OHIO STATEWIDE FILES OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List Issue 78 *********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 01 : Issue 78 Today's Topics: #1 Hester Genealogy by M. Hester, 175 ["Ralph W. Cokonougher" To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: Hester Genealogy by M. Hester, 1752-1905, pp 127-139. Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Pages (127) through (139). "HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF THE DESCENDENTS OF JOHN LAWRENCE HESTER AND GODFREY STOUGH. 1752 - 1905." Compiled by Martin M. Hester in 1905 at Norwalk, Ohio. **************** "I have been a Methodist for thirty-six years. I am strong in my Christian belief, and have hope through the blood of my crucified Redeemer. I have no compromise with the terrible and appalling sin which is a curse to our nation. I refer to the Liquor Traffic. God grant that it may be wiped from the face of the earth. "I hail the missionary work as the great factor which shall usher in the Kingdom of Our Lord; and the more zeal we have the sooner will that day dawn. "If I can live To make some pale face brighter, and to give A second luster to some tear-dimmed eye, Or e'en impart One throb of comfort to an aching heart, Or cheer some wayworn soul in passing by; If I can lend A strong hand to the fallen, or defend The right against a single envious stain, My life, though bare Perhaps of much that seemth dear and fair To us on earth, will not have been in vain. The finest joy Most near to heaven, far from earth's alloy Is bidding clouds give way to sun and shine, And't will be well If on that day of days angels tell Of me 'She did her best for one of thine.'" Only son of Richard S. and Susan A. Druley, being the fifth generation, is: 473. EDWIN M., b. January 25, 1867; m. Clara Goodell, January 25, 1898. Page (128). ************************** (Photograph of Edwin M. Druley.) Edwin M. Druley, son of Richard S. and Susan A. Druley, was born January 25, 1867, and married Clara Goodell, January 25, 1898. He is a professional musician and at present organist of the Presbyterian Church, Arkansas City, Kan. In character he is a young man with decided temperance principles, clean, not using tobacco in any form, of unswerving integrity and honesty of purpose. He is a Christian at heart, and united with the Methodist Church at nine years of age. Page (129). *************************** No. 143. (Photograph of Brig. Gen. Jesse M. Lee.) The following sketch was furnished by Capt. John M. McCoy: "Brigadier General Jesse M. Lee went into the Civil War as a private when eighteen years of age. He has been in the army ever since; has served in all the late wars, Spanish and Chinese, and has spent about three years in the Philippines; has been promoted to Brigadier General for his bravery and excellent record as a soldier and officer. He is now stationed at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas. He now has command of the states of Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Arkansas. Page (130). *************************** "Mrs. Druley, his sister, says of him: 'He has not only been a brave soldier, but better than all, is one among the best of sons, a true and devoted husband, a loving father and a kind and affectionate brother, always ready to respond to the needs of a brother or sister or any one of God's creatures who come within his reach." "It has truly been said of him that he is one of God's noblemen." Daughter of Brig. Gen. Jesse M. and Lucy (Hathaway) Lee, is: 474. MAUDE HATHAWAY, b. October 31, 1869, at Carson City, Nevada; m. October 19, 1898, to Capt. Harry F. Rethers, U.S.A., of Sacketts Harbor, N.Y. No. 144. John Wesley Lee was the youngest of a family of nine children. His father died when he was one year old. Their kind and dear mother, by unremitting toil, care and devotion, struggled on to rear her fatherless offspring, trusting in the blessing of God on her efforts. When twelve years of age John began to support himself by working as a printer; later he was employed on New Albany & Salem R.R. When sixteen years of age he enlisted in the Tenth Indiana V. I. He participated in several battles under Generals Rosecrans and Thomas. After the war he was elected and served eight years as county clerk. While holding this office, it is said, he donated over two thousand dollars of his legal fees to disabled soldiers, their widows and orphans. In 1866 he married Miss Josephine Hamline. He died at St. Louis, Mo. Had one son: 144a. JESSE E. No. 145-119. Descendants of Hester Ann (Coombs) and James S. Hester, being the fifth generation, were, as shown under 119: 397. MATTIE, m. Harry S. Thompson. 