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51	"Margaret Palmer Taylor "Margaret Palmer Taylor, 70, died Oct. 12 in her Prescott home. She was born Feb. 15, 1918 in Detroit, Mich. to Percy and Gertrude Palmer. "She attended Smith College and graduated from Columbia University. Following a long career in radio advertising in Sarasota, Fla., she and her husband moved to Prescott in 1977. "She is survived by her husband, Eugene, two daughters, Nancy Ebker of New York City and Wesley Horan of Babylon, N.Y., and four grandchildren. "Memorial services are 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18 in St. Paul's Anglican Church, 581 Lincoln St. with The Very Rev. Jack May and Rev Dr. James Gere co-officiating. "The family suggests contributions to the church memorial fund c/o St Paul's Church 581 Lincoln St. Prescott, AZ 86301, "Arrangements made by Memory Chapel Mortuary." -- The Prescott Courier, Oct 13, 1988, p. 3B.	PALMER, Margaret (I120)
52	"MARION COUNTY COUPLE TO BE WED FIFTY YEARS *** Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Triplett Will Celebrate Sunday With Family Dinner, "Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Triplett, who live north of here in Fabius township, will observe fifty years of married life Tuesday, September 14 [1937], but the event will be celebrated in their home Sunday at a family dinner. "The couple was married in Fabius at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Baxter by the Rev M.L. Thomas, who at that time was pastor of the First Baptist Church in Palmyra. They have spent all of their married life in the same township. With the exception of two years, they have lived on the same farm located a few miles north of the Fabius community house. "Father Was Veteran. "A native of Forquire [sic], Va., Mr. Triplett was born on his father's farm on the date of the first battle of Bull Run, September 21, 1861. His father Reuben Triplett took part in the battle on the side of the Confederacy and the son was named for Jefferson Davis. "At the age of twenty, Mr. Triplett left his Virginia home and came to Marion county. During the first seven years of his residence here he was employed on the Fabius farms of William and Frank Taylor, but following his marriage started farming operations for himself and has been one of the most successful men in his township. From early boyhood fox hunting has been his principal hobby and for a number of years he has kept a pack of well bred fox hounds. "Before marriage Mrs. Triplett was Miss Jessie Brown. She was born a short distance north of Palmyra, December 13, 1868. Her parents were Frank and Katherine Brown, also natives of this county, who died when she was about five years of age. Following the death of her parents she lived in the home of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. William Baxter of Fabius and has spend her entire life in that township. "Delayed Honeymoon Trip Mr. and Mrs. Triplett tell friends that they deferred their honeymoon trip for about forty hears when they tood a trip to Virginia and visited the county where Mr. Triplett was born. "Mr. amd	Family F288
53	"Mary Hite, the eldest daughter of Jost Hite, married George Bowman in 1731, in Pennsylvania. The young couple joined the ox-drawn caravan of sixteen families who cut their way through the wilderness and settled in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, where 'The Old Baron' Hite had acquired many thousands of acres of land. Their son, John George Bowman, Born April 27, 1732 was said to be the first white child born in the Valley. "John W. Wayland, historian, says 'The Opequon and Cedar Creek region, where they located, was then a part of Spottsylvania County, Virginia. In 1734 it was included in the new county of Orange; in 1738 an act of the Virginia General Assembly provided for that part of Orange west of the Blue Ridge to be erected into the counties of Frederick and Augusta; but courts for Frederick were not organized at Winchester until 1743, or for Augusta at Staunton until 1745. Accordingly, the Hite-Bowman settlement was in Spotsylvania County until 1734; in Orange from 1734 until 1743; thereafter in Frederick altogether until 1772 when Dunmore (now Shenandoah) County was cut off from the southwest side of Frederick. Thereafter George Bowman's home was in Shenandoah County, while the homes of Hite and other members of his original colony remained in Frederick.' "George Bowman built a large stone house on Cedar Creek, near its confluence with the north fork of the Shenandoah. The house has been called by different names -- 'Fort Bowman,' 'Willow Bend,' and 'Harmony Hall.' Strongly built, it possibly served as a neighborhood place of refuge during Indian forays, hence 'Fort Bowman.' The willows growing along Cedar Creek suggested the second name. It is said that the Bowman boys were such fighters, the neighbors called their home 'Harmony Hall.' "The town which grew up nearby, established by law in 1761, was named Strasburg, although in the early days it was called Stover Town and Funk's Town. "As early as 1753 the Bowmans had a mill near the house which supplied grain for settlers on the way south, as well as for family members and neighbors. "According to his will, George Bowman was the owner of negro slaves, horses and mares, cattle and sheep, money, a house and two lots in Winchester, and nearly 2,000 acres of land. George and Mary had thirteen children, eleven of whom grew to be men and women. "George and his sons, as well as many of their descendants, owned numerous horses, and were bold and skillful riders. Four of the sons -- John, Abraham, Joseph and Isaac -- (who were brothers of our ancestor, Mary) were the only four brothers who were high-ranking officers in the Revolutionary War. According to Wayland, 'Colonel John Bowman was the first county-lieutenant and military governor of Kentucky; Colonel Abraham Bowman commanded the 8th Virginia Regiment, one of the outstanding fighting units of the Revolution; Major Joseph Bowman was a captain in Dunmore's War and the efficient leader, with George Rogers Clark, in the conquest of the Northwest (Illinois) Territory, an achievement without parallel in the building of our nation; Captain Isaac Bowman was Master of Horse in the Illinois Campaign, a captive three years among the Indians, and an important man of affairs in Kentucky and Virginia. All were active and prominent in civil as well as military service in the colonel and Revolutionary period.... It may be asserted with confidence that no other four brothers made a greater contribution to the cause of independence or to the subsequent expansion and wealth of the nation.'" -- Bond, Marian Saunders. Some Ancestors, pp 40-42. PORTION OF WILL OF GEORGE BOWMAN Made Nov 3, 1764; probated 1768. Will Book #3, p. 431, Frederick County, Virginia, Records ".... Item -- My will and desire that the above hundred pounds allotted to my oldest daughter Mary Stephens shall be given to her children my grandsons as followeth -- twenty five pounds to be paid to my grandson George William Stephens, twenty pounds to Isaac Stephens, twenty pounds to Adam Stephens, the remaining five pounds to be paid out of my estate to the executors of this my last Will and Testament. If there be any of my estate over and above, to be divided among my children, my daughter Mary's part shall be equally divided among her children. ..." The above makes no sense since Mary was living, indeed lived until 1820! Was he on the outs with Mary but not with her children? -- LKL	BOWMAN, George (I1376)
54	"Middleton M. Johnson was born in Rappahannock County Va., in 1843, and at an early age, he entered the service of the Confederate army as a member of Company B, 6th Virginia Cavalry, and served throughout the war. In December 1865, he married Miss Eliza Compton, daughter of Dr Z.J. Compton of Page County, a worthy type of the old-time physician. "Mr Johnson moved to Kansas where he remained for a few years; but the lure of the old home, Virginia was ever calling him and he went back to live and die in the land he loved so well and where he met with the success he deserved. "His widow survives him as do his son John M. Johnson and four daughters. -- Confederate Veteran; Vol XXI, No. 8; August, 1913, p 399.	JOHNSON, Middleton Marion (I139)
55	"Miss Helen Clarkson has deposited in the library of the New York Historical Library an important document on the "Clarkson Family," a manuscript consisting of four large volumes. In Volume 1, there are data on the Van Tuyl family and in addition to the children listed above [i.e. 1-10]. Ms Clarkson includes the following as children of Jan Otto Van Tuyl: Cornelis Janse Van Tuyl and Gerrit Janse Van Tuyl." NY Genealogical and Biographical Record-- From notes of Alma Cramer.	VAN TUYL, Cornelis Janse (I628)
56	"Miss Helen Clarkson has deposited in the library of the New York Historical Library an important document on the "Clarkson Family," a manuscript consisting of four large volumes. In Volume 1, there are data on the Van Tuyl family and in addition to the children listed above [i.e. 1-10]. Ms Clarkson includes the following as children of Jan Otto Van Tuyl: Cornelis Janse Van Tuyl and Gerrit Janse Van Tuyl." NY Genealogical and Biographical Record-- From notes of Alma Cramer.	VAN TUYL, Gerritt Janse (I629)
57	"Mother of Ida Carson Kneisley Kelley" -- JET notes on Ms. Hale's information	MCLEOD, Ann Sophia (I1276)
58	"Mrs Anna T. Taylor "Mrs Anna T. Taylor who resided with her husband and daughter at the family home north of Palmyra, died Sunday April 30, 1933, at 4:50 a.m. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Bethel Baptist church, Fabius township, conducted by Rev Harold M. Hunt. Interment was in Bethel Cemetery. Pallbearers who served at the ceremony were A. Robbins, Frank Hansbrough, Harvey Triplett, Warwick Triplett, John Hansbrough, and Frank McPike. "Deceased was a daughter of the late J.B. and Martha McLeod and was born March 31, 1873 bringing her to the age of 60 years, 1month and 9 days at the time of her death. She is survived by her husband, Cecil R. Taylor, one daughter, Miss Mable Maurine Taylor, at home, five sisters: Mrs Lulu White and Mrs. J.B. Taylor of this county, Mrs. George Imbler and Miss Mabel McLeod of Kirksville, and Mrs L.A. Harris who resides in Montana, and by three brothers, H.M. McLeod and J.J. McLeod of this county and Robert McLeod of LaGrange. "She was an excellent woman widely known and beloved in home circle and community." -- Palmyra Spectator [Article was badly photocopied so some words have been supplied by the transcriber, LKL]	MCLEOD, Anna Belle Tilden (I115)
59	"Mrs Sarah Swisher, 91 Years Old, Dies "Mrs Sarah Aletha Swisher, 91 years old, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Will Glasscock, near Cherry Dell, last Wednesday evening about 8:30 o'clock. She had been bedfast for several months, but her condition did not become serious until three days before her death. She was one of the oldest persons in her community. "She was born in Schuyler county, Feb 9 1841, her maiden name being Miss Sarah Carson. She was married to Noah Swisher, who died in 1909, and since that time she had made her home with her daughter near Cherry Dell. She was a member of the Baptist church and was the last of her immediate family. Surviving are eight children: Mrs. Glasscock, with whom she made her home; Mrs Ella Simmons of near this city; William I. Swisher of Webster City, Ia.; Emmett Swisher of Philadelphia; James Swisher of Paris; Mrs Ada Rhodes of Philadelphia; and Alvin Swisher and Guy Swisher of Terry [sic.] Dell, Calif. Twenty-four grandchildren and four great grandchildren also survive. Funeral services here held at the Bethany church Friday afternoon at 2:30 0'clock, conducted by the Rev. Paul Hunt of LaGrange. Burial was in the church cemetery." [in Grace E. Taylor's hand] buried June 9. -- Source probably the Palmyra Spectator. Someone has written "June 1, 1932" at the head of the article. Whether that is the date of the paper or that of the death is not clarified.	CARSON, Sarah Aletha (I317)
