of a
college education for which he was preparing, was
abandoned. Later, traveled for a couple of years in
States of Ills.. ^liss., and Kans., as the representa-
tive of A. W. Harrison, a manufacturer of Phila-
dephia. Pa. "Visiting Uncle Joe and Aunt Phoebe
WykofT in Superior, Mich., I became acquainted
with their next neighbor on the west, Mr. N. N.
Terry and family. Their youngest daughter, Julia,
rather captivated me and we were married." Mar-
ried by Rev. Edwin T. Branch of the Congrega-
tional Church in Superior township, Mich., Sept. 26,
1855, to Julia Ette Terry (b. Superior, Washtenaw
Co., Mich., July 14, 1836, dau. Nathaniel N. and
Elsie Ann (Savage) Terry), "and settled down
on the old farm in Romulus owned by my
father, grandfather and great-grandfather before
me. I have never held a town office, because a Re-
publican couldn't in Romulus. I have been engaged
in the manufacture of brooms for more than fifty
years. Am Clerk of our School District, and Parish
Clerk of Presbyterian Church of Romulus. Ad-
dress, Romulus, N. Y.

McMATH FAMILY. 189

"I have in my possession my grandfather's (Peter Wykoff)
sword and belt and also a ball of the size now known as grape-
shot, which was shot at him across the Niagara while he was there
in 1812 in command of a body of scouts. It went through a small
oak, then ploughed along the surface of the ground about 40 rods.
He sent a man after it and brought it home." (Peter Wykoff.)

804 i. Joseph Norton, b. Romulus, N. Y.,
Sept. 22, 1856. M. in Varick, Seneca Co.,
N. Y., Apr. 24, 1879, by Rev. J. W. Jacks, to
Mary Ditzell (dau. of John and Mary Elizabeth
(Lange) Ditzell). They reside in the village of
Romulus about a half mile from his father's
farm.

805 ii. Carrie Elsie, b. Aug. 28, 1858. She is
living at home with her parents.

806 iii. Walter Alexander, b. Feb. 4, 1864. M.
at St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 16, 1887, xo Julia Ette
Latourette (formerly of Lodi, N. Y.) They re-
side at Oswego, Labette Co., Ks., where Mr.
Wykofif is Telegraph Operator and Station
Agent.

807 i. Leondine M., b. June 20, 1888.

808 ii. Harold Decker, b. June 15, 1891.

809 iv. Lyman Eugene, b. Mar. 29, 1866; m.
at Philadelphia, Pa.. May 5, 1891, by Rev.
F. J. Mundy to Mary Tamer Lukins, of
Franklin, W. Va. Studied Medicine at Balti-
more, Md., and is now engaged in practice at
Harmon, W. Va.

810 i. Tyson, b. June 6, 1892.

811 V. Willard Warren, b. Dec. 17, 1868; m. at
Cherry Vale, Ks., May i, 1890. to Maude Willa

190 MEMORIALS OF THE

McKnight (dau. of Charles and Mary A. Mc-
Knig-ht). He is Telegraph Operator at Connors,
Ks.

812 i. Grace, b. Dec. 21, 1891.

813 vi. Charles Milton, b. Feb. 2, 1872; d. June
12, 1873.

814 vii. Effie Louisa, b. Feb. 22, 1880; d. July
— 1895-

815 ii. Ann Baldridge (Wykoff), b. at Romulus,
Oct. 27, 1831; d. at Romulus June 15, 1834.

816 iii. Caroline Elizabeth (Wykoff), b. at Romulus,
Apr. 5, 1835. She grew to be a fine Christian young
woman, and her untimely death was greatly
mourned by her family and friends. She d. Apr. i,
1862.

817 iv. John Markham (Wykoff), b. Romulus, Nov.
14, 1837. In i860 he went to Cincinnati and engaged
in the sale of certain medicinal preparations, and
since then nothing has been heard of him. Un-
married so far as known. "We always supposed he
was drafted into the Confederate Army," his brother
Peter says, but he does not say what led them to
believe this. His mother made every effort to find
him, but without avail.

818 V. Alexander Baldridge (Wykofif), b. Romulus,
Mar. 27, 1841. Enlisted in U. S. Military Service
during the Rebellion, was taken prisoner and d.
from privations and exposure. Buried in the fam-
ily burial lot at Romulus.

793* JANE BALDRIDGE (ii. 13), b. in Romulus, N. Y.,

Feb. I, 1808; m. at Romulus, N. Y., Feb. 22, 1832, to

McMATH FAMILY. 191

Simeon Smith Salyer; she d. in Romulus, May 12, 1862.
Mr. Salyer was the son of William and Sarah (Smith)
Salyer, and was b. in Hopewell Township, Hunterdon
Co., N. J., July 15, 1808. He m. in Romulus, N. Y., May
16, 1830, Margaret Bodle (dau. Samuel Bodle), who d.
leaving- no children. After the death of his second wife,
. Jane Baldridge, he m. at Romulus, N. Y., July 22, 1863,
Jane Carroll (dau. James Carroll); no children were
born of this marriage. His parents were early settlers
in the vicinity of Romulus, N. Y., where they died — his
father Jan. 15, 1832, and his mother Feb. 26, 1845. ^^
d. in Ovid, N. Y., June 21, 1887.

819 I. Helen (Salyer), b. Romulus, N. Y., May 5,
1833; m. at Romulus, N. Y., Mar. 20, 1855, to
David Monroe (s. of Stephen and Perley (DePue)
Monroe); she d. in Romulus, Aug. i, 1863. Mr.
Monroe is a druggist residing and carrying on busi-
ness at Romulus, N. Y. (1894).

820 i. Jennie, b. Romulus, Jan. 8, 1857; m. at
Athens, Pa., Feb. 27, 1880, to Frank M. Taylor
(s. of Ebert and Caroline (Pease) Taylor). Mr.
Taylor represents a hardware concern on the
road. Res. (1894) at Elmira, N. Y.

821 ii. Emma, b. Romulus, Jan. 11, 1858; m. at
Romulus, Nov. 17, 1880, to Augustus Todd Van
Nostrand (s. of John and Rachel Ann (Todd)
Van Nostrand). Mr. Van N. is engaged in
hardware business. Res. (1894), Romulus,
N. Y.

822 i. Carrie Monroe, b. Romulus, Dec. 25,
1881.

192 MEMORIALS OF THE

823 ii. Marcia Todd, b. Romulus, Aug. 12,
1893.

824 iii. John Chester, b. Romulus, June 22, 1859;
d. Romulus, Sept. 14, 1863.

825 iv. Carrie Wykoff, b. Romulus, Nov. 2, 1861 ;
d. Romulus, May 22, 1874.

826 ii. William (Salyer), b. Romulus, N. Y., Jan. 28,
1835; m. at Ypsilanti, Mich., Sept. 10, 1859, to
Charlotte Jane Ashby (dau. Jabez D. and Harriet
(Gibbs) Ashby, the former b. in County of Kent,
England, d. 1850; the latter b. in Williams, Wayne
Co., N. Y., Mar. 24, 1815, and now (1894) res. in
Ypsilanti, Mich.), He is engaged in whole-
sale and retail grocery- and baking business in Ann
Arbor, Mich. Resided for a time in Ypsilanti, then
in Rochester, Mich., finally settling in Ann Arbor.

827 i. Helen J., b. Ypsilanti, Mich., Oct. 27,
i860. Res. (1894) Ann Arbor, Mich.

828 ii. Hattie A., b. Milan, Mich., Mar. 27, 1862.
Res. (1894) Ann Arbor, Mich.

829 iii. Charles Alexander, b. Ypsilanti, Mich.,
Oct. 18, 1863; m. at Ypsilanti, Mich., July 2,
1889, to Emma L. Hawkins (dau. of Ebenezer
and Rachel Hawkins). Mr. Salyer graduated
from the U. of M. Law Department, Class of '89.
Began the practice of his profession at Seattle,
Wash. In 1892 forsook the law for the ministry,
and in October, 1894, settled in N. Yakima,
Wash, (his present residence), as a Baptist min-
ister.

830 1. Fannie, b. 1879.

McMATH FAMILY. 193

831 iv. Flora, b. Ypsilanti, Mich., Mar. 28, 1865;
d. at Avon, Mich., Sept. 20, 1865.

832 V. Simeon Jabez, b. Rochester. Oakland Co.,
Mich., Apr. 20, 1866; m. at Ypsilanti, Mich.,
June 30, 1885, to Mary Lucinda Merrill (dau. of
Russell A. and Hannah J. (Jewell) Merrill). Res.
(1894) Ann Arbor, Mich.

833 i. Lela Lucy, b. Ypsilanti, Nov. 24, 1886.

834 ii. Benjamin J., b. Ypsilanti, Jan. 22,
1889; d. Ann Arbor, Mich., July 28, 1889.

835 iii. Hazel, b. Seattle, Wash., Sept. 20, 1890.

836 vi. WilHam H., b. Rochester, Mich., Jan. 2,
1870; m. at Ann Arbor, Mich., Jan. 3, 1879, to
Nellie Lucas (dau. Frank and Jennie Lucas, both
of whom d. while their dau. was quite young).

837 vii. Icyphene B., b. Avon, Mich., June 5,
1877. Res. (1894) Ann Arbor, Mich.

838 iii. Simeon (Salyer), b. Romulus, N. Y., Nov. 9,
1836. Enlisted in the Federal Army in 126th Regt.,
N. Y, State Vols., Co. C. Was made prisoner by the
rebels, and held first in Andersonville and later in
the rebel prison at Florence, S. C, where he d. Feb.
13, 1865. He was a tailor by occupation at the time
of his enlistJTient. He participated in the following
battles: Harper's Ferrj^, Gettysburg, Auburn Ford,
Bristow Station, Mine Run, Morton's Ford, The
Wilderness, Po River and Spottsylvania.

839 iv. Alexander Baldridge (Salyer), b. Romulus,
N. Y., Nov. 13, 1838; m. at Dunkirk, N. Y., Feb. 3,
1885, to Edith Gray, (b. i860; dau. Archimedes and

194 MEMORIALS OF THE

Mary Gray). She d. June 6, 1885, at Dunkirk, N. Y.
Mr. Salyer married again, his second wife being
AHce Goff of Jordon, N. Y. They now (1894) reside
in Rochester, N. Y., where Mr. Salyer is engaged in
merchant tailoring at 64 South st.

840 V. Emma (Salyer), b. Romulus, N. Y., Nov. 9,
1840; m. in Ovid, Nov. 10, 1868, to Richard Dey,
M. D. (s. Gilbert and Mary Dey). Dr. and Mrs. Dey
are members of the Presbyterian Church. Res. (1894)
in the town of Varick, N. Y., where Dr. Dey is still
in active practice.

841 i. Gilbert S., b. Varick, N. Y., June i, 1870.
He is a mechanical draughtsman. Res. (1894)
No. 34 Reynolds st.. Rochester, N. Y.

842 ii. DeWitt M., b. Varick, N. Y., Feb. 20,
1873. Res. (1894) Romulus, N. Y.

843 iii. Emma Grace, b. Varick, N. Y., Apr. 30,
1883. Res. (1894) Romulus, N. Y.

844 vi. Edward Payson (Salyer), b. Romulus, N. Y.,
June 7, 1842; m. at Romulus, N. Y., Oct. 18, 1864, to
Eleanor Augusta Seeley (dau. William Pease and
Mary Augusta (Barron) Seeley). Res. (1894) Dun-
kirk, N. Y. Mr. Salyer is a merchant tailor.

845 i. Carrie Christine, b. Ovid, N. Y., Aug. 10,
1865.

846 ii. Charles Barron, b. Ovid, N. Y., Mar. 22,
1870; m. at Dunkirk, N. Y., Oct. 14, 1892, to
Emala Liska Townsend (dau. John A. and Mary
Townsend.) He is at present (1894) cutter for
a leading merchant tailoring concern in Warren,
Pa.

McMATH FAMILY. 195

847 i. Keoka Liska, b. Dunkirk, N. Y., Jan.
lo, 1894.

848 iii. Sandford Meddick, b. Dunkirk, N. Y.,
Sept. 2^, 1878.

849 iv. Gilbert DeForest, b. Dunkirk, N. Y., Feb.
23, 1886.

850 vii. Addison (Salyer), b. Romulus, N. Y., Jan.
12, 1845; m. at Dundee, N. Y., 1872, to Anna Daines.
Their place of residence (1894) is San Jose, Cal. Mr,
Salyer is a tailor and cutter by trade.

851 viii. David W. (Salyer), b. Romulus, N. Y., May
16, 1847; d- Romulus, N. Y., Sept. 5, 1847.

852 ix. Ann Elizabeth (Salyer), b. Varick, N. Y.,
Aug. 18, 1849: m. at Ovid, N. Y., Nov. 8, 1871, to
DeForest P. Seeley (s. John E. and Cornelia (De-
Forest) Seeley). She d. in Ovid May 17, 1892; was
a member of the Presbyterian Church of Ovid. Mr.
Seeley is (1894) a merchant in Ovid, N. Y., and his
children still reside at home with him; his daughter
Mary being an active member of the Presbyterian
Church of Ovid.

853 i. Mary DeForest, b. Nov. 28, 1872.

854 ii. Louisa Hoyt, b. Dec. 5, 1874; d. Dec. 8,
1874.

855 iii. Grace Louise, b. June 15, 1878.

856 iv. DeForest Hampton, b. Mar. 18, 1889.

857 X. Lyman, b. Romulus, N. Y., Sept. 19, 1851,'
d. Romulus, Aug. 22, 1863.

794 CYRUS BALDRIDGE (iii. 13), b. Romulus, Sept.

26, 1809. M. May 29, 1849, to Malvina Wright (dau.

