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II ISTOUV OF
THE McDowells,
ERWINS, IRWINS
t AND CONNECTIONS
(lieing a compilation from various sources]
HON. JOHN HUGH M^DQWELL
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'Oil, who sliall lightly say that fanK'
Is nothing hut an eini)ty naiiu^;
While in that name there is a eharni,
The nerves to hraee, the heart to warm,
When thinking on the heroes dead,
The youth shall rouse from slothful hed.
And vow with nplit't hand and heart.
Like I'.im to act a noble part."
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1918.
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CONTENTS
1. Plioto of the author (or compiler), John Iln^h MeDowell.
2. I'reface by the author — exphmatory note and aekiiowiedg-
luents of indebtedness.
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On llerahlry, \\\W\ j)]iot()graplis. . ,, ■
CHAPTER 2.
John McDowell I, ancestors, descendants and their kin.
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Nathaniel Irwin of South Carolina and descendants.
CHAPTER 4.
Historic Homes of Norlh Carolina— Pleasant Gardens and
Quaker Meadows in Burke County.
C!HAPTEIi f).
The Macklenburg Declaration.
CHAPTER ().
McDowells and connections.
• INDEX.
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THE AUTHOR'S ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The author is indebted for reliable material gathered for the
J^IcDowell and Irwin history to Irwin Mahon, of Carlisle, Pa.; I\lr.
Lawrence S. Holt, Jr., North Carolina; Mrs. A. D. Andrews, Atlanta,
Ga.; Miss Kyla McDowell, Beaver Falls, Ohio; Mrs. Mary D. Elliott,
Charlotte, N. C. ; Mrs. Sophie Fox Sea, Louisville, Ky. ; Margaret E.
Erwin, llillsboro, Ohio; Franklin T. Neven, Pittsburg, Pa.; Mrs. Paul
Travier Hayne, Greenville, S. C; Helen E. Gaulden, Deland, Fla. ;
Mrs. J. P. Davis, Montgomery, Texas; Hon. S. Watson Read; Mrs.
Edward K. Powe, West Durham, N. C. ; Prof. A. L. Keith, Northfiehl.
Minn.; Judge Richard Irwin, Tyonesta, Pa.; Mary E. INleDowell,
Morgantown, N. C. ; Judge A. C. Avery, North C!arolina, and othei';
^iveni credit elsewhere in the history.
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GENERAL JOHN HUGH McDOWELL
In his 75th year
AUTHOR
Chieftain of McDowell Clan of America
PUEFACK
The loftiest appeal to national honor and self-respeet is to pre-
serve the features and rescue from the wasting hand of tinu; the mem-
ory of those whose noble deeds, exalted fame or eminent virtues have
shed a luster upon their age.
There is no surer sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation
Than a want of zeal in its inhabitants for the good of tla-ir country,
,nd it is the duty of every loyal American to learn the lesson that
he has inherited a country which is his, not only to enjoy, but to pro-
tect, his to transmit to future generations in all its glory, undimin-
ished and unimpaired. High in tlic firmament of human destiny are
set the stars of faith in mankind and unselfish courage and loyalty
to the ideals, and while tiiese shine tlie spirit and tiie hope of Wasli-
ington and the heroes who fouglit with him will never die.
The majority of our Revolutionary ancestors were zealous Chris-
tians driven from- their country on account of their religion. Their
trust in God as the Overruler of the tlestiny of nations was unwaver-
ing and no doubt the spirit of (Jotl was guiding the human mintl when
the foundation stone upon which tlie great structure of American
independence was erectetl and tlie same spirit which (pudified men to
set forth truth without error.
The principal aim of this history is to preserve to posterity all
facts worthy of preservation relating to our ancestry and their kin
down to the present time, a book of record whereby our descendants
one hundred years hence nmy be able to trace their ancestry from
the birth of our nation. The author also has in view the building of
a great national Clan composed of all McDowells and their kin in
the United States and Canada. Tlie McDowell Clan of America held
its first national meeting in San Francisco, July 23d, 1915, adopted
a constitution and by-laws and elected officers. The Irvine Society
of iVmerica met the ne.xt day in the same hall and elected tlie author
Ilistoi'iograplier for tlie Irwin Society; therefore this history repre-
sents lioth organizations. . .
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Officials of the McDowell Clan ot America
Chieftain
JOHN H. Mcdowell
Biintyn, Tenn.
""■ Vice-Chieftain
P. H. Mcdowell, jr.
San Francisco, California.
Treasurer
JOHN DAVIS Mcdowell
Vice-President Union and Planters Bank
and Trust Co.
Memphis, Tenn.
National Chaplain
Bl.shop William Frazier MrDowell
lOvanst.m, 111.
State Chaplains
Rev. J. N. McDowell
Collinswood, N. J.
Rev. Cswell G. McDowell
5923 Walnut St., Philadelphia
Executive Committee
tieo. W. McDowell
Sail Francisco, Cal.
W. R. McDowell
Detroit, Mich.
I.ieutenant-Governor
W. W. McDowell
Butte, Montana
\Vm. A. McDowell
Memphis. Tenn.
Secretary
MRS. MARGARET McDOWELL SILER
Weaverville, N. C.
STATE CHIEFS
J. 10. McDowell
9372 D Slieet
„,. , , . 4 Oakland, California
Fulton, Ky.
Frank McDowell
Morganton, N. C.
Samuel R. McDowell
Media, Penn.
Dan McDowell
Learned, Miss.
William J. McDowell
Spartanburg-, S. C.
ir. G. McDowell
132 Nassau St.
New York City, N. Y.
Matron
National
Mary D. Elliott
Charlotte, N. C. '
State Matrons
Florence L. McDowell
107 East Ave., Rochester, N. Y
Mrs. J. S. McDowell
Alameda, California
Mrs. Pearl Neely Grant
652 Adams St., Memphis, Tenn.
Mrs. E. M. Gayle
Richmond, Va.
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The McDowell Heraldic Chaj)ter
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Tlie McDowell Heraldic ("liai)t('r
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CHAPTER I
IIKUALDUY
BY
IRWIN McMAHON
Items of heraldry, coats of arms, etc., connected with the Irwms,
Irvines Irvings, etc., regardless of how the name is spelled.
The photographs of the several coats of arms m my pos.sessioii
belon-ing to the Clan, while they are many, can be largely increased;
the si'nplest and plainest of them are the oldest, and belong to the
oldest families. i -i^e
- "As to supporters," Chassancus says, an heritage slieritt or an
eminent judge may take supporters; and I crave liberty to assert
that all our chiefs of families and old barons of Scotland may use
supporters. For beside that to be a chief was of old, and is still,
reputed an honor, though it is adorned with no mark of nobility, yet
these chiefs have prescribed a right to use supporters ; and that such
a right may be prescribed I have proven formerly ; and what warrant
is for most' of our rules in heraldry but an ancient custom V And tlmt
they have constantly used supporters past all memory of man, even
when they wi-re knight.s, is clear from many hundred instances. 1 luis
the Lairds of Pictur did, and do, use two wild cats for their supi)ort-
ers • Fotheringham of Powrie, two naked men ; Irvine of Drum, two
sava-es wreathed about head and loins with holly and beai-ing batons
in their hands; Moncrieff of that ilk, two men armed at all points,
bearing picks on their shovdders; and many of our noblemen have on y
retained the supporters which they originally had; and that ot old
barons might use supporters dc jure seems most certain, for they were
members of Parliament with us as such, and never lost that privilege,
though for their convenience they were allowed to be represented by
two of their number, and therefore such as were barons for that
time may have supporters as well as lord barons; nor should we be
governed in this by the custom of England, seeing them m dispar
ratio, and this is now allowed by the principal herald to judge at the
time who have right."
As far as known, Irving of Bonshaw never cpiartered anybody
else's arms with his. William Irving, tlie great-great-grandfather of
Col. John Baufin Irving, the present holder of Bon.shaw (1916), in
1G98 married the eldest daughter of Lord KoUo, but did not quarter
the roval arms with his, though other families who intermarried with
the Irving Clan did quarter the Irving arms with theirs. In the
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"Black Douglas" memorial window in Glasgow Cathedral tlie Irwin,
Irvine, Irving and other ways of spelling tlie name, coat of arms —
three holly leaves on a silver ground — is in the center. In the illus-
trated "Pedigree of Erskine of Dun Forfarshire," the Irving coat
and crest are given.
All this, and what follows of an official heraldic character, has
been taken from "Nisbet's Heraldry," 1804; Burke's "General Ar-
mory," 1844; "Scottish Arms, 1370-1678;" David Lindsey, etc.
Burke and Nisbet give :
Irving (Bonshaw, Scotland), a family of great antiquity, which
has possessed Bonshaw from the remotest period.
Argent, three holly leaves, slipped vert. Crest, a mailed hand
grasping a bunch of seven holly leaves. Motto, "Haud uUis labentia
ventis."
Translation of motto, "Not wavering before any storm."
Heraldic M. S. (James VI 's reign).
Irvyn of Drum :
Argent, three holly leaves, vert, stalks uppermost. (This was
evidently to make a difference from Bonshaw, as before that they used
same — three leaves, stalks down.)
"Gentlemen's Arms" (Charles I's reign).
Irvine of Drum — Lindsay, Balfour, Porteous, etc. — all give: Ar-
gent, three holly leaves, vert. Here there are three small bundles of
holly each, consisting of as many leaves, slipped vert, banded gules
(so registered 1672-8), with crest, a bundle of nine holly leaves.
]MottO :
"Sub sole, sub umbra virtus;" and two savages, wreathed about
the head and middle with holly, holding a baton in each hand, all
proper, as supporters.
Translation of motto, "Tliriving under sun and sliade."
The seal of Alexander Irvine of Bellies, 1483, is described by Mr.
Laring as two cross crosslets fitcliee, surmounted a fess between three
bunches of holly leaves.
Porteous gives for Drum "Aliter of Bonshaw," and Stacie gives
for Bonshaw, Argent, three holly leaves, proper or vert, with three
or five drops of blood at each of them. The coat recorded (1672-8)
by William of Bonshaw is. Argent, three holly leaves proper. In the
Lyon Register the numerous matriculations of cadets all carry out the
distinction — those descended from Bonshaw liaving three holly leaves,
and those from Drum three bunches of leaves.
Robert I, in 1323, granted to William de Irwin part of the royal
forest of Drum in free forestry, and in the following year granted
him a second charter of the same lands as a free barony. In 1388
Alexander of li'wyiic, Lord of Drum, purehased the park of Drum
from John Moignc. The family suffered heavily during the rivil war,
and in 1684, as a recomi)ense, the teinire of the land tlicy lis'ld ward
was changed fi-om simple waj-d to taxed wanl.
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and one of Gniucliiu', Hisliop of ►St. Auilrcws, is witnessetl by Robert
' de Irwyn about 12GU. lu-^nnald dt'.lruin was areiideaeon of Tcvils-
dale in 1242. William of Irwyn was cKik of the register in 1329. and
! about tile same time Roger of Irwyn was clerk of tiie King's ward-
robe. Thomas (U' Irvine was on committees of Parliament in 13G8-9,
Alexander of Drum sat in tlu' (Jeneral Council, 1441, and the heads
of the family were vei'y frtHjuently afterwards in Parliament, doiin
Irvine sat as Despute Marisehal in 1584. The male line of Bonshaw
has remained unliroken (is still unbroken, 1918).
Tiie i)resent Alexander Forbes-Irvine of Drum is understood to
be the heir-male of the Aberdeenshire line, although the estate, under
an eidail executed in ltJ87 by Alexamler of Drum, passed for a time
to younger branches, to the exclusion of the Irvines of Sha])hoek.
Alexander, the last of this line, married Barbara Dundas of that
ilk, and had .Margaivt, who "died \((iiiig at the school in Fidiiibiugh,
and lies in Diiiidas isle."' At Hie liineral pn 1742) of this young
lady, her eight (puirters wcic duly i-epi'e.sented, and Hie undifftr-
enced coat, in a lo/engc with the supporters, was allowed as her own
arms, her father being ' luirmeal of Ij-vine of Drum." Her sister,
Mary, iniierited Saphoek, marrird in 1774 Sir Alexander Ramsey,
baronet of Balmain, and dieil s. ]>. Her husband assumed tin- sur-
mune of lrviji<- in addition to and aft» r Ramsay.
. From the Irvings of Saba, in Oikmy, seated there from 1 140 (a
branch from Dnnn, who \\ere a branch from Pxtnshaw) dfsceiKh'd
Washington Irving.
(Jeorge Irving, designed of "Tidlich,'' went to Swiden as a
military officer, and was recognized as noble in 1()47. His simi .Mex-
ander of Irvingsholm rose to high rank in the army, and maiiied
Agnes Patkull. nuiid of honor to Queen Christiana.
As to how the Irvines of Driun got their coat and motto is told
as follows in a book called the "Walks in Annandale."
"The Irvings of Drum are a very ancient branch of the Bonshaw
family. Sir Robert de Brus, heritable Lord of Annandale and keeper
of Lochmaben Castle, flying from the pui'suit of Edward Longshank.s,
came one stormy night to the Bonsliaw tower, where he was ho.spitably
entertained. He took a younger son of the family. Sir William of
Woodhouse, to be his secretary and companion ; as a reward for his
services, the King, when seated on the throne, conferred upon him
the lands of the forest of Drum, and the pricking bay tree, or holly,
for his armorial bearings, with the motto. "Sub sole, sub undjra vires-
eens" (which, when translated, reads, "Thriving under sun and
shade"), which was the motto the King himself had assumed dur-
ing the period he contended for the crown."
Irving, Sir Paidus AK xMilus (Woodhouse, Dumfrieshire), Bart.,
1809: Argent, three holly leaves, vert in chef, a mullet gules. Crest:
(1) A chapeau gides, turned up ermine, wreathed around the crown
with holly; or, (2) a dexter arm aniied and embowed proper, chai-g(;(!
with mullet gules holding a branch of three holly leaves vert, banded
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gules. SupporUn-s, two savat^cs, wreathed head and iniildK' with hui-
rel, each holding a elub ever his slioulder, all projter. llottoes:
"Haud uUis labentia ventis" and "!Sub sole, sub uiubra vireens."
Translations read, "Thriving under sun and sluuh'."'
1 Irving (Burleigh, 173;")), as Drum, with a ereseent in fess point.
Crest, a dexter hand holding a holly brancli consisting of three holly
leaves proper. ]\Iotto : ^ .^ .
"Sub sole, sub umbra vireens."
Translation, "Thriving under sun and shade."
Irvine (Gottenburg, 1757), Dnnn with a bordure nebuly, vert.
Crest, a dexter hand hoUling two holly branches of three leaves eaeli
crossways proper. Motto -.
"Color fides que perennis."
Tran.slation, "Character and honor forever."
Irvine (Dublin, 1797), as Drum, within a bordure gules. Crest,
a dexter gauntleted hanil lying fessways, and holding a thistle erected
in pale, all proper. Motto:
"Sub sole, sub uml)ra vireens."
Translation, "Thriving under sun and sliade."
Trvne (Auchinbedridge, Diunfriesshire, 1171), Argent, a hunt-
ing horn, stringed, sable, voided, or between three holly leaves vert
vert. Crest, a hand holding a branch of holly wiiereon are five leaves
proper. Motto :
"Nil mihi toilet hyems."
Translation, "Winter does not disturb me."
Irvine (Lowtherstown, County Fermanagh), Bart., extinct 1690,
confirmed by Erskine, Ijord Lyon, 1673, to Lieutenant-Colonel Gerard
Irvnie of Castle Fartagii, second son of Christopher Irvine, Esq., of
Castle Irvine, who was created a baronet in 1677.
Argent, a fess gules between, three holly leaves vert. (Jrest, a
gaunltlet issuing out of a cloud holding a thistle, all proi)er. Motto:
"Dum memor ipse mei."
Translation, "While he is mindful of me."
Irvine (Killadeos, Comity Fermanagh, descended from John Ir-
vine, died in 1716, a brother of Christoi)her Irvine, Esq., of Castle
Irvine), same arms and crest. Motto:
"Sub umbra, sub sole virens," and over crest, "Dum memor ipse
mei."
Translation of first, "Flourishing under sun and shade." Trans-
lation of second, "While he is mindful of me."
Irvine (Mervyn D'Arcy-Irvine), exemplified to Henry Irvine,
Esq., of Castle Irvine, County Fermanagh, eldest son and heir of
William D' Arcy Irvine, Es(]., of Necarue Castle, same county, on his
assuming by royal license, 1861, the siu'names of Mervyn and D'Arcy
before that of Irvine. Quarterly, first and fourth argent, a fess gules
between three holly leaves vert, for In'iue ; second, azure semee of
cross crosslets and three cinqsfoils argent for D'Arcy; third, or a
chevron sable for Mervvn.
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('rests : (1) Irviiu', a jj;auntlft issuing out of a cloiul and liolil-
iii{^ a tliistk', all i)roi)er; an ustToll abovi,', motto ovci", "I'm Dieu, un
Koi." (2) JX'Ai'cy, on a chapt'au tjuh's, turned u|) I'riniiiL', a bull
passant sable, armed, or (3), Merwyii, a s(iuirrel seant profx-r, crack-
ing a nut gules; motto over, "l)e Diiu est tout." Motto, '•Dum
memor ii)se mei."
Translation: First, Irvine, "Vn Dieu. un Roi"-" second, D'Arey,
"De Dieu est tout;" third, Mervyn, "Dum memor ipse mei."
Irving (llyde Park Square, granted to Clark Irving, Es(i.) Ar-
gent, on a chevron gules between three holly leaves vert, as nuiny mul-
lets as six points of the field, a bordure of the second on a chitd" azure
fleece or between to emus respectant proper, ("rest, a cornucopia fess-
ways i)ro])er, in front of an arm embowered in armour, also proper,
holding a holly leaf vert. ]\lotto, "Sub sole, sub mnbra virens."
Translaton, "Thriving under sun and shade."
Irwin (Derrygore, County Fermanagh, confirmed to Kdward Ir-
win, Es(i., only surviving son of Archesou Irwin and grandson of
George Irwin, Es(i., of Derrygore, and their descendants). Argent, a
mural crown gules between three holly leaves proper. Crest, a mailed
arm fessways holding in the hand a thistle and a holly leaf, all proper,
and charge on the arm with a crescent gules. Motto:
"Nemo me impune lacessit."
Translation, "No one assail me with impunity."
Irwin (exemplified to James Daniel Nolan, Es(p, on his assuming
by royal license the name and arms of Irwin instead of Nolan). Per-
l)ale argent, or on a fess gules between three holly leaves vt-rt, as many
nuiitlets of the first.
Crest, a dexter arm in armor, fessways, issuant out of a cloud,
the hand holding a sword erect, enwreathed with a thistle, all pi'opci',
the arm cliai-ged with a cross patter gules. Motto:
"Dum memor ipse mei."
Translation, "While he is mindful of me."
Irwin (Tuarago, County tSligo, di'scended from John Irwin, of
Scottish ancestry, who held a command in the Parliamentary ai'iiiy
under ('romvvell, and settled in Ireland; the present representative is
John Irwin of Tauragoe, Escp, Colonel of the county militia, and high
sheriff in 1822. Arms same as Irving of Bonshaw and Irwin of Derry-
gore, (,'ounty Fermanagh. Crest, a hand issuing out of a cloud, grasp-
ing a branch of thistle proper. Motto:
"Xemo me impune lacessit."
Translation, "No one assails me with impunity."
Irwin (as borne by Thomas Irwin of (Miilder Abl)_\-, Cundtcr-
land, Esq., high sheriff of the county in 1836, son of the late Tlmmas
Irwin of Johnstown (Justeetown), near Carlisle, Esq., by Jane his
wife, daughter of John Senhouse of Calder Alibey, Esij.^ Aigcnt,
three holly leaves proper, with arms of Senhouse on an eseuldicon
of pretence, Mr. Irwin having urged Mary, oidy daughtei- and heir
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of Joseph Tiffin Senhouse of Caldi-r Abbey, Esq. Crest, the dove
and olive branch proper. Motto :
"Hand ullis labentia ventis. "
Translation, "Not wavering before any storm."
Irwin, Irwyne, or Irewine (Ireland). Argent, a chevron between
three roses azure. Crest, a mullet pierced or.
Irwine (Lieutenant-General Sir John, installed Knight of the
Bath, May 10, 1779). Argent, three bunches of holly, of as many
leaves each vert, tied gules, the strings flotant; on the center a ores-
rent for difference. Crest, an arm, couped above the wrist in armor
proper, lying fessways, holding in the gauntlet a bunch of holly, as
in the arms a crescent for difference. Supporters, two savages
wreathed about the head and loins with holly leaves, each holding in
the exterior hand a club erect, all proper, each club enfiled with a
ducal coronet azure. Motto :
"Sub sole, sub umbra virens."
Translation, "Flourishing under sun and shade."
Irvine (Castle Irvine, County Fennanagli), Bart. Descendant
from the Irvings of Bonshaw ; of the Irish branch was Sir Gerard Ir-
vine, created a baronet (20, Charles II). His present representative
is Sir George Marcus D'Arcy Irvine, Bart., son ami heir of William
Mervyn Irvine of Castle Irvine, Esq., by his wife, a daughter of
George S. Lovvther of Kilrue County, Meatli, Esq., M. P., and grand-
son of Christopiier Irvine of Castle Irvine, Esq., by Mary, his wife,
second daughter and co-heir of Sir Audley Mervyn of Trillick Castle,
County Tyrone, knight. Argent, a fess gules between three holly
leaves pix)per. Crest, a dexter arm in armor, fessways, issuant out
of a cloud, hand proj)er holding a thistle, also i)roper. Motto:
" Dum raemor ipse mei."
Translation: "Wliiie he is mindful of me."
Although there has already been given one of the Irvings of
Woodhouse, Bart., this is given because it is different:
Irving (Woodhouse, Dumfrieshire, Bart.), Argent, three holly
leaves, Vert, a maitlet for difference, ('rest, (1) a cliapeau gules
up ermine, wreathed round the crown with oak, or, (2) a dexter armed
and embowered proper, gamished or holding in hand two holly leaves,
as in the arms.
Irving (Navy Pay Officer, and of Newton, Lanarkshire, Scot-
land) : Argent, three sprigs of holly slipped vert, a mullet for dif-
ference or an escutcheon of pretence. Argent, a cross of St. Andrew,
engrailed sable. Crest, a sheaf of three arrows; points upward, band-
ed, a mullet for difference. Motto:
"Sub, sole, sub umbra virens."
Translation: "Thriving under sun and shade."
Irving: Argent on an escutcheon argent, a saltire, engrailed sable
between three holly branches of as many leaves, vert. Crest : Three
arrows tied around with a ribbon gides.
Irving or Irfine : Argent, three bunches of holly in each as many
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leaves, vert, banded gules. Crest, out of dueal coronet perpale argent
and azure, a lion's paw, per fe.sse or an gules, holding a cross crosslet
fitchee of the last.
The following are from Nisbet's "Heraldry" 1804:
Alexander Irvine of Drum: Argt-nt, three small sheafs or bundles
of holly, 2 and 1 vert, eacii. consisting of as many leaves slipped of
the last,' banded gules. Crest, a sheaf of arrows. Supporters, two
savages,' wreathed about the head and middle with holly, each carry-
ing in their hands a baton, all proper.
Motto: "Sub sole, sub umbra virens."
Translation: "Thriving under sun and shade."
Ja"raes Irvine of Aitamford, whose father was third son of Drum:
Argent, thrt-e holly leaves, each consisting of as many leaves proper,
banded' gules with a bordure indented vert. Crest, two holly Ittaves
crossing other Saltier vert. Motto:
"Sub sole vircusco."
Translation: "I flourish in tiie sun."
Christopher Irvine, M. I)., doctor of physic: Argent, three holly
leaves and a chief vert. Crest, a hand holding a bay rod, adorned with
nine leaves proper with the chemical letters of Terra, Aqua, Ignis
Sal, Spiritus, Sulphur, Sol, Venus, Mercurian or. Motto:
"Auspice sumrao numi ne" — 1672.
First tran.slation :
Second Translation: "Protected by a high deity.
This is "Christophorus Irvines Bon-Boscoe." — J. B. I. *
James Irvine of Inchray : Argent, a chevron between three holly
leaves vert. Crest, two holly branches Saltier ways proper. Motto:
"Sequiter vestigia patrum. "
Translation: "He leads in the footsteps of his ancestors."
Robert Irvine of Fedderet, whose father was a second son of
Drum : Argent, three holly branches, each consisting of as many
leaves, proper, banded gules all within a bordure ingrailed vert.
Crest, a bunch of holly banded as the former. Motto :
"Ope solis et umbrae."
Translation: "With the aid of sun and shade."
John Irvine of Kingcoussie, descended of Drum : Quarterly first
and fourth argent, the arms of Drum with a bordure cheque, vert, and
argent; second and third argent, and eagle displayed sable, armed
gules, within a bordure of the second, for Ramsey. Crest: A decuc-
sis like the letter X, within a circle sable. Motto:
"Non Deo Regi et Patriae Desum."
Translation: "I do not fail God, King or country.
Mr. Robert Irvine of Bieldside, second lawful son of John Irvine
of Multe, descended of a third son of Drum. Argent, a .sheaf or
arrow gules betwixt three holly branches, each consisting of as many
leaves vert, banded together of the second, all within a bordure of
the third. Chest, three lioUy leaves conjoined in one stalk. Motto:
"Moderata durant."
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1 Translation : "Tlu'v abide teiiipt'i-citoly.''
Alexander Irwiiie of I^airnie, descended of Dnun, bears as Drum,
i all within a bordure vert., charged with six Umvi's slii)i)ed argvnt.
? ("rest, a branch of holl\' anil a lily, both slippeil, crossing other in
-. Saltier i)roper. Motto:
' "Candide et eonstanter. "
Translation :
V. Mr. Richard Irvine of Cairnfield, Banffshire, descended of Drum,
(piarterly, first and forth the arms of Drum, williin a bordure en-
grailed vert., second and third gules, three crescents argent for Oli-
r: phant. Crest, a cross crosslet fitched gules and brandi of holl>- slii)pi'(l
f- vert., disposed Saltier ways. Mutto:
i "Ferendo feres."
Y Translation :
Irpine of Lenturk, the oldest cadet of Drum, bears as Dium
within a bordure vert. Crest, sheaf of holly consisting of se\en
leaves and banded gules of the former. Motto:
'r " l^'edeciue perennant. "
I Translation :
I John Irvine of IMurthill : Argent, a sheaf of arrows, gules be-
*' tween three holly branches, each consisting of three leaves proper,
^ banded together of the second. Motto:
y' "Snb sole, sub innbra crescens."
' Tran.slation :
Copy of the blazoning of the coat armorial appertaining to Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Gerard Irvine of Castle Fartagh (now Castle Irvine)
f ui:].
^ -'" ' To all and sundrie whom it affects, I, Sir Charles ArasUin of
k ah.' Candjo Kiiight Baronet Lyon King of Anus.
I "Considering that the twenlie-one act of the third session of the
I second jjarliament of our dread Soveraigne, Lord Charles the sec-
I ond. Be the grace of (Jod, King of Scotland, England, France and
I Ireland, Defentler of the Faith, I am empowered to visit the whole
|. amies of noblemen, Prelats, Barons and Gentlemen within the King-
'* ilome. And to distinguish them with congruent difference. And to
I' matriculate the same into my books and registers. Anil to give
amies to virtuous and well deserving personnes. And extracts of all
|. armes expressing tlie blazoning of the amies under my hand and seal
■; of office, which register is therby ordained to be respected as the
f true and unrepealable rule of all arms and bearings in Scotlantl to
7 iHMuain with the Lyon's office as a public register of the Kingdome.
f There fore conform to the tenor of tlie said act of Parliament, I tes-
tifie and make knowne that the Coat Armour appertaining and be-
K; longing to Lieutenant-Colonel Gerard Irvvine of Castle Fartagh, and
•-' - a{)i)roved of and confirmed by me to him to matriculate in my public
register, upon the day and the date of these i)i'esi.nts, and is thu\
* blazoned, viz : —
The said Lieutenant-Colonel Gerard Irvine of Cast ill Fartagh,
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for his achievements and ensi^nie armorial, Bears argent a fess giu.s
betwixt three holly leaves vert. Above Xhi.- shield an helmet befitting
his degret'. Mantles gnles doiibleil argent next is placed on toise or
wreath of his colors. For hi.s crest a guantht issuing out of a cloud
hokliiig a thistle proper. The motto is an i-scrol
''Dum memor ipse mei."
Which coat above blazoned I declare to be said Lit-utmantColo-
nel Gerard Irvine his coat and l)eariiig. In testimonie who-eof, I ha\'e
Subscribed this extract with my hand, and caused apptiidt'd my seal
of office thereto. Given at Edinl)urg the first day of Scpti inhrr and
of our said Soveraigne Lord's reign the twenty-fiftli vear l(i7.'5.
"CHARLES ARIAKlNi: LVON."
(This is on parchment ei{^ht inciies loiig and six iuclies wide,
and has from the center of the bottom two narrow white ribljons and
two green ril)l)ons about a foot long.j
John Hell-Irving, Es(|., Whitehall, Dumfriessiiire. Ai'ms, (|iiar-
terly, first and fourth three holly leaves, ])roper; second and third
sable, on a fess irmijie, between three bi'lls. Crest, a dexter ai-m em-
bowered in armour, the hand grasping two holly branches in ^Saltier
and proper. Motto:
"Sub sole, sub umbra vircens."
Translation :
KNIGHTAGE.
■ (From I)e Brett.)
Irvign, Sir (John) Henry Brodribb, son of the late Sanniel lirod-
rib'b, of Chilton, Somerset; born ]8;}8; educated at Dr. Pinche's
school, George Lard, Lombard street, 1). Lit. and LL.D., Candjridge
and Glasgow; entered dramatic })rofession 1856, and has long been
its acknowledged head; is a nuMuber of the Royal Institution, and a
distinguished exponent of Shakespearean and other characters; for
twenty-one years actor-maiuiger of the Lyceum Theater; has success-
fully produced "Hamlet," "Macbeth," "Othello," "Richard III."
"The IMerchant of Venice," "Much Ado About Nothing, ' "Twelfth
Night," "King Lear," "Henry VIII," "The Bells," "Louis XI,"
"The Cup," "Faust," "Becket," "The Dead Heart," "The Lyons
Mail," "The Corsican Brothers," "Ravenswood," "King Arthur,"
"A Story of Waterloo/' "Robespierre," "Cymbeline" and other
pieces; received royal licen.se, 1887, to enable him to contiiuie to u.se
surname of Irving in addition to and after that of Brodribb; nuirried
1869, Florence, daughter of Surgeon-General Daniel James O'Calla-
ghan, Bengal Army; created knight in 1895. 17 Stratton Street, W.-
Athenaeum, Garrick, Reform, j\Iarlborough, Savage ami Saville ('lubs.
Sir Henry Brodnitt Irving, who died October 14, 1905, had no
blood connection whatever with any branch of the Irvings.
Irving, Sir Henry Turner, G. C. M. G., son of the late Charles
M. Irving, Esq.; born 1831}, appointed clerk in Colonial office in 1854;
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was private secretary of Haron P.laekford (Under Secretary of State
for Colonies) 18G2-(;; Colonial Secretary of Jamaica IHlii), anil of
Ceyloa 18G'J ; Governor of Leeward Islands Itil.lA, of Trinidail 1874-
80, and of IJritisli (.'niaiia 1882-7; married, 1SS4, Kninia Patty,
daughter of Sir David William Barclay, tenth Barl., and widow of
Colonel Sir Henry Frederick Johnson, third iiart.; created C. M. (J.
1874, K. C. .M. (i.JS7S, (J. C, .M. G. 1888. 10 Trinity. Crescent^
FolUstone, Reform Cluh.
COMPAXIONAGE.
Irving-, Lieutenani-Colonel Andrew Jiell, 1). S. O. ; born 1855,
enlere<l K. A. 1S75, beratne captain 1883, major 1891, and lieutenant-
colonel 1900; .sei-ved dnriiig Afghan war, 1878-80; present at battle
of Kandahar (mentioned in dispatches, medal with clasp), and in
South Africa. lf)00-'J ( i uiee mentioned in dispatches); created I) P
(). 1!)00.
Irvine, Charles John, C. IM. (J.; born 1831; was a clerk in Colo-
nial Jiaml and Emigration Office l85li-3, and in Audit Office, Som-
erset House, 1853-04, when he was appointed Auditor General of til's
Straits Settlements, ami a iM. E. C. and M. L. C. of the Colony 1867;
was acting Lieutenant-Governor of Malacca in 1870 and in 1877; act-
ing Colonial Seeivtnry in 1871-2, 1875-0, 1878 and 1883-4; and act-
ing Lieutenant-Ciovernor of ]*enang in 1879-80; ai)i)ointed resident
Councillor of Malacca 1S79, and of Penang 1882, returned 1887; mar-
ried 18 , created C. M. G. 1881, Ilillands, Tiverton, Devon
Irving, Major Lewis Erskine Weiitworth, I). S. 0., son of Sir
Aemilius Irving, K. C. II. G., treasurer of law society, (-anada ; born
1868; M. 1). and C. M. 1900; became lieutenant, Uoyal Canadian Ar-
tillery 1890, captain 1891. and brevet major 1901; served in South
Africa 1899-1900 (mentioned in (lisi)atches, brevet major, I). S. O.) ;
created D. S. O. 1900, T<.ronto, Canada.
Irwin, Lieutenant-Colonel De La Cherois Thomas, C. M. G. ; sou
of John R. Irwin, Esip, Y. P. of Carnagh House, County Armagh;
born 1843; eilucated at Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; entered
R. A. 1801, became captain 1873, major 1881, and honorary lieuten-
ant-colonel (retired) 1882; joined Canadian militia 1872, became in-
spector of artillery at headrpiarters, Canada, 1S94; served during
Fenian riots, 1866 (medal with clasp) ; was honorary aide-de-camp
lo Governor-General of Canada (Right Honorable E. Miiito) ; is Sec-
retary of the Canadian Patriotic Fund Association ; married 1867, Isa-
bella.s, eldest daughter of R^)bert Hamilton, Esri., of "Ilainwood,"
Ouebec; created C. M. G. 1901. 170 Cooper Street, Ottawa; Carnagh
House, County Armagh, Rideau (Canada) Club.
Irwin, George Robert, C. S. T., sou of the late Henry Irwin, Esq.,
of Mount Irwin, Tynan, County Arnnigh ; born 1855; educated at
Ippingham and Christchurch. Oxford (B. A. 1877) ; entered T. C. S.
1878; became Assistant Secretary to Governor of India (Foreign De-
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parti(U'iit) 1MS(5; first assistant to ivsidcnt at IlycK'i'abad, 1M'J2 ; polit-
i al agi'iit, .]liala\var, 18'J3; n-siilcnt at Jaipur, 1S!J7- uiul "viieral
superintcndont of operations for snppression of thn^^oe and dacoity,
PjOO; en-atcd C. S. T. TJOl, East India, Unitrd Svrvir." and Kildare
Stivt (Mil!).
Irwin, Henry C. T. E., Al. T. (". E., s.ui of the late Venerable
Henry Irwin, Arehdeaeon of Eli»liin Killerkin. County Uosronnnon ;
born 1841; entered office of Surveyor-CJeneral of ("oast (iuai'd build-
ing (l)ej)artnient of Director of Worksj, Admiralty, 18(i4 ; I'ublic
Works l)ei)artment of Ceylon KSlUi and India 18(18; appoiiited Execu-
tive Engineer of Magpur, Centi'al Provinces, 187:i; superintendent
of works, Imperial Circle, Sinda. 18M ; superintending engineer and
secretary (Public Works l)e|)artment ) to the agents to the (iovernor-
Geiieral for Kajputana and Cential India, 1888, and consulting archi-
tect to Madras (Joveriunent, 188!); retired 189(); married, 1871, Hen-
rietta Helen, daughter of the Reverend liobert Irwin, of Rathcore,
County Meath; cn-ated C. T. E., 1888, Hinted Servica (Sinda) and
Madras Clubs.
ON THE SPELLING OF THE NAME.
"The name of 'Erivine,' or contracted 'Irving' or 'Irvine,'
comes from the ancient (Jelto-Sythick word 'Erin-viene' or ' Erin-
fiene,' which .sagnifieth a 'true or brave Westland man;' tm- 'Erin,'
both in the old (Jaelic and Welsh language, signifieth the 'west' (and
therefore Ireland is at this day called 'Erin' both by its ancient inhab-
itants and those of Albion, becau.se its situation is west of AlbioiO-
'Viene' or 'fiene' signifieth 'himself,' which, by way of excellency,
is as much as to say, 'a resolute ()r woitliy man.' "
It nuiy be well to here add that the earliest inhabitants of Britain
^^ore the Celts, who formed the vanguaril in the great westwartl mi-
gration of the lndo-l']uropi'an or Aryan nations.
This family was divided into two branches, the Gaelic and the
Cymric. To the Gaelic belonged the Irish and the Highlanders of
Scotland, and the Cymric, the Wel.sh and the inhabitants of Brittany,
and to these may be"^ adtlcd the ancient Gauls, whose language proved
them to belong to the Cymric, and the Gaelic races.
The Celts were peoi)le of the forest. They were the primitive
inhabitants of the south and west of Europe, and came to Ireland at
different times and places from Britain.
The Gaelic branch of the Celtic family came from the Isle of
Man. in Wales, which with England comprises the Southern portion
of Gr.at Britain. The seas which encircle it are the German ocean or
North sea, with the Atlantic ocean on the west and south.
In Ireland the Gaelic language prevailed, and was the language
01 nearly half a million of Scotch Highlanders.
The Irish branch of the Cymric race came from Turkey, near
where Constantinople now stands, and the Picts were the ancient peo-
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24 THE IRVINES AND McDOWELLS
plo of Scotland, wlio in the later days of tke Roman power in Britain
aj)poared as danj^erous invatlers of the Ronuui Provinee. AJDiif^ with
them were the 8eots, known at that time as the peoi)le from Ireland.
The (|uestion where the Caledonians eame from is rather elouded.
Some writers claim they were Welsh; others that they were Gauls
(Scottish llij,'hlanders) from the dunes and hills; others that they
were of German origin, and others that they belonged to the British
branch of the great Celtic family.
For a whoh^ century after the death of Serverus, who died at
York in 210, aneient writers were silent regarding Caledonia. In 367
Theodosius, a Roman general, was sent into Britain tu defend the
Britons of the South against tlie attack of the nuni of the North, rep-
resented by Ammianieus Marcelinus, as being the Picts divided into
two tribes (the Diealedones and the Victuriones; , the Sa.xons, the Atti-
eotti and the Scots.
'l^ie etymology of the word Caleilonia has been variously given.
('elydd (in Welsh, a woody shelter) is the poi)ular ilerivation ; but
Jsaac Taylor thinks the wortl "nuiy possibly contain the root Gael."
If so, the Caledonians would be the Gaels of the dunes or hills. With
this exj)lanation of the raees I renew the subjeet, the sj)elling of the
name. — Irwin jMalion.
"The Earl's (or Count's) family in Hungary write themselves
'Erin' or 'Erivin;' a brother thereof, who was a monk, was very kind
to my son" (this is Christopher Irvine, histograplier to King (Jharles
the Second, writing in KiSO) "at Rome, and acknowledged his deseent
from the Irvings of Scotland, who warred against the Romans under
the command of the valiant Fergusin, afterward King Fergus the
Second, about .the year 400."
The boi'derers wrote themselves of old "Irvine" correctly, and
those settled in England still wrote themselves "Irwin" or "Erwin"
and "Urwin," aceording to the different shires; but the true name
is "Erwin" or Erin-vieiie."
Tlu' borderers also wrote " De Orviii;" numy write "Irvine."
Some to eounlenance tlie Pictish or Danish language, which was a
dialeet of the old Saxon or Teutonieh, wrote " lr\ing" or "Ervinge.'
etc.; and some instead of "V" put in the "W" to softeji the sound.
but the tr\ie name is "Ervine" or "Eriu-Vieiie."
William, the man that got Bonshaw in 1090 and the great-great
grandfather of Qol. John Baufine Irving (the present ehief of the Clan
and the man who wrote the "Book of the Irvings," from which 1
largely quote) always signed the nauu' "Irving." lie married tin
lion. Aemelia Rollo,* eldest daughter of Lord RmHo. in 1098."
Dr. Christopher Irvin, who was histograplier of King Charles 11,
calls himself in a book he published in Edinburgh in 1082 "Christo
])her Irviiuis ab Bon-Bosco," and in another {)art of the same bool
signs himself "Christopher Irvin." In one of liis books called " Ili^
toriae Scoteae, Momenelatura Latino-vernacula. " 1082, he gives
"Irviuus, the water of Irvine, ^\■hieh rist'th above London hill, water
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eth Nt'Winilliis, visiteth Kilniarnook, and falletli into the Firth of
Clyde at tiie town of Irvine, and dividetii Kyle from C-iinniiif^hani.
There is a castle of the same name two miles belonw Lanj^diolm, on
the west side of the water of Esk, in AVaueliopdale." They are now-
called Irving House, Burn and Wood, and helonj; to the Duke of Bue-
cleuch. There is also a farm called "Old Irviii^r"
In a very interestin<^ little l)ot)k t-allfd "Walks in Annandali" •
(Kstil)) the name is spelt "E'rewynis," "Auwin^rs,"' "Irving," " Ii'-
vine,"' "Irwin," "Urin" and "Irwcn."'
In the Latin ilocinuents of the ('hand)ei-lain for Scotland, time
of Kinj,' Kobert the Bru( e, it it sjxlt "Willielino de Irwyn" (this was
the s»cond son of Irving of Bonshaw and the first Irving of Drum)
and "Rogero De Irwyn." As to the Irving of Drum who held a chief
command at the battle of Ilaiiaw (1411), it is in tiie ballad as fol-
h.ws :
"Onde Sir Alexander li'vinge.
The much renounit laird o" Drum."
In a book called the "History of Luldlesdale, lOskdale, Ewesdale,
Wauchopdale and the Debateable Land," dated 1NS3, the name is
spt'lt as follows :
"Ervyn." "Erwig."' "Erevyn," "Hurven," "Irewig," "Ive-
wig, " "hvwig, "■ "Irwing," " 1 ivewyii." "Irveyn," "Irvin," "Ir-
ving," "Irvinn," "Irwan,"" "Irucn, ' "Irwing," ''Irw>n," " h--
wyne," "Irwynn," "Trwen," "Vrwin,"" "Trwen," "Trw-in," " Kur-
wings," "Irvewings," "Irwinges," "Irvywinis," "Irwaynes," "Ir-
weins," "Irynnis," "TIrwens," "Irwens, "Irwins."
In 1504 David Irwin was called at the Justice Court of Dumfries
U)V his lands of Irwen and lledgeland. In a book called "Cunidng-
hame," by Timothy Pont, M.A. (I(i04-l(i0«j are given various sprll-
ings. In a list it gives of mendiers of the Darieu ('ompany, dated
K)!)'). in speaking of the town of Irving, it spells it five times "Ir-
ving," three times "Irvine" and once "Irvin." In the charters of
Drum the name is spelt " De Irwin" and " De Irvyn." In the book
of "Irvine of Drum in the County of Aberdeen," by Captain Doug-
las Wimberly, late 79tli or Cameron Highlanders (1893), the "best
book," says Colonel John Baufine Irving, "on the Drum branch that
I have ever seen — up to 1680," the name is mostly S{)elt with a "G,"
and the same applies to the Castle Irvine and Killadeas branches, com-
monly known as the Irish branch of the Bonshaw family, but then it
became the fashion to droj) tlu; "d" and take "E." Drum did it
first and the Irish branch followeti, but Bonshaw, as the bead, refused
to drop the "g. " All the foregoing goes to prove that men in the old
days s])elt their name at will, as they thought they sounded. At the
present day 1 think the "g," says Colonel Irving, "is the most com-
monly adoi)ted."
Colonel John Baiifin Irving further states: "In this connec^tion, I
give an extract from a letter of a kinsman who is one of the best au-
thorities on clan history, but as he does not wish it, I do not give his
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20 THI-: IRN'IXKS AND McIfQWKLLS
iiatiic: 'As to tlie way your name is to Itc written, I know the most
coiuiiion way, alike of Honsliaw, Drum ami Cattle liwin,' in li'cland
was anciently "Irving',"' thnn<rh m all (irticial (locumcnU when j>nt
in Latin it is geJicrally "" ire win "" oi- ■ Irvin. " Hut in the seventeenth
century tlu; form "irwine"" or "Irvine" was a(lo|)te(|. In the first
place the branch of Dnun ( Abei'deenshire ) aclojjtfd it, tlien the Fer-
umnaf^h Irvines ilid so. 8ir (Jei-anTs name being entered as "Irwine'
in the patent of his baronetcy. Again your ancestor, WilUam of
r.onshaw (169!)) obtained a tieelai'ation of his coat-of-arms from the
i.yon office, Edinburg (Keg. \'ol. 1, i)age '^'-W)), as William irvinc —
ihough he wrote his mime usually as 'lr\ing,' and legal documents
in Latin his name is given as " Irwing.' 1 only say tliis to show that
all members of tbe clan have ust-d the \arious ways of writing the
I'ame, though it is in reality the sanu' name. Sir I'aulns Amilius, in
the warrant of his baronetc\ -w hieh is the nearest state exjjression
to you — was 'Irving.'
"But whatever may have been the origin of the word 'Irving,'
the Castle of Irving, situated on the river of the same name in Ayr-
siure, was the ancient seat or head of a (Celtic dominion, whose chief-
tain ruled the neighboring country. On its site arose, at a subseijuent
period, the town of Irvine. Its great antiquity appears from an old
Scottish State paper of the reign of King Robert 2d, when, on the
occasion of a dispute arising about the town of Irving, that King
ordered a search to be made into the ancient records of the Kingdom,
and, as a result, declared in a royal charter dated 8th of April, 17:i'2,
tluit "it was clearly found that time immemorial Irving had been in
])ossession of the whole Harony of Cunningham and the Barony of
Largys.
"The last of the chieftains who pos.sessed the castle and territory
of Irving was the celebrated Crine (or Criun) Kryvinus or Irving,
\vho was the lineal ancestor of the ro^-al family of Scotland by marry-
i'lg Beatrice or Bethoc, the daughter and heiress of Malcolm 2d, ia
1004.
"At a convention of the royal burgs (reign of King James 6th —
December, 1589), in portioning out which burgs are to pay for pro-
viding certain ships of war, the name of the town is spelt, 'Irwing.'
"This spelling of the name has been a fruitful source of error, so
there may be yet other ways of spelling than I have quoted ; but I
have said enough to show, although tiiere were many various ways
of spelling it, yet it was all the same name and referring to members
of our clan — 'Irving.'
"At this time the northern nations, making several incursions
in the Roman provinces. esi)ecially into Hungary and Gaid, greatly
j'.nnoyed the Romans. Fergus now grown to man's estate, joined
them with the exiled Scotts and went to the Tlungarian Avars, where
the Ifvings that were in the expedition, and one of the principal
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THE IRVIXKS AND MeDOWKLLS 27
dans of tlie Seots, j^reatly sii^iiali/.ed t lieinsel\ cs under their valiant
coiuniander, Fi-rgus, and there h'll that nohU- lainil.\, wiiieh to this
day of I'^arls (or ('onnts) and (h* cnvvy llie name ol' "I'lriii' (»r
"Krvin." and own tin ir oriiritnil I'rom liie Scollish l';r\ines or lr\ings
■ Ihin.Lrarian wars.
MM) writes of them in the sev-
ICarl's or Count's family in
a hrot hi r t hereof who was a
('hristo|iher Irvine) at Uomt',
the Irviii'^'s of Seotland, who
le \aliaiil I'^erj^cus. afterwai'ds
King Fei'j^us '2(1.'
"Count Kngene Krwin de Slionn, horn in Hungary, is the iin-
Jiu'diate descendant. He married, in 177(), Maria Theresa, dauglittjr
of Franeois Oundacean, Trinee de Colloredo.''
"The Picts and Scotts, hei'ng both weary with the tyranny of
the Romans, joineci in recalling J'^ergus (whose heroic actions had
acquired him great re{)utation amongst them, in hopes by his means
to recover their lost liberties. He accepted the invitation and re-
turned to Albion, wa.s made King of the Scotts by the name of
Fergus 2d. With him the Frevines or Irvings returned, and were
restored to their ancient possessions in 404, as were other exiles.
" Hesidt'S the lands the Irvings possessed on the south side of
the Clyde, on the north side in (irange barge they had the land of
Dule and their chief habitation was in the castle of (larth. These
lands on the north sid(> of the river Tay, from the i-ise thei-eof until
it joins with the Teniel ; it is commonlj- called Strath-Tay."
"Crine or Crinus Eryvin(\ to whom the aforesaid possessions be-
longed by right of inheritance, was Abathane of Dule (the highest
title of honor then in Seotland) and Senechal and collector of all the
King's renls in the West Isles, and a man of great note and author-
ity in those days (and to this <lay the ehureh of li'vine, where he lies
interred, is called after him, .\pthin Dule, corrujitly for Abthaii
Dule). This Crinus lEryvinus (Irving) A. D. 1004, did marry Bea-
trix, eldest daughter and heiress of Malcolm 2d, King of Scotland
(as Joannem Majorum, or-.Iohn' Marie, a doctor of the Sarbonne,
and author of the first ])rinted history of Scotland, relateth in the
f. rty-first leaf and second y)agc thereof). Of her he begat Duncan,
first King of Scotland, who mounted tlie throne after the murder of
his grandfather. King Malcolm, wlio left no male issue, in 10;J4."
"From him are descended all the Kings of Scotland to this day,
t in male line of Irvings, until .lohn Baliol, except Macbeth, the usur-
per (son of Malcolm's second daughter) and by right of the females
of this family till now."
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! 28 THE IRVINES AND McDOWELLS
f • ' Below is a portion uf the Latin from the bool< by Joatineni Ma-
^ porem (MDXXI) :
De Gestis Scotonim.
IMalcolmu.s Victor onisit, nee regni diadema suscepit, quonque
primores oni-nis eonsejisrrunt (juod Rex nianeret. quod, anno Doniani
1004, factum ligature. His IMalcolmus XXX, annis regnavit filiam
{ ,.. nnigenitam habuit liaeredum, quam nuptue tradidit Eryvine Abthane
j. ' . (le sul, hoc est senees eallo regis in in Eryviuus Suli.s, qui regios
I ' proventus collegit. Anno liugis regis Malcolm XIII, regnovit in
I Anglia Edmunds Irnyd, de quo paulo superius nicntioiiem feeimus,
I demun hie ]\Ialeolmns juxta Glammas, a traditoribus (luibusdam, qui
^ ,, ];artes Gryneni sequebanter oecisus est 9G De Gentis Soetorum Jj. B.
I , Sepulto Maleolmo cum Patribus suis in insula lona, in qua i)re-
docessorum ejus i)lurimi sepulti errant, inccpit regnare Duncanus
nepos exfilia lieatriec, (|ui sex anins Duncanus reg navit, anno
Secundo hyjus, Ktjotlius Danus Anglo Danorum rum rexobiit, cui
filius Haraldus successit. Eadum anno dux Nornnuidiae Robertus
h' . Viame universae carrius ingreshus Normaniae reges est in ('yrus
■' locum suffectus est Gulielmus, dictus baster, dus puer ^^eptimus,
I' .- oj)e Ilenrice Francorum Regis Adjutus, qui ]>uer in tutela liabuit
f. . "Tii'e genealogical tree of tliis family, beginning with Beatrix,
) daughter of Malcolm 2d, and wife to Crinus Eryvinus, the afore-
i said Abthane of Dule, is hanging up now^ in the palace of Ilollyrood
House, Edinburg." (This is Dr. Christopher Irvine, Ilistograjdier to
'; King Charles 2d, writing in 1680.) There is a marginal note in tho
manuscript that I have, written by one of my foi't)ears. as follows:
; "It was there in 17^8; I saw it and comj^arcd it with these rec-
ords. "I, the present writer, incpiired after it in 1894, and was in-
formed that it had been taken by the Duke of Hamilton, to Hamil-
; ton Palace, near Glasgow."
"Duncan the 1st, being treacherously slain by ^lacbeth in 1040.
, that ursurper reigned until he was slain by IMaleolm 3rd, surnamed
Kenmore, son of King Duncan, who in i\Iacbetlrs i-eign fled to Eng-
land for safety, and was honorably received and assisted to recover
his crown by Edward, the Confessor, King of England, after the
i- J' instigation of ]\lacDuff, Thane of Fife, wlio had fled from Scotland
i ^" upon a dispute, and hatred to the usi;rper. The Scots joining him
;, . . upon his entering the kingdom. T^lacbeth was slain and Malcolm 3rd
I ' mounted the throne in the year 1057, and, after a glorious and pious
I '^ reign of thirty-six years, was killed in besieging the Cnstle of Aln-
wick, in Northumberland, which was surpriseil l)y the f^nglish. Don-
ald Bane, his brother, assisted by the Norwegians, ursurped the
throne, but was in 1003 dispossessed by Duncan, a bastard son of
Malcolm 3rd, who was sent for by the nobles of England ; but not
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Ireating them as they deserved, his subjects went over to Donald who
again resumed the government, and had Dunean killed iu .Monteith;
but he, losing the affections of his subjects, was in lO'JT east into
prison by Edgar (son of Malcolm and ^largaret, sister to Edgar
Athelingi whom they sent for from England and placed upon the
throne. He reigned with great justice till 1107, and was succeeded
by his brother, Alexander 1st, surnamed "the Fierce," who dying
likewise without issue, was, in 1124, succeeded by his brother, David
1st, a most pious and just prince, who by marrying a relation of
ihe King of England, had Huntingdon and Northumberland in dowry
with her.
Malcolm 4th, his grandson (his son. Prince Henry being dead)
was his successor in 115:}. He was a great builder of churches and
cncourager of monks. He had a war with England, and, parting
with Northund)erland, died without issue, in 1165, and was succeed-
ed by William, the Lion, his brother; he had wars witii Henry 2d,
King of England, in which he was taken ])risoner and sent to Nor-
mandy, where he Avas afterwards ransomed ui)on terms dishonorable
to the Scottish monarcliy. These were afterwards given up l)y Rich-
ard 2d, upon his going to the Holy Wars, in return whereof William
sent his l)rother David, lEarl of Huntingdon (ancestor of John Baliol
and David Hruce) to assist him in Palestine, but his fleet being de-
stroyed l)y a teiui)est. he was taken prisoner by the Egyptians, and
afterwards ransomed by. the Venetians. William, dying in 1214,
was succeeded by Alexander 2d, his son, who assisted the Dauphin
of Prance to dethrone King John of England, and greatly annoyed
the English, till at length a peace was concluded between him and
Henry :{rd. He suppressed his rebellious subjects and died in V2Vi.
"Alexander HI, his successor, being a minor, liis kingdom was
governed by the lUunmius, witli great opi)ression to the subjects, till
the death of Walter, their chief, in 126:{.
"Acho, King of Norway, landed a great army in Scotland (lay-
mg claim to the Western Isles) but was defeated by Alexander
Stuart, the King's general, with a great slaughter of his men, which
obliged him to quit claim forever to these isles, and a match was
concluded between his son and ]\Iargaret, daughter of Alexander.
"Alexander III also assisted King Henry, his father-iudaw,
against the rebellious subjects, but his forces with Commius, their
general, were eut to pieces.
"He \eh no sons, and his daughter, Margaret of Norway, dying,
left an only daughter of her own name, who was heiress-apparent to
the Crown of Scotland, but she, after the death of her grandfather,
being sent for to Norway to ascend the throne, died on the pas.sage,
J.0 that all the issue of Alexander III being extinct, the crown was
claimed by John Baliol and Robert Bruce, both descended from
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30 THE IRVINES AND McDOWELLS
daughters of David Erevine, Earl of Huntingdon, brother of Wil-
liam, King of Scotland.
"This eotitrst is too well known to be insisted u|ii>ii, us also the
injustico of ICdward Longshanks, King of England. wIkj was cJiostu
referee by the eonteiiding })arties, and upon Avhat di.^ilon()ral)lo terms
to Seotland he awarded the erown to John lialiol. nntil that great
prince, Robert the Bnice, shook off the bontlage under which Seot-
land lay, and rest'ored the munareliy to its fornu'r lustre.
"It was tliis Robert the Hruce who. wiu'ii flying from the pur-
suit of Edward Longshanks one stormy night in I'J'JS, took refuge
with the chieftain of tlie Irvings in lionshaw tower, wiiere lie was
li()S[)itably entertained. When he left he took with him one of the
laird's younger sons (Sir William <ie Irving of W(jodhouse) and
made him his armor-bearer. For his fidelity in prosperity and ad-
versity, the king, when settled on his throne, gave this William de
Irving, in l'V2'], tiie lands and forests of Drum, which they still hold,
and they still have the original parehment at Drum (.'astle.
"By this it ajjpears that the male issue of t.'rinus Eryvinus (Irv-
ing) and Beatrix, eldest daughter of Malcolm 11, possessed the throne
of Seotland from the said Malcolm II to John Baliol, viz., from 1034
to the death of Alexander III (1285) or 251 years. All the kings
that reigned in tiiat space of time were Irvings, and the succeeding
kings of this day reign in right of the females of that family."
. ' BONSHAW. ' '' •
"To revert now to Crine or Crinau Eryvinus and his son Dun-
can, afterwards Duncan I, King of Scotland, 1034. He was called
Duncan after Crine ICryvinus' father. Duncan was api)ointed king
or j)rince of Cumberland by his grandfather. King Malcolm II. lie
took with him several of the clans of the Scots to the Borders to
defend them against the English.
"W^ith him went the elan of the Erevines, or Irvings, under
Crine Eryvinus' brother. They took up their first habitation upon
the river Esk, between the White and the Black l']sk ; there they
built Castle Irvine, below Langiiolm. The buiii and wooti still carry
the name of Irving wood and Irving burn.
"The ruins of the Castle existed till the close of the seventeenth
century. On the same si)ot now stands Irving House, belonging to
the Duke of Buccleuch, and inhabited \)y his chamberlain. From
this Castle Irving the eldest of his family, ac<|uire(i by marriage the
lands of Bonshaw, and many other lands tin-re.
"In this Bonshaw Tower, on tlie banl<.s of the Kirkle Water,
•ever since has continued to reside the acknowledged chieftain of
this powerful Scots Border Clan."
(The present eliieftain of the Clan (li»()!J) is Colonel John liau
' fin Irving, and his address — ICcclefechan, Duiiifriessliire Scotland —
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THE IHVINES AND McDOWELLS 31
<ind it would be well if all of Ihe name of Irwin, Irvine, Irving, etc.,
would i)ut themselves in direct correspondence with him, no matter iii
what quarter of the globe they may l)e located, and in writing him
not to fail to addres.s their letter. Col. John Banfin Irving, of'^Hon-
shaw.)
"Crine Eryvinus (Irving) being dead, and his patrimony falling
tc his son, King Duncan, the country was called Cunninghams (Ayr-
shire)~that is the old Tictish language (or Hailea) Konigshame
"the King's hal)itation" (several of the kings of the race residing
there), which country was by his successors given to several families.
"As a proof of the clan having come from Ayrshire, several
names given by Timothy Pont, M. A., in his "Cunninghann;" (Ayr-
shire) (1604-8) are similar to those owned by Irvings in Dumfrie-
shire — such as Bonsliaw, Knock Hill, Balgray, Corsehill, Langshaw,
Pyrdekirk, Luce, Irving (an ancient parish now part of Kirkpatriek'
Fleming, which joins or runs parallel to Bonshaw, in the parish of
Annan.)
"The Castle of Irving, situated on the river of the same name in
Ayrshire, was an ancient seat or head of a Celtic dominion, whose
chieftain ruled the neighboring country. On its site arose at a sub-
sequent period the town of Irving. Its great antiquity appears from
an old Scottish state paper of the reign of King Robert II, when, on
the occasion of a dispute arising about the town of Irving, the King
ordered a search to be made into the ancient records of the kingdom,
and as a result declared, in a royal charter dated April 8th, 1372, that
"it was clearly found that, time immemorial, Irving had been in pos-
session of the whole Barony of Cunningham and of the Barony of
Largys."
After this period Irving lost its ancient fame, and the territory
became divided amongst several i)roprietors, while the castle itself
sank into decay.
After Crine Eryvinus (Irving), his son, Duncan I, King of Cum-
berland, inherited this territory, and as it was the King's patrimony
and his youthful residence, it became henceforth known as Cunning-
ham, or "the King's Home."
The Castle Irving existed until 1184, when it is mentioned by
Roger Ilovedou, secretary of King Tlenry II of England. He alludes
to it casually when reporting a certain extraordinary story, and de-
.scribes it as situated in the west parts of Scotland/ which s.h'Uis to
have been the usual description of Ayrshire.
He says: "A. D. 1184, in same year and the same week in which
the King landed in England, a spring of running water near the
chureh of St. Winniii, in the western part of the territories of the
Knig of Scotland, below Tyningham, and nol far from the Castle of
Irvnig, flowed with blood without intermission for eight diiys and
as many nights."
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32 .;. THE IR^^NES AND McDOWELLS
"The kindred of Criiie Eryviims (Irving) ae(inire(l larg*' posses-
sions in the Border territory, and transferred thf naiur of Irving from
. . Ayrsliire to Dumfriesshire. Thus Irving heeamc aneicntl}' a local
name in that part of Dumfriesshire tliat forau'd tlic original settle-
ment of the Irving (Tan — a district that lay close to the English bor-
ders, and embraced portions of Annandale, Eskdale, Wauchopdale,
Ewesdale and Liddcsdale.
"The Irvings iiave always been enumerated amongst the chief
, - original proprietary clans of Dumfriesshire, and the princii)al family
of the Clan (Bonsliaw) has been counted amongst tlie ancient fami-
lies of Scotlaiiil.
"When King David I succeeded to the Scottish throne in 1124,
his close connection with Henry 1 of England attached him strongly
to the Normans and tlieir institutions, so he introduced the feudal
system into Scotland, and eiicourageii the settlement of Normans
througii the country. He granted to Ids Norman friend, Robert ile
Hrus, the feudal tenure of all Annandale. He thus became the liege
lord or immediate sovereign to wlumi allegiance and proprietary
rights in the first instance belonged.
"Among the Nornums were also, as well as Robert de lirus, dar-
; dine Comyn, Pierre de liailleul, etc. The.se Norman settlei-s inter-
i married with the ('arrutherses, Carlyles, Grier.sons, Irvings, Kirk-
patricks, Murrays and other families in Annandale. It was then we
put the 'de' in front of our name— as see the chai'ter givi'u to Wil-
f; , liam de Irwyn, son of Irving of Bonshaw, by King Robert de Bius, in
' 1323, when he gave him Drum. This charter is still extant, anil can
. be seen at Drum Castle, Aberdeenshire. A copy thereof is kept in
^ ,;■ tlie Advocates' Library, Edinburgh."
, "Annals of Roger de Ilovedon," by Henry T. Riley, page 32.
■ In the original Latin the pa.ssage is: "Anno CIratiate, 1184, (piidem
;• fons fluentis acpie, justa ecelesiam Swinnini, in oeeidentalibus parti-
' bus terrae regis Scoticae. infra, Tyningham, non longe a Castello de
; ; Irewin, manavit Saiigrine per oeto dies at tolidem noetes sine inter-
,• ., missione" (Rogerus de Hovedon, Annalium Paris Prior et Posterior,
^ amongst the Rerum Anglicarum Scriptores post Bedam, edition of
I IGOl A. D. page 022 ).
ii In my address btd'ore the historical meeting of the Hamilton
t Library Association, on Friday evening, October IS, 1907, s\dj.ject,
1 "(killings from the Literature of the American Revolution," 1 here
. take the liberty of inserting, in part, reference made to the parish
" • in Scotland on the Irvine river, also Oen. William Irvine of ('arlisle,
} Cumberland County, Pa., etc. — Irwin jMahon.
I In Ayrshire a river, borough ami parish bear the name in its ear-
I Rest and most authentic form, li-win, or Irvine.
V The borough is called a royal one. It is on the Irvine River, and
is of ancient fame. It was especially favored by the great Catholic
King, Robert Bruce, who granted it a charter in reward for the devo-
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the peerage of Scotland by Viscount Irvine, who was of the Ingrams
of Temple Newsouif, near Leeds, England. The title wa.s of the cre-
ation of Charles II. It expired witli the ninth and last Viscount Ir-
vine, in 1778.
A noble bridge built nearly one hundred years Jigo connects the
town with its more ini})ortant subuil)s. Tlie Parish of Irvine is of
historic note, csj)ecially in relation to its ectclesiastical anti(|uities, dat-
ing back to the ages of Faith. Fi'om this Irvine root spi'ang many
forms of the name, such as Irvin, Irwin, Erwin, Irwyn, etc. The par-
ent name is of Gaelic origin, the definition of which means tlie West-
ern Flowing River, and is the jjrojx-rty, not of lowland Scotch, but of
the glorious old Gaelic element known as the Highlanders.
Sir J. Bernard liurke, in crediting the name as of long standing
to the south and southwest of Scotland, not directly or impliedly to
the lowland i)opulation, which for itself claims descent from a Saxon
ancestry to which it is heartily weleoine, is, as usual with that accu-
rate and discriminating autlior, in strict harmony witli the known
facts of the case. King Robert Bruce already mentioned is credited
by Sir Bernard Burke with having enriched and honored very sig-
nally one William de Irwyn, his armor-bearer. This fortunate knight
was said to have been one of the Irvine or Irwin stock of Bonshaw in
Diunfriesshire. King Robert nuide him a grant by charter, under
the great .seal, of the forest of Duni, or Brum, in Aberdeenshire, and
also distinguished him by assiginiieiit to Idm of the luM-aldic device
or arms of three holly leaves, which, as Earl of Garrick, the royal
patri)n had himself borne.
Thus, Sir Bernard Burke relates, originated the great House of
Irvine of Drum, so highly allied, so conspicuous in tiie family rec-
ords of Scotland's landed gi'iitiy title of Irvine of Drum, and from
tills source sprang most (»f the Irviiies of Scotland, the Irvines of Ger-
many, the Irvines of Rockfield, near Enniskillen, where (Jeiieral Wil-
liam ii'vine of Carlisle was born, and of Greenhill, Parish of Aghava,
Bai'ony of i\Iagherste])hena, County of Fermanagh, and theii- off-
shoots. From these came Castle h-vine Demesne, Parisli of Derry-
bullan. Barony of Lurg, County of Fermanagh.
Sir I^ernard traces the Iri.sh Irvines, in their common ancestor,
to Christopher Irvine, laird of Bonshaw, who connnandiMl the light
cavalry at Floilden Field in ir)13, where he was killed. His son Chris-
toj)her, next laird of Bonshaw, also held a command, and was killed
at the battle of Solway Mo.ss.
At Tamego, Parish of Dromard, liarony of Tirerogh, County
Sligo, was established early in the seventeenth century, by an Irwin
family whose ancestry, it is said, was Scotch. This family traces its
descent from John Irwin, an officer of the Gornwellian forces in Ire-
land, who, when the war was over, found it to his interest, conveni-
ence and pleasure to locate in the northwestern portion of Sligo He
married a daughter of another ('ornwellian trooper, Colonel Joues of
Urdonglass, County of Sligo.
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His grandson and nanit'sakt', Jolin Irwiu, was the Colonel John
Irwin of the British Military JServiee, who died A. 1). ITf/J. and from
whom sprang the fourth deseent John Lewis Irwin oi' Tamegoe,
County of ISligo. His father was the Reverend Crinns Irwin, Angeli-
ean Areluleacon of Orrory, and '.ninister in Kiifane Parish. And his
mother was Amy, daughter of Judge Tankerville, Chamberlain of tlie
King's Bench in Ireland. 1794-1802. From this stock eame the Rev.
John Irwin, rector of Kiifane, whose residence was in the Glebe
house, on the Kilkerry road.
King Robert tiie Bruce and the Irvings were cousins. And one
stormy night, six Inindred and nine years ago, A. I). 12'J8, King Rob-
ert the Bruce, in his flight from the pursuit of Edward Longshanks
of England, went to Bonshaw Tower, where he was kindly received
and hosj)itably entertained. When the Irvings learned that Edward
of England had discovered Bruce 's hiding place, they took him three
miles down the Kirkle wat<;r, nearer to England, and there hid him
in a cave in the rocks on the bank of the river. When Edward
reached the Tower, and found the bird had flown, he dashed on to
Scotland, and there Bruce escaped capture. This cave is now, in
1907, still in perfect condition.
When Bruce left the Tower he took witli liim one of the Irving
of Bonshaw 's youngest sons and made him his armor-bearer, and in
1328, five hundred and eighty-four years ago, when fii-mly seated on
his throne, gave this William de Irving (Irwin or Irvine), for his
fidelity in prosjjcrity and adversity, the castle, land and forest of
Drum, also his private coat-of-arms and motto. These lands are still
held by the Irvines of Drum, and the parchment signed by Bruce is
still extant. A younger son of his branch in 1400 went to Dilsney
Islands, and from there to the Island of Shapinska; and from these
Irvings came Washington Irving's father, whose mother came from
Falmouth.
Lieutenant-Colonel Irvine of Castle Farlagh, now Castle Irvine,
came from Christopher Irvine of Robigill Tower, next to Bonshaw,
and a grandson of Irving of Bonshaw. He left Robigill and went to
Fermanagh in IGIIJ, and foundi^l the first Irish branch of the Clan,
now the Irvin<'s of (-astle Irvine, and the Irvines of Kilhleas. Be-
fore 1020 the Irvings of Bonshaw came, as previously stated, from
Ayrshire, and their old castle there now gives name to tlu; Tower of
Irvine, and, like the name of Irvine, is spelltMl in many ways.
The mansion house at Bonshaw was built in 1770. Tlie Tower
was there when the Irvines got the place in 1020.
This tower stands on an almost sheer anil rocky precipice, about
one hundred feet above the K'irkle Water. In front is if gun terrace
with six old guns and solid cannon balls; on th(! riglit is a deep ravine,
with a burn flowing thi:ough it, on which is a waterfall. The walls
in the thinnest place are six feet through. Near the old jett (or en-
trance gate) is carved tlie sacred motto, "Soli, Deo, Honor el Gloria;"
the oblivion jett is gone. You enter a single hall about six feet s(juare,
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communicating with the uUl ivtaiiu-rs" kitcln'ii on the one side and
the old stone "wheel" stair on the oliit-r. From the covered roof of
the hall hangs down, about eighteen inches or two feet, an eiglil-sided
stone, like a vast seal. It has on it in Aneient Hebrew laised letters,
"1. II. S." in monogram. This is ealled the Crusaders stone, and
was brought from the walls of the old Temple at Jerusalem by one
of the Irvings, who was one of the first C'ru.saders in 111)0. It was
taken to Rome, blessed by the Pope, and then jilaced in tiie T()\.er as
described, and is supposed to give a Lle.ssing to all of the Irving blood
who pass under it. On the first floor of tlie Tower you enter the
Grand Hall, called King Robert the Bruce 's room.
There seems to have been at least two prominent branches of the
Irxinf^s and the Irwins that settled in Carlisle, some years prior to the
Revolution — the General Willij^n^Jr.vimi branj,'h and the John Irwin
braneh. t^'^o^ t
General William Irvine was married to Anu Callender, whose
parents resided in or near Middlesex, a short distance from Carlisle.
The result of this marriage was nine children, five sons and four
daughters, as follows: Callender, Ann, William, Neill, Armstrong,
Elizabeth, Mary B., Rebecca, James and John.
Callender, the oldest of General Irvine's children, by his mar-
riage had but one child, the late Dr. William A. Irvine of Irvington,
Warren County, Pa. This Irvine in turn, by his marriage, had two
daugliters and one son. The .son died before reaching nuinhood. Mar-
garet, his eldest daughter, maiTied Thomas M. IJiddle of ('arlisle, and
Sarah Duncan married Dr. Thomas Newbold of Philadelphia. Both
these men died in Philadelphia some few years ago.
Oi the John Irwin branch, who were cousins of General William
Irvine, there was the mother, three sons, William, David and John,
and a daughter, Jane. The father, it is said, died at sea on his way
with his family to America, and the mother died at the home of her
son John, corner of Fourth and Market Streets, in Pittsburgh, March
1st, 1811, aged 95 years.
The John Irwin here mentioned was born in the County T}Tone,
Ireland, in 1746. came to America about 1760 and settled near Car-
lisle, Cumberland County, Pa., where in 1790 he married Agnes Far-
quahar, when he removed to Pittsburgh, where he died, at his coun-
try residence, named by him "Erin Hill," April 19lh, A. D. 1830,
aged 84 years.
The direct coats-of-arms to which his family are suppo.sed to be
entitled are, first, "Argent, a mural crown gules between three holly
leaves proper. Crest, a mailed arm fessways holding in llie hand a
thistle and a holly leaf, all projxr, and charged on the arm with a
crescent gules. Motto, 'Nemo me impune lacessit.' "
This badge of honor wa.s conferred to Edwin Irwin of Derrygore,
County of Fermanagh, the oidy surviving son of Acheson Irving and
grandson of George Irving, Esfj., of Derrygore, and their descend-
ants.
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The Irwin of Taura<;(), ('ounty Sligo, (li'sc'ended from John Irwin
of Scottish ancestry, wiio held a conuiiand in the i*arliaiiu'ntary army
under Cromwell and settled in Ireland. Anus the same as Irving of
Bonshaw, and Irving of Dcrryj^ore, also the motto, "Nemo me impune
lacessit." The translation of wliieh reatls, "No one assails me with
im])unity." This is for the Bonshaw connection, and is still the
motto on the flaj^ (19U'J) floatinj^ over the old Tower.
Now comes the hadge of honor connected with Drum, beginning
witii the flying of Sir Koheit de Brus, heritable Lortl of Annantlale,
and keeper of Loch Mabcn (.'astle, fi-om Edward Longsiianks. When
he left Bonshaw after his eseapi- he took with him a younger son of
the family of Sir William Woodhouse, named William Irving, Irvine
or Irwin (the s])elling of the name iunnaterial) as his secretary or
comj)anion, and as a reward for his services, when he was seated on
the throne, conferreil upon liim the lands of the forest of Drum,
and the jiricking ba.\' tree, or holly, fctr his armorial bearings, with
the motto, "Sub sole, sub uud)ra vireens, " the translation of which
reads, "(irowiiig umler the sun and under the shade" ,
While tlu' spelling of the word Irwin, Irving, etc., counts for but
little in its diffei'ences, yet it is well to note the fact, William Irwin
seems to be most i)rominent for Bonshaw and Drum. In the |)e(.ligree
of Drum it is s})elled "liwyn." In the peiligree record of Drum it
reads thus:
"First William de Irwyn, son of Irwyn of Bonshaw, County
Dumfries, and arniour-bearer to Robert Bruce, from whom he got a
grant of the lands of Drum, Aberdeenshire, 1323, lived 1-:H0-1335.
lie also got a grant of Whitings and Kedmvns from Daviil Bruce,
1332.
Second William (otiiei-wise Ale.\ander), his son, lived 1317 to
13JJ0.
Tlnr<l Alexiinder. his son, held a conunand in the lowland force
at Ilarlaw, 1411. where i„. wiis killrd.
Fourth Alexander, his son, present at llai'hin, 1411. His monu-
meut in Drum's Aisle, \\liere he is entitled, "Dims Alexiinder ile Ir-
wyn Second."
lie and his bi-ollier. Koljert. witnesses to eandnon between Kagi-
nald de Irwyne and Batriek de Ogilvy of Auchterhouse in 1422.
"Vide spald club collect, abdn, and bauff, and note in text, (Captain
and Governor of the Burgh of Aberdeen, 1440."
"William 11 (otherwise Alexander)," as above, Loi'd of Drum,
in 1388 i)urchased from John IMoigne the j)ark of Drum, lie suf-
fered greatly during the civil wnv, and in 1G84, as a recompense, the
tenure of the land they held was changed from simple ward to tax
ward.
THE IRISH BRANCH OF DRUM.
In this record a clew may be found to the John Irwin, born in
the County of Tyrone in 1746, and came to America with his mother,
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Agues Irwin, who died in her son John's home, eorner Fourth and
^Market Streets, in the City of Pittsburj^h, AHegliany County, Pa.,
March 1st, 1811, at the ajj;t.' of 1)5 years.
Tliis family wlien it h'ft Ireland consisted of the father, mother
and tliree sons, John, David and William, and a daufj:hter, Jane. The
father died at sea from a broken heart, caused by the sorrow he felt
from leaving his old home, -and only the mother, three sons and the
daughter reached America. Also that of William Irwin and his
brother, who came to America in the beginning of the 18th century
and settled first in Duchess County, New York. William was at that
time about 14 years of age. His brother's name is not known, but
supposed to be either Joseph or Robert, and were born in the County
of Antrim, Ireland, and connectetl with the P]arl of Antrim.
These Irwins all claim the armorial bearing of Drum: Argent
three holly branches, each consisting of as many leaves proper, banded
together gules. The supporters are two savages, wreatlu'd about the
head and loins with hollies, bearing batons in their hands. The pri-
vate badge being the one carried by King Robert the Bruce, three
laurel leaves, with the words, "Sub sole, sub umbra vireens.'"
I quote now from Col. J. B. Irving's book, "Book of the Ir-
vings:"
"The following document is at Drumglass, Dungannon, County
Tyrone, at ])resent in possession of Rev. A. Staj)les Irwin. It was
found thirty years ago in Dublin, in the house of IlugJi King Irwin,
in a chest that had not been opened for a luuulred years. Robert
Irwin, Hugh King Irwin's great-grandfther, "went out" in 1745
with Prince Charlie (Robert Irwin was then of Drum Castle, Aber-
deenshire) ; in 174G he had to fly for his life to Ireland and brought
with him this chest, containing, besides this document, a miniature
of Prince Charlie, presented by himself, and a ])ainting on wood by
Ilolbien of a former Irwin of Drum (it is like Rev. A. Staj)les Ir-
win), with a peaked beard and ruff of lace around his neck, j)ainted
in fifteen hundred and something. The manuscript is very clearly
written, on thick, rough paper, rather like parchment, yellow with
age, measuring 24 inches by 16 inches. It is ajjparently about two
hundred years old, and perhaps more. I have copied the spelling as
exactly as I am able.
"Robert Irvine's second brother adhered to King George and
was rewarded with the grant of his elder brother's proi)erty of Drum,
but he appears to have behaved very well to liis brother, and sent him
a good sum of money, as he was able to buy pro|)erty and settle and
live in Ireland as a gentleman. Of this elder brother and his descend-
ants, see later on. The document reads as follows:
"The name and family is very ancient. Some antiquarians bring
the name 'Ervine,' now written 'Irvine.' from the Celto-Seythicke
word 'Erv-^ine,' or 'fiene,' which signifies 'a stout Westland man,
for 'Erin' in old Gaelic or Welsh signifieth 'West' and 'Vine' or
'fein' a resolute and worthy man.
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••hvlaiiil is at tliis day called 'Ki-iii" hotli h.\- its aiini-iit iiiliali-
itaiils and tliosc of Alhioii. I.rcausr its >iliiatinii is wrst from Alhioii.
•"Wlu'ii tlif coloiiirs of the (iauK caiiic frotii thr w.vst roast of
Spain and seated t lnMiisrU ( s in the ra.st roa>l of Krin and in llic west
hills and ishuuls of Albion, llu-n tlic Kivvirns ram,- to both tht-s*'
islands.
■"TliL' Siluns of South Wah-s were cf tlu'.sc colonit-s, a,s 'racitus
affirm. -ih, and the JJriyantrs. both of Albion and Krin. \vci>- of U\>;
same.
"Tlk'Sf umon^' tlicm in Albion called Eivvincs had their scat in
that part of tlic rouidv' now ('alle<l Cunninj^haiib'. 'IMiey gave their
nanu' to the rivei- antl to their own habitation, at present called the
town of Ei't'vine or Irvine.
"The chief of tlieni was Abathane of Dule, an honorable title
of old.
"John Major ( Degest Scot lib. 8, chap. 9) related that Krevine
the Abathane married the only (hiuj^hter of King Malcolm II, who
began to reign A. 1). 1004.
"lie sayeth tlie Malcolm filiani migenctam hahuit hercdom (luam
nuptui tradidit Eryvin.s Abathane de Dule id est seneseallo regis in
insulis ad coUigen ilos Regis |)roventus.
"Some of the family went to tiie South, and took up their dwell-
ing upon the River Esk, at present called Castle Irvine, or Irvine
Hall.
''By marriage the eldest of the family acquired the lands of Hon-
shaw, which they as yet possess.
"King Robert the Bruce, when he fled from Edward Long-
shanks, came to Bonshaw, and took tiience the oldest son of the fam-
ily. Sir William Irvine, to wait on him. He made him his secretary
and armorbearer, and because of his remarkable fidelity to him in all
adversities, this king gave him the lantis of the Forest of Drum, and
he himself having carried as a private badge three laurel leaves, with
the words 'Sub sole, sub umbra vircens,' gave this to William Drum,
l)redecessor, for arms three holly leaves, which is a kind of laurel,
\\ith the aforesaid motto, 'Sub sole, sub umbra virens.' Thus the
armorial bearing of the family is: 'Argent, three holly branches,
each consisting of as many leaves proper, banded together gules ; the
supporters are two -savages, wreatlied about the head and loins with
hollies, bearing batons in their hands. Tliis is vouched from the char-
ters of the families and by Sir George MacKenzit; in his book of
Heraldry.
''Some time thereafter the Laird of Drum married the daughter
of Sir Robert Keith, Knight ]\Iarischal, whom lie had by Margaret
Hay, daughter of Cilbert, Liu-d Ilay, First Constable of that family.
This Sir Robert Keith was killed at the battle of Durham Arms, 1346.
"The son of this Drum, Sir Alexander Irvine, commanded the
Lowland forces at Ilarlaw, in 1411, killed with his own hand Mac-
Lean, a chief commander of the llighlamiers, aiul was there killed
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himself, as Ilt-e-tor IJoctliius relates. .sa.viii<:: that In- was 'ohuircipinim
robur conspcmis. '
'"His Itrolhcr, iiained also Al.'Xainlei- Irvine, coiiiiiiaieliMl, mu'-
t't'edfd and was oiii- of tlif (-uiuiiiissioiici's sent 1)\ the I'^stalr n\' Scoi-
laiid to ti-.'at ancut the ransom (d' Kinir daincs I and lo hrin^ him
liouir, as Hector lV)(dldus ami Diaimmond ilawtliordrn testily.
■'.John Major, in his ' History" (lib. (i, cai). l-!j, saseth he was
knit,dited \>y this kiiijr in his see(»nd I'arliament, holdeii at I'erth.
"His woi-ds are: lv|Uetiim aui'atnm militari ealtor proxeinit;
there he I'eeoveretli this I'amily inter the ti-oum.
"ddiis Sir Alexander marrii'd a danj^ddei- of the Lord Keith,
Knight Marshal, hy whom he had Alex, and another son, to whom
he gave the land of Kedniii'e and Whiterigs in the .Means, holding
as yet of Dniiu.
"From this second son descended the Irvines of Lenturke. Alex.
married Abernathy, daughter to the Lord Saltoun, by whom he had
Alex, h-vine of Drum, who nuirried Katluiriiie L'orbes, daughter of
the Lord Forbes. By her lu; had three sons, Alex., Richard of Creigh-
toun, from whom are descended the Irvines, Ililltoun, and Henry,
and a daughter. Lady Wardes. Alex, married Allardice, only daugh-
ter of Allardice of that ilk, by whom he had a son, Alex. Irvine of
Drum, who married Catherine Ralbeaus, and another to Frazer of
Maehal, the predecessor of the Lord Fraseer. Alex, married Ogilvy,
daughter to the Laird of Failator, who was killed at I'inky, Anno
Domini 1547. He left six sons and three daughters — Alex., William
of Aidlogy, Robert of Tillibair, from whom forty is descended; (iil-
but of Callairley, who had three sons, Alex., Gilbert and John of
Murthill; James, Knight of Malta, ordained by the Great Blaster
Prior of the order in Scotland, and was to iuive been cieated Lord
Torphicen had he submitted to the Reformation; and John, the sixth
son. The daughters were Janet, married to Gordon of Abergeldy ;
Elizabeth, to the Laird of Melduni, and the third to Arnadge.
"From John of Murthill, now mentioned, are descended the Ir-
vings of ]Murthi':l and Cults. Alexander, the eldest, married kith to
the Earl of Maris'lu.l, by wliom h- had five sous and four daughters,
the eldest married to Uury, the second to Keith of Craig Inverugy,
third tc Ogilvy of Boys, and the fourth to ]\lenzies of Pitfoddels.
The sons were: Alex., the eldest, second, Robert of Fornet or Mon-
oaffer (Extinct); third, James of Brucklaw, the predeces.sor of Sa-
ph..ek- lourth, William of Beatty (also extinct) ; and the fifth, John
of Ardtamford, the i)redecesor of (!rimmond and Ardtamford. That
this James was the third .sou and John the fifth was instructetl by
^he two original charters granted by Drum, their father, to them—
'he one dated February 5tli, 1598, and the other :\Iarch 27th, l(i02,
md the custody of Mrs. Irvine of Shaphock, which serves to rectify
a mistake in the first volume, page ^O:}.
"Alex., tlu; son of this Drum, ujarried Marion Douglas, daugh-
ter of the Earl of Buehan. He hud two sons— Alex, and Robert of
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40 THE IRVINES AND McDOWELLS ,
j\'(l(lerate, aiul five daughters — ehlest, Lady liainff; sceoiid to Ur(in- I
liai-t of Leatliiii: third to Dout^das Gh'iiheiT\ ; fdiiiMh to Ogilvie of |
liiverwliarity- and fifth to ({i\diaiii of Moi'phs. Koh.i't. the second
son, married Caiiiphall, (hm^htcr to ( ih'nordiy. Ilr had two sons,
Alex, and Koberl, and iwo dau^ditcrs— one inai-riid to (ioiMon of '
(Jigrlit and the other to Frasei- of Strielien. Ah\., Lad\ i-^li/.atjeth ,
Ogilvie, dau^ditcr to the Ivii'l u\' I'^inhitir. JJotli lie and his hrother '
Kohert dii'd without male issue. |
"This J)i-um mastified four bursaries to the ( li'annnai' School of f
Aberdeen at 80 lib. Scots each, to the uinvei\sity there four of philos-
o])iiy at 100 lib. S(;ots, and two of divinity at "JOO marks each. His
lady eiidowi'd a hospital for i-eliid' of |)ooi- widows-of all which Drum
is patron. '
>< "IJis eldest son. Sir Alex. Irvine, was Shei'iff Principal of Aber-
deen, lie iiuirried Magdalen Serijugeous, daughlei- to |)addop. Con-
stable of Duudei', and had five sons, Alex., Kobert, -lames. Charles
ajul Franeis (four younger died without isue), and six daughters — f
]\Iarion, married to the N'iscount of b'rendraugh ; Anne, to the Karl ■' j
of Aljoye; Elizabeth, Jane, Isabel and Margaret. ||
"Alex, married Lad\- .Mar}' (iortlon, daughter to the Alarijuis of \
Huntley, and had by her three sons, Ale.K., Robert and Charles, and
four daughters JMary, married to Patriek, Count Le>iys of liahpia- '
hain; Margaret, to Menzies of Pitfoddles; dane, to Irvine t)f Murthill,
and Henrietta, to Piteajile. By his second nuirriage he had a son
named Charles, aiid three daughters; tlu' younger sons died without
issue. This Drum received from King tduirles 1 a j^atiMit ert-ating
him Earl of Aberdeen, but the civil wars then arising, it was never ,
exi)iated through the seals. In these wars he suffered nuu-h. When
in j)risonnient and confiscation he tailed his estate (Anno l<i87), i
upon deathbed, failing heirs male of his body, to the Irvines of Mur- f*'
thill, Ardtamford and Cults, and their heirs male wt order, excluding '
thus the nearest male heirs, to wdioni the succession liy the ancient
ijivestitures was i)i-ovided. His eldest son, Alex., died in 1695 with-
out issue to him. Alex. Irvine of Murthil, in the right of the tailie,
succeeded. He ilied 1719, leaving one son, Alex, and two daughters.
"James Irvine of Prueklaw, mentioned as the third son of Drum,
married Lucretia Irvine, his uncle's ilaughter. He had two sons,
John, who died without nude issue, and (Jilbert (d' Altree, who mar-
ried Janet, daughter to the liwines of Hnlocli, brothel- U) the Laird
of Innes, and had two sons, John liwine of Sajdiock, and dames.
]\lr. John Irvine of Saphock mari-ied Birny, sistei- to Li'oinhill, and
l(d't three sons, Alex., John and James.
"Alex, h'vine of Sa])hock. his s(ni, as desci'iided fj-om James of
Brucklaw, is the nearest lineal heii- male now existing, and conse-
(juently the re])re.sentative of the faiinl\- of Drum for the liwines Mui'-
thil and Cults had come of the fanuly bid'oiv Dueklaw. Ardtamfoi'd.
at the same time with him, ])eing tht^ fifth and youngest soji, and all
the nude descendants since then had failed.
THE IRVINES AND McDOWELLS 41
"As is obsL-rvfd, tlu-se otlicr families in the North (Icscciulcd
from Drum, as the Irvines of Kiiigcousy, Olassit of Estt-rccuiu- and
Conrybaugh.
" 'Qucequd ex-Agricola aniavimus quitjuod inirati summus inanet
maiisusuuKiiiae est in animis mornimum enternitatt; temporum fama
ronnii non nmltos verteriim velut iuglorios ignobilis obliviobrucl
Agrieola posteri tati traditis jiaratus suporstis erit tacit in vit agrie.'
"True copy taken from the original by me, Jolm IJeanfin Irving
of Bonshaw, at Drumglass House, Drumganon, County Tyrone, on
oth and 6th of January, 1906. Il«'v. Alexander Staples Irwin, the
presi-nt owiier of the original, and the deseeJidant of the original own-
er, Robert Irvine (his great-great-grandfather), wlio brought it with
him when he had to fly from the estate of Drum Castle, Aberdeen-
shire, after the failure of Prince Charli(t Edward's rising in 1746,
l)eing present.
"In proof whereof, Rev. A. Staples Irwin appends his signature
hereto.
"(Signed) ALEX. STAPLES IRWIN.
"Dated the 8th day of Jan'y, 1906."
Robert Irwin of Drum Castle, Aberdeenshire (great-great-grand-
lather of Rev. Alexander Staples Irwin, Drumglass), took a leading
part in Prince Charlie Edward's abortive rebellion in 1745-6, and to
save his life fled to Ireland, bringing with him some valuables, and
settled at ]\Ioree, County. Tyrone, al)Out four miles from Drumglass.
There he and his eldest son, Robert (who married, but had no de-
scendants) lived and died. Moree was sold, on the deatii of the sec-
ond Robert, to pay his debts in 1818.
The younger brother of the Robert Irvine of Drum Castle, Aber-
deenshire, took King George's side, and so got the Drum estates,
which his descendants still occupy. This younger brother must have
shared his income with Ro])ert, who bought some land, built a nice
house (j\Ioree), and lived like a gentleman.
Robert had four sons, Robert, Alex., Hugh and John.
Robert married, but left n(» issue. Alexander married a Graves, a
sisttn- of the four Admirals. His son, Samuel, a ('aptain in the Royal
Navy, and family emigrated to Australia in 1834 and prospered
there. There are believed to be many of his descendants living in
Australia now.
Hugh married a Miss King, heiress of Heathfield, from whom
the present Rev. Dr. Charles King Irwin, Archdeacon of Armagh, is
descended.
John married one of the three sisters Hamilton, co-heiresses, who
brought witli her the Drumglass estate, at prtjsent in jjosscssion of
their descendant. Rev. Alexander Irwin (eiglity-two >cars old). Ik
bought it from his elder brother \vhen the Land Act ant! Lantl Jaiwh
involved tlie estate, and it had to be soU\.
John King Irwin, eldest son descended from Hugh, marrii-d, and
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had eight sons HvIjil;-, hut I don"t know wlim-. The AivlMleaeoii I i
\vhose father was Pi-eenitor o\' Aniia.uh Callicdial, and his grand- ,, ' J
t'atlier (John Jrwiu), an eniincnt l)id)liii soliritor, ha.-s i'unr sons living. . i
James Moore irwin, grandl'atlui- of the l{(\. Alex. Stai)h's Jrwin . i
of Dnunglass, son of John irwin and Catiicriiu; liaiidlton, married
Htdeii Houston. His ekh-st s<»n. John, died in KS32, having three sons:
[I) Tiiomas Stajjles •Irwin is singh'. a ('oh)nel eonnnanding the Mid-
Ulster ]Militia (Jarrison Artillcr>-, and is a eomiianion of tlic (>rder ']
of the Bath. Arthur anil Alex, are married and ha\e issue. ['2) V.
Alexander Staples Irwin (Kev.), o\n' son li\ing. ( ;; i John iOdward 4
Irwin died thirty \-eai-s ago, no issue.
About thirty years ago, on the death of an unele of the Areh-
deaeon, an old ehest was opened, and, amongst other things, was found
the pedigree of the family of Di'um, pi-ofessionally engrossed with ab-
stracts from pn])lie documents, whieh follow infra. 1 heard, through
a Clansman, the stor>' as told above, got into eorresi)ondeiU'e with
Rev. Alexander Slaj)les Irwin, and, by ins kind invitation, went in -,
Junnary, 1906, to slay wdli him at Drumglass, where 1 got all this '
interesting informal ion ( fiimi .). i>. l.i. I
John Irwin, born about UiiU). first son of ('hristopher Irwin td'
Oran, by his wife, Sai-ali Ormsby, was left Leabeg and liallinderry
by his father. He married Miss liurke of Killcarbow ami had issue:
(1) William, who suece»-<led his father; (1>) Alexander, titular Hislioj)
of Kilalea, died at Leabeg, aged X] -. (3) a daughter marrii'd Dennis
0 'Conor of llillsbrook.
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■ CHAPTER II
JOIIiN iMcDOWELL I, ANCESTORS, DESCENDENTS
AND TIIElll KIN.
CHART'S IKlSll PKDIGKEES.
House of Hei-emou — The Stem of tlie iMeDowell Family.
1. — Dubhgfhall (Dowell) brother of Sainhairle (or Sorlevj, who is
99 on the IMeDowell of Antrim family pedigree and No. 100 in tlie
second edition of that series, was the ancestor of :\IaeliDuhghhall,
anglicised MacDougall, ^NlcDougald, MacDowell and MaeDowall.
200.— Dubhgall (Irish) a black foreigner, son of (Jidlabrighed
(Gill'bride) agreo ]\IachDubhgall was King of the Isles living A. D.
11 44.
101 — Donach, his son, had a brother named John, who was the
ancestor of jMacDowell of Larnes County Antrim. -
102 — Loehlann, his son.
103— Dubhgliall (2) his son.
104— Tongliar (lon'ar) Irish much slaughter, liis son, agrei Mac-
Tnkart (this surname has been Anglicised into other names inchuling
JiIcKewer).
10;") — Giollacollum, his son.
106— lonhair l)id)ghall, his son. This lonhair had two brothers
(1) Hocklanu and (2) Ferear (fe(ir) by some genealogist-Ferrard,
is derived from the Irish fear and hat ard-unu.s, meaning the tall
01 high man.
Authority— Irish pedigrees or the origin and stem of the Irish
nation by John O'Hart, Associate of Arts q. u. i.. author of the last
Princess'of Tara, etc. Dublin :McGlashiu and Gill ."lO ui>p. SaL-kville.
Ann Baskerville, a lady of English extraction.
Thomas Dillon, of the Tower, Esq., second son of Theobald Dil-
lon, Lord Viscount Dillon, of Costello & Gallen— ancestors to Count
Dillon and to His Grace, Arthur Dillon, Archbishop of lTar])onne m
France.
Catherine Fitzgerald, descended from the noble house of Filz-
geralds Earls ijnd :\Iar(piises of Kildane aiul now Duke <d' Eeinster.
John O'Reilly, of Dalmacadel County, Meath, Esq., Knight of
the shire of ihe^County Cavan, anno 1689, raised a regiment of
dragoons at his own expense for the service of James 2. ll was
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44 THE McDowells and connections
iuehuled in the eai)itulatioii of Liuicriek. lie clifd 17 of Fd). 1716,
;i^L-d 70 years, and was buried in the fhurch ol' llilldi;i
the County of Cavan, where a luoiuuiieiit was ei-eeied lo
:Margaret, daughter of Owen or Kugeue ()'Ueill\,
of the family of Buary in tlie County of ('a\an.
Luke MeDowell, of ^^lontain, the Coiuity ol Kosim
Colonel of Infantry in the service of King Jauies 11.
distinction during the campaign of 1689-itO-Ol, .lied of the gout ui
his castle of Montagh, Anno Domini, i700, and was buried m the
fauiily vault in the :\loiuistery of Tulsk, Couuty Koseonimon. whieii
was built and founded by one of his ancestors A. D. 1440 tor Do-
minican friars.
]\Iargaret, daugiiter of Thouias Dillon of the Tower, Esq., by
his wife, Catherine Fitzgerald, of the house of Kildare.
Thomas O'Reilly, of Baltrasnui Comity Meath, Ksq , fifth aud
youngest son of Col. dohn O'Keilly of Hallynmeadd, aforesaid, was
J, Lieutenant in his father's regiun^nt of Dragooiis, and served with
distinction all the cam])aigns of ] 689-90-91. was at the seige of
Limerick and included in tlie capitulation of that city anno 1G91.
lie died Dee. 25. 1724, was l)uried with his father at Kill County
Cavan. lie mari-ied anno 1702.
Rosa, daughter of Luke .McDowell of :^lonta. County Roscom-
mon, Esq'. Colonel of Infantry in the service of King -lames, by .Mar-
garet, daughter of Thomas Dillon of the Tower, Esti- He died at
Baltrawny in the County of Meath anno 1753, ^buried with lier hus-
band at Kill.
Ilis Excellency Don Alexander Count O'Reilly, generalissimo
of his Catholic i\laje.sty's forces, and Inspector CJeueral of the Infan-
try, grand commander of the order of Catahava, Cai)tain Ueneral of
Andaluvia Military and Civil (lovernor of Cadi/., etc. Horn at Bal-
tranv in the year 1722.
OUR ANCESTORS OF THE REV(^LrTl()XAUV PERIOD.
The men whose names are inscribed with honor on the pages
of American History were fitted to the times and to the occasions
which called them forth. They were men of iron nerves and fear-
less hearts, of devoteil action aud incorruptible integrity, of splendid
talents and practical common sense, who live<l for the glory of their
country and the liai)piness of their i-aee.
In the history of the world there is no instance wlirre love of
country has been exhibited in holder deeds than by thosr who ear-
ned us through the struggle for independence.
The historv of this Republic has demonstrated beyond eontro-
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THE McDowells and connections 45
versy the ability of men to rule tlieni-selves and protect their individ-
ual rights without injury to the rights ol' others.
Jt is not only a duty, but a pleasing task to speak ol" the illus-
trious dead and distinguished patriotic living. The sacrifices and
iiehievenients of the heroes of 1770 should be kept constantly before
the public as an inspiration for lovt- of country and devotion to our
tree institutions of governnuent. The efforts in this line embodied
ill the principles of the Society of (Cincinnati, established in llS-\,
when the army was disbanded, is worthy of emulation.
The men who stamp the impressions of their genius, or their
virtues on their own times influence largely those who follow and
they therc^by become benefactors of ages to follow. Americans owe
it to their nation and to the world to perpetuate the records of such
men while it is possible to sei)arate truth from fiction in all that
pertains to those who laid the founilation of the greatest republic
t;n earth.
S(H)T('II-iHlSII HLOOl) IN AMERICA.
Courage and Thrift of Ancient Clans Jnfused Into American
Character — Recent Investigations Which Grace a
Revolutionary Lineage Hack to .'i7;i A. D.
The Scotch-Irish blood in America has been a strong influence
in the molding of our national character. In Virginia, Pennsylvania,
North and South Carolina, (ieorgia, Tennessee and Kentucky, and
jilong the Allegheny and Blue Ridge jMountains, the firmness, the
courage and thrift and love of liberty of the ancient clans have been
engrafted into American character for many generations. Recent
nivestigations in Scotland and Ireland plainly show that among the
founders of the American Republic were sons of the strongest
strains of blood in the world.
GENEALOGY USED IN FITTING OUT APPLICATION PAPERS
FOR ADMISSION TO THE SOCIETY OF COL. WARS
FOR II. ^l. :\IcDOWELL. - • ,
L Ilervey McDowell was born April 15. 1836, in Fayette
County, Ky. Is a citizen of Cynthiana, Ky.
2. He is a son of John Lyle jMcDowell (pensioner of 1812) who
was (born August 24, 1794, died I)eceml)er 28, 1878, and Nancy
Hawthorne Vance, his wife, who was liorn ^lav 20. 171)7; died June
i:}. 18G8.
.'{. Capt. John Lyle ^McDowell was the son of Col. James :\lc-
Dowell, born April 20, 1760, died Dec. 22, 1843, and Mary Paxtoii
Lyle, his wife, born Nov. 18. 1763, died 1843.
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4. The said Col. Jas. ^McDowell (Kcvolutiouary pensioner) was
llie son of Samuel IMeDowell. Sen., horn Nov. 7, 17:5;'). died Sept. 25,
JS17, and :\Iary I\lcClung, Ids wife, horn 37^:5, ilicd Oct. 'J.s, 182li.
5. The said Col. Samuel MeDowell was the son dl" -lolin .MeDow-
ell, born in Londonderi y, died Dee. 25, 1742, in Augusta County, Va.
6. The said Capt. John ]\leDowell was the son ol" Ki)hriam :\Ie-
Dowell. horn in I.ondOnderiy 1673, came to Amerira 1727, died in
Virginia in 1774, and Mai-garet irvine, his wii'e, horn in Jionilon-
deri'y, died in Londondei-ry.
The services of Sainurl .M(d)owell. Sr., in the Ameiiean Colonial
AVars:
Private soldier at nra(hloek's Defeat, July [). 1755, in the Au-
gusta. Va.. company, of whicji his cousins Sam and Andrew Lewis,
were Captain and Tjieuteinint.
See Green's Historic Fannlies of Kentucky, ))age ■)2.
See Ileury's Statnles in an Act passed in 3758, unch r C%)\enior
Dinwiddle, liis nanu' is fouiul among the soldiers of the War of Jn-
dependenee, names to whom land was granted. This act enforced
hy the efforts of Wasliington in 1770 to 1775. Samuel INlcDowell's
g)-ant located in wluit is now Fayette County, Ky. (Jreen's Ilistoi-ie
Families, page 32.
^FAPxY :\leDO\Vi:FL AND HER DESCENDANTS.
Mary jMcDowell (maiden name not known) was jjorn Oetoher
6, 1709, in Scotland, and died in Steele Creek, Mreklenhui'g, N. C.,
in 1789. She and lier husband, according to tradition, emigrated
from Scotland to Penn.sylvania. Her husl)aiul died in I'ennsylvaiu
and about 1750 she and her three children emigrated to Steele Creek,
N. C. She died in 17S1) in her eightieth yeai-, and was buried in
Steele Creek Cemetery.
linLDKEN OF :^1AKV .AIcDOWELL:
1. John M(d)o\vell.
2. Abigail.
3. Elizabeth.
1. JOHN I\rcDOWELL, SR., was born in Lancaster County,
Tenn., in 1743, and died at Steele Creek, N. C, July 30th, 1795, aged
52 years. He was married to Jean Parks, daughter of Hugh Parks
• and Margaret Young (See Parks Connection) July, 1772. John
McDowell, Sr., was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and
served as a private until the battle of Gates' Defeat, near Camden,
S. C, where he was twice wounded and left on the field. Finding
he would 'bleed to death from his wounds, he forded a river, or
creek, to reach a surgeon in the enemy's camj), but the cold water
'li chilled his blood and stopped its flow, when he i-e-erossed the river
and made his escape, following the ar-my in a cri|)plcd condition until
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THE McDOWKLLS AND CONNECTIONS
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he found tlieui and was given an old, ciii)!)!!'.! liorsc to ri.lr limiir
lived for sixteen years afterward, but siiftVred from his wounds as
long as he lived.
His wife, Jean, was a noted heroine, and among li.'r other glor-
ious deeds she rode a horse for 10 miles, earrying her infant son u)
her arms to notify the i)atriot army of the evaeuation of Charlotte,
X. C, hy the British.
"In 1780, while John :\Iel)owell was in deneral (iates' army,
l,ord {'ornwallis in command of the British army, sojourned a l.rirf
l>eriod in Charlotte, N. ('., and some of his men wen- to Steele
I'rerh settlenu-nt, und(M- the eomiiiand (.1 ('apt. MeDowdl, of Seot-
land, on a foraging expedition, lie went to John .Mel)owcir> home
and was stealing whatever thev wanted, when the Captain was ap-
l)roaelied bv .Mrs. Jean IMeDowcil, who said to him, *'Js it solder-
like to plunder a helpless family so and leave us nothing?'' He re-
l.lied. "Hut, Madam, we must li.ive something to eat, and these rebels
won't bring it in." She appealed again, saying. "And have \()ii
no women and ehildren at home.'" lie answered: "What is your
name/" " .MeDowell— that is my name." "Where are you Irom?
•Our family came from Seotland, sir." "Aye, and very likely ye
are kin of mine; I have some in Ameriea." He immediately ealbd m
his men saving thev had got enough from that home, and again
addressing ^Irs. :^lel)owell, said: --And likely ye haVe some ot your
lamily among the rebels,. but it is the fortune of war. Ciood-bye, it
is the fortune of war."
John ^leDowell, Sr., was a leading citizen and an active mem-
ber of the Steele 'Creek l»resbyterian iMuirch, ami was buried m
this churchyard, seven miles from Charlotte, N. C. His tombstone
now stands at the head of his grave. At the top is a coat of arms,
consisting of stag's head and shield with three stars, all supported
hv two lions standing upright, undrrneath in Latni the words
"\'ivet post funera virtus," "virtue or bravery lives after death.
These words follow: "An exceptional character in whose death his
l^unily, his neighborhood, the state and the church sustained a loss.
Reader, go thou and do likewise— the world the benefit and God
the glory, that when numbered with the dead your moniinu'iit may
be deserved like his." The three stars on the coal of arms repre
sent the knighthood and that some of his ancestors in Scotland wen;
knighted three times for bravery in battle."
(The following are references of authority to the above state-
ment: John Irwin, i\rayor Brevard :\rcl)owell, of Charlotte, N. C,
Dr. Hunters, "Sketcher of Western North Carolijia and Steele
Creek Church.")
The following article is from a North Carolina newsjiapcr, under
date of June 29, 1916.
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48 THE McDowells and conxNections
TRIBUTE PAID TO VALOR OF ]\I1'X'KLENIUJR0 WOMAN.
Marker in Honor of Mrs. Jane (Jean) Parks MeDowell. Who Made
l*erilons Ride to Aid Anieriean Troops, Is Piaeed
on Old Home Plaee.
F. BRFVAIH) MrDOWFLL MAKiES THE ADDRESS.
interesting Exereises Mai'k I'resentation by xMeeklenburg Cliapte
D. A. R.. Tiironj^li Re<^ent. IMrs. J. Eenoir (-lianihers-IIis-
torie Sketch of tlie Invent that Cliallen":es Attention.
Bridging the eliasin of one hundred and tliirty-eight yeais that
'have elai)sed since tiie daiing ride of Jane I'arks MeDowell, to noli
ly Anieriean soldiers in Sugar Oreek that the Hritisli had cxacuatcd
('iiarlotte, a fi-w score Charlotte peo])le gathered yestei'day in tiu-
historic Steel Oreek ncighhoi'hood to attend the presentation of a
marker in honor ot* her memory. Meekleubnrg ('hapter Dauiihteis
(d' the American Revolution, through the Regent, Mrs. J. l.cnoir
(Chambers, preseided the stone to the descendants of Mrs. .McDowell.
The monument is slightly more tlum si.K nules tVtun the city, and
stands on land belonging (o John MeDowell, a descendant of Jane
Parks. It is on the York i-oad at the foot of the hoiiu; place of
J. B. Watt.
Tlie exereises were iudd at ten o'clock in the shade of a wooded
slope, just east of tin; monument on the John IMcDowell place, in
an environment that is ricdi in historic interest and alluring in scenic
charms. In marked contrast to the conditions of 1780 when .Mis. .Mc
Dowell made her historic lidc, every visitor arri\i'd in an autonu)-
bile, the minister, Uev. John W. Orr. pastor of Steele Creek Churcli.
being no exception. Mr. Orr opened the exercises with a brief, l)Ul
tilting prayer, in which he included a jx-tilion lor peace, and in-
\()ked blessings on "all whose lives are touched b>' llie gi-cat noble
(iced of this woman whose memory we commemorate."
^Irs. Chambers.
^Irs. J. Lenoir Chambers, who presided, made the inti'oductory
address in a gi'aceful nuinner. She said: "Standing as the Daugh-
ters of the Anu'riean Revolution do, with theii- primary object that
oi' perpetuation the memory and .spirit of tin- men and women who
achieved America's independence by the ac([uisition and protection
of liistoric spots, ajid by the erections of nn)innnents ; l)\- the i)feser-
\ation of documents and relics of tlu' records of the individual serv-
ices of Revolutionary soldiers and i)atriots. we, as i'epi('seiitati\ es of
the Mecklenbin-g Chapter, Daii-liters of the Amei'ica.i Revolution,
afe most happy to come together today on ibis liistoi-ic spot, and do
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THE MCDOWELLS AND CONNKCTIOxN'S 4i)
rL'\ereiice to the memory ol! tlie great -hearted woman, ihe lo.\al pa-
triot, .Mrs. Jane Parks ^McDowell. I'hrough the geiierosit\- and
eoui'tesy of a friend of this cliai)ter. whieh we I'epresent, and
tiirougii that of other descendants (d' this woman, whose deetl of
valor can never pale, the JMecklenhuig Chapter is not oidy enabled
to i)articii)ate in these exercises, but also has the high i)rivilege and
lienor of presenting this meuiorial of a woman's dauntless courage.
As Regent, therefore, of the ]\[ecklenburg Chapter, Daughters of the
Amei'ican Revolution, and in its name, 1 present to the descendants
of this noble woman, and to the public, this monuiuent to the mcm-
ery of Jane Pai-ks ]\IcDowell."
Mr. ^McDowell Responds.
In response Mr. V. 13. ]\Icl)owell, great-great-grandson of the
heroine, made a characteristically 'bright and ai)propriate speech,
lightened by flashes of humor, lie said: "In behalf of the public
and the descendants, especially, 1 acce])t this beautiful nuii'ker in
granite to perpetuate the memory of a heroine of .Mecklenburg
County and American Revolution. A few years ago 1 accepted an
invitation to the unveiling of a monument at Lexington, Va., en-
tjth'd, 'Virginia's IMouruing for Her Dead.' It was in reeognitioii
of tile valor of the cadets of the Virginia ]\Iilitary Institute, who
saved the tlay for the Confederate cause at the iiattle of Newmar-
ket, Va. Scarcely any of these cadets were out of their teens. Two
iunidred were engaged in a battle, five were l\illed upon the field,
two mortally Avounded, and forty more oi- less seriously injured.
My l)i'other, William Hugh McDowell, was one of the dead, nm\
the only North Carolinian killed. During the aftei'noon of the un-
veiling, as the visitors were seated in the chapel, a nnitron ^vith
gray hair and stately carriage, walked down the aisle and the old
catlets in the audience, catching sight of her, arose en masse, antl
gave her the greatest ovation of the day. It was a spoidancous
tribute to the courage and faithfulness of wonuinhood. Cadet
-Jefferson, one of the two mortally wounded, had tlied at Ium- motli-
cr's home nearby, and with his dying breath asked her, the then
young lady, to take a message in })erson to his mother, forty miles
in the mountains of West Virginia, which was then inhabited by
lawless characters and desjjcrate aiul hostile troojjs. She made good
lici- ])romise, despite all the dangers and hardshi|)s. This act re-
called to me a similar mission executed by Jane Parks ^McDowell, in
our early Revolutionar.y days. '" ' ^ ^Irs. ^McDowell rode ten miles,
over dangerous roads, to give her countrymen the joyful news that
the liritish had evacuated Charlotte. 1 lia\-e some affi.lavits lu'ver
before published, secui'ed from the pension office at Washington,
stating that the Americans were eneami)i'd at that date in the
swamps 1)eyond Sugar Creek Chureli. While the British, in mueh
stronger nundjer, lield Chai'h^tte, it was to this spot, over ten miles
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distant, that our heroine made, iinattejided and uui)r()teeted, this
marvelous ride, it is said with a baby in her arms.
•'; A Remarka'bh' Prayer.
'"Some years ago a South Carolinian sent me a remarkable prayer
delivered l)y a Presbyterian minister named Laey, in Vork ('ounty,
S. C. It was in pamphlet form and elassic in its diction. Thv de-
vont man thanked the Almighty for all the victories achieved by the
American army. In the eoneluding paragraph he said: 'We thank
Thee, especially. Oh, Heavenly Father, for the great, glorious and
culmination victory at the Battle of King's Mountain,' and continu-
ing he added, 'And, Oh, Heavenly Father, we would have had an-
other thing to thank Thee for, if Thou had'st not let the British
destroy Col. Billie Hill's iron works.' I make this quotation from
the i)anii)hlet because it had an association in the event we are now
cele])rating, for Col. William Hill, who owned the only iron works
south of the Tredegar at Richmond, was a grandfather of the late
Gen. D. H. Hill, an accurate historian and a writer of note, who
was well acquainted with the sojis and daughters of the Revoln
tionary soldiers and the history and traditions of this portion of
the Carolinas, and in the early 70 's he published in the "Southern
Home," the first authentic account of the daring and successful i-ide
of Jane Parks jMeDowell, and the Regent of the Mecklenburg Chap
ter, who has tendered this memorial stone, is a descendant of the
noted family of Lacys, to which the author of this rare and human
old prayer belongs. The heroine of this occasion was a modest wo-
man and devoid of pretense, and raised a family of ehddren, none
of whom left any taint on the name; and she did so b> implieating
in their lives the motto of the coat of arms and carved on this stoiu',
that 'Virtue Lives Beyond the Grave.' This motto Avas the symbol of
her life and character, and is the highest conception of the final
award that awaits for duty performed and life well-spent on earth.
Your chapter has the distinction of having departed from the ini^
j.erious and one-sided custom of honoring men alone for tlieir deeds,
but has made a new dejjarture in recognizing the claims of women,
and this shaft will stand unique in IMecklenburg and has few. if
any, counterjiarts eitlier in the State or nation."
^Fr. iMcDowell said the memorial was really inspired by ;\lrs.
C. P. Elliot, oldest granddaughter of Jane IMcDowell, and at her re-
i[uest he read an interesting sketch. It told how John McDowell,
jnis'band of the heroine, was shot in the Battle of Camden, and left
for dead, after being robbed by the British of everything except an
old Avatch, which was secreted in a pocket his wife had made in
his underclothes. This watch was exhibited yesterday and attract-
ed much attention. Mr. McDowell also exhibited a)i exceedingly
handsome brooch, which is a replica of the one which was woi-n by
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52 . THE McDowells and connections
Hobei't the Bruce, and whicli \va.s siiatclied from him by the chiel
oT the ^McDowell (Man in a lerrifie pt-rsonal roml.cit. It is of mani'
moth size, and set witli richly bi-autifui Scotdi [icliliies. Tlie mark-
er 'bears this inscrii)tioii :
"187U
In Memoriam
JANE PARKS, WIFE OF CAPTAIN JOHN M(d)OWELL,
WHO RODE TEN PERILOUS :\1ILFS TO NOTIFV AMERICAN
CAMP OF TfliL liRITlSH EVACPATK^N
OF CHARLOTTE.
ERECTED BY THE .MECKLENBURG CHAPTER, D. A. R."
The exercises were attended by Mv. and ]\Irs. F. B. MeDowell,
.Airs. J. Lenoir Chaml)ers, Regent of ]MeekTenl)urg Chapter, D. A.
R., and the following chapter members: Miss Cordelia \V. Pliifer,
:\lrs. Latta ('. Johnstoii, :\Irs. A. Livingstone Smith, jMrs. J. P.
Duraut, Mrs. E. L. Kecsb'r. ;Miss Anne Parks Hutchison, ]\lrs. A. ]\r.
iMcDonald, ]\lrs. W. P.. Rid.r, Mrs. 1. W. Henderson. Mrs. H. A.
London, ]\riss Julia Rohertstui, .Mrs. -1. :\I. Harry, Miss i\Iary J(din-
ston and Miss Susie Hutchison.
The Signers chapter was represented by ]\Iiss Violet Alexander,
and the Battle of Ciuirlotte, by .Airs. J. V. Caldwell.
Descendants of Jane Parks ^McDowell i)resent includeil :
Messrs. F. B. McDowell, .lohn McDowell, -lohn .M. Harry, R. E.
MeDowell, Mrs. C." P. Elliott, .Mrs. Ba.xter Henderson, Mrs. Clias. E.
AValkcr and daughter, :\[iss Katherine Walker; ]\Irs. A. T. Allen,
Miss Ellen Peoi)lcs and IMiss Fnima Proples and Mv. Henry Peoples.
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i DKSCKN'DAXTS OF -lOlIX .Mel)()\VKI.l>, SR., ANJ) IMS WIFK
■ .IKAX PAKKS.
j 1. John McDowell Ji.
I 2. Hugh.
! ,j()ii\ ..McDowell il
.lOlLX :\IcDOWELL 11, son ol' Juliii .McDowell. Sr., and lli^ wire,
Jean Parks, was horn at Steele Creek, .Mecklenburg Ooiuit \ . X. 0.,
jlarch 18, 3775, and married Keheeea Davis, ilauKliter of Waller
Davis and Rebecca Lycan (see Davis and L\can eonneetioii i .
Rebecca Davis was bom didy 12. 17bU, and died .Mareh 14. 1'.).'):),
agen seventy-eight years.
John McDowell IT, died November '.U, 1843, aged (J8 yeais.
rillLDREX OP JOllX .M<d)0\Vil-:LL 11. AXD lllS WIFE.
REBECH^A DAVIS:
1. John Davis McDowell, born in Steele Creek, Jan. 2.'), 1810,
died Julv 1)5, 1889, aged 7!) years.
2. James Hall, born at Steele Creek, X. C, Sept. 21, 1800; died
Sept. 18, 1801.
3. Jane Parks, born at Steele Creek, N. C, July 12, 1S02; died
August 7, 1848.
4. Rebecca Eliza, born at Steel Creek. X. C. June 24. 1804;
died Sept. 15, 1865.
5. i\Iary Davis, born at Steele Creek, N. C, March 30, 180(J;
died Jan. 4, 1831.
G. Esther Young, born at Steele Creek, N. ('., ]\Lireli 20, 1^08;
died Dec. 24, 1859.
7. iMargaret Lucy Berry, born at Steele Creek, N. ('.. Feb. 12,
1812; died June 25, 1851.
8. Pamelia Caroline, born at Steele Creek, N. C, Feb. 13. 1814 ;
died August, 1844.
9. William Andrew, born at Steele Creek, N. C, Aug. 7, ISKi;
died Feb. 19, 1868.
10. Samuel Hugh, born at Steele Creek, N. C, Aug. 27. 1818;
died Oct. 14, 1842.
11. Robert Wallace, born at Steele Creek, N. C, Feb. 23. 1S21 :
died Oct. 14, 1889.
(See "Children of John :\reD()well II, and His Wile. Relceea
Davis, With Their Descendants and Coiuiections."
iircjH McDowell.
HITCH MeDOWELL, son of John .McDowell, Sr., and his wife,
Jean Parks, married ^largai'et Irwin, daughter of Cen. Robiit liwin.
one of the signers of the ^lecklenburg Declaration of TndepeiKb'iiee.
(See Cen. Robert Ii-Avin.)
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Mother or John Davis .McD.iwi'll and ,m-ajnliiionu'r ol' .Jolm
HuKh .MeDowi'll. Shf was born July 12, 17m). and died
March 14, KSTiS. 'ajvA 7S .\ears, S months and li days.
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I'lIlLDREX OF HUGH AND .MAlUJAPviKT JKWiN McDOWELL :
1. ,)ohii llaiuiltoii .McDowell.
2. Hoht'i-t 1. Mc-I)()\vrll.
;!. Sarah McDowi-ll.
4. William .Mi-Doui'll.
.'). Kiiirluio Mt'DoNVc'll.
(i. Maigaret ^klcDowcll. wlio married Andrew Lawsoii
l^arry. (See liarry Line.)
7. Jauf, who married Moses Neely. (See Xeel\' l.iiic.i
(Se.- •DKSCKNDANTS OF llTCai AND :\IAK(iAHK'r 11{\VIX
MeDOWKLL, WITH TIIKIK OONXEOTIONS." )
:\lAli(JAHKT .MeDOWEI.L.
MAKOAKKT MeDOWKLL, dau'jfhter oL" .loiiu MeDowell. Sr.,
and his wife, -le.m l*ai'ks, was horn April G, IT.s-J, and died -luue 7.
184(i. Slu- mari'ieil Kiehard I'.ai'r.w Jr., son of Kieliai'd I'.arry, Sr..
one of tlie sijrners of the Meekiinj^hiirg Deelaratiou of Independenee,
who was of Seoteh-Irish descent, and settled in i\lecklenhiirg County,
X. ('., long hefore the Revolution. .Margaret ^leDowell Uarry, with
her hushand, is l)uried at Hopewell. Children:
1. ^ylary :M. Harry, 'horn Aug. 18. 18UG; died Ai)ril !), Ls:{;{.
2. Ann" Ataline liarry, horn Dee. 2, 1808; died -hnu' 21.
1880; married David Harry.
;}. ,lane L. Harry, hoi-n Mareh 29, 1811 ; died May 11. 187G;
married W. A. Sample.
4. Elinor Harry, married Hatt(! Irwin. (See Wm. Irwin.-
DKSCKXDAXrs OF AXX HAKUV AXD DAVID HAKKV (See
Harry Line.)
1. ,lohn F. Harry, horn Aug. 21). 1.^20; died Aug, 7. 1-^71.
V See ••Harry Line." /
2. Uii-hard H. Harry, innii Oet. 27. ]^.',\ ; died .\.a •'., \^.:,:>.
:]. ^Villiam Hatte Harry, horn Feh. 2G. 1&:U; died -luue 17,
188').
4. ^^largaret K. Harry, horn Oet. ;n, 18;5G; <lied April t,
1895: married James S. Henderson.
5. :\lartha Elinor Harry, born July 1842; (Ued May 22.
1S97; married U. S. Haruetto.
DESCEXDWTS OF -lAXE BAUKV AND AV. A. SAMl'LE.
1. Alartlia 'E. Samj.le. horn Sept. 8, 18:52; .lied Sept. 20,
IS.") 7.
2. .1. -Me. Sample, liorn -Ian. 17, 1835.
;;. Davitl 1. Sample, horn August G, 1837.
4 .luhn W. Sample, horn Feh. 28, 1840.
5. Ihmh H. Sample, horn S..pt. 29, 1843.
G. :\[argaret Jane Sam|.h'. hoiu Aug. 1!», 184G: marru'd S.
.1. Al.d-:irov.
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THR McDOWT^^LLS x\ND CONNECTIDNS
("lllLDRlvX OK M.\U(iAUi:T Iv IIAKIJV AND -I A M KS S.
IIIONDKKSON:
1. Aiiiiic" lliiny.
2. .Martinet ll;iiry.
:{. lluKli llany.
4. Canic lliiii\. • -
.'). Rosa llai'iN .
(). iMij^t'iiia llany.
7. William llany.
5. Walirr Hairy.
Aiiiiif niai'i-icd William .laniison.
WILLIAM I'.ATI'l': ILMIL^' married a:\lis.s Lawiu--. Issue: 1,
Susan; 1^. i^llcn ; :>. NaiiU' iinkuowii. Susan marrit-d an Alicniatliv.
Idlrii also iiian-ir.l an Ahciaiat li\ . All lived in llopeweH. X. ('.
AliKLML .MrDOWLLL.
•2. AIUOAIL :\Iel)()Wi':LL, (lan-lihT (d' .Mary .M(d)()\vell, was
1,01-u Oi-toihei- 5. 1740. and married Woliert .MeLeary. uf Meeklculnir-.
I'ouutv N. ('., a hrolluT of (it'ueral .MeLeary, of Revolutionary
HLlZAI'>F/riI MeDOWKLL.
:L KLlZABF/ril MeDOWHLL, dau<ihter ol' Mary ^fcDowidl.
was lioni in 1788; and died in ]807, married Colonel Samuel Wat-
sou, of liethel noiglihorlu)od, York Distriet. S. I'.
Coi.ONEL WATSON was a faithful, brave, heroic soldier in
the war of the Kevolution. He caine South with llie .McDowells
and was a ruling elder of Bethel Cliureh. Ih' died in 1S08, aged
^!) years.
"children of SAMFFL WATSON AND FLlZAliKTlI
McDowell.
1. INIAin', who married a Howe, who was killed in the
Hattle of HangiuK Roid<, S. C. .Mary afterwards mar-
ried an Eakins. and moved to l"'ast Tennessee.
2. J A:\IES, wlio married near Pendleton, S. C.. and died
in 18G4, aged eighty-two years.
3. JOHN, born in 1770, and died in 18:50. aged si.\ty ye irs.
jMoved to East Tennessee.
4. DAAMD, ))orn Feb. 27, 1772 and died in 18:59. He mar-
ried IMargaret Adams, born April, 1780. lie was the
father of Rev. S. l.i. Watson, who mari'ied Nancy Han-
nah Neal (See Neel Connection, i)age — ), and David
' :\IcEweji Watson, who was born Jan. 24, 1814, and died
'v. .. t.:,.p| 4^ -IS."):), mai-ried :\|ary Jaue Anderson. l)orn I"'eh.
'i» f i 24. 1824. and died at Chester, S. C. Dee. :50, 1S82. Is
sue of Diivid .M.d'Aven Watson and Mary -Jane Aiider-
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son: 1. Klizaheth, boni at Clay Hill, Nov. 5, lti4U;
(lied Jan. 1, 'iSS-.i. 2. Kiuiua, hoiirat Clay Hill, Jan. 1^1,
1848. 3. John AikKtsoh. horn at Clay Hill, Dee. 18,
1849; died Nov. T), l!)()li. 4. Sallie Storr, horn at Clay
Hill, Jan. ;{, 1852. .'). David Samuel, horn at Clay Hill,
Oct. f), 1834. Sallie Stoi-r Watson uiarri.d James H.-nry
Anderson, borij at Spai-tanhiirg, S. C., Auj--. 10, 1848.
They were married at Clay Hill, Yoik County, S. i'.,
July 15, 1873. Issue: 1. Mary Kli/abeth, l»orn at Spar-
tanhurg County, Aug. 31, 1S74. 2. David Watson, horn
at ^loore, S. C., July 14, 1S77. 3. James ^layson. hoiii
at Moore, S. C., Feh. 'J, iSSl. 4. Samuel Alouroe. horn
at jNloore, S. C., Feh. 20, 1S83. 5. John llersehel, hoin
at :Moore, S. C., Aug. 14, 1885. 6. P.essic Belle, horn at
Mooi'e, S. C., Dee. 27. 1888. 7. Iloraee Hroekman. horn
at ]\loore, S. C\, Nov. 14. 181)0. 8. Katherine, horn .it
:Moore, S. C, June 18, 18!)3. David Watson, son oi'
James Henry Aiulerson and Sallie Storr Watson, mar-
ried ]\Iaude Comfort.
5. HUGH, son of Flizahclji :\IcDowell and Col. Samuel
Watson, died in Uethel, S. ('., aged 5!) yea is.
6. Wild J AM, who nmrried :\rargaret l^irks. daughter ol
Hugh Parks (See Parks Conneetion, ])age — j, at Steele
Creek, N. €.., was horn in 1778, and died in 1854, aged
seventy-six years. His wife, IMargaret Parks, dird in
18G6.
7. Elizabeth, daughter of PJi/ahcth MeDowell and Col.
Samuel Watson, married John Hari-y, whose ancestor
was Andrew liarry, of lievolutionary fame. Issue:
]\Iary, John, Samuel, Amircw, 1/harlie, William, John
and Samuel, went to Texas, hut left families in Tt-n-
nessec. William died in iMissouri, ami left a famil.\ of
foui- daughtei's, as follows: Mary, horn Sept. 22, 1775:
died Jan. 14, 1888. iMargaret, Eliza, Kate. Margaret
married Oliver Alexainler. FJiza nuirried Richard Par-
ry. Eliza's children all dead except ICmma Burnett,
who lives near l*alestine, Texas. Kate mariied John
Sloan (il)rother of Amlrew ^Vfoore Sloan, who mai'i'ied
Sarah I\lel)owell, daughter of Hugh and .Maigaret Ir-
win McDowell).
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Barry, married William Henders(ui. .Mis. Alice Me-
Whorter, of Tiongview, Texas, is a daughtei. ]\Irs. .Mc-
Whorter's daughtei-, Mary, married h'ev. S. i\I. Tenny,
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REV. S. L. WATSON.
Hev. Samuel Watson, son of David Watson and his wife, Mar-
garet Adams, and the grandson of Elizabeth MeDowell, was born
in 17!)8, where Bethel Chiireli, York District, S. U., is, and of which
his father was elder. He was licensed to i)reach by the South (Jaro-
liua I'res'bytery in 182G and in 18'J7 was employed by Steele Creek
Church. In 1828 three-fourths of his time was given to Steele Ci-eek
ami one-fourth lo Ebenezer Church, York District, S. (J. He died
June 1869. aged seventy-one years. He married Nancy Hannalv
Neal.
WALTER DAVIS, SENIOR, HIS CHILDRKX AND THEHi
DESC'ENDANTS.
WALTER DAVIS, SR., married Rebecca Lycan of Wales. He
died Dee. 18, 1800, aged sixty-five years. Rebecca Lycaii was born
in 1736 and died March 1, 1784.
CHILDREN OF WALTER AND REBiECCA LYCAN (KNOWN)
1. John Lycan Davis.
2. Walter Davis, Jr.
3. Elijah Davis.
4. James Davis.
5. William H. Davis.
6. Refbecca Davis, who married John :\rcDowcll, II.
7. JNIary Davis, who married Hugh Parks, Jr.
8. Esther Davis.
JOHN LYCAN DAVIS was born in Tennsylvania in 1763. Hi^
])arents removed to North Carolina when he was (luite young. He
|>rofessed religion alone in the woods at 18 years of age, and shouted
aloutl the praises of the Lord. He nuirried Jane Elliott in 1788.
Issue: 1. James Elliott. 2. Rebecca. 3. Andrew.
After the death of Jane Elliott, his first wife, he married Eliza-
beth Hell, and by her had nine children. In 1803 he removed from
North Carolina and settled in Wilson County, Tenn., where he died
February, 1840. Rebecca Davis, daughter of John Lycan Davis,
nuirried John Martin, of Rutherford County. Tenn., and had eight
children. One of her daughters nuirried Alpasa Young, a minister,
and moved to Texas. Another daughter married and moved to West
Tennessee. James Davis, son of John Lycan Davis, commenced to
study law before the Civil War. Nai-eissa, another daugiiter of
Jolm Lycan Davis, married Ceorge Smith. P. Y. Davis, another
son of John Lycan Davis, was born in AVilson County, Tenn., in 1805.
Early in life he united with the Presbyterian Church, and before
he was twety-one years old he was licensed to iireach. The country
was sparsely settled at that time, and he traveled over much ter-
ritory, building up the weak churches, preaching often twice a day,
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as the supply oi' uiiiii.stcr.s was inadequate. In lS-'!7. at tlie age of
;i2, he married Eleanor (Jwyu. Issue: 1. William Knliert.-,oii, married
31ary Foster. They had several ehildreii. '1. Uaiis(;m (iwyu, who
entered the t'onfederate Army at the agr (jf 18. and onlx- survived
three months. A. Sarah Jv, who married W. .M. Suddarth. 'Ihey re-
side in Lebanon, Temi., and have a numhi-r of t-hihlren. 4. Mary
Kleanor (married name unknown).
After the death of his first wife P. Y. Davis married Louisiana
Young. They had three ehildren, two of whom dii-d young, tiie
other, Walter Young.
After the tleath of i.ousianna Young, V. V. iMivis married a
widow, Auu'riea Young, wiu> was drowm-d six months hiler. at-
ti'uipting to eross the Cuudierland Ifiver at Carthage, Teiin. Iliv
married the fourth tinu' to liaelnd llallam.
AVAl/rEK DAVIS. Ml., son of Walter and Keheeea Lyean Davis,
had a daugiiter, l^'heeea, who mari'ied K/.t-kiel Diekson, of Fa\tlte
County, Tenn., whose daughter, Mary, mai'ried William rattnii.
ELIJAH DAVIS, son of Walter and liebecoa Lyean Davis, lived
the last ten years of his lil'i- in Oliion County, Tenn. He died about
LS40, aiul left four sons and one or two daughtei'^. John, the oldest
son, died about 1865, aiul left a family with several children. Joseph
]>avis lives in Missouri, and has a wife and fandly. Sam\n'l Davis
married twice and lives in Obion County. Tenn. A dauglitir of
I'dijah Davis married William .Moon. They live in ^Madison County,
'i'enn,
ESTHER DAVIS, daugiiter of Walter and liebeeea i>ycan
Davis, married Jolin Hell, of North Cai-olina, in 1800, ami later
moved to Tenncsseen. Issue: L Jane. 2. l\ol)ert. J.Mary. 4. Angic
:>. Samuel K. 6. John E. 7. William. 8. :\lartha.
Ivobert Hell nuii-ried h:ii/al)eth Koan. lie was a mmistei- and
vnuch lovetl by the ehureh. Ih; dird about 184:', in his 47tti ,\(ar.
He left a large family. One of his sons was an eminent \n\\}cv.
His daughters all nuirried e.xeellent gentlemen.
WILLIAM 11. DAVIS, son of Walter and Hebccea Lyean Davis,
settled near Kutherford County, J'enn., in 182.'). Ills sou. Dr. Joseph
AV. Davis, died at Smyrna, Tenn., in LS!)!), and Dr. Davis' son, Wal-
lace, lives there now. He married Hat tie Hroekcn.
REHEOCA DAVIS, daughter of Waller and Kcnbeeea Lvfan
Davis, married John 'MeDowell 11. (See John .MeDowell 11.)
.MARY DAVIS, daughter of Walter and Rebeeea Lyean Davis,
married Hugh Parks, Jr. (See Parks Connection.)
JA:\H]S DAVIS, son of Walter Davis and Lrbccca Lyean, mar-
ried Prudence Hell (see sketch).
WALTER DAVIS 1. A.\D Df:sCL.\ I ) A NTS.
James l^avis (son of Waller Davis. Si\. and K* beer;! L\-eaii
Davis) married Prudeiiee liell. who was a native of Count.N •Down,"
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h'elaiul. They lived on Alliine Creek, in Provitleiicti Towiisliip. Tiiey
had three sons and five danghters. Tlie sons wwc Saniut'l Asbiii-y,
John Newton, and James Ililliard. ^IMie (hiu<i,liters wvvc Mariah. Ilct-
lie, Angi'lina, Jane and Mary.
Samuel Ashury married Elizabeth Stitt of Providence Township.
They iiad five ehidren, James Taylor, John Newiuii, and Margaret:
Jane dietl early in life; .Susan never married, anil died l-\l>niary 7,
1904. at the home of her sister, Julia, in Charlotte, of heart failure.
General James Taylor Davis, .son of Samuel and Elizabeth Stitt
Davis, gratluated at Emery and Henry College, Va., at tlie age nf sev-
eideen (17), studied law under Judge Pearson and was licensed in
1857 before he was quite twiMit.N' \'ears old. Traveled a \('ar, as the
license eould not be given to one undi-r twenty-one, and the license
vas sent him and was a compliment to his ndnd. In the war of the
"(iOs he enlisteil in the Hornet's Nest Kifles and they only enlisted for
si.\ moidiis; he returned and joined in organizing the Fort>-innth
Regiment, State trooi)s, with others — eai)tain of Company F. He
uas promoted to jMajor and then to Lieuti'nant-(k)lonel, and on the
25th of March, lcSG5, at the battle of Harris Hill, he was shot and
mortally wounded. For his gallantly in that charge he was pro-
moted to Brigadier-General, but died, before the connnisison reached
liim, from the wound. The.se were his last wrds, ''I owe my countr.\-
nothing," to Colonel S. 11. Walkup of ^lonroe.
Jidia Davis, daughter of S. A. Davis, married her cousin, Mar-
cellus L. Davis, son of James II. Davis, June 1st, 1865. They liad
tliree children, Juanita and Alice Oliver, who died young, and one
son, James Taylor, who died at twelve years of age, of niucli promise.
Having spoken at his Sunday school ceh'bration, was gi'eatly ap-
plauded; sick even then, died next day of appendicitis — a disea.se not
then known to the medical i)rofi'ssion.
John Newton Davis, son of James and Prudence Davis, was a
iiiend)er of the South Carolina conference. He married Miss Annie
West of Savannah, Ga., and died in ^lecklenburg in 18-18, was buried
i'l the South Carolina Confederate burying ground in Columbia. S. C.
His widow went back to Savannah.
Mrs. Elizabeth Stitt Davis died February 14th, 1849. Three
years later S. A. Davis married i\Iiss Ellen Alexander of Hawkins
County, Tenn. James Ililliard Davis, son of James and Prudence
Davis, married Jane D. Lee, of whom he had three children — one son,
Marcelhis Leonidas; two daughters, Alice Oetavia and Adelaide Eu-
genia. Alice nmrried IMajor William ]\I. Smith of Tennessee. They
moved to Bosque, Texas, where he died January 25, 1894, and his
wife followed on the 25th of Febnuiry, one month later. Adelaide
died young. Mariah Davis nuirrieil Rev. Jacob Hill of South Caro-
lina conference. They had eight children, five sons and three daugh-
ters. John Wesley, the ohlest son, married Margaret Kistler of Lin-
colnton and died October 12, 1800. The only son, Alexander G., died
at five xi'ixvs of aici'. Jane Delilah Hill mari'ied Hart l)a\'is: no chil-
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tlreii. Mary Elizabeth Hill was horn February G, 1852. She is a
willow Dunn, with several ehihlreii livinj^' near liozzle Ferry. Mar-
tha Lueinda was born July 9th, 1854, ami married danirs Me(Jol-
ough. Ellen LiiviMiia, borii July 'Ad, 185G, marricil Jaek Hailes. Mar-
i;arct i'alherine, l)orn July 8tli, 1858, married Jerome .MeFIwell ot"
South Carolina. Mary Joanna, born June, 18G0, married liob lloovL-r.
Kev. Jacob Hill died June IGth, 18G5, aged 65 years. William As-
)(ury married Sallie Lytle; they lived in Kock Hill, S. (.'. Samuel
Jaekson married Janie llembert of Sumter, S. C. ; raiseil (juite a fam-
ily. He was a member of the South Carolina conferenee. Heniy
Davis Hill died a member of the Oeorgia conferenee (in Savannah).
Jacob died in Kingston Hospital of tyi)lioid fever in 18();}. The
daughters were Jane Hill, who married Thomas Rozelle; they had
tliree sons, Durant, Thomas and Jacoli. Mary Hill mairird Lawson
Kistler; three children, Jane, Samuel and Mattie. Mattie Hill mar-
ried Frank Wilkinson ; they had one son and two daughters, Mt^y-
uardie, Annie and Julia Davis. Tlie son is married and has three
children. They live at Old Fort. Julia married ^Ir. Robert Sim-
r:ons of Rutherford, N. C.
Hettie Davis, daughter of James and Prudence, nmrried Audrey
Crockett, went west and had a large family. Only one son ever came
to visit his people, James Davis Crockett, who came in 1865.
Angelina Davis, daughter of James and Pnidence Davis, married
Abram Alexander, who went west and moved to Tuspen Valley, Mex.,
and died there. The children, when last located, were in Yuba City,
Colorado. Jane Davis, daughter of James and Prudence Davis, nmr-
ried Thomas Webb.
JOHN DAVIS McDowell.
JOHN DAVIS McDowell, son of John McDowell II and his
wife, Rebecca Davis, was born near Steele Creek, Mecklenburg County,
X. C., January 25, 1810, on the farm settled by his grandfather, John
jMcDowell, Sr., of the Revolutionary War. He received a good Eng-
lish education in the best schools the country then afforded. At the
early age of sixteen he joined Steele Creek Presbyterian Church. This
church was organized in 1760, and his parents and grandparents
were prominent members of it until their deaths. At the age of 22
he married Nancy Hunter Irwin, daughter of William Irwin and
granddaughter of General (or officially Colonel) Robert Irwin. The
wedding occurred May 10th, 1832, the bride being seventeen years,
ten months and sixteen days old. On Oct. 25th following, he, wife,
and five negroes, given them by their parents, started in wagons
with spike (three-horse) teams, across the mountains of western
North Carolina, Eastern Tennessee and Middle Tennessee, to (lib-
son County, West Tennessee. They were one month on the road,
reaching their home in the wildwoods five miles south of Trenton,
Tenn., Nov. 25, 18.32. On the journey they often camiied out at
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wlifi*' sign hoards w i-ih' unknown and roads wiit srarcc. whore
\\(»lvrs ami |)anlhrrs liow h'd and sm-anicd cvrry niiihi ; hul tUcst;
friontitTSMH-n had hrconn- innrcd to wihl and rim'4rd li\rs, and
lint til' diriicultics of frontier life wilh tlial eouia-v and unflineh-
ing deiennination that eliar.iet ei'i/cd the Se(.l(di-I ii>h earl\ selth-rs.
John l)a\is M(d)o\\cll jiileln'd iiis tents in the woods where
nut an acre of hui.l had hern -deaivd. 11,- heWed iu-s and erected
h.ii; honses for hiniself and sla\es. Tlu're were m* s.iwniiUs in tlM)se
iii.\s, and tln-y rii)|)ed out with wliip saw two-iin-h .shihs and iiia(h'
l-iineiieon floors. They had ihen to elear up land on w hicdi to
make the jn'Xt y<-ar's crop. They would eln)p down trees all da\-
and l.ui-n hrnsli at Jiijiht until !» o'eloek. lie was a man of fine
.^lalure, six feet, two iin-lns hiuli, aiiil wi-ij^-hed iSd |)ounds, of great
(■(uistitulioM and enci\m-tie in whatever he underlook. Sottn after
settling ill (lihsoii eouidy he and his wife joined Shiloh Cliuich.
lour miles northeast of llumholdt, Teiiii., was soon i'leeled a ruling-
eider, and held this olfiee forly-si.\: years, lu KS.'.ii he moved his
mem:.ersliii) to the Treidon rresl).\ teiian Chui'eh, retaining his
memhershii) there until 187;}. Moving to .Memi)his he joim-d the
Lauderdale Street l*resl)yterian ("Iiureh, where he i-enuiiiied until
his death, wliieli oeeurred -lul.\ \-\, ISS!), at the rij)e age of seveidy
nine years, five months and nineteen days, and was buried in K\m-
wood rVmetery, Memphis, Teini. On his tond)stoe is the .MeDowell
eoat of arms, taken from his gi-andfalher's tombstone, Steel Cr ek
•loliii Davis McDowell was a man loved and lesjx-eted l)y all
who knew him. lie had no andiilioii for office and lU'Ver held any
^ave that of .lustiee of the I'eaee and ('oiinty -Indge. He belonged
lo the Odd Fellows' fraternit \-, and was for fift\- yeais a sti'ong
advorite of tempei-aiice and for the abolition of the saloon. His
life -vas religion; he talked it and lived it. His uniform custom
was to call his family around the hearthstone at night and Sunday
mori i:-g for i)rayer, and when he died his spirit was wafted by
angelie wings to the haNcii of eternal bliss in the r( alms of glorw
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XANCV H[INT1-:R IKWIX, wife of John Davis McDowell, was
lu)rii .hine U, 18U, near Ste(de Creek, N. C, on the old homestead
settl" 1 by her gi'andfather. Col. Kobert Irwin. She was the only
(!aug:.fer of William li-win and Lydia liirdsoiig, and received a
goo(' .ducation in the liest schools of the country. She was a wo-
man o" great constitution ai'd miergy. and it was said of her in
the «':ivs of family looms when e\-ery family wove elolli at home,
that -'■'(' could cai-d and s|)iM six cuts a da\-, l)esides .ill.-nding to
her household duties. At an early age she j)r(d'essed I'cligion and
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joined Steele (.'reek Cliui-eli, N. (".. and foi- sixly-seveii yeai-s she
[was a consistent devoteil lueiubcr of tlie ehuri-li. Siic died at tlie
dioiiie of her .son, dohn 11. .M(d)owell, near I'uion Cit} , Trim., on
jSept. 2;], 1899, at the ^^ood old a«;e ot eighty-five yrar.s, tlirc.'
iiioidhs and six days. A few liours hefori' her death she said: "Tell
my ehildren who are absent 1 aui perfectly happy and willing to
die." She died in the joy aiid'ti'iinnph of Ihe Lord, with thai jjcaee
(if soul and eahn repose that conieth only to the ehildicii nl (iod.
''There is no death, the sun goes down
To rise upon aiu)thei' shore, . ■ ,
Where throughout all eternity,
She dwells with (iod foi'everniore."
