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THE 


ONG   FAMILY 


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OF  AMERICA. 


BY 


ALBERT  R.  ONG,  A.   M.,   M.  D. 


MARTINS  FERRY, 
OHIO 

1906 


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*'l>et  our  livr«  l>r  pur^  iu«  MiowfirlHs,  \vh<  r<  mir 
fooUtrpe  Iravr  »  mark,  but  nut  a  htitiii 

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CONTENTS. 


PAGE 

Prekaci; <j 

First  Genkratiox .  15-17 

Second  Generation 18-19 

Third  Generation 20-21 

Fourth  Generation 22 

Fifth  Generation     ........  23-21 

Sixth  Generation 25-29 

Seventh  Generation 30-34 

Eighth  Generation 35-57 

Ninth  Generation             58-101 

Tenth  Generation 102-117 

Eleventh  Generation 118-119 

Reunion              120-163 

Index  of  Names 165-171 


ILLUSTRATIONS. 


PORTHAIT  OF  AlISEKT  11    O.MG 

PuuTHAiToF  James  Newlin 

PuuTRAiT  OF  Matilda  Newlin 

Portrait  of  Joseph  P.  Ong 

Family  Clock 

Portrait  of  Jacou  Ong 

Portrait  of  Mary  Ong 

Portrait  of  Family  of  Jacob  Ong 

Portrait  of  Family  of  Moses  Harlan  Ong 

Portrait  of  Moses  Harlan  Ong 

Portrait  of  Mary  Cain  Ong 

Portrait  of' Eliza  Lewis 

Portrait  of  Rachael  Hamilton 

Portrait  op  Mary  Carr 

Portrait  of  Samuel  Naylor  and  Wife 

Portrait  of  Mifflin  Ong 

Portrait  of  Sarah  Jane  Ong 

Portrait  of  L.  W.  Ong 

Portrait  of  Amanda  Ong  Binford 

Portrait  of  Richard  N.  Ong 

Portrait  of  Lewis  Ong 

Portrait  of  Elmira  Ong 

Portrait  of  W.  C.  Ong 

Portrait  of  Annie  Simpson 

Portrait  of  Delbert  B.  Ong 

Portrait  of  Harlan  F.  Ong 

Portrait  of  Lindley  H.  Ong 

Portrait  of  Judsox,  Crawford  and  Ira  Ong 

Portrait  of  W.  P.  Ong 

Portrait  of  Eugene  W.  Ong 

Portrait  of  L.  B  Ong 

Portrait  of  A.  C.  Ong 

Portrait  of  Walter  C.  Ong    . 

Portrait  of  Plummer  N,  Ong 

Portrait  of  Osborn  B.  Ong    . 

Portrait  of  Emily  Chadwell 


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IN  MLMORIUM. 

On  the  morning  of  the  22nd  day  of  September,  1906,  Dr. 
Albert  R.  Ong,  editor  and  compiler  of  this  book,  died.  Dr. 
Ong  was  seemingly  in  the  very  best  of  health  up  to  within 
an  hour  of  his  death.  While  his  decease  was  sudden,  those 
who  knew  him  and  were  familiar  with  his  upright  life  felt 
that  he  was  thoroughly  prepared  to  meet  his  Maker. 

The  principal  facts  of  Dr.  Ong's  active  and  very  success- 
ful life  appear  in  their  proper  place  in  this  volume. 

He  was  a  devoted  husband  and  father.  As  a  public- 
spirited  citizen  he  was  all  that  could  have  been  desired.  In 
his  profession  he  stood  high.  As  a  Christian  and  scholarly 
gentleman  Dr.  Albert  R.  Ong  had  the  well  merited  respect 
and  admiration  of  all  who  knew  him. 


PREFACE. 


To  trace  the  genealogy  of  a  family  with  records  at  hand, 
reaching  back  not  more  than  three  or  four  generations,  has 
proved  to  be  an  expensive,  laborious  and  monumental  work. 
It  has  been  said  "He  is  indeed  a  bold  genealogist  who  ex- 
pects to  do  more  than  compile  such  a  work  in  an  ordinary 
lifetime."  The  obstacles  I  have  encountered  in  compiling 
this  genealogical  and  historical  account  of  our  family  are 
indeed  many ;  the  delays  occasioned  by  some  of  our  friends 
and  relatives  not  answering  my  many  queries  have  been  dis- 
couraging, but  as  I  have  been  able  to  unearth  an  old  mile 
stone  here  and  there,  marking  another  generation,  I  have 
been  given  a  new  impetus,  an  increased  interest,  and  a  desire 
to  know  what  lies  beyond.  The  genealogy  of  our  family 
has  always  been  a  subject  of  great  interest  to  me.  For  the 
past  twenty  years  at  my  leisure  moments,  I  have  been  collect- 
ing the  material  necessary  to  trace  the  lineage  of  the  Ong 
family. 

At  times  I  became  discouraged  by  our  fruitless  efforts  to 
add  another  link  to  the  chain ;  but  step  by  step  we  have 
traced  the  lineage  of  the  Ong  family,  till  now  we  find  our- 
selves beyond  the  seas  and  surely  entrenched  in  the  old  home- 
stead in  Suffolk  County,  England,  dating  back  to  early  in 


I"  ONj^j    I'amilv    History. 

llic  ihintxiuli  ccniiir),  ulicfi  siirnniiK-s  first  became  conunoii 

in  I  \t  !hi>  lime,  acconliii)^  to  the  best  evidence  we 

^:cnfalo;^i>ls   ill    Kii;4laiid,   the   name    was 

\  «  1  I  .  but   later,  and  after  siirnanus  had  c(jmc 

il  use.  the  lart  Utter  was  dropjud,  and  tlie  name 

^^         .  .  O-N-d.     This  is  evidenced  by  the  spcHin;^  ol  the 

tunic  in  the  Conn  KtvorcU  of  Suffolk  and  .\li<ldlcsex  Coun- 

lie>,  Massachusetts.  earl\  in  the  seventeenth  century,  as  both 

O-N-G-E  and  O-N-G.     Sucli  was  the  origin  of  our  name 

and  the  chan{;c  it  has  iindert^unc. 

It  nia>  be  of  interest  to  our  reatlcrs  to  know  the  course 
\vc  have  fMirsurd  in  htnitinf^  up  the  honte  of  our  ancestors 
and  tracm^:  the  hneai.:e  of  the  (  hijj  family.  Mv  fatlur  and 
fncle  l.ewi.s  (  >ii  •  f.,t.|  ,ue  that  we  were  probably  of  luiulish 
«lrvcrnt,  wlulc  •<ui\  we  certainly  came  of  the  Uc.Iland 

Dutch,  and  n«.l  a  few  held  that  we  were  of  the  Welsh  ex- 
tracticni.  .So  (akin^  up  the  trail  nearest  home,  and  the  one 
in  which  we  would  most  naturally  have  the  most  faith.  I 
maiJetl  letter  after  letter  to  courts  an«|  records,  custodians  of 
libraries,  rectors  of  counties,  and  others  in  different  parts  of 
Kn^'land.  but  withont  success.  I  then  abandoned  for  a  timo 
the  search  in  J-.njjIanfl.  and  turned  my  attention  to  Wales 
ami  Hollan.I.  but  without  success.  lb  r.-  the  case  rested  for 
>everal  >ear^. 

In(iei*<|  at  this  time  I  fell  like  Kivin;^'  it  up.  However,  in 
i«/>.'.  while  conversing  with  an  I'.n-.dish  gentleman.  I  in 
quired  of  him  if  he  had  ever  nut  any  one  by  the  name  of 
"Onj:"  in  hi?*  native  country.  i(.  which  he  replied  tint  wliiie 
aUrn.hnK  College  at  ( >xfor.l.  KiiK-land.  he  had  a  room-mate 
by  thai  name,  who  was  a  native  «.f  i:nj.,dand.  bnt  was  imabK 
lo  Kive  his  address.  1  made  an  effort  lo  hnatc  hinj.  but  .lid 
noi  (iicccrd. 

^  Here  we  rested  «»n  onr  oars  until  i«;«)5.  when  m\  ne|)lu\v. 
KnKcne  W.  (  hie  of  Boston.  .Massachusetts,  discovered  in 
the  ancienl  (  onrt  Records  of  .Suffolk  County,  in  which  llos- 
Um  ik  located,  an  inventory  of  ihe  estate  «)f   lunothv   ( )n^'. 


Ont^    Family    History.  ■      ii 

dated  November  2,  1724.  Encouraged  by  this  discovery, 
he  ascertained  upon  furtlier  investij^ation  that  Francis  On^ 
had  sailed  from  Bristol  England,  with  Roger  Williams,  on 
the  ship  "Lyon"  on  the  first  day  of  December,  1630,  arriving 
in  Boston  on  the  5lh  day  of  February,  1631,  a  long  voyage 
even  in  those  days.  He  also  learned  that  Mary  Ong  sailed 
from  Ipswich,  England,  in  1634,  for  the  same  place,  and 
found  numerous  records  relating  to  the  faniilv  of  Francis 
Ong. 

After  this  discovery  I  determined  to  make  another  etTort 
to  locate  the  Ongs  in  England.  This  time  I  appealed  to  the 
press  of  England,  and  wrote  to  several  editors  of  leading 
newspapers  asking  their  assistance.  At  the  hands  of  these 
gentlemen  I  received  the  most  courteous  and  liberal  treat- 
ment. The  Pall  Mall  Gazette,  of  London,  kindly  published 
my  letter,  with  liberal  comments,  and  asked  other  papers  to 
copy.  This  effort  was  successful.  Letters  written  by  per- 
sons bearing  the  name  of  "Ong"  were  received  from  differ- 
ent parts  of  the  Kingdom,  one  mail  bringing  me  as  many  as 
ten  letters,  so  that  1  soon  found  myself  in  correspondence 
with  half  a  hundred  persons  in  England,  who  bore  the  name, 
or  were  descendants  of  an  "Ong." 

Of  the  many  interesting  communications  I  received  from 
England,  we  have  space  for  but  one,  clipped  from  the  New 
Castle  Chronicle,  of  New  Castle,  England. 

16,624.— THE  ONG  FAMILY. 

The  Rev.  F.  E.  Warren,  B.  D.,  F.  S.  A.,  Rector  of  Bard- 
well,  in  the  County  of  Suffolk,  sent  to  Vol.  V.  (2nd  S.)  of 
"Miscellanea  Genealogies  et  Heraldica,"  London,  1894, 
lengthy  extracts  from  the  early  church  register  of  his  parish. 
These  extracts  show  that  a  family  of  the  name  of  Onge, 
which  I  take  it  is  only  another  way  of  spelling  the  name  of 
the  querist,  was  settled  in  the  parish  of  Bardwell,  in  the  lat- 
ter part  of  the  sixteenth,  and  on  into  the  seventeenth  century. 
The  subjoined  quotations  from  the  Rev.  Mr.  Warren's 
contribution  may  assist  A.  R.  Ong  in  his  quest. 


i  til  f  .III:  1 1  \        f  I  i  <ti 


irv 


Tlic  cxirac!"*  \*n:w  in  the  >i»acious  limes  of  (Jikcii  IJiza- 
liclli.     In  I  i«rn  Slukcv|H-arc  was  a  fourtccn-ycar-oUl 

Mratfurd  buv,  v%i  have  ihis  ciiiry : 

"1  .      ami     Annie     TNpslied     were     inanicil. 

\\\  lihh   >ciUnnljer." 
In 
••\'        ...,in  OnRC.  soil  of  John  On^c,  was  baptized,  the 

\  \\    June." 

Two   \carf.  after  V  wiiiiin   three  months  of  each 

oilirr.  come  two  enti:  \\  njj;  the  Iwptism  and  then  the 

burial  of  "Jolin  On^e,  soiHie  of  John  OnRe." 

In   i^K^.: 

"John  ( >n^;e.  the  sinmc  of  Onjje.  was  baptized  XII  Maie." 

In 

**|!  •<  .  li  J.ihn  t  )ii    •  .  >s  .1-  i..ii'U/t  (1  llu- last 


.«•, 


There  are  ojie  or  r  '^er  refrrences  to  the  name,  but 

with  the  birth  of  !'■  ■  •  'h  centnrs   Jtihn  Onj^e  ceases 

to  be.     He  wa>  bn  i  u.  Koi.     His  wife.  Mary, 

rmllived  bin)  twenty-lour  years.     Here  is  the  record  of  her 
dejiarture : 

In   162c : 

"Mar  AT.  was  buried  the  Xth  da\e  of  Stp- 

tetnUr,  .\.  p<i. 

Other  entries  apfn-ar.  and  tlu-  foUdwin^  record  of  a  double 
event  is  unic|nc  cuoukIi  to  warrant  reprintinj^: 

"Sanuiel  Onpe.  sinjileirnn    nr.^   T\f.v<    I  nkiu   weare  mar- 
rved  the   Xlth  of   .\  I'lj.j.     Thomas 

<  *!!;:<•.  and  .M.u^'.itci  l^iknis  weare  marryed 

the  Xlili  -i  \<'%rinl>er,  A.  \>*\." 

The  cxIractK  containe<l  in  the  |)edantically  named  volume 
—  thr  ntdy  «itie  of  tlie  MTi«N  1  h.ivr  accrss  la  that  cont.nins 
any  ap|x»^i^r  matter— briti^-s  us  to  the  \ear  1642.  Tlu'  last 
entry   relating   to  the  ( )nfie   family   records  a   ileath.     Our 


Ong    I'ainily    Ilisiory.  13 


lirst  quolalioii  has  reference  to  ihe  niarrias;e  of  a  Thomas 
Onge,  in  1578,  our  last  tells  us  that  in  1642,  "Thomas  Onj^e 
was  huried  the  XI \'  of  May." 

Which  of  the  Thomases  this  was  there  is  nothinj^  to  show. 
If  it  were  he  who  had  married  Annie  Typshed  sixty- four 
years  before,  and  there  is  a  possibility  that  he  may  have  been, 
through  what  a  wontlerful  period  had  the  old  man  lived. 
What  echoes  did  he  hear  in  that  Suffolk  village  home  of  his 
of  the  coming  and  the  going  of  the  great  Armada ;  what 
stories  of  Raleigh  and  of  Drake!  Had  he  ever  journeyed 
to  London,  the  London  of  Shakespeare  and  Ben  Johnson? 
One  wonders  what  rumours  there  had  lately  come  to  his 
aged  ears  of  the  great  struggle  just  commencing  between 
the  Conimons  and  the  King.  Was  Cromwell,  whose  home 
was  in  a  neighbouring  county,  and  wdio,  in  that  same  year  of 
1642,  was  to  raise  his  famous  regiment  of  Ironsides,  any- 
thing but  a  name  to  him  ?  Speculations  crowd  in  upon  us, 
for  the  period  was  pregnant  with  great  happenings,  and  are 
but  speculations  after  all.  This  central  fact  remains,  how- 
ever, that  Thomas  Onge  lived,  died,  and  was  buried  on  Eng- 
lish ground,  as  did  sundry  others  of  the  same  family  name. 
These  may  be  the  ancestors  of  which  your  querist  is  in 
search,  and  this  is  all  the  more  probable  seeing  that  Mary 
Ong,  who  went  to  America  in  1634,  sailed  from  Ipswich, 
and  that  Ipswich  is  the  capital  of  the  county  to  which  the 
Onge  family  belonged.  John  Oxberry,  Gateshead. 

In  the  early  history  of  the  family  in  England  they  were 
tillers  of  the  soil^  but  now  we  find  them  in  almost  every 
honorable  vocation.  Many  of  them  espoused  the  faith  of 
George  Fox,  and  were  among  the  early  Quakers,  or  Friends, 
of  England.  Mary  Ong  was  a  noted  minister  of  the 
Friends  meeting  at  Stonemarket,  Suffolk  County,  England, 
in  the  latter  part  of  the  seventeenth  century.  One  writer 
says  that  "Mary"  has  always  been  a  favorite  family  name. 

In  all  the  letters  I  have  received  from  England,  where  the 
writer  knew  anything  of  the  genealogy  of  the  family,  there 
was  a  universal  agreement  that  the  family  was  first  known 
in  Suffolk  County,  England.  I  have  made  no  effort  to  trace 
our  lineage  bc3ond  that  of  Francis  Ong,  who  sailed  from 


1^  Om;;    Family    History 

llriMol.  ICnKlam!,  l>ccrinljcr  i>-t.  ift^o.  arrivinj,'  in  Huston 
I  rtiruar)  5lli.  U\\i 

In  ll»c  earlier  K«*nr^a^^t»Il^.  wlurc  the  facts  have  not  botii 
I  1    fr«nn    fainilv    Hihics   and   accounts   liainUd    dmvn 

li.  I.  i^thcr  l«i  vm.  I  havr  jj'^*'"  nfcrrnccs  t»»  tlic  public 
rcc«>rtl»  atitl  au(lKihtir»  where  certain  facts  have  been  ob- 
laii>e«l. 

I  very  much  rcf^ref  that  the  recor<ls  of  sonic  branches  of 
the  faniily  are  incinplete.  but  tliis,  I  assure  you,  is  (hic  to 
the  fact  that  1  cotiM  jjct  from  thnn  no  answers  to  my  re- 
|»eatr<l  iiujuiries.  It  has  Ijeen  my  earnest  endeavor  to  treat 
fairl\  and  sh«>w  r<|ual  c«»urtesy  to  all  meinlxTS  of  this  larpjc 
fanuK.  selecting;  fr<»m  the  statements  and  repirts  which  have 
Item  funushrd  me  such  parts  as.  in  my  jud^nent.  would 
make  this  publication  a  fittinty  memorial  of  the  t  )n^  familv 
of  America. 

A  »cn»e  of  tieep  (tbli^ation  is  here  expressed  to  our  rela- 
tives uho  kindly  j;ave  me  valuable  assistance  in  collecting 
the  material  for  this  publication. 

I  tnisl  that  the  result.s  of  my  efforts  as  contained  in  the 
follf.winj;  paj^-es  will  meet  the  aj)proval  and  appreciation  of 
every  mcmln-r  of  the  (  >nj,'  familv  of  America,  and  that  this 
^•(►k  will  Ik-  the  njeditnn  th.il  •.hall  bijid  n*-  inorr  closely 
loj^efher  as  relatives. 

Atij;u>t  1st.  1906.  Ai-iiKkr  R.  Ong. 


JAM!  s  M  W  l.l\ 


FIR5T  GENERATION. 

Francis'  Ong,  the  progenitor  of  the  Ong  family  of 
America,  was  an  Englishman  prior  to  his  departure  for 
America ;  he  resided  in  the  Town  of  Lavenham,  in  the 
County  of  Suffolk,  England.  That  county  was  the  home 
of  the  Ongs  in  England,  the  records  showing  its  existence 
there  as  early  as  the  thirteenth  century,  when  the  use  of 
family  names  first  became  general  in  England. 

On  the  first  day  of  December,  1630,  FranciSi  Ong,  with 
his  wife  Frances  and  three  sons,  Simon  (2),  Jacob  (3)  and 
Isaac  (4),  set  sail  in  the  good  ship  "Lyon"  from  Bristol, 
England,  for  Boston,  in  the  colony  of  Massachuetts  Bay,,  in 
the  New  World.  They  arrived  at  Boston  on  the  5th  of  Feb- 
ruary, 1 63 1,  after  a  dangerous,  severe  and  long  voyage. 
John  Winthrop,  Esq.,  the  first  Governor  of  Massachusetts 
Bay  Colony,  in  his  original  manuscripts  recorded  the  safe 
arrival  of  the  "Lyon"  and  of  our  ancestors  as  follows  ig 

"The  ship  Lyon,  Mr.  \Vm.  Pierce  master,  arrived 
at  Nantasket.  She  brought  Mr.  Williams  (godly 
minister)  with  his  wife,  Mr.  Thorgmorton, 
(blank)  Perkins,  (blank)  Ong  and  others  with 
their  wives  and  children,  about  20  passengers  and 
about  200  tons  of  goods.  She  set  sail  from  Bristol 
December  i .  She  had  a  very  tempestuous  passage, 
yet  through  God's  mercy,  all  her  people  came  safe, 
except  May,  his  son,^  who  fell  from  the  spritsail 


1.  Genealoeical   Dictionary   of  the  First  Settlers  in  New   England. — Savage, 
vol.   3,   p.   .314.  " 

2.  The  Pioneers  of  Massachusetts. — Charles   Henry   Pope,   p.   335. 

3.  History   of   New   England    from    1630    to   1049,    by  John   Winthrop,    Esq., 
edited  by  James   Savage,    pp.    41,   42,    43. 

4.  Evidently   the    son    of    Mr.    Fierce,   master   of    the   Lyon. 


l(j  Onii    I'uinilx    History. 


yard  in  a  tiinpcsl,  aiul  coiiM  not  he  recovered, 
tlum^h  he  kept  in  sij^lu  a  (|uarter  ui  an  hour.  Her 
j»ixxls  also  came  all  in  ^ood  coiuliliuii." 

It  docs  not  appear  from  history  what  prompted  Francis 
Onj;  aiul  hi>  family  to  emhark  on  so  hazardous  and  adven- 
turous an  undertaking;,  hut  it  is  fair  to  presiuuc  that  only  a 
j^reat  desire  for  free«lt»m  in  relii^ious  worship,  such  as  had 
caused  the  Til^rims  to  leave  I\n};land  some  ten  years  heforc, 
could  have  Ix-en  responsihle  for  their  leavinj;  home,  relatives 
and  friends  for  an  unexplored  and  practically  unknown 
land.  The  "Mr.  Williams"  mcntioneil  hy  Governor  Win- 
throp  is  none  other  than  the  famous  minister,  l^o^er  W'il- 
lianis.  whose  relii^ious  views  were  so  stronjj  that  they  were 
suhscjjuently  resj)onsihle  for  his  beinj;  driven  out  of  Massa- 
chusetts Colony  and  seeking;  refui^e  at  Xarrap;ansett  Hay, 
where  he  founde«l  a  settlement  and  "hy  Cj«>d's  providence  to 
him  in  distress"  jjave  to  it  the  name  Providence. 

The  fact  that  Ciovernor  W'inthrop  mentions  onl\  four  of 
the  passen^,'ers  arrivinj;  on  the  Lyon,  viz.,  Williams.  Thropj- 
niorton,  Perkins  and  ( )njj,  leads  one  to  the  conclusion  that 
they  were  the  leaders  of  the  party  which  IkkI  come  to  the 
new  world  to  worshij)  (lod  in  their  own  way. 

I'Vancis  (  )n^  did  not  live  lonj;  to  enjoy  the  privilej^es  for 
which  he  had  j.;iven  uj)  so  much  and  risked  more,  as  he  died 
within  the  next  five  years  following  his  arrival  at  r.oston. 
In  i^>3^)  his  widow,  IVances  ( )nj.;.  appears  as  a  "proprietor" 
in  W'atertown,  (Mass.),  on  the  Charles  River  near  I>oston, 
where  she  died  at  the  aj;e  of  55  and  was  buried  on  November 
iJth,   1638. 

Besides  the  three  sons  of  I'rancis  (^n^.,'  above  mentioimi. 
it  is  jKiSsible  that  be  bad  a  dauj.;hter,  as  "Mary  Onj.:.  a^^id  -7 
years,"  was  a  passeni^er  on  the  ship  "I'rances,"  which  s.iiled 
from   Ipswich,   I*".n^:land,  in    i'».U  .•     Savaj^^e  states  th.it   the 


1,  nrnralogiri  of    F.«rl)r    Sclllcr*   of  Wilcrlown. — Ilrnrjr  Ilnnd.  vol.  I,  p.  3S2. 
t.  CrnraliiKical  l>Kiic>iiafy  of  llic    l'ir»l  Scltltf*  of   New   KiiKlanU. — Sava4;c, 
«ul.   3,    t>.    311. 


MATILDA  NEWLIN. 


Ong    Family    History.  17 


embarkation  from  the  opposite  side  of  England  seems  incon- 
sistent with  the  view  that  Mary  was  a  daughter  of  Francis 
Ong,  but  Savage  evidently  did  not  know  that  the  family  had 
come  from  Lavenham,  which  is  located  in  the  interior  of 
England,  and  is  nearer  to  Ipswich  than  it  is  to  Bristol. 
However,  no  further  trace  is  found  of  Mary.  Liber  I,  folio 
44,  of  Suffolk  Deeds,  in  which  county  Boston  is  located, 
records  the  following  mortgage  to  the  children  of  Francis 
Ong : 

"John  White  granted  unto  John  Sherman  (in  be- 
halfe  of  the  children  of  the  late  deceased  widow 
Ong  of  Watertowne  to  whom  he  doth  owe  twenty 
fyve  pounds)  one  house  lately  built  &  sixe  acres  of 
land  lying  in  Watertowne  wch  he  bought  of  the 
deacons,  &  also  a  house  &  seven  Acres  of  land  wch 
he  purchased  of  mr  Day  of  Cambridge  lyeing  in 
Cambridge.  And  this  was  by  way  of  mortgage 
wch  certaine  provisoes  therein  expressed  as  ap- 
pears by  a  deed  dated  the  20th  of  July  1643. 

Acknowledged  before  A  hand  "scale" 

Increase  Nowell  the  5° 
of  the  7°  month  1643. 

Children : 

2.  Simon. 

3.  Jacob. 

4.  Isaac. 


:SKCOND  cKNhRATION. 


Simon*  Ong  (I-raiuis\)  the  oldest  son  of  I'raiicis  (^iij?, 
was  born  m  i')JJ,,  makiiij^  his  aj^e  9  wh.-ii  he  arrived  with 
his  parents  at  Btjstoii.  In  i(>.\j  he  became  a  proprietor  in 
W'atertown  and  later,  in  i(t/(>  he  moved  across  to  Canibridjjje 
X'illaj^e,  where  he  hved  "on  land  Ixnij^ht  of  John  Fuller,  who 
attempted  to  reclaim  it,  but  without  success..  Sinn^n  On^ 
was  one  of  the  si},Micrs  of  the  petition  in  1678  to  the  "Hon- 
oured (jovernor  '  "now  sittinj^  in  lloston  of  the  Inhabitants 
of  Cambridge  \  illaj^e  to  be  granted  freedom  from  Cam- 
bridije"  on  the  {.jround  that  the  inhabitants  of  the  former 
place  were  bein^  compelled  to  |)ay  excessive  taxes,  which 
petition  was  granted,  and  it  was  ordercil  that  the  new  town- 
ship be  henceforth  called  "New  Town."  Later,  in  1700, 
"New  Town"  was  written  as  Newton,  and  it  is  at  present 
one  of  the  beautiful  residential  suburbs  t)f  Iloston.  Simun 
became  an  «irij^Mnal  settler  in  Xewton  in  167S  and  died  the 
same  year.  His  estate  was  a«lministered  by  his  brother 
Jacob  of  W'atertown.  It  tloes  not  appear  from  the  rec<M(ls 
that  he  was  marrie<l.  There  is  recordeil  in  libro  1.  folio  Si, 
of  Suffolk  Deeds  the  followinj;  ileed  : 

"Simon  (  )nj;e  of  W'atertowne  .^ranted  unto 
Jonas  I'^aton  of  the  same  Tt)wnc  his  house  X: 
^roimd  lyeinj;  between  b'.dward  How  M-  William 
Sej^er  and  this  was  an  absohiti-  deed  of  sale  «lat.  20. 
(IJ)  i^>.;^»,  ackn«jwledj;ed  befcjre  the  liovernor  -23. 
(I)    1646." 


I.   Iliftlory  of   Ncwinn.— Jackxin   (Kdition    1H5I).   i<.   374. 

'i.  OncaluKic*  u(    Karly   Scltlctiuf   Walcrluwii. — llciiry  Iluiul,  vul.  I,  p.  383. 


JOSEPH  P.  ONG. 


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From  this  deed  it  will  be  noted  that  Simon's  name  was 
given  in  the  deed  as  "Onge,"  whereas  his  signature  on  the 
petition  referred  to  above  is  spelled  "Ong,"  and  he  was  so 
listed  as  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Newton,  This  inter- 
change of  spelling  occurs  frequently  in  early  records,  the 
two  spellings  sometimes  appearing  in  one  and  the  same 
document. 


Jacob-  Ong  (Francis^),  the  second  son  of  Francis  Ong, 
moved  in  1678  from  Watertown  to  Groton  (Mass.),  becom- 
ing an  original  proprietor  of  the  latter  place, 1 

Child : 

5.     Jacob. 


Isaac-  Ong  (Francis^),  the  young  son  of  the  first  settlers 
in  this  country  bearing  our  name,  resided  in  Watertown, 
Massachusetts,  at  least  until  1670,  when  on  the  i8th  of  May 
of  that  year  he  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Joseph  Under- 
wood,2  Shortly  thereafter  he  made  his  way  to  New  Jersey, 
where  he  settled  in  Burlington  County  sometime  prior  to 
1688,3  Isaac  was  evidently  married  twice,  as  his  will  makes 
reference  to  his  wife  as  "Sarah."  Isaac  died  in  Mansfield 
Township,  Burlington  County,  New  Jersey,  on  June  13th, 
1696.*  He  left  his  "plantation"  and  all  his  personal  prop- 
erty to  his  widow. 

Children : 

6.  Jacob. 

7.  Jeremiah. 

8.  Isaac, 

Sarah,  m,  Edward  Andrews  on  Feb.  8,  16945 
Elizabeth,  m.  — > —  Ridgeway. 

1.  Genealogies  of   Early   Settlers  of  Watertown. — Henry   Bond,    vol.   8. 

2.  Genealogies  of   Early   Settlers  of   Watertown. — Henry  Bond,  vol.  1,  p.  382. 

3.  Calendar  of  New  Jersey  Deeds  3  664   to  17.30. 

i.   Abstract  of   New   Jersey   Wills   1600   to   1770,   Libro  2,   Folio   252. 
5.   New  Jersey  Marriages,  1665  to  1800. 


THIRD  CKNKRATION. 


Jacou*  Ong  (Jacob,-  I-nincis^),  lived  in  Groton,  Massa- 
chusetts.    C)n  the  3r(l  of  June,   \(*)^,  he  conveyed  to  one 
Nathaniel    Wood    for    J5    pounds   certain    lands   in    Cirotou 
which  had  lx'lon.c[ed  to  his  father.i 
Child  : 

Tiniothv.  il.  1724  at  I?oston,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
had  been  a  merchant,  as  appears  from  the  pajx-rs 
relalinj^  tt)  the  administration  of  his  estate  on  file 
in  the  Probate  Records  of  SulTolk  County,  Mas- 
sachusetts. 

6 

Jacou'  Ong  (Isaac-,  Francis^),  was  a  farmer  by  occupa- 
tion and  resided  in  Mansfuld  Township.  I'.urlinj^ton  Comity, 
New  Jersey,  where  his  father  had  made  his  home.  On  (he 
loth  June,  1702.  Daniel  Leeds.  t»f  Little  Rj::}^'  Harbour.  West 
Jersey,  conveyed  100  acres  of  land  in  MansfieM  Township  to 
Sarah  Onj.,'  and  her  son.  Jacob  On^.j 

He  pctitioiifd  to  be  made  administrator  of  the  estate  of  his 
brother  Isaac  on  the  171)1  Decemlnr,  1715,  and  was  dulv 
api>oiiiti-d.3  In  17J5  he  made  an  inventory  of  the  estate  of 
his  sister,  Klizabeih  Kidj.,away,  widow,  lb  \\;i^  :i\>n  a  wit- 
ness to  her  will. 

Chiblren  : 

ij.     Jacob. 


1.  MiiMlrM-x    DrciU.    vul.    J3,    |>.    :vl. 

a.    Ka»l    Jffi^y    I>rc<l«.    l.ilK-r    l>  .    I  i.lin   37. 

2.  Abtlidclt    ul    New    Jcibcy    WiIIb    Idftd    In    17.-1(1,    I.il>rf    3,    l-'oliu    ShU. 


Oiig    Family    History.  21 


Isaac,    d.    1728    in    Northampton,     Burlinj^ton 

County,  New  Jersey, 
Phcbe,  m.  James  Laing,  of  Midcllctown,  July  22, 

1731- 
Esther,    m.    Joseph    Duckworth,    of    BurUngton 

County,  New  Jersey,  1737. 


Jeremiah''  Ong  (Isaac,-  Francis^),  Uved  in  Burlington 
County,  New  Jersey,  and  was  a  cabinet  maker  by  trade.  In 
his  will,  probated  September  5th,  1744,  he  names  his  grand- 
children as  his  heirs — to-wit :  Jeremiah  Ridgeway,  Jane 
Ridgeway,  Sarah,  Thomas  and  John  Jibe  Ridgeway,  not  of 
age.  He  named  his  son-in-law,  Thomas  Ridgeway,  as  his 
sole  executor. 

Child : 

Elizabeth,  m.  Thomas  Ridgeway. 

8 

IsAAc^  Ong  (Isaac,-  Francis^),  resided  in  Little  Egg  Har- 
bour, New  Jersey.  He  died  without  issue  in  171 5  and  his 
brother  Jacob  was  made  administrator  of  his  estate,  which 
amounted  to  £183  19s  9d. 


FOURTH  GRNRRATION. 


O 


Jacob*  Ong  (Jacob,^  Isaac,'  Fraficis\),  was  born  in  I'.ur- 
linj^^loii  County,  New  Jersey,  alx)iit  the  year  1702.  The  rec- 
ords of  deeds  show  that  he  was  a  fanner  by  occupation,  and 
that  he  owned  real  estate  in  lUirhngtim  and  Monmouth 
Counties.     He  married  Mary  Spra^f^. 

Children. 

10.     Jeremiah. 

Isaac,  d.  without  male  issue. 

Rachel,  m.  Elias  LJrass,  of  Burlington,  Jan.  24, 

1742. 
Susainiah,  ni.  Thomas  Pettit,  of  Monmouth,  Xew 
Jersey,  Nov.  9,  1742. 


FIFTH  GENERATION. 


10 


Jeremiah^  Ong  (Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,-  Francis^),  was 
born  in  Burlington  County,  New  Jersey.  His  wife's  given 
name  was  Christianna.  He  lived  during  the  period  of  the 
War  of  the  Revolution  in  Eastern  Pennsylvania.  Soon 
after  the  war  he  moved  westward  with  his  family,  and 
located  in  Fayette  County,  Pennsylvania,  near  a  place  called 
Cookstown,  now  called  Fayette  City. 

Jeremiah  and  Christianna  Ong  are  the  ancestors  of  all  the 
present  members  of  the  Ong  family  in  America. 

Jeremiah  Ong  was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  and  is  be- 
lieved to  have  been  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Friends. 
The  date  of  his  death  is  unknown  to  us.  Tradition  is  that 
he  was  killed  by  Indians. 

Children : 

11.  Jacob. 

12.  Jesse. 

Mary  (Polly),  m.  Enoch  Watson. 

13.  Jeremiah. 


The  Old  Family  Clock. 

This  clock,  a  cut  of  which  appears  on  opposite  page,  was 
purchased  by  Jacob  Ong  in  1785.  The  works  are  of  brass. 
The  case  is  cherry  and  was  made  by  Jacob  Ong  himself,  who 
was  a  carpenter  and  cabinet  maker  by  trade.  Not  only  does 
the  clock  strike  the  hour,  but  also  notes  the  phases  of  the 
moon,  and  indicates  the  day  of  the  month.     It  has  been  in 


24  Oiti^    }-amil\    History. 


constant  use.  and  at  this  writinp^  is  accurately  measurinc^  off 
the  time  as  it  diil  more  tlian  one  lunulrcd  years  a.i,'<i. 

I'Vuin  Jacob  Onj;  the  clock  went  to  his  son,  I'inlcy  Oiij;, 
from  I-'inley  On^  to  his  dauj^diter,  Ann  Kinsey,  from  her  to 
htr  brother,  Moses  Harlan  Onj;,  thence  to  his  son,  Albert 
R.  Oii}^,  thence  to  his  son,  Harlan  V.  On^,  who  is  the  pres- 
ent owner.  This  clock  is  perhaps  prized  more  highly  than 
anv  other  fainilv  relic  now  in  existence. 


JACOB  ONG. 


5IXTH  GENERATION. 


11 


Rev.  Jacob«  Ong  (Jeremiah;  Jacob,''  Jacob;  Isaac;  Frau- 
ds'^) was  the  eldest  son  of  Jeremiah  and  Christianna  Ong-, 
having-  been  born  on  the  24th  of  January,  1760.  He  was 
made  a  postal  boy  and  carried  mail  and  messages  between 
Philadelphia  and  Fort  Pitt  (now  Pittsburgh)  during  the 
early  part  of  the  War  of  the  Revolution,  and  later  joined  the 
ranks  of  the  Continentals  and  served  till  the  close  of  the 
war,  when  he  was  honorably  discharged.  He  married  Mary 
McGrew,  daughter  of  James  and  Dina  McGrew,  at  Menal- 
len,  Adams  County,  Pennsylvania,  on  September  25th,  1784. 
From  this  place  they  moved  to  Frederick  County,  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  in  the  year  181 2  they  moved  to  Jefferson  County, 
Ohio,  where  they  settled  on  a  farm  on  Cross  Creek,  Cross 
Creek  Township,  near  Skelly's  Station.  From  this  place 
he  moved  to  Piney  Fork,  in  Smithfield  Township,  Jefferson 
County,  Ohio,  where  he  purchased  a  farm  from  Finley 
McGrew,  which  has  been  known  as  the  old  "Ong  Home- 
stead" for  almost  one  hundred  years. 

Jacob  Ong  was  a  carpenter  and  cabinet  maker  by  trade, 
and  was  the  architect  and  builder  of  the  Friends'  Meeting 
House  near  Richmond,  Ohio,  and  the  large  and  commodious 
Friends'  Yearly  Meeting  House  at  Mount  Pleasant,  Okio. 
That  he  was  a  soldier  of  the  War  of  the  Revolution  there  is 
no  doubt,  and  at  the  close  of  the  war  was  honorably  dis- 
charged, but  I  have  not  been  able  to  find  his  name  on  any 
of  the  muster,  pay  or  pension  rolls.  This  fact  can  be  ac- 
counted for  in  this  way  :    After  the  war,  he  being  of  Quaker 


2(i  Ofti^    Family    History. 

parcntaj^c,  and  Ikmii^  received  back  into  the  Quaker  Chtircli 
oil  his  tiwii  apphcalion,  rciiounccil  all  his  claims  aj^ainst  the 
Govcrmnciit  fur  services  as  a  soKlier,  beiii}^  convinced  that 
war  was  wronj^,  an<|  feelinL,^  that  his  patriotism  luul  led  him 
to  do  that  which  afterwards  his  conscience  condemned. 

He  ne\er  applied  for  his  back  pay  or  for  a  pension,  anil 
when  in  after  years  his  son  Jacob  insisted  on  his  father 
allowing'  the  back  pay  to  be  collected,  and  asked  to  sec  his 
ilischarge  pajjcrs,  my  ^reat  .grandfather  said.  "Jacob,  that 
int)ney  was  earned  at  war.  which  was  wronjj^.  I  have  dis- 
l>osed  of  those  papers  that  they  may  never  do  thee  or  any 
of  my  (lescen<lants  any  harm."  It  was  supi)oscd  tliat  he 
binned  them,  as  due  search  was  made  after  his  death  and 
the  ,1,'overnment  papers  could  not  be  fouiul. 

He  was  an  acknowled^etl  minister  of  the  Socictv  of 
PViends.  He  was  esteemed  and  respected  on  account  of  his 
sterlinj:,'  traits  of  character.  If  Jacob  Ou^  had  any  marked 
defects  in  his  life  which  were  in  any  way  inconsistent  with 
the  life  of  a  j^a-ntleman  and  a  Christian,  then  time  and  tradi- 
tion have  treateil  liis  memory  most  kindly. 

Jac<tb  Ou^  appears  to  our  generation  to  have  been  the 
embodiment  of  all  that  is  ^ood.  He  died  at  the  advanced 
af;e  of  ninety-seven  years,  and  was  buried  in  the  Friends' 
Burial  Grounds  at  Smithfield.  (  )hio. 

Joel  H.  Carr,  of  Smithfield,  C^hio,  pays  the  following; 
tribute  to  him  : 

"My  first  recollection  <<i  Jacnb  ( )ni;  .•nui  hi>  wifi',  Mary. 
was  when  1  was  tpiite  a  sni.ill  l)oy,  seeinj^  them  p>in^  to  and 
frr.m  the  l-'riends'  Meitinj;  House  at  Smithfield,  Ohio,  from 
tluir  home  on  I'inev  h'ork.  familiarly  known  as  the  'C  )ld 
(  )n^'  Homestead.'  So  regular  were  they  in  their  attendance 
that  it  was  said  that  in  years  they  never  missed  a  ineetiiij.,'. 
.So  exact  was  he  in  sLirtinj,-^  from  his  home  and  arriving;  at 
the  meetin;^  house  that  it  was  said  that  people  livini,'  alon^' 
the  roa<l  used  to  rej^ulate  their  ti!ne|)ieces  by  Jacob  ( )n^'s 
carriaj^'e. 

"(  )n    his   arrival    at    the   church    tluie    was    no   time    for 


Oiig    Family    History.  27 

gossip,  but  at  once  he  took  his  place  in  the  puFpit  (then 
called  the  yallerv),  at  the  head  of  the  meeting-,  which  place 
he  occupied  during  all  the  years  I  knew  him.  He  usually 
had  a  message  for  the  people,  his  theme  was  always  love. 
In  the  earnestness  of  his  soul  he  would  deliver  the  message, 
while  tears  would  trickle  down  his  furrowed  cheeks. 
Trembling  from  head  to  foot,  he  would  exhort  young  and 
old  to  love  the  Lord  and  one  another. 

"I  sat  for  years  in  front  of  him.  His  earnestness  in  the 
delivery  of  his  message,  as  I  remember  now,  sends  a  thrill 
through  my  whole  being,  and  I  often  think  how  I  would  like 
to  witness  again  those  soul-stirring  scenes  that  taught  me  in 
early  life  to  love  Him  who  Grandfather  Ong  so  earnestly 
urged  us  to  love  and  obey. 

"His  last  days  were  spent  in  Smithfield  Ohio,  with  his 
daughter,  Ann  Kinsey.  Here  he  showed  forth  his  beautiful 
Christian  character  to  perfection.  Many  were  the  sermons 
he  delivered  after  having  had  to  be  helped  to  his  feet  on 
account  of  his  feebleness  from  old  age,  or  while  remaining 
in  his  seat  too  feeble  to  stand  alone.  Jacob  Ong  believed  in 
being  led  and  guided  by  the  Holy  Spirit,  and  appeared  to 
enjoy  this  blessing  to  the  fullest  extent.  His  preaching  was 
not  in  man's  wisdom,  but  every  word  he  uttered  appeared  to 
come  from  the  great  fountain  of  love.  His  love  was  un- 
bounded, his  faith  strong  and  abiding. 

"Thanking  you  for  the  opportunity  to  say  a  word  in  the 
Ong  Family  History  of  so  great  and  good  a  man  as  was 
your  great  grandfather,  JacolD  Ong,  I  am 

"Yours  sincerely,  Joel  H.  Carr." 

Taken  from  the  records  of  Friends'  meeting,  Frederick 
County,  Virginia : 

"At  Hopewell  monthly  meeting  of  Friends,  held  ist  of  6th 
month,  1786.  Jacob  Ong,  at  his  own  request,  joined  in  mem- 
bership with  Friends. 

"At  Hopewell  monthly  meeting,  held  3rd  of  9th  month, 
1787,  Mary  Ong  produced  certificate  from  Manallen  monthly 
meeting  of  Adams  County,  Penna.,  which  was  read  and 
accepted. 

"Middle  Creek  preparative  meeting  proposes  Jacob  Ong 
to  serve  in  the  station  of  an  overseer,  in  which  this  meeting 
concurs  and  appoints  him  to  that  service. 

"At  Hopewell  monthly  meeting,  5th  of  ist  month,  1789, 


jS  Ong    Family    History. 


Miililk-  Creek  preparative  ineetiiij^'  iiifonus  that  |act>b  ( )ii^ 
retjuest^  ihat  his  two  chihlren,  Rebecca  aiul  l"iiile\.  be  re- 
ceiveil  as  members,  which  upon  coiisitleratiuii  is  j^rauteil. 

"At  Hopewell  iuoiithl\  meetiiij^'.  held  1st  of  5th  month. 
1791.  Middle  Creek  preparative  meetin^^  informs  that  Jacob 
(  )nj^'  requests  a  certificate  for  himself,  wife  Mary  and  three 
children.  Rebecca.  Finle\  and  Jacob. 

"At  W'estland  monthly  meetini;.  held  llth  nioiuh  jud. 
179J.  Jacob  ^  h\'^,  his  wife  Mary  and  children,  Rebecca.  I'in- 
ley  and  Jacob,  produced  certihcates  from  Hopewell  nionthl\ 
meetinj^  \  ir.ua  which  were  read  and  acce])ted. 

"At  Reil  Stone  monthly  meetinj,^  held  J<^th  of  10th 
nu>nth.  1S02,  Jacob  Onj,'  refpiests  certificates  for  himself  and 
family  to  Concord  monthl\  meetinjL:  Xorth  W  extern  Terri- 
tory, ct>py  of  certificate  ^raiUed. 

"To  Concord  monthly  meetinj]^  Xorth  West  Territory. 
Jacob  ( )nj,^  and  his  wife  Mary  bein;.^  settled  within  the  limits 
of  your  meeting:  retpiest  our  certificate. 

"We  do  not  find  but  their  lives  and  conversation  hath 
been  in  a  dei^ree  orderly.  I)ili,L,H'nt  in  the  attendance  at  our 
meetings  and  that  their  outward  atTairs  are  settled.  We  rec- 
onunend  them  with  their  six  children.  I'inley.  Jacob,  Isaac, 
Dinah.  Xathan  an<l  John  t(j  \(>ur  Christian  care. 

"Si.i,Mied  on  behalf  vi  Red  Stone  monthl\-  meeting  3rd  of 
iJth  month,  1802." 

Children  : 

Rebecca,  b.  June  28th,  1785;  il.  jirior  to  1802. 
\.\.      l-'inley,  b.  l'\-l).    I'lth.    1787. 
15.     Jacob,  b.  June  25th.   178<;. 

iJorn  in  I'ayette  C"ount\.  I'ennsv  Ivania. 
1^1.      Isaac,  b.  Oct.  25th,  I7«;i. 

Dinah,  b.  I'eb.  23rd,   I7<M- 

17.  Xalban  Mctirew.  b.  June  27th.   I7(/). 

18.  John   Mcdrew.   b.   Die.  27th.    I7ty(). 

I'xirn  in  JefTerson  County,  C)hio. 

19.  Mar\.  b.  .\ng.  27th,    1803. 

James  .Milllin,  b.  .\pril  21st.   1807;  d.    1828.  un- 
married. 

112 

Jessk"  Onc;  (Jiri-niiah.''  Jacob,*  JacobJ"  Isaac.-  I-tancis^  I 


MARY  ONG. 