60	"Mrs. Ann Carson, widow of Simon Carson, who died some two years ago, died last Friday [Feb 19, 1904] at the advanced age of eighty-sevey years, at the home of her son, John R. Carson, in Fabius township. She was Born in Frederick county, Va,m and was marriled in 1840. -- prpbabpy from the Palmyra Spectator Feb., 1904.	PAINTER, Ann (I1636)
61	"Mrs. Bushong, Mr. Taylor Are Married "Mrs Margaret Palmer Bushong of Westport, N.Y. and Sarasota, Fla and J. Eugene Taylor were married on Jan 5 at the First Presbyterian Church in Naples Gla. The Rev John Stump officiated at the 5:30 p.m. ceremony. "The bride and groom are making their home in Sarasota. "Mr. Taylor was underwriting vice president at National Life and Accident Co. prior to his retirement in 1970 -- Sarasota Herald Tribune, n.d., n.p.	Family F6
62	"Mrs. Lee White Dies Monday Morning "Mrs. Lula Virginia White, well-known resident of Marion county died at one o'clock Monday morning, June 19, following a short illness. She was 71 years, 2 months, and 19 days old. "Born March 31, 1868 in Fabius township of Marion county, she was a daughter of the late John B. and Martha Carson McLeod. Her father was a native of Virginia. She has spent her entire life in this community, where after her marriage to Lee White on November 17, 1897, she established a home and became a devoted wife and mother, meriting the respect of all who knew her. "Surviving with her husband are four children, Mrs. Maurine Hartwell of Salt Lake City, Utah; Mrs. Virginia Todd of Palmyra; Miss Hazel White of St. Louis and Dr. Austin White of Altamont, Ill.; five grandchildren, Billie Todd, Bonnie Lou Todd, Abbie Virginia Todd of Palmyra; Charlotte Ann Hartwell of Salt Lake City and Janet Lee White of Altamont; three brothers, H.M. McLeod and J.J. McLeod of Palmyra and Robert McLeod of LaGrange; four sisters, Mrs. Grace Taylor of Palmyra, Mrs. Virginia Imbler and Miss Mabel McLeod of Kirksville and Mrs. Eleanor Harris of Kallispell, [sic.] Mont; one half-brother, L.C. McLeod of Palmyra and one half-sister, Mrs. Effie Batson of Turlock Calif. Mrs C.R. Taylor preceded her in death. "Funeral services were held this afternoon, Wednesday, June 21, at Bethel Baptist church at 2:30 o'clock with the Rev Frank Baker of Pattonville, and the Rev. C.E. Griswold, pastor of the Palmyra Baptist church conducting the rites. Burial was in Greenwood cemetery. "The following acted as pallbearers: William Glendenning, Frank McPike, Charles Arnold, Warwick Triplett, Earl Dearing and ...Carson." -- Palmyra Spectator [photocopied with an overlay of another clipping obscuring the end]	MCLEOD, Lula Virginia (I103)
63	"Mrs. Maude E. McLeod Dies in Hospital "Mrs. Maude Ella McLeod, 65, a member of a prominent pioneer family of Fabius, died in Levering hospital, Hannibal, Sunday morning, May 10 at 4:07 o'clock following an operation for appendicitis. She entered the hospital last Wednesday. "Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Bethel Baptist church, conducted by the Rev. F.M. Baker of LaGrange. Burial was made in Greenwood cemetery. The Pallbearers were Harvey and Warwick Triplett, Wm. and Frank Hansbrough, J.J. Lucke and Zac McPike. "A native of Fabius, daughter of the late Jerry T. and Commorah White Hansbrough, she was born September 11, 1876. She received her education in the district school and LaGrange College. She was united in marriage to J.J. McLeod November 27, 1901. "She united with Bethel Baptist church in 1891 where she continued her membership with the exception of eigt [sic] years when she was a member of Hannibal Fifth Baptist church. "She was always active in the work of the church and ever ready to assist those who needed her help. Possessing a kindly disposition she had many friends and her death marks the passing of one of the most beloved women of this community. "Surviving are her husband, one daughter, Miss Helen McLeod who teaches at Naylor and one brother, Floyd Hansbrough of Springfield. "The body was prepared for burial at Lewis Bros. funeral home." -- Palmyra Spectator, undated. The obituary from the Spectator has the date 1948 written on it. I believe this is an error based on the data supplied by JET and on the fact that I do not remember her at all. Had she died in 1948 rather than 1942, I am sure I would have remembered her -- LKL.	HANSBROUGH, Maude Ella (I342)
64	"My grandfather lived to be 96 years old or nearly so" -- Elizabeth Kneer Nelson	KNEER, George (I508)
65	"Nellie Virginia Young, daughter of Clifton B. and Rose Pulliam Young was born Feb 17, 1891 and died Sept. 26, 1916. "The funeral sermon was preached at Bethel Baptist Church by Rev W.M. Alderton, and interment was in Bethel Cemetery where lie four generations of her ancestors. "Much of her school life was spent in this city where her home was with her grandmother, Mrs Rebecca Pulliam. "To few, of her short years, has it been given to win and hold the esteem and love of so many friends both young and old, who were attracted by her quiet, kindly, tactful manner of dealing with those with whom she was associated. "During months of intense suffering, which she bore with quiet courage, hosts of friends, whom she had made in happier days, did all for her that human hands and love could do. "Life was sweet to her and she desired to live but she said repeatedly, 'I am not afraid to die, I am trusting Jesus.' "Death to her was not the end of a toilsome journey, nor the laying down of a crushing load, but the happy homegoing to a land where there shall be no more pain and where the inhabitants shall no more say, I am sick. "We are happier because she has lived and still lives." -- presumably from the Palmyra Spectator.	YOUNG, Nellie Virginia (I1904)
66	"Nov. 1, 1730, Margaret McKay, dtr. of Robert and Ann of Milford Hd. Cecil Co. Md. and Joshua Job s. of Andrew and Elizabeth." -- Nottingham Marriages as quoted by Hunter McKay in The McKays and Allied Families. Jobe gives the same date but in Jobe's Journal, the date is given as 11 Eleventh month 1730. Dee Ann (Shipp) Buck gives the year of marriage as 1731	Family F153
67	"OBITUARY "Died in Fabius township, in this county at about 2 o'clock on Sunday last, 21st inst., Elder Jeremiah Taylor, in the 76th year of his age. Of him it may truly be said, "a noble spirit has fallen," than which we have not a nobler one left amongst us." The writer of this enjoyed his acquaintance for about a quarter of a century, and for most of that time, his association with him was of the most intimate and confidential character, and never did he hear him utter a mean, low or sordid sentiment. All his teachings, both public and private were of that ennobling character, calculated to elevate the standard of virtue and piety. It is true his mind had not that polish which the fine arts and sciences can give,--reared in the mountains of North Carolina, in the morning of life he had not the advantages of education,--but nature's God had endowed him with that, without which the sciences can never shine,--a strong vigorous, native intellect. He emigrated from North Carolina about 27 years since to this, then a wilderness country--without churches, but few professors of religion,--for a time he was almost the only Minister of any denomination. Nothing terrified by the darkness which surrounded him, he lifted up the "Banner of the Cross of Christ, and under that he fought the powers of darkness, and never ceased to fight, until arrested by the hand of disease. And indeed he waged a successful warfare,--"the pleasure of the Lord prospered in his hands--he gathered "the scattered ones" together, built up churches, and baptized hundreds, great numbers of whom are yet living in this region of the country and can bear testimony to his untiring zeal and energy in the cause of God. But he is no more; his remains sleep in the silent grave, by the side of his loved wife, who preceded him some twelve or fifteen years. He died as he lived, reposing an unwavering confidence in the promises of the Savior. He had none of those bright ecstasies in his last moments which some enjoy, but his faith never failed him for a moment. Calm and collected, but rather anxious than otherwise, he encountered the "monster death." But truly with him, 'Death had no sting, and the grave no victory.' He has left a large family of children and grand children, and many warm friends to mourn his death; but 'they sorrow not as those who have no hope.' 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord; yea, with the Spirit, for they cease from their labors, and their works do follow them.' "May 23, 1848"--Verbatim transcription from a photocopy of rather poor quality. The source is probably a Palmyra news paper. Is the Spectator that old? * * * It is very curious that neither Holcombe nor the Portrait and Biographical Record... have articles on Jeremiah. Why? Were they subscription publications printing biographies only of those who paid for them? Gene Taylor believes that families wrote articles submitted to these publications and, when solicitations for articles came in the 1870's, the Taylors were so distraught with the death of Emily Virginia Compton Taylor that they failed to submit anything. Holcombe notes that Jeremiah was among the earliest settlers of the township and that he officiated at the first weddings in two townships. --op. cit., pp 774-775 "All accounts agree that Elder Jeremiah Taylor (Baptist) was the first minister to settle in the township. He held the first public religious service May 18, 1823, in a little log school house, which stood near Bethel church, on section 33_59_6. The first church building was a log structure put up in 1824, near Bethel church. Old Bethel church (Baptist) was a brick [structure], and stood near the site of the preset Bethel church, .... Bethel cemetery was laid out in 1830. It comprises near three acres." --Holcombe. op. cit., p 776 Jeremiah must have been a most energetic person with exceptional leadership skills. Besides starting the Bethel Church and churches in North Carolina, he helped organize 9 other churches in Missouri: Providence, 1824; Wyaconda, 1829 or 1831; Gilead, Lewis Co., 1833; Little Union, 1833; Pleasant Run, Newark; Mt. Zion, Shelby Co., 1838; Sandhill, Shelby Co., 1842; and South River 1826. In addition he was the pastor at Bethel from its organization to his death in 1848. The church paid for his funeral, passing the following resolution: "'DEATH OF ELDER JEREMIAH TAYLOR' "At a special meeting of the Baptist Church at Bethel, Marion County Missouri held on Monday the 22nd day of May 1848, the following preamble and resolutions were adopted: "Whereas our venerable and beloved Pastor Elder Jeremiah Taylor departed this life yesterday; and whereas he was the leading and most active member of our organization of this church, and was the affectionate, zealous, and efficient Pastor of the same from its organization up to the period of his death, that is for a quarter of a century -- Therefore as a mark of respect for his long and useful services, and as an evidence of the high estimation in which we held him as our beloved Pastor, and in all the relations of life be it "1st Resolved that as a church with the concurrence of his children and relatives, we set apart our next meeting on the 3rd Sabbath of June, for his funeral, and that our Pulpet which he has so long and so usefully occupied, be decked with the usual habiliments of mourning on that occasion. "2nd Resolved, that all the clergy and members generally of our (Bethel) Association are hereby respectfully invited to be present at the funeral. "3rd Resolved, that the proceedings of this meeting be entered upon the records of the church. "4th Resolved that the "Whig" at Palmyra and the "Baptist Banner" at Louisville, Ky. be respectfully requested to publish the proceedings of this meeting. -- Done by order of the church. "William Carson, Clk. John H. Keach, Moderator" -- Bethel Baptist Church; Choice Bits from Old Records, bicentennial edition, 1976. [N.B. "bicentennial" should be "sesquicentennial"] Obituary from Baptist publication sent to JET in 1998 by Gail Haugan(?) "Brethren,--In compliance with an appointment by the Moderator of this Association in its last session, I have endeavored to get information in relation to the Baptist Ministers of the Gospel who were former members of this body, who resided in North-eastern Missouri and [are] now dead. I