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Augustus and ]Margaret (Fowler) Wright). Mrs.
Malvina Baldridge — now ]\Irs. Doubleday, — traces
her ancestry to the Mayflower emigrants. Her
mother, Margaret Fowler, belonged to the Lang
family of New York, who lost heavily in the great fire
of 1835, and her father was captured in childhood by a
party of Mohawk Indians and grew up among them,
then escaped to his own people, but was always of a
restless and roving character. He d. in Varick. July 17,
1866. Mrs. Baldridge married (2nd) a Mr. Doubleday.
Res. (1894) at Mertensia, N. Y.

858 i. Alexander (Baldridge), b. Varick, N. Y., Apr.
26, 1850; m. at Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 8, 1879, to
Charlotte Ann Strachan (dau. James and Susan Isa-
bella (McCulloch) Strachan). For a time kept a
general store at McDougal, N. Y. Address (1894)
55 Main st, Geneva, N. Y.

859 i. Anna, b. Varick, N. Y., May 22, 1881.

860 ii. Anna (Baldridge), b. Varick, N. Y., Oct. 16,
1851; m. at Varick ,N. Y., Apr. 21, 1875, to Albert
M. Ball of N. Hector, N. Y. Immediately after their
marriage they went to California and took up their
residence there. Mr. Ball was a teacher. He d.at San
Leandro, Alameda Co., Cal., in May, 1876, of brain
fever. She returned home to Varick about two
months before her death, which occurred at Varick
May 26, 1878.

861 i. Arvilla, b. in California; d. June, 1876, ae.
2 months.

862 iii. Cyrus (Baldridge), b. Varick, Seneca Co., N.
Y., Feb. 27, 1856; m. at St. Louis, Mo., July 12,

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1889, to Emma M. Reeves (dau. Hy. and Caroline
Reeves). Address (1894), Hall Bldg., Kansas City,
Mo.
86:-i i. Alex. Gray, b. Oregon, Sept, 2, 1890; d.

Oregon, July 15, 1891.

864 ii. Louise, b. Portland, Ore., Nov. 16, 1892.

865 iii. Ada AL, b. Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 22,
1894.

866 iv. William (Baldridge), b. Varick, N. Y., June
3, i860; m. at Alton, N. Y., May 22, 1885. to Charity
Burghdorf of Oaks Corners, Ontario Co., N. Y.
(dau. of John and ^Nlarilla Burghdorf). Address
(1894) Chillicothe, Ills., in care Sante Fe R. R.

867 i. Cyrus LeRoy, b. at Alton, May 15, 1889.

795 MABEL BALDRIDGE (iv. 13) was born in Romu-

lus, Aug. 24, 181 1, "one mile from. the beautiful shore of
Seneca Lake, where she spent her childhood days and
grew to womanhood."

"In 1823 or 1824 her mother died, and, two months later add-
ing to their afflictions, their large, new house, which had just been
completed, burned with all its contents, including two children
(twins), a boy and a girl (Erastus and Mary Ann, aged two and a
half years). This last affliction, aside from the natural grief at los-
ing a brother and sister in such a terrible manner, made them in
a measure dependent upon the generosity and kindness of their
neighbors for a time — an unusual condition for our family.

"Married by Rev. Wm. W. Brown, Nov. 12, 1829, in Seneca
Co., N. Y., to Gilbert Allen Gardner.

"After her marriage she lived in Romulus til) the spring of
1831, when they emigrated to Michigan and settled eight miles
northeast from Ann Arbor, in the township of Northfield, County
of Washtenaw.

"^Michigan was then a wilderness and neighbors were few and
far between. Indians and wild beasts were plenty and the com-
forts of life were few. Their first winter was spent in a log house.

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constructed mostly of peeled bass-wood logs, the roof being made
with shakes and the lower floor of green boards laid down loose,
which required to be repeatedly turned over to prevent warping.
The upper floor was made of shakes split out of logs and laid
closely side by side with shakes over the cracks. The fireplace
was rudely made of stone, but no chimney, and as there were no
windows in the house and only one door, the hole in the roof serv-
ed as a ventilator as well as a place for the smoke to go out and
the light to come in. Then they could sit with the table drawn
close to the fire, bake buckwheat cakes on the coals and eat them
hot from the griddle, while a glance upward would reveal the blue
sky by day or the stars at night. Thus they lived, until the hard-
ships and privations of pioneer life proved too much for her hus-
band, who was taken sick and died of consumption, Sept. 9, 1836.
He was buried in the Leland Churchyard. After his estate had
been settled, Mrs. Gardner went back to Seneca Co., N. Y., to her
father's home, where she remained until after her marriage to Mr.
Salyer. Nathan Salyer, her second husband, was born in Hope-
well township, Hunterdon Co., N. J., Mar. 15, 1804. He was the
son of William and Sarah (Smith) Salyer. They were married in
Romulus (N. Y.), Sept. 10, 1837. About two years later — Sept. 7,
1839 — they started for Michigan and located on the same farm she
left in widowhood and upon which she is still living at the ripe age
of 83 years, her son Judson occupying and managing the farm.
Mr. Salyer died in Northfield, Washtenaw Co., Mich., Mar. 9,
1880, and was buried in ihe Leland Churchyard.

"As an evidence of her careful housekeeping, she exhibits
with pardonable pride a churn which has been used in her house
for fifty-five years and is yet doing service. She enjoys a fair
measure of health, still lakes a lively interest in the affairs of her
home and children, and has a fair prospect of many years of useful
life."

868 i. Augusta (Gardner), b. at Northfield, Aug.

i6th, 1833; m. Alonzo Morgan Doty (b. Rochester,
N. Y., July 23, 1828; s. of Solomon and Elizabeth
(Douglas) Doty).

In the year 1836, he, with his parents, removed
to Ann Arbor, which has continued to be his place
of residence. Attended the district schools until he

• was about fourteen years of age, when he entered

Mrs. Augusta Doty,

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the Preparatory Department of the University, but
when prepared to enter the University, his father's
circumstances and health had become such that it
was deemed best to abandon the idea of a college
course, and he joined his father in the boot and shoe
business, in which he has ever since been engaged.
In 1857 took a course of instruction in the first busi-
ness college established in Detroit (Uriah Gregory,
principal). Became clerk of Ann Arbor township
in 1858, and performed the duties of that ofhce for
more than twenty years; was alderman three times —
twice by appointment and once by election — also for
five years member of the Board of Education. For
the two years preceding the annexation to the
Village of Ann Arbor, was Village Clerk and Police
Justice. Since the age of. thirteen an active, con-
scientious member of the M. E. Church.

Mrs, Doty has been a valuable assistant in this
work, and the family are indebted to her for a large
part of the records of the Baldridge family as well
as much other important data. She is much es-
teemed by those who know her, and her children
evidence the training of a wise and good mother.

869 i. Clara Augusta, b. Ann Arbor, Mich.,
Dec. 7, 1859. Attended school in Ypsilanti,
Mich. Took a course in Commercial College at
Ypsilanti. For seven years was bookkeeper and
stenographer for a leading drug concern in
Minneapolis. Now at home with her parents.

870 ii. Mabel Nina, b. Ann Arbor, June 6, 1863;
d. Aug. 13, 1870.

871 iii. Wirt Payson, b. Ann Arbor, June 4, 1866.

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Graduate of University of Michigan, Department
of Pharmacy, Class of '86.

872 iv. Jeptha Wade, b. (same). Graduated from
U. of M., Dept. of Pharmacy, Class of '86.

Both are now (1898) engaged in drug busi-
ness in Detroit, Mich. They are among the
most extensive retail dealers in drugs in the city.

873 V. Gary Clark, b. Ann Arbor, Jan. 29, 1870;
d. Ann Arbor, July 19, 1870.

874 vi. Cora Camilla, b. (same); d. Ann Arbor,
July 20, 1870.

875 vii. Nina May, b. Ann Arbor, Aug. 3, 1871.
Attending U. of M.

876 viii. Gilbert Allen, b. Ann Arbor, Sept. 27,
1874. Assisting his brothers J. W. and W. P.
Doty in drug business, Detroit, Mich.

877 ii. Judson (Salyer), b. Romulus, N. Y., Sept. 28,
1838; m. in Northfield, Mich., Mar. 19, 1863, to
Phoebe Brokaw (dau. of John and Catherine
Brokaw, of Northfield). Res. in Northfield (Emery
P. O.), Washtenaw Co., Alich., engaged in farming.

878 i. Josephine, b. Feb. 16, 1864. Res. (1894)
in Mason, Ingham Co., Mich., with her mother.

879 iii. Elizabeth (Salyer), b. in Northfield, Nov. 21,
1841; m. in Northfield, Mar. 18, 1863, by Rev. Mr.
Anderson, to Robert Finlay Brokaw (b. in North-
field, Mar. 10, 1842; s. of John and Catherine (Holly)
Brokaw). Address, Emery P. O., Washtenaw Co.,
Mich.

880 i. Nathan Salyer, b. in Northfield, Mich.,
Dec. 25, 1863; m. in Northfield, Jan. 28, 1885,

882

ii,

883

iii.

884

iv.

885

V.

886

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to Carrie E. Burd (b. Dec. g, 1865, in Northfield,
Mich.; dau. of David and Mary Eliza Burlin-
game). The children were all born in Northfield.
Address, Emery P. O.
881 I. Genevieve, b. Apr. 15, 1886; d. June 21,

1886.

Robert O., b. July 4, 1888.

Florence B., b. Oct. 10, 1889.

Floyd, b. Feb. 26, 1891.

V. Irene Elizabeth, b. Sept. 23, 1893.

Nellie May, b. Northfield, June 11,
1876. Is now (1894) residing in Northfield, en-
gaged in teaching the district school.

796 ICYPHENA BALDRIDGE (v. 13), b. Romulus,

Aug. 2y, 1813 ; m. at her father's home, Oct. 16, 1832, to
Benjamin C. Lemmon (s. Benjamin and Rebecca Lem-
mon of \'arick, N. Y.), by Rev. Mr. Caton. Resided at
Romulus until the fall of 1844, when they removed to
Attica, Seneca County, O. Mr. Lemmon pursued the
occupations of farmer and drover until the spring of
1858, when they sold their farm and after a short stay in
Fulton Co., O., removed in the fall of the same year to
Michigan, purchasing and settling on a farm of 100
acres near Reading, in Hillsdale Co. Mrs. Lemmon
d. July 5, i860. ]\Ir. Lemmon m. (2d), Dec. 9, i860,
Harriet L. Cleaveland. In the fall of 1864 he sold the
Hillsdale Co. farm and purchased a farm near Elmfield,
in Eaton Co., where he resided until his death. May 25,
1885. He had two sons by his second marriage.

887 i. (Son), 1). Aug. 24, 1833; d. same day.

888 ii. Ann Rebecca (Lemmon), b. Romulus, N. Y.,

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Oct. lo, 1834; m. at Attica, O., Dec. 30, 1852, to
Perry Fox (s. Consider and Ursula Fox), by Rev.
Mr. Wall. He resided at Reede, O., until 1857, when
he removed to Williams Co., O., and in 1858 to Am-
boy, Hillsdale Co., Mich., but moved again in 1865,
settling in Vermontsville, Eaton Co., Mich. She d.
Sept. 8, 1883. Mr. Fox m. (2d), July 5, 1888, Mrs.
Catherine Grimes (b. Day).

889 i. Mary Jane, b. Reede, O., Apr. 25, 1855;
m. Apr. 18, 1877, Asa J. Warner (s. William
Willis and Harriet Ursula Warner, of Vermont-
ville, Mich.)

890 i. Ursula May, b. Sept. 3, 1878.

891 ii. Clarence Augustus, b. Aug. 19, 1880.

892 iii. Harvey A., b. Dec. 2, 1884.

893 vi. Anna Grace, b. July 25, 1889.

894 ii. Frances Louisa, b. Reede, O., Nov. 17,
1856; m. Oct. 14, 1880, to Charles Joseph
Warner (s. William Willis and Harriet Ursula
Warner), by Rev. Horace R. Williams at the
Parsonage.

895 i. Fred Alexander, b. Vermontville, July
29, 1881.

896 iii. Addison, b. Amboy, Mich., Nov. 4, 1858;
d. Amboy, Mich., Feb. 23, 1859.

897 iv. Charles A., b. Vermontville, Mich., June
27, 1875; fl- Vermontville, Mar. 27, 1879.

898 iii. Alexander Baldridge (Lemmon), b. Varick,
N. Y., Jan. 19, 1837; m. July 17, 1864, to Lydia
Anne Fancher, dau. William and Marv Ann Fan-

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cher), at her father's residence in Camden, Hillsdale
Co., Mich., by Rev. William Bassett. For a short
time in 1865 resided in Sunfield; in 1865 moved back
to Camden, and in 1869 settled upon a new farm
near Vermontville.

899 i. Lincoln Adelbert, b. Sunfield, Mich., Mar.
25, 1865; m. at Vermontville, Mich., Oct. 2,
1890, to Bertha Etta Brown (dau. Ezekiel and
Louisa Brown). Removed in 1893 to Mulliken,
Mich., where they now reside, Mr. Lemmon be-
ing engaged in mercantile business.

900 i- Hazel Louisa, b. Sunfield, July 6, 1892.

901 ii- Thaddeus C, b. Camden, Mich., June 16,
1868; m. Mar. 21, 1889, to Mary Eitle (b. Oct.
II, 1870; dau. John and Theresa (Diesby) Eitle,
of Vermontville), by Farm DeGrafT, Esq. He
was a farmer and after his marriage resided in
Vermontville township until his death (of
Bright's disease). His widow still (1894) resides
in Vermontville.

902 iv. Cyrus Cromwell (Lemmon), b. Middlesex,
N. Y., Mar. 27, 1838; d. Oct., 1838.