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WIN Me DO WELL:
1. William Wallace M(d)ow.'ll. hoi-n .huie liti, \^X\ ; died
April aO, 1004.
'2. Cortlelia Felicia llenuins .M(d)owell. horn June 13, l.s;{5 ;
died i\Iav 24, 1913.
;{. Rebecca .Jane McDowell, l)orn .Mai-eh 21, 1837; died
April 20, 1912.
4. .lessie Irwin .McDowell, born Oct. iW, 18.39; died .Mav
26, 18G0.
T). Roxana McDowell, born -Ian. o, 1S42; dieil June 2.'),
18G2.
G. John Hugh McDowell, born Dec. 12. 1843.
7. Laura Ann McDowell, born March F'). ISIG.
5. Sanuu'l I. McDowell. I'oru Sept. 4. 1>4S; died June 7.
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9. Lu:ner M.Dow.U. 1 or:; M.uv:. 13. 1>^T : die.) \\\ ;: ;.i:\.>
10. Ven.er M.Dowvi;. : or:: M..rvi; ^. iSou; did D^. 22.
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REKFaTA ELIZA McTX~»\VELL. d..ugnur of -FL.: av.A K-
1 eeea Davis MvDowolL was 1u»ru Jir.ie 24. 18i>4. ivu.niid Immun H
Sinnril. of YorkviUe, S. (\, Jan. 11. 1>27. Thev wore niombors of
the Presbyterian Chnreh. of which he was an effieieid and active
ebler. ReFeeca Eliza Sindrill died Sept. F"), 18G.'). Of lids marriage
was born three daughtei's:
F Re'beeeaJane, born Jan. 4, 1828; died Jinie 17, 1874.
2. Mary Henrietta, born l^oc. 7. 1880, and died'Oct 10
1857. Buried in Voikville, S. C.
3. Lenora Emaline. boi-n .March 16, 185—; died Julv 25
1907.
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Rebecca Jane Simiril was iiiarriea to Dr. T. C Nt-el (hi'^ther-
iii-law of her uncle, Kohert W. MrDowelh ( se,- Neil line). Aug. Ki,
1848. Issue:
Tjenora h^imiril Nell, horn May !». IS.lf).
Frank Simiril, horn Sept. 27, 1857.
William Henry Neel, born Dee. 17. 18rvj; tlied Nov. (i, 1863.
Frank Simiril NL-el. son of T. C and KelnMca -lane Ne^l, was
ele<;ted deacon of Sugar Creek Presbyterian Climeh, when only
twenty years old; after the death of his father in 1m1)., 1.S!»7, was
elected elder to fill his father's place, which posiiiou In- still holds.
The matter of eldership has certainly been laid down for I'our or
Jive generations in this county.
:\rary Henrietta Neel was il)orii Jan. 1:5, 18(i2; died Feb. 1!KJ().
Robert :\IcDowell Neel was born July 26, , ajid died May
2'J, 18G5.
Cora Hannah Neel was born Nov. 17, 1865.
Lenora S. Neel marrii'd Rev. Clialmers .Mooru, a I'resbyterian
minister. He died in Cheraw, S. C., at the home of bis moiiier.
They had no children.
*Frauk S. Neel married iKlizabeth Cahlwell, daughter of Miiton
and Kate ]\Ioore Caldwell, of Sugar Creek. They had five ehildrcn:
isatc, Frank, Caldwell aiul Ernest and William Henry.
:\rary Henrietta Neel nmrried Charles II. Caldwell, who sur-
vives her with two daughters, Rebecca and lOsthcr.
Cora Hannah Neel married C. P. Muri.hy, (d' Inion, S. C. lie
died suddenly tlie .same day Chalmers ]\loore was buried, the oldest
and youngest sisters were left widows in one day. ('ora has a
daughter, J.ouisc, who is teaching in the graded school at lJnu)a
S. C.
:\Iary Henrietta Simiril nnirried Rufus Weeks January, 1851.
He died in 1857. No children.
Lenora Enudine Simiril, youngest daughter of Ilebecca Tdi/a
and Frank 11. Sinnril, was njarried :\lareh 20, 185.S, to Dr. J. lien
derson, of Sugar Creek. They had six daughtei-s ami two sons:
Margaret H. Henderson was born July 7. 185!).
,^.;,, , Fannie Eli/.a Hend<-rson was born Ang. 2;!. ISGI.
Pinkney Cahlwell Henderson, was liorn Jainiarv. 186t.
Daisy Henderson was born Jan. 20, 1867.
''^^'' Simirill iMcDowell was born Jan. 1:5, 186!); married Pearl
i'^V'I"M' Oaker, of Fayet leville, N. C.
May Henderson.
^"•'//.- •" Lucy Henderson. :, :r
Josie Henderson was born Novennber, 1876.
Dr. J. Hender-son died in 1878. They lived eight miles north of
Charlotte on the Stalesville road.
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^largaret H. Henderson married Dr. .John R. hwm, who was
born \h'°2'J, 1853; marru-d F.-l). VJ, 1.^79. l.s.iu-:
Herbert Irwin, born Dec. 6, 1879.
Mary Irwni, born March :{. 1882; married Wm. Ile.ny
lielk. A i)rominent Colonial Damr.
Henderson Irwin, boi-n June 1^^, 1S84.
John Henderson, l»orii Sei)t. l;")^ 1887.
Hatte Irwin, born Sept. 15, 1887.
Julia Irwin, born Feb. 18, 18'J0.
McKnitt Irwin, l)orn July 11. 1893; died 1897.
.lohu K. Irwin is the only son of Batte Irwin and the ^M-al
aiandson of Gen. Robert and Mary A. Irwin.
" Dr. John Irwin is one of Charlotte's noted physii-ian>. nul i^
an active member of the Second I'rfsbyterian Church.
Pinknev C Henderson was married to Miss Julia Duwd, -lun-;
15 1897 Issue: David, born -Ian. 3, 1899; died Feb. 1, 1902. Lcora
Simiril Henderson, born Sept. 15, 1901. P. C. Henders»,n. born
Sept. 25, 1903.
Daisy Henderson was married ^lay 8. 1888, to Dr. W Uson, or
Catawl)a' County. Issue: Eva Rebecca, l)orn Ang. 2o. 1890. ami
Helen Lenora. born Nov. 24, 1892.
Lenora Simiril Henderson's other children, are at the old home.
Simiril :McDowell is a fine physician.
JANE PARKS McDowell.
Jane Parks ifcDowell, daughter of John McDowell, II. and his
wife Rebecca Davis, married Jonathan Reid, Jan. 3, 1882. She
was born Jidy 12, 1802. and died Aug. 7. 1848. Jonathan Reid was
born Sept. 9, 1800; died :\Iay 9. 1860. Issue:
John Mc. Reid, born Nov. 25, 1824; died Dec. 18. Ib41.
William W. Reid, born Nov. 17, 1826; died Dec. 18. 1841.
Samuel Watson Reid. born Dec. 12, 1831; died Dec. 24,
1902. ^ ^ _
John and W^illiam were drowned in :McAlpm Creek, Dee. lb.
1841 John was attending school in Providence, under the care of
Rev ' Cvrus Johnston. A vacation for Christmas was given and
Wiliiam had gone horseback for John. The creek was swollen and
both drowned.
CHILDREN OF SA:\IUEL WATSON REID AND JANE
PATTERSON PRESSLY :
1. Jonathan, born at Steele Creek, .\i>ril 8. 1855; married
Lizzie Clark, at Pineville, N. C. Nov. 15, 1876.
2 James Presslv. l)orn at Steele Creek. April 22. 18o7, mar-
ried Lula Kirkpatrick, Sharon, N. C, Dec. 24, 1889. Issue: Ellen
Moore, born at Sharon. N. C, Sept. 17, 1891 ; Walter Kirkpatrick,
born Nov. 20, 1893; Louisa, born May 15, 1898.
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:;. William Lowry Keid, boni .May 27, 185'J, unmanied.
4. Laura Jane, born S('i)t. 21, 1861; died Nov. G, 18G3.
.'). .Mary Ellen, born Oct. }A, l8(j;J; died Nov. 18, 181)3; married
\U'\ . .KjIiu \V. Moore. .Sbu went to .Jai)an as a missionary, and re-
turiit'd in 18i)3, broken dowji in health, ami soon ilied. She was a
mo^t lovely eharaeter, greatly esteemed liy all who knew her.
li. Robert :Mel)owell Keid, born Aug. 20, 1805, nmrrit-il Lelia
Siiei)i)ard, at Gastonia, N. C, April 28, 181)7. Issue: Fraiieis Allen,
boin Sept. 3, 1898; Robert MeDowell. born June 2. liXJl ; .Martin
Shulord, born Oct. 3, 190G.
7. Samuel Watson, born Sei)t. 9, 18G7. Unniarrifd.
A HRIKF BlOGRAl'liV OF .MAJOR S. AV. RKID.
.Major Samuel Watson Keid, third son ol" Joantiian and Jane
.Mi-Dowell Reid, was born Deeember 12, 1831, in .Meeklenbui'g Coun-
ty, North C.'arolina, a few miles south of the eity of C'liarlottc
His i)rimary education was obtained in the common sehooK of
his iH'ighborhood. At the age of fourteen he was sent to a liij^li
school in Yorkville, S. C, taught by a Mr. Jacobs.
In K^i9 he entered Erskine College, Due West, S. (".. and was
graduated from that institution in the summer of 18')3.
On February 22, 1854, he was married to Jane Patterson Press-
ly, daughter of the Rev. James P. Pressly, D.D., professor of (Jreek
in Erskine College. She died in 1872, the nn)ther of nine rliihlifn,
as follows:
Jonathan, James, Pressly, William, Lov.-ry, Eaura Jane. Mary
lOlleii, Robert McDowell and Samuel Watson.
Laura Jane died at the age of two years, and two other eliililren
died in infancy. All the others lived to the age of nnituiit\ and bc-
eame useful and respected citizens, some of them attaining eniinence
in their callings; one of them as an educator, a daughter was a
missionary of the Presbyterian Church to Japan, one a popular |)liy-
sieian, one a mini.ster of the A. R. P. Chureh, now a i)astor iji Louis-
ville, Ky., and two successful farmers.
]Ma,ior Reid's second marriage on July 29, 1873, was to Anna
Eleanor Pressly, daughter of Dr. William Adams Pressly, of Meck-
lenburg, who survives hiuL
After completing his education ^Major Reid chose the puisuit
of agriculture and settled on a good farm about ten niiK-s soii'li of
Charlotte, where he si)ent the gi'eater portion of his lil'.'.
He was a nmn of more than ordinary ability and much public
spirit, llis neigbl)Ors recognized his worth and fitMim-nt l\- called
him to serve them in a ])ul>lic capacity. For a time be served as a
member of Ihc Board of County Conimisioners. lie was made a
member of the County lioard of Education in 1872. lie was elected
by the ])eople of Mecldenburg to icpresent them in the lower House
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of tile liCgislature, where lie served two terms. ]*ei-liap.s the most
distiiiguislieil serviee he reiulered his lellow-men was in the eiiaet-
lueiit of the "No Fence" law. We are not informed whether the
OfiKiiial eonception of this benefieient measure was his own or not.
At any rate it was his to formulate and introduce and liavt- the
hill j)ass the Legislature and become a law. Beginning with a lew
rownslioi)s in JMecklenburg. C'ounty as an experiment, it lias eon-
tin uid to spread until the whole Southern country is enjoying its
hhssings in the saving of hundreds of thousands of dollars and in
ilu' c.xemijtioji of the peoi)le from untold labor and iiR'onvenienee.
If .Major Jveid lunl left nothing else to remind us of his mission here,
the '"no fence" law will always remain a monument to his memory
in tile hearts of a grateful people.
His last ])ublic service was as a member of the Jiuilding Com-
mittee of ]\leek]enburg's beautiful courthouse, where on a tablet
at the entrance his name is chiseled, together with other meml)ers
of Die eommittee.
Major Keid was equally useful ami honored in the work of the
C'hnreh. For more than forty Aears he was an elder in i kittle Steele
Creek A. ]{. Presbyterian Church. For many years he was a mem-
ber of the Board of Trustees of Erskine College, lie was nuule
agent and canvassed the church for an additioiud endowment of the
('ollege Avith gratifying results. He was also a member of the
Boai'd of Foi-eign ^Missions. He took a deej) intei'est in the Auu'i-i-
ean Bil)b' Society, and' was presicb'ut of thi' Meekb'uhurg County
bi'ancli of this society for thirty years. In Jainmry, 18!)-"), he re-
nu)Ved from his country honu' to the city of Charlotte, wliere he eon-
tinued to live until his death, which occurred on Clirislnuis l-]\r.
Dee. 24. li)()2. ; '
WILLI AI\[ AN1)KK>W IMcDOWKLL.
\VHddA:\I ANDRFW McDOWKLL, son of John .McDowell, II,
and his wife, Rebecca Davis, was born in jMecklenburg County, X.
C, Aug. 7, IHIG. joined the Presbyterian Church at Steele Creek in
early life, was educated at (Jhapel Hill and Washington l'ni\ eisily,
Va. It was his desire to devote his life to the service of (Jod as a
minister, but his health failed to such an extent that he had to aban-
don school and follow agricultural pursuits. He was affable in man
ners, kind-hearted and a pious devoted Christian. On April 21,
1841. he was nmrried to Mary Martha Price, of Mecklenburg Coun-
ty, N. C., daughter of Isaac Price and Nancy Barnett Price, who
lived on Catawba River, near Steele Creek, N. i\ Referring to his
nuirriage he wrote to bis brother that "he had found a wife who
would do him good and not evil all the days of his life." He nioved
to Tennessee and located near Fishersville, Shelby ('(nuity, Tenn..
in the fall of 1841, where he lived until 18.52, when he sold the
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J'arni and boiiglit land oiir mile soutlnvcst of IlickoiN Withe, Fa-
yette County, Tenii. He devoted the remainder of llis lifr to his
farming interests. He was ruling ehier in the i'resh\ teiiau Chuich
at Hickory Witiie about 2o years. ll,. ,|i,.,l Kd). )!).' i,s(i,S.
^lary .Martha Priee .Mel)o\vell. his wife, was horn .ian. 22, 1822,
in Meekicid)urg ("ounty, X. ('.. joiiR-d the Steeh- Creek PrJshvite-
rian Chureii in early life, was educated at Salem, X. ( '. She was
modest, (luiet. ami spent her life in eonseei-ated service to her
master atul devotion to her family. She diecl Oct. 1!), ]S72.
C'lllLDKKX OF WILLIAM AXDKFW MrDOWLLL AND
MAPvY .AIARTIIA I'KICF:
1. Xancy Keheeea .ALd)owell, horn Aj.i'il U, 1842- die, I
Sept. 7, ]84;5.
; 2. Eu])hemia Pj'iee .MeDoweLi, horn June 16, 1844; niari-ied
danms Stitt :\hittlK"ws, Nov. 20, 18(i(i. dames Stitt .Ahit-
tin'w.s was the son of James Jxoyce iMatlhews and James
II. Stitt. Jle was hoi'n in Mecklenbui-g Couidy, X. ('.,
i, . ,, June 14, LSo-"), autl died Feb. 21, l;)17. Issue": 1. Lily
Price .Matthews, boi-n March 2.")^ 18G8. lu'ar ^lacon,
Tenn. 2. ]Mattie Jane Matthews, born July ;n, 187()|
^ ; , •; \ died Ai)ril 2, 1871. ;{. James W^illiam Matthews, born'
,' ._ Ai)ril ;n, 1874; mai'ried .Mai-ion Francis Borum, Oct.
, . ■ 11, 11)04. Issu": Lei'oy Horum Matthews, hoiii Oct. 28,
1910-; James Williaiu iAlattlu'Ws, born iMarch ;;i, liilti.
3. John Davie ]\Icl)owell,- born Feb. 25 1846- ilied June 5
1861.
4. Lain-a Jane 31(d)owell. ])oimi Jan. 17, 1S48; died Xov. 23,
1871. She was lU'ared and educated at Iliekoi-\- Withe
Tenn.
."). William Thomas :\leDowell, boin .March 10. 18:)0, was
killed near Iliid^ory Withe l.\ a waizon running oscr
' ^ his head July ol. ik')!!.
■■■■.' ■' 6. Kohert Wallac.' .M(d)owell. boi'u Jidy 7, ls:)2. II.. died
in (;rosb,eek. Texas. Sept. 28, 1S87. ' Liiri.'d at lli.d<oi.v
^: ■ Withe, Tenn.
7. Price Walson .M(d)owell. Ixnai June 4 ]8:)4- died Xov
<; 14, 18:)!).
8. Nettie Ada McDowell, born June J. l^ob; died Mav •>8
1873. ■
•.'•■ i. I). Janu's K'arr and Li/.zie M(d)owell (twinsi horn Oct. 21,
-■ •• -: 18r.8, died of diphtheria at at the age of 11 nnniths.'
■t: ■> ,. ^";:- were hni'ied in the sann^ casket as Price Walson .Mc-
' ^,'- ■. K ; Dowell. who died an hour liefore of same diseas.-. Li/-
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^"'1' •^-;;-;;- I^!'"- die.l in Ja(d<N.ni, Tenn., Jan. :;. l!ll:!. ^ See ske|,-h
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11). l.ouella Ml'Dowc'H, born Ai)ril 2. 1861 ; iiian-ied Irving
Slu'rroil ('K'liit'ut, (Ktt. 2, 188i); died at Masou, Teun.,
Miiy 2;'), 18'Jl. Irving Slun'rod C'lcuient was a son of"
Dr. and Martha Slierrod Clement, of ]\Iason, Tenu.
Louella JMeDowell C'loment died at lier honu' in Mason,
Tenn., and was bnried in Magnolia renietery.
Thomas Keid was horn in Chatham Connty, N. C, Ang. 18,
a 802, moved to Tennessee in 1836, owned and operated a lai-ge
plantation in Madison County. Was elected ruling elder in the
Demark Preshyteria Church in the y(;ar 1851, and remained in the
same church to the time of his death, Oct. 14, 1895. His father was
David Reid, of North Carolina, and his father was Dr. 'IMiomas Reid,
of Seotland. Thomas Reid's mother (wife of David Reid) was Mary
Kiimsey, of Scotch-Irish descent.
Thomas Reid married i\lrs. Katherine Hathune (ii-een, daughtei-
of John :\IcKay, of North Carolina, in 1847. Ambrose Coff Reid,
son of Thomas and Katherine Reid. was born in Madison (Jounty,
Tenn.. June 25, 1849, was reared on })lantatiou of his fatlmr, which
he owed and oiierated. Joined the Denmark Presbyterian Church
at tlie age of 15, in the year 1877. Ambrose was elected ruling elder
in tlie Denmark (^hureh. He married ftli.ss liizzie RIcDowell, daugh-
ter of William Andrew and I\lary Martha Price McDowell, at
Hickory Withe, Fayette ('ounty, Tenn., Ai)ril 2, 1890. They lived
at his old home near Denmark luitil Marcli 10th, 18!)9, when they
moved to Jackson, Tenn., where she dit'd .
James Stitt Matthews died Feb. — , 1917.
ROBERT WATiLACr: IMcDOWELL,
SON OF JOHN McDowell, n.
Robert Wallace McDowell was born February 23, 1821, on the
])lantation owned and eidtivated by his father and grandfather,
and all of his useful life was si)ent thereon.
He died October 14th, 1889, in the house lie spent his life in,
and was buried in the churchyard of the justly famous Steele Creek
Church. He married the second daughter of General William
Henrv Neel and Hannah Alexander Neel, Hanna Elvira, Jnlv 29th,
1848.^
To them were born nine children, two sons and seven daugh-
ters, five of whom, one son and four daughters, are now living. Mr.
^McDowell was descended from splendid ancestors on both his fatlit
er's and mother's side of the family, and his good, noble wife was no
less well born. They came of the lEnglish and Scotch-Irish gentle-
folks; than whom the world has produced no belter.
It came to him by birth and training, therefore, that he was a
man and a nobleman, in the truest uses of the word. He was as
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'■gentle as a woman ami as hi-ave as a lion." A man ol' ilit- luo.st
fxalted piety, full of the sense ul' rigliteou.siiess, eliaste in ilu>uglit
and speech, a loving father and ideal hushanil, mii\ersally loveil
and revered, ami withal, modest to a (h'gree. lie was a man of few
words, and yet lull of wisdom, and his ojjinion was sought liy all
who knew him. lie shunned puhlieit}', al)horred ostentation, and
yet in matters that counted and were of ihemselves right he was
j)roud, as he was punetilious. When ahout twenty-four yeais oi
age. he was elected deacon of Steele Clreek Church, anil later an
elder, in which capacity he served faithfully and ilevotedly until his
di'ath. He was the same loyal, devoted citizen in war that lie Wius
in peace, and as a mend)er of Company C, Tenth North <'aroliiui Ar
tillery, he did valiant service Tor his State and country, and fulfilled
well tlie arduous duties of a soldier, in ilangei-ous campaigns and
hardships. On a tombstone of one of Robert Wallace .McDowell's
ancestors, it is simpl}- told that he was an honest man. The sub-
ject of this sketch earned the right also to this epitaph, and no granih-r
can be expressed in the language, when saiu'tified in truth
truth.
ROBERT WAId.AOE ]\lcDOWELL, son of John ilcDowell 11,
and his wife, Rebecca Davis, was born Eeb. 2)5, 1821, and died Oct.
14, 1889. He nmrried Hannah Elvira Neel. -Iidy -iOtli, 1848. (See
Ncel Connection.) '
CHILDREN OF ROBERT WALLACE AND HANNAH EL-
VIRA McDowell :
1. Mary Davis McDowell, born Aug. 18, 184!).
2. Haniuih Voiuig JMcDowell, )>orn Nov. 27, K^')l; died
Oct. !), 1852.
-' 3. Ella -laiH" McDowell, boru Feb. (i, 18r,4; .li.d Aug. 7,
1874.
• " : 4. William Neel McDowell, born Feb. 27, 18r)7: ilied Sei)t.
18, 1858.
5. John J\leDowell. born Sei)t. 27, 1851*.
6. Dora Ashlvn McDowell, born A[)ril ."5, 18ti2; died June
29, 1910-
7. Addie Estelle McDowell, born Dee. 17, 18(io; died I\lav
18, 187.^.
8. Eunice llebecea McDowell, born May 31, 1869.
9. Lois Neel i\IcDowell, boru Sept. 20, 1872.
MARY DAVIS McDOWELL married Charles Binkney Elliott,
Oct. 11, 1869. Issue:
1. Robert Neel Elliott, born Jan. 8, 1871; married Ann
Kirki)atrick.
. ^ 2. Mary Elvira Elliott, born Jan. 23, 1873.
3. John McDowell Elliott, born Juiu^ 2, 1875.
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4. William Pcgram Elliott, horn April 1, 1878; died Dec.
23, IST'J.
5. Ella Lt'wis lEIliott. horn April 11, 1880; niai-ried .loivii
E. Ewart, .lunc (i, VJVI.
6. Clarence .Morrow Elliott, horn Feb. 27, 188;{.
7. Eunice Pegrani Elliott, born ]\Iarch 21, 1888.
•lOlIX McDowell, .JR:, and EM:\1A NEELY were married at
Stecli- Creek, X. C.. Nov. 16, 1881, who was born Feb. lU, 1858, and
di"d at iSteele Creek Oct. 20, 1815.
CHILDREN OP JOHN McDOWELL, JR., AND EMMA
NEELY:
1. Claribol, born at Steel Creek, Aug. 14, 1882; married
A. T. Allen, of Charlotte, N. C, June 19, 1909. Issue:
A. T. Allen, Jr., born at Saulsbury, N. C, Sept. 13,
1910. Elizabeth Allen, born at Saulsburv, N. C., Sept.
26, 1914.
2. Anna Lois, born at Steele Creek, N. C, July 7, 1884;
married J. Frank Collins at Steele Creek, Nov. 26, 1908.
Issue: Emily McDowell Collins, born at Spartanburg,
S. C, Ang. 14, 1913.
3. Elva, born at Steele Creek, N. C, Dec. 9, 1885.
4. Robert E., born at Steele Creek, Oct. 7, 1887.
5. Frank Neely, born at Steele Creek, Oct. 26, 1889.
6. John, born at Steele Creek, N. C. Dec. 30, 1891; mar-
ried Nancy Wyatt, of Richmond, Va., February, 1916.
7. Grace, born at Steele Creek, N. C, April 26, 1893.
DORA ASIILYN McDOWiELL married James Matthew Grier
Dec. 15, 1886. Issue:
1. Dora McDowell drier, born Aug. 24, 1890.
2. Laura Yalcs Cii-ier. born Aug. 25, 1893; died March 8.
1894.
EUNICE REBECCA i\leDOWELL married Sidney Johnson
Lowe. Feb. 22, 1892. issue:
1. Dora Ashlyn Lowe, l)oi-n Feb. 3, 1893.
2. Sidney Johnson Lowe, born March 2, 1895.
3. David Alexander Lowe, born Oct. 8, 1900.
4. George Edwin Eowe, born l\larcli 2, 1905.
LOIS NELL McDowell married James Richmond Boulware,
Dec. 9, 1917. Issue:
1. James Richmond Roulware, Jr., born Dec. 6. 1898.
2. Robert ]\leDowell Houlware, Jr., born March 20, 1901.
3. Mary Louise Houlware, born Aug. 9, 1903.
4. John Hamilton Roulware, born April 9, 1906.
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and ills wife, Rebecca Davis, luarried John Aslilin, the son of Wil-
liam Ashlin, and his wife, Dic}-, June 25, 183!). (See following
sketch.)
ASIILIN.
William Ashlin was l)orn iNlareh '), 17G6, and died Sejit. 1, 1821,
aged iyi) years.
His son, -lohn Ashlin, was born Dec. 1, 1807, and married Mar-
garet l.ucy Berry McDowell, daughter of John McDowell and Re-
becca Davis. June 25, 1839. She was born Feb. 12. 1812, near Steele
Creek, X. ('., and married while on a visit to relatives "in iliddle
Tennessee. Her father gave her a tract of land near Fisherville, Fa-
yette I'omity, Tenn., where they lived until after her death, June
25, 1851. She was buried in Mount Pleasant Cenieterv, near
Hickory Withe, Tenn.
CHILDREN OF MARGARET LUCY BERRY INLDOWiELL
AND .JOHN ASHLIN:
1. Dicy Rebecca (Dora), l)orn March 1, 183f), marrieti ("apt.
Washington 1*. Fortson, July 2, 18G5, and died May 1, 1875. Issue:
Pettie Bell, born June 30, 1867, died in 1871. Hortense McDowell
Fortsoji. ))orn Feb. 12, 1869, died in 1871. Estelle Fortson, born
Oct. 16, 1871, died June 10, 1872. Pearl Ashlin For; son, born Jan.
12, 1873. two years before the death of her motiier. She received
a first class education and is one of the leading educators of Shreve-
port, La. Her mother, Dora Ashlin Fortson. w;;s educated in the
High Schools of Somerville and ]\lacon, Tenn., had a eheei-ful, happy
disposition and was much belox'ed by hei- associates. She was a
very beautiful woman. After the death of his wife John Ashlin
moved to Shreveport, La. Captain Foi-tson afterwards lived at
^lansfield, La.
2. JOHN McDowell ashlin, son of John Ashlin and Mar-
garet ^McDowell, was born Sept. 23, 1843, near Fi.sherville, Tenn. He
was educated at Hickory Withe and Belmont. When the war broke
out in 1861 he was 18 years of age, joined a company of Confed-
erates that went from Dangerfield, Texas. He was said to be u
brave and fearless fighter, and fell at the forefront of his company,
mortally wounded at the battle of Murfreesboro, Dec. 31, 1862.
3. Cornelia J. Ashlin, daughter of Margaret ^McDowell and
John Ashlin, was born Feb. 12, 1841, and died Sept. 2, 1842.
4. ]Mary Josephine Ashlin, youngest child of ^Margaret ]\lc-^
Dowell and John Ashlin, was born November 5, 1846, and died Nov.
25. 1849. She is buried with her sister, Cornelia, near the old home
at Fisherville.
ESTHER YOLTNG :\lcD0WELL. ' '
ESTHER YOUNG ]\lcDOWELL, daughter of John :\IcDowell
H, and his wife, Rebecca Davi.s, born March 20, 1808; died Dec. 24,
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78 THE McDOWTCLLS AND CONNECTIONS
1859; married Reece Price (first Inisbiuid) Sept. ti, 18:il : married
'J'homas Hutchison (second hiisl)aiid) ^Marcli 4, Ihl 1.
CHILDREN OF KSTilKU V()l'X(; :^l(d)()\Vi:Li. ANM) KKECK
I'lMCE:
1. KelK'cca Iv Price, liorn .liinr 3, ]S;]2.
2. Jolm ArcDowcll L'riec, horu Scj)t. 2G, 1834, and died in
18:37.
3. ]\linnie Keeee Price, born ^Mareh Itj. 1837.
CIIir.DKHN OP PSTIIPH :\leDO\VELL I'laCi': A.Xl) TIIO]\IAS
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P .lane McDowell, horn Aug. P 1843, and died 1849.
RP]HEOCA E. IM^ICE married John F. Han y, who was horn at
Hopewell, N. C, Aug. 29, 1829, died at Hopewell, An- 7, 1871. They
were married at Steel Creek June 3, 1832. He was a farmer and an
elder in Hopewell Presbyterian (^hurcli. Issue:
1. Reece Price Hari-y, boi-n Aug. 13, 18r)8. Is a merchant at
Pnion, S. P.; married ]\Piy l)iUK-an, Nov. 20. P)()l.
2. David Riehai'd Harry, l)orn Dec. 23. is.')!); mai-ried Fannie
Neely at Salisbury. N. C, Oct. a. 1887. Issue: Elizabeth, born at
Charlotte, Aug. 28, 1888; Richard, born Sept. 1S!I(); Francis, Horn
Oct. 1892; Reece, born Deeend)er, 1894.
3. Samuel \Yalkup Harry, born Nov. 24. 18()2; married An-
nie Bennett, of Chester, S. C, April 5, 1893. Issue: Doris, born Feb-
ruary, 18^4.
4. John McDowell Harry, born July 18, 18b4. married Minnie
Olive, at Apex, N. C. Lives in Charlotte, N. C. No children.
5. Adrian Ernest Harry, born Nov. 7, 18()(), married Palla
McKissick at Union S. C. November, 1897. He is a merchant in
Elberton, Ga. Issue: Sara IMcKissickj born Augu.st, 1898; Eliza-
beth Price, born October, 1899; Ernest, lEdward, John McDowell.
6 j\IINNTE ESTIH'.R HARRY, born Dec. 22. 1868; married
Dr. Charles E. AValker, of Huntersville, N. C.. Dee. 2(5, 1894. issue:
Rebecca Walker, born October, 1893; :\Iiiniie Olive, born in 1898;
Kate Jackson, born July, 1901.
7. ARTHUR WALTER HARRY, born February 17, 1871;
married Roberta Houston, at Hopewell, N. C, Nov. !». 1904. Issue:
Louise Harry.
3. MINNIE PARMELIA REECE PRICE, daughter of Esther
Young McDowell and Reece Price, was born in Rock House, in
Steele Creek Township, N. C'. She was well educated, having at-
tended some of the female colleges. She married Co]. Samuel H.
Walkup, a lawyr, living in IMonroe, N. C. He was a gallant officer,
having command of a regiment in the Civil War. Colonel AValkup
was a candidate for Congress fi'om the Sixth Congressional Dis-
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iricl. iiiid was e'lfctcd. hut was cxe-liiihul, as lie had lakm ;i wvy
acli\r part i;i the w.w, aiul coiihl not talu' the iron. 'hid oath uT
Ih(.sc rh'clcd to CoiiKi'''^^- ('oh)iirl Wall^up died in lS7(i. Hi^ wife
only out lived iiim three years, dyin^ in ISSO. 'I'lhy had lixe .hd-
dren, all dau^diters. See'sketeh '-Ksthei- Younu' .Mel)ouell, h\ l..'li;,
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KSTHKR YOHNG MeDOWiKld.,
DAl'dllTKR OF JOHN MeDOWKlJ^ II.
(Hy dulia Walkup Davis.)
Ksther Voun^' MeDowoll, dau-liter of .John .Al(d)(.\vell 11. was
l)orn neai- Stoelt Crccdx ('hu]'(di, .M<'(ddenhurjj: ('()unt\, X. ('., .Maieh
•JO, 1S(I8, and niai-ried Koeec Piiee, Sept. (i. IS.Jl. 11.^ was hoin Nov.
•22, 17;)4. and died Nov. 2:]. l.S;{(i, a<red \2 years. Afler his death
on Mareli 4, 1844, she married Thoaias L. llutehiscni. My mollier.
the dau<>hter oi Esther Voun^ I'riee. after the death of lier nuither,
Dee. 27), 1859, matie her home with her uncle Uohei-t Wallace Mc-
Dowell, and his noble wife, Hannah l<'lvira Neal, until lier murriafie,
Oct. 4, ISGO. to (.'ol. Samuel II. Walkup. My mother often s|)oke in
highest prai.se of Uncle Kohert iMcDowell, as: a genial, kind-liearted
Christian gentlenuui, and Aunt Klvii'a as a very culturtd and su-
l)erioi- lady. ]\ly graiulfatlier, Keece Trice, lived a! the noted old
Rock House, erected iiil770 by his father, in Steel ('re.d< Township.
There was nothing 1 liked better when a child than to sit by her
side and listen to her sweet voice as she would tell nu' of her child-
hood days in the old Rock House, during Crandinother Price's life-
time, the place was more beautiful than ever. Her love for flowers
caused the gardens and our surroundings to take on new beauty
and everywhere there was lovely roses, great old fashioiu'd pinks,
graceful lilies and clinging vines. It was famous, too, not only
as a beautiful place, but as one in which the owner entertained w ith
true Southern hospitality, not only the frieiuls and relatives that
loved to visit there, but often the "stranger within the gates."'
"She stretches out her hand to tlie poor, yea, she reacheth forth her
hands to the needy."
I met many during my pleasant visits to Steel Creek who had
known and loved my grandmother. Some sjioke of how good she
was to them while in trouble, others of her being a mother to them
when their own had been taken away.
She must have been a rare Christian woman, for she was he-
loved of two sets of step-children.
Of my OAvn sweet mother I will say, that she was a "pearl
among women." When a girl she seems to have won friends wher-
ever she was. She was beautiful, of the brunette type, accomplished
especially in music, possessing a cheerful and lovel\- disposition, that
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MRS. MINN If'] R. WALK UP
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is so attractive in otlirrs. Slie was a ti'iu' and t'aitlifnl Iriend, a tle-
votcil wife, a loving and wise niotlier. Of iier ehildren's religious
and moral training, slie was always careful, always careful, too, in
choosing her associates, quick to deteet the false fioni the true.
Truly "Her children rise uj) and call her blessed." In domestic
affairs she was an exeni])lary housewife; she was \cfy tond of
making dainty dishes, to j)lease husband and children. What a
charming and lovely home she made for us. How wisely. > et ten-
derly she counseled us. When I asked her the night she left us,
where I should go for advice after my mother was gone, she whis-
l)ritd, "do to (!od." It was only about three years aftei- father's
(itath. Siie sweetly fell aslee]) in Jesus, April 22, 1880. She was
oiil.N' forty-thi-ee years of age, having been born in Steel Creek,
Mecklenburg County, N. C, March 16, 1837. She gave us many
I)roofs of her perfect sid)mission to Ciod's will and her desire to de-
part and be witli Christ.
At first she found it hai'd to give up fatlierless children, w !io
she felt needed a mother's care and love, but she was finall\- en-
abled to put us and everything in God's haiuls. His promise is not
only to the faithful but to their children. He has indeed been faith-
ful to the trust. In church work my mother luul been very active.
She and father were the leading spirits in building tiie Presbyterian
Church in the town of ^lonroe, N. C, wlicre they lived. Her i)iace
at cliureh services, i)rayer meeting and ladies' aid society was rarely
ever vacant. She was president of the latter society, from the time
of its oi'ganizalion until her death. In our home there was an "up-
per room," set apart which she called the "i)rophet's chamber,"
and lu>re was always a welcome for Clod's ministers. She was
newr happied than when engaged in some work for her .Master.
She was a great admirer of the beauties of nature ami a dear lover
of flowers. She spent much time beautifying her home, and it was,
iiuleed, a lovely spot, surrounded with rare and beautiful shrubs
and flowers, and when at her death friends literally coven-d her cas-
ket with flowers is seenu'd very appropriate. They were typical
of her lovely iMiristian life, for ai'ound her memory will ever cling
the sweet fragrance of a character that 'blossomed into deeds of
kindness and love. ]\iy mother's full maiden imme was ]\Iargaret
Parmelia Reece Price, but she was generally called "Miiuiie" as
an abbreviation of ]\Iillie or Parnudia.
]\Iy father and mother first met at Caroliiui College, where he
made the usual address at one of the commencements, while she
was a student there. He was a rising young lawyer at that time
an eloquent sj)eaker, a fluent wi'iter and one of the literati of the
State. However, she was only a school girl, and he some twenty
years her senior, and it was several years after this that t' eii- ac-
quaintance was renewed followed bv a short courtship. Thev were
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82 THE McDowells and connk-c^tioxs
married Oct. 4, 1860. Al'trr a tmir of the Nortliorii cities, Wasliiufr-
ton. New York. Cajiaila and .\ia.u;ira, the\ were srttlcd iu Monroe
I'ounty, N. V. He was pract iciii^- law. At tlie time of lii.s marriajjje
he was a militia ^enci-al and a iiicmher of the Slate Senate. He had
been a member of the N'oith Carolina Lefiislalnrt for one or two
terms previous to this. At fir.st befoie the South MM-cdi-d from
the Union he was opposed to .seeession, hut w hiii l he Old N'ortli
Stat(^ eanie out. and all around wer,' joiniii<i- the C 'onfi'ilerate aniiy.
like (ien. K. Iv l.ee. he felt il was his dut\- to tahe M.ies with hi.s
State. They were patriots fiiihlin^- \'<>v theii' altar^ aiul their fire-
sitles. My father was i.ii'Ut.nanl Colonel of the -ISlh Xoiih Carolina
lie^dment, Cook's r.riii-atle. unlil -Ian. lit, 18ti4. when \io heeiime
Colonel. He soiiietiiiies assunied eoiniiiand of the lirii^adr in the
ahsenee of the lJri<zadier Ceiieial, hnn-i |,.|'i i,, ,.,)iiiii.,iiid hy him.
l']\cn his em'inies sjiid he w.is ;i nuin of undaunled i-oui.iye and
bravery, he had eslahlislied a reputalion lor ^re.i! i;allantr\' and
fiii'htin^'' and "that he and his men wrw- nlways iu the ihickesl of
the fijjfht.'"
I think his first hatth' was al City roint, \'a. lie was present
at tlie opening of the se\en days fi^iht inu' in fi'ont o\' ixiehmoiid, on
ri^dit of Williamslmrj'-, June S). ISiVJ. lie was in tlu' -eeond battle oL'
Manassas. He and his rc<;inMMit assist -d in the eajilure of Harper's
Ferry, Sept. 14, 1802. He was in the great hatib- of Sharp>hurK,
Md.,' Sept. 12, lS(i'2, also at lM•ederi(d^^sl)urJ,^ Va., Dee. ]:',, ].S(i2,
wliere he received a hip woinid, but remained cm dut\-. Here the
48th Regiment and Cook's brigade were eovt.-red with j>lory. He
was in the Battle of Seven Pines, Hristow Station. Chaneello! sville.
186;^ the j]freat battle of the W ililenn^ss, where lie and his regiment
gallantly held the ])osition they first took unlil night, while the
right ami left of tln^ di\ision was foi-ced hack to form a horseshoe
eurve. He was in all the great biiltles of Siiol ls.\l\ aida Court
Honse, and all from .\ortli Ann IJiver to seige of i'etersl.iirg and
Ixiehnnmd, and remained with (ieiiei'al L<m's arni> unlil its surieii-
der at Appomatlox C. H. He is still spoken of as the brave
old Colonel of the -18tli N..rth Carolina IfigimenC As a tribute of
honor lo his nuMnoi'x the Confederate \'elerans of I'liioii County,
X. r\, have organized themsehcs into a e.iiiip ami call it "famj)
\Valkn|)." It was the eleetion after the Civil War that he was
elected Congressman from the Sixth Congressional District of Noi'th
C'arolina. He weni to Washington with other SouiIkm'h members,
bnt they were refused admission into Congress, w lot had Just formu-
lated their reeonstruetion jtolicy. He wi'ole home to liis wife from
\Yashington that he W(.uld lea\c soon, as he cinihl iie\er take the
•'iron-elad oath that was riMiiiired," that he wouhl never hold an
offiee that i-eipiired the ;ulopti<'U n\' a polies nM-ompat d)le with his
manhood and self respect So he rel'ii->ed a '.eat in Congress at such
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a })ritM'. He was the soul ol" houor, aiul lield hunor and initli abo^ e
lame. He was a graduate of tlie University of North (^aroliiia in
tlie year 1843, and the following year 1844, gi-adualed in the law ai
the same sehool. He wrote an arliele of .lireat historical \aliie, prov-
ing that Andrew Jaeksun was horn in Waxham, N. C, and gi'tatly
assisted -lames Parton in his histor>- of -laekson, by eolle<*ting dates,
faets and incidents relative, to his birth and childhood, for which
he was |)resented with a copy of the book, by the author.
He was at one time i)resident of the hoard of trusti'es of David-
son College. He sometimes indulged in poetical effusions, though
only when his heart was toucheil. In his home he was kind, affec-
tionate and gentle for "the bravest are the tenderest." In religion
he was like his wife, Presbyterian by choice, as well as by birth;
both were descendants of Scotch-Irish forefathers, lie was the ruling
elder in the IMonroe Church and one of its most liberal supporters,
after advancing for more than his share of the minister's salary and
other collections for Church and Sunday sehool. There was lutthing
stingy or small about his character, but was liberal and generous to
a faidt. lie was very liberal and broad in his religious views. As
a Christian he was honorable, sincere and true. During the first
years of the I'hurch he organized a school and was supei-intendent
from that time until his death, which occurred Oct. 2(5, 1876.
My father, Col, Samuel Huey Walkuj), >vas born in Union
County, N. C, Jan. 22, .1818, and died Oct. 26, 1876, aged 58 years,
9 months and 4 days. His death was a Christian triumph. He em-
braced wife and cliildren tenderly, as if he was going for a long
journey, and bade them and their friends standing at his bedside
to meet him in heaven. He died "Like one who wraps the drapery
of his couch around him and lies down to pleasant dreams.''
The funeral services were conducted by the Presbyterian pas-
tor in the Methodist Church, that was the largest church in town.
The largest procession that had probably ever been in Monroe, at-
tended his remains to their last resting place, where he was buried
with j\Iasonic honors. All business ceased, all business houses werj
closed and deep and genuine sorrow was dei)icted on the countci-
a<2es of all. The Monroe papers announcing his death put on mourn-
ing. Quoting from this announcement, Col. Walkup had held )nany
places of honor and trust.. He nnide one of the bravest soldiers and
a brilliant officer. In all his relations lie was the very soul of honor,
the very embodiment of courage and principle. In him the county
has lost one of the purest and most valuable landmarks. The State
and country cue of the purest, bravest and most patriotic sons and
the church one of her most ardent supporters and most worthy mem-
bers. Few, if any nobler s|)ecimens of virtue, honesty and truth ever
lived, and well maj^ our community and country mourn with saddest
hearts the great loss they have sustained. Gen. D. II Hill, editor of
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'"Southern liojiie," and one of his l)est friends, said: "He was one
of the ])urest and nohU-st men in the Statt', and .Mai-slial Ney was
not more fearless."
lie was at the time of his death eh-rk of the Siiprior Court of
Union County. When my fatlier died 1 said, in the first sorrow of
my young life, that I eould never he hapi)y again. I had always
heen siieh a constant edm})anion in his walks aiid drives, and he had
always shown such a special eare and i)ride in training my eliaraeter
and dii'eeting my studies. 1 liad hjst not only a di-ar fatiier, hut a
pleasant (•omi)anion and friend and guide. IK' had gixcii his chil-
(h<'ii every comfort ad lu.\ui-y in life that his love eould suggest, lie
jiever denied us any jjleasure if he eould help it.
Lelia Eugenia Walku]) was lioi-n -Inly 21, 1801. Sinee you
asked ahout my education, 1 will say, I attemled Monroe High
Sehool for several years, where I was earefidly trained and i)rei)ared
for college. During m>' last year at this sehool, 1 was awarded a
heautiful gold medal for the hest pai)ei' in a eompetiti\e examina-
tion in Latin. 1 was especially proud of this, because 1 had beaten
tiie lioys in this class. st)me of whom were much oldei- ihan myself.
You know boys always think they can beat the girls. I also de-
livered the valedictory at the same eomuu'ncement, ]87iS. The fol-
lowing autunru I attendi'd Peace Institute, entering the senior elass.
In the closing examinations 1 received the highest mark in the class
of asti'onomy and Kreneh.
1 could have easily graduated the next session, but duty de-
tained me at the bedside of my darling mother, who was fast fading
away and who died the following spring. After this sad event, we
left our dear old home, for the light of that home had gone out
and how t'ould we beai- to li\-e there without her. I i'ememl)er how
sad, how desolate 1 felt, as 1 took one last backward glance as my
uncle's carriage bore me a\va_\-. .My father's brother, Col. William
Walkup, took us to li\e witli him, except my sister I\linnie, whom
mother had given to her sister. Aunt Rebecca. My nnclCj who had
ne\t'r had any children of his own, hut had raised several orphan
cliildien, took us to his heart and home as if we were his own. He
was an excellent Christian gentleman of the old school, Pi'csbyter-
ian t.N'pe.
1 was nuii-ried Aug. 2"), 18!)1, to d. Davis, of Montgomery, Texas.
jMy husband was related to me on my fatlier 's side. 1 do not know
whether he was related to my great grandmother (whose nuiiden
lunne was Kel>ecca Davis) or not. He is a son of the late dudge N.
II. Davis, who canu' to this town from Alabama in 1840, and \>r:n:-
liced law here foi- filty-tliree years and uj) ti) his death, in \^'Xl He
had been in the heroic jx-riod of the Texas history, the friend of
Sam Houston, Jesse fJrinu's ami other great sjiirits of tin- times. He
was judge of the Seventh dudieial District, foi- several \('ars. .My
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hus^baml's mother was a niece ul' my father. His grand tat licr had
several brothers wlio settled in North Carolina, antl of whom tlH-\
had lost sight. Therefore my mother's gi'eat graiidfathci', W.ltcr
Davis, may have been a relative of my husband's father. -Johu
Felix Davis (my husband) was born ,lune .'iO, IS.")!, was (Mh.catctl
here in ^lontgomery, in the jjublic and private sehools, and at 1:5
years of age was sent to Mississippi (in^ar .Memphis, Tcnn.) t(» iiis
unele, Felix Davi§, and sent to school there. About this time he
almost lost his life in a railroad accident of an excursion (rain. His
father and mother Avere also on board and many lives wcic lost. He
was taken back to ]\Iemi)liis to the Peabody Hotel, where after many,
many weeks, with the best attention and good nursing, he recoverrtl.
The Hon. Jefferson Davis and family were staying at the Pea hotly
Hotel at that time. He and his wife were esi)eeially kind to the sick
boy. Mrs. Davis helped nurse him back to life, and with all a
mother's tenderness. ]\ly husband loves to recall her lovely Chris-
tian kindness to him durijig that trying and sad time. This iu-ci-
dent interfered very much with Judge Davis' plans for his son. as In-
had intended educating him as a lawyer, but as a jjiece of iron pene-
trated his tongue, it caused partial i)aralysis of the tongue. This
he outgrew in time, but' for many years it was thought that he
would never make a fluent speaker. He is now a merchant in the
town of i\lontgomery, Texas. We have three children, Margaret
Elizabeth Davis, the eldest, was born July 12, 18i»;{ ; Nat Ha-.t Davis,
was born ]\larch 35, 181)5; Samuel Walkup Davis, .vas born -Ian. 1,
1898.
]\Iy nK)ther's and father's five children were all girls, and all
are now living. Esther Alice Jane Walku]), was born Oct. 20, 18(i;i,
was married on Dec. 25, 1882, to ^h-. Alex. W. Klutty, of Salisbuiy,
N. C They live in Chester, S. C, where he hatj been a i)rominent
merchant for several years. They have four children living and
one dead.
Sam Walkup Klutty, the eldest, was born 1884; William Klutty
was born Aug. 2, 1866, and died Aug. U, 1887; Dewit Tahuage Klut-
ty was born INIarch 4, 188i); Lollie Klutty, born Sept. 24, 181)1 ; Lenor
Alexander Klutty, born Oct. 23, 187;}.
Minnie Rebecca Walkuj) was born April 5, 1868. Her present
address, 620 a. Quincy St.-, Brooklyn, New York. She has been a
teacher for a good many years, in whieli profession she was (piite
successful. She is a lovely Christian, and is going to devote her
life to missions among the Jews in New York City.
Mary Willis Walkup was born Oct. 20, 1S69. She married Dec.
8, 1897, to Mr. N. S. Matthews. They have one babv girl, born Aug.
3, 1899. Their home is at Wardlaw, N. C.
Dasie Ellen Walkuj) was born May 24, 1870. She is very tal-
ented, especially in art and music. She is teaching Ihese branches
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: in Elkanan Institute, Marion, N. C. All my sisttTs and myself were
carefully instructed in music. M.\- t'allirr played well on the I'lute
and nu)tlier would accompany him on tin; itiaiio.
Music in tlie home is insti-uctivc, rci'ining and ennobling. You
asked mc to tell anything,any incident, that was rcnmrkablr or wortli
relating in the lives ol' my grandparents. So I will relale a sad anil
I unusually distressing tinng that happened in m\- father's childhood,
I when lie was only five years old. ^\y grandfather Walkup had just
I finished a large two-story house and moved into it. His three eldest
I sons were ready to go off to seliool at some distance and their cousin,
I Josei)h II , was also going, and had eome to graiulfather's
liousc on the eve of their intended departure and tiie four boys oeeu-
j pied one room tliat night. It was Feb. 27, 182;{. In the dead of
I niglit grandfather awoke and fouiul tluit his house was on fire. He
i aroused his wife and went to rescue his daughters, wlio were sleej)-
ing ujistairs. sending Robert, his little son of eight years, to awake
, the older boys. Whether the fire caught in their room Avas not
j known, but had made sueii headway that Robert could not get to his
I broihers nod get out again, and called out in distress, "Fatiier!
Father!" The father ran hastily toward him, towards his boys'
room, fighting his way through smoke and flame. It was impossible
to reach them, and he was forced back, finally jumping out of the
upstairs wiiulow to save his own life. He made two attenijtts to res-
cue his darling boys, but all four of them perished in the flames, to-
gether with their cousin James. The eldest was only fifteen years
and Robert, tlic youngest, only eight years of age. It was enough to
make aii angel weep. The agonized father fell ujion his knees, cry-
ing, like Job, "The Lord gave and the Lord taketh away, blessed
by the name of the Lord." He was most crazed and never fully
recovered fi'om the blow, l)ut he was a nian full of faith in (!od. and
with cliildlike simi)licit\ trusti'd in Him even unto death. The re-
mains of these five boys were interred in one grave.
WILLIAM WALLACE :\lcDOWELL.
WILLIAM WALLACl-: xMcDOWlCLL, son of John Davis and
Nancy Irwin ]\Iel)owell, was ))orn June 26, 188;!, mar Trenton,
Tenn., and died at Memi»his, Tenn., April 30, 1*J04. He was edu-
cated at Andi-ew College, Trenton, and other schools of Cibsou
County. After graduating at Andrew College he attended the
liCbanon Law t^ehool, and wliile there joined the Cumberland Pres-
byterian Chnrch, of which he was a consistent member until his
death.
At the outbreak of tlie Civil War, May 10, 1861, he entered the
Confederate Army, joining Comjjany IT, of the 12th Tennessee In-
fantry Regiment, commanded ])y Col. W. B. Russell. He was in
the beginning elected first lieutenant of Capt. Ben II. Saudeford's
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(,'oiupany. At Beliiioiit, .Mo., in a hatth^ lujtwccn (ioiicial I'olk and
(iriioral (Jraiit, he was shot ilowu aiul eari'icd I'lcuii tlir liat llcfiekl
sui)i)oseil to 1)0 I'atallv woi.iulcd. IJ,. was snil lionir, and undn- the
uji'iitle nursing of a nolile uiother lie I'eeowri'd .iiid ii'hinird to tht?
ai-iiiy. Aftei- the I'.attlf ol" Shih.h lu' was t ice-ted caplain, and was
always found at the Jon'Tront IcatUng his men. At the rlosc of
the war he was in eonunaml of (liMicral Uell's cseort, l^'oi-rcst Cav-
alry. After tiic war he resumed the practii-c of law. locating in
.Meini)hi.s, Teiui., in ISliT, wlicrc In; was county attorney for five
years, Chancellor eight years, State Senator two years and was
a Kg ai)])ointcd s])ecial Supreme Court judge.
On .March 2,"}, 18G7. he married (first) Ainm I'lmma Jones, who
was born in 1848, and died in 18S;}. a daughter of K'c\. dohn Wcsly
dones (see sketch '"Cap.-ain .Jauies -Jones") of (iil)^on County, Ti-nn.,
and a cousin of Judge 'IMiomas Freeman and John T. Carthey, of
'i\'nnessee. Oct. 14, KSSo. he mairu'd the s •coml tniie. Ia/./av Arran-
d(d Freeman, (hiiighter of Joseph LeiM)w. of Mciniihi^, a captain in
tile ^lexiean War, and widow of l-Mward 'i'homas h'reenmn. a nati\e
of Vii'ginia. She was horn in Memphis, Tenn., .May 2(i. ly.");}, now
lives in California (IDIS) at IJiverside.
CHILDREN OK JinxiK WILLIAM WALLACL AND AWA
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1. John Overton M(d)owcll, horji July ]•_'. ls72. lives in
New York (Mty.
2. William AVallace McDowell, horn July 10, 1875.
• ■ ;{. Annie Jicna JNJeDowell, horn Dee. 1877; died .May, 1884.
•* "" i '4. Kulalia J']inma M(d)owell, horn Nov. 11, lS(iS; nmrried
^lorrison lowing. Jssue: Pauline Kamlall lowing. Imi-
lalia J<]nnnu died in Atlanta, (ia.
CIULDRION OJ^^ JliDOE WILLIAM WALLACL A.XD LIZZIK
FRIOIOMAN McDOWEJ.L:
1. Edith Brooks .McDowidl, hoi-n .\[)ril 22, 1888, and died
. Oct. 10, 1902. Slie was a girl of great beauty and ])cr-
'• ■' ' ■'• sonal charms, and Avisc beyond her ,\('ars, as was her
\ sister, Anna Lena.
.^\j' ^/ , 2. Hugh Neely McDowell, born March ;}, 18!)1. In the
\\'''' ". ■ : army with the allies.
'.^Y; ,j,^ 3. Frances Lenow ]\lcDowell, born Sept. 24, 18!).'}, mar-
_.^ j_'^.^'^"J.:,''* ried Francis Ferguson, July 17, IDlf).
;..,,..,/;,,.,,,,,,, 8. Joseph Lcnow ^McDowell, boi'ii Jan. 5, 1887, and died
\-'-if.*t „; C : ^"g- ^' 1S87.
v..„jr.. " Lizzie Freeman also had one daughter by her fii-st husband,
i.efw/ii . whose name was Edna Arrandel Freeman. She mai--
i.iv.h!,: rutiif. ried Dr. W. T. Ari-ington, Jr.. of Memphis.
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CAPTAIN .)AMl<:s .lONKS.
\W .]mh^e W. M. McDowell.
Cai)t;un James Jones, a Kevolulioiiaiy soldier of AVake Cuuuty,
N. C, eoiumandod a eoini)aiiy of First Ii('ti;iiiu'iit of Lij^ht Horse
Cavalry of Nortli Carolina. He was also a nieiiiher ul' llie first
Continental Congress of North Carolina, in 1776. His fatliei- was
Slnigon Jones, and liis ])arents were Kdward Jones and Abigal Shu-
gon. Capt. James Jones marrieil 'Charity Alston, llei' lather was
Solomon Alston. Their son, Thomas Jones. Korn Jan. 2, 1771. in
Wake County, N. C. He married Katie Shaw, daiighlei' ol John
Shaw and Franecs IMeleelhray, on Nov. 19, 17i).'), and later moved to
(lihson County, Tenn., and first settled live miles south of Trenton,
in IH'i."). Children:
'F:ii/.al)eth Jones, horn in Wake County, N. ('., Sej)t. lOth, 17!)6.
She married Alexander Williams, hr died and she married John
Harham.
John W. Jones, born Jan. (i, IHOO, in North Carolina; married
lietsy J'erry; she died and he married Miss Love.
Kaehel Jones, horn Oet. 17, 1801, in AVake County, North Caro-
lina, married Joseph Caithel, whose son. Judge (^artliel, lived at
Trenton, TeiUL, highly respected, and who some years ago was
honored with a seat in the State Semite.
Fianky Joints, horn Dee. 17, ISOJ, mariied William Harnu)n.
Charity Jones, horn Feb. 15. 18()(); niai-ried II. S. Dickerson.
Priseilla Jones, horn Feh. 20, 1808; married John H. Fieeman,
whose son Thos. J. Freeman, was for many years one of the Su-
jneme .judges of Tennessee.
Polly (Mary) Jones, born Feb. 7, 1810; married Joiiii H. Cris\ip.
Solomen Jones, horn Oet. 31, 1812; died young.
Willis Jones, horn June J, 1815; married Luan Tindall. His son,
Thomas, a wealthy citizen of Columbia, Tenn., mari-ied a Mrs. Mary
Alinitt, a sister of Hon. "W. II. CardiKM-, of Union City, Tenn.
Aily Jones, born June iDtli, 1817; married H. 1). Nelson.
Ruth Jones, born in ]\laury County, Tenn., Feb. 1, 181!); mar-
ried William M. Irwin, June 26, 18J7. He was born at Steel Creek,
N. C. Feh. 12, 1811. His father was William Irwin, son of General
Kohert Irwin, of Mecklenburg Comity, N. C. (See Ceneral Kobert
Irwin.)
William Lueillus Irwin, bom July 10, 18J8. He enlisted in
Cai)tain White's eonipany in April, 1861, the first that went out
from Trenton, Teini. lie was a hrave ami efficient soldiei- and was
killed at the battle of :Missiomiry Ridge, Nov. 25. 18(i;!, in his 2(;th
year.
Lem^ra Irwin, born July 1!), 1840, beautiful, kind-lu'arted and
highly cultured, loved and admired b\- all who knew her. She mar-
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■"'■ '-^-i- The Author: ChielUiiii uf .McDowfU Chin oi Aiaorica, in
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ried James Northcross in 18G8. Has a lai-e family and live in Lus-
ton, Cal. ^ ,
Caiista Irviu, born in Somorville, '['ciiii., May b, ^b\<), was well
educated in the best schools, and married -lohii 1'. Vann, Oct. 10,
1871. After his death she married .lames V. Vann, m \Si(\. a
brother of first husband. Children:
Leuora Vann, borujn Jackson, Tenn., Aug. 26, 1873; mar-
ried A. D. Muse,
llcllcn Ruth Vann, bom Oct. 8, 1881.
William Valentine Vann, born July 4, 1884.
James Kandleson Vanu, born July 12, 1888.
William .M. Irwin, died at Hannibal, .AIo., June 17, 1846, where
he had gone to establish a mercantile business. His wife, lluth, died
near Jackson, Tenn., June 16, 1899. Aged 80 years.
T.AURA ANN McDOWFdJ,, SA^^IUEI. IRWIN McDOWELL.
LAURA ANN McDOWELL, daughter of John Davis McDowell
and his Avife, Nancy Hunter Irwin, was born near Trenton, Tenn.,
Feb. 22, 1846j She received a good education and taught school
some years. At the age of twenty-six she married Robert Andrew
McNeillv, of Charlotte, N. C. He was born February 1846, studied
law and civd engineering at Washington and Lee College, Va. They
were married Feb. 21. 1872, and moved to 'Cleburne, Texas, where
they lived for ten years. His death occurred Jidy 20, 1882, aged 36
years and ten days. Mrs. McNeilly then returned to Tennessee
and is living now in New York City. No issue. Like her parents and
ancestors, she is an ardent Presbyterian, and lives a devoted Chiis-
tian life, loved and respected by all who know her, highly cultured
withoid, ostentation.
SAMUEL IRWIN McDOWELL, son of John Davis IMcDowell
and his wife, Nancy Hunter Irwin, born near Trenton, Tenn., Sept.
4, 1848. educated at Andrew College. At the age of fourtei'U he
johied General Bedford Forrest's Confederate, cavalry, when the
command made a raid into Tennessee to Union City and raducah.
Ky. On the army's return through Tennessee the eommanders
thought the lad was too young to withstand the hardships of war
life, "md left him at home. After the war he moved to Memphis
and opened an abstract office., A few years later he was chosen
Chancerv Clerk, which he held until his death, June 7. 1888. On
Dec. 12,'l883, he married Miss Bessie jNlcGowan, of Mcmpliis, Tenn.
No issue.
GENERAL JOHN HUGH IMcDOWELL.
JOHN HUGH :McDOWELL (author and compiler of this voL
ume), son of John Davis McDowell and his wife, Nancy Irwin, was
born at Trenton, Tenn., Dec. 12, 1843. He was educated at Andi-ew
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College. On I\I<iy 10, 1861, at the ago of seventeen years, he entered
the C'oniV'derate army, serving through the war, and was paroled
at (Jainsville, Ala., May 11, 1865, nnder Gen. Bedford Forrest. After
the war lie settled on a farm near Humboldt. In 1877 he removed
to a farm three miles west of Union City, Tenn., where he lived for
forty years. In 1883 lie was elected a nu'inber of the Tennessee Leg-
islature. In 1885 he was elected State Senator to reiiresent Lake,
Dyer and Obion Counties, and re-elected to the Senate in 1887. In
KM)."; lie was again elected a member of the Tennessee Legislature.
He uiairied Mary Emma Sandeford, daughter of Nathan Davis and
Frances ]\laria Sandeford, at Humboldt, Tenn., Nov. 2, 1865. (See
Avent Line.) He was three time's elected ]\hijor General of the
Ti'Muessee Division United Confederate Veterans, and is now Hriga-
ilicr (leneral, Tennessee Division, Forrest Cavalry.
CHILDREN OF JOHN HUGH McDOWELL AND MMiY
EMMA SANDEFORD:
1. William Wallace ^McDowell, born in Gibson County,
Tenn. (See sketch " Lieutenant Governor McDowell of
Montana.")
2. John Davis McDowell, born in Gibson County, Tenn.,
Sept 24, 1869; married Bettie P. Pulliam at Somcr-
viUe, Tenn, April 23. 1895. Issue:
1. Elizabeth Gray, born Jan. 27, 1896; married Robert
Goodwyn Heard, May 7, 1917.
2. John Hunter, born Jan. 18, 1900.
3. Nathan Davis IMcDowell, born Aug, 11, 1872, in Gibson
County, Tenn. In 1904 he married Mabel Southworth
Wetmore, of Rochester, N. Y., daughter of Lansing
JOHN DAVIS McDowell, son of John Hugh McDow-
ell, Treasurer of the McDowell Clan of America, wa.s born
Sept. 24th, 1869, at Trenton, Tennessee. He was only si.\-
teen years old, when lie was offered a position in the
Chancery Court ('lerk's office at IVIeniphis, Tenn., which
he accepted. Not having finished his education in the
high schools, he attended the night schools in Memphis.
Later he accepted a position with the Union and Plant-
ers' Bank, where he remained for twenty-two years, nold-
ing the position of cas-hier for several years. In l'Jl4 he
resigned to accept the position of cashier of the Mercan-
tile National Bank. After being with that bank for three
years he returned to the Union & Planters' Bank & Trust
Company as Vice-President, which position he now holds.
He joined the church at the age of 17 years, and has
been a faithful worker in the Sunday schools and cnurch,
occupyin^i now the position of Ruling Elder and Swiiday
School Superintendent of the Buntyn Presliyterian Church.
Buntyn, Tenn. He has been Treasurer of Memphis Mer-
chants' Exchange. Chamber of Commerce and Memphis
Association of Credit Men.
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'NATHAN DAVIS McDOWELL, son of John H. McDow-
ell, born in Trenton, Tennessee, Aw^. 11. 187:^. Received
the decree of Bachelor of Science at tlie University of
Nashville in 1894; studied medicine in Vand- rhilt Univer-
sity and Hrllevue Hospital Medical Culhuc, reciiving the
degree of Do( tor of Medicine from the latltT ( oUe^e in
1897; spent one year as interne in St. l.iiki-s llosjiital,
New Bedford, Mass., and two years in the N.-w York Eye
and Ear Infirmary, after wliicii he hnuunl in Rochester,
N. Y., takint,- up the specialty of tieatim; the e>e, ear, nose
and throat. lie is one of tlie attendiuL- physuians at the
Rochester (leneral Hospital. In l'J04 he maiiied .Miss
Mabel Southworth Wrlmorr of Uoihesier. N. V and lias
one dauf;hter. Anunet, and Ihi-ee sons. Willi. .in Wallace,
Nathan Heath and Lansing Wctniore.
THE McDowells and connections
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HORACE Mcdowell.
HORACE McDOWEI-L, son of John Hu^li McDowell,
was born near MiuUord. Ark At the ago of six months
he, Willi his parents, moved to a farm near Union (Jity,
Tenn., in 1877. At the age of fourteen he accepted a po-
sition in the Capitol City Bank in 1890 at Nashville, Tenn.
In 1891] he accepted a position with the Nelson Morris firm
of packers. Later he was transferred to St. Louis, Mo.,
and when the Spanish-Amerit an war hrok§ out he enlisted
March 1st, 1S98, in Battery A of St. Louis, Mo. He was
mustered out .Nov. 1. 1S9S. On his return from tlie war
he again entered the Ne.son Morris Packing Co.'s service
and was later employed by Swift & Co., pork packers,
where he is highly appreciated ?Ie married Stella Scherer
April 1.'), 1902, at St.- Louis. Mo. Issue:
Scherer, born in New York fMty.
Stella, born in Xew York City.
Fredericka. born in New York City.
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Gilbert Wetniore, and his wife, Anioret Scaitliwurth
llaiuly. He is a wi'U-kiiowu oeeiilist. issiu': 1. Amoi'ct
Wetinore :\lel)o\vell. hoiii at Koehestei-, X. Y., Juiie 21),
]9()r). 2. William Wallace MeDowell, h..in at Koclu's-
tei-, N. v., Sept 2, l!)()(i.
Iloraee McDowell, burn near .Mcdford, Ark., Au<;'. (i. lS7(j.
married Stella-Slicrrer at St. Louis. .Mo., April lo, 1!H)2.
Issue: Iloraee Sherrer McDowell, born Dee. :](), 11>U2.
They reside in Chieago.
a. Hugh ]\lel)owcll, born near I'nion City. 'l\-nn.
6. Fannie J']nnna ^\vent McDowell, born near Tnion City.
Tenn.
7. I'^loisc HedcU McDowell, born at Hon A(|ua Springs,
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IJKCTF.NAN'r (i()\'KKX()R W. W. .M.d)()\VI<:LL, OF .MONTANA.
Lieutenant (ioveriior William Wallace McDowell, son of -lolin
Hugh and his wife, Emma Sandefortl McDowell, was born in Ten-
nt'ssee, -Ian. 22, 18G7, and passed his boyhood ui)on his father's
farm. After finishing college he entered the baid<ing business in
Nasliville, wliere he remained four \ ears. For three years aftt-r he
was with Armour & Company, the big i)ackers, in (Miicago. where
he was ])romoted from one responsible i)osition to anotlier.
He came to Montai'ia twenty yeai's ago, and has l)een engaged
in mining and ranching ever since. His ranch on Rock Creek, be-
tween (jranite and ]\lissoula counties, has been occui)ying mueli of
his attention in I'ecent yeaivs.
Lieutenant CJovernor .McDowell was elected to tlie ^Montana
Legislature of IHO!). He was selected Speaker of tin' House, al-
though it was his first term as a member of the Jx'gislative Assembly.
Again in 1!)11. he was re-elected to the Legislature, being the only
lueiiiber of the 11)00 House of Representatives who was returned
from Silver How County. At that session of the Fegislature lie was
again elected Speaker of the House, being the only man in Mon-
tana who has e\er been twice elected Speaker.
In 1012 he was elected Lieutenant Oovernor of Montana, and
jn-esided over the sessions df the Senate in 101.} and again in lOlo.
He was re-elected Lieutenant Governor in lOlG. In legislative bodies
much depends upon the parlianu'ntai-y ability of the presiding of-
fice)-. Lieutenant Govei-nor McDowell's enemies, if be has any, will
not deny he is one of the best pi'csiding officers and parliamentar-
ians in the State. His i-ecoi-J speaks for itself. He has freipiently
acted as Govei'uor, during the absence from the State of Governor
Stewart, and his friends say he has d(Miionstrated, that if circum-
stances should i)laee kim foi- a longei- jx-riod in the Chief Executive
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ofi"icc, the affairs of the State would he in safe. coMsrrvativ,- aiul
Jutelligeiit hands.
While Lieutenant Oovernoi- MeDowell ealls limiM-ir ;. liiinier he
1.S a director in the .Miners' Saving liank of liuiti- a lairlv la'r-e
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KVJVA. ('ONNKCTJONS.
ZENAS ALEXAxNDEK, born Dee. 25, 1771; died May 2ti, 1826.
On January 24, 1797, he married Mai-garet IMcLeary, daugiiter of
General McLeary (brother ol" Robei-t iMcLeary, wlio married Abigail
McDowell, daughter of .Mary McDowell) a hei-o of llu; Hevolutioii.
Margaret McLeary was born Feb. 25, 1772, and died- in 184G.
IIANNAII GRIER ALEXANDER, boni Oct. 2.i, 1S(I2; died
Nov. 21, 1880, married Nov. 25, 1810, WHd.IAM IlEXHY NEEL,
who was born Nov. 21, 1799, and dietl Dee. 2i), ]88!).
IIANNAII ELVIRA NEEL, born Dee. 24, 1830; died Dec. 28,
1895; married ROBERT WALLACE MeDOWiELL, son of John Mc-
Dowell il, and his wife, Rebecca Davis, July 27, 1848. iSee Rol)-
ert Wallace McDowell.)
GENERAL W. II. NEAL.
General Neal was born near Catawba River, Mecklenburg
County, in 1799, and died in 1889, at the ripe old age of 90 years.
He commanded the State militia before the CivU War. At the age
of 20 lie married Hannah G. Alcxamler, Nov. 25, 1819. Children:
Samuel Wallace N4?al, who moved to Indian Territory, and died
there; Dr. Thomas C. Neal, who married Rebecca Jane SimiriU,
granddaughter of John McDowell and Rebecca Davis; Susan E.
Neal, who married Rev. Walter MePharr, she lives in Cbarlolte;
Miivy A. Neal, who married Capt. M. H. Peoples; Hannah Elvira
Neal. who married Robt. W. McDowell, son of John McDowell II;
W. H. Neal, deceased; Louisa A. Neal, who married Rev. J. B. Watt;
Preston A. Neal, who lives at Rock Hill, South Carolina.
After the death of his first wife General Neal married ^lartha
D. Williamson, but had no children of this marriage. He was a man
of highest integrity, honored and respeeted by his neighbors and
ac(piaintances. He erected a good home on his farm near his birth-
l)lace, whei-e he lived and died. He was the jiioneer of the state in
the nninufacture of cotton goods before the ('ivil War, and a suc-
cessful man\ifacturer of flour during and after the war. He was
a Christian whose life was emblematical of the reality of the Chris-
tian religion which he professed. His nobility of manhood, daily
walk and conversation marked him as a man of God whose influ-
ence was most wholesome. His first wife, Hannah G. Alexander,
was boi-n in 1796 and died in 1880 — aged 84 years.
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lircil PARKS, SK., Ills (IIII.DKKX AND TllFJli DKSCKXD-
AXTS.
(By Mary Vnvks Alrlntosli. )
IllKill PAPiKS. SK.. iMui-ratcd to iNiuisylvaniii ln.r,,iv the llv-
volutionary War. He was l.Drii Ort. ',), ITKi, an. T .lied Nov. 17S().
He married ]\lar^'aret ^'oiiiiy, who was horn -Ian \'^, ITUi. lie
movi'd lo Rowan County. N. ('.. in 17"!:).
('IllLI)REX OF UVdU I'AKKS. SK.. AXI) MAK(iAKKT Voi'Xd.
1. Ann Parks, hoi-ii Jan. IG, 1744.
2. Jean, 'horn jMareii T). 174G. niarrh'd John McDowt-M, Sr.
3. John, horn b\'hruai-\-. 1701.
4. Hugh, born .March f), 17 — .
' 1. ANN PARKS, daughter of Hugh I'arks. Si.. ;,nd .Margaret
Young, nniri'ied Captain James Rcitl. who was l<inc(l -it the hattle
oT Hanging Koek, S. C. issue : 1. James. 2. Anna. James' daughter,
Anna, niarrietl Robert Wihson and moved to Fayette County, 'I'enn.
Had eight cliildren, four sons and four daughteis. Phoehe mar-
ried P^itliey Steels. ]\Iary married William Brown, from Voi-k- Dis-
trict, S. C. Josiah Wilson was a minister in the C. P. Church, Janu's
a ])hysician. IMost of the family moved to Ai'kansas after their
pai-ents' death.
:]. flOlIX PARKS, remained at tlie ohi hoiiu' in Rowan County,
X. C., married Jean Kerr, daugiiter of Da\id Kerr. She died in
PSJ4. l.ssue: 1. Ilugli, born Jan 10. 17i)2. died ISDl, ;ige !)!) ; mar-
ric(l a widow. Mrs. MeKenney. They liad two sons and three daugh-
ters. John, killed in the Civil W.'.r; David, horn F.-b. 22. 1837;
Jane. .Margai'et and Ueltic. Da\id mai-i'ied a .Miss Wineeoff, two
sons are living, John and Homer. They ai'e living on the old Pai'ks
homestead. Jane Parks mari'ied (ieoi-ge ]\lcKniglii. .Xo issue. .Mar-
garet married Horaee (Jrier, left one son and two daughters. iJelle,
who nmri'ied E. V. Furr, ]i\'ing in Charlotte; iW'ttie Jane mai'ried
Charles Frairer, has foiir girls. P.ettit' mari-ied Alhei't Hell, two
sons, Hugh Parks Pell and Dr. F. II. Pell.
4. IHUill PARKS, son of Hugh Parks, Sr.. and his wife. Mar-
garet Young, married .Mary Davis, daughter of Walter ami Re-
becca Fycan Da\is and sister o!' l\el)ecca Davis, who mari'ied John
:\lcDowell, 11. Hugh Parks was a captain in the Revolut ioijar\-
War. His sword is today in the po^session of his gi'eal giainlson,
Currie Watson, of Xew York Citw He was an cbhi- in ihe StciJe
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Creek Church, where he lived, aiul died in 18;5(). issue of Hugh
Parks II and Mary Davis:
1. Lycan Parks, was a Presl)yterian ndnister in Cliarles-
tou S. C, married General llaynes' widuw. Tlu'v liad
two children, Lycan and Eliza. Lycan die^l young, Iflt
■^ a widow and two children in South Carolina; VAi/.a
married MeWhirter and moved to Texas.
2. Ann Parks.
3. ]\Iargaret.
4. Permelia. •
5. John. -1
6. William. '' , ' .
7. Andrew.
8. Eli/a.
2. Ann Parks, daughter of Hugh Parks aiul Mary Davis, mar-
ried James Kirkpatrick. They moved to Decatur, Ca., where they
lived and raised a large family of ehildrm, eleven. Jane Kirki)at-
rick marriad a :\Iorgan, left one daughter, Mrs. Maggis Ramspcek ;
William Kirkpatrick was for some time a merchant in Atlanta, Ga. ;
Wallace' was judge in Decatur, Ga. Had eight children, John Lycan
Kirkiiatrick, D.D., was a man of high attainments and greatly
honored in his ])rofession as a minister in tlu- Presl)yterian Chui'cli,
editor of the "Southern Preshyterian" in Charleston, S. C, and
professor in Davidson College ami Washington and Lee University,
until his death. He married :\laiy Turner. His son, James Alex-
ander Kirkpatrick, was a well-known citizen of :Montgonu;ry, Ala.
lie was a lawyer of acknowledged ability and i)rouiiiient in social
circles. He umrried Miss Holtzclaw, darghter of (ieneral .Janu's
Holtzclaw. Three children were born to them-. :\Iary Kirkpatri(d<,
and John Kirkpatrick. (See sketch "Alabamamian Wins Honor.")
Thomas Kirkpatrick nmrried and lived on a farm near .Mai-
ietta, Ga. Had several ehildren.
:]. :Margaret Parks, daughter of Hugh Parks. .Jr.. and his wife.
:\lary Davis, married Willian\ Watson. ^Sei' Kli/abeth MeHowell
and Samuel Watson.) Had eight children:
1. Samuel Watson, served in the Confederate army, would iu)t
submit to the surrender, moved his family to Oampenas, Brazil, died
in a few years, leaving a Vvidow ami several ehildren, who returned
to their home.
2. Hugh Parks Watson, was a distinguished lawyer, judge
and general. Was on Scott's staff in the ^Mexican War, also did
service in the Confederate Army, lived and died in Montgomery,
Ala.
8. I\Iary Watson, married Wilson, lived and died in ^'o'k D's-
trict, S. C, Had three sons — Pi-esbyterian ministers.
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4. Elizabeth Auii Watson, married -lolin Hall, luuvcd to Moii-
ticollo, Ark., in 1860. Had four sons and t\)ur daiightcfb. -lolin (i.,
graduated in the Theologieal Seminary in Columliia S. C. mai-rii'd
Virginia Wilson, Staunton, Va. Tiiey went to reniandjiu'co, lii-azil,
as missionaries, war breaking out there in a few vi'ar.s, they were
brought baek and sent to Urownsville and Mat morris, iVlexico, where
they labored ahout t^venty years. Were sent to Crcdeiias, Cuba,
in 1899.
5. Andrew W. Watson was a Presbyterian iiiiiii.st(!r, married
Miss Martha Campbell, went as missionaries to the Indian Territory,
health failing, they returned, and he preached at Sdiiia. Ala., then
Atoka, Tenn. In 1878 his health failed so mueh he umt to Florida.
The yellow fever being in IMemphis, his family moved to him in
lluntersville, N. C. He remained in that State until he died.
G. Joim Lvean Watson, married and remaiin-d ni York villa,
S. C.
7. William ]\Iarion Watson, married — — — .
8. Margaret Henrietta AVatson, married an Alexander, then
moved to northwestern jtart of (Jeorgia, not far from Chattanooga,
was living there in 187().
4. Permelia i'arks, daughter of Hugh Parks, Jr., and Mary
Davis, married MeCinnis, lived and died In Powder Springs, Ga.
Issue: 1. ]\lary Jane, nmrried a dohnsou and died young. 2. Eliza,
married Capt. Lind^ley.
5. John McDowell Parks, son of Hugh Parks and Mary Davis,
was born Nov. 2'<], 1799, moved to 'i'ennessee when about twenty
years of age. Located some land i)ensions his father drew ns cap-
tain in the Kevolut ionary War in Fayette Count\ , Wesi 'rennessee,
nine miles northeast of Somerville, Tenn. This deed is for 64()
acres, date Aug. 24. 182G. In duly, 1828, he mari-ied Hiley Tucker.
daughter of William T\ud\Cr and Susie Hamj)ton, a relative of Cen-
eral Wade Hampton. They moved from North Carolina and set-
tled on Stewart's Cre(d<, iiutherford County, Tenn., at an early day.
His grandchildren still own the place.
•John M. Parks was a very public spirited man, took a deep in-
terest in everything that worked to the Ixdterment of the public.
Sei'Ned as a Justice of the Peace six years at the urgent request of his
neighbors in the good old times when the "office sought the man,
and not the man the office." Though he lived on a farm he had
great talent for and was well versed in law, and acted as guardian
and administrator of estates and executor of wills for many years
of his life. Was ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church for thirty
years. He was a nuin of great integrity of character, investigated
subjects thoroughly and then stood firmly for what he believed to
be right.
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llilcy Tucker Parks, liis wife, was a faithful holpiiiaU', sym-
patlirtie. boiu'voU'iit. Slie ])ossessed great energy aiul kindness of
licart, and accomplished so much good among those less fortunate
that she was often styled a " min isle ring angel."
John ]\IeI)owell Parks and his wife imi)roved the farm in Fa-
yette (Jounty initil they had a eomlortable, beautiful home, where
they spent thirty years of tl;cir li\es. They then removed to Shiloh,
(iibson Comity, Tenn., where they Itoth died, he on Ftd). 2, 1862,
aged ;')? years. They had four children:
1. Mary I'ai'oline Parks, born .luly 9, 1829, married Daniel F.
Mcdntosh, of ])ure Scotch desi-cnt, was j-aised in ^Moorc County,
N. ('., but moved to Haywood County, Tenn., then to llund)oldt,
Tenn. Here lie died, Dee. 30, 1869. She had three step-sons, wdio
are now living in BeeBee, Ark. In 1890 ]\Iary Caroline Mcintosh
wejit to Nashville. Tenn., to live with her sister Susan.
2. Susan Fmeline Parks, was born June 12, 1831, married
liii'am K. Noi-tiiway, who was raised near Syracuse, N. V., and
came to Rutherford County, Tenn., when (piite a young man. He
served as ruling elder in the Presbytei'ian church for many years.
They lived in Rutherford County until 1862, then moved to Shiloh,
(Jibson County, to be witli her sister in the home where their par-
ents died. After li\ing in San Antonio, Texas, for nearly twenty
\eai's, they came to Nashville in 1890. They had seven children:
Mary Rutii, died Feb. 28, 1896, aged 41 years; John Parks North-
way, died in Jackson Count}', Ark., aged 18 months; William
Halp ilit'd ^vlK'n three ^cars old in Smyrna, Tenn., Ajiril, 18()l ;
Hugh Parks Northway, married Mamie l.ee Morrison, in San An-
tonio, Texas; lives near Smyrna, Tenn; has four chiblren. Hiley
Anna Northway married Halsey W. Chenaweth, in San Atonio,
Texas, no\v li\ing in Nashville, Tenn. Has five children; Thomas H.
Northway, married h]\a Seay in San Antonio, Texas. Has three
ehildrcn, Carrie Tuekei' Northway lives with hei' parents in Nash-
ville. Tenn., since died.
3. William Hugh Parks, born 27th of I^Iarch, 1837. Kniisted
in the Confederate serviee in the fall of 1861. Was wounded and
captured by the Federals on Kennesaw JMountain, (Ja., June PHh,
1864. tiled in their field hosjjital the next day. His friends did not
know wdiat became of him for five years, then heard through a Fed-
eral officer that "he was shot through the bowels by a minnie ball
and died praying for liis friends and country, and retpiested that he
would let his sisters know, if ])Ossible, what heeame of him, but his
mind wandered so much he (the Federal officer) did not learn their
postoffice address Was buried near a creek and mill about thi'ee
miles from ]\Iarietta, Cia."
('apt. Blakeslee, of Sunbury, 111., was the Federal officer, and
he piddished a memorial of his death in the "Blue and the Gray,"
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a nia.urazino puhlislicd in riiiladrlpliia. in .hiiiuaf.w 181)4. It was
i'e-])ul)lished in tlic "Cont'cdrratc \'ct('i'au." S.-piciiihcf. 1S!)7. lie
also wrote a hcantiful jxicni dt'dicatcd to his sistci's, w liirh was j)ul)-
lislied ill the lluinbohlt papers in the s])rin^' of 1S1)7. WiUiam Hugh
Pai-ks was 27 j^ears old, was a most dutil'ui son, afft'ci ionatc hrollici'
and exenii)lary Christian hoy and man.
G. William ]*arks; son of llu^di Parks, dr., and .Mai'v Davis,
married Kli/.a Ilaynes, daui^dilfr of (Jeiieral llayncs. li\rd and died
near Steele ("re.'k, X. I'. 11. id live ediildrcn: 1. .Mary, died soon
al'ter her parents. '2. \j\\-n\\. dird in ISIJo, from the crtV'cts of hard
s('r\iee in the ai'iny. h-avinj; a widow and two (diddrrn. :;. Widiaai,
livrd in Troy, Ala., was a .jnd^c of tin' circnit foiirt. Had scxcii
sons and one daujijhtt'i'. Two ol' his sons were hiwyers, and one a
.indj^e. 4. Isaac llayncs, died in 1S!)7. h'aN'in^' lixc (diihlicn. .'>.
Fannie, married ('apt. ^leKensic, died in IHIJo, h'a\ni^f one dan^di-
ter (now :\Irs. Dr. -lohnson, of Navasola, Tr.xas, ) All of tlir sons
served in the Confederate War with h'amdc's hiishand, Cajit. Mu-
I\(Misie.
7. Andrew Davis Parks, son of llu-h Parks, -li-., and Mary
Davis, married Klizaheth 1). Pnrc, Dee. 2:!, PsJd, lie was horn
.May 2;], 1800, and died Oet. IG. 18:58. They had one dan-liter. .Mary
Kli/abeth, bom Aug. 22, 1828.
:\lary Elizabeth Parks married Thos. li. Pi-ici-, .\pril :!(), 1.S4G.
They lived with her mother on tln' old Parks place about four
miles from Charlotte, N. ( ". (near bi<( Snj^'ar Cretk). Issue:
1. Andrew Parks Price, boin Jan. Ui, 1.S48, marri<'d Pet-
tic Wolfe, Decend)er, 18(i!). She died about 1872. No
issue living, lie died duly ."JO, 188;;.
2. :Margaret Anindte Price, boi-n Oct. 10. PSoO, never mar-
ried, lived witii lu-r brother, John Knox Pidcc at the
old Parks |)lace, until his death.
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4. 'Klizabelh Jane, boiai 1804. ' ' '
5. Thomas Kirkpatrick, boi'n Sept. 1(5, 18(;i ; died Dec. (i,
1!K)8.
6. John Knox, born Sept. 16, 1864, nmrried Saraii l<]stelle
Suminerville. Det. l!>, 18!):}. Issue: 1. Adrain Park^.
:. ; born Jnly .17, 18!)4. 2. Sarah Annette. Jan. 25, 18!)7.
;}. Elizabeth, April ;{, 18!)!). 4. John (li'aham. boiii
April 1, 1!)01, died June 21, 1!)()2. o. William Kno.v,
'born Feb. 11. l!)()4.
8. Eliza Parks, daughter of Hugh Parks. Ji., ami Mary Davis
married a ^IcEai'ty. livinl and died in Chei'okec Coinity, ^liss. Had
several sons ami one daughter. The daugliler uiarried a Latham,
who served in the Confeclcratc war and was kilbd at b^ranklin.
James Polk MePartv was also killed at FraidJiu. Jnhn I'arks Mc-
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Larty luiii'i'it'd and lived at Sri-apta, .Miss. Harvey married Ellen
Hoiiliam ill Waeo, Texas, and died lliere.
From a .Aiontgoinery, Ala., newspaper:
ALABAMIA.X \V1.\S liOXOHS.
•lames llollzelaw Kirk^jatriek, wlio was awarded llie Alaliama
seliolarsliip to Oxford University, proxidrd I'or in tlir will (d" the
late Cecil Rliodes, was born in ()i)elika. lie is the oldest son of ^Ir.
and Mrs. rioliii A. Kirki)atri(d<, of .Montjj;()mer\ , and is a grandson
of llie late (ien. dames P. llollzelaw. of this eit\-.
l\c nio\e(l 1o [Montgomery with his parents in "ehildhood, and
reeeived his early edueation in Miss Woodruff's school. In 18'J7
he entered Starke's University School, and was one of the ten honor
pupils of that school throughout his thi-ee years' course of study
there. In Ihe fall of IWX) he entered the soi)homore tdass of the
rni\eisit\' of Alabama, and graduated before his Jiineticnth year,
at that institution, taking an A.B. degree. lie was appointed fellow
and insti-uctor in CJreek and Latin at the University, and was grad-
uated with the degree of Master of Science.
He stood the examination for the lihodes scholarshij), having
five e()mi)etit()rs from various State institutions, and won.
He is well known in IMontgoniei-y, and has a large eiitde of
friends.
Under the rules of the seholai'ship he will take uj) his i-esidence
at Oxford about Oct. 1. The seholai'ship is worth ffl.oOO a year for
Ihree \'ears.
fa:\iily ki<xx)kds of richard irwjn and dfscfndants.
(Uy Richard Irwin, of I'ennsylvania.)
The i)arents of RICJHARI) HiWlN, the emigrant ancestor, re-
sided in the Comity of Armagh, ]»rovince of Ulster, Ireland, and
were of the j)eople first called Ulster Scots, and latteily Scotch-Irish,
descendants of those Protestant Scotch colonists whom the English
government i)lanted in the north of Ireland, in the ])rovinee of
Ulster, in the time of dames J. "These colonists," we are informed
by ]\IcIntosh, in his history of Scotland, "were Presbyterians, mostly
of the dolin Knox ty])e, and were very numerous. Being religious,
economical and industrious, the\' ])rosi)ercil in their adopted home,
becoming the leading ])eople, and ever loyal to the government that
ga\e them better lands than those they left behiiul them."
The Irwin family of Chester County, l*a.. suhse(|uently of North-
umberland and Union counties, then of Cherry tree, Venango County,
is of Scotch-Irish extraction. The family traces its ancestry to
I)a^'id Irwin, of the County of Armagh, Ireland, who maii-ied Mar-
garet Berry, in 1725, and reared a family of eleven tddldren, eight
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THE McDowells and conineictions iot
sons and three daughters. Of the' sons, six emigrated to America
and settled in several of the Stati's, princii)ally Fenns\ l\ aiiia. New
Yoi'k, Virginia and Ohio. Their descendants are now \ery numer-
ous in tiie Uiuted States.
It is from Richard, who was l)orn in the year 1740, in Arnuigh
County, Irehmd, and who nuirried Ann Steele, who was the daugh-
ter of Samuel Steele, lEsci., and Ann (Futhey) Steele, in Novend)er,
IKU, at New London, Chester County, I*a., and that the fandl\-
w imse record is here given, is descended.
As every attainahle item connected with the life of Richard
Irwin, the American ancestor, is of interest to his descendants, I
give all the extracts and records I can find relating to him as im-
migrant and ])ioneer, and liave heen greatly aided by references
to him in the "Annals of the Buffalo Valley," written by the lion.
John Blair Linn, the accomplished historian of Central Pennsylva-
nia, who exhibits great research in i)ioneer history. Although the
aeeounts of a single person and his family in a work of its nuigni-
tude must of necessity be fragmentary, yet all contained therein
cannot fail to be of interest.
When Richard h-win was 36 years old he went himself to White
Deer township. Union County, then Northumberland, which was
then considered the frontier, to find a new home, leaving his wife
and family in Chester County. At that time the frontiers were in
a very disturbed condition, owing to Lidian troul)les, the settlers
driving back the Indians and occupying the lands, making the fron-
tier to recede westward each year before advancing civilization. I
(|Uote from the records of Chester County and from 'the Annals,
copied by S. I). Irwin, from records of Chester County, Pa., as-
sessment duplicates.
1762. Richard Irwin, Freeman, Tax, 9 shillings.
1763. Richard Irwin, Freeman, Poll tax.
Not found on tax list in New London township after that date.
Annals, page 113. "IMarch 13, 1776, at a town meeting Rich-
ard Irwin was appointed first lieutenant of the connnittee of safety
in Capt. Wm. Murray's Company."
Page 149: "Assessment list of inhabitants of White Deer,
Northumberland County, for the year 1778, appears the name of
Richard Irwin, 1 log cabin."
He afterwards purchased the Basher place, at White Deer, in
1777, several years before he removed his family from Chester
County. This was the year of the "Great Runaway." so known
among the early settlers. As the account of this purchase is in-
teresting and shows the state of the border at that time, I quote
from the Annals in full:
Page 156: "At this time occurred the death of John Michael
Basher. It was the time of the Great Runaway, and as Basher's
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Chestei- County, i'enn.
THE McDowells and connections io«)
iiaine is (lroi)j)ed from \\\v asscssiiieiit of 1778, his ilcatli uiust have
oceiu-red in the first week of .July, 1778. liusher eaine to tlie Valley
ill 1774, and in June of tliat year purehased the Maeob Kees' tract,
near New Colunil)ia, of Hawkins Boom-. In April 1777, he sold it
a^'ain to Kiehanl Jrwin, and moved down on the place of I'eter
iSwai-tz. Weyland and another person took uj) Basher's goods,
and then pushed out into tjie river, liasher went to the slaljle, got
a horse, and attempted to drive some eattle down along the shore.
When lie got to the bluff that eomes ilown to tlu' ri\er, at the pres-
ent lime kiln of Hon. (J. h\ .Miller, just by a red oak, that was still
standing a few years sinee, he was fired upon by some Indians in
ambush, and killed. Weyhuul anil his comrade wlio were lying
down in the boat, rose to fire, and Weyland was struck on the lip
with a spent ball, the mark of which lie carried to his grave. He
said Ba.sher was buried on the river bank.
The next ])lace Richard Irwin is mentioned in the Annals is
on page 258: "Officers elected in Wiiite Deer in 178!): Supervisors,
John Laeky and Samuel Dale; Overseer, Richard Irwin."
Annals, p. 306: "Assessment of White Deer townshop, 17'J(i.
Irwin, Richard. Log house and barn. Occupation, weaver and
farnu'r." This assessment also gives the names of liis sons, who
afterward settled in Cherrytree, as follows: "Irwin, Samuel, weav-
er: Irwin, John, surveyor."
Mr. Linn, in his Annals, publishes in two or three places ex-
tracts from the diary of a' certain Flavel Roan, who was an ec-
eentrie and jolly bachelor of bibulous habits, if v.'r. can trust his
journal, as well as being something of a poet. He writes in a dash-
ing off hand way, and appeared to be on sociable terms with all the
prominent early settlers of the Buffalo Valley. In his journal he
sjx'aks of visiting Richard Irwin and Samuel Dale (who afterward
went to Lancaster ('ounty), and of calling on the same day to see
Dr. Joseph Priestly, the celebrated Unitarian i)reacher and philoso-
pher, the discoverer of oxygen, who lived in the neighliorhootl. His
(Roan's) sketches are amusing, and instructive, too, as they furnish
an insight to the limes. The writer well remembers hearing his
grand father tell funny stories of the sayings and exploits of Flavel
Roan. I (piote two extracts from the Annals from said diary, inas-
much as tliev relate to Richard Irwin.
Annals, page 361 : "1807, July 29. ]\Iilitia meeting. Field of-
ficers ))resent. Election for coni|)aiiy officers at Richard Irwin's
AVhite Deer. Fdw. :\lorton and 1 attended and clerked. We had
])lenty to talk and some whiskey."
Annals, ])age 381: "180!); July 1. Called at (Jriei's and R. Ir-
win's. Sent a snuff ))ox to ]\lrs. Robt. Lyons. Ha.l business at
Dr. l*riestly's. Not a qimrt of whiskey in all \\}e haying. Met Col.
S. Dale on his way to the Assembly. Party at Rev. John Hood's."
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This ends all that is said in the Annals ronceruing Kichard Ir-
win It is evident that he was livin- in -Inly, 180'J, and the writer
understands hy tradition that he lived until IHl'i. Fro)u what has
h..,Mi said he was an industrious man, led an exemplary lite, and
raised a larj^'e and useful I'auiily.
We su)>.ioin a hriel' sketeli of the Steele family, of Chester Coun-
ty, Pa., whieh we extraet from the history of that eounty by Hon.
d*. Smith Futhey:
"Ann Steele, who married Kiehard Irwm. was descended li'om
Ninnian Steele, who eame from the north of Ireland and .settled ni
New London townshij) and died there in 174.'), h-aving ^ix ehd.lren,
anu.n- whom was Samuel Steele, Ks.|., who lived at Thunder lldl,
Ww London townshoi). and died in .May, 17(30. Icavm- eleven ehd-
dren, amon- whom was Aim, who marrie.l Kiehard Irwm, ami Kuth
who married Kohert Futhey, whose daughter Ann married Samuel
Dale, in 17lii). and removed to Buffalo Valley, near the pre.sent site
of Lewishurg, Pa. The deseendaiits of Ninnian Steele, the emigrant,
are verv numerous and scattered over the country. The Steeles and
Futheys are of Seoteh-lrish descent and of Presbyterian faith gen-
Short sketches of the children of Kichard Irwin and Ann Ste(de
will follow, in place. As i)resenting a general summary, I adopt
tlie record of his grandfather's family, kept by Hon. Kichard Irwm,
of Franklin, which follows, to which is added other data omitted
by him or occurring since his death.
^i()TK— The small figure affixed to a name in the list here-
inafter given, shows the generation to which it belongs, numbering
downward from the immigrant Kichard. -
The Roman numerals designate the branch of the family to
which the individual belongs. For example: la. Kiehard Irwin
designates him the son of 1 Samuel Irwin 2, and the grandson of
Kiehard Irwin 1. The prefixed letter a, shows him to be the first
child of Samuel 2, b Fanny being the .second, c Samuel Miller, the
third, and so on.
Kichard Irwin, born County Armagh, North Ireland, in the
\ear 1740; came to New London townshii), Chester County, Pa., and
was married to Ann Steele in November, 1764.
Ann Steele, born ISIay 18, 1744, of parents Samuel Steele, Esq.,
and Ann Futhey, in New London township, Clu'ster County. Pa.
Their children as follows:
1. Samuel Irwin 2, born Aug. 17, 1765, at New London,
Chester County, Pa.; married -lane :\liller of Northamp-
' ton County, Pa., March !), 17i)7, at White Deer town-
•^ ship, Northumberland C(uinty, Pa. Jane .Miller Iruin
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clit'd Nov. 4. ISC"). ;ii ("licrrvti'ce. in lli.- bSlh vcar of
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2. David Irwiii. l.orii Drc IT). 17(Ui, at Nrw Loinlon. I'a.;
(lied iMairli, 17G7.
:>. Joliu Irwin, Worn -Ian. 1^-1, 17(iS, New IjMnli.n, I'a.; ilied
Dee. '2S. lS:iS. at Clifrrytrci-, i'a. Never iiuirii.Ml.
4. .Jainos Irwiii. Uoiwi l'\'h. i;>, 1770, Wtst l-'allowfield town-
ship, Ciu'slci- County, i'a.; died Sept. 'Il , 1S-J7, at
('in'rr\ tree. i'a.
f). .Mar-aret, l.orn .May 18, 1772; died July. 177',).
G. Xinian. I)()rn .May 24, 1774, West Fell. .w lie!. 1 townsliipr
died Auk. 1^, ^^'^^K at Cliorrytree.
7. Eliabcth born .May 7, 1777, We.st Fallow field township :
died dune K), liS.lS. ill Delawart- low nslii|), .\lereier
eouid.w l*a.
8. Robert, boi-n Au<^. o, 17S2, .\e\v London township, Clies-
tei' eounly, I'a.; died Xov. 7, liSoS, in llanisoii county.
Ohio.
}). liiehard, born O.l. 1:1, 178.1, in West Fallow field, Ches-
ter county, l*a. ; died Sept. 2."), I8r)7, in Chenytree,
Venango ('onnt>, Ta.
10. .lo.seph, born .May 20, 1788, in White Deei- township,
iXortliUMiberlanil eonnty, I'a.; diiMJ Oet. !>. 1S27, in .Mea.l
township, Crawford couidy, i'a.
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1. Samuel Irwin II. inanied -lam- Miller, of Mt. licthel. I'a.
ir ehildren:
a. Kichard Irwin, born .\lav (J, 17f)8; inairie.l .Mar.-h 5,
18:54; died Xov. 18, 1882.
b. Kainiy. -born .May :'., 1800; married William 1'. .MeChee,
Oct. 20, 1821); died -luly 14, 1887.
e. Samuel .Miller; married Kdiza Hamilton; boin dune 2:),
1804; married duly !). bs;};'); died dul\ 2. I8t;!>.
d. Ann, born Au^-. (i. IMHi; nuirried Charles Chase Oct. 1:5.
1831.
e. .lohn, born Oct. 12, 1808; mairied .Maivh 20. 18;;4; iv-
married NovendnT, 1844, Knnly Xewton, burn 18l(i.
f. William, borii dan. I), l8ll; nmrried Fdi/.a Si, wart dan.
f), 18;{7; died Oet. Hi, 18b;{.
0-. Eli/a, born Fed.. 1, 181;"); married A.sah.l Lov.ll Oet. 1.
18;J3; died Se|)t. 1, \s:A.
(Xote.— Asah.d Lovell died (.)et. ."), 18!)1.)
h. dane, born .\pril 21, 1817; man-ied dosliua T. Ciii-iMe,
(d" Wai-ren e(.unty, I'a., Feb. 4, I84(i.
( .Xote — .Mj-. ('., her husband, boi'ii iu the I'roviiiee of (tMicdM-e, in
"); died Aii^r. 18, 187!). X(. (ddldren.)
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la. Kirlmnl Irwin 111, horn in Wliilc Deer to\vn.slii|), Xortlmm-
luTland county. Pa., May (i, 17i)8; niarrird Hannah W. .Mav, (lau-h-
Iri' of \ly. ll./ckiah Mav. Mairh f), IS.'U; died Nov. IS, issi!. Their
c-hlldivii:
Samuel Dale IV, horn March 12. iSii.'); niarrie.l ,\larv
Thomas March 1:;, LsTl. Xo children.
Frances Helen, horn -Ian. 2;{, 1S;}7; married Christopher
lleydrick June '^O, ISW).
\l. May, horn Sept. 2.'), 1S;5S; married Mary Louise Leech,
Sept. 11, lS7!i.
Mar-ai'ct Jane, horn Oct. 21, 1840; married Willis 15. jieiie-
dict, leS74; died Api'il 14, 1877.
Ilannali G., horn Sept. 17. 1842; residence, Franklin. Pa.
Richard Lovell, hoi'n -Au^'. 27, 1845; married Xanc\- Eaton;
died .March 1:5, 1878.
Frances Helen 4, horn -Ian. 2;], 18:)7; married Christopher He\-
drick, .June 20, 18G0. Their chiklren :
Carl Irwin, born June 15, 18G;5. Attorney, Fi-anklin. Pa.
Harriet, born Feb. 24, 18G(i.
Richard L, born Feb. 24, 18(JG; died Nov. 22, 1871.
Fred. Paul, born Oct. 2:3, 18G<). liank toller, Frawklin.
Helen M., born May ;30, 187G.
II. .May Irwin 4, born Sept. 25, 18:}8; married Mary Louise Tjeech,
Sept. 11, 1879. Their children:
Richard, born June 7, 1880.
Hiram L., born Feb. 11, 1882; Cadet at Annapolis.
Arthur .May, boin Sept. 1, 188:}.
Francis Iluntinjidon, hoi'ii Sejjt. 5, 1885.
Katherine Gertrude, liorn Au<i,'. ;}, 1887.
]\IaJ'\- Louise, horn Au<!;. 17, 1891. : .
Marpiret Jane 4, l)orn Oct. 21, 1840; married Willis P,. Henedict.
June 18. 1874; died April 14, 1877.
Their child, Sehlen Spencer, l)()rn June 2:5, 1875. Resides
at Titusville, Pa.
Richard L. 4, boi-n Auj^'.- 27, 1845; nnirried Nancy Eaton; died
:\larcli i:J, 1878, at OleaJi, N. V. Their children:
HeU'U E., born March :50, 1871, at Plea.santville, Pa. Resi-
dence, Jacksonville, I'Ma.
Clara M., boi-n Nov. Ki. 1875, at Pleasantville. Residence,
Jacksonville. ^ r ;•'.!,>
lb. Frances 3, born May :5, 1800, in White Deei- township, TTnion
county, Pa.; nuirried William Paiker McKee (born ?*lai(h :;, 1802)
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Oct. 20, 1829; (lied at Fannin-toii, Iowa, -luly 14, 1SS7, a.uv.l ,S7
\rai-s, 2 iiioiitlis and 11 days, 'riicii- cliildiTii :
Samuel Irwiu 4, boni -lulv ;5(), 1S:{0; died .Jid\- 1, l^s2, at
Bradford, Pa.
John Irwin, born .May ."), ls;52; died K(4). IT), Lsr)2, at Kittan-
nin*?. Pa.
Mary Jane, l)oVn April 7, ISIU; died dune IG, 18()G.
Juliet P., born in Venango county, June 'M), is;5f).
Frances A., born in Venanjio county, Jan. 9, 1S40.
Samuel T. IMcKee 4, married Julia A. Foi-ker, llarrisville, i'a.,
dune 5, 1850. lie was killed in a laihoad accident duly 1, l8,s;;. His
wife died March 6, 1887, at Bolivar, N. V. Tliev were' both l)iiiied at
Bradford, Pa. Their children:
William James 5, born in Ilari'isville, Pa., Feb. 22. 1851 ;
residence, Ninfj:|)(), Cliiiui.
John Irwin, born in Brookville, Pa., Oct. 1, 1852; residence,
Chicago, 111.
]\I. Fannie, born in Clintomille, Pa., Sept. G, 1854; i-esidi'iico,
Rochester, N. V.
Samuel II., born in Farmington, la., ^larch 1, 1857; I'esi-
dence, Tacoma, Wash.
Clarice Anna, born in Farnungton, Sei)t. 7, l85i); niari'ied
W. E. Smith ; residence, ('hica<iO.
Julia Ella S., born in Farminjiton, March 28, 18()2; mai'-
ried F. A. l\ol)iiison ; residence, Rochester, \. Y.
Thomas (Uinton, boi n in Ci-oton, la., dune 27, 18G7; mai"-
i-ied Kate Fuhes, dan. 5, 188G; residence, Wellsville,
N. V.
A. Dwight, born in ("linlonville. Sept. 8, 18G!); mai-ried .Min-
lue K. Webster; residence, Rcclu'stel-, N. Y.
Ma>' F., born in Rouseville, Pa., April 4, l87:i; I'esidence,
" Rochesler.
Rev. William James ^IcKee 5, l)orn Fel). 22, 1851 ; married Abbie
P. Ketchum, of Mar.shall, Mich.. Oct. 22, 1879, at Nin-po, China,
where he is now a prominent missionary of the Presbyterian Board
of Foreign ^Missions. TJudr children, all boi"n in Ningi)o:
Irwin William, born April 19, 1881.
Sidney B., born Oct. 2:}, 1882.
Samiud Clai-k, boiii Nov. 5, 1884.
John Irwin McKee 5, nuiri'ied E<litli E. Folsom, of .Millerstown,
Pa., Nov. 19, 187G. His wife died in duly, 1882. Their children:
Elsie (1.
Frankie, who died in September, I88;i. "' '
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^I. Fannie IMcKre 5, l)orii Sept. G, US54 ; residence. :].') IJaiilett
.street, Roehe.ster, N. Y.
Sauuiel Harris ■NIcKee 5, 'l)orn Mareh 1, 1857; married .Martha
Sylva, Sept. 5, 1879, at Butler, Pa. No children; residence, Taeoma,
Wash. -i- -
(Jhirice Anna 5, born Sept. 7, 1859; married W. E. Smith, Dec
2, 187G; residence, Chicat?o, 111. Their children, four in nuiulu-r:
Ella Frances 6, -lulia, Andrew P. and Will E.
.lidia Ella S. 5, born Mareli 28, 18U2; mari'ied F. A. Robinson.
Any:. G, 1882; residence, Rochester, N. Y. Tliey have two children:
Arthur Pest C and Vive MeKee.
Thomas (Jlinton 5, born Croton, la., June 27, 1867; married Kate
Fuhes; residence, Wellsville, N. Y. No ehildi-en.
A. Dwiglit 5, born Clintonville, Sept. 8, 1869; married .Minnie K.
Webster, Jan. 22, 1891; residence, Rochester, N. Y.
iNlary Forker 5, born Rouseville, April 4, 1873; residence, Roeh
'ster, N. Y.
Mary Jane 4, married Jos. P. Gray, of Athens, IMo., June, 1858.
She died Jiuie 16, 1866, on the plains, on her ^vay to Pike's Peak,
and was buried at Fort Laramie. Parents of three children: .Joseph.
\ellie and Samuel I. Parents and children all dead.
Juliet Parker 4, nmrried Paul S. Thome, of Athens, .Mo., 1m-1).
24, 1856; residence, Emi)oria, Kan. Their ehildn-n, all born at
Athens, Mo.:
Clarence M. 5, born April 12, 1857; died .May 4, 1865.
Edwin T., born Sept. 11, 1859.
Fannie McKee, born Oct. 1, 1862.
Cvharles Irwin, born Sept. 26, 1865.
William McKee, Imrn May 10, 1869.
Fred Scott, born Dec. 8, 1872; died Aug. 24, 1874.
Watt Armstrong, born Dec. 12, 1878:
(Note— Paul S. Thome -is a luitive of Mi.ssouri, and during tiie
war was a i)rominent Union man. lie was always full of eiieigy. I'o
his wife the compiler is much indebted for statistics, as well as to
Frances A. (4) and M. Fannie :\IcKee (5), of Rochester, N. Y. )
Edwin T. 5, married A. Poory, June 19, 1890; residence l);.dgt
City, Kan.; merchant.
(Jharles Irwin 5, married Flora Clancy, Dec. 25, 1890; rcsidcnc
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THE Mcr>0\VKLl,y AND CONNKCTlOXS
Dodyv Cily, Kiiii.; I'ailroad a^viit. One cliild. I'aiil Irwiii (i, horn
Orl. 12, ISDI.
iiiiuMit cilizi
h'raiu-i's Aim 4, mai'i'icd (icor^c Kiii^', a
l-'aniiiiigtoii, la., \u-h. U>, IN.')?. Tlicir childivii :
lOdj^ar Irwiii f), honi Del. 17, KSaS.
Carrie- S., horn S.-i)!. 7, lS(i2.
Marv Fdsic Oi-a, boni Kch. 15, l,S(i(J.
" ' CraiV McKcc, ])()ni Drc 20, l.S7:5: died An- ;5, 1874.
Fi-aiik Foi'kri-, h..ni Drc -J!), 1S7S; dird -lulv :;, ISSO.
of
Carrii' Susan T), married Pi'oi'. S. 1). Allison, supcrinttMidcnt jMib-
lic srli()i)ls, Eliinvood, ill., June 2!), 1,SJ)0.
One child, Kuth (i, horn 1 )t'ccinht"i-, ISiM.
Ic. Saiuuid Miller liwin ;5, married Kli/.a T. Hamilton, -lidy 9,
is:}.'). Their children :
Kmilv Jane 4, horn May 17, l.S;{h; marrie.l (lleason IJived,
March 28, LSG.-); died Ai)ril ;'), 1S!)1. at (laleshnr-, 111.
No children.
Ann Elizabeth, horn -July 2G. l.s;{,s, Chei'rytree, Pa.; diinl
at Chicago, -Inly 18, 1887.
Mary Keynolds, horn May 14, 1840, at Cherrytree, I'a.; resi-
dence, Galeshurg-, 111.
Lvdia ()., horn Sept. 17, 1841, at Cherrvtree; died April 3.
1843. ■
Edward L., horn .Jnlv (i, 1843, at Cherrvtree; died Feb. 9,
18{i3.
Celia Fi-ances, horn Nov. 2, 1844; residence. (Jaleshnr--, III.
Sclinda Louisa, horn Auj^'. 8, 1840; died March 17.
Dr. Harlan Miller, h..rn Aug-. 1, 1848; married Delia M.
(!hil(ls, .Alay 28, 18!)1.
Kichard II., l)orn March 10, 1850; died in nifancy
(Not* — \)v. Irwin is a pi-aclicin^' physician in Chicai^-o, residing:
at 341 Wai'i'en avenue. 4\> him the wi-iter is indehled for the I'ec-
ord of his father's family. The doctoi- was educated at Knox ('olleiiv.
(Jalcsbnrg-, and com])h'te(l his medical course at lleidelhir^', (}er-
nuniy. TTis son, llarlin Childs Irwin, was horn .May 2r), 18:)2.)
Id. Ann 3, married Cluwles Chase, Oct. 13, 1831 ; died at Plains-
ville, ()., Aug-. 13, 1884. ' Th.-ir children:
Jane A. 4, horn Dec 1, 1834; nmrried A. S. Dohhs, Maivii
IS, 1854; (lied .Mav 30, 1891. Thcii- children:
Charles Chase 5, hoim Mav 21, 185!); ivsideuce, Phuns-
ville, Ohio.
' ' ' Frank C., iMirn Dec. 11, I8(i5: resi.leiiee, Painsville, O.
Ic. John 3, nmrried March 20, 1834, to Ann Irwin, who died in
4-T.
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1S4'2- on Nov. 21, lS-14, luarrird Emily .M. Nrwtoii. Their cliiMrcn:
liiK-ie A. 4, l)oni Nov. 27, 1^4(1; uiarricd An-. ■"), l,sT:5, lo
Ki'V. Isaac Vj. Can-y: iTsidciui', Cliardoii, Oliio.
.Jolm Ncwtcn, born Au- 22, 1S47; nian'icd A--ir .M. -.Master,
b\4) 2:1 1S72; i-csidciicc. ()alfsl)ur^'. 111.
Sara I., born Oct. 2, 1S49; luarrird An- 4. iSSl, tc Krv K.
(;. :\lcNicH-c, Siilt Lake City, Ttali.
Rev. Albert H.. l)()rn {)(;t. 2, l.s.')! ; married Dee. 2<. IS, 7. lo
Lorelta Iv Hart; residence, llioldand. Kan.
• i.ucie A. 4. married Dr. 1. K. Caivy. Tlicir children:
Am; Newton 5, born March .'>, I,s7r), at Watei-loo, la. __
Jo'in i)\v;<ilit ai'.d T.en hwin. twins, boi-n Sept. 20, 1S(7, :ii
lluntsbnr<;-, Ohio.
Alice Emily, born Oct. 2:}, ISSl, at Ihmtsbnr-', Ohm.
.lohn N. 4, of (Jalcsl)iir<i-, 111., mai-ried AK^^if Mc.Masters, of I'itts-
I'ield, Pa. Their cliildrcn :
Walter McM aster o, born Nov. 1), 1872.
Herbert Elwood, born April 19, 1875.
Lynn N., born June 9, 1877.
John Paul, born Nov. 22, 1879.
Keith Gordon, born ]\Iarch VA, 1885.
Florence Tjouisa, born ]\Iarcli 11, 1890.
Sarah Irwin 4, married Kev. H. C. McNiece, An-. U. 1S!)1.
Their children: ^ . ^^ ,
Irwin 5, born .Tunc 17, 1882, at Salt Lake City, Utah.
Kendwiek Sloane, l)orn June 28. I88(i. at Salt Lake City.
Theodora, Lorn Feb. 7, 1888; died Dec. 15, ISSS.
j{ev. Albert B. 4, llishland University, Hiohland, Kan.: mar-
ried Loretta E. Hart, Dee. 27, 1877. Their children:
John Hart, horn Aujr. 7, 1880; died May 12, 1889.
Helen, born An?. 29, 1882; die.l ^Nlarch 8, 18S8.
Fannie T., l)orn Sept. 7, 1884.
Ralph Alexis, born July 27, 1888.
If. William 3, married Eliza Stewart, dau^Hiter u\' Eli.iah Stew-
art, at Cherrytree, Pa., Jan. 5, 1873. Their childivn. all born in
Cherrvtree:
Elijah Stewart 4, born Dee. 15, 1888; died Dec 20. 18b-).
John, born :May 4, 1841; married Caroline 15. Canfield,
Aiu-il 15, 1868.
Samuel P., boi'u D.-e. 26, 1842; died dune JO. ISdJ.^
(NQte.— :\lomber of CompiUiy E, l6lh Pennsylsania Cavalry
(161st Pa. Vols.) in the war of the Peludlion ; died in
the sel'viee.)
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Lydia J., l)Oi'ii Sept. S. 1,SS4; mari-ird Kcv. W. (". nui'clianl,
All-'. ;U). lS(i4; ivsidciicr, All.-haiiy, Pa.
Jani'.'s ilarv>'y, horn Au^. ■'), lS4<j; iiiari'i.-d Ndlir Iv 15ur-
cliai-d, Si-])!. lM). 1S77- ivsidmcc, St. Louis. .Mo.
William Alfivd, |).)rii Oct. H;, 1S4,S; mani.Ml Alma E. Meals,
Sept. 2."). KS!)7.
Ilaniiaii Louisa, horn Dec 1^.'), l,sr)0; died dan. 4, lsr)4.
riarissa Lueilk-, liorn Ai)i-il 12. LS.');] ; niairicd Artiiiir H.
Canfield. Nov. 2. LSS2.
Ann Eli/.a, l)ofn Au<^'. 4, Lsr)G. Resides at Pittshuf-;. I'a.
Child of -John and Caroline (Canfield) Irwin, of Santa I'aula.
Ca!.:
Ralph 5, horn Sept. 9, 1S74.
Children of William Alfred and I\Iina (.Meals) Irwin, of Web-
sti'r. St. Louis county, Mo. -.
Wilhuru M." 5, born Nov. 21, 1880. . ,
Howard Alfred, born Api-il 19, 1886.
Child of Clarissa L. and Ailiiur H. Caid'ield, u\' Wt4>ster (irove
St. Louis county, Mo. :
Lois Eliza f), horn April ;iU, 1887.
1<X- Eliza 3, married Asahel Lovell, Get. 1, 18:5,'), at Cherrytree,
Pa. Their children:
Marvin llampson, horn Oct. 25, 1842; died .hine 10. 184,").
Eliza -L, born Sept. 9, 1850, in Allegheny township, Wnani^o
count V, Pa.
IV. .lames Jrwin 2, l)()rn Feh. 1,'}, 1770, in West Kailowfield;
married Feb. 23, 1793, in Chester county. Pa., Mary Stewart, who
died in dinie, 1812; married Mai'garet Stewart, seeojid wife, wdio
ilied in February, 1848. Their children:
a. dames Steele 3, born Ai)i-il 20, 1794; died .|an. 3, 1798,
at West Fallowfield.
b. Marj,^aret, born Feb. 28, 1797; died Au^. 8, 18(JG, at
Cherrytree.
c. Elizabeth Steele, born Sept. 13, 1799.
d. Andrew Stewart, born Au*,'. 10, 1803; died April l(i,
1805, at (Jhei-rytree.
e. Richard S., born dune 15, 1806; died Nov. 23, 1887, at
Cherrytree.
f. .Alary, "born Api-il 19, 1809; died Oct. 7, 1850, at Clierrv-
tree.
IVe. Elizabeth S., nuin-ied Riehai-d li'win 3 (of Xinian 2),
eh 1, 1827. Names of children not obtained; all dead, e.xeeptiuf,'
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Mrs. Mar-aivt S. Alshau-li 4, of Clu'n-ylm', who luarnccl J. 11. Als-
l»aii-li (now (Iccfasrcl), Nov. 'J, 1S(J4.
1\'.'. IJichard Stifle -'5, known as "('ai)taiii ;" niaiTinl Feb. 14,
1S.')(), to 31ai-y Sti'awlirid^c, wlio was hoiii Mai'i-li «, l,sl4, ami ilicd
Oct. 2.'). 1880. Their children:.
-Icnnie .M. 4, born :\lay :]0, ISHI ; married F. W. Irwin. Aj.ril
20, 188G. No chihlren.
Liz/ie M., born Oct. 24, 18:)2; reshh-nec, Clieri'ytrcc, Vr-
Jiani^o count}', l*a.
Liiey Ellen, born Aiarcli 22, 1854; mai'ried Samuel Ken-.
Titusville, Pa., .March 22, 1881. No chihlren.
Adeline N., bom Nov. 10, LsHG.
(Note. — Acknowledgement is due i\Irs. Kerr, of TitusviHe,
for record of the family and descendants of -lames IV.)
VI. Niniaii 2, born West Fallowfield townslnp, Chester count w
Pa., May 24, 1774; died Any. 10, ]82G, at Cherrytrce, Pa. He was
known among the Irwins of (■hcrrytree (where he came in 1802) as
•'The Schoolmaster." Married April 2, 1800, to Frances Graham, of
("ceil county, Md., who ilied .Ian. 17, 1820; married JMarv W. Davi-
son, May 3, 1821. Their children:
a. Richard 3, born Aug. 14, 1801.
b. James, born Sei)t. 4, 1802; married Nancv Hamilton,
Dee. 21, 1841; wife died Nov. 19, 188.S; he dit'd A|)ril
3, 1884.
c. Ninian, born Jan. 29, 180G; died May 5, 1877.
d. Ann, born JMarcli 21, 1807; married llcnry Hancox.
1834; died Dec. 9, 1859.
e. William (}., born Oct. 22, 1812.
f. Katherine G., born Aug. 4, 1818; maiTied Alex Robin-
son, Oct. 13, 183G; died r^Iarch 31, 1878
a. Richard 3 (called "The Carpenter"), married Eli/.abetli S.
IV, Marcii 1, 1827. Their children:
a. Margaret S., born Aug. 27, 1830; marri.nl J. II. Als-
baugli, Nov. 2, 18G4.
Jaim'S W., born March 31, 1834 ; died May G, 1841, at Cherry-
tree.
John Franklin, born :\lay 12, 1839; died ]\lay G, 1841. at
Cherrytrce.
Mary J., born Sept. 13, 1834; died Oct. 2, I8r)0, at Cherry-
tree.
1). James Irwin 3 and Nancy llanulton. Theii- children:
a. Fannie E. 4, born D(-c. 9, 1844.
b. James Law, born Oct. 10, 1847; nuirried • died
Dec. 4, 18G9, at Ciierrvtree.
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f. N;iiicy Aim, l).>rii Api'il L'7, 1S.'»4.
;i. Kaiiuic Iv 4, lunnic.l Aii.livw T. Alroiii, .\la\ 10, ls(i7; !•, m
(Icia-i', Cllfrr.vtivr, I';i. 'I'lirir cliil.livii :
1). li'wiii O. .'), l»()iii M.iich LM, 1S(J7.
c. .hniics Law, honi Is(il). -
.1. Oltia, boTii KrI). IS, 1S74.
('. P.cniicc. Ix.iii .Inly :;, lS7(i: di.'.l .Jun, 1 I. l,s>!). ;,! Cli. r
ryti'cc.
r. Xiincy -1., I)()iii Marcli 21, ISSl.
c. Anna •.'), niai'i'it'd Hciii'y llonian, Dec. 11. Iss;); I'csidiMK , i.
( 'licri'yli'cc. Pa. 4'licir cliiMiTii :
■lames 1. (i, hoi'n April, ISS.').
ilciiry (;., I. (.I'll May ;{1, ISSG. .
Ivoy Ai'thur, boi'n Oct. ol, 1S,S7. i,
('. Niiiian ;5, married l''annif Irwin, March ir>, l,s;52. who dhd ^
-Ian. !), PS,')!, at Clicrrytrcc. Thcii- children: |
Two died in infancy, and Xiiiian Nelson 1. horn Aw^. >!, ^
KSi^G, died duly 11, ISlil, m the V. S. .seiwice. at Al \' "^
cUidi'ia, Va.
Married his second wife, N. Adeline Irwin :!, April 20, l,s:)2,
. at Cherrytree. Pa. She now I'csidcs at .X'orrislown, Pa.
Their cliildreii :
Georyv (Iraham 4, bora .May 17, Ps.')S, at ('herr\tree.
Adda H., horn .Marcii 20, iSiJl ; die<| .March l!»."lS(i;!.
James li., l.oi'u May 2)}, iSti.'); died .\laicli (I, iSSii, at
Noi-ristown, Pa.
(Note.— (!coi-^v (i. Iiwin, the survivinj.^' child, married Ida
^ . M. Ilitchin-s, of Vir<,nnia, Sept. 2.'), 1SS!I. lie ivsides
at Xoi-ristown, Pa., where he is connected with the I'ail-
road business, is an e\(;ellent penman, and is said to
])Osscss considerable mehanical tahnt. Their child.
(Jeor<ie (iraham, was born -Ian. IS, ls!)2.)
d. Ann 3, married Henry Ilancox, ISIM, at rherrytree. Their
children:
J^'ainiy 1. 4, born Dec. 4, ISIJG; married A. -1. Davidson. Dec.
5, 1HG3. lie died November, lS(iS, and she died Sej)t
11, 1888, at Titusville, l>a. They had one child, I.uclla
; ; May.
E. Anna, ])orn Jan. !J, 1831); married Oct. 2!), lS(i.'); ivsi-
,j dence, Pleasant ville, Pa.
Ninian J., ))orn .July, 1841 ; man-ied F. K. Collins; residence.
I ^ Olean, N. Y.; oil producer.
'''•■■■ William II., born Oct. 6, 1843; married Miss .John.son ; died
June 17, iSSr., at Titusville, Pa.
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Kati' n., born April 20, 1M7; iv.si.lciu-c, Tilusvillr. V:\.- iiiii-
sic'iaii, etc.
A. Slu'l'lu'lcl, boni March 2S, Ls,')!); inan-i.'.l .Miss Tiixn.i.l,
of Five Port, Pa.; rcsid.Muv, Oakdalc, Pa.: oil |mo,1iici r.
JMi'ivy A., born .Alarcli •_>!, lsr>;5; di.-d Alav 2(J, iMiO. al Titiis-
villc, I'a. ■ . ;
Iv Anna -1, married T. .MrLaii-liliii. Ort. 2(i, iSi;.". ; iv>idrn.-,'.
IM.'asantvill.', Pa. Thrir cliddrcii:
Jiolaiid K. ."). l)oi-ii -Ian. 14. ISbS, at Pitliolr, I'a.
Kditli M., boiii Nov. 7. ISC.!), at Pb'asant villr.
li.dle, boi-]i Drc. 14, IST-J.j.t I'l.'asaiitvill.'.
(Iracc Vj, born A|)ril .l, 1,S(|, at IMcasaiit vilK-.
Sam S., born An-;-. 1^1, ls7(i, al 'ritiisvillc
(Note — Special aclviiouicd^ciiiciits ai'c due .Miss Kale 11. llaiicox.
of Tilusvillc, and Mrs. Iv A. McLau-ldiii ioi- valuable statistics; also
.\. Adeline Irwin, of Norristown, Pa., and dames (1., of I'nion Cil.v,
PennsN Ivania. )
e. William G. 3, born Oct. 2L>, 1S12, at Chcrrytr.v, Pa.; mar-
ried Frances E. Breed, Nov. :^ lS4-_\ at (Mierrytive, and she died
May IS, LSol ; married Eleanor S. Wallace, of Crawford county. Pa.,
Sei)t. .S, isr);5. Theii- cliildri'u :
Nathan B. 4, boin March 17, 1844; died Jiuie 17. 1R44, at
(Jherrytree.
William E., born dune 24, 1850; died I\Iay 7, iNol, at Ch.r-
ryti-ee.
Fi-ank Wallace, born March 2(i, 1857; nmrried dane .M. Ir-
win, dauj^dder of K. S. Irwiu, Ajjril 20, issd. No chil-
dren.
James Grabam, born May 4, 18G;5. Kesidence, I'lnon (.'ity,
Pa.; iiianufaeturei' of i)aients.
f. Catherine G. 3, born Aug. 4, 1818; died :\larch ill, 1878; mar-
ried Alexander Robinson, ()(d. 13, 183G, who died July 2(i. 1887.
Their children :
Frances A. 4, born Aug. 10, 1837.
Justin Arthur, born Oct. 2i), 1844; married Martha Iv Lo-
gan, Oct. If), 187;]. Comnnssioner's Clci-k of lOi'ie conn-
ty, Pa.
Ninian I., born Sei)t. 29, 1848; married Addie L. Wilson,
June 29, 1876. Residence, Titnsville, Pa.
James Lynn, born Dec. 2, 1850; died Fed). 15, 1,S(;3. ,^. ,
Justin A. Robinson 4 and ]\lartha \\,., of bhie. Pa. Their child:
Adali AFaud 5, l)orn April 21, 1875, at Frie.
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THE M(lJO\VP]LLS AND C0NNEC:TI().\'S
Niiiiaii I. 4 and Addic L. iiohiiisoii. Tlu-ir cliildrcii:
Sainiicl Knu'st .'), lutrn July -J-J, LsTS, at 'I'll iisvillc, Pa.
Kittic l':tlicl, l)oni Sept. }J,' lSh4, at Titusvillc.
\'ll. Eli/.al)(tli Irwin L', iiiarricd (i('oi-j::t; Krznor in Union
•ounty, I'a., -Jan. 17, 1S()7. lie died l-\-l). L'S, ]s:'>^. Tlicir rhildrm:
a. .lolm .'), Ikjiii -luni- ;!, l.SOS, in I'liion county, I'a.; died
in Mcix'i'i- county. I'a., Di-c. '22, IS'JT.
li. Ann Steele. I.oi-n Sept. If), ISO!), in Union county; died
in Mercer county, l'\d). 2:1 1.S41.
e. David, horn .Marcli 10, iSll, in I'lnon count \- ; nuirried
dane iMoure, April o, 1S:',S. She died dtdy -J.").' iSf.l. On
dune 12, lcSr);j, niari-ied rrudenee Kell> , Who died Sept.
l.S, l.Sr^O. ]\larried a-ain Keh. IS to rdi/.a d. lilair. Kcs-
idence. New lland.ur- I'a.
il. IJieliaid Irwin, horn in Union count \-, Ueh. LT., lsl;{;
nnirried Kli/.a Mann, Nov. ]2, iS:};'). "lie di.d h'.h. 2\,
ISDO; .she is still livin-'.
e. Keheeca, horn in Mercer count V. Feh. L'.). Isl.'); married
d<.lin Whit.-, S.pt. •_':;, 1S;;4; died .Ian. -J."., 1M7.
f. Eli/.a ('., horn dul\- d, 1S17; niarriec' Uohrrt Irwin ii.
Sei)t. 25, 1S;5S; died April 12, iSf.S, at ('lierr\tive. (For
family of Fdi/.a ("., see Hohert Irwin of Uicliard 2.;
David :'). mari'ied three limes. (See ahove. ) Children:
a. John 4, horn Maicli 1!», ISdO; died dan 12. lS41.
h. (i.'or.ije W.. horn Aprd d, 1S41 ; married l,i//.ie M. I,und\-,
Dec. 2(i, lS(i.").
c. Kichai'd M., hor-n dul\ S. ISdl!; nuirried Lavina .\ . P.raiii,
dan. 1, iStiS. Kesidence, Warivn. i'a. 'fliive .-hildrcn,
Frank T, and l-dsie.
d. Wilson (;.. horn An--. dO, lS4(i; nnmanicd. IJrsideiice,
N,-w llamhur-, I'a.
c. Alex Ki'/uor, hoin dune 24, iSf)] ; died Sept. '), iSol.
f. Kidjccoa, married dolin White. K,side m the West.
Their children:
Eliza d. f), inari-ied dolin dew.4l. Kesidencc. ()ivo(,n.
l<\)Ui- cliihhH'u, I'.ertus, Pearl, {''rank and (iertrude.
Sarah A., married d. M. Christy, No\. ].!, l,S(i2. K'si-
deiicc, New Wind.sor, Mercer count.v, I'a. h'lvc
, ;, . children, (Jeorj^v (i, Adda, Penjamin, dtdferson and
(Jertrndi-. Of the ahove (icor^v is mairic.l and has
one child. Kesi.lence, New Windsor: iner.-hant.
d. Uichard I. d and Fli/a (Mann) Keznor. Tlu-ir childivn :
a. Pohert I. 4, horn S.-pt. 22. l.sdii; married Pelimla
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Rhodes. Kesidt'iiee in iMt-rcer count}', Pa. Their chil-
dren, daijics (', 5, Bhinche Dora, Laniont Iv
h. Ann Eliza 4, born Nov. 2(i, lS;il).
c. Harriet J., born June 4, 1S:{S; died .June iL', 1<S;J9.
d. Janie.s ]\Iann, born April IS, ]S41. Wa.s a iiieinber of
Co. \i, lOtii I'a. Vols., and died from wounds Sei,t 21
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e. -lohn X., born duly 2, 1S4:}; died July G, ISSi). Served
in the war in Co. K, l;]J)th l*a. Vols.
f. Julius 8., born July 20, 184;'). Residence, New Hamburg-,
jj-. Adeline I., born Jan. 24, 1S47. R.-sidence, Xew Ilaia-
burg-.
h. :\lilton ]i., born Oct. l:i, 1,S48; married i\rar\- K. Sloan,
Oct. 2, 1873. Residence, (Ireeiiville, Pa. Two children!
Irene 5 and Cai'l.
i. Thomas J., born July <), 1852; married Dec. 2.""), 1881, to
Marila A. Wiley, of Pickering'. -Mo. Five chihlren,
Freil '), Amui, Jessie, Edwanl and Lei-oy.
j. ]\lary E., born April 12, 1854; died Sejit. 4, 18:)4.
k. Ocor<i-e 11., born June 4, 1855. Residence. I)(lawai'e
(Jrove, Pa.
1. David W., born Oct. (J. 1858; nuirried Millie E. St( wart.
June 5, 1887. Resideiu-c, (Jivenville, Pa. One child,
Grace.
VIII. Robert Irwin 2. No record obtained of this family, which
settled in Harrison county, O. Fi-om N. Adeline Irwin 1 olitain the
followin-;- statement: ]\obert Irwin married Miss Aull and .settled
near Cadi/, O. Names of his children: Sons, Richard and Xinian ;
dautzhlers, Maiy Aiui and Catherine.
IX. Fannly and descendants of Richard Irwin 2 and Xancy
(Millci-) Irwin:
a. Fanny 3, married Ninian Irwin 3, March 15, 1832; died
Jan. 9, 1851.
b. Robert, born May 1, 1814; died Marcii 14, 1882. at (Jar-
rettsville, Ohio.
c. Ann married John Irwin, :\rarch 20, 1834; died 1843.
d. Jane ^I. (Stewart), boi-n Aug". 3, 1819; died April 5,
18G5, at Cherry tree. Pa.
e. Eliza R. (Shu-i'crt), l)orn Nov. 12, 1821; dicl April 22,
1885, at Oil City, Pa.
f. Samuel M., born' March 15, 1825; died March 2, 1873, at
Chci-rytree.
«?. N. Adeline, born Seid. 27, 1827. Resides at Xorris-
town, Pa.
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1). Kobcrt Irwin 3 inan-icd Eli/ii C. Rv/a\o\\ Sept. 'J.'), 1838.
Tlicil- rliildri'ii :
a. Jolm AVil.soii, Ijoni Au^-. 2:}, lS;i9; died Sc])t.'iiil)rr. 1S8(),
at IJra/il, liid.
b. Jaiiu-s Xrwtoii, ]>oni Aii<^-. 17, ]h41 ; died .Maicli 211, 1848,
at (Mu'i'i-yti'ci,', Pa.
e. A son, l)()rii Oct. :>, 1^4(1; another, liorn -lime 1!), 1848;
both died in inl'ancy.
d. Kobcrt llanipson. born ]\larc-h ;i, ls:.(); inai'ricd Siic Kil-
mer, lu'sidcncr, Santa Paida, ('ah 'I'hrrr fiiihlicn,
Vclera, (iiiv an.l Aiabrh
c. Edwin Iv, i)orn Au-. :5, isr);i; tjird Ainivh 22, bso:..
(Note— K. 11. Irwin is en^M-cd in the oil business in tli.' Calilnr-
jda i'it4tl, alon;^- with John li'win ot William.)
d. danc i\l. ;>, nuiri'ied W'iMiam K. Stewai't, ( 'iieri-yt ree, Jan.
■4, 18;{8. Their children:
a. :\lilson. born Sejit. 2-4, 1838; married 1-dhi J. Marsh,
Dee. 23, 1880, Titusville, Pa.
b. Lyman, boi'u July 22, 1840; mai-ried Saraii A. Burrows,
of Ellioeotville, N. Y., :\ray 2. 18G7.
c. Eva A., born Nov. 22. 1842.
d. Nancy J., bom Def. 2, IS'lf); married J. 1). MrFarland,
Se])t.. 7, 180!).
e. Elijah, boi'ii Au^. 22. 1847; died A|>ril 17, 1863.
f. Lydia, boin Jnh- ."{O, 18(i0. I\esi(h-nee, L(ts Anyeles,
Cal.
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Children of Ijyman and S. A. Stewart, of l.os Angeb's, Cal.
a. William L., born Ai)ril 7, 1868, at Titusville, Pa.; mar-
ried Christena Pitl)lado, June 15, 1S1I2. at l>os Angeles,
lb. Mary, born Dee. 12, 1870.
'^;^' c. Alfred Clement, horn Nov. 24, 1874. - v'
' Children of Nancy J. and J. D. McEarland. of Onlaiio. Cal.:
a. AVendell S., born July 15, 1870.
. • b. Alice C. born Feb. 20, 1872.
■ ' c. Arthur II.,. born June 4, 1873.
' d. ]\Iabel li-win, born May 11, 1877; died Dee. 2(], 188r).
e. Donald II.. boi'n Sept. 18, 1879.
(Note— John D. ]\reFarland and family reside at Oidario, Cal.,
where he is a prominent l)usiin'ss man. William Poyd Stewart and
his two sisters, Eva and Lydia. also reside at (he sauu- jilaci'.)
e. Eliza R. 3, married Dr. William 15. Shui-crt, of Titusville,
Pa., Se])t. 4, 1845. who died Feb. 11, 1800. Their ehildreji (living):
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a. Ninian I. 4, married Adelaide Schoficld, April 23, 1872;
one child, Guy Sehofield 5. jNlarried second time to
Leah Able. Residence, Rochester, Pa.
h. Richard 1., married Mary A. IMiller, Sept. 2, 1S80. Two
children, William and Edith. Residence, Corapolis, Pa.
c. A. J., married Louise B. Payne, January 8, 188L One
child, Eliza.
d. Jennie E., married Rufus IL Heron, Oct. 30, 1873. Three
children : Fred Irwin. Edith and Paul Anderson. Resi-
dence Pittsburg, Pa.
r. Samuel i\I. 3, married Jane Reynolds, May 27, 1851. Their
children:
a. Josiiua, born ]\Iay 3, 1852 ; died Sept. 24, 1852.
b. Lncinda C, born Oct. 2, 1853; married J. A. McClin-
toek, Dec. 28, 1873; died June 28, 1876.
c. Lemuel G., born Jan. 9, 1855; married C. T. Ronu-r,
Feb. 18, 1881. Residence, Plumer, Pa.
d. Nancy E., born Auf^. 8, 1856; married Samuel Royils,
July 4, 1876. Residence, Cherry tree. Pa.
e. ]\Iary A., l)orn January 4, 1858; married William Ro-
mer, Feb. 5, 1878. Residence, Plumer.
f. Sadie A., born May 16, 1859 ; married J. A. IMcClintock,
Feb. 25, 1877. Residence, Kingsville, Ohio.
g. iElias, 'born July 7, 1860 ; died Sept. 15, 1860.
X. Joseph Irwin 2, married M. A. Knight, in 1821, at Buffalo
Valley, Pa., migrated in ]\Iead township, Grawford County, Pa..
April, 1826, and died there Oct. 9, 1827, of nudarial fever, leaving a
widow and two sons, Wm. K., born i\lay 5, 1822, and Richard, who
died when young. William K., married Miss C. IMaxwell, of ]\lead-
ville, since deceased. Have no facts about the widow of Josepli. Tlie
following I have from jMrs. C. Moore, of Meadville:
William K. Irwin, born j\[ay 5, 1822, in ]\Iead townshi]);
married .March 6, 1851; died Nov.' 20. 18G3, leaving a widow, Cor-
rinna, now living (who married B. Moore, now deceased). Children,
residents of ]\Ieadville, Pa.
a. Florence Irwin, born in 1852.
'b. Charles, born in 1854.
c. Henry, born in i860; blacksmith.
d. Arthur, born in 1862. Killed in a railroad accident,
Dec. 31, 1887.
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WJI.IJA.M linVJX OK PKXNSVIA'AXIA.
William Jrwiii, horn in Irclaml, eiuiyratcil lo Ainci-ica about
1730, settling iit'ai- Carlisle, l*a., \\hcre lie died soinciiiiie ])rioi- to
1763. lie had twehf eliildreii, aiuoiii,' whom wcw dohii, iVilliam,
•lames, Samuel, JJohert, Alexander, l^'i'aiiris, .Mmw |]li/..dit'th Ann
and Sarali.
An investigation made Apiil IGtli, 11H)G, of t!ie availal)le records
in the Kegister's ol'l'iee at Carlisle, j'a., shows the following I'esults:
Feb. If), 17G3, in Jiook K, page L'oij, note nmde of uill made by Wil-
liam li-win. November. 17s7, will luade by i-]b\,nor Irwin. Samuel
li-win executor, bid no will reeorded. Oet. 1771. will of -lolin Tr-
win, in Avliieh he leave's ])ro|ierty to his \vire, Mary, sons Kobert
and -Joseph, and' daughters, .Mai'y, Klizabetb. Ahiigant Ann and
Catherine. This Joliii li-win is evidently the oldest sou of the (nn'i-
gra]it, William li'win. and the brother oi" Ceiieral liobeii li'wiu, of
North Carolina. In l;o.d< (}, page 31. 1S31, is found the will of
William Irwin, in \vhiidi he leaves i)roperty lo his Nister -lane, niece,
l']li/.abeth Hepburn, .lami\s K. Irwin, son of his brolher llobei-t. Wil-
liam IrAvin, llohnes (s(mi oi' Andi'cw Ilolnu's).
Mvfi. ]\Iary Dugan Urown. of Ashe\ille, \. ().. is a descendant
from Samuel Irwin, son of William Irwiii, and bi-other of Col. Rob-
ert Irwin, of Mecklenburg County, N. C.
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THE WIIJ. OW WILLIAM IKWIN, SK., TIIK KATIILK OF COL.
KOLLirr IKWiX, Oh' MLCKLLXLLia; COILN'TV. N. C.
Wiiiiaiu Irwin's will, as sliown on the I'ccoids (»f ('arlilc. Lan-
i-astiT ("ounly, I'a., was niadi; .May .'jtli, 174S, and i-ecoi-ikHl Feb. 15,
1 7(1:5. ILs Avifc's yivcii naiin' was I'^lciior, and so «i,ivcn in the will.
TIn'ir ehildi-en: Sons, John, William, Francis, James, Samuel. Alex-
ander and Robert; daughters, Mary Margaret, Sarah Elizabeth,
Sarah Ann. lioberl, born in 17;]8 in I'enn.sylvania, h-lt ("arlile about
17(i'_!. locating near Steel (Jreek, N. (". John, said to be oldest son
alive, and died near Carlisle, as shown by the registration of his
<lced. 3Iost of William Sr.'s deccndanls renniined in Pennsylvania.
Alexamler and one other brother, it is said, moved to Maeklenberg
County, stopping a short time near ('harlot te, moving later to Geor-
gia. The statement as to Alexander being a brotlu'i- of C<jl. Kobert
Irwin I have not been able to positively verify.
IX THE NAME OF (101) AMFX Tlie Twelfth day of iMay 1748.
William Irwin of the Townshii) of Pcnsboi-ough in the Coutity of Lan-
caster & Province of Pennsylvania Peing Sick in Pody but of Cood
and ])erfect ]\Icmory thanks he to Almighty god ami Calling to Ke-
membrance the Uncertain Estate of this Transitory life and that all
flesh must yield unto Death when it shall please (Jod to ('all Do
nuike constitute ordain and Declare this my la.st Will and Testament
in manner and form following revoking and aiuiulling by these jires-
els all and every Testament and Testaments Will and Wills hereto-
fore by me made and declared Either by word or Writing and this
to be taken only for my Last Will & Testament and none other
First being ])enitant and Sorry from the heart for my Sins j)ast
most lunnbly desiring forgiveness for the same 1 give and Commit
my Soul unto almighty god my Savior and Redeemer in whom and
by the merits of Jesus (Hirist I trust and Pelieve assuredly to be
saved ami have Remission and Forgiveness of all my Sins and that
my Soul with my Pody at the General day of Resurrection shall
rise again and my Pody I liecommeinl to the Karth to be Puried in
a 'Christian Like and Decent maniu'r at the Discretion of my Execu-
tor hereafter named and Now for the Settling of my Tempojal
Estate and such goods and chatties and Debts as it hath pleased (Jod
far above my Deserts to bestow upon me 1 do order give Dispose
the same in Manner and Form following That is to say First 1 will
that all those Debts and dues I owe in Right or ('onscience to any
Maimer of I'erson or Persons whatsoever shall 'be well and truly
Contented and paid or ordained to be i)aid within Convenient Time
after iny Decease Py mv Executor hereafter Named Hem 1 give
and Peipieath unto my Well beloved Wife Elender Irwin the one
third part of all my goods and Chatties after my Debts aie paid and
the Plack Colt and a Saddle and 1 allow her the Penefit of the Im-
provement that I now live in durijig her widowhood Except one bun-
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Dli. JOHN lllWIN
Charlotte, N. C.