O//.;'    Faiiiily    History.  29 


was  the  second  son  of  Jeremiah  Ong,  but  little  is  known  of 
his  history. 

Children : 

Jeremiah. 

20.  Jacob. 

13 

Jeremiah"  Ong  (Jeremiah;'  Jacoh,^  Jacobs  Isaac,-  Fnm- 
cis\)  was  the  youngest  child  of  Jeremiah^  Ong. 

Child  : 

21.  John.  0- 

The  Family  Bible. 

The  oldest  Ong  family  Bible  now  in  existence  is  the  Bible 
of  Jacob  Ong,  the  son  of  Jeremiah  and  Christianna  Ong. 
It  is  a  well  worn  book  and  gives  evidence  of  having  been 
much  used.  This  book  is  now  owned  by  Harlan  F.  Ong,  of 
iNlartins  Ferry,  Ohio,  and  highly  prized  as  an  heirloom. 

The  Bible  of  Finley  Ong,  son  of  Jacob  Ong,  is  now 
owned  by  Emily  Ong  Vermillion,  a  granddaughter,  Smith- 
field,  Ohio. 


5EVtNTII  GKNr.RATION. 


14 

FiNLEY^  Ong  (Jacob.''  Jeremiah,''  Jacob*  Jacob,^  Isaac,- 
J-'raticis^J  was  bom  (ni  the  lyth  of  February,  i/<^7,  in  Mar- 
tiusbur^,  \'irgiiiia.  Hi-  was  united  in  inarria'^a'  to  Ann 
IMackburn,  dauj^'lUcr  of  Moses  and  Mar\  I'.Iackburii.  on  the 
30th  (lay  of  December.  1S05.  He  was  a  proniiuent  farmer 
of  JetTersou  County,  Ohio,  a  man  who  was  correct  in  his 
habits;  firm  and  resoKite,  yet  kind  ami  gentle  in  his  disposi- 
tion. He  was  a  consistent  member  of  the  I'riemls'  Meelinj^. 
He  died  at  the  advanced  a^e  of  87  years,  and  was  buried  in 
the  Friends'  IJurial  Ground  at  Smithfield,  Diiio. 

Children  : 

22.  Jacob  l-inley. 

2^.  Mary. 

24.  Moses  Harlan. 

25.  Matilda. 

26.  1. 1  wis. 

27.  Kibecca. 

28.  Miniin.  ; 
2<j.  I'liza  .Ann. 

30.  I'.mily. 

31.  Rachel  Ann. 

15. 

Ja(()Ii^  D.Nci  (Jacob.'^  Jctctiiiiili,''  Jacob.*  Jacob.^  Isaac,' 
I-rancis.*)  was  l>orn  on  Jime  J5th,  I7H<;.  (  Mi  the  23rd  day 
of  January,  181 3.  he  was  married  to  llaimah  Davis,  dauj^h- 
tcr  of  Jaccjb  and   Rebecca   Davis.      He   died   at    .\ngerona. 


Ong    Family    History.  31 


Jackson  county,  West  Virginia,  on  the  nth  day  of  August, 
1861,  aged  74  years,  i  month  and  11  days. 

Children  : 

Marv   Ann,   b.  January   29th,   1815;  d.   August, 
'1815. 

32.  Nathan. 

33.  Rebecca. 

Alfred,  b.    March  4th,    1820;   d.   at    Smithfield, 
Ohio,  in  1824. 

34.  Finley. 

Mildred,  b.  May  15th,  1824. 

35.  Theodore. 

Araminta,  b.  May  3rd,  1828. 

36.  Jacob. 

Anne,  b.  August  ist,  1833. 

Hannah,  b.  June  24th,    1835 ;  d.  October  23rd, 
1838. 
2,7.     Caroline,  b.  November  15th,  1839. 

16. 

IsAAc^  Ong  (Jacoh,^  Jeremiah,^  Jacob*  Jacob,^  Isaac,^ 
Francis,^)  was  born  on  the  25th  of  October,  1791.  He  was 
married  to  Catherine  Bond  about  the  year  181 1.  He  owned 
and  operated  a  flour  mill  on  Piney  Fork,  near  what  is  now 
known  as  Tweedy's  Mill,  shipping  his  flour  to  the  south 
in  flat  boats.  He  invested  all  he  was  worth,  shipping  his 
cargo  without  insurance,  which  resulted  in  his  financial 
ruin.  He  was  a  follower  of  George  Fox.  In  politics  he 
was  a  Whig.  He  died  in  early  manhood  leaving  a  widow 
and  four  children.  His  widow  (best  known  as  Aunt  Katy) 
moved  to  Smithfield,  Ohio. 

Children : 

38.  Rebecca. 

39.  Jacob. 

40.  Eliza. 

41.  James  Alfred. 


3-'  0»ij/    I'liiiiily    History. 


Mary.  d.  in  infancy. 
Ji>.>««.|th,  (1.  at  an  L-arly  aj^c. 

17 

Dk.  Xaiuan  MtCluiiu'  DsL.  (Jucob,'^  Jcrciniah,'-'  Jiuob,* 
Jacob.^  Isaac,'  1-raiuis,^)  was  born  on  the  j/tli  of  June, 
17«X).  1  If  was  unitfd  in  niarriaj^c  U)  Mar\  Ilaniniond, 
daughter  t»f  (li-orj;c  and  Dclnirah  llainniontl.  Ik-  was  an 
intillij^jcnt.  hii;lily  respected  citizen,  anil  above  the  avera};e 
physician  of  his  day.  (  )n  returning;  home  from  IMiilailel- 
phia  (where  he  liad  been  attenihnjj^  a  nieetinij  of  physicians) 
he  was  stricken  with  bihous  fever,  and  despite  medical 
efTorts  and  the  lovinj.,'  care  of  his  devoted  wife  and  children, 
he  died  on  the  20th  of  September,  i8j8.  His  remains  were 
interred  in  the  1-Viend's  burial  grountl  at  Smithfield,  Ohio. 


Children : 

42. 

Rezin. 

A^■ 

Julian. 

Deborali. 

44. 

Maria  Louisa. 

45- 

Oliver. 

46. 

Mary. 

Adaline. 

18 

Jon.N  McGkkw^  Onc;  fjacob,'^  Jeremiah.^  Jacob,*  Jacob.^ 
Isaac,'  I-raticis,^)  was  born  on  the  jj[U  of  necember,  ijSt), 
and  died  on  the  27th  of  Jiuie,  1S77,  at  Tonica.  Illinois.  C)n 
July  1st,  lSi<;,  he  was  marrietl  to  Mary  C"ui)p\.  dau;.;h(er  of 
Abrani  and  Mary  C'uppy.  Mary  t  iipi)y  <  Mij.,'  was  liorn 
April  7tli,  I7<^7.  and  died  Juni-  J7th.  1S77,  at  Tonica,  Illinois. 

Children  : 

Alfred,  b.   15th  of  .\piil.  iSjo.  d.  in  his  youth. 

47.  Abram. 

48.  Mary. 


Ong    rainiiy    History.  33 

4«j.     Jacob  W. 

50.  Nathan  A. 

Mifllin,  b.  3r(l  of  April,  1830. 
Susanna,  b.  2Sth  of  June,  1833. 

51.  John  L. 

Ann,  b.  3rd  of  March,  1857 ;  ni.  Robert  Harriman 
of  which  union  two  chiklren  were  born.  2nd 
m.  Dr.  Daly. 

52.  Isaac. 

19. 

Mary^  Ong  (Jacob,''  Jeremiah;^  Jacob*  Jacob,^  Isaac,"" 
Francis,^)  was  born  on  the  27th  of  August,  1803.  She  was 
married  to  Dr.  John  Blackburn  McGrew,  of  Sniithfield, 
Ohio. 

Children  (McGrew)  : 

53.  Amanda  F. 
Julia  Ann. 
Alary. 

20. 

Jacob^  Ong  (Jesse,''  Jeremiah,^  Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,- 
Fraiicis,^)  was  one  of  the  two  sons  of  Jesse  Ong,  but  the 
facts  concerning  his  life  are  comparatively  unknown. 

Child : 

54.  Jesse,  b.  4th  of  September,  1804. 

21. 

JoiiN^  Ong  (Jeremiah,^  Jeremiah,^  Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,' 
Francis,^)  was  born  in  1801.  in  Westmoreland  county,  Penn- 
sylvania. He  was  married  to  Jane  Wilson  of  the  same 
county.  John  Ong  with  his  wife  and  family  left  Fayette, 
perhaps  better  known  as  Cookstown,  Pennsylvania,  on 
March  i6th,  1843,  ^"c^  settled  on  the  banks  of  the  Illinois 
river  on  Sunday,  April  9th,  1843,  at  the  town  of  Hennepin, 
Putnam  countv,  Illinois. 


34  0/1^'    family    History. 

Children  : 

55.     Wilson. 
5^).     Jrriiniah. 
57.     Nathan. 

Mary  Ann.  h.    1H28. 

Krhi-oca.   b.    iS^i). 

Martjarct,  b.   u^JJ. 

I'lhn.  b.  iK^6. 

Jacob,  b.  iH^H. 

Fink-y,  b.  1839. 


EIGHTH  GENERATION. 


22. 


Jacob  Finley^  Ong  fFinley,'^  Jacoh,'^  Jeremiah;'  Jacob* 
Jacoh,^  Isaac,-  Francis,^)  the  oldest  son  of  Finley^  and  Ann 
Ong,  was  born  near  Smithfield,  Ohio,  October  26th,  1806. 
On  November  19th,  1829,  he  married  Mary  Irvine.  They 
went  to  house  keeping  in  a  log  cabin  on  the  home  farm. 
A  little  later  the  family  removed  to  a  farm  near  Millersburg, 
Holmes  county,  Ohio,  but  remained  there  only  a  year  when 
they  returned  to  Jefferson  county.  Subsequent  to  their  re- 
turn the  farm  on  the  Cadiz  road  was  purchased,  and  there 
the  family  lived  until  Jacob  retired  from  active  business  and 
moved  into  the  village  of  Smithfield.  The  Cadiz  road  farm 
still  remains  in  the  family,  being  the  present  property  of 
Mrs.  Emily  L.  Vermillion,  a  daughter.  Jacob  Ong  was  a 
Quaker,  and  for  many  years  was  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
Order  in  Smithfield,  Ohio.  Truthfulness,  honesty  and  up- 
rightness characterized  his  entire  life.  It  was  a  common 
saying  that  "J^cob  Ong's  word  was  as  good  as  his  bond." 
The  domestic  virtues  predominated  in  his  character ;  wife, 
children,  home,  were  the  dearest  things  on  earth  to  him. 
He  died  on  May  ist,  1881,  in  Smithfield,  Ohio. 

Mary,  wife  of  Jacob  Ong,  was  the  daughter  of  George 
and  Mary  (Dunlavy)  Irvine.  She  was  born  at  County 
Donegal,  Ireland,  in  181 1,  and  was  a  woman  of  excellent 
judgment  and  administered  the  affairs  of  her  household 
with  rare  skill.  She  was  reared  in  the  Episcopal  church, 
but  there  being:  no  church  of  that  denomination  in  Smith- 


36  Ong    Family    Hislory. 


licKl.  Oliio,  she  united  with  the  rrotcstaiil  MethotHst  church, 
and  contimied  a  faithfid  member  chiriiij^  lier  entire  hfe. 
Perhaps  her  most  distinguishing'  character  \\a>  her  deep 
sympathy  and  tentlerncss  of  heart.  She  was  admirably 
suited  to  her  husband,  the  i^eiitK-r  traits  of  her  character 
supplementing  and  softening  his  more  rugged  virtues.  Their 
long  life  together  was  one  of  happiness  broken  by  but  few- 
sorrows.  Owing  to  her  many  beautiful  {|ualities  of  mind 
and  heart,  many  found  her  a  wise  counselor,  a  true  and  lov- 
ing frienil.  She  was  a  shining  example  of  the  good  woman 
described  by  Solomon,  and  tridy  "her  chiUlren  arise  and  call 
her  blessed." 

Children  : 


5«- 

Mathas. 

59- 

i-inley  M. 

60. 

Mary  Ann. 

61. 

J<ihn. 

62. 

Jacob  i'atterson 

63- 

Emily  L. 

64. 

William  Irvine. 

23 

M.\RV*  Ong  (lunlcyj  Jacob:''  Ji-itiniah,''  Jacob*  Jacob.^ 
Isaac,-  fraiicis,^)  was  born  on  the  lotli  of  Septemlier.  1808. 
She  was  married  to  A(]uilla  Carr  on  the  J5th  of  October. 
1830.  It  was  not  the  author's  privilege  to  know  iniuli  of 
Aunt  I'olly  ("arr.  as  she  left  the  <  >ng  neigliborhood  and 
nK>ved  to  Salem,  (  )hio.  when  he  was  but  a  small  lad,  but 
fr<im  the  inii)ressions  we  get.  and  the  kin<l  words  which  are 
sp<jken  of  her  by  her  friends  and  asst)ciates.  we  know  her 
to  have  been  a  grand,  good  woman.  She  died  on  the  30th 
ilay  of  April,  i87y. 

Chiidrfn  rrarr^  : 

Alkl.i   .\1..  b.    lltli  uf  Jul\,    1833;  (1.  91I1  ul  Jiuu-, 
I  </XJ. 


Oni;    Paiiiily    History.  ^y 


Ann. 
65.     Addison  M. 


*?.. 


1 


Moses  Harlan«  Ong  (FinlcyJ  Jacob,"  Jeremiah-'  Jacob,' 
Jacob,^  Isaac,-  Francis')  was  born  in  Smithfield  Township, 
Jefferson  county,  Ohio,  on  the  15th  day  of  December,  1810.' 
He  was  married  to  Mary  Cain,  daughter  of  Walter  and 
Anna  Cain,  on  the  28th  day  of  August,  1833. 

He  was  one  of  the  most  prominent  farmers  and  suc- 
cessful men  of  Jefferson  county,  Ohio.  He  was  a  stalwart 
man  of  excellent  physique  and  always  enjoyed  good  health, 
having  had  but  one  severe  sickness  during  his  entire  life. 
He  had  the  highest  regard  for  honor,  honesty  and  integrity, 
and  lived  up  to  his  ideals. 

His  death,  which  occurred  on  the  22nd  day  of  May, 
1890,  was  due  to  an  accident  while  crossing  the  street  in 
Smithfield,  Ohio.  He  lived  only  twenty-four  hours  after  re- 
ceiving the  fatal  injury, 

Mary  Cain  Ong,  wife  of  Moses  H.  Ong,  was  a  grand, 
good,  christian  woman.  To  know  her  was  to  love  her.  A 
devout,  faithful,  loving  companion  and  mother.  Her  voice 
was  often  heard  in  the  Friend's  meeting  at  Mount  Pleasant 
and  Smithfield.  It  was  the  voice  of  a  godly  woman,  through 
whom  the  Great  Redeemer  was  speaking  in  words  ladened 
with  love  that  carried  her  hearers  in  thought  and  spirit  to 
the  celestial  world  beyond,  as  she  pointed  out  to  them  the 
light  of  eternal  day. 

She  had  just  written  the  following  letter  when  the  light  of 
life  went  suddenly  out : 
"Albert  R.  Ong, 

"My  Dear  Child : — As  I  have  gotten  able  to  sit  up  a  part 
of  the  time,  I  thought  I  woukf  write  to  thee  myself  this 
time,  and  tell  thee  how  I  am  feeling.  I  am  better,  of  course, 
but  I  tell  thee  I  am  far  from  feeling  well.  I  told  the  doctor 
when  he  was  in  today  that  I  was  feeling  very  badly.     The 


38  Oii^    J'liinily    History. 

swi'Iliti};  lias  left  my  limbs  for  the  most  part,  but  1  sulYcr 
])aiii  all  the  time.  1  have  not  had  a  j^ood  nights  rest  since 
1  tiK)k  that  trip  It.)  I'licle  Charles  \a_\lor's.  lUit  1  must  lUit 
complain,  for  it  is  all  riyht  or  it  would  not  have  been.  I 
have  had  sweet  hours  of  i)eace  and  joy  of  soul  while  alone 
in  my  room  meditatinj^:  and  reading  a  book  entitled  'A 
Ciuiile  of  lloline.ss.'  AIthoU};h  sulYerin^^  all  the  time,  it  has 
been  a  j^reat  feast  to  my  soul.  1  do  think  of  thee  often  and 
brinj^'  thee  on  the  alter  of  my  heart  in  pra\er  to  Gijd.  I  am 
feeling  badl\  and  nuist  close  my  letter. 

"Thv  alYectionate  mother, 

•MARY  OXG." 

The  following;  obiluar\  was  written  by  a  lady  frienil  of 
rittiburij,  IVimsylvania  : 

"IN  MEMORY  OF  MARY  C.  OXG. 

Her  work  was  finished  here  on  earth, 
Gotl  took  her  to  that  home  above. 
To  be  with  Him  and  the  ani^el  throng, 
In  that  world  of  peace  and  love. 

No  more  shall  we  hear  her  s\\(.it  voice, 
III  clnucli,  at  home  or  abroad, 
r.nt  the  angeU  will  hear  it  in  Heaven 
I'rai.sing  Jehovah,  her  bather  and  Cjod. 

God  strengthen  the  husband  in  his  deep  allliction. 
And  comfort  the  children  with  His  precious  love. 
And  may  we  all  live  in  perfect  achievement. 
To  meet  that  sainted  wife  and  inctther  above." 

Children  : 

Lewis   H.,  1).    loth  of  (  )ctober,    18J54;  d.    K.ili  of 
November,  l>S^<j. 

66.  .Milllin. 

67.  Samuel  N. 

68.  I'inlcy. 

69.  Slupard. 

70.  (  harles  L. 

71.  Anna  .M. 


MOSES  HARLAN  ONG. 


Ong    Family 

72. 

Albert  R. 

Il- 

Walter  C. 

74- 

Harlin  H. 

75- 

Emma  L. 

76. 

Mary  E. 

17- 

lola  C. 

78. 

Osborn  B. 

History.  39 


25. 

Matilda  Ong'*  Newlin  (Finley^  Jacoh,^  Jeremiah,^ 
Jacob,*  Jacoh,^  Isaac,-  Francis,^)  was  born  in  Jefferson  coun- 
ty, Ohio,  on  the  12th  day  of  April,  1813.  She  was  united  in 
marriage  to  James  M.  Newlin  (who  was  born  in  Westmore- 
land county,  Pennsylvania,  on  the  13th  day  of  April,  1809) 
in  the  year  1832.  They  lived,  with  the  exception  of  a  few 
years,  near  Smithfield,  Ohio.  They  were  both  Quakers, 
being  members  and  elders  of  Smithfield  Monthly  Meeting. 
They  led  very  active  Christian  lives  and  manifested  a  lively 
interest  in  everything  pertaining  to  the  welfare  of  the  So- 
ciety of  Friends.  Matilda  Newlin  was  especially  fond  of 
children  and  would  often  gather  them  around  her  and  tell 
of  the  Savior's  love. 

Her  last  illness  was  of  many  month's  duration,  attended 
with  great  suffering,  yet  borne  with  patience  and  sweet  resig- 
nation.   She  departed  this  life  on  August  12th,  1881. 

James  Newlin  passed  the  remainder  of  his  life,  twelve 
years,  with  his  daughter  in  Richmond,  Indiana,  where  he  en- 
deared himself  to  a  large  circle  of  friends.  He  died  the 
1 6th  of  February,  1894,  and  was  laid  to  rest  by  the  side  of 
his  wife  in  Smithfield,  Ohio  His  life  also  bore  the  fruits  of 
an  earnest  and  active  Christian. 

Children  (Newlin)  : 

79.  Oliver. 

80.  Finley. 

81.  Elizabeth. 


40  0*1^'    Family    History. 

Lkwis*  Ong  (/•■/'/i/rv,'  Jacob,''  Jeremiah,^  Jacob,*  Jacob.^ 
Isaac,'  Francis,^)  was  Ixirn  on  the  15th  of  March.  iSi<i.  lir 
marrit'd  l-'hiiira  l'iir\ ianci-.  ilaiiL;hlcr  ttf  Joseph  aiul  Dchorah 
I'urviaiicf,  ou  the  second  of  ( )ctoher,  1839,  al  the  I-rieiul's 
Meetintj  House,  Siiiithtield,  ( )hin. 

His  choice  of  occupation  was  that  of  fanninjj;.  lie  was 
enerjxetic,  strong,  hale  and  very  active  in  pursuits  of  his 
chosen  vocation.  He  w;is  kind,  i^enerous  and  a  Christian 
father.  Soon  after  their  luarria^^e  they  settled  at  Smith- 
field.  Ohio.  A  few  years  later,  about  1845,  they  nioveil  to 
Richmond,  Ohio,  where  they  resided  for  a  number  of  years. 
Kvery  Sabbath  they  would  drive  some  three  miles  to  the 
old  IViend's  Meeting  House  they  loved  so  will.  The  family 
altar  had  its  place  in  the  home,  and  the  reatlings  of  the  word 
of  God  and  prayer  made  its  im|)ress  upon  each  member  of 
their  large  family  of  children.  Their  doors  were  always 
open  to  relatives  and  friends. 

In  the  spring  of  1874  the\  moved  to  Columbus.  Ohio. 
where  they  spent  in  peace  and  quiet  the  closing  years  of  their 
long  and  eventful  life.  In  December.  189S.  he  was  taken 
suddeidy  ill.  His  sickness  was  of  short  duration,  and  i-n 
the  21  St  of  the  same  month  he  died.  The  last  audibli-  words 
siKjken  by  him  were  "Welcome  home!     Welcome  home!" 

IClmira,  the  wife  of  Lewis  Ong.  was  born  the  jolli  of 
December,  1820.  She  was  a  most  devoted  Christian,  evir 
patient,  prayerful  and  solicitous  of  the  tinul\  and  eleiiial 
welfare  of  Ikt  family  .'ind  uei'.^hbors. 

I^he  died  on  the  iJtb  of  January,  n/ii,  after  a  fiw  days' 
illness,  .As  the  last  moments  (tf  li<r  li fr  were  i).issing  slu- 
called  her  family  to  her  bedside  and  exhorted  them  to  i)ut 
their  trust  in  the  Lord  and  meet  her  in  he.iven.  and  sent  ;i 
like  message  to  the  absent  members. 

"When   ui'\f  I)r(  n  tlu  ii-  tin   thousand   vears, 


MARY  CAIN  ONG. 


Ong    Family    History.  41 


Bright,  shining  as  the  sun, 

We've  no  less  days  to  sing  God's  praise, 

Than  when  we  first  begun." 


Children 


82. 

Joseph  P. 

83. 

Lindlev  H. 

84. 

Lemuel  W. 

85. 

Plunier  N. 

86. 

Annie  E. 

87. 

Amanda. 

88. 

William  P. 

89. 

Lewis  B. 

go. 

Anderson  C 

91. 

Delbert  B. 

27. 

Rerecca»  Ong  Jones  (Finley,''  Jacoh,^  Jeremiah,^  Jacob,*' 
Jacohr  Isaac,'-  Francis,^)  was  born  at  the  old  homestead  on 
April  15th,  1817.  She  was  married  to  Reason  Jones.  She 
passed  to  her  reward  after  years  of  severe  and  patient  suffer- 
ing. 

Reason  Jones  lived  with  his  daughter  at  Smithfield,  Ohio, 
until  his  death  in  1906. 

Children  : 

John,  resides  in  Pennsylvania. 
92.     Annie. 

28. 

Mifflin**  Ong  (Finley,'^  Jacoh,^  Jeremiah,^  Jacob*  Jacob,^ 
Isaac,-  Francis,^)  was  born  at  Smithfield,  Ohio,  on  July  6th, 
1820.  He  spent  his  boyhood  days  on  his  father's  farm,  re- 
ceiving his  education  in  the  district  school  and  at  Scott's 
Academy,  a  noted  local  institution  of  learning  of  that  time, 
located  in  Steubenville,  Ohio.  He  was  a  life  long  member 
of  the  Quaker  church.  He  died  at  Smithfield,  Ohio,  on 
April  4th,  i86g 


4J  Ong    Family    History. 


LliiMrcn  : 

lyj.      liii!i\   K..  r«.>i*liii^'  in  ritt>lmrj4,  I'a. 

William    II.,   ri>i(K(l   in   Caiitiild,   Noiili    Dai^ma. 
(1.  May  J,  i(/j<i. 

Manila  A.,  rcsidin}^  in  Alkj^lunv ,  I'a. 

(  )liviT.  roidini;  in  .\IIc.L;ln.n\ ,  I'a. 
94.     L«.N\is  11.,  roitliii};  in  Lanticld,  Xurih  Dakota. 

1''li/.\  Ann"  (.)m.  Liavis  (l-'inlcy,'  Jacob,'^  Jcmmali.'' 
Jiuob,*  Jacob,^  Isaocr  Vrancis,^)  was  born  on  the  I4tli  of 
May,  iSji,  ntar  Sniitliliold,  Ohio.  The  follow iii}^^  obituary 
from  the  Steuben villc  Gazette  tell.s  the  life  story  of  this 
excellent  woman  : 

omruARv. 

MRS.  ELIZA  .\NX  MAVIS. 

"Mrs.  F.liza  A.  Lewis,  beloved  iin'tlier  of  .\d«lis(in  I",  and 
r.  I'.  Lewis,  entered  into  rest  peacefully  at  tlu  home  of  her 
sun.  Ad'lison.  on  Monday  morning.  January  J<^th,  K^/).  at 
2:30  o'clock,  aj^ed  four  score  and  four  \ears.  Mrs.  Lewis 
closed  her  home  near  .Smithfiekl  six  weeks  atjo  and  came  to 
Steubenville  to  spend  the  holiday  season  with  her  .sons,  and 
other  kinsf(jlk.  She  was  in  her  usual  health  until  she  was 
stricken  with  a  heavy  cold  two  weeks  a}j;o.  which  developed 
into  pneumonia,  and  she  was  critically  ill  for  several  days. 
Iler  strong  constitution,  however,  made  a  brave  stniv^.^le  and 
she  rallied  from  the  dread  disease,  and  was  stricken  with 
heart  failure,  and  after  a  few  days  of  extreme  weakness. 
}.,'ently  fell  asleep  to  awaken  in  eternity.  Mrs.  Lewis  was  the 
danj^'iiter  of  b'inley  and  .\nn  ( )nj,'.  pitmeer  settlers  of  Sniith- 
field  'rouiiship.  and  of  the  I'rieiid's  household  of  faith. 
She  was  born  at  the  old  (  )ii;,'  homestead  on  .May  l.ph,  iSji, 
.iiid  was  one  of  a  family  circle  of  ten  children.  She  was  a 
bri-bt  and  cai)able  ^^irl.  who  was  reared  on  the  f.irm.  and 
left  the  old  roof  tree  to  become  the  wife  of  her  choice.  Is.iac 
Lewis,  a  proiniiunt  \<>un^  f.armer  ami  stock  dealer  of  Sinilh- 
fuld.  and  live.l  in  that  vicinitv  all  her  life,  biloved  and  es- 
teemed   for  her   inanv   noble   tiait-^  of  character.     She   was 


ELIZA  LEWIS. 


Oiii^    Family    History.  43 

strong  in  intellect,  a  womanly  woman  of  character,  and  one 
who  was  a  wise  counselor  as  well  as  a  companion  and  friend 
unto  her  children.  Warm  in  friendship,  kind  in  heart,  she 
was  esteemed  throughout  the  country  side  for  her  neighborly 
kindness,  and  although  she  had  lived  beyond  the  allotted 
years  of  life,  she  was  active  in  body,  bright  in  intellect,  and 
took  an  interest  in  all  that  was  transpiring  around  her,  and 
kept  in  touch  with  the  current  events  of  the  day.  Her  hus- 
band died  eighteen  years  ago  and  since  that  time  she  has 
lived  on  the  home  farm,  visiting  from  time  to  time  with  her 
children,  who  are  left  to  mourn  her  loss.  They  are  ex- 
Prosecuting  Attorney  A.  C,  Lewis  and  P.  P.  Lewis,  Esq., 
of  this  city ;  William  F.  Lewis,  of  Smithfield,  Ohio,  and 
Mrs.  Annie  Kaminsky,  of  Richmond,  Indiana;  one  daugh- 
ter, Mrs.  John  McCIave,  of  this  city,  having  preceded  her  in 
death  eight  years  ago.  She  also  leaves  seven  grandchildren 
and  two  sisters,  Mrs.  Emily  Chadwell,  of  this  city,  and  Mrs. 
Rachael  Hamilton,  of  Wellsville,  who  were  with  her  in 
daily  administration  during  her  last  illness.  In  the  death 
of  Mrs.  Lewis  another  of  the  old  pioneer  residents  and  emin- 
ent members  of  the  Friend's  church  is  removed  from  our 
midst,  and  each  year  these  mothers  of  the  olden  time  who 
have  reared  and  guided  their  children  in  the  affairs  of  state 
as  well  as  of  the  home,  are  passing  over  the  silent  river,  but 
the  heroism  of  such  lives  will  live  forever  in  the  uplift  of 
the  community  in  which  they  have  lived,  for  she  was  clothed 
with  strength  and  honor,  and  her  children  as  they  look  upon 
her  noble  form  in  the  majesty  of  death  call  her  blessed." 

Children  (Lewis)  : 

95.  Elizabeth. 

96.  William  T. 

Oliver  N.,  d.  soon  after  reaching  his  majority. 

97.  Addison  C. 

98.  Plummer  P. 

99.  Anna  L. 

30. 

Emily^  Ong  Chadwell  (Finlcy,''  Jacoh,^  Jeremiah,'^ 
Jacob*  Jacob,^  Isaac,-  Francis,^)  was  born  at  the  old  Ong 
homestead  on  Piney  Fork,  Jefferson  county,  Ohio,  on  the 


44  Ong    Family    History. 


15th  i)f  Auj^u.st.  1823.  She  was  imiictl  in  niarriaj^e  to  Aiulcr- 
.son  C.  Lliadwill.  wlio  ilicd  inau\  years  aj^o.  She  resides 
with  her  dauj^hter,  Ida,  at  713  North  I'oiirth  street,  Steu- 
iK'iiville,  (  )hio.  She  is  one  of  the  only  two  children  of  linley 
and  Ann  Ong  now  livinj;. 

ChiUl- 

100.  Ida,  residing  in  Steubenville,  Ohio. 

31. 

Raciiael  Ann*  Ong  IIa.mii-ton  (Finlcy,''  Jacob,'^  Jere- 
miah.'' Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Jsaoc,-  Iraiuis,^  J  was  born  on  the  (  >ld 
C)n}^  Homestead  on  I'iney  I-'ork,  near  Smilhfiehl,  Ohio,  on  the 
iStli  of  April.  1834.  She  was  united  in  niarria'.je  to  Thomas 
Hamilton  in  the  year  1854,  who  ilied  in  1S7S.  She  is  still 
livinji^,  being  one  of  the  tjnly  two  cilildren  of  i-'inley  and 
Ann  ( )ng  now  living. 

Children  { 1  lamilton)  : 

101.  Jessie  V. 

102.  Anna  15.  I 

103.  William  S. 

104.  Finley  E. 

32. 

Nathan*  Ong  (Jacob,''  Jacob.'^  Jeremiah,''  Jacob*  Jacob,' 
Isaac,-  Francis,^)  was  born  on  the  loth  of  .Xugust.  1816.  He 
was  married  to  Jennie  Joseph  in  1837.  Of  this  marriage  six 
children  were  born.  IIi<  wife.  Jennie,  died,  and  a  few  \ears 
later,  in  1852,  he  was  married  to  Lydia  Lovelaiul.  Three 
children  were  born  of  this  union. 

Children  : 

.Anderson,    b.  1st  of  (  )et<il)er,  1838.    Deceased. 

105.  1 'in ley  J. 

106.  William  C. 

107.  Barbara  .\. 


Ong    Family    History.  4- 


Narcissiis.    b.  27th  of  September,  1848. 
Austin,    b.  8tli  of  June,  1851. 
Samantba.    b.  31st  of  August,  1853. 
108.     Fihnore. 

Carrie,    b.  6tb  of  August,  1859. 

33. 

REnEccA**  Ong  McGrew  (Jacob,''  Jacob,"  Jeremiah,^ 
Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,-  Francis,^)  was  born  May  15th,  1818. 
Slic  was  married  to  James  McGrew  and  resided  in  West- 
moreland county,  Pennsylvania.  To  tliem  was  born  several 
cliildren,  among  wbom  are  tbe  following. 

Cbildren  (McGrew): 

Jacob  O.    b.  I3tb  of  Nevember,  1842. 
James  A.     b.  utb  of  December,  1844. 


109.     Eliza  J. 


34. 


FiNLEY^  Ong  (Jacob,''  Jacob,*"  Jeremiah,''  Jacob,"  Jacob,^ 
Isaac,-  Francis,^)  was  born  on  the  23rd  day  of  April,  1822. 
On  the  1 2th  of  May  1850,  he  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Alice  Lindsey.  He  enlisted  in  the  Union  army  in  1861  as  a 
private  in  Company  F,  4th  W.  Va.  V.  I.,  and  was  soon  made 
First  Lieutenant.  He  passed  through  many  hard  fought 
battles,  his  last  being  at  the  siege  of  Vicksburg.  On  the 
morning  of  May  17th,  1863,  he  was  in  command  of  Com- 
pany F.,  leading  a  fierce  charge  in  which  360  of  the 
800  left  in  his  regiment  were  killed  or  wounded.  He 
fell  into  the  hands  of  the  enemy.  On  the  i8th  of  May,  1863, 
his  leg  was  amputated  above  the  knee.  He  was  getting 
along  nicely  until  the  22nd  of  June,  when  a  shell  from  the 
Union  battery  exploded  near  his  tent,  causing  him  to  make  a 
sudden  movement,  which  started  a  hemorrhage  from  his 
wound  that  soon  ebbed  his  life  away.  His  resting  place  is 
among  the  unknown  at  Vicksburg. 


4(j  Oiti^    Fiintily    History. 


Children : 

1  ID.     Carman  I'lit/.f  A. 
111.     Missouri  Irciic. 

l-.iuma  I'aritlim-.     h.   1st  cf  .Npril.  iSs't. 

Hannah  Marv.     h.  i  stli  uf  1  )(.ccnibir.  iS(»o. 

35. 

TiiKoiKmii**  Onc;  (Jacob?  Jacob.''  Jeremiah:'  Jacob* 
Jacob,^  Isaac,-  Francis.^)  was  the  seventh  child  of  Jacob  and 
Hannah  Oni;.  Little  is  known  of  his  history.  He  left  the 
scenes  of  his  childhood  early  in  life  and  located  in  Madison. 
Indiana.  In  iS()i  he  entered  the  I'nion  army  with  the  rank 
of  Maior,  an<l  served  his  cijuntry  with  distinction  until  the 
year  1863,  when  a  piece  of  shell  from  the  enemy's  ki'""' 
fractured  his  skull,  resultinjj  in  his  death  one  year  after- 
wards. 

Two  danj^hters  survive  him,  but  the  author  has  been  un- 
able to  locate  tiiem. 

36. 

J Acon*  Ong  (Jacob,^  Jacob,''  Jeremiah.''  Jacob.*  Jacob, ^ 
Isaac.-  Francis.^)  was  the  ninth  child  of  Jacob  and  Hannah 
On^'.  He  was  also  a  soldier  in  the  Ci\il  War.  a  member  of 
the  I'irst  Illinois  Heavy  Artillery.  .At  the  close  of  the  war 
lie  was  honorably  discharj^ed. 

Shortly  thereafter  he  was  marrieil  ami  lived  in  Deboise, 
Illinois. 

Child  : 

W .  C.     d.  iSjo,  Krivin^  a  widow  and  child  wliom  the 
author  has  been  unable  to  locate. 

37. 

Cakoi.ink"  Onc.  (Jacob.''  Jacob.''  Jeremiah.''  Jacob.* 
Jacoli."  Isaac.'  I'raiicis.' )  was  the  youn).,'est  iliil.l  of  Jacob 
and  Hannah  (  )ni;.     Slu'  is  the  onI\   mend)ir  of  Jacob  Onj^^'s 


Ong    Family    History.  47 

family  now  living.     She  resides  in  St.  Louis,  but  her  last 
name,  street  and  address  is  unknown  to  the  author. 

38. 

Rebecca**    Ong     Thomas     (Isaac,'    Jacoh,^    Jeremiah,^ 

Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,-  Francis,^)    was  the  oldest  child  of 

Isaac   and   Catherine   Ong.      She   was   married   to    Scotler 
Thomas. 

Children  (Thomas)  : 

Adaline,  m.  Fletcher  Scott,  d. 

Alfred,  residing  in  Virginia  City,  Nevada. 

39. 

Dr.  Jacob  B.®  Ong  (Isaac,''  Jacob,'^  Jeremiah^  Jacob,* 
Jacob,^  Isaac,^  Francis,^)  was  the  second  child  of  Isaac  and 
Catherine  Ong.  He  lived  to  the  ripe  old  age  of  86  years,  and 
died  in  Greensburg,  Indiana,  on  March  30th,  1904.  Of  his 
family  two  daughters  are  living,  and  reside  in  Indianapolis, 
Indiana. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  a  surgeon  in  the  Civil  War, 
at  the  close  of  which  he  located  in  Nashville,  Tennessee,  and 
was  for  several  years  President  of  the  Nashville  Medical 
College.  He  next  located  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  where  he  prac- 
ticed his  chosen  profession  for  several  years.  On  retiring 
from  active  practice  he  moved  to  Greensburg,  Indiana,  where 
he  spent  his  last  days  with  his  two  daughters. 

40. 

Eliza"  Ong  Young  (Isaac,''  Jacob,^  Jeremiah,^  Jacob,* 
Jacob,^  Isaac,^  Francis,^)  was  the  third  child  of  Isaac  and 
Catherine  Ong.  She  was  united  in  marriage  to  Jehu  Young, 
of  Smithfield,  Ohio.  She  died  on  September  i8th,  1889, 
and  her  husband  died  on  the  nth  day  of  March,  1893. 


4S  Oll^    I'lintily    History. 


Lhildrcn  ( Vi»iin^)  : 
I  i,v     I'.uira  \  . 

1 14.    I'liimiiRT  r. 

\\  illiaiM  15.     Dccca.^cil. 
41 

Jami.s  Ali  kld"*  C)N(.;  (Isaac,^  Jacob,"  Jeremiah,''  Jacob* 
Jacob.^  Isaac,-  I-rancis,^)  was  lx)rii  in  the  year  1822.  He 
married  Hannah  C  Xicliols,  ilau^diicr  (»f  Rev.  Jacob  and 
Jane  Nichols,  in  the  year  1846.  He  was  a  j)roininent  member 
of  the  Methtxhst  Protestant  cliurdi.  Id  i>(>Iiiic>  he  was  a 
Rejujbhcan  and  was  a  member  of  the  Town  Council,  and 
President  of  the  School  lioard  of  Smithfield,  Ohio.  He  was 
a  successful  business  man  of  that  town,  beinu^  enj,'aj;ed  in 
the  merchant  tailorinj^'  business  until  his  death  in  1875.  His 
widow,  now  Si  years  of  ai^e.  resides  in  SmithtRld,  ( )hio. 

Children : 

115.  Oliver  M. 
Isaac  .\. 

1 16.  Jacob  X. 

William   H.,  accidentallv  shot  bv  a  fellow   stu- 
dent. 
Mary  Jane,  tlied  at  the  aj;e  of  five  years. 

42. 

Rkzin"  Oxn.  (Xathan  M.J  Jacob."  Jeremiah.^  Jacob,* 
Jacob.^  Isaac,'  I-raucis^ )  was  l)orn  on  the  30th  day  of  May, 
1815.  lie  married  Susannah  Kinj^  (dauj^diter  of  Solomon 
Kinj,')  on  I'ebruary  i8th.  i8^^^».  He  lived  in  .Mori,'an 
("ounly,  ( )hio,  and  was  a  milU  r  bv  occupation.  In  the  \(ar 
iS^ft  he  moved  to  Pattens  .Mill,  antl  from  there  moved  to 
.MillL-rove,  where  he  iii,i,'aj,'ed  in  storekei-pini;,  but  in  1S58 
returne<l  to  his  old  home  in  l'iiion\ille.  In  i8^>8  he  moved 
fronj  I'nioinilli-  to  Hooksbur^'.  on  the  ^■a^t  b;mk  of  tlu'  Ulue 
Muskini;um  River.     His  ne.xt  location  w;i>  in  tlu  ([uiet,  rest- 


RACHAEL  HAMILTON. 


Ong    Family    History.  49 

ful  town  of  Beverley,  Ohio,  where  he  and  his  wife  lived  to 
the  end  of  their  days.  He  and  his  wife  were  devoted  Chris- 
tians. 

Children : 

117.  Mary. 

Sarah  H.,  b.  i8th  of  November,  1838;  d.  29th 
of  April,  1845. 

118.  Oliver  C. 

Julian,  b.  nth  of  March,  1843;  d-  1843. 

119.  Maria  L. 

120.  Nathan  K. 

121.  Addison  P. 

Richard  B.,  b.  28th  of  September,  185 1.     Died 
young. 

122.  Edgar  M. 

123.  Emma. 

John    P.,   b.    i8th   of    October,    1863.     Died   in 
infancy. 

43. 

JuLi.AN^  Ong  Kinsey  (Nathan  M.,''  Jacob,'''  Jeremiah,^ 
Jacob  *  Jacob,'"^  Isaac,-  Francis^)  was  the  second  child  of  Dr. 
Nathan  and  Mary  Ong.  She  was  married  to  Lewis  Kinsey, 
who  was  a  son  of  Stephen  and  Ann  Kinsey.  Soon  after 
their  marriage  they  located  in  Iowa.  To  them  were  born 
four  sons,  all  of  whom  are  deceased  except  William,  whose 
address  is  unknown.  Thomas,  one  of  the  sons,  was  killed 
by  the  Indians  in  1868. 


44. 

Maria  Louisa^  Ong  Naylor  (Nathan  M.^  Jacob,^  Jere- 
miah,^ Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,-  Francis^)  was  born  near 
Smithfield,  Ohio,  on  the  2nd  day  of  April,  18 19.  When  but 
a  child  of  nine  years  she  was  deprived  of  a  father's  loving 
care  and  protection.     From  childhood  she  grew  to  woman- 


jt)  Ong    raintly    Ihstory. 


hootl,  iiiilustrious,  ccoiumiical,  respected  by  all,  witli  a  life 
alK)ve  reproach.  At  the  aj^'e  of  twenty-seven  she  was  uiiited 
in  niarriagi-  to  Sanuul  M.  Xaylor.  a  merchant.  They  re- 
siiied  in  SniilhfieUl  seven  years,  and  tluii  btiu^ht  a  farm  Iwt) 
miles  north  of  Smithfield,  where  they  lived  until  she  died 
in  iSSi.  She  was  a  faithful  member  of  the  I'Viends' 
Lhurch.  Her  husband  lived  mitil  iS<>}.  when  he  died  at 
the  advanced  a^e  of  8(j  years. 

Lhililren  : 

IJ4.      Nathan  (  >. 

i-'S-     Mary    l^li/abetli. 

45 

Oi-iviiK*  Ong  (Francis  M.J  Jacob,'^  JcrcDiiah:'  Jacob,* 
Jacob,^  Isaac,-  Vrancis^ )  was  tiie  hfth  chiUl  of  Dr.  Nathan 
M.  and  Mary  Onj;.  After  learning'  the  tailorinsj^  trade  in 
Cadiz.  Ohio,  he  moved  to  Madison,  Intliana,  where  he  mar- 
ried Mary  McGcy.  Of  their  marriaj;c  six  chiUlren  were 
born,  three  sons  and  three  dau;,diters,  but  the  names  and 
addresses  are  unknown.  lb-  was  married  a  second  time, 
and  at  his  deatii  left  a  wife  and  chiUlren,  but  the  number, 
names  and  addresses  are  nnknown. 

4G 

Makv*  Ong  Pi  hits  (Nathan  M.,'  Jacob,''  Jeremiah.'' 
Jacob*  Jacob,^  Isaac.-  Francis^)  was  born  in  Smithfield, 
Jefferson  County,  Ohio,  on  October  7th,  ii<-\^  Sin-  was 
married  to  William  IMiipps,  of  Smithfield,  Ohio. 

She  ha;,  been  since  her  eighteenth  year  a  faithful  ami  at- 
tentive member  of  the  Methodist  ICpi.scopal  Church. 


(  hildren   (  I'liipps)  : 

Adaline,  decea.sed. 

l^uis  Kinscv,  resides  in  I'airfield,  Iowa. 


Oiig    Family    Hktory.  51 

126.  Nathan. 
Julia  Ann. 

Elisha  William,  resides  in  Smithfield,  Ohio. 

Stewart  Carrick. 

Rev.  Oliver  Ross,  resides  in  Alliance,  Ohio. 

Albert  Reese. 

Mary  Ellsworth,  deceased. 

Henry  Cook. 

Anna  Belle. 

47 

AiiRAM^  Ong  {John  M.,''  Jacoh,^  Jeremiah,^  Jacob* 
Jacob,^  Isaac,  '  Francis^)  was  born  on  the  15th  day  of  Octo- 
ber, 1 82 1,  in  Jefferson  County,  Ohio.  His  occupation  dur- 
ing his  life  was  that  of  a  miller,  but  in  later  years  he  took 
up  the  trade  of  a  builder.  A  portion  of  his  life  was  spent 
near  the  old  homestead,  which  is  generally  known  as  "Ong's 
Mill,"  in  Jefferson  County,  Ohio. 

On  October  30th,  1845,  he  was  married  to  Elizabeth 
Moore,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Lusana  Moore.  He  now 
resides  at  Mount  Pleasant,  Ohio,  at  the  age  of  eighty-five 
years,  remarkably  noted  for  his  excellent  health  and  activity 
for  one  so  old.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 
and  a  highly  respected  citizen.  He  was  a  past  officer  of 
high  degree  of  the  Order  of  "Odd  Fellows."  He  is  a 
staunch  Republican. 

Children : 

127.  Hannah  Jane. 

128.  John  W. 

129.  Nathaniel  Moore. 

Ambrose,  b.  24th  of  April,  1855;  d.  3rd  of  Au- 
gust,  1855. 

Enos  O.,  b.  27th  of  July,  1856;  d.  28th  of  July, 
1856. 

Isaac  L.,  b.  5th  of  May,  1858;  d.  i6th  of  Au- 
gust, i8s8. 

Ruth  A.,  b.  5th  of  May,  i860;  d.  15th  of  May, 
1879. 


5-'  Oii/j    Fantily    Jlistory. 

■IS 

Makv"  Om.  Plkmanck  (John  M.,^  Jacch."  Jircniialt:' 
Jacob*  Jacob.^  J  suae,-  J-raiiiis^)  was  born  on  ihc  jjih  day 
of  October,  1823.     She  was  married  to  Amos  I'urviaiicc. 