903 V. Jane Elizabeth (Lemmon), b. Middlesex, N.
Y., Feb. 6, 1840; m. at Reading, Mich., Nov. 28,
1861, to John Mortimer Livingstone Lemmon (s.
Charles and Hannah Lemmon), by Rev. James Ab-
bott. In 1864 they removed to a farm near Sunfield,
Eaton Co., Mich., where they still reside.

904 i- Icyphena Theresa, b. Camden, Mich.,
Mar. 25, 1863: d. Camden, May i, 1863.

905 ii- Harvey Anthony, b. Sunfield, Mich., Dec.
13, 1865; m. by Rev. S. A. McGee, Oct. i, 1889,

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to Josephine A. Wells (dau. Edwin and Julia
Wells). Res. (1894) Shaytown, Mich.

906 i. Gladys, b. Nov. 9, 1892.

907 iii. Hadassah, b. Sunfield, June 5, 1878; d
Sunfield, June 30, 1878.

908 vi. Harvey Augustus (Lemmon), b. Middlesex,
N. Y., Apr. 13. 1842; d. Reading, Mich., Apr. 8,
1859.

909 vii. Georgiana Icyphena (Lemmon), b. Oct. 4,
1847; m. at Sunfield, Eaton Co., Mich., Dec. 25,
1871, to Marquis L. Rogers (s. Truman and Priscilla
Rogers). Mr. Rogers is an engineer by profession,
and resided for some years after his marriage in
Charlotte, Mich. In 1891 settled upon a farm in
tlie town of Carmen, Eaton Co.. where they now
(1894) reside.

797 ALEXANDER BALDRIDGE (vi. 13), b. Romiv

lus, N. Y., Apr. 21, 1815. M. at Tififin, Seneca Co., O.,
Jan. 20, 1853, to Susan Ann Wilkinson (b. Nov, 19, 1822;
dau. John and Susan A. (Pierce) Wilkinson), w^ho d.
Dec. 12. 1862. M. (2d) at Romulus. N. Y., Mar. 23,
1864, to Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth (Pack) Holton (b. Nov.
I, 1825; dau. Isaac and Elizabeth Pack). He died in
Romulus, Mar. 6, 1875, of inflammatory rheumatism.

910 i. Addison (Baldridge), b. Romulus, N. Y.,
Sept. 6, 1854. M. at Romulus, N. Y., by Rev. L. J.

Gross, pastor of First Baptist Church of Romulus,
Dec. 28, 1876, to Mary Jane Sackett (dau. Samuel
L. and Ann (Larkin) Sackett), who died at W. Fay-
ette, May 14. 1891, of consumption. M. (2d) at
Farmerville, N. Y., Dec. 3, 1893, to Carrie Gertrude

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Rappleye (dau. Hudson and Samantha (Covert)
Rappleye). He is engaged in mercantile business at
MacDougall, N. Y., handling farm tools and ma-
chinery, coal, fertilizers, grain, etc.

911 i. Lillian Heloise, b. Nov. 2, 1877.

912 ii. Claude, b. Jan. 30, 1879.

913 iii- Daisy Juanita, b. Aug. 17, 1884.

914 ii. Charles Judson (Baldridge), b. Romulus, N.
Y., Feb. 16, 1865. M. at Romulus, Mar. 12, 1890, to
Flora B. Stultz (dau. Hiram L. and Harriet Per-
melia (Everett) Stultz, of W. Varick). He is a farmer
and fruit grower residing on the old homestead near
Kendaia, Seneca Co., N. Y., which is his postoffice
address. He manufactures a preparation from
grapes known as Baldridge's Unfermented Niagara
Grape Juice, used extensively as a communion wine,
said to be one of the very best articles of the kind in
the market.

915 i. Paul, b. Kendaia, Mar. 18, 1893.

916 ii. Mark, b. Kendaia, Nov. 28, 1894.

917 iii. Frank Henry (Baldridge), b. Oct. 7, 1867;
died July 28, 1874.

798 vii. Addison (Baldridge), b. Romulus, N. Y., Feb.
24, 1817. He was a teacher. Died at Cincinnati, O.,
Feb. 23, 1846. (Unm.)

799 viii. Hervey (Baldridge), b. Romulus, N. Y., Sept.
21, 1819. M. in Reed Tp., Seneca Co., O., Dec. 27,
1854, to Eliza Wilkinson (b. Reed, O., Aug. 27, 1833;
dau. John and Harriet (Raymond) Wilkinson). Mrs.
Baldridge died at Varick, Apr. 18, 1886, of consump-
tion. He is a farmer, residing (1894) on road between

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Varick and Kendaia. Address Varick, N. Y. All the
children were born on the same farm (lot 50; s. e.).

"Mrs. E. Baldridge's grandfather, Wilkinson, was a Surveyor,
near Boston. He left his wife and son and sailed for England to
claim an estate and was never again heard from. His son, John
Wilkinson, migrated to New York and located near Keuka Lake,
and there married Miss Susan A., who died young, leaving four
sons and one daughter (Mrs. Alex. Baldridge). After leaving New
York State, he resided in Reed township, Seneca Co., O. His sec-
ond wife, Harriet Raymond, was a resident of the same place, she
also died early, leaving two sons and one daughter, reared by her
Grandmother Raymond." (Mrs. Hervey Baldridge.)

918 i. Alice, b. Romulus, N. Y., Oct. 21, 1855; d.
(unm.) Nov. 8, 1875, of consumption.

919 ii- (son), b. Feb. 18, 1857; died in infancy; lived
but a day.

920 iii- Mabel, b, Nov. 29, 1858; d. Apr. 14, 1859.

921 iv. Willis, b. Feb. i, i860; d. (unm.) in Kings-
bury Co., South Dakota, Nov. 24, 1884. Buried
in Romulus, Nov. 29, 1884. He was a young inan
of talent and worthy ambition, a student at Amherst,
Mass.

922 V. John, b. Nov. 24, 1862. Married at Le Seur,
Dak., Mar. 11, 1886, by Rev. F. H. Wheeler, to
Flora Adelaide Purinton (dau. Orrin S. and Mary L.
Purinton). He is cashier of the Farmers and Mer-
chants' Bank of Iroquois, S. Dak. (1894). His chil-
dren were born at Iroquois.

923 i. Clarence L., b. Feb. 4, 1887.

924 ii. Grace, b. Apr. 25, 1888.

925 iii. Blanche, b. Sept. 6, 1892.

926 vi. Clarence, b. June 10, 1864. Graduated at

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the High School in Geneva, N. Y., entered the col-
lege at Syracuse, N. Y., and after a stay of three
months, returned home, where, after a severe hemor-
rhage from the lungs, she died Dec. 31, 1882.

927 vii. Suessa, b. Feb. 25, 1866. Married at
Varick, N. Y., Mar. 13, 1890, by Rev. F. S. Lee, to
Don P. Blaine (b. Dec. 3, 1863; s. James and Aman-
da (DePue) Blaine, of Romulus, N. Y.). He is en-
gaged in the real estate business. Res. (1894), 1143
6th St.. N. E., Washington, D. C.

928 i. Willis Warne, b. Ovid, N. Y., Apr. 13,
1891.

929 viii. Mary Belle, b. Dec. 22, 1869. Married at
Varick, N. Y., Dec. 27, 1893, by Rev. J. H. Cook, to
Charles Grant Birdsell (b. Mar. 20, 1866; s. Lafayette
and Eliza Birdsell). Mr. Birdsell is a clerk in the
U. S. Pension Bureau. Res. (1894), No. 508 3d st.
N. E., Washington, D. C.

930 ix. Raymond, b. Oct. 8, 1872. Engaged in
grocery business in Ovid, N. Y., with his brother
Harrison.

931 X. Harrison, b. June 20, 1874. Engaged in
grocery business in Ovid, N. Y.

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APPENDIX I.

The following letter to the writer and some excerpts from an
interesting correspondence between Mr. William Macmath (F. S. A.
Scot.), St. Andrews' Square, Edinburgh, and Dr. Cranford Tait
Ramage (LL. D.), author of "Drumlanrig Castle and the
Douglases" and other works, may not be out of place here. The
writer had occasion to address certain inquiries to the keeper of the
Advocates' Library (the most extensive library in Scotland), who
handed the letter to his friend, Mr. Wm. Alacmath, and so advised the
writer with the observation that he "knew him to be much interested
in the family history, and to have all the information likely to be
known by anyone here.' Mr. Macmath is frequently referred to by the
late Professor Child of Harvard in his "English and Scottish Popular
Ballads," which is, by the way, the most elaborate and painstaking
work of the kind, probably, ever undertaken.

Edinburgh, 22nd September, 1894.

"My intention was to look out and send you, immediately on my
return, a most interesting letter on the early history of the family,
addressed to me by the late Dr. Ramage of Wallace Hall, Drumfries-
shire, and dated 15th September, 1874. To my extreme regret I found
it was not in the repositories it should have been, and all my rum-
maging for the last three weeks has failed to bring it to light.

I send you a copy of my letter to Dr. Ramage, to which the lost
letter was the answer, and also a copy of my letter of thanks, in order
that you may see under what circumstances the correspondence took
place. I also send three subsequent letters which I received from the
doctor.

Dr. Ramage informed me that the series of ancient title deeds of
the Macmaths, to which Nisbet refers, was still preserved at Drumlan-
rig Castle. The seat of the Macmaths of that Ilk was at Dalpeddar or
Dalpedar (pronounced locally Dapeddar), originally in the parish of
Sanquhar and County of Dumfries. The Macmaths held their lands
under the Dougla ses of Drumlanrig, as their feudal superiors, up to
the early part of the seventeenth century (between 1600 and 1625, if I
remember aright), when the superiors bought up, or otherwise ac-
quired the property, in addition to the superiority, and Dalpeddar
has since that time formed part of the Drumlanrig estates, and be-
longs now to the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, who is Doug-
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had seen the Macmath writs when looking through the duke's family

papers and title deeds."

WM. MACMATH.

"Nisbet, in his Historical and Critical Remarks on the Ragman
Roll, annexed to his Heraldry, has the following passage:

********

Gilbert Makmaht, i. e., Macmath; of which name there was a family
styled of that Ilk in Nithsdale; of whom I have seen, in the Duke of
Qucensberry's hands, a series of writs since the reign of King James I.
for about 300 years."

I have never been able, from the Public Records or otherwise, to
discover what lands in Nithsdale were held by the family, nor have I
been able in any other way to verify Nisbet's statement, which you
will observe is most explicit and circumstantial. I have long been
aware from your writings in Notes and Queries and elsewhere, that
you had access to the Queensberry muniments at Drumlanrig, and
have often thought of writing to you to ask your kind assistance in
the matter; but I have hitherto refrained, from the fear of being
troublesome. Nor would you have likely heard from me at this time
were it not that I happened to hear a rumor the other day, to the
effect that certain papers, known as the Buccleuch or Queensberry
papers, in the office of an old professional house in this city (which I
need hardly name to you) were about to be overhauled, with a view of
parting with such of them as were of no substantial use or interest.

I would esteem it a very great favor if you would inform me
whether you think the series of writs referred to may be in Drum-
lanrig Castle, or whether they form part of the collection in Edin-
burgh which I have mentioned. If the latter be the case, I should, of
course, like to put in an humble petition for their preservation.

Apologizing for intruding upon your attention,

I am, dear sir, yours faithfully,

WM. MACMATH.
Cranford Tait Ramage, Esq., L. L. D., Wallace Hall, Thornhill.

"Many thanks for your kindness in replying so fully in regard to
the matter of my inquiry.

I think there can be little doubt that the Dalpedar Writs which
you mention are identical with those referred to by Nisbet. It is
rather curious that 'Dalpedar' should be the very word which I had
got hold of in connection with the family. I had noted a Legitima-
tion which appears upon the Register of the Great Seal, in favor of

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John, the illegitimate son of the then late James McMath of Dalpedar,
of date 26th May, 1595. But the only Valuation Roll I had imme-
diately beside me was the old one printed in 1827, which lumps the
whole of the Queensberry lands in the Parish of Sanquhar, and so
I could not follow up the search. Your letter entirely explains why
no early trace of the Family is to be found in the Public Records,
which are generally applied to in such cases: First, because the lands
being held of a subject superior, there were no Crown Charters to
enter the Great Seal Register; and, secondly, because the titles of the
successive heirs having been completed by writs from the superior,
no retours were necessary, and consequently none appear in the
Register of Retours.

I have been regularly scanning the new Parish Histories in the
'Courier' in hopes of seeing some notice of the Macmaths, to which
I think they are justly entitled. I cannot say that I have much in-
formation that has not already appeared in print, but some of it would,
I think, bear reprinting. Probably the most remarkable member of
the family was the Janet Macmath, who was first the wife of Thomas
Bannatine, and afterwards of William Dick, the first of Grange, and
so daughter-in-law of that most unfortunate man, Sir William Dick
of Braid, of whom we have heard so much, and whose story still ex-
cites considerable interest. She paid the expenses of her father-in-
law's funeral, and is made a sort of heroine by Sir Thomas Dick
Sander, who in his 'Scottish Rivers' refers to her as 'this guardian
angel' and so on. She had previously erected one of the finest of the
old monuments in the Greyfriars Churchyard to the memory of her
first husband, which has a very curious inscription, in which she
herself is described as 'his deare bedfellow. Jennet Makmath.' About
the same time another lady, Maydalene McMath, was the wife of
Francis Kinloch, Provost of Edinburgh, her tombstone (also a fine
one) immediately adjoins the one above referred to, and on it she
is described as of notable descent. A third lady of the name married
Trotter of Mortonhall, and is also buried in the Greyfriars. Are you
able to refer to 'Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions in Greyfriars
Churchyard, 1867'?