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(he'll Aci-('s next to Joliii Lasks wliicli 1 allow to he solil to help pay
my Dehls and 1 allow my wit\' l"'h'ii(lef to have the lieuefit of all
C'hihli-ens Legaeies during her Widowhood oi- till they Come of Age
and no lionger Kxoej)ting one Satldle and a Suit of iMothes to my
Daughter Mary and ihe Sorrel Filly whieh I allow to he given to my
Son l^'rancis and Daughter ]\Iary in liand or as soon as Can he done
(.'onxcniently and 1 allow my Well -heloved Wife Klendei' and Cloath
my ui'li (J heloved Sons bVaneis .lohn William liohert -lames and
Samiirl li'win during her widowhood or till they come to ho of
Twenty one Years and to learn my well heloved Daughtei-s ^lar\-
Margaret Klizaheth and Sarah Irwin or Cause to 'he Learnt to Kead
the liihle ])laiu and to knit or make their own Stockings Imi): 1
leave to my well heloved sou Alexander Irwin five Shillings Sterling
for his Childs part of my Estate and all my Smyth Tools I'^xcept
the Shoeing luunmer and Tallon my Son Alexa)ider to pay in Lieu
of the Tools Seven pounds ten Shillings hup: 1 leave and he(i\ieath
tu my well heloved Daughtei- Ann li-win five Shillings lm|): 1 do
leave and lieijueath the Rest of my Instate to he equally Divided lie-
Iwixt my Sojis Francis, John William Kohert James and Samuel
Irwin and my Daughters ^lary ^Margaret iLli/.aheth and Sarah Ir-
win and 1 do Constitute Name iiuike and Orilain my truly and well
helo\ed Friend John Swaney my Executor of this my last Will and
Testament And I make and Constitute and Ordain my well heloved
Frieml William Lamond (luarantee of this my Last Will and Testa-
ment. ,
Signed Sealed Puhlished and Pronounced
l>y iiK! William Irwiu as my Last Will
and Testanu'ut The day and Year ahove
Written— William Irwin (Seal)
In the Presence of us
Arthur Clark
William Queiry
Personally appeared Arthur ('lark and William Queary the
Witnesses to the Within Will and nnnle Oath that they Were Pres-
ent and saw and lieard William Irwin the Testator Sign Seal Pu'h-
lish and Declare the same as his Last Will and Testament and that
at the Doing thereof he was of Sound and Desposing ]\lind and
^lemory According to the Pest of their Knowledge
Before Thos. Cookson I). R.
A True Copy From The Original Testament Proved and Ke-
niaining In the Kegistei-s Office at Lancaster Penn.
Thos. Cookson D. Regr.
I do Ilerehy Certife that the ahove is a True Copy of the Copy
Remaining in the Protr ys Office in Carlisle In the 'Countj^ of Cuin-
herland as Witness my hand and Seal of the County aforesaid Car-
lisle the 15tli of Fehv nG3 Harm Ah-ieks D. R.
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MRS. .JOHN IRVVIN
Charlotte. N C.
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nilLDUKX OF (iEXKKAL IJOUKiri' IRWLX.
DOKl'AS Hi WIN.
DORrAS IinVlX. nKiri-i.d Aiuhvw IlciToii. Issue: Mwv Irwin
llci'jfHi. ]\r;uy Irwin Ih-n-on iiianit'd S;iiiiiicl Koiicli iiiid moxrd to
:\l;id:sou County, Ti-nn. Slir had one dau^lit.-r, Sarali. \>y niiiie.
WILLIAM liaVLX.
\V1LLL\]\I IRWIX, son of C.l. Kohrrl Irwin and Im. wife, Mar>-
Alexander, was born at Steele ("reek, X. I'., in 177;}. and «li('d Api li
■J'.!, iS22, at Steele Creek. lie married Lydia IJirdsonu'. of \'iri:i lia.
\\\\') \vas ))oru in 1782, and died Fed). ,"), 1S;{4, aged ')'! .eiir^.
CHILDREN OF AVILLIA:\1 IRWIN AND LYDIA l',l lil )S( )\( i :
1. dolin IrwijL born at Steele Creek, N. C.
2. Robert Irwin, born at Steele Creek, N. C.
3. Hatte Irwin, boiii in ISIU; died in 18r)4. ay:fd 44 years.
'4. William Irwin, horn Feb. 12, 1811 ; died .lnne 17. IsKj.
f). Naney llnnti-r, horn dune 14, 1S14; died Sej)!. 2:1, ISDI)
(see Joliii Davis ]\lel)owell).
G. Samuel.
7. desse Ramsey, born Mareh, 1824, at Stecde Creek. X. C. ;
died at Williamson, W. Va., Feb. 1!), 1!)()2.
JOHN IRWIN.
1. John Irwin, son of William Irwin and L\(lia Hirdsong, niar-
I'ied Matilda Strickland (his first cousin). They movid Ifuni X'orth
Caiolina to Pulaski, Tenn. Issue:
1. Matilda Irwin, married ]\reClain, of Pulaski. Issue:
1. Laura ]\IeClaiii. 2. Luey MeOain.
HATTE IRWIN.
I}. Batte Irwin, son of William Irwin ami L}'dia Hirdson^f, mar-
ried Elinor Barry, daughter of Margaret MeDowtdl and KMeliard
Bari-y (see ]\Iary ]\IcDowell and Descendants). Issue:
1. Jolm Irwin (Dr. John Irwin, of Charlotte, N. C.) (See
Reibeeca VAhix IMcDowell and Iler Descendants.)
WILIJAIM IRWIN.
WILLIAM IRWIN, son of William Irwin and Lydia IJirdson^,
was born at Steele Creek, N. C, F\d). 12, 1811, and died at Hannibal,
Mo.. June 17, 184G. At the age of twenty-two he niai-ried Ruth
•Jones, near Trenton, Tenn., June 26, ]S'M. She was l)()in near
Trenton Feb. 1, 1819, and died near dackson, Tenn., dune Ihlh. 18')!),
in her 81st year. She was the daughter of Thonuis dones, a A\-ealtliv
farmer.
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('IllLl)KEN OF WILLIA.M JRWIN AND RUTH -lOXKS:
1. William Lucillius, boi'ii at TrentoiL Teim.. .Iiil_\ U), 1S48,
(lied in Hattle of ^lissiuiiary 1x1(1^1'- At the a^c oT 2;! lie vi.luu-
tcered his scrviecs and filtered ('apt. White's CoinpaiiN . lih '["e,!-
nessee Kegiineiit of ('onl'ederate Soldiers, in Ajiril 18(J1. 11 >• was a
In-ave ami gallant fighter, and al the Battle of :Missi(.iuiry Kidgo
near Chattanooga, he was killed and buried in the eenietei'v there.
2. Nora li'win was horn Jul}- I'J, 18-40. She \\as a woman ul
rare beauty and lovliness of eharaeter. She married -lames Xoi'th-
eross near Trenton, in ISGG. They lived sonu' years lu-ar Trenton
and later moved to ("aliforiua.
3. Calista Irwin, born at Somerville. TejuL, ]\Iay 8, 16^7). She
was educated at tlie best sehools in the country, nnirried John 1'.
Vaun, of ]\Iadis()n County, Teini., Oct. 10. 1871. lie lived but a few
years and she then nnirried his brother. James 1'. A^mn. The> have
five children :
1. Nora Vann, born at Jackson, Tenn., Aug. 2G, 1873. mairied
Albert Daniel Muse. Issue: Albert Daniel ]\Iuse, born at Jackson,
Tenn., Nov. 18. 1897. John Thomas and AVm. Collier Muse (twins)
l)orn Jan. 15, 1897. AVm. Collier died Jan. 5, 1897.
2. John Henry Vann, born Feb. 8, 1878.
3. Helen Ruth Vann, born Oct. 8, 1881 ; niarri-d George V.
(Joosmann. Issue: Katherine Goosman, born at Jackson, Tenn , June
15, 1002; died April 15, 1903.
4. AVilliam A'^alentine A^ann, bom July 4, 1884.
5. James Randleson Vann, born Jan. 12. 1888.
JESSE RAMSEY IRWIN.
JESSE RAMSEY IRAVIN, son of William Irwin and Lydia
Birdsong, was born near Steele Creek, N. €., Alarch, 1824, and die<|
at Williamson, AV. Va., Feb. 10, 1902. He married in 1846 Alaigaret
Phoebe IMiller, at Sonu'rville, Tenn. She was born at Sonu'r\ille in
1829, and died at New Orleans, La., Oct. 2, 1852. He married (sec-
ond) Nancy Jane Blakesley, at Pass Christian, INliss. She died at
New Orleans, Nov. 11, 1871.
CHILDREN OF JESSE RAAISEY IRWIX AND AlARGARLT
PHOEBE MILLER:
1. Eui)hemia Estelle Irwin, born at Somei'ville, Tenn., J\ine 8,
1851, married Thaddeus Hooper at New Oi-leans, La.. Nov. 11, 18H!).
Issue: Irene Cecilia Hooper, born at New Orleans, La., Oct. 31, 1S75,
married AVells Goodykoontz. (See Goodykoonts, sketch and i)boto.)
2. Leon Irwin, boi'n at New Orleans, La., Oct. 1, IS,')?, died in
Helena, Ark. (date unknown), married Georgia Hooper in 1S72.
Issue : Leon Irwin.
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J[i:SS[E R\MSEY IRWIN
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THE .McI-O'WKLLS AND CONNDCTIONS l.V,
Cllll.DRlvX OF NANCY .lANK hLAKIvSl.lCV AND JKSSE
JKWIN:
1. Irene Ii-wiii, horn al New Orleans, la., IStiO, dieil in New
Orleans. l.a., KSSl. Karried (ieor^c. \Vo,j,l Stem at New Orleans,
l.sT.'). Issue: 1.. lames liatelielor Sti ni, horn at New Orh'ans in IST.'),
(lied ill New Orleans, I'JDl.^ 2. Miuerva Stem, horn in ISTli, married
William Woi-dswortli Ilall'iu 181)8. has one eliiUl, lives in McComh
(ity. .Miss. ;}. Kuplie-iiia Stem, horn in 1877, man-led William Moore
White ;:t New Orleans, dan. .">, 181)7, was killed in automohile aiei-
driit while visiting her son. a student ol' lUdllniekle ^lilitary Aead-
emy. a! Nashville, Teisn. 4. (ieorge Wood Stem, Jr., born in 1871).
li\fs in New Orleans.
'1. Clara Irwin, horn at New Orleans, La., in ]8();}; died in
Williamson, W. Va., in 18!)G; married William Henry Ohurehill, at
.Memphis, Tenn., in 1888. No issue.
.'!. Al\in Irwin, born in New Orb-ans in 1805; died at Mattea-
wan. \'a., .\()\'. 11. 181).'); mairied Marie Uowers, at ^lemphis. Tenn..
l^SS. Issue: 1. Virginia Irwin, born at New Orleans, La., in 1881).
■1. Ilthel. boin at Charleston, W. \'., 181)1. 8. Claire, l)orn in 18!):!.
4. Alviii. born LSI).").
4. .l.-ssie Valentiiu' Irwin, born in 18G7; died Ai)ril 12, 181)1;
mariied John Newton Jioekwith, at New Orleans, La., ^lareli 28,
IMM). Issue: dohn Newton Heidvwith, Jr., boi-n at i\remj)his, Tenn..
KsiK).
Lillie Irwin, anothei- daughter of Jesse liamsey Irwin and
Nancy Jane Blakesley, was born in 1858, and died at \'a/.oo Cit.w
Miss.. 187G; nuirried Warren W. lloUingsworth.
KUPllK.MIA K.KWIN llOOPLR.
HON WKLLS (iOODVKOONTZ.
The following slvt'teh is from '"Who's Who in West Virginia."
W(41s (iood> koontz, Williamson la\v>'er, banker and legislator,
liorii June J, 1872, in I'ulaski County. Va., being the son of Wm. .M.
and Lucy K. (joodykoont/.. He I'eeeixed his early education in the
l)iihlic schools and Oxford Aeademy, at Floyd, Va. Choosing the
la\v as his profession, ho fitted himself for a legal career at Wash-
inglon and Lee University. -He ^vas admitted to the bar in 18)2,
and began the j)ractice of law in Floyd Comity, Va. In February,
1904 he loeated at Williamson, then in Logan, now in .Mingo ("ounty,
ami has since praetieetl at that point. He is a mtunber of the W(4l-
known law firm of (loodykoont/ k S(dierr, is a iiuMubi'r of the e.\et-u-
tive eouneil of the West Vii-ginia I'.ar Association, and a nn.Muber of
the Ameriean Bar Association. Besides his high standing in tlu'
b'gal world, IMr. Goody koontz has i)rominent business connection-;,
being president of the National Bank of Commerce of Williamson.
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Posscs.^iny political ability of high degrei;, he has twice signally
lu'cii lioiionHl hy tln' i)eoi)le of West Virginia. In lUll he was elect-
ed to the Legislature iroiu ]\Iiugo C'ouiity. and made a sijlendid rec-
ord. His constituents showed their a})i)reeiution of his good work
h\- electing liini to the State Senate on Nov. ;}, 1914. Incidentally,
it may he remarked that Senator (ioodykoontz led the ticket by eon-
siilerable majorities in the several counties on the Norfolk & West-
ern Kailway, comprising the Sixth Senatorial District. On Dee. 22,
18!)8, he married Miss Irene Hooper. He is a Knight Templar aiid
]\Iystic Shriner of the ]\Iasonic order.
CHILDREN OP WILLIAM IRWIN, OF PENNSYLVANIA.
COLONEL JIOBERT IRWIN.
COL. ROBERT IRWIN, son of William Irwin, was born in
Lancaster County, Pa., in 17:58. Aftei- the death of his father he
sold his interest in the estate to an older brother and with this
small inheritance, came to Mecklenburg (bounty, N. C. He married
(first) ^lary Alexander, who was born in 1754, at Steele ('reek. N.
C. He married (second) Mary Parry, :\Iareh 28, 1798, and died at
Steele Creek, Dec. 21], 1800.
"THE HISTORY OF STEEL (!REEK CIIUR(^II," by R.v.
John Douglas, on i)age 2."), says: "Colonel Robert Irwin never en-
joyed the advantages of either a classical or collegiate education,
but possessing an intellect considerably above the general it. \ of
iiu'n. cai)able of culture and improvement, by his own exertions ac-
(piii-etl considerable knowledge of matters pertaining to church and
state, in both of which In; numifested a deep and lively interest. Ih^
was of a social and genial disposition, f(nid of anecdote, of great
conxersational j^owers and withal a ])opular and ihu^nt speaki;r.
Hi'nce the frequency of his bt'ing ]daced in important positions
re(piiring the exercise of such gifts. In addition to the many other
honors and offices conferred on him, he was apj)ointed o)ie of the
county magistrates. In vii'tue of the i)Owers of functions of tliis
office he was freipiently called upon to solemnize the rite of matri-
mony. He was not only nol)le in church, serving over twenty years
as ruling elder of Steel Creek ('hurch, luit noble in tin; Senate,
where lie served twelve years, and noble in the field in times that
trid men's souls, having served with General Thomas Sumter of
North Carolina during the most dark and perilous ])eriod of our
revolutioiuiry struggle. Himself ami first - wife, Mar}', lie in the
same gi-av(;; the same monumental slab covei-s them both, with this
j\ist inscription on it :
"Great, noble, good and brave
Characters he diil justly' claim,
His deeds shall speak he^'ond the tomb
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('AKM)I-INA"' stnt.'s lli;it Col. K'ohcil Irwiii was o]iv of ill.' siuners
.r tlu' .Mceklciil.iii--' Dechiratioii of I ikIi'Pi'IkIcikh' oI May 20, TlTf) ;
that he was a mciiihcr of the |)i-(.\ iiicial roii-ii-css. s, wiiich met in
Halifax, N. ('., oil April 4. 177(i ami Nov. l'_>, 177(1. ll lurllirr
states: "('ol. Irwiii was a .list iii-^iiislicd ol I'ircr and jtci roniicd im-
portant iiiilitai-y sci'vicr duriii-;- tlir lvev(-liit ionai-y War; that ho
coiuinaiidcd a I'c^diuciit under Oi'iieral (IrilTitli liiitlierroi'd in tlie
expedition to .snbdiie tin- Cherokee Indian,,, who were eoiuniitting
iinirdei'S and uniueroiis depredations on the frontier .sidtleiiu'iits. "
lie was with (Jen. 'riioiuas Sunitei- and with liis ret;iinent at
Koeky I\Iount and lian^^inj^- Koek, and he and Ids res^inient led the
assault at the latter ])laee. In I7S1 Colonel Irwiii eoninianded a
regiment under (Jen. KMdhei'foi'd in the Wihaington eampai,u:n.
CIIILDKKN OF C()1,().\iI-:L KOBKirr IHWIN ANM) MARY
AI.KXANDKK:
1. .Mai-y, who married John Dinkdns.
, :, , 2. Dorcas, who married Andrew llei-ron; their (laughter
was named May Irwin llerron.
3. Margaret, who married Hugh McDowell. (See Naiiev
.McDowell Line.;
4. William, who married Lydia Binlsong. (See Nancy
lluider Irwin.)
f). Robert, who married (first) Kli/.aheth Ha\-. in ISliS, and
(seeoiul) Martha Alexander, in 18;VS.
6. Sarah, who married John Fincher.
7. Eleanor (Nelly) who married James Mooi-e.
8. James (see sketch by (leoi-gia Irwin Abbay).
CHILDREN OF COL. ROBERT IRWIN AND 3IARY DARRV:
8. Anna Le Nira.
(JENERAL ROUEirr IRVINS WILL.
In the name of (Jod Amen. 1 (Jen. Robeit Irwin, lOscj., of
Meeklen'hurg County, State of North Carolina, being through the
abundant j\lercy and goodm-ss oi' Coil. Th(»' weak in body yet of a
sound and perfect understanding and memoi-y, do eoiistilute this
my last will and testament ami (lesii'es it to be receixcd bv all
as such.
liii primis. I most humbly be(pieatli my soul to (Joil my Maker,
beseeehiug his most gracious aeeeptaiice ,.f it, and my body to the
earth from whence it was taken in full assuranee of its resurrection
from thence at the last day.
As for my burial, 1 (b'sire it to be decent, witlnuit pomj) or
state, at the diseretitui of m\ dear wife and m\- Executors here-
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cil'lc'r iiaineil. wlio 1 (loul)t not will niauairi' it. witli all I'eqiiisite
iJi'iulciUH'. As to my worldly I'.state, 1 ^\•ill aiul post iti\ cly oi'clcr
that all my debts 1k' paid.
Item. 1 gi\'e to my dear and loxiii^^ \\ife a eomt'ortahle living
l)eeondng her station on my iilantation, 1 now li\'e on, hoth t'oi-
boarding and clothing, and. that sin- shall lia\e the j)arental gov-
eriuueiit while slu/ remains o\er my children as heretofore, anil
that it is m.\- will that they each of then use her as a ]iarenl in
every respect and i'nrtlu'r 1 will hei- m> .negro whmu-Ii. Nan, to be
at her disi)osal I'oJever. and also her bed imil its fiirnitnre and her
clothing of e\ory kind, and also a good liding yonng creatnre of
not less value than one bundred sihcr Dollars, and also at tin- ex-
l)iration of five years from my ileeease, 1 will that my executors pay
her three hundred Silver Dollars and also a good saddle when she
calls for it, and also a chest of drawers and a genteel set of Tea
ware in full and all its parts and one do/.en Table spoons aiul five
silver teasi)Oons marked li. 1. and one Dozen and one half of gen-
teel plates with Bowls, but in ease she should choose for to marry
again, I will that she move off my premises and that she shall have
all the aforesaiil legacies given her above named, with one dozen
of Knives and Forks, also, and further I will that during her
widowhood my executors shall not see her in want of anything
needful for her, also 1 will her a good ease of Hottles if she choose
to have them, together with her und)rella ami her wheel and a
pair of cards.
Item. I will and bequeath to my daughter Nelly, my negro
weneh named Lucy, together witli every other thing I liave liere-
tofore given her also one hundred silver Dollars i)aid her by my
Executors at the end of five years after my decease.
Item. I will and bequeath to my son William all that planta-
tion I now live on, on the waters of Steel Creek containing four
hundred acres with all its rights and improvements provided al-
ways that the power shall not be vested n him to sell or disj^ose
of any ])art thereof for the full time or tv."^fm of seven years after
my decease on account of i)rovisions for the rest of the family, also
my Walnut desk and the largest looking glass and also my negro
fellow Limerick and my silver watch, also my saddle and my bridle
also my silver castor with all its bottles also six silver table spoons
ruid six silver tea spoons not marked.
Item. I will my son-in-h'nv, Andrew IJerron, married to my
daughter Dorkey my Roan mare with all the other proi)erty I have
given him and cash I have heretofore discounted for him.
Item. 1 will my daughter j\hiry Dinkins my negro wench
Hannah I have given In^r, also the other things I have given her,
also one hundred Dollars 1 owe her for a horse to be given her
one year after my decease. ., ., ,, .
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Tteiu. 1 will iii\- soil Roliort a i)laiit:il ion hou.ulit for liiiii at a 'V
pi'ice not oxceiHlin^' two tliousaiid dollars \)y my executors and
that lie shall have no power to sell it or an\ i)aft of it for the term
o\ five years after my decease, and my ne,t:i-o I'ellow IV'ter, to^icther \'
with a bay fill\- kept for him for the ensuing' \ear on m\- planta- -^
tion. • ' ■ •">"
Item. 1 will my dau;4htei' .Margaret hfr lixini; on my i)lanta-
tion during her single state of lifi'. and a negro weneh to lie l)ouglit
for her of aboid 12 years of age a healthy likely somid m'gro and
a horse and saddle and hi'idle worth not less than one hnndiH'd ami
twenty dollars with a bed well furnished off in every i)art and
the clothing as what her otliei' three sisters had when they went
awa>- from me, and a full set of ware anil othei- necessary things
for her euivboard and shelves and in case she should marry b(d'ore
she conies of age, I will that these things be gixcn hei- when she
needs them to set np house with.
Item. 1 will and beciueath my son James a plantation bought
for him at a price not exceeding two thousand dollars by my execu-
tors and trustees and that lie shall have no powei' to sell it, until
he is thirty years of age withoid the consent of the Kxecutors and
trustees of my will, and a negro fellow bought for him. such a
one as his Brothers had given them with a good hoi'se and saddle
and to be well schooled.
Item. I will my daughter Sarah hei' living on my ])lantatioii
during the time she remains single and that she shall be pro\i(lcd
for ill clothing and every other necessary she stands in need of
and be well schooled and h.ive a horse and saddle and bridle
bouglit for her when they think she stands in need of it, worth
not less than one hundred and tNventy dollars and also my negro
wench named Phyllis, togi-ther \vilh a l)e(l well furnished off in
all its i)arts and clothing as what her other sisters had when mar-
ried and went off fi'om me, and a full sett of all ware necessary for
her shelves and cupboard such as her sisters recei\t"d from me.
Item. I will my daughter Amy Le Nira her living on my i)laii-
tation I now live on during the lime she remains single and that
she be well provided for in everything necessary for her both as to
clothing and schooling, and that she have a horse and saddle and
bridle bought her worth' not less than one hundred and 1went>- Dol-
lars, together with a negro weneh bought for her of about twelve
years of age and to be given to her when she stands in need of it
also a bed well furnished off in all its parts and clothed as what
her sisters were when they were married and went from me and a
full sett of all wai'e necessary for her cnphoard and shelves such
as her married sisters received from me.
Item. 1 will my granddaught.'r Ma>y Irwin llerron a negro
wench of about twelve years of a^e likelv health v and sound and
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^fiisililc to lie l)ougiit for Iut when slie stands in need of it.
Item. 1 will to my two sous William and Hobert my tract of
land cnteri'd in tlu'ir own nanu's on I)u(d; River on tlu' western
walcis of Tlirt'c Thousand Two lluudrt'd acrfs as a])|)cars on I'ce-
ord, and to my son . lames as much \alue out of the rest of my
stock (d' land as to \ni\kc him ecjual in value to the one Indf of the
afoi'esaid tract of 3200 acres willed to my sons William and Robert.
Item. I will my dauglrter Nelly five iiuiuli-ed acres of land on
the western waters when- m}' Executors and trnstees think hest,
also her son Kol)ert li'win ]\Ioore five hundred acres as aforesaid.
Item. 1 will my Daughter ]\lary five hundred aci-es and her
son five hundred aci'es on the westei'n waters, where ever the
executors and trustees sees it answers besr.
Item. I will my three younger daughters, IMargaret, Saraii,
Anna Le Nira, each of them six hiunlred acres wherever it can be
laiil off by my executors to the best advantage of the whole of the
legatees, and all the remaindei' of my property 1 \\ill it to Jto
di\ided in the following numner, that is to say:
To be divided ecjually amongst my children then alive in such
order that every one of my sons liath two shares and my daugliters
one or half each of what the sons get and lastly I appoint my son
William Irwin and my son-indaw dames ]\Ioore and my son-indaw
Andrew Ileri-on and my son-indaw John Fincher Executors of this
my last will ami testament and Thomas (freer, J^scp. and I'apt.
Hugh Parks Guardians .for my wife and children in witness hereof
1 have hereonto set my liand and seal and I do declars this to he
my last will and testament this 26th dav of dune, Oiut Thousand
Kight Hundred.
. ^^, Robert Irwin (Seal).
In pi'csence of us.
dames (Jreer
Daniel (iallant '' "." ' '•
Anne Barry.
State of Nortli Carolina.
1, lU-aly Oats. Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
held for the County of IMecklenbnrg and State aforesaid, do hereby
(.'ertify that the foregoing is a full and perfect coi)y of the last
will and testament of Cen'rl Robert Irwin, dec'd which ap]iears
from the records of my said office to have heen proved in due foi'm
of law and recorded at Jannary sessions of said ('onrt A. 1). 1801.
In testimony wdu'i-eof T have lierennto set my name and affixed the
seal of my office at Charlotte the Tilth tlay'of October A. 1). 18:U.
IJ. Oats. C. C. C.
State of North Carolina. ,,
Mecklenhni'g County.
T, Peai'sall Thomjjson, jiresiding dustice of the Court of Pleas
and Quarter Sessions for the County of Meckleid)urg aforesaid, do
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THE McDowells and connections
JiiTeby certify that l>i'al\ Oats, Ks<|., wliu.sc si'^natui'c appears to
the witliin eei'tiriralc as CK-ik, is the ('l>Tk of <.iir >aiil Court and
that his cei'tirieatc is in due lonii of law (Jivi'ii iiiid-'r my hand and
private seal (havin.u- jio seal oL' (jlficcj at Cliarlollr. this l(Jth day
of Oetoher A. 1). hs;54.
Pearsall Thompson, I*. I. (Seal).
DESCENDANTS OF COl.ONKE KOIUMiT IKWIX.
IJOHKRT Ci.l':iJ. IKWIX. hoi-ii iirar Chailott-, .M(Tkl.-id)urg
County, X. C., April .".. ISIO. dird at Tinii( a, .Ali^-^., Mar.-h :!, UK)});
marrifd at While Oak I'lantat ion, Tunica ('(undy. .Ma\- II. ISGo, to
•Viinc ]-:ii/aliclli Owmis; horn at Chii'ksvillc, Tmni , Ma\ 4. ]S|(J.
ClllLDKFA' OF ]vM)nh:RT CLFLL IKWIX AXD HIS WIFE
AXXF i':iJZAi;k:Tn ow]':xs:
1. dann-s Owens Irwin, horn at Hernando, Miss., !)<■(• I) 18tj(i;
died duly 14, FS(i7.
2. (leoi-o-ia Idi/.aheth li-win, horn al ilcniainlo. .Miss., Feh.
U. FSliS; niarrinl William (I. Ahhay. Tunica .Mis... D.c. L'.s,' 1887.
Issue: liuhert Irwin Ahha\, horn at Tunica. .Mrs.., A|)iil l(i, 188!);
William (ieor,uia .\hhay. horn at Tunica, .Aliss.. dune o. 1,S!)1.
:i. Amanda Idella Irwni. horn al Ihu'iiamlo, .Miss., Xov. 12,
18(iij; married d. T. Low.-, at Tnidca, .Miss.. Xo\. 27. l.si).'). I.ssue:
Annie 'Elizaheth, Forn at Tunica. .Miss., Sept. 4. ismi; Xylda Fowe,
horn Dee. 7, 181)8; Kohert Irwin Lowe, liorn h\'\>. 12. lli()2; Charlie
Fowe iKJi-l) hol•Jl■Au^^ 14. iDOd; dohn T. Lowe. .\v., hui-n Nov. 10,
FI05; (ilyiule ]\laric. hoi'n Sept. Fi, IDOH.
4. Kohert Clell liwin. dr., hoi-n at Hernando, .Miss.. Aug. 25,
1872: died duly F!, 1887.
5. Annie Marie Irwni, hoi'u at Hernando, .Miss., :\Iay :]], 187-');
nmri-ied F. C. .Man-um. Tunica, .Miss., Au^'. :',\. |8|i7. Fsne : Feoni-
das Cam|)h(dl .Man^um. horn at Tunica. .Miss., dan. 27. 11)07; KoFert
Irwin .Mangum, horn at .Memplds. Tenn., dan. 7. 1002.
^- Etind Chdl Irwin, horn at llerimn(h», .Miss., Sept. 18, 187S ;
imirried S. K. Fealhei'man. at .M<inphis, d'enn., Dec. 1.'), 181)7. Issue:
.Mary Aljha\- Feat hei'inan, hinai al d^uiica, .Miss., Au^\ 28, 18D8;
Ann Irwin Featlu'rman. horn at Tunica, .Miss., Oct. 28, 1!)00; Kicdi-
ard Ahhay Leatherinan, hoi'n at .Memphis, Tenn., dul.\ 7, 1!)02; died
duly 17, IDOd; Sanund Kiehard Featherman, Av., hoi'-n at .Mem])his,
Tenn., Aug. 24. lOO;;; K-oheid Irwin Leatherjiian, horn at .Memphis,
Ti'ini., Oct. ;), F)07.
KOFEKT IKWIX. dK.S AFFIdCATKFX FoK ^IAKKF\(;E
FKdFXSE.
State of North Carolina. .Me(d<lenhui'g County.
l\iu)w all men hy these I hat ^\ e Kohert Irwin and dohn Irwin
in the State aforesaid are held and firmlv hound unto the (iover-
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THE .Nh iic)\vi:li.s A.Xll (H).\N1<}i:T10NS 14.5
nor of the State oT North Caroliiui for tlu' liuu! hcinu in llo- ,)ust
and lull siiiii of live liiiudrt'd poinids i-uiTcnt luoiu'v of tin- State,
to he paid to tin,' said (I o\fnioi- or liis licirs, siicr('>s()rs lU' assi^'iis,
to the wliirli ija^iut'iit well and trul\- to be made and done we hind
oiirseiscs, our lieirs, exeeutoi-s and a(hinuistratois sealed with oui'
s.'als and (hattnl this 2!lth day id' April Anuo Domini 1817.
The eomlilion of the ahove ohli-^ation is suidi, that wliereas the
ahove hounden Kohert Ir'win. dr., hath madr au a]»plieation foi' a
lieeiise for a nuirria<;v to he celchiat ed hetweeu him and I'llizahet h
Kea. of the Countx- af(»resaid.
.\o\v in ease it shall not a|)pear hereaftt'r tiiat thei'r is any law-
fid i-ause to ohstruet the saiil marria.L^' tlien the alio\e ohliyatioii
shall he null and \oid. oilu'rwis>- it he in full force and \irtue sealed
aii.l deliv.'red.
In the j)resenee of
Isaae Alexaiuh'i". ' , ' . .• ■ .
K'oherl Irwin, dr. (Seal).
dohn li'win iSeai) '
KOUKKT linVlX, .III.'S SKCOXI) :\lAHinA(Jlv
State of .Xorth Carolina.
Know all men liy these ]>resents that we, liohirt Ii'win and
Samut'l Ilari'is, in the State aforesaid and held and firuds houiul
unlo the State of Xoi'tli (■ar^)lina in the first and full suiii of five
hundred pounds eurre'id money of the Stale, to he paid to the said
Slate. To the vdiieli j)aynu'nt \\ci\ and truly to he ])ai(i aiui done.
we hitul ourselves, our heirs, e.xeeutors ami administrators, sealed
with our seals and date this (ith day of Au^nisl Anno Domini Ls;{,S.
The eondition of the ahove ohiijiation is s\i(di that whereas the
aho\e hounden Kohert Irwin hath nnide ajjplieaticni foi- a lieense
for a marria<re to be CMdehrated hetwt'en him and .Martha Ale.xan-
der of th(» eouiity aforesaiil. Xow in ease; it slnill not ap|)ear here-
after that tliere is any lawful eause to ohstruet the saul mari'iage
then the ahove obligation shall Ix' void, otherwise to remain in full
foi'ee and virtue. :^ ..,..., . . , . ,
■ ' '-• ' '" Jxobert Irwin (Seal).
S. A. Harris.
.Monday nu)rnijig, I\lareli 2G, 17i)S.
Sir, as I eaiinot conveniently call on w)u at this tinu', will \()u
pleas(! send lue by the bearer, :\Ir. Daniel (iallant, leave to entei--
niai-ry with a certain :\Iarv Barry, and 1 will e.xeeiUe a boml at any
lime in order to fulfill the law and indennnfy you. as there is no
lawful O'bjeetiou in the way. I hope you will oblige him who has
the honor to be your )m)st huudde servani,
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THE McDowells and connectioxs
.lAAIK.S liaVlX. AX!) DKSCKX'DAXTS.
iiv (;i':oK(;iA iiavix aijuav.
•lAAU'^S IKWIX. til.- son el' (iMin-al lioh.rt Iruiu, was l.oi'ii in
or near Steel Creek, Meekleiiluiri; Comity, X. C. lie aeeiiiuiilated
lands, not only in his native State, but in others, ami j^ii\e lihi-rally
to his sons as they reached inaturt- years. To his eldest s(tii, liohert,
he <;ave property' near llanoN'er, IikI., and to his \'(>uM;^esl son, dailies
Irwin, Jr., lie -aw land in Tennessee, near Kalei-h. His will shows
a eai'td'nl ami <ieiierons rorelhou^ht for the welfare and interest of
his faiinly — wife, ehildi'eii and ^raiidehildr.n. lie was a iiieiuher
of the St'eel Cn ek Tivshyterian Clinreh. lie die,l suddenly on his
seventy-fifth hiillula.N of h.-aii failmv and is hnried in Stet'lc Creek
Cenielerv.
dAAlKS Hi WIN, dK.
dAi\lb]S IKWIN. dK., the son of Rolu-rt Irwin, was horn
in i\Iecd<lenl)iirj^' County, S. C. In early life he was married to Kli/.a-
lieth Ko«4frs. l\)\w (diihlreii weir Itoin to them. With his yonn<i:
wife and infant son, dohii, dailies li'win, .\v., eaiiie oNcrhmd to Teii-
iiessiH' and located near Ivalei^h on the laiul ^iveii him 1>\ his father.
r>ut the continued illdiealth of his family- and death of a dau-htei-, an
infant named daiie, determined him to sidl this properl\' and return
to North (Carolina. It was in Xorlh Carolina, after his return, that
his son, Robert (dell Irwin, was born, April o, 1S40. the oiil\ child
of this nnion to i-eacli maturity. Three years later the youiiii wife
died. She is i)iiried in Steele ( d'e(d\ Cemetei'y.
dames Irwin's second wife, widow of William Knox, lived only
a year, leaving' an inlaid son, who died in childhood.
Se\-eral years later dames Irwin, dr., married the widow of Col.
I>,i\is. I^'rom this marriage there were ei^iit (diildreii, only three (d"
whom li\ed beyond (diihlhood, and only one is li\iii,L;- now, Mrs.
Sarah Irwin Ahitt in^l.w
In IsriO -lamis Irwin, dr.. made his second journey westwa''d.
Tins time lii.s destination was the Mississip|)i \'alley in Tunica Coun-
iv. Miss. He left Xorth Carolina with his family overland and with
a train of c,arriaj>'es, wagons and a full retinue of servants and
slaves. On reachinjji: lluntsville, Ala., owiii^' to illness in his family,
he comi)l(ded the tri]» via Nashville, Teiin., and from there b\- boat
to tlicdr destination. licavin*^' his two younji,' sons, dolin, a;.i('d four-
leeii. and Robert, ten, in <diar<i-e of the servants, teams, etc.. the biave
lads, afti'f many mishajis and mis^-ivin<^-s, aridNcd at llieir new home
on the Mississii)pi Ki\'i'r the first day of danuary, Isol, and found
that the other members of the family had arri\ed a full month in
avivaiice.
dames Irwin, dr.. died aftiM- a short illness cd" pneumonia. FA)-
riiai-y 2(), I.SIU He is buried in Oakwood Ceiueteiw . near d'uniea,
Miss. .,,, .: .xr>s,r.. n '., ■-- - - ■ "
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THl'] AUnoWlCLLS ANM) CONNKCTIONS ' 145
Jtor.lORT CLKLI. IRWIX.
ROIJF.RT CLKLL IRWlX, tin- scco.ul son ol' .hiiurs li'wiii, Jr..
and Kli/al)rtli Ro-vrs, was boni April T). 1S4(). in Alcckl.'nbnr-
Connly, X. ('. His ^rcat-^i'anilt'atlicr, William ii-\\in, was l)()i'n in
Scotland and was anion<i' tlir Scotcli-l risli sctllri's of ( 'nmhcrland
('onnt\-, l*a. licbi-i't Irwin was named tor his father's hiothtr. who
was named for his ancestor (ien. (oi- Col.) Robert Irwin, of Meck-
lenburi;' C'o\int\. X. (".
When Robei-t ('. Ii'win was ten years old his father moved to
Tnnica ('ount\-, .Miss. At the aj.;-e of fourteen he *'ntered Hanover
Colle^v. indiaiui, I'l'maininji,- a student of this institution until tln'
spring- of iSliO, when war between the Xorth and South became im-
minent. In Ai)ril, ISGl, he entered the Confedeiat e service as a"
Nolunteei- and left JMemphis in the comj»any known as the Memphis
\A'^\[\ Dragoons; afterwards he was in the Seventh Tennessee Rej^i-
laeiit under (Jen. Koi-rest, where he reundned during iSlil, "(i'^ and
"(ilJ. l''rom IMb;) he was with ('apt. Tom Heiidei'son's company of
scout.s. Jie was a cavalryman lhi-ou<;hout the war, iecei\iny honor-
able discharge from (apt. Henderson, :\lay 10, 180.'). On the Dtli of
the same month he was married to ]\Ii.ss Annie Elizabeth Owens,
thii'd daughtei- of (Jeorgiann Elizabeth and James M. Owens. Twt)
sons and five daughtei's wei-e l)orn to them, only four (dauyhtei's)
reaching;' nialut'ity.
Robert 0. Irwin was a iiuMuber of the Ku-Klu.\ Klan. fearlessly
doin^' his duty in the dark days of I'eeonsti'uct ion. In 1<S7S, when
the Howards' Board of Health called volunteers durin;.;' the yellow
fever ei)i(leniic, foi'ty-one men responded in Hernando, .Miss Of
these forty-one, sonu' d\in^', others leaving town. Hob Irwin was the
only man \\ho never left his post for a day initil the dreadful scourge
was over.
1\. ('. Irwin was a nnin of strong personality, j)ossi'ssing a genial,
lovable nature— a man outspoken in what lie l)elieved to be right.
I'onservative and cautions in business affairs, an honest man. l)()b
Irwin's word was considered his bond. He was a Democrat of the
old school, never seeking office for himself, but taking an active in-
terest in politics, and while he servi-d fourteen years as a member
of the ri)per Vazoo (Aliss.) Levee Hoard Connnission, his appoint-
ment was unsolicited. After serving this long term he resigned bi'-
cause other duties retpiired his time, lie was president of Tunica's
first bank— serving in this capacity foi- several years, lie I'esigned.
A few years later became the founder and president of Irwin's Hank
of Tuinca. When his health failed he closed this l)ank.
At the time of his death — March :{, 190!)— he was pivsident of
the Planters' Oil Mill of Tunica and pivsident of the I rwin-Leather-
man Cotton Company, of Memphis, Teiiii.
He was a consistent member and active Ruling I'^dder in the
Presbvterian Church. He is buiied in Oakwood (".■metery. near
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THE .McDowells and coNNEt'Tioxs
'riiiiiciL Miss. All lioiirst mail and ^ood. lu'lovcd hy his faniily aiul
friends, respected liv all men, can tnily l)e said (if Ivoherl ('. Irwiii.
CIlll.DUIvX OF COL. KOI'.F.KT I K'W IX— I )l .\K 1 .\S IdXF..
M.\KV AXl) .lOlIX DIXKIXS.
MWIY IK'WIX, daii-Iiler of Col. KoluTt Irwin, of Mecklenburg
County, X. ('., married -loliii Dinkins. lie ^vas a descendant of out" ;;
(d' the three Dinkins hrolhei's, who immigrated with the Ariiistr()iit>'s ■
from li'ehind, iaiidin-' at Charleston in 1717. Who his parents wci'.
We have no i-ecord, hut the supposition is that he was a hrotlii-r nr i
cousin of the dames Dinkins who married Fuc\ Jxeiidrick i see cIst'- |
wlu'i'e. Ili)wc\er, this cannot he stated positi\ely. as the connection is 1
not clear, althon^ii the Dinkins of Mecklcnl)ur^' County. X. ('., all '.
belonged to the same family, 'riiere is no means of aseertainin;^ his
exact relationship to the Dinkins whose lines follow, hut he was evi- ,
deiitly a cousin or hi-other. i
May Irwii'. and dojin Diukius had one son. Kohert li'wiu Dm- ^
kins, and it is claimed a daiighti'f, who married a Morrison and whose 'i
descendants now reside in Xorth Carolina. We lia\e heeii iinahle to '
leai-ii auNtliing did'initc about this famil\. After the death of dolui
Dinkins," May Irwin married a Mr. Williamson and had five chil
dren: Cyiu-s, k'l-cdei-ick 1)., .lolin, C\iithia and Samuel. Cynlhii
married an Alexander.
ROBERT IRWLX DINKIX'S was boin in Xorth Carolina. -Ian-
nary IL*, 17!)7, an(f died in ^lississippi, September US, iSiJS. lie mar-
ried his cousin, Louisa Davis Dinkins, and came to Mississippi from
Xorth Carolina some time in the late "Ids or early MOs. Rohert Din-
kins dit'd shortly after reaching M ississipjii. Mrs. Dinkins then
married Alfred CallowaN' and di.'d in l.s7;5.
" CHlLDRlvX OF ROUFRT 1. DIXKIXS.
1. dohn, who never iiiari'ied.
'2. .Melvina, mai'iicd (first) Whitman and had one
child. Lucinda, who married Robert Kem[) and was li\iii<j in (ireeii-
villo in lcSl);3.
After the death of Whituian. Mclviua married Richar.l R,ar-
rington, a, ne|)hew of Commodore liai'rington, and had three chil-
tlreii (deceased).
'3. Sarah Lee Dinkins married 10. d. IJowcrs and had two chil-
dren :
1. E. fl. Lowers, who is a brilliant lawxcr with few ecjuals
V, 'i ,,-, ii^ bis protV'Ssion. lie lives in liay St. Tjonis, and was
l^,, I. ',,./;, elected lo Congi'ess in l!)():j. Ile'has several children,
-, . ,^ -, names unknown. 2. Minnie Lou Bowers, who lives with
,.,,,,,,. her lu'other, F. d. Bowci's, in l)a\' St. Louis.
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THE MeDOWELLS AXI) CONNEf'TIOXa 147
DESCENDANTS Ol-^ llTCill AlrDOWELE AND .\lAK(iAHF/r
IKWIN AND TllElK CONNECTIONS
MAHGAKET 1. .McDOWELL, the dau-lit.i' of llu-h aihl Mar-
g'ai'i't 1. i\k'Do\\('ll, married Andrew Lawsoii Hari'v ( liei- .sci-nnd
eoiisiiO. of South Carolina. Many of theii' drseendanls won fame
and distinction and liehl ])o.sitioiis of honoi- and trust.
Clll[d)irEN Ol^^ .MAJJOARET M.DOWELL AND ANDKKAV
LAW SON HAlillV:
1. Robert Lindsay .MeDowell.
2. Eui)heuiia Elizabetli .MeDowell. ,-, ; -
:}. :^lary Jane .MeDowell.
4. Sarah Ann iMeDowell.
1. R01U^:RT LINDSAY liARRV, son of Andiew Lawson and
.Alar«;aret AleDowell J^arry, nuirried Laura Augusta llaekelt of (iroi-
jiia. Lssue : 1. Robert Irwin. '2. Mar<>-aret.
Roljert liwvin llaicy married i fii'st i .Mary Lryan Theat of Sa-
vannaii, Ga. Issue: L Jiutli Mary liairy. 2. l\obert Andrew 15ai'i'\-.
Rt)bert Irwin liarry married (seeoutl) Aiuia Henderson of
Atlanta, Ca. Lssue: L Edwin Jiarry. 2. .Jose]))! liarry.
Margari't liai'ry, dau^liter of Robert Lintlsay J5arry, married
Edward Ansly of Athinta, (ia. Lssue: L Laura. 2. Monsie Ansiey.
2. :^IARV JANE BARRY, dau-ider of Andrew Lawson and
.ALirgaret McDowell ]>arry, mari'ied Dr. Adoli)inis Sheri'od l^'owlei' of
Georgia. Jsstie: 1. Eugene .Moore. 2. .Minnie Lee. IJ. Mary -Line.
4. Hugh Barry. 5. Jessie Eui)hemia.
L]ugene ]\Ioore Fowler nuirried Minnie Riggs of Ti-xas. Issui-:
L Hugh.
Mary Jane Eow lei-, daughter of l)v. Fowler, married Roy N. C >K-
of Newiuin, Ga.
JMinnie Lee Fowler married Melvin Gardner of Norfolk, Va. is-
sue: L Dorothea. 2. Joini.
3. SARAH ANN liAliRY, daughter of Andrew Lawson an<l
IMargaret ^McDowell Hari-y, married William E. Sloan of Georgia. Is-
sue: L Elizabeth Irwin. 2. Willie Ennua. 3. Julia Scott. 4. Thonuis.
;5. Anide (lertrude. G. Eui)hemia. 7. Laura liarry. h. J^obei't
Andrew.
Elizabeth L Sloan married Oscar Sloan (her cousin), of Floi-ida.
Issue: Eva, Anne ]\Iary, Andrew JMoore and AVillie Emma.
Willie E. Sloan niarrietl Oscar E. Horn of Geoi'gia : Issue: Al-
ton, Emma, Estelle, Rosa Jane and E. Ban-y.
Jidia Scott Sloan married Edgai- L. .M(d)onald of Georgia. Issue:
Eddie Cloud and Jidia Irwin.
Thomas A. Sloan married Amue lola Tyle of (Jeorgia. Issue:
Thomas, Adam, Cash, Wynnm.
Annie Gertrude Sloan nuirritnl Herbert Greenberiw Biwan of
Georgia.
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14S THE AUnOWl^LLS AND CONNECTIONS
Eiiplu'Uiia Sloan luarru-d William 1'. nrlliii^vr of Fl(.ri,la.
iiaura lian-y Sloan man'ii'd Joel K( Iml^ Smith of i-'ioiiita.
1. EUrillvMlA KLI/Ar.l-:T11 HAKKV. dau-litrr of An.livw
Lawson and Mar-'aivt M.Dow. '11 r.anv. man-i.'d William A. Moon.
Issii..;
iMiima Eli/a, who maia-i.-d William Wo.i.l Drap.T of Alabama.
Salli.' l^iTwin, who died in l.sTo.
Susan Mai-n-;iivt, who di.-.l in childhood,
-Mary Loii, died in ISSl.
William A., who died in infancy.
i\nna Kuphcmia. who maii'i.'.l Seaborne Wriuht of Horn.-, (ia.
•John .M(d)owcll, who ]naiiic.l llattic Ciracc Whailon.
dcssic, who mai-ricd Uu-li L. .\l.d\cc. Issue: .J.-s,>ie and Mai'-
Uaivt.
^Vilmer L.-e, who married ('ormdia -lackson. , . ,,
ClllLDHIvX OF EMMA ELIZA MOOKE AXi) WILTJAM WOOD
DRAPER.
1. William. 2. R.)bert . :{. Dani.'l. {. Marv. f). .Jessie, fi
Wallac Woo.^
rillJd)REX OF AXXA E. :\lOORE AXi) SEABORXE WRKiHT:
]. Thomas F.arry. '2. Lucius .Moore. '4. :\lax Seaborn.-
.■ ('IlILDREX OF JOIIX M. DoWEld. MOORL AXI) HATTIE
(iRACE WIIARTOX:
L Wharton Ad..lphus. 2. Elizabeth h-vin<i-. ;5. .Mave ]^,elle.
-!. Ennna. .'.. L.-rtha Jlarb.m.
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TIIH KKCOH
'111: liAKKY FAMILY
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,-,-,slnl husiiH'ss mail ol All.lilla, (i.l., nl ill,' llllli .if Wlllii.M- I.. M(
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AiidiTW Riirrv was sii|i|H,sr.i to liaw I'Oiiii' direr
and located in IViinsvlvaiiia. and al'teru ards moved
lina with Cliarles .Moore.
Chai-le.s .Moore was tile fatlier of Maryaret Moore, lie was l,or,i
HI 17-J7 and died in ISO."); hiu'ied at .Moor,', S. ('. II.' is sup|H,s.-.l lo
hav.' .'.line .lir.'et from Ir.ian.l to r.'iinsvlvania. 11.' mairi.'.l eitli.r
a .Mary (iraliam, .Mary Lawsoi, or Mary Hamilton, -lust wlii.-h on.'
.lohii Harrv, who was th.' son of Andrew and .Marv Harrv. was
born in 1772; die.l .Mar.-li :!, I,s44. 11.' married Elizab.tli Wals.m.
who was born m 1774 an.l .ii.'.l An-. :iO, l>s;5S. P.olh of th.iii aie
buried at Liberty Hall, Ala.
Andrew Law.sou Harry, born Nov. 2:i, iSUf.; .li.'.l -Ian. (i. ls;)2;
iiiarri.'d iMary:aret .MeDowell, who wa.s born in ISll, and .li.'.l in IS:!!).
They were inarried-Dec. Ii2, 1,S29, and buried at LaFa v.'tt.'. (la
Fiiphenia Elisabeth Harrv, born Feb. 4, l,s:52; niarri.'.l William
.V.l.ilphus .Moore, who was born Nov. 19, 1S19, an,l , li.'.l .Jiilv :!1. Isfll
Th.'v w.'re Miai-ried Nov. 19. 1S.")()
William ..Vdolphus .Aloor,' an.l Kuph.'nia .Moor,' ar,' mv par.', its.
1 will now traee for voii lb.' .M.'Dow.ll braneh as far as 1 hav,'
aiiv r.'eor.l.
Col. Samuel Watson niarri.-.l Fli/.ab.'th .MeDow.'ll. Tli.'\- w.-r.'
buri.'d at Hethel Church, York, S. C. Thes.' ar.' Ill,' par.'iits ol' Kli/a-
lu'th Watson, who married -loiui Harrv.
Col. .Samuel Watson cam,' to North Carolina with tli.- .MeDow-
.'Us. The family Hible is in iio.ss.'.ssion of -I. A. Harry's famil.N in At-
lanta, and his sword an.l his spinning- wh.'.'l are in tlu' p.iss.s^i.m of
a relative in Alabama.
Ciiarles McDowell married s.mi,' one bv the name of Ua.'h.l, but
I have never been abb' to l.'arn li.'r last nam.'. Tli.'y w.r.' from Fr.'.l-
ericU County, Virtrinia.
Their son, .John McDowell, was born in Penns\lvania in 174:!.
and died dulv 30, 179."); was buried at Steelv Crck Cliureh. N C.
lie marrie.l Jean Parks, who was born 1747 an.l di.'d (),-t. S. ]S-2i.
Their .son, Ihiph M.'D.iwell, was born I),',-. 16, 1777. an.l .li:-,!
May 16, 1M35. He marri.'.l .Mar-ar.'t Irwin, who was Imrn iii 17S.')
ami died May 3, 183.S
Th.'V w.'Ve mari'i.'.l .March 31, ISOli, an.l w.'r.' biii'ir.l at Si.'de
Cr.'.'k Ciiureh, N. C.
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150 THE McDowells and connections ;|
Tlu'ir (laii^litci-. .M;ir;j;nvt McDowell, mairicl Atnlivw Lawsoii ij
liai'i-y. -i
The Irwiiis aiT (•(jiineetrd \\itli our famih in the folUM\iiiu' man- %
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in 17:{S, died Dec. 2;;. Js()(); married Alar\- Alexander, who died f
March 21. 17!J(i. They are hiiried at Steele ("reek ("Imrdi. %
These ai'c the jiareuts of Afai'^aret Irwin, who married lln^h |
M.d)owell. ' I
The fatiier oi' den. Kohert li'win was William Irwin, who died |
ne;ii- Cailisle, Ta., ahoul 17.'»(). The Irwins from Xortli Ireland. %
The parents of Mai'v Alexander, who married (ien. Kohert li'-
win. was the dati^'hter of Zehulon Ah-xander and sister of Zeiuis '^
-Mexander. (See Irwins and Ah-xander Pa yes. ) )
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151
IMAPY III?.
NEELY
DESCENDANTS OF
AIOSKS NEKLY AND JANE PAKK.S
iMcDOWELL.
Mosos Net'ly was born Jan. 29, 1799, at Stct'le Civek, near Char
Inttc, N. C; (lied Jan. 17, 18S7.
His parents were JMoses Neely and Margaret Campbell, of Scoteli-
Irish and Kevolutionary aneestry. In 1825 he married Jane Parks
.MeDowell, granddaughter of Col. John McDowell and Gen. Kobci't
Irwin of Revolutionary fame. She died in 1886.
The deseentlants of Moses Neely and Jane Parks McDowell are
James Columbus Neely, married Frances Blocker; I\Iargaret Neely,
married W. l\r. Harrison; Mary Neely, married W. W. Flinn; Sai'ah
Koxana Neely, nmrried Benjamin Maclin; Hugh McDowell Neely,
married Mary Bethell jNlcGown; Felicia Neely, married Robert
Shoi'tcr; Hannah Neely, married Lucius Paine; Eli/a Neely, mai--
lit'd N. F. Harrison; Frances Neely, married N. F. Harrison.
GRANDCJHILDREN.
Florence Neely, Pearl Neely Grant, James Columbus Neely, Sid-
ney M. Neely, Hugh iNEcDowell Neely, Frances Neely Mallory, W. W.
Elinn, Neely Flinn, Lilly IMaclin Blocker, Felicia Maclin Aymette,
Benjamin ]\laclin, Cora Shorter Davis, Lee Paine, Annie Paine Bratl-
ley, Frances Paine Bowen, ('harles Harrison, Ennua Harrison, Robert
Harrison, Lucile Harrison Brett, INIargaret Harrison Owen, Neely
Haiiison Rehse, Eva Blocker Lemman, Brooks Blocker, Milton
l)h)(kcr, Lena lilocker.
GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.
James Neely Grant, Daniel Brooks Grant, Mamie AVright. Ei-na
Wright, Hugh Wiight, Aubrey Wright, Louise Wright, Eugene Ay-
mi'tte, Richard Harrison, Katherleeji Harrison, Louise llai'rison,
Lee I'^dwin l\eese, Ijucile Harrison Brett, Catherine Lemman, I\rariou
Lemman, AVilliam Neelv ^^Fallorv, P>ai1on Lee ]\rallorv, Fi-anees Neelv
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152 THE MCDOWELLS AND CONNECTIONS
H M NELLY
Meruphia, Tenn.
THE McDowells and connections ir):{
Malloi-y, Iliijili IMeDowfU N.-cIy, Sidney lAliltoii Ncdv, Tlicodoi-a
Tiv/cvaiit Xccly, daiiii's Coliiiiibiis Xcrly, ("licatliaiii lira.iKv. Taii-
liiu" Kradk'y, Leita l'.radlfy, Foilir iJiadlcy, I'.rooks liiadl.-y,' Myitlc
.Mad ill, Hcssie J)avi,s flaloiiick.
dANE :\lel)()WELL, the ilau<;htiT of llii-h :\kd)()\vll and his
witV, JMar^arct 1. McDowi'll, was Imrn at ]\h'C'kk'ul)iir^-, N. ('., l^'cb.
10, IcSOf), and died at (icrn'iantow n, Slielby County, Tcim.,- duly 5,
iSSf). Sill' inarricil JMosi'S Nccly, wlio was born in Alccklcnbur^'
('()uid\-, N. C, dan. 29, 179!), an ddicd at Gcrinantown. Slidbv County,
Tcini., dan. 17, 1887.
(!111LI)KEN OF I\1()SES NEELY AND JANE MrDOWELL.
1. fJanu's (Jolunibus, Ni'idv, Ixtrn at Mfckli'idiur;:;- ('ount\', Aj)j'il
17. 182(J; died dan. 20, 1901.
2. Mai-j^aivt E. (uiarrii'd N. E. Harrison), born in Mc(d<l('nbur^'
County, N. C, Dec. 29, 1827; died Au^-. 13, 1881.
11 Mary L. (married Elinn), born at Meeklenl)ur<^' ('ounly,
Nov. 1:5, 1829; died A])ril 24, 1872.
4. Sarah R. (married .MeClin), bora at JMeeklenburj^; (Jountv,
duly 21, 1831.
5. llii<,di ]\Ie])owell Neid>', boi'ii in IMadison (!ount\', Teiin., Nov.
8, I8;i;].
(). Felicia Shorter, born Madison County, Tenn., A\\<^. 24, 18:5,");
died JMarch 18, 1875.
7. Hannah Ann (Paine), boi'u at Madison County, Tenn., Dec.
7, 1838; died Jan. 14, 1898.
8. Eli/a Jane (Harrison), born at Shelby County, Tenn., Mav,
1840; died Sept. 22, 1859.
9. Frances E. (Harrison), born at Siudby County, March 20,
1844.
NEELY.
Hu{ih ]\Icl)o\vell (H. M.) Neidy was born iu jMadison Co\inty,
Tenn., Nov. 8, 1833. He is descenik'tl on the maternal si(h' oi" his fam-
ily frt)m Cen. Robert Irwin, a signer of the Declaration of Imlepeiid-
eiice; Col. dohu McDowell, ('ol. William ('amj)b(dl, distinj^uished offi-
cer of the Revolution. His mother, Jane Pai'ks jMcI)o\vell, was a
typical McDowell woman; she was tall, ^n-aceful, with an attractive
manner and full of ener^'y and si)irit. She was born Feb. 10, 1805,
and died July 5, 1886. She was married to Moses Neely of Ab'ckh'u-
l)urg- County, N. C, in 1825. He was h man of great enerjzy and iiileg'
rity. From this union thi;re were boi'ii iujk; children.
At the aj^'c of seven he came with his fatiiec, wiio was a planter,
to Shidby County, Tenn., when- he was raised on a typical Soutliejii
plantation. He received u full academic education and has since
been fond of books ; has an easy connnand of lanji-uage. and is an intci'-
estin{>- talker. In the wai- bctwt'cn the States he went willi the South;
was ('aptain of Company 1, 38tli Tenn<'ssee Kejiiuienl of Infanti-y.
and the last yeai" of tiu" war was Ad,jutant-(Jenei-al on tlir staff of
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THE McDowells and connections 155
Brig-.-(}('ii. J. C. CartiT. Gen. Carter was wouiuk-d at tlu' battle of
Franklin ami fell into the arms of Capt. Neely. ('a])t. X.cly fought
in nearly all of the battles of West Tennessee and reeeiwda buFlet
at the liattle of Perryville, whieh he still carries.
After the war he was a membei- of a very sueeessful mercantih'
firm of Ih'ooks, Xeely & t"o. of .Mt'mi)his, and so n-mained until it
went into voluntary li(iuidation in 1900. ]\Ir. Neely was Presidi'iit
and \'iet-President of the .Memphis National Bank for sixteen years,
and has been Tivsident of the Phoenix Fire & Insurance Co. for ,
thiity-one years, lie is a mendjer of the First Presbytei'ian Chureli ,; ;
ami V. M. C. A. of Memphis, and being in good eireumstances, gives
them and other charities liberal su])i)orl.
lie is a man of fine physi(jue; is six feet three inches in height ;
and weighs two hundred pounds, and is well known for his I'ugged
honesty and strict adherence to truth. Aug. 10, 188G, he married
Mrs. .Mary B. :McCown, formerly ]Miss Sneetl of North Carolina. No ;,
children followed this congenial and happy union. They live in their ,
elegant home in ^Memphis and are noted for their hospitality. ;
JAMES COLUMBUS NEELY.
By Pearl Neely Grant.
JA.MES COLUMBUS NEELY, borji in Mecklenburg County,
\. ('., April li), lS2(i; died at Memphis, Tenn., dan. 20, 1901; mar-
lied at Olive Branch, Miss., to Frances Blockei', who was born in
DeSoto County, Miss., Feb. S, 1840.
ClllLDKEN OF JAMES C. NEELY AND HIS WIFE,
FRANCES BLOl^KEK: i (
1. Florence, ])orn at Memphis, Tenn.
2. Jesse Pearl, born at jMemphis, Tenn.
'I James Columbus, Jr., born at IMemphis, Tenn.
4. Sidjiey jMilton, born at Memphis, Tenn.
f). Frances Blocker, born at .Memphis, Tenn.
Hugh ^McDowell, born at ^lemi)his, Tenn.
Jesse Pearl married James Daniel (rrant, Memphis, Tenn.
James Cohnnbus, Jr., married Eleanor McGhee, Knoxville, Tenn.
Sidney Milton married Theodora Trezevant, Memphis, Tenn.
Frances B. married Lee Baidon Mallory, ^lemphis, Tenn.
(HtANDCHILDREN OF JAMES C'OLUMBUS NEELY.
James Ne(4y Grant.
Daniel Brooks (Jlrant.
William Neely Mallorv.
Sidnev .M. Neelv, Jr."
NEELY.
James Columbus (J. C.) Neely was born in Mecklenburg County,
N. (J., April 19, 1826. He is descended on the maternal side of his
famil\' from (u-n. Robert Irwin, a signer of the Meckleidjurg Declara-
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Tioii of liulfpciKlciicc: Col. .loliii McDowrll, Col. Williiiiii ( 'aiiipbi-ll,
were (lisliiio'iiisliril ollicfl-s of tlic Ri'\()lut ion.
Ili.s iiiotlirr, .);iiic I'iirks Aid )(»\vrll, was a Ij.yi.al McDowrll
woman; she was tall, jiracrl'iil, with an attractive inaniici- and full of
energy and spirit. She was horn l'\-l). U), iSOo, and died duly 5,
lS,S(i." She was mari'ied to .Moses Neely of AlecUlenlmr-- Couidy. N.
('., 1^2.1. lie was a man of y-i'eat energy and intei^rity. From this ^ I
union theiv were iioi'u nine childrc]i. ^^,,
in ISG;} his father moved with iiis family to .\ladison County, ^\
Tenn. .Air. Neely died in Memphis, .Ian. LM), 11)01. 11,. was a man of *■ j
fine meidality, of unusual j)liysieal di'Velopment, was tall, muscular ;■■•!
and endowed' with indomitable cMer-iv. hi l.S()l) he mai'ried .Miss ^%
l-'ranc'i's l>locker, of a j)romineiit .Mississippi famil> . Kisc childi'cu ,,
siirvivi' them. '■ '
In the year 1856 he came to ^lemphis aiul orj^anized the mer- "j
eantih' fii'iii of Goyer & Neely, and in liSiSo he orj^anized the merean- i
tile film of iirook^j, Neely &. Co., of whii-h he was the acknowledged .-.^
head. The firm was eonii>osed of himself, S. U. Brooks and II. .M. f.'i
.\'eely. It was sueeessful from the start and became one of the rich- |j
est and most widely known in the South. It went into v(jiuntary ri
liquidation in the .war UiOO, all its members I'ctii-ing from active 'I
business with fine estates. •
]\lr. Neely was also lurgidy interested in eoal and iron mines in
.Mabama, i)lanting in the iMississii>pi River l)ottom and other indus- I
trial ent.-rprises. He was President of the Cojdinental National Hank
and Bluff C-ity Insurance C-ompany.
He was n consistent member of the Pri'sb.Nterian Church, in tem-
pei- e(piable, and in association with his I'anuly always jiatient, kind
and liberal; with his accpiaintaiices kind and eourleous. lie was
eminent for his great conniion sense and so i-ii)e in judgment and e.\- .
l)eriencc that his advice was often so\ight \)y those who knew him. lie
was always optimistic, fond of anecdote, and possessed an iidermi-
nable flow of good hiniior. It may l»e said of him that when living
he nuide no enemies and lost no friends, and in dying, anidiig his
%'aried associations he hd't \acancies difficult to be filled.
SLOAN.
SARAH SALINA McDOWELL, daughter of Hugh and .Alar-
:.■ garet I. iMcDowtdl, nuiri'ied Andrew .Moore Sloan (d' South Carolina,
A' the issue of whom were:'
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^'. Ca. Issue: Johnnie and Hugh Sloan. Said .Johnnie married Kd-
"wai'd iJerkley. Their issue: N'irgiiua l>i'i'kley.
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THE McDowells and connections 157
2. Charles Aiidivw Sloan, son of Andrew and Sarah Sloan,
married Mollie L. Morris of Montieello, Fla. Their issue:
and Oscar Sloan.
o. A(hnn Sloan married Elizabeth Irvin of iMcDonon^h, (Ja.
Their issue: Sarah, Eva, Annie Mary and Andrew Moore Sloan.
4. Kobert Eujivne Sloan niarrietl Ida Turnbull of Montieello,
Fla. Their issue: liielianl, Kobert Eu"-i-ne, Sarah Salina.
DESCENDANTS OF IIFOII AND MAROAKET IRWIX M( DOW-
ELL AND THEIR CONNECTIONS.
ROBERT L :\IeDOWELL, son of Ilu-h and Mar-juvt Irwin .Mc-
Dowell, was a man of wealth and an elder in the Presbyterian Ciiurcii
both at Steele Creek and Fnity Church, Lincoln, N. C. He was a
nieud)er of the North Carolina Le^-islatui-e and a business man of
marked abilit}' and ^-reat success. He married Rebecca l>revard. who
was a dauy:hter of J. Franklin Brevard, a son of Capt. Alexandei- Bic-
vard and Mar<;aret, his wife, of Lincoln County, N. C. Mar^aict
Brevard died October, 18GG, aged GS years. She was the dau<;hter
of James Conner, who emigrated from the north of Ireland about
1774. He volunteered in the Revolutionary war and fought to its
finish antl died in 1835, aged 84 years. His wife was Lallis (some-
times called Lille) Wilson, who was the daughter of Samuel Wilson,
Sr., and his wife, Margaivt Jack, sister of (.'apt. James Jack, who was
the bearer of the ^lecklenburg Declaraton of Independence to Con-
gress. Samuel Wlson emigrated to Mecklenburg County about 174r)
and settled near Hopewell Church. He was of Scotch- Irish descent
and died March 13, 1778.
Capt. Alexander Brevard, father of Robert Irwin McDowell's
wife, Rebecca, was a cadet in a military school at the beginning of
the war, was in many battles and was noted for his bravery. He was
one of eight sons of John lirevard, a Huguenot family.
Among tile children of Robert I. ]\IcDowell were :
William Hugh, killed in battle.
Rena. who marrietl Dr. Roach of Charlotte, N. C.
F. Brevard iMcDowell of Charlotte, N. C.
DESCENDANTS OF ELEANOR IRWIN AND JAMES MOORE.
ELEANOR IRWIN, known as "Nelly," daughter of Col. Rob-
ert Irwin and his wife, JNIary Alexander, was boi-n Oct. 15, 1771, in
]\[ecklenburg County, N. C, and died in Williamson (Jounty, Tenn.,
Aug. 8, 1909. She married James Moore, son of John Moore (orig-
inally from Ireland), May 8, 1790. James ]\Ioore was born in Lin-
coln County, N. C, Feb. 15, 17G4, and died in Wdliamson County,
Tenn., Jnly 12, 1830. Eleanor and James Moore moved to William-
.son (-ounty, Tenn., November, 1807, and settled on a LI40-acre tract
of land at Brentwood, tiie land warrant for which was granted in
1785 to Col. Robert Irwiii for services in the Revolutionary War by
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THE McDowells and connections
the JStatt' of Noilli (.'aroliiia. hi May, 17!).'), Col. Irwin iiiadt' a (iced '|
of <>-ift of this land to liis .s(>ii-iii-law, .James Alooic, ihc same lieiii;^' on
record in the Kejiister"s offiee at Xashxille. 'I'eiin. Alxmt Innr huii-
di'ed aci'es of tliis original ^raiit is still owned 1»\ llnj^li ('. .Moore, a
<^-i-aiulson of James Aloore and l''deant)r Irwin. Kh anoi' Irwin Moore
is buried at lirenlwood, 'i'enn.
CHILDREN OK JAMES MooHE AND ELEANOR IKWIN;
L Robert Irwin Mo.. re. born in Lmeoln County. N. C.. -July
•JO, 17i)L
li. Jane Moore, boi'n An<i-. 18, 1793. , •
;j. .John, born Anji. 2!i. 179."). '''■' '•
A. Alexander, born Man-li 7, 1798. ' ' '' ' "■
f). William, born June 2, 1802.
G. Sinai Craves, l)oi'n Au-. 29, 1804.
7. .huues Areln'r, born Sept. 8, 1807. '
i^OLEirr IRWIN .MOORE.
1. ROREirr IRWLN MOORE, eldest .son of Eleanor Irwin and
•James Moore, married (first) Isabella Caldwell Harlan, an aunt of
Justice M. Ilai'lan of the TT. S Supreme Oourt, near Danville, Ky.,
in 1824. Issue: 1. James llai'lan ^b)ore, born May 12, 182."). 'at
Nasiiville, Tenn. ; died in 1884. 2. Sarah Elh'u .Moore, born in 1827,
died 184S.
ROBERT IRWIN M(^ORE married (second) Martha Clav near
Danville, Ky., May 3, 1832. l.ssue: Martha Clay Mooiv, boin 1833;
.lied at Rome, Italv, 1902.
ROBERT IRWIN MOORE married (third) Mrs. Jane liell
Walker (dau<^hter of James MeKissiek and Mary Vance (Jreer) near
Shelbyville, Tenn., in 1835. issue: Ruth Isabella, born at >:asli-
ville, Tenn., 183(); died unmai'ried in her 21st year Dec. 4, 18.")().
2. Mai-y Adelaide, born Jan. 17, 1839; died in old honu' at Brent-
wood, 18()3. 3. Robert Irwin Moore, Jr., born Aj)ril 14, 1841, Nash-
ville, TeiuL; now resides in New Orleans. 4. Ilujzh Campbell, l)orn
April 18, 1846; now resides in Brentwood, Teiui. f). James M(dvis-
siek, born May 28, 1848; now resides in Spi-inj^- Hill, Tenn.
CHILDREN AND DESCENDANTS OF ROBERT IRWIN
MOORE.
JAlAIES HARLAN MOORE, son of Robert Irwin Moore and Isa-
b(dla ('. Harlan, mari-ied Ad(4ine Farr(dly,(lauj:liter of Col. P E.ir-
relly. Issue:
1. Sarah, born in Ai-kansas in 1851 ; married Edward Willifni'd
in 1864; had three childi'en : 1. Adeline.' 2. l)an;^hter (name un-
known)- 3. Edward.
2. Mary (Molly), born in 1852; mari-ied Abraham Brook.s; near
Louisville, Ky., Febi'uary, 1871. ('hildreii: 1. .M(jllie, mai-i'ied Ells-
worth MeCormick. 2. Edna, married William S. Matthews. 3. Ruth,
ilied in Rome, Italy, 1902. 4. Austin. 5. Al)raham.
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;]. Fannie, born in liSr)3; now resides at liardstown, l\y. ; mar-
ried Dr. Patrick Pendleton in Arlvansas alxmt l.si)4. Dr. p"endlrton
die<l in 1900. No issue.
4. liutli, ])orii IS.IO, married J()se[)li .Jolinson in Arkansas; dicil
in 18!)0. Issue: 1. Francis -Johnson.
."). Charles P., borji in hSocS; married Mrs. Murpliy in Pine
Plnff, Ark. ResideH in Arkansas.
(J. Robert Irwin, l)orn' in LS(JO.
SARAH ALLKN MOOKF, daughter of K()l)ert liwin Mu..re and
Isabella Harlan, nianied Pliili|) (iilehrist, of Conrtland, Ala.
MARTHA CLAY .^lOORF, dauf^'hter of Jiobert Irwin Moore
antl Martha Clay, married I'atriek Farreley, so)i of Col. P. Farreley,
in 18.");^, at Nashville. Issue: John Patrick Farreley, boi-n IS.').'), is
now Uishoj) oi' Catholic Diocese, Cle\-eland. Ohio.
ROBKirr HIVVIN .MOORF, .HC, son of Robert Jrwin Moore and
:\Irs. Jane H. Walker; married Lena Hell .MeKissick, at SI)rin^ Hill,
Tenn., April 27, IHO-'). :\Irs. Lena Moore died about 18:)2. No issue.
UUCUI CAMPBELL iMOORF, son of Ro^bert Irwiii .Moore and
>h-s. ilane B. Walker, married Kate Jones CJreer, at ]\Iemi)his, Tenn.,
April •■], 1872. Issue:
L Allen Jones IMoore, boi'n at Brentwood, Tenn.. Oct. 20,
1875.
2. Hugh Campbell Moore, Jr., borji at Brentwood. Teini.,
:\Iarch 16, 1878.
J. Robert Irwin .Moore, born at Brentwootl, Tenn.. .May
29, 1888.
JA.MiFS McKlSSlCK ^lOORF, son of I^)l)ert Irwin Moor.' and
Mrs. Jane B. Walker, married Sallie R. Cheairs, daughter of Nat
F. Cheairs and Susan B. McKissick, at Spring Hill, Tenn., October,
1874. Issue:
1. Robert Irwin, born at Si)ring Hill, Temi., Oct. 9, 1875.
2. Nathaniel Fraid<, born at Spring Hill, Tenn., Dec. 26,
1876; married Martha White. Issue: Frank C.. born
Sept. 25, 1915.
J. Susie Bell, born at Spi-ing Hill. Tenn., Dec. 17, 1878.
Jane Ruth, born at Spring Hill, Tenn., July 3, 1881 ; mar-
ried Osa Anderson Sept. JO, 1912. Issue: Sarah Moore
Anderson, born Sept. JO, 191J. Jane Cheairs Ander-
son, born July 26, 1915.
5. Elizabeth Timberlake, born at Spring Hill, June 29,
1883.
6. Sarah Cheairs, born at Spring Hill, October 19, 1901.
JANE .MOORE.
2. JANE MOORE, daughter of Eleanor Irwin and Jamo.s
Moore; manied Tluunas l)itd<son about 1820. Thomas Dickson was
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honi ill Lincoln County, N. I'., 171);5, died in (Jihsoii Couiily. 'I'cnn.,
Scpl. 12, 1S7U. -lant' MooiH- was horn in Lincoln Coniily, N. ('., 17!);i,
and died Sept. l-"), ISTG.
ClllLDRKX OF THOMAS DICKSON AND JAXI'; .MOOKlv
1. Isahi'lla Alien, horn in Williamson County, Tenn.,
1820; died 181);{; niarrieel dames d. Cooper, in William-
son County, 'I'enn., 18."{G.
2. James A., horn in Williamson County, Tenn., 1822; dietl
18i)8 ; never mariaed.
;{. Susan 'i\, horn in Williamson County, Tiini., 1820; died
18!)2; mari-ied Thonnis Pa\iie, (iihson Counts, Tenn.,
186G.
4. Augustus F., ihorn in Williamson Count.w Tenn.. 18:51;
married Laura .McCutclieon, l)\er Count \-, Teini., 18()(j.
dOIlN MOORl-:.
.lOllX ]\I0()KK, son of Kleanor Irwin and dames .Moore
Stewart, and died at Hi-entwoO(L Issue:
1. Sarah, mai'ried Andrews.
2. Thomas, married Lucy Lijiht loot, April, 1872.
:;. Marv, nniri-ied (ieoriic Simi)son.
• AI.EXANDKR 1\1(X)RE.
ALEXANDER :M001\iE, third son of Eleanor Irwin ami James
Moore, nnirried Naney Merritt, Dec. 8. 1824, in Williamson County,
Tenn., ami died at Franklin, Tenn., March 2ti, 1888. Nancy Meiritt
Moore died near Franklin, Teiui., June 27, 1891.
CHILDREN OF ALEXANDER MOORE AND NANCY MER-
KITT:
1. Rehecca Jane .Moinv, horn Oct. 8, 1825; died Nov. 22,
182G.
2. James Park .Moore, horn in Williamson Coiudy, Tenn.,
Aug. 18, 1827; mai-ried INIartha Washington (h-ockett,
Oct. 25, 1860. She died June, 1915. A few years ago
(1918) James I'ark :\loore, in memory of his heloved
wife, made a hcijuest of sixty thousand dollars to the
Galloway INlemorial Hospital at Nashville. Tenn., a fit-
ting monument to this worthy descendant of Martha
Washington.
;!. Susan Ann Moore, horn Oct. 18. 18;U); married D. P.
Iladly, died June 27, 188;}. No issue.
4. William Alexander Moore, horn June 2, 1838; died
Ai)ril 13, 18G(). .
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THE McDowells and connections
101
WILLIAM MOOHL.
• K WILLIAM MOOUL, son „f Llcanor iiuin aiul -lanu's Moore
manuHl Mary Duiieau. Franklin, Ky., dinl KS4 L No issitr
SIX A! (ilJAVKS MOORIv
0. SINAI (JILAVKS MOOHL, son ol" Eleanor Irwin ami James
Moore; uiarrieii Saiah Ann Louisa ^ninn (dauj^Hitei' of Matlln-w II
(^iiinn anil Harriet Louise" Elliston) at Nashville, Tcnn M;ircli l')'
LS;!7. Sarah quhni was hoi'ji in Nashville, LVh. 2:), 1S7;{ Sii,ai (J
Mooic (lied at NashvilK', Oct. (i, iSf):}. Issue:
L llarrirt Llh-n Moore, horn at Franklin, Kv., Sei)l. M
lcS42; married Major Thomas I'orttr WeaklVv, at Nasli-
vdl(>, Trnn.. March 1.'., LS(i(i, who died Api-il, 1!)1().
issue: 1. Annie Lou, norn at Nashville. Tenn. Nov
22, 1867; married .lo.s.-,,h V. Allen, at Nashville, Teini "
Nov. 1], 181)1, and m)\v resides at Lirinin-ham, Ala.
Has thi-ee ehihlrm: Thomas Porter Allen, .|(.sej)h \'
Allen, dr., and lOleanor Allen. 2. Mary P.irtei- Weak-
ley, hoin dune -Jl, 1871; married (Jeo. 15. Allen (a
hrother of Joseph V.j at Nashville, Tenn. N«w resides
111 Hinuiii^Hiam. No issue. ;{. Sarah .Moore Weaklev
horn Dee. 2, 187;5. -1. Harriet iLllen Weaklev horn'
Nov. ]-2, 187(i. f). Kli/aheth CaHcr Weaklev,' horn
May 17, 1878; married Edward Werner, at Na.shville.
Tenn., Dee. 17, 1!)()2. Now resides in Atlanta.
2. James guinn .Aloore, horn 1855; married Janie Sea-
well at Lehanon, Tenn., April, 1882. She was horn
Nov. ;>(), 18.)8, and is the third eliihl of Eldrid-e (i. and
Su.saii K. Seawell. Now resides at Helliair, Fla. Issue:
1. Eldridge Seawell, horn Nashville, Tenn., :\Iav 11, 1884,
now resides in Tampa, Fla.
2. Eli/ahrdli, hoi'ii Nashville, Tenn., Auo. K), 1878, uuii'-
ried Wharton J. (dieairs (son of John CheairL) of
IMoore's (Irove, iJelleair, Fla., Jan. 5. lim. Now re-
sides ill Sprinji; Hill. T( nn. |ssu<": Eldrid-e Seawell
riieairs, horn Nov. 22, Dll, at Spring Hill, Tenn., Jane
Seawell Cheairs, horn Jan. 5, 1915.
-5. Anine Lou :\loore, horn Franklin Ky., 1845; died 18G4.
JAMES ARCHER :\I()ORE.
7. .TA:\IES ARC'HER MOORE, son of Eleanor Irwin and
•Tames .Moore, married Jordan, at Murrn^eshoro Tenn
Issue:
1. James Areher, Jr., horn March 10. 1840; married Rosa
('arney. at IMurl'reeshoro, Tenn., Jan. 18, 1870. Is.sue-
1. Jennie, horn IMareh ;H, 1871; died Jidy 25 1873
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; !. honi All--. S l,sy7: (li.'d Marcli 2. HIOV ."). Kosa, horn ^
Dee. l;}, 1.SS2; married TlioiiuK P.. Cannon, Dee. 2:!,
1!H)8. Issue: Dau^litei' born iDll (name unknown).
<; 2. William Alexander, horn:\lareli 1(». lSl2:di.'d Deeeni- %
her, 1n7(>, unmai'ried.
'3. Sarah KiL-n, horn . nmrried I5r.isrii-ld. Issue: |
CJcorge :\I. Hraslield. \
4. John Thomas, horn , married Susan Ilallihur- ^
• ' ton near .M ui'l'reeshoi'o. Issue: Tlirei' sons ami one .1
daimhter ( lunues unknown). ';n
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lilSIlOP ClIAKLKS BKTTS (iAlJ.OWAV. \).\)., 1.1- D.
ny Mrs. Willie (lalloway Vc-utress.
Charles Jietts (ialloway was born at Kosciusko, Mississippi, Sep
teiuher 1, 1849; died at .laekson, .Mississipj)i, on .May VJ, I'JOD.
lie was graduated from the Tiiiversity of Mississii)pi at the
age of 19, and at onee entered the niinisti-y of the Methodist 'Kpis-
eopal Church South.
He married Harriet Elizabeth Willis, daughter of ("apt. Iv U.
Wdlis (of Forrest's Cavalry, in the civil war) and ^Margaret K.
Ervin, in Warren County, Mississippi, September 1, ISG!). During
the yellow fever scourge of 1878 he was stationed at Vicksbiug,
and remained at his post, was stricken with the disease, an^l was
rei)orted dead, and his obituary written.
After filling various important appointments in the Confer-
ence, he was elected editor of the New Orleans Christian Advocate,
in 1882, where he made a reputation as a forceful writer and bril-
liant journalist. During the year 1882 he had conferred on him
the degree of D.D., by Northwestern University, and of EL. D.. by
Tulane.
In 1886 he was elected Hishop, the youngest man ever chosen
for that i)osition in the history- of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South.
He received many honors from his Church; was Fraternal .Mes-
senger to the General Conference of the Methodist Church of Can-
ada in 1886; member of the Ecumenical Confei'cnce in Eondon in
181)1; delegate to the Wesleyan Conference in England in 18I»2;
officially visited missions in Japan, China and Korea three times,
and twice to Brazil and Mexico.
lie was a member of the Board of Education of the Methodist
Ei)isc()pal Church South; a member of the Board of Trustees of the
•John F. Slater educational fund for negroes, and President of the
Board of Trustees of Vanderbilt University, and of .Millsaps Col-
lege. He was also, for numy years, a member of the Board of Trus-
tees of his alma mater, the University of ]\lississii)i)i, and a mem-
ber of the Historical Society of Mississippi, and his contril)ution of
papers are among the most valual)le in the archives of that organi-
zation.
He was an active |)rohibiti()nist. and wrote much on the sub-
ject; was the autlioi- of a "Life of Bishop Parker," of "Methodism,
a Child of Providence," "A Cii-cuit of the (Jlol)e," and "Modern
^lissions. "
"Bishop Galloway was esjjecially distinguished as an orator,
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THI-: McDOWKLI.S AND CONXECTIOXS
BISHOP CtlAH. 15. GALLOWAY
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Ml ;i'''M>'> <\'/J 'kAXAHkv :■<. MHT
THE McDowells and connections uj5
his close aiul cogent reasoning being relie\eil and illuminated by
heautiliil tiionglils, anil nnuiy graces c»l' t'xpression. 1 h' was a man
of most pleasing maimers and charming disposition, and he was
heloxed and iieid in tlie highest hoin>r ami esteem, not only in his
chinH-h circdes, hut hy ail who knew him." — New Orleans Ticax une.
While \isiting •laekson, ^Mississippi, in 11)11, exd'resident Roose-
vtdt. who was a waiin pei'somd friend of Hisho|) (iailoway, paid him
the following ti-il)Ute :
"While J was ['resident one of the inspirations that 1 eonsid-
cihhI (.learest to nu', to act decently anil honorably, was the example
giveJi me by the lifi- and deeds of that great .Mississippian. ih)W
dead, liisho]) (iailoway.
" ^'ou are fortuimle to have suidi a great t'xample of what was
great in American citizenship — 1 am glad to take this opporlindt\
of testifying to m\- obligations to him in this way, of strength ami
inspiration."
Bi.shop Galloway was eligible to membershii) in "The lr\ine So-
ciety of America,'' his maternal grantlmother having beeji Har-
ried Dorcas Erviii, of Charlotte, N. C, danghter of Alexander I'n-
vine, of Hurke County, N. C. liishop Galloway's wife is a great-
granddaughter of Col. John Krvin, of South Carolina, an officer in
.Alarion's Cavalry, and his seeontl wife, JNlargaret Kivin, was his
cousin. The children of J^ishoi) ami ]\lrs. Galloway, may, thei'efoie,
trace lOrvin blood in three lines.
Bishop diaries Betts Galloway, born at Kosciusko, Miss., on
Sei)t. 1, 1849; died at Jackson, .Miss., on May 12, I'JO!); married in
'Wari'en C-'ounty, i\Iiss., on Sept. 1, 18GD, to Harriet Elizabeth Willis,
born in Warren County, .Miss., on July 28, 1850. , ,
<'I11L1)KKN OV ABOVE:
1. Willie Estelle, boiii at Caidon, I\liss., June 2!), 1870.
2. Harriet Kli/.abeth, boi'u at Canton, Miss., June 2!), 1872.
:i Charles B.etts, born at Canton, 31iss., April. 1874; died
1:H)1.
4. i\lai-garet Kate, born at Canton, .Mi.ss., Novend)er, 1877.
5. Ethelbert Hines, born at Canton, :\liss., July, 1871).
1. ]\Iai-ried W^m. P. S. Ventress at Jackson, ^liss.. Dee. 6,
;t<- 18!):{.
2. :\larried II. B. :\lc(ihee at Jackson, :\Iiss., May 18. 18!)J.
4. Married A. M. Muckenfuss at Jackson, .Miss., June,
18!)7.
f). Married Mabel Jolinson at Jackson. .Miss., Nov. 1, 11108.
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Hari-iet Veidress, born at Wcxxlville. Miss., -Inly ;}0, 181)4.
.Margaret A'enti'css, born at W^)odville, Miss., Jan. 8, II'OO.
Charlotte Ventress. born at Woodville, .Miss.. Jan. 7. KSDG;
died Dee. 28, ll)():j.
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KUi THE McDOWT^LLS AND CONNECTIONS
Charles (iailoway \'ciitrcs.s, boi'u at \V..(.(l\ill(\ Miss., Aiij,'.
:Ui, 1S!)S.
Stella Mcdli.T, l.oiii WoodvilU', .Miss., .lime :), l.s!)t.
Howard .Mc(.'li('c McClicr, honi at Woudvillr, .Miss., .luiie a,
]8i)4.
Kthel .M.'(;iuH' .\lc(ilu-c. l)()rii at WiXMlvillc. .M iss., .J iily, l!)Ol.
•; Ralph :\lurk('iit'uss, honi at -lacksoii. .Mis.s., .Jaiiuai'v, 18!)1).
Kli/aheth .M iu-i<.-iiruss. horn at -larkson, .Miss., .lanuary.
li)01.
Charies (lallowaN- .M iicki'iilus.-,. l)oni at Fa\rttf\ illc, Ark.,
li)();5; died I'ilO!).
'Chai'les H. (lalltiwa.N, -h-.. horn at -larkson. .Miss.. Scptria-
her, ]!)11.
(jrkat-(;h1':at (;rani)fatiii<:k:
.Vlexaiulcr l']r\viii, son of Xathanii'l Im'W in, li\-c(l in Uncks Coun-
ty. I'a., IToO; (lif.l 1S;{(); ni.inir.l. ITS,"), to .Mrs. ratt.ni, n.c .Mar-
j4arrt ("i-awlord. .Nationality of ani-.-st ry, Smtdi-l rish. Ollirial
positions lu-l(l tlistrii't auditor from l>nrkc County.
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' '■' Le\vi.s Dinkins, horn in .Mc(d<lc(dmr>>' County. .\'. C., on Jan.
2.'), 1798; died in .Aiadison Count \, .Miss., Sept. 27, 1^70; niai'ried at
Charlotte, N. C., Dee. 22. 1821, to Harriet Doreas hwin. horn in
Burk County, N. C.. -.Xov. 2, ISOI ; died at Charlotte. .\. C., Fi'h. lo.
1828.
(iRANDFATllFK:
■ Dr. Charles 1'.. Calloway was horn in I'.iunswn-k ( .unity, N. ('..
April lo. 1S2:): married Fdi/aheih .\delaide Diidcuis. dau-hter of
Lewis Dinkins and llari-iet li'wiii, Oeloher, isj.'i. She was liorn
.May :!. 182.'): died .\i\\y 17. I.s7;i. 11. ■ di.M .lun.' :!, 1S77.
Of this union liish.ip Charl.-s C.'tts Callowa\- was tii.- eldest
ehil.l.
Alexander ij'lrwi:! was Coh.n.'l in Revolut ioiia r\ War.
Offieial jjositions hy (I reat-C r.';it C ran.l fal Inu'. District Auditoi-
for settling elaims. S.-e C.)l. Record XXXVIll. ;;;ii. 2i:):)S. 24.')-:{S.
Dishop (lallowa>' was the «> rt-at-urandson o\' .M.xand.'r l']rwin.
liis wife, llarrii't K. Willis, was the .ur.'at-rau.l.lau-ht.M' u\' Col.
.John Frwin, of Souih Car.jlina, an.l offie.'r in .Mai-ion's Driuade.
Col. .lohn iM'win's second wife uM rs. (iailoway "s ••r.-at-urainlmot hei-j
was his cousin, .Maruaret l">rwin, thus the chihlr.ii of JWshop (iailo-
way may claim Frwii; hlo.)d throujih three lines.
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Tin-: Mci:»0\VKLLS AND CONNKCTIUNS
.lA.MMS J)1\K1NS AND lllS DKSCIvXDAN'rs.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON DINKINS. third son of .lames
l)iiikiii.s and Lucy Ki'iidfii'k. his wilC, mari-icd rynthia l)iid<iiis
Sj)i'iiigs, in M(H'kh'iil)i;r<^- Coiiiily, X. ( '.. in \^A2.
Sh^. was the dau-ihtor of William lN)lk and >Lii-uaivt 1'.
Spiinus. and was horn Dec G. LSI:!. " • AU'\aii(K'i' Hamilton Diiduns
and his wile lived in .Madison County, Miss., from the date (.f ihrir
luari'ia^rc until thi'ir dratlis in L^TO and IST'J. duriii-^- which time
they won the love and confidence o\' all who knew them. They
took an actixc in1ei-esf in everylliin<,^ which cont rihuted lo the liaj)-
piness and well'are ol' their nei.uhliois, assisted nnin\ worthy jier-
sons ill stai-liiig life, and ediieated numerous hoys and ^irl> whose
jiareiits were unahle lo do so.
As an evidence u\' the hinji regard in which llie\- wert- ludd,
nearly all their uei^hhors named a ciiild for them. Se\eral fami-
lies ha\in^ a Hamilton and Cynlhia also. Diiriuy; the war they
employed tlieir nuiiuM'ous slaxcs in makiii<^- crops ol' hrt'adst uffs
and raising:; meats, which w eiH' i'lH'cly ilist rihuted amoii^^ the
needy. "
(THLDKl'^N OF ALLXAXDLIJ HA.MILTOX DLXKIXS AXi)
CVXTHLX DLXKIXS SLPvLX(;S:
1. .lames, married Sue L. Hart, horn LS44. Slu- was the fifth
and second dauiiiiler of Captain -lohn 1). Hart ami Sophia l']mme-
liiie, his wW'v. .James Dinkins was horn in .Madison ('oiinty. Miss.,
on April LSth, LS-t."). He atteiidcil a country school until LS(j(J, at
which time he was entered at the .Xorth Carolina .Military Inslitute
at Charlotte, X. C. He enlisted in Hie Confederate Army before
liis IGtIi hirthdax', and serxt'd as a pri\ate in Company C, Liiiht-
eeiitli j\nssissip])i liegiment, (Jriffilh J iarksdale "s .M ississipj)i l»ri-
gade, until Ajiril !), LSOa, when he was a|ipointed i'irst lieutenant
of caxalry in the Confetlerate States Army. He was appointed
aide-de-camp to (icneral -lames IL Chalimuvs, in Octoher. LS(i;;, and
ser\('(l in that capacity until Dec. IT), 1SG4, at wliitdi time ho was
appoijitod captain to command Compaii}- C, tl^i<ilitecntli Mississip|)i
Cavalry, detailed as escort to (Jeiieral Chalmers. He was captain
of cavalry at nineteen \'ears of age.
Ho participated in the battles of Dcthel, Leesluirg. Dam Xo. _!.
Xow Kent Courthouse, Savage Station, .Malvern Hill. Harper's
Ferry, Sharpsluirg and Fredcricksbui'g, with Arm\ of Xorthein \'ir-
giuia, and Coldwater, Colliersvilie, ^Moscow, Okolona. Hrice's Cross
Hoads, Oxford, Fort Pillow, Han-isburg, West Point. .Memphis,
y[v.\'" '!v:/
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168
THIC Ml POWELLS AND CONNECTIOXri
Alliens, Sulpliui' Spi-iii.us, I'nris LaiidiiiL:-. •lolmsunx illc, 1 'ciry villc,
(•oluiiihi;!. Spi'iiiuliiH. iMMiikliii, Nii.shvill,. unci I'liliski, uiulrr For-
iTst, and ihirinj:' the "iilirf I'onr xcars oT the war \\a^ nol sick no)-
woniulcik lie iif\('r missed ;i inaiH'h noi- an cii.LiaLUMiii'nl in wliicli
his couiinand was (■n;4a.ufd, and was nol (|iMlr twinly _\rar> (d' ai^o
wlicii the war (dosed.
Captain Dinkiiis pnhlisheil his experiences and reeid h^el ions
of tin' Conrcderatc" Wai', in ISHT. Title, "iSiil to l.'^li.'). l.\ an oKl
.Johnnie. •■
lie also wrote and pnhlisln-d a history of ••I"\)rrest and His Cav-
alr\/' m IDO'J, and is the author of --The Suntlnnai Cii'l.""
('ai)tain Dinkins nnirried Miss Hart alter the war, and lived
on a plaidation iiiilil 1874. when he eidered the ser\ ice oT the New
Orleans, daekson ami (Ireat .Xoi'thei'ii Kailwa.w at Canton. .Miss.
This eoiupaiiy \\-as ahsorhed hy the Illinois Ceidi'al, and when the
line was hiiill to Ahei'di-en, Miss., Captain Dinkins was appointed
aii'ent of the company at that place. in 1S!I1 he was api)ointed
au'cnt of the Illinois Ceidral Railroad at Memphis. Teini.. and when
that company pni-(dnised the Lonis\ille, New (»rleans and Texas
Railroad in LS!)'_', he was a|)pointed Division Passenger A^ent of
all linos soutli of the Ohio IJi\-er. He renn)ved to .New Orleairs in
18!)!), aiul in 11)0;{ particdpated in Ihe organization ol" the iJank of
•lelT'ersoii, (fretiia, l><i , o|)posite New Orleans, and at this time is
cashier of the bank.
Lynn llaniillon, the son of danu's Dink'ins and his wile. Sue
Hart, was 'horn in Madison County, Miss., Nov. 1.'.. ISdti, He is
now pr(>sident of the Intei-state Ti'ust and liankin^' Compins', presi-
dent New Orleans Heal Ivstale Mortiia.uc and Security Company,
and a uu'mhei' of the l-'inance Connnittee. iJoai'd of Directors New
Oideans Railway Company, ('apt. Diiddns' dau^htei', Myriam Cyii-
ihia, nnirried C. (1. K'ohinsini, nl' X'iryiina, and tin ir <lau,uhter Iaiui
Dinkins I^ohinson, the only Ltianchduld of dames and Sue Hart
Diid<ins, was horn in Cinii'loltcsN die. \'ii,L;inia. Sept. 2l?, iDdo. I'larl
deffrey, third (duld of dames Dinkins and his wile, Sue Hart, was
horn V\'\). d, 1887, and died Ftd.. ;!, 181)1.
2. Mar<;aret Springs. dau-:hter (d' Ah xamh-r Dinkins and Cyn-
thia Spi'inn-s. his wife, horn I8l(i; mai'i-ied d(din 1.. Hi ndei-s(ni' in
lS(il5, and (lied in 187:'. Issue: ,: ^ ■, ; ..
1. Pauline, fioiai 18(18; died 18(il).
.2 Lee Dinkiirs, horn 1870; .lied 187!). ' ' ' ' -;
' ','''■;■; 'I dohn llaminon, horn 187-2.
4. Lula Kemp, horn 1874: nnirried Meeks. .'•'"'
r.. (dnis. c.Mdi.i-e, horn 187(;; died i87<;. ^'^■■' '
d. William Leoiudas, horn 18|:». was lie' third child of Alex-
ander Hamilton and ( \nlliia Sprin,us Dinkins. He married Kale
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1. Kc'ni|) .Ml-WiIHo, hoi-u ISTli; (liitl 1!)04.
2. Louise Spi-iugs, lioni 1877.
:]. Kitlie I.c;', l)oni 187!).
4. I^iiey Calliouu, Itoni 1885. ; , ' '
5. Siu'iiete, I'orn 18!)2.
4. l^)laiulina Baxlm-, dauglitci' of Alexander llainilton Dinkiiis
and his wife, Clyiithia S])rings. l)orn 1854; married Iv A. Lindscy in
1878. She died 1880. No ehildren.
5. Hamilton Charle.s, son of xMexander antl Cynthia Springs
Diiddns, horn 1857; married Willie Tunstall in 188(1. l.ssuc:
1. William Tunstall, horn 1881).
2. John Hamilton, horn 18!);{.
G. Sarah Tullulah, daughter oti Alexander and Cyntliia
Springs Dinkins, horti 1852; married Jolm li. Kemp in 1872. No
issue.
THE DINKINS FAAHLY.
The following paragrai)hs are horrowed from a hooklet on the
Dinkins family and their eonneetions h}- ('a])tain James Dinkins,
of New Orleans, La. :
••The name 'Dinkins' originated in Wales, ahout A. D. 1500,
and signified 'The Devil in the Hush.'
"The ])eople thus eharacterized were evidently 'Husliwhaeker.s,'
who resisted the government for some supposed wrong.
"So it seems the. original Dinkins came from Wales, and we
have it from tradition, they moved into the lowlands of Scotland
in tiie sixteenth century, from whence they were driven into Lon-
donderry in the north of Ireland.
"Three hrothers, James, John and Samuel, and two cousins,
Thomas and Joshua, landed at Charleston, S. (!., in Oetoher, 1717.
"We find no trace of them afterwards in South Carolina for
fifty years or more, except that Captain Sam Dinkins (evidently a
son or grandson of one of the hrothers) is mentiot)ed as Ca])tain in
Marion's famous cavalry. He distinguished himself for hravery on
many fields.
"It seems they removed to North Carolina and settled in Meek-
leidnirg County, for ahout 1740 we find the names of James, -John
and Joshua Dinkins in the records there."
JAMES DINKINS AND IIIS DESCENDANTS.
JA:\IES dinkins, the son of John Dinkins and Fannie Hen-
derson, of Mecklenhurg County, N. C., was horn in 1772; nuirried
Lucy Kendrick in 17!>:i She was horn in 1772 and hei- mother
was Amy Fox. dauglder of Colonel William Fox, of King William
County, Va., direct deseendant of Hannah Hall Fox. daughter of
Col. William liall, who was the grandfather of (ieorge Washington.
Amy Fox was acknowledged to lie the most heautifid woman of her
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tiiiu' ill Virginia. Siie was famous for her hriliianex ami accomplish-
UKMlts.
JA.AIES DlNKIiXS AND LliCV KEXDRICKS" ClllLDKKN :
1. Lewis, horn 17!)8.
'2. Sarah, liorn 1800; marrird William Braiicii.
J :5. Louisa, horn 1802 (sec .loliii Dinkins and .Mary Irwin).
4. Jiul'us KcMulrick, horn 1804; killed in (hud at Canton xMiss
18:17.
5. Lncdnda, horn 1812; niai'ricd Lewis (i. Slaii;.iliter.
6. Alexander Hamilton, horn 181,').
1. LKWIS DINKLXS, .s.>n of dames Dinkins and Luek Ken-
dri(dv, married llai'riet Krwin, daujz:hter of Ale.Kander hlrwin, son of
Nathaniel Irwin, of Ireland (see Xathani.l |<:rwin Linri, Harriet
Doreas l^h'win was horn Nov. 2, 1801. She mai-ried Lewis Dinkins
at the house of her sister, Mrs. Cynthia l']rwin h"o.\ nvife of Dr.
dohn Fox) at ("harlotte, N. C., in 1821. She died in l,s27. ami he
married Eli/.aheth Patterson in 182!). He died in ls(iS.
CniLDliEN OF LFWIS DINKINS A.XD HALUILT IKWIX:
1. dames Alexamlei', horn 1822. He was a volunteer in the
first com])any of the Civil War organized in Canton, .Miss., in 18(il,
and whieli hecaine a i)art of tin' l8th Kegiment. He served the Con-
federacy throughout the war; was in many of the hattles around
Uiehmond, fought in the hattle of Hull Run and was one of the
raggeil gray army that gave up arms and hope at Appomalox
and retui'iu'd with sapped energy, weakened sjtii'it and hca\y heart
to take up a life he had ne\-er known and was enlii'ely uid'itted for.
dA]\lES ALEXAXDLR DIXKIXS .M.VRRlId) .MAR(L\RLT
WADLINGTON IX 184:.. Issue:
1. Harri(d Wallaee, horn 1840; married d. W. ( ameron in
18G7, and had one da\ightei' .Mahel, who married W. jv Ste\-enson.
Issue: Pauline ami Canu'ron Slesenson.
2. I\hiry Delia, horn 1848; married D. W. L, Pai'son. Issue:
Malvina, married \V. Iv Ilarreld. Threi' ehildren : Marv. dohn,
L'andolph. 2. Lillian, married K. F. Walhn-e. Children": David
C. M., !\Iargaret (married Willifor.l, and has on.' ehild, dames Willi-
ford).
3. Lewis Mercer, was horn 1850; died 1872.
4. Elizabeth, horn 18r);{; married R. A. .Mann, 187G. Issue:
Hoht. A. (married JMarlha Cook), dames Ai-tlnn'. Ruhy (uuirried
■Chas. E. Couty), Mercer, Cameron, Elizaheth, .Margaict.
5. Rufus Tilliford, horn Ks:)-"); married Eli/aheth .M(d)aniel,
1877. Issue: Myrtle (married d. 11. Preston and hatl one ehild.
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(Ada), Sara (married Jas. W. De Moss, child, James) ]\Iary (mar-
ried Daney McDowell).
6. Alexander Hamilton, born 1856; died 1883.
7. James Irwin, born 1859; died 1880.
8. John- Fox, born I860; married Dr. C. Cowan. No issue.
1). Henry Lee, born 1862; married Rowena Hickman, 1888. Is-
sue: Henry W., Georgia H., John, Lewis H.
10. Paul, born 1865, died 1911.
11. Edwin Dancy, born 1867; married Pearl Cayce, 1895. Is-
sue: ^larjorie W., Virginia C, Edwin L., Ilermine, Paul.
12. Anna Lola, born 1874; married Clifton Rodes Hood, 1899.
Issue: Clifton Rodes. j\Irs. Lola Dinkins Hood resides at lloods,
Miss., and the comi)iler of this history is indebted to her for uiucli
valuable information of the Dinkins line.
2. Margaret L., daughter of Lewis Dinkins and Harriet Er-
win ; born in 1824; died in 1869; married \V. E. Dancy in 1841 : Is-
sue: William. 2. Lueco. 3. Chas. dames (\\iio married and had
three ehildren, Lucy Daney, Istalena, Robert Campbell). 4. Lucy
Dancy married Robert B. Campbell. Issue: Eugenia and Edwin
Patterson Campbell.
1. Clias. Betts Galloway (see sketch "Bishop Chas. Betts Gal-
loway"), born Sept. 1, 1849^ died May 12. 1909, married in War-
ren County, Miss., Sept'l, 1849. Harriet Elizal)eth Willis, born duly
28, 1850. Issue: 1. Willie Estelle, born at Canton, I\liss., June 29,
1870; married Wm. P. S. Ventress. at Jackson, ]\liss., Dec. 6, 1893.
Her children are Harriet, born July 30, 1894; Margaret, born Jan.
9, 1900; Charlotte, born Jan. 7, 1896; died Dec. 28, 1903. Charles
Galloway, born Aug. 3, 1898. 2. Harriet Elizabeth, born June 29,
1872; married II. B. McGee. Children: Stella, born June 3, 1894;
Howard, born Dec. 1, 1898; Ethel, born July, 1901. 3. Charles
Betts, born April, 1874; died 1901. 4. Margaret Kate, born Nov.
1877; married A. j\I. IMuckenfuss, June 1897. Children: Ralj)h,
born January, 1899; Elizabeth, born January, 1901; Charles Gallo-
way, born lb03; died 1909. 5. Ethelbert Hines, born July, 1879,
married Mabel Johnson. Issue: Charles Betts Galloway, Jr., born
at Jackson, Tenu., September, 1911.
CHILDREN OP LEWIS DINKINS AND ELIZABETH PAT-
TERSON :
Lewis Dinkins came to IMississippi after his second marriage to
Elizabeth Patterson. Their children were:
1. Claudius IL, married Josephine Parker.
2. John W. Dinkins, born 1830; died 1853.
3. William P. Dinkins, married Anna Harrison.
4. ]\Iarcellus L. Dinkins, married Fannie E. Muse.
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0. -Joseph K. Diiikin.s. dwd uiiniari'icd.
7. Henry 11. Diiikins, uiarried .Maggie llareld.
8. Anna Rose (:\!iimie) Dinkins, married S. S. Sliij)p
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(IKXKALOliV OF JUDCI^] FONTAINK T. FOX AND MKS. AxN-
DRFVV iM. SFA, TllliOF(ilI TlIFllI FATUFU.
FONTAINF T. FOX.
Irvine Genealogy — State of Kentiu-ky.
Fontaine Talbot Fox, horn at Rieliniond, Ky., on Jan. 28, 1803;
died at Danville, Ky., on A])ril 7, 1887; imin-ied at Stanford, Ky.,
on Feb. Mi, 18;}(), to Kliza'-Janc Ilunlon, born at ('liai-b)ttesville. Va.,
on dan. 20, 1808. Children of above:
1. Thonis Ilnnt Fox.
2. William :\IeKee Fox. i,.!n>v- .v^ -, •,-;■
:i. Peter Camden Fox. ' ' '' '■ ' ■
4. Fontaine T. Fox. ■ - ^ .•;.:;
;"). Samnel Irvine Fox. • ' • ' •
G. Felix Goggin Fox. '• . '. ' '■• * -
7. Sophie Irvine Fox. • • • '' . '
8. dohn Oliver Fox. '
i). Aiuia l^elle Fox. ' '
10. Charles Crittenden Fox.
1. Married (1) Henrietta Clay Gist (2) .Alary .Moberly.
2. Never married. . ■
'A. Never married.
4. ^Married Alary Barton. • ' •'
5. Alarried Alaggie Derriek, of Texas. ' !
7. So])hia, married Andi\Mv Al. Sea. ' . ■ '■ ' : ■
8. Never married.
i). Married J. C. Caldwell.
10. Alarried Alary Allen.
dndge Fontaine T. Fox, son of Ifobei't and Flizabetli Wylie, son
of David ami Sophia Canlt, son of dames and Alargaret Wylie, mar-
ried 1G70, son of William Irvine ant! Annie Craig, came to Aiiu'i-iea
in 17;{0.
CJ R 1^] A T-G RAND FA T 1 1 1^ R :
David Irvine, bom in Ireland on Alay 21), 1721 ; died at Bed-
ford County, Va., oji duly 21, 1754; married dane Kyle ami moved
to Aladison County, Ky. They had thirteen children; died Feb. 15,
1809. Nationality of anehestry, Seoteh-lrish. , , ,. .
GRANDFATHER: '
William Fox, born at Hanover County, Va., on Alareh 1, 1771);
died at Somerset, Ky., on Get. 19, 1855; married on Alay VI 1802,
to Sophie Irvine, born at Campbell or Bedford County, Va., on Dec.
11, 177i); died at Somerset, Ky., on Oct. 15, 18:53.
: Children of Grandfathei' :
' Fontaine T. Fox. ■ Sv; : >,i • : : ■.. :.,.■,■ ^ ■• ;
• Amanda F. Goggin, born 1804; died 1872. " i r > •: .n :;:
. ^ Samuel Irvine Fox, born 1806; died 1838.
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Jane P. Caldwell, boni 1808; died 1874. ; v*,,>r,; Hwi
Elizabeth Fitzpatriek, born 1811; died 1850. *>;? r^a
Sophia Kenoriek, born 181G; died 1841. * Niun-
Wni. Montgomery Fox, born 1816; died 1841.
S! Grandfather was Clerk of Pulaski Circuit and County Courts
for 50 years.
:^: ' , (MR8.) SOPHIA IRVINE FOX SEA.
Andrew IMeBrayer Sea. Born Lawreneeburg, Ky., 1840; died
near Anchorage, Ky., Dec. 5, 1917. Through tlie Wliite, Blaekwell
and Seay families, he came of fine old Virginia and Revolutionary
War stock. Educated at Bacon College, Ilarrodsburg, Ky., and at
Vale. Entered the Confederate Army in 1861, and served in the
Army of the Tennessee until after the surrender of Jobnston. Com-
manded a battery accompanying President Davis and Cal)inet as
an escort in the final days of the war. Served with :\Iarshall's, ]\Ior-
ton's and Wiggins' Batteries, being in command of the latter for
the last 19 months of the war. Participated in tlie battles of Shiloh,
Chickamaugh, Resaca, Peach Tree Creek. Columbia and others. Was
assistant ordnance officer, Wheeler's Corps, several times. De-
stroyed Broad River Bridge, at Cohnnl)ia, S. C., to prevent i)ur.snit
of Wheeler by Sherman.
In civil life, he held many positions of trust. Was City Treas-
urer of Louisville, Ky., 1909-13; tax receiver, 19i:M7. Trustee
Kentucky Confederate Home for fourteen years. Ruling elder Pres-
byterian Church about thirty years.
:\Iarried 1867, at Danville, Ky., Miss Sophie Irvine Fox, a
daugliter of Judge Fontaine T. Fox. She survives.
"He was a man ol striking j)ers()nality, a Christian gentleman,
a soldier of renown, and a citizen of incorrui)tible integrity."
, ^,.;.,, ; .w,; - : ,, the irvine fox sea line.
By Sophia Irvine Fox Sea.
SKETCH OF THE IRVINE FAMILY, OF .MADISON COUNTY,
KI^^'TUCKY.
The study of genealogy is often an object lesson illustrating
the immutable laws of heredity. Such is the case in a i)eeuliar de-
gree in the study of the Irvine family of Scothuul, Ireland and the
T^nited States. :\Irs. Boyd, in her book entitled "The Irvines and
their Kin," says this:
"The same courage and strength of mind that the Irvines of
the old country displayed on many a battlefield, have been re-
peated by their descendants in this new land. The same ability in
theology, literature and statesmanship that characterized the Ir-
vhies of the old countries have distinguisiied the Irvines of Amer-
ica."
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THE McDowells and connections 175
There are several branches in Kentucky and elsewhere that
possess history and traditions i/i eouiinon, proving a common an-
cestry. This sketch is confined strictly to the Madison County
Irvines and descendants.
It is not known positively when ("hristoi)her Irvine, emigrant,
came to Bedford Coujity, Va., witli his family, hut i)robably about
1731. He was the progenitor of the ^ladison County (Kentucky)
Irvines, and of the Coorgia 'branch rej)resented by Christopher Ir-
vine, Jr. He was a num of great excellence of character and strong
religious convictions. His sons inherited his sterling traits of char-
acter, and also possessed strong religious convictions. Christ()i)her
Irvine, the emigrant, died in 1769. His sons, David and William,
served as officers in the Colonial Army of Virginia, having be-
longed for many years to a company enrolled for the protection of
tile frontier against the Indians. William Irvine died in 1767.
David Irvine was born in May, 1721, and nuirried Jane Kyle,
in Bedford County, Va., July, 1754, and died 18U4. They were 'the
l)rogeiiitors of a larg>' family, ten daughters and three sons. Their
sons were William, Christoi)lier and Rol)ert.
William Irvine, pioneer, born 176;}, son of David aiul Jane
Irvine, was in all the Iiulian warfare in Kentucky, from 177}) until
the Indians were driven from their strongholds. He was one of
tile eighteen known survivors of the battle of l-ittie .Mountain, or
Estill's defeat, having been wounded three times in this battle, and
having carried three bullets in his body until his death. Hut pliysi-
eal disaliility did not impair his great energy or lessen his /eal
in i)bilantliropic effort. The Irvine brothers, William and Cliris-
toplier, performed ])rodigies of service to found tiie infant State of
Kentucky. They shine through those dark, stormy elays like head-
lights, revealing God's benefieient i)urj)ose for the ))etternient of
human conditions through human ageneies. 1 speak thus strongly
because of their immense moral force.
IMilitary skill and statesmanship, unless agencies for good, are
like the "rattling of hailstones," "the crackling of thorns under a
pot" — noise, noise, nothing more. I have in my possession a copy
of the will of Christopher Irvine, emigrant, which siiows clearly
the source of the family characteristics. After disposing of a large
estate, he leaves on record the most exalted sentiment of religious
faith.
William Irvine, son of David and Jane (Kyle) Irvine, was
a delegate to the Danville, Ky., Se])aratist Convention of 1787 and
1788. He was one of the trustees of lioonesborougli in 1787 ; repre-
sented Madison County at the Virginia Convention of 1788, which
ratified the United States Constitution, voting against the ratifica-
tion; represented Kentucky County in the Virginia House of Bur-
gesses; was one of the framers of the first Constitution of Ken-
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THE McDOWlOLLS AND CONXKCTIOVS
tiu'ky, and cU'ctor of the I'niU'd Stales Sciialr iiii Irr \\\r first Kt-n-
tiifk\- ('()i».stiliiti()ii ; was pi-.'si.lnit of the Ciiiirt of A^^i/(■s tliat met-
al Staiifoi-il, Ky. 'fliis coui-l ^aw- Kent iirk y her plan' and riglits
as a State of tliis rnioii. lie was iti'csidnit ial flcclor in ISO."). 1813
and 1817. always V()tin<;- as a I )ciii()riat . lie was (iiic of tin- foiiiid-
( rs of tlie Soidety for tlie Dist filmt ioii of I'srfid Kiiowlcd^r, which
met at Danville, J\y., In' ha\-ini; been most /.I'aloiis in the woi'k of
this soeicty. lie was first drrU of tin- .Madison Coinity Conrt ot'
(^iiartiM- Session, and when this coui-t was aholish«'d wa.> made elerk
of the {"ircnit ('oiii-1, and iu'ld this position nntil d.'ath. 1 U- also
Imilt Kort ir\iiu' at liwine's kick, lie was al^o appointed hy the
Vii-ginia Le^'islatnre one of the trustees of the town of .Milford in
Madison County, Kentu(d\.\-. (ollins says of him in \\\> hi>tor.\':
"Wo iiKin had a stronger hold upon the affections of the |)eople,
and few have j^one to the ^ra\c more ^'ein'i'ally laimMited. " "
William Irvine maiTied Kli/.aheth llockaday. Their ehildicii
were David, Clii-istopher. Albert. iMlnnnid, Adam. Palsy and Amelia.
David ser\-e(l as aide lo (ien. (iri'cn Cla.w in an expedition
a^MJnst the Indians, lie was made Circuit Clei'k aftef hi.-< father's
death, and held the (d'fice until his death in IsTl'. He nmrried
Susan McDowell, eldest dau-hlei' of the distinguished surgeon. Dr.
Mphriani ^leDowell (father of (U-aviolomy ) and his wife, a dauuh-
ler of (^ov. Isaac Shell)y, and their children were Da\id \V. ( un-
man-i(Hl), Isaac Shelh.\-, Sai'ah and Mli/ahet h.
Isaac Shelhv Irvine married I'di/.aI.et h Hood; no is^ue. I'.oth
dea<l.
Fdi/aheth nmrried hei- cousin, William Me( lanahan Irvine,
an able finaneiei' (t\' r -xcred mennn-y, son of Adam lr\im' and .Min-
erva Stone, his wife. Onlv one of theii' children '.iiew to m,itui'it\-,
I'essie, a lo\-el.\- youni^- ^irl, who di((l ,just as >he was budilinu' into
womaidnjoik
Sarah mai'ried (Ien. A<ldison White, of Abin-don. Va.. later of
Ifnntsville. Alabama. They liavc six chiblivn: .Mice (.'reenway,
lieltie I'atton, Susan, Da\id I. and Xewlon 1\. White, and Sarah,
wife of Judge Richard W. Walker, of Alabaum.
Christopher Irvin.e, son o\' William and I-'lizabeth t Hockada.N')
Irvine, enlisted in a battaliini of mounted riflemen for the eam-
l)aign on the Maunu'c River, and at Dudley's D(d'eat, oi' Fort
.Aleigs, Ohio. He was killed in 181:!.
Alhei't Irvine, his brother, was nmri'ied twice, fii'sl to Miss
Colenmn, second to .Mrs. \\\\\ Drown, of Texas.
Edmund, another brothel', married Sallie Ann Cla.\-, daughter
of Tien. Ci'een ( 'la.w
I'atsv. danght'ei- of William and Fdi/.abeth (llo.-kaday;) Irvine,
nmrried 'F/ekiel II. Fnld. Tliev had fifteen eluldren, as follows:
Fli/.abeth. maiTie.i William llollowav, in 18:!(».
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■ •' THE McDOWKLLS AND CONNECTIONS 177'
Amelia, nian-icd ISnitiis •). Clay, in 18;>1. 'i'iiey liad i^ive cliil-
(Ireii: Mrs. Martha Davriiport, ol Vir«;iiii;i ; ('(,1. !•:/,, .Ui,>l ('lay, of
Tai'is, Ky.; Col. (ire>'ii ('la\-, of Missuiii'i: ( 'lii'istc)i)liiT and .luniu.s.
Christoiilier niarncd. first Cliarloltc Martin, and sin-onti I'auline
Rodcs. Ih" had om- vhild, I'attv, who luarricd iJruiiis -J. Claw -li'.
I'atsv Field, niaiTicd .). 11. Miller.
Willis Field. • - .:' f •.„ . :,,<.,
William II. Field. . ',. :
David, luari'ied Lucy Cunnin^uhani.
Ann, married iJnitus -1. Cla.w They had one son, Cassins M.
Clay, endnent in the political ami constitutional history of Ken-
tucky, lie married, first, Sue Clay, daughter ol' Samuel Clay, of
Hourhon County, and second, Patty Lyumn. daughter of Dr. Wil-
liam Lyman, of Richmond, Ky., and third, Miss Harris, of Madi-
son County.
Mary, married W W. I']nd)ry.
Susan. V-- ; _ . ■,.,...;! - ■'- >■'!■.,., ■ ,
Fdmund, nnirried Ann Brown.
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Isabella, man-ied Dr. William Lyman ; one daughter, married
her cousin, Cassins M. Clay.
^largaret.
Fzekiel II. Field, married Sallie Fmhry.
Amelia Irvine, daughter of William Irviiu', mari'ied William
McClanahaii in 1811. They had sexen children : >■,
1. Fdi/.aheth, married Thomas Stone. : '
2. Mai'garet, mari'ied Cyrus 'I'urner. :.
;'). Amelia, nmrri^'d dacoh F. Stonestreet.
4. Ir\ine, man-ied fii'st, dane Wheat; second Mai'ia McQui;'k.
f). Thomas K., bachelor.
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Christopher Irvine, jjioiKM-r, son of David, and brother to Wil-
liam Irvine, was born in Bedford County, Virginia, 1755, and came
to Kentucky in the winter of 1778-9. with his yoiuigei' brother. Wil-
liam. He was ap])ointed one of James Thom])Son's deputy sur-
veyors for Lincoln County, in 1788; was a nuMuber of the Danville
Separatist Convention of 1785; assisted in the organization of
Madison County in 1786; was one of the first ten justices of .Madi-
son County. The Court of Lincoln County Avas increased at its Xo-
vember term, 178:5, by Christopher Irvine. He was captain of a
company of mounted volunteers that aceomi)aiiie(l (leneral Logan
into Ohio on many of his numerous Indian raids, and was there
killed in 1786. Collii^s says of Captain Irvine, "lie was a man of
high character, interpid. enei-getic. daring, with a strong and vigor-
ous intellect, was beloM-d and admircil by his i)ii)neer com|)aidons."
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Captain Irvine married Lydia Callowav, a dauglitor of Col f
Richard Callowa.v, and they had three eliiidren, David (!., Mary
and Frances.
1. David married Nancy Howard, of Fayette County. To
her IS due the honor of founding the first temperance society in
]\ladison County.
2. ^lary married. Joim Hart, and had twelve children: %
David Irvine married Lucy Ami (Joodhjc • second Sarah T S
Hart. ' ' • ^,
Edwin, married Betsy l^ryan.
Cliristopher, married, fir.st, l-:ii/.al)eth Dudh'v ; second Nancv
Hryan. ' ''
Sophie married, first, James ]iogf?s; second, Chivton Curie.
Isaac Shelby, married Lucy l<:iliott.
John, married :\Iiss Duncaii. ' ' ' ' ' ^
Fannie, married William Irvine.
Lydia, married, first. John Williams; second, William Irvine '
Mary, married, first John Todliunter; second. Tli.,iiias Irvine. |
Thomas, married Ara Ceyoso, of Louisiana. |
Nathaniel, married FIizal)eth Dudley. |
Sally Ann married James Steele, of Woodford Couiit.v. t
'I Fanny Irvine married Kohert Cahlwell, and had two chil-
dren:
Mary married Chief Justice James Sim|)son, nf Kentucky
Kli/aheth married Judj^e Hrowning, U. S. Senator from Illinois
The daughters of David and Jane (Kyle) Irvine were Marv
Fhzaheth. Anne, Magdalena, Sarah, Jane. Fi-anecs, .MargareV
Amelia and So])hie. ^ >
.Mary, horn 1757, marrie.l James Adams, of l.vnclihurg Va
177fi. They had four cliildnn:
Their eldest son, Kohert, was drowned in hoyliood.
Their second son, Clii-istojiher Irvine Ailanis. kiM)Wii as "Kit
Adams of the Coast," married Susaune Johnston, of Lexington, Ky.
He moved to Iberville Parish. Louisiana, whei-e lie luiilt tln-ce mag-
nificent homes, the Aihambra, Belle Grove and White Castle. IlTs
only child, Penelope Lynch Adams, married John Andrews, of Nor-
folk, Va., and their daughter, Penelo])e Lynch Adams Andrews,
married Paul Herbert, (Jovernor of Louisiana and .Ma.jor (ieneral in'
the ('onfederate Army.
William Irvine Adams, son of James and Marv Adams, mar-
ried Nancy Chinn. daughter of Benjamin Chinn, of Kentucky.
Penelope Adams, only daughter, married James Terrell, and
was the ancestress of men of note, among them Kob. it lr\ ine Adams
Terrell, for whom tlie town of Terrell, Te.xas, was named, and
Cieorge Whitefield Terrell, sometime Attorney Ceneral of Texas.
Elizabeth Irvine, born 1760, married Hail Talbc.t, and moved to
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THE McDowells and connections 179
Lutrea Island, Missouri, where they dispensed a princely liospitality.
Anne Irvine, born 1761, married Richard (Joggiii, descendant
of Lord Goggin, who built a fort at i\Iary's IMound, Va., and to-
getlier with his sons and retainers, whom he had brought with liim
from England, successfully defended it against Indian assaults, with-
out any other help, the only one of the colinists who did. (Camp-
bell's History of Virginia.)
Magdalena Irvine, born 1765, married, first. Bourne Price, and
second, John Pittman.
Sarah Irvine married Goggin. Their only child, a daughter,
married Dr. Venable.
Jane Irvine, married Archibald Curie, of Curie's Neck, Va.,
son of Henry Curie. The Curies were men of broad public spirit,
and great liberality. They gave $10,000.00 to secure the independ-
ence of Texas. From this coui)le are descended the (Joddin and
Boyd families, including many notable representatives: William
G. Boyd, of St. Louis; Hugh and Ernest Boyd, of New York; J. G.
Allen Boyd, of Louisville, and ]\lrs. James Mahon and Mrs. Edgar
Willis, of Louisville.
Frances Irvine married Robert Rowland, who dietl in 18;50.
Their son, David I. Rowlaml, nuirried .Mahala Tyree. They had
five children :
1. lEli/.abeth, married John B. Francis. Their children were
five in number:
a. David R. Francis, born 1850, of St. Louis, president of the
Louisiaiui Purchase Exposition; IMayor of St. Louis; Gov-
ernor of ^Missouri, and Secretary of tiie Interior in Presi-
dent Cleveland's Cabinet.
b. Thomas H. Francis, of St. Louis. , ,, .
e. Sidney died many years ago. i ,
d. Hallie, now deceased, married William G. Boyd. ■ ,, .;
e. Mollie, married ilr. EUerbe. , »
2. Sidney Venable, of revered memory, Christian worker and
useful citizen, of Danville, Ky. He married Susan F. Shackleford.
Their children are :
a. William S., of Danville, Ky. ' [N: -'i , .; -• -; , -,
b. David P.
c. Edmund S., of St. Louis.
d. Margaret S., now deeeased. She married Steve B. White.
e. Hugh, died in infancy.
3. David Pitman Rowland, died 1904.
4. James R. Rov/land, died 1893; served in Confederate Army.
5. Hugh, dead.
Amelia Irvine, born 1775, married Isaac Ilockaday, and died
1830. From them are descended the Ilockaday family of :\Iissouri,
including representative citizens of high standing, among them. Col.
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I'M Stephens, of C'oluiul)ia, Missouri, piihlislirr and autlior. Chris-
tian worker and statesman. Oin' ol" thr dau<;iitri's of Isaac and
Amelia Iloekaday. was Kvrlyn. who marru'd Thdinas P. .Mooi-e, of
^'ir<i•inia, wliosr (hin«ih1er, Ann, mai'ricd Samuel W'ornal, of Ken-
tucky. Kli/.a Wornal married .l(.sci)h Croxton, of Winchester, Ky.
Margaret Irvine niari'ied -lohn Pace.
So|thie li'vinc, l)or'n 1771», married in 1S()2, to William Vox, who
eame to Kentuek.N- in the hitter part of the eiyhteeiil h century, and
took up a traet of land, 1(1,01)1) acres, including ilu' ,>ite of the town
of Somerset, Ky. From ITDD until lS4(i, lu' was clerk of the County
and Circuit Courts of his district, and his hooks, carcd'ully preserved
in the Co\irt House at Soimu'set, are shown to strangers at this
(hiy as marvels of penmanship awd husiness finesse.
Before William I'ox canu' to Kentucky, he studied law in the
office of his luude, Peter Tinsley, Clerk of the High Coint of Chan-
cery, of Virginia, and was iinlehted to him for his knowledgi- of
jurisprudence.
His opituons hearing on knotty (piestions of law were accepted
as incontrovertihlc authoi-ity h\- leading lawyers of his district.
He was the father of Judge Fontaiiu' Talhot l"'ox, ihe emiiuuit jurist
of Danville, Ky., who died in 1SS7.
Samuel Fox, fatlier of William, came to Kentu(d<y ahout 171)0.
He iidierited a large hotly of land under the N'iiginia law of
primogeniture, and owni'd nmny slaves. He setlhd in .M.dison
County, Kentucky, where Foxtown is now located. He married
Khoda" Pickering,' daughter of Pichard and Lucy Pickering. The
aiu-estor of Sammd h\)\ canu- to \'irginia from Ihigland with his
kinsnmu, Sii' -lohn I\al(diffe. Fautainc Talhot Fox. son of William
and Sophie Irvine Fox, married l\li/.a Hunton, id' Virginia. Tlie
lluntons were an Fnglish famil\- of ancient lineage. I'Mi/.a Hunton
Fox ^vas descended from Col. Pichard Tunstall, memhei- of tin' Vir-
ginia House of liurgesses, and of various committees of safety for
King ixud Queen County, Va. Also descended from ('apt. -lohn Pell,
Kevolutionary soldier, wounded at Prandy wiiu', who canu- to Poids-
ville, Ky., from Virginia, ahout ISOO, and filled important offices in
civic affairs.
Fontaine T., and VA\/.i\ Fox were the i)rogenitors of a lai'ge
family, eight sons and two (.laughters;
Thomas Hunton, lawyer, deceased. h
William McKee, lawyer, deceased.
Fontaine Talhot, lawyer, jui'ist and writer.
Samuel Irvine, physician of Texas, di'ceased.
Felix Goggin, lawyer, deceased.
•lohn Oliver, civil engineer, deceased.
Sophie Irvine, who is Mrs. Andrew 11. Sea, (d' Pouisxille. Ky.
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Annie IJell, who is .Mrs. .Ic-iTy ('. Caldwell, of Danville, Ky.
Charles C. Fox, lawyer, of Danville, Ky.
The following tribute to Jucl^^' Fontaine T. Fox, Sr., apiieared
in the Courier-Journal of Apiil '.), 1SS7, from the [)cn of Henry Wat-
terson :
"In the deatli of the venerahlc Fontaine Talhot Fox, llierc
passes away from the seene the last remaining, but l)y no mraus
the least eonsiderable, among the imi)Osing figures of that K/n-
tueky, whieh was glorified in the State by Clay, Breekenridgv and
Crittenden, and at the bar by Rowan, Hardin and Bell * * * -ludg.'
Fox's genius was brilliant and uiulisputed. A man of large af-
feetions and cai)tivating manners, he possessed along with the most
striking legal talents and leai'uing aii exalted eharaeter, the gift
of eharm and was universally loved in his home. His standing !);■
fore the eourts when in active praetiee, anil as a jurist on the b.Mieh,
was .second to none."
mis. SOPHIA IRWIN FOX-SEA ON HER HUSBAND'S BIRTH-
DAY, DECEMBiER 22, 1914.
Dear heart of mine, the years go by,
The years of fair and cloudy weather.
And oft I thank the God of Love
That still our lives are knit together,
No happier lot than that you brought
Has ever been my wish, or thought,
True heart of mine, 1 know your worth,
I still choose you from all the earth.
(The above was written on Dee. 22, 11)14, eomnuMUorating the
birthday of her husband during his lifetime.)
TO jMY CLANSMEN AND CLANSWOMEN OF THE SCOTCH
AND SCOTCH-IRISH RACE.
Fair, fair, those historic hills and valleys
Where the far-famed thistle grows,
Where over the slopes and battle-crowned heigh' s,
The breath of the heather blows —
And a green isle shows clear as a jewel,
In setting of crystal dew —
And blessed the light of immortal deeds
That gleameth eternal through.
All hail to the I'ace whose infancy saw
God's truth like a rush-light sliine,
'Till lona's grim walls, or Scotia's slioi'e
Revealed His wonderoiis design.
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MRS. 'SOPHIA FOX SEA
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Still that light shines like the star's fixed si)lenilor,
Still the great heart of mankind,
Reaches to it through the mist of ages
Claims its hei'itage Divine.
True hearts of old Irish fire was your flame,
Straight kindled <rt Tara's shrine,
And there nourished l)y Seottish strength of will —
Rare union of soul aiul iiiiiul.
Something a-kin to the power that holds
In cheek, the wave and the wind.
Was that dauntless race that uo fear could tame,
No earthly fetters hind.
And worthy they all hearts true homage,
Worthy they that which is best.
And grandest and noblest in words that burn.
In thoughts to this sad earth, blest —
Sfatesmen, soldiers, God's thinkers, God's workers.
Today they stand well confessed
As men in tlieir supreniest manliness,
Woman tlirough wonmnhood's test.
0 land, our land, withhold not thy fulness
Of honor, to death they wore.
Like a garment well-fitting, thy purpose.
For thy weal their blood did ])our.
Withhold not thy love, those spirits of fire
tll)wards like eagles woukl soar,
Those wills of iron kindled the flame
Of liberty on this shore.
Still the fire burneth, we thank Thee, 0 God,
For truth revealeth in Thy word ;
The tocsin they rang for freedom and right
Today in our land is heard —
]May we have the courage our fathers had
He their fail^i our guiding star,
]\remories sacred to theiii and their work
Glorious, eternal, are.
— SOPHIA IRVINR FOX SEA,
.Airs. Andrew M. Sea.
Chief I\ratron of "The Irvine Society of America" ^iiid Hon-
orary Patron for life of the South by the Scotts of America, elect-
ed in Canada in 1812.
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THLC MtlJOWKLLS AND CU.NNKCTJUNS
TIIK NKEl) OF Tlll<: llOliK.
.Mrs. Sojjhif J. F. Sea.
The need ol" the hour is for iiit'ii
Who will stand toi- (iod's Sov('ri'i<,Mi ri^jht, —
Who fear not the jiowei-s of eartli, seeiii'e
111 His ariuoui- of Truth and iui<,dit ;
Who can liear (Jod's call to tlieir souls.
Mid distraetioiis of tiine and sense,
And trusting alone I lis incarnate woi'd
Press on where eonfliet is tense.
0! blessed he (Jod for the men
Wiio will stand in the hi'caeh of tin- strife,
And shed on the gloom of this sin-cursed earth
The gleams of thr glad (iosi)el life,—
rroelaiming e\angels of (Irace
Through the Mood of (iod's crucified sun, '
The only Redeemer foi- sinful num
'Till the kingdom fur Christ is won.
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OVR ANCHSTRY.
With most peoi)lo tliere are few suhjeets more interesting than
the study of tlie lives of men and women who have heen prominent
aetors in human affairs. Personal knowledge of those of our an-
cestors wlio have preceded us is impossihle. Therefore we have to
depend upon authentic ami trustworthy data gathered by others.
AVith many of the living referred to in this book we have eome in
personal contact, and liad the opportunity of studying their ehar-
acteristies.
The memory of those of our ancestry who liave stamped th(>ir
footprints upon the sands of time should be religiously cherished.
We should especially feel proud of and preserve the i-eeord of our
Revolutionary forefathers whose heroic opposition to oppression
gave to us the greatest republic on the face of the earth.
Rook and monuments are the lasting memories of tlie world;
without them names, personages and facts worth preserving would
l)ass out into the boundless sea of the forgotten. The patient per-
severance, enterj)rise and hardihood, the daring heroi.sm and chival-
rous adventure of these frontiersmen, is a record of which their de-
scendants may well l)e proud. Driven l)y i)ersecution on account of
theii- religious belief, from Scotland and Ireland, they emigrated to
an unknown wilderness, braving the dangers and disregai-ding the
j)erils attending the for.mation of feel)le settlements uj^on the bor-
ders of fierce and warlike tribes of Indians, whose savage barbarity
drenched the frontier with the 'blood of tiiese adventurous emigrants,
sj)aring neither women or ehildren, tiH)nsands of whiun were the
vietims of the scalping knife and the tonudiawk. It was a i)eril()us
conflict that tried men's souls. The little log cabins and i-ougli
l)uncheon floors first erected l)y these pioneers, l)ecame the funeral
pile of its occupants. Struggling under these fearful surroundings
our forefathers drove back these cruel barbarians and laid the foun-
dation for peaceful habitations and happy homes, where every nuin
could worship God according to the (.iictates of his own conscience,
and we find today the impress of the heroic valor, virlue aiul ])a-
triotic love of freedom jjossessed by our forefathers in their sti'ug-
gle against the savage Indians and Hritish ojjpressors stami)ed uj)on
their descendants, who with ))ride can say:
"Let no nu^an hope your soids enslave;
• ■ ■ Be independent, generous, biMve; , , ; i: ;:v! ;':'<Va'
Your forefathers sui-h example gave.
And sueh revere."
Tn every call to arms, wlietliei* at New Orleans oi- Ahiiiio, at
]\lonterev, or Santiago, in the eivil war between the State-, or
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J)e\vey at Manilla, on land or on sea, {hv sons o[' tlicsr su'i's have ,|
i)()ssessed the same (Jod-given impiilscs o\' palrioli^ui and luM'oism |
displa.Nod at Kind's Mountain. It is no ortliiiary ; diii'N cinent thus |i
to lia\(' laid the fouinlation for a free and iiidij)i'ii(lent nation. BM
They eanu' home enri(died hy no spoils, stained witli no dishonor, p
enriehetl only by an imperishable lame, an undyini,' renown, and M
an uiuiuestionabie claim t(j the ailmiration and gratitude (.)f their |]'-
eountrymeu and of posterity. ^•
IRWIN COURT OF ARMS
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Nathaniel Irwin of South Carolina and Descendants,
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CHAPTKH III
NATHANIEL lUWiN OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND
DESCENDANTS
NATlIxVNIKL IKWJN.
By LiiwrciK-e S. Holt, .Jr.
The earliest settlei- of tlu' name of l-li'win in Nortli and South
Carolina, of whom autlientie reeord is obtainabK', is Nathaniel Erwin
>)f \ 01k County, S. C. He is supposed to have come to this country
in 1740 from the North of Ireland, probably Londonderry, and landed
at Plnladelphia, settling' in Bueks County, Pa. There are records of
numerous Erwins in and arountl liueks County, but efforts to con-
n«'et them wiHi Nathaniel Erwin have been unavailin<,r Nathaniel
Erwin went to Soutii Carolina, i)robably about 1768, and settled in
York County. His will is on file in York County Courthou.se, Y'orks-
vdle, 8. C, case 65, No. 485, Book A, No. 50, pagi-H 91 to 93.
"In the name of God, Amen. December the KUh, Anno Dom.
1793, I, Nathaniel Irwin, of the County of York, and State of South
Carolina, being weak of body, but .sensible and perfect of mind and
memory, thanks to God, calling to mind mortality, 1 recommend my
soul to God and my body to tlie eartli- as touching my worldly estate,
I give, devise and befpieath in the following numer, that is to say:
"I give and beipieath to my beloved son by law and daughter,
Abram and Alary Roach, Tiiirty Pounds sterling money, three cows,
four sheep, to be levy'd out of my estate.
"Likewise, I give and becieuath to my beloved daughter, Abigail
Irwin, one hundred pounds, North Currency, to be levy'd out of my
personal estate.
"I give and beqeuath to my beloved son, Alexander Irwin, one-
fourth part of my real estate; that is, my lands, messuages and ten-
ements, according to (piantity and quality of same.
"I give and devise to my beloved son, William Irwin, one-fourth
part of my real estate, that is, my messuages and tenements.
"I likewi.se give and devi.se to my beloved son, Nathaniel Irwin,
one-fourth part of my real estate, my lands, messuages and tene-
ments, according to quantity and quality.
"I likewise give and devi.se to my beloved son, James Irwin, one-
fourth part of my real estate, to be divided according to quantity
and (luality.
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"I give and bL'([ueath to my beloved daiiglitci-, Susaiia Irwin,
fifty pounds, to be levy'd out of my personal estate
"1 give and bequeath to my beloved daughter, Sofia Irwin, fifty
})Ounds, to be levy'd out of my personal estati-.
"My beloved wife, Leah Irwin, to enjoy tlu- nuuishioji liouse dur-
ing her life, or widow-hood.
"Likewise eonstitute and appoint my btdoved wife, Lcali L'win,
and my brother-in-law, Jaeob Jidian, my sole exceutrix and executor
of this my last will and tt-stanu-nt and no to be made the rest
of my estate, not mentioiUHl, to be ordered aeeordiiig to their will as
, tliey shall tliink best with their sehooling and elothing tlie eliihlrcu,
ami revoke all other wills and wills, legaeit's and beipu-athes, and ae-
knowiedge this as my last will iind testament, the (la.\- and Ncar above.
Witness my hand and Seal.
"NATHANIEL IKWIN (Seal).
"Sealed, signed, i)ublishetl and jjronounced, by 1, Nathaniel Ir-
win, as his last Will and Testament, in the jjresenee of us.
"W^illiam Kerr, efohn 1*\ (iarrison,
"WiUiani Elliott, Mark (Iarrison. " "
Mention Ix'iiig nnule in ab()\'e will of his brother-in-law, Jacob
Julian, and his wife, Leah, we are able with a high dej^ree of proba-
bility to say that Nathanii'l Erwiii married Leaii Julian, probably in
h'elanti, as his eldest son was born in 1734.
The children of Nathaniel Erwin were as follows:
I. William, born 17;U, died 1M4; marrii'd Sallie Ross, sister of
Major "Gentleman" Frank Kttss. lie served as Colonel in the Revo-
lutionary War. His wife lived to the age of US. The,\ had seven
children.
II. Susainia, nuiri'ied John (iraham. relatisc of (Jenei'al Josejdi
(Iraiiam. She was early left a widow and did not iuaiT\- again.
III. Arthur, lioin 17;i8, died August 21st. Ls2] ; marrieil .Mar-
garet P>randon, born 1740, died August, I<s;5:5. TIm y had six childivn.
IV. Alexander, born Decendier "JU, 17r)0, di,.,! !>;](); mari'ie.l (1)
Sarah Robinson, born November 29, 17r)0, died Ajuil 7. 17so. She
Avas the daughter of James and ('atherine l-iobinst)n of Ijaiieaster, S.
C By this nnirriage Alexander had six children. He uiai-iied (2)
January 21, 178G, Mrs. Margaret Crawford Patlon, and by her had
eight children, none of whom ltd"t mali' iK-scendants beai'ing the Erwin
name.
V. James. We have little if any infoi-nmtiou al)0ut him, but he
has descendants in Savannah, (Ja.
VI. Mary, nmrried Abi-am Roach of York, S. C.
VIL Abigail.
VllL Nathaniel, died young umnarried.
IX. Sofia.
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Tlie children of Col. William Erwiii, eldest son of Nathaniel Er-
win and Sallie lloss, were as follows:
1. Doreas, born 1765, died 1798; married 1784 Alexantier Moore,
born 1756, died 1813, son of James Aioore ami Kaehel Hlaek of Penn-
sylvania. They have nnmerous descendants in North and South Caro-
lina today. These descendants are given in detail in another por-
tion of this account.
1^. Frank, born 1767, died 18:59; mari-ied i\Iary, sister of Alex-
ander j\Ioore and widow of Col. Janus Moore, wiio was killed at battle
of King's Mountain.
(1) Alexander, married IMi.ss Adair.
(2) William, nmrried Miss Williamson of York, S. C.
I. Leonidas.
II. Leander.
III. ]\Iattie, nuirried her cousin, Arthur Erwin.
W. John Randolph, Capt., married Miss Greer of Charlottee, N. C
V. Wiliam, married; several children.
VI. Robert L., married; several children,
VII. Louise, unmarried.
(3) Randolph, married.
(4) Maria, married Thomas Erwin, son of Arthur, grandson of Wil-
liam. -
1. Albertus, C-apt., nmrried Emily ]\IcElwee, ]\lecklenburg County,
N. C.
(I) Mary.
(II) James, of Florida.
(III) Frances Elizabeth, married B. Pegram, of York S. C.
Martha.
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II. Fannie, never married.
(5) Frank Moore, born 1803, died 1870.
3. Arthur, born 1770, died 1849; nuirried daughter of Thomas
Spratt of York County, S. C.
4. William Major Ross, born 1778, died 1848; nuirried Eliza-
beth Bratton.
(1) William Albertus, born 1809, died 1839; married Isabella
Smith.
I. Edwin, Dr., married and had no children.
II. John Bratton, Gen., married May L. Barnes, of Lancaster,
5. €.
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(III) Daughter who died.
(IV) Daughter who died. '::
(V) Isabelle McCaw.
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(VI) iMildrcd, of \V;isl)in^'t.)ii, 1). C.
(2) Jaine.s Fi'iink, horn IM:!; (li< d lS7(i; inarriod Lrtitia Smith.
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II William, dir.! in ( 'onriMlcfatr Army.
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V IV Charles, diod in CoiitVdcrato Army.
V :\rargaret, hovu 1S4.'); married Dudley -loiies, Ixjrii 1S4G, died
1910.
(I) Rev. Frank Dudley, !)orn 1874; nuiriied (1) Kowena
, Ounhy.
Margaret Louise, Ijorn 1!H)1.
Rowena Guidjy, bora 191)4.
Married (2) C'alheriiie W\nian.
Frank Dudley, born 1907.'
Rosalie Wyman, born 1908.
Henry Parker, born 1910.
Catherine Wynum, born 1911.
iMargaret Erwin, Ix.rn 1913.
VI Harriet IJratton, born 1848; married November 12, 1868,
William Randolph Sims.
