8 Generations of Cass County connections of Roger Bruce Whitaker
Generation No. 1
1.
Roger Bruce Whitaker
, born
in Schmitt Memorial Hospital - Beardstown, Illinois. He was the son of 2.
William Lewis Whitaker and 3.
Eleanor Gayle Timian. He married (1)
Kamela Jo Maas September 12, 1970 in Manito, Illinois. She was born
in Pekin Memorial Hospital- Pekin, Illinois. She was the daughter of
Russell Maas and Loretta May Kepford. He married (2) Victoria Manuela Penner November 11, 2000 in Virginia, Illinois. She was born
in Manhattan, NY.
Generation No. 2
2.
William Lewis Whitaker
, born August 30, 1921 in Hoisington, KS; died December 23, 1946 in Beardstown, IL. He was the son of 4.
Walter Whitaker and 5.
Alice Nagle. He married 3.
Eleanor Gayle Timian June 13, 1943 in Family Home in Cass Siding, Illinois.
3.
Eleanor Gayle Timian
, born July 09, 1923 in LaGrange, IL. She was the daughter of 6.
Elmer Frederick Timian and 7.
Mazo Olive Coldwell.
More About William Lewis Whitaker:
Burial: Walnut Ridge Cemetery, Virginia, Illinois
Military service: Bet. January 1942 - 1945, Army Air Corps
Child of William Whitaker and Eleanor Timian is:
1 i.
Roger Bruce Whitaker, born in Schmitt Memorial Hospital - Beardstown, Illinois; married (1)
Kamela Jo Maas September 12, 1970 in Manito, Illinois; married (2)
Victoria Manuela Penner November 11, 2000 in Virginia, Illinois.
Generation No. 3
4.
Walter Whitaker
, born January 24, 1895; died January 31, 1965. He was the son of 8.
William Walter Whitaker and 9.
Ursa Mary Bowers. He married 5.
Alice Nagle.
5.
Alice Nagle
, born Abt. 1902 in Kansas; died January 13, 1986. She was the daughter of 10.
James C. Nagle and 11.
Harriet.
More About Walter Whitaker:
Burial: Walnut Ridge Cemetery, Virginia, Illinois
Children of Walter Whitaker and Alice Nagle are:
2 i.
William Lewis Whitaker, born August 30, 1921 in Hoisington, KS; died December 23, 1946 in Beardstown, IL; married
Eleanor Gayle Timian June 13, 1943 in Family Home in Cass Siding, Illinois.
ii.
Barbara Ellen Whitaker, born January 30, 1923; married (1)
? Demicelli; married (2) Carl Radtke.
iii.
James Robert Whitaker, born October 02, 1924; died June 02, 2003 in Hemet, California; married (1)
Eleanor Gayle Timian September 12, 1947; born July 09, 1923 in LaGrange, IL; married (2)
Barbara Hoagland Aft. 1956; born March 05, 1931; died May 24, 1993.
More About James Robert Whitaker:
Burial: National Cemetery in Loma Linda, California.
Military service: Bet. 1950 - 1952, US Navy Korean War Torpedoman
6.
Elmer Frederick Timian
, born January 04, 1894 in Ashland, IL ?; died March 21, 1949 in Virginia, IL. He was the son of 12.
Otto William Timian and 13.
Mary Lange. He married 7.
Mazo Olive Coldwell September 12, 1916.
7.
Mazo Olive Coldwell
, born July 19, 1896 in Cass Siding / Jules, IL; died February 05, 1996 in Tamarac, FL. She was the daughter of 14.
John Coldwell and 15.
Katherine Mahala Nix.
More About Elmer Frederick Timian:
Burial: Walnut Ridge Cemetery, Virginia, Illinois
More About Mazo Olive Coldwell:
Burial: June 08, 1996, Walnut Ridge Cemetary, Virginia, Illinois
Child of Elmer Timian and Mazo Coldwell is:
3 i.
Eleanor Gayle Timian, born July 09, 1923 in LaGrange, IL; married (1)
William Lewis Whitaker June 13, 1943 in Family Home in Cass Siding, Illinois; married (2)
James Robert Whitaker September 12, 1947.
Generation No. 4
8.
William Walter Whitaker
, born January 30, 1870 in Pekin, Illinois; died June 17, 1959 in Jacksonville, Illinois. He was the son of 16.
William Whitaker and 17.
Susannah Bequeath. He married 9.
Ursa Mary Bowers January 18, 1893 in Havana, Mason Co., IL.
9.
Ursa Mary Bowers
, born December 24, 1874 in Chandlerville, Illinois; died December 21, 1956 in Jacksonville, Illinois. She was the daughter of 18.
Dighton Bowers and 19.
Sarah T. Underwood.
More About William Walter Whitaker:
Burial: Walnut Ridge Cemetery, Virginia, Illinois
Occupation: 1910, Carpenter
Residence: 1910, Illinois street in Virginia, Illinois
More About Ursa Mary Bowers:
Burial: Walnut Ridge Cemetery, Virginia, Illinois
Children of William Whitaker and Ursa Bowers are:
4 i.
Walter Whitaker, born January 24, 1895; died January 31, 1965; married
Alice Nagle.
ii.
Belle Whitaker, born Abt. 1899; married Verne D. Hunter; born Abt. 1899 in Indiana.
iii.
Henry Whitaker, born Abt. 1900; died September 14, 1979 in Los Angeles, CA.
More About Henry Whitaker:
Burial: October 04, 1979, Walnut Ridge Cemetery, Virginia, Illinois
iv.
Ralph Whitaker, born Abt. 1903; died January 1985 in Jacksonville, IL; married
Mabel Quinlan; born June 26, 1903; died July 1982 in Jacksonville, IL.
More About Ralph Whitaker:
Residence: Jacksonville, IL
v.
Elizabeth Whitaker, born Abt. 1906; married
? McClusky.
vi.
Franklin Whitaker, born Abt. 1911; died 1967 in Washington; married
Wilma.
vii.
Raymond E. Whitaker, born June 03, 1913 in Virginia, Illinois; died November 25, 1981 in Pekin, Illinois; married
Ruth Drye February 24, 1941; born June 20, 1917 in Bradfordsville, Ky; died in Pekin, Illinois.
More About Raymond E. Whitaker:
Burial: Walnut Ridge Cemetery, Virginia, Illinois
More About Ruth Drye:
Burial: Walnut Ridge Cemetery, Virginia, Illinois
10.
James C. Nagle
, born Abt. 1870 in New Jersey; died 1948 in Hoisington, Ks.. He was the son of 20.
? Nagle and 21.
Unknown. He married 11.
Harriet.
11.
Harriet
, born Abt. 1871 in Pennsylvania.
More About James C. Nagle:
Occupation: Bet. 1910 - 1930, Rail Road Conductor
Children of James Nagle and Harriet are:
5 i.
Alice Nagle, born Abt. 1902 in Kansas; died January 13, 1986; married
Walter Whitaker.
ii.
H. Benfor Nagle, born Abt. 1898 in Kansas; married
Eleana; born Abt. 1903 in Kansas.
12.
Otto William Timian
, born September 23, 1866 in Delavan, Illinois; died February 28, 1924 in LaGrange, Illinois. He was the son of 24.
Louis Timian and 25.
Dorothea Schultz. He married 13.
Mary Lange.
13.
Mary Lange
, born September 11, 1869 in Auburn, Illinois; died December 13, 1925. She was the daughter of 26.
Frederick Lange and 27.
Minnie Schumacher.
Notes for Otto William Timian:
Otto purchased Concordia Cem. Lot # 153 7900 Madison, St. Forest Park, Illinois 9-4-1920
More About Otto William Timian:
Burial: Concordia Cem. Lot # 153, Section 13, 7900 Madison, St. Forest Park, Illinois
Children of Otto Timian and Mary Lange are:
i.
Dora Wilhemina Fredericka Timian, born November 14, 1888 in Pleasant Plains, Illinois; died January 14, 1953 in Hinsdale Sanatarium and Hospital, Hinsdale, Illinois.
More About Dora Wilhemina Fredericka Timian:
Burial: Concordia Cem. Lot # 153, Section 13, 7900 Madison, St. Forest Park, Illinois
ii.
Wilhelm Fredrick Emil Timian, born January 17, 1890; died October 01, 1974; married
Myrtle Carder; born December 31, 1897; died September 01, 1975.
iii.
Julius August Wilhelm Timian, born May 08, 1891; died January 27, 1950; married
Myrtle Graff December 11, 1912.
6 iv.
Elmer Frederick Timian, born January 04, 1894 in Ashland, IL ?; died March 21, 1949 in Virginia, IL; married
Mazo Olive Coldwell September 12, 1916.
v.
Louis William Timian, born November 02, 1896; died August 28, 1921.
14.
John Coldwell
, born January 21, 1864; died March 27, 1927 in Cass Siding, Illinois. He was the son of 28.
Charles Caldwell and 29.
Catherine Heaton. He married 15.
Katherine Mahala Nix September 12, 1895.
15.
Katherine Mahala Nix
, born February 24, 1874; died March 11, 1927 in St John's Hospital, Springfield, Illinois. She was the daughter of 30.
John Isaac Nix and 31.
Ellen Frances McGehee.