My own immediate relatives have been settled in the Stewartry of
Kirkcudbright for several generations. I have heard that my grand-
father was supposed to be in some way connected with the succession
to the lands of Peelton in Glencairn, but what the nature of the con-
nection was, I cannot say. It may have been in the female line; the
statement was a vague one, and I took little notice of it."

I am, sir, yours faithfully,
: WM. MACMATH.

McMATH FAMILY. 211

"In reading the 'Inventories of the Muniments of the Fami-
lies of Maxwell, Herries and Nithsdale in the Charter room at Ter-
regles.' of which only fifteen copies were printed by the late Mr. Con-
stable Maxwell, I see the following which may be interesting to you.
Such references are interesting to a family even though we may not be
able to trace clearly our conection with the parties mentioned in the
documents. 'Assignation and Translation by Mr. John Makmath, son
to umquhile IMr. James Makmath of Dalpeddar, in favor of Robert,
Earl of Nithsdale, of a bond for 1,000 merks and expenses due by
John Stewart, some time Earl of Bothwell with the said noble lord,
then styled Robert, Master of Maxwell, as cautioner. Dated at Edin-
burgh, 22nd Dec. 1627. Witnesses: Captain Edward Maxwell;
Adam Cunninghame of Arkiltoun; Rodger Gordoun of Holme, and
Alexander Maxwell, one of the four macers.'

The Francis Stewart here mentioned was grandson of James V.,
not legitimated. His father was thus brother of Queen Mary.

The mode of spelling is much the same as you think to be cor-
rect, Makmath. I have had to examine the Inquisitions Specials
(printed) of Dumfries-shire, where I find the following:

'20 Oct., 1601, Joannes McMayth. Rogeri McMayth patris in

5 Terrarum de Clenrye A. E. in baronica de Sanquhac A. E

3-6-8. N. E. ID. 1 1. 1 19.'

I believe that Clenries is one of the most valuable sheep farms in
the Queensberry Estate; ii,450 per annum and said not to be over-
rented. It is possessed by the son of an old friend of mine.

In the unpublished retours of Dumfriesshire, I find: "21 Dec,
1799. Jac McMath de Corsefield (Peirpont). Thos. McM. de Corse-
field patris. 93-156.'

That family still hangs about the village of Pierpont.* Corse-
field, a placeram showing the site of a cross in olden times, is now

rented at £24.

I am, sir, faithfully yours,

CHARLES T. RAMAGE.

I have thought that these references might be interesting to you,
and if so, they are much at your service."

* (Note: Messrs. Gordon & Whitelaw, solicitors for the Royal
Bank of Dumfries, who were employed by the writer to assist in this
work, have this to say regarding this family: "We found an old man,
Alexander McMath, living at Kirkpatrick, Closeburn, who is the last
representative of an old Pierpont family of that name. He has prom-
ised to send us some information of his grandfather's family who went
to America.")

212 MEMORIALS OF THE

Queensberry Estate.

(Acquisitions.)

********

William, first Viscount of Drumlanrig. and afterwards Earl of Queens-
berry, etc.

********

1636 — 5 merkland of Auchensow, with the corn and wauk milno
thirled to the same; the 6 merkland of Auchengreach; the 5 merkland
of Castle Gilmour and Muirhead; and the 4 merks of Upper and Mid-
dle Dalpeddar, from Alexander McMath.

(Drumlanrig Castle and The Douglasses, * * * by Cranford
Tait Ramage, L. L. D., 1876, p. 374.)

APPENDIX II.

(Edinburgh Times, Jan. 8, 1879.)

"To the Editor of the Times:

Sir — In a recent obituary notice which appeared in the Times,
mention is made of a Clan Matheson as at present existing; this
would appear to be somewhat erroneous. There, no doubt, once
was a Clan Matheson, or Mathieson, or Mathison, respecting which
the "History of the Scottish Highlands" gives slight information,
from which I quote the following:

"The name Mathieson, or Clan Mhathain, is said to come from
the Gaelic mathaeineach. heroes, or rather, from mathan, pronounced
mahan, a bear. The MacMathans were settled in Lochalsh, a dis-
trict of Western Ross, from an early period. They are derived by
ancient genealogies from the same stock as the Earls of Ross, and
are represented by the MSS. of 1450 as a branch of the Mackenzies.
* * * "phe possessions of the Mathiesons, at one time very exten-
sive, were greatly reduced in the course of the i6th century by
feuds with their turbulent neighbors, the Macdonalds of Glengarry."

Mr. Skene, a great authority, says:

"Of the history of this clan we know nothing whatever. Although
they are now extinct, they must at one time have been one of the
most powerful clans in the north, for among the highland chiefs
seized by James I. at the Parliament held at Inverness in 1427, Bower
mentions Macmaken, leader of 2,000 men,"

Mr. Skene concludes, "The once powerful clan of the Mathisons
has disappeared, and their name become nearly forgotten."

McMATH FAMILY. 213

No specimen plate of a Mathieson tartan is given in the above
mentioned history, while upwards of thirty other clan tartans appear.

It would seem that no less than 300 years ago the clan in ques-
tion was entirely swallowed up by its rivals and neighbors, and that
after such a collapse anyone could now show, by authentic docu-
ments, a descent from the chiefs of the Clan Mhathain must be surely

difficult to prove.

I am, sir, your obedient servant,

January 4. AN OBSERVER.

(A dictionary of family names endeavored by Mark Anthony,
Lower M. A., etc. London MDCCCLX.)

"MacMathan— a branch of the MacKenzies — formed the Clan
Mathan, who are descended from Mathan or Matthew, son of Ken-
neth. Skene ii. 241."

APPENDLX in.

Notice of a bond by the Earl of Irvine, Colonel, Lord Galtoun,
and other officers of the Scots Guard of the French King (Louis
XIV.) for expenses of the Corps, with proceedings taken for recov-
ering the money in the Scottish Court, where evidence was required
of the forms requisite by the lex loci contractus.

(One of the granters described as "Jacques Macmath," who signs
"J- Makmath, capitaine.")

Date of bond, ist April, 1643. Action brought 1670.

See proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Vol.
III. (1862), page 220.

APPENDIX IV.

Scottish Surnames; a Contribution to Genealogy. By James Pater-
son, Edinburgh, 1866.

Cuninghames of Bridgehouse and Lainshaw (County of Ayr.).

The Cuninghames of Bridgehouse are an offshoot from the Capring-
ton branch. The first of them who appears was: —

Adam Cuninghame of Bridgehouse. married to Janet Baird.
From records the family left by Adam Cuninghame stood thus:

1. George.

2. Margaret.

3. Elizabeth.

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4. Agnes.

5. Diana, born in 1671. Died young.

George Cuninghame of Bridgehouse. He died unmarried in
August, 1696, and his testament dative was made and given up by
his mother, "Jonet Baird, rehct of the deceast Adam Cunynghame of
Bridgehouse," as his chief creditor.* * * Akhough living a bach-
elor, it appears from a document on record that he had intended
marriage. The nuptials were arranged with a party "suitable for
him," but by his "casual (accidental) death" the intention was never
carried through. The lady, however, bore a posthumous son to him,
Alexander.

Who the mother of Alexander was does not appear on record,
but in Robertson's "Ayrshire Families," George is said to have "mar-
ried Sarah, daughter of Miller, Esq."

On the death of the old lady, the property came to heir's portion-
ers.

Margaret, the eldest daughter, had been led to form an improper
connection with a person of the name of Johnston, alias Bowston,
with whom she lived, and had a son, but never was married, his wife
being still alive.

Elizabeth was married to John McMath, merchant in Belfast, who
afterwards removed to New England (America). There were two
sons, John and JJ'illiam, by this marriage.

Agues was married to Cornet John Norrie, who resided at Robert-
land, near Kilmarnock, and they had at least one daughter, Janet,
married to Robert Paterson, writer in Kilmarnock. Janet was served
heir-portioner to her grandfather, Adam Cuninghame, of Bridgehouse,
* * 2Sth March, 1727.

John McMath, the eldest son of Elizabeth, had gone to sea, and
been absent for many years. William, the second son, presuming that
he was dead, attempted to serve himself as heir-portioner to his grand-
father, with the view of his disposing of his half of the property to
Robert Paterson, husband of Janet Norrie; meanwhile,

Alexander Cuninghame. son of George Cuninghame, of
Bridgehouse, became a flourishing merchant in Kilmarnock, aided
probably by capital supplied by the friends of his mother. Seeing
how matters were going with the Bridgehouse property, he opposed
the pretensions of William McMath, on the ground that Johnston,
son of Margaret, was entitled to an equal share, but his opposition
was about to fall to the ground, on account of the circumstances

McMATH FAMILY. 215

already stated, when John McMath, the eldest son of Elizabeth, hap-
pened to arrive with his ship in London, and an embargo having
been laid upon the shipping, he had leisure to make a run down to
see his friends in Scotland. Indignant at the conduct of his brother
and the Norries, he at once made over his portion of the inheritance
to Alexander, as a free gift, accepting only of iioo sterling as a pres-
ent. John having immediately afterwards sailed to the West Indies,
Alexander brought an action of adjudication in the Court of Session,
to compel John McMath to complete his titles, which the Court could
do in the usual way with parties furth of the kingdom. This action
was opposed by Janet Norrie and her husband, on the ground that
John McMath was a mere pretender, but, after both parties were
heard the Court found the identity of John McMath thoroughly
proved, and gave decreet in favour of Alexander accordingly. He
thus acquired the equal half of the following properties:
* * * * * *.* « «

APPENDIX V.

Inscription on tombstone in burial ground of Christ Church,
Philadelphia:

"This stone was erected to the memory of Richard Folwell,
Printer, who departed this life May 12, 1814, aged 40 years, as a small
testimony of their regard by the 12Y2.'"

(Record of Ins. on the Tablets, etc., in the burial ground of Christ
Church. E. L. Clark, Phila., 1864.)

Gouldsmith Edward Folwell was the first town clerk of Wilming-
ton, Del. In 1736 he is found among the subscribers to a petition to
have that place made a town or borough.

(Ferris' Early Settlements on the Delaware.)

APPENDIX VI.

From "Monuments and Monumental Inscriptions in Scotland."
By the Rev. Charles Rogers, LL. D., F. S. A., Scot., etc. London,
1871.

In the burial vault of Trotter, of Morton Hall, John Trotter, who
died in 1641, is celebrated in a Latin epitaph:

"Mors patet, hors latet, Anno 1641,
John Trotter and Janet Macmath.
Octoginta ultra Trotterus vexerat armos;
Progenie felix, ambitione carcus.

216 MEMORIALS OF THE

Publica privotus curavit, semper egenis

Aut opere, aut opibus, contulit almus opem."

Monteith supplies the following metrical translation:

"Death is most sure;

Unseen its hour; 1641.

'Bove eighty years John Trotter liv'd and saw his issue fair;

He from ambition all was free, a property most rare.

Tho' privat, publick was his mind;

He guardian to the poor;

Whom to assist by power o" wealth

He laboured ev'ry hour."

("Greyfriars churchyard.")

Sybella McMath, who died in 1838, has her tombstone inscribed
ds follows:

"A soul prepared needs no delays.
The summons comes, the saint obeys.
Swift was her flight, and short the road,
She closed her eyes and saw her God.
The flesh rests here till Jesus come
And claims the treasure from the tomb."

(Parish of Dumfries.)

COMMISSARIOT OF EDINBURGH.

Index to Testaments.

(The following entries of Macmath Wills were noted merely
incidentally when search was being made for something else. They
afiford a slight indication of the location of members of the family, at
two particular periods, about a hundred years apart.)

Mr. Gilbert McMath, Vicar — Pensioner of Kirklestoune. .19 May, 1569

Andro Makmath, of Vuthank 21 Jun., 1575

James McMacht, of Dalpedder, within the Sherefd of Drumfries

5 Nov., 1577

Johne Makmath, of Dalpedder, within the Sherefd of Drumfries

7 Mar., 1582

William McMath, Litstar, Burges of Edinburgh 26 Apr., 1586

Roger Makmath in Dalquhairne in Carrick 17 Jun., 1587

Ane honest and discreit man, Hectour Makmath, Merchand, Burges
of Edinburgh : 3 Jun., 1589

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Andro McMath in Cruikburne, within the Sherefd of Lanerk

28 Nov., 1589

Johnne Makmath, in Castel Gilmure, in the par. of Kirkbryde and
Sherefd of Drumfreis 6 Jul., 1590

Janet McMath, sumtyme spous to Bartilmo Hereifs of Oner Hessil-

feild inThe par. of Dundrynane and Stewartre of Kircudbright

15 May, 1591

James McMath, in Pleasants 19 Sept., 1671

Jonet McMath, Lady Greynage 7 Jul., 1680

Daved McMath, Stabler in Edinburgh 20 Jan., 1688

John McMath, Residenter at Tangeirs 9 Jan., 1695

APPENDIX VII.

(From a letter from Messrs. Gordon & Whitelaw, Solicitors,
Dumfries, Scotland, Nov. 8, 1888.)

"We do not find any McMaths in the immediate neighborhood
of Dumfries, but we learn that there is a Mrs. Elizabeth McMath in
Pierpont village in this county, and a Robert McMath at Fintloch,
New Galloway, in the neighboring county of Kirkcudbright."

There lived, a few years ago, a John McMath in Moreton Parish
in Dumfriesshire, but a letter to him in 1882 was returned, having
been opened by a Thomas McMath. and indorsed by him "for J. Mc-
Math, late of Pierpont."

APPENDIX VIII.

(From a letter received from John McMath. Sr., Glasgow. 17
Nov., 1888.)