submit the following: "Elder Jeremiah Taylor was born Feb. 27th 1774, in Rutherford county, North Carolina. He was the son of Caleb Taylor, who died when he was a boy. Brother Taylor joined the first Baptist Church [ ] was constituted in the county in which he was born in 1804; was baptized by Thomas Jones, and commenced preaching very soon after connection with that Church, the name of which is not known. He [was] ordained, and became pastor of French Broad in 1813; he also had [the] pastoral care of the Church at Bulah in 1821. In the fall of 1821 [he] emigrated to Missouri, and settled in Marion county. Soon after settlement the Church called Bethel was constituted, by which he [was] chosen pastor. In this relation he continued until his death which occurred at the residence of his son-in-law, I. Forman, near Bethel, Man, 1848, in the seventy-fourth year of his age. He had been afflicted for many years previous to his death with paralysis, which so affected [his] nerves as to injure his articulation; but his general health was good, [his] constitution robust, and his energy and zeal untiring. He was always[?] zealously affected in the good cause, served and built up several Churches in Marion and the adjacent counties. He was a useful pioneer in the settlement of this section of country, a good citizen, a good neighbor and a good pastor, for he fed the flock of Christ, was faithful to the charge, and punctual in all his engagements. He had a good, well-balanced mind, but his acquirements were moderate, and his gift to communicate instruction, though ordinary in sermonizing, was rather extraordinary in the social circle. He was fond of the subject of religion and made the Bible his study, so that his private interviews with his brethren and friends were rendered pleasant and entertaining, and indeed edifying, by his affability and the tender interest he manifested for those with whom he associated; he, therefore, has many seals to his ministry. There are many left behind on their pilgrimage who hold Father Taylor dear in memory." "Heritage of Rutherford Co. N.C." "...The Reverend Benjamin King and his brother-in-law, Jeremiah Taylor, were members of the French Broad and Salem Baptist Associations. They established several churches in Buncombe, Henderson, Transylvania, and other surrounding counties of North Carolina..." Jeremiah Taylor was pastor at Beulah Baptist Church (near the French Broad River) before migrating to Missouri in 1821--JET According to the Heritage of Henderson Co. N.C., he was the second pastor of this church. "Bethel Association (N.E.) "Jeremiah Taylor -- was one of the pioneer preachers of Marion County, having come to Missouri in 1822. He was one of the most useful preachers of his day--not an educated man, but 'his life was a living epistle, known and read of all men' who knew him. His doctrinal views were about those held by the great Andrew Fuller of England. These he would press with great earnestness and zeal. "He was born in Buncombe County [actually old Tryon, Co.], North Carolina, February 27, 1774, and after a useful life of half a century as a Baptist minister, he died May 21, 1848. He was present and preached the introductory sermon at the organization of Salt River Association in 1823. He also aided in the formation and became a constituent member of the Bethel Association in 1834. 'The strong Baptist influence in and around Palmyra is due, in no small degree, to the foundation laid by this good man. He was not a pleasant speaker, nor was his success due so much to his pulpit labor as to his pastoral work; for as a pastor he greately excelled. He was one of the best pastors I ever knew.' [From the MS. Sketch of Jer. Taylor, by Eld J.F. Smith.] "He filled the office of pastor in the churches of Bethel and Union in Marion County, for many years, and was very much loved and honored by his churches. "He was a man of large property in land and negroes, hence would preach without much remuneration, as was common with the pioneer preachers. "All the ministers of Bethel Association were present, by invitation, on the occasion of his funeral. Two sermons were preached, one by Eld. William Hurley, the other by Eld James F. Smith. "Eld. C.S. Taylor, now of Bethel Association, is a grandson of his and is a minister of promising and useful talent." Duncan, R. S. A History of the Baptists inb Missouri; embracing an account of the organization and growth of Baptist Churches and associations; biographical sketches of ministers of the gospel and other prominent members of the denomination; the found of Baptist institutions, periodicals, &c. Saint Louis: Scammell & Company, 1882. p. 331	TAYLOR, Rev Jeremiah (I35)
68	"Obituary "Melissa Ellenora Carson, the daughter of William and Aletha Carson, was born June 7, 1843, in Marion county, Mo; was married to John W Mallary at Palmyra, Mo., May 26th, 1864. To this union were born five children, four daughters and one son, all of whom survive her. She died Sept. 22nd, 1896, age 53 years, 3 months and 15 days. She joined Bethel Baptist church at an early age of eleven years and was baptized by Rev. J.T. Williams. "Seldom has death come more unexpectedly... For years she had been a constant sufferer... Just when they felt she was better and would probably be spared to them for years, she was suddenly called home...." -- Palmyra Spectator (?) This long obituary to be found in full in the Taylor scrapbook has been severely cropped here.	CARSON, Melisea Ellenora (I1985)
69	"One can imagine The happy family celebrations when Jared Williams married Martha Carson in the spring of 1790, and then Jared's sister Martha Williams married Martha Carson's brother Simon Carson, Jr. in the fall of 1791. "The two young couples settled on farms given to them by Elisha Williams. Simon and Martha Carson named their farm 'Pleasant Green.' Their sturdy home, still standing, two miles west of Route 11, Stephens City Virginia, was built before 1800, of gray stone, The present owner, Tilden Strosnider, has turned the back of the house into the front, and has built an attached garage with stones that formerly made the slave quarters. "If one walks around the house, one can see the remnants of a long entrance road, edged with trees. Over what was formerly the front door is the indication of a balcony with another door, and one can imagine someone on the balcony, looking up the road for expected visitors. "In the field beside the house is a small family cemetery overgrown with weeds and brush, the headstones cocked at weird angles. Here lie Simon and Martha as well as General James Carson, their son, his wife Catherine, and four of their children; Colonel William Carson, Simon's brother; as well as several others of the family. "At the time of the Civil War, when General James Carson lived in the house ['Pleasant Green'], it is said he had a special drawer for his bottle in the wall of bookshelves and cupboards in the living room. James H. Carson was a prominent figure in Frederick County. He was active at Harpers Ferry and Winchester in the early days of the War as a commander of militia, and apparently accompanied General Jackson on the Romney Campaign in 1862. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates and then in the state Senate. 'Pleasant Green' was a hospitable meeting place for Frederick County and Confederate leaders. "Simon and Martha Carson had nine children. Simon inherited from his father another property, 'The River Farm,' together with large land holdings near the junction of the north and south branches of the Shenandoah River, at Carson's Ford, the present location of Front Royal. "Simon had a strong interest in the Virginia militia. In 1801 he qualified as Lieutenant of the 54th Regiment of the Virginia Militia; and later he became a captain." -- Bond, Marian Saunders. Some Ancestors, pp. 14-15.	CARSON, Simon Jr (I319)
70	"One of Peter Stephens's sons was Lawrence... One can imagine the excitement and anticipation with which the little boy, about ten years old, traveled from the town in New Jersey or Pennsylvania where he had lived, across rivers, and through the tangled wilderness, full of new sights and sounds, and the danger of Indian attacks. In the beautiful Shenandoah Valley, he grew up on his father's large farm. On April 4, 1745 he purchased a 225-acre tract of land from his father. On August 4, 1747 he became a naturalized citizen of the colony. In 1747 he was made overseer of roads, and in 1749, he became constable. "Lawrence was married twice. His first wife died about 1749, and about 1752 he married Mary Bowman, daughter of George Bowman, They had eight children. "In 1776 Mary was left a widow. Believing in the cause of the American Revolution, she provided food for the soldiers and their horses. "Lord Fairfax lived at Greenway Court approximately from 1748 to 1781, about 5.5 miles from Peter Stephens' family. As a protege of Fairfax, George Washington lived at Greenway Court for periods of time, while he helped to survey parts of that western wilderness included in the Northern Neck , of which Lord Fairfax was proprietor. Here also, George Washington first distinguished himself in preparing for the defense of the frontier against Indian attacks. It is believed that Washington must have had many contacts with the Stephens family, and particularly with Lewis Stephens, Lawrence's brother, "The French and Indian War began in 1754, when Washington recruited three companies of frontiersmen, mostly from Frederick County, and traveled to the present site of Pittsburgh, to build a fort. At Great Meadows he met the French, and in a skirmish, killed eight or ten Indians and Frenchmen, and wounded others. The next day, after Fort Necessity had been thrown up hurriedly, Washington was surrounded and routed by a much superior force. "Dan V. Stephens points out that it is regrettable that the muster roll of the three hundred men who accompanied Washington on the journey was lost. The same is true of the campaign the next year, when a large volunteer force of Frederick County frontiersmen joined Braddock in his march over the same road to Fort Duquesne. Washington participated in this campaign as an aide to Braddock, and undoubtedly Lewis Stephens and his company also were not only in the disastrous march to Great Meadows the year before, but also in the campaign with Braddock. "During the entire period to the French and Indian War the Shenandoah Valley was subjected to the most brutal attacks from Indians, instigated by the French. This resulted in the building of Fort Louden at the head of one of the streets in Winchester, under the supervision of George Washington, who was just entering into his career as a soldier. During all of this time from 1748 to 1759 he could not have escaped being in contact with the active and energetic Lewis Stephens, who was apparently in everything that was going on in that county. "Another evidence of the friendship that existed among the Stephenses, Lord Fairfax, and George Washington was the fact that Lawrence Stephens named one of his sons 'Brian Martin' after [Thomas Brian Martin] the nephew of Lord Fairfax. It is possible that George William Stephens, eldest son of Lawrence Stephens and Mary Bowman, was the namesake of George William Fairfax. -- Bond, Marian Saunders. Some Ancestors, pp. 43-46. WILL OF LAWRENCE STEPHENS -- Will Book 4, page 398, Frederick County, Virginia "In the name of God, Amen, I Lawrence Stephens of Frederick County and Colony of Virginia, being well in body and of perfect mind and memory, thanks be to God for the same, but calling to mind the uncertainty of this life and that all men must die, do this tenth day of July, in the year of our Lord, 1773, make and publish this my last Will and Testament in the manner following, that is to say, IMPRIMIS, I commend my soul to Almighty God and my body I commit to the earth to be decently buried by and at the discretion of my Executrix and Executors hereinafter named, and as for my worldly estate, I dispose thereof as followeth; that is to say, I do first appoint all my debts and funeral expenses to be paid out of my real and personal estate, that is to say, I desire and order that two tracts of land lying on the westerly side of Shenandoah River