L  liildrcii : 

I'rank. 
Margartiia. 

J.uon  W."  ()Nt;  (John  M.r  Jacob.''  Jeremiah,''  Jacob,* 
Jacob,^  Isaac,-  I-rancis* }  was  bcrii  on  tlu-  jStli  dav  of  Au- 
j;ust.  1825.  llr  was  married  \n  IClizabctli  McCaiin.  a 
dau<;blcr  of  Hii<;b  and  Racharl  MoCaiiti.  on  the  28th  day  of 
September.  1853.  lie  was  a  miller  by  occupation  and  was 
identified  with  the  old  "Uuhr  Mill"  until  he  retired  from 
business,  which  was  in  i8</3.  lie  dietl  on  July  31st.  n/V). 
aj^'cd  80  years.  11  m«>nths  and  2  days. 

His  wife.   Elizabeth  ()n\;.   was  born  on  the    ijlh  day   of 
January.   1832.  and  died  on  Xoveiuber   14th.   i8(;8. 
Children  : 

Mary   bdizabeth.   b.  25lh  of  June.   1S54;  d.  (ith 

of   I'ebruar} .    i8()4. 
Ida    lane.    b.    1  vh   of    Ainil.    iS^;');    d.    jud    of 

Si  arch.    iSrq. 
John    llui^h.    1).    7th    of    June.    1S5S;    m.    Marv 

I-'orbes.  l8(;i  :  r.  Ashland,  Missouri. 
Adalaska.    b.    14th    of    March.    i8()2;    m.    lata 

Lamb  I  Ith  of  ( )ctober.  i8<p. 
Arthur    ( i..    b.    25th    of     November,     lS(»5;    r. 

Oklahoma. 
Albert    Jacob,   b.    2<;th    of    November.    1870;    r. 

r.rookfield.    Missouri, 
l-'rank    Turviance,   b.   2nd  of   September.    1874; 
r.  ( )klalu)ma. 

50 

N.MiiAN  A."  Onc;  (John  M..'  Jacob,''  Jeremiah.''  Jacob.* 


\\.\\<\  CARK 


0;;^'    Family    History.  53 


Jacoh,^  Isaac,-  Francis^)  was  born  at  the  old  Ong  Home- 
stead on  rinc}  l'\)rk,  Jefferson  County,  Ohio,  on  the  12th 
day  of  January,  1828. 

The  followini^  aecount  of  his  ileath,  from  the  Tonica 
News,  embraces  a  full  and  correct  account  of  a  t^ood  man: 

"Nathan  2A.dam  Ong  was  born  near  Mount  Pleasant,  Jef- 
ferson County,  Ohio,  January  12th,  1828.  He  belonged  to 
a  large  family,  consisting  of  seven  sons  and  three  daughters, 
nine  of  whom  grew  to  manhood  and  womanhood.  Nathan 
when  a  young  man  of  22  years,  finding  the  opportunities  for 
work  and  advancement  rather  meager  in  that  community, 
obtained  permission  of  his  parents  to  depart  from  the  paren- 
tal roof  and  make  his  way  into  the  world.  Accordingly, 
alone  and  single  handed,  he  pushed  out  West,  landing  at 
Hennepin,  Illinois,  in  1850.  Here  he  obtained  work  for  a 
few  years  on  a  farm  and  then  began  milling  near  Lowell,  in 
this  countv.  He  finallv  drifted  back  to  farming  as  his  life 
work.  He  farmed  for  six  years  in  Putnam  County,  moving 
to  the  old  homestead,  two  miles  northeast  of  Tonica,  in  1862. 
Here  by  industry  and  thrift  he  acquired  a  good  property, 
and  by  just  and  honorable  dealings,  what  was  far  better,  a 
good  name.  He  removed  with  his  daughter,  who  remained 
with  him  faithfully  to  the  end  as  a  cheering  companion  and 
loving  helper,  to  the  Village  of  Tonica  in  the  year  1887. 
He  was  married  at  Paines  Point,  Illinois,  on  March  i6th, 
1853,  to  Janette  Jane  Sharpless,  who  passed  away  from 
earth  April  19th,  1884." 

Children : 

130.  Clarence  R. 

131.  Laura  B. 

132.  Harry  G. 

51 

John  L.*  Ong  (John  M.,''  Jacob, ^  Jeremiah,^  Jacob,* 
Jacob,^  Isaac,-  Francis^)  was  the  eighth  child  of  John  M. 


54  On^    I-amtly    History. 

ajul  Mary  Cuppv  ( )n^.  ami  was  burn  on  tlu-  «;th  day  of  July, 
1834.  at  '•On.n's  Mill."  on  Pincy  Fork.  On  llic  31st  day  of 
DcccmlKT,  1S57.  Ik  was  niarricd  to  Marj^arct  Elizabeth 
rurviancc,  danj^litir  of  James  and  Marj^arct  rurviance,  at 
IIonncj)in.  Illinois.  Ik-  resided  at  the  old  homestead  until 
1853.  when  his  father  moved  to  Putnam  County,  Illinois. 
There  his  youth  ami  early  manhooil  were  spent.  In  1S79 
he  moved  with  his  family  to  Missouri,  and  in  1881,  settled 
in  l^iclede,  Missouri,  where  he  lived  until  the  time  of  his 
ileath.  which  occurred  in  Kosedale,  Kansas,  on  l'\])ruary 
lolh.  K/35.  while  there  on  a  business  trip.  In  iS()i  he  en- 
listed in  the  j^overnmont  service,  hut  was  rejected  on  account 
of  disabilities.  Later  he  was  appointed  Captain  of  a  com- 
pany of  government  scouts,  and  served  with  them  until  tlu- 
end  of  the  war.  Duriu}^^  his  life  he  fiUeil  many  positions  of 
trust  and  honor,  and  served  fourteen  years  as  Mayor  of 
Lacleile,  Missouri. 

Children  : 

133.  riummer  Lewis. 

134.  Li  da  Ina. 

Llla  May,  b.  jyili  of  Auj^mst,  i86j;  r.  Leclede, 
Missouri. 

135.  Nellie  r.elle. 

136.  Mary  ICdna. 

137.  Abbie  Mai;gie. 


Captain  Isa.xc  A."  Ong  (John  M.J  Jiicob,'''  Jcmniali:' 
Jacob,*  Jacob,'  Isaac,"  J'taiicis*)  was  born  un  the  -'Sth  day  of 
May,  1838,  at  the  old  Oni,'  Homestead  on  I'inoy  l-'ork.  Jef- 
ferson Countv,  C)hio.  IK-  was  niiitid  in  marriai^e  to  .Miss 
A.  L.  I  )avis,  of  Donj^ola.  Illinois,  on  the  J.}th  da\  of  July, 
l8^»J.  Karly  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion  he  enlisted  in  the 
I'Vderal  army  as  a  private,  lie  served  his  country  for  three 
and  one-half  years,  and  was  honorably  dischars^ed  at  the 
close  of  the  war.  having,'  been  promoted  to  the  Captaincy  of 


Oiig    Family    History.  55 


his  company.     He  now  resides  with  his  family  at  Lynnville, 
Tennessee. 

Two  children  were  the  issue  of  this  marriage,  consisting 
of  a  son  and  daughter.  His  son  died  in  1894,  the  daughter 
being  married  to  A.  J.  Commack,  of  Shawnee,  Oklahoma. 

53 

Amanda  Ong^  Evans  (Mary,''  Jacob,'^  Jeremiah/'  Jacob,* 
Jacob,^  Isaac,-  Francis^)  is  the  oldest  child  of  Dr.  John 
Blackburn,  who  married  Mary  Ong.  She  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Robert  H.  Evans,  of  Harrisville,  Harrison 
County,  Ohio.  They  afterwards  went  to  Wheeling,  West 
Virginia,  to  live,  where  they  remained  until  September, 
1858,  when  they  took  up  their  residence  in  Steubenville, 
Jefferson  County,  Ohio.  Mr,  Evans  was  a  designer  and 
architect. 

Children  (Evans)  : 

John  William,  m.  Louisa  Copeland. 

Mary  Elizabeth. 

Mary  Jane,  m.  William  F.  Hatcher,  of  Lucas 
County,  Iowa. 

Julia  Ann  Kinsey,  m.  Robert  Turner,  of  Steu- 
benville, Ohio ;  r.  Columbus,  Ohio. 

Oliver  McGrew,  m.  Mary  C.  Brashears,  of  Steu- 
benville, Ohio ;  r.  Columbus,  Ohio. 

Emma  C,  m.  Clarence  Turner,  of  Steubenville, 
Ohio;  r.  Columbus,  Ohio. 

Ada  Virginia ;  r.  Columbus,  Ohio. 

Anna  Belle,  m.  William  Ewing,  of  Columbus, 
Ohio ;   r.  Columbus,   Ohio. 

Harry  L.,  m.  Hattie  Markell,  of  Steubenville, 
Ohio ;  r.  Columbus,  Ohio. 

Robert,  d.  19th  of  November,  1904. 

54 

Jesse^   Ong    (Jacob,''   Jesse,^  Jeremiah,^  Jacob,*   Jacob,^ 
Isaac,'  Francis^)  was  born  on  September  12th,  1804,  in  the 


50  Ong    Family    History. 


State  of   IViiii>\Ivaiiia.      He  inariiid    Miss   lilizabcth   Ken- 
dall. 

Cliildrtn : 

Tliomas.  b.  iSjj.. 
13S.     David  McK. 

Isabel,  b.  18.^1  ;  d.   iS,Sj. 
l^ij.      joliii  (lardiur. 

William,  b.  1835  ;  d.  K/M- 

140.  Samuel   Keed. 

Mary  Klizabelli,  b.  1839;  d.   1902. 

Robert,  d. 

Sarali   \  irt,Miiia,  d. 

141.  Kicbard  Marsball. 

Jesse  Carry,  died  in  infancy. 

55 

Wilson"  Ong,  (John.'  Jcrciniah,'^  Jeremiah,^  Jacob* 
Jacob,'  Isaac,'-  I'rancis,^ )  was  born  on  tbe  2nd  day  of  Aug- 
ust. 184^.  lie  enliste<l  in  the  l-'orty-foiirtli  Illinois  \'olun- 
teers.  He  married  Miss  Mary  Raley  at  Maj^Miolia.  Illinois, 
on  tbe  25tb  day  of  April,  1882,  wbo  died  on  July  8tb,  i8(/), 
at  deneva,  \ebra>ka.  Wilson  nnj,'  died  on  November  2Jnd, 
1898,  at  Grand  Junction.  Colorado. 

Cbildren : 

142.  Joseph  Kli. 

143.  Nathan. 

C(jrdelia  I...   b.  2lst   of  April,    l8^o;  d.  30th  of 
July.   1851. 
14}.      Nelson   Huf^.'iii. 

1-rank  Carv.  b.  2<>th  of    Iaiuiar\.   i8^^;  d.  jt^lh 
of  July.  1856. 

Albert    Newton,  b.  7th  of   December,    i85();  d. 
I9tb  of  .Xu^iist,   1858. 

Jennie  .\urora,  b.   i()th  of  April.   i85<;;  m.  An- 
drew .S.    Ha\('S.  of  Chillicotbe,  (  )bio. 

Nancv    P.elle.   b.    1st   of    .\i)ril.    18M  ;   d.   Mb   of 
April.    l8()2. 
145.     John  (  hester. 


SAMUEL  NAYLOR  AND  WIFE. 


0«4'    Family    Hislory. 


57 


56 


whi   !  ttly  died"  """^''  '"  '"^^"^^^  '"  ''-  S-ah  E.y, 


Child 


ren 


Clarence  E    r.  Chicago,  Ilhnois. 
Charles,  r.  Wenona,  Illinois. 


57 


Jacob,    Isaacr  Francis^)   was  born  in  the  year  1826     He 
was  united  „.  marriage  with  Miss  Dorinda  Meyers   whol 
still  hving  at  Lacon,  IlHnois.  ^      '        °  '' 


Children  : 

146.  Ira  M. 
147-  Judson. 
148.     Crawford. 


NINTH  UtNKRATION. 


58 


Mathas"  Ong  (Jacob,''  Finlcy,^  Jacob,"  Jeremiah,''  Jacob,* 
Jacob,^  Isaac,'-  1-raucis' )  was  born  on  the  1st  day  of  Jan- 
uary, 1831,  near  Sniillifiekl,  Jefferson  County,  Ohio.  Ik- 
grew  to  manhood  in  the  neii^hborhood  of  his  birthplace,  and 
married  Ceha  White  on  the  loth  day  of  March,  1853.  He 
was  a  successful  farmer,  who  was  noted  for  liis  kinchiess  of 
heart  and  for  his  devotion  as  son,  husband  and  father.  He 
and  his  wife  belonged  to  the  Society  of  Friends.  He  died 
after  a  brief  illness  on  the  J  1st  day  of  February,  1887. 

Children  : 

Finley,  b.  23rd  u{  January,  1S54;  d.  Jnd  of  No- 
vember,  1854. 

149.  Ida  E. 

150.  Edwin  Ross. 

151.  Clarence  \V. 

152.  Emma  1'". 

153.  Mary  W. 

154.  Sarrah  Annie. 

Franklin  M..  b.  22nd  oi  July,   i8Ck;;  d.  5tb  of 
Sei)lember,   1870. 

155.  Ikrtlia  B. 

156.  Fred  J. 

157.  Mabel  C. 

158.  Jeshie  L. 

I-i.Ni.i:v    M."    Onc;    (Jacob,""    l-inlcy^    Jacob,"    Jeremiah.'- 
Jacob,*   Jacob,"    Isaac,-    l-raucis,^)    was    bom    in    JelTerson 


0/(^'    Family    History.  59 

County,  Ohio,  on  the  3rd  day  of  August,  1832.  In  1855  '^e 
went  West,  taking  up  his  residence  in  Wapello,  Iowa.  He 
was  married  at  Liurlington,  Iowa,  on  the  26th  day  of  June, 
1856,  to  Miss  Eliza  J.  Christy.  On  the  nth  day  of  Septem- 
ber, 1861,  he  enlisted  in  the  Union  army  as  a  member  of 
Company  K.  of  the  Eighth  Iowa  Volunteer  Infantry.  Dur- 
ing the  early  part  of  his  service  he  was  a  musician  for  the 
regiment,  but  afterwards  became  Clerk  of  Brigade  Head- 
quarters under  General  Mowry.  He  participated  in  the 
battle  of  Shiloh ;  the  siege  and  battle  of  Corinth ;  the  siege 
and  battle  of  Vicksburg ;  the  battle  of  Black  River  and  Jack- 
son, Mississippi,  and  was  through  the  Red  River  expedition 
under  General  Banks.  He  was  mustered  out  of  service 
October  24th,  1864,  having  served  three  years  and  two 
months.  In  1867  he  started  in  the  drug  business,  which  he 
continued  for  twenty-six  years.  He  is  associated  with  the 
Wapello  Electric  Light  &  Power  Company  and  is  a  director 
of  the  Wapello  State  Savings  Bank. 

Children : 

Edwin  F.,  b.  i8th  of  May,  1857. 
Lillie  M.,  b.  i6th  of  January,  1859. 
159.     George  F. 

60 

Mary  Ann"  Ong  (Jacob,^  Finlcy,''  Jacob°  Jeremiah,^ 
Jacob*  Jacob,^  Isaac,^  Francis^)  was  born  on  the  first  day  of 
May,  1835.  She  died  on  the  9th  day  of  May,  1859,  at  the 
age  of  twenty-four  years.  Her  death  was  the  first  break  in 
the  family  circle.  She  was  a  beautiful  girl,  with  dark  eyes 
and  hair,  with  qualities  of  heart  and  mind  which  endeared 
her  to  all.  She  was  an  active  member  of  the  Methodist 
Protestant  Church. 

61 

John  I.""  Ong  (Jacob,^  Finley,''  Jacob,''  Jeremiah,^  Jacob* 


6o  Oiii^    J-anitly    Jlislory. 


Jitcoh,^  Isaac.'  Francis^)  was  born  at  SmithficUl,  Ohio,  on 
Xovciulxr  51I1,  1S37.  At  tlif  a^c  of  twculN-lour  years  he 
eiili.steil  ill  the  L'niun  army,  hilniij^in^  to  Cuinpaiiv  L,  Sixth 
I'liiteil  Stales  Cavalary.  In  Uie  sprinj^  of  iS'»^^  he  marrieil 
Mary  Kli^alxth  Mcdrew.  dauj^hter  o{  David  aii»l  Harriett 
McGrew,  of  New  AlexaiKhia.  t  )hi().  In  1S70  thev  moved 
to  Centerville,  Iowa,  where  they  still  reside.  Ilr  has  been 
identified  with  various  husincss  enterprises  diiriiij;  his  resi- 
deiiee  at  Centerville,  and  is  cmintetl  amoni,'  the  successful 
business  men  of  that  place.  He  is  now  interested  in  the  real 
estate  business. 

Children  : 

ICrtie   May,  ilicd   in    1876. 

160.  Harriet  I). 

161.  Foster  D. 
1O2.     Austin  J. 

G'2 

Dr.  J.\coH  P.mtkk.son"  Ong  (Jacob,"  fiulcyj  Jacob," 
Jcrctniahr  Jacob.*  Jacob.""  Isaac-  I-rancis')  was  born  on  the 
27tli  day  of  May,  1S41.  He  attended  school  in  the  neigh- 
borhood of  Smithfield,  Ohio,  and  later  at  Hopedale,  Ohio, 
where  he  j^^raduated  After  readin.i,'  medicine  with  Dr. 
Israel  Weineh  he  went  to  Cincinnati.  (  )liiM.  wlurr  he  finished 
his  me.lical  course  and  entered  upon  the  i)ractice  of  his  pro- 
fession, h'ailin^'  health  compelled  him  to  ^Mve  uj)  his  work, 
and  he  traveled  for  a  time,  hoping'  to  be  l)enefite<l.  I'artiallv 
recovering',  he  settled  in  New  York  City  and  built  up  a  suc- 
cessful practice.  His  health  aj^ain  failinj.,'  him,  he  returne.l 
to  liis  home  in  Smithfield,  (  )hio.  where  he  died  of  consump- 
tion on  the  J5th  day  of  .November,  i8('j<> 

l':.Mii.v    L."   O.Ni;    X'l.HMii.i.ioN    (Jacob,"    rinlcy.'   Jacob." 
Jeremiah."  Jacob,*  Jacob.'  Isaac.-  I-'raiicis' )  was  born  (in  the 


O //,;,'■    Family    History.  6i 

15th  clay  of  August,  1843.  Her  early  schooling  was  in 
Smithfield,  Ohio,  and  afterwards  she  became  a  pupil  of  the 
Steubenville  Female  Seminary.  On  the  31st  day  of  May, 
1865,  she  was  married  to  William  Vermillion,  a  son  of 
Charles  and  Elizabeth  Vermillion,  who  was  born  near 
Smithtield,  Ohio,  on  September  30th,  1829.  She  has  been  a 
wise  and  tender  mother,  and  was  of  great  assistance  to  her 
husband  in  business.  She  was  the  first  member  received  in 
the  Smithfield  Presbyterian  Church  after  its  organization, 
and  has  always  been  an  earnest  worker  in  every  department 
of  church  work.  She  still  resides  in  the  home  at  Smithfield, 
Ohio,  where  almost  all  her  married  life  was  spent. 

Her  husband,  William  Vermillion,  served  in  the  Civil  War 
in  Company  B,  157th  Regiment,  O.  N.  G.,  under  Captain 
Walden.  He  assisted  in  the  organization  of  the  Smithfield 
National  Bank,  of  which  he  served  as  President  for  many 
years.  He  was  an  elder  in  the  Smithfield  Presbyterian 
Church,  and  superintendent  of  the  Sunday  school.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Smithfield  Masonic  Lodge,  and  also  of  the 
Steubenville  Commandery,  Knight  Templars.  Mr.  Ver- 
million died  suddenly  at  his  desk  in  the  Smithfield  National 
Bank  on  the  5th  day  of  November,  1897. 

Child  (Vermillion)  : 
163.     Lena  May. 

64 

William  L"  Ong  ( Jacob, ^  Finley^  Jacob, ^  Jeremiah^ 
Jacob*  Jacob,'  Isaac,^  Francis^)  was  born  on  the  27th  day  of 
June,  1848,  near  Smithfield,  Ohio.  His  education  was  ob- 
tained in  the  Smithfield  public  schools  and  at  Earlham  Col- 
lege, Richmond,  Indiana.  On  the  i6th  day  of  June,  1874, 
he  married  Ella  D.  Moore,  daughter  of  George  and  Eliza- 
beth Moore,  of  Harrisville,  Ohio.  Of  this  union  one  daugh- 
ter, Edna  May,  was  born  on  September  17th,  1875.  His 
wife  died  on  September  loth,  1877.     He  became  a  partner 


(,j  O/i.t;    Family    History. 


ill  tlic  retail  shoe  busiiK-ss  in  Wheeling:.  West  Virginia.  On 
November  ulh.  i^/^j,  be  married  Rachel  Hammond,  dau};h- 
ter  of  Joseph  and  Harriet  Hammcuul.  Of  this  nnion  one 
st)n.  Howard  J.  <.)nj;.  was  bi»rn  on  Feliruary  19th,  1882. 
His  wile  died  the  same  year.  On  the  6tb  day  of  June,  188.V 
lie  married  AHcc  \'.  Oxtoby.  (hiu^hter  nf  Isaac  and  Khza- 
Ix'lb  Oxtoby,  of  Wheehn^',  West  \irj;iiiia.  CJf  this  mar- 
riai^e-  were  born  W'ilham  Irvine  On^,  Jr.,  on  the  6th  day  of 
March.  1885.  and  Ahce  \'.  OIlk^  horn  May  J^.th,  1888.  His 
wife  (bed  on  June  2nd,  1888,  and  liis  dau.i;lucr  AHce  died 
March  2(>th.  1889.  He  was  married  to  Mmma  L.  Ackinson 
on  November  14th,  i88«j.  He  has  been  eiii^aged  in  the  mer- 
cantile business  all  his  life. 

Children : 

164.     Edna  May. 

Ibiward  j.,  b.  191I1  uf  l'\l)ruary,  1882. 
William  Irvine,  b.  6tli  of  March.  1885. 
Alice    \'..   b.    2f.th    oi   Mav,    1888;    d.    29th   of 
March,  i88(;. 

G5 

.\i»i)iso.N-  M."  Cark  (Mary,**  Piiilcy,''  Jacob,"  Jeremiah,^ 
Jacob.*  Jacob,^  Isaac.-  Francis^)  was  Iwrn  on  the  i8th  day 
of  Deceml)er,  1844.  at  Smithfield.  Ohio.  When  quite  youn}^' 
he  left  Jefferson  County,  and  with  his  mother  and  two  sisters 
nvoved  to  Salem,  Ohio.  Although  very  yount;.  he  assumed 
the  }^'reat  respon.sibilities  which  were  cast  uimjii  him  of  aid- 
ing his  mothers  and  sisters  in  makin;^  a  way  thrdUi^h  life. 
He  cnj;aged  in  the  hardware  business  as  an  errand  boy,  but 
on  account  of  his  industry,  j^ood  habits  ami  honesty  he  ad- 
vancetl  step  by  step  until  he  became  a  proprietor  of  one  of 
the  larj^est  liardware  stores  and  farmiii}^  implements  in  Ohio. 
He  has  made  for  himself  a  reputation  as  a  tboroiii^h  busi- 
ness man  and  j.jentleman.  He  married  riuelx-  J.  Harris  at 
Salem,  Ohio,  on  the  Jjrd  day  of  September,  i8(>8.  who  died 


MIFFLIN  ONG 


Ong    Family    History.  63 


during  the  time  of  the  first  reunion  of  the  Ong-  family,  in 
August,  1905. 

Children  (Carr)  : 

Charles  S.,  b.  12th  of  June,  1869;  m.  Nora  Sears 
on  September  8th,  1892;  r.  Salem,  Ohio. 

Lizzie  May,  b.  13th  of  June,  1870;  m.  Walter  C. 
Scott  on  November  21st,  1899;  r.  Salem,  O. 

Raymond  A.,  b.  i6th  of  January,  1899. 

66 

Mifflin"  Ong  (Moses  H.,^  Finlcy,''  Jacoh,^  Jeremiah,^ 
Jacob, *^  Jacoh,^  Isaac,-  Francis^)  was  born  on  the  i8th  day 
of  February,  1836,  and  spent  the  earlier  part  of  his  life  at 
the  occupation  so  successfully  pursued  by  his  father,  that  of 
farming  and  stock  raising.  On  December  20th,  1859,  he 
married  Sarah  Jane  Hussey,  daughter  of  Nathan  and  Ruth 
Hussey.  He  was  an  active  member  of  the  Friends'  Church 
at  Smithfield,  Ohio,  having  been  converted  under  the  teach- 
ings  of  Seth  Reece  in  1865,  from  which  time  until  his  death 
he  lived  a  true  Christian  life. 

The  following  account  of  his  life  and  death  is  copied  from 
the  "Steubenville  Gazette" : 

"One  of  the  well-known  and  most  prominent  residents  of 
Smithfield,  Mifflin  Ong,  died  at  his  home  Wednesday  even- 
ing, December  loth,  1902,  at  9:30  o'clock,  was  born  Feb- 
ruary 1 8th,  1836.  Mr.  Ong  was  taken  ill  several  months 
ago,  with  a  complication  of  diseases,  and  has  been  confined 
to  his  bed  for  several  weeks.  His  family  and  friends  hoped 
against  hope  and  were  encouraged  when  he  seemed  more 
comfortable  a  few  days  ago,  that  he  might  be  spared,  but  it 
was  only  a  temporary  lull  in  the  insidious  disease,  and  he 
grew  worse  the  last  week  and  entered  into  rest  surrounded 
by  the  loved  ones  of  his  family  circle.  Mifflin  Ong  was 
the  son  of  Moses  H.  and  Mary  Caine  Ong,  who  were 
pioneer  residents  of  Smithfield  Township  and  prominent  in 


(*4  Un^    lamily    History. 


the  establislic<l  ri.'\\^\im  of  the  Friends.     He  was  reared  iipon 
a   farm,  and    fanning;  was   his  vocation   until   he   retired  a 
ninnber  of  years  aj;o  and  moved  to  Sinithtield.     lie  was  a 
man  Ix-Ioved  h\  the  entire  community  for  his  K^'nial,  happy 
disposition,  his  helpfulness  in   time  of  trouble  and  sterling' 
traits  of  character.     He  was  engaged  in   various   business 
l.ursuits  from  time  to  time,  and  was  \ice  IVcsident  of  the 
Smithndd  iJank.  of  which  he  was  a  leading  stockholder.   He 
was  prominent    in    the   denomination   of    Friends   and    was 
highly    esteemed    and    respected,    and    was    widelv    known 
throughout  the  southern  part  of  the  county,  and  his  kindly 
presence  will  be  missed  in  the  community  in  which  he  passed 
his  life.     He  married  Miss  Sarah  Jane.'daughter  of  Nathan 
and   Kuth   Hussey,  about   forty  years  ago,  and   thev  have 
spent  many  happy  years  in  congenial  companic)nship  at  home 
and  in  travels,  having  visited  all  the  principal  cities  in  the 
country,  spending  last  winter  in  California.     The  bereaved 
wife  is  left  with  two  children,  Koscoe  T.,  of  Martins  Ferry, 
Ohio,  and  Mary  Flla.  wife  of  Charles  Galbraith.  of  Smith- 
field,  Ohio,  to  mourn  a  devoted  husband  and  father,  who 
was  their  stay  and  comfort,  and  whose  death  brings  a'sense 
of  desolation  to  the  home." 

Children  : 

n>S.     Mary  Kllen. 

Nathan  H.,  h.   lotl,  of  .\piU.  i8(.^;  d.  October 
1867.  "  ' 

166.     Roscoe   r. 

67 

Sami-kl  N."  On(;  (Moses  II..'  Finh-x:  Jacob;  Jnrmuih;' 
Jacob,*  Jacob,''  Isaac'  Francis')  was  Ixirn  on  the  2n.l  dav  of 
April.  1837.  f)„  the  23r<l  day  of  September.  1871,  he  died 
«'f  typhoid  pneumonia,  at  Salt  Fake  Citv.  He  was  unmar- 
riid.  His  last  words  were.  "Tell  mother  I  die.I  with  full 
faith  in  the  Goil  she  taught  me  to  love." 


Oiii;    Faniilx    Ilisiory.  6=; 


68 

Finley''  Ox\g  (Moses  H.;  Finlcy/  Jacob,"  Jeremiah;^ 
Jacob,*  Jacob,""  Isaac,-  Francis')  was  born  on  the  2ncl  day  of 
January,  1839.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Civil  War,  a  mem- 
ber of  Company  H,  126th  Rct^iment,  O.  V.  I.  He  was 
wounded  in  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness  on  the  26th  day  of 
May.  1864,  and  died  on  the  following  day.  He  was  also  a 
faithful  soldier  of  the  Cross,  and  died  with  these  blessed 
words  on  his  lips  as  he  sang : 

"Jesus,  lover  of  my  soul 

Let  me  to  Thy  bosom  fly ; 
While  the  nearer  waters  roll. 

While  the  tempest  still  is  high. 

Hide  me,  Oh  my  Savior,  hide, 

Till  the  storm  of  life  is  passed; 
Safe  into  the  Haven  guide. 

Oh,  receive  my  soul  at  last." 

He  was  twenty-five  years  of  age  at  the  time  of  his  death 
and  was  unmarried. 

69 

Siiepard"  Ong  (Moses  //./  Finley,''  Jacob,^  Jeremiah,^ 
Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,"  Francis'^)  was  born  near  Smithfield, 
Jefferson  County,  Ohio,  on  the  6th  day  of  March,  1841.  He 
lived  at  home  with  his  parents  until  March  8th,  1866,  when 
he  was  married  to  Rebecca  Skeels,  daughter  of  Isaac  and 
Nancy  Skeels.  Later  he  moved  to  Portland,  Oregon,  where 
he  entered  into  the  farming  and  stock  raising  business.  He 
now  resides  at  Scotts  Mills,  Oregon.  Both  he  and  his  wife 
are  active  members  of  the  Friends'  Church.  During  the 
month  of  August.  1905,  he  with  his  wife  attended  the  Ong 
Family  Reunion,  held  at  Smithfield,  Ohio,  and  viewed  many 
familiar  places  of  their  childhood  and  early  life. 


66  Oms;    I'dinily    Ilislory. 

GiiKlrfii : 

H>j.     Lillian  I'^-lva. 
R)S.      Harlan   V. 

169.  Xaiiiiic  M. 

70 

CiiAki.iis  L."  Onc.  (Moses  IL."  Finlcy,'  Jacob."  Jcrciiiioh,'' 
Jacob*  Jacob,^  Isaac,'  I' rands'^ )  was  born  near  Sinitiifickl, 
JctTcrson  County,  Ohio,  on  the  21st  day  of  December,  1842. 
He  married  Lydia  Scott,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Eliza 
Wheeler  Scott.  He  left  the  scenes  of  his  childhood  soon 
after  his  marriage  and  located  in  De  Soto,  Iowa.  After  a 
short  stay  there  he  moved  to  Kansas,  where  he  continued  his 
occupation  as  a  farmer,  stock  and  prain  dealer  until  1902, 
when  he  retired  from  active  business  and  moved  to  Salina, 
Kansas,  wliere  he  now  resiiles.  He  is  a  prominent  and  pop- 
ular citizen  of  that  place. 

Child  : 

170.  Azallia  Dell. 

71 

A.\.v.\  M."  Ong  Medill  (Moses  11.,''  Fitilcy,''  Jacob,''  Jer- 
emiah,'' Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,-  Frauds^)  was  born  near 
Smilhfield,  Ohio,  on  the  nth  day  of  October.  1844.  She 
was  married  to  Joseph  A.  Medill  in  1864.  Her  husband 
was  a  prominent  manufacturer  of  Martins  Ferry.  Ohio.  He 
died  several  years  apo.  Mrs.  Anna  On^  Medill  makes  her 
home  with  her  .son-in-law  and  daughter,  Mr.  anil  Mrs.  James 
Hill,  (jf  Kast  Liverpool,  Ohio. 

ChiMren  (Medill)  : 

171.  .\hiry    Klizabeth. 

172.  Joseph   Russrll. 

173.  lUanche  Adelphine. 


Ong    Family    History.  67 

72. 

Dr.  Albert  R."  Ong  (Moses  //./  Finey,''  Jacob,^  Jere- 
miah,^ Jacob*  Jacob,^  Isaac,-  Francis,^)  was  born  on  the  9th 
day  of  October,  1846,  near  Smithfielcl,  Ohio.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  Richmond  College,  Richmond,  Ohio,  and  Allegheny 
College,  Meadville,  Pennsylvania.  From  the  latter  college 
he  received  the  degree  of  A.  B.  in  the  spring  of  1872. 
During  this  year  he  was  elected  Vice  President  of  Richmond 
College,  in  which  institute  he  filled  the  chair  of  Mathematics 
and  Astronomy  for  three  years.  In  1875  he  entered  the 
Ohio  Medical  College  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  and  in  1877 
graduated  from  Columbus  Medical  College,  at  Columbus, 
Ohio,  as  the  first  honor  man.  After  graduating  he  entered 
the  practice  of  his  chosen  profession  in  Smithfield,  Ohio, 
In  1882  he  located  in  Martins  Ferry,  Ohio,  where  he  resided 
until  the  time  of  his  death  and  enjoyed  a  lucrative  practice. 
He  was  an  elder  of  the  First  Presbyterian  church,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Board  of  City  School  Examiners,  and  held 
numerous  other  positions  of  honor  and  trust  for  eighteen 
years. 

The  following  estimate  of  Dr.  Ong's  character  and  stand- 
ing in  the  community  in  which  he  lived  is  taken  from  an 
article  which  appeared  in  "The  Weekly  Times"  of  Martins 
Ferry,  Ohio,  on  September  27th,  1906: 

"In  the  death  of  Dr.  Ong,  Martins  Ferry  and  vicinity  sus- 
tain a  distinct  loss.  It  was  one  of  his  characteristics  to 
hew  to  the  line,  let  the  chips  fly  where  they  would,  and  this, 
in  itself  served  to  mark  him  as  a  man  among  men.  True  to 
himself,  at  all  times,  he  could  not  be  false  to  others,  and 
the  friends  he  attracted  to  himself  and  who  knew  him  best 
will  consider  themselves  honored,  for  all  time,  in  having 
been  intimately  acquainted  with  him.  He  will  be  missed 
more  perhaps  than  any  other  citizen  of  Martins  Ferry.  To 
say  nothing  of  the  place  in  the  home  which  can  never  be 
filled,  he  will  be  missed  in  the  fire  department,  so  near  and 
dear  to  him,  on  the  various  boards  and  in  the  different 
organizations  in  which  he  served  so  faithfully,  and  in  the 


(t8  On  if    Family    History. 


liuiulrods  of  homes  in  which  he  was  a  faithful  adviser.  Dr. 
I  >ii^'  was  a  clean.  jx)lishe«l,  courteous,  couraj^euus  Christian 
j.;«.iitkiiian.  iimre  than  which  may  he  saitl  of  no  man." 

In  1SS4  he  was  married  [o  Mary  Kathr\n  Amlerson, 
daui^hler  of  James  ami  haimie  E.  Anderson,  who  siill  sur- 
vive^  him. 


Child  : 

17.}.     I  larlan  I'rancis. 

Hon.  Walti-k  C."  Ong  (Moses  II.,''  I-inlcy,'  Jacob,"  Jere- 
miah,^ Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,'  I-rancis,^)  was  horn  on  the 
J4th  day  of  Xovendjer.  1S4S,  at  the  old  ( )u^  homestead, 
near  .Smithfield.  JelTerson  county,  Ohio.  Me  was  educated 
in  I\ichmt>nd  College,  Riciimond,  (  )liio,  and  at  the  law 
school  of  the  University  of  Michigan.  He  was  admittetl  to 
the  har  on  the  5th  day  of  April.  1S74,  by  the  Supreme  Court 
of  (  )hio.  lie  married  Annie  M.  Mansfield  on  the  8ih  day  of 
April,  1875.  In  November  of  the  same  \ear  he  was  elected 
Prosecuting  Attorney  of  Jefferson  county,  Ohio,  where  he 
served  two  terms.  He  moved  from  Steulteuville.  Ohio,  to 
Cleveland,  Ohio,  in  1882,  and  soon  accjuired  an  extensive 
practice  in  his  profession.  In  iSS()  he  was  elected  a  mem- 
Ikt  of  the  City  Council,  representing  the  Twentieth  ward. 
In  i8<^3  he  was  elected  to  the  Conunon  Pleas  hench  of  Cuya- 
hoga county,  Ohio,  and  went  upon  the  hench  on  Fehruarv 
9th,  1894,  served  five  years  with  marked  distinction  and 
credit.  L'pon  leaving  the  hench  the  Judge  resumed  the 
practice  of  law  in  Cleveland,  where  he  is  a  leader  of  the  har, 
being  regarded  as  one  of  the  ablest  trial  lawyers  in  ( )hio. 

His  wife  died  on  July  ()th,  I(/X).  I^he  possessed  a  most 
beautiful  character  and  was  a  devout  Christian,  being  an 
active  member  of  the  .Methodist  ICpiscopal  church,  i^he  was 
a  thoughtful  and  devoted  wife  and  mother,  universally  be- 
loveil  and  admired. 


SARAH  JANE  Or;G. 


Ong    Family    History.  6c) 


Cliildren 


175.  Edna  May. 

176.  Eugene  Walter. 

Eloracc  Pumphrey,  b.    13th    of   May,    1881;     d 

24th  of  November,  1881. 
Eileen  Marie,  b.  25th  of  July,   1886;  d.  2d  of 

October,  1887. 

74. 

Harlan  H."  Ong  (Moses  H.,^  Finley,''  Jacob,^  Jeremiah,^ 
Jacob,^  Jacob/'  Isaac,-  Francis,^)  was  born  on  the  26tli  day 
of  October,  1850,  near  Smithfield,  Ohio.  He  was  educated 
at  Richmond  College,  Richmond,  Ohio.  He  chose  medicine 
as  his  profession  and  studied  one  year  under  Dr.  Charles 
W.  Clancy,  but  was  persuaded  to  give  up  this  study  and 
take  charge  of  his  father's  farm.  He  has  continued  farming 
ever  since.  On  October  8th,  1874,  he  was  united  in  mar- 
riage to  Julia  Amanda,  daughter  of  William  and  Mary  A. 
Waggoner.  His  family  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian 
church  of  Mount  Pleasant,  Ohio. 

Children : 

177.  William  Franklin. 

178.  Mary  M^ude. 
Elmo  Ray. 
Walter  Caine. 
Mildred  Elizabeth. 

75. 

Emma  L."  Ong  Smith  (Moses  //./  Finley,''  Jacob,^  Jcre- 
niiah,^  Jacob*  Jacob,^  Isaac,-  Francis,^)  was  born  on  the 
9th  day  of  May,  1852,  near  Smithfield,  Ohio.  She  was  edu- 
cated at  Beatty's  Seminary,  Steubenville,  Ohio,  and  was 
married  to  Charles  Smith,  son  of  John  and  Mary  Smith,  of 
Union  Bridge,  Maryland.  He  died  in  1904.  Mrs.  Emma 
Ong  Smith  now  resides  in  New  Windsor,  Maryland. 


•JO  On^    Fatnilx    History. 

7G 

Mary  Eli/.aiiktii"  Ong  Haynes  (Moses  //./  I-inlcy.'' 
Jacob*  Jeremiah,^  Jacob*  Jacob,'  Isaac,'  Francis,^)  was 
born  on  the  9th  day  of  May,  1852,  near  SiiiitlifK'Ul,  Ohio, 
and  was  educated  in  Richmond  College,  Richmond,  Ohio. 
On  the  4th  day  of  May,  1882,  she  was  married  to  DeWittc 
C.  Ilaynes,  of  Fredericks  county,  Maryland,  son  of  Stephen 
and  Katherinc  Ilaynes.  They  reside  in  UniiMi  I'.ridge, 
Maryland. 

Children   ( Ilaynes)  : 

179.     Charles. 

lola  Cuppy,  died  in  infancy. 


loLA  C."  Ong  (Moses  11.,^  fittlcy,''  Jacob,''  Jeremiah." 
Jacob,*  Jacob.''^  Isaac,-  Frauds,^)  was  born  on  the  20th  day 
of  November,  1856,  near  Smithfield,  Oiiio.  She  was  edu- 
cated as  a  trained  nurse,  and  is  now  engaged  in  her  chosen 
work. 

78. 

Rkv.  Osborn  B."  Ong  (Moses  11.,^  Fiulcy,''  Jacob,"  Jere- 
viiah,''  Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,^  Francis,^)  the  youngest  ciiild 
of  Moses  H.,  and  Mary  Caine  Ong  was  born  on  tiie  old 
Ong  homestead,  near  Smithfield,  Ohio,  on  the  2nd  day  of 
October,  18^*0.  He  was  educated  in  the  high  schools  at 
Smithfield  and  Steubcnville,  Ohio.  On  the  9tli  day  of  Octo- 
ber, 1884,  he  was  united  in  marriage  witli  .Mary  S.  Thomas- 
son.  He  engaged  in  farming  ami  stock  raising  uiilil  i8t^, 
when  he  entered  the  Theological  Training  Schcx)l  at  Cleve- 
land, Ohio.  Was  ordained  as  a  minister  in  the  Friend's 
church  in  1902,  since  which  time  he  has  been  actively  and 
successfully    engaged   in   evangelistic   work,    four   churches 


Ojig    Family    History.  71 

having  been  built  under  his  charge.    He  is  now  pastor  of  the 
Friend's  church  at  Wilson  Mills,  Ohio. 

His  wife  is  an  ordained  minister  in  the  Friend's  church, 
and  as  associate  pastor  with  her  husband. 

Children : 

Eileen  A.,  b.  i8th  of  March,  1892. 

Esther  O.,  b.  25th  of  December,  1895.    Died  in 

infancy. 
Ralph  O.,  b.  8th  of  April,  1898. 

79. 

Oliver®  Newlin  (Matilda,^  Finley,''  Jacob,^  Jeremiah,^ 
Jacob,*  Ja^ob,^  Isaac,^  Francis,'^)  the  oldest  child  of  James 
M.  and  Matilda  Ong  Newlin,  was  born  on  the  27th  day  of 
October,  1834,  near  Smithfield,  Ohio.  In  1863  he  was  mar- 
ried to  Eliza  Beeabout,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Margaret 
Beeabout.  To  them  were  born  five  children,  three  of  whom 
are  living  and  their  names  given  below. 

Children  (Newlin)  : 
Elizabeth. 
Annie. 
Edwin. 

80. 

Finley®  Newlin  (Matilda,^  Finley,''  Jacob,^  Jeremiah,^ 
Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,^  Francis,^)  the  second  child  of  James 
and  Matilda  Newlin  was  born  near  Smithfield,  Ohio,  on  the 
13th  day  of  June,  1838.  On  the  22nd  day  of  July,  1867,  he 
was  married  to  Emma  Mossman. 

Children : 

Edgar  S. 
Charles  M. 


J 2  On^    J'umUy    History. 

«1. 

Eliz.\ui£tii"  Nkwlin  Cakim:nti:k  (MaliUla.'"  Finlcy,'' 
Jacob,'^  Jcrcniiiih.'  Jacoh.*  Jacob,^  Isaac,-  J-raiicis.^J  the  only 
daiii;hter  oi  JaiiKs  M.  aiul  MaliUla  ( )iij^  Xcwliti.  was  l)i»rn 
DM  tlif  J5th  ilay  of  April.  i<^4.V  near  Sinithikld,  ( )hio.  On 
llic  i^tli  clay  of  ScplcmlKT,  1SO4.  .she  was  uiiitecl  in  niarriai;e 
lu  Charles  G.  Carpenter. 

Children  (Carpenter)  : 

Mary  Mdna. 
Caroline. 

82. 

J»t.si:i'ii  r.-'  O.NG  lLc:<.is  IL."  Finlcy,'  Jacob,''  Jeremiah  J' 
Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,'  Francis,^)  was  born  on  the  ijlh  day 
of  July,  1839.  near  Sniithfield,  Ohio.  He  attended  the  ])ub- 
lic  schools  and  also  hail  the  advantage  of  a  college  education. 
From  childhood  ln'  has  practiced  the  highest  principles  of 
morality  and  uprightness.  For  years  he  has  been  honored 
with  the  office  of  Trustee  of  the  Society  of  Friends.  On 
May  28th,  i8r»7.  he  married  Miss  Rhoda  .^tratton.  of 
Goshen,  Obit).  In  1S74  he  moveil  to  Columbus,  Ohio,  where 
he  engageil  in  the  real  estate  business.  On  the  1st  day  of 
February,  1895,  his  wife  died,  lie  was  married  the  second 
time  to  Miss  Sarah  Cookson  in  1898.  .\t  present  he  is  liv- 
ing a  retired  life  in  Columbus,  Ohio. 

Children  : 

i:n"ie  L. 

(jeorge  L. 
Carrie  11. 

Minnie    1'. 
Mable  1:. 

s:{. 

I.i,M»Li:v  11.''  O.NG  ( lU'uis  II.,''  J-'inlcx,''  Jacob,"  Jeremiah;' 


Ong    Family    History.  73 


Jacob,^  Jacob,'-  Isaac,-  Francis,^)  was  born  on  the  30th  day 
of  September,  1841,  near  Smithfielcl,  Ohio.     He  received  a 
common  school  education  as  well  as  a  training  in  the  higher 
branches  at  Richmond   College,  Richmond,  Ohio.     At  the 
breaking  out  of  the  Civil  War  he  was  among  the  first  to  re- 
spond and  take  up  arms  in  defense  of  his  country's  flag. 
He  enlisted  in  the  40th  Ohio  Volunteer  Infantry.      While 
in  the  field  he  was  called  as  a  nurse  into  hospital   work. 
Here   he    rendered    faithful    service    until    he   himself    was 
overcome  by  fever.     He  was  visited  by  his  father,  but  was 
in  such  a  weakened  condition  that  he  could  not  be  taken 
home.    His  strength  wasted  rapidly,  and  on  the  8th  of  July, 
1862,  his  life  was  given  up  in  the  service  of  his  fellowmen. 
The  remains  were  taken  back  to  his  home  at  Richmond, 
Ohio,  and  were  interred  in  the  Friend's  burial  ground.    The 
Bible  his  mother  had  given  him  before  leaving  home  was 
among  the  cherished  effects  of  the  soldier  boy  who  went  to 
war  to  return  no  more.    Many  passages  were  marked,  which 
together  with  the  letters  by  him  while  in  service,  and  the 
dying  messages  left  for  the  dear  ones  at  home,  gave  his 
parents    every    assurance    that    their    prayers    had     been 
answered,  and  that  their  boy,  who  had  not  yet  reached  his 
majority,  was  among  the  saved. 

84. 