"I have consulted with a cousin, well advanced in years, and
the following is the result: My great grandfather lived in the town
of Rutherglen, about three miles from here. His only male issue was
my grandfather, who was born, lived and died (in the year 1814) in
said town. My father also was born, lived and died in Rutherglen.
He had male issue, five sons, three of whom are dead, leaving no
male issue. My youngest brother left this country about forty years
ago. either for Canada or America, and we have never heard from
him, or of him since. I have been for many years engaged here in
the manufacture of textile fabrics, and about 14 years ago retired in
favor of my only two sons, who still carry on the business."

James MoMath. s. of Andrew and Helen (Park) McMath, was
b. Oct. 24, 1819, at Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland. He left Scot-

218 MEMORIALS OF THE

land unmarried in 1846 and was never after heard of by his relatives,
though it was believed he sailed for America.

From Russel & Aitken, Solicitors, Falkirk, Scot.:
"The only family of McMaths connected with Stirlingshire ap-
pear to be the McMaths of Rutherglen, near Glasgow, and their con-
nection is only from being proprietors of some ground near here and
having intermarried with Stirlingshire people, and one of them having
left Rutherglen and taken up his residence in Stirling. We wrote to
one of the Misses McMath; she replies that she never heard of any
one of the name in Stirlingshire. Her family have been resident in
Rutherglen for four generations."

An examination of the city directory of Glasgow (1888) shows
the following persons of the name. (Names and addresses of work-
ingmen do not appear in the directory) :

Andrew McMath (of J. McMath & Son), house 141 Onslow
Drive; John McMath. Inspector of Property, School Board of Glas-
gow, house IS Ionia Place, Mount Florida; John McMath & Sons,
Power-loom, Cloth Manufacturers, Brookside Factory, Avenue street,
off London Road; John McMath, Jr., (of J. McMath & Sons); John
McMath (at J. B. Bennet & Sons), h. 32 Titwood Place, Strath-
bungs.

APPENDIX IX.

Robert Elliot McMath, (s. of John and Janet McMath), of No.
56 York street. South Melbourne, Aus., was b. Hawick, Roxburgh
shire, Scot., in 1826. Was m. at Hokitika, Westland, New Zealand,
Oct. 6, 1869, to Mary Ann Kelly, dau. of Martin and Barbara Kelly.
Children, Jessie Catherine; Helen Barbara; John Joseph; Mary Car-
oline; Robert Patrick Elliot.

From Jessie C. Mc^Math, Aug. 20, 1894.

"Strange to say, just before your letter came we were speculating
about our ancestry. I have an aunt, Mrs. John Anderson, living
at Guelph, Ont.

APPENDIX X.

Alia McMath, our relative, met a James McMath in Rochester,
N. Y., in the summer of 1861 or 2 and gave (in 1882) the following
interes'ting account of him: "He was awaiting the eastern train till
evening to proceed on his journey to accompany home his daughter
Mary, who was visiting his relatives (according to my recollection)

McMATH FAMILY. 219

at his old home in Ireland, which he had left at the age of 14 with-
out the consent of relatives or parents. His family names were
James and Andrew, but he had no known relatives in America.

He was of fine proportions — tall, with depth and breadth of chest,
yellow hair and beard, blue eyes.

He spoke of his eldest brother Andrew as a man of wealth and
respectability; his sons were in the army, he having purchased for
them commissions. He described the family coat of arms.

Before he left the city that evening we accidentally met the Rev.
Robt. McMath, and they had a more extended conversation on fam-
ily circumstances. He afterwards wrote to Mr. McMath in refer-
ence to several colleges, as he was undecided where to send his son.

His home was some small town west of Buffalo, and lying near
Lake Erie."

From a letter by the above named James McMath, Aylmer, Ont.,
July 8, 1889:

"A family of McMaths, natives of the Highlands of Scotland,
were compelled to seek a home in Ireland to save their lives from
Popish persecution in the reign of Queen Mary, and settled in and
near Castle Blayney. My grandfather was wealthy and owned a large
farm and mills; his name was Andrew and his family consisted of a
wife and six children; Andrew, William, John, James, Mary and Ann.
Andrew's family remain on the old farm. William was killed at the
battle of Lake Champlain. John had two families. I am the only
son by his first wife; I had one sister. He had by his second wife
two sons and one daughter; the latter died young. His boys, William
and Henry, are dead. Neither married.

I met, a number of years ago. two brothers named McMath. in
Rochester, N. Y. They have a brother at Sault Ste. Marie. The
Dublin lady (Mrs. Sophie Kathleen (McMath) Lane) is a full cousin.
I am quite sure that our ancestors were natives of the Highlands.
Henry, my half-brother, went to Scotland years ago and I remember
that he went to see relatives in the Highlands. I believe the name
signifies "Sons of Learning" and the coat of arms was three lions,
one above the other. A gentleman in Glasgow told me there had
been three kings of the name. My relatives in Castle Blayney were
people of means and respectability. My cousin Andrew had a large
farm, brewery and malt-house, and also an oat and fulling mill. My
father, John McMath, owned several farms close to town. He kept
a dry goods shop, tan-yard, and was a soap and candle maker. James
owned the largest tannery in the county, and fed half the poor of

220 MEMORIALS OF THE

the town. William was a wholesale liquor dealer; Henry was pro-
prietor of a tan-yard and I was a leather cutter and kept a boot and
shoe store and subsequently became a painter and decorator. I am
now a farmer.

My Father, John, was lieutenant in cavalry; James was captain
of Yeomen; Andrew was a banker and county magistrate, as was also
Hamilton; my half-brother, Henry, was said to be the best Latin
and Greek scholar in the county.

I was born May 8, 1806, and I am told was thereby the cause
of winding up a ten or eleven years' lawsuit. My mother died May
27, 1827. I married Agnes McKee, May 13, 1828, and came to Amer-
ica. We have raised a family of five children, named Sarah, Eliza-
beth, Mary Ann, Hannah and John James (a daughter Rachel died
in the 19th year of her age). My children are all comfortably sit-
uated in life."

John J. McMath was b. at Fort Burwell, May 20, 1835. Removed
to Watertown, Dakota, in 1880, where he resides with his family,
a wife and one son. It might be added that the daughter
Mary A. has engaged, with some degree of success, in the manufac-
ture of proprietary medicines. Her address (1890) 236 E. San Carlos
street, San Jose, Cal.

(From a letter written by Mrs. Sophie Kathleen Lane, No. 4
Victoria Terrace, St. Lawrence Road. Clontarf, Dublin, Ire., Oct.
4, 1888.)

'"My family were originally from Scotland and long settled in
Ireland. My father and grandfather were both named Andrew Foulie
McMath, and resided at Thornford, Castle Blayney, in County Mon-
aghan."

(We are indebted to Mr. William McWilliams, a solicitor in
Monaghan, Ire., for the following additional particulars regarding
this family, Aug. 26, 1889):

"I knew two families of the McMaths intimately. One was that
of Andrew McMath. who was manager of the Belfast Bank in Castle
Blayney for many years. He has been dead for some years now,
and all the members of his family have left the neighborhood. His
sons are dead, save two who are in New Zealand, and the younger
of whom is a medical doctor. His widow is living with a married
daughter in Belfast and I can, if you wish it, ascertain her address.
The other daughters are all married and away.

The other family was that of Hamilton McMath, a brother of
Andrew's. He lived at a place called Thornford, near Castle Blay-

McMATH FAMILY. 221

ney, but he also is dead, the place sold, and his family scattered. He
had several sons. One was in the army, and was killed at the fall
of Candahar. The last son, who lived in Thornford, was rather a
wild lad, and when the place was sold he \yent to America, but I do
not know the address. I cannot tell you when the McMaths came
to the county. Both the brothers referred to occupied good positions
and were magistrates of the county, which then counted for a
good deal more than it does now."

APPENDIX XI.

(From letters by Hugh McMath, Dungannon, Ont., written in
1882) :

"James McMath, my great grandfather, was b. in Scotland about
1732; he removed to Ireland and there married Grace Gourley. He
was a sailor by occupation for 40 years and for 7 years a pilot, out of
Belfast. He d. aged 86 years.

He had children, Thomas, James, Alexander, Hugh, John, Sam-
uel, and Agnes.

James McMath, my grandfather, was four times married. He
had children by his first wife, Sarah MacWhinnie, Thomas, William,
Hugh, Mary, Grace and Agnes; and by his fourth wife one daughter,
Ann Jane McMath. He died aged 88 years.

Thomas, son of the preceding, removed to Scotland, settling in
Ayrshire, about four miles out of the town of Girvin, and had two
children, James and Sarah.

William, the second son, became a sailor and married, in White
Haven, Eng., Jane Hall. He had no children, though he married
a second time.

Hugh, the third son, was b. June i, 1787. in the town land of
Ballymullen, Parish of St. Andrews, near Kircubbin; he married
Betsey Ann Graves, (b. on the Isle of Man, June 22, 1789; she was
the daughter of Henry and Agnes (Johnson) Graves). They were
married Nov., 1809, at Ballymullen. They had issue, Sarah, Samuel,
James, Hugh, Elizabeth, William. Mary J., Agnes and Charles. The
family sailed from Belfast May 2 and arrived at Quebec, June 3, 1832,
and located on Amherst Island, about 8 miles out of Kingston, Ont.,
where they remained for 13 years, when, with the exception of James,
who remained on this island, they settled for the most part in Huron
Co., near Goderich, Ont. Hugh, the father, died Dec. 1869. The
mother, Jan. 18, 1880, and are both interred in Goderich Cem.etery.

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Three of their sons, Samuel, James and Hugh, enlisted as soldiers
at the time of Sir William Lyon MacKenzie's rebellion in 1837.

Hugh (myself, the last mentioned) had issue, John Scott (b. Mar.
5, 184S; m. Eliza M. Johnson, July, 1872). Hugh (b. Feb. 2, 1850;
bachelor). Elizabeth (b. Feb. 5. 1852; m. William J. Harris, July 4,
1872. They have four children.) Agnes, (b. Feb. 28. 1857). Ann J.
(b. May 12. 1859). Margaret (b. July 12. 1861: d. April, 1862). James
J. (b. Aug. 25, 1865). Rachel C. C. (b. July 17, 1869).

(Hugh McMath, of Parkdale, Ont., is a son of either Samuel or
James McMath, and therefore a nephew of the last named Hugh, Sr.)

My grand uncle. Alexander McMath. married Elizabeth Hunter.
They left children, Alexander and James, who were taken by an
uncle and aunt and cared for until they grew to manhood, when
Alexander removed to Dublin and was married, and had three chil-
dren, James, Alexander and a daughter whose name I do not remem-
ber. He subsequently removed to America and was last heard from
at Syracuse, N. Y. His only brother, James, came to Canada in. I
think, the year 1833, and married Margaret Scott. He had children,
Elizabeth, Ann, Jane, Margaret, Mary, and James. He is still living
in the township of Richmond. County of Lenox, Ont., together with
most of his family.

My grand u ncle Hugh Mc^NIath. married at the town of Straun-
karr, Scotland, to which place he removed while quite a young man.
He had three children, a son, James, and two daughters.

My grand uncle, John Mc^NIath, d. young and unmarried.

My grand uncle, Samuel, came to America about 1760, and
nothing further is known regarding him. He had friends near Phil-
adelphia, whom he went out to find.

There is a family of ]\IcMaths in the county Fermanagh, Ire.,
the head of which is named Andrew. This family was small, and in-
cluded a daughter, Mary, who, however, died some years ago. In
Donaughadec, Ire., there lived, about 1790, a Sergeant MoMath, who
served under Lord Londonderry; he was a full cousin of my grand-
father's. I might add that our family are nearly all Presbyterians."

APPENDIX XII.

Matthew McMath was b. and d. in Ireland; he had a number of
brothers, several of whom emigrated to America. He was a linen
merchant. M. Esther IMcElroy. dau. Dr. Daniel McElroy.

He had one child, named James, who was b. in Derry Co., Ire.,
in 1802. When 19 years of age came to America, settling near Mead-

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ville, Pa. He m. in Ireland June 24, 1819, Mary Ann Wilson (b.
Mar. 17, 1803: d. May 29, 1844; dau. John and Mary Ann (Mc-
Cracken) Wilson, the latter being a daughter of John McCracken, a
barrister).

He was by trade a master stonemason, but for many years before
his death was engaged in farming. He m. (2d) Isabella Wilson, who
d. Apr. 17, 1889.

The following interesting item was furnished by Alia McMath,
who had met this James McMath:

"Story of James McMath, of Meadville, Pa."

"Born in the north of Ireland. At the age of 19 he engaged pass-
age to America. The ship lay in the harbor waiting for a wind to
take her out to sea. One evening a favorite uncle came on board
and he begged to go ashore to stay the night with the uncle. Being
a delicate boy he was allowed to go. In the morning when he arose
the ship was away. The favoring wind had come during the night.
Although he was sent on afterwards, yet he never found his parents,
nor anyone related to him in this country. He was a widower with
two daughters." (Told Oct., 1851, to Alia McMath.)

He had ten children, Mathew Wilson, b. in Ireland
Aug. 18, 1820, (named from an uncle, Matthew Wilson),
a civil engineer, at one time residing Houston, Tex.;
John Wilson, b. Nov. 17, 1822; d. Meadville, Pa., Feb. 16, 1845;
Esther McElroy, b. Meadv., Mar. 4, 1845; Mary Ann, b. Meadv.,
July 13, 1827; James Thomas, b. Meadv., Nov. i"? 1828, d. Meadv.,
Jan. 20, 1843; Edward Reynolds, b. Meadv., Jan. 12, 1830; Elizabeth
Ferris, b. Meadv. Mar. 31, 1833: d. Meadv., Mar. 11, 1835; Martha
Jane, b. Meadv., Aug. 31, 1842; (in 1894 res. in Meadv., unm.); An-
drew Jackson, b. Meadv., July 16, 1838: d. Meadv. (unm.) June 18,
1856; Richard M. Johnston, b. Meadv., Nov. 4, 1844; m. (ist) Angeline
Roche, who d. July 7, 1888; m. (2d) Elizabeth Day; he is a har-
ness manufacturer, res. Niagara Falls, Ont. ; his children, all b.
Cochranton, Pa., are Lillie Belle, b. Mar. 28, 1873; Florence Ray, b.
May 2.-J, 1878, and Maude May, b. Oct. 7, 1882.

