West Virginia Statewide Files WV-Footsteps Mailing List WV-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 31 Today's Topics: #1 BIO: John ALDERSON, Monroe County [SSpradling@aol.com] #2 BIO: Alexander Family, Monroe Coun [SSpradling@aol.com] #3 BIO: John ALFORD, Monroe County [SSpradling@aol.com] #4 BIO: John ANDERSON, Monroe County [SSpradling@aol.com] #5 BIO: David APPLING, Monroe County [SSpradling@aol.com] #6 BIO: Charles S. ARCHEY, Monroe Cou [SSpradling@aol.com] #7 BIO: Henry ARNOT, Monroe County [SSpradling@aol.com] #8 BIO: Powhatan BABER, Monroe County [SSpradling@aol.com] #9 BIO: Jacob Baker, Monroe County [SSpradling@aol.com] #10 BIO: Andrew BALLANTYNE, Monroe Cou [SSpradling@aol.com] #11 BIO: William BALLARD, Monroe Count [SSpradling@aol.com] #12 BIO: Samuel BARE, Monroe County [SSpradling@aol.com] #13 BIO: William A. BARNETT, Monroe Co [SSpradling@aol.com] #14 BIO: Philip BEAMER, Monroe County [SSpradling@aol.com] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from WV-FOOTSTEPS-D, send a message to WV-FOOTSTEPS-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. To contact the WV-FOOTSTEPS-D list administrator, send mail to WV-FOOTSTEPS-admin@rootsweb.com. ______________________________X-Message: #1 Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 14:43:37 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <9f927c39.2517da59@aol.com> Subject: BIO: John ALDERSON, Monroe County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A History of Monroe County, West Virginia Oren F. Morton, B. Lit. Staunton, VA The McClure Company, Inc. 1916 p. 298-300 JOHN ALDERSON John (1738-1821), the pioneer of this family in Monroe, was a son of John (1719-1781) who was a native of England and a son of John, a clergyman of the Church of England. The second John was about to take a matrimonial choice which his father disapproved. With the view of breaking the attachment, the parent gave the son a horse and some pocket money as a means of traveling around his native country. After he had used up his money, including that derived from the sale of the horse, he came to America as a redemptioner and was bought by a Mr. Curtis of New Jersey After his release from service, the young man married his master's daughter and became a Baptist preacher. A letter to his father brought a kind response and two volumes on theology, which books have been passed along from generation to generation. This second John came to Rockingham in 1755, but died in Botetourt, where he was a merchant. Other sons were Curtis, James, and Thomas. The last named also lived here a while but left no posterity in this region. The third John (Mary Carroll, 1759) was preaching for the Baptist congregation on Linville Creek in 1775. After two missionary trips to the Greenbrier he came permanently in 1777, and built his house where now stands the Alderson Hotel in the town of Alderson. His patent overlapping that of Samuel Lewis just below, he extended his boundary into the hills south of the river. His brother-in-law, William Morris, had also a patent of 1200 acres and it lay across the river. As pastor of Old Green-brier Church, and founder of the Baptist Church in the Greenbrier valley, the Rev. John Alderson is spoken of in Chapter XXIII. C: George (1762-1811c) (~Osborne of Josiah)-Joseph (b. 1771) (Mary Newman, 1789) -Margaret (1778-1869) (Thomas Smithson)-Jane (b. 1780) (William McClung)-John (1783-1853) (Jane Walker, 1805, Nancy Robinson Mays) George moved to Kanawha, where he was a justice. George's Creek was named for him. John, Jr., lived on the homestead, and Joseph a mile south. C. of George: John (France's Alderson, 1815)-Levi (Clementina Al-derson)-James 0. (Abigail M'cClung)-Polly ( McClung). J. 0. was the father of Rev. James G. and Margaret. C. of Joseph: George (b. 1789) ( McCreery, Davis)-Sarah (Thomas Smithson)-Mary (b. 1793) ( Lewis) -Martha (s)-Margaret (William Feamster)-Newman (s)-Jo'seph K. (a)- Lewis A. (1812-1880) (Lucy B. Miles, Eliza Coleman). George was a Colonel in Fayette and the father of 23 children. The Rev. L. A., who took the master's degree at the University of Ohio in 1832 and was ordained the next year, was the first native Baptist preacher in Virginia who was a college graduate. He was principal of the Monroe Academy, 1834-6 and 1840-43, meanwhile preaching in the vicinity. In 1858 he went to Kansas, where he was offered the presidency of several colleges. It has been said of him that "the world might soon become converted if there were more such noblehearted, self-sacrificing Christian men." C. of John: Malinda (b. 1805) (James Callison, 1840)-Albert (b. 1807) (Matilda Hines)-Louisa (Aaron Newman, 1829)-Evaline (Thomas D. Crews, 1834)-John (b. 1812) (Harriet E. Johnson, 1839)-Mary (Andrew Ellis, 1834); by 2d w.