(T) Claudia L., born 18Gi); married 18!>4 -James F. Keys,
' Chester, S. (\; died 1901.
..., Mary L., born 189;"). : ,. ,
James T., born 1897.
Francis Sims, born 1898.
Claudia Sims, born 1901.
(II) Rosa M.. born 1871 ; mai-ried 1892 William Speight Mc-
Clean, died 1898.
William Si)eight, born 1892.
Harriet, born 1894.
Martha, born 189G. ■ ■ ' ''■
Randolph Sims, born 1898, died 1904.
'■ (HI) Fraueis K., born 1872; married ^lary S. MeBryde.
Francis K., born 1901.
, J Mary Stewart, born 190;i.
ij W^arren McBryde, born 1904.
Clarion S., born 1907. -> - '. ,
(IV) Robert Frwin,' born 1880; married Rosa L. Burton.
(\') Benjamin Stark, born 1882; married Nellie Lyons.
;v . Benjamin Stark, born 1909.
(VI) William Randolph, born 188G; married 1908 Annie Hall.
t Mary Harriet, born 1909.
1 William Randolph, born 1912.
Robert Erwin, born 191:].
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THE MCDOWELLS AND CONNECTIONS 191
\'ll .Supliie, married Josiah Abell.
(I) CliarK's.
(II) HolK'rt, Dr.
(HI) Stewart, iiiari'iecl Wiiiili'tMl ("rawi'ord.
(IV) Fannie.
(V) l.ou.
(Vi) Letitia.
VIII Letitia, died unmarried.
IX Annie, married Julin McLean of (ia.stunia, x\. ('.
C'liarles McLean, Dr., and other.s.
X :\lartlia, married Robert Ahell.
Erwin, mari-ied; tlnve eliiliiren.
XI Robert, died voun^'.
(;{) il^mily Martha, married Hazel Suutli.
1 Fannie, married James ("nrti.s, (if .Xorkt'ulk, Va.
(I) Iva, married (i. W. Vonn^^
(II) (lertrude, married :\lr. Hetliea.
5. flennie.
6. ^lary.
7. Katie, married and .settled in York County, S. C.
The eliildren of Arthur, second son and third child of Nathaniel
Erwin and Margaret Bfandon, were as follows:
1. AVilliam Willoufihhy, born March 2, 17G4; died -July 'JO, 1^37;
nuirried jMay, 1788*^ Matilda Sharpe, born 1701), died IS-HJ. She
was the daugliter of Col. William Sharpe, a signer of the Meck-
lenburg Declaration of Independence. They had sixteen chd-
dren, who left a large niunber of descendants. Tliey lived at
old homestead of Arthur Erwin, Belvidere. (See children.)
2. John, married Catherine Erwin, born November 23, 1771. daugh-
ter of Alexander Erwin and conseciuently his first cousin. They
had four or five children, who died, and then they moved from
Burke County, N. C, to llaversham, Ga. They had children there
as follows :
(1) William.
(2) Sarah Robinson, nuirried Mr. Davis.
(;}) :\Iargaret Brandon, nuirried William Craig, of Ceorgia.
(}4) Hannah, married Cyrus, son of Alexander Erwin, her uncle;
went to Georgia.
(5) Mary Simiana, born 1800, died 18i)0; married Elisha Eng-
land; went to llaversham, (ia., about 1820.
(1) James Slighter, married I'iety Barr, of South Carolina.
(1) J\lary, married Mv. Smith.
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i«)2 THE McDowells and conxectioxs
.Mary, luaiTicd William 1). Tiiiwrll.
liouhcii, of Atlanta, (la. ' 'i
((i) .lames, married.
]. -loliii, .Jiuli^c, mari'ii'd.
(I) Ella, marrird O. Iv .Mitchell.
Hattie Afay.
;}. Frank, niai'ricd and moved to Soidli Carolina.
4. Arthur, went to .Mitchell County.
'). Alexander, married ami lived in Wi'stern Burke Count \.
(1) Arthur.
(2) iMargaret.
{•.i) Robert, horn ISOO; weid to (Jeor-ia...
(4) Cyrus, married Hannah, daughter of John ami Catherine
'■ F.rwin.
(4) Rehecca. " :•■:■.•■
(;■)) William, died without childi'i'u.
(6) Marcus.
(7) Sarah.
(8) Mary, married Ml'. Duidcworlh. ' ' " '
G. Mary.
7. .James, nuirried Mary ^lillei', daughter of (Jen. -lames Miller, and
moved to Rutherfordton, N. C., Their childi'cn ari' as follows:
(1) Arthur, ('ol., horn LSOl ; nuirried IS-J.") |-:velina Terril;
went to Forsythe, Commings Coinit\', (!a., about 18:55.
(2) Miller.
(■A) Overton.
(4) Matilda, nuirried David Hrown .^liller. ' '• ■ « .^t
I. Andrew, married Anna Twitty.
II. Krwin, unmarried. j
III. William, unmarried. , ; ',, ;
IV. John, married Fmma Meriick. ''' '
V. Mary, unmarried.
VI. Lou, married Major S|)ann. ' "• '
VII. Lee, nuirried Anna Donaldson.
VIII. Nancy Elizabeth, married Theodore Melvyn Smitti.
(I) INIaeLucile, married 11)15, R. K. Walker.
IX. Matt, married Lawsou, Taylor.
X. Susan, nuiirie'd W. Iv Deaver.
XL (leorge, died in (diildhood.
, ;-.;i XII. Arthur, died in childhood. - ^ ,, . m, ■ v 1
XIII. , nuirried Simmon.s.
XIV. . mai'i'ied Ramseur.
(5) .lohn, married Miss Cash.
1. .Tames, of Sjiartanburg, S. C.
i; II. Sallie, nuirried Lewis Walke • of Spaitanburg, S. C.
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(G) William, inarrit.'(l and went to Clarksviile. (la.
I. AlcxaiicU'r, -Jiulye. married dauiililcr ol' ilov. llowcll
Cobb.
(1) Son ill Athens, (J a.
II. William, Solicitor-lieneral. m.iri'ieil.
(I) George, died in t-arly maidiooil.
(II) Alexander, Clerk ol' Su])i'rior Court.
The (•hildreii of Alexaiuli'i-, the third son and i'ourtii ehild of
Nathaniel Erwin and his first wife, Sarah liobinson, wcit :
1. Catherine, bora November 28, 1771; marrietl John, son of lu-r
uncle, Arthur Erwin. (See above.)
2. Alary, born December f), 177:], and known as "Pretty Polly C'
married Rev. -John McKemie Wilson, a Presbyterian minister of
great power. His influence was j^reatly felt in Western North
Carolina. (See Foote Sketches.) They have a u'l't-at many de-
scendants, which see.
3. James, born February 22, 1775; died Sei)tember 8, 184S; mar-
ried, January 7, 1808, Margaret Phifer, born December 7. 1786;
died .March 10, 1870; daughter of Martin Phifer, Jr., and Eliza-
beth Locke. They have many tlescendaiits, which see.
4. INfargaret, born November 1, 1777; married Hugh Tate. (See
children.)
5. Hannah, born Oct-ober 15, 1779; married Zebulon Baird.
(1) 'Myra IMargaret, married January 2, 1825. Capt. David
Vance, Jr., born 1792.
I. Robert Braiik, born Ai)ril 24, 1824; died, November 28,
1899; married Alay 18, 1851, Harriet V. xMcElroy. Six
children.
II. Zebulon Baird, l)orn May 13, 1830; died Ajiril 14, 1894;
married (1) Aug. .3, 1853, Harriet N. Es))y. He was Gov-
ernor of North Carolina, U. S. Senator for many years,
and one of the most able and prominent men the State
has ever produced.
(I) Charles, married Katie Tate.
(II) David, married.
Ruth, Espy — twins.
(TU) Zebulon Ba-ird, Jr.
(IV) Thomas, married lEmily Wheeler.
Zeb Vance, as he was affectionately called by everyone, married
a second time, in 1880, Mrs. Florence Steele Martin of Kvw-
tucky, and his wife sui'vives him.
(2) Mary, unmarried.
(3) Joseph.
G. Joseph, born December 8, 1782; died unmarried.
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' Till': MeDOW-ELLS AND CONNECTIOXa
The cliiKli'i'ii ol" AU'xaiidrr lu'\siii aiul liis .sfc-ond wile , Airs. Alar-
•."■arc't Craw t'cji'd I'atttui, \\rn-:
1. Soi)liia, l.orii October :;(). ITMi; iiiarrird William AKxaii.lcr.
(1) Saiali. iiiairii'd Alrxaiidcr Talc; no cliildi'cii.
{2) .lames, mari'icd Frances Hicks.
J. 15cn.
II. Harrison,
(:]) Mai-\\ married Dcvaull.
1. William, married Kate Kincaid.
]|. Katie, mairied .McLean.
:- HI. Laura, mai'ried I'M'idlow Scott.
]V. IIukIi. married.
V. Jvlward, mari'icd.
VI Sophia, married. ' ■ ■, :
(4) Kliza, married Scott.
(5) Cynthia, married Scott. ' • •'^^r . ■ ' '
(()) l"'aigenia, married I'ei'ry.
(7) Lena, mai'ried Uaum^ardner.
2. Cynthia, horn Ai)ril (i, IISS; mai'ried Dr. Stephen l-'ux ol Char-
lotte, N. C.
(1; Charles, J)r.. married -lulia AlcCimn.
1. Charles, unmarried. "'
' IL Douiilas, unmarried.
IlL Janie, unmai'rie(L
(2-) .Junius, marrietl .Mrs. Claudia I'.er.hury; no children.
(;{) Philadelphia, married Ciiarles -James Torrcnee.
Charles.
(4) Martha, married Thomas IL Wvcin.
I. Walter, married (1) Katie Colver; (2) Hai nah Cald-
: : u-eii.
' ■ ■' ■■' (I) Walter, mari'ied; three (diildren.
■' ' (11) Minerva, mari'ied Rohert L. Maym'.
-..;f. Walter I'.rem.
- if ,■ (111) Tod Kohinson, married .Xovendici- 1.'), Dl;}, Mar-
{.Mi'ct L()(d<e .Moore. >, ■ ,
(IV) Helen, married IC IL Heattv.
'•'/<.:,;, .', JJ. IL IJeatty.
, > ^: v-^ H- Charles, unmarried. ;,,,(•,., : :. ;. >■.' ;
(•liii ^'1- I'Morencc. unmarried. • ■,]:,-. ; . i. ,
IV. Thomas, nnmai'ried. .';,: ',(, ■.; , ,^ ,. ■
...vvt (-')) Harriet, married l)i. .Moses .Manlius On-. • •
. •' 1;' I. Laura Kllen, unmarried.
II. L.la!;che, nmrried Iln-ii Hammond. ' ;,
• ::vu. (1) Laura, horn Mar.di, ISTL
• W;' h (H) Hujih, married. .:, ;■;;-, ■,;• i;;-
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(VI) Eleanor. ' " ..., ,/ ,,;.
III. FauiiU', uianicil l-'ord ; no cliilcli'cu. ; ., , , , 1
IV. :\Iartlia, married AUicrt Ayeoek. = v ,.. ^ /
Several ehildreii. .
V John Frank, married Sallie Hus.sey.
(1) llattie, m'ari-ied -iolin Allison. ,,,;, > ,, n. '
■ (11) Nathan dndson, uiarricd.
Dan^hter. , ., ,, ■ , , , • ;
(III) Manlius. ' \,.^ ' '. -
VI. Alary, married ('. A. Williamson. • , -:
:,, ' , (jlertnuie, mai'ried Zwier. ,.; /
A. Sarah Myra, born March l-"5. 171)0; mari'ied Freeland llenson.
(1) Alexander, married.
(2) Laura ^Margaret, married (ieoi'ge Washington Phit'er Kr-
Frwiu, horn April U, lh2"J.
I. Alexander, married.
II. Laura Theresa, nuii'ried William Rankin.
(I) Krwin.
(II) William.
III. William, nuirried ; lives at Bellhuckle, Tenn.
IV. ]\Iargaret, married.
V. Mary Lee, unmarried.
VI. Robert. '
(:]) John IMeKamie, Dr., lived in North i\Iississip])i.
(4) :\Iarshal].
(.')) ]\lary, nuirried Dr. Lee, of Mississippi; no ehildren.
4. Abdial Iliemsel, born Mareh 20, 1792; unnuirried.
5. John MeKamie AVilson, born May 8, 1794; umuarried.
6. 2^1ilton Pinkney, born February 13, 1797; unmarried.
7. Staidiope, born ]\Iay 29, 1799; nuirried Kli/a (J. Tate; no ehildren.
8. Harriet Dorcas, born November 20, 1801; married Lewis Dinkin.s.
We have enumerated abovi' the children and grandchildren of
Nathaniel Erwin, so far as is known authentically. In some eases
the lines end -without heirs or on account of no authetic information,
and where this is the case we have traced these lines further in order
to embody in the above tables the entire record of these short lines.
In the case of the eldest son of Nathaniel Erwin, William, we
have already given all of his deseendants with the exception of those
(if his daughter, Dorcas Moore.
The second child of Nathaniel, Susaniui, ai)parentlv left no chil-
dren.
Wi' have given above what is known of the descemlants of the
third child of Nathaniel, Arthur, with the excei)tion of his son, Wil-
y.()\r'm: .:u > • -• •-. ^..;. :! / t- ou anT
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liiiiu Willoiiyhby, avIiosi- liiu' is tala-ii u|) at some Icii^tli I'lirtlicr on.
Wi' liavt' also given tlic I'aiuily of tlic i'oiirtii cliild of Nathanii'l.
AlixandiT, with tlu' exi-i-ption of tin- ilcscrndanls of tlic followiiig'
of his L-hihiivn: .Mary (I'n-tty Polly), .janics and Mai-gan-t. Of the
i-iMiiainin<^ fwv eliiklrcii of Natiianirl Erwin, our infonuatioii is wry
sli^'ht and docs not extend beyond what has alrcail\' been given.
We will now trace the line of Xathaniel Erwin, through Dorcas,
the daufjhter of his son William.
Dorcas Erwin, born 170'), ditnl 17DS; nuirried 17s4 Alexander
Moore, born 17r)G, died lSl;i, son of Janu'S Mooi'e and Kachil Black,
who came from Pennsylvania to South Carolina. lie was ('a])tain
in Kevolutionary Ariii>'. The i-hildren of Dorcas lOrwin and -Jauics
.Moore were seven in mnubcr, as follows:
I. James, born 1785, died ISli); married ISO.s Soidiia Springs. (See
children.)
II. Sallie, nuirried Ilenning Adickes.
1. Ilenning, nuirried Mai'y Withers of York, S. ('.
Mary, married Dr. Alexander of St. Augustine, h'la.
Four or five children.
Amauila, marrietl Thomas Chnvson of York, S. ('.
Ten ehihlren.
Frederick, married Sallie Claw sou of Haleigh. X. C.
Four or five childi-eii.
Sallie, never marrii-d.
Wither.s. married lleh-n Wai'dlaw of York, S. C.
Marie.
Clark.
Francis. '
Withers.
Ilenning.
lilanche, married Uobei't l^indsay of York. S. C.
(1) lUanche. mai'i'ied CanoU.
(2) Rose.
(3) Prank.
(4) Fredriea.
(5) Robert.
Annie Lee, married Walter Pedford Mooi-e, sou of Eli Peyton
Moore. (See below.)-
ni. Rachel, married Zedekiah Coulter of York County, S. C.
1. John, died unmarried.
2. Alexander, mai-ried Miss .Massey.
Several children. • ■ ' '
IV. William L., born 17ScS, died IHGO: marrie.l Harriet Baxter
Springs. (See children.)
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THE MCDOWELLS AND CONNECTIONS 197
V. Alfred, married his first cousin, Jane, daughter of Kev. -lames
Melllieny. They lived in York County, S. C, on homestead grant-
ed by tile English Crown to one of tiie IMoore family in Colonial
days and which has never belonged to anyone outside the IMoore
family, being now owned by Judge Ernest ^loore eof Lancaster,
S. C, grandson of Alfred IMoore. (See children.)
VI. Dorcas Erwin, married Pratt and went to Kentucky or Ten-
nessee.
VII. Maurice Augustus, Dr., married Sophini.sba Nott of Spartan-
burg, S. C. They lived at Glen Springs, S. C.
i. Maurice Augustus, married 1848 Miss Staggers. ... i ,,,
Francis Pickens of Washington, I). C'.
!2. James Nott, married 18GG Lucy Ilerndon.
James Sumter, marrieil 1897 Florence Elliott.
Celina E., married 189G H. W. Fair.
Mary A., nuirried 1899 Laville Bremer.
Blanche, married 190l2 II. G. Kaminer.
:]. Celina E., married 1864 Dr. T. Sumter IMeans ; no children.
We have given above the children of Dorcas Erwin and Alex-
antler IMoore. We -will now take up in order the families of the chil-
dren which have not been included above. The children of James
IMoore, eldest child of Dorcas Erwin and Alexander Bhiek. and his
wife, Soi)hia Springs, were as follows:
I. Jane Adeline, born April 17, 1810; died November 21, 1850;
• nmrried I^Ir. Campbell and moved to Kentucky.
n. Alexamler Leroy. Dr., born .May 18, 18lL>; nuirried Elizabeth
Taylor.
1. Lizzie, nuirried Dr. Torrence of Gaston County, N. C. ; no chil-
dren.
2. Augustus.
3. Bemuuin'' had on children.
4. Addie, did not nuirry.
5. C^arrie, nuirrietl David Yates.
Lizzie, of Columbia, S. ('.
G. Annie, married William Colenum of Columbia, S. C.
Annie, nuirried Hough ; several children.
William, married Mayna IMixon ; several children ; ,
Carrie, married Josej)!! Sylvan; several children.
Tresvant, not married.
Samuel, not married.
IMyrtle, not married.
Joan, married Julius Kreiitzlin ; two children.
III. Richard Springs, born July 21, 1814; died April 30, 1874. Died
unmarried.
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IV. Dorcas Erwiii, born OcIoIkt li.'), Lslii; ,li,.,l August S. 1871;
iiiiU'rit'd JaiiU'S .Miir])liy.
1. l':iii)liciiiia, iiiarrir.i Mv. Staii- of Kock Hill, S. C.
Julian, inan-ird and has cliildrcn.
Murphy, died youii^'.
Lillian, niairicd (Miarh-s SlcwaH of Kock Hill; s.-wial children.
\'. daiiu's Lawrence, born Deeenibej- ]!), l.sl!); ili,.,| Alareh 2o, LShti-
inari'ied (1) Ids first e()ll^in, Susan Moore, daui^hter of Alfred
Moore and Jam- Mcllheny. There were no ehildivn bv this mar-
i-iagv. He niari'ied (l>) Mai'y Miller of Shelb\-, X. ('.
1. Alice, born l8(i;5-- maiiied October Is, "lS,s.s, Joseph Dargaii
Arthur of Union, S. (". .
' Laurence iMoore, born LSSJ), died 1890. ■ ' * ' '' : .
Joseph Dargan, born 1891.
'■ John Miller, liorn 189:}.
Edward John, born 1894.
r-. Kathleen, born 1897, died 1912. '{■, !''■>■
': ''. llarvcy Moore, bor)i 1898.
,. i Alice Elizabeth, born 1902.
Albertus Adair, born 1904.
2. James Lawrence, born 1805.
0. John :\liller, born I8(i7, died 1912. Sury:eon 11. S. A.; unmar-
ried.
4. Kicliard Si)riiigs, born 1870, died 1900.
f). Mary Booth, born 1874, married I). S. Bttsill ; several children.
G. Albertus Adair, born 1877, died 1912, umnarried.
7. Kathleen, born 1880, <lied 1902.
A'l. Cynthia Loui.se, boi'ii Septend^er 2G, 1821; died 190;i; marri-d
flames Byniuii of Richland County, »S. C.
1. Lucy, married John Barron.
John Gray. ' ■• ■'■ ' ■• "■'
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2. Ehna, married Dave Black; several children. ' ' ^' ■'■
3. Florida, married Mr. Betts ; two sons.
4. Sophie, did not nnirry.
VIL William Augustus, born February 8, 1824; died 1910; mar-
ried Julia Clark.
1. Annie, died umnarried.
2. Pauline, died unmari'ied. :,,■.•- ;.•- * . •;'■ >>' -^ ; i:
3. Anine, nuirrieti in (Jainesville, (Ja.
4. William, never mai'ried.
VIIL .Maurice Augustus, born 182G, died 1889; married Anne Walk-
er of Union, S. C.
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THE MCDOWELLS AND CONNECTIONS 199
1. Xamiic, uiarrieil Limliirr i)t' I'liioii, S. I'.; no ehiklieii.
2. Efi'ii', luai'i-iiHl January -\), l.^S.'), William Henry Sartor of
Uinoji.
Frances Moon-, horn Srptcmhi'r 'A, 1S'J8.
Katlu-rijiL' (JK-nn, born Ai)ril 14. ]W2.
'd. .James Thomas, l)oi-ii iStJG, iiiarnnl Matlie Erwin.
Helen JMoore, hoi'n KsliU, diet lliOl.
Ainiie Moss, l)orn 1S)0;].
4. Felix Waikfi-, horn ISGS; married -lanuary 21. 19U4, May Smith.
Charles Louis, born Novemhrr 11, liK)4; (ficd l!il)li.
Finances Lynn, born .lannaiy 12, IJKIli.
Felix Waliver, bdrn November 4, 1907.
5. Maurice Augustus, born 1S7U; nnu-ried Deci-mber M, l!S99,
Charlotte Allston of Union, S. C.
IJenamin Allston, born December H, 1900.
i\hiriee Augustus, born July IS, 1902. - ,
Charles Albert Pettigrew, born January 2G, 190.").
Ellen Duval, born January 28, 1914.
G. Lelle, born 1872, unmarried.
IX. John Springs, born 1828, died 1830. '
X. Andrew, born 1830, died 1833.
XI. Alfred, born May 22, 1832; died October, 1832.
XII. Albertus Adair, Dr., born February 16, 1834; died 1900; mar-
ried Carrie Clark of Winnesboro, S. C. ; lived in Camden, S. C.
1. Caleb Clark, lawyer, of Camden, S. C. ; married Bet Anerum,
now living New York City.
2. Albertus Adair, Dr., of New York City.
XIII. Fli Peyton, Capt., born lAIay 14, 1837; died 1913; nmrried
(1) October, 1858, Lizzie A. Neely, horn 1837; died 1874.
1. Thomas Peyton, born 1859; married October 12, 1881, xVilelaide
Simiana Erwin, born May 29, 1858; daughter of Josei)h J. Er-
win and Elvira Jane Holt. (St-e below.)
2. Be Neely, born 18G1; married (1) October 4, 1882, Willie Mc-
Corkle.
Paul Neelv, horn 1883, married Carrie Beard.
(1) AUee W. * -■ V.; .,,
(2) Caroline. '
(3) Pauline. •. . <
]\Iarried (2) Huldah McNeil.
3. Walter Bedford, born 18G3; nnirried 1884 Annie Lee Atliekes.
(See above.)
Walter Bedford, born 188G.
JMarie, married Joseph Hart.
Joseph Ilart.
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4. Riflianl Si)rinp:s, boni I.SG-"), tliiHl 1SG7.
.'). Taiil, horn 1872; dwd 187:5.
.Married (2) 1875 Aiiiiio Wylie, of Chester, S. C.
6. Juliet Gill, born 1876, dieil 1876.
7. Alexander AVylie, Dr., born 1878; married October 3, 1906, Es-
ther ]\Iaria Lewis.
8. Haxter Si)rings, f)r., Ijorn 1871); married (Jaro Brevard of Char-
lotte, N. C.
AiHiie Wylie.
" ■ Robert Brevard.
Baxter S|)riny:s.
The fourth child of Dorcas Erwin and Alexander Mooi'e was
William L., who wa.s born in 1788, died 1860, and married l8lii Har-
riet Baxter Spring-s. Their cinhlren are as follows:
1. Jane Cynthia, born :\Iay 20, l>s20; died .lannar\- 1, 181)2 ; mar-
ried January 5, 1842, Col. Jt)cl Woodard Kawlinyson of Kicii-
mond, Va.
': 1. William Moore, died in infancy.
'•:'■ 2 Walter J., married (1) dune 7, 1876, Addie Cal.lwell Hutchi-
son.
Joel Woodwai'd; nnirried l)ccend)er 16, IDO:}, Leonora Sloaiic of
■■ Atlanta, (ia.
Timmas Caldwell; nmrrit'd Octol)i'r ID, I'JIO. Cammie Kliodes of
(.Jreensboro, N. C.
Cannnie Kliodes.
.Afary.
Addie Hutcldsou; married -iannary 10, 1906, Dr. dames Kich-
mond Stokes of Hampton County, S. ('. " " r-i ,.
■ llai'riet Baxter Kawlinsim. ' * - ' '
'] Married (2) Februai'v 19, 1890, Aliniue B.arnes of Camden, S. C.
Walter Bai-nes.
' 3 William, Dr., maiTied Vir-inia West of Illinois.
Walter Kawlinson, died in early manhood. ' ■ ■-
Beulah, uuirricd Septeml)er 4," 1910, Dr. \\ Koscoe lluckin of
Chieao-o, 111.
4. Harriet Baxter, unmarrieil.
'■ 5. Alary Alorj,^an ; married December 22, 1870, John Ahers of
Charlotte. N. C.
AVilliifm Raid'oi'd. died in infancy,
fleiinic Aloore, died in infancy.
J8o])hia Convi'rse, married 1902 Ceorgi' Stephens.
(jleorge.
Soj)hia Al^'crs. .' . ,,f i;^.,.,;,; ir- ;.s', -,\,. '. -r
Eloise, died a<zed eleven.
Rawlinson.
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Ricliarcl Austin; married January 2'J, 1913, MargucriU' fSj)ring3.
.lohn ISj)rings, died in infancy.
Woodard.
Mary iMurgan ; married November 14, 1912, Harold Cothraii
Dvvelle.
Jolm Myers.
TTarriet Baxter, died in early childhood.
IT. William Shakespeare, born January 125, 1829; lived at York, S.
('. Captain of Confederate Army; married Margaret Lewis of
York County.
1. Walter, died young.
2. Jennie, married (1) Dr. Burkmever Patrick of Charleston,
S. C.
Burkmeyer. '.■■' - ■■•.•i",,;- /;;: ,. ■. 1 ■•,. ■■',„ :,_.;.;, ■-■■' ;-■.. .'i:'',.,
William Moore.
Marritd (2) William Orr of Rock Hill, S. C.
III. Ba.xter Harriet, born October 9, 1832; married (1) Katie Biles
of Salisbury, N. C. ; children died in infancy.
Married (2) May 27, 18G9, Katherine Winsmith of Glenn KSprings,
S. C.
IV. Frederick E., born January 12, 18;]5, Lieutenant in ('onfeder-
ato Army. Killed in battle December 20, 18G1.
V. Dorcas Erwin.
Alfred, the fifth eliild of Docras Erwin and Alexander Moore,
married Jane Mcllheny, and had children as follows :
I. Alexander, died uunuirried.
II. William A., born 1822, died August 10, 1878; married 1855
Nancy C. Rpss, daughter of Judge J. M. Ross of York and grand-
niece of Sallie Ross, wife of William A. Erwin. He served as lieu-
tenant throughout the Civil War and was a lawyer of prominence.
1. Ernest, born December 5, 1856 ; Circuit Judge Lancaster, S. C. ;
married Mary Belle Hall, daughter of Rev. W. T. Hall, profes-
sor of Systematic Theology at Presbyterian Theological Semi-
nary, Columbia, S. C. 1 .
Seven living children, all unmarried.
2. Paul, married Nannie Foster; Clerk of Circuit Court, Lancas-
ter County.
Paul. ve<i!,KT%,. ;:-)., .• ;/ 1. -:i,:' < ■■ ■• ' ■■,.-■■ ■ ' -
Foster. „■■; ,li.'4- . ,,,' li ,;ii(, ;'■/ . . ■•^c.^ m:,-/!,.;
Blanche. .jhr-t.-), i ■■. ,N^^ -■ ' "-"■■''^ -W"' ".•.• -Jtr i m '" . ,
Margaret.
Henry.
3. Olive Hill, married J. C. Lindsay of Rock Hill; survives her
husband. , . ^ , , .
4. Susan E., died unmarried. ' '
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5. Alfred Georgv, (lii'd iiiiiiuii'riiHl. i,-;;: :!
G. Lillie, luarrird Frank O. Loii.loii; iiu chil.hvii. : .•
7. Pauline, married Iv. L. ('I'awl'ord; two eliildiTii.
8. AViiliam A.
Jll. Edward, I.ieuteiiaiil in ConlVdrralr Army; killed in battle;
married Emily Kirk.
1. Morion Kirk, Savaimali, (ia.
2. Edward Kirk, Kev.. iUuffton, S. ('.
IV. Maiiriee A., lawyer. Slull)v, X. ('. ; lias i'aiidlv.
V. Alfred, married dau-litfr of diid-e .1 M. Koss of York, S. C.
1. John Koss
2. liessie, married lii'atton Alassey; si'Ncral eliildi'ni.
3. Jane, lunnarried.
VI. Su.san, married her cousin, James Law rniee, son of James Aloore
and !Soplna ISprinj^s; no ehildri'U.
Vir. Doi-eas Aidoinette. nuirrifd Frank i^iwlinson of Koek Hill;
ilit'd witho\lt issue, a^'cd sevcnt\'.
Vill. Sarah Jane, died unmai-ri<(l, a^'ed sevents'.
Next in order eomes the family of William Willou^^hby Krwiii,
son of Arthur ami j^randson of Nathaniel Fr\vin. Wr ha\'e ali'eady
related what is }i:enerally known of the other deseendanis of Arthur
Ei'win, .so that William Willoughhy and his line only renudn.
William Willoughby Erwin was boi-n March L'L*. 17()i; died July
25, 1887. He was Clerk of the Superior ('ourt of IJurke ('ounty for
more than forty years. After ]-esi|j:nin^ the (rU-rkship he was Cashier
of a branch of the State Hank of Noi-th Carolina, lie was a success- |i
ful mei-chant and farmer. On May 21st, 1788, he mai-i7ed Matilda |
Sharpe of J\owan Count\'. She was tlu' dau^hlei- of lion. William j
Sharpe and his wife, Catherine Reese, who was a dauj^hter of David
K.-ese, one of the .si^'iiers of the Mecklenber^' Deelaralion of Inde-
pendence. :\[atilda Sharj.e was born March 1th, 17(if). and died July I,
2!)th, 184G. I
There were born to William Willou-hby Frwin and Matilda j^
Shar{)e sixteen children, all of whom I'eaehed malurit\- with the I'X- i
ception of one daughter, who died at the age of one yeai-. ^riieso '
children were as follows: ■
I. Adolphus Loren/o, born Februai-y 14. 178!); died .\oveml)er 24, |
1855: nuirried November -27, 1817, Marv (h-rtnide Simiaiier, born i
Eebruary 18, 1798; died April :;(), 187:..' (See eiiddren.) j
U. William Alberto, boi'n Api-il 7, 17!tO; died May 21). 1847; un-
married.
III. Arthui- Leander. born Mav 10, 17!)1: died Xoveinber 10. Isb');
marri.nl Seplembei- ;"., 181(i, fdi/a \'> Marabh'.
IV. MaiMpiis de LaFa>eite. born January 2:.. 171):;; die,] .jnly 22^
1824 ; unuuiri-ied.
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V. Harriet Eloise, born May 3, 1795; died Aug-ust 4, 1858; married
June 27, 1815, Col. Isaac Tlionias Avery, born iSeptember 22, 1875".
died December ol, 18G4. (8ee cliildren.)
VI. i\Iary Elvira, born November 3, 179G; died November 18, 1863;
lunnarried.
VII. Sydney Stanhope, boi-n December 31, 1798; died June, 1849;
married April 10, 1827, 'Caroline Carson.
VIII. Catherine Reese, born May 3, 1800; died January 7, 18GG ;
married April 8, 1828, Dr. Alfred M. Gaither, born April, 1793;
died April 24, 1829.
1. Julia, died unmarried.
IX. Margaret Caroline, born December 2, 1801 ; died July 23, 1831 ;
married February 22, 1821, James Moffitt McDowell. (See chil-
dren.)
X. Elam Alphonso, born Mareli 13, 1803; died November 8, 1830;
unmarried.
XI. Elizabeth Sharpe, born October 17, 1804; died May 30, 1859;
inarried July 13, 1830, Burgess Sidney Gaither, born March IG,
1807; died February 22, 1891. (See children.)
XII. Edward Jones, born jNIarcli 24, 180G ; died July 8, 1871; mar-
ried December 6, 1837, Elizabeth Ann Phit'er, born December 3,
1814; died June 9, 1890; granddaughter of Martin Phifer, Jr. (See
children.)
XIII. Alexander Hamilton, born May 11, 1808; died October 4,
1877; twin of Cecilia; unmarried.
XIV. Cecelia Matihla, born May 11, 1808; died May 3, 1894; twin
of Alexander Hamilton ; unmarried.
XV. Justina' Louisa, born April U, 1810; died June 13, 1811.
XVI. Delia Haywood, born April 2, 1812; married October 10,
1839, Dr. J. F. E. Hardy.
1. William, killed at Battle of jNIanassas; unnuin-ied. ,
2. Erwin, married.
(P. 10.) Of the sixteen children of William Willoughby Erwin
enumerated above, the following nine left desceiuhints : Adolidius
Lorenzo, Arthur Leander, Ilarjict Eloise, Sydney Staidiope, Cath-
erine Reese, jMargaret Caroline, Elizabeth Sharpe, Edward Jones
and Delia Haywood. We have given some account abu\e of the
children of Catherhie Reese and Delia Haywood aiul will now take
up in order the other seven.
Adolphus Lorenzo, tlu' eldest child of William Willoughby Erwin
and I\Iatilda Sharpe, was boi-n February 14, 1789, and died Novem-
ber 24, 1855. He married on November 27, 1817, Mary Gertrude Sim-
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204 ' THE MCDOWELLS AND CONNECTIONS
iauer. She was born February 18, 1798, aiul died April :>,(), 1875.
Their children were as follow.s :
I. John Simianer, Dr., born August 2'3, 181!); unmanied.
II. William Walsteiu, born January 10, l^'JU; died m ehddhuod.
III. Sidney Bulow, born October 4, 1S21 ; tlied IIJO.'); married 1853
Ella Kehler, born September 12, 1K52.
1. Mary Adol]»hus, ununirried.
2. John Bulow, mnnarried.
3. Anne Talbot, unmarried.
4. William Alfred, married.
IV. Marcus Lorenzo, born August 15, 182;5; dii'd in ehildliood.
V. Margaret Matilda, born April 13, 1825^ died l!il 1, mnnarried.
VI. Mary Anne, born August 11, 1827; unmarri.d.
AMI. Alfred Martin, born August 11, 1829; unmarrird ; atlorney.
Vlll. Harriet K.sther, born August 30, 1831; died April 22, 1892;
married July 7, 1857, James Blaekburn Rankin, died Octnb.T 29,
1903.
1. Adolphus Erwin, married Agnes Wilkes.
John Wilkes, nmrried Bet tie liraiidt.
Harriet Esther, married Charles Vaughn Fergiison.
Jean.
Charles Vaughn. ' , • • ■ '.' '
Adolphus Erwin. ■ ., " . u
Ralph Smedburg.
Jean.
2. Thomas Simianer, died dune 19, 1897.
3. Mary Blaekburn, died dune 22, 1882.
4. Anne Harriet.
5. Margaret Geddings.
G. James Blaekburn, died September 29, 1879.
IX. Maria Louisa, born August 9, 1834; died May 20, 1893; mar-
ried Major James W. Wilson; died July 2, 1910.
1. Mary Willis, born April 29, 18G2; died 191(1; married T. II.
Bomar.
Louise, born September 11, 1891; died Xov(Mnber G, 1914; mar-
ried Lynch.
2. Alexander, born September 8, 18G3; married Ktiul Dillard.
Sarah.
Alexander, dead. ■; i;
James, dead.
Robert Willis, dead.
3 Aliee Matilda, iioni .Mareh 4, 18G5; nuirrieil Herbert liattle.
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Nell, married Johu M. Booker.
Wilson.
4. Adolplius Erwin, bom November 2, 1866; maiTicd Hallie Lan-
dis.
Landis.
Mary. ^ .;;•.>■, . -x _ , . •, .. ?-■,/, - ., •■ •• -: ; . ■, ^ , .,, ■] . . , ,.
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Hallie. • :. , ■ *, '\i:,- . ; ., ■ :
Matilda.
Two others.
5. Louise Erwin, born March 2. 1868; married Oct. 26, 1892, Dr.
R. L. Gibbon.
James Wilson, bom August 26, 1893.
Corinne I\Iyrtle, born July 9, 1897. ' ■^■' ■■ '-
Mary Rogers, born January 11, 1900.
Louise Wilson, born March 3, 1904. ,, , . ■',.,,
Alice Battle, born March 6, 1906.
6. James William, born November 18, 1869; married Ivy Hayes.
7. Cora Avery, born June 14, 1871; married J. L. Massey.
Bulow Wilson. , ,
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Katherine Kirkpatrick.
James Wilson.
Louise Gibbon.
• 8. Harriet Gertrude, born February 20, 1874; died June 15, 1874.
9. Ainie Bulow, born March 16, 1876; married October 12, 1906,
Joel Jenkins Hutchison.
(1) Louise Erwin, born August 9, 1907. : ,; ,
(2) Joel Jenkins, born j\Lirch 9, 1909.
10. Alfred Simianer, born July 18, 1877; died July 19, 1877.
X. Edward Hamilton, bom 1837.
XL Catherine Amelia, born 1839.
Arthur Leander. the third son of William Willoughby Erwin,
nuirried Eliza B. ]\LirabIe. Their descendants are as follows:
Marcus, married ^Fargaret Erwin ]\IcDowell, daughter of
his aunt, ]\Iargaret Caroline. (See her children.)
Cordelia married West, of New Orleans.
George married Alice Robertson of New Orleans.
Lucile, married.
;... Arthur, killed in Confederate Army.
Lizzie, married Tennant, of Asheville.
George, married.
Cordelia, married James E. McDowell, son of Dr. John
I., Calhoun McDowell. . . .- v.
Annie, unmarrjcd.
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2UG THE McDowells and connections
Tlie fifth cliild and eldest dauj^liter of William Willo\igliby Er-
wiii ami Matilda Hharpe was Harriet Eloise. She was born ^May 3,
1795, and died August 4, 1858. She married Juur 27. 1815, Col.
Isaac Thomas Avery, who was born Seiitt-mbcr 22, 1875, and died
December 31, 18G1. A eompk-te skcteh of his life appears in Van
No])pen's Biographical History of North Caroliiui. Tlien.' were born
to this couple the samo number of children as those of William Wil-
loughby and ]Matilda Erwiu, nanudy, sixteen, which were as follows:
I. Theodore, born .May 25, 181G; died six hours after birth.
II. William Waightstill, born ^lay 25, 181G; died July 3. 18G1; mar-
ried May 27, 1846, Coriiuia ^1. ^Morehead, l)orn November 14, 1825;
died jMay 1, 1897.
1. Annie II., born Nov. 6, 1848; died June, 1917; married
Capt. Joseph Scales; born 1843; died 191G.
2. Corinna iloorehead, hui'n Oct. 27, 1850; nuirried October 20,
1875, George Phifer Ih-win, son of Edward James ICrwin. (See
below.)
2. Corinna IMorehead, married October 20, 1875, (ieorge Phifer
Erwin, son of Edward James Erwin. (See bilow.;
3. Adelaide Matilda, born February 6, 1855; died April 29, 1884;
married Hon. John J. Hemi)hill.
4. John Morehead, born Nov. 23, 1860.
5. William Waightstill, born Sept. 3, 1863.
III. Theodore Horatio, l)oni Sei)tember 11, 1817; died Oetober 3,
1832.
IV. Clark :\loultou, born Ortober 3, 1819; died Juue 19, 18G4; mar-
ried Elizabeth Tighlman Walton.
1. ]\Iartha, nuirried George Phifer, born Februai-y 10, 1841; mar-
ried June 8, 1870.
John Fddenwider, married IMary Newbold of Columbus, Ohio.
]\Ioulton Aveiy, married Mary Hardy of Spartanburg, S. C.
Sarah Carson.
Mary Hardy. , , , ■ : !■
George Erwin. ;
Moulton Avery.
Elizabeth Walton.
Thomas Carson. ' . ■ ■. ■ '^ ',: ..: :'.•
.■ Rebekah.
George Erwin, died in 21st year.
Edward William, Dr., married Sudie Presnell of iNIorganton, N. C.
Edward William.
Robert Presnell.
Isaac Avery, married Mary Allen of IIender.sonville, N. C.
Isaac Avery.
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jMarthu (ji(Uliug.s.
AValton Lenoir, married Carrie (ii^t (Iraliaia of l\oek\ Mount,
N. ('.
Walton Lenoir. ,,, ;.
Graliani, died in inraney.
JMaude, married I'letelier liOeke l>ro\vn, Dr. u,il (■■i.-.i i
Fletelier Loeke.
Robert Fnlenwider, married ^larie AleC'lain of S|)artan])ui'^', S. C.
Mary Wiifong, died 1910; married Donald \Vitiiers|.(M)i).
Lucine Leroy.
Lenoir, died in infancy.
Waiji'litstill Wintliroi>, married Sallie I'.rown of ( 'haltaiioo^^a,
Tenn.
U. Lloise, married Kev. -lames 11. Colton.
Lli/abeth.
Moulton A\er\'. ., ^ .. ',,.. ; ; -,; ;
• lames II., mari'ied in I 'alil'ornia. ^ . , ,._,,.■; ,,
Henry, mai-ried in Tennessee.
Willoughby. , , ,,,
Susan,
(dara.
lioger. married.
:: Isaae Thoimis, born ISoli; married (1) ]\Irs. Lillian Walton
Lurr.
(1) Walton.
(2) Isaae. (.lied in inl'aney. ■ •' ' ' ' '
(;}) Lillian.
(4) Kdward Staidey. ■ • , >
(5) Kli/.abetli, died in iid'aney.
:\larried (2) .Ahirgaret DuBo.se, daughter of Kev. MeNtdly
DuBose.
(6) Rosalie.
(7) jMeNelly DuBosc. • ■ . • ■ : Z'^-
(8) Isaae. ;..: .■ '
(D) Laura Pairo.
4. Laura, married John A. Gilnu'r of Neewton, N. ('. ; no ( hildren.
V. Thonms Lenoir, born ]\lareh Hi, Ls21 ; died Sei)tend)ei- 2:J, lsr)2,
unmarried, died in California.
VI. Leah Adelaide, born Deeeihber 20, 1S22- died danuai-y 20. 1897,
unmarried.
YIL ]\latilda Louisa, born October 4. 1824; died July :}. 182-1
VIII. Daughter, born I^Iay 8, 182G; died July 18, lS2(i.
IX. ]\larcus, born October 4, 1827; died February 22. 1828.
X. Isaac Krwin, born December 20. 1828; died duly A, 1863; killed
at Gettysburg.
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20S THE McDowells and connectioxs
XI. Mary Ann Martlia.-born May 20, 1831; died January 22. lh9U;
married' June 20, 1855, Joseph Franklin Chambers, burn October
19, 1812.
1. Harriet Erwin, born i^\-bruary 22, 185G; died January 20, 1889,
married June 10. 188-1, Fred Oertel.
Mary Adelaide, born April 2, 1885; died in ehiblhood.
Jean.
Hattie, married.
2. Isaae Avery, born Fel)ruary 2, 1859; died Jtme 4, 1859.
•.I Fraidi Avery, born August 5, 18G0; died Au^aisl 16, 1802.
4. Justina Corinmi, born June 17, 18G2; married June 19, 1894,
William Diekson (divorced;.
5. Lizzie Adelaide, born Sei)tember 18, 18G4; died SeittenduT 29,
186G.
G. Laura Eloise, born July 7, 18GG; died Sei)tember 22, 18(;G.
7. Catherine Lenoir, born November 29, 18G7; <iied 1914; mar-
ried Dr. C. E. Ross.
Catherine, died lf)lG.
Martba, married Marshall Boyee.
. Charles. ., . . ^ , , .
' j Robert.
8. William Pinekney, born January 30, 1871; married.
Gladys, and others.
9. Waigbtstill Moulton, born April 8, 1874; married July 12, 1899,
Annie Irene Byars.
Xll. Harriet Justina, born September 2, 1833; died January 13,
1902; married Auj^'ust 11. 1853, Pinekney Lrown Cliaiubi rs, born
Jainiary 28, 1821; died F.4)ruary 18, 1905.
1. Joseph Lenoir, born July 15, 1854; nuirried [\ ) Ki:ima !\lc-
1)0 well.
Rebeeea Brevard, born Oet()l)er 4, 1SS2; marrietl Thomas H.
Wright, born March 23, 1S79.
•Thonuis II., born March 9, 1909.
Ijeuoir Chambers, born February 24, 1911.
Rebekah Brevard, born 1917.
Robert Brevard.
Married (2) June 29, 4887, (iraee Singleton Dewc}-, born Oct.
31,1862.
Elisabeth Laev, born June 2, 1889; nuirried Ai)ril 2, 1913, Law-
rence S. Holt, Jr., born November 19, 1883. (See below.)
Josei)h Lenoir, born Deeend)er 2G, 1891.
Anne Dewev, born Mav 19, 1894.
Drury Lacy, born Aii-u.st G, 1902; die.l September 15, 1903.
^-' 2. Daughter, born Novendxr IG, 1855; lived two iKuirs.
:{. Soil. ]>f.rn Jul\- 12, 1850; lived one hour.
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THE MCDOWELLS AND CONNECTIONS 209
4. Daughter, born IMay 12, LS57 ; lived five hours.
5. Margaret Brown, born June 29, 1858; uiarrietl Xoveiuber 17.
1883, Kiehard A. Evans.
Ricliard Chambers.
Henry Lenoir, married Nellie May Alexander.
p]mily.
Lenelle.
Avery Washington.
George Lillington.
Margaret Justina.
G. Mary Erwin, born November 18, 18G0; died INIay IT), 188.'), un-
married.
7. Pinkney Avery, born December 21, 1862; died July 3U. 1904.
unmarried.
8. Henry Waightstill, born January 23, 1865; died I\Iarch 23. 181).').
unmarried.
9. Harriet Eloise, born January 11, 18G7; died February 18. IS* 7.
10. Edward ^^larsiuill, born December 18, 1872; ilied February
20, 1877.
11. Willoughby Erwin, born January 23, 1876.
XIII. Alplionso Calhoun. (See sketch Van Noppen's Uiugraphical
History of Nortii Carolina;. Horn Sei)tember 11, 1835. died June
13, 19i3; nuirried (1) February 27, 18G1, Susan Washington Mor-
rison. ,.. >^ ■ . ' ■ ■
1. :\lary.
2. Ilattie. married Oilmer Hrenizer.
3. Morrison U., dieil 1890.
Sudie, married ]\Ir. Ncff.
Children.
4. Susan Wjishington, m.iiried Tom S. McHei;.
Elizabeth Hunt, married June 19, 1915, Capus MdJer Wayuick
Alplionso. ■ !
Silas. •
5. Isaac Erwin, born December 1, 1871; died April 2, 1904. (See
sketch Van Noppen's Biographical History of North Carolina).
G. Alplionso Calhoun, married Mary Johnston of Birmingham,
Ala.
Johnston.
7. Alfred L. ' '
Married (2) February 1, 1889, Sallie Love Thomas.
1. Lenoir Thomas.
2. Gladys, married 1917, Charles \V. Tillett, Jr.
3. Edith.
XIV. Laura Mira, born November 15, 1837; died August 22, 1912.
unmarried.
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210 THE McDowells and connections
XV. Edward l)ull)cai-, horn ScptfiiiliiT -!(i, 1S;{<); dird Dtvcciiibcr ;il
1S48.
X\'l. Willouji-hby Ki-aucis. Ixuii May 7, 1>4;]; dird Xovniihcr 1^4,
1S7G; luarrieil (Ij Mattir d(.n;s.
1. Infaid.
.Mai-i-icd (2) IST.'), I.aura Alkiiisoii.
1. ^lotiltojj, iiiarrii'd' Eiuiiia Sliai-j-c
.Moidtuii.
Allciiso.
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Sydiiry Slaidiopc, the scv.-ntl, child uf William Wilhui-hhy Kv-
wiii and Matilda Sliai'ix', man-icd Carolina" Cai'son. Tli.-ir children
wiTc as follows :
1. Sallir, luarj'i.'d Dr. (ihnii.
Aiuddi'^ marric'd.
William, difd immani(.Ml.
Cari-ic, died uiiman'icd.
Dais.w married Charhs, of Xcw Ofh-aiis.
'riirce daiiiilitiM's.
2. Emily, mai'i'ird .Major llanultoii C'halmi'rs.
Sallit". married.
■'■ . Two sons.
3. .Mai-y, married Wasliiiijiton Hardy, son of 1i,t iiiielr l)r .) F
^ E. Hardy.
Ennna, nun-rietl Craw I'oi'd.
(3echlin<?.s, married Tcnnant, of Spartanhury, S. ('.
Lady -lane, nniiiarricih
.\ ': Daisy, married. ■•). ";;■.'' , .iu^- ^v.>^ ■ ■^.'■■' ■ '■
Thr idnlh ehild (d' William Willou-hhy Fiwin and .Alatilda
Sharpe was Mai--i-arel Caroline Slic was horn .\o\vnd»rr L', ISOI, and
<lird dniy L':], lS;n. She mai'iaed Krhruarv L'2, 1S21 damrs Ahddftt
^IrDowrll, an.l had the Follow mo cliildivn:'
1. Joseph Alhei'lo, horn D.crnd.er L'2, iM'l; .li,d Alaivh 10. 1^7.');
married Julia Pal ton.
1. Marpiret, married James Walton.
Anne, married dohn Alan^nm.
llnoh.
dames, nuirried Alice Collelt.
I Two childi'cn.
"' Lihi, mai'rie.l Leilh Cordon. ' " '• '"'•'' ' ' . i : •
^'-^ dames. ,'l.i> ' >
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Helen.
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Robert.
Julia, (lied ill infancy. '' "'"'■'
lliiyli, (lied ill childhood.
iMatlg'e, luari-icd (Jervais Gonlttii.
Five chikiren.
]\Ici)o\vell, uniuarricd.
Harriet, married (1) .Joe Laiuli.s.
]\far<i'aret.
Dorothy.
Annie.
I\rarried (2j :\lr. Yider.
.Married (3j Mr. .Mad(h-n.
^fargaret, tlieil in infancy.
Helen, died unmarried.
Two others died in eliildhood.
2. flosej)!), married Loula .Miui'hy.
Three children.
3. Lillie, marrieil Col. Clayton.
Several children.
4. Julian, married ]\Ir. Gamewell.
Joe.
]\rary Lillie.
5. William, married.
Three children.
6. Kate, married Dr.- Butt. , . ,
Jel.sie, married.
One girl.
Cecil.
II. William Wallace, born February, 1824; died June, 1893; mar-
ried Sarah Smith.
1. Gaston, married.
2. James, marrietl. , '.\
3. John, married ]\Iiss Siuith. • ■
4. Hamilton, married iKlla Cain.
4. Hamilton, marrieil.
5. Arthur. ^ , • . -
6. William. " " '
7. Robcn-t. , ■ , ,
8. Annie, unmarried. ' '
9. Mary, unmarried.
III. John Calhoun, born -luly 7. jyj.)- dud Anv.ii.i ' l>,(i, mir
ried Sarah Ann Erwin, daughter of ,)auies \']y\\\u ;iii>l .M;n-;ir.-l
Phifer. (See below.)
IV. Katherine Ann, born November, 182G; died June, 1898; mar-
ried :\Iontreville Patton, of Asheville. ,, . , .. '
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212 THE McDowells and connections
V. Margaret Erwin, born 1828; died 185!); married Marcus Erwin,
sou of her uncle, Artliur f.eander Erwin.
1. Hamilton, nuirried (1) J-:ii/.abcth Adnuis. ■■ •
Marcus.
JManiie, married Edmond lirady. . i i
^Mary. . '' ^ ■
.. Elizabeth.
Margaret. , ,. ;
Lawrrnce, married Atwood Hunt.
William.
Hamilton, died in childhood.
Samuel, died in childhood.
Ellif Woodrow, married William Diggle.
One boy.
Margaret Gordon.
Infant.
. Married (2) Margaret Sudderth.
Robert.
' William.
Hamilton.
Harriet
(,'ecelia. .
2. Arthur, died young.
3. William, died young.
The eleventh child of William Willoughby I'lrwin and Matilda
.Sharpe was Elizabeth Sharpe, born October 17, 1804; died May 30,
1859; married duly 13, 1830, P.urge.ss Sidney Oaither, born March
Hi, 1807; died Eebruary 22, 18!)1. Their children w.re as follows:
I. William, married Mary Mclntyre.
II. Delia Emma, born 183!J; jnarrie<l Dr. K. ('. Pearson. -•
1. Sanniel, married (1) Nannie Anderson.
(1) Nannie, married Ed Alexander. , '
(a) Jean. ' ' ,
(2) Erwin. ■ ' '
Married (2) Esther l']rvin.
2. Gaither, married Miss Holmes of Salisbury. '' -<,' '•
Four children. ' .. .:'■,
3. William, died November 25, 1915, unmarried.
4. Elizabeth, married Atwood Hunt.
Alwood, married Lawrence Erwin, son of Hamilton Erwin and
Elizabeth Adams.
5. Kobert ('.. mai-ried. . -
G. Cameron, died unmarried. ' ' -. v- e . . ; , ^ j ^
in. Alfred Haywood, man-ied Miss ("orrie Hoey. ', ; , , ''
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Sharpe was Edward Jones. lie was born ]\lareh 24, 180G ; died July
8, 1871; married Deeeniber G, 1837, Eli/.abelli ^\iin Pliifer, born De-
cember 3, 18U; died June 9, 181)0. Clranddaup^liter of :\Iartin I'liifcr,
Jr. Their ciiildren were as follows:
I. George Tliifer, born August 27, 18-10; died November 11, 11)11;
married October 20, 1875, Cora MoreiieaJ Avery, daught-r ol Wil-
liam Waightstill Avery and Corinna M. Mordu'ad. (^5r(' abo\cj.
1. Annie Phifer, born August 12, 187G; mai'ried Feir K Wni],
Fred Laxton, born August, 187;").
I'hifer, born December 21J, lUU-l; died, 1905. ,,,, , , :, .,
Joseph, born 190G.
Coriune, born August 1, 190S.
Fred, born Nov. 27, 1911.
Frwin, born July 20, 1912.
2. ("orinne, born Aug. 2G, 1879; marrietl Uerr Hoger.
(1) Derr, born December 29, 1900.
(3) ("orinna, born April 27, 1904.
(2) Phifer Frwin, born July 19, 1902.
(4) Gertrude, born ^larch 22, 1906. ' '
(5) William, born Oct. 9, 1910.
3. Addie Avery, born July 9, 1884; married Jan. G. 1917, Wilimm
Elliott AVhite.
4. Edward, born Oct. 10, 188G; married Aug. G, 1914, Mary
Brown.
Phifer, born June 11, 1915.
5. I'^loise, born August 1, 1888; nuirried August 11, 1914, Lpuis
lirown McKoy.
IP Mary Jones, born November 19, 1845; nmrrietl Noveud)er 19,
1874, James Mitchell Rogers, born August 21, 1844.
1. James Mitchell, born August 27, 1875; died April 14. 187G.
2. Anne Erwin, born September 5, 187G; dird August IG, 1877.
3. Thonuis Morris, born November 11, 1878; died ]\Iay 10, 1880.
4. Edward Erwin, born August 17, 1880; died April 14, 18.v2.
5. Francis Mitchell, born March 22, 1H83 ; married Oetobn- 5, 1910,
Annie Scales.
IIP Sarah Matilda White, born June 5, 1856; married ]\]ay 3, 1882,
Dr. George Moran, born September 30, 1839; died June 23, 1905.
1. Annie, iborn September 17, 1884. ..^ ,
2. Mary, born July 22, 1887. • ■■ >
3. Erwin, born Feb. 15, 1890.
We now come to tiu; family of Alexander, the fourth child and
third son of Nathaniel and Peah Julian Erwin. We have given above
a list of his children and will next trace the line of his second child,
Mary, familiarly known as "Pretty Polly." She was born Decem
ber 5, 1773, and married Rev. John McKemie Wilson, D.D., who was
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214 THE McDowells and connections
born ill 1769 and died in ls;51. ]\r was a man of great force of char-
acter and strength of inteUert. His preaching and teaching left a
great and lasting impression on the western i)art of \ortli C^arolina,
and the present strength of the i'resbyterian clmrch in some locali-
ties may be traced to his influence. For a complete account of his
life iind labors, the rea(h'r is referred to Foote's Sketches of North
Carolina. The desceinhnits of this couple were innuei-ous and jironii-
neiit. They are as follows:
I. John ]\lcKemie, Jr., l^-v., nuirrieti l)el|)liine Fox.
1. ]\Iary Ann, mari-ied Dr. Kohert X. ('. Tate, son of Dr. Samuel
Tate. (See below.)
2. Addie, married Saundei's.
Annie.
II. Josei)h Ilarvey, born September, IMIO; died Septeiidx'i-, 1S84;
married September 25, 1S;M, (1) Julia Adelaiiie I'atton.
1. Ivosa, dietl in infancy.
2. James Patton, born April ;',. IS)}? ; died April 4. 1!)()2; married
November 20, 1S77, Mi-s. Julia Wales Fi'win .\le.\| illan.
(1) John .AlcKemie, horn November 7. 187cS; died October 19
19U2.
(2) Jost'ph Ilarvey, born June 24, 1881 ; mariied February 14,
190G.
]\rinnie A. Asbnry.
Julia Adelaide, born April 4, 1907.
Amelia, born July 5, 1908.
" Cai'oline As])ury, born August 9, 1910.
Jo.sei)li Ilarvey, born December 20, 1913.
(;5) James Kossignol, born December ;{(), 1882; married Jan-
uary It!. 1901), f:va lloyt Hums.
Julia Wales, boi-n October 19, 1909.
James Patton, born Mai'ch 2(i, 191:5.
(4) Alexander lOi-win. born Septeml)er 20, 1884; married Sep-
tember, 1909. Maud.' Fvelyn Smith.
Alexander Frwin, born August 2:5, 1910.
', (5) Frank Wales, born Mav 10, I88(i; married Septi'nd)er,
1910. Peneloi)e :\lillner Sparkes. -. . ..
I'lojX' Willner Spark'es.
Alexander IMillner, born August 8, 1911.
3. Jo.seph Ilarvey, born 18;!8, died 190(i; imirried Mrs. F. Cald-
well Lillebel'ger.
Joseph llarvev 111, died aged 18. • ' ■' ' ' I '-i
Frank F., mnrri.-d an. I has chil.lren.
4. P.Mijannn Franklin, born IMI, .li.'.i .Miiy, ls79, unmaiM'i.'.l.
r>. Anna Patton, Ix.i'u Jnl\' 2s, l,s:54: .lied' August 2, 190(1; mar-
]-i.'d Jainiary If), iSliS. . lames William .Mo.ov. born .March 13,
18;{7; di.'d D.-cember 21, liM)2.
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^yi THE McDowells and connections 215
Harvey Wilson, born Novt'uibcr 11, 18G8; died January 9, 18G9.
Jolni i\roore, boi-n iMarcli lo, 1870; niarrird April 19, 190tJ. ^liw-
yari't Wallace Robertson.
Katherine Robertson, born IMarch 2, 1907.
Julia Adelaide, born July 14, 1872; married Novendjer 14, 1900,
William Mason Alexander.
Aiuui Wilson, born June 22, 1903.
Eliza Walton, born June 23, 1874; died September 8, 187G.
]\lary Wilson, born ^Fareh 17, 1877; married Ai)ril 15, 1902. Jo-
seph Fargo.
James Wilson, born February 27, 1879; married Febi-uary, 1912,
^largaret Lewis.
Frank Wilson, born February 5, 1880.
Harvey Wilson, born xMay 1, 1884; married Luey Ciratton Robert-
son.
Lucy Gratton, born Oetol)er 19, 1910.
Harvey Wilson, born 1914.
n. Jo.sepli Harvey, nuirried (2) December 9, 1846, Mary Louise Plii-
fer, born December 3, 1814, twin of Elizabeth Ann Pliifer.
1. George Edward, born Ai)ril 19, 1849"' married November 11,
1874, Bessie Witherspoon, born June 15, 1853.
Mary Louise,
Hamilton Witherspoon.
llarvey White, dietl in infancy.
Annie Witherspoon.
(h'orge Edward, Jr., born February 8, 1890; niarried October 27,
1915, Lida Rivers (Caldwell.
rihna Saunders, born 1917.
Sarah AVhite, born February 25, 1892; married John Tate.
lietty.
2. ]\Iary Ellis, born June 15, 1854; nuii'ried Deeendjer 7, 187G,
Gharles Earl Johnson, born August 13, 1851.
]Mary Wilson, born November 22, 1877; married December G, 1905,
Frank ^I. Kimbark.
Charles Earl, born August 14, 1878; died August 9. 1880.
Francis Lenox, born October 27, 1880; died December 14, 1881.
("liarle.s Earl, born Sej)tember 22, 1883,
Josei)liin(! Harvey, born October 23, 1882; died June 8. 1884.
Fanny Ilines, born DecenJjer 25, 1887; nuirrit'd Mearcs Harris,
^feares Harris.
111. Siirah Robinson, born April 28, 1799; died Octnl)er 22. lsG4:
married William Elliott Wliile, born Januaiy 12, ISOiJ: died Frb-
ruary 11, 18G5.
1. Joseph Harvey, ))orn December 24, 1S24; died :\Iay 12, 1SG4:
nuirried October IG, 1850, Sandi Vouu'j:.
No eiiildren.
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2. Mary Martha, bora October 31, 1827; (liinl .Jiiur 1, 1^71); mar- \
ricd April 10, 1849, William Fuk'iiwiiicr riiif.r, died December ^
27, 1882; boru February 13, 180!).
William White, boru February 15, isr.O; di. .1 JuI.n 22. 1914; ^,|
married Ai)ril 30, 1907, Mrs. i\Ioutro,se l)a\idso;i Iv, iihcv '|*|
No children. "1
RolKTt ISmitli, boru May 9. 1852; died ►Septeinl-cr 12. 1910; mar- ^
ried March 18, 1874, I.sabelle Iluut ^IcOehr. \ '
Wilhehuiua (Jleu, boru February 19, 187-'), marrud Joseph \^
Giles. *
Thouuis McGehee, boru May 19, 1878'- uuirriiMl ,Jaui,- Childs. '^'
Two g-irls. I^j
'■' RobiTt, Jr., boru August 4, 1883; married. v
]\Iinu, boru Deeendjer 8, 188G; married Prof. .Shed).
Belle, boru Deceuiber 8, 188G; died September 25, l8,s7.
Dieudouue Locke, boru March 27, 1884; married Tiiouui.s Lips-
couibe. ;^
Adelaide White, boru May 21, 1854; died August 15, 1S55. ;|
George Martin, boru February 18, 1856.
Mary Wilson, liorii Noveiuber 21, 1857; married June 20, 1882,
Martin Clifton (^uiuu. ,}
Infant son, boru March, 1883. '
■ Marjorie, born May 20, 1884; died Novetuber 12, 1885.
■' Janet, boru June 21, 1886.
William Phifer, boru Apnl 20, 1888.
Clifton, boru August 6, 1890. « " . v
Cordelia White, born August 26, 1859.
.To.seephiue Harvey, born June 29, 1861; luarried Oclober 13,
1880, William Gilmore Duraut, boru Deecuiber, 185(;; died
-"•;. Februaiy 5, 1884.
::>^ ^ Mary Martha, boru August 4, 1881; died March 27, 1885.
■' Willie (iilmore, born September 10, 1883; mai'ned Septembe,
,. ve 12, 1905, James Alden Houston.
. , Josephine Phifer, l)orn March 1, 1908.
George Phifer, l.-oni Nov. 22, 1909.
James Aldeu, boru Jauiuiry 6, 1912.
Edward White, bom May 8, 1864; married April 27, 1^93. Annie
Elizabeth Adams.
3. xMargaret Adelaide, born Aug. 10, 1829; died Juiu' ;», 1893.
married (1) Abram C. Steel, boru Fel)ruary 22, 1855; died June
3, 18G3.
Sarah White, born March 12, 1856; married ^Nlay 16, 1876, David
Parks Hutchison, boru March 6, 1853.
Adele White, born February 22, 1877; died March 21, 1907;
married June 21, 1905, (.Muirles F. Dalton, born Noveuiber 27,
1871.
Parks Hutchison, born June 4, 1906.
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THE MCDOWELLS AND CONNECTIONS 217
Anuie Parks, born October 13, 1878; married 1917. William
E. Parker.
Selene, born February 19, 1880; married January. 1915,
Charles F. Daltou.
Susie Nye, born August 24, 1891.
]\Iargaret Adelaide, married (2) October 15, 1873, Col. Thos.
II. Brem; died July 25, 1876.
No children.
4. Sarah Cordelia, bom July 15, 1831; died September, 1(S()4;
married Ai)ril 30, 1861, Col. Lewis Slaughter Williams, born De-
cember 25, 1825; died June 24, 1915.
Slaughter Williams, born December 25, 1825; died June 24, 1915.
Sarah Adelaide, born July 1, 1862; married September 9, 1900,
Joseph P. Caldwell, born June 16, 1853; died November 22,
1911.
Adelaide Pearson Caldwell, born January 4, 1902.
5. John McKemie, born April 15, 1833; died May 13, 1877; mar-
ried October 28, 1875, Adeline Elizabeth Allison, born .March 26,
1852.
No cliildren. ,
6. William Edward, born March 15, 1835; died November 9, 1861 ;
married October 16, 1860, Sallie Caldwell.
Edith, born June 24, 1862; died March 14, 1864. •
7. Samuel Elliott, born February 22, 1837; died March 4, 1911;
married November 21, 1866, Esther Phifer Allison, born Novem-
ber 27, 1843; died April 8, 1903.
Annie Washington, born March 20, 1868; died Octolnr IS, 1873.
William Elliott, born February 20, 1871 ; died Janiuiry 25, 1875.
Grace Allison, born November 14, 1873; died April 30, 1907;
married December 28, 1892, Leroy Springs.
Elliott White, born July 31, 1896.
8. James Wilson, born December 25, 1840; died July 12, 1887;
Adelaide, born August, 1877; died August, 1877.
8. James Wilson, born December 25, 1840; died July 12, 1887;
married April 26, 1871, Emma Virginia Holt, born ]\Iarch 28,
1847, died Feb. 9, 1904.
Joseph Harvey, born October 19, 1875; married November 19,
1902, Grace Pomeroy, born December 3, 1876.
James Wilson, born May 29, 1914.
William il<]lliott, born October 19, 1877; married January 6,
1917, Addie Avery Erwin.
Edwin Holt, born June 26, 1880 ; died March 27, 1908.
Madeline, born September 10, 1886; married November 1, 1911,
Philip Ralnn Carlton.
Emma White, bom August 3, 1912. - ;, ;,- ,^,.i ' ;;
Jane Singleton, born July, 1914.
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<). J)avi(l Jlutc'hisoii, honi Dcrcinbci- 27, l.s4:}; dir.l April, 190.1.
uiiuuirried.
iV. Al.'xaiuln- Ei'wiii, K.-v., I.oni I ),M-tMiil)ri- 11, ISO:!; di,,! OctoluT
13, 1S41; iiuui'U'd NowihImt 11, 1S;U, Alary Jaiir Smillicy, born
November 13, lcSl3; died September IS, lcS3G.
1. Martha iSmitliey, bom January 15, 183ti ; died February 1, 190G;
married September'l/J, 1850, Boiling- Anthony Sto\all. boi-ii Au-
^- gust 19, 1S27; died'Auyust 28, 1887.
(1) Pleasant Alexander, born duly lU, 1857; married .Jan. 7,
1885. .Mary (ianald, born Au>^ust 1. 1908; died .Mareh 2!l,
^ 1911.
fSarah Adams l>uekley, born Novendjcr 24, 18S5; mai-ried Octo-
ber 29, 1907, IJurton Cunninj^ham .Mason.
Pleasant, born Alareh 4, 1895. ,, ■ ■
Joseph Ganahl, l)orn Januaiy 25, 1901.
(2) Jeainiie Wilson, boi-n l)eeend)er KJ. 1858; marrii-tl Dt'ceiu-
ber 15, 1880, Albert 'roond).s DuPose.
Robert Toond)s, born November 14, 18S1; died XoVfiidicr IG,
1881.
Julian Toombs, born Oetolx-r 17, 1882; died l)(cend)ii' 20. 1883.
i\rattie Wilson, boi-n February 7, 1885.
Dudley :\lelver, born Otoeber 9, 188G; died May 8. 1890.
Boiling Stovall, born January 19, 1889; marrird November G,
1915, Alinnie Thomas.
Jeannie Smit'hey, born May 11, 1891 ; married August G, 1912,
]\Iarion Ilendrix Allen.
j' JNlarion Ilendrix, born Novt-mber 4, 1913.
(3) Erwin Wilson, born October G, ISGO; dieil .May IG. 18G1.
(4) Lizzie Dearing, boi'ii Mai'tdi 19, 18G2; married June 5,
1883, Robert William Pandun.
Edgeworth, boi'u Julv 4, 1884; marrii'd Sarah llunb^r (u^rdine,
June 7, 1911.
(5) Nellie, born Mareh 9. 18G4; married April 11, 18SG. Pillups
Phinizy.
Ann liarrett, born Februaiy 2G, 1887; married Novend)er 10,
1910, Ihuumond Johnson.
, ' Billups Phinizy, born August 28, 1911. •■ : i
• '■'■■-"■ Nell Polling, born January 29, 1915.
Boiling Stovall, Ijorn March 18, 1888; married h'ebruary 7.
1912, Hughes Spalding.
Jaek Johnson, born February 7, 1913.
INIartlia Susan, boi-n IMay 3, 1890; married September 1, 1915,
Le Roy Percy.
Nellie Stovall, born Sei)tend)er 3, 1894. ,r,,, ;■ ;
Louise Calhoun, born October 18, 190G.
• ' ■' (6) Polling Anthonv, born September 29, 18G8; died July 29,
1892.
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THE MCDOWELLS AND CONNECTIONS 219
(7) Verner Moore, born Jainiary 19, 1874; died June 12, 1874.
(8) Harvey, born August 28, 1878; married December 22, l'J09,
Sarah Fannin Foster.
Julia Floyd, born August 22, 1910.
IV. Alexander Erwin, married (2) 18:39, Mary Ilardeastle.
V. Harriet Ann, born August 3, 1818; died April 7, 1850; nuirried
December 8, 1835, Kiehard C. Carson.
1. .Martha, born Mareh 29, 1837; dii-d August 9, 1838.
2. Pa\d, born July 11, 1838; dii-d September 1, 1840.
3. .Mary Alice, born IMarch 13, 1841; died April 24, 1843.
4. Ella Rose, born IMarch 1, 1843; died March G, 1S7:); married
Sejjtendjer 22, 18G8, Byron Lendy.
liyron Carson, born July 30, 1NG9; dii-d January 9, 1901.
Kiehard Carson, born April 30, 1871; died April 8, 1871.
Emmie Steele, born August 18, 1.S72; married Jiiiic 21), 1902,
Alfred William Drown.
Byron Lendy, born March 5, 1904; died August 5, 1904.
Ixiehard liarringer, born August 19, 1873; died Novendjer 23.
1893.
5. Adelaide Wilson, born IMay 20, 1845; died Deeeendjer 2, 1850.
6. Sarah White, born Afay 25, 1847; died October 31, 1S50.
7. James Wilson, born February 27, 1850; died August 8, 1850.
VI. Mary Erwin, born 1813, died December 27, 1855; nuirried Jan-
uary 16, 1834, James .Smith Chambers.
1. John, born Novendjer 5, 1834; died July 13, 1803, unmarried.
2. :\Iargaret Octavia, born August 13, 1830; nuirried Dr. Henry
Ernest Heiniteli.
Ei'uestine, nuirried Sanniel Barksdale Jones.
Ernestine, married Franii Perndl.
Ernestine.
Sarah. '''-''[ -" ' '" ''
Frank.
Lottie Lee, married Guy LeBrie.
Oetavia.
Sanmel. •■-' ; .
Theodora.
3. Harriet Eugenia, born IMareh 16, 1835; married Frederick
Fanning.
Frederick Deveau, liorn April 28, 1861; marrieil Febi-uary, 1902,
Annie Rawls.
Frederick Devean IT, born November, 1902.
Elizabeth Fullerton Fanning, born January 15, 1863; married
February 20, 1894, Dr. Hamilton Mooi'e Weedoii.
I'^anning Weedon, borji October 16, 1896; married May S, 1915,
Emmi(! Sams Webster.
Theodora Wagner, boi-n October- 23, 1864; married (1) Api-il 7,
1886, Edwin Adolphus Heart, died Juiu- 21, 18;i2.
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Married (2) November 24, 1897, William IMonta^ie Jones. j
Henrietta Marian, born Mareh 22, 1868; married June 22, 1892, j
Edwin C. Murray. H
Eugenia Fanning, died aged 2. ■ j
Four other children, died young.
4. Mary Adelaide, born October 13, 1839 ; died December 12, 1861 ;
married Arthur Fogartie. ,;
^ Mary Adelaide, born December 12, 1861 ; married Dr. George W. '^
V Ileinitch. m
Octavia, married Mr. Kenney. ^ . ; '■ <. m
Emily, married Stanford Ilalliday. P
\. Adelaide, married Mr. Gregory. >^
George. ' h'^
5. James Harvey, born May 1, 1841; died July 22, 1859. ;:
6. Sarah White, born May 7, 1843; died November 7, 1904; un- •%
married. m
7. William White, bom March 25, 1853; died April, 1914; mar- J
ried. |
Charles D. Chambers, born 1893. |
VII. James Erwin, married (1) Elizabeth Kerr. ^
1. Maiy Kerr, born 1828, married James Collier. ';:
Harriet Adeline, died 1883; married Thomas Botiivvell. i
Kate, died at age of 8.
Kate Caroline, naarried Walter Brem. K
2. Harriet Adeline, married Henry Paul Rossignol. '■"
Kate, died unmarried.
Henry Paul, married. ' ''
Paul E.
Emily, unmarried. •
Andrew Kerr, died, no children. •>
Samuel Kerr, married. . . '^
One daughter. ''.:- ■,,-. ■ v
Caroline, married. . j^,,,
Two children. ;' '
Louis, married. 1^';,;
Daughter. : , , -.
Louise, married. ' -- ' ' ' V ' ^ ' ■ • . .' )' .
Two children. J*^
Harriet Adelaide, married. J
Three children. ' ^ ^f
Estelle, unmarried. ' '" ' in, -. |
Clio.
Elizabeth, married ; no children, *
Five children died in infancy.
3. Kate Caroline, born October, 1833 ; died Deecember, 1881 ; mar-
ried October 27, 1864, George Thomas Barnes, born August 14,
1833; died October, 1901. ,«
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THE McDowells and connections 221 >
i
Ella Carson, born July 15, 18G7 ; marrieJ October 19, 1892, Will "':
liaui Hale Barrett. i
George Barnes Barrett, born July 1, 1894. §
John Andrew, born December 31, 18G8; married 1902 Charlotte !
lii'becca Jones. ■
John Andrew, born January 22, 1904. '
Robert Goodwin, born S'^'ptember 1, 1914. . I
Adeline Rossignol, born August 8, 1874. >
VII. James Erwin, married (2) ]Mrs. Elizabeth .
1. Octavia, born October, 1848; married March 5, 1885, George
Barnes.
2. James Erwin, married (1) Florence Aldred.
Married (2) Frances Reynolds.
Two children ; both dead.
VIII. Margaret Wilson, married John W. Means.
1. Sarah, married Andrew W. Flinu, born 1815
Mary E., born 1844, died 1880; married Wm. U. McCormack,
born 1843.
Mary W., born 18G5 ; married C. C. Faust.
Walter, born 1889.
Hazel, born 1894.
Lee, born 1896. • , ■
Andrew, born 1899.
Richard, born 1901.
Ruth, born 1904. '''^""
Mary, born 1906.
Harvey L., born 1871, died 1907; married Nellie Sullivan, born
1874.
Helen C, born 1896. ,,. lii Ti - .U ■— '<'; •
Harold, born 1899.
Harvey L., born 1901.
Helen Octavia, born 1876: married Rev. Harris Eilliott Kirk,
born 1872.
Harris Elliott, born 1898.
Mary Louise, born 1901.
Helen Lueretia, born 1903.
Florence Olivia, born 1877; married Dr. G. D. Waller, born
1870.
George Reid, born 1902.
Florence McCormack, born 1906.
Andrew Flinn, born 1878; married (1) Irene ~-
Helen, born 1897. ;. '. - i
Willi. 'r, born LS!)8; died young.
^ran•ie.l (2) Nellie . , ., ^ • .,,,:,
Werdun.
Earle. •
Harvey.
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222 THE McDowells and connections
Annie Rv'ui, Imra ISTJJ, died 1901.
Jiev. J. William, horn 1847; uiarrii'd .lane Sniytlie. horn 1848,
JMargaret S., l)oni 187G; inarried I'ruf. (leor^v Howe.
Jean !S., born ISTT.
Sarali Wilson, born 1879; married M(d)avid ilorton.
One or two ehildrm.
Nellie C, born 1884; nmrried Lonis \V. (iilland.
Sue, married.
Sniythe.
Key. Harvey Wilson, lioi'ii KSod; nuiri'ied .Mary Lonise Adger,
born 1848.
No ehildrcn.
Henrietta Oetavia, boi'n l8r)L!; married .\ll)rrt lliiil.
A'nna ^loss, born 1877; married Emiiiett O. 4'iiiiier.
' Ennuett O.
Son, died in infaney.
Marietta, born 1879 ;"iuarrieil Grey d. ilnfiman.
Dorothy, born 1899.
Grey J., died in infaney.
Louise, died in infaney.
Albert B., tlied young.
Betty, married
Emma, born 1854; dietl in childhood.
IX. Isaac, married Wallace.
1. James, died of consumption.
James Erwin, the eldest son and third child of .Mexandei- ami
Sai'ali liobinson, Erwin, was l)orn l^'ebi'iary l'"J. 177.'). and died Sep-
tember 8, 1848. He married dannaiy 7, l.s()8, Alai-.nvt Tliifer, who
was born Decembi'r 7, 178G, and died March 10. ls7(). She was 'die
daughter of JNIartin IMiifer, dr., of iievolulionary fame, and l']li/.al)eth
Locke. They had seven childi'eii, as ft)llows:
1. William Crawford, horn August 1, 1809; dii'd 1^70: married (1)
Matilda Walton.
1. (dara, married Thomas ?ilcint\'re.
]\Iatilda, married James 11 ines.
Thonms, married Annie Laurie Kamsey.
.'* James.
^Marion.
' .' Ida Erwin, mari'ie(t Adrian Daniel. ., / . ;, ;,i ,.^ ,.
Nathan, nun'ried.
Clara.
Aiuia Elizabeth, died .May, 1909; maiTied lUAun L. .McCon-
lUghey, died Dee.inber, 1891'.
( 1 ) William I'lrw ill, married Sliellon riilnaiii,
Joe, mari'icd lOst her ( 'are\-, ,^,, ,
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THE MCDOWELLS AND CONNECTIONS 223
William Erwiii, mai-ried Naiinii' Jiuie.
Son.
^la([y,'(', died February lU, l'J14; inarried vMcxaiulir Avery
William Erwiii.
LouisL'.
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(.'}) Laura. ,;
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{()} lOtta Gra}', married Flovd Hanks. ' ., ,,
Floyd.
Loeke Erwin.
(7) l{ol)ert Ij., born October 14, 1872; luaiTied July 7, DIG,
Lizzie Perkins, borji June 27, 1874.
Perkins, born June 27, 1874.
3. Laura, nmrried Capt. IMartin Jones. No ebildren.
4. Euuna Ilenriette, born May 24, 1894; died February 17, 1900;
married Sei)t. 21, 1870, Judge John Gi-ay Pynum, horn February
If), 1842; died August 7, 1902.
. 5. Ella Matilda, nuirried (leorge Green.
Henrietta, imirried William Cai'ter. , ,
Laura.
Erwiu Green, nmrried Fitzhugli II. Wallace.
William.
Ella Erwin, married Ernest Nadell. \ ,
Edwaril.
John, married Gertrude Pciiieks.
George. i >
jMarried (2) Mrs. Lorretta Gaston; no children.
jMarried (3) Catherine llappoldl.
G. Sara Margaret, nuii-ried Fdward Reid.
William Erwin, dietl young.
Kegina, born April 28, 1894. ^' '
7. Evelyn, married Herbert- Walton ; Jio children.
II. Josei)h J., born Jamuiry 27, 1811 ; died Novend)er 20, 1879; mar-
ried .^lay 9, 1847, Elvira Jane Holt, born November 2ti. 1S24: died
August 24. 1903. (See sketch in \'au Xopi)en's Liographieal His-
tory of North Carolina, Vol. Vli.)
1. Mary Louise, born May 23, 1848; uiinuiriie«l.
2. Lizzie iMatihla, burn M'arch 21, iS.jO; uiiman-ie.l.
3. Margaret Locke, horn Mai'cli 7, 187)2; died .\|)i-il 20. 1918;
nmrried April 2, 1872. Lawrenc;' S. Holt, horn .May 17, 18.')!.
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224 THE McDOWICLLS AND CONNIDCTIOXS
(1) Erwin Allen, born Noveruber 11, 1873; niarrictl June 16,
1903, Mary Warren Davis, born February 24, 18G6.
(2) Eugene, born Auj^^ust 31, Ibl')- married Oetuber 2;'), 1905
Edna Barnes, born dune 2>S, 1880.
b]dna, born July 26, 1909; died June 24, 1910.
Marion Ball, born SepU-niber 19, 1910; died October 10, 1910
Margaret Ball, born September 19, 1910; died October tJ, 1911,
Anne Erwin, born Se{)tember 30, 1914.
(3) Emily Farisli, born May 14, 1877; died Sej>tember 13, 1882
(4) Margai-et Erwin, born Xov(Mnber 15, 1879; married Octo-
ber 27, 1908, llowaril llaiiies Eowry, born October 31. 1878.
Margaret Holt, born December 18, 1910.
(.3) Florence Elvira, born April 8, 1881; married Ai)ril 26
1905, Walter Brooks, bom Sei)tember 18, 1870.
INIargaret Erwin, born April 14, 1913.
(0) Lawrence S., Jr., born November 19, 1883; married (1) De-
cember 5, 1905, p:iizabeili S])encer Bill, born Marcli 20 1883;
died March 4, 1909.
Infant son, bom February 28, 1909.
Married (2) April 2, 1913, Elisabeth Lacy Chambers, born June
2, 1889.
Infant son, born .May 20, 1914.
Lawrence S. Ill, born June 19, 1916 • died August 10, 191G.
(7) Bertha Harper, born September 12, 1888; marri.d April
20, 1909, Rufus Wheelwright Clark, Jr., born December,
Kulus Wheelwright III, born May 23, 1911.
Lawrence Holt, born February 12, 1916.
4. (,'orinna Morehcad. born .Mai'eh 24, 1854; married April iG,
1879, John (^uiuton (lant. boi-n July 18, 1847.
. (1) Joseph I'h'win, horn Feb. (i, 1880; married June 15, 1910,
Mamie I'antier.
rioseph I'h-win. Jr., hoi-u h'cbnuu'y 3, 1912.
■- Eli;^abeth (lilmcr, l.oi-n Frbi-uary 11, 191G.
Graham, bor;i Sej)! cmhcr :U), 11)17.
;:. (2) Kenneth. Inn-]! October. 18S] ; married June 17, 1914, Sue
; Hodge Dislniian, born SipUinbei-, L'^iH).
1 .. (Jorinna Erwin, born D. ceuJ)er 15, 1915.
1 (3) Jessamine, hoi-ii Augusi 2S, 1SS3.
. (h John (^uiiiloii, horn .Uigust, 18^5.
(5) liogel-. boi-Ii Xowinl), i- 20, 1SS7.
,•(. (Gi ('i)i-iniia llarpd', ]>"ni .\ugusl 27, 1889. ' > > ''.,
' •. (7) Ldwin Ibill, l„.i-ii .\pril 11, 1^91.
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THE McDowells and connections 225
5. William Allen, born July 15, 185ti; married October 23, 1889, t;
Sadie Lyell ISmedes. }>
(,]) Bessie Smedes, born July 11, 1891; married Uet()l)er 23,
1915, Hamilton ('hamberlain Jones. ^
Hamilton Chamberlin, Jr. \
(2) IMargarct Locke, bom April 22, 1893; married November !
18, 191 G, Jack Cijenn. ||
(3) William Allen, Jr., born April, 189G; married March 10, '!
1917, llallye Louise Barton. 1
(4) Sarah Lyell, born January, 1898; married April IG, 1918, ;
Hargrove liellamy. ',
G. Adelaide Simiana, born Ajjril 29, 1858; married October 12,
1881, Tbomas Peyton iMoore, born 1859.
(1) Addie Erwin, born August 29, 1883; married October 4, '
190G, J. B. Bowen, born 1875.
J. B., Jr., born March 14, 1908.
(2) Bessie Neeley, born November 14, 1885; married October
12, 1905, Wilson Tate.
Elizabeth. ^ , ■
Claude. .
(3) Maurice, born 1887, died 1887.
(4) IMargaret Locke, born November, 1889; married Novem-
ber 15, 1913, Tod Kobin Brcm.
(5) Thomas Peyton, Jr., born Febniary 24, 1894.
(G) Joseph, burn 189G.
(7) Corinna, born August, 1899.
7. James Locke, born Ai)ril 3, 18G0; marrieil October 5, 1892, Ida
May Taylor,
(1) James Locke, Jr., born February 3, 1894; died July, 1907.
(2) Joseph, born July, 1895; died February, 1897.
8. Edward Holt, born Decendx-r 11, 18G1 ; died October 12, 18;;3.
9. Je.s.se llari)er, born March 3, 18G4; married November 7, 1895,
Eleanor Drane Haynes. ,,
(1) Mary Haynes, born Octoi)er 27, 189G.
(2) Eleam)r, born February G, 1898.
(3) Josephine, born I\Iay, 1S99. ' .;. :•
(4) Jesse Harper, born 1900.
(5) Eugene Haynes, born 1904.
10. Claudia Josephine, born -October G. 1865; married October 14,
189G, Edward Knox Powe, born January 19, 18G4.
(1) Edward Knox. Jr., born Oct(J)er 28, 1S98.
(2) Claudia Erwin, born Angust 23, 1908.
n. Jo.-vph Ernest, born l),MTinl),.r 24, ISC?; marri.'d June 30,
190^. Su.van Chirk, ii-rii .luh. 1-75.
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THE .McDowells and connections
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III. Martin Pliifer, l)oni Maidi 1;}, 1S1;5; died Sri.huihn' -J.l, ls72; ;
iiian-ird (1) Jaue lluic of Salisbury, X. ('. f
1. -Ios('i)li, born A])ril 12, iS:)!); dird in Civil War. %
•J. . lames Rowan, born Dccciuhn- !), 1S41: died in Civil War. ^'
:'. William Turner, boi-n .Mart-li ]2, lS4;j; li\in,Li a1 ('(ilnmiiia, Temi.
A. Scott, born iMareli ;3(), \M').
.'). lUeiiau, born March ."), Is47.
.Miirrifd ( L' ) May (5, IS.VJ, Louisa IMaekman. '''
(i. Elizabeth, died bSlif). v
7. Marg-aret, marric.l (iabiiil K. Ilouscr. \
Annie Lou, married dodir JJell .Martin. :
Maro-aret .May.
Jodie Hrll.
William. ■ "'^'
Elizabeth l>ro\vn, married Anson lilake Veaycr.
Charles Erwin. 4.
Lruin. I;
b'ranees Burton. ^
S. Kufiis King, born Mav IS. 1S.'),S; marrieil .Mai\ Ellen SinoJetoii. T
Annie May, married William Lee Ely. " |
Martin ('\-ril. ;C'
' Floyd Sinjilt'ton.
Margaret Elizabeth, married Edwin Thomas rJones.
Ellen Erwin.
Josejjh liufus, married Katie Margari't Peters.
Hazel Clair, nuirried John Earner.
Verna Kowena.
Erank Craig.
.Martin PhitVr.
y. .\nnie, marrii-d William Seneca Sutton.
Herbert Hill. ^ ,
■' Lillian h'ancemi. ' ■ ■
IV. Elizabeth Phit'ci-, born O.-tnb.'r 12S, IMT); mairied \^:\i>, Hon.
Burton Ci'ai-e, born .Abireh 1:!. L^ll; di.d Decendiei' JO, LS7r).
L James Alexander, major in Conre.jeralr Arm\, horn Deeemljer
19, 1841; died June, llilJ; marii.d Mary Wdliamsou; moved to
j\laiiiy County, Teiin., in 1SS7.
, James Alexander.
John AVilliamson.
Kerr. 1
Annie.
.Mary.
2 Ken-. Captain in Con fe,|erate .\i-my, born .March II. isb!: died
Septendier 'J, IIIOI; married Xovend'.er iL', l^TJ. Jo:>e|.hin.' Lav,
rence l5ran.-li, die.l .\|;iy. 1>S,-..
Xannie. died Oelol.ei- ,s. l^lKs.
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THE McDowells and connections 2t~
Francis Burton, died 1918. , . . ^ i^^,
Jane Henderson.
Braneli, niarrifd Elsie Koldbury.
Jiraneh.
Josei)liine, married 1DU7, JJr. William Clarence Kliittz.
Josephine Craige. ;. ' ..
Jane i\larlin.
Elizaljeth Erwin, marrieil 1909, John E. Ramsey. ...
Kerr Craige. ..,.,■
Kerr,
William, tlietl in infancy.
3. Margaret Erwin, died in infancy.
4. Francis Burton, born ^larch, 1S4G; died Ma\-, \\)\'o\ married
1877, Frances Williams; moved to Maury ('ount>', Tenn., I8()tj.
James Burton.
Archibakl Williams, married Nora Hill.
Three ehihlreii.
]\Iary Dale, married Horace A. Armstrong.
Elizabeth Young, married JNIadison iMcFerrin.
Frances Craige.
Frank.
Frances Williams, married Pride Toudinson.
5. ]\Iary Elizabeth, marrietl Alfred B. Young. •
Elizabeth Craige.
Frances Burton, died Septendjer, 1904.
Amne Craige, dietl iMay a, 1885.
jNfary Erwin.
G. William, died in infancy.
7. Annie Erwin. born .March 27, 1852; marrit'tl October 5. 1880,
John P. Allison, born August 22, 1848.
Y. Alexander, born ]March 12, 1818; unmarried.
VI. George Washington Phifer, born April 0, 1822; uuiri-ied Laura
^largaret Henson, daughter of Freeland Henson ; went to Bedford
County, Tenn.
1. Laura Theresa, married William Rankin.
Erwin and several other children.
2. Ah'xander, married.
3. William, married. ■ ' ' •■' ■^■^■■•: < ■ ■
One child.
4. Martin Phifer, mai'ried. '
Two children.
5. iMargarct, married Thornton.
(). (jeorge.
7. i\Iary Let;.
8. Robert p]. L.
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228 THE McDOVVKLLS AND CONNECTIONS
ried Dr. John Calhoun iMc-Dowell, born Jiilv 7, 1825; diod Augriist
2, 187G.
1. James Erwin, born April 29, 1854; inarrird 18*JG, Cordelia
West.
2. Margaret Erwin, born February 17, 1856; unmarried.
;j. Williani, born April l(j, 11)05 ; nian-i.-d Novendi^i- L'li, issi. j^^liza-
beth Milne, died June; 25, 18!J4.
(1) William, bor'u Sei)teniljer 12^ 1S8G; mai'iied Mdna (Joode.
(2) John, horn ()ct(d)er !), 1888; di.'d Aiiku-I 18, lilll; un-
mai'i'ied.
(3) Annie, born h'ehruary 22, USUI; married ()clot)er 2:{, 1912,
• Dr. Edwaril M. (.'ayle.
■ Margaret Eli/.abetli, born Se[)tember 7, 19i;5.
' (4) Ely.
' (5) J<:iizabeth Milne, nuirned Alexander Ahei'iiathy.
4 John Calhoun, mai-ried Septcnnber b, 18!);5, l<jltie (libson.
Twin, died in infani-y.
Twin, died in infancy.
Sarah iMargari.'t, died aged (jiie year.
John, born July 15, 1!>0:}.
Frank, born August 20, 1!K)G.
5. Elizabeth Craige. boi'n -lanuary 2, 1S(!2.
G. Frank, born May 30, 1SG5; mari'ied Septemb. i-, ls9l, I'^lla -Jones
Joseph, born October 1, 1895.
Eloisc, born July 17, 18!)8.
Mary Moffett, born April 14, 1901.
.Mildred, boi-n 190(;.
7. Kate, born March .'Jl, l8(iS: married Fil)ruar> 21. Is!) I, Huyli
Theodore Newland.
llugli Theodore, born .May 2ii, l.s95; dieil .Miiy 2(i, l.s!)i;.
Erwin M(d)(.\vell, bmn Oetobei- 2, 1S95; died .\|ii-il, IM)!)
Margaret Mcd)()\\ell, born -lanuary 15. ls!»s.
Children of Margaret l-n'win and Ihigii Tate:
Dr. Samuel Tat.-, married i I i .Mrs. Kli/abeth Tal- Cillilan.l: (2)
.Martha Jones, daughter of liamillon -)one.^.
1. Sanuiel Wistar, attorney, uinuai-ried.
II llobert \. C, Dr., married Mar\ la/./.ie Wilson, daughter (»f Rev.
.iohn .McK. Wilson, Jr.
1. Addie, married Dr. Karbour of Con/ales. Texas.
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2. Wislar, Dr., unm,, iia.'.! ,, "
:5. Mary Wilson, marrie.l.
4. Samu(4.
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III. Julia E., married Dr. Jamo3 F. Cain.
1, James F., died unmarried.
2. ]\Iary Ruffin, married R. (Jilelirist Tre.svant, of Tampa, Fla.
^lary.
Julia.
R. Gilchrist, Jr.
D. II., married Cicely $t. Clair.
Cicely.
Elizabeth.
Pet^'r J.
James Cain.
3. Elizabeth Tate, married Charles llinton.
David, died young.
James Cain, died young.
Bessie.
4. William Sterling married Seeunda Valina ol" llerquita, S. A.
5. Julia Tate, married Judge James S. Manning of Raleigh, N. C.
John Hall.
James S.
Frederick C.
Julia Cain.
Annie Louise.
Sterling Cain.
6. Susan Marshall, married J. M. Green.
J. M., Jr.
Bessie Cain.
Julia Tate.
7. Annie, married Robert Riifus Bridgers of Wilmington, .\. ('.
Annie Preston.
Emily Norfleet.
Robert Rufus, Jr.
Elizabeth.
8. Samuel Robert, married.
Minnie.
Frederick.
Robert.
William.
IV. William Lucius, attorney, married Robina Willis; no children.
V. John jNIarshall, married IMary Love.
Hugh, maried Daisy .
Vr Hugh Alexander, killed at Getty.sburg.
Dr. William C, married (1) Mrs. Laura Theresa Wilson Polk;
al! children by first wife. (2) ]\lrs. Adeline Massey.
I Josejih Wilson, married IVIattie Dickson.
1. Southall.
2 Mallorv.
.Mini.
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II Dr. lluyh, inai-ri.d Kniuii,- W.xul.
Wood, Dr.
.Mary, married luiln-rt Moore.
J^'our cliiKlrcii.
111. lloberl AlexamU'r, Di-.. marricl Alattic .loiics.
Eight (.'hiklrc'ii.
IW fJaiues Knox, married Temiieraiiee doiu-s.
lie.ssie, married iMlwaid 15o\(l.
Edwaril Knox.
Knox.
V. Katie, died IDIS; married William ll. Idwe.
I']d\vard Knox, Ixjrii Jannary 1!), KsiH; mariMt-d Oriolur II, KsiJG,
Claudia Josephine Krwin.
Edward Knox, l)orn Oetoher 'JS. Ks!J,s.
("laudia Erwin, born AllJiu^t Li:5, llH),s. '. \. .i^-;
Laura, married Samuel d. Kr\'in. i- w. *''i>;' ■. i. 'I'/ri c
Laura, mari'ied Dr. A. K. llakl. ■. : 'i.: • r-^ j, ; .
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r.essie, died Oetolter 17, iSiiri; mai'ried Di'. darner Kol.ei't Amh'rson.
Kobert 1')., married Su/.ie Lrown.
IJessie l>urton.
Katie.
Lila.
William P.
William Tate, born May 8, LS(i9 ; died Sei)tend)ei'. l!)()(i.
Ellerbee. l)oi'n Oetober "iL', Ls7;{ ; mari'ied Lila Markliam.
(1) Ellerbee.
(2) Katherine Tate.
iMary, born August 14, 1S7G; married Api-il li4, L)()l, dohn :\lar-
.shall Stanvtt.
(1) Louise.
(2) Kandell MeK.
(;}) dohn Marshall.
VI. Alexander, died.
\'IL .Mar-aret Ennna, unmarri.d.
\'1IL Laui-a Tlu^resa, mai'ricd Alphonso Young.
Emmie, married dohn dones of Coi-inth Miss.
Eight ehildren.
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Tati'.
Jlrlbrrt.
Alphuiiso.
Mary, maiTU'cl Ijuryvss SidiK'y (Jaitht-r, Jr.
IX. ('oliiiiibu.s, inarrird Eli/.a (.'orjx'iiiiiy. ; v
.Magyic, marricil Posry Bi't-k.
Lula. ■ .
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Vam-r.
•limit', iiiari'icd McKciidry Kiiicaid.
Si'vi'i'al eliiklrc'ii.
Tlie record of the deseeiidaids of Xatliaiiid iM'wiii </i\v\i al) ivc
is 110 doubt iueoiupleti', and perhaps coidaiiis siaiie few >\\'j:\\\ inaci-ii-
racies. Great care has, howevei-, brt-n taken to ha\'e oidy aiithenlie
material ineorporated in this reeord and to eheek and coirrci wlicii-
ever an opoi'tunity to do so presented itself. (Jrat(d"ul acknowh'dn-.
inent is mack' of the very valuable assistance rendered b\- Mrs. l^^. K.
Powe, Miss Conlelia Pliifer, JMrs. T. P. :\Ioore and a nnndicr of otli-
ers. Since this is the first attenii)t that has ever been maih- to pre-
sent the outline of this family in full, the I'esult needs many apolo-
<i-ies. It is earnestly reipiested that any reader diseoverinii' omissions,
ei'rors or tliscrepaneies, or who can fni'iiish any further intoi'mation,
will write oid fully their data and mail prom[)t!y to Lawrence 8.
Holt, dr., Burlington, N. C.
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CHAPTER IV
HISTORIC HOMES OF NORTH CAROLINA— PLEASANT OAR-
DENS AND QUAKER MEADOWS JN lUJl^LE COL NT V.
' BY ALPHONSO (\ AVERY, . , n,-:.
(Former Associate Justice of the Suiirenie Court of Nortli ('firolina.)
The historic interest of homes centers in the families wlio found,
occupy and adorn them, and connect them with the stii-i'ing legciuls
and imijoi'tant evt'uts in tiic annah of a country. Amongst the
earliest settlers in the valley of the upjjcr ('atawha, in thi- old county
of Burke, were Joseph i\IeDowell the elder, a grandson of Ei)hraiin,
the founder of the family in Virginia, Kentucky and our own State,
and his cousin, known as ''Hunting John," who was near the same
age. They migrated somewiiei-e al)i)ut the year ITiiO, and during
the French-Indian war, from the old honu' of Ephriam M(d)o\v('il,
in Rockbridge County, Va., and because the counti-y wtst of the
Catawba was rendered unsafe by roving bands of Cherokee and Ca-
tawba braves, went with their families through Jiowan and Meck-
lenburg counties to some ])()int in South Carolina, near the nortli-
crji boundary line. Their sturdy Scotch-Irish friends had ali-eady
drifted from Pennsyhania, where they, with thousands of Oei'uuin.s,
were first dumped by tlie lOnglish land agiMits ui)(ui Anu^rican soil,
to u])i)er South Carolina, and had comujemorated their first Amer-
ican home by najuing the thi'er northern counties of that State
York, Chester and Laneastrr. Ephriam ^McDowell was born in
the north of Ireland. When only sixteen years old he distinguished
liimself as a soldier in the siege of Londonderry. He emigrated to
America at the age of 62 and, after a short sojo\irn in Penns\lvania.
tnoved with his sons to the .old McDowell home in Koekbridgc Coun-
t\-, Va. He was descended from Someril, Lord of the Isles, through
his son, Dougald, Avho fcjumled the clan of jNIacDongald. l"'.phraiin
married Margaret Irvine, also of Scotch descent. His son. Captain
John ]\lcDowell, fell in rei»elling a Shawnee incursion, and was th>'
first white man killed by the Indians in tlir vnUcy of Virginia. His
daughter, Mary, married George Oreenlcc and was tlie niothci' of
Ori/.zell, or Orace (ireenlee. Sin- first man'ii'd Captain Bowman,
who fell at Ram.seur's Mill, and, aflei- the wai-. In i' eonsin, (Jenei'al
Charles McDowell, of Biirke. who had inherited (Jiiakei' .Meadows
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THE MCDOWELLS AND CONNECTIONS
•jaa
in 1775, at the death of liis lathci-, Josepli iMcDovvcll, the (ilder. the
fii'st settler on tliat i)lae('.
"Hunting John" ^McDowell, >o-ealle<l because of his venturing
into the wihlernt'ss so I'ar from the white setth-nicnt in pursuit of
game, probably first took possession of his l)eautiful lionie. Pleas-
ant (Jardens, in the Catawba Valley in what is now MeDoweli Coun-
ty. al)Out the time when' his cousin, .loscpli, settled at (,>uaker
Meadows. 1 liave not been able to ascertain the maiden name of the
wife of ■"Hunting John," nor of tlu' lady who married .Josei)h x\Ie-
Dowell. the elder; but there is abundant evideiiee that both had
improved the advantages of l)eing raised near Lexington, the Seoteh-
Irish educational center of the Valley of Virginia, and nuuie their
lioiiu's attractive to the most refined and cidtured ])eo[)le of their
day. They were doubtless religious, for we find that the first Ties-
bytiM-ian minister who ever made his home in old Burke, icported
to the Synod in 1770, as the jiastor at two ]»oiiits, (^»ii;d<er Meadows
and Fleasaiit Gai-deiis.
According to tradition the Quaker IMcadows farm was so-called
long before the ^McDowells or any other whites established homes
in liui-ke County, and derived its name from the fact that the In-
dians, after clearing part of the broad and fertile bottoms, had suf-
fiM-ed the wild grasses to spring up and form a iai'gi' meadow, near
which a Qiuikei" had eamp(;d before the Freneh-lndian war and
traded for furs. On the 19th of November, IT.l'i, Hi.>liop Si)angen-
bui'g recorded in liis diary (Vol. \. CoUuiial Kecord. page 6) that
he was in cam]) near Quaker iMeadows, and timt he was "in the
foi'est fifty miles from all settlements." The Bishop described
the lowlands of Johns River as the richest he had seen any\>here
in Carolina, l^ut. after surveying the large area, he abandoned
the idea of taking title for it from Loi'd (Jranxiile, because the In-
dian War began in 1753, the ne.xt yeai-, and lasted nominall>- seven
years, though it was unsafe to v iitui-e west of the Catawba tuitil
after IKVA, and few incurred the risk of doing so befoi'c 1770.
"Ihuiting John" ^McDowell first entered "Swan I'ond," about
three miles above Qnaker Meadows, but sold that jJace without oc-
cupying it, to Colonel Waightstill Avery, and established his honie
where his son Joseph ami giandson, James, afterwards lived, ami
where, still later, Adoli)hus lOrwin lived for yeai-s before liis death.
His home is three miles north of Marion on the road leading to
Bakersville and Burnsville. The name of Pleasant (iardens was
afterwards applied not only to this home, ])ut to the i)lace where
Col. John Carson lived high up the Catawba Valley, at the mouth of
Buck Creek.
The ^McDowells and ('arsons of that day and lalei- reared
thorouglibred horses and made race paths in the broatl lowlands of
every large farm. They were; superb horsemen, crack shots and
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•234 THE McDOWRLLS AND CONXI-X'TIONS
liiiiiied Inuiters. Joliii .Mrl )()\\ ell oT I'lcasaiit (iai\l<'iis \\a> a Xiiurod
when lie lived in \'ir^iiiia, and w r Icani Ironi tradition that iu'
acted as guide for his l-()n^ins ox . r his hnntni<;- ;^ronnds, at the I'isk
of theif li\-es. Tiu'V with their l<ins!nen, (ii'eeidee and h'xiwuiaii,
traveled over and inspeete.l the X'ahex id' th.' Catawha IVinn AIor<,'an-
ton to Oltl Fort, and sidnMed the hii'-c domain allotted to eacdi of
I hem. Tiu'V built and oeenpied sli'in^s of cabins, because the few
plaidv and board used by IIumu wei'e sawed by hand, and the nails
dri\en into tlioin were siiaped in a bbud^sniith shop. I ha\t' st'cu
many old buildings, such as the old houses al i''ort Defiance, the Le-
noir home, and Swan I'ond. where e\('i-y i)laidv was fastened by a
wrought nail with a large round head, sometimes half an inch in
diameter. I'^rom these homes the loi'dly old proprietoi's eoubl, in
haif an hour, go to tlu' ^valel• or the woods and piox ide fish, deer
(»!• turkeys to nnn't the whim of the ladies of the hou.-;e. They com-
bined tlie ])leasure of sport with the profit of pi'o\iding \\n- tlu'ir
tables. The old (Quaker Meadow honu> is two miles from Morgaidon,
but the eastern boundar.x' of the fai'in is the ("atawba, only a mile
from the (^'oui-thouse. I'^rom the nort liwesi ern portion of the town,
siiree the land along the ii\er has been (deai'ed, Ibis maginficent
and lordly estate is plainly \ isibic, and the \alle_s and the riser pie-
sents a tdiai'iiiing view for a landscape paintei-.
From his house on a hill on the eastern bank nl' the ri\rr, Peter
lirauk and 'his son-in-law. Captain David Vance, the granilfat her of
Z. B. Vance, eould see the home of the .M(d)owells. Tli.> place in
the early days was siirronnib'd by the newly-found Innues oi' the
(li'eenlees, JM'wins and I'aplain IJownian, whose only daughter b\-
his marriage with (irac<' (n'cenlec, was the grandnn)thcr of .Mrs.
Harriet Fspy Vance, l'ir>t wile to (Josi'rnor N'ance. She was mar-
lied to ()ovi'nn)r \'anci' al (^)iiakcr .Meadows in full \iew of Ins
grandfather's fii'st home in Durke.
"Hunting -lohn" must have died dui'ing the e.ii'ly part of the
War for Independence, pi-obabl\ ucai' the linu' his cousin, Joseph,
<lied in 177.').
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On the 29tli of August, 17S(), Colonel Ferguson moved into
Troy (lU)w^ Rutherford Count.\ ) <ind camped, fii-st at ( iilbei'ttown,
three miles no^tli ol' IJid herfordton. with the |)urpose id' capturing
Charles l\lel)(»well and destioying his comm.ind. and ultinmtely
erossing into Washington and Sullivan counties i in)w Tennessee)
and dealing with Slndby and Sevier of the Wataug.i settlement. Fer-
guson l(d't (lilhei-ttown with a detaclimeut in search of Charles .Mc-
Dowell, hut ]\ler>t)well laid in ambush at liedfoid Hill, on Ci'ane
(h'eek, and fired upon hi^ fore, s while crossing tlie creek at Cowan's
Ford. Major Dunlap was woimded and h'ei'guson w.is forced to
r'ctire to (Jilbert tow n.
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THE McDowells and connections 235
After this affair, Charles ^MeDowell retreated across the moun-
tains to warn Shelby and Sevier of the threatened desolation of
their eountry, and to invite their co-operation in an attack on Fer-
guson. It was agreed that the transnioiitane men should l)c gath-
ert'd as exjjeditiously as i)ossihle, while ]\lcI)owell shoidd send mes-
sengers to Colonels Cleveland and Hernando, of AViles County, and
Major eloseph Winston, of 'Surrey. The energies of Sliell)y. of Sul-
livan and Sevier, of AVashington County, N. C., then embracing
the present State of Tennessee, Avert^ (piickened b\- the message
which Ferguson had released a jjrisoner to convey, to the effect
that he would soon cross the mountains, hang the leaiU^rs and lay
that coinitry waste with fire and sword.
The clans were summoned to meet at Quaker IMeadoms on the
30th of September, 1780. JMeantime Charles :\IcDoweU returned to
watch Ferguson, protect cattle by assailing foraging i)arties, and
give information to Shelby and Sevier of Ferguson's movements.
Rev. Samuel Doak invoked the blessings of God upon the Wa-
tauga men, as they left for King's ]\[ountain to meet Ferguson,
whose blasphemous boast had ))een that God Almighty could not
drive him from his position. Those trustful old Scotchmen after-
wards believed in their hearts that the hand of God was in the move-
ment whieh cost him his life and destroyed his force.
THE JMcDOWELLS AT KING MOUNTAIN.
Charles ]\IcDowell had organized the clan into a compact, formi-
dable force. The projjosed scene of conflict Avas in his district, and,
under military rules then in force, he was entitled to command.
When, however, it became apparent that jealousy might imi^air the
efficiency' of the little army, he cheerfully agreed to go to ]\[ecklen-
burg or Rowan and invite (Jeneral Davidson to take charge. After
he bad left on this mission it was deemed by the council of Avar
best to attack Furgerson before his forces could l)e strengthened by
Cornwallis, and the result indicated the wisdom of this conclusion.
Governor Shelby published an account in 1823, in Avhich, after
lauding General Charles IMcDoAvell as a patriot and a brave and able
officer, he said that after it Avas decided bj- the council to send to
head(juarters for a general officer to take command, Charles ]\Ic-
Dowell requested, as he could not command, to be allowed to take
the message, and added that "lie accordingly started immediately,
leaving his men under his brother, ]\Iajor Joseph AleDowell."
(Wheeler's History, Part 2, i)age r)9.) It was Shelby wlio next day
made the generous move to i)lace Cami)bell in command to obviate
the danger of delay. Within the next twenty years some of tiie
lineal descendants of Josei)h INIcDoAvell, of Pleasant Gardens, have
insisted that the command of the Burke men at King's Mountain
devolved on their ancestor, not on his cousin Joseph, of Quaker
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^Icculows. The writer would he I'ejoieed to be eonvim-ed tliat tliis
eoiiteutiuii is well founded, but is constrained to conclude that it
is not. Shelb}- had eonie over witli fSevier, at the iuslanee of Charles
]\lcd)owell, under whose eonunand he had previously touj^ht, with
all three of the JMcDowells, at ]\lusgrove\s Mill, and ollici- places.
lie must have known whether the bi-othcr or tlie cousin of Colonel
Charles McDowell was'next in rank to him, and be said it was the
lirother.
••Poor's Sketches of Conji:rcssmen" slate that Joseph McDowell
who was boi-n at Winclieslcr, \'a.. in IT.'jii, and died in IcSDl. was
elected a memIxT of the third and also of the fifth C<ni<,M'ess, ;in<l
conimandeil a poi'tion of the ri^lit win-^' of the army lliat stoimcd
King-'s ^Mountain, in a suhsefpient skcidi of .loNcph .). .\I(d)o\\ t II,
he sa\'s he was born in I'Mii-ke County, X. ('., No\. ]■',, ISOO, was i
son of .Joseph ^McDowell, mi^ndu'/ from .\oi-lh Carolina, and was
himself a member from IS^'I to ISIT. The widow of -loscph .Mc-
Dowell, of Quaker Meadows, left .\orth Carolina with her little
ehildri'n and went to Kentu<'ky soon after her lin>liands' death. His
honu' was on the haidis of the -lohns Uiver, ncai' wlicfe Kishop
Spanj^eid)urjjf must haxc encamped when hi; declaicd that the lad
was the most I'ertile lie had seen in Carolina. TIicn,. sketches Irn'e
always been ])repared after consultation with the incmbci' as to his
l)revious history, and we must conclude that hotli lather and ion
bore testimony to .the tndh of histoi-y — tiu' father that he c.as in
command, the son that such was tlu; family history derived froia
his mother. Dr. Tlerve> ]\hd)owell, of Cyntliiana. Ky., who presid-
ed over the fir.st Scotcii-lrish Convention, at Nashville, Tenii.. and
\\lio died at tlu! rij)e aji'e of four score, a ycai' or two since, had d''-
\()ted much of his life to the study of family history, and had con-
MM'sed with members of tin' faunly who knew Joseph of ^^/uaker
^leadows, ami Joseph of Pleasant (iardens, and wd-e familial' with
their histoi-y.
Speakinij of the aKi'fciiient of Colonel ChaiJes .M(d)owell to ;/o
to headcpiai-ters. Dr. llervey .M(d)owell says:
•'lie thereupon turned o\i'r the command of his rcii'-cnt to
his brother, Joseph, of Quaker Meadows, who was thus pr(Miiote(l
'from the position of ]\lajoi', which he had held in his ic^iment, to
that of acting Colonel, aird in the regular order of promo' i.«n ("aj)-
tain Joe, of Pleasant (Jarden.s (the eonsin and bro' he) -in law of the
other Joe) became ]Major Joe, he having been senior captain of the
i-egiment."
With the raidc, one of Colonid and the other of .Major, these
cousins of the same name led the l»ra\-e sharpshooters who fought so
heroically at Cow-Pens and in the nian_\' fights of less consiMpiencc.
Sarah McDowell, a daught.M- of Captain John, wlio was kille(l by
the Shawnees, nuirried Colonel (icorge .Moffitt, a wealtliy and dis-
tinguished officer in tiie war foi' inde|U'ndence. lli.s accinnplishcd
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THE McDOWEI.LS AND CONNECTIONS 237
(laiijilitcr, Margari't, luarrii'd .Joseph .Mcl)o\\\'ll, of (^iiakci' Meadows,
and lu'i- youngest sister bccanu- tlu- wite of Josej)li of I'leasimt (iar-
dens. Tlie cousins served Buri<e ('ount\- aceei)tal)ly in the House
of (.'oniHions and Seiuite of the State Jjegislaturc; and in th(.' Con-
vention at llillsboro, as they had both won tlistinetion A\hih; fighting
side by side on a number of battlel'icltls. The wi-itor lias inclined
to the o])inion that both served in ('ongress, -Joseph ^McDowell, Jr.,
of Pleasant (lardens, from 1793 to ]7'J5, when he died, and -Josi'i)!!,
Si-., of (Quaker Meadows, from 175)7 to 179!). liul this is still a de-
hated tpiestion.
Till-: TWO JOSKPJIS. v; ; , .;'.,' ■ ; ,
dose^di McDowell, of Quaker Meadows, was a haiidsunie man,
wonderfully magnetic, universally poi)ulai', and t)f nioi-e than or-
dinary ability. He was a born leader of men, and was rejuesented
by the old men of succeeding generations to have retained to his
death the un])ounded confidence and affection of the old soldiers.
Margaret IMoffitt was a ^vonlan of extraoi'dinar}- beauty, as was
her sister, Mary.
After the battle of King's Mountain, in October, .Joseph Me-
])owell, of Quaker ]\Ieadows, remained in the field with 190 mounted
riflemen, including 'the younger .losepli, as one of his officers, nntil
he joined ]\Iorgan on December 29, and i)articii)ated in the battle
of Cow Pens.
Joseph, of Pleasant Gardens, was a brilliant man, of more solid
ability than liis eousin, of tlie same name. The late Silas JMcDowell,
who died in ]\Iacoii County, but lived during his earily life first in
Burke and then in Buncombe, in discussing in an unpublished letter,
of which I have a copy, the ])romient men who lived west of Lincoln
County, "reaches the conclusion that prior to the day of D. L.
Swain, Samuel P. Carson and Dr. Kobert B. Vance, no man in that
section had, according to tradition, towered far above his fellows
intellectually, except Joseph IMcDowell, of Pleasant Gardens, whose
"light went out when he was in his noonday prime, and in the last
decade of the eighteenth century." lie was born Fel)i'uary 26. 17')8
and died 1795. His wido\v married Colonel John Carson, whose
first wife Avas the daughter of "Hunting John." Samuel P. Carson,
the oldest son by the second marriage of IMary ]\Ioffitt IVfcDowell,
was a member of the Senate of North Carolina in 1822, and was
horn .Tan. 22, 1798 (See Wheeler's IJeminiscences, page 89). .Foseph,
of Quaker IMeadows, Avas born in 1756, was two yeai-s older, and
therefore must have been Jose]di. Sr. Wheeler records the name of
Josei)h j\IcDowell, Sr., as having served successively from 1787 to
1792. inclusively, as a member of the House of Commons from Burke
County, but not after a later date (See list of liurke Legislators,
Wheeler's History, Part 22, page 62). Joseph ]\r(d)owell. a<!eord-
ing to tiu^ same anthority, was a State Senator, sueeeeiling (ieneral
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238 THE McDowells and connections
("harles from 1791 to 171)5, inclusivflx', and liuring that time did not
.serve in Congress, tliongli he umiiiestionaldy sci-xcd later. Tliese
and other facts Imve led the writer to believe rlo.scph Jr., served
one term in Congress from 1793 to 1795, wiien he died, and that
afterwards, and up to the time of his dealli, tlie elder cousin was
a member. Josepli ]\IcDowell, dr., was not in public lil'e after 1792,
unless he served one term in Congress before his death. It is not
probable that he lived from 1792 to 1795 without huldiug an official
j)osition.
THio McDowell womlx— :\ihs. gkace (;RLLNid<:H Mc-
dowell, :\1KS. MAR(iAHlvT IMOFFITT McDOWKLL, AND
MRS. MARY :^10FFITT ^^IcDOWELL.
aMrs. IMargaret ]\Iofritt ^McDowell, says Dr. Ilervey McDowell,
was a heautiful and charming wonuin. After the death of her hus-
band she returned to the valley of Virginia and went thence to Ken-
tucky. Amongst her descendants was a son, dosei)h -L, ali'cady men-
tioned, a menvber of Congress, and many other peujjle i)rt)miiient in
])ublic and social life, both of Kentuc.'ky and Ohio.
:\lrs. Mary :Moffitt McDowell was the mother of Mrs. Anne Mc-
Dowell, who marrieil her cousin, ("aiHain Charles M(d)()Wcll, a son
of General Charles, and was the mistress at tlie (^hiakcr .Meadow
home, where she kept a house alna.ws open for her fiiends, until
her death, in 1859. Iler oldest daughter, ]\lary, first married (ien.
John Gray Bynum, in 1838, and sul)se(iui'ntly ))ecame the second
wife of Chief Justice Pearson, in 1859. The late -Judge John (Jrey
Bynum, was the only son. Anotlier daughler, l']li/a, was tlie wife
of Nicholas W. Woodl'in, one of the ablest lawyers of his day, and
another, ^Margaret, marrii'd W. l'\ .McKesson, and \vas the motlier of
the first Mrs. F. II. Hnsby, and of C. F. :\lcKesson. Another daugh-
ler nuirried John Woodfin, a prominent lawyer, who fell at the head
of his battalion, resisting Kirk's invasion at Warm Springs. The
only son who survived Mrs. Amiie JMcDowell wa.s Colonel Janu's
C. S. McDowell, lie married Miss Julia, daughter of Governor
Charles Manly. Ilis first service was, when as second lieutenant of
Company G, of the Bethel regiment, lie ])articipated in the first
l)attle of the war. Later he became Colonel of the 54th North
Carolina regiment, ami fell gallantly leading it in a charge on
]\[arye's Heights in 1863. James jMcDowell, oldest son of Mary ]\Iof-
fitt, married jMargaret lOrwin, and was the father of Dr. Joseph ^Ic-
dowell, of Buncombe, and Dr. John 'C. ^IcDowell, of Burke, both
of whom were members of the Secession Convention of 1861, and of
Col. William, who was Captain in the Bethel regiment, and after-
wards ]\Iajor of the 16th North Carolina. Another son, John Mc-
Dowell, was the father of Colonel John, of Rutherford County.
Alter the death of her husband, IMrs. jMary McDowell married
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THE McDowells and connections -jao
Colonel John Carson, iuid made liei' home at his mansion, near tlie
mouth of Hiiek Creek, on the Catawba. Tlu- name of i'lea.sant Car-
dens folloAVed her, and was applied to her new as well as lu-r old
home. Iler oldest son hy the seeond marriage, Colonel Samuel P.
Carson, after serving in the Legislature of the State, served four
terms in Congress, lie was at first a favorite of Old lliekory, and
was selected as the readiest debater in the House to defend the ad-
ministration on the floor of that body, lie afterwards bi-eame the
friend of John C. Calhoun, and his defense of nuUifieation estranged
Jaekson and led to Carson's retirement from Congress. Tlie last
service of Carson to the State \\i\s. as one of the meinbers from
Burke, of the Constitutional Convention of 18:5.). His father had
been one of l^urke's members of the Cojivention of 178!l, when the
Constitution of the United States had been ratified by the State.
\n the writer's boyhood, older men sjjoke of Sam Carson as
the most eloipient sjjcaker and the most faseinating geijtb'iiian they
had known.
In the early part of the year 1 8;}."), Samuel Carson went, with
the view of finding a home, to the Republie of Texas, then strug-
gling with ^lexico for indeprndenec. It \vas during his abseiiee
that he was eleeted a nu'mber of the Constitutional Convention of
I8.ir». lie imigrated to Texas in 1836, and soon after his arrival
was cho.sen a mend)er of the Cojiveidion of 1836, which framed a
Constitution, and u])on.the election of (Jenei'al Samuel Houston to
the Presidency of the young republie, was made Secretary of State.
The efforts of Carson to secure recognition of the Lone Star State
were i)otent in beginning the agitation wliieh culminated, in 1845,
in recognition and anneaxtion.
THE Cx\KSOX-VAXCE DUEL.
Stung by defeat in 181^5, Dr. Robert P. Vance determined to
break him down in 1827. He believed, it is supposed, on account
of Carson's great amiability, that Carson was a coward, thougli a
more fatal mistake was never made, and, acting upon that belief,
charged in a public discussion at .Morganton that Colonel John Car-
son, the father of his opponent, and who has alreaily been men-
tioned as a member of the Convention wliicli adopted the Consti-
tution of the United States, at' Fayetteville, was a Tory, and took
protection when Ferguson invaded liurke. Colonel Carson arose
and denounceil Vance as a liar. Vance t<nintingly said to him:
"You are too old. You liave a gallant son whose duty it is to fight
your battles." 1 am reliably informed that Vance did not believe
that Samuel Carson would resent this insult, and he kncAV that if
he should not he could nevei- be elected again after the eleetion
which was to take place in a few days.
To show how widely nnstaken Dr. Vance was in liis estimate of
Carson, the writer has heard from his father tiuit on the night after
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240 THE McDowells and connections
lliis (lisciistiioii ►SiiHiiicl r. ('arsuii, liis six bi-otlicrs and his I'atlu'r,
iin't at tlio old I'aiuily lioiiic, at tlie iiiouth of Uuck Creek, and lliougli
till' old Colonel insisted ui)oii sendiny; u eiialleiige, lii.s .sons ovcii'uleil
liim, and agreed that, after the ai)proaeiiing election Samuel should
ehallenge Vance, and should Samuel I'all, each oi" the hrtjtlui's, l)r«;in-
niny with the oldest, Joseph MeJ)o\vell Cai-son of Kulheiford, should
(duillenge him in sueeessioji. The <'olonid was ai)pe,ised hy an a.i^ree-
MHMit that should Vance kill all ol' his boys, lu; should then have
the opportunity to aven<.;e llie insidl. All id" the brothels wci-e cool
and eouragecnis, and were eraek shots. Soon aftei' the eh'etion (ar-
son crossed the Tejniessee line to avoid a violation of Ihe law of
his state, and sent by ("ol. Aliiey Hurj^'in of Old Fort an invitation
to Vance to come over to Tennessee anil discuss the <;rie\anec eoiii-
i>lained of. Carson, with the distinguished Warren l)a\is of South
Carolina as a second, and aeeompanied by David Croekelt as a
friend, met and mortally wounded Vance at Saluda, -lu^t befoi'e
taking his i)lace. Carson, who was kind as he was eoui'aiieous, saitl
to Wan-en Davis: "1 can hit him anywhere 1 elioose; I |)icfer to
inflict a wound that will not prove fatal.'" Davis said: "Vanee
will ti-y to kill you. and, if he receives only a fle.sh wound, wiM
d<'nmnd aiudher shot, whi(di will mean another ehance Id kill you.
1 will not act foi' >ou unless yon promise to do \ our best to kill
him." Oarson i>romised, and \'anei' fell moiiall> wounded, ('ai'-
son's heart was tender, and he died lamenting that the demands of
an impei'ious custom had forced him to wreck his (jw ii peace of
mind, in oi'der to sa\<' the homu- of his family ami remove the re-
pr(ta(di upon his name.
The oUlest son of Colonel Carson, .Joseph .McDowell ("arson,
was a prominent bnvyer, and re|)resenled liul heilOi'd ("ouidy in
Ihe ("onvention of IS;!.!, and fre(piently in the Legislature, lie was
Ihe grandfather of (^iptain -loseph Mills, of Uuike. and of .Mrs.
h'rank Coxe, ol' Aslnville, as W(dl as of lialjih I*. Carbon, a pi-omi-
lU'iit lawyer of South Carolina.
One of the daughters of "Hunting John"- .\niu--~married a
Whitson, and her descendants f(jr a century luuo been honored citi-
zens of ^McDowell and Uuncombe coindies. One of them imii-ried
Ihe oidy daughtei- of SaiiMU'l T. Carson, doseph M(d).iwlel Uurgiii,
of (~)ld Fort, a son oi" (Icneral AIney l>ui'gin, w lu) Imhc the message
to Vance, is another of his worth}- deseendaids, and the accom-
|)li.shed daughter o\' Cai)lain Uurgin is the wife of the golden-
longued orator of the West, Hon. Locke ("raig.
Colonel William Caisou, secon.l son of .Mrs. .Mar.\ .Moffilt ("ar-
son, and .1. Logan ('arson, third s(ai of Imt niarria_;e with ('(donel
dohn Carson, both lived and .lied mi one of the laiiiis known as
Pleasant (iardens. William married twice, and amongst his de-
scendanls are man>' | :!'(Hiiinenl ummi and estimable and ,ie,-oiiiplis!ie(|
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THE McDowells and connections 241
liidii's. William Carson lu'viii, of ^Mor^antoii, is a j^i'aiidsou of Wil-
liam Carson, ami J. 1j. Carson was tlu' jiramlfatlicr of Mrs. W.
Mi'i). l',iirniii and Mrs. P. d. Sinclair, of Mai'ion. ( . Manly .Mc-
Dowedl is the Sheriff of lUirke Counly, and Jier most pojndar citi-
zen, lie is a son of Colomd dames C. S. jMeDowidl, <d' the Kifty-
fourth North Carolina, wlio IVU at, Marye's Ilei^'hts, and the j^raiid
son of Captain Charles and of Annie, daughter of dose])h of Pleasant
(lardens and Mary .Moffitt. William Walton, a ^.'randson of Colonel
dames, ami a "'"'Kluide of the l'ni\ersity, \von a eommisi.son as lieu-
tenant in the lMiili|>i)ines hy his i^allantry ami u;ood eomluet. and.
thanks to his university training, stood the examination for the reg-
ular ai-my.
TIHK PKKSKNT CONDITJON OF TIIKSK (^Id) llO.MlvS.
The sacrediies of the home is dear to all of us, because of its
associations with loved ones who have entered into our Hncs. So,
we listen to the historical legends which connect homes with people
who have won a place in history.
The Quaker jMeadows of the Kevolutionar.N- era was known his-
torically as the i)lace where })at riots rallied and where chiefs, under
the old Council Oak, laid the foundation stone of our indeijend-
ence. Later it was known to visitors as the home where (Jract-
(Jrcenlee jMcDowell dis])ensed a lavish hospitality to her friends and
to the old comrades of her hushand. She was known as the cid-
tured woman, who (with an infant in her arms, the gi'auilmother of
Mrs. Harriet Esi)y Vance), rode to Ramseur's MWU to nurse her
wounded husband, ami afterwards Avent into a ca\e to aid in the
secret manufacture of i)0W(lei-. To her family she was the lovely
<'hi-istian mother who whispered into the infant's ears the story of
the (h'oss, and taught her children, growing into nmnhood ami wom-
anhood, liow, though remote from towns, to be cultured ladies and
gentlemen.
It seems sad to those who have iidu-rited the old Knglish idea
of establishing and nuiintaining fannly ancestral houu-s that descend
from sire to son for ages, that these old dwidlings ha\e i)assed in*o
the hamls of good })eople outside of the familit's who foundeil them.
Though their connection with family names has ceaseil. it is a pa-
triotic duty of all wdio lo\i' theii- country and appi'cciale the bless-
ings of liberty to ))er|)etimte the history of these old homes as the
sceiu's of great events. 1 liaNc trie*! to show that many good i\iu\
true and some great people trace their oi'igin to the foumlei.s of
these homes that in the last ei-idm-y wei-e nurseries of the courage
and for-titude that eari'ied King's Mouidain.
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MRS. C. A. CILKV, MRS. MAUlJARKT l{(SR,i:i-: Sllll'i\ .MISS
. . ]\IARGARKT .^leDOWKI.L, AlNl) .MRS. \A]K S oVKR.MAX.
Jt is not iiiai)proi)riaU.' to iat'iiti(/u a few of tlir .McDowfll wonuMi
who are well kno\V]i in North Carolinu h}- otlicr naiiu's. 'IMic names of
:\Ir.s. Ciley, :\rrs. Margaret Hii.sl)ee Shipp, Miss .Margaret .AleDowell
of ]\Iorgaiiton, and Mi-.s. L.-e S. (Jvt rnian are livni^.- representatives
of the Pleasant (larden ami (^uakei- Meadow stock, wlio show thiit
tlie families are not degenerated .m learning uy eult\ire. .M r>. ('illy
is the great-granddanghtei- of Chailes M(d)owell .md (irai-e (Jreen-
lee. :Mrs. Shil)p was a descendant, t)iH' degree lurtlier i-einoved,
of Charles ^McDowell and (irace (ireinlee. and also (»!' -loseph Mc-
Dowell of Pleasant (Jai'd.'ns. .Miss Maigai'et .M(d)o\\ell is a great-
g]-anddaughter of Joseph .M(d)owell of I'leasant (i.irdens. Mis. I.ee
S. Overman is the great-great -granddanghter of Ciiailes .M.d)owell
and Graee Greenlee. She is the wife of Senatoi' ()\cilaiid and the
daughter of the late distinguished Chic f Justice Meiiinii.n and mece
of Judge James II. Merriiuon. the two ahlcst and iimsl d isl inglli^hed
descendants of General Ciiarles .M(d)()well. All iliese ladi: > con-
ti'ihute interesting artieles for the press. .Mrs. Sliipp is the widow
of Lieuteinint AV. A. Ship]), who fell at Santiago. North ('aroliiia
is proiul of him as a son, aiul Ihe nation of his career as a MiMir.
(From the Gharlotti' Democrat. ( harlotte. .\. I'., July (i, l.s:if.)
THE I^IeDOWFLS OF lUIRKF I'OIXIA'
-'^" ' • Divided Over Who Commanded at King's .Mountain.
1,''^ A SKij-yrcii i',v jcixif; m. l, .m.-cok-kU':
(Read Before the .Mecklenlmrg Ilist(u-ical Society.)
•'Aleinla lu.\ uhi orta liherl as. ' " This is saeied ground. It was
eonseci-ated hy the heroes and patriots of the l^Otii of May. 177.'),
when they declared their indep.'ndenee and afterwards si-aled it
with their blood. It was the holdest and most .hiring ad, the most
i)atriotic and wisest forethought o'J any age. It was the harbinger
of the great Deelai-ation of the 4lh of July. 177li, (.f Indepemkoiee,
which brought freedom to unllioiis of souls then li\ing and to numy
generations unborn. It s(d in motion revolution that caused a war
witli the most j)owerfnl nation on (arth, and histed eight years, and
■. fiindly tei-miimted in the aeknow ledgenu'iit of the indepc'iidem-e of
, this country. For the first four \'ears the war rag.'d moi-e fiercely
north of Mason and Di.xon's Line. Dui'ing that time th- Uri'ish
' Army had virtually overrun all the territory. They then moved to
, the South like a great avalanche. The battles of liunker Hill, Val-
; ley Forge and Brandy wine had been fought. Chai'leston. after a
noble resistance, had be.Mi besieged and fell. The battl-s of Futaw
Sj>rings, ramden and Augusta had been fouglil and lost to t lu' cause
of indepcmlence. .Nearly the whole of the States of South Carolina
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antl (iOOi'gia had been overrun and in the possession of the iMiemy.
('ornwallis was master of the situation. The times looked ^dooniy
for the Whig cause. J>oyalists were heeoniing l)okl and outsiioiven
for the King, and ready to arm and fight for the Crown. The In-
dians were jmtting on their war-i)aint. Tliis state of things brought
a hirge number of patriots to the front. None were more brave
and daring than the ^McDowells of Western North Carolina.
John McDowell of Pleasant Uarden came to this country from
the State of Virginia, and settled in that i)lace about tlie year 174:5.
His ancestors were originally from the highlands of Scotland (as
his name indicates), and from there Avent to the northern ])ai't of Iw-
land, and hence were called Scotch-Irish. lie and Henry Wcichur
crossed the Catawba river together at Sherill's Ford. Only one
white fatmily (Adam Sherrill's) had preceded them. Fioin that
point they went west and discovered the south fork of tlir ('ata\vba
river at the junction of the two J'oi-ks — Henry's and .Jacob's forks
— ^vhich makes the South Fork river. There they foiuul a s[)lendid
body of land. They went still further west and saw a magnificent
body of land on the Catawba river, which they called Pleasant Gar-
<len. They both desired this fertile spot. They were both athletes.
They agreed to wrestle for the choice, jMcDowell won the jirizi' and
entered the Pleasant Garden and AVeidner the South Fork country.
They obtained large grants in 1750, and many of their descendants
occupy these lands today.
Sometime afterwards his cousin, John ^McDowell of C^uaker
INIeadows, followed and settled on that desirable tract of land on
the Catawba river not far from where the beautiful town of Mor-
ganton now stands, and some of his descendants own it until tiiis
day. The two John ]\IcDowells were cousins. Pleasant (Jard"n
•Jolm nuirried Anna Edmiston, by whom he had three cliildren:
.]()se})h, Rachael and Anna. Anna married a Whitsoii; Ka.chael
married a Carson; Joseph married Mary ]\Ioffett, by whom he had
five children (two died young) ; John, the eldest, rej)resented Ruth-
erford County several A'cars in the Legislature of North Cai'olina,
and James, of Yance}- County, re})resented that comity several
years. Anna, the only daughter, married Charles jMcDowell of
Quaker IMeadows.
John IMcDowell, of Quaker IVIeadows, mai-ried i\Iargaret O'Neil.
They were married in Ulster, Ireland. They determined to encoun-
ter all the perils in search of what better fortune might await them
on this side of the broad ocean. They first settled in Pennsylvania.
Thence they soon moved to Winchester, Va. There their sons,
Charles and Joe, were born— the former in 174;{ ; the latter in 1755.
They removed to North Carolina and settled at Quaker ]\Ieadows.
Their sons soon grew to nuuihood. Charles, afterwards Gen-
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was soon placed in command of Burke and liutlierl'ord Counties,
a large military district at that time. Stoutly he had held I lie
mountain passes against the Indians, ami had made se\eral success-
ful expeditious against tlie C^herokees; one called the Rutlu'rford
campaign, another the Stono expedition. He was engaged in a n\im-
her of skirmislies with the Tories. He had a small force' uiulei' him
to resist Col. Ferguson. With this force he went across the moun-
tains to obtain assistance, and was in consultation with Coloiuh
Shelby and Sevier. It was decided that each should nudu- an effoit
to raise all the men he could, and that they shoidd meet mi the
AVautauga. Colonel Shelby informed Colonel William Camphell. of
AV^ashington County, Virginia, of their i)uri)ose and asked them to
join them. They met on the Wautauga and were joined by Colonels
Cleveland, Campbell, Sevier and others. They immediately crossed
the mountains near the head of the Catawba ri\er. They aseer-
tained that they were nearly all of the same rank, and had no gen-
eral officer to commaiul them. It was decided to send Colonel
Charles IMcDowell to Hillsboro, to see General Cates ami i)roeure •;
general officer to command the troops. In the meantinu', they
elected Colonel Campbell, the i-ed-headed Argyle, as counuander-
in-chief of all the forces ]')resent.
It is said that Colonel Camjjbell was i)laced in command
through courtes}-, on account of his i)eing from a sister State and
also on account of his having the largest number of uu-n undei- him.
Colonel Charles AIcDowell turned his regiment over to the eom-
maud of Alajor Joe AIcDowell, of Pleasant Garden, until he slnaild
return fi-om his mission; but the great battle was fought before lu'
rettirned. This was the last of Colonel Charles AIcDowell's military
career. He lived nuuiy years after the war at his paternal home.
Quaker ]\Ieadows, and served his country and district many times
in the Senate of Noi'th Carolina, from 1783 to 178S. He died at
Quaker IMeadows greatly beloved and respected by all who knew
him. The following tablet was i)laeed over his grave: "To the
nu'iHory of General Charles AlcDowidl, A Whig officer in the I\e\-
olutionary War, who died, as he had lived, a i)atriot. the ;!lst of
Alai-ch, 1815, aged about 70 years."
Colonel Joseph ]\lcDowell. his brother, of Quaker Aleadows.
married ]\rargaret IMoffett. He was with his brotiu'r Cliailes in
the Rutherford cami)aign, the Stono exi)edition, and counuauded .:
eomi)any of horse in the great victory gained b>' Col. Frank L(»eke and
his comrades at the battle of Kamseur's Mill, lu the biogi'aphieal
sketch of Col. Joseph ^McDowell of Quaker Meadows, wliieli he gives_of
himself in the Political Registei- and Congressional I )iii ctoiv fc r 1 iTii
to 1878, as revised by lien i\'i'ly Poor. This is a record in whieli
There can he no nustake: "•Joseph AIcDowell. father of Joseph Me-
Dowe'l. wa> horn in Winelie^ter. \'a.. aid his faher >ooii a te'.--
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wai-(ls moved to liurkc County, Xoi'tli Curoliiia; was aetivi' in tlie
licvolutioiiary nio\i'iiu'iit. foiniiiamliii^' a portion of the rij^ht wing
iinilor his hi-othci- Joseph ( hi-otlier-in-law ) at the h;UtK' of King's
■\loiintaiii, Oet. 7. ITSO; was a iiiemher of the Convention of 1788
to eonsith'r tlie athjption of the Fech'i'al Constitution, whieli he op-
posed; was eleeted to the Tiiiril Conj^ress, serving from Dee. 2.
171);{. to — , 171)."); was again eleeted to the Fiftli Con-
gress, serving from iMay 5, 17!)."), to .March 5, 17!)!). lie had for
liis colleagues in Congress suel> men as Nathaniel Alaeon, of War-
ren County, and Matthew Loeki-, of Rowan County, and other dis-
tinguished men fi-oni North Carolina. At that time siie had nine
Congressional nuMuhers, as many as she has today.
Colonel -Joseph ^leDowell took an active i>art in the del)ates
in Congress, as the records of Congress will show. He was the
recognized leader of the Repuhlican party in the western counties,
and was eminent for his sagacious h'adershij) in civil matters, as
he had heen dauntless aiul successful in war. lie was no inconsid-
eral)le antagonist in dehate ; throughout his life he was the idol of
the Western i)eoi)le. lie was one of the conunissioners ajjpointed to
choose a site for the eaj)ital of the State of North Carolina. He had
not only a State re])utation, hut a national fame. He lived on
■lohn's river, on the plantation now owiu'd l)y Mrs. John ^McDowell,
which was sold to Alhert Corpening for three thousand dollars, all
of which was paid iu silver. He sold his farm i)reparatory to
rrnu)ving to Virginia, and thence to Kentucky. He died hefore
he accomjilished his i)urpose, at the early age of 4.') years, and was
huiird at Quaker ^leadows with military honors. After his death
liis family scattered, llis fatlu'r-in-law, i\Ioffett, moved them hack
to Virginia, and thence to Kentucky, and some went to Ohio. His
son Joseph J. was a distinguished miMuher of Congress from Hills-
1)01*0 district, Ohio. The grave of Colonel Joseph ^IcDowell, this
distinguished statesnuin and hero of many hattles, has not a stone
to mark where he lies, and not many generations hence the plow-
share nuiy tui-n up his dust and hones, to he hleaehed hy the driv
ing rains.
.Major Joseph .^IcDowell, his cousin and hrothei-in-law, was
the son of "Hunting John'' .McDowell, of Pleasant (iardi-n. He
was horn at Pleasant (larden Feh. 2,'), 1758. He married :\lary :\Iof-
fptt (who married Colond Joseph :\Icl)ovvell, of Quaker Meadows).
Joe. of Pleasant (Jarden, was a nuM'o huy at the commencement of
the Revolutionary War. Young as he was. he iuuncdiately Avent
into active service in the Patriotic Army. He soon was promoted
to the rank of nuijor, in which his cousin Charles was colond. He
was engaged with it in evei'y fight wliei-e his cousin commandcil.
When his cousin Charh's i-etired from the command of the Hurke
and Rutherfonl Regiment lir wa^ placed in coiiunand. .Xt the hat-
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t.'^lf On^> ^!;""^'" '"' ^'^'""";""'-' "'•' '•^'^i'-'t. and Colon.!
-In „i (^uakrr Mradows, ronuuun.lr.l tl.r ,-i.|,t u n,. ..f a " portion •'
'>.' Hh,.| c.ommand n. that ^^.llant strn-Hr. Th.-v uvn- r,,nallv
''.■av. oqually patnoti., and ..ually ahl.. ( ),.<■ is known as lla,.;,-
■1<H. ol 1 .asant (iard.n. the otlirr as Colonrl Jo. of (^M.akrr M.-ul-
-vs. Hoth were at the Cowpens, whe.v Coh.nel Tarh.,on sn.-eund)ed
to the sturdy hlows ol Cok Morgan. .Major doe , Possessed th.- liuhf-
nif. qna dies uhieh d.st inj^nish..! the lannly .n all its branehes.
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ti^tht. Il<. s.'rved Ironi Ihe l.eu-,„nin- ol th," war to th.' el(»se lie
was nol only a dist n.nn,she<| li.nliter, hni an al-lr statesman nid
'•■vil.an. lie was a lawyer hy profession. Several of |,is law hooks
are now in my posses.sioii, in whi-di he si-n.Ml his own naue- His
aiitograj.h is "J. McDowell, \\ C' '
The si-natui-es of the two Josephs ai',- vvrv different Th.. one
-i^ns his name 'M. :\lel)owell of I'l.asant (lar.'len ■ th,. ,.li,er •■ I >s
Mel)owelI orQnak,.r M..a,lows.-- They w,.re known as M.,,r'.W.
s,'ph MeDowell ol Pleasant Car.le,, an.l Colonel dos,.,.l, „f ,,„aker
Meadows. Two of tins,, law hooks of .1. .Mel)ow,.|l ,n whieh is
untten his anto^raph, ar.. ••llal,.'s l'|..as of ,!,.■ Cn.wn." amnher
••Vade Meenm. ' II,. was not uuly emm,..,! as a .oldi.-r, In.t stoo.l
liigli as a statosiiian. 11, > serve.l i,, th,. X..rtli Cac.lina I (.■■islil nr..
Ironi 1785 to 17!)2.. .MeDowell Conntv was nam...l m honoi^.f'hnu
I e was a memher of th," Xorlh Carolina Conv,.„iiou ,»f 17,s,s for
-he pni-pos,- of a.lopti,,,. or r,..i,.etin, the Conslhunon ,d' th.. Cnit...!
^tat,.s ,n wl.ieh h,. ma,h- a stat-'smanlik.. sp,.,-,-li. opposm-- its a,lop-
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ill;'' l»v .jury and tin- -r,.at writ ,d' 'Mial)..as e.o'pns " lie v as i',.'
