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THE KINNEARS
THEIR KIN
u4 MEMORIAL FOLUME
HISTORY,
>HY AND GENEALOGY
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M>nuM»lp« of Rev. David iCiiuraw (IMO).
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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 19K. by
EMMA SIO<SNS WHITB,
In the office of the Librarian of ConsreM, at Waahinston.
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Av Dear 6catiMnotbet,
MARGARET KINNEAR SIGGINS,
THIS VOLUME IS
Attectionatel)? De^icate^•
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EXPLANATIONS.
The figure which precedes any name wherever found in
this book, refers to the individual of that number; when
this number is followed by a *, further information will
be found of him and his descendants.
The Roman numerals refer to the number in any one
family.
The figure following the name is the generation number.
By this arrangement the relationships and direct lines
of descent can be easily traced.
As an illustration:
5.* iii. Andrew Kinnear*.
We next find him on page 7. Viz. :
(5) Andrew Kinnear*, William*, James*. With the date
of his birth, marriage and death, and the names &c., of hia
children.
Abbreviations:
b. bom; m. married; d. died; dau. daughter; unm. unmar-
ried; s. son.
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ILLUSTRATIONS
Pace
Emma Siggins White Frontispiece^
Kinnear Family Crest xiii^
Kinnear Coat of Arms 1.^
Emma Siggins White, 1861 11-
Samuel Kinnear 14 •
Mary Delamar Kinnear, Monett Memorial 42 f
George Kinnear , 48 •
Wilson Sherman Kinnear 61"
Union Station, Kansas City, Mo 64"
M. E. Church, Youngsville, Pa 71-
View of Youngsville, Pa 75^
Old Church, Youngsville, Pa 81-
Josiah Kinnear 99 ^
Maria E. Kinnear 101-
S. A. Kinnear of Columbus, Ohio 107*
James Kinnear 123 •
James W. Kinnear 138*
Margaret Northe (Northie) Coat of Arms 142'
Carter V. Kinnear 153^
Margaret Kinnear Siggins 155*
Henry Kinnear Siggins 158*
Katharine Lockhart Siggins 159^
Lavem Siggins 160*
Margaret Hunter Siggins 160 •
Benjamin Baird Siggins 167 •
Elizabeth Walker Siggins 167 •
Laura Siggins Messerly and grandson, Bertram J.
Messerly 171 *•
md son, Raymond Baird White 176 »
179 *
JThite Memorial Building 180^
erly, 1883 185*
187^
191^
193^
Qear Siggins 196 *
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VI ILLUSTRATIONS
Henry Kinnear, Sr., and his Wife 202 -
Henry P. Kinnear 206 ^
Florence Whitney 210 *
Margaret Jane Kinnear 219 ^
Caroline Margaret Belnap 219*
Francis D. Kinnear 223 "
Lillian Kinnear McDowell 22&^
Geo. C. Siggins 235^
Wallace D. and Mary A. Kinnear 242^
Methodist Parsonage, Youngsville, Pa 242'
Homestead of Alexander Siggins 250^
Benjamin B. Siggins and Grand Children 255^
Jerry Lloyd Siggins 260^
Margaret Kinnear Siggins 267^
Simpson Coat of Arms 300*
Early Home of General Grant's Mother 313 *
General Grant's Birthplace and the Grant Homestead 314*
General Grant and Parents 330^
Bishop Matthew Simpson 334 »
Bentley Hall, Allegheny College 336*
Methodist Church, Cadiz, Ohio 336*
Bishop Simpson's Home, Philadelphia 336-
Original College Building, Greencastle 336-
Old School House first used by Asbury University 336-
First .M. E. Church, Cadiz, Ohio 342^
Garfield Memorial Meeting, London, Eng 342^
Sarah Tingley Simpson 346-
Jeff erson Davis 354 ^
Marcus D. L. Simpson 369-
William Simpson 369-
Jerome Simpson 369 ^
Lieutenant Nathaniel Mead 403-
S. N. Simpson 421*
Simpson Coat of Arms 438^
Col. Richard Duke Simpson 441 ^
John Harris 457"^
Henrietta Simpson Harris 457v
Harris House Hotel 489 •
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AUTHORITIES REFERRED TO IN THIS VOLUME.
Historical Ck>llections of the State of Pennsylvania, by
Sherman Day, pub. 1843.
History of Lancaster C!ounty, in the State of Pennsyl-
vania, by J. I. Mombert, D. D., pub. 1869.
Ancient Windsor, Connecticut, 1635-1891, by Henry R.
Stiles, A. M., M. D., pub. 1892.
Virginia Cousins, a Genealogy of the Goode Family, by
G. Brown Goode.
The Cabells and Their Kin,, by Alexander Brown, D. C. L.
Records of the Revolutionary War, by W. T. R. Saffell.
Genealogical History of the ChappeU, Dickie, and Other
Kindred Families of Virginia, by Phil E. ChappeU.
St. Louis City and County, by J. Thomas Scharf .
Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, edited by Wm. H.
Egle, M. D.
New England Historical & Genealogical Register.
Marshall's Ancestry of General Grant.
W. H. Whitsett's Genealogy of Jefferson Davis.
Lineage Books of the Daughters of the American Revo-
lution.
List of OflScers of the Army, by Col. Wm. H. Powell.
Pennsylvania Magazines.
The TVue Ulysses Grant, by Gen. Charles King.
Howe's History of Ohio, by Henry Howe, L. L. D.
Ulysses Grant, His Life and Character, by Hamlin Gar-
land.
Men of Our Times, by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Life of Bishop Matthew Simpson, by George R. Crooks,
D. D.
Ohio Valley Genealogies, by Hannan.
Century Dictionary.
Burke's Peerage.
Burke's Landed Gentry.
Colonial Families of the United States of America, by
George Norbury Mackenzie.
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Headley's History of Grant.
Connant Church's Life of Grant.
Journal of American History.
Memoir of Jefferson Davis, by his wife.
Dodd's Statesmen of the Old South.
Rees Cyclopedia.
Bond's Genealogy and History of Watertown, Mass.
History of Warren County, Pennsylvania.
Biographical Dictionary of Missouri.
Carlyle Cromwell's Letters and Speeches.
Hazard's Annals of Pennsylvania.
Humphreys', The Family in America, by Dr. Frederick
Humphreys, M. D.
John Walker, of Wigton, Scotland, and his Descendants,
by E. S. White.
History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, by W. W. H.
Davis.
National Cyclopedia of Biography.
History of Nottingham, Deerfield and Northwood, N. H.
History of Kansas City, Mo.
Old Northwest Genealogical Magazine.
Magazine of Western History.
Personal Memoir of U. S. Grant.
Life of U. S. Grant, by Charles A. Adams.
American Crisis Biographies.
The National Magazine, 1912.
Pennsylvania Notes and Queries, 3rd Series.
Manuscript, Records of the Kinnear and Allied Families,
by Rev. David Kinnear, (1840).
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In sending out this book, I feel that many apologies are
due the prospective readers for the incompleteness of the
record and for any errors in names and dates that may be
found, it being impossible to make a complete and connect-
ed history from the material available.
I have bound together as best I could, the semblance of
a genealogical record trusting that some enterprising scion
of the family will fill ourt and complete what I consider as
only the ground work of a History of the Kinnear, Simpson
and other families here recorded.
In order to understand the conditions surrounding the
early progenitors of the family, and appreciate the motives
which prompted their removal from the land of their fa^
thers, a short review of the events leading up to the time
of their emigration, seems necessary as an introduction to
the work.
This sketch follows in the preface. Brief mention is
made in these pages of several persons whose relation to
the Kinnears is not known, but the fact of their coming
from the same locality and having similar given names leads
us to believe they were related and should be included in
this work.
In concluding I wish to express my thanks and apprecia-
tion to all who have assisted in the collection and prepara^
tion of these annals.
The names of those who have been especially helpful are
herewith appended.
John Barber White, of Kansas City, Mo.
Miss Maria E. Einnear, of Columbus, Ohio.
Mrs. Florence Kinnear Whitney, of Youngsville, Pa.
Mr. James Wesley Kinnear, of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mr. John Breckenridge Kinnear, of Washington, D. C.
Mr. John Kinnier, of Lynchburg, Virginia.
Mrs. Florence Kinnear Hoover, of Columbus, Ohio.
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Miss Myra L. White, compUer of the White Genealogy.
Miss Elizabeth Wilsop.
Dr. Claudius B. Spencer, Editor Central Christian Advo-
cate, Kansas City, Mo.
Mrs. E. Harriet Howe, of Kansas City, Missouri.
Mrs. A. N. Maltby, Genealogist, compiler of the Keith
Genealogy, Librarian, Kansas City Chapter D. A. R., mem-
ber of Daughters of 1812.
Emma S. WnrrE.
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PREFACE. XI
A SHORT HISTORY OF THE SCOTCH-IRISH PREVIOUS
TO THEIR EMIGRATION TO AMERICA.
''At the end of the fourth Century, Ireland was still a
pagan land ruled by ruthless chiefs whose people had
reached a point where a strong human influence was need'^
ed. Without this influence the very perfection of the time
would have been a danger like the ripeness which comes
before decay. The renovating power came in the lesson of
loving kindness and tender mercy that had been taught by
the shores of Galilee. The messenger was Succat, son of
Calpum, sumamed the Patrician, or Patricius, a title given
to Roman Citizens of noble birth. This messenger is known
to us as Saint Patrick. In all probability his birth place was
Scotland, near the Clyde, in the north of the Roman prov-
ince of Britain. The territory north of the Clyde was held
in part by the Caledonian Picts, and part by Scoti, colon-
ists from Ireland who brought with them their civilization
and language. In one of the feuds among the rival tribes,
a raid was made into the territory of the Roman provinces
south of the Clyde, and the boy Succat was taken prisoner
and carried away captive into Ireland, where after a time
he proceeded to baptize and to bless Irish men and women,
sons and daughters, except a few who would not receive
faith or baptism.
Saint Patrick was bom in North Britain of noble parent-
age; while a boy he was brought a captive to Ireland, where
he remained as a herdsman for six years. When he re-
turned to his native land he learned in a vision that he was
iland. He began his missionary
Etnd built churches and established
of Ireland. A learned writer has
was the father. Saint Bridget was
jaints of Erin — ^both monks and
m 453 ; she was the daughter of a
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Xll PREFACE.
famous Leinster chief. Her whole life was surrounded
with stories of marvels. When asked to choose one of iflie
virtues declared in the Beatitudes she chose "Blessed are
the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy." Far more im-
portant than any single side of her work was the way in
which the whole life of this woman of genius and inspira^
tion raised the ideal of womanhood in Ireland. Her in^
fluence in this respect lasts to this day, for in no other
country is the ideal of womanly purity held so high — she
died in 525.
The third patron saint of Ireland, Saint Columba, was
bom at Gartan in Donegal about 621. His father was one
of the Chiefs of Irish Dalradia, while his mother belonged
to the royal family of Leinster. Columba was, in fact, a
great great grandson of Niall of the Nine Hostages. The
cause of his exile was as follows: A dispute arose over a
copy of the Book of Psalms which Columba made from a
manuscript belonging to Saint Finnian, his teacher at Clon-
ard and Molville. Finnian claimed the copy. Columba
refused to give it up. The dispute was referred to Diar-
maid. The king followed the principles laid down in Bre-
hon Laws: "To every cow belongs its calf," decided that to
every book belongs its copy, the earliest decision on copy-
right recorded in our history. He therefore awarded the
copy to Finnian. Columba refused to accept the decision
and appealed for aid to his tribe. A fierce dispute arose
culminating in a great battle at Cooldrevin, near Drumcliff
a few miles north of Sligo. This battle was fought in 561,
and the partisans of Columba were completely victorious."
Name of Author Unknown.
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PREFACE. Xlll
SCOTCH-IRISH.
''Durin^f the Irish rebellions in the reign of Elizabeth,
the Province of Ulster, embracing the northern counties
of Ireland, was greatly depopulated, and it became a favor-
ite project with her successor, James I, to r^)eople those
counties with a protestant population, the better to pre-
serve order, and introduce a higher state of cultivaticm in
that portion of his dominions. To promote this object,
liberal offers of land were made, and other inducements
held out in England and Scotland, for persons to occupy
this wide and vacant territory. The project was eagerly
embraced; companies and colonies were formed, and the
individuals without organization were tempted to partake
of the advantageous oflfers of the government. A Lcmdon
company, among the first to enter upon this new acquisi-
tion, established itself at Derry, and gave such a character
to the place as to cause it to be afterwards and forever
known as the renowned city of Londonderry.
The first emigration from Scotland was chiefly from the
Highlands where agricultural resources were scanty and
often wholly cut off, and where the fruits of hibor were
gathered from a sterner soil. Sir Hugh Montgomery, the
sixth Laird of Braidstone, a friend and follower of King
James, was among the earliest to obtain possession of for-
feited land in the county of Down, and laid his rough hand
upon many a broad acre. The coast of Scotland is within
twenty miles of the county of Antrim in Ireland, and across
this f^th or strait flowed from the northeast a population
distinguished for thrift, industry and endurance, which has
given a peculiar and elevated character to that portion of
the emerald isle. It is said that clan McDonald contributed
largely to this emigration, and was among the first of the
Scottish nation to plant upon its shores^. They were scat-
tered chiefly in the counties <rf Down, Bangor, Derry and
Bdfast, and the principal cities of those counties.
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XIV PREFACE.
This was the first protestant population that was intro-
duced into Ireland, the Presbyterians of Scotland furnish-
ing the largest element; and they have maintained their
ascendency to the present day» against the persevering ef-
forts pf the Episcopalians on the one hand, and of the
Romanists, bigoted and nimierous, by whom they were
surrounded on the other. The first Presbyterian church
established in Ireland was in Ballycarry, in the county of
Antrim, in 1613.
Although the rebellions of 1716 and 1746, against the
House of Hanover, made large additions to the Scotch
population in the north of Ireland, yet by far the largest
accession to this colonization were occasioned by religious
persecutions in the time of the latter Stuarts. That fated
race, blind to the dictates of justice and humanity, devoted
with sullen bigotry to their peculiar notions in religion and
politics, pursued a system of measures best calculated to
wean from their support subjects the most devoted to their
cause. The Scottish race was bound to the Stuarts by a
national prejudice and sincere affection. But they were
imbued with a religious enthusiasm, inspired by Knox, their
great apostle, which ruled their consciences, and rendered
the sanctions of a higher law superior to their patriotism,
or their attachment to their native sovereigns. Rather
they believed that true patriotism consisted in maintain-
ing the religion transmitted by their fathers.
When, therefore, the Charleses and James H endeavored
to introduce prelacy among them, and to force it upon their
consciences by arbitrary laws and the iron hoofs of the
dragons of Clavertiouse, very many of these hardy, per-
sistent and enduring Presbyterians having suffered to the
bitter end of cruelty and oi^ression, aband<med the land of
their birth, the home of their fondest affections, and
sought an asylum among their countrymen in the secure
retreats of Ulster or fled across the ocean. They carried
their household goods with them; and their religious pe-
culiarities became more dear in the land of exile, for the
dangers and sorrows through which ^ey had borne th^n.
Presbyterianism was transported from Geneva to Scotland
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by John Knox, who composed his first Book of IMscipline,
containing the «rubstance of his intended policy, in 1561.
In 1566 a general assembly approved the Discipline; and
all church affairs after that time were managed by the
Presbyteries and General Assemblies. They did not at firat
formally deprive the bishops, who had ecclesiastical juris-
diction, of their power, but they went on gradually and,
steadily doing it as they acquired confidence and strength.
In 1574 they voted bishops to be only pastors of one par-
ish; in 1577 they decreed that bishops should be called by
their own names without title; and next year they declared
the name of bishop to be a nuisance. In 1580 they pro-
nounced with one voice in the General Assembly that dio-
cesan episcopacy was unscriptural and unlawful. The same
year King James and his family, with the whole Scotch nia^
tion, subscribed a confession of faith, embracing the "sol-
emn league and covenant,'' obliging them to maintain the
protestant doctrine and Presbyterian government. Thus,
in the space of twenty years grew up this formal, extensive
and powerful institution, twining itself over the Scottish
mind with stem and inflexible bands, which death only
could sulider; and for which home, country, life — all things
beside— were freely given up. James had hardly become
secure and easy on his English throne when he began his
attack upon the religious system of his early life, and of
his native country, and his successors followed it up with
a pertinacity worthy of a better cause. The attempts to
establish the church of England over Scotland, and destroy
the religious system so universally established and so dear-
ly cherished by that devoted people, was pursued by Charles
and James the 2d, by persecutions as mean, as cruel, and
as savage as any that have disgraced the annals of re-
ligious bigotry and crime. And they did not cease until
they had greatly depopulated Scotland, and were stripped
of their power by the happy revolution under William and
Miury, which restored repose to a distracted and long suf-
fering people. Scotland, a country no larger than Maine,
with a population at the close of the seventeenth century
of a million, and in 1800 not so much as the present pop-
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XVI PREFACE.
Illation of Massachusetts and Maine; with agricultural and
other resources by no means equal to ours — of which a
writer in a recent number of the Eklinburg Review, on the
Highlands, says : "At the end of the 17th century the chief
social feature of the Highlands was famine and another
was emigration." Yet this country has contributed large-
ly» by emigration, to furnish numerous and prominent set-
tlers for many other lands; to the nation with which ^he
is connected, profound statesmen, brilliant writers, and
men the most renowned in every department of scientifie
and philosophical research.
This is the race, composed of various tribes flowing from
different parts of Scotland, which furnished the materials
of the SCOTCH-IRISH immigration to this country. By
their industry, frugality and skill they had made the de-
serted region into which they had moved a comparatively
rich and flourishing country. They had improved agricul-
ture and introduced manufactures, and by the excellence
and high reputation of their productions had attracted
trade and commerce to their markets, so as to excite the
jealousy of government in the reigns of Anne and the first
George, notwithstanding that by their efforts and example
the prosperity of the whole island had been promoted. TTie
patronizing government began to recognize th^n in the
shape of taxes and emibarras^ing regulations upon their in-
dustry and trade. The same jealousy controlled that gov-
ernment afterwards, in regard to the American Colonies,
by which the commerce and enterprise of their subjects on
this side of the ocean were, in like manner, hampered and
restricted, so that they were hardly permitted to manufac-
ture articles of the most common necessity, but were driven
to import them from the mother country as glass, nails,
hats, cloth, etc.
These restrictions occasioned great distress, not only in
the north of Ireland but throughout the whole island. To
this, Duglass (p. 368) says, ''was added an extravagant ad-
vance in rents by landlords, whose long leases were now
expired." The energetic and self-willed population of the
north of Irelend, animated by the same spirit which sub-
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sequently moved the American mind, determined no longer
to endure these oppressive measures ; and they sought by
another change to find a freer verge for the exercise of
their industry and skill, and for the enjoyment of their re-
ligion. One of their spiritual leaders, the Rev. Mr. Mc*
Gregor, in a sermon which he preached on the eve of de-
parture from Ireland, assigns the following reasons for
their removal to America: First. To avoid oppressive and
cruel bondage. Second. To shun persecution. Third. To
withdraw from the communion of idolaters. Fourth. To
have an opportunity of worshiping God according to the
dictates of conscience and His inspired word. He looked
at it chiefly from a religious point of view; others from a
material and conmiercial standpoint. It was undoubtedly
suggested and promoted by a variety of motives gradually
operating upon the mass of the population which brought
them to the determination, solemn and painful, to sunder
the ties which had bound them firmly to their adopted
country, and impelled them to seek new and doubtful homes
in a wild, unexplored and far-distant land. The first im-
migration of these people to this country was to the middle!
and isouthem Colonies. As early as 1684 a settlement was
formed in New Jersey, and in 1690 small groups were found
in the Carolinas, Maryland and Pennsylvania. But it was
not until the reigns of Anne and George I that large num-
bers, driven by oppressive measures of government and
disastrous seasons, were induced to seek, even in the wil-
derness, a better home than their old settled region could
give them. Gordon says: "Scarcity of com, generally
prevalent from discouragement of industry, amounted in
1728 and the following year almost to a famine, especially
ions to America, which have since in-
i 3000 people annually from Ulster
; afterwards Archbishop of Armagh,
msly in 1728 to divert the horrors of
Tote to the English ministry March 7,
e seven ships then lying at Belfast that
000 passengers; most of them can
nor work at home." He also says:
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XVIU PREFACE.
"3100 men, women and children went from Ireland to
America in 1727, and 4200 in three years, all protestants/'
The principal seats of these emigrations were Pennsyl-
vania and the middle states/' The above is taken from an
article in the New England Hist, and Gen. Register for
July, 1858, by the Hon. William Willis of Portland, Me.
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KIMNEAR.
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THE BARON KINNEAR (Alexander Smith Kinnear),
of Spumess, Orkney, in the United Kingdom, one of the
Senators of the College of Justice, Hon. L.L.D. (Edinburg),
Advocate Scotch bar 1856, Dean of the Faculty of advo-
cates 1881-2, Q. C. 1881, a LfOrd of Session (Scotland) frorn^
2 Jan., 1882, b. 3 Nov., 1833; created a peer 5 Feb., 1897.
Lineage — ^Thomas Kinnear, a cadet of a family long set-
tled in Fife, became a banker in Edinburgh, and was father
of George Kinnear, merchant in Edinburg, eldest son, who
m. Feame, dau. of John Gardiner, M. D., president of Roy
C!oll. of Physicians, Edinburg, and was father of John
Gardiner Kinnear, of Glasgow, second son; m. Mary, dau.
of Alexander Smith, of Edinburg, banker, and had, with
otber issue, an eldest surviving son,
Alexander Smith, 1st, baron.
Creation— 5 Feb., 1897.
Arms — Sa. on a bend or. three marlets, vert, within a
bordure engrailed of the second.
Crest — ^An anchor ppr. cabled or.
Supporters — On either side a sea gull standing on a fas-
ces all ppr.
Motto — Spem fortuna alit.
Residence — 2, Moray Place, Edinburg. Clubs — Athe-
naeum; Brooks', S. W.; New, and University (Edinburg).
Burke's Peerage and Baronetage (1911), page 1075.
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THE KINNEAR FAMILY
GENEALOGY
The Kinnear Family and their Kin.
KINNEAB.
''The ancestors of the Kmnear's, in Ohio, Pennsylvania
and other parts of the United States, it seems, emigrated
from Scotland to Ireland.
This it is said, took place about the time the latter was
conquered by King Tlf^Uiam III, subsequent to the revolu-
tion of 1688, in England
The victory gained by the army of William in, over the
army of James, on the Bo3me, July 1, 1690, and by his Gen-
eral Ginkel, at Aghram, July 13, 1691, assisted by the
clemency with which he treated the vanquished party,
made him master of Ireland, and restored the Protestant
ascendency.
It will throw light on some of what follows to notice
here, that Ireland has been divided into four great Prov-
inces, viz.: Ulster, Leinster, Connaught and Munster,
which are again divided into thirty-two counties contain-
ing two thousand four hundred parishes.
Ulster, which occupies the northern part of the Kingdom,
contains nine counties, viz.: — Antrim, Cavan, Donegal,
Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry, Monaghan and Tjrrone.
Leinster, situated to the east contains twelve counties,
viz.: — Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, King^s, Long-
ford, Louth, Meath, Queen's, Westmeath, Mexford and
Wicklen.
C!onnaught, towards the west contains five counties, viz. :
Calway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo.
Munster, which occupies the south part of the King-
dom, containing six counties, viz.: — Clare, Cork, Kerry,
Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford.
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The Kinnear's, aecordinsr to tradition, received donations
of landa from the Crown of Eln^land, over and above their
wages, for their bravery and fidelity in military achieve-
ments.
We are informed that Dr. Alexander Wishan, who at-
tended lectures in Edinburs:, Scotland, and took the degree
of physics and surgery, and afterward came to America,
was well acquainted with some of the Kinnear's, in Scot-
land, and that the Scotch dialect had not the sound of ''e,''
and that the orthography was probably "Kinnar/' Why
or how the name was changed in Ireland he could not tell.
About the year 1682, James Kinnear, his wife and family
emigrated from Scotland, and settled in Londonderry, Ire-
land, at the time of the Revolution, 1688, he and his wife
escaped from the city, but not at the same time nor place,
and did not meet or hear of each other for seven years,
then they happened to meet and were overwhelmed with
joy and ever after lived together."
In the first pages of this book will be found the early
history of the Kinnear Family in Scotland and Ireland.
Rev. David Kinnear (No. 135), in his history of the Kin-
near Family in Pennsylvania and Ohio, traced their ances-
try to one James Kinnear, who emigrated from Scotland
to Londonderry, Ireland; he is said to have had but one
child, William Kinnear (No. 2), who had by his first mar-
riage, one son, James Kinnear (No. 3), who married Nancy
Atchison and came to America; as none of his children
lived to maturity his line became extinct.
Next is given William Kinnear (No. 4), who married
Eleanor CJamey, and their descendants (Nos. 9 to lOj).
Next Andrew Kinnear (No. 5), who married Mary
Dehnar, and their descendants, numbered 11 to 243.
Next Alexander Kinnear (No. 6), who married Jane Gan-
ley, and their descendants, numbered 250 to 382.
Next Margaret Kinnear (No. 7), who married Thomas
Kinnear^ and their descendants, numbered 383 to 629, in-
cluding their Siggins descendants.
Next Robert Kinnear (No. 8), who married Nancy Kin-
near, and tiieir descendants, numbered 630 to 671.
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' Next an account of Robert Kinnear (No. 9), who married
Elizabeth Verow, and were the parents of Henry Kinnear,
Sr., who married Margaret Kinnear (No. 387).
Next accounts of other Kinnear and Kinnier Families,
who came to America from Ireland, Scotland and France,
the ones from Ireland were no doubt related to each other,
but we are unable to trace the exact relationship.
The counties in Ireland from which they all came adjoin*
each other; Londonderry, being the most northern, the
others being to the south and southwest, in the order
named: Ts^one, Armagh, Monaghan, Cavan, Lieitrim and
Sligo.
KINNEAR.
In the year 1165, King William granted to one William*
De Kyner, a tract of land in St. Andrews Parish, Ck)unty
of Fife, Scotland, known as Kyner, or "Kyner Place," the
first transfer of ttiis land was to Symon De Kyner, in 1213 ;
and the next to his son of the same name; in 1234; it was
next transferred to John Kenner, in 1286, and next to his
son of the same name, he held it until 1390.
One David Kenneir, was the owner in 1534, he appears to
have been a man of considerable prominence in Scotland,
and was elected to Parliament in 1560; he died June 21,
1584, aged 63 years.
The next in line comes John Kenneir, and then David
who died in 1632, then John again becomes heir to the es-
tate, and his son David was next; he was living and reg«
istered arms in 1672; his motto was: "I live in hope."
His son David succeeded him, and after his death, the date
of which is not given, his son, James Kennear, (this ap-
pears to be the first time the name was spelled as it is now,
Kinnear) succeeded to the estate.
About the year 1680, the family had trouble with the
Catholic (Thurch, and James Kinnear, was exconmiunicated,
in 1682, he removed with his family to Londonderry, Ire-
land, where he died in 1700; his son James was the father^
of two sons, James and Charles Kinnear; Charles married
in 1772, and had a son Charles who married in 1792, of
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this branch of the family we have no further record.
The other son James Kinnear, married and had a son
William who was his only heir, and from him are descended
the Kinnears of this history.
William Kinnear* was married twice, by his first wife,
whose name is imknown, he had one son:
James Kinnear^, who married in Ireland, Nancy Atchi-
son, and came to America before the Revolutionary War.
William Kinnear*, married second, Jane Simpson, they
lived near Carrick, on the Shannon River, in Gonnausrht
Parish, Leitrim County, Ireland, the eldest son William
Kinnear*, married Eleanor Carney, they both died in Ire-
land, they had two children Ann and William, who emi-
grated in 1791, with their uncle Alexander Kinnear and his
family to America.
From 1791 to 1796 all of the children of William and
Jane (Simpson) Kinnear, with their families emigrated to
America, and settled first, in Pennsylvania, from there they
and their descendants have scattered to all parts of the
United States.
Jane (Simpson) Kinnear, had three brothers; James, Wil-
liam and Alexander. This William Simpson, is probably
the William Simpson, who settled in Bucks County, Pa.,
both he and his son William Simpson, Jr., were in the Revo-
lutionary War.
i. William Kinnear, m. Jane Simpson, their daughter.
ii. Margaret Kinnear, m. Thomas Kinnear, their daugh-
ter.
iii. Margaret Kinnear, m. Henry Kinnear, their daugh-
ter.
iv. Margaret Kinnear, m. Alexander Siggins, their son.
V. Benjamin Baird Siggins, m. Elizabeth Erma Walker,
their daughter.
vi. Emma Siggins, m. John Barber White.
Henry Kinnear was son of Robert and Elizabeth (Verow)
Kinnear.
It is evident that Emma Siggins (Mrs. J. B. White) who
has for many years been securing records for this History
and Grenealogy of the Kinnear family in America, is a de-
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scendant of the Kinnears through three lines; First, that
of William Kinnear of Ireland and Jane Simpson his wifee.
Second that of Thomas Kinnear, who married Margaret
Kinnear the daughter of William and Jane (Simpson) Kin-
near. Third, Robert and Elizabeth (Verow) Kinnear.
Just how and where these lines unite, if they do, we arei
unable to determine.
1. JAMES Kinnear^ of Leitrim County, Ireland, had
one son, his only heir:
2. WILLIAM Kinnear*, James^ ; b. in Leitrim County,
Ireland; d. in Leitrim County, Ireland; m. 1st
in Leitrim County, Ireland; m. 2nd in Leitrim
County, Ireland.
Jane Simpson; d. in Leitrim County, Ireland.
Children by first wife:
3. i. JAMES Kinnear*; m.
Nancy Acthison. They came to America long be-
fore the Revolutionary War; both died in Centre
County, Pennsylvania ; they had no children.
Children by second wife:
4.* ii. WILLIAM Kinnear*; b. in Leitrim County,
Ireland; d. in Leitrim County, Ireland; m. in
Leitrim County, Ireland.
Eleanor Carney; d. in Leitrim County, Ireland.
They had two children.
5.* iii. ANDREW Kinnear*; b, 1752, in Leitrim
County, Ireland; d« Mar. 16, 1824, in Pickawiay
County, Ohio; m. May 1, 1777, in Leitrim Coun-
ty, Ireland.
Mary Delmar( or DeLamar) ; b. 1755, in Leitrim
County, Ireland; d. Dec 16, 1835, in Pickaway
County, Ohio. They had eleven children.
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6.» iv. ALEXANDER Kinnear»; b. 1757, in Leitrim
County, Ireland; d. 1821, in Franklin, Venango
CJounty, Pa.; m. in Leitrim County, Ireland.
Jane Ganley; dau. of Michael and Jane (Runnels)
Ganley ; b. 1758, in Roscommon County, Ireland ;
d. July 14, 1843, in Kellersville, Ohio. They had
nine children ; four died in Ireland.
7.* V. MARGARET Kinnear«; b. 1760, in Leitrim
County, Ireland; d. 1821, in Franklin, Venango
County, Pa. ; m. in Leitrim County,. Ireland.
Thomas Kinnear. They had seven children; two
died in Berks Co., Pa.
8.* vi. ROBERT Kinnear^, William^ James^ b.
March 16, 1763, in Leitrim County, Ireland;
d. Sept. 22, 1840, in Venango County, Pa.; m. in
Leitrim County, Ireland.
(673) Nancy Kinnear, dau. of Robert and Elizabeth Kin-
near; d. 1839, in Venango County, Pa. They had six;
children.
All of the children of William and Jane (Simpson) Kin-
near, except William', who married Eleanor Carney, both
of whom died in Ireland, emigrated between 1791 and 1796
to America, and settled in Pennsylvania, the two children
of William and Eleanor (Carney) Kinnear coming with
their Uncle Alexander Kinnear.
(2) William Kinnear*, JamesM bom in Leitrim County,
Ireland; he was married twice; the name of his first wife
18 unknown, but they had one son ;
James Kinnear^. This son became in his youth a zealous
and faiUiful member of the Wesleyan Metiiodist Church,
in consequence of which he suffered much persecution;
even his father was sorry to see him pursue this course
and expostulated with him from time to time, but all in
vain, and finally told him to leave the Methodist Church
or his house.
In order to redeem time to go to meeting he worked by
moonlight on the farm; on leaving his father's house he
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went to the north of Ireland, and was married there to
Nancy Atchison, soon afterward, to escape persecution;
they came to America and settled in Philadelphia before
the Revolutionary War.
He became a merchant and did well financially; he was
in business about forty years; they had several children
but only a son, William Kinnear^, lived to a mature age;
this son was very proficient at school; his penmanship was
scarcely inferior to copper plate; the officers of the Bank
of North America, in Philadelphia, were so much pleased
with him that they persuaded his father to take him from
school and they employed his as a clerk in the bank where
he continued for eight or ten years ; this sedentary avoca-
tion brought on consumption, of which he died in Phila-
delphia; after his death Mr. and Mrs. Kinnear moved to
Centre County, Pa. ; they had long been faithful members of
the Methodist Church ; he died in peace at his home in Cen-*
tre Coimty, and about fifteen years later his widow depart-
ed this life in peace (at the home of Thomas McClelland),
following him no doubt, to Heaven. Thus this branch of
the family became extinct. "The Lord gave and he hath
taken away."
He had no correspondence with his relatives in Ireland
until after the Revolutionary War; he then wrote to them
and presented motives for them to come to America, and
many of them as we will see did come.
From manuscript of Rev. David Kinnear.
The father of this James Kinnear married second Jane
Simpson; they lived and died in Leitrim County, Ireland,
but all of their children except William Kinnear, Jr.", came
to America and from them are descended the larger part
of the Kinnears of this genealogy.
(4) William Kinnear*, WilliamS James^ ; b. in Leitrim
County, Ireland; d. in Leitrim County, Ireland; m. in Lei-
trim County, Ireland.
Eleanor Carney; d. before 1791 in Leitrim County, Ire-
land. Their children were:
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. 9*. i. ANN Kinnear^; b. in Leitrim County, Ireland.
10. ii. Rev. WILLIAM Kinnear*; b. in Leitrim County,
Ireland.
(135) Rev. David Kiimear, in his history of the Kinnear
Family, says: "Ann, their daughter, was bom in Leitrim
County, Ireland; she came to America with her Uncle
Alexander Kinnear and others in the year 1791. She was
married to Mr. Thomas McClelland in Philadelphia soon
afterwards. They moved to Centre County, Pa., remained
there and were wealthy. They had long been faithful and
useful members of the Methodist Church. William, the son
of William and Eleanor Kinnear, was bom in Leitrim Coun-
ty, Ireland; his father died seven months and two weeks
b^ore he was bom; he was a local preacher in the Metho-
dist Church, and departed this life, no doubt in peace, in
the year 1835."
(9) Ann Kinnear*, William^, Williams James^ ; b. in Lei-
trim County, Ireland; d. in Centre County, Ireland; m. 1791
in Philadelphia, Pa.
Thomas McClelland; b. in Scotland; d. in Centre County,
Pa.
Their children were :
10a.* i. MARIA McClelland'; b. 1820 in Centre
County, Pa.
10b.* ii. LUCY McClelland'; b. June 27, 1823, in
Centre Co., Pa. ; m. September 29, 1845, in Ross
County, Ohio.
Richard Kiimear No. 74).
(10a) Maria McClellandS* b. 1820, in Centre County, Pa.;
d. 1890, in Newton, Kansas; m. January 11, 1838, in Circle-
ville, Ohio.
John Doane; b. April 25, 1810, in Pennsylvania; d. Sq>-
tember 6, 1886, in St. Louis, Mo. Their children were:
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lOe. i. AMELIA Catiierine Doan6% of Newton, Kan-
sas; b. January 2, 1843, in Circleville, Ohio;
m. April 18, 1867, in Circleville, Ohio.
Samuel Ri Peters, Member of Congress from Kan-
sas, 18—, 18—. They have one son:
Fletcher Bright Peters^; b ; m.
lOd. ii. Judge FLETCHER M. Doane«, of Phoenix,
Ariz.; b. July 21, 1846, in Circleville, Ohio; m.
Dec 26, 1873, in Bowling Green, Mo.
Anna Murray. Their children are: John Doane%
Frank Wilson Doane% Leslie Doane% Fletcher
M. Doane^
lOe. iii. Dr. FRANCIS Kinner Doane*, of St Louis,
Mo.; b. March 21, 1849, in Circleville, Ohio; m.
June 17, 1880, in Hannibal, Mo.
Birdie Virginia Russell; b. Sept. 23, 1862, in At-
chison, Kansas. Their children are:
i. Dr. FRANK Kinnear Doane, Jr.% of St Louis,
Mo.; b. April 30, 1881, in Independence, Mo.;
m. Dec. 4, 1911, in Bellville, 111.
Mrs. Lillian (Moore) Stewart. They have one son:
Frank Kinner Doane®; b. January 21, 1912, in
St Louis, Mo.
ii. Dr. FRANK Kinnear Doane, Jr.®, of St. Louis,
December 23, 1882, in St. Louis, Mo. ; m. Octo-
Mo. ; b. Dec. 23, 1882, in St Louis, Mo. ; in Octo-
ber 17, 1907, in SU Louis, Mo.
Hallie C. Ball. They have one daughter: Virginia
May Ball®.
iii. GLADYS McClellan Doane^ b. February 10,
1889, in St. Louis, Mo.; m. February 5, 1914,
in El Paso, Texas.
John Moore Samuel, of London, Eng.
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EMMA SIGGINS WHITE.
Taken about 1861.
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Thomas McClelland was bom in Monaghan County, Ire-
land, March 17, 1767. His parents were members of what
is called the "Second Church" and Thomas was educated
in the principles of that faith. He was brought to the
knowledge of the truth as it is in Jesus, under Methodist
preaching at the age of seventeen and united with the Wes-
leyan Methodist Church. He was licensed to preach in 1790,
and soon appointed to a station. He traveled as an itin-
erant four years when ill health compelled him to desist.
In 1797 he came to America and with his family settled in
New Castle, Delaware. He then removed to Maryland,
where he joined the Methodist Episcopal Church and of-
ficiated one year as preacher. Hearing of some of his rela-
tives residing in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, he removed
to that neighborhood. In June, 1812, he attended a camp
meeting on Beaver Circuit, where his weakened condition
showed his end was near. He started to Pittsburg and
reached its vicinity on Wednesday, the next morning he
did not waken — God had taken him.
From "Methodist Mag., Vol. 4, p. 385.
— Not the Thomas McClelland, who married Ann Kinnear®.
Isaiah C. T. McClelland was born in Wayne Township,
Crawford Co., Pa., March 15, 1810. He was converted in
Franklin, Pa., in 1834, and there united with the Methodist
Episcopal Church. He was licensed to preach in the same
place in 1836, and in 1839 was received on trial in the Erie
Conference. He located here in 1841 in order to care for his
aged mother who was a devoted Christian. He was re-ad-
mitted in 1824. After serving the Church nineteen years
he located in Cranberry in 1859 where he joined the Cum-
berland Presbyterian Church and was pastor of the same
until 1864.
Mary Delmar was married in Ireland, May 1, 1777, to
Andrew Kinnear\ her father was a wealthy merchant of
good reputation who died about the meridian of life, and
soon after her mother departed this life.
(5) Andrew and Mary (Delmar) Kinnear emigrated
to America about 1791, with their other children. Francis
Margaret, Mary and James were bom in Berks County,
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Pennsylvania. The family in 1806, removed to Pickaway
County, Ohio. Where in 1824 Andrew Kinnear died, he
and his wife are buried in a beautiful elevated part of the
graveyard at Salem meeting-house, they lie side by side,
he on the north and she on the south, weeping willows are
engraved on their tomb stones, his is ornamented in cir-
cular form, and hers square. Their epitaphs are as fol-
lows; which I (Rev. David Kinnear, accompanied by my
dear consort) copied May 24, 1847 :
Here Here
lies the body of lies the body of
Andrew Kinnear Mary Kinnear
who departed this who departed this
life March 16, 1824 life Dec. 16, 1835
aged 72 years. aged 80 years.
(5) Andrew Kinnear was brought up under religious
influence and in early life became a member of the English
Church, and scrupulously observed its ritual, usages and
external religion of that Church until his life was termi-
nated at his home in 1824.
The parents of Mary Delmar were also members of the
English Church, and she was also a member for forty years,
but later joined and lived the last thirty years of her life
a member of the Methodist Church, when she died she had
eight children, fifty grand-children, and about forty great-
grandchildren. One of her sons and three of her grand-
sons were ministers of the Methodist Church.
(5) Andrew Kinnear", William*, James^ ; b. 1752, in Lei-
trim County, Ireland; d. March 16, 1824, in Pickaway
County, Ohio; m. May 1, 1777, in Leitrim County, Ireland.
Mary Delamar, (or DeLamar) ; b. 1755, in Leitrim Coun-
ty, Ireland; d. December 16, 1835, in Pickaway County,
Ohio. They emigrated to America in 1791, and settled in
Berks County, Pa., and in 1806, removed to Pickaway
County, Ohio. Their children were:
11.* i. WILLIAM Kinnear*; b. Feb. 19, 1778, in Lei-
trim County, Ireland; d. Sept. 30, 1844, in
Franklin, Venango County, Pa.; m. Sept. 28,
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1799, in Venango County, Pa.
Mary Allender, dau. of Joseph and Ann Allender.
They had eleven children.
12.* ii. Judge DAVID Kinnear*; b. Sept. 30, 1779,
in Leitrim County, Ireland ; d. June 20, 1850, in
Cicleville, Pickaway County, Ohio; m. March
22, 1802, in Berks County, Pa.
Mary Amn Koch, dau. of William and Phoebe Koch.
They had ten children.
13.* iii. Rev. ANDREW Kinnear*; b. Dec. 12, 1781,
in Leitrim County, Ireland ; d. Oct. 30, 1845, in
Marion County, Ohio ; m. March 8, 1801, in Cen-
tre County, Pa.
Dinah Young; b. February, 1785, in Sligo County,
Ireland, a dau. of Rev. William and Jane Simp-
son) Young. They had eleven children.
14. iv. FRANCIS Kinnear*; b. Oct. 2, 1783, d. in Lei-
trim County, Ireland.
15.* V. MARGARET Kinnear*; b. Oct. 8, 1785, in
Leitrim County, Ireland; d. Sept. 1, 1844, in
Pulaski County, Indiana; m. 1808, in Venango
County, Pa. ^
George Ingram ; d. Sept. 2, 1844, in Winamac, Pu-
laski County, Ind. They had five children.
16. vi. MARY Kinnear* ; b. April 6, 1788, d. young in
Ireland.
17. vii. JAMES Kinnear*; b. May 3, 1790; d. young,
in Ireland.
18. viii. FRANCIS Kinnear*; b. Oct. 1, 1791, in
Berks County, Pa. ; m. July 23, 1824, Pickaway
County.
Nancy Short, widow of Stephen Short, of Scotch
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descent, she m. Stephen Short, Nov. 15, 1817, he
d. Jan. 1, 1821. They had one ?
Scotch descent, she married Stephen Short, Nov.
15, 1817, he died Jan. 1, 1821). They had one
son.
18a. i. HENRY Nelson Kinnear"; b. April 23, 1825,
in Circilville, Ohio; d. ; un-married; he
was an invalid many years having been kicked
by a horse.
19.* ix. MARY Kinnear^; b. Nov. 8, 1793, in Berks
County, Pa.; d. 1880, in Gamett, Anderson
County, Kan.; m. Nov. 16, 1811, in Pickaway
County, Ohio.
Michael Earnest; b. Feb. 1, 1776, in Bedford
County, Pa. They had one son.
20.* X. JAMES Kinnear*; b. July 21, 1795, in Berks
County, Pa. ; d. ; m. 1817, in Frank-
lin, Venango County, Pa.
Jane Hale. They had six children,
21.* xi. SAMUEL Kinnear^ ; b. June 6, 1800, in Berks
County, Pa.; d. March 6, 1866, in Franklin
County, Ohio; m. (1st.) April 13, 1826 in Cir-
cleville, Ohio.
Hannah McCutcheon, b. 1808, in Lexington, Ky.;
m. (2nd.) April 4, 1830, in Pickaway County,
Ohio.
Ellen Hill, dau. of William and Margaret (Flor-
ence) Hill; b. March 18, 1802, in Hampshire
County, Va. ; d. Nov. 1, 1880, in Columbus, Ohio.
They had six children.
(18) Francis Kinnear, in early life was a clerk in a
store, and soon became a merchant. In 1811, he was
elected Sheriff of Pickaway County, Ohio, and re-elected in
1813, during these four years the office was very lucrative.
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BORN JUNE 6. 1800.
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in 1815 he resumed merchandising.
He was married July 23, 1824, in Pickaway County, Ohior
to Nancy Short, widow, they had one son Henry Nelson
Kinnear, who was bom in Circleville, Ohio, April 28, 1825,
and baptized March 10, 1831, by Rev. Bishop Chase, of
Kenyon College, Ohio.
Mrs. Nancy Kinnear joined the Presbyterian Church in
the 18th year of her age, and in 1831 became a member
of the Episcopal Church in Circleville, Ohio.
Nancy (Short) Kinnear, by her first husband Stephen
Short, who died in Pickaway County, Ohio, July 13, 1823,
two daughters.
i. Phidelia Short; b. September 2, 1818, in Bloomfield,
Pickaway County, Ohio, and departed this life April 28,
1819.
ii. Melissa Short; b. April 2, 1820; in Bloomfield, Pick-
away County; m. Moore.
Melissa Short joined the Episcopal Church, in Circle-
ville, Ohio, in the 16th year of her age. She was con-
firmed by Bishop McDvane in the same place. She de-
parted this life in the triumph of the Christian religion
and was buried in Lot No. 6 of the grave yard of Circle-
ville, Ohio, the following is her epitaph:
Melissa Moore
Died
January 21, 1834.
(Rev. D. K.)
(11)* William Kinnear*, Andrew^, WilliamS James*;
William Kinnear* was from the Emerald Isle, bom in 1778,
and came to this country in 1785. He first came to "Pin-
hole Settlement" about 1800, and moved to Franklin in
1811. He had a store on the comer of Liberty and 12th
streets. His first place of business, however, was in his
dwelling, comer of Elk and Tenth streets, where he re-
sided from 1812 to his death, Sept. 30, 1844. The lot was
afterwards occupied by his son Francis D. Kinnear*. Mr.
Kinnear was also justice of the peace and commissioner, a
good citizen and a prominent member of the Methodist
Church. His daughters, Mary (Mrs. Samuel Bailey),
Nancy (Mrs. William Raymond), Jane (Mrs. William Smi-
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ley) Elizabeth O. (Mrs. Nelson R. Bushnell), as well as his
son Francis Delmar Kinnear, all settled in Franklin.
(8) Robert Kinnear*, uncle of William*, and his wife
Nancy (Kinnear) Kinnear, were natives of Ireland, who
emigrated to eastern Pennsylvania, and afterward to the
Northern part of Venango Ck)unty, early in the century.
After a few years they removed to Franklin, where Mr.
Kinnear filled the position of jailor, fifteen years. They
reared five children; Ann who married Alexander Kinnear;
James ; Henry ; Elizabeth who became the wife of Dominick
McCormick, and Jane, all of whom are dead. For several
years preceding his death, Mr. Kinnear kept the lock on
the French Creek canal at the big dam, about one mile
above Franklin. Both he and his wife were ardent Method-
ists and died in that faith at a ripe old age. Their last
years were spent at the point previously mentioned, now
known as the Echols farm, and formerly the property of
William McCk)rmick, the father of Mrs. E. W. Echols, of
Franklin, and grand-son of Mr. Kinnear.
Extract from the Hist, of Venango Co. Pub. 1890.
(11) William and Mary (Allender) Kinnear, with a few
others, organized about the year 1804, the first Methodist
Church Society in Franklin.
(25) Gideon Draper Kinnear^, William*, Andrews Wil-
liam^, James^
"Gideon Draper Kinnear* was bom in Franklin, Ven-
ango County, Pennsylvania, in 1809, and was converted
and united with the Church in boyhood. In 1831 he was
employed by the presiding elder of the Erie District to
labor on the Youngsville Circuit, and the next year entered
the regular itinerant ranks in the Pittsburg Conference,
and was appointed to the Ridgeway Mission in 1834. The
general minutes give Salem as his appointsnent in 1833.
Gregg mentions neither Mr. Kinnear or Salem. He super-
annuated in 1874, but continued to labor as his strength
would permit. At the Hollow Rock C!amp meeting, on the
evening of Sunday, Brother Kinnear fell while preaching
with great power in the tabernacle. To those who ran to
support him, he said; 'Let the meeting go on, let me die at
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my post' and a little later he became unconscious and passed
to his reward, September 8, 1875. The following list of ap-
pointments will give some idea of the importance of the
work of Gideon Draper Kinnear: 1832 Dover; 1833, Sa-
lem; 1835, Birmingham; 1836, Bradocksfield ; 1837, Blairs-
ville; 1838, Mooreville; 1839-40, Deersville; 1841-42, Sa-
lem; 1843-44, Brighton; 1845, Agent for Allegheny C!ol-
lege; 1846, Beaver Creek Mission; 1847, Bamsville Dis-
trict; 1856, Temperanceville; 1857-58, Columbian; 1864-
65, Springdale; 1866-67, Elkton; 1868, Bloomfield; 1869-
70, New Somerset; 1871, Greenstown; 1872-73, Philadel-
phia Plains; 1874, superannuated, but appointed as sup-
ply to Unionville and Concord."
Alexander McElhaney was the first leader of a little
church started on the banks of the Sandy, five miles south
of Franklin. The fourth Quarterly meeting was held in
McKean, May 23, 1835, among the local preachers present
was Rev. William Kinnear.
(11) William Kinnear^, Andrew', William^ James^ b.
February 19, 1778, in Leitrim County, Ireland; d. Septem-
ber 20, 1844, in Franklin, Venango County, Pa. ; m. Septem-
ber 28, 1799, in Venango County, Pa.
Mary Allender (dau. of Joseph and Ann Allender and sis-
ter of William Allender who m. Rebecca Connelly and of
Elizabeth Allender who m. William Connelley. Joseph
Allender, her father, was bom in Ireland, January 1747;
came to America prior to the Revolution and died August
5, 1797, in Venango County, Pa.)
Their children were:
22.* i. MARY Kinnear*^; b. Nov. 17, 1800, in Centre
County, Pa.; d. July 26, 1874, in Franklin, Ve-
nango County, Pa. ; m. Nov. 4, 1819, in Franklin,
Venango County, Pa.
Samuel Bailey; b. April 10, 1796, in Nottingham,
E2ngland.
23.* ii. NANCY H. Kinnear* ;b. May 11, 1804, in Ve-
nango County, Pa.; d. 1878 in Ohio; m. Dec. 12,
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1826, in Franklin, Venango County, Pa.
William Raymond. They had eight children.
24. iii. ROBERT Roberts Kinnear^ ; b. Nov. 12, 1807,
in Venango County, Pa.; d. Oct 6, 1843, in
Hickory Flat, Calfcasian County, La., at the
home of Stephen Cole.
25. iv. Rev. GIDEON Draper Kinnear* ; b. April 13,
1809, in Venango County, Pa.; d. Sept. 8, 1875,
in Ohio; m. June, 1873, in Wilkinsburg, Alle-
gheny County, Pa.
Matilda Gray ; b. in Allegheny Town, Pa., in 1820 ;
dau. of Rev. James Gray, a wealthy local preach-
er in the M. E. Church.
Rev. Gideon Draper Kinnear was probably named for
Bishop Gideon Draper, of the M. E. Church. He was for
many years Presiding Elder of the Church. He dropped
dead in his pulpit in Ohio.
26.* V. ELIZABETH Connelly Kinnear**; b. May 18,
1811, in Venango County, Pa. ; m. April 6, 1842.
Nelson R. Bushnell, of Hartford, Ohio. They had
four children.
27. vi. JOSHUA Kinnear* ; b. 1813 ; d. in infancy.
28. vii. REBECCA Connelly Kinnear; b. 1814-15 in
Venango County, Pa.; d. March 5, 1839, in
Franklin, Venango County, Pa.; m.
Samuel Sloan, son of William and Elizabeth Sloan ;
b. 1812; d. December 24, 1836, of consumption;
aged 36.
Rebecca died March 5, 1839 ; she had been a member of
the M. E. Church for about nine years ; a eulogy on her lif ei
and death appeared in the Pittsburgh Conference Journal
in 1839, by L. Burton.
29. viii. MARGARET Kinnear died at the age of
seven months.
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30.* ix. JANE Simpson Kinnear*; b. March 18,
1819, in Franklin, Venango County, Pa.; ra.
February 7, 1837.
William Smiley. They had six children.
31.* X. FRANCIS Delmar Kinnear% a lawyer; b.
December 2, 1821, in Franklin, Venango Coun-
ty, Pa.; d. July 4, 1886, in Franklin, Venango
County, Pa. ; m.
Imelda Re3molds, of New Castle, Pa. They had
six children.
32. xi. MARGARET Ingrum Kinnear^; b. August
22, 1824, in Franklin, Venango County, Pa.; d.
July 8, 1832, in Franklin, Venango County, Pa.
Note. — ^A very complete and interesting history of the
Connelly's and AUenders's will be found in the History of
the Siggins Family, now in course of preparation.
(22) Mary Kinnear*, William*, Andrew^ William^, James^ ;
b. November 17, 1800, in Centre County, Pa.; d. July 26,
1874, in Franklin, Venango County, Pal.; m. November 4,
1819, in Franklin County, Pa.
Samuel Bailey; b. April 10, 1796, in Nottingham, Eng-
land.
Their children were :
33. i. WILLIAM Kinnear Bailey^ b. February,
1820, in Franklin, Venango County, Pa.; m.
June 20, 1845.
Susan Costat, at Newport, Ky. They removed to
New Orleans, La. They had one daughter.
34. i. MARY Kinnear Bailey^ b. April 22, 1847.
35. ii. MARY Ann Bailey^; b. January 10, 1823, in
Franklin, Venango County, Pa.; m. August 24,
1842,
Rev. J. M. Plant, of the Erie Conference. They
had two children.
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36. i. Mary Delia Plants b. August 13, 1843, in
Franklin, Pa.
37. ii. Almira Rebecca Plant^ ; b. October 9, 1845,
in Austinburg, Ohio.
37. iii. ALMIRA L. Bailey^; b. May 1, 1827, in
Franklin, Venango County, Pa.
38. iv. MORTIMER D. Bailey*; b. April 1, 1831, in
Franklin, Venango County, Pa.
39. V. MELISSA L. Bailey<»; b. February 16, 1836,
in Franklin, Venango County, Pa.
40. vi. SAMUEL F. Bailey*; b. October 9, 1839, in
Franklin, Venango County, Pa.
(23)* Nancy H. Kinnear*, William*, Andrew', William^,
James' ; b. May 11, 1804, in Venango County, Pa.; d. 1878;
m. December 12, 1826, in Franklin, Venango County, Pa.
William Raymond, son of Asahel Raymond,*
Their children were:
41. i. CHARLES Raymond*; b. October 14, 1827, in
Franklin, Pa.
42. ii. PHiLETUS Raymond*; b. Dec. 6, 1829, in
Franklin, Pa.
43. iii. MARY Raymond*; b. July 19, 1832, in
Franklin, Pa.
44. V. LAURETTA Raymond*; b. July 4, 1835, in
Franklin, Pa.
45.* vi. ADELIA Raymond*; b. Nov. 23, 1837, in
Franklin, Pa.; m. twice.
46. vii. ALMONA Helen Raymond*.
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47. viii. ALMIRA Matilda Raymond^; twins; b.
November 3, 1842, in Franklin, Pa.
48. ix. WILLIAM Kinnear Raymond^ b. Jan. 4,
1840, in Franklin, Pa.; d. February 28, 1896, in
Oil City, Pa.
Asahel Raymond, father of William Raymond; b. April
24, 1760, in Wilton, Connecticut; d. October 17, 1830, in
Wilton, Connecticut ; m. ^
Mary Nail; b. November 29, 1763, Long Island, N. Y.; d.
November 29, 1831, in Wilton, Connecticut.
Their children were :
i. Medad Raymond; b. March 12, 1786, in Wilton, Conn.
ii. Polly Raymond; b.
iii. Charles Raymond ; d. December 7, 1828, in Hunting-
ton County, Pa.
iv. Hiram Raymond; d. December 30, 1814, Wilton,
Conn.
V. Philetus Raymond.
vi. Almena Raymond.
vii. William Raymond; m. Nancy H. Kinnear.
viii. Caroline Raymond; d. March 28, 1828, in Wilton,
Conn.
ix. Asahel Raymond, Jr.
Asahel Raymond, Sr., and all of his children were bom
in the same house in Wilton, Conn. ; the Raymond f antily
were originally from England.
Adelia Raymond* m. 1st William Hilliard; m. 2nd
Carr; her father, William Rasmiond, lived to be almost 100
years of age; he died at her home in Franklin, Venango
County, Pa.
(26) Elizabeth Connelly Kinnear*, "William*, Andrew^,
William^. James^ ; b. May 18, 1811, in Venango County, Pa. ;
hnell, of Hartford, Ohio,
were :
r Augusta Bushnell* ; b. November 24, 1843.
iam Kinnear Bushnell^; b. June 2, 1846.
mar BushnelP; b. 1848.
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52. iv. Nelson R. Bushnell, Jr.«.
Nelson R. Bushnell, Sr., was a Justice of the Peace.
(30) Jane Simpson Kinnear*, William*, Andrew', Wil-
liams James*; b. March 18, 1819, in Franklin, Venango
County, Pa. ; m. February 7, 1837,
William Smiley.
Their children were:
53. i. Margaret Kinnear Smiley®; b. April 23, 1840.
54. ii. Nelson Bushnell Smiley®; b. March 18, 1843.
Editor of the Franklin Citizen.
55. iii. Helen Raymond Smiley®; b. November 14,
1845.
56. iv. Deborah Smiley®.
57. V. Delbert Smiley®.
58. vi. Ruth Smiley®; m. Charles Rouse; he had sis-
ters, Jennie and Delia.
(31) Francis Delmar Kinnear*^, William*, Andrew', Wil-
liams James* ; b. December 2, 1821, in Franklin, Venango
County, Pa. ; d. July 4, 1886, in Franklin, Venango County,
Pa. ; m.
Imelda Reynolds, of New Castle, Pa.
Their children were:
59. i. William Kinnear® died at the age of six
60. ii. Laura Kinnear®; b. in Franklin, Pa.; d. in
Franklin, Pa. ; aged 32. m.
Senator J. A. Lee*.
61. iii. John Kinnear® ; died in infancy.
62. iv. Charles Kinnear® ; died in 1876 ; aged 20 years.
63. V. Adelida Kinnear®; lives in Massillion, Ohio.
(31) Francis Delmar Kinnear was admitted to the bar
in Franklin, Venango county. Pa., in August, 1845, was
converted and became a member of the Methodist Church
in 1858 ; he lived and died in the old family home where his
father and grandfather had lived and died before him.
Senator J. A. Lee was a member of the firm of Dodd &
Lee, counselors for the Standard Oil CJompany.
(12) David Kinnear settled in Ross County, Ohio, in
1806, where he lived until his death in 1850. He was a
man of considerable talents; he became, about the year
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1808, a Justice of the Peace and County Surveyor, he held
these offices about twelve years ; then he was elected
County Auditor and held this office five years, and in con-
nection with this office he was County Commissioner ;
Then he was elected Associate Judge, in Rckaway County,
by the Ohio Legislature and held this office about fourteen
years, at which time his feeble health admonished him
to retire from public life.
He was an excellent officer and accumulated considerable
property; He became a member of the methodist church
about the year 1837, and obtained regeneration through the
merits of Christ. (ReV. D. K.)
(12) Judge David Kinnear*, of Circleville, Pickaway
County, Ohio, was one of the first county commissioners,
and acted as their secretary from 1810 to 1820 when the
office of City Auditor was created. He resigned as com-
^ missioner in 1821 and was elected Auditor, holding the
^ office until 1825. He was also the first County surveyor,
and served from 1814-1824 and was Associate Judge in
1830, Joseph Kinnear, his son was County Recorder in 1824.
(12) Judge David Kinnear*, Andrew\ WilliamS James^
b. Sept. 30, 1779, in Leitrim County, Ireland, d. June 20,
1850, in Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio. m. March 22,
1802, in Berks C^ounty, Pa'.
Mary Ann Koch, daughter of William and Phoebe Koch.*
Their children were:
65.* i. JOSEPH Kinnear*; b. Feb. 6, 1803, in Pine
Grove Tp., Berks County Pa.
Mary Sullivan, dau. of Aaron Sullivan of Pickaway
County, Ohio. They had seven children.
66.* ii. BENJAMIN Kinnear^; b. Aj>ril 1, 1805, in
Venango County, Pa., d. in Missouri, m. Sept.
22, 1829, in Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio.
Catherine A. Spencer. They had three children.
67.* iii PHOEBE Kinnear^ (married 3 times) b.
January 30, 1807, in Pickaway Tp., Ross County,
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Ohio; d. in Crawford (bounty, Ohio; m. January
17, 1825.
John Monett. They had three children.
68.* iv. CHARLES Kinnear*^ b. December 30, 1808,
in Pickaway Twp. Ross County, Ohio; d. Decem-
ber, 1892, in Woodford County, Illinois; m.
March 31, 1831,
Eleanor Ritchey, dau. of George Ritchey, of Tip-
pecanoe Co., Ind. They had five children.
69.* V. DAVID Kinnear*; b. July 2, 1811, in Pick-
away Twp., Ross County, Ohio; d. September
21, 1872, in Leavenworth, Kansas; m.
Araminta Hedges. They had five children.
70.* vi. Rev. STEPHEN Kinnear*; b. Sept. 1, 1813,
in Pickaway Tp., Ross County, Ohio; d. Nov.
18, 1880, in Mt. Sterling, Ohio; m. January 29,
1839, in Pickaway County, Ohio.
Mary Harris Williams. They had five children.
71.* viii. MARY Delmar Kinnear^, b. September 15,
1815, in Pickaway Twp., Ross County, Ohio;
d. near Rensselaer, Indiana; m.
Thomas Monnett, s(»i of Isaac and EHizabeth
Monnett. They had two childreen.
72.* viii. WILLIAM Kinnear* ; b. October 10, 1817, in
Pickaway Twp., Ross County, Ohio; d. 1854,
near Kenton, Ohio; m. August 22, 1843,
Esther Saylor, dau'. of Michael and Elizabeth
Say lor.*
73.* ix. MAGDALENA Kinnear* b. February 20,
1820, in Pickaway Twp., Ross County, Ohio. d.
February 14, 1850, in Tarleton, Ohio; m. Octo-
ber 5, 1842, in Pickaway County Ohio.
Hugh Willson, son of Hugh and ^n (Noble) Will-
son.* They had five children.
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U* X. RICHARD Kinneai^; b. December 15, 1824,
in Pickaway Twp., Ross Co., Ohio; d. February
6, 1892, in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas;
m. 1st. Sept. 29, 1845, Lucy McClelland;* m.
2nd May 1, 1855,. Mary Hall Crow.* They
had five children.
(65) Joseph Kinnear*^, David*, Ajndrew*, William*,
James^ ; b. February 6, 1803, in Pine Grove, Tp. Berks
County, Pa. ; m. January 23, 1827.
Mary Sullivan, dau. of Aaron Sullivan of Pickaway Coun-
ty, Ohio. Their children were:
75. i. ALEXANDER Sullivan Kinnear*; b. Decern-
ber 17, 1827; m.
Elizabeth Harriman.
76. ii. WILLIAM Henry Kinnear*;* b. October 29,
1829; d. ; m.
Rachel Monett, dau. of William and Elizabeth (Ca-
hill) Monett.
77. iii. ELLEN Magdalena Kinnear«; b. April 11,
1832; d. ; m.
Rev. David Rutledge.
78. iv. SARAH Maria Kinnear*; b. January 20, 1834;
d. December 1, 1837.
79. V. GEORGE Aaron Kinnear«; b. November 29,
1836; d. March 20, 1838.
80. vi. DAVID Andrew Kinnear*; b. January 30,
1840; d. September 16, 1844.
81. vii. BENJAMIN Florence Kinnear«; b. May 9,
1842; d. ; m;.
Hattie J. Cheney.
(The above is from an old Family Bible owned by Lewis
L. Hannah, Kansas City, Mo.)
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(66) Benjamin Kinnear^, David*, Andrew*, WilliamS
James' ; b. April 1, 1805, in Venango County, Pa. ; d
in , Missouri; m. Sept. 22, 1829, in Circleville,
Ohio.
Catherine A. Spencer. Their children were:
82. i. JESSE Kinnear«.
83. ii. ANNA Delmar Kinnear*; b. ; d.
, 1860, of Diphtheria; m.
Daniel W. McPherson. They had two children
who died of Diphtheria at about the same time
as their mother. In 1862 Daniel W. McPher-
son married Fannie Louise Kinnear^, sister of
his first wife.
84. iii. FANNIE Louise Kinnear*; b. ;
d. ; m. June 15, 1862.
Daniel W. McPherson. They had one son :
84a. i. Logan G. McPherson.
Fannie L. Kinnear was a graduate of the Circilville
schools in 1859, and taught in the schools at Circleville un-
til her marriage in 1862, to Daniel W. McPherson^ after his
death she married Hickman, had one daugh-
ter:
Maud Hickman, she died while a very small child.
(67) Phoebe Kinnear\ David*, Andrew^ William^ James* ;
b. January 30, 1807, in Pickaway Twp., Ross County, Ohio ;
d. , in Crawford County, Ohio; m. Janu-
ary 17, 1825, in Pickaway County, Ohio.
John Monnett, son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Pittinger)
Monnett; b. May 27, 1804, in Ross County, Ohio; d. No-
vember 26, 1831. Their children were:
85. i. DAVID Monnett.
86. ii. ISAAC Monnett.
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87. iii. JOHN Monnett, Jr.
(67) Pheobe (Kinnear) Monnett, m. 2nd. Joseph W.
Tharp, and had one daughter:
88. i. LUCINDA Tharp.
(67) Pheobe (Kinner) Tharp, m. 3d., Jesse Purkey, April
21, 1838, and had:
89. i. MARY Ann Purkey
90. ii. MARGARET Purkey.
(68) Charles Kinnear", David*, Andrew^, William=,
James^ ; b. December 30, 1808, in Pickaway Tp., Ross CJoun-
ty, Ohio; d. December , 1892, in Woodford Ck)unty,
Illinois; m. March 31, 1831,
Eleanor Ritchey, dau.of George Ritchey, of Tippecanoe
County, Ind. Their children were:
91. i. ELIZA Kinnear^ b. in Kingston,
Ohio; m. Davidson.
92.* ii. GEORGE Kinnear*; b. January 30, 1836, in
Kingston, Ohio; d. July 22, 1912, in Seattle,
Washington; m. March 28, 1867, in Woodford
County, 111.
Angelina Simmons, b. August 9, 1845, in Washfng-
ton, Illinois'. They had three children :
93. iii. RACHEL Ellen Kinnear*; b. , in
Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
94.* iv. JOHN Ritchey Kinnear*; b. July 26, 1842;
d. March 31, 1912, in Seattle, Wash. ; m.
Rebecca Means; b. March 14, 1844.
95. V. LOCKWOOD Kinnear^; b. , in
Kingston, Ohio; d. , in Seattle,
Wash.
They had one son: Charles Kinnear% who re-
moved to Riverside, Calif.
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(69) David Kinnear*, David*, Andrew\ William^ James* ;
b. July 2, 1811, in Pickaway Twp., Ross Ck)unty, Ohio; d.
September 21, 1872, in Leavenworth Kansas; m.
Araminta Hedges. Their children were :
96. i. DAVID James Kinnear*.
97. ii. MARY M. Kinnear*.
98. iii. ANTHONY Hedges Kinnear*.
99. iv. ALICE M. Kinnear«; m.
Edward Hdman.
100.* V. GAMALIEL DeKalb Kinnear«; m. Condace
V. Oatman.
100a. vi. MARGARET Virginia Kinnear*; m.
Soloman.
100b. vii. JOSEPH Henry Kinnear*.
100c. viii. HENRY Kinnear*.
lOOd. ix. VIASTA Kinnear*.
(100) Gamaliel DeKalb Kinnear*; b. April 8, 1843, in
Kenton, Harden County, Ohio; m. Dec. 15, 1867, in Virgil
City, Missouri.
(Condace V. Oatman. Their children were:
lOOe. i. VISTA Clair Kinnear^ b. July 10, 1870, in
Virgil City, Mo.; m. April 26, 1896, in Kansas
City, Mo.
Walter L. Bragdon, of York, Maine.
lOOf. ii. JOSIE Devona Kinnear^; b. Sept. 7, 1873, in
Leavenworth, Kan.
lOOg. iii. ANNA Araminta Kinnear^ ; b. Oct. 23, 1875,
in Leavenworth, Kan. ; m. Oct. 11, 1897, in Rico,
Col.
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Thomas Percy Bryan, of Kansas City, Mo. They have
one son:
i. PARKER Kinnear Bryan ; b. Sept. 4, 1899, in Kan-
sas City, Mo.
lOOh. iv. JESSIE Myrtle Kinnear^ ; b. Jan. 14, 1878, in
Denver, Colo.; m. July 16, 1908, in Denver;
Colo.
Leon H. Bamett, of New York City. They have one son:
i. LINCOLN Kinnear Barnett; b. Feb. 12, 1909, in
New York City.
lOOi. V. GUY Howard Kinnear^ b. July 26, 1883. in
Silver Cliff, Colo.; m. August 26, 1906, in Mil-
waukee, Wis.
Gladys Helen Atkins, dau of Henry L. and Ida May (Har-
rison) Atkins; b. March 10, 1886; d. April 23, 1911.
lOOj. vi. STANLEY Reade Kinnear^ b. Jan. 23, 1887,
in Denver, Colo. ; d. Dec. 8, 1906, in Kansas
City, Mo.
Guy Howard Kinnear, in 1913, was in the employ of the
American Thread Company, 1123 Washingrton ave., St.
Louis, Mo.
Gamaliel DeKalb Kinnear and Mrs. Kinnear were living
in 1916, in Metuchen, New Jersey.
(As much of the information regarding this family was
received after this book had been numbered and paged it
is not numbered in order.)
(70) Rev. Stephen Kinnear^ DavidS Andrew^ Wil-
liam^, James^ ; b. September 1, 1813, in Pickaway Twp.,
Ross County, Ohio; d. November 18, 1880, in Mt. Ster-
ling, Ohio; m. January 29, 1839, in Pickaway County,
Ohio.
Mary Harris Williams:* Their children were:
101. i. ALBERT Kinnear^, died young.
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102. ii. NEILSON Franklin Kinnear* ; who was a farm-
er and lived near Mt. Sterling, Ohio.
103. iii. JOSEPHINE Debnar Kinnear*.
104. iv. ANNE Seymour Kinnear^.
105. V. ELIZABETH Kinnear*, she was a beautiful
girl, she died shortly after she graduated.
(70) Rev. Stephen Kinnear joined the M. E. Church in
Adelphia, Ross Ck)unty, Ohio, in July, 1833, and sopn after-
ward obtained peace with God; he was licensed to exhort
in 1846, and to preach in the M. E. Church, July 17, 1847;.
he sold goods for' about eight years; he was a good survey-
or and became a farmer near Darbyville, in Pickaway
County, Ohio.
Mary Harris Williams, wife of Rev. Stephen Kinnear,
was a daughter of Edward and Catherine Williams, of Sci-
oto, Twp., Pickaway County, Ohio, formerly of South-
branch, Virginia, and grand-daughter of Judge William
Seymour, of Pickaway County, Ohio.
(71) Mary Delmar Kinnear*, David*, Andrew*, Wiflliam^
James^; b. September 15, 1815, in Pickaway Twp., Ross
County, Ohio ; d. , near Rensellear, Indiana ;
m. November 29, 1832, in Pickaway County, Ohio.
Thomas Monnett; b. July 17, 1810, in Ross County, Ohio,
son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Pittinger) Monnett. Their
children were:
106. i. C!ORDELIA Pittinger Monnett,
107. ii. CHARLES Fletcher Monnett,
108. iii. A daughter,
109. iv. A daughter.
(71) The Mary Delmar Kinnear Monnett, Memorial
Buildings, at 4948 Indiana Avenue, Chicago, lU., were
erected by Cornelia Pittinger Monnett, these buildings are
used for the Chicago Training School, for City, Home and
Foreign Missions.
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In her account of her mother's family, Cordelia Pittin-
ger Monnett, states, that David Kinnear her grandfather,
came to Ohio about 1793, and that he married a Miss Coe,
in Ohio, while Rev. David Kinnear in his account of the
family, states, he married Mary Ann Koch, in Berks Coun-
ty, Pa., March 22, 1802, and soon after moved to Ohio,
he also gives the names of her ancestors.
(73) Magdalena Kinnear*, David^, Andrews WilliamS
James^ ; b. February 20, 1820, in Pickaway Twp., Ross
County, Ohio; d. February 14, 1892, in Tarleton, Ohio; m.
October 5, 1842, in Pickaway County, Ohio.
Hugh Willson, son of Hugh and Anna (Noble) Willson.*
Their children were:
' 110. i. NELSON Hugh Willson; b. August 12, 1845,
in Pickaway County, Ohio.
111. ii. DAVID Kinnear Wilson; b. November 6,
1843, in Pickaway County, Ohio; d m.
Jennie Williams.
112. iii. JOSEPHINE WiUson; b. ; d.
; m.
George Baker, of Mt. Vernon, Ohio.
(74) Richard Kinnear^, David*, Andrew', William^,
James^; b. December 15, 1824, in Pickaway Twp., Ross
County, Ohio; d. February 5, 1892, in Ottawa, Franklin
County, Kansas; m. 1st. Sept. 29, 1845, Lucy McClelland;
m. 2nd, May 1, 1855, Mary Hall Crow.
Lucy McClelland, b. June 27, 1823, dau. of Thomas Mc-
Clelland and (9) Ann Kinnear*, William^, William^, JamesS
of Centre County, Pennsylvania. The children of Richard
and Lucy Kinnear, were:
113. i. ANN McCleland Kinnear*; b. August ,
1847; d. ; m.
John D. Moore, he died in 1886, his widow lives
in Bellingham, Washington. They had one child
who died in infancy.
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114* u. MARIA Jane Kinnear*; b. January 31, 1851;
d. ; m.
John Craig Watson; b. July 14, 1847, in Canada-*
They have two children:
The children of Richard and Mary Hall Crow, were:
115.* iii. MINNIE Elizabeth Kinnear'; b. February
1, 1856; d. ; m. , 1877.
Alfred Greenlee Barnett; b. January 30, 1838.*
116.* iv. WILSON Sherman Kinnear*; b. May 25,
1864; d. ; m. November 13, 1887.
Caroline Nichols.
117. V. SARAH Alice Kinnear* ; b. February 1, 1861 ;
d. ; m.
Lewis L. Hannah.
Mary Hall Crow was bom August 28, 1824, a daughter of
David Crow, who was a soldier in ttie War of 1812, and
was honorably discharged at the close of the war.
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THE KOCH FAMILY
Family of William Koch, father of Mary Ann (Koch)
Kinnear, wife of Judge David Kinnear*.
William Koch'; b. , 17 — , in Berks County,
Pa. ; d. ; m.
Pheobe . Their children were:
i. MAGDALENA Koch;
Henry Hrflar, in Penneylvania, he died October 23, 1837,
in Adelphia, Ohio, aged 70, their only child is buried by his
side.
ii. KITTY Koch;
George Rouche (or Rowe), in Berks County, Pa.
iii. SUSANNA Koch.
Jacob Holsinger, in Berks County, Pa.
iv. MARY Ann Koch ; , b. March 22 1802, in Berks
County, Pa.; d. , in Pickaway County, Ohio; m.
(12) — Judge David Kinnear*, Andrew', Williams James^ ;
b. Sept. 30, 1779, in Leitrim County, Ireland; d. June 20,
1860, in Circleville, Pickaway C!ounty, Ohio.
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HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE MONNETT FAMILY.
By Cordelia P. Monnett.
In the personal account of those who knew him it is
affirmed that David Kinnear immigrated in company with
his parents and younger brothers and sisters from Dublin,
Ireland, when a mere lad of fifteen, and that they were or-
iginally from Scotland. The baronial castle of the Kinnear
family in Scotland is still quite well known by those who
came from there to this country.
The family located for a time in Philadelphia, and sub-
sequently removed to that part of the then far west, called
Ohio, about 1793. School buildings and churches were few
indeed, and unfortunate was the family which could not
manufacture its own linen and woolen apparel and house-
hold comforts.
Besides arriving at his majority the young David ar-
rived at much useful information. As surveyor in locating
settlers in this extensive new country he traveled among
the people, and thus in serving them in their necessity, he
gained not a few new and valuable citizens as friends.
At one place where his surveying party were required
to stop and wait for a time, he observed a tall, black-eyed
lady of energy and good appearance looking well to the
ways of a thrifty household. In his usual wise way he
spoke of her as being one who would make a regal woman
and wife and an excellent helpmeet, just as he himself
much needed. And thus it came in due time that this Miss
Coe became the wife of the wise, practical, humanitarian)
David Kinnear. He was a man of varied affairs and given
to hospitality. His counsel was in request from near and
far. His business guests, like his social ones, were received
at his home, so his family were not isolated. They were
a busy people and not permitted to wander away by the
frivolity of those whom he could not respect.
To this pair of our immediate ancestry were born seven
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aons and three daughters. They were active and healthful,
and all grew to manhood and womanhood. As each son be-
came old enough, he was placed at a good business house
to acquire a special industry, some schooling and knowl-
edge of the world, tending to develop the individual and
prepare him for a career of his own. This course proved
to be the stepping stone to other and more varied interests
and occupations.
The three daughters of quite different ages, married
early and at long intervals apart. Owing to their dutiful
life and quiet reserve, they were without exception, for
women so young, of noble appearance and manner. Their
home life was all too short for the educational culture their
anxious father coveted for them.
The handsome eldest one, Pheobe, at one time, met with
disfavor from her father in the approaches of a suitor,
whom he thought too plain a man for so spirited a womaik
She was, indeed, bright, with beautiful eyes. As judge of
the court and man of affairs, his native wisdom discrim-
inated between the good and true, and the vain and frivol-
ous. As a parent his wide observation failed not at this
time to move him to realize fully the weighty question —
how shall youthful inexperience not drift beyond its own
and needed welfare? Through the mediation of an uncle,
in whose employ the young man then was, the affair wad
brought to a happy conclusion in their marriage. The man
did so well and was so prospered that her father was quite
reconciled and forgiving.
The second daughter was the bright, conscientious Mary
Delamar, namesake of the father's sainted mother. Her
mother said of her, what she of all knew best how to say,
that Mary was an obedient daughter. She was noted for
faithfulness and reliability, and was brightly equipped with
a ready heart and a willing mind. It was all too late at one
time to find that her physical strength as well as sense of
love and duty might be too heavily loaded. The little
maiden failed in health, and it was feared that she might
die. With tender care and the prayer at her bedside of e
good aunt, she finally recovered to bless the world with her
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presence for a goodly length of life.
At one time the mother planned with her husband and
several others to make a visit at some distance in the East.
She sent for the grandmother to come and stay with the
little twelve-year-old daughter who was to be the house-
keeper. Until they had gone the confusion of making ready
beguiled her somewhat of its weight, though she felt it
quite a task, for so much company was always coming ta
their home. When they had started, and the grandmother
was resting, the faithful little housekeeper flew to the or-
chard and lifted to her Heavenly Father a devout petition
that her mother might soon come home.
On the second day out, the mother being unusually
moved, surprised her company by saying to them : "I must
go home," earnestly repeating, "I must go home.'* The
earnestness of her importunity could not be mistaken, and
they turned them about and drove straight home The
child had the verified answer next day — ^her mother did
come home in answer to her prayer.
The father mourned the fact that this daughter could
not be spared from home to attend school as much as he d^
sired Then he was grieved again and again, for the school
was so unlike what it should have been. He would say to
her, "Polly, my dear, have a book. Get all the knowledge
you can. These surroundings will not know you after a
while." Father and daughter were in harmonious accord
and a quick sympathy gave rest and comfort to each.
Much of the strength of his ardent nature was revealed to
her, the suffering he must endure with conditions he could
neither avoid nor help. She was wise beyond her years,
and more and more realized the weight of his words, and
the sacrifice he would make for the soul of honor and the
righteousness of right doing, without ever giving it a name.
It was his custom to give an informal lecture or talk in
the evening — a necessity to the social and business rela-
tions of his househcdd. These were a source of practical
discipline and culture, not to be arrived at for the family
in any other way. His topics were many and varied. He
Hiade known to them how life and living are full of emer-
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gencies, full of opportunities and full of duties. Our first
duty is to be equipped and ready to meet theim To this
end he explained further how Mr. A. and Mr. B. and a
youthful friend of their acquaintance were each kind, use-
ful Christian people. That they were such was no accident;
they had studied hard for it, making' it a daily principle of
their lives, and that they had attained to such a degree of
excellence was not without a cause. There was no such ex-
cellence without attention and great labor. That resulted
in a love for it, as a fine art, and that had made them use-
ful, and much happier for life.
When in after years these sons and daughters, each or
any, were moved by a like zeal for the education and prac-
tical culture of a growing family, it was an unmeasured joy
to recall the endeavor of their best teacher, their own dear
father, and do as he had done. It was a sacred and lasting
memory. They mourned his death as that of their last and
best earthly friend.
In this family, no book was prized and honored as the
Book of books, the Bible. It was the emblem of their quiet,
abiding hope, their trust and restful faith. Its presence
was the safeguard of their earthly home and existence, and
guide to their heavenly home. From its sacred and much
loved history was found the names for the children.
The third daughter was the fun-loving Magdalene. Her
early death was a blow to her father which he did not long
survive.
Time rolled rapidly and the years of unconscious child-
hood disappeared into manhood and womanhood with semi-
serious mein and quiet graceful movements indicating the
nobility of character developed. Whether at home or
abroad, this demeanor made them attractive and observed
of all whom they met.
Soon several of the elder sons were entrusted with civic
positions. Though grown to manhood and actively engaged
with business they loved to go home for a visit and be boys
again and himt up Mother and her pantry as they used to
da And well she loved to have them do so.
About this time in its history a second wedding inside
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the family occurred. This time it is the marriage of the
second daughter, the lovely Mary Delamar, to Thomas
Monnett. The first daughter had been married eight years
before to his brother.
Sons of a noble patriarchal parentage, fortified in the
life and principles of a Methodist Christianity, they were
men of health and activity, of piety and perseverance.
The newly married pair soon departed for their distant
home, too distant to be in those days often retraced by a
journey home. While they bid adieu to her wise father
and mother, how blessed it is that they go to the home of
his wise father and mother, which was to be their own by
purchase in two years. Dear Grandsire Monnett, he did
not fail to provide for each of his five sons and three
daughters a place for habitation, — a few hundred acres of
farming and woodland, where each might build a home, in
the practice of the virtues of industry, frugality and right-
eousness. He was remembered to say he felt quite sure
under God that they would be all right if they might only
be kept busy. He was as just as he was wise. If his wife
made him a coat, he paid her the cash for her work. Wives
and mothers had much of that to do in those days. If his
daughter made a bed with coverings and feather bed, he
gave her fifty dollars, a marvel of liberality, where so many
needs in a new country were calling. They were a busy
people and very happy in their several industries. They
learned to be wise in dispensing their own private cash
to the best advantage in personal need or benevolence. The
sons, while yet mere boys, were delighted with an intere^
in a calf or colt, and early learned to have a care of ani-*
mals. This encouraged thrift and a happy mutual help-
fulness. Quiet steady progress made it a business indus-
try, with, best of all, a personal training and habit of life.
While they were diligent in business, doing duty to their
families, and their fellow creatures, they were not forget-
ful of their duty to their God and Creator. Often through
the day, upon some touching reminder of his goodness and
mercy to them they were heard to exclaim — "Thank the
Lord!" and again, "Thank the Lord!" Regular as came
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the mercy of the morning and the evening, came the hour
of family devotion, — the reading of the Word and prayer.
Having no church building as yet in the new country, their
home was set in order twice a week for prayer and church
service. Families came from near and far to these serv-
ices, though long distances and circuitous routes marked
the roadway by which they came — still they came. In the
summer seasons camp meetings were held in different parts
of the country. They were extensively planned and large-
ly attended, resulting in good to the public in general, and
much spiritual refreshing and blessing.
To this home and the society of his devoted Christian
parents, their son brought his bright young wife, the dear
Mary Delamar, — she was under God a valuable acquisition,
a Providential mercy in answer to prayer. Son and daugh-
ter, each of true Christian families. They now look to a
Destiny whose supreme comfort is the building and keep-
ing care of God and His attending multiplied mercies.
They resigned themselves to the up and down of life, with
the grace of veterans, remembering the while what hadi
come to experienced ones, who had gone that way before
them, — trusting to the wisdom of Divine guidance. The
young wife was not a woman of strong constitution, but a
good manager at home. She accomplished much; a good
adviser, she commanded respect. Her husband was a man
of health and activity and managed his farm of one hun-
dred and sixty acres with little of outside help except in
harvest time. Mowing and reaping machines were not yet
known, a few men in the vicinity did mowing and reaping
with the scythe and cradle for their neighbors. He pas-
tured his grass lands and fed his com crop to cattle, horses,
a few sheep and hogs. After following this course for ten
years or more, he found himself well rewarded for his in-
dustry and perseverance.
When he first heard of a cook stove, he removed the
fireplace and built a flue for the stove and remodeled the
entire house inside and out, making it quite new. He took
down the old bam and built a new large bam in another
place in the shelter of a grove. Being something of a
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carpenter he built a schoolhouse for the district Only a
man of more than ordinary strength and activity could
have performed what he did in addition to his farm work.
About this time in talking with a brother-in-law who
had moved west two years before, and was now back on
a visit, he learned much of interest about the west. Think-
ing about it, he decided that if opportunity offered and he
could be away from home a few weeks, he would go and
see that new country in the west. Some months later the
opportunity came. Being much pleased, he located some
lands he wished to buy. The following year he went again.
When he returned he was grieved to learn of the death, in
his absence, of his saintly mother.
More than ten years before, the parents had sold their
home to the son and wife and now the winter previous to
going west, they sold out to his sister. The spring and
summer follow with most busy preparations of all kinds
for the departure and journey west.
The wife had brought home from the weavers a beauti-
ful colored carpet of fifty yards and also a bolt of plaid
flannel, both made from lamb's wool. Then there was the
drying of fruit, apples, i>ears, peaches and cherries from,
the orchard, now weighted by more than a thousand
bushels of fruit. The canning of fruit so extensively was
not known of as yet, besides it could not be carried so
well as the dry. Then there was a general visiting journey
to be made to the mother's early home. On her return,
she said like a fond mother, her little family was as good
looking as any she saw.
As usual a public sale of household and farm effects was
held. Father had prepared durable wagons for the jour-
ney. Mother had packed clothing and bedding and pre-
pared an ample luncheon outfit for an indefinite camping
journey if need be.
The sale is over, the goods sold are taken away. Two
empty wagons are driven to the door where they become
well loaded covered wagons. In the morning early they all
take a bite of breakfast, returning thanks to God for many
mercies, claiming guidance and preserving mercy and care
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through dangers seen and unseen. And the empty house
echoes back the voices that say to it — "Good-by, Good-by/^
Though railroad maps now show a network of lines, not
one then existed between their Ohio home and Chicago.
The first east and west railroad was the Baltimore & Ohio,
only a few miles of the eastern portion being constructed.
The only one crossed on the journey was a line running
between Toledo and Cincinnati.
It is early in October the start is made and it is the last
days of the month when the party arrives at its new loca-
tion in western Indiana. At the beginning of each day,
while the husband grooms and breakfasts his patient,
faithful horses, the wife breakfasts her family from the
well supplied luncheon cabinet, and coffee or tea she makes
at the landlady's kitchen. At noon the horses are rested
for a time, watered and fed and the family refreshed by a
camp fire if no house is in view. Fair weather and good
health help to make the journey one of rest and pleasure.
A village property was secured as their home for the
winter, and until the farm could be fenced and a house
could be built. Father secured osage orange seed and
planted out a nursery of his own from which to transplant
into rows where he wanted a fence that high winds would
not blow down, nor prairie fires bum. To break the new*
sod ground for farming he hired men whose business it
was to drive a number of large heavy oxen and do ditch-
ing. The school building was only across the public square
and mother ever prompted her children to faithfully at-
tend school while it was so near and to be diligent in their
studies. The second winter whooping cough and measles
came to the village. This was the occasion of a long and
trying illness to their family, not one of whom had ever
had either disease, and the care of the children who were
all seriously ill was heavy on father and mother. To get
help was next to impossible, no one was working if they
could help it because of illness, and the cold, stormy wea-
ther. The trained nurse was not known then. Faithful
wives and mothers, who served in their own domestic re-*
lations in health and illness, helped their neighbors care
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for their sick. With summer came the moving to the farm.
Such a happy condition to be in the country once mora
A' very sanitorium for the dear wife and mother. Her
health had been much impaired in the hard conditions of
the village life of nearly two years. The illness in her own
family had been more than ordinarily severe and she had
been ill herself. Every day she had prepared the children
for school, and the men for work on the farm, and in ad-J
dition there were encroaching claims of society and busi-
ness, and no suitable help to be obtained. Her limited
strength had been overtaxed and while the change to the
country home brought the rest of new environment and
greater quiet, she found it necessary to be down a few
hours during each day to gain strength for her duties. By
wisely directing the children she was saved many steps
and assisted in the every-day routine of housekeeping.
The up and down of life to which the two had resigned
themselves when married brought such material prosperity
— the acquisition of property; hardship which was an in-
evitable consequence of life in a new country, then indeed
the frontier; also the joys and sorrows so sure to come
to any family. The son married but the three daughters
remained at home, assuming the care of house and farm
as the parents laid it down. The leading of the Lord was
always sought and mother loved to dwell on his ways in the
family, of which she was repeatedly assured.
Dear father and mother, we love them much, but Christ
hath loved them more. He says, "I go to prepare a place'
for you,"— We surrender all to Him. Mother says, "At the
farthest it can't be far." At another time, "Have you for-
gotten to thank God that I had no pain?" And again, "My
mansions are above."
After a lingering illness, resulting from a severe cold,
without pain or organic ailment, she departed this life,
fortified by the Christian believer's lifelong hope of a
blessed reunion with the redeemed and sainted ones gone
before — around the throne of their God and Saviour.
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MARY DELAMAR KINNEAR MONNETT
MEMORIAL BUILDINGS,
4948 INDIANA AVENUE, CHICAGO, ILLS.
Mary Delamar fCinnear Monnett
ERECTED BY CORDELIA P. MONNETT
FOR THE CHICAGO TRAINING SCHOOL FOR CITY, HOME AND
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
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117a. ISAAC MonnettS of Maryland, was of French de-
scent; m.
Elizabeth Of their children nothing
is known except of:
117b. ABRAHAM Monnett^; b. March 16, 1748, in
Maryland; d. January 1, 1810, in Pickaway
County, Ohio; m. , in Maryland.
Ann Hillary, dau, of William and Margaret
(Crabb) Hillary,; d. September 20, 1833.
''Margaret Crabb, was a dau. of Aralph Crabb, a
native of England, who was a wealthy mer-
chant in Maryland, the Crabb family, the Hil-
larys and Monnetts, were all members of the
English Church, and wealthy.'* (D. K.)
Children of Abraham and Ann (Hillary) Mon-
nett:
117c.* i. ISAA|C Monnett»; b. May 23, 1773, in Frank-
lin County, Maryland; d. ; m. April
19, 1792.
Mrs. Elizabeth (Pittinger) Morris, dau, of John
and Elizabeth Pittinger.
117d. ii. WILLIAM Monnetts b. October 22, 1775, in
Franklin County, Md.
117e. iii. JOHN Monnett^; b. April 23, 1776, in Frank-
lin County, Md.
117f. iv. THOMAS Monnett^; b. August 26, 1780, in
Franklin County, Md.
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117g. V. MARGARET Monnett»; b. August 5, 1782, in
Franklin County, Md.
117h. vi. JEREMIAH Monnett'; b. Sept. 12, 1784, in
Montgomery Co., Md.
117i. vii. OSBORNE Monnett'; b. June 12, 1786, in
Montgomery County, Md.
117j. viii. ELIZABETH Monnett^ b. Nov. 2, 1791, in
Montgomery County, Md.; m. Michael Saylor.
(117c) Isaac Monnett*, Abraham^, Isaac^ ; b. May 23,
1773, in Franklin County, Maryland; d. ; m.
April 9, 1792, in Franklin County, Maryland.
Mrs. Elizabeth (Pittinger) Morris, and removed to Ohio.
Their children were:
117k. i. ABRAHAM Monnett^ b. December 12, 1802,
in Ross County, Ohio; d. ; m.
Sarah Newhouse; b. November 14, 1800, dau. of
Isaac and Elizabeth Newhouse.
1171.* ii. JOHN Monnett*; b. May 27, 1804, in Ross
County, Ohio; d. November 26, 1831, in Craw-
dord County, Ohio; m. January 17, 1825, in
Ross County, Ohio.
Phoebe Kinnear", David*, Andrew', William*,
James'. (See No. 67.)
117m.* iii. ELIZABETH Monnett* ; b. August 18, 1805,
in Ross County, Ohio; d. June 22, 1838, in Pick-
away County, Ohio; m. , 1837, in Pick-
away County, Ohio.
JOHN CALDWELL.
117n.* iv. ANN Monnett*; b. August 18, 1805, in Ross
♦Monett Family record received too late to number prop-
erly.
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County, Ohio; d. ; m. , 1824.
David Saylor.
1170.* V. MARYMonnett*; b. February 8, 1807, in
Ross C!ounty, Ohio; d. ; m. August
11, 1834, in Crawford County, Ohio.
Rev. John Kinnear^, Andrew*, Andrew', William^
James^ (See No. 139.)
117p.* vi. WILLIAM Monnett*; b. April 22, 1808, in
Crawford County, Ohio; d. ; m. Jan-
uary 11, 1831, in Crawford County, Ohio.
Elizabeth CUiill.
117q.* vii. THOMAS Monnett*; b. July 17, 1910, in
Crawford County, Ohio; d. ; m. No-
vember 29, 1832, in Pickaway County, Ohio.
Mary Delmar Kinnear*, David*, Andrew^ Wil-
liam^ James^ (See No. 71.)
117r. viii. OSBEN Monnett*; b. April 30, 1813, in Ross
County, Ohio; d. ; m. July 24, 1838,
in Sandusky, Ohio.
Susan Beatty; b. July 9, 1812, in New London,
Connecticut, dau. of John and Mary Beatty, who
were bom in Ireland.
(117m) Elizabeth Monnett*, Isaac', Abraham', Isaac^; b.
August 18, 1805, in Ross County, Ohio; d. June 22, 1838,
in Pickaway County, Ohio; m. , 1837, in Pickaway
County, Ohio.
John Caldwell. Their children were:
i. ELIZABETH Jane Caldwell; b. February 23, 1828,
in Pickaway County, Ohio.
ii. ISAAC Monnett (3aldwell; b. in Pickaway Coufity,
Ohio.
iii. ROBERT William Caldwell; b. in Pickaway County,
Ohio.
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iv. AMOS Caldwell ; b. in Pickaway County, Ohio.
V. JOHN Wesley Caldwell; b. in Pickaway County,
Ohio.
John Caldwell; m. 2nd, in Centre County, Pa. Rebecca
McClelland, November 12, 1839. They had:
vi. ANNA Maria Caldwell; b. November 24, 1841, in
Pickaway County, Ohio.
vii. THOMAS McClelland Caldwell; b. June 22, 1843, in
Pickaway County, Ohio*.
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WILLSON-NOBLE FAMILY.
John Willson'; b. in Ireland; d. October 16, 1826, in
Pickaway County, Ohio; m. in Ireland.
Nancy They came to America in 1822
and settled in. Washingrton County, Pa., and removed in
1838, to Pickaway County, Ohio. Their children were:
i. MARGARET Willson^ b. in Ireland.
ii.* HUGH WiUsonS- b. in Ireland.
iii. JANE Willson^
iv. WILLIAM Willson^
Hugh Willson^ John^; b. , in Ireland; d.
m. 1st., March 3, 1836, in Pickaway County, Ohio.
Ann Patterson Noble; b. January 29, 1839, in Salt Creek
Twp., Pickaway County, Ohio; d. October 1, 1839, in Salt
Creek Twp., Pickaway County, Ohio. Their children
were:
i. JOHN Willson'; b. April 10, 1837, m Pickaway Coun-
ty, Ohio.
ii. Mary Jane WiMson'; b. May 8, 1839, in Pickaway
County, Ohio.
id, October 5, 1842, in Pickaway
David*, Andrew*, Williams James^;
See No. 73, Kinnear.)
lit Creek Twp., Pickaway County,
kterson. Their children were:
Noble*.
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iv. Margaret Jane Noble'.
V. Anna Patterson Noble*; m. Hugh Willson^.
(92) George Kinnear*, Charles% David*, Andrew', Wil-
liams James^ ; b. January 20, 1836, in Kingston, Ohio ; d.
July 22, 1912, in Seattle, Washington; m. March 28, 1867,
in Woodford County, 111.
Angelian C. Simmons, Their children were:
118.* i. CHARLES AUee Kinnear% an attorney, of
Seattle, Washington; b. March 22, 1868, in
Matamora, Illinois; d. ; m. May
29, 1807, in Gainsville, Texas.
Grace Potter; b. April 4, 1880, dau, of Judge C. C.
and Zella (Bogardus) Potter.
119. ii. GEORGE L. Kinnear^; b. November 26, 1875,
in Fairbury, lU. ; d. November 13, 1881, in Fair-
bury, 111.
120. iii. JOHN Roy Kinnear'; Real Estate, Seattle,
Washington; b. April 27, 1881; d. ; m.
Myra Cosgrove. They have one son:
121. George Cosgrove Kinnear®.
(92) As long as Seattle stands, the name of Kinnear
will be an honored one in the city. It is perpetuated in
Kinnear Park and in other public projects which owe their
existence to his efforts and are the result of his sagacity
and his public spirit. Dealing in real estate, he became
one of the capitalists of Seattle and contributed in most
substantial measure to its upbuilding and development.
A native of Ohio, he was bom in Pickaway County in
1836 and was taken by his parents to Tippecanoe Counr
ty, Indiana, the family home being established on the
banks of the Wabash, the father there building the first
log cabin at La Fayette. He was three years of age
when his father purchased land on Flint Cre^ and there
erected a brick dwelling from brick which he made on his
land, while the floors, lathes, doors, window frames and
casings were of black walnut. George Kinnear had
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reached the age of nine years when the father started
with his family for Woodford County, Illinois, taking with
him his flocks and herds.
George Kinnear spent the time in the usual manner of
farm lads at the old home on Walnut Creek, in Woodford
County, until the outbreak of the war. Years afterward
there was to be a home coming in Woodford County and
Mr. Kinnear in response to an invitation to be present on
that occasion, wrote that he regretfully declined the invita-
tion but gave an account of his experiences and recollec-
tions of the early times in that locality. From this we
quote, not only because it gives an excellent picture of the
life lived there in that day but also because it gives a
splendid idea of the literary talent of the man who in the
intervening years had advanced from poverty to affluence
and had become a prominent figure in the conmiunity in
which he lived. He said ; "In the year 1851 when I was a
boy, we settled in Walnut Grove. Then and for several
years thereafter our postoffice was at Washington and
there is where we did most of our trading. Near by where
we built our house was the old camp ground of the Potta-
wottomies. Their camp ground was strewn with pieces of
flint and arrow heads and their old trails leading off in
different directions remained. During the sumlmer time
I went to Washington twice a week to have the prairie
plows sharpened and while the work was being done I
would stroll about and peer into the little stores and shops,
which were interesting to the boy raised on a farm and not
used to town life.'*
With the outbreak of the Civil War he joined the Forty-
seventh Illinois Regiment, with which he remained until
mustered out in 1864. On his way home while crossing
the Mississippi, he said, "I have chewed tobacco for eleven
years. This is no habit for a young man to start out in
life with," and threw into the water a silver pocket case
full of tobacco. That was characteristic of Mr. Kinnear.
If once he decided that a course was wrong or unwise he
did not hesitate to turn aside, for he never deviated from
a path which he believed to be right. It was this fidelity
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to all that he thought to be worth while in the development
of character that made him the splendid specimen of man-
hood, remembered by his many friends in Seattle.
Following his return from the war his mother handed
him thirty six hundred dollars — ^his pay, which he had sent
her while at the front to help her in the conduct of house-
hold affairs. With the mother's sacrifice and devotion,
however, she had saved it all for him and with that amount
he invested in a herd of cattle which he fed through the
winter and sold at an advance the following spring, using
the proceeds in the purchase of two sections of Illinois
land. He not only became identified with farming interests
but from 1864 until 1869 held the office of county clerk of
Woodford County, Illinois, proving a most capable and
trustworthy official in that position. On retiring from the
office he concentrated his energies upon the development
and cultivation of his land and while carrying on farm-
ing he would purchase com in the fall and place it in
cribs, selling when the market reached, as he believed, its
best point. In the meantime he studied conditions in de-
veloping the northwest His attention was first called to
the Puget Sound country in 1864 and thereafter from
time to time his mind returned to that district. Knowing
that the waters of the sound were navigable he believed
that one day a great city would be built there and after
ten years, in which he pondered the question, he made a
trip to the northwest in 1874, looking over the different
locations. He was most favorably impressed with the site
of Seattle and before he returned to Illinois he purchased
what is known as the G. Kinnear addition on the south side!
of Queen Anne Hill. He then returned home and four
years later, or in 1878, he brought his family to the north-
west. He felt that investment in property here would be
of immense advantage and as fast as he could sell his Il-
linois land at fifty dollars per acre, he converted the pro-
ceeds into Seattle real estate, much of which rose rapidly
in value. There was but a tiny town here at the time of
his arrival and from the beginning of his residence on the
sound he did everything in his power to make known to the
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country the possibilities and opportunities of the northwest
and to aid in the development of the city in which he had
located. He favored and fostered every measure which he
believed would prove of benefit to the town and country.
In 1878-9, he labored strenuously to secure the building
of a wagon road over the Snoqualmie Pass and as the or-
ganizer of the Board of Immigration he had several
thousand pamphlets printed, sent advertisements to the
newspapers throughout the country and as the result of
this widespread publicity letters requesting pamphlets ar-
rived at the rate of one hundred or more per day and for
several years after the printed supply had been exhausted
the requests kept coming in. Just how far his efforts and
influence extended in the upbuilding of the northwest it
is impossible to determine but it is a recognized fact that
Mr. Kinnear's work in behalf of Seattle has been far-
reaching and most beneficial.
In 1886, at the time of the Chinese Riots, he was cap-
tain of the Home Guard and in that connection did import-
ant service. The anti-Chinese feeling in the northwest
found expression in action in the fall of 1885, when the
Chinese were expelled from a number of towns along the
coast by mobs and an anti-Chinese Congress was held in
Seattle which promulgated a manifesto that all Chinese
must leave the localities represented in the Congress on
or prior to the first day of November. The authorities in
Seattle prepared to resist the lawless element and the 1st
of November came without the Chinese having been driven
out of Seattle. On the 8d of Novemiber, the Chinese were
expelled from Tacoma and the spirit of hatred against the
Mongolians grew in intensity along the coast. As the
leaders of the anti-Chinese forces con-
Aty and it became increasingly evident
erious trouble ahead. One morning ten
let in Seattle, among them Mr. Kinnear,
that a force of citizens be organized and
•urpose of holding the mob element in
nt agreed and subsequently a company
rmed with breech-loading guns was or-
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ganized and given the name of the Home Guards. Mr.
Kinnear was made captain of this organization and ar-
rangements were made for signals to be given to indicate
that the mob had actually begun the attack. As several
inaccurate accounts of the riot have appeared, Captain
Kinnear published a small book, giving a correct account
of the whole anti-Chinese trouble and from this the fol-
lowing quotation is taken.
"On Sunday morning (Feb. 7th), about eleven o'clock,
the old University and Methodist Episcopal Church bells
sounded the signals. At a meeting the previous evening
a committee had been appointed to take charge of the re-
moval of the Chinese. They proceeded to the Chinese
quarters with wagons, ordered the Orientals to pack up,
then, with the aid of the rioters, placed them and their
baggage onto wagons and drove them to the dock at the
foot of Main Street, the intention being to load them onto
the Steamer Queen, which was expected from San Fran-
cisco at any hour. Upon the arrival of Captain Alex-
ander with the Queen at Port Townsend, he first learned
of the situation at Seattle and when he arrived at the
Ocean Dock he ran out the hot water hose, declnring he
would scald all persons attempting to force their way
onto the ship. They willingly kept at a distance. But the
city was completely in the hands of the mob. The acting
Chief -of -Pdice Murphy and nearly all of the police force
were aiding the lawless acts. Early in the day Gover-
nor Watson C. Squire, being in the city, issued his procla-
mation ordering them to desist from violence, to disperse
and return to their homes. Their only answer was yells
and howls of defiance. He ordered out two military com-
panies stationed in the city to report to the sheriff of the
county for the purpose of enforcing the laws. A squad
of eighteen men from the Home Guards escorted C. K.
Henry, United States Department Marshal, to the front of
Dexter Horton's Bank, where the governor's proclamation
was read to the howling mob. They were furious at the
presence of the armed men and would have attacked had
the Guards not promptly returned to their quarters at the
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engine house. The removal of the Chinese from their
homes continued till there were about three hundred and
fifty herded on Ocean Dock awaiting the transportation by
rail or steamer to carry them away. A strong guard of
rioters was placed over them. Only those who could pay
their fare were permitted to board the ship. The citizens
subscribed a portion of the money to pay the fares of one
hundred, being all that could be carried on the boat In
the meantime a writ of Habeas Corpus was issued by
Judge Roger S. Greene, detaining the vessel and requiring
Captain Alexander to produce the Chinese then on his
vessel at the court room next morning at eight o'clock,
that each Chinaman might be informed of his legal rights
and say if he desired to go or remain ; that if he wanted to
remain he would be protected. Early in the morning of
the 7th, the Home Guards were ordered placed where they
could best guard the city. The entire force was posted
at the comer of Washington Street and Second Avenue and
details sent out from there to guard a portion of the city.
That night a portion of the Guards and the Seattle Rifles
took up their quarters at the Court House, Company D
remaining at their armory. The authorities were active
during the entire night in doing everything they could to
enforce the laws. Governor Squire telegraphed the Sec-
retary of War, also General Gibbon, commanding the De-
partment of the Colunxbia, the situation. About midnight
an attempt was made to move the Chinese to a train and
send a part of them out of the city that way, but the
Seattle Rifles and Company D were sent to guard the train
and succeeded in getting it out ahead of time. While most
of the mob that had not yet retired was down at the train,
a squad of the Home Guard was detailed to take possession
of the north and south wings of the Ocean Dock upon
which were quartered the Chinese, watched over by McMil-
lan, Kidd and others, all of whom were prevented by the
Home Guards from leaving the dock. By daylight the
Seattle Rifles and University Cadets with a squad from
the Home Guards were lined up across the two wing ap-
proaches to the main dock. In the early morning the mob
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was gathering again and soon the adjoining wharves and
streets were blocked with angry men who saw they were
defeated in keeping charge of the Chinese. As their num-
bers increased, they became bolder and declared their pur-
pose to kill or drive out the Guards. Early that morning
after warrant was issued by George G. Lyon, Justice of
the Peace, the leading agitators were arrested and locked
in jail, where they were confined at the time the Home
Guards escorted the Chinese from the dock to the court
house pursuant to the Writ of Habeas Corpus issued by
Judge Greene. Of course there would have been a skir-
mish somewhere between the dock and the courthouse if
the anti-Chinese forces had not been deprived of their lead-
ers. At the conclusion of court proceedings, the Home
Guards escorted all of the Chinese back so that those who
were to leave on the Queen might do so and the others
went to the dock to reclaim their personal effects which
they had carried from their houses or which were carried
there by the mob. At this time the leaders who had been
arrested had been released from jail on bail, at least some
of them had, and they acted as a committee to disburse
mpney which had been raised to pay the passage of those
Chinese who wanted to go to San Francisco on the Queen.
The committee or some members of it, were permitted to
go upon the dock, but the mass of anti-Chinese forces
were held in check by the Home Guards, Seattle Rifles and
University Cadets, who maintained a line across the docks
extending from Main Street to Washington Street The
numbers of the disorderly element were increasing and
there was every indication of trouble ahead. President
Powell of the University had been mingling among the
crowd and informed us that they were planning to take
our guns away from us. The Guards had been expecting
this and were prepared all the time for trouble. After
the Queen left, the remaining Chinese were ordered moved
back to their quarters where they had been living and the
Chinese were formed in column with baskets and bundles
of all sizes which made them a clumsy lot to handle. In
front was placed the Home Guards, the Seattle Rifles and
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the University Cadets coming two hundred and fifty yards
in the rear. The march began up Main Street The Home
Guards were well closed up as they had been cautioned to
march that way. Crowds of men were on the street, but
they gave way. But on our left, on the north side of the
street, they now lined up in better order and as the head
of the column reached Commercial Street and alongside
the New England Hotel, at a signal the rioters sprang at
the Guards and seized a number of their guns, which be-
gan to go off. The rioters instantly let go the guns and
crowded back. They were surprised that the guns were
loaded. One man was killed and four wounded. This
seemed to have the desired effect on them. Immediately
the Guards were formed across Commercial Street look-
ing north. The Seattle Rifles and Universily Cadets
formed on Main Street facing the docks, where there was
a large crowd, a few men were faced to the south and
east, thus forming a square at Commercial and Main
Streets. The dense mobs were in the streets to the north
and west. To the north as far as Yesler Way the street
was packed full of raving, howling, angry men, threaten-
ing revenge on those who were interfering with their law-
lessness. I selected Mr. C. H. Hanford and Mr. F. H.
Whitworth and directed them to press the crowd back so
as to keep an open space between our line and the front
of the mob. Many of the mob were seen with arms. At
the time of shooting, several shots were fired by the mob,
one ball passing through the sheriff's coat, but none of our
men were hurt. Back a distance a number of the leaders
mounted boxes and by their fierce harangues tried to stir
the mob to seek revenge. There was no order given to
fire. The men understood their business and knew when
to shoot. We remained in this position about half an hour,
until Captain Haines, with Company D, appeared com-
ing down the street from the North, the mob cheering
with great delight and opening the way to give them free
passage. Shortly afterwards the mob called on John
Keane for a speech. He mounted a box in front of the
New England Hotel and made a speech in the following
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words: 'All of ye's go to your homes. There has been
trouble enough this day.' Then the Home Guards, Rifles,
and Cadets conducted the Chinese to their quarters and
then marched to the courthouse, which from that time on,
with Company D, was their headquarters."
- In the afternoon of that day Governor Watson C. Squire
proclaimed the city under martial law and the Guards and
militia with the assistance of the Volunteers were able to
maintain order in the city. In the meantime the President
of the United States ordered General Gibbon, who was
stationed at Vancouver, to send federal troops to the aid
of Seattle. On the morning of the 10th, Colonel de Russy
arrived with the Fourteenth Infantry to relieve the Guards
and militia, who had been on constant duty for three days
and nights without sleep or rest. With the arrival of the
regular troops the disorderly element quieted down but the
leaders of the Guards and militia feared that when the fed-
eral troops were withdrawn the rioters would again at-
tempt to control the city. Accordingly, the Home Guards,
the Seattle Rifles and Company D were all raised to one
hundred men each and another company of one hundred
men was raised. These troops, which represented men
from every walk of life, drilled constantly and it was well
that they did so, for as soon as the regular troops had
gone, it became evident that the mob was taking steps to
organize an armed force. Conditions were so unsettled for
several months that it was necessary for the four hundred
men to continue their drilling and to be constantly alert
Eventually, however, the excitement died out and quiet
was restored and business again went on as usual." Too
great praise cannot be given Mr. Kinnear for the course
which he pursued in connection with these riots. He recog-
nized at once that the greatest public enemies are those
who seek to establish mob rule and overturn the forces of
order and good government and he recognized the neces-
sity of maintaining the rights of all. His insight was
equalled by his public spirit and courage and he deserves
the lasting gratitude of Seattle for what he did at that
time to maintain her honor p.nd good faith.
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Mr. Kinnear at all times manifested a deep interest in
the welfare of the city and in working for its improvement
kept in mind the future as well as the present In 1887
he gave to the city fourteen acres of land which overlooks
the Sound from the west side of Queen Anne hill and
which, splendidly improved, now constitutes beautiful Kin-
near Park. It is one of the things of which Seattle is
proud and as the cily grows in population its value will
be more and more appreciated. In many other ways Mr.
Kinnear mianifested his foresight and his concern for the
public good and he was a potent factor in the development
of the city along many lines. His qualities of heart and
mind were such as combined to form the noblest type of
manhood and in all relations of life he conformed to the
highest moral standards. He was not only universally
conceded to be a man of unusual abilily and one of the
foremost citizens of Seattle, but he was personally popular.
In the spring and summer of 1910 he and his wife toured
Europe and at that time wrote a number of extremely in-
teresting articles relative to/ the different countries
through which they traveled, and these articles are still
in possession of the family. Of Mr. Kinnear it has been
said: "He was upright in stature — ^honest, energetic,
clear-headed and generous. He met his responsibili-
ties fearlessly and lived his life worthily. He was will-
ing to be persuaded along right lines— but he was not
to be badgered. He was as kind hearted as he was hearty
and he had not been sick since the war." During
the later years of his life, Mr. Kinnear traveled extensive-
ly and took the greatest pleasure in being in the open, near
to Nature's heart. On the 21st of July, 1912, he spent a
day on Steilacoom Plains, returning by automobile in the
evening. On the following naming he was seen watering
the flowers on the front porch and later entered the house,
awaiting the call for the morning meal, but when it came,
life had passed and he had gone on as he wished, without
a period of wearisome illness, but in the midst of health
and action and good cheer.
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(94) JOHN R. Kinnear«, Charles*, David*, Andrew', Wil-
liam^ James\ John Richey Kinnear, civil war veteran, law-
yer, a member of both territorial and state legislatures and
of the constitutional convention, died at 4:15 o'clock Sun-
day, March 31st, 1912, of paralysis. A widow, Mrs. Means
Kinnear, whom the former state senator married in
Bloominsrton, III., forty years ago; a son Richey M. Kin-
near, of the firm of Kinnear and Paul; a daughter, Mies
Leta Kinnear; a brother George Kinnear, of Seattle, and a
sister, Mrs. Eliza Davidson, are the immediate surviving
relatives. The funeral will be held tomorrow at 2 p. nu,
from the family residence, 338 Oljrmpia Place. Stevens
Post, G. A; R., of which Mr. Kinnear was a former comr*
mander, will have chaifpe of the services. Though inca-
pacitated for business by his last paralytic stroke, Mr. Kin-
near was strong enough to be taken from his home, and
had planned, late Saturday night to make a visit to the
home of Frank Paul yesterday in company with his son,
former State Senator R. M. Kinnear. From the time J. R.
Kinnear came to Washington, in 1883, until he retired from
the senate in 1895, he was a prominent figure in Washing-^
ton politics, narrowly missing the Republican nomination
for governor at the first Republican state convention, after
statehood. His friends had carried King county, but the
delegation from Seattle did not reach Walla Walla, the con-
vention city, until 2 o'clock on the morning of the conven-
tion and in the meantime friends of Elisha P. Ferry, a for-
mer territorial governor, had captured a majority of the
convention delegates.
Mr. Kinnear was elected to the territorial legislature a
year after he settled in this state, re-elected at the end
of that term and was chosen in 1888 to sit in the territorial^
senate. The granting of statehood prevented the meeting
of the legislature, but when Washington was admitted he
was elected immediately to the upper branch of the legis-
lature, serving eight years in the senate. Subsequently
his son, R. M. Kinnear, was dected to the state senate from
the same district his father had represented. Though an
active and well known attorney in Illinois, Mr. Kinnear was
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not active in his profession after he came to Washington,
though both as a member of the legislature and ini the con-
stitutional convention his legal training won him promi-
nence on the judiciary committees.
He was chairman of the constitutional convention com-
mittee on corporate rate, and directed the work of framing
those sections which d'eal with corporate powers. During
the civil war Mr. Kinnear suffered from sunstroke, and in-
directly that accident was responsible for his coming to
Seattle. He had been competed while living in Illinois to
leave for a Northern country during the summers to escape
the intense heat of the Middle West, and in 1881 visited
his brother, George Kinnear, in Seattle. His decision to
move to Seattle, where extremes of heat and cold were both
unknown, was formed immediately. Mr. Kinnear was
bom in West Point, Ind., July 26, 1842, moving seven
years later to Woodford county. His early education was
in the public and private schools of Indiana, and he was
completing a four years' academic course in Knox college,
Galesburg, HI., when he responded to a call for troops dur-
ing the civil war. He enlisted in the Eighty-sixth Indiana
volunteer infantry, serving three years and participating
in Sherman's famous march to the sea. After the close
of the war Mr. Kinnear studied law in the Chicago law
college and practiced in Paxton, 111., until he came to Seat-
tle. During the time he was in law school, Mr*. Kinnear
wrote a history of the civil war record of his regiment
and brigade, a work that has been accepted as one of the
best regimental histories published for Indiana troops.
From the Seattle Intelligencer, Monday, April, 1, 1912.
(94) JOHN RITCHEY Kmnear*, Charles\ David% An-
drew^ William^. James' ; b. July 26, 1842, in West Point, In-
diana; d. March 31, 1912, in Seattle, Washington; m. 1868,
in Bloomington, Illinois.
Rebecca Means; b. March 14, 1844. Their children are:
122. i. RITCHEY M. Kinnear^ b. January 8, 1870,
in Paxton, Ford County, 111.; d. ; m.
September 19, 1893, in Seattle, Washington.
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Brownie Brown; hL Feb. 27, 1871, dau. of Amos
and Anna M. Brown. Lives in Seattle, Wash-
ington, is a member of the firm of Kinnear &
Paul. They have one son: John Amos Kin-
near; b. Dec. 28, 1897.
123. ii. Leata Kinnear^; b. September 7, 1878, in
Paxton, Ford County, 111.
(114) Maria Jane Kinnear*, Richard^ David*, Andrew',
Williams James^ ; b. January 31, 1851 ; m.
John Craig Watson ; b. July 14, 1847, in Canada, son of
John O. and Nancy (Lumley) Watson, who was bom in
Nova Scotia. Their children were:
124. i. CHARLES Elthan Watson^; b. July 31, 1872,
in Ottawa, Kansas.,
Sylvia Truitt, in Ulyssis, Kansas. Their children
are:
125. i. FLORENCE E. Watson«; b. November 24,
1896, in Enid, Okla.
126. ii. JOHN Gerald Watson«; b. October 27, 1902,
in Anthony, Kansas.
127. ii. ROY Kinnear Watson^; b. May 5, 1880, in
Ottawa, Kansas; m. Nov. 28, 1908, in Spring-
field, Mo.
Kathleen Watts; b. Nov. 13, 1879, in Sedalia, Mo.,
dau. of Charles T. and Mary Elizabeth Watts.
They have one son:
128. i. RAYMOND Kinnear Watson^ b. November
14, 1909, in Springfield, Mo.
(127) Roy K. Watson, is Government Land and Law
Clerk, at Springfield, Mo.
(115) Minnie Elizabeth Kinnear*, Richard% David*, An-
drew% William^ James* ; b. February 1, 1856 ; m.
Alfred G. Bamett; b. January 30, 1838. Their children
are:
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129. i. RUBY Smith Barnetr; b. January 80, 1872;
d. ; m. March 26, 1908.
John Claud Clement. Their children are:
130. i. ALFRED Barnett Clement*; b. November 19,
1909, in Kansas City, Mo.
131. ii. MARY Barnett^; b. December 19, 1875. Is a
graduate of K. U.
132. iii. Alfred Greenleaf Barnett, Jr.^ b. November
15, 1878. Is a graduate of K. U. and of Har-
vard, and has taken a special course in Civil
Engineering at the University of Wisconsin.
(116) Wilson Sherman Kinnear«, Richard% Judge
David*, Rev. Andrews William', James^
Willson Sherman Kinnear was bom in Circleville, Ohio,
May 25, 1864, at the age of four years he was taken by
his parents to Ottawa, Kansas. That was in the days
when Kansas was settling up. The pioneers were break-
ing land. The Kinnears were not rich and like the rest
had a hard time to get along. From the day he was largei
enough to help, young Kinnear was his father's companion
on surveying tours, he did not go through college but was
a student at the Kansas State University from 1881 to
1883. In 1885, Mr. Kinnear worked in the engineering de-
partment of the Kansas City, Clinton & Springfield, then
a new road. He left this position after a few months and
became assistant Engineer of Maintenance and way for the
Missouri Pacific in Kansas City from April, 1886, to Au-
gust, 1887, he was division and office engineer of the Gulf,
Colorado & Santa Fe. November 13, 1887, Mr. Kinnear
married Miss Canyline Nichols, daughter of Townsend Z.
and Eliza Ann (Garlick) Nichols. Mrs. Kinnear's uncle.
Dr. Datis Garlick, was one of the first promoters of fish
culture in America. For more than a year following his
marriage Mr. Kinnear engaged in private practice as a civil
and hydraulic engineer, at Los Angeles, California. Soon
after Mr. Kinnear was tossed to the other side of the
globe. The North and South Improvement Company
wished to build 700 miles of railroad in Chilli and sent Kin-
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near as associate engineer. After he had been there a
while he was made enigineer in charge. It was at the time
of Balmaceda; the spirit of revolution was in the air. In
the quaint old city of St. James or Santiago Chili, Mr. and
Mrs. Kennear lived at the Hotel Odo. They found Santi-
ago cosmopolitan, with a decided Spanish flavor. Kinnear
was seen each evening, with his wife, slowly strolling the
Alemida, Santiago's principal boulevard, the lounging
place of the fashionable throng. The ladies wore French
toilets, the gentlemen were in military dress. Kinnear
mingled on even terms with senators and other Chilian
gentry. The revolt and overthrow of Balmeceda caused
Mr. and Mrs. Kinnear to decide to quit the country. They
sailed in a French steamer bound for Harve de Grass.
It was six week's voyage. The ship touched at all the
leading South American ports and finally straightened
away for France. For two weeks she was in the doldrums
and it seemed as if that voyage would never end. A few
weeks in Paris and London and they made up their minds
to return to the United States. Soon he was engaged to
work on the Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo railroad and in
1898 he went to Detroit as the principal assistant engineer ;
then followed promotion as assistant superintendent of
the Canadian division ; in 1902 he was appointed assistant
general superintendent, operating department; and in Au-
gust, 1902, Kinnear became Chief engineer, held the of-
fice of assistant general manager, besides was selected to
build the Detroit river tunnel. This tunnel, a unique feat
in engineering, about which so much has been written,
was an entirely new departure in tunnel construction. In-
stead of digging a tunnel under the bed of the river a trench
was dug in the river bed itself and the huge cylinders of
steel and concrete were dumped into the trench from the
scows and the sections connected by divers. It is a
tremendously big thing Mr. Kinnear has done, and
he has done it as he does all big things, very
quietly. The great work of building the Detroit
River Tunnel, was done by the Michigan Central
Railroad Company at a cost of $10,000,000, or more. Mr.
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Kinnear said the tunnel so absorbed his personality that
when his friends met him they did not say "How are
you?" but "HoVs the Tunnel?" The University of Kan-
sas, as recognition of his great achievement conferred on
him the honorary degree of civil engineer. Upon his
retiring as engineer of the Michigan Central, Mr. Kin-
near came to Kansas City as President of the Kansas City
Terminal Company and has had the responsibility of the
whole terminal and station project. The labyrinth of detail
in the plans entail the spending of 35 million of dollars ; at
this time (1912) he has resigned from the presidency of
that company to become the head of a 26 million dollar
concern, the United States Realty and Construction Com-
pany of New York, at a salary of $50,000 a year. He
spends his leisure playing golf, rain or shine; and a worthy
antagonist he makes. During the building of the Detroit
tunnel he was the honored guest at a ''Sub-aqueous dinner"
given by the "Snow Birds" and the unique menu conjtained
a sketch of his life written in the parlance of the golf links.