on the drains of Crooked Run in the county aforesaid, be sold by my Executrix and Executors; to-wit: one of said tracts containing 463 acres as appears by deed aforesaid, dated the 27th day of July 1772. Also two lots in the town of Stephensburg, formerly belonging to Frederick Shively, which tracts and lots I desire them to be sold by my Executrix and Executors within six months after my decease. In case the above tracts doth discharge all my lawful debts, I will and order that none of my personal estate shall be sold. If the said tracts and lots, when sold, do sell for more than what will discharge my debts, I desire that it may be divided amongst the under named legatees. ITEM, I give to my wife all my movable estate and household furniture together with the plantation which joins the town of Stephensburg, containing 225 acres, for and during the time and term of nine whole years from my decease, it being for and in consideration of maintaining, clothing, schooling, and raising up the legatees of her own body. And at the expiration of the above time or term, the said plantation with half of the household furniture and movable estate be given unto my son George William with the hereditaments and appurtenances, also 200 pounds which is in the hands of Lawyer Jones in order to assist him to discharge a mortgage which my Lord Fairfax has upon said tract of land, the third part of the place excepted for the use of my wife during her natural life, also one of the negroes, either male or female, kind which she sees cause to choose, which negro I leave to dispose of as she pleases. "What negros I have, with their increase, I will and desire that they may be sold by my Executrix and Executors at the expiration of the above term of nine years, the amount of which sales are to be equally divided amongst my sons Peter, John, Jacob, Isaac, Joseph Lawrence and Bryan Martin. Also a tract of land lying and being in the county aforesaid near the Sugar Hill with all of its tenements and appurtenances unto the above named legatees. "ITEM -- I give and devise to my said wife, the house which I now live in with all the lots, outhouses and buildings thereon erected and built, also Carvers Lot, during her natural life, and at the expiration of her natural life, I desire the same may be sold and the amount of the same to be divided between my sons, Jacob, Isaac, Joseph Lawrence and Bryan Martin. "ITEM -- I will and desire that my son George William shall pay unto each of the following legatees the different sums hereinafter mentioned, that is to say, to pay to my son Peter, ten pounds current money; my son John ten pounds; my daughter Mary, ten pounds; my daughter Sarah, ten pounds also my son Jacob, forty pounds; Isaac, forty pounds; Joseph Lawrence, forty pounds and Bryan Martin, forty pounds, to be paid as above by my son George William at the end and term of nine years after my decease and if any of said sons and daughters shall happen to die before they come to the age of 21 years, I desire the herein willed to them may be equally divided amongst the several legatees herein mentioned, and lastly, I do hereby make and constitute, nominate and appoint, her, my said wife Mary Stephens, together with Col. John Hite, David Brown and Joseph Smith of Maryland, joint Executrix and Executors of this my last Will and Testament, desiring them to take upon themselves the execution of the same and to see the same duly and truly performed and also reasonable expenses, costs and charges as they, my said trustees, shall be at or expend in the execution of this my Will and the trust in them repose, shall be from time to time paid, borne and discharged out of my said estate. In witness thereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written. "Signed in the presence of us Joseph Holmes Joseph Stephens John Emmitt His Robert Throckmorton Lawrence X Stephens (SEAL) Isaac Zane Mark "At a Court held for Frederick County the 5th day of November, 1776, this last Will and Testament of Lawrence Stephens, deceased, was proved and ordered to be recorded, and on the motion of Mary Stephens, Executrix therein named, who made oath according to Law Certificate is granted her for obtaining a probate thereof in due form, she with security having entered into and acknowledged bond conditioned as the law directs. "By the Court, J.A. Keith, Clerk"	STEPHENS, Lawrence (I1362)
71	"Palmyra Couple Wed 60 Years "Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Triplett, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary at the home of their son-in-law and daughter, Mr and Mrs. Mark Hershey last Sunday. "Mr and Mrs Triplett were married at Hagertown, Md., Sept. 28, 1889. They moved in 1893 to Missouri where they have spent their entire married life. "Mr Triplett, a carpenter by trade, became a contractor in 1916 for the Polk-Gunning Company. Since that time he has errected 146 siols and three large grain elevators throughout Missouri and Illinois. He retired in 1948, "Mr. and Mrs. Triplett are the parents of one son and five daughters. They also have eight living grandchildren. Their children are Mrs. Irene Smith of St. Louis, Frank Triplett of Ewith, Mrs Clara Banks of St. Louis, Mrs Irving Hickman of Hanb Iowa, Mrs. Mark Hershey of Palmyra, and Mrs. Frank Felice of Houston, Tex. "All of their children, six grand children and Mr. Triplett's brother Davis Triplett and his daughter, Mrs. Mary Nehr were present at the celebration." -- Palmyra Spectator for Sept. __, or early October, 1949. -- Part of the right-hand edge was missing.	Family F270
72	"Paul and Elizabeth (Hite) Froman built their stone house in 1751 on Froman's Run where it enters Cedar Creek-- upstream from George Bowman's house and mill. "We understand Froman, with the help of neighbor-settlers, built a stockade around the house to protect them from Indian attack." -- Hite Family Newsletter, Spring 1991, p. 1	HITE, Elizabeth (I1398)
73	"Progenator of the Austin family in America" -- Ancestry and Descendants of Zimri and Elizabeth Compton Haines, A Genealogy by Clayton D. Hutchins	AUSTIN, Francis (I1754)
74	"Rebecca is said to have been a half-sister to Sarah"--JET Sara, wife of Jonathan King-- LKL The biography of Jonathan King, suggests that Rebecca;s mother was from a first marriage of Caleb Taylor??--JET	TAYLOR, Rebecca (I59)
75	"relict of John Brown"--JET "Widow of John Brown, who emigrated from Ireland to Va. John Brown died shortly after his arrival in Va., leaving his only son Richard." -- The Lewis Family in America, p. 258	BROWN, Molly (I364)
76	"She was a seventh Day Baptist preacher and had children..." Bill Jobe letter.	GATCHELL, Abigail (I843)
77	"Sudden Death of Prominent Citizen "John Calvin Hansbrough, 63, widely known citizen of this county was found dead in his home north of here on Route 61, about noon last Saturday, Dec. 10, 1938. The body was found on the kitchen floor by Mrs Hansbrough when she returned home from Palmyra. Death was attributed to a heart attack. "The body was prepared for burial at the Lewis Bros. funeral home and then taken to his late residence, Monday, remaining until the hour of the funeral. "A native of Fabius township, Mr Hansborough was born Dec 23, 1874, the son of Edwin and Mary Hickman Hansbrough. His parents died when he was quite young and he was reared to young manhood in the homes of his uncles J.T. Hansbrough and Wm. Hickman of Fabius. He attended Franklin school and later attended Missouri Military Academy at Mexico [Mo.]. An intense desire for deeper understanding lead him to read much and study deeply. "Following his marriage to Miss Kathryn Young of Kirksville, Nov. 15, 1898, the couple located on a Fabius farm where they spent all of their wedded life. "At the age if 17 he united with Bethel Baptist church and for 17 years served as a member of the official board. During the time he was a member of the church, he gave liberally of his time and talent, ever willing to assume any responsibility presenting itself. It can be truly said of him that his life was a living epistle, known and read of all men. He was always a gentleman in the finest sense of the word and in his passing, this community has lost a most valued citizen. "For many years he was secretary of the Franklin school board and until a short time ago was a director of the Fabius consolidated school district. At the time of his death, he was a member of the directorate and held the office of treasurer of the Marion County Farmers Mutual Insurance Co. For several years he was secretary of the Marion County Farm Loan Association. He held other positions of trust during his life and had the confidence and esteem of all with whom he came in contact. "Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Palmyra Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev, V.O. Graves, pastor of the Bethel church. Rev. Graves was assisted by Rev C.E. Griswold, pastor of the local church. Funeral hymns were sung by a mixed quartette composed of Mrs. Freeman White, Mrs. James H. Phillips, W.L. Owsley, Jr., and C.J. Carey. The singers were accompanied by Mrs F. G. Carlstead, church organist. "The pall bearers were H.A. Yeager, H.M. Phillips, C.G. Tarleton, J.J. McLeod, C.R. Taylor, and F.L. Hansbrough. The funeral was largely attended and there were many beautiful floral tributes. "Surviving are his widow; four sons, Wm. E. of Fabius township, John R. of New Haven, Conn., Harry Y. of Lincoln, Ill., and Thomas B., of Iowa; a daughter, Mrs Roger Bourne of Fabius and one brother, Elbert Hansbrough of this city." -- Presumably from the Palmyra Spectator	HANSBROUGH, John Calvin (I1513)
78	"The ancestor of the Hite family in America was Hans Jost Heydt.... Hite's name appears in many variations (not unusual in his times): Heid, Heite, Heydt, Tyte, and finally, Hite. His first [middle] name was written Jost, Just, Yost, or Joist. "Hite (said by many to be a baron) was a wealthy nobleman, born in Strasbourg, Alsace, Germany, who sold his ancestral estates and fled to Holland because of religious persecution. There he married Anna Maria DuBois, daughter of Louis Du Bois, a French Huguenot, and refugee to Holland from Wicres. He was a kinsman of Louis Du Bois (b. 1626, d. 1695), one of the founders of New Paltz, who led an expedition against Indians in 1663; was in Colonial Forces against Indians in 1670; and was a descendant of Macquaire DuBois, Count De Roussy, A.D. 1110. [There is controversy about the identity of Hite's wife. Jones, Connor, & West in their 'German Origins of Jost Hite' state that Hite's wife was Anna Maria Merkle. I have chosen the latter because of more recent scholarship and because the Hite Family Association seems to endorse it] "The Hite's first daughter, Mary (our ancestor) was born in Holland. "In 1710 Jost and his family sailed from Rotterdam to New York on his own ship, the brigantine 'Swift,' with the schooner, 'Friendship,' bringing with them on both ships, sixteen families of Germans and Dutch as tenants on the lands he intended to acquire. For several years they lived in Kingston on the Hudson River. "In 1716 Jost Hite settled on a large tract of land in or near Germantown, near Philadelphia. There, at the mouth of Perkiomen Creek, he built and operated a mill for the manufacture of woolen cloth, said to have been the first of its kind in this country. "Perhaps Jost became restless. Maybe he was inspired by stories of the great Shenandoah Valley, told by his old Dutch friends, John and Isaac Van Meter, who had visited the Valley frequently while trading with friendly Indians. The Indians called the valley 'Senedoes,' 'the daughter of the stars.' Beautiful, winding rivers full of fish; forests; fertile soil; and many varieties of wild game animals tempted Jost to buy 40,000 acres from the Van Meters in 1727-28, and later another tract of 100,000 acres, west of the mountains. "On the other hand, the historian John W. Wayland thinks that Hite might have had an earlier acquaintance with the Shenandoah Valley. 