Prof.  Lemuel  W."  Ong  (Lezvis,^  Finley,''  Jacob,^  Jere- 
miah,^ Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,^  Francis,^)  was  born  on  the 
30th  of  March,  1844,  at  Richmond,  Ohio,  He  received  his 
preparatory  education  in  the  country  schools.  From  youth 
he  manifested  unusual  fondness  for  books,  and  at  an  early 
age  entered  Richmond  College.  He  graduated  with  honors 
from  Allegheny  College,  Meadville,  Pannsylvania,  receiving  ' 
the  degree  of  A.  B.,  and  three  years  after  the  degree  of 
A.  M.  He  was  married  to  Malissa  Beeabout,  of  Richmond, 
Ohio.     He  was  elected  President  of  Richmond  College  in 


74  O/itf    Family    History. 

iSC/i,  and  in  1S72  he.  with  Dr.  All)ort  R.  Onj,'.  erected  the 
new  college  bnilding  and  domiitory,  where  hy  their  uniting,' 
and  untirinp  efforts,  together  with  that  of  Prof.  S.  S.  Simp- 
son, they  built  up  and  maintained  the  most  successful  school 
in  the  history  of  that  institution.  In  the  spring  of  1877  he 
contracted  a  severe  cold,  terminating  in  typhoid  pneumonia, 
and  after  an  illness  of  three  months  died  on  June  5th;  1S77. 
His  untimely  death  was  mourned  not  only  by  his  relatives 
and  immetliate  friends,  but  by  the  entire  community,  stu- 
dents and  alumni.  To  his  memory  the  student  body  erected 
a  monumental  shaft  of  Scottish  granite  in  evidence  of  their 
respect  and  regard.  The  words  "This  is  not  all"  are  cut 
into  its  polished  surface,  truly  bespeaking  the  high  esteem 
in  which  he  was  held.  He  was  known  not  only  as  a  scholar 
anil  educator  of  the  highest  type,  but  an  orator  and  public 
sjK'aker  of  recognized  power.  His  nobility  of  character, 
dignified  bearing  and  keen  sense  of  justice  commanded  a 
reverence  on  the  part  of  all  in  his  presence,  even  those  of 
his  nearest  kin  which  was  well  night  inexplicable. 

Children : 

Lena  F. 
Dana  D. 
Lemuel  \\'.,  Jr. 

85. 

Plummer  N.'  Ong  (Lcxiis^  Finlcy,''  Ja^oh!^  Jeremiah,^ 
Jacob*  Jacob,^  Isaac,'  Francis,^)  was  born  on  the  22nd  day 
of  January,  1846,  near  Richmond,  Ohio.  His  early  life  was 
spent  at  home  on  the  farm.  His  education  consisted  of  the 
branches  taught  in  the  district  schools,  later  he  became  a 
student  of  Richmond  College.  His  life  at  home  was  one  of 
particular  intere.st.  After  entering  college  he  soon  devel- 
oped his  natural  faculties  for  declamation  and  soon  acquired 
an  excellent  reputation  as  an  orator. 


L.  W.  ONG. 


Ong    Fainily    History.  715 


86. 

Annie  E.*^  Ong  Simpson  (Lewis,^  Finley,''  Jacoh^  Jere- 
miah,'' Jacoh,^  Jacoh^  Isaac,"-  Francis^)  the  oldest  daughter 
of  Lewis  and  Ehnira  Ong,  was  born  in  1849  near  Smithfield, 
Ohio.  Her  early  education  was  received  in  the  public 
schools,  and  she  attended  Richmond  College  for  a  number 
of  years.  On  the  7th  day  of  December,  1871,  she  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Prof.  S.  S.  Simpson,  of  Richmond, 
Jeflferson  County,  Ohio.  They  have  always  made  their  home 
in  Ohio.  For  a  number  of  years  they  resided  in  Richmond, 
Ohio,  where  her  husband  was  asociated  with  Richmond 
College,  being  President  from  1879  to  1882.  Since  that 
time  they  have  lived  at  various  places  in  the  State,  and  for  a 
number  of  years  have  resided  at  Columbus,  Ohio.  She 
has  ever  been  untiringly  devoted  to  the  interest  of  her  fam- 
ily and  their  happiness.  She  is  a  fervent  Christian  and  a 
member  of  the  Friend's  church. 

Children : 

t 

Edgar  S. 

William  R. 

Minnie  E. 

Mable. 

Maud  G. 

Lewis  B.  ■; 

87. 

Amanda''  Ong  Binford  ( Lewis, ^  Finley,''  Jacob,'^  Jere- 
miah,^ Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Jsaac,^  Francis,^)  was  born  on  the 
1st  day  of  March,  1851,  near  Richmond,  Ohio.  Here  she 
received  her  public  school  and  college  education,  and  later 
on  completed  the  four  year  course  in  the  Chautauqua  Liter- 
ary and  Scientific  Circle,  receiving  her  diploma.  In  1869 
she  married  J.  B.  Binford  of  Alliance,  Ohio,  who  was  at 
that  time  associated  with  a  mercantile  house.    They  moved 


76  Oiiii    Piiniily    History. 


to  Iowa  where  they  rcsitlcd  ioT  thirty  years,  and  her  hus- 
baiul  was  cnga^'ccl  in  the  real  estate  business.. 

Since  iS«;5  they  have  re>idecl  in  Los  Ani;eleb,  Cahfornia. 

LhiKlren  : 

Iva  15. 
Kstella. 
I'loreiice  B. 
Loubie  K. 
Everett  J. 

88. 

Ki:v.  \ViLLi.\M  P."  Ong  (Lci.-is,"  Fitilcy,'  Jacob,''  Jere- 
miah,' Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,^  Francis,')  was  born  on  the 
71)1  (lay  of  July.  ^^53.  near  Kichnioml,  Ohio.  He  received 
his  education  in  the  public  schools  and  Richmond  Collei;e. 
.\l  the  age  of  twenty-one  he  was  converted,  and  soon  after 
entered  actively  into  Christian  work.  In  the  year  i8«>)  the 
Columbus  monthly  meeting  of  the  Friend's  church  en- 
dorsed by  the  quarterly  meeting,  recorded  him  a  minister  of 
the  gospel.  On  October  2nd,  1889,  he  married  Miss  Lida 
F.  Deems,  of  Camp  Chase,  Ohio.  The  Highland  avenue 
and  Sullivant  avenue  I'Viend's  churches  of  Columbus,  Ohio, 
and  the  Society  at  Orange,  in  Delaware  county,  Ohio,  were 
brought  into  existence  largely  through  his  efforts,  his  wife, 
a  faithful  companion,  rendering  efficient  assistance  as  oppor- 
tunity afforded.  In  the  fall  of  1905  he  and  his  family  moved 
to  I'asadena,  Califtjrnia. 


Chililren 


William  Lindley. 
i'llina  Lenore. 
Florence  Leona. 
(jerlru<le  Deems. 


Ong    Faiiiily    History.  yy 

89. 

Lewis  B."  Ong  (Leivis,^  Finlcy,''  Jacob,''  Jeremiah,^ 
Jacob,'*^  Jacob,^  Isaac,'  Francis,'^)  was  born  on  the  6th  day 
of  July,  1856,  near  Richmond,  Ohio.  He  received  his  early 
education  in  the  pubhc  schools,  and  also  had  a  business  edu- 
cation. He  married  Miss  Minnie  Ross  of  New  York  City, 
who  at  that  time  had  charge  of  the  musical  department  at 
Richmond  College.  After  his  marriage  he  located  in  Chi- 
cago, Illinois,  and  represented  large  rubber  interests.  In 
1890  he  became  one  of  the  incorporators  of  the  Chicago 
Fire  Hose  Company,  and  was  chosen  President  of  the  com- 
pany, which  was  very  successful.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Friend's  church,  and  at  present  resides  at  Pasadena,  Cali- 
fornia. 

Child : 

Loubie  R. 

90. 

Prof.  Anderson  C."  Ong  (Lcivis,^  Finlcy,''  Jacob,^  Jere- 
miah,^ Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,-  Francis,^)  was  born  on  the 
I2th  day  of  April,  1858,  near  Richmond,  Ohio.  He  received 
his  education  in  the  public  schools  until  he  reached  the  age 
of  fourteen  when  he  entered  Richmond  College.  He  gradu- 
ated at  the  age  of  nineteen  years,  receiving  the  degree  of  A. 
B.,  and  three  years  later  the  degree  of  A.  M.  After  gradu- 
ating he  became  a  member  of  the  faculty  for  two  years.  He 
then  took  a  post  graduate  course  in  the  Ohio  State  Univer- 
sity, then  entered  the  Hamill  School  of  Elocution  and  Ora- 
tory at  Chicago,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1882.  For  a 
number  of  years  he  was  engaged  in  county  institute  work, 
and  his  reputation  as  a  county  institute  conductor  became 
well  and  favorably  known.  He  is  a  graduate  of  the  College 
of  Law  of  the  University  of  Omaha,  receiving  the  degree  of 
L.  L.  B.     The  crowning  work  of  his  life  was  the  founding 


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of  the  Nebraska  Business  College  at  Omaha.  Here  he 
built  up  (luring  a  period  of  eleven  years  one  of  the  largest 
institutions  uf  its  character  in  the  central  west,  holding  the 
ortice  of  Presiilent.  On  June,  21,  1888,  he  married  Miss 
Ida  B.  Sunderland,  of  Belvidere,  Illinois.  He  and  his  family 
now  resides  in  Pasadena,  California. 


Children 


Belle  Maurine.     Uietl  in  infancy. 

Oliver  Wendell. 

Lewis  Waldo. 

Mary  Eugenia. 

Nannie  Elmira. 

Anderson  Chadwell,  Jr. 

91. 

Delhkrt  B."  0.\g  (LeiL'is^  Finley^  Jacob,''  Jeremiah,'' 
Jacob*  Jacob,''  Isaac,-  Francis,')  was  born  on  the  24th  day 
of  April,  iSC)!,  near  Richmond,  Ohio.  He  was  educated  at 
Columbus,  Ohio,  and  at  Richmond  College.  He  is  a  com- 
mercial traveller  and  a  real  estate  dealer,  his  efforts  having 
been  rewarded  with  success.  On  the  5th  day  of  August, 
1889,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Hannah  Bigalow,  of  Colum- 
bus, Ohio.     They  reside  at  Columbus,  Ohio. 

Children : 

Howard. 

Leland  B. 

One  child  died  in  infancy. 

92. 

Annii:"  Jones  (Rebecca.*'  Fittley,''  Jacob,"  Jeremiah,'' 
Jacob.*  Jacob,'  Isaac,^  Francis,')  is  the  youngest  child  of 
Rezin  and  Rebecca  Onp  Jones,  and  was  born  near  Smith- 
fu'ld,  Ohio,  and  has  always  remained  at  honu'  with  lur 
father  and  mother.  She  still  occupies  the  homestead  in 
Smilhfield,  Ohio. 


AMANDA  ONG  BINFORD. 


Ong    Family    History.  yg 


93. 

FiNLEY  K.»  Ong  (Mifflin,^  Finley,'  Jacob,''  Jeremiah,^ 
Jacob,'  Jacob,^  Isaac,-  Francis,')  resides  in  Pittsburg,  Penn- 
sylvania. 

Children  : 

Clara  Emma,  d.  July  27th,  1890,  age  14  years. 
Florence   Kirk,    m.    Roy   B.    McKee,    r.    Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 

Edwin  Miffiin,  a  student  at  Princeton  Univer- 
sity. 

94. 

Lewis  H.°  Ong  (Mimin,^  Finley,'  Jacob,^  Jeremiah,'' 
Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,''  Francis,'')  resides  in  Canfield,  North 
Dakota. 

Children : 

Clara,  m.  Charles  T.  Lindsay,  r.  Winfred,  South 

Dakota. 
Lillian, 
Oliver. 
Frank,  d.  July  26th,  1901,  age  12  years. 

95. 

Elizabeth"  Lewis  McClave  (Elisa,^  Finley,''  Jacob,'' 
Jeremiah,''  Jacob,''  Jacob,^  Isaac,""  Francis,')  was  born  on 
the  9th  day  of  May,  1850,  near  Smithfield,  Ohio.  On  the 
i6th  day  of  May,  1871,  she  was  united  in  marriage  with 
John  McClave,  a  prominent  attorney  of  Steubenville,  Ohio. 
She  died  on  the  7th  day  of  February,  1898. 

Children  (McClave)  : 

Fred  C,  b.  12th  of  December,  1872;  d.  19th  of 
October,  1898. 
180.     Roy  L. 


So  Oni^    I'liniilx    Jlislory. 


96. 

William  T."  Liiwis  (ISlica,"  I'inlcy,^  Jacob,'^  Jeremiah,^ 
Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaacr  Francis,^)  tlic  st-cuiul  cliiM  of  l.saac 
aiul  l!!li/.a  Ami  Out,'  Lewis,  was  bom  mar  SmitlilkKl,  Ohio. 
He  was  united  in  iiiarriaj^e  with  Mollie  Ciraves,  a  daughter 
of  Rev.  Clraves.  W  ilhaiii  T.  Lewis  is  a  pioiiiineiit  citizen 
of  Sniithliekl,  Ohio. 


07. 


Addison  C."  Lkwis  (Eliza,*'  Finlcy,''  Jacob,"  Jcrcniiah.'" 
Jacob.*  Jacob,^  Isaac,-  1-rancis,^)  the  fourth  child  of  Isaac 
and  I'Lhza  Ann  Oiij^^  Lewis,  was  lx)rn  in  October,  1K58,  near 
Sniithfield,  Ohio.  He  was  e(hicate(l  in  and  p^ra(hiatetl  from 
Stcubcnville  Hii^h  school.  He  also  [graduated  from  Wash- 
ington &  JefTerson  College,  of  Washington,  Pennsylvania, 
and  the  University  of  Michigan.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  of  Ohio  in  1879,  and  admitted  to  practice  in  the  Su- 
preme Court  of  the  United  States  in  1890.  He  served  his 
county  two  terms  as  Prosecuting  Attorney  with  distinction 
and  credit  to  himself  and  the  profession.  We  believe  it 
may  truthfully  be  said  that  Addison  C.  Lewis  has  no 
superior  as  a  lawyer  and  an  orator  in  eastern  Ohio.  Ik- 
was  united  in  marriage  to  Ida  Ellen  Grayham  on  the  20th 
day  of  October,  18S5,  who  died  on  January  iTith,  1889. 
Addison  C.  Lewis  now  resides  with  his  family  in  Steuben- 
viile,  Ohio,  where  he  is  still  actively  engaged  in  the  [)ractice 
o{  the  law. 

Children  (  Lewis)  : 

Helen  .Amelia,  b.  1.4th  of  August.  1887;  d.   i8th 

of   \ovemI)er,    18(^7. 
Milfred   Irving,  b.  joth  of   l-'ebruary.   1890. 
Kobert  Oliver,  b.  ^.tli  of  .August.  1892. 
Addi-son  Carlyle.  b.  jsth  of  September,  1894. 


Ong    Family    History.  8i 


98. 

Plummer  P.^*  Lewis  (Elica,'  Finley,'  Jacob,''  Jeremiah,'' 
Jacob,^  Jacob;-  Isaac,-  Francis,^)  the  fifth  child  of  Isaac  and 
Eliza  Ann  Ong  Lewis,  was  born  on  the  I2th  day  of  Septem- 
ber, 1859,  near  Smithfield,  Ohio.  He  was  educated  in 
Steubenville  Higii  school  and  Washington  and  Jefferson 
College,  of  Washington,  Pennsylvania.  The  law  was  his 
chosen  profession,  and  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Colum- 
bus, Ohio,  on  the  3rd  day  of  June,  1884.  He  engaged  in 
the  practice  of  the  law  at  Steubenville,  Ohio,  and  very  early 
in  his  professional  career  he  attained  a  prominent  place  in 
his  profession,  and  is  now  recognized  as  one  of  the  first 
lawyers  of  the  county.  He  was  married  on  October  i8th, 
1877,  to  Edith  McConville,  daughter  of  the  late  Daniel 
McConville. 

Children  (Lewis)  : 

Donald,  died  in  infancy. 
Bessie  B. 

99. 

Anna  Lewis"  Kaminsky  (Eliza,^  Finley,'  Jacob,''  Jere- 
miah,' Jacob,*  Jacob,'  Isaac,^  Francis,') .  the  youngest  child 
of  Isaac  and  Eliza  Ann  Ong  Lewis,  was  born  near  Smith- 
field,  Ohio.  She  was  married  to  Charles  Kaminsky,  son 
of  Columbus  D.  and  Elizabeth  Kaminsky,  of  Jefferson 
county,  Ohio. 

Children  (Kaminsky)  : 
Olive. 
Lillian  Virginia. 

100. 

Ida"    Chadwell    (Emily,'    Finley,'    Jacob,'    Jeremiah,' 
Jacob,*  Jacob,'  Isaac,^  Francis,'')  was  the  only  child  of  An- 


8-i  On^    l-aimly    History. 


dcrson  C.  and  Emily  Chailwtll,  and  was  born  near  Sniith- 
ficltl,  litTcrson  county,  (  )hio.  She  has  always  resided  at 
home  with  her  mother,  is  hij^hly  educated  and  of  excellent 
cliaracter.  She  resides  at  713  North  Fourth  street,  Steuben- 
ville,  Ohio. 

101 

Jessie  \'."  H.\Mii/roN  Riik-.eley  (Rachel  ./.,"  Finlcy,'' 
Jacob,'^  Jcri'mioh.'-'  Jacob*  Jacob,^  Isaucr  l-rancis,^)  is  the 
oldest  child  of  Thomas  and  Rachel  Onp  Hamilton.  In  1875 
she  was  united  in  marriai^e  with  James  C.  Auj;henbau^di, 
who  died  in  1896.  In  1898  she  was  married  to  \V.  V.  Rid^e- 
ley,  a  druggist  of  Steubcnville,  Ohio,  where  they  now  reside. 

Child  (Aughcnbaugh)  : 

Leonard  ().,  r.  at  W'lll^ville,  Ohio. 

102 

.•\nn.\  B."  Hamii,ton  Xellis  (Rachel,"  Finlcy.''  Jacob," 
Jeremiah,'^  Jacob*  Jacob.^  Isaac,-  I'rancis,^)  was  the  second 
child  of  Thomas  and  Rachel  Ong  Hamilton.  She  was  united 
in  marriage  with  D.  F.  Xellis,  a  contractor  and  builder  of 
East  Liverpool,  Ohio. 

Children  (Xellis): 

Jessie  E.,  b.  Julv,  1881. 
I'aul  v.,  b.  March.  1883. 
Mable  C.  b.  September.  1885. 
Harry  II.,  h.  March,  1887. 

103 

Willi M  S."  Hamu.io.n  ( Rachel.'*  Fiuley.''  Jacob,'^  Jere- 
miah.'' Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac.'  Francis,^)  w.is  the  third  child 
of  Tliomas  and  Rachel  Hng  Hamilton.  I  h-  is  a  railroad  <ii- 
gineer  and  resides  at  Colorado  Sj)rings,  Colorado. 


RI(  I  I  \KI)  \    ()\(. 


Ong    Family    History.  83 

104. 

FiNi.EY  E.''  Hamilton  (Rachel,^  Finley,''  Jacoh,^  Jere- 
miah,^ Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,-  Francis,^)  is  the  youngest 
child  of  Thomas  and  Rachel  Ann  Ong  Hamilton.  He  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Eva  Kinney,  who  died  two  years 
later.  He  was  later  united  in  marriage  to  Anna  Pierce,  of 
Wellsville,  Ohio.    The  family  now  resides  in  Colorado.    . 

Child  (Hamilton)  first  marriage: 

Olive,  r.  in  Chester,  Pennsylvania. 

Children  (Hamilton)  second  marriage : 

Grace. 
Jessie. 
Zana. 

105. 

Finley  J.^  Ong  (Nathan,^  Jacob,''  Jacob,^  Jeremiah,^ 
Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,^  Francis,^)  the  second  son  of  Nathan 
and  Julian  Ong,  was  born  on  the  15th  of  May,  1840.  He 
was  a  member  of  Company  F,  of  the  Fourth  Virginia  In- 
fantry, and  died  in  the  service  of  his  country  in  1863. 

106. 

William  C.®  Ong  (Nathan,^  Jacob,''  Jacob,^  Jeremiah,'^ 
Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,^  Francis,^)  was  born  on  the  20th  day 
of  April,  1843.  He  was  a  member  of  Company  F,  4th  Vir- 
ginia Infantry.  He  was  in  many  hard  fought  battles,  and 
was  honorably  discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war.  In  1870 
he  was  married  to  Viola  Leak. 

Children : 

Mary  Junia,  r.  at  Liberas,  Kansas. 
Frank  O. 

Barbara  B.,  r.  at  Liberas,  Kansas. 
Maggie  N. 


84  Ong    Family    History. 


Nathan. 
Harrison. 


10: 


liAKiiAKA  A."  Ong  Cunningham  (Xiitlian,"  Jacob,'' 
Jacob,'^  Jeremiah,'-'  Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,'-  J-rancis^)  was 
born  on  the  4th  clay  of  Auj;ust,  1S45.  ( )ii  the  171I1  day  of 
October,  1867,  she  was  married  to  Isaiah  Cuiinin^diain.  lie 
ami  his  family  resides  in  Evans,  West  \'ir,i;inia. 

Children   (Cnnninj;ham)  : 
Riidtilph. 
William  Nathan. 
Charles  C. 
Early  Harrison. 

108. 

Filmore"  Ong  (Nathatt,^  Jacob,''  Jacob,^  Jeremiah,^ 
Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,'  I-rancis,^)  was  born  on  the  2Sih  day 
of  September,  1856.  On  May  28th,  1881,  he  was  united  in 
marriage  to  Marjory  Fultz. 

Children : 

John  J..  1).  jjth  of  October,  1883. 
Robert  J.,  1).  29th  of  June,  1884. 
Mamie,  b.  22nd  of  January,  1886. 
Charles  F.,  b.  22n(l  of  December,   1888. 
Mabel,  b.  14th  of  h'ebruary,  i8(/j. 
Marjory,  b.   nth  of  March,  1892. 
.Albert  I'..  I).   17th  of  October,  1894. 
E«lith  L.,  b.  iith  (if  June,  1897. 
Nathan,  b.   17th  of  March,  1899. 

109. 

EiJZA  J."  McGkkw  GinnoNS  (Kcbccca,"  Jacob,''  Jacob," 
Jeremiah,^  Jacob,*  Jacob.^  Isaac.'  Francis,^)  the  voungest 
child  and  only   ilaughter   ui   linley    \V.  and   Rebecca  Ong 


Ong    Family    History.  85 


McGrew,  was  born  on  the  31st  day  of  July,  1846.  On  the 
21st  clay  of  September,  1870,  she  was  united  in  marriage 
with  lili  F.  Gibbons. 

Children : 

Frederick  R.,  b.  22nd  of  September,   1871  ;  d. 

June  2ist,  1881. 
Edith  E.,  b.  19th  of  October,  1875. 
Albert  W.,  b.  9th  of  October,   1879;  d.  April 

8th,  1883. 
Emma  L.,  b.  31st  of  March,  1884. 
Edwin   D.,  b.   28th  of  October,   1886;  d.  July 

26th,  1887. 
Ernest  M.,  b.  28th  of  October,  1886;  d.  March 

3rd,  1888. 

110. 

Ormand  F."  Ong  (Finley  D.,®  Jacob,''  Jacoh,'^  Jeremiah^ 
Jacob  *  Jacob,^  Isaac,^  Francis,^)  was  born  on  the  6th  day 
of  November,  1851.  He  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Martha  B.  Adams  on  the  4th  day  of  July,  1872.  There  was 
no  issue  of  this  marriage.  He  was  married  the  second  time 
to  Harriet  C.  Ingle,  on  the  20th  day  of  August,  1887,  who 
died  on  the  20th  day  of  October,  1903.  Of  this  union  there 
was  no  issue.  He  engaged  in  farming  from  1872  to  1879  in 
Putnam  county,  Missouri,  during  which  time  he  served  his 
county  as  Deputy  Sherifif  for  two  years.  In  April,  1879, 
he  moved  to  the  Black  Hills  of  South  Dakota,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  the  mining  business  with  marked  success,  and  is 
now  superintendent  of  one  of  the  largest  mining  companies 
in  the  Dakotas,    He  is  an  active  member  of  the  I.  O.  O.  F. 

111. 

Missouri  Irkne"  Ong  Odam  (Finley  D.,^  Jacob,''  Jacob," 
Jeremiah,^  Jacob,^  Jacob,"  Isaac,-  Francis/)  the  oldest 
daughter  of  Finley  D.  and  Alice  Ong,  was  born  on  the 


8(i  Oii!^    Family    History. 

1 6th  day  of  November,  1853.  On  the  3rd  day  of  June, 
1S69,  she  was  iinitctl  in  luarriaj^c  with  Jacob  Odaiii.  He 
hves  with  his  wife  and  family  at  Sewel,  Iowa.  They  arc 
all  members  of  the  Christian  church. 

Children : 

Finley  D.,  married  and  has  three  children. 
Sarah  A.  ( )dam  W'eist.  married  and  has  three 

children. 
Catherine  Odam  Parker,  married  and  has  three 

children. 
Estella  (  )dain  .\rkley,  married  and  has  one  child. 
Mania    ( )dani     \\  eist,    married    and    has    four 

children. 
Lunsford.  married  and  has  two  children. 
Thomas,  umnarried. 
(leori^e,  unmarriid. 
Myrtle,  unmarried, 
r.ertha.  unmarried, 
Klla,  unmarried. 

112. 

H.\nn'.\h'  Onc  SiiKP.AKi)  (Finley,  D.."  Jaeoh^  Jacob* 
Jeremiah,''  Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,-  Francis,^)  the  younp^est 
child  of  I'inley  D.  and  Alice  Onjjf  was  born  on  the  15th  day 
of  December,  i860.  She  was  united  in  marriage  to  William 
A.  Sheparrl,  who  died  on  the  27th  day  of  October,  iS(;4, 
at  Enid.  Oklahoma.  After  his  death  Hannah  Onp;  Sliei>ard 
moved  to  Pluma,  South  Dakota,  where  she  now  resides  with 
her  family.    They  are  all  members  of  the  Methodist  church. 

Children   ( .Shepard)  : 

Olive  A.,  married  and  has  two  children. 

Lee  L..  deceased. 

Orman   H.,  resides  in   .Montana. 

( "llin   K..  deceased. 

Milford   h'arl,  resides  in   riuma,  South  Dakota. 


Oiig    Family    History.  87 

113, 

Laura  Young"  Foster  (Eliza,^  Isaac,''  Jacoh,^  Jeremiah,^ 
Jacob*  Jacoh,^  Isaac,-  Francis,^)  was  the  oldest  child  of 
Jehu  and  Eliza  Ann  Young.  She  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Robert  M.  Foster. 

Children  (Foster)  : 

H.  Alonzo,  r.  Mingo  Junction,  Ohio. 

Jennie. 

Catharine. 

Ernest  J.,  r.  New  Alexandria,  Ohio. 

Lena  M. 

114. 

Plummer"  Young  (Eliza,^  Isaac,''  Jacoh,^  Jeremiah,^ 
Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,^  Francis,^)  the  oldest  son  of  Jehu  and 
Eliza  Ong  Young,  was  born  near  Smithfield,  Ohio.  I  regret 
much  my  inability  to  get  any  answer  from  or  history  of 
Plummer  Young,  but  I  must  say  that  no  young  man  was 
ever  more  loyal  to  his  country's  cause,  or  endured  more 
suffering  and  hardships  than  Plummer  Young,  though  a 
boy,  from  the  year  1862  until  1865,  as  a  soldier  in  the  Union 
army.  I  canot  state  the  length  of  time  this  young  man  was 
in  Libby  or  Andersonville  prison,  but  think  for  more  than 
one  year.  I  know  he  was  given  up  as  dead,  but  finally 
was  released,  returned  to  his  home  in  Smithfield,  Ohio,  a 
mere  skeleton.  Recovering  his  health  finally  he  married 
and  now  resides  somewhere  in  Indiana,  but  his  address  or 
location  I  am  unable  to  more  definitely  give. 

115. 

Oliver  M.^  Ong  (James  Alfred,^  Isaac,''  Jacob,^  Jere- 
miah,^ Jacob,*  Jacob, ^  Isaac,^  Francis,^)  was  born  in  Smith- 
field,  Ohio,  on  the  23rd  day  of  May,  1847.  On  the  iQtK 
day  of  October,  1868,  he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss 


S8  Orn:    lunttily    History. 


Marv  C  Morri.scm,  (laughter  of  William  and  Ivcbccca  Mor- 
rison. He  was  a  mciiilKT  of  Loiupany  II.  1571I1  Kc^imcnt 
t  >hio  X'ohinttcr  Infantry,  anil  belongs  to  the  Harry  Hale 
Post,  Ci.  A.  K.,  Department  of  Ohio.  He  is  a  member  of 
ihc  Methoilisi  clmrcli  ami  a  Republican  in  politics.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  JelTerson  county,  Ohio,  central  committee 
for  nine  years  and  represented  his  party  in  Slate  and  Con- 
f^'ressional  conventions  several  times.  He  tauj^ht  school  in 
Jeeffrson  county  for  sixteen  years,  and  was  jirincipal  of  the 
imblic  schools  of  Richmond,  Ohio,  when  he  accepted  a 
position  under  the  Civil  Service  Commission  in  the  Pension 
(  )nice  at  Washington.  D.  C.  He  now  holds  a  position  as 
bookkeeper  in  the  United  States  Treasury  Department. 

Children  : 

181.  Genevieve. 

182.  Harry  Alfred. 

IIG 

Jacob  N.'  Ong  (James  Alfred,''  Isaac,''  Jacob  °  Jeremiah.'^ 
Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,-  Francis,^)  was  born  in  Smithfield, 
Ohio,  in  the  year  1850.  He  left  home  at  an  early  at^e  and 
accepted  a  position  in  a  lart,'e  wholesale  clothing,'  house  in 
I'ittsbur};-,  Pennsylvania.  He  afterwards  held  responsible 
and  remunerative  positions  in  PufTalo.  Seattle  and  Chicai^o. 
In  the  year  1893  he  came  to  Smithfield,  Ohio,  to  look  after 
his  mother,  where  he  has  resided  ever  since.  He  is  prom- 
inent in  local  politics  as  a  Republican,  and  is  central  com- 
mitteeman and  presiding  judge  of  elections  in  the  precinct 
in  which  he  lives. 

117. 

M.\kv"  On(;  To.mi.inson  (Rcain,"  Xatlum  A'.,'  Jacob,^ 
Jcri-miah,^  Jacob,*  Jacob,'^  Isaac,-  I-'rancis.^)  was  b.  tii  on 
tile  j(>[h  of  November,  1836,  near  Smilhrield,  Ohio.     On  the 


Li  A\  b  u.\c; 


Ong  Family  History.  89 

27th  day  of  May,  1854,  she  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Simeon  Tomlinson,  who  was  a  Union  soldier  in  the  Civil 
War,  having  been  a  member  of  Company  I,  6th  Regiment, 
West  Virginia  Volunteer  Cavalry.  He  died  at  Anderson- 
ville.  His  family  now  resides  at  Moundsville,  West  Vir- 
ginia, with  the  exception  of  one  son,  Carlos  M.,  who  lives 
in  Kansas. 

Children   (Tomlinson)  : 
Elbridge'B. 
Carlos  M. 
James  B. 
Thomas  K. 

118. 

Oliver  C.®  Ong  (Rezin,^  Nathan  M./  Ja^obJ^  Jeremiah'' 
Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,^  Frauds'^)  was  born  on  the  8th  day  of 
of  February,  1841.  He  enlisted  in  the  Union  Army  as 
Orderly  in  the  2nd  Virginia  Cavalry  in  1862.  He  was  pro- 
moted to  Lieutenant  of  his  company.  He  was  wounded  at 
Giles,  Virginia,  by  being  shot  from  his  horse,  but  in  a  short 
time  was  again  in  active  duty.  In  1863,  while  helping  to 
guard  a  provision  train  at  Greenburgh,  Virginia,  he  was 
captured  by  a  Confederate  attacking  party  and  taken  to 
Liby  prison,  and  from  there  to  Charlestown,  South  Caro- 
lina. From  there  he  was  taken  to  Macon,  Georgia,  where 
he  was  paroled  after  two  months'  imprisonment.  At  the 
close  of  the  war  he  engaged  in  clerical  and  mercantile  pur- 
suits. He  helped  organize  the  Brown  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany at  Zanesville,  Ohio,  of  which  he  was  chosen  general 
agent  and  correspondent.  On  one  of  his  trips  to  the  South, 
while  returning  home,  he  took  sick  and  died  at  Kansas 
City,  Missouri,  on  the  15th  day  of  September,  1885,  and  was 
buried  at  Zanesville,  Ohio. 


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Oti^    Family    History. 


119. 


Makia  L."  Ong  Lansley  (Kcciti,'*  Xathan  M..'  Jacob!" 
Jeremiah,^  Jacob*  Jacob,^  Isaac,-  Francis,^)  tlit-  fifth  cliild 
of  Kc'zin  and  Susanna  On^,  was  born  on  the  4lh  tlav  of 
August,  1844.  On  the  20tli  day  of  December,  1872,  she 
was  united  in  marriage  with  C  K.  Lansley. 

Children  (Lansley)  : 

Gertrude  O.     Died  while  voung. 
183.     Adda  L. 

120 

Nathan  K."  Ong  (Rczin,^  Xathan  X.J  Jacob,^  Jere- 
miah,'' Jacob*  Jacob,^  Isaac,"  Francis,^)  was  born  on  the 
25th  day  of  January,  1847.  ^^^  ^^♦'^^  a  soldier  in  the  Union 
Anny  during  the  Civil  War.  marched  with  "Sherman  to 
the  Sea,"  and  was  honorably  discharged.  He  became  a  rail- 
road man  for  a  number  of  years,  and  is  now  living  a  retired 
life  with  his  family. 


Children : 


Walter. 

William. 

Cecil. 


121 


Addison  ?.•  Ong  (Recin,^  Xathan  M..''  Ja<:ob.^  Jeremiah,^ 
Jacob,*  Jacob,'  Isaac, ^  Francis,^)  was  born  on  the  17th  day 
of  May,  1849.  On  the  19th  of  October,  1884,  he  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Miss  Stella  McSwords.  Ik-  is  engaged  in 
the  mercantile  business  at  StockixDrt,  Ohio, 


Children 


OIlic  A.,  b.  3rd  of  April,  1886. 

Maiy  L.  i:..  b.  r.th  of  December,  i88(;. 


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122. 


Edgar  M."  Ong  (Rezin,^  Nathan  M./  Jacob,^  Jeremiah,^ 
Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac  •  Francis,^)  was  born  on  the  3rd  day  of 
July,  1853.  He  is  a  railroad  engineer.  He  was  united  in 
marriage  to  Mary  Greenawalt,  and  resides  with  his  family 
at  Bridgeport,  Ohio. 


Children 


Albert. 
Linda. 
Emmett. 
Floy. 

Andrew,    Deceased. 
Edgar. 

123. 


Emma"  Ong  Glass  (Rezin,^  Nathan  M./  Jacob, ^  Jere- 
miah,^ Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,^  Francis,'^)  the  tenth  child  of 
Rezin  and  Susanna  Ong,  was  born  on  the  nth  day  of  Feb- 
ruary, 1859.  She  was  married  to  Mr.  Glass  and  now  resides 
in  Beverley,  Ohio,  where  she  is  a  teacher  of  vocal  and  in- 
strumental music  in  the  public  schools. 

Child  (Glass)  : 

184.    Arthur  Ong  Glass,  b.  28th  of  May,  1880. 

124. 

Nathan  O."  Naylor  (Maria  L.,^  Nathan,''  Jacob,^  Jere- 
miah,^ Jacob,*  Jacob^  Jsaac^  Francis,^)  the  oldest  child  of 
Samuel  M.  and  Maria  L.  Naylor,  was  born  on  the  i8th  day 
of  September,  1847.  In  September,  1895,  he  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Rebecca  Merriman.  They  reside  on  a  farm 
near  Bloomfield,  Ohio. 


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123. 

Maky  Elizaukth"  Blackuukn  (Maria  L.,"  Nathan,'' 
]jcob,^  Jeremiah,^  Jacob*  Jacob,^  Isaac,'  Francis,^)  the 
youngest  child  and  only  dauj;htcr  of  Samuel  M.  and  Maria 
L.  Ong  Naylor,  was  born  on  the  4th  day  of  July,  1850.  In 
Scptciuber  of  1868  she  was  united  in  marriage  with  Charles 
M.  Uiackburn,  a  farmer.  Both  are  members  of  the  Friend's 
churcii. 

Cliildren   (Blackburn)  : 

185.  Mary  Eveline. 

186.  Maria  Adaline. 

Maud,    b.    24th    of   October,    1882;    d.    6th    of 

June,  1888. 
Samuel  Dunzil,  b.  9th  oi  August,  1889. 

126. 

Nathan"  Piiii-i's  (Mary,'*  Nathan  M.,''  Jacob,''  Jere- 
miah,^ Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,-  Francis,^)  was  born  on  the 
5th  day  of  June,  1847,  near  Smithficld,  Ohio,  where  he 
spent  his  boyhood  days.  In  March,  1865,  he  enlisted  in 
Company  H,  at  Barnesville,  Ohio,  and  was  discharged  at 
Camj)  Chase,  Ohio.  On  the  23rd  day  of  September,  1873, 
he  was  united  in  marriage  witli  Hannah  E.  Blackburn.  He 
and  his  family  resides  in  Smithfield,  Ohio. 

Children  ( Phipps)  : 

Ada  May,  b.  1st  of  May,  1875. 

187.  Eva  Leona. 
Frank  Klieves. 

Edith  Pearl,  b.  16th  of  February,  1886. 
Maud  Wilma,  b.  14th  day  of  February,  1891. 
Mary  G.,  died  in  infancy. 

^  4  . 

Ha.nnah   J."  O.NG  TwKi.iJV   (.Ibram;  John  .1/./  Jacob,'' 


Ong  Family  History.  93 

Jeremiah,'^  Jacob,'^  Jacoh,^  Isaac,'^  Francis,^)  was  born  on  the 
27th  day  of  September,  1847.  In  October,  1866,  she  was 
united  in  marriage  with  G.  W.  Tweedy.  They  hved  in 
Mount  Pleasant,  Ohio,  for  a  number  of  years,  and  from 
there  moved  to  Martins  Ferry,  Ohio,  where  she  died  on  the 
24th  day  of  February,  1902,  leaving  her  husband  and  three 
children.  She  was  amiable  in  disposition,  and  possessed  a 
kind  and  sympathetic  heart,  which  quickly  responded  to  the 
touch  of  joy  or  sorrow  in  the  lives  of  others.  She  strongly 
endeared  herself  to  all  who  knew  her. 

Children  (Tweedy)  : 

William  A.,  b.  27th  of  July,  1868. 

Elizabeth   M.,   b.   3rd  of  December,    1875  >  ^^ 

Charles  Heil,  of  Martins  Ferry,  Ohio. 
George  W.,  b.  26th  of  June,  1884. 

128. 

John  W.^  Ong  (Abram,^  John  M./  Jacob,'^  Jeremiah,^ 
Jacob*  Jacob,^  Isaac,"^  Francis,^)  was  born  on  the  29th 
day  of  July,  185 1,  in  Jefiferson  county,  Ohio.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  Mount  Pleasant  High  school.  He  is  a  contrac- 
tor and  builder  by  trade.  On  the  14th  day  of  February, 
1893,  he  was  married  to  Clarissa  S.  Cleaver,  daughter  of 
Eli  and  Rebecca  Cleaver.  He  and  his  family  reside  at 
Mount  Pleasant,  Ohio. 

Child : 

Millicent  Elizabeth,  b.  i8th  of  April,  1895. 

129. 

Nathaniel  M.^  Ong  (Abram,^  John  M./  Jacob,^  Jere- 
miah,^ Jacob*  Jacob,^  Isaac,^  Francis,^)  was  born  on  the 
15th  day  of  February,  1853,  in  Jefferson  county,  Ohio.  He 
devoted  the  early  part  of  his  life  to  farming.  At  the  age  of 
twenty-five  he  engaged  in  the  music  business,     in  1887  he 


94  Ofig    Family    History. 

moved  to  Stcubenville,  Ohio,  and  in  1895,  he  moved  to  York, 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  became  associated  with  The  Weaver 
CJr^'an  and  I'iano  Company,  lie  recently  invented  one  of 
the  leading  improvements  in  the  construction  of  Pianos.  He 
was  married  to  Miss  Mary  A.  Thomas,  dauj^hter  of  J.  K. 
and  Ehiiira  Thomas,  of  Mount  Pleasant,  Ohio.  They  are 
members  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  He  is  a  charter  mem- 
ber of  the  York  lodj^e  of  the  I.  O.  O.  V.,  and  has  always 
been  a  Republican  in  politics. 

Chililren : 

188.  William  T. 

189.  Earl  Reed. 

190.  Lena  M. 

191.  La  fa  Marie. 

192.  Mary  E. 

130. 

Clarence  R."  Oxg  (Sat lion  .-/.,"  John  M.;  Jacob,''  Jere- 
miah,'' Jacob,*  Jacob,''  Isaac,-  Francis,')  was  born  on  the 
13th  day  of  February,  1856.  He  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Emma  ^L  Foote  on  the  20th  day  of  October,  1887.  daut^hter 
of  James  S.  and  Caroline  A.  Foote.  He  has  always  taken 
an  active  part  in  public  affairs,  and  is  a  Republican  in  poli- 
tics. He  has  for  many  years  served  his  constitutents  in 
positions  of  honor  and  trust. 
Children : 

Ralph  W.,  b.  17th  of  July.  1891. 

Fred  L.,  b.  loth  of  February,  1H96. 

Harry  A.,  b.  15th  of  October,  1897. 

131. 

L.M.KA  15."  ().N(;  (Xathan  O.;  John  M.,'  Jacob,"  Jere- 
miah,^ Jacob*  Jacob,"  Isaac,'  Francis')  the  seccmd  child  of 
Xathan  O.  and  Janctte  Onp,  has  remained  uiunarried  and 
made  her  home  with  her  parents.     She  has  been  a  stay  and 


ELMIRA  ONG. 


Ong    Family    History.  q5 

comfort  to  them  in  their  old  age,  faithfully  and  lovingly  ad- 
ministering to  their  wants  until  they  reached  the  end  of 
life's  journey. 

132. 

Harry  G."  Ong  (Nathan  O./  John  A/./  Jacob,'^  Jere- 
miah,^ Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,-  Francis,'^)  was  the  youngest 
child  of  Nathan  O.  and  Janette  Ong.  He  was  married  on 
the  8th  day  of  October,  1889,  and  died  on  August  12th, 
1892,  leaving  two  orphan  children.  These  two  children  are 
being  cared  for  by  their  Aunt  Laura  B.  Ong,  of  Tonica, 
Illinois. 

Children : 

Nathan  Sharp. 
Janetta  May. 

133. 

Plummer  Lewis^  Ong  (John  L./  John  M./  Jacob^  Jere- 
miah^ Jacob,*  Jacobs  Isaac,-  Francis,^)  the  oldest  child  of 
John  Lewis  and  Margaret  Elizabeth  Purviance  Ong,  was 
born  on  the  17th  day  of  January,  1859,  in  southern  Illinois. 
He  went  with  his  parents  to  Missouri  in  1879.  He  now 
resides  at  Mateer,  Oklahoma.  He  is  a  member  of  the  fol- 
lowing lodges :  Masonic  lodge,  Odd  Fellows  Encampment, 
Modern  Woodmen,  A.  O.  U.  W.  He  has  followed  the 
milling  and  millwrighting  business.  He  was  united  in  mar- 
riage with  Miss  Nellie  Lecta  Raddle,  daughter  of  Reuben 
and  Melissa  Raddle,  at  Hannepin,  Illinois,  on  the  14th  day 
of  September,  1886.  They  are  both  members  of  the  Presby- 
terian church. 

Children : 

John  Louis,  b.  21st  of  June,  1890, 
Reuben  Emil,  b.  31st  of  August,  1892. 


96  Oitg  family  History. 


134. 

I.IDA  1na»  Ong  Rogf.ks  (John  L.,"  John  M.,'  Jacob,"  Jere- 
miah,^ Jacob*  Jacob,^  Isaac,-  Francis,^)  was  born  on  the 
iJth  (lay  of  December,  1800.  She  came  with  her  parents 
to  Missouri  in  1H79.  She  was  united  in  marriage  to  Will- 
iam Bradford  Ro}j:crs,  son  of  Elias  and  Ellen  Ropers,  at 
New  Bloomfield,  Missouri,  on  the  27th  day  of  November, 
1879.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  cluirch 
and  now  resides  at  Elgin,  Oregon. 

Children  (Rogers)  : 

John  Elias,  b.  26th  of  August,  1880. 
193.     Albert  Isaac. 

Plummer,  b.  29th  of  September.  1882. 
George  F.laine,  b.  25th  of  Sejitember,  1886. 
Harry  I5radford,  b.  26th  of  August,  1888. 
Ered Marion,  b.  3rd  of  March,  1892. 
Ira,  b.  31st  of  December,  1893. 
James  Curtis,  b.  i^th  of  January,  1900. 
May  Lenora,  b.  8th  of  January,  1905. 

135. 

NiiLLiE  Bi-llk"  Ong  Burns  (John  L.."  John  M.i'  Jacob," 
Jeremiah,^  Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaoc,^  Francis,^)  was  born  on 
September  30th,  1865,  at  Hennepin,  Illinois.  She  accompa- 
nied her  parents  to  Missouri  in  1879.  On  October  4th, 
1886,  she  was  married  to  Gustave  Ernest  Burns,  son  of 
George  Wilhelm  and  Louisa  Burns,  at  Laclede,  Missouri. 
She  is  a  devout  member  of  the  Christian  church  at  Hamiibal, 
Missouri,  where  she  has  lived  the  greater  part  of  her  mar- 
ried life,  her  husband  Ix-ing  an  otTicial  of  the  Chicago,  Bur- 
lington &  (Juincy  R.  K.,  with  heaiUiuartcrs  at  that  place. 

Children  (Burns)  : 

Eddie  Ernest,  b.  1  ith  of  July,  1887. 
Lonnie  Lewis,  b.  5lh  of  December,  1889. 


Ong    Family    History.  97 


Plummer  Wilhelm,  b.  17th  of  December,  1892. 
Gussie  Belle,  b.  3rd  of  June,  1895. 

136. 

Mary  Edna"  Ong  Love  (John  L.^  John  M.^  Jacoh,^ 
Jeremiah,^  Jacoh,^  Jacob,^  Isaac,-  Francis,^)  was  born  in 
Tonica,  LaSalle  county,  Illinois,  on  the  29th  day  of  Febru- 
ary, 1868,  and  went  with  her  parents  to  Missouri  in  1879. 
On  October  14th,  1886,  she  was  married  to  Wesley  Leander 
Love,  son  of  Wesley  R.  and  Isabella  Love,  of  Laclede, 
Missouri.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church  at  Albia,  Iowa,  where  she  resides.  Her  husband  has 
been  in  the  employ  of  the  Chicago,  Burlington  &  Quincy 
railroad  for  the  past  twenty-five  years. 