,uan|..,l as possessing th.- hri-hl.-st intelle.-t ..fain of th,. nam..'.' The
late lloiioi-ahle dames .M.d)..w,.|| of Kuth,.rlor.l Conntv mmI 11,>ii
<".-'kl<"lohn MeDowell of Vaney C.n.nty w..re his s.uis" an.l hoth
-.ryed their ivspertiv,. ,.ou,iti,.s s-.v,'r;il t,.rms in th,. k,..Mslat nir
".' ^"/'' <':"'"li"a. His ..nly .lan,uht..r, who l,v,..l to Ur -rown mar-
n.'.l (aptain Cliarh-s .MeDowell of (^iiak,.r .M,.a,|.Mvs. ami who was
tlH' mother ol Kli/a, who marrie.l Hon. X. W Woo.lfi,, . Muv 1
who maiTied lloi.. John Cray IJynnm an.l aft..rwar.ls Chi..f dusli.-;:
uehmond IVai-.son; .Myra. who niarri..,! C.l.nn.l dohn \V.>o,l fi„ 'hhI
Mar-.ra..et. who marri..,| the Hon. William K .M.d.:..ss.m of liu'rke
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«l'<'>i: th,. m,.st eonspi.-n.Mis of whom was th.. lion Sam I' C.,rs,M
;! ""tive and ivsi.h.nt of Hnrk.. Connty. an.l ...p.allv .list ■n-nish d'
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THE McDowells and connections 249
and patriotic sontiiiients. He was •■Icclcd to llic State Senate rr()iii
liurke County in 1822 aiul in 1S24, and in 1825 lie was eketed to
Con^n-css over Dr. Kobert \\ \'aiiee, and renuiined in that body
until 18;J3. He moved to Arkansas and died in Jied Kiver ('ount.\.
Xo man has more distinguished di'seendants, according to their
number, than ]\Iajor Joseph i\]el)o\vell of Pleasant (iardcn. He was
a man of great personal dignity, but modest to a fault. He met
Colonel Ferguson at Gilbert Town and drove him back anil }jre-
vented him from crossing the mountains. The next engagement
he had with that bold and tlaring leader was on King's .Mountain.
On this favored spot he and '"the heroes of King's Mountain'
gained one of tiie most decisive battles ever fought. Ferguson had
retreated before the "mountain men"' for several days. He at
last found "a favored spot'' on the spur of King's jMountain. h
is a high ridge or spur, with deep ravines on each side. Tin- ascejd
on every side is steep and hard to clind*. About \i o'clock on the
7th of October. 1780, after being in the saddle for thirty hours, ami
being drenched in rain, these daring patriots approached the mou'i
tain where Ferguson considered himself impregnable. A short
time before they arrived ni)on tlie fatal fiehl, each commander went
along his lines and exhorted his ukmi to figlit like heroes — conijuer
(;r die. That if any man was afraid he should now turn back.
Every nnin stood his ground; Colonel (!ami)bell was on the extreme
riglit when they made the attack; ('olonel Shelby next; then Sevier,
then Winston, then Hambright, tlu'ii Williams, and on the extreme
li'ft, Major Chronicle. These lines comi)let(d.>- surrounded the moun-
tains. Sevier's and lyicDowell's regiments, in order to leiieh the
enemy, had to cross a deep ravine and climb the mountain at its
steepest point, and when they came in range they could do great exe-
cution, while the enemy would slioot over them. It is said by
Di-aper that none of McDowell's men were killed or woujided. This
is a mistake. Young John Wilfong, who after the battle grew up
to be a great man in wealth, ])opidarity ami good deeds, and who
is the ancestor of many distinguished dead descendajits and many
living, and has been honored with the name of "Wilfong Lake,"
(Juilford Battleground, was severely wounded in the right arm, and
carried that honorable sear to his grave. Daniel Whitener told the
late George Summy, who related the same story to Hon. S. T. Wil-
fong, that "he took as deliberate aim at Col. Ferguson during the
battle as ever he did at a buck, and when he fired his gun Fergu-
son fell," with eight mortal wounds, from which he died. That
gun Avas presented by his noble descendant, P. W. Whitener, to tJie
Guilford Battleground Company, and it is lunv among the Revolu-
tionary relics on the great battlefield.
The battle lasted about fifty-foui- minutes. During the fight
the mountain was surrounded bv a eortlon of fwv. and was one coii-
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tiiuious suli)liurous l»la/.o. Tlic ruai-iiiir of llu' ^iiiis, tin- lattlin',^ of
the musketry, the eliargiii'? of tlic l)a>()iu*ts, tin- s\va\ ini;- to ami fro
of the lines, like ripe fieltls of ^raiii ayilatcil hy the storm ; the
shouts of the victors, tlie groans of tin- wounded and \Ur dyin^-, pre
sented a picture awfully graud and terrific. Lieut. -Col. DePeys-
ter raised the white fla»-; Fert^uson cut it down, and with an o.lth
shouted, "C'hai-ge, my 'hrave nu'u ; let not a rchcl livi-l" and with
liis silver whistk' called Ids nu-ii aioiiiul him, si)iirr('d liis white
eharger on, and then fell, iiici-ccd with (My:ht mortal wounds, ami
immediately died. "lii-avc, hut I'ash'' mi^dit have hccii written on
his tomb. After the hattie tlics- divided Ker^us(urs l.elonj^nngs
anu)n«,' some of the fiehl officers. To Cohuud Cleveland they jiavt
Fi-rguson's white charj^er, because Ik- lost his in battle; t() Colo
uel Campbell they gave his correspondence; to Colonel Se\ ier, his
sword and sash; to Colonel Shelby, his large silvei- whistle; to
Major Joe McDowell, they gave his china ^et, and he gave thciii
to his daughter Ann. who married Captain i'harlcs .M(d)owell of
(^laker ]\[eaduws, and she gave them to her four daughters -they
are in the haiuls of their deseendanis to this day. lioth ot' the Joe
McDowells of Pleasant Carden and (^nd<ei- Meadows, in the great
hattlc above spoken of, coniuian<led tlie I'.urke and liulheilord regi-
iiieiits. one on the rigid wing \\\v othei' on the lefl.
Note.— If :\Iajor doe .M(d)owel| ,,r Pleasant (ii.rdeii was only
a captain, why did the_\- in»t gi\(' the china to (obuiel doe of
(^niker Meadows'^ Mi'n. Chief Justice Peaisoii tol.l -hdm .M(d)ow-
.11 .Michael, that her grandfather. Majoi- doe of Pleasant (lardeii.
was the commander of the Piirke and Put hei'loid I'eginients in
that battle. Mrs. [)i-. (lecu'-e W. .Miehael says Inr father, tiie late
lion. -John McDowell, a son ol Pleasant Carden .Joe. 1,>M U.y fic-
.piently that his fathei' eonimandej the I'.urke and Put li.'i'foi'd regi-
uients in that battle. .Miss Sallie .McDow.-ll, another daughter of
Hon. John McDowell, says the same thing. Miss .Maggie .\l(d)owell.
a granddaughter of the late lion, dames .McDowell and daughter of
Dr. John IMcDowell. says thai her father told hei' that liis gi ami-
father Joe of Pleasant (Jarden was the commander of tlu' Hurkc
and Rutherford reginu-nts in that battle. Dr. (ieoi-ge W. .Michael,
whose first Avife was Mary .Moffett Carson, and his second wife.
Martha Moffett ]\lcI)owelb said their families all said that .Major
Joe of Pleasant Cardcn was the commander of the Piii'ke and Puth-
erford regiments in that battle. Major Ben Purgin, who was about
})5 years of age at the time, told Dr. Michael aliout forty yeai-s ago
that he knew I\Iajor Joe of Pleasant (Jarden, was the c(mimaiuler
of the P>urke ami Puthei'ford regimenis at K'ing's .Mountain. His-
torian Dra|)ei- is nustaken when he sa \ s that Cohuicl -loe of (Quaker
Meadows was the vU'wt' commander o[' the Purke and Piitlurford
regiments at King's .Mouidain, because after the battle he rode
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THE McDowells and connections 25 1
alon^ the lines at Quaker ]\Ieado\v>, and told tlie soldit-r.s to use the
rails on the place, for they belonged to him; whereas, in truth, the
plantation belonged to Colonel Charles by right of primogeniture,
which was not abolished in North Carolina until 1784.
But why should there be any contest over this (juestion. " Wliieh
of these men commanded the Burke and Rutherford regiments at
King's jMountain?" Theil' ancestors were of the same Scotch-Irish
blood. Their fathers were cousins. They were nearly n-latcd thcm-
sehes. Their wives were sisters. Their descendants have nearly
the same blood coursing through their veins, and each ought to be
interested in the fame of the other. But it is right that the truth
of history should be known. If ]\lajor -Joe of Pleasant Uarden was
the chief commander, posterity should know it. The result of this
great victory turned the tide of the Revolution in favor of the In-
dej)endence of the Colonies. It fired the patriots with new zeal.
It gavt; new hope to all America. It made the blood of every Whig
beat (|uickcr and prouder. In a short time after the decisive bat-
tle of the Cowpens was fought, in which Colonel jNIorgan and his
heroes gained a great victory. Thus, within the radius of less tiian
forty miles, the batle of Ramsour's Mill, King's ^Mountain and
Cowpens were fought and won principally by troops from Western
North Carolina, and yet she nor this section of the count i-y has
sea reedy any eredit for the same. j\Iany of her heroes who fought
these great battles lie . in neglected graves. ]\Iajor Joe McDowell
of Pleasant Garden, died in IT;).'), and was buried at that i)laee in
the family cemetery, and there is scarcely a mark to tell where
he lies. Colonel doe IMcDowell of Quaker ^Meadows died about LSOt)
at his home on John's river, and was buried with military honors at
Quaker ]Meadow's, and there is not a stone or a mark to tell whce
the distinguished hero and statesman lies. In a short time the i)lact's
where these great men Avere buried will be known no inore forivei'.
Their names, the heroes of many i/attles, deserve to be carved high
on the granite shaft erected to the memories of the heroes of Iving's
Mountain, on that great battlefi<Md, and handed down to genera-
tions unborn. The Scotch-Irish of America (said to be the highest
develojied type of the human race) ought to see to it that the
names of these two heroes and statesmen and their noble deeels
should not be forgotten. A pencil nuirk is more reliable than all
the memories of mankind, but the mark of the chisel in granite or
nuirble is more lasting than all the i)encil marks and all the mem-
oi-ies of the world. It will last as long as the eternal hills iind until
the earth shall melt with fervent heat. Then let the memoi'ies of
tht'se two great men live as long as time shall last; and th(Mi soaring
fresh from its ashes, soar above the crackling globe and li\e for-
ever.
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THE M( DOWELLS AND CONNECTIONS
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THE McDowells ani) connections 253
lyiii'5' ill neglected graves? It is so'bver all North (Jaroliua. 'riiure
is not a statue erected to one of her citizens in or out of the State.
All of the old thirteen original Slates have phiced statues in the
rotunda of the Capitol at Washington except the State of North
Carolina. In her extreme modesty and want of self-respect, she
allows outsiders to call her "Hip Van Winkle," and permits the
cognomen to be ai)plied to lier. She allows them to call her a sti-ip
of land between two States, when she I'urnished at Kamsour's Mill
all the Whig troops and a large majority at King's Mountain and
Cowpens, in which three splendid victories were gaijieil ; when she
ditl the most bold and daring fighting around and in the town of
Charlotte; when Cornwallis with all his army stormed and took the
town, in which Lieut. George Locke and a number of other patriots
were killed, and when she did her duty in every emergency in that
great struggle. Had it not ;been for the patriotic and indomitable
perseverance of Judge David Schenck, the North Carolina trooi)s
who fought so gallantly at Cuilford Courthouse would lie in dis-
grace and not a mark to tell where the great battle was fought.
North I'arolina furnished more troops in the late Civil War, and
more of lier soldiers were killed and wounded in battle, according to
numbers engaged, than any other of the Southern States. Yet in his-
tory she receives no credit for it. She has produced more great men,
accoi'ding to poi)ulation, than any State in America. At one time
when Thonms IL Benton, Silas Wright, Hugh L. White ami Wil-
liam K. King were in Congress, half of the Senators of the United
States were native North Carolinians. It is charged against her
that her sons are never fully developed until they are transported
and become citizens of other States. How long shall this state of
things last? How long before Noi-th Carolina shall appreciate lier
liytng and honor her deadf Whenever her young shall be lauglu
to revere their memories and resi)eet her living heroes and states-
men, then we may expect the dead and the living to be properly
honored.
JOSEPH McDOW^ELL.
From Official Congressional Record — Ly Hon. Finis J. Garrett, M. C.
"Joseph ^McDowell (father of -Joseph J. ]\lcDo\vell) was born
in Winchester, Va., in 1756; mo.ved to Burke County, North Caro-
lina; active in the Kevolutionary War; member of the House of
Commons of North Carolina, 1782-1788; o])posed to the adoption of
the Federal ('onstitution in the State Convention; elected a repre-
sentative from North Carolina to the third and fifth congresses;
died in Burke County, North Carolina."
"Joseph J. McDowell (son of Jo.seph McDowell) was born in
Burke County, North Carolina, November 13, 1800; moved to Hills-
boro. Ohio; elected a re])resentative from Ohio to the 28th and 29th
congresses as Democrat; died in Hillsboro, Ohio, Jan. 17, 1877."
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254 THE McDowells and connections
The Joseph McDowell whose biography i.s tiisl .set out above
is the only IMeDowell who e\er served in Congress t'rt)ni North
Carolina.
In a book, '"King's Moiintaiii and its Heroes,' b>- Draper,
which I found in the Congressional library, there aic nuiiierous
rel'erences to Col. Chas. McDowell, "Hunting" John McDowell,
(ien. -Joseph ^McDowell,- and Cai)t. Joseph ^McDowell.
As best 1 can gather Ironi this l)ook, theri- Wi'W two hrotiiers
l)oi'n in Irelaiul, Joseph and "Hunting" John. J(»sepli was born
ill 1713, reared as Axeaver, married ^largai-ei O'Neil, jiiid early iiii-
giated to Pennsylvania. He soon Aveiit to Wiiieliestcr, \';i., and
there two sons were boi-n to him, Charles and JoM-pli. the latter
in IToG.
"Hunting" Jolm luul moved to Catawba \'alle>, "si'ttling that
beautiful tract, Pleasant Carden," some time prior to ITo.S, and
not long after his brotlier Josejth went to that sedion ;iiid settled
at the "Qualicr Meadows," where his family was reared.
I'harles became a Colonel in the lieNoInt ioiiai\ ser\ lei', and in
February, 177(), Josei)h iMcDowell, Jr. (br(»llier lo Cbarle>} .iiLit'd
his hrotlier's reginunit, some aeconnts sa\- as a Major, and it is this
Josei)h ^McDowell Avliom the author of this book puts down as the
Joseph ^McDowell of King's Monnlain lame, but it is also true that
another Josei)h ]\lcDowell was in the battle. This Jo^( pb was the
son of "Hunting" rlohn. He was at King's Monniain a^ a < aptain.
This book says that in P)urke ('ouidy tliese two cousins were
known or distinguished from one another by tlu' apjxilalions of
their homes. Josei)h, the son of Jose])h, Si'., \\as luiown as '(^Jiiaker
Meadow Joe," and Joseph, the son of '■Hunting" John, was known
as "Pleasant (Jarden Joe." 1 think both of them were in the \or1h
Carolina Ijcgislat iire at the same time, and Josejih, son of Joseph,
used the word, "Jr.", to distinguish himself from bis e(nisin.
This same Joe was the iuend)er of t!ongress whose l)iogra])hy
is first given on i»agc 1 of my letter. He served in Coiigi'ess in
17I);5-!)r) and in 17;)7-1)9- that is the third and fifth Congresses, la
1797 he was a connnissioner for running boundary line between Ten-
nessee. He died Aug. 11, 18(J1, of ai)o])lexy, in the -loth year ol' his
age, and was buried at the Quaker ]\leadows, where some rude stones
and a large tree at the head of bis grave marlv the jilaee of his vc-
pose. He married Mary, daughter of Col. Ceorge Moffelt, of \'ir-
ginia, leaving two .sons and six daughters.
He was the recognized leader of the Kepnbliean party in the
western counties, and was eminent for his sagaeioiis leadership in
ei\il maters, as he had Ix'cn dauntless and sueeessl'nl in the late
war. He was no inconsiderable antagonist in debate, and through-
out his life-he was the icbd of the western peojile of .North Carolina.
His cousin, Joseph, the son of "Hunting" John, was born Feb.
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THE McDowells and connections
255
~o, Ji.KS. He served on IJulherwonl 's ea.niniig.i, killing an Indian-
on seouts aganist the Indians in Burke Connfy, and eommanded a
rou.j.any at King's ]\lountain. \lv was a member of the North
(;=n'ohna Convention in 17.SS, .nakiog several speeehes. He mar-
i-u-d :\lary Motletl, dyii.g in April. ITlJo, leaving several ehildren
h; uas a lawyer l.y j.rolcssion, an,l is reganled as having the
lingiit.'st mtelleet of any of that eonneetion.
Tlie hook states further that this ('apt. '-Pleasant (harden Jo-
seph, at Kuig's ]\Ionntain, secured sonn' of Ferguson's service-
six ..Mils china dinner plates, and a small coffee cup and saucer,
several of which are yet among his descendants, and in the foot
"ole r.^fers to letters the anliior had from ]\Irs. K. ]\r. Pearson and
-Miss N. X. .^JeDowell, granddaughters, and ]\Iiss Ainia :\r. Woodfin
a great-granddaughter of Captain JMcDowell.
In a footnote the author sa.> s it was certainly .)ose])h iMcDowell
of (,)uaker :\[eadow, who led the P.urke County 1r<.()])s at King's
.Monnlain, and that the coid'usion has all come about because lie
bad Ihe same name as his cousin, Capt. or Pleasant Carden Joseph.
Tlie.\- lesuled in the same county, married sisters, it seems, were
ni the same Legislature at the same time, and were both at King's
-MouMlain. Quaker Meadow Joseph as the leader of the troops"of
I'.urke County, and Pleasant Carden Joe as a Captain of a company.
The author says that this accounts for the confusion which the de-
erndaiits of each have had about the matter.
DKSCM.XDANTS OF JOK .McDO W Kid. OF QUAKFPv MFADOWS.
Andrew ]\rci\ricken, Jr., Imu'u at Doylestown, Pa., of Scotch
fatlu'r and French mother, April 2:\, KS2;{, and died at Bulfalo,
Wyo.. October 20. 189;}. married al Ilillsboro, Ohio, 1S72, to Kaehel
Ann Trimble McDowell (daughtei- of (leii. Jo.seph J. McDowell and
Sallie Ann j\IcCue (a noted beauty) ({en. Joseph McDowell was
born at (Quaker :\Ieadows, N. C., and died at llillsboi-o, Ohio, Jan.
]/. 1S77. Sallie McCue M(d)owel[ was born near Staunton, Va.,
and died at Ilillsboro, Ohio, Nov. 80, LSHf)).
K'achel Ann Trimble :\lcl)()well was born at Jlillsboi-ough, Ohio,
April 26, 1826, and died at Westwood, Ohio, A]>ril 4, 1 !)()().
CHILDREN OF ANDREW McMKJKEN AND RACMIEL .M.-
1. Lalla McMicken, born at Cincinnati, Ohio, still living- married
(1) Sam T. Lewis, of Washington, 1). C, married (2) ("ien I5cii-
.jamin Piatt Runkle, Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 10, LS!)4.
2. Charles :\lcMicken, boi-ii September 1850; died June 8. 18r)l
:l Andrew :\lcMicken, Jr., born Noveinljcr PJ. 18r,2 (attorney at
law, Rankin, Mo.) married II, ■leu Cannon, K'awlin.rs \Vvo
:\larch 2. LS88.
4. Joseph :\lcDowell .AIcMiek.Mi (physician); born Feb. 9, PS.-)4 ;
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married Agnes Craig -July 11, 188:5; died at Portland. ()i-egoii,
Sept. 1;}, llHKi.
f). Anna :\leMieki'n, horn at Troy, 111.. -Ian. 11. 1850; di.'d at Kco-
knk. Iowa, Feb. 'Jli, 18G7.
(I. .Mary McMiekcn. hoi-ii at 'I'roy. 111., married W. W. St rowhridge
April ."), 1882. Is.sue: Andrew llini'.
7. J.uey hell JMciMieken, ])pvn at Keokuk, Iowa, Se])t. 8. KSIJU; mar-
ried C. W. nine Sept. 15), 188!).
j 8. Kevell :Me]\lieken. horn at Keokuk. Iowa, Feb. 24. 18GG.
DKSCKNDANTS OF JOSEPH McDOWKLL OK PLKASAXT
OARDKXS.
nVKON C. MeDOWFLL, desrmdant of .Joseph McDowell, of
Pleasant (hardens, N. ('., was hoin at Kranklin, N. 0., -lune 22, 18;{4,
was married at Bluff City, Tenn., -Ian. 27, 186:}, to Margaret Rhea,
horn at Beeeh Hill, Tenn." Dee. ;U). 1840.
CHILDREN OF BVRON MeDOWEKK AND MAJUIARET
RHEA.
1. .lames Rhea :\reDowell, horn at Bluff City, Tenn., Nov. 27. 186:5;
married at Clinton, Tenn., Ettie Young, June 26, 11)00.
2. Ellen Irene ^McDowell, lioin at Bluff City, Tenn., Se|)t. 8. 1886.
:5. i'Mizaheth Juliet MeDowell, hoin at JMuff City, Tenn., Aug. 12,
1868; married J. B. Lyon, at Bristol, Tenn., bet. 12, 18!);J. Is-
sue: ]\IeDowell Lyon, born at Bristol, Tenn., Sept. 16, 18!).").
4. Evelyn MeDowell, horn at Bluff City, Tenn., Dee. 1:5, 1870; nuir-
ried W. S. J^^tewart, at liristol, Tenn., June 27, 1900. Issue: El-
len Stewart, horn Jan. 3, 190.").
T). Albert Sidney MeDowell, horn at Bluff City, Tenn., Sept. 12,
1875; married at Lebanon, Tenn., Inez Curtis, Jan. 11, 1900.
6. Margaret Rhea ]\IeDowell, horn at Bluff City, Tenn.. Jun.' 18.
1880; married W. D. Kurgerson, at Bristol, Tenn., Dee. 26. 1900.
Issue: 1. Margaret Kurgerson, born Sept. 1(5, 1902. 2. Robert
Kurgerson, horn Sei)t. 14, 1904.
PLEASANT GARDEN'S BRANCH. '
By Margaret E. MeDowell.
"Hunting John" MeDowell, of I'leasant (iardens, .\. C.. was
one of the pioneers of Western North Carolina; eame first from
Pennsylvania to Virgiina, and from the Valley of Virginia to Pleas-
ant (hardens in 174:5. He entered large traets of laiul in 1S.')0. He
was too old for aetive serviee and was not in the ReNolution of
1775, and he refused i)roteetion fi-om the British, and picferred to
drive his eattle off to the eove.
His eounty was then Rowan, aiul he attended eourt at Salis-
bury, one hundi-ed nules awav. Afterwards his eountv was Burke,
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258 THE MCDOWELLS AND CONNECTIONS
;ni(l later on it was ^h-Dowcll, in lioiior of liis illn.Nti'ioiis son, Jo-
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"Huiitiii"^ JoliiT' was ol Si'oli'h-li-ish di'scrm, and is said to
liavf htHMi I'l'latcd to lOphriaiu McDowell, of Vii^jinia, prohaiily a
)u'ph('W. .loliii .McDowell jiiai'i'ied Annie Ivlniistin, dl V'iriiiiiia. and
]>y her In- had three ehihlren. .losei)h, IJaehel iiuA Annie. Tlie
latter inai'rietl a Wliitsqii, and their deseendanls are Id he louinl in
Unneondie County, X. ('., and in California. Kaidnl inai'ried Col.
• lohn Carson, and after liei' ,lealh he nnirried .loM-ph M( Duweirs
widow, Mary ^loffetL
doseph MeDow.dl. of Pleasant Card.ns. the onl\ mmi of ••|lunt-
in-- -lohn"" MeDow(dl. was marri.-d to Mary .Mnfffil la dau-hter of
Col. Ceor-i-e Moff.'tt anil S.irah MeDowellj in .\u-nsi;i Connt>, Va.,
Staunton heiiij'' the jjostof fi.-e. The wi'itei- has a \r\\rv wrillen hy
I'olonel (;eor<>;c -Moffett, to his dau^irhter, .Mary, and il \\a> wrileii
from Au.uusta County, Va, did> :.'. 1^07, and posted at Siaimlon,
Wlu'ii a hoy ..f .'i-'hteen. -lo-rph. of I'lea-ant Cardcii^. wa^ in
Uiilherforcrs eanii)aij4-ii a-.iinsl the hnlians, in ITTii. and killed an
Indian witli his own sword. Two oi' Ihree \ears aiio his >word was
lound in a j^'ari'el at I'hasinit (iardeiis, and sent to the ninsiiini at
Kalei«,'li. lie was a man of delieale const it nt ion, and in addition
to hein^^ a fervent patriot, had cousiderahle la^le foi- military af-
fairs, lie was a man of jjreat ""iliiJidty and modrsty of charaettr,
and was ivjrardt'(l as possrssin;j- the hri^hlest inldhct of his day,"
in Western Caiolina.-
I have in my possession a manuscript \'vo\\\ Silas .MeDowell. of
.Macon County, \. C who endeavored to corrert all i-vnn-s. and
;iive the people iiistorieal I'aets. lie was horn in 17!).'), and was a
man of renuirkahle nnunorN' and j^athered facts. lie says ol' do-
s.-ph .Mcl)oW(dl:
"If thei'c was any man in this ])art of the State that distin-
tiuished hiinsidf in mind, as ranking' far ahove his lellows. except
dosrph .McDowell, of Pleasant (iardeiis, Purk,' County. X. C., tra-
dition has not Iraiismitted the faet : though there wfre scores of
st r(Mi<;-min(lod, honorahlr and paliiotie men in this division of the
Stat(>, who figured in the l{ev(dut ioiiaiw- War. MrDowidCs li^lit
went out when he was in his )ioonda\- prime, and in the last decade
of the IStii century, and from thai time until iSi^O there has arisen
no hright and particular star, 'doseph of P. C.' was horn 'J.")th
Fehruar\-, 17r)S, and died April, 171)."), at the a.u'c of dS years, ^'oung
as he was he soon went into the Patriotic Army, and was soon i)ro-
motod to Major, under his e(nisiii ('harles. who \vas ('ohuiel, aftei'-
wards (Jeiieral. doseph met Col. I'V'i-gerson at (iilhert Town, and
dro\e liim hack and prcMMited liis crossiiifr the mountain." I have
it from my father. Dr. dohn .M(d)owell, who had hem told l.y his
father, the Hon. dames .M(d)owtdl, and his Aunt Annie, the son
and daughter of dosi'ph. of Pleasant (iai'dens. and .Mary Moffi'tt:
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THE McDowells and connections 259
that while Joseph was statioued at Gilbert Town, that his motlior,
Annie Edminstin, molded bullets and carried them tied under her
skirts, to her son. She went from Tleasant Gardens to Gilbert
Town on horseback, a considerable distance, througii a rougli coun-
try, and on the way siie was encountered by rougii Tories, wlio took
her horse by the bridle and tried to prevent her i'roiu going Jur-
ther; but with the couragp of the women of that day, sbe managed
to get out of the ruffians' way and made a safe trip.
Joseph was engaged in the battle of Cow Tens and Kansaur
j\Iills, and was the ]\Icl)owell who eommanded his own and (Jencral
Charles McDowell's trooi)s at King's ]\lountain. Robbing "Joseph,
of P. G." of the command of the regiment at- that battle, had been
tlie mistake on the part of some historian, and because of the dis-
pute, in sayiug that Joseph of (Quaker .Meadows was the supei-ior
offieer, and commanded his lu'other diaries' trt)()ps-the name
:\leDowell does not appear on the King's :\lountaiii monumeiit. The
two Josephs were cousins and married sisters, .Mary and M.irgai-et
Moffett, and both fought in the same battles, and both \\( iv brave
and honorable in all things, but Imving the same name, and botli
being soldiers, then statesmen, a great deal of cojifusion lias arisen.
"Joseph, of Pleasant Gardens," was umloubtedly the eom-
maiider at King's Mountain; all of my family from my grandfatiiei-.
• lames, Jose])h's son, and Aimii', his daughter, down lo m> lather
and mother, have said so, and 1 thiidc the chiim whieli is in the pos-
si-ssion of the writer is ])roof conclusive. The china was given to
Annie McDowell by her mother, ]\Iary :\Ioffett ]\IeD()well. telling
her the set of china was given to her father, Josej)!!, from Ferger-
son's belongings, after the Paltle of King's Moinitain.
Annie married her cousin, Capt. Charles .McDowell, of (Quaker
IMcadows, Burke County. N. C, and she gave the ehina to her
tlaughters. Both the Woodfin ladies, Annie and Capt. CJiarles'
daughters, have pieces of this china, and Miss Annie Woodfin still
has jiieces; a cup and a saucer; ami when she showed it to nu' a
year ago she saitl: "My mother told me this was given lo iii> great-
grandfather, 'Jo.seph of IMeasant Gardens,' after the Battle ol'
King's ^lountain." Mrs. |}\num, another daughter o\' Aww'w and
Cai)t. Charles, the granddaughter of -'.loseph, of Pleasant G;
gave a plate from the same set of China, to her soi
Byninu, of Morganton, . nudung the same statement
that the Woodfin sisters had made. I believe that ])late
tlung I ever coveted. Judge Bynnm and his wife
ehildren, and there was no one to inherit the ehina.
gave the same to his nnich beloved brothei'-in-law
Green, of Wilson, N. C, who married my eousiii. 1
(Jreen if he would give me the china, and allow it
the family, and not pass out of the name. P.eing In;
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give it to me than to the Museum at Raleigh — so I have the china
and send you a photo of same. (See i)hoto.) Getting it \va^ an
answer to prayer.
Joseph was a lawyer and his law hooks are in the laniiiy; and
I'rom them 1 send his autograph. "J. :\Iel)owell, P. (J.'' If Josei)ii,
of 1'. G., was the rightful eommander of General Charles' tro()i)s,
posterity should know^ it,.says Judge Leeke ]\Ie('orkle; ami to that
just man 1 am indehted for a great deal of data, that corresponds
with all my family has said. Again, he says, "No man had more
distinguished ancestors and descendants than Joseph, of P. G., ae-
eoi-ding to their numher. Joseph was IMajor hefore the battle of
King's Mountain, and Colonel after that. He served in the North
Carolina Legislature, from 1785 to 1792. He was a meml)er of tho
North Carolina Convention in 1788, for the i)uri)ose of adopting
or rejecting the Constitution of the U. S., in whieii lie made a
statesmanlike speech, opposing its adoi)tion on the gro\ind that it
did not guarantee the rights of the States, trial by jury, and tiie
great wa-it of habeas corpus— so that the Honorable J.eeke MeCor-
kle, who made a big effort to do justice to both Josei)h, of Pleasant
Gardens, and Joseph, of Quaker :Meadows."
Joseph died in Ai)ril, 1795, and was buried at Round Hill, the
family burying ground at Pleasant Gardens; and his grave is un-
marked.
John, James and Annie were the children of Josei)li and Mary
Moffett, two others having died young. Hon. John .AlcDowell, of
Rutherford, was a most estimable man, several times served his
country honorably in the Legislature, as did his brother, of Vaney
County; and while James was in the Legislature the new county
taken off of Burke, was named through compliment to him, for
his father, Joseph, of Pleasant (Jardens, and was called :\Iel)owell
County.
John married a ]\liss Lewis, and his descendants are scattered
over North Carolina, and to his daughter. Miss Sarah McDowell,
and to her nephew, John :\lichael, and to Dr. Michael and Major
Ben Burgin, who was 1)5 years old fifty years ago Avhen he gave
my father, Dr. Michael, and others, a great deal of information con-
cerning Joseph of P. G., 1 am intlebted for much that I've wiitten.
James McDowell married ]\Lirgaret "Erwin of Belvidere."
Burke County, N. C, and lived until aTter her death at Pleasant
Gardens, and from there he removed to Yaney County, leaving
three sons and two daughtei's mostly to the care of his wife's rela-
tives at Belvidere — the oldest being ten and the youngest one year
old. James ^McDowell, like manv of that name, was celcl)rate(l
for his hospitality, and the sister-in-law win> brought up liis infant,
and did a great deal for all (.f the cliildren, lias often said D the
writer (she was my great aunt, Miss Cecelia Irwin). •Uiother
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.laiiK's Mt'Dowt'll was the kitulcsi and ln'st hroi lirr in-law 1 ever
knew."
-lames ]MeI)owell, it seems, never ret'iistil to ^u security Tor iiis
friends and kin; and tlironyli the latter he lost his IMcasant (iar-
dens liome— same being sohl for seeurity debts, and then lie moved
to Yaney County, where lie dii-d in 18,14. .lames .MeDow.ll and
Margaret Irwin had three sons and two daughters, besides two
eliiidreii who died when a few months oKI. The Iti'others were .Jo-
sepli Alhurton, William Wallaei' and -lohn Calhoun MeDowell.
Owing to these three men being left when \ ery .\<.ung without a
motlier and their father being in a measure broken up, and having
to leave his home and go to Yancy County, which was almost out
of civilization, these three bi-othei's wei-e thrown considei'ablv on
their own resources — though they had the kindest of fathers. Ilow-
ever, they were fairly educated, doseph, the cddest. read medicine
with Dr. Hardy, of Asheville, and from there went to the .Medical
College at Charleston, from which he gi-aduated am! setth'd at Hot
Spi-iiigs, N. C, and afterwards at Asheville, N. C. He was consid-
ered an excellent physician ami was a man 1 have lieard otliers say,
of the finest i)ersonal ai)pearanee, was called "A Chesierfield " in
manner. Ife married Julia Pattoii, of AshexiUe ((hiughler of .John
C. I'atton) and their (diihircn ai-e living in North Carolina, South
Carolina, Ceorgia and h'lorida. .Mrs. -lame.^ Walton, his daughter,
lives in Morgantown, N. ('.
William Wallace .McDowell married Sarah Sndlh, of Asheville,
who was a daughter of .lames Smith, wlio was the lirs! white child
born west of the liliie IJidge. and lived and died lherc, as did his
brother, Dr. or Colonel, .Joseph, of whom 1 have jusl made mention.
Tlu'se two brothers were officeis dui-ing tin' Ci\il War. .Joseph was
Colonel and William, .Major. William was Captain of the Fii'st
Volunteer Company thai bd't Asheville in l.Sbl. The flag with
which the captain was presented was made iVom an old C. S. flag
1 recoiistrueled) by the ladies ol" Asheville. . This flag was adopt-
.'d as the regimental flag b\- the first regiment, comiuanded bv (ien.
1). 11. Hill, and was dedicahnl at I'.ig Bethel I'Iniivh bailie, .j'une 1.
isbi.
W. W. McDowell's courage at that battle was highl\- si»oken
of l)y I). II. Hill, and others, the first baltle between the North and
the South. (Captain W. W. McDowell, of the r.un.-ombe Hifh-s of
1861, became IMa.joi- in the (JOtli North Carolina K'egiment, his
bi'other, Joseph, being Colomd of tin; reginu'iit. They were both
at :\Iin'freesboro, Teiin. Colomd doseph was born l)i'c. 22, 1821,
and died :\rareli lOth, 187.'), at Asheville. Ma.jor William Wallace
.M(d)owell was tln^ "grandest old man 1 ever knew." This was
said or rathei- written of him by a friend, and a Northerner, who
had lived in the Major's home fo'- years. Surely he ought to have
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THE McDowells and connections 2uj
known the ",Maj," as every one called liiiu. The uritei' knew liini
lliii'ty years, or e\eii lony:er, and ean say lie was the best man she
had ('\('i- known. After tiit; death of my father and his hrolhcr.
\)v. -lolui I". M(d)owell, 1 was a jj;reat deal in his family, antl agree
with the writer, who said of iiim, "lie was as brave as a lion and
as gentle as a land)." 1 never lieard hini speak harshly to anyone;
always gentle and loving jn his fannly. 'Twas hard for him to say
"No," hut when it was said no one would dream of his saying
"Ves."' lie was truly a Christian, was an elder in the I'reshyterian
("luireli — a real Seoteh J'reshyterian in many things — had iidierited
that hra\ery and religion of the Clan. He was of Seoteh-lrish de-
seeid. \V. W. ^leDowell's children are living in North Carolijia
and Seattle, Wash. Two daughters, Annie and .Mary, ai-e at the old
home in Asheville.
Dr. John Calhoun, the third son of -John ^McDowell and jnother
to Colonel Joseph ^MeDowell and .Major William ]\I(d)owell. was
horn July 7th, 1825; died August ;{rd, ISTIi. li(; nmnicd Sarah
"Erwiu, of liellevue," daughter of James Krwin, and settled first
in .Morganton, where he began the i)ractiee of medicine, lie read
uu'dieine in Morgantown with Dr. JMeRee, and from there lie went
to the ]\ledieal College at Charleslown, S. C. lie was said to be a
very handsome man, ami a man with a great big heart, and a (piick
intellect. He tlid not care for offices or honors, and ne\er allowed
his name to go before the i)iihlie but once, then he was elected to
the Convention of 18G1, from Hnrke; and at the same time his
brother, Jose])!], was eleeted from Huncombe. He was a Democrat,
as was his brothers, and during e\ery cami)aign woi'ked for his
party as lew men did only when v.orking for self. The .Mel)o\\eirs
were Democrats while nearly all their kin were Whigs.
Colonel Walton, one of l)Urkc's historians, said: "Dr. John
C. jMeDowell died wilhoul an enemy." W. W. A\cry, another
writer, said: "He ditl Jiot eare for office, he only careil to shine
in social life, and was a i)rinee of entertainers," and 'alwa\s think-
ing and jilauning for the advaneemet of his famil\-." "He was an
indulgent husband and father." It was said by others, and 1 know-
it to be a fact, that lie was the kindest of neighbors and his slaves
loved him Avith a peculiar devotion. His sons say, "He was the
biggest man they ever knew." He died greatly belo\ed, at the okl
home of Col. Jolieph ^IcDowell, of Quaker ]\leadows, and was bur-
ied at ]\Iorganton. -Joseph sold said home to Albert Corpening
and from Albert it descended to his son David, and David .sold
same to Dr. ^McDowell and wife, Sarah iM-win, and the juirt of the
old ])lantation on which Joseph, (d' Quaker ^Meadows li\c(l, and
the home of Dr. John Calhoun ^l(d)owell, belongs to the writer.
Dr. John C. IMcDowell was not in the army during the Civil
War, but was in active home service, fighting the Tories and pro-
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26-1 THE McDowells and co.\nec:tio.\s
te('tiii<ij home. Loved his church, was a l*i'cshytci-iaii. His dcscciid-
ants live in Xuiih Cai'dlina. Most of thcin arc al .Moi\<;aiil()ii,
Jiui-ke County, Xortii Carolina, the County t.f the .M.d)o\vclls.
KIX(i"S MOl'XTAlX iJATTId-:.
Colonel Sludhy says oT Chai-les McDowell, in his pamphlet of
182:!: "I made th" j)i'oposition (\o jiut Colonel Canijd)cll in cnm-
mand) to silenee tin; exi)ectation oT Col. Charles Mtd)owell pi coiii-
nutnd us, he being the eommandin<;- ot'l'icer of the district, \\e were
then in and had eonnnainled the armies of militia asseiuMcd in that
(pnirtcr all the summiT helOic aj^ainst the same enciii> . lie was a
hra\c and i)atriotie nuin, hut we considered him too lar aihanccd in
life and too inactixe for the cnmmand of such an enterprise as we
were enggad in. 1 was sui-e he woud not ser\e under a younger of-
ficer from his own State, and hoped that his feelings woidd he in
, some degi-ee sawil hy the appointment of Colonel Camphi 11. of
Virginia."
In liis narrative in the American Iveview, Deccmher, ls4<S. Shel-
by made no reference to M(d)owcirs age, hut siuipl\- >tates that
"lu' was too slow <in officer" for the enterprise.
Though (\)lomd Shelby speaks of .M(d)oweirs age as being ob-
jeclionabie for such serx ice, l)rai)er in his ■" King's .Mountain Uat-
tU'," page 1888. says:
"It really deserves little if any eonsiderat i(Mi. for the reason
Colonel Charles McDowell was onl\- thirt}'-se\-en years of age,"
: While there lias been some difference of opinion as to Cdlonel Mc-
Dowell's birthday, his tombstone gives th.' date of ins death at .Mar-cli
I lilst, 1815, and says lie was about seventy years of age. If that be
true, he was born in 174"). lint whi(du>vcr date is cori'cct the i-cason
> first given that Col. .McDowell was too fai- ad\anced in life was too
frivolous for consideration. Clc\elaiul, who was gi\'en command,
■ was older than Colonel .M(d)(.well. (bun-ral Kvan Shelby, the
Colonel's father, who the year bid'ore had commanded an expedition
against the Cliiekamauga Indians, xvas twenty-thi-ee ycais older
than Col. Charles ]\Iel)owell. (ieneral Washington was eleven years
older, Snmpter four, Stark fifteen and Marion ten.
Drai)er, in "King's ]\Ioiuitain ami Its lleioes." |)age IS!), says:
"The real objection to Colonel ]\lcl)owell was not so much his
age, as his lack of tact and efficiency for su(di a command, which
re<inired rapid nH)vemeid to catch the fine genei-alsbip to defeat
Fnrgerson, who was known to be one of the bravest fighters ami
hardest officials to defeat in the King's army." Di'aper says fui'-
tlier: "Colonel Chai-les M(d)owell, who had the good of his coun-
,,. try at heart more than any title \o eonnnand, submitted gi-acefull\'
I^ to what was done, l)ut observed that as he t-ould not be iierndtlcd
to command he would, if agreeable, convey to heaibpiarl ers the re-
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THE McDOWlCLLS AND CONNECTIONS 265
quest for a general ofl'ieer. Tliis was warmly a])i)rovtMl, as it was
justly (leelared that he was well aeiiiiaiiited with the situation oT the
country." The manner in whieh this was i)resented gratified Col.
.McDowell, who at oiu-e set ofl' on his mission, leaving his nu-n under
Ihe command of his brother, .Major Joseph Mcl)owi-ll, of (Quaker
.Meadows."
WHO CO.M.MAXDKl) AT KlXii'S MOTXTAIX.'
\W Frank .McDowell.
The facts as to who commanded at King's .Mountain, as lU'ar us
1 can get them are as follows: From history and from tradition.
luiNing heard it discussed hy my father, my uncles, my grand-uncle,
Ilanulton Krwin, an .\unt .Matilda Seei'lia Frwin, wiu) livetl to he
eighty-one (81) year old. also from m ymother, who was Sarah lEr-
win, and noteil for hei- e.xcclleut nuMuory for dates, hirths and deaths,
1 gained many of the facts. The>- all asserted that the reason (Jen.
Charles .M(d)owell was not in comumnd at King's Mountain was he-
caust' he was on a "spree" at the time. Others not related to (ien-
eral Charles, have expressed themselves that he had grown a little
lukewarm for the cause. Col. Carson, .son-in-law of ''Hunting .John"
.McDowell was pro-Uritish, ami offered to go to South Sarolina and
ask j)rotection in order to sa\e "Pleasant (Jartlens"' from heing
raided, hut Old John .McDowell said, "Xo! he would drive his cattle
into Xortli Cove, and the British he d d." Hunting .lohn was
G:} years old at the time.
My mother was a close neighhor \o "(^>uaker Meadows" as
"l-'rwin's Delight" (known today as Kellevue) was only two uiiles
away. She was the schoolmate and great friend of .Mai'garet .Mc-
Dowell, the daughter of Captain Charles ami Annie .McDowell, who
was of the "Pleasant (Jardens" branch. I have heard jun- say that
"Fiu-le Charlie, when iidoxicated, would tell his wife that it was
his father who commanded at King's ^NFountain," and she would
ansM-ei- that it was her father — [oseph, of Pleasant (Jardens.
At any rate the chimi taken from Colonel Ferguson's tent
conu's through Annie IMcDowell, of "Pleasant CJardens," to the
"Quaker ^leadow" branch of McDowells. .Judge (Jray liyniim, who
married Ilennie Erwin (my first cousin) gave it back to my sister,
^Jargaret Krwin :\IcDowell, who now has it. We are descended from
from the "Pleasant (iai'dens" branch.
TIIIO KIX(;'S MOJINTAIX COXTIiOVFKSV.
By Samuel Moffett .McDowell.
In regard to family history, have always heard that the honors
of King's iMountain (as far as the ^McDowells were concerned) be-
longed to Josei)h of Quaker :Meadows. Charles not heing present
,jitTo aw!J(-i;i:: ''.II 'Hi,/ ,iri}ni'>"|rM, r^'/' -m; •' ill ■;.;;iM/)-i ;5i;j ^' ',!?'•;'!,
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THE McDOWKl.LS AND ('().\XKl'Tll>.\ S
at till' !»attlf oil aciM)iiiit dl iiifiniiil irs. ^\a^ tlrtailtMl \o caiTN dis-
patclifs l(» lu-a(l(|iiait('i-s. or ^o^l(• oiliri- point in tlir iiiililai'v ^li^tl■il•t
Tlu'iH' lias ah\ays liccii a i|iicslioii of donlit as lo wlii'-li was chost'ii
l.-ail.T lor ihiil pai'tiiMilar hattir (I'li'asant (Janlm -lor or (,»nakfr
,Mt-a(lo\\s -lot,' I. Now as ('liarlr.s ((^inikcr .Meadows) ofiiiLi' in com
iiiaiid. tlioii^li not lo■(■^(■nl at ttic linir, his iir<»tli<r ()^llr,'l•^ wanted a
younger and more a.etixr leader, it is nalural to sup[lo-^e one (W more
(d'neers from the otliei' State> lined up, sn--v^ted that ll)e\ eh'et
• !o->epli, the youii^-er l.rotlier of tlieii- chief, liotli lieinii familiar with
e\ery road from \'ir^iiiia. li\ wa) of Charlotte and Wiitheilord. .\
('., south to the .^e;d)()al•d.
•liidjie A\-er>- with lli^ >lnrd.\ .ihilil.v a-, a law>er. lii> powei' of
mirave|]in<4- knotty prohleiiiN, made him truly fit lo aiialy/e .mu-Ii
pi'ol)leiiis and ^et at the ri^ht. he xii'Ued it from all possihle points
if ho found himself wron^ that ended it. hut throu-li his methods,
if his reasoning eoiivineed him that he wa^ ri-hl, he.\ ond a doiiht
he would re\ise and ree{dl.ite in (»rder to present it in propir form
then nothing t'X'er Mio\ed him. for he \\as eoii\iiieed through other.T
aiul hi.s own .sifted facts that he was ri^ht. Now \)v. ller\cy and
l.uuisa :\rel)owelI, witli the help of :\Ii-. Maishall (dveii, have" done
more to settle the matter in its true and i)roper li^ht than aii\ otliei":*
I have ever read after. .\ll Ik. nor and thanks to them for their
lahorious and unselfish work, fm- they trid\ s^arehed for the riiriit
Tile only time 1 ever saw ('ousin IJerN'ey was, when he \isited Mor
ganton. T did not make aii\' (daims as to which was whieli at l\iiig':>
.Mountain. I only saiil 1 ne\fi' discussed tlie matter a^ to the righl
• losepli. hut I wouhl satisfy myself with the fact that if there was
any honors coming | would gladl\- divide, foi- 1 had .i doiihle por-
tion, it coming from both graiid|)areiits. lie said: "■Sam, to all
intents and ])urposes you are right, you liaxc lost nothing from
that view of it, hut it lias long l^'cn a xcxed (piestioii, hut your cousin
Louisa and myself have \iewfd from e\-er\ point all matters con-
neeti'd with that ])artieular (piestion, time and again our eoindusions
have come out the same. (,»uaker Meadows Joseph .Mt Dowcll must
he the man." 'idiat Avas ahout t w'ent.\ di\ e years auo, pi'ohahly
longer. -ludge Avery often saiil '"It must he doseph M(d)owell, ut
(Quaker ^leadows." > " .
KIN(rs MOUNTAIN CONTKOVKKS^*
Hv diaries V. .McKesson.
On this historical day, May U), the voice of patiiotism weighs
A\ith lo\-e as we think (d' the heroic de.ul who followed the ill-fated
destinies of the Southern ( ross, those voices unite in praise of
those wdio marcdied up Kind's .Mountain through a cordon oi' Brit-
ish soldiei's, and not only |)]'oidaiined the downfall id' desputisni
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THE McDowells and connections 2«n
ill tlies(,' occidental lorcsts, hut \v()ii from tlie liaiul of a >iillt'ii king
the priceless jewel ol" Libertx'.
l<'oi'eniost among the heroes of King's Mountain were (Iimi.
Charles ^IcDowell and his younger hrothers, and second in com-
luaiid — Jose[)h ^Ichowell, of (Quaker Meadows. .My molhei', .Mar-
garet ]\Icl)owell. was a gi-anddaughter of (Jen. Charh's [McDowell,
and all the contemi)orar>' liistory of their times as well as the fam-
ily recoi-ds of the immediate desc.-ndants of (ien. Charles McDowell
l)rove heyond all cavil or di^l)ute that Joseph .M(d)owell ol' (Quaker
^leadoms, and not Josei)!! McDowell of Pleasant (iardens, was the
•losepli McDowell ol' King's Mountain. 1 am now in my (iTth year,
and 1 never heard this truth of history denied until 1 was ahout 4')
years of age. The claim now nnule is on ]>ai' hy that adxanced hy
those who claimed that Bacon wrote the jdays of the world's great-
est genius — William Shakesi)eare.
STATEMENT OK U. II. M(d)0\VKId>, OK MISSOHKI.
My father used to say that the McDowells were a clannish set,
and 1 think they iire, that he was correct. 1 ha\'e taken from oui-
old Hihle record as far as I have it tlu! family record, l)ut it only
emhraces my grandfather, dosei)h McDowell, and family, and my
father, Hugh ITervey I\rcDowcirs t'annly. In regard "lo the en-
graving of my grandfather, 1 will sa\- 1 haxc one of iiim taken a
short lime ])efore his death in IMiiladelphia, when he was a iuend»er
of Congress. A jviioto from this was sent to Lyimm Draper, and from
it he had an engraving made, and put it in his hook "King's Moun-
tain and Its Heroes."
My grandfathei- had a turn I'oi' puhlic service, and was said to
he a good speaker. ]\Iy l'n(de doe, who li\'ed and died in llillshoro,
Oiiio, was a lawyer, and represented his disti'iet in Congi'css, when
Clay, Wehster and Calhoun were in their jirime. dames ;\l(d)ow(dl
was also a member of Congress from Virginia, at the same time, lie
was a Princeton graduate. Of the North Cai-olina l)rancli of our
family my father said, that rn(de Charles was the oldest male mem-
ber, his brothers were John and Hugh. John only had. as I i-cnu-m-
her, two sons, whom he educated as well as circumstances i>ermitted.
The\- were fond of reading, and were in the hal)it fre(pieMtly of
reading at night after retiring, by candle liglit, placed waw the lied.
One night the house was burned and both wei'e burned, and nothing
left but their bone.^, and the father l)uried them on the old site and
erected a new building over their remains, and finished his life a
sad man, ne\'er recovering from the blow. Hugh died young. His
Uncle Charlie was rjuite infirm when the battle was fought at Iving's
Mountain, and his father (my grandfather Joe) had to take Ids
place. lie told mc his Uncle Charles was engaged in the Indian
wars at the period when those wais were on, and was a Colonel.
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2H8 THE McDowells and connections
Tlie North Carolina faiiiil}' wrrc mure nuuicruiis than I vnn tt-ll, hut
a Mr. SamiU'l ('ar.s(ni niarricd a sistrr of my oraiuirai lirr McKiimie,
and Chrisnian two otiicr sisters naiiunl Kli/alieth and Hannah. The
Chrisman branch and sonn" of the Mi-Kinnic hiiinrh \ui,\ci\ to Kcn-
tncdcy, and most of them lived and died in .Icssiim ('(»mi1\-, Ken-
tu(d<y. In regard to tin- time m\- I'ncde Joe died I ha\c no date.
The Trind)les descended' i'rom (loveinoi- Triinl.h- of Ohio, who mar-
ried a sister of Uncle Joe.
.My nu)ther's lamily (Mille) came from Peiins,\ I v ania late m
1700. "llenry :\lills loniided a i)a|)er furnace mill and llouriuK null
in Aiig-nsta ('ounly, Virginia, and were related to the (liattons. (lam-
hles and (iihners, (-f Virginia. Nancy (iandile, my mother'.^ cousin,
married William Wirt and I'icachci- (ii-atton, who completed (!rat-
ton Institute was his first cousin. The Mills family were uidike the
McDowell family, in that they were never fnnd of family hist(n-y.
Mv maternal ^grandfather. Samuel Mills, owned the .Mills Iron
wOrks on Mos.sy Creek, and died there. Just l.cdore Mi', ('lay uunle
his great tariff speech on a ti'ip to Washington l.y state coach
through Virginia, spent the night at the home of my giandfather
:\lills, to talk to him about the iron interest, my fathei' being present
at the time, who told uu- .Mr. Clay told him he gained nn)re useful
information from Capt. :\lills, as he called him, th.m from any iron
master he had ever met, ami that Ca|)tain Mills (night to be in the
U. S. Senate, so you see I am pi'oud of my Mills ancestry, though they
had no expressed pi'ide of this kind.
■'■ ' CAKSOX Ml 1)()WI<:LL. • '
JOHN CAKSOX AX!) UA('HI':i. McDOWIlCL. - '
Hy .Mrs. M. .M. I'.iunson. Kloience, S. C.
John Carson married Rachel, daughter (d' '•Hniiling John" Mc-
Dowell, and his wife, Annie Ivhnondslon, of IMeasaut (lai-dens.
Joliu Carson was the son of Janus Carson and his wife, lud)ecca
Hazard, of Ireland. He was born .March •-^4th. IToL'. and came to
America about 177;}, and settletl in iJurke County, X. C Catheriin'
Wilson, a sister, had come over to Anu'riea uilh her husband,
Thomas Wilson, and their seven sons, about 17(i:i, and settled in
Burke County. It is said of John Carson thai he had been edu-
cated for the ministry, but dc(dded differently \\n- himself.
The Carsons and Wilsons were related in Ireland and came from
Fermanaiigh County anil Clstei' County.
About 1797 the" Wilsons moved to Tenncsser, l.ul John Carson
remained in Burke County and becanu' a distinguished Imlian
fighter— was known as Ca|)t. John Carson, later as Colonel. He
possessed naturally a i)owei-ful intellect, great dceision of charac-
ter, and much capacity for business; was (juick. I'esolnte' and im-
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THE McDowells and connections 2t)9
l)iilsiv(;\ lie wjis coiiscqueiith' a man of ])i-umiueiit character and
of iiiucli influence in his i-ountN, and for many years its leading
niagisti'ate. His home was on Buck Creek, Uurke (,'ounty. He ac-
cumulated a large estate and raised a largi- family. He I'ejjre-
scnted Hurke County in the Legislature in 1 803- 1 SUB. lie had
pri'seiited to him a silver-headed slick by i'l'esident Andrew -lack-
son, the stick being cut f.i'om the Hermitage i)lantati(in. The head
of the stick is now in the possession of Miss Catherine Carson of
Hcndersonville, N. C., a great-great-gramklaughtei- of Colonel Car-
son. It is told of Colonel Carson thai when lu' first came over to
this country he had a severe illness, and was sht»wn a great deal
of kindness by an old couple who wei'e (Quakers, and who kei)t a
mill. Aiterward, while on a visit to this old eoui)le, he was told
how a cei'tain "bully" had been worrying them, abusing them,
even to cursing them. Young Carson spent the jught in tlie null,
aiul the next morning when the said "bull\'" ajjpeared antl began
his usual railings against the old coii|)le, he was projjcrly ami thor-
oughly thrashed by the >oung Irishnum. During the Revuiution.
when the IJritish were overi-unning the Carolinas, Colonel Charles
McDowell called the leading men of the upi)er Catawba Valley to-
gether and suggested, simply to meet the ])resent emergency, that
they should rejjair to Gilbert Town, take British protection, and
thereby save the Whig stock, so necessary for the support of the
country, from being appropriated by the enemy; that no man
would thereby become a Tory at heart, but woukl nu'rely exercise
a wise stroke of i)ul)lic i)olicy; that the end would justify the
nu'ans, aiul thereby render the country a good service. "Hniding
fluhn" .McDowell refused to be a party in such an arrangement.
Certain nu-n were then selected to take protection and among them
were ('apt. -lolui Carson. Benjamin Davidson and William David-
son. While they accomplished their object, they were severely mis-
jiulged, and though it seemed ungracious on their part, they deemed
it necessary, urged and suggested as it was l)y Col. Charles Mc-
Dowell. Ferguson, at times sus|)ected that Carson ami his friends
were deceiving him, aiul saving uu)re cattle than I'eally belonged
to them, and so sent out a party from camp lo lay in a supply of
beef. Carson accompanied them ami they found a large herd of
cattle. Carson was close-mouthed about their owner until more
than one hundred of them had been killed, aiul then (piietly ob-
served that he expected they belonged to -Joseph Brown, Johnston
and others, who had joined Ferguson, and were then in his camp.
So they turned out to be. and the affair had (piite a dispiriting ef-
fect upon the Loyalists of the County.
Statements of the fact of these men taking j)rotectiou of
the British for the purpose of aiding tiie Whigs were made in
1797, ))y Col. Joseph ]\lcDowell and Col. David Vance, and were
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1>7() THE McDOWKl.l.S AND CONNECTIONS
preserved Ijy Hon. Iiohrii llciii-y. ;ill paiiieipaiit^ in Kind's .Mnuu-
taiii l)attl('. (See Draper's Kin^', Momilain and il> Heroes, page
loO.)
Ill after years Sainind I'riee Carson, son of Colontd Carson,
fon-hl a dnel with Kohei-t 15. \^inee, of N(nili Carolina, on aeeount
of tliis ineidcnt. \'aiiee insnlli'd Coloml Carson, tlien an old g(Mi-
llenuin, calling' him a Tory. Tins nnfoitunate affair terminated in
the death of Vance.
Colonel Carson was twiee inairied, first to liaehel .M(d)owell,
as has already liei'ii stated, and iliey had the follow iii.u- ehildrcii:
1. doseph iMeDowell. who was married to his eousiii, Re-
heeea Wilson, dan,L:liter of daan-s Wilson and Knth Daviil-
2. Charles, who married ids cousin, .Margaret Wilson.
.'{. lu'hecca. nnirried Thomas ]\lcJ"]ntyi'e. . ; '
4. Sarali, married — Smitli.
.'). dames, died.
(i. John, ilied.
7. Jason, died.
After the dt'ath of his wife Colonel Carson marided Mary :\Iof-
fet, a widow of his hrot her in law. .losei)li :\lcl)owell, .M . 1)., who
had heeii a (ieneial in the Ke\(ilii1 ionary War. 1 '>> the marriage
were the following elnldren:
1. Samuel Price, who married his cousin, ('atherine Wilson.
2. William, AV'ho married first Almyra Wilson, ami after her
death lie married Catherine Wilson, widow of his Itrother,
Samuel Trice.
;{. (Jeorge, never marrieil.
4. Matilda, married -lason Wilson.
(Colonel Carson died .March ."), ],S41, in liis 8!)tli Near.
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•lOSFJ'H .AleDOWFdd. C.\KS().\ AND KFBKCCA WILSON.
Joseph jMcDowell Carson, iddesl son of Col. John Carson and
his wife, Kachel ^McDowell, was horn at Pleasant Cardens, Burke
County, N. C.
lie was distinguished for his integrit>- and brilliant intellect.
He ])raeticed law many years with imminent success. He much
])i'(d'erred the steady life of a Jurist to the fitful course of a ]»oli-
tician. Yet lie represented his eount.N- in the Legislatui'e in the
Commons in 1812, 1814, 181 J, ISlT); ami in the Senat.- in 18J2,
]8J(i, 18J8, and was a member of the State Con\ention of KSJo to
amend the; Constitution. He was a mend)er of the comnnttee to
memorialize the Legislature in iSli'. regarding the .Me(ddenl)urg
Dt'claration of Imh'pendence. He was chaii'man of the last meet-
ing of the sto(d<h(dders of the Louisville, Cin<diniati and Cliai'lcston
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Jiailroad, wliicli was Jield in Aslicville, N. i;., Scplciuhcr l(i, lti'A[).
Ill J800 he was iiiaiTicd lo Jiis i-ou^in, liclx'e-ea Wilson, daiighteT oi'
James Wilson, oi' Tennessee. James Wilson was a son oL' Tlioiuas
Wilson and CaUierinc Carson, who came to America iro)u Ireland
about 176U, and he married Jiutli Davidson, daiigliler nf Samuel
Davidson, who was killed by Indians.
Josei)h jMeDowell Curson ami Jfebeeea Wilson, when they were
married, rode on horsebaek from her father's home in 'I'ennessee,
to JMeasant tiardens, N. (J. She brought her maid with Jier, wliiie
lie had his body servant, who had gone with his youjig master to
get his young uiistress. Joseph Jlel). Carson settled on a large
plantation on (Jreen Kiver, and ealled his place Creen Kiver plan-
tation, ami llu're raised a iamily of six sons and Jour thinglitei's.
1. Teneh Coxe, born 1810, iuul married to iMartlia Adeline
.Meliee, daughter o! Vardiy ,Meliee and Jane Alexander,
October G, J8;{5. . ,,, : , , .
2. JJachel, married l)i'. Otis .Mills. ,,. li."
o. fJason Hazard, man-ied Jane Moore. . .■
4. .Margaret, married; m> issiu;.
,, 5. Charles Essex, dii'd youJig out West; JU)t marfied.
G. Catherine, nuirried Dr. Thouuis Dully. ■:\\-
7. James Wilson, died single. .•
8. Joseph xMeD;, was a physician, died single.
*J. John j\l., died of fever during the war. Was a membei- of
the Jiutler Guards, Second Regiment, S. C. V.
10. Matilda, marrietl Dr. Jiobert Thrust on.
i\lr. Carson uecumulaled a large fortune; besides his ])lanta-
tion and one hundred negroes, he owned a gold mine near Mor-
gantown, N. C, lie always kept o]ien house, and eiiteitaiiu'd nuiny
judges, lawyers and ministers of his State in his da}. His wife
was an unusually fine wounin, ami looked well to tlie "way.s of
her household," was a good atul dutiful wife; and a mothei' n(>t
oidy to her children, but to several of her younger brothers and
sisters, who went to live with her, upon the death of her paients.
Joseph McD. Carson's widowed sister, JJebecca Carson JMeEntyre,
also made her home with him, as did several of his ori)haned grand-
children. ]\lrs. Carson died June, 1840. ]\lr. Carson died Dee. lU,
I860, and both are buried in the family graveyaid on Green River
plantation. Since their death the graveyard has been deeded to
the Diocese of North Carolina, and through the efforts of their
daiighter, Matilda Carson Thruston, a chapel has been built and
ealled St. tTosei)h's, in memoi-y of hei- father and of her only child,
Avho was also ealU'd f[osej)h.
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272 THK McDOWKIJ.S AND CONNRCTlONri ^
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TENCH ('. CAlfSON AND MAKTIIA ADKUXI'l M.UKlv |
Tench C. ('arson, t-Kli'st .son of .li)sr])h .Mi-I). ('ii)-.s(in and lle-
bccea Wilson, was horn on liis lather's phintation on (Jrccn liiver,
North Caroliini, 1810, and was named for a Iricnd of liis father's.
Tenehe Coxe, of l'hiladel|)liia. lie ^radnalfd frc.ni tlir I inivei'siiy
of Virginia, studied hiw and was admitted to llie liar, Imt jjrelerred
tlif life of a i)lanter. lie owned and li\fd on Ty^cr lii\er planta-
tion, nineteen miles from (ircrnxdlc, S. ('. Tin plantation lay
partly in Greenville Connty, hut iiu)slly in Sparlanhurg County.
Mr. Carson ownetl tin- Ty^ci- jj,(;ld mines, wiiidi were |troftahl}'
^\•orked. lie represented Spartanluir;.; ('oinity in the Legislature,
and for years was one of the leading magistrate^ of his district.
Mr. Carson was kind and generous and a friend to all in need.
Jt is said of him that if one hut shook hands with him it made
one his friend. In ]S:\') he was married to Martha Adelim, daugh-
ter of Vardry .McHee and -lane Alexander. Mrs. Carson was the
granddaughter of ("apt. Cardiy Meliee of South Carolina, on one
side, and of Col. Klias Alexander, of North Carolina, on the other,
l)0th of whom servetl in the Ke\ olutionar}- War, and were at the
battle of King's .Mountain. .Mis. Carson not only possessed rare
j)ersoind beauty, but alst) many Christian \irtik's, so it can he truly
said of her; "many shall rise up and call her hIesM-d." After liv-
ing on Tyger for several years and being urged \)y his father-in-
law, Mr. Vardry Mclk'e, Mr. Carson moved to (iicenville, to assist
Mr. Meliee in fulfilling a largt' coidraet which he Imd umlertaken,
which was, to buihl a i)art of tlu' Colund)ia and (ii'eenville Iv. R.,
theji in progress. The contract fulfilled Mr. Carson decich'd to sell
his proi)erty and move to Califoriua, hut was presented fi'om doing
so by the effoi'ts of his wife's family, .Mi's. Meliee grieved so at
the idea of i)arting with her daughter. Mr. ('arst)n then bought
and lived on a large jjlantation on South Saluda, lying lu-ar Table
Kock and Caesar's Head. There he lived the remainder of his life,
enjoying his fi-it'iids and his books. He owned a good library, l)ut
the Bible and Shakespeare were always the neaiest at hand. He
died April, 1861. His eldest son, Joseph, had been called to his
bedside, from Columbia, S. ('., where South Carolina was assembling
lier troo}).s for the conflict of the wav between the Stales. Mr. Car-
son was an Odd Fellow and a .Mason, and was buried by the latter
in Christ's (!liureh graveyanl, (irei-inille, S. C.
The children of Tench C. Carson and .Martha A. .McP.ee were:
1. do.seph iNlcDowell, born .May IS.".?; died .November, 11)15;
and mai-ried his cousin, .Margaret .Mills.
2. Vardry M(d^ee, born 1S4(), died.
8. Jane Malinda, hoin Aug. (i, 1S42, aiul married dosepii
iWoods Bnuison, on h'eb. 11, 1S(m.
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4. Cliarles Alexander, horn O-toher, 1S44, and married Klise
liutler, June, l.S(i!).
.Mrs. Carson survi\ed lier liushand se\'eral yeais, she d}ing
Septemher, 1870, and was huried hcNide hiui. \Aki- many otlu'r
Southern women, she did liei- part during tlie war. Once a i)ai-ty
of ^'ankee sohliers eame to her home and also a lar<;r jiarly of
deserters eame, and her r^'arles>ness alone kepi them from I'aiding
till' plantation. ,
CAliSON AND MILLS.
JOSLIMI .MeDOWKLL CARSON AND .MAKCAliLT ("ARSON
.Mlld.S.
•losei)h MeDowell Carson, (dciest son of Teiieh C. Carson and
Martha A. .Meliee, was horn in (Ireenville, S. C., .May I), 18:57. In
18(J2. November 6th, he was married to his cousin, .Margai'et Carson
Mills, daughter of Dr. Otis .Mills and Raeliel Carson. .Margaret
Carson .Mills was horn in Burke County, N. C., December 8, 1841,
and was the great grandilaughti-r of Col. John Carson and his first
witV, Kachel .McDowell.
Joseph i\lcl)o\vell Carson served in tlie war between tiie States,
and was a gallant soldier. He was a mend)er of the famous Butler
(luards. Second Regiment, S. C. V'., and was twice taken prisoner,
tlu' first time at (iettysburg, where he was badly woumleiL A
piece of shrapnel struck him in the face, and he fell with his head
down an incline, and would soon have strangled. Cai)tain Pulliani
saw him fall and called to his Itrotlier. Charles Carson, "CJo to your
brother." Charli's ran to him and raised idm u\). WIkmi lie re-
gained consciousness he insistetl on Charles leaving him, or he, too,
would l)e captured. He was taken to the field hospital, then to the
pi-ison at Chester, Pa. Later he was exchanged and rejoined his
comi)any. He was again cai)tured at Cedar Creidv, antl sent to
Point Lookout, where he remained until the close of the war, when
he was i)aroled and returned home to take up life again. He never
fully recovered from his wouiul and treatment iu prison. He died
November 2, 1915. His wife preceded him oidy two years, she dying
August 16, 1913. They were Jxitii buried in Christ Church grave-
yard, Oreenville, S. C.
They had the following children.
Otis Mills, born 1864; dieil 1912; married ]\lartha Campbell, of
Georgia.
Tench C, born 1867; married Harriet Kwell, of Texas.
Josepli I\roD., born 186!); died 1872.
Catherine Rebecca, born 1872. ■ > i , , -
Matilda, born 1875. ' ■'■ ..
Praiddin, boi-n 1878, ami was drowned in the Oalveston flood
in 1900.
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liKliXSON AM) CAUSON.
-lOSKl'll W()(J1),S lilU;NS().\ AM) ,)AM-; .MALINDA (ARSON.
.Joseph Woods iiniiisoii and .laiu' .Malinda, ui\\y daiijililcr of
Tciicli L'. and jMartlia A. Caisoii, wn-r inan'ii-d l''rl)iiiiir\ 11, 18lj5,
at Christ C'hiireli, (ircciiN illc S. ('. .lane M. ('aison was horn in
Cri'ciivilh', August (i, KSH', and .m'adiialrd Iroiii the ( J r.M'iivilk' Fe-
tnalr CoUogo in lH(iO.
.losc])h W. Krunsou is tlic miii of I'clci- .\. Iti iiiimmi and Susaii-
nali I'. Woods, and \va>. horn in ])ariin<iton Distrni, An>iiist ',',. IHiJi).
lie uonies of a i^ood KcNolui ionar\- stoi'k, two of lii.^ Lrrcat grand-
fathers and oiu; giTat -great grandfat lice lieh)ngrd to .Marion":.
Kl'igade. j\Ir. Jil'unson was a student at I'^iU'oian rni\risily wiieu
Soutii Carolina called for solniderfs. He i-ciuno-d to his home in
Darlington ami enlisteil, sur\i\ing through tin; wai- in the I'ee Dee
Light Artillery, First Keginu'nt, S. (!. V. After ihe wai' Mr. Drun-
son farnn-d near (ii'een ville, and carried on his iirofes.^jou as sur- .
\-eyor. lie took an arti\c j»ait in the aflairs of "7ti, ami was a
nuMid)er of the Ked Shii'ls. It woidd not he oni of place to men- |
tion just here that doseph W. I'.runson. di-., a lad of nnie years, |
wore his red shirt and rode h\ the side of his fattier in the Ked $
Shirt parade, i\nd pi'oudly eheei-ed for llamj>lon. ^
Mv. and i\Irs. Di'unscm jm)\ed to Floicnee in ISI);^, whei'e they
m)\v live, hoth heing reui.irkahle in many \\a\s. .Not long sinee
they celehrated the oUtli anniversary of their mairied life. Mrs.
Bruiison is au active worker in all ehuri h and F. 1). ('. wMudc. Mr.
Hrunson at the age of 77 still eai'i'ies on his profeNsiou as sur\eyor.
The children of d. W. Drunson and dam' M. Drunson are:
Joseph Woods, horn Maridi, FS()7 ; married to Rosa I'dmoi'c
Taylor.
:\lartha ^Mcliee, horn Oetoher KSG.S.
dam- (.'arson, horn August, hS70 ; ilied 1S72.
Susannah Woods, horn duiu', 1872.
Malinda iMeF.ee, h(.ri; Oeloh.T, Fs71; married Rev. Roht. W.
Jiarnvell.
Peter Alexander, hovn dune, FS77 ; nmiried .\daline Keith.
Charles Carson, horn FS78 ; dieil Fs7S.
JMarie liacot, horn 1881; nmrried 1 hilip .Msiou Willeox.
John Carson, horn 188.").
>-• 'C> '^ CARSON AM) DFTFFR.
CllAl^FFS AFFX.ANDFR CARSON AND Iddsr: WRAiUi
FOWNl)h:s F.FTFFR.
Charles Alexander Cai'son, youngest son of Ten(di C. Carson
ami Martha A. :\leF.ee. was horn in ( ire. mi ville. S, ('.. Oetohei- 2ti,
1844. He was too young for the heginning of tie- wai-, hut volun-
teered in the wilder of 18(i2- iSlid, :il the age of IS \ears, and joined
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tlie liutler (iuarcls, and jirovcd a •:allaiii and (•tt'ici.'iil soldici- until !*
llu! einl oL' the wai-. i
In 1870, on June Stli, Ju; was inari'ieil to lOlisc; Wra^jj; Lowndes
Butler, (laughter of Dr. Win. Jiutlrr and Jane I'rvvy, ■Zh\ n\rvc of |
Com. Oliver Hazard Terry, liei'o of the haltic of Lake il'h-ic. .Miss '
Hntlcr was born at Eaylr's ('ra-\ ( uv.iivillc, S. ('., .jnl\ -JS, 1S4l', \
and was the youngest of sevmlccn diihlren. Slic had scNcn hroth- >
ei-s in the Coni'ederate ari'ny, ann.ng tli.-ni (u-n. .M . ('. Pxith-r. .Mr. I
and iMrs. Carson are still residents ol' (ii'ecnviJlr, S. ('.. wlici-e their I
ini'luenee for good is i'elt by all around them. J
They had the followijig children: ' . 'I
•lane George Butler, born 1S71; died hs7;{. ' ' . .
Martha Adeline, liorn 1872; died 1S7:!. ' ' ' a
William Jiutler, born 1874. j
Charles Alexander iiutlcr, hoin 187(;; tlird li)i;{. " '
Klise Jiutler, born 1878; nianic.l („' S. 11. Uuw.mi. of iJliode '
Island.
Nathaniel Calhraitli, born 1880; died l!)(),S. «
Thomas Pieree. borji 188:5. ;
(Contributed by Martha :\IeHeM Hmnson, Florenee S (' March ''
1916.) ' ■ ■'- \
JOSlOPIl KRWIN AXl) DKSCKNDAXTS.
(Jrandfather, ,losei)h Mrwin ; \
born in IJowan Couidy, N. ('., 17(10; r
died in Mississippi, 184G;
nuirried in Kowan (bounty N. ('., to , v.;5: ' i
iMiss Catharine Cowan in 178'J. ^'m ;. , ,, ,;
Children of CJrandfathcr.
'; Thomas U. Erwin,
Josepli Erwin, .•t.,.i .'!*., ■•iv : i8'»"'
1 , James P. Erwin, ,,r .'h; . .•!,'. ■ "
J Joim J. Erwin,
^:^ .^ Eli lErwin, ' i^, .,,,■,, r- j^w , :
Cowan JM'win, < »•■ :,,. .
, William Erwin,
;:"' Frank Erwin, , , . v .. •
"'■ Abel Alexander Erwin, ^ * .' '' _' ,
'' ' ]\lichael Eineoln hli'win, '' ' '' •"*i''" '' ''"''
Nancy Erwin,
"''^' Mary Erwiii, ' ' < ■ i:.
"■ ' 'Catharine Ei-win. ■ "- ' ' *'i:' ;- !' ■
' IMargaret Erwin.
Name of Father. , , <,., , ,,,,i> ,,. :■-.,.-
All)el Alexandei' Ei-win ; • ■ ;, ,|
l)orn in Rowan County, N. C., Oct. f), 1815; ,1j ; ,.; , •
died at West Point, (la., December ath. 18!)8 ; . .„',
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mari'ied at La CJraiigc, (ia., on Si-ptciiihcr ]■'>, ]SM) ■
to lOliza Frances Aslil'ord; Itoi'ii in Soutli ( 'ar<ilinii. Au^-. :{, 1827;
(lied at West I'oint, (ia., on Ann. 7, Lsi»7.
Children of al)o\('.
(leorgia Belle, hoi'n at La Oranj^c. (Ja., Sept. 14, ISli^
Charles Henry, hoi-n at West Point, (la., Maicli 1. IS.').'); died
Nov. 2!), LSHL-
Thomas Cowan; born at West Point, (ia., Apiil 2!), LS.")S.
Harriet Ashfoi'd, l.orn al Wes! Point, (ia., Aii>i. -')tli, LSGL
. Sarah Lee, horn at West Point, (ia.. S.-pt. IP Psii;5.
:\lary Kli/.al)eth. horn at La (iran-c, (ia., Dvc. 7, LS(i(;.
Ahcl A., Jr., horn at West Point (iii.. 1S7(): die.l Nov. (J, 1S7G.
Married,
(ieorgia Heih' Lrwin to Iv -1. Collins, ;it West Point, da., -Ian.
2L 1872.
Thounis Cowan iLrwiii to l^lsie Sehnyler Cainphell, at Millhurn,
N. .1., Oet. 12, ISDS.
Harriet Ashford Liwin to W'llliani •!. CaniplMdl. at West i'oint,
(!a., on Dee. (i, lScS2.
Sarah Lee Ki'win to Philii) 'rrannndl Sliiit/e. at Atlanta, (ia.,
Oet. IG, 1SS4.
Mary Lli/.aheth Lrwin to llnhert .\. Mnvk. at West Point,
"(ia., Oet. 27, 1SS7.
Children of ahove.
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Collins:
Erwin, born at West Point, (ia., Jan. 17, 1S7;}; dird Feb. 23, 1902.
Charlie Belle, horn at West i\iint, (ia., Jnne 10, ISSI ; maiaied
W. C. Lanier, lvs(i.
Mr. and Mrs. Thonnis Cowan Lrwin:
Catharine Cauiphell, horn at .Marietta, Ca., Nov. (i. IS!)!).
Thomas Cowan, J)-., horn at .Marietta, (ia., Sept. !), l!)()l.
y\v. and .Mrs. W. J. Camphell:
Willie Belle, horn at West Point, (ia.. Pel.. 12, 1SS4.
Charles Erwin, horn at Atlanl;., (Ia., -Ian. 12. ISS!).
.Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Shut/c:
:\lary Frances, horn at West Point, (ia., June 2!), 1887.
* Hattie Erwin, liorn at West Point, (ia.. April 12, 188!); died
v Feh. 2!), 18!^0.
' Phillip Trammell, Jr., horn at Cohuuhus, (ia.. .\u-. IS, 1S!)().
Thomas Erwin, horn at Colnmhns. (ia.. Jniu' 8. 18!)(;.
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert N. .Merck:
Hubert N., Jr., born at (iain. sville, (ia., Jnl\ :5l). 1888.
Abel Erwin, born at (laincsville (ia., Aw^. 28, 1S!)L
Wm. Cami)bell. Ix.rn at (iaimsvilh-, (ia., July :'>(), IS!),').
I'hilip Shut/.e, born at (iainesville, (ia.. An-. 2:5, 11)01.
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TIIO.MAS COWAN MKWIX.
Was born in ( 'lianihcrs Count \-. Alabama, ncai- West I'oint,
(Jcor^ia, April 2!), Ks:).S.
IK' canu' to Atlanta in 1>SS1, and bc^an liis business carcri- in
the banking lunisc of W. M. ami K ■). Lo\vr.\- (now tin- Low ry Na-
tional Bank), witii wliicli institution lie was romicctrd I'or t'K'Xcn
years. In 185(2 lie was cleL-tcd casliicr of the Soutiioiwi Uanking
ami Trust ConipauN', and in K'^ltii, to^^ctlu'r witli Mfs.-,rs. Frank
Hawkins and .losepli A. .McCord, he suj^'gestcd and assisted in or-
ganizing the Tliiid Natiomil liank of Atlanta, with whiidi bank he
is still C'OiuH'ctcd. as cashier. On aeeount of its nnuxelous growth
and success since organization, tiiis institution is known as the
'"blue ribbon" l)ank of (leorgia. During the panic of lhl>;{, he was
elected treasurer of the Atlanta Clearing Iloust' Association, which
office he still holds.
While .Mr. l'nw\in has m'\-er licen itientified with politics in
any wa\', he has often been honoi'cd with positions ol' trust and
res))onsibility. During the Cotton States and Internatioiud Ex-
position, of 18!)G. he was one of the coniniissioners appointed to
visit the City of ]\le.\ico for the pur|)ose of extending to i'l'esident
Diaz an invitation to visit Atlanta on the opening of the great
show. In 11)02 he was ap|)ointed by the Atlanta Clearing House
Association, chairman of a committee of representative bankers to
visit Washington for the i)urpose of urging the claims of Atlanta
before the Ways and Means Comnnttee of Congress, as the most
available Southern city for the location of a Sub-Treasury. On
the election of (lovernor Joseph M. Ti'rrell, he was liom)red with the
commission of Lieutenant Cobnnd of State Trooi)s, and attachetl to
the (iovernor's staff.
Mr. lOrwin lias alway.s been pi'ominent in social and club life
of Atlanta, anil one of the city's most public-spirited citizens, lit;
was nuirried to Miss Elsie Schuyler Campbell, of New Jersey, in
181)8, who, as her Christian name would suggest, is a descendaid
of Cjleneral lMiilli[> Schuylei-. (»f lvevolulionai\v fame.
THOMAS COWAN lEKWlN,
Atlanta, (ia.
Birth date of Joseph Erwin (grandfather) and brothers and
sisters of same :
Joseph Erwin, born Februaiy 4. 176!).
Isabella Erwin, born 1741).
Hezekiali Erwin, born February 20, 17r)l.
(iaza El-win, born 1750.
Agnes Erwin, born March 11, 1760.
Margaret Erwin, born October, 1762.
.Mary Erwin, born August 14, 1764.
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THE McDOWELI^S A.N'IJ COXNICCTIONS 27il
Jo,si'j)li Ki-wiii, 1.0111 ill |{(.\vaii County, N. ('., |<\.|,. 14, lyi;.).
tlied ill :\lis.sissij)i.i. lS4(i; married in Kowan CoiintN, N. ('., to Miss
NaiicN' Cowaii.
Birth (late of Al.cl Alexander Kmin (fatlicr) and otlirr ,diil-
dreii of .Jos. Krwiu and \aiic.\ Cowan Krwiu:
'JMioinas 1^. Krwin, l)(;rn Scptcmhci- l(i. 17!)2.
Joseph Erwiii, boi'ii h'ehniarv )!, 171)4.
James P. Erwiii, horn i\lareh 7, 17;»(i.
Agnes W, Erwiii, l.oi'ii -January '2'). 17'.)S.
'Eli v., ))Oi'n Novoniher 4, ]7!ll). , ,
•John J. Erwin, ))oni September 11, l8(Jl.
Squire Cowan, Erwin, born Eelu-uary S, ISO;]. I,, . ^
Katherine L. Erwin, liorn April 17. ISOo. - ; , , ,
^lary li. Erwin, jiorn Januar.v ,'?, 1807.
William Erwiji. liorn January 2'), 180!). , . .
Ile/ekiali Erankliii Erwin, l.oi'n l'\'bruai'.\- 11, 1811.
Margaret Clementine l-^rwin. born August 8, 18]:!.
Abel A. Erwin, born Oet()l)er o, 1815.
^Michael Lincoln Erwin, 1)orn :\ray 21, 181i). i
JOHN LAWSON IRWIN.
(By Jack Kendall.)
John Lawson Irwin, born iWashington Count v 17!»-> died at
Vieksburg, ]\Iiss., Sept. 1!), 1841. First married to 'Martha Miteh.ll
daughter of AVilliam 'Mitehell and I'liilomela Smith Medadiali'
Jedediah, Elnathan, all of Craiiville, Mass., and Natehe/ :\Iiss )'
Second marriage to Lucy Walkins Viek, of Vieksburg (Xewett
^iek). Descendants b\' botli marriages: Issue of first mari-iage:
1. John Lawson Irwin, died, unmarried
2. Mary Pliilomela Irwin,
;5. Elizabeth Irwin, mai'ried dudge Henry Cook, of Vieksburg,
and had issue : "'
1. David Irwin, ■ - .
Jane Smith Irwin.
2. Mary Philomela Irwin, born Carroll Couid\-, :\Ii.ss., 1817;
married William Gray Kendall, at Carroll Countv. Miss. 18;']7 and
had :
1. John Irwin Kendall, born Orenada, Mi.ss., 1841; died at
I\razatlan, I\Iexico, 18!)8,
2. Benjamin Kendall, died in infancy.
■l William Gray Kendall, born 184r);"died 1885; unmaiTir.l
4. Anola P. Kendall, died 18!)!); unmarried.
T). Kate Emma Kendall, died 1897; unmarried. ■■' ■■ 1 ' ^ ■
(j. Mamie Lusk Kendall, died 1902; unmarried. ' ' - ' ' '
7. Rol)ert Kendall, died 1877; unmarried. <'■ ' *:: '''■■'■■■.■
8. Signe Kendall, died 1877; unmarried. -i' - ; -
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Joliii Irwin Kendall, burn (Jreiiada, Mi.ss., Jainiai-\-, 1841 ; died
* ill .Mazatlaii. .Mexit-o, Oetoher, 181)8; second lieutcnanl l'oiiij)any B,
Fuurtii Louisiana infanlry. 18G'J-i8(jr) ; mairied l>s72 at Oeean
►Sprinj^s to Mary K. Sniitli ulauiiliter of Caplain d. ('. Siuilli and
Catherine .Meafrher of Ni'W OrlcanNi horn N'rw Orleans 1S42; died
New Orleans 1880. Issur:
1. John Snuth Kendall, horn Oeean Spriii,ii>. Miss., April I),
1874; niari'ied ls(dni.' Kodd, in New Orle.ms, in 1!H):5. Had
isiie :
2. dosei)hine Irwin Kendall, horn New Orleans, 187(); un-
niari'ieil in IKlh.
■l Miriam (iray Kiiidall, horn New Orleans, l.a., 1878; iiiar-
rieil ■]. T. l^arriimcr, in New Orlean-, in llHHi and had issue
Fatiier:
Jolin Smith Kendall, hoi'n in Ocean Springs. Apiil !). 1874. Lit-
erary editor of New Oi-leans I'iea.x'inie. 1!H)M!)12: l•l•ofe^^()|• Tnlane
Tniversity, 1!)12. Marrie.l Isoline K uld. dan-liter of dohn L. Rodd
ami Klorenee Smith, in New Orleans, didy 1. IIM):;. Issue:
Kli/ahelli Rodd Kendall, hoiwi in x'ew Oile.ui>, duly 2:). 1!)()0.
Lane Carter Kendall, horn in New Oi-|eans. .Ma.\ 11, 11)12.
("IIILDRKX OK .MIRIA.M (IRAV KL.XD.VLL AND d. F UAR-
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d. Kendall HaiwiiKer, horn New Orleans, ]!)();;.
Katherine Har-inger, hoi'n New Orleans.
Frederick Uarin^er, hoiii in New Orleans.
Mii-iam Barin«>;er, horn in New Orleans,
CIllLDRFN OF .WDdK IIFNRV COOK AND LLIZAHFTII
IHWIN: ^ , ;
.Mattie. died. . ■ ;
Henry, died 1878.
Fannie, married :\lr. T. II. Aden N'iek. ,,,
deiinie, married Rev. Rold. Sihiey.
Lawsoii Irwin. " ' ' '
iJe.ssie, married .Miller. _ ' ' " ' ■ ' ' •
Lucy Watkins. died I87s. •* ' ' •' ■- -' ■
dOIIN LA'WSON IRWIN.
dOIIN LAWSON IRWIN, m'j.liew of (iovenior dared Irwin,
was horn in fJeorj^ia in 17!)2. He served in the Wai' id' 1812, with
the raidi of lieutenant, and was granted a land wari'ant (No. 81),-
189) for services in the comj)any commanded \)y ('aptain Dowd. He
was eni;r;|ir(Hl to he mai-rie.l to his cousin, dauuhter of (iovei'iior
dared Irwin, hut ha\in>i' conscientious sciiii)les a^uainst marrying so
close a relative, the matidi was hroken off. He settleil in Carroll
County, Mississi|)pi, ahout the \-e.ir 182(1. was one ol' the founders
of the town of Carr(»llton. and ac<juired extensivt; in-o])erties in
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THE McDowells and connections 28i
that vicinity, in ]82(j lie was clecled to the ]\lissis.sip])i State Leg-is-
lalnrc. lo rci)i-e.sent .lel'l'ci'son County, and tlie following year boeanio
a nienihcr of the State Senate, li'oni hotii Copiali and Jefferson
Counties, lie was re-eleeted to the Senate from botli counties in
18lM). In ISol he was cleeti'd to {\\v House of Kei)resentatives from
■Icfferson County. Carroll County elected him to the House in
]S:!(). anil lie was chosen -siJeakei- of the House for the session of
that year'. He was i-e-elccted from Carroll County in 1837. He
(lied of yrllow fevei' at Vieks))urK. .Miss., Sept. ID. 1841. :\Ir. Irwin
was twice marritd. His first wife was ?*lai'tha iMli/aheth .Mitchell,
who dii'd .May IJ), l8;jl. aftei" havin-- l)onif si.\ diddrcu .John Law-
son Irwin, Jr., Mary I'hilomela Irwin. W. II. Irwin, David Irwin,
•lane Smith Irwin and I'^li/alxdh Irwin. His second wife was Lucy,
(hiii.uiitcr of -Xewetl Vick, and «^raii(ldaughter of Rev. Henry Vick,
al'li'i' whom Vickshui-g was named. By his second wife ]Mr. Irwin
lelt a daughter. Lucy, who mai'i'ied \)\\ Hai'\ey Shannon, now of
Ocean Springs, .Miss."
Of Mr. Irwin's children hy his first nuirriage, John Lawson Ir-
win, Jr., after serving gallantly in 'the Confederate army, died at
Vickshui-g, in 1807. FJi/aheth married Judge Henry Cook, of Vicks-
huig. and had five cliildren — Fannie, who married T. H. Allein, of
Vickshurg; Uessie, who uuu'ried John F. .Miller; T-awson and Mat-
tie, and Janie, who marrietl Kev. IJoht. Selhy, of Hattieshurg.
Children of .Mary Philomela Irwin and William Gray Kendall:
1. John Irwin Keiulall. Itorn (Irenada. ]\Iiss.. 1841 ; died at
?kla/atlau, ]\lexic(), 18!)8 (see sketch "Joim Irwin Ken-
dall").
2. Uenjamin Kendall, died in infancy.
J. William CJi-ay Kendall, born 184."); died 1885; unmar-
i-ied.
4. .\noIa P. Kendall, born 1847; died 18i)(); unmarried.
r». Kate Emnui Kendall, born 1854; died 1897; unmarried
(). ]\Iamie Tmsk Keiulall, born 1851 ; died 1902; unmarried.
7. Ivobert Kendall, born 1855; died 1877; unmarried.
8. Sigue Kendall, born 1857; died 1877; unmarried.
J. Elizabeth Irwin, daughter of John Lawson Irwin and i\Iar-
Iha Iv Mitchell, married Judge Henry Cook, of Vicksburg. Issue:
1. ]\raltie (died).
2. Henry (died 1878).
.!. Fannie, married T. H. Allein, of Vicksburg. '
4. Janie, married Iiev. Robei't Selby. of Hattieshurg, IMiss.
5. Lawson Irwin.
(i. r)essie, married John F. ]\Iiller. , .,
7. Lucy Watkins (died 1878).
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and l.ucy Vick:
horn in Citi'ioll Counlw Miss.,
Cai'n.ll CountN. Miss..
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living lUHi. 1
. ; . 4. -Jaidv l;a\vs(;n Irwni, l.orn in Carroll Connty. Miss., 184U; ^
!i ' died 18(^7. ^
■ • 'k Xewet*. Vnd; Irwin, horn in Carrtdl County. Miss., 18G1 ; f
died 1862. f
Lucy \'i(d; liwin, daughter of -John Lawson Irwin and Lucy j |,
Watkins Viek, married Dr. Harvey Shannon, at Vi(d<sl)urg, Miss., :|
• lune 4. lS(i8. IIC was horn near Nashville, Tenn., lS:n. and died 1\
at Nashville May 14. IIKUJ. ||
Children of Lue\- \'irk Irwin and Dr. Shannon:
(Names not given.)
(ii'andtdiildren of laiey \'i< k Irwin and Dr. Shannoi
1. Charles Henry Warwick, horn at Na.^hville, Tenn.. 1894. J
1^. Annie Harmon Warwick, horn at Nashville, Teuii. 1896. |
;>. Ilarx'cy Shannon Warwick, horn at Ocean Springs, if"
:\Iiss, "l8!)S. t'-
'' 4. Luey hwvin Warwick, horn at Nashville, Tenn., UHK). .:
.'). Alice 'Warwick, horn at Nashville, Tenn., 1902. .,;
' '• (). Julia Klizaheth Warwi.dx, horn at Nashville, Tenn., 19U4. ,•
.' 7. William llil>hitt Warwicdc, horn at Nashville, Tenn., \
190G. ::
' ^ 8. Mary Sludhy Warwick, horn at Nashville. Teini. l!ll:{. f
9. Mattie Shannon, horn at New Orleans, La., 1893. ■•
.' • • 10. Cleoi)alra Shannon, horn at ..ew Oi-h'an,>, La., 1898.
\\. Irwin Shannon, h»)rn at New Orleans, La.. 1902.
12. Wntt Shannon, l)oi'n at New Orleans, La,. 1904.
WILLIAM (JKAV KLNDALL. son of -lames Kemlall, and (Bon-
nie <Jray, was horn at Corn Cre(d<. Ky., dan. 12. 1812. He studied
law at Ti-ans\ l\ania Cnixcrsity and was graduated in 18;U. He
hegan to practice in Carioll County, Miss. He assisted in la\ing out
the town, and the first session of the first court held there con-
vened in his honu'. lOlected coloncd of nnlitia and was (decled to
the .Mississippi Stale Legislature from Vallidtusha Couidy in 1840.
He si'ivcd as (diairuum of the judiciary committee, hut resigned on
accoiuit of husini'ss towai'd the end of the session. At this time he
nuule his houu" in (irenada, .Miss, In Ls4;5 he was nominated for
Congress on tlie I '.ond-pay ing licket. hut was (lef.'.iled liy less than
1,000 voles, and so se\ ei'elydamaged in ])olitieal f(M■tune^ thai he
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cletermmed to leave the State. II.. seltled in W-w (),■],,, .is and w,s
licensed to i)raetiee law in that -ilv in 1844. II,. invented ui ini
proved method of makin- hrieU and went cx\rn.nv\v int., the
manutacture of that niaternd, havn.y lai-v estahii.shments ne.r
Ocean Springs, Miss. IK- uas a deU-al. to th. Stat. Nuuunating
Convention and an unsueeesstnl (andidate Joi- the State Le<'i.hr
ture HI 1852. He supported KrankWn Pl.-ree and took a i-ronunent
]>art 111 the presidential eanipainn in Loidsiana In l,sr)4 h,. w,^ •,•,
ponded ])0stniaster of New Orlean.. hut resij-ned in l.s.V, Ih' u'rnt
to Tehanntopee and tried cofi'ee-j.latding fo, s<,nn- tin,,- also under-
taking to construct and operate a stage line across the Isthnnis lor
the use oi travelers going to ami Irom ( "alif.nmia In ]s:.7 he le
turned to the United States and ucnt to reside in Ocean Surinos"
Miss. Though exempt from military service on account of a-e hJ
enlisted in the (^nfederatc Xavy when tin- Civil War he-air and
was a gunner on the ship Va„ D.n-n at the battle of Island No 10
Ho was subsequently transf..rr..d to the .,uartermaster 's depart-
ment ami xyhile serving in that ca|.acity was caj)tured hv a Federal
warship, lie was imj)risoiUMl lor months in the hold of this vessel
and released, only after thrilling e.xpe.-ienees, at (Jalveston. Teaxs
After the war lu. practiced law on the Mississij>pi Coast, making his
home at Ocean Springs. He was .dectc.l to the State Legishrture
Iron. Jackson ( ounty in I8(i:.. a.id r.-eleded in ISGti and 18(i7 He
jlH'd lu April, 48/2 at Ocean Spnngs, where he was huried. He
had the following children: .)oh„ Irwin Kendall, horn 1841 died
18.)h,Henjamm Kendall, died in infancy; William (irav Kemlall
born 1845 died 1885; Anola I'. Kendall, horn 1847. di.-d IW^- Kate
lied Um Hohert Kendall, horn 185:,, died 1877; Signr Ken<lall
Knl'dall ' ''''• '^'"" '"' """" "'■"■""• --'!" ''"'"' '•'-.'
iinvi.x (H':.\'i|':alo(;v.
-iohn Irwin Kendall, horn at (irenada, Miss., dan 10 1841-
<iied at Magattan. Mexico, Oct. I;;. 18!)8; married at New Orleans"
J.a., Oct. .], 1842; died at New Orleans. Nov. <). 1880.
Children of above:
1. John Smith Kendall, born at Ocean S|.rin.rs Miss
April 9, 1874; married Isolin.- Kodd. at New^')rleans'
duly 1, IDOli.
2. dosephine li'win Kendall, born X<-w Oi-jeans. 1876-
died unmarried in 1!)1 — . '
•I i\nrriam (Jray Kendall, born .\e\v Orh-ans, 1878; mar-
ru'd .). T. Barringer in .\e\v Orleans in iDOb. 'issue:
1. d. Kemlall Uarringer, born New Orleans IDOI.
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THE McDOWKLL.S AXI» (UJXWEi "I'lON-S
';•-•<»)' VVJLLIAM \ViLl.Ui:CJlil]V KIIVVI.X
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THE MtDOWJClJ.rf A.\l» CONNRcjTlONrf -Jsj
2. Kiilhci-iiii'. liorii .\'(.\, I'li. I'lo:!. ;; l-"ir,|,'i'ick, honi
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4. Jliirricl Fiiiiri,' Kendall, hoiii Miirdi 1,'). issd; .Iic,| m
inraiii \ .
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■ loliii J\cii(lall nariiiucr. Im»iii al New ( (rlcaiis. Sept. 10,
li)()l, liviii-. •
K'atlu'riiie hiu-k liai'in-vi-, honi at \c\\ Orleans. .\(.v. •_'(),
JDO:!, liviiiK.
Fi-odi-ric'k F. iJariimcr, horn at Now Orleans, Sept. 1.") l!)!).")
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(Iroat j^randfaf lier : ^v' ;
•lolin Lawson iiwin. l)()rn in deoi-^ia. 17!t2; died at Vi(d;s))urji',
Mi.s.s., St-pt. l!i, LS41 : (li niairied to .M.trtlia Kli/alH-tii .Miteliell;
died .May 19, 18;n ['2) to Lney \irk. danj-liler of \Vesl.->- \'ick, of
Vi(d;sl)iii'g, iMiss.
(li-audiatliL'r:
William (Iray Kendall, honi at Cora ("i-oek, Ky., Jan. 17. KSlL';
died at Ocean Springs, Miss., April 20, 1S72; uiarrictl at ( "ai lollton,
^liss., liS;},"), to Mai-y Pliilouuda Irwin, born at ("arroUton, .Miss., .Jan.
1.'), 1S17, Oecau Si>rings; died at Ocean Spi'ings. .Miss.. -Ian. 7. 1S78;
both buried at Oeean Springs, Miss.
Children of (irandrallicr :
.John Irvine i\cn(hdl, born dan. U), 1S41 ; died Oct. 1:5, ISDS.
iU'iijaniin Kendall, born l.S4;5; died 1S47.
William (iray Kendall, Aw, born KS4:) ; died ISS.').
Ai-iK)ld IMiilomela Kend.ill, born 1S47; died 1,S!)!). '
Kate Kmma Kendall, born l<sr)4; died lcS!)7. /
Mamie Lusk Kendall, born 1851 ; died Feb. l;{. 1!)()2.
l{o))ert Kendall, bovn 185r); died 1877. ; -^
Sigur Kendall, born 18r)7; died 1877.
W. ']. Kendall, Sr.. serxcil in the Conl'edei'ate Xavy eonimissary
depai-tnuMd. OlTieial positions held by grandl'atber: .Membei- .Mis-
sissipi)i State Legislature, 1S4(). ISii."), lS(i(i, l.S(i7; postmaster at
New Orleans, 1854; gunner, gunboat Van Dorn. at Island Xo. 10.
l)es(!endant.s ol' W^m. (I. Kendall and .Mai'y P. Irwin.
Connie (ivay and dames Kendall. Theii- issue: Win. (iray
Kendall, 1812-1872, other ehildren.
John Fawson Irwin, mai-ried Martha F. :\litehell, died 18;{1.
Issue: j\Iary Fhilonxda li'win. 1817-1878, other children.
Wm. (ira,y Kendall, 1812-1872, married i\Iary J'hilomela Irwin,
1817-1878. 4'heir issue: Henjandn, died 1847; Wni. (iray, died
1885; Avola P., died 18!i;); Kale F., died 18i)7; :\Iamie F., died VM12;
Robert, died 1877; Signr, died 1877; -John Irwin, 1841-18!)8; mar-
ried i\Iary E. Snuth. Their issue: John Smith Kendall, married
Isoline I\odd, ])orn 1874; Josei)liine Irwin Kendall, born 187(); jMary
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(h'ci}' Kendall, born 1878, married -lolui Kredcricdv Haniii^er. Their
cliildrt'H : Joim Kendall Hari'inger, horn 11)01; Katherinc l.iisU liar-
ringer, horn IJIO.J; Frederick T. Bariingrr, horn .11)0.').
JOHN JKWIN KENDALL.
•lolin Irwin Kendall, eUlest son oL' William (iray Kendall and
Miu-y Philomela (Irwin) l\endall, was bora at (Jreiuida, Miss., -Jan.
10, 1841. lie was edneated in i)rivate schools. In 18.17 he accom-
panied his father to Tehauntcpec, and for some months was cm-
ployed as paymaster on the stage line then operating across the
Isthmus. In 1858, returning to New Orleans, he obtained em|)l()y-
nient in the New Orleans postoffiee. At the beginning of the Civil
War he eidisted in the Jeff Da\is Cadets and was elected second
lieutenant. The eonunand, however, failed to volunteer for active
service, and Mr. Kendall then enlisted in the Delta Rifles as jn-ivate.
This company formed part of the Fourth Louisiana Infantry, com-
manded by Col. IL M. Allen. Aftei- remaining in garrison at lira-
shier (.'ity. La., for a year, the regiment was sent to Tennessee,
where it took part in the Battle of Shiloh. Promoted corj)oral for
bravery on the field, Mr. Kendall participated with his reginu'iit in
the '"first"' siege of Vieksburg, and then in the Battle of Baton
Rouge. For bravery disjjlayed at this battle he was promoted sec-
ond lieutenant junior of Company B. lie took ])art in the siege of
Port Hudson; was captured, and confined in the j)ostoffice at New
Orleans. ^Making his escajje from this prison in a pecidiarly daring
manner, he succeeded in rejoining his regiment in (ieorgia, in time
to be present at the Battle of New Hope Church. He took ])art, in
succession, in the sanguinary struggles at l^ookout Mountain, Lost
Mountain, Peachtree Creek, the Siege of Atlanta, Jonesborough, K/.ia
Courthouse, Franklin and the Siege of Nashville. Besides tlies*'
great battles, he i)articipateil in innumerable snudler engagements.
In the campaign in Georgia he acted for much of the time as adju-
tant general of Quarles' Brigade, and of Canty 's Division. In Ma\ .
1864, he was i)romoted second lieutenant of his company. He was
wounded in the shoulder and captiu'cd at the Battle of Nashvi'l •,
and was confined, with other Confederate officers, at Johnson's Isl-
and, in Lake Erie. He was released Jinie Hi, 18G."). On returning
from the war, he went to reside with his father's family in Ocean
Springs, i\Ii.ss. He reatl-law and was admitted to the i\Iississij)pi
Bar in 1867. He was nominated by Jackson County for the State
Legislature in 1868, but "counted out" by the military authorities.
In 1871 he became station-agent for the New Orleans, .Mobile &
Chattanooga Railroad at Ocean Springs. In 1875 he removed to
New Orleans. In 1881 he went to IMexieo to rejoresent a sewing ma-
chine comi)any, but soon became connected with the ^Mexican Cen-
tral Railroad, with which corporation he was identified in many
different capacities for several years. He was also at various times
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tiu])loy(Hl by the i\Jt'\ir;ni Xiili<uiiil luiilrond. K'.liiniiii'j lu the liiiicd
States ill 1886, \\v licciinn' coiiiifclcd witli ihc Tcxns ^ I'.icilir. jiml
then went to ('liieai^o as nciieial aL^eni tor ihc .M , xif.m .\,in,»ii;il. In
]892 lie was ai)])oiiite(l a^vut in .Ma/.;il Ian. Al.xn-o, lor ihr S;iiii;i !•',■
liailroad. In 18i)(i lie hecauie icsidcni a-cid in .Mii/all,iii Ini- iiii oil
eoiiipany. lie died wvy siiddi idy .it .Ma/.allaii on Ori . Li, ISIIS.
Mr* Kemlall nnirried April ;!(), 1S72, .Miss .Mary ill i/ai.ei h Suiitii.
daughter oL" ('apt. .ioliii C Smith iin.j Catherine .Mea-licr. of New-
Orleans.
CIIILDKK.X OF .lOll.X IKWI.X KK.ND.XLL AND .M.\i;V
i:iJZ.\r.i':Tii smith :
1. John Snnth Kemhdl, only son of .lolm Irwin Kendall ami
.Mary Iv Smith, was horn at Orean Sjiriii^^s. Mi-^s. .\pril !•, 1S74.
The i'andly moved to New Orleans in IST-I ami has re^idi d tliei'e
ever since, lie obtained his edueation at jirixatr schools and at the
aeademic department of 'i'ulane l'ni\-ersily. In company with his
lather, he traveled mueh in tlie liuited States and .Mexico, \isiting
tlie latter country in 188.") and again in 181)2, ea(h time remaining
more than a year there. In 1S!)1 he j.^incd the slal'f oT the Daily
rieayune, a.s reporter, lie was a])pointed literai-y ediior in LSlhi;
war C()rres])on(lent in ISDS; editor Semi-Weekly rica\une. 181)!);
editor Sunda\' Tieawine, 1!>()]. lie was ai»poinled nolar> pulilic in
18!)8, but resigned in 1881). lie has written se\cral import. mt series
of articles for the l'iea\ une, notably about Central America, in 1"^1)7;
Porto Rico, in 11)00, an'd Nicaragua, in IDOo. His oth. r pnl)lication,-
include "Picayune's (iinded)ook to Ne\v Orleans" (ISDT; new edi-
tion, IDOO) ; "Souvenir llistoi-\- of the S.'cond Louisiana Inl'aidi'y"
(18f)8) ; "Lover's Perjuiies," a play produced at Toroiilo, Canada,
1898; "The Pi-og Cii'cus"' (11)01). lie eoidi'ihuled tin- article on
"New Orleans" to .Appleton's I'hn-yelopedia, editions of 11)02 and
1904, ami has ])ublished descripti\'e ai'tides and poems in ■•Imlge.""
"("oilier 's Weekly," "The Youth's Companion," "Tlie Wide World
.Magazine," "The Sti'and, ' i>lc.
John Smith Kendall mai'ried Isoliiie Ko.ld at New Orleans, duly
1, 1903. She was the daughter of -John K. Kod.l and h'lorei„-e Smith,
Issue :
1. Elizabeth Kodd Kemlall. born in New Orleans, .lul.\ 2:!, 11)00.
2. Lane (barter Kendall, born in New Orleans. .Ma\ 11, 1912.
(GOVERNOR JAKiKI) lUWlN, OF (IF()K(;L\. '[['"'
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SandersviUe. (ia.. Feb. 11. LS1)2.
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TItoiiias .Icriri-soii Waitiicii, hy Kcv. !•'. i.. AWaiiis, ol liir Cliristiaii
Cliiircli of this plare, aiul your rc([ui'si lor ;i^ imu-h oT the liislory
and coiiiicct ioiis of llu; Irwlii t'auiily, as 1 (•(.iiKl |mi^-.i1i1\ ui\(', and
iiollini.u' allorils iiu' ^lirratcr jtlcaMirr than lo tlo m., and wdl Immt nl-
t(Miii)l lo ^■ivL' yon as lidl a stal-'nicnl ol llicir oiium and cimnci--
tioiis with uthrf TainilicM, willi IliL'ir disl in.Linl^ln■d \alor ni the
Jicvolut innai-y and Indian wars, ol' tin; early set i h-innii s of Ihe Col-
onies ami linted Stales.
I am one of tiie youn^ci' ones of lite third generation of them
to this eonntry. I \\ill ilo Ihi' liesl I can, so thai yon antl some of
the \ ounger ones may yet some idea of this and other families of
the first settlers of this eoiintr\.
One Hugh Jrwin, my great-grandfather, \\hom I will start on,
hut am not sure liis Jiame was Hugh, Init this is what 1 calch, came
from ireland and settled in MeeUlrnhurg Count}-, X. ('., and lived
there some time, likely until several chiUlren were horn, Ihrei' l)o>s
and one girl, JMargaret, Joliii, Wdliam and -iared.
When Jared was six or seven years oUl, his falhei- movetl to
Uurke Count}', (ioorgia. He was there in time; of the Biitish having
i)t)ssession alternately, of that section of the counti'}-, ami then the
settlers, to the great tlistress of the lattei'.
We find later on, lliesc three hrothei's, -lolin, William and
dared Irwin, iin)ved from Burke Count}- and settled in Washington
Count}', (ia., not far a])art, and located a large hod}- of some of the
hest lands in the Count}', and all j>ros|)ered as farmers and raised
large families.
They were among the earl}- setlh-rs, st)nu' t'ight or ten miles
south of this place, Saiulersvilh', (ia. Then this whole country was
a vast wilderness, inliahited hy Indians and wild heasts.
1 will lake up your great grandfather's family first, my gi'and-
father. 1 cannot reiiu'mher which one of the thi'ee hrothers was
the oldest. ]\Iy grandfather's name was John Irwin. He mari-ied a
^Miss Rehecca Sessions, a tiaughter of .Josei)li Sessions, 1st, and sis-
ter to Capt. Benjamin Sessions and dosepli Sessions, 2nd. They
raised four children.
Alexander Irwin, William Irwin, Sallie Irwin and Margaret
Irwin.
Alexander Irwin, your grandfatlier, married Margaret .Moore
Lawson, a daughter of Andrew Thomi)son Lawson, who lived where
his father Roger Lawson, 1st, lived ami died and was hinied ju'ar
the Oconee River, eighteen or twenty miles vvtst of Sandersville.
I\Iy parents had ten children horn unto them. The fii-st. Thoiii])-
son, died about one year ohl. -lohn Lawson Irwin jie.vt, who was a
brother and a father to nu'. He never mai-ried, and at tlie be-
ginning of the late war with the Stales, he and his two 'brothers,
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2!)0 THE McDOWKLI.S AND CONNECTIONS
Tliuiiias .liicksoii and lieasoii Wliitdiead li-wiii, I'aiscd und ('(luiijpi'd
a e'()iii])aiiy of uiu' Inmdi'tNl and t wriily-fivc mm (if inr.iiiti'y, aiul
rt'portt'd tlicir ri'adinoss t'of duty lo llic autlioritics, ii|t()ii wliicli lie
was ordered lo West Vir}:^iiiia, Tlicy went and duiinj^' the eoM,
hieak winter of 1S()1, lie wa^ tal;en sick, carried to Wlute Sulphur
S|)rings, Va., and there died. His remains weic brought houn- hy
his brother, R. W. irwin,' first lieutenant of his company, and buried
in the old family burial {^rouutls at Tnion Hill, this count\ . He
held many honorable positions in this comity and Slate. He was
elected tax reei'iver ami collector befoi'e he \vas t wenl.\-(Uie years
old. and there Innl to be a si>ecial at-t i)assed foi' him to take the
office and i)erform the duties; was Major and Colonel of the militia
of this county for years, and ser\-ed it many times in the Legisla-
ture, but just before the war he mo\-ed to Henry Counts, Ala.
William Alexander li'win was next, who li\ed and died at Ir-
wiiCs Ci'oss Roads, iu Washington (\)unty. He, too, was a man
of note, who rejjresented his couiit>' in the Legislature many times,
and was aide ch' cam]> to (loN'ernor Hrown at oiu' time, which lanked
him as Colonel. He died soon after tlie wai' and bit seven eliil-
ilren. three boys, William .)., Reason W. and Thomas, and four girls,
Lou A., Klla, Mary },{., and Li/./ie Lee. Reason diid soon after his
father. His wife was ^Hss lOli/.abeth Daniel, who has reeentl\ died,
'i'lu-se six children still live arouml and on i)arts of the old home-
stead, Lou is now ^H"s. dames Palmer; Ella, Mrs. Joseph Jackson;
Mary, jMrs. Alban}- Smith, and Lizzie, Mrs. Sessions.
Sister Rebecca was ne.xt, who lived to be grown and mariied
Silas Daniel, brother of Urother William's wife, but did not live
long.
Bi-other Thomas Jackson eomi's next. He lixcd and died a
farmer at his home in Henry County, Ala. He was a man of good
education and judgment, he was married to .AHss (Mara '!'. Warthen
in the winter of 18r)6, daughter of Riehard Warthen, Ks(|., (d" War-
then, (Ja. They had two gii'ls, Annie Lou and l"iVel>n. Annie Lou
mai'ried a Mv. Farmer ami soon died. L\'elyn married .Mi'. (J. (i.
Lark, and now lives at Fort (Jaines, (ia.
Sister jMargaret was next. She lived to be 14 years old and died.
Your father, Jared Irwin, would like to ha\'e someone else
write about liim, but fie will give you a few sketches of his life, so
as to make the eonneeting link.
lie is still living, was born Get. 4, 1834; in l.sr)!K6() represented
his eounty in the Legislature; on Nov. 21. 1851), married Miss Lou
Warthen, daughter of the late Col. 'i'homas Jefferson Warthen, who
was killed at ]\lalvern Hill in the battles around Ritdimond. Va. lie
heli)ed to raise and e([uip the Irwin Volunteers, of which he was
first lieutenant. This, with two other companies from Washington
County, hel])ed to make u}) the Fighting Tweidy-eighth (leorgia
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Volunteers, of Wartheii's roginiciit. Since the war he perceived
the iifcessity of building a railroad from Tennvillc to >Sandcrsville,
and wit li the aid and co-oi)eration of othei-s. it was aeeoniplislied in'
1876; and is now and has been superintendent of it since it was
build. Has since tiied.
He and Lou, iiis wife, had five ciiildren : defferson Alexander,
Andrew Jackson, Mary S'allie, John Thomas and Lawson W., tin'
youngest died soon after his mother, in 187;{.
.Jefferson A., married Claudia A. Taylor, daughter of W. A.
Taylor, of this county, and they have one chikl, a daughter. An-
drew J., married Annie L. Stevens, of Hancock County, and they
have two daughters, John T. is not married.
In 1881 Jarred S. married again, Mrs. Eleanor Ik'vvv, daughter
of Edwin Jiirdsong, of Hancock County. No children by this mar-
riage.
Next was Andrew Berry Irwin, who marrieil Hannah Wart hen,
another daughter of Richard Warthan, Esq., and settled in Eort
Gaines, Ga., as a lawyer, and practiced law until he was elected
captain of one of the companies, his brother John carried to Virginia
ir. 18(51. After its term of one year was up, for which time ihev
went into service, they reorganized and made two captains. He
was elected cajjtain of one of the comi)anies and went to it ; at the
battle around Richmond, Va., he was taken sick with f 'ver a^d
died in Richmond. 1 brought his renmins home and buried him at
Union Hill, where all the family are buried, except brother Thomas
Jackson and Uncle William. They are buried in Henry Comity.
Alabama. He and Hannah had one ehild, a boy, John R. Irwin,
who married a Miss Findlay, of Maeon, Ga., and now lives iU Fort
(Jaines, Ga., and by i)rofession is a lawyer.
Reason Whitehead Irwin, the youngest, who lived to be grown,
of whom you know, lives now at Shorterville, Henry County, Ala.
He, too, married one of Richard Warthen's daughters, Nannie War-
then, which made three Irwins who married sisters, and I, the fourth,
married a double cousin of them. Your uncle, Reason W., has two
children, Jeiniie and George D. He is a farmer and a man who
stands Avell in his community, belongs to the Baptist Church and is
a Christian gentleman. The last one of the children was named
Louiza Avaline, and died- when about a year old.
(These are descendants from John Irvine, you see, one of Vvi
brothers who were the first settlers of this county. My father was a
farmer and possessed a large body of land and other projx'rty at
the time of his death in 1840.)
William Irwin, 2nd, my father's brother, married a Miss Mar-
garet Gamble, a eousin of his in Jefferson County, and moved
to Henry County, Alabama, where he settled upon the high hills,
six miles west of the Chattahoochee river, now Shorterville. and •
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opposite to Foit <;,iiiic,s, (la. Tlinr h,. anias^.-il a lar-r loiimic. .-oii-
sistiiig of hotti.m lands on ihr Wi'^i .si,i,. ,,r ih,. nx\'v^ iir-rors and
olh.i- iji'uperly. Al llic tiiw of lii^ sci I lenient, it wa^ eonsiil, red Hi.'
rroiilier of the coiniliy. Indians \\ei-,- tlieic and pos^e'>-„Ml the
'■oniilr,\- just l)e\.>nd the (ha 1 1 a lioorlh-.. K'i\,r. They did no! lunc
•■my childien. lie was called (ienei'al Irwin, and was in e(niiiiiaiid
ol' souk; of the loree> a'loii- ihe ri\er. where the Indians were in
.UT^al re\()l| at liiiie>. and eoinnianded at the haltle ,1 ,-an"t say
\\li;d it was called then. Inn it was where JMilaiila now is, anil
wt'iil l)_\- 111,' name of lr\inL;ion r<M' smiie liinei.
Ill- was drowned in [\h- Cha I lahoo(diee K"i\er in ]>^'>{). on a li'ip
in a boat from (dlnmliiis, <ia., down the ii\i'r to l-'.n-i (iaines. It
eaii-hl lire in tin; juyiit and hnrned to the water ^ ed-e, and he, a
good swimmer, jniiipetl off to swim ashore, Init iie\ei- reaidicd it. '
Ills l.ody was lonnd allecwards and Imrird at his lioinr.
lie gave his hr(;tlier Ale\andei-\ ciiildreu ,,1,,. third ui his prop- ' 1
erly and the halaiiee to lii> wife. The iwo daiigliters, .\iinl Sadie,
who iiianjed a Mr. .Miller, and lived in Alah.ima, tin- la-.| I knew
of lliem; the other, .\nnt .Margaret, married a .Mr. I'-hnnit and li\cd
in Wdkinsoii Coimty. They had sesfral children and all died. ,-.>;-
(•••pt one, wlio ll\c.^ in Wn-hiville, (,a.. and is nann.l .Ncal llloniil. "'
I havi- said your great gramlinothir was .\ll^^ K. hrc-a Srvsion;
and sister of lienjamiii Sessions, who married yonr grandmother
Irwin's .SLster, Mary In'rry Lawscjii, which made hiin iiindc and
graml-miele to me. iMy mollier, .Margan t .Moore Lawson, .\iiiit
.\lar,\ r.erry Lawson, and Aiinl l-di/ahelli Hannah l.aws(ni, who mar-
i-ied a William M.ikiii, Consin l.i//ie .Min'can's mother, cmistilntcd
(irandl'ather Andrew Thom|isoii |.aws(nrs (diildrcn h\ his first wil'e.
who was a .Miss .Moore. His second wife w.is a .Miss faikin. ami
sister to William I'aikin. who Innl imirried his danghier. and I'mdes
Alexander and Roger Lawsoii, L'lid. were their (diildien. This K'oger
is onr e(nisiii Hugh Lawson's falher, who li\cs here. This i>awsoii
family runs hack to the l.a\vs(nis o\' the lirst settlers in P.nrke Coiiii-
ty. Hugh Lawsiui of tli.it eoiint\ was apiKnnt.'d a^ (nie of the com-
miltee to .select a site, I Ihink it was in ISOI, f.n' a location of a
j)uhlic school, and tint ])resiMit l.'niversiiy oT Alliens. (Ja., is that
|>lace, and tiie State has had a scdnad there ever since, lie was a
son of (jireat-graiidlather lioiicr l.awson. and his name was caiwed
on a. tablet of marble, with the naim s of the comiidltee that locate(l
and superintciiided the building and is fixed inside n\ the wall of the
building.
Roger Lawsou, 1st., who married a .Miss Hannah Thompson, lia.l
five sons born unto him: William, Hugh. Kogm-. .Ir., .John and
Tliom|)son, the last m> grand fa t her. i Sre \lr\ . William I'.acon
Stevens' History of (ieorgia.i
Jiogei', Tst, came from Indand and settled liiiall.\- in P.urke
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THE MoDO WELLS AND CONNEL'TIOXS
ro.mty, thero lived and died i., Washington f'onntv. and was buried
m the Oeciiec Ifiwr. An.livw Thcmi.son l.aws,,,,. ,nv " randfather
I'ad a nejdirw, Hu-h. son of ll.mh. 1.1. ..f win,.,, h. 'was -uardiai/
and i-ais('d lo majority. '
After hecomin- -rown, h.' nn.wd |„ IIousKmi Com. I v. \vh,.|e he
iiiaiTicd a .Miss l'ench>i.c Flanks, raisin- a lar-e and h.-niuahlr laiu-
dy, and lie liiiMsrli, heeondno distinguished i,, tlie Slate ..T (i^.n-ia
II'' ^vas noted pa rt ienh.rly J',)]- his iiite-rity. uprightness and ChHs-
tiau ^eal•|n,L^ was landliar with the affairs (d' State, and was pivsi-
<l'-nt of the (Jeoru-ia Senate foi' fifteen years.
Two of his dan-hteis niarrie,! Urowns. of Maeon. .Mrs I5rvant
''■"^\"' "' -Mii«'',n. ,s ..n.-. aiid .Mrs. Huford Davis, of that eitv is
l"-'- dau-hter. Iln-h. 1st, mentioned alxu'e, nuuTied Miss S-ii'ah
Whilaker. si.ter of r.en.jaudn Whitaker, of .Ieff,-rs..n CountN' for ■,
'"".^' 'III"' Speaker of the llcnrse of Representatives.
A .Mr. Alluood niarri.'d Crandfather hawson's si.i.t uho are
""' l-"'*'^' .-"''I HiMHu'r of Andr, w Thoinps,.,, AI|n(K)d „f Trion l-.e
l"iA (Hu' father ..f Deotie AllKood). The (dd ladv. n,v niotin-r's
a-int, was nn.i-e like her tiian anyone 1 ever .saw. The (iai.ihles
I'-tliwells. Whiieheads and Covernor .Aloore", laniilv of Alahama.
i'lid the Herrys are all eonneet ions, hut it is .piite (,ut (d' ni\ power
'" '"*''^*; I''-' '•oiin.vtion now. One David Iv I5.,lliwell. liowever,
was a l're>!:Meriau ininist.'r, who was sent for from Irelaml, after
til"' lunal:s:s i ] li-ii jxh . t roops j were withdrawn f]-om (ieoi'^ia, wlio
••arned the most of the j.reaehers with them, and this settlement of
lr\viiis. (.'amides, lawsoiis and others in Durk.' wanted a ju'cacdier
■"'•I "'"^ '>''\i'l I''- Rothwell earn.', preaehe.l and married anion-
these iamilies. .Many years aft.u' |.rea<diin>. he made a \ isit to ilov
•'-"•'''' ''■^viii, at I'nion Hill, took siidv and died and was i.uri<'d theie
near the (lo\crnor.
Of William Irwin. Isl. (uie of the tliive hroihers. I am not wtdl
"'''•'•'"(■*l of his life anil .leseendants. Caiinol sa \- who his wife
was and do not know how many ehildr.m he had. h'ut if I leeolleet
'■'-''<■ I '•;"' liinition five of them: he had Ale.Namh'r, 2nd Hindi
and three dau-hters. Ale.van.l.'r niari-ie<l a l*>iss l;rantle\- HarHs
Brantley's dan.-hter, of this eouiity (Sec White's S'alistie.s (,f (J,,,,--
-la) and died youn<r. He had one son. William li'wlii. 4l h and he
•lii'd in early manhood.. Two (.f William. Isfs dan-hters married
•lolm Smith. The first one soon die, I, then he married the (,tlier
and she had two ehihlivn and died. He live.l in Wilkinson Coun-
t.\-. The third daujihtei-, Lydia. niarri.'.l .Air. .lohn Orr. urandfalher
of these youny Orrs, and (uir .-oiisins. ihal \(ni kiunv in this eountv
Wlntaker Oi'r, who now li\('s in Kandolph ('ouiit\, and is more
than sevent.\' years old, and who has heeii married six limes, i,. his
>on. Hu-h. Frank, .\le.\ander, l-'reeman and iMaiiei. Orr. also his
sons, and :\Ii-. William Guff's wif(.' was his daughter.
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2!»4 THE McDOWKLLS AND CONNECTIONS
I will now give yoii sometliing of (lovenior Jured Irwin's (one
of the three hrotlicrs) life. 1 never learned who he iiiai licd. I will
cite you first to "Siierwood's (iazetteer of the Stah- of (leurgia,"
second edition, page lif), wideh gives some aeeount dt liiiu. Hon.
Jared Irwin was horn in Mecklenburg County. N. ('.. alioiit two
years after his pai'ents arriveil from Ireland, lie was a Brigadier
Cieneral of the militia -for a long time, repn-scntcd \Va>lungton
County in the Legislature, was President of tin- Senate for several
years and CJovernor from 17t)(i to IT'jy, and again fi-om LSOG to
IHOI). He was in the convention for revising onr Constitution,
178!), and was president of the Iiody, which revised it in 17!)8. He
was a Congregationalist, aiul lived like a Christian. He died on
March 1, 1818, leaving a large numl)er of desceiulants. Irwin Coun-
ty, in this State, was nameil in his honor, as was also Irvington,
in Wilkinson ('ounty (See White's Statistics of (ieorgia. 1848, in
which he says he was of Irish deseent). His pai-ents emigrated to
Meeklenhurg. X. ('.. and came to (ieorgia wlien he was seven years
old. He served his eouidry faithfidly in many eapaeities during
tiie latter part of the Kevolutiouary War, ami on thi' fi-ontieis
against the Indians. He was elected (Jovei-nor the sectjiui timi', and
in 17!)6 he had the honor of signing the aet reseimling the ^'a/oo
Law. ami had the infanu)us land law, that was an imposition on the
l)eoi)le, burned on the publie sipnire in Louisville, (la., then the
capital of the State. At the (dose of the War for Independence he
was a member of the first Legislature that eon\ened under our
present form of government. He was a very j>ui'e nniii and an ex-
cellent neighbor, whom all around looked upon as guide, llospital-
it\' was his chief virtue. In excry station he accepted lie exhibited
his devotion to the pid)lie gooil. He was bui'ied a1 Cnion Hill, his
houu', and in IHM] tiiei'e was an a))propriation by the (ieorgia Legis-
lature to raise a moniunerd ovei- his remains. It was wlnui Howell
Cobb was (jloxernoi-. and by sonu' mis\uiderstanding some wa\- the
api)ropriation went over without any action to build it ; but when
1 was a nuuidier of the Legislating' in 1860, I had an act passed with
a comuuttee. consisting of Col. K. Warthen, Capt S. A. II. .lones
and Col. d. W. Rudisill, to locate a site for the same and c |>elling
tin- (iovernor to erect it in Sandersville, (»a., whieh was done, and
it now staiuls on the south side of the public s(pnire.
lie had only four children, that I know of, Jared, dr. 2nd, dohn,
Isabel and Jane.
dared and -John were graduated in tlie first class of the school
at Athens, Ga. The Rev. William Bacon Stevens, author of the •'His-
toi-y of CJeorgia" has it. dai-ed and Thonuis, but I think he is nds-
taken. f(U' I'nevci' heai'd of him Inning a son by the nanu' of
'Thomas, ('apt. John liwin was his name. " ' Li,L;hl hor.x- dohn." he
was called, on acconnt of his gallantry. He connnanded a company
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THE McDowells and connections 295
of cavalry in the Creek war, luuler the lieroic (Jen. John Muyd, and
distinguislied himself at tiie l)attle of Autosses and in other engage-
ments. Ilo was said to l)e tlie most polite gentleman of his day.
Willi his men always ready, he ke|)t the Indians at l)ay, on the west
side of the Oeonee River, as tiiat was the line l)etween the settlers
and Indians then. He never married and died comparatiNcly a
young man.
•Tared Irwin, Jr., 2nd, married a Miss Williams, a grand aunt
of our solicitor (). II. Rogers, of tiiis county. After the eounti-y he-
tween the Oconee and Chattahoochee Rivers was surrendered to the
settlers, he moved to i^tewart County aiul was killed in the massacre
at the hattlc of Roanoke, rludge \Vind)erly told me a year or two
«go (he lives in Lumpkin, Stewart ('ounty) that he was a l){)y and
saw the com])any when it went out to meet the Indians, and it was
not long Itefore his horse canu' running home without his ridci". and
it was soon known that he was killed.
He left some children, a I\Ir. Kirksey, of Lumpkin, Stewart
County, married one of the daughters, and took care of the old lady
the balance of her life; he is ordinary of that county now, and
getting to he quite old. One of the children was mimed .Tared
Irwin, ;}rd. The last I knt^w of liim, he lived in the southeast corner
of Alabama. The (Joveriu»r's two daughters, lsa))clla and Jane,
and the two boys, were all that 1 can remend)er of ever liearing men-
tioned that constitutes his family.
Isabelle married William Whitaker and had several children.
One boy was named for his grandfather, Jared Irwin Whitaker.
Two other boys, William and John, and a daugiiter, Isabella Whit-
aker, after her mother. William and John, the last 1 knew of them,
lived in Henry County, Gd., and Isabella lived with one or the other.
Jared lived and died in Atlanta, was editor of the "Atlanta Intelli-
gencer" a long time, and was spoken of in higii terms as a candi-
date for 'Governor. I hear he has one son, who lives in Atlanta now,
"Cousin" Jane, as she was called, the Governor's youngest chihl,
lived and died an old lUiaid, said "she would not uuirry for fear the
Irwin name would run out.' She was si)irited, a gootl talker and af-
fable in her manners, j)atriotic, whole-souled and is a noble woman.
She brought a claim, through our then great members of Congres.i,
x\lexander H. Sti'vens and Robert Toombs, in tlie United States (.'on-
gress, for ten thousand dollars for property spent by her father in
the defense of this section of the country, in time of the Revolu-
tionary and Indian Wars, and recovered the sanu'. She died in At-
lanta in 1856 at her nephew's, Jared Irwin Whitaker, and her re-
mains were brought to the old family burial ground at Union Hill,
ami I had them placed by the side of her father.
The three brothers, John. William and Jared, built a fort near
I'nion Hill, which co\ered those sj)rings that now supply tlie con-
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THE MtltOWELLS AND CONNKCTIOXS
^rogation of the ()li()(t|tif Cliiircli. Jt was oalled I ho Irwin Kort,
aiiil was of ^'i-cat plot eel ion to thr sctlliM^. A ft nw .iii U, ihc (lover-
nor donated .six aere^ of hiiid theiT. taking' in some of those spi^inj^s,
to al! (h'lioiniiiatioiis that wonhl hnihl a ehiuvh and |ir<'aeh there!
and it seems that thi' I5a|it!>ls | n'edoniinat ed, ;ind lhr_\ nn- in iios.es-
sion of the six acres, with ;i wvy idee ehlll'ih on the Mime. My
-randuK.ther Irwin \\;is h;i|.tized thei'e, hefore I ri>\i\i\ ice.. Meet.
^'oM will find mo!c iilxnil the (;overin>r in Uev Willmm Uaeon
Stevuis" Hi^lor\- of the St;ile of (li'or-ia, wrillen ui tStl. s-euml
solnme. as well ;is others, tlmt will interest yon. .See mi paiie ill'O
wlHMe he was ;i ejindidate. aUo ..ii pa'^v 101 to |ii:;. whei-e he was
ordered as emu iii;i nder of a portion of ll:e lore, s l,, di-per.s,- (ieneral
Chirk "s sellleiiient (,n the \ve>! side ol the Oeuiiee l.'ixer, now Wil-
kinson Connie. This hoid. ei\is \ on all the delaiK of ihi- and otli t
ami othei's and i> to Mippl.\ ihe del'
Ihe hi.^lory of (ie.H-ia siiiee 17<:i. .M\ father and I'mde William
went as pri\ale^ iiader eommand of Capl. r.en.iamin Se^-^i,,n^. their
nnele. to the Indian wai'. in Kloiida. in IM.'.. They were not "one
Ion--, and did not have to do iiiiieh li-htiiie'. Tln\ weiv xoiin- then
and f,M-and lather and molher weiv miieh pleased a\ hen the.\- idl re-
turned ali\c.
1 said somelhiii-:- ahont ihes,. ihree hmiheo. rir-.! Mail.M's in
Washinaton Connty. haxin-- a sister. Sin- inarrhd a man li\ tlii'
name u\' Darhs', who had a son that lived on the \\ e^i side of Buf-
falo Creek. He rais.-d a lar-v family, two sons and loiir danuhters,
Olivei'. .lai'cd. Ann. Sarah, .lane and Kowena. ()li\er wa> killeil on
the ('(Mitral Kailroad when yoiiiie-. was firtmaii and emplo>-e on a
train wdiitdi ran into a washonl and killed him. -knvd heeanie en-
gineer on the Central h'ailroad of (ieoi-ia niilil IsT.;: married,
raised a familv. eoininiied an eimimer II,. died m (Jivenxille, (la.
Ann married lieiijamiii Wood, raise, I a lai'ue famih .d' .diildion who
are amona' som- .d' Washiii-ion Coiint.\ \ l»esl i-ili/eiis. -jared
Oliver Wood, our piv^ent eii-iiieer .d' SaP.h'ivsvil le v.^ Tenndh. Kail-
road Company, is one of iln-ii' (diildreii Sarah married ;i Mr. Wil-
liam Woo, I. and tiiev, too. liad a lar.uc family. .Mr. Charh^s A. Dnr-
loos' present ^vil'e is one of them. Tlie\- ar,. holh li\iiie now and
doin<r well. Kowena maTi'ied a ^Ir. Elkiiis. tlie\ had on,, .diih^ a
i;irl. \\diom AVilliam J. Ti'win marrleik dane marrie,| i''re,-man Orr.
the\' raised a lai'f^e rainil>' ol' hoys, ami smm- of them li\e in tlie
lower part of tliis coniil). I will now try to iii\e \ nn a little moi','
in detail of the Sessions, to wlioiii we ar.^ \ci\ ,dos, |y eonneeted.
The\- are (piite a noted famil>', as well as the Irwiiis, kawsons.
W'hilakers and otliers that 1 have already .spoken of.
Tiiei'e was one .losepli S,.ssions, Isl. that mov,d to tliis eounty.
I suppose from li'elaiid also and s.dtled a litth' w , si ,,f s,mtli from
the plaee. six (0- se\cn miles dislaiil. and two or ihree miles from
Tiii^ McDowells and connections 2'.n
tlir scttleiHciit III' the Iruiiis. I do not know whctlicr lip came ili-
tlu'u .-aiiH' to lliis country. 1 think li.' came direct. J[.. Ii\.',i and
did there, had lonr ehihire,, that I reiucmber, two .sons and two
(hiuuhtcrs ; IJen.jamih, .losc|ih, .li-.. 2nd. Keheccii (my gi-andmot licr)
and j'nsiia. lien.janiiu .Scs.sions. a.s I have said, married my nn)tiier'.s
.sist, r. .Miss Marv I'.crry I'.awson. lie was tliirty years old and sin-
was firteen. when I licv Were married, raised a large lamilv of lonr
luns and si.x -ills, .lusepji, -I r. ; Cli.irle.s L., ]{,'njamin F.," Aiulrew
Th,oi,iis,,n, .Mary. .Su^aii, Idi/ahelh and ^larKaret :\I. Tliis .Lisejih
W. :;id, is the oil' that li\es now very mar tlie (d,l hoii.estc-a,l,
where his latl,,-i- and jiraiid I allier did. lie has a lar-,- family, five
or si.x ho.\s and four -iris. .1. ('. Harmon, at Tennillc. marri<'d the
ohiest -ill. and one of his smis married l.i/zie l.ee Irwin. Charles
k.. married a Miss 'I'arlmlton, nf lids eonntv. movd to Alal.ama at
the he-innin- of Ihe war, joind the army, and was kilh'd at the
liallle of Chickamau-a. Benjamin V. went to the war with the Tr-
win VoIimteer.s, was taken sick and died at Manassas. Andrew
Thompson was killed in tlio last battle that was fon-lit in tlie war,
,it l!eiilon\ ille, he was yoiin- and a brave man.
Cousin Mary (I say eousin, for it is so natural for me to say it
as lhe\- w.-re so close kin niilil the\ felt about as (dose as brothers
and sist.-rs, they are ,loubb' c.msins to me) married a Fliiker and
raiseil several idiildren. Milton and Bonjamiii wore killed in the
late war. Susan married II T. Roberson and soon died, -lennie
married An-usfus T. Tarbutton and Ihey Imlh died, leaviii- two
ehildreii. Dr. David K. died in Irwinton. a year or two a-o. Joseph
Fluki'r, the yo\uin;est one, lives here now. Cousin Susan married
\Villiam Clenn, and died within a year, f'onsin Elizabeth married
(,'e,,r-e I'.oatwriKlit. who lives in the settlement of their grandfather
S.'ssions. Cai)t. J. D. Franklin's wife is one of the girls. Margaret
married William Wall, of this eounty. then moved to Terndl County
and livi-s in Dawson, Ca. Aunt Daslia married a I\rr. Dillard, who
had two children, Almarine Dillard was the name of the son. T do
not know the name of the daughter, but .she married a Dr. Cheatham
and all lived and died in Terrell County, Ha.
T have learned since writing about riovernor -Tared Irwin that
his wife was a Miss Stewart, related to Ceiieral Stewart, for whom
Stewart County was Tiained.
With these se.itfered reecdlecf ions, and what T would pick up
beiv and there, T will liave to give u\> further on this matter, but
Avifh a fond recollection of my ancestry as an honest, straight-for-
ward and conservative ])eoj)le, T am proud, and hojie the descendants
will maintain the same traits of character for generations to come.
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THE McDOWKI.LS AND CON NICCTI UN'S
aoVI-^KVoIi JAKKl) IIJWIX, ol'^ (JKolMilA.
Uy William S. Wliil ak.-i-.
I know iiofliiiiu- of till' I'atluT, lifot lici-, ami sisters oi m\ <^roat-
fjraiKiratlicr, -laird Irwiii.
John, the son ul' <io\. .larcd ii-\\in, died witlmnt r\cr marrying,
and while a yoini<jc man in the h'cvolntionarv' War. I'lli/aln-l li, and
her sislcr. Jane. Avci-e tin- onl> liciis of .fared Irwin, -lane died willi-
ont ('\'f'i- maiT.N'inij:.
Kli/.alMdli married m> ^rand I'al lier, Sinnm Wliilaker. and when
the\' had se\en eliildren ih^y moved ji'din I'.aldwin lo Kayette Conn-
t.\. Theii- children uere:.|nlin liwin W.; |s;d.ella hain W,; SiuH)!!
'1'. W. (who was m\- father I; dared Irwin W.; .Mar\ W ; Willis K.
W.. ami William W.. (d' these .Mrs. Mary Mnhley, ni-e Whilaker. at
I'aiiin-tto. (la., is the only ..m' livinLr l.fsides Willie \l. and Dv. Wil-
liam Whilakei'. V(»n will m.liee these nam.' slrun-jly sn.uj^vst tin;
fannly nano's yon ment ion.
<i|-andfather had a se.M.nd set ,,f eliildren h\ another wife, as
j^randmollier died after they mo\,'d to l-',i\.'lte. Of Ihis |)i'. A. S.
Whilaker. at Uc^l, N. ('. is'th.' onl.v one living.
I'. S.--A monnnn'nt waN erected to (Jovcrnor dared li-\vin's
MOMnorx hy the Ceorgi.i Legiskij nre. lie was a I'.rigadier (Jencral
in (he IJevolidiomir\- War.
IIJWIN KAMILV OK (M'lOKin.X.
V.y Keason Whitehead Irwin.
William li-win. dr.. horn in Washington Conntv. (Jeorgia. near
Irwin's Crossroads, year ITU.") (hrother to Alev. Irwin); reeei\i'd a
connnon s(dn)ol edneation in his neigjd.orhood ; married .Mi>s .Mar-
garet [jaw.son, the year 1 Si'O ; mowd to llenr\ ('onnt,\, Alabama, the
year 18:iO; was a General in the State Miliiia. e(nnmanding officer
at the Kattle of It'oanohc; also ^\itll the Indians. The ('it\- of Va\-
I'aula. Ala., was once named for him: re|M•e^ented his ronnt\- sev-
eral sessions in the U(.ns.' of the I.euiskit ni-e ; ;imass,d a laruv for-
tnne in nesroe.s and lamls; gave a large part (d' his estat(> to the
(diildren of lii.s ])rothcr Alexander; I'aised no (diildren ; wa.s di'owned
in the riiattalioo(diie -River, and hnried at his home in l|enr\ Conidv.
Alabama, oin- mile and a (|narter north of Shorter\ i He. with a l.eaii-
tifnl iinmnnn'nt standing' on his last resting [Anrc. His wife, ^far-
garet Lawson Lwvin. did ;,nd is hnri.-d in Thonmsville, Thomas
f'nuiity. Gooi-gia; died the >.'ar 1S70. leaving three or f<Mir hnndred
bales of eotfon, wliieli was sold aftei- the wai- between the States and
netted her a vast snm of gold coin.
Grandparents of Ale.x. Irwin's eliildren: dohn l.awson Ti-win.
migrated from :\[e(dclenbni--'. X. ('.. f,, AVasldngton f'onnly. Georgia
(dale ujikiiown) ; one of the first settlers of Washington Gount\-,
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THE McDowells and connections 2m
Georgia; sat on the first grand jury of Washington County, tliu
year 1824; married Rchceea Sessions tlie 2-itli day of Deeeiuhcr.
]790; the father of twelve ehihlreii, two l)oys, Williiuu and Alexan-
der, and two (huighters. With three hrotliers, William. Sr., .]ai'c<l,
Sr., and Alexander, Sr., were most fxe.'ilcnt eiti/.cns of the State of
(Jeoigia, and departed this life; on the 1st chiy of •laniiary, 1822.
His wife, Reheeea, died Stii day of .luiu', 1>S:5!); hotli buried in
family burial ground, near Olioopie Uai.tist Clnucli.' in Wasliinglon
County, (Jeorgia.
.Alexander Irwin, Si-., was the foi-eman of tiie first gi'and jury
of Washington County, (ieorgia; mari-ied a Aliss SessiouN; Wiis the
father of two childien. one l)y dared, .|i-., who was one of the fii-st
gra(luat(>s of the rnivtu-sity of (i.orgia, at Athens, (ia.; was killed
iu the battle with the Indians at lu)ano!<e, Ala., in l.s;;(i; ,survi\cd b\-
four sons: Ab'X. went to Texas, ne\cr having been heard from
since; Thomas was killed in a horse race neai- Coliiinbia, Henry
County, Alabanm; dared died in .\lban\, (ia.; dames r.ennet Irwin
die(l in Columbia, lleni-y County, Ala.; Alex., Sr-., and wife both
buried in Washington 'County. fJeorgia ; dai-ed li-win, tlieii- son,
buried in j.umj)kin, Stuai't County, (Jeoi-gia.
William Trwin, Sr., was a mend)er of the first garnd jury organ-
ized in Washington County, (ieoi-gia; was major of (ieorgia .Militia
in his distriet or township; ]\Iai-i'ied .Miss Nancy Wliitaker, of def
fcrson Couidy, CJeoi'gia, whose brother, I5enjamin Whitaker, was
Speak*'r- of the House of Kepi-esentatives in the (Jeorgia Legislature.
They were the i)areids of eight ehildi'en— two hoys and six daugli-
teis. I<'ii-sl boy, named Hugh, nmi-ried Mary Brantley I'irsl tinu-,
and :\liss Elizabeth Daniell the last time; moved to Houston County,
Georgia, and died and was buried in that eounty. after re|)resent ing
his eounty in tlie Geoi-gia Legislature. Tliomas Alexandei- Irwin
iimrried ]\liss Naney Brantley, they liaving one son, AViiliam. who
ol)tained his majority and died iinmarried, and is buried in Wash-
ington County, Georgia; Thomas Alexander died and is luiiiiMl in
Houston County by the side of his brother, Hugh Irvin.
-Tared Trwin, Sr. (hrother to the otluM- three— William, Sr.. Alex-
ander, Sr., and John Lawson, Si'.), was a farmer ami mcrcdiaid ;
married a IVFiss Stewart, sister to Gen. Dani(d Stewart, who was boi-n
in Liberty County, in 17(51, ami died in 1820; lived near (^hoopie
Chureh. TTe was insti-umental in })uilding a fort around the spring
and upon the ground where the ehurch now stands, as a protection
to the white people against the depredations aiul murder fi-om the
hostile Tndians who ranged through that section of tlie State. After
the removal of the Indians he gave the plot of ground for a Ba))-
tist Church — was first called T^rier Patch, then changed to Olioopie.
ITe was twice elected Governor of the State oi Georgia when it was
considered to be a:i honorabh^ position for the peo|>le to so choose
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TIIK IMtUOWlCLl.S AND CONNICCTIONS
OIK' of tlu'ii- miiuhc)- to lu- clii.'f of slate and a (h'triHl.T of tlicir Jih-
ei'lies and .sacred honor; was the lallu'r of one son, •lohii, ^s ho was
0111' of the first youni; nun to >iradnah' at the l'ni\erNity of (icorgia,
at Atlit'iis, (la. Iia\(' no informal ion as to whatever heeaiiie of liiiii
after his graduation. One (hinghler married a .Mr. Whilaker, who
was the fatlicr of one hoy, who jnihlished a new>|>a|)er after the
war between tile States- in the eity of Athmta, (ia., and ealh'd it the
"Athmta Intelligeiieer. " ' .\ot ahle to h.eate any of liis th'seendants.