"On May 25, 1864, he teed up and drove off in this little
game of life at Circleville, Ohio."
(134) Lawrence Kinnear son of W. S. Kinnear, who is a
student at Kansas University (1912), taking a course in
civil ^igineering, is a golf player of unusual attainment
and took part in the national amateur golf tournament
held at Detroit.
(116) WILLSON Sherman Kinnear*, Richards DavidS
Andrew', Wm.*, Jas.^ b. May 25, 1864; m. No-
vember 13, 1887.
Caroline Nichols, dau. of Townsend Zorastor and
Eliza (Garlick) Nichols. Their children are:
133. i. CAEMEN Louise Kinnear^; b. December 15,
1890.
134. ii. LAWRENCE Willson Kinnear% b. December
27, 1892. Is a graduate of K. U. 1912.
(116) Willson Sherman Kinnear, was named for his
Uncle Hugh Willson. He came to Kansas City, Missouri,
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in 1912, as President of the Kansas City Terminal Railway
Ciompany, and was in chars:e of the construction of the
Union Station, Terminal tracks, yards, &c. Prior to this
he was in charge of the construction of the Detroit River
Tunnd connecting the United States and Canada.
Mrs. W. S. Kinnear's unde. Dr. Dates Garlick, "was the
father of lish culture" in America.
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SAYLOR FAMILY.
JOHN SAYLOR^; b. in Germany; d. about 1800, in Kck-
away County, Ohio; m.
Elizabeth Steel. They settled in Bedford County, Pa.
Their children were:
i. Jacob Saylor*.
ii. John Saylor*.
iii. Elizabeth Saylor'.
iv. Mary Saylor^
V. Esther Saylor^
vi. Harry Saylor*.
vii. Sarah Saylor*.
viii. Henry Saylor*; m. Elizabeth Kepner.*
ix. Michael Saylor^; m. Elizabeth Monnett*.
X. David Saylor* ; m. Ann Monnett*.
Henry and Elizabeth (Kepner) Saylor had:
i. Jacob Saylor*.
ii. Benjamin Saylor*.
iii. Isaac Saylor*.
iv. Samuel Saylor*.
V. Mary Saylor*.
vi. Elizabeth Saylor*.
vii. Simon Peter*.
viii. Sarah Saylor*.
ix. Ann Saylor*.
X. Bemett Saylor*.
xi. Lewis Saylor*.
xiii. Caroline Goolsbury Saylor*; m. (141) Isaac Kin-
near*, Andrew^, Andrew*, William^, James^
David Saylor and Ann (Monnett) Saylor, had:
i. Elizabeth Saylor*.
ii. Mary Saylor*.
iii. William Saylor*.
iv. Stephen Saylor*.
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V. Cornelius Saylor*.
vl. Malissa Saylor'.
Jacob Saylor^ with his family emigrated to Ohio and
settled In Pickaway County about 1800; he was Lutheran,
and died In peace about this time. Elizabeth, his wife,
was a member of the M. E. Church, and departed this
life, in favor with God, In 1824. (Rev. D. K.)
Michael Saylor% son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Steel) Say-
lor, married Elizabeth Monnett; He was a man of extreme
information; he and his lady were members of the M. E.
Church, and had an interesting family ; they lived in Pick-
away County, Ohio, their daughter, Esther, married (72)
William Kinnear*, David*, Andrew^ Williams James\
(Rev. D. K.)
Marion, Ohio, June 12, 1847.
"Mr. George Sigglns,
My Dear Uncle:
Many years have passed away since I enjoyed the
unspeakable pleasure of visiting you and your lovely fam-
ily. I often think of you, and pray that the Lord will
bless you. I have been a missionary for nearly six years
among the Indians. During all this time my labors were
too much for my health, and the result was that my
strength entirely failed.
I was united in holy matrimony to Miss Elizabeth Lee,
at the Indian Manual Labor School in the Indian Territory,
west of Missouri, March 10, 1840. She was bom in the State
of New York. Both before and after our marriage she
was a teacher in the school. To me she is an help-meet
indeed. In consequence of my broken health we moved
in the year 1842 to the South and I was appointed to Ope-
tansas Station in Louisiana, my health gradually improved,
my dear wife taught school, we labored for the church to
the utmost of our ability. The harvest was so great and
the laborers so few, that we exerted ourselves beyond our
strength. More than a year ago I volunteered to be a
Missionary to the people of color, and blessed be God, I
never enjoyed myself better than while preaching to the
poor black people in the South. The Lord has blessed my
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labors among them, if the Lord spares me I hope to preadb
to them while I live. May the rich blessing of Almighty
be upon the poor black people, both bond and free, and may
they and we meet in heaven to part no more forever.
Few people have labored more actively, and endured
more hardships than my dear wife and myself, but the
blessed Lord has b^n with us in the North and in the
South, among the white people, among the red people and
among the black people; we have had the pleasure of see-
ing many of all these classes converted to Gkxl, and re-
joicing in his love, and by Divine Grace we hope to end
our lives in this glorious cause.
We are now at my dear mothers, Dinah Kinnear's, on
a visit, enjoying ail the pleasures and comforts of her
sweet home, here is our greyhaired venerable mother, the
only surviving member of her father's family, her mind is
yet strong and active; this is in all probability the last
time we shall enjoy her company in this world, may the
Lord sanctify this visit. We purpose to return South, next
fall and remain there in the vineyard of the Lord till we
fall asleep in Jesus, thanks be to God for the glorious hope
of heaven. It is probable that I will soon depart this life.
We frequently hear from you through letters from our
other relatives. I have been for several years collecting
from my friends facts relating to my ancestors, relatives
and others, connected with the family-copies of their fam-
ily records, items genealogical and historical, and have
written more than one hundred letters, have more than
one hundred pages in manuscript — ^have arranged one also
for my brother, Delmar Kinnear, and am writing one for
my mother. I wish you to give me all the information you
can in reference to your family, and what has taken place
since I was with you. Tell me When and where any of
tiiem experienced religion. I have written a long letter to
Uncle John Greer; we understand that our grand-parents,
the Rev. William and Jane Young, ar^ removed from
where they were buried. I wish to know when and by
whom this was done, where they are now buried and what
their epitaphs are. The bones of Joseph were taken from
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Egypt nearly four hundred years after his death, and
buried in the land of Canaan, and the whole account re-
corded; in like manner let us pay respect to our honored
dead.
In conclusion, dear Uncle Siggins, we pray the blessing
of the Lord, his Grace and Providence be upon you and
yours until we all meet in heaven.
Our highly esteemed mother sends you her most cordial
respect, in love and friendship, all the family join her in
love to you and yours.
Very respectfully yours,
David Kinnear/'
P. S. My highly esteemed mother enjoys good health con-
sidering her advanced age; very few widows are as com-
fortably situated as herself, or as much loved and vener-
ated by their offspring; nearly all of her children have the
love of Gk)d in their hearts and are members of the Method-
ist E}piscopal Church. D. K.
(13) Rev. ANDREW Kinnear*, Andrew*, WilliamS
James^: b. December 12, 1781, in Leitrim
County, Ireland; d. October 30, 1845, in
Marion County, Ohio; m. March 8, 1801, in
Centre County, Pa.
Dinah Young, a daughter of Rev. William and
Jane (Simpson) Young; b. February, 1785, in
Sligo County, Ireland. Their children were:
135. i. Rev. DAVID Kinnear*; Historian of the Kin-
near Family: b. June 1, 1802, in Allegheny
Township, Venango County, Pai.; m. March
10, 1840, at the Indian Manual Labor School,
I. T.
Elizabeth Lee, who was bom in the State of New
York. No children; see Notes of him.
136.* ii. DELMAR Kinnear*: b. May 27, 1804, in
Allegheny Township, Venango County, Pa.;
m. January 31, 1828, in Chillicothe, Ohio.
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Marinda McDugal, daughter of James and
Eleanor McDugal. They had nine children.
137.* iii. ANDREW Kinnear*: b. May 25, 1806, in
Allegheny Township, Venango C!ounty, Pa.;
m. In Marion County, Ohio.
Dinah Mulford. They had five children.
138.* iv. JANE Kinnear*: b. May 5, 1808, in Al-
legheny Township, Venango County, Pa.;
m. June 9, 1836, in Lower Sandusky, Ohio.
Jacob F. Hultz, son of Palmer and Christina
Hultz.*
139.* V. Rev. JOHN Kinnear*: b. March 2, 1810, in
Denesta Township, Venango County, Pa.; d.
November 10, 1840, in Wajmesburg, Ohio.; m,
August 11, 1834, in Crawford County, Ohio.
Mary Monnett, dau. of Isaac and Eliza (Pittin-
ger) Monnett;* b. February 8, 1807, in Ross
County, Ohio. They had two children.
140.* vi. NANCY Kinnear*; b. May 12, 1812, in Al-
legheny Township, Venango County, Ohio;
m. August 29, 1836, in Marion County, Ohio,
by Rev. John Kinnear.
George Washington Tharp, son of John Young
and Mary Tharp.* They had three children.
141.* vii. ISAAC Kinnear"; b. November 1, 1814, in
Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio; d. 1883,
in Dunkirk, Harden County, Ohio; m. October
26, 1836, in Marion County, Ohio.
Caroline Goolsberry Saylor, daughter of Henry
and Elizabeth Saylor;* b. March 17, 1819, in
Pickaway County, Ohio. They had two children.
142. viii. MARY Kinnear*; b. July 6, 1817, in Picka-
way County, Ohio; m. John Anderson, February
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14, 1840, in Marion County, Ohio, by Rev. L. B.
Curley.
She was baptized in infancy in the M. E.
Church, her parents removed in the spring of
of 1824, to Marion County, Ohio.
143. ix. WILLIAM Erwin Kinnear*^; b. October 6,
1819, in Pickaway County, Ohio; m. August
30, 1842, in Pleasant Twp., Marion County,
Ohio.
Mary Ann Grimes, dau. of Oliver and Deborah
(White) Grimes.* They were married by the
Rev. W. C. Pierce.
144. X. FRANCIS Kinnear*; b. August 20, 1822, in
Pickaway County, Ohio. "During his infancy
he was initiated in the M. E. Church, according
to her ritural in baptism; He experienced re-
generation by faith in Christ, December 2,
1849, in Delaware, Ohio, while he was a stu-
dent in the Ohio University in that place. His
conversion was remarkably clear." (Rev. D.
K.)
145. xi. REBECCA Kinnear^; b. December 10, 1824,
in Marion County, Ohio. ''She was dedciated
to God in Holy baptism according to the ritu-
ual of the M. E. Church." (Rev. D. K.)
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M. E. CHURCH, YOUNGSVILLE, PA.
1882-1907.
The lot on which this church was built was purchased from
Henry P. Kinnear.
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THE YOUNG FAMILY.
Ancestors and Kin of Dinah (Young) Einnear, wife of
(13 Rev. Andrew Kinnear*, Andrew^, Williams James^
(135) Rev. David Kinnear, the Historian, says:
"I cannot trace my mothers ancestors further than to
her grand parents, which are as follows:
Mr. John Young^ was united in wedlock to Miss Mary
Erwin, both natives of Ireland; He was a miember of the
Church of England, and very benevolent to the poor ; She
was a member of the same church, but subsequently be-
came one of the first Wesleyan Methodists in Sligo Coun-
ty, Ireland. She had a strong mind, amiable manners, and
was remarkably benevolent; she was one of the most holy
women that ever lived, and had a testimony before her
death that she would die on a certain Sabbath, and so she
did, and that too in the most triumphant manner. Their
house had long been a home for the Wesleyan preachersip
and a refuge for them in time of persecution."
Their children were:
i. Alexander Young=^;
ii. Robert Young^;
iii. James Young^;
iv. John Young^
V. William Young^; b. May 1, 1756-7, in Sligo Co.,
Ireland.
Three daughters who died in childhood.
Rev. WILLIAM Young^, b. May 1, 1756-7, in Sligo Coun-
ty, Ireland; d. Sept. 24, 1829, in Mercer Coun-
ty, Pa. ; m. 1780, in Sligo County, Ireland.
Jane Simpson, dau. of John Simpson, he was a
member of the Church of England, b. 1752,
in Sligo County, Ireland; d. Dec. 1, 1830, in
Mercer County, Pa., aged 78.
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Rev. William Young came to America in 1791 with his
uncle, Erwin, and his family came in 1793, with
the family of John Siggins^.
The children of Rev. William and Jane (Simpson)
Young, were:
i. Jane Young"; b. 1784, in Sligo County, Ireland; m.
Feb. 18, 1800, in Centre County, Pa.
George Siggins\ See Siggins family.
ii. Dinah Young"; b. 1785, in Sligo County, Ireland;
m. March 18, 1801, in Centre County, Pa.
(13) Rev. Andrew Kinnear** See Kinnear family.
iii. Mary Young*; b. 1788, in Sligo County, Ireland; d.
February 21, 1834, and is buried in the M. E. Church
Yard, three miles north of New Castle, Pa. She was never
married.
iv. Elizabeth Young"; b. September 1789, in Sligo
County, Ireland; d. November 6, 1833, in Mercer County,
Pa. ; m. November 24, 1807, in Centre County, Pa.
George Green, son of George and Ruth Green,* b. March
22, 1777.
V. Nancy Young^; b. May 25, 1797, in Centre County,
Pa. ; d. August 28, 1842, in Mercer County, Pa. ; m. Novem-
ber 21, 1820, in Mercer County, Pa.
John Greer, son of Hanse and Elizabeth Greer;* b.
March 20, 1798, in Fermanagh County, Ireland.
vi. William Young, Jr."; b. May 19, 1799, in Mercer
County, Pa.; d. June 10, 1834, in Mercer County, Pa.; m.
October 30, 1823, in Mercer County, Pa.
Rachel ; b. November 19, 1801, in Mercer
County, Pa. ; d. September 5, 1834, in Mercer County, Pa. ;
Their children were:
i. Henry Falls Young^ ; b. September 23, 1824, in Mer-
cer County, Pa.
ii. Jane Simpson Young* ; b. April 17, 1826, in Mercer
County, Pa.
iii. William Erwin Young*; b. August 30, 1830, in
Mercer County, Pa.
iv. Susan Kenady Young*; b. February 17, 1832, in
Mercer County, Pa.
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William and Rachel Young are buried in the M. E.
Church Yard, about three miles north of New Castle, Pa."
George Green^; m.
Ruth ;
George Green^ ; b. March 22, 1777 ; m. Nov. 24, 1807, in
Mercer County, Pa.
Elizabeth Young*, dau. of Rev. William and Jane
(Simpson) Young.
Their children were:
i. Wesley George Green*, in the Young line; b. Decem-
ber 18, 1808, in Huntingdon County, Pa.; m. February
23, 1833, in Mercer County, Pa.
Nancy Donaldson, dau. of Isaac and Nancy Donaldson;
b. 1811.
ii. William Young Green*; b. September 10, 1810, in
Huntingdon County, Pa.; m. February 2, 1833.
Catherine Heasley, dau. of Daniel and Mary Heasley.
iii. James Pennel Green*; b. April 15, 1812; d. 1842,
in Indiana.
iv. Jane Simpson Green*; b. and d. in 1815.
V. Simpson Green* ; b.^ December 3, 1815, in Mercer
County, Pa.
vi. Mary Ann Green* ; b. July 7, 1818, in Mercer Coun-
ty, Pa.; d. 1842; m.
Cook,
vii. Mary Young Green*; b. December 15, 1820.
viii. Jane Young Green* ; b. October 13, 1823.
ix. Eliza Green*; b. December 3, 1825.
X. Erwin Green*; b. June 16, 1828.
xi. Joseph Green*; b. February 23, 1831.
xii. Ruth Green*; b. April 18, 1833.
John Greer, son of John Greer of Ireland, was bom in
Ireland; he was a high churchman. He was a wealthy
farmer and a man of business; m.
Jane Noble; b. 1770, in Fermanagh County, Ireland; d.
April 15, 1815, in Allegheny County, Pa. She was an ex-
ample of piety and religion.
Their children were:
i. Hanse Greer*; b. 1796, in Fermanagh County, Ire-
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land.
Elizabeth Hall. He was a wealthy farmer, they were
members of the Church of England, but later joined the
M. E. Church. Their children were:
i. John Greer* ; who died at the age of 18.
ii. James Greer*; who died at the age of 21.
iii. Robert Greer*,
iv. Mary Ann Greer*.
V. Elizabeth Greer*.
vi. Thomas Greer*,
ii. John Greer^; b. March 28, 1798, in Fermanagh
County, Ireland; m. Nov. 21, 1820, in Mercer County, Ra.
(v) Nancy Young^ Their children were:
i. William Young Greer^; b. April 14, 1822, in
Allegheny County, Pa.
ii. Elizabeth Hall Greer*; b. March 25, 1825, in
Mercer County, Pa.
iii. Simpson Greer"; d. April 25, 1829, an in-
fant.
John Greer% embarked at Londonderry in 1807, and
landed at New York, thence to Philadelphia, and later to
Allegheny County, Pa.
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A VIEW OF YOUNGSVILLE, SHOWING THE OLD BRIDGE
AND WADE HOUSE.
1813
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YOUNGSVILLE.
In the spring of 1796, Mathew Young, a Scotchman and
a bachelor, "pitched his tent" on the site of the borough
of Youngsville, and began a career which justly entitled
him to the distinction of bequeathing his name to the
beautiful and prosperous village that sprang up around
him. Young lived for many years the life of a recluse.
He taught school, a calling for which he was well adapted,
being well educated, and a friend and a general favorite
of children. In 1807 he built the first saw mill, on what
is called the Siggins water power. He died on the 4th of
August, 1825, while on a visit to Charles Smith, in Deer-
field township, and was brought back in a canoe and
buried in the village cemetery at Youngsville. His re-
mains now lie in the cemetery of the Odd Fellows. He is
described, by one who well remembered his appearance,
as being tall, slender and erect, with light complexion and
(in later years) with white hair. He was simple in char-
acter, earnest in his purpose and eccentric in his habits,
with a kind heart for all, and an integrity that was never
tarnished." As early as 1800 Mathew Young carved the
quaint word "YOUNGVAL" on a large stone which stood
for many years on ground now covered by the brick hard-
ware store, and which was used as a doorstep. The
name, Youngville, was naturally given to the place as soon
as it became a settl^nent, in the first decade of the pres-
ent century (1887).
Hist, of Warren Co., Pa., p. 403.
Matthew Young erected a log cabin on the banks of the
Brokenstraw creek, about thirty rods below where the
bridge now crosses that stream in Youngsville, and
cleared a small space, perhaps an acre, and cultivated it,
living in his cabin just a sufficient length of time to gath-
er the products of his "patch". He was little inclined to
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agricultural pursuits, and spent the greater portion of his
time with the other settlers along the Brokenstraw. Fin-
ally he settled down, making his home with John McKin-
ney, who lived about half way between Youngsville and
Irvington. He died August 4, 1825. The original patent
is now and has been for years, in the possession of Mr. C.
V. Kirinear.
SCOTCH AND SCOTCH-IRISH YOUNGS.
We have been unable to establish any relationship be-
tween the family of Dinah (Young) Kinnear, the mother of
Rev. David, and the several Young's of whom we give
sketches, viz.:
Matthew Young of Youngsville, Pa., Rev. S. Edward
Young, Capt. Thomas Young, Alcinious Young, David
Young, Rev. John A. Young, Rev. Jacob Young, W. J.
Young, but it is deemed advisable to publish this informa-
tion.
Rev. S. Edward Young discusses the Men of that Blood.
Rev. S. Edward Young, of the Second Presbyterian
Church, preached a sermon on "Scotch and Scotch-Irish
Blood in Western Pennsylvania." His text was Ezra vii. ;
27, "Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers." He said in
part:
"A Scotchman direct on my mother's side, Scotchman
via Ulster on my father's side, I hope to discourse impar-
tially. A Scotch-Irishman is a Scotchman bom in Ire-
land— ^born there actually or in person of ancestor, with
possible flavoring of Puritan, Quaker, or Hugenot; yet
never inter-marrying with Irish; Scotchmen forever,
amongst shamrock or goldenrod. Ireland's Columba evan-
gelized , Scotland. Scotland gave Ireland St. Patrick.
Panorama unfolds — savages gospelized, exalted Into a
Kenneth Macalpine, Wallace Bruce, John Knox, Robert
Bums, Walter Scott, Alexander Duff, Hamilton, Chal-
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mers, Drummond, Gladstone. Scotch colony transplanted
to soU of Erin, betwixt Giant's Causeway — Grampian
Range extended under sea, and Carlingford Lough, Scot
and Irishman warring everlastingly, Presbyterian, Uls-
terman ground beneath tyranny's iron heel, migrating for
freedom's cause to America, principally to Pennsylvania,
most venturesome filing along Juniata to Alleghenies and
westward, battles with French and Indians and British,
and forest witli ravenous wild animals and rattlesnakes,
with hunger and cold; conquering every foe, pioneers to
Carolinas, indicting Mecklinburg Declaration of Indepen-
dence, furnishing author and one-fourth the signers to the
declaration of July 4, 1776; half the presidents of the
United States, Scotch blood ceasing to flow when Abra-
ham Lincoln's heart stopped beating; producing half of
the Presbyterian ministers, besides soldiers, jurists, in-
ventors, educators beyond reckoning; building Pittsburg
and Allegheny and adjacent institutions of learning*. Wash-
ington and Jefferson ranking topmost in America for
proportion of great public men graduated or prepared;
Christianity, the passion — ^matchless record of the race,
'Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers.' To lift your be-
ing to its loftiest, make their God your God.
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CAPTAIN THOMAS YOUNG.
Before Leonard Calvert, and his overwhelming Protest-
ant Colony, as the Jesuites who accompanied him declare,
sailed for the waters of the Chesapeake, Captain Thomas
Young, a son of Gregory Young of York, received a spe-
cial commission from the King, which is printed in Ry-
mer's Foedera, and dated September 23, 1633, authoriz-
ing him to fit out armed vessels for the voyage to Vir-
ginia and adjacent parts; to take possession in the King's
name of all territory discovered, not yet inhabited by
Christian people, to establish trading posts with sole right
to trade, and to make such regulations and to appoint such
officers as were necessary to establish civil government.
In the spring of 1634 the exploring party departed, the
Lieutenant of which was Robert Evelyn, a nephew of
Young; Evelyn's father, af Godstone, Surrey, having mar-
ried Susan, the Captain's sister. Among other officers
was a surgeon named Scott, and the Cosmographer was
Alexander Baker of St. Holboums, Middlesex, described
by Young as "skillful in mines and trying metals." The
great object of Captain Young was to ascend the Dela-
ware River, which he called Charles, in compliment to the
King, until he found a great lake, which was said to be
its source, and there to find a Mediterranean Sea, which
the Indians reported to be four days journey beyond the
mountains. He entered Delaware Bay the twenty-fifth of
July, 1634, and on the 29th of August had reached the
Falls of the Delaware.
Pa. Mag. Vol. V. (1881) p. 2-7.
Alcinious Young, was born in New Hampshire Decem-
ber, 16, 1796, and died in Marion, la., March 30, 1876, in
his eightieth year. From childhood he was taught to pray
by a pious mother, and at the early age of twenty-one
united with the Presbyterian Church, but in 1827, after
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hearing the doctrine of Methodism preached, both he and
his excellent companion, were so impressed that they at
once identified themselves with the Methodist Episcopal
Church. Being licensed to preach, he was soon after ad-
mitted into the Pittsburg Conference. For six consecu-
tive years he lived in the midst of the most gracious re-
vivals on Erie, Meadville, Youngsville and Deerfield Cir-
cuits. On Lisbon and Steubenville stations great addi-
tions were made to the Church. On Meadville Circuit the
membership was more than doubled, leaving it more than
500 members. At Wellsburg, Va., where infidelity was
entrenched, such were the exhibitions of divine grace un-
der Fatiier Young's labors, that the strongholds of infi-
delity were overthrown. These manifestations of power
commenced with his labors on the first circuit, and con-
tinued through most of his itinerant career of nearly
thirty years, during which, we may say, thousands were
brought to Christ The other fields of labor in Pittsburg
Conference were Wesley Chapel, Pittsburg, Monongahela
City, Burlington, Dubuque District, Iowa City District.
He was conference missionary one year, but his health
had become impaired from toil and exposure, so that he
was unable to do much effective service after the close of
his term on Iowa City District, which then extended from
the mouth of the Cedar river to the north line of the state,
including the settlements on both sides of Iowa and Cedar
rivers. Roads were then unmade, streams unbridged and
settlements far distant from each other, and consequent-
ly he was compelled to endure the hardships of pioneer
life. For nineteen years his name has been on the super-
annuated list; but he has been loved and revered by the
entire Upper Iowa Conference, as he was one of the origi-
nal active members at its foundation. After the death of
his wife he was tenderly cared for by his children, having
his home most of the time in Iowa City, with Mrs. Judge
Carlton, and for the last three years with his son, Hon.
J. B. Young, Marion, Iowa.
From Hist, of Erie Conference, Vol. I, p. 628.
David Young, one of the most distinguished ministers of
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the west, was bom in Bedford County, Virginia, in 1779.
His parents were pious Presbyterians, and trained him
carefully in the creed and catechism. In early childhood
he was serious and studious, and at the age of twenty-one
he was at the head of a grammar school in Tennessee. In
1803 he experienced a change of heart, and with the con-
viction that he was called to the ministry, he commenced
holding meetings for prayer and exhortation, and his tal-
ents and usefulness were at once recognized. In 1805 he
entered the Western Conference, and from that time until
1839, with the exception of a rest of six years, he filled
inyportant appointments either as a pastor or as a pre-
siding elder. He was a man of fine personal appearance
and of great mental vigor. He bequeathed to the church
the most of his fortune. He died in great peace November
15, 1858. (Bishop Matthew Simpson's Cyclopedia of
Methodism, p. 971.)
According to James B. Finley, he was born in Bedford
Co. Va., March 7, 1779, but according to Bishop Morris, in
Washington Co., Va.
Rev. John A. Young was bom in Adams County, Pa.,
June 18, 1815, and became of subject of converting grace
and power in Springfield, Summit Co., Ohio, Dec. 25, 1832.
He was licensed to preach by the Quarterly meeting Con-
ference of the Middlebury Circuit in 1842, and admitted
on trial by the Erie Conference at its session in 1843. Mr.
Young was a tall, stout, athletic man, with a good con-
stitution for labor of any kind; was also possessed of a
large degree of mental power and religious zeal, and with
proper culture might have made a successful Methodist
preacher. For what reason we know not, he soon retired
to the local ranks, where he has tried to make himself use-
ful in that work. (Gregg's History of Methodism, EWe
Conference, Vol. II, p. 210.)
Jacob Young. A notable character appears as Presiding
Elder of the Ohio District in 1812. Jacob Young, a man
of such evangelical simplicity and purity, such good sense
in counsel, and perspicuity, and pertinence in speech, so
entertaining in conversation; and of such cordiality in
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manner and saintliness of character, that the most obstinate
opposer and most fastidious critics were won by him, not
withstanding the faithfulness of his administrations, and
some obvious defects, made the more obnoxious to criti-
cism by the peculiar recitative tone of his preaching. Ste-
ven's History of the M. E. Church, Vol. IV, p. 117.)
He was born in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, March
19, 1776, near where Adam Poe had his famous conflict
with Big Foot, an Indian Chief. His childhood was beset
with frontier hardships and Indian perils. His mind was
early impressed with religious truths and obligations. The
Rev. Jacob Young, D. D., was bom in Allegheny County,
Pennsylvania, March 19, 1776. His father was of the
Church of England, his mother of the Presbyterian Church,
though both were brought in after days to the feet of the
Savior through the labors of their own son. It has often
been said that the circumstances under which a man is
bom and reared have much to do in the formation of his
future character, and that one coming into life amid great
and stirring scenes, the offspring of parents deeply in-
terested in the great questions of human life and human
liberty would more probably be marked in his mental
character with the influence of those struggles, and stamp-
de through life with the spirit of the age. The subject of
our memoir was ushered into life amid the struggles of
a nation for the boon of freedom, and the parents who
rejoiced in the birth of a son were permitted in four
months more, to rejoice in the birth of a nation by the
Declaration of Independence. The first years of our
brother were passed amid the wildest scenes of frontier
peril, and the objects of early familiarity were sites of
renowned conflict, and the port holes of his father's cabin.
When he was about fifteen years of age, his father re-
moved to the State of Kentucky. It seems to us almost
a useless attempt, even to bear a truthful and sincere tes-
timony to his rare abilities, ripe Christianity, and un-
wearied labors, for the name of Jacob Young brings with
it an association of excellence, is burned in imperishable
characters, and over so wide a territory, that the kindling
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of our feeble lamp would be obscured by the ever burning:
light in the mind and memory of his numerous friends. He
died at the home of his oldest son, in Columbus, Ohio,
Sept. 16, 1869. **A Prince and a great man had fallen
asleep." (From Minutes of the Conference, Vol, VIII,
1860, p. 273.)
Jacob Young came from New York State in 1838 and
settled in the northeast comer of Eldred Township, Pa.,
where he remained to tiie day of his death. He was a
good quiet industrious man, by occupation a farmer, and
blacksmith. Three sons, Mansel, Joseph, and Wesley lived
in Eldred Township.
W. J. Young (Garland p. o. Eldred,) was bom in Eldred,
in 1849; is a farmer; owns a farm of fifty acres. He mar-
ried Effie Brown, who died March 10, 1883, leaving one
child, Effie E. He married his second wife, Ida M. Kling-
er, in 1885. His father, Jacob Young, was born in Ohio,
Dec. 4, 1802, and married Margaret McRea, of Titusville,
October 22, 1829, and died Nov. 16, 1873. He had a family
of ten children. The father and five sons served in the
war of the rebellion, and one of his sons was killed at
the battle of Gettysburg.
(136) Delmar Kinnear*^, was bom in Allegheny Town-
ship, Venango County, Pa., May 27, 1804. He was bap-
tized in infancy by Rev. Andrew Hemphil. He emigrated
with his parents to Pickaway County, Ohio, early in the
summer of 1812; he experienced religion and joined the
M. E. Church in that county in the 14th year of his age.
He was a copper smith, tin and sheet iron ware manu-
facturer, a remarkably ingenious and good workman, had
much original talent and a strong mind; he was joined
in matrimony to Marinda, daughter of James and Eleanor
McDugal, of Chillicothe, Ohio, January 31, 1828, by Rev.
James Quinn.
Her relatives and ancestors as near as we can learn
them were:
Robert McDugal was bom in Edinburg, Scotland, in
1733; he married Dorcas Donnelson, in Loudon County,
Va. Her parents were natives of England; they were
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members of the Baptist Church.
Robert McDugal died in October, 1829, in Licking Coun-
ty, Ohio, aged 96. Dorcas, his wife, departed this life in
April, 1794, in Bourbon County, Ky.
Their children were:
John, James, Elizabeth, Stephen, Selina, Katherine,
Sarah and Thomas.
James McDugal was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, March 4,
1781 ; he married Eleanor Brittian, February 9, 1803. She
was bom in Bucks County, Pa., September 10, 1781.
Their children were:
i. John McDugal; b. November 17, 1804, in Chillicothe,
Ohio.
ii. Marinda McDugal; b. December 12, 1806, in Chil-
licothe, Ohio; m. January 31, 1828, in Chillicothe, Ohio.
Delmar Kinneai* ; No. 136.
iii. Lewis McDugal; b. March 31, 1809, in Chillicothe,
Ohio; d. December 29, 1809, in Chillicothe, Ohio.
iv. Jane McDugal; b. October 27, 1810, in Chillicothe,
Ohio; d. March 6, 1811, in Chillicothe, Ohio.
V. Jane McDugal; b. October 26, 1812, in Chillicothe,
Ohio.
vi. James McDugal; b. May 28, 1815, in Chillicothe,
Ohio.
vii. Robert McDugal; b. November 29, 1818, in Chil-
licothe, Ohio.
viii. Eleanor McDugal; b. March 3, 1820, in Chillicothe,
Ohio; d. April 2, 1822, in Chillicothe, Ohio.
ix. Lewis McDugal ; b. August 24, 1822, in Chillicothe,
Ohio.
Mrs. Eleanor (Brittian) McDugal departed this life in
peace, August 7, 1826, aged 43 years, 10 months, 27 days ;
she was remarkably benevolent, especially to the poor, a
devoted and exemplary Christian, and had long been a
member of the M. E. Church.
Delmar and Marinda (McDugal) Kinnear settled in Cir-
cilville, Ohio. He was a steward and class leader; their
house was a home for Methodist preachers. (Rev. D. K.)
Delmar Kinnear made the .first lamps used in Circil-
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ville, lard oil was burned in them, and they were consid-
ered a wonderful invention.
(136) Delmar Kinnear*, Andrew*, Andrew', William*,
James^ b. May 27, 1804, in Allegheny Township, Venan-
go County, Pa.; m. January 31, 1828, in Chillicothe, Ohio.
Marinda McDugal, daughter of James and Eleanor
McDugal. Their children were:
146. i. ELEANOR Dinah Kinnear«; b. November 18,
1828, in Circleville, Ohio.
147. ii. ANDREW James Kinnear«; b. October 30,
1830, in Circleville, Ohio.
148. iii. GEORGE Delmar Kinnear«; b. September 11,
1832, in Circleville, Ohio; d. April 16, 1834, in
Circleville, Ohio.
149. iv. MARY Young Kinnear*; b. November 4,
1834, in Circleville, Ohio.
150. V. EDWARD Delmar Kinnear*; b. December 31,
1836, in Circleville, Ohio; d. October 19, 1839,
in Circleville, Ohio.
151. vi. LEONID AS Nation Kinnear«;b. October 2,
1838, in ardeville, Ohio.
152.* vii. JANE Melissa Kinnear^; b. 1841, in
Circleville, Ohio; m. 1872, in Columbus, Ohio.
E. C. Briggs, son of John and Rebecca Briggs.
They had three children.
153. viii. WILLIAM Rw Kinnear*; New Castle, Pa.
(137) Andrew Kinnear*, Andrew*, Andrew', William',
James^ b. May 25, 1806, in Allegheny Township, Venan-
go County, Pa. ; m. in Marion County, Ohio.
Dinah Mulford; they settled in Marion County,
but afterward moved to Hardin County, Ohio;
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they were members of the M. E. Church and
enjoyed religion. Their children were:
154. i. JOHN Wesley Kinnear^.
They had a daughter:
155. PEARL Kinnear^ ; who married
Albert Smathers, and they had a daughter:
156. Jane Smathers.
157. ii. FRANCES Delmar Kinnear*.
158. iii. WILLIAM Kinnear*.
159. iv. MALINDA Jane Kinnear*.
(138) Jane Kinnear^, Andrew*, Andrew*, William',
James\ b. May 5, 1808, in Allegheny Township, Venango
County, Pa.; m. January 9, 1836, in Lower Sandusky,
Ohio.
Jacob F. Hultz, son of Palmer and Christina Hultz ; b.
June 29, 1810, in Saratoga County, N. Y. She was bap-
tized in infancy; she experienced religion and joned the
M. E. Church in Marion County, Ohio; she was a very
amiable girl, a most devout and fervent Christian, had a
good and well cultivated mind and was an excellent school
teacher ; she was married to Jacob F. Hultz, by her uncle.
Rev. John Kinner, in Lower Sandusky, Ohio, January 9,
1836; they settled in Lower Sandusky.
Jacob F. Hultz experienced religion February 12, 1822;
he was a blacksmith.
His ancestors as far as I have ascertained were :
Daniel Hultz% a native of Holland, came to America and
settled in New York State; his wife was a native of Eng-
land. Their children were:
Ephriam, Palmer, Daniel, David and Katherine. Palmer
Hultz* married Christina Fulmer in Saratoga County, New
York, daughter of John and (Stoat) Fulmer; John
Fulmer, her father, was wealthy; her mother Stoat,
was a native of Holland, and was an heir to an estate in
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that country, but did not claim it, and therefore it went to
others.
Palmer and Christina Hultz moved in 1816 to Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Their children were:
Palmer Hultz, Jr. ; b. in Saratoga County, N. Y.
Katherine Hultz ; b. in Saratoga County, N. Y.
Priscilla Hultz; b. March 4, 1804, in Saratoga County,
N. Y.
Guernsey Hultz; b. June 1, 1806, in Saratoga County,
N. Y.
John Hultz; b. February 10, 1808, in Saratoga County,
N. Y.
Jacob F. Hultz; b. June 29, 1810, in Saratoga County,
N. Y.
George Hultz; b. October 24, 1812, in Saratoga County,
N. Y.
Julian Hultz; b. July 12, 1816, in Saratoga County,
N. Y.
(189) Rev. Johjn Kinnear*, Andrew*, William*, William",
James^ b. March 2, 1810, in Denesta Township, Venango
County, Pa; d. November 10, 1840, in Waynesburg, Ohio;
m. August 11, 1834, in Crawford County, Ohio.
Mary Monnett, daughter of Isaac and EHiza (Pittinger)
Monnett; b. February 8, 1807, in Ross County, Ohio.
The parents of Rev. John Kinnear, Rev. Andrew and
Dinah (Young) Kinnear, emigrated to Pickaway County,
Ohio, in 1812, and to Marion County, Ohio, in February,
1824. He was an amiable and very good boy; he joined
the M. E. Church in Marion County, Ohio, September 10,
1826, and embraced religion on the 23d of the next month ;
he enjoyed a great deal of peace with God, was remarkably
studious, read much, memorized scripture to a great ex-
tent; in March, 1832, he was taken from school by the so-
licitude of Rev. Russell Biglow to fill the place of an itin-
erant preacher on the Norwalk or Huron circuit, Ohio con-
ference in the 22d year of his age. In the same year he
was received on trial into the Ohio annual conference, and
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appointed to the Elyria circuit. The next year he was ap-
pointed to the Farmington circuit He was united in the
holy estate of wedlock to Miss Mary Monnett, daughter of
Isaac and Elizabeth Monnett, in Crawford County, Ohio,
August 11, 1834. She was bom in Ross County, Ohio, Feb-
ruary 8, 1807. She experienced religion and joined the
M. E. Church in the ninth year of her age, the first year
that Rev. Micheal Ellis traveled the Pickaway circuit. Their
children were:
160. i. MOSES Adkins Kinnear« ;b. March 29, 1838, in
Spring Arbor Township, Jackson County, Mich.
161. ii. JOHN Delmar Kinnear« ; b. April 26, 1840, in
Savannah, Richland County, Ohio.
Moses and John experienced religion in January, 1846;
they were remarkably pious children.
(139) Rev. John Kinnear, after preaching the Gospel
faithfully for nearly nine years as an itinerant Methodist
preacher, departed this life in peace and triumph November
9, 1840, in the 31st year of his age at Waynesburg, Wayne
County, Ohio. His remains were interred at this town in
father Yocum's family burying ground, a most beautiful
and elevated place. A funeral discourse was delivered on
the mournful occasion by the Rev. Elmore Yocum, his pre-
siding elder, from Genesis V-22, "And Enoch walked with
God."
(140) Nancy Kinnear*, Andrew*, Andrew*, William',
James^ b. May 12, 1812, in Allegheny Township, Venango
County, Pa. ; m. August 29, 1835, in Marion County, Ohio.
George Washington Tharp; by Rev. John Kinnear, her
uncle.
Shortly after her birth her parents emigrated to Pick-
away County, Ohio, and later removed to Marion County, in
the same State.
She was a very amiable girl, was converted and became
a member of the M. E. Church ; she was joined in matri-
mony to Greorge Washington Tharp, August 29, 1835, in
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Marion County, Ohio, by her uncle, Rev. John Kinnear;
they settled in that County.
John Young Tharp, the father of George Washington
Tharp, was of Irish descent and his mother of English ; he
departed this life in peace ; he was a member of the M. E.
Church and enjoyed the love of God. (Rev. D. K.)
The children of John Young and Mary Tharp were:
Sarah, John, Rachel, Eleanor, George Washington, Mary,
Alexander and Ann.
The children of George Washington and Nancy (Kin-
near) Tharp were :
162. i. JOSEPH Lycurgus Tharp*; b. June 22, 1836,
in Marion County, Ohio.
163. ii. REBECCA Jane Tharp«; b. March 5, 1838,
in Marion County, Ohio.
164. iii. MARINDA Ann Tharp«; b. June 20, 1839,
in Marion County, Ohio.
Rev. John Sailor.
At a congregational meeting of the First Presbyterian
Church, held in Warren, Pa., April 1, 1850, it was resolved
"That the Rev. John Sailor be invited to abide witii, and
preach for us a year, in consideration of which the trustees
be recommended to assume and promise to pay him $400 a
year — provided a sufficient sum shall be raised upon sub-
scription, to justify their doing so. Mr. Sailor was there-
upon engaged in accordance with the resolution. His min-
istry of five years was eventful, and was disturbed by tem-
porary schism — if such a phrase is admissible — concern-
ing the ownership and right of disposition of pews and
slips, which seriously affected the growth of the church,
and the Christian zeal of the community. On the 29th of
August, 1855, at his own request, Mr. Sailor was dismissed
from the pastorate, though he continued to occupy the pul-
pit for some time. After his departure the pulpit was
long supplied by occasional preaching or reading of a ser-
mon by one of the lay members.
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(141) Isaac Kinneai* , Andrew*, Andrew', William%
James\ b. November 1, 1814, in Circilville, Ohio ; d. 1883,
in Dunkirk, Hardin County, Ohio; m. October 26, 1836, in
Marion County, Ohio.
Caroline Goolsberry Saylor; their children were:
165. i. MARY Melvira Kinnear«; b. July 11, 1837, in
Marion County, Ohio.
166. ii. ELIZABETH Dinah Kinnear*; b. October 16,
1839 in Marion County, Ohio.
Caroline Goolsberry (Saylor) Kinnear died in the
triumph of peace with God, September 17, 1841,
in Hardin County, Ohio; she was a member of
the M. E. Church.
(141) Isaac Kinnear<^; m. 2d, June 80, 1842, in Hardin
County, Ohio.
Sarophinea Wysong, and removed to his former home in
Hardin County, Ohio. Their children were :
167. iii. CAROLINE Matilda Kinnear^; b. September
9, 1844, in Pleasant Township, Hardin County,
Ohio.
168. iv. SYNTHA Sarophenia Kinnear«; b. May 31,
1846, in Banchard Township, Hardin County,
Ohio.
169. V. CLARA Kinnear« ; d. young.
170. vi. ELIZABETH Kinnear«; d. young.
171. vii. WELDON Kinnear« ; d. young.
172. viii. JOHN Kinnear^ ; d. young.
173. ix. FRANKLIN Irving Kinnear*.
174. X. IDA M. Kinnear*; m. MiUer.
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175.* xi. ALPHEUS J. Kinnear*; b. August 12, 1853,
in Hardin County, Ohio; m. 1872.
Jennie S , in Huron County, Ohio; b. August
13, 1848.
(141) Isaac Kinnear* was baptized in infancy in the
M. E. Church; he was regenerated by faith in Christ in
August, 1832, and became a member of the M. E. Church
the following October.
THE GRIMES-WHITE FAMILY.
(143) William Erwin Kinnear married August 30, 1842,
in Pleasant Township, Marion County, Ohio.
Mary Ann Grimes, bom March 26, 1821, in Rockingham,
Windham Co., Vermont; daughter of Oliver and Deborah
(White) Grimes.
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THE GRIMES FAMILY.
James and Sarah Grimes of Hancock, Hillsborough Co.,
New Hampshire. Their children were:
i. Oliver Grimes; b. June 27, 1793, in Hancock, New
Hampshire; m. March 6, 1820, in Rockingham, Vermont.
*Deborah White.
ii. Mary Grimes; b. April 27, 1795, in Hancock, New
Hampshire.
iii. Sarah Grimes; b. February 18, 1797, in Hancock,
New Hampshire, d. in childhood.
iv. Aaron Grimes; b. March 8, 1799, in Hancock, New
Hampshire; d. in childhood.
V. Ruthania Grimes; b. May 9, 1801, in Dublin, Chesh-
ire Co., New Hampshire.
vi. Amanda Grimes; b. January 16, 1804, in Hancock,
New Hampshire.
vi}. James Grimes; b. January 12, 1806, in Gibson,
Cheshire Co., New Hampshire.
The children of Oliver and Deborah (White) Grimes
were:
i. Mary Ann Grimes; b. March 26, 1821, in Rocking-
ham, Windham Co., Vermont; m. Ai^gust 30, 1842, in
Marion County, Ohio.
(143) William Erwin Kinnear.
ii. Sarah Jerusha Grimes; b. April 24, 1823, in Rock-
ingham, Windham Co., Vermont
iii. Deborah Ellen Grimes; b. May 22, 1825, in Rock-
ingham, Windham Co., Vermont.
iv. Maria Grimes; b. September 27, 1827, in Rock-
ingham, Windham Co., Vermont.
v. Henry Leonard Grimes; b. September 3, 1831, in
Rockingham, Windham Co., Vermont.
vi. Alma Ruthania Grimes; b. February 12, 1843, in
Pleasant Township, Marion County, Ohio.
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Oliver and Deborah (White) Grimes removed from Ver-
mont to Marion County, Ohio, in 1836. "They have long
been members of the M. E. Church and in possession of
peace with God. Their daughters became members of the
same church in early life, and obtained regeneration by
faith in Christ." Rev. D. Kinnear.
Henry Leonard Grimes, departed this life in Rocking-
ham, Windham County, Vermont, August 8, 1832, aged 11
months and five days.
Deborah Ellen Grimes was united in wedlock to Joshua
B. Young, son of Christian and Young, in Pleasant
Township, Marion County, Ohio, April 16, 1846.
Phineas White; b. June 6, 1764; m. about 1787.
Jerusha Marsh; b. July 31, 1765. Their children were:
i. Jerusha White; b. October 27, 1788, in Rockingham,
Vermont.
ii. Betsey White; b. March 4, 1790, in Rockingham,
Vermont.
iii. Sarah White; b. October 10, 1791, in Rockingham,
Vermont.
iv. Deborah White; b. June 12, 1794, in Rockingham,
Vermont; m. March 6, 1820, in Rockingham, Vermont.
Oliver Grimes.
v. Cynthia White; b. April 12, 1796, in Rockingham,
Vermonti
vi. Phineas White; b. Nov. 10, 1798, in Rockingham,
Vermont.
vii. Luke White; b. May 24, 1800, in Rockingham,
Vermont.
viii. William White; b. October 16, 1802, in Springfield,
Vermont.
ix. John Elliott White; b. April 2, 1805, in Springfield,
Vermont; d. April 16, 1807.
Sarah White, the third child of Phineas and Jerusha
(Marsh) White; m. Ransley Eddy; she died October, 1832,
in Springfield, Vermont.
(152) Jane Melissa Kinnear®, Delmar", Andrew*, An-
drewS William^ James^; b. 1841, in Circleville, Ohio;
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m. 1872, in Columbus, Ohio,
E. C. Briggs, son of John and Rebecca Briggs. Living
at 1910 E. Grand Blvd., Detroit, Michigan. Their children
were:
176. i. MARION Briggs^ b. May, 1876.
177. ii. DELMAR Briggs^; b. April, 1879; m. 1903.
Their children are:
178. i. JEANE Briggs'*; b. 1904.
179. ii. DOROTHY Briggs^b. 1909.
(175) Alpheus J. Kinnear says: "I was born on my
father's farm in Hardin County, Ohio; married when nine-
teen; farmed ten years; health failed; went to Winfield,
Kansas, embarked in the hardware business, caught the
pioneer spirit, was one of twenty men to form a Town
Company, and build the County seat of Clark County, Kan-
sas.
In 1887, after three successive seasons of "hot winds,"
driving out all our settlers, I graduated from Kansas. It
cost me $25,000.00 to graduate, but I never need to show
my certificate to a Kansas man ; a few moments talk and he
will take my word for it.
My wife's health failed soon after our return to Ohio.
She died at Marion, Indiana, in 1894.
While living in Ohio, I "traveled" Indiana, Illinois, Iowa
and Michigan for a manufacturing company, at Massillon,
Ohio, and one at Canton, Ohio, later on I married the widow
of a friend of mine, who lived here when I was traveling;
■he was living on a suburban place of 28 acres overlooking
the town. (Martinsville, Ind.) I had fallen in love with
the place when visiting her husband several years before;
its a good place to live ; Brown County, Indiana, the "Switz-
erland of America" corners with our country.
I raised three boys, one Herbert J. Kinnear, is a jeweler ;
another. Earl S. Kinnear is a shoe merchant, in Marion, In-
diana; the other, Willis H. Kinnear, is in the real estate
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business, at 601 State Street, Indianapolis, Indiana. The
firm name is "The Kinnear Company."
I am 58 years of age, my wife has one daughter living in
the Pecos Valley of New Mexico, one in Atlanta, Ga.; a
son in Coffeyville, Kansas, and a step-son living here; be-
tween us we have 14 grandchildren."
Martinsville, Indiana, February 12, 1912.
(175) Alpheus J. Kinnear®, Isaac^ Andrew*, Andrew^
William*, James^ b. August 12, 1853, in Hardin County,
Ohio ; m. 1st, 1872, in Huron County, Ohio.
Jennie S d. 1894, in Marion, Indiana. Their chil-
dren were :
180. i. HERBERT E. Kinnear^ ; a jeweler, in Marion,
Ind; b. September 21, 1873, in Stuben, Ohio;
m. November 27, 1897, in Frankfort, Indiana.
Maude G. Miller ; they have one daughter.
181. i. RUTH Kinnear*; b. June 11, 1899.
182. ii. WILLIS Hayes Kinnear^ ; Real Estate, Indian-
apolis, Indiana; b. November 18, 1876.
m. February 26, 1906.
Beulah Benton Bamhill, daughter of James B. and
Margaret Bamhill ; b. April 27, 1878 ; they have
one son.
183. i. WILLIS H. Kinnear, Jr.»; b. January 1, 1907.
184. iii. ERLE S. Kinnear^; a shoe merchant, at
Marion, Ind.; b. March 27, 1880; m. January
12, 1903.
Eunice Bay; they have two children.
185. i. MARGARET Louise Kinnear*; b. June 30,
1906.
186. ii. JAMES Edward Kinnear*; b. October 12, 1908.
(175) Alpheus J. Kinnear; m. 2d, Mrs. a
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widow, living near Martinsville, Ind.
(15) Margaret Kinnear*, Andrew', William", James\
b. October 8, 1785, in Leitrim County, Ireland ; d. September
1, 1844, in Pulaski County, Ind ; m. 1808, in Venango Coun-
ty, Pa.
George Ingrim; d. September 2, 1844, in Winimac, Pu-
laski County, Ind. They emigrated to Pickaway County,
Ohio, about 1812, and to Indiana about 1822. She died
September 1, 1844, and he died the next day; they are
buried in Winimac, Indiana, beside two of their children. .
Their children were :
187. i. JOHN Ingrim».
188. ii. ANDREW Ingrim' ; died young.
189. iii. MARY (Polly) Ingrim\
190. iv. REBECCA Ingrim'^ ; died young,
191. V. JANE Ingrim\
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THE EARNEST FAMILY.
Adam Earnest^ was a native of Germany, he emifirrated
to America and settled in Bedford County, Pa., he married
in Bedford County, Eva Hellabert, who was bom in
America. Their children were:
i. Molly Ekimest^
ii. George EJamesf
iii. John Earnest'
iv. Jacob Earnest'
V. Henry Earnest'
vi. Michael Earnest'
Michael Earnest', Adam*; b. February 1, 1776, in Bed-
ford County, Pa.; m. November 16, 1811, in Pickaway
County, Ohio.
(19). Mary Kinnear,* Andrew,^ William,* James,^ b. No-
vember 8, 1793, in Berks County, Pa. ; d. 1880, in Gamett,
Anderson County, Kan. Their only child:
192. i. SAMUEL Earnest'; b. September 28, 1812, in
Pickaway County, Ohio; m. February 1, 1838,
in Pickaway County, Ohio.
Elizabeth Thompson, b. July 25, 1818, in Union-
town, Pa, Their children were:
193. i. MOSES Earnest^ b. December 31, 1838.
194. ii. CYRUS Earnest*; b. February 15, 1840; d. abt.
1880 in Ft. Niobra, Nebraska. He was a cap-
tain in the Civil War, afterward a Major in the
regular army ; he weighed about 300 lbs.
195. iii. LEWIS Earnest*; Major in 14th Ohio, Civil
War; b. August 18, 1842; lives at Portage,
Wash.,
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Martha Drusbach. They had 2 childrein, Ralph
and Frank of Seattle, Wash.
196. iv. HENRY Earnest*; b. May 1, 1844, Ck)rporal
in Morgan's Brigade, d. 1909, m. 18-- and had a
family.
197. V. MARY Melisa Earnest*; b. April 13, 1846, in
Circleville, Ohio, m. October 27, 1867.
Wilson Holderman, b. March 24, 1846.
vi. JENNIE Earnest*; b. 1850; d. 1880, in Kan-
sas, not married*
Adam Elamest was killed by the Indians when his son
Michael Earnest* was about five years old. The Indians
took his mother, one of his brothers and Micheal prisoners
conducted them to Detroit, and sold them to the British.
About one year later they were returned to Ohio.
Elizabeth Thompson, who married Samuel Ecimest^ was
a daughter of Robert and Tracy (Brown) Thompson, he
was a native of Ireland and she of England. Their other
children were:
L Martha Thompson.
ii. Susan Thompson.
iii. William Thompson.
iv. Eleanor Thompson.
V. Jane Thompson.
vi. Caroline Thompson.
vii. Amanda Thompson.
This family lived in Pickaway Ck)unty, Ohio.
Elizabeth Thompson and Samuel Earnest were married
by Rev. J. C. Hunter.
(197). Mary Melissa Earnest,* Samuel,* Micheal' Adam^
b. April 13, 1846, in Circleville, Ohio.
Wilson Halderman, b. March 24, 1846. Their children
were:
i. Harry Earnest Holderman, b. May 30, 1869,
ii. George Leland Holderman, b. June 21, 1872.
iii. Jennie Holderman, b. May 11, 1874.
Wilson Holderman, was a son of George Hdderman, b.
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Dec. 20, 1812, in Pickaway Ck)uiity, Ohio, and his wife Mary
Jones, who was born January 25, 1818, in Hallsville, Ross
county, Ohio, they were married November 12, 1835, by
John Patterson, Esq., she was a daughter of Aaron and
Sally Jones.
(20). James Kinnear/ Andrew.^ William.* James.^ b.
July 21, 1795, in Berks County, Pa., (now Schuylkill Ck).)
m. 1817, in Franklin, Venango County, Pa.
Jane Hale, dau. of Edward and Ruth Hale, b. December
1, 1800, in Venango County, Pa.
Edward Hale was a native of Maryland, Ruth, his wife,
was bom in Washington County, Pa. ; she was a member of
the Episcopal Church. Both died in Franklin, Pa.
James Kinnear served six months in the Militia at Fort
Meggs, on the Maumee River, in his 18th year, and ac-
quitted himself well. After his marriage he settled in
Franklin, and was a merchant for several years ; In Janu-
ary, 1819, he was appointed County Treasurer, a lucrative
office. He was a Major of Militia and later (Colonel. In
1824 he entered the hotel business in Franklin and kept an
excellent and orderiy house. He was appointed in 1845, by
the Legislature, Associate Judge of Venango County. He
was wealthy and popular.
The children of James and Jane (Hale) Kinnear, were:
198. i. d. in infancy.
199. ii. RUTH Kinnear^, 1822, d. aged 22 months.
200. iii. RUTH Kinnear', b. July 18, 1823, in Franklin,
Pa.; m. 1837. Dr. William Elliott, his father
was president of the Baptist Ck)llege, in Pitts-
burg. Their children were :
201. i. JAMES K. Elliott, b. Feb. 6, 1838, d. March 3,
1838.
202. ii. JANE Elliott, b. June 18, 1839.
Ruth (Kinnear) Elliott, m. 2nd, James Bredan, a
lawyer.
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JOSIAH KINNEAR.
BORN JUNE 27. 1834.
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203. iv. POLLY Kinnear,*^ b. September 4, 1825, in
Franklin, Pa-; m. Davidson. They had
two daughters :
SAKAH Hale, dau. of Edward and Ruth Hale;
b. 1795, in Washington Ck)unty, Pa. ; m. 1815 in
Franklin, Pa.
ANDREW Bowman, son of James and Cath-
erine Bowman.
(21). Samuel Kinnear was bom in Berks Ck)unty, Pa.,
June 6, 1800, came with his parents, Andrew and Mary
(Delmar) Kinnear, to Pickaway N County, Ohio, in 1806.
As a young man he was a clerk in a store, in 1824, he suc-
ceeded his brother, David, in the office of County Surveyor
until the spring of 1831, he was appointed Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas, Pro tem. In 1833 he removed to
Franklin County, Ohio, and kept a hotel on his farm, which
is now a part of Columbus, (the farm was then several
miles north of Ck)lumbus) .
He served as Justice of the Peace in Franklin County
thirty eight years, he was an excellent officer and accumu-
lated considerable property.
He married first April 13, 1826, in Lexington, Ken-
tucky, Hannah McCutcheon, who was bom August 5, 1808,
and died September 10, 1828, (she was a daughter of John
and Susannah McCutchen.) They had two children; Ann
Amanda Kinnear, who married Rev. Thomas M. Hess and
Hannah Rachel Fidelia Kinnear who married James F. Col-
bum.
He married secqnd April 4, 1830, in Pickaway County,
Ohio, Ellen Hill, who was bom 1801-2 in Hampshire County
Va. She was a daughter of Captain William H. and
Margaret (Florence) Hill, her father was a captain in a
Hampshire County Company in the War of 1812; came to
Pickaway Ck)unty, Ohio, in 1814.
Her grandfather, William Leroy Hill, bom in 1700, in
London, England, in 1767, he settled in Culpepper County,
Va., he was a quarter-master under Washington in the
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Revolutionary War; her great grandfather was second in
command under Wellington, in the battle of Waterloo.
Samuel and Ellen (Hill) Kinjiear, had three children,
Pauline Delmar Kinnear, who died unmarried in 1855; Jo-
siah Kinnear bom 1834, died 1904, and Marie Kinnear bom
March 27, 1837, unmarried, is still living in Ck>lumbus, Ohio.
Hannah (McCutchen) Kinnear, is buried in "Mount
Pleasant" cemetery, Ross County, Ohio.
Her epitaph is as foMows:
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
MRS. HANNAH KINNEAR
WIFE OF SAMUEL KINNEAR
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
10th OF SEPT. 1828. AGED
TWENTY YEARS ONE MONTH AND
FIVE DAYS.
(21) Samuel Kinnear*, Andrew^, William', James^; b.
June 6, 1800, in Berks County, Pa.; d. March 6, 1867, in
Franklin County, Ohio; m. April 13, 1826, in Circleville,
Ohio.
Hannah McCutcheon, dau. of John and Susanna Mc-
Cutchen ; b. Aug. 5, 1808. She was of Irish descent. Their
children were:
204.* i. ANN Amanda Kinnear*; b. February 16, 1827,
in Circleville, Ohio.
Rev. Thomas M. Hess ; b. July 11, 1825, in Frank-
lin County, Ohio. They had two children.
205.* ii. HANNAH Rachel Fidelia Kinnear*; b. Au-
^st 7, 1828, in Circleville, Ohio; m. January 8,
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MARIA E. KINNEAR,
DAUGHTER OF SAMUEL AND ELLEN HILL KINNEAR.
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1856, in arclevaie, Ohio.
James F. Colbum; b. October 14, 1827, in Liexing-
ton, Mass. They had seven children.
Hannah (McCutchen) Kiimear, died in 1828, and
is buried at Mt. Pleasant, Ross County, Ohio.
Her epitaph reads: "Sacred to the memory of
Mrs. Hannah Kinnear, wife of Samuel Kinnear,
who departed this life the 10th of September,
1828, aged 20 years, 1 month, 5 days.
(21) Samuel Kinnear*; m. 2nd., April 4, 1830, in Picka-
way County, Ohio.
Ellen Hill, dau. of William and Margaret (Florence) Hill.
Their children were:
206. iii. Pauline Delmar Kinnear^; b. February 8,
1832, in Columbus, Ohio; d. September 1, 1855.
207.* iv. JOSIAH Khmear^; b. June 27, 1834, in
Columbus, Ohio; d. August 27, 1904, in C!olum-
bus, Ohio; m. March 26, 1857, in Columbus,
Ohio.
Josephine Shattuck, (dau. of Capt. Alexander
Shattuck; b. Groton, Mass.) b. November 22,
1836, in Columbus, Ohio. They had four chil-
dren.
208. V. MARIA E. Kinnear*, of Columbus, Ohio, living
in 1915; b. March 27, 1837, in Columbus, Ohio.
Not married.
(204) Ann Amanda Kinnear*, Samuel*, Andrew', Wil-
liams JamesM b. February 16, 1827, in Qrcleville, Ohio;
m. 1850, in CircIeviUe, Ohio.
Rev. Thomas M. Hess; b. July 11, 1825, in Franklin Coun-
ty, Ohio. Their children were:
209. i. ELLEN Pauline Hees^ b. August 22, 1852, in
Franklin Ck>unty, Ohio; m. A(pril 7, 1870. in
Franklin CJounty, Ohio.
Charles S. Woodrow; b. March 27, 1850, in Colum-
bus, Ohio, son of Rev. Thomas Woodrow; b.
Paisly, Scotland, 1792, and Harriett L. Scott, his
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wife, b. Feb. 8, 1811, in Virgrinia. Their children
were:
210. i. GUY. H. Woodrow^
211. ii. THOMAS J. Woodrow^
212. iii. ANNA Woodrow^; m.
Guy H. Woodrow, m., and has Ch. :
213. i. FLOYD Woodrow^.
214. ii. MAUD Woodrow*.
215. iii. FLORENCE Woodrow«.
216. iv. CLAUD Woodrow«.
Anna Woolrow, m. and has ch:
217. J. RALPH
218. ii. THELMA.
219. ii. NORA Adell Hess«; b. November 28, 1859, in
Franklin County, Ohio; m. January 10, 1888, in
Franklin County, Ohio.
Peter Ramlow. Their children were:
220. i. MARNETHA Ramlow^
221. ii. HELEN Ramlow^
(205) Hannah Rachel Fadelia Kinnear^, Samuel*, An-
drew% Williams James'; b. August 7, 1828, in Circleville,
Ohio; m. January 8, 1856, in Circleville, Ohio.
James F. Colbum; b. October 14, 1827, in Lexington,
Mass. Their children were:
222. i. HELEN Frances Colbum«; b. March 21, 1857,
in Noblesville, Ind.
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223. ii. CHARLES Florence Colbum*; b. January 16,
1861.
Lucy Fletcher. They have chUdren.
224. i. ELSIE Bell Colbum^
225. ii. MAiRY Alletha Colbum^
226. iii. JAMES Francis Ck)lbum^
227. iii. MARY Estelle Colbum*; b. November 2, 1862.
A. B. Henderson. They have children.
228. i. ENA Imelda Henderson'.
229. ii. HENRY Thomas Henderson^
230. iii. NED Henderson^
231. iv. JAMES Colbum*; b. October 3, 1864, died
young.
232. V. LOUEVA Delia Colbum*; b. October 29, 1867;
m. February 16, 1893.
William B. Graham, son of James M. and Elizabeth
Graham; b. June 14, 1865, in Reynoldsburg,
Ohio; d. June 24, 1901. They have children:
233. i. GEORGE Nelson Graham' ; b. March 31, 1894.
234. ii. FRANCES Louise Graham^; b. February 4,
1900.
235. vi. AMANDA Bell Ck)lbum«; b. August 5, 1870,
died.
235a. vii. MARY Ellen Colbum*; b. May 8, 1859, died.
(207) Johiah Kinnear", Samuel*, Andrew', William',
James'; b. June 27, 1834, in Columbus, Ohio; d. August
27, 1904, in Ck>lumbus, Ohio; m. March 26, 1857, in Colum-
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bus, Ohio.
Josephine Shattuch (dau. of Capt. Alexander Shattuck,
b. Groton, Mass.); b. Nov. 22, 1836, in Columbus Ohio.
Their children were:
236. i. SAMUEL Alexander Kinnear*, Hotel Nor-
mandis, C!olumbus, Ohio ; b. January 7, 1858, in
Columbus, Ohio; is director of Public Service, in
Columbus, Ohio; m. November 22, 1879, in
Columbus, Ohio.
Clara A. Foster, dau. of Samud G. and Mary
(Kirkpatrick) Foster; b. May 7, 1858, in Colum-
bus, Ohio. They have one dau.:
237. i. CLARA Foster Kinnear^ ; b. July 22, 1882, who
married: June 17, 1903, in Columbus, Ohio.
Birdsall Palmer Weatherhead, of Cincinnati, Ohio.
238. ii. WILLIAM Shattuck Kinnear«, 1652 Long
Street, Columbus, Ohio; b. October 22, 1859, in
Columbus, Ohio; m. in Lawrence, Kansas.
Lucile Dix. They had children.
239. i. JOSIAH Dix Kinnear^; b. October 3, 1887, in
Lawrence, Kansaa.
240. ii. RA2LPH Edgar Kinnear^; b. September 23,
1889, in Columbus, Ohio.
241. iii. EDGAR Florence Kinnear*, Civil Engineer &
Contractor, Columbus, Ohio; b. November 13,
1861, in Columbus, Ohio.
Rosellen Cissna, of Washington Court house, Ohio.
No children.
242. iv. ELIZA Florence Kinnear*; b. September 8,
1868, in Columbus, Ohio; m. Sept. 17, 1890, in
Columbus, Ohio.
Frederick M. Hoover, of Columbus, Ohio. They
have one son:
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243. i. GILBERT Corwin Hoover; b. July 25, 1894, in
Columbus, Ohio. Graduate Annapolis, 6/2,
1916. Is a Midshipman in the U. S. Navy.
(239-240) Josiah D. and Ralph E. Kinnear are both
gradluate mining en^rineers, having graduated from the Ohio
State University.
Frederick Maynard Hoover, of Columbus, Ohio, was bom
October 31, 1868, in Denison, Ohio, is a son of Gilbert Cor-
win Hoover, Sr., who was born October 28, 1838, in Gran-
ville, Ohio, and died June 6, 1904, in Columbus, Ohio, and
Emma A. Maynard, his wife, bom in Republic, Ohio, June
23, 1845'.
Gilbert Corwin Hoover, Sr., was a son of Isaac and Slyria
(Pond) Hoover.
Emma A. Maynard, was a daughter of Jefferson Pinny
Maynard and Fidelia Thrall, his wife, who was a dau. of
Timothy Lyman Thrall; b. 1800, in Granville, Mass.; d.
August, 1838, in Berkshire, Ohio, and Sarah Thurston, his
wife, who was b. in Pern, N. Y., in 1809, and d. November
10, 1896, in Xenia, Ohio.
Timothy Lyman Thrall was a son of SamueP and Lucy
(Winchell) Thrall, Samuel was a son of John^ and Mary
(Roberts, of Rutland, Vt.) Thrall, son of John' and Mind-
well (Mosses) Thrall, son of Timothy* and Deborah (Gun)
Thrall, of Windsor, Ct., son of William^ and
(Goode) Thrall, of Windsor, Ct.
William Thrall, was one of the band of 30 soldiers from
Windsor in the Indian War of 1637.
From Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly, Vol. IX, p.
168.
(236) Samuel Alexander Kinnear* has held the follow-
ing positions in Franklin C!ounty, Ohio: Deputy (bounty
Surveyor, Deputy Sheriff, Clerk of the Probate Court,
County Treasurer. Is a member of Mt. Vernon Commandry
No. 1 Knights Templar, a 32nd Degree Scottish Rite
Mason and a member of Aladdin Temple Shrine, of Colum-^
bus, Ohio. Director of Public Service in Columbus, Ohio,
which position he resigned in 1914, when he was appointed
Post Master of that City.
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THRALL.
Lineage: William Thrall, the founder of this branch of
the American family; b. 1605, in England; d. 3rd August,
1678 ; came to Dorchester, Massachusetts, in the Mary and
John, in 1630; the name being spelled Thtall, Thrale, and
Thrail. Descended from Reverends Richard and Samuel
Matheer; Governors Robert Treat and William Leete; Ma-
jor-Generals Humphrey Atherton and William Mclntire;
Peter Brown, one of the Mayflower Pilgrims and Ensign
Benjamin; Captain Samuel Marshall, the families of Ma-
thew. Grant (ancestor of U. S. Grant). Thurston, Winch-
eU, Wolcott, Holt, Newberry, Tapp, Moses, Hart, Chitten-
den, Goodwin, and White; was one of the first settlers of
Windscw, Massachusetts, served in the Pequot War; m.
Goode, who d. 30th July, 1667.
1. Timothy Thrall; m. Deborah Ginn, 1659.
2. John Thrall; m. Mindwell Moses, 1697.
3. John Thrall ; m. Mary Roberts.
4. Capt. Samuel Thrall; m. Lucy WincheM, 1759.
5. Samuel Thrall; m. Triphosa Cooley, 1784.
6. Timothy Lyman Thrall; m. Sarah Thurston, 1826,
she m. 2nd her brother-in-law Alexander Thrall.
Arms — Sable, a rose argent, with a bordure of the last.
Crest — A Cross-crosslet fltchee gules.
Motto — In Cruce confido.
THRALL.
Timothy Lyman Thrall (deceased) ; b. in Granville, Mas-
sachusetts, 1800; d. August 1838, Berkshire, Ohio; m.
26th January, 1826, in Perue, New York, Sarah Thurston,
b. there March, 1809 ; d. 10th November, 1896, in Xenia,
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Ohio; she m. (second) 28th September, 1840, Alexander
Thrall, her brother-in-law.
Issue:
L FIDELIA A., h. 17th October, 1826, in Berkshire,
Ohio; d. 13th September, 1899; m. in Berkshire, Ohio,
22nd April 1844, Jefferson Pinney Majmard; b. in Worth-
ington, Ohio, 19th January, 1819; d. in Columbus, Ohio^
5th April, 1893.
Issue:
1. EMMA Maynard, b. in Republic, Ohio, 23rd June,
1845; m. in Galena, Ohio, October, 1867, Gib^rt
Ck)rvdn Hoover; b. 28th October, 1840, at Gran-
ville, Ohio; d. in Ck>lumbus, Ohio, 5th June,
1904.
Issue:
i. Fred Majmard Hoover; b. 31st October, 1868; in Den-
nison, Ohio; m. Columbus, Ohio, 17th Septemb^, 1890;
Eliza Florence Kinnear; b. 8th September, 1868.
Issue:
i. Gilbert Corvdn Hoover; b. Columbus, Ohio, 25th Ju-
ly, 1894. Midshipman, U. S. Navy (1913).
2. HORACE Jefferson Maynard, of Columbus, Ohio;
b. in Republic, Ohio, 3rd September, 1847; m.
Margaret Patterson, of Columbus, Ohio.
Issue:
i. Emma Darleen Maynard; b. 3rd June, 1880) d. 22
February, 1886.
ii. Florence Alda Maynard; b. in Columbus, Ohio, 3rd
September, 1882; m. 28 February, 1905; Elwood Bulen.
Issue:
i. Horace Bulen; b. 2nd July, 1907, Columbus, Ohio,
ii. Emelyn Bulen; b. July, 1909, Columbus, Ohio.
Issue:
3. BURNS Leroy Majmard, of Galena, Ohio; b. 5th
June, 1850; m. 6th June 1872, Susan Culver, of
Sunbury, Ohio.
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Issue:
i. Lena Majmard; b. Sunbury, Ohio, March, 1873; m.
20th October, 1897, Col. O. George Baker.
Issue:
i. Margaret Maynard Baker; b. 16th August, 1898.
ii. Bums Masmard Baker.
ii. Harry Culver Maynard; b. in Columbus, Ohio, 21st
October, 1881 ; d. 2nd May, 1886.
4. SARAH Dorcas Maynard; b. in Galena, Ohio, 4th
November, 1852; d. in Mexico, Missouri, 20th
January, 1913; m. 17th October, 1878, William
B. Owen.
Issue:
i. Carl Maynard Owen; b. 17th August, 1879, Galena,
Ohio; m. New York City, Shirley Barnes; two children.
ii. Percy Leroy Owen; b. in Monroeville, Ohio, 1881;
m., wife's name not given.
Issue:
Helen Owen, Sherwood Owen, Maynard Owen,
iii. Lois Margaret Owen; b. Tuscola, Illinois, Febru-
ary, 1886; m. Clyde Martin.
Issue:
Virginia Martin, William Martin.
iv. Susan Pauline Owen; b. in Edinburg, Indiana, 9th
December, 1889.
V. Edna Owen.
5. CORA Amanda Maynard ; b. in Galena, Ohio, 23rd
October, 1859; m. 29th December, 1881, Elbert
Hyde, of Saville, Ohio.
Issue:
i. Bums Maynard Hyde; b. in Creston, Ohio, 29th
July, 1884; m. 26th October, 1909, Annette Reedy.
Issue:
i. Elizabeth Jane Hyde; b. 21st September, 1910.
ii. Gilbert Person Hyde; Columbus, Ohio, 4th Novem-
ber, 1892.
iii. Dorothy Hyde; b. 12th January, 1889.
II. Wesley.
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in, Frances; m. A. H. Brundage, M. D., of Berkshire,
Ohio; d. Xenia, Ohio.
Issue
1. Lawrence Brundage. 2. Herman Brundage. 3. Scota
Brundage.
IV. Timothy ; m. Amanda Miller, Bershire, Ohio.
V. Edwin.
VII. Homer; m. (Firstly) Anna Hartwell ; m. (Second)
Mrs. Mary Wilson. Issue by first marriage:
1. Clara, 2. Henry, 3. Arthur.
Colonial Families of the United States of America., Vol.
V. (Jeorge Norbury Mackenzie.
(207) Josiah Kinnear", of Franklin County, Ohio; bom
June 27, 1834, pursued his education in the public schools
of Columbus, Ohio, and graduated from Otterbein Uni-
versity, Westerville, Ohio.
He was a civil engineer and filled the office of County
Surveyor, city engineer for about thirty years, his skill and
ability continuing him in positions of public trust.
He was elected sheriff of Franklin County in the early
70s, and probably held office for a longer time than any
other resident of Columbus.
He was treasurer of the Ancient Order of United Work-
men, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
He was an earnest worker in the Baptist Church, and
supervised the building of the First Baptist Church, of
Columbus, Ohio.
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Certificate of the Naturalization of
ALEXANDER KINNEAR.
Fees $2.00.
State of Pennsylvania]
l^ss.
County of Centre. J
I, John G. Lowrey, prothonotary of the Court of Com-
mon pleas of Centre County in the fourth Judiciary Dis-
trict of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in the United
States of America.
Do hereby Certify, that at a Court of Commonpleas
holden at Belief ont, in and for said County of Centre, of the
term of Au^rust in the year of our Liord, One thousand and
six; Before the Honorable Jonathan Walker, Esquire,
president and his associate Judges of the same Court;
ALEXANDER KINNEAR,
Who emigrated from that part of Great Britain called
Ireland, and now an inhabitant of the said County of Cen^
tre, was duly admitted a Citizen of the United States and
of the State of Pennsylvania aforesaid agreeably to the Act
of Congress passed the fourteenth day of April A. D., 1802,
entitled an Act to establish a uniform rule of Naturalizar*
tion and to repeal Acts heretofore passed on that subject,
and the Act of Congress, in addition thereto, passed the
twenty-sixth day of March, A. D. 1804.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Bellefont,
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in the said Ck>unty, the sixteenth day 6f September, A. D.
1806.
Signed J. G. LOWREY, Proto'.
(6) AJex Kinnear.
(6) ALEXANDER KINNEARS WiHiamS James^ "Was
bom in Leitrim County, Ireland, 1757; he was tolerably
wealthy, and was joined in matrimony to Miss Jane Gan-
ley, daughter of Michael and Jane (Runnels) Ganley, they
had a large estate, and were much respected, they were
members of the English Church.
(6) Alexander and Jane (Ganley) Einnear, had four
children that died in childhood in Ireland, and one that died
in infancy on the sea; they took passage on a ship at Kel-
Hbegs, Ireland, in the year 1791, and were nine weeks and
three days sailing to Philadelphia; they spent some time
with James Kinnear, his half brother, a wholesale merchant.
Then moved to Berks C!ounty, (part of which is now
Schuylkill County) Pennsylvania.
(6) Alexander Einnear, was a member of the Einglish
CSiurch in Ireland, and for sometime after he came to
America, and yet, strange to tell, nearly all this time he
opposed his wife and even persecuted her for being a Wes-
leyan Methodist ; but when he got the love of Gkxl into his
heart he became a member of the M. E. Church, and con-
tinued therein a faithful Christian until his death in 1821.
On his tombstone, in Franklin, Pa., where he died is the
following inscription:
In
Memory of
ALEXANDER KINNEAR
who emigrated from
Irdand, A. D., 1791,
and departed this life
in the 64th year of
his age.
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Jane Ganley Kinnear, departed this life July 14,
1843, at Kellersville, Ashtabula County, Ohio, in the 84th
year of her life, she was bom in Roscommon Ciounty, Ire^
land; at the age of 16, in the days of Mr. Wesley, she be-
came a member of the Wesleyan Church, and received the
sacrament from his hands, she remained a member of this
church until her death, having lived to see all her children
converted in answer to her many and fervent prayers.
(6) Alexander Kinnear and his family removed from
Berks County, to Centre County, Pa., in 1804, later they
removed to Franklin, Vemango County, Pa."
(Rev. D. K.)
(6) Alexander Kinnear", William*, James' ; b. 1757, in
Leitrim County, Ireland; d. May 21, 1821, in Franklin,
Venango County, Pa. ; m. in Leitrim County, Ireland.
Jane Ganley, dau. of Michael and Jane (Runnels) Gan-
ley; b. 1758, in Rosscommon C!ounty, Ireland; d. July 14,
1843, in Kellersville, Ohio. Their children were:
250.* i. WILLIAM Kinnear* was a millwright; b.
May 30, 1783, in Leitrim County, Ireland; d.
Dec. 24, 1851, in Warren County, Pa.; m. Dec.
2, 1806, in Huntingdon County, Pa.
Rebecca Mcllvain; b. Nov. 27, 1784, in Hunting-
don County, Pa.; d. Feb. 25, 1853, in Warren
C!ounty, Pa. They had eight children.
251.* ii. Rev. JAMES Kinnear*; a Presbyterian
Preacher; b. April 20, 1793, in Berks County,
Pal; d. in Ohio; m., 1819, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Jane Simpson. They had ten children.
252. iii. JANE Kmnear*; b. Dec. 5, 1796, in Berks
County, Pa.; d. 1814, in Huntingdon County,
Pa.
253.* iv. JOHN Kinnear* was a millwright; b.
Oct. 2, 1798, in Berks County, Pa.; d. in Ashta-
bula County, Ohia
Ellen Hawkins, dau. of Isaac and Hannah Hawk-
ins. They had five children.
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254. V, MARY Kinnear*; b. May 18, 1802, in Berks
County, Pa.; m. in Huntingdon (bounty, Pa.
William Davie, of Carlisle, Pa. They settled in
Huntingdon County, but later removed to Phil-
ipsburg. Centre County, Pa. He was a boot and
shoe maker.
Tidioute, Pennsylvania, April 20th, 1914.
"The following is a transcript from my grandfather's old
Family Bible, published just 100 years ago; A. D. 1814."
"Alexander Kinnear, emigrated from Ireland in the year
A. D. 1791.
Departed this life May 21st, 1821, in the 64th year of his
age."
"William Kinnear, was bom May 30th, in the year of Oun
Lord 1783.
"Rebecca Mcllvain, was bom November 27th, in the year
of Our Lord 1784."
"William Kinnear, of Centre County, and Rebecca McH-
vain, of Huntingdon County, were joined in Holy Matri-
mony, December 2nd, in the year of Our Lord, One Thou-
sand Eight Hundred and Six."
"Mary Ann Kinnear, was bom December 14th, in the
year of Our Lord 1807."
"Alexander Kinnear, was bom February 16th, in the year
of Our Lord 1810."
"William M. Kinnear, was bom December 25th, A. D.
1912."
"James Kinnear, was bom January 22nd, in the year of
Our Lord 1814."
"Rebecca Kinnear, was bom June 5th, A. D. 1816."
"John Kinnear, was bom September 3d, 1818."
"Ganley Kinnear, was bom March 9th, in the year of Oui'
Lord 1821."
"Ellizabeth Kinnear, was bom September 3d, in the year
of Our Lord 1823."
"Rebecca Kinnear, departed this life October 3d, in the
year of Our Lord 1818, aged two years, three months an*
two days."
"William Kinnear, Sr., departed this life Christmas, De-
cember 25th, in the year of Our Lord A, D. 1851. His age,-
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68 years, 6 months & 28 days/'
''Rebecca Kinnear, departed this life February 25th, in
the year of Our Lord A. D. 1853. Her age, 68 years, 2
months and 28 days."
"Mrs. Mary A. Burnett, departed this life in the year of
Our Lord A: D. 1867, Oct. 28th, at 3 o'clock At M."
Signed Z. P. Burnett.
(250) "William Kinnear, was bom in the northern
part of Ireland, in 1783 ; he came with his father and
mother, Alexander and Jane (Ganley) Kinnear, to America
in 1791. They were descendants of the Hugenots;
William Kinnear, married Rebecca McDvain in the year,
1806, and removed from Centre County, where his father
had settled, to Venango County, in 1819; Rebecca (McD-
vane) Kinnear, was a daughter of William and Elizabeth
Mcllvane, of Huntingdon County, Pa.) he bought a tract of
two hundred acres of land at the mouth of Oil Creek, front
Com Planter, Chief of the Senaca Indians; here he cleared
about thirty-five acres, where the business part of Oil Creek
is now located, and ten acres on Cottage Hill, as it is now*,
called; he also erected a furnace at this place.
In 1826, he sold his property in Venango County and re^
moved to Warren County, settling in Deerfield township, at
the mouth of Tidioute Creek; here he purchased two hun-
dred acres of the "John Spangler Tract" from Alexander
McCalmont, agent; this purchase included the Tidioute
Creek for about one mile from its mouth; on this Creek be
erected a saw-mill in 1827 ; the first one ever built in Deer-
field township ; it was run by water power, later other mills
were erected and the class of lumber changed to boards and
shingles.
Father Kinnear, died in 1861, and Mother Kinnear sur-
vived him two jrears.
They had a family of seven chiWren.'*
Those now (in 1887) living are: William, Alexander,
Ganley, John and James.''
— ^History of Warren County, pub. 1887.
(250) WILLIAM Kinnear, was bom in Leitrim (3ounty,
Ireland, in 1783, he came with his father's family to Ameri-
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ca in 1791. At the age of 18 years he was put as an ap-
prentice, for four years to learn the millwright trade; he
was joined in holy wedlock on the 2nd of December, 1806, to
Rebecca McDvain, of Huntingdon CJounty, Pa. In 1828, they
moved to Warren County, Pa. He was a member <rf thei
M. E. Church and was a Class leader in that church in Phil-
ipsburg. Centre County, Pa., in 1804; his wife was also a
member of this church.
(250) WiHiam Kinnear*, Alexander*, William*, James^;
b. May 30, 1783, in Leitrim County, Pa.; d. December 24^
1861, in Warren County, Pa; m. December 2, 1806, in Hunt-
ingdon County, Pa.
Rebecca McDvain, dau. of William and Elizabeth (Gou-
cher) McDvain; b. November 27, 1784, in Huntingdon
County, Pa. ; d. February 25, 1853, in Warren County, Pa^
Their children were:
255.* i. MARY Ann Kiimear»; b. December 14, 1807,
in Belief onte, Centre County, Pa. ; d. October
28, 1867, in Tidioute, Warren County, P^; m.
1834.
Josiah Burnett, son of David and Elizabeth (Rey-
nolds) Burnett, of Crawford County, Pa. He
was a farmer. They had six children.
256.* ii. ALEXANDER Kinnear*^, he was a farmer; b.
February 16, 1810, in Morrison Cove, Hunting-
don Co.; d. November 17, 1880; m. 1840.
Elizabeth Clark, of Lewiston, Cumberland, Coun-
ty, Pa. ; b. December 9, 1822. They had seven
children.
257.* iii. WILLIAM McDvain Kinnear», he was a mill-
wright; b. December 25, 1812, in Huntingdon
County, Pa.
Delia Alger. They had two children.
258.* iv. JAMES Kinnear**, he was a millwright; b.
January 22, 1814, in Huntingdon County, Pa.;
d. Feb. 25, 1902, in Tidioute, Warren County,
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P^; m. December, 1843, in Tidioute, Warren
County, Pa.
Jeanette Straiten ParshaU, dau. of Samuel Par-
shall; b. February 22, 1822, in Oil City, Pa.; d.
December 21, 1905. They had five children.
259. V. REBECCA Kinnear^; b. June 5, 1816, d. Octo-
ber 3, 1918.
260.* vi. JOHN Kinnear*; was a millwright; b. Sep-
tember 3, 1818, in Philipsburgr, Centre County,
Pa.
Hulda Ruland. They had six children.
261.* vii. GANLEYKinnear»; b. March 9, 1821 , in
Venango County, Pai.
Maria Ruland, a cousin of Hulda (Ruland) Kin-
near; b. October 9, 1836. They had three chil-
dren.
262.* viii. ELIZABETH Kinnear"; b. September 3,
1823, in Venango County, Pa. ; m. 1st, William
Teff t, in Pittsburgh, Pa. ; m. 2nd., Llanghson
Burroughs. She had three children.
(255) Mary Ann Kinnear*, William*, Alexander^ Wil-
liam^ James'; b. December 14, 1807, in Belief onte, Centre
(bounty. Pa.; d. October 28, 1867, in Tidioute, Warren
County, Pa.; m. 1834, in Enterprise, Crawford County, Pa.
by Squire Perry.
Josiah Burnett, son of David and Elizabeth (Reynolds)
Burnett, of Crawford County, Pa. They moved to Tidioute,
in 1846. Their children were:
263.* i. REBECCA Malinda Burnett*; b. January 10,
1836, in Crawford County, Pa.; m. January 3,
1854, in Tidioute, Pa., Rev. Richard Alden.
(3eorge Wheeler, a photographer; b. in the Isle of
Wight, England; d. in Brooklyn, N. Y. They
had nine children.
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264.* ii. ZACHARIAH P. Burnett*, of Tidioute, Pa. ; b.
October 2, 1838, in Hydetown, Crawford CJounty,
Pa, Living in Tidioute, in 1912.
265. iii. JOHN Burnett®, moved to Covington, Indiana,
abt. 1877; b. April 16, 1840; has two children,
names not known.
Miss Harris.
266.* iv. JAMES Kinnear Burnett® ; b. Jun 24, 1842, in
Crawford County, Pa.; d. Nov. 8, 1880; m. in
Meadville, Pa.
Louisa M. Trale. They had two children.
267. V. JOSEPH J. Burnett* lives in Perryville, Indi-
ana; b. June 30, 1844, in Crawford County, Pa.
"Was a soldier in the Civil War, enlisted at the
age of 17, was wounded at Fredericksburg, but
went back to the front and served to the end of
the war, when he was honorably discharged (Z.
P. B.). m No children.
268. vi. JANE Burnett®; b. August 16, 1846, in Craw-
ford County, Pa. ; m., 1869.
David Gillespie, both were teachers, but shortly
after being married they removed to Republican
City, Nebraska, where he is now engaged in the
mercantile business. They had two children,
"Budd" and Ethel.
"Budd" Gillespie, is a graduate of Lincoln College, and is
now in business in Denver, Eitiiel his sister is with him,
both are single." Z. P. Burnett.
(256) Alexander Kinnear", William*, Alexander* ; Wil-
liams James^ ; b. February 16, 1810, in Morrison Cove,
Huntingdon County, Pa. ; d. November 17, 1880, in
m., 1840, in Cumberland County Pa.
Elizabeth Clark, bf Lewiston, Cumberland County, Pa. ;
b. December 9, 1822. Their children were:
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269.* i. MARY Kiimear*; b. December 16, 1842, in
Pittsbur^fh, Pa,; m, 1867.
Jacob Walters. They had eight children.
270.* ii. EMAUNE Kinnear-; b. March 6, 1844, in
Pittsburgh, Pa.
FranMin Meredith Simms. They had twelve child-
ren.
271. iii. AMANDA Kinnear«; b. November 19, 1845,
in Pittsburg, Pa.
Theodore LeBaron, who was a soldier in the civil
War. They had one son.
272. i. THEODORjE LeBaron, Jr., m. Nora Snyder.
This family live in Warren County, Fa.
273.* iv. THEODORE Kinnear*; b. August 25, 1847,
in Tidioute, Pa.
Mary Myers, of West Virginia, she died about
1910. They had ten children.
274. V. WILLIAM H. Kinnear* living in Canandauga,
N. Y., 1914; b. March 11, 1849, in Tidioute,
Pa.; m. September 10, 1888.
Emma Drake, of New London, Warren County,
Pa. No children.
275.* vi. ELIZABETH Kinnear*; b. October 6, 1861,
in Morristown, Ohio; m. 1st, 1883.
George Hughey.
m. 2nd, 1907, they had two children.
EU Hillard.
276*. vii. AMOS Kinnear-; b. May 19, 1854, in
Wrightsville, Ohio; m. May 2, 1879, in Lamed,
Kansas.
Florence Elizabeth Potter. They had eleven
children.
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277.* viii. ANNA Elizabeth Kinnear*; b. August 25,
1858, in Mounstown, Ohia
Riley Boughton. They had three childrenw
(257) William McDvain Kinnear», William^ Alexander*,
Williams James*; b. December 12, 1812, in
Huntingdon County, Pa. ; m. Tidioute, Pa.
Delia Alger, of Tidioute, Pa. Their children were:
278. i. SAMUEL Kinnear*.
279. ii. SOPfflA Kinnear*. This family moved to
Penn Yan, N. Y.
Samuel Parshall, of English descent, came to De^-
field ini the year 1824 and settled on a claim of three hun-«
dred acres, at the mouth of Gordon Run* Mr. ParshalJ
was bom in 1781, and came originally from Massachusetts
to Trumbull county, Ohio, where he married Elizabeth
Goutcher in 1806, and lived there for some years before he
removed to Deerfield. He kept the first post ofilce in the
township, and the first elections were held at his place.
They had a family of eight children. All grew to maturity
and married. Many of thetm are living in this vicinity,
while their children and grand-children are many. Samuel
Parshall died in 1839; his wife, bom in 1783, died in 1865.
Six of their children still survive. John Parshall, bom in
1809, married Elsie McGuire, and raised a family of nine
children. He now lives in Crawford county, Pennsylvania.
Eliza Parshall, bom in 1812, married Robert Henry, lived
in Tidioute, P^. Nancy Parshall, bom 1817, married Joseph
Richardson, residence in McKean County, Pa., with her
daughter. Samuel Parshall, bom 1814, married Lucy
Henderson, live in Venango county. Pa. Jennette Parshall,
bom 1822, nmrried James Kinnear, reside in Tidioute.
James Parshall, bom 1827, married Henrietta Shugert,
lives in Titusville.
Written by James Kinnear, 1887, for Hist of Warren
Co., Pa.
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THE PARSHALL FAMILY.
Samuel Parshall®, SamueP, JamesS Israel', Israels James^
b. July 6, 1781 probably on Lon^ Island; d. 1840, in
Tidioute, Warren C!ounty, Pa. ; m. 1806, in Poland, Ohio.
Elizabeth Goucher, daughter of Henry Goucher, of Po-
land, Ohio; b. March 20, 1783; d. March 9, 1866, in Tidioutei^
Warren CJounty, Pa.
Their children were:
i. Henry Parshall, died unmarried.
ii. John Manuel Parshall, b. March 23, 1809, lives in
Crawford Co., Pa.; m. Elsie McGuire, they have nine chil-
dren.
iii. Rhoda Ann Parshall m. Antrim Magill.
iv. Elizabeth Parshall, b. 1812; m. Robert Harrison
Henry. Live in Tidioute, I^
V. Samuel Parshall, Jr., b. 1814; m. Lucy Henderson,
live in Venango County, Pa.
vi. Nancy Parshall, b. 1817; m. Joseph Richardson.
Live in McKean County, Pa.
vii. George Abraham Parshall; b. 1820.
viii. Jeannette Stratton Parshall ; b. February 22, 1822 ;
m. December 24, 1843.
(268) James Kinnear. Live in Tidioute, Pa.
ix. James Parshall ; b. 1827 ; m. Henrietta Shugert Live
in Titusville, Pa.
(258) James Kinnear", one of the oldest and most re-
spected citizens of Tidioute, Warren County, Pa., has led a
long and busy life in that vicinity, and is now spendmg his
declining years in peace. Although nearly eighty-five years
has passed since he first saw the light of day, he still boasts
of a fine constitution, and can do more manual labor in a
day than many a young man. He was bom in Huntingdon
County, Pa., January 22, 1814, at a place then known as
Hoag Valley, but which was later called CJenter Valley.
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When grown to manhood, he learned the useful trade of a
millwright, and accompanying his father to Tidioute he as-
sisted in building nearly every mill in that vicinity during
his younger days. Mr. Kinnear was an expert workman at
his calling, and was known to be the best hand to dress
mill-stones, for miles around ; hence his services were much
in demand. He built the first steam mill in that locality,
and in 1853 he also built a grist mill on Tidioute Creek,
selling both a little later to a Mr. LeBeau, of New York,
son-in-law of Commodore Vanderbilt, together with other
property. When the oil industry was in its infancy Mr.
Kinnear discontinued working at his trade, and began to
deal in real estate, buying land and selling to parties in
New York and other large cities, who desired to invest
money in operating oil wells upon such lands. After con-
tinuing to deal in land for a few years, Mr. Kinnear reaped
such a handsome competency that he was enabled to retire
from active business life a long time ago. He is a son of
William and Rebecca (Macelvaine) Kinnear, and grandson
of Alexander and (Jane Ganley) Kinnear. William Kin-
near was of Scotch-Irish stock, descending from the Huge-
nots. He was bom May 30, 1783 in the northern part of
Ireland, and accompanied his parents to Amierica when
only seven years old. In 1819 he purchased from the In-
dian chief, Complanter, of the Seneca tribe, a tract of land
in the wilderness — some two hundred acres — and cleared
it Oil City, Venango County, is now situated on that farm.
After selling his farm he removed to the present site of
Tidioute, in 1826.
Mr. Kinnear was formerly a Whig, but is now a Repub-
lican. He served as a captain of the State Militia. He is
a good and faithful member of the M. E. Church, having
served as trustee for that church, and as class leader for a
period of twenty-two years. He has not only been a shrewd
and energetic business man, but has done much to improve
and build up the town. He was one of the founders of the
Tidioute Savings Bank. His helpmeet and companion has
contributed largely to her husband's success, and in her he
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has found his best and truest friend.
Extract from ''Book of Biographies of Leading Citizens
of the XXXVII Judicial District of Pennsylvania."
(258) James Kinnear^, one of the oldest and most re-
spected citizens of th's borough (Tidioute) died on the
morning of the 25th inst, (1902), in the 89th year of his
age. He was a son of WUliam Kinnear and a grandson of
Alexander Kinnear, who came to America in 1790-1 and
settled in the eastern part of Pennsylvania. James Kinnear
was bom in Huntingdon County, Pa., Jan. 22, 1814. In
1819 his father, William Kinnear, purchased from the In-
dian chief, Complanter, of the Seneca nation, a tract of
land at the mouth of Oil Creek, some 200 acres, and cleared
it. The business portion of OU City is now situated on
that farm. In 1826 his father sold his farm in Venango
County and removed to the present site of Tidioute. As
soon as James was grown to manhood he learned the useful
trade of a millwright, building, in his early days, nearly
every mill in this vicinity. He built the first steam mill in
this locality, and in 1835 he also built a grist mill on Tidi-
oute Creek. He purchased a farm comprising about 200
acres, extending from Depot street to Tidioute Creek. Later
he sold this farm to Mr. LeBeau, son-in-law of Cornelius
Vanderbilt When ofl was discovered in this locality, Mr.
Kinnear dealt largely in oil lands and later was a successful
oil operator. His success enabled him to retire from active
business. He was not only a shrewd and active business
man but did much to build up the town. He was one of
the founders of the Tidioute Savings Bank, was connected
with it for many years, and was ever ready in every way
to encourage every worthy enterprise for the good of the
town. — ^From the "Tidioute News.**
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JAMES KINNEAR,
Late of Tidioute. Pa.
BORN JANUARY 22. 1814.
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MRS. JEANETTE KINNEAR.
Mrs. Jeannette Kinnear, widow of the late James Kin-
near, died at her home in Tidioute of paralysis, December
21, 1906, aged 84 years, nine months and twenty-nine days.
Mrs. Kinnear was the daughter of Samuel Parshall, and
was bom near Oil City. She came to Tidioute with her par-
ents in 1824. In 1843 she was united in marriage with
James Kinnear. Seven children were bom of whom three
survive: Mrs. Charlotte Thompson, Mrs. Josephine Getch-
ell and James W. E^nnear. Mrs. Kinnear was a consistent
member of the Methodist Church, a good wife, mother and
friend. The funeral was held Sunday from her late home,
by Rev. Dr. Fradenburg. Interment in Tidioute cemetery.
— ^Tidioute paper.
(258) James Kinnear^, William*, Alexander*, WiUiamS
James^; b. January 22, 1814, in Huntingdon County, Pa.;
d. February 25, 1902, in Tidioute, Pa.; m. December 24,
1843, in Tidioute, Pa.
Jeanette Stratton Parshall, dau. of Samuel Parshall; b.
Febmary 22, 1822, in Oil City, Pa. ; d. December 21, 1905,
in Tidioute, Pa.
Their children were:
280.* i. CHARLOTTE Priscilla Kinnear*; b. October
7, 1844, in Tidioute, Pa. ; d. October 20, 1915, in
Tidioute, Pa. ; m. in Tidioute, Pa.
David S. Thompson. -^ ^
281. ii. JOSEPHINE Kinnear*; b. July 13, 1846, in
Tidioute, Pa.; m.
Marshall P. Getchell, of Gunnison, Colorado.
282. iii. JAMES Marion Kmnear« ; b. August 16, 1848,
d. July 11, 1849.
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283.* iv. WILLIAM Pamore Kinnear*; b. July 27,
1850; d. October 26, 1860.
284.* V. JAMES Wesley Kinnear*, of Pittsburgh, Pa.;
b. August 2, 1869, in Tidioute, Pa.; m. Uby 12,
1886, in Oil City, Pa.
Edith Rich, dau. of John S. and Hannah (Robert-
son) Rich; b. April 23, 1861, in Front Hill, Can-
ada.
Marshall P. Getchell was bom in Waterville, Me., on the
29th day of January, 1837. His boyhood was spent in his
home town where he was prepared for college. Instead of
entering college, he made a trip to California in those early
days, when such trips were accompanied with many hard-
ships and adventures.
He returned by the way of the Isthnxus of Panama. Af-
ter crossing the Isthmus, and taking a ship for home, the
ship was wrecked, but Mr. Getchell, with a number of com-
panions, refused to desert the wrecked ship, and for four
days they were expecting to be swallowed up by the sea at
any time. During this time, one of their number died, and
he was given the regular sea burial, Mr. Getchell reading
the burial service.
After his return home, the Civil War broke out and Mr.
Getchell volunteered and went out as first lieutenant in the
9th Maine Regiment. He served one year, was taken with
the rheumatism and compelled to resign. He returned home,
recovered and again volunteered for service. He was made
major of the 80th U. S. Regiment He was in many of the
battles of the Rebellion and acquitted himself with great
credit He was a great-grandson of Zachariah Taylor, of
Revolutionary fame.
At the close of the war he entered the oil business in
Western Pennsylvania and settled down in the town of Tidi-
oute, Pa. He miarried (281) Josephine Kinnear, daughter
of James Kinnear. He was very successful, b^^ming at
different times Burgess of the town, director of the schools,
and president of the Tidioute Savings Bank.
Later he moved to Colorado, settling in the town of Gun-
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nison, where he was also successful in business.
He died on the 27th day of April, 1902, leaving a wife,
but no children.
(260) John Kinnear^, William*, Alexander*, William*,
James^ ; b. September 3, 1818, in Philipsburg, Centre Coun-
ty, Pa.
Hulda Ruland. Their children were:
286. i. WILLIAM Kinnear*.
286. ii. HATTIE Kinnear*.
287. iii. EMMA Kinnear*.
288. iv. JOHN Kinnear*.
289. V. FRANK Kinnear*.
290. vi. RUTH Kinnear*.
George Scott
(261) Ganley Kinnear*, William*, Alexander^, William*,
James^ ; b. March 9, 1821, in Venango County, Pa. ; m.
Nancy Maria Ruland; b. October 9, 1836. Their chfldren
are:
291.* i. ELLA MARIA Kinnear*; b. February 27,
1856, in Tidioute, Pa. ; m.
Albert Boardman. They had two chOdren.
292.^ ii. JAMES MADISON Kinnear-; b. April 13,
1858, in Tidioute, Pa.; m.
Ida T. Schumacher. They had two children.
293. iii. LESLIE MARION Kinnear*; m.
Pauline Merkle. No chUdren.
(262) Elizabeth Kinnear*, WiUiam*, Alexander*, Wil-
liam', James^; b. September 23, 1823, in Venango County,
Pa; d. in Ohio; m. 1st in Pittsburg, Pa.
William B. L. Tefft, a jeweler, they had two children. He
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went to California in 1849, during the ''Gold Strike'' and
died there. She m. 2nd, Llanghson Burroughs, and had one
dau. He was a son of a minister, they moved to Ohio.
294.* i. OMLLA Tefft«; b. November 2, 1846, in
Pittd)urgh, Pa. Living in 1914, in Titusville,
Pa.; m.
George Wolfkiel. They have two children.
295.* ii. JAMES O. Tefft*; b. March 1, 1848, in Pitts-
burgh, Pa.; m.
Lucy Crawford. They have five children.
(262) Elizabeth (Kinnear) TefFt, married 2nd , Lawson
Burroughs. Their children were:
296a. iii. ELLA Borroughs% deceased; m.
Rev. Charles Pappenhagan, of Meadville, Pa.
They had one daughter.
296b. i. GRACE Pappenhagan\
(264) Zachariah P. Burnett*, Mary Ann», William^ Al-
exander', William^ James^; b. October 2, 1836, in Hyde-
town, Crawford Ciounty, Pa. He is a bachelor, lives in
Tidioute, Pa. He writes: "My father was Josiah Burnett,
he married Mary Ann Kinnear, my father was bom on his
father's farm, on Oil Creek, near Hydetown, about three
miles north of Titusville, Pa., my grandfather was David
Burnett, he was bom in Vermont, and came to Crawford
County, while a young man; he married 'Betsy' Reynolds,
who was bom in Crawford County, about 1806, she died in
1900, aged 94, grandfather died several years before."
''My calling in life has been somewhat varied; I taught
ten terms of school, my largest school consisting of eighty
scdiolars; I was clerk in a store three years, had a store of
my own two years, was in the oil business with my brother
James K, several years, and for over twenty years I have
been engaged in inspecting and buying lumber for the Tidi-
oute Chair Con4)any, when it was owned by Grandin and
Hunter, since that time I have been estimating timber and
running tract lines in Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia
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and North Carolina, at the present time (1912) I am as-
sessing in Tidioute Borough/'
"About the year 1882, my father, Josiah Burnett, went
to Wisconsin, and after a few months died there.
His occupation was that of a carpenter and millwright,
he was very industrious, and a very devoted Christian/'
''My grandfather David Burnet, spelled his name with
one 't', Burnet and most of his descendants spell it the same
way, but I have always spelled it Burnett.''
(263) Rebecca Malinda Bumett^ Mary Ann^ William^
Alexander", William*, James^; b. January 10, 1836, in
Crawford County, Pa. Living in 1912, in Flora Park,
Long Island; m. January 4, 1854, in Tidioute, Warren
County, Pa.
George Wheeler, an Englishman, and served in the Civil
War; h. in the Isle of Wight; d. about 1908, in Brookl3m,
N. Y. Their children were:
296. L GRAN Edda Florence Wheeler, dead; m.
Lena .
297. ii. CLARISSA Corinda Wheeler^; m.
Leon C. Clark.
298. iii. LUELA JANE Wheeler^ m.
Clarence A. Barto, of Babylon, Long Island.
299. iv. CHARLES HENRY Wheeler^ m.
Anna Davis, of Brooklyn, N. Y.
300. V. DORA MAY Wheeler^; m. 1st., Thomas
Snedeker, of Hempstead, La; 2nd. John H. At-
wood.
301. vi. JOHN BURNETT Wheeler^
Enmia Hatfield, of Brooklyn, N. Y. ; m. 2nd., Mar-
garet Upgrove, of Brooklyn, N. Y.
302. vii. LELIA GEORGIA Wheeler^; m. Clifton Knapp
of Brooklyn, N. Y.
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808. viii. GEORGE GORDON Wheeler% died young.
804. ix. WILLIAM THOMAS Wheeler% died young.
(278) James Kinnear Burnett*, Mary AnnS William*,
Alexander*, William^, James^ ; b. June 24, 1842, in Crawford
County, Pa. ; d. November 8, 1880, in. Tidioute, Pa. ; m. in
Meadville, Pa.
Louise M. Trale; She was a music teacher; b. May 4,
1846, in Meadville, Pa.; d. October 29, 1907, in Riverside,
California. Their children were:
805. i. ADELBERT Burnett^; b. February 4, 1871,
in Tidioute, Pa.; d. February 4, 1890, in Dun-
kirk, N. Y.
"He worked in the Brooks Locomotive Works at
Dunkirk, he intended to become a railroad engi-
neer, but died of typhoid fever before learning
the trade."— (Z. P. B.)
806. ii. MARY GRACE Burnett^; b. March 22, 1877,
in Tidioute, Pa. ; m. January 25, 1906, in River-
side, Calif.
Charles Ellis Kennedy, son of Henry H. and Clara
M. Kennedy; b. September 2, 1878. No chil-
dren.
"Mr. Kennedy, is a merchant in Riverside, Cali-
fornia. Mary Grace (Burnett) Kennedy, finished
her musical education in Delaware College, and
in Philadelphia)."— (Z. P. B.)
(278) James Kinnear Burnett, "Graduated from a busi-
ness college in Buffalo, N. Y. He was in the employ of
the Tidioute and Titusville Pipe Line Company, as book-
keeper for many years, his salary was raised from time to
time up to $2,500 per year. He died in Tidioute, in 1880,
of typhoid fever, his widow and daughter removed to
Riverside, California."— (Z. L B.)
(269) MARY Kinnear*, Alexandw*, William*, Alexan-
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der*, William^, Jas.^ ; b. December 15, 1842, in Pittsburgh,
Pa. ; m. 1867.
Jacob Walters. Their children were:
307. i. CHARLES Walters^ m.
Delia Frost.
308. ii. LORENA Walters^ ; m.
Peter Haynes.
309. iu. EVA Walters^; m.
Henry Lobdell.
310. iv. ANNA Walters^ ; deceased ; m.
Richard Frost.
311. V. MARY Walters% deceased; m.
James Moore.
312. vi. LAURA Walters^ m.
Robert Ellis.
313. vii. ELIZABETH Walters^
314. viii. JACOB Walter8^
(270) Emaline Kinnear*, Alexander*, William*, Alex-
ander^, William% James^ ; b. March 6, 1844, in Pittsburgh,
Pa. ; m.
Franklin Meredith Simms, living in 1912, near Columbus,
Ohio. Their children were:
315. i. MARY Sunms^ m.
Harry Hillard.
316. ii. DR. WILLIAM Simms^ m.
Grace D. Stagner.
317. iii. NORA Siinms^; m. "
Bernard Housen. <
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318. iv. SUSAN Simins^;m.
Worthey Howe; he was killed in 1908.
319. V. JOHN Sirams^
320. vi. LOUIS Simms^
321. vii. LUCY Simms^; m.
John Drummond.
322. viii. JAMES Simms^; m.
Jennie Putnam.
323. ix. NANCY Simms^ m.
Fred Erfurt.
324. X. WARREN Simms^
325. xi. NELLIE Simms^; m.
^land Chickenger.
326. xii. DR. SOOTT Simms^
The Sinuns family live in the vicinity of Columbus and
Groveport, Ohio.
(273) Theodore Kinnear*, Alexander^, William*, Alex-
ander», Williams James^; b. August 25, 1847, in Tidioute,
Pa.; m.
Mary Myers, of West Virginia ; d. about 1880. Their chil-
dren were:
327 i. ROSE Kinnear^ ; m.
Monroe Higgs.
328. ii. WILLIAM R. Kinnear" ; m.
Agnes Reynolds.
329. Hi. CLARA JOSEPHINE Kinnear^ m.
Adam Hyne.
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330. iv. LYDIA Kinnear^; m.
Henry Rick*
331. V. THEODORE Kinnear, Jr.^
332. vi. JOHN Kinnea^^ died young.
333. vii. ADDIE Kinnear% died young.
334. yiii. JANE Kinnear% died young.
335. ix. CELIC Kinnear% died young.
336. X. FLORENCE Kinnear^ m.
James Blute; d. 1915.
(275) Elizabeth Kinnear*, Alexander*, William*, Alex-
ander*, Williams James^ ; b. October 6, 1851, in Morris-
town, Ohio; m. 1st, 1883.
G^>rge Hughey, who was a soldier in the Civil War.
Their chOdren were:
337. i. VICTORIA Hughey'; m.
Fred Proper.
338. ii. EVA Hughey^
(275) m. 2nd., Eli Willard, he like her first husband
was a soldier in the Civil War.
(276) Amos Kinnear*, Alexander*, William*, Alexander*,
William*, James^ b. May 19, 1854, in Wrightsville, Ohio.
Living in 1912, in Canandauga, N. Y. Dealer in Produce;
m. May 2, 1879.
Florence Elizabeth Potter, dau. of Dr. John and Mary
Lucetta; b. July 6, 1859, (Cornell) Potter, of
Their children are:
339. i. MAYBELL ELIZABETH Kinnear^; b. Sep-
tember 1, 1880 ; m. September 9, 1913.
J. Levant Williams. They live in Buffalo, N. Y.,
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and have one dau., Florence Elaine; b. June 16,
1914.
840. ii EFFIE JANE KHmear% Canandauga, N. Y.,
is a school teacher; b. March 27, 1882.
841. ill. ULA MAY Kinnear/, b. September 2, 1883,
Canandauga, N. Y. ; is a school teacher.
842. iv. AYWARD POTTER Kinnear^ lives in Roch-
ester, N. Y.; b. July 9, 1885; m. December 6,
1913.
Gertrude Rogers. They have one son, Roger Irv-
ing Kinnear«; b. 6/12/14.
343. V. MARY GERTRUDE Kinnear^ b. March 13,
1887; m. May 8, 1913.
Harrison Smith, and live in Rochester, N. Y. They
have one dau., Gertrude Harrison; b. Mar. 19,
1914.
344. vi. RALPH WHJLIAM Kinnear^; b». December
14, 1888; d. November 4, 1898.
345. vii. RAYMOND AMOS Kinnear% Uving in the
State of Washington, is a telegrapher; b. Sep-
tember 24, 1890.
346. viii. BLANCHE ELINE Kinnear^ b. June 14,
1892.
347. ix. EDGAR CORNELL Kinnear% of Canandau-
ga, N. Y., is a telegraph operator; a twin of,
348. X. EDNA LUCETTA Kinnear^; b. February 24,
1894.
349. xi. LYLE DE ARLE Kinnear^ b. April 27, 1897.
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(277) Anna Elizabeth Kinnear*, Alexander*, Williams
Alexander*, WilliamS James^; b, August 25, 1858, in
Mounstown, Ohio.
Riley Boughton. Their children are:
350. i. EARL Boughton; m.
Ida Zahnizaer.
851. ii. CARL Boughton^
362. iii. INEZ Boughton^
(284) James Wesley Kinnear*, JamesS William*, Alex-
ander', William^, James^;- b. August 2, 1869, in Tidioute,
Warren County, Pa. ; m. May 12, 1886.
Edith M. Rich; b. April 23, 1861, in Font Hill, Ontario,
Canada. Their children were:
356. i. JEANNETTE Kinnear^; b. July 16, 1891.
In 1912 a student at Mt. Holyoke College, Mass.
367. ii. ESTHER Kinnear^; b. July 8, 1893.
At "Dillworth Hall" Pennsylvania College for
women, 1912.
358. iii. JAMBS WESLEY Kinnear, Jr.^ b. March 6,
1898.
(284) Among prominent attorneys of Pittsburgh is
James W. Kinnear, head of the well-known law firm of Kin-
near, McCTloskey & Best. Mr. Kinnear has been for more
than a quarter of a century a resident of Pittsburgh, and
is known not only as a leader of his profession, but also
through his identification with the essential interests of
his home city.
William Kinnear, grandfather of James W. Kinnear, was
a pioneer of Venango County, Pennsylvania, removing in
the early part of the nineteenth centuiy, from Juniata
County, and purchasing from C!om-Planter, the chief of the
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Seneca Indians, a tract of land now included within the lim-
its of Oil City. At the mouth of Oil creek, the present site
of the business part of the city, he built the first f umaca
of that vicinity, and in other ways did much toward pro-
moting the growth and advancement of the place. In the
latter part of his life he removed to Tidioute, Warren
County, where some of his descendants are still living.
William Kinnear married Rebecca Mcllvain.
(II) James, son of William Kinnear, was bom January
22, 1814, in Juniata County, Pennsylvania, and married
Jeannette Parshall, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth
(Goucher) Parshall. James Kinnear was a millwright,
lumberman and oil producer of Warren County, and his
death occurred February 25, 1902, and that of his wife, De-
cember 21, 1905.
(III) James^ Wesley, son of James^ and Jeannette (Par-
shall) Kinnear, was bom August 2, 1859, in Tidioute, War-
ren (>)unty, Pennsylvania, and received his primary educa-
tion in the public schools of his native village, passing
thence to the high school and graduating, in 1878. He then
entered Allegheny (College, receiving from that institution,
in 1882, the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and in 1885, that of
Master of Arts. Subsequently he registered as a law stu-
dent with the firm of Brown & Stone, of Warren, Pennsyl-
vania, and after spending a year in the law department of
the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, was admit-
ted, in 1885, to practice in Warren. After spending two
years in general practice, Mr. Kinnear came, in 1887, to
Pittsburgh, and rapidly built up an extensive civil practice
in the County, State and Federal courts. He is attomey
for the Firth-Sterling Steel Company, the Western Savings
& Deposit Bank, the Keystone National Bank and many
other companies of Pittsburgh. In all concerns relative to
the City's welfare, Mr. Kinnear ever manifests a deep and
sincere interest, giving substantial aid to any project which
he deems calculated to further good. His executive abili-
ty and keen business sense find exercise in the industrial
world and in the realms of finance. He is vice-president of
the Washington Steel and Ordinance Company, Washing-
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ton, District of Columbia; director of the Pittsburg Cold
Rolled Steel Company, Wolf-Tongue Mining Company,
Chemical Products Company, the Firth-Sterling Steel Com-
pany and the Keystone National Bank. He is also a director
of the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, and president of
the American Fuse Company. In politics he affiliates with
the Republican party, but his professional work and busi-
ness enterprises have so occupied his time he never became
a candidate for office, although frequently urged to do so.
While at college Mr. Kinnear was prominent in literary
circles, and is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa and Phi
Gamma Delta fraternities. In 1894, he was appointed a
trustee of his alma mater. He is an official member of the
Emory Methodist Episcopal Church of Pittsburgh. He has
given much time and attention to the Sunday School work,
and is now the teacher of an adult Bible class numbering
over four hundred. He is also a member of the Executives
Committee of the International Sunday School Association,
the World's Sunday School Association, the Pennsylvania
State Sabbath School Association, and the Allegheny Coun-.
ty Sunday School Association.
Mr. Kinnear married. May 12, 1886, Edith M., daughter
of John S. and Hannah (Robertson) Rich, of Oil City, Penn-
sylvania, where Mr. Rich was a well-known oil operator.
Mr. and Mrs. Kinnear are the parents of three children;
Jeannette, Esther, and James Wesley, junior, bom March
8, 1898.
James W. Kinnear is a man who has touched life at
many points. By his career as a lawyer he has added to
the prestige of the Pittsburgh bar, and his work as a finan-
cier and aggressive man of affairs is ciystaUized in the
present prosperity of his city.
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THB RICH FAMILY.
(284) The ancestors of Edith M. (Rich) Kinnear, were:
Barzilla RichS of Connecticut; m.
Esther Loveland, datu of Solomon Loveland, a soldier in
the Revolutionary War. Their son:
Russell Rich^ ; b. October, 1800, in Pompey, Onondaga
County, N. Y.; d. in St. Johns, Welland C!ounty, Ontario;
m. 1832.
Susannah Street, she died in Amhurst, Portagre (bounty.
Wis., in 1887. Their son,
John Street Rich'; b. April 9, 1837, in St John, Ontario,
C!anada; d. November 13, 1879, in Oil City, Pa; m. August
8, 1860, in St. Catherine, Ontario, Canada.
Hannah L. Robertson.* Their daughter,
Edith M. Rich; b. April 23, 1861; m.
James Wesley Kinnear (284).
The ancestors of Hannah L. (Robertson) Rich, were:
ALEXANDER Robertson^; b. Feb. 18, 1798, in Foxbar,
Glasgow, Scotland; d. February 8, 1865, in Groodrich, On-
tario, Canada; m.
Matilda Simons; b. August 26, 1808, in Flamboro, West
Ontario, Canada; d. August 1, 1855, in GrOodrich, (Mtario,
Canada. Their daughter:
Hannah L. Robertson; b. October 31, 1835, in Westmin-
ster, Canada; m. August 8, 1860, in St. Catherine, Ontario,
C!anada.
John Street Rich. Mrs. Hannah L. Rich lives with her
daughter, Mrs. James Wesley Kinnear, at 1112, N. Nealej
Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa.
(291) Ella Maria Kinnear^, (3anley», William*, Alex-
ander", William*, James^ b. February 27, 1856, in Tidioute,
Pa. ; d. ; m.
Albert Boardman. Their children were:
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360. i. CEORA BELLE Boardman^; m.
Thomas Canny, and had:
861. i. PAREPA LUCILLE Canny*.
362. ii. BERTHA May Boardman^
Burt Peffer.
(292) James Madison Kinnear*, Ganley^ William*, Alex-
ander*, Williams James'; b. April 13, 1858, in Tidioute,
Pa. ; d. ; m.
Ida T. Schumacher. Their children were:
363. i. FLOYD Clifton Kinnear^ 3551 E. K. St., Ta-
coma, Wash.; m.
Emma Frances Strong.
364. ii. FLORENCE Evalyn Kinnear'^; m.
Rasrmond Carpenter.
(294) Orilla TefftS Elizabeth*, WilUam*, Alexander*,
William*, James'; b. November 6, 1846, in Pittsburgrh, Pa.;
m. July 2, 1865, in Sunville, Pa.
Greorge Wolfkeil. Their children were:
365. i. CORA B. Wolfkeil'; b. June 4, 1866, in Sun-
ville, Pa.; m. July 17, 1890.
Peter Hancock, of Gresham, Pa., and had:
366. i. EDITH Belle Hancock*; b. May 30, 1891.
367. ii.* EDGAR 0. Wolfkeil'; b. March 18, 1871; m.
Mary Ann Swakey, at St. Mary's, Ohio; and had:
368. i. GERALDINE Bemice Wolfkeil*; b. May 10,
1894, at St. Mary's, Ohio.
369. ii. ANNABELLE Wolfkeil*; b. December 7, 1910,
at St. Mary's, Ohio.
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370. iii. FRANCIS Adelbert Wolfkefl^ b. July 19,
1875, in Breedtown, Pa, ; m. July 22, 1897, in St
Mary's, Ohio.
Cora Lee Shipman; b. April 10, 1876,^ in St.
Mary's, Ohio. Their children were:
371. i. FLORENCE Marie WolfkeiP; b. January 30,
1899, in Titusville, Pa.
372. ii. JESSIE Lelia Wolfkeil«; b. October 18, 1901,
in Gresham, Pa.
378. iii. GEORGE Allen Wolfkeil«; b. November 16,
1903, in Gresham, Pa.
(295) James 0. Tefft«, Elizabeth', William*, Alexander*,
Williams James^; b. March 1, 1848, in Pittsburgh, Pa.; m.
Lucy Crawford. Their children were:
374. i. BYRON Tefft^
375. ii. BLANCHE Tefft^; lives in West Virginia.
376. iii. RUTH Tefft^; Uves in Buffalo, N. Y.
377. iv. WILLIAM Tefft^
(251) "Rev. James Kinnear*, was bom in Berks Coun-
ty, Pa., in 1793; he experienced the love of God in his
heart when about twelve years of age, and joined the
M. E. Church, and was a local preacher; also a millwright;
he married Jane Simpson, of Philadelphia about the year,
1891 ; they settled in Philipsburg, Centre County, Pa., and
about the year 1838, removed to Ashtabula County, Ohio;
he subsequently joined the Presbsrterian Church.
They had two sons and eight daughters.'' (Rev. D. K.)
(251) Rev. James Kinnear*, Alexander*, Williams
James^; b. April 20, 1793, in Berks County, Pa.; d. in
Ohio; m., 1819, in Philadelphia.
Jane Simpson.
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PITTSBURGH. PA.
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(253) John Kinnear*, Alexander*, William% James^; b.
October 2, 1798, near Reading, Berks CJounty, Pa; ; d. May
8, 1885, in Kingsville, Ohio; m.
Ellen Hawkins, dau. of Isaac and Hannah Hawkins; b.,
1803, in Derbyshire, Eng.; d., 1854, in KellogsviUe, Ohio.
Their children were:
378.* i. JACOB Hawkins Kinnear^, of Kingsville,
Ohio; b. March 1, 1831, in Phillipsburg, Pa.
379. ii. JOHN Smith Kinnear*; b. April 21, 1833, in
Phillipsburg, Pa.
380. iii. MARY Ann Kinnear^, of Kingsville, Ohio;
unm, ; b. Sept. 17, 1835, in Phillipsburg, Pa.
381. iv. HANNAH Jane Kinnear^, of Kingsville, Ohio.
Unm. ; b. March 2, 1840, in KellogsviUe, Ohio.
382,* V. CARLISLE Wentworth Kinnear^; b. June
22, 1845, in KellogsviUe, Ohio.
(378) Jacob Hawkins Kinnear*, merchant, KingsviUe,
Ohio; b. March 1, 1831, in PhUlipsburg, Centre County,
Pa. ; m. August 10, 1859, in Geneva, Ohio.
Agnes Marietta Getty, dau. of Eibenezer and Marrietta
Getty; b. 1834; d., 1914, in KingsvUle, Ohio. Their chil-
dren were:
378a.* i. HARDMAN Nathan Kinnear*, a physician,
now in charge of Foo Chow Medical Mission,
China; b. August 12, 1860, in KingsviUe, Ohio.
378b.* ii. NELLIE Kinnear^; b. June 30, 1862, in
KingsviUe, Ohio.
378c. iii. DELMAR CarUsle Kinnear*, Master Mechan-
ic, Waterbuiy Brass Co., Waterbury, Conn.; b.
February 26, 1870, in KingsvUle, Ohio; m. Oc-
tober 20, 1907, in Ashtabula, Ohio.
Emma UtiebUnel.
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378d. iv. MARY A^es Kinnear^; b. July 30, 1872, in
Kingsville, Ohio; m. October 1, 1913.
Fark B. CafFall, of Jennings, La., where they re-
side.
(382) Carlisle Wentworth Kinnear*, enlisted Feb. 10,
1864, in Co. E., 29th Reg. Ohio Volunteer Infantry, mus-
tered out near Louisville, Ky., July 13, 1865; a tinner by
trade; was postmaster of Kingsville 16 years; b. June 22,
1845, in Kellogsville, Ohio; m. July 1, 1880; in Kingsville,
Ohio.