Notes for John Coldwell:
In the Illinois state marriage index John's surname is spelled Caldwell.
More About John Coldwell:
Burial: Walnut Ridge Cemetery, Virginia, Illinois
More About Katherine Mahala Nix:
Burial: Walnut Ridge Cemetary, Virginia, Illinois
Child of John Coldwell and Katherine Nix is:
7 i.
Mazo Olive Coldwell, born July 19, 1896 in Cass Siding / Jules, IL; died February 05, 1996 in Tamarac, FL; married
Elmer Frederick Timian September 12, 1916.
Generation No. 5
16.
William Whitaker
, died Bef. 1880. He married 17.
Susannah Bequeath.
17.
Susannah Bequeath
, born 1835 in Illinois.
Notes for Susannah Bequeath:
1880 Census Virginia, IL.
Whittaker, Susannah 45 July Keeping house Illinois O O
Whittaker. William W. 9 Son Illinois O O
Needham, Odella 9 Sept Step Dau Illinois England Ill
Hall, Elsie 3 Feb Daughter Illinois Ky Ill
Possible maiden names for Susannah.. Bequeath, Beckwith or ???
Bequeath from William Walter's marriage certificate, but no other records for a Susannah Bequeath have been found.
A soundex search for Susannah Bequeath yielded a Susannah Beckwith in Tazewell County in 1850 aged 15.
Child of William Whitaker and Susannah Bequeath is:
8 i.
William Walter Whitaker, born January 30, 1870 in Pekin, Illinois; died June 17, 1959 in Jacksonville, Illinois; married
Ursa Mary Bowers January 18, 1893 in Havana, Mason Co., IL.
18.
Dighton Bowers
, born 1850 in Cass County, Illinois. He was the son of 36.
Reuben D. Bowers and 37.
Ama B.. He married 19.
Sarah T. Underwood November 07, 1871 in Cass County, Illinois.
19.
Sarah T. Underwood
, born 1851 in Cass County, Illinois. She was the daughter of 38.
Thomas A. Underwood and 39.
Zadia W. Arnold.
Children of Dighton Bowers and Sarah Underwood are:
i.
Alice Bowers, born 1872.
ii.
Stephen Bowers, born 1874.
9 iii.
Ursa Mary Bowers, born December 24, 1874 in Chandlerville, Illinois; died December 21, 1956 in Jacksonville, Illinois; married
William Walter Whitaker January 18, 1893 in Havana, Mason Co., IL.
iv.
Ora Bowers, born 1878.
v.
Deighton Bowers, born 1880.
20.
? Nagle
, born in Ireland. He married 21.
Unknown.
21.
Unknown
, born in Ireland.
Child of ? Nagle and Unknown is:
10 i.
James C. Nagle, born Abt. 1870 in New Jersey; died 1948 in Hoisington, Ks; married
Harriet.
24.
Louis Timian
, born March 17, 1827 in Um, Germany; died May 16, 1918. He married 25.
Dorothea Schultz.
25.
Dorothea Schultz
, born November 29, 1833 in Germany. She was the daughter of 50.
Henry Schultz.
More About Louis Timian:
Residence: 1880, Boynton, Tazwell, County
Children of Louis Timian and Dorothea Schultz are:
12 i.
Otto William Timian, born September 23, 1866 in Delavan, Illinois; died February 28, 1924 in LaGrange, Illinois; married
Mary Lange.
ii.
Ida Louise Timian, born October 29, 1870; died September 14, 1940; married
Carl Friederick Gottlieb Schroeder July 21, 1887; born May 13, 1863 in Stockhausen, Ger..
iii.
Sophia Timian, born in Tazwell Co., Illinois.
iv.
Emiel Timian, born 1872.
26.
Frederick Lange
, born December 01, 1839 in Near Berlin, Germany; died March 24, 1906. He was the son of 52.
Carl Lange and 53.
Sophia Walters. He married 27.
Minnie Schumacher February 06, 1864 in Jacksonville, Illinois.
27.
Minnie Schumacher
, born January 31, 1840; died May 15, 1920. She was the daughter of 54.
Fredrick Schumacher and 55.
Sophia Peters.
More About Frederick Lange:
Immigration: 1856
Children of Frederick Lange and Minnie Schumacher are:
i.
Charles Lange, born Unknown.
ii.
Louise Lange, born 1864; died 1942; married
William Schumaker; born 1858; died 1939.
13 iii.
Mary Lange, born September 11, 1869 in Auburn, Illinois; died December 13, 1925; married
Otto William Timian.
iv.
Minna Friedericka Lange, born 1871; died 1922; married
Emil C. Timian; born 1872; died 1955.
v.
Fred Charles Lange, born October 26, 1874; died 1944; married
Jesse C. Hodgson; born 1892; died 1959.
vi.
Sophia Marie Lange, born 1878; died 1938; married
August J. W. Walter; born 1867; died 1962.
vii.
William F. Lange, born May 08, 1880; died March 05, 1943; married
Mae Conn; born October 12, 1891; died 1986.
viii.
Emma Sophia Lange, born 1882; died 1940; married
Otto C. Shultz; born 1881; died 1949.
ix.
Ida Lange, born March 04, 1886; died 1952; married (1)
Rudolph Huth; married (2) Thomas B. Holland; born March 28, 1887; died November 02, 1984.
28.
Charles Caldwell
, born July 10, 1836 in Mt. Savage, Md.; died October 25, 1878. He was the son of 56.
Patrick Lewis Caldwell and 57.
Mary Ann Reynolds. He married 29.
Catherine Heaton December 10, 1860.
29.
Catherine Heaton
, born October 18, 1844 in Manchester, England; died 1919. She was the daughter of 58.
Capt. John Heaton and 59.
Mary Jane Fullerton.
Children of Charles Caldwell and Catherine Heaton are:
i.
Patrick Henry Caldwell, born February 17, 1862 in Cass County, Illinois; died April 27, 1904 in Cass County, Illinois; married
Louisa Chapman February 05, 1891 in Cass County, Illinois; born September 03, 1867 in Providence, Illinois; died August 22, 1946 in Syracuse, KS.
Notes for Patrick Henry Caldwell:
In the Illinios state marriage index, Patrick's surname is listed as Caldwell.
More About Patrick Henry Caldwell:
Burial: Walnut Ridge Cemetery, Virginia, Illinois
14 ii.
John Coldwell, born January 21, 1864; died March 27, 1927 in Cass Siding, Illinois; married
Katherine Mahala Nix September 12, 1895.
iii.
Charles E. Caldwell, born October 27, 1866; died August 13, 1867.
iv.
Emma Cecila Caldwell, born July 04, 1868 in Illinois; married
Duncan Reid November 25, 1886 in Cass County, Illinois; born Abt. 1857 in Illinois.
v.
Mary Jane Caldwell, born March 10, 1871; married
James Meade.
vi.
Elizabeth Caldwell, born July 16, 1874; died August 31, 1955; married
William Homer Coleman February 14, 1895 in Cass County, Illinois; born December 28, 1867.
vii.
Catherine Caldwell, born August 29, 1875; married
John Herzberger October 20, 1898.
viii.
Charles Edward Caldwell, born October 27, 1877; died 1952; married
Alice Wilson; born October 25, 1879; died November 15, 1973.
More About Charles Edward Caldwell:
Burial: Walnut Ridge Cemetery, Cass County, IL
More About Alice Wilson:
Burial: Walnut Ridge Cemetery, Cass County, IL
30.
John Isaac Nix
, born April 04, 1847 in Illinois; died January 10, 1934 in Illinois. He was the son of 60.
John Edward Nix and 61.
Mahala Ann Frances Mitchell. He married 31.
Ellen Frances McGehee May 15, 1872 in Mason County, Illlinois.
31.
Ellen Frances McGehee
, born February 25, 1848 in Mason Co., IL; died December 01, 1905 in Ashland, IL. She was the daughter of 62.
Harvey McGehee and 63.
Harriett Levica Brant.
Notes for John Isaac Nix:
Name: John Nix ,
Residence: Bath, Illinois
Enlistment Date: 12 May 1864
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Illinois
Unit Numbers: 318 318
Service Record: Enlisted as a Corporal on 12 May 1864
Enlisted in Company I, 139th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 01 June 1864.
Mustered out Company I, 139th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 28 October 1864 in Peoria, IL
More About John Isaac Nix:
Burial: Ashland, IL
Military service: 1863, Enlisted in Co. 1 139 Illinois Infantry
Children of John Nix and Ellen McGehee are:
i.
Olive Levica Nix, born November 22, 1872; died February 09, 1919; married
Gelston Durham Samuell April 02, 1896; born August 11, 1869.
ii.
Della Nix, born 1877 in Ashland, IL; died November 28, 1882.
15 iii.
Katherine Mahala Nix, born February 24, 1874; died March 11, 1927 in St John's Hospital, Springfield, Illinois; married
John Coldwell September 12, 1895.
iv.
Harry Edward Nix, born November 22, 1875; died 1956; married (1)
Mable Virgin; married (2) Helen Bender 1906; born 1877; died 1917.
v.
Ina Frances Nix, born December 15, 1880; died November 09, 1944; married
Franklin Epperly April 17, 1912.
vi.