(From Martha J. McAlath, Aug. 19, 1889):

"My father had a cousin, Mrs. Annie Mays, whose maiden name
was McMath. who lived in Shenango, Crawford Co. After the war
went with her husband. Col. Mays, to Tenn. At last accounts she
lived at Kingston, Tenn., a very aged lady. She was of high intelli-

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gence, and quick at repartee. Her husband is dead. Near Pittsburg
we have several relatives named McMath. I remember seeing Mr.
Michael McMath and his brother Alia at my father's house several
times before the vi^ar. Michael owned mills at Cassewaygo Twp., a
few miles from here. Rev. Robert McMath. of Webster, N. Y., has
also visited at our house. Judge J. H. McMath, of Cleveland, is a
relative. Rev. Robert McM. and my father traced up the family
pedigree and concluded that my father and Judge J. H. McM. were
second cousins."

APPENDIX XIII.

David J. McMath, s. of William and Fannie (Clark) McMath,
res. Sheridan, Hamilton Co., Ind. He was m. in Chatham Co., N. C,
Apr. — , 1849, to Delia Campbell (dau. of James and Martha (Clark)
Campbell, who d. in Oct., 1877). He is a lawyer by profession; knows
but little of his ancestry or connections, except that the family came
from Scotland. He has children, James A., b. Mar. 9, 1870; Minta,
b. Dec. 30, 1871; Margaret, b. Apr. 7, 1873; Mattie, b. Oct. — , 1875.

APPENDIX XIV.

(Extract from a letter written by Judge Jesse H. McMath to James
McMath, Esq., of Meadville, Pa., Nov. 29, 1855):

"There is another gentleman by the name of John H. McMath
residing in Meriwether Co., Ga., a lawyer by profession; he is not
able to give much satisfaction regarding his ancestry; he stated,
however, that his father's name was William, a native of Ga., who
was a son of Joseph, who emigrated many years ago from Penn.
Some years ago there resided in Carlisle, Penn., a Dr. James McMath,
son of John, my grandfather's brother. I saw him when a small lad."

APPENDIX XV.

Letter from Miss Frances McMath, Lincoln, 111., Dec. 20, 1896:

"In compliance with your request I will give you what little
we know of our family history. My father, James McMath, was b.
in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scot., August, 1819. He m. Jane Stewart
(dau. James and Janet Ferguson Stewart) at Geneva, N. Y., in 1853.
He d. July 31, 1891, on his farm about eleven miles north of Lincoln,
111.; his widow is now living at Lincoln. His children were nine in
number, (i) James Stewart was m. Oct. 31, 1878, at Lincoln, 111.,
to Mary L. Alusick (b. near Bethany, Harrison Co., Mo., Apr. 11,
1858; dau. Berry and Lucinda Musick). They reside in Shelbyville>

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Ind. Children: China May, b. Sept. ir, 1879, now residing with
her mother near Wellsville, Ks., and George Ordway, b. Dec. 6,
1880; d. Wichita, Ks., June 25, 1881. (2) Mrs. Wm. Morris, res.
Hartsburg, 111. (3) Mrs. G. D. Musick, res. Hartsburg, 111. (4) John
res. Hartsburg, 111. (5) Mary, res. Lincoln, 111. (6) Frances (my-
self.) (7) Margaret, d. Nov. 30, 1888, ae. 32 years. (8) Isabell, d. in
infancy. (9) Robert, d. in infancy.

My father had but one brother, John, and three sisters. My
grandfather McMath died when my father was but ten months old.
Father came to America in 1845. He had no relatives here, so far
as we knew, except a nephew, James McMath, of Canada.

I used to consider our name a very uncommon one, but I have
lately heard of several families, one in Tenn. and one in Springfield,
111.

I might add that my father's brother, John, had eight children.
I think his children remained in Kirkcudbright; they were named
Thomas, John, Charles, Robert, James, Margaret, Janet and Ellen.
My father visited Scotland in 1876.

APPENDIX XVI.

From John B. McMath, Detroit, Mich.:

"My full name is John Beveridge McMath and I was b. in Edin-
burgh, Scot., Sept. 21, 1866. M. in Toronto, Can., Aug. 29, 1889, to
Elizabeth Knott (dau. James Knott). My children are (i) Helen
Beveridge, b. in Detroit, Oct. 3, 1890; (2) Ethel, b. Marquette, Jan.
19, 1892; (3) Elizabeth Florence, b. Wellwood, Can., July i, 1894;
(4) Rose Agatha, b. Marquette, Dec. 17, 1895. My father's name is
James McMath; he resides Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. He was b. in
Edinburgh, Aug. 16, 1842; m. in Edinburgh, Dec. 3, 1863, to Helen
Beveridge (dau. John and Isabella Dufif Beveridge). The children
were all born in Edinburgh, (i) John, (2) Thomas, (3) Robert, (4)
Isabella, (5) Helen, (6) Jemima, (7) Mary, (8) Rose, (9) Lily.

My grandfather, James, was b. in Skye about 1820; he now resides
in Edinburgh; had but two children, James and Mary."

APPENDIX XVII,

Albert J. McMath is a member of the State Board of Agriculture
of Va., and resides at Onley, Va., where he is engaged in the nursery
business. He was b. in Accomac Co., Va., Oct. 25, 1859. Educated
at Randolph Macon College. M. at Baltimore, Md., Feb. 7, 1882, to
Bessie L. DeCato (dau. L". Thomas and Cordie E. De Cato). They
have children (all b. at Onley).

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(i) Olin L., b. Dec. 2, 1882.

(2) Edwin T., b. Oct. 26, 1884.

(3) Eva C, b. Sep. 17, 18S8.

(4) Helen, b. June 8, 1894.

(5) George W., b. Sept. 11, 1896.

He furnishes the following interesting account of his branch of
the family: "'My ancestors are believed to have come from Scotland
to Virginia about 1750. A brother of my grandfather's settled in
Maryland.

The records show that May i, 1751, the administrator of Jane
McMath made an accounting of sales of decedent's personal property.
July 17, 1805, the will was filed of Zadock McMath, bequeathing his
property to his widow and daughter Sally when she should arrive at
the age of 18 years. In June, 1781, there is a record of a grant of one
negro boy and girl to Caleb Belote from John McMath and Frances.
his wife; these (as I learn from my uncle, William H. McMath) were
my great-grandparents.

My grandfather, John P. McMath, resided near Accomac C. H.,
Va. He m. Sarah Trader. D. at Accomac C. H., about 1843, and
his wife in 1865. Their children were John P., Samuel, Riley,
William H., James, and Eliza W. William H. is the only one now
(1896) living. He is 80 years of age and resides with me. He says
the family records were lost during the civil war.

My father, John P. McMath, was b. at Accomac C. H., Jan. 26,
1809. M. at Norfolk, Va., May 30, 1843, to Ellen M. Clarke, who d. at
Norfolk Jan. 7, 1852; he m. (2d) in Accomac Co., Va., Aug. 11, 1853,
Kissia A. Kelley. He d. in Onley, Va., Jan. 20, 1890. Their children
(i) John W., (2) Henry M., (3) Frank D. (all d. young), (4) Ellen
M., b. Norfolk, Va., Apr. 5, 1844 (m. Mears:), (5) George W., b. July
19, 1856, d. Sept. II, 1890, leaving 5 ch., one boy and four girls; (6)
Albert J., b. Oct. 25, 1859; (7) Beckie Leo, b. Dec. 31. 1862.

My father. Capt. John P. McMath, left Accomac in 1829 and sailed
between foreign ports for several years. Finally organized what was
known as the Packet Line between Norfolk and New York. He
commanded some of the largest boats of that day for 2"] years. When
yellow fever broke out in Norfolk in 1855 he removed with his family
to Accomac.

APPENDIX XVIII.

John D. McMath, Stephens, Ark., Jan. 24, May 11, 1891.

"My grandfather, Elisha McMath, came from Penn. to Ala. My
father was reared in Tuscaloosa, Ala. He moved to Rusk, Tex..

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before the war. His death occurred at New London. Ark., Oct. 17,
1866, at which time I was but eight years of age. I have hved in
diiiferent parts of Tex., La. and Ark. The mother of Gov. Hogg of
Tex. was my father's sister. The governor's father and my father
moved from Ala. to Tex. at the same time and settled in the same
town. Rusk. I have a sister, Sarah F., and four brothers, Thomas E.
and Joseph W., the latter now residing in Carrollton, Ala., and two
others residing in Texas. I have had some correspondence with the
Misses McMath, of Meadville, Pa.; they are related to our family;
from them I get the information concerning my granfather's origin.

Wm. B. McMath, Charleston, Ark., is the family historian of the
Southern branch. He is a nephew of my grandfather and very old,
but delights in gathering data for his history. He says we are of
Highland Scotch extraction. At the time of the rebellion in Scotland
the family cast their fortunes with the rebels, and this caused the
breaking up and dispersion of the family, and many came to America.
Those who came together settled in N. C, from whence a branch
of the family went north and settled in Penna. There is a McMath
at Little Rock, Ark., who came from Penn. I have not met him,
but to a friend of mine he has said that he knew my grandfather, and
that he was a Pennsylvanian by birth and connected with his family.
My grandfather had two brothers who lived in dififerent portions of
the south, and so far as we have heard all of the name in the south
are descended of these three brothers; they are found in Ga., Ky.,
Mo., Ala., Miss., Ark., La. and Tex. Dr. G. Norsworthy, of New
London, Ark., an uncle by marriage, is well posted on the history
of the Ala. family. My grandfather's children consisted of three sons
and three daughters; the sons were named James, Joseph and Clay.
James and Clay were killed while fighting in the Confederate army.
James left a family, but I do not know where they live. Joseph, my
father, was m. (ist) to a Miss Turnipseed, of Carrollton, Ala. Of this
marriage one child was born, Joseph Jr., who still lives at Carrollton.
After the death of his first wife he m. Miss Gloriana McDaniel, of
Tuscaloosa, Ala., in 1848. My grandfather's daughters m. respectively
Dr. G. Norsworthy, Dr. Marion Tannehill and Louis Hogg. A de-
scendant of one of my grandfather's two brothers, H. B. McMath, re-
sides in Charleston, Ark. I might add, I am not engaged in tracing
up my family history because I have nothing else to do, but because
I desire to know something about the family I spring from."

(From a letter from Messrs. Wood & Wood, Att'y.% Tuscaloosa,
Ala., Sept. 22, 1882.)

"McMath's Precinct is the name of a voting beat in this county.
No. 12. It is a country precinct and has a sparse habitation. It is

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named after EHsha McMath, now dead, one of whose sons, James H.
McMath. was killed in the 'Late Unpleasantness.' Levinia McMath,
aged 52. Bessie McMath, aged 24, and James and Walker McMath.
aged 19 and 20. respectively, still live in the precinct. Postoffice ad-
dress, Green Pond. Ala.

"Forest City, Ark., September 6. — A bloody affray occurred at
Millbrook, election day, during which one white man was killed and
six others slightly wounded. The dead man, John McMath. was shot
in the temple. A body of armed men rode up shortly after midnight
and began firing from a thicket with telling effect on the men guard-
ing the ballot boxes. It is supposed that the object of the armed body
was to forcibly obtain control of the ballot boxes. Gov. Hughes has
authorized the formation of a militia company at Forest City for the
purpose of preserving the peace and to aid in the capture of the men
who did the shooting." (Newspaper clipping.)

"The party about whom you enquire is named Jos. W. McMath,
and was born and raised in Carrollton, Mississippi. His father was
named Jos. McMath, and has been in Mississippi since before or about
the time of the late war. This young man is 35 years old. and has
been in Arkansas 6 or 8 years, employed as overseer and business
manager on a plantation below Helena, Arkansas. There is a John
McMath, in or near Carrollton, Miss., who is a cousin of this man's."

(From N. W. Norton, Atty.)

APPENDIX XIX.

James McMath 2975 Clifton St., Phila., Pa., was b. at Blackhill
House, Co. Derry, Ire. M. at Sheddens, Parish of Cathcart, Scot.,
Dec. 3, 1884. to Mary Gilmore (dau. George and Eliza Gilmore).
Children. Helen Jane, George Alexander, James Albert, and Emma
May McMath.

"My brother says that an uncle of ours traced our ancestry back
to somewhere in the sixteen hundreds, when there were three brothers
in Scotland. They separated, one went to Ireland, one to England
and the third was never heard from after he left. I have an uncle
whose address is: Rev. James McMath. Dennet Villa, Donemana,
County Tyrone, Ire. My father's address is Robert A. McMath,
Blackhill House. Coleraine, Co. Derry. Ire."

Robert McMath (s. of ^latthew and Mary McMath) was b. and
for many years resided in Moneysharvon, Maghera, Co. Derry, Ire.
He was m. in jMaghera to Betty Reid. Both d. in Moneysharvon, he
in 181 1 and she in 1838.