Isabell Wright, dau. of Solomon J. and Elizabeth Phoebe
(Johnson) Wright; b. December 20, 1849, in Kingsville,
Ohio; she had been a teacher 12 years. Their children
were:
382a. i. JOHN Karl Kinnear*, Geneva, Ohio, traveling
salesman for the American Fork & Hoe Co.,
Cleveland, Ohio; b. August 20, 1881, in Kings-
ville, Ohio; m. Oct. 18, 1905, in Kingsville, Ohio.
Mae Ward, dau. of Herbert and Luella (Johnston)
Ward. They have one daughter:
i. Frances Luella Kinnear^ ; b. Jan. 16, 1907.
382b. ii. ELLEN Elizabeth Kinnear*; b. July 11, 1883,
in Kingsville, Ohio; a stenographer. Western
Reserve Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio.
382b. iii. HANNAH Grace Kinnear^; b. Feb. 10, 1885,
in Kingsville, Ohio; a teacher in grade schools,
Kingsville, Ohio. ^
382c. iv. LILY Belle Kinnear^; b. Feb. 20, 1887, in
Kingsville, Ohio; a clerk in office of tiie L. S. &
M. S. Ry., Cleveland, Ohio.
382d. V. RUSSELL Alger Kinnear*; b. Nov. 21, 1889,
in Kingsville, Ohio; a teacher in the 0. S. U.
Columbus, Ohio.
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382e. vi. THOBURN Wright Kinnear^; b. Oct. 27,
1891, in Kingsville, Ohio; a surveyor, Jefferson,
CHiio, taught school 2 years.
(378a) Dr. Hardman Nathan Kinnear*, of Foo Chow,
China; b. August 12, 1860, in Kingsville, Ohio; m. 1st,
Jennie Tilton, of Rock Creek, Ohio, she d. 1893. Their
children were :
i. Paul Kinnear^ ; b. December 25, 1889, at Rock Creek,
Ohio.
ii. Florence Jennie^ ; b. April, 1892, graduate of Oberlin
College, 1912, now a teacher at Lake Charles, La.
(378a) m. 2nd, in 1893, Ella Johnston. Their children
were :
iii. Eunice Agnes Kinnear^ ; b. 1895, a student at Ober-
lin College.
iv. Maurice Kinnear^; b. 1898.
V. Gerald Kinnear^; b. 1900.
(378b) Nellie Kinnear*; b. June 30, 1862, in Kingsville,
Ohio; m. Dec. 21, 1889, in Kingsville, Ohio.
William Eklwin Hawley, son of Gideon and Sophronia
Hawley, of Conneaut, Ohio. Their children were:
i. George Cressey Hawley^; b. October 21, 1890.
ii. Howard Hardman Hawley^ ; b. December 3, 1895.
(The information regarding this family came too late \o
come in regular ordei*.)
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To all nobles and gentles these present L'res reding
hering or seing Sr Gilbert Dethick Knight al's Garter
principall King of Armes Sendeth dewe and humbly comen-
dacious and greting Equitie willeth and reason ordayneth
for as much as aunciently from the begyning yt hathe byn
ordayned that all vertuous p'sons of comendable disposi-
tions and honorable Ijrving shoulde in respecte of these
djrmiretes and good fame be comended to the worlde by
sundry and dyv'se monuments and remembrances of their
good deserts among the wch. one of the chiefest and most
vsual hathe byn by bering of Signes and tokens or shields
called armes wch are no other things than evidences and
demonstrances of prowesse and vertue diversly distributed
according to the qualities and desartes of the person and
from them to their posterite and succession considering
that as well by my own kn'wleg as by the lawdalle report
and testymony of cerdible personnes. I am assartayned of
the honorable and vertuous l3rving of the lady Margaret
Buttler, daughter of Richard Buttler, grover of London and
wjrffe to the late Sr Edward Northe Knight, Barron of
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Cartelage in the Countie of Cambridgeshire to be suche as
she hathe well demerited and desarved to be in all places
of honor accompted accepted and taken into the number
and company of other auncient nobles and gentles I the said
Garter in consideracion of the p'misses for a contynuall re-
membrance of her vertues and goodness so much apparent
to the worlde have by the authoritie and power off my offyce
annexed and granted vnto me vnder the great scale of Eng-
land and also by the consent of the right highe and mighthie
prince Thomas Duke of Norfolk Earl mashall of England
have ordayned, assigned and set furthe given graunted
vnto the said Ladie Margaret Northe these Armes here-
after following. That is to say: Silver in a fece checke»
Assure and Sables a rose two anuletes golde betwene vj
crosse crosselets buttonnes sables as more playnly appereth
depicted in this margent to have and to hold the said Armes
vnto the said Lady Margaret and to her posterity for euer
wth owte impediment let or interruptions of any personne
or persones and they it to vse and invest as there pleasure.
In witnes whereof I the said Garter, principall King of
Armes have signed these p'sentes wth my hand and set
therevnto the scale of my Armes wth the scale of my of-
fice. Given and graunted at London, the firste daye of febru-
ary in the vijth yeare of the raigne of our aou'agine Lady
Elizabeth by the grace of god, quene of england, ffraunce
and Ireland, defender of the faith anno 1564.
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NORTHEY.
The late Edward Richard Northey, Esy., of Woodcote
House, Epsom, Surrey, and of Box, Wilts, J. P. and D. L.,
High Sheriff for Surrey, 1856; b. 8 Feb., 1795; m. Ist, 29
March, 1828, Charlotte Isabella, dau. Gen. George Anson,
G. C. B., brother of Thomas, 1st Viscount Anson, and
had issue,
1. Edward William (Rev.), now of Epsom; b. 23 April,
1832 ; m. 23 Aug. 1867, Florence Elizabeth, youngest dau.
of Sir John Honywood, Bart, of Evington Kent., and had
issue.
n. George Wilbraham, Major in the army ; b. 2& Jan.,
1835 ; m. Sept. 1859, Louisa, dau. of Barrow, Esq.,
an officei: in the army, and has issue.
in. Francis Vernon, Major 60th rifles; b. 14 Oct.,
1836 ; m. 21 Jan., 1869, Charlotte, dau. of C. S. Gzowski,
Esq. of Toronto, Canada.
I. Harriet Isabella ; m. Sept., 1855, Capt George Ross,
R. E., son of Field Marshal, Sir Hew Dalrymple Ross, G. C.
B.
II. Agnes Constance.
He married 2ndly, 20 Dec., 1844, Louisa, dau. of Rev.
Robert Hesketh, M. A., of Epsom. Mr. Northey served in
the 52nd regt. Light Infantry in Spain and the South of
France, and at Waterloo, and was afterwards in the 3rd
Guards; he d. Dec., 1878.
i. Anne, d. unm.; ii. Charlotte, d. unm.; iii. Harriet,
d. unm. ; iv. Lucy, d. unm.
The eldest son :
William Northey, Esq. of Box Wilts, and Woodcote, Ep-
som, Surrey, M. P. for Newport, Cornwall, from 1797 to
the time of his decease, 1826. He d. unm. and was s. by
his brother^ the Rev. Edward Northey, M. A., Canon of
Windsor; b. 22 Oct., 1754; m. 3 March, 1794, Charlotte,
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2nd dau. of the Rev. Edward Taylor, of Bif rons, near Can-
terbury, and sister of Gen. Sir Herbert Taylor, and by her
(who d. 19 Feb., 1837) had issue: i. Edward Richard, his
heir; ii. William Brook, of Box, Wilts, J. P., and D. L.
Kent, Retired Lieut. Col. in the army, formerly of the CokJ
Stream Guards ; b. Feb. 8, 1806 ; m. Dec. 1829, Agnes, dau.
of Gen. Boreel, of the service of the Netherlands, and niece
of Gen. Baron Fagel, at one time Ambassador in England,
and has issue. I. William Brook, an officer, 71st Highland
Light linfantry; b. 12 March, 1835; d. in the Crimea. 2.
Alfred Edward (Rev.), M. A. Trin. Coll., Camb.; b. 1838.
i. Agnes, ii. Emily.
1. Charlotte, m. 14 Jan., 1836, Major Henry Knight,
Esq. of Godmersham Park, Kent, and is deceased. II.
Harriet, d. unm; III. Lucy.
IV. Mary m. Rev. William Knight, Esq., of Godmer-
sham, and is deceased.
The Rev. Edward Northey d. 18 Feb. 1828.
Arms. — Or., on a fess az. between three panthers statant
ppr. semee of estoiles arg. a pansy of the first between two
lillies of the third.
Crest — ^A cockatrice, flames issuing from the mouth ppr.
Motto — Steady.
Seat — Woodcote House, Epsom.
Burke's Landed Gentry, page 1177. Published 1879.
LINEAGE — The ancient family of Northey was original-
ly established in Essex, but become subsequently resident in
Wilts.
Sir Edward Northey, Knt. of Epsom, Surrey (2nd son of
William Northey, Esq., b. 1651, and grandson of Thomas
Northey, of London, recorded in the Visitations of 1634 as
son of Thomas Northey, of Corsham, Wilts, and grandson
of William Northey, of Eddington, same Co.), was M. P.
for Tiverton, Devon, 1710, 1713 and 1714, and Attorney-
Gen, to King William III and Queen Anne. He married
Anne, sister and co-heir of Sir William Jolliffe, and by that
lady (who d. 13 Aug., 1743) had issue. William, his heir;
Edward d. 1774, leaving issue; a son, William, d. unm.
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1808, and a dau. Anne, d. unm.
Anne, m. John Lord Rajmiond, of Abbots Langley, Lord
Chief Justice. Elizabeth d. unm., 1764. Rebecca, m. Thom-
as Bradshaw, Esq. of Rigby. Sir Edward Northey, Esq., d.
16 Aug., 1723. His eldest son William Northey, Esq. of
Compton Basset, Wilts, M. P. for Calne, 1713, and Wooton
Basset, 1714. He m. 19 Sept 1721, Abigail, only dau. of
Sir Thomas Webster, 1st bart. of Battle Abbey, Sussex, and
by that lady (who m. 2ndly, Edmund Thomas, 3rd. bart
of Wen voe Castle) had issue: i. William, his heir. ii.
Edward; b. 1728; d. 30 May, 1749; iii. Thomas, a mili-
tary officer, who served in several parts of the world, and
lost a leg at the seige of Quebec. He m. Margaret, dau. of
J. L. Hancorne, Esq. of Gower, Co., Glamorgan; and d.
1780, leaving issue : i. Murray, Capt R. N., m. Mabella.
dau. of Rev. J. Whitby, of Cresswell, Co. Stafford ; and d.
1834, leaving an only dau., Jemima, m. Capt AUdritt, E. L
C.'s R. E. Quartermaster Gen., m. Laura, dau. of Sir Wil-
liam Paxton, Knt, M. P. of Middleton-Hall, Co. Carmar-
then, and had issue:
Augustus James Millard, Major in the Army.
William Frederick Stewart, 25th regt
Laura Emaline.
i. Anna, m. John Whitby, Esq., of Creswell Hall, Co.
Stafford.
Mr. Northey d. 10 Nov., 1738, aged 48, and was s. by his
son,
William Northey, Esq. of Compton Basset and Ivy House,
Wilts, L. L. D., F. R. S., Lieut-Col. of the county militia,
one of the commissioners, for Trade, and Groom of the
Chamber to King George IIL He represented Calne, 1747,
Maidstone, 1762, and Bedwin, 1770. He m. Anne, dau. of
Right. Hon. Edwin Hopkins, M. P., Sec. of State for Ire-
land ; and d. 1770, having had,
i. William, his heir; ii. Edward, a successor to his
brother ; iii. Richard, of Oving House, a Gen. in the army
who s. to the estates of the Hopkin's family, and assumed
the name and arms of Hopkins; d. 1756; m. 1st, 1777;
Frances, dau. of John Wray, Esq., of Monaghan, and had
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by her issue:
i. William Richards, his heir; i. Anne; ii. Frances.
He m. 2ndly, Miss Thompson, and by her had issue :
2. Richard, late Capt. 8th. Hussars.
3. Lucy, m. J. Rowley, Esq., and d. s. p.
4. Harriet, m. Charles Shrader, Esq.
5. Julia, m. Capt. Hamilton Shum, of the 31st. regt.
6. Emma, m. Henry Lee Patourel, Esq. of Sidbury Cas-
tle, Devon.
Gen. Northey Hopkins, d. 26 April, 1845, and was s. by
his son.
William Richard Hopkins Northey, Esq., of Oving House,
Bucks, J. P., formerly a Capt. in the army, and Aide-de
Camp to the Duke of Richmond, when Lord Lieut, of Ire-
land ; m. Ann Elizabeth, dau. of Gerald Fortescue, Esq., of
Co. Louth, and by her (who d. 13 April, 1864) had Richard
Arthur Fortescue, who d. on service in the 17th year of his
age. Fannie Elizabeth ; m. 25 Jan., 1830, George Ives, 4th
Lord Boston, and d. 1860, leaving issue.
Geraldine, m. 1838, Joseph Pratt Tynte, Esq., of Tynte
Park, 2nd son of Col. Pratt, of Cabra Castle, Co. Cavan, by
Jemima Roberta, his wife, dau. of Sir James Tynte, Bart.
Adelide ; Antoinette ; Eulalie Emily ; m. James Agg Gard-
ner, Esq., of Cheltenham.
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OUTLINE EXPLAINING INTERMARRIAGE OF FAMI-
LIES HEREIN RECORDED.
EMMA SIGGINS WHITE
daughter of
Benjamin Baird Siggins, and
Elizabeth Erma Walker, his wife
grand dau. of
Alexander Siggins, and
Margaret Kinnear, his wife
Samuel Scott Walker, and
Sarah Ann Allen, his wife
gr. grand dau. of
John Siggins, and
Sarah Hood, his wife
Henry Kinnear, and
Margaret Kinnear, his wife
Alexander Walker, and
Elizabeth Scott, his wife
William Allen, and
Elizabeth Tillf ord, his wife
gr. gr. grand dau. of
William Siggins, and
Mary Taylor, his wife
Hood, and
, his wife
Robert Kinnear, and
Elizabeth Verow, his wife
Thomas Kinnear, and
Margaret Kinnear, his wife
James Walker, and
Margaret Gray, his wife
Samuel Scott, and
Elizabeth McCorkle, his wife
Malcolm Allen, and
First Generation
Second Generation
Third Generation
Fourth Generation
Fifth Generation
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Sixth Generation
Seventh Generation
Mary , his wife
Tillf ord, and
, his wife
gr. gr. gr. grand dau. of
Alexander Walker, and
Jane Hammer, his wife
John Scott, and
Thornton, his wife
William Kinnear, and
Jane Simpson, his wife
gr. gr. gr. gr. grand dau. of.
John Walker, and
Katherine Rutherford, his wife
James Kinnear, and
his wife
Samuel Simpson, and
Hannah his wife
gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. grand dau. of.
John Walker, and
Jane McKnight, his wife
John Rutherford, and
Isabella AUein, his wife
James Kinnear, and
his wife
John Simpson, and
his wife
gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. dau. of
Rev. Joseph Allein, and
Theodoshia Allein, his wife Ninth Generation
gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. dau. of
Tobias Allein, and
Elizabeth Northie, his wife
Rev. Richard Allein, and Tenth Generation
his wife
gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. gr. dau. of
Edward Northie — Mayor ot Devizes, Wiltshire, Eng-
land, 1612-22-30 and 35 Eleventh Generation
Eighth Generation
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CONDENSED ANCESTRAL SKETCH OF KINNEAR,
SIGGINS, WALKER, ALLEIN, SCOTT, AND
RUTHERFORD FAMILIES.
As a matter of History, the compiler of this work is pre-
senting a brief resume of the different lines of ancestry
represented in her descendants through her father and
mother.
The first one known to the writer in the Siggins line was
William Siggins, of Sligo County, Ireland, who m. Mary
Taylor ; his son, John Siggins, m. Sarah Hood, in 1750, both
of Sligo County, Ireland ; she is said to have been a near
relative of Admiral Samuel Hood. They were the parents
of Alexander Siggins, who m. Margaret Kinnear.
John Walker, of Wigton, Scotland, was the first of his
line, known to the writer, his son John, married Katheryn
Rutherford in 1702. They came to America soon after-
ward, settling in Chester County, Pennsylvania, but later
went to Rockbridge Couniy, Virginia. Elizabeth Walker,
who m. Benjamin B. Siggins, was seventh in descent from
John Walker of Wigton.
Katheryn Rutherford was either a neice or full first
cousin of Rev. Samuel Rutherford, the eminent non-con-
formist Divine of Scotland, who was imprisoned for his re-
ligious belief and practices. This same Katheryn Ruther-
ford was the grand daughter of Rev. Joseph AUeine, author
of AUein's Alarm" and many other religious works. He
was silenced and deprived of his position for non-conform-
ity. Katheryn's great grandfather Richard Allein was
rector of Batcomble, in Devizes, for upwards of fifty years,
and author of a "Shorter Catechism" and numerous other
works of a like character.
Another ancestor of Katheryn Rutherford, Edward Nor-
thie, was mayor of Devises from 1612 to 1635.
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Elizabeth Walker's great grandfather, Malcolm (Ma-
cum) Allen, served in the French and Indian War under
Captain John Maxwell — Also Captain Neville's Company
from Albermarle County, Va. He also served in the 8th
Virginia Regiment during the Revolution. Elizabeth Walk-
er's great great grandfather, John Scott, born in Scotland,
served in the Irish Rebellion near Londonderry — ^where he
lost an arm, his three sons, William, Thomas and Samuel
served in the Revolution, their names appear on the Muster
Roll from North Carolina. Samuel Scott being the great
grandfather of Elizabeth Walker, who married Benjamin
B. Siggins.
Several of the Coats of Arms granted to above mentioned
families we have reproduced in this book.
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MARGARET KINNEAR and THOMAS KINNEAR
and
Their descendants
Numbered 383-to-629, including their
SIGGINS descendants.
(7) Margaret Kinnear', William^ James*; b. 1760, in
Leitrim County, Ireland; d. 1821, in Franklin, Venango
County, Pa.; m. in Leitrim County, Ireland.
Thomas Kinnear. They came to Philadelphia in 1794-5.
Their children were:
383. i. JAMES Kinnear*, who at one time lived in St.
Louis, Mo.
384. ii. JANE Kinnear*; b. in Leitrim County, Ireland.
385. iii. GEORGE Kinnear*; b. in Leitrim County, Ire-
land.
386. iv. ANN Kinnear*; b. in Leitrim County, Ire-
land.
387.* V. MARGARET Kinnear*; b. about 1779, in Lei-
trim County, Ireland; d. Oct. 10, 1866, in
Youngsville, Pa.; m., 1797.
(675) Henry Kinnear, Sr.
Two other girls were bom in Berks County, Pa., and died
there, in infancy.
(675) This Henry Kinnear, who is mentioned by Rev.
David Kinnear, in his history of the family as Henry Kin-
near, Sr., was a son of Robert and Elizabeth (Verow) Kin-
near, he was bom in Ireland, on Easter Sunday, 1764, and
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CARTER V. KINNEAR
BORN 1815.
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died m Youngsville, Pa., March 6, 1826, aged 62. He was
an oflker in the English Army.
(387) Margaret Kinnear*, Margaret^ William^ James* ;
b. about 1779, in Leitrim County, Ireland; d. Oct. 10, 1856,
in Youngsville, Pa. ; m. in Leitrim County, Ireland.
Henry Kinnear, Sr., son of Robert and Elizabeth (Verow)
Kinnear; b. Easter Sunday, 1764, in Ireland; d. March 6,
1826, in Youngsville, Pa. Their children were:
388. i. ELIZABETH Kinnear*; b. Saturday, July 28,
1798, in Pennsylvania ; d. Sunday, July 16, 1815,
in Venango County, Pa.
389. ii. ANN Kinnear*; b. Sunday, March 16, 1800,
in Pennsylvania; d. December 1^ 1875, in War-
ren County, Pa. ; m. 1st,
Samuel Gregg*, m., 2nd, Barney Owen. "She had
but one child, and it died young."
(Rev. D. K.)
390.** iii. MARGARET Kinnear"; b. Tuesday, Decem-
ber, 1, 1801, in Pennsylvania; d. April 16,
1877; m. November 7, 1816.
ALEXANDER SIGGINS.
391.^^ JAJMES Kinnear"; b. Saturday, December 15,
1803, in Venango County, Pa.; d. May 5, 1838,
in Franklin, Pa. (He was killed by the fall of a
"crane) ; m. 1827.
Malita Rennel, of Crawford County, Pa. Rev.
David Kinnear, says "They had 5 or 6 children
but gives no record of them."
392. V. REBECCA Kinnear^; b. Friday, October 11,
1805, died in childhood.
393.* vi. CARTER Verow Kinnear"; b. Friday, Janu-
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ary 8, 1808, in Venango County, Pa. ; d. Septem-
ber 6, 1884, in Youngsville, Pa ; m. October 23,
1828, in Youngsville, Pa.
RachellR. Dyke; b. 1806; d. June 3, 1884, im
Youngsville, Pa. They had three children.
394.* vii. ROBERT Kinnear*; b. Tuesday, March 16,
1810, in Venango County, Pa.; d. Sept. 6, 1839,
in Venagno County, Pa. m.
Jane C. Alexander, a sister of Archibald and Dr.
William Alexander, Erie, Pa.
Rev. David Kinnear, says that "Robert Kinnear
was thrown from a carriage and killed." They
had four children.
395.* viii. CHARLEYS Kinnear^; was a carpenter; b;
1811, in Venango County, Pa.; d. November 16,
1874, in Franklin, Pa. ; m. 1st.,
Isabell Alexander, a sister of his brother's wife ; d.
October 9, 1841, in Franklin, Pa. He m. 2nd.,
Polly Mead, a sister of John D. Mead. They had
five children.
396.* ix. HENRY Puncabee Kinnear*'; b. Friday, July
26, 1816, in Venango County, Pa.; d. June 28,
1885, in Franklin, Pa. ; m. 1st., Feb. 8, 1838, in
Chautauqua County, N. Y.
Sally Morgan, m. 2nd., Mar. 28, 1842, in Franklin,
P«.,
Abigail Morgan, a sister of his first wife. They
had six children.
(387) "Margaret Kinnear, widow of Henry Kinnear,
Sr., was living in 1839, in the old home at Youngsville, alD
his brothers and sisters were dead, the last one, Nancy,
who resided in Venango County, Pa., died in 1839, solely of
old age."
—Rev. D. K.
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MARGARET KINNEAR SIGGINS.
WIFE OF ALEXANDER SIGGINS.
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THE SIGGINS FAMILY.
The Ancestors, brothers and sisters of
Alexander Siggins, of Youngsville, Pa.,
and his descendants.
The Sigerins family emigrated from Scotland to Ireland,
about the time the latter was conquered by King William
in, subsequent to the revolution of 1688 in England.
The victory gained by William III, over the army of
James on the Boyne, July 1st, 1690, and by his General
Ginkel at Aghraam^ July IS, 1691, assisted by the clemency
with which he treated the vanquished party made him mas-
ter of Ireland, and restored the Protectant ascendency.
The Siggins, according to tradition, as did many others,
received donations of lands from the Crown of England
over and above their wages, for their bravery and fidelity
in military achievements.
1. WILLIAM SigginsS of Sligo County, Ireland.
From a record written about 1885-40, by his grand-
daughter, Frances Siggins Baird, we learn, that he lived in
the Parish of Drumcliff, Sligo County, Ireland, where hia
fore-fathers had lived many years, he was a farmer, he was
was brought up in the Church of England and was a very
pious man, he married Mary Taylor, who was also bom in
Drumcliff Parish, they were the parents of twelve children,
all of whom died in infancy except one daughter and one
son, John Siggins, from whom are descended the Siggins
family of Western Pennsylvania.
In 1798, aft^ the death of his parents and sister this
son, John Siggins, emigrated with his family to America.
2. JOHN Siggins^ William^ b. 1750, in Sligo County,
Ireland; d. 1801, in Centre County, Pa; m.
about 1775, in Sligo County, Ireland.
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I Sarah Hood; b. 1750, in Leitrim C!ounty, Ireland;
I d, Sept. 30, 1835, in Youngsville, Pa. Their
; children were:
3. i. FRANCES Siggins*; b. 1777, in SUgo County,
Ireland; d., 1847, in Lockhaven, Pa.; nu in Cen-
tre County, Pa.
Benjamin Baird. They had six children.
4. ii. GEORGE Siggins^; b., 1778, in Sligo County,
Ireland; d. January 17, 1868, in Venango Coun-
ty, m. 1st, Feb. 18, 1800, in Venango Coun-
ty, Pa.
Jane Young, dau. of Rev. Wm. and Jane (Simp-
son) Young; b., 1784, in Ireland; d. March 23,
1821, in Venango County, Pa. They had nine
chilcben, he m. 2nd,
Phoebe Dawson, dau. of Jamefi(. No children.
5. iii. JUDGE William Siggins'; b. May 12, 1789, in
Sligo County, Ireland; d. July 15, 1875, in War-
ren County, Pa. ; m. May 8, 1812, in Centre
County, Pa.
Mary Wilson (called Polly); b. 1796; d. 1855.
They had twelve children.
6. iv. SARAH Siggins'; b., 1790, in Sligo County,
Ireland; d. July 9, 1859, in Warren Ck>unty, Pa.;
m., 1807, in Venango County, Pa.
Judge Isaac Connellys Rev. William^ ; b., 1780-90*
near Philadelphia, Pa. ; d., 1864, in Cobham, Pa.
They had eight children.
7. V. JOHN Siggins' ; not married, was in war of
1812; b., 1792, in Sligo County, Ireland; d.
May, 1819, in Natchez, Miss., of yellow fever,
while enroute from New Orleans, where he had
taken a raft of lumber.
8.* vl. ALEXANDER Siggins»; b., 1798, on board
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ship enroute to America; d. April 7, 1858, in
Younsrsville, Pa. ; m. November 1, 1816, in Ven-
ango Coimty, Pa.
Margaret Kinnear (No. 390) ; b. Dec. 1, 1801, in
Venango County, Pa. ; d. April 16, 1877, in
Youngsville, Pa. They had eleven children.
(2) John Siggins, died in 1801, on a farm owned by
Robert Whitehall, called "Spring Creek,*' two and one-half
miles below "Old Centre Furnace," Centre County, Pa., and
Sarah (Hood) Siggins, his widow, died September 30, 1835,
in Youngsville, Pa.
They were married about 1775, in Sligo County, Ireland,
soon after their marriage, both experienced religion,
through the instrumentality of the Methodist ^preaching, in
1793, they came with their family to and settled in Centre
County, Pa., in 1816, 'lister" Siggins came to Youngsville,
and united with the Methodist church, then consisting tot
but few memibers, she lived to see the number increase to
seventy.
"For more than fifty years she was a Methodist , and
walked jconsistently; in every situation she was sustained;
she was loved ; her end was peace."
Wm. Todd.
Erie, Pa., July 8, 1836.
"Alexander Siggins and wife Margaret Siggins, joined
the Metiiodist church in Youngsville in 1820. Rev. William
Connelly was the first Methodist minister of the Broken-
straw creek, tiiis was in 1809. Alexander Siggins was one
of the pillars of the Methodist organization. He seriously
objected to the introduction of the Bass Viol into the
church choir, his objection took such an aggressive form
that the obnoxious instrument was soon removed. He
was an expert blacksmith and worked at this trade through-
out his life. He owned a large farm extending from York
Hill to the center of Youngsville Borough, where he built
his permanent home, which is still standing (1916), it
was the most pretentious house in town, and although
nearly a hundred years old is still in a good state of
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preservation. ''Uncle Alec'' as he was familiarly called,
lived a quiet Christian life, and Youngrville lost one of its
best citizens when he was called up higher."
Old Times in Oildom by George W. Brown.
"Remembers Before First Church, — ^Among the visitors
to Youngsville's centennial celebration is A. M. Davis, now
a resident of Corry, Pa. Mr. Davis is 88 years of age and
stated to a Mirror representative yesterday that he remem-
bers attending church services in a house located opposite
the first M. E. Church edifice and attended Sunday school
in an old school house that stood where H. C. Mead's resi-
dence now stands.
Uncle Alec Siggins was the superintendent, and his
father was one of the first members of the class."
Youngsville Mirror, 1918.
(390) Margaret Kinnear*, Margaret*, Margarets Wil-
liam^, James^; b. December 1, 1801, in Venango County,
Pa. ; d. April 16, 1877, in Youngsville, Pa. ; m. November 1,
1816, in Venango County, Pa.
ALEXANDER Siggins, (No. 8) ; b. 1798, on board ship
enroute to America; d. April 7, 1858, in Youngsville, Pa.
Their children were: —
397.* i. HENRY Kinnear Siggins*; b. January 31,
1818, in Youngsville, Pa. ; m.
Catherine Lockhart
398.^ ii. REBECCA Siggins*; b. January 30, 1820, in
Youngsville, Pa.; m.
Joseph Trask.
399.* iii. MARY Ann Siggins*; b. February 8, 1823,
in Youngsville, Pa.; m.
Charles Stewart.
400.* iv. JOHN Hatten Siggins*; b. June 28, 1825, in
Youngsville, Pa.; m. 1st, Mary Jane Siggins,
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HENRY KINNEAR SIGGINS.
SON OF ALEXANDER AND MARGARET (KINNEAR) SIGGINS.
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KATHERINE LOCKHART SIGGINS.
WIFE OF HENRY KINNEAR SIGGINS.
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dau. of Nathaniel Hood Siggins ; m. 2nd, Kath-
erine Lockett.
401.* V. BENJAMIN Baird Siggins*; b, July 27, 1827,
in Youngsville, Pa,; m. 1st, Elizabeth Erma
Walker;* m. 2d, Druzilla Belnap.
402.* vi. PHILETUS Verow Siggins*; b. March 18,
1833, in Youngsville, Pa.; m. 1st, Elizabeth
Fletcher; m. 2nd, Mary Wilson.
403.* vii. Rachel A. Siggins^; b. July 23, 1835, in
Youngsville, Pa. ; m.
Leander A. Chaffee.
404.* viii. CHAPIN EUiottSiggins*;b. December 15,
1836, in Youngsville, Pa.; m.
Emily C. Salmon.
405.* ix. ROBERT Alexander Siggins^" ; b. August 24,
1840, in Youngsville, Pa.; m.
Delia Long.
406. X. CAROLINE Siggins <" ; died about the age of 2
years.
407. xi. GEORGE Callender Siggins*; b. in Youngs-
ville, Pa.; d. June 27, 1864, in Chattanooga,
Tenn.
He was a member of Company D, 111th Reg. Pennsyl-
vania Volunteers, he was mustered into the service Novem-
ber 28th, 1861, was wounded in the battle of New Hope
Church (or Dallas, as it is sometimes called). May 25tti,
1864, and died June 27th, 1864, in Chattanooga, Tenn. ; he
was first buried in the National Cemetery, grave No. 305,
Vet, but was afterward brought to Youngsville, and buried
beside other members of the family.
(397) Henry Kinnear Siggins^ b. January 31, 1818,
in Youngsville, Pa.; d. January 26, 1893, in Youngsville,
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Pa.; m. 1841, in YoungBville, Pa.
Catherine Lockett; b. April 22, 1822; d. April 20, 1899,
in YoungsviUe, Pa. He served as CJounty Ck>mmissioner in
Warren Co., for several years.
Their children were: —
408.^ i. LAVERN Alexander Sifirgins^; b. ManrBT 10,
1842, in YoungsviUe, Pa. ; m. May 10, 1868, in
YoungsviUe, Pa.
Margaret Bedora Hunter.
409.^ ii. WILLIAM Lawrence Siggins^; b. December
18, 1848, in Jamestown, N. Y.; m. Ist, Mary
Smith ; m. 2nd, Mary Guignon.
410.* iii. DAVID Henry Siggins^ b. December 8,
1846; m. Sept. 2, 1865.
Julia Marietta Guignon.
411.* iv. MARGARET Adaline Siggins^ ; b. November
17, 1849; m.
John F. Rounce.
412.* V. ELIZA Delphine Siggins^; b. February 17,
1851; m.
William D. Hatch.
413.* vi. BENJAMIN Verow Siggins^ b. March 5,
1853; m.
EUa J. Owens.
414.* vii. MARY Emaline Siggins^ ; b. April 22, 1855 ;
m. 1st, Millard F. Jaquins; m. 2nd, Charles A.
Lincoln.
415.* viii. CHARLES Alma Siggins^; b. August 28,
1857 ; m. Anna Jones.
416. ix. ANNICE Isabella Siggins^ b. June 25, 1860
m. Worth Jaquins.
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(398) Rebecca Sigsrins*; b. January 30, 1820, in
Youngsville, Pa.; d. in Warren, Pa.; m.
Joseph S. Trask; b. June 18, 1817, in Youngsville, Pa.
He carried the mail and passengers from Warren to Gar-
land, and later was proprietor of Hotels at Youngsville,
Warren and Irvine, Pa.; he was a son of Samuel Trask,
who came from Vermont at an early day and was one of
the first settlers of Youngsville. Samuel Trask was a
farmer; was living there in 1822; had a family of twelve
children, viz. :
i. Augustas Trask.
ii. Aurelia Reed Trask who m. James Fleacher Con-
nelly.
iii. Josephine Trask, who ul John Mead.
iv. Joseph S. Trask, who m. Rebecca Siggins.
v. Madison Trask.
vi. Rufus Trask, father of Ernest Trask.
vii. Hannah Trask.
viii. Rebecca Trask.
ix. Helen Trask, who m. Mr. Larkin.
X. Lena Trask, who m. Mr. Londer.
xi. Elizabeth Trask.
xii. Olio Trask.
The children of :—
398) Rebecca Siggins and Joseph S. Trask were:
417. i. AUGUSTUS Alexander Trask^ born in
Youngsville, Pa.; enlisted April 1861, as ser-
geant in Company D. ("The Blacktails*'), 42nd
Reg. Pa. Volunteers. He was in the battles
Drainsville, Harrisonberg, Cross Keys, Mechan-
icsville. Gains Mills, where he was made pris-
oner, was exchanged and was in the battles of
Glendale, Catletts Station, Manassas and South
Mountain where he was killed in August, 1862.
418. ii. SILAS Lloyd Trask^ b. July 7, 1844, in
Youngsville; d. in Silver Creek, N. Y., in 1913
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or 1914 ; enlisted as a private October 20, 1861,
in Company D. 111th Pa. Volunteers; he was
in the battles of Cedar Mountain, Harpers
Ferry, Antietam and other minor engagements,
was discharged on account of wounds, in 1864.
He married December 11, 1877.
Cecelia E. Hamacher, b. May 19, 1858, a dau. of
Jacob B. and Susan (Shisler) Hamacher.
Their children were: —
419. i. PERRY Newton Trask«; b. October 31, 1887.
420. ii. NEVA Josephine Trask«; b. October 16, 1895.
421. iii. NEWTON Benson Trask^; b. February 27,
1847; enlisted September 5, 1864, for service
on the U. S. Gunboat "Springfield," of the
Mississippi squadron, he was in the battles at
i Johnsonville, Clarksville, Nashville and Vicks-
burg, was discharged in 1865, by the close of
the war; d. July 10, 1908. He married: —
Maria Lena O'Brian, b. July 28, 1848, a dau. of
Daniel and Abie (Westrup) O'Brian.
Their children were: —
422.* i. MAUD A. Trask»; b. April 8, 1872, in Dun-
kirk, N. Y.; m. Dr. William Alvin Noble.
423. ii. JOSEPH Harrison Trask»; b. April 13, 1875.
424. iv. WALTER Vincent Trask^; enlisted April,
1861, in Company D. (The Blacktails") 42nd
Reg. Pa. Volunteers, as a private ; he was in the
battles of Drainsville, Harrisonberg, Cross
Keys, Mechanicsville, Antietam, Fredericks-
burg, Gettysburg and at Gains Mills, where he
was taken prisoner, was discharged on account
of wounds in 1864 ; d. May 8, 1909.
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(422) Maud A. Trask^; b. April 8, 1872, in Dunkirk,
N. Y.; m. May 25, 1893, in Silver Creek, N. Y.
Dr. William Alvin Noble; b. June 16, 1865, in Napolia,
N. Y., a son of Alvin Stuart and Beulah Johnson (Buck)
Noble.
Their children were :
425. i. NEWTON Alvin Noble*; b. June 13, 1895.
426. ii. BEULAHMaudNoble*;b. April 9, 1898.
427. iii. TUDOR Omerigo Noble* ; b. May 10, 1901.
(399) Mary Ann Sigfi:ins*; b. February 8, 1823, in
Youngsville, Pa. ; d. May 1, 1896, in Pittsfield, Pa., at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Watson B. Clhipman ; m. 1846,
in Youngsville, Pa. Charles Stewart; b. July 2^ 1822; d.
March 30, 1882. She had been a member of the Methodist
Church in Youngsville for sixty years.
Their children were :
428. i. JANE M. Stewart^; b. August 7, 1847.
429. ii. JOHN A. Stewart^ b. January 27, 1850; d.
April 5, 1851.
430. iii. HENRY K. Stewart^ b. March 26, 1852; d.
April 23, 1877; m. 1871, and had one son:
431. James Stewart, of Kassouth, Iowa.
432.* iv. MARGARET Verona Stewart^; b. April 7,
1854; m. Sept 9, 1877.
Walter B. Chipman.
433. V. FRANK William Stewart^; b. July 26, 1856;
d. Aug. 4, 1886.
434.* vi. ELNORA E. Stewart^ ; b. Sept 22, 1861 ; m.
December 30, 1880.
Charles C. Lacy.
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435. vii. ELLA K. Stewart^; b. February 8, 1863; d.
February 3, 1864.
436. viii. CHARLES C. Stewart^ b. May 27, 1866.
437. ix. WILLIAM Stewart^ m.
Jennie .
They had one daughter:
438. i. Virginia Stewarts
(432) Margaret Verona Stewart' ; b. April 7, 1854, in
Youngsville, Pa. ; m. September 9, 1877, in Pittsfleld, Pa.
Walter B, Chipman, a son of Norman and Martha
(Davis) Chipman. Norman Chipman, b. April 12, 1800;
Martha Davis b. October 4, 1828, m. April 22, 1844.)
Their children were :
439.* i. MARY E. Chipman*; b. October 9, 1878; m.
August 27, 1904.
George Simpson.
440. ii. MYRTLE M. Chipman«; b. March 6, 1881; d.
February 9, 1900.
441. iii. MABLE Clea Chipman«; b. June 18, 1884; d.
February 9, 1900.
(439) Mary E. Chipman*; b. October 9, 1878, in Pitts-
field, Pa.; m. August 27, 1904, in Pittsfleld, Pa.
George Simpson, of Clarendon, Pa.
Their children were:
442. i. VERONA Simpson*.
443. ii. * ; a daughter.
(434) Elenora E. Stewart^ b. September 22, 1861, in
Youngsville, Pa. ; m. December 30, 1880.
Charles C. Lacy.
Th^ had one daughter:
444. i. HAZEL B. Lacy* ; b. October 26, 1881 ; m. Sep-
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tember 29, 1906.
Paul Kleinsang.
(400) John Hatten SigginsS* b. June 28, 1825, in
Youngsville, Pa. Enlisted February 5, 1862, as a corporal
in Company K., 12th Reg. Pa. Cavalry; he was with Gen-
eral Milroy in his campaign in West Virginia, and with
General Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley ; was mustered
out July 28, 1865, at the close of the War ; d. March 4, 1896,
in Youngsville, Pa. ; m. 1st.
Mary Jane Siggins, dau. of Nathaniel Hod Siggins; b.
June 23, 1833.
Their children were :
445. i. MARGARET E. Siggins^ b. April 22, 1856;
d. May 24, 1858.
446.* ii. MARY Eva Siggins'; b. January 18, 1859, in
Stewarts Run, Pa. ; m. November 26, 1878.
Gilbert W. Thompson, of Irvington, Pa.
(400) John Hatten Siggins*; m. 2nd, September 2, 1867,
in Meadville, Pa.
Catherine Lockett, dau. of James and Mary (Stranger)
Lockett; b. August 10, 1830; d. January 21, 1892.
Their children were:
447.* iii. ANNA May Siggins^ b. March 10, 1869,
in Youngsville, Pa.; m. December 25, 1894, in
Youngsville, Pa.
William Leonard McCune.
448. iv. ALBERT Alexander Siggins'; b. September
27, 1871.
449. V. RUSHTON Wil^ Siggins^ b. February 8,
1874, in Youngsville, Pa.; m. October 28, 1906,
in Youngsville, Pa.
Mabel Whiting.
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(446) Mary Eva Sigfirins^ b. January 18, 1869, in
Stewarts Run, Pa. ; m. November 26, 1878.
Gilbert W. Thompson; d. July 4, 1910.
Their children were:
450. i. BESSIE Thompson'; b. July 31, 1881; m. Ray
V. Onglay, of Grand Valley, Pa. ; a son of Horace
Onglay.
451. ii. MARGARET Thompson' ; b. July 16, 1884 ; m.
Alfred Hinchcliff, of Sinclairville, N. Y., son of
William Hinchcliff.
462. iii. CLARA Thompson'; b. January 20, 1887; m.
Ralph P. Mead, an adopted son of Rufus P.
Mead, of Youngsville, Pa.
463. iv. FRANCES Thompson' ; b. May 10, 1889.
454. V. KATHERYN Thompson'; b. September 22,
1891.
465. vi. ALBERT Thompson'; b. July 2, 1897.
(447) Anna May Si^gins^; b. March 10, 1869, in Youngs-
ville, Pa. ; m. December 26, 1894, in Youngsville, Pa.
William Leonard McCune; b. April 23, 1871, a son of
John Laird and Eleanor (Kidd) McCune.
Their children were:
466. i. FLOY Alberta McCune'; b. May 1, 1896.
457. ii. LAIRD Siggins McCune' ; b. February 1, 1900 ;
d. February 26, 1900.
This McCune family live in the old home in Youngsville,
where the grandparents, Alexander and Margaret (Kin-
near) Siggins, lived and died.
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MEMOIRS OF B. B. SIGGINS OF YOUNGSVILLE,
PENN.
I was bom in the Town of Youngsville, Warren County,
State of Pennsylvania, on the 28th day of July, 1827. My
mother's maiden name was Margaret Kinnear, a daughter
of Henry Kinnear of the said town of Youngsvilte. My
father's name was Alexander Siggins, who was bom on the
Atlantic Ocean in the summer of 1793, whilst his parents
were enroute from Ireland to America. I was sent to the
common schools of the Town until I completed the course
of studies then taught in the town schools of those days<
were morals were taught by the lasring on of the rod.
When I completed this course of education I was sent to
Meadville College and there completed the course, except-
ing the dead languages. Ajfter I left college I read a course
of Law in the office of George B. Delamatter, who after-
wards became very wealthy in the Oil Business, having
been a partner of a man by the name of Noble in the oncei
famous Noble oil well at Pithole.
Afterwards I taught school for three or four years. Dur-
ing my boyhood days I became quite noted as a traveler
for I had twice been away in the adjoining County of Craw-
ford and had twice crossed over the state line into New
York State, and was gone over night both thnes, which
was something unusual for those days. In the spring of
1861 I made my most memorable trip from Brokenstraw
Township, Warren County, Pa., to St. Paul, Minnesota,
wholly by water. I was employed by William Finley Sig-
gins, a lumberman to go as a hand on a j-af t of lumber from
Brokenstraw to Pittsburgh, Pa. Th^i I started down the
Ohio River on an Ohio Fleet, but after two days on thi»
craft I took passage on a steamboat for St. Louis, Mo., but
as the boat was destined for St. Paul, Minnesota, territory,
I c<mtinued my journey up to that city, which was then
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quite a large place containing many large business houses
and fine residences, and many wealthy people. During my
stay there I visited the St. Anthony Falls, which was the
head of navigation for the lower Mississippi River Boats.
As I remember now there was an^ abrupt rise of ground on
each side of the river bed, the lower side of which was about
thirty feet high, over which the water flowed into the
lower Mississii^i. Thia was called the St. Anthony Falls
of the Mississippi River. I worked in the office of the Sec-
retary of State whilst at St. Paul. The next day after my
arrival in St. Paul I went down to the river where there
was a boat just landing, on which I found Irvine Siggins,
son of William Siggins, but he left the next day. This per-
son and one other were the only persons I ever saw during
my stay in the West that I had ever seen before leaving*
the States.
I went from St. Paul to a small town in Iowa on the Miss-
issippi called where I remained several weeks.
Whilst at this place I fell in with a man who had a govern-'
ment contract for subdividing Townships into sections and
quarter seotions. We travelled up the Coon River from Ft.
Des Moines, as it was then called. The old log building
used for a Fort was still there, but at this time there were^
no soldiers stationed there. We went from Des Moines to
the land in a lumber wagon in which was stowed a canvass
tent, provisions, and a regular camping and surveyor's out-
fit. We reached our field of ^¥ork in five or six days. The
Townships to be divided lay on the fiats or lowlands of the
Coon River and were covered with a heavy growth of
grass and weeds that came well up to our necks, and often
taUer than our head». We had' got the first Township near-
ly completed when I was taken down sick with the Ague,
and getting worse all the time, after four or five days, I
told the contractor that I would have to throw up the job,
but he insisted that I would be well enough to go on in a
day or two with the work, but I refused to stay there any
kmger, and toM him the best thing to do was for him to
drive to the Fort and get anotiier surveyor, which he
ftnaUy concluded to do, for he saw I was not able to stand
the work, in the condition I was in, and I was getting worse
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every day. When he got ready to go back to commence
work again, one of the boys refused to go back with the
company to work again but remained at the Fort to take
care of me. He secured a good place for me to stay and
remained with me until I was well enough to be up and
around and take care of myself. When he was ready to
start away he took out his pocket-book and offered me half
the money he had, but I refused to take it, telling him that
I owed him more now than I could ever pay him. He re-
plied I did not owe him anything. I have often wished T
could see or hear from him again, but when he left me he
said he did not know jusit where he would go, and I never
saw or heard from him again.
I went from the Fort early in the fall of 1851 to a town,
called Redrock on the Redbank River, and taught two terms
of school — a fall term and a winter term. During my stay
in this place I became acquainted with an attorney by the
name of Allen, whom I called on after my school closed, for
purpose of continuing my law reading. After I had made
my business known, he asked me what books I had read.
I gave him the list of books I had read, to which he replied,
Well! if you have read all those books, you have read more
than is required in this State, but I said I did not think I
could stand the examination for admittance, without a
more extended reading, but he thought I could on what
books I had read. Well! he ^ays, suppose I ask you a few
questions. Very well, says I. Thereupon we selected a
clean log in the woods where he was at work clearing a
piece of land, which had once been burnt over, and he com^
menced questioning me, and kept it up for about an hour
and a half. I answered all his questions, and on invitation
I went home with him for dinner. I stayed with the family
until the next morning. He did not go back to work in the
afternoon but remained at the house to help the family
entertain their boy visitor. Whilst telling them where I
was from and something of my trip from Pennsylvania to
Sfc Paul, Minnesota, I incidentally remarked that I made
;the trip from Pennsylvania to St. Pat(l, Minnesota. This
seemed to require an explanation, and I proceeded to give
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it without being questioned. The next morning as I was
arranging to leave, Mr. Allen advised me to go to Ft. Des
Moines and ask Judge McPiar to appoint a committed to
examine me for admittance to the Bar, saying by way of
allaying any misgivings I might have over the coming
ordeal, You will get along aU right, my boy. It was with
some regret that I said goodby to that family, for I have
had nothing in all the years since but pleasant remem-
brances of that social feast and kindly entertainment.
I made my trip to the Fort, arriving there in the even-
ing of the second or third day after leaving Red Rock, and
calUed on the Judge next morning just as the family were
sitting down to their breakfast, aiui I was shown into the
dining room and invited to breakfast, but declined as I hadf
already had my breakfast. I thought I would not make my
business known until the Judge had finished his meal, but
kept quiet and become somewhat restive by the numerous
glances at me by the different members of the family,
which fact, I think, was noticed by the Judge, for when
they were about half through with their meal, the Judge/
looked at me and said, ''What can I do for you, young
man." I replied I called to request you to appoint a com-
mittee to examine me for the purpose of admission to the
Bar. "Well!*' he says, "How old are you?" I gave him my>
age. "Where are you from?" I replied Pennsylvania.
Then he said, "We have 'been in the habit of admitting
members to the Bar here on very loose regulations and
superficial examinations, but I have recently adopted a new
rule under which the examinations are very rigid. Then
he asked me what law books I had read, and something
about my education. I told him what law books I had read,
and that I had completed the course taught in the Publia
Schools of Youngsville, Pa., and had attended a high school
taught in our town and then was sent to College for two
years. "Well," he said, "I will appoint a conmiittee and
they will examine you." He then wrote a note and handed
it to me saying, take this to Mn Young, and he will call
the committee together. I took the note, oajing that I
would like to have him present at my examination, if it
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BERTRAM J. MESSERLY.
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was convenient for him to do so. He replied that he had
some papers to look over thai; morning and could hardly
spare the time, but as I urged him he finally said, you tell
Mr. Young that I would like to have him call the com-
mittee together right away and I will come around to his
office to be present at the examination. Within a short
time the committee was assembled, the judge present and
the examination commenced and continued for an hour and a
half or two hours, and resulted all satisfactorily to the com-
mittee, the judge and myself, and I was formally admitted
to the Bar at the next term of the District Court of Lucas
County, Iowa. After receiving my certificate of examina-
tion I left Des Moines for Chariton, in Lucas County, Iowa,
where I settled and hung out my shingle as Attorney at
Law. I made my trip from Red Rock in Marion County
to Des Moines, thence to Chariton on foot, arriving there
sometime in July, 1852. Where I put up with Henry Allen
who was keeping the only hotel in the town. Chariton was
then laid out with a public square in the center of the town.
The Court House was a small, two story log building, the
lower room being used for a court room, public meetings and
dancing hall and Post Office. Bev. Searcy as postmaster,
had a method of his own of distributing the mail, by unty-
ing the hemp sack, he gave the mail matter a send from the
bag scattering it over the floor, at the same time calling at
the top of his voice. Pick out your mail! After the parties
were through gathering their mail, he picked up what was
left, piling it up in one comer of the building and filling his
pockets and delivering it to parties as he met them on the
streets around town.
This sketch was written by my father, Benjamin B. Wig-
gins, in the fall of 1895 or 6, when he and my mother
visited us in Kansas City. E. S. White.
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In the summer of 1861, my father, Benjamin B. Sigerina,
with his family was journeying overland from Iowa to
Cok>rado, somewhere in Nebraska we became separated
from our friends who were making the journey with us.
We stopped one evening to make camp and were just
sitting down to our evening meal when an old Indian Chief
of the Pawnee Tribe walked into the tent Father gave
him a generous helping of warm biscuits, after eating
them he went outside and soon returned with a sharp stick
in his hand, this he proceeded to fill with the biscuits which
remained on the table. After his departure mother made
more biscuits, when we were about to resume our inter-
rupted meal our Indian visitor returned bringing several
members of his tribe with him. These were fed as the
others had been, departing almost immediately thereafter.
When the old Chief again returned with still other hungry
men father was obliged to refuse to feed them fearing his
supply of flour would not last until we reached the next
town. This angered the Indians and they withdrew to
some distance to hold a council to determine what should
be done with us. At the end of about an hour they re^
turned and pointing off across the prairie motioned us to
be off — we were not long in taking our departure. It was
a very dark night and not until nearly morning did the
stars appear revealing to us the fact that we had turned
completely around and were driving directly toward the
camp we had quitted so hurriedly the night before. Thia
timely discovery probably averted what might have easily
been a tragic encounter to say the least.
Laura Siggins Messerly.
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BENJAMIN B. SIGGINS' OBITUARY.
Benjamin Baird Siggins was bom in Youngsville, July
27, 1827, and died June 14, 1903. He was a son of Alexan-
der and Margaret Kinnear Siggins. He attended Meadville
College, studied law and practiced awhile in CJhariton,
Iowa; then went to Colorado, near Central City, where he
engaged quite extensively in mining and became Judge of
the Probate Court in Central City, Gilpin County, Colo.
When the family moved to Colorado they made the trip
across the plains with teams and covered wagons and while
en route narrowly escaped being captured by the Indians on
several occasions. While this little family of father and
mother and three little ones, aged seven, five and two
years, were on a visit in Pennsylvania, in the summer of
1864, the mother sickened and died at the home of Kinnear
Siggins, near Tidioute. He then married Druzilla E. Bel-
nap, going shortly after to Philadelphia to live, where they
remained nearly three years, then returned to Warren
County, Pa., where they lived on a farm five miles from' .
Tidioute for about five years, then went to Youngsville,
which was his home until his death. He was always inter-
ested in educational matters, served as a member of the
school board of Youngsville for six years. By his first wife
he had three children, Emma Siggins White, bom Feb. 6,
1857, in Chariton, Iowa, married Hon. J. B. White, and now
lives in Kansas City, Mo.; Laura Siggins Messerly, bom
Aug. 15, 1859, at Chariton, Iowa, married J. 0. Messerly,
now living at Warren, Pa*, and Clinton C. Siggins, bom
Dec. 31, 1862, in Colorado, married Nellie Cunningham and
now lives at Twin Falls, Idaho. By his second wife he had
two children, Albert B. Siggins, bom 1866, in Philadelphia,
died in infancy, and Lida B. Siggins Hyatt, bom Feb. 3,
1867, and married George H. Hyatt, of Whitehall, N. Y.,
and died of consumption in Colby, Kansas, June 29, 1887.
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Mr. Siggins was a faithful adherent and attendant of the
Methodist Church. A few days before his decease he fell
into an unconscious sleep from which he did not rally, and
thus from a painful lingering illness he slipped quietly,
peacefully from his friends into the shadowless clime of
eternal bliss. The funeral was held at the home of the
deceased, Rev. J. P. Bums officiating. Those attending the
funeral from out of town were John Siggins and wife, df
Tidioute, David Siggins and wife, Lavem Siggins and
daughter, J. 0. Messerly and family, Mrs. 0. W. Beatty, Mrs.
J. W. Alexander of 'Warren, J. B. White of Kansas City,
and James Culbertson and wife of Allegheny Springs, and
Mrs. Clara Whitehill of Kane, Pa. From a YoungsvUle pa-
per.
YOUNGSVILLE BOROUGH.
Youngsville Borough is the largest town in Brokenstraw
township, and is located in about the center of the town-
ship, which was organized as "Number Four*' March 8,
1821. The name Brokenstraw it seems is taken from the
Indian word — Cushanadagua — ^bestowed upon this region
from the fact that the flats along the creek once bore a
grass which in the fall would break and bend over.
Youngsville is located on what was the site of a big
Indian village known as Buckaloon, from here the Indians
floated down the creek to the river in their canoes and
conmiitted many depredlations on the settlements along the
Allegheny river. In 1781 they were overpowered by an
expedition under Col. Broadhead and the village of Bucka-
loon destroyed, to fortify his position and enable him to
keep the Indians away. Col Broadhead built a Fort on the
hillside between Irvine and Youngsville, the ruins of which
may still be seen.
Robert Andrews was the pioneer settler in the Broken-
straw Valley, coming a short time before John W. McKin-
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ney; McKinney was an importation from Ireland, he was*
married in Ltmcaster to a Miss Arthur, who returned to
the Brokenstraw region with him and their home was a
place of welcome for all wasrf arers and a general gathering
place for the settlers of the vicinity.
In 1796, Matthew Young, a Scotchman and a bachelor,
settled on the site of the town that was afterward named
after him — ^YoungsviUe, he made his home with John Mc-
Kinney, teaching the children in the evenings in return for
his board, he was well educated and a favorite with the
children, he also taught several terms of school in the
neighborhood — ^was the second county treasurer 1821-23 —
built the first saw-mill in 1807 — died in Deerfield Township
in 1825, his body was brought back to and buried in the
Youngsville village cemetery, it now lies in the Odd Fel-
lows cemetery. He is described as being tall, slender and
erect, and of very light complexion — he was simple in his
character, earnest in his purposes and eccentric in his
habits with a kind heart for all and an integrity that was.
never tarnished.
Matthew Young laid out many of the streets of Youngs-
ville and seemed to have a prophetic vision of its relative
importance in the county, in 1849 it had grown to be quite
a village and was incorporated September 4, 1849, it was
organized on the 15th of February following by the elec-
tion of Archibald Alexander as burgess ; William Siggins
and John Hull as councilmen; Philip Mead as treasurer;
Henry P. Kinnear as clerk; John Siggins as tax collector.
James Davis is quoted as authority for the statement that
as early as 1800, Matthew Youpg carved the quaint word
"YUNGVAL" on a large flat stone which stood for many
years turned upright so that all who ran might read.
The first merchant was Henry Kinnear, Sr., and the next
was Henry McCullough who started a store in 1830.
The first tavern in town was the unpretentious hostelry
of John McKinney. Matthew Young built the next hotel.
This was replaced by the Wade House. The Fairmount
House first saw the light in 1851, being built by John
Siggins.
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The first resident physician in Brokenstraw township
was Dr. John W. Irvine, who settled at Irvineton, and the
first physician in Youngsville was Dr. James A. Alexander
who came in 1826 and was in active practice until 1853.
Until the year 1819, the inhabitants of all the vicinity
about Youngsville obtained their mail from the earlier
office at Pittsfteld, but in that year Henry Kinnear, Sr.,. was
appointed postmaster and opened what was known as the
Brokenstraw office at Youngsville.*'
The story of the Methodist Church in Youngsville starts
back in 1806 when a few families had located along' the
Brokenstraw creek and were engaged in lumbering and
farming, they felt the need of churches and longed to have
the privilege of services. Prayer meetings were held at
various homes. In 1800 the first ministers regularly ap-
pointed by the Genesee Conference, preached occasionally
in the Brokenstraw valley and children bom of the few
families were regularly baptised and communion services
were held. Honest John Gregg was an itinerant preacher
holding services according to the Methodist persuasion
evenings and on the Sabbath, other early settlers were
William Arthur, William Carpenter, William Cochran,
David Carr, Abraham and William Davis, Barnabas Mc-
Kinney, James and Elijah Davis, Judge William Siggins,
John Crawford, John Long and Joseph Gray. Among the
earliest pastors of the church may be mentioned John Mc-
Mahon, 1813; Burrows Westlake, 1814; Lemuel Lane, 1815;
Daniel D. Davidson, 1816; Curtis Goddard, 1817; John
Summerville, 1818; Philitus Parkus and David Smith, 1819-
20 ; Parker Buel and Silvester Carey, 1821 ; Parker Buel and
John W. Hill, 1822; Nathaniel Reader and John Scott,
1823-24; Peter D. Horton and Joseph H. Barris, 1825;
Joseph H. Barris and Dow Prosser, 1826; John Chandler
and John Johnson, 1827; Hiram Kinsley and John John-
son, 1828; John P. Kent and L. L. Hamlin, 1829; James
Gilmore and John J. Swazey, 1830 ; John C. Ayers, Samuel
E. Babcock and Gideon Draper Kinnear, 1831.
In 1812, the first quarterly meeting was held with the
Rev. William Connelly in charge. Presiding Elder Jacob
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AND SON,
RAYMOND BAIRD WHITE.
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Young and Bishop McKendree were present and assisted in
the revival services. This was the first record of a Bishop
of the Methodist faith being in Youngsville, and through
the impetus gained by this revival the first class wai^
organized."
Warren Evening Mirror, Friday, August 22, 1913.
(401) Benjamin Baird Siggins*; b. July 27, 1827, in
Youngsville, Pa. ; d. June 14, 1903, in Youngsville, Pa. ; m.
(1st) February 20, 1856, in Lucas County, la.; m. (2nd)
Druzilla E. Belnap. See page 174.
Elizabeth Erma Walker; b. February 20, 1833, in
Adair County, Ky.; a dau. of Samuel Scott and Sarah
Ann (Allen) Walker; d. in July, 1864, at the home of
Henry Kinnear Siggins, near Tidioute, Pa.
Their children were:
458.* i. EMMA Siggins^; b. February 6, 1857, in
Chariton, Iowa; m. December 6, 1882, in
Youngsville, Pa., John B. White.
JOHN BARBER WHITE, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.
Mr. White had previously married Arabella Bowen, of
Cleveland, Ohio. She died in 1881. Their children were:
John Franklin, who died in 1900, aged twenty-four years,
and Fanny Arabelle, bom in 1876. She married Alfred T.
Hemingway, of Chicago. Two children, Franklin White
and Jane Hemingway.
John Barber White was bom in EUery Township (near
Jamestown), Chautauqua County, New York, December 8,
1847; he was educated in the public schools and James-
town Academy. Began teaching school at the age of nine-
teen, taught three winters, working on the farm in the
summer. In 1868, in company with two Jenner brothers,
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purchased 200 acres of pine timber land, near Youngsville,
Pa. The young men boarded themselves in the woods, cut
the loers and had them sawed at a neighboring mill. In
1870 he bought out the interest of the Jenner brothers
and soon with R. A. Kinnear, formed the firm of White &
Kinnear at Youngsville and East Brady, Pa., and success-
fully continued until 1874; when he removed to Tidioute,
Pa., and bought the Arcade mill and also opened a lumber
yard in Scrubgrass, Pa. While there he became owner
and proprietor of the "Warren County News" which he
had helped to establish ; he edited the paper in addition to
managing his lumber business, much of the work being
done at night. In 1878 he returned to Youngsville, still
continuing in lumber manufacturing. He also served six
years as President of the Board of Education. In 1878
and 1879 was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Repre-
sentatives, where he served on several important com-
mittees.
In 1880, with E. B. and J. L. Grandin, Capt H. H. Cum-
mings and J. L. and L. L. Hunter, all of Tidioute, organ-
ized the Missouri Lumber & Mining Co. He was general
manager of the company from its formation and later
president. Their offices and mills were at Grandin, Carter
County, Mo., for more than twenty years, the town itself
being the product of the Lumber Company's business. He
was postmaster at Grandin 1887 to 1892.
Mr. White organized the first Lumber Manufacturers'
Association in the southern states, known as the Missouri
& Arkansas Lumber Association. He is a member of the
Board of Governors of the National Lumber Manufac-
turers Association of the United States; President of the
Louisiana Central Lumber Co.; Forest Lumber Company
of Kansas City, Mo.; Reynolds Land Company; Salem,
Winona & Southern Railroad Company ; Director and Sec-
retary of the Louisiana Long Leaf Lumber Company ; Sec-
retary-Treasurer and General Manager of the Missouri
Lumber & Land Exchange Company of Kansas City. Also
a director in the New England National Bank of Kansas
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City. Was president of the Bank of Poplar Bluff from
1886 to 1907.
In 1907 he was appointed by President Roosevelt to in-
vestigate the affairs of the Cass Lake, Minnesota, Indian
Reservation, and his recommendations were favorably
acted upon. Mr. White was further honored by President
Roosevelt as a member of the Forestry Department in the
Conmiission on the Conservation of National Resources
and has become one of the most learned and enthusiastic
members on the subject of Conservation in the country
devoting much of his time to that very important move-
ment, which is an all-absorbing one at the present day. He
was appointed by the Governor of Missouri in 1909 a mem-
ber of the State Board of Forestry, and a delegate to the
National Conservation Congress at Seattle in 1909 and was
President of the Fourth National Conservation Congress,
held at Indianapolis in October, 1912.
He is also vice president of the Fisher Flouring Mills
Company, Seattle; vice president of Fisher-White-Henry
Building Company of Seattle ; vice president of the White-
Dulany Grain Company of Seattle.
Mr. White takes great interest in fine blooded cattle and
is a life member of the Holstein Friesan Association. He
is a member of and Deputy Governor General of the Mis-
souri Society of Colonial Wars, and Fourth Vice Presi-
dent of the Missouri Society Sons of the Revolution, a
member of the American Academy of Political and Social
Science, and of the National Geographic Society.
Mr. White is interested and a student of genealogy and
family history. Has been a life member of the New Eng-
land Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass.,
since 1905. Life member and Vice President Heath, Mas-
sachusetts Historical Society. Member of the ''Old North-
wesf'; Virginia Historical Society; Missouri Historical
Society; Worcester Society of Antiquity; and Harleian His-
torical Society of London, England. He has spent much
in research in England, and been very successful in find-
ing the home of his ancestors, John and Joan (West)
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White ; also facts in regard to the Prescott family. He as-
sisted financially in the publication of the "Descendants of
John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Mass./* by Almira
L. White, making the publishing of the third and fourth
volumes possible. In 1909 he published the Descendants
of Thomas Gleason, Watertown, Mass., 1607-1909 ; also the
Barber Genealogy, Descendants of Thomas Barber of
Windsor, Conn., (1614-1909) and John Barber of Worces-
ter, Mass., (1714-1909). He was elected President of the
Kansas City Historical Society October 1, 1912. The name
of this society has been changed to "The Missouri Valley
Historical Society", and he is the President. He is Trustee
of Kidder Institute, Kidder, Missouri; also Trustee of
Drury College, Springfield, Missouri. He is also a member
of the National Municipal League; American Political
Science Association, Academy of Political Science of New
York ; American Civic Association ; National Civic Federa-
tion ; and American Society of International Law. He is a
Thirty-second degree Mason ; Member of Mt. Moriah Lodge,
Jamestown, N. Y., and of Ararat Temple, Kansas City,
Mo. Mr. White is also a member of the Odd Fellows Ceme-
tery Association in Youngsville, Pa. He and his family are
members of the Westminster Congregational church of
Kansas City. He is also a member of the following clubs
of Kansas City: City Club, Commercial Club, Mid-Day
Club, Civil Service League, Knife and Fork Club, and Fine
Arts Institute. He was for two years President of City
Club, of Kansas City.
In 1916 Mr. White built an addition to the White Memo-
rial Building in Youngsville.
Emma Siggins, his wife, was graduated from the Youngs-
ville High School, also from the Pioneer class of the Chau-
tauqua Literary and Scientific Circle in 1882. She taught
school for ten years in Warren (bounty. Pa. She belonged
to the Athenaeum Literary Club and was a member of the
'History Class of '82," of Kansas City, and also belongs
to the C. L. S. C. Alumni Association. Mrs. White was one
of the organizers of the Kansas City Chapter D. A. R. in
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1906, and was made chairman of the Patriotic Education
Committee, and has served for seven years as Historian;
in 1913 was elected vice regent; she is at this time (1916)
chairman of the Patriotic Education Committee having
held the office since the organization of the Chapter. The
principal work accomplished by the committee has been
the furnishing of the library of the "Boys Hotel' of Kan-
sas City, an institution where one hundred homeless boys
are housed and given not only a home, but proper instruc-
tion and training; the library is a large and most com-
fortable room; the book cases contain over two thousand
carefully selected books, and the walls adorned with hand-
some and instructive pictures. A scholarship for one of
the boys at this home has been maintained for several
years. This committee has had framed copies of the Ten
Commandments hung in eighty-two of the public schools
and in nearly every public building in the city, and has
edited and had printed several thousand pamphlets con-
taining a simplified version of the Constitution of the
United States, in Italian and English and distributed them
in the Italian settlements in Missouri and other states.
In 1913 they started a campaign to make Lincoln's birthday
a legal holiday in Missouri, several thousand petitions were
circulated, hundreds of letters and telegrams were sent to
the voters all over the state and every influence used to
bring about the desired legislation, but it failed to carry
when brought to a vote. At the next session of the Legis-
lature the Bill was again introduced — still greater effort
was put forth with the result that on March 19, 1915, it
was passed thereby paying just tribute to one who with a
genius of foresight never yet excelled guided the fortunes
of a disrupted Union through four years of the most tragic
of its existence to the glorious culmination of a Reunited
Republic. "With malice toward none, with charity for all ;
with a firmness in the right, as God had given him to see
the right* ' that was Abraham Lincoln, often and with pecu-
liar fitness called "Father Abraham.'' Mrs. White, in
January, 1915, was appointed a member of the Mayor's
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Commission on Unemployment and was one of the Onn-
mission to assist in providing work for the unemployed
through the rigor of that severe winter. She is a life
member of the Missouri Valley Historical Society; and is
a deaconess in the Westminster Congregational Church
which the family attend; and a member of the Advisory
Board of the Fine Arts Institute of Kansas City. Is author
of a genealogy of the Walker family called "The Descend-
ants of John Walker of Wigton, Scotland" and is at present
compiling a History and Genealogy of the Siggins and al-
lied families.
459.* ii. LAURA Siggins^ b. August 15, 1859, in
Chariton, la.; m. September 19, 1883, in
Youngsville, Pa.
James O. Messerly, of Warren, Pa.
460.* iii. CLINTON C. Siggins^ ; of Boise City, Idaho ;
b. December 31, 1862, in Colorado; m. April 20,
1890, in Hugo, Colorado.
(401) Benjamin Baird Siggins*; m. 2nd, 1865.
Druzilla E. Belnap, a dau. of Philo G. and Elizabeth
(Mead) Belnap.
Their children were:
461. iv. ALBERT B. Siggins^; b. 1866, in Philadel-
phia; d. 1866.
462. V. LIDA B. Siggins^; b. February 3, 1867, in
Philadelphia; d. June 29, 1887, in Colby, Kan-
sas; m. 1886.
George W. Hyatt, of Whitehall, N. Y.
(458) Emma Siggins^; b. February 6, 1856, in Chari-
ton, la; m. December 6, 1882, in Youngsville, Pa.
John Barber White,* of Kansas City, Missouri.
Their children were:
463. i. EMMA Ruth White'; b. October 30, 1884, in
Youngsville, Pa.*
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Graduated from Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass.,
in 1907, has since spent two years in the University of
Wisconsin studying Economics and Sociology and 1913
studying German in Berlin. The Kansas City Star, July
16, 1911, says of Miss Ruth White's work under the Board
of Public Welfare: "Visiting among the women workers
in the laundries of Kansas City often in a temperature of
124 degrees is not an occupat^'on one would choose for the
summer months. Yet that* has been the work of Miss Ruth
White in her investigations for the Board of Public Wel-
fare. Miss White has talked with every woman operative
in Kansas City since she began obtaining her information
in February. There are more than a thousand of them.
June was reserved for her investigations in the laundries
for the most trying conditions under which laundresses
work prevail in the summer months.
"The result of the investigations into the labor conditions
in Kansas City by the Board of Public Welfare has been
compiled by Miss Ruth White and is now being published.
A social survey of this nature, containing detailed infor-
mation as to the wage, home life, recreations, etc., of each
operative is expected to yield data on which remedial legis-
lation can be founded.'^ "LIFE AND LABOR,'' A Monthly
Magazine published by the National Women's Trade Union
League in Chicago, in the January, 1912 issue, commends
the Kansas City Child Welfare Exhibit, held in November,
1911. It points to the fact that the booth telling the girls'
wages could not fail to impress the visitor with the need
for a living wage. This e^ibit was under municipal aus-
pices— ^the Board of Public Welfare — ^who vouched for the
statement in great red letters: NINE DOLLARS A WEEK
IS A LIVING WAGE IN KANSAS CITY." '"Lite and
Labor, says, "To Miss Ruth White is due the credit for
the masterly presentation of facts regarding the wages of
working girls. Her untiring efforts have made possible, in
Kansas City at least, a better understanding of the dangers
of a six-dollar a week wage and the justice of the grow-
ing demand for a minimum wage."
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In January, 1915, Miss White was appointed a member
of the Mayor's Commission on Unemployment and gave
two months of very active service in connection with the
women's branch of that Commission. In June, 1915, she
was appointed vice president of the School of Social Service,
and was also chosen one of its lecturers and delivered a
course of ten lectures on Industrial Piroblems of Foreign
Countries in the spring of 1916.
467. ii. JAY Barber White*; b. October 2, 1886, in
Youngsville, Pa. ; d. August 2, 1887, in Ironton,
Missouri.
468. iii. RAYMOND Baird White* ; b. March 18, 1889,
in Grandin, Carter Co.. Mo.
Was graduated from the Kansas City High School in
1909; and entered the University in Madison, Wiscon-
sin, the fall of the same year. He attended this Uni-
versity for three years; graduated from Cornell Univer-
sity in 1914, and is at this time (1916) President
and manager of the R. B. White Lumber Company of
Newark, Ohio. President of the "Men's Monday Club,"
and treasurer of the Rotary Club, and director in the Mer-
chants Association. He is a member of the Westminster
Congregational church of Kansas City, Missouri.
(459) Laura Siggins^ b. August 15, 1859, in Chari-
ton, Iowa; m. September 19, 1883, in Youngsville, Pa.
James O. Messerly, a son of Jonas and Sarah (Alspaugh)
Messerly. They reside in Warren, Pa., and are members
of the Methodist church.
Mrs. Messerly graduated in 1884 from the C. L. S. C.
Their children are:
469. i. WARREN B. Messerly*; b. November 4, 1884,
in Baltimore, Ohio. He graduated from the
Electrical Department at Westinghouse, Pitts-
burg, Pa. Is now with the Metropolitan Street
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LAURA SIGGINS MESSERLY.
Taken in 1883.
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Railway Co., of Kansas City, Mo. ; m. February
16, 1916, in Winfield, Kansas.
Ruth Tisdale Bangs; b. November 23, 1890, a dau.
of Arthur C. and Caroline (Crapster) Bangs, of Winfield.
The ancestry of Ruth Tisdale (Bangs) Messerly, is:
Edward BangsS came to Plymouth Colony, in the "good
ship Anne,'' in 1623 ; his son Jonathan Bangs^, served as a
captain in the Colonial Wars, had a son James Bangs^,
and he a son Oliver Bangs^, and he a son Dr. John Bangs%
and he a son Frederick A.«, who was the father of Arthur
Clarence Bangs, of Winfield, Kansas, father of Ruth Bangs
Messerly.
470. ii. EVERETT J. Messerly*; b. October 18, 1886,
in Warren, Pa.; m. June 19, 1908, in Pitts-
burg, Pa.
Rillia Vadia Boli, b. July 6, 1889, a dau, of Frank
S. (b. May 7, 1862), and Flora (Jack) Boli (b.
June 24, 1862; m. June 19, 1882).
They have one son :
470a. i. BERTRAM J. Messerly* ; b. January 11, 1912.
471. iii. JAMES Harold Messerly^; b. September 24,
1895, in Warren, Pa. Student at the Univer-
sity of Pittsburgh, Pa.
(460) Clinton C. Siggins% of Twin Falls, Idaho. Was
a Justice of the Peace in Boise City, Idaho, four years, and
later Deputy Auditor and Recorder of Ada County; he
moved to Twin Falls, Idaho, in 1910; b. December 31, 1862,
in Colorado; m. April 20, 1890, in Hugo, Colorado.
Nellie Cunningham, b. May 26, 1870 (a daughter of
Jerry, b. May 15, 1835, near Cattam, Canada, and Joseph-
ine (Ballard) Cunningham, d. 1897).
Their children are:
472. i. LEONA May Siggins',; b. January 20, 1891.
in Des Moines, Iowa; m. Nov. 15, 1911, in Twin
Falls, Idaho.
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John Vance Dingham; b. October 22, 1885, near
Tyro, Kansas (a son of James Wilson (b.
AufiTUst 8, 1855, in Niantic, Ill.)> and Elizabeth
Ellen (Harding) Dingham (b. June 29, 1855).
They have one daughter:
472a. i. NELLIE May Dingman*; b. May 23, 1914.
473. ii. JERRY Lloyd Siggins' ; a twin of
iii. BENJAMIN Boyd Siggins'; b. March 14,
1894, in Boise City, Idaho. Benjamin Boyd
SigginsS died June 29, 1894.
474. iv. HOWARD Edwin Siggins* ; b. August 8, 1905,
in Boise City, Idahao.
475. V. EDNA Louise Siggins'; b. October 23, 1909,
in Boise City, Idaho.
(402) Philetus Verow Siggins'; b. March 13, 1833, in
Youngsville, Pa.; d. 1.30 A. M. Sunday August 9, 1908,
in Roseville, California; m. 1st, about 1857, in Youngs-
ville, Pa.
Elizabeth Fletcher, they had one son :
476. i. LOUIS F. Siggins^ b. November, 1858, in
Youngsville, Pa. ; d. October 12, 1902, in Rose-
ville, California; m. in California.
(402) Philetus Verow Siggins* ; m. 2nd.
Mary Wilson. No children.
(408) Rachel A. Siggins*; b. July 28, 1835, in Youngs-
ville, Pa. ; m.
Leander A. Chaffee; b. Jan. 28, 1834; d. June 22, 1889.
Their children were:
477. i. AMY Irene Chaffee^ b. August 12, 1858, in
Youngsville ; m.
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478,* ii. ALICE Bell Chaffee^ b. August 10, 1861, in
Younfifsville; m.
Loren Gilbert Burrows.
479.* iii. Henry George ChaflPee^; b. August 7, 1864,
in Youngsville, Pa.; m.
Jessie Lee Small.
480. iv. MARY D. Chaffee^ b. Oct. 18, 1866; d. Aug.
7, 1867.
481. V. CLARA M. Chaffee\- b. March 11, 1869.
482. vi. FANNIE Chaffee^ b. Oct. 20, 1871; d. Nov.
20, 1872.
(478) Alice BeU Chafee^ b. August 10, 1861, in
Youngsville, Pa. ; m. Nov. 12, 1898.
Loren Gilbert Burrows; b. Feb. 16, 1857, in Walworth
County, Wisconsin.
Their children were:
483. i. ROBERT ChaflPee Burrows^ b. May 11, 1899,
in Savanna, 111.
484. ii. Alice Winefred Burrows'; b. June 23, 1904,
in Savanna, 111.
(479) Henry George Chaffee^; b. August 7, 1864, in
Youngsville, Pa. ; m. July 20, 1903, in Chicago, 111.
Jessie Lee Small ; b. ''On a sunny morning'' June 9, 1880,
in Cumberland, England.
Their children were:
485. i. AUCE May Chaffee'; b. April 15, 1907, in St
Louis, Missouri.
(404) Chapin Elliott Siggins«; b. December 15, 1836,
m Youngsville, Pa.; d. April 16, 1883; m. April 25, 1857,
in Warren, Pa.
Emily C. Salmon, dau. of John Salmon; b. Dec^nber 2,
1840, in Warren, Pa. ; d. August 16, 1904.
Their children were:
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485. i. DORA Sigsrins^ b. April 25, 1858, in Youngs-
ville, Pa.; d. 1884; m. June 8, 1882.
Robert King, of Mt. Vernon, Iowa.
486.* ii. BURDETTE A. Siggins^ b. in Youngsville,
Pa., November 5, 1860; m. 1st, Lucy Corder;
m. 2nd, Lillian Berger.
487. iii. BELLE Siggins^ b. in Youngsville, Pa,
December 1, 1861; not married, lives in Mt.
Vernon, Iowa.
488.* iv. GUY Siggins^ b. in Youngsville, Pa., May
26, 1866; m.
Minnie Parcell.
489. V. CYLDE Siggins^; b. October 11, 1869, in Ten-
nessee ; d. June 6, 1888, in Tennessee.
(486) Burdette A. Siggins^ b. November 5, 1860, in
Youngsville, Pa. ; m. 1st, July 23, 1887.
Lucy Corder.
Their children were:
490. i. VERNON Siggins'; b. June 12, 1888; d. Sept,
1888.
491. ii. HAZEL Siggins'; b. August 18, 1889.
492. iii. GEORGE Siggins'; b. December 22, 1891,
living at 741 Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, Wis.
(486) Burdette A. Siggins^ m. 2nd, December 2, 190S.
Lillian Berger.
(488) Guy Siggins^ of Mt. Vernon, Iowa; b. May 26,
1866, in Youngsville, Pa. ; m. 1890.
Minnie Parcell, a daughter of Samuel and Margaret
(Maxwell) Parcell, of Carroll County, Ohio. Samuel b.
April 7, 1831; Margaret (b. November 11, 1833).
Their children were :
493. i. HARRY Siggins'; b. February 4, 1891.
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494. ii. LOUIS Sigfirins'; b. February 9, 1898.
496. iii. ADELLA Siggins' ; b. October 11, 1897.
496. iv. RAYMOND Siggins' ; b. December 26, 1903.
497. V. FOREST Siggins*; b. May 13, 1906.
(405) Robert Alexander Siggins^ ; of Youngsville, Pa. ;
b. August 24, 1840, in Youngsville, Pa. ; m. Sept 23, 1871.
Delia Long, b. May 30, 1841, dau. of Hugh and Eleanor
(Gray) Long (Hugh, b. Feb. 20, 1802; Eleanor b. Novem-
ber 15, 1806).
Their children were:
498. i. GEORGE Hugh Siggins^; b. August 14, 1872.
499. ii. HATTIE Siggins*; b. July 21, 1874.
500. iii. HALLIE Siggins'; b. March 8, 1878.
(408) Laveme Alexander Siggins died this morning,
March 8, 1893, at his home No. 11 Elm Street, Warren
Borough, he was bom March 10, 1842, at Youngsville, Pa.,
and has lived in this county practically all his life, the last
forty years having been spent in Warren and vicinity.
He owned and resided for ntiany years on the farm now
occupied by Mrs. A. Graham and Son, Florists, and was for
quiet a long time engaged in the livery business in Warren.
During the latter years of his life he has resided in
Warren and devoted most of his time to the care of his
oil property, he was a man of exemplary habits through-
out life, and in his business and social dealings represented
aa unquestioned integrity, industry and sterling merit
which were remarked by all with whom he came in contact.
He was of a retiring disposition, finding much of his en-
joyment within his home circle, but revealed an unusually
sympathetic and kindly nature to all those who were privi-
ledged to come in touch with him.
As a citizen he was unpretentious, but was interested in
all pertaining to the public welfare and contributed real
m^ift to the duties of citizenship.
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He leaves to survive him, in addition to his wife, three
sons: Clyde and Ray of Cody, Wyo., George of Warren,
Mrs. John D. Wells of Buffalo, Mrs. W. S. Clark of Warren,
two of his daughters; three brothers also survive: William
L., David H. and Benjamin V., also four sisters, Mrs. J. F.
Bounce, Mrs. William D. Hatch, Mnft. Charles A. Lincoln
and Mrs. Worth Jaquins, ''and Edna L. Siggins, also a
daughter."
Died May 14th, 1915. Mrs. Margaret B. Siggins, widow
of the late Lavem Alexander Siggins.
"Fate has measured and snipped the life of another
Tidiouter, this time calling into death Mrs. Margaret B.
Siggins of Warren, who passed away Friday afternoon
after two weeks illness, the funeral was held Monday last,
interment being private at Oakland Cemetery in Warren.
She is survived by the following children: J. C. and R.
B. Siggins of Cody, Wyo., Edna Louise Siggins, Mrs. J. D.
Wells, Mrs. W. S. Clark and George H. Siggins, two sisters
also survive, Mrs. D. B. Everett, of Jamestown, and Mrs*.
Louise Tipton. Mrs. Siggins was a daughter of Matthew
P. and Sarah (Magill) Hunter, and was bom and spent
most of her life in this conmiunity, schooled in the hardy
democratic ways of this frontier section, and coming from
Scotch-Irish stock, she was ever noted for her cheerful and
charitable disposition and sterling character, this is attest-
ed by her friends in this locality as well as by her neigh^
bors in Warren.
Her husband, Lavem Alexander Siggins to whom she
was married May 10, 1863, died March 8, 1913, they moved
to Warren from Tidioute in 1868. Mrs. Siggins was 69
years of age, she was a member of the First M. B. Church
in Warren and was active in various church organizations.''
(408) Laveme Alexander Siggins^ of Warren, Pa.; b.
March 10, 1842, in Youngsville, Pa.; d. March 8, 1918, in
Warren, Pa. ; m. May 10, 1863, in Tidioute, Pa.
Margaret Bedora Hunter, daughter of Matthew P. and
Sarah (Magill) Hunter; d. May 14, 1815, in Warren, Pa.
Their children were:
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501. i. FRANK Elbert Siggins*; b. February 19, 1864,
in Tidioute, Pa,; m. May 4, 1892,
Minnie Pearl Ellis, daughter of Nancy Eliza Ellis.
They have one daughter:
502. i. MARGARET Elizabeth Siggins*; b. August 15,
1893.
503. ii. SARAH Blanche Siggins^ b. May 24, 1866, in
Tidioute, Pa.; d. June 29, 1912, in Warren Pa.,
after having been an invalid for over a year;
she taught school about twenty years, and then
became a trained nurse.
504.* iii. JOHN Clyde Siggins*, of Cody, Wyoming;
b. April 12, 1869, in Warren, P^ ; m. September
26, 1896, in Warren, Pa.
Nancy Mendell Shope.
505.* iv. NEVA Catherine Siggins*; b. February 9,
1872, in Warren, Pa. ; m.
John D. Wells. He is an author. Their home is in
Buffalo, N. Y.
506. V. EDNA Louise Siggins^ b. June 2, 1874, in
Warren, Pa.
507.* vi. RAY Benson Siggins*; b. February 22, 1877,
in Warren, Pa.; m.
Elizabeth Cogswell.
608. vii. ULLIAN Ethel Siggins*; b. March 18, 1879,
in Warren Pa. ; m. June 20, 1907, in Warren Pa.
William S. Clark, District Attorney in Warren Co.,
1907. a son of John and Elizabeth (McMullen)
Clark.
John Gark with parents, brothers and a sister came to
Warren, in 1848; Elizabeth McMullen, with her parents,
four brothers and four sisters, came from Bainbridge, Ire-
land, where she was bom in 1841, to Warren in 1850.
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509. viii. GEORGE Hunter Siggins^ b. August 2,
1881, in Warren, Pa.; m. June 24, 1902, in War-
ren, Pa.
Jennie Burkett. They have one son:
510. i. STEWART Laveme Siggins*; b. June 8, 1903,
in Warren, Pa.
(504) John Clyde SigginsS of Cody, Wyo.; b. April 12,
1869, in Warren, Pa.; m. Sept 26, 1896, in Warren, Pa.
Nancy Mendall Shope. Their children were:*
511. i. FRANK Edward Siggins*; b. January 28, 1897.
512. ii. MILDRED Lucille Siggins*; b. February 28,
1900.
513. iii. NATALIE Siggins»; b. November 19, 1906.
514 iv. JANNETTE Siggins^ b. February 4, 1908.
(505) Neva Catherine Siggins«; b. February 9, 1872, in
Warren, Pa. ; m. June 9, 1897, in Warren, Pa.
John D. Wells, City Editor of the Buffalo, N. Y., News.
Their children were:
514. i. BLANCHE Loraine Wells*; b. May 28, 1902.
615 ii. ANNETTE Jane Wells*; b. March 11, 1906.
616. iii. JOHN D. Wells, Jr.*; b. December 15, 1909.
(506) Ray Benson Siggins®, of Cody, Wyo. ; b. February
22, 1877, in Warren Pa.; m. October 2, 1902, in Sinclair-
ville, N. Y.
Elizabeth Cogswell.
Their children were:
517. i. RAYMOND Siggins*; b. June 11, 1905, in
Louisiana.
518. ii. HAROLD C. Siggins*; b. June 4, 1907.
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619. iii. DONALD Sigsrins^; b. September 9, 1909.
(409) William Lawrence Siggins^; b. December 18»
1843, in Jamestown, N. Y. ; m. 1st, Mary Smith, she died
S^t. 2nd, 1881 ; no children ; m. 2ndl
Mary Guignon.
Their children were:
520. i. RUTH F. Siggins*; b. December 16, 1887.
521. ii. PAUL Orion Siggins«; b. October 17, 1891.
522. iii. MARC Wesley Siggins^; b. October 25, 1893.
(410) David Henry Siggins^ b. December 8, 1848, in
Tidioute, Pa. ; m. September 2, 1875.
Julia Marietta Guignon; b. May 3, 1852, in Sugar Grove,
Pa. ; daughter of Joseph and Julia Ann (Runion) Guignon,
she was a daughter of Benjamin and Rebecca (Smith)
Runion. He owned and operated a Livery Stable in War-
ren, Pa., for a number of years. For the last fifteen years
(1916) he has been identified with promoting street Rail-
ways in Warren and vicinity — built and operated the War-
ren and Jamestown Line — also several short lines in East-
em Kansas, with .headquarters at Coffeeville and Winfield.
He organized these companies and has served as their
President since their organization. He is a very successful
business man, has always been interested in civic matters.
His family are all members of the Presbjrterian Church.
His son Hugh A. and son-in-law, Samuel Q. Smith are as-
sociated with him in the Railroad business and hold re-
sponsible positions.
Runion.
Their children were:
623. i. JULIA Mable Siggins'; b. August 4, 1876.
524.* ii. HUGH Archibald Siggins^; b. Aug. 24, 1877,
in Warren, Pa. ; m. Grace Legard Todd.
526.* iii. MAUD Isabel Siggins«; b. July 18, 1882, in
Warren, Pa. ; m. Samuel Q. Smith.
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(624) Hugh Archibald Siggins'; b. August 24, 1877, in
Warren, Pa. ; m. June 2, 1902.
Grace Legard Todd; b. Sept 14, 1878, grand dau. of
William and Ann (Todd) Dwight.
Their children were:
526. ii MARTHA Todd Siggins'; b. May 23, 1904.
527. ii. DAVID HENRY Siggins*; b. June 28, 1910.
528. iii. TODD Siggins*; b. May 1, 1912.
(525) Maud Isabel Siggins'; b. July 18, 1882, in War-
ren, Pa. ; m. Jan. 18, 1901, in Warren, Pa.
Samuel Q. Smith; b. May 14, 1887, son of Frank and
Martha (Quinn) Smith.
Their children were:
529. i. CATHEailNE Martha Smith*; b. February 3,
1903.
530. ii. JANE Veronica Smith*; b. January 12, 1905.
531. iii. SAMUEL Quinn Smith, Jr.*; b. November 29,
1911.
(411) Margaret Adaline Siggins^; b. November 17,
1849, m.
John F. Rounce.
Their children were:
532.* i. NELLIE Kate Rounce"; b. May 14, 1875; m.
William McWilliams.
533. ii. CHARLES E. Rounce"; b. March 1, 1882; d.
May 28, 1882.
(532) NeUie Kate Rounce*; b. May 14, 1875.
William McWilliams.
Their children were:
534. i. KENNETH McWilliams*; December 28, 1899.
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535. ii. MARGARET Sue McWilliams*; b. January 20,
1902.
(412) Eliza Delphine Siggins'; b. February 17, 1851; m.
William D. Hatch.
Their children were:
536. i. MARY D. Hatch'; b. July 17, 1771.
m. William Alcorn, of Pleasantville, Pa.
537. ii. BYRON K. Hatch'; b. July 3, 1873.
538. iii. GERTRUDE E. Hatch*; b. Aug. 9, 1875; d.
February 18, 1901.
539. iv. JOHN H. Hatch'; b. February 8, 1878; m.
Jean Humphrey, of Warren, Pa.
540. V. MARGARET N. Hatch*; b. March 22, 1880;
d. June 10, 1901 ; m. Westley J. Porter.
They had one daughter:
541. i. DELPHINA Porter*.
542. vi. ROYS. Hatch*; b. October 28, 1884.
.^43. vii. LENORA E. Hatch*; b. September 4, 1888.
544. viii. GRACE Irene Hatch*; b. March 14, 1893.
(413) Benjamin Verow Siggins^ ; b. March 5, 1853 ; m.
Ella J. Owens, daughter of Orange Owens.
Their children were:
545. i. VELMA Jane Siggins*; b. August 1, 1874.
Edward Shope. Their had two chUdren:
546. i. VIRGINIA V. Shope»; b. September 8,
1897.
547. ii. GARRIT S. Shope*; b. March 15, 1900.
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548. ii. OWEN Levant Siggins^ b. September 15,
1877.
549. iii. ETHEL Maria Siggins*; b. May 1, 1880; m.
Joseph Gibson. They had one son:
556. i. LEROY S. Gibson^ b. July 12, 1903.
551. iv. GEORGE Augustus Siggins'; b. January 21,
1885; m. May Pillsbury, of Warren, Pa.
552. V. ALIDA F. Siggins^ b. June 11, 1887.
(414) Mary Emaline Siggins'; b. April 22, 1855; m. 1st.
Millard F. Jaquins. He died December 20, 1878.
Their children were:
559. i. STUART Kinnear Jaquins^ b. October 4,
1876; m. Violet M. Dickey, of Caintown, Ont.
Their children were:
554. i. EMALINE Jaquins^ b. March 28, 1900.
555. ii. AUTUMN Jaquins*.
557. iii. jTwins, a boy and a girl.
558. iv. {The boy died.
559. ii. CATHEailNE M. Jaquins«, b. January 2,
1878; m. Guy Delmont Woodbury, of Pittsfield,
Pa.
(414) Mary Emaline (Siggins) Jaquins; m. 2nd,
Charles A. Lincoln, of Panama, N. Y.
Their children were:
560. iii. RALPH A. Lincoln'; b. December 28, 1884.
561. iv. CHARLES Burdette Lincoln*; b. August 25,
1889.
(416) Charles Alma Siggins^; b. August 27, 1857; m.
Anna Jones, a daughter of John Jones.
Their children were:
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562. L MYRTLE Ledoma Siggins''; b. March 8, 1882;
d. Feb. 15, 1906.
563. ii. EDITH Siggins*; b. June 29, 1889; d. Febru-
ary 28, 1890.
564. iii. IVA Bell Siggins«; b. April 27, 1892.
565. iv. AVIS Genevive Siggins*; b. October 22, 1898.
566. V. MYRNA Viola Siggins^; b. January 16, 1898.
(416) Annice Isabella Siggins^; b. June 25, 1860; m.
Worth Jaquins.
Their children were :
567. i. LOIS B. Jaquind*; b. May 31, 1885.
568. ii. ADDA B. Jaquins^ b. September 16, 1888.
569. iii. GERALDINE E. Jaquins*; b. July 15, 1894.
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REUNION OF VETERANS OF THE WAR OF 1812.
''On the 12th of June, 1869, a number of the surviving
soldiers of the War of 1812-16, met in Warren.
Hon. William Siggins was chosen president of the meet-
ing and Robert Miles, secretary.
They passed resolutions regarding the granting of pen-
sions to soldiers of the last war with England, and were
hospitably entertained by L. L. Lowrey, Esq., at the Carver
House, with a dinner sumptuous in its appointments.
The veterans present were as follows : Zachariah Eddy,
of Warren, aged ninety years; Robert Miles, of Warren,
aged seventy-six years; Stephen Olney, of Warren, aged
seventy-eight years; John Geer, of Glade Township, aged
seventy-eight years; Emanuel Crull, of Tidioute, aged
eighty years; Caleb Thompson, of Pine Grove Township,
aged seventy-seven; John Brown, of Brokenstraw Town-
ship, aged seventy-three years ; William Siggins, of Youngs-
ville, aged eighty years; Isaac Lopus, of Pittsfield, aged
seventy-seven years; Elisha Sterling, of Limestone, aged
eighty-one years; Ira Badger, of Pine Grove, aged seventy-
four years; and Joseph Ackley, of Pine Grove, aged sev-
enty-nine years; were veterans of the same war but were
unable to attend.''
History of Warren County, Pa., p. 137.
When men were needed to reinforce Commodore Perry,
at Erie, in 1813, the four sons of John Siggins responded ;
they were:
William Siggins, who was first sergeant
George, John and Alexander, they marched to Erie, but
were not called upon for active service.
(393) Carter Verow Kinnear*, was bom in Venango
county, January 8, 1815, when Warren county was a wil-
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demess. When he was eighteen years old his father died.
He took up the business followed by his father, at once, and
began to sell goods, on a small scale, however at first. He
was engaged in the mercantile business, more or less, for a
period of fifty years, occasionally paying some attention
to the lumber trade. On the 19th of May, 1836, he was
appointed and commissioned a Justice of the Peace by
Joseph Ritner, then Governor of the state. In 1842 a
change having been made in reference to the office of Jus-
tice of the Peace, it now being made an elective office, he
was elected by the voters of Brokenstraw township for a
term of five years. He was reelected in 1847, in 1852
and in 1867, holding the office continuously for a period
of twenty-four years. He was County Auditor for a period
of ten years, and represented the county in the State Legis-
lature in the session of 1852 and 1853. In 1871 he was
elected and commissioned an associate judge of the county
and served in that capacity during a term of five years.
Judge Kinnear was an ardent and persistent friend of the
common schools. He was a director for almost a quarter
of a century, and during that time he paid strict attention
to the management of the schools. He assisted in dividing
the township into the necessary sub-divisions for school
purposes, superintended the erection of the school houses,
employing teachers and bringing the schools into success-
ful operation. Judge Kinnear was a self made man.
With but the slightest advantage for acquiring an educa-
tion in his youth, he managed, by his own effort to acquire
a store of practical knowledge, of more real utility to him
and his neighbors than most of the learning found in books.
He was a charter member of Youngsville lodge No. 500,
I. 0. 0. F., and served as its financial secretary over twen-
ty years.
He built the first brick house in Youngsville. He was
known as 'The poor Man's Friend'' often giving legal
advice without remuneration.
(893) Judge C. V. Kinnear, a native of Venango
County, Pennsylvania, moved to Warren County, as a
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young man, where he was engaged as a merchant and lum-
ber dealer. He was very successful, and a very prominent
man. Indentified with the industries of Youngsville, his
judgment was valued and his advice sought in business
ventures. He married Rachel Rebecca Dyke. Judge Kin-
near was a Republican, serving a term in the State LiCgis-
lature very capably. Then Associate Judge of Warren
County for five years. Having been previously elected
Justice of the Peace in Youngsville, he held that office
thirty-two years. He was conscientious and wise in mak-
ing decisions so that appeals were rarely made to higher
courts. He died September 6, 1884.
(572) W. D. Kinnear, son of Judge Carter Verow Kin-
near, was born in Youngsville, Pennsylvania, Dec. 12, 1847, •
attended the State Normal school at Edinboro, Pa., and
Allegheny college, at Meadville, Pa. He was chief burgess
for the borough of Youngsville, being elected for the third
time. One of Warren County's foremost citizens. En-
gaged in mercantile business in 1864, which he conducts
with his son, Frank D. Kinnear, who is a popular business
man. They conduct a high grade business, their store
being one of the best in Warren County. W. D. Kinnear
is vestryman in the Protestant Episcopal church. In poli-
tics a staunch Republican, has been Justice of the Peace,
and member of the borough council. Member of the A. O.
U. W. Married, 1st, Jennie F. Smith, 1878; they had one
son, Frank D. Kinnear. Married 2nd, Flora F. Hoffius,
1885, daughter of Thomas Hoffius of Youngtown, Ohio,
Children, Orin V., Lucile and Howard C. From History of
Warren County.
(393) Carter Verow Kinnear^, Margaret*, Margaret',
Williams James^ ; b. Friday, January 8, 1808, in Venango
County, Pa. ; d. Sept. 6, 1884, in Youngsville, Pa. ; m. Oct.
3, 1828, in Youngsville, Pa.
Rachel Rebecca Dyke; b. June 6, 1806; d. June 8, 1884,
in Youngsville, Pa.
Their children were:
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670.* i. FRANCIS D. Kinnear«; b. July 81, 1829, in
Youngsville, Pa.; d. June 14, 1861, in Youngs-
ville. Pa.; m. Augrust 16, 1854, in Youngsville,
Pa.
Harriet L. McKinney, dau. John and Loranda
(Simmons) McKinney.
They had two children.
571. ii. MARY A. Kinnear«; b. May 23, 1845, in
Youngsville, Pa.; d. Sept. 16, 1873, in Youngs-
ville. Pa.; m. Dec. 9, 1856, in Youngsville, Pa.
Willard J. Davis.
Willard J. Davis, commonly known as "Jeff," aged 55
yearS) one of the most prominent residents of Youngsville,
died suddenly at his home in that village at an early hour
this morning (May 2, 1910). Mr. Davis was the pro-
prietor of one of the leading stores of the village and this
morning opened his store in his usual happy spirit. He
returned in a short time to his home on College street,
only a short distance from the store, and complained of a
severe pain in his stomach. He sat down and expired in
a few moments.
Mr. Davis was a veteran of the Civil War, a prominent
member of the I. 0. 0. F., and was highly respected by all
who knew him.
He is survived by a wife, an adopted daughter, Mrs. Hof-
herms, of Chicago, one sister, Mrs. W. D. Freese, of
Youngsville, and two brothers, Wallace and Frank Davis of
Cincinnati, Ohio."
572.* iii. WALLACE Dudley Kinnear«; b. Dec. 12,
1847, in Youngsville, Pa.; m. 1st, Marietta
White ; m. 2nd, Jennie C. Smith ; m. 3d, Flora B.
Hofiins; m. 4th, Emma C. (Axtel) Arid.
They had four children.
(394) Robert Kinnear*, Margaret*, Margaret^ Wil-
liams James^; b. Tuesday, March 16, 1810, in Venango
County, Pa. ; d. Sept 6, 1839, in Venango County, Pa. ; m.
1833, in Erie County, Pa.
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Jane C. Alexander, a sister of Dr. William Alexander.
Their children were:
573.* i. CAROLINE Kinnear* ; b. January 4, 1834, in
Venango County, Pa.; m. Hiram P. Belnap, of
Youngsville, Pa. ; b. December 2, 1832.
They had one daughter.
574.* ii. ELIZA Jane Kinnear«; b. Nov. 24, 1837, in
Youngsville, Pa.; d. May 27, 1872, in Youngs-
ville, Pa.; m. 1st, Isaac Siggins; m. 2nd, Ed-
ward Bettis.
They had one son.
575.* iii. ROBERT Alexander Kinnear* ; b. August 31,
1839, in Youngsville, Pa.; d. April 14, 1895, in
Youngsville, Pa.; m. 1st, Eva Chase; m. 2nd,
Ida Babcock.
They had two children.
576. iv. Harriet P. Kinnear«; b. July 30, 1835, in
Youngsville, Pa.; d. Oct. 8, 1836, in Youngsville,
Pa.
(395) Charles Kinnear% Margaret^, Margaret^ Wil-
liam^ Janes^; b. 1811, in Venango County, Pa.; d. Novem-
ber 15, 1874, in Franklin, Pa. ; m. 1st, Isabell Alexander, of
Erie, Pa. She died Oct. 9, 1841; m. 2nd, Polly HofRns
Mead, of Youngsville, Pa.
Children by 1st marriage :
577.* i. LEWIS J. Kinnear«; b. 1838, in Youngsville,
Pa.; d. Feb. 26, 1915, in Youngsville, Pa.; m.
December 30, 1860, in Youngsville, Pa.
Louisa A. Mead.
They had two children.
578. ii. HARRIET J. Kinnear«; b. October, 1841, in
Youngsville, Pa.; m. 1st, Jason Smith, of Brad-
ford, Pa. ; m. 2nd, Charles Martin.
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Children of 2nd marriage:
579. iii. MARION H. Kinnear*; b. January 26, 1847,
in Youngsville, Pa. ; d. June 26, 1865, in Youngs-
ville. Pa.
580. iv. FLORA Kinnear*; b. July 19, 1856, in
Youngsville, Pa.; d. April 14, 1864, in Youngs-
ville, Pa.
581. V. JOHN P. Kinnear«; b. October 12, 1858, in
Youngsville, Pa.; d. Nov. 18, 1914, in Youngs-
ville, Pa.; m. 1880, in Wrightsville, Pa.
Ida E. Wright
They had four children.
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HON. HENRY PUNCABEE KINNEAR.
(396) "Hon. Henry Puncabee Kinnear (YoungsvUle),
one of the successful business men of Warren county, was
bom in Youngsville, July 26, 1816, devoted his entire busi-
ness life chiefly to the lumber interests from which he
retired in 1882. He was elected sheriff in 1848 and again
in 1861 ; and was a member of the Legislature in 1846-47
and 48 ; he also held minor of&ces in the town. He is now
a director and superintendent of the chartered Point Chau-
tauqua Company on the Lake, which has a capital of $100,-
000. On March 28, 1842, he married Abigail Morgan of
Chautauqua county, N. Y. They had four children —
George W., Harry C, C. F. L., and Florence D., the latter
married M. D. Whitney. George W. enlisted in Company
1, One Hundred and Eleventh Pennsylvania Volunteers and
served to the close of the war. Henry P. was a son of
Henry and Margaret Kinnear. They were bom in Ire-
land— ^he in 1764, she in 1776— and were married in Cen-
ter county in 1797. They had a family of nine children —
James, Ann, Margaret, Rebecca, Judge Carter V., Robert,
Charles, and Hon. Henry P., one died in infancy. Henry
P. is the only surviving one. They settled in Youngsville
where they purchased a tract of land, in 1816 Henry en-
gaged in the mercantile trade, being the first merchant in
that township. He was appointed recorder and commission-
er of Warren county by the governor, and also acting Justice
for several years. Mr. Kinnear's mother, Margaret, was
never sick a day, and lived until she was 105 years old
when she died from a fall. Henry Kinnear died in 1826,
and his wife in 1856. (Warren County History, 1887.)
The Youngsville Savings Bank was established in 1875,
with Henry P. Kinnear as First Vice-President, later he
succeeded John McKinney as President of the Bank, and
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remained in c^oe until his death June 28, 1885. He had
joined the Methodist church on probation in 1876.
His father, Henry Kinnear, was constable of Venango
County in 1810, and received a wound while attempting
to reprehend a prisoner from which he never recovered;
he died March 6, 1826.
In the interest of the History of Youngsville and of
Warren County, as well as in justice to a good man, I am
glad of the opportunity to pay a tribute to the memory
of Honorable Henry P. Kinnear. He was my friend and
I was his friend, and I feel that I knew him so much
better than many others that I can truthfully speak of
some of his sterling virtues, and feel it both a pleasure
and a duty in so doing.
I first made his acquaintance in 1869, and was present
at the dedication of the Odd Fellows Cemetery of Youngs-
ville by Grand Lodge Officers of Pennsylvania, of which
Mr. Kinnear was one, on October 19, 1869. Past Grand
Sire J. B. Nicholson of Philadelphia acted as M. W. Grand
Master and Honorable Samuel P. Johnson delivered the His-
torical address. It was a great and grand occasion. There
were delegates sent from the Warren, Titusville and Tidi-
oute Lodges and large numbers came from nearby towns,
and it was the largest assembly of people that Youngsville
had ever seen within her gates.
To Henry Kinnear was due the success of this great pub-
lic spirited undertaking. It was the proud culmination of
his untiring activities begun in 1866, when he and two
other trustees purchased the ground for this purpose. Lat-
er, on November 29, 1884, I was one of the five incorpor-
ators of the Odd Fellows Cemetery Association of Youngs-
ville, Pennsylvania, and Henry P. Kinnear was one of the
three trustees and remained so as long as he lived. He
it was who caused the remains of Matthew Young, the
founder of Youngsville, to be removed from the old ceme-
tery and re-interred in a location near the center of the
new cemetery ; and to him is due the selection of the rough
granite boulder — appropriate as a monument to the plain.
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solid, unpolished Scotch character — ^in which is sunk a
copper plate suitably engraved. Some years later he took
me to his own cemetery lot and showed me a grave already
dug and lined with brick^ and I understood that it was
prepared in advance for himself when it would be un-
covered and opened when needed. Henry P. Kinnear was
first in every movement for the progress and elevation
of the people. There was nothing done for the better de-
velopment of the community and for the advancement of
the town that he did not lead in promoting. He was a
leader in the work for better schools. I well remember
the fight for a new school building. He took three or
four carpenters with him to Sherman, N. Y., to ex-
amine a new school house just built in that village of about
the size of Youngsville. Plans were brought back and he
succeeded in getting them approved and the right school
directors elected, and the school house was built in spite
of violent opposition. This school building still stands, now
veneered with brick, and is an historic monument to his
civic pride and his love of educational advancement. He
was a leader in the agricultural fair movements, when it
used to have its annual meet at Youngsville. He was an ex-
ceedingly modest man. He admired and gave great praise
to others for their good deeds, of ttimes when he himself wad
the moving spirit, but took no credit to himself. I recol-
lect that one morning when the mail had been received he
announced that he had a letter from Horace Greeley, and
that he had accepted the invitation to make an address at
the Agricultural Fair. Everyone was pleased. But Greeley
was a poor penman, and later it was discovered that what
he really did write was his regret that he had to decline the
invitation.
He was one of the first — ^with Vincent, Miller and others
— ^to start the first Chautauqua, on the west side of Chau-
tauqua Lake, but told me he tried to buy the Bemus farm
at Bemus Point, because of its high and beautiful location.
Later he was the leader in developing and building up and
laying out the grounds at Point Chautauqua, on the east
side of the lake.
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BORN 1816.
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He served two three-year terms as Sheriff of Warren
County, and was a member of the State Legislature in the
session of 1847. In February of that year he got a bill
passed making the bridge across Brokenstraw Creek at
Irvineton a County bridge. Thirty-two years later I was
in the Legislature and on petition of 1,017 citizens of War-
ren County, of which he was one, I had passed a bill re-
pealing this act and making it a Brokenstraw Township
bridge. He told me that at the time he got the bill passed
there was no railroad in Warren County, and the entire
west half of the County had to drive over that bridge in
going to the County seat, and that the east half of the
County had to drive over that bridge in their travels to
Titusville, Erie and other places west, and that it was an
unjust burden for Brokenstraw Township to keep up the
bridge for the entire County — ^that they had done it for a
long period of years previous to 1847, but that as the Coun-
ty had kept it up for thirty-two years since 1847 and as
there was now two raOroads running from Warren west
through Irvineton up the Brokenstraw Valley, he believed
that now the Township should take care of tiie bridge, the
County having built a new one. I think everyone recog-
nized that his reasoning was just
His father was bom in Ireland in 1764, and came to
this country in 1790, and to Youngsville in 1816, where he
built the first store in the village. He was commissioned a
Justice of the Peace and in 1819 was appointed one of the
first commissioners of Warren County, serving two years.
Henry P. Kinnear no doubt inherited some of his Irish di-
plomacy and resourcefulness from his ancestors. He was
often engaged in manufacturing lumber and in running
rafts of lumber down the Brokenstraw and on down the
Allegheny River. As illustrating his resourcefulness, I
remember his telling me of his running logs down Matthews
Run — a small tributary of Brokenstraw Creek. In fact
it was so small where it ran through the farm of Samuel
Hull that he fenced it up in two or three places by run-
ning his fence across the credc through his fields. Kinnear
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had a lot of logs up the creek above these fences and was
waiting for a raise of water in the Creek so that he could
run them through into the Brokenstraw. Neither argu-
ment nor diplomacy would avail with Mr. Hull. He re-
mained obdurate and told Kinnear that the only way that
he could get his logs would be to wait for snow and haul
them on sleds in the public road. As it was late in spring,
Kinnear knew that there would be no more snow that sea-
son, and as he was in the Legislature, he had hurried
through an act making Matthews Run a navigable stream
for the running of saw logs. When Mr. Hull saw that
he had been outwitted, he yielded to the new law, but it
was doubtless a long time before he became reconciled to
the practical joke. But I think that neither Mr. Kinnear
nor any one else ever again used that stream for the run-
ning of logs.
Mr. Kinnear was a good rifle shot. His markmanship
was well known, and I am one who has reason to know of
its excellence— in my trial of skill with him, where the
score was found to be largely in his favor, after he had too
generously announced it more favorable to myself.
Such straws are indices to character. In the winter of
1882 and 1883 I had invited hun, the Methodist minister
of Youngsville, and two other gentlemen of Warren County
to hunt and fish in the region of my Company's lumber
plant in the Ozark hills of Missouri, where they spent a
few weeks and had a good time. The day they left Mr.
Kinnear called me aside and told me that while hunting
in the woods the day previous he saw what he supposed
was a black bear, at which he took careful aim and fired,
and the "bear" dropped; when he reached his game he
found it to be a dog— his bullet had sped true, and the dog
was dead. In coming out of the woods he met the owner
of the dog and told him of the humiliating incident and
asked him to call on me, and that I would act for him in
settling for the dog. There has never been a very stable
market for dogs in southeast Missouri, and when the owner
came in a few days later, I was able to conclude a settJe-
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ment so that it only cost Mr. Kinnear ten dollars. The
story got out, but he always bore the references to it in the
best of good humor.
Henry P. Kinnear was bom July 26, 1816. He died June
28, 1885. He was generous and kind ; an earnest friend to
the poor and the unfortunate ; and was a most useful man
in the community and a great helper in church and social
work. He built the parsonage for the Methodist Church,
of which he was a member. I remember that at one time
he promoted a Bell Social to raise money to purchase a
bell for the new school house, and some hand bills were
sent out that at this musicale Kinnear was to sing a solo and
I was to play the accompaniment. It helped draw a crowd
and the money was raised. His song was "The Wolf Went
up the Mountain,'' but my playing on the organ was un-
named in any polite language.
Mr. Kinnear has been long and is yet sadly missed by
those who yet live that knew him. The children loved
him, and they missed his "Santa Claus"; and those whom
the children love have much of sunshine and goodness in
their character.
Some one ought to write up the history of all those good
old pioneers, and of some of the people of later date, in
the history of Youngsville and of the Township of Broken-
straw, for the benefit of their descendants and for the de-
scendants of their neighbors and friends of this and of suc-
ceeding generations.
There is history in cemeteries, and 'tis there will be found
the index to much of the history that should be written and
preserved.
JOHN B. WHITE,
Kansas City, Mo., May 1st, 1916.
(396) Henry Puncabee Kinnear*, Margaret^, Margaret',
William', James^ b. July 26, 1816, in Youngsville, Pa.;
d. June 28, 1885, in Youngsville, Pa. ; m. February 8, 1838,
in Chatauqua County, N. Y.
Sally Morgan; d. May 26, 1841, in Youngsville, Pa; they
had two children who died in infancy.
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. (869) m. 2nd, March 28, 1842, in Chautauqua County,
Pa.
Abigail Morgan, a sister of his first wife; their children
were:
582.* i. GEORGE W. Kinnear«; b. 1843, in Youngs-
ville. Pa. ; d. 1918, in Warren, Pa. ; m. December
18, 1866, in Warren County, Pa.
Esther T. Gray; they had four children.
683.* ii. HENRYC. Kinnear«; b. in Youngsville, Pa.;
m. December 19, 1878, in Youngsville, Pa.
Jennie M. Strickland; they had four children.
584. iii. FLORENCE D. Kinnear*; b. in Youngsville,
Pa. ; m. June 12, 1872, in Youngsville, Pa.
MellviUe D. Whitney, of Youngsville, Pa.; they
had one daughter who died in infancy.
585. iv. WINFIELD Scott Kinnear«; d. in infancy.
686. V. ELLA W. Kinnear* ; d. in infancy.
587. vi. CHARLES F. L. Kinnear*; called Lincoln;
b. in Youngsville, Pa.; m. November 18, 1885.
Ada Grace Robeson, of Ovid, Mich. ; their children
were:
588. i. FLORENCE E. Kinnear^ d. May 8, 1895, in
Riverside, California.
589. ii. LAWRENCE R. Kinnear^ ; accidently drowned
while skating.
(570) Francis D. Kinnear*, Carter V'., Margaret*,
Margaret', Williams JamesS b. July 81, 1829, in Youngs-
ville, Pa. ; d. June 14, 1861, in Youngsville, Pa. ; m. August
16, 1854, in Youngsville, Pa.
Harriet L. McKinney, daughter of John and Loranda
(Sinmions), McKinney; b. November 24, 1885, in Youngs-
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ville,Pa.; d. May 26, 1861, in Youngsville, Pa,; their chil-
dren were:
590.* i. LILLIAN C. Kinnear'; b. August 26, 1858, in
Youngsville, Pa. ; d. March 22, 1895, in Youngs-
ville, Pa.; m. August 26, 1880, in Youngsville,
Pa.
Lafayette McDowell; they had two children.
591.* ii. GEORGIA B. Kinnear^ b. March 4, 1860,
in Youngsville, Pa.; d. August 3, 1893, in
Youngsville, Pa.; m. September 1, 1880, in
Youngsville, Pa.
Garritt W. Johnson of Union City, Pa. ; they had
three children.
(570) Francis D. Kinnear was a native of Youngsville,
Warren County, Pa., b. July 31, 1829, a son of Carter V.
and Rachel R. (Dyke) Kinnear.
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THE McKINNEY FAMILY.
(570) Ancestors and kin of Harriet L. (McKinney)
Kinnear.
John McKinney, Sr., settled in Philadelphia, Pa., about
1790; b. 1770, in Tyrone, Ireland; d. February, 1841; m.
1800, Rebecca Arthur.
John McKinney was one of the Commissioners appointed
by the government of the state to lay out and settle the
town of Youngsville; this was in 1795. He cleared a farm,
built a rude home, married and settled here. When a
young man he and his brother James acted as mail carriers,
and conveyed the mails for several years from Dunkirk to
Meadville, on horseback, through a dense forest, with only
an occasional clearing along the way.
Their children were :
i. Arthur McKinney*.
ii. Johh McKinney, Jr*. ; b. December, 1804, in Broken-
straw, Pa.; d. March 10, 1879, in Youngsville, Pa.; m.
1829, in Jamestown, N. Y.
Loranda Simmons; b. May, 1806, in Oxford, Chenango
County, N. Y.; d. August 20, 1888, in Youngsville, Pa.;
(She was a daughter of William and Prudence (Stewart)
Sinunons; they settled in Jamestown, N. Y. in 1911, and
died there.)
iii. James McKinney^; he was a son of John, Jr., and
Loranda (Summons) McICinney. The father, John, Jr.,
was a prominent man in his county — sheriff three years,
and constable three years, and an active business man.
John, Jr., was son of John and Rebecca (Arthur) McICin-
ney. John was bom in County Tjrrone, Ireland, in 1770,
and died in February, 1841. He was first a farmer, and
then carried a chain for Surveyor Irvine while he sur-
veyed Warren County and other parts of western Pennsyl-
vania, and in 1794-5 he took up 1000 acres west of the
Irvine tract He married about 1800 and had a family
of nine children, among whom were Arthur, James and
Susan. James McKinney married Olive Brown in 1871.
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She died in 1882, leaving one child, Lurline. James mar-
ried a second wife, Arlie E. Brown, in 1883; she was a
daughter of Heman L. and Samanthy (Bly) Brown. He-
man L. Brown died in 1865 leaving the only daughter, Ar-
lie, and his widow married Alexander Brown. Olive, the
first wife was the daughter of John and Jane (McCray)
Brown.
iv. Susan McKinney^; and five other children; names
unknown.
John McKinney, Jr.^, and Lorando (Simmons) McKin-
ney*s children were :
i. Arthur McKinney*.
Arthur McKinney of Youngsville, was bom in Youngs-
ville in 1831, and in 1855 married Annie Mary Brown of
Titusville, who was bom in 1831 ; they had four children,
William S., Nellie B., Fred 0., and a daughter who died
April, 1880, aged seven years. Mrs. McKinney was a
daughter of John and Jane (McCray) Brown, who were
married in 1812. John was bom in Westmoreland County,
in 1784, and died in 1871. They had six children, JGreorge
W., Alexander, Oliver, and Annie Mary. Mrs. Brown died
March 4, 1871. John Brown was the last of the eleven
soldiers of the war of 1812 in town. Arthur McKinney
was a son of John and Loranda (Simmons) McICinney.
John was bom in Warren County and Loranda in Chen-
ango County, New York, in 1806; they were married in
1829, and had seven children, among them was Arthur,
bom 1831, and James, bom in 1850. John McKinney died
in March, 1879. He held the office of sheriff of the county
for three years, and of constable three years. He was a
leading business man. His parents were John and Rebecca
(Arthur) McKinney, who were early settlers in Warren
County; their children were James, Arthur and Susan.
Loranda McKinney, wife of John, was a daughter of Wil-
liam and Prudence (Stewart) Simmons of Oxford, N. Y.
They settled in Jamestown, N. Y., in 1811, where they
died. Of seven children, Loranda was the only one living
in 1887. James married 2nd. Olive Brown; she died
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leavinsr one child ; she was sister of Mrs. Arthur McKinn^.
Annie May Brown, dausrhter of John and Jane (McCray)
Brown; m. 1812; b. 1881.
Brown; b. 1812; m. 1881.
ii. James McKinney*; b. 1860; d. 1885: m. 1st, 1871.
Olive Brown, dausrhter of John and Jane (McCray)
Brown.
m. 2nd, 1888.
Arlie E. Brown, dausrhter of Herman and Semanthy
(Bly) Brown.
She married 2nd, Alexander Brown.
By his 1st wife, he had one daughter, Lurline McKinney.
By his 2nd wife he had one daughter, Arlie McKinney.
iii. Harriet L. McKinney; b. November 24, 1885; d.
May 26, 1861; m. May 16, 1854.
Francis D. Kinnear (397). And four other children
whose names are unknown.
Arthur McKinney', and Annie May (Brown) McKin-
ne/s children were:
i. William S. McKinney*.
ii. Nellie B. McKinnesr* ; m. Edward Jackson ; they had
three children.
iii. Fred 0. McKinnesr*; married and had several chil-
dren. Deceased.
iv. Hattie McKinnejr* ; deceased ; m. William Mains, and
had a daughter. Lulu Mains.
V. Myrtle McKinnesr*; died young.
John McKinne/s Comet Band is one of the oldest in
Warren County. It is more than 87 years since its or-
ganization. W. S. McKinney, when but a boy of fifteen,
joined and was elected leader, which position he has held
up to the present time. They have played at many noted
places during that time, among which was the laying of
the comer stone of the Insane Asylum, North Warren;
the dedication of the I. 0. 0. F. Ometery at Youngsville,
at the I. 0. 0. F. grand lodge of New York, at Jamestown,
N. Y., where th^ took second premium at a contest of
many bands, at the laying of the comer stone of the High
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School building, erected in memory of Dr. John Franklin
White, by his father, Hon. J. B. White, a former resident
of Youngsville, but now of Kansas City, Missouri. Mr.
White has a farm and summer home in Bemus Point, N. Y.
(572) Wallace Dudley Kinnear was bom in Youngs-
ville, in 1847. He was son of Judge Carter Verow and
Rachel R. (Dyke) Kinnear, who was bom in Venango
County, Pa. He was bom in 1808 and his wife in 1806,
and died in 1884. They had a family of three children
born to them — ^Wallace D., Francis D., and Mary A., of
whom Wallace D. is now the only surviving one. Judge
Carter V. Kinnear was one of the representative men of
his county, not only as a merchant and business man, but
was appointed to office by the govemoi^ and elected by the
people, and was also a member of the Legislature in 1852-
63. He was a son of Henry and Margaret Kinnear, who
were bom in Ireland and married in 1796. Henry came
to Pennsylvania in 1790. They had a family of nine chil-
dren, eight of whom lived to maturity — James, Ann, Mar-
garet, Rebecca, Judge C. V., Robert, Charles and Hon.
Henry P.
Wallace D. Kinnear was married in 1872 to Jennie Smith,
who was born October 10, 1849. She was a daughter of
Chauncy Smith of Youngsville. They had one son bom
to them — Francis — ^bom 1873. Wallace D. Kinnear was
educated for a merchant, and followed the example of his
grandfather and father up to 1882, when he disposed of
his general dry goods interest and embarked in the hard-
ware business, under the firm name of McDowell & Kin-
near. (History of Warren County)
(572) Wallace Dudley Kinnear*, Carter*, Margaret*,
Margaret*, William*, JamesM b. December 12, 1847, in
Youngsville, Pa.; attended the State Normal School in
Edenboro, Pa., and Allegheny College in Meadville, Pa.
He was chief burgess of the Borough of Youngsville, hav-
ing been elected three times, was a Justice of the Peace,
is a Vestryman of the Episcopal Church, a staunch Re-
publican. He engaged in the mercantile business in Youngs-
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ville, Pa., in 1864, which business he still conducts in con-
nection with his son, Frank D. Kinnear; he is one of
Warren County's foremost and popular business men.
(From History of Warren County, Pa.)
(572) m. 1st, November 12, 1868, in Youngsville, Pa.
Marietta White ; no children, b. 1848 ; d. 1869 ; daughter
of William C. and Mary (McKinney). William C. White
was b. 1811; d. 1872; Mary McKinney was b. 1815; d.
1880.)
(572) m. 2nd, February 14, 1872, in Youngsville, Pa.
Jennie S. Smith; b. 1849; d. 1887; daughter of Chauncy
and Mercy C. (Mellen) Smith. (Chauncy Smith; b. 1809;
d. 1886; Mercy C. Mellen; b. 1816; d. 1856.)