J. Newton Nix, born September 20, 1882; died 1938; married (1)
Elizabeth B. Koontz September 14, 1904 in Cass County, Illinois; born 1881; died 1925; married (2)
Gladys Young September 14, 1927; born August 18, 1884.
More About J. Newton Nix:
Burial: Ashland, IL
vii.
Nelle Felicia Nix, born July 17, 1884; died November 14, 1974; married
Pope E. Young.
viii.
Grace Evangeline Nix, born June 17, 1887; died October 01, 1941 in Springfield, IL.
More About Grace Evangeline Nix:
Burial: Ashland, IL
Occupation: Dean of girls at Springfield, IL High School
Generation No. 6
36.
Reuben D. Bowers
, born 1812 in Vermont. He married 37.
Ama B..
37.
Ama B.
, born in Rhode Island.
Children of Reuben Bowers and Ama B. are:
18 i.
Dighton Bowers, born 1850 in Cass County, Illinois; married
Sarah T. Underwood November 07, 1871 in Cass County, Illinois.
ii.
Stephen Bowers, born 1846.
38.
Thomas A. Underwood
, born 1828 in New York. He was the son of 76.
Phineas Underwood and 77.
Susan Sarah Ann Appleton. He married 39.
Zadia W. Arnold May 11, 1848 in Cass County, Illinois.
39.
Zadia W. Arnold
, born 1828 in Tennessee.
More About Thomas A. Underwood:
Residence: 1870, Chandlerville, Illinois
Children of Thomas Underwood and Zadia Arnold are:
i.
Addison Underwood, born 1849.
19 ii.
Sarah T. Underwood, born 1851 in Cass County, Illinois; married
Dighton Bowers November 07, 1871 in Cass County, Illinois.
iii.
Mary Jane Underwood, born Abt. 1852.
iv.
Tabitha Ann Underwood, born 1854.
v.
Charlotte Elizabeth Underwood, born March 17, 1857.
vi.
Zadia F. Underwood, born 1860.
vii.
Rachel Underwood, born 1862.
viii.
Thomas Underwood, born 1864.
ix.
Phineas Underwood, born 1867; married Anna E. Fishe January 04, 1887.
50.
Henry Schultz
, born Abt. 1802 in Um, Germany.
Child of Henry Schultz is:
25 i.
Dorothea Schultz, born November 29, 1833 in Germany; married
Louis Timian.
52.
Carl Lange
, born June 04, 1814 in Germany; died February 25, 1896 in Jacksonville, Illinois. He married 53.
Sophia Walters.
53.
Sophia Walters
, born in Germany; died in Jacksonville, Illinois.
More About Carl Lange:
Immigration: 1863, Came from Germany to Jacksonville, Illinois
Children of Carl Lange and Sophia Walters are:
26 i.
Frederick Lange, born December 01, 1839 in Near Berlin, Germany; died March 24, 1906; married
Minnie Schumacher February 06, 1864 in Jacksonville, Illinois.
ii.
Fredricka Lange, born 1840; died 1865; married
Louis Reiser; born 1837; died 1888.
iii.
Charles Lange, married Lizzie Wegehaupt.
54.
Fredrick Schumacher
, born 1815; died July 23, 1899. He married 55.
Sophia Peters.
55.
Sophia Peters
, born 1818; died 1902.
More About Fredrick Schumacher:
Burial: Pleasant Plains
Children of Fredrick Schumacher and Sophia Peters are:
27 i.
Minnie Schumacher, born January 31, 1840; died May 15, 1920; married
Frederick Lange February 06, 1864 in Jacksonville, Illinois.
ii.
Fredericka Schumacher, born 1842; died 1931; married
Louis Reiser; born 1837; died 1888.
iii.
Louisa Schumacher, born Abt. 1846; married Fred Timian; born Abt. 1836 in Prussia; died Aft. 1910.
More About Fred Timian:
Residence: 1880, Boynton Twp Tazwell Co., Illinois
iv.
Frederick Schumacher, born 1846; married Lena Mau.
v.
Johanna Schumacher, born 1848; died 1926; married
Nicholas Wullenwaber; born 1845; died 1922.
vi.
Mary Schumacher, born 1850.
vii.
Caroline Schumacher, born 1853; died 1928; married
Fredrick Brinkmeyer; born 1837; died 1921.
viii.
Sophia Schumacher, born 1856; died 1914; married
William Wullenwaber; born 1855; died 1930.
ix.
Augusta Schumacher, born 1860; died 1941; married
Bernhardt Reiser; born 1850; died 1920.
56.
Patrick Lewis Caldwell
, born 1810 in County Monaghan, Ireland; died April 23, 1878. He married 57.
Mary Ann Reynolds in Maryland.
57.
Mary Ann Reynolds
, born 1820 in ? 1880 census 68 y/o = 1812 In Ireland.
More About Patrick Lewis Caldwell:
Burial: Catholic cemetery, Beardstown, IL
Immigration: 1835, Arrived in Baltimore, Md
Children of Patrick Caldwell and Mary Reynolds are:
28 i.
Charles Caldwell, born July 10, 1836 in Mt. Savage, Md.; died October 25, 1878; married
Catherine Heaton December 10, 1860.
ii.
James Caldwell, born 1841.
iii.
John Caldwell, born 1843.
iv.
Franklin Caldwell, born 1845.
v.
Thomas Caldwell, born 1848.
vi.
Patrick L. Caldwell, Jr, born July 18, 1853; died June 17, 1886; married
Mary Miller; born April 16, 1858; died April 10, 1915.
Notes for Patrick L. Caldwell, Jr:
Note that the 1880 census shows Patrick Caldwell (son) living with his Mother Mary and his wife Mary and their daughter Mary. Patrick's brother, John, is shown as living there, too.
vii.
Elizabeth Caldwell, born Unknown.
viii.
Mary Ann Caldwell, born Unknown.
58.
Capt. John Heaton
, born January 01, 1810 in Wigan / Wiggin, Lancastershire, England; died June 22, 1899 in Virginia, Illinois. He was the son of 116.
Dennis Heaton and 117.
Kate Bartley. He married 59.
Mary Jane Fullerton November 02, 1840 in Bolton, Lancastershire, England.
59.
Mary Jane Fullerton
, born February 29, 1820 in Tower of London, England; died November 30, 1895 in Bluff Springs, Illinois. She was the daughter of 118.
James Fullerton and 119.
Martha Glen.
Notes for Capt. John Heaton:
CAPTAIN JOHN HEATON, a retired farmer residing in Virginia, Cass county, Illinois, was born in Wigan, Lancashire county, England, January 1, 1810.
Dennis Heaton, his father and Bartley Heaton, his grandfather, were also natives of Wigan, the family as far as known being of English ancestry. Grandfather Heaton was a Colonel in the Life Guards. He spent his whole life in England. Dennis Heaton was engaged in the mercantile business in Wigan, where he died about 1816. The maiden name of his wife was Kate Bartley, and she, too, was a native of Wigan. After the death of Mr. Heaton she married James Richardson. Her death occurred in Yorkshire about 1852. By her first husband she had nine children, all of whom reached adult years; by her second husband she reared four children.
The subject of our sketch was reared in Manchester. He was six years old when his father died, and from the time he was seven he earned his own living. From his seventh year till his thirteenth he worked in a cotton factory, after which he began learning the trade of tin and coppersmith with Mr. Moon in Oldham street, Manchester, with whom he worked seven years. He now has a kettle which he made in 1827 and presented to his mother. At the time of his marriage she gave it back to him, and it has been in daily use in his family ever since.
At the age of twenty-one Mr. Heaton enlisted in the Thirty-sixth Regiment of Infantry, and was soon transferred to the Fifty-ninth Regiment, and marched across Ireland to Dublin, joining the regiment at Port Aa Bella Barracks, and served two years and eight months. He was in different parts of Ireland ten months and then made a forced march to Oldham, England, to quell a riot there; thence to Liverpool, where he embarked for Gibraltar, a year later to Malta, then to Carfew, and from there back to Gibraltar, where his discharge and that of nineteen others was purchased, supposed to have been by the Spanish Government. He then became a member of Shaw's brigade for the Spanish army during the war between Don Carlos and the Queen; was commissioned Captain of the Light Company and commanded that company in the different marches, battles, etc. incident to that war. He served a little more than seven years.
When peace was declared Captain Heaton was honorably discharged and returned to Manchester. There he began business on his own account as a tin and copper smith, remaining thus occupied until 1850. That year he came to America, sailing from Liverpool on the 27th of May and landing in Quebec after a voyage of seven weeks and three days. His father-in-law was at that time living four miles from Streetsville, Ontario. He joined him, and from there visited the Queen's Bush, a tract of timber land set aside for the soldiers. Not caring to have a farm in the wilderness, he came to the United States. After residing in St. Louis a few weeks, he sought a home in Cass county, Illinois, taking up his abode seven miles from Virginia, where he entered a tract of Government land. He erected a log house and commenced at once to improve his land. This was before the coming of the railroad and when Beardstown was the principal market for this section of the country. Deer and various kinds of wild game were plenty here. Captain Heaton improved fifty acres of land, and in 1854 sold it to John Fravey. He then moved to Beardstown in order to give his children the benefit of schools. He was employed by Horace Billings in his pork house for a time, and later was in the employ of Mr. Crea and Henry Chatsey. While a resident of that place he was sent for from Brooklyn, New York, to superintend a pork-packing establishment there for a Mr. Arris. He remained in Brooklyn one season. In 1863 he went to Decatur, Illinois, and established a packing house for Mr. Plato. He subsequently purchased a farm of Major Arnold, in Monroe precinct, and resided on it till 1870. The following two years he lived in Beardstown. His next move was to Virginia. He bought property on Gospel Hill, built a house, and resided there till 1884. He then rented that place, and bought and moved to his present home.