-Jane (b. 1824) (Joseph A. Huffman, 1847) Amanda (Samuel Carraway, 1847)-Catharine (A. Jackson Smith, 1843) -Elizabeth (William Gray)-Lucy (1831-1899) (Joseph P. Hines)-George (b. 1833) (Mary J. Hines, Virginia M. Stevens Boyd). C. of George of John: Charles 0. (dy)-Emma C-Ida N. By 2d w. I. Cary-Bernard C. (1870-1905)-George (1875~1907)-Virginia S. (Charles B. Rowe, 1907). Both George and George, Jr., have representedMonroe in the legislature. Cary was graduated from Hampden-Sidney College and in law from the University of Virginia. He practiced at Logan and was president of the Guyan Valley Bank. Bernard C. was a graduate of West Virginia and Chicago universities, and for two years instructor in Latin and Greek at the former. In 1900 he and Emma C. organized the Alderson Baptist Academy, in which the latter is still a teacher. C. of Albert of John: Joseph K. (m. in Tex. )-Mary A. (Higgens)-Catharine (James Bobbitt)-Margaret ( Foster)-Frances ( Keaton)-John W. ( Garstang)-Henry C. (dy)-Amanda (dy)-Susan (Jackson Bledsoe). Most of the above went to Texas. J. W. returned, built the Alderson Hotel, and it is still carried on by the widow. C. of John of John: Elizabeth J. (DeWitt Smith)-Sophronia (Chris-topher Ballard)-William-David-Ellen-Harriet. John and the four younger of his family went to Missouri before 1860. ______________________________X-Message: #2 Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 14:51:08 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <863b713b.2517dc1c@aol.com> Subject: BIO: Alexander Family, Monroe County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A History of Monroe County, West Virginia Oren F. Morton, B. Lit. Staunton, VA The McClure Company, Inc. 1916 p. 300-301 ALEXANDER Family This family was the first to settle where the county seat was estab-lished. Owing also to its intermarriages with other leading families of Monroe, the Alexander connection has been very prominent in local an-nals. James, Sr., who lived in Beverly Manor, is mentioned there as early as 1746 and was a captain in the Old French war. James, Jr., (1750-1814) visited this region before his settlement in 1773. He located on land which he understood was to be conveyed by a man from Pennsylvania, but that personage failed to appear. His first house was built on the hill just east of Union. The second year he started for the Valley, and from the summit of a knob the couple saw their cabin in flames. It was the year of the Dunmore war. The second house was built on what be-came the main street of Union, and th third, "Old Hundred," was low down on the western slope of Green Hill. It was afterward the home of Matthew Alexander, and was burned several years ago. The cemetery at the top of the knob is on land granted by the pioneer. He was a member of the Greenbrier court in 1784 and was sheriff in 1793. Two years before Union was founded he took out a tavern license. His wife was Isabella Erskine. C: Andrew (b. 1773) (Phoebe Bracken, 1805)-Jane (b. 1775) (Alexander Dunlap)-Catharine (b. 1776) (Richard Shank-lin)-Matthew (1777-1825) (Elizabeth 3. Marshall)-Michael (1779-1857) (Mary Benson, 1801)-Henry (1782-1866) (Elizabeth Cathron, Frances P. Burrell ) -Elizabeth (John Byrnside) -Mary (Henley Chapman) Jane, Catharine, Henry, and Michael had each a James, and by will each of these grandsons had a legacy of $50. C. of Andrew: Mary A. (Hugh McClaugherty, 1828)-Rebecca B. (b. 1811) (Samuel Kean, 1837)-Isabella (Michael Cotton, 1835)-Catherine (Stephen Wright)-Jane (W. G. Henderson)-Malvina (William Byrnside, Saunders). C. of Matthew: James (d. 1854) (Ingabo )-Matthew-John-Catharine (Joseph Porter, 1807)-Mary (Robert B. Wallace, 1808)-Andrew-daughter (Robert Ross) daughter (George W. Curry). C. of Michael: John B. (Jane Miller)-Mary M.