398. JENNIE J., m. Simon Pearson; live at Troy, O. Page (131). ****************************** No. 148. Dr. John M. Coombs is a prominent physician of Hicksville, O., and ex-auditor of Defiance county, O. Son of Dr. John M. and Cornelia (Allen) Coombs, being the fifth generation, is: 475. ROY ROSCOE, b. November 5, 1873. No. 149. Children of Laura (Coombs) and Coonrod Bolinger, who live at Seymour, Ind., being the fifth generation, are: 476. JESSIE, m. Edward Hancock. 477. ELMER COOMBS. 478. EFFIE. No. 151. (Photograph of Hon. J. M. McCoy.) Page (132). ****************************** (Photograph of Mrs. J. M. McCoy.) John Milton McCoy was born in Clark county, Ind., August 29, 1835; educated in the State University of Indiana at Bloomington, receiving his degrees, A.B. 1860, A.M. 1863 and L.L.B. 1864. He was a teacher in the public schools before he entered college, and frequently during his college course; for three years after he graduated, he was principal of Franklin Academy in Clark county, Ind. He was admitted to the bar in 1865, and practiced law in Indiana until 1870, when he removed to Dallas, Tex., and went into the municipal organization of that city, wrote and procured the passage of its first special charter, was its first city attorney and one of the first attorneys for the T. & P. Page (133). *************************** and D. & W. Railway Companies, which were among the first railroads then being constructed through that part of Texas, and is still in the practice of his profession at Dallas. In 1862 he married Miss Laura G. Henderson, of Bloomington, Ind., who died January 6, 1870. In 1873 he married Miss Mary A. Peele, of Richmond, Ind., who died in Dallas, Texas, April 10, 1892. He has been successful in his profession and has been a member of the Presbyterian Church since 1864. He is now, and has been for many years, an elder in the First Presbyterian Church of Dallas, Texas; helped to organize it in 1871, and as it grew to its present membership of about seven hundred, besides sending out three or four colonies, which are now active church organizations in different parts of the city, aided very materially in the erection of three successive church buildings for this original parent organization, demanded by its growth and prosperity. He was superintendent for twenty-five successive years of its Sunday School and since a teacher therein. He aided materially in the organization, near thirty years ago, of the first county and state Sunday School conventions of Texas, and has ever since been connected with these organizations. He is active and prominent in Masonic circles, from Entered Apprentice to Scottish Rite; a good citizen, public spirited, charitable, upright and honorable. He was again married January 21, 1904, to Miss Maria A. Ostrom. They have one son: Page (134). ***************************** (Photograph of John Milton McCoy, Jr.) 151a. JOHN MILTON, JR., b. March 5, 1905. Page (135). **************************** No. 152. (Photograph of Mrs. Henrietta J. Taggart.) Mrs. Henrietta (McCoy) Taggart was born December 25, 1842; educated in the Female Academy of Charlestown, Ind., and Female College, Shelbyville, Ky. Married to Wm. H. Taggart December 24, 1868. He died February 16, 1900, in Dallas, Tex., where she now resides. He was an exemplary member for many years of the Baptist Church, a devoted husband and father and a most worthy citizen. She is and has been an exempary member of the Baptist Church from her youth, and all their children are members of the same church. She has been a teacher and artist. Now making her home alternately with her daughters' families, all of whom vie with each other for her presence, and love her most devotedly and ardently. Page (136). **************************** Descendants of W. H. and Henrietta (McCoy) Taggart, being the fifth and sixth generations, are: 479. CORA, b. March 24, 1870; m. Aurelius Scott, Sr. Their children are: 480. GLENN, b. August 3, 1892. 481. AURELIUS, JR., b. November 23, 1896. 482. EVELYN, b. August 24, 1900. 479d. CORA, b. July 9, 1904. 483. LAURA, b. April 8, 1871; m. John R. Eldridge. Their children are: 484. JOHN McCOY, b. January 22, 1902. 485. WILLIAM RUPERT, b. October 13, 1903. 