'There is a tradition that he was with Alexander Spotswood, the Virginia governor, in 1716, when the latter led his company of adventurers in the famous expedition across the Blue Ridge and commemorated the achievement by giving to each of his gentlemen companions a small golden horseshoe studded with gems.' "In Pennsylvania and Maryland the Indians, maddened by the encroachments of the white settlers, were raiding and murdering colonists. Petitions by Hite and others for protection were ignored by Governor Gordon. "Whatever the reasons, in 1732 Jost Hite, with his family; his sons-in-law George Bowman, Jacob Chrisman, and Paul Froman, with their families; Robert McKay, Robert Green, William Duff, Peter Stephens, and several others -- totalling sixteen families -- left Pennsylvania. Members of the ox-drawn caravan cut their own road, and followed Indian trails from York. They crossed the Potomac about two miles above Harper's Ferry at Pack Horse Ford. "The Hites built a cabin and fort on Opequon Creek, about five miles south of Winchester. Thus, they became part of the strong fabric woven by the daring pioneers of this country. "Later, Jost and his son, Col. John Hite, built 'Springdale,' a limestone mansion (still existing), across the 'Great Waggon Road' (now route 11) from a dam and grist mill, and one and one-half miles northeast of the present town of Stephens City. "After home steading in Virginia, Hite devoted himself chiefly to buying and selling lands, acquiring thousands of rich acres in different parts of the Valley. He was affectionately known as 'Baron Hite,' or 'The Old German Baron.' "James Richard Wilkins points to the heavy responsibilities on Hite's shoulders: 'A new country, Indians, forest, wild animals, a new Colonial government to deal with, plus all the uncertaintite of feeding, clothing and housing his settlers in this new land....' "Grants of acreage required certain numbers of settlers. Hite recruited Germans, Dutchmen, Scots, Irish, and English with enticing offers of land. It was even rumored that some quotas were met by giving cows, pigs, and other animals names! "According to John W. Wayland, historian, Thomas, Lord Fairfax visited Jost Hite on his first trip to Virginia in 1736. Until 1746 or thereabouts, the exact boundaries of the Northern Neck, Fairfax's domain, were not clearly defined, and many of the earliest grants made in the Valley by the royal governors at Williamsburg lay within Fairfax's holdings. Fairfax objected to the manner in which many of these early grants were laid out, and an argument arose between him and Hite. "In the celebrated case, May 3,4, and 5, 1786, one of the lawyers for Fairfax was a young man, John Marshall, later Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (to whom we are said to be related). One of his opponents, arguing for Hite, was the talented Edmund Randolph, who was later Attorney-General of the United States under President Washington. "Two points were at issue: (1) whether the titles of Hite, and his associated and successors, should be made good; and (2) whether Fairfax's title as proprietor to the Northern Neck of Virginia should be recognized as valid. In its decision, the court sustained the Hite claims, but did not invalidate the title of Fairfax. Marshall clearly foresaw the chaos that would result if Virginia should confiscate the Fairfax grant, and devoted his main efforts toward preventing such an outcome, declaring that such action would destroy every land title in the commonwealth. Hite's victory in winning the right of his people to retain title to their lands was not fully confirmed until after his death in 1760. "In 1748 George Washington, with a group of surveyors, visited Springdale; and from 1756 to 1759, while Washington, in charge of the frontier defenses, had his headquarters in Winchester, he doubtless was frequently a guest at the Hite's home. "For twenty years or more the Indians gave no serious trouble to the Valley settlers, but in 1754 there were frequent and devastating raids, in which the Indians were often led by French officers. The chain of widely separated frontier forts was inadequate, and many settles fled eastward across the Blue Ridge. Old court martial records at Winchester show that Jost Hite's sons and the sons of George Bowman were among those who tried to uphold the militia organization. "Jost Hite and his first wife had eight children. She died in 1738, and in 1741 he married again, the widow Neuschwanger, with whom he made a definite premarital contract, which might have been the model for others, later. No evidence has been found of any children born of this second marriage. The wording of his will and contracts indicates that Jost was a devout Christian. His name appears on a list of members of the German Reformed Church in or near Philadelphia between 1735 and 1755. "The following story is told by historian James Richard Wilkins. When Jost died in 1761, a controversy developed about his burial site. After his grave had been dug at Long Meadows, his son Isaac decided that he should be buried at Opequon Church. An old slave, 'Vash,' who dug the grave, exclaimed, 'It's bad luck and a curse to move Massa Jost's grave after it dug. Massa Isaac, ain't you heard dat to change a man grabe site after it's dug will put the curse of the wanderer inter his blood from generation to generation for ever and ever?' The curse may have had some validity!" -- Bond, Marian Saunders. Some ancestors, pp. 34-39. " In 1711, Jost and Anna Maria Hite and their children where living in Kingston, in the New Paltz region of New York, By 1713, it had become clear to the settlers that they were not going to receive what had been promised to them. The promised 40 acres turned out to be a 40' x 50' lot, large enough for a log cabin and an inadequate-sized garden -- and they were indentured to the Crown for life. Since Governor Keith of Pennsylvania made the settlers a much better offer, in 1714, Jost purchased 150 acres on the Skippack Creek -- about 15 miles west of the inhabited part of Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. They built some boats, packed their belongings, and went down the Susquehanna River, trekked cross country to Skippack Creek. In 1716 Jost bought more property: in 1717 he was paying quitrent on 174 acres at Skippack where they lived for a couple of years. In 1718 he purchased 600 acres a mile or so to the west, on the Perkiomen Creek for 125 pounds. The water flow of the Perkiomen was better for a grist mill. On top of a Gentle slope above the Perkiomen Creek, Jost built a field-stone 16' by 18' one-room cabin with an oak beam ceiling above which was the loft used for sleeping. Beneath the main room with the oven fireplace, there was a root cellar. The roof was covered with hand-split wood shakes. The fireplace side of the room was paneled. There seems to be no doubt at 'Pennypacker Mills' (greatly renovated with additions at the turn of the 20th century and now open to the public) that the paneling was part of the original cabin. This leads one to believe, that although Jost and his family when in Kingston, were on the Governor of New York's subscription list in 1710, he was a man of some substance ten years later. "A month after an '11-Indian attack on a nearby community in April of 1728 -- fought off by about 20 German framers, Yost Hite and 76 other settlers of Falckner's Swamp, Schippac and Goshenhoppen, in Colebrookdale' signed a petition to the Governor of Pennsylvania requesting help. It doesn't seem likely that Jost's decision to leave Pennsylvania was due to the possibility of Indian attack. He was very much aware that the Governor and Council of Virginia were encouraging settlers to move to the Virginia frontier to serve as a buffer between the Indians to the west and the eastern-inhabitants-of- Virginia, In January of 1730, Jost sold his plantation of 600 acres which included the gristmill and a still for 540 pounds. "Jost and 16 families left Pennsylvania in the autumn of 1731 -- traveling west and south through York on the Indian Trail across the Pennsylvania-Maryland border. The difficult trek south was made with the infant Joseph and Jost wrote 'for the greatest and most Difficult Parts of the way they were Obliged to make Roads' and once settled 'Obliged to life in their waggons til they Built some small Huts to shelter themselves from the Inclemency of the Weather and so far distant from any settlement but especially from any such as could supply them with any Provisions or Necessaries, they could scarce procure any one thing nearer than Pensylvania or Fredericksburg....' When they reached the Potomac River, they forded it at 'Pack Horse Ford,' about a half-mile down stream from where the ferry crossed at Shepherdstown." -- Hite Family Newsletter, fall, 1992	HITE, Hans Justice Jost (I1394)
79	"THE BIG HOUSE AT TAYLOR, MO. "To enjoy the story of the Big House at Taylor, you must first get to know the Taylor family. "Captain John Taylor who owned the town of Taylor and surrounding land and Jeremiah Taylor who lived on the hill north of Taylor in Lewis County were brothers and sons of Rev. Jeremiah Taylor of North Carolina. They were a family of ten brothers and sisters. Captain Taylor was born in 1806. "The family moved to Missouri in 1821. I don't know how much of the land was original land grant, but some was because I have a land grant certificate issued to John Taylor in 1838 signed by President Van Buren. At one time Captain Taylor owned 1400 A[cres] of land in Marion County and Jeremiah Taylor 1800 A[cres] in Lewis County. "Captain Taylor owned the home farm, the 300 A[cres] owned by the Hoerrs across the road, all of West Quincy and vicinity, the toll road from Taylor to Quincy and much more bottom land. "In 1850 Captain Taylor had a ferry boat built named the Kosseth at the cost of $75,000.00. Between that time and 1878 he owned the ferries, Mary Cole, Emma, Quincy, the Rosa Taylor (named for his daughter) and the Frank Sherman. He built the first store in West Quincy in 1849. Captain Taylor built a blank toll road from Taylor to West Quincy at the cost of $40,670.74 and owned 1/2 interest in the road which was chartered by the State of Missouri in 1872. The sloughs and creeks were crossed by camel back bridges. There were no fences at the time and the people only used the toll road in bad weather. In high water parts of the road would float away. Much of the Taylor land was covered with native timber. Captain John and his brother owned and operated a flour mill and saw mill. "In 1836 Captain Taylor married Miss Elizabeth Latham. For 10 years he had made his home in Lewis County. In 1843 he moved to Taylor. It may have been at this time the back part of the big house was built. Two large rooms down and two up with a side hall between and fireplaces in all four rooms. The house had a one story ell in the rear, which was later moved to become the wash house, when the new front was added in 1887. "Captain Taylor was the father of six children. All but two died in childhood. Two daughters lived to be thirty, namely Susan and Rosa. No record of either ever being married was found. "After the Civil War, Captain Taylor lived in Quincy and operated two ferry boats and conducted his large business holdings. "When Mrs Taylor died in 1869 he returned to the Taylor farm and was still living there in 1884. "Sometime between 1884 and 1887 he died and his estate was settled. William I. Taylor, a nephew, son of Jerimiah Taylor was the administrator. The farm on the south side of the road of nearly 300 A[cres] was sold to Dr. Daniel W. Tindall of Illinois who had previously been married to Sarah Elizabeth Taylor, the fourth child of Jerimiah Taylor and sister to Wm. I. Taylor. "Now we must consider the Jerimiah Taylor family and the connection to Dr. Tindall and the building of the front of the Big House...." [The manuscript in its entirety is found in the notes on Minnie June Bonney. Captain John Taylor must have been the enterprising soul. He built a toll road from walnut logs across the bottom land from West Quincy to Taylor's Station as the town of Taylor was called. This road was a necessity much of the year when the regular dirt roads were a quagmire in this swampy area---ABT He also built the first store house in West Quincy, and Isaac Stephens sold goods in it many years ago. One of the first streets in West Quincy was Taylor Street. --Holcombe. op. cit., p. 781. There was a C.B. & Q. railroad stop in West Quincy. The Wabash station was 5.5 miles west of Quincy at Taylor or "Taylor's Station," at the residence of Capt. John Taylor. Holcombe(op.cit., p. 782) reports "There are station houses here, but not much else." Even more true today! The ferry was established in 1828 and landing rights in West Quincy, Missouri were established in 1829, making it the first ferry north of Louisiana. In 1840, the first steam ferry boat, the "Mary Ann" was used. The owner of the ferry at that time was Gov. Carlin of Illinois. At some unspecified time, John Taylor purchased the "Kossuth," and became the owner of a transportation network stretching from Taylor's Station to Quincy. He subsequently ran ferry boats named "Mary Cole," "Emma," "Quincy," "Rosa Taylor," and "Frank Sherman." The latter was still running in 1884 and was still owned by John Taylor.--Holcombe op.cit., p. 781 A disturbing incident took place "about the first of January 1861 when two old negroes, a man and a woman were found hanging in a stable belonging to Capt. John Taylor." It was unclear whether they had committed suicide, been murdered by the courtesan who was with them, or had been lynched by pro-slavery vigilantes. (Holcombe. op. cit., pp778-779) Apparently no blame was attributed to John Taylor.	TAYLOR, John (I38)