-James A.-Catherine A. (William H. Shanklin, 1831)-Jabin B-Isabella B. (Benjamin F. Steele)-Delilah (George Beirne, 1827, Hugh Caperton). C. of Henry (by 1st w.) : Charles C. (s)-Isabella (Rev. John Pink-erton)-James H. (1810-1866) (s)-Elizabeth (Newton B. Keenan, 1834) -Frances C. (Lewis B. Caperton)-Harriet B. (William G. Caperton) C. of 3. B. of Michael: James R. (Elizabeth Baldwin, 1855)-Mary 3. (John Ross)-Michael C. (Sarah McFadden)-Jabin B. (s)-Delilah C. (John Miller)-John M. (Annie B. Zoll, 1872)-Margaret B. (Frederick D. Wheelwright, 1869)-Madison S. (Isabella Zoll). C. of Michael C. of 3. B.-William M., Elizabeth, Libbie, Kyle. Rev. William M. Alexander, D. D. was born in Union in 1861. He was graduated from the Washington and Lee University in 1884 and from Union Theological Seminary in 1887. He was chosen moderator of the 55th General Association of the Southern Presbyterian Church and is well qualified for such a position. ______________________________X-Message: #3 Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 14:54:17 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: BIO: John ALFORD, Monroe County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A History of Monroe County, West Virginia Oren F. Morton, B. Lit. Staunton, VA The McClure Company, Inc. 1916 p. 301 JOHN ALFORD John (Jane) came from Rockinghain during or just after the Revolution. C: Thomas (1771-1853) (Phoebe Cummins)-John (1773-1853) (Margaret)-James-Margaret-Sarah (James Ellis) -Jane. C. of Joseph (d. 183Oc) (Jane): James, John, Nancy, Lois, Robert,, Polly, Joseph. ______________________________X-Message: #4 Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 14:56:48 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: BIO: John ANDERSON, Monroe County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A History of Monroe County, West Virginia Oren F. Morton, B. Lit. Staunton, VA The McClure Company, Inc. 1916 p. 301 JOHN ANDERSON C. of John A. (Susan McMann): Ednonia (Robert Ralston), Ada, Arthur C., Susan, James (Birdie Hoylman), Homer (Minnie Parker), Mamie (Otey Bland), Ella ( ____Wickline), Cora (William Hoylman, Boone), John (Ida Nicely). ______________________________X-Message: #5 Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 15:00:12 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <43216be.2517de3c@aol.com> Subject: BIO: David APPLING, Monroe County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A History of Monroe County, West Virginia Oren F. Morton, B. Lit. Staunton, VA The McClure Company, Inc. 1916 p. 301 David APPLING David (1802-1884), was a native of Amherst. C.-R. C. and W. T. ______________________________X-Message: #6 Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 15:03:52 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <783bd1bf.2517df18@aol.com> Subject: BIO: Charles S. ARCHEY, Monroe County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A History of Monroe County, West Virginia Oren F. Morton, B. Lit. Staunton, VA The McClure Company, Inc. 1916 p. 301 CHARLES S. ARCHEY Charles S. (1809c-1901) (Francena Shirey, Isabel Neal Poole) came from Virginia in his youth. ______________________________X-Message: #7 Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 15:08:01 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <87ecf5c0.2517e011@aol.com> Subject: BIO: Henry ARNOT, Monroe County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A History of Monroe County, West Virginia Oren F. Morton, B. Lit. Staunton, VA The McClure Company, Inc. 1916 p. 301-302 HENRY ARNOT Henry (1761-1847) when 18 years old ran away from his home in New Jersey to join the army of the Revolution. With his wife, Elizabeth Truesdale, he came here in 1793 and settled on Swope's Knobs, about 3 miles West of Union. C: Elizabeth (b. 1781) (Matthew Wood, 1799)-Martha (b. 1786) (Charles Neal, 1802)-Deborah (b. 1787) (Walter Neal, 1804) -William T. (b. 1789-1863) (Mary Garten, 1812, Lucinda Handley, 1817) -Henry (b. 1791) (Mary Phillips, 1815)-Sarah (b. 1795) (Joseph Baker, 1834)-Almeda (b. 1799) Levi Canterbury, 1816. The couple were devout Methodists and as long as they were able would walk long distances to attend religious meetings. C. of William T.