(>iu; (huighter married ,i .M |-. Dorkey. One danghler, .lane. Irwin,
next'i' niai'ried. lie died in Allanla, (ia., ihe year iMi:!; hiiried in
the fannl\- gronnds iirai' Oiioo|.ie ^.a|)li^| Chur.di, m \Va^hingtoll
('onnty. tieo/gia; had ereeied to hl^ niem(M-y a fine monnmeiit and
j)laee(i it in the pnhlie sqilare in llii; lown of Sanders\ dh', the ea|)ital
of Washington ("onnly, (ieorgia, was named for liim; also a town.
lr\intown, in Wilkerson ('onnt\, (Jeorgia; and li'NinxiMe and also a
county named (nv him. Irvintioi. At hist', after all other tilings of
lii> life had heen aee.miplished. he, loo. fell asleep, and was hnried
in the old famil.v Imi-ial gronnds near Ohoopie I'.aplist Chnivh, in
Washington Oonnty, (Jeorgia.
Now this is alionl the l.e.sl liistory 1 can get np as to the four
hndhers— William, daivd, .j(.hn hawson and Ahxan.ler Irwin— who
migrate(l from Me(ddeniMirg, .\. ( '., to Washington t 'onnty, (ieorgia,
previous to the Kevolut ioiniry Wai'.
JAKKl) IRWIN, OF DIIIU.IX. IKML.WD.
IJy (iraec Frwin Vate.s.
l-'irst (leneratioii: dared and dane Irwin.
According to Williams' History of Ohio, and to Miss Sai-ah
Irwin, ilaughter of dai'.d and Ideanor Taylor Irwin, horn -Ian. 12,
l.sO'J; died Oetoher, l.s'tV. 1 learned that ilu' fii^l (d' oni' family
came' from Dublin, lindand.
dared and dan.' Irwin ishe was h.n-n in Dnidm. Ireland. 1757)
came to America, ourying their first (diild at sea. wen in Bedford
County, Virginia. 177:). The> had three children. Samn.d, dared. Jr.,
and daiie. We know nothing of Sammd. hut have alwa\s heen told
that he was the .ancestor of the Pennsylvania Irwins, and in all
looks vi'iy mueh alike.
They were in Koss ("ounty, Ohio, as eai'ly as 17l)S, as their son,
dai-ed, dr.. married thei'e that year. , , , -,
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1st— Sammd.
2nd — Jared, dr.. married dune 4, 171)7, l-deainu'. daughter of
W^'iliiani and lnic\- Kinla\- Taylor. (William Taylor was
■''■•'■' the son of doseph and Mli/.ahet h .\sliton Tayhn', of Mon-
nouth Coiintw .\'ew dersew a soldier in llie Ke\()liit ionary
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■hd. — Jane mairicd Josc'idi Taylor, brutlicr ol Eleanor, and son
of William and Lucy J inlay Taylor.
•laiXHl, Jr. (son of Jarcd and Jane Irwin) married ij^lranor Tay-
lor, daughter oT Wjii. and Lucj Jmlay Tayl»»r.
Third Generation:
1st— Samuel, born Jan. 2!), 17'JU; died JMTo; married Callierine
.M 01-ton, born 18U-i; died J87G.
2nd— Lucy, born May 22, 18UU; tlied ISlS- mari-ied Isaae Fineli.
;{i'd— Jared, born Dec. 22, 1801 ; died young.
4tii— William Taylor, born Aug. I'Jth, 18U3; died Nov. 22, 18S(I;
marj-ied first, Sarah, daugliter of riiillij) ami Nancy \\o\d
Kobins. Secoml, Delilah i\-i)|)le, ,lan. 4, 1844.
r)th — Jose|)h, born .May If), 180.'); marrietl Mary Wils.m.
(Jtii— Jane, born Jan. 2U, .18(17; niari-ied a iMr. iMcMnlleu; Jio
issue.
7th— Sarah, Jan. 12, 180!); died Oelober, 181)7.
8th — ]\Iary, born Sej)t. 18, 1810; married John Kobins.
r)th — Nancy, born .May 1(J, 1812; married (iordon Pngm-.
10th— Eleanor, born Oct. 19, 1814.
Fourth Generation :
Jane, daughter of Jared and Jane Irwin, married Jos('])h Tay-
lor, son of William ami Lucy Lnlay Taylor ami brother of
lOleanor, who married Jared, Jr.
FAMILY OF SAMUEL, SON OF JAKEI), AND LFKAXOK TAY-
LOR JRVIN.
Lorn 17!t!); dietl 1875.
Second Generation.
Samuel, sou of Jared and l^leanor Taylor lr\in, born 171)1);
died 1875: mari'ied ("atherine .Morton, boi'n KS()2-lS7(j.
Fifth Generation.
1. John Gage Irwin, married 3iary Dean; LUu Annette, mar-
ried Edgar Jioe; Samuel nuiri'ied Nannie Read; Rolla, Kale,
jMargaret and (Jertrude.
2. Jared Dicky married Emily Downs. Issue: Alice, who mar-
ried Wm. Brown; j\lary. Hattie and Fred Huntington;
IMabel married Wm. Henry; Ida, Kate, Harvey, Edith.
3. eTames M., married Jo.sie Hancock ; no issue.
4. Emmeline E., married, first, Henry Hogshead, and second,
S. S. Burke. Issue :
Thurston, Everston.
Sixth Generation.
Annette, daughter of John Gage and jNFary Dean, married Ed-
gar Hoe. Issue: Kaymond. Glenn, Dean, Leland, (yarvell
and Florence.
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llattie, daughter of Jaretl l)ie-ky juid Kiiiil} i>-"\\ii.s. married
Fred lluntiiigton. J.s,siie ; I'^aid and J\utli.
Sadie, <Jaiigliler oi. iMiiuieliiie Irwin and S. S. llnrkc married
Tlliir.stuii iJ^verston. issue;: Jlarscy.
Karl, son oL' lOjumelinc and S. S. i)iii-kr, married Stdla Jtloore,
and had Oral.
Fmily of Luey, seLMUul elidd ol' dared and I-d.Miioi' Tayh)r Ir-
wiu, and wile ol' Isaac i''ineli.
Third (jieucraliou ;
J.uey, born iMay liL*, IMK), died l^TH; married Isaac l-'inch. Chil-
dren :
James 11. Fineli umrried Saiah d. Dean, and had Itn children.
James, born Jan. 1, 1822.
Sarah, born Feb. 3, 1827.
Ellen, born July 5, J82U, died 18r>l ; man'icd Isaac Wilson.
Josej)!! nuirried Amanda ('(dlicr.
Sarah, born Feb. 17, 1824; died July 8, l8r)U.
isaae, nuirried I'ii'st, Hannah Uermil; second, Catherine Obiat.
Children of James 11. autl Sarah ,1. i)cau I'ineli :
Third (Jeneration:
1. JNlartlia K., born April !)tli, 1847; maii'ied (leorge Suuth, had
twelve ehildren.
2. Isaae, born Oct. 17, 1848; nuirried Fli/abelh Walsmi, three
ehildren.
3rd. Hannah and Luey.
4. John D., married Fanny Jjanib, twelve children.
T). James 11. rlr., married Orcna liiekel, iduc ehildren.
G. Abram F., marircd l^mnui A. iMead, Jour children.
7. Sarah F., inarided -lames Wilkius, two ehildren.
8. Jennie 15. , married Frank Willis, one child.
I'amily of liuey Jrwin and Isaac l<'in(di.
Fii'th Generation :
1. JMarlha, daughter ..I' -laines 11. and Sarah J. Dean Kim-h,
born Api-il !•, I.sl7, married (ieoi'gc Smilli, and had 12
children.
Sixth Cieneration :
Fonie, born Oct. 7, 1871; mari'ied Charles Stuart. Issue:
Madge, born. June 1."), J 81)7.
Seventh CJeneralion :
iiertha, born July 23, 1873; marricil (leorge W. Morrow and had
Harold, Oct. IT), 18S)4.
FloTenee, born Nov. 15, 1874; died July 17, 1890.
iiu'/, born Feb. 20, 1870; nuirried Ora A. Stuart ami had jMa-
son, Dec. 2G, 18l)(J.
r;uy, Oct. 8, 1877; died Sept. 27, I80fi.
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Kdith, bom Fel). 'A, 1871).
Otho, bom ]\larcli -3, 3881. -v ,ij / ■ ;*., '
Alma, bom Aug. 22, 1882. ...
Archie, bom Dee. ;}, 1884. s-
Mikh-cd, bom JSept. 7, 188G.
Ila/i-1, bum Sept. 2ti, 1888. , „^ ■) , ,., ,, ,
lA'ster h\, bom April .3, 181)1.
Filth (Jeneratioii :
Isaae, son of Jaiiius 11., aiul Sarah Dean Fiiu,-h ; hum Oct. 17,
1848; married Klizahi'th Watson.
Sixth Generation.
Ida, April T), 187;:5; iiiaiiacd William I'lummer Feb. If), 181)1.
(Icrtiiide, bom Dee. 5. 181)2, and Viola, bom July 20, 181K).
(Jeorge, born July 4, 187;'); married Cora .Malllnws Juim 15,
18136, and liad Koy, Sejit. G, 181)(i.
iMildred, born OH. ;U), hss;5.
John D., son of James 11., ami Sarah Dean iMueli, married
Fanny Lamb, and luul 12 Ldnldren.
Sixth Generation: ' •
Charles 11., bom Dec. 5, 1875.
i.aura, bom Jan. 24, 1877. .
Owen II., bom Feb. D, 1878.
Vena C, bom Nov. 17, 1871).
Delmer, born June 15, 1881. .
Harry D., bom Jan. 7, 1883.
Alva, born Aug. 7, 1884; died Sept. 24, 181)5.
Avrilla, born July 12, 188G.
Koy, bom Jan. 14, 1888.
William 1, born Aug. 28, 1889. ■ -
Kosa, bom April 23, 181)1. ■
A son, born April 14, 181)2.
Fifth Generation :
James 11., son of James 11. and Sarah Dean, mari-ied Orena
Rickel and had nine ehildren :
Sixth Generation : '
Nellie €., bom Sept. 17, 1870.
Avrilla, bom Dee. 4, 1878.
James F., bom :Mareh 7, 1880; died Se|)t. 17, 181)5.
Nettie, bom Ai)ril 19, 1884 , - ,-
Eva, bom Feb. 17, 1887. i .
Kittie, born Jan. 12, 1891.
Grace, born Ajjril 11, 1893.
Fred G., born ]\lay 21, 1895.
Fifth Generation:
Abram F., son of James 11. Finch and Sarah Dean, married
Einma S. Mead. Four children.
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304 THE McDOVVKl.LS AND CONNECTlU.X.S
Sixlii Gciieralion : '•
.Minnie 15., burn Fci). 10, IbTS; died Xuv. 21, l>:)i).
Harry G., born Nov. 2, LSSU.
Frank J., borji August 27, 1S82. .■ - ■
Fii'tli Generation :
Sarah, daughter ol' Janu's II. and Sarah l)>aii ImikIi, inan'ied
James Wilkin.s, and liad two (diihlifii :
Sixth Generation.
iMerlin, born Jan. 14, 18M1. , ■ ' :• - ''''.. '
James K., born Dee. 2."), l.S8(i. ' ■ \
Fiftli Geiieration; • '
' Jennie B., daughter oL' James 11. and Sai'ah Draii l''iiiidi, mar- \
ried Frank Willis and had:
Sarali Louise, born .Marcli 2, KS'JT. \\
Family of William Taylor Irwin, fouith iddld ol .hucd Irvine, \\
Jr._ and his wife, lOlranoi' Tayloi-. if
Third Generation: • A!
William Taylor Jrwin, born in iJaiid^riiige, Rt»s Conidy, Aug. £'
19th, 18Uo; died ui (ireenfield, Ohio, Nov. 22. l>bi); mar- /| ■
ried first, Sarah, daughter of I'hillip and .\anry l5o} d liob- fil i
ins, Mareh 11, 182'.). Sarah Kf-bins wa,^ buVn .Aug. 12, f *
1809, and died June 14, 1841. i
Jared Caruthers, born April 29, 18;)2; nuirrird .Maiy A. iWdimer. • !.
James ^. Irwin, born Aug. 3, 183:5; maiTi<'d Anna .M. Kcail.
Joseph Irwin, born June 2;}, 18ljG.
Sarah Irwin, born June 14, 1841. ^
(Seeond wife), lie then married Delilah Tei^plc, July 4, 1844.
She was born Nov. 28, 1811.
]\lary Crousc Irwin, born June 19, 1844; married Da\id l.evor.
Elizabeth Victoria Irwin, born Ai)ril 28, 18GI ; nuuried Dr. .Me-
Kee.
■William Gaddis Irwin, boi'n Mareh 22, 1845.
Fourth Generation :
Jared Caruthers Irwin, born April 2',), 18:;2, .smi nl Wdliam
Taylor and Sai'ah Ivobins Irwin; married .Mary A. lUdmer.
Fifth Generation :
Harvey, William, Sam\iel, Henry, Kdward ami Daniel.
Fourth Generation:
Sarah, born June 14, 1841, daughter ot William TaNJor and
Sarah Robins Irwin; nmrried Amos illNan^ and hail one
son.
Fifth Generation :
Emerson Evans. ■ ■: ■ ?
Fourth Generation: ' ' '^" ' '"''"'' ' ' ' ''
James Taylor, son of William Ta\dor and Sarah, daughter of
"William and Nam;y Uoyd Kobins, and dr.mddanghler of
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J.icut. John Jvuhiiis and Sarah Daily, lii.s wile (l-icut. .Joiui
JiobJii.s was (..'oiuuiissioiu'd l-'ch. 1, 17^>l Liriil ciiaiii in a
reiuisylvaiiia rcgimciiL oL' ca\alry, ccHiiniaiKled by Colcjiicl
Sli'])iicu .Mai'low. lie srvwd to the end ol thi' uaf, acijuir-
iny tile riji;ht oi' lialf j)ay, and was one of thi; ollicers wlio
I'eceived land warrants j.
.lanifs 'I'aylor I rwin, -horn in Uainhridj^'c, lioss Count}', Oldo,
Aug'. ;{, 18 ii). Died at Cincinnati, Oliio, h'eh. :i(i. IIM).'); mar-
ried at L'ineinnati, Ohio, -June G, ISUO, to Anna, daughter of
('a|)laiu Eilwiu J'l Jieed, and Ins wife, dane, daughter ol'
James and Sarah iveeil (iiltsoji. Anna Jkeed was l)orn in
I'liiladelpiiia, July 7, iHoT, and died iu ("inidnnati, Oliio,
Oet. ;iU, 1885. Her father, ('apt. Kdwiii ('. Ucvd, was horn
Jan. 11, 1814. The sun uL' Daniel Keed (horn .Mareii 1!),
1791), and iiaehel, daiigiiter of John ^Masun and .Mehita-
ble .Mitchell trovhig'. ("apt. Keed died on UtiUa Day ishind,
•Spanish Honduras, Central Anierit-a, A])rd '2'), ]S'i4. Ho
married (1833 at Kiehmond, Va.), Jane Uibson, of Wiseas-
selt, JMaine, daughter of James Gibson, of Dumfwwnline,
Scotland, and Sarah, daugider of Capt. Andrew Keed and
Hannah Davis, daughter of Cajjt. Chw^^les Davis, of New-
buryi)ort, Alass. Jane died at Dtilla Ikiy Ishmd, Sijaiush
lloiuluras, Dec. 8, 1848.
James TaNlor Irwin ami Anna Kt-ed had seven (diildren.
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Fifth tieneration :
WilliauL Taylor Irwin, l)orn ^lay 215, 18()1 ; nnirried .Mary Louise
Orr, born April I'J, 18()r) ; daughter of Cieorge Durnet Orr
and xVnua Ogden Si)eiieer; nmrried Det. li>, ISSli.
Sixth Generation:
Amui Louise Irwin, horn Dee. 11, 1887; nnirried Del. '21, LiU,
Francis Cieorge Daldwin, hoi'n Frh. :\, 1881, son of (ieneral
\Vm. 11. Daldwin and Isabella Dutterfield.
Sixth Generation:
Janet Churchill Irwin, born Dee. 10, 181)0, ami died at iMilford,
Ohio, Sept 4, 1912.
Sixth Generation:
(jleorge Orr Irwin. ' '• ,'; ; =
James Taylor Irwin.
Fifth Generation :
(Jrace, daughter of James Ta>lor and Anna Keed Irwin, born
iMay 2, 186!}, Cineiiuiati, Ohio; married at (Mneinnati, Oiiio,
]\lay 25, 188(J, Walter F. Yates, of :\lemphis, Tenn. They
had James ii'win Yates, born June 7, 1887; married Violet
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Cannon, and had (Ji-ace li-\viii Vatcs and .James Irwiu
Yates,
Walter Wynne Yates, l)()ni .May 12, 1S8!); inairi.-d l.dia (Jan-
. iK)n.
' t ^-. Meredith Nxrhnt Yates, l)c.ni Nov. li), lyjl.
Kditli, danghter of James Irwin and Anna Heed, hoiii Scj)!. li),
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Fifth dejieration :
Ktlwin Underwood liwin, born Jan. 10, hS(i(); maijied Dee. 18,
I'JW, at I'ovin-ton, Ky., Virginia ];all Helm, daughter of
Fraidc ami Luey Leather.s Helm.
Fifth Gleneriition :
Edith l^iila Irwin, chiugliter of Janu's Taylor and Anna Iveed
Irwin, born ]\lareli ID, 18()!), Cinsiiniali; married al Cinein- /
nati, Get. 1, 18!»0, Lowell Fletelur llol.ii-t, Lorn May 9, '■
18G7, Cineinnati, Ohio, son of William Newell llolart.,'aiid ■
his wife, Klizaheth nahhitt. Lowell Fletehei- ilolart died .|
at Milford, Oldo, Feh. ID, IDi;], had l.ow<ll Kleteher Holart, %
\''' iborn at Cineinnali, Ohio. Aug. 12, ISDl. I
Fifth (ienei'ation: ■;'
Fraidv CJihson li'wiii, son of Janu-s Taylor Irwin and Anna
Iveed; born in Cincinnati Ohio, Oct. 4. |s7(). and died in
Cincinnati Jan. lo, DOo.
Fifth Ceneration :
James Tayloi' Irwin, Jr., son (d" James and Anna \{vr^\ Irwin;
horn in Cineinnati, Ohio. April 12, bsTT; enlisted in the
Spainsh-Ameriean War. Sergeant in Company M, Seeond
]\lississii)pi lieginu'iit, now in the Philippines.
*' ■ James Irwin Yates, horn June 7, 1.SS7; son ol (.'raee h-\vin .iiid
Walter F. Yates, Memphis, Tenn.'; marriej Nov. 2(i, liH)G,
Violet Taylor Cannon, hoi'ii Nov. 1'), ISSS, Ke.l iJanks, Miss.
Issue : ; (,.
' Oraee Irwin ^'ates. -
-: James li'win, Jr., horn Sept. 24, l!l(»!) (.•(unmonly ealled
' ' Billie).
' FAMILY OF WILLIAM TAYLOR llfWlX A.N'l) HIS SLCOND
WIFK, DKLILAII !>L1'LLL.
! y Mary ('rose, horn June 1!), 1.S44; married Das id Lefever, (Ji'een-
)•> "field, Ohio; two ehildren.
I,M(. .;-• Walter, a i)hysieian in the South. ;^^ :, . . ; ■
iv'^' i Fdna, died aged 14 years.
William (Jaddis, died young.
..i.u;. ■. Elizabeth Vieloi-ia. horn Aug. 28, bSol ; uiairied Dr. MeKee,
Ci}\}:j:\ . : and iiad one daughter. L\a. ... i i
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.Alary Irwin, honi Sept. LS, ISIO; dauyhtrr of ,\nrv(\ and Kleaiior
Taylur Irwiii; married .Mary Wilson and lia.l Kolx-it Wil-
son, killed in Civil War.
Mary, died young. ^,
Third (jleni-ration :
•lane, daughter of .Jaretl and I'ileanor 'J'aylor Irwin ; horn -Ian.
20, 1807; married Mr. Me.Millen; no "issue
.Marj) h-win, horn Sept. IS, ISlO; daughtn' of -larcd and lOlcanor
'I'aylor; niai'ried -John Jvohins, son of Philip.
1^'ourth CJeneration:
Daniel. ■ : : .:. ' . ' '> • ^
-Jared. -' - ' ' ^
Amanda, mari'ied All". Hoffman. i: ;
Mary, married Mr. (Jray; uwc son. - v
Third Generation: . ^ ;
Naney, horn iMay 16, 1812; daughter of •];
loi' Irwin- mari'ied (iordon I'ogue ;
nuii-ried Marian Huekh-y. Issue:
(iraee. , •
Kthel.
Lela.
dohn, son of Nancy and (Jordon I'ogue.
THOMAS AVKNT Ob^MHOLXIA.
And C'onncelions.
Colonel Thomas Avcnt was horn in Kill, and died Oetohci- .'H.
1757, aged 86 years. In tin- early <la\s of the Colonics undci- l^ng-
land's dominion, he was in the Coloidal wars, lie w;is a fine husi-
ness man, and aeeumulated lai'ge landed inteicsts according to the
Vii'giina and North Carolina records. After his death, in the divis-
ion ol' his i)roperty, tlu' i-ecoi-ds show that he owned -14 slaves he-
fore the Uevolutionar\' Wai-. lie was -lust ice of ihe Peat-e of Sui-i'cy
County, Va., 1728 to 1741. Thomas Avent's wife, Margaret lOli/.a-
heth, was said to he the ilaughter of Claihornt; (iooch. son of Wil-
liam (lOoeli and IJrisula Claihoine. She was the granddaughter of Wil-
liam Claihorne the Colonial Secretaiw of Virginia and (Jovcrnoi- of
Maryland, (lolonel Avent in his will left special legacy to Hrsula
Avent, his grandilaughter' named after her grandmothc!'. No jx'ople
in Virginia stand higher than the dcscemlants of William Claihorne.
The Aveids were not only wealthy, hut leaders socially and ])o-
litieally, and in the wai's against tlu' sa\age Indians, none were
hi'a\'er or more patriotic in defense of the colonies.
John Avent, said to he the hi'other of Thonuis, was commissioned
under King Georg<' 2nd, in 1704, a justice of the ))cace in Surrey
C-ounty, Virginia, signed hy (JoNcrnor Dinwiddie. This commission.
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HOW on record in Virginia, lias the oi-igiiial seal of I'hi^huul on an
iiii]>ress of which wliitr was attachcil to pink tapf.
Tradition Jias it that 'J'hcnnas Avriit, Sr., eauic lo Aniciira from
France in the llugiicnot migratioii, and it is an cstaMishiul historic
fact that there lived in the eail} days of Home a man whose name
was AviMitinns. IK' was i\in^,' of Allia Lonjia, dii-d and was luiricd
on the seven hills of l\-onie. That hill is called to tlii^ day "Aveu-
line." When Caesar came westward sonu' of lln- descendants of
A\entinns weie aiiion^- Caesar's soldieis. Alter the eoiKpie.st of (Jaul
tin'se soldiers locatetl tliei'e luilil the days of the Ilu,^■|lellot migration.
According to tradition luinded down from ancestry. -lohii Avent
was tlie father of William Avent, who was liorn Aug. S, 1775, and
lived in Cluithani Connty, North Carolina, lie was the father of
foui'teen clnldren, annnig whom was Henry A\-eni, horn l'"el). 27,
hS'i'J. He was the lather of eight idiildren among w hom was -Jann's
Wesley Avent, horn in 18:)(J.
Thonuis Avent had a daughter, Sai'ah, win* married William
Fox, and under this Fox line .Mi-s. Carlotla . lanes, of IV'tershurg,
Va., hecauies a lineal liescentlant of Loi'd de la .Marr.
The folhnving letter. Avi-itteii !)>• Colonel Thomas Avent to (ujv-
ernor (iooch, in M2S. is |)reser\e(| in the \'irginia State Arc hives:
"Sir—
"The 27th of Septendu-i- .John Cai-ter hrouglit mgro Cofe to my
house, as he says hy yo\ir orders; foi' nu' to examine eonci'rning
what the Saponys have told him ahont the white jn-ople, which 1
luive done, and lie tells me that great Ceorge told him that John
Suajio and a fellow called Ken liari'iscni, was g(me to the Cotowhers
to fetch one liinulred (d' them to conu' and see wh\ theii- Indians
were put in prison, and if ('apt. 'hom was hanged ihey would Cvirry
their wives and children over Roanoke River and then th.'\- would
di'ive the white peo])le ami negroes as far as James Rivei', and he
says Tony JMack tonld him that if I'yah was hanged that he and
the Cotowhers would come and take revenge of the Fn-rKh, and he
says that Sapony Tcuu tonld him if his son Harry l-nwin was hanged
he would kill you and thiee or four more gentlemen ami then goe
of, and says 'Dick' tonld him that we hatl no husness to come to
the Fort armed, to concern ourselves ahout their killing one another,
but we were like a sow that had lost her pigs, would rally foi' a little
time and then have doii, hid when the\ hegan a war with the Fng-
lish they never would have don— this from yr hinnlih- ser't : to com-
jiiand : Thomas Avent.
LAST WILL AND T1<:STA.MFNT OF THOMAS AVKNT.
IN TIIF NAM:F Ol'MJOl). AMMN. Sei)tend)ei' 21st, 1750. I
THOMAS AVENT, of the !)arisli of Alhenmile in the Comity of
Su.ssex, being in good health and of (lis|H)sing nnn.l and memory
(thanks he to (Jo<l lor the .sann) calling to nund the nneeilain Uuw.
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THE McDowells and connections ;{0'.)
of certain death do make and ordain tliis my last will and testament
in maimer and form Tollowing, that is to say, first i h(Miufath m\-
soul to the- Clod tliat gave it, hopinj^ and trusting in the advoeae\'
aiul mediatorsiiij) of my heloxed lidrd and Savior ( lin.^t ['dv re-
mission of all my sms; and m\' hixly 1 eoiniiiit to the earth to he de-
eentl\' l)uried aceoi'ding to the directions of my execiitoi's herein-
after named, and as for such worldly estate as it hath jileased (Jutl
to hless me with, I gi\e and dispose thereof as follows, 1o wit :
Imprinnis — J give and heipieath to my son, William A\(iit, and
to his heirs ami assigns fore\er. the plantation whereon I now (h\('ll,
together with all tiie land 1 have on the North side of the Oltei'dam
Swamp, ))elow the first great hi'an(di aho\e the meadow eonimonl\-
called the cart wheel branch, and himling upon tlie said 1(» the liead
thei-eof and from thence by a line oi" marked trees a striiight ei'oss
hack to the great swaiui) and do\vn the same as it meandeis to the
extent of the land, and also my laml and plantation whert-on Thomas
•Johnson lat(dy dwelt situated in the Comity of Northampton and
l'ro\ince of Noi'th Carolina, togetiier with all my other lands sit-
uated in the Count}' and Province aforesaid, all which 1 givt- to my
said son William Avent and to his heirs and assigns forevei".
Item— I give and devise to my son, Peter Avent, and to his
heirs and assigns forever, all my lands on hoth sides of the Otter-
dam Swamj), not devised to my son William Avent, or hereinafter
tlivised for sale, and also one hundred pound curreid mone.v oF Vir-
ginia, to him and to hiis heirs and assigns forever, in full of all that
1 intt-nd him out of my estate.
Hem — 1 give and de\ise to Thonms Aveid, son of John Avent.
deceased, and to his heii's and assigns forevei", the land and planta-
tion that I ])urchased of John (lolightley, l.\ing in Susex and
Soutliami)ton County, and one hundi-ed and se\enty fi\-e acres ad-
joining, i)atented in my own nanu; and an entry adjoiinng that is
unsurveyed.
Item — I give and be(pieath to my five granddaughters, daughters
of Thomas Avent, dee'd., on theii' attaining the age of twenty-one
years, resi)eetively, the sum of thirty pounds, Virginia currency,
each ill full of all that 1 intend them out of my estate.
Item — I give and divise to my daughter, Mary Vincent, one
hundred ninety acres of land adjoining Joseph Prince and Kobert
Synii, ill Sussex County, and to her heirs and assigns fore\'er.
Item — ] give and divise unto my daughter, Sarah Fox, and to
heirs and assigns forever, six hundred and twenty-five ac^'cs of land
whereon AVilliaiu Pox, her husband, now lives, together with all
the appurtenances there unto belonging.
Item— I give and divise my tracts of land on Diekery's Creek
in Luneburg County, and that part of my land lying on the Past
side of the great swamp in Sussex County, to be sold at the diree-
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THE McDowells and CONNECTlUNd
lion ol" my cxcciitoi' and that tlit'\- convey the .s;tiiH! lo the \niv-
chaser and tlu' money ari.sin<;' ihercfi-om 1 ^ive to he (Mimdly divided
amongst William A\ent, .Mai-y N'iiicent, Sarah l^'ox, and the ehil-
dlicn of John Avent, dee'd., share and share alike, the childi'en of
the said .John to hnw hut one sliai'e for all of them.
Item— I givi' and he(|ueath unto Ateliah Cosiali X(n'i-is and to
lu'i- jieirs and assij^ns -foifx-er, one iu>j.;ro ^^irl naiin il Sue, aud also
ten Pounds Vir;^inia cuireney. and also iii\ ridinu- horse naiuiHl
(ilaees, and likewise the second hest hed and I'liiiiilurc and one
trunk ami likewise the i»n\ile^c of li\inti in m> mansion luuise six
neudhs aftei' m\- decease, and to he maintained with diet out of
my estate all of which I divisc to lici" an<l hn- hciis loivvei-.
item — I ^ix-e and he(|Ueath my stills aud all m.\- sla\-e>. ^u'oods,
chattels to he e(iually divuled anion-^t William A\cnt, .Mary Vin-
cent, Sarah Fox. aud the childrtui of .John Avent dcc'd., share and
share alike, the chihli-en of the said .lolin to ha\c hut one share for
all of theuL
i.astly — 1 do hci-ehy constitute and a|)|)oint m\ sou. William
A\cut, and my sonindaw. Thomas \'iusoii, joint executors of this
m.\- last will and testanu'ut, and do ^ix'e them ten poinnls apiece out
ol' m\' estate as eoniixuisation for tlu'ir trouhle and care in exee\dinj^
this, my last will and testament.
I desire that m;>- estate uuiy not he appraised, and that my execu-
tors nui\' iu)t he eomj)idled to ^ive securit.\- and do lierehx utterly
I'exoke and disanul'all former and other wills h\- me made ami de-
clareth this and no other to he m\' last will and testament.
Ill witness thereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
seal the da^' and year aho\e written.
THOMAS A\d-:\T. S. S.
Signed, sealed. ]uihlished, declared and propoiuulcd hy the said
Thouuis Avent, to l)e his last will aud testament in the presence of us.
Nathaniid Wvehe,
his " •■ ■•■^ ' i ■•■
William Dohev, " ' ^ ^ :• '
mark y^' '■' > - ' "
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IMary Dohey,
mark . . -
his
-Jolm Barlow. - ' '
die also owned I'^'ud in Surry and Hruiis\\i(d< Counties.")
At a Court held for Sussex ('(Uint.w tin- ISth da\ of .\ovemher,
IT.')?. The aror.-written last will and testament of'Tlu.mas Avent
i\or\\., was presented in Court ])\ William AmmiI and Thomas Vin-
cent, the execiilors tluucin nametl, who made oath thereto accord-
.)lf ll'-'MO'') OXI/- o< i — vO>l )!>. C'UIT
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THE McDowells and connectioiNS 311
iiig to law aiul the saiiu' was proved by tlic oaths of William Dohey
i\iary Dobey and John l>arlow, thereof, the witnesses tliereto and h\-
the eonrt ordered to l)e reeordt-d and on motion of the exeentors
certifieate is graided them for obtaining a ])robate llu'reof in dne
form.
Teste :
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A Copy — Teste :
K. D. NOIJKIS, ("erk.
AVKXT i>L\I-:.
By Mrs. -l. O. dami'S.
('oh)m'l Thonnis Avent, born 1071, died Oct. ill, M'u, aged
eighty six years, i)i Snssex Conidy. Va. lie; nnii-ried l';ii/ab(;tli
(iooeii. Thomas Avent's danglitei-, Sarah, married William (1st)
Kox. of iiiMinswiek Conidy, \^i. jssne:
William (2nd) ^^)X. -lolin and Thomas Avent's daughters.
liUey, married William Kobinson ; Uetty, married Laniii'; Mary
Claiborne, married elohnson.
William (2nd) Fox, (ireensvilic ('ounty, Va., mari-ied Mai'lha
Itives, daughter of Kobert Ivives. issue:
iJobert, married Sallie. Walton, died in North Cai'olina, ISll.
William (;{rd) died in North Carolina, 18;{2.
(Ii'iah Irwin.
Kid)eeca, married Thoi'wcdl l'e(d)les.
Winifred, married Capl. dames Robinson, of the Kevolutionary
War, 177G.
Anne West, nn-irried derinuali Vaughan (2nd) Dr. dames V.
]\rallory.
William (2n(l) Fox was a sergeant in the lve\olnt ionary Wai-.
W^ill I'eeorded in (Jreensville County, Va., 17l).S.
W^illiam (Ist) Fox, reeorded in Hrunswi(d\, 17(j4.
Captain dames Ivobinson and Winifred Vox were married in
Hi'unswiek County, h\d). 27, 17<S1. Issue:
dames Fox Robinson, died in Madison County, (Ja. j .
Kobei't liives Robinson. j.^.
Susanna Robinson. , », ■.,
Patsy Robinson. ..■>,, .0, .■.. .- .;' . ,
Rcbecea Robinson.
Anne West Rolunson.
Darius Robinson, nuirried I'^li/.abidh Powidl, nee Mori-is, dabe/
IMorris and Fli/.abeth Lnndy. Issue:
Joseph Robinson, died in I\ladison Coindy, Ca.
lOlizabeth, mai-ried Jann's (Jee.
Martha, nnirried Ignatins Alsop. " .
^lary, married Henry llammatt. ' ''p;';..
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312
THE MfDOWEI.I.S AND CONNKCTK jXS
James Jahi'z Kohiiison, man-icd Ada Wilkin.MMi. N>ur:
James 11. IJohinsoii.
Cliark's L. IJohiiisoii. ' -^ '
■Cjirlotla ]x()l)iiisoii niarrir.l .l.iiihvs (). -laiiirs.
Teeiimseli E. Koliinsoii.
Carlotta K(.l)iiis()ii and .lanirs O. Jaiins. U^ir; . ~
Ada Kirklaiid James.
Alviii Orlando Jaines.
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\',y Mil, hi,- Avrnt \V.,ikiii>.
15. \V. Aveiil, ( r Halifax ( niiiit\, Xorlh Ciiioliiia, wa^ a son of
William AncuI, w liu \\a> Ixirii near .McM.i'r's l''rri>. <>ii luianoko
]ii\-er, Xorth Carolina, llr ^en^■d in Xash Conntx. Xdilli Cai'olina,
^\ hen lie was altoiit 1\vcl\c years old. lie had I u o sKlds. (Hic mar-
ried a -Mr. Cotton and ni..vcd lo Wake County. X.tUi ('aiulina. Wil-
liam Avent was a son (d' lien A\cn1. uf Sii,>s.'\ Cduiity, \'ir,Liiiiia.
Sallie Avent, wil'r of William A\rnt. was a dan-litrr ,d' I'^'ank
Ward, wlio moved from UIc n\' Wiiilit County, \'a.. to Xash County
XinUi Carolina, where Sallie, his dan;.ihlrr. was hoiii.
James >\vent Avas a son of -ioiiii A\inf. of Cncii\ilh. ( 'oiinty,
N'ir^'inia, who was a son of hrii .\\i'nt, cd' Sussex <'i)Uiil>, \'ii\i;iiiia.
William Avent, the grandfather of Aiiiinie A\riit WallCms. of
.Minta City, Miss., has one hrotlier, Thomas Aveiil, who died with
small])o.\ (hirinj^ the licvolid ionary Wai-. His fauiil> li\ed in (ieor-
<XVd. 11(! had one son, Fdnier Avent. who was r,.i-,ed In William
Avent. lie w.uit to (ie(M->iia and lir(Ui-ht l-dim !■ |,, Xa.-,li C.)Unt\-.
Xorth Carolina, wlu'r<' he lived, .\fter he was -lown he married
Joe Wai'd's dane-hter. Sin- die.l ehildless. joiner uiarried the si e-
ond time to .Miss iW'ady, of Xash Conlll.^■, Xorlh ( aiolina, and later
moved to Sndtli County, 'rennessee. William A\eiil married Sallie
AVard when lie was twenty-se\en years old. and lii.^ wife was ahout
fifteen yi-ars (dd. i ,.
-lOIIX ANDU'IAV AVKX'r.
John Andrew Avent was horn Vr\). 4. 1>24. in llalif.ix l*..unty,
Xorth Carolina, lie .lie.l al Wooldrid-e, Teiin., k'eh. Itli, ]S<k
Helen E. IMeClain was horn at Milled-eville. (ia.. .Maivh J. l.S'JS;
died at Wooldrid^c Tenn.. An,-. 10. l^ST.
dOllX AVKXT.
John Avent and .Mary, his wife, daii-hler Idi/a hel h. horn Aiiril
i:j, hapti/.ed April U. ITJl). (lodfalher, Thos. .\\eiit. Codmotln^r.
:\Iary Avent. This mn^l have keen .lolin, who die,l 17ol- .liislie.'
of Su.ssex Comity, \'a., 1 ToL' oii-o I, dismi^MM ),v Ceoi-e II. si-ned
hy (iov. Kohert I )li, widdi.-. Colonial (lovermir of \'ii-inia. 1704.
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THE McDowells and coninections ;ii.;
John Avi'iit iiiul Mary's son, I'ctei', horn Fcl). 4, 1711); hapti/cil
May 20, IT^O.
Joliu A\ent and Clary's son, Tlionias, horn -Ian. iLl; tiaiiti/.cd
Mnn-h, 174:}.
Tlionias Avcnt and Rebecca's son, John, horn March IIJ; hap-
tized .Jnne 2G, 1768. 3Ioss jMcKiiuiey and Avails \Vill<liisoii, god-
fathers.
John Avent and Mai'y's son, William, l)orn April loj tjapti/ed
Octoher ;K), 1748.
Peter Avent and Amy's dan^hter, l^lizalieth, horn Sept. 12, 17r)2;
ha])ti/.ed Ajjril 8, ll7y:'>. ( iodfat hrr, dohn Avent; (iodmother. .Mary
Avent.
•lohn Avent and N. ('arx', his wile's son, John, horn Mar(di 1(J,
1745.
Thomas Avent and Rehcdvah's daii^diter, Angelina, horn Jnne 7;
haptized July 27, 1766.
Thomas Avent and Rehekalrs dan-rliter, Elizaheth; horn l).-c.
;U), 1761); l)aj)tizcd Feb. 18, 1770.
Thomas Avent and Rehekah's daughter, Mary, jjorn .March 21 ;
hai)tized May 8, 1774.
Thomas Avent and Ivehekah's son, William, born A\)v\\ 5, 1(72.
Letters From ]\Irs. Carlotta James to the (Compiler.
'*i have tried to J'ind an Avent court of arms. The neairst
thing 1 found was the name Ax'enant, whiidi many think caiiii' from
Aveidinus. 1 have a copy of my Robinson coat of arms. It is tlr-
same as John Robinson's, Bishop of London, and who rebuilt Fulham
Palace, JiOndon.
1 secured mueli Avent data when in Halifax, North Carolina, last
fall. There is a village called Aventon, in Nash County. North Cai'o
Una named for the Avent family.
Col. Thomas Avent, who came in 1698, so shown fi'om order
liooks in i5runswick County, Va., and wdio settled first in Sui-rey
County, Virginia, was the fii'st one in Virginia, lie had four sons
and two daughters. Joiin Avi-nt died in Sussex, Va., in 17r)4. Thomas
Avent died in Northampton County, Nortli Carolina, in 17;')!, leaving
several children, names not given. His wife's name was Lrsula.
Peter Avent's will rccordetl Northampton County, Noi'tii Caro-
lina.
Book 1. Page 215. . ;
To sons Wm. Avent.
To sons Isham AnciU.
To sons Josejih A\eiit.
To sons Thomas .Vvcii!.
Daughter Sarah A\riit.
, Daughter Lliza Barker.
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Wife, Mdvy Avoiit.
Will i)r()V('tl Sf])tciiil)('i' ('oiii't, 177!l, -Icssc Alliciloii, Clerk of
('oiirt.
William Aveiit's will, Xorthanipton ('ouiit\-, North Carolina.
Will liook 1, i)age r,G.
To son, •John Avcnt, land back of iii\- plantation and hack of the
plantation Thoiuas A\cnt roiiuerly li\ed on.
To son, 'i'honias Av.-nt. the other part of the land Thoina.s Avent
lived on, and all that part of the Island in lioanoke
liiver cxceijt the Island willed to nie by my brother,
'J'liomas Aveut.
To son William Avent.
To son Joseph Avent.
To son John Avent.
To son Tiios. Avent.
To daughter Cilly Avent.
To danghttn' Sarali Ra gland.
To daughter Rebecca xVvent.
A legacy given to iiis sister-in-law, Ursula, by my father, Thos.
Avent. To my brother, Peter Avent, ;}() |)ounds. To son-in-law Wil-
liam Hnglaiid. Will i)rovcd April L>2, 1760.
Colonel Avent died in Sussex County, Virginia, 1757, Oct. M.
Two sons died befoix' he did (Thomas and John).
Benjamin Avent, of Sussex County, Virginia, had three sons,
viz :
(1) Thomas, (2) William i'A) John; and two daughters.
(1) Thomas died sonu'tinu' during the Revolutionary War, had
one son, Abner. who was brought up by liis uncle.
(2) Major William, ))orn 177."), nuirrit'd Sallit' Ward. Had
fourteen cliildren, among whom were lieiijamin Ward
Avent, Polly Avent, lleni-y l-^vans x\vent.
(;5) John, man-ied . had one son. James.
(4) One daughter married Cotton, of Wake Comity,
North Carol imi.
Abner Avent, son of Thonms Avent, married (1) Ward,
daughter of Joe Ward, who dieil without issue; and he married (2)
Brady, of Nash County, North Carolina, and removed to
Tennessee.
James Avent, sou of John Avent, born in Vii'ginia, 17S(). nmv-
ried Polly Avent, daughter of .Major William Av.Mit. moved to Ten-
nes.see about 1800, and died in lS(i(i.
Benjamin Ward Avent, s(ni ot .Major William Avent, born 1796;
married I\Iary Fdey. and had the following ehildren : (1) Benjamin
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Ward Avciit (2) .John Avont i-'J) William Avnit (4 i Tlioinas FAvy
Avc'Jit (o) Josejtii Avriit ( (i ) Cliafics A\('iil (7) .Maiy A\ciil ( .s"j
Wiiiiiifreil Avc'Dt (_!i) l<]lizal)etli Avciil (lUj Delia Avciit.
Thoiiia.s Mlcy Avuiil, .son of Jicnjaimiii \Vai\l Awiit, jnarjicd
Kliza Fisher, hy whom he had eight children, vi/ : (Ij ij':ii/ah,i |i lUi-
lord Avent (2j i\lary Allen Avent (;J) Kuhert Kdward Avenl (4j
(iiles Avent (")) Fi.sher Arent (G) .Minnie Armistead A\cnl (7)
Kldridge Townes Avent (Sj I'owell Avent.
I']li/ahetli Uuroicl Avent, daughter ol' Thomas JOley Avent, mar-
ried Kdward D. Loony, and their ehildren ai-e as follows: {] )
'J'homas Avent Loony (2) Eli/.ahet h Fisher J.oony, married Fi-ank
J'leaNants, dr. (;{; J':(lward Loony (4j Sarah Looii}- (.'); .Mai'y Loony.
.Mary Allen Avent, daughtt'r of 'Jdiomas Klcy A\fnt. marj-ied
William 11. Jieid, and lia.s the I'oUowing tiaiighters: (1) j'llise Keiil
(2) Koherta ^Lideline lieid (;J) Kditli J^de IJeid.
Kohert Fdward A\eiit, soil of Thomas Lley Avent, married (1)
Callie .MeLeod; and after her death (2) Ada Alunson.
Fisher Avent, son of Thomas Lley Avent, married Lloist;
Brown, hy whom he had a daughtt'r, ('an-ie Pillow Avent.
iMinnie Avent, daughter of Thomas l-iley Avent, married (1)
(darenee TowiU's, hy whom she had one son, Clareiiee Ai'inistead
Townes; and (2) Alhert Walkins, dr., hy whom she had a daughter.
Klizaheth Fisher Watk.ins.
i'lldridge 'J'ownes Aveid, son of Thomas iKIey Avent, marided
Tallie Peele.
I'owell Avent, son of Thomas I'dey Avent, marrit;d danii; Silk,
hy whom he had a daughter.
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THOMAS KLEY AVENT.
\\y iMiinde Avent Watkiiis.
Thomas ]*]ley Avent, son of Henjanun Ward and Mary Eley
Avent, was horn in Halifax Couidy, North t'ai-olina, April 20, ISiUJ.
He died Jan. 7, 11)18, at liayville, La., where he was tem|)orarily re-
siding. With his family he moved to i\nssi.ssij)j)i when he was twelve
years old. At the ojjeiiing of the Civil War he entered the Confed-
erate Army, with the 15111 JMississij)!)! lunler Ceneral Walthall, and
nuide a daring soldier, having heen a solo seout for two years. In
damuiry, IHGf), Ik; was mai-ried to Miss FAv/.h Fisher, daughtei- of
Jiulge E. 8. Fisher, of the Mississi])j)i Suprenu' hencdi. In LSGG he
moved near JMinter City, Miss., wiiere he lived the I'emainder of his
life, except two years in Louisiana, just hefore he dieil. He anmssed
a eonsiderahle fortune. Was ever lihei-al to eliureh, (diai-ity and in-
dividuals. His own wants were few, hut he was always interested
in the welfare of others, ami man^- a man owes his success to as-
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sistiiiicc Iroiii Mr. A\ciit al tlic ci'iicial time .\(j man exerted ;i
•jjrealer iiillueiiee for i^ood than he dul. lie was hiii'ied in (.'reiiada
heside his wife, who died in iNSd.
Mi^lit (ddldicn sui\i\c him.
Avent Line hy J W. Uass.
• lames Avent, 1 think, was horn in N'ii'j^inia, aln^it 1780, and
mo\ed to Tennessie, near M nrt reeshoro, ahout l.s(J»), or hcdui'e lie
was a lafye land and slave owner, his slasi's ineieased so last and
he eonid not huy land lu'ar him, so he mo\n'd to Hardeman Connty
in ISoll, and died ihei'e Oet. li, lSti(i. at S(i years ol a-'e; he raised
siNiMi children.
1. Dr. \'>. W. Avent, who died in .Mi'mj)his in Ks7S, of yellow
I'eN er.
2. Mrs. \']. T. In'asle.N', who died a few years ago at Holly drove,
Ark.
;{. dami's .M. A\('n1, a lawyei- at M urt'reeshoro, Ti'ini., died a
Tew year.s ago.
4. .Mary 1'^., who married (Jen. R. V. liiehardson, died sometime
ago' at DeVall's Bluff, Ark.
5. Fannie, who married Dr. -J. b\ dohiiston.
IJ. Wasliington 1). Avent (father of dames M. Avent, of Hick-
ory Valley).
7. Nannie P. (Avent) Bass, died at Murfi'eeshoro a few year.s
ago, and wa.s H-i year.s old, had four tiaughtei's and five .sons.
Three of her sous and oue daughter live in Nashville,
Teuu., oue sou in Texas, three daugliters are dead.
d. W. 15a.ss lives at Whiteville, Teuu., he married Miss Mattie
(,'roekett, of Nashville, he has oue daughter, Mrs. Hive.s
Noruunit, of Whiteville, ami one sou, l\. P. Bass.
Note: d. W. Bass is a faruu'r anil meiehaut, owns a si)lendid
farm of uu)re than two thousand acres, in a ingh state of eidtivatiou.
He is a nu)ney-nud<ing nn)del farm<'r and nu'rchant. — 1. 11. Mc-
Dowell.
The Avi'Ut Dine, hy danu's Wesley Avent.
The fii'st Avent that 1 know anything al)ont was William
Avent, horn August S. 177.'), and so far as 1 know, livecl in
Chatham County, North Carolina. He was the father of four-
teen children. "Among these children was Henry Avent, horn
February 27, 182i). This was my own grainlfather. He was
the father of eight (duldren, the second of whom was dames
We.sley Aveid, horn lS.')(i, who was my own father. While 1 hapiieu
to have the mimes id all llu' iddldren of William Aveni and tin- dates
of their births, and most of the dates of their deatlis, 1 am unable
to go back farther than 177.'). William Avent, a> 1 liave said, lived
iu Chathman Counlv, North Carolina, His son, Heinw Avent, also
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lived tlieix', and my father was horn there. IIowcmt. 1 have under-
stood tliat William A\ciit",s father was named .|(»hn, I know jiothin^
about him as to wheiH' he li\fd, w hei'e he was horn, nor who liis
father was. I'lie lore^oin^ii' arc the faets su far as I Uintw thrui with
re^ai'd to my imiiu'diate famil\. W'hih' 1 piononncr the name willi
the accent on the second syllable, which has hceii ti'iic ol my own
fauuly, I am informed that many of them aiu-ent the first syllable
and do not sound the "t" in the secjoml syllabb'. 1 know it to be
true that some of those livinj^ in .Mississippi, have aeluall\' dropix'd
tlu^ "t" in the spellin-,' of tlu' luime. Whilt; there is nolhin^ii- authen-
tic ba(d; of 177'), the tradition has been that the A\(iits came to
America from Frani'c in the Huguenot un,ii,ration. r>a(d^ of that I
know nothing autheidie. J have, however, constructed a bit of im-
aginary history which lias no basis in l<nowled,m', e.xcept the begin-
ning. It is a faet that there lived in the early ilays of Kome a man
whose name was "Aventinus." \\v was king of Alba konga. lie
died and was biirit-il on one of the scncu hills of luuue. That hill
is called to this day "•Aventine llill." 1 have had in my imagina-
tion this; that bonu- of his descendants continued to live in li(nue,
until the days of .Julius Caesar. When Caesar came westward in
his cami)uign in '(Jaul, some of these descemlants of A\('ntinus were
among Caesar's soldiers. After Caesar's eon((U(st of (iaul these
soldiers locatoil there until the da\s of the Huguenot migration.
What do you think of that as a eonnt'ction line between ancient and
modern times'!
.My materind grandfather "W(Mnble," was born near Peters-
burg. His father went to Noi'th Carolina in 1S7S. 1 have been
li\ing in Virginia two yeai's, since the opening of the Normal School.
1 am one of the I'ogular faculty.
Henry Fox's son William, mari'ied Sarah Avenl. and 1 believe
he went to North Carolina for a while, and then back to \'irginia.
Tin; Avent Line, by 11. M. Avenl.
In I'eply to your letter of Mai'ch 2, will sa> that 1 have been
trying to get ui) all the data i)o.>sili|,. on the Sand.f.u-d fandly. 1
have found that there are sonu' Sandefords now li\ing in Cranville
('ounty, North Carolina.
1 fiinl that my grandfather, Thomas Ward A\-ent. had one son,
and Faniue vVvent, who married Nathan 1). SaiuUd'ord, and Htdsy
Avent, who married Ben Ward; one J'l-icilla A\('id, \vho married a
Kind)all; one Naiu-y Av(ud, who married llcinw- Tilts; he had one
uncle, Thomas Avent, who mari'ied Miss (Jardner: his fallier. .Iann*s
Avent, who married Dick llazlewood ; oiu- Tricilla .\\eiil, who mar-
ried a Kind)all ; one Nam-y Axcnt, who married llenr\ I'ilts; he had
one uncle, Thomas Avent. who married .Miss (lardner; his falhei',
James Avont, also nniri'ied a Miss Cardner. 1 think he also had an
uncle, Frank Aveid, but 1 am m»t i)ositiN(! about this.
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Now, I will «>i\(' you a i-oiicise liisloi-y of my iiimu'diatc family
as i)ossiI)lf. My ^M'aiHUatlu'i-, Thomas Ward Avciit, was a son of
Jaiiu-s Aveut ; .lames Avciil was hoi-n Nox'. Sth, ITS.'); died Oct. ii.
lS;r_!. .lames A\i'iit was the son of Major Williams Avent and Sallie
A\-eiit. .My uM'andiather, Tliomas ^Va!■d Avent, was horn .Inlv 20,
LSI.-., dird Sept. 11, 11)00. lie mai'iMed .Maiy Iv Williams, of Warren
Coiuity. Dee. 11), lS:i,S. Slie died Dec. 10, KStiT. They had si.\ ehil-
di en, as follows :
.lames William Avent, horn Sept. IG, 18;{!); he mai'ried .Mai'v N.
Taylor, and died Mareh 10, 11)01.
Charity D. Avent, horn .\pril ]:i, 1S41 ; nnirried Dr. Thonuis N.
Drake, July 16, ISoT, and died .Mareh l;i, ISDH.
Mai-tha D. Avent was horn August 4, 184;{; married Junry
•Jones, Sept. 1, 1851), and died .\ov. 28. 18I):{.
.Mary Iv Avent was horn Deeemher, 184:5; mari-ied Kev. (jleorge
M. Duke", May 10. 1868; died Oet. 28, 1822.
Thonuis V. Avent, horn Se|)t. 1.'), 184."); married hnnily Speneer
Hart, April 1;"), 1868, and died .Jam 4, 11)11.
.John U. Avent. horn J^'eh. 4, 1847, and married Miss .Martha
Johnson. 1 haven't the date of his marriage at this time. He is still
living, hut in very feehl health.
My father, 'IMionuis Vernon Avent, has six children living at the
tinu' of his death. 'I'here were sevi'ral others who died in their in-
faiu'y. The living ones are as follows:
Henry iM. Aveut,' horn August 25, 1874; nnirried ^liss Estelle
Hunter Brown, Dec. 20, 1897. We have two children, Douise Spen-
cer Avent, who was hoi-n Oet. 5, 1!)()0, and Kstelle Brown Avent, who
was horn Ai)ril 2!), I'JOl.
llla Lee Avent, horn .May 2, 1877; married K. A. Williams, .Jan.
11, 1891).
Frank Vernon Avent, horn Oct. 16, 1879; married .Miss Petron-
elle l^ate, .Tan. 17, J900. He has three hoys and one girl. Thomas
Vernon Avent, William .M. Avent, Frank V. Avent, .Jr., aiul Fmily
Spencer Avent.
Mary F. Avent, horn Dec. 7, 1881; married James B. Bulluck,
.May 23, L)05.
" Rosa ii. Avent, horn Feh. 4, 1881); married Joseph :^1. Pear.son,
August 12, 1908.
.My great-great-uncle, Frank Avent, has one daughter still liv-
ing, wiio is 87 years old. I haven't seen her in (luite a while, hut I
understand that she is still vigorous and very well |)osted on all tlie
older memhers of our family. 1 think it possihle that she could give
me more iiifonnation ahout your wife's family than anyone living.
I am going to make an effoii to see hei- in the next few days. _ All
of the Avents lived up in my old neighhorhood where your wife's
mother was horn. 1 have freipienlly heard my grandfather speak
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; THE McDowells and connections :}25
of his iiiiiit, wlio iiiarricil a Saiuli'loiLl, also the one wlio married a
HazkMVood, both of wlioiu iiioNcd to Tennessee. 1 heard him I're-
quently speak of Uiiele Heii Ward, also Tiude 'IMioiiias A\eid, I'lieU'
Reu Aveiit and Uiiele Frank A vent.
My oUl home phicM,- in Nash (\)iint\ has been in the A\ent t'aiii-
ily eoidinuousl}' lor several hundi'ed years. \\"e ha\c the oriuinal
grant t'i-om Lord Oranviih', hot 1 (h)n'"t rcmendter just ai this lime
the (hite. 1 can look up oui' old dec^ds, (jf eoui'se. and find it. The
l)laee has al\va\'s been known as Axenton, and is considered one of
th.' finest farnis in Nash County.
ALKXAXDKU liiWlX, W ASI II .\(iT().\ COIXTV. (i i:(>K( i I A.
ALKXANDFJi iUWIX, born Aug. 2!», 17!)2; dird at home,
Washington Coiuit}-, (Jeorgia, lS4:i; bui'ied lu-ai' Ohoojue I5ap1i^t
Church. Was a successful farniei- ami loyal citizen; mariied to
.Margai'ct Moore Lawson, Stli of September, 1814.
Mai'gai'et Moort; Lawson, born ITSo, in Washington Coun1.\',
(leorgia; died at Irwin's Crossroads, Washington Counly, Ccoi'gia,
•liuie 10, l<sr)2; buried near Ohoopie l)ai)tist Church.
Children of above :
•lohn Lawson Jrwin, Ijorn 1817. Represented Washington
County, (Jeorgia, in the Ijegislature several times as a stanch Dem-
ocrat ; full of Ii'ish blood; was a colonel in the militia, a gallant
captain in tin; Confedei'ate Ai-my of Northern Virginia; bjst his life
in dcd'ense of a sacred cause, as Ik- \iewed it, that was lodged deep
down in his heart; was gentle, kind, lovable as u woman. yv\ never
found time to choose a wife to his 'bosom; lived and died loi- his
country, his mother and brothers. Died at White Sulphur Springs,
W. Va., Oct. 1, 1861 ; was buried near Ohooi)ie Church, Washing-
ton Coujity, (Jeorgia.
Thompson; l)orii 1823, died an infant.
William Alexander; boi-n 182:}; married ]\liss Elizabeth Daniel,
daughter of a .Mr. Joe Daniel, in the year 1848; was a successful
farmer; reared his childivn at Irwin's Crossroads, Washington
County, (Jeorgia. Iliniseif and wif:> dietl members of what is known
as the Campbellite or Clu'islian Chureh, and were buried lu'ar
Ohoopie Baptist Church, in 1880; reared three sons:
liebecea, born 1826; married Silas Daniel at Irwin's Ciossroads
in the yeai' 1848; died 1841); buried near Ohoopie Church.
William Irwin ;?rd, now lixing in Dublin, (Ja.
Reason, who died just at age, ;'nd Thomas, who lived in .Mont-
gomery County, (Georgia.
Thomas dackson Irwin. b(M-n year 182i), al homestead neai' Ir-
win's Crossroa<ls, Washington County, (leorgia; was educated at
I'nion Academy, Washington County, (Jeorgia; moved to Henry
Comity, Alabama, the year FS.")! ; was a large and successful planter,
raisiiig cotton, eoi'n, stock and gi-ain, iji the Chateawhsee River
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A'allcy; kind, gciu-oiMis-licartcd ; hmlt ;i ni,.,' Uuusr lor his iw^vo
shncs to wofshi]) ill and adore Ilnir Alaker and I 'id . ci (.r ; luari'Tcd
Miss Clara Wortlirn at Wortlit'ii, Wasliin-I on (Onntv. (;c('.r-ia. tlic
lionir of lu'i- cultured, refined parents. Colon, ■! Kiehard NVortliea
Hud wife, Dee. 10, IS.Ki. They had one hoy, Alexander, who ,lied in
infancy; two (laughters: Annie 1. e married a Mr, Alex. .). J<\ii-nier.
a i)i-os])erous merchant of Henry County. Alahania; the oilier daugh-
ter married a ^Iv. L. ■]. L'ark of Alhan.w (ia., a promisini. Noim^
lawyer, who lived only a few years, died and is hiiried in the familv
lot in the town of Fort (iaines, (ia. Thomas J. died al his home i'n
Alahama, four miles west of Fort liaines. (ia., the (ilh day of June,
1S(J7. and was hiiried in the famil\- lot in this town.
dared Irwin, horn jiear Irwin "s Crossroads, IS.lf; was a noled
practitioner; was a wealtliy eiti/.en and hij^hiy I'espeeted.
McDowells of mississii'li.
(iraiidfather:
dohn .McDowell, horn in Kentu(d<y, LSI)!) ; died al Urandon,
Miss., LSef); niai-ried at Floh. Ala., LS2.S, to -Miss Sarah Temple Mc-
Ali)in, l^toh, Ala., 1810; died at daekson, .Miss., May '4, 1M)2; buried
at lirandon, ]\li.s.s.
Children of Orandfather:
William McDowell, horn at Ftoh, Ala.; died 186:5.
Fli/aheth McDowell, horn al I'toh, Ala.; died 1!)()S.
John .McDowell, horn at Ftoh, Ala.; died ]8{i4.
James McDowell, horn at Ftoh, Ala.; died FSCi.
Solomon McDowell, horn at Ftoh, Ala.. Mav 2i, 1841; died
1 !)();■).
HIanton .McDowell, horn al Ftoh, Ala.; died 18(i7.
Jxobert .McDowell, horn at Ftoh, Ala.
Sarah McDowell.
Position held hy grand fa! her, ('(uinty Judge.
Father and :\Iotlier:
Solomon :\lcl)ow(dl. horn at Ftoh, .\la., June 22, 1S41: died at
New Drle
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annin. .Miss.. Dee. 17. 18G;5.
to .Miss Matilda .McLaurin, Ix.rii at Williamshurg. .Mi.ss.. .March 10,
1840; died at Faniii, Miss., Oct. ;5, l!)OG.
Children of ahove :
William .McDowidl, horn at Ftoh, .Ala., Sept. lo, iSiJd; living.
Daniel .McDowcdl, born at Fannin, .Miss., .Ma\- 1!). isor); living
Nannie .McDowell, horn at Faninn, .Aliss,. Aia\ 11, ls(i7; died
Oct. 10, 188i).
Blaiiton iMcDowell, horn at h'annin, .Miss., Sept. ]■>. l.s(jl); living.
Oi/ella .M(dlowell, horn at l''annin .Mi^s., .\iig. 2. 1871; li\iiig.
Corneal and Charlie (twins), honi at Fannin, .Miss., Dec. 2!),
187 J ; li\ing.
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THE McDowells and connections ;{2i)
Sarah T. McDowell, born at Fanin, Miss., Aug. '.U, 1875; died
June 10, 1909.
Married:
William .McDowell, horn at Delhi, La., Jan. 10, 1894. , . >.
Dan McDowell, horn at Fannin, Miss., April ai, 1889.
Jilanton McDowell, horn at Memphis, Tenn., -June 11, 1904.
Oizella McDowell, horn at Jackson, :\Iiss., Oct. 2:}. 1907.
Corneal McDowell, horn at Jackson, Miss., June 21, 1905.
.Aliss Charlie .McDowell, horn at Hynun, .Miss., Dec. 25, 1907.
Sarali T. McDowell, horn at Jackson, Miss., Jan. 27, 1909.
Oi-andchildren :
Hlanche McDowell, horn at Fannin, ^liss., June 25, 1890; lising.
Alice Lee ^McDowell, horn at Fannin, .Miss., June 14, 1892,
living.
Ida Tutton :\rcDowell, horn at Jackson, :\liss., Jan. l!», 1901.
Dan McDowell's (Jhihlren :
Will (J ray I\IcDowell, horn at Jackson, j\Iiss., Oct. 10, 1894.
Kugcne Borman McDowell, horn at fJaekson, ^liss.. S('i)t. J, 189G.
Annie Ross iMcDowell, horn at Refuge, Miss., Foh. 22, 1891 ;
died Sept. 13, 1901.
Alice Tell McDowell, horn at Kel'uge, Miss., Dec. 2, 1901 ; died
:Marcli 10, 1902.
Will McDowell's Children:
:\latilda A. ]\lcDowell, horn at l.amont, Mi.ss., Aug. 21, 1905. '
:.« , , • , . DANIFL Mel>OWl<:LL
. - .,,.;:-, ^ • (Son of Hlaid, McDowell).
W. L. STI<:EL. '" ' '
Steel Line.
WILLIAM L. STEEL, horn in Jessamine (bounty, Aug. 8, 184J;
married in Jessamine Count\', Kentucky, Nov. 5, 1867, to Anna
]''Ji/.a Barkle}', horn in Jessamine County, Kentucky, Oct. G, 184J.
Children of ahove :
Elizaheth McDowell, l)()rn at Nicholasvile. Ky., Oct. 4. 18(i,S;
died March l(i, 1905.
Sarah IMcDowell, horn at NicholasviUe, Ky., Dec. 20, 1874.
]\larried:
Elizaheth McDowell, horn at Nicholasvilh-, Ky.. Oct. 4, I8(i8;
Sarah married Horace Bruce Taylor, NicholasviUe, Kv., Jan. 25,
1899.
(irandchildren :
Anna Steel Taylor, horn at NicholasviUe, Ky., Juur 15, 1901.
Elizaheth Taylor, horn at Ni-'holasvile, Ky*. Dee. 22, 1908.
Great-grandfather:
Col. James McDowell, horn in IJocklnidge Countx , Virginia, in
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THE McDowells and connections
1760; luaiTicil in Vir^iiia, in 177!>, lo Mary Paxton Lylc; luii-iecl iu
Fayeto County.
Nationality ol" ancestry, Scotcli-lrisli.
Official i)().sitions held, .Major and Colonel in War 1770.
(irandfatlier:
Samuel JMcDowell, .son of dames .McDowell; horn in Kayctte
County, Kentuck\', 17<S.'); died in -lessainint' Count\-, ]^'yl ■ married
in Jessamine County, J\t'ntu(dvy. to Polly Cliidsman, horn in dessa-
mine Co\nity, KentU(dvy, 17!»G; died at Nieliulasville, Ky., 187:];
huried at Nicdiolasville, Ky. ,,[, u. .
Childi'cn of (irandfatlier:
iVilliam Steel, married Sai'ah M(d)owell, -randdau^diter of
.James ]\I(d)o\V(dl, -Ian. ].'), 1840; born in dessamiiie Countx', Ken-
tucky, 1814; died Auf,'. Ifi, 184:).
'IMu'ii- (diildi-en :
Sarah .McDowell, horn in KenlU(d<y, 1822; died Nov. 2S, 1862.
Samuel .M(d)()Well Steel, horn in Jessamine Connlx. Dec. 16,
1840; die.l .March, l!)()7.
William Lewis Steele, horn in Jessamine Connt\., Aw^. 8, 184:{;
died Mandi. l!K)7.
John Steele, horn in Jessamine Comdy. Dec. 8. 184.').
Sarah McDowell, married -lohn (Jarrison in 181S.
Their childi-en :
Mary (now Mi'.s. W. P. Lewis, Lon-,' pM-aeh, Cal.) ; died 188J.
Belle (now Mrs. Amlrew Lewis, Ijouj^' Peach. Cal.)
J. B. Garrison, hoi-n at iionj? Beach, Cal.
Joe Cai-rison, horn at Lonj,' Beach, ('al. .,,;, .
Caleb rianlson, horn at Lonj? Beach, Cal. '
Fdi/a. nmrried J. D. llujrhes, Nieholasville. " ,,. ;
Ada. married William Lewis, Lonj; Beach, Cal. ,,|, ,
RLV. .IKSSM W. SILKR, D.D.
On Sunday, Dec. 2!), 11)12. as Pev. Jesse W. Silei' was |irepai'ing
to preach lie was seized with a violent hemorrhagic of the lungs.
This was followed by othei's Monday, ami at 7 o'clock p.m. tiie
heroic warfare of a good soldier had ended, lie had etdered through
the gates of death from the Church ^lilitant to the Church Tri-
umi)hant.
Jesse W. Slier was horn iu Franklin, N. C., Feb. 1). 186J. After
a distinguished course, in wliicii he won several medals and was val-
edictorian of his class, he graduat'\l from Davids(ni College in 1885.
He had prejjared himself esi)ecially for ndssion work in China, but
being denied this privilege on account of illJiealth, he in\ested his
life for the "Master in North Carolina and Texas. The last gn'at
work in Texas was inspiring, and led his people to erect the iiuig-
nifieent church buildi)jg at San Augelu. Texas. I'he strain was too
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THE McDowells and connections ;531
iHiR-h for his iVd.le body, Imt his hrave si.irit woukl not allow him
to give up .sei'VK'c for his King. IJenioving to Silver City N M
he conlinued preaehing and witnessing i'orVesus till (Jod said' ''It
IS enough," and heh.g willing and ready to ohey his Lor.l, whether
gonig or staynig, he passed on to his i-eward aljove.
In 1888 he married .Miss Margaret .MeDowdl, a .-raduate of
tiie old .Moravian Sehool in Salem, \. ('., ujio, witli t\v,. sons and
one daughter, still survives. Dr. Sil.-r's fhlelitv to Cod was im-
I)ressed uj)on his brethren at all times, esix-eial'ly by iiis presenee
111 the ehureh courts, even when he had to lean" ujJon his j.illow.
His wise eoiiiLsel, his elear vision and his warm heart gave him a
high j.Iaee in the esteem of all who knew him. I)ut parth-ularlv his
feIlow-])resbyters. His messages glowed with love for him whom
he served. ^ His character grew sweeter and more Goddike as his
l)ody grew weaker. Shall not the memory of such a lieroic life be
a bendietion and an inspiration to loved' ones left in service vet
a little while?
And now, while he rests from his labors, his work goes on in
tli(> lives he touched and the hearts he cheered to nobler deeds, to
sweeter songs, to richer experience, and to deeper trust in (Jod.
(\ H. H.
SAMl'KL IRVIN AND JANK HRKWSTER AND THFJIi
• DHSCKNDANTS.
Samuel Irvin, born in Virginia, Feb. — , 17(il ; fought in the
Battle of ('owi)ens under (Jeneral (Jreen, His wife, Jane Urewster.
born in Virginia, Ai)ril 11, 1761, died and was buried at Hlooming-
ton, hid. Iler parents were .lames Brewster and Kleanor William-
son. Samuel was a lirave Revolutionary soldier and a citi/.en of
commanding influence among his fellows. He died at Corydon,
Ind., Aug. ;}, 18:^7, in his 76th year.
("hildren of Samuel Irvin and .lane Brewster:
1. :\lary, liorn Jan. 8, 17!)().
2. Williamson.
;{. Bryson, bom March 9, 17!)4.
4. Sarah li., born Jan. ;5. 17!)(j; married William Frost.
T). Samuel W.
6. Jane.
7. James.
8. Elizabeth, born Oct. 2.'), 1804; married William Alexander.
1. ]\Iary married Joseph Doak.
2. Williamson Irvin, born Xov. 17, 1792, in Madison County,
Kentucky; married Nov. 10, 18G0, to Mary Davis, wiio was
born in Garrad County, Kentucky. Oct. 8, 1798 ; died April
28. 1875. Williamson Irvin served in the War of 1812. and
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THE .AIcDUWMLl.S AND CONNECTIONS .'.X]
(lied May 1'), ls;}7. in AiidiTsoii ('miiit\-, l\ciit iicl<\-. iJoth
lie aiiil lii.s wile arc biirird at l'r(i\ idciicc, 1\ \ .
Issiu': 1. l-:ii/al)rlli ; 2. Sainiicl Davis ; ;;. .Mai'.i^aivt : 4. .Mary
•laiic: .'). Mai'ttia; !i. \V illiaius(jii ; 7. Jaiiics; S. Xclli.-; I). Alii-iani V.
Saiiiuol J)avis li'viii mairird Sallic , and tlirir childrcii
Wfi-c: doliii, Mollis and Sallic. MoHic man-icd William., and Sallic
luari'icd Hhodcs — all iiiu\-cd to ( 'aliloiana. W'illiaiiisdn lr\in iiiariicd
Manila liodinc. and had' three childivn: Isaac 15.. Aiinic K. and
Flctchci'— all livin- in Chaplin, \\\ .
•lames ii'vin, son of Williamson li\in and .Mary l)a\is; hoin at
•lairard County, Kentucky, March ill, ls;;(); dird ai Chap
fcrson County, Kentucky, dune •_:4, 1S!)-J; married at Chap-
lin. Ky., Auk. -'' , l'^'»'i. to .Mar-aret II. llol^hs; horn at
Chaj)lin, Ky.. Any-. 24. l,s;!7; still lixiuK.
( 'hildrcn ot' Ahovc :
Williamson .Marion Irvin, horn at Chaplin, l\y., .lime :;(). isr)7;
stilMivinj;'.
Davis llohhs Irvin, horn at Sahisa. Ky., •iiine i;i, iShO; still
living-,
danu's Brewster irviii, horn at A lIcKliaiix', Pa., March l(i, ls(i!»;
.still living.
Franklin Woodhnrn Irvin, horn at Alleylian\, Ta., Dec. 2.'),
187;}; still livinj.^. ^ ■ . ■ s • . : , v ,. r
^Marriages: i -
1. Annie K. Ir\in, at Cliai)lin, Ky., Fei). 22, 188;}. ,
2. Clara Keiiduirt, at Louisville, Kw, , 188:i.
;;. ld//.ie Hodine, at nioomiield, Ky., , 181)1.
Sannu'l \W Irvin, son of Samuel lr\in and .lane Drewster: horn
April 16, .171)8, in Kenlu(d<y; dii'd at Corydon. Ind., Sept. •'>, 1S4:5;
inuiTied .Jane Doak, wiu) was horn Nov. 18, ISOO, in Kentuck'y. and
died at Auhiini, iMo., March 2:5, 18(i4. Issue: .lames 1)., horn Sept.
2, 182:5, at lUooniington, Ind.; married Matilda 'riiompson at Cory-
don, Ind., Dee. IS, 1844; hotli liviii^' in that |;lace in IDOo. Mary
,1am', horn .Inly 2.'., 182li. at Charh'stown. Ind. I'di/.ahcth Iv, horn
Sept. 24, 182;), at Maiichport. liid.; married to K. K. I.o-an at Cory-
don, Jnd., Feh. 1(1, 1,S47 (sec !rvin-Lo-an line). Martha A, h(U'n
Sept. 25, I8;n.
Jane Irvin, daughter of Saniutd Irvin and -lane IJrewstcr; hoi-n
.Mav 29, 1800; married. Issue: William Drcwster Seward. hoi'U
March 20, 18;};5.
FRANKLIN WOODBURN IliVIN. ' '
Rev. Fi-anklin Woodhnrn lr\in, tlie youngest son ol" Jaines and '
^Margaret ITohlis Irvin, was horn Dec. 2-'), 187:5, at 48 Reheeca Street,
Alleghany City, I'a. lie was named al'ter the K'ev. B. F. Woodhnrn, .:
D.l)., pastor of the Sandusky Street Chin'ch, who hapti/cd his I'a- i,.
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334 THE McDowells and connections
thoi- a short time licfore the Itiitli of Franklin. Al tlir early age
of three iiKjnths 1^'ranklin removed with his j)ar('nls to Louisville,
Ky., where he sj)ent liis ehildhood and early hoyluMMJ day>. On the
16tli of .Mareli, JSS4, he removed 1o a I'arm in Al nidt'nhiir<; ("ounty,
Kentucky. Jt was while living here that he ex])! rieneed what he
considers one of the greatest privijegt^s ot his life, namely, attend-
ing school at an old log sehoolhonse with pnnt-heon flooi-s and split
logs for benches. After a little more than a yviw he ictni'neil to
JiOuisvile, where he com])leted his education. At the age of 18 he
returned with his [)aient.s to the farm in -lefferson Count \-, Ken-
tucky, nine miles south of Louisville. Here he remained until the
deatii of his father, which occui-red .June 24, KsD'J. (»n the 11th day
of February, ]8i);}, Franklin, then 1*) years of ag(>. returned to the
city and began life foi- himstdf. Unlike most bo) ^ of his age, lie
had decitled some yeai-s before what he woidd foll(»u as his voca-
tion in lite; and he setth'd upon medicine. lOveii while upon the
farm, unbeknown to his pai-eids, he woidd slij) out with one of his
father's medical books undiu' his eoat (his father having foruu-rly
practiced medicine), and read it in secret, bi-ing earefid to hiile it
uiuler the liay ujjon the ajjproaeh of any one. h'l'om formei- eonver-
sations with his i)arenls, he understood that their .seidiment. lIi)on
returning to the city, he spent his evenings in the study of metlicine.
He exi)erienced a call to the ministry. In Oetober, IS!).'), having been
licensed to preach by the Franklin Street Baptist Church, of Louis-
ville, June 24, 181)5, he entered the Southern Baptist Theological
Semiiuiry, graduating with ilistinction upon the completion of that
e.)urse. He holds ihrt'c degrees coiiferi-ed ujjon him by that insti-
tution, vi/.., Th. (L, Th. li., Th. M. He prea(died his first sermon
on eJune 2;i, 1900, at New Libei-ty Baptist Church, in Indiana. lIi)on
being called to the pastorate of the First I'.aptist Chur(di of Lead-
ville, Colo., he was ordaim-d by the Clifton Baptist Churidi of Louis-
ville, in December IIHIO. Kev. Fdgar 1. Mullins, DA)., LL.D.,
pi-eached tiie ordination sernu)!! ami Kev. T. T. Ivaton, D.D., LL.D.,
led in the ordaiinng prayer. His pastorate in Leadville won for him
the distinctive tith of being tlu' ••nu)st eminent Baptist preacher in
the world"— the altitude, l().22r) feet, nuiking it literally true; for
it is to be remend)ered tha.t this is the highest Baptist church in the
world. He served this church seven months, however; the extreme
altitude brought on a throat trouble whicdi compcdled him to resign
and seek work in the lower altitudes. On Oet. :!(), DOl. he was
called to the Portland Avenue Baptist Chureh (d' Louisville, but
declined that call to accept the care of the First Baptist Church of
Washingtoi! C. II., Ohio, one of the leading (diinches iji Southern
Ohio, which chureh lu' still serves.
Franklin is one of the most aggressive young pastors, and bids
fair to umkv his nmrk as a pidpil orator. ;\ singulai' thing about
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THE McDowells and coxnections 335
his career is to ht- j'ouiul in tlie t'aet that both liis father and gi-aiid-
I'atht'r on his mother's sitle were physicians; and the man for whom
he was named and ids great-grandfather on ids mother's side were
hotli ministers of the gospel.
In a letter to a friend is found this tiihute to his mother:
■■Aj)art from tiie grace of (iod, 1 am what 1 am because of her.
livery gray hair of her head is sacred to me. lui- they are eiocpient
with the story of sacrifice, and it was all for me. As a mothei' she
did all that slu' could, and she did it well."
ROHIORT KinVIN'S WILL.
A ('()i)y From Will liook Xo. 1, Page 1:}:{S.
in the nanu' of (iod Amen the fourtenth day of March in the
year of our Lord one thousanil seven hundred and eighty-nine.
I Robert Krwin in the State of Virgirua and (Jounty of Rock-
b ridge . Being in perfect ndnd and memory. Thaidvs be to (iod
theiefore and knowing that it is api)ointed for all men once to die
ilo nmke ancPordain this my last will anil Testament that is to say
principally ami fii-st of all 1 reconnnend and give my soul to tlio
hands of (Iod who gave it and as for my body I recommend to
Kai'th, to be buried in a (,'hristiaidikc and decent maimer at the
Discration of my Kxtrs. Nothing Doubting but at the (leneral Res-
urrection I shall receive the same again by the nughty |)ower of
(iod. And as touching such worldly estate as it has pleased CJod to
bless me with in this life I give and disjjose of the same in the fol-
lowing manner anil form. Item, it is my will and I order that all
of my just debts and funeral charges be paiil. Item, 1 give uido
Aim my Beloved wile the negro wench named l*hillis and all of the
diesser Furnitor ami one of Frskine's large volums which shf
pleases and the large Bible, and all her apperil for her ba(.k and her
Bed and what I have in hand of hard money and her saddle and
bridle and the third part of the remainder of my moveable estate
(Negroes Fxeepted ) aiul 1 oriler that my son Robert (Jive his mother
a gootl maintenance for herself and lu'i* Negro wench and her horse
during her natural life or if he does not pay her seven punds jx'r
annum, and he is to give to her, her maintenance on the plantation
aiul in hei- own home whei'e she now lives and the Negro wench named
Bhillis is to be my son's Robert Krwin after his mother's decease.
Item, I give unto my beloved son, Robert Krwin the plantation 1
now live on containing five hundred and five acres. I likewise give
him the piece of land 1 bought of Patrick McConnell all of which land
I give to him and his heirs and assigns forever; if lie has any heirs
begotten of his body. But if he has no issue 1 allow the said land
to be sold after his death to the highest bidder and the price thereof
to be ecpially divided to all my sons and daughters. I likewise give
mv son Robert Erwin the negro man name Joe, and the Negro
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:5:{,i THE McDowells and connections
wciieh name llaelu-l also tlu- wndi Klls and all tin- ivmaindci- of my
nn)vcal)k' estate (exee|)t ten puwnils that 1 ^Inc to iii\ ilan^'liter Han-
nah Logan). Jtein, 1 give to ni\ lulovrd son Immi jaiiiiii ICrwin th.;
ne^n-o wench luime Dinah. Item. I order that all my \vr;ii'iii<;- ai)i)arel
he i>((Ufdly divided amon^ \i\y three sons, I'Mwai'd l-n-wiii, -lomis Kr-
win and -Josei)!! Krwin. I likewise constitute and aiipoiiit Anne, my
1)( loved wife ami my 'h(do\fd .son Robert iKr\vin ;is my oidy and
soh' executors of this my last will and Testauu'iit in witiu'ss and do
herehy annid all other wills and Testann-nts by me heretofore made
ami ratify this and ]H) other to he my last will and 'festament in wit-
ness whereof 1 have lier^'unto set my seal the day and yeai' above
nn-ntioned. Sigin'd, Sealed and declared !»}• the said Robert Krwin
as his last will and Testament in the presence of us subscribers. N.
li. That before signinji; and sealin«;' of those pi\'sent I ordei' that the
third ])art of my moveable estate that my wife has mentioned to her
above is to be <i,-iven to m_\' son iiobeil Hrwin along- with the rest of
m\- nu)veable estate for m\- wife does not want it.
(Seal)- ROP.KRT KRWIN.
Witness pi-esent : -John Hamilton, Morris (iwyn.
At a Court held for Jiockbridge County, Sept. 1, 17cS9. The
within writing i)urporting to be the last will ami Testament of Rob-
ert l']rwin, deed, was presenteil in Court by Ann 1-nwin, lv\t. Robert
Krwin, Kxt. who made oath according to law. CeiM iflcatc is gi'anted
them for obtaining Probate thereof in ilue form they having to-
gether with approved sccui'ity as acknowdedged bond according to
law. Atte.st
A. RI'Jl), Clerk.
A Copy—Teste: A. T. SlllKLDS, Clerk.
JRVIN-KOCAN LINK.
R(d)ert irvin, born in Ireland; came to Ro(d<bridge County, Vir-
ginia, 1740; died ar Rockbridge Coiudy. Vii'ginia. ITS!); mai-ried at
Rockbridge in LSlif), buried at New Monmouth Cliureh, Rockbridge
County, Virginia.
Nationality of aneestr\, liish.
Hannah Irwin, born at Rockbridge County, Virginia; died at
Rockbridge County, Virginia, 1820; uuirried in R(Md<bridge County,
Virginia, 17G5, to James Logan, born in Ireland in 17:{2, died at
Rockbridge, in l^-Jf), buried at New Monmouth Church, Ro.-kbridgv
County, Virginia.
Children of dames Logan and Hannah livine:
Aim, born in Vii'gina in ITOb.
John, born in Viiginia in 17G7. •,. , , ,.
Ixobert, hoi'n in Virginia in 176!). ; , !,, ,
Alexander, l)orn in Vii'giina in 1771. ' ^ ,' ,, ,
Margaret, born in \'irginia in 1772.
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THE MCDOWELLS AND CONNECTIONS 337
Kli/aheth, liorji in Virginia in J 77').
James, boni in Virjiinia in 1777. ■' ■ ' ' '
^lary, horn in Virginia in 3779. ,, , ., ,
.Joseph, horn in Virginia in 1781. , ■ , > ,,,. ■
li'vin, horn in Virginia in 17(S;{.
William, horn in Virginia in 1785.
lU-njaniin, horn in, Virginia in 178iJ.
.James liOgan was a Revolutionary soldier; served tlireo years
as i)rivate in (!apt. Jonathan l.angdoiTs Company, 12tli Virginia
Regiment, commanded hy Col. -James Wood. Revolutionary I'eeord,
Washington, 1). C., from official records of tlie treasury depart-
ments of Virginia, Book 11, page 2r)6, where it apj)ears that on the
21st day of April, 1784, lie was paid hy tlie liands of Captain .McKee
the sum of 40 jjounds, "agreeahle to tlie act of assembly jnissed the
Noveml)er session, 1781," for his ad.justmeiit of ])a>- Tor his military
service, jirovided I)y said act.
IRWIN 01':N 1'] AG LOCJV. ■ . ~*C
By D. W. Jrwin.
Dr. William B. Irwin, horn I\larcli, 1820; died at IIills))Oro, Ala.,
.Jan. 20, 18(i;{, to Ilattie B. NeJson, horn at Limestone County, Ala-
bama, May 8, 18:58.
Cliildren of Above:
AVillie Jrwin, born at llillsl)oro, Ala., Aug. 1, 18G4.
Dee W. Irwin, l)orn at Ilillsboro, AJa., Aug. 18, 1866.
Tandy W. Irwin, born at IlilJslioro, Ala., .Jan. 8, 1868.
(ireek J*. Irviii, liorii at JlilJsboro, Ala., April 17, 1870.
liob W. Irwin, born at IlillsJioro, Ala., Oct. 1, 1872.
Daviil 1j. Irwin, born at Ilillsboro, Ala., iMarch, 187;M874.
Sm W. Irwin, born at IIillsl)oro, Ala., JNlay If), 187.').
•Jessie 1). Irwin, born at Ilillsboro, Ala., oJt. 11, 1877.
Ilattic .1. Irwin, l)orn at Ilillsboro, Ala., Nov. 2!), 187f).
Marriages :
Willie Irwin to l^^-ank Preuit, at Ilillsboro, Ala., April, 1880.
1). W. Jrwin to Mattie William, at Ilillsboro, Ala., Nov. 2.'>,
1890.
T. W. Irwin to ITattie Townsend, at IIillsl)oro, Ala., Dec.
9, 1889.
(jrandchildren :
Blenit Preuit, born at Ilillslioro, Ala.
Harry Preuit.
Anna Preuit.
Agnes Irwin, born at Russellville, Ala., Aug. 29, 1891.
Willie Irwin, born at Ilillsboro, Ala., March 20, 189::!.
' "• Brock Irwin, born at Ilillsboro, Ala., Feb. 1, 1896.
' Dee W. Irwin, .Ir.. Jiorn at Ilillsboro, Ala., April 8, 1898.
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3:58 THE MCDOWELLS AND CONNECTIONS
EUEANOR IRVIN J-OCJAN (JKXEAL()(iV.
Kol)ei-t KeynoUls IjOgan, honi in Sliolhy Coiuity, Ki'iitiu-ky, on
tlie 20th of July, 1814; died in Lincoln County, :iilissouii, on the 22d
of October, 1884; nuirried, in Corydon, hid., Feb. IG, 1847, to Eliz-
abeth Eleanor Irviu; corn at Mauck])Oi-t, Harrison Connty, Indiana,
Sept. 24, 1821), died in Lincoln County, Mis.sonri, Nov. 20. 18!).").
I'hildren of Above :
Samuel Alexander, born in Shelb\- Count y. Kentucky, Dec.
9, 1847; died Septend)er, 1848.
Sarah Mar-^aret (or Alag;.iie) ; l>orn in Lincoln Conntv, Aio.,
June 21, 184}).
Mary Louisa, born in Lincoln County, Mo.. Jan. 2, 18,")1.
Amantiia JOleanor, born in Liiu;oln Couty, .Mo.. J a. 17, 18.");}.
Robert irvin, born in Lincoln County, Mo., Oct. 10. 18").').
' Janu'S llei'vey, born in Lincoln County, Mo.. Oct. 12, Ls.")7.
Matilda Olivia, born in Liiu-oln County, .Mo., Sept. 21. KSGl.
' • Catheriiu' Doak, born in Lincoln Count.x', .Mo., July 14,
'; 186:i; died Oct. 2G, 181)*).
= • ■> ' William liryson, boi'ii in Lincoln County, .Mo., Jan. 1:5, 18(»fi.
! ■ Pr(;ston Ureckenrid^'c, boi'n in liincoln County, .Mo.. June
2, 1807.
Marriages:
Sarah Margaret married Henry M. Mori-iss at Cor.xdon,
Ind., Dec. 10, 1884.
Mary Louisa marrit'd William Hopkins, Lincoln County,
"Mo., Jan. 2J, 187!).
Anuintha Lleanor married J. J. Hnlleit at Corxdon, lud.,
' ' Nov. 1.'), ]!)10.
Robert ii'vin married Katie Thompson, Lincoln (\)unt\', Mv).,
Jjiuray, 18!) J.
James Hervey nuirried Jenie Wallac.-, Lincoln Count\, Abt.,
October, 18!);{.
Matilda O. married Newton DodsoJi, Lincoln County, .Mo.,
Nov. 28, 1881).
William Bryson nuirried Rhoda Hannock Oct. \'k 18:h).
Prestori Breckinridge married Jane .M(d'\ill at Ali.'uheuy,
Pa., May 31, 11)00.
, ■ JOSFdni LRWIN AND DLSCKND.VNTS.
'; ', . ,,^ t:;vv.',:i . l^y ')• H. Lrwin.
Josepli Erwin married Llizal)etli Cowan, of Salisl)ury, N. C.
She had two brothers living at Salisbuiw at that time, i)Oth promi-
nent in bu.siness. 'I'honuis L. Cowan, ihe elder, being merchant and
baidvcr, became quite wealtliy, lived to an old age, and died leaving
a larg(^ estate for division among three children, one son and
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THE McDowells and connection:
3;{9
two (laughters. .JaiiR-s Cowan, tlu- youn-cr hrotlier of Thomas 1. ,
inoved to West Tennessee, and setthnl lour miles from I'aris, ll.'ury
("ouuly. lie was also (luite wealtliy for those davs. I visited liini
lu 1«:5S-1M4(), when 1 was quite a hoy.
Heferring to my cousiii, Tiiomas C Krwin, of Atlanta, permit
me to say he Juis nmde a sj)lendid record and has a ver\ bright fu-
ture. He was in husiness.iiere with me in 1881, at the close of that
year lie went with the Lowery Hanking Co., of Atlanta, as hookkeep-
er, where he remained tiiree or four year.s, until the organization of
the Third ^National Bank of Atlanta, when lie was called and ac-
cepted the position of assistant cashier which position he Iuls since
filled with high credit to himself and perfect satisfaction to its
stockholders, officers and i)ati-ons, and on the first of January last
was elected to tiie ])Osition of a full-fledged cashier. He is the son
of Uncle Abel A. Krwin. His mother was named Elizabeth Seford,
wJio \vas raised near LaGrange, (ia., one of the bi-st families of
the State. So that 1 can truthfully say, that Cousin Thomas C. is
a worthy son of a noble parentage.
1 received last week from a cousin in Slarkville, iMiss., tiie
liirth dates of Grandfather Jo.sei)h Krwin, and his brothers and sis-
ters, also the liirtli dates of his own children, 14 in number. Tiie
name of my father on the list is S. Cowan Krwin. .My cousin,
Thomas C., is named for his uncle, Thomas H., and my father, S.
Cowan, maki)ig his fidl name Thomas Cowan l-^rwin.
Hirth dales of -losejdi Krwin and iiis brothers and sisters,
Joseph Krwin, born Keb. 4, 17()!).
Isabella Krwin, born 174!). ,, . ,,, ,|
llezekiah JOrwin, born 1751. ^^
Vala Krwin, boi'n 1750. ,, ', .
Agnes 'Krwin, born March 11, 17G0.
Margaret Krwin, born October, 17G2. - v, . >
Mary Krwin, bc)rn Aug. 14, 17G4.
Hii'th dates of the children of Joseph Krwin and his wife, Nancy
Krwin:
Thomas H. Krwin, born Sei)t. lli, 171)2.
Joseph Krwin, born Feb. [i, 171)4.
James P. Krwin, born JNIarch 7, 1796,
Agnes W. Krwin, l)orn- Jan. 25, 17!)8.
J']li J. Krwin, born Nov. 4, 17!);).
John J. Krwin, born Sept. 11, 1801, ' ' • J
S. Cowan Krwin, born Feb. 8, 180;{, . i i .
Katherine L, Krwin, born Ajjiil 17, 1805. j ,
Mary H. Krwin, born Jan. ;{, 1807. , \ ,.,. ■ , .
William Krwin, l)orn Jan. 25, 180<). ^ - ' :
Hezekiah Franklin Krwin, born Feb. 11. 1811, ,''.",
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THE .McDowells and cdnnec;tions
^largaret Cleineiitiiie Erwiii, Ixtrii Aii^JCiist S, 18l;i. ,
Abel A. lErwiii, honi O.-t. 10. 1815. > , . ■ .
iMichael Jjiiifolii Hrwiii, horn May 21, 181!). • . , -
HKLLKVUK i5KAN<'ll OF KKWINS.
l>y Alai'garcl I'liwiii Mi"l)()\vi'll.
.laiiu's (Jraliaui, Senator, to -Jos. •!. lM-\vin, in 18:?4, in ^])(':lls•ing of
.1. .1. Irwin'.s grandfather, Alcxan(h'r, said:
"Tile name (d' Alexander Erwin is t»ne identified \\ith the nol)le
deeds of the Revolution, and one 1 liave (dten heard my fatlu'i- many
a long winter night when talking over the scenes of tin- hiidhday of
liberty, always make lu)norahle mention of Alexandei- Mrwin."
From this some of the great giMndeliihlren tidnk Alexander
Krwin was in the wai-, but 1 hcdieve my im)ther, as slu' remembered
him. etc., etc., as 1 wrote you, and 1 can find no record to that ef-
fect. But 1 find that he was in the (leneral Assembly and that he
was clerk of the court, etc. lie is an ancestor of whom Tm very
])roud, but 1 ean't find anywhere that he was in the war of 177-). luit
seems to have been looking aftei- tin- home affairs accoi'ding to tiie
dates aiul records and ti'adition. dames Krwin, his son, married
IMargaret Locke I'hifer. Slie lived and died with her daughter,
Sarah Ann Krwin, and her husband, Dr. .lohn ('. McDowell, my
father and mother. (Jraiulmother was devoted to m\- father, pre-
ferred to live with lier ihuigliter and visit her son. dos. -1. Krwin,
who lived at her old home, liellevue.
Grandmother was herself an heii-ess, and my grandfather danu'S,
her husband, accumulated a vast estate, was one of the wealthy men
of Burke, was a shrewd business nnin and of ([uick inttdlect and
fine judgnK'nt. My nu)lher, Sarah, his daughter, was his special
pet, and he was very proud of his (ddest daughter, Kli/abeth, who
married Hon. Burton Craig. Slu- was a c(dtd)rated beauty and in)r.se-
woman. My mother was cebdirated for hei- peculiar honest\-, truth,
justice, was prett.x' and the nn)st graccdul woman on horseback 1
ever saw, and rode when she was 72 yeai-s old: was her father's
companion while the rest of his (diildren stood in awe of liiiii. 1
renu'nrber my grandmother w(dl— she lived with us until we were
grown and 1 was foiu'teen. She was the daughtei' of .Martin I'hifer
of (Cabarrus.
^ TUK FdiWlN FA.MILV OK AlMil'STA COUNTY. VlKdlNlA.
'* Prepared by Arthur L. Keith, I'li.D.
There were nuni\ bearing the name lu'win, ifhwine (rai-ely Ir-
win) living in Augusta County, Virginia, when its records first be-
gin (1745). They \vere apparently there Ixd'ore this date, as shown
bv one record given below. The Augusta County recoi'ds ai'e ])rac-
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THE MCDOWELLS AND CONNECTIONS ;}4l
tically all puljlLshed down to a late date, and the following' rccoi'ds
have been assembled largely fi-oni this i)ublieati()ii. Am cndeaNor is
made, where possible, to show eoniieetions. In the earliest years
they seem to have all lived on or near Long (Jlade, a branch of North
River. This fact, along with llie similai-ily of Christian names, may
indicate that they were all closely related, but this reUitionship is
often not established. The important reasoji for ])ul)lisiiing this ac-
count here is that sometime somebody may lie able to suppl\ the
missing links.
The following is the earlic'st authentic i-ecord. la 1742 Andrew
Mi-wine. lienjamin JM'wine, -John Mrwine and iMJwai'il I'jwiiie be-
longi-d to the muster rolls of Captain -lohii Smith.
The following tradition has the stMublance (d' truth, but 1 can-
not \'ouch foi- its accui-acy. ICdward Krwin was born about KJ.SO in
liclaiid. moved to Virginia in 1724. and died 17fi8. His children
were .John. Kobert, Andrew (died befoi-e 17GM), Kdward and Fran-
cis, .lohn Krwin, born about 1700, marrietl -hnu^ Williams, in Ire-
land, and their children wei'e I'Mward, lienjannn, Samuel, Francis,
John, William. Frances, Jane, Mai'garet and Mai'\-. Of these Sam-
uel, boi-n about 1740, marriinl .Mary Curry, in 17Gi). and their chil-
dren wt're .John, Samuel, Kobei't, William, Mary ami Sai-ah. .John,
son of Samuel and Mary Curry Frwin, was born Dec. 12, 176i>, and
uuirried 1. Rebecca Cui'ry, 2 Khoda Curr\', widow of .lohn Stokes,
lie moved to Kentucky, ami later to Ohio, where he died April 1S;{2.
Returning now to the |)ublished records ol" Augusta ('ounty,
Virginia, we find the follo\viiig:
.lohn F:rwin, constable, .May 21, 1747.
Robei-t lOrwin, supernunu-rary. Feb. 1747-8, being si(d<l\- and in-
fii-m.
Matthew Krwin, bought land 174!).
Francis Krwin, Francis JM'win, Sr., .John 'Frwiii, Samuel l^'win,
Sr., and Saumel Frwin witnesses to a patent of .John Hrowidcc, .lune
20, 1749.
•Tames Irwin, witness to a deed -Tan. 8. 174(1. for sale of laiul sit-
uated on Tjong Cllade.
Andrew Erwin, John lOrwin, Kdward Frwin (two of same name)
Fraiu'is Erwin and Benjannn Erwin, ]\ray 28, l?'")^ ordered to assist
in making road.
William and Robert Brown, on Nov. 27. ^^'^^, sell land to Robert
Camjiel, which lies at eornei- (d" -lohn Anderson and .John Erwin;
joins Thomas Erwin 's line. Andi'ew Erwin is one of the ^vitnesses
to this deed.
Edward Erwin, Sr.. yeoman, ami Frances, sell to iMlward Er-
win, Jr., yeoman, 20C acres, part of two patents to lulward Iv-win.
Sr., dated IMareh, 1747. and April T), 1748, on Long (Jlade. at corner
of William Brown and John Anderson; joins .John 'Lrwin's line.
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Witnesses are liohtTt Kraiiris aii<l IJcnjainin l-hwin. T),,. (|,.,.(l was
delivered to Henjai<iiii Krwiii, May, 1754. I-Mward I'li-win Sr and
Frances, on Nov. L^!), IT-')!, sell to lieiijaiiiin Kiuin, \,.,)iiian 70
aeres, part of patent dateil Api'il r., 174S, on I.,.,,- (ila.lr. K.hvard
Erwin is a witness.
Same to same (,mi same date land patented Sept. LlO, 174S.
Edward Erwin, Sr.. yeoman, on dan. L!7. ]7')7, srils land to
Francis Erwin, yeoman, 1«4 aens, pan of ;{.")() a.-ics patcnlrd to Ed-
ward Erwin, April .',. 174S, at corner of I'Mwa.d I'lrwin. dr., and
of Benjamin Erwin, als(, ]()() acivs a part of I'^O an,-, patented to
Edward Erwin, Mandi, 1747, at coiner of William iJrown and Wil-
liam Alexander. Witnesses ar.' dolin. Andrew and Edward Erwin.
This deed was sent to Francis Erwin, Sept. -JS. 1771. II I'ldward
Erwin. Sr., the grantor in tin- prccedino. .h-rds is identical, as seems
prohahle, with the Edward of th.' above tradition, l,orn al.ont 1 G8U,
then the Erwin.s named as -grantees and witnesses, n.uneh. l-Mwardl
Robert, Ei-ancis, dohn and Andrew, were |)r(»bably his' sons, and'
we have a close agreement with the tradition. 'I'ln- ..niv exception
is that of Benjamin Erwin to whom Edwai-d. Sr., sells land on same
date that he sells to Edward, dr., who is not provi,b.d lor in the
tradition. Perhaps he is a lost son, or else a gi'andson. Tliei-e are
several Erwins already mentioned who will not fit into this scheme,
namely Samuel Erwin, Sr., and dr., 174!), .Matthew flrwin. 174!)|
Thomas Erwin, 175]. and danu's h-win. 174(i. Perhaps they are to
he referred to one or more brothers of the oi-igmal I'Mward, who
may have attended him lo Amei'iea. Certain it is that 1he\- lived
m the same vicinity. The reconstruction of the landK- of Edward
Erwin, Sr., is aided by the will of dohn Erwin, d;it<' Eeb. 15, 17G1,
and ])roved Nov. 1!), 17ti2. In this will, he mentions a son, lEdward,
to whom he leaves part of the plantation adjoining William Correy ;
and sons and daughters (without naming them); wife, dean; and
he appoints brothers I^dward and Framis as oveiseers: Andrew Er-
win (relationship not stated, but probably brother i. wife and son
Edward as exeeutoi's. The witnesses are -lanu's Oliver, William
Curry and David Williams.
Andrew Erwin, farmer, mala's will May dO, 1705, proved Oct.
15, 1765. He mentions wife, Ann; son, Francis, who is then un-
married. The witnesses are Andrew Scot I. Samncl {\>\]-y, and
Benjamin Erwin. lirot'hers Edward and h^aiuds Erwin are to be
overseers. As he mentions only one child. Franids. to whom he
leaves his entire estate, there were i)robably no ntlier childi'eii. Pos-
sibly Francis married later, and is identical with the h'rancis Er-
win who died 17!)1, for whom s(M' btdow.
We note next the will of .Matthew Erwin. whose relationshii)
lo Edward, Sr., has not been established. His will is dated A|)ril
19, 1755. and proved Aug. is, 17(i:i. lie mentions no sons. He left
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•" THK McDowells and connections 343
laiul to wife I']Ii/al)etli. and uiciitioiis (hm^litt'rs (icinict Johnson,
eJeau fJamison, Agnes, Mary Francis, Eliinor Patterson. l\li/.al)etli
and Ann Anderson, .lolm Franeis is named as ovcrscei'. Witnesses
are -James liell, Alex. Blair and Fdward Warner. On Fd). 24, 17(i8.
Flizahetli Frwin sold to Edward Hraden 200 aci-es eonvt'ved t'lom
(Jeorge Ureekinridge, to Matthew Frwin, on Feb. IT), 174<S, and de-
vised to Elizabeth by Matthew. Witnesses are .Janus Bell and
John Francis.
lulward Erwin, of Long (ilade. makes will -Ian. 1;>, 1772.
proved Mareh 18. 1772. He mentions son.s Edward and Fianeis;
daughter I^'i-anees Bi'own ; son-in-law, llobert Eaw. Exeeiitois are
sons i'^dwai'd and l^'i'ancis. Wit masses are Edward Erwin, Robert
Curry, .John l<]rwin. Probably this Edward is the one of the above
tradition who is reputed to have been born about 1680, and died
1768. If the date of his birth is eorreet, he woidd be !)2 years old
at his death, in that ease, PMwaid and Fi-aneis are his only li\ing
sons, John and Andrew (and perha|)s also Robert, of whom we hear
little) luiving prcdeeeased him. In this eonneet ion. we note a
suit in chaneery, l-^dwai-d I^-win vs. Benjamin I'^rwin, appaiently
filed April 1, 1771, and decided [March, 1772 (i)ossibly at pro-
bating of the above will). The plaintiff in this suit alleges that he
was very aged and infirm, and that the defendant had induced him
against his will to sign a deed. His age, to whieii he refei-s, may
indicate that he was the original l^dward. As regards Benjamin, the
most probable eo)i,]ectiii-e is thai he was the son of -lohn, the sou
of l*]dward.
On .May 12, 1770, Edward Erwin, .Jr.. patented land. Wit-
nesses were Francis l*]rwin, Sr., and .Jr., lOdward 'Erwin and Sam-
uiJ Erwin. On July 20, 1784, one Edward Erwin, Sr., grandson
and heir at law of Edward I'h'win, deceased, with wife, l"]lizabeth,
sold to Francis Erwin land on Eong dado, i)atented May 12, 1770,
by Edward Erwin, deceased. Now, liere we have an i'AJward I']rwin,
Jr., in 1770, who in 1784 had a grandsojj, Edward Erwin, Sr. Tins
seems to indicate that the Ivlward iM-win. Jr., of 1770. was an old
man, but that he was called .Jr., to distinguish him from a still
older I<]dward, who was i)robal)ly the originaf lEdward, ami the ono
who died in 1772.
I^^rancis iM-win makes will Aug. T), 1791, proved Oct. 18. 17!)1.
He mentions wife, Jean ; daughter, Susannah, sons .lohn, William
and Franeis ; daughter Frances, and elder sister Jean; daughters
Susanna, I^^li/.abeth Nickel, ami Mary l^h-win (wife of John J'lwinj.
Sons John and William are named as executors. Witnesses are
James Young. Robert Curry, Alex. Curry. It is uncertain who this
Francis was. As far back as 174!) Francis Erwin. Sr., and Jr.. are
uuMitioned. John, who died 1702. and Amlrew, 1766, had sons Fi-an-
eis. In 1767 one Franeis Erwin, fir , was surveyor.
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' During this time the Mrwiiis luivc multiplied rapiilly, and li'ave
their native haunts. Witlioul a lai-j^cr basis than exists at present,
it is unsafe to si)eeulate on eomieetions, so the I'oHow in^' I'ecoids are
presented with no, or hriel', eoninieid.
Joiui Krwin makes will .Maicli 14, ISO."), prove.l .March "JS, l.S|4. -
Mentions \vil"e Mary; children. I'ldwai'd, .Marnaici II.ti-ui. .Mai-y Hell.
Thomas, dean, dames. M.xeentors are sons Mdward and Thomas l"]r-
win. \Vi(ness(>s are William l']i-\vin, h'rancis Mrwin, iSeiijamiii
Curry.
Mary Krwin (e\idcntl\ widow of alio\'e doling inaUo will May
.'), 181."), 'proved duly lid, ISIT). Mentions so s Thomas. iKdward,
flames and dohn (the last is not mentioned in his lather's will);
dau«(hters I'egfi^y Ilerrin, I'olly liell and denn.\ Mrw in ; liianddaugh-
ter Polly Stuai't Krwin. l-lxecutois ai'e lulward i'lrw in and William
Krwin, Sr.
Samuel Ei-win makes will Sept. o, 1811. .Mi'utions wife. Mary; i
son, doscph; son, William (appointed execu'oi-) ; and ten daughti'rs,
vi/,:dane, Mai'<<ar(d, A<^iu's, l-di/aheth. .Mary, .Martha. Ann. Kehccea, \
Sai'ah and Xi(d<le {'!). The Sammd of the aho\c tradition icputed J
to have heen horn ahout 1740, likewise had wife. .Mary, hut the :'
nanu's of children are \ ery ditferent.
Kdward Erwin makes will dan. '2:\, 181:;, proved h'eh. 2(J, 1816.
.Meidions Henjamin Mr\vin (sonj ; heirs of son .\ndi-e\\ ; heirs of son,
dohn; sons, dames and William; daughters. .Mai>. dane, Ihdsy;
snndl ehildren. Kxeeutoi-s are wdr and her hrolher. ( 'hiistiaii
Terey. Sarah ErAvin, widow of the ahoxc, Mdward, is shoilly aftei'-
wai-ds in\(d\-ed in a suit, the records of uliiidi Ininji' out further
facts, viz. that Edward JM'win was vei-y ohl al tunc (.1' death; that
he had patented cei'tain land in 178.'!, that his minoi- (diildren wei'c
Hannali and dohn (a|)i)areid\- a second .lolin, foi- in his will he
mentions lieirs of son d(din) and that he died dan. 1.'), iSKi.
Litigation in Augusta Comdy hiings out the facd that one
'Edward Erwin of lioekhridge ('oin"dy, Va., made will .Vug. iL*, 171)6,
proved Ovt. 4, 17!Ki. \vhci'ein he mentions wife, IJosana ; daughter.
Uanna, and son, dohn, who is to l»e executor. That there were othei-
(diildren not mentioned in the will is shown h\' litigation o\cr the will
in Augusta County in 18i:>. ddie other children were -lonas, Henja-
min, Edward. Thomas, Ann and Isaac, tlu' last foiu' heing minors
in 1796.
Litigation in Augusta County, also brings out the fa(d that one
Andrew 'h]rw in diet] intestate in Kocdcingham Couidy, \'a., Nov. l."{.
1807, and that he i(dt widow -lane; brothers Ivlward and Samuel
Erwin; and ehildren, dohn, William, dames, .\aiicy. Andrew and
Mary, wdio manded Daidel Fane. Litigation sln)Ws thai •brother
Edward" Avas exeeutor of his father's estate, bni it is not (dear
wdiethei' it means ])rother of these (ddldieii, or of .\inln'W. w ho died
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THE JNlcDOWEl.LS AND CONNECTIONS ;;t5
1807. It is i)i-()l.al)ly tlic latter, -lolm Kiwiiic, sun of tlu' ahovt-
Andrew, died IcaN'iiij^ childron, Susauiia, William and Kranci.-i; and
widow, danc (dauylitor of l^'rancis Mi'win, incntioiu'd ahoxr. whose
dauj,'hter, Jane, married an Miwini. S\isanna Mrwin mari'ied Kol)-
ert Curry.
In Augusta County, in 17!);), -lolin iM'win hrin^.s suit against
Samuel I<]rwin, of Ivoekingliam County, Va. -lolin Hrwin, in his
deposition made Au<!^ust I'). 17I);5, iriers to aet.^ allcgi d to liaxt-
heen performed by the ahovf Sannn-I and his hrothcrs. Hcnjamui.
Andrew, John and William iMwin. in the year 177li.
On Sei)t. 20, 17l)(i. admini^l rat ion of estate of John Mrwin, iU'-
eeased, was granted to William and Franc-is l*]r\\ in. Thi>. was prol»-
ahly the John Krwin, son of l'"rancis. who dit-d in 171)1.
In 1788 it is stated that John Irwine, sun of Mdward li-wine,
is about to moNc to the frontiers (d' North ( ai'olina.
On Ai)ril 24, 17i)(), Josej)h Ki'win, of Johnston County, North
Carolina, son and heir of Benjamin l']rwiii, deceased, sc-lls t(j John
Krwin, apimrently of Augusta Couidy, Virginia.
In 1800, Edward Krwin s\ies William Curry. Depositions are
jirodueed from William Erwin, David Williams and Joseph Curry
of Kentueky. William lOrwin, Sr., of iiineoln Count_\', Ky., made
deposition June 8, 17i)!), in which he rcd'ers to a matter taking place
some years after the death of his uncle, John Erwin. Josepji Cur-
r\''s dei)osition was umde in Bourbon County, Ky., Juiu' 2(), 17II1),
and gives his age a.s 51, ami states that he eame fi'om Ireland to
Augusta County in 1761; that the above Ivlward Krwin was iiis
brother-inJaw. "and the defendant. William Curi-y, his brother,
Benjannn iM'win was lici-nsed as Presbyterian nnnister in 17S2.
John l']rwin, constable, was ordered August 22, 1777. to ar-
rest Alex. Miller, formerly a Presbyterian iidinster, on charges of
disloyaIt\'. John i'.rwin was i-ecpured to summon as witnesses on
this matter, Benjamin I'lrwin, .Mai'y ICrwin (wife of Benjamin.'),
Robert ^leFarland. and others. This same case had already been
tried onee in July 177(), at which time Robert McFarlaiul was |)aitl
4 pence per mile fo;- going oO miles as a witness. This may indicate
that all the i)arties coneei'ued li\ed at some distance fiom Staunton,
the county seat of Augusta. In this eonnection. we note that one
Benjamin h]rviue (Erwin) settled in jiresent Highland County, Va.,
formerly Augusta County. lie married Mai'y , born about
17.")(). and they had Elizabeth, born 1776; Jane, John, born 1780;
Robert, boi-n 178.'}; Benjannn, Anne. Edward, born 17!)0; ]\Iary, born
17f);{; William, born 17!)."); Frances, born 17!)7. mai'ried 1816 to Wil-
liam Ervine, nephew ol' Bi'iijanuu; Susan and Jacd^son.
On June 16, 1778, Thomas Frame was apjjuinted constable, in
the i)lace of John Ei'win.
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•loliJi Krwiii iiii.l Aim, liis wile, sue l>(iijaiiiiii ^l-liw in and others
ill 17:);{.
In Ixockin^liaiii CoiiiitN, \'a., on -Inly 2:t. 17.s_'. Ucnjaiiiin Krwin
is <ji:rantt'(l liciMisc lo many Sai'ali UnistiT.
In 17(S0, .)ohn Mi'uiii. William iM'uin and I'Mwaid I'li-w in all-
ri'sicU'iits of Kentucky.
John iM-win (li-wini |i\cd in Nelson ('omits. I\.\ ., as early a.s
17S(). and i)ersistenl tradition aiiioiit;- his desceiidanls slate that he
was a native of Augusta ('oiintN', \'a., hiit the iiKist dilii^cnt search
has not yet est aldislied his eoiiiicelion with the hlrw in lin,. di'scrihed
aho\'e.
WILL OlMVIIddA.M ilfVINd':, OK Vli;(il.\IA.
In the name of (iod Aiiieii I william lr\iiie of iM'dford County
\'a lU'in^' ver\- si(d< and weak Tho ^'et .sound and perlect Idider-
staiidinjjj and Memory do ( 'i.nst it iite this .My Lasi Will and Testa-
ment and Devise it ma.\- I.e Keeeixcd as Siieli. I .Moust llumhly JJe-
• lueatli my soul to (iod my .Maker I '.esceehiiij^- his .Moiist (iraeious ae-
ee|)tai>ee of it Throii>ih the .Ml Suffi(dent .Merits and .Meditation of
my .Most ('omi)assionat.- IJedermer -lesus Christ who Case himself
to he an a Toneiiieiil for my sins and is aide to save to the I'tmost
All that Come uuio (iod hy him seeiiij^ he ever Li\ctli to make Inter-
sesion for them and who I Trust will not Ke.jeel me a i»el iirniii<< I'ni-
etant Sinnar when 1 eome to him for .Meiey in this Hope and eoii-
fidence 1 ronder \\p My soid with Comfort liumhl> Hese( eliinji; the
most Hle.ssed and (ilori'us Trituty one (iod .Most llo'l\ .Most Mendfiil
and (iraeious To prepare me for the Time of my l)iss(dution and
then to Tal<e me to him Stdf into tliat |)eaee and Kest and Ineompar-
ahle Felieity Whieli he has prepared inv all that Love and Fear
his Holy name Amen liless.'.l he (iod. I ni\v i„y l.od\ to tJie Larth
from wheiu-e it was taken in full .\s.siiraiiee of its Kesurreetion from
tlienee at the Last Day as far m\ Lurial 1 Desire it may he deeeiit
without pom|) or State at the Discretion of my Dear Wife who 1
Dout not will maiia^-e it with all luMpiisit pi'udaiici' Whome la|)-
point m\- hole and y-^uil I'lxcciiti.r. as to m\- Worldly Instate 1 will
|)Ositiveiy Order that all my dehts he |>aid and after that Item 1
<;i\'e to my dear and Lo\iii<:- Wife a Third part ol' my estate Reil
and i)ereiiuil DureiiiK her Life and All my well lich.ved children To
he Coe Heirs To.^elher L.\cept there should he male (diild Born
and if so he tliat it should he a mail (diild 1 D.-sire and (iive unto it
an iMpud part of my estate with the Rest of my children and To In-
herit his mother's Third at Wvr (h'ccasi' I do IL'rehy Disone all
(dlier wills and Legacies What soe\'er hy me Hcretofei- made eon-
firming this :\Iy Last Will vt Testament as Witness my hand and
seal this Twelfth day of Novemhei- in the year of Our Lord (iod Due
Thousand and Seven Hundred and Sixtv Six.
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THl;: AkDOWELLS AND CONNECTIONS ;j47
At a Court held loi- Urdloi'd Cuuiily Fchy 25111 1767:
Tlic witliiiiy pi-oportiiig ih,. Last Will & Ti'staiuciit of William
IrviiK', (ient. Deed, was Ivxliihitcti in Coiiit hy lOlizahcth li'vine lv\-
eeiiti'ix Tlu'reiii iiu'iitioiicd and David Irvine, Hohcrl Iitisstdl and
Kohcrt Iluglii's In'inj< sworn d.-posctli ^V; saitli that tlicy licai-d tlu'
DcMH-asi'd iH'l'orc his sitd<ncss Dridai'c lu' l^ntrndcd to Dispose ol' his
Estate as hy the said Will is Directed ^^ at the Time of his sickness
(when in his jjerl'eet senees) A(d<nowIedj^e tiie said Will. & further
saith not. And the said wi-i^htin-;' is 'Kslaidished as his Last Will &
Testament and al (ordered to he Reeoi'ded «Jc on the motion of the
said M.xeeut ri.x who made oath according' to Law she haxin^- lirs^
entei'ed into and aeknowledticd lii)nd with Seeui-ity for her due
and laithfuU ])erfornianee of the said will, Cei-tifieate is (Jranted
her foi- ()l)tainin<,' a i)rol)ate thereof aceording to Law. Teste l^eu
Howard, (" V, C
A vo])v. Teste: , . ,
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A copy made for tlio original attested....
copy, liy A. M. Sea. -Ir
JOHN EKWIN. '
l^EBKCrA CDRKY.
"By I'Mwin Paul iM'win.
State, Florida; County, Dade; Lostoffice, Larkins.
^reat Grandfather:
•lohn L]rwiu, born in lioidcingham, County, Virginia, on l)e(;. 12,
17()!). died April 7, 18:52, Cnion County, Ohio; married in Virginia
on Feb. 20, 17f)2, to Rtdieeea Curry, who died at Union (*o\nd\-,
Ohio, on Sept. 3, 1824; buried one mile southeast of i\lilford Center.
Ohio. (John L'rwin married seeond time lilioda Corey, widow of
John Stokes. ") Nationality of ancestry, Seoteh-Trisli.
rj rand father:
Uen.jamin Erwin, l>oru at Nicholas County. Keidu(d<\', on Jan.
2fi, ISO."); died at Twenty-:\Iile Stand, on A|)ril If). 1862; nuirried at
Hamilton, Ohio., on Nov. 12. 18:i;i. to l\lartha Einley Cook; born at
Chillieothe, Ohio. Jan. ^^0, 1806; died at Indianola. Towa, on -Tan.
:30. 1870, her 64th birthday: ])uried at Indianola, Towa.
Tie was a physician.
Childi-en of Orandfather :
Elizabeth Stewart Ei-win. born at TTopkinsville. Oldo.. July 2.
18;i"): died Feb. 24, 1807.
John Erwin, boi-n at ITopkinsville. Ohio., :\larch -l 18;}7: died
l\rarch 8, 1839.
William Erwin. born at TTopkinsville, Ohio., Dec. 11, 1838; died
Feb. 26. 1902.
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(Jeorgi' Uigliaiii Krwiii, Ix.iii at llopkiiisville, Ohio., Dw. :), 1H4U;
clira Jan. 13, 184;i.
Jam' Sarah Krwiii. horn at llopkiiiNvilU', Oliio., .Iiily 11, 184;{;
(lircl Nov. 2-J, IH.Vi.
Mai-gari't IJiyham Ki-wiji, horn at Twenty-Mil.' Stand. A|)ril 24,
1846. living.
Kdwin li'^rw in c-aiiu' from tin- north of li'dand lo Anj^nsla Coim-
('\ , \'ii'ginia, ahout 1724. with wilf and li\c ^on^: John, Uohert,
.\ndi-cw. ivlwaid and Krant-is. Joiin uianicd in Irtland Jant' Wil-
liams, and dird IT'/'I. Had ten . hihlrcn. Kdwaid, Krii.iamin. Samuel,
Francis. John. William^ lM•,ln.■(•^. Jane, .Mai-af(M and .Mai\. Sam-
uel Kruin diMJ isjl; maiiied .Mary ('nrry. in lT(i!); dird in IHOl,
ehildren were -lolin. Saiiiuei, Uol-eit. William.s, .Mai'y, S;irah.
father and .Mother:
I))-. William Iv.win, hoin at llopkinsvdh'. Ohio, Dee. 11, 1.SJ8;
died at liidianola, Iowa, Im'K. 2(i, 11»()2; umiTied at Indianola. Iowa,
on April 2, 1S74, lo Anne Cookr. h<.iii al Hope. N. J., on Aujr.
27, 1S47; .still living.
Children of ai'ove:
Kiehard Taltoi;, horn at Indiaimla, Iowa. .March 2S. 1S7.').
Dr. Ivlmund I'anl, horn al Indianola, Iowa.. Jan. 1!), 187'.).
Knth Mdna, h..i n at Indianola. Iowa. Jid\ 2. l.sSO.
\)v. Ilnhert (■u(J^<^ h.n n al Indianola. Iowa, .\piil Hi. ISS.").
All are livnig.
Jxiehard Pailoi, nmrru-d lOdilh (iillesj.ie, at .Mlantic Iowa, Jan.
7, liio:).
I'Mminid I'anl manied .\linni»' O. l;oWfrso.\, at LongMuont,
Colo.. Jnl\ 2!), l!il>.^.
(Irandiliildren :
Kiehard I'. Jr., hoin at U..is.'. Idaho, Jan. 2,S. l!)l(l, living.
.Ma.x Fi'ederick (adopted ^on). hoi'ii at Dollar C(.unt\ , Iowa,
Aug 2, l!)l:{.
iMlmund. horn at I', iry. la., June 2/, l!)14.
Paul Vliel nowrso.N, horn at Larkins, Kla., Nov. 2:;, l!ll.').
y 1. i;dward lli'wni. niarnrd Frances : emigrated
from the north of Irelaiul uilh their live sons, to .\ugusta County.
Virginia; seven miles frtnn Staunton, in 1724. Afterwards l!iey
nu)Ved over into RoeUingliam County, lie died alxjut 17ti8. Chil-
dren: John, Robert, Andr-ew, Edward, Fianeis.
2. Aiulrew Firwin, died 171)5.
2. Iiohert lOrwin.
2. Fdward Frwin.
2. i-'raneis iFrwin married Jean — . Children: William.
John, Francis, .Mary. Susanindi, Frances, Jane, I'^li/.ahetli.
:l William Frwin marricil Susanindi Curr.w
-J. John Krwin.
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.!. Francis Krwiii.
."5. Mary Krwiii, inai-ricd William iM'wiii.
;}. Siisaiuiaii Krwiii, uiarricd (icorgc lialslcy.
;{. Frances Krwiii, married Jamcy Alien.
;5. .Jane (Jean) Frwin. married John Frwin.
;5. Klizahetli Frwin, married Aiulrew Nichols.
John Frwin niai-ried- Jane William.s in Ireland, and came to
Virginia with his father's family. He died in 17.')!), leaving
his wife and ten children: Fdward, Benjamin, Samuel,
Francis, John, William, Frances, Jane, Margaret, Mary.
J. Samuel l<]rwiii married in February or March, 17G!),
Mary Corry. They lived in Koekinghani County, Va.
lie died Feh. 24. 1811. She died in 1801. Children:
John, Samuel. liol)ert, Williams, Mai-y, Sarah.
4. Samuel Frwin was weak minded and a family charge.
4. Robert Frwin was an officer in the war of 1812. lie
was married.
Williams iFrwin was also an officer in the war of 1812.
lie died in 1814.
4. Mary Frwin (called Folly) married John Kilhourn.
Residence, Chillicothe, Ohio. Children: llai-riel.
John, Polly, Samuel, Amelia.
5. Polly Kilhoun married Taggart.
4. Sarah Frwin married at age of 14 Thomas Moiice.
Moved in 1810 from Virginia to lloi)kinsville, Ohio.
She died in 187G or 1877. Children: (jlilhert, Samuel,
Milton, JaiiU's. Ann, Jeiiira and others who died
young.
5. (Jilhert .Moiice married . Residence
Wisconsin. Died Sejit. 24, 18;{!).
f). Samuel Monce married Mounts. Residence
Nebraska City, Neb. Children six or eight.
5. Milton .Monce, Jutice of the Peace, Ilopkinsville,
Ohio, died in 1870 or 1877.
5. James Monce married Rebecca Ludliim. He re-
coived a large sum of money for a patent, went to
Washington, 1). C., and was never heard of after-
ward. Children, two, who lived near Mainville, O.
0. Ann Monce married, first Michael Johnson; resi-
dence Wilmington, Ohio. Children: (J. M. L.. Jo-
sei)liine, Sarah, Ann Eliza.
(). (lilbert Motier Lafayette Johnson, was a brigadier
general, living in Washington, 1). C. He mar-
ried and moved to lluntsville. Ala.
6. Josephine Johnson married David Adams, her
stej) brother. Residence Cincinnati, Ohio.
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THE McDOWKM.S AND ('OXNia'TKhNS
(). Sarah .Idliiisun, dird a^cd alioiit 17.
(i. Ami l*'li/a •loliiisdii iiianicd llayiics,
rcsidriirc Muiicir, hid.
(.")) All. I .Moiici' (.l(diiis()ii ) man-icd, -Jiid. Soloiiioii
Adams, a widower, witli two .s()ii>, l)a\id and
(niristoplicr. Ursid.Micc ( "inciiiiiali, Ohio. Child:
Charh-s.
f). deiiira .Moiicc, inanicd I'liah -lohiison. Ivcsidciu'e
lIo|)kiii.s\iMr. Ohio. Thcic were srvcial childi'i'ii.
J dohii F.rwiii. honi Dec. 12. 17(i!). in l{o<d<iii-hain ('(.luity,
Vii'giiiia. .Married. 1st, K.h.-c.-a I'liny. K.d.. I'O, 17!)1
Moved to Ohio and settled in I'liioii Township, I'liioii
Coiuily, ill 1S()7. lie was a stdniol teaeher, and was
faiiiiliarlx- i<nowii as " Xei^hhoi"" I'h'win. to di>t ins^uisli
liiiii from a •lohn Irwin, wlio was Uiiowii as ■■S(|uii'e."
lie died April 4. IS.)!', and is hiiried in .Miteliell Ceme-
tery, one mih' sontheast of .Millord Center, Ohio. Chil-
dren: Nani-\-. .lohn, llariiet, .\iii/i, Sopiiia. iM'ii.iamiii,
:\lary, .lann's.
(4) dohii l']rwin married, L'nd, in ISlMi, Klioda Core\. daugh-
ter oi' Calvin Corey, and widow ol' •lohn Stokes. (She
had I'lnir eliildren h\ liei- lirst hnshand )
5. Naiiey Krwin, honl dan. IS, 17!).".; died .Mareh 1, 1S22.
5. John Hrwin, horn Sept. 28, 17!t7: died .May 2.!. 1S20.
lie studitnl medieine.
5. Harriet Kiwviii, horn Aug. 17, 17I)S; died .\Iar(di 9,
KS2(i.
,'). Am/.: Mrwin. horn Nov. 2.'., ISOI ; died .May 11, 1871).
Married Cathei'ine Chess. She died .luiie 20. 187i).
Kesideu(_'e Meidianieshurg, and later Irwin, Ohio.
ChildiH'ii: John, Thomas Chess, rx'n.iamin. Andrew,
Dorcas, Alice, Mary, also tln'ce who died in infancy,
one of whom was Mai'y (1).
G. Mary (1) Krwin. horn May 28, 18:.(); died Aug. 18,
KS;")!.
6. Joiin Krwin, horn h\'\>. 22. 184.'); did .March '),
■ 1863, at Franklin, Tenii. lie was a memher of Co.
A, 121st Kcg't., O. V. I.
G. Thomas Chess Frwin, horn -)iil\- 2(i, lS4(i; died -luiio
7, 18i)G. Married Mar\ (.'(.(."dnmn, Feh. 17, 1881.
Child: Thomas.
7. Thomas Krwin, l)orn dune 2G, l.S!)ti.
G. Benjamin l']rwin, horn Api'il 11, 18.').'). .Mari'ied
Olive IK. West, 0(d. l(i. 1S7!). Tln^y live on the old
-| ., ._ farm at Irwin, Ohio, wliiidi has heen in IIm' family
i '' ; ■ no years. Children: Crace, Lewis IJ.
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THK .AIcDOWELLS AND CONNECTIONS .{51
7. (Irai-e Krwin, boi'ii Marcli ;'>!, 188."); dit-d Scj)!. 28,
188G.
7. Lewis lii'iijaniiii lOrwiii, born A])ril 25), 188!).
(). Andrew Krwin, born Dee. 12, 18.1*). .Married, 1st,
Sidney I'l. Uavis, Dec. 21), 1881. Tlicy moved to
Kansas, then to Asi)en, Colo., and finally Salt Lake
("ity, lUali. Cliildrcii: William I'., ".Mary liia,
Fletcher Paul.
7. William Chess l']i-\viu, juari'ii'd .Martha Avt-son, in
lUO.").
{{')) Andrew Krwin married, 2nd, Llvina Kei'r, a widow,
with four ehildnn.
0. Dorcas H. lOrwin, born dune, 18r)7; married Albei-t
I'x'MJamin lioots, Dee. 22, 18!)2. lie died .Mai-eh
2.'), 181)8. Child: Kirby Vale.
7. Kirby Vale Hoots, txn-n Feb. :i, 181)4.
G. Alice Lrwin, born June Li, 187)2. Residence, Irwin,
Ohio.
G. ^lary Erwin. born Feb. 1, 18G;L Hesitlence, Irwin. ().
f). Soi)hia Erwin, boin Ai)ril !), 18U;i, in Kentucky. .Mar-
ried Ruben IMummer. a Methodist minister, who was
a native of Canada, near (Quebec. She died -Jan. 25,
1841, or 1842, near Shanon, Texas, where tlu'>- lunl
j,'one foi." lier health. Child: dohn F.
G. dohn Frwin Llunuuer, horn Jan. 26, 18;{;{, at Ilills-
boro, Ohio. Died in 11)04 at Iluntsville, Ark. Mar-
ried, 1st, Sei)tinui (ira\-, whose first husband was
Miller. She died Au^^ 1. 1880. Child:
Mary (iertrude.
7. ]\lary (Jerlrude I'liunmer, born Oct. ."), 18G7; mar-
ried, 1st, Samuel Henderson. Residen(;e, Valley
Springs, Ark. (.'hildren : dohn, Ernest.
7) Mary Oertrude Plummei- (Henderson) nuirried,
2nd, D. Lortiudl, April 11, DOO. Residence
Shawnee, Okla. Child : Lucile. ,? ('.,,, ,\
8. Lucile i*ortnell, born IDOL
(G) John Erwin rinauaer, :\L D.. nuirried, 2nd, :Melis.sa
Lalestiiu^ Phillips, duly A, 1881. She died Aug. 2!).
1912. Children: Erwin, dames R.
7. Erwin Plummer (daughter) born Aug. ;{1, 1882.
Residence Fayetteville, Ark.
7. dames Robert Plummer, M. I)., bom May 12,
1883; married Paidine Smith. Ivesideiu'e, Rock
Port, Miss.
5. I^Iary lErwin, horn Jan. 28, 1807; died dune 27. 1822.
5. James Erwin, horn April 17, 1809; married Elizabeth
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THE McDowells and connections
Leali iiritlin in is.')!. She was a widow, whose first
liushaiid was Kli AiiiliK-r, and li.-r tliird liiishaiid was
.James Vai-liaiii. Kt'sidciict", Toledo, Iowa. He was
a inemher ol' the ;J7th Iowa Infantry, Co. I). It was
called tlu' ( 1 1'ayheai-d Ixe^Mineiit, as the iiieuihers were
all 4.') years of a^e or older. He died May 14, 186:{,
shortly aftei- heinj^ mustered out of sei'viee. Cliil-
di-eii: lienjamin H., Harriet Iv, .John b\
6. Henjamin iJrittin Krwin, horn April 1:5, 185:5, in
Ohio. Married .Martha Brown. Kesidence Iloyt,
Kansas. Ten children, as follows:
7. l^ruee Krwin, married Rose Cisco, IJesidenee, To-
peka, Kan. Two children.
7. Isaac K. JM'win, married .Mahel h:astman. Resi-
dence, \ew|)ort. Wash. One child.
7. Sarah !.. iM-win, married Letcher Mann. Ciiil-
dren: Nellie, -John and four othei's.
7. ("arl Krwin, nmri-ied -li nnie McDou^^dl. Resi-
dence, Newport, Wash. Two children.
7. Ivan Krwin, nmi-ried Florence Cutter. Residence,
Mayetta, Kan. ChiUl: Edwin.
7. Eva Krwin, school teaelu'r. Residence, lloyt. Kaii.
7. Ray Krwin. Resilience, Iloyt, Kan.
7, Fay P^rwiu, Residence, Iloyt, Kan.
7. Claude Krwin. Residence, Iloyt, Kan.
7. Ruth iKrwin. Residence, Iloyt, Kan.
6. Ilari'iet Kvaline I'lrwin, horn Au^. 18, 18r)4; mar-
ried Adelherl Rice. Residence, iMU'eka, Kan. Chil-
dren: Mahel, Nellie, Clyde, Ralph.
7. Mahel Ivice, married Stanley Hate. One child.
7. Clyde Rice, nnirried . One child.
7. Nellie Rice, married ('has. Hate. Three children.
6. .John Franklin Krwin, horn Auc?. 20, 185!), married
Alice Kmnui Sweatt, Aju-il 20, 1887, at Toledo,
Iowa. Resitience lii-ookinys, S. 1). Children: Ada
H., Ruth K.
7. Ada Heatriee Krwin, hoi-n Aug. 26. 1888. Teacher,
Hrookings, S. 1).
7. Ruth Kdith Krwin, horn Feh. 17, 18!)U; nmrried
Irwin J. Hihhy, Aug. U, i;»14. Residence, State
College, Penn.
5. Benjamin Krwin, M. I)., born Jan. 2C, 180,'). in Nicho-
las County, Ky., married :\lai-tha Finley Cook, Nov.
12, 18;};{. Residence, Ilopkinsville and Twenty-:Mile-
Stand, Ohio. lie died Ai)ril la, 1862. Buried at
Ilopkijvsville. His wife died Jan. :{(). 1870, on her
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THE McDOWRLLS AND CONNECTIONS 353
G4tli hirtluliiy, and was hiiriod at liidianola, Iowa.
Cliildivii: Kli/.al)('tli S., Joliii, William, Ccor-^f li.,
.Jane S., Margaret 15.
G. Kli/al)etli vStcwail Hrwiii, horn duly 2, lh:{5; mar-
ried Rev. Dr. doim Caldwell, Oet! 24, ISJii. lie
di.'d duly IT), 188;5. Siie died Keh. 24. 1H!)7. lioth
arL' Ituri'ed at Canton, Penn. Children: William
II., Martha L., Edward Iv
7. William Henry Caldwell, horn dan. 21, 1857 ; died
Oct. 27, 1873.
7. Martlui Leah Caldwell, horn duly 2 5. 18.")!). Resi-
dence Hloomshurg, Penn.
7. Edward Erwin Caldwell, horn K( h. 24, 18(i7;
married Esther (Jedtlis, dune dO, l!H)!). lie is a
mail carrier, Ulooinshurg, l*enn.
a. dohn Erwin. horn March Id, 18d7; died March 8,
18d<).
G. (ieorge Bigham lOrwin, liorn Dec. d, 1S4U; dieil dan.
Id, I84d.
G. dane Sarah Erwin, horn duly 11, 184d; ilie.l .\ov.
22, 1852.
G. Margaret Kigham Erwin, horn April 24, 184G; mar-
ried doel Thomas Ilufiman, Oct. 12, 18G7. He
died .dan. 15, 1916. Residence, Indianola, Iowa.
Cdiildren: Erwin, George li.
7. Erwin Huffman, t)orn Nov. ){, 1874; nmrried
Anna Stone Walker. .May 21), 1!)0!). Residence,
Chicago, 111.
7. (ieorge Black Huffman, horn dan. 2U, 1877. He
is a jeweler, resilience indianola, iowa.
6. William Erwin, .M. D., horn Dec. 11, 18:58; married
Ann Cooke, April 2, 1874. He dieil Feh. 2G, 1!)()2.
Residence, Indianola, Iowa. Children: Richard B.,
Edmund P., Ruth E.. Huhert C.
7. Richard Patton iErwin, horn March 28, 1875;
married Edith May (Jillespie, dan. 7, 11)09. He
is a music teacher. Residence. Boise, Idaho.
Child: Richard P.
8. Richard Patton Erwin, horn dan. 28, 1;)1U.
7. Ivlmund Banl Erwin, horn dan. 19, 1879; married
Minnie Olive Bowerso.x, duly 29, 1908. Both
are osteopathic physicians. Residence Larkin.s,
Florida. Children :"xMax E., Edmund. Paul V. B.
8. Ma.x Frederick Erwin, horn Aug. 2, 191d.
8. Edunmd l^rwin, horn dune 27, 1914; died same
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THE McDOWKIJ.S A.\l) (M).\NI.:(-riONS
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PJl.').
7. Until Iviiia llrwin, born -Inly '2, 18SU. Kesiilcneo
liitlianobi, iowa.
7. llubci-t Cooke I'lrwJij, Imu'ii April l(i, KSH.'). lie is
also ail o.sU't)]»at liic jjliysit-iaii. Kcsiilcnci; Jii-
(liaii(>4a, Iowa.
MK\S. AlAri: KKWIN HUDSON.
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Alice Jsrwiii lliulson was boi'ii in iicr ratlier's liomc, in Wash-
ington Comity, Texas, not far Irom the lowji oi' liKltpciulcneCj l)e-
eembci- ]2lli, l.SbS. lln- father, Dr. Lyenrgiis Krwin, with his wife,
Sallie Hawkins J^'win, having eoiue to Texas from their old hoiiii' in
Maury County, Teiin., like so many others. b'a\ing their homes of
comfort, eullure and refinement, to east their \o{ and share the
pioiu'cr liardships (.1' early 'J'exas thi.ys, thus laying the foundation
in a new land, of thai broad eidtured eitizenship tiiat now is the
proud boasl of tlu' Lone Star Slate.
Dr. and .Mrs. l-n'win mo\ed to Bryan, the eoiinty site of Jira/.os
County, while their daughter Aliee ^vas still a small ehild, and there
she grew to gentle womanhood, her eusii'onnn'iil and edueation
deepening and broadening that innate refinement and culture that
was hers by right of inheritance.
On .January r)th, lS8(i, she was united in marriage to Victor
liritlon Hudson, a bi-illiant Noung lawyer, who afterwards became
County Attorney, District Attorney and County .Judge. The ro-
mance of girlhood culminating at the altar was the beginning of a
beautiful ideal married life; of a home thai was the center of love,
culture and liosjiitality uiibouii(h'd. Two children were born into
this home, and grew uj) in its nurture and beauty to lo\'ely woman-
hood, and clii\alrou.s manhood, the ])ride and joy of their parents'
hearts. They are Hattye Lou, now .Mrs. Wayne \V. I^vans, of Hugo,
Oklahoma, and Cliarlie Drilton lliulson, successful member of his
father's, .ludge Hudson's, long established law firm.
Mrs. Hudson was e\er a dcNOlcd, untiring and unselfish wife
and motlu'r. Her lioiin' and home life was always first in her
thoughts and cai'c. Hers, howe\ er, was a nature, so energetic, so
large, an intellect so keen and broad, that her interests could not
l)e confined merely within the limits of the lioiim that was her cen-
tei'. and from it In i' influence radiated in all dii'eclions. llei- in-
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;i5t) THE MCDOWELLS AND CONNEt'TIOXS
tcrests ('X])ro.ssed ilioins(.'lv(.'.s in llu- work of tlir cliiiiH-li. iiiui iil-
though a MetliodisT, her iiioni'v and tiiiu- were •^hcn Ircoly to all.
Till' civic impi'uvt incuts of tlu- town, ihc hctternicnt ami uplift
of its people found in hei- a leadei-, cnlliusiastic and effieiciit. \n
addition to her chureh ami hencNolcnt organizations, she was a
nuMuher of the 1). A. K.. the IK I). ("., the Woman's Cluh and thi
Eastern Star.
Slu- was keenly interested in the work of the T. 1). C. and the
J). A. U., and in the last years of her life the study of genealogy
heeaiue one of iier keenest pleasui'es, with it all, she ne\er forgot
the poor, the siek and the sori'owlul. ►Siie filled so many plaet'S
and filled them so well, so utterly without ostentation, that it was
no wonder that she was so generally lieloved, ami that the sudden
eall of the (Jrim lieaj)er, eame as a persoiud gritf to an entire eom-
munity. At noon, on Thursday, daiuuiry tith, 1!)1(J, her pure soul
look its flight into the gi'eat IJeyond— the day hefoi-e had heeii her
wedding anniversary; the Clii'istmas season had heen an unusually
hapj)}' one, a)id she seemed so eheerfnl, so ga>-. Only her closest
friends knew that thi'ough it all she was \ery unwell, hut none sus-
l)eeted the end to he so near.
The funeral was held from the family resiiienci' the next after-
noon, at -i o'clock. It was one of the largest e\t'r seen in iJryan.
Kieh and poor, "all sorts and contlitions of men," came to do honor
to the woman who was never too tired to pro\e a power of cheer
for everyone, and never too husy to he kind. The floral id'iVrings
I'rom loving friends from all over the State, and from the \ai'ious
oi'gani/ations of which she was a iin'nd)er, formed indeed an ex-
(piisite trihute to her l)eloved mi'mory. InternuMit was made ai the
City Cemetei-y, and the ser\ices were conducted hy the pastor of
the Methodist Church, of whi(di she was a loyal UHMid.er.
A vei'y clear estimate ol' Mrs. Alice Krwin Hudson's charactei*
is expressed in the following memorial vei-sc, which appeared in the
local paj)er, written hy hei' fi'iend, the Kev. Kandoljih Kay. Rector
of the Kpiseojjal Church :
Star of the Kast, Love's messenger and thou
The Ileavejdy guide of human lu-arts ....
Beaming hi-ightly on thy heauteou.s l)i()W
To vision of (lod's Own scW imparts.
Loved ones, dear and losing friemls,
Through the tear that dim the eye
See Thee, as thy sweet soul ascemis
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Thy fellows all, wlio wallu'il tlu' way
So narrow and so hard to ker|),
Thou >,'av('st a word, a swoet good day.
And on llicy WiMit, hut ccascil to wct"']>.
All, rieh and poor, loved well thy .suule;
The world is better tor thy lite.
Thy ton-jiie tii'at praised, hut spoke no ^iiile
And held to peace aniitlst the strit'e.
I'ro^ness ever, was thy glad song,
^ I'rogi-ess. too, thy latest hreath,
Koi- all was clear with (Jod along,'
And life is thine, there is no death.
In Paradise, kind heai-t, find grace.
The light, the truth, thou di.lst yearn lo see.
With gold and myrrh thou sought His face,
And tiius hast found thine own Ki)iphany.
Another beautiful tribute is that from the D. A. R 's •
"Whereas, To our infinite sorrow, the (irini Heajxr Death has
removed Irom our inidsl our beloved friend and <-o-worker Airs
Alice hrwiii Iludsoi., who.se life was a presence to be felt aiul known.'
'Ill darkness and in light, from herb and stone,
Spreading itself where'er that power may move,'
Which has withdrawn her being to its own;
Which wields the world with never wearied love,
Sustains it from beneath and kindles it above.'
••Therefoie be it, Resolved, That we show our love and aitpre-
ciation of her efficient service, zeal, her gentleness and beautiful
nature by holding her as an example of noble womanhood; one
whose soft voice, though hushed, lingers in our memory, as a deli-
cate ])erfume of some rare flow^'r lingers after the flower is dead,
so will her influence continue. For a life as hei's 'their work.s do
follow them.'
"Resolved, That we extend our heartfelt sympathy to the be-
reaved family.
'Out of the day and night
A joy has taken flight.
All things we love and cherish
Like ourselves must fade and perish.'
"We must look to Him who is the Healer, who bringeth light
out of all darkness."
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TI1I<: AKClllliAl.l) IRWIN FAMILY. : ' ' '
Hy Hcv. Cliaiics h\ li-\viii. ^,
Archihakl Imviii was tlie i)ro^e)iilui' of a numerous ramily, scat-
tered today throuKliout the United States, and intei-nuirried into
many other rauiilies. No del'iiiite date as to his father aiul earlier
kill is at hand in exaet form, though tradition is almost as strong
as I'aet. His forefathers lived in the colonies hefoi'e the Uevc.lution,
in Piinisylvania, and took part in the early colonial uais. One of
them was present at Braddoek's Defeat, and later serNcd through
the Revolution.