80	"THE BIG HOUSE AT TAYLOR, MO. "To enjoy the story of the Big House at Taylor, you must first get to know the Taylor family. "Captain John Taylor who owned the town of Taylor and surrounding land and Jeremiah Taylor who lived on the hill north of Taylor in Lewis County were brothers and sons of Rev. Jeremiah Taylor of North Carolina. They were a family of ten brothers and sisters. Captain Taylor was born in 1806. "The family moved to Missouri in 1821. I don't know how much of the land was original land grant, but some was because I have a land grant certificate issued to John Taylor in 1838 signed by President Van Buren. At one time Captain Taylor owned 1400 A[cres] of land in Marion County and Jeremiah Taylor 1800 A[cres] in Lewis County. "Captain Taylor owned the home farm, the 300 A[cres] owned by the Hoerrs across the road, all of West Quincy and vicinity, the toll road from Taylor to Quincy and much more bottom land. "In 1850 Captain Taylor had a ferry boat built named the Kosseth at the cost of $75,000.00. Between that time and 1878 he owned the ferries, Mary Cole, Emma, Quincy, the Rosa Taylor (named for his daughter) and the Frank Sherman. He built the first store in West Quincy in 1849. Captain Taylor built a blank toll road from Taylor to West Quincy at the cost of $40,670.74 and owned 1/2 interest in the road which was chartered by the State of Missouri in 1872. The sloughs and creeks were crossed by camel back bridges. There were no fences at the time and the people only used the toll road in bad weather. In high water parts of the road would float away. Much of the Taylor land was covered with native timber. Captain John and his brother owned and operated a flour mill and saw mill. "In 1836 Captain Taylor married Miss Elizabeth Latham. For 10 years he had made his home in Lewis County. In 1843 he moved to Taylor. It may have been at this time the back part of the big house was built. Two large rooms down and two up with a side hall between and fireplaces in all four rooms. The house had a one story ell in the rear, which was later moved to become the wash house, when the new front was added in 1887. "Captain Taylor was the father of six children. All but two died in childhood. Two daughters lived to be thirty, namely Susan and Rosa. No record of either ever being married was found. "After the Civil War, Captain Taylor lived in Quincy and operated two ferry boats and conducted his large business holdings. "When Mrs Taylor died in 1869 he returned to the Taylor farm and was still living there in 1884. "Sometime between 1884 and 1887 he died and his estate was settled. William I. Taylor, a nephew, son of Jerimiah Taylor was the administrator. The farm on the south side of the road of nearly 300 A[cres] was sold to Dr. Daniel W. Tindall of Illinois who had previously been married to Sarah Elizabeth Taylor, the fourth child of Jerimiah Taylor and sister to Wm. I. Taylor. "Now we must consider the Jerimiah Taylor family and the connection to Dr. Tindall and the building of the front of the Big House. I do not find Mrs. Taylor's maiden name. [Clara or Clarissa Lovelace] "The first son John L (Lovelace) Taylor, born 1834, died 1915, married February 2, 1860 to Marry Worthington. He left no heirs. "Patsy Ann Taylor, Born December 16, 1835, died 1860, Married Dr. S.L. Bonney December 16, 1851 on her 16th birthday. Dr Bonney was a widower age 30 from the east. In 9 years she had three children, Minnie June, 9who built the front of the Big House), Edgar J. and Mattie C who died in 1860. "William I. Taylor born November 19, 1837 married Ellen Elizabeth ? [Williams]. Had 2 sons Lee and William (Little Bill). "Sarah Elizabeth Taylor born April 9, 1840 died February 9, 1862, married Dr Danial [sic] W. Tindall. Died at the age of 22...no children. "Mary Jane Taylor born 1845 died 1928. Married Lucius D. Patterson December 21, 1864...no children. "Jerimiah Bonney Taylor born April 4, 1848. Died August 22, 1922. Married August 17, 1877 to Jessie Young. Three children, Rose, Harold and Lennis. "To the last two I owe my interest in the Taylor family. In retirement they both lived in the same block in LaGrange, Mo. where I did as a child. They could tell wonderful stories of their early life. Dr. Daniel W. Tindall the second owner of the home farm was born in Illinois. It is supposition that he met Sarah Elizabeth when she was a student at Illinois Womens College in Jacksonville, Ill. Have no marriage date and she and the Doctor must have lived in Illinois. Jerimiah Taylor gave each of his children a farm when they married and she was not included. She must never have lived in Missouri during her short married life, as she was only 22 at the time of her death.. The story was told to me that at the time of her death she made the Doctor promise to marry her college roommate which he did and she also died. "Dr. Tindall served in the Civil War and was wounded, losing his leg between the hip and the knee. He had a very satisfactory prosthesis, for he was able to ride a horse and manage his farming operations. There was a big rock outside the west door at the Big House that he used to mount his horse. The prosthesis is still in the attic at the House. "Minnie June Bonney who planned and was responsible for the construction of the front part of the House was educated in Boston in music. She was an (old maid) music teacher living in her father's home on the line between Lewis and Marion Counties. "I know nothing of Dr. Tindalls and Minnie Junes romance, but before she would marry him the new house was to be completed to her exact wishes. The old house was completely remodeled and made into 5 rooms and a large bath and five new rooms and large hall were added. "The bath had running water from a gravity tank in the attic. The water was pumped from the basement by hand. The plumbing was all lead, and the joints were made by wiping. The tub was copper with walnut rim and sides. The toilet seat was square made of solid walnut with brass hinges. A long chain reached from the ceiling flush tank. The tissue holder was made of two iron hands. The wash bowl was marble with built in vanity. "The wood work downstairs is white walnut. There are four fireplaces in the new part each fitted with a hard coal grate. The mantles were elaborate made to order in St. Louis and shipped up river on the boat. The story is told that Minnie June sent one mantle back three times until she was pleased with it. The house had a central steam heating system. There are 13 closets, 4 are walkins. Much of the rough lumber and walnut logs were cut on the farm. "The house was completed in 1887 and Minnie June married her late Aunt Sarah Elizabeth's husband. "The house was all carpeted and had very nice furniture for I know Mrs. Tindall gave her aunt Mary Jane Taylor Patterson many pieces when the Doctor died, and she moved to Quincy to make her home in the Hotel Newcomb. "There are absolutely no dates connected with Mrs. Tindalls life. She is buried in the LaGrange Cemetery with her father and Husband. Only her name is on the stone, no dates! "In 1904 Dr. Tindall contracted with John A. Dearing for the sale of the farm. A short time later before the sale was finalized, Dr. Tindall committed suicide. The story goes, his two uncles from Illinois, were visiting in the home and sleeping in the upstairs front guest room. The Doctor got up early, as was his habit and bathed and dressed on Sunday morning. He went to his wife's room, the middle bedroom and said, 'Minnie, I have taken the fatal dose.' He went downstairs, lay down on a black leather couch in the front hall and died. He was a Doctor and kept his supply of drugs on hand in the little closet behind the fireplace in the South bed room. "Mrs Tindall raised the price on the farm, before she would honor the contract. The Dearings moved in before she moved out and helped her move and dispose of her possessions. Many pieces were hauled, one piece at a time in a wagon up to the Taylor hill. I have a few of her possessions. "Mrs Tindall had a parrot named Bonney that could talk more than any parrot I was ever around. She gave the parrot to Dr. and Mrs. Muir in LaGrange. I grew up listening to the parrot as it was allowed outside and flew from tree to tree. That was in the day of ice delivery and apple and melon peddlers. The parrot would fly ahead of the wagon and call 'Ice, ice, ice' and 'apples and melons.' The parrot lived a long time after I was through school. I've been told when Bonney died, Mrs Tindall came up from Quincy and saw him layed[sic.] to rest on the Bonney lot in the cemetery. "Many changes took place during the John Dearing ownership. The Fabius Drainage District was organized and the levees built. The Tindall farm had a private levee before this time. The Taylor to Quincy road was widened and graveled. The shutters were removed from the house and a new heating plant installed. An acetylene light plant was installed for the use of the Big House, the store and the bank. "Mr. Dearing built a two story store building. He organized a Bank and built a bank building east of the store. He built the house west of the store. At one time Mr. Dearing ran the store, was postmaster, and had the telephone exchange in his store, in addition to managing the farm and buying and shipping grain and livestock. "During World War I he and Mrs. Dearing spent some time in the State of Louisiana, where head real estate holdings. His son, J.W. operated the farm and bought horses and mules for the army and to ship to his father to be sold in Louisiana. "His son C.W. was cashier of the Bank of Taylor and operated the store. He lived in the house west of the store until about 1925 when he moved his family into the Big House and lived there until he became cashier of the 1st Savings Bank in Palmyra, Mo. "For a brief time Mr. John Dearing operated the mill in Palmyra and lived there. In 1926 he moved back to Taylor and lived in the small house west of the Store. "In 1928 C.W. Dearing moved to Palmyra. The John A. Dearings moved back into the Big House where they continued to live until 1935. At that time they moved to Louisiana where Mr. Dearing could better care for his oil and real estate interests. "At that time his son J.W. Dearing and family moved into the Big House from the house 1/2 mile east of Taylor that had at one time been the toll house on the Taylor toll road. J.W. continued to operate the farm. "When Mr. John A. Dearing died in 1945 J.W. Dearing bought out his brothers interest in the farm and continued to live there for 34 years. During that period the house was wired for electricity and was insulated. Natural gas became available and a new heating plant was installed.. The highway was paved and the driveway was changed. [Surely the highway was paved before 1945 as I only remember a paved road. Might its paving have been a depression relief project? --LKL] "The bathroom and kitchen were remodeled and a modern water system installed. In 1969 due to failing health J.W. Dearing sold the farm to Marvin Weigand and moved to Palmyra, Missouri. The house is being beautifully cared for by the present owners. "I owe the information in the preceding pages to: History of Marion County 1884 Atlad[sic.] of Lewis County 1870 Atlas of Marion County 1875 Also to hours of listening to stories told me by the following: Mr. and Mrs L.D. Patterson Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Taylor [parents of ABT & JET; grandparents of LKL] Mrs John A. Dearing (my mother-in-law) Mr. J.W. Dearing (my husband) who went to live in the Big House at the age of 10. Also visits to cemeteries in this vicinity." I have transcribed the above manuscript of Mrs. J.W. Dearing as written and punctuated except for changing the ampersands to "and." I have left her spellings of "Jerimiah" for "Jeremiah" and "Danial" for "Daniel." Occasionally, I have inserted information in square brackets ([]). I would judge that this was written in the early 1970's. --LKL	BONNEY, Minnie June (I2039)