-Jesse (1812-1896) (Mary E. Hanley)-Jacob (Re-becca Thomas)-Andersoa (1816-1892) (Mary J. Hill). By 2d w.-Mary (1819-1908) (John Maddy, Jr.)-Elizabeth (1820-1907) (John Mc-Neer)-M'argaret (1824-1908) (Charles Maddy)-James W. (1826-1894) (Derinda Ross)-Elisha T. (1829-1910) (Ruth A. Miller, 1853)-Martha A. (John P. Maddy)~William H. (1833-1910) (Martha Coalter)-Re-becca (1837-1910) (Isaac F. Ballard). C. of Elisha T. (m. 1853): Estill M. (s)-Lycurgus B. (Mary E. Cummins)-3. William (Rose V. Lively)-Ella M. (Dewey E. Pence)-Charles (Mabel E. Johnson)-S. Pemberton (Stella M Varner). Another Arnot was John, who came from Sussex Co., N. J., and purchased land in Gap Valley in 1792. Some of his children married into neighboring families. Jesse Arnot built with very limited resources the first stone building at Salt Sulphur Springs. In 1834 he went to Glasgow, Mo., and established himself in the stage business, which he pursued with great success, carrying the mails over a wide area. In 1848 he removed to St. Louis and for nearly 50 years conducted the livery business on a large scale in that city. His name is connected with many of the enterprises which are associated with the growth of St. Louis, yet he never purshed himself to the front except in his private business. He was a Freemason and Odd Fellow, a member of the Merchants' Exchange, and a lifelong Methodist. He was very charitable, especially toward orphans and the aged and friendless. It was through his exertions that the Methodist Orphan's Home of St. Louis was established in 1883, and he was a heavy subscriber to the fund for its maintenance. On Mr. Arnot was conferred the honor of burying President Lincoln at Springfield, Ill. Charles, son of Elisha T., went to Nebraska in 1887, where he has been very prominent as an educator. During eight years he was county superintendent of Dodge county. For the same length of time he was in charge of the schools of Schuyler, where he won very high commendation. Recently he has gone into the banking business. ______________________________X-Message: #8 Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 15:14:41 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: BIO: Powhatan BABER, Monroe County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A History of Monroe County, West Virginia Oren F. Morton, B. Lit. Staunton, VA The McClure Company, Inc. 1916 p. 302-303 POWHATAN BABER Powhatan (1824-1900) (m. Caroline Tuggle)came from Bedford in 1830 -Disciples minister of Red Sulphur Dist C: George-Rev. Granville- Charles A. (Jennie Miller of W. F.). C. of Granville: Mattie (E. L. Dunn)-Ermna V. (J. P. Williama)-Frances (Charles Caldwell)-Ella N. (Charles Matison Via). ______________________________X-Message: #9 Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 15:18:55 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <67804643.2517e29f@aol.com> Subject: BIO: Jacob Baker, Monroe County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A History of Monroe County, West Virginia Oren F. Morton, B. Lit. Staunton, VA The McClure Company, Inc. 1916 p. 303 JACOB BAKER About 1787 Jacob came with the Lewis family from the Valley of Virginia and was the first professional baker employed at Sweet and Sweet Chalybeate Springs. Later he settled on the Faudree farm four miles West of Sweet Spring. He married Christina C. Goliday (1761c-1851) who never learned to speak English. Their son Jacob (Polly Hull, 1811) was born here in 1788 and died 1860. C: John (Nancy Calwell)-George W. (Mary Carter)-David (Rachel Tigert)-Henry ( Argabrite) Lewis (Catharine Worsham)-Anderson (Mary Griflith)-Chapman (Ann Griflith)-Mary (Peter Carter)-Elizabeth (Conrad Piles)~atharine (Adam Piles). C. of John: W. A. (Catharine Lugar)-C. 0. (Caroline Kelly)-George (Mattie Lugar)-David 0. ( Jones)-Joseph B. (Nicatia Baker, Amanda Wickline)-J H. (Mary E. Eggleston)-Julia A. (John H. Cook)-Mary E. (Daniel S. Wickline)-Amanda C. (F. L. Beckner) -Eliza J. (John E. Wickline, Jr.). Another Baker was David (d. 1840)-C: Jacob, Catharine ( Ragland), Anne, Madison, Sarah. Still another was Frederick, naturalized 1811, d. 1830 (Elizabeth)-C: John-Frederick (Nancy Rains)-Joseph-Sarah (Jacob Pyles, 1818)-Elizabeth ( Given). ______________________________X-Message: #10 Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 15:25:31 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <586acdc5.2517e42b@aol.com> Subject: BIO: Andrew BALLANTYNE, Monroe County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A History of Monroe County, West Virginia Oren F. Morton, B. Lit. Staunton, VA The McClure Company, Inc. 1916 p. 303-304 ANDREW BALLANTYNE Andrew and his wife, Agnes Smart, and their four children came from Dundee, Scotland, to Norfolk in 1801, and thence to the Sinks of Monroe. Their friends, Andrew Miller, May Broady, and others, came by the same ship and others had preceded them. Ballantyne was a skilled weaver. And like a true Scotchman of his time he was a great reader and student, Especially of the Bible. For many years he taught in an old schoolhouse that stood close to his home near Hillsdale. He and Andrew and James Miller would regularly walk to one another's homes on Sunday, a circuit of 10 miles, for the purpose of religious worship. They were elders of the first session after the Lebanon brick church was completed. The three daughters were as fond of reading as their parent In order that a borrowed book might be promptly returned, they would read at night what their father had read by day. Their books, heavy both in binding and subject matter, are still in possession of their descendants. They also delighted in feats of memory. One of these was committing the 119th psalm, the Shorter and Longer Catechisms, and much of the Presbyterian Confession of Faith. C: Jean (Michael Beamer, 1824)-Elspeth (b.1796) (Philip Beamer, Jr.)-Catharine (Robert Boyd)-Robert (Mary Harper) -Marjorie (born at sea 1801) (John Crawford). C. of Robert: Isabel, Jeanetta, Elizabeth, Calvin, Andrew, James, Madison, John. Andrew was a Methodist local preacher. Madison lost a leg at Cedar Creek and later became editor of the "Milton Star" at Milton, W. Va. His parents removed to the West. ______________________________X-Message: #11 Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 15:32:25 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: BIO: William BALLARD, Monroe County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A History of Monroe County, West Virginia Oren F. Morton, B. Lit. Staunton, VA The McClure Company, Inc. 1916 p. 304-306 WILLIAM BALLARD William (1732-1799) (Elizabeth Step, d. 1830) was one of the 10 children of William, Sr., who came from Scotland to the vicinity of where after-ward arose the city of Washington. With several of his brothers he served in the American Army of the Revolution. Shortly after that event he left his home on the Rapidan and after a short stay in Albemarle he journeyed to Indian Creek with two horses, one cow, and a few household goods, arriving at Benjamin Harvey's on Christmas night, 1793. He acquired no realty. The years in which he was born and died were precisely the same as in the case of the Father of his Country. C: Johnson (Ky.)-Jeremiah (1777-1867) (Jaley Thompson)-Lucy (John Stodghill, John Good-all)-Millie (Jacob Mann, 1804)-William (1784-1880) (Mollie Snow)-Nancy (William Farrell )-Mollie (Mathias Kessinger, 1803)-Willis (1791-1880) (Isabel Thompson, 1813)-James (Jennie Keaton, 1804). C. of Jeremiah: Elizabeth (Andrew Campbell)-Margaret (Anderson Keaton, 1831, Robert D. Shanklin)-John (b. 1818) (Jane Dennis)-Baldwin (b. 1821) (Emily Mann, 1847) (Leah Mann, 1850)-Riley (1823-1915) (Amanda Cummings)-Lewis (d. 1906) (Malinda 3. Spangler, 1854)-Mary (1830-1914) (John Hecht)-Frank (1833-1915) (Lizzie Chapman, 1866). C. of Baldwin: Allen T. by 2d w.