Chauncey Smith, of Youngsville, was bom in Weathers-
field, Conn., in 1809, and was married in 1834, to Mercy
Mellen of Dunkirk, N. Y. They had a family of five chil-
dren— Sarah M., Alice S., Jennie S., Nellie W., and Mercy.
Chauncy Smith was the son of William Smith, who was
a farmer at Weathersfield, Conn. In 1823 he came by
stage to Dunkirk, N. Y., and went to work for his uncle,
Walter J. Smith, and after a while became a partner. The
firm later became Van Buren & Smith, Walter Smith re-
tiring, and in 1839 Mr. Smith came to Silver Creek, N. Y.,
where he became engaged in the general mercantile busi-
ness from which he retired in 1860, when he also retired
from active business life, and died on December 10, 1886.
His daughter Jennie S. Smith, b. October 10, 1849, mar-
ried Wallace D. Kinnear; they had one son.
592.* i. FRANCIS D. Kinnear^ ; b. December 29, 1873 ;
m. July 29, 1896.
Nellie Aline Davis.
(572) m. 3rd, June 27, 1888, in Youngsville, Pa.
Flora S. Hoffius; b. 1860, in Youngsville, Pa.; d. 1901,
in Youngsville, Pa. She was a daughter of Thomas and
Anice (Mead) Hoffius, (m. Nov. 20, 1851). Their children
were:
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593. ii. ORIN Verow Kinnear^; b. 1889; was drowned
in 1892.
594. iii. LUCILLE Kinnear^ b. April 15, 1890.
595. iv. HAROLD C. Kinnear^; b. June 17, 1898.
(572) m. 4th, February 25, 1908, at the home of her
sister, Mrs. 0. W. Shutt, in Fostoria, Ohio.
Mrs. Emma (Axtel) Arid; b. August 24, 1855, in New
Lebanon, Marion County, Pa., a daughter of Dr. A. C. and
Fannie (White) Axtel. (Dr. A. C. Axtel; b. July 14, 1828;
d. January 20, 1906; Fannie White; b. 1827; d. 1890.)
(Emma Axtel; m. 1st, November 8, 1882; demons D.
Arid; County Supt, of Schools in Warren County; they
had one daughter, Ethel Arid.)
(573) Caroline Kinnear*, Robert", Margaret* Marga-
ret', William*, James^ b. January 4, 1834, in Venango
County^ Pa.; m.
Niram P. Belnap, of Youngsville, Pa.; b. December 2,
1832; they had one daughter.
596. i. CLARA Jane Belnap^ b. July 9, 1855, in
Youngsville, Pa.; m. October 22, 1879, in
Youngsville, Pa.
William W. Whitehill; of Kane, McKean County,
Pa.; b. 1849, in Troy, Jefferson County, Pa.;
their children were
597. i. CHESTER WhitehilP; b. July 7, 1880.
598. ii. LEOTA WhitehilP; b. October 27, 1882; m.
June 9, 1908.
Archibald Day; b. March 18, 1881 ; (a son of John
A. and Mercy Charlotte (Smith) Day, and
grandson of Chauncy and Mary C. (Mellen)
Smith, of Youngsville, Pa.) They have one son.
599. i. EDWARD Burton Day*; b. August 10, 1910.
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600. iu. KENNETH WhitehUl*; b. May 18, 1889.
601. iv. WANDA Whitehffl*; b. February 15, 1895.
(574) Eliza Jane Kinnear*, Robert^, Margaret*, Marga-
ret', William', James^ b. November 24, 1837, in Youngs-
ville. Pa. ; d. May 27, 1872, in Youngsville, Pa. m.
Edward Bettis; they had one son.
602. i CHARLES Bettis^ ; lives in New York City ; m.
Frances H. Murray; they have one son.
603. i. CHARLES Robert Bettis*.
(575) Robert Alexander Kinnear*, Robert", Margaret*,
Margaret', William', James^ b. August 31, 1839, in
Youngsville, Pa.; d. April 14, 1895, in Youngsville, Pa.;
m. 1st
Eva CSiase; they had one son.
604. i. ROSCOE Hall Kinnear'; b. May 22, 1871, in
Youngsville, Pa.; d. 1905, in Kansas Cily, Mo.
(400 Bales Ave.) is buried in Youngsville, Pa.
m. Jan 27, 1898, in Youngsville, Pa.
Roscoe H. Kinnear. The lumbermen of Kansas Cily, Mo.,
and the southwest were grieved to hear of the death of
Roscoe H. Kinnear, one of the best known young men in
the yellow pine industry, of pneumonia at his home in
Kansas Ci^. He had been sick only six days. Roscoe
Kinnear had earned the respect and affection of all with
whom he had come in contact and the news of his passing
away made many a man regretful that he would see his
kindly face no more. Roscoe H. Kinnear was brought up
in the lumber business. He was bom at Youngsville, Pa.,
and at an early age became acquainted with the details of
the lumber trade. His father, R. A. Kinnear, being a
lumberman, and for a time a partner of J. B. White in
Pennsylvania. Captain White says of the deceased that his
company never had a better salesman, or a more faithful,
honest, upright man; this expression crystallizes the ex-
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perience of the Chicago Lumber and Ck>al Company during
the period Mr. Kinnear was in their employ. The remains
were taken to Youngsville, Pa., where they were laid to
rest in the Kinnear family lot (Extract from the St Louis
Lumberman) . m.
Nellie Embody ; no children.
(576) m. 2nd, Ida Babcock; they had one daughter.
605. ii. FERNIE Kinnear^ m.
Valentine.
(575) Robert Alexander Kinnear served three years in
the Civil War.
He was a lumber man in Youngsville, and at one time
connected in business with John Barber White, under the
firm name of White & Kinnear.
(577) Lewis J. Kinnear*, Charles'*, Margaret*, Marga-
ret', Williams James^ b. 1888, in Youngsville, Pa.; d.
February 26, 1915, in Youngsville, Pa.; m. December 30,
1860, in Youngsville, Pa.
Louisa A. Mead ; b. March 10, 1841, in Warren County,
Pa.; d. 1915, in Youngsville, Pa. She was a daughter of
Joseph and Ann (Carr) Mead; (Joseph Mead was bom
1796; d. 1879; Ann (Carr) Mead was bom 1798; d. 1873.)
their children were:
606. i. MARION Kinnear^; b. February 21, 1862, in
Youngsville, Pa.; m. 1895, in Youngsville, Pa.
E. D. Cody, of Youngsville, Pa. ; b. April 12, 1849,
a son of John C. and Alvira C. (Gates) Cody;
(John C. Cody was b. May 9, 1811; d. Nov.
5, 1861; m. September 13, 1837; Alvira C.
Gates.)
607. ii. BELLE Kinnear^ b. April 21, 1872; not m.
Is book-keeper for the Youngsville Manufactur-
ing Company.
(577) Lewis J. Kinnear was in the Civil War; see fur-
ther notice of him.
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J. A. Cody, a brother of E. D. Cody, has the history of
the Cody family back to 1670.
(577) Mrs. L. J. Kinnear, wife of Lewis P., Charles',
Margaret^, Margaret*, William*, James^
Last Thursday morning the community of Youngsville
was grieved to learn that on the evening before Mrs. L. J.
Kinnear had suffered a stroke of paralysis and would prob-
ably not recover. She never regained consciousness but
failed steadily until death came early Sunday morning.
Funeral services were held from the house yesterday after-
noon at 2:30, Rev. B. L. Perry officiating. She was laid
to rest in the I. O. O. F. cemetery. Mrs. L. J. Kinnear
has been a life long resident of Youngsville. She was bom
a short distance north of town, the daughter of Jos^h
and Ann Mead, who owned a farm near the Brown farm ;
she and Mr. Greorge Brown were children together. She
was the last of a family of six, and had she lived until
March 10, 1915, she would have been seventy-four years
of age. Louisa A. Mead was united in marriage to L. J.
Kinnear on December 30, 1860, enjoying nearly fifty four
years of married life with him. Mr. Kinnear will certainly
miss the companion of so many years and is entitled to the
ssonpathy of the community. Aside from the husband two
daughters survive. Miss Bell Kinnear, and Mrs. E. D. Cody,
both of Youngsville. No other near relatives survive. Mrs.
Kinnear united with the Methodist Church of this village
when but a girl, and has been an active member ever
since, holding several important offices in the church. Surely
Youngsville has lost an estimable lady in the det^th of Mrs.
Kinnear. (From a Youngsville paper, 1915)
(577) Lewis J. Kinnear^, Charles'^, Margaret*, Margar
ret', William*, James*.
"Dead of a broken heart."
Lewis J. Kinnear's death follows closely that of his wife.
An accute attack of what is known as hardening of the
arteries of the heart, caused the death of L. J. Kinnear at
his home on Main Street, Friday, February 26, 1915. For
ten days or two weeks he suffered intensely from trouble
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that medical science was unable to alleviate, and only death
could relieve. Funeral services were held at half past three,
Tuesday afternoon, from the house, Rev. B. L. Perry of-
ficiating. The floral tributes spoke mutely of his wide circle
of friends and of the love in which he was held. Beside sev-
eral Old Soldiers the following from out-of-town were pres-
ent at the funeral : L. W. Olds and wife of Corry, Murry
Olds of Corry, Miss Terrill of Erie, Mr. Gamer Terrill and
wife of Tylersburg, Mrs. Emma Bowman of Falconer, Mrs.
W. E. Rhodes of Corry, Mrs. Ransom of Clarendon, Mrs.
Baker of Warren, Mrs. W. W. Whitehill of Kane, Mrs.
Cash Alexander of Corry, Ford Cody of Coneaut, Ohio, Mrs.
Clint Pugh of Coneaut, Ohio, Mrs. Emily L. Mead of Brad-
ford.
Mr. Kinnear was a highly respected resident of Youngs-
ville. He was bom in this place on July 7, 1838, and has
made his home here all the years of his life. He was a
carpenter learning the trade from his father. Twenty
years ago he built the house in which he spent the latter
years of his life. He was one of the honored "Boys in Blue,"
enlisting in Independent Company C, Pennsylvania Volun-
teers, and serving with them in many important engage-
ments of the war, until its close, when he was honorably
discharged on July 7, 1865. He was a charter member of
the Robert A. Kinnear Post, G. A. R., and was elected to
the office of Quartermaster, holding the position since the
organization of the Post. The G. A. R. had charge of the
services at the grave. He was also a charter member of
the Workmen's Lodge of Youngsville. He is survived by
two daughters, Mrs. E. D. Cody and Miss Belle Kinnear,
both of this place. Mrs. Kinnear died about eleven weeks
ago and sorrow for the loss of his wife hastened Mr. Kin-
near's death. For fifty-four years they have lived together
— and when relentless death took the one it wounded the
other with a sorrow that could not be comforted. H. C.
Kinnear was a cousin of Lewis, who will mourn him as a
brother, for there existed between the two men a friendship .
exceeding that of many brothers. They both learned the
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carpenters trade together as young men under L. J's. father
and have worked together much of the time since. (From
a Youngsville paper Feb. 1915)
(581) John F. Kinnear*, Charles', Margaret*, Marga-
ret', Williams James\ b. October 12, 1858, in Youngs-
ville, Pa.; d. November IS, 1914, in Youngsville, Pa.; m.
1880, in Wrightsville, Pa.
Ida E. Wright, daughter of P. L. and Honore (Skinner)
Wright. (P. L. Wright, b. 1836; d. 1906; Honore Skinner,
b. 1836; d. 1892) Their children were:
608. i. CHARLES Mondell Kinnear^; of Jamestown,
N. Y. ; b. October 8, 1881, in Youngsville, Pa. ;
m. September 6, 1906.
Jennie C. Andrus, daughter of George D. and
Cora (Simmons) Andrus. (George D. Andrus,
d. 1861; Cora Simmons, d. 1862)
609. u. PHILO C. Kinnear^ of Seattle, Washington;
b. April 21, 1884.
610. iii. WILLIS Kinnear^; b. May 19, 1887.
611. iv. KENNETH W. Kinnear^; b. August 26, 1896.
(581) John F. Kinnear in 1906 was a carpenter, in
the employ of the Pennsylvania Railway and had charge of
the work on the "River Division."
(582) Greorge W. Kinnear who was bom in Youngs-
ville in 1843, and brought up in this place, died at his home
in the city of Warren, Wednesday afternoon of this week,
at the age of 70 years. He had been in poor health for
a number of months.
Mr. Kinnear was an active man during his long life,
and his many friends will be saddened to learn of his death.
He was a member of a prominent family, and widely known
in this vicinity.
He served in the Civil War as a member of Co. D, 111th
Pennsylvania Infantry. Among the many important bat-
tles in which his Company was engaged was Grettysburg,
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FRANCIS D. KINNEAR.
BORN JULY 31, 1829,
SON OF CARTER V. KINNEAR.
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where they won special praise for their valiant work. He
was with Sherman on his march to the sea. While a resi-
dent of YoUngsville, Mr. Kinnear was elected to the office
of Register and Recorder and in that capacity served the
county very faithfully and with distinction to himself for a
number of years. Upon his election he moved to Warren,
where he has since made his home,^ with the exception of
a short time during which he lived in Kane. By profes-
sion he was a gun-smith and upon the completion of his
duties as Register and Recorder he moved to Kane to follow
his trade, later returning to Warren and taking up the
same line of work. Near relatives left to mourn their loss
are his wife, three children, Guy Kinnear and Nellie G.
Kinnear, both at home, and Harry J. Kinnear who also
lives in Warren. Two brothers survive H. C. Kinnear of
this place, and C. F. L. Kinnear, who is somewhere in the
West. Mrs. M. D. Whitney, of Youngsville, is a sister.
(From a Youngsville paper)
(582) George W. Kinnear*, Henry F\ Margaret*,
Margaret', William*, James^ b. 1843, in Youngsville, Pa. ;
d. 1913, in Warren, Pa. ; m. December 18, 1866, in Warren,
Pa.
Esther T. Gray, daughter of Jacob and Esther (Moffatt)
Gray. b. April 21, 1844 ; their children are :
612. i. HARRY J. Kinnear^; of Youngsville, Pa.; b.
September 2, 1867, in Franklin, Pa.; m. De-
cember 27, 1893, in Kane, Pa.
Emma Shaker; they have one daughter.
613. i. MARIE Kinnear®; m. Cramer; they
have one child.
614. ii. GLENNI P. Kinnear^ b. November 21, 1870;
d. March 11, 1904; not married. He was a
soldier in the Spanish-American War, Company
I, 16th Pennsylvania.
615. iii. NELLIE G. Kinnear^ b. September 29, 1878.
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616. iv. GUY Kinnear^ b. May 9, 1882.
Jacob Gray was bom in Batavia, N. Y., February 2, 1814.
He was a hotel keeper and prosperous business man ; served
as Sheriff of Warren County, Pa., several years. He mar-
ried Esther Moffatt, daughter of James Moffatt, of White-
haven, Cumberland County, England; she was born Sep-
tember 14, 1818, and died in Youngsville, Pa^, October 26,
1879; Jacob Gray, after the death of his wife, lived with
his daughter, Mrs. George W. Kinnear, until his death,
August 26, 1885; their children were:
i. Esther T. Gray; b. April 21, 1844; m. George W.
Kinnear. (582)
ii. John Henry Gray ; b. November 28, 1845, in Sinclair-
ville, N. Y.
(583) Henry C. Kinnear*, Henry P.» Margaret*, Marga-
ret'; William S James' ; b. in Franklin, Pa.; m. December
18, 1866, in Franklin, Pa.
Jennie M. Strickland.
Their chillren were.
617.. i JAMES Victor Kinnear% of Ridgeway, Pa.
618. ii. KATHERYNE E. Kinnear% is a school teach-
er.
619. iii. GEORGIE B. Kinnear^ m. by Rev. Hutson
(Baptist) of Pittsburgh.
Stanley Wallace Cramer, of Warren, Pa.
620. iv. FLORENCE May Kinnear^ m.
J. H. Fisher, of Cleveland, Ohio.
(590) Lillian C. Kinnear% Francis D.*, Carter V.», Mar-
garet*, Margaret', William^ James^; b. August 26, 1858, in
Youngsville, Pa.; d. March 22, 1895, in Youngsville, Pa.; m.-
August 26, 1880, in YoungsviUe, Pa.
Lafayette McDowell; b. March 2, 1852, son of Samuel H.
and Marie E. (Cook) McDowell. (Samuel H. McDowell; h.
January 6, 1779; d. September 9, 1874) ; Maria E. (Cook)
McDowell; b. June 17, 1819; d. June 23, 1870; m., 1846),
Their children were:
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LILLIAN KINNEAR McDOWELL,
GRANDDAUGHTER OF CARTER V. KINNEAR.
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621. i. ELMER K McDoweU«; b. March SO, 1883.
622. ii. GEORGIA M. McDoweU; b. August 14, 1885;
d. January 16, 1889.
(591) Georgia B. Kinnear% Francis D.% Carter V.»,
Margaret*, Margaret*, William*, James^ ; b. March 4, 1860,
in Youngsville, Pa. ; d. August 3, 1893 ; m. Sept. 1, 1880, in
Youngsville, Pa. ~
Garritt W. Johnson, of Union City, Pa. ; b. June 16,
1860, son of Garritt B. and Charlotte E. (Hopkins) John-
son.
(Garritt B. Johnson; b. December 24, 1821; d. July 7,
1895. Charlotte E. Hopkins; b. January 18, 1826; d.
January 9, 1899.)
Their children were:
623. i. PAUL B. Johnson^; b. December 18, 1883.
624. ii. LH^LIAN E. Johnson^ b. June 1, 1886; m.
A!ug. 1, 1908.
Charles Evans Peacock, of Westfield, N. Y. ; b. Ju-
ly 3, 1884, son of Thomas and Alice M. (Strang-
field) Peacock.
(Thomas Peacock; b. September 20, 1849; m.
May 11, 1881; Alice M. Strangfield). They
have one son:
625. i. DONALD Evans Peacock*; b. November 22,
1909.
626. iii. KARL W. Johnson'; b. March 27, 1889.
(592) Francis D. Kinnear% Wallace', Carter V.', Marga-
ret*, Margaret', William", James^ ; b. December 29, 1873, in
Youngsville, Pa.; m. July 29, 1896, in Youngsville, Pa.
Nellie Alleine Davis, dau. of Omer and Margaret (Her-
rick) Davis; d., 1911, in Youngsville, Pa.
Their children were:
627. i. ANNTTA Kinnear'; b. May 29, 1897, in
Youngsville, Pa.
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628. ii. DONALD Kinnear'; b. July 20, 1901, in
Youngsville, Pa,
629. iii. BEATRICE Kinnear*; b. May 14, 1904, in
Youngsville, Pa.
(592) m. 2nd. See Addenda.
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ROBERT KINNEAR AND NANCY KINNEAR,
and Their Descendants.
Numbered 630 to 671.
(8) Robert Kinnear», WilliamS James^; b. March 16,
1763, in Leitrim County, Ireland ; d. September 22, 1840, in
Venango County, Pa. ; m. in Leitrim County, Ireland.
(673) Nancy Kinnear, a daughter of Robert and Eliza^
beth Kinnear, (probably a cousin). They came to America
about 1788, and settled in Berks County, Pa., and moved to
Venango County, Pa., in 1819.
Their children were:
630.* i. JAMES Kinnear*; b. 1789. m.
llary Ramsey.
631. ii. ANN Kinnear*. m.
Alexander Kinnear.
632. iii. HENRY Kinnear*.
633. iv. JANE Kinnear*; d. 1829, in Venango County,
Pa.
634. V. DAiVID Kinnear*.
635.* vi. ELIZABETH Kinnear*, called "Betsy;" m.
November 12, 1819, in Franklin County, Pa.
Dominick McCormick, of ; b.
1785.
(673) Nancy, wife of Robert Kinnear, died in Venango
County, Pa., in 1839 ; at that time Robert Kinnear, was the
only one of the children of William and Jane (Simpson)
Kinnear, then living; he died in 1840.
(630) James Kinnear*, Robert', William', James^; b.
1789, in Berks County, Pa.
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Mary Ramsey.
Their children were:
636. i. JANE Kinnear»; b. December 26, 1816, in War-
ren County, Pa.
637. ii. ROBERT H. Kinnear"; b. January 20, 1819, in
Warren County, Pa.
638. iii. MARTHA Kinnear»; b. February 1, 1821, in
Warren County, Pa.
639. iv. FRANCES E. Kinnear*; b. January 1, 1823,
in Warren County, Pa.
640. V. SUSANAH Kinnear*; b. April 2, 1826, in Ven-
ango County, Pa.
641. vi. RUTH Kinnear" ; b. September 6, 1834, in Ven-
ango County, Pa. ; d. in childhood.
Probably others, as Rev. David Kinnear says "six of their
children died in infancy." He makes no further mention
of this family, and I have not discovered any of their de-
scendants.
(635) Elizabeth Kinnear*, Robert", Williams James^ ; b.
about 1798, in Berks County, Pa.; m. November 12, 1819,
in Franklin County, Pa.
Dominick McCormick; b. 1785; d. 1826, in Buffalo, Ohio.
Their children were :
642. i. WILUAM McCormick»; b. November 16, 1820,
in Franklin, Pa.
643.* ii. ROBERT McCormick*^; b. August 14, 1822,
in Franklin, Pa. ; m. 1847, in Franklin, Pa.
644. iii. ELIZA McCormick^; b. November 16, 1823,
in Franklin, Pa.
(643) Robert McCormick^ b. August 14, 1822, in
Franklin, Pa. ; m. 1847, in Franklin, Pa.
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Mary Ann Boyle.
Their children were:
645.* i. WILLIAM Boadley McCormick*; b. Septem-
ber 1, 1848, in Franklin, Pa.; m. July 1, 1872,
in Franklin, Pa.
Adele Baxter, dau. of Henry and Julia Green Bax-
ter; b. July 3, 1855.
646. ii. JENNIE McCormick« m.
Charles Carroll Baxter, son of John and Mary
(McQueen) Baxter.
647.* iii. CHARLES McCormick^ m.
Polly McCauley.
648.* iv. JOHN McCormick«. m.
?
649. V. VASHITI Viola McCormick^. m.
McChesney.
650. vi. JAMES McCormick'; d. Not married.
651. vii. CALISTA McCormick* m.
Beaty.
652. viii. LEWIS McCormick*.
653. ix. HARRIET McCormick*.
(645) William Boadley McCormick^. Live in Marlinton,
W. Va.; b. September 1, 1848, in Franklin, Pa.; m. July
1, 1872, m Franklin, Pa.
Adele Baxter; b. July 3, 1855, in
Their children were:
654. i. HENRY Baxter McCk>rmick^; b. October 20,
1873; m. June 28, 1898.
Jennie Victoria Howe, a dau. of Nelson Baker
and Clarissa Zeller Howe; b. Jan. 10, 1873.
Their children are:
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655. i. HELEN Louise McCormick«; b. April 5, 1899.
656. ii. REBECCA McCormick*; b. Sept. 9, 1900.
657. ii. JULIA Adele McCormick^; b. July 26, 1876;
m. July 1, 1896.
John B. Moyer; b. Nov. 27, 1874. Their children
are:
658. i. WILLIAM Roscoe Moyer»; b. August 15, 1897.
659. ii. DONALD Moyer»;b. Nov., 1899.
660. iii. Keith Moyer*, a twin of
661. iv. KENNETH Moyer*; b. March, 1903.
662. iii. ISABEL McCormick^ b. June 3, 1878; d.
Nov. 9, 1878, at Cobham, Pa.
663. iv. ROBERJ Wyle McCormick^ ; b. April 21, 1881, %
at Mill Creek, Pa.; m. Jan. 9, 1907. ^
Mina Snyder; b. Mar. 27, 1886.
664. V. MARY Ruth McCormick^; b. June 2, 1867; d.
April 15, 1888, at Ridgway, Pa.
(647) Chares McCormick*. m.
Polly McCauley.
Their children were:
665. i. JAMES McCormick^
666. ii. SAMUEL McCormick^
667. iii. A son.
668. iv. A son.
669. V. LILLIE McCormick, an adopted dau., niece of
Mrs. McCormick.
Alexander Brookmire.
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(648) John McCormick', lives in Tidioute, Pa. Hi-
lda
Their children were:
670. i. PERCY McCormick«.
671. iL GRACE McCormick'; is a teacher.
(9) Robert Kinnear, of Ireland; b. about 1786, in Ire-
land; d. in Ireland; m. about 1756, in Ireland.
Elizabeth Verow.
Their children were.
672. i. JANE Kinnear"; b. 1758, in Ireland; d. prob-
ably in Ireland.
678. ii. NANCY Kinnear*; b., 1760, in Ireland; d.,
1889, in Venango County, Pa., of old age; m.
in Leitrim County, Ireland.
(8) Robert Kinnear*, William", James^
For further account of this family, see No. (8) this gene-
alogy.
674. iii. JOHN Kinnear"; b. 1762, in Ireland; d. prob-
ably in Ireland.
675. iv. HENRY Kinnear"; b. Easter Sunday, 1764,
in Ireland; d. March 6, 1826, in Youngsville,
Pa.; m. 1797, in Pennsylvania.
(887) Margaret Kinnear*.
For further account of this family, see No. (887), this
genealogy.
(185) Rev. David Kinnear, in his history of the Kin-
near family says: "Robert and Elizabeth (Verow) Kin-
near, and many of their relatives were members of the
Church of England.
(9) Robert Kinnear, was in Ireland before 1764; be-
longing to the Scotch-Irish families, he was probably a kins-
man of James Kinner\ but the relationship is unknown; he
married Elizabeth Verow; both died in Ireland. D. K
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(675) Henry Kinnear, was an officer in the English
Army (Light Horse), for about ten years, he was sent to
America to buy horses, for the English Army; after ship-
ping the horses he resigned from the Army. In 1797, he
was married to (387) Margaret Kinner, they settled in
Centre County, Pa., where on July 17, 1803, he obtained a
certificate of naturalization.
The following inscription was taken from his tombstone:
IN MEMORY OF HENRY KINNEAR
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE, MARCH 6, 1826,
IN THE 62nd YEAR OF HIS AGE.
(675) Henry Kinnear, Sr., son of Robert and Elizabeth
Kinnear, was bom in Ireland on Easter Sunday, about the
year 1764. He came to this country about the year 1790.
After passing a short time in the eastern part of Pennsyl-
vania, he settled in Center C!ounty, where he remained a
number of years. He married in 1797, Margaret Kinnear,
daughter of Thomas and Margaret (Kinnear) Kinnear. He
came from Center County to Venango County, near Titus-
ville and came to Youngsville in 1815. During this season
he purchased a part of Mathew Young's tract, built and oc-
cupied a small log house, and in the following summer
erected a small frame store house. These buildings stood
about on the site of the present Odd Fellows hall. Henry
Kinnear was the first merchant in Youngsville. On the 6th
day of August, 1816, he was appointed and commissioned a
Justice of the Peace by Simon Snyder, then Governor of
the State. His commission was recorded in Franklin, Ven-
ango County, Pa., on the 27th of August, 1816, and again
in Warren County the 19th of December, 1820. In 1819,
he was appointed one of the first commissioners of Warren
County, continuing in that office two terms. Besides clear-
ing his land and cultivating in some measure his farm, he
kept a store sufficiently stocked to supply the needs of the
community, and continued an acting Justice of the Peace
during his lifetime. About the year, 1810, while Henry
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Kinnear was acting in the capacity of constable in Venango
county he had a warrant for the arrest of a notorious ruf-
fian and desperado, named Polen Hunter. Against the
threats of the criminal, Kinnear attempted his forcible ap-
prehension, when he received from Hunter, a wound in the
hip from which he never recovered. It is said he succeeded
in obtaining pecuniary redress for the injury. He died on
the 6th of March, 1826. He had a family of nine children,
five sons and four daughters, all now dead, but many of
whose children are residents of Brokenstraw township or
Youngsville borough. Henry P. Kinnear and C. V. Kinnear
have been perhaps the most prominent of his sons in
Youngsville. The latter was bom in Venango County on
the 8th of Jan., 1808, and came to Warren County with his
father, in 1815. Upon the death of his father he took up
the trade, and continued to be one of the prominent andi
active merchants of Youngsville for a period of fifty years,
besides being engaged to some extent in the lumber trade.
On the 19th of May, 1836, he was appointed and commis-
sioned a Justice of the Peace by Governor Joseph Ritner.
When this ofiice was made elective in 1842, he was the
choice of the voters of Brokenstraw township, and by suc-
cessive re-elections, held the position for twenty-four years.
He was county auditor for ten years, represented the coun-
ty in the State Legislature in the session of 1852 and 1853,
and in 1871 was elected and commissioned Associate Judge
of the county, and served in that position for five years.
He was a warm friend of the common schools, serving as di-
rector for nearly a quarter of a century. He died Septem-^
ber 8, 1884. Henry P. Kinnear was bom in Youngsville, on
the 26th day of July, 1816. As soon as he reached years of
discretion, he began to manifest an interest in public af-
fairs, and as has been said by another, he became a politi-'
cian because he could not help it. He served two terms as
sheriff of Warren county; the first from 1843 to 1846, the
second from 1861 to 1864. He was a member of the Legis-
lature in the session of 1847 and 1848. It was he who ob-
tained Charters for Youngsville Borough, also the Odd Fel-
lows Cemetery Association. He died, June 28, 1886.
Hist, of Warren County, Pa., by J. S. Schenck, p. 410.
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KINNEAR
Civil War Records.
Forty-Second Regiment.
Field and Staff.
Col. Hugh W. McNeil, promoted from captain, Company
D to colonel, Jan. 22, 1862; killed at Antietam, September
16, 1862. Major Roy Stone, promoted from captain Com-
pany D to major, June 13, 1861 ; to Col. of 149th P. V., Au-
gust 29, 1862; wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July 1, 1863;
while commanding Second Brigade, Second Division, First
Army Corps; breveted brigadier general, September 7,
1864; discharged by special order, Jan. 27, 1865.
Adjutant John T. A. Jewett, promoted to captain. Com-
pany B., Feb. 5, 1862.
Company D.
Private Robert A. Kinnear mustered out with the com-
pany.
Walter V. Trask, discharged on surgeon's certificate, Jan.
5, 1863.
John Young, discharged, date unknown, of wounds re-
ceived at Charles City Cross Roads, June 30, 1862.
One Hundred and Eleventh Regiment.
Companies B and D were composed of Warren county
men, besides which, Lieut. George J. Whitney, and many
others from Youngsville, and vicinity added largely to the
strength of Company H.
Company B., Corporal Edward A. Young, wounded at Ce-
dar Mountain ; discharged by reason of same ; re-enlisted,
1864; discharged, July 7, 1865.
Company D:
George W. Kinnear, Private, mustered out with Com-
pany.
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GEORGE C. SIGGINS.
Wounded and died at Nashville, Tenn., 1864.
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George C. Siggins, Private, died at Chattanooga, June 27,
of wounds received at Dallas, Ga., May 25, 1864.
. D. Porter Siggins, killed at Peach Tree Creek, July 20^
1864.
Lloyd Trask, discharged on surgeon's certificate, Aug.
21, 1862.
One Hundred and Thirteenth Regiment.
Company K:
Captain Nathaniel Payne, discharged April 21, 1865, ex-
piration of term.
Sergeant Nathaniel Siggins, discharged April 25, 1865,
expiration of term,
expiration of term.
Corporal John H. Siggins, mustered out with company;
veteran.
William Simpson (private) mustered out with company.
Thomas L. Young, absent, sick, at muster out.
One Hundred and Forty-fifth Regiment. Company F.
Captain Kimball H. Stiles, discharged June 16, 1864.
Corporal John Stewart. Hiram K. Young captured; died
at Andersonville, Ga., Oct. 17, 1864; grave 11,040.
Of the Warren County men who served in the One Hun-
dred and Ninety-third Regiment, Company I, Captain
George I. Whitney is the only one whose name has been as-
certained. Independent Company C (Infantry).
Captain James C. De Witt, resigned March 1, 1865; Syl-
vester H. Davis, mustered out with the Company. Lewis J.
Kinnear (Corporal) Irvine Siggins (Corporal).
STATE GK)VERNMENT.
Members of Assembly:
Henry P. Kinnear, 1847. Carter V. Kinnear, 1853. J. B.
White, 1879-80.
Associate Judges: Isaac C!onnelly, appointed 1819. Wil-
liam Siggins, 1842, James K. Alexander, 1851. Carter V.
Kinnear elected 1871. W. W. Connelly, 1876.
Sheriffs: Henry P. Kinnear, elected 1843 and in 1861.
County C!ommissioners : Henry Kinnear, elected 1819,
and 1821. William Siggins, 1834.
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Registers and Recorders: George W. Kinnear, elected,
1881.
Coroners: W. Whitfield Connelly, 1870, Henry Kinnear
Siggins, 1879.
Township Officers: Justice of the Peace, William Sig-
gins commissioned, 1827; Henry Kinnear Siggins, 1875.
Wagon Roads : It is probable that the first attempt at
road-building in the county of Warren was performed un-
der the orders of agents of the Holland Land Company dur-
ing the years 1795-96, under the jurisdiction of Crawford
and Venango counties, and before the organization of War-
ren the roads were laid out by and for the accommodation
of Warren's pioneers.
1795— FRANKLIN 100 YEARS OLD— 1895
Franklin, Pa., June 30, 1895. Just 100 years ago today
General William Irvine and Andrew Ellicott arrived at Fort
Franklin, and, in accordance with an act passed in the
Spring of 1795, proceeded to survey and lay out in town lots
what is now the City of Franklin. In July, 1828, the bor-
ough of Franklin was incorporated and Gov. Thomas Mif-
flin appointed William Irvine, Andrew Ellicott and George
Wilson, agents, to dispose of the lots to the highest bidders.
The sales took place in Philadelphia. There was little de-
mand for the lots, and prices paid ranged from five dollars
down to eighty cents.
Franklin derives its name from Fort Franklin, which was
erected on the present site of the city by Jonathan Hart in
the spring of 1787. The Revolutionary war had left the
country in the possession of the Americans. The French
had evacuated their forts, and the English had been driven
from the State. To encourage emigration Fort Franklin
was erected to protect the people from the Indians. George
Power settled here in 1795.
Under the act of April 14, 1828, the first election for bor-
ough officers occurred here, on the second day of May, when
a burgess, and five councilmen were elected, as follows :
Burgess, John Broadfoot. Constable, Robert Kinnear.
Council: John Singleton, J. R. Sage, Alexander McCal-
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mont, John Galbraith, Myron Park and William Bennett.
An act incorporating the City of Franklin passed both
branches of the Legislature, March 24, 1858. Our first
Mayor was T. A. Dodd.
Franklin is one of the most beautiful cities of the State,
being laid out at the foot of beautiful hills, and at the junc-
tion of the Allegheny river and French creek.
Many of Franklin's citizens have filled conspicuous places
in history. Generals Jesse Reno, Alexander Hayes, and Al-
fred B. McCalmont won distinction in the Civil War; John
Galbraith and Arnold Rummer were Congressmen ; J. Ross
Snowden, State Treasurer and Director of the mint in
Philadelphia; James Thompson, John C. Knox and John
Trunkey were judges of the Supreme Court; Dr. George
R. Espy was Auditor General.
On the 4th and fifth of September next will be held a
celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the found-
ing of the town."
From newspaper clippings in a scrap book belonging to
Miss Justina S. Siggins.
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IRVINE.
General WILLIAM IRVINE, in 1785, explored a portion
of the Allegheny Valley in quest of good lands to be dona-
ted to Revolutionary soldiers. The men to whom more
credit is due than all others in preserving for all time one
natural feature at least, of which the eye never wearies,
were General William Irvine, and Col. Andrew Elliott, the
commissioners appointed by Governor Mifflin to lay out the
town of Warren; this they accomplished by simply run-
ning Water street parallel with and next to the river bank,
thus leaving an unobstructed view of river and street for
a distance of more than half a mile.
William Irvine was bom at Fermanagh, Ireland, Novem-
ber 3, 1741. Educated at the University of Dublin, he
studied medicine and was sometime surgeon in the English
Navy. After the peace of 1763, he removed to Pennsyl-
vania and settled at Carlisle. He was a member from Cum-
berland county of the Convention which met at Philadelphia
on the 15 of July, 1774, and recommended a general Con-
gress. He was a representative in the succeeding confer-
ence of the Province. In 1776, he raised and commanded
the Sixth Penn'a regiment, and was captured at Trois Riv-
ieres, Canada. On the third of August, was released on pia-
role, exchanged May 6, 1778. The same year he was ap-
pointed Colonel of tiie Second Penn'a regiment, and the 12
of May, 1779, a brigadier general. He served under Wayne
during that and the following year. In the Autunm of 1781
he was stationed at Fort Pitt, intrusted with the defense
of the north-western frontier. In 1784 he served as a mem-
ber of the council of censors. In 1785 he was appointed by
the president of Penn'a an agent to examine the public
lands of the state, and suggested the purchase of 'Tri-
angle'' thus giving to Penn'a an outlet upon Lake Erie.
He was a member of the Old Congress of 1786-8, and of the
Constitutional Convention of 1790. In 1794, Gov. Mifflin
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appointed him with chief justice McKean, a commisflioner
to go to the western counties. He served as member of
Congress from 1793 to 1795. He was president of the
Pennsylvania Society; Society of Cincinatti. He died at
Phil. July 29, 1804.
Dr. William A. Irvine was bom in the old fort at Erie,
Pa., September 28, 1803, and died at his residence near Ir-
vine, Warren county, September 7, 1886. He was descended
from the branch of the old Scotch family of Irvine, which
settled in Ulster, Ireland, under a grant from James VI. of
Scotland. His grandfather William Irvine was a general
in the War of the Revolution, and an intimate friend of
Washington, whose letters now in the possession of the
family, show that important movements in the struggle for
the independence of the colonies were committed to his
command. Dr. Irvine's father, Callender Irvine, was in
command of the fort at Erie when his son was bom. As
General William Irvine, then Commissary-General of the
United States, died in 1804, Callender was summoned to
Philadelphia to take his place, which office he retained until
his death in 1840. The journey was made on horseback,
the child being carried the entire distance in the arms of hfs
father. His correspondence with President Jefferson re-
veals the confidence of the author of the Declaration of In-
dependence in his ability and integrity, and that he was di-
rected to look after the speculations of Indian agents in this
part of the country. He had inherited lands in Warren and
Erie counties, some of which were granted to General Ir-
vine for military services. After receiving a liberal educa-
tion, William Armstrong Irvine studied medicine, and was
graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. Immedi-
ately upon his graduation he removed to Irvine, which was
his home from that time until his death. In 1843, he mar-
ried a daughter of Stephen Duncan, a prominent planter of
Mississippi, of this marriage two daughters survive, Mrs.
Thomas Biddle and Mrs. Thomas Newbold. At the time of
his death Dr. Irvine was president of the Pennsylvania
branch of the Society of Cincinnati, and vice president of
the general society.
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The territory of Freehold remained practically unbroken
by the ax of the pioneer until about 1802, when James Ir-
vine and others came in, though Mr. Irvine was the only
one who remained permanently. James Irvine was bom
in Northumberland County, Pa., about 1773-4 and died at
Wrightsville, in 1849. He was half brother to Guy C. Ir-
vine of Pine Grove, and Andrew Irvine of Glade. He set-
tled on the west side of the creek at Wrightsville in Sep-
tember, 1802, where he built the first house this side of
Pittsfield. During the rest of his life which he passed here,
he was a prominent lumberman and farmer of this region,
and held a number of the township ofiices. He was a justice
of the peace almost from the beginning until that office was
made elective. Samuel Irvine, who came to his farm near
Wrightsville from Pine Grove, married a daughter of James
Irvine, by whom he had six children. Andrew Irvine was
bom near Watsontown, Pa., and emigrated to Bradford
County in 1813-14. He was a tanner and currier by trade
and followed that business in Towanda, and in some meas-
ure here in connection with farming and lumbering on the
river. He died at his home in Glade in 1853, and was fol-
lowed by his widow in 1866. His eldest daughter, Jane D.
died there in June, 1886 ; Mary F. died in 1876 ; B. Frank-
lin died in Tununangwant, N. Y. ; Guy C. and Thomas re-
sided in Glade, and a daughter, Catiierine Parker, lived
in Bradford. James McAfee, father of Mrs. Andrew Ir-
vine, was a native of Northumberland County, served in
the War of 1812, at Erie, Buffalo and other points. Dur-
ing his stay in Glade he lived with Andrew Irvine and
died about 1855.
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FRANKUN METHODISM.
The first white man to settle within the bounds of Ven-
ango County was a Scotchman, John Frazer by name, who
was engaged in business at Venango. In 1753, Edward
Shippen, of Lancaster County, wrote to Governor James
Hamilton: "Weningo is the name of an Indian town on
Ohio" — now Franklin — "where Mr. Frazer has had a gun-
smith's shop for many years; it is situated eight miles up
the said river beyond Logstown, and Cassewago is twenty
miles above Weningo."
The Baltimore Conference in April, 1804, appointed
Thornton Fleming Presiding Elder of the Monongahela
District, and Andrew Hemphill, preacher in charge of the
Erie Circuit, which included Franklin. That year Mr.
Hemphill organized a class at Gregg's, now Pioneer, on
Oil Creek, of which John Gregg, Hannah Gregg and Sallie
Stephenson were members. He also organized the class
at Pithole settlement, composed of the Dawsons, Siggins,
Kinnears, Hendersons, Alcoms and others. Sometime in
the fall of this year, Mr. Hemphill, in company with Wil-
liam Conley, who served as a guide, traveled from where
Titusville, on Oil Creek, now stands, to Franklin, Pa., along
a bridle path. He had an appointment to preach and was
refused the privilege of occupying the school house; there-
upon, taking his stand under an old chestnut tree on the
diamond, he delivered the first Methodist sermon to which
the Franklin people ever listened. (Posts Journal; Early
History of Western Pa.)
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YOUNGSVILLE BOROUGH.
Youngsville Borough was organized as a borough in the
year 1813. In the borough two school buildings were erect-
ed. For some eight or ten years these answered the pur-
pose, but in 1854 one of them was enlarged at an expense
of $218. The next year a new house was built on the east
side of the creek, at a cost of $476. In 1858 the schools
were graded. W. F. Siggins took charge of the higher de-
partment at a dollar a day and his dinner. Elizabeth Sig-
gins took charge of the primary at four dollars per week,
and boarded herself. In 1871 a Union school-house was
built, containing two large school-rooms on the first floor,
two large school rooms on the second floor, and a large hall
on the third floor. It is well furnished with modem patent
furniture, a large nice bell, and a first class organ. The
cost of the building was over $8,000. The different prin-
cipals that have had charge of the school are as follows,
viz: J. M. Hantz, Mr. Morrison, Mr. Mclntyre, N. R.
Thompson, H. D. Patton and William C. Gorman.
The fourth Quarterly meeting held at McKean, May
23, 1835, U. Gittings, George Deighton, S. Brace, William
Kinnear, Philip Osbom and William Stafford were the local
preachers present.
The Baltimore Conference held its annual session in
Baltimore, April 1, 1803, Bishop Asbury presiding. Thorn-
ton Fleming was reappointed to the- Pittsburg District.
Noah Fidler was sent to the Erie Circuit, and George Askin
to the Shenango. The Deerfield Circuit was formed, to
which Shadrack Bostwick was appointed. Noah Fidler
was received on trial in 1801 and located in 1807. He
formed a class at Henry Kinnears, where the Titusville
road crosses Sugar Creek in Crawford County. (Gregg's
History of Methodism, Erie Conference, Vol. I, p. 51.
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WALLACE D. KINNEAR. No. 572. MARY A. KINNEAR. No. 571.
METHODIST PARSONAGE, YOUNGSVILLE, PA.
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A new church was dedicated at Jackson on the Ellsworth
Circuit, February 24, 1848. A good revival was held at
Asbuiy School House, and nineteen received on probation,
the work has been carried on mostly by FATHER KIN-
NEAR and Brother StodgiU. "The Cottage Hill Academy"
at Ellsworth shared largely in the revival at that place.
(Pittsburg Christian Advocate, March 1, 1848)
Among the tax paying inhabitants of Broken-straw
Township in 1816, we find Henry Kinnear, Christopher
Young, Mathew Young. In 1850 in Youngsville, among
the list of merchants William Findley Siggins, John Sig-
gins and Carter Verow Kinnear.
Among the members of the bar C. W. Gilfillian, Frank-
lin, Pa.; F. D. Kinnear, Franklin, Pa., 1874; F. D. Kin-
near, Tidioute, Pa., 1882 ; James W. Kinnear, Tidioute, Pa.
J. W. Kinnear, of Tidioute, was bom in that village on the
2nd day of August, 1859, and was graduated from Alle-
gheny College in 1882. He began the study of law in the
office of Brown and Stone, at Warren, and was admitted
to the bar of the county April 16, 1885.
Hist of Warren County.
Dear Mrs. White:
I have found the old Church record which gives the
names of the persons joining the first Methodist class.
Record states that in the year 1812 Jacob Young and
Bishop McHendree, when passing through the Broken-
straw valley, stopped at the home of Darius Mead, and
the Bishop preached to the people that could be gotten
together (there were but few people on the Brokenstraw at
that time) after which Jacob Young organized the first
Methodist Class consisting of John Gregg and wife, Jacob
Goodwin and wife, William Arthur and wife, Anna Mead
and her son Phillip Mead, Betsy Ford, Polly Arthur, and
Polly Campbell, making eleven in all. The next year it
became an appointment on the Chautauqua Circuit. There
had been preaching in the valley several times before
this. Judge Siggins says that (by side note in the record)
Rev. William Connelly was the first Methodist min-
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ister that ever preached on the Brokenstraw, and that
was in the year 1809. I also find by a sketch given by
Samuel Hull that (675) Henry Kinnear, Sr., was a mem-
ber of the Church for a number of years before he died,
and was a regular attendant upon the preaching of God's
word, and was a true friend of all the preachers of the
M. E. Church, and always a true friend to the laboring
poor, but for the lazy poor he had no charity. Died in
1825 or '26.
Sincerely yours,
M. D. Whitney.
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CANADIAN KINNEARS.
(676) Col. Courtney Kinnear, bom 1788, in the North
of Ireland, was an officer in the British Army, stationed
in 18th Century in Halifax, N. B. He was married twice;
by his first wife he had one child; by his second: — (He d.
Dorchester, N. B., 1856).
Miss Harper, he had :
677. i. SARAH Kinnear, m. Chapman.
678. ii. ALFRED Kinnear, m. Groodwin.
679. iii. CHIPMAN Kinnear, m. Trites.
680. iv. ANNIE Kinnear, m. Morrison.
681.* V. EDWARD Botsford Kinnear, m. Margaret
Rebecca Dobson.
682. vi. JANE Kinnear, m. Curtis.
688. vii. MERSEY Kinnear, not m.
684. viii. STUART Kinnear, m. Lavina Goodwin.
685. ix. SUSAN Kinnear, m. William Kinnear.
686. X. GEORGE Lemons Kinnear, m. Grertrude Black.
687. xi. HAZEN Kinnear, m. Annie Whooten.
(681) Edward Botsford Kinnear; b. November 26,
1826, in Dorchester, N. B. ; m. 1855.
Margaret Rebecca Dobson, dau. of Greorge J. and Sarah
M. (Spence) Dobson; b. March 80, 1884, in Bayfield, N. B.
Their children were :
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688. i. GEORGE Courtney Kinnear; b. November 11,
1856; m. Addie Eckert.
689.* ii. MARIA Jane Dobson Kinnear; b. September
11, 1858; m.
David Grant.
690.* iii ROBERT Maxwell Irwin Kinnear; b. July
1. 1860; m.
Nellie Grace Straw.
691. iv. HANNAH Eliza Spaulding Kinnear; b.
August 3, 1862; m.
Dr. David Evans.
692. V. FANNIE Kinnear; b. 1865; d. 1867.
698. vi. FANNIE Myrtle Kinnear ; b. Sept. 1, 1868 ; m.
Henry Thomas Harris.
694. vii. SARAH Thomason Kinnear; b. Oct. 2, 1878;
m.
John Hamilton Courbarson.
695. viii. MARGUERITE Mabel Vivian Kinnear; b.
Feb. 4, 1875; m.
Thomas Pusey Joyce.
696. ix. EDWARD Otto Kinnear; b. January 4, 1880.
He is a soldier in the D. C. 0. R. at Vancouver,
B. C, and expects to go to the front in the pres-
ent war with Germany, 1914.
(689) Maria Jane Dobson Kinnear", Edward B.',
Courtney^ ; b. September 11, 1858, in Shemogue, West Co.,
N. B. ; m.
Judge David Grant; b. October 12, 1853, in Shemogue,
West Co., N. B.
Their children are:
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697. i. EDWARD Blake Grant; b. May 1, 1884, in
Moncton, N. B. ; m.
Greta Ethel Jones; b. Oct 18, 1883, in Moncton,
N. B.
They have one child :
698. i. MARY Winnifred Grant; b. August 80, 1913,
in Vancouver, B. C.
699. ii. FANNIE Imogene Grant; b. February 21,
1887, in Moncton, N. B. Not m. 1914.
700. iii. HAROLD David Grant; b. October 27, 1890,
in Moncton, N. B.
701. iv. WINNIFRED Agnes Grant; b. December 3,
1892, in Moncton, N. B. Canada.
(690) Dr. Robert Maxwell Irwin Kinnear", Edward B.%
Courtney^; b. July 1, 1860, in New Brunswick, Canada; m.
June 9, 1886, in Winnepeg, Manatoba, Canada.
Nellie G. Straw, dau. of William H. and Caroline Lighton
(Thome) Straw; b. May 17, 1862, in Hill, N. H.
Their children are:
702. i. ANNE Victoria Kinnear; b. December 6, 1892,
in La Crosse, Wis.; m. July 8, 1913.
H. A. Stow.
703. ii. KENNETH M. Kinnear; b. March 23, 1898,
in LaCrosse, Wis.
(676) ''Col. Courtney Kinnear had three brothers, two
lived in Canada, one was an officer on a British War Ship,
the third brother settled in the United States.''
Dr. R. M. I. K.
(704) Mary E. Kinnear; m. March 9, 1869.
George Collins, of Hastings, Nebraska.
She was a daughter of:
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(705) Andrew Kinnear; b. 1816, in New Brunswick,
Canada ; m.
Elizabeth Cline; b. 1821, in New Brunswick, Canada.
They moved to St Charles, Kane County, 111., in 1847;
Andrew Kinnear died in 1867.
From History of Adams, Clay, Webster and Nuchols
Counties, Neb.
This Andrew Kinnear was probably a son of one of tne
brothers of Col. Courtney Kinnear, of Halifax, N. B.
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NEW HAMPSHIRE KINNEARS.
(706) Capt John Kinnear was seaman; he went to
California; m. May 14, 1844.
Adaline Tredick Tarlton; b. July 3, 1820.
Their children, bom in New Castle, New Hampshire,
were:
707. i. MARY Lovina Kinnear>; b. March 26, 1845;
d. October 5, 1859.
708. ii. LUCIUS Alden Kinnear*; b. Jan. 9, 1847; m.
Fannie Kingsbury and settled in Wellesley, Mass.
709. iii. JOHN Kinnear, Jr.* ; b. Jan. 9, 1849 ; died July
30, 1880.
710. iv. WILLIAM Tarlton Kinnear* ; b. Feb. 11, 1850.
711. V. LEWIS Edmund Kinnear* ; b. June 8, 1851 ; m.
Susan Goldert, lives in New Castle, N. H. Tliey
have one daughter:
712. i. ESTELLA Tarlton Kinnear*; b. Oct. 7, 1884.
713. vi. ANN Louise Kinnear*; b. March 13, 1853;
died in 1857.
714. vii. ORIN Kinnear*; b. Nov. 26, 1854.
(From Tarleton Genealogy, Newberry Library, Chicago.)
In the Canadian Kinnears, it is stated that: Col. Court-
ney Kinnear had two brothers, one of whom settled in the
United States, this John Kinnear may have been that broth-
er.
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NEW YORK KINNEARS.
From Scotland.
715. JOHN Kinnear^ ; b. in Perthshire, Scotland. ("The
Highlands.'')
His children were:
716. i. DAVH) Kinnear».
717.* ii. JOHN Kinnear*; b. about 1781.
718. iii. JAMES Kinnear^.
(717) John Kinnear^, John^ b. about 1781, in Perth-
shire, Scotland; m. about 1808, in Perthshire,
Scotland.
Ellen McGibbons; b. about 1781, in Perthshire,
Scotland. Their children were:
719. i. DAVID Kinnear»; b. 1804.
720.* ii. JAiRlES Kinnear»; b. 1815.
721. iii. JOHN Kinnear«; b. 1820.
722.* iv. PETER Kinnear'; b. 1822.
723. V. ALEX. M. Kinnear»; b. 1824.
724. vi. JOSEPH Kinnear»; b. 1828.
(720) James Kinnear"; b. 1815, served 25 years in the
93rd Highlanders, British Army ; he went through the Pen-
insular War, and served with the British in the War of
1812, at New Orleans.
(722) Peter Kinnea^; b. 1822, in Scotland, came to
America in 1847, and to Albany, N. Y. in 1848; he has lived
in Albany 62 years, and is now (1909) 87 years old and is
very active in business; he is the only one left of his fath-
er's family. He is and has been for years, the president of
St. Andrew's Society, and is the best known Scotchman in
Albany. He had all to do with putting up Bums Statue in
Albany, the best statue of Robert Bums in America.
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(722) Peter Kinnear*; b. March 8rd, 1822, in Buchin,
Forfan Shire, Scotland ; m. September 11, 1849, in Albany,
N. Y.
Annie Gilchrist; b. March 10, 1824, (a dau. of John and
Mary (Blairdie) Gilchrist.) Their children were:
725. i. MARY EUen Kinnear*; b. March 10, 1850, In
Albany, N. Y.
726. ii. HENRY C. Kinnear*; b. July 25, 1862, in Al-
Bany, N. Y.; m. ..^
Elizabeth M. Trotter. Their children were:
727. i. FRANK P. Kinnear*.
728. ii. ANNIE G. Kinnear*.
729.* iii. DAVID M. Kinnear*; b. Sept 2, 1857, in Al-
bany, N. Y.; m. S^t 6, 1882.
Emma Purves, of Rensselaer, N. Y. Their chil-
dren are:
780. i. RONALD Kinnear»;b. 1887.
781. iv. ELIZA D. Kinnear^; b. Jan. 21, 1859, m Al-
bany, N. Y.; m. Sept. 6, 1888.
Charles C. Ogden. Their children are:
782. i. Kenneth C. Ogden^ b. 1885.
788. ii. JANE Qgden«; b. 1892. l
784. V. ANNA G. Kinnear*; b. Sept. 4, 1861, in Al-
bany, N. Y.
(729) "David Mitchell Kinnear, was bom in Albany, N.
Y., Sept. 2, 1857, was graduated from the high school 1875;
bookkeeper in the National Exchange Bank four years;
from 1880 to 1885, secretary and treasurer the Albany
Bonsilite Co., later assistant secretary and treasurer of The
Pure Baking Powder Co., and later secretary and treasurer
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of the Albany Venetian Blind Co. He is author of "Every-
Day Verses", which is a collection of sixty of his rhymes.
Is noted for his rendition of the ritual of the Masonic or-
der, of which he is an active member. Is secretary of the
Empire Curling Club and an enthusiastic curler; also secre-
tary of the St. Andre's Society, and a member of the Old
Guard of Washington Continentals. He was president of
the Albany All Hallowe'en Carnival Association in 1906."
The above is from the records of David M. Kinnear, of
Albany, N. Y.
Another Scotch Kinnear family.
736. JAMES Kinnear^; b. in Buckhaven, Scotland; m.
Euphemia ; b. in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Their children were:
736. i. GEORGE Kinnear*; b. Buckhaven, Scotland.
737. ii. MARTHA Kinnear*; b. Buckhaven, Scotland.
738. iii. EUPHEMIA Kinnear*; b. Buckhaven, Scot-
land.
739. iv. JAMES Kinnear*; b. Buckhaven, Scotland.
740.* V. WILLIAM Kinnear*; b. Buckhaven, Scotland.
741. vi. DAVID Kinnear*; b. Buckhaven, Scotland.
742. vii. THOMAS Kinnear*; b. Buckhaven, Scotland.
743. viii. ISABELLE Kinnear*; b. Buckhaven, Scot-
land.
(740) William Kinnear*, James^ b. Buckhaven, Scot-
land ; m.
Euphemia Henderson. Their children were:
744. i. AGNES Kinnear*.
745** ii. JAMES Kinnear*; b. in Alloa, Scotland.
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746. iii ROBERT Einnear*.
747. iv. WILLIAM Kiimear*.
748. V. EUPHEMIA Kinnear».
749. vi. HENRIETTA Kinnear*.
750. vii. MARTHA Kinnear*.
751. vUi. MARGARET Kinnear*.
762. ix. ISABELLA Einnear*.
(745) James Kinnear*, William', James' ; b. Alloa, Scot-
land ; m. in Alloa, Scotland.
Agnes Drake Leslie; b. Alloa, Scotland. Their children
were:
753. i. MARY Kinnear*; b. 1868; m. 1892, Simeon
McLean.
754. ii. HENRY T. Kinnear*; b. 1872; m. 1898, Elsie
StiUer.
755. iii. EUPHEMIA H. Kinnear*; b. 1874; m. 1897,
James Edward Town.
756.* iv. MARGARET Kinnear* ; b. 1877 ; nm. in 1910.
757. V. AGNES Drake Kinnear*; b. 1879; m. 1902,
Charles Baldwin.
758. vi. JAMES Kinnear*; b. 1882.
(756) Margaret Kinnear* was living in 1910, 180 15th
St., Buffak), N. Y. She says "Agnes Drake (Leslie) Kin-
near, was descendant of Sir Francis Drake."
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ANOTHER SCOTCH KINNEAR FAMHiY.
759. JOHN Kiimear*; b. in Scotland; m. in Scotland.
Elizabeth Bruce. Their children were:
760. i. WILLIAM Kinnear*.
761. ii. JANE Kinnear».
762. iii. ANDREW Kinneai*.
763.* iv. JAMES B. Kinnear».
764. V. THOMAS Kinnear*.
765. vi. ELIZABETH Kinnear".
766. vii. ROBERT Kinnear».
(763) James Bruce Kinnear^; b. 1842, in Cooper, Fife
Shire, Scotland, m. 1870, in Rochester, N. Y.
Margaret Rumgay; b. 1846, in Dundee, Scotland, (adau.
of Andrew and Henrietta (Gibb) Rumgay.) Their chil-
dren were.
767. i. THOMAS Kinnear*; b. 1874, in Rochester, N.
Y.
768. ii. EUPHEMIA Kinnear*; b. 1876, in Rochester,
N. Y.
769. iii. MARY Kinnear»;b. 1878, in Rochester, N.Y.
770. iv. ANNIE Kinnear*; b. 1880, in Rochester, N.
Y.
771. V. JAMEg Kinnear*; b. 1882, in Rochester, N.
Y.
772. vi. ROBERT Kinnear*; b. 1885, in Rochester, N.
Y.
From the similarity of names — ^Euphemia, James, Rob-
ert, Thomas — ^it seems very probable that this family are
descended from James and Euphemia Kinnear, of Buck-
haven, Scotland.
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BENJAMIN B. SIGGINS (taken about 1892)
AND GRANDCHILDREN.
RAYMOND B. WHITE. EVERETT J. MESSERLY.
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One of the daughters, Mrs* W. T. Turner, of Edenvale,
Santa Clara County, California, writes: 'Tather came to
America when a young man; he never saw his grandfather
Kinnear and does not know his name; he has many ne-
phews and nieces, but does not know their names/'
Another Scotch Kinnear family.
773. JAMES Kinnear, resident of Langforgan, said to
be a descendant of the old family of Kinnear of
that "Dk," married
Isobel Bissit, and had besides several daughters,
three sons:
774. i. JOHN Kinnear, resident of Fingcastle, County
Perth; m.
Magdalena Santar, and died in 1801, leaving issue:
775. i. CHARLES Kinnear, of Kinnear and Kinloch,
County Fife, Scotland, a successful agriculturist,
who married in 1772.
Ann Hunter, dau. of James and Janet (Mathews)
Hunter and sister of Charles Hunter, of Sea-
side, County Perth.
The first known ancestors of the old family of Kinnear,
William DeKinner, temp. William the lion.
776. ii. SYMON Kynner, and his wife Amy lived in
the same reign.
777. iii. SIMEON Ksmner, made a grant to the Church
of St. Andrews, which was confirmed by Alex-
ander n, 1213.
778. iv. Sir JOHN DeKynnere, was living in 1286.
Robert H. on 15th, of August in the seventh year
of his reign granted a charter of the lands
known as free Barony, to John de Kynnear, and
the heirs of his body, which fell to John, son of
Regnald de Kynneir.
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(1816) John Kinnier, of 1715 Grace Street, Ljmchburg,
Virginia, says: "The tradition I have through my father,
as to the origin of the Kinnear (or Kinnier) family in Ire-
land, is: that some three hundred years ago, three brothers
of that name came from Scotland and settled in Ulster, the
Northern Province of Ireland; they settled at different
points, and sooner or later some of their descendants may
have settled in other sections of Ireland.
In the neighborhood where we lived, about 3 miles from
Castle Blaney, there were many Kinnear's all more or lesis
related. I went to school in a little brick school-house, on
a farm that was owned by the widow and family of Robin
Hill. I was bom in 1836; in November, 1852, my Father
and Mother, Sister and myself, all of our family, came from
Ireland and settled in Ljmchburg, Va., my father had two
brothers and three sisters, all of them married, the sisters
in Ireland, the two brothers here in Virginia.
My father had an uncle Michael Kinnear, who settled in
Culpepper County, Va., long before we came to America,
but he removed to Indiana, to get away from the "clank of
the chains of slavery." (Note: — See (993), about this
Michael.)
I married a Kinnear myself, she was not closely related,
she was bom and reared in Clontibret, County Monaghan,
Ireland, not many miles from where I was bom, she had a
brother Alexander, he came to L3mchburg a good many
years before I did, he visited Michael Kinnear in Indiana,
and said he was then a very old man and had children and
grandchildren.
One of the Kinnear families living near my father, in the
townland of Tullmamalro, Ireland, was that of John Kin-
near who married a Miss Harrison, they had quite a large
family, one of the sons George was one of my most highly
prized friends ; some years before we came to America they
emigrated to Almerica and settled in Smithville Flats,
Chenango County, N. Y., the oldest son was a physician, he
died in London, the rest of the family came to America,
a Mr. Richard Mathews who was raised near Castle Blaney,
came to Lynchburg several years before we did, but went
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back to Ireland and married a daughter of John Hill, who
lived near Castle Blaney, Mr. Mathews had some relatives
living in Chenango County, N. Y., and went there to visit
them, he said one of the Kinnear girls there was the most
handsome Kinnear he had ever seen, one of this Kinnear
family, Jane married her cousin Alexander Kinnear, of
Fairview, near Garmany's Grove Meeting House, Ireland,
near where we were all raised If you should go to Ireland
you would find many Kinnears living near Castle Blaney,
and in the townlands of Drollagh, Tullmearly and Tull-
mamalro; my wife's brother Alexander Kinnear, settled in
Nebraska, and two of his sons live near Primrose, Ne-
braska,
Dr. Claude H. Kinnear of Tacoma, Washington, is a son
of George A. Kinnear, who was a son of Rev. James Kin-
near, who was pastor of lower Clenaneese, Presbyterian
Church, in County Tjrrone, near Dungannon, Ireland, for
about 63 years; he died in March, 1864, aged 80 years; his
youngest son Robert Kinnear, lived in the old parsonage
home, he was married twice, but left no children; another
son John Kinnear became pastor of the First Letterkenny
Presbyterian Church of Donegal, Ireland; he was widely
known in Ireland and was the only Presbyterian clergyman,
I believe, who ever sat in the English Parliament; he was
not a politician he only consented to go there in aid of the
oppressed farmers of Ireland ; he died early in 1909, in the
86th year of his age, I think, his family had all preceded
him to the grave, none of this family remain in Ireland thef
others having come to America.
Dr. Robert G. Kinnear, of Philadelphia, is a son of my
wife's brother Alexander Kinnear.
My father's brother Andrew Kinnear came to America
before we did, he was an intimate friend of the Rev. Dr^
Horatio Thompson, of Rockbridge County, Va., who mar-
ried one of the Kinnear's of Rockbridge.
A nephew of my father, Hamilton Boyd, went back to
Ireland and married Margaret Kinnear, an aunt of Dr.
Claude H. Kinnear, of Seattle, Washington."
Signed John Kinnier.
Lynchburg, Va., December 11th, 1911.
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THE MONAGHAN COUNTY, IRELAND, KINNIERS
AND THEIR DESCENDANTS IN VIRGINIA.
The first of this family whose name is known was:
779. JOHN Kinnier, who lived about three miles from
Castle Blaney, Monaghan County, Ireland, all his
children were bom in the old homestead there,
and some of them died there; This: —
(779) John Kinnier* married '
Mary Ballagh, who was bom in the same county.
Their children were:
780.* i. Rev. JAMES Kinnier^; b. 1784.
781.* ii. ROBERT Kinnier^.
782.* iii. JANE Kinnier^.
783.* iv. AJ«)REW Kinnier^.
784.* V. JOHN Kinnier*; b. 1795.
785.* vi. DACRE Kinnier*.
786. vii. MARY Kinnier*; m.
Robert Forsythe. No children. They came to
America about 1840, and lived and died in
Lynchburg, Va.
787.* viii. MARGARET Kinnier*.
788.* ix SARAH Kinnier*.
Names of other children who died young not known. AU
of this family came to America prior to 1855, except the
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Rev. James Kinnier* and the parents John and Mary (Bal*
lagh), both of whom died in Ireland, at the old homestead.
(780) Rev. James Kinnier*, John^; was pastor of the
Lower Clenaneese Presbyterian Church, near Dungannon,
Ck>unty Tyrone, Ireland, about 53 years; b. 1784, in Mona-
ghan County, Ireland; d. 1864, in Monaghan County, Ire-
land; m.
McKee, dau. of Dr, McKee, of Dungannon
County Tyrone.
Their children were:
789.* i. GEORGE Alexander Kinnier»; b. 1828.
790.* ii. Rev. JOHN Kinnier^; b. 1829.
791. iii. MARGARET Kinnier».
792. iv. MARY Ann Kinnier*; d. in Baltimore, Md.,
1856; not married.
793. V. JAMES Kinnier*; d. in New Orieans, La.; not
married.
794. vi. ROBERT Kinnier»; d. in the old homestead,
he was married twice, had a number of children,
but all died young.
(781) Robert Kinnier*, John^ "came to New York
about 1812, and was married and died there, he left two
daughters, whose names are unknown; he was taken from
the ship in which he left Ireland, in sight of New York City,
by a British "Man of War," but through friends in the City
he was released, the object of the British in taking him and
others was to force them into their army in their war with
Napoleon.''
(782) Jane Kinnier^, John^ ; m. in Ireland.
Boyd; b. and died in Ireland.
Their children were:
796. i. GEORGE Boyd<; not m.; died in Buckingham
County, Va.
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796. u. HAMILTON Boyd^; m. in Ireland, Margaret
Einnear, his cousin. They lived and died in
Lynchburg, No children.
797. iii. SAMUEL F. Boyd'; m. in Baltimore, Md.
Mary Jane Fullerton, their children who were liv-
ing in 1912, are George A., Edwin W., James R.,
Walton and Sam Lee Boyd.
798. iv, JAMES Boyd«; m. in Boutetourt Ck)unty, Va.
Sarah Rebecca Toler Obenchain. Their only child
was:
799. i. ANNIE Mary Boyd*; d. at the age of 19 years.
800. V. ANDREW BOYD»; married in Baltimore, Md.
Eliza Fullerton. Their children were:
801. i. OLA Boyd*; d. young.
802. ii. SAMUEL F. Boyd*, lives in New York City,
has a family.
803. iii. GUY Boyd*.
804. iv. ENFIELD King Boyd*.
805. V. EDWIN Boyd*.
"The last three live at various points in the west.*'
806. vi. MARY Jane Boyd*; never married, she died
in 1903, aged 70.
(783) Andrew Kinnier^, John^ ; b. in Monaghan Ck)unty,
Ireland; d. in Virginia; m. in Buckingham County, Va.
Stout.
Their children were:
807. i. HAMILTON Kinnier»; died young.
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JERRY LLOYD SIGGINS.
SON OF CLINTON C. SIGGINS.
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808. ii. GEORGETTA Kinnier'; married
J. H. Patterson. She died soon after, leaving one
son: Andrew K. Patterson*.
809. iii. MARGARET A. Kinnier*; married
Stuart, and lives in Lexington, Va. They
have one daughter:
810. i. HOPE Stuart.
(784) John Kinnier^, John^ ; came to America in 1833,
and settled at Lynchburg, Va. He was bom in the old
homestead in Monaghan County, Ireland, in 1795; d. Feb-
ruary 17, 1858, in Ljmchburgh, Va.; m. 1840, in Lynch-
burgh, Va.
Mary Ann Perry, a dau. of C!ollin Perry; b. 1810, in Al-
bermarle County, Va. ; d. February 9, 1899, in Roanoke,
Va., buried in Lynchburg, Va.
Their children were:
811.* i. JOHN A. Kinnier».
812.* ii JAMES Owen Kinnier*.
813.* iii. SAMUEL Kinnier*.
814. iv. GEORGE Perry Kinnier«; b. May 15, 1850, in
Lynchburg, Va.; d. Sept. 29, 1885.
(785) Dacre Kinnier^, John^ ; came to America in 1852,
and settled in Lynchburg, Va. ; he was bom in the old
Homestead in Monaghan County, Ireland; b. March 18,
1797; d. in Lynchburg, Va.; m. about 1833, in Monaghan
County, Ireland.
Ma^ Finley; b. about 1804, in Monaghan County, Ire-
land; d. August 5, 1864, in Lynchburg, Va.
Their children were:
815. i. MARY Jane Kinnier*, Dacre*, John^; b. June,
1835. in Monaghan County, Ireland; m. Decem-
ber, 1856, in Lynchburg, Va.
Andrew Gamble, of Lynchburg. Va. They had one
daughter.
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816. ii. JOHN Kinnier», DacreS John^; b. November
14, 1886, in Monaghan C!ounty, Ireland; m. Jan-
uary, 1868, in Lynchburg, Va.
Hannah Gray Kinnier; b. in Monaghan Ck)unty,
Ireland, a dau. of John and Isabella (McWhirt-
-er) a widow, Kinnier. Her maiden name was
Isabella Gray.
Note: — ^From this John Kinnier, we have the principal
part of the history of this branch of the family. He has
no children. He states that the early Kinnear emigrants to
Virginia spelled their name Kinnier, and that his father
after he came to Virginia adopted that way of spelling.
(787) Margaret Kinnier^, John^; b. in Monaghan Coun-
ty, Ireland; d. in Ljmchburg, Va.; m. in Monaghan Coun-
ty, Irdand.
Lawson, they came to America and settled in
Baltimore; d. in Baltimore, Md.
Their children were:
817. i. DAVID Lawson', who died in Roanoke, Va.,
leaving several children.
818. ii. JOSEPH Lawson', who died in Lynchburg,
Va., in 1896, leaving one daughter who married
Thomas J. Hunter, and lives in New York City.
(788) Sarah Kinnier', John^; b. in Monaghan County,
Ireland ; d. in Baltimore, Md. ; m. in Monaghan County, Ire-
land.
Alexander Kinnier; b. in Monaghan County, Ireland.
They had two daughters:
One married Samuel F. Wylie, and had several
children, one of whom is a physician. The other
married Montgomery, they had no
children.
(789) Greorge Alexander Kinnier*, Rev. James*, John^;
b. December 25, 1828, near Dungannon, County Tyrone, Ire-
land. Was a member of Company B. Wise Troop, Second
Va., Cavalry in the Civil War, was wounded during the sec-
ond battle of Cold Harbor,
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(Ref . Christian's Annals of Ljmchburg's Home Guard.) ;
cL in Lynchburg, Va. ; m. 1853, in Baltimore, Md.
' Margaret A. FuUerton.
Their chiludren were:
819. i. MARGARET B.Kinnier*; b. in Lynchburg,
Va., b. 1854.
820. ii. PAULINE Powell Kinnier*; b. in Lynchburg,
Va., b. 1855 (dead).
821. iii. MARY Kinnier*; b. in Lynchburg, b. 1857.
822. iv. ANNE Kinnier*; b. in Lynchburg, Va., b.
1857.
823. V. FLORENCE Kinnier*; b. in Lynchburg, Va.,
b. 1859 (dead).
824. vi. GEORGE FuUerton Kinnier*; b. 1861; m.
Olive B. Almond. No children.
825. vii. Dr. CLAUDE Hamilton Kinnier*; b. in
Lynchburg, Va., 6/15/1868; m.
Stella B. Jetter; b. January 4, 1870, in Anchorage,
Ky., a dau. of John A. and Lida A. (Bobbins)
Jetter. They have one daughter:
826. i. LIDA Margaret Kinnear'; b. June 13, 1898, in
Tacoma, Wash.
827. viii. CHARLES Saunders Kinnier*; b. in Lynch-
burg, Va., b. 1871.
828. ix. CARRIE Davidson Kinnier*; b. in Lynchburg,
Va,; b. April 8, 1873; m. Oct. 4, 1900, in Lynch-
burg, Va.
Forrest Wills Whitaker; b. Oct. 6, 1865, in En-
field, North Carolina. (Son of Ferdinand H. and
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Louisa (DeBerry) Whitaker). They have a
daughter.
i. LOUISE Kinnier Whitaker*. They live in
Lynchburg, Va.
(790) Rev. John Kinnier*, Rev. JamesV John^ Was
pastor of the First Letterkenney Presbyterian Church,
Donegal, Ireland, is said to be the only Presbyterian Preach-
er who was ever a member of the English House of Parlia-
ment; b. 1829, near Dungannon, County Tyrone,, Ireland;
d. July 1909, in County Donegal, Ireland; m. twice, by his
first wife he had three children, all of whom died without is-
sue, by his second wife lived but a few years and left nd
children.
"He was not a politician, he was raised among fanners
and knew how they were oppressed by reason of the sys-
tem of land tenure that prevailed in Ireland then, early in
life he threw himself earnestly with what was known as the
tenant right movement which aimed to deliver the op-
pressed farmers by securing legislation to accomplish that,
and a vacancy occurring in Parliament, by the death of one
of the representatives from his county, he was induced to
permit his name to be used as a candidate, with the appro-
val and support of his own church and co-religionists, it
was a most righteous cause as I myself know, as I was old
enough to take in the existing conditions before leaving Ire-
land.
While in Parliament he supported all good causes, after a
long* struggle extending over many years the rights of the
tenant farmers were secured; he had no connection, of
course, with what is now known as the Nationalist or Home
Rule movement, to the protestants of Ireland "Home Rule'*
means "Rome Rule.''
99-hundredths of the adult population of Ireland are
troubled this day about the possible or probable success of
Home Rule.
He was a lover of good books, when in parliament he
spent a good deal of time in looking up valuable books in
the book-stores of London; he had some rare and valuable
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books, and I understood years ago that he had the finest
library in Ulster, he gave away hundreds of volumes while
living, mostly to Magee College in Londonderry, but some
also to the Rresbyterian Historical Society. His estate, ex-
cept for a few pounds, was his library, and at his death
Magee Ck)llege got the whole of that. It was known to the
college what his purposes were years before he died, and he
was induced by it to go to Belfast to have his portrait taken
by an artist, this was placed in the college. He gave me an
idea of the value of books in telling me many years ago in
one of his letters, that he carried books with him in his
visits to his congregation, to give to those whom he thought
would be benefited by them. I began to realize what good
could be done in that way, and wish I could do much more
in that line than I have been able to do.''
Signed John Kinnier.
1715 Grace Street, Lynchburg, Va., October 22d, 1912.
(811) John A. Kinnear*, John* and JohnS was a Con-
federate soldier, he was fearfully mangled by a gun shot
wound in action June 24, 1864, is still very lame from the
effects of this wound and poor surgery, he lives in Roanoke^
Virginia; b. February 15, 1842, in Lynchburg, Va.; m.
December 12, 1872.
Anna Augusta Watson, b. near Natural Bridge, Virginia.
Their children were:
829. i. MARY Perry Kinnear*; b. October 7, 1874, m
Lynchburg, Va.; m. April 10, 1894, in Lynch-
burg, Va.
William H. Turner, d. June 2, 1900, in Roanoke, Va.
Their children were:
830. i. AUGUSTA Watson Turner^ a twin of
831. ii. ELIZABETH Watters Turner^; b. December
19, 1895, and named for their two grandmothers,
both are students at the Roanoke High School,
second year. (1913.)
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832. ii. KEMPER Greenlee Kinnear^; b. June 12, 1883,
in Ljmchburg, Va. ; is a clerk in the Storehouse
Department N. & W. Ry., at Roanoke, Va,
(812) James Owen Kinnier*, John^ JohnS was a Con-
federate solcjier, a member of Gen, R. E, Lee's Body Guard,
was taken prisoner and confined in Camp Chase, Ohio, until
the close of tibe war, since clerk in the Auditor's office,
N. & W. Ry.; b. January 2, 1844, in Lsmchbursr, Va.; d.
Jan. 12, 1904, in Roanoke, Va., m. 1870.
Bettie J. Barksdale, of Campbell County, Va.; d. January
13, 1880, in Lynchburg, Va.
833. i. Lillian Barksdale Kinnier*; d. in Montvale, Va.
m. Ernest L. Hanes, of Montvale, Va. ; d. Jan. 30,
1907. They had one son:
834. L LEE Buckner Hanes% living in 1913 in Roanoke,
Va.
835. ii. BESSIE J. Kinnier*; m. Aug. 16, 1897, in
Washington, D. C.
Edwin D. Wills, of Lynchburg, Va. They had one
daughter:
836. i. LUCY Lillian Wills». They Uve in Lynchburg,
Va.
837. iii. FRANK Hugar Kinnier*, now dead; 1913;
m. January 20, 1903, in Washington, D. C.
Ellen B. Robinson, of Essex County, Va.
Their children were:
838. i. WILLIAM Barksdale Kinnier", living in Essex
County, Va.
839. ii. ELIZABETH Kinnear", now dead.
(813) SAMUEL Kinnier^ was a Confederate soldier,
11th Va. Infantry, taken prisoner at the battle of "Sailor's
Creek,*' now living in Roanoke, is a grocery salesman; b.
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MARGARET KINNEAR SIGGINS,
Wife of Alexander Siggfins.
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November 1, 1846, in Lynchburg, Va.; m. in Lynchburg,
Va.
Mamie Pearl LawsoiL Their children were:
840. i. GEORGIA Perry Kinnier*,
841. ii, WARREN Lawson Kinnier*; m. Feb. 5, 1913.
DoUis Woodruff.
842. iii. EDGAR Owen Kinnier'. Warren and Edgar
Kinnier are employees of the N. & W. Ry.,
Treasurers Office, Roanoke, Va.
The principal part of this history of John Kinnier* and
his descendants, was furnished by John A. Kinnier, of 504
Church St., N. W. Roanoke, Va.
The Kinnier's of the Townland of DroUaugh, County
Monaghan, Ireland, and their descendants
in Virginia.
843. JAMES KinnearS b. July 20, 1801; County
Monaghan, Ireland; d. Sept. 12, 1860; m. Jan-
uary 14, 1834, in the Townland of Drdllaugh,
County Monaghan, Ireland, Jaen Ballagh; b.
April 1, 1804; County Monaghan, Ireland, d. May
22, 1876, in L3mchburg, Virginia; their children
were:
844. i. ROBERT Kinnear^, a capitalist; b. November 1,
1834, in DroUaugh, County Monaghan, Ireland;
d. March 28, 1895, in L3mchburg, Va. Not mar-
ried.
845.* ii. WILLIAM Kinnear=, merchant; b. Aug. 23,
1836, in DroUaugh, County Monaghan, Ireland ; d.
April 2, 1899, in Lynchburg, Va. ; m. twice.
846.* iii. JAMES Freeland Kinnear^ a banker; b. July
6, 1838, in New York City, N. Y.; d. Nov. 27,
1895, in Lynchburg, Va.; m. Dec. 17, 1862, in
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Ljmchburg, Va.; married Ist, Dec. 17, IMO, Jen-
nie M. Robertson; married 2nd, Nov. 8, 1883,
Viola Saunders of Opelika, Ala.
847.* iv. JOHN Hamilton Kinnear', merchant; b. Feb.
17, 1804, in Lynchburg, Va. ; m. Josephine Percy.
848. iv. AiNDREW Freeland Kinnier* ; b. November 28,
1842, in Lynchburg, Va. ; d. August 11, 1844, in
Lynchburg, Va.
849. V. JAEN Elizabeth Kinnier*; b. February 6, 1844,
in Lynchburg, Va.; d. September 12, 184€, in
Lynchburg, Va.
(845) William Kinnier", James' ; b. August 23, 1886, in
DroUaugh, Counly Mcmaghan, Ireland ; d. April 2, 1899, in
Lynchburg, Va. ; m. 1st May 20, 1863, in Bedford County,
Va.
Mildred Lelia Scruggs; b. 1833; d. March 14, 1866, in
Lynchburg, Va. Their children were:
860. i. JANE Otey Kinnier* ; b. April 5, 1864, in Lynch-
burg, Va.; d. February 16, 1866, in Lynchburg,
Va.
851. ii. MILDRED Lelia Kinnier" ; b. March 2, 1866, in
Lynchburg, Va. Not m., lives in Lynchburg, Va.
(846) William Kinnier*, James' ; m. 2nd, March 1, 1876,
in Lynchburg, Va.
Victoria Ann Tanner; b. 1856; d. December 18, 1891, in
Lynchburg, Va. Their children were:
852. iii. JAMES Williams Kinnier*; b. February 19,
1877, in Lynchburg, Va.; d. February 24, 1915,
in Lynchburg, Va.
853. iv. JOHN Tanner Kinnier", of Lynchburg, Va.;
b. February 1, 1879, in Lynchburg, Va. Not m.
Is secretary and treasurer of the firm of Kinnier,
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Montgomery & Co., 1101-1103-1105 Jefferson
Street, Lynchburg, Va.
854. V. JAEN Kinnier'; b. December 31, 1880, in
Lynchburg, Va. Not m. Lives in Lynchburg,
Va.
855.* vi. CLARENCE Lee Kinnier«; b. December 18,
1883, in Lynchburg, Va. ; m. November 15, 1911.
Mary Gale Watterson.
856. vii. ISABELLA Holt Kinnier*; b. Bfarch 10, 1885,
in Lynchburg, Va; d. February 24, 1899, in
Lynchburg, Va.
857. viii. ROBERT HaU Kinnier»; b. May 30, 1888, in
Ljmchburg, Va. ; d. June 5, 1902, in Lynchburg,
Va.
858.** ix. VICTORIA Kinnier»; b. August 15, 1889, in
L3mchburg, Va. ; m. October 22, 1913, in Lynch-
burg, Va.
Austin Tunis Quick, Jr.
(846) James Freeland KinnierS James^ ; b. July 6, 1838,
in New York City; d. November 27, 1895, in Lynchburg,
Va. ; m. December 17, 1862, in Lynchburg, Va.
Jennie M. Robertson; d. February 25, 1878, in
Lynchburg, Va. Their children were:
859.'* i. JAMES Clinton Kinnear'. A stock broker and
banker, in Lynchburg; b. February 12, 1864, in
Lynchburg, Va.; d. August 19, 1909, in Lynch-
burg, Va. ; m. December 18, 1895, in Lynchburg,
Va., E. Virginia Langhom; b. March 6, 1874;
dau. of Col. Maurice and Elizabeth (Morris)
Langhom.
860. ii. ANN Eliza Kinnier*; b. February 21, 1866, In
Lynchburg, Va.; d. November 27, 1886, in
Lynchburg, Va. Not m.
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861. iii. JANE BaUagh Kinnier"; b. June 5, 1868, in
Lynchburg, Va.; <L November 17, 1872, in
Lynchburg, Va.
862. iv. ROBERT Kinnier^, now living in Roanoke Va.;
b. January 21, 1871, in Lynchburg, Va.; not m.
868! *v. MARGARETTA Kinnier"; b. May 28, 1873, m
Lynchburg, Va. ; d. July 3, 1897, in Lynchburg,
• Va.; not m.
864. vi. JANETT Robertson Kinnier»; b. February 26,
1875, in Lynchburg, Va.; d. January 15, 1876,
in Lynchburg, Va.
(846) JAMES Freeland Kinnier^; m. 2nd, Nov. 8, 1883,
in Lynchburg, Va.
Viola A. Saunders; d. May 2, 1908, in Lynchburg, Va.
No children.
(847) JOHN Hamilton Kinnier^, JamesS* b. February
17, 1840, in Ljmchburg, Va.; d. Jan. 4, 1912; m.
June 4, 1872, Josephine Percy, of Boutetourt
County, Va. ; b. Sept. 17, 1847 ; d. Dec. 4, 1914.
Josephine Percy, of Boutetourt County, Va.
Their children were:
865. i. MARY Elizabeth Kinnier".
866. ii. JOSEPHINE Percy Kinnier*; not m. Lives at
518 Washington Street, Lynchburg, Va. ; b. Aug.
6, 1873.
867. iii. PERCY Kinnier»; b. Nov. 12, 1876.
(855) Clarence Lee Kinnier*; b. December 18, 1883, in
Lynchburg, Va. ; m. November 15, 1911.
Mary Gale Watterson, dau. of William H. and Minerva
(Reiley) Watterson, of Rogersville. Tennessee. Their chil-
dren are:
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868 i. JOHN Tanner Kinnier IP; b. May 28, 1914, in
Ljmchburg, Va.
869. ii. HENRY Lee Kinnier*; b. December 9, 1915, in
Lynchburg, Va.
(858) Victoria Kinnier'; b. August 15, 1889, in Lynch-
burg, Va. ; m. October 22, 1913, in Lynchburg, Va. .
Austin Tunis Quick, Jr. They have one son:
870 i. AUSTIN Tunis Quick IIP; b. September 27,
1914, in Ljmchburg, Va.
(859) James Clinton Kinnier", James F,* James'; b.
February 12, 1864, in Lynchburg, Va.; d. August 19, 1909,
in Lynchburg, Va.; m. December 18, 1895, in Lynchburg,
Va.
E. Virginia Langhorn, b. Mar. 6, 1874. Their children
are:
871. i. MARGARETTA Elizabeth Kinnier*; b. April
27, 1897, in Lynchburg, Va.
872. ii. CLINTON Freeland Kinnier* ; b. July 14, 1899,
in Lynchburg, Va.
873. iii. VIRGINIA Langhorn Kinnier*; b. January 13,
1904, in Lynchburg, Va.
874. iv. LYDIA Wistar Kinnier* ; b. October 6, 1906, in
Lynchburg, Va.
875.* i. JOSEPH Kinnier, bom near Castle Blaney,
Monaghan County, Ireland, emigrated to Canada,
about 1838, a few years later he came to Penn-
sylvania, and settled in Jefferson County. He
married in Ireland.
Elizabeth Hillis.
Two of his sisters came with him to America, both were
married in Ireland, they were:
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876. ii. AGNES Kinnear, who married Isaac Hawthorn.
877.* iii. MARY Kiimear, who married James Hill.
(875) Joseph and Elizabeth (Hillis) Kinnear, died and
are buried in the "Bever Run" cemetery, in Jefferson Coun-
ty, Pa. Their children were:
878. i. JAMES Kinnear, died in infancy.
879. ii. LAWRENCE Kinnear died in infancy.
880. iiL JOHN Kinnear died in infancy.
881.* iv. MARY Jane Kinnear.
Robert W. CampbelL
882.* V. MARGARET L. Kinnear.
Grove G. Messenger.
888.* vi. AGNES A. Kinnear.
Silas B. Irwin.
884.* vii. ANN Eliza Kinnear, m.
Hugh W. Miller
885.* viii. JOSEPH Kinnear was in the Civil War.
Not married, is deceased.
886. ix. HARRIET N. Kinnear, not married.
887. X. SARAH Isabel Kinnear; b. in Jefferson Coun-
ty, Pa.; No children; m.
William M. Sweet, of Ridgeway, Pa.
888.* xi. TILLIE M. Kinnear; m.
Bert A. Fitch, of Baxter, Pa.
(875) Joseph Kinnear had two brothers. Dr. James Kin-
near of New York City, and John Kinnear of Smithville
Flats, Chenango County, N. Y., who married ^
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Harrison, th^ had a daughter, Eliza Kinnear, who married
Theodore Schenck, and a daughter Amanda Kinnear, who
married ^White.
(881) Mary Jane Kinnear, who married Robert W.
CampbeU, is the mother of ten children, seven boys and
three girls.
(882) Margaret L. Kinnear, who married Grove B.
Messenger, is the mother of two boys and one girl.
(883) Agnes A. Kinnear, who married Silas B. Irwin, 18
the mother of two boys and two girts.
(884) Ann Eliza Kinnear, who married Hugh W. Mil-
ler, is the mother of three boys and seven girls.
Knox C. Hill, a son of James and Mary (Kinnear) Hill,
lives in McKeesport, Pa.
Twila Miller, a daughter of Hugh W. and Ann Eliza
(Kinnear) Miller, married L. J. Groodsell and lives at 1094
Elmwood Ave., Buffalo, N. Y.
E. M. Campbell, of Ridgeway, Pa., is a son of Robert W.
and Mary Jane (Kinnear) Campbell.
(885) Joseph Kinnear, Jr., enlisted when about eighteen
years of age in the famous Company 105, Pennsylvania
Volunteers, and was in all of the battles fought by that
Company; he was wounded at the battle of Grettysburg,
July 2nd, 1863, and died of his wounds July 6th, 1863, his
mother had his remains sent home and he is buried in the
"Bever Run'* cemetery, in Jefferson County, Pa., he was a
brave soldier, and never off duty, he received the "Kearney
Cross' and a silver medal with the names of the battles he
was in engraved upon it. His name is inscribed upon the
Gettysburg Monument.
(877) Mary Kinnier^, John^; b. 1807, near Castle
Blaney, Ireland; d. Sept. 22, 1863, in Jefferson County, Pa.;
m. in Ireland.
James Hill came to America in 1836; b. 1806, near Castle
Blaney, Ireland; d. Nov. 11, 1863, in Jefferson County, Pa.
Their children were:
889. i. MARY Hill ; b. in Ireland ; deceased ; m.
A. B. CapelsLTid.
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890. ii. JOSEPH Hill; b. in Ireland; deceased; m.
Margaret McClure.
891. iii. JANE Hill ; b. in Ireland ; m.
James Millen.
892. iv. MARGARET Hill; b. in Ireland; m.
R. A. Bole.
898. V. JOHN Hill; b. in Ireland; deceased; m.
Melissa McClure.
894. vi. ALEXANDER Hill; b. in Ireland; m.
Eliza Dodds.
895. vii. HARRIET Hill; b. in Jefferson Co, Pa.; m.
deceased.
T. A. Neil.
896. viii. AMELIA Hill; b. in Jeflferson Co., Pa.; m.
D. S. Gailey.
897. ix. JAMES R. Hill; b. in Jefferson Co., Pa.; m.
Margaret Kirkpatrick.
898. X. ISAAC Hill; b. in Jefferson County, Pa.;
deceased.
899. xi. MARION Hill; b. in Jefferson County, Pa.;
deceased.
900. xii. KNOX C. Hill; b. in Jefferson County, Pa.,
October 1, 1847; m. Jan. X4, 1875.
Mary M. Steele; b. July 25, 1849, in Delmont,
Westmoreland Co., Pa., daughter of Ebenezer
and Sarah C. Steele.
(888) Tillie M. (Kinnear) Fitch, in a letter to Knox C.
Hill, of McKeesport, Pa., says:
"My father (Joseph Kinnear) died Christmas day, 1851 ;
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and my mother (Elizabeth Hillis Kiimear) died May 26,
1884. I remember hearing it said that grandfather Kin-
near was married three times, the names being Mary Har-
rison, Mary Donaldson and Mary Donald, but I do not know
which one was my grandmother, my father had two half-
brothers : Dr. James Kinnear of New York City ; and John
Kinnear of Smithville Flats, N. Y.
Father's sister 'Jane' was married to John Hillis, moth-
er's brother, both died in Ireland.
His sister, Agnes, married uncle Hawthorn, Isaac Haw-
thorn). His sister, Mary, married uncle Hill (James Hill),
only one of the Hawthorn family is living: Sadie, who mar-
ried Rev. J. K Adams.
Father's people were Scotch Presbyterians, and mother's
were members of the Church of England, they lived near
Castle Blaney, the address was Crechenroe, County Mon-
aghan, Ireland. Father had eleven children, four boys and
seven girls, all the boys except Joe died young, at the bei-
ginning of the war (Civil War) Joe kept teasing his
mother to let him enlist, and she finally gave her consent
and at 18 years of age he enlisted in Company I, 105 Reg.
Pennsylvania Volunteers, he was in the army between two
and three years, was wounded at the battle of (Jettysburg,
July 2, 1863, and died of his wounds July 6, 1863, he was
a sergeant when he died. Joe was a brave soldier and a
true patriot, he received a silver medal with the names of
all the battles he was in engraved upon it, and also Kemey's
Cross for his bravery. Twilla, your mother, and Uncle
Hugh (Hugh Miller and his dau. Twilla) went for his body
and brought him home, and he was buried with the honors
of war in the old cemetery." Signed, Aunt Tillie.
She also says father wrote the following in many of his
old books:
(875) "Joseph Kinnear is my name and Ireland is my
Nation. Fairview was my dwelling place, and Heaven is
my expectation. When I am dead and in my grave, and all
my bones quite rotten; Christ himself will think of me,
when I am quite forgotten."
From the letter of John Kinnear of Lynchburg, it would
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appear that the above named Joseph Kinnear was a son
of John Kinner of Fairview, near Castle Blaney, Ireland.
The Kinnear's of County Cavan, Ireland.
901. JOHN Kinnear, bom at the homestead of Dumon-
ery, Parish of Killmore, County Cavan, Ireland,
May 16, 1800, at 1 A. M. ; died Jan., 1896, at his
late residence, 221 Anderson Street, Monroe,
Michigan. He had a twin brother, Henry Kin-
near of Picton, Canada, who survives him.
902. JOHN Kinnear; m. May, 1836, in Ireland.
Anna Ramsey. Their wedding trip was their
voyage to America. Their children living in
1896, were:
903. . i. HENRY R. Kinnear^, of Everet, Mich.
904. ii. CHARLES W. Kinnear% of Galesburg, 111.
905. iii. MRS. C. MANNARANS of Detroit, Mich.
906. iv. JOHN R. Kinnear^, of Colorado Springs, Colo.
907. V. SAMUEL R. Kinnear^, of Detroit, Mich.
908. vi. ELIZABETH E. Kinnear*, of Monroe, Mich.
909. vii. E. JAMES Kinnear*, of Monroe, Mich.
From Michigan Pioneer Historical Society Collections.
As County, Cavan, Ireland adjoins County Monaghan, it '
is very probable this family is closely related to the Kin-
near's, of County Monaghan.
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THE KINNEARS FROM LONDONBERRY, IRELAND,
WHO SETTLED IN PITTSBURGH, PA.
910. WILLIAM KinnearS who is said to have emi-
grated from Londonderry, Ireland, and settled
in Pittsburgh, Pa., sometime before the Revo-
lutionary War. He enlisted April 7, 1777, in
Pittsburgh, Pa., to serve three years, as a pri-
vate and matross in the Commissary General of
Military Stores Department, Revolutionary War.
Served in Lieut. Christian Beackley's Company
of Artificers; Col. Benjamin Flower's Corps of
Artificers; Brig. Gen. of Ordinance, Henry Knox.
It is not known when he was bom, nor when or
where he died. His children were:
911. i. WILLIAM KinnearS of whom nothing further
is known.
912. ii. HENRY Kinnear^, of whom nothing further
is known.
913. iii. THOMAS KinnearS supposed to have been
born in or near Pittsburgh, Pa.; m. 1808, in
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mariah Horn, daughter of Frederick Horn, of
Pittsburgh, Pa. Their children were:
914.* i. JAMES Woods Kinnear^; b. June 16, 1810, in
Pittsburgh, Pa.; d. March 7, 1887, in McLeans-
boro, HI.; m. twice.
915. ii. JOHN S. Kinnear"; d. 1888, in McLeansbor-
ough, m. No children, m.
Harriet Hurd.
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916. iii. HARRIET Kinnear', died single.
917. iv. CAROLINE Kinnear'.
George Dunstan.
918.* V. SUSAN M. Kinnear»; b. November 27, 1817,
Grants Hill, Pittsburgh, Pa.; d. November 25,
1905, in Loveland, Ohio; m.
John Nelson Sibcy.
(914) James Woods Kinnear", ThomasS William*; b.
June 16, 1810, in Pittsburgh, Pa.; d. March 7, 1887, in Mc-
Leansboro, HI. ; m. 1st, Eliza Goff. They had seven children,
m. 2nd, Charlotte Fairweather. They had ten children :
The children by first marriage were:
919. i. Died in infancy.
920. ii. GEORGE Washington Kinnear^. He was a
marine engineer, he went to Cuba ^and was
heard from after 1858.
921. iii. HESTER Jane Kinnear* ; d. 1887, in Mt Ver-
non, HI.; m.
Rufus Grundy Warren. They had six children,
names unknown.
922.* iv. CHARLES Henry Kinnear*; d. 1888, in Mc-
Leansboro, 111. ; m.
• Mercer.
928.* V. THOMAS Pharies Kinnear^; b. July 4, 1846,
in Covington, Ky. ; m. August 12, 1885.
924. vi. ALICE M. Kinnear*, died single.
925. vii. FRANCES E. Kinnear*; d. 1894; m. 1874.
J. A. Heard. They had one son:
926. i. SAMUEL M. Heard, of Evansville, Ind.
(914) By his second wife, Charlotte Fairweather, who
was bom Feb. 11, 1835, in England.
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927.* viii. JOHN Breckenridge Kinnear^; b. November
23, 1857, in McLeansboro, 111. ; m. April 9, 1884,
in McLeansboro, 111.
Sina Camer.
928. ix. JOEL B. Kinnear*, of Newton, Texas; m.
They had four children, names unknown.
929. X. MILDRED Ann Kinnear^; b. January 29, 1868,
in Hamilton County, HI. ; m. December 23, 1891.
William Merrill; b. February 9, 1860. They have
one daughter :
930. i. MABEL Irene Merrill''; b. January 18, 1893.
This family live in Beaumont, Texas.
931. xi. ALBERT L. Kinnear"; m. and had children.
932. xii. MAY Kinnear*; died Not married.
933. xiii. WINNIE Kinnear*, died. Not married.
934. xiv. ZULA Kinnear^, died. Not married.
935. XV. JAMES W. Kinnear, Jr.* of Rogers, Arkan-
sas; m.
and had four children, the oldest
986. iv. REGINALD Kinnear', names of others not
known.
(918) Susan M. Kinnear^, ThomasS William^; b. No-
vember 27, 1817, Grants Hill, Pittsburgh, Pa.; d. Novem-
ber 25, 1905, in Loveland, Ohio; m.
John Nelson Sibcy; b. 1802-3, in Lincolnshire,
England.
Their children were :
936.* i. WILLIAM W. Sibcy*.
937. ii. F. P. Sibcy* ; b. Loveland, Ohio ; lives in Leb-
anon, Ohio.
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988. iii. HENRY M. Sibcy"; b. Loveland, Ohio; lives
in Lebanon, Ohio.
989. iv. EDMOND Stevens Sibcjr*. lives in Lebanon
Ohio.
(922) CHARLES Henry Kinnear*; d. 1888, in Mc-
Leansboro, 111. ; m.
Mercer. Their children were:
940. i. GEORGE Kinnear'.
941. ii. EVA Kinnear*, m. ^Bridwell.
942. iii. FREDERICK Kinnear* is dead.
(923) Thomas Pharis Kinnear*, James W.% Thomas*,
William* ; b. July 4, 1846, in Covingrton, Ky. Was bugler
in Co. D., 6th Illinois Cavalry, Civil War; Capt Joseph
C!oker. Was discharged at Selma, Alabama, November 5,
1865; m. August 12, 1885, in Winona, Texas.
Lizzie A. Kay; b. July 22, 1844, in Anderson Dis-
trict, South Carolina. They have no children.
In 1910 Thomas P. Kinnear was in the retail drug busi-
ness, at Winona, Texas; and is District Deputy Grand
Master of 16th Masonic District of Texas.
(927) John Breckenridge Kinnear^, James W.', Thom-
asS William^ ; b. November 23, 1857, in McLeansboro, 111. ;
m. April 9, 1884, in McLeansboro, lU.
Sina Camer; b. February 23, 1863, in Duquoin, 111., a
dau. of Rev. W. H. Camer; b. Dec. 6, 1833, and his wife,
Martha Harris, b. Sept. 16, 1834; d. February, 1872; Rev.
W. H. Camer was a Baptist preacher.
The children of John B. and Lina Kinnear were:
943. i. ENGENE Kinnear^, of Seattle, Washington;
b. January 1, 1886, in Carmi, 111.
944. ii. GENEVIEVE Kinnear*; b. September 7,
1887, in Washington, D. C.
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(927) John B. Kinnear» lives in Washington, D. C.» in
1906, he was Sec1y.» and Treas., of the Peoples Bank. He
writes: '1 have in my possession an old clock that was
made, mostly by hand, in 1778, in Pittsburgh, that was the
property of my grandfather, Thomas Kinnear/'
(986) William W. Sibcy, son of Susan M. (Kinnear)
Sibey m.
Ida May Wosren ; b. February 21, 1874, in Visalia, Ky.,
a dau. of Charles Wosren; b. January 15, 1841, in (jer-
many and his wife, Elizabeth , b. Sept. 21, 1843,
in Ireland.
Their children were :
945. i. JULES Knight Sibcy*^ ; b. July 10, 1895, in Ma-
deria, Ohio.
946. ii. WALLACE Daniel Sibcy*"; b. December 20,
1896, in Maderia, Ohio.
947. iii. IDA May Sibcy'; b. May 2, 1899, in Maderia,
Ohio.
948. iv. CHARLES William Sibcy*; b. October 24,
1901, in Maderia, Ohio.
949. V. SUSAN Elizabeth Sibcy»; b. February 26,
1904, in Maderia, Ohio.
950. vi. FRANK Henry Sibcy'; b. August S, 1906, in
Maderia, Ohio.
951. vii. WILLIAM Nelson Sibcy'; b. December 12,
1908, in Loveland, Ohio.
(918) Thomas Kinnear moved from Pittsburgh to Cin-
cinnati, in 1818, going down the Ohio River on a flat boat, he
afterward went to Canada, where he died.
(914) James Wood Kinnear moved to Hamilton CkHinty,
111., in 1854.
(923) Thomas Pharies Kinnear was married in Wino-
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na, Texas, August 12, 1885, to Lizzie A. Kay, she was born
in Anderson District, South Carolina, and was a daugh-
ter of Stephen D. Kay, born in Anderson District South
Carolina, Oct 22, 1807, and his wife Isabel Armstrong,
bom in Abbjrville District, South Carolina, January 11,
1815, they moved to Texas in 1855, and resided near where
Winona, Texas, now is until November, 1878, when both
died, he preceded her to the grave three days, Mr. Kay was
a farmer, and before the Civil War a large slave owner.
My grandfather on my mother's side was Thomas Goff ,
he was a very fine architect and mechanic, I think his wife's
name was Jane, but do not know her last name, they had
seven children, six girls and one boy, my mother was the
eldest.
My grandfather on my father's side was Thomas Kin-
near, I have always understood he was of French descent,
he was in the War of 1812, and participated in the battle
of Fort Megis, May 5, 1813, he was color bearer and planted
the flag on Fort Megis, this flag was retained by him and
handed down as a family relic, my father carried it in the
old-time musters they used to have in the State of Ohio, in
the 30's and 40's, it was a silk flag, and had an eagle on the
blue ground, it had several bullet holes in it, received at
Fort Megis, the staff was of black walnut, I have seen it
many times when I was a boy, it was highly prized by my
father, and was in his possession when I was home last in
1866, I remember hearing my father tell about the Fort
Megis incident, and it is correct.
I was named after my grandfather, and the Pharies part
was after a Baptist preacher, my father and mother were
both Baptists.
I served through the Civil War, was bugler in Co. D.,
6th, 111. Cavalry. Capt. Joseph Coker; I was discharged
at Selma, Alabama, November 5th, 1865, I have lived in a
number of States, am at present in the retail drug business
in Winona, Texas, am a member of the Masonic fraternity,
am now District Deputy Grand Master of the 16th Ma-
sonic District of Texas.
We have no children.
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Signed, Thomas Pharies Kinnear.
Winona, Texas, May 18, 1910.
The following letter was received by Mr. John Brecken-
ridge Kinnear, of Washington, D, C.
"8 Parker Street, Whiteinch, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
December 1, 1909.
"Mr. J. B. Kinnear,
Sir:
Having received copies lately from James Kinnear, Lon-
donderry, Ireland, of the typewritten letters which you sent
him about the Kinnears. The above mentioned is a cousin
of mine, I beg to state that my grandfather's name was
Alexander and my grandfather's brother's name was Thom-
as. The above named James Kinnear's father's name was
Alexander (my uncle) and my father's name was Robert,
who died October 1877. I have an older brother than I in
Londonderry, living there all his days. But I left there
with my wife and family in August, 1877, I am the young-
est of my father's family and now in my 65th year, I am
sorry that my cousin James Kinnear has been so Procrasti-
nate of course he has £90 per year of Government and a
piece of land at a place called Culmore, Londonderry, Ire-
land.
I beg now to conclude awaiting a reply from you if pos-
sible.
I remain your
Humble Servant
Robert Kinnear."
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ANOTHER LONDONDERRY, IRELAND, KINNEAR
FAMILY,
952. Alexander Kinnear^ ; b. 1764, in Londonderry, Ire-
land ; d. 1870, aged 106 years ; m.
Elizabeth McPhilancy.
Their children were:
953. i. ROBERT Kinnear^ ; m., and had two sons and
three daughters.
954. ii. ALEXANDER Kinnear^ ; m.
Nancy Crawford; b. in Ireland. Their children
were:
955. i. JOSEPH Kinnear^.
956*. ii. ROBERT Kinnear*.
957. iii. WILLIAM Kinnear*.
958. iv. ALEXANDER Kinnear*.
959. V. ANDREW Kinnear*.
960. vi. ELIZA Kinnear».
961. vii. SARAH Kinnear'.
962. viii. ANNE Kinnear».
(956) Robert Kinnear^ of Baltimore, Maryland, came
to the U. S. in 1858 ; b. March 23, 1836, in Londonderry,
Ireland ; m. September 26, 1862, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Margaret Stuart.
Their children were :
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963.* I ANNIE Kinnear*; b. July 14, 1863; m.
John McKenzie.
964.* ii. WILLIAM Alexander Kinnear^; b. January
11, 1865, in Baltimore, Md.
965. ill. MATTIE C. Kinnear*; b. October 27, 1866,
in Baltimore, Md.; m.
Henry O. Morris, of Pueblo, Colorado.
966. iv. ELIZABETH C. Kinnear*; b. January 15,
1868.
967. V. MARY E. Kinnear* ; b. March, 1872.
968. vi. SADIE F. Kinnear*; b. 1878.
(964) William Alexander Kinnear*, Robert% Alexan-
der-, Alexander* ; b. January 11, 1865, in Baltimore, Md. ;
m, in Baltimore, Md.
Elizabeth Neesmith; b. 1869, in Baltimore, Md. A
daughter of Osro and Elizabeth (Elliott) Neesmith.
Their children were:
969. i. MARGARET Elizabeth Kinnear*"; b. October,
1890, in Kinzu, Pa.
970. ii. BENJAMIN Neesmith Kinnear"; b. Septem-
ber, 1893, in Warren, Pa.
971. iii. ANNA Kinnear* ; b. January, 1902, in War-
ren, Pa.
(963) Annie Kinnear^, Robert', Alexanders Alexan-
der' ; b. July 14, 1863, in Baltimore, Md. ; m.
John McKenzie, of Roland Park, Md.
Their children were:
972. i. ROBERT Kinnear McKenzie*".
973. ii. STUART McKenzie'.
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974. iii. BROWN McKenzie^
This information from Robert Kinnear', living in 1910,
in Baltimore, Md., 908 Biddle Street
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ANOTHER PENNSYLVANIA KINNEAR FAMILY.
975. William Kinnear^, William^; b. 1800, in Pennsyl-
vania; m.
Susan Higfirins; b. 1806, in Buffalo, N. Y.
Their children were:
976. i. SYLVESTER Kinnear«; b. December 15,
1824, in Pennsylvania; m.
Mary Jane Durkee; b. October 24, 1830, in Penn-
sylvania.
977. ii. ORLANDO Kinnear«. Was living in Erie^
Pa., in 1910.
(976) Sylvester Kinnear», Williams William^ b. De-
cember 15, 1824, in Pennsylvania ; m.
Mary Jane Durke; b. October 24, 1830, in Pennsylvania.
They had one son :
978. i. CHARLES E. Kinnear* ; b. November 6, 1846,
in Buffalo, N. Y. ; m. August 9, 1869, in Pitts-
burgh, Pa.
Annie M. Carpenter; b. June 20, 1848, in Buffalo, N.
Y. a dau. of Samuel Carpenter; b. Orange Co.,
N. Y., and Phoebe Edsell, who was b. in Ver-
mont) Their children were:
979. i. SYLVESTER Kinnear*; b. June 20, 1870, in
Buffalo, N. Y.
980. ii. CHARLES E. Kinnear"; b. Feb. 21, 1873, in
Buffalo, N. Y.
981. iii. BENJAMIN P. Kinnear»; b. Apr. 15, 1875,
in Buffalo, N. Y.; d. 1901.
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982. iv. EUGEN D. Kinneai* ; b. Nov. 1, 1877, in Buf-
falo, N. Y.
983. V. MARY D. Kinneai*, a twin of Eugen D. ; b.
Nov. 1, 1877, in Buffalo, N. Y.
(980) Charles E. Kinnear, 364 Fargo Ave., Buffalo, N.
Y., 1910; writes: "I believe the Kinnear's from whom I
descend, moved to Venango County, Pa., from Maryland, at
the cloise of the Revolutionary War; grandfather and grand-
mother were on the Niagara frontier during the War of
1812.''
The William Kinnear, mentioned above may be the Wil-
liam^, son of William KinnearS of the Londonderry branch.
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COUNTY ARMAGH, IRELAND, KINNEAR'S.
984. Robert Kinnear^ Born in the County of Armagh,
Ireland, was in the battle of Waterloo ; he married in Ire*
land.
Mary Askin.
Their children were:
986. i. GEORGE Kinnear*; b. in County Armagh,
Ireland.
986. ii. PETER Kinnear^; b. in County Armagh, Ire-
land.
987. iii. ALEXANDER Kinnear' ; b. in County Ar-
magh, Ireland.
988. iv. ELLEN KinnearS b. in County Armagh,
Ireland.
989. V. MARTHA KinnearS b. in Montreal, Canada.
990. vi. ROBERT F. Kinnear^ ; b. December 19, 1848,
in Quebec, Canada; m. 1886, in Williamsport,
N. Y.
Ellen M. Lawless ; b. July 5, 1855, in Williamsport,
N. Y. They had a son :
991. i. ROBERT Morris Kinnear*; b. 1887.
They had a son:
922. i. Kinnear*; b. 1909.
(990) Robert F. Kinnear* served in the Civil War,
1862-1865, he was living in 1910, at 823 Loomis Street,
Chicago, 111. The above information was furnished by him.
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(993) J. H. Kinnear, of Kirksville, Mo., writes:
''My great-grandfather Michael Kinnear and my grand-
father James Kinnear, left Belfast, at the close of the
Revolution, the Kinnears of Belfast, were linen manufac-
turers, and emigrated from (probably) Fifeshire, Scotland.
My great-grandfather settled in Eastern Virginia, two
of his brothers had come earlier and settled in Rockbridge
County, Va. James Kinnear, my grandfather, married
Elizabeth Harris, and moved to Indiana in 1838; raised a
large family, all of whom (1908) are dead except Camp-
bell Kinnear, he is 80 years of age.
Robert Kinnear, my grandfather's brother, went to Iowa
in the 50s, he was a judge in Indiana and afterwards in
Iowa.
John and Judge Campbell Kinnear, also brothers of my
grandfather and Andrew Kinnear, his youngest brother,
all lived and died in Indiana. Andrew raised a large family,
no girls.
The Civil War came on and all of military age answered
the first call, all died from wounds or disease or were killed,
except myself and Thomas J. Kinnear; I served four and
one-half years; was mustered out as First Lieutenant Co.
B, 18th Indiana Volunteers ; I am a son of William D. Kin-
near, who was bom in Virginia in 1817 ; and died at Lan-
caster, Indiana, in 1892. J. W. Kinnear, his oldest child
of ten, five boys and five girls, and one sister dead. Uncle
Campbell Kinnear lives on the old homestead patented
in 1816, it has never been out of the family name nor had a
deed of trust placed on it.
My grandfather entered a large body of land in Indiana
at the close of the War of 1812.
My family were the old John Knox Presbyterians of the
strictest kind.
Many years ago I met a temperance lecturer from Illi-
nois, who claimed that at the time England conquered
Scotland, three brothers, Kinnears, left Scotland, one went
to Normandy, one to Germany, the other to Ireland; that
he was French; that his ancestors were officers in the
French Army under the Old Napoleon; that I descended
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from the branch in Ireland, and that the "Dutchman" got
lost; he said that he and his father went to Scotland and
examined the records as far back as they ran; he was a
typical Frenchman, as I never took much stock in temper-
ance lecturers I am giving this as he told me; the Coat of
Arms, he said "was a Shield with a ladder ; a dove on each
round, a scroll ; Motto : I live in Hope ; Kinnear at the base.
Signed, J. H. Kinnear.
Kirksville, Mo., May 11, 1908.
Note. — See letter of (1816), for more of Michael.
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THE FRENCH KINNEARS.
Napoleon B. Kinnear, of Kinnear, Wyoming, under date
of December 28, 1913, says :
"My father's name was:
(994) Archibald K. Kinnear, he and a twin sister were
born December 2, 1805, in Paris, France.
His father, whose name I do not remember, was in the
battle of Austerlitz, the day my father was bom, my
grandmother died a few days later of heart trouble.
Father and his sister were educated in England, and he
was graduated from the Military school of France, and
served in the French Army fourteen years, in 1837, he was
forced to flee from France for conspiring to assist Napo-
leon onto the throne, his brother and brother-in-law were
captured and guillotined, and their property confiscated.
A few months later father landed in New Orleans, with six
thousand dollars in gold, which he exchanged for paper
money, which proved worthless, he clerked on a boat for
awhile, then went to Canada and got mixed up in the re-
bellion of 1838, was licked and fled to Erie, Pa., from
there he drifted to Illinois, practiced law there several
years, then moved to Louisiana. He was in the Civil War
from 1861 to its close, he then had a wife and family, but
no resources, my mother's name was:
Sarah Whitney; she was bom March 28, 1818, in Syra-
cuse, N. Y.; she was a niece of Eli Whitney; her mother
was a Chase, and was very proud of the name, being related
to Chief Justice Solomon P. Chase. The children of Archi-
bald and Sarah (Whitney) Kinnear were:
995. i. JOSEPHINE Kinnear; m.
Ward; lives at 1718 Lay Block, Kal-
amazoo, Mich.
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996. ii. HARRIET Sarah Kinnear'; b. December 8,
1844, in Illinois; m. November 3, 1860.
Ira Chauncy Delano; they lived in Tecumseh, Neb.
(Delano Genealogy) m. 2nd
Phillips ; lives at Anthon, la.
997. iii. MARGARET Isabell is dead; m.
Curtis. Her daughter, ^
998. i. MRS. EDITH Pratt KeUogg, lives at 533 High
St., Aurora, HI.
999.* iv. NAPOLEON B. Kinnear; b. December 19,
1865; m. 1887.
Isabelle Baker, a daughter of James Baker, the
noted scout and trapper of the West, who came
from Illinois in 1816, was a contemporary of Kit
Carson, Jim Bridger and the Sublettes ; he guid-
ed Fremont and his army into Mexico during the
Mexican War; there is a memorial window in
the Capitol dome at Denver, Colorado. The
children of
(999) Napoleon B. Kinnear and his wife:
Isabelle (Baker) Kinnear are:
1000. i. IRENE I. Kinnear*; b. July 19, 1888.
1001. ii. KATHERINE Kinnear«;b. October 6, 1892.
(999) Napoleon B. Kinnear graduated from the Poly-
technical School, of Troy, N. Y., as a civil engineer, and fol-
lowed his profession all over the South and West; for the
last twenty years has been ranching and raising stock in
Wyoming.
1002. WILLIAM Kinnear; bom in Ireland; came to
Ajmerica in 1814; m. in Ireland.
Jane Vanwick. Their son :
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1003. i. ANDREW Vanwick Kinnear^; b. 1812 in Ire-
land ; m.
Bfary H. Himner; b. 1824, in Baltimore, Md. Their
son:
1004. i. JOHN A. Kinnear^; b. January 3, 1867, in
Waupf^ca, Wisconsin.
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KENNER FAMILY.
1005. RICHARD Kenner, in 1667, deeded land in the
Northern Neck to Rodham Kenner.
Capt. Rodham Kenner, of Northumberland Coun-
ty, Virginia. He is styled Capt. Rodham Ken-
ner (Hen. Ill, 167), where he also appears a
member of the House of Burgesses, 1697 from
Northumberland Co.; he was sheriff of same
county 1692-1699. He married:
Hannah Fox ; b. July 25, 1671 ; dau. of David and
Hannah (Ball) Fox. Their children were:
1006. i. RICHARD Kenner ; b. Cir. 1700 ; m. Eliza ;
had a son who d. young.
1007. ii. COL. RODHAM Kenner ; b. Cir. 1700 ; d. 1785 ;
m. Apr. 24, 1735.
Susanna Opie, dau. of John and Anne Opie. He
was justice Northumberland Co. 1770; Burgess
1773; member of Convention 1776; County
Lieut. 1785. Had one son:
Richard Kenner; b. "Thursday night, 55 minutes
past 8, July the 18th, in the year of our Lord
(3od 1738."
1008. iii. HANNAHKenner;m.January 10, 1742,Wil.
liam Ball.
1009. HANNAH Kenner; prob. a sister of Capt. Rod-
ham Kenner; m. 1st Richard Hull; m. 2d John Harris; m.
3d, 1719, Thomas Cralle.
1010. ELIZABETH Kenner was a witness on a bond
Jan. 27, 1716.
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1011. CAPT. FRANCIS Kenner and Capt. Richard Ken-
ner were Vestrsnnen of St. Stephen's Parish, Northumber-
land Co., Va., 1721.
1012. REV. RODHAM Kenner was Rector of St.
George's Parish, Spotsylvania Co., Va., 1728, and Rector of
Hanover Parish, King George's County, 1780-85, when he
resigned and removed to his farm in Faquier Co. An Act
of Assembly Nov., 1788, orders a new tobacco warehouse
erected on land of Rodham Kenner in Glouchester Co., op-
posite the warehouse at Coan.
1013. RODHAM Kenner, in 1766, signed the protest
against the Britsh Stamp Alct.
Oct. 25, 1770, Mr. Ball resigned his right to the office of
sheriff of Northumberland Co. to Rodham Kenner.
1014. RODHAM Kenner was a sailor in the Virginia
Navy during the Rev. War; patent to 100 acres of land was
issued to his heirs, Phoebe Dillon, Csmthia Lewis, Sicily
Chew, Ely Chew and Nancy Chew. Col. Winder Kenner was
a member of a court martial Sept. 18, 1780. He signed the
Westm'd. Address 1766. ^
1015. RODHAM Kenner was at William and Mary Col-
lege 1760.
1016. RODHAM Kenner, gr. son of Howsen Kenner,
Gent, will dated June 5, 1792, prob. Faq. Co. June 28, 1793,
names daus. Lucy, Judith, son Lawrence to be given at 10
years to his uncle, Rodham Kenner, to be educated. 1790
he deeded land willed to him by his gr. father, Howsen
Kenner. Mary, dau. of R. Kenner, m. Aug. 27, 1771, Thom-
as Rowland. Frances Kenner m. Bertrand Ewell. Rodham
Kenner m. 1817, Mrs. Priscilla Matthews, of Westmoreland
Co.
Howson Kenner and Richard Kenner were Vestrjrmen
Dettingen Parish, P. W. Co., 1749 ; Howson Kenner present-
ed a claim for Revolutionary service to 18th Congress, but
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withdrew it; his heirs presented it again to 31st Congress.
His name does not appear on any authorized roster of
troops; Howson Kenner, June, 1728, chose Jno. Cralle,
Guardn. Hon. Duncan F. Kenner, of New Orleans, mem. C.
S. Congress, and special messenger of the C. S. of A. to
England and France 1864, was of this line. Rodham Ken-
ner, Gunner, Va. State Navy, d. Logan Co., Ky., 1842.
The addresses and resolutions of the patriots of the
Northern Neck of Virginia in the year 1765, immediately
after the passage of the Stamp Act (a copy of which may
be found in Meade's Old Churches and Families, Vol. H,
pages 434-5) was drawn up by Richard Henry Lee, whose
name is first on the list. It is said to have been the first
public association in the land for the resistance to that Act.
We find the names of Rodham Kenner and that of Winder
Kenner among the signers of this document.
Parishes in Hampshire and Shenandoah Counties (Vir-
ginia) :
In the year 1771 Rev. Mr. Kenner and others were or-
dained in England for Hampshire.
Meade, Vol. II, p. 309.
Vestrymen of St. Stephen's Parish (Upper and Lower)
Northumberland Co.
1770, Mr. Rodham Kenner; 1712, Capt. Frances Kenner;
1721, (3apt. Richard Kenner; 1752, Mr. Newton Kenner;
1731, Mr. Mathew Kenner.
Meade., Vol. II, p. 468.
List of Vestrymen of Shelboume Parish from 1771 to
1806: Thomas Kenner.
St. Greorge's Parish, Spotsylvania county established 1720.
1728 Rev. Rodham Kennor was recommended by the Gov-
ernor and accepted.
Meade., Vol. II, p. 69.
Rev. Rodham Kenner officiated at Germanna about 1728.
Hanover Parish, (Va.) 1780 Rev. Rodham Kennor (an old
Virginia name) was chosen its minister in 1785; he resigned
and removed to his farm in Fauquier.
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Meade., Vol. II, p. 185.
1,000 lbs. John Chew, guardian to Aggatha Beverly, or-
phan of Harry Beverly, with Rodham Kenner and Judeth
Beverly.
Va. Mag. of Hist., Vol. I, p. 70.
Marriage license from an account of ye Governor's dues,
order book 1—1729-30, June 1st, Rodham Kenner and
Judeth Beverly.
Va. Mag. of Hist., Vol. I, p. 84.
June 3, 1765, George Kenner of Caroline Co. and Margar-
et, his wife; John Beverly Roy of Spts. Co. and Ann, his
wife, to Frances Jerdone of Louisa Co., merchants. 275 lbs.
curr. 1194 a. in Spts. Co. which sd. tract is part of a tract
devised by the last will and testament of Harry Beverly, to
be divided among his five daughters, to-wit: Margaret,
Susannah, Katherine, Judith and Agatha, etc. The said
1194 a. was allotted to the sd. Judith (who afterwards in-
termarried with the Rev. Rodham Kenner, by whom she
had issue, George Genner, her eldest son and heir at
law) and hath since departed this life without having dis-
posed of the same by will or otherwise, etc.
Witnesses: J. Lewis, Jno. Glassell, Jr., James Lewis,
George Pottie, Patrick Robb, 0. Towles. June 3, 1765.
Va. Co. Records, Vol. I, p. 243.
Spts. Co., 1724-1800.
William The Third— by the Grace of God, King of Eng-
land, Scotland, France and Ireland. Defender of the Faith,
etc.