Children   (Love)  : 

Edward  Lee,  b.  20th  of  October,  1887. 
Margaret  E.,  b.  31st  of  March,  1889. 
Wesley,  b.  4th  of  June,  1892. 
Naomi  Ella,  b.  20th  of  October,  1894. 

137. 

Abbie  Maggie"  Ong  Gould  (John  L.,^  John  M./  Jacoh,'^ 
Jeremiah,^  Jacob*  Jacob^  Isaac,^  Francis,^)  was  born  on 
June  1st,  1871,  at  Tonica,  LaSalle  county,  Illinois.  On  De- 
cember 31st,  1899,  she  was  married  to  Edward  Everett 
Gould,  son  of  James  and  Mary  Ann  Gould,  at  Laclede,  Mis- 
souri. She  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church 
at  Laclede,  Missouri,  where  she  now  resides. 

Child  (Gould)  : 

Lois  Abbie,  b.  9th  of  July,  1905. 

138. 

David   McK."   Ong    (Jesse,^  Jacob,''  Jesse,^   Jeremiah,^ 


98  Otiti    Family    History. 


in 


Jacob,*  Jacob,'  Isaac*  Fronds,^)  was  born  in  1829.    He  en- 
tered the  Union  Army  in  1861,  became  First  Lieutenant  i 
Second   Kentucky,  but   resigned     on  account  of     sickness 
Later  lie  enlisted  in  the  cavalry,  but  was  dischar}j;ed  on  ac 
count  of  sickness.     lie  died  in  1872. 


139. 

John  G.\ri)Ni:k"  Ong  (Jessc,^  Jacob,''  Jcssc,*^  Jeremiah,^ 
Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,'  Francis.^)  was  born  in  1833.  He 
served  in  the  Confederate  Army  from  18C2  to  1864.  He 
died  in  1904. 

140. 

Samuel  Reed"  Ong  (Jcssc,^  Jacob,''  Jcssc'^  Jeremiah,^ 
Jacob,*  Jacob, ^  Isaac,-  Francis,^)  was  born  in  1837.  He  was 
married  to  Harriet  lUirdsel.  laughter  of  Uriah  and  Alazanah 
Burdsel,  in  Xewtown,  Ohio,  on  September  12th,  1858.  He 
is  in  the  harness  business.  Politically  he  is  a  Democrat 
ami  is  a  member  of  the  Universalist  church  at  Newtown, 
Ohio.  His  wife;  Harriet  Burdsel  Ong,  died  on  September 
24th,  1904. 

Children  : 

194.     William   Burton. 

Ernest  C,  b.   i8th  of  August,  1867;  d.  Jinl  of 

November,  i8(;5. 
Ala,   b.   25th   of   September,    18C3;   d.    141)1    of 
January,  i8(')4. 

111. 

Richard  Marshall"  Ong  (Jcssc,^  Jacob,''  Jcssc,^  Jere- 
miah,'^ Jacob,*  Jacob,*  Isaac.^  Francis^)  married  Laura  \'ir- 
ginia  Kendall,  who  died.  He  afterwards  married  Mary  \  ir- 
ginia  Jack.'>on,  dauj^hter  of  Dr.  Ale.xaiuUr  Jackson,  of  New 


W.  C.  ONG. 


Ong    Family    History.  gg 

Orleans,  Louisiana.  He  is  a  leading  merchant  in  New  Or- 
leans, being  engaged  in  the  building  material  business,  where 
he  resides. 

Children:     (By  first  marriage). 
Jesse. 
195.     Richard  M.  Jr. 

(By  second  marriage.) 

Walter  J. ;  r.  Kansas  City,  Missouri. 
Marshall  L. 
Wilmer  T. 
Albert  B. 
Clarence  K. 

142. 

rion.  Joseph  Eli"  Ong  (Wilson,^  John,''  Jeremiah^  Jere- 
miah,^ Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,^  Francis^)  was  born  on  the 
nth  day  of  February,  1845.  He  enlisted  in  the  Union 
Army  at  the  age  of  sixteen  years,  in  the  same  company  as 
his  father,  Wilson  Ong,  the  44th  Illinois  Volunteers.  He 
was  wounded  in  the  battle  of  Perryville,  Kentucky,  was  dis- 
charged and  returned  home  and  entered  the  Lombard  Uni- 
versity of  Galesburg,  Illinois,  where  he  commenced  the 
study  of  law.  He  was  elected  to  County  Judge  of  Marshall 
County,  Illinois,  in  1882.  He  was  married  to  Kitty  J.  Mc- 
Fadden.  He  moved  to  Geneva,  Nebraska,  in  1889,  where 
he  devoted  a  great  deal  of  time  to  the  real  estate  business. 
In  i8g8  he  moved  to  Grand  Junction,  Colorado,  where  he 
became  interested  in  irrigation  projects.  In  1890  he  was 
elected  to  the  lower  house  of  the  Colorado  Legislature,  rep- 
resenting Mesa  County.  In  1903  he  moved  his  family  to 
Dubuque,  Colorado,  where  he  and  his  family  now  reside. 

Children : 

Armand  Powell,  b.    18th  of  September,   1874; 
d.  November  30th,  1895. 


loo  Oiig    Family    History. 

Eupcnc  Ralev. 
Finlev  Joseph. 
196.     Mary  \'irj;inia. 

Ik'k'ii  (irace,  in.  Amos  R.  Jciiuinj^s;  r.  Graiul 

Junction,  Col. 
John    Nathan. 

143. 

N.\THAN»  Ong  (Wilson^  John,''  Jeremiah,'^  Jeremiah,' 
Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,^  Francis,'^)  was  born  on  the  25th  of 
Auj^'ust,  1847.  He  was  married  to  Emma  Onp  of  Emporia, 
Kansas.     The  family  resides  in  Edi^ar,  Nebraska. 

Children  : 

Murray  L. ;  r.  Seattle,  Washington. 

Joseph  Willet,  m.  Nettie  Brown ;  r.  Edgar,  Neb. 

144. 

Nelson  D."  Ong  (Wilson,^  John,''  Jeremiah,^  Jeremiah,^ 
Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,^  Francis^)  was  born  on  the  8th  day  of 
July,  1852.  lie  married  Miss  Ellen  Holden  of  Chicago, 
Illinois.     He  died  on  the  loth  day  of  August,  1893. 

Children : 

Joseph. 
Wilson. 
Annie. 
Nellie. 

145. 

J.  Chester'  Ong  (Wilson,'^  John,''  Jeremiah,"  Jeremiah,'^ 
Jacob,*  Jacob,'  Isaac,'  Francis^)  was  born  on  the  24th  day 
of  Novemlxr,  1S64.  He  married  Miss  Marcelle  Heady  of 
Wichita,  Kansas,  at  St.  Louis,  Missouri.  They  reside  at 
Deliucjue,  Colorado. 


Ong    Family    History.  loi 


146. 

Prof.  Ira  M."  Ong  (Nathan,^  John,''  Jeremiah,^  Jere- 
miah,'^ Jacob,*  Jacoh,^  Isaac,-  Francis^)  was  born  on  the  12th 
day  of  June,  1849,  at  Magnolia,  Illinois.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  and  Illinois  State  Normal  University, 
and  began  teaching  in  the  public  schools  in  1868.  Was 
elected  Superintendent  of  Schools  of  Marshall  County  in 
1886.  He  is  now  Superintendent  of  Public  Schools  of  Peru, 
Illinois,  serving  his  eighth  year  as  such.  He  is  designer  of 
the  only  departmental  grammar  school  in  the  United  States. 
He  is  a  Republican  in  politics.  Is  a  member  of  the  Second 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Bloomington,  Illinois.  Was  mar- 
ried to  Linnie  M.  Blodgett  of  Lacon,  Illinois,  in  1871. 


Children 


Cliflf,  d. 
Ora,  d. 


147. 


JuDSON°  Ong  (Nathan,^  John,''  Jeremiah,^  Jeremiah,'^ 
Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,^  Fronds'^)  was  born  at  Magnolia, 
Illinois.     He  is  married  and  resides  at  Lacon,  Illinois. 

Children : 


197.     Judson,  Jr. 
Lola  Belle. 


148. 


Crawford®  Ong  (Nathan,^  John,''  Jeremiah,^  Jeremiah,'^ 
Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,^  Francis^)  was  born  at  Magnolia, 
Illinois.    He  married  and  resides  at  Lacon,  Illinois. 

Children : 

Fred  Thompson. 
Florence. 


TENTH  GKNF.RATION. 


149. 

Ida  E.'"  Ong  Hammond  (Matlias.''  Jacoh,^  Finlcy,^ 
Jacob,'^  Jeremiah.''  Joeoh*  Jacob,'  Isaac,-  Francis.^)  was  born 
on  tlic  6th  (lay  of  April,  1855,  near  Steuben villc.  Ohio.  She 
was  married  to  William  Hammond  of  Smithtield,  Ohio.  She 
died  in  l*"ebruar\,  1S81. 

Children  (Hammond): 

198.  Mary  Cora. 
Annie  Celia. 

199.  IVank. 

200.  Fred. 

150. 

EinviN  Ross'"  Ong  (Malhas^  Jacob,*'  Pinky i'  Jacob,'^ 
Jeremiah,''  Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,-  Francis^)  was  born  on  the 
15th  of  February,  1857,  near  Smithfield.  Ohio.  He  prew  to 
manhood  and  was  respected  by  all.  When  about  thirty 
years  of  ap;e  his  health  bepan  to  fail,  and  in  hope  of  p:cttinj; 
benefited  he  went  to  Oregon,  where  he  died  November  1st, 
1887.     He  was  a  member  of  the  Friends'  Church. 

151. 

Clarance    Wit.i.iAM'"   Ong    (Malhas,^   Jacob."   J-iiiley,^ 

Jacob,'^  Jeremiah.'"  Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,-  Fraiicis\)  was  l>orn 

on  DectmlxT  25th,  1858.     Ilr  was  married  to  Rosa,  dauj^di- 

ter  o(  John  and  Nancy  \'ermilli<»n.  on  1  )rcember  51)1,  iSS.^ 

Tlif  fanjilv  resides  in  Smithheld,  (  )hio. 


ANNIE  SIMPSON. 


Ong    Family    History.  103 


Children : 

Earl  C. 
Roy  Edwin. 


152. 


Emma  Florilla^"  Ong  Dorrance  (MathasJ*  Jacoh,^  Fin- 
ley,''  Jacob,'^  Jeremiah,^  Jacob*  Jacob,^  Isaac,^  Francis^)  was 
born  on  February  21st,  1862.  On  June  i6th,  1881  she  was 
married  to  David  Dorrance  of  Bergholz,  Jefferson  County, 
Ohio.  They  resided  in  Steubenville,  Ohio,  where  they  were 
faithful  members  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church. 
Emma  Ong  Dorrance  died  of  scarlet  fever,  leaving  a  babe 
but  five  days  old. 

Children  (Dorrance)  : 

Maude  E. 
Emma  C. 


153. 

Mary  W.^"  Ong  Purviance,  (Matlias/'  Jacob,^  Finley,^ 
Jacob,^  Jeremiah,^  Jacob*  Jacob,^  Isaac,^  Francis^)  was  born 
on  the  nth  day  of  May,  1864.  She  was  married  November 
3rd,  1886,  to  Plummer  P.  Purviance.  They  reside  on  a 
farm  near  Smithfield,  Ohio. 

Child  (Purviance)  : 
Orville  F. 

154. 

Sarah  A.^*'  Ong  Merryman,  (Mathas,^  Jacob,^  Finley^ 
Jacob,^  Jeremiah,^  Jacob*  Jacob,^  Jsaac,^  Francis^)  was  born 
on  November  6th,  1867,  near  Smithfield,  Ohio.  She  was 
married  to  William  Merryman  of  Bloomfield,  Ohio,  on 
March  6th,  1892.     They  live  on  a  farm  at  Rush  Run,  Ohio. 


I04  Ong    Family    History. 

Mrs.  Merryinan  is  a  nu-inlKT  of  the  Methodist  Churcli  of 
that  place. 

Chililreii   (Merryman): 

Roscoe  T. 
Flovdc  D. 
ClitYord  L. 

155. 

Bi:kth.\  B.*"  Ong  Hollis,  (Mathas,^'  Jacob, ^  Finlcy^ 
Jacob,'^  Jeremiah,'^  Jacob*  Jacob,^  Isaac,-  Francis^)  was  born 
on  October  6th,  1871,  near  Smithfield,  Ohio,  and  grew  to 
womanhood  on  the  home  farm.  She  graduated  from  the 
ElHott  Business  College  of  Wheeling.  West  X'irginia.  She 
was  married  July  14th,  1903,  to  William  II,  Hollis  of  Pitts- 
burg, Pennsylvania. 

Child  (Hollis): 

Ruth  Cclia. 

156. 

Fki-d  J.'°  Ong.  (Matlias,''  Jacob,"  Finlcy,''  Jacob,''  Jere- 
miah,^ Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,-  Francis^)  was  born  December 
20th,  1873.  He  is  unmarried  and  is  employed  in  Pittsburg, 
Pennsylvania.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Friends  at 
Smithfield,  Ohio. 

157. 

M.MJF.L  C:°  Ong  Bkll,  (Mathas,''  Jacob,''  Finlcy,''  Jacob,'' 
Jeremiah,''  Jacob,*  Jacob,'  Isaac,-  Francis^)  was  born  No- 
vember 20th,  1H76,  near  Smithfiled,  Ohio.  She  married 
I'rank  A.  Bell  of  Bloomfield,  Ohio,  on  March  loth,  1898. 
'Ihey  reside  at  Martins  Ferry,  Ohio,  and  are  members  of  the 
Baptist  Church. 


Ong    Family    History.  lo.S 


Child  (Bell)  : 

Marjorie. 


158. 


Jessie  Leona^^  Ong  Magee,  (Mathas°  Jacob,^  Finley,'' 
Jacob,^  Jeremiah,^  Ja^ob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,^  Francis^)  was  born 
on  January  27th.  1879,  near  Smithfield,  Ohio,  Was  mar- 
ried to  Thomas  B.  Magee  of  Wellsburg,  West  Virginia,  on 
May  2nd,  1899. 

Children  (Magee)  : 

Bertha  L. 
Edna. 

159. 

George  F.^**  Ong,  (Finley  M.,""  Jacob,^  Finley,''  Jacob,'' 
Jeremiah,^  Jacob,^  Jacob,^  Isaac,^  Francis^)  was  born  at 
Wapello,  Ohio,  on  July  22nd,  1871.  He  was  married  to 
Bertha  Klanrud  on  March  24th,  1904,  at  St.  Paul,  Minne- 
sota.    They  reside  at  Indianapolis,  Indiana. 

160. 

Harriet  D.^°  Ong  Martin,  (John  /./  Jacob,^  Finley,'' 
Jacob,''  Jeremiah,^  Jacob,'^  Jacob,^  Isaac,^  Francis^)  was  born 
at  Smithfield,  Ohio,  She  was  married  to  W.  S.  Martin  of 
Keokuk,  Iowa,  and  now  resides  in  C,  P,  Diaz,  Mexico.  Mr. 
Martin  is  General  Manager  of  the  Mexican  International 
Railroad, 

Children  (Martin)  : 

Queen  Elisee, 
Mary  Irene. 

161. 

Foster  D.^"  Ong  (John  /.,"  Jacob,^  Finley,''  Jacob,"  Jere- 


*^^  Ong    J-ainily    History, 


fnuh.'  Jacob:  Jacob:  Isaacr  Francis^ J  wa.  born  at  O^ka- 
loosa.  Iowa,  in  1869.  He  married  Ida  Estella  Goddard  at 
Macon.  Gcor|-ia.  He  is  Superintendent  of  the  Accounting' 
Department  of  the  Monon  R.  R.  Co.  They  reside  at  iwu 
Jackson  Boulevard,  Chicago,  Ilhnois. 


Children  : 

Edith. 
Foster  D.,  Jr. 


162. 


Austin  D.'"  Ong  (Jo/ni  /./'  Jacob:  Fin/cx:  Jacob  «  Jcrc- 
muih:  Jacob:  Jacob:  Isaac:  Francis^)  was  "born  at  Center- 
vdle.  Iowa,  m  1S79.  He  married  Miss  Bessie  Childs  of 
Deha.  Colorado,  in  1902.  and  they  are  now  living  in  San 
I-rancisco.  California,  where  he  holds  a  responsible  position 
with  tiK-  Wells-Fargo  Express  Companv. 


163. 


Le.x.v  M.'"  \'i.:rmillion  Houston,  (Emily:  Jacob''  Fm- 
Icy:   Jacob:   Jeremiah:   Jacob:    Jacob:   Isaac:   Francis^) 
was   born    at    Smithfield,   Ohio,   on    September   24th     1865 
She  received  her  education  in  the  Smithfuld  Public  School 
and  the  Washington.  Pennsylvania.  Female  Seminarv.  from 
which  she  graduated  in   1887.     On  August  3rd.   1887    .he 
was  married  to  J.  A.  B.  Wood,  who  afterwards  became  a 
Senator.     He  died  on  Augu.st   loth.   ,895.     In   189*;  Lena 
\ermilIion  Wood  was  married  to  Rev.   William   Houston 
then  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  at   Mingo,  now  o^ 
Mount  dead,  Ohio,  where  he  has  a  prosperous,  growing 
church.  ^  '^ 

Chililren   (  Houston)  : 

William  Wrmillion. 
Uavid  'i'aj)pan. 


i^ 


^ 


DELBF.RT  B   0\G 


0)ig    Family    History.  107 

164. 

Edna  May'"  Oxg  Davis,  (IVilliam  I.;  Jacob,^  Finlcy,' 
Jacob,^  Jeremiah,^  Jacob*  Jacob, ^  Isaac, "^  Francis^)  was  born 
at  Smithfield,  Ohio,  on  September  17th,  1875.  She  grad- 
uated from  the  W'ellsburg  West  Virginia,  High  School  in 
1891.  She  then  entered  the  University  at  Nashville,  Ten- 
nessee, where  she  remained  a  year.  The  following  two 
years  were  spent  at  the  Steubenville  Seminary,  from  which 
she  graduated.  She  then  spent  a  year  in  the  Pennsylvania 
College  for  Women  at  Pittsburg,  Pennsylvania.  She  taught 
in  a  private  school  in  New  Jersey,  and  at  Barber  Memorial, 
Anniston,  Alabama.  On  September  19th,  1900,  she  was 
married  to  Roy  P.  M.  Davis,  son  of  Rev.  Samuel  and  Lydia 
Robinson  Davis.  He  is  a  graduate  of  Princeton  Univer- 
sity of  the  class  of  1898,  and  he  is  now  Superintendent  of 
the  Harbison-Walker  Refractories  Company  of  Lock  Haven, 
Pennsylvania,  where  they  now  reside.  Since  their  marriage 
they  spent  two  years  in  Europe  and  visited  many  places  ol 
interest,  their  oldest  child  being  born  at  Budapest,  Austro- 
Hungaria. 

Children  (Davis)  : 

Helen  Robinson,  b.  7th  of  October,  1901. 
Darthea,  b.  15th  of  June,  1903. 
Margaret,  b.  4th  of  June,  1905. 

165. 

Mary  Ellen'"  Ong  Galbraith,  (Mifflin,^  Moses  //.," 
Finley,''  Jacob,^  Jeremiah,^  Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,^  Francis^) 
was  born  on  December  6th,  i860,  at  Smithfield,  Ohio.  On 
September  26th,  1880,  she  married  Charles  G.  Galbraith,  son 
of  Robert  and  Caroline  Galbraith  of  Smithfield,  Ohio.  They 
reside  at  Smithfield,  Ohio,  where  he  is  engaged  in  farming 
and  stock  raising. 


'o8  Otii^    Family    tlistory. 


ChiKlrcii  (Galbraith)  : 
20 1.      K..y  MiMlin. 
Harriet  G. 


166. 


RoscoE  T.'°  Ong,  (MUllin,^  Moses  //./  Fm/rv/  Jacobs 
Jeremiah,''  Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,-  Francis')  was  born  on 
October  1st.  1867,  at  Sniithfidd.  Ohio.  He  was  educated  at 
Washing^ton  and  Jefferson  College,  at  Washington,  Penn- 
sylvania. He  adopted  the  profession  of  pharmacy,  and  is 
now  engaged  in  business  at  Martins  Ferry,  Ohio. 

167. 

Lillian  Elva'"  Ong  Brodie,  (Shcfyard,"  Moses  //.,"  Fin- 
ley/  Jacob.''  Jeremiah,''  Jacob,*  Jacob;'  Isaac,-  Francis;)  was 
born  December  22nd,  1867.  She  graduated  from  the  Pacific 
College  at  Xewburg,  Oregon,  in  1891.  After  spending  a 
few  years  as  a  teacher  she  married  Herbert  Brodie,  of  Scotts 
Mills,  Oregon.  He  is  connected  with  the  operating  depart- 
ment of  the  Northern  Pacific  Railway  Company,  and  they 
reside  at  Tacoma,  Washington. 

168. 

Haklon  F.'°  Ong,  (Shcpani,^  Moses  //./  Finley,'  Jacob,'' 
Jeremiah,''  Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,-  Francis')  was  born  No- 
vember 6th,  1873.  He  entered  the  Pacific  College,  from 
which  he  graduated  in  1896,  receiving  the  ile^ree  of  B.  S. 
He  then  entered  the  medical  department  of  the  Williamette 
University  at  Salem,  Oregon,  and  passed  the  State  Board 
of  Medical  Examiners  of  Oregon  and  California,  an.!  re- 
ceived the  aj»|>ointment  of  District  Surgeon  for  the  Southern 
Pacific  Railway  Company.  He  also  received  the  appoint- 
ment as  Physician  and  Surgeon  for  the  largest  lumber  com- 
pany on  the  Pacific  Coast.     At  this  work  he  remained  three 


Ong    Family    History.  log 


years,  when  he  resigned  his  position  and  moved  to  Portland, 
Oregon,  where  he  is  engaged  in  the  practice  of  medicine. 

169. 

Nannie  M.^"  Ong,  fShepard,'*  Moses  //./  Finley,''  Jacob,'' 
Jeremiah/'  Jacob*  Jacob/  Isaac/  Francis^)  was  born  Octo- 
ber 1st,  1877.  She  graduated  from  the  academic  depart- 
ment of  the  Pacific  College  in  1895,  remaining  at  home  until 
1902,  when  she  entered  the  Medical  Department  of  William- 
ette  University,  where  she  remained  until  the  time  of  her 
last  illness  and  death.  She  was  large  and  strong,  physically, 
intellectually  and  morally.  She  had  chosen  the  study  and 
practice  of  medicine  for  her  life  work.  She  died  on  Feb- 
ruary 3rd,  1906. 

170. 

AzALLiA  Dell^*'  Ong,  (Charles  L./  Moses  H./  Finley/ 
Jacob/  Jeremiah/  Jacob/  Jacob/  Isaac/  Francis^)  is  a 
young  lady  of  excellent  accomplishments.  She  is  a  natural 
musician  and  is  endowed  with  more  than  ordinary  ability  as 
a  natural  elocutionist,  which  talent  she  has  carefully  de- 
veloped.    She  resides  in  Salina,  Kansas. 

171. 

Mary  Elizabeth^*"  Medill  Hill,  (Anna  Marie/  Moses 
H./  Finley/  Jacob/  Jeremiah/  Jacob/  Jacob/  Isaac/  Fran- 
cis'^) was  educated  in  the  Martins  Ferry  Public  Schools, 
from  which  she  graduated  with  high  honors  in  1885.  She 
is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  In  1888  she  was 
married  to  James  R.  Hill,  son  of  Stephen  and  Martha  Hill, 
who  is  a  prominent  business  man  of  East  Liverpool,  Ohio, 

172. 

Joseph  Russell^"  Medill,   (Anna  Marie/  Moses  H./ 


no  Dili;    Iiiinily    History. 


Finley,''  Jacob*  Jeremiah,'^  Jacob*  Jacob,'^  Isaac, •  Frauds^) 
was  cducatcil  in  the  pulilic  schools  at  Martins  I'orry.  ( )hio, 
and  the  W'ashinj^toii  and  JclTcrson  Collcjjc  at  Washington, 
IVnnsxlvania.  He  married  Gortlon  Foike  of  Dallas,  Texas. 
Thev  now  reside  in  Marshall.  Texas,  wlure  he  conducts  a 
large  shoe  business.  He  is  a  member  oi  the  l-^piscopal 
Church,  and  is  a  Democrat  in  politics,  lie  i>  a  member  of 
the  Lodge  of  Elks, 

173. 

Bl.\xche  Ai)i:i.i'iii.\i:"'  Mkdii.i.  Klckuck.  (.hum 
Manc.^  Moses  //.."  Finley,^  Jacoh,'^  Jeremiah,''  Jacob,* 
Jaeob,^  Isaac,-  I'rancis^ }  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Martins  l""crr\,  ( )hio.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Tresby- 
terian  Church.  She  was  married  to  Charles  \\  .  Kuckuck 
in  1889.     They  reside  in  Martins  l-'erry.  ( )hio. 

174. 

H.\Ki..\.\  Fr.\n-cis'"  Ong.  (Albert  /v'.."  Moses  II.,'  1-inley,' 
Jacob,'^  Jeremiah,^  Jacob*  Jacob,^  Isaac,"  Francis^)  is  a 
graduate  of  the  Martins  I'erry  High  School.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  class  of  1906  of  the  Washington  and  JetTer- 
son  College  of  Washington,  FViuisylvania.  and  is  at  j)resent 
pursuing  the  study  of  dentistry  in  the  I'niversity  of  IViui- 
sylvania.     He  resides  at   .Martitis  ]-\'rr\,  ( )hio. 

175. 

Kd.na  M.'"  ()m;  nuoADWAiKU.  (Halter  C."  Moses  //.." 
/•'m/t'v,'  Jacob,'^  Jeremiah,''  Jacob,*  Jaeob.^  Isaac r  Francis^) 
was  born  in  J^teubenville.  (  )hio.  on  the  (»th  day  of  Januarv. 
1876.  She  graduated  fr<im  the  Hathaway-lirowiu-  private 
school  for  girls  at  Clevelaml,  (  )h'u<.  in  iH«/),  and  iv>nu  Mrs. 
Life's  scho<jl  .ii  Kyc,  New  York,  in  June.  iSi>S.  ( )n  July 
2nd,  1901,  slu  married  Charles  C.  Broadwater  of  Helena. 
Montana.     .Mi.    I'.roadwater   is  a   mining   engineer.   ha\ing 


HARLAN  F.  ONG. 


Ong    Family    History.  iii 

received  his  training-  abroad  in  the  University  of  Berlin,  and 
the  Royal  School  of  Mines  in  London,  England,  being  a 
graduate  of  the  latter  institution.  They  reside  in  Helena, 
Montana. 

Child   (Broadwater)  : 

Helen  Elizabeth,  b.  6th  of  September,  1906;  d. 
6th  of  September,  1906. 

176. 

Eugene  W.^"  Ong,  (Walter  C./  Moses  //./  Finley,' 
Jacob,^  Jeremiah,^  Jacob,'^  Jacob,^  Isaac,-  Francis^)  was  born 
in  Steubenville,  Ohio,  on  the  12th  of  August,  1877.  When 
he  was  four  years  old  his  family  moved  to  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  and  later  the  University 
School  of  Cleveland,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1896.  He 
graduated  from  Yale  University  in  1900,  receiving  the  de- 
gree of  A.  B,,  and  from  the  Harvard  Law  School  in  June, 
1903,  receiving  an  L.  L.  B.  degree  from  Harvard  Univer- 
sity. He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  as  a  counsellor-at-law 
by  the  Supreme  Judicial  Court  of  Massachusetts  in  August, 
1903,  and  has  since  been  associated  with  the  firm  of  Storey, 
Thorndye,  Palmer  &  Thayer  in  the  general  practice  of  the 
law  at  735  Exchange  Bldg.,  Boston,  Massachusetts.  On 
October  21st,  1903,  he  married  Bessie  Woodbury  Preston, 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Andrew  W.  Preston,  of  Boston; 
Massachusetts.     They  reside  in  Brookline,  Massachusetts. 

Child : 

Andrew   Walter,   b.  4th  of  October,   1904;   d. 
loth  of  January,  1905. 

177. 

Dr.  William  Franklin^"  Ong,  (Harlan  //./  Moses  H.,^ 
Finley,''  Jacob,^  Jeremiah,^  Jacob*  Jacob,^  Isauc,^  Francis^) 
was  born  January  29th,  1876,  on  the  Ong  homestead  near 


iiJ  On^    family    History. 

SniithficKl,  Ohio,  lie  received  his  early  education  in  the 
Sniithheld  schools,  and  later  attended  the  Steubenville  Hi.nh 
School.  In  1901  he  {.graduated  with  high  honors  from  the 
Scio  College  of  I'harniacy,  and  durinjj^  the  summer  held 
I>ositions  with  the  Dillonvalc  Drug  Company  of  Dillonvale, 
Ohio,  and  Seigfried  and  Cook  Pharmacy  of  Pittsburg, 
Pennsylvania.  In  1904  he  graduated  from  the  Ohio  Medi- 
cal I'niversity  of  Columbus,  Ohio,  since  which  time  he  has 
practiced  medicine  in  Richmond  and  L'nionport,  Jeflfersun 
County,  Ohio,  and  is  now  located  at  Cable,  Ohio,  where  he 
enjoys  an  excellent  practice.  He  united  with  the  Presby- 
terian Church  in  iNj^.  On  June  21st,  1905,  he  married 
Adalaide  Mae  Brosse,  daughter  of  Louis  J.  and  Helen 
Brossc  of  Columbus,  Ohio. 

Child : 

Helen  Amanda,  b.  3rd  of  October,  1906. 

178. 

M.\Hv  M.\L-Di;'°  Osc.  \V.\xi)i-R,  (Harlan  H.°  Moses  H./ 
Finlcy,''  Jacob,''  Jeremiah,^  Jacob*  Jacob,^  Isaac,-  Francis^) 
was  born  near  Smithfield,  Ohio.  On  October  5th,  1904,  she 
married  Charles  B.  F.  W'aniler,  son  of  Hon.  and  Mrs.  Wil- 
liam A.  Wander  of  Mount  \'ernon,  Ohio.  They  reside  at 
Cleveland,  Ohio,  where  Mr.  Wander  is  engaged  in  the  prac- 
tice of  the  law. 

179. 

CuAKLF-s'"  Haynes,  (Mary  /I.,"  Moses  //..•■'  Finlcy,'' 
Jacob."  Jeremiah,'^  Jacob,*  Jacob,'  Isaac,-  Francis^)  was  born 
in  1SS4.  lit-  resided  with  his  parents  on  the  oKl  Haynes 
farm,  at  I'nion  Bridge,  Maryland,  until  September  19th, 
!(//>,  when  he  married  Mary  Juliet,  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Amos  Henry  Norris  of  I'nionville,  Maryland,  where 
thev  now  reside. 


Ong    Family    History.  113 


180 

Roy  L/"  McClave  (Elicabcth,'>  Elica,''  Finlcy,''  Jacob;' 
Jeremiah,^  Jacob,'^  Jacob,^  Isaac-  Francis^)  was  born  on 
June  27th,  1876,  at  Steubenville,  Ohio.  He  graduated  from 
the  Law  School  of  Yale  University  in  1899,  receiving  the 
degree  of  L.  L.  B.  After  his  graduation  he  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  at  Steubenville,  Ohio,  where  he  is  now  actively 
engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  chosen  profession. 

181. 

Genevieve^"  Ong,  (Oliver  M./  James  Alfred,^  Isaac,'' 
Jaccb,'^  Jeremiah,^  Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,^  Francis^)  is  a 
graduate  of  Richmond  College,  and  now  a  teacher  of  music 
in  Washington,  D.  C,  where  she  resides  with  her  parents. 

182. 

Harry  Alfred'*'  Ong,  (Oliver  M.,^  James  Alfred,^ 
Isaac,''  Jacob,*^  Jeremiah,^  Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,^  Francis,^) 
is  a  student  of  medicine  in  the  George  Washington  Univer- 
sity, Washington,  D.  C.,  where  he  resides  with  his  parents. 

183. 

Adda  L.'°  Lansley  Hartnell,  (Maria  L.^  Rezin^  Na- 
than M.,^  Jacob,*^  Jeremiah^  Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,^  Francis^) 
was  born  in  1879.  She  married  Dr.  Hartnell  of  Beverley, 
Ohio,  where  they  reside  as  well  as  her  mother. 

184. 

Dr.  Arthur^''  Ong  Glass  (Emma,^  Resin,^  Nathan  M.,'' 
Jacob,°  Jeremiah,^  Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,^  Francis,^)  was 
born  on  May  28th,  1880.  He  is  a  dentist  and  resides  at 
Lowell,  Ohio.  On  October  3rd,  1905,  he  married  Miss 
Edythe  Shoop. 


114  Ong    Family    History. 


185. 

Eva  Bi„\ck«lkn*°  Shane  (}fary  Elicabcth,"  Maria  L.," 
Xalluw,^  Jacob,'^  Jeremiah,^  Jacob*  Jacob,^  Isaac  •  Francis.^) 
was  born  on  October  iith,  1869.  at  SinitlificUl.  Obio.  Sbc 
t^rachjatctl  from  tbc  Sniitbfield  Wiii^h  Scbool.  Sbc  married 
James  Sbane  on  July  7tb.  1891. 

CliiMren  (Sliane)  : 

Cbarles  W'iUiam.  b.  25tb  of  July,  1893. 
James  Wendel.  b.  i^tb  of  February,  1897, 
Donald,  b.  25tb  of  November,  1899. 
Edward,  b.  1st  of  December,  1901. 
Mary  Louise,  b.  29tb  of  January,  1905. 

186. 

Maria  BLACKnuKN'"  Parks  (Mary  Elizabeth!'  Maria  L.^ 
Nathan. ''  Jacob,"  Jeremiah,^  Jacob*  Jacob,^  Isaac,-  Francis,^) 
was  lx)rn  October  23rd.  1871,  at  Smitbfield,  (^liio.  Sbe 
graduated  from  tbc  Smitbfield  Higb  Scbool.  Sbe  married 
William  W.  Parks  on  December  25tb,  1895. 

Cbildren  (Parks)  : 

Pauline  M.,  b.  lotb  of  January,  1897. 
Jobn  William,  b.  i^tb  of  September,  1902. 

187. 

Eva  Leona'°  Phi  its  Mooney  (Xathan,^  Mary!*  Nathan,^ 
Jacob,''  Jeremiah,^  Jacob,*  Jacob."  Isaac.-  Francis,^)  was 
born  in  September,  1879.  Sbe  married  James  II.  Mooney, 
son  of  James  T.  and  Maria  Mooney.  of  Rayland,  ( )bio. 
liotb  arc  members  of  tlie  Friend's  cburcb  of  Smiibtield, 
Ohio. 

Cbildren   (Mooney)  : 

Malcolm  O. 
Maria  E. 


Oiig    Family    History.  115 


Robert  F. 
Edward  L. 


188. 


William  Thompson^"  Ong  (Nathaniel  M.,°  Abram,^ 
John  M.,''  Jacob,^  Jeremiah;'  Jacob,*'  Jacob,^  Isaac,^ 
Francis,^)  was  born  October  iith,  1880,  at  Mount  Pleasant, 
Ohio.  He  received  his  education  in  the  pubhc  schools  and 
commercial  college.  He  became  associated  with  his  father 
with  the  Weaver  Organ  and  Piano  Company,  at  York, 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  has  filled  positions  of  trust  and 
honor.     He  is  an  Odd  Fellow  of  high  standing. 

189. 

Earl  Reed^"  Ong  (Nathaniel  M.,^  Abram,^  John  M./ 
Jacob,^  Jeremiah,^  Jacob,^  Jacob,^  Isaac,^  Francis,^)  was 
born  on  January  ist,  1882,  at  East  Liverpool,  Ohio.  After 
receiving  a  liberal  education  in  the  public  schools  and  com- 
mercial college  he  entered  the  music  firm  of  the  Weaver 
Organ  and  Piano  Company,  of  York,  Pennsylvania.  He  is 
an  interested  and  active  worker  in  the  promotion  of  public 
welfare,  and  very  fond  of  social  life. 

190. 

Lena  Margaret^**  Ong  (Nathaniel  M.,°  Abram,^  John 
M./  Jacob,^  Jeremiah,^  Jacob*  Jacob,^  Isaac,^  Francis,^) 
was  born  April  30th,  1883,  at  Mount  Pleasant,  Ohio,  When 
quite  young  she  manifested  a  talent  for  elocution.  Her 
early  education  was  received  through  private  instructors, 
and  later  attended  Irving  College.  After  leaving  college 
she  traveled  with  the  Ridpath  Concert  Company  giving 
public  readings.  On  June  14th,  1904,  she  married  Harry 
E.  Moot,  of  Du  Bois,  Pennsylvania,  where  they  reside. 


u6  On^    Family    History. 


191. 

Lafa  Makie'°  Ong  (Xatluuiicl  M.."  Abram."  John  M.J 
JiU'ob,'^  Jeremiah,''  Jacob*  Ja^ob,'  Isaac,-  FrancisJ)  was 
Ixtrn  October  jril,  18S5.  at  Mount  Pleasant,  Ohio.  She  re- 
ceived most  of  lier  e(hjcation  in  the  pubhc  schools  of  York, 
Pennsylvania,  and  for  the  past  two  years  has  been  a  student 
of  the  York  Collej^iate  Institute.  She  is  devoting  a  great 
deal  of  time  to  instrumental  music. 

192. 

Mary  Elizabeth*"  Ong  (Nathaniel  M.,^  Abram,"  John 
M.J  Jacob,'^  Jeremiah,^  Jacob*  Jacob,^  Isaac,-  Francis,^) 
was  born  December  12th,  1886,  at  Martins  Ferry,  Ohio. 
She  is  a  graduate  of  the  '05  class  of  the  York  High  School, 
and  fur  three  years  was  an  active  member  of  the  "Clio" 
Literary  Society.  She  has  given  considerable  time  to  the 
study  of  the  violin. 

193. 

Albert  Isaac'"  Rogers  (Lida,^'  John  L./  John  M.,'' 
Jacob,'^  Jeremiah,^  Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,-  Francis,^)  was 
born  September  5th,  1881,  at  New  Bloomfield,  Missouri.  On 
June,  1900,  he  married  Nora  Hall,  of  Elgin,  Oregon. 

Children  (Rogers)  : 

I'-lla,  I).  March,  1902. 

William  Louis,  b.  December  12th,  i^ju-,. 

19^1. 

William  IkrRToN'"  Ong  (Samuel  /v.."  Jesse,"  Jacob,' 
Jesse,"  Jeremiah.'-  Jacob,*  Jacob,'  Isaac.-  Francis.^)  was 
iKirn  on  August  7th,  1859,  at  Newtown,  Ohio.  He  married 
Mattie  C.  Stout,  daughter  of  E.  15.  and  Martha  Stout,  of 
Newtown,  Ohio,  on  April  joih,  iSS^.  He  died  on  Septem- 
ber 10,  1893. 


LINDLEY  H.  ONG. 


0)ig    Family    History.  117 

Children : 

Edith  B.,  b.  21st  of  April,  1885. 
Carleton  G.,  b.  19th  of  September,  1887. 
William  Burton,  b.  20th  of  October,  i88g. 
Eugene  Reed,  b.  28th  of  September,  1891. 

195. 

Richard  M.^°  Ong  (Richard  M.^  Jesse,^  Jacob,''  Jesse,"^ 
Jeremiah,^  Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,-  Francis,^)  was  married  to 
Miss  Carrie  Shafer  of  New  Orleans,  Louisiana,  where  they 
reside. 

Child : 

Richard  M. 

196. 

Mary  Virginia^"  Ong,  Van  Buren  (Joseph  E.,°  Wil- 
son,^ John,''  Jeremiah,^  Jeremiah,^  Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,^ 
Francis,^)  was  born  November  14th,  1883,  in  Marshall 
county,  Illinois.  On  December  22nd,  1902,  she  married 
Thomas  H.  Van  Buren,  of  Grand  Junction,  Colorado,  where 

they  now  reside. 

* 

Child : 

Kitty  Elizabeth,  b.  23rd  of  February,  1904. 

197. 

Judson^"  Ong,  Jr.  (Judson,^  Nathan,^  John,''  Jeremiah,^ 
Jeremiah,^  Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,^  Francis,^)  is  married  and 
resides  in  Lacon,  Illinois. 

Children : 

William  Warner. 
Mercedes. 


ELEVENTH  GENERATION. 


198. 

Makv  Cora"  Hammond  Euavt  (Ida  /:..'"  Mathas* 
Jacob."  Finlcy,''  Jacob,'^  Jeremiah,^  Jacob*  Jacob,^  Isauc,- 
J-rancis,^)  was  born  October  20th.  1875,  at  Sinithficld.  Ohio. 
She  was  married  to  John  K.  Elliot,  of  SniithticUl,  Ohio,  on 
DcccnilxT  -'7.  1899. 

Chil.lren    (  Elliut)  : 

W'illiani  Jennings,  b.  7lh  of  January,   1901. 
John  Ralph,  b.  i8th  of  June,  1902. 

199. 

Fkank  X."  Hammond  (Ida  E.,'"  Mathas."  Jacob."  Fm- 
Icy^  Jacob,^  Jeremiah,^  Jacob,*  Jacob,^  Isaac,-  Francis,^) 
was  born  at  Sniithtkld.  Ohio.  He  married  \'erna  Fowler  of 
Columbus,  Ohio,  on  October  1st,  1901.  They  rei.ide  at 
Columbus,  Ohio. 

Child  (  Hammond  )  : 

Charles  Nathan,  b.  7ih  uf  January,  1903. 

200. 

Fkkd  M."  Hammond  (Ida  E..'"  Matluis.''  Jacob.''  Finlcy.'' 
Jacob,'^  Jeremiah,^  Jacob.*  Jacob.'  Isaac.-  I'rancis.\)  was 
Ixjrn  at  Smithficld,  Ohio.  He  married  Clara  Rood,  of  Pasa- 
dena, California,  on  Jamiary  5th,  i</)5.  They  reside  at 
Columbus,  Ohio. 


Ong    Family    History.  iiQ 

201. 

Roy  Mifflin^^  Galbraith  (Mary  Ellen,^'^  MiMn°  Moses 
H.,^  Finley,''  Jacoh,^  Jeremiah,^  Jacob*  Jacoh,^  Isaac,^ 
Francis,'^)  was  born  on  June  i6th,  1883,  at  Smithfield,  Ohio. 
He  married  Elizabeth  Gregg,  daughter  of  Dr.  Melvin  and 
Mary  Gregg,  on  December  27th,  1904.  He  is  engaged  in 
farming,  contracting  and  the  raising  of  fine  stock.  They 
reside  at  Smithfield,  Ohio. 

Child  (Galbraith)  : 

Mary  Ellen,  b.  7th  of  November,  1905. 


THE  REUNION. 


i6th  and   17th   August,    1905. 

The  first  reunion  ever  held  by  the  Ong  familv  in  the 
I  nited  States  was  held  on  the  fair  grounds  at  Smithfield. 
Ohio,  August  16th  and  17th,  1905.  and  was  a  grand  success 
"1  every  particular.  More  than  four  hundred  members  of 
the  famdy  were  present,  and  well  on  to  two  thousand  friends 
of  the  family  were  there  to  add  good  cheer  to  the  occasion 
and  extend  to  the  Ong  family  a  friendly  greeting. 

Representatives  of  the  familv  were  there  from  Oregon 
California.  Mexico,  Colorado,  Nebraska.  Kansas,  Missouri.' 
Iowa,  Illinois.  Indiana,   Pennsylvania.  \'irginia,  West  \ir- 
gmia,  Maryland,  Massachusetts  and  Ohio. 

Only  those  who  were  there  can  know  of  the  joy  of  this 
meeting.  It  is  safe  to  say  not  one  of  that  large  gathering 
regretted  the  time  and  trouble  taken  to  attend  In  the 
future  there  should  be  but  few  absentees  of  the  familv  when 
reunion  time  rolls  around. 

The  following  is  a  stenographic  report  of  the  proceed- 
ings of  the  reunion: 

OPENING   SESSION. 


i6lh   August,    1905. 

The  meeting  of  the  first  <lay  of  the  Ong  reunion  was 
called  to  order  at  ij:y)  a.  m.  by  the  President.  Dr.  Albert  K. 


JUDSON,  CRAWFORD  and  IRA  ONG. 


Ong    Family    History.  I2i 

Ong,  of  Martins  Ferry,  Ohio.     The  following  prayer  was 
offered  by  Rev.  O.  B.  Ong,  of  Wilson  Mills,  Ohio : 

"Our  dear  Heavenly  Father,  it  is  with  grateful  hearts 
that  Vv'e  bow  before  Thee  at  this  time  with  thanksgiving 
and  praise  for  Thy  care  and  for  Thy  love  extended  toward 
us.  We  are  so  glad  in  Thee  for  the  privilege  that  we  have 
of  invoking  Thy  blessings  upon  this,  the  opening  session  of 
our  first  reunion.  Oh  God,  we  pray  Thee,  in  Jesus  name, 
that,  in  a  new  sense,  we  may  recognize  the  divine  power 
over  and  around  our  lives,  which  has  enabled  us  to  enjoy 
this  privilege.  Dear  Lord,  we  pray  Thee  that  as  we  spend 
the  hours  of  this  day  and  evening,  and  the  ones  that  shall 
follow,  as  we  converse  with  our  loved  ones,  and  with  those 
whom  we  have  never  seen  before,  and  while  our  hearts  are 
exultant  in  praise  to  Thee  for  the  happy  time  that  is  ours, 
Thou  will  give  us  such  an  appreciation  of  Thy  goodness  as 
we  have  never  had.  Dear  Father,  we  pray  Thee  that  some- 
how there  may  be  a  re-echo  in  our  hearts  of  the  prayers 
of  sainted  loved  ones  who  have  gone  before,  that  we  may 
live  such  lives  that  we  may  be  unbroken  families  around 
Thy  throne.  We  pray  Thee,  dear  Lord,  that  somehow  those 
of  us  who  have  accepted  this  wonderful  salvation,  that  the 
Christ-like  nature  may  be  so  imparted  to  us,  that  as  we 
meet  the  dear  ones  who  are  not  already  saved,  that  they  may 
be  persuaded  to  accept  the  same  blessed  Christ. 