486. GEORGE KNIGHT, b. May 31, 1878. Graduate of the Colorado State School of Mines in June, 1903. Now a mining engineer in Mexico. No. 153. (Photograph of Dr. W.A. McCoy and wife.) Dr. W. A. McCoy was born September 1, 1844, in Clark county, Ind., and was educated at Franklin College, and the State University at Bloomington, Ind. He was a regular graduate of the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa. He was married in 1880 to Miss Elizabeth McClain, of Franklin, Page (137). ************************** Ind. He came to Dallas, Tex., in 1888, where he has been in the active practice of his profession ever since. He was in the sixty-first year of his age at the time of his death. Dr. McCoy was a man of unsullied honor, and of most magnanimous impulses; a man devoted to his profession; a most conscientious and faithful physician, whose whole professional life was devoted more to the relief of suffering humanity than to any personal or financial gain. He was especially kind and generous to the poor and needy, and never hesitated to give them his faithful service regardless of any hope of reward, other than the consciousness of the discharge of duty. He was a Christian gentleman in the highest sense of that term and would sacrifice his life for a friend. He was a devoted husband, an indulgent father, and an affectionate, loving and lovable brother. He, his wife and son Lewis were active members of the Baptist Church. He died April 25, 1905. IN MEMORIAM. "True indeed it is That they whom death has hidden from our sight Are worthiest of the mind's regard." -Wordsworth There is beauty and excellence in a pure heart. There is nobility in a pure life. There is righteousness in a loving, sympathetic, believing soul. The Dallas (Texas) Times Herald of April 26, 1905, contained the following: "Dr. W. A. McCoy, a well known practicing physician of Dallas, died yesterday evening at six o'clock, at his residence, 797 Elm street, after a lingering illness. The funeral services will be held from the Washington Ave. Baptist Church at 2 P.M., Thursday. The interment will be made in Oakland Cemetery. Dr. McCoy, who was one of the leading members of the medical profession for the past seventeen years, was born in Clark county, Indiana, September 1, 1844. He was educated at Franklin College, Indiana, and the State University at Bloomington, Indiana. He graduated at the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, with the class of 1883 and began the practice of medicine in Decatur county, Indiana. Page (138). **************************** In 1888 he moved to Dallas where he was actively engaged in the practice of medicine up to the time of his recent illness. In 1880 he was married to Miss Lizzie McClain, daughter of J.D. McClain of Franklin, Indiana. Dr. McCoy was the third son of Lewis and Rebecca H. McCoy, of sainted memory, who were born, married and lived most devoted Christians in Clark county, Indiana, for over forty years, when death separated them, rearing in the meantime four children, viz: Dr. George K. McCoy, who died in the U.S. Army, December 18, 1865; John M. McCoy, attorney-at-law, and Mrs. Henrietta J. Taggart, surviving widow of W.H. Taggart, both of Dallas, and Dr. McCoy, the subject of this sketch. Dr. McCoy was reared upon his father's farm and gave the early energies of his life to practical farming and stock raising, to which he was especially adapted. His love for the farm never forsook him, and in his professional life it was his delight to visit his little farm, and care for and handle his horses and cattle, of which he always maintained a small selected stock. As a young man, Dr. McCoy was regarded as one of the purest and most noble. Naturally kind and cordial, his sincere greetings always impressed the stranger, and won and maintained for him many friends. His upright, moral and Christian integrity never forsook him. He became a member of the Baptist Church soon after his marriage, and lived the life of a consistent Christian. He was a great lover of sacred music, and a few days before his death, while his dear family and friends were singing sacred songs for his comfort, he requested his son, Earl, to play for him on the violin, the song "Saved by Grace," and this having been done, he said, "Now Earl, I want you to play that at my funeral." In more mature life, Dr. McCoy enjoyed the confidence and esteem of his fellow man to a high degree. He was popular in all his relations of life, but more particularly among his patients, for whom he ever manifested a sincere sympathy. He was called by them "the kind, lovable physician," and one of the beautiful floral offerings at his funeral bore the inscription "Our Beloved Doctor." 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