-Simpson S. (s)-Marion C. (Kate Humphreys, 1878)-Henry (Jennie McNeer, 1885)-Jeremiah (Amanda Burdett, 1883, Mamie Hinkle, 1913)-Margaret (Charles Lingo) -Wallace (Cornelia Humphreys)-Isaac N. (Kate M. Walkup, 1893)-Emma A. (Henderson Reed)-Charles S. (Ida Borden, Nancy Buchanan). C. of Frank: India W., Don B., Cora, Eva L., Roland E. Willis and Jeremiah purchased in 1817 of the heirs of Daniel Jarrell, 280 acres for $350. This property still remains in the Willis branch. C. of Willis: Thompson (b. 1814) (Anna Miller, 1841)-Elizabeth (Henly Mann, 1833)-George (1819-1879) (Delilah Mann, 1838)-Wil-liam (1821-1914) (Elizabeth Riner, 1914)-Harrison (Huldah Mann, 1847) -Susan (1826-1914) (Samuel Miller)-Sylvester (Lucinda Riner, 1848)-Nancy (1830-1904) (Eli Mann, 1850)-Hugh (b. 1836) (Rachel Mann, 1866). All these sons except Hugh, who had the homestead, opened new farms on Stinking Lick. C. of Thompson: Overton (d. '63), Willia, (d. '62), Isabella (b. 1844) (Lewis Campbell), John T. (b. 1845), Ellen (Dayton Humphreys), Millard F. (Lydia Keatly), James K. (Mary Campbell), Agnes (Henry Wills), Sarah A. (James McClaugherty). C. of George: Polly (1839-1861) (Garland Hurt), Isabella (Henry Humphreys), James (Mary Wills), Clayton (Ellen Spangler), Jarrett (Mary Spangler), Gaston (Catharine Spangler, Molly Thompson) C. of William: Marinda (b. 1849) (Lewis Ellison), Amanda (Henderson Barton) Molly (John Spangler), Juretta (William Keatly), Martha (John Keatly). C. of Harrison: Maston (b. 1848) ( Barton, Ruth Smith), Mary (Wilson Davis), Isabella (Benjamin Tinsley), Delilah (Lewis Mea-dows), Nelson (Elizabeth Hanks), Grant (Lidia Bonham), Sylvester (-Chambers). C. of Sylvester: George (Margaret Thompson). C. of Hugh: Oliver (Kate Broyles), Molly (F. G. Lilly), Annie L. (Sylvester A. Miller). The Ballards are remarkable for longevity and they constitute a numerous connection. The five brothers of William, Jr., came to Monroe before he did, but we have little knowledge of them. Curtis (Esther) moved from Hans Creek to Ohio in 1810. His daughter Sarah married Isaac Hutchinson in 1801. Baldwin Ballard, 95 years of age as we go to press, is of striking personality and has had an eventful career. A white swelling in his ankle made him a cripple at the age of 12. A few years later he removed a splintered bone by the free use of a razor and kept on hoeing corn to the close of the day. He learned to sew and to weave and followed the tailoring trade more than 20 years, doing much of his work at the homes of his patrons. He thus traveled much territory on the east of the lower course of the Grecobrier. In partnership with his brother John he purchased in 1845 the farm on which he now lives. Previous to the war he carried on for a while a mercantile career in connection with his tailoring business. The latter came to an end with the appearance of ready-made clothing in the stores. Mr. Ballard was one of the three men at Greenville who voted against secession. His lameness rendered him exempt from military service but his opposition to the Confederate cause was uncompromising. His unconcealed sympathy with the North made his position a trying one, yet he did not discriminate in the matter of hospitality. Many a time Confederate soldiers ate at his table while at the same time Union soldiers or runaways were concealed in the loft. On one occasion he was brought into Greenville under arrest and for a while it looked as though he would he hanged, but the intercession of neighbors who nevertheless were of Confederate feeling caused him to he let off with a lecture and a warning. At another time he was fired upon and his horse wounded. During the reconstruction period he was six years a justice of the peace and it has been his boast that not one of his decisions was ever reversed by a higher Court. Mr. Ballard has been very successful as a business man and is one of the wealthiest stockgrowers of Monroe. He is quick at repartee, as is well known to those acquainted with him. His iron will and inflexible convictions have in polidcal discussion made him able to give as well as take blow for blow. Yet he is a personage of kindly nature, and now that the tempestuous period of the 60's and 70's has receded almost half a century into the background, his relations with his neighbors are entirely cordial. With his second wife he lived happily for the remarkable span of 65 years. Others of the connection also espoused the Federal cause. Frank, son of Jerry, became a captain of WeSt Virginia state troops, and his was the first Federal cortunand to enter Monroe county. He was at Cloyd's Mountain and in other engagements. During the reconstruction period he served as county superintendent, twice as delegate to the legislature, and once as prosecuting attorney. He secured the passage of a law permitting a landholder