"Oh  God  in  Heaven  we  pray  Thee  to  save  every  un- 
saved relative  who  has  had  the  privilege  of  meeting  here 
this  morning.  Dear  Lord  Jesus,  we  pray  Thee  that  Thou 
will  preside  over  every  exercise,  and  over  every  conver- 
sation, and  that  while  we  are  having  these  happy  hours  to- 
gether, we  may  not  forget  the  loved  ones  East  and  West, 
North  and  South,  whose  hearts  are  directed  this  way,  but 
who  have  not  been  privileged  to  meet  with  us  on  account 
of  circumstances  over  which  they  had  no  control.  Some 
of  these  loved  ones  are  in  mourning  today,  and  God,  we 
pray  that  Thou  wouldst  let  the  sunlight  shine  into  their 
lives  that  they  may  be  comforted. 

"Now,  dear  Father,  may  these  loved  ones,  these  exer- 
cises, every  feature  of  this  program  be  under  Thy  guid- 
ance. We  are  so  glad  Thou  hast  saved  us  from  a  life  of 
sin.  May  Thy  special  blessings  be  upon  every  one  of  us, 
and  may  we  be  careful  to  give  Thee  praise.    Amen." 


IJ2  Oitg    1' until y    History. 


Rev.  \\  .  r.  Ong  was  then  introduced  by  the  President 
and  made  the  opening  address,  which  follows : 

"ill  the  good  providence  of  God  we  are  privileged  to 
gather  here  im  these  grounds,  and  in  this  historic  village  on 
this  nmsi  eventful  i>cca>ion,  which  has  been  the  dream,  the 
thouj^ht,  the  desire  and  purpose  of  many  who  are  present. 
but  our  most  sanguine  cxi)ectations  are  transftjrmed  this 
morning  into  a  glorious  realit\-.  and  that  which  was  con- 
ceived in  uncertainty,  looms  up  before  us  at  this  hour  a 
conscious  fact. 

"Wc  come  up  to  this  native  soil  and  home  of  our  illus- 
trious ancestors,  after  these  years  of  separation  and  toil, 
representing  states,  stretching  from  the  Atlantic  to  the 
Pacific,  and.  as  we  look  into  your  faces  we  greet  you  m 
glail  anticipation  of  the  joy  and  pleasure  in  reserve  for  all. 

"In  the  history  of  our  people,  this  reiuiion  will  have  the 
notoriety  of  being  the  first  gathering  of  this  character,  and 
will  stand  out  in  the  annals  of  our  race  as  an  event  of  more 
than  ordinary  interest,  and  we  trust  may  prove  an  ins])ira- 
tion  to  future  generations  to  come  up  from  the  four  (juar- 
ters  of  the  earth  on  like  beneficial  and  pleasant  occasions. 

"We  are  all  conversant  with  the  fact  that  the  farm  in- 
dustry in  its  rugged,  rocky  and  pioneer  fomi,  claimed  the 
princijial  attention  of  our  honored  forefathers.  However, 
in  latter  years  some  have  diverged  from  the  well  beaten  path 
and  highway  of  assiduous  toil  and  prosperity.  The  pro- 
fessor, with  the  air  of  superior  wisdom  an<l  knowledge,  the 
M.  U.  with  his  pill  bt»x.  blue  pills  for  pale  people  and  pale 
I)ills  for  blue  j)eo])le.  and  the  hawkeyed  attorney  with  his 
law  boijk  imder  his  arm.  all  having  left  the  farm  to  enter 
other  avenues  and  thoroughfares  of  life,  and  the  innocent 
and  unsusi)ecting  public  are  either  philoso|)hized  by  the 
I)rofessor,  physicked  by  the  physician,  or  fooled  by  the 
attorney. 

"I'.ut,  ladies  and  gentlemen,  we  must  hasten  on.  In  be- 
h.ilf  of  the  assembled  relatives  and  friends,  I  wish  to  con- 
gratulate and  thank  your  executive  l)<)ard,  and  thank  (lod 
for  the  very  ap|)ropriate  tpiotation  that  appears  on  the  first 
page  of  our  program.  '.After  (uxl  then-  is  nothing,  ( ">  my 
friend,  so  sweet  as  a  friend.' 

"Had  the  coiling  seri)ent  of  infidelity  accQss  to  the 
thoughts  and  hearts  of  our  departed  loved  ones,  I  dare  say 


W.  I^  ONG. 


Oiii^    FamHy    History.  123 

these  inspired  words  would  never  have  adorned  this  mem- 
orable pro;^raiii.  x\nd  as  the  history  of  this  reunion  shall 
go  down  to  our  children,  and  to  the  generations  that  may 
follow,  i  pray  God  that  this  great  truth,  as  if  thrown  on  a 
canvas  in  letters  of  light,  shall  make  its  indelible  impress 
on  memory's  tablet.  Yea,  more ;  shall  we  not  hope  that  the 
heart  life  may  be  Heavenward  moved  by  the  thought  that 
we  on  this  occasion  recognize  God  first,  giving  to  the 
Divine  dispenser  of  all  timely  and  eternal  joys  his  rightful 
place  in  tlie  ro}al  palace  of  thought,  in  social  as  well  as  in 
religious  life. 

"Again,  'from  out  of  the  mist  of  years  there  rushes  a 
host  of  memories.'  Memories  fragrant  with  the  dews  and 
aroma  of  early  childhood  and  youth ;  memories  of  the  old 
homestead  on  the  hillside,  or  in  the  valley  by  the  brook, 
where  the  faithful  ox  and  the  old  water  mill  contributed 
their  part  to  the  necessity  of  home  and  community ;  mem- 
ories sacred  of  parental  sacrifice  and  love,  the  ceaseless  un- 
tiring toil,  the  burdens  they  bore,  the  trials  and  hardships 
endured,  the  life  of  self  denial,  which  have  made  it  possible 
for  this  gathering  in  1905. 

"Intervening  years  have  not  dimmed  the  vivid  coloring 
with  which  memory  has  adorned  those  by-gone  scenes  of 
fond  and  sad  recollections;  memories  of  home  life  touch 
every  fibre  of  the  soul,  and  strike  every  chord  of  the  human 
heart  as  with  Angelic  fingers.  Nothing  but  death  can  break 
the  spell.  That  home  where  first  we  heard  the  sainted 
mother  pray  and  read  the  old  tear  stained  Bible  she  loved 
so  well.  Those  busy  hands,  and  tired  weary  bodies  are  rest- 
ing now.  But  mother  and  father  still  live  and  are  reaping 
the  reward  of  the  faithful  in  the  Paradise  of  God,  where 
the  music  of  Angelic  choirs  fill  all  Heaven,  their  eternal 
home  beyond  the  stars.  While  they  cannot  be  present  with 
us  today,  there  is  an  approaching  reunion  beyond  the  moun- 
tain peaks  and  clouds  and  earthly  storms.  Thank  God  they 
will  be  present  then.     Shall  you,  shall  I  ?" 

Following  Rev.  W.  P.  Ong's  address,  Hon.  Walter  C. 
Ong  moved  that  suitable  resolutions  on  account  of  the 
death  of  Mrs.  Addison  Carr,  of  Salem,  Ohio,  be  prepared, 
and  that  a  committee  be  appointed  by  the  chair  to  draft 
such   resolutions.     The  motion  was  seconded  and   carried. 


124  Ong    Family    History, 


The  chair  thni  appointed  as  a  coniiuittee,  Mr.  Finlev  New- 
liii.  c»f  Kichmoiul,  liuliana;  Kev.  O.  B.  On^,  of  Wilson 
Mills,  t)liio;  Mr.  Joseph  On^,  of  Columbus,  Ohio;  !•".  K. 
Dn^,  of  I*illsburg,  Pennsylvania,  and  Prof.  A.  C  Ong,  of 
Uniaha,  Nebraska. 

The  morning  session  then  closed  with  the  following  re- 
marks by  tile  President : 

"Uefore  adjourning  this  session  1  have  a  statement  to 
make  and  a  few  announcements.  I'irst :  1  want  to  call  your 
attention  to  the  fact  that  we  are  now  living  at  a  time  and  in 
an  age,  when  every  intelligent  person  is  supposed  to  know 
something  of  his  family  history,  and  while  it  is  true  that 
our  ancestors  have  not  left  on  record  much  from  which  to 
gather,  I  can  assure  you  there  are  monuments  enough  along 
the  way  to  carry  us,  by  a  careful  survey,  back  to  the  orig- 
inal source  from  which  every  persrm  who  carried  a  drop  of 
Ung  blood  in  his  veins  in  this  country  nuist  have  sprung. 

For  twenty  years  I  have  given  some  attention  to  this 
kind  of  a  research,  and  while  I  am  sorry  to  say  my  efforts 
have  not  been  crowned  with  as  much  success  as  I  had  hoped, 
\et  we  have  discoveretl  many  interesting  facts,  so  that  I  can 
assure  you  we  are  of  respectable  parentage  however  far  back 
we  may  go.  Thus  careful  research  has  not  led  us  back  to 
crowned  kings,  princes  and  potentates,  but  it  has  led  us 
back  to  men  of  force  and  character,  men  of  moral  stamina, 
and  women  of  sterling  worth  and  character,  and  above  all, 
ancestors  who  stocnl  for  right  and  justice,  their  country  and 
their  God.  I  would  rather  be  a  descendant  of  parents  like 
these  than  to  know  there  was  coursing  througli  mv  veins 
today  the  corrupted  blood  of  lords  and  nobles.  A  family 
is  great  not  on  account  of  what  its  ancestors  may  have  been 
socially  and  politically,  but  on  accc)unt  of  what  it  is  and 
what  it  has  been  in  the  generations  of  which  its  history  may 
be  written. 

"Now  I  propose  to  put  these  facts  on  record  by  having 
a  book  printed,  embodying  at  least  2tx:)  pages,  embracing  the 
genealogy  of  the  Ong  family  so  far  back  as  it  is  possible  to 
trace  it.  The  noble  deeds  and  incidents  of  the  lives  of 
many  of  those  that  have  passed  to  the  Great  Hevond.  War 
records  of  those  who  have  done  service  for  their  country, 
many  of  whom,  as  you  are  aware,  went  down  amid  din 


Ong    Family    History.  125 

and  battle,  sealing  their  fidelity  to  the  cause  with  their 
own  life  blood.  This  book  can  be  issued  and  substantially 
bound  at  a  cost  of  $2.00  per  volume.  You  all  understand 
that  to  issue  so  small  a  number  is  very  expensive.  I  am 
making  this  annoimcement  at  this  time  that  we  may  be 
able  to  learn  what  the  wish  of  this  large  family  may  be. 
We  have  a  record  book  here  in  which  I  want  every  person 
who  has  one  drop  of  Ong  blood  in  them  to  register.  This 
register  is  in  charge  of  Nicholas  Ong.  When  you  register 
I  want  you  to  mark  after  your  name  the  number  of  volumes 
that  you  wish.  Remember  there  will  be  but  one  opportu- 
nity, there  will  be  but  one  issue,  and  that  will  be  just  the 
number  that  will  be  ordered.  You  are  not  expected  to  pay 
for  this  until  the  manuscript  is  ready  for  the  press,  when 
you  will  be  notified,  but  we  would  like  to  know,  and  must 
know,  whether  enough  of  this  family  is  interested  in  this 
book  to  justify  our  publishing  it.  I  will  promise  you  that 
we  will  give  everybody  equal  showing  in  this  history.  I 
want  your  names  whether  you  want  a  book  or  not.  In  this 
book  will  be  a  cut  of  the  old  family  clock  in  which  every 
descendant  of  this  family  is  interested,  and  of  which  I  am 
the  happy  owner.  For  123  years  it  has  been  ticking  away 
the  time ;  five  generations  have  passed  away,  and  the  clock 
today  is  marking  the  time  as  accurately  as  it  could  have 
done  one  hundred  years  ago. 

"I  would  ask  that  you  register  today  as  rapidly  as  pos- 
sible, register  the  entire  family,  this  will  aid  us  in  making 
up  the  work. 

"If  we  have  any  friends  here  who  are  not  already  pro- 
vided with  lodging  places,  please  report  here  at  the  stand, 
or  to  Mrs.  WilHam  Vermillion  and  Mrs.  Charles  Blackburn. 
Next  comes  dinner." 

The  session  then  adjourned  until  2  p.  m. 
AFTERNOON  SESSION. 


i6th  August,   1905. 

The  afternoon  opened  with  a  selection  by  the  Smith- 
field  band,  followed  by  singing  by  the  quartette. 


126  Oiijsf    I'uintly    History. 


Mrs.  Mary  K.  T^lackhnm.  of  SmitlifieM.  Ohio,  was  Ihvn 
imro«luci'il  by  the  l*rcsi<Icnt.  who  made  the  address  of  wel- 
come as  follows : 

"Mr.  President,  ladies  and  ijentlemeii.  friends  and  rela- 
tives of  the  Onjj  family  : 

"We  meet  today  for  the  first  time  in  our  history  in  the 
capacity  of  a  reunion,  and  to  me  is  conferred  the  honor  of 
welcoming  antl  .^reetinj^  you. 

'■\\'e,  the  descendants  of  Jeremiah  and  Christian  <  'ult. 
have  leathered  from  the  four  corners  of  the  I'liited  Slates 
to  meet  each  tnher.  to  j^reet  each  other,  to  become  ac(|uainted 
and  exchani;e  thouy:hls  and  facts,  and  to  revive  our  mem- 
ories and  love  for  our  precious  dej)arted.  Il<i\v  t^lad  we  are 
to  liave  part  in  the  (^nj^  reunion.  How  .ulad  we  are  to  see 
the  dear  old  i)eople  with  us;  <:,dad  the  dear  Lord  has  spared 
your  lives  to  the  present  time,  that  you  with  us  may  enjoy 
the  ])leasant  associations  of  relatives  and  friends. 

"In  the  monotony  of  life  we  look  forward  to  such 
events  with  pleasure,  they  are  as  an  oasis  in  life's  journey. 
There  is  much  in  this  world  to  make  hearts  sad,  much 
sutTerinj;  and  misery  even  in  the  most  favored  homes,  and 
were  it  not  for  the  brii^dit  spots  that  come  to  us  in  life,  some 
in  one  way  and  some  in  another,  which  act  as  a  real  balm 
to  the  dr(Mtj)in},'  spirit,  life  woidd  lose  many  of  its  charms. 

"In  behalf  of  relatives  and  friends,  in  behalf  of  the 
executive  committee,  I  extend  to  all  a  heartfelt  welcome. 
Welcome  to  our  beaiuiful  town,  our  little  citv  set  upon  a 
hill,  made  doubly  sacred  because  of  bein^  the  home  r)f 
many  of  our  forefathers,  whose  forms  today  lie  hi-iu.-ifh  the 
^reen  turf  in  the  Lity  of  the  Dead.  Welcome  to  these 
j^roimds,  welcome  to  our  homes,  and  last  but  not  least,  a 
welcome  in  our  hearts. 

"I  suppose  there  are  very  few.  if  any,  who  do  not  feci 
a  deforce  of  sadness  as  we  look  in  the  face  f)f  our  kinsfolk. 
How  the  memories  of  our  dear  t»nes  are  brouj^hl  before  us. 
they  who  have  passed  on  before  and  today  await  our  coin- 
ing. And  say  dear  friends,  did  you  know  there  was  poins; 
to  l)c  a  far  j^jreatcr  reimion  in  the  future?  We  have  been 
busy  arranj^'inj;,  plaiminj.j  and  prei)arinp  for  this  one,  seeinj^ 
tliat  eversthinj^  is  ready,  and  it  is  all  rij^bt  and  proper  we 
should,  but  how  much  more  important  that  we  be  ready  for 
the  next  one. 


IXCl.M.  W  .  CJNC. 


Oiig    Family    History.  I2y 

"Many  have  been  hindered  from  being  at  this  reunion, 
cither  from  sickness  or  death,  but  at  this  great  reunion  we 
will  all  be  there,  no  hindrances,  no  excuses,  we  will  all 
answer  to  roll  call.  We  meet  now  and  part  and  hope  to 
meet  again,  but  if  at  the  next  we  part,  one  on  the  right,  the 
other  on  the  left,  we  part  forever.  Let  us  be  ready,  and 
again  in  behalf  of  all  concerned,  I  bid  you  welcome,  wel- 
come, welcome." 

Mr.  Eugene  W.  Ong,  of  Boston,  Massachusetts,  was 
then  introduced  by  the  President,  and  delivered  the  follow- 
ing response  to  the  address  of  welcome : 

"Mr.  President,  relatives  and  friends  of  the  Ong 
family : 

"Our  worthy  President  has  kindly  told  you  that  it  was 
only  last  night  that  he  received  word  of  the  inability  of  Mr. 
A.  C.  Lewis  to  deliver  this  response  to  the  address  of  wel- 
come. When  Dr.  Ong  asked  me  to  fill  this  place  on  the 
program  I  pleaded  lack  of  opportunity  for  preparation  and 
suggested  the  names  of  many  far  more  able  than  I,  but  the 
Doctor  said  that  it  had  all  been  decided  and  that  the  de- 
cision of  the  executive  committee  was  law,  from  which 
there  was  no  appeal.  I  asked  leave  to  plead  my  own  case, 
but  he  said  there  would  be  no  case,  so  there  was  nothing  to 
do  but  accept  the  inevitable. 

"While  I  felt  much  hesitancy  in  consenting,  yet  the 
hospitality  and  open  hearted  welcome  extended  us  by  our 
relatives  and  friends  of  Smithfield  and  vicinity  so  impressed 
me  that  I  felt  it  would  be  both  a  privilege  and  pleasure  to 
thank  them  in  behalf  of  us  who  have  come  from  a  distance 
to  attend  this  reunion. 

''Although  in  my  few  remarks  there  will  not  be  the 
eloquent  and  scholarly  address  which  you  would  have  had 
from  Mr.  Lewis,  yet  not  even  he  could  be  more  sincere  in 
his  response,  or  appreciate  more  deeply  the  most  cordial  wel- 
come which  has  been  accorded  us. 

"There  is  this  advantage,  in  my  state  of  unpreparedness 
I  cannot  forget  my  speech.  I  never  think  of  anyone  forget- 
ting a  speech  but  occurs  to  me  a  story  told  of  our  good 
President,  Theodore  Roosevelt,  and  if  you  will  pardon  the 
digression,  I  will  tell  it  to  you.  'Teddy'  was  a  boy  in  school 
at  Groton,  Massachusetts,  and,  as  the  representative  of  one 


uS  On^    family    History. 

of  tlic  lower  classes  at  an  entertainment,  was  to  recite  Fitz- 
Greene  Halleck's  well  known  poem  "Marco  liozzaris," 
which  you  will  recall  coniniences  as  follows — the  Professor 
will  please  correct  me  if  1  misquote: 

'At  midnight,  in  his  guarded  tent, 
The  Turk  was  dreaming  of  the  hour 
When   Greece,   her   knees   in   suppliancc   bent, 
Should  tremble  at  his  power.' 

Theodore  started  in  all  right : 

'At  miilniglu,  in  his  guarded  tent, 
The  Turk  was  dreaming  of  the  hour 
When  Greece,  her  knees' 

Here  he  hesitated,  looked  down  and  repealed: 

"When  Greece,  her  knees' 

He  coukl  not  think  of  it,  but,  with  that  strenuosity  which  has 
characterized  his  administration,  finally  started  again: 

'When  Greece  her  knees' 

I'lUt  it  was  no  use,  and  he  was  about  to  give  up  and  leave  the 
platform  when  the  kind  old  principal  of  the  school  spoke  up 
and  said : 

'Grease  her  knees  once  more  Theodore  and  see  if  she 
won't  go.' 

"Relatives  and  friends  of  Smithfield  and  vicinity,  we 
thank  you  most  heartily  for  your  welcome,  which  has  been 
so  graciously  extended  by  Mrs.  I'lackburn  in  her  address  of 
welcome.  It  is  impossible  to  express  in  language  our  hap- 
piness in  again  being  among  you.  We  all  know  how  much 
it  means  to  each  and  all  of  us  to  be  assembled  here  together 
today,  to  see  loved  ones  from  whom  we  have  been  separated 
for  years,  to  shake  hands  with  them,  to  look  them  in  the 
eye  and  to  talk  over  old  times,  the  memories  of  which  are 
among  our  most  cherished  recnlUctions.  It  is  also  a  great 
privilege  to  meet  relatives  whom  we  have  never  had  the 
pleasure  of  knowing,  and  to  welcome  into  our  midst  new 


Ong    Family    History.  129 


members  of  our  family  of  whom  we  have  good  reason  to  be 
proud. 

"There  could  be  no  more  appropriate  place   for  a  re- 
union of  the  Ong  family  than  Smithfield.    It  is  a  most  beau- 
tiful little  city,  set  in   the  heart  of  the  green  hills  of  old 
Ohio,  and  surrounded  on  all  sides  by  a  finished  and  highly 
productive  country.     Here  our  forefathers  for  generations 
have  lived  and  died,  here  many  of  us  were  born  and  reared, 
and  here  all  of  us,  both  young  and  old,  have  passed  many 
of  the  happiest  days  of  our  lives.     Not  only  do  we  have 
opportunity  of  meeting  members  of  our  family  but  we  are 
able  to  renew  old  and  valued  friendships,  visit  again  the  old 
homesteads  and  to  live  over  once  more  the  days  of  our  youth. 
"I  could,  with  pleasure,  dwell  longer  upon  the  beauties, 
hospitality  and  strong  healthy,  moral  and  physical  life  of 
Smithfield,  but  I  cannot  forget  my  correspondence  with  our 
esteemed  President  and  my  training  in  connection  with  this 
reunion.     When  the  doctor  first  wrote  me  of  the  reunion 
I  had  not  expected  to  be  called  upon  to  say  anything  which 
mighty  mar  this  otherwise  happy  occasion.    However,  the 
committee,  reasoning  that  as  the  son  of  my  father  I  ought 
to  be  able  to  make  a  good  speech,  decided  to  take  a  chance 
on  the  mimimum  time  limit,  so  the  doctor  wrote  me  that  I 
had   been  entered  in  the  'three  minute  class.'     I  am  not 
familiar  with  horse  racing  terms,  but  I  was  advised  by  good 
authority  that  the  'three  minute  class'  was  for  the  slowest 
and  greenest  horses,  so  I  felt  that  I  might  qualify,  and  de- 
cided to  be  on  hand  here  at  the  fair  grounds  when  my  class 
was  called,  determined  to  be  successful  if  that  meant  finish- 
ing in  the  quickest  time  possible. 

"In  glancing  over  the  program  I  was  impressed  how 
fortunate  the  family  is  in  possessing  so  many  natural  ora- 
tors to  address  our  reunion,  and  I  am  reminded  that  one  of 
the  gentler  sex,  who  had  come  into  the  family  by  marriage 
and  who  thought  she  knew  us  pretty  well,  once  said  that 
she  'never  knew  an  Ong  who  could  not  talk  when  he  had 
something  to  say,'  and  she  'never  saw  one  who  did  not  think 
he  had  something  to  say.' 

"There  is  one  thought  which  I  desire  to  impress  deeply 
upon  you  and  to  have  you  each  and  every  one  carry  away 
with  you — it  is  in  reference  to  the  significance  of  our  name. 
Ong  is  both  an  odd  and  uncommon  name,  with  the  result 
that  it   possesses  individuality.     We  have  all  spelled  it  a 


ijo  0/iji;    Family    History. 

pood  many  times  for  the  edification  of  stranpfcrs — as  my 
L  nclc  Charlie  lre»m  Kansas  lia^  Ixcn  asking  lis  each  in 
turn  'What  is  the  name,  please?'  lUit  when  once  learned 
it  is  not  easily  forj^olten.  Whenever  you  encounter  this 
name  there  arises  at  once  a  presumption  of  relationship, 
and  we  are  all  of  us  always  ready  and  willinj^  to  vcaich  for 
any  one  of  that  name.  There  has  never  been  in  the  history 
of  our  nation  a  time  when  there  was  {j^rcater  need  for  j^ood, 
lionesl  aiul  upri,i;ht  men.  It  is  to  such  men  that  our  g'ov- 
trnment  owes  its  slreny;th,  stability  and  commanding,'  posi- 
tion amonjx  the  nations  of  the  world,  and  it  is  to  them  iliat 
it  must  look  for  its  preservation  and  future  welfare.  Lpon 
all  siik's  are  to  be  seen  c<irruptii)n  and  dishonesty  in  public, 
corporate  and  private  affairs.  .Most  of  it  is  brouj^ht  U)  our 
attention  throuj^h  its  disclosure  and  punisiiment  by  the  best 
element  of  American  citizenshij),  thereby  demonstratiiii;^  the 
i;reat  strcnj^th  of  the  power  for  j^ood  in  this  countr\.  As 
lonj;  as  this  power  for  good  prevails  our  nation  is  safe,  and 
as  it  grows  stronger  our  country  will  become  better  and  its 
prestige  greater.  It  is  for  us  to  do  our  parts.  Let  each  antl 
ever\  one  of  us  w  lu-n  we  return  to  our  respective  homes, 
throughout  this  broad  land,  do  our  best  so  to  live  and  con- 
duct ourselves  as  to  make  the  name  C^ng,  wherever  found, 
the  synonym  for  honor,  honesty,  uprightness  and  fair  deal- 
ing, remembering  always  that  'A  good  name  is  rather  to  be 
chosen  than  great  riches.' 

"In  conclusion,  in  behalf  of  relatives  gathered  here  to- 
day from  far  off  Oregon,  California,  Kansas,  Nebraska. 
Iowa.  Indiana.  Ohio.  IV-nnsylvania.  \'irginia.  Mar\land  and 
Massachusetts,  and  even  from  beyond  the  Gulf  of  Mexico. 
I  most  heartily  thank  \<^u  one  and  all  for  the  cordial  wel- 
come you  have  extended  us  on  our  return  to  our  old  home." 

Following  the  response,  the  President's  remarks  were 
as  follows : 

"Abraham  Ong,  supposed  to  be  the  oldest  Ong  living 
so  far  as  we  know  will  be  H5  years  of  age  on  the  15th  day 
of  OctolK'r.  I  want  to  tell  you  a  little  incident  of  his  life. 
He  received  a  message  from  his  son  in  Corry.  Pa.,  saving 
that  he  could  not  come  out  to  Mount  Pleasant,  .ind  asked 
his  f.ither  to  c<ime  to  his  son-in-law's.  .Xbraham  arose  on 
Sabbath  njorning.  he  did  not  have  time  to  wait  for  a  train. 


0}ig    Family    History.  131 

and  he  walked  nine  miles.  He  came  in  fresh,  and  when 
I  expressed  surprise  he  said  'That  is  nothing,  I  could  walk 
back  as  easily  as  1  could  walk  down !' 

"Now,  this  afternoon  we  are  going  to  have  a  repre- 
sentation of  the  different  families.  We  will  have  a  repre- 
sentative to  give  us  a  talk  of  each  of  their  families.  John 
W.  Ong,  of  Mount  Pleasant,  son  of  Abram  Ong,  will 
please  come  forward  and  give  us  a  little  talk  on  his  branch 
of  the  family."  The  President  then  introduced  Mr.  John 
W.  Ong,  who  made  the  following  remarks : 

"On  first  thought,  I  thought  I  could  not  get  here,  but 
my  brother  told  me  I  had  better  go.  Now  my  talk  will  be 
very  short  because  there  are  others  here  you  would  be 
more  glad  to  hear  than  I.  jMy  name  is  Ong  and  I  am  glad 
of  it,  more  today  than  ever  in  my  life,  and  I  shall  only  give 
you  a  few  words  with  reference  to  our  family. 

"I  think  I  might  start  in  by  talking  about  my  own 
family  first,  then  lead  out.  In  my  own  family  there  are 
three  of  us :  Clara  B.,  Millicent,  and  myself.  My  brother 
Nathaniel  lives  in  Pittsburg  and  has  a  family  of  five,  two 
sons  and  three  daughters,  all  living,  one  daughter  married. 
My  father,  my  two  brothers  and  myself  are  our  family,  all 
that  represent  our  family  of  seven  formerly.  In  my  sister's 
family  there  are  four,  all  that  family  surviving.  George  W. 
Tweedy,  husband,  one  daughter  and  two  sons  reside  at 
Martins  Ferry,  Ohio.  My  father  is  Abraham  C.  Ong,  the 
son  of  John  M.  Ong,  formerly  known  in  this  section  as 
Uncle  John  Ong.     His  father  was  Jacob  Ong. 

"That  is  about  all  I  wish  to  say  with  reference  to  our 
family,  except  to  say  that  my  father's  father  was  John  M. 
Ong.  His  brothers,  Abraham,  Jacob,  Nathaniel,  Mifflin, 
John  and  Isaac,  sisters  were  Mary,  Susan  and  Anna.  His 
broher  Jacob  is  living,  his  home  is  in  Iowa ;  Isaac  Ong  is 
living  in  Kentucky,  and  Abraham,  my  father,  are  the  three 
brothers  living  of  that  family.  His  brother  John  died  about 
two  months  ago  in  Laclede,  Missouri." 

By  the  President : 

"Beginning  with   the  oldest   of  Finley   Ong's   family, 
Uncle  Jacob  Ong,  Mrs.  Houston  will  tell  us." 
By  Mrs.  Houston : 
"The  nationality  of  the  Ong  family  prior  to  settlement 


Omj,'     roniily    History. 


II)  ilii>  cmiiitrv  is  still  a  matter  nf  ohscurity.  Some  claim 
that  \\c  arc  ot  llollaiul  dcsctiit.  \\  c  woiiUl  lie  prtuul  to 
know  that  ours  was  the  same  blood  that  flowed  in  the  vciii^ 
of  the  early  I'liritau  fathers,  and  that  one  of  our  {grand- 
fathers ma\  have  come  over  in  the  Mayflower;  neverthe- 
le>>  we  do  know  that  our  ance>tors  of  jjasl  j;enerati<>ii> 
lacked  none  of  the  Puritanical  fervor  of  those  who  knelt 
on  Plymouth  R(x:k.  and  huny;  the  iimocent  victims  of  witch- 
craft at  Salem. 

■■(  )lhers  >a\  ihc  iiame  Oiij^  i>  W  el>h  iind  \\a>  i>rij;inall\ 
■j'fong'  and  only  a  vi^jorous  people  comes  from  the  ruj^j^ed 
fastnesses  of  little  Wales. 

Still  another  trace  of  this  name  is  found  in  1-rance.  .\ 
family  is  mentioned  in  I' rench  records  named  Onj.jc.'  \\  r 
with  equal  reason  would  be  proud  to  claim  descent  from  tin 
persecuted  and  faithful  Huepuenots.  characters  that  stfMxJ 
for  all  that  was  sturdy  and  steadfast. 

"It  is  enough,  lie  we  of  royal  hlnod  and  nolije  ances- 
try, or  of  peasant  strain,  it  i>  a  mystery  to  this  jj^encration. 
and  consecjuently  we  are  preserved  from  the  hauj^hty  pride 
which  might  result  fmiu  the  former  knowledge,  and  tlie 
humiliation  from  the  latter. 

'■Jeremiah  Ong,  one  of  (iod's  noble  freemen,  settled  in 

Westmoreland  county,  i'ennsylvania.  in  the  year  .     To 

him  and  his  wife.  Christian,  were  born  three  sons.  Jesse. 
Jeremiah  and  Jacob.  (  )ne  of  the  descendaiUs  of  the  flrst 
named.  Jesse,  we  expected  here  today,  but  owing  to  tiic 
\ellow  fever  scourge  in  New  Orleans,  of  which  city  Richard 
Ong  is  a  resident,  a  telegram  of  regret  is  all  we  have.  The 
numerous  represeiUatives  of  the  Ong  family  here  arc  all 
<lcscendants  of  the  second  son,  Jacob.  Jeremiah  having  dicil 
without  issue. 

"Jacob  (^ng  was  born  about  the  year  17^*0.  and  about 
iHij,  after  having  for  a  short  time  resided  in  X'irginia. 
came  to  Jefferson  county,  Ohio,  where  he  made  for  him- 
self a  home  after  the  manner  of  the  pioneer  settlers.  He 
married  .Mary  McCirew  in  1784,  and  to  them  were  born 
nine  children,  namely  :  h'inley,  Rebecca.  Jacob.  Dinaii, 
Isaac,  John  McCirew.  Mary.  James.  Miftlin  and  Xathan. 
The  family  of  I^'iidey  (^>ng  is  as  follows:  .Married  in  .Ann 
P.l.ickburn  in  the  year  1805.  to  them  were  born  ten  children, 
nauK'ly  :  Jacrib.  I'"inley.  Sl.-ir\.  Mriscs  |1.,  Matilda,  lewis. 
Rebirca,   Mifllin,  l£Ii/a,  .\nn.   I'.iiiih    and    Kacliil    Ann. 


L.  B.  ONG. 


Ong    Family    History.  133 

The  eldest  son,  Jacob  Finley  Ong,  my  grandfather,  was 
born  in  this  county  and  near  this  village  in  1806,  and  died 
in  1 88 1.  He  was  married  to  Mary  Irvine  in  1829,  and  seven 
children  were  born  of  such  marriage,  namely :  Matthias  F., 
in  1831  and  died  in  1887;  Finley  M.,  born  in  1832,  and  liv- 
ing in  Wapello,  Iowa:  Mary  A.,  born  in  1835,  and  died  in 
J '^59'  ]o\m  [..  born  in  1837,  living  in  Centerville,  Iowa,  and 
here  today  with  his  wife  and  one  daughter,  Mrs.  W.  L. 
Martin,  our  foreign  representative,  who  is  a  resident  of 
Mexico;  Jacob  Patterson  Ong  was  born  in  1841  and  died  in 
1867;  Emily  L.  Vermillion  was  born  in  1843,  hving  in 
Smithfield.  Ohio,  and  William  I.  was  born  in  1848,  and  liv- 
ing in  Westerville,  Ohio.    These  last  two  both  being  present. 

"To  these  worthy  sons  and  daughters  have  been  born 
21  children  and  22  grandchildren,  and  at  least  three  great- 
grandchildren, two  of  whom  are  present,  these  last  being 
the  great,  great,  great  great  grandchildren  of  our  first  Ohio 
ancestor,  who  was  by  the  way,  one  of  the  first  two  Quaker 
preachers  in  Eastern  Ohio. 

"Ida  Husted  Harper,  in  a  July  number  of  the  New 
York  Independent,  refers  to  our  reverence  for  ancestry, 
and  especially  patriotic  ancestry,  as  'American  Shintoism,' 
and  the  editor  remarks  that  we  are  not  devoting  too  much 
time  to  the  study  of  ancestry,  but  that  our  study  is  mis- 
directed, that  genealogical  records  are  merely  a  collection 
of  names,  residences  and  dates  of  births,  marriages  and 
deaths,  and  it  is  vastly  more  important  to  know  whether 
one's  grandfather  had  a  bad  temper  or  the  gout,  than  to 
know  his  name  or  when  and  where  he  lived,  and  that  Pil- 
grim Fathers  are  of  very  little  use  to  us.  for  the  formula 
counts  up  like  the  nails  in  the  horse  shoe  of  the  old  stories. 
A  Mayflower  descendant  has  only  one  part  in  65,536  of 
Plymouth  Rock  blood  in  his  veins,  which  is  not  enough  to 
crow  about. 

I  think  the  editor  has  grown  facetious,  at  any  rate  we 
are  willing  to  plead  guilty  to  the  charge.  At  the  same  time 
it  is  possible  to  make  a  true  use  of  our  ancestors,  and  to 
be  as  proud  of  true  character  found  in  an  aunt  or  uncle  as 
of  that  of  our  revolutionary  great  great  grandfather. 

May  we  be  true  sons  and  daughters  of  our  worthy 
fathers." 


134  Ong    family    History. 

Uy  the  rrcsiilcnt : 

"The  family  of  Aunt  Mary  Carr,  or  "Pully"  Carr  is 
not  rt.j>rcsentcd  Iktc  today  on  account  oi  the  sailntss  that 
prevails  in  the  family.  A  few  days  a^^o  1  received  a  letter 
from  Addison  Carr.  and  while  it  is  a  personal  letter  1  feel 
that  I  would  lilvL-  to  have  it  read  here.  Our  Secretary  will 
please  read  the  letter." 

"Sallm,  (Jiiiu,  July  15111,  1905. 

•Alhert  K.  Oni;.  M.  D.. 

"Marlins  I-'erry,  Ohio. 
"Esteemed  Cousin  : — 

"Yours  at  hand  and  I  hasten  to  answer.  Owinp^  to  ;\ 
serious  and  prolong^cd  illness  of  my  wife,  neither  of  us  will 
be  able  to  attend  the  Onj^  reunion.  I  want  my  sister  Ann 
to  attend,  which  she  will  if  her  health  will  permit,  and  I 
will  have  my  dauj^htcr  accompany  her. 

"As  you  no  doubt  remember.  I  left  the  Oni;  settlement 
when  small,  consequently  my  association  with  the  Ow^ 
family  was  cut  off.  except  an  occasional  visit  from  some 
member  of  its  family,  but  nevertheless  I  almost  reverence 
the  name  as  my  mother  was  an  Ontj,  and  she  seemed  to  me 
to  embody  everything  that  was  womanly  and  }?ood.  After 
her  death,  my  two  sisters  continued  my  mother's  home, 
makiii}^  it  dear  to  me,  they  beinp^  of  the  same  unselfish  and 
kind  disposition  which  is  characteristic  of  the  Onfrs.  which 
I  have  no  reason  to  doubt  would  make  me  proud  of  every 
drop  of  the  blood  my  veins  may  carry. 

"Please  express  my  regrets  and  best  wishes  to  all  in- 
quiring members  of  the  family.  It  is  my  sincere  wish  that 
the  attendance  will  be  large,  and  that  you  will  have  a  most 
enjoyable  time.     Sincerely, 

"A.  M.  C.\KK." 

Ily  the  President : 

"The   next    in   order   is   my   own    father's    familv.   and 

brother  ().  H.  will  tell  you  something  of  us." 

P.y  Rev.  O.  P..  r^ng.  of  Wilson  Mills.  Ohio: 

"Mr.    President.    Relatives    and    I'riends : — There    are 

times  in  our  lives  that  wc  cherish  very  much  the  thing  that 


Oiig    Family    History.  135 

will  be  a  reasonable  excuse  for  a  short  speech,  and  I  think 
I  certainly  have  it  as  I  stand  before  you. 

"No  more  than  two  minutes  ago  the  doctor  said :  'You 
are  to  represent  our  family.'  1  do  not  know  what  I  have 
done  to  the  doctor  to  cause  this  short  notice  but,  however, 
I  certainly  am  glad  of  the  privilege,  and  cherish  it  as  an 
honor  to  be  known  as  one  of  the  family  of  Moses  Harlan 
and  Mary  Ong,  who  were  our  parents. 

"There  were  fourteen  in  number,  and  I  am  the  young- 
est, the  baby.  There  are  some  things  that  are  said  about 
the  youngest  of  the  family  that  I  seem  to  have  missed,  anfl 
that  is,  being  the  one  of  choice,  and  the  one  that  receives  the 
candy  and  so  on.  I  had  some  brothers  that  were  fearful 
'scrappers'  on  that  line,  so  I  had  to  'scrap'  for  my  share. 

"In  our  family,  of  fourteen  children  ten  are  living. 
The  four  that  are  gone  are  brother  Lewis,  I  may  not  be  able 
to  giveUhem  in  order.  That  noble  brother  Finley,  whose 
uncoffined  bones  are  sleeping  in  the  battle  ground  of  the 
Wilderness.  Brother  Samuel,  whose  life  went  out  in  Salt 
Lake  City,  and  his  dying  words  being  commissioned  by  the 
nurse  to  send  to  his  mother,  'Tell  mother  I  died  in  a  Savior's 
love."  Then  brother  Mififln,  who  was  the  oldest  of  the  fam- 
ily, who  died  something  like  two  or  three  years  ago  this  fall. 

"We  are  here  today,  nine  of  the  ten,  sister  Lizzie 
Haynes,  who  lives  at  Union  Bridge,  Maryland,  married  to 
DeWitte  C.  Haynes,  is  not  able  to  be  with  us  on  account  of 
her  poor  health.  We  are  all  married  except  the  youngest 
sister,  Tola." 

A  vocal  solo  was  then  rendered  by  Mr.  Emmet  Ong. 

By  the  President : 

"The  next  in  order  is  Uncle  Mifflin  Ong's  family,  Fin- 
ley  K.  will  represent  that  family." 

By  Mr.  Finley  K.  Ong,  of  Pittsburg,  Pa. : 

"The  history  of  the  family  of  my  father  is  practically 
that  of  his  brothers  and  sisters.  His  family  grew  up  in 
this  town  probably  thirty  or  thirty-five  years  ago,  but  have 
all  taken  leave  of  the  old  homestead,  two  are  living  in  North 
Dakota  and  two  living  in  Pittsburg." 


i,V»  On}>    I'limily    History. 


II>  the  rroidcnt : 

"TIk'  ik'M  in  order  is  Aunt  Matilda.  Aunt  Tillir  Xcw- 
lainl,  ri'|)rt'scntc«l  l)\-  I-ink'\   K.  New  land." 

liy  Mr.  Newlantl : 

"I  am  \ery  {^lad  to  he  here,  and  as  far  a>  my  family. 
m\  children,  hrother  and  sister  represent  the  family  of 
lames  M.  Xewland.  I  rememher  otie  time  when  Cousin 
Lettie  C'arr  wai»  at  our  house,  and  she  made  the  remark 
that  there  were  two  sisters  and  one  hrother  in  their  familv, 
and  two  hrothcrs  and  one  sister  in  our  family,  and  she 
thought  that  was  very  cute,  so  that  is  ahout  all  I  have  to  say 
in  re}4:ard  to  the  family.  We  are  all  living,  my  hrother  is 
here  and  m\'  sister  aiul  are  jj^lad  to  be  here.  I  am  not  a 
speech  maker  and  you  will  excuse  me  from  sa\inj^  aiiNthitij^ 
more." 

By  the   President : 

■'The  next  is  I'ncle  Lewis  On^.  represented  h\  Lewis 
B.  On-." 

liy  Mr.  Unvis  B.  On}.r : 

"I  have  Ix'en  accused  of  a  ^ood  man\  thinj;>  in  my  time, 
hut  no  one  ever  accu>e(l  me  o{  heinjj;  a  speech  maker,  and 
when  the  doctor  came  to  nie  and  asked  that  I  represent  our 
family  1  simply  responded  that  I  woidd  do  the  l>est  I  could, 
and  with  the  short  time  I  have  had  I  wrote  a  little  data. 

"Lewi.s  On},'  and  Llmira  Pur\iance  were  horn  in  .Smith- 
field  and  were  married  in  thr  hViend's  church  in  thi>  town  in 
iH^S.  There  were  Inirn  of  such  marria[je  ten  chiMren, 
ei;^ht  hoys  an<l  two  j^drL.  luj^^ht  are  livinjj^  today,  two  have 
passed  over.  Linley  IL  died  in  the  interest  of  his  country 
in  a  hospital  in  i8<)2.  and  was  buried  in  a  little  IViend'.s 
^'raveyard  in  Richmond.  L.  \V.  On^.  another  brother  de- 
ceased, and  our  I'resident.  Dr.  .\lbert  R.  ( >nK^.  were  found- 
ers ami  pronioter>  of  Richmond  College,  Professor  L.  \V. 
Ong  died  in  Richmond.  (  )nr  precious  parents  have  been 
laifl  away.  I  have  not  an\  thing  further  along  that  line 
other  than  to  sa\'  that  we  are  nearly  all  here  today.  Sister 
Amanda,  who  li\es  in  Iowa,  wfudd  be-  with  us  todav  were 
it  not  for  the  fact  that  a  few  Ncars  aj^o  she  bad  a  fall.  I 
am  glad  in  my  heart  that  I  can  be  here.  When  the  news 
reached  nie  1  did  not  see  liow  it  was  g«>ing  to  be  convenient 
to  couK-  in  such  a  hot  season,  but  when  I  realized  what  the 


Oiig    Fainily    History.  137 

executive  cominittee  had  done  to  make  this  a  success,  I  felt 
that  those  who  had  not  done  anything  should  show  our 
appreciation  by  presenting-  ourselves  in  person,  even  though 
it  meant  to  cross  the  continent.' 

By  the  President : 

"The  next  in  order  is  Aunt  Rebecca  Jones'  family,  of 
which  Uncle  Resin  is  present,  but  owing  to  his  feeble  health 
we  will  not  ask  him  to  respond. 

"Then  the  next  in  order  would  be  Aunt  Eliza  Lewis, 
who  is  represented  by  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Anna  Kaminsky." 

Mrs.  Anna  Kaminsky : 

"Ladies  and  gentlemen,  I  was  asked  this  morning  to 
give  a  short  history  of  my  mother's  family,  but  always  being 
timid  I  asked  my  brother  and  he  refused,  and,  as  we  are  the 
only  representatives,  I  wall  have  to  do  it.  I  have  very  hastily 
gathered  together  a  few  items.  Eliza  Ann  Ong  was  the 
eighth  child  of  Finley  and  Anna  Ong  and  was  born  the 
14th  of  the  fifth  month,  1821,  being  at  this  time  84  years  of 
age.  She  spent  the  years  of  her  girlhood  with  her  parents 
on  Warren  Ridge,  receiving  her  education  at  the  little  log 
school  house  near  her  home,  until  at  the  age  of  eighteen 
she  was  sent  to  the  Friend's  boarding  school  at  Mount  Pleas- 
ant, Ohio.  When  she  was  21  years  of  age  she  was  married 
to  Isaac  Lewis,  a  prosperous  young  farmer  of  that  vicinity. 
To  them  w^ere  born  seven  children,  three  of  wdiom  are  de- 
ceased, one  dying  in  infancy,  Elizabeth,  the  eldest,  wife  of 
John  McClave  of  Steubenville,  Ohio,  died  in  February, 
1898.  She  left  two  sons,  Frederick  and  Roy.  Frederick 
soon  followed  his  mother,  dying  on  the  19th  of  October, 
1898.  Oliver  N.  Lewis  died  in  the  year  1874  in  young 
manhood. 

"Those  living  are  Anna  E.  Kaminsky,  of  Richmond, 
Indiana ;  William  F.,  of  Smithfield,  Ohio ;  Addison  C.  and 
Plummer  P.,  of  Steubenville,  Ohio. 

"Isaac  Lewis  died  in  September,  1887.  At  his  death 
Eliza  Ann  Lewis  moved  from  the  farm  where  they  had 
lived  so  long  to  Smithfield,  Ohio,  where  she  now  resides." 

By  the  President : 

"The  next  in  order  is  Aunt  Emma  Chadwell.  Ida 
Chadwell  will  please  come  forward." 


138  Oiiii    Family    History. 


There  was  no  response  from  Miss  Chadwcll. 

By  the  President : 

"Then  the  last  is  Aunt  Rachi-l  IlaniiUnn.     Mrs.  Jessie 
Ritli;k-\   has  bei-n  named  to  tell  of  hi-r  family." 
Mrs.  Jessie  Ki<l.i;elcy  did  not  respond. 
The  next  in  order  was  a  selection  by  the  qtiartette. 

By  the  Presiilent : 

"This  closes  the  exercises  of  the  afternoon,  which  has 
been  very  interesting  to  me,  and  1  hope  to  all  of  you." 