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They had children, Thomas, Mary, Margaret, Nancy, Robert,
James and Matthew; all b. in Moneysharvon. Thomas and Robert
were the only ones who left children. The children of Thomas were
named Robert, William, Mary Jane, Eliza Margaret, Matthew and
Thomas. Robert McMath, who resided at Blackhill House, Coleraine,
Ire., was b. in Moneysharvon, Maghera, in 1807; m. at Moneydig,
Kilrea, in 1839, to Catherine Kennedy (dau. Alexander and Jane
[Clinton] Kennedy). He d. Feb. 8. 1858, at Blackhill House, where
his widow still resides. He had children, b. in Moneysharvon; Robert
Alexander, b. last Thursday in June, 1840; Elizabeth; Jane (d ae. 9
mos.), Jane (d. ae. 4 mos.), James (Rev.), Maggie (d. Oct., 1879).
Matthew (d. ae. 5 yrs.), Nancy (d. ae. 9 mos.), Matthew (d. ae. 4
mos.). Of these Robert A., res. Blackhill House, Coleraine; Eliza-
beth, Ballyquin, Blackhill House; Rev. James, Eden Burndemot,
Strabane, Co. Tyrone, Ire.

The last named, Robert A., who res. at Blackhill House, was m.
Dec. 20, 1862, to Nancy (Roe) Savage, who d. at Blackhill House, Oct.
22, 1890. They had children (all b. and living at Blackhill House,
except Robert, who res. 31 11 N. Front st.. Phila., Pa.; James, who res.
2975 Clifton St., Phila., and Catherine, who res. Articlave, Castlerock,
Co. Derry, Ire.); Robert, b. May 26, 1863; William (Dr.), b. Apr. 9,
1865; James, b. Feb. 23, 1867; Catherine Kennedy, b. Mar. 18, 1869;
Annie Eliza, b. June 22, 1872; Margaret Jane, b. Mar 12, 1876;
Mathew, b. Feb. 8, 1878; Alexander Nassau, b. June 15, 1880; Albert
Ernest Orange, b. Sep. 11, 1882 (d. June 7, 1892).

(From Robert A. McMath, Sep. 24, 1894.)

"There are now none of our name in Co. Derry except our
relatives. My great-grandfather and his wife were both buried on
the same day, and were \t\-y old; this I learn from the old head-
stones in Maghera churchyard. From my recollection I should say
that at time your g. g. grandfather was born in Co. Derry (1738) my
g. grandfather was 28 years old. Is it not only possible, but very
likely that our ancestors were both sons of Archibald, the name being
so scarce in this country, and ages and years corresponding. I have
often heard it said that my g. grandfather had brothers and sons who
went to America owing to land being taken from them to build a
glebe house near Maghera; in fact, I heard it said they all went except
himself. We should keep up the acquaintance we have formed and
which should exist among all of the name, as we are so few and so
far scattered."

"Our family are all Presbyterians. My youngest boy is now with
his brother, the doctor, in Cork. I am engaged in farming and

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buying and selling almost everything. Live about five miles from
Coleraine, where a good heart}' Irish welcome awaits you or any of
yours."

APPENDIX XX.

Joseph MacMath, of Homestead. Allegheny Co., Pa., was b. at
Lancaster, Co. Durham, Eng., Feb. i8, 1864. M. at Homestead June
4, 1891, to Jennie Elizabeth Keltz (dau. Alex, and Mary C. Keltz),
They have children — Merna Rosamond, b. Mar. 17, 1892, and Walter
James, b. Feb. 9, 1894, both at Homestead.

"My parents' names were James and Margaret MacMath, who
resided in Lancaster, Eng. My father had a brother named Joseph.
Father was killed Nov. 20, 1865, and bur. at Lancaster."

APPENDIX XXI.

Sam'l McMath, Millington, Ills. July 18, 1894.

"My grandfather, McMath, emigrated from Ireland to America
before the Revolutionary war, in which a brother was killed. This
brother left a widow and children near Phila. Aly grandfather had two
sons, Samuel and John. My father, Samuel, was b. in Huntingdon
Co., Pa. He had two sons named also Samuel and John. I was b.
in Penn. in 1817. I have but one son, named John B. McMath, civil
engineer, Oakland, Cal. The McMaths seem inclined to the study of
the 'exact sciences.' I followed surveying for about thirty years. I
have always understood that the ^IcMaths were Highland Scotch.
There are linen merchants of the name in Londonderry, Ire. My
ancestors were all Presbyterians. I have one daughter, Sarah Alice
McAIath, b. Millington, Ills., Jan. 23, 1857, now teaching in public
school at Denver, Colo. My wife's name was Isabel."

APPENDIX XXII.

Donald McMath was born probably in Ayrshire, Scot. About
1758 he left Ayr, with his family, including four sons and a daughter,
and came to America, settling in Chester Co., Pa. A brother of Don-
ald's, named Thomas, was a linen merchant in Derry Co., Ire., and
two of his sons were left in Ire. probably in the care of this uncle.
Another brother of Donald's (according to Judge J. H. MacMath)
was the Rev. John ]\IcMath, to whom the poet Burns addressed (Sept.
17, 1785) a poem, included in his published works, and who is de-
scribed as follows:

"Assistant to Rev. Peter Wodrow, of Torbolton; he was a good
preacher, a moderate man in matters of discipline, and an intimate

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of the Coilsfield Montgomerys. His dependent condition depressed
his spirits; he became dissipated, and finally, it is said, enlisted as a
common soldier and died in a foreign land. As a copy of Holy
Willie's prayer accompanied the epistle, we need hardly say he was
a member of the New Light party."

It is not probable that he left descendants.

A few excerpts from the poem referred to may not be out of
place:

"While at the stook the shearers cower,
To shun the bitter blandin shower
Or in gulravage rinnin scower,

To pass the time
To you I dedicate the hour
In idle rhyme.

After paying his respects to the Auld Licht ministers the poet
continues:

"I gae mad at their grimaces.
Their sighin', cantin' grace proud faces,
Their three mile prayers and hauf mile graces,

Their raxin' conscience,
Whase greed, revenge, and pride disgraces,

Waur nor their nonsense.

God knows I'm no the thing I should be.
Nor am I e'en the thing I could be,
But twenty times I rather would be

An Atheist clean
Than under gospel colors hid be

Just for a screen.

"O Ayr! My dear, my native ground.
Within thy Presbyterial bound.
A candid liberal band is found
' Of public teachers.

As men, as Christians, too, renowned
An' manly preachers.

"Sir, in that circle you are named;
Sir, in that circle you are famed;
An' some, by whom your doctrine's blamed

(Which gie's you honor),
Even, sir, by them your heart's esteemed
An' winning manner.

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Pardon this freedom 1 have ta'en,
An' if impertinent I've been,
Impute it not, good sir, in ane

Whase heart ne'er wranged ye.
But to his utmost would befriend

Aught that belanged t'ye."

In the "Twa Herds, or the Holv Tulzie," being a tale of a dispute
between two ministers— one an "Auld Licht" and the other a "New
Licht" — he pays this tribute to Rev. John:

"Auld Wodrow lang has hatched mischief;
We thought aye death wad bring relief,
But he has gotten, to our grief,

Ane to succeed him,
A chiel wha'll soundly buff our beef;

I muckle dread him."

And again in the last verse he refers to him as "guid McMath."
Of Donald's descendants we are able to trace with certainty only
one branch, that of his son James. Two sons and a daughter are said
to have accompanied their parents to America. The latter had five
children, William, James, John, and two daughters, but we have no
connected record of their descendants.

JAMES McMATH was born in 1759 (according to some accounts
in Chester Co., Pa.). He died in Harrison Co., O., in 1838. His
children were named William, David, John, James, Simeon, Mary,
Harland.

WILLIAM was m_. Brownsville, Pa., 181 1, to Mary McGee, a
native of Ireland. Removed to Washington Township, Clermont Co.,
O., where he resided until he died. Their children were named Jane
(m. John GalBraith; 6 cH. ; res. Switzerland Co., Ind.); Hannah (who
d. without issue); Mary (m. John Hobbs; 5 ch.); Samuel (b. Sept.,
1812; 7 ch.; merchant, Neville, O.); Daniel (8 ch.; merchant, Foster,
Ky.; a son, E. T). McMath, grad. U. of Va.. practices law at Falmouth,
Ky.); James (b. Moscow, O., Aug. 14, 1821; m. in Moscow, Apr. 21,
1846, to Gloriana Conrey, a dau. of Stephen Conrey; she d. Oct. 15,
1855; he was ni. (2d) in Bethel, O., July 31, 1856, to Abigail Sintney,
dau. Andrew J. and Hannah McKaj^ Sintney: they reside in Moscow,
O. Mr. McMath has been a member of the M. E. Church since Mar.
II, 1838; has been a local preacher for forty years; 5 ch., named
Charles, James C, William S., Cora B. and Etta. Charles was b. in
Moscow, Jan. 2^1247; m. Anna E. Grimes, dau. Robt. H. and Sarah

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A. Grimes; res. Moscow, O. Of his three children but one.
Ethel G., is living. James C. was b. in Moscow. O., Oct.
20, 1852; m. at Batavia, O., Dec. 20. 1877. to Emma A. Griffith, dau.
John S. and Ann Amelia Griffith; Miss Griffith was a cousin of
Prest. Grant. He read law with his uncle, Hon. J. H. McMath,
at Cleveland, O. Commenced practice at Batavia; served a term as
Prosecuting Attorney; res. 242 Hampton Court, Chicago. William
S. was b. in Moscow, O., Feb. 21, 1866; m. at Wilm.ington, O., Oct.
23, 1889, to Luella M. Edgar, dau. Geo. M. and Mary C. Edgar;
engaged in printing business; res. 449 Broadway, Cincinnati. O. Cora

B. was b. 1859; m. Edw. F. Rardon; res. Linwood. O. Etta was b.
1861; m. Benj. F. Ingram, a dentist at 103 W. 8th St., Cincinnati, O.

John was b. Wash, tp., Clermont Co., O., Mar. 24, 1824;
m. at Neville, O., Nov. 19. 1848, to Jane Wentzell. dau. Wm. and
Priscilla Wentzell; five ch. Priscilla, b. May 26, 1851, Claudius, b.
July 24, 1853; Silas, b. Aug. 3, 1855; Sarah Jane, b. Mar. 13. 1858;
Martha Gahala, b. Aug. 18, i860; res. New Richmond, O.

DAVID was a lawyer; left 8 children. John m. Rebecca
Simpson in 1789 or 1790 (b. 1769; d. 1805) a daughter of John Simp-
son, and a sister of Hannah Simpson, the mother of President Ulysses
Simpson Grant. Her parents came into Pa. from Ind. or Va. ; they
were slaveholders in the south and brought their slaves with them to
Pa. The Simpsons among the early settlers in Westmorland Co,
were accounted of the most prominent and wealthy, and Miss
Simpson's marriage to a poor and comparatively friendless young
blacksmith was regarded with little favor. They had eight children,
Mary (m. Evans), Elizabeth (m. Jewell), Sarah (m. McCool), James,
Rebecca (m. Wheatley), a daughter who d. in infancy, William, and
Jane (d. unm. July 18, 1887). One of the daughters m. Rev. Dr.
Campbell, an Episcopal clergyman who held a chair for a time in
Athens College, O. The youngest daughter, Jane, made her home
with her sister Elizabeth, and her nephew. Dr. Jewell, says, "Her
memory is very precious to me; she was a lovely, good woman."
James was b. near Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., Pa., May 8, 1796;
m. a Miss Berry, who d. in Harrisburg, Pa.; m. (2d) Mary Clark.
Lrved with his g. parents — probably on his mother's side — until his
161 h year; tried various trades and mercantile pursuits: studied medi-
cinf; with Dr. Reilly in Harrisburg and after engaged in drug business
theie; was called Dr. McMath, though he never practiced medicine;
a man of fine features and exceptional intelligence. He d. at the
horn J of his dau., Mrs. Abram L. Line, Montsera. Pa., Nov. 6, 1873.
His children were, Catherine, who m. John F. Brisbane, and res. in

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Philadelphia, Pa., Martha, who m. a Mr. Gilbert, of Mt. Holly, N. J.,
Rebecca, who m. Wm. Crooks, of Philadelphia, Pa., and (by 2d m.)
William, res. Little Rock, Ark., John, who res. Williamsport, Pa.,
and Sa 'ah H., who m. Abram L. Line and res. Montsera, Cumb. Co.,
Pa.

Elisabeth (b. in Greensburg, Pa., ]\Iar. 6, 1792; d. Mar. i, 1868),
m. at Pittsburg, Pa., to David Jewell? they had three children, J. Grey
Jewell (who was appointed by President Grant U. S. Consul to
Singapore in Southern East India; later for some years resident
physician and supt. of the Home for Inebriates in San Francisco),
Robert G. W. Jewell (who was appointed by President Grant U. S.
Consul to Canton, China), and John AI. Jewell (who, it might be
added, received, from the same kindly hand, a merited promotion in
the War Dept.).

From a letter from R. G. W. Jewell, Feb. 3, 1891:

"Mj^ mother seemed inclined to use me as the custodian of mat-
ters concerning her family history, perhaps because my memory was
always exceptionally good. I remember her as possessing an ex-
tremely cheerful, kind and affectionate disposition. My grandmother
became rather estranged from her people on account of her marriage,
though so far as I could learn, only because her husband was a
friendless and poor young Irishman or Scotchman — I think the for-
mer. She clung to her husband, however. After her death my grand-
father m. again and had two children by his second m. ; Charlotte
(m. Falk) and John McMath. Three of my grand uncles, Jonathan,
Thomas, and Joshua Simpson, I recollect to have seen often; and two
of my grand aunts, Polly Irwin and Mary Swartz, I have a vivid
recollection of. They also were haughty — imperious — I think from
their connection with slavery. My grandfather, John McMath, was
born in 1763; died in 1816. I have a letter from Dr. James McMath
to myself dated May 10, 1830, from Harrisburg, Pa. I was then
seeking a situation in his drug store. The Dr.'s children by his
second marriage were not much cared for by those of the first.
William went into mining business in or near Galena, also in Santa
Fe. and I think John followed in William's tracks pretty closely
through life; the eldest was regarded with rather the most interest and
affection.