This family is of Irisli extraction. And all clues i)oii)t to an
identity with the -laiiU'S Irwin branch from which sprang President
Harrison.
Archihald Irwin was born Jan. 25, 1768, in New Jersey. In
January 22, 1789. he nuirried Kli/abeth Fletcher, boi-n on Novem-
l)er 27, 1768, in the same Stale. TFe died in Pittsburg, I'enn., Aug.
14, 1846; and his wife in Evan's City, Peini., Dec. 2!), 1850.
He was an educated and bi-oadIy read man for his time, and
was the first teacher in Butler County, Penn. AnH)ng his i)uj)ils
wei-e boys who later became national in reputation.
To this cou|)le Avere boi-n ten children, eight boys and two girls.
They scattered when they reached mature yeai's, aiul no effort being
uuule to keep in touch with each othei-, were lost to one another's
knowledge until within recent years, wdien a nu)veuuMd was started
by l?ev. Charles F. Irwin, a descendant, to gather them into a com-
pact organization. This is va])idly taking sha])e. All but two or
thi-ee of these braiu'hes have l)een fully traced, ami ai-e in toucdi
with Rev. ]\Tr. Trwin.
Their nanu's and families follow: '
1. William Trwin. born January 19, 1790. His family moved
westwai'd in the early decades or the nineteenth century, one daugh-
ter marrying a Hraham. All other ti-aees ai'e lost.
2. Charles Trwin, born Octolier 10, 1791. He married in 1857,
Lida Glenn, and settled in Clintoii\ille, Pa. To Ihem were born ten
children :
l^iliza, who married David j\lood>-, of Pittsl)urg, Pa.
William, wdio married Ann Craham, of Pittsbui-g.
Jolin, twin to William, who married Saiah Ca\itt, of Clinton, Pa.
Jose])li, wdm mai'ried Sarah ^IcCartiu\v. of Clinton. Pa.
IMatilda, who married T'^dward Hall, of Clinton, Pa.
Ar(diibald, Avho died in infancy. ' ' ,
Ceorge W., who also died in infanc.y.
James, who married Xane.\ •!. ^Ie(^ond>, Beaver, Pa.
Mary, who was unmai'ried and lived with her lirother William.
Isabel mai'ried to Samuel Hall, Clinton, T'a.
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300 THE McDOVVELLlS AND CONNECTIONS
o. .Joliii l'\ Ifwiii, Itorii Auy;ust -G, 171):). He niai-ricd Mary
Hiittz, Franklin County. I'a. lie luuj,'lit throuoli tlic war of 1812,
^Icxiean War, and ('i\il War. Ilr ri'crived a ;;()\ I'rniiu'nt y:rant of
land in Illinois, and moved llici-t" a ffw year.s before his dealh, wliieli
oceurred on June 4, Ls7<S, at Henry, 111. Their ehildren were:
Sarah Ann, who married Henry Kirk, r.utler, I'a. Th. y hael a
nnml)er of ehildren.
]\raria, who mari-ied (Jraham, ami died in llarwood. Mo.
Matihla, w lu) imii-ried Kli iJraeken.
Martha, who inari-ied Daniel Cjrahani.
Robert S.. who married Lydia A. Fosdiek.
Charles B.
KIUmi. who married Calvin Ditdd, and lives in Wicdiita, Kan.
4. :Matilda, born October 2G, 17!)."). She married David Pride,
Pittsburg. She is the ancestress of Mrs. Jeroiiu- (^)uay. late consid
at Florem-e, Italy. Her lionu' is Sewiiddey, Pa.
,"). Pressley, !iorn .januai'y 4. 17!)<S. He married Susan Oiler,
Pedford Comity. Pa. He had nnnu'rons (ddldren. Some were as
follows:
]\Iai'cus, who went West years ago and settled in Colorado.
Lawrence, nuirried to Lueinda Cluunbers, i*ennsyl\ania.
Mary, married to JMatl.
Hai-riet, mai'ried to Hegus.
Chai'les K., livinjif in Venanj,'o ('ounty, Pa. \ ■. . ' . .■
Kli/abeth. nuirri(Hl to Heplei".
Charlotte, married to William Mortinn-i'.
(). Ceorffe W., born A|)ril 1.'), 1800. .Married Or/.illa Haimah,
Pittsburg', Pa. This man was a iiunnber of the erew of Hie first
steamboat on western waters. An ancestor of President Koosevelt
was in command of the v.-sscd. The ceidennial of hei- launching
will occur in Pittsburg in 1!)11. His fanuly are seattei-ed and are
promineid in their several vicinities. One l)raneh moved to Tennes-
see before the Civil War. and still reside in Nashville. His (diildiTU
were as follows :
Charles F., nmirit'd to (1) Ann Wldte, (2) Sarah Cole. Their
children are li\ing mostly in Ohio, in Steidienville and
Newark.
M-dvy Ann, married to Henry Kirkpatrick, Pittsburg, Pa. Her
family live I'uostly in Pittsburg.
Elizabeth, nuirried to Alonzo Burleigh, Nashville. Teini.
John A., married to Margaret F. Colvin, Pittsbuig, Pa. He was
a prominent business nuin of Butler ('ounty, I'a., at his
death, and has bd't a nundx-r of (ddldren living in Fvans
' City. i'a.
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7. (VawloiM. ).„ii, .),ni(. 17, 1.S02. All traces of iiis lino are lost
'^- -^iHn-us l-\, Inn-n Au-i.st 21, l8Ur,. Jle marnca Nancy Mc-
Aaii^hton, ol IMitshui-, l)(M'n in Ireland, lie was prominently i.len-
tihcd in tlu" early pari (.f tlie ninrteentli eentnry in the interests of
his native city, I'lllslun--. " He was a contractor and served for years
as market supervisin'. His children were as follows:
Archihald. died in infancy,
•lanu's Koss, died in infaiu-y.
Aj^'jn-s. married to Williaiu Woods, rittsl)nr<<, i'a.
Thomas, nnmai ried.. Served throughont the Civil War in the
I'ennsyhania troo])s.
(JeorKe W., mari-ie.i to .Martha A. :\lorse. I>ittsl)urg, Pa. His
(diildreii Hi'e :
A(]a .1., died in yonni; womanhood.
Arminda I'., nmrrieil toiKdward Stotz, Pittshnrj^, architect.
Charles F., married to Kmnui Mnnce. Presbyterian miidster
in Belle Centre, prominently identified with the na-
tional society of the clan, mimely, "The Irvine Society
of Amoi-ica."
•Mary, unmari-ied; died in 1908.
!>. Marv Ann, horn Novend.er S, 1S()7. Married Andrew P()<;^'s,
Kvans City, Pa. Her cliildren were as follows:
P(d)ert 1. Po<;os, mai-ried (1) :\lary Hamilton (2) Kmma Schutt.
His cldldren live mostl\- near Pitlshui-f,'. One descendant is
I»ev. Ivlwai-d flihson, Nohlesvillo, Ind.
William, nmrried (]) Sarah Critchlow (2) Harriet (Vitchlow.
His childi'en live in and near Pittsburg.
Matilda, married to Iv I>. fiillespie. ITer son, Harry 1$., lives in
Detroit. Midi, and is connected M'ith the Novell and Ked-
field families of that State, who came from Yir!:rinia.
•lames, mari-ied lo :\lelissa Campbell.
10. Thomas J,, born Tnlv .1, 1812. ]\Iarried to Eacliel A. Tlarri-
mon. lialtimore. :\Id. His children were as follows.
Addison W., married to E!i/.al)eth Barkley. She lives in Sioux
City, Towa, and her family are prominent in the affairs of
tliat place.
•Tosophine. married Elliot Davis, Pittsburg.
Ellen, unmarried. A teacher in the schools of Pittsburgh for
many years. Lives in Wilkinsburgli, Pa.
David, married to ]\lar\- Thompson. A business man of Noi'th-
side, Pittsburg, Pa.
One remarkable fact about this connection is the variety of
spelling of tlio name. Part of these ten children spell it with an
"I"; part with nn "E." One late connoction lias changed their
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THE McUOWlOLLS AND C(JNNI<:CT10Nri
iiiiiiic tVoiii li-\viii to li'\iiic, iIi(>ii,l;Ii tlicrc is iio waiTaiit lor siicli
(•liaii<;(' ill tlu' raiiiily liistor.w One line rliani^cd iVdiii Irwin in Mr-
win, due to the taste of a wil't- inarrird into tin' lonncft ion. who
preferred this mode of spelling.
The rainily of Ar(diil)ald Irwin has het'ii idenliiied with every
war ill Amcriea since 17;{(). .Many laniilies oT liis deseinidanis sent
vvivy male of age into the M'i'\ice. Tlie trades and the jirol'essioiis
iia\-e e\cry one of them fonnd one (d' this line in them. The>' liaN't'
heeii mal'ked for their .solirie<> and iiitei:rit\-. Tlu' ncdi'd is thus:
Aridiihald Irwin, his son. .\larrns \'\, his son, (ieoi-v \V., his son
Charles l'\, his son, Charles h\. ha\c nexci- loiiclied a drop of in-
toxicants as a he\-eragt'. '^hi^ record standi lUl^ulpa^^ed in the
history ol' our countr}'.
l''i'oiii all traditions and some most (hd'inite, \\ r are joined to
the Irwiiis \\ith whom President Harrison was allied. .My father
alwa.Ns said that his great aunt was Ii<irrison"s giandmot her. If
Ihis can he estahlished as a fact, and I am working on it. il will
push us hacdc to dames Irwin, who was horn in Ireland early in the
eighteenth centur\'.
The traditions in (wdei' that come to ns are thc^e. Tlieic was a
(dergymaii in Ircdand who had sevei'al hc.ys and giiN, The eldest
hoy dei'ided he would come to .\mcrica. and diil so. His son or
grandson hecame my grandfather. Here exact faiiiil\- liislory c()m-
meiices.
in the pei-iod of tratlilion, howexcr, there is the slory of an an-
cestor horn hy the wa\side. while the fainil\- were fleeting from
the Indians toward l''ort lOric, I'a., where I'wde, I'a.. now stands.
Also that one (d' these for( fatlici's fought with the Virginia I'anger^
at liraddoid<"s Field, iindci- Washington, at thai disastrous time.
That he also fouuht through the Wev(.liili(Hi under Washington.
I jiossess a powder horn which has come down thioiigh father and
son for generations, with ihc tradition thai il was carried through
the lie\()lution. I have ih) papers i>v c\ idciice 1o eslahlish this,
however. It is a monlh to mouth story. lIowc\cr my father's
father received it from ids father, and this old gcnllrmaii was horn
in 1768, so that it looks like the real thing.
(ieorge Irwin (6) was one of the crew of the first sleamhoat
to ply on the Ohio and the .Mississippi, iiamcl\ the one officei-ed hy
the ancestor of President Koose\cl1. Some years hid'orc the Civil
War he went to Xasli\ille, Teiiii.. and set up in Imsincss. I think
it was the lumher husiness. And was doing a good hade at the out-
hreak of the war. lie heing a I'nionist aroused the passions of jiis
neighhoi's, and he came north lo Pittshnrg. Ilowi'\cr, during the
military l)attles around that cit\, .Xashville. Tenn., he was of serv-
ice to the government. He volnnlarily offered his lumher to the
government. For whieii. hv the wav, the government has never
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made rcliini. lie went oi.l \n the l.alllc liiu, aiid lounht thr(Mi"li
one or thr battles in his eivilian attire. U,. helped to -iKii'd the ertv
water serviec tor some time. Several (d' his ehildreii were horn iii
Nashvdle, and soii.e of their deseeiidanls are now Ininn- tliei-e.
.JAKi:i) IKWIX OF I'KWSVLVAXIA.
liy Irwin Mahon.
Ill 17;{7 Kol)ert .Alont-iomery and Sarah, his wil'e (uniiden name
unknown), eame to Ameriea fi'om County Ai'iiia-h, Irelaml, and
settled near the pi'esent site of I larrishur^-, Pennsylvania.
Their son, Hugh .MoiitKoiuer\-, married iwier.' Name of first
wife unknown. His second wife was dane Ahij-ail Keys, whose fa-
ther was Robert Keys, of Westmoreland County, Penns\ Ivaina.
Hugh Montgomery and Abigail Keys, his wife, had a daughter,
Naiu-y, who married dared Irwin, wdio in 18l;i was Shei-iff of North-
uud)erland County, Pennsylvania. His father is believed to have
been nanu'd dai'ed, as Naney .Montgomery's husband is fre(|uently
refei-red to as dared Irwin, dr.
Tiiey had a daughter named Ann Klizabeth Irwin, wlio married
Lewis Caton. of INfaryland, but whose later life wa.s spent near Pitts-
Purg. Pennsylvania. The eldest son of Lewis Caton and Aim Eliza-
beth Irwin was named Irwin Lewis ^Montgoau'ry Caton. and became
a Piesbyterian minister.
In_1888 he married (lertrude Poole, of Philadelphia, Pa., who,
with his two daughters, survive liim.
The eldest daughter, (Jeitrude Knnua, married in l!)ll John
Kdward Sampson, of Kentu(d<\, and lias two childi-en— dohn Ed-
wards. .\r., and Irwin ]\rorris.
The second daughter of the Pev. Irwin Lewis Caton is also
named Irwin Lewis, the name Irwin Ixdng borne in eaidrsuccee.ling
genei-atioji — even tlirough the female line.
In the ohituary column of the "(la/ette," publi.^hed Thursdav.
Jan. 2S, 1810, is the following note:
"We have the regret to reeord the death of the gallant Colonel
Jared Irwin, an officer undei- the independent government of New
(iianada, in South Ameriea, and formei-ly a representative in the
Congress of the United States, from Sunbuiw, in Pennsvlvania.
"In the summer of 1.817 he joined the small |)atriotic band un-
der Ceneral McCregor, that had for the ultimate object the con-
(piest of Florida, and took possession of Aimdia; on its evacuation
he persi'vered in his laudable nmtives, and passed over to the West
Indies, whei-e, after visiting some of the i)atriot posts, repaii'ed with
a large body of pah'iots to Santa Catalina, preparatory to descent
on the coast of Cranada. He ^vas Ixdoved by his companions in
arms for ])ei-severanee. constancy and courage— cardinal virtues,
and indispen.sable to the intrepid soldiers of revolution.
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••lie was liijrhl.N- respected lor his iiilellii,^('iiee and integrity, and
in liis deatli tlie friends of South Auiei'iean Knianeipat ion have h)st
an ardent. zeah)us and faithl'ul athoeate."
.IAKl<:i) IRWIN AND DIvSCKNDANTS, (W riKNNSVI.VANlA.
Jiy Anna V. Smith, (Jlen ]\Ioor, Ta.
Tlie Irwin faniily are of Seoteh origin, and perliai)s the first of
the family as far as can betraced was -Jared — horn ahont IGo.") — who
was forced to leave his beloved highland honui by reason of relig-
ious i)ei'seeutioji. lie being a rigid Covenanter. He found a home
in the Kmerald Isle, from thence his children, five in number, emi-
gratetl to America — settled in 17'20 in Mount Holly, N. -l., but sid)-
sr(juently removed with their families to (.'hester County, Pa.
(ieoi'ge Irwin the first, the elder, died 1748 — nuin-ied Miss
•Jane Matlock, an Irish lady of good family (daughter of William
and .Mary JNIatlock, New Jersey) and both now slee]) in the old
Seceder graveyard near Hrandywine manor.
Kdward nutrritd .Miss Woodard, settled on the iJi-andy-
wiiu% ami reared the following children:
John James, who married his cousin Mary ((Jeorge's daughter),
William; 'rheojjhelous married Miss Barr, and lived and died, aged
So years, in lii'amly wine, is l)uried at Brandywine ^lanor.
I']lizal)eth married Lieut. Joseph Darlington. Mary mariied
Mr. James Lockhart, of Brandywine.
(leorge 2nd (son of (Jeorge 1st) settled in Honey Bi-ook, Pa., on
the banks of the Brandy wiiu', two miles southeast of Wayiusburg
(now Iloneybrook), and reared the following children:
William, who married his cousin, (irace Darlington, and is fa-
ther of (Iraee Dunwoodies and Sarah Allen. He was buried at P>ian-
dywine Manor, aged 72 years; died 17!)4.
(Jeorge .'}rd married Hebekah Porter; died 181"), aged 88 years; is
intei-red at the S(!ceder graveyard.
John nuirried Isabella Porter; is intei-red at Brandywiiu' Manor
gra\'eyard; aged 1)1 years; died 1824.
Archibald married his cousin ^largaret. Edward's daughter;
reared a family in Brandywine. and afterwards I'emoved to >s'()rtli-
und)erland County, Pennsylvania, and died.
Alexander and Robert went South, ])erha])s to Carolina; all
knowledge of them is now lost.
Jared, the seventh son — born 17JG; nnirrietl Miss Mar.\- Lafert}'
(or Laverty), and reared his childi-en in the old homestead in Honey-
bi-ook, and died in West Nantnu'al Township, Chester ('oinit.w Penn-
sylvania, at his son Isi'aid's. and rests with the wife of hi^ youth in
the Seceder graveyard; died Sept. 25, 1815, aged 71) .vears.
E/ekial, born 17()(); died 184:}, in Lebenon Coiuitw Ohio.
Isreal, born 17(52; died 1827. Jai'ed born 17(i4,"died 1820, in
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lilair County, rciiiisylvaiiia ; Lcticia, horn 17H(), died l,s;{4, in I'aii-
toii, Oliio; Samuel, Im.i-u 1771, die, I LSI:); Maiy Stuart, hum 177:{,
• licil 1!)1G; Kcziah Coiildcr, horn 177(i, died ]St]";{; Mmy liwiti honi
1778, died 1855.
(Jc'or^U' li-win (2ud), nian-icd— was rather of .
William Irwin died 171)4, niari'ied.
(Jeorge Irwin ;}i(l nmrried Kehekaii I'orter. -
•lohn Irwin nuur'ied isahidla Porter.
•Jared, seventii son, married Mary Lat'erly.
l">dward Irwin nuirrieil Miss Wooilward.
Daugliter, Eli/.aheth Irwin, married Lieut. Joe l)arlin«-t„ii.
(Jrace Irwin mai-ried James Dunwoodies.
Sarah Dunwoodies married Samuel Lewis.
Jemima Lewis married Davis Koherts Smith, pai-eids uf —
Sarali Lewis Smith,
Edgar A. Smith,
■ : , '■' Walker IL Smith, '' - '■ ' ' "^■•^-: ■ '- - ' "^ :-
Anna V. Smitli.
PATRICK EKWL\ OP VIK(il\IA AND DPSCPNDA.XTS.
James Prwin. son of i'atri(d; Li'wiii of Vii'^inia, who was of
Seoteh-lrish (h'seent. eanu' rr(.iii Virginia and settled in Past Ten-
nessee in the early jiarl of the Xineteenlh Century, lie was a larmer
and a Christian gentleman. He nuirried Pehc'eca .McKimiex and
heeame tlie head of a large family. Janu's Prwin ilied in .\ioiu-oe
County, November. 1S5;{. Peheeea Prwin died August, 1S8L>; huried
at l*]l)eue/er Churehyard, .Monroe Co\inty, Ivist Teniu'ssee.
William P. Prwin, oldest son of Jauu's ami Kehrcea Ivrwin ; horn
in Monroe 'County, Past Tennessee; still living; nuirried in .Monroe
County, Novemhei-, 1852, to .Mary (livens.
CIIILDKPN OP WILLIA.M P. PPvWI.X A.XD .MARY CIVP.NS:
1. Texas Pu-win.
2. T]u)mas C. l^i'win, horn in Monroe Co., Prh. 22, 1885.
■i. James A. 10iw\ in, horn in .Moni'oe Co., 1857.
4. Rohert Prwin. horn in Moiu'oe Co., 18(i(). ' '
5. Callie Erwin, horn in Monroe Co.. 18(i;{.
0. i\Iiller Prw.in, hoi-n in .Monroe Co.. 18ti7. •'' '■'
7. Klla Krwin-, hoi-n in .Monroe Co.. 18()8.
8. liueiui iPrwin, horn in Moni'oe Co.. 1870. ''■ '
9. Pdua Pari Prwin, horn in .Monroe Co., 1,S75.
10 Nina and Nena (twins), horn in .Monroe Co 1872 (Neua
died 3872).
n. Willie May Prwin. Ixuwi in .Monroe Co., Ih78.
Thonuis C. hu-win, son of William and .\Iai\- i'hwin, hoi'u at
Madisonville, Peh. 22. 1855; still living; nuirried a't Kingstoi'. Tenn.,
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Nov. 24. 1,S7!». t.) MiM-aivt 11. Wrstci', dau-liltT of Dr. .John W. Wcs-
t»'i-, honi at Kiii<i,s!()ii, Tc'iiii., .Ma\-, iSii], liviii>i-.
Tlioiiias (". Krwiii is a |)r.)iniiiciit iiicn-lmut al ( 'lial taiiooo-;,
Tcmi., ail. I also ii, llie Jiuivaiit il,' luisiiicss in .\f\v V.n'k and Uic
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Insh aiK-cshy. TIp. Krwii, lionieslra.l stands on a j.ioiid nninmL-e
comniandm- a vumv unsuipassrd in hraiity, tin- most jn'onuiu'id and'
dclijihtlul on Lookout .Mountani, ovci'looking tlu- eitv of ( 'hat tano(j-
|,M, 'l\'Jiii., the sui-i-oundin- country and jiiany hislorir jx.mts and
lialtlrticlds.
CIIILDKKN OF TllO.MAS ('. l.KWIN AND MAKCMil'l' II
WlvSTKK.
1. Maude Wester J^i'win, horn al Kini^ston, Tenn., Au>i'. 24,
l.SSO; married ta-or^e Wiiddeman oT Cineiiuiati Ohio a't Lookout
.Mountain, Oet. 4, l!)07.
2. Kol'l'ie .May iM'win, hoin al K'otdvwood, Tenn Sept ') hSS"'
married William Kleleher Jlouell al Lookout Mouiilain .\ov. -Ju,
'>. .Margaret Jlamilton Lrwin, horn at Roekwood, Tenn Au''
2;{, ISS."). Said to he the most heaulilul wtnuan in Tennessee.
4. T. ('. Krwin, dr., horn at Chattanooga, Tenn., Feh. 20, 1,S87.
• ). Thomas Carlton Mrwin. horn at Chattanooga, Tenn Oet 6
(i. -Josephine Westei- Lrwin, horn at Lookout .Mountaiji Nov.
J 4, IS!);{.
.MAIIDF FKWIX W INKLFMAN.
-Maude Krwin Winkhnian, horn at Kingston, Tenn.- eldest
daughter of Thom.Ms C. and Margaivt We.ster Ki-win.
MAU(iAKLT 11 A. MILTON LRWIN.
•Margaret Hamilton Mrwin of Lookout Mouidain, who won the
honor of henig ealled the most heautilul wonum in the Slale of
Tennessee', was horn near Kingston, Last Tenne.ssee ; the third
(laughter of Thomas C. and .Margai'et Wester Erwin.
•)()sephiiie Wester Krvin. Taken from a leading magazine is the
lollowing:
■'Tlie knights of old. in seaivh of the fountain of voulli. had
tlK'y gon.' to historie Lookoid .Mountain, wouhl have r'luled rh.-ir
u'^iMd. nngs Iheiv-eonfi.h'ut Ihat Ihe i-egion which pro.luced v:eli
v.x.pnsite gems of womanly heauly must lu'cessarily possess the fa-
hlcd secret of man's jn'rennial youlh. .\owhere in llie w.hole galaxv'
ol states can he found a longer I'osler of heaulies than in the Volun-
I'H'r State. Wh.'ther it is h.caus,. ih.- skies are hluer, the water
purer and natur." nn.re lavish with all her richness than in orlier
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THI': McDOWKI.LS AND (!()NNK('TU).\S
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GENERAL B. J. U. IRWIN
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THE McDowells and connections 315
states, or whether it is hy vii'luc of loii^' lines of iii)i-iKlit, t'carlcss
and cultured aneestors, certain it is that the women ol' Tennessee
are known the world over as hij^liest types oT female ciMnelint'ss.
'■D(,'scended rrom Revolutionar\- heroes on hulh >i(h's of their
families, the family records contain many of the iihislrious I'oinulei's
of the commonweal' h. The lOrwiii home, a handsome spacious house,
stands on a |)roud eminence eommanding a \iew uiisuri)assed for
heauty and griindeur. Here Mr. and Mrs. Hrvin deliyht to dispense
that cordial hospitality so typically Southern, and herr it is the
pleasure of the nuist heautifid woman in Tennessee to !'eeei\e her
fi'iends in a ha]»i)y, hospitahle lionu'."
— Taylor-Ti-otwood Magazine, Sept., 11)07.
(JKNERAL H. J. I). IRWIX.
(ieiieral H. -). 1). Irwin, chieftain of the Irwin Society of Auu-r-
ica, died at his country home ("ohoui-},', Ontai'io, ("aiunla, on Dec. IT),
1!)17 and was buried at the United States Military Academy, West
Point, N. V. His oldest son is hrigadiei'-geiu'ral, and on the fij^ditinj^-
line in France with Field Artillery. His oldest son is ('ai)t. Hufford
Leroy Irwin, Field Artillery, U. S. A.
IRVINE, ANOESTOR OF SCOTTISH KlXdS.
In did) of Dec. ;}()th, :\lr. Hen li-ving nuuitions that the lrvint,'s
, have dwelt from time immemorial in the i-egion from the head of
r the Solway Firth to the Ayrshire coast. Uj) to about the year A. D.
1000 the Irvines had the lands of Dull, in Perthshire, and their chief
[ seat was the Castle of (Jarth. One of them, Crinus, or as it is spelUnl
\ in the Pritish Museum, Crynin Ervine the Abthane of Dull, married
' Pethoc, or Peatrix, the only daughter of Malcolm 2iul, and he be-
came the father of King Duncan, and all the kings of Scotland from
Duncan to .lohn Paliol were Irvines, excej)t Macbeth.
A brother of Crinus Ervine was Thane of Strathearn, from whom
was descended the first Earls of Strathearn. Other brothers of ('ri-
nus Ervine ndgrated south to the border about A. D. 1000 and built
Castle Irvine.
The eldest of the family of Castle Irvine accjuired the lands of
Ponshaw and other lands by marriage.
At Ponshaw Towers lives the present chief of the clan. Col. -John
Irving. The Aberdeenshire Irvines are descended from Sir William
Irvine of the House of Ponshaw. He was secretary and armoi'-
hearer to King Robert the Pruce, who gave him the land of the For-
est of Drum in Aberdeenshii-e.
'' "■': WASHIXtJTON IRVIXC. ' ' ' ''
In answer to Mr. CJladstone (tray's statenuMit in "Scottish Sur-
names," in Weekly Club, 25th Dec, 1915, that Washington Irving
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3Trt THIO :\h DOWICI.l.S AND CONMCCTIO.WS
was ol' JOiiKlisli (U'scnit aihl Srols origin, I wish lo |),,iiit ,,iii that
Irvine's i'athci- was horn in Sha|»iiisay, Oi'kncy Is|;mm1s. lit- hc-
loiij^'od to ii cadet hiaiich ol' the lr\ iiics (.f Di-iini, Ah<T(hriishiic. who
ti-aee their descent from William ])(' Irwyn, (»i- li\iin', st'rictar\ and
armour-hearer to Kohei-t Uruce, Kin-^- of Scot hind.
•F. I. iM'NDAld.. .Alanrhcster.
(.('lipped IVoiii '•The AVeekly Scotsman," Satiir.la\ , -Ian. I!), l!)16.)
(MKs.) .MITT1I-: iKxixh: iiaVxiv '
Till-: iKvixh; socjhrr^' ok a.miik'ica.
Cliier of Ihe So.irly Di'. .) . .|. I^rwin, ilustis, hla.
Secretai-y- .Mf. l-'rank ( '. Ii'\inc, jOI) Sixt.Tnlh Street, New
r.iiyliton. Pa.
Ti-easiirei-— Mr. Walter li. Ir\in, l'.'J.') I'.raneh Uank Street,
liea\'er, I'a.
liistorioj^rapher— (u'neral -lolin II. .Al(d)()Well, Ktinixn, Tenn.
(Muef :\Ia1ron -Mrs. Andivw .M. Sea, \M\\) h'irst StVeet Loui.s-
ville, Ky.
ilOxecutive Commit tee —M r. Doi'e IJ. l-li'w in. Chairman, Decatur,
Iiid.; Mr. JoliM X. h-viiiK, South Park, Minn. ; Mr. William 11. li'vine'
214 .Moffat Block, Deti-oit. .Mich.; .Mr. Ki'ank C. ICrvin. i:);{!) .Madisoii
Sli-eet, I)envi-r, Colo.; Mr. -lesse II. P.iwin. West Durham, X. C.
Assistants to Secretary —.M iss Sarah K. Irvin. Ill Mast Reno
Street, Rochester, ['a.; :\liss Mar-z:arel Iv Krvin, Pur.. I Pive Delivery,
llillshoro, Ohio; :\lr. Walter Scott li-vine, P.'.iO I'li-hteeuth \venue'
Altoona, l*a.
.lOlIX AXD .l.\XK KPWIX, OP IPllLAXD.
Py William -lames l']r\\ in.
-lolin Prwin, horn at Kilrea, Ireland, .July lH, ISIO; died at Troy,
Tenn., Dec. !), PSTS ; married at Kilrea, Ireland, at church, A|.i-il 2()!
1S4G, to .lane Irwin, liorn al Kilera, Irelami {)<•>■ lM lS-'(i still
livin-.
( "hildreu ol aho\c : " " ' '' '
:\Iatti(" Prwin, h(.rn April I'D, ISPS, livland. still livine-;
:\rai-^'aret Emviii, hoi'ii at Kili'ea. Jan. P"). Ps:);i. now ;,1 .Mempliis.
Tennessee ;
Jennie Ei-wiu, boin at Ti-o.w Tenn., -Ian. 1, Psr),S ;
, William J. Krwin, horn at Troy. Tenn., Sept. I'S, pSfiO;
Jolin p:rwin, horn at Tro\-, ^reun.. April lM Psfi'J ; died Au-,^
P». PS7r5:
S?aniuel 'Erwin. horn al Tioy, Tenn.. Oct. Id. iscr). ' '
]\rari'iafjes :
IMattie P]r\vin to J. S. Paker, Troy, Tenn., May :!(), lS(i(i;
Jennie Erwin to J. IP Smith. Ti-oy, Tenn., No\emher, PSllO;
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.Mai'Ki'i'l l^iwiii to L. S. l.aiu-asler, Ti'oy, 'rciui., Nov. 'Jo, 1874:
W. .1. iM'wiii t:. VA\;\ l>aiu-ast.-i-, ( 'oluiiihia, 'rciiii., Oct. lo, ISS!):
S. (j. iM'wiii to Li/./.ir (lu\\ at 'I'l'oy, Ti'iiii., Apfil 27, 1N1)"J.
(iraiulchildrcii:
Sam Baker, l)(;ni at 'l'i'o\' ;
•I. Press, horn at 'I'roy ;
Dora, l)oi'n at Troy ; ' l
Ma<,'gif Lee, hoi'ii at Troy;
Omar Smitii Ivwiii, horn at 'l'ro\ , Tt'iin. ;
Taul -Mrwiii, honi near Troy ;
(icrtnulc. honi near Troy ; .;
\'cra. l)orii near Troy ; '
Ouy, horn near Troy ; ,' '
Mary, horn near Troy ; .
Sadie, horn neai- Tro^■.
ROIJKRT IRVIXK. SK.'S RKOORI).
Kohert Irvine was horn Sept. 21. 17S1, and mai'ried iOh'anoi-
.Mitchell Dee. 1!J, ])S11, who Was l)orn Jan. 27), 17cSl. Children: .lames
Ross Irvine, horn Sept. 18, 1812, and nmrried Sarah 1. Davidson,
•Jiuie 27, 18.S9, second marriage to Mary .Johnson, ^lay 17, 1842, thinl
maifiaf^e to Jane Morrow Sept. 2."), 1841).
.lauu's Davidson, only child of Sarah 1. and James Ro.is Irvine,
was horn March 4, 1840, ami died Keh. ;{, 1841. .Mary Kllen, dau^'h-
ter of James Ross ami Mary Irvine, died Jnly '2.2, 1844, a<ifed five
months. William Irvine, son oT Rohert ii-vine and Eleanor Mitchell,
was horn Dec. li), 1815, and died Jan. l:{, 18:56, aged 21 years and 2.')
days. Another son, Rohert, horn Sept. 18, 181!). and married Kllen
M." flendennin A])ril 16, 1851. He died Feh. 21, 1881. in his 62(1
year. .John Irvine, anotlu'r son, horn Oct. 14, 1822. and mariied
Kllen .\. Onlherson -Inne 10, 1852. Sarah I., wife of James Ro.vs Ir-
vine, died :\larcli 17, 1840. aged 18 years. :\lai'y. wife of James Ivoss
lr\ine. died Jnly 22. 1844, a^cd 1!) years, .lane Mori'ow, wife of
.lames Ross Irvine, died April 27, l!)01, aged 72 years, 7 nH)nths and
21 days. Rohert Irvine, Sr.. died Ang. 22, 1864, in his 84th year.
Ills wife, Eleanor Mitchell, died Aug. 2i), 1854, aged T.i years, 6
months and 15 days. Dr. Janu's Ross Irvine died July 1, 187!), aged
66 years.
William Ohalmers, son of .lames Ross li'\'ine and .lane .Morrow,
horn .^[arch :{, 1852. Klla, a daughter, horn March 8, 1854. Rohert,
son of Rohert and Kllen Irvine, horn :\lay 1!), 185;{. Samuel Clen-
(Iciniin, son of Rohert and I'^llen Irvine, horn Fi'l). 10, 1855. Mary
Ale.xandei-, a daughtei', liorn Aug. 1, 1858. iKlcanor Irvine mari'ied
William Ahl Dec. 2;i, 1875. Chihli'en: Thomas I. Ahl. horn Oct.
4. 1876; James Rohert Ahl. l)orn .March 5, 18!):'..
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;78 THE McDOWELLS AND CONNECTIONS
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JOHN LAWSON IRWIN
Father of Mrs. L. I. Shanon ot Nashville, 'l\nn.
H'l'-'ij/iy.;,) ny.
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IIISTORV OF TllK NKW VOlUv STATK IRWINS.
By Kaumel S. liwiii, Kiueaitl, Kansas.
Our branch of tlie Irwin family came to America from County
Cavin, Ireland, about 17!>P), and landed in New York City. Two
brothers, William and John, eauie at this time, William being mar-
ried and John being single.
Family tradition tells me that this dohn Irwin went to Carolina
within a year from the landing, while William settled at the village
of Champlain, in Clinton County. New York State. The names given
the male children of our family have been uniforndy 'William, John,
James, George and Isaiah. Of the Caiolina Irwin we never heard,
except one, who had every characteristic of our braiudi of the fam-
ily in form and feature.
WMIliam Irwin of Chami)]ain, N. Y., liad two sons, James and
Isaiah, the latter of whom is the graiulsire of the writer. The fam-
ily left C'linton County, N. Y., in 18:56, and removed to Elkhart
County, Indiana. James Irwin, father of the writer, removed to
Kansas in 1870, where he remained until his death at Kineaid, in
I'JOG, at the age of 87.
The following is the outline of the family, so far as we have
been able to learn.
(a ) William Irwin, born County Cavin, Ireland, 1770; came
to New York 17i)8.
(1) ) John Irwin, born Ireland, 1775, County Cavin, Ireland;
came to Sonth Carolina 17!)8. (Nothing further known)
(al) James Irwin, born Champlain, N. Y., 171)9; came West in
18:56 and settled in C.iss County, Michigan; had sons
nanunl John, (ieoige and James.
(a2) Isaiah' Irwin, boi'u Chamjdain, N. Y., 1800; married Kmily
White.
(2) James Irwin, born Champlain, N. Y., xNov. 8, 1819;
married Deliza M. Lund)ard.
Wintworth Irwin, born Chami)lain, N. Y. ; married
Sarah :\Iarshall— Mich.
William Irwin, born — ; removed to Oregon in 184Ii;
■ whereabouts now unkno^vn.
Pliny Irwin, mai'ried Susan Hull, Klkhart, Ind.; died
1906.
Mary Irwin, nuu-ried Richanl Rush, Elkhart. Ind.
Abigal Irwin, married Jack llidl, Elkhart, Ind.
]\Iillie Irwin, married Charles llidburt.
Children of James Irwin (2) :
Albert Isaiah, born Jan. 6, 18r)7; William R., l)orn Feb.
' • 12, 1859; Janu's F., born, Se|)t. 8, 1862; (Jeorge (died at
9 nu)nths of agtO ; Samuel S, Itorn Feb. 8. 1868; Emily
■ D., born Dec. 17, 1870, married R. S. Shields; Albert is
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locatt'>i at Oilciu, Texas; William K., Saiiiiit'l S. and
Kiiiily I) .at KiiH-ai.l, Kaii.. at which phu-c the writer is
postiiiastci'.
KITiST LADV ol'^ Till': LAND K()K oM' MONTH.
Mis. William llciii'x- llairiM-ii, -li-., the (iaii,>;hl''i-iii law (.f the
i*i-esi(leiit.
Mrs. -lojiii Scott llairisoii. nee I'lli/.ahet h li-wiii.
<tiie of the treasiii'es in an I niliana|M>li'^ dra w iii'.^ inom i> ,i pho-
to,-raph of a poiir.iit of .Mrs. William lleiir> 11 a iiix.n, -I r.. who was
Ihe --l-ady of the White IIous<'"' dui-in-- the hiacT period oT Ihi pivs-
eiiee of William llemw Harrison as rresideiil of Ihe liiited Siiites.
Mrs. Harrison was one of a family oi' heaiitil'iil uirls, ;nid a half-
sister of Mrs. V. S. X.wcomer of I iidianai.olis, ihe mother of .Mis.
r.enjamin I). W'alcott and .\hss .\ewcomer, one of llie old jwid well-
known families. Mrs. Xewcomer likes to tell the idmanlie s1or\ of
Mrs. Harrison, Jr., from heiiin- ;, u;i> little maid of l''ranklin roiinty,
l'eiiMs\l\ania. came lo he the presiding- j.;('iiiiis n\' Ih ■ presidential
lioiischold in Washiii-ton. Tliis ■•Kirst Lad.v"" was -laiie k'lndlay
Irwin, one (jf the I'amils of se\eral children. When she was (,iily S
years ohl her mother died, and iMtt lon,u al'ter her father mai-ficd
a<;aiii. -lane was a heanlifiil -iirl, with l)la(d< hair and hiaek- eyes
and a clear oli\e complexion. She was hriiiiit, i;a\ and impetuous.
full of youth and vivacity and lia<l a faeiiltN of ^-etlin^ all her ri^hls.
Living ill ("iiiermiati wiicii tliat town was Losimt i\ ille, where
(ieiieral and ^iFrs. -laiiu^s l^'iiullay, iiiicle and aunt (»f little -lane Irwin.
e\-er\- year the l^'iiidla\s made the .journey hy carriage to the old
lutme. One year when they madi' their \isit, they sww how malteis
were with little -lane -who was a namesake of .\uiil -lane in the
lioiiie of her father, and they deeid.'.l to take her home with them
and adopt her. Jane returned w ith them.
Tlll<: KI.\I)LA^'S ANl) Till-; H.\ Kin SONS
The i^'indlays were a <,n'eat people in Ohio and owned se\i'ral
counties of land where Kindlay, Ohio, now stands. One of the re-
iiiarkahle facts ahoiit the I'^indlays was that lliree hrolhers were in
Congress at the same time. In this family wi'ie (io\crnor Kiiidla)'
of Poiinsylvaiiia. (ieiieral James Kindlay and Colonel John Kindlay.
la her new lioiiic Jane recei\-ed exiu'y adxantage that Wfallh and
position would provide, and it is thought that she ailended the old
Stiiheiiville School. The Harrison family lived in Norlli lieiid, Ohio.
In the course id' tiiiu' the young people met and Jane Irwin
married William Heniw Harrison. Jr. I'Ji/.ahet h Irwin, a sister,
married John Scott Harrison, who was the father oi' (ieiieral I5eiija-
iiiin Harrison, president of the Cnited States from Imliaiia.
When William lieiiiw llairison went to Washiimton. his wife
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THE .McIX)\VELLS AND CONNECTIONS 3sl
was too great an invalid to accompany him, and it IVII to the lot of
•laiic li'wiii Harrison, the daiigliter-in la\\ , who was then a widow,
to take the ])hiee of the president 's wife as the misti'ess of tlie White
House. A cousin, l<]li/.a Jvamscy. accM)mj)anied lier. The Uamseys
Were (h'sceiided from the old Van Lear family, who came to tins
c()iintr\- from Holland. They lived at the old iiomestead at Hagi-rs-
town, which is still in |)Ossc.ssion of the family. .Mrs. Hai'i-isoji, .Jr.,
has two children, -lame.s b'indla.N- Hai-risou ami William Henry Har-
rison, the third. She uuirrietl Lewi.s Whiteman of Ciiu-innati. She
died in Cuha in .May, 1847. The oil portrait of Mr.s. William lleniw
llarris(ni, dr., is in pos.sessioii of .Misses Louise and -hine Irwin Kind-
lay of Cini-inimli. It should have a |)lacc in the White House. The
|iort raits of Miss Lli/a Ramsey (the i\merican Heauty) are owned
by .Mrs. r. S. Sarj,'eht, Indianapolis; .Miss Lli/.ahetli Torrence of Cin-
cinnati, and l.y William F. liuekner.
• lohn Scott Harrison, twii-e married. Issue, first wife: ( 1 ) Lelsy,
(2) Sarah. Hctsy, widow of Dr. Ivitoii; Sarah is .\h-s. Dovin. Second
wife, l':ii/.al)cth Irwin, dauj^htei- td' .\r(diil)ald Irwin of Lraidslin. La.
Issue: (\} Ariddhald Irwin, (2) Henjanun, etc.
THL .M(d)()Wi<:LL ('LAX OF A.MLRJCA.
This UH'dal was presented to the .M(d)owclI Clan of America h\-
ihi' Tananui i'acific Int enuit ional l*].\position authorities at San
Fram-isco, Satui'day, duly 24, liiL"), during the (dan's first anjuud
national nu'(ding. A sindlar medal was |)i'esented at the same time
to the Irvine Society of America, hoth (dans meeting in the same hall
on the sauH' day.
ORKHN OF TDK McDOWELLS.
Hy William McDowell.
The ^leDowels are of Tictish origin and natives of Scotland.
and away hack about 200 H. ('. one of them, the first that I can find
anything about, had a duid with oiu' of the K'mgs Habakon. ^'ou
will find another William McDowcdl — was governor-general of Scot-
land in 12i):5, and had charge of Sterling Castle. Vou are further
aware that this name is as old as the Creation. They :ii'e not of
C(dtic origin, they are not Irish; but the best blood that ever landed
upon the American continent. They were early settlers in Amer-
ica. A gi-eat many of the iMeDowells that ai"e in America are from
Ireland. They went ovei- there the time of the Ci'om\V(dl settlement,
in Ulster. You will find a great settlenu^nt of the McDowells laar
Belfast, along the T.egon l?iver, about fourteen nnles from B(lfast.
^'ou can find out there whei-e the McDowells eanu' from that landed
there; .some in the County Derry, County i\lonaghan — all over the
north of li-eland. You likewise will find out that in Kenfrew.shirc,
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THE MCDOWELLS AND CONNECTIONS
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THE Mc-noWELLS AND CONNECTIONS 383
Scotland, tlicre arc a great many, and in Ayrshire, and in Dunifrie-
sliirc, and in (jlaliowsliire ; tlicrc wonld be very little difficnlty of
finding ont all about the McDouells in America — the MeDowells
that came later froni Scotland. Sonu'tinu's the name is sjx'lled .Mc-
Dowall, hnt after the Scotch Uevolntion the settlers in Ireland
spelled it .\l(d)o\ve!l. They are all of Preshy teiian, ( '(.veiianter or-
igin.
A SCOTClI-IRISIl NFJdIir.OKIiOOl).
P>y F. li. .McDowell.
Professor Agassi/, says: "The ernst of onr earth is a great cem-
etei'y. where the ro(d\s ai'c tombstones on which the bnried dead have
wrilten their own ( |)ita|)hs. " ' There is a lai'ge grave.>'ard in tiiis
conntry, 10 miles from Charlotte, a liig Steele Creek Clinreh j)eopltHl
with numy gcneraiions of dead. The S|)aee is enclosed by massive
cemented stone walls, 400 b}- 800 feel ; is well eared for, and is re-
plete with i)atriotic reminiscences of pccnliar interest. The inscrij)-
tions on the memorial stones are but llu' ret lections pliotogi-aphed by
the lights and shadows from life.
Who wei'c these silent sleej)ers? Whence came they.' What
influence did they e.xert upon society, upon the state, upon the coun-
ti\\' at large? These are ])ertinent (pu'stions, which impel atti'ution
from tlu' suri-onndings and the character of the i)huH'.
The earl>- settlers were of Scotcli-lri.sli origin. A majority imi-
gi-ated to this point fi'om PemLsylvania (luring the latter part of the
Seventeenth Century, wiule a few came direct from Scotland and
Ireland. In some instances this sturdy exti'action was blendeil with
the i)eaceful adherents of William I'eini ; and such is the stock that
))lanted itself upon Steel Creek soil.
"Breed," says George Kliot, '"is better than ])asture." This is
oidy an apt phrase that heredity is stronger than environment.
Twenty-o(hl tombstones in the older portion of the ground have
sculptured upon their faces coats-of-arms of elaborate and ornate
designs. It is not i)rol)able that work of sucli high order could have
been secuied here at that date. The execution bears a stamj) of
-skilled stone-cutters ami experienced artisans. As confirmatory of
this theory, among othei'intricate devices, a fae-simile Scotch thistle
is delicately outlined u\)OU one of the tombs. The stones were doubt-
less imported from Cliarleston and hauled from that point by wagon,
as was the custom at that time. Books on heraldry state that crests
were conferred by royalty in recognition of daring ex])loits on the
field of battle, or for conspicuous services to the state, the support-
ers representing an especial mark of favor. The figures of the ani-
mals are emblematic of strength, courage and fleetness; and the
swords, pillars, stars and other Ijeraldric sym])ols stand out in grace-
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;i84 THIO McDOWKLLS AND CONNECTKJXS
fill and fitting relief, 'i'lic iiKtttnrs .iif lllat(•lll('^s in i(.iicrpt ion. and
arc j)ei'iiliarl\- ap|)f(>|)i'ial(' lo those who adopled iheni.
lleri'witli is '^'wvn a list of Ihr escutcheons in ihe ordec as fiir-
idshed by Dr. Iv \V. Koadi, to whom ihc ci'cdii is A\ir lor copying
thcni persomUK' from the slmies. and tor speiidinu' nii;cli linn' in ri'-
searcli:
('A.MIM5.i-:id.- 17!»:..
Anns — (i\ron and (iailes, ipnirtercd.
Supporter's — Two Idoos, rampart.
Crest — ("oronei.
.Motto -Weady, .\y.-. I^eady.
n1':I':lv - i7^s.
Anns — Horse, disjjlayed.
Su|»i)orters — Two l^'alcons.
Crest— Hand I'laspni- I'.ook. - '•' ' •'
1'.1(;H.\M 17S4.
Arms — 'Idurteen Stripes, r>a,\()nei and I'islol, (pnniend.
Ci'cst — ('russed swords.
Molto— Siiiiia Idhcrtatis.
HAirr- 177.').
Ai-ms — Tlii'ce Mullets and Chevron.
Supportei-s — Two Stags.
Crest— Stag's Head.
Motto— I'rohitas Verns Honos.
NKKI-- 17SS.
Arms — 'I'hree Crescents. ' ' •:
Supporters — Two I'nicorns.
Crest -Stag's Head.
.Motto - \'irlue el Lahore.
MAXWKJJ.- 17.S.').
Anii.s — (Jyroii.
Supporters — Two Swans.
Crest --.Man's Hea.l.
iMotto— Sola \dilus huicla.
MelJOWKLL— 17!)o. ^^,,, ,.^ ^
Anns — ('JKivron and Three .MuHcls. a.,.) „■-... ,. / • .
Supporters — Two Lions, guardant. , ,
^'l^- Crest— Stag's Head. ; , ' :
,"',', iMotto— Vivit I'ost Fuiu'ra N'irtus. , ,
V' ^ ATKINS— 17So.
Arms — Scoteli Lion, Arnu'd Hand (Jj-asping .'\.\. ■,, -, ■ i
Sni)|)ortei-s — Two Horses. , ., r
;,. ,_:;^ Ci'cst-— Two Swallows. ,. ,. .. ; . :
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THl': McDOWKLLS AND CONNKCTIONS 385
("AKM)T11KI;S— ITS,-).
Anns— (iallcy, tiill sail. , .. ,
Siij)j)()rtoi-.s — Two {''alfoiis. ■ ! , i
Motlo^-Kollow Mv.
VAXCK— isoo. ' ' ;•
Anus — Thri'i' .\liillrts and ('lu"\i-()ii.
SlippOl-tiM's — 'I'wo JjOlis, (lis|il;i\ cd.
Crest- Slag's Head. " " ' "
Motto— Sola .liivat Virliis.
(aLMOKK — 17S-1.
Anns— Stag.
Supporti'i's — 'I'wo Falcons. ,,, ,
.Motto— Ready, Ayv, licady.
liARNKTT— ITS.-,. ■ | (pmit.-ivd.
Ai-ins — Pheasant, Hand and Se\tlie, ("rosscd Ai-i-ows and l-la'de
Mantling.
("rest — Coronet.
Molto— Vain Woi-ld, Adieu!
MeLKAKV— 171)1. ' '
Arms — Three Uapiers.
Snppotrers — Two Lions, (iisj)laye(l.
Crest— .Mailed llainl and i)agger.
Motto^-Carde/., La l'\)y.
WIIITLSIDK— 1772.
Arms— Donhle-head Lagle, displayed. .Mantling ., , ,
DAVIS— 17S0. . ;•;
.Arms — Chevi'on and Thi-ee .Mullets. . ;■ ,
Supporters — Two Stags. '■ ' ' ' ; ''"
Crest — Huneh of Kroom. ;. •' ■' •.
I\lotto— Proliitus, Verus, llonos. ' ' ■
(MM LR— 1788. ■ " '^ ; ''
Ai'ms — Siiitdd, elieekered. , , , •
Sui)porters — Two Trees.
The (iiiej- erest is so curiously wrought and intrieale as to he
diffieult to i)roj)eily deserihed with a pen. Ami in eases where
eertaiu families apjn'ar to have more tiuni one motto, there is such
an uniformity in the ai'ms, supj)orters and erest as to leave no douht
as to the family's unity eoneerning the partieular eoat-of-arms as
a wlu)le.
Tiie letterings over many of the graves contain many tender
sentiments and touching Scri|)tural allusions, hut there is a notice-
ahle ahsence of the |)latitutles and commonplaces found in nu)st cem-
eteries. Of the l)uried. pi-ohahly the most conspicuous figure in his-
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386 THE McDowells and connectioxs
tory is Genrral Rol)ei't Irwin, lie was a si^MuT of the McckU'iiburg
DtH'laratiou of liuUpeiulciicc, a Kovolittiunary ot'licci' and a cli>,tiii-
guislied statrsinaii. (iciit'rals lioltni MrLcai'v and l)a\id Hart, hulii
l)rav(' soIdiiTs, zealous pati-iots of tlu' Kcvolution, also icposc there,
'i'liis ejjitaph is inscribed to Hugh MeDowcll, who is ^lill renienihered
by a few wlio ean eonnect this generation with the pa.-.! :
"Who l)roke no pi'onnsc, who served no piixate end,
Wlu) gained no titb" and wlio b)st no fri-'iid ; ^^
(.'oiui)osed in nusfortinic ;unl in joy sedate.
(Jood \\it!iont noise, \\illu)iit ]»i'etension gical.""
Aeeording to dates, dean Cathey and dohn ldaid<wood were
born, resijectively, in 1G!)2 and 1G!)4. Those two were eaidi S.") years
obi wln-n tiiey died, and eoidd date their births as far baid^ as the
Seveideentii Century, dohn I'riee was evicb-ntly an enthusiast, if
not au ex-sohlier, for the American coat-oi'-arnis and the national
motto, " I'i J'luribus I'lnim." appeared on bis toiid)stone in 171)4,
only a few years after their I'at ifieation of the eongi-essional act.
'•Vii'tue lives beyond the gra\e,'" is the motto cd' the .McDowtdl
family, as seen at the headstone of dohn .M(d)owell. a Revolutionaiy
soldier; yet its obsi'r\anee has been so strict 1\ adherecl to by the
families of the townshii) as to labcd it the common |)ropeii,\ and the
heritage of all. And while "Virtue and Labor" ha.-, been tlie stand-
ard of the Neels for many generations, it iuis always been the acting,
leading prinei])le of theii- neighbors and friends.
Of these dwellers in this cit.\- of the dead it iiia\ be said, in the
spirit of the beautiful ("alholic legend, that "'riieN ha\e bd't their
image upon their winding-sheet." "if \(>u secdc m\- monmuent. look
ai-ound." This is the epitai)li (tf Sii- ('hristo|)hei' Wrt-n. architect, in
the Ciiiirch of St. l^iid, which he had designed and erected. The
deeds that follow men who have passed out of life fui-nish the most
trustworthy eviiU'nce as to the uumner in whitdi lbe> lived and
worketl. Tiie meinoi-ial of tliesi' dead is the impression tbe\- have
left ui)on their lives, as is attested by the standing of their ])osteidty
where they locate.
A eharni about these pioneers is, that their heads were not
turned by ancestral -distinction. They were stdl'indiant, and uuis-
tered the ])rimeval forest with its hardships and disadxantages. Tlie.v
became adei)ts in handiei-aft, fought heat, mud and hail and com-
hatled the unknown foes of husbaiulry in an unset tbd region. They
were the silent heroes wdio sha|)ed destiny and imbued unliorn gen-
erations with their flawless (diai'aett'rs and indomitabb' wills. They
despised nothing honoi'able in itself, no matter how lowly its soui-ce.
In the Statehouse at Boston, over the speaker's cdiair, is a cod-
fish, an emblem of .Ma.ssa(duisel ts" rise btd'ore llu' ijivention of the
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spiiiiiing-jeniiy or the trade with the sliips from India. Tlie leather
apron of oUl Oao, 'the blacksmith, is covered witli jewels l)ecaiise its
owner was the leader of a successful revolt, and that insignia of his
humble occui)ation is the royal standard of Persia. Most of the
Steel Creek settlers were of necessity their own blacksiiuths and
car])enters. If it would not mar the symmetr^^ of tlieir Scottish
coats-of-arms, tiie ax ami tiic iielve, tlie plane and the comj)ass, the
anvil and the hammer, miglit with appropriateness ])e su])eradded;
for these were tlic i)rime implements of America's pi'osperity and
tlie trusted weai)ons of tiieir earliest heroes.
Lieutenant jNlaury, speaking of the Gulf Stream, says: "Its
banks and bottom are of cold water, wliile its current is of warm."
This is typical of the Scotch-Irish race, for while their manner and
extei'ior may l)e forbidding and reserved, the heart-current is gen-
erous and warm. This branch of the hunuui family is the synonym
of thrift, sturdiness and resoluteness wherever known, and their
hatred of sham, hypocrisy and oi)pre.ssion is i)roverbial. Tlie car-
dimd virtues form the warp and woof of their moral existence, and
their ])rinciples have renuiined steadfast tlirough tiie most violent
ujjheavels and radical revolutions. With them the laws of jMount
Sinai are written upon something more enduring tlian tables of
stone — they are carved in living characters upon the tablets of the
human heart. And over their lintels and door-posts and on their
])hylaeteries are read the perpetual words, facts, not fiction; sub-
stance, iu)t semblance.
Probably the most marked eharaeteristic of tiiis notable people
is their i)lain, everyday sense; and of all the (pialities, old-fasiiioned
bottom judgment is the liardest to out-argue, outwit or to get aliead
of in any way. The best thing ever said about the Duke of Wel-
lington was that he did his duty as naturally as a horse eats his
oats. So this strong background of level-headedness causes them
to understand, as it were, from instinct and intuition. The innate
love of frolic and excitement is so masterful in a genuine Irishman
that he will take sides in a controversy, whether he is i)ei\sonally
conerned in the outcome or not; but, l)e it said to his praise, he
nearly always favors the underman in the fight. The Scotch-Irish-
man, being more prudent, will not take part until he sees there is
injustice, then he proceeds to umi)ire the game with a mailed fist.
Another prominent feature in the nuike-up of this community
is a frankiiess that savors of bluntness. This, no doubt, accounts for
their simplicity of lial)its and distaste for ostentation in .society and
much formality in religious observances. Tliey are essentially Pres-
byterians, and the late Gvneral 1). II. Hill, an ardent believer in that
faith, oft (pioted tlie remark of an astute and observing king, that
"Presbytery and monarchy could no more be reconciled than God
and the Devil." Considering their convictions, their intelligence
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;j8H THE McDowells and connections
iiud i>ati'ioti.siii, would it be an fxa^jicralioii lo liorrow llic wonh of
^ladain De Sta<'l, '■Vdiii- eliafai-tci- is a coiisl it ut idii lor \()iii' coini
try. and your coiiscieiice its j:;uariiiitt't'" .'
This writer lias caiusc to rt'iiicinhcr a r('li«ii()iis tiaiiiinj^ iiuiioi-tcd
ill part from this locality. In i'act. lie can ncxci' lor^cl it. Tlir Catc-
chisin ! Oil, the Catechism ! lli' was made to Icaiii cvrvy (|iie>t ion am!
answer from hejjinniiiK -to end, tlioiiuli In- did not, and could iiot
tlicii, understand the meaning'. His hoyliood Sundays were not con-
sidered 1)\ him as models of peace and rest. His cmist it iit ion was
not impervious to cold. \'r\rv and hot (diills, induced l)\ wrc^llin^'
with the problem. "What is tin- chief end of man." aii<l Iryinu-,
yeai' after year, to solve it. I have often had a Uindred Minpathy
for the child who tnld his mother that the Catechism was so hard.
and |)leadiii<4ly asked if "There was no Kittychism made for little
boys."
Whatever ma\- be the result of iiidoct riiia! ion of tiiis rh.iiacter,
there is eviileiice that it entails no harmful t'onse(pieiiccs. And many
maintain that the inculcation of v\^\i\ priiici|)les is as helpful In
weak minds as stays arc to support in;^' weak bodies The ic-,t of a
s(diool is the scholars it turns out. " " Keli^ion, " ' say> .Matthew .\r-
nold, is "'coiuluct. "' Froutle thinks that the foundation and super-
structure of all religion is diit\. With the pure in heart, ciuiscience
is til!' \()ice of the soul; jiassion the \ oice of the bod.\ . One (d' Hie
sublimcst qualities of this jieojde is re\'erence. They act up to the
7\rab ])roverb which says, "It is not j^ood to jest with (lod. Death
or the Devil — for the first neither can or will be morked ; the s,c-
Olid iiio(d<s all men at one time or another, and the third puts an
eternal sarcasm on those that are too familiar with liiiii."
An early reeollecti(Ui is of a visit to a country hoiii> . The head
of the house was a splendid specimen of manhood and robust he dtli.
At the sup])er tab'e he drank his i-offee from the lar-vsl cup 1 liad
ever seen. Cu|)s had sonu' si/.e about them in those days.
Aftei- the meal was finished he lijziiled his pipe, that was alxuit
his oidy stimulant, and his enjoyment was e\ ident ; for it ie\-eale(l
itself ill a contentment oi' manner and a beiiimiil> of couiileiiance
that eouUl not he counterfeited. The mother soon came in with her
knittinj?, and we aH took oiii- places before a roariim and (dieei'fid
!()«,' fire. The old folks lau^died heartily at our (diildish aiiiu.-> iiients
and encouraged our games until the (do(d< on the nianlel pointed to
nine. Then the wife i-evei'cnt l\' took up the family l>il)le and handctl
it to lier husband, who opened its lids. To (piotc from Will ( 'arletoii :
'"'And .slie said, in regard to heaven, we'll ti'y and learn its W(U'tli
ii\- starting a braufdi establishiiuMit, and running it here on cardi,"'
• '' it i.s but just 1(» sa\ 1 was not slecp\- when bed time was an-
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JioiiiK'cd, and wlicii breakfast was lu'raldfd l»y candle li^ht 1 was
not hungr.w It iie\'ci did scpc through yoiitliful |)hilosophy why chil-
dren were made to go to l»ed when not sleepy and ge' up when they
w'ei-e. 'i'hose people seemed to reverenite everything ahove, yet had
no \\n)\\' respect for the sun than to ai-ise hefoi- it did. Marly I'ising
is not an instimd, '.id a taste like that t'oi- tohaceo- it must he ac-
(piired.
It is a unstaki! to imagine e\en the most serious persinis regard
it a >in to laugh. TheN' have a weakness for fun seemingly incon-
sistent with the austerity oi' tlieii- dispositions, except upon the h.v-
pothesis that natiu'c is often (hdighted to hring extremes and widely
differing (pialities in close juxtaposition.
It would he necessary to wield the linnuM''s pem-il to faithlully
p(U'tray the facial enigma of a solemn, solxM'-sided Scotch- li-ishman,
when watching the versatile antics of that pai-ody on maidsind, the
African nn)nkey. And it is a ])s\ cliologieal shidy to note his o])en-
moiithed antieijjation at a cii-cus, when the ring-master and the
clown are at, their hest. There is a relaxation of features that trans-
forms his face into a broadness t'(pial to the pi'overbial length. It is
onl> \ oleanie eruption of delighted, i)ent-up iiierrimeiit, seeking sent
and shaking tiie outer cru.st, that keeps it in check and pi'ison.
("arlyle re))oi'ts that tiiero are two distinct revelations of (Jod
and the Devil — the i)ulpit and the gallows. The i)ower of the former
has always been so inspiring and elevating in this eonimunity that
tiie necessity for the laiter lias not been called into re(piisi1ion. Vic-
tor Hugo has (!X<piisitely said tiiat "'(Jood actions are the invisible
hinges to the doors of heaven."
The Steele Cret'k peoi)le have their share of clayey moidd in
eonunon with mankind. Tiie\ have a resemblance to the rivers Rhone
and Arve, which run side by side in the same bed — one bearing ii.
its waters the mud-stains of earth, the other nd'leeting on its surface
the glories of the sky. Stubbornness and hohi-back are emi)lo\ed
farm words, somewhat expressivt' of our meaning. In a controversy.
Avlien the average Steel Creeker shifts his (pnd, crosses his legs, [)ro-
trudes his Adam ap|)le, ami says with deliberation,'' 'Tain't so," the
jol) of changing his opinion nught as well be abandoned. He is like
the Scotchman who declared that he was open to con\iction, but
boasted in the same bi-eath-that the man did not exist \vho could con-
\'ince him. (^uotli Hie honest Sancho l*anza, "1 am of the lineage of
the Panzas, and we ai'e all headstrong, and if we oin-e cry odd, odd
it is (though it l)e ( ven), in spite of all the workl."
He is religious and he tries to live according to the New Testa-
uuMit rules; but it was foreordaiiu'd from the beginning in his giim
build and unfanuliai- disposition, if an enemy taps him on one checdv.
he is pretty certain to get knocked down before he has an oppor-
lunit\ to smite the other. i\Iocker\- of sacred beliefs or encroacii-
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THE MCDOWELLS AND CONNECTIONS
nu'Ut iij)Oii Ills vested rights will open a real nest ot lionids, whoso
stings will linger long and i)ainfull\. lie is lonsciv ativc ahout
vhanges and tenacious of eustonis. l-'oi- a long lime \\r ouposcd the
introduction of organ music, hut has now given a half-lieartt'd, re-
luctant assent to tlie innovation. His conservation may he a draw-
hack in some particulars; in others it often pi-()\c-, a safeguard.
When placetl in a position where he has ahsolutel.s his own way,
lie will beam with ineffable good hinnoi- and hi i-oiiic radiant with
joy; for such a state is to him the ai-mr of ha|)piin'>s.
His likes and dislikes .spring up not like Ihr inisl h'loc, hy mere
chance, hut grow with the gr(»wth cd' childhood, lie i> charitable
to those who act and bclicNc with him, but inclnics .sti'ongly to
the doctrine that "orthodoxx" is :u\' doxy, and hcterodo\\' is your
doxy." The simple Uncle Tobey, ^\'hose sympatli\ was as broatl as
immensity is deej), on being informed that Satan was damncil al-
ready and beyond liope, said sadly he was "sorr_\- for it." The Steel
Creeker i-egards this personage as tlu' arch encmx of humanit\-. ac-
cepts his doom as just and wastes no nonsense or idle sentiment upon
the subject.
Shortly after the surrender I was in Steid Creek on a visit, and
my attention was attracted by a sipmd of "blue eoats" near the
i-esidence of tin- late Major .1. M. I'otts. Tlu-y came to a))pi-eliend
one of his sons for a difficidty with a freedmaii, in whieh the new-
ward of the nation .was worsted. Not receiving tlie desired infor-
mation as to his wherea))outs, they threateningly ])oiiited tln'ii- guns
at the father. The major, baring his breast to the lawless soldiers,
said with rising indignation, " l^'ire, you coward.^: il is like you to
shoot an unarmed man." He \vas arrested, though ii(»t a partiei|)aid
in the encounter, and taken to Charlotte. He rode in liis buggy
alone, while his cai)tors walked. He warned them at their |)eril not
to enter his private property, ami no one ventured to take a seat by
his side. 1 was a boy at the time, and was amazed that one man
could defy the Federal Ai-my, but soon found that no superior foi'ce
could i)revent this neighborhood fi'om ju'otesting actively against
indiginty and wrong.
Taine. the historian, relates, when (.'romwclks .lO^OOO veterans
were suddenly disbanded and left witluuit resource, they did not
bring a single addition to the vagabonds or bandits. History fur-
nishes a parallel to this remarkable incident in tlu return of the hun-
gry and ragged Confederate soldiers. And neither has Steel Creek
furnished any recnnts to the great arm\- of iramjis who infest every
avenue of our national de\(dopmcnt.
I now make nuMdion of a few deceased representatives of Steel
Creek, known ])ersonall> by the writer, who, putting theii- hands to
the plow, drove a straight fui'row througli the field of Id'v. For
nearly three-quarters of a ceidury (ien. William 11. .\'eel uas a prom-
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iiiotut figurt' ill tlie cliiircli, in ,s()t'ii't\- and in [Xjsitions of trust. n(!
wore liis ili<^iiity like a maiitk'. His expression was kindly. Ids dis-
jiositioii genial, liis hearing statel\', and, lieiiig al)o\e tiic ordinary
size, lie arrested atteiilioii and coiiuuaiuled respeet in any gathering
of men. There were few wrinkles ui)oii his hrow, none on his heart,
for he never grew old in feeling, lie passed through the tempta-
tions of more than eiglity eventful years without even the smell of
fire upon his clothes. 1 will adopt the exi)ression (d' Claillard, the
historian, about another, '" Tutting everything together, he was a
man.""
1 now speak of one, a native of this section, and who spent only
Ids y<»ung manhood there, lie kept the laws of (iod religiously and
respected the rights of man consei'CMitiously. Being almost devoid
of i)rejudice, he was nearly just as it is ])ossil)le to he. One of the
most striking traits of his character was modesty, and this (piality,
whether found in man or woman, is a crowning moral grace. He
concealed nothing save gifts of charity to the deserving, whicli he
gave with open hand. ilMidowed with a strong miiul and tireless
energy, he mingled largely in the world, l)ut, like the diver in his
hell, he emerged from the sea unstained from its waters. That per-
son was Robert Irwin ^McDowell, the father of the writer. I offer
no ai)ology for this brief and incomplete sketch of his ui)right life
and great worth.
It is no slight i)raise to say that the mental force and prrsoiial
magnetism of K(!V. lohn Douglas held the large congregation of Steel
Creek Church together for years without any serious dissensions in
its ranks. He had the manner of a courtier without its affectation.
He was cultured without pedantry, and approachable without re-
serve. To those whose spiritual wants lie ministered unto tlicre was
a mutual understanding and a sympathetic affection, both rare and
touching. He filled the full measure recpuretl of i)reacher and pas-
tor; he did his duty, and tliat is the completest life of man.
Robert W. ?tIcDowell never sought or desired i)ul)lic honors.
He was strictly a private citi/.en — for that mode of living was thor-
oughly congenial to his taste. In him the elements were smoothly
and beautifully blended. His foot never slipi)ed, and nothing ever
swerved him from truth as he saw it. His only ambition was the
approval of a clear conscience, and the guiding thought of liis art-
less life was of family, country and God. It could be written of him,
as appeared in the epitaph of Roland of France. "A man who con-
secrated all his life to being useful, and who died as he lived, \irtu-
ous and lionest."
As I write of another, the i)en falters. He was so young, so
genei-ous, so gifted. His life, too, was so ])athetic, and his existence
seemed to end almost before it fairly began. If the war called some
from the portals of the grave, it took others almo.st from the cradle.
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A mt'i-o .stri])liii<; hoy wt-iit I'oi-tli as a volunlccr. Intrepid as a Ihiiiip-
ilrii, as dariiij,' as a \cy, lu- was twice shot throii-h the h(Miy upon
tlie eiiciny's hrcast works within toiidi of his ui,,,. n,. hrounl'it hack
from the field j)aiiit'ul wounds and a wrei-ked const it iit ion ; hut witii
all his siifrcriiij^- lie was an admii'ahle companion ami a natural
leader and adviser of uhmi ; and no yonn^ unin in lliis section and of
this f^eneration left a -deeper im|)ress of admiral ion and s.\uipatliv
u])oii those who kimw him hest than (iahin K. (ii'ier.
The coii^'renalion of 15i;,r sie,'| Creek compose the largest coun-
lr\- ehureh within the hounds of the Southern Assemhjy. To visit
this house of worshij) and listen in the full \(. iced unrsic of u\n\v and
female, elder and youth; t<» note the int elliecnt, wellhrcl audiem-f
and wahdi their (lexolioinil caiiu'stness, is an inspiiin-- and meuu)i'a-
l)le sif^'ht. One patriarch is especially nn-ntioncd on accoiuit of his
activity and |)rominenee. His lon^' valued lii'e, Uke the Carara mar-
hie, has in'\('i- home a stain, ('apt. .\. (1. .\eel. hesidcs hiunj,' well-
e(piipj;.ed with ;>-enei'al and I'eli.^ious knowledoc. has shown himself
on nuiny impoi-tant occasions to he a logical reasoner and an effi'ct-
i\(' dehater upon church policy and ecclesiastical law.
The followin«; is a partial list of the inflinuilial families extiiiet
and existinji of this community: Irwin, .\eel. (iricr, Barnelt. Hart,
Knox, Neely, MeDowell, Dinkins. i{eid, llerron, .M( Leai'y, iJrown
Alexander, Siiiirill. Collins, Potts, Pi-ice, Walts. Watt. Porter, Rol-
nison, Stowe, Pe^r^im, Stron-;, (^uery. Swann, (iallant, Uoss,'|<'re<
nuiM, Spratl, j'lrwiii. I'icssIn-, llai'ris. Ihx.Ncr, .Mc.\ llister. Sadlci
Wilson, l'eo|)les, .McKiii«;lit.
Such an ai'ray of s|)otless luiun-s cannot he sui-passed ; il is
(iouhtl'ul if its eountei-part can he found in any rural population of
e(pial area in the I'nite.] States.
This hrin-is us to the pi-escnl time. The closing' years of the
centuiw- ai'e j-oinir out in a whirl of riot, deun)rali/,at ion and strikes.
In the foi-eeful lan<,'ua^-e of a •^M'eat wi'iter, there s<'ems to "he hi'rw-
in-- toward ])retei-na1 ural weathei-."' But thi'ou^:ii all these chaii^n's
and slioeks tlie yeomen of Steel Ci'eek are actini;- as ol' old, as hest
tiiey can, with the liohts hefoi'c them; pui'suin.u- the e\cn tenor of
fheir way and trust'iig to a hiuher jtower to solve the prohlem and
dissipate the doubt. They aic not sycophants to Ihose in power;
they are not duekincj to the opinions of an a.i^italed pidilic, nor run-
ning wild over new tlieoi'ies and nndeveloped movcm.uits. They
have too firm a bottom of ti:ood sense. Methinks if the sibnl, heroic
old pioneers eoidd awaken from I he dead, they would lia\c lU) cause
for shame iii the livin;^-; foi- they aic still •'j^uardin;: the fjiilh"' and
earryliifi- out the other virtuous precvj)|s of their nchle and patriotic
aneestors. From linu' innmunoi-ial the lower cl;is-es haxc ne\-er heen
stee])ed in ignoraiic. , noi' the upper immersed in lii\()lit\ ; and. tak-
ing thi.s population in its entii'cty fr(nu the first settlement to the
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SAMIKI. M.DOWKLI. OF l'K.\NSVI>V AN I A.
.Marv (lyla .McDowell.
'I'lu' I'irst knowledge 1 T-an obtain of oui- hrancli of the .McDowell
I'aiuily i.s of Saaiucl .McDowell and his mother, wlio li\cd. -u Kort
Idjionicr, Wcstnioi-cland ('ounty. I'cnnsyl \ ania. diinnii' the liinr of
the Iicvolutioiiarx War.
This Samuel" .M(d)o\\ell wa.^ horn in 17(iti, montii and i»lace un-
known. He seems to Inixe lieen the "only sini of lii.s motlnr, and
she \vas a widow.'" It never seems to. have occnired to her noi- to
yonn>i- Sanund to rid'er to theii- ndal ionslii|. to the other .McDowtdls,
who then I'esidecl in I'Vrt Id^onier, hut lhe\' wei'e said to have heen
i-.date.l.
Uorn in ITliU, \ounu; Sammd would he Id years of ay-..' when tlu'
l)e(dai'ati(Ui of Indeju'iidence was maile -too \dunj4' liU' mditar\- ser-
\ ice in the Iie\olut ionaiy War.
The t'olluwing incident occui'red one day in Fort Idyonier: As
the <rate of the fort stood opi n (lurin<; the da.w it was deemed ad\is-
ahle to havi' a sentry stand yuard in the K"^''. ■^" I'li't i" ''i'^*' <''"
(lanj^er iu' could j^i\'e the alarm and (dose tin- yate. One day as
■young .McDowidl a|)|)i-oa(du'd tlu- j^jate the sentry I'aised his K"'" '""'
failed out: " I'll shoot yiui, .M id )oW(dl ! " ' Sauuud, mistrustin<i- the
sentinel, si)raiig: behind souu' protection. Ti-esently he peeicd around
to see what the IVIlow was up to. The half-witted sentin.d fii-ed,
and a l)U(d\shot st.audv youn;^ .M»d)oW(dl altovc an eye and lodji'ed
in his head. Samucd .McDowell eariied this hall to his jrrave. ami
it always ji;a\e him trouble, soun'tinu's more than others. (If course,
the seidinel ''did not know the y:\\\\ was loaded." Alter the war
Mrs. McDowell, Samiud's uudher, nmrried I'.en Seaton (IJien pro-
nounced Sutton). The\- had lour (diildreii, 'IMiomas. danu's. .J(din and
a daughter, wdio niai-ried a uuin named l''indle\. Slu' was the mother
of Mai-tha Fiiulley, the wife of Samucd McDowell of Fast Brook, Pa.
Mrs. Seaton, Sanaud .Mid)oW(drs mother, seems to haxc heen a wom-
an (jf energy and I'esourccfidnoss. There were few physicians in
that day, and ]\lrs. Seaton''hi came a t'anu)us ndd-wife in Ligonier.
Sainutd McDowidl married ll.innali. youngest daughter of Abel
and Raclud Whoowee !''isher (a (Uuikeress) about the year 178iK
'i\) them were born ten (dnldi-eii: >. ■ -^ > :.;v ;
Alargaret, 1790. . . /^ •
Flizabeth. 1792. ., . . • , -
Rachel, 1794. i , r ;
:\rary, 1796. • , , ' i .^ i . • -
Samuel. 1799— danuarv 2'A. ,, , ' > ' : ' ' '
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THE McDOWKLLS AND CONNKl'TlONS
Tlioiiias, 1801.
,' Al)el, 180;}. '
.Mattliiiis, ISO.") — hiiu" 20. ■
Amy, 180S.
•loscph, 1810.
The ]'"islu'i's iVoiii llic iiaiiic wci'i' of (irriiiaii origin, lull taiuily
tradilioii .^avs tlicv caiiir li-iiiii I'Ji-ilaiul. Ahrl Kislicr, rather oT Ilaii-
iiah Kislicr .McDowell, wa.s In, in in .Ml. .Mcllick, Ir.-l.in.l, al.uiit 17:!()
I his lather's name was Ahel). He serv.d sonu- lime ni the I'.ritisli
arm.\ as a iliii<i()()n : after his (li>eliar<ii' he mari'ied Kachel Whuo-
wce. a (^(uakeii's^. who was hoiii in I'Mdi'iuU-ri'v. Thev iniiiie(liatel>-
sailed fill- America. The vcjvajic lasteil three muntlis. 'I'hey laniled
in IMidadelphia, settth-d at ('a|)e May, New .lei'sey. They lived there
twenty years, and there the children were horn. In 177^ they mo\('d
o\-er the moniitaiiis to West morelaml Coiintx', and s.dtled at Li^on-
ier on iiOO acres of land. This land was owned 1)\ the tamily for
o\er 100 .\t'ars. The K'eN'olut iinia ry War came (ni. so the women
went to ^'ork. l*a., hut the men remained in 1^'orl l/iiiduier. The
wonn'n returned later, al'ter the war, so in Li.LConici' Samuel .Mc-
Dowell met and married .Miss Fislu'r.
As .Mr. and .Mrs. .M.d)owell had settled on a tw(, liundrckacre
Farm, situate.l aloii- a small hrancli of the ••.•las>i,'k ko.Nalhanna,
called ('oalpit,'' it was here all Iheir t<'n ehildi'cn weie horn and
brought u[). Their house was built on tin- side of a sleep hill just
h(dow a spring;, wdiiidi flowed tiir()U<i:li luider the hou>e into a hasc
ment kitchen and (ui out a,i;ain down the hill. Thus the\ had c-i llai'
and spi-ini;' liousi- on the same floor as the kitchen. .Mr. .John l-'isher.
to whom I am indehted foi- much •,[' my information in this hi^to|■\.
>ays. ".Many a time have 1 sat heside the lo^^ fire in the silting
ro(.m aho\t' and listiiied to the water tri(ddiiiu- thiuni^h helow in a
peri'etual .iin>^le."
.Ml'. I'^lslier ^oes on to say. •'There were five sons and fi\e daii^li
ters in this family. Their names were Tc^^.N'- l>*'ts\, K'achel, .Marv,
Amy. Samuel, TiK)mas, Matthias and .Joseph."' It will le noted
that the mothei', Hannah k^isher, ^ave Fisher names ichitdl>- I5ihli-
call to most of her offsprini-is. .Mr. -lohn k'isher says, '-The) were
a healthy, well-developed family. All the children weiv tall, the
men six feet or so, the'woiucn talliT and hn\i;x'i" than the average
woman. They all were of dij4iiified heariiii;' and early manifested
cei'tain stronji' traits of character. All the ten children lived to
maturity." Mr. Fisher would have us believe the .McDowell bo\ s
were great fij;hters. There was a regular Capidet and .Moiitagm"
feud between them and the Welshouse l)oys. It is >aid .Mothei' Mc-
Dowell dreaded to set' lier boys lea\e home, \\n- if they met a Wels-
liouse there was sure to be a fight. Samuel has the name of lu'ing
the most ))nynueious of the McDowell bo\s, and probably did the
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iiiost 1)1' tlic fiKlitiii^-. He liiul ;i (Ir^jKTiitc li^lil once with a man
iianuMl Adam (icoif^f. 'Flic sci-ii.' iA' the hattlc was iu olil Kort
I J.ij^'oiiiei', at a iiiililar\- traininii. Udth fiuiu'lit until iHlm-|\ cxliaiist-
I ed.
I (>|)|iurtuiiiti<'s foi- (■(lucatiuii w i re ndi to I,,' round in Lij^oincr,
Init tlic children seem to lui\r had ,i irmai-kahh' power of sd I'-cd ura-
tioii.
The ycai's passe. 1 swiftlv ami sonn the lamilN of cdiihli'en l)c^,^iii
to scattci-. lN'<it;\-, th • oldest dan-lilrr, married Tom l-dliolt. It is
said h\ another unimpeaehaMe lii.toi'ian, " I'eii.uy thou;^ht she was
getting- a Liood man. lie had ih) had hahits, hut h<' wa^ not unieh
hetter lliaii a wooden man.' Tlie\ li\<Ml a while in (ineinnati. and
a while in \Ve>l nH)i-eland Counl;. hut Tom l"]lliott wa^ a ■■jxioi-
doin' '■ fellow, hr just amminted to nothing-. They had .six oi' se\-en
children. I'cK.uy died and the hu.>hand married again.
This sann' plain-spca l< in^i,' narrator i^ocs on "lielsy nuii'ried Sam
Ta<rj;art. lie was a "good dom" "" fellow, and the\- -ol ahmg well.
They lived in West moi-eland Count.., and hrcumhl up a family of six
(diililrcn.
K'aidnl, the m-xt tlaughter, w ..s prett\-, hut she had a tart tem-
])er, which did iH)t mellow with age. Late in life, ahout fortyd'oui'.
she married a \\'idower with se\cral children. His name was Ahram
Drake. They lived in ( i i-een villc '-The Drakes didn't improve Wa^
ehel's temp("-r any." Aftei' .Mr. Drake's .leath Aunt Kachel lived
f(u- a tinu" with her hrothei'. Ah.'l, hut she fiiudly li\cd in I'last
l>rook with her sistei- Mary, where she died. She is huried in the
.Methodist graveyard near Mast I'.rool;, I'ennsyhaina.
.Mary, tlu' next daughter of Hannah and Samu.l .M.d)..well, horn
in 17!)(i, never mai'ried. There is a li-adition oi' a romance, how-
ever. The stoiw goes thai there was one man she really loved, hut
thai she eonsidei-ed him l)eneath her. and her famil.w and so re-
fused to marr\ him. This cost her sucli hitter soi'row that the friends
feai-ed she woidtl sink inlo malemdiolia. She finall\- rallied hut
W(ndd marry no one. She did not grow up with her hrothers and
sisters in Ligoider, hut when weaned, was taken h> her ha(dndor
un(de, Ahcd Fisher, and his sister. This un(de and aunt reaiU'A
her. After this I'mde Alud's de.ith, Mary went to livo witli his
hrother, ller Tncde Thom.as Fisher, in his honu- on the Sheiiango
liivei-, nor far from the old King's Chapid and llarhor Bridge.
Mai'y. Rachel and Am>- were nofed as fine housekeei)ers. "They
scridihed the floors according to the grain of the wood," and again
it is said, "their kit.du'U flooi's wci-e so white and scrupulously
(dean you could have eaten i)\'\' them." .\unt .Maiw kept her honds
in an earthen ero(d< in \vhi(di sh ■ kept dri.'d applet. Thei-e were
no hanks in those days. I'e.<ple lia.i to hide money skillfidly. After
the death of Ihm' Fncde Thomas Fisher, hd't alone, Mar> moved to
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ii\:\\vs ol .Mai'\ and K'aclu-j.
A.nit .Mary is .v.urn.lMMV,! hy ^11 who k,i.u hrr fur ..in- .MM-uliaiit v
'" •"''• 'n.nlr of .Invss. Sin- wo.v layers ami lavrrs of what sin- .-allr;!
sa,.ks -shon, hrns. waist- an.l ,.,■,, i.nats. Sin- uonhl put on a
I' 't' •<>';' t":i. a sack, Ihrn a prttM-oat then a sack, nnlil sh. ha. I on
^'hout SIX skirts an. I as many wais.s. Tims.- skirls w.mv all -ath.-n-.l
;■'■'•> "";"';' l-'"';'< 11.0 waist. Sh,-Io..k,..|lar,..<.nonuh to w.iKh
'^''\' ''"."''>''■'' l-'innls, luit in r.alily wImm. .liv.-st.Ml of h.-r sa.-ks
an.l skirts (som.- skirls w.-rc ma. I- of rarp.-t) sin- was imt a v.-ry
lar^c woman at all. S-he was vrry parli.-ular ahonl hrr s.-win".-
and washing- and ironniK- Xo on-,, .onhl p.-rlorm sm-h s.rvic-.s to
.■xa.-t ly pl.as. lu-r. ^ . t sh.. ha.l a strong .snisc of hnmor, was
'•"•''■i-tiil and good natured and (piiic happy.
To go l)ark to lngioiu'r--lhr first hoys to go out fr.nn tin- old
honu- w(-rc Sam and AhH. Tln-y .anu- to thmr mat.-rnal u.mh-s in
Al.-rc.-r (now Lawrciic.c- County) ^vith noHiin.-' hut th-ir youth an. I
strength and tlu-ir entire eartlily possessions ti.-d u|) in' a '•hand
l<''-elM.r' swung on a stiek over their shoulders. Wh.-tlier thev
ualk.-d lie_ entire .)ourney or came with .some of tin- Fishers mi
liorsehaek, is not r.-eorded, nor are we sure just what var thev
eame.
Their mother. Hannah Kisher AleDowell, ,lied of pleurisv or
|)m'iimonia, .January f), lcS2ti. in tin- fiftv-ninth vear of her a-e
The youngest daughter, Amy, live.! onlv two Vears afte^;- her
uiolher's death. Amy di.-d „f a f.-ver, Fehriiarv 27. 1S2S ami is
iMiried beside her motln-r in the ol.l gravi-yar.j' in l>igoiii.'-r.
After Amy's death, lu r father, having no hous.-k.-eper did a
very foolish thing, whi.-li eaus.-.j hard feelin-s afterwards He said
1o his favorite son, .Matthias, 'df you will g.-t marri.-d and Irt me
make my home with you, Til ilr^'d my farm to vou." What reply
.Matthias made is not )-eeorde<l. hut Matthias didi'i'l marry just theil
Instead lie and Thomas went to Ohio, wher.- th.-v heeame"eont raetors
on eanal works. Later they .-am.- to i'eniisy Ivania an.l ha.l .•ontraets
and In-lped eonstruel tlu- I'lri,- ('anal al.)ng the Sln-nango river.
Ahout this time, dos.-ph, tin- youngest .s..n. .-am.- to Laur,-ii.-.- County
to his nnel(-s, as tin- ..M,-,- hoys ha.l done. The last eliil.l had now
Mown from the ol.l hom.- m-st. an.l old Mr. .Samuel .AI.-Doweli was
lelt entirely alone. Ih- secured as hoiisekoepor, Mnvy l^'iiidJey, a
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THE McnOWfil.LS ANiJ CONNECTIONS •}.,,,
sister Of Martha Findley, who by this time was luarrie.l to Samuel
AieDowc]! and si^-tth'd in Hast Urook.
or this .Marv Fiiulley, Mr. Jchi. Fisher savs, '•She ^va^ r<'inarkahh'
l«r iiotlung exeej)t hem- vei-y hoiiu-iy, an invi'l.'rate smoker a I'Hher
l»<>(.r liousekeeper, ami being abi, to ride th.' wibb'sl hor's.- ,„ il,,.
(•((untry."
Years j.asse.l by. At hist Thomas )uarried Jane \Vh.,„uee „r
'-icenvilie, I'a., and took her to llie oUl liome in I.igonier Xui lI,,,--
i'lt.'r Tlioi.ias bought a mill and farm attached about four nnb's
from the old .AleDowell honu'. lie ran Mie mill, a sawmill and the
lann. lie took ids father and Mary Findley ami all their beloimings
with him. The old farm was rented to strangers. Tlie>- uu[ alou"
|»retty well for a time, but Grandpa got tired. 11,. took a horse
they had brought from the farm, no doubt his own horse, and went
baek to his own two hundred aere farm. Tom sent a man' one niHit
who took the horse back to the mill. (;ran(li)a j)ut up noiiees stilt-
ing that a horse had been stolen on such a niglit, and olTering a ic-
ward for its recovery. Thomas had the grace to' say afterwanls he
was sorry he had taken the horse. Not long after this incident.
which throws some light upon the character of both father and son.
Air. Samuel lAIcDowell was stricken with erysii>elas fevt-r, of a most
violent kind. He lived but a few days. Tom and his wife wciv with
him 111 his last hours, lie was buried in the old graveyard at Ligoi,-
icr, beside 'his wife and daughter Amy. Mr. .John l-"ishcr says" 'I
was at the funeral. The graves are marked by toml)stom's having
(he following inscriptions:
" 'iraniiah McDowell, died January f), lH2(i, in the fiftx-ninth
year of her age.
" 'Emmy McDowell, died February 27, 1828, aged 20 \i>ai-s.
" 'Samuel McDowell, died May [), 184;{, aged 77 years.' '"
Thomas is buried in the same graveyard. Thoinas .McDowell
had one child, Frances, who married a man named xNoble. Tliouias
McDowell died in the prime of life of some internal trouble. He
was sick a long time, but was able to be about the house almost to
tihe last; He was a great fellow to make money. His brother, Sam.
said, "Tom can sit on his chair and make more money than 1 can
by working all the time." l\y some mistake in business Tom lost
his money before his death.
His daughter, Mrs. Frances Noble, had three children, Morna.
Jennie, and one son. Mrs. Noble lived in Hlairsville. but died at a
winter resort in North Carolina. Her body was brought home and
buried in lilairsville.
Samuel McDowell, the son of Samuel and Hannah McDowell,
must have returned to Ligonier for his wife. He married 'his half
cousin, xMartha Findley. She is said to have been a woman of
beauty and refinement. Samuel was perhaps the most intellectual
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400 TIIK McDQWEI.l.S AND (U)NNr!:(;TI()NS
of iiiiy of tlie I'aiaily, unless it was Kaciicl. He \\;is ;i vliaip hnsinoss
luaii, and lliouf^'li lie stai'lcd out will, nolllin^^ h\ ih,- ihm,' h,. ,|i,.,l
he was eoiisidci-cd a v\<'\\ man. as I'nlir^ went in iImi i|a\. ||r r^iw-
catfd liiuiscir. studied his a ril li iiiel it- on the INxm Ihlme ||i.' hig
I'ireplaee hy the dim li-'iit ol the h)-' fire. 11,. \\;i> ;, r,.;,! |n,,di-°
in nuitheimities. .Many and man> a lime he work,.! ,iiien hu,-, lor
Williani Meliaixl, prol'essoi- of malhunalies ni W'esi m in ^l er ( olie-e.
He made his own laih-s in malhemalie^. ,ind if anxune like 1 loirs^or
Mehard. wlio couldn't sol\c all the pi-olileius siiid. ' W h \ , thai isn't
aeeofdini^- to tlu' hook," rm-le Sam 1 hiindrered. •■|),imii Hie Imokl
.My Wiiy is i'i<:lit and 1 can |)i'o\e i|.'" He \\;is ;, ^iii\r\or and a
most noted one. lie sur\i'\ed all the lainl in I .a w i-eih-. i 'oimi \ . TJie
^ood Methodist cousin says Sam was very proiaie', k.jU ,i h.irrel
of whiskey in ids c(dla]-, drank some him.seir and -a\e lieely lo his
^•ucsls. .Ml-. Fisiier says he was skeptical and took lillle interest
in I'eiigiou. Jic was s<(iiire and wrote hundreds and liiindreds of
wills Tor jjcoplc all o\cr the eount,\ . in hi> eapaeiiy as justice ok
Hie peace, lie coldd settle almost an_\ dispute. Ills iiielhod was ,d'-
I'eclive. He would take uwr part.\ to tin- (jiiarrel into one roiuii and
hear his side, and likely damn him up and down as a kii,i\e and a
kool. 'Jdieii he would inteiw lew I he ol her parl>- in the same \\a.\ . I hen
hriiii,^ tiieni toj^-ethcr and make them settle it. The lawyer who set-
tled 'Ills estate says, "W more men were like Sammh' .MeDowell,
lawyers would have nothinj;' to do." He was a Jiian ol' strictest in-
te^Tity, honor and honesty — a man \\lio commanded the respect ami
admiration oT all who knew him- no man in the counl\- was iiujre
wid(dy nor more I'avorahly known than Samuel .M( Dowcll.
lie had three dauKklcrs, Sarah .\nii, .lane Kindlev , Hannah and
one son, Alexander. His wife, .Martha l-'in-lhy .M ,d')o\\ ell. die.! at
l^aist Urook, Novemher M, hs4S. Samuel .M(d).")Well also died in the
old iiome at ]'^ast IJrook. .May L'O. 1,S74. He died oi |uieumoiiia. .Mr.
.McDowell was large wei-hed L'(!(l poumls. Their children married
as follows:
Sarah Ann Al(d)owell married .James Uaiiks. son oi' .iaimvs Hanks
of Neshannoek Falls. They li\.(l west, ol' Mast Hrook and reared a
family of five ehildren, -Josephine, Samuel, Mdward. Louis and l]vi\.
Tliest! ehildren were all tall in stature.
When the ("ivil War l.roke oiil .l.imes Hanks cidisled and went
Willi tile Kast JJrools. hoys to Heaiiiort. Soiilli Carolina. He was sec-
ond lieutenant of his ccnnpany. Soon afler the arm.\ reached Heaii-
I'ort .James Jiaiiks died and was huried with iiiililar\ Ikukus in the
old i^tiscopal i;ra\cyard, near tin- camp. His wile had his irrave
marked at the time, hut no trace of his lomkstoiie can now he found.
It is likely his l)od\ is now interred amoii^;' t h<' unknown dead in
Hie national ci'meter\ tlu'rc.
Josephine, daug'hter of Sarah .\iiii and -lames Hanks, married
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-laiars (.^uest, soldier in ('()iii|iim\ h\ liouiidlifad li('jj,iiiit'nt. 'Vhey
movrd to Slicltoii, Nchraska, wlicr/ tlu'v ivaicd a laiiiilN . .Mrs. (^lu-st
died, 1!)1(), and is hiiricd at Sludtoii, N'.'l.. SaiiMicI Uanks licvcr mar-
ried, lie eidistcd in ( 'ompaiiy h\ Oiir 1 1 imdr.-dl li I'ciiiisyl vaiiia Vol-
iiiitciMs, and served the eiiliri' Imir yrars in the l'\'deral army. lit-
is said to ha\(' Iteen a most IVailess aiid daring- soldiri-, \ iiioi-oiisly
enjoying e\ery I'i^ht, yet „ I hoii^li oxir si.\ I'ect tall, he nescr once
was wounded, lie says, ■•\'n\ so slim I coiddnt .top a hulh't."" II.'
li\t'd for a tiun- in Xehraska. then in the .Northwest, lint now lives
nntsl haj)pily in Zeph>rhills, 1-Moiithi. lie is (Om' oT tin- linest men
that ever lived.
'I'Mward married and lives in Xel)raska.
Louis nnirried (Icminui .MeKee. They li\e in Neweast h'. Tlu-ir
children are Stewart, (lertruth' and I'.ertha. (iertiaidc is ch'ad.
hha, youngest child of .Maiy Ann ami -lames l)aid<s, horn IS'),"),
married ,l"osei>h I'yle, IHT!), son 'of .losep'h and Sarah \'y\r. , . ,,
They li\e in Newcastle as (h) their children.
LeeVyle, horn Nov. HI), l.sSl ; marrie.l Sarah .MeCreaiw, .May 17,
1 !)().'); livi's in Newcastle. I'a.
• lames McDowell I'yle, hoi'ii April 21, 188!).
Sarah Klhel I'yle, horn Dec. o, 18!)(); died Sept. 18, l!»()-i.
.lose[)hine I'yle, horn April 20, 18!).'); married Samuel Lent ; lives
in Newcastle, Pa.
The second daughter of Samuel and .Martha M(d)owell was
.lam^ Kimlley, horn De'c. 10, 1824. She married doseph (ilass. They
lived east of Kast Brook. Theii' children were William John, horn
July 2.'), 1847; married l^lizaheth .McMillan; died .May 17. 1!)()2, is
huried at Kast Brook V. \\ Cemetery.
T'he secomi son, Samiml (Ilass, was hoiai Jidy 20, 1802; uuiri'ied
Jeiune l^lder, lived (ast of Kast Drook, where he died Nov. 'A. 1887;
is huried in Kast Brook D. B. Cenu'tery. Their oiu' son died in in-
fancy.
"William John (ilass and Klizaheth .McMillan (Ilass, had three
(diildrt'u, Martha K. (Ilass, horn Sept. 21, 1874; mari-ied Kd Reiber;
lived near Kast Brook, iVwd of consumption, June 21, IDO."); leaving
three children, (Gladys Kli/.aheth, horn Sept. 17, 18!)8 ; Clarence, Dee.
4, i;)UO, and John J.Vonard, hoi'ii Dee. 1, 1!)04. Martha (Ilass Reiher
is ))uried in tiie M. K. Cemetery, jiriar Hill.
The si'eoiul daughter of William John ami Kli/ahelii (Ilass is
Jane 1)., hoi-n ]\Iar(di 7, 1877; married Sannud Pearson Mc( "i-ear}',
lives at i'^ast P>rook Station; has oni' son, Leon l*]verett; horn .Nov.
1, ]8!)7.
Tiie only son of William a.id ^Kli/.aheth (Ilass is Joseph .Noi'man
Class, born July Ki, 1880; marri. d Nelle Rodeid.augh. Oct. 20. U)0!),
lives in Newcastle, Pa. Has two cidldrcn, Dorothy Helen, horn June
G, 1911, and Elizabeth .M. Jane, bora Dee. 13, 19.14.
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Hannah McDowell, daiiKlilt'i- ol .Saiutu'l ami Martha McDowell,
was l)orji Mari'h 1, ]H2'J. She iiiaiiiv.n Aiuln^w W. I'.aiiks, son oT
rlaiues and .Mary Jiank.s. and lixt'd on iiif old lianUs farm ix-lweeii
N.'shannock Falls ami llirU Hill CiiiuVi. Sin- dicl An-. 7. ]S!)4,
and is hurled at Ki«-li Hill. She was a wiv prrity ^irl. Her ehildr.Mi
were ()li\e Virginia, horn Oct. ■I'>. IS.IT: niariicd William .lordan.
and lives on the Stale Koad, not far Iron Ivi.-h Hill ( hiireh. Olive
Olive has one son, William .Melvilh' -lordan. h.n-n .lul> ^o. ISSO.
He married, first. .May iH, IDdO, Hva Ke.\ nolds, dan-hler ..f Oeor^^e
ami Anna Keynolds. They !iad two (diildren. Hazel. h(,rii .lul\. 1!)(»1 ;
Kai'l, dune 22, 1!)02
Melville married as his second wife. Amanda .M c( 'oiinell. dau^di-
ter of Calvin and Fannie McOonnell, of \'olani. la.
The se(;on(l daughter of llanmdi .M(d)owell and A. W. hanks is
.Mary -lane. She was horn Auf^. 2.», iHo:}; married ISTt), Isiali Sher-
hine ; had one daughter, Dana, horn 1S77; mari'icd lid Laylon, in
1S!)S. Mary dane lives with this only dan-hter in lln- old lianks
home. Dana Sherhim' and VA Layton have two children, dcanetti'
Layton and dames l')anks Layton.
Martha, third daughter (if Hannah McDowell Hanks and A. W.
I5aid<s, was horn March 1, l-So,'); nmrried Ue\-. (u'or.uc Hncdianan.
They finally moved to Melhonriu". Australia, wlu-rc Uev. Hmdianan
])reaehed. They had two sons, dames Andrew ami Arllinr, horn,
danu's A., borli 1878-, died 1!)()2, in M(dhourne, Australia, (ieorge
Ai'thur Huchanan was horn Xovcndier. ISSO; nmrried Dulcie .Mc-
Callum, V,n:\. He is a physicmn.
Alexander M(d)owell, only son of Samuel and .Martha .McDowell,
was hoi'ii May !)tli. 1S27; mai'ried l-'di/aheth dordan. at I'lain-i-ove.
Nov. 27, IHaO". He died of softenin--- of the hrain and hlood poison-
ing, .January 2, l.S7d. His wilV, I'di/aheth M(d)()W.II died at I'lasi
lirook, Jan. !), H)ia. She was a wonuiu of rare sti'en-th of (diaiader
and of great executive ahility.
Thev are huried in the Kast Brook Dnited I'reshyterian grave-
vard, beside Sanund and Martha .M(d)()well. They had three daugli-
tcj-s, Martha Rebecca, Kaidnd Kmma ami Hannah .Maria. The third
ami only surviving daughter, was born Dec. S, 1S.')2. She married
Baxter Wilson, son of dolin and Kli/.abcth Wilson. Dec. S, iSliS. To
whom were born. Idly, .Adarcdi 22, 1S7(); Heiiha, Sept. 7, 1.S71; mar-
ried Edward Snodgrass, at .\ew Wilmington, I'a., Dee. o, I^IH. They
live in Dellvue, I'ittsburg. They have three (diildren, Kohert, horn
Aug. 20, 18!);"); Mary, horn duly 2, 1!»(H); (ieorge Wilson, horn May
22, ]1)02. Ml-. Snodgrass is a successful business man in Bittshurg.
Fa.
Alexander M(d)ow(dl Wilson, son of Hannah .Maria and Baxter
"Wilson was horn iMd.ruary 2;). lS7d; married llai-riet .\(d)le, at
Batavia, New York, dune 2(i, l!»()l. T'hey have tw.. (diildren, Sam-
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t woi'k of social MT\ ice in the r\\y
ucl Wok'ult Wilson, liorji in
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Kli/.al.cth Wilson, liorn -Inly 11. IM.'), at i'last iSiook, old Samuel
.MfDowcll's home, nian'ic.l at -.am ■ place, N,,v. li'J, lllOi). I'lof. II. t-
mann Spencci- ; li\es in 'I'arkio, .M.)., wliei'e lier lin.hand teaches in
the colle^-e. Their chihlriMi are I'lleaiu)!' Spene.'r, horn in K it t annin^i',
I'a., .January 21. l!t()2; died Kiiowille, Teiin., Sept. 17. l!)()l.
Kraiices l':ii/ahctli, horn in Pittshurn-. Xov. 7, IDiH.
Hannah Tauline, horn ni Kiioxville, Tenii.. Keh. 1, lIHKi.
Iviehard Wilson, honi in l>:asl I'.rook, .May 7, IDIO.
.lulian Wilson Spencer, hoi-n in Tarkio.'.Mo., .\pril 2:5. 1!)12;
died Sej)!. IS, ][)].',, at Tarkio.
I'aul .Michael, yonn-est son oi Hannah .Maria and lia.xler Wil-
son, was horn in .Newcastle, .\o\-. 27. 1SS7. Was married to Jiid)y
Shaw, dune 2.'), iDlo. \A\cs with his mother in the old Samuel .Me.-
Dowell home in il^ast Urook.
Ua.xtei- Wilson was in the ('i\il War. Went out with the nine
months' men, was wcuindeil at ( 'hancellorville, ISO)}, and eaiiie home,
did not re-enlist. He diid at tlu' home in I'last lirook.
.\hel .M(d)owell, who came Irom Li^onier wiien Sanniel did.
wofked a I'ew years with his uncle h'isher, oxer on the Shenango.
He was married dan.- 2;), KS2!I, to .Mar.\- King, ilaughter of Mariiiiis
and Kli/aheth King (Holland Dutch). They were married in the
sitting room of the King home, hy .lolin h'isher, Ivsipnre. They lived
for two years with I'liele h'lsher, l)ut at the end of that time Ahtd's
cattle had increased as did daeoh"s of old, when he lived with La-
han. So Tiude Fislici- said, "".Miel if you wish to depart, do so and
ril get s(niieone to farm lor me who is not smdi a good manager."
rhereu|n)n .\hel and .Mary hought s(Miie wood land near .Xeshannock
Kails at $2 |)ei- acre. They eanu' I .Mar\- riding on lun-sehaek with
a ehild on Imm' knee) and settled in the woods. Theii' first house was
a mere hut, with no floor and no chimney, The\' huilt the fire against
a flat stone the.\- stood auauist the wall, the smoke lound its wa\'
out through a hole in the I'oof. Mary eooked (ui the eoals. Soon
after they built a log house, plastered the eliinks with mud. This
had one large room ami a loft a hove, reaehed hy a lailder. Thei-e
was a little ])Ore'h with a hedi'oom off one end. huilt on the south
side of thi.s house. The house faced the east. Tlieii' (diildreii wei'e
not all horn in this house, as the lirst son, Benjamin, was hoi'u at
Uiiele Fisher's duly 1st, 1S;5(». Whether Saimud was hoi'ii at I'ncle
Fisher's or not, 1 am not sure. His hirthday was .\ug. 27. 1.^:52, so
it woidd .seem he was horn in the new log house. i'Tizahetli was
horn Oct. 24, KS;W ; Hannah was horn .Mardi !). 18;i7 ; Mary daue
was horn ]\lay 17. ISd!); Marinus King was horn .May 18, 1841. Th«
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new stone house was luiilt in ISU. 1/iltlr liiiic was ilirf.- \rai's old
when tliey im)\r(l in. lie lirl|M',i inn\r hy carrxnm the tca|»()t.
Alar-arct Kuinia was Ihc ..nly chiM horn m ihc n.w In.nsr. Hrr
birthday was Fch. •_>(), iSKi.
lieiijamin, <d(h^^1 son of Alxd and .Mai> .M(d)uwr|l. ;ithMnh"d
WestMiiiislci- ("oHf-iv. for a tinic mil dnl not .Lirad nal r. 11,- laii.irht
scdi(K)l, wrnl u c.^l 1«» Iowa lo a iiiahM-nal nnidc and from ihcre
lie wrnl witli liis hrotln'r, Sani. and soinc Kiii;^' con-nis, lo .Minne-
sota. Tlu'V settled <it Hear (Imw near I'.yron. .Minn. Hen and
Saui were sur\cyors in that new ronntry.
Aider one or two yt-ai's of slinj^^lc. Immi eanir i)aid< Innne fur
the ^irl of his ehoife. l"le niai'rird Amanda Cai-hm. dau-iil^'r of do-
seph ami Sarah Caidoii, at tlw (dd Cai-lun homr, ne.ir i»"irli Hill, on
.Mar(di 20, l,sr)7. They w.-nt to lii^ honu' in .Minn^^..la, wiiciv lli.'ir
two dauKliters were i)orn, .Mary I ".li/.a]). I h. Imrn dan. 1, ]>'>\, and
Sar.di dam\ horn Ort. L'l), ISol). .\|ar\- l-dizahelh nmrricd l-'rank T.
lIo|)|)er, Sc|)t. (), 1SS7. nrar Sioid^ton. ( 'alifoi'nia. 'riic> live in Cali-
fornia. Sara dam- mai'ried lu\. d. li. Ki(dsrtls, at .\.-w W'dmin^-
ton. I'a., Dee. d, ISDO. Dird at .Mclo, 111., .Mairli H. IDO!), and is
buried in IJieh Hill Cenn teiy, near .\eshanno.d< Kails, I'a.
Ueujandii .M(d)owell, fallifr ol' tln-M' two dan- lit rrs, w;k a sol-
dier ill the Civil War. llr^ wife and tdiddrcn r<-lurnrd t.) I'enn^vl-
vauiu when lie hd I for the fi-out. His rrninnnt, Si.xtli Minnesota,
was removed from the extrmnr .North in llir ht-t and >iiddy ^easou
to Helena. Arkansas. Immi dn.l lln iv. Any. IS, iSiil. His -rave is
iiukiiown. He had done double duty to ndiesr a comrade, ddiis
weakened him too mmdi to mialilr Mm to |■(■^i^l the disease lir was
an ideal eiti/.i'ii, ami a brave soldier.
Samuel .MeDoWell, sceoud ^..n of Ab(d and .Mar\- MeDowell,
was married to .Mar-ai'il danc, daughter of IMward and I'.dly Me-
dowell (Seot(di-lri,shj l-'td). 2."), ISdS. 11. ■ also lived neai- r.cn.jamiii
MeDow.dl, in iJyron. .Miniie>ota. He had attmdrd Wot min>t ei' C(.l-
lege, after ui.ii,^ t,, sidiool in (ireenvillr. I'a. llr lan-lit srj I and
was'a surveyor. Sam was a real simb'nt all lii^ life d'o Samm 1 ami
.Margaret .MeDowell w.nv Ixun at Dyron. llir.r rliildrmi. Willis
Abel, Emma Vashti and Mar\- Am.inda.
Their father died of. I ;. phoid pnrumonia, (),-l(di,T "iS. iStid. only
about two months after the death of his brotlo'r Ibii. His .son, Wdllis
Alud, graduated ni law at Ann Arbor, Mieli. 11.' marri.<l dune ID,
ISDO, Anna Coehran (Knglish). ()iil\- daught.'r .d' K.'V. and Mrs.
Carolyn MeDow.dl Co.diran, ..f .M iiimMpolis. .Minn. Willis has
three"ehihlivn, dam.'s. Car.dyn ami .Mai-ian. Willis Ab.d is a sue-
e.ssfiil law\er in Minni'aindis, Minn.
KmmaV. MeDow.dl m.irri.'.l d.dm Caiilfiebl i Irish i ami lives
near Byi'on Minn. Idn^y Imv." tli.' I.illowing .diiblivn : Sammd Hai--
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Mai-y Aiiiaii(l;i .McDowell iiiari'ii-il Saiiiiicl TDiiipkiiis (Irish).
Tlu'N live near liNi'oii, .Minn. 'Pin ir cliililicii air .M aiyucritt', Daniel
D.. and Willis.
l-:ii/.alicth .McDowell was (jiiile a popular helle in tlu' nei^!;li hor-
hood. She uianied Samuel .M c( ■ivary, son i>\' Iahh-U and .MaV<;ai-c1
Pearson .McCi'eary ((^nd<er). The\ wer.' niai'iied dune -t, IS.')?, only
a few nu)ntlis at'ler Den .\Dd)owell was nian-icd. Tlie\- w ci'e mai'-
l-ied iiy Kev. II. 11. .Moore, in the old .\l.,d .McDowell I'lOUH'. Their
lionie was neai' .\eshaniH)(d< [''.ills. Six (ddldren wci'e horn to theni:
Kinina Jane, honi dune II. l.SoS; .Mary Annetta. hoiii .\o\ . ■>. lS<il ;"*
.Mai-aiet Alura. Ix.rn An-'. Id, lS(i:!; Sa.lic; Ahel ImIwIii. Ixu'u .May
(i. iS(il): wealthy. Tin se idiildien niairied as tollows: I'linuia -lane
iiiai-ned Di'. W. L. Sndtli. dannary. ISSO. They live in .\ew \Vd-
min-iton, I'a., and have thfee (diildrcu: I'di/.aheth (idn-vieve. hoiii
Ftd). 22, ISSl; Sannnd .McCivary Smith, .Mary (iyla Smith, horn
duly 'Jd. ISS!). (ienevieve marrii d Krank Wri-iht. now snpei'inten-
dent of schools in Cniontowu, Pa.
They ha\(' two (diildren, dean and Hilda. .Mar\ (iyla was
marriedto Paul .Mast, of (Ireenshur-h. Pa.. Au^. IT, IDld, a'lnl lives
in (ireenshur";. Alary Annidta McCreary, dauiihti'i- of Samuel and
I'di/aheth .MeCrcary,' was married to .\nnu'<, Kdwin Didd". son of
Alex and Alkey Duff, at the "Dew Drop lini," the old .Mc(d-eary
llonu', near Neshannock Kails, on Sept. IS. ISS.S. Thex' live in New-
castle. Pa. They have two dau^htei's, Dorothy .McCreai'y Duff,
horn April 2."), lS!)d ; a'nd .Mai-.joric Duff, horn dan. 27, 1!)0(). Mr.
Duff is a druKKist.
.Margaret Alura .MeCrcary. dauKlitcr of Samu(d and Kli/.aheth
.McCreary. married Thonnis Watson Houston, son of He\'. A. \.
Houston," at the .McCreary home, Sei)t. IS, 18!)0. They lived a wlule
in (Jai'iu'tt, Kansas. Later they luox'ed l)a(d\ to I'^ast Drook. They
have three children, \'ic!or Ah'.\andcr Houston, horn .Maridi, lS!)d. in
Carnett, Kansas; Kdwin .McCrear\-. Octoher. IS!)d, and l-'dizaheth
deannette, horn liHJG, at lOast Brook, Pa.
Alicd lulwiu, only son of Samuel ami Kli/aheth .MeCrcary. was
uuirried in tiie lltdher honu', near Kast Prook, to .Mary Kosetta
Reiher ((ierman), dauKlder of dcjlin and Kosa Rtdhei-, dainiary 15.
18;)]. ddiey livt- on the old .McCrearx farm at .\eshanno(d^ Kails.
They have four sons: Noi'man dolin, horn April 10. IS1)2; Kenneth
Kin^-, hoiMi dul\- 2.'), IS!).'); Samutd Arthur, horn l''(l.. 7, IS|)7; dames
Richard, horn "dune. !!)()(). I'dizahclh .Mcl)oW(dl .MeCrcary was a
woman of sterling woiih. She departed this life dune 2-'). l!)l(l. Is
huried in Pidar Hill Cenieter\ .
Hannah McDow(dl. dau.g"hter ..f Ahel and .Mary .McDowell, died
of typhoid fever in the (dghtt'cnth xcar of her age. She is huried
in the old IMetliodist graveyard, Driai' Hill, ncai- Kast Brook, lie-
side her fatiier and mother.
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THE McDowells and connections 407
Al;iry Janr McDowell, ,lau-litei- of Ahcl and Alarv MeDowell
was niarricl at tiir Al„.| MrDowHI honu-, to -lanu-s llo.l.-, PaM,.,/
son ol An-hil.ald and Kli/ahcth Hunter I'atton (Seoteli-insi. ) Sei.-
tenil.er ];j, LStir,. They Jiad seven ehildren. all horn in their 'homo
near Kast Brook. The first eliild died in infanev; thr next F|..i--
enee, was horn Feh. IG, l^ifiH; Hannah was horn dune iV, '],S(i')-
i.uther, dune U. ]871 ; Mavy Iv. duly 17, 1874; Sarah dane (')et(.h,-r
I. KS76; Davitl Wright, duly 5, 1S80.
I'doreju-e Patton married Tiiomas dames i\kd\nighl (Seoteh-
Insh;, son of David and 1-di/a .MeKni-ht. They were marrie.l in
tlie Patton Home, Hiawatha, Kansas, dan. HO, 18!)4. and live at Xe-
shanno(d< Palls, Pa.. Their cdiildren are: Mary dane. horn .Maridi IS,
1SI)< ; dames Patton, horn Nov. .'{, 1S!)8; Franee.s Mari;ai'etta. horn'
dune :>, 1!HH); David lirowii, hoi'ii Dee. 10, 1!H)2; Sara Pli/aheth
horn .May 11, l!)i;}; Florence lsal)ella, horn Sept. 21, l!li:{.
Hannah Patton married Herhert Pinkerton, Oct. 17. iSiH. Has
one sou, dauu's Harold, horn Ajjril 7, 18!)7, at Hiawatha, Kansas.
.Mar\ iFli/.aheth Patton married W. (\ Hrown, lives in Lvndou,
Ohio. Hei- (diildren are: Lois, Frances, dame.s McDowell anil Xor-
nmn King, Nov. 21, 1!)1(). Luther married Nettie Anderson, lives
ni California. Children: Harold Luther, duiu' Id, 1!H)8- Florence
duiu", Dee. 27, 1911.
David Wrijrht mairied at Hiawatha, Kansas, Lois Pahcock.
Ai)i-il 1!), li)14. :\rary dane McDowell Patton died, Hiawatha Kan-
sas, on Aug. 4, 18J)!).
-Marinus King .AIcDowell, son of Ahel and Mary McDowell, was
nmrried to I{(d)ecca Wilson dolinston (Scotch-Irish) daughter of
dohn and Maiw dennings dolinston (English), at (ireenville. Pa.,
danuary 6, 1868, hy Rev. Nathaniel McFetridge. To them Ave-e
horn five children. IMary Cyla, Penjamin, dohn d., Fi-ances E. and
Amanda King.
Amanda K., married, dune 1, liill, in the iMcDowell home, hy
Iiev. d. P. Ricketts; Rohert Knox Hlevins, son of dames and dane
Clark Hlevins. dames Hlev.iis is of Irish descent.
Penjamin .McDowell, married danuary 8, l!)ld, Emma Samantha
McWilliams, daughter of dames and Ann'e .McWilliams. Tliev were
married hy Rev. E. K. :\rechlin, at the manse of Rich Hill Presl)y-
teriaii Church. They live" near the church.
.Marinus King McDowell .served four years in the Civil War.
He went out as a private in Company F, Pennsylvania Volunteers,
of the Roundhead or 100th Regiment, Army of Potomac. Was
wounded at Antietam Septemher 17, 1802. After nine months in
the hospitals he came home. K'e-enlisted twice and serv.-d until the
end of the war, in all ahout four years. Was i)rom()ted to first
lieutenant in Lattery M, Gth Heavy Artillery. Sa)V' severe service
.Margaret Emma McDowell, daughter of Ahel and Mary Mc-
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TJIIO MclU)\\ J:1.1.S AM) COXNKi'TlUX;
Dowell, iiiiin-ird Dr. 'I'. l\ Mc( iv;ii\, son „| Tlu.i.i;i^ .m.l -lam- .Mc-
" Ci-eary, iMay •_'.'). ISTii. Tlic.v w.-it iiian-icl ),,\ l,'..\. .\;ii liaiii.'l .Mor-
ris, M. K. liiiiiislci-. Ill the old AlcDowrll lioiiir inar .\ r^liaiiiioek
Falls. They live, I in Du-k.^.m, T.nnts>r.'. wliriv Dr. .\lr( ivai-y l,otii
preaclieti an<l pi'artircd iiirdicinf. Di-. Alc('rcar\- \\a^ a diapiain in
the Civil War." Tliur cliildrn, are as lollops: '.M.uy .lane, daugli-
tcr of Mariiarct Miinna -and Kid clirr .McCrrary, was Intin June 7.
1.S71 : l<:ii/.al).'tli l\in--. dau-lilri- (,r l-'lrhdifr and .Mai-ar.-t I']. .Mr-
Crcary, was horn An-. UlI. JST:;. ami di.'d .Mar.li 1(1. ] >S h .\|ai'-;ar. I
• iMinna, dan^htcr of Di'. l-'ohdicr .M d 'i-ca r\ and Alar-ar.'t M. .Mr-
Cirary, was horn Orlohcr J:;. isTT). Mdna (irrlrnd.-. dau-!ilc!- ol'
Dv. T. K. and .Mar'^arcl Iv .M.-( jcarx , was h(n n An-, I). l^r'.N, and
dii'd An--. 11'. IN.ST. D.M-tha, dau.uhlfr of Dv. T. F. and .\lar-<nvt
I'hnina .M (•( 'rcai'y, was horn An-. L'l', h"-S;i. iScnjaniin l-d(t(dicr, son
of [)v. T. F. and .Mar-aiTt fnnin.i .\| (■( 'rcary, was horn (),■!. lih, 1>S.^.')
A hah>- u-ii-1, l,orn An-, o, 1S77, dird An-! 1), l.s77. Thrsr diil Irni
i\i-:\i\ arc hiiricd in thr M. Iv -r;n,y;, nl. l)nd<son, Tcnii.
.Mar-ai-.d I'lninia .Med)u\\(dl .\1 d rrary, du'd Oct. .^. lS'/.», a-cd
■\\) years. Shr is hnricd h.-.sjdr In^r (diildrrn, Diidx.-on, Tmn. "lie
was a distin-nishcd and hi-hly In.norcd woman in holh Inr Inniir in
the Xoi'lh and Inn- lioun- in {\\v Sonlli.
Dr. T. I-'. McCrcary niai-rh'd a,-ain a .Mrs. Con.iind; hcdi.d, and
■ is hnricd hy his first wife,, l)i(d<soii. Tcnn.
,Mary Jane, dau-lder of Dr. T. l'\ and .Mai'-ard -Iv .Mc('rear\,
ni'irricd Lemuel Smisin-. 'rhc\' li\c in l)i(d<son, Tcnn.. and imn-c
)\vo sons, Donald, Thnrma...
Mar-arcl Ivnnni. dan-hlcr ol Dv. T. K. and .Mar.-ard .McCrcai'),
mai'i'ied (iardncr Stnrsin,-. Thc\ li\('in I )iidxS(ni, Tcnn. Tlmir clul-
.,. dnni are : I ienry and IJeht rca.
Bertha, dan-htcr of Dv. T. F. .md .Mar-arrt K. .M (■{ rea r.\ . mai-
' ; ried IiaymontI doccnn, Dich.smi, Tcnn. Thcii' childi-cn ai'c Martha
and liohci't i\in-.
Hcn.jamin Idctcher .Mc( 'rcary. s(»n <d' \)\-. T. F. and .M . K. .Mc-
Ci'cary. married Jessie Di(d<crson. . She died the sann^ >car. I'>cn-
■ .jamin 1^'.. mai-ricd a-ain .\pril 1'), lilKI, Clai-a Walk, dan-hlcr of
Mrs. .1. 10. Tidw(dl, Dicksmi, Tcnn. This endeth ihc ivemM (d' Ahel
and Mary McDowlFs c-hildrcn and .diildiviFs .diildivn.
Ahel McDowell met a \ n)lciit dc.itli in a ic i-hhor"s l)arn, -Inly
,;' 2.'), ISGS. He was struck li\ a lo- to which a ••iicw lan-lcd'" hay
..: I'oi-k was atiached. lie nc\er re,-ained consciousness, hut died in
<in jioiii- or [\\\) at Koss ('o\'s house, lie was a vriy actnc' wdrktr
in tlie Methodist Church, lu'lpcil support .\llc-hcn\ Colle-e. .Mead-
^'' ville, Pa.
His wife, :\lary Km- .McDowtdl, died of old a-c Scptemhcr 25.
''^ lh!M. Tlioy are hnricd in :Ur M. Iv iirave\ard al Ivist liiook. She
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was^a woman of suv.t aiul calm sell-cuntn.l, a.id of stn„.j. common
To j,'o away hack a-ain 1„ la-onicr, Matthias .McDowell son
oi SamncI an. I llannal, .McDowell, was niam...| to .)anc leech
(Unij^hlef ol rnidence and Thomas Lc.m-Ii, Feh :i l.S4-> Thev lived
in (Jreenville Mercer C.nnty, I'cinisyl vania. -lan'e Leech was horn
jMareh 2, hS2L>. and die.! -iauua.y o, ],SS!). an.l is hnried in ( Im-n v.lle,
The children of .Matthias and -lane McDow.dl are- Dewilt horn
St^'pt. 10, ]84r).
Lydia, daughter of .Matthias and dane .McDowell horn dan
nary !). 1S4;}. married Ahner Cosher, „r ( i re.^n ville. dune :{ l.S{i(i
Sim had one dau-hter, daiie or Jennie. Lydia .li.-d .March. IDI.", an.l
IS hui'ied in "I'oungslowii, Oliio. '
dennie Cosher, horn May 1, 18G8, mai-ried
Ktta .McDowell, daughter of Matthias an.l Jane .McDow.dl
horn I'eh. .'5, 1814. was mai-ried to M. S. Zimmerman, Api-il 24 I8(i7'
She died duly lU, 18!)]. Her children are Kied 1) horn Ai-ril "4
IStuS; .Maud, horn Feh. 11, 1874.
Samuel .McDowell, son of .Alatthias .AlcDowell ami dane, was
hoin .May 7, 18r)7. He never married. Died.
Ke.'ch, s.ni of iAIatlliias and dane .McDow.dl, was horn .\ov. HO.
18.)2. .Xevt'r married. Die.l.
William, son of I\rattiiias an.l dane M.d)owell, was horn .May 1
JS;-)!), married Ida J. Hunter, May 12, 1887. Lives in Voungstown,'
Ohio. Their children are (lerti'ude d., horn Dec. ;5, 1887.
Hannah, daughter of .Matthias and daiu' McDow.dl. was h.)in
Nov. ;5(), 1854, was'married to (ieorge K. Fleteher, dun.- 2!). 1882.
Their .diildr.Mi are Robert H., horn Sept. d, 1887; Chalni.M-s hoin
dan. 10. 1888. Lives in California.
L'ererur.', daught.'r of .Matthias an.l dane .McDow.'ll was horn
AjH'il 2(i, 18(il. .Marrie.l .Mr. And.-rs<.n. liv.'s in Cre.--, ville, I'a. Her
(diildren are :
Matthias, son of .Matthias and dan.' .McDowell, was niarii.'.! to
Li/./ie Xewham. 1 regret 1 do not know mor.' of this Tamil v of
Matthias McDowell.
Knd of family I'ccord of Matthias iMcDow.dl.
doseph, son of Samuel an.l Hannali M(d)ow(dl, w;;s horn in
l^igioner, lie married Maiw Ci-ockei-. Their .diihlr.-n are .Marv Fliz'.-
heth, horn April 2:{, 1847; marrie.l first (;.M)rge (dinghan, 1S(J7.
They had one child, a danght.-r, h..rn in 18(J8, in Tennessee. .Marv
Ella Vii-ginia was lier name, hut she is hettci' known as ' • Bir.li.-. ''
Mrs. .Mary McDowcdl Clinghan, latei- mairie.l .Maioi- William
Cordon, an.l lived in Xewc.istl.'.
The daughter of Kirdi- Clinghan was married Sept. ;U), 190;], to
W. P. Pierce, a lawyr, in Pittshurg. She died one month later.
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ithei- of Mary JO. (lurdoii, died when in hi.s
l)rinie. Ilis wife had died ])ieviously in ehiklhirth. So Mary K. .Mc-
Dowell was left as a tiny tot to grow u]) without father or mother,
.sister or brother. She first lived with her mother's people, then
with her father's brother, Samuel .McDowell. She was a beautiful,
vivacious girl.
'Joseph McDowell anil his young wife are buried side by side
at King's Chapel, on the Shenango.
The okb^i- generations of McDowells were Methodists as far
as they belongeil to any church. This seems odd with their Seotch-
Iiish name. Later generations are .Methodists or Presbyterians or
United I'resbyterians.
Samuel and Joseph McDowell were ultra Democrats in political
faith. Joseph was a C^omiaissioiu'r of ■\lercer Connty. Abel was a
vei-y strong Methodist, and Horace (Jreeley was his guide in i)oli-
tics. None of the old family drank except Samuel, as before noted.
The most nmrked trait of character in the .McDowell family was
thrift. This family knew how to make money and how to keep it,
a faculty nniny of their children or children's children seem to lack.
All the bo.ws of the old generation really accumulated what was
thought riches in those days. They were scrupulously honest, they
wanted their own but wanted the other fellow to have what was his.
All the generations have 1,'een looked up to as among the "first
families" of their respective communities.
On the whole the words of Theodoi'c Roosevelt in his speech at
the State Kair of .Minnesota ai)ply to the ohl pioneer stock of Mc-
Dowells. He says, "You are typical Americans, for you have done
the great, the ty])ical work of our American life. In making homes
and carving out careers for youi'selves and your children you have
Iniilt up this State; throughout our history the success of the home-
makers has been but anothei- mune for the uji-building of the na-
tion. The men who. with a.\ in the forest and pick in the moun-
tains and plow on the praiiies, ])ushed to eomi)letion the dominion
of our peoi)le over tlie American wilderness have given defi-
nite sha])e to our luition. They have shown the cpialities of dar-
ing, endurance and farsightedness, of eager desii'e for victory and
stubborn refusal to accei)t defeat, which go to make up the essential
manliness of American character. They have lecognized the law of
successes in Anu'rican life — the law of worthy work, the law of reso-
lute endeavor." If Theodore Roo.sevelt had been speaking to
Samuel and Matthias and Abid and Thomas and Joseph McDo\\ell
he couldn't have chosen more fitting words to sum up tlieir adiieve-
ments.
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TIIK MfDOWICl.l.S AXl) CONXHCrK )XS
\cvi'(l laiiils, |)i-()iiM)t('(l riiilriiads, coiuiucrrd llic wildri-ncss hikI made
hoiiirs and forliiiic^ \\>v 1 h.'inscl vrs and tludi- rliildicn
TliiTi' sons .d' tlics;' mm. I'.cn.iamin .M(d )o\\ .11, Mai'iniis King
.MrDowcdl and Sannnd l!anks. and tlir.'c or Iwnr s(Mi>-inda w . dames
Pallon and .Major Wni. (ioi'dmi. l-"lrtelier .Mcl'rear\ . .' . .lames
(^|n(•^t. ln-l|)cd to presiTM- llir liiion in tlie struj^^lc of the ('i\n Wai'.
dolm .1. .M(d)o\V(dl vohudcricd in llu' S|.anisli-.\mci'icaii War in l>s!l8-
11102. sf|-\ed \ndil tiu' vml of the \\ai-. Sundy il l.dioovrs the idlil-
diTii of tin- tldrd and lonHii i^vnci-ation to i-ontinn.- to play a woi'tliy
and li(>inti-al)lc part as thc\ arc now doni^- in fiirt li.-rinn' the politi-
ral, ridiuiou^, educational, iiidnsli'ial and .social wcltarc i>\' onr na-
tion today.
dames .M(d)o\\ill was l.orn in Sciota Cinnitx. Dliio. Sept. '21.
IMo, and died at l-\iirliury. III., dune 10. ISM), lr(,m injuries re-
eei\'ed in a run-away aeei lent.
In .Ma\-, lS:rj, he. with his [uirents, unidc and hrothers, came
to .\\()ea Township, Li\in,uslon County. Illim)is, where llie.\ huilt
a Iol;' house and planted some corn, thirs comnieueiiiL: pioneer life;
in eoirse.pu'ncc of the lndi.,n trouhle they went to Indi.iua. whei'e
they remained until the roilowiim' Novcmlier, then relui- I to Illi-
nois, and took possession 'd their claims made in tlie sprinu'.
.Mr. .M(d)owe|| was a resident of .\\(»ca Township foi' forty-
three yeai's, and prospered as a farnuM' and slo(d< rais.o'. II;' s. r\('d
as ti-easurei- of the sidiools oxer 1liii'1.\- years, and was supervisor
se\'('i-al terms. Ile-indired and moM'd to f'airhnrv in InTo,
.M.\d()i; UNK'ON (lll'.liS .Mcl)()\VI-:id,.
:\[a.jor 15. (i. .M(d)owcll was a uati\e of .N.u'th Carolina, havinji'
heen horn at Franklin, dune 22 1S;:1. lie came wilh I !n' C.mfcd-
eralc soldiers fr.nii the Noith Slate, lie entered ihe war a.^ a \(il-
unleei- in .May. ISiil, as a mendH r ,d' Ciuupanx I'.. dlUli N'orlh Caro-
hna Ke-iuh'nl of Confederate lid'anlrx'. lie heeame oi'derlx' ser-
licant of this company, and when the (i2nd .\'orlh Carolina re.ui-
nii'id \\as oi-;^ani/.ed in May, ISIi2. he was eh etc. I ma lor. The other
officers, (d' this reeinuMit were: |{. (i. .\. Love. Colonel; d. W.
(da.\ ton, Idcutcnant Cohmel • K. I',, dohnsl.m, (,)iiart ermaster ; dosepli
llaynes. .\d.)ntanl: Dr. .\. T. Deulaney. of I'.i-isiol. Sur^von.
This reuiunnt was fii'si stationed at 1 la>n.-s\ ille .now d()hns(m
City, Tenn.i Major ' .M d )ow(dl eont inued \\ it h the »i2iid .\ortli
Carolina RejiinH-nt until the war (dosed, and was Cieutenant C(do-
ncd of the I'eiiinieid wdn-n Ihe surrender canu'. His i-cninnnt was
Ihe last to surrender w lu'u Ihe wai' (dosed.
Pa-c Toli, V(dunn' :i, of (dark's N(U-lh Carolina U'cLiinu-nts.
sa\s: "That pari u\' the U'c-imenI wilh Col. d I'.. Talmei-, that op-
erated in I'last d'ennessee, hclween Hot Sprin-s. N. C., and .Morris-
town, New .Mai'kct. .Newport ami llidl's Cap. fdc, and alon-' the
fool (.f SnMd<y .Mountains. h\ Sex iciwille, .\Iar,\\dle, Kir., is reported
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to have done faithful service iiiuler T.ient. Col. H. (1. McDowell of
the G2iul, who had I't't'uscd to surrciidci' at ( 'umhei-lainl (Jii[) and
was a gallant offieer.
.Major ^leDowell's wifi' died about three years a^o. 'J'lie sur-
viviuj^ meMd)ers of the family arc: Two sons, James IJ. .M(d)()W(ll
and A. S. .M(d)oW('ll. in-ominnit radroad contractors, with lica(l(iuar-
ters at IvnoxvilK*, Tenn., and lour dau.uiitcrs, Mrs. .lames i>. L\on,
.Mrs. \V. S. Stnait, M rs. 'William Kci-nson an. I Miss livnc '.Mc-
Dowell, all of Hristoi. Va. Tcnn.
Major .McDowell's home for the last thirty years was in Ui-is-
tol, Sullivan County, Tenn., where he was a leadin.i; lawyec. His
death occui'red at ins home in IW-islol. .Ian. S, l!)l(i.
.Major r.yi'on (lil.l.s .McDowell was the son of .lolin ,M.d)owell
and Mli/.aheth Caldwell, the daughter of Alexander Caldw, II and .M .
llor^y. .lohn .McDowell, the lather of 15. ({. .McDowell, was the son
of .I(ilin McDowell, whose lather was den. Charles .McDowell, of
(Quaker Meadows. His father was -loseph .M(d)o\\(ll Sr.. horn in
Ireland in 171-'), where he wooed ami won tlu' heai't of .Mar<iarcl
O'Neil, a decendant ot the ancient Irisii Kiufi's and a memher of one
of the noblest and bravest fandlies of the old ( 'eltic race not one of
whom in battle or persona! (piarrel was excr Unown to turn his
ba<d\ upon an enemy.
HON. ED.MO.XD .V.XDIJKWS .McDOWKLD.
JMlmond Andrews McDowell was born near Idln'rty, in .Vndti'
Count\', Mississippi, on l)eeeud)er 1<S, IS')?, his father bein<;' Tlunnas
11. .McDowell, and his moth, r Lethe A. (Lea) .M.d)ow.'ll. His peo-
ple, paternal and maternal, wer.' farnu'i's ami planters. He was
educated at Mississippi Coi'e^-e, located at Clinton, 11 in. Is Count\-,
Mississii)i)i, and at the I'lnxersitx- of Vir-iinia. He was admitted to
the bar at Idl;crty, .Miss., in S.'|>tember, IcSSO, an.l practiced tlier.-
until .laniuir.N-, 1S,S;{. In 1SS2 he was reading clerk ol' the House of
Kei)resentatives of the State of .M ississip|)i. In .March, l.SS:{, he I'c-
moved to Texas and settled at ( iatesvilb'. In .\ovembcr, ISSf, he
was eh'cted County yXttorney of Coryell Comity, which office he
held for three years, and resig-ned to accept the ap|)()inlment by
the (Joveriior of Texas as Trustee of the House of Correction and
Reformatory. lu 1S<SS he was Clevelaiul and Thurmond elector
for the Eleventh Cout^ressiomd District, in .laiiuar\-, 1!)()4, he ac-
cepted the appointnu'iit of Assistant I'l'osecul in«;' .\ttorney foi- -li'l-
ferson County, Texas, after the exi)iratioji of said ti-rm of office
he a^ain assumed the practice of his profession and conlininnl tlier.'-
iu until ]})14, when he was (dected, without opi)osition, to the Thir-
ty-fourth Dej^islaturc! of Texas, whei'e he seived for the rc.irular
and first called sessions of said LeKi>ilatui'e, and in .lun.', iKlo, was
appoiided hy (Governor Fcr>j;usoii as .lud^i' of the (iOth Judicial Dis-
trict at Ueaumont, wdueh (dfiee he now holds.
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r AIjF>X. K. M. .MrDoWKLL.
(1 copy this tVoiii the I'ly Iciif of my talli.'r's Ti-siaiiiciit. Tlie
record contains errors which ] correct liom 1. iters of Aunt Hutord
to Aunt lieid in Virj^inia. -L. I. WrD.)
.Mem. by Alex K. M. .McDowell, made in iStiS, at Ann Caldwell's
(his donhle first consin) IVom (Irandpa's (.liid;.;',' Sam M (d ) j okl
IJihlc.
.My grandfather, Sani"l McDowell. Sr., was horn in .Vugusta
County, now ixoekhridge ('(Huity. Va., Nov. 7, IT-J.') (cri'or, lu" was
bom on the above date in I'einisylvania, canu- to Viiginia in the
.summer of LS;57. when but 1 wo years old) and died ni .Mifcer (now
lioyie County, Ky., Oct. L^T. 1S17, aged Si> (erroi-), died Sept. 25,
1817, on Tliursday morning, about dawn, in .\unt i'.nford's letter
written the day lu' died).
.My grandmother, .Ma)-\- McClung, was born in Augusta County,
Va. (my father always said she was born in Ireland i, her father
was William ^IcClung, was born in 17;}4, eann- to Virginia in 1740.
She died in Kentucky. .Meicer Couidy, at her son's, .losej)h i^Ie-
Dowell, 8 p. m., Saturday, Oct. 2S, 182(j (see Aunt IJuford's letter).
The I^ibie record co]>ied by my father says Oct. L'7, 1827 (an error).
She was two years older tlian her husband when they were mar-
I'ied in Augusta (see Aunt jiuford's I'ccoi-d) on -Ian. 17", 17r)4.
.My father. Samuel McDowell, was born in Augusta County
(now Roekbridge) Va., IMareh 8, 17G4, and died in .Mercer Countv
Ky., June 20, 18:^, aged (>7.
.My mother, Ann Irvine (daughter of .M)ram Irvine and Alary
Dean IrviinO was born in Virginia, Nov. 28, 17(i;{) ami died 1816
Oct. 21).
Samuel McDowell anti Anna Irvine wvw )narried Oct. 4. 178.').
Theii" children were :
1. .Mary Irvine, boi-n dune 12, 17S7: married William Starling;
died at IIoi>kinsville, Ky.. Vv\>. 18(i!).
2. dolin Adair, born May 2(), 178!); m;inied Lucy Stai'liug,
sister of William Starling: died at Lancaster, Ohio, Sept. 10, 182:}.
li. .\l)ram Irvine, boni April 24. 17!)1 ; married Kli/a .
AONKW LINL.
r)00 Duke Sti-eet,
Alexandria, Va., .March 28, 1!)1(;.
Major-General J. IL McDowell.
My dear cousin and clansman; .Not long ago 1 mailed you a
typed and corrected i-ecoi-d of my Krwin-.Vgncw lineage through
the marriage of David Agnew and .Mary Krwin. .laughter of .John
Erwin of Antrim, Franklin • County, rennsylvania ; and 1 have just
corrected the line of Charlotte Dell .\gnew. I'rom Joseph Irwin and
Violet Porter, whi(di she n .piested me to send to her, and then she ^
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THE McDO\VP:LLS and connections 415
would forward it to you. Her lineal descent from .Joseph Irwin
is j)roven, of course, hut there are still vei'ifications to sulistantiate
that John Krwin, the father of Mary Krwin, and stei)-father of Mary
Ramsey, who nuirried James Agnew, and of James Kanisey, who
married Elizabetli Porter, was a brother of First Archibald Irwin,
both to be sons of James Irwin, who came to the Province of Penn-
sylvania in 1717-1(S. i*i'ofessor Si'ilhami'r chai-^ed us +2.').(H) to prove
that lie was, and that his first wife was Sarah (lloge) Reynolds, but
Mrs. Aniui llej)burn Watts, geiu'alogist, of (-arlisle, Pa,, who has un-
proven Irwin ancestry, insists that fJohn and Archil)al(i Irwin may
luive been near relations, but that the}' were NOT brothers. It seems
to me that they must have been brothers, or first cousins. John
Krwin 's second wife was tin- widow of Colonel James Ramsey, and
as there were about that period so many Ramsey-Irwin-Agnew-Por-
ter-Finley internmrriagcs, and as the}- wei'e in the saunt part of the
l)rovince, it seems reasonable to state that they were near relations.
The Harrisons always claimetl I'clationshii), and when Benjamin
Harrison was President, and John Scott, his father-in-law, was liv-
ing with him in Washington, he recpiested my father to call u])on
him, saying that they wero family connections, as, of course, they
were, tlirough frecpient marriage alliances, even if Archibald and
John Krwin were not brothers. Archibald died in 178!) and John in
17!)G, and as Archibald was born in 17154, John was probably' born
in 17;{2, which wouhl have been a good l)ii'th-date for him; to have
had three children by his first marriage, John; .Mary, born in 1755,
who married David Agnew. and Robert, who married Susan Coxe,
of Philadelphia, whose daughter, Susan Coxe Krwin, later nuirried
Samuel Agnew, publisher of Peter Parley's Ilistoi-ies and of other
theological and educational works, ami who had one son. Dr. Krwin
Agiu'W, who studied nu'dicine in Philadelphia with Dr. I). Hayes Ag-
new. and Dr. Krwin Agnew mari'ied the niece of Mrs. I). Hayes Ag-
new, who was i\Iary Creighton Irwin, of Richmond, Va., and they
were unaware of any relaticuiship. Samuel Agnew, born Nov. 14,
1814, v.as the son of Lieut. -Col. Janu's Agiunv and Klizabeth (Fiidey)
Agnew, grandson of Col. Janu's Agiu'w and Mai-y (Ramsey) Agnew,
great-grandson of Captain James Agnew ami Rebecca (Scott)
Agnew, married Dee. 10, 1840; Susan Coxe Krwin, daughter of
Robert Krwin, and Susan (Coxe) Irwin. Archibald Irwin is said
to have had i)aralysis of the right arm, and John Irwin's will was
signed with his mark, so that he must have been affected in a like
manner, as he was a wealthy educated num. The will was made in
179;{, three years' before his death, and James Ramsey, his stei»-son.
was one of his executors, to whose >-oung son, John, his luimesake,
})resumably, he left a legacy. The will was witnessed by James Mc-
Lain, James Brotherton and Alexander Peatty. 1 am determined
to no longer insist upon the lineage of John iKrwin until it is proven.
In the will it is written Ki-win and Krvin and it was probated by
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41() 'I'lll': McDOW I'Jl.l.S AM) ('().\M.;i"lH).\.s
lli«' nniiic ol' Irwin. I am ii(>i)iiin- il,at you will he al.lc to solve our
iM'wiii i.i'olilon with data in \oiir possession U>y y,,iir ^ciicalo^M-.
Wlu'ji iiiy TatliiM- was a young' man. IIutc was a -hums li'viu, a
i-rayon aiiist, who was at his home a -ii-rat .h-al, and I ha\i.' a small
portrait of iii\- fatlici' drawn \>y this •'.lim li\in," as he was callcHl.
And when iuy cousin, Miss .Mai-y -lean Ai^ncw. of ( ; icmicasl Ic. Frank-
lin ('(Hinly, l\"nns\ Ivania, was hxdxinj;- oNcr some |)ai)cis she caim.-
across an unmounted picluir of a icmari^ahly handsome yoinig man,
, which she sent to me, and the name. ••ImIwIu A. Ir\ii"i. oi'lrwiii',
Crawforthillc, Lowndes Co.. .Miss.."" is wi-itlrM (Ui I he Laid;. Tlu'
"A." is presunuihly for ■■A-new," as our <)( the desc.'udants of
dosej)h Irwin an<l Violet I'orter is, or was. named ■■I'Mwin Irwiii
Agncw." This piidnre w.i.-, among' the papers of the Kr\-. dolin
Koliinson Agnew, a descendant of Col. -lames Agiicw and .Mai-y
(Ixamsey) Agnew. Do you know an\tliin- about liic .M rssissi])]")!
Iiwinsf
;, These Jiotis ai'c simply some gein'alogical hoiu-s and sinews where-
with 1 trust to huiht the legitimate descent of dohn fliwin, or -lohn
Irwin, my gieat-great-grand fat her. Did James Irwin, lather of
Arcduhald Irwin, w lu) marrnd .lean .M(d)owel|, ha\e a son, .John.' 1
,. note ".James li'win, Petei-'s Townsliij), Cumherland Co., in Char-
, lotle liell Agnew's record, hut I slioidd have \vrittcn: Franklin Co.
In Keith's "Ajicestry of l!en.jandu llarrrsou,"' it is recoi'detl :
', '".Mary Kauusey was horn duly 17lh, 17.'):i; died .July Kith, FSii.'); mar-
ried Jainey Agiiew." 1 lia\-e tin- co|)y of the j)oi'trait (d" Mary Kam-
': sey. also a sipiare of linen woven hy hers(df from fla.\, |)i(d»aoly that
di.hn Mrwin, my grandfatiur, twice gr.at, orders in his wdl to he
; grown ainiuall\- t\)r her use. The emigrant -lames K'amsey canu' to
w America from (Glasgow, Scollaud. and Col. .lames Jiamsey, who luar-
C ried Klizaheth Porter and hecanu' great -gi'andfal her u\ Pr.'sident
;. lieiijamin Harrison, was hai.ti/.cd „ti Sei^t. LMI.li 1721', and died April
^\ KJtli. 17.')7. Ol-, rather, .Ja,i:es Kamsey, who married Mai'y (CCaine,
>'l tlu> father of Col. -James Kamsey, who married .Miss I'oii.-r, was
" hapti/.ed ami died on those liales. It was the widow (jf the cnugraiit
•James Ivamsey who hecame the second wife of .John Fi'wni.