To Samuel Griffith Hancock Lee, Charles Lee, George
Cowper, Rodham Kennor, William Jones, Peter Hack, John
Harris, William Howson, Cuthbert Span, Christopher Neale,
John Crawley, Peter Contancean and Thomas Winder, Gen-
tlemen, Greeting: Know ye, that we have assigned you and
every one of you jointly and severally, Our Justices to keep
our peace in the country of Northumberland and to keep
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and cause to be kept all ordinances, statutes of our King-
dom of England and laws of our ancient and great Colony
and Dominion of Virginia, etc.
And all and singular the other premises we do by virtue
of these presents command the sheriffs of said C!ounty of
Northumberland, that at those certain days and places
which the law doth appoint, that he cause to come before
you, whereof any of you, (names above) shall be one, and
so may good and lawful men of this Bayliwick, by whom
the matter may be better known and enquired of.
Witnesses: Our trusty and well beloved Francis Nichol-
son, Esq., our Lieutenant and Governor GenT of this our
Colony, the 8th day of June in the eleventh year of our
Reign, Anno. q'e. Domini 1699.
From "Lees of Virginia," 1642-1893.
By Edmund Jennings Lee, M. D.
Col. William Ball b. cir. 1615.
Hannah Ball b. in England 1650; m. Capt. David Fox of
Lancaster Co., Va., son of David and Mary Fox; had
Hannah, b. July 25, 1671 ; m. Rodham Kenner.
Colonial Families, U. S., Vol. H, p. 39.
Col. Marriel Seabrook, m. Elizabeth Giles Morris.
2. Enomeline Virginia, m. James Clinton Kinnier.
"Colonial Families, U. S., p. 411.
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SIR JAMES WALTER MACKAY SIMPSON,
OF STRATHAVON, SCOTLAND.
Sir James Walter Mackay Simpson, 3rd Bart, of Strat-
havon, in the County of Linithgow, and of the city of Edin-
burg; educated at Eton and Balliol; b. September 6, 1882; s.
his father 1898.
Lineage. Alexander Simpson, of Slackend, Torpichen, Co.
Linlithgow; b. March 11, 1725; m. Isabella Grindlay of Mid-
hope, Abercom, County Linlithgow, and by her (who d. in
1786) had Alexander of Slackland; b. September 1, 1750;
m. Jane Wallace, and d. in 1822, having by her (who d. in
1810) had issue— 2. John of Torpichen, b. October 19, 1752;
d. unm. July 19, 1823. 3 Thomas, of Grormyre, Torpichen;
b. March 2, 1757; d. unm. December 14, 1853. 4 David of
whom presently. 5. Greorge of Lambsmill, near Kirkliston,
C!ounty Linlithgow; d. May 29, 1764; d. unm. June 18, 1832.
Mr. Alexander Simpson d. February 26, 1816. His fourth
son, David Simpson of Glenmarvis, near Bathgate b. June
12, 1760; m. January 9, 1792, Mary, daughter of John Jar-
vey, of Balbardie Mains, near Bathgate, and by her (who d.
April 5, 1820) had issue. 1. Thomas, of Grangemouth, Co.
Stirling; d. December 28, 1752; m. May 21, 1824, Margaret,
daughter of Thomas Robertson of West Calder Co., Edin-
burg; and d. July 29, 1864, having by her (who d. in Dec.
1848) had issue. 2. John of Bathgate; b. December 22,
1794; d. unm., February 13, 1841. 3. Alexander of Bath-
gate; b. August 7, 1797; m. November 20, 1832, Janet,
daughter of Alexander Russell of Bathgate, and had issue.
4. George; b. November 15, 1802; d. an infant. 5. David
of Edinburg in the colony of Victoria; b. August 17, 1804;
m. in 1831, Helen, daughter of James Young of Kirklinston
and d. March 26, 1865, having had by her issue. 6. Greorge;
b. March 26, 1807; d. January 28, 1814.
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7. James Young (Sir) ; 1st bart. 1. Mary; m. November
20, 1832, John Pearson of Shadwell Park, and Portland, in
the Colony of Victoria, and d. February 8, 1851.
Mr. David Simpson d. January 17, 1830, and was s. by his
youngest son. Sir James Young Simpson, 1st Bart., M. D.,
one of H. M's. physicians in Scotland; b. June 7, 1811; m.
December 26, 1839, Jessie, daughter of Walter Grindlay of
Liverpool and by her (who d. June 7, 1870) had issue. 1.
David James, M. D. ; b. January 26, 1842 ; d. unm. January
14, 1866. 2. Walter Grindlay (Sir) bart. 3. James; b. De-
cember 26, 1846; d. February 16, 1862. 4. William (Laver*
ock. Braes, Reston, Berwickshire) b. June 15, 1850. 5. Al-
exander Magnus Retzius, M. D.; b. May 11, 1852; d. No-
vember 11, 1884. 1. EJveljm Blantyre (15 Inverleith Row
Edinburg) 2. Margaret Grindlay ; d. May 26, 1844. 3. Mary
(Catherine; d. February 16, 1847. 4. Jessie; d. February 15,
1866.
Dr. James Young Simpson, the very distinguished physi-
cian who introduced chloroform, was created a baronet,
February 3, 1866. He d. May 5, 1870, and was s. by his
eldest surviving son, Sir Walter Grindlay Simpson, 2nd
Bart., J. P. and advocate at the Scottish bar; b. September
1, 1843; m. January 13, 1874, Aame Fitzgerald (Balbres
of Ayeton, H. B. dau. of Alexander Mackay) and had issue.
1. James Walter Mackay (Sir), 3rd and present bart. 2.
Odo Louis David Mackay (heir presumptive) ; b. February,
1885, 1. Ethel Lucy Florence Mackay; m. January 25, 1908,
Arthur Willert 2. Beatrix Frances Fredericka Mackay.
Sir Walter; d. March 29, 1895.
Creation February 3, 1866.
Arms — Or. on a Chief verte, a goshawk between two
cressents, arg.
Crest — ^A staff erect encircled by a serpent, or.
Motto — (Over the crest) Victor dolore.
Seat — ^Balbraes, of Ayton, N. B.
Burke's Peerage
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SIMPSON FAMILY.
There is a tradition of long standing in the Kinnear, Sig-
gins, and Simpson families that ex-President, U. S. Grant,
Bishop Matthew Simpson, Jefferson Davis and Jane Simp-
son who married William Kinnear, the ancestor of most of
those whose names appear in this genealogy, had an ances-
tor in common through the Simpson lineage; and the pos-
terity of Andrew Simi)son and Elizabeth (Patton) Simpson,
claim that Hannah Simpson, the mother of President Grant,
was a descendant of the above mentioned Andrew; the line
being, 1. Andrew and Elizabeth (Patton) Simpson; 2.
Thomas and Sarah (Morris) Simpson; 3. Robert Simpson;
4. John Simpson; 6. Hannah Simpson who married Jesse
Root Grant and was the mother of Ulysses Simi)son Grant.
While Grant is a descendant of the New England Grant
family, we are convinced that his Simpson ancestors were
"Scotch-Irish," and emigrated to Pennsylvania. The first
of the line being
John Simpson of Scotland and Ireland whose two sons
came to America and settled in Lancaster County; Andrew
Simpson may also have been his son (but of this we have
found no proof) and settled in Boston. The descendants
of William and Jane Simpson, whose son John and wife,
Mary (Schenck) Simi)son of Bucks County, Pennsylvania
are "sure of their relationship to U. S. Grant," and Wil-
liam Simpson of Bucks County who came from the north of
Ireland some time before the Revolutionary War and mar^
ried Nancy Hines is no doubt a member of this family.
Bishop Simpson's own account of his ancestry says "In
1793 my family including my father's mother, emigrated
to the United States, sailing from Londonderry to Balti-
more, removed to Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania and
afterwards to Western Pennsylvania and Ohio." He says
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he knows little of his paternal ancestry except that his
srrandfather, Thomas Simpson was in the service of Eng-
land as horse-dragoon. We therefore deem it not unreason-
able to deduce his lineage from John Simpson of Scotland
and Ireland and that of Grant from the same source. Jef-
ferson Davis, former President of the Confederate States
could only, so far as we can ascertain, have had the Simpson
blood flow through his veins by being a descendant of Sarah
Simpson^, bom 1734; married about 1754 Ck)lonel William
Cook, as the mother of Jefferson Davis was Jane Cook, bom
1759, and married about 1782, Samuel Davis. After years
of research, comparing all dates, letters and other documen-
tary evidence, we have been able to secure the compiler of
this genealogy believes that Jane Simpson who married Wil-
liam Kinnear is the great grand daughter of John Simpson
of Scotland and Ireland. And thus is bound together by
ties of consanguinity the Simpson, Kinnear, Grant, Cook,
Davis and allied families.
1010. JOHN Simpsons of Scotland, settled in the north
of Ireland after the battle of the Bojme, he died
in Ireland.
Two of his sons came to America about 1720 and
settled in Paxtang, Lancaster County, Pa.;
These sons were:
1011. i. JOHN Simpson^ ; for many years Recorder of
Northumberland County, Pa.; b. 1680, in Ire-
land; died 1736, in Paxtang; he was married
and had issue.
1012. ii. THOMAS Simpson^ ; b. 1683, in Ireland ; was
twice married but the name of neither wife is
known. Children by first wife were :
1013.* i. SAMUEL Simpson^ Assistant Quarter Mas-
ter in the Revolutionary War; b. 1706, died De-
cember, 1791, at Paxtang; he m. about 1728.
Hannah , who survived him.
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1014. ii. JOSEPH Simpson*; b. about 1708; m. and
left issue.
1015. iii. WILLIAM Simpson*; b. 1710; cL 1775. He
was the first man killed at the battle of Bunker
HiU.
1016. iv. REBECCA Simpson*; b. 1712.
1017. V. JOHN Simpson*; b. 1714.
By his second wife Thomas Simpson* had
1018. vi. MARY Simpson*; b. 1732 in Paxtang, Pa.;
d. 1786, Oct 3; m. 1751, Nov. 5.
♦Rev. John Elder.
1019. vii. JANE Simpson*; b. 1734 in Paxtang, Pa.; d.
1777, Feb. 30; she m.
WiUiam Kelso; b. 1737; d. 1788, Nov. 26; both are
buried in the Paxtang cemetery.
1020. viii. THOMAS Sunpson, Jr.*; b. 1736, in Pax-
tang. He m. and had issue.
1021.* ix. GEN. MICHAEL Simpson*; b. 1740, in
Paxtang, Pa. ; d. June 1, 1813, and is buried at
Paxtang; m. May 26, 1808, in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Susan Graham; she is said to have been his
third wife.
Record of (1013) Samuel Simpson:
The Associators of Philadelphia to the Committee.
Philadelphia, 5th Feb., 1776.
To the Honorable the Conmiittee of Safety from the Prov-
ince of Pennsylvania:
The petition of the Committee of Privates of the associa-
tion belonging to the City and Liberties of Philadelphia
humbly sheweth : That as it is of the utmost consequence
in the prosecution of our present most righteous opposi-
tion to Tyranny and Arbitrary Power, that none be com-
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missioned as officers in the Continental Service but those
who manifest the most sincere and warm attachment to
the cause of Liberty, and, as the Honorable the Continent-
al Congress has entrusted the appointment of all inferior
and the recommendation of all superior officers for this
honorable board.
Your petitioners do pray this honorable board to appoint
or recommend none but such as have signed the articles of
association given out by the honorable House of Represen-
tatives of the freemen of this province, seeing this ought
at this time to be considered as the strongest mark of at-
tachment to the cause which our present circumstance
will admit of.
As your petitioners have the pleasure to assure this hon-
orable board that the signing the articles aforesaid is be-
come very general in the City and District, and like to be
universal among those who have therefore associated, and
as the association is principally composed of tradesmen
and others who earn tiieir living by their industry. They
do further pray this honorable board that such of them as
may be capable of performing such public works as this
honorable board may have in charge to see executed, and
have signed the Association aforesaid, may be employed
in preference to all others, and that such works may be
equally distributed amongst the signers of the Association
as conveniently can.
The propriety of this application your petitioners humbly
conceive will speak for itself, and as they assure them-
selves that this honorable board will consider the associ-
ators who sign the articles of association as better to be
depended on and more worthy of encouragement than
those who do not, they take the liberty to request this hon-
orable board to shew them these marks of their favor and
countenance and your petitioners will pray, etc.
Signed on behalf of the Committee of Privates.
SAMUEL SIMPSON, Chairman.
Indorsed :
The petition from the Conmiittee of Privates being read,
this board resolved that the matters therein prayed are
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reasonable and proper, and this committee will pay a due
regard to same.
Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd Series, Vol. I, page 571.
First Pennsylvania, Colonel Edward Hand; Assistant
Quartermaster, Samuel Simpson. April, 1777. Pa. Ar.
2nd S., Vol. X, p. 325.
Samuel Simpson, Ensign Provincial Regiment Lancaster
Co., Pa., May 25, 1748. Col. Records, Vol. V, p. 247.
(1013) SAMUEL Simpson^ Thomas*, John^ Of Ab-
bington Twp., Montgomery Co.; b. 1706; d.
1791; married
Hannah . Their children were:
1022. i. JEAN (or Jane) Simpson*; b. about 1730;
was living in 1791 ; m. about 1750.
William Kinnear*, James^; she was his second
wife.
1023.* ii. JOHN Simpson*, of Horsham, Bucks Coun-
ty, Pa. ; b. about 1731-2 ; d. about 1804 in Mont-
gomery County, Pa. ; m. but name of his wife is
unknown.
1024. iii. MARGARET Simpson* ; b. 1732 ; d. 1760 ; m.
October 4, 1752.
William Augustus Harris. They had two sons :
1025. i. John Harris'.
1026. ii. Simpson Harris' ; both of whom died
s. p.
1027. iv. SARAH Simpson *; b. 1734; m. about 1754.
Col. William Cook, of the Revolution.
1028. V. REBECCA Simpson*; b. 1736.
1029. vi. NATHANIEL Simpson*; b. 1740; m. Sarah
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1030. vii. MARY Simpson*; b. 1741; m. 1780.
Robert Taggert, of Northumberland County, Pa.
(1023) JOHN Simpson*, Samuel*, Thomas', John^ m.
about 1758-9 ; name of wife unknown. They had
one son ; possibly others.
1031.* i. JOHN Simpson'.
(1015) WILLIAM Simpson (Paxtang) ; wounded Aug.
27, 1775, in front of Boston; died a few days after. He
was brother of Lieutenant, afterwards Greneral, Michael
Simpson, and of John Simpson, many years recorder of
Northumberland county.
Pa. Ar., 2nd S., Vol. X, p. 41.
"An antique Scrap Book, now owned by the Chicago His-
torical Society, contains a letter from Robert Magaw to the
Committee of Safety for Cumberland County, Pa., dated
Rifle Camp on Prospect Hill, Aug. 29, 1775.
"On Saturday night last about 2000 of our army with
100 of our battalion took possession of Plough Hill — ^this
hill lies a little to the left of a direct line from our camp
to Bunker Hill near Mistic river, about % of a mile from
us, and very little more from Bunker Hill ; they discovered
our work only on Sunday morning, and soon began a very
heavy cannonading from Bunker Hill and two floating bat-
teries, all the loss we sustained was two killed in the fort,
and two wounded near the enemy. Poor BILLY SIMPSON
was the only person who suffered of ours; he had a foot
and ankle shot off by a cannon ball as he lay behind a large
apple tree, watching an opportunity to flre as the enemy
advanced guards ; there appears no danger of his recovery,
etc. Poor Simpson, whom I heard this morning was in a
good way, is since dead."
Robert Magaw was of Major Thompson's Pennsylvania
Rifle Battalion, and on Jan. 6, 1776, was promoted to Col-
onel of the 5th Pennsylvania.
Magazine of Western History, Vol. IV, p. 675-6.
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JOHN Elder; b. 1706; d. 1792; m. about 1740 Mary
Baker; m. 2nd Nov. 5, 1751.
(1018) MARY Simpson; dau. of Thomas; grand dau.
of John Simpson^ ; b. 1732 ; d. Oct. 3, 1786.
John Elder was bom m the County of Antrim, Ireland,
in the year 1706. His father, Robert Elder, migrated to
America about the year 1730 and settled a few miles north
of what is now Harrisburg, Pa. He brought all his family
with him except his son John, the eldest of his children,
who was left with his uncle, the Rev. John Elder, of Edin-
burg, to complete his studies for the ministry. He (the
son) was licensed to preach in the year 1732, and some
time after (probably in 1736) agreeably to previous ar-
rangements, followed his father and family to America. In
August, 1737, the churches in Pennsboro and Paxton (Pax-
tang), Pa., applied to the Newcastle Presbytery for a can-
<lidate, and Mr. Elder was sent in answer to the request.
On the 12th of April, 1738, the people of Paxton and Derry
invited him to become their pastor, and about the same
time he was called to one or two other places. He accepted
the call from Paxton and Derry and was ordained and in-
stalled on the 22d of November following. As Mr. Elder
resided on the frontier Province the members of his con-
gregation were generally trained as "Rangers** in defense
against the Indians. Many a family mourned for its head,
shot down by concealed foes, or carried away captive. The
men were accustomed to carry their rifles with them not
only to their work in the field, but to their worship in the
sanctuary; and their worthy minister kept his beside him
in the pulpit. It was no uncommon occurrence for death
to overtake them as they returned from the public services
of the Sabbath to their scattered plantations. In 1756 the
meeting house was surrounded with Indians while Mr.
Elder was preaching; but the spies having noticed the large
number of rifles that the hearers had brought for their de-
fense, the parly silently withdrew from their ambush with-
out making an attack.
In 1757 an attack was actually made as the people were
leaving the church, and two or three were killed. During
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the summer they had some security by means of friendly
Indians; but at other seasons of the year murders frequent-
ly occurred, and they found it impossible to discover the
criminals. Mr. Elder himself superintended the military
discipline of his people, and became captain of the mounted
men, widely known as the "Paxton boys." He afterwards
held a colonel's commission in the provincial service, and
had the command of the block-houses and stockades from
the Susquehanna to Easton. His apology for this extraor-
dinary course lies in the extraordinary state of things
which led to it. It is not easy to over estimate the suspense
and terror in which the inhabitants of that frontier region
lived from 1754 to 1763.
Elder besought the governor to remove the Conestoga
Indians, because they harbored murders, and he engaged,
if this were done, to secure the frontier without expense
to the Province. This being refused, a party of his Rang-
ers determined to destroy the tribe; and they called on
Elder to take the lead in the enterprise. He was then in
his fifty-seventh year. Mounting his horse, he command-
ed them to desist, and reminded them that the execution
of their plans would inevitably involve the destruction of
the innocent with the guilty; but their prompt reply was
"Can they be innocent who harbor murderers?" at the same
time pointing indignantly to instances in which their wives
and mothers had been massacred, and the criminals traced
to the homes of the Conestogas. He still earnestly opposed
the measure, and at last placed himself in the road, that
they might see that they could advance only by cutting
him down. When he saw that they were preparing to kill
his horse, and that all his entreaties were unavailing, he
withdrew and left them to take their own course. The per-
sons engaged in this desperate enterprise were chiefly Pres-
byterians, who resided in that neighborhood, and not a few
of them were men far advanced in life. They performed
their work thoroughly and mercilessly, destroying in Lan-
caster and Conestoga every Indian they could find. On the
27th of January, 1764, Elder wrote to Governor Pen as
follows :
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''The storm which had been so long gathering has at
length exploded. Had the government removed the In-
dians, which had been frequently, but without effect, urged,
this painful catastrophe might have been avoided. What
could I do with men heated to madness? All I could do was
done. I expostulated; but life and reason were set at de-
fiance. Yet the men in private life are virtuous and re-
spectable ; not cruel, but mild and merciful. The time will
arrive when each palliating circumstance will be weighed.
This deed, magnified into the blackest of crimes, shall be
considered as one of those ebullitions of wrath, caused by
momentary excitement, to which human infirmity is sub-
jected." The Indians were at length removed by the gov-
ernor from every exposed place to Philadelphia ; and many
apprehended that the "Paxton boys," in the overflowing
of their wrath, would pursue them thither. The governor
issued a proclamation setting a reward on the head of one
Stewart, supposed to be the ringleader, and some of his as-
sociates. Elder wrote the governor in their defense, stat-
ing the true character of the men, and palliating, if not
justifying, circumstances under which they acted. Several
pamphlets were published, commenting on the case with
great severity, and some of them representing the Irish
Presbyterians as ignorant bigots or lawless marauders. But
amidst all the violent attacks and retorts. Elder is never
stigmatized as abetting or conniving at the massacre; nor
is his authority pleaded by the actors in their defense. The
union of the Synod brought Mr. Elder and the other mem-
bers of Donegal Presbjrtery into the same body with the
leading members of the "New Side" Presbytery of New-
castle. For a while they maintained, ostensibly, union of
action; but at length the "Old Side" men withdrew from
the Synod on account of dissatisfaction in respect to cer-
tain cases of discipline, and formed themselves into a sep-
arate Presbytery. They, however, finally returned and
were scattered, with their own consent, in Donegal, New-
castle and Second Philadelphia Presbyteries. Mr. Elder
joined the Second Presbytery of Philadelphia May 19,
1768. In the formation of the General Assembly he became
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a member of the Presbytery of Carlisle. He died in the
year 1792 at the age of eighty-six ; having been a minister
of the gospel sixty years, and the minister of the congre-
gation in Paxton and Derry fifty-six.
Mr. Elder was married about the year 1740 to Mary,
daughter of Joshua Baker, who was armourer under King
George the Second, and by this marriage he h'ad four chil-
dren— ^two sons and two daughters. After her death he
was married to Mary, daughter of Thomas Simpson and
sister of General Michael Simpson of Revolutionary mem-
ory, who was captain under General Montgomery at Que-
beck. By his second marriage he had eleven children. The
last of the whole number (fifteen) died in April, 1853, at
Harrisburg in his eighty-seventh year.
History of Lancaster Co., by J. I. Mombert, D. D.
(1021) MICHAEL Simpson, b. Paxtang, Lancaster Ck).,
Pa., 1740; d. in York Co., Pa., June 1, 1813. At the be-
ginning of the Revolutionary War, he was appointed 1st
Lieutenant, 1st Battalion Pa., on expedition. 1776. Owned
Ferry known as Simpson's Ferry, York Co., Pa. •
Capt. Michael Simpson, Dec. 1, 1776. Infantry I Penn-
sylvania Regiment, formed of eight companies of a rifle
regiment raised by the State in 1775, and taken into conti-
nental service, July, 1776, but retaining its rank from the
time it was raised.
List of Officers of the Army by Col. Wm. H. Powell.
First Regiment, Pennsylvania Line, Arrangement in
1778. Captain Michael Simpson, Dec. 1, 1776.
Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd Series; Vol. XV., page 535.
General Michael Simpson.
Roll of Captain Matthew Smith's Company, Battalion of
Riflemen. Captain Matthew Smith was allowed a bounty
of one dollar each for eighty men enlisted. Henry states
that sixty-five of their number reached the plains of
Abraham in November. Of the whole company, nearly,
captured on the 1st of January, scarcely thirty, he states
remained in prison. These were paroled August 7th, ar-
rived at New York, September 11, 1776, and were ex-
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changed in 1778 for the St. John prisoners, captured by
General Montgomery.
Captain Mathew Smith. (Paxtang.)
Letter from General Michael Simpson, regarding the
journal by Rev. John Joseph Henry, an account of the hard-
ships and sufferings of that band of heroes who traversed
the wilderness in the campaign against Quebec in 1775.
"Dear Sir: I have read your work of the expedition
through the wilderness in 1775 ; so far as I was concerned
in that expedition, perhaps the most arduous during the
Revolutionary War, it is truly represented. The public
may in the general be assured that account is genuine.
Your humble servant,
MICHAEL SIMPSON.
Pa. Ar., 2nd S., Vol. XV, p. 63.
Second Lieutenant, Michael Simpson (Paxtang). Cap-
tain from Dec. 1, 1776 ; retired the service Jan. 1, 1781 ;
died June 1, 1813; aged sixly-five; is buried in Paxtang
church grave yard, near Harrisburg, Pa.
Pa. Ar., 2nd S., Vol. X, p. 39-321.
General Michael Simpson was a lieutenant at the storm-
ing of Quebec and went through the Revolution with
great credit. He was brother-in-law to Rev. Col. John El-
der, and had three wives but left no issue. He was bom
in Paxtang 1748 and died 1813; is buried under a hand-
some monument in Paxtang church yard. At his death he
was Major-General of Pennsylvania Militia.
See also Campaign against Quebec, by John Joseph
Henry— Albany 1877, p. 30.
Pennsylvania Mag., Vol. Ill, p. 293.
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Early home of General Grant's mother, in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
The wooden part of this house, with a farm of one hundred and sixty-four acres, was purchased by John
Simpson, General Grant's great-grandfather, in 1763. It was then a bare structure of logs, the clapboard coat-
ing not being added until later. The stone part was built by John Simpson about 1765. In 1804, at John
Simpson's death, his son, John Simpson, General Grant's grandfather, bought the property. General Grant's
mother, Hannah Simpson, was at this time five or six years old, having been bom November 23, 1798, at
White Marsh, Pennsylvania. The picture shows the house as it stands today. It is from a photograph
owned by Helen M. Burke, of La Crosse, Wisconsin, a granddaughter of the second John Simpson and a
cousin of General Grant.— [From Garland's History of U. S. Grant.]
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JOHN SIMPSON OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
(1081) JOHN Simpsons John*, SamueP, Thomas*,
John^; b. about 1760 in Tate Twp., Montgomery County,
Pa.; d. in Ohio; m. 1st October 17, 1798, in Montgomery
County, Pa., Rebecca Weir, dau. of a farmer of Warrington
or New Britain; she d. about 1800; he m. 2nd in 1808 Sarah
Haire. About 1819 he removed with his family, three
daughters and one son, to Clermont County, Ohio, among
them Hannah Simi>son, who married Jesse Root Grant, in
1821; her eldest sister was at that time married and had
several children; this sister (Mary Simpson) Griffith, was
living in Clermont County in 1884; was then 90 years of
age.
Children of John and Rebecca (Weir) Simpson:
1032. i. MARY Simpson'; b. Aug. 11, 1794; m. James
Griffith.
1032a. ii. SAMUEL Sunpson' ; b. Oct. 4, 1796 ; m. Eliza-
beth Griffith.
1033. iii. HANNAH Simpson*; b. November 23, 1798,
at White Marsh, Montgomery County, Pa.; d.
May 11, 1883, at Jersey City, New Jersey; m.
June 25, 1821, at Point Pleasant, Ohio,
Jesse Root Grant; b. June 25, 1794, in Westmore-
land County, Pa.
Children of John and Sarah (Haire) Simpson:
1033a. iv. SARAH Ann Simpson*; b. Dec. 7, 1805; m.
James Ross.
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GRANT FAMILY.
Ulysses Simpson Grant cared little for genealogy, great
names and lofty lineage inspired him with no special feel-
ing of awe, much less of reverence. In the presence of
royalty he later stood quite unabashed and calmly at ease.
It mattered little to him from what particular clan across
the seas his sires were sprung. It was suflScient for him
that because for eight generations his immediate f orebear-
ers had made their way on American soil, he could claim
to be thoroughly American. When in large numbers the
descendants of the proud old Grant clan answered the call
of their putative head, a field marshal of the British army,
our Grant courteously but firmly declined. "We have been
Americans for two hundred years," said he, and he could
trace his decent in unbroken line back to Mathew Grant,
of Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1626. The Grants had been
Americans too long, he thought, to feel sure they had ever
been Scotch. But there are those to whom family tradition
means more than it did to Grant. It is for the benefit of
such therefore that his genealogy is here given as recorded
by James Grant Wilson.
1. Mathew and Priscilla ( ) Grant; m. 1625.
2. Samuel and Mary (Porter) Grant; m. 1658.
3. Samuel and Grace (Minor) Grant; m. 1688.
4. Noah and Martha (Huntington) Grant; m. 1717.
5. Noah and Susannah (Delano) Grant; m. 1746.
6. Noah and Rachel (Kelly) Grant; m. 1791.
7. Jesse Root and Hannah (Simpson) Grant; m. 1821.
8. Hiram Ulysses, later known as Ulysses Simpson
Grant; bom April 27, 1822.
Jesse Grant moved to Point Pleasant, a beautiful spot on
the Ohio, and in June, 1821, he married Hannah Simpson,
then in her twenty-first year, the third child of John Simp-
son, of Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, a man who cared
little for genealogy.
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Grant's birthplace, at Point Pleasant, Ohio.
From a copyrighted photosrraph by F. L. Dickinson, Cincinnati, Ohio. The
house is still standinir, but it has been removed to Columbus, Ohio, where it
is carefully preserved as a relic in an inclosing structure of stone, iron and srlass.
The Grant Honiestead at Georgetown, Ohio, where U. S. Grant lived as
a boy for nearly fifteen years. It is still standing.
[From Hamlin Garland*8 ** Ulysses S. Grant." )
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From "The True Ulysses S. Grant
By Gen. Charles King.
The Grants of the United States now number between
ten thousand and fifteen thousand; they have not been
satisfied with a mere book of genealogy but have sought
still further to bind themselves together. Through the
efforts of Author Hastings Grant they have been able to
give each one of themselves a number, which, by means
of a simple key, explains at a single glance their descent
from Matthew Grant, the American progenitor, of this
branch of the Grant family. The number of President
Grant, for instance, is 11,040,080. The key to this is, that
the first figure 1 represents the progenitor, and every fol-
lowing figure stands for a succeeding generation in which
an O stands for the first child, and 1, 2, etc., denote succes-
sive younger children. Accordingly, General Grant was the
first child of his father who was the fourth child of his
father who was the first child of his father, and so on. We
shall be very much interested to learn General Grant's
number when his descent from John Simpson of Scot-
land and Ireland shall assume as much interest and import-
ance as his Grant lineage. Much of interest has been writ-
ten of Mary, the mother of Washington. Is not ''Hannah
Simpson the mother of Grant," a worthy subject for the
facile pen of a ready writer?
(1033) HANNAH Simpson, the mother of Grant.
'In the letters written to his mother, especially those
penned in his 'plebdom* at West Point, he opened his heart
and told her how firmly implanted were the lessons of
truth, patience, self-sacrifice and of reverence for religion
that he had learned from her gentle lips. A rare woman
was Hannah Simpson; sweet and comely to look upon in
youth, she gained in her maturity an added dignity of bear-
ing. A silent, observant nature was hers. Deeply religious
in temperament, reared in the austere and solemn tenents
of the Methodist church she looked upon life with eyes
that saw only its duties and responsibilities. She had a
smOe for every one, but laughter with her was as rare as
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anger. Soft of speech, just, gentle, yet firm and steadfast,
she proved an admirable help and stay for the sometimes
erratic Jesse; but 'nagging* never, she watched over her
little brood with the vigilance of the mother partridge.
Shielding them ever from that which menaced their inno-
cence or their well being, she reared her children pure of
heart and pure of speech, and the best of her, because he
had the most of her, seems to have concentrated in
Ulysses."
(The True Ulysses Grant, by Gen. Chas. King.)
Hannah Simpson was in person the very antithesis of
her husband; a brunette with small, slender, erect figure,
delicately chiseled features and when young, Hannah Simp-
son must have been very sweet to look upon; she had a
modest air of refinement and that expression of moral
beauty which increases with years.
(Howes Hist of Ohio, by Henry Howe, L. L. D.)
Hannah Simpson had no discoverable enemies; she was
almost universally beloved as a Christian woman and faith-
ful wife and motiier. But it took longer to know her. She
was the most reticent of persons. "Ulysses got his reti-
cence, his patience, his equable temper from his mother,"
is the verdict of those who knew both father and mother.
Others go further and say: "He got his sense from his
mother. In truth the Simpsons were a fine old family.
They were quite as marital as the Grants ; were as genuine-
ly American in their history, and were possessed apparent-
ly of greater self-control. Hannah Simpson was the daugh-
ter of John Simpson, a man with the restless heart of a
pioneer, who had left his ancestral home in Pennsylvania
near Philadelphia, and had settled in Clermont county a
few years before. He had built a brick house and opened
a large farm, and his position was most honorable in his
town of Bantam. Hannah Simpson, his daughter, seems
to have gathered up and carried forward to her son Ulysses
the best qualities of her people. That she was a remark-
able woman all her neighbors bear testimony. She never
complained of any hardship or toil or depression. She sel-
dom laughed, and her son Ulysses once said : "I never saw
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her shed a tear in my life." She was as proud of her fam-
ily history as her husband was of his, but she said nothing
about it. She never argued, never boasted, and never
gossiped of her neighbors. Her husband bore testimony
of her character in words well chosen: ''Her steadiness
and strength of character have been the stay of the family
through life." Her neighbors called her "a noble woman."
"Ulysses Grant, His Life and Character."
By Hamlin Garland.
"Gen. Grant's mother is one of those sedate, sensible,
serious women whose households are fit nurseries for
heroes. Industry, economy, patience, temperance and re-
ligion were the lessons of his early days."
"Men of Our Tunes," Stowe.
The ancestry of General Grant is most distinguished;
many Colonial and Revolutionary heroes there are in the
line back to Noah who was bom in 1718; Captain Noah
Grant was at the seige of Crown Point under General Ly-
man; was also doing scout duty with Putnam and Rogers
at Lake George (see official report signed by the three, Doc.
Hist New York IV, 17-177) ; served with great distinction
and was killed at Lake George September 20, 1756. It re-
mained for General Ulysses Simpson Grant to win laurels
in two decisive wars fighting under the Stars and Stripes,
after which he was chosen by popular vote to rule over the
land he had fought to save; his military career, as we all
know, was most brilliant, and his reign as chief magistrate
was wise and just, earning for him the love and gratitude
of a nation torn and scarred by four years of civil strife,
safely piloted by his military genius and masterly guidance
through this bloody conflict to the fulfillment of Lincoln's
cherished dream of a Reunited Republic.
Ulysses Simpson Grant was bom at Point Pleasant,
Ohio, April 27, 1822; died at Mt. McGregor, N. Y., July
23, 1885; graduated from West Point in 1843; fought in
the war with Mexico; was commander in chief of the
United States army in the war of the Rebellion during
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Lincoln's administration; married Julia, daughter of Col.
Dent, and sister of Frederick T. Dent, who was Grant's
room-mate at the military academy.
At the time of Ulysses* birth the family lived in a one-
story wooden building; the large chimney was built on the
outside ; a small room at the back called a lean-to was used
as a sleeping apartment; this cottage was removed to
Columbus, Ohio, in 1886, and is there preserved as a valu-
able relic ; the family went to Georgetown to live in 1823.
Noah Grant, grandfather of U. S. Grant, was a Revolu-
tionary soldier; he married Rachel Kelly; he moved to Ohio
in 1800; Captain Noah Grant's second wife died in 1805;
he then took his two small children and went to live with
his son Peter, a farmer, in Maysville, Ky.; Jessie Root
Grant, one of his two sons, was taken care of by George
Todd.
The Grant family was of hardy Scotch ancestry, com-
ing to America in 1630; they were identified with those
early times in the Indian wars, the Revolutionary struggle,
the Mexican war and the Rebellion.
Jessie Root Grant married Hannah Simpson; she is de-
scribed as comely, modest, unselfish, full of good sense, a
woman of strong religious convictions, a devout Methodist;
her ancestors were noted for their regard for integrity,
veracity and indeperiHence ; Gen. Grant never ceased to
reverance the religion of his mother; her firmness and
strength of character were inherited to a marked degree by
her gifted son. E. S. W.
1034. MATTHEW Grant, the emigrant ancestor, was one
of the original company who came, in 1630, to Dorchester,
Mass., in the Mary and John, with Maverick and Warham.
He was admitted a freeman 18 May, 1631, and continued in
Dorchester till the removal of the company which settled
Windsor, of which he was a prominent member. His name
appears on the Dorchester records as late as Nov. 2, 1635,
and though he was without doubt, among those who went,
in 1635 to prepare their .new homes at Matinauck, now
Windsor, it is not likely that his wife and children left Dor-
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Chester before April 18, 1636. He was the second town
clerk in Windsor, also the first and for many years the
principal surveyor; was a prominent man in the church;
evidently was just and exceedingly conscientious in all his
public and private transactions and duties, and as recorder,
he often added notes explanatory, or in correction, to the
records which have considerable value to the investigator
of the present day — Stiles. He was compiler of the "Old
Church Records" so often quoted by Dr. Stiles in the His-
tory of Windsor, "which in the absence of some of the earli-
est records of the town of Windsor (1635-50), assume a
value which can scarcely be over-estimated; in short he
was a pious, hard-working, conscientious Christian man,
and a model town clerk. He was bom Oct 27, 1601 ; mar-
ried Nov. 16, 1625, Priscilla , she died April
27, 1644, aged 43 years and two months, he married
(second. May 29, 1645, Susanna, daughter of Bernard
CJhapin and widow of William Rockwell, she died Nov. 14,
1661. "Matthew Grant Recorder" died at Windsor, 16
Dec., 1681.
Children of Matthew and Priscilla ( ) Grant:
1035. i. PRISCILLA Grant^; b. Sept 14, 1626, in
Eng.; m. Oct. 14, 1647, at W. Michael Hum-
phreys, see Grene. of Huhphreys' family in Amer-
ica, by Dr. Frederick Humphreys.
1036. ii. MATTHEW Grant^; d. Sept. 10, 39.
1037.* iii. SAMUEL Grant^; b. Nov. 12, 1631, at Dor-
Chester, Mass.; d. Sept. 10, 1718; m. May 27,
1658, at Windsor.
Mary, dau. of John Porter.
1038. iv. TAHAN Grant^; b. Feb. 3, 1633-4; d. May
30, 1693, in E. W. ; m. Jan., 22, 1662-3.
Hannah Palmer (dau. of Nicholas and Joan (
) Pahner; bap. W., Oct 11, 1640.
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1039. V. JOHN Grant*; b. Apr. 30, 1642, at Windsor;
d. July 22, 1684; m. Aug. 2, 1666.
Mary Hull, dau. of Josiah and Elizabeth (Loomis)
Hull ; bap. Oct 8, 1648, she m. 2nd John Cross,
Nov. 3, 1686; d. June 29, 1720.
(1037) Samuel Grants Mathew^; b. Nov. 12, 1631; d.
Sept. 10, 1718; m. May 27, 1658,
Mary Porter; dau. of John Porter.
He was one of the petitioners. May 13, 1680, for a sepa-
rate township organization, that they might have religious
services of their own east of the Great river.
Children of Samuel and Mary (Porter) Grant:
1040.* i. SAMUEL Grant*; b. April 20, 1659, at
Windsor.
1041. ii. JOHN Grant'; b. April 24, 1664, at Wind-
sor; d. July 19, 1695; m. June 5, 1690.
Elizabeth Skinner.
1042. iii. MATTHEW Grant'; b. Sept 22, 1660, at
Windsor; d. February 9, 1734-5; m. October,
1690.
Hannah Chapman.
1043. iv. JOSIAH Grant'; b. March 19, 1668, at
Windsor; d. March 28, 1732; m. July 6, 1696,
at Stonington,
Rebecca Minor.
1044. V. NATHANIEL Grant'; b. April 14, 1672, at
Windsor; m. October 12, 1699,
Bethia Warner.
1045. vi. MARY Grant'; b. Jan. 23, 1675/6, at Wind-
sor; m. March 13, 1694,
Joseph Skinner, Jr.
1046. vii. SARAH Grant'; b. Jan. 19, 1678/9, at
Windsor.
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(1040) Samuel Grant*, SamueP, Mathew^ b. April 20,
1659, at Windsor, Conn.; d. May 8, 1710; m. (Ist) Dec. 6,
1683,
Anna Filley, dau. of Samuel and Ann (Gillet) Filley.
m. (2nd) April 11, 1688, Grace Minor, dau. of John and
Elizabeth (Booth) Minor.
Children of Samuel and Anna (Filley) Grant:
1047. i. SARAH Grants b. Sept 2, 1684; m. July 19,
1705,
Thomas Skinner, and had five children.
Children of Samuel and Grace (Minor) Grant:
1048. ii. HANNAH Grant*; b. Mch. 28, 1689; d. Feb.
23, 1765; m. (1st)
Thomas Morton, of East Windsor, who d. there,
July 20, 1708;
m. (2nd) April 3, 1712, John Gaylord; b. at W.,
June 8, 1686, son of John and Mary (Clark)
Gaylord; he d. June 25, 1722;
m. (3rd) Mr. Moseley; was living in Westfield,
Mass., 1751; had two children, Morton; and
three, Gaylord.
1049. iii. SAMUEL Grant*; b. Sept 19, 1691; d.
April 7, 1751, at E. W.; m. Jan., 1718-19.
Theophyle Bartlett, she d. Dec. 23, 1775, at E. W.
1050.* iv. NOAH Grants b. Dec. 16, 1693, E. W.;
d. Oct. 16, 1727; m. June 12, 1717;
Martha Huntinfirton; b. Dec. 9, 1696. in Norwich;
dau. of John and Abigail (Lathrop) Hunting-
ton. She m. (2nd) Jan. 7, 1728-9
Peter Buel, by whom five children.
1051. V. ABIGAIL Grant*; b. Dec. 18, 1695, in W*;
d. Aug. 22, 1724; m. Jan. 9, 1717-18,
Abiel Abbott, both d. in Windsfor leaving three ch.
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1052. vi. EPHRAIM Grant*; bp. Aug. 28, 1698; m.
Aug. 20, 1723,
Elizabeth Cady.
1053. viL GRACE Grant* ; b. Aug. 17, 1701, at E. W. ;
m. Bowers .
1054. viii. DAVID Grant*, Ensign; b. Dec. 10, 1703;
d. Dec. 21, 1791; m. Dec., 1727;
Elizabeth Chapman; b. April 12, 1702; d. Nov.
2, 1775.
1055. ix. EBENEZER Grant*; b. Oct. 20, 1706, at W.;
d. Mch. 9, 1797, age 91 ; m. Nov. 10, 1737.
Ann Ellsworth ; b. about 1712, dau. of Lieut. John
and Esther (White) Ellsworth; m. (2nd)
Jemima Leavitt, b. Nov. 9, 1721.
He was Captain of the North Company or Train-
band on east side of Connecticut River in the
town of Windsor. Conmiission was signed by
Jonathan Law, Oct 19, 1742.
(1050) Noah Grant*, Samuel', SamueP, MathewM b.
Dec. 16, 1693, East Windsor, one of the earliest settlers of
Toll; d. Oct. 16, 1727, at Toll; m. June 12, 1717.
Martha Huntington ; b. Dec. 9, 1696, in Norwich.
Children of Noah and Martha (Huntington) Grant
1056.* i. NOAH Grant'; b. July 12, 1718, at Toll and
Conn.; killed Sept. 20, 1756; m. Nov. 5, 1746;
Susan Delano; b. June 23, 1724, dau. of Jonathan
Delano, a descendant of Phillip De La Noye.
Captain Noah Grant, removed about 1750, to Cov-
entry and June, 1758 (with his brother, Solo-
mon) joined the exp. against Crown Point, in
one of the two regiments under (Jen. Lyman,
and was (being then Lieut.) on scouting duty
with Putnam and Rogers at Lake Greorge from
Oct 29 to Nov. 3 of that year. He served with
great distinction, was promoted to a captaincy.
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and was killed while out with a scouting party
from Ft William Henry (Lake George) 20
Sept, 1756. Full and interesting details of his
service will be found in Marshall's Ancestry of
General Grant, pp. 35-43.
1057. ii. ADONIRAM Grants b. Feb. 27, 1721; liv-
ing in Toll as late as 1787.
1058. iii. SOLOMON Grant*; b. Jan. 29, 1723; for
further record see Stiles Ancient Windsor.
1059. iv. MARTHA Grant ;» b. June 9, 1726; m.
Price.
(1040) Samuel Grant'; bom at Windsor, April, 1659;
a carpenter; m. Dec. 6, 1683, with Anna (or Hannah) Fil-
ley; settled in E.W., where she died April 18, 1686; m.
(2nd) April 11, 1688, Grace Minor; bom at Stonington,
Sept. 20, 1670, dau. of John and Elizabeth (Booth) Minor.
She was a member of the W. Ch., 1700, and he owned the
Gov't there same year, having previously held the same re-
lation to the First Church. He d. May 8, 1710, and she d.
Alpril 16, 1753, in her 84th year. John Minor; b. Aug. 30,
1685, son of Capt. Thomas (b. 25 April, 1608, and Grace
(Palmer) Minor, and a grandson of Walter Palmer by his
first wife; m. Elizabeth Booth, dau. of Richard and Eliza-
beth (Hawley) Booth. Capt Thomas was son of William
of Chew Magna, of Somersetshire, Eng., deriving from
Henry who d. 1539.
(1056) Noah Grants Noah*, Samuel', Samuel% Mat-
thew^; b. July 12, 1718, at Tolland, Conn.; killed Sept 20,
1775, while on scouting duty ; m. Nov. 5, 1746,
Susan Delano; b. June 23, 1724.
Children of Noah and Susan (Delano) Grant:
1060.* i. NOAH Grant*; b. June 20, 1748; d. Feb.
14, 1819; m. (1st) abt 1778,
Ann (Buel) Richardson, a widow ; m. (2nd) Mch.
4, 1792, Mrs. Rachel Kelly, a widow.
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1061. ii. PETER Grant*; b. at Coventry; a mariner;
was lost at sea, unm.
1062. iii. MARTHA Grant*; b. at Coventry; it is
said she was insane from the age of 18 to 70, she
d. in Coventry, Conn.
(1060) Noah Grant*, Noah*, Noah*, Samuel*, Samuels
Michael^; b. June 20, 1748; d. Feb. 14, 1819; m. (1st) abt
X778.
Ann (Buel) Richardson, a widow; m. (2nd) Mch. 4,
1792, Mrs. Rachel Kelly, a widow.
Children of Noah and Ann (Buel) Grant:
1063. i. SOLOMON Grant^; b. abt 1779, Coventry;
d. in South America.
1064. ii. PETER Grants b. Nov. 4, 1781, went with
his father to Pa., thence to 0., settled in Ken-
tucky about 1801-2, had ten children; d. Jan.
10. 1829, was drowned.
Children of Noah and Rachel Kelly Grant:
1065. iii. SUSAN Grant%- b. Dec. 7, 1792; m. 1815,
Bailey Hudson, had six children. He d.
in 1815, she m. (2nd) Henry Grimes and had
two more children.
1066.* iv. JESSE Root Grants b. Jan. 23, 1794,
Westmoreland Co., Pa.; d. about 1874, in his
eightieth year. He was the only man who ever
saw his son twice elected to the Presidency of
the United States; m. June 24, 1821.
Hannah Simpson; b. Nov. 23, 1798, dau. of John
and Rebecca (Weir) Simpson.
1067. V. MARGARET Grants b. Oct 23, 1795.
1068. vi. NOAH B. Grant^; b. Nov., 1797; d. Jan.
10, 1821 ; had 5 children, one of whom d. in the
Confederate Army.
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1069. vii, JOHN KeUy Grants b. June 2, 1799; d.
Jan. 23, 1832, in Texas.
1070. viii. ROSWELL B. Grant^; b. Jan. 10, 1802;
lived in Kentucky and Virgrinia; m. three
times ; three children by first wife.
1071. ix. RACHEL B. Grant^; b. Sept 10, 1803; m.
William Tompkins; settled in Charles-
ton, West Va.; had eight children.
(1060) Noah Grant«, NoahS Noah*, Samuel* SamueP,
Mathew^ ; Noah Grant responded to the Lex. Alarm, April,
1775, as Lieut, of Militia ; upon the org. of the Continental
Army at Cambridge, Mass. In July of that year he was
app. Lieut, in the Continental Army; served actively dur-
ing the whole Revolutionary War, ending with the commis-
sion of Captain; he moved in 1790, to Westmoreland Co.,
settling near Greensburg on the Monongahela river, 20
miles above Pittsburg; m. Mch. 4, 1792, Mrs. Rachael Kel-
ly, a widow. They moved in April, 1799, to the Northwest
Territory, and settled in Fawcettstown, now Liverpool,
Columbiana Co., Ohio, 45 miles below Pittsburg, Pa., and
two miles below the line of Pa. Again in 1804, they moved
40 miles to the present town of Deerfleld, Portage Co., Ohio,
where his wife died, April 10, 1805, leaving the old soldier
with a large family, and but scanty means of support. The
family was broken up and scattered. In 1811 he moved
to Maysville, Ky., and died there in the family of his son,
Peter, Feb. 14, 1819.
(1033) Hannah Simpson^*, 2nd daughter of John% John^
and Rebecca (Weir) Simpson; b. November 23, 1798, at
White Marsh, Montgomery County, Pa.; d. May 11, 1883,
at Jersey City, New Jersey; m. June 25, 1821, at Point
Pleasant^ Ohio.
(1066) Jesse Root Grant; b. June 25, 1794, in West-
moreland County, Pa., and named for Chief Justice Jesse
Root, of the Superior Court of CJonnecticut.
Their children were:
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1072.* i. HIRAM Ulysses Grant^; he changed his
name to : Ulysses Simpson Grant.
1073. ii. SAMUEL Simpson Grants a merchant at
Galena, 111; b. September 23, 1825, in George-
town, Brown County, Ohio; d. September 13,
1861, near St Paul, Minn. Not m.
1074. iii. CLARA Rachel Grant^; b. December 11,
1828, in Georgetown, Ohio; d. March 6, 1865, in
Covington, Ky.
1075. iv. VIRGINIA Paine Grants b. February 20,
1832, in Georgetown, Ohio; d. March 28, 1881,
in Jersey City, New Jersey; m. May 13, 1869.
Hon. Abel Rathbone Corbin, of New York City,
and later of Elizabeth, New Jersey, they had <Hie
child, who died in infancy.
1076. V. ORVIL Lynch Grants b. May 15, 1835, in
Georgetown, Ohio ; d. August 4, 1881, in Eliza-
beth, New Jersey; m. April, 1857.
Mary Medary, dau. of Asher and Elizabeth Med-
ary.
1077. vi. MARY Frances Grants b. July 28, 1839, in
Georgetown, Ohio; d. January 23, 1898, in Car-
lisle, Pa; m. October 27, 1863, in Covington,
Ky.
Rev. John Cramer; b. February 6, 1835, at Ho-
her, Hallau, Switzerland, near the Falls of the
Rhine, a son of John and Magdaline (Bow-
man) Cramer. Rev. John Cramer, was Resi-
dent Minister to Denmark, 1870. Their chil-
dren were:
1078. i. CLARA Virginia Cramer*; b. October 17,
1864, Covington, Ky.
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1079. ii- JAMBS Grant Cramer"; b. August 26, 1869,
Covington, Ky,
Note: — ^From and including No. 1072, the generation
number follows the Simpson lineage.
Hannah^^, John", John*, Samuel*, ThomasS John^
(1072) Ulysses Simpson Grant^; b. April 27, 1822, at
Point Pleasant, Ohio; d. July 23, 1885, on Mount Mc-
Gregor, near Saratoga, N. Y. ; m. August 22, 1848, at St
Louis, Mo.
Julia Boggs Dent; b. January 26, 1826, dau. of Frederick
and Ellen (Wrenshall) Dent, and granddaughter of CoL
George Dent, who led "the forlorn hope" at Ft. Mont-
gomery, when it was stormed by "Mad" Anthony Wayne.
Her mother was a descendant of John Wrenshall, "who
came from England, to escape religious intolerance," and
settled in Philadelphia.
Their children were :
1080. i. FREDERICK Dent Grant*; b. May 20, 1850,
in St. Louis, Mo.; d. April 12, 1912, in New
York City; m. October 20, 1874, in Chicago,
111.
Ida M. Honore, dau. of Henry Hamilton Honore.
Their children were:
1081. JULIA Dent Grant*, who married:
Prince Cantacuzene, of Russia.
1081a. ii. MIRIAM Grant*.
1081b. iii. CHAFFEE Grant*.
1081c. iv. ULYSSES S. Grant, HP, Captain in the
Corps of Engineers of the U. S. Army.
1088. ii. ULYSSES S. Grant, Jr.,«; b. 1852, at Bethel.
1084. iii. JESSE Grant, Jr.,«; b. 1858, in St. Louis,
Mo., m. and had
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1084a. i. CHAPMAN Grant*.
1085. iv. NELLIE Grant'; b. 1855, in St. Louis, Mo.;
m. (Ist)
Algernon Sartoris.
Nellie Grant Sartoris; m. 2nd, Frank H. Jones.
He is a banker in Chicago, 111.
Children of Algernon and Nellie Sartoris Grant
were:
1085a. i. VIVIAN Sartoris*.
1085b. ii. ROSEMARY Sartoris*.
1085c. iii. ALGERNON Sartoris*.
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PHILADELPHIA COUNTY
One of the three counties originally established by
William Penn, about the close of the year, 1862. It then
extended indefinitely towards the northwest, bounded on
either side by its fellow counties, Bucks and Chester.
It has since, by the establishment of Berks Co.,
in 1752, and of Montgomery Co., in 1784 been reduced to
an area of 120 sq. miles. Penn speaks of Bucks County in
a letter to the Society of Free Traders, in 1683, callmg it
Buckingham Co., and the whole of the two townships,
Buckingham and Solebury, in early times was called Buck-
ingham. The name was first given to the township, and
borough of Bristol but transferred here perhaps before Cut-
ler's resurvey. The following is from the sketch of Buck-
ingham and Solebury by John Watson, of Greenville:
"The imposing authority of necessity obliged the first set-
tlers and their successors to wear a strong and coarse
dress; enduring buck-skin was used for breeches and
sometimes for jackets; oznabrigs made of hemp tow, was
much used for boys' shirts; sometimes flax, and flax and
tow were used for that purpose; and coarse tow for
trowsers; a wool hat, strong shoes, and brass buckles,
two linsey jackets and a leather apron, made out the win-
ter apparel. This kind of dress continued to be common
for tile laboring people until 1750. Yet a few even in
early times, somewhat to imitate the trim of their an-
cestors, laid out as much to buy one suit of fine clothes, as
would have purchased 200 acres of pretty good land. The
cut of a fine coat, (now antiquated) may be worthy of
description. Three or four large plaits in the skirts —
wadding almost like a coverlet to keep them smooth— cuffs
vastly large up to the elbows, open below, and of a round
form. The hat of a beau was a good broad-brinmtied beav-
er, with double loops drawn close behind and half raised
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on each side. The woman in full mode wore stiff whale-
bone stays' worth 8 or $10. The silk gown much plaited in
the back ; the sleeves nearly twice as large as the arm, and
reaching rather more than half way from the shoulder to
the elbow — ^the interval covered with fine hoUand sleeve,
nicely plaited, locket buttons, and long-armed gloves. In-
vention had then reached no further than a bath bonnet
with a cape. Something like this was the fashion of gay
people, of whom there were a few, though not many in
early times in Buckingham and Solebury. But the whde
or something like it was often put on for wedding suits,
with the addition of the bride being dressed in a long
black hood without a bonnet There was one of these
solemn symbols of matrimony made of near two yards of
rich Paduasoy, that was lent to be worn on those occa-
sions. The straw-plat, called the Bee-hive bonnet, and the
blue or green apron were long worn by old women." This
may serve to give us a mental picture of the dress worn
by Rebecca Weir, the mother of Hannah Simpson, and can-
not but make us have a feeling of regret that we can fur-
nish our readers no other likeness of the maternal grand-
mother of Ulysses Simpson Grant, but as John Simpson
and Rebecca Weir lived in Philadelphia County (which was
later Montgomery County) the pen picture must serve the
purpose, and we must be contented to imagine Jean (or
Jane Simpson) the first cousin of Grant's mother as she
looked in her "silk gown much plaited in the back with the
fine Holland sleeves and long-armed gloves." The mother-
ly face of Hannah Simpson may be seen with that of her
distinguished son among others of the Simpson family.
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WEIR FAMILY,
1086. Richard Gardiner was b. in St. Mary's County,
Maryland, circa. 1650; d. in 1687; was a Justice of the
Quorum and County Commissioner, of St. Mary's County,
Maryland, frwn 1677 to 1687; Member of the Maryland
Assembly, from 1681 to 1687; m. (1st) Elizabeth Hill,
dau. of Clement Hill; m. (2nd) Elizabeth Weir, dau. of
Major John Weir and his wife, Honoria, of Rappahannock
County, Virgrinia; Honoria Weir afterward married
Greorge Jones; Maj. John Weir was a Burgess for Rappa-
hannock County, Virginia, 1648 to 1660, and 1663-66, he
was conmiissioned a Capt of Militia in 1663, and Major in
1666.
1087. Richard Gardiner was son of Capt. Luke Gardi-
ner; b. in England, 1622; d. in St. Mary's County, Mary-
land, in 1674; was Burgess for St. Mary's County from
1660 to 1662 and again in 1671; High Sheriff, 1662 to
1674; was commissioned Lieutenant of the St. Mary's
County Militia, January 28th, 1660, and Captain in 1664;
m. Elizabeth Hatton, of St Mary's County.
Children of Richard and Elizabeth (Weir) Gardiner:
1088. i. LUKE Gardiner.
1089. ii. JOHN Gardiner; b. 1682; d. Nov. 1717, m.
Mary Boarman.
(1087) Richard Gardiner^ came from England to
Maryland in 1637, with his wife and son Luke and John,
and daughters, Elizabeth and Julianna, son-in-law Ck)pley,
husband of Julianna; this is set forth in the Early Set-
tler's List in Annapolis Land office; as early as 1642, he
signed his name Richard Gardiner, the older; he was a
member of the Maryland Greneral Assembly from 1637 to
1641.
His children were :
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1090. i. Captain LUKE; b. 1622; d. 1674.
1091. ii. JULIANNA; m. Copley.
1092. iii. JOHN.
1093. iv. ELIZABETH.
1094. V. Captain RICHARD; b. 1642; d. 1694.
Colonial Fam. U. S., by George Norbury Mackenzie, Vol.
IV.
Note. So far no connection of this family with Rebecca
Weir, the mother of Hannah Simpson, has been found, but
it is thought best to publish it in this connection, for the
benefit of future research.
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BISHOP MATTHEW SIMPSON FAMILY.
We are indebted to Crooks Life of Bishop Simpson for
much of the information re^rarding this branch of the Simp-
son family.
(1096) Thomas Simpson, the grandfather of Bishop
Matthew Simpson, was a native of England where he had
been in the government service, as a horse dragoon previ-
ous to his emigrating to Londonderry, Ireland. He died
while yet a young man leaving a family of six children;
i. Andrew; ii. John; iii. William; iv. Mathew; v.
James, and vi. Mary.
Mathew was bom in Ireland, June, 1776, went to Ameri-
ca in 1793, taught school for a time. Represented Harri-
son County, Ohio, for ten years, was a good Greek and
Hebrew Scholar, died in AUegheney City in 1874, aged 98.
He lived most of his life with his brother James. Mary
married Mr. Eagleson; Andrew settled near Chillicothe,
and left a larg^ family. John settled on Stillwater Creek
in Harrison County, Ohio, raised a large family of sons and
daughters, most of whom settled in Illinois, William set-
tled near Waterford, Erie county, Pennsylvania, left sev-
eral sons and daughters. Mary Eagleson, settled in Harri-
son county, Ohio, and brought up a large family, all of
whom, except two daughters, died without children.
(1100) James Simpson bom in Ireland, 1776. Was a
reed maker by trade; married June' 10, 1806, Sarah Ting-
ley, daughter of Jeremiah Tingley, who served in the Revo-
lutionary war and received a soldier's grant of land in
Western Virginia. Sarah Tingley was bom in New Jersey,
near South Amboy, May 23, 1781, she had a brother who
was clerk of the County Court and another brother who
was Editor and publisher of the county paper. James
Simpson died in Pittsburg, June 16, 1812. The family had
been reared in the Presbyterian faith, but Sarah Simpson
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became converted to Methodism through the preaching of
Wesley. She lived to be very many years old, had a won-
derful memory, could repeat many passages of scripture,
hjrmns and stories. The spinning wheel and hymn book
were her constant companions. The children of James and
Sarah (Tingley) Simpson were: Hettie Simpson, born
April 3, 1807, married in 1829, George McCullough, for
many years a merchant in Cincinnatti; ii. Elizabeth
Simpson, bom February 2, 1809, married a physician. Dr.
Scoles who became a Methodist minister, she died in 1833 ;
iii. Bishop Matthew Simpson, bom June 21, 1811, died
June 18, 1884, maried on November 3, 1835, by the Rev.
Z. H. Costen to Ellen Holmes Verner, daughter of James
Vemer, of Pittsburg.
(1105) Matthew Simpson^; was converted in 1829, li-
censed to preach in 1833, elected Bishop, at Boston, in May,
1852. Received degree A. M. from Allegheny and D. D.
and L. L. D. from Wesleyan University. President of North
Western University. President of Indiana Asbury Uni-
versity. Appointed delegate to British Wesleyan Confer-
ence ; went first to Berlin, and then to the Holy Land, his
son Charles accompanied him. His wife, Ellen Holmes
Verner, was interested in building a home for aged women
in Philadelphia, was president of the Bible Reader's So-
ciety. Beside a son and a daughter, who died young, they
had a daughter, who married Charles W. Buoy. The
Bishop visited his mother and sister in Cincinnatti on his
way to Greencastle, accompanied by his wife and small son.
In 1870, he started for Europe, taking wife and daughters
with him — a daughter and her husband were living in Ant-
werp at the time. Went home and left his family in Eu-
rope, returned in 1875. Went to China and Japan, in 1881,
to attend the Methodist Ecumenical Conference.
E. S. W.
"Bishop Matthew Simpson. First president, Indiana,
Asbury (De Pauw) University 1839-1849, and M. E.
Bishop, was bom in Cadiz, Ohio, June 21, 1811. Son of
James and Sarah (Tingley) Simpson. His paternal Grand-
father, a soldier in the British Service, removed late in
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life to county Tyrone, Ireland, where he died, and his
widow and five children came to the U. S., in 1793, and set-
tled in Western Pennsylvania. On the maternal side his
ancestors had long been Americans/'
National Cyclopedia of Biography. Vol. VII, p. 381.
'In 1857, Bishop Simpson was made a Delegate to the
British Wesleyan €k)nference with Worlds Evangelical Al-
liance which met at Berlin. He preached in the Garrushon
Kirche, which was under the direct control of the King,
that being the first time that an established church in
Prussia had been opened to the preaching of an evangelical
minister of the English or American churches. He ren-
dered vast services to the countey during the Civil War,
having come, not long after its opening, into very close re-
lations with President Lincoln, who was not slow to dis-
cover that the support of the churches was vital to the gov-
ernment, and that few men understood the people more
thoroughly than the Methodist Bishops. Bishop Simp-
son was often sent for, to come to Washington, and it
seems that as early as 1861 he had suggested the necessity
of an Emancipation Proclamation. Subsequently, Mr. Lin-
coln showed him the draft of the Proclamation, consulting
him about its form, the Bishop urging an explicit recogni-
tion of God. During the war he traveled the country over,
speaking in behalf of the Federal cause, and everywhere
leading the people up to the pitch of his own patriotic en-
thusiasm. A volume of his sermons was printed after his
death." National Biographical Encyclopedia. Vol. VII.
For some time previous to and all during the troublous
days of the Civil conflict, Lincoln frequently sent for
Bishop Simpson for counsel and advice. He had great re-
spect for his opinion of men and his knowledge of condi-
tions both in the north and the south. Bishop Simpson's
travels over the country gave him unusual opportunities
for observing men and affairs generally. On one occasion
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Lincoln tutd promised to preside at the opening session of
the Sanitary Commission. Finding it impossible to attend,
he requested Bishop Simpson to take his place, saying that
there was no other man in the county by whom he would
prefer to be represented. This was another of his char-
acteristic speeches, in which he expressed his devotion to
the cause of freedom, echoing at the same time the senti-
ments espoused by the General Conference, which had just
closed a session. One of the important transactions of this
body being the appointing of a Day of Prayer for the de-
liverance of the Nation. On this day the National flag was
raised over the building in which the Conference was held.
A committee was appointed to carry to the President as-
surances of the unfaltering support of loyal Methodists, it
read "Say to him we are with him, heart and soul for hu-
man rights and free institutions." This committee with
Joseph Cummings at its head, prepared and presented an
address to the Chief Magistrate of the United States. Dr.
Granville Moody presented the paper, and as he was retir-
ing remarked "Mr. President, we all hope the country
will rest in Abraham's bosom for the next four years/*
Lincoln's reply follows:
"Gentlemen :
In response to your address, allow me to attest the ac-
curacy of its historical statements; and thank you in the
Nation's name for the sure promise it gives.
Nobly sustained as the government has been by all the
churchies, I would utter nothing which might, in the least
appear invidious against any. Yet without this it may
fairly be said that the Methodist Episcopal Church, not less
devoted than the best, is, by its greater number the most
important of all. It is no fault in others that the Method-
ist Church sends more soldiers to the field, more nurses to
the hospital, and more prayers to Heaven than any. God
bless the Methodist Church — bless all the churches — and
blessed be God, Who, in this our great trial, giveth us the
Churches.
A. Lincoln,
May 18, 1864.
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BENTLEY HALL, ALLEGHENY COLLEGE.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH,
CADIZ. OHIO. BISHOP SIMPSONS HOME IN PHILADELPHIA.
THE OLD SCHOOL HOUSE FIRST USED BY
ORIGINAL COLLEGE BUILDING, ASBURY UNIVERSITY
GREENCASTLE.
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Immediately after the assassination of President Lincoln,
Bishop Simpson was summoned to Washington by Mrs.
Lincpln to render such service and consolation as he could
to the stricken family. Then when all was over and the
remains of our Martyred President reached the final rest-
ing place in Springfield, Bishop Simpson preached the last
sad words over his friend. Frances E. Willard said of him
"He lived in Evenston when I was a school girl and of all
the gifted men who made earlier days of our University
so brilliant, that the later ones can only hope to compete
with, not excel them, he (Bishop Simpson) was chief. In
an Editorial of April 16, 1851, he outlines the plan for a
Temperance campaign in Ohio, he says ''Ministers of the
Gospel fear not the charge of meddling in politics, Sobriety
will but prepare the way for the gospel.'' His last sermon
was delivered at the dedication of the Peoples' Church in
Boston, late in the winter of 1884. He was one of the
Methodist Pioneers that did such splendid constructive
work in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. It would be hard
to estimate the value of these early God-fearing men in the
settling of this new country. They builded better than
they knew, they not only inspired people to right ways of
living but they were assisting in laying strong and deep
the foundation of the New Republic and helping to instil
the principles of patriotism along with their tenents of
Methodism.
(1105) ''Bishop Matthew Simpson, was bom at Cadiz,
Ohio, June 21, 1811, died at Philadelphia, June 18, 1884.
An American Bishop of the M. E. Church ; he was presi-
dent of the Indiana Asbury University (Greencastle, Ind.)
was elected Bishop in 1852. He was distinguished as a
pulpit orator. He published 'One Hundred Years of Meth-
odism (1876). Reference Cyclopedia of Methodism.'"
Century Dictionary, Vol. XI.
"According to all reports young Matthew Simpson was
a precocious child. At the age of three, he was able to
read. When but eight years old he took up the study of
German, in which he became quite proficient. A few years
afterward he entered upon the study of Latin and Greek,
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and made rapid progress in these languages. While quite
a boy, a book embracing the elements of surveying, geome-
try, trigonometry was placed in his hand. In a short time
he had fairly well mastered the work, largely through his
own unaided efforts. Noticing his insatiable thirst for
knowledge and his remarkable facility for acquiring it,
friends determined to give the young student the benefit of
college training. In 1828, when Matthew was in his 18th
year. Dr. Charles Elliot, who was at the time professor in
Madison College, at Union Town, Pa., a small institution
then under control of the Pittsburg Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, visited Cadiz and became in-
terested in Young Simpson. He urged him to attend the
college and offered to assist him in various ways. As a re-
sult we find the young man passing from the direct tuition
of his uncle to the sympathetic care and training of one
of the great scholars, teachers and ecclesiastical leaders of
the time. It was fortunate for Bishop Simpson that he
came Bo early under the influence of Rev. Elliot, who urged
him to enter college, appointed him an assistant teacher,
brought about his entrance to the Pittsburg Conference,
recommended him to the presidency of the Indiana Asbury
University, and delivered into his hands the editorial di-
rection of the Western Christian Advocate.
Bishop Matthew Simpson presided at the Erie Confer-
ence in session, in Jamestown, N. Y., July 14, 1852."
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BISHOP SIMPSON'S DEATH.
"Sunday, June 18, 1884, at about day-break he roused up
with unexpected stren^rth, for his death was hourly ex-
pected. Mrs. Buoy (wife of Rev. Chas. W. Buoy) who was
watching with him, read Psalm 103, one of the Bishop's
favorites,, commencing, ''Bless the Lord Oh my soul; and
all that is within me, bless His Holy name." DuHng the
reading he responded frequently in a quiet way. Mrs.
Simpson repeated the first verse of Charles Wesley's hjrmn,
"Jesus, Lover of my Soul," and to the last line "Oh receive
my soul at last," he responded distinctly, "My Savior!
My Savior!" these were his last words. He lingered on in
silence until Wednesday morning, June 18, at 8 :40 o'clock.
Had he lived three days longer he would have completed
seventy-three years upon earth."
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"THE NAPOLEON OF METHODISM."
"Bishop Simpson was unquestionably a great Methodist,
but he was more than that. He was an American citizen
and patriot almost without peer, especially among men of
ecclesiastical pursuits, during a period of years fraught
with most important developments in national life. It was
a pathetic and impressive scene which brought to a close
the Methodist General Conference of 1884. Bishop Simp-
son arose from a sick bed to attend this gathering at Phila-
delphia, because it was so near his home. But he felt as
did his friends, that this was to be his last experience of
the comforting communion and loved association of his
church. More sincere or general mourning has rarely at-
tended the passing of any man than that which filled the
hearts of men and women within and without the Method-
ist Episcopal denomination when Bishop Simpson's eyes
closed on earthly scenes, June 18, 1884. At the largely at-
tended funeral service in Philadelphia, Bishop Randolph
S. Foster delivered the principal address. At the conclu-
sion of the service Bishop Foster was heard to say to his
colleague. Bishop Edward G. Andrews; "There never has
been a bishop of any church who wielded so great an in-
fluence on national affairs as Bishop Simpson has exerted,
nor do I believe there ever will be another who will exert so
great an influence on the nation as he.''
Perhaps no more expressive epitome of Bishop Simpson's
career could be spoken or written than this. Endowed
with all the essential qualities of greatness of mind and
heart, he was naturally one who would achieve distinction
in any line of work at any period of time. But he reached
the very climax of his career when the nation was in the
throes of the Civil War. Thousands were thrilled and
aroused to patriotic fervor by listening to the great lecture
which Bishop Simpson delivered in various cities of the
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country during those trying times. And no man can tell
the full measure of American indebtedness to him for the
creation and maintenance of the spirit of embattled cour-
age which made possible the preservation of the Union.
Bishop Simpson was the close personal friend of President
Abraham Lincoln. And often when worried and harassed
almost beyond endurance; when daily made the object of
unjust criticism by those who hampered his every move by
obstructive tactics; fearing often lest the fair face of
friendship might mask the designs of a traitor. Lincoln
turned to Bishop Simpson for advice and counsel, and for
the information as to exact conditions which came easily
to the later in the discharge of his duties as a general su-
perintendent of the Methodist Church. Lincoln felt he
could absolutely trust Bishop Simpson, because the latter's
observations were never colored by the prejudice of a poli-
tician, and because he had no personal ends to serve. The
Methodist Bishop was therefore called frequently to the
White House. It was not strange that Bishop Simpson was
called upon to deliver the funeral oration over the body of
the martyred president, at Springfield, Illinois.
Matthew Simpson was bom at Cadiz, Ohio, in 1811, and
was therefore seventy-three years old at the time of his
death. He came of Methodist stock, with Irish ancestry on
one side that proved the effect of heredity by the vein of
wholesome humor that lightened all his life with a sun-
shine of optimism and frequently drove the clouds of doubt
and dismay from the hearts and faces of those about him.
He was elected to the bishropric at the General Conference
in Boston, in 1862. Bishop Simpson's amazing eloquence
was of the quality that ranked him with Henry Ward
Beecher among the greatest American preachers. He was
selected by the Yale University to deliver the "Ljrman
Beecher Lectures on Preaching,^' one of the time honored
foundations of that great school. The stories that come to
us of the effect of some of Bishop Simpson's sermons and
addresses are almost unequaled. To those who came to
hear him for the first time there usually came a succession
of surprises. Somewhat stooped in stature, with a voice of
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rather delicate fibre-Hsympathetic but not sonorous — ^the
initiation of one of his addresses was usually disappoint-
ing to a stranger. But this feeling was soon forgotten. A
thrill soon came into his voice, his magnificent imagination
transcended the bounds of materialism to pierce the reach-
es of infinity, and he easily carried his hearers from one
climax of eloquence to another. He realized to the fullest
extent in his own heart and in the work of the sixties the
full power of that insuperable combination of patriotism and
religion. This was perhaps best illustrated in a sermon
which he delivered at a Methodist Conference in the early
part of the Civil War, when the audience rose to its feet
as one man and went wild with the religious emotion and
patriotic fervor he had aroused.
But perhaps one of Bishop Simpson's notable accom-
plishments on the public platform was in England, at the
time of Garfield's death. A meeting was called in Exeter
Hall, and Bishop Simpson was one of the speakers. It is
related that he fairly held his audience in the hollow of his
hand, and until this day English men refer to this address
as the greatest speech ever delivered in England by an
American. Speaking of the close bonds of S3rmpathy that
had been growing between England and America, and of
the mother country's expression of sympathy over the
martyrdom of Lincoln and the assassination of Garfield, he
led up to a peroration in which he paid glowing tribute to
England's ruler and ended with an ejaculation of "God
save the Queen !" which brought the entire audience to its
feet and filled the hall with a shouting that continued for
several minutes. In 1864, the New York East Conference
of the church met in Hartford with Bishop Simpson pre-
siding. On Sunday morning a large company of students
of Wesleyan University went to Hartford to hear him
preach. One of that company recalls having heard a busi-
ness man who had come from a distance to hear the bishop
say, as he left the Allyn house to go to the church ; "I am
going to hear the Napoleon of Methodism preach. Bishop
Simpson may well be called by the force of several analo-
gies, "the Napoleon of Methodism." He was a great gen-
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ABOUT 1816. BISHOP .MATTHEW SIMPSON PREACHED HIS FIRST SERMON HERE.
GARFIELD MEMORIAL MEETING AT EXETER HALL, LONDON.
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eral and an inspiring leader; he made notable conquests in
the Kingdom of Righteousness. But his conquests were ac-
companied by no self-assertive egotism, and he ruled by the
power of love in the hearts of the sons and daughters of
Methodism, where his memory is lovingly cherished to-
day "even unto the third and fourth generation/'
Selections from an article written by James A. Metcalf
in the National Magazine, July, 1912.
1095. Thomas Simpson\ Thomas% ThomasS John*; a
native of the North of Ireland, of Scottish descent, emi-
grated from Londonderry, Ireland, to Baltimore, Md., in
1793, and thence to Jefferson County, Ohio, after 1800.
Children,
1096. i. ANDREW Simpson'; settled at Chillicothe,
Ohio.
1097. ii. JOHN Simpson*; b. Ireland, emigrated to
America, settled in Washington Co., Pa; d.
1836, in Stock Twp., Harrison County, Ohio ; m.
Margaret (or Mary) McElroy.
In the ''Life of Bishop Matthew Simpson it is
stated 'John settled on Stillwater Creek, in Har-
rison County, Ohio, raised a large family of
boys and girls, the most of whom are now in
Illinois.
1098. iii. MATTHEW Simpson', not m.; b. June,
1776. Emigrated to America in 1793, settled
at Cadiz; d. 1874; served in the Ohio Legisla-
ture.
1099. iv. MARY Simpson"; m.
John Eagleson, and settled in Harrison Co., Ohio ;
brought up a large family of sons and dau. alt
of whom, except two dau. d. without children.
1100. V. JAMES Simpsons the youngest of the fami-
ly; d. June 15, 1812, at Pittsburgh; m. June
10, 1806,
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Sarah Tingle ; b. May 28, 1781, in New Jersesr,
near Stony Brook, twenty miles south of Am-
boy. She was a dau. of Jeremiah Tingley, who
served in the Revolution, and about 1790, re-
moved to Winchester, Va., thence to Warren
township, Jefferson county, Ohio, about 1801.
1101. vi. WILLIAM Simpson»; settled at Waterford,
Erie County, Pa., before 1813; d. in the prime
of life, leaving several sons.
(1097) Children of John and Mary (McEhroy) Simp-
son:
1102.* i. JOHN Shnpson*; b. 1814; d. 1877; m.
1889;
Margaret Law; b. 1820 (dau. of John and Bessie
(Linn.) Law.
(1100) Children of James and Sarah (Tingley) Simp-
son :
1103. i. HETTIE Simpson*; b. April 3, 1807; m.
1829,
George McCullough, for many years a merchant
in Cincinnatti.
1104. ii. ELIZABETH Simpson^ b. Feb. 2, 1809; d.
1833, buried in the cemetery at Cadiz, Ohio; m.
Dr. Scoles who became a Methodist
minister.
1105.* iii. MATTHEW Simpson*, Bishop in the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church; b. June 21, 1811, in
Cadiz, Ohio; d. June 18, 1884; m. Nov. 3,
1835,
Ellen H. Vemer, dau. of James Vemer of Pitts-
burgh.
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TINGLEY FAMILY.
The ancestors and kin of Sarah (Tingley) Simpson
wife of
(1100) James Simpson*, the following is taken from "Ohio
Valley Genealogies/' by Hannah.
1100a. JOSEPH TingleyS a native of New Jers^, and
a Revolutionary soldier, married, name of wife unknown,
and had issue:
1100b. JEREMIAH TingleyS a soldier in the Revolu-
tion, who married, name of wife unknown, and had issue:
1100c. i. SARAH Tingley%- b. May 23, 1781, near
Stony Brook, about twenty miles south of
Pearth Amboy, New Jersey; married, June
10, 1806, in Jefferson County, Ohio.
(1100) James Simpson, father of Bishop Matthew Simp-
son.
AlOOd. ii. WILLIAM Tingley'; b. in New Jersey,
1787; d. in Cadiz, Ohio, 1863; he removed to
West Virginia, and about 1806, to Cadiz, Ohio,
where he married:
Rachel Paulson, who was bom in Maryland, in
1789, and died in Cadiz, 1876; she was a dau.
of James and Rachel (Durbin) Paulson, of Har-
rison County, Ohio, her father died in 1816.
Their children were:
llOOe. i. AMANDA Tingley*; b. 1816; d. 1888; mar-
ried:
Sylvanus Wood ; b. 1805 ; d. 1846 ; son of James
and Elizabeth (Steel) Wood, from Washington
County, N. Y., and had issue:
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llOOf. ELIZABETH WOOD^ m.
Andrew Henderson Carnahan.
llOOg. TINGLE Y Sylvanus Wood'; married:
Leonora Chestnut, and settled in Leadville, Colo.
llOOh. ii. JOSEPH Tingley*; b. 1822.
llOOi. iii. JEREMIAH Tingley*; b. 1826.
llOOj. iv. TEMPERANCE Tingley^ b. 1830.
Children of (1102) John and Margaret (Law) Simpson:
1106. i. MARY Ann Simpson^ ; b. 1841 ; m. —
Joseph C. Patterson.
1107. ii. MARTHA Simpson^ b. 1842; m.
Robert Bimey.
1108. iii. MARGARET Simpson^; b. 1844; m.
Francis Welch.
1109. iv. MATTHEW W. Simpson^ b. Aug. 20, 1846;
settled in Washington township; served in the
Civil War; m. Sept. 16, 1869.
Rebecca Bimey, dau. of John Birney of Tippe-
canoe, Ohio.
1110. V. JAMES Simpson'; b. 1850.
1111. vi. HENRY Simpson'; b. 1851.
1112. vii. WILLIAM Simpson, twin brother to
Henry'; b. 1851.
1113. viii. ELLA Simpson'; b. 1857.
1114. ix. HOMER Simpson'; b. 1860.
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SARAH TINGLY SIMPSON,
MOTHER OF BISHOP SIMPSON.
[ From Crooks* Life of Simpson.]
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1115. X. FRANK H. Simpson^ b. 1860; m. Dec. 7,
1883,
Phoebe Taylor; b. 1866; dau. of Samuel Taylor
of Tuscara county (was of English descent)
who married Melissa Laken and removed to
Stock township.
(Note) The record of Thomas Simpson* is taken from
'^Ohio Valley Genealogies'' by Charles A. Hannah, but only
so far back as the said Thomas, from the strong tradition
of relationship we conclude the lineage is as above shown«
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DAVIS FAMILY
JEFFERSON Davis, president of the Confederate States
of America; b. 3rd June, 1808, in Christian Co., Ky.; d. in
New Orleans, La., 6th Dec., 1889. At the age of seven years
was sent to St. Thomas College kept by the Dominican
Fathers in Washington Co., near Springfield, Ky; later to
Wilkinson County Academy; thence in 1821 to Transyl-
vania University, Lexington, Ky.; and in Nov., 1823, was
appointed to West Point by President Monroe, graduating
in 1828, and attached as Second Lieutenant of the Twenty-
fifth U. S. Infantry. It is said that it was Lieutenant
Davis who administered the oath to Capt Abraham Lin-
coln upon the latter's receiving his commission during the
Black Hawk War. Promoter First Lieutenant of Dragoon
4th Mar., 1834, but after some service against the Indians,
resigned 30th June, 1835; settled near Vicksburg, Miss.,
and became a cotton planter. Elected to Congress 1845;
June, 1846, resigned from Congress to become Colonel of
the First Mississippi Regiment, which he led to reinforce
General Taylor on the Rio Grande. At Monterey hfe
charged Fort Lenerie without bayonets, and led his com-
mand through the streets, nearly to the Grand Plaza. At
Buena Vista, unsupported, he repulsed, by a "V" formation
of his command, an attack by a brigade of Mexican lancers,
overwhelmingly superior in numbers to his command ; was
wounded but remained in the saddle, and was compliment-
ed for his coolness and gallantry by his commander in
chief in his dispatch of Mar. 6th, 1847. On May 17th,
1847, appointed Brigadier-General of Volunteers by Presi-
dent Polk, but declined on the ground that the militia ap-
pointment by a Federal Executive was unconstitutional.
Appointed to the United States Senate 1847. Unanimous-
ly elated senator by the Legislature in 1848 and re-elected
in 1850. Appointed Secretary of War by President Pierce,
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which position he retained until 1857, when he re-entered
the U. S. Senate. On the 10th of Jan., 1861» Mr. Davis
made a speech asserting the rights of secession and deny^
ing that of coercion, and urging the withdrawal of the
garrison from Fort Sumpter. Being advised on Mar.
24th, 1861, of the secession of Mississippi, he withdrew
from the Senate and returned home. Was appointed by
the convention commander-in-chief of the Army of Mis-
sissippi, with rank of Major-General, but on Oct. 9th, 1861,
was elected president of the Confederate States by the Pro-
visional Congress at Montgomery. Was elected, Nov.,
1861, president of the Confederacy for six years without
.opposition. While encamped near Irwinsville, Ga., was on
May 10th, 1865, captured by a body of U. S. Cavalry under
Lieutenant-Colonel Pritchard. He was taken to Fort Mon-
roe and confined there for two years. On May 8th, 1866,
was indicted for treason by a grand jury in the U. S. Court
for the District of Norfolk; on May 13th, 1867, was re-
leased on |100,000 bond, but was never brought to trial,
as the U. S. government entered a nolle prosequi in Decem-
ber, 1868. His remains are buried in Holljrwood Cemetery,
Richmond, m. (firstly) 1834, Sarah Knox Taylor; d.Sept.
15th, 1836, near Bayou Sara, La. ; dau. of Colonel and later
President Zachary Taylor, and his wife, Margaret Mackall
Smith, dau. of Major Walter and Ann (Mackall) Smith of
St Leonard, Calvert Co., Md.; m. (secondly) 1844, Varina
Banks Howell, dau. of William Burr Howell, of Trenton,
N. J., who m. 1823, Margaret Louisa Kemp, dau. of Col.
James Kemp. William Burr Howell was the son of Gov.
Richard Howell, of New Jersey, an ex-naval officer who
had distinguished himself in the war of 1812.
From "Colonial Families of the U. S., by George Norbury
Mackenzie, Vol. HI, p. 149-50.
Three Davis brothers came to America from Wales; the
youngest, Evan, went to Georgia; was the grandfather of
Jefferson Davis; he married a widow, Mrs. Williams; her
family name was Emory; they had two children, Joseph
and Samuel, the latter the father of Jefferson Davis. Mrs.
Williams had two sons, Isaac Williams, who married
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Susannah , and Daniel Williams. Three of Jef-
ferson Davis's brothers bore arms in the war of 1812; he
had a sister, Polly, two years older than himself, also an
<dder brother, Joseph.
Samuel Davis, father of Jefferson Davis, left Georgia
and moved to the Greenbrier county in Kentucky, where he
hoped to find a good home for his nine children, of whom
Jefferson was the youngest; from there they went to Louisi-
ana and later to Mississippi. He entered the Revolutionary
service from Georgia when about sixteen years old in com-
pany with his two half brothers, Daniel and Isaac Williams.
Samuel Davis was one of the founders of the American
Republic who first served his country in the capacity oi
gunner in the Revolution and later by his bravery became
captain of a company of infantry at the seige of Savannah.
After the close of the war Samuel went to Augusta, Geor-
gia, where he was made county clerk; during his service in
South Carolina he met Jane Ck)ok, whom he afterwards mar-
ried; she was of Scotch-Irish descent Samuel lived to be
over sixty-four years of age. Jefferson Davis did not take
kindly to the discipline of the school room but submitted
for a time when sent to Transylvania and later West Point,
and from these institutions he received instruction that well
fitted him for his career as leader of the Seceding States
when they instituted the greatest revolt known to history.
His father, Samuel Davis, died in 1828 and his eldest son,
Joseph, assumed the care of the growing family.
Jefferson married in 1836 the daughter of Col. Zachary
Taylor and went to live at his brother's plantation on the
Mississippi river, called ''Hurricane'' ; she died near Vicks-
burg within the year; he married (Feb. 26, 1845) Varina
Banks Howell. Jefferson Davis served in the United States
Senate, and all through life manifested a most resolute and
persistent endurance and stubborn adherence to any cause
he espoused. Was at the head of the Government War De-
partment four years previous to the Civil War; he was
often spoken of as the Railroad Statesman ; he was an ex-
pansionist in rather a broad sense as concerned territory
to be acquired but conservative where territory acquired
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was concerned. His dream was to extend the ''Ck>tton King^
dom'' to take in all of Mexico and possibly other lands. Of
all the men which constituted his political srroup, Davis,
who was a bom leader, was the wisest and best and the
one most deferred to and consulted in all important ques-
tions. It is believed by many that knew him best that
Davis had hopes that the Union would be saved, althousrh
he never admitted having done anything unpatriotic, it was
probably a matter of deep regret with him as long as he
lived that he had not counted the cost and given the mat-
ter more careful consideration before he allowed his love
of the South and her cherished traditions to delude him in-
to taking up the cudgel in her behalf. But he put his whole
soul into the cause, never turning back after aligning him-
self with the Seceding States. His wife says in his mem-
oirs: ''Defeated man never had such a following, and
never had people a leader who so loved them.'' He was
made president of the Confederate States in February,
1861. The following quotation from a letter written by
William Preston Johnson gives an insight into his char-
acter and shows in what esteem Davis was held by his
associates: ''Of course no word from me can add any-
thing to the luster of President Davis' reputation in the
eyes of those whose gcHxi opinion we chiefly value. But as
I am putting myself on record I must permit myself to say
that having stood so near him for four years, that no veil
to his character was possible even if he had wished it, he
has left upon my mind an ineffaceable image of knightly
purity, of public rectitude, and undeviating patriotism, and
moral grandure which I shall forever cherish as a consola-
tion in adversity and defeat, and as a standard and ideal
for myself and my countrymen." E. S. W.
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DAVIS FAMILY.
Three brothers, Evan, Joseph and Samuel Davis, emi-
grated from Cardiff, Wales, in the early part of the eight-
eenth century ; Joseph was lost at sea ; Evan Davis settled
at Philadelphia, and later removed to Richmond County,
Georgia, where he married a widow, Mrs. Williams, whose
family name was Emory; she had two sons, William and
Isaac Williams; Samuel Davis settled in the middle states.
The relationship of the Grant and Davis Families comes
through the Simpson line to which Bishop Simpson and
Jane Simpson, who married William Kinnear, belong.
1116.* i. EVAN Davis^; b. about 1730, in Wales; d.
about 1775, in Georgia; m. about 1761, in
Georgia.
Mrs. (Emory) Williams, dau. of
1117. ii. SAMUEL Davis^ b. in Wales.
(1116) EVAN DavisS- married
Mrs. (Emory) Williams.
Joseph Emory. Their children were:
1118. i. SAMUEL Davis^; b. 1756, m Georgia;
d. July 4, 1824, in Wilkinson County, Miss. ; m.
about 1782, in Augusta, Ga.
Jane Cook*"; b. 1769; d. 1844; daughter of Col.
William Cook and Sarah (Simpson)^ Ck)ok, Sam-
uel', ThomasS John^ Col. William Cook served
in Revolutionary War. Their children were:
1119. i. JOSEPH Emory Davis', lawyer and pub-
lisher; b. December 10, 1784; d. September 18,
1870, in Vicksburg, Miss. ; m.
Elizabeth Van Benthysen. They had one dau.
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1120. i. MARY Davis*; married
Dr. MitcheU, of Vicksburg.
1121. ii. DR. BENJAMIN Davis"; d. at St Francis-
ville, La., d. s. p.
1122. iii. SAMUEL Davis*, a planter near Vicksburg,
Miss.; m.
Lucy Throckmorton. Their daughter,
1123. i. HELEN Davis*; m. Keary. Their
children were:
1124. i. ROBERT Keary", of Boise City, Idaho.
1125. ii. SAMUEL Keary".
1126. iii. PAULINE Keary".
1128. iv. ELLEN Keary".
1129. iv. ISAAC Davis", a planter, of Canton, Miss.;
m.
Susan Guerthy. They had a son :
1130. i. GEN JOSEPH Emory Davis*, C. S. A.
1131. V. ANN Davis"; m.
Luther Smith, of West Felicia. Their children
were :
1132. i. AMANDA Smith*; m.
Robert Smith.
1133. ii. ANN Davis Smith*.
1134. vi. MANDA Davis"; m.
Bradford. Their children were :
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1135. i. JEFFERSON Davis Bradford*.
1136. ii. ELIZABETH Bradford* ; m. White.
1137. iii. LUCY Bradford*; m. Dr. C. Mitchell, of
Vicksburg.
1138. vii. LUCINDA Davis*; m.
William Stamps, of Woodville, Miss.
1139. viii. MATILDA Davis*.
1140. ix. MARY Ann Davis'; m.
Robert Davis, of South Carolina.
1141.* X. JEFFERSON Davis*, president, C. S. A.; b.
June 3, 1808, Christian Co., Ky., (now Todd
Co.) ; d. Dec. 6, 1889, New Orleans, La. ; m. 1st,
1885,
Sarah Knox Taylor, dau. President Zachary Tay-
lor; d. Sept 15, 1835. No children. He m. 2nd
Feb. 2, 1845,
Varina Banks Howell, dau. of William Burr and
Margaret Louise (Kemp) Howell. Their chil-
dren were :
Note. Numbers 1127, 1142, 1143, 1144, 1145 omitted.
1146. i. SAMUEL Emory Davis; b. 1854; d. 1854.
1147. ii. MARGARET HoweU Davis; b. 1857; d. 1909;
m. Joel Addison Hayes of Colorado Springs.
1148. iii. JEFFERSON Davis; b. 1858; d of yellow
fever in Memphis, 1878.
1149. iv. JOSEPH Evan; b. April, 1859.
1150. V. WILLIAM Howell Davis; b. 1862 in the
White House, C. S. A.; d. October, 1874, in
Natchez.
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PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY.
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1151. vL VARINA Anne (Winnie) Davis; b. June
27, 1864, in the White House, C. S. A.; d. Sept
18, 1898. She was adopted by the South as th€
''Daughter of the Confederacy."
(1147) JOEL Addison and Margaret (Davis) Hayes.
Their children are :
1152. i. JEFFERSON Davis Hayes.
1158. ii. VARINA HoweU Hayes; m.
Dr. Gerald Bertram Webb.
1154. iii. LUCY White Hayes.
1155. iv. WILLIAM Davis Hayes.
(1152) JEFFERSON Davis Hayes changed his name,
in honor of his grandfather JeflFerson Davis, to Jefferson
Hayes Davis; he is now assistant cashier of the First Na-
tional Bank of Colorado Springs.
VARINA BANKS HOWELL.
Varina Banks Howell, bom May 7, 1826; married Feb-
ruary 26, 1845, Jefferson Davis; she was descended from
the famous Howell family, whose founders settled in New
Jersey. Her grandfather, Governor Richard Howell, was
a Revolutionary officer, and her father, William Burr
Howell, won distinction under McDonough on Lake Cham-
plain. Mrs. Davis' maternal grandfather, James Kempt,
was an Irish gentleman who came to Virginia after tiie
Emmet Rebellion. He was a man of much wealth and
moved to Natchez, Mississippi. Colonel Kempt organized
the Natchez troops and accompanied them during the
Revolution. Mrs. Davis' uncle, Franklin Howell, was killed
x)n the 'Tresident." She died in 1906.
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THE DAVIS FAMILY. A TRADITION.
''Opechancanoug, the celebrated chief of the Powhatans,
who was brutally murdered while a prisoner in 1644, left
a lovely young daughter, the child of his old age, the prin-
cess Nicketti — *She sweeps the dew from the flowers.'
Some years after this graceful maiden had reached the
years of mature womanhood a member (the name is not
given) of one of the old Cavalier families of Virginia 'fell
in love with her and she with him,' and the result was a
clandestined marriage, and a half-breed Indian girl who
married about the year 1680, a Welshman (others say a
native of Devonshire, England) named Nathaniel Davis,
an Indian trader, and, according to some accounts, a
Quaker; and from this alliance many notable people in the
East and in the West have descended.
Their daughter, Mary Davis (bom 1685), married Sam-
uel Burks of Hanover (the ancestors of the Burks family
of Virginia), and their daughter, Elizabeth Burks, mar-
ried Captain William Cabell, the Ancestors of the Cabells.
Another daughter, Martha Davis, married Abraham Ven-
able, the ancestor of the Venables.
Robert Davis, Sr., a son (the ancestor of 'the black
Davises' of Kentucky, and from whom JeflFerson Davis
descended) had a daughter, Abadiah (or Abigail) Davis,
who married William Floyd, the ancestor of the Floyds of
Virginia and of the West A daughter, or grand-daughter,
of the Quaker married Gen. Evan Shelby of Maryland, the
ancestor of the Shelbys of the West Samuel and Philip
Davis of the Blue Mountains were sons, and there may have
been other sons and daughters."
The Cabells and Their Kin.
By Alexader Brown.
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SIMPSON FAMILY OF BUCKS COUNTY, PA.
115& WIIjLIAM Simpson came from the North of Ire-
land some time before the Revolutionary War and settled
in Buckingham or Solebury, Bucks County, Pennsylvania;
the year of his arrival is not known, but he made applica-
tion to purchase 100 acres of land January 16, 1766. The
deed was made and executed by John Penn May 23, 1767.
He was a Revolutionary soldier; bom about 1782; died
about 1816; married Nancy Hines. Their children were:
1157. i. WILLIAM Simpson, Jr.*, also in the Revolu-
tion.
1158. ii. MARY SIMPSONS
1159. iii. JOHN Simpsons ''who lived and died in
Bucks County, and was the father of Mrs. Ann
Jamison.''
1160.* iv. ANN Simpson^; b. December 24, 1764; d.
June, 1851, m. June 26, 1783.
(1164) JOHN Davis, son of William and Mary (Bur-
ley) Davis; they moved to Maryland in 1795, and to Ohio
in 1816, settling on the Sciota.
1161. V. MATTHEW Simpson* moved to Ohio about
1810, and settled near Zanesville.
Revolutionary Records:
Privates, Wflliam Simpson, Sr., William Simpson, Jr.
Enrolled August 21, 1775, Buckington Twp., Bucks
County, Pa.
2nd Battalion Associated Militia in Revolutionary War.
John Lacy, Captain.
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Dr. John Beatly, Ck)IoneL (Pa. Archives, 2nd Series,
Vol. IV, p. 154).
Ifany descendants of above have joined Sons of Revo-
lution and Daughters of the Revolution, some of whom are
James Watts Mercur, John Davis Mercur, Rodney Augus-
tus Mercur.
References: Decennial Register" of Pa., "Sons of Revo-
lution,'' and D. A. R. Lineage Books.
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DAVIS FAMILY OF BUCKS COUNTY, PA.
^ 1162. WILLIAIil DavisS a Welsh immigrant, settled in
Solebury, or Upper Makefield, Bucks County,
Pa., about 1740; died at the close of the cen-
tury ; married in 1756.
Sarah Burley, a dau. of John Burley. Their chil-
dren were:
1163. i. JEMMIMA Davis'; b. Dec. 25, 1758; m.
John Pinter.
1164.* ii. JOHN Davis' ; b. Sept. 6, 1760 ; m.
Ann Simpson.
1165. iii SARAH Davis'; b. October 1, 1763; m.
Lott Search.
1166. iv. WILLIAM Davis'; b. September 9, 1766.
1167. V. JOSHUADavis';b. July 6, 1769.
1168. vi. MARY Davis'; b. October 8, 1771.
1169. vii. JOSEPH Davis'; b. March 1, 1774.
(1164) JOHN Davis', William^ b. September 6, 1760,
d. Jan. 25, 1832, in Franklin County, Ohio. He was with
Washington at the Crossing of the Delaware, and served
in the 2nd, 3rd, 8th and 9th, Reg. Penn Line, to 1780; was
married June 26, 1783, by the Rev. James Boyd, to
Ann Simpson, (1160), dau. of (1156) William Simpson,
who was also a Revolutionary soldier. They lived on a
farm in Bucks County until 1795, then moved to Maryland,
settled at Brookfield, on the Holland River, about 20 miles
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from WashiniTton, where he lived 21 years, four of his
children were bom in Maryland, in 1816, he removed with
most of his family to Ohio and settled on the banks of the
Sciota 10 miles above Columbus, where he died, his widow
died June 6, 1851, in the 87th year of her age. Their chil-
dren were:
i. Sarah Davis*; b. Oct. 12, 1784, in Bucks
County, Pa.
ii. William Davis*; b. Aug. 22, 1786, in Bucks
County, Pa.
1170.* iii. JOHN Davis*; b. Aug. 7, 1788, in Bucks
County, Pa.
iv. Ann Davis*; b. Nov. 6, 1790, in Bucks
County, Pa.
V. Samuel Davis*; b. Aug. 1792, in Bucks
County, Pa.; died in infancy.
vi. Joshua Davis* ; b. June 27, 1796, in Mary-
land.
vii. Samuel Davis*; b. Sept. 1798, in Maryland.
viii. Joseph Davis* ; b. Jan. 27, 1808, in Maryland.
ix. Elizabeth Davis*; b. Nov. 18, 1805, in Mary-
land.
(1170) Gen. JOHN Davis*, founder of Davisville, Bucks
County, Pa.; b. August 7, 1788, a soldier in the war of
1812; member of Congress; surveyor of the Port of Phila-
delphia, &c.; d. April 1, 1878, in Davisville, Pa.; m. March
13, 1818, in Davisville.
Amy Hart, dau. of Josiah and Nancy Hart Josiah was
the 4th son of Col. Joseph Hart, of the Revolution, her
father conmianded a company of Aissociators in Philadel-
phia, John Davis, Sr., helped to carry Lafayette from the
battlefield of Brandy wine. Their children were:
i. William Hart Davis^ b. May 3, 1814; d. July
8, 1816.
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1171,* ii ANN HART Davis*; b. April 8, 1815; m.
James Erwin.
iii. Rebecca Miles Davis*; b. Jan. 27, 1818; m-
Alfred T. Duffield.
1172.* iv. WM. Watts Hart Davis* ; b. Jidy 20, 1820 ; m.
Anna Carpenter.
1173.* V. SARAH Simpson Davis* ; b. Nov. 10, 1822 ; m.
Ulysses Mercur.
vi. EUzabeth Neely Davis*; b. Feb. 20, 1825; not
m., lived and died at the old homestead, Davis-
ville, Southampton Twp., Bucks, Co., Pa., which
was the old home of the Hart family.
(1171) ANNHARTDavis*;b. Aprils, 1815; m. James
Erwin, son of Oliver and Ann Erwin, of Newtown, Bucks
County, and had four children, the only one surviving being:
Anna May Erwin, who married Henry Mercur, a nephew
of Judge Ulysses Mercur.
(1172) WILLIAM WATTS Hart Davis*; b. July 20,
1820; m. June 24, 1856, Anna Carpenter of Brooklyn, N. Y.
He was professor at the Portsmouth Literary Academy
1842-4; Captain in the Mexican War 1846-8; U. S. District
Attorney; Secretary of the Territory and acting governor
of New Mexico, 1853-7; Breveted Brig. Gen. U. S. Volun-
teers, March 13, 1865, for meritorious services during the
operations against Charleston, S. C; author of the Con-
quest of New Mexico; History of Bucks County, Pa., and
other historical works; commissioner to the Paris Exposi-
tion 1878; Pension agent at Philadelphia, 1885-9.
(1173) SARAH SIMPSON Davis*; b. Nov. 10, 1822; m.
June 12, 1850.
Judge Ulysses Mercur, Chief Justice Supreme Court of
Pa.; b. August 12, 1818; d. June 6, 1887, at Wallingford,
Pa., son of Henry and Mary (Watts) Mercur, who were
married Sept. 10, 1810. Their children were:
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i. Rodney Augustus Mercur^ ; b. Sept 29, 1851,
at Tonawanda.
ii. James Watts Mercui*.
iii. Ulysses Mercur*, Jr.
These three sons were lawyers,
iv. Dr. John D. Mercur*.
Rodney Augustus Mercur, m. Mary Ward, dau. of James
W. and Louise (Overton) Ward. C!olonial Families of
Pennsylvania.
WILLIAM Simpson (1782-1816), father of Ann (Simp-
son) Davis, was a private soldier in the Rev. War; Bucks
(bounty Associators, 1775; James Lacy, captain. Dr. John
Beatty, colonel.
(Ref.: D. A. R. Lineage Book, Vol. 82, p. 804. Also
Decennial Reg. Pennsylvania Sons of the Revolution).
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DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM SIMPSON OF BUCKS
COUNTY, PA.
The tradition in the Simpson families of Lancaster and
Bucks Counties, Pennsylvania, regarding their early an-
cestry is practically the same, viz.: They emigrated from
Scotland to Ireland and later to America.
John Simpsons who died in Ireland had two sons John'
and Thomas*, who came to America and settled in Penn-
sylvania.
From Thomas SimpsonS is traced the lineage of Han-
nah Simpson the mother of Ulysses Simpson Grant.
John Simpsons bom in Ireland, 1680, came to America
about 1720, his son William Simpson", b. Nov. 4, 1725, mar-
ried Jane (Bailey) about 1745 ; they settled in Bucks Coun-
ty, Pa., his descendants are sure they are descended from
the same Simpson ancestor to whom the line of Hannah
(Simpson) Grant is traced.
It is related of William Simpson*. "He was very fond of
horse racing, but having joined the Presbyterian church at
the age of eighty-four years, this became to him a forbid-
den pastime, but he found it difficult to discontinue this
worldly amusement and would take a strong field glass,
seek an elevated location overlooking the race course and
from there watch the exciting sport."
A tradition that has been handed down by his descend-
ants is: "There were three cousins all named William who
settled in Bucks County, one was a shoemaker, one a black-
smith the third, (this WilliamS) *a gentleman of leisure*
and that he had brothers, John and James, who also settled
in Bucks County."
These latter are mentioned in the History of Bucks
County, by W. W. H. Davis.
The following records are from the Family Bible of
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(1176), William Simpson, of Doytestown, Pa, Now in pos-
session of Talbot Simpson, Kansas City, Mo.
This Bible was printed in 1724.
'Isabel Simpson, daughter of William and Jane Simpson,
was bom June 27, 1747.
Mary Simpson, was bom May 12, 1749.
Elizabeth Simpson, was bom September 13, 1751.
Jane Simpson, was bom March 11, 1753, "Newstile.'*
William Simpson, was bom Jan. 17, 1755.
John Simpson, was bom Jan. 10, 1757.
Samuel Simpson, was bom March 17, 1759.
Thomas Simpson, was bom May 5, 1761.
Sarah Simpson, was bom April 5, 1765, N. S.
Rebecca Simpson, was bom Nov. 19, 1768.
R. William Simpson, departed this life Sept. 16, 1777.
Aged twenty-two years and eight months.
Jane Simpson, departed this life Oct. 23, 1784. Aged
thirty-one years, seven months and twelve days.
Samuel Simpson departed this life Oct. 26, 1784. Aged
twenty-five years, seven months and nine days."
"A prime came to William Simpson, November 4, 1775."
("A prime," he was 50 years of age, Ed.)
(1176) William SimpsonS John*, John^ ; b. November 4,
1725, married
Jane (Bailey) about 1745.
Their children, probably all bom in Doylestown, Bucks
County, Pa., were:
1177. i. ISABEL Simpson*, b. June 27, 1747.
1178. ii. MARY Simpson*, b. May 12, 1749.
1179. iii. ELIZABETH Simpson*, b. Sept. 13, 1751.
1180. iv. JANE Simpson*, b. Mar. 11, 1753; d. Oct. 23,
1784.
1181. V. WILLIAM Simpson*, b. Jan. 17, 1755; d.
Sept. 16, 1777.
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1182. vi- JOHN Simpsons b. June 10, 1757; d- Mar.
20, 1800.
1188. vii. SAMUEL Simpeon*, b. Mar. 17, 1759; d.
Oct. 26, 1784.
1184. viii. THOMAS Simpson*, b. May 5, 1761.
1185. ix. SARAH Simpson*, b. Apr. 5, 1765.
1186. X. REBECCA Simpson*, b. Nov. 19, 1768.
(1182) John Simpson*, b. June 10, 1757, in Doylestown,
Pa., m. Mary Schenck, dau. of William Schenck, of New
Brunswick, N. J. In 1790, they removed with their family
to Montgomery County, N. Y., and settled on what is known
as the ''Sand Flats" about two and one-half miles from
Fonda, later removing to Charlestown.
Their children were:
1187.* i. WILLIAM Simpson', b. Apr. 9, 1789, at New
Brunswick, N. J.
1187a. ii. JOHN Simpson% b. about 1791, went to
Kentucky, died near Princeton, Ky., leaving is-
sue
ROBERT Simpson^, b. in Kentucky.
i. JENNIE Simpson^, b. in Kentucky.
ii. MARIA Simpson^, b. in Kentucky.
1187b. iii. SAMUEL Simpson^ b. in Montgomery
County, N. Y.
1187c. iv. MARIA Simpson% b. in Montgomery
County, N. Y.
1187d. V. ELIZABETH Simpson", b. in Montgomery
County, N. Y.
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1187e. vi. THOMAS Simpson', b. in Montgomery
County, N. Y.
1187f.* vii. JANE Simpson', b. in Montgomery Coun-
ty, N. Y.
1187g. viii. ELLEN Simpson', b, in Montgomery
County, N. Y.
1187li. ix. MARY Simpson', b. in Montgomery Coun-
ty, K Y.
(1187f) Jane Simpson', married about 1813-14.
WiUiam Smith.
Their children were:
(Numbering changed here on account of records coming
in late.)
SI.* i ADAM Smiths b. October 14, 1815.
S2.* ii. SAMUEL Smith'.
S3, iii. WILLIAM Smith'.
S4.* iv. JOHN Wilson Smith', b. Aug. 19, 1819.
S5.* V. MARY Jane Smith', b. 1828.
S6.* vi. ELLEN Elizabeth Smith', b. 1830.
(SI) Adam Smith', b. October 14, 1815; m.
Nancy Pachen.
Their children were:
57. i. WILLIAM Redding Smith% b. November 26,
1839.
58. ii. JULIA Augusta Smith', b. December 6, 1842.
S9.* iii. PIERSON David Smith% b. September 15,
1844.
SIO. iv. MARY Ennna Smith% b. May 6, 1849; m.
Percy Jones.
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511. V. ADA Augusta Smith% b. February 6, 1853.
(S2) Samuel Smith*, married
Mahala Warner.
Their children were:
512. i. WILSON Smith^
513. ii. MARCUS Smith^
(54) John Wilson Smith*, b. August 19, 1819; m. Feb-
ruary 23, 1853.
Amelia Shipley.
Their children were:
514. i. WILLIAM Smith% b. December, 1853.
S15.* ii. AMELIA Smith% b. February 10, 1855.
516. iii. MARY Clare Smith^
517. iv. WILLIAM Hammond Smith^
518. V. ALICIAN Smith^
519. vi. ZELLA Smith% b. September 14, 1863; mar-
ried
Jay Gordon Robinson.
(55) MARY Jane Smith*, b. 1828; married
Rawson Crandall.
Their children were:
520. i. ADA Eliza CrandalP, b. August 1, 1857.
521. ii. FREDERICK CrandalP, b. 1860.
(56) Ellen Elizabeth Smith*, b. 1830; married
George Schaeffer.
Their children were:
522. i. GEORGE Adam Schaeffer^
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523. ii. HENRY Waldo Schaefre^^
524. iii. WILLIAM Schaeffe^^
(S9) Pierson David Smith% b. September 15, 1844; mar-
ried Feb., 1878.
Martha Shaw McMillan, they live at St. Edward, Neb.
Their children were:
525. i. ADAM Aubrey Smiths b. January 6, 1879.
526. ii. WILLIAM Redding Smith*, b. January 7,
1881.
527. iii. PIERSON David Smith, Jr.S b. 1885.
(S15) Amelia Smith% b. February 10, 1855; married,
March 10, 1880;
Francis Edward Hinckley, of Chicago, HI.
Their children are:
528. i. FRANCIS Edward Hinckley, Jr.S b. May 20,
1882.
529. ii. PERCY Porter Hinckley*, b. June 20, 1884.
530. iii. DONALD Stanley Hinckley*, b. July 12, 1886.
(1187) William Simpson*, b. April 9, 1789, near New
Brunswick, N. J.; d. March 14, 1856, in Esperance, N. Y.;
m. March 19, 1812;
Lydia McKonkey, of Charlestown, N. Y., b. Oct. 1, 1786;
d. May 26, 1846. He married (2nd.) June 30, 1847, in Es-
perance, N. Y.
Mrs. Phebe (DeLong) De LaVergne; b. Sept. 12, 1799;
d. July 30, 1851; mother of John De LaVergne, of New
York.
William Simpson founded the town of Esperance shortly
after his first marriage, he was a commission merchant and
later lived on his farm near that town.
He was a member of the Light Horse Cavalry and during
the War of 1812, was ordered out for duty, he had his
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horse, sword and everything ready to serve when news
came of the victory at Plattsburg, which made it unneces-
sary for his C!ompany to go.
His children, all by his first wife, were:
1188. i. JOHN Schenck Simpson*, b. December 21,
1812; d. Dec. 4, 1827.
1189.* ii. JAMES Nelson Simpson*, b. April 7, 1815.
1190.* iii. MINERVA Simpson*, b. May 3, 1817.
1191. iv. ALEXANDER C. Sunpson*, b. Feb. 28, 1819 ;
d. Nov. 8, 1848.
1192.* V. WILLIAMHenry Simpson*, b. Nov. 7, 1820;
d. Jan. 14, 1866.
1193. vi. CHARLES Meredith Simpson*, b. Nov. 10,
1822; d. 1899. He lived in New Orleans, where
he married a widow Redmond.
1194.* vii. MARCUS D. L. Simpson*, b. August 28,
1824.
1195.* viii. JEROME Briggs Simpson*, b. June 9,
1826.
1196. ix. MARY Elizabeth Simpson*, b. June 11, 1830;
d. June 29, 1857.
(1189) James Nelson Simpson*, b. April 7, 1815, in Es-
perance, N. Y.; d. May 1st, 1891; m. (1st.) July 24, 1849;
Mary Jane Trumbull, b. 1814; d. February 14, 1859; m.
(2nd.) March 20, 1862;
Elizabeth Dief endorf .
Children by 1st. wife were:
1197. i. ELIZABteTH L. Simpson^ b. May 26, 1850;
m. June 3, 1878;
William H. Kingsley, of Meridan, Conn. No. issue.
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1198. ii. MARY Trumbull Simpson% b. Feb. 9, 1859;
(t Feb. 16, 1859.
Children by 2nd. wife:
1199. iu. FRANCES Simpfi(m% b. May X8, 1863; she
is now (in X916) Assistant Director, University
of Illinois Library School, at Urbana, Illinois.
1200. iv. KATHARINE Simpson% b. December 2,
1864;m. April 2, 1891.
Orson L. Crampton, of Mobile, Alabama. They
have one dau.
1200a. i. KATHARINE Crampton', b. December 1,
1895.
(1190) Minerva Simpson*; b. May 8, 1817, in Esper-
ance, Schoharie County, N. Y. ; d. May 6, 1897, in Yonkers,
N. Y.; m. Sept. 30, 1845.
James Jones, of Cherry Valley, N. Y.; b. July 12, 1812;
d. Jan. 25, 1885.
Their children were:
1190a. i. EDWIN Henry Jones^ b. June 19, 1846;
not m.
1190b. ii. ELIZABETH Hendrickson Jones% b. Sept.
22, 1847; m. June, 1881; d. Nov. 17, 1882.
EMwin Henry Hull, No^h. (A descendant of Com-
modore Hull).
1190c. iii. ANNA Schenck Jones^; b. Oct. 26, 1849;
lives in Rochester, N. Y.
1190d.* iv. WILLARD Starin Jones% b. January 18,
1852; m. 1874;
Ida Coonrad. He d. June 27, 1912.
1190e. V. MINERVA Loretta Jones^ b. June 28,
1864; m. Feb. 1, 1899;
Francis Hartley Wardell. He d. Aug. 8, 1902.
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1190f.* vi. HELEN Rowland Jones'; b. Nov. 28, 1857;
d. Nov. 11, 1914; m. (Ist.) Nov. 21, 1878
Clarence B. Campbell; he d. January, 1895. She
m. 2nd.
Frederick Bullen Crittenden.
(1190d) Wlllard Starin Jones^ m.
Ida Coonrad.
Their children were:
1190g. i. FLORENCE ElweU Jones'; b. Nov. 27,
1875; m. June 29, 1899.
Heinrich Pass, of Remscheid, Germany, where
they live. They have two children.
1190h. i. LOUISE Pass', died about 1911.
11901. ii. HEINRICH Pass*.
1190J. ii. AUGUSTA Moody Jones'; b. Oct. 28, 1877;
m. April 30, 1902;
Paul Augustus Cooke. They have one son.
1190k. i. JAAIES Hamilton Cooke*; b. April 11, 1904.
11901. iii. ANITA Jones'; b. Sept. 9, 1880; m. Nov.
27, 1901;
Clark R. Ryder. They have three children:
1190m. i. FLORENCE Whitbeck Ryder* ; b. Jan. 9,
1903.
1190n. ii. MARGARITE Elizabeth Ryder*; b. Nov.
22, 1908.
1190O. iii. ANITA LUlian Ryder* ; b. May 30, 1912.
1190p. iv. WILLARD S. Jones, Jr.'; b. Sept. 19, 1883;
Not m.
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1190q. V. ELIZABETH Hull Jones^ b. June 28, 1887;
m. June 13, 1915;
Walter Guion Close.
1190r. vi. OLIVER Russell Jones*; b. October 2,
1891. Notm.
(1190f) Helen Rowland Jones^; m. (2nd.) Oct. 26,
1895;
Frederick Bullen Crittenden, of Rochester, N. Y.
Their children are:
1190s. i. HELEN Louise Crittenden*; b. February 19,
1897.
119at. ii. LUCILLE Simpson Crittenden*; b. June 10,
1899.
(1192). William Henry Simpson*; b. Novwnber 7,
1820, in Esperance, N. Y.; d. January 14, 1866; m. 1st.,
Mary Ann Macabee, by whom he had one dau.
1192a. ELLA Simpson'; b. 1843; d. 1909; married
Joseph G. Moody.
m. 2nd., Harriett Smith. No issue.
(1194) Marcus D. L. Simpson*; (Sen. U. S. A.; b. Au-
gust 28, 1824, in Esperance, N. Y.; d. April 8, 1909, in
Washington, D. C, and is buried in "Rock Creek*' Cemetery,
m. 1st., in San Francisco, California, June 12, 1861.
Martha Hamilton Ritchie, who was the mother of all his
children; she d. June 7, 1890; m. 2nd.
Belle Bamum, dau. of Judge William H. Bamum.
Their children were:
1194a. i. ELIZABETH Hamilton Simpson^; b. Jan.
18, 1863.
1194b. ii. MARYMorrisSimpson^;b. 1865; d. 1865.
1194c. iii. ARCHIBALD Alexander Simpson^ ; b. March
1, 1866.
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1194d, iv. CORDELIA Waterman Simpson^ ; b. Dec. 2,
1869 ;d. 1870.
1194e. V. WILLIAM ADen Simpson^ b. 1871; d. Oct.,
1891, at Harvard University.
(1194a) ELIZABETH Hamilton Simpson'; b. Jan. 18,
1863; m. Feb. 22, 1881, in Chicago, 111.
Major Hamilton Rowan, U. S. A., son of Vice-Ad-
miral Stephen Clegg Rowan, U. S. N.
Their children are:
1194f. i. STEPHEN Clegg RowanS Lieut. U. S. N.;
b. Sept. 17, 1882; m. September 11, 1915,
Henrietta Winslow Fitch.
1194g. ii. HAMILTON Rowan«; b. April 15, 1890; d.
April 28, 1890.
1194h. iii. HUGH Williamson Rowan^; b. March 16,
1894.
(1194) Marcus D. L. Simpson, Brigadier General,
retired, and brevet Major CJeneial, U. S. Army, was bom
at Esperance, N. Y., Aug. 28, 1824. He entered the U. S.
Military Academy as a Cudet, July 1, 1842, and graduated
therefrom July 1, 1846, being then conmiissioned brevet
Second Lieutenant in the U. S. Army, and was attached to
the second regiment of Artillery. He reported for duty at
Fort Columbus, New York Harbor, Sept. 1, 1846, and sailed
thence with his company for Tampico, Mexico, December
6th, following. He was engaged in the siege of Vera Cruz,
March 9th to 29th, 1847, and afterwards during the same
year, in the battles of Cerro Gordo, Churubusco, and Mo-
lino del Rey. In the assault upon Chapultepec, September
13, 1847, he was an officer of the "Storming Party'' from
General Worth's Division of Regulars, and with that or-
ganization participated in the capture of the city of Mexico
the same day. He received the brevet of First Lieutenant
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of date August 20, 1847, for "gallant and meritorious con-
duct in the battles of Contrerras and Churubusco,'' and the
brevet of Captain, of date September 18, 1847, for gallant
and meritorious conduct in the battle of Chapultepec." He
was conmiissioned Second Lieutenant in the second regi-
ment of Ari;illery, March 3, 1847, and was promoted First
Lieutenant therein Oct. 27, 1847. He was appointed its
Regimental Quartermaster, March 8, 1847, and continued
to fill that office to March 26, 1855. Upon the close of the
war with Mexico, he returned with the Headquarters of his
regiment to Fort Columbus, New York Harbor, August,
1848, accompanying them, in October following, to Fort
Monroe, Virginia, where he served until October, 1853^ as
Post Adjutant and Post Commissary. Thence he was trans-
ferred to Pensacola, Florida, where he performed the duties
of Regimental and Harbor Quartermaster and Commissary,
to March 20, 1855. At this date he was appointed Captain
and Commissary of Subsistence, and was assigned as Chief
Commissary of troops operating against the hostile Sioux
Indians, 1855 and 1856. From the Fall of 1856 until 1859
he was stationed in Washington, D. C, as assistant to the
Conmiissary General of Subsistence, except during part of
the years 1857 and 1858, when he was engaged at Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas, in providing beef cattle for the
Army in XJtah. In Feb. 1859, he was sent to San Francisco,
California, where he was stationed until July, 1861, as De-
pot and Purchasing Officer of the Subsistence Department,
and in general charge of its affairs on the Pacific Coast.
He was promoted to be Major and Commissary of Subsist-
ence July 1, 1861, and was transferred to Washington, D.
C, as Assistant in the Commissary General's Office, con-
tinuing on this duty until May 8, 1866. He was promoted
to be Lieutenant Colonel and Assistant Conmiissary Gen-
eral of Subsistence Feb. 9, 1863. He received the brevets
of Colonel, Brigadier General, and Major General, March
13, 1865, each for meritorious services during the war of
1861-1865. From June to December, 1866, he was engaged
in special duty on the Pacific Coast, under orders from the
Secretary of War making inspections there pertaining to
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the Subsistence Department* On the completion of his
services, he returned to the Conmiissary General's Office,
where he served until Oct. 23, 1867. He was then sent to
San Francisco, as Chief Commissary of Subsistence of the
Military Division of the Pacific. In October, 1873, he was
transferred from San Francisco to New York City, where
he remained until Oct. 1879, as Chief Commissary of Sub-
sistence of the Military Division of the Atlantic. He was
promoted to be Colonel and Assistant Commissary General
of Subsistence, June 23, 1874. On November 1, 1879, he
reported at Chicago, Illinois, for duty as Chief Commissary
of Subsistence of the Military Division of the Missouri,
where he served in such position until retired from active
life in the Army, by operation of law, Aug. 28, 1888, after
more than forty-six years of continued service. Whether
as an officer of Artillery, in his early life, or subsequently
in his extended purchasing and administrative work in the
Subsistence Department, General Simpson's reputation was
that of an officer devoted to his duties, and eminently suc-
cessful in the issues which resulted from his vigilant and
zealous labors. He died April 8, 1909.
See also Heitman's Historical Register, p. 591.
(1195) Jerome B. Simpson^ ; b. June 9, 1826, in Esper-
ance, N. Y.; d. September 28, 1911, in Kansas City, Mis-
souri; m. March 12, 1861, in New York City.
Frances Jane Stratton; b. August 4, 1834; d. Feb. 10,
1875; dau. of Robert Macy and Jane (Wilson) Stratton.
(Robert Macy Stratton was president of the Novelty Iron
Works, and vice-president of the Bowery Savings Bank of
New York City.)
Children of Jerome B. and Francis J. (Stratton) Simp-
son:
1201.* i. TALBOT Simpson^; b. July 17, 1865, in
1202* ii. JEROME Wilson Simpson^ b. July 9, 1867,
in New York City; d. September 30, 1914, in
Kansas City, Missouri; m. June 9, 1910,
Lillian Bay. No issue.
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1203* iii. MARCUS Simpson^ b. June 29, 1870, in
New York City.
(1201) Talbot Simpson% of Kansas City, Missouri; m.
June 5, 1895 ; in Wellington, Missouri.
Virginia McClelland; b. September 7, 1868, in St. Louis,
Mo.
Their children are:
1204.* i. ROBERT McClelland Simpson*; b. June 27,
1897, in Lexington, Mo.
1205. ii. TALBOT Simpson, Jr.«; b. April 1st, 1899,
in Lexington, Mo.
1206. iii. SARA Frances Simpson*; b. August 12,
1903, near AuUville, Mo.
(1203) Marcus Simpson% of Kansas City, Mo. Not m.
A. B. Columbia University, New York City, 1891. A. M.
idem 1892; Ph. D. University of Munich, (Germany, 1898.
(1204) Robert McClelland Simpson*, married May 24,
1916.
Elizabeth Edna Hamilton, of Omaha, Nebraska.
Ancestry of Virginia Bay (McClelland) Simpson, wife of
(1201) Tidbot Simps(m, Kansas City, Missouri.
1.
Rev. John Cordell^; b. Wiltshire, England, 1720; m.
Elizabeth Edwards.
2.