Captain Heaton was married at Bolton, Lancashire, England, November 2, 1840, to Mary J. Fullerton. She was born in the Tower of London, February 29, 1820, daughter of Major James Fullerton, a native of England. When a young man, her father enlisted in the Seventh Battalion, and was commissioned Major. He was in command of the tower at the time of her birth. He served in the army about twenty-two years, after which he was retired on half pay. He then emigrated to Canada, and settled twenty miles from Toronto, Ontario, where he bought a farm and resided till his death. The maiden name of his wife was Martha Glen. She was born in England and died in Canada.
To Captain Heaton and his wife eleven children have been born, viz.: Noble John, who was married by W. R. Whitehead to Flavila Yaple, December 24, 1873, and has three children, Charlie, Alford and Noble John; Catharine, who was married by R. C. H. Heimerling to Charles Caldwell, December 12, 1860, and has seven children, Patrick, John, Emma, Jennie, who became the wife of James Mead, of Virginia; Lizzie, Katie and Edward; Edward, who lost his life in a railroad accident on the Central Pacific Railroad; James, who was married in November, 1873, to Cora Seaman, has one child, Florence; Mary Jane, who was married by Benjamin Williams to W. B. Williams, August 7, 1871, and has two children, Eddie and Henry; William, who was married by John W. Shay to Hannah E. Seaman, November 10, 1875, and has five children, Mary, John, Willard, George and Eva; Charles, who was married January 5, 1885, to Sadie Bohman; Susan, who was married by John W. Allen to Reuben Lancaster, March 11, 1880, and has two children, Earl and Iva; Alice, who was married by John W. Allen to Edward E. Savage, May 10, 1877, and has four children, Henry, Walter, Bessie and Zella; Martha, who was married by J. E. Roach to Richard H. Payne, November 20, 1884, and has four children, Carey, Inis, Hazel and Irine; and Thomas, who is unmarried. They have twenty-nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
The Captain and his worthy companion are devout members of the Catholic Church.
The sword which this veteran carried in Spain he has presented to his son, Noble John, who values it beyond price.
Such is a brief record of one of Virginia's pioneers and highly respected citizens.
More About Capt. John Heaton:
Burial: June 25, 1899, Walnut Ridge Cemetery, Virginia, Illinois
Immigration: May 27, 1850, Sailed from Liverpool to Quebec and
traveled to his father-in-laws location, 4 miles from Streetsville, Ontario.
Military service: 1831, Enlisted in English 36th Regiment, transferred to 59th Regiment.
More About Mary Jane Fullerton:
Burial: December 02, 1895, Walnut Ridge Cemetery, Virginia, Illinois
Children of John Heaton and Mary Fullerton are:
i.
Noble John Heaton, born January 17, 1842 in England; married
Flavila Yaple December 24, 1873.
29 ii.
Catherine Heaton, born October 18, 1844 in Manchester, England; died 1919; married
Charles Caldwell December 10, 1860.
iii.
Edward Heaton, born August 04, 1846 in Manchester, England; died March 15, 1868 in Killed at Montella, N..... ?.
iv.
James Heaton, born April 29, 1848 in England; married
Cora Seaman November 1873.
v.
Mary Jane Heaton, born May 15, 1850 in England; died March 10, 1881 in Bluff Springs, Illinois; married
W.B. Williams September 07, 1871.
vi.
William Heaton, born August 04, 1852 in Illinois; married
Hannah E. Seaman; born November 10, 1875.
vii.
Charles Heaton, born November 23, 1854 in Beardstown, Illinois; died March 01, 1913 in Spangle, Washington; married
Sadie Bollman / Bohman January 05, 1887 in Rock Island, Illinois.
viii.
Susan Heaton, born March 01, 1857 in Illinois; died 1945; married
Reuben Lancaster March 11, 1880; born June 14, 1842 in 12 Miles North of Georgetown, Kentucky; died January 10, 1917 in Virginia, Illinois.
More About Susan Heaton:
Burial: Walnut Ridge Cemetery, Virginia, Illinois
More About Reuben Lancaster:
Burial: January 12, 1917, Walnut Ridge Cemetery, Virginia, Illinois
Emigration: February 1866, Moved from Harristown, Ky to Cass County, Illinois Near Ashland
Military service: Bet. 1861 - 1865, Company B, Sixth Cavalry - Union Discharged as Captain In Louisville, Ky
ix.
Alice Heaton, born May 04, 1859 in Illinois; married
Edward E. Savage May 10, 1877 in Beardstown - The House of her father.
x.
Martha Heaton, born November 06, 1862 in Illinois; died 1934; married
Richard H. Payne November 20, 1884; born 1861 in Missouri; died 1924.
More About Richard H. Payne:
Occupation: 1920, Commercial Traveler - Wheat Implements
Residence: 1920, Kansas City, Mo.
xi.
Thomas Heaton, born April 14, 1865; died in Saidora, Illinois.
More About Thomas Heaton:
Burial: Diamond Grove Cemetery
Residence: 1913, Jacksonville, IL
60.
John Edward Nix
, born January 27, 1822 in Madison Co., Tennessee; died 1847 in Illinois. He was the son of 120.
Obediah Nix and 121.
Luvicy Bruce. He married 61.
Mahala Ann Frances Mitchell June 11, 1846 in Mason County, Illlinois.
61.
Mahala Ann Frances Mitchell
, born January 08, 1825 in Logan Co, Kentucky; died October 28, 1886 in Bath, Illinois. She was the daughter of 122.
Isaac Mitchell, Jr and 123.
Frances Stribling.
Child of John Nix and Mahala Mitchell is:
30 i.
John Isaac Nix, born April 04, 1847 in Illinois; died January 10, 1934 in Illinois; married
Ellen Frances McGehee May 15, 1872 in Mason County, Illlinois.
62.
Harvey McGehee
, born 1814 in Illinois. He was the son of 124.
Steven McGehee and 125.
Olive McCrackin. He married 63.
Harriett Levica Brant.
63.
Harriett Levica Brant
, born 1822 in Old Town, MD.
Children of Harvey McGehee and Harriett Brant are:
i.
Henrietta McGehee, born Unknown; married ? Riggins.
More About ? Riggins:
Residence: Havana, Illinois
ii.
Lenard McGehee, born 1837.
iii.
Stephen McGehee, born 1838.
iv.
Virginia McGehee, born 1842; married ? Witte.
More About Virginia McGehee:
Residence: St. Louis, Missouri
31 v.
Ellen Frances McGehee, born February 25, 1848 in Mason Co., IL; died December 01, 1905 in Ashland, IL; married
John Isaac Nix May 15, 1872 in Mason County, Illlinois.
vi.
Eva McGehee, born 1854; married John Horstman.
More About Eva McGehee:
Residence: Peoria, Illinois
Generation No. 7
76.
Phineas Underwood
, born March 28, 1801 in New York; died March 28, 1884 in Cass County, Illinois. He was the son of 152.
Phineas Underwood and 153.
Sarah Burly. He married 77.
Susan Sarah Ann Appleton May 16, 1825 in New York, New York.
77.
Susan Sarah Ann Appleton
, born April 11, 1803 in Boston, MA; died July 18, 1859. She was the daughter of 154.
Thomas Appleton and 155.
Mary.
Notes for Phineas Underwood:
from: http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=osborn&id=I3096
# ID: I3096
# Name: Phineas UNDERWOOD
# Given Name: Phineas
# Surname: Underwood
# Sex: M
# Birth: 28 MAR 1801 in New York
# Death: 28 MAR 1884 in Cass Co. Illinois
# Burial: Waltnut Ridge Cem. Cass Co. Virginia
# Note:
73] Case of Phineas Underwood. County Court Record, v. B, p. 529.
1850 Cass Co. IL p61
Underwood Phineas 50 NY
Sarah 47 MA
Susan 7 IL
Thomas 25 NY
Zada 22 TN
1860 Cass Co. IL p67
Underwood Phinies 59 NY living with Rachel Anderson
1880 Township 18 N., Range 9 W., Cass, Illinois National Archives Film T9-0178; Page 675C
P. UNDERWOOD Self Male W W 79 NY Occ: Farmer Fa: MA Mo: NY
Louis COWAN SonL Male M W 36 IL Occ: Farmer Fa: NC Mo: NC
Susan COWAN Dau Female M W 38 IL Occ: Keeps House Fa: NY Mo: NY
Dolly COWAN GDau Female S W 11 IL Occ: Works In House Fa: IL Mo: IL
Delta COWAN GDau Female S W 8 IL Fa: IL Mo: IL
Bertis COWAN GSon Male S W 2 IL Fa: IL Mo: IL
COWAN GSon Male S W 6M IL Fa: IL Mo: IL
UNDERWOOD, Phineas, Jr. - Virginia Gazette, Jone 4, 1884
Last Monday, Phineas Underwood was struck by a tree and died a short time later. He was 85 years old. Three children survive, Rachel Anderson of here, Susan Cowan, who resides on the homestead, and Thomas Underwood, of Missouri. He was a Mason for 60 years and a member of the Methodist E. Church. He buried in Powell Cemetery. (Thomas is buried in Walnut Ridge Cemetery in Virginia, IL.)