A word regarding myself. I was b. May 21, 1815. In early life
I studied elementary law and, later, allopathic medicine, though I did
not graduate in either law or medicine. I have edited several news-
papers, and have engaged extensively in mercantile business. I have

Hon. Jesse Harland MacMath.

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been Probate Judge, Assessor of U. S. Revenue, Postmaster several
times, U. S. Consul to Canton, China, for four years. I have lived
in the south for 55 years; I opposed the rebellion from start to finish,
love God and his whole creation, yet am not orthodox."

James was brin Washington Co., Pa., Jan. 6, 1802; m. at Keene,
Coshocton Co., O., Nov., 1827, to Almira Lawrence, dau. Jesse and
Susanna (Farwell) Lawrence. Mrs. McMath d. Sept. 4, 1864, and he
Jan. ID, 1868, at W. Fayette, O. They had nine children, named re-
spectively, ''William L. (d. Virginia City, Mont., Feb., 1871, leaving a
dau., Kate May); -Jesse Harland, b. Harrison Co., O., Dec, 1832; m.
at Cadiz, O., Jan. 14, 1858, to Kate Belinda McBean, dau. of Dr. John
and Belinda (Johnson) McBean. Dr. McBean was b. in Dundee,
Scotland; he d. at Cadiz, O., Jan. 8, 1875. Hon. Jesse H. McMath (or
MacMath, as he subscribes the name) was Consul General of the U. S.
accredited by President 'Lincoln to the Emperor of Morocco, 1862 to
1870. He negotiated treaties between the U. S. and Morocco, Great
Britain. France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, The Netherlands, Sweden and
Norway, Denmark, Belgium and Brazil, which were ratified by the
Senate and exchanged in Dec, 1865. One of the Judges of the Court
of Common Pleas at Cleveland, O., 1875 to 1880. and during the same
period served as Judge of the Fourth Judicial District. He has had
thiee children, Jessie May, d. in infancy; Katherine Helen, who d. in
young womanhood, and Jessie Louise, who married George Albert
Stanley and resides in Cleveland.

Judge MacMath spent many years in the preparation of a gene-
alogical account of his family. The loss of this MSS. by fire during
his residence abroad, together with the correspondence from which it
was prepared, has cost the family a most valuable treasure.

^Maria (m. John Gross; res. Lockport, O); * Almira (m. Jos. D.
Woodward: res. Onaway P. O., la.); ''Adonis (a wanderer: res. for a
time Nirvana, Mich.); ^Melvina (m. Elijah Phillips; res. W. Fayette,
O.: has one son, Adolphus, b. June 9. 1844; res. in Grant Centre, Mills
Co., la.) ; 'James Gibbons, b. Sept. 3, 1848, who is believed to have been
murdered nr. Council Bluff's, and ''Laura, (m. Rev. J. Murphy, an M. E.
minister, and res. at one time New Connerstown, Tuscarawas Co.,
O.). 'Adolphus.

JOHN (no record).
SIAIEON (no record).
MARY (no record).
HARLAND (no record).

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APPENDIX XXIII.

"The records of the Probate Court for the County oi Wayne
(File No. 5603) disclose the following facts: "May, 1834. This
may certify that I choose Archy McMath, of Washtenaw Co., for
my Guardian. (Signed) Elcy ]\IcMath.''

"Archy McMath was duly appointed guardian for the minor
heirs of the deceased (Samuel Mc^Math), and immediately pe-
titioned for leave to sell the real estate, which he described as
follows:

"The west half of the northwest quarter of section eighteen,
in township three, south of range eight east, in the district of
lands offered for sale at Detroit, Michigan Territory, containing
eighty-six acres and ten hundredths of an acre, more or less."

"It appears that at this time (according to affidavit of Archy
McMath, filed July 7. 1834.) Robert — then a minor — resided at
Geneva, N. Y., and Mary — another of the minor heirs — resided in
the County of LaPorte, Ind., and, "according to the best of de-
ponent's knowledge and belief, the said Robert and Marj' do not
intend to reside permanently in this territory." The other minors
were Elcy and John W., still residing with their mother. No re-
port of sale appears in the file.

"The general guardian's bond was in the sum of $1,000, and
was given July 19, 1834. Elisha Shuart and William Griftin were
sureties and Nancy Shuart the only witness. A certificate (dated
December 30, 1834) was given by Josiah Fleming, Henry Kimmel
and Booth C. Foester that "a sale of the real estate would be
greatly to the advantage of all concerned."

"The special bond required on sale of real estate was given
February 9, 1833, in the sum of $2,000, and the sureties were Henry
Kimmel and Seneca Gale; the witnesses Wm. Langly and Leisure
Kimmel.

"Hon. Benj. F. H.Witherell was then Judge of Probate; Jacob
M. Howard was one of the attorneys for the estate, and the signa-
ture of Henry Chipman appears frequently attached to the jurats
of the affidavits as Justice of the Peace. These three men were
famous characters in Michigan's early history.

APPENDIX XXIV.

"James Fleming was another early settler, reaching Ypsilanti
May 17th, 1827, his father's (John's) family having been neighbors
of the McMaths in New York, and his sister Mary being the wife

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of Col. Samuel }iIcMath. His family consisted of Jeptha W.,
(m. Lucy Eldred). Jesse (m. Susan McConnell and (2d) Susie
Moore), Jane (m. Wm. K. Parkei), Josiah (m. Clarissa Horner),
John (m. Nancy Shuart), Charles (m. Jane Shuart), Lettice (m.
Sellick Chase), Martha (m. Wilson Matthews), Eliza (m. Thos.
McConnell), William (m. Angeline Stevens). He took up from
the government a farm of 80 acres, being part of Sec. 13.

"In 183.3 Elisha Shuart came from near Honeoye, Monroe Co.,
N. Y., with his family and purchased the McMath farm. He was
a farmer in his former home, and brought with him rather more
money than the other settlers. His family consisted of his wife,
Julia Evarts, and children; John Warner (who m. Laura Town-
send). Daniel E. (who m. Nancy Worden), Caroline (who m.
Samuel K. JNIcMath), Nancy (who m. John Fleming), George W.
(who m. Harriet Allen), Jane (who m. Charles Fleming), Rachel
(who m. Ed. Barlow), Maria (who m. (ist) Daniel Smith and
(2nd) George Slayton), and Betsy (who m. Dr. E. L. Roberts).

(The numerous intermarriages between our own family and
the Flemings and Shuarts should excuse this extended reference
to our old-time friends and neighbors.)

APPENDIX XXV.

(Of Elizabeth McMath [iv. 2]).

"My impression of her is this: a person of medium height
(say 5 ft. 3 or 4 in.), brown hair somewhat gray, eyes gray, form
slender (say no lbs.), of modest appearance, with plenty of spirit,
but not unreasonable." (O. C. Gillette.)

"I agree with !Mr. Gillette in the description of his grand-
mother, only that I called her eyes blue, her skin white and
delicate as a girl's. Her second marriage was not for the interest
or happiness of either family. She was generous, social and easy
going; Uncle Alex, was quiet, a hard worker, saving pennies and
what would make them. He and his sons did quite a banking
business with friends and neighbors for years. I remember the
four Baldridge brothers — my father's uncles. They were tall,
nearly six feet in height, with no redundancy of flesh; slow
and measured in speech and movement, slow in forming
opinions, but which once formed were fixed, slow to anger, but
when ofTended forgiveness was a difficult matter — if, indeed, they
ever forgave. They were quick to apprehend the humorous side
of a question or incident, and enjoyed telling a story with a sly
touch of humor at the climax. Each appreciated a joke and a
"sound doctrinal sermon." (Miss S. A. McMath.)

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NOTES.

In Hotten's List of Emigrants to America (1600 to 1700) reference
is made to Charles Macc^^Iash. possibly a mis-spelling of our name.

History of Christian Names, by Charlotte Yonge, says of the Kelt:
"Much as he loved his forefathers, keen as was his delight in cele-
brating the glories of his race, oral tradition contented him, and very
strong was the pressure from the neighboring nations before his bards
recorded anything in writing, even the long genealogies hitherto pre-
served in each man's accumulated name." (This last phrase is a very
apt one, referring to the practice of stringing names together, as
Llewellyn ap Owen ap Howell, etc., to a ridiculous length.)

Among the great men in the Southwest may be mentioned Hon.
Jas. S. Hogg, for two terms Governor of Texas. He is described as a
"quiet, sincere, fearless man, weighing 375 pounds, requiring a 22-inch
collar to encircle his neck, and two whole calf skins to make him a
pair of shoes. He is a gentleman in address, manner and costume.
He began life as a poor orphan boy near Tyler, in Smith Co. He was
the youngest Governor Texas ever had. and was elected by a majority
of 150,000 votes. His descent is Scotch-Irish. His mother was a mem-
ber of the McMath family, an honorable kindred of Scotland, who at
an early period of American history had their representatives in the
new world. His father was of Irish extraction. They settled in
Va. and later spread out into Ga. and the Carolinas. Gov. Hogg
was b. Mar. 24, 1851, near Rusk, in Cherokee Co., Tex. His mother
d. in Tex. during the war and his father at Corinth at the head of his
brigade." — (St. Louis, Mo., Republic, Jan. 21, 1891.)

"The first settlement in the present town of Romulus was probably
made by Abram Brown, who, in 1791, had peaches of his own raising
on lot 71; David Wisner and Anthony Swarthout in 1789 settled on lots
94 and 95, respectively, and a little later Isaac Johnson on lot 89,
Haynes Bartlett on lot 65, and Messrs. McMath and McKnight on lot
64. Alia McMath in 1801 bought 400 acres from the west end of this
lot. He put up a log cabin just north of the creek, into which he
moved his family. McMath sold to James Knight 180 acres, shortly
after the original purchase, and the latter erected a small house south
of the creek where P. Pontius lives. IMcMath died upon his farm.
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and John Bainbridge took place in 1808. Michael Baldridge of Penn.
owned 100 acres on the southeast of the lot. In 1806 three young men,
William, John and Alexander Baldridge, came out from Penn. and
upon this lot made improvements resulting two yars later in the erec-
tion of a grist mill upon the creek. John Sample bought of Michael
Baldridge and lives upon the place. The property of Alexander
passed to his son Alexander, thence to his heirs, the present owners.
John Sayre and J. Folwell were owners of 100 acres in lot 65. In the
southeast part of lot 66, where lives the widow Folwell, John Bain-
bridge was the pioneer, and westward of him was his brother Mahlon.
Lot 68 was occupied by Peter, son of Joseph Wyckofif, prior to 1807;
his marriage to Miss Pruden by John Sayre, Esq., was of remote date.
At his death the farm passed to other families. Mahlon and Peter
Bainbridge, the latter a Baptist minister, were early settlers on lot 84.
On the southwest part was the farm of W. W. Folwell, who came
from Bucks Co., Penn., in 1807, and erecting a brick dwelling thereon
passed his active life. The estate fell to his sons and daughters. Dr.
N. W. Folwell, at the age of 70 years, still lives upon a part of the
land made familiar by many a season's toil. Mahlon Bainbridge
owned the central part running north and south through the lot. At
his death it passed to his sons, Peter, Mahlon and John. The south
side is owned by the heirs of Samuel Bainbridge. In 1790 John
Fleming moved to a farm on the east side of lo t75. John and Robert
Fleming, his sons, were his successors. This part of the town is
notable as the birthplace of Elsie Fleming, the first white child native
to the town of Romulus. Her birth occurred 1790, and a child is at
present resident of the city of Rochester.* Joseph Folwell, of Penn.,
was an early settler upon lot 79 and owned 100 acres.

"On Oct. ID, 1796, John Fleming (father of Mary Fleming, who
afterwards m. S. McMath) and George Bailey, commissioners of high-
ways, surveyed a road from Bennet's Ferry to Mynderse's mill.

"In 1795 a town meeting was held at the house of James
McKnight. on April 7th. Among the ofificers elected Alia McMath
appears as road overseer.

"The Romulus Baptist Church was constituted in 1795. In the
early enrollment we find the names of Rev. Peter Bainbridge, William

*Note. — Elsie Fleming was a daughter of John and Susanna
(Harter) Fleming, and was born July 21, 1791. She m. Jan. 2, 1810,
Josiah Jacobus. Elsie was a younger sister of Mary (Fleming)
McMath.

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W. Folwell, Mahlon Bainbridge, and Mrs. Elizabeth Bainbridge. A
church site was donated by W. W. Folwell.

"John McMath kept the first store and the first inn in the town of
Ovid. He erected the house in which Dr. C. C. Coan now resides,
which for some years was a noted tavern." — (History of Seneca Co.,
N. Y., Evarts, Ensign & Evarts, Phila., 1876. Several mistakes will
be noted.)

There is said to be a John McMath residing on Prince Edward
Island.

Another John McMath resided in 1894 at No. 405 W. Thirty-fourth
street, Minneapolis, Minn.

John McMath is advertised as a missing heir in "Chambers' Index
to Next of Kin," No. 67940, 4th Ed., by Edw. Preston, i Great College
street, Westminister, S. W. London, Eng.

The Indianapolis (Ind.) Directory for 1894 furnishes us with a
colored representative in the person of Benjamin McMath, 154 Maple
street. The Detroit (Mich.) Directory for the same year furnishes
another named Horatio McMath. They were undoubtedly descend-
ants of slaves once owned by members of the southern branch of the
family. In this manner some of the oldest southern names have
become common among the colored people in the North as well as in
the South.

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