Presley Cordelia b. March 5, 1779; d. 1849; m. Sept. 1,
1802; Amelia O'Conner, dau. of Richard and Mary (Orme)
(yConner, and grand-daughter of Richard O'Conner.
Virginia Cordell*; b. February 14, 1824, at Leesburg, Va.,
d. May 3, 1898, in Lexington, Missouri; m. in 1840; Sam-
uel Mansfield Bay.
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4.
Sadie Bay*; b. 1843, in Jefferson City, Mo.; d. July 6,
1903, in Lexington, Mo.^ m. December, 1864, in St. Louis,
Mo. Matthew McClelland, son of James and Mary (Irwin)
McClelland, grandson of Joseph and Polly (Irwin) McClel-
land, who were married June 26, 1788, in Christ Church,
Philadelphia.
Virginia Bay McClelland^, married June 5, 1895, in
Wellington, Mo., Talbot Simpson.
(1195) Jerome Briggs Simpson was one of the chief
originators and vice-president of the famous "Pony Ex-
press" which operated between St. Joseph and San Fran-
cisco just prior to the Civil War.
He had previously been the financial agent in New York
city, of the freighting firm of Russell, Major and Waddell,
who were associated with him in the formation and opera-
tion of the "Pony Express."
After the close of the Civil War and until his death in
1911 he was the owner of eight thousand acres of land in
Lafayette and Johnson counties, Missouri.
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REVOLUTIONARY RECORDS OF ANCESTORS OF TAL-
BOT AND VIRGINIA BAY (McCLELLAND)
SIMPSON.
Rev. John CordellS served in the Rev. War as Captain as
well as Chaplain. The Muster Rolls record him as appoint-
ed Chaplain 11th. Va. Reg. Feb. 15, 1777. The Auditor of
Virginia certified, 1843, that he had settled his account
with Virginia, April 4, 1788, for services ending Jan. 1,
1779. Jan. 30, 1837, his heirs received 6,000 acres of land
for his three years' service. (Rep. 1063, 27th Congress,
2nd Sess.) Va. Doc. No. 31, 1835; says he was a Captain
to Feb. 10, 1781. He received 4,000 pounds, advanced him
for the use of the army, he served upward of four years
and is entitled to bounty land for three years* service as
Chaplain. (Rep. 457. 28th Congress, 1st Sess.) says he
was taken prisoner at Brandywine and kept in captivity
tiU the beginning pf 1787, when he became a supernumerary
officer, and as such his heirs received bounty. Gen. David
Morgan, certified in 1792, that John Cordell was Chaplain
in his regiment in 1777, and so did Chief Justice Marshall.
From Haydens Va. Gene., p. 838.
(1182) John Simpson, served in the Pennsylvania In-
fantry, under Capt. Abraham Dubois, and Capt. Zebulon
Pike.
William McKonkey, aided Gren. Washington in crossing
the Delaware, at McKonkey's Ferry, Clhristmas night, 1776.
Nathaniel Mead, who was a Patriot and Minute man (See
1202).
James Irwin, 1st Ldeut. Third Battalion, Pa. Rg. Col.
Frederick Watts.
Ref.: Saff ell's Pa. Archives, 2nd. Ser., Vol. XV., p. 595.
The following records are from five Family Bibles now in
possession of Talbot and Marcus Simpson, of Kansas City,
Missouri.
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First Stratton Bible.
"Benjamin Stratton, bom ye 24, 11 Mo. 1737.
dead ye 3, 5 Mo. 1810.
Judith Stratton born ye 8, 9 Mo. 1737.
dcsd ye 23, 6 Mo. 1799.
Benjamin and Judith Stratton were married
ye 16, 11 Mo. 1758.
Children
Eunice Stratton bom ye 18, 10 Mo. 1759.
Elizabeth Stratton bom ye 2, 4 Mo. 1762.
Benjamin Stratton bora ye 8, 8 Mo. 1764.
Latham Stratton bom ye 22, 12 Mo. 1766.
dyde ye 8, 9 Mo. 1768.
Lydia Stratton bom ye 27, 9 Mo. 1769.
desd 1794.
Latham Stratton . bom ye 29, 6 Mo. 1775.
Benjamin Stratton, Jr., m. ye 3, 9 Mo. 1794.
Anne Willis. (Marion Meeting Records.)^'
One of these Bibles contains the following Book Plate:
"Let not the liberality of others suffer by thy negligence;
But return with the same alacrity that thou borrowest, the
property of thy neighbor."
Second Stratton Bible.
Latham Stratton, b. ye 29, 6 Mo. 1775, at Nantucket, Mass.
married ye 27, 10 Mo. 1797.
Phebe Mead, b. Dutchess County, N. Y.
ye 1,11 Mo. 1780.
dau. of Nathaniel and Hannah (Lamb) Mead.
CJhildren
Lydia Stratton, bom ye 5, 7 Mo. 1798, in New York.
Hannah Stratton, bom ye 18, 6 Mo. 1800, in New York.
Robert Macy Stratton, bom ye 23, 5 Mo. 1803, in New York.
Nathaniel Mead Stratton,
bom ye 20, 2 Mo. 1807, in New York.
Cynthia Stratton, bom ye 19, 10 Mo. 1809, in New York.
Alexander Moores Stratton,
bora, ye 20, 1 Mo. 1813, in New York.
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Phebe Ann Stratton, bom ye 4, 1 Mo. 1817, in New York.
Marriages
Lydia Stratton, married ye 8, 4 Mo. 1819, in New York.
Alexander J. Coffin.
Robert Macy Stratton, m. ye 23, 6 Mo. 1824, in New York.
Jane Wilson.
Cynthia Stratton, m. ye 11, 11 Mo. 1827, at Poughkeepsie,
N. Y.
William Plumb.
Nathaniel Mead Stratton, m. ye 6, 10, 1830, at Troy, N. Y.
Mary Oatman.
Latham Stratton, m. 2nd, ye 22, 12 Mo. 1830, at Cam-
bridge, Washington County, N. Y.
Eunice Hanks.
Alexander Moores Stratton, m. ye 23, 10 Mo. 1833, at
Troy, N. Y.
Angelina Maria Prescott.
Deaths
Hannah Stratton, died at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 18, 11 Mo.
1820, aged 20 years, 5 months.
Phebe Stratton, died at Troy, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., 31,
12 Mo. 1829, agd. 49 years, 2 months.
Phebe Ann Stratton, died at Troy, N. Y., 13, 11 Mo. 1831,
agd. 14 years, 10 months, 9 days.
Lydia Coffin, dcsd. 23, 3 Mo. 1832; at Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Latham Stratton, dcsd. 4, 3 Mo. 1849.
Nathaniel Mead Stratton, d. New York, Nov. 17, 1860.
Alexander Moores Stratton, d. N. Y. Dec. 15, 1854.
Robert Macy Stratton, d. N. Y. Oct. 4, 1874.
Third Stratton Bible.
Robert Macy Stratton, married in New York, 23d June,
1824.
Jane Wilson, b. 13 April, 1805; d. 11 August, 1858, dau.
of James and Lois Wilson.
Children
Mary Lois Wilson Stratton, b. 1, 5 Mo. 1825, Troy, N. Y.
d.30, 6 Mo. 1829.
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James WUson Stratton, b. 25, 7 Mo. 1829.
d. 3, 17 Mo. 1876.
Frances Jane Stratton, b. 4, 8 Mo. 1834.
d.10, 2 Mo. 1875.
Cornelia Gabert Stratton, b.22, 9 Mo. 1841.
d. 6, 10 Mo. 1863.
Robert Macy Stratton, Jr., b. 13, 2 Mo. 1844.
Robert Macy Stratton, Sr., m. 2nd. Oct. 6, 1859; in New
York.
Louise Coffin Macy, b. 10, 9 Mo. 1804; dau. of George and
Clarissa Macy ; she died May 2, 1890.
James Wilson Stratton, m. May 13, 1851, in New York.
Josephine Ann Trotter, b. 29, 4, 1829; dau. of Jonathan
Trotter; d. 5, 11, 1887; at Riverside, Cal.
Cornelia Gilbert Stratton, m. June 13, 1863; in New York.
Henry James Feltus Campbell, b. 1, 8 Mo. 1835.
Nathaniel Mead Stratton, b. 20 Feb. 1807; m. 6 June,
1830.
Mary Oatman, b. 19, 2 Mo. 1811; dau. of Daniel and
Permelia Oatman; she died May 30, 1862.
Children
Mary Esther Stratton, b. 19 July, 1831 ; d. un-4n. 9 June,
1849.
Phebe Jane Stratton, b. 6 Oct., 1834.
Robert James Stratton, b. 25 Mar., 1836; d. 24 December,
1846.
Alfred Henry Stratton, b. 25 Nov., 1839.
Amelia Ann Stratton, b. 13 Apr., 1845; d. 17 February,
1846.
Hannah Juliette Stratton, b. 26, Sept. 1847.
Asenath Mead, b. in Nine Partners, now Milan, Dutchess
Co., N. Y., ye 15, 9 Mo. 1794; died 12 January, 1875.
(Note: Asenath Mead was a dau. of Nathaniel and
Hannah (Lamb) Mead. Ed.)
James Irwin, b. 9 November, 1814, at Albany, N. Y.
Caroline Wilson, b. 23 March, 1816, at Poughkeepsie.
Joshua Benedict Irwin, b. 20 February, 1838, in New
York.
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Mary W. Balding, b. 20 October, 1814; d. Dec. 27, 1905.
Jennie Morris, b. October, 1838, in Poughkeepsie.
Edward Morris, b. 10 October, 1882, in Poughkeepsie.
Emily (Bailey) Duggin, b. 8 May, 1839.
John Hunt, b. 7 October, 1791.
Emeline Wheeler, b. 27 March, 1808.
Annie Wheeler, b. 27 Sept. 1826.
Lucy Benedict, b. 24 June, 1786, d. January, 1872.
Adelina Watts, b. 1828.
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STRATTON FAMILY
First Generation
Benjamin Stratton% b. Nov. 24, 1734; d. May 3, 1810; m.
Nov, 16, 1758.
Judith Macy; b. Sept. 8, 1737; d. June 23, 1799; daughter
of Robert and Abigal Macy, a descendant of Thomas Macy,
one of the nine first settlers of Nantucket who emigrated
there in 1659 ; was a Friend. He was a cooper by trade.
Their children were:
Second Generation
i. Eunice StrattonS b. Oct. 18, 1759.
ii. Elizabeth Stratton^ b. April 2, 1762.
iii. Benjamin Stratton, Jr.^, b. Aug. 8, 1764, m. Sept. 3,
1794.
Ann Willis,
iv. Latham Stratton% b. Dec. 22, 1766; d. Sept. 8, 1768.
V. Lydia Stratton*, b. Sept. 27, 1769.
vi. Latham StrattonS b. June 29, 1775, at Nantucket,
Mass.; d. March 4, 1849; m. 1st. Oct. 27, 1797.
Phebe Mead, b. Nov. 1, 1780, Dutchess County, N. Y.,
dau. of Nathaniel and Hannah (Lamb) Mead.
M. 2nd Dec. 22, 1830, Eunice Hanks.
Third Generation
Latham StrattonS b. June 29, 1775, at Nantucket, Mass. ;
d. March 4, 1849; m. 1st Oct. 27, 1797, Phebe Mead, b.
Nov. 1, 1780, Dutchess Co., N. Y.; d. Dec. 31, 1829, at Troy
Hensselaer Co., N. Y.
Their children were:
1. Lydia Stratton", b. June 5, 1798, in New York; d.
March 23, 1832, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; m. April
8, 1819.
Alexander Coffin.
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ii. Hannah Stratton*, b. June 18, 1800, in New York;
d, Nov. 18, 1820, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., aged 20
years and 5 montftis.
iii.* Robert Macy Stratton% b. May 23, 1803, in New
York; d. Oct. 4, 1874, in New York; m. June
23, 1824.
Jane Wilson (dau. of Lois Benedict and James Wil-
son) ; Lucy Benedict, sister of Lois, m. Major
Bailey; b. April 13, 1805; d. Aug. 11, 1858.
iv. Nathaniel Mead Stratton% b. Feb. 20, 1807, in New
Yor;c; d. Nov. 17, 1860; m. Oct. 6, 1830.
Mary Oatman.
V. C3nithia Stratton', b. Oct. 19, 1809; m. Nov. 11,
1827, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
William Plumb,
vi. Alexander Moores Stratton', b. Jan. 20, 1813, In
New York; d. Dec. 15, 1845; m. Oct. 23, 1833, at
Troy, N. Y.
Angelina Maria Prescott.
vii. Phebe Ann StrattonS b. Jan. 4, 1817, in New York;
d. Nov. 13, 1831, aged 14 years, 10 months and 9
days.
Fourth Generation
Robert Macy Stratton', b. May 23, 1803; d. Oct. 4, 1874;
m. 1st, June 23, 1824.
Jane Wilson, b. April 13, 1805; d. Aug. 11, 1858 (dau. of
Lois Benedict and James Wilson).
He m. 2nd, Oct. 6, 1859.
Louise Cotftn Macy, b. Sept. 10, 1804; d. May 2, 1890;
daughter of George and Garisa ( ) Macy.
Children of Robert Macy and Jane (Wilson) Stratton:
i. Mary Lois Stratton*, b. May 1, 1825, in Troy, N. Y.;
d. June 30, 1829.
ii. James Wilson Stratton*, b. July 25, 1829, in Troy,
N. Y.; d. March 17, 1876; m. May 13, 1851, in
New York.
Josephine Ann Trotter, b. April 29, 1829; d. Nov.
5, 1887, at Riverside, California, daughter of
Jonathan Trotter.
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iii. Frances Jane Stratton*, b. Aug. 4, 1834, in Troy,
New York; d. Feb. 10, 1875; m. March 12, 1861.
Jerome B. Simpson, b. June 9, 1826, in Esperance,
N. Y.; d. Sept. 28, 1911, in Kansas City, Mo.
iv. Ck)melia Gilbert Stratton*, b. Sept. 22, 1814; d. Oct
6, 1863; m. June 13, 1863, in New York.
Henry James Feltus Campbell, b. Aug. 1, 1836.
V. Robert Macy Stratton, Jr.*, b. Feb. 13, 1844; died
June, 1911.
Stratton Bible Records.
Children of James Wilson and Josephine Ann (Trotter)
Stratton:
Charles Harrison Stratton, b. March 1, 1856; d. Nov* 22,
1856.
i. Fannie Stratton, b. Dec. 15, 1858; d. Aug. 26, 1905.
ii. Josephine Stratton, b. June 14, 1860; d. Feb. 20,
1883.
iii. Wilson Eugene Stratton, b. Aug. 6, 1862; d. Nov.
20, 1864.
iv. Cornelia Stratton, b. Nov. 8, 1863; d. Dec. 4, 1867.
V. Robert Stratton, b. Aug. 23, 1866; d. Dec. 22, 1866.
vi. Maria Louise Stratton, b. Nov. 8, 1867; d. Mar. 23,
1892.
vii. George Draper Stratton, b. June 5, 1870; d. Nov. 21,
1905.
viii. Emilie Bailey Stratton, b. Nov 9, 1871; d. Mar. 1,
1877.
Marriages.
Maria Louise Stratton, m. June 8, 1891.
Gerard William Barton, of Furidon Hall, England.
George Draper Stratton, m. January 17, 1899.
Jeannie Eugenia Gift, of Piedmont, California, dau. of
George W. and Ellen (Shackelford) Gift, of Memphis, Tenn.
Marian Trotter Stratton, b. Feb. 7, 1901.
Greorge W. Gift, b. March 15, 1833, Memphis, Tenn.
Ellen Shackelford, b. Aug. 14, 1834, in Abbeville, South
Carolina.
Jeanne Eugenia Gift, b. Feb. 8, 1873, in Memphis, Tenn.
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"THE BENEDICTS OF DANBURY, CONNECTICUT"
First Generation
Thomas Benedicts was bom 1617; died 1690; married
about 1640.
Mary Bridgum, who lived to be 100 years old.
Second Generation
James Benedict', bom 164 — , survived certainly until
Atigust, 1717; married May 10, 1676.
Sarah Gregory, bom December, 1652.
Third Generation
Thomas Benedict*, bom November 9, 1694; died July,
1776.
Abigail Hoyt, daughter of John Hojrt, one of the original
settlers of Danbury, Connecticut.
Fourth Generation
Thomas Benedict*, bom 1727; died November 14, 1821.
Married
Mercy Knapp, bom 1727; died May 15, 1811.
Fifth Generation
Joshua Benedicts bom April 2, 1753; died March 16,
1825, at Poughkeepsie, New York; married April 13, 1774.
Ruth, daughter of Nathaniel Wescott, of Norwalk, Con-
necticut, bom April 19, 1753; died August 16, 1838, at
Poughkeepsie, New York.
"Thomas Benedicts was bom in 1617, at Nottingham-
shire. He came to New England in 1638, in the same
vessel with his future wife, Mary Bridgum, who lived to
the age of 100 years. The pair were married and settled
in Massachusetts Bay, but subsequently removed to Long
Island, where they resided at Southold. The commission-
ers of the United Colonies of New England appointed
Thomas Benedict to adjust differences between Uncas, the
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Sachem of the Mohegans, and Mohansick, Sachem of Long
Ifiland; date of his appointment^ September 5, 1650. May,
1658, he was one of the petitioners to have the town of
Huntingdon annexed to New Haven. Appointed by the
General Court, May 15, 1662, as Ck>mmissioner of his town.
On March 20, 1663, appointed Magistrate by the Dutch
Governor Stuyvesant. At this time he resided at Jamaica,
Long Island. September 29, 1663, was one of the petition-
ers to the General Court of Connecticut, to annex Long Is-
land, and appointed Lieutenant of the town, December 3,
1663.
September 26, 1664, Thomas Benedict, with three or
four others, received a grant to settle Elizabeth City,
State of New Jersey. Grant signed by Sir Richard NicoUs,
Governor of New York. This place is now Elizabeth, New
Jersey. In 1665, Governor NicoUs issued an order for a
general meeting from each town.
Thomas Benedict was one of two delegates from Jamaica,
Long Island. This is said to have been the first legislative
body convened in New York.
In 1665 he was appointed Lieutenant of the Foot Com-
pany of Jamaica. Later he removed to Norwalk, Connecti-
cut, and was Selectman and Town Clerk until 1674, and
Selectman till 1688. His name is one of the forty-two
comprising the list of freemen of Norwalk in 1669. In
1669 he was Representative of Norwalk in the General
Assembly, again in 1670 and 1675. Was a patentee on the
title of Norwalk, in 1686. In 1684 the General Court ap-
pointed him with three others to make a settlement near
Norwalk. This they did in the autumn of 1684 and the
spring of 1685, and settled there permanently. The land was
purchased from the Indians. This is now Danbury, Con-
necticut. He was one of the most prominent men in pub-
lic affairs in his section of the country, and this is oiUy a
brief extract from the voluminous records of his service.
He was one of the founders of the Jfirst Presbyterian
church ever erected in America, built at Jamaica, Long
Island, in 1662, and his name appears upon the records of
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that church as Goo^nan Thomas Benedict. His son James
Benedict^, was one of the eight who purchased and settled
Danbury, Connecticut, having sold his property in Norwalk,
on March 26, 1619. Thomas Benedict', son of James was
also one of the original settlers of Danbury. In May, 1738,
he was appointed Justice of the Peace and first Judge of
the District, and he held both ofllces until his death, which
occurred on the 4th of July, 1776. He was also a member
of the Connecticut Legislature for thirty-one sessions, be-
tween May, 1737, and October, 1766 inclusive. Thomas
Benedicts son of Thomas, also resided in Danbury, and
possibly was a Selectman in 1785. Joshua Benedict', his
son, was bom and resided in Danbury, and died in Pough-
keepsie, New York State, in 1825. He was appointed to
supply horse-trappings for the artillery and cavalry dur-
ing the Revolutionary War. He related to Mr. Ely West-
cott Bailey (who was his grandson, the son of Lucy Bene-
dict and Major Bailey), when the latter was a boy, the
exciting incidents through which he passed, the diflSculty
he had to procure the necessary outfits, and told how he
was obliged to accompany squads of men into the forest
for days at a time, to select and cut the natural crooks
from trees which would be suitable for saddle-trees. He
was living at Danbury when that town was attacked and
burnt by the British troops, on Sunday morning, April
27, 1777. His house, with those of other memtbers of his
family, was marked for destruction by the resident Tories
of the town. Five of the nineteen houses burnt by the
British belonged to the Benedicts. He removed his young
children in great haste in order to escape capture, and
secreted them several miles distant, at a place called Stony
Hill." From "Ancestry of Joseph Trowbridge Bailey and
Catherine Goddard Weaver."
The children of Joshua and Ruth (Wescott) Benedict:
i. Lucy Benedict*, b. June 24, 1786, in Danbury; d. in
January, 1872, in Philadelphia, at the home of her
son, Joseph Trowbridge Bailey, and is buried in
the family lot in Laurel Hill Cemetery. She mar-
ried November, 1805:
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Major Bailey, b. May 21, 1783; d. January 23, 1833.
ii. Lois Benedicts b. Dec. 14, 1776; d. April 14, 1824.
married
James Wilson, Sept. 23, 1800; their daughter, Jane
Wilson% b. April 13, 1805; d. Aug. 11, 1858; m. June
23, 1824, Robert Macy Stratton, b. May 23, 1803;
d. Oct. 4, 1874, in New York; their daughter
Frances Jane Stratton% b. Aug. 4, 1835; d. Feb. 10,
1875; m. Jerome B. Simpson, b. June 9, 1826, In
Esperance, N. Y.; d. Sept. 28, 1911, in Kansas
City, Missouri. Their children were Talbot,
Jerome W., and Marcus Simpson.
From the records in the Stratton Family Bible, now in
possession of Talbot and Marcus Simpson, Kansas City,
Mo. Their Stratton ancestry is shown to be:
Benjamin StrattonS b. 1737; d. 1810; m. 1758.
Judith Macy b. 1737; d. 1799;
Latham StrattonS b. 1775; d. 1849; m. 1797.
Fhebe Mead, b. 1780; d. 1829.
Robert Macy Stratton', b. 1803; d. 1874; m. 1824.
Jane Wilson, b. 1805; d. 1858.
Frances Jane Stratton*, b. 1834; d. 1875; m. 1861.
Jerome Briggs Simpson, b. 1826; d. 1911.
From the Simpson Family Bible and other Family rec-
ords their Simpson ancestry is:
John Simpsons of Scotland, emigrated to Ireland.
John Simpsons b. Ireland; d. in Pennsylvania.
William Simpson*, b. 1725, probably in Ireland; d. at
Doylestown, Pa.; m. about 1745.
Jane (Bailey?).
John Simpson*, b. 1757; d. in Montgomery Co., N. Y.;
m. 1790, Mary Schenck.
WiUiam Simpson% b. 1789, New Bnmswick, N. J.; d.
1856; m. 1812, Lydia McKonkey.
Jerome Briggs Simpson*, b. 1826; d. 1911; m. 1861.
Frances Jane Stratton.
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GREENE FAMILY.
John Greene^ who came from Salisbury England, and was
an associate with Roger Williams in the Providence Pur-
chases in 1638, was buried at Connecticut farm, R. I. His
will is dated 28 Dec., 1658, and proved 7 Jan., 1648-9. He
left issue John, Peter (who married Mary, daughter of
Samuel Gorton), James, (from whom (Jeneral N. Greene, of
the Revolution, was descended, being great grand son),
Thomas, and Mary, who married James Sweet, the pro-
genitor of the bonesetting Sweets.
Thomas Greene above named, was bom 1630-1, died 5
June, 1717, age 80. He married 30 June 1659, Elizabeth
dau. of Rufus Barton, of Warwick, R. I., who died 20
August, 1693. They had issue; Elizabeth, Thomas, Ben-
jamin, Welthyan, Rufus and Nathaniel, b. April 10, 1679.
Boston Records say, Nathn%G Greene married Ann Gold,
Feb. 27, 1703. This Ann (Sold, or (3oold, or Gould m. Fran-
ces Robinson on 10, 7, 1656.
Nathaniel and Ann Greene had issue; Thomas, b. 4 June,
1705; Rufus, b. 30 May, 1707; Nathaniel, b. 14 May, 1709;
William, b. 3 May, 1711; Benjamin, b. 11 Jan., 1712-13.
Nath'l Greene's will, 6 Aug., 1714, proved 18 Sept. 1714,
speaks of wife Ann and five children above named ; speaks
also of land in Warwick, R. I., from his father Thomas.
Ann's will, 1727, alludes to this, her husband's will, and
speaks of the same children. This last Benjamin married
Mary Chandler, and had issue. Benjamin, b. 16 June, 1738;
Hannah, 29 March, 1741; Mary, 3 Nov., 1745; Lucretia, 16
July, 1748; Sarah, 17 Dec., 1750; Gardiner, 23 Sept., 1753;
Ann, 28 Feb., 1756.
Benj. Greene last named, married Elizabeth Hubbard,
daughter of Daniel and Martha Hubbard, of New London,
Conn. This Martha was daughter of Daniel and Mahitable
Coit, of New London.
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Benjamin and Elizabeth Greene's children were one son,
Benjamin, late of Boston* deceased in 1822, and daughters
who married Grew, IL Wainwright, H. Chapman,
and Chandler, and two unmarried.
Gardiner Greene, whose wealth made him so well known,
needs no further mention.
New Eng. Hist, and Gene. Register. VoL IV., p. 75.
John Greenes b. 1597; d. 1658; m. Nov. 4, 1619;
JoanTattersall; his son:
Thomas Greene*, b. 1628; d. June 5, 1717; m. June 30,
1659;
Elizabeth Barton; d. Aug. 20, 1693.
Thomas Greene', b. Aug. 14, 1662; m.
Ann Greene, his cousin, b. Mch. 19, 1663; d. Aug., 1603;
daughter of John Greene*, who was Deputy Governor of the
State of Rhode Island, b. in England, 1620; d. Nov. 27,
1780; m. Ann Almy.
Phebe Greene*, b. Wednesday, May 10, 1693; m. Dec. 12,
1717,
John Potter*, b. before 1695.
Thomas Potter, b. Mch. 25, 1735; d. Nov. 13, 1795; m.
Oct. 16, 1755,
Esther Sheldon, b. 1738; d. 1800.
Joseph Potter, b. April 19, 1757; d. Nov. 23, 1824; m.
Dec. 27, 1781,
Anne Knight, b. Feb. 10, 1760; d. Aj)ril 28, 1833.
Sheldon Potter, b. April 19, 1789; d. Feb. 1, 1834; m.
Feb. 28, 1811,
Sarah Betsy Raymond, b. Aug. 27, 1792; d. April 24,
1872.
Mary Potter, b. Dec. 9, 1811 ; d. Mch. 8, 1841 ; m. June
21, 1834,
Joseph Trowbridge BaileyM b. Dec. 16, 1806; d. Mch. 18,
1854.
Joseph Trowbridge Bailey*, b. Mch. 29, 1835; and Emily
Bailey, b. May 8, 1839.
From "Ancestry of Joseph Trowbridge Bailey* and
Catherine Goddard Weaver*.''
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Nathanael Greene*, JabezS JamesS John^; married 1st.,
Phoebe Greene, his cousin; married (2nd.) Mary Mott.
Children of Nathanael and Phoebe (Greene) Greene:
i. BENJAMIN Greene'.
ii. THOMAS Greene^
Children of Nathanael and Mary (Mott) Greene
♦ iii. JACOB Greenes known as "Judge Greene,"
first Commissary of Purchase, in the Revolu-
tionary War; member of the State Legislature
R. I.; d. 1805, at Coventry.
iv. PHOEBE Greenes d. aged one year.
V. GENERAL NATHANAEL Greene', of
Revolutionary fame; b. June 6, 1742; d. June
19,1786; m. July 20, 1774,
Catherine Littlefield, and had 6 children, 2 boys
and 4 girls.
vi. WILLIAM Greene".
vii. ELIHU Greene^
viii. CHRISTOPHER Greened
ix. PERRY Greene^
From "Life of Nathanael Greene,'' by Greorge Washington
Greene.
Mrs. Talbot Simpson, nee Virginia McClelland, daughter
of Matthew McClelland and Sadie Bay, his wife, grand-
daughter of Samuel Mansfield Bay, and Virginia Cordell,
his wife, great granddaughter of Bay and
Miss Mansfield, his wife, great great granddaughter of
^Mansfield, and Miss Greene, his wife, great
great great granddaughter of Judge Jacob Greene, who was
first Commissary of Purchases in the Revolutionary War.
Note. — James Greene* married Deliverance Potter. Jabez
Greene' married Miss Barton.
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THE BAILEY FAMILY
Benoni BaUeyS b. 1697; d. May, 1793, at Danbury, Conn,
aged 96.
Samuel Bailey^ b. 1728; d. Mar., 1808, at Danbury, Ck)nn.,
aged 80.
Benjamin Bailey^, b. Dec. 9, 1756; d. June 21, 1807; m.
Hannah Dibble, b. Feb. 10, 1761; d. Nov. 6, 1800.
Major Bailey*, b. May 21, 1783; d. Jan. 23, 1833; m. Nov.
24, 1804.
Lucy Benedict, b. June 24, 1786; d. Jan. 1872.
Their children were:
i.* Joseph Trowbridge Bailey', b. Dec. 16, 1806; d.
March 13, 1854.
ii. Eli Westcott Bailey% b. Feb. 21, 1806, at Blooming-
burgh, N. Y.; m. June 21, 1834.
Esther Ann Whitney.
Their children, all bom in Philadelphia, were:
i. Mary Whitney Bailey*, b. April 17, 1835.
Herbert Ray Clark, of N. Y., now a resident of
Jersey City,
ii. Frances Hayes Bailey*, b. Jan. 8, 1838; d. Feb.
10, 1863.
iii. Benjamin Nwman Bailey*, b. October 10, 1840.
iv. Joseph T. Bailey*, b. May 6, 1843; d. May 31,
1864.
V. Julia Bailey*, b. December 6, 1848.
iii. Mary White BaileyS b. Oct. 20, 1814; d. Dec. 27,
1905; m. Dec. 18, 1854.
James R. Balding, he d. February 27, 1872. No issue,
iv. Hannah Bailey^ b. Dec. 22, 1816; d. 1876; m. Febru-
ary 6, 1844.
Hector Morrison, of New York.
Their children, all bom in Brooklyn, N. Y., were:
1849.
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i. Lucy Morrison*, b. November 13, 1844; d. June
1, 1850.
ii. Mary Morrison*, b. March 12, 1848 ; m. June 10,
1869.
Edward S. Brownson.
iii. Robert Stratton Morrison*, b. November 24,
1849; m.
Louise Van Bergen,
iv. Joseph Bailey Morrison*, b. May 12, 1854.
Joseph Trowbridge Bailey% married June 24, 1834.
Mary Potter, b. Dec. 9, 1811; d. March 8, 1841; dau. of
Sheldon and Sarah Betsey (Raymond) Potter.
Their children were:
1.* Joseph Trowbridge Bailey*, b. March 29, 1835, in
Philadelphia; m. Sept. 1, 1857, in old Trinity
Church, Newport, R. I., by the Rt. Rev. Alonzo
Potter, P. E. Bishop of Pennsylvania.
Catherine Goddard Weaver, b. Mar. 21, 1835, in
Newport, R. I., dau. of Joseph B. and Abby
(Marsh) Weaver.
ii. Emily Bailey*, b. May 8, 1839; m. 1st., Nov. 5, 1857.
Henry Harrison, of Newark, N. J.; he d. Feb. 13,
1860.
M. 2nd., April 15, 1862.
Charles Duggin, of New York.
Joseph Trowbridge*, married September 1, 1857.
Catherine Goddard Weaver.
Their children were:
i. Emily Bailey^ b. Nov. 29, 1858; m. 1st Dec. 6, 1878.
Henry Augustus Burroughs, b. Mar. 10, 1856; son
of Horatio Nelson and Caroline Burroughs, of
Philadelphia; and had one son:
i. Horatio Nelson Burroughs, II., b. Dec. 17, 1879.
She m. 2nd. Feb. 13, 1884.
Edmund Brandt Ajrmar, of New York; b. Sept. 7,
1858; son of Edmund and Eleanor Kingsland
(Clark) Ajrmar, and had:
i. Eleanor Ajrmar*, b. Nov. 14, 1884.
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ii. Edmund Brandt Aymar®, b. July 3, 1887.
ii. Joseph Trowbridge Bailey% b. June 15, 1860, in
Philadelphia; m. Jan. 18, 1888, at Stamford, Conn.
Amy Thomas, b. Oct. 12, 1862, in Philadelphia; dau.
of Alexander Hamilton and Caroline Mackey
(White) Thomas,
iii. Charles Weaver Bailey% b. Oct. 20, 1861, in Phila-
delphia; m. April 9, 1884, in Philadelphia.
Anne jBloan, dau. of Andrew Jackson and )Mary
Wilson (Potter) Sloan.
Their children were:
i. Emilie Aymar Bailey*, b. April 20, 1887.
ii. Beatrice Bailey*, b. March 1, 1892.
iv. Katheryn Louis Bailey% b. May 28, 1871 ; m. Dec. 15,
1890, in Philadelphia, by the Rt. Rev. Henry C.
Potter, P. E. Bishop of New York, and Hon. Edwin
H. Fittler, Mayor of Philadelphia.
Jean Theodule Francisque Louis Comte de Sibour,
b. March 19, 1865, son of Jean Antonio Gabriel,
Vicomte, and Mary Louise Vicomtesse de Sibour,
of Paris and Carpentras, France.
Their son:
i. Louis Blaise de Sibour, Vicomte, bom in Paris,
France, December 26, 1891.
From "Ancestry of Joseph Trowbridge Bailey* and
Catherine Groddard Weaver*.
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WHERE WASHINGTON AND HIS MEN CROSSED THE
DELAWARE
The McKonkey House at "The Ferry" now Taylorsville, on the
Pennsylvania side of the river and designated as "Washington's
Crossing/' This is about nine miles above Trenton. A bridge nine
hundred feet long takes the place of the Old Ferry. Washington
and 'his officers made their headquarters here before the Battle of
Trenton.
"Itinerary of Gen. Washington," by William S. Baker.
This famous Spot Has Been Selected for a Park to Be
the Nation's Christmas shrine.
The States of Pennsylvania and New Jersey Are Now Co-
operating to Make a National Park at the Point Where
Washin^rton and his Ragged Continentals Crossed the
River and Surprised the Drunken Hessians Feasting at
Trenton.
''Soon the nation is to have a Christmas Shrine. It will
be like no other place of pilgrimage in the country for it
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will commemorate not only a great patriotic achievement,
but will also recall sharply what was at once the incident
that cheered a struggling nation, when most it needed hope,
and gave an excuse for a Christmas celebration that set
the nation wild with joy. It is the neighborhood where
Washington on Christmas Night, 1776, crossed the Dela-
ware, fell upon the Hessians feasting in Trenton, and put
them to route. This victory came at a time when many
of the most ardent American supporters had about given
up hope, and it was only the iron will of the illustrious
Commander-in-chief keeping up the battle, though he had
no headquarters, no staff, no adequate forces, no supplies,
that prevented the failure of the way for freedom.
The states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey are making
plans now for a shrine that will be second only to Mount
Vernon, Valley Forge and Bunker Hill in the interest it
will have for students of the Revolutionary period.
A commission has been appointed by the Governor of
New Jersey to arrange for what will in the future be known
as the nation's shrine of Christmas Day patriotism.
All the land that saw the movement of the Continental
troops is being set aside for the purpose of a park and being
in a section that has seen but little invasion of business,
it is still in much the same condition as on the night when
Washington and his men battled with the ice and made
the transit that was to result in such a notable exploit.
One reason that the scene has been unchanged in the
years that have passed is that it is difficult to reach. Only
one railroad goes there, and trains are infrequent. The
trip by trolley is a slow one. Nevertheless one monument
has been erected. This stands on a road midway between
the little railroad station and the house where Washington
made his headquarters during the battle. The inscription
reads "This tablet was erected by the Society of Cincin-
natti in the State of New Jersey to conmiemorate the cross-
ing of the Delaware by George Washington and the Con-
tinental Army on Christmas night, 1776.*'
A little further along is the frame house from which
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Washington directed the battle when the Americans fell
upon the surprised Hessians, and curiously enough there
has never b^n placed upon it any mark to identify
it. He who would know which structure it was that gave
hospice to the great commander on that memorable night,
must ask questions of the passer by for no printed word is
there to aid him. But this neglect is now to be remedied,
and all the points of interest in the vicinity are to be prop-
erly marked.
It is now the work of the commission to find as closely
as possible the exact spot where the CJommander and his
men crossed.
It is the neighborhood tradition that it was close to the
spot where the bridge of the Philadelphia and Reading rail-
road spans the Delaware.
But it is not on hearsay evidence alone that the com-
mission is to do its work. It has unearthed all the ancient
records of the battle. It has plans of the encampment
from which the march to the river started. It has data as
to distances, and when it finally makes its decision it will
come about as dose as can human knowledge to the place
where the shivering CJontinentals took their chance in a
raging snow storm, braved the elements on the bitterest
kind of a night, dodging the cakes of ice that might have
sunk their none too staunch craft, and finally fell upon the
astonished Hessians at the moment when the latter were
deep in the liquor that formed a part of their Christmas
carouse.
Visiting the pretty country, with its rolling slopes, its
picturesque woods, and its peaceful river, it is difficult to
summon to the mind that picture of Christmas Day, 1776,
when the ragged Continentals, their bare feet tracking
blood marks in the snow, got orders to march on the enemy.
There were some twenty-four hundred men in the pa-
triot forces, and the start was made at three o'clock in
the afternoon, every man carrjring three day^s rations and
forty rounds of ammunition. With them were eighteen
field pieces. It was twilight when the men reached the
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crossing of the Delaware River met by Glover's men from
the Marblehead, prepared .to take th^n over. Rowing
across the river and dodging the cakes of ice tne men
formed on the other side, and their condition may readily
be imagined when it is told how a messenger who followed
them, could trace their path by the blood marks left in the
snow by the bruised feet of the men.
The hardest job of that Christmas festivity was getting
the artiUery across, but finally this was accomplished, and
the force was ready to wage battle. One American general
found out that his powder had been wet so badly in the
transit of the tossing waters that his men had no ammuni-
tion. "Then'* replied Washington, "your men will have to
fight with their bayonets for tonight we take this city at
any cost."
Huddled in a hut and suffering from the snow and sleet
the Hessian pickets made but smaU opposition, and when
the patriot bugles finally aroused the sleeping soldiers in
Trenton, it was too late for them to make any stand. The
surprise had been complete and decisive, and wherever the
Hessians turned they found themselves confronted by the
victorious troops of the Ck)ntinentals. Only two Americans
were wounded, while the British had two score killed and
lost a thousand prisoners, moreover the Americans gained
some much needed supplies.
This Christmas victory gave the nation a thrill of hope
and joy, for it showed that the despised Continentals were
more than a match for the German mercenaries.
Among the places that are to be preserved is the McKon-
key House, where Washington and his officers made their
last stop for a meal before going into the conflict.
The McKonkeys kept the ferry, and they are given the
credit of extending valuable aid to the patriot forces. The
old house has been remodeled once or twice and repaired
on numerous occasions, but in the essentials it looks much
as it did in the period when it took its place in the history
of the country. Washington's crossing has long been the
name of the railroad station, the postofilce and the littTe
settlement at the New Jersey end of the trip made by
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the American forces on that eventful night. The Simpson
family are descendants of William McKonkey ''the owner
of the estate in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, on the Dela-
ware River upon which was situated 'McKonkey's Ferry*
and McKonkey aided in crossing and helped secure boats,
and went with the troops as a volunteer. Washington made
McKonkey's house his headquarters both before and after
the battle, and the sick and wounded were cared for there
for some time. The women of the family used their bed-
ding and clothing for bandages. William Simpson bom in
Bucks County, April, 9, 1789, married Lydia McKonkey,
the daughter of William McKonkey; she was bom Oct. 1,
1786; this William Simpeon was son of John and Mary
(Schenck) Simpson. John Simpson ran away from home
when a boy and joined Captain John Thompson's Company
of Infantry. On account of youth his father secured his
release and made him return home, he then joined Capt.
Abraham Duboi's Infantry of the Penn. Line in August,
1777, and afterwards Captain Zebulon Pike's Company of
the 4th Penn. Light Dragoons. He participated in the
battles of Brandjrwine and other engagements in the Revo-
lutionary war.
Mary Schenck Simpson, the widow of John Simpson,
received a pension for his services until she died.''
"Rochester Democrat and Chronicle," Sunday, Dec. 19,
1909.
SCHENCK FAMILY
The Schenck family, one of the most noble families of
Holland. Martin Schenck the famous ''free booter" a
description of whom may be found in Motley's "History of
The Netherlands" is said to have been of this family.
After the settlement of New Amsterdam three families of
Schenck came to America under the auspices of the Dutch
East India Company; one family settled on Manhattan
Island, one in the vicinity of Newburgh, New York, and
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one in Monmouth Ck>., N. J., near New Brunswick and
Bound Creek. From the latter family is descended William
Schenck, whose daughter, Mary Schenck, b. about 1764,
married John Simpson, b. Jan. 10, 1755; d. March 2, 1800.
(The record elsewhere states that John Simpson married
Mary Schenck of New Brunswick, New Jersey.)
McKONKEY FAMILY
The McKonkey family were from Scotland, they went
over to Ireland with the emigrants of the Seventeenth
Century and probably came to America with the Simpsons,
and settled in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and later
moved to Trenton, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. William
McKonkey had a brother Samuel who is supposed to have
died unmarried. William McKonkey married Hannah Baker
and they had a large family: i. Mary, ii. John, iii. Sallie, iv.
William, v. Lydia, vi. James, and vii. Jacob. Mary, John,
Lydia, James and Jacob were bom in Pennsylvania. While
living in New Jersey he bought a farm of 900 acres where
Taylorville, Bucks Co. now stands. About 1790 a lawyer
from Philadelphia persuaded him to sell this property for
$10,000 Continental money, he then went to New York
and cleared a farm where Charlestown is now located and
later built his house and bams and moved his family from
Bucks to this place; he died at the age of 84 years and
his wife, who was ten years younger than her husband, died
about 1830, being 84 years old at the time of her death.
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LIEUTENANT NATHANIEL MEAD.
BORN 1750.
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NATHANIEL MEAD was bom in New York on August
16, 1750, and died in Northeast New York. He was a Patriot
and Minute man. Was a member of the Precinct Com-
mittee of Duchess County, N. Y., which circulated the
"Articles of Association" and was an original signer thereof
(June and July, 1775). Served on various local committees.
He was appointed a Second Lieutenant of the North East
Minute Men by the Provincial Congress of New York, and
served as such until the end of the war. References:
Original Articles of Association in the State Library, Al-
bany, N. Y. "New YoiOc in The Revolution," Vol. I, pp. 59
and 284. "Documentary History of the State of New York."
"General History of Duchess Co. (N. Y.)," Philip H. Smith.
(1202) Jerome Wilson Simpson. Member of the Illinois
Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, bom July
9, 1867, died Sept. 30, 1914, Kansas City, Missouri. Na-
tional Number, 15150. State Number, 850.
Descendant of John Simpson, Private in the 4th Pennsyl-
vania Light Dragoons of Penn. Line.
John Simpson enlisted as a boy in the Pennsylvania In-
fantry under Captain John Thompson and served succes-
sively under Captain Abraham Dubois in the Pennsylvania
Line (Infantry), and Captain Zebulon Pike in the 4th Penn-
sylvania Light Dragoons. He participated in such battles
and engagements as his companions took part, chief of
which was the battle of Brandywine. The widow of John
Simpson received b pension for his services until she died.
See Records— O. W. & N. Division, Dept. of The Interior
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C. Jerome W. Simpson
also had Supplemental Credentials through the service of
William McKonkey, of Pensylvania, and of Nathaniel Mead
of New York.
William McKonkey (Patriot) was the owner of an estate
in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River upon
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which was situated "McKonkey's Ferry/' The Americans
under General Washin^rton crossed at this ferry on Christ-
mas night, 1776, and surprised the Hessians at Trenton,
returning the same way. McKonkey aided in the crossing
and helped secure boats; went with the trops as a volun-
teer. Washington made his house his headquarters both
before and after the battle, and the sick and wounded were
cared for there for some time. The women of the family
used their bedding and clothing for bandages. References:
Washington Irving's 'TL.ife of Washington/' Vol. H, Chap.
31. History of United States. History of Penn.
SIMPSON MARRIAGES
Christ Church, Philadelphia, Pa. Ar. Vol. VIII, p. 233.
1786, Dec. 20— Ambrise Simpson— Mary Wallace.
17S9, March 31— Ann Simpson— John O'Brien.
1778, Oct. 8 — Ann Simpson — John Chaloner.
1787, Jan. 2— Deborah Simpson— John Green.
1749, June 13 — ^Elizabeth Simpson — ^Rev. Thomas Thomp-
son.
1768, Mch. 24— Gabriel Simpson— Catherine FarreU.
1761, Nov. 30— Hannah Simpson — ^David Cauthom.
1794, July 6— John Simpson— Hannah Roberts.
1762, Nov. 25— Joseph Simpson— Ann Black.
1788, Oct. 26— Mary Ann Simpson— Daniel Boyle.
1784, March 7— Priscilla Simpson— George Sparks.
1794, Dec. 9— Sarah Simpson— Isaac Watson.
Swedes Church, Philadelphia, Pa., Ar. Vol. VHI, p. 514.
1775, Aug. 1 — Samuel Simpson — ^Martha Day.
1790, Aug. 18— Amos Simpson— Rebecca Albertson.
1796, April 10— Elizabeth Simpson— Henry Lewis Weid-
erholt.
1777, April 23— James Simpson— Elizab. Rambo.
1791, April 17— lifargaret Simpson— James Duffy.
1795, Aug. 12— Stuart Simpson— Elizabeth Friend.
1779, Nov. 18-rWilliam ^mpson— ESeanor Gardner.
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German Reformed Churchy Philadelphia, Pa., Ar. Vol.
VIII, p. 717.
1795, Nov. &— Elizabeth Simpson — George Schmid.
1750, Aug. 30 — James Simpson — ^Ann Harrison.
1780, July 6— Thomas Simpson— Lyddy Elies.
1772, July 28— Thomas Simpson— Sarah Schmidt .
First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, Pa., Ar. Vol. VIII, p.
769.
1798, June 3 — ^Bowman Simpson — Clarissa Cashsday.
1794, July 4 — ^Mary Simpson — James Campbell.
Paxtang and Derby Churches, Pa., Ar. Vol. Vni, p. 788.
1776, May 7 — John Simpson — ^Margaret Murray.
1752, Oct. 4 — Margaret Simpson — ^William Augustus
Harris.
1751, Nov. 5— Mary Simpson — Rev. John Elder.
1750, Mathias Simpson
1808, May 26— Gen. Michael Simpson— Mrs. Susan Gra-
hani.
1780, Sarah Simpson— William Cook
1771, Jan. 31 — ^Thomas Simpson
Buckingham Monthly Meeting, Pa., Ar. VoL IX, p. 266.
1745, Aug. 2 — Samuel Simpson — ^Mary Lowther.
1764, June 13— John Simpson— Ruth Whitson*
1795, Oct. 14 — John Simpson — ^Elizabeth Backfan.
Wrights Monthly Meeting, Pa., Ar. Vol. IX, p. 279.
1794, May 14 — David Simpson — ^Agness Wiggins.
1795, M&r. 18 — ^Hannah Simpson— Samuel Shinn.
1797, Dec. 3 — Ruth Simpson — ^Amos Hilbom.
Neshaminy Presbyterian Church, Hartsville, Bucks
County, Pa. Pa. Archives 2nd Series, Vol IX, p. 162.
1788, Nov. 18 — Sarah Simpson— Robert Miller.
1791, Sept. 8 — Anne Simpson — John Conrad.
1793, Oct. 17— John Simpson— Rebekah Weir.
1794, May IS— Elizabeth Simpson — Jesse Anderson.
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1795, Feb. 27— Rebekah Simpson— Dr. William Ramsey.
1796, Feb. 25— Amie Simpson — Jonathan Smith.
1797, Jan. 5— Breta Simpson — James Patterson.
First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia.
1743, Feb. 18 — Joanna Simpson — John Collier.
1782, Nov. 17 — George Simpson — ^Eleanor Day.
1796, Feb. 9— Elizabeth Simpson— Matthew Ritter.
Pa. Archives 2nd Series, Vol. IX, p. 101.
Spotsylvania County Court Records. Marriage Register.
1797, Nov. 16 — ^Agnes Simpson — John Williams.
1797, Nov. 30— Pegga Simpson— William Hame.
1751, Sept. 21 — ^Elizabeth Simpson — ^Benjamin Hair.
1751, Ajug. 15— Mary Simpson — John Moore.
1749, June 6 — ^Elizabeth Simpson — Thomas Thompson.
Pa. Mag., Vol. 32, p. 478. 1908.
"Anne Elizabeth Simpson, dau. of William and Julia
( ) Simpson, m. Nov. 19, 1860, Edward L. Bumham,
b. Jan. 15, 1842, and had issue. They lived in South Wind-
sor." Stiles Ancient Windsor, p. 130.
'^Benjamin Simpson m. Flora Walker, dau. of John and
Margaret Walker. Jane Simpson m. Samuel Walker, b.
Mch. 21, 1766, s. of Joseph and Nancy (McQung) Walker."
From "John Walker of Wigton, Scotland," p. 373 and p. 492.
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THE NEW HAMPSHffiE-KANSAS CTTY SIMPSONS.
1207. Andrew Simpson% b. about 1697, in Scotland, mar-
ried Elizabeth Patton. They emisrrated to Boston in 1725.
He was a linen weaver and wove in Boston a few years.
Subsequently he removed to Nottingham, New Hampshire,
where he bought a farm; this farm is still owned by their
descendants, the house stands south of Col. Joseph Ciley's
residence.
Mrs. Elizabeth (Patton) Simpson was murdered by the
Indians in September, 1742, an alarm had been given of the
presence of hostile Indians, and the women and children
had been gathered into the ''Block House,*' which stood on
the great square west of the James H. Butler residence,
but Mrs. Simpson went to her house to attend to some
domestic duty and there met her terrible fate.
Mr. Simpson later married the widow Brown, whose
maiden name was York.
The children of Andrew and Elizabeth (Patton) Simpson
were:
1208.* i. THOMAS SimpBon^ b. 1720, in Scotland.
1209.* ii. ROBERT Simpson', b. 1726, in Boston.
1210.* iii. JOSIAH SimpsonS b. 1729, m Boston.
1211.* iv. ANDREW Simpsons b. 1731, in Notting-
ham.
1212.* V. PATTON Simpson', b. 1737, in Nottingham.
The children of Andrew and (Widow Brown) Simpson
were:
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1213.* vi, WILLIAM Simpson', b, 1747, in Notting-
ham.
1213a. vii. ABIGAIL SimpsonS b. 1750, in Notting-
ham, married Jacob Osbom, a quaker, from
Salem, Mass., they moved to Louden, N. H.,
where their descendants still reside.
(1208) Thomas SimpsonS b. 1720, in Scotland, married
1st, Sarah Morrison, who died March 24, 1753; 2nd, Mary
(McClanthan) Ck>chran, widow, she had married 1st,
Adams (they had a daughter, Rachel Adams, who
married Samuel Grove, of Nottinghmn, and they had a
daughter, who married Barnard Groodrich.) After Adams*
death she married David Cochran of Londonderry, N. H.
(they had a daughter, Mary, who married Ephram Cram,
of Deerfield, she had three daughters at one birth, one of
whom, Isabel, married William Lane, of Deerfield, and set-
tled at Meredith, another married Stephen Bachelder, of
Deerfield, the other married Kinney).
Thomas Simpson', came with his parents to Boston; he
attended school there for a few years but, prior to 1742,
removed to Deerfield, N. H. ; he was a farmer and surveyor
and settled on the farm now owned by Jc^n W. Silver
(1878).
He with his younger brother, Andrew, was selected by
the people of Nottingham and Deerfield to establish the
line between the two towns; after Deerfield was set off
on January 8, 1766, he was 4^hosen the first parish clerk
of D^rfield, and retained the office until 1773, when he
removed to Newberry, Vt., where he lived with his daugh-
ter, Susan Sanborn, until he died, his widow survived him
about twenty years.
Their children were:
1214.* i. JOHN Simpson', b. December 1, 1748.
1215. ii. ELIZABETH Simpson', b. April 28, 1850, in
Deerfield; m.
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David McQure, of Chester, and removed to the
State of Maine.
1216. iii. SARAH Simpson', b. Sept. 14, 1751; d. unm.
The children of Thomas and Mary (McClanthan) Simp-
son were:
1217.* iv. THOMAS SimpsonS b. May 7, 1755.
1218. V. JOANNA Simpson', b. Dec. 2, 1766; m. Sept.
26, 1793.
Moses Sanborn, of Raymond, N. H.
1219. vi. ISABEL Simpson', b. Dec. 31, 1768; m.
Johnson, of Newbury, Vt.
1220. vii. ESTHER Simpson', b. a twin, 1760; d.
young.
1221.* viii. ANN Simpson', b. 1760.
1222. ix. SUSANSimpson', b. 1762;m.
John Sanborn, of Newbury, Vt.
1223. X. ROBERT Simpson', b. 1764, served six
months in the Revolutionary War, after the war
he married and went West.
1224. xi. CUMMINGS Simpson', b. Feb. 6, 1766; d.
1801, aged 36; unm.
1226. xii, EBENEZER Simpson', b. July 1, 1770, never
m. went west with his brother Robert.
(1209) Robert SimpsonS was in the Indian Wars and
had a commission awaiting his return from an expedition;
he had an arm broken by a shot from one of the Indians,
but continued to load and fire at them from behind a stump ;
he died unm.
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(1210) Josiah Simpson*, was killed in the French and
Indian Wars, while with a scouting party of one hundred
and sixty men, known as "The Rangers,'* they were out
near Lake Champlain eighteen days and few of them ever
returned; he died unm.
(1211) Andrew SimpsonS b. 1731, in Nottingham; m.
1759; Agnes Asrres, of Londonderry, N. H., they resided
at the old home place where both died, he Sept. 11, 1799,
and she May 14, 1807.
Their children were:
1226. i. WILIAM SimpsonS b. 1760.
1227. ii. JOSIAH Simpson', b. 1762; d. 1837, in Rut-
land, Ohio; married
Kitteridge, they settled in the State of
Maine, and had a large family; they removed
in the summer of 1817, to Rutland, Meigs
County, Ohio.
''He was placed on the pension roll of Meigs
County, Ohio, 1818, for service as private in
the New Hampshire Continental Line. His sec-
ond wife was Bethia Sweat."
1228. iii. ROBERT Simpson', b. 1764, in Nottingham,
N. H.;m.
Longfellow, they settled in the State of
Maine, but removed in 1817, with his brother,
Josiah, to Rutland, Ohio, where his descendants
reside.
1229.* iv. JOHN Simpson', b. August 11, 1769.
1230. V. NANCY Simpson', b. 1771.
1231. vi. ANDREW Simpson', b. 1772.
Was a Sea Captain, and lived in Durham.
1232. vii. JOSEPH Simpson', b, 1773.
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1283. viii. DETSEY SimpsonS b. 1775.
(1212) Major Patton Simpsons b. 1737, in Nottingham,
N. H. Signed the Association Test, in Deerfield, in June,
1776; enlisted from Deerfield in Captain Nathan Sanboum's
Company; re-enlisted under Captain Joseph Parsons, for
service in Rhode Island, 1778 ; d. in 1807, aged 70 years ;
Married 1st,
Jane McClure, of Chester, sister of David McClure.
Their children were:
1234. i. MARY SimpsonS b. Dec. 22, 1766; married
Sanborn, they settled in Mt. Vernon,
Me.
1235. ii. SARAH Simpson*, b. July 22, 1769, d. unm.
at the old home.
1236. iii. BETSY Simpson*, b. 1771.
Nathaniel Philbrick, and settled in Mt. Vernon, Me.
1237. iv. ANN Simpson*, b .1773; m. February 18,
1794,
Capt. John Robinson, of Mt. Vernon, Maine.
1238. V. MARTHA Simpson*, b. 1775; married
Jeremiah Holman, of Rajonond.
1239.* vi. JOHN Simpson*, b. November 5, 1776.
(1213) William Simpson^ b. 1747, in Nottingham; d.
in Nottingham, in 1841, aged 94 years; he was known as
Old Sheriff Simpson; he bought 50 acres of land from his
brother, Thomas, in Deerfield, which he later sold to Jacob
True, and moved back to Nottingham.
Eunice .
Their children were:
1240. i. WHXIAM Simpson*, b. Oct. 19, 1771.
1241. ii. SARAH Simpson*, b. December 5, 1773.
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1242. iii. ABIGAIL Washington SimpsonS b. Decem-
ber 4, 1775; married
John Griffith.
COPY OF THE COMMISSION OF
LIEUTENANT JOHN SIMPSON. (1214)
State of New Hampshire.
(Seal.)
The Government and People of said State.
To John Simpson, Gentleman: Greeting.
We, reposing special trust and confidence in your fidel-
ity, and good conduct, do by these presents constitute and
appoint you, the said John Simpson, second lieutenant of
Captain Simon Marston's company in the battalion of
troops raised within said state for the defense of the
states of New England and New York, commanded by
Colonel Stephen Peabody.
You are therefore to carefully and diligently to dis-
charge the duty of second lieutenant, in leading, ordering
and exercising said company in arms, both inferior offi-
cers and soldiers, and keep in good order and discipline;
hereby commanding them to obey you as their second
lieutenant, and yourself to observe and follow such orders
and instructions as you shall, from time to time, receive
from the council and house of representatives of said state
for the time being, and in their recess from their com-
mittee of safety, or any of your superior officers for the
service of said states according to the military rules and
discipline, pursuant to the trust reposed in you.
In testimony whereof we have caused the seal of said
state to be hereunto affixed.
Witness: M. Weare, Esq., President of our said council,
at Exeter, the 13th day of March Anno Domini, 1778.
E. I. Thompson, Secretary.
The original commission and the flintlock musket used
by John Simpson in the Battle of Bunker Hill, and bearing
the number 676, is preserved as a family heirloom and is
now (in 1916) in the possession of Mr. Charies L. Simp-
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son, in Kansas City, Mo., grandson of this John Simpson.
It is authenticated that he was the first to fire a gun in
the Battle of Bunker Hill, and for this act he was placed
under arrest on the charge of disobeying orders. He was
promptly acquitted, however, and the estknate placed upon
him was shown at the time by his being commissioned
major.
(1214) Major John Simpson*. When the news of the
battle of Liexington reached Deerfield, Maj. John Simpson,
then a private, shouldered his musket and went to the
Parade and enlisted in Capt. Daniel Moore's Company, and,
with Maj. Andrew McGary, of Epsom, and Capt. Henry
Dearborn, of Nottingham, and others marched to Bunker
Hill and was in that battle. In fact he fired the first gun
in the battle of Bunker Hill.
He was commissioned second lieutenant March 13, 1778,
and in the summer of the same year promoted to first
lientenant in Capt. Simon Marston's Company; Col.
Stephen Peabody's Regiment; William Whipple's Brigade;
subsequently he was promoted to Major. He signed the
Association Test in Deerfield. He was b. December 1,
1748, in Deerfield, N. H.; d. October 28, 1825, in Deerfield,
N. H., aged 76 y. 10 mo. 27 days; m. 1785, in Greenland,
N. H.
Mary Whidden; she died in Deerfield, N. H., October 10,
1810.
Their children were:
1243. i. JOSEPH L. Simpson*, b. February 8, 1787;
d. February 28, 1808.
1244.* ii. REV. THOMAS Simpson*, b. August 2,
1788.
1245. iii. JOHN Simpson*, b. March 2, 1790; d. Feb-
ruary 8, 1868; he lived and died at the old
homestead.
1246.* iv. SAMUEL Simpson*, b. January 29, 1792.
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1247. V. MARY ("PoUy*') Simpson*, b. June 5, 1794;
d. November 11, 1832; she lived and died at the
old homestead
1248. vi. HANNAH W. Simpsons b. April 29, 1797;
d. July 18, 1872; she lived and died at the old
homestead.
(1217) Lieut. Thomas SimpsonS was lieutenant in Capt.
Richard Wear's Company, Col. Alexander Scammel's Regi-
ment, 1777-79; he was severly wounded in the Battle of
Saratoga; he resided in Haverhill, N. H., in 1777; subse-
quently at New Hampton ; he was b. May 7, 1755, in Deer-
field, N. H; m.
Betsey Kelley.
They had one son:
1249. i. HENRY Y. Simpson*, who was appointed one
of the county Justices of Stafford County, Jan-
uary 4, 1833.
(1221) Ann SimpsonS b. 1760, in Deerfield, N. H.; m.
August 21, 1780, in Deerfield, N. H.
Tristram Cram, who was a tailor, and resided on the
place where the late Capt. Stephen Chase lived; her father
gave her seven acres of land in front of the house; they
had a large family, one daughter:
i. Ann Cram*, married David Eastman and lived near
Pleasant Pond, where Walter Scott now resides,
and where she died, August 16, 1865; this family
later moved to Jackson, Me.
(1229) John Simpson', b. August 11, 1769, in Notting-
ham, N. H.; d. Sept. 13, 1832, in Nottingham, N. H.; m.
August 25, 1791, in Nottingham, N. H.
Abigail Gile, d. August 11, 1862; they lived and died at
the old homestead.
Their children were:
1250. i. NANCY Simpson*, b. Feb. 28, 1792, at Not-
tingham ; where she d. Oct. 1, 1876.
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1251. ii. Joseph Simpsons b. Feb. 20, 1794, at Notting-
ham; m. April 4, 1823.
Philena Standley, and moved to Ohio.
1252. iii. BETSEY Simpson*, b. April 1, 1796; m.
January 29» 1821.
Thomas Parsons, of Gihnanton, N. H.
1253. iv. Polly Simpson*, b. Feb. 18, 1798; m. March
16, 1836.
Nathaniel Rundlet, of Lee, N. H., b. 1790; d. Nov.
15, 1858.
She was living at Nottingham Square in 1878.
1254. V. SALLY Simpson*, b. December 9, 1801; died
young.
1255.* vi. JOHN Simpson*, b. September 20, 1803.
1256. vii. SARAH Simpson*, b. November 23, 1806;
m. Peter Lane, of Chester, N. H.
1257. viii. REV. ANDREW Simpson*, b. January 7,
1809; d. January 19, 1877, in Boston, Mass;
m. 1st., Sarah E. Harvey of Norwood, who d. in
1854; m. 2nd.,
Almyra Gage, of Concord.
1258. ix. WHiLIAM A. Simpson*, b. February 27, 1812.
m. Mary Camp, of Sandusky, Ohio, where he re-
sides.
1259. X. SAMUEL A. Simpson*, b. June 27, 1814; m.
Jane Sleeper, of Bristol, they reside in Epping.
(1239) Ensign John Simpson*, b. November 5, 1776,
lived on the old home place at Deerfield, Old Centre, where
he died in 1839; m. January 6, 1806.
Mary Graves, b. March 29, 1790; d. Biarch 26, 1865.
Their children were:
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1260. i. GEORGE Washinfirton SimpsonS b. March 13,
1806; was a school teacher for a number of
years in various towns in New Hampshire and
Maine, Supt. of schools in his native town, and
Justice of the Peace, and held other offices of
trust, was one of the selectmen of Deerfield, at
the time of his death, March 30, 1880, he was
highly esteemed.
1261.* ii. ANDREW Simpson*, b. March 30, 1808.
1262. iii. JOSEPH G. Simpson*, b. Oct. 14, 1812; d.
September 6, 1831 ; was a cabinet maker.
1263. iv. GH^MAN Simpson*, b. April 17, 1814; d.
Jan. 31, 1816.
1264. V. JOHN G, Simpson*, b. June 16, 1816; d. July
23, 1861, in Manchester, Vt.; m. Sept. 12, 1843.
Salome Nichols, b. April 16, 1821; she m 2nd.,
Deacon Nathan GriflSn, of Deerfield, N. H.
John G. Simpson*, was a merchant at Oswego, N.
Y., later at Manchester, Vt.
1265. vi. MARY Simpson*, b. March 7, 1820; m.
William Conant, they reside in Ipswich, Mass.
(1244) Rev. Thomas Simpson*. He first learned the
carpenters' trade, and while at work on the statehouse at
Concord, in 1816, fell and became a cripple for life, he be-
came a Congregational minister, and labored in the west.
He was b. August 2, 1788, in Deerfield, N. H.; d. December
1, 1872, in Homer, Mich. ; m. November, 1809, in Deerfield,
Elizabeth Lamprey, b. Feb. 22, 1790; d. January 5, 1858.
Their children were:
1266. i. MARY Simpson*, b. December 20, 1810; d.
Sept. 19, 1861; m.
James Adams.
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1267.* ii. JOSEPH L. Simpson', February 13, 1815;
m. Ist.
Lavina Heard; m. 2nd.,
Mary Mclntire ; m. 3rd.,
Hannah (Jenkins) Randall, a widow, they removed
to the State of Minnesota, where both died.
1268. iii. SARAH Ann Simpson', b. July 18, 1821; d.
Sept. 19, 1861 ; m.
Edmund Bowker.
1269. iv. JERUSHA W. C. Simpson*, b. December 23,
1827; m.
William Chalmers.
(1246) Samuel Simpson^, Maj. JohnS Thomas', An-
drew^; b. January 29, 1792, in Deerfield, N. H.; d. January
13, 1872, in Lawrence, Kansas; m. (1st.) 1814, in Deerfield,
N. H.
Mary ("Polly'') Pearson.
They had one daughter:
1270.* i. ELIZABETH Simpson', b. 1816, in Deerfield,
N. H.; married
0)1, Phineas Adams, of Manchester, Vt., where
they reside.
(1246) m. (2nd.) June 14, 1823, m Deerfield, N. H.
Hannah Pearson, sister of his first wife. Their
children were:
1271. ii. DR. TIMOTHY Simpson', b. 1824; d. 1909,
in West Fairlee, Vt.
1272.* iii. SAMUEL NeweU SunpsonS b. October 23,
1827.
1273. iv. HENRYMartynSimpson»,b. 1830; d. March
8, 1875, in Lawrence, Kansas.
1274. V. CLEORA Ann Simpson*, b. April 21, 1831 ; d.
April 23, 1851.
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1275.* vi. WILLIAM Adams SimpsonS b, Oct. 3, 1839,
in Hocksety N. H.; m. 1864, in Lawrence, Kan-
sas.
Louise B. Prentiss. They live in Kansas City,
Kansas.
(1255) John Simpson*, John', Andrew*, Andrew^; b.
September 20, 1803, in Nottingham, N. H.; d. October 16,
1872; m. February 28, 1832, in Concord, N. H.
Comfort Stephens, b. September 4, 1814; they resided for
a while in Massachusetts, but later at the old homestead m
Nottingham, where his great grandfather first settled.
Their children were:
1276. i. WILLIAM J. Simpson', b. August 3, 1833;
died young.
1277. ii. SAMUEL A. Simpson', b. May 7, 1835; d.
July 5, 1863, in Milldale, Miss. He enlisted in
the 11th., N. H. Reg. C. W., Co. B.
1278. iii. SARAH A. Simpson', b. May 4, 1837; m.
June 11, 1866;
John L. Bartlett, a son of Gen. Bradbury Bartlett,
and grandson of Gen. Thomas Bartlett, of Not-
tingham, he enlisted Sept. 9, 1861, at Concord,
in Co. E., 1st. Reg. U. S. Sharp-shooters, was
wounded at Malvern Hill, July 1, 1862; pro-
moted to corporal Oct., 1862, mustered out Sept.
8, 1864; resides at Nottingham Square, is a
farmer, has two children.
1279. iv. SUSAN M. Simpson', b. Jan. 29, 1840; not
m.; lives at the old home place in Nottingham
(1878).
1280. V. WILLIAM J. Simpson', b. June 4, 1843; d.
young.
1281. vi. MARYG. Simpson', b. May 11, 1845; m.
William Glidden, of Pembroke.
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1282. vii. WILLIAM M. Simpson', b. August 22, 1851 ;
not m. ; resides at the old home place.
1283. viii. BETSY P. Simpson', b. November 10, 1855;
d. young.
(1261) Andrew Simpson^, like his brother George
Washington Simpson, was a school teacher, they always
lived together in the utmost harmony, he was also a Justice
of the Peace, b. March 30, 1808, in Nottingham, N. H.; d.
December 1, 1865; m.
Dorothy Hidden, b. July 7, 1824.
Their children were:
1284. i. SARAH E. Simpson', b. July 5, 1846; d. Oct.
31, 1865.
1285. ii. CLARA A. Simpson', b. July 7, 1849; d. Jan.
5, 1869.
1286. iii. GEORGE H. Simpson', b. Sept. 7, 1855. Was
living in 1878, with his mother on the old home
place in Nottingham.
(1267) Joseph L. Simpson'.
Their children are:
1287. i. THOMAS E. Simpson', b. February 10, 1856.
Is a farmer, resides at South Deerfield, N. H.
1288. ii. FREDERICK L. Simpson', b. May 8, 1858,
resides at Deerfield, N. H.
The above is from the History of Nottingham, Deerfield
and Northwood, New Hampshire.
By Rev. Elliott C. Cogswell, A^ D. 1878.
(1270) Elizabeth Simpson', bom 1816, in Deerfield,
New Hampshire; m.
Col. Phineas Adams, of Manchester, Vt.
Their daughter:
1288a. ELIZABETH Adams', married Gould.
She is a member of the D. A. R. National num-
ber 2419.
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^'Grand-daughter of Samuel Simpson and Mary
Pearson, his wife. Gr-gr-dau. of John Simpson
and Mary Whidden, his wife. Major John
Simpson, enlisted in Capt. Daniel Moore's Com-
pany, and fought at Bunker Hill; in 1778 he
was Lieut, in Col. Stephen Peat)ody's Regiment,
William Whiplles, Brigade, was later promoted
to Major.'*
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SAMUEL NEWELL SIMPSON.
(1272) Samuel Newell Simpson^ The subject of
this sketch was born m Deerfield, New Hampshire, October
3, 1826. His two brothers Henry M. and William A. Simp-
son were intimately associated with him, both in business
and in his pioneer work in Kansas. The Simpson family is
a distinguished one in American History. John Simpson
the grandfather of Samuel Newell Simpson, fired the first
shot on the American side at the battle of Bunker Hill.
He was a gallant soldier throughout the entire Revolu-
tionary War, he was the father of four sons and two daugh-
ters. Samuel Simpson*, one of these sons, was bom in
Deerfield, New Hampshire, January 29, 1792, and died in
Lawrence, Kansas, January 12, 1827. He was married in
Deerfield, New Hampshire, to Hannah Pearson, daughter of
Timothy M. and Deborah ( ) Pearson. Samuel* and
Hannah (Pearson) Simpson were the Parents of the sub-
ject of this sketch. Samuel Newell Simpson was well
instructed in his New England home, in the day school,
the Sunday school, and the church. He remained at home
with his parents until the attainment of his majority, when
he made a contract with the Manchester & Lawrence Rail-
road Company to furnish lumber to fence twenty-six miles
of their road. When twenty-two years of age, in com-
pany with his brother who was younger than himself, he
engaged in the wholesale and retail trade. The two bro-
thers soon extended their business so as to embrace an ex-
tensive real estate and lumber trade in which they failed,
$6,000.00 in debt. This was about 1849. In 1857, Mr.
Simpson sent $11,000.00 in gold from Kansas to liquidate
the indebtedness, principal and interest. He moved to Kan-
sas in 1854, reached Lawrence, September 29th of that
year. On the next day, he surveyed a claim, with the hope
of making it the foundation of his fortune. From this
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time forward, he was actively enga^red in promoting his in-
terests and those of his fellow-men. On October 1st, 1854,
he organized a Bible class and was elected its teacher. On
the 7th of January, 1855, he opened a Sunday school, which
in time became the Plymouth Congregational Sunday
school. He also organized Sunday schools at Franklin and
other places, and it was while he was engaged in his ca-
pacity as Sunday school teacher that he discovered the
Franklin plots to destroy Lawrence. In the fall of 1854,
he assisted in forming the Plymouth Congregational
Church at Lawrence. At a meeting held in October of that
year to name the town, Mr. Simi^on moved that it be called
Lawrence, which motion was seconded by Dr. Robinson, and
carried, thus the city was named after Amos A. Lawrence,
of Massachusetts, one of the staunchest friends of early
Kansas. Mr. Simpson was active in securing arms and
ammunition from the east to aid in the defense of the Free-
State cause, against the border ruffians of those days, as
well as to provide provisions for the Free-State men while
they were engaged in the defense of their homes. As a re-
sult of arrangements made by him with New York capital-
ists, the Simpson Bank was started, of which he and his two
brothers were the proprietors for several years. For
eighteen months of John Brawn's career in Kansas, Mr.
Simpson had charge of his guns and ammunition, and after
Quantrell's massacre he had charge of the interment of
the bodies of the hapless victims, which work occupied two
days and two nights. Mr. Simpson was married January
1st, 1864, at Columbus, Ohio, to Kate Lyon Burnett, daugh-
tei* of Judge Calvin Burnett, of MorrisviUe, Vermont. Kate
Lyon (Burnett) Simpson was bom October 16, 1833, in
MorrisviUe, Vermont, she was a woman of superior mental
endowments and culture and a successful teacher. The old-
est son of this couple, Charles Lyon Simpson, was bom
November 23, 1865, Theodore the second son was bom Feb-
ruary 10, 1868, and died in infancy, Bumett Newell Simp-
son the third son was bom July 13, 1869. Later Mr. Simp-
son was actively engaged in business pursuits principally in
the sale of real estate, laid off a town adjacent to the
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east line of Kansas, on the banks of the Kansas ^''Kaw")
River adjoining Kansas City, Missouri calling the town
"River View" ; Samuel Newell Simpson was one of the first
sixty settlers of Lawrence, Kansas, in 1854, through his in-
fluence Amos A. Lawrence, of Boston, donated $10,000
which was the foundation of the Kansas University; in
1877 he removed to Wyandotte, now Kansas City, Kansas,
where he built a handsome home residing there until after
the death of his wife, and from that time he made his home
with his sons in Kansas City, Missouri. In the latter years
of his life, following the custom of the poet Longfellow, he
devoted the hour '^between the dark and the daylight" of
each day to his two grand-children, Dorothea and Hamilton
Gamble Simpson; he was a devoted member of the West-
minster Congregational Church, He died Saturday, No-
vember 27, 1915, at the residence of his son, Burnett
Newell Simpson, and was buried by the side of his wife
in Lawrence, Kansas.
Extracted from the History of Kansas, p. 1289, by A. T.
Andreas, Chicago, 111.
(1272) Samuel Newell Simpson*, Samuel*, Maj. John%
ThomasS Andrew^; b. October 23, 1827, in Deedfield, N. H.;
d. November 27, 1915, in Kansas City, Mo. ; m. January 1,
1864, in Columbus, Ohio.
Katherine Lyon Burnett, dau. of Judge Calvin Burnett,
of Morrisville, Vermont; b. October 16, 1833, in Morris-
ville, Vt. ; d. January 14, 1900, in Kansas City, Kansas.
Their children were:
1289.* i. CHARLES Lyon Simpson*, b. November 23,
1865, in Lawrence, Kan.
1290. ii. THEODORE Simpson*, b. Feb. 13, 1868; d.
Feb. 22, 1868, in Lawrence, Kansas.
1291. iii. BURNETT Newell Simpson*, b. June 13,
1869, in Lawrence, Kan.; m. December 5, 1904,
in Kansas City, Mo.
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•CaroUne Coalter Gamble, dau. of Hamilton and
Sarah (Minor) Gamble.
B. N. Simpson, is a graduate of Harvard, is now
an attorney at Law, lives in Kansas City, Mo.
(1916).
(1289) Charles Lyon Simpson»,^.-Nevember 23, 1865,
in Lawrence, Kansas; m. January 5, 1893, ini^ftS^ ^^^^^
Mo.
Mary Minor Gamble, dau. of Hamilton and Sarah (Minor)
Gamble.
Their children are:
1292. i. DOROTHEA Simpson% b. October 15, 1898,
in Kansas City, Mo.
1293. ii. HAMILTON G. Simpson% b. August 23, 1905,
in Kansas City, Mo.
Named for her grandfather: Hamilton Gramble,
and and her great grandfather: Gov. Hamilton
Rowen Gamble.
Charles L. Simpson, was educated at the Kansas Uni-
versity and at the school of Technology, Boston, has been
and is now (in 1916), actively engaged in the real estate
business in Kansas City, Mo., was president of the Kansas
City Real Estate Board two successive terms, also president
of the National Association of Real Estate Exchanges,
while president of this organization, he organized among its
members, the International Realty Associates, and is a
member of its executive committee.
Lineage of Dorothea and Hamilton Gamble Simpson,
from: —
ANDREW SIMPSON, of SCOTLAND.
1.
(1207), Andrew Simpson, b. 1697, m. Elizabeth Patton.
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2.
(1208), Thomas Simpson, b. 1720, m. Sarah Morrison.
3.
(1214), Major John Simpson, b. 1748, m. Mary Whidden.
4.
(1246), Samuel Simpson, b. 1792, m. Hannah Pearson.
6.
(1272) Samuel Newell Simpson, b. 1826, m. Katherine
Lyon Burnett.
6.
(1289) C!harles Lyon Simpson, b. 1865, m. Mary Minor
Gamble.
7.
(1292), Dorothea Simpson.
(1293), Hamilton Gamble Simpson.
JOHN WALKER, of WIGTON, SCOTLAND.
1.
John Walker, m. Jane McKnight.
2.
John Walker, m. Katherine Kutherford.
3.
Jane Walker, m. James Moore.
4.
Elizabeth Moore, m. Michael Coalter.
5.
David Coalter, m. Ann Carmichael.
6.
Caroline Lane Coalter, m. Hamilton Rowan Gamble.
7.
Hamilton Gamble, m. Sarah Groode Minor.
8.
Mary Minor Gamble, m. Charles Lyon Simpson.
9.
Dorothea Simpson.
Hamilton Gamble Simpson.
Ref. Grenealogical History of the Descendants of John
Walker, of Wigton, Scotland, 1600-1902, by E. S. White.
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JOHN GOODE, the IMMIGRANT.
1.
John Goode, b. in England, 1623-30; m. in the Barbadoes,
about 1654, Frances Mackemess. They died and were
buried on his Plantation, on the James River, below Rich-
mond, Va., called "Whitby/'
2.
Samuel Goode b. in the Barbadoes, about 1655-58, mar-
ried, in Virginia, Martha Jones.
3.
Samuel Goode, b. Henrico County, Va., about 1700; d.
in Prince Edward County, Va., 1797; m. Miss Burwell.
4.
Philip Goode, b. about 1735, in Virginia; married Frances
Hylton; died in Aimelia County, Va.
5.
Thomas Goode, b. September 21, 1781, in Amelia County,
Va.; died in Cole County, Mo., February 13, 1842; m. In
Amelia County, Va., Nov. 15, 1815; Eliza Royal Jones, b.
October 24, 1796; d. Jan. 9, 1851.
6.
Sallie Cornelia Goode, b. March 24, 1825, in Amelia Coun-
ty, Va. ; d. July 25, 1845 ; in Cole County, Mo. ; m. March
24, 1844, in Cole County, Mo., James Lawrence Minor, b.
June 9, 1813, in Fredericksburg, Va. ; died June 2, 1898, in
Kansas City, Mo.
7.
Sarah Goode Minor, b. June 6, 1845, in Jefferson City,
Mo. ; m. December 22, 1863, Hamilton Gamble, b. November
11, 1837; d. April 11, 1877, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
8.
Mary Minor Gamble, married Charles Lyon Simpson.
9.
Dorothea Simpson,
Hamilton Gamble Simpson.
Ref.: Virginia Cousins, by G. Browne Goode.
Family Records of M. H. Maltby.
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THE DUKE OF ORMOND.
Dorothea Brayne, granddaughter of
Sir Walter Butler, m. Elliott Benger, of Virginia.
John Benger, m. Elizabeth Johnson.
Dorothea Benger, m. Capt. William McWilliams.
Elizabeth McWilliams, m. Garritt Minor.
James Lawrence Minor, m. Sarah Cornelia Goode.
Sarah Goode Minor, m. Hamilton Gamble.
Mary Minor Gamble, m. Charles Lyon Simpson.
Dorothea Simpson.
Hamilton Gamble Simpson.
WILLIAM OVERTON, of ENGLAND.
1.
William Overton, b. 1638, m. Mary Waters.
2.
Ann Overton, m. Richmond Terrell.
3.
Mary Overton Terrell, m. Garritt Minor, Sr.
4.
Garritt Minor, Jr., m. Elizabeth McWilliams.
6.
James Lawrence Minor, m. Sarah Cornelia Goode.
6.
Sarah Goode Minor, m. Hamilton Gamble.
7.
Mary Minor Gamble, m. Charles Lyon Simpson.
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8.
Dorothea Simpson.
Hamilton Gamble Simpson.
Ref • "Virginia Cousins/'
Hayden's Virginia Genealogies.
Mrs. Hamilton Gamble, is a Daughter of the American
Revolution and a Colonial Dame. Having entered through
the service of Capt. William McWilliams, of Virginia.
(1275) William Adams Simpson% now (1916) a resident
of Kansas City, Kan., b. October 23, 1839, in Hockset, New
Hampshire; m., 1864, in Lawrence, Kansas.
Louisa B. Prentiss.
Their children are:
1294. i. KATE E. Simpson*, m.
William H. Hannah, of Kansas City, Kansas.
1295. ii. LOUISA H. Simpson*, m.
John W. Root, of Denver, Colo.
1296. iii. WILLIAM P. Simpson*, of Monterey, Mexico.
1297. iv. ELIZABETH L. Simpson*
1298. V. HENRY L. Simpson*.
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ILLINOIS SIMPSONS.
1299. JAMES Simpson, b. 1785, in Maryland, removed
to Washington County, Ky. ; m. 1st.,
Mary Boone, and had 5 children; m. 2nd.,
Monica McAtee, had 6 children b. in Ky., removed
to Sangamore Co., HI., 1828.
Children:
1300. i. MATILDA Simpson, m. John Burtle.
1301. ii. JAMES S. Simpson moved his family to Ran-
dolph Co., HI., in 1838, and later to Missouri.
1302. John Richard Simpson, bro. of James, b. 1790,
in Maryland, moved to Washington Co., Ky. and
later to HI. ; m. 1st., Monica Higdon, and had 6
children; m. 2nd.,
Ann Vinson, and had 3 children.
Of these children:
1303. i. LOUISA Simpson, m.
Thomas Burtle.
1304. ii. MARY Simpson, m.
James R. Durbin.
1305. John P. Simpson, b. Oct. 17, 1794, Somerset Co.,
New Jersey; d. Feb. 14, 1842, in Sangamon Co.,
HI.; m.
Mary J. Cross, b. Jan. 13, 1793
14 children, some of whom married in New Jersey,
the remainder emigrated to Sangamon Co., HI.,
Nov. 8, 1839; then to Springfield, the next year
and settled in what is now Williams twp.
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1306. i. SAMUEL Simpson, b. in New Jersey, went
to Texas leaving his family in Canton, Mo.
1307. ii. CLEMANTINE Simpson; m.
James C. Sutton, and had 5 children, living Spring-
field, m.
1308. iii. BENJAMIN Simpson, unm.; lives in Kan-
sas.
1309. iv. THOMAS L, Simpson, b. in New Jersey; m.
in Sangamon Co., 111. Fannie Halbert, she d.
1853, leaving one child, George W. Simpson ; m.
2nd.,
Alice Booth, 2 children living near Lincoln, Ben-
ton Co., Mo.
1310. V. SUSAN A. Simpson, m.
James Riddle.
1311. vi. JOHN Simpson, d. aged 22.
1312. vii. AGNES Simpson, m. Harvey Damall.
1313. viii. JAMES Simpson, unm., lives in Montana.
1314. ix. MARY Simpson, unm., lives in Springfield
ni.
1315. X. CAROLINE Simpson, m.
Dennis Taylor.
1316. ix. HEJTRY Simpson, d. in Galveston, Tex., ag.
27 years.
1317. JOHN Simpson, b. Sept. 30, 1801, in Tennessee;
d. Feb. 2, 1835, in Sangamon Co., HI.; m.
Mary Taylor, b. Aug. 25, 1803, in Georgia; d. Feb.
25, 1864. When a child she was taken to Look-
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ingglass Prairie, St. Clair Co., 111.; m. there,
moved to Shelby Co., same state; had one child,
moved to Sangamon Co., 1824, had two living
children.
1318. i. CHARLES Simpson, b. Aug. 26, 1823, in
Shelby Co., HI.; m.
Mary Bothrell; d. Aug. 22, 1864 — six daughters
living at White Water, Wis.
1319. ii. PERMELIA A. Simpson, b. Apr. 14, 1825 ; m.
William CorreU.
1320. iiL SILAS B. Simpson, b. Oct. 10, 1831 ; d. June
18, 1851.
1321. Jordan Simpson, b. July 19, 1808, Lexington, Ey.,
emigrated to Sangamon Co., 111., 1883; d. Oct. 27, 1835.
Clarissa Sayer, she lives with her son, James W., m. Dec.
23, 1827, at Pleasant Plains, and had eight children:
1322. i. JAMES W. Simpson, b. Sept. 8, 1836; m. Nov.
6, 1867.
Julia Butler (dau. of Stephen H. Butler) and had:
1323. i. WILLIAM E. Simpson.
1324. ii. SALLIE E. Simpson.
1325. iii. MARY E. Simpson.
1326. ii. ISAAC N. Simpson, b. Nov. 26, 1838; d. Feb.
24, 1866; m. Dec. 14, 1865.
Lucinda Laswell.
1327. iii. WILUAM T. Simpson, b. April 24, 1874,
Student at Normal University, 1874; Teacher in
Public Schools.
1328. iv. CATHERINE Simpson, b. Aug. 18, 1843; m.
Dec. 28, 1864.
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Benjamin Watts, son of Nicholas Watts; Kve near
Warrensburg, Macon Co., 111.
1329. V. MARY M. Simpson, b. April 6, 1848; m. Nov.
20, 1867.
Morris Hillyard, have 3 children; reside near
Qimax, Green Wood Co., 111.
1330. vi. JEMENN Simpson, b. October 25, 1850; m.
David Gibson; two children; live near Blockow,
Andrew Co., Mo.
1331. vii. JULIA Simpson, b. March 5, 1863, lives with
her sister, Mrs. Watts.
1332. viii. LUCY M. Simpson, b. August 20, 1857, lives
with her aunt, Mrs. Beaumont, in Petersburg,
ni.
1333. William Simpson, b. 1808; in Simpson County,
Ky., emigrated to Sangamon County, 111., in 1829; m.
Elizabeth Williams, b. May 17, 1806.
Their children were:
1334. i. MARTHA Simpson, b. August 6, 1837; m.
May 8, 1861.
Joel H. EUis.
1335. ii. MARGARET Simpson, b. March 10, 1839;
unm.
1336. iii. MARY Simpson, b. March 24, 1843; m. April
24, 1873.
Miller Winston, live near Sidney.
1337. iv. HENRIETTA Simpson, b. Jan. 10, 1841,
unm.; lives near Sidney.
1338. V. NANCY Simpson, b. Aug. 30, 1845; m. Sept.
28, 1859.
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John Spinning, lives in Bloomington, 111.
Have one son:
William Spinning,
1339. vi. WILLIAM T. Simpson, b. April 5, 1851; m.
Oct. 16, 1873.
Bamlla K. Reed, and lives at the old family resi-
dence Zyi miles southwest of Sangamon, 111.
From Early Settlers of Sangamon County, 111., by John
Carroll Power.
It is very probable that the above Willian> Simpson
(1333) was a son of (1392) Richard Simpson, of the North
Carolina-Kansas City line, this Richard Simpson, moved in
1801 to Kentucky and settled first in Madison County, then
in Simpson County, which was named for his family, the
records we have do not show that he had a child between
James Madison, b. 1807, and Susanna, b. 1812, and as this
William was b. in 1808, in Simpson County, Ky., it is
probable that he was of this family, besides, he names one
of his daughters Henrietta, which was the name of Richard
Simpson's wife.
THE MARYLAND-ST. LOUI9 SIMPSONS.
1340. Thomas Simpson, the immigrant, is known to have
been in Maryland in 1649. He and his wife, Elizabeth, set-
tled in what is now Charles County.
In 1652, Lord Baltimore issued to him a grant of four
hundred and fifty acres of land which he called "'Simpson/'
Their children were:
1341. i. THOMAS SimpsonS who died after 1725.
1342. ii. WILLIAM SimpsonS d. about 1700; m.
Elizabeth .
1343.* iii. ANDREW Simpson^ b. abt. 1649; d. 1744.
m. twice.
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1344.* iv. IGNATIUS SimpsonS d. abt. 1767^.
(1343) Andrew SimpsonS Iliomas^; m« Ist:
Elizabeth Greene, dau. of Robert Greene.
Their children were:
1345.* i. THOMAS Simpson', d. 1750, m.
Mary Wilson.
1346. ii. JOSEPH Greene Simpson', d. abt. 1751.
1347. iii. ANN Simpson', m.
Clarke.
1348. iv. Simpson', m.
Clebom Semmes.
1349. V. Mary Simpson',
1350. vi. Clarke Simpson'.
(1344) Ignatius Simpson', Thomas^ ; m.
V^ Elizabeth Mudd.
Their children were:
1351. i. JOHN Simpson'.
1352. ii. WILLIAM Simpson^
1353.* ui. IGNATIUS Simpson'.
1354. iv. MARY Simpson', m.
Verden.
1355. V- HENRIETTA', m.
■ Simpson.
1356. vi. MONICA Simpson'.
1357. vii* ELIZABETH Simpson'.
(1345) Thomas Simpson', Andrew', Thomas^; d. 1760,
in Charles County, Md. ; m.
Mary Wilson, dau. of Alexander Wilson.
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1358. i. ANDREW Simpson*.
1359. ii. JAMES Simpson^
1360. iii. MARY Ann Simpson*, m.
Thompson.
1370. iv. THOMAS Simpson*.
1371. V. IGNATIUS Simpson*.
(1353) Ignatius SimpsonS Ignatius', Thomas^ ; a patriot
of the Revolution; d. 1793; m,
Ann Senmies, dau. of Ignatius and Mary (Dojrne)
Semmes, b. 1764; d. 1799.
Their children were:
1372. i. JOSEPH Simpson*.
1373.* ii. ROBERT Simpson*, b. 1785 ; d. 1873 ; m. 1811.
1374. iii. MARY Ann Simpson*.
(1373) Dr. Robert Simpson*, Ignatius\ Ignatius',
ThomasS b. 1785, in Port Tobacco, Charles C3o., Md.; d.
May 2, 1873, in St. Louis Mo.; m. June 11, 1811, in St.
Louis, Mo.
Bricia Smith, dau. of Abraham Smith, of New York, b.
December 15, 1784, in Rome, N. Y.; d. 1861, in St. Louis,
Mo.
Their children were:
1375.* i. GEORGE Semmes Simpson', b. May 7, 1818,
in St. Louis, Mo.
1376. ii. JOSEPH Simpson% b. June 21, 1813; m.
Eliza J. Purcell, of New Haven, Conn.
1377. iii. WILLIAM Simpson% d. unm.
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1378. iv. ANNE M. Simpson*, m.
Andrew Jackson Smith, a veteran of the Mexican
and Civil Wars.
(1373) Dr. Robert Simpson studied medicine in Riila-
delphia. In 1809 he entered the United States Army as
assistant surgeon, and was ordered to St. Louis, in this
capacity he accompanied the troops that established Fort
Madison (la.).
He and Dr. Quarles established the first drug store in St.
Louis and at about the same time was appointed Post Mas-
ter; in 1823, he was appointed collector and held the office
three years, was sheriff two terms, later he was city comp-
troller, and was also cashier of the Boatman's Savings
Bank and a member of the Legislature, he practiced medi-
cine for many years, was a remarkably robust man. He
died at his residence No. 2911 Washington Avenue, in the
eighty-fifth year of his age.
(1375) (3eorge Semmes Simpson*, Robert*, Ignatius',
Ignatius*, Thomas', b. May 7, 1818, in St. Louis, Mo.; d.
September 4, 1885, in Trinidad, C!olo. ; m. November, 1842,
in Taos, New Mexico.
Juana Suaso, a beautiful Spanish girl.
Their children were:
1379.* i. ISABEL G. Simpson*, m.
Jacob Beard, of Trinidad.
1380. ii. ROBERT Simpson*, d. unm.
1381. iii. PETER A. Simpson*, m.
Flora Jennings.
1382. iv. LUCY Simpson*, m.
Samuel Pawley.
1383. v. VIRGINIA Simpson*, m.
Norris Cavalier.
1384.* vi. RAPHAELETTA Semmes Simpson*, m.
Col. Gordon.
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(1379) Isabel G. Simpson^, was the first white chUd
bom in the Rocky Mountain region of Ck)lorado, the Indians
came in in large numbers from the surrounding Indian
villages to see the white child. She married Jacob Beard,
of Trinidad, Colo.
(1384) Raphaeletta Semmes Simpson^*, member of the
N. S. D. A. R.; b. March, 1870, in Denver, Colo., m. June
12, 1890, in Trinidad, Colo.
Col. Burgess Lee (Jordon, b. 1864, in Frankford, Pike
County, Mo.
Their children were:
1385. i. Burgess Lee Garrett (jordon% b. April 10,
1891.
1386. ii. Raphael Semmes Sibley Gordon% b. June 14,
1895.
1387. iii. Charles Groller Gordon% b. Jan. 16, 1909.
The parents of Col. Burgess Lee Gordon were John A.
Grordon, b. 1822, in Kentucky, and Texana (Early) Gordon,
one of the Earlys of Virginia.
(1375) Gfeorge Semmes Simpson, pioneer, of Colorado
and other western States, was bom in St. Louis, where he
was educated for the legal profession, he went west about
1838, and settled first at Hardscrabble, now Canon City,
Colorado, he traveled all through the western States and
Territories, and was one of the first to discover gold at
Cherry Creek, he was married in Nov., 1842, at Taos, N.
M., to Juana Suaso, they traveled many miles through the
hostile Indian country on horse back to Taos, to be mar-
ried, he went to California in 1849, and returned by way
of "the Isthmus" in 1852; in 1842, he built the old Fort
and Trading Post, where the City of Pueblo now stands;
in 1866, he settled in Trinidad, where he died Sept. 4,
1885; his tomb is cut in the solid rock on the top of the
mountain just north of Trinidad, known as "Simpson's
Nest."
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*TAIR LAWN"
The Seat of JOHN SIMPSON, High Sheriflf of County,
Kent, ''Fair Lawn'' is situated within a mile of the village
of Shipbome on the road from Wrotham to Tunbridge. The
principal portion of this mansion has undergone many
changes, and is believed to have been built about the latter
end of the seventh century. It is a large substantial and
convenient edifice, adorned with many extensive shrub-
beries and pleasure grounds, most excellent gardens and
seated in a finely wooded park, the smooth verdure of
which, has accounted for its name. In the early part of
the reign of Edward I, it was in the possession of Adam
de. Barent in whose family it i*emained until the latter part
of the reign of Edward IH. It was then transferred to
the family of Colepepper and early in the fourteenth cen-
tury became the property of the Chow family, who sold
it to Sir Henry Fane of Hadlow. His son. Sir Henry,
resumed the name of his ancester ''Vane'' and the prop-
erty eventually descended to the eccentric Lord Vane, son
of Vicount Vane, who married the widow of Lord William
Hamilton. He disposed of great property for the pay-
ment of his debts and this beautiful seat was eventually
let on lease to Henry Lyell, father-in-law of Earl Delewar.
By him it was bequeathed to David Papillon, of Lee, who
sold it in 1799 to John Simpson.
ARMS: Per bend or and sable a lion rampant, counter-
charged.
CREST: Out of a tower azure a demi lion rampant
guardant per pale or and sable, holding in his dexter
paw, a si#rd argent^ hilt and pommel of the second.
MOTTO: "Tou jours pret" (Always Ready).
Seats
The Hemploe, Welford, Northamptonshire; and Moor
Top House, Ackworth, Yorks. Charles Henry Simpson.
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Balabraes, Ayton. Sir James Walter Mackay Simpson,
Baronet (Creation 1866).
Qoncorick, Sidney. Hon. George Bowen Simpson.
Burghill, Grange Herts. Albert Simpson, J. P.
Perton, Wolverhampton. Francis Simpson, Esq.
Sunnyside, Mayfield, Derbyshire. Mrs. Agnes Simpson,
daughter of Harrison Alderson, of Burlington, N. J., U.
S. A. ^
Maypole, Devon. — Rose Hill, Sittingboufse, Kent.
Kinmouth House, Perth. — ^Elmhurst, tflrstang, Lanes.
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DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD SIMPSON OF FAIRFAX
COUNTY, VIRGINIA
The first of this family came from England to Virginia
about 1682, one of the sons is said to have married a
French woman, named Vamum.
The Simpsons were farmers and large slave owners.
1388. Richard Simpson*, the first of whom we have
any authentic knowledge, died in Fairfax County, in 1745;
he conveyed to his son Richard Simpson% and wife, Mary,
300 acres of land, they sold this land in 1754 to Edward
Emms, the deed is recorded in that county. John Simp-
sons and two of his brothesr Aaron and James removed
to Caswell County, North Carolina, before the Revolution-
ary War. We are unable to learn the names of his two
other sons who remained in Virginia until a later date,
and possibly died there, but the following is known of their
descendants who eventuaUy removed to North Carolina.
One of these sons had a son: Moses Simpson*, who set-
tled in Caswell County, North Carolina, in 1808; and he
had a son: J. M. Simpson^, who lived and died on the old
home place in that county.
The other son had a son, George Simpsons b. 1765, in
Fairfax County, and he had a son: John Simpsons b.
August 17, 1786, in Fairfax County, who married June 28,
1808, Hannah Simpson, his first cousin. They had a son:
John Henry Simpsons b. November 24, 1816; d. July 2,
1890; who married three times, his first wife was Martha
Robertson, by whom he had no issue; his second was
Elizabeth Snipes, they had seven children; his third was
Edna Garrison. Of his children, the only one of whom we
have record is: J. O. Simpson, b. September 28, 1869,
he lives on the original Simpson property in Caswell
County, N. C.
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COL. RICHARD DUKE SIMPSON,
1770—1853.
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1389. i. AARON SimpsonS descendants unknown.
1390. ii. JAMES SimpsonS descendants unknown.
1391. iii. RICHARD Simpson, Jr.S m.
Mary (family name unknown).
He was known as "Captain Dick Simpson," settled in
Caswell County, North Carolina, before the Rev. War. The
the land on which he settled is still owned by his descend-
ants, and there remains an old cellar which marks the
spot where his dwelling stood. He died about the close of
the Revolution, aged about sixty years.
He had a son:
1392.* RICHARD Duke Simpson', who married Decem-
ber 23, 1787.
Henrietta Wiliams, and from them are descended
the Simpsons who settled in Jackson County,
Missouri, at an early date, the Harris and
Hunter families of Westport, and others who
are mentioned in the following pages.
Note: The greater part of the above information is
from the family records of this family.
John Williams% b. 1745; d. 1799, was one of the eight
delegates to the Provincial Congress of North Carolina, at
Hillsboro, in 1775. (See Wheeler's History of North Caro-
lina, Vol. 2, page 332.) To this body were presented the
Mecklenberg Resolutions Aug. 25, 1775. In the delibera-
tions of this body John Williams bore a conspicuous part.
It in turn, honored him by selecting him as Lieutenant
Ck)lonel of the Battalion of Minute Men, 9th North Caro-
lina, for the Hillsboro District. He was present with his
command at the battle of Guilford Ck)urt House and dis-
tinguished himself by his bravery and courage. Other facts
relative to the life of John Williams may be found in
Wheeler's History of North Carolina, Vol. I, pages 70-75-
103, and in Vol. H, page 81. Also in Livingston's Biograph-
ical Dictionary, Vol. I, page 187.
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His firreat-great-granddaughter Julia Kearney (Mrs.
Frank Womall, of Kansas City, Mo.) is a Daughter of the
American Revolution, having entered through the service
of the subject of this sketch.
SKETCH OF COL. JOHN WHXIAMS
By Thomas M. Owen
John Williams, one of the six children of Nathaniel
Williams, of Hanover County, Virginia, was bom about
1743-1746, probably in that county. Little id known of
his first years; but early emigrating to North Carolina,
he there became by profession an attorney at law. He
located for the practice of his profession in the Post-Town
of Hillsboro, Orange County, then the center of Hillsboro
District. Here he lived, following his profession, attend-
ing to his social duties, and living the usual life of the
ambitious planter of the times. The mutterings of the
storm arising between the Colonies and the mother Coun-
try about 1770, could hardly find in him an indifferent
spectator. With the movement of events during this stir-
ring period he was well abreast, and when the lines be-
came drawn, and the revolt was to be made, he became
a patriot and Whig. In their Councils he was prominent,
and he ever remained a firm friend of the cause of liberty.
He is found as one of the eight delegates to the Provincial
Congress of North Carolina, from the County of Orange,
at its meeting, Aug. 21, 1775, at Hillsboro. His colleagues
from Orange were Thomas Burke> John Kinchen, Thomas
Hart, John Atkinson, Francis Nash, Wm. Armstrong, and
Nathaniel Rochester, all strong and earnest men. (Note:
See Wheeler's History of North Carolina, vol. ii, p. 332)\
This meeting of the Congress of the Province of N. C.
was the third meeting of a body of like character Inde-
pendent of the Royal authority, but it was in reality the
first meeting wherein determined measures were taken for
defense. Samuel Johnston, of Chowan County, was Presi-
dent. The rapid progress of events all over the country
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was resolutely met by this body, and with celerity and
wisdom they prepared for the coming conflict. Respond-
ing to the call of the Ck)ntinental Ck)ngress, it caused to
be raised two regiments of five hundred, with full rosters
of oflicers. For internal defense, companies of minute
men were ordered raised, and officers were appointed. A
plan of civil government was adopted. The sum of $125,-
000.00 in bills of credit was ordered. To this body was
also presented, Aug. 25, the Mecklenburgh Resolutions.
Tlie Congress adjourned Sept 19, 1775, having taken steps
in a number of ways to sustain the cause of freedom. It
honored him by selecting him as Lieutenant Colonel of the
Battalion of Minute Men raised for Hillsboro District.
His service in promoting the success of the cause of his
country was active, both in the councils of the leaders
and on the field. He was present with his command at
the battle of Guilford Court House, and distinguished him-
self by his bearing and courage. His wife, during this
period, left their home, taking with her the family ser-
vants and silver and hid in an unfrequented part of the
country. During all the long struggle, when at times it
seemed as if all was lost, his faith never faltered.
Disputes arising between Virginia and North Carolina
concerning their unlocated Western boundary line, the
latter State, in 1779, appointed a Commission to extend
the line into PowelFs Valley, consisting of Col. John Wil-
liams, Judge Richard Henderson, Oro-ordates Davis, James
Kerr and William Bailey Smith. These men were named
owing to their large influence and prominence as Whig
leaders. (Note: See for the foregoing statements, Wheel-
er's History of North Carolina, Vol. i, pp. 70-75, 103.)
In 1777 the County of Caswell was formed from part of
the territory included in Orange. Here Col. Williams soon
after removed, being the flrst lawyer to open an office in
the new county. On the return of peace he again resumed
his profession. During the Sessions of the State Senate
for 1793, 1794 and 1795, he was a member, and rendered
important services during the formative years of State-
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hood. (Note: See Wheeler, vol. ii, p. 81; also Livingston's
Biographical Magazine, vol. i, p. 187.)
His wife was Elizabeth Williamson whom he married
about 1763-66. She was the daughter of an influential
family of Orange County. Nathanial Williams, a brother
of Col. John Williams, married Mary Ann Williamson, her
sister. He died after 1800, aged about sixty-flve years.
She died April 16, 1831, aged 87. They are both buried
near Aishland, Caswell County, N. C. The names of the
children below are taken from the family Bibles. They
were!
(1) Duke Williams, b. Feb. 14, 1768; d. Sept. 22, 1834;
m. Nov. 4, 1790, to Eda Harris. Hon. John Sharp Williams,
of Yazoo City, Miss., a member of Congress from that
state, is a great grandson.
(2) Henrietta Williams, b. Aug. 5, 1770; d. April 20,
1842; m. Dec. 23, 1787, to Col. Richard Simpson. Mrs.
Bettie MacComas, of Chicago, is a granddaughter. Mr.
Robert S. Ford, of Great Falls, Montana, is a great grand-
son. Mrs. E. L. Scarritt, a great granddaughter; also Mrs.
Chas. Shiwers. Dr. W. C. Morris a grandson.
(3) Elizabeth WilUams, b. Oct. 5, 1773; d. Aug. 21,
1841; m. June 3, 1790, to Gen. Azariah Graves. Hon.
Thomas Settle, of N. C, until recently a member of Con-
gress from that State, is a great grandson.
(1392) Colonel Richard Duke Simpson', was one of the
**Round Heads'' of North Carolina and was a member
of the Legislature in 1800, from Caswell County; he re-
moved in 1801 to Madison County, Kentucky, and then to
Simpson County, which was named for his family. Col.
Richard Duke Simpson was b. March 3, 1170, near Ashland,
Caswell County, N. C; d. July 24, 1853; m. Dec. 23, 1787.
Henrietta Williams, b. Aug. 5, 1770; d. April 20, 1842
(dau. of John and Elizabeth (Williamson) Williams. John
Williams was b. 1745; d. 1799.
Their children were:
1393.* i. BETSEY Williams Simpson*, b. Oct. 17,
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1788; d. Jan. 4, 1854; m.
Davis Hardin.
1S94. ii. JOHN Kincheloe Simpsons b. May 13, 1790;
d. unm., at Baltimore, Md.
1395.* iii. ROBERT Williams Simpson*, b. Sept. 25,
1791; d. May 13, 1825; m.
Dorcas Dickey.
1396. iv. RICHARD B. Simpson*, b. March 31, 1792;
d. Sept. 19, 1819.
1397.* V. DUKE Williamson Simpson*, b. March 8,
1795; d. Oct. 6, 1863; m. 1st.
Sallie Chenault.
M. 2nd., Sept. 22, 1825.
Louisa Lipscomb.
M. 3rd.
Amanda Winchester.
1398.* vi. BENJAMIN Franklin Simpson*, b. Nov. 10,
1796; d. Oct. 1, 1851; m. 1824.
Eliza Odom Farver.
1399.* vii. MARY Kincheloe Simpson*, b. Apr. 23,
1798; d. Nov. 16, 1845; m.
Thomas Phelps.
1400. viii. THOMAS Jefferson Simpson*, b. July 11,
1800; d. June 27, 1803.
1401.* ix. GEORGE Washinsrton Simpson*, b. May 31,
1802; d. Nov. 26, 1839; m.
Nancy McCutchen.
1402.* X. HENRIETTA Simpson*, b. Feb. 2, 1804;
d. Apr. 24, 1881; m. July 20, 1819.
John Harris, b. Dec. 4, 1795; d. Aug. 3, 1873.
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1403.* xi. JULIA Ann Simpson*, b. Feb. 14, 1806; m.
James M. Hunter.
1404.* xii. JAMES Madison SimpsonS b. Oct. 12,
1807; m.
Frances Cummings.
1405.* xiii. SUSANA Davis Simpson*, b. Aug. 21,
1812; d. June 8, 1849; m. Jan. 17, 1830.
Dabney Lipscomb, b. Dec. 4, 1806.
(1393) Betsey Williams Simpson*, b. October 17, 1788,
in Caswell County, N. C; d. January 4, 1854; m.
Davis Hardin.
Their children were:
1406. i. ELIZABETH Hardin*, m.
Scoggin.
1407. ii. JOHN Hardin.
1408. iii. RICHARD Hardin*, m.
Cromwell.
1409. iv. HENRIETTA Hardin*, m.
^ English.
1410. V. JANE Hardin*,.
1411. vi. MARTIN Hardin*.
(1395) Robert Williams Simpson*, b. September 25,
1791, m Caswell County, N. C; d. May 13, 1825; m.
Dorcas Dickey.
Their children were.
1412. i. ELIZABETH Simpson*, m.
Mr. Thurman.
1413. ii. HENRIETTA Simpson*, m.
Mr. Ford.
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1414.* iii. MARGARET Jane Simpson% m.
Dr. Joel Morris.
1415. iv. RICHARD Simpson% d. in California; not m.
1416.* V. BENJAMIN F. Simpson*, m. 1st, name not
known. 2nd, Kate Forman McGee.
(1397) Duke Williamson Simpson*, b. March 8, 1795, in
Caswell County, N. C; d. October 6, 1853; m. 1st.
Sallie Chenault, and had one son:
1417. i. JOHN Simpsons d. in Mexico; not m.
M. 2nd. Sept. 22, 1825;
Louisa Lipscomb, b. July 26, 1809, dau. of Nathan
and Nancy (Gentry) Lipscomb, and had:
1418. ii. NATHAN Simpson', d. in Kansas City; m.
Maria Meeker.
1419. iii. BARRY Simpson', m.
Miss Payne.
1420. iv. RICHARD Simpson', m.
Missouri Majors.
1421.* V. NANCY Simpson', m.
William Fulton.
1422.* vi. BETSEY Simpson', m.
McC!omas.
m. 3rd:
Amanda Winchester; no issue.
(1398) Benjamin Franklin Simpson*, came to Missouri
in 1841, and settled on a farm about one mile north of Inde-
pendence, but in 1846, he removed to Independence, where
he later became one of the principal merchants.
He was tall, had blue eyes and florid complexion, was
quiet and undemonstrative, but of determined character,
it is said that he never entered into a contest of any nature
that was not carried through to the end.
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He had a passion for fine horses, and often to the disap-
pointment of his godly wife, he would don the ruffled shirt,
stock and his best coat, and leaving her to different medita-
tions, spend the afternoon at a trial of speed between the
best horses of the State, he owned at this time the fast-
est horse in Missouri, he called her ''Kate Simpson,'' in
later years however, he disposed of all his racing stock, as
he had become convinced that racing was not in accord
with the good morals of the community.
At one time he sold a number of horses and delivered
them at Westport, and received quite a large sum of money
for them, on his way home he had reached the ford of the
Blue river, on his horse, when he was stopped by two men
who grasped the bridle reins on either side and pointing
pistols at his head demanded his money, he raised a heavy
cow-hide whip which he carried and striking each of them
across the face he put spurs to his horse and although they
shot at him several times he escaped without injury.
Of his wife Eliza Odom Tarver, we learn she was a
woman above medium height, of commanding appearance,
of sweet and loveable disposition, and of deep religious con-
victions, her ancestors were French Hugenots who fled
from France during the Revolution.
(1398) Benjamin Franklin Simpson*, commonly called
'Trank;" b. November 10, 1796, in Caswell County, N. C;
d. October 1, 1851 ; in Independence, Mo. ; m. 1824, in Ten-
nessee.
Eliza Odom Farver, b. July 25, 1807, in Tennessee; d.
September 9, 1858, in Independence, Mo.
Their children were:
1423. i. ELIZABETH Simpson", m. 1st.,
Handy, and had a dau.
1424. i. SALLIE Handy*.
m. 2nd Hiram Groves, and had a son:
1425. ii. FRANK Simpson Groves% who m.
Hannah WaddeU, they have 2 sons:
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1426. i. FRANK Groves*
1427. ii. JOHN Groves^
1428. ii. KATHERINE Simpson^; m.
Green Patterson, and had:
1429. i. CHARLES Patterson*.
1430. ii. SUSAN Patterson*, m . Davis.
1431.* iii. GEORGE Elliott Simpson*, b. February 22,
1833.
1432. iv. SAUNDERS Simpson*, d. unm.
1433. V. RICHARD Simpson*, m.
Mrs. Mary Birdsay.
1434.* vi. JORDAN Simpson*, b. 1846.
1435. vii. HENRIETTA Simpson*, d. in childhood.
1436.* viii. MARY Simpson*, m.
Joseph Black.
(1399) Mary Kincheloe Simpson*, b. April 23, 1798, In
Caswell County, N. C; d. November 16, 1845; m.
Thomas Phelps.
Their children were:
1437. i. HENRIETTA Phelps*, m.
Mr. Ninridy.
1438. ii. JOSIAH Phelps*, m.
Miss Mobley.
1439. iii. SUSAN Phelps*, m.
Mr. Cunmiins.
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1440. iv. RICHARD Phelps', m.
Miss Chiles.
1441. V. ANN PhelpsS m.
Bfr. Shortridge.
(1401) Georsre Washington Simpson*, b. May 31, 1802;
in Madison Co., Ky.; d. Nov. 26, 1839; m.
Nancy McCutchen.
Their children were:
1442. i. SAMUEL Simpson', m.
Sarah Thomas.
1443. ii. RICHARD Simpson'.
1444. iii. MARTHA Simpson', m.
James Flemming.
OVERTON FAMILY.
William Overton, b. Eng., Dec. 3, 1638; d. Va., Nov. 24,
1670, m. Mary Waters.
Their children were:
I. Mary Overton, m. David Crosby; had — ^i. Overton,
d. s. p.; ii. Jane, d. s. p.; iii. Barbara, m. Vivian Minor; iv.
Betty, m. J. Minor; had Launcelot, m. Mary Tompkins;
General Minor, Mrs. Maury, Mrs. Goodwin, Mrs. Gatewood.
V. Mary, m. Wm. Callis; had Garland, William Overton;
vi^ Ann, m. Tompkins; had Mary, m. Launcelot
Bfinor, supra.
II. Barbara Overton, m. John Carr, "Bear Castle,"
Louisa Co., bro. to Mrs. John Waller: had — ^i. Samuel, ii.
Garland, m. Mary Wmston. iii. Dabney, m. Martha Jeffer-
son; had Lucy, m. Richard Terrell.
III. James, pro. had James, b. 1726; d. Feb. 8, 1816,
Louisa Co., m. Mary Waller.
rv. John, m. Clough ; had Richard.
V. Peggy, m. B. Eckley.
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VI. William Overton, m. Jemima Harris.
VII. Aim Overton, m. Richmond Terrell; will pro.
Louisa Ck). ; had — ^i. James, ii. Samuel, iii. Eliza, All d. s.
p. Eliza m. Fred'k Harris, iv. Richard M., married Lucy
Carr. v. Ann Overton, b. Sept. 3, 1748; m. May 1771, Col.
Zachary Lewis, supra, vi. Mary Overton, m. Garrett
Minor, vii. William, m. Patsy Winston, viii. Barbara, m.
Fontaine, ix. Rebecca, m. Meriwether.
Samuel Overton, Hanover Co., Va., was one of the Com-
mittee of Safety, 1775. (Force, II. 540) Pro. Mary Overton,
who m. 1733, Robert Anderson, the head of the family
in Va., may have been descended from Wm. O. (R. S. 2, 12,
81 ; 5, 28, 81.) Mr. Brock says Gov. Anderson is quite con-
fident that Mary Overton was wife of Robert Anderson.
He recollects the visit to his father of his "cousin" John
Overton. In Hanover Co. records is a deed from Mary
relict of Robert Anderson, St. Paul's Parish, Hanover Co.,
Mar. 23, 1743. A WiDiam Terrell Lewis, of Albermarle,
was Sargeant under Capt. Charles Lewis, 1775.
Hayden's Virginia Genealogies.
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CLAIBORNE FAMILY.
"The Ancient family from Which Col. William Claiborne,
the famous Colonial Secretary of Virginia, descended, de-
rived its name from the Manor of Gebume or Clebome, in
Westmoreland, near the river Eden. The Manor is named
in DoomsdST'fllBl^* ^ ^086, and the family was for many
generations lords^hiyM^*"^* and of Brampton, Cundale,
Kine and others." TO^ISilLpf ^^^ U^« appearing in the
Pedigrees is Hervey' to whorSfl^JT H granted a moity
of the Manor of Clibome and who^H^ father of Alanus de
Clibome* (A. D. 1216), father of Herv^s't father of Geof-
frey Fitz Hervy*, father of Robert de Clffl^rneS Knight of
the Shire (M. P.) for Westmoreland, 1384t and married
Margaret, daughter of Henry, Lord of Cunda^f and Kyme,
and had issue: John de QjHiwme^ (A. D. 138oK 'ather of
Rowland Cleburne^ (A. D. 1423), father of Joh\de Ge-
bumeS who married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir IjP^omas
Curwer, of Workington Hall Cumberland (descendiffl|t of
Malcolm II, of King of Scotland, whose grandson, C
I, was murdered by Macbeth in 1041). JohnS died Au.
1489, leaving a son Thomas Qebome* (A. D. 1521), father^
of Robert Cleburne'^ of KiDerly in Yorkshire, 1533, married
daughter and co-heiress of George Kirkbride of Kirkbride,
and had; Edmond Clebome^S of Killerly, who married
Ann La3rton, of Dalmine, County Cumberland, and had
Richard Qebume^*, of Killerly, County York. Rebuilt Cle-
burne Hall, 1567, and died Jan. 4, 1607; married Eleanor,
daughter of Launcelot Lancaster, of Lockbridge. She was
descended from the barons of Kendal. They had Edmond
Claiborne", of Cleburne Hall, married Sept. 1, 1576, Grace
(bom 1558, died 1594), daughter of Sir Allen Bellingham,
of Helsington and Levin. They had; William Claiborne**,
bom about 1587, who came to Virginia in 1621 with Sir
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Francis Wyat when he was appointed Governor. In 1625
he was appointed Secretary of State for the colony and
member of the Ck)uncil, and he held the latter place in
1627» and from time to time to 1660 (see Henning's I.,
144-136-153). In 1642 the King appointed him Treasurer
of Virginia for life."
See Va. Hist. Mag., Vol. I, p. 313.
He had a contest with the proprietors of Marjrland
which lasted twenty years, and caused some bloodshed and
considerable loss of property and bitterness between the
people of Virginia and Maryland. Col. William Claiborne
married Elizabeth BuUer; He died, 1676.
Their children were:
i. WILLIAM Claiborne^'.
ii. THOMAS Claiborne ".
iii. LEONARD Claibome^».
iv. JANE Claiborne".
♦ V. MARY Claiborne", m. 2nd.,
Robert Harris^
Lineage of John Harris, of Westport, Jackson County, Mo.
Robert HarrisS m. Mrs. Mary (Claiborne) Rice.
WiUiam Harris*, m. Temperance Overton.
Robert Harris^, m. Mourning Glen.
Christopher Harris^, m. Agnes McCord, his 2nd wife.
William HarrisS m. Ann Oldham.
John Harris*, m. Henrietta Simpson (1402).
Robert HarrisS emigrated from England about 1650,
tradition is that he was a native of Wales, and settled in
Virginia; he married in 1660, Mrs. Mary (CHaibome) Rice,
a daughter of William Claiborne, first Colonial Secretary of
the Virginia Colony. Their son:
William Harris*, who became a large land owner in Vir-
ginia 1713 to 1725, as shown by the land office records;
he married Temperance Overton, daughter of William
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Overton, of "Glen Cairn," Hanover County, Va., grand-
daughter of "Col. Robert Overton, of England, bom in
1609, who distinguished himself in the battle of "Marston
Moor;" governor of Hull in 1647, accompanied Cromwell
to Scotland in 1660, and commanded a brigade at the bat-
tle of "Dunbar;" governor of Edinburgh; scholar and sol-
dier; intimate friend of Milton, who celebrated his exploits
in the "Defensio Secunda," See Dictionary of National
Biography. Their son:
Major Robert Harris', bom in Hanover County, Va.,
lived there until 1742, when he was appointed by the
King surveyor of the new county of Louisa, which was cut
off from Hanover in that year. He resigned as member
of the House of Burgesses, from Hanover County and set-
tled in Louisa, and later removed to Albemarle County
where he owned a large estate and died there in 1765, his
will is recorded' in that county in Will Book No-2, p-185,
date of record November 8, 1765, and was witnessed by
Daniel Maupin, John Maupin, John Maupin, Jr., and Con-
nerly Mullins. Robert Harris was a vestryman of Fred-
ericksville Parish for many years, he was succeeded by
his son Tsnre Harris. He married:
Mourning Glen, of Albermarle County, Virginia.
Their children were:
♦i. Christopher Harris*, who married 1st.:
Mary Dabney.
2nd.
Agnes McCord.
ii. Tyre Harris*, settled in North Carolina, was High
Sheriff of Orange County, and took part in the
battle of "Almanace,*' May 18, 1771, with Gov-
ernor Tryon.
iii. Rebert Harris*,
iv. William Harris*.
V. Mary Harris*, m.
James Harris,
vi. Mourning Glen Harris*, m.
John Jouett.
vii. Nancy Harris*, m.
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Joel Crawford, they were parents of Hon. William
Harris Crawford, of Georgia,
viii. Lucy Harris*, m.
William Shelton.
ix. Sarah Harris*, m.
Capt. John Rodes, May 24, 1756; son of John and
Mary (Crawford) Bodes.
X. Anna Harris*, m.
John Dabney.
xi. A daughter who m.
William Dalton.
(i.) Christopher Harris*, by his first wife, Mary Dab-
ney, had:
i. Dabney Harris*, of Surry County, North Carolina,
ii. Sarah Harris*, m.
James Martin,
iii. Robert Harris", m.
Nancy Grubbs.
iv. Mourning Harris*, m.
Foster Jones.
V. Christopher Grubbs.
Elizabeth Grubbs.
vi. Mary Harris*, m.
George Jones.
By his second wife, Agnes McCord, had:
vii. Overton Harris*, m.
Nancy Oldham, dau. of Richard Oldham, of Madi-
son County, Ky., a pioneer of 1776.
viii. John Harris*, m.
Margaret Maupin; he was a Captain in the Revo-
lutionary War and settled in Kentucky in 1790.
ix. Benjamin Harris*, m. 1st.:
Miss Jones.
Second:
Miss Bergin.
X. Barnabas Oldham.
Elizabeth Oldham,
xi. Samuel Harris*, m.
Nancy Wilkerson.
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xii. James HarrisS who died in 1798.
xiii. Jane HarrisS m.
Richand Gentry, April 1, 1784, and settied in Ky.
xiv. Margaret Har^is^
♦xv. William Harris', m.
Ann Oldham, they were the parents of John Har-
ris, of Westport, Mo.
xvi. Isabella HarrisS m.
John Bennett.
(1402) Henrietta Simpson*, b. February 2, 1804, in
Madison County, Ky.; d. April 24, 1881, in Kansas City,
Missouri; m. July 20, 1819, in Kentucky.
John Harris, b. Dec. 4, 1795, in Madison County, Ky. ; d.
Aug. 3, 1873, in Kansas City, Missouri (son of William and
Ann (Oldham) Harris).
Their children were:
1445. i. SARAH Ann Harris', b. March 24, 1820; m.
March 16, 1837.
Peter Behan.
1446. ii. HENRIETTA Harris^ b. May 18, 1823; d.
1859; m. Sept, 1, 1840.
Joel Lipscomb, b. Oct. 21, 1813.
1447. iii. MARY Frances Harris', b. Dec. 9, 1825; m.
1st, 1851.
C!harles McCarty.
M. 2nd 1859.
Seth E. Ward, b. March 4, 1820.
1448. iv. JOHN Simpson Harris', b. Aug. 22, 1827;
m. March 9, 1852.
Anna Wood.
1449. V. JULIA Ann HarrisS b. January 9, 1829; m.
Oct. 2, 1852.
John J. Mastin; she is living in 1916, in Kansas
City, Missouri.
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1450.* vi. JOSEPHINE HarrisS b. June 28, 1832; d.
Jan 11, 1913; m. Oct. 7, 1852.
Col. Charles Esmond Kearney, b. Mch. 8, 1820; d.
Jan. 8, 1898.
1451.* vii. SUSAN Simpson HarrisS b. June 27, 1834;
d. 1895; m. Feb. 2, 1853.
William R. Bernard.
1452.* viii. ELIZABETH Simpson Harris', b. Jan. 16,
1841; m. 1868.
Thomas H. Mastin, b. 1840; d. June 24, 1905.
She is living, 1916, in Kansas City, Missouri.