# Change Date: 10 MAR 2004 at 10:48:41
Father: Phineas UNDERWOOD b: 1764 in Westford,MA or VT
Mother: Sarah BURLY b: 13 MAR 1768 in Hempstead
Marriage 1 Susan Arah Ann APPLETON b: 11 APR 1803 in Boston,MA
* Married: 16 MAY 1825 in New York,New York
Children
1. Has Children Thomas A UNDERWOOD b: 1828 in New York
2. Has Children Rachel UNDERWOOD b: 13 FEB 1834 in ,Morgan Co.,Illinois
3. Has Children Susan UNDERWOOD b: 1843 in Cass Co. Illinois
More About Phineas Underwood:
Burial: Powell Cemetery, Cass County, Illinois
More About Susan Sarah Ann Appleton:
Burial: Powell Cemetery, Cass County, Illinois
Children of Phineas Underwood and Susan Appleton are:
38 i.
Thomas A. Underwood, born 1828 in New York; married (1)
Zadia W. Arnold May 11, 1848 in Cass County, Illinois; married (2)
Elizabeth Ann Twedle January 20, 1868 in Cass County, Illinois.
ii.
Rachel Underwood, born February 13, 1834 in Morgan County, Illinois; died April 03, 1901 in Cass County, Illinois; married
John Milton Anderson; born 1827 in New York; died December 29, 1858 in Henry Co., Illinois.
iii.
Susan Underwood, born 1843 in Cass Co, IL; married
Louis Cowan; born 1844 in Illinois.
116.
Dennis Heaton
, born in Wigan, Lancastershire, England; died 1816 in Wigan, Lancastershire, England. He was the son of 232.
Bartley Heaton. He married 117.
Kate Bartley.
117.
Kate Bartley
, died Abt. 1852 in Yorkshire, England.
Child of Dennis Heaton and Kate Bartley is:
58 i.
Capt. John Heaton, born January 01, 1810 in Wigan / Wiggin, Lancastershire, England; died June 22, 1899 in Virginia, Illinois; married
Mary Jane Fullerton November 02, 1840 in Bolton, Lancastershire, England.
118.
James Fullerton
, died in 20 miles from Toronto, Canada. He married 119.
Martha Glen.
119.
Martha Glen
More About James Fullerton:
Military service: Enlisted in English 7th Batallion and was commander of the Tower of London in 1820
Child of James Fullerton and Martha Glen is:
59 i.
Mary Jane Fullerton, born February 29, 1820 in Tower of London, England; died November 30, 1895 in Bluff Springs, Illinois; married
Capt. John Heaton November 02, 1840 in Bolton, Lancastershire, England.
120.
Obediah Nix
, born May 11, 1798 in Georgia; died January 28, 1859 in Texas. He was the son of 240.
Edward Nicks and 241.
Milly Akin. He married 121.
Luvicy Bruce.
121.
Luvicy Bruce
, born April 27, 1798; died December 21, 1890 in Fannin County, Texas. She was the daughter of 242.
Anderson Bruce and 243.
Sarah Manning.
More About Luvicy Bruce:
Burial: Oakwood Cemetery, Fannin Co., Texas
Children of Obediah Nix and Luvicy Bruce are:
i.
Mary Arminda Nix, born May 04, 1820 in Madison Co., Tennessee; died August 06, 1915 in Colorado City, Texas; married
Preston Kemper Phenix October 30, 1838; born October 30, 1815 in Near Quincy, Illinois; died November 07, 1898.
Notes for Mary Arminda Nix:
A PIONEER WOMAN
Mary Frances Phenix Nelson Meridith
1847-1917
Mrs. Mary Frances Phenix Nelson Meridith was a pioneer and from a long line of pioneers. Before giving something of her life, a background of her parents would be interesting in showing something of the preparation she had for meeting responsibilities as a homesteader and settler in the West.
ONE HUNDRED YEARS ON THE FRONTIER
Tennessee, Illinois and Texas
(This story was told by Mary Arminda Nix Phenix (Mrs.. Preston Kemper Phenix), in l914, to her granddaughter Mary Arminda Meredith Wilson and her husband J. Andy Wilson while visiting in their home in Lubbock, Texas. Some names and dates taken from Mrs. Phenix' Bible have been added. It is written in the first person as Mrs. Phenix told her story).
I was born in Madison County, Tennessee, May 4, 1820 and was the first white child born in the county.
My father, Obedia Nix, had a water mill and hauled the products to the mouth of Obion River. He signed some notes, with a man whose name I do not know, to put in a stock of goods. He had two flat boats built and they were ready to put on the river when father became ill with "fever". This was about 1827. The co-signer of the notes failed to assume his responsibility and placed what he had in his wife's name leaving my father to pay the notes. Everything they had was sold at Sheriff's sale leaving father and mother destitute - father was confined to his bed for the fever had settled in one limb leaving him unable to walk and unable to provide for the family.
My parents had one pony, a cow and calf and in 1827 father traded the cow for a cart, killed the calf and preserved the meat to be used for a trip to Morgan County, Illinois, where father had a brother living.
There were, when the trip began, four children:
Mary Arminda, 8 years old - born May 4, 1820
John Edward, 6 years old - born January 27, 1822
William Anderson, 4 years old - born March 11, 1824
Lucrita, 2 years old - born May 7, 1826
Five other children were born after we moved to Illinois:
Jasper Levi - born April 28, 1929
Newton Thomas - born March 29, 1831
Francis Marion - born April 28, 1833
Harriett - born January 29, 1836
Maning Lafayette - born September 5, 1838
There was room in the small cart for father and the two youngest children. My mother, John Edward and I had to walk. The grass was high and I remember that in some places the dew was heavy. At Springfield, Illinois, there were only three or four houses.
Two freighters driving oxen overtook us. One of the men was named Morton. When we asked hour far it was to Morgan County he told us 'three days' drive and that he lived there.' When father asked him if he knew his brother who lived there, he said 'he did and that he lived within one-half mile of him and that Mr. Nix was a fine man.'
We were without money and had very little to eat. Mother made a trade with Mr. Morton to knit socks for him from some of the yarn he had on his wagon. He took this as pay for some food. As mother walked behind the cart she did the knitting.
When we arrived in Morgan County, with the help of father's brother, we rented a farm and mad a small crop that year. Mother and the children did most of the work - we had only the one pony to use. After the crop was laid by, Father made a lathe for turning out chair rounds. My oldest brother and I held to the frame and turned the lathe as father could not stand on his good leg and turn it. He made some chairs which he sold for $1.00 each in Quincy, Illinois. There were very few chairs on this frontier - most families used benches.
Father sold the first crop and we moved between the Mississippi and the Illinois rivers on what was know as the "Military Tract". Here we made the second crop with the same pony. Mother hauled rails to fence the farm. At this farm we could not get water and had to haul it about one-half mile to so father traded this farm for a yoke of oxen and moved about eight miles where there was a spring of good water. We were at Mount Stirling before the town was layed out. Here father took up some land. He moved his feed, corn, and a barrel of pork. He built a log house but before it was completed there was a big snow storm. He worked here for about three months without bread but did have kraut, pork and hominy and the deer were plentiful in the timber.
The next year there were three or four more families who settled near us. All our crops were short and we harvested just a little frost-bitten corn. Father made a hand mill out of sand stones to grind the corn and all the neighbors used it.
Father found some good sand stone and he marked them out and mother helped him cut them for grind stones. He made frames and handles for them and with his ox team he hauled these stones to Quincy, Illinois, where he sold the larger ones for $5.00 each and the smaller ones in proportion. While he was gone a big snow and sleet storm came up. He was gone for nine days. The families in the settlement were about out of everything to eat - just a little frost-bitten corn from which to make meal. Father was delayed because the oxen could not climb the hills on account of the ice. The night he got home all the neighbors were at home with us, very anxious about him. He had brought a barrel of pork, some white corn meal. From that time on we had plenty to eat. We stayed on this place for two of three years, then sold that farm and took a Soldier's Claim. While we were living on this land General Levenworth ate dinner with us. He had bought a lot of Soldier's Rights and was attempting to locate the land. The town of Levenworth, Kansas, was named for him. The Nix family lived on this land for several years: father was well again, was prosperous, and we had a good house, bar, and other buildings.
It was while we were living on the "Soldier's Claim Farm" that I married Preston Kemper Phenix, October 30, 1838, near Quincy, Illinois. He was born October 30, 1815 as son of Henry Phenix (born February 11, 1778) and Nancy Todd (born August 2, 1781) who were married February 11, 1798 at Davidson County, Tenneseee.
Preston Phenix began the study of medicine under the supervision of H. H. Witty, MD and studied from him in 1840 and 1841, at Mount Stirling, Brown County, Illinois. Our six oldest children were born in Illinois:
1. Thomas J. born November 15, 1839, died June 1865 (single person)
(murdered and robbed on way home from Confederate Army.