The  evening  session  opened  at  6:40  P.  M.  with  a  selec- 
tion by  the  band. 

The  next  was  a  solo  by  Emmett  Ong. 

A  recitation  was  then  given  by  Miss  ZcUa  Ong  of 
Selina,  Kansas,  entitled  "Come  Here." 

Next  was  a  selection  by  the  quartette  entitled,  "While 
the  Days  Are  Going  By." 

Mr.  Anderson  Ong  of  Stocktown.  Ohio,  was  then  in- 
troduced by  the  President  and  made  the  following  address: 

"If  I  could  make  a  speech  like  those  who  have  pre- 
ceded me  I  would  not  mind  it.  I  am  not  noted  as  a  speaker. 
At  m\  home,  beyond  my  wife  and  children  and  sisters,  I  am 
only  noted  as  being  an  Ong  and  six  feet  long. 

"The  preacher  asked  the  church  man  how  he  ]ike<l  his 
sermon,  and  the  honest  man  replied :  'You  read  it  and  you 
did  not  rea<l  it  well,  and  it  was  not  wortli  reading.'  I  am 
going  to  read  what  I  have  to  say.  Well,  honestly,  now  that 
y(ju  have  me  here  I  am  not  scared  any  more,  and  I  am  going 
to  give  you  the  best  I  have. 

"Now  my  name  is  r)ng.  I  do  hope  you  will  he  i)leasrd 
with  this,  Ix-cause  it  is  tlu-  best  I  have.  The  scripture  sa\s 
Ik-  ready  to  give  reason,  and  being  asked  to  sj)eak  today.  I  am 
thus  asked  for  the  reason  of  our  being  here.  I  give  vou  the 
f.ict  that  onr  fatlu-r  was  reas(Mi  sufliciiiit  to  establish  us  into 
tin-  Ong  family,  and  his  name  was  Resin.  I  am  glad  of  this 
day,  surely  it  is  glory  enon}.;h  for  me  as  far  as  earthly  pleas- 
ure and  name  has  to  do  with  it.      I  have  seen  the  time  when 


A.  C.  ONG. 


Ong    Family    History.  139 

I  thought  that  the  Ongs  were  not  numerous,  that  our  family 
horizon  only  seemed  to  reach  so  far  as  to  Rezin  Ong  and  his 
ofifspring. 

"Today  we  meet  Ongs  to  the  right  of  us^^  Ongs  to  the 
left  of  us,  Ongs  from  the  East  and  Ongs  fr^i  the  West, 
doctors,  lawyers,  engineers,  musicians,  singers^  beautiful 
women  and  bright  and  happy  children.  The  only  grievance 
I  have  against  our  ancestors  is  that  they  bequeathed  to  us  a 
hill  a  mile  long  between  Dillonvale  and  Smithfield,  that  is  a 
fact,  for  we  came  up  it  last  night,  but  that  will  be  made  right 
as  we  go  home,  for  it  will  become  a  pleasant  and  happy  de- 
cline a  mile  in  length  between  Smithfield  and -Dillonvale. 

"Now,  seriously,  I  regard  this  as  one  of  the  greatest 
evenings  in  the  history  of  my  life,  the  honor  of  the  bonds  of 
relationship,  the  obligations  to  be  present,  and  the  persistent 
eflforts  of  the  promoters  of  this  reunion  are  certainly  well 
demonstrated. 

"The  impressions  of  this  occasion  shall  be  remembered 
by  me  until  I  am  ready  to  say,  "Now  I  lay  me  down  to 
sleep." 

Prof.  A.  C.  Ong  of  Omaha,  Nebraska,  was  called  upon 
for  a  recitation.  After  being  introduced  by  the  President, 
he  made  the  following  remarks,  followed  by  a  recitation : 

My  Kindred,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen :  Words  are 
wholly  inadequate  to  express  my  regret  in  not  being  able  to 
take  my  part  in  this  program.  Owing  to  indisposition  and 
conditions  over  which  I  had  no  control,  I  was  obliged  to  de- 
cline the  high  honor  of  addressing  you  on  this  most  momen- 
tous occasion  in  the  history  of  our  line  of  consanguinity.  I 
say  it  is  the  regret  of  my  life,  that  I  cannot  respond  to  this 
call  and  rehearse  to  you  the  memories  of  our  dear  departed 
ones  as  outlined  by  our  committee,  to  whose  assiduous  labors 
and  efforts  the  grand  results  and  success  of  this  reunion  can 
largely  be  attributed,  but  I  have  consented  to  recite  a  Biblical 
story  in  the  shape  of  a  very  short  poem,  with  which  I  have 
no  doubt  you  are  all  familiar.  It  is  entitled  "The  Feast  of 
Belshazure." 

Following  the  recitation  the  quartette  rendered : 

"God  be  with  you  till  we  meet  again." 
The  evening  session  was  then  closed  with  the  following 

benediction  by  Rev.  W.  P.  Ong : 


14^  Ong    J'uinily    History. 


"Our  Divine  I'atlier  uc  want  to  thank  Tlicc  for  tliis 
(lav  ;  wf  want  to  thank  Tlicc  for  the  nioctinp,  and  for  the 
greeting,  and  for  its  association,  and  for  tlie  beautiful  day, 
and  for  the  blessings  of  Clod  that  have  l)een  be>to\ve(l  upon 
us. 

■"In  the  name  of  Jesus  we  invoke  'I  li\  hie.-sing  u]ion  this 
asscnibly,  and.  as  \vc  have  been  singing  "(iod  be  with  us  till 
we  meet  again."  we  ask  in  Jesus'  name  that  this  prayer  may 
Ik"  granted  unto  us.  and  the  blessings  of  the  (Iod.  and  the 
St)n  and  the  I  lojy  Ghost  may  rest  aiul  be  in  each  lieart  in  His 
name.     Amen." 

The  evening  session  then  closed. 


'fc> 


MORXIXG  SESSION. 

August  i/th,  1905. 

The  morning  session  was  called  to  order  at  10:30  by  the 

President. 

The  following  prayer  was  offered  by  Rev.  A.  P.  Ong : 

"O  God.  our  Heavenly  Father,  it  seems  to  me  this 
morning,  dear  Lord,  that  if  I  ever  needed  Thy  help  it  is  now. 
It  seeius  to  me.  Heavenly  l'\Tthcr.  that  I  am  being  imposed 
upon  lo  be  called  upon  to  address  Thee  in  the  jjresence  of 
this  multitude.  I^ven  Mo.ses  shrank  froiu  the  duty  given 
him.  and  why  should  not  one  of  us?  Still,  dear  Lord,  we 
do  thank  Thee  that  Thou  art  not  a  stranger  to  us.  There 
was  a  time  we  did  persecute  Thee,  but  Thou  didst  claim 
us  and  wc  are  ready  to  face  Thee  this  morning. 

"Lord  deliver  us  from  temptation  this  morning,  deliver 
us  from  evil.  We  thank  Thee  for  this  occasion.  (/)h,  what 
an  tKcasion  this  is  in  our  lives.  lUess  the  Ong  family. 
Hlcss  us  in<lividually  and  collectively.  We  each  want  to  be 
foiuid  in  the  paths  of  righteousness.  Lord  help  us  this 
morning  that  our  hearts  and  minds  luay  expand,  and  that 
we  may  feel  interested  in  all  the  world.  Dear  Lord,  hear  us 
in  our  petitions  this  niorning.  IMess  our  absent  ones.  Ibar 
us  this  morning  while  we  pray,  dear  Lc^rd.  T'orgive  us  our 
trespasses  against  Thee;  guide  us  in  the  p.ith  of  light  that 
wc  may  live  for  Jesus,  our  Redeemer.     Aiueii." 


Ong    Family    History.  141 

REPORTS  OF  COMMITTEES. 

The  following  report  of  the  Committee  on  Resolutions 
was  read  by  the  Secretary,  Mrs.  Vermillion : 

"Whereas,  we,  the  members  of  the  Ong  reunion,  now 
being  held  at  Smithfield,  Ohio,  have  learned  with  profound 
sorrow  of  the  death  of  Phebe  Carr,  wife  of  Addison  Carr, 
one  of  our  number, 

"Resolved,  That  we  do  hereby  tender  the  husband  and 
family  and  Sister  Ann  our  heartfelt  sympathy  in  this  their 
hour  of  bereavement. 

"Further  resolved.  That  this  resolution  be  made  a  part 
of  the  minutes  of  this  organization,  and  that  the  Secretary 
be  directed  to  send  the  husband  and  family  a  copy. 

FiNLEY   Newlin, 
O.  B.  Ong, 
Jos.  p.  Ong, 
A.  C.  Ong, 

Committee." 

A  motion  was  made,  seconded  and  carried  that  the  reso- 
lutions be  adopted  as  read. 

Mr.  Eugene  W.  Ong  then  made  the  following  remarks: 
"The  President  of  this  reunion,  in  sending  out  circulars, 
announced  that  this  would  be  the  first  and  last  reunion.  I 
suppose  he  added  the  latter  statement  in  the  hope  that  every 
one  would  come,  thinking  it  was  the  last  chance  of  the  family 
to  get  together.  While  it  is  true  that  some  will  not  be  pres- 
ent if  we  have  another,  yet  there  are  a  great  many  here,  and 
as  the  Ong  stock  is  quite  stalwart  and  strong,  it  seems  only 
right  and  proper  to  have  an  Executive  Committee  appointed 
at  this  time  with  a  view  of  having  another  reunion  five  years 
from  now.  Therefore,  Mr.  President,  I  move  that  a  Nom- 
inating Committee  be  appointed  by  yourself  to  select  an  Ex- 
ecutive Committee  to  promote  and  arrange  for  another  re- 
union to  be  held  some  time  subsequent  to  the  next  five  years, 
which  committee  shall  have  power  to  fill  vacancies  among 
their  own  number  and  to  appoint  various  sub-committees  for 
the  next  reunion." 

The  motion  was  seconded  and  unanimously  carried. 
The  President  then  appointed  Mr.  Eugene  W.  Ong,  Mr. 


14-  Ong    Family    History. 


Finley  Newlaiui  and  Mr.  Charles  Galbraitli  as  a  Xonunatiiig 
Committee  : 

i'.y  the  Tresiilent : 

■■\\'e  are  in  receipt  of  a  letter  from  one  of  our  relatives 
in  the  stricken  city  of  New  Orleans,  which  will  now  be  read." 

The  following  letter  was  read  from  Mr.  R.  M.  Ong: 

"New  Oki.kans,  La..  Ausj.  12.  1905. 
"Mrs.  luiiily  L.  X'ermillion,  Smithfield,  Ohio: 

Dear  Mrs.  X'ermillion:  Your  very  kind  favor  5th  insl. 
with  enclosures  was  duly  received,  for  all  of  which  please  ac- 
cept the  thanks  of  myself  and  family.  I  regret  that  none  of 
us  will  be  able  to  attend  from  here,  but  my  brother  Sam  and 
some  of  his  family  residing  in  Newtown.  (Jhio.  may  be  there 
to  represent  our  end  of  the  Ong  family.  However,  my 
brother  is  well  along  in  \cars,  and  as  he  is  somewhat  feeble 
I  am  not  sure  that  even  he  will  be  able  to  join  the  gathering. 

"1  have  been  urging  my  son,  'Walter  J.  Ong,'  to  try  to 
attend,  but  it  may  be  impossible  for  him  to  do  so.  He  is 
located  in  Kansas  City,  but  as  he  travels  a  great  deal 
throughout  Missouri,  Kansas,  Oklahoma  and  Indian  Terri- 
tory he  has  met  several  of  the  ( )ngs  located  in  that  section, 
and  I  know  he  has  been  planning  to  go  if  possible,  and  I 
wired  him  today  urging  him  to  do  so  if  possible,  so  that  our 
branch  will  not  be  entirely  unrepresented. 

'T  will  mention  that  my  brother  Samuel  and  myself  are 
all  left  out  of  a  family  of  eleven  consisting  of  eight  boys  and 
three  girls.  Our  father  was  Jesse  Ong  and  mother's  maiden 
name  was  Kendall.  We  had  the  misfortune  to  lose  one  next 
to  oldest  son,  'Richard  M.  Jr.,'  in  March  last  from  {)neu- 
monia.  but  of  which  I  believe  I  wrote  you  previously,  and 
also  sent  you  copy  of  newspajjcr  having  accoinit  of  his  life 
and  death.  He  left  a  young  widow  and  a  fine  three-year-old 
boy,  'Richard  the  3rd.' 

"Please  pardon  me  for  burdening  you  with  such  a  lotig 
letter,  and  we  will  be  with  you  in  spirit  if  not  in  person,  ancl 
wisliing  all  of  you  a  happy  and  joyous  time.  I  am, 

"Yours  .sincerely,  R.  M.  C)ng. 

The  next  was  a  v(X"aI  selection  b\  Mrs.  Kev.  William 
Houston,  entitled  "Lindv  O." 


Ong    Family    History.  143 

Mrs.  William  Parks  of  Smithfield,  Ohio,  recited  "Tom's 
Little  Star." 

The  band  then  rendered  a  selection. 

By  the  President : 

"Owing  to  some  parties  having  failed  to  get  here  we 
have  been  compelled,  during  our  meeting,  to  call  upon  some 
without  any  notice  whatever,  or  very  short  notice." 

Mr.   Frank  Hammond,  of  Columbus,  Ohio,  was  then 
introduced   by   the   President   who  made  the   following  re- 
marks : 
"Air.  President,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen : 

"The  President  asked  me  to  say  a  few  words  this  morn- 
ing. I  told  him  that  I  did  not  know  that  I  could  say  any- 
thing, but  there  was  one  thing  that  I  could  do,  and  that  was 
to  stand  up  for  the  Ong  family. 

"I  met  Joel  Carr  this  morning  and  told  him  I  might  be 
called  upon  to  make  a  few  remarks,  and  told  him  if  anything 
happened  I  wanted  him  to  back  me. 

"I  am  here  to  represent  my  mother's  family.  My 
mother,  when  I  was  three  years  old,  was  taken  away,  leaving 
four  children,  two  boys  and  two  girls. 

"The  necessary  flush  which  seemed  to  carry  with  it  the 
expression  of  speech  was  not  delivered  unto  me. 

"I  am  like  my  brother,  who  shortly  after  being  admitted 
to  the  bar,  and  usually  it  is  supposed  to  be  the  making  of  an 
orator — the  Court  appointed  him  to  defend  a  young 
man  who  had  done  some  slight  offense.  My  brother 
devoted  himself  for  about  two  weeks  getting  facts  and  evi- 
dence. After  delivering  his  speech  the  Judge  rendered 
his  decision,  the  young  man  was  sentenced  to  eight  years  in 
the  penitentiary.  He  had  spoken  ten  minutes  and  was  glad 
that  it  was  no  longer  or  the  man  would  have  been  electro- 
cuted. 

"I  have  a  kindly  feeling  for  my  kinsmen  and  do  not 
want  to  inflict  any  great  punishment,  so  that  is  about  all  I 
have  to  say  this  morning." 

Professor  A.  C.  Ong  was  then  called  upon,  who  made 
the  following  remarks,  also  a  recitation : 

"I  told  the  Doctor  this  morning  when  he  came  to  me 
and  said  they  were  running  short  of  people  who  might  speak 


144  Oiij^    Family    History. 

to  you.  I  sai<l  to  liini.  "Do  not  call  on  mc.  Doctor,  unless  it 
is  a  case  of  al)M>lutc  necessity."  ami  telling  him  llial  1  had 
nt)t  ijonc  over  anylhinj;  in  my  tnind  for  ten  years.  He  said. 
"Will  you  give  us  somelhinj^  brief?"  1  said,  "I  mij^dit  \k 
able  to  say  something,'.' 

"The  liille  >eleclit'n  1  am  about  lo  render  is  very  brief 
indeed,  it  is  entitled  'The  15uj,de  Sony:.'  " 

"The  r.ugle  Song." 

r.\  Mr.  luii^ene  W.  ( )n.i:  : 

Mr.  Chairman  :  It  has  been  said  that  a  man  has  a  rij^ht 
to  be  heard  when  he  has  been  charged  with  anything.  .Mr. 
Frank  Hammond  has  charged  his  brother  I'red  with  sending 
a  man  to  the  j)enitentiar\.  We  should  hear  from  Mr.  I'red 
Hammond. 

Mr.  I""reil  Hanmiond  was  then  introduced  by  the  Presi- 
dent and   made  the   following  remarks : 
Ladies  aTid  Gentlemen  : 

I  will  not  say  that  the  gentleman  liid  not  have  cause  to 
go  to  the  penitentiary,  but  one  thing  sure,  he  went. 

.Xnother  gentleman  came  to  the  office  some  time  after 
that ;  he  seemed  to  have  some  one  that  he  wanted  to  get  out 
of  the  jK-nitentiary.  I  told  him  the  success  1  had  in  getting 
one  in.  and  I  never  had  any  clientage  after  from  that  source. 

I  never  tried  to  make  any  speeches,  but  have  tried 
almost  everything,  and  my  brother  has  tried  almnst  everv- 
thing.  and  he  also  tried  to  drown,  but  we  saved  him. 

I  am  very  glad  that  I  have  the  privilege  of  being  present 
today;  it  certainly  has  been  pleasant.  I  am  .sorry  that  T 
could  not  respond  on  the  program,  but  I  did  not  feel  that  I 
could  stand  up  and  give  an  address,  and  I  thank  you  very 
much  for  relieving  me  of  the  responsibility. 

After  a  selection  by  the  sextette  entitled  "Marching 
On"  the  morning  session  adjourned. 


AFTERNOON  SICSSION. 

17th  .August,  K/y). 

Till   afternoon  session  was  calleil  to  order  by  the  Presi- 
dent at  two  o'clock. 


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The  entire  assemblage  then  arose  and  sang  "America." 

Mr.  Roy  McClave  of  Steubenville,  Ohio,  was  then  in- 
troduced by  the  President  and  made  the  following  remarks : 
"Mr.  Chairman,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen : 

"I  thank  you  kindly  that  you  have  permitted  these  brief 
remarks  that  I  am  making  this  afternoon  to  be  made  at  this 
time  rather  than  when  it  was  scheduled  upon  the  program, 
due  to  the  fact  that  I  deem  it  a  high  privilege  and  honor  to 
address  you  this  afternoon  in  the  presence  of  these  three 
Aunts  and  Grandmother  who  made  it  possible  to  have  a 
reunion  of  the  Ong  family. 

"One  of  my  predecessors  said  that  a  man  was  sent  to 
the  penitentiary  for  a  number  of  years,  and  if  he  had  spoken 
longer  he  would  have  gone  for  life.  I  had  a  brother  also 
who  tried  a  case  for  a  client  for  stealing  a  hog.  The  client 
said  to  my  brother,  "I  did  not  steal  that  hog  and  I  wish  you 
would  defend  me.'  My  brother  asked  the  client  as  to  what 
he  would  pay  him,  and  the  client  said,  T  have  not  much,  but 
I  will  pay  you  with  the  hog.' 

"We  all  live  in  a  great  country  and  amid  a  great  people. 
From  East  to  West,  from  North  to  South  there  flows  a 
stream  of  busy  life.  Today  we  awake  to  be  a  nation  at 
peace,  tomorrow  engaged  in  the  throes  and  amid  the  turmoil 
and  strife  of  war.  The  roar  and  sound  of  the  cannon  are 
now  hushed  by  the  school  bell.  We  look  to  Lookout  Moun- 
tain as  one  of  the  early  scenes  of  our  country.  Today  we 
look  at  Chicago  and  Cleveland  and  other  places  as  some  of 
the  scenes  of  our  country.  Liberty  from  the  severity  of 
English  rule  and  taxation  was  secured,  the  yoke  of  slavery 
was  broken,  and  the  Fourteenth  Constitutional  amendment, 
giving  all  men  equal  rights,  had  its  origin  at  Lookout  Moun- 
tain. 

"Today  in  the  palaces  of  the  rich  and  amid  the  humble 
homes  of  the  poor,  we  see  the  same  spirit  of  restlessness  and 
desire  for  peace.  The  thought  that  the  rich  are  growing 
richer  and  the  poor  becoming  poorer  is  ever  in  the  minds  of 
the  striving  people.  The  labor  question  has  not  been  solved 
and  needs  our  earnest  thought.  We  must  blush  with  shame 
and  anger  when  we  consider  the  political  greed  and  graft 
having  sucked  the  blood  from  the  veins  of  the  public  life 
until  the  body  is  almost  exhausted.  Some  officeholders  have 
sold  their  honor  for  a  mess  of  gold  pottage.     Public  censure, 


M6  Ottii    lamHy    History. 


the  prt-ss  aiul  the  iiiibiascd  use  of  the  ballot  box  will  alone 
help  solve  this  problem. 

"That  ei;.;hty  millions  of  pcoi)Ie  live  upon  one  continent 
and  are  controlled  by  one  government  is  somethini,^  to  he 
proud  of.  Ours  is  truly  a  j^-reat  country.  The  united  ef- 
forts of  all  the  people  aj^ainst  any  potentate  or  foreij;n  power 
should  },Mve  us  -reat  prestii^e  anionj^^  the  people  of  the  world. 

"iMay  this  brief  sketch  of  some  of  the  important  prob- 
lems of  our  country  impress  us  with  doini,^  our  iluty,  how- 
ever little,  and  then  we  would  say, 

"Waste  nut  your  hour  nor  in  the  vain  pursuit 
Of  this  and  that  endeavor  and  dispute; 
Would  you  that  span.u:le  of  existence  spend 
AIx)ut  a  secret?     Quick  about   it   frieml, 
A  hair,  perhaps,  divides  the  false  and  the  true — 
And  upon  that,  prithee,  does  life  depend." 

There  was  then  music  by  the  band. 

Hon.  Walter  C.  Ong  of  Cleveland,  Ohio,  was  then  in- 
troduced by  the  President,  who  delivered  the  following  ad- 
dress : 

"Mr.  Chairman,  Relatives  and  Fellow  Citizens:  Re- 
unions not  only  call  together  men  and  women  of  some  fra- 
ternal association,  or  patriotic  devotion,  or  men  formerlv 
associated  together  in  a  life  and  death  struggle  for  the  main- 
tenance of  their  flag  and  national  honor,  but  bring  together 
that  which  is  the  foundation  of  all  civic  and  militarv  organi- 
zations, or  the  mother  of  them  all.  so  to  speak,  the  blood  and 
intermarried  relations  of  one  familv. 

"Among  the  first  steps  taken  by  the  human  familv 
toward  civilization,  away  back  in  the  dark  ages,  was  that  of 
associating  together  in  tnie  small  band  those  known  t<->  be  of 
bl(H>d  relation.  These  family  associations  afterwards  canie 
together  as  one  community,  and  communities  associated  to- 
gether one  with  the  other,  forming  nations.  Thus  the 
faindy  has  been  f(jr  many  generations  past,  an<l  will  be  for 
Kcnerations  to  come,  a  substaiuial  and  marked  characteristic 
of  all  the  civilized  people  of  ilu-  world. 

"Well  may  that  man  or  wom.in  in  this  twentieth  cen- 
tury be  proud  who  is  a  member  of  a  large  familv  of  blood 
and  intermarried  relations,  which  is  free  from  the  dark  sjKJts 


WALTER  C.  ONG. 


Ong    Family    History.  147 


of  crime,  and  from  the  stain  of  immoral  and  profligate  habits. 

"You  have  probably  observed  from  the  program  that 
there  has  been  assigned  to  me  by  the  committee  a  broad, 
comprehensive  and  extended  subject,  "Our  Past,  Present 
and  Future." 

"Of  the  past,  history  records  many  noble  deeds  and 
praiseworthy  achievements  of  our  ancestors  to  which  we 
refer  with  mingled  feelings  of  pride  and  admiration.  The 
Revolutionary  War  had  the  patriotic  and  loyal  services  of 
one  of  the  early  ancestors  of  the  family,  characterized  by  so 
high  a  degree  of  soldiership  and  patriotism  that  history  has 
recorded  his  name.  I  refer  to  Jacob  Ong,  my  great,  great 
grandfather,  who  carried  messages  as  a  young  man  from 
Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  to  then  Fort  Pitt,  now  Pitts- 
burgh, Pennsylvania,  a  long,  hazardous  route.  Although 
surrounded  on  all  sides  by  deep  forest  containing  hostile 
Indians,  yet  this  man,  commissioned  by  General  Washington 
to  perform  that  dangerous  and  highly  important  duty,  did  it 
with  that  fearlessness  and  resolute  determination  which  has 
marked  the  name  of  his  family  from  that  time  to  the  present. 

"There  are  in  the  early  history  of  the  family  many  other 
brave  and  laudable  deeds,  and  I  am  glad  to  say  to  you,  my 
relatives,  that  the  degree  of  bravery  and  loyalty  exhibited  by 
our  ancestors  in  the  Revolutionary  War  has  distinguished 
the  family  as  one  of  the  earliest  founders  of  this  great 
Republic. 

"Again  in  the  early  struggle  of  our  forefathers  for  the 
establishment  of  a  commercial  country,  our  name  appears 
among  the  foremost  leaders  in  that  great  undertaking  and 
enterprise  which  has  resulted  in  the  making  of  the  greatest 
commercial  republic  known  among  men. 

"As  time  progressed  and  the  family  lines  broadened, 
every  honorable  avocation  and  profession,  save  that  of  the 
law,  was  marked  and  contributed  to  by  your  ancestors. 
Farming,  merchandising,  trades  of  all  kinds,  educational  in- 
terests, the  ministry  and  the  medical  profession,  were  among 
those  represented.  Dr.  Nathan  Ong  in  that  early  day  was 
known  as  a  leading  physician  and  surgeon  of  his  time.  He 
stood  high  in  the  community  in  which  he  lived,  and  was 
noted  for  his  high  sense  of  honor,  noble  character  and  up- 
right life ;  this  man  helped  to  lay  the  cornerstone,  and  build 
upon  it  those  many  and  indispensible  traits  of  honor,  in- 


'4'*^'  Ong    Family    Historx. 


dustry  and  integrity,  which  contributed  to  the  birth  and  rise 
of  the  American  j^nxernnient. 

"In  this  early  day  and  a^^e.  of  which  I  have  been  speak- 
nij,'.  >our  name,  your  ancestors,  took  important  and  active 
parts  m  the  bettering,'  and  aichni;  in  the  accompHshment  of  a 
hi^dier  and  more  sid)stantial  eiUicatioii  than  the  carlv  colonics 
were  then  tiiftc-d  with,  or  could  obtain.  l]oth  man  an(f 
woman  by  the  name  of  Onj^  assisted  in  the  instruction  an.l 
teaclun^'  of  the  people.  From  that  date  down  to  the  present 
the  fannly  has  been  marked  for  its  able  and  efticiciit  services 
ni  the  cause  of  education. 

"( )ur  family  has  taken  an  important  part  in  the  develop- 
ment of  the  aj^^ricuhural  iiUerest  of  tlu-  nation.  In  this  pres- 
ent day  and  a^a-  in  many  portions  of  this  continent,  from  its 
northern  limits  to  the  sunnv  line  of  the  South,  from  its 
water-bordered  Kast  to  the  ^^reat  golden  line  of  the  West 
an  Ong  may  be  found  at  the  jilow.  or  dircctinj.^  the  harvest- 
mg  of  some  agricultural  product. 

"You  cannot  expect  mc  to  take  vour  time  in  naming  all 
ni  the  various  departments  and  avocations  of  life,  who  have 
participated  with  distinction  therein.  In  the  time  allotted 
me  I  can  name  only  a  few  of  those  well  known  to  us  but  I 
have  the  same  reverence  and  high  regard  for  many  others 
which  time  prevents  my  naming. 

"Again  referring  to  the  medical  profession,  todav  some 
of  the  members  of  this  familv  rank  among  the  fir'^t'of  the 
common  practitioners  of  the  land.  I-ollowing  his  renowned 
ancestor  I  desire  to  name  one  of  the  most  promising  phvsi- 
cians  and  surgeons  of  his  day.  though  the  light  of  life  went 
out  when  young.  Dr.  Jacob  I'atter.son  Ong.  He  was  well 
educated,  careful  and  thoroughly  posted  in  all  the  intricacies 
of  his  profession,  and  was  pointed  out  as  a  rising  and  comine 
man  of  medicine  an<l  surgery.  While  obtaining  great  dis- 
tniction  in  his  profession,  .leatli  called  and  Dr.  jac^b  Patter- 
son Ong  was  no  more,  but  he  left  [o  his  profession  and  to 
the  world  a  marked  career,  though  of  short  duration. 

"Following  Dr.  Jacob  Patterson  (  )ng.  I  take  the  lihertv 
"  referring  to  a  brother  of  mine,  a  phvsioian  an.I  surgeon'. 
Ur.  .Albert  R.  Ong.  Presi.lent  of  this  our  first  reunion  n{  the 
laniily.  as  Ix-ing  a  man  up  to  the  highest  mark  Dr.  Nathan 
Ong  ever  set  in  honor,  integritv  and  industrv.  His  hi<di- 
"ini.l.d   hfe   and    noble   character  are   a<lmired    bv   all    who 


On_q:    Paiiiily    History.  149 


know  him.  No  man  has  more  carefully  practiced  the  pro- 
fcs.sion  of  medicine,  or  given  it  more  conscientious  study  and 
care  than  Dr.  Albert  R.  Ong. 

"Among  the  younger  generation  with  the  highest  pros- 
pects for  success  in  the  medical  profession  may  be  mentioned 
Dr.  Harlin  Ong  of  Prtland,  Oregon,  and  Dr.  Franklin  Ong 
of  Unionport,  Ohio.  There  are  others  likewise  prominent 
in  the  present  age,  and  with  as  much  hope  of  the  future  as 
those  to  whom  I  have  referred. 

"Permit  me  to  turn  for  a  moment  to  the  history,  so  far 
as  known  to  me,  of  the  teachings  by  the  members  of  our 
family  of  the  Holy  Bible,  and  the  ministry  for  the  good  of 
mankind.  I  refer  first  to  the  aged  and  venerable  Rev. 
Jacob  Ong.  who,  although  not  having  the  notoriety  given  to 
ministers  in  after  years,  was  a  true,  loyal  Christian  of  his 
day,  in  the  church  of  his  first  love,  that  of  the  Quaker.  Fol- 
lowing him  and  his  teachings,  I  come  again  to  the  present. 
With  many  of  the  members  of  the  family  devout  always  in 
the  Christian  belief  and  faith.  Rev.  William  P.  Ong  of 
Columbus,  Ohio,  who  has  been  for  many  years  a  strong, 
faithful  noted  minister  of  the  gospel,  and  whom  you  have 
heard  on  this  occasion,  is  marked  not  only  for  his  intellect 
and  ability  as  a  preacher,  but  wherever  seen  and  heard  his 
religious  character  is  looked  up  to  and  admired.  I  must  be 
permitted  to  refer  to  a  brother,  a  minister  of  the  gospel  of 
not  many  years  standing,  but  marked  from  the  very  incep- 
tion with  a  sincere  devotion  and  loyalty  to  the  teachings  of 
the  Bible,  Rev.  O.  B.  Ong  of  Wilson  Mills,  Ohio.  But, 
my  relatives,  allow  me  to  add  a  word  as  to  the  mothers 
of  W.  P.  and  O.  B.  Ong.  Their  mothers  were  both  devout 
and  Christian  spirits,  teaching  and  devoting  a  life  time  to 
the  furtherance  of  the  great  cause  of  Christianity,  and  I  be- 
lieve today  of  all  the  Christian  people  that  inhabit  the  Great 
Beyond,  no  two  lives  are  more  brilliant  than  that  of  the 
mother  of  W.  P.  Ong  and  the  mother  of  O.  B.  Ong.  These 
two  men  have  inherited  and  responded  to  the  belief,  thought 
and  life  of  their  mothers. 

"I  desire  especially  to  refer  to  the  commercial  and  busi- 
ness interest  taken  part  in  by  the  name.  Turning  for  a 
moment  to  the  great  West.  At  Centerville,  Iowa,  John  I. 
Ong  has  not  only  helped  to  develop  the  great  West  by  his 
strong  qualities  of  business  and  integrity,  by  his  faithful- 


^5<J  On^si    Famil\'    History. 


ncss  to  all  trusts  imiKist-d  upon  liiiii.  but  has  placed  our  name 
anioiij^^  tlic  lirit.  in  his  section  of  the  West.  Aj^ain,  in  ])oint- 
in^'  to  the  accoinphshiUL-nts  of  the  name,  1  refer  to  a  man 
who  was  raised  in  this  conununity,  not  starting;  hfe  under 
the  int>st  favt.rahk-  ccncHtions,  on  account  of  the  death  of  his 
father  at  an  early  aj^e,  he  had  to  make  his  own  \va\ ,  assistin.;^ 
at  the  same  time  his  mother  and  two  sisters.  \et  this  youni^' 
man.  full  of  ri{;ht  and  brij^ht  spirits,  entered  a  mercantile 
estahlishmeiit  in  a  humble  capacity,  and  has  now  risen  to  be 
the  equal  of  any  business  man  in  the  n«.rthern  part  of  (^hio 
andis  now  at  the  iiead  of,  owns  and  j^uides  a  ^-reat  hardware 
busuiess  at  Salcm,  Ohio,  with  his  industry  and  capabilities. 
Strictly  adherint,^  to  the  hi.L,diest  dei,-ree  of  mtci^ritv.  indu>;try 
and  honesty,  he  has  made  his  mark.  This  man  is  .Addison 
Carr  of  Salem,  Ohio. 

"I  look  into  the  face  of  a  man  in  this  lartje  audience  who 
was  also  a  boy  in  this  comnumitv  and  started  in  life  largely 
handicapped.     His  father  died  when  he  was  voun^\  leavinj^' 
two  brothers  and  a  sister  young^er  than  himself.     He  went 
forth  to  make  his  way  and  to  rear  and  f^niide  those  that  were 
youn^'er.  and  located  in  rittsbur-h,  IVnnsvIvania.  and  there 
starte.l  m  the  mercantile  business,  and  vear  bv  rear  he  has 
stru^-j,ded  on.  and  today  is  a  member  of  a  large'business  hrni 
I  his  man  you  are  and  well  inav  be  proud  of.  because  his 
accomplishments  mark  him  as  one  of  the  best  business  men 
of  the  country.     1   refer  to  Finlev   K.  Qnt^r  of  IMttsbur-h 
IVnnsylvama. 

"Our  family  has  contributed  prominenth   in  the  direc- 
tion of  the  financial  institutions  of  this  and  other  communi- 
ties of  our  country.     Married  into  the  On-  family  was  •, 
man  l)orn  and  raised  in  this  community,  wIkI  was  not  only  a 
teacher  in  his  youn^r  ^javs.  but  who  entered  actively  into  the 
bankin^r  business,      jly  faithful  .leyoiion  to  that  interest    by 
a  hi^di  (k-K^ree  of  mte.i^rity,  by  his  faithfulness  to  the  trusts 
imixjsed.  an.l  with  a  mental  capacity  that  was   far  superior 
to  many,  he  made  a  mark  in  this  community  written  as  hi<di 
on  the  smxil  of  honor  and  attainments  as  any  enrolled"  upon 
that    tablet.     Apparently    in    full    life    and    health,    he    was 
stricken  without  a  moment's  warning,  and  met   the  reward 
that  auaits  a  ^j.muI  man.     I  le  left  as  an  example  to  all  risiuL' 
youiiK  men  in  this  and  oth.r  immunities  as  hiuh  a  reputa- 
tion f..r  honesty  an.l  h.Mior  as  any  man  .-yer  had' in  this  com- 
munity.    Loyed  by  all,  this  man  was  William  \ermill,un 


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"Another  who  became  noted  in  this  coninuinity,  not  only 
as  a  banker,  but  as  one  of  its  most  prominent  and  influential 
citizens,  was  Mifflin  Ong,  a  brother  of  mine,  who  at  the  time 
of  his  decease,  was  vice  president  of  the  Smithfield  National 
Bank,  one  of  the  strongest  financial  institutions  of  South- 
eastern Ohio. 

"Among  the  other  professions  and  avocations  I  must 
not  omit  a  word  as  to  the  law.  I  do  not  know  of  any  law- 
yers in  the  early  history  of  the  family,  but  know  many 
present  members  of  the  legal  profession  and  of  the  judiciary 
of  our  family,  who  by  their  high  principles  and  ability  have 
won  an  enviable  position  in  their  profession,  I  turn  with 
pride  to  Judge  Ong  of  Colorado,  Permit  me  to  say  to  you 
who  are  unacquainted  with  him,  that  he  is  true  to  all  that 
makes  the  judiciary  great,  and  possesses  honesty  of  purpose, 
knowledge  of  the  law,  and  the  courage  of  his  convictions. 
He  is  kind  in  every  word  and  move,  yet  fearless  in  the  right. 

"Referring  to  the  part  taken  by  the  name  of  the  family 
in  the  great  educational  interest  of  the  people,  allow  me  to 
call  your  attention  to  that  of  Prof.  A.  C.  Ong  of  Omaha, 
Nebraska.  He  has  established  for  himself  not  only  a  repu- 
tation among  the  best  in  the  entire  country  over  the  branches 
that  he  teaches,  but  he  is  at  the  head  of  one  of  the  leading 
institutions  in  the  West,  a  man  devoted  to  the  love  of  truth 
and  knowledge. 

"I  also  speak  of  one  beloved  by  all  who  knew  him,  either 
in  or  outside  of  the  blood  lines  of  the  family,  Prof.  Lemuel 
W.  Ong  of  Richmond  College,  this  State,  and  I  believe  that 
among  the  stars,  dififer  as  they  do  one  from  the  other,  and 
yet  each  doing  its  part  to  make  the  vault  of  heaven  lumin- 
ous, shines  the  name  of  Prof.  Lemuel  W.  Ong  with  a  bril- 
liant efifulgence,  quite  distinctive  and  all  its  own.  He  as 
much  as  any  man  I  ever  knew  fulfilled  the  proverbial  in- 
junction :  "Be  ye  therefore  as  wise  as  serpents  and  harmless 
as  doves."  A  graduate  of  Meadville  College,  Meadvillc, 
Pennsylvania,  with  a  character  unsurpassed  for  integrity  and 
devotion  to  the  truth,  he  entered  the  field  of  high  professor- 
ship in  Richmond  College  of  this  State.  Later  he  became 
President  of  that  college,  with  Dr.  Albert  R.  Ong  as  vice 
president.  He  lead  on  in  his  great  work,  not  only  teaching 
and  guiding  aright  the  young  who  attended  the  college,  but 
with  the  assistance  of  Dr.  Ong  and  Prof.  S.  S.  Simpson,  an 


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Oit^    J'unnly    History. 


able  member  of  the  faculty,  he  biiih  up  an  excellent  institu- 
tion of  hij^her  education.  Prof.  Lemuel  W.  On^^'s  attain- 
ments were  not  limited  and  confined  {o  ability  as  an  instruc- 
tt»r.  but  1  believe  ( knowing'  him  well)  that  the  .State  of  Ohio 
never  had  born  within  its  confines,  or  had  witiiin  its  limits  a 
better  teacher,  or  a  more  elcHiuent  orator  than  Prof.  Lenuiel 
\V.  Onj.j.  This  j^rand  man  was  by  the  An^'cl  of  Death  sum- 
monetl  hence  at  the  ai;e  of  thirty-three  years,  and  left  to  the 
w-orld  his  fine  record  as  a  man.  and  grand  achievements  in 
his  profession. 

"Xow.  Mr.  Chairman.  I  wish  to  call  the  attention  of  this 
asseniblai,a'  for  a  moiuent  to  the  war  record  of  the  name  of 
Onp  in  the  .service  of  this  country.  Let  me  assure  vou.  one 
and  all.  thai  from  the  days  of  the  Revolutionary  War.  from 
that  j^rand  man  of  whom  I  have  spoken,  down  to  the  Span- 
ish-American War.  no  attack  has  been  made  upon  this  conn- 
try,  no  domestic  insurrection  has  prevailed  or  existed  with- 
out the  name  of  Ong:  beinc:  written  upon  the  muster  rolls  and 
records  of  the  soldiery  enlisted  in  behalf  of  this  country.  In 
the  last  Spanish-.\merican  War  no  less  than  five  marched 
to  the  relief  of  downtrodden  Cuba. 

"In  one  of  the  j^rcatest  wars  of  historv,  the  ji^reat  strutj- 
i^k  between  the  Xorth  anrl  the  South,  some  ei,i?ht  or  icii 
Onj;s  enlisted  in  the  I'nion  Army  and  helped  to  their  utmost 
in  maintaininj^'  the  I'nion. 

"Permit  me  to  refer  for  a  moment  to  the  Ongs  of  West 
\  irj,nnia.  In  1861.  at  apes  rant,Mng  from  seventeen  vears  to 
twenty-two  years,  four  enlisted  in  the  Fourth  \'ir,t,nnia  Res^i- 
ment.  Company  F.  Lieutenant  I-'inlev  D.  J.  On'i^,  William 
Cuppy  Ongr  (now  present  at  this  reunion).  I'inlev  }.  l  )n.i;. 
and  Theodore  Ong  were  all  soldiers  from  18^)1'  to  1865. 
J'mley  I).  Onp  was  wounded  at  X'icksburc:.  captured  aiid 
afterwards  died  in  a  field  hospital.  Theod(')re  Onj,'  was  in- 
jured by  having:  a  piece  of  the  skull  shot  awav.  was  brou-ht 
home  after  two  years'  service  and  died  of  the  injuries  re- 
ceived in  the  army.  William  Cuppv  (^nj;  served  four  years 
and  f(nir  months,  passed  throu.i^h  the  battles  of  \icksbnr'- 
Mission  Ri<ls:e,  Cedar  Creek,  Snicker's  Fcrrv  and  other  teP- 
nble  enj^'aj^'ements. 

I)nrin^,r  the  services  of  the  On^'  name  a  remarkable  inci- 
<lc-nt  grew  out  of  the  capture  of  John  (  )ng.  then  a  memlur  of 
a  confederate   regiment,    Lieutenant    linlev   U.   Ung   being 


PLUMMER  N.  ONG. 


Oiig    Family    History.  153 

made  his  personal  guard  as  a  prisoner  of  war  from  the  field 
of  capture  to  Wheeling,  West  Virginia. 

"Turning  for  a  moment  to  the  acts  and  achievements  of 
Linley  Ong,  who  enlisted  at  the  tender  age  of  nineteen  years 
in  the  40th  O.  V.  I.,  Company  I,  and  served  faithfully  in 
every  engagement  to  which  his  regiment  was  called,  bore  the 
part  of  a  soldier  bravely,  honorably  in  all  things  up  to  the 
time  when  he  was  stricken  in  the  hospital  in  his  last  illness 
with  death,  a  marked  soldier  of  the  country  for  which  he 
gave  his  life. 

"Colonel  Isaac  Ong  was  a  member  of  the  fearless  and 
strong  First  Virginia  Cavalry.  He  bore  the  burdens  of  war, 
and  did  his  part  in  sustaining  the  Stars  and  Stripes,  and  was 
mustered  out  at  the  close  of  the  war  with  all  honor. 

"I  come  again  and  lastly,  to  another,  an  older  brother 
of  mine,  who  enlisted  when  President  Lincoln  made  his  sec- 
ond call  to  arms.  Finley  Ong,  then  a  young  man  in  full  life 
and  promise  of  the  future,  joined  the  126th  Ohio  Volunteer 
Infantry,  Company  H.  He  with  William  Ford,  George 
Paxton  and  Joseph  DeYorman,  in  the  same  regiment  with 
Sheriff  Moore  (now  present),  enlisted  from  the  school  dis- 
trict of  Blue  Ridge,  this  township,  and  went  into  the  service 
in  1863.  For  a  year  and  a  half  of  long  struggle  and  hard 
battles,  Finley  Ong  escaped  the  death  message,  and  kept  the 
honor  mark  where  Linley  and  Isaac  and  all  the  Ongs  par- 
ticipating in  the  war  had  placed  it.  In  1864,  General  Grant 
in  command  of  all  the  armies  of  the  United  States,  sup- 
ported by  that  great  and  good  man,  Abraham  Lincoln,  un- 
dertook that  policy  which  was  subsequently  made  famous 
by  his  dispatch,  "I  propose  to  fight  it  out  on  this  line  if  it 
takes  all  summer."  On  the  morning  of  the  6th  of  May, 
1864,  the  second  day  of  the  terrible  battle  of  the  Wilderness, 
the  great  line  of  battle  was  drawn  up,  and  in  front  was  the 
126th  Ohio  Volunteer  Infantry.  In  the  foremost  rank  was 
one  bearing  our  name,  our  representative  in  arms  standing 
for  the  flag  of  his  country  and  the  honor  of  his  government. 
On  that  morning  a  charge  was  made  upon  the  breastworks 
of  the  confederate  army,  and  the  126th  Ohio  Regiment  was 
reduced  by  death  to  126  men.  Company  H  being  cut  to  the 
number  of  13.  Finley  Ong,  with  determination  to  sustain 
not  only  the  government  for  you  and  me,  but  to  carry  to 
victory  the  banner  of  the  nation,  was  one  of  the  leaders  in 


154  Ong   Family    History. 


the  second  charge,  ami  fell  a  mortally  wouiuled  soldier. 
riie  Lnioii  troops  willulrew  to  recruit  ami  re-charge. 
While  lying  upon  that  hliKjdy  tieUl  in  the  throes  anil  agonies 
of  ilealli  he  wa.s  captured  and  carried  to  a  rebel  tent  and 
thrown  in  a  corner  upon  a  bundle  of  ^traw.  \\  liile  he  was 
thus  enduring  the  pains  of  deaih  a  W  isconsin  cjfVicer  was 
brL>ught  in.  shot  tiirough  the  arm.  SlKjrtly  afterward  a 
rebel  commander  entered  and  said  to  this  ollicer,  ll  you,  sir, 
are  ever  permittetl  to  return  to  the  North,  1  warn  you  never 
to  take  up  arms  again  against  this  great  Southern  Confed- 
eracy.' Your  relati\e  and  mine  heard  the  remark,  and  rais- 
ing him.self  upon  his  elbow,  said,  "ll  1  were  not  a  mortally 
wounded  man  I  would  get  up  and  kick  you  from  this  tent.' 
Then  he  commenced  to  sing  that  old  hymn,  'Jesus,  lover  of 
my  soul,'  and  while  singing  the  first  three  or  f<iur  lines  the 
Angel  of  Death  appeared,  wrapped  his  spirit  in  the  tlag  of 
immortality  and  bore  it  home  to  the  God  who  gave  it. 

"We  have  great  cause  to  be  proud  of  the  records  of  our 
soldier  relatives. 

"Sitting  at  my  left  are  three  of  my  dear  old  aunts, 
daughters  of  my  grandfather,  l-'inley  Ong.  The  first  antf 
eldest  of  the  three  is  Aunt  Kliza  Ann  Lewis,  now  a  woman 
marked  with  years  and  much  evidence  of  the  hurdins  she 
has  borne,  but  always  true  to  the  highest  instincts  of 
womanhood,  devout  to  the  truth  and  blessed  with  all  the 
noble  endowments  of  a  mother. 