(1402) HENRIETTA SIMPSON HARRIS— 1804^881
Picture a fair-haired woman of medium height, with a
well rounded figure, blue eyes, small features, an aristo-
cratic bearing, the soft voice and gentle manners which
mark a daughter of the South, and you will have an idea
of the appearance of Henrietta Simpson Harris.
"Hennie," as her father always called her, grew to
womanhood in her hospitable southern home, a carefree,
happy maiden, fond of card playing, dancing and other
things engaged in by her young friends. However, as a
young married woman she joined the Baptist church, re-
nounced dancing and other frivolities and was forever
after very radical on the subject.
At an early age Henrietta Simpson became the wife of
John Harris, of Kentucky, and the six older children were
bom there. The youngest was three months old when
Mr. and Mrs. Harris, in 1832, made the wearisome journey
in a wagon to Missouri to join Mrs. Harris' brothers who
had settled on government land. The two younger Harris
children were bom in the Harris farm house which stood
on the spot now occupied by the Westport High School.
Mr. Harris took charge of the large farm and in addition
did all the dental work for his own family and numerous
relatives. Mrs. Harris was a capable housekeeper and
excellent manager. True to her southern nature she al-
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ways kept "open house." All who wished to visit the Har-
ris home found a hearty welcome and no one who needed
aid of any kind ever went away empty handed.
Even now her grandchildren talk about the ''chess cakes
Grandma Harris used to make.'' No one else could ever
make quite such delicious ones as she did.
All kinds of work was done in the home, and Mrs. Har-
ris was always at the helm planning and directing. Every
member of the family had his individual task, even the
children. There was carding, spinning and weaving to be
done, the making of all sorts of clothes for both the men
and women of the family and servants too, also preserv-
ing fruit, preparing smoked meat, raising poultry, making
butter and other work connected with the farm. This
would seem enough for one woman to superintend, but
besides all this far and near Mrs. Harris was called to
attend the sick in all kinds of illness. There were few
physicians and no nurses and many a mother owed the
life of her babe as well as her own to the loving care of
Mrs. Harris. She raised twenty-five children, seven daugh-
ters and one son of her own; John and James Harris,
nephews of her husband, the infant daughter of her
brother, five children of her daughter, Henrietta Lips-
comb, who passed away at the birth of a baby boy; one
other granddaughter and several children belonging to
negro servants. The seven Harris girls married and set-
tled near their early home and the sons-in-law were all
very devoted to Mrs. Harris.
There were forty grandchildren and the grandmothei
was present at the birth of all except the last one. At
that time she was confined to her bed with her last ill-
ness. But the mother instinct was still strong within her.
In her semi-conscious moments she went through the mo-
tions of rocking a tiny baby to sleep.
When the older children were grown. Uncle Jack and
Aunt Hennie, as they were always called, left the farm
and opened the Harris House. Mrs. Harris' hospitality
and fine table made this hotel very popular. Prominent
men of the time stopped there and it was headquarters
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for the Santa Fe Traders. Shortly after the hotel was
built, it burned to the ground. Mr. Harris was not in a
financial condition to rebuild immediately and hi» friends
wished to do it for him. He would not accept the money
as a gift, but took it as a loan with interest, and was able
to pay the debt at the end of one year.
Several of the married daughters were living at the Har •
ris House during the Civil war, and the family passed
many an anxious hour. Mr. and Mrs. Harris were, of
course, pronounced SouthemerSr and their lives were con^
sidered in danger many times. The Union soldiers would
march into the hotel and demand that Mrs. Harris have
meals prepared for them, and make all sorts of direats to
intimidate her, but she always stood her ground. Evi-
dently they recognized and respected her brave spirit for
they never harmed her.
In the early days on the farm the unfriendly Indians
gave much trouble. It was said if the Indians ever came
through a certain gate on the Harris farm, it would mean
the massacre of the family. One day an Indian was seen
creeping through this gate. Mrs. Harris had little time
to prepare, but she went to greet him with a red hot
stove shovel. This frightened the Indian so much that
he ran away and did not return. During one of the skir-
mishes of the Mormon war, a woman suggested to her
husband that he stay in the rear for safety. Mrs. Harris
hearing this, said: "Mr. Harris, go to the front. I would
rather be the widow of a brave man than the wife of a
coward."
Mrs. Harris was a very loyal church member and did all
in her power for the good of the cause. Preachers and
evangelists always found comfort and entertainment in her
home. The original Westport Baptist church, which stlil
stands at the comer of Westport and Baltimore was built
on ground donated by Mr. Harris.
Preparatory to giving up the hotel business, Mr. and
Mrs. Harris were building the house at the southwest
comer of Westport Avenue and Main Street, when the
Civil war interfered.
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This unfinished building: served as quarters for the
Union soldiers. After the war was over the house was
completed and there Mr. Harris passed his last days.
Eight years later Mrs. Harris died at the same place. Al-
ways industrious, she kept busy knitting when she was
able to do nothing else. She left imfinished on her knit-
ting needles a pair of socks, that she was making for a
servant.
Truly the wise man's description of the virtuous woman
may be appropriately quoted in relating the life and activi-
ties of Henrietta Simpson Harris.
"She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she
reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
She openeth her mouth with wisdom ; and in her tongue
is the law of kindness.
Her children rise up, and call her blessed."
(ProveAs 31:20, 26, 28.)
Written by a granddaughter, L. K. N.
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LIPSCOMB FAMILY
Nathan Lipscomb married Dec. 25, 1800, Nancy Gentry;
she was bom July 15, 1783.
Their children were:
i. William S. Lipscomb, b. Nov. 28, 1804; m. Sept. 21,
1826.
Mary Jones,
ii. Dabney Lipscomb, b. Dec. 4, 1806; m. Jan. 17,
1830.
(1405) Susan Davis Simpson, b. Aug. 21, 1812;
she d. June 8, 1849.
iii. Louisa Lipscomb, b. July 26, 1809; m. Sept. 22,
1825.
(1397) Duke Williamson Simpson, b. Mar. 8,
1795;d. Oct. 6, 1858.
iv. Elizabeth Lipscomb, b. Dec. 16, 1810; m.
Israel Jackson, Oct. 4, 1827.
V. Joel Lipscomb, b. Oct. 21, 1813; m. Sept. 1, 1840.
Henrietta Harris, dau. of John and Henrietta
(Simpson) Harris; Henrietta (Harris) Lipscomb
was b. May 18, 1823.
vi. Nathan Lipscomb, b. Dec. 15, 1815; m.
Mary F. Haggard,
vii. Josiah Lipscomb, b. Nov. 11, 1844; m.
Eliza Oldham,
viii. Susan Lipscomb, b. Aug. 15, 1819; m.
Amos Dethridge.
ix. Nancy Lipscomb, b. May 15, 1821; m. March 5,
1844.
X. Pattie Lipscomb, b. June 15, 1829.
(1403) Julia Ann Simpson*, b. February 14, 1806, in
Madison County, Ky.; m.
James M. Hunter.
Their children were:
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1463. i. HENRIETTA Hunter*, m.
John Cummins.
1454. ii. JAMES M. Hunter*, m.
Eleanor Stevens.
1456. iii. RICHARD Hunter*, nu
Kate Roman.
1456. iv. THOMAS Hiram Hunter*, m.
Anna MeComas.
1457. V. ELIZABETH Ann Hunter*, m.
Christopher HuflSker.
vi. DUKE Williamson Hunter*,, m.
Annie Elmore.
(1404) James Madison Simpson^, b. October 12, 1807,
in Madison County, Ky.; m.
Frances Cummings.
Their children were:
1468. i. HENRIETTA Simpson?, m.
Dr. Hocker.
1469. ii. ALZntA Simpson*, m.
Mr. Maxwell.
1460. iii. JOHN Kincheloe Simpson*.
1461. iv. JAMES Shnpson*.
1462. V. WILLIAM Shnpson*.
1463. vi. MART Shnpson*.
(1406) Susanna Davis Simpson% b. August 21, 1812,
in Simpson County, Ky.; d. June 8, 1849; m. Jan. 17, 1830.
Dabney Lipscomb, b. December 4, 1806, son of Nathan
and Nancy (Gentry) Lipscomb, of Madison Ox, Ky.
Their children were:
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1464. i. RICHARD Lipscomb'.
1465. ii. HENRIETTA Lipscomb*.
1466. iii. NANCY Lipscomb'.
1467. iv. DUKE Lipscomb'.
1468. V. ELIZA Lipscomb'.
1469. vi. BIARY Lipscomb'.
1470. vii. ROBERT Lipscomb'.
1471. viii. BARLOW Lipscomb'.
1472. ix. ZACHARY Taylor Lipscomb'.
(1414) Margaret Jane Simpson', b. May 18, 1822; d.
July 6, 1904; m. 1851.
Dr. Joel Morris.
Their children were:
1414a. i. DR. WILLIAM C. Morris', m.
Inez Church.
1414b. ii. JOELLA Morris', m.
William Shiwers.
1414c. iii. MARGARET Morris', m.
Edward L. Scarritt.
1414d. iv. ROBERT Morris'.
1414e. V. NANNIE Morns'.
(1416) Benjamin Franklin Simpson', married.
Kate (Foreman) McGree.
Their daughter:
1414a. Kate Simpson', is Mrs. E. S. Yeomans, of Kansas
City, Mo.
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(1421) Nancy SimpsonS married.
William Fulton.
Their children were:
1421a. i. LUCILLE Fulton*, m.
William Morris.
1421b. ii. DORA Fulton*, m.
Russell Anderson..
1421c. iii. BARRY Fulton*.
1421d. iv. EDWIN Fulton*.
(1422) Betsey Simpson% married.
Ruf us F. McComas.
Their children were:
1422a. i. EUGENIA McComas*, m.
William Lyford, of Chicago.
1422b. ii. DUKE McComas*, of Chicago.
1422c. iii. RUFUS McComas*, of Chicago.
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NATHAN SCARRITT
Nathan ScarrittS b. 1788, in Connecticut, was a farmer;
d. 1847; m. at Lyman New Hampshire, 1812; Latty Allds.
He was of Scotch-Irish descent. In 1820 they emigrated
by wagon from New Hampshire to Illinois, locating first
at Edwardsville, and then on a farm near Alton — ^their
latter location becoming known as Scarritt's Prairie, now
the seat of Monticello Seminary. Latty Allds b. 1793, in
New Hampshire, d. in 1875. Nathan Scarritt^ b. April 14,
1821, at Edwardsville, Illinois; d. May 22, 1890, in Kan-
sas City, Missouri; married in Kansas City, Missouri,
April 29, 1850; Martha M. Chick, daughter of William
Chick, one of the founders of Kansas City. Martha M.
(Chick) Scarritt died July 29, 1873, leaving nine children,
of whom six are living (1908); Annie Scarritt married
Bishop E. R. Hendrix (q. v.), of Kansas City; Edward L.
Scarritt, Nathan Scarritt, Jr., William Scarritt, Charles
W. Scarritt, a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal
CSiurch, south, and Martha M. Scarritt, who m. Elliott
H. Jones, of Kansas City, Missouri. Dr. Nathan Scarritt^,
m. the second time Ruth E. Barker, daughter of Rev.
Cyrus Barker, a missionary in India, where she was bom.
Nathan Scarritt worked on his father's farm until he was
sixteen years of age, when he entered McKendree College,
at Lebanon, Illinois, beginning at the preparatory depart-
ment. His studies were interrupted by the illness of his
father and he returned home to manage the farm, when
his father had recovered he returned to the college at the
urgent solicitation of the faculty, who offered him board
and tuition on credit. In 1842 he was graduated from
McKendree College as valedictorian, receiving the degree
of B. A. He soon afterwards engaged in teaching at
Waterloo, Illinois, and out of his savings of two years paid
his indebtedness to his college. In April, 1845, he removed
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to Fayette, Missouri, where he joined his brother-in-law,
William T. Lucky, in the establishment of a high school,
and out of Howard High school grew Central College for
men, and Howard Female College. Later Dr. Scarritt
acted as provisional president of Central College for one
year, during which time he established the institution on a
firm basis. From 1848 until 1851 he taught the Indian
Manual Labor School in Shawnee county, Indian Territory;
during the ensuing year served as principal of the high
school at Westport, having been the leading spirit in the
building of that institution; and from 1864 taught school
in Kansas City, Missouri. From boyhood Dr. Scarritt had
been impressed with the conviction that he was destined
for the ministry, and in 1846 he was licensed to preach and
later in that year received on trial into the Missouri con-
ference, and appointed to the Howard High School where
he was then teaching, meanwhile also ministering to neigh-
borhoods in the vicinity. Upon the division of the Meth-
odist church he affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal
church south. While teaching among the Indians (1848-
61) he frequently assisted the missionaries, and, being
appointed missionary to the Shawnees, Delawares and
Wyandottes in 1851, he preached to each one of these
tribes through interpreters. Meanwhile he also performed
ministerial duty at Lexington, filling a vacancy. In the
latter part of 1852 he was appointed to Westport and
Kansas City, and the following year located in the latter
place, becoming pastor of the Fifth Street church. In Jan-
uary, 1855, he was appointed presiding elder of the Kicka-
poo district of the Kansas Mission conference, which body
he represented in the general conference of 1858; in 1858-
9 served in the Shawnee Reserve, and during the ensuing
two years was presiding elder of the Lecompton district.
In 1861, Dr. Scarritt's ministerial labors were suspended
on account of the unsettled conditions incident to the Civil
war. After peace was restored however, he engaged in
itinerant service for one year and was superannuated on
account of physical disability but declined the aid due him
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from the Conference fund. In 1876 he was located in Kan-
sas City, where his labors were conspicuously useful in the
pastorate in turn, of the old Fifth Street, the Walnut Street,
the Lydia avenue, the Campbell Street and the Melrose
churches. Dr. Scarritt's residence in Kansas City led to
his accumulation of a large fortune and afforded him op-
portunity to aid materially in the development of the city,
and to formulate and execute various philanthropic designs.
In 1862, he bought forty acres of land near the city and
subsequent purchases increased his holdings to two hun-
dred and twenty acres situated on Scarritt's Point, his first
home there being a log cabin of his own building. To men-
tion his numerous benefactions would be to write a history
of Kansas City. His desire to establish a Bible and Train-
ing School was on the eve of accomplishment when his
death occurred, but his children faithfully carried out his
wishes regarding the project, by a gift of the site and
twenty-five thousand dollars. In theology Dr. Scarritt pro-
claimed himself an Arminian of the Wesleyan tsrpe. In
politics he was originally a whig and afterwards a con-
servative Democrat. He was opposed to slavery, and while
he sympathized with the southern people regarded seces-
sion as a grave error. While in Kansas City he took no
part in the border troubles, never attending a political
meeting or casting a partisan vote. By deep study and
dose observation he stored his mind with ample material
for every emergency. His services as a Clergyman and
educator were of inestimable value. His son. Judge Ed-
ward Lucky Scarritt was b. Aug. 30, 1853, in Kansas City,
Missouri; married in 1880, Margaret Morris, a daughter of
Dr. Joel Morris and Margaret Jane (Simpson) Morris,
Margaret Jane Simpson is number 1414, of this genealogy.
Judge Edward L. Scarritt and Margaret (Morris) Scarritt
have a daughter Bemice Scarritt, who married W. E. Roy-
ster, commercial agent for the Mobile and Ohio Raih*oad.
Judge Edward Lucky Scarritt is an able lawyer, a suc-
cessful business man and a noted philanthropist. For a
year he was a student in the law school of Harvard Uni-
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versity and further continued his preparation for the bar
with Judge Warwick Hough, later supreme Judge of Mis*
souri, as his preceptor. Mr. Scarritt began the practice of
his chosen profession at Glasgow, Missouri, in 1875, as
junior partner in the firm of Caples and Scarritt but, seek-
ing a wider field for his labors, in January, 1877, he lo-
cated for practice in Kansas City, where he afterward
formed a partnership with W. A. Alderson. At a later date
he joined a former fellow student, J. R. Riggs, as senior
partner of the firm of Scarritt and Riggs, which relation-
ship was maintained until 1882, when he began practice
with his brother, William C. Scarritt. Subsequently his
brother-in-law, Elliott H. Jones, and Colonel J. K. Griffith,
were admitted to the firm under the name of Scarritt,
Griffith and Jones. In all the walks of life where intel-
ligence, honor and manliness are regarded at their real
worth Edward L. Scarritt has by the practice of these
virtues attained an honorable position and won the respect
of all who know him.
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GEORGE ELLIOTT SIMPSON
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them the Manhattan, the Down Town, the Southern So-
ciety, the Essex County Country Club, the Essex County
Toboggan Club, the New England Society, he was also a
member of the Chamber of Commerce, and a director in
the National Bank of the Republic, he was offered the presi-
dency of this bank, but did not accept it.
In 1893, he was Vice-president of the Kansas City Water
Co., and on March 23d., of that year he and Charles A.
Jixnes, Supt. of the Company were returning from the Quln-
daro pumping station, in a buggy, a storm came up and on
raising the top of the buggy the horse became frightened
and ran away throwing them both out, Mr. Simpson sus-
tained a fracture of the skull from which he died three
weeks later.
His friends said of him ''He had a judicial mind of such
breadth and foresight as to make him the safest of coun-
sellors, while his unswerving loyalty to the truth made him
esteemed of all men.''
''His business ability was remarkable, but greatest of all
he has left to his children the richest and most princely of
legacies, a good name, and a stainless life full of good deeds.
His charity was so broad as to include all men and so drew
all men to love, honor and respect him.
(1431) George Elliott Simpson, prominent in financial
circles in New York City and in I^nsas City, was identified
with the early development of the latter and in later years,
through financial interests, largely promoted its growth and
progress. His last days were passed here where he was
honored and respected by^ all who knew him, his death was
the occasion of deep and wide-spread regret. He was a na-
tive of Gallatin, Tehnessee, bom February 22, 1833, and was
of Scotch lineage on the paternal side and of French descent
in the maternal line. His grandfather, Colonel Richard
Simpson, was one of the most noted of the "Round Heads"
of North Carolina and represented Caswell county in the
House of Commons. His father, Benamin F. Simpson, re-
moved from Gallatin, Tennessee, to Missouri, in 1841, and
located about a mile north of Independence, removing to
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that city, in 1846 to give his children better educational
advantages. Following his graduation from the local
schools George E. Simpson entered Ghapel Hill OUege in
Lafayette county, where he pursued the regular course and
afterward studied higher mathematics and language under
the late Rev. Nathan Scarritt, at Shawnee Mission near
Westport. This was the pioneer epoch in the history of
Western Missouri, when the west lay an unsettled, un<^
cultivated prairie, while the immediate district was also
largely unclaimed and unimproved. Mr. Simpson was the
promoter of many of the early business and public inter-
ests in Kansas City. He was associated with the firm of
Alexander and Maj^ors, who had a government contract for
transportation along the old Santa Fe trail. In 1853, he en-
gaged in merchandising at Sibley on the Missouri river in
Jackson county, but in 1854 went to California by the over-
land route, remaining there for two years. In 1856, he re-
turned to Independence and entered the banking house of
Turner and Thornton, becoming thus an active factor in
financial circles of the county. He was married, in 1858, to
Miss Ellen Young whose family was a prominent and in-
fluential one in Jackson county, having come here from
Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1844. Following his marriage,
Mr. Simpson came to Kansas City as assistant cashier of
the Old Union Bank, of which Mr. Northrup was president.
This bank was robbed by **Red Legs" from I^nsas in 1861.
The robbery was committed in the day time and the Rev.
Thomas Johnson, who had succeeded H. M. Northrup in the
presidency, was afterwards killed. Such were some of the
tragical events which occurred incident to the troublesome
times of the Civil War. Mr. Simpson was in the bank at
the time of the robbery. He continued in Kansas City until
1862, when he removed to New York City. In the mean-
time he had not only been closely associated with business
interests but had also co-operated largely in measures of
vital importance to the community. He was closely identi-
fied with the Southern Methodist church in Kansas City.
Mr. Simpson went to New York City, joining H. M. North-
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rup and J. S. Chick, who had been driven out of business
here by the exigencies of war, and who had organized the
bank of Northrup and Ohick in New York. He remained
with the firm until January, 1871, when the bank of Don-
nell, Lawson & Simpson was established at No. 4 Wall
street. New York. It became one of the noted financial or-
ganizations of that time and was largely associated with
the railway system of Ohio, Florida, North Carolina, Mis-
souri, Kansas and Nebraska. The railway between New
York and Philadelphia, known as the **Bond route," owed
its existence to this house. While in New York, Mr. Simp-
son became a valued and prominent member of several of
the leading metropolitan clubs — ^The Manhattan, the Down
Town, the Southern Society, the Adirondack Preserve As-^
sociation, the Essex Country Club, the Orange Athletic
Club, the Essex County Toboggan Club, and the New Eng-
land Society. He was also a member of the New York
Chamber of Commerce and a director in the National Bank
of the Republic. The family residence was maintained at
East Orange, New Jersey, until 1892, with the exception of
one winter spent in New York for educational advantages.
In the latter year, Mr. Simpson withdrew from business
in the East and returned to Kansas City, where he became
vice president of the National Water Works Company. In
the meantime through his financial operations in the East,
Mr. Simpson contributed in a large measure to the develop-
ment of this city, the company with which he was con-
nected being for a considerable period fiscal agents for
Kansas and Arkansas. His death resulted from an ac-
cident. While returning from the Quindaro pumping sta-
tion in a buggy in company with Charles A. Jones, the
horse became frightened and the vehicle was overturned.
The injuries which Mr. Simpson sustained terminated his
life April 11, 1893.
Mrs. Simpson survives her husband and is now living
at No. 3625 Walnut Street. She was bom in Gallatin, Mis-
sissippi, in 1841. Their family number eleven children.
Frank, who was a member of the firm of Simpson and
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Groves, controlling the largest real-estate, loan and in-
surance business in Kansas City; Dr. James Young Simp-
son, a practicing physician, of Kansas City; Ellen Lee,
Eliza Bell and Mary Louise, all at home; George Elliott,
professor of theoretical music at Baylor College, Belton,
Texas ; and Mastin Simpson, secretary and treasurer of the
the H. P. Wright Instrument Company. The others were:
George Sanders, Laura and Maud, who died in childhood;
and Lawrence Rajnmond, who died in Kansas City, in 1892,
at the age of four years. Mr. Simpson was devoted to his
home and family and regarded no personal sacrifice or ef-
fort on his part too great if it would promote the happiness
and enhance the welfare of his wife and children. He ever
held to high ideals in Citizenship and had a firm faith in
Kansas City and its future, which faith he manifested in
the active cooperation which he gave to various interests
and movements in which the city was a direct beneficiary.
The principles which governed his life were those which
developed upright, honorable manhood. He was the asso-
ciate and warm personal friend of many distinguished citi-
zens of New York as well as in Kansas City and left his
family a most honored name/'
History of Kansas City.
(1431) George Elliott Simpson% 3d. child of Benjamin
Franklin Simpson ; b. February 22, 1833, in Gallatin, Sum-
ner County, Tenn; d. April 11, 1893, in Kansas City, Mo.;
m. February 22, 1858, in Independence, Mo.
Mary Ellen Young, b. July 2, 1841, in Mississippi.
Their children were:
1473.* i. FRAJSTK Simpson*, d. April 29, 1909 ; m.
Fanny Boardman Combs.
1474.* ii. JAMES Young Simpson*; m.
Leona Edith Litchfield.
1475. iii. GEORGE Saunders Simpson*, d. Feb. 6,
1865.
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1476. iv. ELLEN Lee SimpBon*.
1477. V. ELTZA Belle Simpson'*.
1478.* vi. MASTIN Simpson*, m.
Nancy Matilda Hendrix.
1479. vii BIARY Louise Simpson*.
1480. viiL GEORGE Elliott, Jr.*; m.
Mary Beckham.
1481. ix. LAURA Simpson*, d. June 1st, 1881.
1482. X. MAUDE Simpson*, d. Jan. 1st., 1882.
1483. xi. LAWRENCE Raymond Simpson*, d. July
22, 1892.
FRANK SIMPSON.
(1473) Frank Simpson.
"In the business and social life of Kansas City, few men
were better known or enjoyed a higher degree of personal
popularity than Frank Simpson. Mr. Simpson belonged to
the younger generation of men who have been active in
making Kansas City the beautiful and prosperous metrc^-
olis it is today, and his death in the very prime of life is
a loss to the community at large, and a sad blow to his large
circle of friends and associates.
Bom in Independence, Mo., fifty years ago, he went East
with his imrents when a very young child. He received his
early training there and afterwards graduated at Prince-
ton University, after which much of his youthful career
was spent in New York and London. He was for some time
in business in the American Exchange, in London, England,
and in his father's New York office. He came to this city
in the prime of his young manhood and entered into part-
nership with Frank Groves, in 1883. This realty firm pros-
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pered, and Mr. Simpson soon became identified with all the
progressive interests of the city. He was an active mem-
ber of several prominent clubs, the Kansas City Qub, the
Midday Club, the Sons of the Revolution and the Country
Club, of which he was an early member, and in which he
always took an enthusiastic interest. He had wide ac-
quaintance and many friends, and aside from his interest
in social life, was intensely fond of music, pictures and
books.
Mr. Simpson's delightful personality and his cultivated
and matured mind made him a favorite companion, and his
business integrity brought him a fine reputation in the com-
mercial world. Few men in this city made more enduring
friendships and few have passed out of the city's life more
loved and respected. He was a Itire example of the well-
balanced business man, who finds time amid the duties and
cares of office-work to cultivate the qualities of heart and
character that mould the ideal citizen."
Extracts from Kansas City Journal and Star, April 29th,
and May 4th, 1909.
(1431) The ancestors of Mrs. George Elliott Simpson,
Sr., nee Mary Ellen Young, were:
1484. WILLIS Sinnett YoungS b. in Virginia, in 1765;
married :
Nancy Davis, in Kentucky. In 1838, they removed
to Independence, Mo., where he became a promi-
nent merchant. Their children were:
1485. i. JAMES Sinnett YoungS b. in Paris, Ky.,
about 1812.
1486. ii. ELIZA Youngs
1487. iii. MARY Youngs
1488. iv. BRUCE Young^
1489. v. CHARLES Youngs
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1490: vi. JOHN Young*.
1491. vii. DANIEL Young^
1492. viii. NANNIE Young*.
JAMES Sinnett Young*, b. abt. 1812, in Paris Ky.; d.
January 22, 1848, in Independence, Mo.; m., near Gallatan,
Mississippi, Mary Euphemia Moffett.
Their children were :
1492a. i. WILLIS Craven Paton Young*.
1493. ii. JAMES Sinnett, Jr. Young*.
1494. ui. NANCY BeU Young*.
1495.* iv. MARY EUen Young*, b. July 2, 1841.
1496. y^ LAURA James Young*.
(1485) James Sinnett Young, Sr., was bom in Paris,
Ky., when about 18 years of age he removed to Mississip-
pi, where he became a merchant, he was married there, in
1844, he with his family came to Independence, Mo., where
he died, in 1848.
After her husband's death, Mrs. Young opened a private
school in Independence, in which she was very successful,
her daughter, Mary Ellen Young, was married in 1858, to
George Elliott Simpson, Sr., and although but sixteen
years of age she was considered the best pianist in the
county, she had a sweet voice which had been well culti-
vated; she was the mother of eleven children, seven of
whom lived to maturity, she was dearly beloved and was a
model wife and mother.
(1434) Jordan Simpson% 6th child of Benjamin Frank-
lin Simpson, b. 1846, in Independence, Mo. ; d. June 28,
1877; married,
Mary Pichard Saunders.
Their children were:
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1497. i. ELIZA SimpsonS
1498. ii. NELLIE SimpsonS
1499. iii. JOSEPH B. Simpson*.
(1436) Maiy SimpsonS 8th child of Benjamin Franklin
Simpson*; m.
Joseph Black.
Their children were:
1500. i. MARY Black*.
1501. ii. KATE Black*.
1502. iii. JOSEPH Black, Jr.* .
1503. iv. ELUS Black*.
1504. V. FRANK Black*.
(1446) Henrietta Harris% b. May 5, 1823; d. 1859; m.
September 1, 1840;
Joel Lipscomb, son of Nathan and Nancy (Grentry) Lips-
comb.
Their children were:
1446a. i. WILUAM Lipscomb*, killed in the Civil
war.
1446b. ii. NATHAN Lipscomb*.
1446c.* iii. JOHN Harris Lipscomb*.
1446d. iv. RODNEY Bernard Lipscomb*.
1456e. V. JAMES Lipscomb*.
(1446c) John Harris Lipscomb*, married
Dora Crumbaugh, of Columbia, Mo.
Their children were:
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1446f . i. JOSEPH Karnes Lipscomb'.
1446g. ii GRACE Lip6C(Hnbe% married
C. C. IfillarcU
1446h. iii. HENRY C. lipscomb'.
(1450) Josephine HarrisS b. June 28, 1832; d. Jan. 11,
1913; m. Oct. 7, 1852.
Charles Esmond Kearney, b. Mar. 8, 1820; d. Jan. 3,
1898.
Their children were:
1450a. L FRANCES Esmond Keamesr^, b. Aug. 27,
1853; d. Jan. 4, 1856.
1450b. ii. MARY Louise Kearney*, b. Feb. 11, 1856;
not m.
14500.^* iii. JULIA Mastin Kearney*, b. Sept. 1, 1858;
m. Nov. 27, 1889;
Francis Clay Womall, b. Sept. 28, 1855; son of
John B. and Eliza S. (Johnson) Womall.
1450d. iv. WILLIAM Bernard Kearney*, b. Nov. 20,
1860; d. Aug. 15, 1862.
1450e.'* V. LIZZIE Mastin Kearney*, b. May 5, 1866;
m. Dec. 23, 1885.
Joseph L. Nof singer, b. Nov. 19, 1864; d. Feb. 27,
1906.
1450f.* vi. CHARLES Esmond Kearney*, b. Sept. 9,
1870; m. June 1, 1898.
Rolena Gillulli.
(1450c) Julia Mastin Kearney*, married,
Francis Clay Womall.
Their diildren are:
1450C-1 i. KEARNEY WomalP, b. April 5, 1891.
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1450O2 ii. FRANCIS Clay WomaU% b. Feb. 8, 1893.
1450c^ iii. JULIAN WomaU% b. Dec. 10, 1894.
(1450e) Lizzie Mastin Kearney*, married
Joseph L. Nof singer.
Their children are:
1450e-l i. ELIZABETH Nof singer% b. Sept. 19, 1888 ;
m. Aug. 1, 1914.
John Peyton Sherrod, b. Nov. 19, 1886.
1450e-2 ii. LEWIS Esmond Nofsinger^, b. Aug. 11,
1891.
1450e-8 iii. CHARLES William Nofsinger% b. Apr.
26, 1901.
(1450f ) Charles Esmond Kearney*, married June 1,
1898;
Rolena Gillulli.
Their children are:
1450d.l i. ESMOND Keamey^
1450d-2. ii. MARGARET Josephine Kearney'.
1450d-3 iii. WHEELER Keamey% twin of Margaret
Josephine.
(1451) Susan Simpson Harris, married;
William P. Bernard, bom December 8, 1823, in Augusta
County, Va., he came to Missouri with his parents, in 1839,
settled in Calloway County, studied geological surveying,
served as assistant in a United States geological surveying
party for some time. Settled in Westport, Mo., in 1847,
where he engaged in the mercantile business with Albert
G. Boon, their sales being mostly to the Indian traders of
the border and Rocky mountains and Mexico. In the
Spring of 1848, they received the first consignment of
goods for Meservey and Webb, of Santa Fe, New Mexico;
it required sixty-three wagons each drawn by six yoke of
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cattle, and taking six months to make the round trip. In
1853, upon the retiring of Mr. Boone from the firm, Colonel
Charles E. Kearney took his place. In 1856, Colonel Kear-
ney was succeeded in the business by Mr. Bernard's brother
J. Bernard. During the Civil war and up to 1873 they en-
gaged in the transportation, overland, of army, camp and
Indian supplies for the Government to Fort Union, in New
Mexico, Forts Doragi, Sill and Larimie. Then for about
six years engaged in mining in Colorado, making his home
all this time in Westport on property which he had cleared
in 1850. In 1856, he organized the private Bank of Bernard
and Mastin, of Kansas City, Missouri, this afterwards be-
came the Mastin Bank. The books of his trading Com-
panies showed a sales record amounting to as high as $250,-
000 yearly and the number of 'Trairie Schooners'* outfitted
reached over 20,000, this was an inmiense business for
those days. His first wife was Margaret Buckner of Calla-
way County, Missouri; they were married in 1850; she
died in 1851. In 1853, he married Susan Harris, daughter
of John and Henrietta (Simpson) Harris. William P. and
Susan (Harris) Bernard had two daughters; Nettie Ber-
nard, b. May 15, 1861 ; married Frank Henderson, and they
had one son, Frank Henderson, Jr., the other daughter An-
nie E. Bernard was bom June 7, 1864 ; died unmarried.
(1452) Elizabeth Williams Harris^ Henrietta Simpson%
Richard*, Richard*, Richard^; b. January 16, 1841; m.
1868,
Thomas H. Mastin, Sr., b. 1840, at Athens, Tennessee ; d.
June 24, 1905, in Kansas City, Mo.
Their children were:
1505. i. JOHN Mastin*.
15(06. ii. JOSEPHINE Mastin*.
1507. iii. MARY Mastin*.
1508. iv. THEO. Mastin*.
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1509. V. THOMAS H. Mastin, Jr/.
Thomas H. Mastin, Sr. "Was attending Princeton Univer-
sity at the time of the outbreak of the Civil War. He then
returned home and joined the Confederate army as a pri-
vate in a Tennessee regiment. Soon afterward he was ad-
vanced to the rank of lieutenant and before the end of the
first year was commissioned captain. In 1862, he was cap-
tured, and while being transferred with a train load of
other military prisoners he sprang from a car window when
passing through Indiana and made his escape. He ex-
changed clothes with a wood chopper and after tramping
through the forests for several days he at length reached
a small village, where he obtained a position as school
teacher. Three months later he went to Boston, where he
became a mule driver on a street car. In that way he
worked long enough to pay his passage on a vessel, which
was about to run the federal blockade. The vessel sailed
for the Bermuda Islands, where Mr. Mastin hoped to secure
passage on an English vessel that would take him to the
south. At Bermuda, however, he became ill with yellow
fever, which almost terminated fatally, and did not recover
for some months. At length, however, he secured passage
on an English ship and in course of time again reached his
regiment. He was especially distinguished in the battles of
Shiloh and Chickamauga and at the close of the war was
serving on President Davis' staff with the rank of lieuten-
ant colonel. When hostilities ceased, Mr. Mastin returned
to his old home, and in 1866 came to Kansas City, where
his brother, John J. Mastin, was engaged in the banking
business with W. R. Bernard, under the firm name of Mas-
tin & Bernard. That year the junior partner withdrew and
was succeeded by Thomas H. Mastin, under the firm name
of J. J. Mastin and Company, with Thomas H. Mastin as
cashier. The Mastin brothers were upon the bond of the
State treasurer and a rumor to the effect that the treasurer
was short in his accounts, caused an unexpected run
on the bank, which resulted in the failure of the institution,
its doors being closed on the 3d of August, 1878.
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Thomas H. Mastin then engaged in the real-estate busi*
ness and in mining, in which he was interested until the
time of his death, and in that connection recuperated his
losses and became recognized as one of the strong and
forceful factors in business circles in Kansas City.
He was devoted to the welfare of his wife and children,
was loyal in friendship and progressive in citizenship, and
at his demise a uniform feeling of sorrow and regret spread
over the city/'
History of Kansas City, Missouri. By Carrie Westlake
Whitney.
(1474) James Young Simpson*, m.
Leona Edith Litchfield.
Their children were:
1510. i. MARY Eleanor Simpson^
1511 ii. JAMES Young Simpson, Jr.^
1512. iii. DOROTHEA Ellen Simpson^
(1478) Mastin Simpson*, m.
Nancy Matilda Hendrix.
Their children were:
1513. i. ANN Scarritt Simpson^
1514. ii. MARY EUen Simpson^
THE WARD FAMILY.
"This family is one of the old Virginia stock. Seth Ward
was granted 350 acres of land in Henrico County, in 1634,
(probably the nucleus of the 'Sheffield" estate in what was
subsequently Chesterfield), and the name Seth was handed
down for five generations as the name of the first-bom
son in the eldest branch of the family.
Tradition tells us that the English ancestor was Seth
Ward, a Bishop in the English Church, perhaps Seth Ward,
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F, R. S., Bishop of Salisbury and Exeter, Savilian professor
of Astronomy and president of Trinity Ciollege in the Uni-
versity of Oxford, bom in Hertfordshire, in 1617,
Ck)l. Seth Ward, grandson of the first of the name in
America, would appear to have had at least three children,
viz.: — Seth Ward of Sheffield, who married Mary Goode;
Benjamin Ward, of 'Wintopoke,*' Chesterfield (bounty,
whose daughter, Mary Ward, was affianced to John Ran-
dolph, of Roanoke, who afterward m. Pejrton Randolph, and
Mary Ward, bom, 1749; d. 1787, who m. (1st.) William
Boardnax, and 2nd., Richard Gregory; Martha Ward Greg-
ory, dau. of Richard Gregory, m. Gen. John Pegram, and
was ancestor of many well known Virginians'' (Goodes Va.,
Cousins.)
1515. Seth Wards the first of the name in America, had
a son:
1516. Seth Wards who had a son:
1517. Thomas Ward', who had a son :
1518. Seth Wards b. 172050, at "Sheffield'' married
1519. Mary Goode, dau. of Robert and Mary (Turpin)
Goode, b. Apr. 6, 1741.
1520. Seth Wards b. April 10, 1772, at "Sheffield," d.
1859, in Tennessee; m. February 4, 1796.
Martha Norvell, dau. of Hon. William Norvell, of Lynch-
burg.
1521. Seth Wards b. July 9, 1798; of Lynchburg, died
abt. 1830; married
Ann Hendricks, in 1818; their son:
1522. Seth Edmund WardS b. March 4, 1820, in Cam-
bell Ck)unty, Va.; d. 1903; m. February 9, 1859.
(1447) Mary Frances (Harris) McCartyS dau. of John
and Henrietta (Simpson) Harris.
Their children were:
1523.* i. JOHN Edmund Wards b. June 21, 1861 ; mar-
ried.
Mary Elizabeth Jones, dau. of B. T. Jones.
1524. ii. HUGH Campbell WardS b. March 10, 1863, at
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Westport, Mo.; d. in Kansas City, Mo., August
16, 1909; m. Oct. 26, 1898.
Vassie James, dau. of J. Crawford and Martha
(Shouse) James.
Their children are:
1525. i HUGH Campbell Ward, Jr.^ b. in Kansas
City, Mo.
1526. ii. JAMES C. Ward*.
1527. iii. FRANCES Ward*.
1528. iv. JOHN Harris Ward*.
The children of:
(1523). John Edmund Ward% and Mary Elizabeth
(Jones) Ward, are:
1529. i. SETH Edmund Ward*.
1530. ii. HELEN Ward*, who m.
David Beales, Jr., they have a son:
1531. i. David Beales HI.
1532. iii. HUGH Campbell Ward*.
John Edmund Ward*, lives on the old Ward home farm
south of Kansas City.
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SETH EDMUND WARD.
(1522) Seth Edmund Ward, of Westport, Missouri.
"-Son of Seth and Ann (Hendrix) Ward, was born in
Campbell County, Virginia, March 4, 1820, the same county
in which his father was bom in 1786, who traces his an-
cestry to the Wards of England, being deprived of educa-
tional advantages by the death of his father he went to
Indiana, at the age of fourteen he was placed by his
grandfather with a Mr. Jacob Hass, for the express pur-
pose of having him trained for labor. After a short trial
Seth returned to the home of his widowed mother from
whom he received the sum of twenty-five dollars, and
started out to make his way in the world. For nearly
three years he wandered through Kentucky, Missouri and
Illinois without settling himself in any specific business.
In 1837, being then in his 18th year, he determined to seek
his fortune in the West, and traveled as far as Lexington,
Missouri, when, his money being expended, a stranger
divided his purse of eighteen dollars with him, and he con-
tinued his journey to Independence. Four dollars and a
half were paid for his stage fare, the other four and a half
dollars for his first week's board in Independence, and he
was again without money. Mr. Wilson Roberts, a stranger
whom he met in the city kindly interested himself in the
young man, becoming surety for his board until he could
find emplojrment. In a few days he secured a subordin-
ate position in the employ of Captain Lancaster P. Lupton,
a fur trader, formerly of the United States army, and
arranged to leave Independence July 12, 1838, with a wagon
train for the far west, the second night of the trip was
spent in camp a few miles from where the luxurious Kan-
sas City home of the Ward's is now located.
Shortly after the arrival of the train at Fort Lancaster,
on the south fork of the Platte, near where Denver now
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stands Mr. Ward took service with the fur company of
Thompson and Craig, and with them crossed the Rocky
Mountains on a trading expedition, among his first asso-
ciates on this trip, was Kit Carson, the ''Nestor of the
Rocky Mountains,*' and a type of the simon pure trapper —
before the extinction of the great fur companies. With-
out attempting to follow in detail so eventful and check-
ered a career as this, affording material not for a page, but
a volume, sufficeth to say that Mr. Ward lost no oppor-
tunity of becoming acquainted with the Indian races on
both sides of the Rockies, and that he found able and will-
ing teachers among those hardy pioneers who saw in his
frank countenance those manly qualities which conmianded
their confidence, and opened the pages of their wonderful
experiences for his benefit. In the spring of lB39, he
went with a trapping expedition into the Navajo and
Digger Indian country as camp keeper. Passing over an
interval of seven years during which Mr. Ward became
able to execute his cherished purpose of engaging in busi-
ness for himself, we find him in 1845 with the savings of
a well earned salary amounting to a thousand dollars, ready
for his first adventure upon his own account. In 1847 he
made a trip into the Indian country purchasing his goods
from Boone and Hamilton, of Westport, which were loaded
in one large wagon drawn by five yoke of cattle, and were
all sold along the Arkansas river to good advantage.
Returning to Westport in 1848, he formed a partnership
with William Le Guerrie in the Indian trade, each of them
having about $1,500.00 in cash. From purchases made of
Boone and Hamilton on ten months' credit, they loaded
five large wagons and made a very successful expedition,
securing 6,000 buffalo robes with which they returned to
Westport in 1849. From this point the robes were shipped
to New York, Mr. Ward going east to attend to the sales.
He remained in the Indian trade until 1855, doing a suc-
cessful and profitable business.
In 1845, on account of the Gratton massacre by Sioux
Indians six miles below Fort Laramie, he was ordered with
his train into the Fort, and in 1856 was appointed sutler
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there, which profitable post he retained until 1871. In
1873 Mr. Ward was elected president of the Mastin Bank
in Kansas City, Missouri. February 9, I860, he was mar-
ried to Mrs. Mary F. McCarty, dau. of John Harris of
Westport, Mo.
For thirty years Mr. Ward afSliated with the Odd Fel-
low and Masonic orders, and was a practical Christian, and
a communicant of the Baptist church. He died December
^^' ^^^' U. S. Biog. Die. of Mo.
(1524) "Hugh Campbell Ward was an attorney of
pronounced ability in the department of corporation law,
was bom at Westport, Missouri, March 10, 1863, his par-
ents being Seth E. Ward and Mary Frances (Harris) Ward,
widow of Charles McCarty and daughter of John and
Henrietta (Simpson) Harris. Reared on his father's farm
his early education acquired in a private school in West-
port, was supplemented by study in William Jewell College
at Liberty, Missouri, and in Harvard University, where he
completed his more distinctive literary education by grad-
uation in the class of 1886, the degree of Bachelor of Arts
being then conferred upon him. To prepare for the legal
profession he entered the St. Louis Law School and was
graduated in 1889, locating the following year at Kansas
City, where he was admitted to the bar and began prac-
tice. His success came soon because his equipment was
unusually good. With the realization of the fact that the
profession is open to talent, and that eminence and suc-
cess cannot be obtained except by indomitable energy, per-
severance, fairness and strong mentality, Mr. Ward brought
these qualities into active play in his professional career
and was recognized as one of the ablest practitioners of
corporation law in Kansas City. In 1894 he was appointed
receiver for John J. Mastin & Company on the dissolution
of that partnership and later was aw)ointed one of the
trustees of the Metropolitan National Bank. He was local
attorney for the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway and
general attorney for the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient
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Railway, and also attorney for the National Bank of Ck>m-
merce, Ck)mmerce Trust Company and the Kansas City
Home Telephone Company. He was selected for the chair-
manship of the judiciary committee of the Kansas City
court of appeals and was senior member of the firm of
Ward and Hadley, in which connection he was legal repre-
sentative for many of the leading corporations of Kansas
City. Aside from his profession Mr. Ward was known in
business circles as a director of the National Bank of Com-
merce, Commerce Trust Company, of the Kansas City
Railway & Light Company, and of the Kansas City Home
Telephone Company. He exercised a wide-felt influence in
democratic circles, and in 1892 was elected to the state
legislature where he did much important work in connec-
tion with constructive measures. He was vice chairman of
the judiciary committee, vice chairman on the committee
on municipal corporations, and a member of the conmuttee
on constitutional amendments — ^three of the most impor-
tant committees of the house. In 1898 he was appointed
police commissioner by Governor Stephens, and he was not
without some military experience for under the organiza-
tion of the Missouri National Guards he was placed on the
staff of Governor Stephens as commissary general. On
the 26th of October, 1898, Mr. Ward was married to Miss
Vassie James, a graduate of Vassar College, and the daugh-
ter of J. Crawford James, a well known business man of
Kansas City. Mr. Ward was identified with various fra-
ternal and social organizations. He belonged to the Elks
lodge, to the Kansas City Country Cluh and the Harvard
Club of the Southwest. He was also connected with the
Society of Colonial Wars deriving his eligibility through
lineal descent from Seth Ward, one time member of the
Virginia house of burgesses. In professional lines he was
connected with the American Bar Association and the Mis-
souri State Bar Association. He was also a member of the
Commercial Club and president of the Mid-day Club of
Kansas City." His law partner and close personal friend
was Herbert S. Hadley, Ex-Governor of Missouri.
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'THE HARRIS HOUSE"
''The principal hotel of Westport, Missouri (now Kan-
sas City), was called the Harris House hotel, and was
kept by Mr. Harris. This hotel which is still standing
(1916), was the center of the town. It stood on the comer
of Main street and Main Cross street now Westport avenue
and Penn street. It was famed far and wide for its gen-
erous hospitality and southern cooking; every traveler of
note, who was not privately entertained, stayed at the
Harris House hotel, as well as the outfitters, the wagon
masters, government sutlers, and factors; Greneral Fremont,
Senator Benton, Washington Irving and Horace Greeley,
are known to have stayed there; Senator Benton spoke of
a drive through the Western part of the country, in which
he said his horses hoofs were stained red with the juices of
the wild strawberry, and he further spoke of the richness
and beauty of the surrounding country. General Fremont
left his wife at the Harris House hotel for months at a
time while he made his expeditions in the far west. There
were no dances given at this hotel, as Mrs. Harris did not
approve. She brought up her large family of daughters
and taught them to hem and embroider fine cambric, and to
be discrete and modest after the fashion of gentlewomen.
A family of slaves were the servants of the hotel. Aunt
Minerva and her husband Mark were the cooks. Mark
would 'roach' up his hair, put on a white apron and soft
slippers and fly into the dining rom, where he turned into
head waiter.
He presided over the meal table and carved venison, wild
turkey, three year old home-cured ham, or a whole roast
pig, with a flourish and distinction that made him famous.
Among the old families identified with Westport we find
those of John Harris, Duke Simpson and others."
History of Kansas City.
By Carrie Westlake Whitney.
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'OLD WESTPORT'
The descendants of Richard Simpson of Fairfax County,
Virginia, have been so intimately and so closely associated
with the early settlement and growth of Westport which
later became absorbed in Kansas City, Missouri, that it is
thought best to insert here a short history of "Old West-
port*' for the benefit of their posterity.
"When the pioneers came to what is now Jackson County
in the early part of the nineteenth century, they reasoned
that somewhere near the junction of the Missouri and Kaw
rivers, at the gateway of the West, was the place for a
city. They had a definite idea, but were not certain of the
exact location. Independence was founded in 1827, and
until 1840 it appeared that this was to be the great city
of the West. The preponderance of trade at about this
latter date centered at Westport, which had been estab-
lished in 1833, and for many years it seemed that it was to
become the city of destiny. Kansas City was founded in
1839, and was soon in competition with Westport and In-
dependence for supremacy. The historic town of West-
port was consolidated with Kansas City in 1899, and is now
a part of the Fourth Ward. Daniel Morgan Boone, the
third son of Daniel Boone, the Kentucky pioneer, was the
first white man, according to a well founded tradition, to
visit the site of Independence. He crossed the wilderness
alone from Kentucky to St. Louis in 1787, when he was
eighteen years old ; for twelve years he spent the time trap-
ping beaver on the Little Blue River and other streams in
the vicinity of Westport and Independence. Boone said that
Jackson County was the best county for beaver in those
days that he had discovered. This pioneer was the com-
mander of a company in the war of 1812. Afterwards
he was appointed farmer of the Kaw Indians and was
stationed for four years near Lecompton, Kansas, on the
Kaw River. Boone finally settled on a farm near West-
port, where he died in 1832, from Asiatic cholera. Jackson
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County was organized by an act of the Missouri Legisla-
ture, Dec. 15, 1826. David Ward and Julius Emmons, of
Lafayette County, and John Batleson, of Clay County, were
appointed to select a site for the county seat. The commis-
sioners selected the site on which Independence now stands
as the location. Long ago in 1824 and 1825, two counties
separated by the Missouri River, and flanked by the west-
em border line, sought at the same time their incorpora-
tion by the Legislature. On the north the inhabitants,
mostly emigrants from Kentucky and advocating that gen-
tleman to the presidency, calling their county Clay, and
its seat of justice Liberty. On the south, as if in rivalry,
emigrants from Virginia, Carolina and Tennessee selected
the name of Jackson for their county and Independence
for their county seat. The county court of Jackson County
held its first meeting in Independence, July 2, 1827. The
Judges were Henry Burriss, presiding, and Abraham Mc-
Clellan and Richard Fristoe. L* W. Boggs, afterwards
governor of Missouri, was clerk of the court. Colonel
Henry Ellsworth commissioner of Indian affairs, and a
party of travelers, among whom was Washington Irving,
the father of American Literature, passed through Inde-
pendence and Westport in 1832 on a tour, through the
Indian Country. He said in a letter: "Yesterday I was
on a deer-hunt in this vicinity which led me through
scenery that only wanted a castle or a gentleman's seat
here and there interspersed to have equaled some of
the most celebrated scenery of England.'' Independence
in those early years wi^ selected as a place of arrival and
departure for pack-trains, and as an outfitting place for
trappers of the mountains and western plains. It was
well worth while to witness the arrival of some of these
pack-trains. The mountain trade at length gave way to
Mexican trade. This being on a much larger scale, pack-
mules and donkeys were discarded and wagons drawn by
ox and mule teams were substituted in their place.
A Baptist missionary, the Rev. Isaac McCoy, entered
a tract of Government land in 1813, four miles south of
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the Missouri River, on a road that led from Independence
west to the plains. The next year his son, John McCoy,
established a store on the land. The business prospered
and in 1833, John McCoy decided to become a town
builder; he divided the land adjacent to the store into lots
and sold them and called the settlement ''WESTPORT."
It is said McCoy chose this name because it was a port of
entry into the great western country. McCoy became a
surveyor for the Government in 1836. He sold his store
to William M. Chick. On the land purchased from the
Government by Isaac McCoy was the site of the village
of Sauk or ''Saukee'' Indians, the last tribal habitation in
the vicinity of Weslport. The Indian settlement was situ-
ated on a ridge one mile south of Brush Creek. The
Santa Fe traders adopted the custom, about 1837, of stop-
ping at Westport to await the arrival of their goods at
Blue Mills Landing or Wayne City on the Missouri River.
The prairie lands adjacent to Westport with its many
springs offered excellent grazing and camping grounds^.
From Westport it was only four miles north to the Mis-
souri River, while it was eighteen miles to the Blue Mills
Landing of Wayne City. Pierre Roi, a Frenchman, built a
road from Westport directly north to the Missouri River;
the traders, taking advantage of this shorter distance and
good roads, soon began having their goods shipped to the
new "Westport Landing," rather than Blue Mills Landing
or Wayne City.
The superior advantage of Westport as a business center
attracted various classes of merchants, tradespeople, and
mechanics. The Indians living in the county west of town
received large annuities from the Government and they
spent their money freely. The county adjacent to West-
port in all directions was being settled. The freighters
on the Santa Fe Trail attracted numerous large outfitting
stores, blacksmiths, wagon makers, &c. The demand for
furniture other than the home-made kind of the pioneers
brought cabinet-makers to Westport. The business houses
of Westport were first situated, for the most part, on a
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little stream that flowed through town in a southeasterly
direction crossing the present Westport avenue near Mill
street. Along the banks of the stream, inside of the town
limits and without, were excellent springs that were con-
venient to the towns people.
Westport's first tavern was owned by Daniel Yocham
situated near the junction of Westport Ave. and Mill
Street, The hostelry was a gathering place for trappers,
hunters, traders, Indians and soldiers. The second tavern
was established by A. B. H. McGee, at Westport Avenue
and Penn Street. In 1847 Mr. McGee sold out to John
(Jack) Harris, who conducted the Harris House there
until 1864. James H. Hunter was the first saddler and
afterwards a successful merchant. Robert Johnson oper-
ated the tannery and was the owner of the first brick
house west of Independence. Mrs. James Holloway was a
tailoress and made wedding garments for young men. The
leading physicians were: Dr. H. F. Herford, Dr. Joel B.
Morris, Dr. J. P. Stone, Dr. David Waldo, Dr. Parker, and
Dr. A. B. Earle, also postmaster. Park Lee was an early
attorney. The bread making business was also profitable
in Westport. A. M. Eisele's bakery, near the present
northeast comer of Westport Avenue and Mill Street, made
him a small fortune and he built one of the best two-story
residences in town. Among the large landholders from
the Government of that period were George Harper, Capt.
David Waldo (of the Mexican War), Boon Hays (grand-
son of Daniel Boone, pioneer on the Oregon Trail, on which
he lies buried), Jesse Thomas, Dave Self, Sam Poteet, and
James Yeager. The Government established a post-oflice
near the site of Westport in 1832, giving it the name of
ShawniBe. The name in two years was changed to West-
port. The first postmaster was Dr. Johnston Lykins, and
the second was John C. McCoy. Mail was carried from
Independence to Westport once a week on horseback. A
road was built across the State from St. Louis to West-
port in 1839 and mail was brought by stage twice a week.
The principal tread-mill was situated on Brush Creek
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near crossing of Womall road, another one was situated
on Indian Creek near the State line. James McGee owned
a corn-cracker mill near where Westport Avenue crosses
Mill street, a large waterpower mill owned by Johnson and
Robert Hull was situated near by. One of the first large
shipments of goods sent to Westport was for the firm of Me-
servey & Webb in Santa Fe. Boon and Bernard of Westport
acting as agents, received the goods at Westport landing
and engaged wagons and teams for the overland trans-
portation. The caravan required to haul this one consign-
ment of goods consisted of sixty-three wagons, each carry-
ing 6,000 pounds and drawn by six yoke of oxen. West-
port had an extensive trade with Santa Fe in 1849, when
the California immigration began greatly increasing the
business. It is estimated that 40,000 immigrants bought
outfits in Westport in 1849 and 1850. Companies of per-
sons from all parts of the country came to Westport to
organize caravans for journeys across the plains. Almost
every type of man in the West could be seen on the streets
of Westport. Westport was a market for cattle, mules,
horses, harness, tents, saddles, and all the equipment
needed for travel. In the town's early days Westport
Avenue was lined with various outfitting establishments
from a point east of Broadway to Mill Street. Similar
stores and shops were situated on Penn Street from For-
tieth to Forty-tihird street. Gold and silver bullion could
be seen piled on the streets of Westport, being re-consigned
and re-shipped at this point. The outfitting business was
conducted on a cash basis and money was plentiful. When
the immigrant trade was at its height the prairies around
Westport were dotted with tents and wagons and had the
appearance of a great army. These are the names of
some of the successful business men and firms of West-
port: Kearney & Bernard; A. G. Boone; J. M. J. Hunter;
Baker and Street; William Dillon; S. P. and W. H. Keller;
S. C. Roby ; J. G. Hamilton; F. Gallup; Frederick Esslinger;
Edward Price; Henry Sager; Francis Booth; P. D. Elkins;
F. G. Ewing; W. M. Chick; Colvin Smith and Alfred War-
field.
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Between 1855 and 1860 Westport reached the zenith of
its prosperity. Westport was incorporated February 12,
1857, Its first mayor was Thomas J. Goforth.
Shawnee Mission, in Kansas, three miles south of West-
port, was closely identified wifth the early history of the
town. The Rev. Thomas Johnson, founder of the mission,
was intimately associated with Isaac McC!oy, Dr. Lykins,
and other residents of Westport. Thomas Johnson estab-
lished the first mission school for Shawnee Indians in 1829,
in the town of Shawnee, in Johnson Ck)unty, Kansas. The
school had twenty-seven pupils in 1835, and the church
had a membership of seventy-four Shawnee Indians. The
mission was removed to the location three miles from
Westport in 1839, where the Government had given a
grant of 2,240 acres. Large buildings were erected on the
new site and a manual training school established, that
continued in operation until 1862. Francis Parkman, the
historian, came to Jackson County in May, 1846, and to
Westport to eqip an outfit for the Western journey. He
gave a description of Westport in his book ^^The Oregon
Trail.''
When Westport was established the principal steamboat
landing in Jackson Conty was at Blue Mills and Wayne
City, six miles below Independence.
The Westport merchants found this landing inconven-
ient, as the trip could not be made down and back in one
day; so they had their freight brought ashore farther up
the river. About this time John C. McCoy had the stock
of goods for his store brought ashore above Chouteau's
warehouse, in 1832, from the steamboat ''John Hancock,"
and a regular landing was established at the river bank
where Grand Avenue reaches the river. This was the be-
ginning of '^Westport Landing" that afterward developed
into Kansas City.
From a pamphlet called **Westport 1812-1912" issued
by "The Westport Improvement Association."
''Kansas City has a short but interesting history. While
it does not reach back to French and Spanish possession
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and to memories of the Revolution as does that of St.
Louis; yet the site of Kansas City was mentioned by the
early French writers, was approached as near as the pres-
ent Bonner Springes by Coronado, and in 1804 Lewis and
Clark, while standing on the bluff and gazing at the con-
fluence of the Kansas and Missouri rivers, recognized this
place as a natural trading post, and mentioned it in their
diary, which was afterwards published by order of Presi-
dent Jefferson. While the French and Spanish flags never
waved over the town of Kansas, there were many French
and Spanish inhabitants. Some of the French Families
were: Major Dripps, who drove a two-wheel cart; the
Prudhommes, whose estate became the town site; the
Philaberts; the Etues; the Guinottes from Belgium; the
Chouteaus, a proud old French family that came direct from
France to St. Louis and whose sons established the first
trading post near the present city. Ghouteau's landing
antidated Kaw's Mouth, or Kansas, or ^'Westport Landing."
Others were LaLiberte and Louis Bartholet, "G>;^d Louis,"
as he was called in distinction from "Little Louis?^ another
famous character, and "Old Pino" who lived to'^HO
years old. Mr. John McCoy was intimately associS^^
with the earliest history of Westport and Kansas City^
He might easily be called the city father if not the founder
of Kansas City, Among the old families identified with
Westport were those of John Harris, Joab and William
Bernard, Duke Simpson, J. M. Hunter, John Womall, Rev.
Thomas Johnson, Edward Price and others. Among the
picturesque characters of national fame frequently to be
met in Westport were Kit Carson, Jim Bridger, and F. X.
Aubrey."
So much for "Westport" and Kansas Qty in the early
days. "The sun of Kansas City's prosperity is just on the
horizon; we have scarcely seen the first rays of its full
splendor. It is simply the logic of destiny that Kansas City
IS to be the greatest metropoUs on the American Continent
By virtue of her geographic position she must hold, com-
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mercially, the balance of power between the Blast and the
West"
"The words of the prophets of fifty years ago have come
true, and the prophecies made today shall be fulfilled/'
From History of Kansas City, Missouri, by Carrie West-
lake Whitney.
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SIMPSON FAMILY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
The records of this family have been compiled from a
family chart, the property of Miss M. Louise Simpson, the
daughter of Richard Wright and Maria Louise (Garling-
ton) Simpson and from the Genealogy of Chappell, Dickie
and Kindred Families, by Phil E. Chappell of Kansas City,
Mo. On the lower left hand comer of the chart appears
the following:
"This chart was prepared by Richard Wright Simpson
and his wife Nancy (Garlington) Simpson. April 16, 1903,
largely from our own knowledge and from the following
references, Simpson Chart by Z. L. Colmes, revised by
R. W. Simpson. Richmond Critic — ^Paxton's Marshall
Family. — ^Records of Rappahannock Co., Va. Virginia
State Library. Gilmers Georgians. — ^Historical Magazine
of Va. Thomas Chew Family. Henning Vol. MI. Histor-
ical Register of Va. — William and Mary Quarterly. — ^Bev-
erly Genealogy. — Carter Chart. — ^Haydens Va. Families.
Southern Historical Magazine. Manuscript of Col. L. Z.
Washington. Washington's Letters. — Stobo Genealogy. —
Howes Presbyterian Churches of S. C. Lancaster Records.
— Chappell's Dickie and Kindred Families. — ^References on
paper of Mrs. C. V. Simons (nee Miller) and Mrs. Maria
Louise Simpson prepared by Stanard for them to join the
Colonial Dames of Va. — ^Family Bible. — ^Tombstones and
many other sources.
Signed R. W. Simpson
Maria L. Simpson.
Dated April 16, 1903.
As the above mentioned chart is written with a pen and
is not unlike a spider's web, and the writing, while very
distinct, is of necessity extremely fine, we trust there are
no inaccuracies in our compilation which must conform to
the requirements of a printed record. M. H. M.
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Johnson Simpson^
His children:
1515. i. JOHN Simpson^
1516. ii. AliEXANDER Simpson^
1517. iii. WnJJ[AM SimpsonS m.*
Mary (Simpson) she had sisters Nancy, Eliza-
beth and Margaret.
Their children were:
1518. i. ALEXANDER Simpson'.
1519. ii. ROBERT Simpson*.
1520. iii. JAMES SimpsonS m.
1521. iv. Simpson', m.
Nancy Parks.
1522. V. COL. JOHN Simpson', b. 1751, in Ireland; d.
1815; m.
Mary Wells dau. of Richard Wells, of Wells, and
his wife Jane Osmond.
Their children were:
1523. i. JANIE SimpsonS m.
Dr. Nichols.
1624. ii. WILLIAM Wells Simpson' m. May 13, 1813,
Nancy, Garlington (dau. of Edwin and Susannah
(Dickie) Garlington.)
1525. iii. MARY Simpson*, m.
Capt. H. Griffen.
1526. iv. KITTIE Simpson*, m.
Hon. J. K. Griffen.
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1527. V. NANCY Simpson*, m.
Gen. Thomas Wright.
1528.* vi. Dr. JOHN Wells Simpson*, m. 1st.,
Elizabeth Satterwhite, 2nd., Eliza Adams.
1529.* vii. RICHARD Franklin Simpson*, m. Dec. 27,
1836,
Mary Margaret Taliaferro, dau. of Zachariah and
Margaret Chew (Carter) Taliaferro.
(1524) Children of William Wells* and Nancy (Gar-
lington) Simpson:
1530.* i. Dr. EDWIN G. Simpson", b. 1816 ; m.
Rachel Ompbell.
1531.* ii. JOHN Wells Simpson", b. 1814; m. 1844.
Maria W. Anderson; m. 2nd., Susan Farrow.
1532. iii MAiRY Simpson", m.
Hugh Sharp, had 8 children.
1533. iv. RICHARD Simpson", d. 1872, unmarried.
1534. V. JAMES Simpson", d. in war C. S. A., unm.
1535. vi. WILLIAM ChappeU Simpson", lived in
Florida, d., 1817, unmarried.
1536.* vii. HENRY G. Simpson", m.
Frances Tillman, sister of ex-GrOvemor Ben. Till-
man. They lived in Edgefield, S. C.
1537. viii. Dr. JOSEPH Simpson", b. 1832; d. 1875;
was surgeon in the war C. S. A.
1538. ix. MARTHA Simpson", m.
Charies Phinney; she d. 1877; they lived in
Marion County, Florida.
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(1531) Children of John Wells», and Maria W. (Ander-
son) Simpson:
1539. i. WILLIAM Wade Simpson*, killed in war, C.
S. A.
1540. ii. JAMES G. Simpson*, b. 1864; m. twice:
Mary and Lyde White (sisters), no issue; is a
lawyer in Bolivar, Mo.
(1531) Children of John Wells* and Susan (Farrow)
Simpson:
1541. iii. EDWIN P. Simpson*.
1542. iv. ROSE W. Simpson*.
1543. V. CORNELIA Simpson*.
1544. vi. LEE Simpson*.
1545. vii. ANNIE C. Simpson*, m.
J. H. Fraser.
1546. viii. LAURA Simpson*.
1547. ix. JUUA Simpson*.
1548. X. STROTHER Simpson*.
Several members of this family reside in Boliver, Mo.,
while others make their home in South Carolina.
(1528) Children of Dr. John Wells^ and Elizabeth (Sat-
terwhite) Simpson:
1549. i. J. W. Simpson', m.
Annie Farrow.
1550. ii. WILLIAM Dunlap Simpson*, 49th (Sovemor
of and C!hief Justice of S. C, b. Oct. 27, 1823;
d. Dec. 26, 1890, at Ck)lumbia, S. C; m. 1846,
in Laurens, S. C.
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Jane E. Young, dau. of Henry Young.
(1528) Children of Dr. John Wells^ and Eliza (Adams)
Simpson:
1551. iii. CX)RINE Simpson% m.
Col. H. P. Farrow.
1552. iv. O. F. Simpson^, m.
Belle Smith.
1563. V. M. J. Simpson^, m.
H. P. Richmond.
1554. vi. DR. CASPAR Simpson^ m.
Kate Baker.
1555. vii. SIMIAN Simpson*.
(1549) Caiildren of J. W. Simpson* and Annie (Far-
row) Simpson.
1556. i. J. P. Simpson*, m.
Miss Knox.
1557. ii. W. W. Simpson*, m
Miss Kilgore.
1558. iii. STOBO J. Simpson*, m.
Ella Simpson.
1559. iv. HARVEY Simpson*, m.
Miss Buck.
1560. V. PAUL Simpson*, m.
Miss Cates.
1561. vi. BESSIE Simpson*, m.
Charles Zimmerman.
1562: vii. CASPAR Simpson*.
1563. viii. ARTHUR Simpson*.
1564. ix. F. Simpson*.
(1550) Children of William Dunlap* and Jane E.
(Young) Simpson: '
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1565. i. HENRY Young Simpson*, of the Laurens
bar, m,
MoUie Wilkes.
1566. ii. LUTIE Simpson^ m.
Rev. S. M. Holmes.
1567. iii. LAURA Simpson*, m.
J. N. Wright.
t
1568. iv. ELLA Simpson*, m.
Stobo Simpson.
1569. V. WILLIAM Dunlap Simpson, Jr.*, m.
Miss Singleton.
1570. vi. EARNEST A. Simpson*, of the Columbia
bar.
1571. vii. JOHN W. Simpson*, of South Carolma, m.
Mabel Fleming, she was bom in Spartenburg,
Pennsylvania, daughter of Charles Edwin and
Lizzie (Dean) Fleming, and had
1572. i. MABEL Simpson^
1578. ii. JOHN Wells Simpson\
Mrs. John Wells Simpson, nee. Mabel Fleming, is a
Daughter of the American Revolution.
(1529) Caiildren of Richard Franklin^ and Mary Marga-
ret (Taliaferro) Simpson:
1574. i. TALIAFERRO Simpson*, kiUed, 1863, at
Chickamauga.
1575. ii. CAROLINE Simpson*, m.
Dr. H. C. MiUer.
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1576. iu. RICHARD Wright Simpson% b. Sept. 11,
1840; d. 1911; m. Feb. 10, 1863.
Maria Liouise Garlington (dau. of John and Susan
Washington (James) Gariington, she was b.
Jan. 1, 1843; d. Sept. 11, 1910.
1577. iv. MARY Simpson% m.
Capt. T. J. Williams.
1579. V. ANNAT Simpson'.
1579. vi. JOHN W. G. Simpson'.
(1576) Children of Richard Wright' and Maria Louise
(Gariington) Simpson:
1580. i. MARGAStET Simpson', m.
Dr. W. W. Watkins, Oct. 1893.
1581.* ii. SUSAN Jane Simpson', m.
P. H. E. Sloan, Jr., June 30, 1886.
1582. iii. M. LiOuise Simpson', of Clemson College, S.
C, to whom we are indebted for her very valu-
able chart of the family.
1583.* iv ANNE Ball Simpson', m.
A. G. Holmes, July 15, 1903.
1584.* V. ELIZABETH Conway Simpson', m. July 9,
1901;
S. M. Martin.
1585. vi. RICHARD Wright Simpson, Jr.'.
1586.* vii. JOHN G. Simpson', m. April 30, 1901;
Lucy W. Jones.
1587.* viii. TALIAFERRO Simpson', m. Nov. 5,
1903;
Mary Caldwell Bradfield.
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1588.* ix. JEAN Stobo Simpson*, b. June 4, 1880; m.
July 10, 1901,
Williston Wrightman Klugh.
1589. X. W. Franklin Simpson*.
(1581) Children of Susan Jane Simpson and P. H. E.
Sloan, Jr.:
1590. i. M. LOUISA Sloan\
1591. ii. ELLA M. Sloan% m.
E. R. McCutchen.
1592. iii. P. H. E. Sloan, J^.^
1593. iv. SUSIE S. Sloan', m.
M. E. Burke.
1594. V. JEAN C. Sloan^
1595. vi. ELIZA K. Sloan^
1596. vii. MARGARET T. Sloan^
1697. viii. LUCY Sloan^
1598. ix. MARY Sloan^
1599. X. Hon. G. Sloan^
(1583) Children of Anne Ball Simpson* and A. G.
Holmes.
1600. i. ALESTER G. Holmes. Jr.^
1601. ii. LOUISE G. Hotales^
(1584) Children of Elizabeth Conway Simpson* and S.
M. Martin.
1602. i. S. M. Martin, Jr.'.
1603. ii. RICHARD W. S. Martin'.
1604. iu. . BEN V. Martin'.
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1605. iv. MARIA G. Martin'.
(1586) Children of John G.* and Lucy W. Jones Simp-
son.
1606. i. JOHN G. Simpson, Jr.'.
(1587) Children of Taliaferro* and Mary Caldwell
(Bradfield) Simpson.
1607. i. TALIAFERRO Simpson, Jr.'.
1608. ii. RICHARD W. Simpson'.
(1588) Children of Jeane Stobo* Simpson and Williston
Wright Klugh.
1609. i. WILLISTON W. Klugh, Jr.'.
1610. ii. M. Louise Klugh, Jr.'
1611. iii. JEAN S. Klugh'.
(1536) Children of Henry G. and Frances (TiUman)
Simpson.
1612. i. SOPHIA Simpson*, m.
J. B. Razor, and had:
1613. i. J. B. Razor, Jr.'.
1614. ii FRANCES Razor'
1615. ii. NETTIE Simpson*.
1616. iii. Simpson*, a twin of
1617. iv. Simpson*.
(1575) ChUdren of Caroline* and Dr. H. C. MiUer.
1618. i. HARRY MiUer*.
1619. ii. REBECCA Miller*, m.
J. N. Hook.
1620. iii. CAROLINE T. Miller*, m.
W. W. Simmons.
1621. iv. WATT C. Miller*, m.
Edith Walker.
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WILLIAM DUNLAP SIMPSON.
(1650) '"William Dunlap Simpson, Jurist and forty-ninth
governor of South Carolina (1878-80), was bom at Belfast,
Laurens district, S. C, Oct. 27, 1823, son of John Wells
Simpson. He was graduated at South Carolina (College
with honor in 1844, being the youngest member of his
class, and then entered the Harvard Law School, but find-
ing the climate too rigorous, he returned to his native state
and began the study of law at Laurens (Courthouse. He
was admitted to the bar in 1846, began practice in partner-
ship with Col. Henry C. Young, acquired a reputation as a
forceful speaker as well as an aiUe lawyer, was several
times a member of the general assembly, and once repre-
sented Laurens district in the state senate. When in 1861,
CJarolina passed an ordinance of secession he entered the
army, was present at the siege of Fort Sumter, and then
going to Virginia as aid to (Sen. Bonham, participated in
the first battle of Manassas, where he displayed great
courage. In July, 1861, he was elected Major of the 14th
regiment, South (Carolina Volunteers, one of the five called
by the state. In the spring of 1862, he was promoted to
lieutenant-colonel, and after serving on the coast of South
C!arolina, was with the regiment attached to Grigg's
brigade in Virginia, taking part with conspicuous gallantry
in the Peninsular and the Maryland campaigns. Later,
(Sen. Bonham, who then represented the Laurens district
in the Ck)nfederate congress, was elected governor, and
C6L Simpson was chosen to succeed him (1863). He was
re-elected to that body and remained a member until the
war closed, when he returned to his home and his practice.
In 1868 he was a delegate to the Democratic national con-
vention, held in New York city, which nominated Sejrmour
and Blair, and in the same year he was nominated for con-
gress by the Democrats of the 4th district, defeating his
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Republican competitor, A. S. Wallace, by 4,800 plurality.
Though duly commissioned by Gov. Scott, the house of
representatives refused him a seat, on the ground that he
was disqualified by the fourteenth constitutional amend-
ment, and admitted Wallace. In 1876, Col. Simpson with-
out his own knowledge was nominated for the office of lieu-
tenant-governor on the ticket with Wade Hampton and ac-
companied the latter on an extended campaign, every coun-
ty being visited. By virtue of this office he was president
of the state senate, and acted in that capacity during the
troublous times when Gov. Chamberlain attempted to hold
the executive chair over into Hampton's term. Col. Simp-
son was re-elected lieutenant-governor, in 1878, though it
was understood that he was to be governor, it having been
decided that Gov. Hampton was to be sent to the United
States senate. Accordingly on Hampton's election to the
latter body. Col. Simpson became governor, having previ-
ously acted as such during the period of Gov. Hampton's
disability from illness. His controlling motive while gov-
ernor was the advancement of the interests of the people.
The passage of a Stock Law act, and the reopening of
South Carolina College were advised by him, both measures
being opposed at the time, but eventually adopted. He was
the mover in the scheme by which the College, in 1887, was
developed into a University. On December 18, 1879, he was
elected chief justice of the supreme court of the state. He
did not take his seat however, until August, 1880, and be-
ing subsequently elected for a second term, served as chief
justice until his death. He was married at Laurens, S. C, in
1846, to Jane E., daughter of Henry Young, his law part-
ner. She survived him with three daughters, and four
sons; Henry Young Simpson, of the Laurens bar; William
D. Simpson, Jr.; Earnest A. Simpson, of the Columbia bar,
and Prof. John W. Simpson, of South Carolina. Col. Judge
Simpson died at Columbia, S. C, Dec. 2^6, 1890."
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DICKIE FAMILY.
It is a well authenticated tradition that John and Ailsie
Dickie, who were the first ancestors of the American Fam-
ily as far as is known, came from Scotland to America in
the first half of the eighteenth century. That they were
Scotch, there is no question, but that they were immigrants
seems doubtful; for at the time we first find record of them
in Halifax CJounty, Virginia, in 1745, there were two other
Dickies living there — ^Michael and James, probably brothers
to John — a fact which would indicate that they were not of
the first generation. The family is not now, nor has it ever
been, a numerous one in this country. As shown by the
Land Books in Richmond, John, James and Michael Dickie
patented lands, in 1745, in that part of the Lunenburg
County which, in 1752, was cut off and organized into
Halifax. The tract patented by John was located on Moore-
field Creek. It is also said that the identical tract of land
on which South Boston in Halifax County is situated, once
belonged to one of these Dickies. The grand old Scotch
name "Dickie,'' in which all who are descended from it feel
a just pride, however, has long since become extinct in this
section of the Old Dominion, and there is not now one bear-
ing the name in all that portion of the state. Only on a
broken tombstone, in an old abandoned cemetery, is the
name of "Dickie" now to be found, and these silent moni-
tors bear the only evidence of their former habitation in
that country. John Dickie, Sr., was bom about 1720, and
his wife, Ailsie, in 1726. But little is known of Ailsie, the
wife of John Dickie, Sr. She was doubtless a most excel-
lent wife and mother. She died within a year of her hus-
band; he died, 1785.
Their children were:
1622. i. SUSANNAH Dickie ; b. 1755 ; d. 1795 ; m. 1774 ;
Edwin Conway Garlington, son of Christopher, and
Elizabeth (Conway) Garlington, m. 1724;
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srrandson of Christopher and Sarah Garlington
who came from England, in 1660.
1628. ii. SARAH Dickie; b. 1760; d. 1788, in Halifax
C!ounty ; m. Mch. 15, 1781 ;
John Chappell'.
1624. iii. ELIZABETH Dickie; b. Nov. 27, 1766, in
Halifax Co., Va.-, m. 1st. Nov. 6, 1783;
William Chappell, who was a younger brother of
John Chappeli who m. her sister Sarah ; and
2nd., Thomas Hull Crawley.
1625. iv. WHrLIAM Dickie; of whom nothing further
is known.
1626. V. JAMES Dickie.
1627. vi. JOHN Dickie; b. in Halifax Co., Va., about
1750; m. 1st.,
Martha Watkins; m. 2nd., April 3, 1788, Patsy
Vaughn. Between 1800 and 1810, he removed
from Halifax County, Virginia, to South Caro-
lina, and located in Spartanburg district, now
county. With him went a colony of friends and
relatives, as was usual in these migrations,
among whom were his brother-in-law, Edwin C.
Garlington, and all his family, all of his
children by his second marriage, some of whom
had married in Virginia, and James the young-
est son by the first marriage. The other three
children by the first marriage remained in Vir-
ginia.
EDWIN CONWAY GARLINGTON.
1628. EDWIN Conway Garlington was bom in Lan-
caster, Virginia, March 5, 1746, and died in Lau-
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rens district, South Carolina, in 1823. When a
young man he removed to Halifax County, Vir-
ginia, and there on November 13, 1774, married
Susannah, the eldest daughter of John andAilsie
Dickie. It is a well-authenticated tradition that
John and Ailsie Dickie, who were the emigrant
ancestors of the family, as far as is known, came
from Scotland to America in the first half of
the eighteenth century. John Dickie died in
June, 1785. In the records of the old family
Bible, it is stated she died within a year of her
husband, and that she was then aged fifty-nine.
So she must have been bom in 1726. Between
1800 and 1810, Edwin Garlington removed with
his brother-inlaw, John Dickie, to South Caro-
lina, where he bought land and improved a plan-
tation on the Saluda River, in Laurens district
here he lived out his days, a widower, and died
in 1823, at the age of seventy-seven. He was a
large slave-holder, and took with him to South
Carolina about fifty negroes, among whom were
several who had been brought from Africa.
Among the papers which belonged to him, the
following old tax receipt on a ''riding chair,''
may be worth copying especially as it bears on
it the signature of ''E. Garlington,'' in his own
handwriting:
"This is to certify that Edwin Garlington in the District
of Laurens, 6th collection district of South Carolina, has
paid the duty of four dollars for the term of one year, com-
mencing January 1, 1817, upon a wheeled Carriage for the
conveyance of persons, called a riding chair owned by Ed-
win Garlington; "John Buchanan, Collector 6th District,
S. C."
The bravery of the Garlingtons, and their toyalty to their
native state is attested by the blood spilt on the battle-fields
of northern Virginia. ^IHien the tocsin of war was sounded,
every man of military age volunteered, and it is said that
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of the members of Company A., 3d. South Carolina Infan-
try, one-half were related to or descended from Edwin and
Susannah (Dickie) Garlington. There were bom to Edwin
and Susannah (Dickie) Garlington eleven children — ^ten
sons and one daughter — all of whom lived to maturity.
1629. i. DICKIE GarUngton, b. Aug. 27, 1775; d. in
Edgefield, S. C.
1630. ii. CONWAY GarUngton, b. June 15, 1777; d.
in Lexington, Ga.
1631. iii. EDWIN Garlington, b. July 14, 1779, killed
in the battle of the Horse Shoe, March 25, 1813.
1632. iv. WILUAM GarUngton, b. Nov. 1, 1780; d.
in Hartford, Ga.
1633. V. JOSEPH Garlington, b. Oct. 25, 1783; m.
Nancy Hull Crawley, of Halifax CJounty, Va. In
1820, they moved to Oglethorp (bounty, Georgia,
where they d.
1634. vi. CONWAY Garlington, d. unm.
1635. vii. JOHN Garlington, b. Oct. 19, 1784, re-
moved to S. C, with his father; d. in Laurens
district, May 1, 1866; m. 1st.,
Rachel Hunter, Nov. 20, 1810; m. 2nd.,
Susan W. James.
1636. viii. JAMES Garlington, b. Aug. 4, 1788; m.
Colqyet, a dau. of John T. and Ailsie
(Dickie) Colquet, of Halifax County, Va., who
were m. Jan. 26, 1786. James Garlington re-
moved to Jasper County, Ga., and d. there.
1637. ix. NANCY Garlington, the only daughter of
her parents was b. July 10, 1790, in Halifax
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County, Virginia, and married May 13, 1813,
William Wells Simpson, of Laurens Ck)unty, South
Carolina; she died 1864.
1638. X. CHRISTOPHER Garlington, b. May 30,
1792, in Halifax Co., Va. He was a soldier of
the War, of 1812, and on the conclusion of peace
returned home and soon thereafter removed to
Ga., where, in 1819, he m.
Eliza Aycock. She was b. Feb. 27, 1801, and d.
Jan. 24, 1892.
(1635) John Garlington, b. Oct. 19, 1784, removed to
South Carolina, with his father and died in Laurens dis-
trict. May 1, 1866. He was twice married; first to
Rachel Hunter, Nov. 20, 1810, by whom he had one son,
1639. i. HENRY W. Garlington, b. 1812; married four
times, (1) —
Mary Doran (1831), by whom he had John D. Wil-
liam H., Henry L., Robert E., Rachell H., and
Albert A., (2nd.)—
Eliza Grodfrey (1853) by whom he had Charles C.
(3rd.)—
Mary A. Bobo (1859), by whom he had Bessie
Mary, Annie. (4th.) —
Narcissa Teague (1875). No issue. Colonel Gar-
lington died May 7, 1893 ; his descendants live in
Laurens and adjoining counties in S. C.
On June 3, 1830, John Garlington married second,
Susan Washington James, b. 1804; d. 1880
(daughter of Benjamin and Jeean (Stobo)
James; granddaughter of John and Anne
(Strother) James. Their children were:
1640. ii. JAMBS Garlington, d. in infancy.
1641. iii. SUSAN Jane Garlington; b. 1832; m.
Col. John L. Young, Issue: Laurenens G., Mac-
beth, Susan J., Conway, and Jean O. This
branch lives at Union, S. C.
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1642. iv. CRESWELL Garlington, b. 1834; m.
Elizabeth Fleming. Issue: Susan, John C. and
Samuel F.
1643. V. BENJAMIN Conway Garlington, b. 1836;
was a colonel in the C. S. A., and killed at the
battle of Savage Station, Virginia, June . 29,
1862.
1644. vi. STOBO Dickie Garlington, b. 1838; m.
Mary Young. Issue: One son, John Young.
1645. vii. JOHN Garlington, b. 1840; kiUed in C. S.
A., in battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862.
1646. viii. MARIA Louise Garlington, b. Jan. 1, 1843;
d. Sept. 11, 1910; m. Feb. 10, 1863;
(1576)Richard Wright Simpson, b. Sept. 10, 1840,
a lawyer of Pendleton, South Carolina.
WELLS FAMILY.
1647. Richard WeUsS of Wells ; m.
Jane Osmond. Their children were :
1648. i. KATHERINE Wells*, m.
John Franklin, they had Sir John Franklin.
1649. ii. NANCY Wells*.
1650. iii. JOHN WELLS*.
1651. iv. MARY Wells*, m.
Col. John Simpson*, b. 1751 ; d. 1815.
TALIAFERRO FAMILY.
1652. ROBERT Taliaferro*, m.
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Miss Grsrmes, dau. of Rev. Chas. Grjrmes, of Mid-
dlesex, and had:
1653. i. FRANCIS Taliaferro% m.
Elizabeth Catlett.
1654. ii. RICHARD TaUaferroS m.
Jane Bankhead.
1655. iii. CHAIRLES Taliaferro*.
Numbers 1656 — 1665 omitted by mistake.
1666. iv. ROBERT TaliaferroS m.
Sarah Catlett.
1667. V. JOHN TaliaferroS m.
Sarah Smith, dau of Col. Lawrence Smith and had
1668. i. LAWRENCE Taliaferro'.
1669. ii. JOHN Taliaferro*, m.
Mary Catlett.
1670. iii. RICHARD TaUaferro*, m.
Elizabeth Eggleston.
1671iv. ZACHARIAH Taliaferro*, 1683-1745; m. (name
of wife not given) and had beside two others:
1672. i RICHARD TaUaferro*, b. 1706; d. 1748; m.
1726;
Rose Berriman, they had:
Francis; Mary; Rose; Elizabeth (twins); Peter;
Grehethlant; Charles; John; Richard; Sarah;
Benjamin, and ZachariahS who m.
Mary Boutwell and had:
1673. i. BENJAMIN Taliaferro*, m.
Mariha Meriwether.
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1674. ii. WARREN Taliaferro*; m.
Mary Gilmer.
1675. iii. BURTON Taliaferro*, m.
Lucy Carter.
1676. iv. NANCY Taliaferro*, m.
Thomas Watkins Grabrielor.
1677. V. FRANCES Taliaferro*, m.
Moses Penn.
1678. vi. MARY Taliaferro*, m.
Drummond.
1679. vii. BOUTWELL TaUaferro*,.
1680. viii. CHARLES Taliaferro*.
1681. ix. RICHARD Taliaferro*.
1682. X. ZACHARIAH Taliaferro*, b. 1789; d. 1831;
m.
Margaret Chew Carter, and they had
1683. i. SARAH Ann Taliaferro% m.
Dr. Broyles.
1684. ii. LUCY Hannah Taliaferro% m.
Col. D. S. Taylor.
1685. iii. MARY Margaret Taliaferro% m. Dec. 27,
1836.
Richard Franklin Simpson*, Col. John*, William',
John^
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SMITH FAMILY.
1686. Maj. Gen. Robert Smiths member of Council, m.
widow of Thomas Lundford; and had: Robert Smiths who
m. Katherine Hone, and had Elizabeth Smith*, who m.
Harry BeverlyS s. of Robert Beverly^ and Miss Grymes;
and they had Margaret Beverly*, m. John Chew, s. of Larkin
and Hannah (Roy) Chew, grandson of John and Sarah
( ) Chew; Hannah Chew*, dau. of John and Mar-
garet (Beverly) Chew; m. John Carter; their dau. Margaret
C!hew Carter, m. Zachariah Taliaferro; and their daughter,
Mary Margaret Taliaferro, m. Richard Franklin Simpson*,
Col. Johns Williams JohnS
CARTER FAMILY
1687. John Carters of England, 1649; his son, John
Carters "King Carter,'' m. Judith Armistead; their son,
Robert Carter*, m. Priscilla Blaayden; their son, John Car-
ter*, m. Miss Armistead, m. 2nd, Hannah Chew; their dau.
Margaret Chew^, m. Zachariah Taliaferro; their daughter,
Mary Margaret Taliaferro*, m. Richard Franklin Simpson*,
Col. Johns Williams Johns
WASHINGTON FAMILY
1688. Lawrence Washington m. Jane Fleming; their
son, John Washington, m. Anne Pope ; their son, Lawrence
Washington, m. Mildred Worms; their son, Augustine
Washington, m. Mary Ball; their son was General Greorge
Washington.
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BALL FAMILY
1689. William Lord Ball, of Barkam, Eng., d. 1480/
Robert Ball d. 1643; John Ball d. 1599; m. Alice Heayes;'
their son, John Ball, d. 1628; m. Elizabeth Webb; their son,
William Ball, b. 1618; d. 1680; m. Hannah Atherold; their
son, Joseph Ball, b. 1649; d. 1711; m. 1675; Elizabeth Rom-
ney, 1st wife; he m. 2nd, Mary Johnson, and had Mary Ball,
the mother ofWaahffigtoa* Children of 1st marriage, Han-
nah Ball, Elizabeth Ball, Esth'^-Sall*^ Joseph Ball, Ann Ball;
b. 1686; m. 1704; CoL Edwin Conway,* *^«"* daughter,
Elizabeth Conway, m. 1724, Christopher GarUngu?.*'; t*»«"^
son, Edwin GarUngton, b. 1746; d. 1823; m. 1774; Susa/JP***
Dickie, b. 1755, in Scotland; d. 1795; of their chUdren, JoSUk
GarUngton, b. 1784; d. 1866; m. 1st Rachel Hunter; m. 2nd7>
Susan Washington James. Nancy GarUngton; b. 1790; m' V
William Wells Simpson. * \
John GarUngton and Susan Washington James, had chil- k
dren of whom Maria Louise Gaiiington, b. Jan. 1 1845- d \
Sept. 11, 1910; m. Feb. 10, 1863; Richard Wright Simwion.'
b. Sept. 11, 1840. ' ^
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STOBO FAMILY
1690. Rev. Archibold Stobo; his children were Capt
Wm. Stobo, Jean Stobo, m. Bulloch; Pres. Roose-
velt descended from this union; Elizabeth Stobo, m. Joseph
Stanyam; James Stobo, m. Elizabeth ; their chil-
dren were: Mrs. Cuthbert; Mrs. Smith; Mrs. Elliott; Mrs.
Parry; Mrs. E. Smith; Mrs. Logan; Mrs. Eraser; James
Stobo; Jean Stobo; Richard Park Stobo, married Mary;
Harvey; their children were Anne Stobo; Richard P.
Stobo; John R. Stobo; Elizabeth Stobo m* Josiah Bedon;
Jean Stobo married Benjamin James, b. 1768; d. 1825; their
children were: Robert James, m. Miss Word; Maria James,
m. Dr. Wade Anderson; Jane James, m. Ck)l. Patillo Farro;
John James, m. 1st, Eliza Pope; 2nd., Emma Young; Louise
James, m. David Ballew; Susan Washington James, b. 1804;
d. 1880; m. John Garlington, b. 1784; d. 1866; their daugh-
ter, Maria Louise Gariington, b. Jan. 1, 1845; d. Sept. 11,
1910; m. Feb. 10, 1863; Richard Wright Simpson, b. Sept.
11, 1840.
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KENTUCKY SIMPSONS
1691. James Simpson of Marion, Ky., d. 1854; m. Jan. 6,
1824.
Jennetta Cabell in Monroe County, Va. ; b. June 20, 1803 ;
d. Feb. 18, 1838.
Children of James and Jennetta (Cabell) Simpson:
1692.* i. ELIZABETH Simpson, m.
Quintus Chandler, he d. 1888.
1693.* ii. SUSAN Simpson, m.
Moses Beard, who lived and died in Marion County,
Ky.
1694.* iii. WILLIAM Simpson, m. 1st.
Elizabeth McElroy, they lived in Missouri; she d.
1865.
m. 2nd.
Mrs. Sarah Ingraham (widow of Dr. Isaac Ingra-
ham, and dau. of Clayton Miller, of Columbia,
Ky.); they later lived in Carrolton, Carroll
County, Mo.
1695. iv. JOHN Simpson, m.
Elizabeth Hale, of Franklin, Ky. She died during
the war, s. p. ; he lived in Cass Co., Mo.
1696.* V. GEORGE Simpson, m. 1861.
Nannie B. Grordon, dau. of Joel Grordon; they live
near Lebanon, Ky.
(1692) Children of Quintus and Elizabeth (Simpson)
Chandler.
1697. i. BELLE Chandler.
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1698. ii. JAMES Chandler, d. unm.
1699. iii. MACK Chandler, d. unm.
1700. iv. ELIZABETH Chandler.
1701. V. MARY Chandler, m.
Grant Lowry, of Nicholasville, Ky., who d. in 1886.
His widow, her brother and sisters lived witli
their mother at Bogard, Carroll Co., Mo.
1702. vi. JOHN Chandler.
(1693) Children of Moses and Susan (Simpson) Beard :
1703. i. ELIZABETH Beard, m.
Dr. Evans, of Beardstown, Ky., and had six chil-
dren; their oldest, William Evans, m. Dollie
Johnson, and is a merchant in Lebanon, Ky.
1704. ii. FRANK Beard.
1705. iii. SAMUEL Beard, m.
Aggie Austin ; one child.
1706. iv. JOHN Beard, m.
Susan Hays; two children.
1707. V. GEORGE Beard, moved to Texas and m.
there.
1708. vi. EDGAR Beard, moved to Texas and m.
there.
1709. vii. THOMAS Beard, m. 1st.
Miss Morrison of Bradfordsville, Ky.
M.2nd.
Miss Fry of same place; two children.
1710. viii. QUINTUS Beard, m.
Miss Fry of Bradfordsville, Ky.
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1711. ix. MOSES Beard, m. 1st
Miss HalL
M. 2nd.
Miss Evans of Beardstown, Ky.
1712. X. LULEE Beard, m.
William Daniel, of Washington County, Ky.
1713. xi. LETTIE Beard.
1714. xii. STEPHEN Beard.
(1694) Children of Wmiam and Elizabeth (McEboy)
Simpson, of Missouri:
1715. i. WILLIAM Simpson.
1716. ii. SAMUEL Simpson.
1717. iii. JAMES Proctor Simpson, dead.
1718. iv. JANIE Simpson, dead.
(1696) Children of Greorge and Nannie B. (Grordon)
Simpson:
1719. i. ELIZABETH Simpson, m.
Dr. N. M. Basket, of Moberly, Mo., she d. July,
1893.
1720. ii. JENNIE Simpson, m.
William M. Rawlings, of Mofoerly, Mo.
1721. iii. SUSIE Simpson.
1722. iv. LOUISE Simpson, b. abt. 1878, d. 1894.
From The Cabells and Their Kin, by Alexander Brown.
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ADDENDA
The list of works of reference appearing in the front of
this book does not contain the names of all such books.
In many instances the authority for various statements
is given in connection with the printed information.
Any person desiring to make corrections or additions to
this work will find blank pages in the back for this pur-
pose. And it would be appreciated by the author if copies
of these additions were forwarded to her.
Page 19 — No. 31. In August, 1843, Francis Dehnar Kin-
near began his law studies under Thomas S. Espy, and a
few months later entered the office of Howe and Myers,
he was admitted to practice August 27th, 1846, and con-
tinued in the active duties of his profession throughout
the balance of his life.
He was connected with the early banking interests of
Franklin as president of the Venango Bank.
Possessing a shrewd well balanced mind, and being an
indefatigable worker his peculiar strength lay in his thor-
ough preparation of all cases entrusted to his charge, he
was a man of singular ingenuity in the profession, a dili-
gent student, and while confining his attention to no par-
ticular phase of the law, he succeeded best in litigations
growing out of land titles, real estate and other business in
which technical points were conspicuous features.
He died in Franklin, Pa., July 4, 1886.
Page 22 — ^No. 60. Senator James Wilson Lee was named
for James Wilson, one of the signers of the Declaration of
Independence, also one of the Associate Justices of the
United States. Senator Lee served two years in the Penn-
sylvania Senate; was elected in 1880.
Page — . Dorothy Kinnear Bennett, granddaughter of
William Raymond Kinnear, 445 Riverside Drive, New York
City, N. Y., married June 17, 1916, to Theodore Stein, Jr.
Page 152— No. 675. Rev. David Kinnear, of Ohio, says
in his record of the Kinnear Family, that Henry Kinnear
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Sr. No. 675 was sent to America by the English govern-
ment to buy horses for their army.
Being pleased with this counliy he decided to remain,
settling first in Vanango Co., Pa. Then removed to War-
ren Co., Pa., where he made his permanent home.
Page 154— No. 390. The Alexander Siggins home in
YoungsviUe, Pa., was built in 1825. See Illustration page
250.
Page 185— No. 471. James Harold Messerly was made
editor of the Engineering Department of the Junior Year
Paper at the University of Pittsburg in May, 1916.
Page 185— No. 472. Bom, June 25, 1916, to Mr. and
Mrs. John Vance Dingman, a son, Howard Wilbur Dingman.
Their home is at Buhl, Twin Falls Co., Idaho.
Page 191— No. 501. Frank Elbert Siggins died at his
home on Water street in Warren, Pa., Nov. 14, 1894. He
was bom at Cobham, Pa., spent most of his life in Warren
County, Pa. His wife, Minnie Ellis, was from Punxtawaney,
Pa. He was a social favorite, and his friends were numer-
ous. In his business transactions he was most exemplary,
and conmianded the sincere respect of all who knew him.
Page 202— No. 573. Hiram P. Belnap should read Nurum
P. Belnap.
A List of Marriages for the Year 1751.
' May 28, William Douglas, Esq., was married to the
heiress of the house of Kinnear, Scotland.
From The Gentleman's Magazine: For June, 1755; page
284.
The following sketch was sent in after this book had gone
to press. jj^j^ jj^j^ p j^j^^^
Page 204 — ^No. 396. In a visit to Youngsville, Penna., on
June 5, 1916, on the occasion of the ceremonies of accept-
ance of the gift to this village of a High School Building
and Auditorium, I visited the grave of Matthew Young,
the Scotch pioneer founder of Youngsville, and found that
the rough unhewn boulder that I referred to in my tribute
to Hon. Henry P. Kinnear elsewhere printed in this volume
as marking the resting place of Mr. Young had been re-
moved from the cemetery. Some trustee of Youngsville,
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who succeeded Mr. Kinnear, did not share the tatter's sen-
timent and judgment as to the appropriateness of such a
monument to this sterling, quaint and rugged Scotch char-
acter and so he had the stone blasted into pieces and
hauled off the grounds. So that all there is to mark the
grave now is the small marble head stone with the name
Matthew Young, which had been placed by some one at
his grave before his remains were moved from the old to
the new cemetery, and hung upon this old marker is the
copper inscription plate taken from the old boulder before
it was removed from the cemetery.
I discovered an earnest feeling among some of the citi-
zens to bring another and a larger rough rock to take the
place of the other, and one has been selected and will likely
soon be put in place and the copper plate be placed thereon.
And right here perhaps it may be proper, because of
there being so much of Youngsville in this book, for the
writer to add a little bit of local history somewhat related
to Matthew Young (see sketch of Matthew Young, page
75), as he was the first school teacher in Youngsville, and
quite a large owner of land there and in that vicinity. I
made my beginning, my first thousand dollars, from tim-
ber on land I bought from the Matthew Young tract in
Brokenstraw Township, being the Eastern 210 acres pat-
ented to him by the State, and being less than two miles
from the new High School and Auditorium built in the vil-
lage bearing his name. And may I here preserve in history
an expression of the earnest appreciation of myself and
family for the grand reception and entertainment, and won-
derful ceremonies of acceptance of the Memorial Hall and
School Auditorium by the entire citizenship of Youngsville.
Our thanks are due to the business men who closed their
doors during a portion of the day; and to their families
and to the children and teachers of the schools, who
marched to the cemetery, led by the YoungsviUe band and
the Boy Scouts, to decorate the graves of Mr. Joshua Currie,
who left money to found the Industrial Department, and
of my son. Dr. J. F. White, in whose memory I built the
school and Memorial Hall building; and for the grand
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entertainment given by the children from the stage of the
Memorial Hall; and for that most elegant banquet given in
the rooms of the Domestic Science Department; also for
the beautiful loving cup presented to Mrs. White and my-
self by the teachers and pupils of Youngsville; and I should
mention one other presented me on completion and dedica-
tion of the main school building a few years ago; all of
which gives us a feeling of high admiration and esteem
for the grand spirit made manifest on this occasion.
I also want to express thanks to the President and Board
of Directors and to the Principal of the school, and to the
gentlemen and ladies of Youngsville, so many of whom took
such an active interest in making this demonstration of
appreciation such a wonderful success.
We shall always bear in loving remembrance these good
friends, the kind warm-hearted people of Youngsville, who
can always be depended upon to show their sympathy and
love in any worthy cause, by their good works.
With best wishes and thanks to all. J\ B. White.
June 10, 1916.
Page 217— No. 572. Doctor Abigal C. Axtel was bom
in Sheakleyville, Mercer Co., Pa., July 14, 1826; died at
Youngsville, Pa., Jan. 20, 1906. His wife, Francis White,
bom at Youngstown, Ohio, Aug. 30, 1827; died at Youngs-
ville, Pa., Aug. 3d, 1890.
Page 242. The lot on which the Methodist Parsonage
in Youngsville, Pa., was built was donated to the church
trustees by Henry P. Kinnear.
Page 277— No. 910. From the War Department at
Washington, D. C, the Military Secretary, F. C. Ainsworth,
sent the information regarding the Military Service of
William Kinnear, No. 910.
His name first appears on a pay roll commencing July
1, 1777, and next appears on a muster roll for February,
1778, dated Valley Forge, Mar. 14, 1778.
Page 293— No. 999. The memorial window in the Capitol
Dome, at Denver, Col., was placed there in memory of
James Baker, noted scout and guide. His daughter, Isa*
bella, married Napoleon B. Kinnear.
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INDEX.
The figures following the names indicate the page numbers.
Abbott —
Abiel . 321
ACKLEY —
Joseph 198
Adams —
, Mr 408
Eliza 500
Elizabeth 419
James 416
J. K.,Eev 276
Phineas, Col.417,419
Bachel 408
AiNSWORTH —
P. C 526
Albbbtson —
Sebecca. . . 404
Alcorn —
William 196
Alden —
Richard, Rev. . .116
Aldbrson —
Harrison 439
W. A 468
Alexander —
Archibald. 154, 176
Capt 52, 53
Cash, Mrs. ... .221
Isabell. . . .154,202
James A., Dr. ..176
James K 235
Jane C. . . 164, 202
J. W., Mrs.. ...174
William,Dr.l54, 202
Alger —
Delia 115, 119
Alldritt —
Capt... 146
Allds —
Latty 465
Allein —
Isabella. 149
Joseph, Rev. . . . 149
Richard. 160
Richard, Rev. . . 149
Theodoshia. . . .149
Tobias 149
Alleine —
Joseph, Rev. . . . 150
Allen —
, Mr 170
Henry 171
Malcolm (or
Macum) 148, 161
Sarah Ann. . . .148
William 148
Allender —
Ann 13,17
Elizabeth 17
Joseph. 13, 17
Mary ..13,17
William 17
Almond —
Olive B 263
Almy —
Ann 392
Anderson —
Gov 461
Jesse 406
John 69
Maria W 600
Robert . 451
Russell 464
Wade, Dr 519
Andreas —
A.T 423
Andrews —
Edward G.,
Bishop 340
Robert 174
Andrus —
Cora (Simmons) 222
George D 222
Jennie C. . . ...222
Anson —
Charlotte Isabella
144
George, Gen. . . 144
Thomas, Viscount
144
Arid —
demons D. . . .217
Emma C. (Axtel)
201, 217
Ethel 217
Armistead —
, Miss. . . .517
Judith. . . ....517
Armstrong —
Isabel 282
Wm 442
Arthur —
, Miss 176
Polly 243
Rebecca. . . 212
William.. .176,243
ASBURY —
Bishop 242
ASKIN —
George 242
Mary 289
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THE KINNEAB PAMILY
Atchison —
Nancy. . . 3, 6, 6, 8
Athebold —
Hannah 518
Atherton —
Humphrey,
Maj.-Gen. . . 106
Atkins —
Gladys Helen. . . 29
Henry L 29
Ida May
(Harrison). . .29
Atkinson —
John. . 442
Atwood —
John H 127
Aubrey —
F. X 496
Austin —
Aggie. . 521
AXTEL —
Abigal C, Dr.
.. 217,526
Emma. ... 217
Fannie (White) 217
Aycock —
Eliza 513
Aters —
John C 176
Aymar —
Edmund. . . ...395
Edmund Brandt
395, 396
Eleanor 395
Eleanor Kingsland
(Clark) 395
Ayres —
Agnes 410
Babcock —
Ida 202, 219
Samuel E 176
Bachelder —
Stephen 408
Backfan —
Elizabeth. . . ...405
Badger —
Ira 198
Bailey —
Almira L 20
Beatrice 396
Benjamin. . . . .394
Benjamin Norman
394
Benoni 394
Charles Weaver. 396
Eli Westcott. . .394
Ely Westcott. . .389
Emilie Aymor. . 396
Emily. . . .392, 395
Frances Hayes. . 394
Hannah 394
Jane. .363, 364, 365
Joseph T 394
Joseph Trowbridge
389, 392, 394,
395, 396
Jidia. 394
Kaiheryn Louis. 396
Maj. .385, 389, 390,
394
Mary Ann. . . ... 19
Mary Kinnear. . .19
Mary White. .. .394
Mary Whitney. . 394
Melissa L. . . ...20
Mortimer D. . . .20
Samuel. 17, 19, 394
Samuel F 20
Samuel, Mrs. ... 15
William Kinnear.l9
Baird —
Benjamin. .... 156
Frances Siggins. 155
Baker —
, 494
, Mrs 221
Alexander 78
Bums Maynard.108
George. 31
Hannah 402
Isabelle. . . 293, 526
James 293, 526
Joshua 311
Kate 502
Margaret Maynard
108
Mary. . . ..308,311
0. George, Col.. 108
Williams 397
Balding —
James R 394
Mary W 383
'Baldwin —
Charles. . . ....253
Ball —
^,Mr 296
Ann 518
Elizabeth M8
Esther 518
Hallie C 10
Hannah. . . 299, 518
John 518
Joseph 518
Mary 517, 518
Eobert 518
Virginia May. . . 10
William. . . 295, 518
William, Col. . .299
William, Lord . .518
Ballaoh —
Jaen 267
Mary. 258
Ballew —
David 519
Baltimore —
Lord 433
Bangs —
Arthur Clarence.
185
Caroline (Crapster)
185
Edward 185
Frederick A. . ..185
James. 185
John, Dr 185
Jonathan. .... .185
Oliver. . 185
Ruth Tisdale. . 185
Bankhead —
Jane. 515
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Barber —
John. . 180
Thomas 180
Barker —
Cyrus, Rev. . . .465
KuthE. . . ....465
Barksdalb —
Bettie J 266
Barnes —
Shirley 108
Barnett —
Alfred G. 60
Alfred Gpeeideaf,Jr.
61
Alfred Greenlee.. 32
Leon H 29
Lincoln Kinnear. 29
Mary 61
Buby Smith. . . .61
Barnhill —
Benlah Benton . .94
James B. 94
Margaret 94
Barnum —
Belle. . 373
William H., Judge
373
Barris —
Joseph H. 176
Barrow —
144
Ix)ui6a 144
Bartholet —
Louis. 496
Bartlett —
Bradbury, Gen. .418
John L 418
Theophyle. . . .321
Thomas, Gen. . . 418
Barto —
Clarence A. . . .127
Barton —
, Miss. . . .393
Elizabeth. . 391, 392
Gerard William 386
Rufus 391
Basket —
N. M., Dr 522
Batleson —
John. 491
Bay—
, Mr 393
Eunice .94
Lillian 376
Sadie. . . ..378,393
Samuel Mansfield
377, 393
Baxter —
Adele 229
Charles Carroll. 229
Henry. . 229
John. 229
Julia Green. . . .229
Mary (McQueen)
..... 225
Beachley —
Christian, Lieut.277
Beales —
David, Jr. .. ...484
David III 484
Beard —
Edgar. . 521
Elizabeth 521
Frank. 521
George 521
Jacob 436,437
John 521
Lettie. 522
Lulie 522
Moses. 520, 521, 522
Quintus. 521
Samuel. . . 521
Stephen. 522
Susan (Simpson)
521
Thomas. 521
Beatty —
John 45
John, Dr. . 358, 362
Mary 45
0. W., Mrs. . . 174
Susan. 45
Be^ty —
^,Mr 229
Beaumont —
Mrs 432
Beckham —
Mary 474
Bedon —
Josiah 519
Beecher —
Henry Ward. . . 341
Lyman 341
Behan —
Peter. 456
Belungham —
Allen, Sir. . . ..452
Grace 452
Belnap —
Clara Jane. . . .217
Druzilla E. 159, 173,
177, 182
Elizabeth (Mead)
• . . . Xo/o
Hiram P. (See
Nirum, p. 524
and Niram, p.
217) 202
Nirum P. (Hiram
or Niram) ..202,
217, 524
Philo G 182
Benedict —
James. . . .387, 389
Joshua. . . 387, 389
Lois 390
Lucy, 383, 385, 389,
394
Euth (Wescott) 389
Thomas.. 387, 388,
389
Benger —
Dorothea. . . ...427
Elliott 427
John 427
Benjamin —
Ensign 106
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Bbnkbtt —
Dorothy Einnear
623
John 456
William.. 237
Bbnton —
Senator 489
Bbbgeb —
Lillian. . . 188
Bergin —
y Mifis 455
Bbbnard —
. 494
Annie E 480
J 480
Joab 496
Nettie. 480
Snsan (Harris) 480
William 496
William P. 479, 480
William K 457
W. K 481
Behriman —
Rose.. 515
Bettis —
Charles. 218
Charles Robert ,218
Edward. . .202,218
Beverly —
Agatha. 298
Harry. . . .298, 517
Judith 298
Katherine. . . ..298
Margaret. . 298, 517
Robert. . 517
Susannah 298
Biddlb —
Thomas, Mrs. . . 239
Big Foot. . . 81
Biglow —
Russell, Rev. . . .86
BiRDSAT —
Mary, Mrs. . . . .449
BiRNEY —
John 346
Rebecca 346
Robert 346
BissiT —
Isobel. . 255
Blaayden —
Priscilla 517
Black —
Ann 404
Ellis. . . 477
Frank 477
Gertrude 245
Joseph... .449,477
Joseph, Jr. . . .477
Kate 477
Mary. . 477
Blair —
507
Blute —
James. 131
Boardman —
Albert. . . .125, 136
Bertha May 137
Ceora Belle. ... 137
BOARDNAX —
William. . . ....483
BOARMAN —
Mary 331
BOBO —
Mary A 513
BOGGS —
L. W. 491
Bole —
R. A 274
BOLI —
Flora (Jack) ..185
Frank S 185
RilHa Vadia. . . 185
BONHAM —
Gen 527
Boon —
Albert G. 479, 480,
494
BoONE —
Daniel. . . .490, 493
Daniel Morgan. 490
Mary 429
Booth —
Alice 430
Elizabeth 323
Elizabeth (Hawley)
.. 323
Francis. 494
Ridiard 323
BOREEL —
Agnes 145
Gen. . . 145
BORROUGHS —
Ella 126
BOSTWICK —
Shadrack. 242
BOTHRELL —
Mary. 431
BOUOHTON —
Carl. . . 133
Earl 133
Inez. 133
Riley 119, 133
Boulter —
Dr xvii
Bout WELL —
Mary. . 516
Bo WEN —
Arabella. 177
Bowers —
^,Mr 322
Bowman —
Andrew. 99
Catherine. . . ...99
Emma 221
James. . 99
Boyd —
259
Andrew 260
Annie Mary. . . 260
Edwm. 260
Edwin W 260
Enfield King ..260
George 259
George A. . . . . .260
Guy 260
Hamilton. . 257, 260
James. . 260
James R 260
James, Rev. . . .359
Mary Jane. . . .260
Ola. 260
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Sam Lee. . . ...260
Samuel F 260
Walton. 260
BOTLB —
Daniel 404
Mary Ann 229
BOWKER —
Edmund 417
Bbacb —
S 242
Bradpibij>—
Mary Caldwell. .504
Bradfori>—
, Mr 353
Elizabeth 354
Jefferson Davis .354
Lucy. . 354
Bbadshaw —
Thomas 146
Bbaqdon —
Walter L 28
Bbayne —
Dorothea. . . ...427
Bredan —
James. 98
Bridqer —
Jim. . . .293, 496
Bridoum —
Mary 387
Bridwell —
, Mr 280
Brigos —
Delmar 93
Dorothy. . 93
E. C 84, 93
Jeane 93
John. . . . ...84, 93
Marion 93
Eebecca 84, 93
Brittian —
Eleanor. 83
Broadfoot —
John 236
Broadhead —
Col 174
Brock —
^,Mr. ... ..451
Brookmirb —
Alexander 230
Brown —
y Mrs 407
Alexander. 213, 214,
356, 522
Amos 60
Anna M 60
Annie Mary ( or
May).. .213,214
Arlie E. . . 213, 214
Brownie 60
Effie 82
George 220
George W. .158, 213
Heman L. . . ..213
Herman 214
Jane (McCray) 213,
214
John, 198, 213, 214,
422
Olive. .212, 213, 214
Oliver. 213
Peter 106
Samanthy (Bly)
213,214
Brownson —
Edward S 395
Brotles —
Dr. 516
Bruce —
Elizabeth 254
Wallace 76
Brundage —
A. H., M. D. ..109
Arthur 109
Clara ...109
Edwin . 109
Frances 109
Henry 109
Herman 109
T-awrence. .... .109
Homer. 109
Scota 109
Timothy. . . ...109
Bryan —
Parker Kinnear. .29
Thomas Percy. . .29
Buchanan —
John 511
Buck —
y Miss. . . .502
Buckner —
Margaret. . . ...480
BUEL —
Parker 176
Peter. 321
BULEN —
Elwood. 107
Emelyn 107
Horace. 107
BULLER —
Elizabeth. .... .453
Bulloch —
^,Mr 519
Buoy —
Charles W. 334
Chas. W., Mrs.. 339
Chas. W., Rev.. 339
Burke —
M. E 505
Thomas. . . . ...442
BURKETT —
Jennie. 192
Burks —
Elizabeth. ... .356
Samuel. . . . ..356
BURLEY —
John. . . . 359
Sarah 359
Burnett —
Adelbert. ... ..128
Calvin, Judge. 422,
423
David. ...115, 116,
126, 127
Elizabeth (Rey-
nolds) . 115, 116
James E 126
James Kinnear.117,
128
Jane. 117
John 117
Joseph J 117
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THE KINNEAB FAMILT
Joeiah....ll5, 116,
126, 127
Kate Lyon. . . ..422
Katberine Lyon
..... ..423,425
Mary A., Mrs. .114
Majy Grace. . . . 128
Bebecea Malinda
116, 127
Zachariah P. . . .114,
117, 126
BURNHAM —
Edward L 406
Burns —
J. P., Bev. . . .174
Bobert. . . 76, 250
BURRIS —
Henry 491
BUBROUGHS —
Caroline. .. 395
Henry Augustus
. ....395
Horatio Nelson. 395
Horatio Nelson, III
395
Lawson 126
Llanghson.116, 126
Burrows —
Alice Winefred. 187
Loren Gilbert. . .187
Bobert Chaffee. .187
BURTLB —
John. 429
Thomas 429
Burton —
L. 18
BUBWELL —
, Miss. . . . .426
BUSIINELL —
Delmar 21
Mary Augusta. . . 21
Nelson B.18, 21, 22
Nelson B., Jr. ..22
Nelson B., Mrs.. 16
William Klinnear. 21
Butler —
James H 407
Julia 431
Stephen H. . . 431
Walter, Sir. . . .427
BUTTLER —
Margaret 142
Bichard. . . ...142
Cabell —
Jennetta. 520
William, Capt. . 356
Cady —
Elizabeth 322
Caffall —
Fark B 140
Cahill —
Elizabeth 45
Caldwell —
Amos. 46
Anna Maria. . . .46
Elizabeth Jane .45
Isaac Monnett . .45
John. . .44, 45, 46
John Wesley. . . .46
Bobert WUliam. .45
Thomas McClelland
46
Callis —
Garland 450
William Overton
450
Wra. . 450
Calvert —
Leonard 78
Camp —
Mary. . 415
Campbell —
Clarence B. . . .372
E. M 273
Henry James Feltus
382, 386
James. ... 405
Mary Jane (Kin-
near). . . . ...273
Polly 243
Rachel. 500
Robert W. . 272, 273
Canny —
Parepa Lucille . 137
Thomas. 137
Cantacuzene —
Prince. . . . 327
Carey —
Sayester. 176
Carlton —
Judge, Mrs 79
Carhiohael —
Ann. . . : 425
Carnahan —
Andrew Henderson
346
Carner —
Sina. . . .279, 280
W. H., Bev.... 280
Carney —
Eleanor. 3, 5, 6, 7,8
Carpenter —
Anna. 361
Annie M 287
Baymond. .... 137
Samuel 287
William 176
Carr —
, Mr 21
Dabney. .... .450
David 176
Garland 450
John 450
Lucy . . .450, 451
Samuel. 450
Carson —
Kit. . . 293, 486, 496
Carter —
John 517
Lucy. 516
Margaret Chew,
.516,517
Bobert 517
Cashsday —
Clarissa 405
Cates —
Miss. . 502
Catlett —
Elizabeth 515
Mary 515
Sarah. . 515
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Cauthobn —
David. 404
Cavalier —
Noma 436
Chappeb —
Alice Bell 187
Alice May. . . .187
Amy Irene. . . .186
Clara M 187
Fannie 187
Henry George. . .187
Leander A. 159, 186
Mary D. 187
Chalmers —
Thomas 76
William.. . ....417
Chaloner —
John 404
Chamberlain —
Gov. . 508
Chandler —
, Mr. . . ...392
Belle 520
Elizabeth 521
Elizabeth (Simp-
son). 520
James. 521
John 176, 521
Mack 521
Mary. . . .391, 521
Quintus. 520
Chapin —
Bernard. . . ...319
Susanna 319
Chapman —
, Mr 245
Elizabeth. . . ..322
H. 392
Hannah 320
ClIAPPELL —
John 510
PhilE. 498
William. . . ....510
Chase —
Eva 202,218
Solomon P., Chief
Justice. . . . . .292
Stephen, Capt. . 414
Chenault —
Sallie 445,447
Cheney —
HattieJ 25
Chestnut —
Leonora 346
Chew —
Ely. 296
Hannah 617
Hannah (Eoy) .617
John. . . ..298, 517
Larkin. 517
Margaret (Beverly)
517
Nancy 296
Sally 296
Sarah ( ). . 517
Chick —
J. S. 472
Martha M 465
William. 465
William M. 492, 494
ClIICKENGER —
Roland. . . ....130
Chiles —
, Miss. . . .450
Chipman —
Mable Clea. . . .164
Martha (Davis) 164
Mary E. . . 164
Myrtle M 164
Xorman. . . 164
Walter B. . 163, 164
Watson B., Mrs.163
Church —
Inez 463
CiLET —
Joseph, Col . . . 407
CiSSNA —
Rosellen. . . ... 104
Claiborne —
Edmond 452
Hervey 452
Jane 453
Tjeonard 453
Man^ 453
Thomas. .... .453
William . . 452, 453
William, Col. . .452,
453
Clark —
. 496
Elizabeth. . 115, 117
Elizabeth (McMul-
len). . 191
Herbert Ray. . . 394
John .191
Leon C. 127
William S 191
WS., Mrs 190
Clarke —
, Mr 434
Clebornb —
Edmond. 452
Thomas 462
Cleburne —
Richard . . 452
Robert 452
Rowland. . . .. .452
Clement —
Alfred Bamett. . .61
John Claud. . . ..61
Cline —
Elizabeth 248
Close —
Walter Guion . . 373
Clough —
, 450
COALTER —
Caroline Lane. . 425
David 425
Michael 425
Cochran —
David. 408
Isabel 408
Mary. 408
Mary (McClanthan)
408
William. . .\...176
Cody —
Alvira C. (Gates)
219
E. D. . . ..219, 220
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THE KINNEAR FAMILY
E. D. Mrs. .220, 221
Ford. 221
J. A. . . 220
JohnC 219
Cob —
Miss 31,34
Coffin —
Alexander 384
Alexander J. . . 381
Lydia. 381
Cogswell —
Elizabeth. . 191, 192
Elliott C, Rev. . .419
COIT —
Daniel. . 391
Habitable. . . .391
Martha 391
COKER —
Joseph, Capt. . 280,
282
COLBUEN —
Amanda Bell. . . 103
Charles Florence,103
Elsie Bell 103
Helen Prances. . 102
James 103
James P. . 99, 101,
102
James Prancis. . 103
Loneva Delia. . . 103
Mary Alletha. . .103
Mary Ellen. . ..103
Mary Estelle. . .103
Cole —
Stephen 18
Collier —
John 406
Collins —
(Jeorge 247
Colmes —
Z. L 498
Colquet —
512
Ailsie (Dickie), 612
John T 512
Combs —
Panny Boaidman,
473
CONANT —
William 416
Conley —
William... ....241
Connellby —
William 17
Connelly —
Isaac, Judge . . .156,
235
James Pleacher.161
Bebecca. 17
William, Eev. . 157,
176, 243
W. W. . 235
W. Whitefield. . 236
Conrad—
John. 406
CONTANCEAN —
Peter 298
Conway —
Edwin, Col. . . .518
Elizabeth. . . ...518
Cook —
y Mr. . . . ..73
Jane. 303, 350, 352,
363
Sarah (Simpson)
352
William. 405
William, Col. . 303,
306, 352, 363
Coob:e —
James Hamilton.372
Paul Augustus. .372
Cooley —
Triphosa 106
COONRAD —
Ida 371,372
Copeland —
A. B. 273
Copley —
, Mr. . 331, 332
CORBIN —
Abel Bathbone, Hon.
326
Cordell —
John, Bev. .377, 379
Presley 377
Virginia. . 377, 393
CORDER —
Lucy 188
Corn Planter —
Chief. 114
CORRBLL —
William. 431
COSGROVE —
Myra. . 48
COSTAT —
Susan 19
COSTEN —
Z. H., Kev. . . ..334
COURBARSON —
John Hamilton. 246
COWPER —
George 298
Crabb —
Aralph. 43
Margaret 43
Cralle —
Jno 297
Thomas. 295
Cram —
Ann 414
Ephram. 408
Tristram 414
Cramer —
, Mr 223
Clara Virginia. . 326
James Qrant. . . 327
John. . . 326
John, Rev 326
Magdaline (Bow-
man). . . . ...326
Stanley Wallace. 224
Crampton —
Katharine. . . .371
Orson L 371
Crandall —
Ada Eliza. . . .368
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AND THEIR KIN
685
Frederick. 368
Eawson 368
Crawpobd—
Joel 465
John 176
Lucy. . . .126, 138
Nanqr 284
William Harris,
Hon 465
Crawlby —
John. . 298
Nancy Hull. . . 512
Thomas Hull. . . 610
Crittenden —
Frederick BuUen,
372,373
Helen Louise. . .373
LuciUe Simpson. 373
Cromwell —
Oliver 454
Crosby —
Ann 450
Barbara. 450
Betty 450
David 460
Jane 450
Mary. 450
Overton 450
Cross —
John 320
Mary J 429
Crow —
David. 32
Mary Hall.25, 31, 32
Richard 32
Crull —
Emanuel 198
Crumbaugh —
Dora. . . 477
Culbbrtson —
James 174
Culver —
Susan 107
CUMMINGS —
Frances. . 446, 462
H. H., Capt 178
Joseph. . 336
Cummins —
^,Mr 449
John 462
Cunningham —
Jerry 185
Josephine (Ballard)
185
Nellie. . . .173, 186
CURLEY —
L. B., Kev 70
CURRIE —
Joshua. ..... .625
Curtis —
y Mr. . .245, 293
CURVITER —
Elizabeth 452
Thomas, Sir. . . .452
CUTHBERT —
^,Mrs 519
Dabney —
John 455
Mary. . . .454, 465
Dalton —
William 455
Daniel —
WiUiam. 622
Darnall —
Harvey. ... ...430
Davidson —
, Mr. 99
Daniel D. . . ...176
Eliza, Mrs. . . ...58
Davie —
William 113
Davis —
Mr. 449
Abadiah (or Abi-
gail). . . ...356
Abraham 176
A. M. . . . ....158
Ann. . . ...363, 360
Ann Hart. . . .361
Ann (Simpson) 362
Anna. 127
Benjamin, Dr. . 353
Elijah. 176
Elizabeth 360
Elizabeth Neely 361
Evan 349, 362
Frank... 201
Helen. . 353
Isaac 353
James .... 175, 176
Jefferson.. 302, 303,
348, 349, 350,
351, 354, 366,
356, 363, 481
Jefferson Hayes. 355
Jefferson, Mrs. . 355
Jemmina 359
John. .357, 359, 360
John, Gen 360
Joseph. . .349, 360,
352, 359, 360
Joseph Emory. . 352
Joseph Emory, (Jen.