2. John - born April 7, 1841, died September 12, 1866 (single person)
3. Sophronia L., born April 5, 1843. Married J. G. Thomas, Jacksboro, Texas March 9, 1860. (FROM CHRISTINE - ACTUALLY 1859)
4. Columbia Ann born January 3, 1845. Married George W. Bullion December 5, 1869. (born September 25, 1845 - died September 14, 1885, buried Rock Creek Church Cemetery, Paluxy, Texas)
5. Mary Frances, born July 3, 1847, Died January 29, 1917.
Married Tandy James Nelson 1871. Married William Lewis Meridith May
21, 1882. He was born November 15, 1838, died July 23, 1888.
6 William Preston born June 11, 1849, died 1817 or 1918
Married Mollie Moore and they had one girl who died as a child
7 Harriet Lavicy, born November 11, 1851. Married Dr. J. A. Pharr
8 . Newton Jasper Phenix born January 16, 1861. Died December 12, 1916
Married Lillian Alberta Clark. He died in Colorado City Texas
9 Francis Lafayette Phenix born September 11, 1862
It was about 1847 that Dr. Phenix's health failed and in 1848 we moved to Texas and located at Pin Hook, now Paris, Lamar County. A great deal of distance we traveled by boat and landed at Port Jefferson which was the furtherest we could go by boat. This was another frontier and settlers were few.
When we arrived at Pin Hook, we traded a suit of home-made clothes and several yards of jeans for a log house and filed a claim on 310 acres of land. We had about $40.00 or $50.00 in money. Dr. Phenix had learned how to make bed steads and chairs. He put in a lathe, made a bed stead but did not have the money to buy the varnish for finishing it. We borrowed a yoke of oxen and took the bed to Honey Grove, Texas, where he sold it for $10.00 and he was then in the business. We hired two boys for $15.00 each, per month, and on this next trip to Honey Grove he sold ten beds for $10.00 each. Our supplies had been very low and we had borrowed corn meal to tide us over until the beds were sold.
We sold our first claim and bought 200 acres on the old freight road from Port Jefferson. There I bargained with a rancher for the privilege of milking 30 of his cows. I then made cheese and butter which I sold to the freighters. We lived on this 200 acres farm for about 8 years. Dr. Phenix and improved and was able to ride a horse and to practice medicine.
About 1856 or 1857 we moved to Jack County, Texas, before the county was organized. This was a real frontier and there was danger from the Indians. They stole most of our stock and some of our neighbors were killed by them.
If there was more to the written story, it has been lost. We know that the Phenix family also lived in Hood County and there are memories of stories told by Mrs. Phenix of Indian fighting and of all members of the community gathering in their home, the Old Rock House.
Dr. Preston Kemper Phenix, born Nashville, Tennessee, October 30, 1815
Married Mary Arminda Nix, October 30, 1838
He died November 7, 1898, at the home of his son Dr. N. J. Phenix,
Alvin, Texas, age 83 years, 7 days
Mary Arminda Nix, born May 30, 1820, Madison County, Tennessee
Daughter of Obedia Nix (born May 11, 1789) and of Lavicy
Bruce Nix (Born April 29, 1789)
Died August 6, 1915, at home of son, Dr. N. J. Phenix, Colorado
City Texas. Age 96 years, 2 months.
60 ii.
John Edward Nix, born January 27, 1822 in Madison Co., Tennessee; died 1847 in Illinois; married
Mahala Ann Frances Mitchell June 11, 1846 in Mason County, Illlinois.
iii.
William Anderson Nix, born March 11, 1824 in Madison Co., Tennessee.
iv.
Lucrita Nix, born May 07, 1826 in Madison Co., Tennessee.
v.
Jasper Levi Nix, born April 28, 1829 in Morgan Co. Illinois.
vi.
Newton Thomas Nix, born March 29, 1831 in Morgan Co. Illinois.
vii.
Francis Marion Nix, born April 28, 1833 in Morgan Co. Illinois.
viii.
Harriett Nix, born January 29, 1836 in Morgan Co. Illinois.
ix.
Maning Lafayette Nix, born September 05, 1838 in Morgan Co. Illinois.
122.
Isaac Mitchell, Jr
, born January 01, 1771 in Virginia; died July 20, 1863 in Bath, Mason Co., Illinois. He was the son of 244.
Isaac Mitchell, Sr and 245.
Elizabeth Hickman. He married 123.
Frances Stribling February 28, 1811 in Russelville, Logan Co, KY.
123.
Frances Stribling
, born March 13, 1793 in Stafford Co., VA; died April 28, 1840 in Morgan Co, IL. She was the daughter of 246.
Thomas Stribling and 247.
Elizabeth Ayers.
Notes for Isaac Mitchell, Jr:
The Easton Enterprise, August 18, 1932 (Easton, IL) "Genealogy of the Samuell Family" by William Lee, husband of Ella Samuell Lee. Revised by Dudley Samuell:
"Uncle Isaac Mitchell and his sister were the ones who accompanied the Samuells from Virginia into Kentucky and thence into Illinois. Uncle Isaac Mitchell was married twice, first to a Stribling, then to Ann Robinson." The above source then lists the children of both marriages.
Moved from Kentucky to Morgan, Illinois in 1828 and to Field's Prairie in 1846
(information thanks to Tim Hopkins - e-mail: hop@biospec.com)
1850 census, IL, Mason Co., p.163a, family #269 Isaac Mitchell 68 (65?) Farmer 2000 VA Ann 57 VA Mary B 36 KY Isaac N 21 Farmer IL Virginia C 18 IL James H 16 IL Marcy M 9 IL Henry H 7 IL 1860 census: IL MASON BATH P O 1860 [30th Aug]
MITCHELL, ISAAC N; age 30, m, w, IL, Merchant
Ann L Mitchell; age 26, f, w, TN
Charles W Mitchell; age 3, m, w, IL
Isaac F Mitchell; age 1/12, m, w, IL
Caroline E Barker; age 12, f, w, IL
Isaac Mitchell; age 81, m, w, VA, Gentleman
Martha M Mitchell; age 17, f, w, IL
Henry H Mitchell; age 17, m, w, IL, Clerk
Timothy Carney; age 40, m, w, MD, Tailor
LIVING NEXT DOOR: (in the home of George W Morrow)
James Mitchell; age 24, m, w, IL, Clerk
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ID: I2019
Name: Isaac MITCHELL , Jr
Sex: M
Birth: 1 JAN 1771 in , , VA
Death: 20 JUL 1863 in Bath, Mason, IL
Residence: moved from KY to Morgan Co., IL in 1828 and to Field's Prairie in 1846
Residence: 1850 Next to James Robertson's farm. Married one his daughters
Burial: Bath Cemetery in Bath, IL
Note:
The Easton Enterprise, August 18, 1932 (Easton, IL) "Genealogy of the Samuell Family" by William Lee, husband of Ella Samuell Lee. Revised by Dudley Samuell:
"Uncle Isaac Mitchell and his sister were the ones who accompanied the Samuells from Virginia into Kentucky and thence into Illinois. Uncle Isaac Mitchell was married twice, first to a Stribling, then to Ann Robinson." The above source lists the children of both marriages.
Note from TRH: Isaac Mitchell, Jr and his wife may have been in KY several years before his recorded 1815 migration with his sister, his mother (Elizabeth Hickman Mitchell Broaddus) and Andrew Samuell and his wife, Sarah Broaddus. Isaac's marriage to Frances Stribling is reported to be in Logan Co., KY on 1811.
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Note: There are two Isaac Mitchells found in early KY census. Both are listed here but one needs to be weeded out.
1810 census, KY, Shelby Co., p.234 (Ancestry.com image): 20010-10100
Thus, in 1810 Isaac Mitchell was age 26-44 (b. bet 1766-1784), is spouse was age 16-25 (b. bet 1785-1794) and they had a girl and two boys age under 10 (b. bet 1801-1810).
Nearby surnames on this census page are Samuel Mitchell (00010-20010), William Daniel (10201-02101), Nathaniel Daniel (30010-10100), Scott, Sutton, and Harrison.
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Another Isaac Mitchell in the same census year, same county and state but on p. 228: 10110-10100
Nearby surnames on this census page are Williams, Saddler, Ransdale, Hamilton, Barnell, Marshall, Downer, Lyle, Cannel and Reeser.
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1820 census, KY, Mercer Co., unk twp, p.109 (Ancestry.com image): 201110-01110-3
Thus, in 1820 Isaac Mitchell and his spouse were age 26-44 (b. bet 1776-1794).
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Another Isaac Mitchell in the same census year but in Russelville, Logan Co., KY, p.44 (Ancestry.com image): 300010-10100-1
Thus, this Isaac Mitchell was age 26-44 (b. bet 1776-1794). In his household were a female age 16-25 ( b. bet 1795-1804) and a girl and three boys age under 10 (b. bet 1811-1820).
Nearby surnames on this census page were Smith, Loveland, Price, Rager, Wilson, Clepford, Roberts and Duncan.