81	"The Heritage of Rutherford County North Carolina." Vol. 1 "...Lived Blue Ridge, Henderson Co. NC. Left Blue Ridge, NC Oct. 1, 1870 in two Ox Driven Wagons, arrived at Clarksville, Red River Country, Texas December 24, 1870, the older members walked most of the way with 10 children and Samuel Ervin Love. In 1874 they moved to Farmersville Texas. Buried Snow Hill Cemetery, Farmersville, TX.	KING, Joseph Underwood (I714)
82	"The Heritage of Rutherford County North Carolina." Vol. 1 "Joseph King (1770-1849), m. Oct. 18 1793, Rutherford Co. NC. Miss Leodicia Parkers Morgan of Rutherford Co. NC (1772-1849). Lived in Rutherford Co.; Buncombe Vo; and Henderson Co. NC. Buried in old French Broad Cemetery, Hendersonville, NC...[lists children] "A Brief Biographical Sketch of Johathan King of North Carolina," by Caleb King, his 10th son "...As you will note, I have only referred briefly to my father's three brothers, Joseph, Samuel and Benjamin. They reared large families and became prosperous, in fact wealthy. Joseph like my father never attached himself to any church. Samuel was a member of the Baptist Church for many years, but when a vigorous temperance wave swept over the country in which he resided, and his brethren informed him that he must stop distilling even his own grains and fruits, or be turned out of the church, he indignantly resigned his membership and refused reinstatement ever afterwards. The third brother Benjamin, and all his family except Elisha, were members of the Baptist Church. Signed: Caleb King" Heritage of Henderson Co., NC "...Joseph, 1770, married in 1793 Laodicia [sic] Parks Morgan, 1772-1849. Joseph died in 1849 and is buried with his wife in the old French Broad cemetery on South Rugby Road, Henderson County."	KING, Joseph (I75)
83	"The Heritage of Rutherford County North Carolina" Vol. 1 "Samuel King, Jr. (1772-1849), m. September 20, 1792, Rutherford Co. NC. Mary Ashe Kelly of Rutherford Co. NC (1777-181_), lived in Rutherford Co. NC and Buncombe Co (Transylvania Co. now) NC. Buried in Glazner Cemetery Brevard, NC. Sons: Jonathan; Jeremiah. Daughters: Mary, others. m. 2nd: Rebecca Clark (1819)." "A Brief Biographical Sketch of Johathan King of North Carolina," by Caleb King, his 10th son "...As you will note, I have only referred briefly to my father's three brothers, Joseph, Samuel and Benjamin. They reared large families and became prosperous, in fact wealthy. Joseph like my father never attached himself to any church. Samuel was a member of the Baptist Church for many years, but when a vigorous temperance wave swept over the country in which he resided, and his brethren informed him that he must stop distilling even his own grains and fruits, or be turned out of the church, he indignantly resigned his membership and refused reinstatement ever afterwards. The third brother Benjamin, and all his family except Elisha, were members of the Baptist Church. Signed: Caleb King" Heritage of Henderson Co. NC "...The second son, Samuel Junior, 1772-1849, married in 1792 to Mary Ashe Kelley, 1772-1812, daughter of Henry Kelly and Mary Whitesides. After the death of his first wife, Samuel married Rebecca Clark in 1789 [sic], daughter of Samuel Clark, soldier in the Revolutionary War. Samuel [King] is buried in the Glazner Cemetery in Brevard, North Carolina."	KING, Samuel Jr. (I77)
84	"The Honorable..." -- Gerrett Van Sweringen in the U.S.A., p. 22	BLADEN, Honorable William (I1446)
85	"The widow Neuschwanger"	NEUSCHWANGER, Magdalena (I1408)
86	"They were Methodists and among the first of that denomination in western Virginia. About the year, 1804, he moved to Sullivan County Tennessee, and in the fall of 1809, he moved from there to Preble County, Ohio, then a wilderness, where he resided until his death. -- Stephens, Dan V. Stephens family Genealogies. p. unnumbered [4] "Obviously the Stephens family was involved in the selling of land, for they sold lots in the limits of Stephens City. But the Stephens family was involved in other types of commerce. With the land they owned they were involved in farming. And they were involved in the wagon trade. It cannot now be explained why it was that the villages of Newton (Stephens City) and Front Royal became more prominent as identified with the wagon trade (from Baltimore first to the town of Knoxville, Tennessee, and then from Winchester to Knoxville) than any other parts of Maryland or Virginia. This was particularly so with Newtown (Stephens City), which, for more than half a century retained the supremacy in building and fitting out the immense wagons capable of sustaining forty-five hundred to five thousand pounds of freight. The wood work of the best material was often made by the same man who had them ironed. The pitch in front and rear of the bodies, surmounted by bows and sheet, was such that four or five men could shelter under the projection. The harness was very heavy and all the iron used was of the best bar. They cost from one hundred and fifty to two hundred dollars. The horses, six to a wagon, were of the heaviest and best at the day costing from seventy-five to one hundred and twenty-five dollars. The most prominent builders of these wagons in Newtown were John Grove, Thornton McLeod, Jacob Cline, John Long, John Crider, Moses Barker, Peter Keeding, William Frailey, Jacob Lemley, John Stevens (Stephens), and Abraham Piper. The names on the end gate advertised the makers extensively. From six to eight of the wagons traveled in company, and the long trains presented a very picturesque spectacle.....But railroads put an end to the wagon trade and with its decadence all the related industries (Harness, blacksmiths, etc.) declined in activity." Robert Duane Stephens quoted by Elva Gillespie Bowles (daughter of Effie Lovelace Bowles Taylor) in an undated letter to Gene Taylor.	STEPHENS, John (I1478)
87	"Thomas married a Miss Gibbs and died east of the Ridge. His widow married Combs" -- Simon Carson letter.	WILLIAMS, Thomas (I1270)
88	"Thomas Swearingen, (apparently 'van' was dropped) son of Garrett and Barbara, was born around 1665, probably in St Mary's City, Maryland. In 1697 he Married Jane (Doyle) Hyde. He owned land in somerset County, Maryland, and probably lived there before going to Prince George's County. Land records in Prince George's County indicate that he owned land there prior to 1702. Marriages of his children are recorded in the parish books as early as 1715. Thomas's will was probated in Prince George's County on March 9, 1711. It was said that Thomas and Jane had four sons and three daughters, but we have record of only 5 children, including John, our ancestor." -- Bond, Marian Saunders. Some Ancestors, p. 10. "Thomas van Sweringen was born around 1665, probably in St Mary's City, Maryland. His wife's given name was Jane. He owned land in Somerset County, Maryland and probably lived there before going to Prince George's County. Land records in Prince George's County indicate that he owned land there prior to 1702. Marriages of his children are recorded in the parish records as early as 1715. Thomas's will was probated in Prince George's County on 9 March 1711. It was said that Thomas had four sons and three daughters. Names of those of whom we have record are.... -- McConnell, Willa. The Van Sweringen Family, p. 6.	SWEARINGEN, Thomas (I1329)
89	"W.L. Cooper Funeral Conducted "Services for Wilson L. Cooper, 50 of 103 Blackburn Drive, partner in the Cooper, Lowe and Jackson Company insurance agency were held at 2 p.m. today at St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church. The Rev. Robert Hayden, rector there, officiated. "Burial was in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Finley Dorris & Charlton Funeral Home was in charge. "Mr Cooper died at 4 p.m. in St. Thomas Hospital after being ill 18 months. Born and reared in Nashville, he was a son of Robert Emmett and Annie Wilson Cooper. He was educated at Peabody Demonstration School. Mr. Cooper, formerly operated the Bill Cooper Insurance Agency. He Married Anne Harrison 11 years ago. She survives. "Mr. Cooper was a director of Goodwill Industries Inc., past president of the Insurors of Nashville, past treasurer of the Insurors of Tennessee and a member of the Sertoma Club. He was a member of St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church. "Other survivors are two daughters, Virginia Cooper and Lloyd [sic] Cooper; a son, Robert Emmitt Cooper, and three sisters, Mrs. Eugene Taylor and Mrs Margaret Walker, both of Nashville and Mrs. Irma Waddell of Tucson." -- The Nashville Banner, Mon., Jan. 21, 1963, p. 6 I believe that I met Bill and his wife during one of our trips to Nashville. At that time, he was a paraplegic possibly from an accident. The two girls were adopted twins, of which one was blind. I remember thinking what a lot Mrs. Cooper had on her plate with the care of husband and children. -- LKL	COOPER, Wilson Legrand (I489)
90	"Was the first native Governor of Maryland. Governor Ogle was also descended from this line, thus, making three early governors of Maryland descended from Gerret Van Swearingen" -- Gerrett Van Sweringen in the U.S.A., p. 22.	BLADEN, Thomas (I1449)
91	"When an infant, he came with his parents to Lewis County, Missouri, then to Wisconsin, and then back to Virginia where his father died. He returned to Missouri with his mother, and her other children, in 1855, and settled near Bethel, in Marion County. Attended Bethel College, Palmyra, Missouri, and was ordained at Bethel Church in 1860. Enlisted in April 1861, in Col. Martin E. Green's regiment. He was later made Chaplain of Priest's regiment of Missouri State Guards, and upon the reorganization of the Missouri troops he was made Chaplain of the Tenth Missouri Confederate Infantry, serving until the end of the war. Paroled at Shreveport, Louisiana, and returned to Marion County, Missouri. Married first in 1870, Sarah A. Hall who died at the birth of their first child that also died. Married second, May Hughes November 29, 1881, in Howard County, Missouri. Rev Painter was pastor of the Chariton and other churches in Howard County, Missouri. In 1882 served as pastor of Mr Leonard and Blackburn Churches in Saline County, Missouri. He was pastor of several of the largest and strongest Baptist Churches in Missouri, including Warrensburg, Higginsville, Paris, LaGrange and Larmar. He served as Chaplain of the Missouri State Penitentiary at Jefferson City under Governor Folk. He was considered a Baptist minister of eminence, and established the Missouri Baptist Journal. He was senior editor of the LaGrange Indicator, owned by Painter and Son. Died February 16, 1913 in LaGrange Missouri." -- Stephens, Dan V. Stephens Family Genealogies, unpaged [15]	PAINTER, William Robert (I1497)