to pass through the land of another to reach a public road. Lewis Ballard sat in the West Virginia legislature in 1863, and was the first sheriff of Monroe after the war. His property had been confiscated in 1863, but he made his escape from the military prison at Salisbury, N. C. ______________________________X-Message: #12 Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 15:35:10 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <991e9249.2517e66e@aol.com> Subject: BIO: Samuel BARE, Monroe County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A History of Monroe County, West Virginia Oren F. Morton, B. Lit. Staunton, VA The McClure Company, Inc. 1916 p. 306 SAMUEL BARE Samuel (1796-1874) came from Staunton about 1824 and settled on In-dian Draft. He was a son of Jacob (Eve) of Germany and could speak no English until seven years old. He was a captain of militia. His wife, Mary P. Smith (1808-1884) was of this county. C: Jacob W. (1827-1909) (Elizabeth P. Charnbers, 1844, Amanda B. Baker)-Isaac B. (1831-1912) (Sarah F. Lynch, Margaret Surber)-Paulina (Joseph A. H. Ellison, 1853)-Virginia F. (William F. Nelson, 1861)-John H. C. (b. 1844) (Mary S. Thompson, Mary P. Kershner). C. of Jacob W. by 1st w.-Mary E. (b. 1848), Newton J., Margaret A., Samuel F., Elizabeth V., Georgia A., C. S. C. of 3. H. C.-Sarah E. S., Ellen Ml., Carol C., Frances M., Jennie A., E. G., Sarah C. ______________________________X-Message: #13 Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 15:37:46 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <3d90db49.2517e70a@aol.com> Subject: BIO: William A. BARNETT, Monroe County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A History of Monroe County, West Virginia Oren F. Morton, B. Lit. Staunton, VA The McClure Company, Inc. 1916 p. 306 WILLIAM A. BARNETT William A. (Lydia A. Boyd, 1865), a native of Harrison, and a member of the 19th Virginia Cavalry, came here during the war and settled on the Knobs. C: Eliza (Gordon Taylor), Harvey (Jessie Kuhn), Annie (Floyd Flack), Laura ( Flack), Mary (James DeHart), Jessie ( Bowyer), Porterfield (Mrs. Spencer), Archelaus, William. ______________________________X-Message: #14 Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 15:41:55 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <444673ca.2517e803@aol.com> Subject: BIO: Philip BEAMER, Monroe County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A History of Monroe County, West Virginia Oren F. Morton, B. Lit. Staunton, VA The McClure Company, Inc. 1916 p. 306-307 PHILIP BEAMER Philip (1763-1838) (Elizabeth , d. 1840) left Reading, Penn., to go to Tenn., but not finding a suitable location the family came about 1799 to the Plank Cabin Draft near Hillsdale. The journey was made in a large four-horse wagon. On the land purchased were a hunter's cabin and an acre of clearing. Here the parents and two or three children lived two years until better quarters could be provided. C': Elizabeth (Conrad Cart, 1808)-Joseph (b. 1796) ( --Bayley)-John (1798-1868) (Susan Cart, Harriet Stayley Fleshman)-Philip (Elspeth Ballan-tyne)-Michael (1801-1882) (Jean Ballantyne, 1824)-George (1805-1877) (Lou ise Byrd) -Henry (Oregon )-Benjamin (0.) -Sarah (James Crosier. 1820)-Mary (s)-Harriet ( -- Milholland) C. of John: Amanda (Nicholas Vanstavern)-Mary (Benjamin Vans-tavern)-Thomas-Calvin (Virginia Parker) - ?Catharine S. (Thomas Brown, 1845). C. of Philip: Andrew, Jean, Eliza, Mary C. (1833-1915) (George R. Williams, 1857), Franklin, Louise. C. of Michael: Rev. Augustus B. (1826-1903) (Romanza Miller)-Eliza S. (s)-Robert M. (b. 1831) (Mary S. Young, 1853)-Benjamin (1832-1909) (Caroline Parker). C. of R. M.-Isabel, Erastus (Elizabeth Baker), Byrd (Minnie Speil-man), Serena C. (George Anderson), William M., Hugh (Virginia Haw-kins), Laura (William Hawkins), Walter (Bessie Lynch), Edna L., Elsie L., Asa, Roy (Sarah Moore). C. of Benjamin of Michael: Alphonso, Ida, Virginia (William Wimmer), Simpson, Joseph, Leslie, Dona, Mary. C. of George: Clementina ( Handley), Mary (William T. Patton), Elizabeth (Charles Sydenstricker), Byrd (k. '64). According to the mortuary records of Monroe, John was born in Germany in 1798. 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