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1830 census, KY, Mercer Co., Unk twp 2, p.308 (Ancestry.com image): 0011000100000-0000010000000
Thus, in 1830 Isaac Mitchell was age 50-59 (b. bet 1771-1780). In his household is a female age 30-39 (b. bet 1791-1800), a boy age 20-29 (b. bet 1801-1810) and a boy age 10-14 (b. bet 1816-1820).
Nearby surnames on this census page are Bridges, Lowrey, Micoff, Charles Beazley, Davis, and Slaughter.
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1850 census, IL, Mason Co., p.163a, family #269 (Ancestry.com image)
Isaac Mitchell 68 (65?) Farmer 2000 VA
Ann 57 VA
Mary B 36 KY
Isaac N 21 Farmer IL
Virginia C 18 IL
James H 16 IL
Marcy M 9 IL
Henry H 7 IL
On the next census page is the family of Andrew Samuell. Isaac's second wife, Ann Robertson may have been an older sister of James Robertson (age 45 from KY), the later living next door (same census page, family #268). Ann is the mother of the last two children listed in this census.
Father: Isaac MITCHELL , Sr
Mother: Elizabeth HICKMAN b: BET. 1745 - 1746 in , King and Queen , VA
Marriage 1 Frances STRIBLING b: 13 MAR 1793 in , Stafford, VA
Married: 28 FEB 1811 in Russellville, Logan, KY
Children
Elizabeth MITCHELL b: 18 JUN 1812 in , , KY
Mary Blackman MITCHELL b: 29 SEP 1814 in , , KY
Washington Asbury MITCHELL b: 21 DEC 1816 in , , KY
Thomas Leland MITCHELL b: 26 JUL 1819 in , , KY
Julia Ann MITCHELL b: 30 MAY 1821 in , , KY
Joel Stribling MITCHELL b: 4 OCT 1822 in , , KY
Mahala Ann MITCHELL b: 8 JUL 1825 in , , KY
Sarah Elizabeth MITCHELL b: 2 JAN 1827 in , , KY
Isaac Newton MITCHELL b: 13 FEB 1829 in Little Indian, Morgan, IL
Virginia Caroline MITCHELL b: 23 OCT 1832 in near Jacksonville, Morgan, IL
James Hickman Herndon MITCHELL b: 8 AUG 1836 in , Morgan, IL
Marriage 2 Anne ROBERTSON b: OCT 1798 in , , VA
Married: 10 DEC 1840 in , Morgan, IL
Children
Martha Morton MITCHELL b: 30 OCT 1841
Henry Harrison MITCHELL b: 11 MAR 1843 in , , IL
More About Isaac Mitchell, Jr:
Burial: Bath Cemetery
More About Frances Stribling:
Burial: Stribling family farm, Virginia, Illinois.
Children of Isaac Mitchell and Frances Stribling are:
i.
Elizabeth Mitchell, born June 20, 1812 in VA; died March 18, 1815 in VA.
ii.
Mary Blackman Mitchell, born September 29, 1814 in Logan County, KY; died March 09, 1875 in Illinois.
More About Mary Blackman Mitchell:
Burial: Bath, Illinois
Census: 1850, Listed in Mason Co., IL
iii.
Washington Asbury Mitchell, born December 21, 1816 in Logan County, KY; died February 20, 1905 in Ashland, Illinois; married
Rebecca W. Crow October 10, 1840; born 1821; died 1901 in Ashland, Illinois.
iv.
Thomas Leland Mitchell, born July 26, 1819.
v.
Julia Anne Mitchell, born May 30, 1821 in Logan County, KY; died September 26, 1821.
vi.
Joel Stribling Mitchell, born October 04, 1822; died January 22, 1860; married
Catherine Masterson September 03, 1845 in Menard.
More About Joel Stribling Mitchell:
Burial: Bath, Illinois
61 vii.
Mahala Ann Frances Mitchell, born January 08, 1825 in Logan Co, Kentucky; died October 28, 1886 in Bath, Illinois; married (1)
John Edward Nix June 11, 1846 in Mason County, Illlinois; married (2)
John Boring August 24, 1856 in Mason Co., IL; married (3)
John Leland Carpenter August 08, 1863.
viii.
Sarah Elizabeth Mitchell, born June 03, 1827 in Logan County, KY; died January 18, 1863 in Bath, Illinois; married
John Leland Carpenter February 06, 1845 in Cass County, Illinois; born March 28, 1812; died January 06, 1899.
ix.
Isaac Newton Mitchell, born February 13, 1829 in Little Indian, Morgan Co., IL; died October 21, 1898 in Mason Co., IL; married
Anna Louise Campbell March 18, 1856 in Havana, Mason Co., IL; born Bet. 1829 - 1836.
Notes for Isaac Newton Mitchell:
From Harvy L Bottoms, <harvyBottoms@CompuServe.com>, rec'd Jul 2001:
It appears that Isaac may have been a middle name. His marriage records, as well as the 1880 census, show a first initial of "S".
x.
Virginia Caroline Mitchell, born October 22, 1832 in Near Jacksonville, Morgan Co., IL; died March 04, 1874; married
William L. Beasley December 25, 1852 in Havana, Mason Co., IL; born May 16, 1829; died September 04, 1884.
More About William L. Beasley:
Residence: Havana, Illinois
xi.
James Hickman Herndon Mitchell, born August 08, 1836 in Morgan Co, IL; died September 28, 1901 in Havana, Illinois; married (1)
Elizabeth F. Fields January 14, 1864 in Mason County, Illlinois; born 1841; died March 22, 1865; married (2)
Sarah Felicia Vaughan October 07, 1873 in Havana, Mason Co., IL; born September 30, 1851; died August 28, 1890.
More About James Hickman Herndon Mitchell:
Burial: Bath Cemetery
Military service: Enlisted 4-25-1861, Discharged 6-16-1864, !st Lieutenant Co. K. 17th Regular Illinois Volunteers.
124.
Steven McGehee
, born in Wales. He married 125.
Olive McCrackin.
125.
Olive McCrackin
Child of Steven McGehee and Olive McCrackin is:
62 i.
Harvey McGehee, born 1814 in Illinois; married
Harriett Levica Brant.
Generation No. 8
152.
Phineas Underwood
, born 1764 in Westford, MA or VT; died April 02, 1843 in Cass County, Illinois. He was the son of 304.
Timothy Underwood and 305.
Rachel Russell. He married 153.
Sarah Burly.
153.
Sarah Burly
, born March 13, 1768 in Hempstead, NY; died February 08, 1833 in New York.
Notes for Phineas Underwood:
http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=under&id=I02254 frdmyrdu@digisys.net
ID: I02254
Name: Phineas Underwood
Sex: M
Birth: 1764 in MA or VT
Note:
Settled in New York City according to the History of Westford.
UNDERWOOD, Phineas, Virginia Enquirer, October 14, 1909
Phineas Underwood was born in the year 1763 in Vermont. His father and two brothers had served in the American Revolution and when Phineas was eighteen, he enlisted at Putney, Vermont, in March, 1781, serving under Josiah Fish. He served ten months. As a widower in 1826, he came to Illinois with his son, Phineas, Jr. and family, headed for the Military Tract between the Illinois and Mississippi rivers, where he intended to enter government land with his soldier land warrant. While passing through Morgan County, he was so pleased with the land here that he concluded his journey, going no futher. On November 24, 1826, he settled two and one half miles northwest of Virginia, in Cass County. The Underwoods came ten years before Dr. Hall laid out the town of Virginia, in Cass County. The old soldier lived on this land until 1844 when he died at the age of eighty one, leaving a son, Phineas, Jr., and a daughter, Rachel. The body was laid to rest in the old Halsey Smith burial ground, three miles west of Virginia. Phineas Underwood, Jr., his wife, and one of their sons were also buried in this old cemetery. Other members of the family were interred nearby, buy when a granddaughter, Rachel Anderson, died April 3, 1901, at the age of sixty-seven, her children purchased a lot in Walnut Ridge cemetery in Virginia. The children of Rachel Anderson consented to the body being removed to that plot. The head of the DAR in Springfield, IL manifested a great interest in his removal and agreed to apply for a U.S. Government marker for the grave. The Virginia GAR contributed to the cost of the removal. The remains now lie in Walnut Ridge cemetery. (Halsey Smith cemetery is better known as Powell cemetery.)
Father: Timothy Underwood b: 11 APR 1724 in Westford, Middlesex, MA
Mother: Rachel Russell b: ABT 1731 in MA
Marriage 1 Sarah Burly b: 13 MAR 1768
Children
Phineas Underwood b: ABT 1801 in NY
Rachel Underwood
More About Phineas Underwood:
Burial: Walnut Ridge Cemetery, Virginia, Illinois
More About Sarah Burly:
Burial: Kings Bridge
Children of Phineas Underwood and Sarah Burly are:
76 i.
Phineas Underwood, born March 28, 1801 in New York; died March 28, 1884 in Cass County, Illinois; married
Susan Sarah Ann Appleton May 16, 1825 in New York, New York.
ii.
Rachel Underwood
154.
Thomas Appleton
He married 155.
Mary.
155.
Mary
Child of Thomas Appleton and Mary is:
77 i.
Susan Sarah Ann Appleton, born April 11, 1803 in Boston, MA; died July 18, 1859; married
Phineas Underwood May 16, 1825 in New York, New York.
232.
Bartley Heaton
, died in Wigan, Lancastershire, England.