92	"While living in New London and teaching school, William [Carson] had met Jacob and Mary Seeley, and their daughter Alethia, who was in William's class. Alethia's great grandfather was French and her great grandmother English. They fled to this country from England because of religious persecution, having espoused the Protestant faith. They settled in Pennsylvania, and her great grandfather had a mercantile business in Philadelphia. "His son, John Seely, Alethia's grandfather, came to Missouri and entered a large tract of land near St. Louis, which was during those times under the French, then Spanish government. He was a physician, but unfortunately addicted to drink. "His son, Jacob, the father of Alethia, married and settled on a farm of his own, a few miles from his father's. Here Alethia was born; and here, when she was ten years old, she lost her mother and all the family except her father with milk sickness. Her father then moved to Ralls County and engaged in the grocery business, buying and shipping produce to St. Louis. He died on one of these trips and was buried at Louisiana, Missouri. "Alethia was married at the age of 16 to William Carson. They had five children." -- Bond, Marian Saunders. Some Ancestors, pp 23-24	SEELEY, Alethia (I1289)
93	"Will Celebrate Golden Wedding "Mr and Mrs. J. Booten Taylor will observe their 50th wedding anniversary at their home here Saturday, when open house will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. "Mr and Mrs Taylor were married in the Bethel Baptist church by the Rev O.L. Brownson, and they farmed north of Palmyra until they retired and moved to Palmyra in 1937. Mrs. Taylor is the former Grace Eugenia McLeod, daughter of the late J.F. [sic] and Martha Mcleod, and Mr Taylor is a son of the late J.B. [sic] and Virginia Compton Taylor. They have three children, Aubrey of Urbana, Ill., a professor at the University of Illinois, J. Eugene, of Nashville, a representative of the National Life and Accident Insurance company, and Mrs. Kathryn Mitchell, a teacher in an Overland, (Mo.) school. There are two grandchildren. "One son, Francis, died in an auto crash in 1935. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor are active workers in the Baptist church of which Mr. Taylor has been a deacon 51 years." -- Probably from the Palmyra Spectator of May 24, 1951, p. 8 "J.B. Taylors Celebrate 50th Anniversary "May 29, 1901, J.B. Taylor and Grace McLeod, in the presence of about 75 relatives and friends in the home of the bride's parents, Mr. And Mrs J. B. McLeod, were united in marriage. "Miss Gertrude McCall of Monroe City, officiated at the piano, giving a short musical program closing with Lohengrin's wedding march to which the bridal couple attended by Miss Maude Hansbrough as bridesmaid, and J. P. McLeod as groomsman, entered the room and in front of a bank of pink and white roses, were met by Rev O.L. Brownson, who received the marriage vows. "In celebrating their 50 years of married life, they were at home to about 65 or more of their friends Saturday afternoon, who called to extend congratulations and good will. "On Sunday about 38 relatives were their dinner guests. Those present were Mr. and Mrs William Glascock of Shelby; Mr. and Mrs. R.L. McLeod of Independence; Mr. and Mrs. H.M. McLeod, and J.J. Mcleod and Helen of Palmyra; Mrs G.W. Imbler Miss Mabel McLeod and Nelle Chevront, [ of Kirksville, Mo.;] Dr. A.B. Taylor and Mrs Taylor and Kay of Urbana, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. O.V. Mitchell, St. Louis; Mr. and Mrs Eugene Taylor and Josh of Nashville, Tenn.; Dr. Austen White and family of Vandalia, Ill.; Miss Hazel White and Mabel Taylor, St. Louis, Mo.; Mr and Mrs. C.R. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs Raymond Todd and Abbie, Palmyra; Mr. and Mrs Floyd Crouch and son, Quincy, Ill. Afternoon callers, Mr. and Mrs Ernest Chatten and Roger and Mrs E.A. Welch of Quincy, Ill. "Mrs L.A. Harris of Kalispell, Mont. had planned to come, but illness in her family prevented. "They received many cards, letters and telegrams of congratulations all the way from the East to West coast [sic.], also some lovely gifts and flowers." -- probably from the Palmyra Spectator of May, 1951. I am curious about the choices of attendants for the wedding. Grandma had so many sisters; why was one of them not chosen? Perhaps she did not want to single out one or the other. Grandpa's choice of best man is even more puzzling. Was Charles Bryant Taylor not one of his best friends? Had CBT already married and moved out of the community? What about John Hansbrough? He and grandpa were friends at the Military Academy at Mexico, Mo. Why was he not the best man? -- LKL	Family F1
94	"William Carson lived on the west side of South River, but spent most of his time in Richmond, being politically minded. He was State Senator for several sessions, and on the Governor's staff. "Passed down in the family was a pair of wrought gold knee buckles, a present to William from Miss Maria Mayo, then the reigning belle of Richmond. William was wearing the buckles on the night the Richmond Theater burned. He was on his way to the theater, but was met by a friend who insisted that he go home with him to see some ladies, thus saving his life. As a member of the Governor's staff, his seat would have been next to the Governor, who perished in the fire. -- Bond, Marian Saunders. Some Ancestors, p. 19.	CARSON, William (I666)
95	"William Lillard was not only our first member of the General Assembly of Tennessee but also the first Colonel Commandant of the County, January 18 1798. He was a captain of the militia in the days of the Southwest Territory, from Green County, before Jefferson County was organized, and in the latter days after it was established. He was Colonel of a regiment (second Regiment, Tennessee Volunteers) in command of General John Cocke (son of William) in the Creek War of 1813 and 14. "Colonial William Lillard married Rachael McKay Leith...." --- O'Dell. Over the Misty Blue Hills, p. 113 "'William Lillard, a member of the Convention from Cooper County, was born in Virginia and lived near Abington, Washington County in that state. He was a Colonel in the Revolutionary War in command of Virginia troops and served under Washington and Lafayette and was also an officer in the War of 1812. He was a slave owner and a man of considerable wealth. He first moved from Virgina to Jefferson County, Tennessee, about 1797 and represented that county in the Lower House of the Tennessee Legislature and subsequently represented Cocke County for eighteen years. He settled in Missouri Territory in what was then Cooper County (now Saline), in 1817, and was elected to the Constitutional Convention. He certainly was a man of magnetic influence because Lillard (now Lafayette) County was named for him by those who knew him personally. In 1820 he was elected Representative of Cooper County to the first Legislature and in that year, Lillard County (now Lafayette) was organized. He returned to Tennessee to live and entered land in the Hiwassee district probably about 1824, on account of ill health, due to malaria and died there about 1832. "'His wife's name was Rachel McCoy, and he appears to have had three sons, Austin, John, Jeremiah and one daughter, Nancy, who married Joseph Allen, all of whom died in Tennessee,....'" --- O'Dell. Over the Misty Blue Hills, p. 115, quoting from Houck's History of Missouri (p. 261)	LILLARD, William (I209)
96	"William Whitson is listed as the only surviving son of William Whitson, the older. By 1723 William Whitson was in Stafford Co. Va. He married Margaret _____. They were listed in the OverWharton Parish records of 1740-50, showing the dates of births of some of their children. "Before 1754, William Whitson moved to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, in Augusta Co. During the Indian raids of the late 1770's, William Whitson and several sons moved into the area that is present-day Washington/Carter County, Tenn. At the time of his death in 1783, William Whitson was living with his youngest son, Jesse Whitson, Washington Co. NC/TN. -- Allenbaugh Sources listed by Allenbaugh include OverWharton Parish records;, will of Stafford Co, VA;, 1759 Frederick Co, VA.; 1764 rent roll, Frederick Co., VA; 1778 Tax List, Dunmore Co, Va.; 1783 Will Washington Co. TN; Court and land records of Frederick Co. Va. His will in Washington County Tenn. dated Oct 16, 1783 (Vol. 1, p. 39) names children Jesse, Susannah Eagen, Lydda McKay, Joseph. It was proved in court November 1783 -- Whitley. Whitley also has more children attributed to William Whitson they are George Whitson -- born in VA Leah Whitson -- born in VA, married about 1782 Jonah Denton Jeremiah Whitson -- born in VA, married Elizabeth Jobe about 1784 Ann Whitson -- married Isaac Denton Lazeanna Whitson -- married David Jobe Abraham Whitson -- married Salley Fines [Whitley says "I am really not certain that he was a son of William Sr, However there are some things that point to the fact that he was." Joshua Whitson -- not mentioned in father's or brother's wills. He married Ruth Tipton, granddaughter of Colonel John Tipton	WHITSON, William (I187)
97	"YOUNG COUPLE SURPRISES FRIENDS "The marriage of Miss Kathryn Taylor and Othel V. Mitchell on New Year's eve came as a surprise to their many friends in this city and county. While close friends understood that the couple were engaged they did not know that they intended to be married at this time. The wedding ceremony was quietly performed by the Rev. Harold Hunt, pastor of the Bethel Baptist church at his home at LaGrange about eleven o'clock in the evening. The young people were accompanied by Eugene Taylor, brother of the bride, and Vernon Brinkley. Mrs Mitchell is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Taylor of north of this city. For several years she has been teaching school in Chicago and the marriage occurred while she was home on a Christmas vacation. Mr. Mitchell is a son of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Mitchell and until recently was associated with his father in conducting a bus line between this city and Quincy. It is understood the young couple will make their home in Chicago." -- Palmyra Spectator, Jan ?, 1931 Until, I saw the above clipping, I never knew that Kathryn and Othel had ben married with such haste and secrecy, although, now that I think of it, there were never any wedding pictures in evidence. I wonder what my grandparents, particularly my grandmother, thought about their only daughter's depriving them of the chance to give her a big wedding? I don't think that the marriage was a great success. Othel apparently drank excessively on occasion. She was a teatotalling Southern Baptist. He liked hunting, fishing, and being "with the boys." She liked the symphony, opera, and clothes. She didn't particularly like to cook. They never had any children. She taught throughout her marriage. Was this because he was sometimes unemployed or because she liked the luxuries afforded by two incomes? -- LKL	Family F4
98	"Your grandma Williams had 9 children. (Your ma the youngest) and only survivor. Your aunt {Mary{ Stonestreet 9, Your Aunt Overall 9, Your sister Ann 9, Your mama 8, Your cousin Mary Simpson 9, your Cousin Clara Pit[man] 9, Your sister Jane R 12, and your aunt Martha Williams 12, your cousin Amanda Pitman 12 -- Simon Carson's letter to son William.	WILLIAMS, Martha (I320)
99	"Your grandma Williams was a Swaringan -- Her mother's maiden name Ray. She married at 16 years old to Swaringan 18 years old and lived together man and wife 84 years. One lived to be 100 and the other 102 years old. She had 15 children and raised 12 of them who scattered a good deal over the U.S. "Of the 15 children, 8 daughters were raised and 4 sons. Of the daughters one married Dute, one Prater, one Owens, one Clary, one Beeksmith, one Davis, one Smallwood." -- Simon Carson Letter William Ray of Prince George's Co., in a will dated July 25, 1723 and Probated Jan 12, 1737-8 left 5 shillings to Mary Swearingan. -- Maryland Calendar of Wills, p 236.	RAY, Mary (I1273)
100	"Zacharias was born in New Amstel (Delaware) about 1663 and was yet an infant when his father moved to Maryland. In 1694 he, with his father, joined in the address of the officials and freemen to the city of St Mary's to the Governor against having the meeting place of the assembly changed from that place to Annapolis. His widow, whose given name was Martha [Devine], survived him. In her will she mentioned a daughter Jane and appointed a guardian of her children, and refers to Zacharias as 'late of St Mary's County.'" -- McConnell, Willa. The Van Sweringen Family, p. 6.	SWEARINGEN, Zacharias (I1344)