"Next  is  Emily  Chadwell,  a  dear  aunt,  many  years  a 
widow,  with  one  child  living,  Ida  Chadwell.  Xo  wDman 
has  Ix'en  any  more  faithful  to  all  that  is  good,  nor  has  any 
one  more  truly  discharged  the  duties  of  true  womanhooil  and 
of  a  mother. 

"lastly  to  the  youngest,  dear  Aunt  Rachel  llamiltou. 
While  no  marked  favors  ever  existed  in  this  large  family. 
yet.  if  any  were  shown,  or  if  any  one  has  been  the  [)et.  it  is 
Ainit  Rachel,  and  I  think  I  ma\  truthfully  say  that  she  is  to 
some  extent  the  fav(»rite  of  us  all.  She,  too,  has  been  always 
industrious,  Unal  to  all  that  is  good,  and  ever  strtiggled  to 
write  lur  name  among  the  highest,  honored  and  devoted  of 
m(»thers. 

"I  also  desire  to  speak  of  the  man  who  is  believed  to  be 
the  oldest  Ong  living,  one  who  has  led  a  sturdy,  (piiet, 
honest,  impartial  life.      True  lo  all  the  instincts  of  g(H)d  man- 


Oiig    Family    History.  155 

kind,  true  to  every  purpose  that  makes  man  the  image  and 
idol  of  God.  That  man  is  Abraham  Ong,  who  is  present 
here  today,  and  is  marked  by  the  silvery  hairs  of  a  genera- 
tion. 

"Now,  Mr.  President,  may  I  not  turn  for  a  moment  to 
the  young  of  the  name  that  are  present  of  both  sexes,  and 
urge  upon  them  the  great  necessity  of  an  industrious  and 
upright  life,  that  they  in  the  future  may  mark  all  under- 
takings with  as  much  distinction,  honor  and  credit  to  them 
and  theirs  as  those  to  whom  I  have  referred  in  the  past  and 
present.  I  beseech  you,  young  people  bearing  our  name, 
that  you  receive,  carry  out  and  enforce  this  trust  without 
deviation,  spot  or  corruption,  but,  on  the  other  hand,  in  the 
practice  of  your  chosen  profession  and  business,  aim  to 
mark  high,  characterizing  your  lives  by  integrity,  honor  and 
truth. 

"A  word  in  conclusion  as  to  my  fellow  citizens  and 
neighbors  who  have  attended  this  the  public  day  of  the  Ong 
reunion  at  Smithfield,  Ohio.  Standing  now,  as  I  do,  beside 
the  grave  of  my  father  and  my  forefathers,  standing  by  the 
side  of  the  graves  of  your  ancestors,  I  thank  you  first  for 
your  kind  treatment,  for  your  attendance  and  for  your  at- 
tention. Believe  me  when  I  say  to  you  that  no  community 
has  a  better  record  for,  or  has  contributed  more  to  the  good 
of  this  country  than  Smithfield  and  Smithfield  Township. 
And  to  you  all,  relatives  and  friends,  may  our  good  God  in 
the  future  continue  His  guidance  in  the  right  and  to  bestow 
His  blessings  on  all,  until  the  breaking  of  the  light  of  eternal 
morn." 

The  next  in  order  was  a  selection  by  the  quartette  enti- 
tled "Blessed  Book." 

By  the  President : 

"We  are  very  sorry  that  the  next  speaker  is  absent.  For 
the  last  twenty  years  I  have  had  correspondence  with  Judge 
Ong,  and  I  have  found  no  Ong  any  place  at  home  or  abroad 
that  has  expressed  more  interest  in  the  family  than  has 
Judge  Ong.  I  received  a  letter  from  him  a  few  days  ago 
assuring  me  that  he  would  be  here  with  us.  He  further 
said  that  should  anything  occur  by  reason  of  which  he  would 
not  be  able  to  be  here  he  would  forward  his  address,  but  I 
have  heard  nothing  since,  but  I  want  to  say  that  we  have 


156  Oiiii    FainHy    History. 


mi>sfcl  a  treat  by  rt-asun  of  his  absence,  and  no  one  reijrets 
it  more  than  I.  and  perhaps  1  know  more  of  Jndj^e  On^  than 
any  person  here.  He  does  not  come  down  the  hne  of  Jacob 
Onjj,  of  w  hicli  we  are  descendants ;  he  comes  down  the  Hne 
of  Jeremiah  ( )nJ^^  Those  descenchmts  emij^rated  to  the 
West  and  there  we  tind  them  for  the  most  part.  He  was  to 
tell  us  totlay  of  that  branch  of  the  family,  and  that  of  course 
you  will  learn  now  in  the  book  we  propose  to  have  printed. 
"I  desire  to  say  if  there  is  one  person  present  who  has 
not  re|;istered  N\ho  has  Ong  blood  in  them,  or  has  married 
into  the  Ong  family,  please  attend  to  that  as  soon  as  this 
session  closes. 

"We  arc  here  and  we  have  asked  our  friends  to  come 
here  todav  to  meet  witli  us.  Now  we  have  purposely  re- 
served time  by  which  we  might  be  permitted  to  intermingle 
with  you.  When  this  session  closes  please  remain  with  us 
and  mingle  with  us. 

"I  have  handed  to  me  a  telegram  from  a  son  of  Prof. 
L.  W.  ( )ng.  of  whom  my  brother  has  spoken,  he  who 
foinuled  Richmond  College,  a  man  with  whom  I  was  asso- 
ciated, and  there  is  no  man,  living  or  dead,  for  whom  I  have 
more  c<tecm  than  Prof.  L.  W.  Ong.  This  is  from  his  son : 
"New  ^'ork  City.  Aug.  16,  i()0$.  To  the  Secretary  of  the 
Ong  Reunion:  May  your  reunion  be  a  big  success.  Ex- 
press my  regrets  for  absence.  Register  me  as  a  member  of 
the  Ong  family.     Yours  respectfully.  Dana  Ong." 

There  was  then  a  vocal  selection  by  Mr.  Emmett  Ong. 
After   a   selection   by   the   band    the   afternoon   session 
closed. 


17th  August,  1905. 
The  evening  session  opened  at  seven  o'clock  with  music 
The  rejKirt  of  the  Nominating  Committee  was  made  by 
Mr.  luigcne  W.  Ong  as  Chairman,  which  was  as  follows: 

"Mr.  Chairman,  Indies  antl  Centlemen:  ^'o^r  Nomi- 
nating Committee,  ap|Knnted  to  name  an  I-'xecutive  Commil- 
tec  to  have  in  charge  the  matter  of  lioUling  in  five  years  ati- 


Ong    I'amily    History.  157 


other  reunion,  which  we  trust  will  be  as  happy  and  success- 
ful as  this  proved  to  be,  nominate  the  following : 

"Dr.  Albert  R.  Ong. 

"Finley  K.  Ong. 

"Nicholas  Ong. 

"Miss  Hattie  Galbraith." 

A  motion  was  made  that  the  report  of  committee  be 
accepted  and  that  the  members  of  the  family  nominated  con- 
stitute such  a  committee,  which  was  seconded  and  unani- 
mously carried. 

By  the  President : 

"Mr.  Oliver  Phipps,  who  is  a  descendant  of  Dr.  Nathan 
Ong,  will  now  talk  to  us  for  a  few  moments.' 
"Mr.  President,  Relatives,  Friends  and  Acquaintances : 

"I  feel  at  the  present  time  greatly  honored  with  the 
privilege  of  speaking  to  you,  just  for  two  or  three  minutes, 
and  in  order  to  make  just  as  brief  as  possible  what  I  have  to 
say  I  desire  to  state  in  the  beginning  that  there  never  has 
been  in  the  history  of  my  life  an  hour  when  there  has  been 
welling  up  in  my  heart  more  gratitude  to  God  than  there  is 
at  this  present  moment  for  the  privilege  of  having  attended 
this  reunion. 

"The  Ong  family  has  been  discussed  pro  and  con  so  ably 
by  the  very  elegant  speakers,  and  surely  I  can  say  most 
earnest  speakers,  who  have  preceded  me  that  it  removes  the 
necessity  of  a  repetition  by  me,  but  I  have  been  asked  by 
the  Doctor,  the  President  of  this  reunion,  to  speak  briefly 
of  the  Ong  family.  That  gives  me  the  right  to  claim  the 
Ong  blood  that  flows  through  my  veins,  of  which  I  am  justly 
proud.  Nathan  Ong,  to  whom  we  have  heard  an  illustrious 
tribute  paid  as  a  professional  man,  a  man  of  integrity  and 
honor,  a  man  that  blessed  this  country  by  his  profession,  was 
my  grandfather,  and  Mary  Ong,  or  pardon  me  if  I  refer  to 
her  as  she  was  later  known  as  "Aunt  Polly  Naylor"  of 
Smithfield,  was  my  own  sainted  grandmother,  of  whom,  if 
ever  any  man  on  God's  green  earth  had  a  right  to  be  proud 
of  his  ancestors,  I  had  a  right  to  be  proud  of  old  Aunt  Polly 
Naylor  of  Smithfield,  with  whom  most  of  you  are  ac- 
quainted.    God   bless   the   memory   of  my   sainted  grand- 


I5i4  On^    I-aniily    History. 


inutlKT,  ami  lur  name  was  Ong,  although  mine  ha[)i>eiis  to 
be  sioiiK'thiiig  el>e. 

"Xathaii  Ong's  family,  as  1  have  already  said,  has  been 
ilisciissetj  before  yt)ii  by  much  more  able  speakers  than  1, 
therefore  it  >nrticeth  fur  me  to  say  that  my  aged  mother, 
who  is  on  the  platform  tonight,  I  l)elieve  is  the  only  living 
member  of  Nathan  ( )ng's  family.  iJefore  I  go  farther.  Doc- 
tor, may  I  add  a  request  of  my  aged  mother,  and  that  is  this, 
that  anyl)ody  whose  name  is  Ung,  or,  as  the  Doctor  has  said, 
has  Ong  bl(X)d  llowing  through  tiicir  veins,  and  lias  not 
spoken  to  Mary  I'hipps.  the  f)nly  living  daughter  or  child  of 
Nathan  ( )ng.  she  asks  it  as  a  favor  if  you  possibly  can  grij) 
her  hand  in  a  hearty  handshake,  because  she  feels  that  as 
the  declining  years  are  approaching  this  will  be  the  last  re- 
union she  will  ever  be  permitted  to  attend. 

"May  I  say  further  that  there  is  represented  upon  this 
platform  tonight  four  generations  of  the  Phipps  family 
alone,  so  we  arc  productive  according  to  God's  blessed  word 
that  we  nndtiply  and  rei)lenish  the  earth,  and  we  have  been 
blessed  with  being  among  the  best  class  of  peoj)le  that  the 
world  ever  knew." 

The  ne.xt  in  order  was  a  recitation  by  Miss  Eileen  Ong 
of  Wilson   .Mills,  (  )hio,  entitled  ••The  P.ridge  of  Steel." 

Then  followed  a  recitation  by  little  Miss  Eugenia  Ong 
of  ( )niaha.  Nebraska. 

There  was  then  a  selection  by  the  band. 

Prof.  A.  C.  Ong  of  Omaha.  Nebraska,  was  again  called 
ujxju  for  a  recitation. 
By  Prof.  A.  C.  Ong: 
"My  Dear  Friends,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen: 

■"This  is  a  little  out  of  my  line  of  work  for  the  last  ti  n 
years,  and  the  selection  I  shall  attempt  to  recite  lor  \ou,  i 
believe.  I  have  not  gone  over  for  ten  years  or  more,  and  it 
has  only  been  at  the  request  of  those  in  charge  that  1  con- 
sented at  all  to  appear  again  before  you.  The  piece  I  shall 
reciti-  to  you  is  entitled  'The  lilacksmith's  Stor\ .'  " 

Kev.  O.  H.  (  )ng  of  Wilson  .Mills,  Ohio,  was  then  intro- 
duced by  the  I'resident,  who  delivered  the  following  closing 
ad<lress: 
"Mr.  President,  Relatives  and  l"rieuds : 


OSBORN  B.  ONG. 


Oiig    Family    History.  ic^g 


"I  do  not  know  how  entertaining  I  may  be,  but  we  used 
to  be  boys  together,  I  think  most  of  us,  and  I  am  going  to 
ask  you  to  just  bear  with  me  a  Httle  while  and  give  me  your 
attention.     I  beUeve  you  will  do  it. 

"I  deem  it  a  great  pleasure  to  have  the  privilege  of 
.  standing  before  you  in  the  closing  session  of  this  our  first 
reunion.  For  weeks  and  months  we  have  been  talking  and 
looking  forward  to  the  time  when  we  would  meet  loved  ones 
whom  we  had  not  seen  for  years,  and  the  pleasure  of  meet- 
ing those  whom  we  had  never  seen.  In  our  imagination 
days  and  weeks  before  the  time  of  our  meeting  we  visited 
with  our  loved  ones,  we  talked  over  the  joys  and  sorrows  of 
other  days.  We  met  our  stranger  relatives,  looked  into 
their  faces,  learned  of  their  family  pleasures  as  well  as  their 
griefs ;  in  fact  we  had  gone  over  in  detail  the  happenings  of 
these  two  days  as  a  reality,  all  based  upon  the  fact  that  writ- 
ten statements  were  given  out  by  those  in  authority  that  such 
an  event  as  this  would  take  place ;  and  as  the  result  of  our 
confidence  and  faith  we  have  been  privileged  to  meet  once 
more  as  families ;  but  we  can  never  hope  to  meet  again  in  this 
life  as  we  have  met  here  today.  These  thoughts  and  facts 
bring  sadness  to  our  hearts,  but  we  must  meet  them. 

"We  have  a  great  deal  to  say  about  this,  the  record 
breaking  twentieth  century,  in  which  we  are  living,  and 
from  many  standpoints  we  have  a  right  to  be  proud  of  this 
our  day.  In  place  of  the  tedious,  wearisome  stage  coach 
we  have  been  given  the  beautiful,  comfortable  parlor,  dining 
and  sleeping  car  with  almost  incredible  speed.  We  are  able 
to  sit  in  our  homes  and  at  our  desks  and  talk  with  loved  ones 
and  friends  and  transact  business  hundreds  of  miles  awav. 
But  last  week  two  of  our  great  ships  of  war,  while  hundreds 
of  miles  from  land,  were  able  to  communicate  with  each 
other,  though  two  hundred  and  sixty-two  miles  apart,  by  the 
use  of  the  wireless  telegraphy.  We  are  lost  in  wonder  at 
the  master  workmanship  of  mankind.  But  with  all  of  this 
aggressiveness  and  our  faith  in  man's  future  attainments, 
there  is  this  fact  that  confronts  us :  that  as  a  people  we  have 
less  faith  and  more  unbelief  in  the  written  declarations  of 
God  pertaining  to  the  great  Judgment  Day  and  the  future 
life  of  the  soul  than  at  any  time  since  the  Christ  of  God  was 
cradled  in  the  manger.  Will  we  not  believe  what  God  has 
said  to  us? 

"I  want  to  say  here  that  I  shrank  from  the  place  that 


i6o  Oiii:    I'oniHx    History. 


lias  hctii  a^sij^iKcl  mv,  but  as  1  liavo  been  asked  to  close  this 
reunion.  1  have  truly  plead  with  God  that  some  how  He 
nii^dit  entrust  me  with  the  fire  wi»rd  that  would  bej^et  faith 
in  .some  human  soul  which  is  in  this  audience  to  believe  in 
the  ^'reat  (lod  who  sits  on  the  Throne  tonij^dit.  The  judj^:- 
ment  da\  is  before  us.  We  are  livini,^  in  a  time  of  unbelief 
and  infidelitv.  when  the  teachiui^s  of  the  faithful  Saints  of 
tiod  are  heeded  not.  but  nevertheless  God's  written  state- 
ments are  true. 

"We  are  told  by  some  of  the  brightest  minds  of  this  day 
that  the  world  is  .u^rowinij  better;  in  the  face  of  all  that  God 
has  declared  that  man  shall  wax  worse  and  worse.  You 
mav  ask.  how  can  this  be  when  the  God  of  love  that  you 
talk  about  has  created  us  in  his  own  ima^^^c.  and  then  declare 
we  will  wax  worse  and  worse?  I  will  ,i,Mve  you  the  reason. 
It  is  unbelief  in  His  <leclarations.  We  have  been  warned 
by  God  of  the  power  of  the  Devil.  He  has  been  defined  as 
the  Prince  of  the  Power  of  the  air.  yet  in  the  face  of  this 
and  the  warnings  that  have  come  down  thnMiirh  the  lont^ 
vista  of  time  to  this  day.  we  ^^o  about  our  business  from 
dav  to  day  unconscious,  as  it  were,  of  the  influences  which 
are  around  and  about  us.  and  as  a  result  of  heedinij  not  the 
warninj^s  of  God  there  naturally  follows  a  separation  that 
divorces  us  farther  and  farther  from  the  preat  thouj^ht  of 
God  in  our  creation.  It  has  always  bepotten  a  feelinj^  of 
jealousv.  criticism,  and  many  times  persecution  from  the 
world  for  a  man  to  stand  by  the  old  Bible  as  the  inspireij 
word  of  God. 

"When  God  spoke  to  N'oah,  that  hero  and  patriarch  of 
the  antediluvian  age.  to  build  an  ark  for  himself  and  family, 
for  a  flood  was  comint:.  it  stirred  the  world.  We  can  imac^- 
inc  some  thinps  Xoah  had  to  meet.  Doubtless  there  were 
those  who  were  his  superior  in  education,  wealth  and  influ- 
ence, who  tried  to  point  out  to  him  the  fallacy  of  his  under- 
takinc:.  but  in  the  face  of  all  discourai^ements  he  moved 
steadilv  on,  actinj^j  his  faith  in  the  Goil  who  had  spoki-n, 
thus  securing  for  himself  a  place  in  sacred  history  that 
would  Ik'  cherished  by  anpels.  While  God  never  spoke  to 
but  one  man  to  build  an  ark.  I  am  plad  there  are  passes  }\(^ 
has  si)oken  to  all  mankind,  and  it  is  to  a  few  of  these  utter-; 
ances  that  I  desire  to  call  your  further  attention. 

"Now.  there  are  a  few  words  that  I  want  to  (luote  to 
you,  recorded  in  the  jx-rcious  wtird  of  (iod,  and,  dear  ones, 


Ong    Family    History.  IGl 

we  can  never  go  astray  by  heeding  God's  declarations  re- 
corded in  holy  writ.  There  is  one  thing  about  this  platform 
that  pleases  nie,  and  that  is  to  see  the  worn  Bible.  God  saw 
the  necessity  of  uttering  something  that  might  bring  cheer  to 
our  hearts  in  this  day  when  the  world  is  bidding  so  high  for 
our  every  ambition.  The  word  reads  like  this  :  "Eye  hath  not 
seen,  nor  ear  heard,  neither  hath  it  entered  into  the  heart  of 
man,  the  things  which  God  hath  prepared  for  those  who  love 
him.'  Is  there  anything  for  us  to  live  for?  Is  there  any- 
thing in  the  future  that  is  inviting  men  and  women  to  higher 
attainments  than  this  world  can  give? 

"Dear  ones,  it  seems  to  me  there  is  embodied  in  these 
words  something  which  should  separate  you  and  me  from 
this  old  world  and  unite  us  more  devotedly  to  the  things 
which  are  imperishable. 

"We  view  the  beauties  of  nature  and  are  lost  in  wonder 
at  God's  handiwork.  We  walk  down  through  our  gardens 
and  are  amazed,  and  cannot  understand  the  perfume  and 
bloom  of  the  flowers  which  give  forth  a  beauty  and  odor 
that  makes  us  rejoice  on  account  of  the  privilege  we  have  of 
coming  in  contact  with  them.  We  look  over  the  harvest 
fields  with  their  golden  fruitage  waving  their  banners  of 
invitation  to  the  harvest-gatherer  that  successful  victory  has 
been  won ;  our  hearts  are  stirred  as  we  view  this  picture, 
but  remember  God  has  declared,  'Eye  has  not  seen  nor  ear 
heard,  neither  hath  it  entered  into  the  heart  of  man  the 
things  which  God  hath  prepared  for  those  who  love  him.' 
We  walk  up  and  down  the  avenues  and  look  with  wonder  at 
the  beautiful  homes,  with  their  winding  walks  bounded  on 
either  side  by  the  terrace  green.  We  drive  through  the 
parks  rested  and  refreshed  by  their  blooming  flowers  and 
living  foundtains.  We  look  over  the  western  horizon  at  the 
setting  sun  casting  its  golden  rays  upon  the  snow  banked 
clouds,  thus  giving  a  picture  that  no  artist  has  ever  been  able 
to  catch,  and  we  cry  out  from  the  depths  of  our  souls, 
'Wonderful,  wonderful  are  the  beauties  of  the  Divine  Artist, 
but  in  the  face  of  all  this  the  God  of  Power  and  Beauty  has 
declared,  'Eye  hath  not  seen  or  ear  heard,  neither  hath  it  en- 
tered into  the  heart  of  man  the  things  which  God  hath  pre- 
pared for  those  who  love  Him.' 

"Isn't  it  strange  after  all  what  God  hath  said  and  done 
to  convince  a  lost  world  of  the  place  of  grandeur  he  has 
prepared  for  those  who  will  serve  Him,  that  so  very  few  are 


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Nvilliii}^  to  separate  themselves  from  a  life  of  sin  ami  im- 
purity to  that  of  rij^hteoiisuess  and  holy  joy.  God's  eternal 
truths  must  he  faced,  lie  has  declared.  'Except  ye  he  Ijorn 
ajjain  \e  can  in  no  wise  enter  the  kinmlom  of  Chh\.'  How  1 
praise  Him  tonight  for  the  alarm  that  was  sounded  in  mv 
early  life  hy  a  precious,  sainted  mother  that  I  must  appear 
at  the  ijreat  jud.q;ment  day.  Her  words  many  times  were 
unheeded.  We  accused  her  often  of  heini;  over  anxious,  hut 
God  had  given  her  a  picture  of  'the  things  he  had  prepared 
for  those  who  love  Him'  which  fired  her  heart  to  an  untiring 
zeal  an<l  faith  in  God  that  not  one  of  her  sons  or  daughters 
shoidd  miss  their  reward.  How  we  should  hon<ir  and  cher- 
ish the  memories  of  sainted  parents  and  diligently  seek  to 
know  and  do  the  will  of  their  God.  My  prayer  is  that  the 
precious  Holy  Ghost  may  fire  each  of  our  hearts  tonight  to  a 
life  of  hlessing  and  i)ower  that  our  lives  may  he  fixed  luiuin- 
aries  in  the  spiritual  night  of  our  children  and  loved  ones. 
"Beloved,  the  time  has  come  when  we  must  say  fare- 
well ;  some  of  us  will  part  to  meet  no  more  on  this  earth,  hut 
as  we  separate  let  us  covenant  with  God  that  our  lives  shall 
be  so  in  accord  with  His  will  that  when  the  storms  and 
trials  of  this  life  are  o'er  we  each  and  all  shall  have  a  grand 
and  eternal  reimion  in  Heaven." 

The  following  report  of  the  Committee  on  Resolutions 
was  read  by  Mr.  Eugene  W.  Ong : 

"Resolved.  That  we  heartily  thank  the  residents  of 
Smithfield  and  vicinity  for  their  most  corilial  welcome, 
ojjen-hearted  hospitaIit\.  and  the  uniform  kindness  and  cour- 
tesy extended  us  on  the  occasion  of  our  fust  family  reunion." 

Upon  motion  the  resolution  was  unanimously  adoi)ted. 

By  Mr.  luigene  W.  Ong: 

"Mr,  Chairman.  I  also  desire  to  move  the  adoption  of 
the  following  resolution  and  with  your  leave,  Mr.  Chairman. 
I  will  put  the  (juestion  in  order  to  save  you  emharrassment : 

"Resolved,  That  the  hearty  congratulations  and  sincere 
thanks  of  the  entire  Ong  family  in  reunion  assembled  be  and 
hereby  are  extended  t<j  Dr.  A.  R.  Ong.  PresideiU  ;  h'inley  K. 
Ong.  \'ice  President;  Mrs.  William  \'ermillion,  Secretary; 
Mrs.  Aiuia  Kaminski.  Corresp<inding  Secretary,  and  to  each 
member  of  the  seviral  committees  for  their  untiring  efforts 
in  promoting  and  conductijig  this  reimion.  which  in  each  anil 
everv  res|»ect  has  been  an  un(|ualifu'il  success." 


EMILY  CHADWELL. 


Oiig    Family    History.  163 

The  motion  was  seconded  and  unanimously  carried. 

After  singing  "Blessed  Be  the  Tie  that  Binds"  the  two 
days'  session  of  the  Ong  reunion  closed  with  the  following 
benediction  by  Rev.  W.  P.  Ong: 

"Lord  God  we  thank  Thee  for  what  our  eyes  have  seen 
and  ears  have  heard  during  the  days  and  hours  that  have 
passed  in  this  assemblage  and  in  this  reunion.  We  thank 
Thee  for  the  faces  into  which  we  have  looked,  for  the  words 
that  have  been  spoken,  for  the  inspiration  that  has  come  to 
our  thoughts  and  hearts.  We  thank  Thee  for  the  message 
tonight ;  we  thank  Thee  for  this  reunion,  and  for  the  privi- 
lege that  is  ours  of  being  present.  As  we  separate  we  would 
invoke  the  blessings  of  God  upon  this  community,  upon  the 
citizens  of  Smithfield,  upon  the  citizens  of  this  community, 
and  the  Ong  family  and  all  our  dear  friends  in  the  name  of 
Jesus  Christ.  May  the  blessings  of  the  Lord  attend  them, 
and  may  the  grace  of  God  be  in  every  heart  and  home.  It 
may  not  be  our  privilege,  our  Divine  Father,  to  attend  the 
next  reunion  of  our  family.  In  the  years  that  may  come 
some  will  have  passed  to  the  other  world.  But,  O  God,  we 
ask  Thee  that  there  may  be  more  attention  given  to  the 
necessity  of  believing  in  God  and  trusting  in  Him,  and  that 
we  may  all  greet  one  another  in  Heaven.  May  there  be  a 
reunion  there  which  will  never  be  broken  up.  We  ask  this 
in  Jesus'  name.     Amen." 


INDEX. 


Brodie,  Lillian  Elva'"  108 
Broadwater,  Edna  M."'  110 

Helen  Elizabeth"  110 
Binford,  Amanda  Ong'  75 

Estella"  76 

Everett  J.'"  76 

Florence  B."'  76 

Iva  B.'"  76 

Loubie  R.'"  76 
Blackburn,  Mary  Elizabeth*'  92 

Mary  Eveline'"  92 

Maria  Adaline'"  92 

Maud'"  92 

Samuel  Denzil'"  92 
Burns.  Nellie  Belle"  96 

Eddie  Earnest'"  96 

Gussie  Belle'"  97 

Lonnie  Levis'"  96 

Plummer  Wilhelm'"  97 
Bell,  Mabel  Ong"'  104 

Marjorie"  105 
Carr,  Mary  Ong»  36 

Aletta"  36 

Ann'  36 

Addison  M.'Se,  62 

Charles  S.'"  63 

Lizzie  May'"  63 

Raymond  A.'"  63 
Chadwell,  Emily  Ong*  43 

Ida  44,  81 
Carpenter,  Elizabeth"  72 

Caroline'"  72 

Mary  Edna'"  72 
Cunningham,  Barbara  Ong"  84 

Charles  C"  84 

Earlv  Harrison'"  84 

Rudolph'"  84 

William  Nathan'"  84 
Dorrance,  Emma  F.  Ong'"  103 

Emma  C."  103 

Maud  E."  103 
Davis,  Edna  Ong'"  107 

Darthea"  107 

Helen  Robinson"  107 

Margaret"  107 
Evans,  Amanda  Ong'  55 

Annabelle"  55 

Ada  Virginia"  55 

Emma  C."  55 

Harry  L.'  55 

Julian  Kinsey'  55 

John  William'  55 


Evans,  Mary  Elizabeth'  55 

Mary  Jane"  55 

Oliver  McGrew'  55 

Robert'  55 
Elliott,  Mary  Cora"  118 

John  Ralph'=  118 

William  Jenings'^  118 
Foster,  Laura  Young"  87 

Catharine'"  87 

FJarnest  J.'"  87 

H.  Alonzo'"  87 

Jennie'"  87 

Lena  May'"  87 
Glass,  Emma  Ong"  91 

Arthur  0.'»  91,  113 
Gould,  Abbie  Ong"  97 

Lois  Abbie'"  97 
Galbraith,  Mary  Ellen'"  107 

Harriet  G."  108 

Roy  Mifflin"  108 

Roy  M."  119 

Mary  Ellen'^'  119 
Gibbons,  Eliza  J."  85 

Albert  W.'"  85 

Edith  E.'"  85 

Emma  L.'"  85 

Edwin  D.'"  85 

Earnest  M.'"  85 

Frederick  R."  85 
Haines.  Mary  E."  70 
Charles'"  70,  112 

Tola  Cuppy'"  70 
Hamilton,  William'  82 

Annie  B."  44 

Finley  E.»44,  83 

Grace'"  83 

Jessie'"  83 

Jessie  V."  44 

Olive'"  83 

Zana'"  8  3 

Rachel  Ong'  44 

William  S."  44 
Hill,  Mary  Elizabeth'"  109 
Hartnell.  Adda  L.'"  113 
Hammond,  Frank  N."  118 

Anna  Celia"  102 

Charles  Nathan"  118 

Frank"  102 

Fred"  102 

Fred  M."  118 

Ida  E.'"  102 

Mary  Cora"  102 


16G 


Oil;,'  Fiiinily  History. 


Hollls.  neitha  Oiik'"  104 

Uiilh  (Vila"  Htj 
Hoiisfdii.  lA-nu  Vrriiillllon'*  100 

David  I. a  111  n"  l(t<; 

Wllliaiii  \\  riiilllion"  lOG 
Jcmt'K.  Uriwcra  Oi>K'  41 

Annk'*  41.78 

.lohii*  41 
KhiKcy.  .fiiliair  lit 
KnckiicK.  lUaiiclR'  A.'"  110 
Kamiiiskv,  Annie  Ix»wls'  81 

Lillian  Virginia'"  81 

Olive'"  81 
Li'wis.  Kliza  OnK^-  4i: 

Addison  C  43.  SO 

Addison  ('arl.vle'"80 

Anna  L.'  13 

Bessie  n.'"  Si 

Donald'-  SI 

Klizabuth'  4:5 

Helen  Amelia"  80 

Oliver  N.'  43 

riiiininer'  81. 

I'ltiniiiH  r  V.'  43 

Holierl  Oliver"  80 

W  iillam  T.'  43.  80 

Wilfred  Irving'"  80 
Lansley  .Marie  Ong'  90. 

Adda  L.'"  'tO 

Cerlrude  O.'"  90 
Love,  Kdna  Onp'  97 

l':d\vard  Lee"  97 

Margaret  K.""  97 

.\aonii  Klla'"  97 

Wesley"  97 
McGrcw.  Mary  Ong'  33 

Amanda  F.'  33 

Kliza  J.*  45 

.lacol)  O.'  45 

James  ,\.'  45 

Julia  Anne*  33 

Mary*  33 

Hebecea  Ong*  45 
Midili.  Annie  Ong'  f,f, 

nianelie  Adelphine'"  6G 

JoKeph  UiiHsel"  06 

Marv  Kllzaheth"  6G 
M.CIave.  Klizabeth*  79 

Fred  C."  79 

Hoy  L."'79,  n.H 
Merrvinan.  Sarah  A  "  103 

ClIfTord  L"  105 


Merrvn.an.  Kloyd  D."  105. 

Hobcoe  T."  105 
Magee,  Jessie  Ong""  105 

r.ertha  L."  105 

Kdna  .M."  105 
Martain.  Harriet  Ong"  105 

J.  Unssell'"  109 

Mary  Irene"  105 

(JiK en  Klisee"  l(i5 
Moonev.  Kva  L."  114 

Kdward  L"  114 

Maleolm  O."   114 

Maria  K."  114 

Holierl  F."  114 
■!  Nay  lor.  .Maria  Ong"  49 
I      Annie"  71 
'      Charlie'"  71 

ICdwin'"  71 

Elizabeth''  71 

.Mary  Flizalieth'  50 

Nathan  O.'  50 

Oliver'  71 
Newlln.  Matilda  Ong*  39 

Charles  M.'"  71 

i:d;;ar  S.'"  71 

i:iizal)eth"39 

Finley'39,  71 

Oliver'  39 
Nelli.s.  Annie  IJ.'  82 

Harry  11.'"  81i 

Jessie  l-:.'"  82 

Mabel  C."  82 

FanI  F."'  82 
.\aylor.  .\athan'  91. 
Ong.  Alfred' 31.  32 
i      Ann"  31,  33 

Aranilnta*  31 

.\daline'  32 

Al.rain'  32.  51 

Anna  M.'  38 
I      Albert  U.'  39,  67 

Annie  K."  41 

.Vnianda"  41 

Anderson  C.*  41.  77 

Anderson"  44 

Austin'  45 

Addi.stui  P.*  19,  90 

.Ainbrose"  .'il 

AdalasKl'  52 

Aiirthnr  (J*  52 

Albert  Jacob*  52 

Abblr  Maggie*  54 


rr.^ 


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167 


Ong,  Austin  J.'"  60 

Alice  B."  62 

Azallia  DclI'"  66,  109 

Anderson  ChadwelP"  78 

Albert  F.'"  81 

Albert'"  91 

Andrew'"  91 

Ala'"  98 

Albert  B.""  99 

Amanda  Powell'"  99 

Annie'"  100 

Austin  D.'"  106 

Andrew  Walter"  111 

Barbara  A."  44 

Barbara  B.'»  83 

Belle  Manrine'"  78 

Bertha  B."J  58 

Caroline"  31,  46 

Charles  L."  38,  66 

Carrie''  45 

Clarence  R"  53,  94 

Cordelia  L.»  56 

Clarence  E."  57 

Charles"  57 

Crawford-'  58,  102 

Clarence  W.'"  58,  102 

Carrie  B.'"  72 

Clara  Emma'"  79 

Clara'"  79 

Charles  F.'"  84 

Clarence  K.'"  99 
Cliff'"  101 
Carlton  G.'"  117 
Dinah'  28 
Debora"  32 
Delbert  B."  41,  78 
David  McK."  56,  95 
Dana'"  74 
Elizabeth'  19 
Esther'  21 
Elizabeth'  21. 
Eliza  Ann"  30 
Emily"  30 
Eliza"  31 
Emily  L."  36 
Emma  L.  39. 
Emma  Caroline''  46 
Edgar  M."  48,  90 
Emma''  48 
Enos  O.''  51 
Ella  May'  54 
Emma  F'"  58 


Ong,  Edwin  F.'"  59 

Effie  May'"  60 

Edna  May'"  62 

Eugene  Walter'"  69,  111 

Eileen  Marie'"  69 

Elmo  Ray'"  69 

Eileen'"  70 

Esther'"  70 

Effie  L.'"  72 

Elma  Lenora'"  76 

Edwin  Mifflin"  79 

Edith'"  84 

Emmett'"  91 

Edgar'"  91 

Earl  Reed'"  94,  115 

Earnest  C"  98 

Eugene  Raley'"  100 

Edwin  Ross'"  58,  102 

Earl  C."  103 
Edith"  106 

Edith  B.'"  117 

Eugene  Reed'"  117 

Francis  Ong'  15 

Family  Clock  23 

Family  Bible  29 

Finley'  28,  30 

Finley'*  31,  45 
Finley  M."  36,  58 
Finley"  38,  65 
Finley  K.''  42,  79 
Finley  J."  44,  83 
Filmore"  45,  84 
Finley*  34 

Frank  Purviance''  52 
Frank  Carry'-*  56 
Finley'"  58 
Franklin  M.'"  58 
Fred  J.'"  58,  104 
Florence  Leona"  76 
Florence  Kirk'"  79 
Frank'"  79. 
Frank  O.'"  83 
Floy'"  91 
Fred  L.'"  94 
Finley  Joseph'"  100 
F'lorence'"  101 
Foster  D.'"  60,  105 
Foster  D."  106 
Fred  Thompson'"  101 
Genevieve'"  88,  113 
George  L.'"  72 
George  F.'"  59,  101 


168 


Ou^  roniily  History. 


(>n(r.  Gertrude  Deems"  76 

ilaiinalr  31 

iiaiiiiali  Mary'  \Ct 

Ilaiiiuih  Jant>'  51 

HarrUt  H."  •',0 

ildward  .1."  f.L' 

Horiico  I'mnphrey"  G9 

Harlan  H.'  30.  69 

Howard"  78 

Harrv  A."  94 

Harrv  C'  53.  95 

Hflrn  Grari'-  ion 

Harlan  F."  (!6,  108 

Harlan  Frances"  68.  110 

HoU-n  Amanda"  112 

Harrv  Alfred"  88,  113 

Harrison'"  84 

Isaac'  17,  19 

Isaac'  19,  22 

Isaac'  28.  31 

lola  C:  39.  70 

Isaac  A.'  48 

Isaac  L.*  51 

Ida  .lane*  52 

Ida  1-:."  5S 

Ira  M..  Prof.*  57,  101 

Isabel*  56 

Isaac'  21 

Isaac  A..  Capt.'  33.  54 

Jiidhon*  57.  101 

Judson'"  101 

.lacob'  17.  19 

Jeremiah'  19.  21 

Jacob'  19.  20 

Jacob'  20.  22 

Jeremiah'  22.  23 

Jacob.  K.V.'  23.  25 

James  Mlfllin'  28 

Jesse*  23.  28 

Jeremiah'  29 

Jacob'  28.  3U 

Jer.'miah*  23.  29 

JoK('|.h'  32 

Julian'  32 

John  McCn  w'  2S,  32 

Jacob'  29.  33 

John'  29,  33 

John*  34 

Jacob  Flnley'  30,  35 

John  L.'  36.  59 

Jac«ib*  34.  46 

Jacob  H..  Dr.'  31.  47 


Ong,  James  Alfred'  31,  48 
John  F*  49 
Jacob  \V.'  33.  52 
John  Hugh'  52 
John  L."  33,  53 
Jesse'  33.  55 
Jes^s^'  Carry*  56 
;      Jennie  Aurora'  56 
I      Jf)hn  Chister'  56.  100 
Jeremiah'  34.  57 
Jessie  L.'"  5S 

Jacftb  Patterson,  Dr.*  36.  60 
Joseph  P.  40.  72 
1      John  J."  84 
Jacob  N.'  48,  88 
John  W.*  51.  93 
Janettr'  May""  95 
John  Lewis"  95 
John  Gardiner*  56.  98 
Jesse'"  99 

.losoph  Hll.  Hon.*  56.  99 
John  Xathan'"  U>n 
Josei»h  Willel*"  100 
.Joseph"  100 
Lewis'  30.  40 

Lindlev  H.*  41.  72 

L.-innel  \V."  41.  73 

Lewis  n.'  11.  77 

Lewis  H.*  42.  79 

Lvdia  Ina*  54 

Laura  P.*  53 

Lillie  M."'  .'■>9 

Lillian  Klva""  66 

Lena  F."  74 

Lotils  Waldo"  78 

Leland  H.'°  78 

Lillian'"  79 

Linda"  91 

Lena  M.'"  94 

Lafa  Maria'"  91.  116 

Laura  P.'  94 

l,(.la   H.lle'"  101 

Lena  MarKarel"  115 

Miflliii'  33 

M.iry*  23 

Mary'  28 

Mary'  30 

Moses  Harlan'  30,  37 

Matilda"  30 

M if II In'  31  >.  41 

.Marv  Ann'  31 

Mildred"  31 


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Ong,  Mary"  32 
Mary  Louisa*'  32. 
Mary"  32 
Mary'*  33 
Mary  Ann^  34 
Margaret*  34 
Mary  Ann"  36 
Mifflin'  38,  63 
Mary  E."  39 
Matilda  A.'  42 
Missouri  Irene'  46 
Mary  Jane"  48 
Mary'-'  49 
Maria  L.'  49 
Mary  Eilzabetl.''  50 
Mary  Elizabetli"  52 
Mary  Edna"  54 
Mabel  B.'"  58 
Mathas"  36,  58 
Mavy  W.'"  58 
Mary  Ann"  59 
Mary  Ellen"'  64 
Mary  Maud"^  69 
Mildred  Elizabeth'"  69 
Minnie  P.'"  72 
Mabel  E.'"  72 
Mary  Eugenia'"  78 
Mary  Junia'"  83 
Maggie  N.'"  83 
Mamie'"  84 
Mabel'"  84 
Mariory'"  84 
Mary  L.  E.'"  90 
Milicent  Elizabeth'"  93 
Marv  E.'"  94 
Marshall  L."'  99 
Mary  Virginia'"  100 
Murry  L.'"  100 
Mary  Elizabeth'"  115 
Mercedes'"  117 
Nathan"  31,  44 
Nathan  McGrew,  Dr.'  28,  32 
Nathan  A."  33,  52 
Nathan"  34,  57 
Narcissus"  45 
Nathan  K."  49,  90 
Nathan  Moore'  51,  93 
Nellie  Belle"  54 
Nathan"  54,  100 
Nelson  Dungan"  56,  100 
Nancy  Belle"  56 
Nathan  H.'"  64 


Ong,  Nannie  M."  66,  109 
Nathan'"  84 
Nathan  Sharp'"  95 
Nellie'"  100 
Oliver"  32,  50 
Oliver"  42,  50 
Orman  Fritz  A."  46,  85 
Oliver  C."  49,  89 
Oliver  Wendell'"  78 
Oliver'"  79 
Ora'"  101 

Osboni  B.,  Rev."  39,  70 
Oliver  M."  48,  87 
Ollie  A.'"  90 
Plumnier  N."  41,  74 
Plummer  Lewis"  54,  95 
Phebe*  21 
Rebecca'  28 
Rebecca"  31 
Rezin"  32,  48 
Rebecca"  34 
Robert"  56 

Richard  Marshall"  56,  98 
Roscoe  T.'"  64,  108 
Robert  J.'"  84 
Ralph  W.'"  94 
Ruben  Emil'"  95 
Richard  M.'"  99,  117 
Roy  Edwin"  103 
Richard  M."  103 
Ruth  A."  51 
Ralph'"  70 
Richard  B."  49 
RachaeP  22 
Rachael  Ann'  30 
Simon=  15,  18 
Sarah^  19 
Shepard"  38,  65 
Samantha"  49 
Sarah  H."  56 
Samuel  Reed"  56,  98 
Sarah  Virginia"  56 
Susanna^  22 
Susanna"  33 
Samuel  N."  38,  65 
Sarah  Anna'"  58 
Timothy^  20 
Theodore"  31,  46 
Thomas"  56 
William  P."  41,  76 
William  B."  42 
William  C."  44,  83 


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William  11*  48 

William'  liti 

Wilson*  34.  56 

William  I.'  M',,  61 

William  Irvlii.>'"  62 

Walter  ('..  lion.'  3:t.  6S 

William  Franklin.  Ur."  b'J, 

Walter  Cain"  69 

William  Llndley'"  70 

Waller'"  IX) 

William'"  ^0 

William  T."  Kl,  115 

William  nurton""  9S.  116 

Walter  J.'"  H9 

Wilmor  T."  99 

Wilson"  100 

\\  illiam  P.iirlon"  117 

William  Warner"  117 
Odam.  Missouri  Ong""  85 

llertha'"  86 

Catharine"  80 

Klla"  86 

Kstclla'"  86 

Finley  1).'"  86 

GoorKC"  86 

Liitisford'"  86 

MaiitH'"  86 

Myrtle'"  86 

Sarah  A.'"  86 

Tli'imas"-  86 
PhiiipH.  Mary  Ong*  50 

A  da  line  50 

Ada  May"  92 

Albert  Reese*  51 

Albert  Reese"  51 

Anna  H.lle'  51 

Anna  H<llc'"  51 

IMiih  Tearl'"  92 

Klisha  William'  51 

Kva  Leonu'"  92 

Frank  Klewes'"  92 

lleiii  V  C(M.k"  r.i 

Henry  William'  51 

.hilia  Ann'  51 

Lewis   KillHeV'  50 

Mary  Kllsworth'  51 
Mary  Kllswortli'"  51 
Mand  Wllma'"  92 
Mary  (J.'"  92 
Nathan'  51 
Nathan*  92 


Pliipps,  Oliver  Ross.  Rev.*  51 

().  R..  Rev.'  51 

Stewart  Carriek'  51 
Purvlance.  Mary  Ong*  52 

Frank*  52 

Mar^'aretta'  52 

Marv  ()n;,'"-  m:; 

mi      Orvillc  F."  103 
I  Parks.  Maria  U.'"  114 
j      .lolin  William"  111 
I       Pa,:!ine  .M."  114 
I{"Miiion  12n 
Rid.i;loy.  .lassie  V.-'  82 
I      I^onard  C..'"  82 
Rogers.  Mda  Ong"  96 

Albert   Isaac'"  96,  HG 

i:ila"  iir, 

FrLd  M.^'  90 

George  r.lalne'"  96 

Harry  Bradford'"  96 

Ira'"  90 

.lohn  i:iias'"  90 

.lames  Curtis'"  90 

May  Leona'"  96 

Pliimmer'"  96 

Willi.im  Lewis"  110 
Smith.  Kmma  niu;'  09 
Simpson,  Annie  Ong'  75 

lOfi.uar  S."  75 

Minnie  10."  75 

.Mabr-r-  75 

•Mand  C,.'"  75 

Lewis  n."  75 

William  R."  75 
Sliepard.  Hannah  Ong' SO 

Collin  K."'  80 

L-  (•  L."  SO 

Milford  Karl'"  SO 

Orman  H."  86 

Olive  A."  SO 
Shane.  Kva  H."  114 

Charles  William"  114 

noiiald"  11  1 

Kdward"  114 

James  Wendell  '  114 

Mary  l^)\visa"  114 
Tliom.is.  Rebecca  Ong*  47 

.\daline'  17 

Alfred'  47 
TomltnBon.  .Marv  Ong*  88 

Carlos  M.'"  89' 

I'Jlbrldge  IV  89 


Ong  Family  History. 


171 


Tomlinson,  James  B.'"  89 

Thomas  K.'"  S9 
Tweedy,  Hannah  Ong"  93 

Elizabeth'"  93 

George  W.'"  93 

William  A.'"  93 
Van  Buren,  Mary  Ong"  117 

Kittie  Elizabeth"  117 


Vermillion,  Emily  Ong" 

Lena  May'"  60 
ander,  Mary  Maud'"  112 
Young,  Eliza  Ong^  47 

Laura  V.''  48 

Plumer  P.'  48,  87 

William  B."  48 


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