353
Joseph Evan. . . 354
Joshua. . . 369, 360
Lucinda. 354
Manda 353
Margaret (Herrick)
226
MargaretHowell. 354
Martha. . . 164, 356
Mary. 353, 356, 359
Mary Ann 354
Mary (Burley) 357
Matilda. 354
Nancy. . 475
Nathaniel 356
Nellie Alleine (or
Aline) . .216, 225
Omer. . 225
Oro-ordates. . . . 443
Philip 356
Polly 350
Bebecca Miles. . .361
Robert. . 354, 356
Samuel. . .303, 349,
350, 352, 353,
356, 360, 363
Samuel Emory. .354
Sarah 359, 360
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Google
586
THE KINNfiAR FAMILY
Sarah Simpson. .361
Sylvester H. . .236
Vaitoa Anne
(Winnie). . . 356
Wallace 201
WiUard J 201
William.. 176, 367,
359, 360
William Hart. . 360
William Howell. 354
William Watts Hart,
..... ..361,364
Dawson —
James 166
Phoebe. ... ...166
Day—
Archibald... ...217
Edward Burton. 217
Eleanor. 406
John A 217
Martha. 404
Mercy Charlotte
(Smith). . . .217
Dbabbobn —
Henry, Capt. . . 413
Db Babent —
Adam. . 438
Db Clebornb —
Margaret 452
Hobert 452
Db Clbbubne —
John. 452
Db Clibornb —
Alanus 452
Geoffrey Fitz Hervy
452
Hervens. 452
Db Cltborne —
John 452
Dbiohton —
George 242
Db Kinnbr —
William 265
Db Kynbb —
Symon. 4
William 4
Db Kynnear —
John 255
Db Kynneir —
John 255
Eegnald. . . 255
Db Kynnbrb —
John, Sir 265
Dblamattbr —
George B. 167
Dblano —
Ira Chauncy. . . 293
Jonathan 322
Susan. . . .322, 323
Db La Noyb —
Phillip. 322
Db La Vergnb —
John. 369
Phebe (De Long),
Mrs. 369
Delbwar —
Earl 438
Dblmar (Db Lakar
OR Delamar) —
Mary. . .3. 6, 11, 12
Dbnt —
Col. 318
Ellen (Wrenshall)
327
Frederick 327
Frederick T. .. .318
George, Col. . . .327
Julia 318
Julia Boggs. . . ,327
De Bussy —
Col. . . 56
Db Sibour —
Jean Antonio Ga-
briel, "Vlcomte,
396
Jean Theodule
Francisque Louis,
Comte. . . ...396
Louis Blaise, Vi-
comte 396
Mary Louise,
Vicomtesse. . .396
Dbthick —
Sir Gilbert. . . .142
Dbthridob —
Amos. 461
Db Witt —
James C, Capt. .235
DiBBLB —
Hannah 394
Dickey —
Dorcas. . . .445, 446
Violet M 196
Dickie —
Ailsie. . ..609, 511
Elizabeth. . .. ..510
James. . . 509, 510
John. .509, 510, 511
Michael. ..... .509
Sarah. . 510
Susannah, 509, 511,
518
William. 610
DlBFBNDORF —
Elizabeth 370
Dillon —
Phoebe 296
William 494
DiNGHAM (or
Dingman) —
Elizabeth Ellen
(Harding)... 186
Howard Wilbur. 524
James Wilson. . 186
John Vance 186,524
Nellie May 186
Dix—
Lucille. 104
DOANE —
Amelia Catherine,lO
Fletcher M. . . .10
Fletcher M., Judge,
. 10
Francis Kinner, Dr.,
....10
Prank Einnear, Jr.,
Dr. . 10
Frank Kinner. . . 10
Frank Wilson. . . 10
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AND THEIR KIN
637
Gladys McClellan.lO
John 9, 10
Leslie. 10
DOBSON —
George J. 245
Margaret Bebecca^
245
Sarah M. (Spence),
245
DODD —
T. A. . 237
DODDS —
Eliza 274
Donald—
Mary 275
Donaldson —
Isaac. 73
Mary 275
Nancy 73
DONELSON —
Dorcas 82,83
DORAN —
Mary. 513
Douglas —
William, Esq. . . 524
Drake —
Emma. 118
Francis, Sir. . . .253
Draper —
Gideon, Bishop. .18
Dripps —
Major. . . 496
Drummond—
^,Mr 516
Henry 77
John. . 130
Drusbach —
Martha 97
Dubois —
Abraham, Capt 379,
401, 403
Duff —
Alexander 76
DUFFIELD —
Alfred T.. . ...361
Duffy —
James 404
DUGGIN —
Charles 395
Emily (Bailey) 383
Duncan —
Stephen. ... ...239
DUNSTAN —
George 278
DURBIN —
James R 429
DURKEB (or
Durkb) —
Mary Jane 287
DWIGHT —
Ann (Todd) . . 194
William. . . 194
Dyke —
Rachel Rebecca, 154,
200
Eagleson —
, Mr 33
John 343
Mary. 333
Earlb —
A. B., Dr 493
Earnest —
Adam 96, 97
Cyrus. 96
Frank 97
George 96
Henry 96, 97
Jacob. 96
Jennie 97
John. . . 96
Lewis 96
Mary Melissa. . . 97
Michael. . 14, 96, 97
MoUy 96
Moses 96
Ralph. 97
Samuel 96,97
Eastman —
David 414
Echols —
E. W., Mrs 16
EOKERT —
Addie. 246
Eckley —
^,B 450
Eddy —
Ransley 92
Zachariah. . . ..198
Edsell —
Phoebe.. 287
Edwards —
Elizabeth 377
Eggleston —
Elizabeth 615
ElSELE —
A. M 493
Elder —
John, Rev 304,
308, 309, 310,
312, 405
Robert 308
Elies —
Lyddy 405
Elkins —
P. D. 494
Bmjcott —
Andrew 236
Elliot —
Charles, Dr. . . .338
Elliott —
, Mrs. . . ..519
Andrew, Col. . . 238
James K 98
Jane 98
Ruth (Kinnear) .98
William, Dr. . . .98
Ellis —
JoelH 432
Micheal, Rev. . . .87
Minnie Pearl. . .191
Nancy Eliza. . . 191
Robert 129
Ellsworth —
Ann 322
Esther (White) 322
John, Lieut. .. .322
Henry, Col. . . .491
Elmore — \
Aimie. 462
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688
THE KINNEAR FAMILY
Embody —
Nellie 219
Emmons —
Julius 491
Emms —
Edward. . , ....440
Emory —
, Mr. . . 349
Joseph. 362
Engush —
, Mr 446
Erpubt —
Fred 130
Erwin —
^,Mr. 72
Ann 361
Anna May 361
James. 361
Mary. 71
Oliver. 361
Espy —
George K., Dr. . .237
Thomas S. . . ..623
ESSLINGER —
Frederick. . . . .494
Evans —
^,Mi8s 522
I)r 521
David, Dr. . . ..246
William 521
Evelyn —
Robert 78
Everett —
D. B., Mrs. . . .190
EWELL —
Bertrand. .... .296
EWING —
F. G 494
Pagel —
Baron, Gen. . . .146
Fairwbather —
Charlotte 278
Fane—
Henry, Sir. . . .438
Farrell —
Catherine 404
Farro —
Patillo, Col. . . 619
Farrow —
Annie 601
H. P., Col 602
Susan. . 500
Farver— ^
Eliza Odom.446, 448
Ferry —
ElishaP 68
FiDLER —
Noah. 242
FiLLEY —
Ann (Qillet) ..321
Anna (or Hannah)
..... ..321,323
Samuel 321
FiNLEY —
James B 80
Mary 261
Fisher —
J. H 224
"Fitch —
Bert A 272
Henrietta Winslow
374
Tillie M. (Kinnear)
274
Fittler —
Edwin H., Hon. 396
Fleming —
Charles Edwin. .503
Elizabeth 514
Jane 517
Lizzie (Dean) . .503
Mabel... 603
Thornton. . 241, 242
Flemming —
James 450
Fletcher —
Elizabeth. . 159, 186
Lucy 103
Flower —
Benjamin, Col. . 277
Floyd—
William 356
Fontaine —
, Mr. . . . .451
F0RI>^
y Mr 446
Betsy. 243
Bobert S. . . . . .444
FORSYTHE —
Robert 258
FORTESCUE —
Ann Elizabeth. . 147
Gerald 147
Foster —
Clara A. 104
Mary (Barkpatrick)
104
Randolph S.^ Bishop
340
Samuel G 104
Fox-
David... ..296,299
David, Capt. . . .299
Hannah. . .296, 299
Hannah (BaU) 296
Mary 299
Fradenburg —
Rev. 123
Franklin —
John 514
John, Sir 614
Fraser —
, Mrs 519
J. H 501
Frazer —
John 241
Fremont —
Gen 293,489
Friend —
Elizabeth 404
Fristob —
Richard 491
Frost —
Delia 129
Richard. 129
Fry—
Miss. 521
Fullerton —
Eliza. 260
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AND THBm KIN
689
Margaret A. . . .263
Mary Jane. . . .260
FULMBR—
Ghriatina 85
John. 86
(Stoat) . ..86
Fulton —
Barry 464
Dora. 464
Edwin 464
Lucille. . 464
William. . 447, 464
Gagb —
Almyra 416
Gailby—
D. 8 274
Oalbraith —
John. . 237
Gallup —
F 494
Gamble —
Andrew 261
Caroline Coalter.424
Hamilton, 424, 426,
426, 427
Hamilton, Mrs. .428
Hamilton Rowen
(Gov.). .424, 426
Mary Minor. . 424,
426, 426, 427
Sarah (Minor). 424
Ganlky —
Jane.. 3, 7, 111, 112
Jane (Bonnels) . 7,
111, 112
Michael..7, 111, 112
Gardinbb —
Elizabeth. . 331, 332
Elizabeth (Weir)
331
Feame. 1
John 331, 332
John, M. D 1
Julianna. . 331, 332
Luke. . . 331
Luke, Capt.331, 332
Eichard 331
—36
Richard, Capt. . 332
Gabdnbb —
Eleanor. .... .404
James Agg. . . 147
Garpield —
Pres 342
Gablani>—
Hamlin 317
Gabliok —
Datis (or Dates),
Dr.. 61,64
Gablington —
Albert A. . . ...613
Annie 613
Benjamin Conway
614
Bessie. 613
Charles C 613
Christopher. . . 609,
610, 613, 618
Conway 612
CresweU. . . ...614
Dickie 612
Edwin.499, 612, 618
Edwin Conway, 609,
610, 611, 612
Henry L 613
Henry W 613
James. . . .612, 613
John, 604, 612, 613,
614, 518, 619
John C 614
JohnD 613
John Young. . . 614
Joseph 612
Maria Louise. . .604
614, 618, 619
Mary 613
Nancy.499, 612, 618
Rachell H 613
Robert E 613
Samuel F 614
Sarah 610
Stobo Dickie. . . 614
Susan 614
Susan Jane. . .613
Susan Washington
(James). . . .604
Susannah (Dickie)
499, 612
William 612
William H 613
Gabeison —
Edna. 440
Gates —
Alvira C 219
Gatbwood—
, Mrs 460
Gaylobd—
John 321
. Mary (Clark) . 321
Gbeb —
John 198
Gbntby —
Nancy 461
Richard 466
Getohell —
Josephine. .... 123
Marshall P. 123,124
Getty —
Agnes Marietta. 139
Ebenezer 139
Marrietta. . ..139
Gibbon —
General 63, 66
Gibson —
David 432
Joseph. 196
Leroy S.-. . ...196
Gift —
Ellen (Shackelford)
386
George W 386
Jeannie Eugenia.386
GiLCHBIST —
Annie. 261
John 261
Mary (Blairdie)261
GiLB —
Abigail 414
GiLFILLIAN —
C. W 243
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540
THE KINNEAR FAMILY
OiLLBSPIE —
''Budd^' 117
David 117
Ethel 117
GiLLULLI —
Eolena . . . 478, 479
OiLMEB —
Mary 516
GiLMORE —
James 176
GiNKEL —
Gen 2, 165
GiNN —
Deborah 106
GiTTINGS —
U 242
Gladstone —
W. K . . 77
Glassell —
Jno., Jr 298
Gleason —
Thomaa 180
Glen —
Mourning. .453, 454
Glidden —
William. 418
GODDAKD—
Curtis 176
Godfrey —
Eliza 513
Gopp —
Eliza 278
Jane. . 282
Thomaa. . . ...282
GOPOBTH —
Thomas J. . ..495
Gold (or Goold^ or
Gould) —
Ann 391
GOLDERT —
Susan. . 249
GOODE —
. . 106
G. Browne. . . .426
John 426
Mary 483
Mary (Turpin) 483
Philip 426
Robert 483
Samuel 426
Sarah (orSallie) Cor-
nelia. . .426, 427
Thomas. 426
Goodrich —
Barnard 408
GOODSELL —
L. J 273
Goodwin —
^,Mr 245
y Mrs 450
Jacob. 243
Lavina. . . .... .245
Gordon —
Burgess Lee, Col.
436,437
Burgess Lee Garrett
437
Charles Goller. .437
Joel 520
John A 437
Nannie B 620
Raphael Semmes
Sibley. . . ...437
Texana (Early) 437
Gorman —
William G. . . .242
Gorton —
Mary 391
Samuel 391
GoucHER (or
GOUTOHER —
Elizabeth. . 119, 120
Henry. 120
Gould —
, Mr 419
Grabrielor —
ThomasWatkins.516
Graham —
A., Mrs. 189
Elizabeth... ...103
Frances Louise. .103
George Nelson. .103
James M. . . . . 103
Susan, Mrs.304, 405
William B. . . .103
Grandin —
E. B. 178
J. L. 178
Grant —
Abigail 321
Adoniram. . . .323
Algernon. 328
Ann (Buel) ...324
Anna (Filley) .321
Author Ha8tingB.315
Chaffee 327
Chapman. . . ...328
Clara Rachel . . 326
David, Ensign. . 322
David, Judge. .246
Ebenezer 322
Edward Blake. . 247
Ephraim 322
iFannie Imogene.247
Frederick Dent 327
Grace. . . . 322
Grax» (Minor), 314,
321
Hannah. 321
Hannah (Simpson)
314,364
Harold David. . 247
Hiram Ulysses (or
U. 8.) .314, 326
Jesse 363
Jesse, Jr 327
Jesse Root.302, 313,
314, 318, 324,
325
John 320
John Kelly. . . 326
Josiah. 320
Julia Dent. . . 327
Margaret 324
Martha, . . 323, 324
Martha (Hunthig-
ton)... .314,322
Mary 320
Mary Frances. . .326
Mary (Porter) 31^
320
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AND THEIB KIN
541
Mary Wiimifred 247 Gray—
Mathew 314 E8thei'(Moffatt)223
Matthew, 316, 318, Esther T..210, 223,
319, 320 224
Miriam. 327 IsabeUa. 262
Nathaniel . . ..880 Jacob. . . .223, 224
Nellie 328 James, Kev. . . .18
Noah, 314, 318, 321, John Henry . . .224
322, 323, 324, Joseph 176
325 Margaret 148
Noah B 324 MatQda. 18
Noah, Capt ..317, Gbkelet—
318, 322 Horace. . . 206, 489
Orvil Lynch. . . .326 Grbbn—
Peter, 318, 324, 326 Eliza. 73
Priscilla . .314, Erwin. . 73
319 George . . ...72, 73
Rachel B 326 James Pennel. . . 73
Bachel (Kelly) 314, Jane Simpson. . .73
324 Jane Young. . . .73
Eoswell B 326 Joseph 73
Samuel.. 314, 319, Mary Ann . ...73
320, 321, 323 Mary Young. . .73
SamuelSimpson.326 Ruth 72, 73
Sarah. . . . 320, 321 Simpson. . . 73
Solomon. . 322, 323, Wesley George. . 73
324 William Young. .73
Susan. 324 Grebnb—
Susannah (Delano) , Miss. . . .393
..... .314, 323 Ann. .... .391, 392
Tahan 319 Benjamin, 391, 392,
Ulysses S., Jr. .327 393
TJlysses S., Ill, Christopher. . . . 393
Capt 327 Elihu 393
TJlysses Simpson, Elizabeth, 391, 392,
106, 302, 303, 434
314, 816, 316, Gardiner. . 391, 392
317, 318, 326, George Washington
327, 330, 363, 393
364 Hannah 391
Virrinia Paine. .326 *^^^^ 393
Wiiiifred Agnes Jacob(-Judge-)393
247 James. . . 391, 393
John. .391, 392, 404
Gratbs— Lucretia 391
Azariah, Gen. . .444 Mary 391
Mary. . 416 Mary (Mott) . .393
NathanaeL . . ..393
Nathanael, Gen.391,
393
Nathaniel 391
Nathn. G. . . .394
Perry. . 393
Peter. 391
Phebe 392
Phoebe. . . 393
Phoebe (Greene) 393
Robert. 434
Roger S., Judge, 63,
64
Rufus 391
Sarah. 391
Thomas. .391, 392,
393
Welthyan. . . ..391
William. . .391, 393
Greeb —
Elizabeth. . . 72, 74
Elizabeth Hall. . .74
Hanse. . . ...72, 73
James 74
John, 67, 72, 73, 74
Mary Ann. . . ... 74
Robert 74
Simpson 74
Thomaa. 74
William Young. . 74
Grbgg —
Hannah. . . 241
John, 176, 241, 243
Samuel 153
Gregory —
Martha Ward. . .483
Richard 483
Sarah.. 387
Grew —
^,Mr. 392
Grifpin —
H., Capt 499
J. K., Hon. . . .499
Nathan, Deacon.416
Griffith —
Elizabeth 313
James. 313
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542 THE KINNEAB FAMILY
John 412 GuiGNON — .Ham:lik —
J. K,, Col 468 Joseph 193 L. L. 176
Mary (Simpson) Julia Ann (Bunion) HAMincR —
. . . 313 193 Jane 149
. Gbigg — Julia Marietta. .160, Hampton —
. 607 193 Wade, Gov 608
GsiMES — Mary. . . .160, 193 Hancock —
Aaron 91 Gzowski— Edith Belle. . . .137
Alma Buthania. . 91 Charlotte 144 Peter 137
Amanda. 91 C. S. 144 Hancobne —
Deborah Ellen, 91, Hack— J. L 146
92 Peter. 298 "Margaret 146
Deborah (White) Hadlby— Hani>—
. . .70, 90, 91, 92 Herbert S., Gov.488 Edward, Col. . . 306
Henry 324 Haqgaiuo— Handy—
Henry Leonard, 91, Mary F 461 ^ ^-^
92 Hainbs— Sallie " "^
James... 91 Capt. . 66 „^*"'^ ^
Maria 91 Hair— ^^Tt
Mary 91 Benjamin 406 f^^^- 266
Maty Ann, 70, 90, Haibb- ^ Buckner. . . 266
91 Sarah 313 Hanfobd—
Oliver, 70, 90, 91, Halbbrtv— C. H 65
92 Fannie 430 Hanks—
Buthania 91 Haldbrman — Eunice. . .381, 384
Sarah. 91 Wilson 97 Hannah—
Sarah Jerusha. . 91 Hale— Charles A 347
Gbindlay— Edward 98, 99 Lewis L. . . .25, 32
Isabella. 300 Elizabeth. . . . .620 William H. . . .428
Jessie 301 Jane 14, 98 Hantz—
Walter. 301 Kuth 98, 99 j m oa9
Grovb— Sarah .99 xx
Samuel 408 Hali^ ^'""^ n xr
Groves— , Miss 622 Cromwell, Mrs.
Frank. . . 449, 474 Elizabeth 74 j.'\ : :; -ff^
Frank Simpson .448 Hamacher- Sk 'wi. * '^^' ^
Jolm. . . .r . . .449 Cecelia E. ..... 162 ^'^^^^ 446
Hiram. 448 Jacob B. .... .162 Henrietta. ... .446
Grubbs— Susan (Shisler) 162 r ?® ^^
Christopher. . . .455 Hame- J^^^: 446
Elizabeth. . . .465 William 406 ^^^^^\ ^^
Nancy 455 Hamilton— Richard 446
Grymes— Alexander. ... .76 Harper—
, Miss..515, 517 Elizabeth Edna. 377 ^ Miss. . . .246
Chas., Bev. . . . .615 James, Gov. . . .241 Gteorge 493
GuERTHY— J. G 494 Harriman—
Susan 353 William, Lord. . 438 Elizabeth 25
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AND THEIR KIN
548
Harris — .
^,Mi88.. . ..117
Ann (Oldham).. 466
Anna. . 456
Benjamin. . . . .456
Christopher. . . .463,
464, 456
Dabney. 466
Eda. 444
Elizabeth. 290
Elizabeth Simpson
457
Elizabeth Williams
480
Frederick 461
Henrietta. 456, 461,
477
Henrietta (Simp-
son) . . . 467, 468,
459, 460, 461,
480, 483, 487
Henry Thomaa . 246
Isabella. ..... .456
James, 464, 466, 458
Jane. 466
Jemima. 451
John, 295, 298, 306,
455
John ("Jaek'O 446,
463, 467, 468,
459, 460, 461,
480, 483, 487,
489, 493, 496
John Simpson, . 466
Josephine. .457, 478
Julia Ann. . . . 466
Lucy. . 455
Margaret 466
Martha 280
Mary. . . . .464, 455
Mary Prances. . 466
Mourning 465
Mourning (Glen)
464
Nancy 464
Oyerton 466
Eobert... 453,464,
466
Bobert, Maj. . . 454
Samuel. ..... .455
Sarah 455
Sarah Ann . . .456
Simpson. . . ...306
Susan 480
Susan Simpson. 457,
479
Tyre. 464
William, 453, 464,
456
William Augustus
..... ..306,406
Harrison —
, Miss. . . .256
Ann. 405
Henry. . : 396
Mary 276
Hart —
Amy 360
Jonathan. .... .236
Joseph, Col. . . 360
Josiah 360
Nancy 360
Thomaa 442
Hartwbll —
Anna. 109
Harvey —
Mary. . . 519
Sarah E. . . . . .416
Ha88 —
Jacob 486
Hatch —
Byron K. . . ...196
Gertrude E. . . 196
Grace Irene. . . .196
JohnH. 196
Lenora E. . . ..196
Margaret N. . . .196
MaryD 195
Boy S 195
WilUam D. 160, 195
William D., Mrs.
190
Hatfield—
Emma. 127
Hatton —
Elizabeth 331
Hawkins —
Ellen 112, 139
Hannah. . . 112, 139
Isaac 112, 139
Hawlbt —
George Cressey.Wl
Gideon 141
Howard Hardman
141
Sophronia 141
William Edwin . 141
Hawthorn —
Isaac 272,276
Sadie 276
Hayes —
Alexander, Gen. 237
Jefferson Davis. 366
Joel Addison . 364,
366
Lucy White. . . 356
Margaret (Davis)
366
Varina Howell . 366
William Davis . 365
Hatnes —
Peter 129
Hays —
Boon 493
Susan, 521
Heard—
J. A 278
Lavina. . 417
Samuel M. . . .278
Heasley —
Catherine 73
Daniel. . . 73
Mary 73
Heayes —
Alice. . . f 618
Hedges —
Araminta. . . 24, 28
Hellabert —
Eva. 96
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Google
644
THE KINNEAR FAMILY
Hemingway —
Alfred T 177
Franklin White .177
Jane. . 177
Hbmphil —
Andrew, Bev. . . 82
Hbmphill —
Andrew 241
Hendbbson —
A. B 103
Ena Imelda. . . 103
Euphemia. . . .252
Frank. 480
Frank, Jr 480
Henry Thomas . 103
Lucy 119, 120
Ned. . 103
Richard, Judge, 443
Hendricks —
Ann ....483
Hendrix —
E. R., Biahop. . 465
Nancy Matilda, 474,
482
Henby —
C. K. 52
John Joseph. . . 312
Robert. 119
Robert Harrison.120
Hbrfobd—
H. F.,Dr 493
Hesketh —
Lonisa. 144
Robert, Rev 144
Hess —
Ellen Pauline. . 101
No» Adell. . . .102
Thwnas M., Rev.,99,
100, 101
HlOElCAN —
, Mr. 26
Maud 26
Hidden —
Dorothy. .... .419
HiGDON —
Monica. 429
HlQGINS —
Susan 287
HlQOS —
Monroe 130
HiLBORN —
Amos. . 405
Hill —
Alexander 274
Amelia. 274
Clement 331
Elizabeth. . . ..331
Ellen. . . 14, 99, 101
Harriet 274
Isaac 274
Jame8.272, 273, 275
James R 274
Jane 274
John 257,274
John W. . . ...176
Joseph 274
Knox C. . 273, 274
Margaret. . . .274
Margaret (Flor-
ence). 14,99,101
Marion 274
Mary. 273
Mary (Kinnear)273
Robin. 256
William.. . .14,101
William H., Capt
99, 101
William Leroy. . .99
HiLLARD —
Eli 118
Harry. 129
Hillary —
Ann. . . 43
Margaret (Crabb)
43
William. 43
HlLLER —
Hugh... 276
HiLLIARD—
William. 21
HlLUS —
Elizabeth 271
John. . . 276
HiLLYARD —
Morris. 432
HiMNER —
MaryH 294
HiNOHOLlPF —
Alfred.. 166
William. 166
Hinckley —
Donald Stanley. 369
Francis Edward.369
Francis Edward, Jr.
.. . 369
Percy Porter. . . 369
HiNES —
Nancy. . . . 302, 357
Hooker —
Dr. . . 462
HOPFINS —
Flora B 201
Hoppius —
Anice (Mead) . 216
Flora F. . . 200
Flora S 216
Thomas. . . 200, 216
HOFHERMS —
Mrs. 201
HOLDHRMAN —
George. 97
Oeorge Leland. . .97
Harry Ernest. . . 97
Jennie 97
Wilson. 97
Hollar —
Henry. 33
HOLLOWAY —
James, Mrs. . . 498
HOLMAN —
Edward. 28
Jeremiah. . . . .411
Holmes —
A. G 504,606
Alester G., Jr. . 505
Louise G 505
S.M.,Rev 503
HOLSINGER —
Jacob 33
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AND THEIR KIN
645
HONB —
Katherine 517
HONOBB —
Henry Hamilton.327
IdaM 327
HONYWOOD—
Florence Elizabeth
144
John, Sir. ... .144
Hooi>—
^,Mr 148
SamueL 150
Sarah, 148, 150, 156
Hook —
J. K . 506
Hoover—
Frederick Maynaid
. . . 104, 105, 107
Gilbert Corwin, 105,
107
Gilbert Corwin, St.
105
Isaac. 105
Sylvia (Pond) 105
Hopkins —
Anne. . . .146, 147
Charlotte E 225
Edwin, M. P. . . 146
Frances. . .... 147
Northey, Gen. . 147
Horn —
Frederick 277
Mariah 277
HORTON —
Peter D 176
Hough —
Warwick, Judge,468
BOUSBN —
Bernard. 129
HowB —
. . 523
Clarissa Zeller. . 229
Jennie Victoria. 229
Nelson Baker. . 229
Worthy 130
HOWBLL —
Franklin. .... .355
Margaret Louise
(Kemp). . . 354
Eichard, Gov. . 349,
355
Varina Banks. . 349,
350, 354, 355
William Burr. . 349,
354, 355
HowsoN —
William. . . ...298
HOYT —
Abigail 387
John 387
Hubbard —
Daniel 391
Elizabeth 391
Martha. 391
Hudson —
Bailey 324
HUFFIKER —
Christopher. . . 462
HUGHEY —
Eva 131
George. . . 118, 131
Victoria. .... 131
Hull —
Commodore. . . .371
Edwin Henry. . .371
Elizabeth (Loomis)
.. 320
John 175
Josiah. 320
Mary 320
Richard 295
Bobert 494
Samuel.. 207, 208,
244
HULTZ —
Christina. 69, 85, 86
Daniel 85,86
Ephriam 85
George 86
Gnemsey. . . . . .86
Jacob F. . 69, 85, 86
John 86, 383
Julian 86
Katherine. . . 85, 86
Pahner. . 69, 85, 86
Palmer, Jr 86
Priscilla. 86
Humphrey—^
Jean. . 196
HUMPHRBYB —
Frederick, Dr. . .319
W. Michael 319
Hunter —
Ann. 255
Charles 255
Duke Williamson
462
Elizabeth Ann. .462
Henrietta... ...462
James 255
James H 493
James M. 446, 461,
462
Jane Matthews) 255
J. C, Bev 97
J. L. . 178
J. M 496
J. M. J 494
L. L. 178
Margaret Bedora
160,190
Matthew P. . . .190
Polen. . 233
Bachel,512, 513, 618
Richard 462
Sarah (MagiU), 190
Thomas Hiram, 462
Thomas J 262
Huntington —
Abigail (Lathrop)
321
John 321
Martha. . . 321, 322
HURD —
Harriet 277
HUTSON —
Bev 224
Hyatt —
George H 173
George W 182
Lida B. Sijgy^, 178
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646
THE KINNEAR FAMILY
Hydb —
Burns Majmard. 108
Dorothy 108
Elbert 108
Elizabeth Jane. .108
QUbert Ferson . 108
Wesley 108
Htlton —
Frances 426
Hynb —
Adam 130
Ingraham —
Isaac, Dr 620
Sarah, Mrs. . . .520
Ingram —
George 13
Ingrim —
Andrew. 96
(leorge 96
Jane 96
John. . 95
Mary (Polly) . . 96
Rebecca 96
Irvine —
Andrew 240
Andrew, Mrs. . .240
B. Franklin.. . .240
Callender 239
Catherine Parker 240
Guy C. . 240
James 240
Jane D 240
John W., Dr. . .176
Mary F 240
Samuel 240
Thomas. . . 240
William 239
William A., Dr. .239
William Armstrong
239
William, Gen. . 236,
238, 239
Irving —
Wa8hington.489, 491
Irwin —
James. . . 379, 382
Joshua Benedici382
Silas B. . 272, 273
IVBB —
(Jeorge 147
Jackson —
Edward 214
Israel 461
James —
Anne (Strother)513
Benjamin. .513, 619
Jane 619
J. Crawford. . .484,
488
Jean (Stobo). . .513
John 613, 619
Louise 519
Maria. 519
Martha (Shouse)
.. . 484
Robert 619
Susan Washington
512, 513, 618, 619
Vassie. . . .484, 488
Jamison —
Ann, Mrs. . . .357
Jaquins —
Adda B. 197
Autumn 196
Catherine M. . . 196
Emaline 196
G^raldine E. . . 197
LoisB 197
Mary Emaline
(Siggins). . .196
Millard F. .160, 196
Stuart Kinnear .196
Worth. . . 160, 197
Worth, Mrs. . . .190
Jarvey —
John 300
Mary 300
Jefferson —
Martha 450
Pres 239,496
Jennings —
Flora 436
Jerdonb —
Frances 298
Jbtter —
John A. . . ...263
Lida A (Robbins)
263
Stella B 263
Jewett —
John T. A., Adj.234
Johnson —
. . . . .409, 494
Charlotte E. (Hop-
kins) 226
Dollie 521
Elizabeth 427
GarrittB. . 225
Garritt W. .211, 226
John. 176
Karl W 226
lillian E. . . ..226
Mary 618
Paul B. 225
Robert 493
Samuel P., Hon.206
Thomas, Rev. . 469,
471, 496, 496
William Preston.351
Johnston —
Ella. 141
Samuel 442
JOLUFFE —
Anne. 145
William, Sir. . . 146
Jones —
y Miss. . . . .465
Aaron, 98
Anita 372
Anna, .... 160, 196
Anna Schend:. .371
Augusta Moody. 372
B. T. 483
Charles A. .470, 472
Edwin Henry. . .371
Eliza Royal. . . .426
Elizabeth Hendrick-
son 371
Elizabeth Hull . 373
Elliott H. . 465, 468
Florence Elwell.372
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ANDTHSQt KIN
547
Poster. 466
Prank H 328
George. . . 331^ 466
Greta Ethel 247
Helen Rowland, 372,
373
James. 371
John 1%
Lucy W 604
Martha. 426
Mary . . ...98, 461
Mary Elizabeth..483
Minerva Loretta 371
Oliver BusseU. . 373
Percy.. 367
Sally. 98
Willard S., Jr. .372
Willard Starin. 371,
372
William .298
JOUETT —
John. 464
Joyce —
Thomas Pusey. .246
Kay—
Lizzie A.. 280, 282
Stephen D. . , .282
Eeake —
John 66
Ejbarney —
. 494
Charles E., Col. 480
Charles Esmond,478,
479
Charles Esmond,
Col 467
Esmond. 479
Prances Esmond 478
Julia. . 442
Julia Mastin. . .478
Lizzie Mastin, 478,
479
Margaret Josephine
479
Mary Louise. . . 478
Wheeler 479
William Bemard478
Ebaby —
^,Mr. 363
Ellen 363
Pauline 363
Robert 363
Samuel. . . ....363
Eblleb —
S. P. 494
W. H 494
Kelley —
Betsey. 414
Kellogo —
Edith Pratt, Mrs.
.. 293
Kelly—
Bachel, Mrs. . . 318
323, 324, 326
Kelso—
William 304
Kemp (or Kempt) —
James, Col. .. 349,
366
Margaret Louisa 349
Kenneab —
James 4
Kennedy —
Charles Ellis. . . 128
Clara M 128
Henry H 128
Kennbib —
David 4
John 4
Kenner —
Duncan P., Hon.297
Eliza. 296
Elizabeth 296
Frances. 296
Francis, Capt. . 296,
297
George 298
Hannah 296
Howson (or How-
sen). . . .296,297
John 4
Judith 296
Lawrence 296
Lucy. 296
Margaret 298
Mathew 297
Mary 296
Newton. .... .297
Eev 297
Bichard. . . 296, 296
Bichard, Capt. . 296,
297
Bodham. .296, 297,
298, 299
Bodham, Capt . 296
Bodham, Col. . .296
Bodham, Bev. . 296,
298
Thomas 297
Winder. 297
Winder, Col. . . 296
Keknob —
Bodham 298
(or Kenner), Bod-
ham, Bev. . . .297
Kent —
John P. 176
Kepneb —
Elizabeth 66
Kebb —
James 443
KiLGOBB —
, Miss. . . . .602
KiNOHEN —
John. 442
King —
Charles, Gen. ..316,
316
Bobert 188
KiNOSBUBT —
Fannie. 249
KiNGSLEY —
William H 370
Kinsley —
Hiram 176
KiNNEAB —
Addie 131
Adelida. . . 22
Agne8.262, 272, 276
Agnes A. . .272, 273
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548
THE KINNEAR FAMILY
Agnes Drake. . . 253
Agnes Drake (Les-
lie) 263
Albert. 29
Albert L 279
Alex. M. . . ...260
Alexander^ S, 6, 7, 9,
16, 110, 111,
112, 113, 114,
116, 117, 121,
122, 227, 266,
267, 283, 284,
289
Alexander Smith. .1
Alexander Sullivan
26
Alfred 246
AUceM. .. .28,278
Alp^ens J.90, 93, 94
Amanda. . .118, 273
Amos 118, 131
Andrew, 3, 6, 11, 12,
69, 84, 99, 248,
264, 267, 284,
290
Andrew David. . .26
Andrew James. . .84
Andrew, Eev... 13,
68, 71, 72, 86
Andrew Vanwidc294
Ann, 6, 9, 11, 16, 31,
162, 163, 204,
216, 227
Ann Amanda ..99,
100, 101
Ann Eliza. 272, 273
Ann Louise. .. .249
Ann McGleland. . 31
Anna. 286
Anna Araminta. . 28
Anna Delmar. . . 26
Anna Elizabeth.119,
133
AnnaG 261
Anne 284
Anne (Seymour) 30
Anne Victoria. . 247
Annie,246, 264, 286 Ghipman 246
Annie G 261 Clara 89
Annita. 226 Clara Foster 104
Anthony Hedges .28 Clara Josephine 130
Archibald. ... 292 Ckude H., Dr. . 267
Archibald K. . . 292 Courtney, Col. . 246,
Ayward Potter. .132 247, 248, 249
Baron. 1 David. . .22, 24, 28,
Beatrice 226 31, 34, 68, 99,
Belle, 219, 220, 221 227, 260, 262
Benjamin. . . 23, 26 David James. . . 28
Benjamin Florence David, Judge ..13,
26 23,33
Benjamin Neesmith David Mitchell, 261,
286 262
Benjamin P. . . 287 ^^^^ ^ 3 g ^
rSif"'''290 1^>31,68,71,76
Campbell . .290 ^^ ^^2, 163,
Camptell Judge290 164,228,231,
Carlisle Wentworth ^23
r,;™;; v^^iH' ^M ^'^^' ^'^' «^' 82'
Larmen Liouise . . 60 83 84
CMoUne, 202, 217, Deini,r Cariisle .139
- ^^° „ , . Dinah (Yotmg) 67,
Caroline Goolsbniy .yj i^g gg^
(Savior). ... 89 _ ',, ' -,^.
Caioliie Matilda, 89 ^"ff- • : v f^
C.V. 76,233 Earl (or Erie) S.
Carter Verow •• ■ •' ' •,,**% oo
(Jiidge)163, 198, S^^"!"-- JS
199, 200, 204, g^ 5 f S^J
211, 216; 236; Ed»"^ M- (»>**)„
243 ^^'
Celic. 131 Edna Luoetta. . . 138
C P. ii. ..204,' 223 Edward Bot8ford246
diaries 4,'22, 24, 27, Edward Delmar . 84
154, 202, 204, Edward Otto. . .246
216,256 EffieJane 132
Charles Allee ... 48 E. James 276
Charles E. .287, 288 Eleanor. . .....9
Charles F. L. . .210 Eleanor (Carney) 7
Charles Henry. 278, Eleanor Dinah. . 84
280 Eliza, 27, 273, 284
Charles Mondell.222 Eliza Florence . 104,
Charles W 276 107
Charlotte Piisoilla Eliza Jane,202, 218,
123 261
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AND THEIR KIN
549
Elizabeth, 7, 16, 30,
89, 113, 116,
118, 126, 131,
163, 227, 228,
232, 264, 266
Elizabeth (Betsy)
227
Elizabeth C. 16, 286
Elizabeth Connelly
.. 18,21
EUzabeth Dinah. .89
Elizabeth E. . .276
Elizabeth (Hillifi)
272, 276
Elizabeth Verow. 6,
6, 162, 163, 231
Ella Maria, 126, 136
Ella W 210
Ellen 289
EUen (Hill) . . 100
Ellen Elizabeth. 140
Ellen Magdalena. 26
Emaline. . 118, 129
Enuna. 126
Estella Tarlton. 249
Esther. . ..133, 136
Eugen D 288
Eugene 280
Eunice Agnes. 141
Buphemia, 262, 263,
264
Euphemia H. . 263
Eva. 280
Fannie 246
Fannie Louise . 26
Fannie Myrtle. . 246
F. D 243
Femie. 219
Flora. 203
Florence. . ...131
Florence D.204, 210
Florence E. . . .210
Florence Eyalyn.137
Florence Jennie. 141
Florence May. . 224
Fl<qrd CUfton. . 137
Frances E. 228, 278
Frances Luella . 140
Francis, 11, 13, 14,
70, 216
Francis D., 16, 201,
210, 211, 214,
216, 216, 226
Francis Delmar, 16,
19, 22, 86, 623
Frank. 126
Frank D. . 200, 216
Frank P 261
Franklin Irving . 89
Frederick. . . ..280
Gamaliel DeEalb
28, 29
Ganley ...113, 114,
116, 126
Genevieve. . . . .280
George, 1, 27, 48, 49,
68, 69, 162, 262,
266, 280, 289
George A 267
George Aaron. . .26
George Cosgrove .48
George Courtney 246
George Delmar. . 84
George L. 48
George Lemons. 246
George W. 204, 210,
222, 223, 224,
234, 236
George W., Mrs.224
George Washington
• • ••• ...••• ^7o
Georgia B 226
Georgie B. . . .224
Gerald 141
Gideon Draper, Bev.
. . .16, 17, 18, 176
GlenniP 223
Guy 223, 224
Guy Howard. . .29
Hannah. . .100, 101
Hannah Eliza
Spaulding. . .246
Hannah Grace. . 140
Hannah Jane. . 139
Hannah (McCutch-
en). . . .100, 101
Hannah Bachel
Fidelia. . 99, 100,
102
EEardman Nathan
(Dr.). . .139, 141
Harriet 278
Harriet J. . . .202
Harriet N. . . .272
Harriet P. . . .202
Harold C 217
Harriet L. (McEin-
ney). 212
Harriet Sarah. . 293
(Harrison),
Mrs 273
Harry C 204
Harry J 223
Hattie. 126
Hazen. 246
H. C. . . .221, 223
Henrietta 263
Henry . . 6, 16, 28,
148, 167, 204,
206, 216, 227,
231, 232, 236,
242, 243, 276,
277, 363
Henry, Sr. . 4, 162,
163, 164, 176,
176, 232, 244,623
Henry C. . 210, 224,
261
Henry Nelson 14, 16
Henry Puncabee,
Hon., 164, 176,
204, 206, 206,
207, 208, 209,
216, 233, 236,
624, 626, 626
Henry E 276
Henry T. . . ...268
Herbert E 94
Herbert J. . . . .98
Hester Jane. . . 278
Howard C. . ..200
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660
THE KINNEAR FAMILY
Hulda (Bulaiid)116
IdaM 89
Irene I. . . 293
Isaaa.es, 69, 89, 90
iBabella 253
IsabeUe. 252
Isabelle (Baker) 293
Jacob Hawkins. .139
James, 3, 4, 6, 6, 7,
8, 11, 13, 14, 16,
98, 113, 114, 115,
119, 120, 122,
123, 124, 134,
149, 162, 153,
204, 215, 227,
252, 253, 254,
255, 267, 272,
283, 290
James Bruce. . .254
James Clinton . 269
James, Dr. 272, 275
James Edward. . 94
James Freeland. 267
James Madison, 125,
137
James Marion. . 123
James, Bey. . . 112,
138, 257
James Victor. . 224
James W., 123, 243
James W., Jr. .279
James Wesley. .124,
133, 134, 135,
136
James Wesley, Jr.,
..... .133, 135
James Wesley, Mrs
136
James Woods. . 277,
278, 281
Jane. 15, 16, 69, 85,
112, 131, 152,
153, 227, 228,
231, 245, 254,
257, 275,
Jane (Ganley) 111,
112, 114, 121
Jane (Hale). . . 98
Jane Melissa. 84, 92
Jane (Simpson) 5,
6, 7, 19, 22, 227
J. B 283
Jeannette . 123, 133,
135
Jeannette ( Parshall)
134
Jennie S 90
Jesse 26
Jessie Myrtle. . .29
J. H 290, 291
Joel B 279
John. . 22, 89, 112,
113, 114, 116,
125, 131, 139,
231, 249, 250,
254, 255, 256,
257, 272, 275,
276, 290
John, Jr. 249
John, Rev. . .45, 69,
86, 87, 88
John A. . 265, 294
John Amos. . . .60
John B. . . 280, 281
John Breckenridge
. . . 279, 280, 283
John Delmar. . . 87
John F. . .203, 222
John Gardiner. . .1
John Hamilton. 268
John Karl. . . .140
John R. . . .58, 276
John Ritchey. . .27,
58,59
John Roy 48
Johns 277
John Smith. . . .139
John Wesley. . . 85
Joseph.. 23, 25, 250.
272, 274, 275,
276, 284
Joseph, Jr. . . .273
Joseph Henry. . .28
Josephine. 123, 124,
Josephine Delmar.30
Joshua 18
Josiah . ..100, 101,
103, 109
Josiah Dix.104, 105
Josie Devona. . . 28
J. W 290
Katherine 293
Katheryne E. . 224
Kemper Greenlee
.. 266
Kenneth M. . . .247
Kenneth W. . . .222
Laura 22
Lawrence. . 63, 272
Lawrence R. . . .210
Lawrence Wnison
.. 63
Leata. 60
Leonidas Nation. 84
Leslie Marion. .125
Leta. 58
Lewis Edmund. 249
Lewis J. . .202, 219,
220
Lewis J., Corp. 235
Lida Margaret .263
LilaMay 132
Lillian C. . 211, 224
Lily Belle. . . .140
Lina 280
L. J., Mrs. . .. 220
Lockwood 27
Lucile (or Lucille)
..... .200, 217
Lucius Alden. . .249
Lucy. 31
Lydia 131
Lyle De Arle. . .132
Magdalena. .24, 31,
37,47
Malinda Jane. . . 86
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AND THEIR KIN
551
Margaret . 3, 4^ 5^ 6^
7, 11, 13, 18, 96,
148, 160, 162,
163, 154, 167,
158, 167, 204,
216, 231, 232,
263, 267, 260,
363
Margaret Elizabeth
.. 286
Margaret Ingram
19
Margaret Isabell.293
Margaret (Kin-
near). 232
Margaret L.272, 273
Margaret Louise. 94
Margaret Virginia
28
Marguerite Mabel
Vivian 246
Maria E 101
Maria Jane. . .32, 60
Maria Jane Dobson
246
Marie. . . 100, 223
Marinda
(McDugal). . .83
Marion. 219
Marion H 203
Martha. . 228, 262,
263, 289
Mary. 11, 12, 13, 14,
15, 17, 19, 69, 96,
113, 118, 128,
253, 254, 272,
273, 276
Mary A. . .201, 216
Mary Agnes. . . 140
Mary (AUender) 16
Mary Ann. 113, 116,
116, 126, 139
Mary Ann (Koch)
33
MaryD.*.V..!.288
Mary Delmar (or
Delamar). 3, 11,
12, 24, 30, 36, 38,
39, 46, 99
Mary B. . . 247, 286
Mary Ellen. . . .261
Mary Gertrude. 132
Mary Grace (Bur-
nett) 128
Mary Jane .272, 273
Mary Lovina. . .249
Mary M 28
Mary Melvira. . .89
Mary Perry 266
Mary Young. . . 84
Mattie C. .... 286
Maurice 141
May 279
Maybell Elizabeth
131
Means, Mrs. . . .68
(Mercer) 278
Mersey 246
Michael. . .266, 290
Mildred Ann. . . 279
Minnie Elizabeth
.. 32,60
Moses Adkins. . . 87
Nancy . 3, 7, 16, 69,
87, 154, 231, 227
Nancgr H. 17, 20, 21
Nancy (Kinnear)16
Nancy Short. . . .16
Napoleon B. ..292,
293, 626
Nellie. . . .139, 141
Nellie G. . . ...223
Nelson Franklin. 30
Orin. . 249
Orin Verow. ..200,
217
Orlando... ....287
Paul 141
Pauline Delmar.lOO,
101
Pearl 86
Peter .260^261,289
Philo C
Phoebe . 23, 26, 36,
44
PoUy 99
E. A 178,218
Bachel EUen. . .27
Baohel B. (Dyke)
. ..211,216
Balph Edgar. .104,
105
Balph William. .132
Baymond Amos .132
Bebecca. . . 70, 113,
114, 116, 163,
204, 216
Bebecca Connelly. 18
Bebecca (Maoel-
vaine) 121
Bebecca (Mcllvane)
.. 114
Beginald 279
Bichard. ..9, 25, 31
Bitchey M. . .68, 69
Bobert . 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
16, 148, 162,
163, 164, 201,
204, 216, 227,
231, 232, 236,
253, 264, 267,
267, 283, 284,
286, 289, 290
Bobert A. .221, 234
Bobert Alexander
. . . 202, 218, 219
Bobert F 289
Bobert G., Dr. . 267
Bobert H 228
B. M 68
Bobert Maxwell Ir-
win, Dr. 246, 247
Bobert Morris. .289
Bobert Boberts. . 18
Boger Irving. . .132
Bonald. . . 261
Boscoe Hall. . . 218
Bose 130
Bussell Alger. . .140
Digitized by
Google
652
THE KINNEAR FAMILY
Ruth . 94, 98, 126,
228
Sadie F 286
Samuel . 14, 99, 100,
101, 119
Samuel Alexander
..... .104, 106
Samuel B 276
Sarah. . . 246, 284
Sarah Alice 32
Sarah Isabel. . . 272
Sarah Maria. ... 26
Sarah Thoma8on246
Sarah (Whitney)
.. 292
Sophia 119
Stanley Reade. . 29
Stephen, Rev... 24,
29, 30
Stuart 246
Susan.. . .......246
Susan M. . 278, 279
Susanah 228
Sylvester. . . ..287
Syntha Sarophenia
89
Theodore. .118, 130
Theodore, Jr. . . 131
Thobum Wright 141
Thomas . 1, 3, 6, 7,
148, 162, 232,
252, 264, 277,
281, 282, 283
Thomas J 290
Thomas Pharies278,
280, 281, 283
Tillie M 272
Viasta. 28
Vista Clair 28
Wallace D. .215, 216
Wallace Dudley 200,
201, 216
Weldon. . 89
William, 3, 6, 6, 7,
8, 9, 12, 16, 16,
17, 22, 24, 66, 86,
112, 113, 114,
115, 121, 122,
125, 133, 134,
149, 227, 242,
245, 262, 263,
264, 267, 277,
284, 287, 288,
293, 302, 303,
306, 362, 363,
626
William, Jr. . . ..8
William, Rev. 9, 17
William Alexander
286
William D. . . .290
William Erwin . 70,
90, 91
William Pihnorel24
William H 118
William Henry . 26
William Mcllvain
. . . 113, 116, 119
William R. . 84, 130
William Raymond
623
William Shattuck
104
William Tarlton 249
Willis. 222
Willis H 93
WiUis H., Jr. . . 94
Willis Hayes ... 94
Willson (or Wilson)
Sherman 32,61,63
Winfield Scott . 210
Winnie 279
W. S 63
W. S.,Mrs 64
Zula 279
KiNKBB —
James 231
John 276
John, Rev 86
Margaret 232
Kinney —
^,Mr 408
KiNNIB —
Gteorgia Perry . 267
KiNNIER —
Alexander. . . ..262
Andrew. . 268, 260
Andrew Freeland
Ann Eliza. . .
Anne. . 263
Bessie J 266
Carrie Davidson 263
Charles Saunders
263
Clarence Lee. . 269,
270
Claude Hamilton,
Dr. . 263
Clinton Freeland
271
Dacre. . . .258, 261
Edgar Owen. . . 267
Enomeline Virginia
299
Florence 263
Frank Hugar. . .266
George Alexander
269, 262
George Fullerton
263
George Perry. . . 261
Georgetta. . . . .261
Hamilton 260
Hannah Gray. . .262
Henry Lee. . . .271
Isabella Holt. . 269
Isabella (McWhir-
ter) 262
Jaen 269
Jaen Elizabeth . 268
James 269
James Clinton. 271,
299
James Freeland 269,
270
James Owen. . 261,
266
James, Rev.268, 269
James Williams 268
Jane. . . ..268, 269
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Google
AND THEOEt KIN
553
Jane Ballagh. . 270
Jane Otey 268
Janett Bobertson
.270
Joirn. 256,' 257, 258,
259, 261, 262,
266, 267
John A. . 261, 267
John Hamilton. 270
John, Rev. 259, 264
John Tanner. . .268,
271
Joseph. 271
Josephine Percy.270
Lillian Barksdale
266
Lydia Wistar. . .271
Margaret . 258, 259,
262
Margaret A. . ..261
Margarets. .. .263
Margaretta. . . .270
Margaretta Eliza-
beth. . 271
Mary 258,263
Mary Ann. . . . 259
Mary (Ballagh)
..259
Mary Elizabeth. 270
Mary Jane . . . .261
Mildred Lelia. . 268
Pauline Powell . 263
Percy. 270
Robert . .258, 259,
270
Robert HaU. . . 269
Samuel. . 261, 266
Sarah. . ..258, 262
Victoria. . 269, 271
Virginia Langhom
.. 271
Warren Lawson 267
William 268
William Barksdale
266
KiBKBRIDB —
George 452
ElBKPATRIGK —
Margaret. .... .274
ElTTEBIDQE —
410
KliEINaiNG —
Paul 165
EUNGEB —
Ida M. 82
Klugh —
Jean S 506
M. Louise, Jr. 506
Williston W., Jr.506
Williston Wright
(or Wrighteian)
. ..505,506
Knapp —
Clifton. . . ....127
Mercy 387
Knight —
Anne. . 392
Henry, Maj. . . . 145
William, Rev. . .145
Knox —
, Miss. . . .502
Henry, Brig. Gen.
277
John. . . xiv, XV, 76
John C. . . ....237
Koch —
Kitty 33
Magdalena. . . .33
Mary Ann. . 13, 23,
31, 33
Phoebe 13, 23
Susanna 33
William. . 13, 23, 33
Ktnnbr —
Amy 255
Simeon. 255
Symon 255
Lacy —
Charles C . 163, 164
Hazel B 164
James, Capt . . 362
John, Capt. . . 357
Lafayettb —
360
Laken —
Melissa. 347
Lamprey —
Elizabeth. 416
Lanoasteb —
Eleanor. 452
Launcelot. . . .452
Lanb —
Lemuel 176
Peter. . 415
William. . . 408
Langhorn —
Elizabeth (Morris)
269
E. Virginia. ..269,
271
Maurice, Col. . .269
Larkin —
^,Mr. .. ...161
Laswell —
Lucinda. 431
Law —
Bessie (Linn) . 344
John 344
Jonathan 322
Margaret 344
Lawless —
Ellen M 289
Lawrence —
Amos A 422
Lawbon —
, Mr 262
David 262
Joseph 262
Mamie Pearl. . . 267
Layton —
Ann 452
Leavitt —
Jemima 322
Le Baron —
Theodore 118
Theodore, Jr. . .118
Le Beau —
, Mr. . 121, 122
Lee —
Charles 298
Digitized by
Google
654
THE KIKNBAB FAMILY
Edmund JenningSy
M. D 299
Elizabeth. . . 66, 68
J. A., Senator. . 22
James Wilson, Sen.
623
Park 493
R E., Gen. . . .266
Bichard Henry. 297
Samuel Griffith
Hancock. ... 298
liBETB—
William, Bev. . 106
Lb Gusrrie —
William 486
Lbslib —
Agnes Drake. . .253
Lbwis —
^,Mr 496
Charles, Gapt. . .451
Cynthia 296
J 298
James. 298
William Terrell 451
Zaohaiy, Col. . . 451
LiNCOLK —
Abraham. . 77, 181,
335, 336, 337,
341, 342, 348
Abraham, Mrs. . 337
Charles A. 160, 196
ClMurles A., Mrs. 190
Charles Burdette
196
Ealph A. . . ...196
LiPSOOKB —
Barlow 463
Dabney. . 446, 461,
462
Duke 463
Eliza. . 463
Elizabeth 461
Henrietta. . 458, 463
Henrietta (Harris)
461
Henry C. . . ...478
James 477
Joel. .456, 461, 477
John Harris. . . 477
Joseph Karnes . 478
Josiah 461
Louisa . 445, 447^
461
Mary 463
Nancy. . . 461, 463
Nancy (Gentry)
; . . 447, 462, 477
Nathan . 447, 461,
462, 477
Pattie 461
Bichard 463
Bobert 463
Bodney Bernard 477
Susan 461
William 477
William S. . . .461
Zachary Taylor. 463
LiPSGOKBB —
Grace 478
LiTCHPIBLD—
Leona Edith . .473,
482
LiTTLBPIELD—
Catherine. . . .393
LOBDELL —
Henry 129
LOCKETT —
Catherine . 160, 165
James 165
Eatherine 159
Mary (Stranger)
165
LOCKHAKT —
Catherine 158
Logan —
, Mrs 519
LONDER —
^,Mr 161
L0N<3 —
Delia 159, 189
Eleanor (Gray) 189
Hugh 189
John 176
LONQFBLLOW —
410
Lopus —
Isaac 198
L0VBLANI>—
Esther 136
Solomon 136
LOWBBY —
John G. . . 110, 111
L. L 198
LOWRT —
Grant 521
LOWTHBB —
Mary 405
LuoKT —
William T 466
LUNDFORD —
Thomas 517
LUPTON —
Lancaster P., Capt.
485
Ltbll —
Henry 438
Lyford—
William 464
Lykins —
Dr. 495
Johnston, Dr. . 493
Lyman —
Gen 317, 322
Lyon —
George G 54
MgAfbb —
James 240
MgAtbb —
Monica. 429
McCalmont —
Alexander. .114, 236
Alfred B., Gen. 237
McCarty —
Charles. ..456, 487
Mary Frances
(Harris)483, 487
MoCaulby —
Polly. . . .229, 230
MoChbsnby —
, Mr. . . .229
Digitized by
Google
AND THBIB KIN
565
MoClabt —
Andrew, Maj. . 413
MoClbllan —
Abraham 491
MoGlblland —
Isaiah C. T. ...11
James 378
Joseph 378
Lucy 9,26,31
Maria 9
Mary (Irwin) .'.378
Matthew . 378, 393
Polly (Irwin) . .378
Eebecca 46
Thoma8.8, 9, 11, 31
Virginia. .377, 378,
393
MoClube —
David. . . 409, 411
Jane. » 411
Margaret 274
Melissa 274
MoCOMAS —
, Mr 447
Anna 462
Duke 464
Engenia 464
Enfus 464
Enfus F 464
MoCoRD —
Agne8.453, 454, 455
MoCoRKLE —
Elizabeth 148
McCOBMICK —
Calista. 229
Charles. . .229, 230
Dominick. . 16, 227,
228
Eliza 228
Grace 231
Harriet 229
Helen Lonise. . .230
Henry Baxter. . 229
Isabel 230
James. . . 229, 230
Jennie 229
John 229,231
Julia Adele. . .
Lewis 229
Lillie 230
Mary Ruth 230
Percy 231
Rebecca 230
Robert 228
Robert Wyle. . .230
Samuel 230
Vashiti Viola. . 229
William. . . 16, 228
William Boadley229
McCoy—
Isaac, Rev. 491, 492,
495
John. . . 492, 496
John C. . . 493, 495
McCULLOUGH —
George. . .334, 844
Henry 175
McCuNB —
Eleanor (Kidd) 166
Ploy Alberta. . .166
John Laird. . . 166
Tiaird Siggins. . 166
William Leonard
165,166
McCUTCHBN —
E.R 505
John 99, 100
Nancy. . . .445, 450
Susannah. . 99, 100
McCUTCHEON —
Hannah. 14, 94, 100
McDONOUOH —
Thos 355
McDowell —
Elmer K 225
Georgia B 211
Georgia M 225
Lafayette. . 211, 224
Marie E. (Cook)
224
Samuel H. . . . .224
McDuGAL —
Dorcas 83
Eleanor. 69, 82, 83,
84
Eleanor (Brittian)
Mrs 83
Elizabeth 83
James. 69, 82, 83,
84
Jane 83
John 83
Katherine 83
Lewis. . . 83
Marinda. 69, 82, 83,
84
Robert 82,83
Sarah 83
Selina. 83
Stephen 83
Thomas 83
MoElhakby —
Alexander 17
McElboy —
Elizabeth 520
Margaret (or Mary)
343
McGbb —
A. B. H 493
James. 494
Kate Forman. .447,
463
MoGlBBONS —
Ellen 250
McGbeoob —
Rev xvii
McGuibb —
Elsie 119, 120
McHendbeb —
Bishop 243
McIlvain —
Elizabeth (Qoucher)
114, 115
Rebecca. . 112, 113,
114, 116
McIlvanb —
Bishq) 15
(McIlvain) William
. . . ....114, 115
Digitized by
Google
556
THE KINNEAR FAMILY
McIktire —
Mary 417
William, Maj.-Gten.
106
McIntybb —
, Mr 242
MoESAN —
Chief Justice. . . 239
McKJKB —
, Miss. . . .269
Dr 269
MoEENrasB —
Bishop 177
MoEsNZiE —
Brown 286
John 285
Robert Einnear. 285
Stuart 285
McKlNNEY —
Annie May (Brown)
214
Arlie 214
Arthur.212, 213, 214
Arthur, Mrs. . . 214
Barnabas 176
Fred 0. . .213, 214
Harriet L. 201, 210,
214
Hattie 214
James.212, 213, 214
John. 76, 175, 201,
204, 210, 212,
213, 214
John, Jr. . 212, 213
John W 174
Loranda (Simmons)
201, 210, 212, 213
Lurline. . . 213, 214
Mary 216
Myrtle 214
Nellie B. .213, 214
Rebecca (Arthnr)
212,213
Susan. . . .212, 218
William S. 213, 214
McKnight —
Jane 149, 425
MoEONKST —
Jacob 402
James .402
John 402
Lydia.363, 369, 390,
401, 402
Mary 402
Sallie 402
Samuel 402
William. . .379, 401,
402, 403
McLean —
Simeon 253
MoMahon —
John 176
McMillan —
Martha Shaw. . .369
McMuLLBN —
Elizabeth 191
McNeil —
Hugh W., Col. . 234
MoPhebbon —
Daniel W 26
Logan G 26
MoPhilancy —
Elizabeth 284
MoPiAB —
Judge 170
McRea —
Margaret 82
McWiLLIAMS —
Elizabeth 427
Kenneth 194
Margaret Sue. . 195
William. 194
William, Capt. .427,
428
Macalpinb —
Kenneth 76
Macalreb —
Mary Ann 373
MaoComas —
Bettie, Mrs. . . 444
Mackay —
Alexander. . . .301
Anne Pitzgerald.301
Beatrice Frances
Fredericka. . .301
Ethel Lucy Florence
301
Mackenzie —
George Norbury
332, 349
Mackebness —
Frances 426
Macy —
Abigal 384
Clarissa. . 382, 385
George. . . 382, 385
Judith. . . 384, 390
Louise Coffin. .382,
385
Robert 384
Thomas 384
Magaw
Robert 307
Magill —
Antrim 120
Mainb —
Lulu 214
William 214
Majors —
Missouri 447
Maltby —
M. H 426
Mannaran —
C, Mrs 276
Mansfield —
, Miss. . . .393
, Mr 393
Marsh —
Jerusha 92
Marshall —
Chief Justice. . .379
Samuel, Capt. . .106
Marston —
Simon, Capt. . .412.
413
Martin —
Ben V 505
Charles 202
Clyde 108
James 455
Digitized by
Google
AND thur kin
667
Maria G 506
Richard W. S. .505
S. M 504, 606
S. M., Jr 606
Virginia 108
William 108
Mastin —
John 480
John J... 456, 481,
487
Josephine 480
Mary 480
Theo 480
Thomas H.457, 480,
481, 482
Thomas H., Jr. 481
Matheeb —
Richard, Rev. . IOC
Samuel 106
Mathews —
Richard. . 256, 257
Matthews —
Priscilla, Mrs. . 296
Maupin —
Daniel 454
John 454
John, Jr 454
Margaret 455
Maubt —
^,Mr8 460
Maxwell —
, Mr 462
John, Oapt. . . .151
MAYNABn—
Bums Leroy. . . 107
Cora Amanda. . 108
Emma 107
Emma A 105
Emma Darleen. 107
Florence Alda. . 107
Harry Culver. . 108
Horace Jefferson 107
Jefferson Pinney
106, 107
Lena. 108
Sarah Dorcas. . 108
Mead —
Ann 220
Ann (Carr) ...219
Anna 243
Arsenath 382
Darius 243
Emily L 221
H. C 168
John 161
John D 154
Joseph. . . .219, 220
liouisa A. 202, 219,
220
Nathaniel. 379, 380,
382, 384, 403
Phebe.380, 384, 390
Phillip. . . 175, 243
Polly 154
Polly Hoffins. . .202
Ralph P 166
Rufas P 166
Means —
Rebecca 27,59
Medart —
Asher 326
Elizabeth 326
Mary 326
Meeker —
Maria. 447
Mellen —
Mercy C 216
Mercer —
, 280
Mercur —
James Watts. . 358,
362
John D., Dr. . .362
John Davis. . . .358
Henry 361
Mary (Watts) .361
Rodney Augustus
..... ..358,362
Ulysses, Jr. . . .362
Ulysses, Judge. 361
Meriwether —
, Mr 451
Mariha 615
Merkle —
Pauline 125
Merrill —
Mabel Irene. . . 279
William 279
Mesbrvby —
494
Mesbenoer —
Grove B 273
Grove G 272
Messerly —
Bertram J. . . .185
Everett J 185
James Harold. .185,
524
James 0. 173, 174,
182, 184
Jonas 184
Laura (Siggins)
172, 173
Ruth Tisdale
(Bangs). . . .185
Sarah (Alspaugh)
184
Warren B 184
Metcalp —
James A 343
Mifflin —
Thomas, Gov. . .236
Miles —
Robert 198
Millard—
C. C 478
MiLLEN —
James 274
Miller —
^,Mr 89
Amanda 109
Ann Eliza (Kin-
near) 273
Caroline 506
Caroline T. . . .506
Clayton 520
Harry 606
H. C, Dr. 603, 506
Hugh W. . .272, 273
Maude G 94
Digitized by
Google
558
THE KINNBAB FAMLY
Rebecca. 606
Bobert 406
Twila, . . 273, 276
Watte 606
MiLBOY —
Gen. 166
Milton —
John 464
MiNDWBLL —
Moses 106
Minor —
Elizabeth (Booth)
321,323
Garritt. . . 427, 461
Gamtt,Jr 427
Gen 460
Grace. . . .321, 323
Grace (Pahner)323
J 460
James Lawrence
426, 427
John 321, 323
Ijanncelot 460
Rebecca 320
Sarah Goode. . 426,
426, 427
ThcHnas, Capt. . 323
Vivian 460
MiTOHELL —
Dr 363
C, Dr 354
MOBLET —
" Miss 449
MOFPATT —
Esther 224
James 224
MOPPBTT —
Mary Euphemia.476
MOHANSICK —
Sachem of Long
Island 388
MOMBEBT —
J. L, D. D. ...311
MONETT —
Elizabeth (Cahill)
26
Rachel 26
MONNBTT —
Abraham. . ..43, 44
Ann 44, 66
Ann Hillary. . . .43
Charles Fletcher. 30
Cordelia Pittinger
30,31
David. 26
Eliza (Pittinger)
69, 86
Elizabeth,24, 44, 46.
66, 66, 87
Elizabeth (Pittin-
ger) 26,30
Isaac. 24, 26, 30, 43,
44, 69, 86, 87
Jeremiah 44
(or Monett), John
... 24, 26, 43, 44
John, Jr 27
Margaret 44
Mary.46, 69, 86, 87
Mary Delmar Kin-
near.. 30
Osben 46
Osborne 44
Phoebe (Kinnear)
27
Thoma8.24, 30, 38,
43,45
(or Monett), Wil-
liam. . .26, 43, 46
Monroe —
President 348
Montgomebt —
^,Mr 262
Gen 311, 312
Hugh, Sir xiii
Moody —
Granville, Dr. . .336
Joseph G 373
Moore —
, Mr 16
Daniel, Capt. . 413,
420
Elizabeth 426
James. . ..129, 426
John 406
John D 31
Melissa 16
Morgan —
Abigail. ..164, 204,
210
David, Gen. . . 379
Sally 164, 209
Morris —
Bishop 80
Edward 383
Elizabeth Giles. 299
Elizabeth (Pittin-
ger), Mrs. 43, 44
Heniy 0 286
Jennie 383
Joel, Dr. 447, 463,
467
Joel B., Dr. . . 493
Joella 463
Margaret. .463, 467
Margaret Jane
(Simpson). . .467
Nannie 463
Robert 463
W. C, Dr. . . .444
William 464
William C, Dr. 463
Morrison —
, Miss. ... 621
, Mr. . 242, 246
Hector 394
Joseph Bailey. . 396
Lucy 396
Mary 396
Robert Stratton. 396
Sarah. . . .408, 426
Morton —
Thomas 321
MOSELEY —
^,Mr 321
Gaylord 321
Morton 321
MOTT —
Mary 893
MOYER —
Donald 230
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Google
AND THEIR KIN
569
Keith 230
Kenneth 230
William Boscoe. 230
MUDD —
Elizabeth. . . . .434
MULFOBD —
Dinah 69, 84
MULLINS —
Connerly 454
MUBPHY —
Chief of Police. . 52
MUKKAT —
Anna 10
Frances H. . . .218
Margaret 405
Myers —
^,Mr 623
Mary 118, 130
Nail —
Mary 21
Nash —
Francis 442
Nealb —
Christopher 298
Nbbskith —
Elizabeth. ... 285
Elizabeth (Elliott)
286
Osro 285
Neil —
T. A 274
Neville —
Capt 151
Nkwbold—
Thomas, Mrs. . 239
Newhouse —
Elizabeth 44
Isaac 44
Sarah 44
Niohols —
Caroline. 32, 61, 63
Dr 499
Eliza Ann (Gar-
lick) 61
Eliza (Oarlick) . 63
Salome 416
Townsend Zorastor
61,63
Nicholson —
Francis 299
J. B. . 206
NiOKETTI —
Princess 356
Nioolls —
Richard, Sir. . .388
NiNRIDY —
, Mr 4*9
Noble —
Alvin Stuart. . .163
Ann Patterson47,48
Beulah Johnson
(Buck) 163
Beulah Maud. . .163
Jane 73
John 47
Margaret Jane. . 48
Mary 47
Newton Alvin. . 163
Bobert Patterson. 47
Samuel 47
Tudor Omerigo. 163
William Alvin, Dr.
162,163
NOFSINOER —
•Charles William 479
Elizabeth. ... .479
Joseph L. . 478, 479
Lewis Esmond. .479
Norths —
Edward, Sir 142
Margaret, Lady. 143
NOBTHBY —
Adelide 147
Agnes 145
Agnes Constance.144
Alfred Edward,
Rev 146
Anna 146
Anne, 144, 146, 147
Antoinette 147
Augustus James
Millard 146
Chariotte. . 144, 145
Edward. . .145, 146
Edward, Rev. . 144,
145
Edward Richard
144, 145
Edward, Sir. . . 146,
146
Edward William,
Rev 144
Elizabeth 146
Emily 145
Euklie Emily. .147
Fannie Elizabeth
147
Francis Vernon,
Maj 144
George Wilbraham,
Maj 144
Oeraldine 147
Harriet . . 144, 145
Harriet I8abella.l44
Jemima. 146
Laura Emaline. .146
Lucy 144,145
Mary 146
Murray, Capt. . .146
Rebecca. 146
Richard. . .146, 147
Richard Arthur
Fortescue. . . 147
Thomas. . . 146, 146
William. . 144, 146,
146
William Brook. .145
William Frederidc
Stuart 146
William Richard
Hopkins. . . .147
NORTHIE —
Edward. . 149, 150
Elizabeth 149
NOBTHRUP —
Hiram M..469, 471
Norvbll —
Martha 483
William, Hon. . 483
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Google
560
THB KINNEAR FAMILY
Oatman —
Condaoe V. ... 28
Daniel 382
Mary. 381, 382, 385
Permelia 382
Obbnchain —
Sarah Rebecca
Toler 260
O'brian —
Abie (Westrup) 162
Daniel 162
Maria Lena. . .162
O'Bbibn—
John 404
O'CONNEK —
Amelia 377
Mary (Orme). . 377
Richard 377
Ogdbn —
Charles C 261
Jane 251
Kenneth C. . . .251
Oldham —
Ann 453, 456
Barnabas 455
Eliza 461
Elizabeth 455
Nancy 455
Richard 455
Olds —
L. W 221
Murray 221
Olnby —
. Stephen 198
OWGLAT —
Horace 166
Ray V 166
Opbchanoanoug —
Chief 356
Opie —
Anne 295
John 295
Susanna 295
Obmoni>—
Duke of. 427
OSBOBN —
Jacob 408
Philip 242
Osmond —
Jane 499, 514
OVBBTON —
Ann. 427, 451
Barbara 450
James 450
John. . . .450, 451
Mary 450, 451
Peggy 450
Richard 450
Robert, Col. . ..454
Temperance. . . 453
WiUiam...427, 450,
451, 453
OWBN —
Barney 153
Carl Maynard. . 108
Edna 108
Helen 108
Lois Margaret. . 108
Maynard 108
Percy Leroy. . . 108
Sherwood. .... 108
Susan Pauline. . 108
Thomas M. . . . 442
William B. . . . 108
Owens — .
Ella J. . . .160, 195
Orange 195
Pachbn —
Nancy 367
Palmbb —
Hannah 319
Joan ( ). . . 319
Nicholas 319
Walter 323
Papillon —
David 438
Pappenhaoan —
Charles, Rev. . . 126
Grace 126
Parcbll —
Margaret (Max-
well) 188
Minnie 188
Samuel 188
Paek—
Myron 237
Pabkbb—
Dr 493
Pabkjlan —
Francis 495
Paeks —
Nancy 499
Paekus —
Philitus 176
Paeet —
y Mrs. . . ..519
Paeshall —
Eliza. 119
Elizabeth. 120
Elizabeth (Goudi-
er) 134
Oeorge Abraham.
120
Henry 120
James. . . 119, 120
Jeanette Stratton
. . . 116, 120, 123
Jeannette 134
Jennette 119
John 119
John Manuel. . .120
Nancy 119, 120
Rhoda Ann. . . 120
Samuel. ..119, 120,
123, 134
Samuel, Jr. , .. 120
Paesons —
Joseph, Capt . 411
Thomas 415
Pass —
Heinrich 372
Louise 372
Patbesok —
Mary. 47
Patouebl —
Emima. 147
Henry Lee. .. .147
Patteeson —
Andrew K. . . 261
Charles 449
Green 449
Digitized by
Google
AND THEIR KIN
561
James 406
J. H 261
John 98
Joseph C 346
Margaret 107
Susan 449
Patton —
Elizabeth. . 407, 424
H. D 242
Paul —
Frank 58
Paulson —
James 346
Rachel 345
Rachel (I>urbin)345
Pawley —
Samuel 436
Paxton —
Laura 146
William, Sir. . .146
Payne —
, Miss. . . .447
Nathaniel, Capt. 236
Peabody —
Stephen, Col. . 412,
413, 420
Peacock —
Alice M. (Strang-
field) 226
Charles Evans. .225
Donald Evans. . 226
Thomas 225
Pearson —
Deborah, ( )421
Hannah. . 417, 421,
425
John 301
Mary 420
Mary CToUy^O.417
Timothy M. . . .421
Peffer —
Burt 137
PsORAJf —
John, Gen 483
Pen—
Gov 309
Penn —
John 367
Moses 616
William 329
Percy —
Josephine. 268, 270
Perry —
B. L 220
B. L., Rev 221
Collin 261
Commodore. . . 198
Mary Ann. . . .261
Squire 116
Peters —
Fletcher Bright. .10
Samuel R 10
Phelps —
Ann 450
Henrietta 449
Josiah 449
Richard 450
Susan 449
Thomas. . .445, 449
Philbrick—
Nathaniel 411
Phillips —
, Mr 293
Phinney —
Charles 500
Pierce —
President. ... 348
W. C.,Rev 70
Pike —
Zebulon, Capt. 379,
401, 403
PiLLSBURY —
May 196
Pinter —
John 359
PiTTINGEH —
Elizabeth 43
John 43
Plant —
Almira Rebecca. . 20
J. M., Rev 19
Mary Delia. . . .20
Plttmb—
WilUam. . 381, 385
Plumker —
Arnold 237
POE—
Adam 81
Polk —
President. . . .348
Pope —
Anne 517
Eliza 519
Porter —
Delphina 195
John. . . . 319, 320
Mary. . . .319, 320
Westley 196
POTEET —
Sam 493
Potter —
Alonzo, Rt. Rev.395
C. C, Judge 48
Deliverance. . . .393
Florence Elizabeth
118, 131
Grace 48
Henry C, Rt. Rev.
396
John 392
John, Dr 131
Joseph 392
Mary 392,395
Mary Lucetta
(Cornell) 131
Sarah Betsey
(Raymond). . 395
Sheldon. . . 392, 395
Thomas 392
Zella (Bogardus) 48
POTTIE —
George 298
Powell —
Wm. H., Col. . .311
Power —
George 236
John Carroll. . . 433
Pratt —
Col 147
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66S
THE KINNEAR FAMILY
Prentiss —
Louise B. . 418, 428
Prbsoott —
Angelina Maria. 381
385
Prick —
, Mr. . . . 323
Edward. . 494, 496
Pritohard —
Lieut. Col. . . . 349
Propbr —
Fred 131
Prosser —
Dow 176
PUGH —
Clint 221
PUROELL —
Eliza J 436
PmuoEY —
Jesse 27
Margaret 27
Mary Ann 27
PURVBS —
Emma 251
Putnam —
Gen 317
Jennie 130
QUARLES —
Dr 436
Quick-*-
Austin Tunis, Jr.
269, 271
Austin Tunis III
271
QuiNN —
James, Rev. . . .82
Rambo —
Elizabeth 404
Ramlow —
Helen 102
Mametha. ... 102
Peter. 102
Ramsey —
Anna. 276
Mary. . . . 227, 228
William, Dr. . . 406
Randall —
Hannah (Jenkins)
417
Randolph —
John 483
Peyton 483
Ransom —
, Miss. . . .221
Rawunos —
William M. . . .522^
Raymond—
Adelia 20, 21
Almena 21
Almira Matilda. . 21
Almona Helen. . .20
Asahel 20, 21
Asahel, Jr 21
Caroline 21
Charles. ... 20, 21
Hiram 21
John Lord. . . .146
Lauretta 20
Mary 20
Medad 21
PhUetus 20, 21
Polly 21
Sarah Betsv 392
William. . 18, 20, 21
William Kinnear.21
William, Mrs. . . 15
Razor —
Prances 506
J. B 506
J. B., Jr 506
Reader —
Nathaniel 176
Redmond —
, Mrs 370
Reed —
Barzilla K 433
Reedy —
Annette 108
Rennel —
Malita 153
Reno—
Jesse, Qen 237
Reynolds —
Agnes 130
Betsy 126
Imelda. . . .19, 22
Rhodes —
W. E., Mrs 221
Rice
Mary (Claiborne),
Mrs .. ...453
Rich —
Barzilla 136
Edith M..124, 133,
135, 136
Hannah L. (Robert-
son) 124, 135, 136
John Street. . . 124,
135, 136
Russell 136
Richardson —
Ann (Buel) . .323,
324
Joseph. . . 119, 120
Richmond —
H. P 502
Rick —
Henry 131
Riddle —
James 430
Rioos —
J. R 468
RiTCHEY —
Meaner. . . 24, 27
George. . . .24, 27
RrroHiE —
Martha Hamilton
373
RiTNER —
Joseph. . . 199, 233
RiTTER —
Matthew 406
ROBB —
Patrick 298
Roberts —
Hannah 404
Mary 106
Wilson, 485
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Google
AND THEQt KIN
563
BOBBSTSON —
Alexander. . . .136
Hannah L. . . 136
Jennie M. . 268, 269
Margaret 300
Martha. 440
Thomas 300
BOBBdON —
Ada Grace. . ..210
BOBINSON —
Dr. 422
Ellen B 266
Prances 391
Jay Gordon. . . 368
John, Oapt. . . .411
BOBY —
S. C 494
BOOHBSTBB —
Nathaniel 442
BOOKWBLL —
Susanna 319
William 319
BODBS —
John 455
John, Capt. . . . 455
Mary (Crawford)
455
BOGERS —
317
Gertrude 132
Boi—
Pierre 492
BoiCAN —
Kate 462
BOKKBY —
Elizabeth. .. ..518
BOOSBVELT —
Pres. . . . 179, 519
Boot —
Jesse, Chief Justice
325
John W 428
Boss —
George, Capt. . . 144
Hugh Dalrymple,
Sir. 144
James. 313
-.87
BOUOHB (OB BoWB) —
George 33
BOUNOB —
Charles E 194
J. F., Mrs 190
John F. . . 160, 194
Nellie Kate. . . 194
BOUSB—
Charles 22
DeUa. 22
Jennie 22
BOWAK —
Hamilton ... .374
Hamilton, Maj. .374
Hugh Williamson
374
Stephen Clegg,
lieut 374
Stephen Clegg,
V. A 374
BOWLAND —
Thomas 296
BOWLBY —
J 147
Lucy 147
Boy—
Ann 298
John Beverly . . 298
BOTSTBB —
W. E 467
BULAND —
Hulda. . . .116, 125
Maria. 116
Nancy Maria. . .125
BUMGAT —
Andrew 254
Henrietia (Gibb)
254
Margaret 254
BUNDLBT —
Nathaniel 415
Bunion —
Benjamin 193
Bebecca (Smith)
193
BUBSBLL —
Alexander. .... 300
Birdie Virginia. .10
Janet 300
BUTHBBF0BI>—
John 149
Katheryn (or Elath-
erine). 149, 150,
425
Samuel, Bev. . . 150
BUTLBDQB —
David, Bev 25
Bydbr—
Anita Lillian. . . 372
Clark B 372
Florence Whitb^
372
Margarite Elizabeth
872
Sagb —
J.B. 236
Sagbb —
Henry 494
Sailob —
John, Bev 88
Salmon —
Emily C. .. 159, 187
JcAn. 187
Samubl —
John Moore. . . .10
Sanbobn —
, Mr 411
John 409
Moses 409
Susan 408
Sanboubn —
Nathan, Capt . . 411
Santab —
Magdalena. . . .255
Sabtobis —
Algernon 328
NeDie (Grant) 328
Bosemary 328
Sattbbwhitb —
Elizabeth. 500
Saundbbs —
Mary Pichard. . 476
Viola A. . .268, 270
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Google
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THE KINNEAR FAMILY
Saybr —
Clarissa 431
Saylob —
Ann 65
Ann (Monnett) 65
Benjamin 65
Bemett 65
Caroline (Joolsberry
65,69,89
Comeilus 66
David 45, 65
Elizabeth.24, 65, 66,
69
Elizabeth (Eepner)
65
Elizabeth (Steel) 66
Esther. . . 24, 65, 66
Harry 65
Henry 65, 69
Isaac 65
Jacob 65, 66
John 65
Lewis 65
Malissa 66
Mary 65
Michael. 24, 44, 65,
Samuel 65
Sarah 65
Simon Peter. ... 65
Stephen 65
William 65
SCAMMEL —
Alexander, Col. .414
SOARRITT —
Annie 465
Bemice 467
Charles W. . . .465
Edward Lucky
(Judge) 463, 465,
467, 468
E. L., Mrs 444
Margaret (Morris)
467
Martha M. . . . 465
Martha M. (Chick)
465
Nathan. . . 465, 469
Nathan, Dr. ..465,
466, 467
Nathan, Jr 465
Nathan, Bev. . .471
William 465
William C 468
SCHAEFFER —
George 368
George Adam. . 368
Henry Waldo. . 369
WiUiam 369
SOHENCK —
J. S 233
Martin 401
Mary. 363, 390, 402
Theodore 273
William. . . ...402
SCHMID —
George 405
Schmidt —
Sarah. . . . ....405
Schumacher —
Ida T 125, 137
SCOGGIN —
, Mr 446
SCOLES —
Dr 334, 344
Scott —
Elizabeth. . . ..148
George 125
Gov 508
Harriett L. . . .101
John. 149, 151, 176
Samuel. . . 148, 151
Thomas 151
Walter. ... 76, 414
William 151
Scruggs —
Mildred Lelia . 268
Seabrook —
Marriel, Col. . . 299
Search —
Lott 359
Searcy —
Bev 171
Self —
Dave 493
Semmbs —
Ann 435
Clebom 434
Ignatius 435
Mary (Doyne) . 436
Settle —
Thomas, Hon. . .444
Seymour —
^,Mr 507
Judge William . .30
Shackelford —
Ellen 386
Shaker —
Emma 223
Sharp —
Hugh 500
Shattuck —
Alexander, Capt.
101, 104
Josephine. .101, 104
Shelby —
Evan, Gen 356
Sheldon —
Esther 392
Shelton —
William 455
Shertoan —
Gen 165
Sherrod —
John Peyton. . . 479
Shinn —
Samuel 405
Shipley —
Amelia 368
Shipman —
Cora Lee 138
Shippen —
Edward. 241
Shtwers —
Chas., Mrs. . . .444
William 463
Shopb —
Edward. 195
Garrit S. . . ...195
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Google
AND THEIR KIN
666
Nancy Mendell
(MendaU)191,192
Virginia V. . . .195
Short —
Melissa 15
Nancy 13, 15
Phidelia 15
Stephen. . 13, 14, 15
Shortridob —
y Mr. 450
Shrader —
Charles 147
Harriet 147
Shugert —
Henrietta. . 119, 120
Shum —
Hamilton, Capi 147
Julia 147
Shutt —
0. W., Mrs. . . .217
SiBOY —
Charies William 281
Edmond Stevens 280
P. P 279
Prank Henry. . 281
Henry M 280
Ida May 281
John Nelson. . . 278,
279
Jules Knight. . . 281
Susan Elizabeth 281
Susan M. (Kin-
near) 281
Wallace Daniel. .281
William Nelson. 281
William W. 279, 281
SiGOINS —
Adella 189
Albert; Alexander
165
Albert B. . 173, 182
Alec 158
Alexander. . 5, 148,
150, 153, 155,
156, 157, 158,
166, 167, 173,
198, 363, 524
AlidaP 196
Anna May. 165, 166
Annice Isabella. 160,
197
Avis Gtenevive. . 197
Belle ....188
Benjamin Baird. 5,
148, 150, 151,
159, 167, 171,
172, 173, 177,
182, 363
Benjamin Boyd. 186
Benjamin Verow
. . .160, 190, 195
Burdette A. . . .188
Caroline. 159
Chapin Elliott .159,
187
Charies Alma. . 160,
196
Clinton C. 173, 182,
185
Clyde 188,190
D. Porter 235
David 174
David Henry. .160,
190, 193, 194
Donald. 193
Dora 188
Edith 197
Edna Louise. . 186,
190, 191
Eliza Delphine. 160,
195
Elizabeth 242
Emma. .5, 177, 180,
182
Ethel Maria. . . 196
Forest 189
Frances 156
Frank Edward. .192
Prank Elberi^ . 191,
524
George. 66, 72, 156,
188, 190, 198
(Jeorge Augustus
196
George Callender
159, 235
George Hugh. . .189
George Hunter. 190,
192
Guy 188
Hallie 189
Harold C 192
Harry 188
Hattie 189
Hazel 188
Henry Eannear 158,
159, 177, 236
Howard Edwin. 186
Hugh Archibald
193, 194
Irvine 168
Irvine, Corp . . 235
Isaac 202
IvaBell 197
Jannette 192
J. C 190
Jerry Lloyd. . . 186
John. . 72, 148, 150,
155, 156, 157,
174, 175, 198,
243
John Clyde.191, 192
John H., Corp. . 235
John Hatten. . .158,
165
Judge 243
Julia Mable. . . 193
Justina S 237
Kinnear 173
Laura. . . 182, 184
Lavem 174
Lavem(or Laveme)
Alexander. . .160,
189, 190
Ijeona May. . . . 186
LidaB 182
Lillian Ethel. . .191
Louis 189
Louis F 186
Marc Wesley. . .193
Margaret 157
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THE KINNEAR FAMILY
Margaret Adaline
160, 194
Margaret B. . . . 190
Margaret E. . . 165
Margaret Elizabeth
191
Margaret (Einnear)
166, 178
Martha Todd. . .194
Mary Ann. 158, 168
Mary Emaline 160,
196
Maiy Eva. 165, 166
Mary Jane. 158, 165
Maud Isabel . 193,
194
Mildred Lucille. 192
Minnie Ellis. . 524
Myma Viola. . .197
Myrtle Ledoma. 197
Natalie 192
Nathaniel Hood (or
Hod). . 159, 165
Nathaniel, SergL235
Neva Catherine 191,
192
Owen Levant. . .196
Paul Oricm. .. .193
Philetus Verow 159,
186
Eachel A. . 159, 186
Bay 190
Bay Benson.191, 192
Raymond. .189, 192
RB. ..^ 190
Bebecca. . 158, 161
Bobert Alexander
159, 189
Bushton Wiley. .165
Buth F 193
Sarah 166
Sarah Blanche. . 191
Sarah (Hood) . 157
Stewart Laveme 192
Todd 194
Vehna Jane. . , 195
Vernon 188
W. P 242
William. . 148, 150,
155, 168, 175,
198, 235, 236
William Findley.243
WUliam Finley 167
William, Hon, . 198
William, Judge 156,
176
William Lawrence
. . . 160, 190, 193
SiLVBB —
John W 408
Simmons —
Angelian C 48
Angelina. 27
Cora 222
Loranda. 212
'Prudence (Stewart)
212, 213
William. . . 212, 213
W. W 506
SIMMS —
Franklin Meredith
118, 129
James 130
John. 130
Louis 130
Lucy 130
Mary 129
Nancy 130
Nellie 130
Nora 129
Scott, Dr 130
Susan 130
Warren 130
William, Dr. . 129
Simons —
C. v., Mrs 498
Matilda -.136
Simpson —
. . . . 499, 506
Aaron. . . 440, 441
Abigail 408
Abigail Washington
412
Agnes. .. 406, 430
Agnes, Mrs. . . .439
Albert, J. P. . . 439
Alexander. 300, 499
Alexander C. . . 370
Alexander Magnus
Betzius, M. D.301
Alzira 462
Ambrise 404
Amos 404
Andrew . .302, 333,
343, 407, 408,
410, 416, 419,
424, 433, 434,
435
Andrew, Bev. . .416
Ann. 357, 359, 404,
409, 411, 414,
434
Ann Scarritt . .488
Annai 504
Anne 405, 406
Anne Ball. 504, 505
Anne Elizabeth. 406
AnneM 436
Annie C 501
Annie (Farrow) 508
Archibald Alexander
373
Arthur 502
Barry 447
Benjamin. 406, 430
BenjaminF.447, 470
Benjamin Fnmklin
445, 447, 448,
463, 473, 476,
477
Bessie 508
Betsey 411,415,
447, 464
Betsy P 419
Betsey Williains.444,
446
Bishop 352
Bowman 406
Breta 406
(Brown) Mrs.
407
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AND THEm KIN
667
Burnett Newell. 422/
423, 424
Caroline... 430, 503
Caspar 502
Caspar, Dr. . . .602
Catherine 431
Charles. . . 334, 431
Charles Henry. .438
Charles L. . . . .412
Charles Lyon. . 422,
423, 424, 425,
426, 427
Charles Meredith
370
Clara A 419
Clarke 434
Clemantine. . . .430
Cleora Ann. . . .417
Cordelia Waterman
374
Corine 602
Cornelia 501
Canunings 409
David. 300, 301, 405
David James, M. D.
301
Deborah 404
Detsey 411
Dorothea. .423, 424,
425,426,427,428
Dorothea Ellen. 482
Duke 489, 496
Duke Williamson
... 445, 447, 461
Earnest A. 503, 608
Ebenezer 409
Edwin G., Dr. . .600
Edwin P 601
Eliza. 477
Eliza (Adams). 502
Eliza Belle. 473, 474
Elizabeth. 334, 344,
365, 366, 404,
405, 406, 408,
417, 419, 433,
434, 446, 448,
520, 522
Elizabeth Conway
504, 606
Elizabeth Hamilton
373, 374
Elizabeth L. . . 370,
428
Elizabeth(McEkoy)
522
Elizabeth (Fatten)
302, 407
Elizabeth (Satter-
white) 601
Ella. . 346, 502, 503
Ellen 367
Ellen Lee. .473, 474
Esther. 409
Eunice 411
Evelyn Blaniyre.301
P 502
Frances 371
Prances J. (Strat-
ton) 376
Prances (Tillman)
506
Prancis, Esq. . . 439
Prank. . .472, 473,
474, 476
Prank H. . . ..347
Prederick L. . . .419
Gabriel 404
George. . 164, 300,
406, 440, 520,
522
George Bowen, Hon.
439
George Elliott. .449,
469, 470, 471,
472, 473, 476
George Elliott, Jr.
474
George Elliott, Mrs.
472, 475
George H. . . . .419
George Saunder8473
George Semme8.436,
436, 437
George W 430
George Washington
416,419,445,450
Gilman 416
Hamilton Gamble
423, 424, 425,
426, 427, 428
Hannah. . 149, 302,
313, 314, 315,
316, 318, 324,
325, 330, 332,
345, 363, 364,
404, 405, 440
Hannah ( ) 303,
306
Hannah (Pearson)
421
Hannah W. . . .414
Harvey 502
Henrietta. 432, 433,
434, 445, 446,
449, 453, 456,
457, 462
Henry. . . 346, 430
Henry G. . 500, 506
Henry L. 428
Henry Martyn. .417,
421
Henry Y 414
Henry Young. . 603,
508
Hettie. .. 334, 344
Homer 346
Ignatius. . 434, 435
Isaac N 431
Isabel . . .365, 409
Isabel G. . 436, 437
James.301, 333, 334,
343, 344, 345,
346, 363, 364,
404, 405, 429,
430, 435, 440,
441, 462, 499,
500, 520
James G 601
James Madison. 433,
446, 462
James Nelson. . 370
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Google
668
THE KINNEAB FAMILY
James Proctor .622
James S 429
James W 431
James Walter Mac-
kay. Sir. 300, 301,
439
James Young, Jr.
482
James Young
(M. D.)301, 473,
482
Jane 5, 6, 8, 71,
112, 138, 149,
302, 303, 304,
362, 363, 366,
367, 406
Jane (Bailey?) 390
Jane E. (Young)
.....602
Janie. . . .499, 622
Jean (or Jane) 306,
330
Jean (or Jeane)
Stobo. . . 606, 606
Jemenn 432
Jennetta (Cabell)
,620
Jennie. . . .366,622
Jerome Briggs. .363,
370, 376, 378,
386, 390
Jerome Wilson. 376,
390, 403
Jeruflha W. C. . 417
Jessie :.301
J. M 440
J. 0 440
Joanna. . . 406, 409
John. .71, 149, 300,
302, 303, 304,
306, 307, 308,
313, 314, 316,
316, 324, 325,
330, 333, 343,
344, 346, 367,
363, 364, 366,
366, 379, 390,
401, 402, 403,
404, 406, 408,
410, 411, 413,
414, 416, 418,
421, 430, 434,
438, 440, 447,
499, 520
John, Col. .499, 514
John, Ensign. . .416
John G. . 416, 604,
506
John G., Jr 606
John Henry. . . .440
John Kincheloe 446
462
John, Lieut. . . 412,
413
John, Maj. 420, 425
JohnP 429
John Sidiard. .429
John Schenck. . 370
John W 503
John W., Prof. .508
John Wells. ...500,
501, 503, 507
John Wells, Dr. 500,
501, 602
John Wells, Mr8.503
John W. G 504
Johnson 499
Jordan. . 431, 449,
476
Joseph. . 304, 404,
410, 416, 435
Joseph B 477
Joseph, Dr. . . . 500
Joseph G. . . . 416
Joseph Greene. .434
Joseph L. 413, 417,
419
Josiah. . . 407, 410
J. P 602
Julia. .406, 432, 601
Julia Ann. 446, 461
J. W 501, .502
Kate 463
Kate E 428
Kate Lyon (Bur-
nett) 422
Katharine 371
Katherine 449
Kittie 499
Laura. . . .473, 474,
501, 603
Lawrence Baymond
473, 474
Lee 501
Louisa. . . . 429
Louisa H 428
Louise 522
Lucy 436
Lucy M 432
Lucy W. Jones .506
Lutie. . . 603
Mabel 503
Marcus. . 363, 377,
379, 390
Marcus D. L., Maj.
Gen. . .370, 373,
374, 376
Margaret. .306, 346,
404, 406, 432,
604
Margaret Grindlay
301
Margaret Jane. .447,
463, 467
Margaret (Law) 346
Maria 366
Maria Louise (Ckir-
lingtcm) 498, 504
Maria W. (Ander-
son) 501
Martha. ..346,411,
432, 450, 600
Mary. . ..301, 304,
307, 308, 311,
313, 333, 343,
357, 366, 367,
405, 406, 411,
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AND THEm KIN
569
416, 429, 430,
432, 434, 440,
441, 449, 462,
477, 499, 500,
504
Maiy Aim.346,404,
435
Mary Caldwell
(Bradfield). . 506
Mary Catherine. 301
Mary E 431
Mary Eleanor. . 482
Mary Ellen. . . .482
Maiy Elizabeth. 370
Mary G 418
Mary Kincheloe 445,
449
Mary Louise. . 473,
474
Mary M 432
Mary (McClanthan)
409
Mary (MeElroy)344
Mary Margaret
(Taliaferro) .508
Mary Morris. .. 373
Mary ('Tolly'*) 414
Mary (Schenck)
302, 401
Mary Trumbull 371
Mastin. . .473, 474,
482
Mathew. . 333, 343,
357
Mathias 405
Matilda 429
Matthew, Bishop
303, 333, 334,
335, 336, 337,
338, 339, 340,
341, 342, 344,
345, 363
Matthew, Mrs. . .339
Matthew W. . . 346
Maude. . . .473, 474
Michael 311
Michael, Capt. . 311
Michael, Gen. . 304,
307, 311, 312,
405
Mmerva. ..370,371
M. J 502
M. Louise. 498, 504
Monica 434
Moses 440
Nancy. . ..410,414,
432, 447, 464,
500
Nancy (Garlington)
498,500
Nannie B. (Gor-
don) 522
Nathan 447
Nathaniel 306
NeUie 477
Nettie 506
Odo Louis David
301
0. P 502
Patton, Maj. . . 407,
411
Paul 502
Pegga. 406
Permelia A. . . 431
Peter A 436
Polly 415
Priscilla. 404
Baphaeletta Semmes
436, 437
Bebecca. . 304, 306,
365, 366 .
Bebecca (Weir) 313,
324, 325
Bebekah. 406
Bichard. . 433, 440,
447, 449, 450,
490, 500
Bichard B. ... 445
Bichard, Col. . . 444,
470
Bichard Duke, Col.
441, 444
Bichard Franklin
500, 503, 516, 517
Bicharia, Jr. . . .441
Bichard Wright 498,
504, 506, 514,
518, 519
Bichard Wright, Jr.
504
Bobert. . .302, 366,
407, 409, 410,
435, 436, 499
Bobert, Dr. 435, 436
Bobert McClelland
377
Bobert Williams 445,
446
Bose W 501
Buth 405
B. William. . . .365
SaUie E 431
Sally 415
Samuel. . 149, 303,
304, 305, 306,
313, 363, 365,
366, 404, 405,
413, 417, 420,
421, 425, 430,
450, 522
Samuel A. 415, 418
Samuel Newell. 417,
421,422,423,426
Sara Frances. . .377
Sarah. . .333, 363,
365, 366, 404,
405, 409, 411,
415
Sarah ( ). . 306:
Sarah A 41»
Sarah Ann. . . .417
Sarah Anne. . . 313
Sarah E 419
Sarah (Haire) .313
Sarah (Morris) 302
Sarah (Tingley)
. . . 334, 344, 346
Saunders 449
Digitized by
Google
670
THE KINN8AB FAMILY
SaasB 431
Simkn 502
Sophia 506
Stobo 503
Stobo J 502
Strother 501
Stuart 404
Susan. . . 409, 520
Susan A 430
Susan Davis. . . 461
Susan (Farrow) 501
Susan Jane 504, 505
Susan M. . . .418
Susanna. 433
Susanna Davis. .446,
462
Susie 522
Talbot. . 363, 365,
376, 377, 378,
379, 390
Talbot, Jr 377
Talbot, Mrs 393
Taliaferro. 503, 504,
506
Taliaferro, Jr. . 506
Theodore. . 422, 423
Thomas. .300, 302,
303, 304, 308,
311, 333, 343,
347, 363, 364,
365, 366, 367,
405, 407, 408,
409, 411, 425,
433, 434, 435
Thomas E 419
Thomas Jefferson
445
Thomas, Jr. . . .304
Thomas L. . . ..430
Thomas, Lieut. . 414
Thomas, Bev. . .413,
416
Timothy, Dr. . . 417
Verona 164
Virginia 436
Virginia Bay (Me-
Clellflnd)377, 379
Walter Grindlay, Sir
301
W. Franklin 505
William.5, 235, 301,
302, 304, 307,
333, 344, 346,
357, 359, 362,
363, 364, 365,
369, 390, 401,
404, 406, 408,
410, 411, 432,
433, 434, 435,
462, 499, 520,
522
William A. 415, 421
William Adams 418,
428
William Allen. . 374
William Chappell
500
William Dunlap,
Gov. ...501, 502,
507, 508
William Dunlap, Jr.
503,508
William B 431
William Henry. 370,
373
William J 418
WiUiam, Jr. .5, 357
William M 419
William P 428
William T.431, 433
William Wade. 501
William Wells. .499,
500, 513, 518
W.W 502
Singleton —
y Miss. . . .503
John 236
Skinneb —
Elizabeth. ... 320
Honore 222
Joseph, Jr. . . .320
Thomas 321
Slebpbr —
Jane 415
Sloan —
Andrew Jackson
396
Anne 396
Eliza E 505
Elizabeth 18
Ella M 505
G., Hon 505
Jean C 505
Lucy 505
M. Louisa 505
Margaret T. . . .505
Mary 505
Mary Wilson (Pot-
ter) 396
P. H. E., Jr. . . 504,
505
Samuel 18
Susie S 505
William 18
Small —
Jessie Lee 187
Smathbes —
Albert 85
Jane 85
Smiley —
Deborah. 22
Delbert 22
Helen Saymond. .22
Margaret Kinnear
22
Nelson Bushnell. 22
Ruth 22
William. . . ..19,22
William, Mrs 15
Smith —
^,Mr8 519
Abraham 435
Ada Augusta. . . 368
Adam 367
Adam Aubrey. . 369
Alexander, Baron. .1
AKoeS 216
Digitized by
Google
AND THEIR KIN
671
Alician 368
Amanda 353
Amelia. . . 368^ 369
Andrew Jackson 436
Ann Davis. . . . 353
Ann (Maekall) 349
Belle 602
Brieia 435
Catherine Martha
194
Charles 75
Chauney. . 215, 216,
217
Colvin 494
David. 176
E., Mrs 519
Elizabeth 517
Ellen Elizabeth 367,
368
Frank 194
Gertrude Harrison
132
Harriett 373
Harrison 132
Jane Veronica. . 194
Jason 202
Jennie 215
Jennie C 201
Jennie F 200
Jennie S 216
John Wilson. . . 367,
368
Jonathan 406
Julia Augusta. . 367
Lawrence, Col. 515
Luther 353
Marcus 368
Margaret Maekall
349
Martha (Quinn)194
Mary. . 1, 160, 193
Mary Clare 368
Mary C. (Mellen)
217
Mary Emma. . .367
Mary Jane. 367, 368
Matthew, Capi 311,
312
Mercy 216
Mercy C. (Mellen)
216
NeUie W 216
Phillip H 403
Pierson David. 367,
369
Pierson David, Jr.
369
Eobert. . . 353, 517
Eobert, Maj.-Oen.
517
Samuel. . .367, 368
Samuel Q. 193, 194
Samuel Quinn, Jr.
194
Sarah 616
Sarah M 216
Walter J 216
Walter, Maj. . . 349
William. . 216, 367,
368
William Bailey. 443
William Hammond
368
William Bedding
367,369
Wilson 368
Zella 368
Snsdbker —
Thomas 127
Snipes —
Elizabeth 440
Snowdbn —
J. Boss .237
Snyder —
Mina 230
Simon 232
Span —
Cuthbert 298
Spabks —
George 404
Spbnobr —
Catherine A. . 23, 26
Claudius B., Dr. . .x
Spinning —
John 433
William 433
Squire —
Watson C, Gov. 52,
53,56
Stafford —
William. 242
Stagner —
Grace D 129
Stamps —
William 354
Standley —
Philena 415
Stantarn —
Joseph 519
Steel —
Elizabeth 65
Steele —
Ebenezer 274
Mary M 274
Sarah C 274
Stein —
Theodore, Jr. . .523
Stephens —
Comfort 418
Gov 488
Stephenson —
Sallie 241
Sterling —
Elisha 198
Stevens —
Eleanor. 462
Stewart —
Charles. . . 158, 163
Charles C 164
Ella K, 164
Elnora R .163, 164
Frank William. 163
Henry K. . . . 163
James 163
Jane M 163
Jennie 164
John A 163
John, Corp. . . .285
Digitized by VjOOQI-C
672
THE KINNEAR FAMILY
Lillian Moore, Mrs.
10
Margaret Verona
163,164
Virginia. 164
William 164
Stiles —
Dr 319
Kimball H., Capt.
235
Stillsb —
Blflie 253
Stobo —
Anne 519
Arehibold, Bev. 519
Elizabeth 519
James 519
Jean 519
John R 619
Richard P. . . .619
Richard Park. . 519
Wm., Capt . . .619
Stodqill —
y Mr. . . ..243
Stone —
J. P., Dr. 493
Ray, Major. . . 234
Stout —
260
Stow —
H. A 247
Stowb —
317
Strangfield —
Alice M 225
Stratton —
Alexander Moores
. . . 380, 381, 385
Alfred Henry. . .382
Amelia Ann. . . 382
Benjamin. 380, 384,
390
Benjamin, Jr. . 380,
384
Charles Harrison
386
Cornelia 386
Cornelia Gilbert
382,386
Cynthia. . 380, 381,
385
Elizabeth. 380, 384
Emelie Bailey. . 386
Eunice. . ..380,384
Fannie 386
Frances Jane. . 363,
376, 382, 386, 390
George Draper. .386
George W. Gift. 386
Hannah. .380, 381,
385
Hannah Juliette.382
James Wilson. .382,
385, 386
Jane (Wilson) 376,
385
Jeanne Eugenia
Gift 386
Josephine 386
Josephine Ann
(Trotter) . . .386
Judith 380
Latham. . 380, 381,
384, 390
Lydia.380, 381, 384
Maria Louise. . .386
Marian Trotter. 386
Mary Lois 385
Mary Lois Wilson
381
Mary Esther. . . 382
Nathaniel Mead
380, 381, 382, 385
Phebe 881
Phebe Ann. . . 381,
382, 385
Robert 386
Robert James. . 382
Robert Macy. . 376,
380, 381, 382,
385, 390
Robert Macy, Jr.
382,386
Wilson Eugene. .386
Straw —
Caroline Lighten
(Thome). . . 247
Nellie Grace. . . 246,
247
William H. . . .247
Stbbbt —
494
Susannah 136
Stbiokland—
Jennie M. . 210, 224
Strong —
Emma Frances. .137
Stuart —
261
Hope 261
Margaret . . ..284
Stuyvbsant —
Gov 388
SUASO —
Juana. . . 436, 437
Sullivan —
Aaron 23, 25
Mary 23,26
SUMMERVILLB —
John 176
Sutton —
James C 430
SWAKEY —
Mary Ann 137
SWAZET —
John J 176
Sweat —
Bethia 410
Sweet —
James 391
William M. . . .272
Taogart —
Robert 307
Taliaferro—
Benjamin. . . .616
Boutwell 616
Digitized by
Google
AND THEIR KIN
678
Burton 516
Charles. . 515, 516
Elizabeth 515
Frances 516
Francis 515
Gehethlani . . .515
John 515
Lawrence .515
Lucy Hannah. . 516
Margaret Chew
(Carter). . . .500
Mary 515,516
Mary Margaret. 500,
'516, 517
Nancy 516
Peter 515
Bichard. . 515, 516
Robert. . . 514, 515
Bose 516
Sarah 516
Sarah Ann. . . .516
Warren 516
Zachariah. 500, 515,
516, 517
Tanner —
Victoria Ann. . .268
Tarlton —
Adaline Tredick
.^9
Tabtbr —
Eliza Odom 448
Tattebsall —
Joan. 392
Taylor —
Charlotte 144
Dennis 430
D. S., Col 616
Edwwrd, Eev. . . 145
Herbert, Bev. . . 145
Mary. 148, 150, 165,
430
Phoebe 347
Samuel 347
Sarah Enox. . 349,
354
Zadiariah 124
Zachary, Pres. . 348,
349, 350, 354
Teagub —
Narcissa 513
Tbfft —
Blanche 138
Byron 138
Elizabeth (Eonnear)
126
James 0. . .126, 138
OriUa. . . .126, 137
Buth 138
WiUiam . .116, 138
William B. L. . .125
Tbrrell —
Ann Overton. . . 451
Barbara 451
Eliza 451
James 451
Mary Overton. . 427,
451
Bebecca 451
Bichard 450
Bichard M. . . .461
Bichmond. 427, 451
Samuel 451
William 451
Tbrrill —
^,Miss 221
Gamer 221
Tharp —
Alexander 88
Ann 88
Eleanor 88
George Washington
69, 87, 88
John 88
John Young. .69, 88
Joseph Lycurgus. 88
Joseph W 27
Lucinda 27
Marinda Ann. . . 88
Mary 69, 88
Nancy (Kinnear)88
Phoebe (Kinner) 27
Bachel 88
Bebecca Jane. . . 88
Sarah 88
Thomas —
Alexander Hamilton
396
Amy 396
Caroline Mackey
(White). . . .396
Edmund. 146
Henry 323
Jesse 493
Sarah 450
William 323
Thompson —
, Miss. . . .147
, Mr 435
Albert 166
Amanda. 97
Bessie 166
Caleb. 198
Caroline 97
Charlotte 123
Clara 166
Davids 123
E. 1 412
Eleanor 97
Elizabeth 96, 97
Frances 166
GUbert W. 165, 166
Horatio, Dr. . . 267
James 237
Jane 97
John, Capt 401, 404
Katheryn 166
Major 307
Margaret 166
Martha 97
N. B 242
Bobert 97
Susan 97
Thomas 406
Thomas, Bev. ..404
Tracy (Brown) . 97
William 97
Thornton —
149
Digitized by
Goosle
574
THE KINNBAB FAMILY
Thrall —
Alexander. 106^ 107
Deborah (Guim)
105
Fidelia. 105
Fidelia A 107
(Goode). .105
John 105,106
Lucy (WincheU)
105
Mary (Boberts) 105
Mindwell (Moeees)
105
Samuel. . . 105, 106
Samuel, Capt. . .106
Timothy. . .105, 106
Timothy Lyman
105,106
William. . . 105, 106
Thbooehobton —
Lucy 353
Thurman —
, Mr 446
Thubston —
Sarah. . . .105, 106
TlLLF0RI>—
149
Elizabeth. 148
Tillman —
Ben, Gov 500
Frances 500
TiLTON —
Jennie 141
TiNGLBY —
Amanda 345
Jeremiah. 333, 344,
345, 346
Joseph. . . 345, 346
Sarah. . .333, 363,
344, 345
Temperance. . . 346
WiUiam. 345
Tipton —
Louise, Mrs. . . 190
Todd—
George. 318
Grace Legard. . 193,
194
Wm. 157
Tompkins —
, Mr 450
Mary 450
y William. . 326
TOWLES —
0 298
TbwN —
James Edward. .253
Tralb —
Louisa M. . 117, 128
Tkask —
Augustas 161
Augustus Alexander
161
Aurelia Seed. . . 161
Earnest 161
Elizabeth. 161
Hannah. 161
Helen 161
Joseph. . . ..... 158
Joseph Harriscm
162
Josephs 161
Josephine 161
Lena 161
Lloyd 235
Madison 161
Maud A. . . 162, 163
Neva Josephine 162
Newton Benson 162
Olio 161
Perry Newton. . 162
Bebecca 161
Rufus 161
Samuel. 161
Silas Lloyd. ... 161
Walter V 234
Walter Vinceni 162
Treat —
Bobert, Gov. . . 106
Tritbs —
245
Tbottbb —
Elizabeth M 251
Jonathan. .382, 385
Josephine Ann. 382,
385
Trowbridgb —
Joseph. 395
Tbuh—
Jacob. 411
Truitt —
Sylvia. 60
Trumbull —
Mary Jane 370
Trunkbt —
John 237
Trton —
Gov 454
Turner —
Augusta Watson 265
Elizabeth Waiters
265
William H 265
W. T., Mre. . . 256
Tynte —
James, Sir . . ..147
Jemima Roberta. 147
Joseph Piatt. . 147
Uncas —
Sachem of Mohe-
ganp 388
TJPQROVB —
Margaret . . ..127
TJtiebline —
Emma 139
Valentine —
, Mr 219
Van Benthysbn —
Elizabeth... ...352
Van Bergen —
Louise 395
Vanderbilt —
Commodore. . . 121,
122
Vane —
Lord 438
Viscount . . . .438
Digitized by
Google
AND THEQt KIN
676
Van WICK —
Jane
Varnum —
440
Vaughn —
Patsy 510
Vbnablb —
Abraham. 356
Verdbn —
^,Mr 434
Vernbb —
Ellen Holmee. . 334,
344
James. . . 334, 844
Vkrow—
EUzabeth.4, 148, 231
V1N6ON —
Ann 429
Waddbll —
Hannah 448
Wain WEIGHT —
H 392
Waldo —
David, Capt. . . 493
David, Dr 493
Walkbs —
Alexander. .148, 149
Edith 606
Elizabeth. . 150, 151
Elizabeth Enna. . 5,
148, 159, 177, 363
Flora 406
James 148
Jane 425
John. 149, 150, 182,
406, 425
Jonathan, Hon. .110
Joseph 406
Margaret 406
Nancy (MeClung)
406
Samuel 406
Samuel Scott. . 148,
177
Sarah Ann (Allen)
177
Wallace —
A. S 608
Jane 300
Mary 404
Wallbb —
John, Mrs. . . .450
Mary 450
Waltbrs —
Anna 129
Charles 129
Elizabeth 129
Eva 129
Jacob. . . 118, 129
Laura, 129
Lorena 129
Mary 129
Wakd—
^,Mr 292
Ann (Hendrix) 485
Benjamin 483
David 491
Frances 484
Helen 484
Herbert 140
Hugh Campbell 483,
484, 487, 488
Hugh Campbell, Jr.
484
James C 484
James W 362
John Edmund. .483,
484
John Harris. . ..484
Louise (Overton)
362
Luella (Johnston)
140
Mae 140
Mary 362,483
Mary Elizabeth
(Jones). . . .484
Mary Frances
(Harris). . . 487
Seth. .483, 485, 488
Seth, Bishop. . .482
Seth, Col 483
Seth Edmund . 456,
483, 484, 485,
486, 487
Thomas 483
Wardbll —
Francis Hartley. 371
Wabfibld —
Alfred 494
Wabnbb —
Bethia 320
Mahala 368
Wabrbn —
Rufus Grundy. . 278
Washington —
Augustine 517
George. ..379, 397,
398, 399, 400,
401, 404, 517,
518
John 517
Lawrence 517
L. Z., Col 498
Watbbs —
Mary. . . .427, 460
Watkins —
Martha. 510
W. W., Dr. . . .504
Watson —
Anna Augusta. . 265
Charles Elthan. . .60
Florence E 60
Isaac 404
John 329
John C 60
John Craig. . 32, 60
John Gerald. . . .60
Nancy (Lumley) 60
Baymond Kinnear
60
Boy Kinnear. . . .60
Watterson —
Mary Gale. 269, 270
Minerva (Beiley)
270
William H 270
Digitized by
Google
576
THE KINNBAB FAMILY
Watts—
Adelina 383
BeDJtmin. . . ..432
Catherine Simpson
431, 432
Charles T 60
Frederick, Col. . 379
Kathleen. 60
Mary Elizabeth. . 60
Nicholas 432
Watnb —
"Mad*' Anthony 327
Wbab—
Richard, Capt . 414
Wbabb —
M 412
Wbathbrhbad—
Birdsall Pahner 104
Wkaveb —
Abby (Marsh). .395
Catherine Goddard
389, 392, 395, 396
Joseph B 395
Webb —
494
Elizabeth 518
Gerald Bertram, Dr.
355
Webstbr —
Abigail 146
Thomas, Sir. . . 146
Weiderholt —
Henry Lewis. . . 404
Wbir—
Elizabeth. ... .331
Honoria 331
John, Maj 331
Eebecca. . 313, 330,
332, 363
Bebekah. 405
Welch —
Francis 346
Wells —
Annette Jane. . .192
Blanche Loraine.192
John 514
John D. . 191, 192
John D., Jr. . . .192
John D., Mrs. . .190
Eatherine 514
Mary 499, 514
Nancy 614
Bichard. . .499, 514
Wbsoott —
Nathaniel. . . .387
Buth. 387
Wesley —
334
Charles 339
Wbstlakb —
Burrows 176
Wheelee —
Annie 383
Charles Henry. .127
Clarissa Corindal27
Dora May 127
Emeline 383
George. . . 116, 127
George Gtordon. .128
John Burnett. . 127
Lelia Georgia, . 127
Luela Jane. . . .127
Gran Edda Florence
127
William Thomas 128
Whidden —
Mary. 413, 420, 425
Whipple —
William. . . 413, 420
Whitaker —
Ferdinand H. .263
Forest Wills. . .263
Louisa (De Berry)
264
Louise Kinnier. 264
Whitby —
J., Bev 146
John 146
Mabella 146
White —
, Mr. . 273, 354
AlmiraL 180
Betsy 92
Capt 217
Cynthia 92
Deborah. . . 91, 92
Emma ButL . . 182,
183
Emma (Siggins)
148, 171, 173,
363, 425
Fannie 217
Fanny Arabelle. 177
Francis 526
Jay Barber. . . .184
J. B., Mrs. . 5, 526
Jeruriia 92
Jerusha (Marsh) .92
Joan (West) . .179
John 179,180
John Barber. . .iz, 5,
173, 174, 177,
182, 209, 215,
218, 219, 235,
526
John Elliott. . . .92
John Franklin, Dr.
. . . 177, 215, 526
Luke 92
Lyde 501
Marietta. . 201, 216
Mary 501
Mary (McKinney)
216
Phineas 92
Baymond Baird 184
Sarah 92
WilliauL 92
William C 216
Whitbhall —
Eoberi 157
Whitehill —
Chester 217
Clara, Mrs 174
Kenneth 218
Leota 217
Wanda. 218
William W. . . .217
Digitized by
Google
AND THEIR KIN
577
W. W., Mrs. .. .221
Whiting —
Mabel 166
Whitnby —
Oerrie Westlake 482,
489, 497
EU 292
Esther Ann. . . .394
George 1 235
George J., Lieut.234
M. D., Mrs. . . .223
MeUvUle D 204,
210, 244
Sarah. 292
Whitson —
Ruth 405
Whitworth —
F. H 65
Whooten —
Annie 246
Wiggins —
Agnes 405
WiLKEBSON —
Nancy 465
WiLKBS —
MpUie 603
WiLLABD —
Eli 131
Frances E. . . 337
WiLLKRT —
Arthur 301
Williams —
Catherine 30
Daniel 350
Duke 444
Edward 30
Elizabeth. 432, 444
Elizabeth (William-
son) 444
(Emory), Mrs.
352
Florence Elaine 132
Henrietta. . 441, 444
Isaac. .349, 350, 352
Jennie 31
J. Levant .... 131
John. .406, 441, 444
John, Col. 442, 443,
444
John Sharp, Hon.
444
Mary Harris. 24, 29,
30
Nathaniel. .442, 444
Roger. 391
Susannah ( )
350
T. J., Capi . . .504
Waiiam 362
Williamson —
Elizabeth 444
Mary Ann 444
Willis —
Anne 380, 384
William, Hon. .xviii
Wills —
EdwmD 266
Lucy Lillian. . . 266
WiLLSON —
Ann (or Anna)
Noble. . . 24, 31
Hugh.24, 31, 47, 48,
63
Jane 47
John 47
Josephine 31
Margaret 47
Mary Jane 47
Nelson Hugh. . . 31
William 47
Wilson —
Alexander. . . .434
Caroline 382
David Einnear. . 31
George 236
James. . .381, 385,
390, 623
James Grant. . . 314
Jane. . 381, 385, 390
Lois 381
Lois Benedict. . .385
Mary. 159, 186, 434
Mary, Mrs. . . .109
Mary (PoUy). . 166
Winohbll —
Lucy 106
Winchester —
Amanda. . .445, 447
Windeb—
Thomas 298
Winston —
Mary 450
Miller 432
Patsy 451
WiSHAN —
Alexander, Dr. . .3
WOLPKBIL —
Annabelle. ... 137
CoraB 137
Edgar 0 137
Florence Marie. .138
Francis Adelbertl38
George. . . 126, 137
George Allen. . .138
Geraldine Bemice
137
Jessie Lelia. .. .138
Wood —
Anna 456
Elizabeth 346
Elizabeth (Steel)
345
James 345
Sylvanus 345
TKngley Sylvanus
346
WOODBUBT —
Guy Delmont. . .196
WOODROW —
Anna 102
Charles S 101
Claud. 102
Florence 102
Floyd 102
Guy H 102
Maud 102
Ralph 102
Thelma 102
Digitized by
Google
578
THE KINNEAR FAMILY
Thomas J. . . ..102
Thomas, Bev. . . 101
Woodruff —
Dollis 867
WOOLROW —
Anna. 102
Word—
y Miss. . . .619
Worms —
MadrecL 617
WORNALL —
Eliza S. (Johnson)
478
Francis Clay. . 478,
479
Prank, Mrs. ...442
John. 496
John B 478
Julian. 479
Kearney 478
Worth—
Gen. 874
WOSRBN—
Charles 281
Elizabeth. 281
Ida May 281
Wray—
Frances 146
John 146
Wrbnshall —
John 827
Wright —
Elizabeth Phoebe
(Johnson). . . 140
Honore (SIdnner)
221
Ida E 203, 222
Isabell 140
J.N 603
P. L. 222
Solomon J. . . . 140
Thomas, Gen. . .600
Wyat—
Francis, Sir. . . .463
Wyl»—
Samuel F 262
Wysong —
Sarophinea 89
Ybaqbr —
James 493
Ybomaks —
K S., Mrs. . . .463
YOOHAM —
Daniel 493
YoouK —
Elmore, Bev. . . .87
York—
, Miss 407
Young —
, Mr. . 170, 171
Alcinious. . . 76, 78
Alexander. 71
Bruce. 476
Charles 476
Christian 92
Christopher. . . .243
Conway 613
Daniel 476
David 76, 79
Dinah. . . 13, 68, 72
Edward A., Corp. 234
EflSe E 82
Eliza 476
Elizabeth. . . 72, 73
EUen 471
Emma 619
Gregory 78
Helen 300
Henry. . . 602, 608
Henry C, Col. . 607
Henry Falls. . . .72
Hiram K 236
Jacob. . 80, 81, 82,
176, 243
Jacob, Bev. . . 76, 81
James 71, 300
James Sinnett. .476,
476
James Sinnett, Jr. 476
James Sinnet^ Mrs.
476
Jane. . .67, 72, 166
Jane E. . . 602, 608
Jane (Simpson) 18,
68, 72, 73, 166
J. B., Hon. ... .79
Jean 0 618
John. 71, 234, 476
John A., Bev. 76, 80
John L., Col. . .613
Joseph. 82
Joshua B 92
Laura James. . .476
Laurenens G. . .613
Macbeth 613
Mansel 82
Mary. . 72, 476, 614
Mary EUen. . . 473,
476, 476
Matthew (or
Mathew) . 76, 76,
176, 206, 232,
243, 624, 626
Nancy 72,74
Nancy BelL . . . 476
Nannie 476
Bachel 72,78
Bobert 71
S. Edward, Bev. .76
Susan J 613
Susan Eenady. . 72
Thwnas, Capt. . 76,
78
Thomas L. . . .236
Wesley 82
William 71,76
William, Jr. ... 72
William Erwin. . .72
William, Bev. 13, 67,
68, 71, 72, 73, 166
W.J 76,82
Willis Craven Paton
476
Willis Sinnett. . 476
Zahnizabr—
Ida. 138
Zimmerman —
Charles 602
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