Child of Bartley Heaton is:
116 i.
Dennis Heaton, born in Wigan, Lancastershire, England; died 1816 in Wigan, Lancastershire, England; married
Kate Bartley.
240.
Edward Nicks
, died Abt. 1805. He married 241.
Milly Akin June 28, 1797 in Oglethorpe County, Ga..
241.
Milly Akin
She was the daughter of 482.
James Akin and 483.
Francis unknown.
Child of Edward Nicks and Milly Akin is:
120 i.
Obediah Nix, born May 11, 1798 in Georgia; died January 28, 1859 in Texas; married
Luvicy Bruce.
242.
Anderson Bruce
He married 243.
Sarah Manning.
243.
Sarah Manning
Children of Anderson Bruce and Sarah Manning are:
121 i.
Luvicy Bruce, born April 27, 1798; died December 21, 1890 in Fannin County, Texas; married
Obediah Nix.
ii.
Manning A. Bruce, born Abt. 1810 in Rutherford Co, Tennessee; married
Mary Elizabeth Novall December 05, 1878 in Springfield, Illinois; born Abt. 1838.
Notes for Manning A. Bruce:
Thursday, August 9, 1855.
Springfield, IL.
Lincoln receives letter from Owen Lovejoy of Princeton. CW, 2:316.
He also has execution of Stigleman, Johnson and Guild against Manning A. Bruce levied on land which Bruce had mortgaged, and files certificate of levy for record. Herndon later (September 1857) gets judgment by default for $138.05. MH—Original Record.
iii.
Thomas J. Bruce
244.
Isaac Mitchell, Sr
, died Bef. 1785 in VA. He married 245.
Elizabeth Hickman Bef. 1771 in VA.
245.
Elizabeth Hickman
, born Abt. 1745 in VA; died February 25, 1831 in Christian, Kentucky. She was the daughter of 490.
Thomas Hickman and 491.
Sarah Sanderson.
Notes for Elizabeth Hickman:
ID: I607
Name: Elizabeth Hickman
Surname: Hickman
Given Name: Elizabeth
Sex: F
Birth: 1750 in Virginia
Death: 1831 in , Christian, Kentucky
_UID: A758F5F91F3ED5118D76C40444287019F07B
Note:
"From The Easton Enterprise, August 18, 1932 (Easton, IL) "Genealogy of the Samuell Family" by William Lee, husband of Ella Samuell Lee. Revised by Dudley Samuell: Andrew, his wife, Sarah, Sarahs' mother, Elizabeth (Hickman Mitchell Broaddus) and her two Mitchell children joined a party of pioneers (included Isaac Mitchell, Jr, see notes on Mitchell family page, and James M Samuell) who immigrated from VA in 1815 to the southwest part of Trigg Co. (now Christian), KY near the present city of Hopkinsville. They were the only member is his family to brave the hardships of a venture into a then very wild and unsettled new country."
In Probated Will (5 Sep 1831, Christian Co., KY) of Elizabeth Hickman Mitchell Broaddus in "The Samuell/Samuel Families of Tidewater Virginia" by Dorothy S Samuel, Southern Historical Press (1997), p.31:
"First: she gave a young mare to her granddaughter Eliza Ann Samuell. Second: she gave all her household and kitchen furniture to her grandson Thomas A Samuell and all her stock (hogs, cattle, etc.). Third: Her interest in negro Daniel to be equally divided between her son Isaac Mitchell (Jr) and her two daughters, Elizabeth Taylor and Sarah Redd Samuell. Thomas A Samuell executor."
Change Date: 9 Mar 2004 at 17:06:52
Marriage 1 Isaac Mitchell Sr
Married: BEF 1771
Children
Isaac Mitchell Jr. b: 1 Jan 1771 in Virginia
More About Elizabeth Hickman:
Emigration: 1815, From VA to KY
Children of Isaac Mitchell and Elizabeth Hickman are:
122 i.
Isaac Mitchell, Jr, born January 01, 1771 in Virginia; died July 20, 1863 in Bath, Mason Co., Illinois; married (1)
Frances Stribling February 28, 1811 in Russelville, Logan Co, KY; married (2)
Anna Robertson December 10, 1840 in Morgan, Co., Illinois.
ii.
Elizabeth Mitchell, born 1778 in Northumberland, VA; married
Taylor.
iii.
Two more children? Mitchell
246.
Thomas Stribling
, born October 22, 1766 in Stafford Co., Virginia; died April 10, 1827 in 7 miles from Russellville, Kentucky. He was the son of 492.
Colclough Stribling and 493.
Frances Martin. He married 247.
Elizabeth Ayers.
247.
Elizabeth Ayers
, born June 11, 1769 in Farquier Co. Virginia; died June 16, 1834. She was the daughter of 494.
Thomas Ayers and 495.
Mildred.
Notes for Elizabeth Ayers:
Elizabeth Ayers Stribling emigrated to Morgan Co, Illinois in the Fall of 1827 with her son Benjamin and his family. In 1830 they moved to Cass Co, Illinois near (N. West of) the town of Virginia. She is buried in the Stribling family graveyard on the farm owned by her son Benjamin at the time of her death. Eventually all of her other living children, Milly Martin Stribling Horn, Frances Stribling Mitchell, and William Cohely (Colclough) Stribling became residents of central Illinois. Joel died in Logan Co, KY 4-22-1826.
More About Elizabeth Ayers:
Burial: Stribling family cemetery on the Stribling farm, near Virginia, in Cass County, Illinois
Residence: 1827, Morgan Co., IL
Children of Thomas Stribling and Elizabeth Ayers are:
i.
Milly Martin Stribling, born October 19, 1791 in Stafford Co., VA; died June 08, 1860 in Peru, NE; married
Reddick Horn February 02, 1811; born January 06, 1791 in Charlestown District, Dorchester Co, St. Georges Parish, SC; died January 08, 1860 in Peru, NE.
Notes for Reddick Horn:
Scots-Irish in Virginia, Vol. 1
Viewing records 10,774-10,793 of 11,389 total records
Original court records and documents of Augusta County, VA More information below
Jacksonville, Ill., 7th January, 1833. Letter by Nancy W. Horn, recommending Rev. Reddick Horn, whose daughter, Susan, married Abram N. Mills, who has another wife in Virginia.
Name: Reddick Horn
Nature of Claim: Compensation for services as chaplain in Black Hawk war
Congress: 25
Session: 2
Manner Brought: Documents
Journal Page: 87
Referred to Committee: Claims
More About Reddick Horn:
Residence: 1820, Russellville, Logan, KY
123 ii.
Frances Stribling, born March 13, 1793 in Stafford Co., VA; died April 28, 1840 in Morgan Co, IL; married
Isaac Mitchell, Jr February 28, 1811 in Russelville, Logan Co, KY.
iii.
William Cohely Stribling, born March 18, 1795 in Stafford Co., VA; died December 18, 1872 in Jacksonville, IL; married
Mahala Becraft; born September 27, 1804; died November 20, 1891 in Jacksonville, IL.
Notes for William Cohely Stribling:
Became a Methodist Minister. Lived near Salem Church 3 mi East of Jacksonville. It was one of the earliest religeous societies formed in the county. It was noted for the residence of a remarkably gifted and singular minister, Rev. William Stribling". Illinois Historical Journal Vo. 4 p. 310 says "Among early preachers in Illinois were some noted for various eccentricities, William C. Stribling was an illustration of this. He was a very able and eloquent preacher. His command of language was most extraordinary. He asministered the following reproof to a user of tobacco: "venerable sir, the doleterious effluvia eminating from your tobacconistic reservoir so overshadows our occular optics and so obfuscates our sensorium that our respirable apparatus must shortly be obtunded unless, through your abundant suavity and pre-eminent politeness, you will disimbogue that illusinistic tube from the stimulating and stermatatory ingredient, which replenishes the rotundity of the vastness of its concavity."
More About William Cohely Stribling:
Religion: Methodist Minister
Residence: 1803, Logan County, KY
iv.
Benjamin Stribling, born February 11, 1797 in Stafford Co., VA; died June 25, 1881 in Virginia, Illinois; married (1)
Nancy Washburn December 10, 1818 in Russelville, Logan Co, KY; died September 12, 1845; married (2)
Lucy Ann Rew March 26, 1846 in Rev Reddick Horn conducted the ceremony; born 1804 in New York.
Notes for Benjamin Stribling:
Born about 8 o'clock in the morning in Stafford Co., Va. Went to live 7 miles from Russellville, Logan, Co., Ky in 1803. Left there in the fall of 1827 for Morgan County, IL. Lived there untill 1830 when he moved to Cass, County, IL NW of Virginia, IL. Died there 6-25-1881 (Death certificate at Co. courthouse. 1880 on tombstone.)
m. (1st) Nancy Washburn b.___ d. 9-12-184(5)? Broken off tombstone in Stribling family graveyard in home farm NW of Virginia.
m (2nd) Lucy Ann Rew. Rev. Reddick Horn, husband of Milly Martin Stribling conducted the ceremony. Res. in Virginia and Beardstown, IL.
More About Benjamin Stribling:
Immigration: 1803, Moved to Kentucky
More About Nancy Washburn:
Burial: Stribling family graveyard NW of Virginia, Illinois