Prof. Ihuiry Farle Piggs, .Micdiigan College of I'jiginci'i'ing, Ann
Arhor, .Micdi., wrote me tli- f.dlowing: ".My „wn interest is douhle
r here, as iJ(d)ecca Agnew, wife „f the K'ev. William Paldridge, was
^. iii.\- father's grandmother, while Mli/a hel h l-'iiile,\, who married
, -James -\gnew, was a sisler of -John h'inley, my wife's mother's
'it f,n'aiidfatlier. and it was among the iiajicrs of .Mary \A\r l-'inley, my
.■•• wife'.s grandmother, that I foumi miudi histor.v of Ihe Agnews anil
■ .'> tiie old silhoiielte." The sihouctte is of my great great -gland fat her,
•'i Capt. -lames Agnew.
With many good wishe, for yon and your great •'ISook," hoping
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THI-: McDOWKl.l.S AND CONiNErTlONS 417
tliat you will lie aljle tu i)laL'i' me aiuoiiij;- the ck-et "' li'\ iiies," 1 re-
main, with siiu-ere regards,
I'oi'ilially your liuiiorrd kinsman,
,MAKV VlKlilNIA ACNKW.
SKI<:T('11 of WILLIAM I-:. .Mri-:LK()V.
William K. McKli'oy, Tilth son of Samuel McKlioy and Mary
Irvin, was liorji in Camphcll ('ounly, Vii'ginia, Fchrimry 1), 177(J.
His parent-s, thouyli natives oT Ireland, were Ixttli of pure Seotcdi
blood. Jn the Spring of ITb!), in ecnnpany with his hrothei's -James
and Ilug'h, Samuel .MeKlroy remo\etl to Kentuid^y and Milled with
his family on I'ope's (.'reek, in what is now .Mai'ion County.
During- the long and j)ei'ilous joiu-m'y whieh lay, lor the m(jst
l)art through an unbroken wilderiu'ss, with danger and death lui-k-
ing upon every Juind, William, although but \'i years u[' age, took
his regular turns as sentinel, aiul oeeupietl liis jilaee in the ranks,
gun in hand, whenever an attaek was antieipated from the bands
of hostile Indians whieh infested a great portion of the route.
In IT'Jf), having agreed witli his ohler brothers to relin(pii.>h all
elaim to their father'.s estate to their two younge.st brothei's, who
were twins, although still a minor, and with no other lesourees than
his own stalwart arms and indomitable energ\ . William determined,
with his father's })ermission, to begin life i'or hiurself. lieing Jiat-
ui'ally of an ingenious t.urn and \\ith some ])i'ol ieiency in the use of
tools, he eommeneed business as a earpt'iiter, ami was emplo}(Hl
either in building, enlarging or impro\ing e\'ery house of any eon-
se(|uenee within a eirele of nuiii>' miles. While thus engaged, what
is known as the "(Jreat Revival" of ISOO and ISOl oeeiirred, during
whieh he professed religion and began the life of an t'arnest, devotid
Christian. As might reasonably l)e supj)osed from his parentage and
the faith in whieh he had been reared, lie at onee united hims(df
with the Presbyterian Chureli, of whitdi he was ordained a riding
elder in the following year (1801), and for seventy-three years he
eontinued to be one of its most exi'iajjlary members and usefid offi-
eers. lie died November .'{, 1(ST4, in his niiudy-ninth year.
On .July 1, 1804, he was married to Miss Keturaii Cleland, daugh-
ter of Philip Cleland and sister of the eelebrated Dr. Thomas Cle-
land, for nnuiy years one of the most distimpiished elei'gynu'n of the
United States. Connected with this marriag(! there was a trifling
ineident which will serve to illustrate a leading ti-ait in the souu'-
what remarkable character. Singidar as it may seem, it was oiu' of
the very few instances in his long life in which William failed to
meet his engagements ])romptly and punctually to the letter. With
that jirudence and order whieh distinguished him in everything he
did through life, he had, in contemplation of his approaching mar-
riage, built his ca'bin and supj)lied it with such necessaries as his
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WIIJJAM 10. Mcl'M.UOV
Born Feb !), ITTii; died Nov. .J, 1671, in his ItHih vuar.
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very limited iiu'ans ;i I torded ; hut, in spite of his utmost efforts,
when the moi'iuii.i; of his w-fMhliii^- (hiy ai'ri\cd, he liad no! ijuitc fin-
islied his kitelieii. As it was t'onli'ai'v jo ,,iii. of his inricxihh' nd.'s,
liowever, to leave aii.\t hiii!^; iinfiiii^hcd if it could he avoided, lie
detenniiu'd to eompU'tc il hid'ore ^■.'tliu--- mari'icd, ami in cari'vinor
out that I'esolution he was detained lour hours after the time aj)-
pointed for the eeremons'.
This union, crowned with all the hlessin^s that cluster around
the i)eaceful heai'thstom- of a contented Clii'istian housch.dd, and
attended with increasing- prosi-erily eacdi suececdinj^- year, c(Hdinued
until .March 'A, hSU, when the happy wife was carried off l)\- the epi-
demic known as the "Cohl I'la^ue,'" whitdi durinj^ that year j)re-
vailed with fearful fatality in many portions of KentU(d<y — leaving
her stricken husluind with five small childi-en.
William K. McJ^lroy remaiin-d a widower until Jan. ]'A. 1821,
when he married Miss Mai'y Kirk, daughter of dames Kirk, of an
old and honored lidsh family, who hore him nine children. With
her he s])eut man\- of the lu'ightest and most pi'osperoiis years (d'
liLs life. She dictl Mai'ch it, IStio, and the highest eulogy upon liei'
singularly pui'e and heautiful Christian eliaraidei', as well as the
temh'rest, most touching trihute that affection could |)ay to her
memoi-y was penned by the liaud of her aged hushaiul, who, when
he had recorded her death injhe family liihle, added to the sad in-
stri})tion the sinii)le words: "Slu- was the best woman I ever saw."'
(Taken from "A Sketch of the Life and Character of William
J^^ McKlroy," by (Jov. Proctor Knott, of Lebanon, Ky., grandson of
William K. .McElroy, which ai)peared in L(d)aMon Standai'd Dec. "I'-i,
LS74. and was re])ublished i)y the L(d)anoii Kntei-prise .Jul\- G, 11)06.)
MKS. ALK'L HLAIU ANDREWS.
^Irs. Alice Blaii- Andrew,, is a nuMuber of the Presbyterian Ciiurch ;
])ronnnent in j)atriotie organizations, ha\'iiig organized the Ixoswell
Chapter, Daughter.s of the Amei'ican UcNolution, in New .Mexico.
and represented the (dia])tei' se\eial linuvs at the Continental Con-
gress in Wasjiington, I). C She also organized and is presiileid of
the Patrick Henry Chai)ter, Childi'cn of the American b'evolution in
Koswell, New .Mexico. Mrs. Andrews is a membi'r of the d. Ilarxcy
.Mathes Chaidcr, I'nited Daughters of the Confedei'aey, of Memphis,
Teun.; also lu'longs to the Kastei'n Star orgain/ation.
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MRS. ALICJK P.LAIi: ANUUKWS
Atlanta, (.ia.
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TlllO .McDOWKI.l.S AND CONN ICCI'IOXS
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ChieftaJQ IrviiiL;- Socit-ly of the World
Author of Irvine Hook of Scotland.
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THE McDOWKLLS AND CIONNECTIONS
Mrs. AtidiTws is a woiu.iii of m'cat rcfiiiciiicnt, a dcNotcd iiiotlicr
ami siiu'crc rrifiid. TIu'm' iiohic atti-il)Ul('s arc iidn i\'iil Iroiii Ih^t
illustrious line ol' aiiccsl ry, whose iiaiut's iia\r liciii I'ccoi'dcd in the
^rcat acdnrvcincnts of \'ir^iiiia and North antl South Carolina. W'l'
iwc very iiiucli indchtcd to .Mrs. Andrews lor vwy \alualilc data lur-
nislicd I'or the history. • In ( lioicc of woi'ds and in cxju'cssion .^hc has
ffW tM|uals. llcr inxcsti^ial ions in family <;("m'alo^_\ sli(»w a hi^ddy
cnllui-cd intellect and lo\al.le at I ainuu'iits. that -c to nuiUe up the
pure and noble womanhood ol' America.
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THE MIXKMMilKC; DKCLAUATIOX
DcM.'laratioii of liulcpeiKlciicr hy llic i-oiuinilU'c ol' the in'oplc ol'
.Mrekk'iihurg (/ouiity, N. C"., of tlu- 'rwcntirtli of Ma\, 177.').
\^ie\vt'(l ill the liyht of liistoiy, Aiui'ricaii ainl Mnylisli, I 'oiiy;r('js-
sioual and Provincial, with ohscrxat ions on the characters of tin-
chief witnesses who testified of it. as known to the writer from ])er-
sonal ac(|uaintance, or their reputation aniony- their contt'niporaries.
A !\1I<:M()K1AL addkkss.
At a mass meeting in ("hai'lotte, l^'el). 4, l<S7r>^ preparatory to
the Centennial ( 'elehi'at ion. , • ,, - , ' ■
By William A. Ciraham.
I esteem it a duty of souu- one who has had the opportiuiities
of acipiaintance with the i.'evohdionary history of the State, and
this a fit occasion, to vindicate the authenticity of the l)eclai-at ion
of Independence !)>■ the delegates of the people of the ('onnt> of
.Me(d<lenl)urg on the liOth of May. 177.'). against the attemj)! rceently
made to bring it into discicdit. With some recollections of the dis-
cussions of this to|)ic, running hack more than iialf a cenlur\. I
have taken no i)art in it heiH'tofore. '['he cvi-nt occurreil (as 1 he-
liev(^ it did occur) in tlu' iinnu'diate \ieinit\' of the resi(h'nct' of the
families of wliicdi 1 am descended. Se\eral of m\- mar relatixcs,
iiududing my fatiier, when it was called into (piestion soon aftci' its
publication in the gazettes of lSlIJ-2(), ga\-e their testiiiM)ii\ as wit-
nesses who had been personally [/resent at the transaction, with ref-
erence to some of the eirciimstances of the occasion, as well as to
])reeedeiit and isul)se(|uent e\'ents. 1 deemed it proper no', to par-
ticipate in the controversy as to the credibility of this testimony
while these witnesses were alive — tin.' more especially as 1 thought
the claim on the part of Meid<lenl)urg well sustained by others. But
those "who chani]iioned the cause of the State (for it has been made
a State matter) have all passed away— ^Fartin,. .Jo. Seawell Jones,
Foote, ITawdvS, are no longer among the living. The witnesses to
whom I have alluded, and those others Avhose evidence was then
taken, their comrades and neighbors, with whom the>- had passed
through the fiery trials of a war A\hicli ensued, are all likewise
dead. AVe may now spea\' of them without flattery ami I trust,
without vanity. If my connections \vith some ol' them shall induce
a suspicion of bias on the (>ne hand, uid'avorable to impai-tial eon-
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42(i THE McDOWKLLS ANlJ CONNECTIONS , |
sidcratioii, 1 liojx' it will Ix' ronci'dcd on the other lliat it jiives nie I
o|)l)ortiiiiitii'.s (»r iiit'oniialioii in rrsiicct lo tio-ii' tradition, as to I
public opinion in llic r(\i,n(Mi ol' this orruri-cnct'. as I'ac hack as my ;
nicJiiory extends, not acccs.sihh- to strcinycrs and nol posscssftl hy .,
inaiiv' now survivin;^-. 1 liavc pi-(d'or)-(Ml that the diit.\ of this vin-
dication should have hccn undcftakin hy othci' hands, hut on con- .
sultation with the lluutcrs, I'.rcNai'ds, I'olks. Ah'xandcrs, and others, ■.
Avliose ancestors were ea-^er actors in or witnesses (»!' the event in
ipicstion, though they I'elt ihat injustice liad heen done hy the puh- i
lications ref.'ri'ed to, and desired Ihat the truth of his1or> as wc
understood it in the State should he asserted, they w civ nn|)r(-paretl
I'or the discussion. Of twenty copies of the puhlication hy oi'(h'r of
the Legislature in lh;{() of the evidtuu-e in relation to the .Me(dden- *
hurj? Decdaration, diicided lo he deposited in the Slat. Library, hut
one remains. Of the local newspapers. The Western Carolinian, cs- I
tabli.sJnMl at Salisbui'y. .\. ('.. in LS20. and tlu" Yadkin and Catawba
dournal, the Miners and Lai'uiers' .lournal, puhjishcd ni Chai-hitte
a! a later jieriod. which may contain .ii'li.des n\' this iheno' when ' \
this au'itation was IVesh, .:nd eye and eai- witnesses of the event
were alive, the \"\\v.> are nowb.'re to be found. The difficull.w there-
fore, ol' now procurin<: all e\ idi'Uce bearing- on this subject wliicli
satisfied the counlr.v fifty odd years ago, rises lo an impossibility.
Lnone;h. howevt'r. 1 a|>|)rehend, is within our reach to establish the
authentic charaider of the .M e(dvleidtur<^' Deidarat i(Ui. accordine; to
the accepted evidence of historical tndh.
The position we nuiintain is \-er\- readil.\- stated, ll is. that the
resistaiKH' to Ui-itish authority, which assumed the form of war in
177.") was not be<,Mni. <n' wa^ed on the paid of the colonies uiiicrally,
(U' the Coiijiress whitdi represented them, within a \ iew lo sever-
anc<> of the emiiirc. befoi'c late in ihe Spring of 1771). Like the los-
ing against King dohn. Cimrbs 1. and dame.s II.. it conl cmidated
only a ind'oi'mal ion of abuse> and redress ol' grie\aiiees. as Lritisa
subje.ds under the crown (d' the monarcdi. but did mM conleni|)lat<
a (diange of governmenl or Ireciloni from Ihe dominion (.f llieii' King
and country beyoml the s; a ; that North Carolina, and esp.MMally
the people t)f Me(ddeidiurg. formed an exception to this general
sentiment of loyalty. The leading s])irils. in that country and else-
where, \\ere ripe for rrMilulion from the bciiinning. They wi-re op-
posed to monarch\. had lillie or no attachment lo the molh.'r coun-
try, wci'c (dud'ed by reci-nr provoi-at ions in llic actual operation of
the go\ei-nment. and wei" ready to Ihi'ow it off al any favorable
opportunity. Hence, their decided and manl\- ad ion in proclaindng
indeiiendcncc on the l^Olli (d' .May, 177.'). in ad\aiice of the other coj-
iinies. This [)roud distinciion we claim for them. and. al tln> disad-
vantage of having to nie-i a chalb-nge of this rbiiin at the cwd of
luiarlv a hundred \eai's from the act, ami iiu)re than ii third of a
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THE McUOWEl.l.S ANU CUNNECTIONS 427
fi'iitiiry alter tlic last oi' ilii attestin^r uitiK'Sscs dcpaitfd tliis lile,
trust to make it good.
It may coiiducc to tlu' Ijctti-r iiiidcrstaiKling ol' our olisi'r\atioii.s,
heforc proc-ei'diiig tiirtlu'r in the discussion, to state tlu- condilions
of the (|uostion as to the ;;■ Jiuineness of tlu; .Meekleuhui'g Derlai'a-
tioii of Independenee in Noitli Carolina. There are some iaets which
lia\-e occuri'ed within the liuu' of living memory ahoul whicli I pre
sunu- there can he no dispute :
I- N'" <)iu\ I ajjprehend, douhls that the men of M cckleiihurg.
who weie ohi enough to i-euu'uihei- the events of ITTo, ai\d survi\t'd
till IS]') and ISL'O and l.S;5(), helieved there had heen a Dcdaraliou of
Indepeu.lence at Charlotte, on the L>()lh of May in the yeai- fiist uu-n-
fi"ii.d, and that the\- 1 heinsidves witnessed its promidgal ion.
-• 'fluit not oidy was this conviction prevalent anning th'o^e
who had renuiined in that eounlrv- in the interim, hut was shared
h\' those who had emigrat^.i to (leorgia, Tennessee and (dsc\vhere.
l. That the whole jjcoplc of .M e(d(lcnhui'g. witho\it ilist iiu-t ion
from difference in I'eligious oi)inioii, political parlies and jx'i-sonal
antipathies, oi- rivalries, were likewise impressed with this convic-
tion, and from early aftei- the ycai' 1S2() onward, until in celehrating
the anniversary of the day (d' the Deidaration at Chai'lottc, with all
the (hunonstralioiis tending to comnuMuoi-ate a great event. Anuuig
these celehi-ations wo ]iav.> leports of thri-e of the nu)st nu'uioi'ahle.
In IS'J.), as we learn from the Ivaleigli Jxegister, an immense
concuiirse attended, aiul heside a pai-ade of militai'y, an oration was
pronounced 1)\ Washington .Monison, l-lsip, a law.vcr of repute, siih
se(piently a senator from the county in the State l.egislatur.-, hut
suic«' deceased; and the religioirs exercises were conducted hy the
lu'v. llumi)ln-ey riiinter. who also read the Mcckleidiurg Deidara-
tion, of the aimoiinceuu'ut of which he had heen a witiu'ss fift.v
years anterior, wdien past the age of twenty, with comments on the
eireumstanee.s which had accompanied it. At the puhlic festival of
the occasion CJon. George (Jraliam acted as ))resideiit and Clerk Isaac
Ale.xamler as vicc-presidenr. hoth of whom had given their written
testimony, as liad :\lr. Hiinier, as personal witnesses of the Declara-
tion, and hoth of whom, lik' him, had done soldier's duty in the war
whiidi followed. Hut the most interesting feature of the day, of
which the pnhlished report informs ns, was that a l)and of He"vi)lu-
tionary soldiers, numhering from sixty to seventy, i)rol)ahlv all of
them residing in this old county of soldiers, marched at tiie head
of this procession with the simjde hadge "To" on the lai)els of
their coats.
On the anniversary in 1835 there was jn'ohahly th.- most imi)os-
mg assembly that ever attended a like eelehration" in the state. The
Hon. n. L. Swain, the governor in office, and Willie 1'. Mangiim.
one of the senators in Congress, were present, with manv cd" the
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THIO McDOWICl.l-S AND CONM-U'TlONri
most pi-oiuiiuMit piihlir rhu-iu-tcis of tlic Nlalr, and (.tlicrs who did
not altriid in pri'sdii si'iil irttcrs of a|>ol()i;-,\. 'I'lic \Vt stern Caro-
linian, of wirudi I ha\c a .Mn>:l'' nund)rr. copv in>i iVoiii llir .Minor's '
ami Farmer's JoiU'iial, prinU'd in Charloltc. .Ma\ -JlMli, IS.!.'), (.•ives \
a detailed rei»<)rl of the e'lt hral ion, and, amon^ii' o lur ihiny-.s, that
l(dlers were read from .)n<l;4-e (iaslon. -Ind^'e Unffin. ILm. W. 11. j
(\)nner, .Mr. r'alhonn, .Air. \'vr.\nu and (iovernor .M(d)urf> of South j
Carolina. .Iud-e White of Tenne.vsee, 15. WatUins l.ei-h of \'ir-ina.
and othei'.s. i
The si'iitimeiit aeeonipan.N in^ the letter of -liidLre (iaston was .
as follows: ••American I il.ert \ - loM'e first derlarrd .md here most ' '
saeredl.x .dierished --!,., Idly res.dved on- Ion- struu-led for and
iiohly defended- it nnist i-e presi-rved hy the \irlne, wisdom, \ i-i-
Thc oration of the iiny was didivei'ed hy l-'raiddin L. Smdh. a
nat i\ (' of Charlotte, a yoini'i ad\ ••eatc of hii:h prmniscs who w a> eou-
siuned to an early urax'e in .Mississippi, to winch >latr he had emi- |
-rated. The Di'elai'at ion \>. as read, with a|ipr(ipri,it e remarks, hy
dames W. Osliorm", lvs(p. • f Charlotte, suhse.pient ly a .pid-r ul' I he
Supreme Conrt. a ucntleman of a(d;nowle<l--,(l ahdii\ and cnlture.
and prohal.l.N hidter \ ersed in the lo<-al hi.tory .d' that action of
the state than an\ one of liis time.
.Vow, as on the former o<-casion. also appeared the U'e\(dntioii
ary soldiers of that re-ion. 1 wcid.x'-sev'en in nnndier, with a whiti'
satin had-'e of '•To." and two re,-imenls, one of i;i\ali-\. the other
of infantr.N-. from .Meiddenlmr-- and Caharnrs connticN, |he.\ eonsli-
Intin-' the old .Me(d<lenhnr r ,d' 177-").
.\-ain in iNtiT was another -rand e(d(d)ration of the da.\ . when
lve\. \)v. l'\ L. lla\\l;s, then I'esidin-' in New York. Init retainin-' an
affection 'or his native stale whiidi iiexcr fla--fd in (hd'cndin-- her
fame, interest and honor, deliven-d an oration in winch he elaho-
lalely considered tln' e\ id ■nee of the truth (d' thi> act of patriotism
of th'e people (d' .M eek leidmr-' and h.ddly ecmil.atted ihe ohjcctioiis
A\!ii(di had hccn iir-cd ,i-ai i>t it. (iovei-iioi- S\\aiii, at this time pres-
ident of Ihe iini\ersity. aci-omj anied \)v. Hawks to this edehrat ion,
and at t iie fi st i\ al id' this tla.\ made an addres.s w hi(di w .-is not under-
stood to imply an_\- douht of the |)osition assumed li,\ him.
This oration wa.s -only a week oi- two later delivered hy Dr.
Hawks oil the da\- preeedni-' eommeneeuuMit at the uiii\-eivsit,\' of
the slate to a lai'ge audience, (d" whitdi I was one Tlu' piddie press
was then as \'vvv from ohjMdors as it is \n)W ; all was known then
tonehiii-' the e\ ideiiee of de- -cnuineness (d' the l)e(darat ion that is
l:nown now. Miif 1 am noi aware that any oiic to(d< up the -aunl-
hd that he holdly threw <lown.
The poiid, hoA\'e\fr, to \\hi(di 1 am now diiectin-' attention is
thai the men of MeidNleiihiii-- who had reacdied the a-c of discre-
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THR McnOWF'^LLS AND CONNECTIONS
lion in 1775, and sni'vivt'd until IS'iO, and l)fyond it, <;iti>l'ied her
(Mitiir people of tin' tnilli of the Decl.irat ion wliieli tliey ,i\i'rred to
lia\'e heen nnide, and indin-ed tlieni pi-ondly to unite in its ul)serv-
anee as a luitional holiday. In atteetinu- this result they were dou))t-
less forlitied and assisted !.\ a li'aditi(Mi which had made it iiiiieh
a pari of the history of .Meiddenhur- as aii\- othei- puhlic e\.Mit.
4. More than this, they conNineed those best infonned in our
histoi'y, the nK»st sa^atdous and intelli^'cnt of the i)nlilir nun of
toda\-, nnni as little ea|)al)le of licinii' deceived hy \\ hat was spurious
or falsi', as any who have succcdcil them, of the same tiling. An an
illustration of this, it nni\- he hrouj^ht \r.irk to recollection that tin*
late .John Stanley, oecnpyin^ii' a place ci'rtainly ainonn the I'irst o\'
the stalesiiH'ii, lawyei's and uhmi of letters that the state has I'earcd
in an elaborate and insl lar-tive funeral oration on the life and cdiai'-
acder of .John Adams at New I'x'i'u, a short tinn- after the death of
Mr. Adams in 1(S26, contained in a jiamphlet whicdi may yd he found
amonij; those who ar<' careful to preser\-e the nuunorials of litci'a-
ture, taken an extended notice of the I )i clai'ation o!' I nde|)e:Mle!ice
hy the ]>eople of .Mecddenhurn' on the '2()th of .May, ITTo.
.Jud>,'e li. M. Saunders, of Kaleinh, and president of the (,'on\cn-
tion of Internal lin|)roveimMits. which assendiled in that v'wy in .\o-
vend)er, 18:58, in a nniuorial whi(di this convention pi'esi'uted to the
leg-islatnre, referred to it likewise in terms of the highest eulo;iy.
At the session of tin' ^'^eneral assemhly in 1842 a on inorial of
a ))Uiiil)ei- of citizens wdu) had muted together mnler the nanu' of the
Mecklenhiirg Monunieid Asso(datiou was presented to that hody
praying an act of incorporation for the purpose of erecting a monu-
ment in cominenu)ration of this great event. It was signt'd 1)\- a coiu-
mittce in behalf, consisting of Frodei-ick Nashe, William (;. Alex-
ander, 1). F. Caldwell, -lames W. Osborne. 11. C. Jones, Paid Uar-
ringer, dohn I'hifer, dohr, 11. Wheeler, Isaac T. Avei'y. .Mitidn-ll
Hoke, Charles Fisher, Joseph McDowell Carson, IJobel't Strange,
Janu's Iredell, D. L. Swain, William 11. Haywood, Jr., and I'.uMou
Craigc; and the act of incorporation was regulai-ly granted.
T). Hut it was in)t merely our citizens, including those of lire
highest enunence in intelligeiu'c, culture ami pati'iotism llii-oughoiit
the state, wdui were charmed iido the belief of the truthfidncss of
this oenrrence; the state itself looked upon the fauu' of her heroes
of Mecklenhnrg as a flower not umvorthy to be worn in the garland
which decked her own brow. At the session of 18;K)-;H. with a view
to ])eri)etiiate some evidence of the transaction, certain certificates,
in the nattn-e of discpiisitions of witiu-sscs then living who had per-
sonal knowledge of it, we;-" procured and laid befoi'c the geiuu-al
assend)ly— witnesses wdu)se chai'acters were all known through theii'
rei)resentatives, and who could Inive i-eadily been snb.ject to cross-
examination. These were referred to a connnittee composed of
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4;50 THE MfDOWRLl.S ANF) TONNRCTIONS
'J'hoiiias (1. I'opf. -loliii IW'ii.u^, ll\;iii Ali'x;iii(lcr. Lewis I), lli'iiiy and
Alexaildci' .McNeil. 'I'llis .MUinninec mwdc ;i ir|i(Mt |-c;illiliii)li-- llic c'vi-
(leiicf to br s;itist'acl<»r\ . iiiid diirciiiin tlic liuxcnior lo caiiM' lo lio
l)iil)lisli('d ill pnmiihl.'t llic -aid report, wiili ;iii inii Mluei(»f\- iiari'a-
tivc to 1)0 prepared l)v limiself. lo^ctlier with llie M eid<leiiliurg
l)('(daration. tlic names of the d(de,>iatcs coniposiiii:- the ineeiinr. ami
the CCl-tiricatcs of wil-|iesses teslltxinu- to the eireii in -laiiees alteiid-
iti^^ said Dfidaratioii ; aUo, the proeeedino- ,,f tln^ ( iiin herland Assd-
ciatioii; and llial in a separate pamphlet tln-re slidiild he reprintod
the .loiU-nal of the Tl^oviiieial Coli-rrss held at 1 I a 1 1 la X the .Id ol"
April, 177G, in udiitdi the d.de-ates in the Cont menial Con-i'ess of
North Cai'olina were in.strneted to nnite in \o1inu- lor ahxilnte indc-
jxmkIohcc, an inst r'net i<ni m\en in advance of all Ihe olhei- colonics.
These resolutions furthei' directed tliat copies shonid lie deposited in
the ]il)rai-ies of the stale and nni \ crsit ies, ami in that of (dn,yrcss.
and transmitted to the execiiti\i's of the several stales of ihe I'ldou.
it is fortiimite for the cause of truth, in relation to this matter, that
the o'ovei'noi- of the slatt' wa. .M(Mi1fort Stokes, an (d fn-er in the War
(d' the ixevoliition, who afler\vai\ls held many pnhln- irnsls. includ-
ing tliat of senator of the I niled States, as \\v\\ as that of governor
of the state, ami who in the preface to the pamphlet pniilr.he(l u-jvcs
strong eorrol)ati\'e e\idence in support of the other wilncsM's. and
the statenuMit of the fad ii,at in 17!t;{ Dr. Hugh Williamson, of the
eity of New York, exhihiled lo him a coi;y of the .Mecklenluirg Decla-
ration of liulei)ciuK'iiee, in the handwriting of d(din M(d\niti .Mex-
ander.
In 1M;{(), on the occasion of reviving the slatuli-s ol the state
and |)rinling tliem f(M' dist ; ihtil ion, the legislature enacted li.\ a law
(li-awii \)y (jiovei'nor Iredidl, (diairman of the ('ommi>sion of Ke\isal,
that a eopy of the .Me(d<K nluirg Decdarlion of Independence, with
the names of the thdegales, should he pridixed to that work.
In l.S4(), 1)\' a .joint |•e^wlulion, the two houses authorized a new
edition of the |)am|'.hlet of l.s;',()-;n, concerning the .M cdslciihurg
Declaration, to he puhlislied with certain other docuiiieiits pertain-
ing to our Kevolutionary hisloi'y.
In 1854. upon a new re\ison of the slatiites. they again, l).\'
solemn act, (lireeled that the .Me(ddenhurg Deidaration of Indepemi-
eiiee he ])i'efixed to that w(nd<.
Let it he iu)ted that all of these three acts of lli.' legislature last
mentioiuHl \\-ere after th" disco\-ei'ies of Leter Lorcc and dared
Sparks, of the I'esoliition of the Me(d<lenhin'g ('(Uiimiltee of the iMst
of May, 1775, and the disi)alclies and |)ro(damal ion ol' (.'oxcrnor
.Martin, in June and duly of that _\-ear.
Thus has Noi'th Carolina stampeil with the s( al (d' her iii)proha-
tion as history oui- acciuiir of this transaction, as it has long heeii
enshrined in the hearts of her people, not onl\- in .Me(dslcnhurg, hut
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THE McDowells and connections 431
in Ili( whole state, and incori)uratecl with their affeetion for the lib-
city and ^lory of tiieir iiati\e hiinl.
What has hccii the test iiiu)iiy home of it hy writers oi liistor}'.'
Ami, first, hy those of North Carolina.
1. Kraiicis Xa\ier .Martin, a native l-'reiu-lunan, hut lon^ a
rili/.en of North Carolina, i compiler of one edition of her statutes
hy order of the legislature, J)efort; iemo\ing t(j Louisiana, where he
was for many years an eminent jud^'e, in the seeoud Milume of
his History of the State, puhlished in 1821), near the close of the
work (it was continued no further than 177G), ^iNCs the Me(dden-
Imr^- Deidaration, with the accomi)anyin^ cireumstances in full.
2. Jo.seph Seawell -lones, iu l.S;!4, puhlished his volume, a De-
fense of Noidh Cai'olina,.upon this \rvy (picstion, which may now he
refei-red to with advanta^'e, especially as depicting that condition of
dissatisfaction and (|uari-el hetwct'ii Noi'tli Cai'olina and the mother
eountr}', from \\hicli a scNcraiK-e of emjiire mij^ht have heen ex-
pected.
;{. The Rev. Dr. William 11. Foote, of Virginia, in ids iiderst-
inj,^ •'Sketches of North Caiolina," put forth in 1S44, also -:ives full
particulars of this 'i:reat ^'^ent, with as im|)i'o\ing an admiration as
if he had heeu a native of the state.
4. Colonel .1. II. Wheeler, in his ••Sketches of North Carolina,"
in l.s.ll, who had resided iu .Mecklenhuru' oi- on its frontier ft)r fif-
teen or twenty yeai's \vhile in)mpiling- his work, j^ives to this heroic
act of her provincial inhahilants his cordial approhation ; and I am
liapp_\- to ol)ser\e tluit he has i-eiterated his decided con\ict ions.
'). Th(> Rev. l)i". Hawks, to whom e\ery citi/cn of the state
shoidd fe(d indehted for tlnr zeal and intelligence of his interest in
hehalf of the fame and honoi- of his native land, in a h'cture lud'oic
the New York Historical Si;ciety in lSr)2, and in a still more elaho-
I'ate perfoi-manee of the same nature at Charlotte, ami at the ind-
versity of the state, in IS.IT, nmintaincd it to the satisfaction of our
most ardent patriots.
(i. It was reeogiu/.ed in Pitkin's "Political and Civil History
of the United States."
7. The Rev. Dr. Augustine T. Smythe, a distinguished J'resl)}-
terian divine of Charleston, S. C, in a pamphlet issued in 1847, to
which I shall liave oeeasion again to rid'er, does not discuss the evi-
dence of its authenticity, 'out affirnnng that this is clearly estah-
lished, writes an interesting dissei-tation to i)rove that both the
■Mecklenburg and National Declarations, in the particulars in which
they resemble each other, were suggested or taken from "A (ien-
eral Confession or (leneral Bond for the .Maintenance of Trut* Re-
ligion and the King's Person and Estate," |)ut forth to he signed by
the members of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland, more tluin a
century before American independence was resolved on.
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S. Lossini?, ill his "Li\(s of tlw Signers of tlir Niil mmuiI D.^-la-
ratiou oT ludepciitU'iKH'.'" ih a iioh- lo thai of Willi. i.u iluoiicr, w-
cords that as oarl\' as t\\r -in\i of May. 177."), ;ii a nn'ctinu in I'lmr-
lottc, the fonuuiltce made a Dcclai'at ion of I ii(|c|uMi(|fnc(' of the
Hi-iti.sh crown, to the support of wliu-h thrv plcdiivd ili.ir livc>,. tli.-ir
roi'tiinos and llicir sacnd hoiior. On this siili.jcct \\>' iclns hIm* to
his woi-k, •'177t), oi' llit"-\V;i|- ol iiidrpciid.-iicc. ' '
iJut it is said this Dccj.ifalion i> denied, or i> noi >u|>|M)rted, \n-
"; ihe lustory of -Mr. P.anci'ofi, His llieor>, from |.ai:r :!71. etr.. of the
seventh volunu', seems to he. that the i-esuli of the (hlilM-riil ions of
the eommittec is fcjund in the re.s.,lut ions jidojjted >>n the :;Nt ol .M;i\-,
aiul discovered hy .Mr. i-'oree in the Colonial Ol'lirr, in Mn^lanii!
which he interj)i-ets to nn'an independence. ••Thus. ' ^;i\s he. •was
llie .Meckleidjurg connt.\ in .North ('aiolina separated fiom the Urif-
ish Kmpire," etc. We aiv -lumkfid for the admissinn that independ"-
ence was (d'fected l)\- the men of .M e(d<lenhin>; on aii,\ da> in .May,
177.'), (,!• hy any form of resolutions. The critics who (pi<Ue liancroft
with so much confidence contradii-t him li.\ maint a uiiii>: that the
resolutions of the ;n st day of .May .lo not aun.unt t.) iihle|.endenee,
sei)aration from the British Thnpii'e, as he expresses il Tlicse icsohi-
ti(uis, as copied hy Wheeler, pauc 2.')."), he^rin thus: •■Charlotte town,
Mcckleid)urj^- coun1\-, .May ;!lst 177.'). — Thi> da.\- the c(.inmittee of
this comity met and passed the following,' resold s: Whereas, eic.
(See (\ iiage lOS.) Siu;ncd, Kph. Urevard, ( 'lerU of ihc Committee."
This is the whole proceeding- -the mime n\' no mcmlitw of the
committee is ^iven, unless it is implied from the last reM.lutioii:
"That the commitlci' appoint Col, Thomas IN.lk and \)\-. .h.sejih Ken-
nedy lo purchase powdei-, lead ami flints," shall imply that these
two were miMiihers, and thai I5re\ai'd, heiun- cici'k, was also a mem-
hcr. How was this commillee appointed and hronj^ht lo^eth. r, and
when.' Who couiposed it.' Who was its '•hairman or president.'
'idle simple resolutions as fomid puhlished <^i\-e us no li^hl on these
l)oints. Vet .Mr. P.an.-roli had li-lil. Ile'satisfi,s ciiriosilx in re-
spe(d to them; hut how did he ^ct material for it in llicsc proceed-
ings of the ;{lst of May.' 11.' sa\s, ■•The peoj.le ol the Counly of
Me(ddeiihurj4' had carcd'ull.v ohservcd the pi-oiiress of ihe coiitro-
very with (ireat Uritaiii (1774-.')); durini;- the winter political mcet-
inj4s had repeatedly heeii In-ld in Charlotte. That lown had h, en
chosen for the seal of the rreshylerian Collc.uc wliicii the legislature
of North Carolina luid (diartere.i. hut which the K'inu had disallowed,
and it was the centei' of the culture of that part ,,f the pro\iiice.
Home time in May lu-ws was re.-. i\-ed that holh Imiiscs of Parliament.
■_, hy an addrcs.s lo the Kin-, ha. I d.'clared th,' .\mcrican Colonies to
he ill a state of actual reheHi.ui. This was to tlnm .■\i.lcnce that
^^ the crisis in American affairs was ome, and th.' p.'oph' pr.)posed
amon<r themselves to ahro-ale all .h'pendeiice on ihe r..,\al author-
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ity. >Mai'k what follows: ■"iWit the uiililia connjanics were swoi'ii
to alli'^iaiK'C ; and how, it was ohjci'ttul, can \\r he ahsolxcd from
oiu- oath.'" Till' oath, it was answered, ■"hinds only whiK- the Kinj^-
l)roteets'' — The ijiiotation niai'ks are L-orret-lly cojiicd. And how.
we respeettully ask, did .Mr. iJanei'oft K<'t 'he report of this disens-
sicui. except from the cvidenec of (len. .). (Jraham, in sn|»pori of the
theoi\v of the I'Oth of May, in which the (juestion put in ar<i,iiinent,
"If you resolve on inde|)t iidence, how shall we he ahsohcd from the
oath we took to he true to J\in>;' (ieor^c ahout four years a^o. after
tlie Regulation, wiu'ii we wt-re .sworn, whole unlit ia companies to-
gether:'" was answered by the reply that "When prott-ction was
withdrawn the oath no longer hound; ami a.s illustrated h\- the easi-
of leaves falling from tlie ti'ee."
Again we ipujte .Mr. Bancroft: "At the instance of Thomas
Polk, the eomnuinder of the militia of the county, two ih legates from
cac'li company were ealled together at Charlotte as a rei)resenlative
committee. Hefore the consultations had ended the message of the
innocent blood shed at Lexington came up from Charleston and in-
flamed their zeal." Again, we ask, how was .Mi-. Bancroft inform 'd
that Thomas Polk was commander of the militia of the county, that
he called for the ap]u)iiitment of two cbdi.'gates from eacii comiiaii\- ;
that, while their deliberations were going on. the message arri\('d
of the Battle of Lexington, e.\ce))t from the Rev. .Mr. Hunt, .Major
Davidson, Captain -lack .and other witnesses, as to the meeting on
the 2()th?. Further, he says, with a justice in which all concur, that
"Of tlu' delegates to that memoi'ial assembly, the nanu' of K|)hraim
Brevard should be i-emembered with honor by his countr\ men. lie
was one of the numerous iamilies of bi'others, and himself in the
end fell a martyr to the public cause. Traiiunl in the college at
Princelon. ripened among the brave l-'resbyterians of .Middle Caro-
lina, he digested the system which \vas then adopted and which
formeil in effect u Declaration of Independence, as wndl as a eom-
])lete system of govornmenr."' Tlu- insolution to which the nauie of
lirevard was signed as clerk of the committee gives no inf(uiiiation
as to his education, ripening, authorshij) of the r(\soluti(Mi. and, of
course, none as to his melancholy death in his country's cause; and
the qiu'stion remains, from whom did .Mi-. Bancroft derive this in-
formation, esi)ecially as to the authorshi|) of the resolution of tin-
'M)\\\ of May, excei)t from the witnesses, several of them Brevard
connection, and all his ac(piaintaiices, who do not speak of this au-
thorship, though it is no doubt a true infei'ence. but who all ccui-
cerned in ascribing to his ))en the ri'soliition of the 2()tli (d' .Ma\' —
and it is a just inference that he wrote those of the iMst only from
the proof we liave from the witneses that he wrott> those of the 2(Jth.
The clerkship of a committee does not imply authoi-ship (d' its I'cso-
lutions. The documentary evidence is dumb in all these matters;
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434 THE MCDOWELLS AND CONNKCTIOXS
the verbal testimony of those wh,, speak to the res„l,iti(.ii of the
201 h is adopted hy .Mi-. I5aher..tt in all Ihin-s, exeept as to the day
and the ronii of the resolution of the LiOth ; and without the apiu'oval
of these witneses lie transi'ei's their evidenee to tlw ;iKt in re.rard
lo which there is no evidenee except the n.arke.l re.ol„tn,i.s tlien,-
seives hearinu. the later dale the witn.'sses who te.stity all e.,nfn.l-
ni^' that the most mcmcu-ahle meetin- was on the L'Oth, iiiid nidejMMid-
i'lu'c was resolved on then. And j max add that ^ul■h I know is
the tradition in the family .-f th,- iJrevards I,, wliiel, he hehun-s and
that of tile Polks in which he married.
Tlie question is on the hold, hrave act ol rc^oKin- .>ii jndep.-nd
enee. Let it he ohscpved that .Mr. lianerolt Inllv a<imiiied that •
;ind the month; and is Oiily at issue with u.s as to tli.^ da\ and forni
II.- is, thend'ore, lu) authority with the critics who d. ny an\ asser-
tion of indepeiulenee, hut is a-^'ainst them. ' '
Jn addition to .Mr. I'.anci'oft, who, ^\•|lell ri^htl\- imdei'stood af-
for(ls but slemler support to them, „ur opponent" present. -d the name
of Peter Force as sustainini^- their \ iews. .Mr. |>'(n-ce was a wonln-
gentleman of the ("ity of \Vasliin-t<ni and an .■.liior .,'f a' p,,lit icd
paper in that eity about ].S2,S; but I am not awaiv that he left -.ii'v
written wcn-k on this „r any other subject of American liisi,,rv il'e
and .Alatthew St. Clair Clark, in l,s;::;, | think. enlenM into 'i 'cm
tract with the (b.vernment to |)iiblish the American archives and ,h,c-
umentary liistory of the I'liite.l States. In the search ,,r documents
.' to publish ill fulfiliment oi this contract he Mr h'(M-ee Wniilil ^
]iew.spa|)er eonlainin- the .Mcckhmbur- resolution alreadv ivferred
to, of the date ;!lst of .May, IT?:.. I presume he never did find a
': ^'"Py ol those alleged to have be<.n adopted on the iKhli nf Mav in
tliat year. Jf he had any reason „f doubting the -eniiiii,.|Mss of the
letter, except he did not discover a copv in th.' cours.- of his v
searches, they have nevr been given to 'tin- publn- He mav hav.-
expressed the oj.mion attributed, hut tin- loose conversation of -un
' one on such a subject is entitb'd to little wciojil, ami thcv is ,„/|,t'
tie evidenee bearing u|.oii it which 1 feel cmfide,,! ne\er eam. to
' ins knowledge.
To discredit the original .-videnee of livino witn.-sses „r ev.m
the traditions of a people and respect iiothm..- Inu piint'ed d,..-u-
mentary proof in a eount.v ami at a time win n no piintim. press ex-
isted within hundreds of miles - when but two papers w.tc printed
•■ in the state, and no copy of a single number of c^ithcr is know,, to
;: be ])rescu-ved-is to reduce l,,sto.-y ,„e,vly to .•ontei„po,ary annals.
0. Hut there ai'e othei- American liisto,-ians to whom attention
' should be directed bv those who design to .leal with this t..pie in
candor, llildreth, a v.mw paiiistakmo. a.M-uiat.- and instrm-tiv.-
. '^''l^^^'l ^? .^^-''O'" ^ -^''^'ll ••'■'•"•• "t another .stag,-, ,n h.s llnr.l v.du,,,.-
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(Nortli Carolina) oarri'''.! ilicir /.fal so far as to rcsohf al a piitjlic
inectiiig to throw off the Uritisli coiiiicrt ion, and tlicv I oi mcd a for-
mal I )i'i'laration of lii(lt'|>cM(lrnci', Imi tlii.-. feeling' \\<is hy no means
iTcneral."
10. hut wlnit sa\s oiir -rcat and li. dosed antlior, the fiist of
Aiucricaiis w lu) ^a\c to his foinitr\ a (diara<-li'r of lilcratun- in Vai-
ropc. ami approprnn el \ cU;-!'!! iiis lonu' and hri.uht career l>y a liio^'-
raph\ of \Vashin«iton, |nililished in l.SoT.' I s|.eak of Wa-diin^lon
Jr\'in>;', all of whose works < re American (dassies. In the foni'th noI-
iime of this work, spcakin;;' of the in\asi(»ii of North I'ai'olina. whitdi
had hern assigned to Lord Cornwallis, he says: ■"It was an enter-
l)rise in wdnidi mmdi iliffieidty was to he ap|)i'idn'nded, hoth from
the (diaratder of the ]»e()ple and the countr.w The ori-iiml settlei's
were from various parts, most of them men wdu) had experienced
j)()litical or rtdigioiis opjiressions, and hrou^ht with them a (pn(d<
scirsihility of wrong and • sti'ong apju'cciat ion of theii' rii^dds, ami
iiulonntahic spiiit of freedom and indepemU'in-e. And this pail of
the state was (d' a hard I'l-eshyterian slocdc, the ScoKdi- li-ish, as they
were i-alleil. ha\ini;- emigrated from Scotland to Ireland, and Ihenee
to America, and was said to possess the impulsiNcness of th; Irisli-
man with the lai'ge I'csolution of the Covenanter. The eai'ly history
of tin' t'olony ahounds with instances ol' thi.s s]Hrit aun)ng its people.
'They always hcdmNcd insolently to tludr governors/ complains (iov-
ernor liurrington, in ITol; "sonu' tiny ha\-e dri\en out of the coun-
tr\- — at other times they set up a go\'ernun'nt of their own choice,
su|)ported hy men under a'lns.' It was, in fact, tin- spirit of i)opu-
lar lil)ert\- and self-govei'iiment whicdi stii-red within them, and
gave hiidli to the glorious .i.\.i(nu: the rights of the nnin\ against the
exactions of the few. Jt wa.s this s|)irit that gave rise to the confed-
eracy called tile Kegulation fornn'd to withstand the altnses of power,
and the first hlootl shed in our country in resistance to ai'hitrary
taxation was at Alamance, iji this pi'o\ince, in a conflict hetween the
Kegulators and (Jovernor d'ryon. Ahove all, it should ne\er he J'or-
gotten that at :Meckleid)uri;. in the heart of North Carolina, was cul-
minated the first Decdaration of independence of the l>ritish crown
uj)ward of a year Ixd'ore a like ileclai'alion hy Congress."
Again: "Cornwallis decamped from Caunlen and sid out for
North Carolina. Advancing into the latter pro\ince, Cornwallis
took post at (Miarlotte, whei'e he had gi\en rendezxeus to h'eiguson.
Mecklenburg, of whicdi it was the ea])ital. was, the I'eader may recol-
lect, tlie 'lieady, liigh-ndnded' county where the first Deidaration of
Independence liad Ixmmi maile; and his loi'dshiji, iVom uneomfortahle
• •xperience, soon i)rononnee(l Charlotte 'the hornet's nest of North
Carolina.'
"Insteadof remaining :'t home and i-eccdving the I\ing"s money
in exchange for their i)roduce. thej- (the inhahitants; turned out
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*:J«> the McDowells and coNNECTioxrt
with their rifles, stationed t licinsclvrs in e(.vci'r phicrs fiicl uixui
the foraging i)arties; e()nv,.y.s of provisions li-om (';tni,|,Mi liad \o
fight their way, and cxpr.'ss.'s wcie sl,ot down and I heir drs,,.,'trli,-s
seized." '
11. Ill the recent School History of tlir I'niir.l Slat.s liv the
lloii. A. II. Stej)]iens, of ({eoigia (a valiiahle ac(,iiisii i,,,, to oiiV sehool
h\vvA\uvv), the Deelarat'ioM of lii.h'pendene.' at .M ..ckleuhni- on the
liOih ol May, 177.-), is .lisiinrtly a.d<no\vh-dg, d. an. I lull pist „•,. is
done to tlie early ami inan!\- action of the state in tin- c;,iis.- of inde-
pendence at thi.s critical period.
To these authorities 1 here anin-x the teslinnmud of the late
1 r.'sident Jackson. .My 1 wo friends, tin- 11., n Th.'od.nv W Hiwii'.!
and his nei)hew, Col. Isaa.- W. lla>iie, the forme.- .■.nnpi iclhw "vn.'i'al
of Florida, and the latter atorn.-y^general of Sonih Cai.diin until
displaced from tlie.se offices l.y the ivsults ..f tin- r, ■,•,•,,! w'lr the
lornier residing now at CI. m. dan. I Springs, and the Jati.T siilTpur
suing his i)rofe.ssion in the i-ity of Chai-I.'ston. in the vmr 1,SL>S when
i)oth very young men, making tog.'tli.'i' a tour .,f p'lrasuiv ali.l ..h
servation in Kentucky and TeniHvssee, visit. 'd th,. 1 l.-i imlao,. W],.,,
they then saw and heard from its .list inuiiisli...l i.r.,priei.,M.)ii<-lin'i"'
the event in (piestion 1 will ivlat,. in the wor.ls of ;, n .-.Mit I.M.m- fr-.m
Colonel llayne: "I hore a l.'tl,.r .d' int r.Mln.-ii..n fnmi C.,| \ 1'
llayne, a personal friend a.n.i lomu'rly of tin- militarv staff of (;en"
oral Jaekson. The .general r.'ceive.l us with ..v..n nn.r.- than his
nsnal warmth ami coi'diality. After some impiiri..s as t.. mv rehi
tions (the Ilaynes), he ask..| n.y nncle of what tam.lv ..f l;r..v .rds
he was; and, learning tha' .d' ('apt. Alexaml.T I5r. ■^ard of |,in<-.dn
County, North Carolina, h- sai.l h.. ha. I hear.! ..f that lannK dl his
hie, ami that some of them w.mv th.-n, ami ha. I l),...n loi- n.an\ \ .-us
residents of Tennessee. 11, th.-n ivmark.'d |„ M ,• I ;r.'\ nil" • V.ni
know, I lived in .Aleckhmhorg. th.- ad-oinin-.- .-onntv t,» I'in.M.ln in
myyouth,amlIhaveal.a,stakena;..-emrnn.'r!!s, I;:,,;;;; :|:^^^^
and Its early history. 1 ha^.^■ h.> said, -ni th,- .nmnsii.. r,M,m a .a.i.v
of the Mccklenl.nrg De.daration .)f ln.l.-p.M..|.-n.-,- fram.ai an, I hnl,"-.-
np, and I think it w.dl worlhv of tin- position " 'll,. ih.ai' isfed n
into the next room ami ix.mted out a copv of th.- 1), .-laral no/ with
the signature attached, prirt.al on satin, an, I in a -dl Iraiiie hi
the course of tin- conversation In- stat.-d that ih.- ant h.nshin' wis
always attrihuted to Dr. Kphraim Kivvar.l. 1 hav no re.-oll.a-t i,',n
that any allusion wa.s mad.- to any douht ,-v,-r haxin- h.-.-n ,'x
pressed as to the aullienti.-ity (d' th.- doenm.-nt. C.-n.-rTd d i.-ks.m
umpiestionahly treate.l tin- im-i.lent as a w.-lld<n.nvn fa.-t in th,-
history of that region of e.nintry. th,- m.-morx ,,1 whi.-l, h,- d.-sn-,-,|
to i)erpetuate."
Let it he noted, at th.- tiim- of this con v.-rsat i.ui tin- l<--islatnre
of North. Carolina lia.l m-vei no1i.-,-.| tin- matt.-i- .d' tli.- I ).-.hirat i<.ii,
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THE McDowells and connections 4:$t
and no i)ul)lii:atiuns had l)i'i'ii niadL; toiicliing il, cxi-cpt llic oi-igiiial
L'Oiuiuunifatioii by Joseph .McKiiilt AlexaiuU'i-, in 181i), and the c'\'i-
dcncc I'olh'ctetl hy ('oh)n(d I'olk in 1S2(), and two or three- h'ttrrs eol-
h'ctcd hy Mr. ^lacon, as will he lici'cai'tcr shown; neither had Mar-
tin's Ilistorv apjx'ared: it came ont in 1S2II.
I-et it also he horiu' in luind that (ieneral .Jaidvson was a native
of Meekienlturg ; had i-eeei\t'(l his edneation in Charlotte, and elid
not emigrate nntil ])rohahly tw cnt \ -one years of age; and the infei'-
enee fairly follows that Ih.' tribute of honor lu' was paying to tliis
aet of pati'iotisni in his nati\e land was induced not by the testimony
which had at that time b?en taken in support of its authenticity,
but from his own knowledge of tlie reputation of tin' Iransac'ion
bed'ore In- r(Mno\ed to Tennessee, lie ^\ as too young, uf course, to
ha\e been j)resent at its oeeurrein-e, hut that he had heard of it as
one' of the many incidents of the Kevolution in Mecklenburg is in
the highest degree i)rohal)Ie. He. t hei-ed'ore. red'ei-n-d to it as he
would ha\e done to a diagram of the batthd'iidd ol King's .Mountain,
had he i)ossessed one, and si>oke of it in a like t(MH' of coid'idenee in
its reality. How long this copy had been displayed in his mansion
we are not informed. Conceding that the form of the doeunu-nt may
have been di-rived from the publications eight or nine yeai's i)reeed-
ing, it was only a menu'uto (d' what, no donld, he had long been famil-
iar \vith as a nuitter of history from the repute and concui'rence of
the commuinty in which hi' was brought np. Considering how many
of the officers and soldiers of the Kevolution, after its close, re-
moved from .Meid\lenl)urg, .end its mdghboring counties to Tennessee,
aiul that a gooilly Jiund)er of these were surviving in 1M28, there is
little (iiiestion that e\idenee of a similar nature to this in regard to
the Declaration at Charlotte might hax'e been at that time abun-
dantly obtained in that state.
It will be obser\cd that in the legislatixi' pami)hh't the testi-
mony of a Mr. .Montgonu'ry in Teiuu'ssee had been taken as to his
knowledge of the fact by reputation, but was not i)iddished hy the
committee, because they confined the proof to that of witiH'ss(>s per-
sonally present at the nn'eting in which the Declaration was promul-
gated; though it was a sul),ject to which hearsay was certainl\- legit-
imate.
Again, about the time that (imeral -laekson left Mecklenburg
for the West, Dr. Charles Caldwell, another of hei- sons. to(d< his de-
partiu-e for Philadelphia, where he attained tlie highest distinction
in the profession of medicuu'. becoming an author in tlie seieiiee
and lecturer in the medical scdiools of that city, and subseciuently in
those at Lexington and Louisville. Ky. In the year 1819, while still
in Philadelphia, Dr. Caldwell i)ublished a volume entitled "Memoirs
of the Life and Campaigns of (ieneral (Jreene. Comnumder of the
Sold hern DepartiinMit in the War of the Ixovolution." witii an ap-
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IxMidix coiitaiiiiii^' in full tin- i )('cl;ii';iti()ii oT liKlcpciulcncc in Meek-
Icnhur-i', on tlu' 2()lli of Max, ITT.'*: r.'uiai'kinii' tlial. ■•On ih,. jiiitli.'ii-
ticity ol" tile ducnnKMit pcrlcrt reliance may he placcil"'; and adding'
llial, with tlu' tdiainnan ai:d ^ecfetary of the ineeliii^'. as well as
with Col. Thonnis I'olU, th' writer was well ac(|nainl •d, nnd knew
them to have been capahle of all ihat was xirlnou-., palriolic and
dai-ing."
Whethei- this hook appeared liclnrc oi' alter llic :{(»tli of Ai)ril.
ISl!). when tin- Tii'st pnhlicalion of this procecdir^r wiis made in the
Iwilcdj^-h Kc'iisti r, I am not inri.rmed. Tiic aiithoi- e\i<lenlly intends
to ,uive the truth of tli.' 1 raiisact ion llic impress, ol' his personal testi-
mony, no (h)iiht, from the npiilalion pre\ailinji hcfoic h,. emi.urated
from Me(d<lenhiir|,'. and at a time when, if the Alexander arliide had
appeared in the piihlic prints, not a scintilla of e\idence had heeii
taken in its support.
After tlie repeated an. I decisi\e action of the sla'c in this mat-
ter, ami the concurrent rco-nit iini of the (daim of a portion of her
people to the 1-eiiown wliieh attaches to it. no| mrivl> within Inr
own limits, hut hy the .urea, authorities n\ American liisi.ir,\. it nat-
urally occasi(His surji-ise to iia\-e seen dclil>ci-ale and hiliored at-
tempt to write it down in tin' cslimation of the pr, s,nl generation,
iilni to coii\ince them thai the prclciismii srt np li\ ihcir aiiccshirs
to an Inuiorahle f; was ;, myth and a dclusKui llml. Hue. the art
\\as testified to hy certain ■■ respect a hie old ucntlcinmi m a frontier
(•ouiity,"' hut they had rendicd the a.u'e (d' sixt\ or srvcnlv .\eais
(the average at wdiiidi our presidents ha\ e -(uic into (,|ficc i. and their
testimony is not to he ciT.lilcd; and ih^tl ih- ac.piicsrciice of the
^f'-dc and her people, for more than a hall .■ nlur>. in \ ieldmu it
their h(di(d', was all deception. 'I'his assault cimies u| on us not mily
after a '^vvnt la|)se of time frimi the event ilsell', and friun the coj-
lection of the e\ddenee in support of its \'erily, hut a] the coindusion
of a ^'reat war. when those who have shared the Inrlunes ,d' tlu'
slate liav(> juid their thou.uhls too mmdi distracled li\ the events
and necessities of recent history- t(. u'ive mmdi slud.\ to that wliiidi
is remote. It is. therid'or", a .pieslion, In.w far it hecomes us, in
the i)r('sent state of the affair, to suhmit to an arraignment and
he imph'aded in a proccedinn- set on foot for no purpose, that I can
imagine, except to amuse leisure and test our capacity to d.d\'iid (uir
^ past acdion on this sid).j<'ct hy anticpiarian researeh. It takes us un-
, awares. and re(piires time lalmr and consultation of authorities,
some of them not to he found in pri\ate lihraries, to deal with it as
: if it were noAV new. 1 mav have deceived myself, hut with all Die
j disadvantages surroundinu- us, I trust it can he shown that we lia\-e
nothing to lose hy reopening ihe cont roxcrsy ; ihat theiT are se\--
■j era! I'aels and considcrat i(Uis ciuineeted with it Avhuh lia\e not heeii
hereloi'ore j)reseiited to tiie puhlic view, and that, m the end. the
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THE McDowells and con
NECTIONS
4:^9
star of old MrckU..,hu.- .,i,l of \ortl, Carolina will , shin., tl.,'
I'nghtcr troni liavni- rouw lo the ascciulant in a .Uvpcr ujoo,,, a1 tlir
tunc It rose than she hci'scir was I hen auanv
Let us see in what manner, and l.y whom, it was lirM hron-Hit
to notice in the pnhlic prints.
<>';/;--5<^th of April. ISll. the paper purport, n, to contani a
;-oi..v ot the proceedings of the nuvtinu. „f the comnnitc of the pco-
l>V" -^''•<;'^I<'"l'>'ro-, H. Charlotte, on the 2(»th of Mav. ITTo and
heir J.csolutions of l.ulependence. appeared in the l^d.iH. licns-
<<''■■ "1 a comnmnication from Dr. .)os..ph .McKnitt .M.-vnidc," a
P'"n-.nent eiti/en of .MeckhnlM.,- si.ne<| -loseph .McKn.lt. a s.-na-
^"'•'- ^v'.ch he is well knoun to have olten nse<l, omitl.n,' his sur-
"'";"'' *'■•"" <!"' ^'ommonness of the naiin- Alcxande.' in that roion
:-'H.I hy the same designation he was frcpuMitly spoken of amf ad-
..H'ssed Alonji- with it, -H another relic <,f anii.piitv. was set In
"'I' ;;•'<! puhhshed inthesamepaper. acopy ofa pn.clainat.on of
li<' Knyal (.ovenior. Josiah .Martin, dated ••Charlotte Town Octo-
-.••{nl l^SO-- while the army of Lord Cornwallis o.-cnpicd that
-- (nthislatterlmay^n, ,hese<p.el,makea
II' In.st ol the ahove ment.onc.l papers was prelaeed hv an .'dito-
nal notice, statin- that the fa.-t it announced was not ..enerallv
'\";';".^'*""';V"-'^'- '"." "'^'t thee.litor had it from iin.pie^t iona hi'e
;7">\-;<"'M.nhl,sl,ed„.,ha, ,t n.iKht .o down to posteritv.
B.'iu,^ eopiec into the.Kssex Ke,ister of Massachusetts, this j.aj>cr
^^^|.s sen hy Mr. .John Adams to Mr. -lefferson, with a letter remark-
"1^- that ••tie common s.-nrinuMit of America at that period was
iH'ver so well e.Npressed before or since." Mr .I.d'ferson in a rei.lv
•1"'''*' 'J"I.v !)th, 181!). amoii, other ohservat ions, said'- ■] helieve It
spurious-l deem it a very unjustifiable .piiz, like that .d' the vol-
<'auo, so nniiutely related to us as having broken out in Xorth ("aro-
Hia sonie ha t-<Iozen years ago. in that part of the countrv, and,
perhaps, m that very county of .Mecklenburg, for I do imt 'reme-
b.'r "'
HM- ,1s l)recise locality." After expressing ,|oubt as to whether
ns paper had been really taken Irom the Kaleigh Register, saving
tliat ,t had no been seen by him, „. the paper of Mr. Kitchie. or the
.Vtional lutelhgencor, nor ,n Williamson's History of Carolina nor
ot^her authors whom he names, and that it aj^peals'to Mr AleKander
1 ''"r.wr^'l:^ ^;f^^'^'^^- ^'''^^"'^ ^"^<' "0<>P^''-- an dead, he pro-
ceeds: \\ hen Mr. Henry s resolution, far short of independence,
lew- like ightning through every paper, and ki.uUed both sides of
tile Atlantic, this tlaming declaration of the same date of the Inde-
ptMidenee of Mooklenbnrg County, of North (^arolina, absolviu- it
from British allegiance, and ad.juring all political connection with
that nation, although sent to Congress, was never heard of It is
not known even a twelve-month after, when a similar |.roposition was
in-st made in that body. Armed with this bold example, would vou
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440 THE McDowells and connect ions
not have addressed our liiiiid luctlircii in jx-als of iIiuimI.t oii tlioir
tardy fears? Would not wcvy iid\(ii'<it.' ol' indrpciidrnrc have rum'
the glories of .MeeklcnlMir- (\.niit\-, in Xoiih Caidlina. in the cars
of the douhtiiig Dickinson and oiIhts who hiin-; so liraxih cu us.'
Yet the exanii)le of independent .Meekleid.ui-^' is ne\ci' oner quuied."'
He proeeeds to l)l-oiiouin'e Iloopei- a Tory, llewe.s \try \va\eriiig.
Caswell and Penn firm |)atrioK; ami we (piote a^ain: ■rmust not lie
understood as suggesting any duuht fulness ,.|' the slair of North
Carolina. No state was uku-c lixed oi- foiward. .\.,r do 1 alfiriu
positively that this ])ai)er is a lal.rical ion ; heeause the piuof of a
negative is only prcsumptiN c. I'.ut 1 shall IxdieNc it suidi until jm)s-
itive ami solemn proof of its authenticity shall he pn.dm-ed. And
if the name of McKnitt he real, and not a paid of the la hidcat ion.
it needs veril'ication l.y the pioducliDn of Mudi pidof." etc.
With all due respect for its ejuinent anllior, he di.l himself ami
others great injustice in the composition of this letter. It is con-
cci\-ed in a spiidl of contempt uonsness and carelessness vrvv unfa-
N-orahle to the asccrtainnu'ut (d' truth on the (pu'slion it diM-usscs.
He does not rcmemlier the locality of .MeekleidmiL; Count\-, and
will not even turn to the m;^) to leai'ii it. II,. does n,,t ivVollcct
anything of its history in ITTo, and will take jio pains [u investi-
gate it. He does mjt rememl.ei- c\en to ha\(' heanl ,d' the i-esolu-
tions of the ;nst of .May. which ^Mr. Hancroft admits .■stahlislied in-
depeiulenee, and which wi-re published at the time in at least two
newspapers that havi' heen preserved— nor, we must inter, of the
I .'solutions of the State of North Carolina, adopted on I he 12tli „f
April, 1776, empowering hei d.degates to concni' in deidaring in.le-
l)endence in advance of any other colony; otherwise it is to he pre-
sumed lie would have recurred to so conspicuous a lact in renmiks
on that i)eriod. Had he turned to TarletoiCs Campaigns in Anu'r-
, iea, he would have disc(,veied that even in the vei'\ crisrs of the
^ war in 1780- "81, aftei' South Carolina an.l (ie(,rgia had he.-n over-
run and eoncpiered, that I'.rilish officer deidarcs that .Me(d<lenl.nrg
J , and Kohaii (Kowanj was the most rtdttdlious district in Anu'rica -a
faet whieh lu' had proved hy wager of hattle. Il;,d hr c.nisulted
Lee's Memoirs, or Stedman's American War, he would have found
,.^ It the center of sonu' of the juost stirring military excuts of that
,, war— that within a radjus (d' forty miles of its cajiital are situated
I,, the seenes of the hattles of Hanging l{o(d<, Huford's Defeat. K'o(d<y
Mount, King's ]\Iountain, Ifamsoui-'s :\Iill, Cowans Cord- that the
town of Charlotte it.self was the theater of a W(dl-eoutcsled acti(.n
,_ : between Davie an<l Tarlelon\s cavalry; and, although Lord Corn-
, _.^. wallis oeeupied it for a Indt f season afterw ai'ds. he nti-eate.l them-c
•r in the night upon learning of the destruction of Ceignson at King's
Mountain.
He might further have learned, ujion iu^pnr.\. thai s,, heron- and
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THE McDowells and connections 44i
true had been her inha'l)it;'nt(i in tlie cause ul' iudejifiulener, that
when (leneral Clreene .sui)ei"se(leil (Jatcs in ("onuuantl of the Ai'iny of
the South at ("harlolte, in DeL-cniher. 178U, with the Britisli in liis
front at \Vinnsl)oro, he was ahU; to tlispatch Morgan across tlu- Ca-
tawba and Hroad lxi\'ers o the west, and witlidraw liis leniaining
force for subsistence to ("Jicraw Hills, relyino' upon the militia of
]\leeklenburg, undei- Davidson, as liis Central Army, to be cantoned
with their families and called forth wlu-never the exij^encies of the
eami)aign nught re(|uire— -a disposition wholly unnulitar\', except
for the reliance of that gi'eat conuuander upon theii' fidelity and
valoi'. And that in 1781, in addition to furnishing her contingent
to re-establish the North Cai'olina Contiiuuital Line, which had all
been captured in the surrender of Chai'leston. this county, with
Rowan, furiushed the gi-eater j)art of three reginuuits of South Caro-
lina state troops, under Polk, llamjjton and Middleton. who fought
luider Sumter at Eutaw.
Had ;\Ir. Jefferson in(piiretl into the social ami civil coiulition of
the County of Meekleidturg in 1775. he would have learned that
Charlotte was the "center of the culture of that i)art of the prov-
ince" (as IMr. Bancroft has expresed it) ; that it was the seat of
the highest S(!nunary of learning south of Pi'inceton (except the
college of William and i\lary, in Virginia), in the institution of
Queen's IMuseuui, and thither were sent young men from Wilming-
ton. Camden, Winnsborough, (-hester and from the aeadenues of
Po|)Iar Tent and iiethany; that this college was presided over by
the Rev. J)i'. iMcWhorter, an alumnus of Princeton; that around it
were settled Dr. Kphraim Brevard, a graduate likewise of Nassau
Hall; Waightstill Avery, a graduate of Yale, and William Keinu)n,
law\ers of rei)utation, the foiMin'r being afterwards elected the first
attornex-general of the state, ui)on the establishment of the repub-
lican constitution; the \{v\. He/.ekiah Baleh, Adlai Osborne and
other gentlemen of no nu'an education; that the sj)irit of the peo-
])le was lugh ; that tln-y had been i)rovoked by the long struggle be-
tween the colony and erown concerning the attaclnnent of lands in
the province to satisfy debts due from owiu'rs residing in Knglanil ;
by the refusal of the King to approve the charter of their college,
an act which the legislatui-e had granted and which he had annulled
by royal jn'oclamation ; by the enforced regulations of an established
church, which at no distanr day had im})osed impediments and de-
lays in the celebration of nuirriages, exee])t by its own clerg>', and,
although this county had not i)arlicipated in the Regulation, by the
exaction of a new oath of allegiance after that event, the popula-
tion being called out for this pinpo.se by military comi)anies. To
guide this sjdrit of discontent and resistance, they had an ample
number of educated and intelligent leaders —
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442
TMIC .M( r)()\\l':i.l.S AN'l) COXXI'^CTIONS
,J. J. IRWIN
Chiel of Ipwin Society of'A.piericu
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THE McUO WELLS ANIJ CONNECTIONS • ; 443
'"Strrn, lieroic; .sj)irit.s, loii.uHily lira\(', hy aiu'iciit Icaniiii^'
'I'o the enligliteiicd lovc of aiicicut rrccdoin warnifd."
Had Mr. Jcflerson liccii advis(Ml (.1" tliis attitude; of affairs, and
of tlie characteristics of tliis jx-opU-, his incredulity in respect to
tlicir action would [)rol)ahly ha\e hiM-ii ahatcd. These ai'e matters of
local history, to be sure, hul it is a (jucstion of local liistory we are
considering. A knowledge of I hem is necessary to show that tlie
tinder cd' I'cvolution was I'eady in that section whenever an occasion
should arise for the api)]ication (d' the match.
liut his letter of dcni'd denmn.led ju'oof of the l)e(dai-at ion of
Indei)endence alleged to ha\e hccn made. The iimttcr was then taken
up by Col. William Polk (a son of f'ol. Tlionms Polk, a leader in
the movenu'iit of the 20th of May, 177.5), wlio had been himself an
officer of the Continental Line of North Carolina, who had com-
nu-nced his military service uiuler his father in the expedition
af,'ainst the Scovilite Tories in Ui)per South Carolina in the autumn
of 1775, was under Na.sh ac Gej-mantown, Pa., in 1877; Avith David-
son on the Catawba in Feln'uary, 1781, and distinguished in the
comnmnd of a regiment of South Carolina state troops at Eutaw in
Se])1 ember of that year. lie was at this time residing in Raleigh,
and president of the ])ri)icipal bank of the state. He procured and
communicated to the Raleigh Registei-, of February ISHl 1820, the
certificate of Gen. George Graham, AVilliam Hutchison, Jonas Clark
and Robert Robinson — all inhabitants of ]\recklenburg, his old neigii-
bors, men of tlie first cluiracter as soldiers and citizens — to the ef-
fect that they were each i>rc.sent at the meeting of the 19th and
20th of May, 1775, and that on the latter day "Resolves were read
which went to declare the ])eople of iNIecklenburg County free and
imlcpemlent of the King and Parliament of Great Pi'itain, iiul from
that day thencefortii all allegiance ami political r(;lation was dis-
sohed between the good people of ]\Iecklenburg and the King of
I'ngland; \vhich deedaration was signed by evei'y nuunber of the
delegation, amid the shoids ami hu/./.as of a very large assembly of
tlu^ jieople of the county, who had come to know the issue of the
meeting. We further believe (they say) that the Declaration of In-
dc|)endence was dra\yn up by Dr. Ephraim Brevard, and that it was
conceived and bi-ought about through the instrumentality and pop-
ularit\- of Col. Thoiinis I'olk, Abi-aham Alexander, John McKnitt
Alexander. Adam Alexander. i:phiaim Hi-evard. Jolui Phif(;r, Ileze-
kiah AlexandiM- and some others." Thi'\- further certified that
within a f.MV days thereafter Capt. dann-s Ja(dc, of ihe Town of Char-
lote. ^vent as a messenger to l)car 1ho.se resohcs to tin; Co'igres.>,
etc. The sigjiatui'cs to this ci'i-t ifiealc are:
George Graham, aged (11. neai- 02;
William Hutchison, aged 68;
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THE McltOWKI.I-S AND C'.ONNECTIOXS
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Joiins Clark, agert 61 ;
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' A K'th'i- iVoiii .Joliii Siiuiiicrsoii, (,r I'i'uvidciicc, in .Mi'cklnihufg,
aiUlioscd to Coluncl 1N)1U, on .Jamiai'v L'Otli, 1820, follows iliis, in
gencial conrinnatioii of llh- facts .stated in llic c<M-t ificatc. with 'the
ancc.h.it" that on nicnt ionin^' the .sid).j("rt of tin- con-csi.ondcnL-c to
ail (.1.1 liriuhhoi-, he replied: •••Och. ;,ye; 'r;,ni Polk declared inde-
pendence long before anyoody idse."
The testimony of ("apvuin Jack, of the date 7th ol' Deceniher,
181!l, who was then residin- in (ieoi'>iia. was also j)rocured to the
•same iinp.nt with the ahovc, and that he had heen priw to a niuuhei-
ot nu-ehii-s <>[■ the most influential and leadinj.^ eharaetei's of the
county, prior to that at which these ivsidutions were adopted- that
hv Imuv the Dcdarati.Mi to Thiladclphia and d.divcrd it to Kichard
Caswell and William Hooper, dele-ates in Con-rcss from Xortli Car-
ohua. lie also i-(dVrs to the Kev. Krancis Cummins, a Cicsl.vterian
cler.uymau, lIuMi living in (ireene County, (ieorgia, who wa.s a stu-
dent in Charl.)tle at the time of adoption of said residutious as a
person who was well acipriinted with the pioeeedin-s in .pie'stion,
and as also having a recollection of them.
Th.' Hon. Xathaniei .Maeon, then a senator in Congress from
North Carolina, was eomniuniealed witii in reference to the mailer
and I'litered upon the impiiiy in a pafriolic sj.irit, and throu-h him'
the certificate of .Mr. Cummins was obtained, and is foumrin the
State Publication of 18;{()-i8;n, addressed to Mr. Macon. Through
iiiiii. also, a sceond letter was obtained from Captain Jack (See t)
page 14-J). Though Colonel Polk, as 1 have been informed, also fur-
nished his own certificate in coi-roboration of these, I regret not to
tmd it among the j)ublishe(l testimony of 18;5(), and can only sug-
gest that inasmuch as a |:roininenl part in the great drama had beni
acted by his father, and tlu chairman of the committee of the legis-
lature was his son, and the ])roof was ample without his recolle(dirns,
he caused it to be omitted from motives of delieacw That he felt a'
deep interest in the establishment of the fact, and" continued to do
so until his death, there is abundant evidence.
In an article on this tojjic, in the April num))er of the North
American Review for 1874, by Dr. .1. C. Welling, of Columbian Col-
lege, 1). C., it is rei>resente(i that Colonel J»olk procured evidence to
contradict some points of .lohn .McKiiitt Alexander's slorv and
himself bd't no written statement as to the matter in (piestion. We
have seen how earnestly he took up the coidroversv, which had been
opened by the letter of Mr. J.d'fcrson, and what testimony he pro-
cured. It is difficult to peiceive in what particular this t'estimonv
contradicts the account of Alexander, or in what it was intended to
iiave that effect.
Gen. Thos. (;. Polk, the oldest son of the same Col. William Polk.
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was cliairmau of tlic connuittce in tlie legislature which prepared
for piihlicatioji the jjaiiiphlct ot l.S;5()-l.S;n, heing then a iiieiiilier
from llic ('oiuity uf Kowaii, and a lodger in the house of his father
in Kaleigh during the st'ssion. The ilon. Louis 1). Henry, a hrotlier-
in-law of Colonel Polk, was also a member of lliis eommitlrr. Thore
is, llMMcfori', good reason to hclieve that (Jolonel Polk was fully in-
formed of the statenn-nts minlc in this j)uhlieation before their ado])-
tion, ami ajJi)rovetl them. This is certainly the impicssion of his
(lescemlants and eonneelions, who are A\ell known in se\'eral of the
Sonthern States.
2. It may ])e pr()])er here to notiee that in the sann; article
rjen. .Joseph (Jraham is said to be I In; son-indaw t)f -John iMeKnitt ,
Alexander, and it seems to be eonsidered so iin])ortant a fact in the
wi'iter's argumeid that it is twice or thrice repeated. It is lujt a
fact, but a j)ali)able error. An inlei-marriage between a eouj)le of
their descendaids, years after the death of Alexander, in the third
geiu'ration from him, is tin; oidy ground for this surmise.
o. iMpialiy unfounded is the statement made by the same au-
thorit\-, that it is a tradition in the Brevard fanuly, that their an- ,.-
cestor; Dr. l"]|)hi'aim Brevard, was inspired to widte the .Mecklen-
burg l)c(daration by tlu' Westminster Confession of h'aith. A fam-
ily whose men, as officers in tlu; Continental June of North Carolina,
followed Washington upon the Ilmlson, through the -Jerseys and ,,
Pennsylvania, and Greene at hlutaw, and who have borne a like
cr<'ditable i)art in civil life, can afford to smile at smdi trifling as
this.
We ai'e not informed that Mr. -leffei-son ever reeui-red to the sub-
ject again. No one in iMecklenburg apjx'ared to conti-adict it. The
lialeigh Register exi^rcssed the decided o])inion "that no (lou])t can ;)
now exist of the truth and genuineness of the Declaration of the ,,';
2()th of May, 1775," and it seenu'd no longer to lu' a nnitter of con- ,
tro\er.s3-. (Celebrations of the day wei-e ludd with the enthusiastic
concurrence of the ])eopIe. Had there been any cavil against this ;
proof at that time (1820) it doubtless coidd theli have been greatly
coi'roboratetl.
liy or before the year l,s;{() j)i-. Alexandei-, who had made the
first i)uhlieation already moitioned, came to the conclusion that it ■■
would be a wise precaution to i)rocure coid'irmatory evidence while
witnesses were yet living who rememhered the event; and as John ;
M(d\nitt Alexaiuler had been heard to state that h<> had i)laced ,,
eojnes of these ])roceedings in the hands of (iemu'al Davie and of
Dr. Hugh Williamson, Dr. .Samuel llendersoii, of Clmrlotte, was pre-
vailed on to apply to the family of (ieiu'ral Davie, who had died in ,,,
tiie latter part of the year 1820, and the copy was found acocrdingly
at his mansion in Soutli Carolina, in the handwriting of John Mc- r
Knitt Alexander, wdio had exj)ireil, according to Wiieeler, in 1817. ,t
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448 THE McnOWELI.S AND CONNECTIONS
Tlio characters ol' Ociicral Davie, of his son, Fi'iMh'iic William Davie,
and of Dr. lleiKlerson. afford e\n'i-y assurance that there could have
been no collusion or imposture in relation to this copy. The late-
ness of its i)roducti()n onl\- slious that this, hein^ a piil)lic affair and
the business of no one in particular, hut little dili«riMn-e was exer-
cised in hunting up e\idcncc — hut the circumstances of the discovery
after such delay, antl the pi-oof ol' handwriting, tend powerfully to
establish the fact of deposit in the, lifetime; of (ieni-i'al Davie, which
the elder Alexander hail slated to -Judge Cameron in ISOI, uot long
snbseijuent to the conflagration of his mansion.
Further evidence was procured in the form of a w ritten memoir
of the Rev. Humphrey Iluntei-, whose memory was particularly im-
l)ressed with the proceeilings, from the fact that he was at the time
(20th of ^lay, 1775) a few days over twenty ye;irs of age. He is
positive and i)recise as to the date, ami that the resolutions declared
independence. His subseipjent life to the age of se\ i-nty-three years,
in his profession as a minister of the gospel, was spent in that region
of the country, in intinuite association with the other Uevolutiomiry
worthies of jMecklenhurg, and his ashes repose in her soil. For his
character as a soldier, citi/en and di\ine, see Wheeler's Histor}' of
North Carolina. 1 rememher him well in my youth; and he is yet
represented in the person o\' a son residing in Lincoln County, who
in scientific attainment and moral elevation is among the first gen-
tlemen of tile state.
To the same pnri)ort are the statements of ('apt. Samuel Wilson
(clerk), Isaac Alexaiuler, .Ma.]. .John Davidson of ]Meckleid)nrg, Jas.
fJohnston of Tennessee and lie v. Francis (!ummins of (Georgia. It
will be observed that when thesi- statements were made no ipu'stion
had been raised as to the meeting having been held on the IHst in-
stead of the 20th of i\lay — they were given in rejoinder to a deidal
that any meeting at all ha I been held wliich looked to indej)endence.
Therefore, these witnesses (io not specify the day of the month, but
they ai'e all emphatic in the assertion that in the nu-etijig which
they attended ind,ei)en(lenee \Viis declared, which is the gi-eat point
at issue.
Qen. Joseph Graham, then of Lincoln County, also gave his
testimony. His narrative is i)erhai)s more circumstantial than that
of any of the other witnesses, except Cai)tain -lack and Mr. Hunter.
] regret the necessity of speaking of his evidence, but 1 feel that it
would be a mistaken delicacy not to claim for it that weight to
which it is entitled, in a matter in which he makes no pi-etension for
himself, but is giving his I'ecollection of a transaction conducted
altogether by his seniors, 'fo tlu' suggestion that he was at the time
but in the sixteenth year o'" his age, 1 reply that in that time and
country boys often fought in the i-aidcs of men at an earlier age
than this, as they have done at all times on our frontiers- and that
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THE McDowells and connections 44y
it was in tiic same region, wliile in niilitai-y serxiee at liie age of
fourteen, Andrew .laei^son reei'ived tiu' only wound tiiat e\er hefell
liiin in his great military irareer. In the tiu'ii state of ]iulilir feeling
and i)ul)lie events, witli two elder In-others. one of whom had hn'ii
alreatiy inuned as a witness in this eontroversN, hoth soldiers earliei"
than himself, a youth of his age would have been didl of eomj)reheii-
sion not to have understood the i)roeeedings of that nu-eting and
been duly impressed by them. Nor had age affecteil him when he
testifietl of it in 1H30. He had been inter-ested in the eonlroversy in
regard to it since 1819 and 1820, and from him was obtained the
(iO[)y of the Proclamation of (jlovernor Martin, inserted in the sanu-
l)ai)er with the first i)u'blication, as before stated, of tlu- Meeklen-
bui-g Declaration. He was more familiar with tiu' historv of the
Kevolulioiuiry War in the South than any one 1 have evci- been ac-
quainlel with, and at the recjuest o\' dudge .Mur])hy, in 1820 and
1821, furnished him from nnnnory with written menH)i-ainla of the
military history of tiie Revolution in the state, to be used in con-
templated history of Nortli ('arolina, wliich, fi'om study and com-
parison witii documents he never saw, I luive found singularly ac-
curate. To his pen in these i)apers the state is indebted for the res-
cue from oblivion of the narrative of the battle of l^amsour's Mill
(coi)ied by Wheeler), the connection of the events of 1780- '81, in
their order of sequence, and Die vindication of her fame, by the cor-
rection of nniny errors into which the writers of history have fallen,
to her disi)aragement. Though he never designed them for the press,
but as mere notes for Mv. I\lurphy, after the failure of this gentle-
man's undertaking, in which they were to have been used, 1 con-
sented to their publication in the University Magazine in 1856, in
the hojje of i)reserving them for some author in the future. How
Jutlge Alurphy valueil them nmy be seit'u in his;eorres])ondence with
(icneral (Jraham in the University Magazine, Decend)er, 1854. He
hail the. best oi)portunities to observe what was done and said on
l)ublie subjects in .Mecklenburg, and occa.sion for lemembering them
in all tliis period of her history. In military service with the neigh-
bors of the county from 1778 until the end of the war — lier sheriff
from early after its close until 1788, wiien for the seven succeeding
years he, was her Senator in the Legislature — her delegate in con-
junctioji with General Robert' Irwin in both of the conventions which
considerexi the question of the adoption of the Federal Constitution;
and though removing to an adjoining county in 1794, he kept u]) a
fandliar acipmintance in j\l(»ckleid)urg throughout his life. His
recollections, thei'efore, 1 esteem as reliable as any e\idence of this
luiture can be. At his death, in 18;5G, at the age of se\ cnty-seven,
hardly any decay of his faculties was jxTceptible. Of (Jeni'ral
George Graluim it nuiy lie stated, that with two years' greater age,
he had ecpial o{)portunities of information, and for keeping in his
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THE McDOWRLl.S AND CONNECTION'S
MliS. MAliV JAN1<: 1K\ JN(i
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THE MCDOWELLS AND CONNECTIONS 45I
memory the events of iMeeklenburg. Jie formed one of the party
to ai-resl and eoiivcy into South Carolina the Tory lawyers of
Salisluir}' a lew weeks after this dcelaration — was umler (Jol. Thomas
I'olk ill the exi)edition against the llighlandei-s and other Tories
on the Cape Fear in February, 177G; in that of Kuthei-ford against
tilt' (ill roki-(! Indiai.'S in tlie summer of the same year; under Sum-
ler ;i)i(l Jrwin at Hanging Koek ; under Col. William I'olk, in the
South Carolina State troops at Kutaw ; lu-, too, was familiar with
the men of the eounty as eomrades in arms, and as their puhlie serv-
ant almost to the elose of life — sueeceded his hrothcr in the office
of sinriff— was elei-k of the Superior Court, .Major (Jeneral of Mi-
litia, and u member of tlie Legislature in the one or the other House
from this eounty, for more than twenty years — terminating in 1818.
His deatli occurred in J82G, with mental faculties unimpaired to the
lasi. With JMessrs. William Hutchison, Jonas Clark and Robert
liobinson, who united with him in the testimonial given to Colonel
folk in 1820, my inferiority in age allowed no pei'sonal ac(juaintance,
hut 1 have assurance that they had all been good soldiers of the Revo-
lution, and enjoyetl the entire respect and confidence of their con-
temi)oraries.
Hipial to these in their claims to credibility were Capt. James
Jack, of Ceorgia; Clerk Isaac Alexander, Capt. Samuel Wilson,
.Major John Davidson, of JMccklenburg ; j\lr. James Johnston, of
Tennessee, and the Rev. Francis Cummins, of CJeorgia. It is to be
observed, that no one of these witnesses in testifying sought to
magnify his own consequence. Major Davidson was the only one
among them all, who had been a delegate in the mei'ting. He had
I'eached a very old age at the time of deposing, but gives an intelli-
gent nari'ative, and did not assume to have acted a conspicuous i)art.
All the others declare that they were spectators merely, at the
eoinicil of the grave and elderly men of their county — and bear
witness of the patriotism and heroism of others, not of their own.
It may be also confidently asserted that this mass of testimony
would, at the time it was given, have determined the title of any
estate in that county; and il"|,the question were whether a deed
which had been lost was designed to convey the absolute i)roi)erty
in law or otdy an estate for years, or on condition, there would
lia\(' been no difficulty iu- this evidence in maintaining that the
entire fee had passed; and, as little that it bore tiate on the 2Uth of
May, 1775; and an impai-tial chancellor would have di/ected the
eonvex'ance to l)c rt'iiewed accordingly. It is, howevei", not a (jues-
tion at nisi ])rius, to be tried on the testimony aloiu; of tin; witnesses
^vhose certificates were taken.
The witnesses who gaxc written evidence are but a tithe of
thos(! who testify to the Declaration of Independence, and on the
2()th of I\ray, 1775. Where arc those Revolutionary soldiers, who
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■452 THE McDowells anu connp:ctions
api)oarecl, a.s we iiave seen, at the eelebratiou of IS^'), sixty to
seventy in uiiiuber; of wiioiu twenty-seven aj^aiii attnul.d at the
celel)ration of 18."^'), the snrvi\ors of the fields of Stoiio, lMita\v,
Camden and lIanf,Mng Koek at the south, and some u\' them at k-ast
of White Plains, lii-andywine and (iermantown at the Xoi'tli.' They
wefe old enough to I'ememher what had (teeuri'ed in theii' own eoun-
ty in 1775, and thougli it- may he not personally piH'sent at the meet-
ing on the 2()th of May in ;hat year, to havr heard hy emrenl I'eport
of i'\ery ])ul)lie event of the times; and if they had not heaid of,
and believed this from 177.') onward, who supposes thr_\ \vt)nld have
joined in the celebrations, or injt eonti'adieted the ciror. .Moreover,
the juniors of these who wei'e of middle or younger age, Ihe deseend-
ants of those, among wlu^iu almost every imin had l)i en a siddier
in no liolitlay sense, and who from the tratlilums of their falliers,
knew the story of the Revolution by heart, if tlie\- had not heard
of it, as they did of the expeditious of 177.") and '7ti, who pri sumes
they would ha\e yieUled an uni\'ersal belief upon the aniiouneement
of the faet in a newspaper supported by a half do/en te^timonuds
from sourees howt'Ver respeetable .' The truth is, the publication td'
Dr. Alexamler. in KSl!), announeed nothing that was new to .Meekb-u-
burg. Iler ])eoi)le had Ihi-, decdaration in memoi'y a-> they had the
fame of the nnui they had .-ent forth to battle for imb'i). ndeuee, to
whom ex'en yet history has lU'wr ilonc justice, and ihereiore the.\
seconded its assertion with a uiuinijuous voice.
Critics may amuse their ingenuity by stricture on the c.itifi-
cates of Veterans who, as 1 knew uue to I'emark, were "better at
fighting than writing, and eoidd nuike better marks vvitli their
swords than with theii- p'-ns.""" but they can uuike no satisfactory
l)lea to that gi-and certificate of the i-oncurreiu'e ol' all the sur\i\'-
ing sohliei's of the Revolution from ISl!) to 1S;{."), and the liarmfunous
concord of the sons of those who had perislu-d in the struggle oi'
died i)rior to the publication in ISl!). The old nuui knew it Irom
recollection (d' comnu)n i-'port, the youngei- by I radii ion. It rs
hardly i)ossible that a whole [)eoj)le, who ma\ ha\c their sidijects
of dispute as to other imitters, should be .lecivrd and deluded
into an inidivided belief on this. Let us ilhiNlrate by example. It is
in the remembi-ance of many now living, that in isl 1, a reginnuit of
militia under Col. desse A. Pearson, being part of a brigade eom-
leautled 'by the above-nanu'd d'eneral .Joseph (iraham, was levied in
!\leekleid)urg and the adjacent t-ounties, and sei\cd lur six months
under Jackson, against the Cretd< Indians iu Alabama Tei'ritory. it
is also a fact that owing to the waid of a timely jn'ovision of fun>ls
hy tlie United States, these troops w.re ihdayed a month or moi'c at
Salisbury, their i)laee of rendez\()Us, and woe, Iherefdi-e. too late,
iu arriving at the seat of Nvar, for the battle of the 1 loi'.M'shoe, iu
which they woidd othei-wise have j)artieipated. Suppose after the
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lai)S(' of foi-ty-fivc ycai-s, or even now at the cud of .sixl.\- yt-ais, a
j>ret('ii.sio]i had hrcn set ii). tliat this j-eginicnt had won laurels, by
l)("ai-in<,' an active part in the battle ol" the Horseshoe, and it had
been |)roi)osed to celebrate it by a public dcmonsi I'at ion. Indc-
])endently of other evidence to the contrary, who believes thai the
oft'ict i\s and soldiers of tiiat expedition who survived, or the chil-
dren of the dead, could have beeu engageil in any such ini|)osture
or delusion '.'
If a contemporaneous exposition is generally the best construc-
tion of a statute made long ago, because it gives the sense of a
coniiiiunity living at the time of enactment, of the tei-uis made use
ot by the Legislature, surely the ac(pnesceiu'e of a people in the
reality of a tJ'ansact ion, which was asserted more than fifty years
l)a(d<, and when if nntriie, there were scores of living persons who
could and would have contradicted it. is ecpially convincing proof
of ils actual occurrence.
('uriosit\-, however, is excited to leai'ii in what manner the me-
morial of this Declai-ation of independence was preserved to lati'r
times. The explanation is that the journal of llie |)r()ceedings of
(d" the Mecklenburg Committee, originating at the incii)ient jx-riod
of the Kevolution and continued long years afterward as a county
oi'gani/ation, which contained the Declaraticm of Independence of
2()th of i\lay, 1775, was preserved in the cai-e of .John ]\l(d\nitt Alex-
ander, as Secretary, and was consumed in the desti-uction of his
mansion by fire in the year 1800. And that, prior to its destruction,
he had endeavored to give tliis document publicity by furidshing one
copy to Dr. ITugh Williamson, who had announced his purpose to
pid)lish a liis^)ry of North Cai'olina. antl another to (icn. \Vm. H.
Davie, a distinguished soldier of the Revolution, and subse(picntly
(iovernor of the State. It is i)robal)le. also, that he or his son,
befort' nanuHl, who was of mature years and head of a family be-
fore 1800, retained still another eoi>y which escaped the conflagra-
tion of his house. The avei'nu'nt which we have fi-om .Mr. Alex-
ander of his delivering the copies to Williamson and Davie is con-
firmed :
First. By the testimony of CJovernor Stokes, alread.\' cited,
stating in substance that in the year 1793 Dr. Williamson exhil)ited
to him, in Fayetteville, X. ('., a copy of the said :\lecklenburg Dec-
laration in the handwriting of dohii :\IcKnitt Alexamlcr, which was
known to Governor Stokes.
Second. By the statement of Duncan Cameron, then a prac-
ticing lawyer, sid)se(piently a .judge of the Superior Courts and
|)resident of the Bank of the State, to the effect that Mr. Alexander
had informed him of the circumstances of this declaration, and of
his placing a copy in the ])ossession of (ieneral Davie ; and that
after the destruction of the original in his dwelling, he leferred
again to the same topic, lemarking that by reason of this deposit
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"'the (loeuiiiciit was safe,' Dr. Williamson was a IN'iiiisylvaiiiaii,
who caiuc to the State atioiit the close of tin; Hcvoliitionary War
and resided in Edeiiton. He rei)re,sented Nortli Carolina in the
Continental and First Federal Con^i-ess, and in tlu! b'ederal Conven-
tion, after wliieh lie went to reside in New York. His work, entitled
a History of North Carolina, pnhlished in 1S12, is ronfined to the
Colonial i)eriod, and ext(,>nds only to the time of the li('>rulatoi-s in
1771.
Third. It is likewise corroborated ])y a letter Ci'fjm ]\Ir. 1). H.
Stinson, a gentleman now about 80 years oL' age, who in a recent
letter from Ilock Ilill, S. C, informs me that in 18i;i, when him-
self a studeid in the Academy of the Rev. i\]r. Wallace, of Provi-
dence, ]\Ieeklenburg, a son-indaw of John McKnitt Alexander, he
heard said Alexander, upon occasion of a visit of a month at that
place, relate tlie circumstances of the Declaration of Independence
on the 20th of May, 1775; and the further fact that having been
in r.hiladelpliia afterwards in that year, he communicaled tlie facts
and circumstances to Dr. Franklin, who expressed apjjrobation of
the fact.
Of John Alexander T have no ])ersonal recollection. That he
Avas one of tlie leading spirits in those days of peril and revolution
appears from the testimony of Clen. George (iraham and others al-
read.y recited, and from tin- facts stated by Wheelei-, Uial he was
one of tlie delegates from- ]\recklenl)urg to the Provincial Congress
at ITillsboro, in August, 1775, at Halifax, in Ajiril, 177G, he was first
Senator under the Re])ublican 'Constitution, in 1777. one of the
trustees of the College of the Queen's ^Museum, su'l)se(pienlly changed
to "Liberty Hall," and from the correspondence of the Board of
War that General Davidson, at tlie head of the militia in 1780,
named liis encampmoit in ]\leckleii])nrg, "Camj) I\rcKnitt Alex-
ander."
]Mr. Wheeler also extracts from a Charlotte newspaper of 1837,
a ]ia|)cr entitled instriictions foi- the delegates of jNlecklenburg
Couidy, proposed to the consideration of the county, dated 1st of
Sejitember, 1775, stated to have been found among his papers, doubt-
less f\irnished l)y liis son already mentioned, beginning thus: "You
ai'e instructed to vote that the late Province of Nortli Carolina is,
and of right ought to be,- a free and indei)eiulent State, invested
with all power of legislation, ca|)a]de of making laws to regulate
all its internal polic}', subject only in its external connections and
foreign commerce, to a negative of a Continental Senate."
Wiiether this was adopted hy the county docs not appear, but
the s])irit of it was fully cai-ricd out at the Congress, in April, 1776.
of which IMr. Alexander Avas a member, in the resolutions instruct-
ing the North Carolina delegates in the Continental Congress to
concur in voting for absolute independence.
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1. ADMrilAL JOHN IKWIN
2. AGNKS MAliV IRWJN
3. MILI3UKN WALLACE IKVVIN
4. JOHN DUNCAN IRWIN
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That this striking' event was not made the subject oi" eom-
nieiitary 111 our newspapers until published in 1819, should oeeasion
no surprise I0 those who have studied the history of the State, and
know in what a confused and neglected mass all its materials' then
lay. Jf so well-informed an American as Mr. Jefferson must be
conceded to have been, in 181!), did not know the position of
:\Iecklenburg on the map, and suj)j)osed it might adjoin Buncoml)e,
the locality of the fictitious volcano played off as a newsj)aper lioax,'
from which it is one hundred miles distant, with the Blue Ridge
towering between, who excei)t her own people should be expected
to know her history? The historians to whom he refers— William-
son, whose work extends ))ut to 1771, Ilorry, Ramsey, Mai-shall.
Jones, (Jirardin, Wirt— not one of them luul penetrated so far into
our ])ublie. history as to be aware of the Resolutions of the aist of
i\]ay, 1775, or to discover the well-established fact, that North Caro-
lina in her Provincial Congress at Halifax on the 12th of April.
1770, instructed her delegates in the Continental Congress to vote
for absolute independence of the British Crown. (I impute no un-
just design; it was perhaps our own fault in not causing it to be
nuide generally known.) Some of them do mention that Vii-ginia
gave such instruction in j\Iay succeeding, and suppose tiiat to have
been the earliest movement of the kind. Tf they were thus informed
as to our public and general history, how are their omissions au-
thoiity in resi)ect to a popular meeting, a local assemblage in the
county of ^lecklenburg-, some months earlier? The fact is, the re-
vival of the knowledge of the Resolutions at Halifax, was made
about the same time and by the same individual. Dr. Joseph Ma-
Knitt Alexander, with the publication of the ^Mecklenburg Declara-
tion ill the Raleigh Register; and it produced as much surprise
among writers of history, and as much satisfaction aim)ng the peo-
ple of the State, as the Declaration at Charlotte. It was permitted
to pass unchallenged upon the authority of the Journal of tlie Con-
gress which Alexander had inherited from his father, as would, in
my belief, the i\Iecklenburg proceeding, except that the latter was
questioned by i\Ir. Jefferson, and was supi)osed by some to lay
claim to a domain in which he was entitled to monoiioly— a domain
to which in :\Iay. 1775, as will in-esently appear, he had set up no
claim in mind or heart.
The first forty-five years of the Rei)ublic of North Carolina
did not produce even a pamphlet on any subject of her history, ex-
cept the abortive effort of Williamson, heretofore notic(>d. This
utter want of a history wa.; felt as a public misfortune by the in-
ielligent men of the State, and by none more than llie surviving
officers and soldiers of the Revolution. In 1819, or 1820. the Hon.
Archibald D. Murphy, who in the ])recediiig seven oi' eight years,
as a senator from the county of Orange in the State legislature, had
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aroused the pride and sj.int ..f \Uv i.c-ople of the Statr „., the sub-
.icet of mlen.al improvein.'nt and |K.|>ular .-ducat i.M,, at the instance
ol many triends, undertuck tlir task of wnlii,^- Iht liistoiy-an of-
tiee to winch he was emiucnlly adapted hy s.lu.lai'hliii); patience
and capacity lor research, facility in coinj)ositi()n, a i)hilosophic
nund and a zealous patri.)lisni. Although, I'roni causes not neces-
sary to he related, My. Muvplwy failed in the hiief reuiaiiuler of
his life to execnite his work the veiy nndertakin.i,' he aeeomplished for
the State, though in an inferior degree, what had heen done hy his-
torical societies for other States, in collecting materials for history,
from the recollections of old men then alive, the eorresi.oudence
and papers found with the families of the dead, the public records
and other sources. How harren ]\Ir. ]\lurphey then found the field
he undertook to till, though with abundaid materials for improve-
ment if sought out from their hidden recesses, we shall relate in his
words, in a corresj)ondence, July 20th, 1821. with General Joseph
(iraham, from whom he nMpn-sNMl reminiscences of tl
tory of the State during th.' devolution.
"Your letter to Colonel Conner." says he. "first suggested to me
the plan of a work which 1 will execute if T live. It is a work on
the hi.story, soil, climate, legislation, civil institutions, literature,
etc., of this State. Soon aftei- reading your lettei'. 1 turned my at-
tention to the subject in \\u- few hours T coidd simteh from husiness,
and T was surprised what abundant materials could, with care and
diligence, be collected; materials which, if well disposed, would
furnish matter for one of the most interesting works that has been
j)ublished in this couidry. We want such a work. We neither know
ourselves nor are we kiu)wn to others. Such a Avork, well executed,
would add very much to our standing in the TTni(
respectable in our own eyes. T love North Carol ii
the most because so much injustice has been dom
pride; we want indei)endenee ; we want magnani
nothing of ourselves, we have nothing in our liish
can turn with conscious pi-ide. We know nothing of our State,
ami care nothing about it. 1 feel some zeal upon the subject, for
a large portion of our history now lives only in the recollection of
a few survivors of the R.>\()lution. We must soon end)odv it. or
it will be entirely lost.'.'
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THE MCDOWELLS AND CONNDCTIONS 459
CHAPER VI
AGNEW-McDOWELL INTKRMARRIAGKS.
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Ajidrew Aguew, Second Ilen-ditaiy Sherifr, wife supposed to
be a AIcDowall. Andrew Agnew died 1-481. lie was siieeeedcd by
his son, C^ucntin Agnew.
Sir Patriek Agnew, Eighth Hereditary Sheriff, 1G16, hi. Mar-
garet, daugliter of tlie Hon. Sir Tiiomas Kennedy, of Culzean, by
Elizabeth, daughter of David iMc(iill, of Cranstoini-Riddell, JM. P.,
1628-4;}. This Sir Patrick Agnew 's fourth son. Col. Alexander Ag-
new, of Whitehills, niarri 'd three of his tlauglders to MeDowalls.
Jane Agnew married, 1621, Alexander McDowall of Logan. Agnes
Agnew, married 1622, llclitred iMcDowall, of French, and Mai'ie
Agnew, married Hew (Hugh) ]\lel)o\vall, of Knoekglass.
(lilbert Agnew, of (Jladenoeh, second son of Andrew Agnew,
Fifth Ilereditaiy Sheriff of (ialloway, from whom — Fifth Heretlitary
Sheriff, the American "Family of 7\gnews" are supi)0sed to be de-
scended, by the father of the present Uaronet, Sir Andrew Agnew —
in possession 1574. married ]\largaret MeDowall, co-heiress of Uch-
tred IMcDowall, of French, who died 1610.
FROM "THE HEREDITARY SHIORIFFS OF (IALLOWAY,"
By Sir Andrew Agnew, Paronet.
Captain James Agnew, 'bom in Creat Pritain in 1701, is in-
terred in the old Presbyterian burying ground at Gettysburg, and
the arms of the Agnews of Loehnaw were graven on his tond). His
son, David Agnew, with his wife, Mary (Ir.wiiO (Agnew) Dobbin,
are buried near Cai)tain James Agnew, as well as Colonel James
Agnew and his wife, ]\Iary (Ramsey) Agnew.
After David Agnew 's death, Mary Irwin Agnew married Rev.
Alexander Dobbin, and died in "The Old Dobbin Home" at Gettys-
burg.
AGNEW-IRWIN-HARRISON INTERMARRIAGES.
First generation: Janus Irwin. Peters Township, Cumberland
County, Pa., born , died Feb. 23, 1778; married Jean
1_ about 1734; she died Nov. 27, 1781. Issue:
Second generation: Jose])h Irwin, born 1736; died 1803; mar-
ried about 1760, Violet Porter, born 1730; died 1821. Joseph Irwin,
First Lieutenant of Capt. Rol)ert iMcCoy's Company of Colonel Sam-
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THE McDowells and connections 4t)i
uel Culberson's Battalion, Cumberland County Associators, was cora-
niis.sioncd .July 31, 1777. He was in tin; al'tair of '•('rookcil Billet''
.May 1, 1778. Issue:
Thiid generation: M\rtilla Irwin, born .Mareli 26, 1765. and
John Stcrrett, born ^lay '), 1760, were niaiiicd April a, 178."). .John
Sterrutt was son of (Jairns !Stei-rett, Ijorn 1721, and Mai-ia (Ma\es)
Sterrctt. Issue:
Fourth generation: Maria Mayes Sterrett, born March 11,
IHOU, and Sndth Agnew, born dan. 14, 17!»2, were married Nov. o
1818.
Sndih Agnew was a son of David Agnew and a grandson of
Capt. dames Agnew, of York ("oiudy Associated Companies, 1756,
and Rebecca (Scott) Agnew, daughter of Abram Seott, a grandson
of Hugh Scott, in the Province of Pennsylvania, 1670. Smith Ag-
new's nH)ther was Mary Krwin, born duly 12, 11')^). She was a daugh-
ter of John Krwin of Antrim Townsbi]). Cund)ei'laiul Couidy, Pa., by
his finst wife.
The name of John Krwin's first wife is not known. Three chil-
dren by first wife, John, Robert and .Mary. liobert Erwin married
Susan Coxe, of Philadeli)hia ; and their daughter, Susan Coxe Er-
wiji, married Samuel Agnew, i)ublisher of Philadelphia, grandson of
Colonel James Agnew, of the Revolutionary Army, who married
Mary Ramsey. Col. James Agnew was a brother of David Agnew,
who married Mary Erwin, who was a step-sister of Mary Ramsey,
who married Col. James Agnew.
John Erwin 's second wife was i\Iary O'Caine Ramsey, widow
of Col. James Ramsey, ancestor of the Presidents Harrison. Mary
(O'Caine) liamscy was tlu daughter of Judge Daniel O'Caine, of
Pennsylvania. h\ 1768, the time ihat Colonel James Agnew married
iMary Ramsey, step-sister of j\lai"y Erwin, who married David Ag-
new, she was living with her brother, Colonel James Ramsey on a
farm a))Out 10 miles from (ii-eencastle, Pa., now JMercersburg. Her
brother, l.'olonel James Ramsey, was the great-grandfather of Presi-
dent Jienjamin Harrison.
Chart of descent :
James Ramsey, born June 8, 1751 ; married Elizabeth Porter,
1776. Issue:
Mary Ramsey, born 1781 ; married Archibald Irwin. Issue:
Elizabeth Irwin, born 1810; married John Scott Harrison. Issue:
Benjamin Harrison, twenty-fourth President of United States.
Some genealogists assert that John Erwin, who married the
widow of Col. James Ramsey, was a brother of Archil)ald Irwin,
son of first Janu^s Irwin, of Peters Township, but relationship has
not been verified.
Mary (Erwin) Agnew, widow of David Agnew, mai-ried Rev.
Alexander Dobbin, of Gettysburg, Pa., who maintained the first
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classical school west of the Susqiiehaniia River. The old Dobbin
House, a large stone house, is still a show place in Glett^shurg, aiul
there was raised Robert (Dr.) Agnevv, lather of i)j-. I). Hayes Ag-
new, of Philadelphia. So the Dobbin House is an irwin landmark.
Dr. D. Hayes Agnew married iMary ("reighton Irwin, of Rich-
mond, Va., he, himself being an Irwin descendant, through his grand-
mother, ]\lary (Erwin) Agnew.
Fifth generation: David Franklin Agnew, son of Smith Agnew
and Maria i\layes (Sterrett) Agnew, born JMareh 21st, 1821; mar-
ried, first Amanda j\I. Lightner, daughter of John and Rebecca
Lightner, born Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 1, 1823; married June 22, 1848;
died Oct. 10, 1856.
Issue by first marriage: 1. Harry Lightner Agnew, born April
5, lyi!); died July 15, 1877; unmarried.
2. Smith Agnew, born Aug. 1, 1851; died March 2:{, 1911; mar-
ried. No issue:
3. Rebecca Francis Agnew, born Oct. 17, 1854, and Nathaniel
Burrows liubb, born Sept. 4, 1851, were nmrried Jan. 11, 1870; par-
ents both living 1916; issue, five sons and one daughter.
1. Harry Agnew Bubb, born Dec. 26, 1877. 2. George Lashells
Bubb, born Aug. 7, 1879. 3. Bessie Clark Bubb, horn May 15, 1882;
died Jan. 5, 1890. 4. Nathaniel Burrows Bubb, Jr., born Aug. 15,
1883. 5. James Lewars Buhb, born Oct. 25, 1888. Albert Her-
mance Bubb, horn Sept. 18th, 1892.
David Franklin Agnew married, second, Charlotte Harvey Bell,
daughter of Thomas and Charlotte (Harvey) Bell, horn April 8,
1834; died Dec. 18, 1908.
Issue by second marriage. Charlotte Bell Agnew, born Oct.
31, 1865. She is a member of "The Order of the Crown of America"
and "The Irwin Society of America."
AGNEW (JIKNEALOGY.
State, Virginia; County, Alexandria; Postoffice, Alexandria.
John Park Agnew, born in Ebensburg, Pa., Dee. 25, 1819-20;
died on June 7, 1892, at his country seat, "]\lount Zephyr," a 500-
acre portion of the original ]\Iount-Vernon-on-tlie-Potomac estate,
in Fairfax County, Va., formerly owned, and immed, by General
George Washington. Married at Cund)erland, ]\ld., on Sept. 10,
1846, to Matilda Elizabeth Thomas, and Matilda Louisa Seeley, born
at Baltimore, Md,, and surviving at this date, March 6, 1916.
Children of above :
1. Park Agnew, horn at Cumberland, Md., July 3, 1847; died,
Alexandria, Va., July 14, 1910. 2. Leonora Matihla Agnew, Ijorn at
Cumberland, Md., on March 26th, 1849; died at Washington, D. C,
December, 1900. 3. Ann Rebecca Agnew, born at Cund)erland, Md.
4. Mary Virginia Agnew, born at Cumberland, Md. 5. Lily Agnew,
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THE McDowells and connections
bom at Wellershurg, I'a.. tieccased. (i. Davi.l Siiiitli A-innv born
at Wellersbiirg, Pa.; died at Alrxaiulriii, Va.. .Maivh 2(Jth' 1S74.
7. Edward Lewis Agiiew, Itoni at CiuidK-rlaud. Md . deceased. 8. Au-
Kiistus Harrison Agnew. born at Alexandria, Va. !). .Minnehelui Ag-
iH>w, borji at Alexaiuli-ia, \'a., (b-eeased. 10. Margaivt ta Linton Ag-
new, l)orn Alexajidi-ia, \'a.
Ahirried. Pari^ Agnew married Oct. 2b, 1S7L Lnura Kieliards
Jieli, of Alexaiulria, Va. Lenora AL.tilida Agnew. married Arehi-
babUJreeidess, born in Se.)tbind, deseembMl rrom tlie •('Ian Cainp-
beil." Argyllshire. Angnstiis Harrison Agnew. married .Mabel An-
derson, of Florida.
Grandcliildren: ALirgaret Agnew (ireeidess, married ('a|)tain
Cb'land Neison Offley, [',. S. .\av\.
David Agnew Orcenlees. married Helen llartwell Cragin.
Anne DeConrcy (Jreeidees, mai-ried Paynnrsler William Tbonia.s
Wallaee, U. S. Navy.
Matilda liell Agiu'W. mai-ried Walter (Joodman IJogers.
Mary Ik'll Agnew.
Margaretta Linton Agnew. married Hein-y Lveivtt Demarest.
John Park Agnew.
Wallace Gordon Agnew and Cornelia Ann Ingiefield married
Nov 21, 1867.
Charles (Minton Agnew and Llla J. Diudan married Nov \]
LS});^ ■ '
Arthur S. AgncAv and Mamie Gray, married, .June lOlb, 18!);").
Lillie I\r. Agnew and Iloraee R. MeLean, married Nov.' 4, 18i)5.
Sadie I\l. Agnew and h\nnk II. Slosser, married Mareh 17, 18!)7.
Stella M. Agnew and Walter K. Draper, married April I),' 1!)02.
Larl 1. Agnew and Myrtle Hosier, man-ied February (i,' !!)()!).
FA.AIILV OF W. L. A(;XLW.
Charles C. Agnew, addre.ss Delta. Colorado, box 450.
Arthur S. Agiu'w, Chieago, 111., The Sni)ei-i()r Tvne Co :i->-4()
S. Clinton St. . , ., -
Lillie M. MeLean, Cannon City. (*olo. • •, .
Sadie J. Slossei', Oseeola, Iowa. " !*^':. ■ ^^ -,.■■
Stella ]\r. Draper, Ked Oak, Iowa. >' •
Dr. Earl L Agnew,. Douglas, Arizona. ■•■''^ ■ '
Childi-en of C. C. Agnew :
1. Edith J., born Get. Litb 18!)7. 2. Helen D., born Nov. 25, 1902.
3. Donald (.]., born Feb. ;{, l!K)b. 4. Dwight L., born Di .-. 28.' liill.
Wallace Gray, son of A. S. Agnew, born ]\[ai-eh (i, 11)02.
Children of Frank II. and Sadie Slossei:
R. Pauline, born .June 3. lilOl. William .1.. born Dee 24 1904
Wallace A., born Dee. 10. 1909.
(Miildren of Waltei' E. and Stella A. Draj^er:
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THE MCDOWELLS AND CONNECTIONS 455
Helen D., born April 25. 1903. Eliza l)eth A., horn Nov. 11, 1904.
•J) Colonel Ale.xaiider A^new, of Wiiiteliills. Scotlaiul- Li.'u-
tonaut Colon.'l of the Earl of Galloway's Kegina-nt, son of Sir J'atriek
Agnrw, Hart. Eightli llere'litary Sluriff of (Jalloway, and .Margaret
Kennedy, daughter of Sir Thonuis Keiniedy, and Eli/ahcth iMeCJill
(hmghter of David Alc(Jill, of ('ranstoii-Kiddcll, Mciuher of I'arlia-
m.iit Col. Alexander Agnew de.seended from Rohtrt A, Kiii^ of
Seothind, through both the' Agnews and the Kennedys, and had a
Ijilrr (h.uhle royal deseent through Margaret Keniuniv, from King
.lames 2, of Seotland, and King Henry 7, of England.'
(2) .lames Agjunv, of Hallow, ('ounty Down, Ulster, Ireland-
married Kleain)r , died KiSl, buried at Bangor, near Belfast'
Ireland. '
(.'{,) -James Agnew, born in (Jreat Britain in 1571; emigrated
• to Ann'riea with two sons, Sanniel and -lames, and settled in Ean-
eastei- Comity, Peiui.sylvania.
(4) .lames Agnew, born in (Jreat Britain in 1701, died in Get-
tysburg, Pa., 1770, and is buried in the Marsh Creek gravevard ajid
the arms of tin- Agnews of Scotland are engraved on his tmnbstone
.Married about 1732, second wife, Rebecca Scott, daughter of Abram
and granddaughter of Hugh Scot. James Agnew was Captain of
Assoeiators, in the I'rovincial Service in 1756.
(5) Agnew-Irwin intermarirages : David Agnew, born at Get-
tysburg, Pa., Adams County. .July 17, 1797; married at (Jreencastle
Praukjm County. Pennsylvania, on April 2, 1772, I\Iary Erwin, June
1-, !<;>;), daughter of John Erwin, of Cumberland County, Pennsyl-
Viiina, Antrim Township. After the death of David Agnew Mary
(hrwm) Agnew became the wife of the Rev. Alexander Dobbin of
(Gettysburg, who.built the old l)obJ)in house at Gettysburg and held
thei-e the fn-.st classical school in Western Pennsylvania. David
Agiiew served in the Revolutionary Army.
(()) John Agnew, born in Gettysburg, Pa., on April 14 1774-
(bed at Wheeling, W. Va., Oct. 11, 1849; married at Greeiicastle!
a., Ih04, Elizabeth Park, daughter of Robert Park and Jane Bailey.
Elizabeth ]*ark was born at sea on the trip oyer from I^elfast, Ire-
land. She was l)orn in 1781, died at Pitt.s'burg, Pa., Nov. 5, 1825.
.lohn Agnew was Clerk of the Court at (Cambria County, Pa. '
('hildren of John Agnew and Elizabeth Park.
1. David Agnew, born Sei)t. 30, 1905; married Eliza Lightner.
2. .Alaria Jane Agnew, born 1807; married Dr. David Storm
3. Rebecca Agnew, born Sept. 18, 1809; married Alfred Rich-
ardson.
4. Ann Agnew, born 1811; married Nathaniel Dorsey
o. Lenora Agnew, born Dee. 25, 1819; married Josiah Weir
^ 6. John Park Agnew, born Dec. 25, 1819-20; married iMatilda
iElizabeth Thomas.
7. Amanda Agnew, died young.
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THE MCDOWELLS AND CONNECTIONS
DR. O. B. IRVINE
Greenville, S. C.
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JllVJNE UENEAl.OOV.
Agiiew J. inc.
David W. Agnew, boni at Agiiew Mills, Vcniago (,'ouiity, July
22, 18;U); died at Mount \^-nioii, Ohio, Sept. 28,\liJU2; married at
Ciiinberland, Ohio, Nov. 4, 1852, , Oc-i. M, 18;J1; died at Mt.
Vernon, Ohio, Oct. 9, 186{).
Children of above:
.Mary A. Agnew, born at Madison, Ind., Aug. 22, 1853;
Sarah A. Agnew, born at Oskaloosa, Iowa, Nov. 16, 1855;
Kllis J. Agnew, born at Cujaberland, Ohio, Feb. 16, 1859;
Elmer A. Agnew, born at Cumberland, Ohio, Eeb. 16, 1859; died
April 26, 1859.
G reat-gi-and father :
James Agnew, died at New Orleans; married to Rebeeea Smith
in 1780.
Graiul father : t
•John Agnew, born in Pennsylvania in May, 1801 ; died at Cum-
berland, Ohio, A])ril 26, 1817; nuirried Oct. 17, 1822, to Mary Gordon
White, born April 9, 1801; died at Knoxville, Iowa, Jan. 1, 1866;
buried at Knoxville, Iowa.
Children of Grandfather:
Rebeeea A. Agnew,
W. Franklin Agnew, born at Cumberland, Ohio, June 29, 1826;
died .May 5, 1827;
John Smith Agnew, born at (Uimberland, Ohio, Alarch 18, 1828;
died Feb. 1, 1908;
Marie J. Agnew, horn at Cumberland, Ohio;
David W. Agnew, born at Agnt;w's Mill, Pennsylvania, July 22,
1850; died September, 1902;
Janu's K. Agnew, born at Cuiid)erland, Mareh 16, 18156; died
Jan. 11, 1875;
Benjamin J. Agnew, born at Cuiui)erland April 16, 1836; died
Jan. 11, 1875;
Wallace S. Agnew, born at Cumberland, Ohio, July 10, 1839.
James Agnew was a Seoteh-irish of the early part of the Eigh-
teenth Centuiy. Settled near Gettysburg, Pa., in 1730, and was the
progenitor of the family -that bear his name, and which numbers
uuiuv distingui.shed men arul women.
SAMUEL AGNEW.
Samuel Agnew was born Nov. 18, 1811, in ■\rcConnellsburg, Bed-
ford (now Fulton) County, Pennsylvania. He was the youjigest of
eight children of Colonel Jiimes Agnew b\' his first wife, Elizabeth
Findley, widow of Col. Ochiltree of Virginia, and was named after
liis father's brother, Dr. Samuel Agnew, of Ilarrisburg, Pa. He was
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468 THE McDowells and connections
brought up and educated at his father's hoiue until time lor him to
(Miter college, wlieii he wufs admitted to Wasliin^'toii Cctllcge, now
Washington and .Jetrerson, hut tlid not remain to j^i'adiiatc. s'uhse-
quently iMr. Agnew removed to IMiiladciphia, and entered into the
wholesale dry goods l)usines.s on Third Street, tiie lirm heiiig Agnew,
^Ie(!urdy & Brown. After seNcral years he retii'ed troiii mereantile
jjursuits and engaged in the l)ooi< |)id»lisiiing husiness at Sixth and
('hestiuit Streets, lu-iiiging out tlie serii-s of (Joodrieh's (Peter Par-
ley-'s) School Histories. From tins oeeupation .Mi-. Ai^new witlulrew
nearly a qiuirter of a century ago, and has since dexoted his leisure
to the formation of a lihrary foi' tlu' Prt'sliyterian llistorieal Soci-
ety, which lie oi'iginated in IH.")!*. and ol' whieii lie \\a>, uiilil his death
treasurer and liltrai'ian. In ISGo he prepared ami printed "An Ap-
])eal on Behalf of the Presi)yterian llistorieal Soeiety,"" and a "Cat-
alogue of Books" in its lihi-ary. In addition to his work for the llis-
torieal Society of his cliurcn, .Mr. Agin-w made special collections of
works on the subject of baptism, nund)ering about seven thousnnd
volumes, for the Princeton 'riieological Seminary, that at Alleghany,
and other jjlaees. lie was also pronuiu'ut in tlu' societ.x organized a
few years since, with eJustice Strong, of the I'nited Slates Sui)reme
Court, at its head, for the Auu'ndnu'nt of the Constitution of the
United States, so as to mnkv it an ai-knowledgenient (»f tlu^ Chris-
tian Religion. Of the Pennsyhania Working Home for Blind M(»n
he was an active manager, and also a trustee of the Second Presby-
terian (Church. Mr.' Agnew was elected a uu'mbci- of this society
March 4, 18G9, and was a member of the Committee on ({enealog}-
in 1870, and of tlu' Library ("omnuttee in 1S7S. lie was married Dec.
10, 1840, by the Kev. Henry .1. Morton, 1)1)., to Susan, dauiziiter
of Robert and Susan (Cox) JM'win, and leaM's one cliild. Dr. iM-win
Agnew, to survive him. Mr. Agnew was a nnld. nn.issnming man,
with almost a woman's tpiietness and gentleness of manner; but he
was as firm as a rock in whatever he thought right, and positive'in
the expression of his convictions. He had been in failing health
for several years, so that his (U-ath was m)t niu'.\|)ected. He died
in Philadilpiiia, March (i. 1SS().
JOHN IRVINK, OF IRFLAXD, AND DFSCFXDANTS. .
John Irvine mai'i'ied Mar\- Finley (both of Ireland), from whom
descended the following:
James Irvine was one of several brothers who came to this coun-
try from (Jounty Derry. Irelaiul, near Bomlomleriy, and settled at
a place called Paxtang, m-ar llarrisbui-g. Pa. These brothei-s wei-e
the sons of one Irviiu', a Dissentei', who, with oilier Presbyterian
Dissenters, had forfeited their bnuls and been dri\en from Scotland,
by the i)erseeutions undei- King Charles, IGiiO to ItiSI).
dames married Sarah llari-is, who, with her |)areiits. had onu-
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gi'ati'd froui County Donegal to Swatara, Lancaster ("ouiity. Slie
was tlie (lauglittT of ,]olni Harris, the foiiiitlcr of Ilarrisburg, wliosi-
grave on the bank of the Sus((uehanna is kept in condition and
fenced in l)y the city of llarrishurg. A brief sketch of hei' life, re-
citing her services during the l^cNolutionary Wai', is to be found in
a volume in the State i.il)rary at Ilarisbiu'g, entitk'd '•Matrons of
the Iicxolutiou." dauu's liviiie and Sarah Harris were nuii'ried by
Parson VAdw. in tiu' old Umy Cliurch, and after ihe wedding fes-
tivities were escorted to the iMtiiie of the giooni, which is the ])rcsent
stone house on the farm just below Middlesex, on the creek, by lUO
jycrsons on lu)rseba(;k. Of this union thei-e were four girls and five
boys: Boys— William, dames, .John, Robert, Matthew. <iirls— Kath-
erine, -lane, l\Iary, Nancy.
William was a justice of tlu- peace, and died unuuirried.
liobert nutrried Kleanor Mitchell, born .Ian. 26, 1781 ; died Aug.
21), 18.34, whose grandfather (maternal), was Janies lilaine, from
whom also sjjrang -lame.s (1. Blaine. Robert aiul KUniuoi- had six
sons, two of wliom died in infancy. The four living to numhood
were dames, Robert, William and John. All but William nmrried
and reuuiined in Carlisle, Pa. dames was a physician, lie received
a classical education and was a sucessful practitioiu'r. lie did not
marry, antl died in his 56th ^-eai- at C'hillicothc, Ohio.
.Mathew was a farmer and died unnmrried.
John nuirrieil a Miss Landterton, and his descendants, undei- the
name of IIei)l)Ui"n, Parwins and Linsman, are living in Williamsport.
Katherine married the celebrated Latin scholar, dames Ross,
LL.D., the maker of text-books, and died without issue Dec. 1, 1846,
aged 82 years.
Mary was married to a Robert ]\IcClelland, of Roi)ertown.
Issue: Robert Harris McClelland; Jane died unmarried, dune 10.
1857, in her 79th year; Naney married Andrew Holiues, and hei-
tlescendants lived in New York City. None survive.
So much for the family of James aiul Sarah Harris.
It is not clear whether William Irvine was a brother of dames
Irvine, or whether they were the sons of brothers. He was l)orn at
Ennikecillentown, Ireland, 1741, and it was his i)roud boast that
his father had fought in the Battle of the Boyne. He was educated
at Dublin, and although having chosen "arms" as a in-ofession, he
studied surgery under the celebrated Cleghorn, and was appointed
surgeon of a British man-of-war.
In 1763 he came to America, followed by two of several l)roth-
ers, Captain Andrew and Dr. Matthew Irvine, the latter the ceie-
brated "fighting surgeon" of Lee's Legion. Cteneral Irvine settled
in Carlisle and married Ann Callendar. They had five sons and
five daughters. General Irvine was chosen friend and confidante
of Washington, and at Mount Vernon is his portrait, and in the
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State Library at Harrisburg a valuable volume ol' correspondence
between Washington and General Irvine. He was three times elected
to a seat in Congress, and the government presented him with a valu-
able tract of land in Warren County, Pennsylvania, which is still
held by his descendants, lie had two sons, Callendar and William.
The former became (!ommissary General of the U. S. A., and lived
and died in Philadeli)hia. .The latter was ])residing judge of the ju-
dicial district and a man of note.
The frontispiece of a book by ^Irs. L. Uoyd, entitled "'The Ir-
vines and Their Kin," is a copy of the Irvine crest. The book does
not give the history of the crest, but elsewhere the tradition runs
thus : The crest is a hand and a bare arm emerging out of a cloud.
The hand extends a thistle, the crest is the same as that of Wash-
ington Irving 's famil}'. The legend runs that Robert liruce's daugh-
ter fell into the River Irvine, in Ayrshii'c, Scotland,. and would have
drowned but that a young man named Kennedy saved hei- by pluck-
ing a branch of thistle and reaching it to her. Bruce gave* his daugh-
ter in marriage to young Kennedy, 'but required them to take the
name of Irving.
SARAH HARRIS IRVINE.
Matrons of the Revolution.
(Note. — ^Taken from "Notes and Queries," in the State Library
at Harrisburg, Pa.)
Sarah Harris Irvine died ]\Iarch 10, 1837.
Sarah Harris, daughter of William and Katherine Harris, was
born on the Swatara, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, i\Iarch 20,
1741. Her father was a native of Ayrshire, Scotland, and came to
Pennsylvania about the year 1725. They wei-e among the first mem-
bers of the old Derry Church, and their renmins rest within the lit-
tle stone-walled graveyard close by.
Sarah was a young woman of varied accomi)lishments when, in
1760, by the Rev. John Elder, she was married to James Irvine. The
bride was arrayed in a fine linen dress (the handiwork of her own
loom), the material bleached to a snowy whiteness, and fifty couples
of their friends on horseback escorted the happy twain to their fu-
ture home on the Conodotiuinet Creek, where the husband possessed
a fine tract of land and a comfortable stone dwelling upon it, yet
standing.
James Irvine was a brother of General William Irvine, of Revo-
lutionary distinction, and also served as an officer during the same
war. He was a native of Ireland, born in 1726 and died May 5,
1811, and is buried in the Silver Spring graveyard. Influential in
public affairs, he was none the less potent in tiie desperate struggle
which freed America from the tyrannical dicta of Great Britain.
A woman of culture and refined tastes, Mrs. Irvine shone re-
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splendent as wife and niofln-r, and down to the close oT her long life
her endearing ways and niainiiM's made that lite tin- niosl laaiUiful.
She died at Carlisle on thf 'nh of Mareh, l.S;i7, and iicr rcniains rest
heside those of her hnshami at Silver Spi'ings. Dui'ing the French
and Indian War, when l)y the niarainling sa\agc^ wcit laid was'.e
the settlements along llic Conodocnunct and -fnanila, iier house and
harii were fre(|uentl\-. rilled with Tugilivcs. At those times none
were more loving in actio'i or tender in syiupath\. A nolile wife
and mother among a haidy, l.rave ami impt-rileil people, much was
demanded of her miiustcriiig cart' and charily, and many are the
iiieidents told of the heroism ami henevoleiuH' of this pioneer woman.
During the Revolution sh- was none the less laithful, as she sup-
l)lied clothing and food to the little army as it lay enslnined, ium-
gry and wan, and almost indeed, at Valley Koi-gi". It was such women
as Sarah Harris Irvine tha- nuule the Declaration of Independence
possihle. , . •,
FRIENDSHIP. ' ' '
:Mrs Soi)hia 1. F. Sea.
]My frieiul and I v/ere hoys together
On distant hills of redd)iown heather.
He pi])ed — I danced -youth's glad relVain;
When hearts are light as wiiuFhlown feathei-.
What matters it tho' skies should thunder
And rain-nusls shroud the circling jjlain .'
0 hoyhood life! No care could tether
On distant hills of red-hrown heather.
My frieml and 1 grew old together. , .
His grip so warm, his glance so tender —
The same in fair . nd (doutly weathei'.
I ne'er shall see his like again.
For God did hieak the mold asundei-
In which He fashioned -lock McClain.
Mrs. Sophia Fox Sea is a life honorary j)atron mendx-r of the
Scots of the South, and this poem is a greeting to her clansuuMi.
LINES ON THE DEATH OF THE RKillTRFV. UlSllol' DIDLEV.
CONFEDERATE SOLDIER.
Hv Lucinda IJoyd.
One hy one, the soldiers g.ither "neath the hanner (d' the Ci-oss,
(loping they mig}it see the Jordan, tho' its wa\es so d<irkl\- toss.
One, the hravest, sailed its waters, while his comrades wept ashore,
Calling, "Comrade, friend, O hi-other! shall we see youi- face no
more '/ ' '
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Faith made answer iii \hv darkness, •'Ik' iias reaehed the Promised
Land ;
Weep not, he has joined ihe ransomed— Jesus holds him hy the
hand."
He has followed .Jesus ever; on the lie!, Is where hlood was shed
Bending, like his Ehler Brother, „Vr the sulfering and the dead;
None too ])oor for iiim to sueeoi-, none loo low for him to raise.
Let us weep; our hearts ar,- bh'cding as we try to sing his prai.se.
8.
Who shall follow in iiis footsteps.' Who shall tread the path he trod?
Who ean win the love of sinnei-s as our hrotlier, cdaimed of dod'!
Rest in jieaee. () sainted soldier, in the unseen land you liave sought.
We .sludl make our robes tiie whiter \>y the le.ssons you have' taught;
We shall elimh tlie stony patliway, where your feet have bled of yore.
Ami shall cross the stormy Jordan^ and shall meet you on the shore.
WILLIAM KRWINE.
William Erwine married Harah Sitler, by whom he had the fol-
lowing:
1. Caroline (1837-1875), married (leorge Dodson, of Blooms-
I burg. Pa. Their child:
I Alice Dodson (1861-li)ll), married George Long, Blooms-
' burg, Pa.
\ Theii- children :
• (1) Fanny Long ( b. 18S:5), nuirried Boyd Frey, of Rlooms-
' burg, Pa. Children: (1) Lois Fry, born 1907; (2)
]\Iary Fry, born 1909.
(2) Charles Long (b. 1881), married .Mary Detrick, of
Blomsburg, Pa.
(3) Wilson Long, born 1890.
(4) p:dward Long, born 1896.
(5) Boyd Long, born 1901.
2. p:nos, born Feb. 2, 1840; nmrried Eliza Eveland, of Ply-
mouth, ]*a.
3. Wilson P., born Feb. 9, 1842; married (1) , Sept. 5,
1871; wife died Dee. 18, 1893. Married (2) Josephine K. Allen, of
Syracuse, N. Y.; who was born Sept. 3, 1850.
4. Susan, married Samuel Rhinard, l^erwick. Pa.
5. Alfred, born Nov. 3, 1847; umrried Marv Rhinard, born xVug.
12, 1844.
6. Elizabeth, man-ied Josiah Blank, lierwiek, Pa.
7. lAIary. born April 28, 1854; married Newton Robbins, of
Forks, Pa.
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ADMIRAL JOHN IRWIN
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8. Frank, born June 22, 1856; married Anna Scliultz, IJcr-
wick, Pa.
REAR ADMIRAL elOlIN IRWIN, IJ. 8. N.
By Irwin Alahon.
Rear Admiral John Irwine, U. S. N., died at 1120 Vci-iiiont Ave-
nue, Washington, D. C, July 21), 1S)01.
Admiral Irwine was born in Pittsburgli, Pa., April 1."), 18:52. Ik-
was commissioned a jiiidshipman in 1847, lieutenant in IS.'),'), eaptain
in 1875, and eonnnodore in 1886. He was retired in 1?S!)4. During
the Civil War he served on the frigate "Wabash" at the Pattle of
Port lk)yal, and with a detachment of officers and scanu-n of the
ship, i)artieipated in the bombardment of Fort Pulaski. His con-
duct on this occasion was commended in an official reiiort.
Admiral Irwin's Oood-bye.
Describing the circumstances attending the departure of Rear
Admiral John Irwin from the Asiatic Station, "Tlie Weekly Box
Curios," Yokohama, Japan, says:
Ca])tain McCormick noticed the Admiral looking forward to
where the sailors were standing massed to catch a glimpse of tlieir
old chief. lie asked him if he wished to go forward, and when he
responded that he did, he passed the order, "Divisions to (juarters!"
every man and officer sprang to their i)roper jjositions, and, accom-
panied by the Captain, the Admiral went from one eiul of the ship to
the other and was saluted by each division.
He spoke to the officer in command, and bade him and his
men a personal farewell, and looking over the ranks, as his eye
woidd rest upon some old weather-beaten tar whom he had person-
ally known in days gone hy, he would grasp his hand heartily, say
a kind word and good-hye. From one end of the deck to the old
battleship to the other were two rows of watery eyes and <piivering
lil)s, and every face showed the sincere feeling of every man. The
adieux had been made and the Admiral was ready to leave the shij),
when the officer of the deck stepped up and said: "Admiral, Sir,
your barge is ready." The Admiral approached the gangway, es-
corted by the officers, and again shaking hands and saluting, he
passed down the ladder, expecting to see his boat's crew, but on
reaching the staging, stopped with surpri.se, when he discovered his
barge was manned by uniformed officers, and all standing at salute.
His eyes filled with tears; he hesitated for a moment, then, saluting,
stepped in and took his seat, unable to utter a word. Captain (Irid-
ley of the i\Iarion acted as coxswain, and the following gentlemen
acted as crew: Paymaster Fraley. Captaiii P]lliot, TT. S. IM.; Lieuts.
Barry, Miner Franklin, Eberle, Daniels, Pratt, Slocum, Hoff,
Quimby, P. M. ; Clerk Stempen. As the barge left the ship, the yards
were manned, and amid loud cheering the Admiral and bis distin-
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guished crew started for tlic S. S. Cliiiui, passing tlic .rai)aiH'se man-
of-war "Tuskuhakeii." 'IMic yai'ds were luainiril ami three hearty
elieers were given for the Admiral.
On Ilis IMajesty's Ship ■' lmi)eiiensf'" the same honoi-s wei-e paid,
to hoth of whieh the Admiral rose to his feet and acknowledged the
great honor. As he sat in the stern sheets antl watched the meas-
ured and well-timed strokes of his erew of hon(tr, all conid see that
he was greatly affected, and when he reaelu'd the "China'' he was
nnahle to acknowledge the honor .-^how n, and hel'ore leaving, said:
"(Jenllemen, this niu'xpected Innu.r I shall never foi'get. If I
were leaving the service, such attenlion shown 1 would highly appre-
ciate as a c(»mpliment to the high olTice I hold, hiil simply leaving
one ship for anothei-, it shows me that the hearty eviileiicc of your
good will is an imiicalion of ymir friendship and personal esteem,
and it is therefore most gratifying to mm- that it is tendered to my
nn\vortli\' self instead of my official |)ositi(tn. Language fails me
when 1 ti-y to express my ui'alitude and high appreciation, and all
I can say is, good-bye, (Jod Mess yon all."
It was an event in the Asiatic S.piadron ; in fact, in the United
Stales Navy, that was unusual and not soon to he loi-gotlen.
On Saturday the ■•China "" was advertised to sail at noon, and
at 11 a.m. the "Laneastci-" and ".Marion" ea(di sent a hai-ge filled
with their hand, and stationed off the gangway, they discoursed
sweet music. Roat after hoat from the Anu'riean and dapanese mvu-
of-war came a^o^gside filled, to pay theii' resjx'cts, as did steam
launches and yachts filled with friends of the Admiral, lo say fare-
well; hut the previous day's experience liad unmanned him, and he
was muihle to nu'el his callers. I<doi'al deeoi'ations were showered
upon the Admii-al, his family and staff, and a hasketl'id of cards
were left to i-emind him of tlu' da.vs he had spent in I he 'Land of the
Rising Sun" and the fi-iends he had left.
> t i.zjiiig > /nil nil VI I in. I 1 n I n 1 -) I M- [Kill nil.
The Admiral then went forward among the ci'ew, who wen
di-awn up by divisions, and bade a pci'sonal farewell, shaking iiand:
with many.
His remains were laid ;way at .\rlington, in Washington.
Admiral John Irwin was the oldest son of William Wallace fr
win, a lawyer by profession; the first may.n- of Pittsburgh, Pu
nn'mber of Congress during Tvler's^ administration ; miinster
D.'nmark. Returned to the United States in 1S4:), reaching Ne
York when Pittsburgh was destroyed by fire, and at once te!
graphed his agent. Janu's U. Ii-win. to distribute the balam-e of his
gi-eat fortune among the suflerei's of the fire.
His fannly consisted of John, Fannii', Chai'lotte, Agnes, Rich-
ard, Robei't, Soi)hie and .Marx. Kobert is now" living in Yokohama,
Japan ^ml Agnes is Dean ol' llai\ai-d College. John. Riihard, Fan-
nie aiic| Charlotte are dead.
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JAMES McDOWKIJ. UNK.
By .M. L. McDowell.
I\Iy grajult'iither and j^'ramliiiotiu'r, -Jiiim's .McUowcll and Saliie,
his wife, were among tlu' fifst .settlers ol' Mm-l'ree.shoro, liut lierl'ord
(bounty, Tennessee, and lived there all their lives. \lv \v;^.^ !)G years
old when he died (1862). He was doorkeeper lor tin; Legislature
wiien Murfi-eeshoro was tlie capital of the State. The Legislature
met there twiee, J think, lie was tlu' oldest Mason in the State at
the time of his death, which occurred in KSG2. lie was tyler of his
lodge about forty years.
The folow^ing eiiildren were l)orn to him and lived to middle
and old age: Girls — Mary -Jane, Helen ami Nancy, lioys — Jesse,
Matthew, John, William, Wallace, (lideoii, Samuel Houston and my
father, James.
i\ly father, James McDowell, was horn in JMurfreesboro Nov. 11,
1818. ]\ly mother, Harriet N. Petty, was horn in South (Carolina, Sei)t.
25, 1818. The following eiiildren were horn to them, now living:
Matthew Lemuel, .Macon, (ia.; Hiram Carter and Fraid^ P., Tulla-
homa, Tenn.
Matthew Lemuel ^leDowell was born May 14, 184:^, at Murfrees-
boro. He enlisted in Comi)any A, Second Tennessee Regular Volun-
tere, and served throughout the Civil War. Was seven'ly wounded
through the left lung in a bloody ehai'ge at Richmond, Ky., and
did not recover until about three years after the war was over. He
married July 26, 1865, and the following children were born to him,
all now living:- George Lucien and his five children, Tullahoma,
Tenn.; Ernest Rivers and his six children; Matthew licmuel, Jr., ami
his six chiklren; James Hul'ord, uinnarried, Winchester, Tenn.; llm-
ace Eugene and his four children, Chattanooga, Teiui. ; Myrtle Walm-
sley, Nashville, Tenn., and Samuel Tilden and liis three children, Ma-
con, CI a.
As related to me by my aunt, my grandfather told her that my
great-grandfather settled somewhere in the Se(|uatchie Valley, in
East Tennessee, His famil\- was murdered b\' the Indians (1 do not
know the date), exee|)t two of his oldest boys, \vho were aw'ay from
home at the time; and my grandfather and his sister were taken
away by the Indians as prisoners, and afterwai-ds adojited by them.
It seems to me that my great-grandfather was named John. 1 think
one of his boys who escapell'the massacre of the family settled in
New York. The other one, I know, settled in Kentucky. ]\Iy grand-
father lived with the Indians until nearly grown before he got a
chance to get away from them. They kept liis sister until she was
grown. A trader saw her. fell in love with her, bought her from the
Indians, and married her at New Orleans, I^a., where they lived after
their marriage. Both my grandfather aiul his sister were small
children wh^ni taken by the Indians.
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My great-grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary War,
or in some other war (Note.— it must iiave been in the Freneh and
Indian Wars, from the dates of the grandfather's life. Author) for
he had a land grant from the government, and the land that fell to
him was on Stateu Island, N. Y. I thiidc tiie daughter who was
taken by the Indians managed to save, in some way, the papers re-
lating to this grant. The land was leased to some one for ninety-
ninu years. Before the lease was out all the parties who knew about
it were dead. In 1861 some lawyer in New York wrote my grand-
fatluM-, in iMurfreesboro, tliat the land was there, and belonged to
the .MeDowell heirs; that it was built ui) with costly buildings; was
worth uMiny millions of dollars, and that the heirs eould recover it.
In the war excitement that was then on, my grandfather referred
liim to his older brother in Kentucky. Before the war was over they
both died. Nothing since has ever been done about it. These are
the facts as I gathered them.
JAMES THOiMBSON IRVINE.
Eirst President of the Irvine Society of America.
James T. Irvine, first president of the Irvine Society of America,
is the eldest son of Rev. James E. Irvine, a Presbyterian minister of
Scottish descent, and a graduate of the University of (Jlasgow, who
emigrated from Londondeny, Province of Ulster, Ireland, to Phila-
delpiiia. Pa., in the year. 1824. After service as a Presbyterian mis-
sionary for several years in Soutliern Ohio, he returned to lEastern
Pennsylvania, locating there in Perry County, where he ministered
to Presbyterian congregations in Duncannon and Jjiverpool. Upon
graduating from the Medical Dei)artment of the University of Penn-
sylvania, with a view to becoming a medical missionary, early in
18;34, he was married to Maria, eklest daughter of ('olonel Robert
Thompson, of New Buffalo, Perry County, Penn.sylvania. Of this
union the eldest child was the subject of this sketch; born Eeb. 2,
1835. His parents, in his boyhood, removed to the JMuskingum sec-
tion of Ohio, where, after schooling, he learned the ])rinting business
with Jacob Glessner, in Zanesville. After working at that trade for
a few years, he studied law with Judge R. C. Ilurd, of Mt. Vernon,
Ohio, and was admitted to the bar l)y the Ohio Supreme Court in
1863. Journalism, liowever,' became his princii)al professioi^. So,
following his marriage, in 1865, to iMary E. Colton, eldest daughter
of John Colton, of Philadeli)hia, Pa., he eml)arked in a newspaper
enterprise at Zanesville, Ohio, as editor and proprietor of the Daily
and Weekly Signal. In this pursuit he continued for some twenty
years, varying it with service as a county auditor and a few other
minor public capacities. Upon retiring from the newspaper field,
he was connected for over twenty yeai's as secretary and director of
a building and savings association of Zanesville. Since his retire-
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THE MCDOWELLS AND CONNECTIONS
JAMKS 'J'llOMl'SON lUVVIN
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ment from business pursuits his time has been sjient larKcly in South-
ern California, where bis married daugliter, .Mrs. II. l/ Nye, and
family reside at Alhambra, a .suburb of Los Aii^eles. In June, 'li)12,
he was sadly bereaved by the death of bis beloved wile, a liigbly
aeeompli.shed lady. Four ehildren and seven -(randebiblreii survive
her deeease.
THE CLAN (iATlIERlN(J.
The first annual meeting of the MeDowell Clan of Ameriea was
held at San Franciseo, Cab, July 2;i. li)15, where a eoustitution and
by-laws was adopted and offieers eleeted. The objeet of the organi-
zation is to foster a more intimate soeial and fratei-nal icbitionship
of the Clan folk and to enroll in its mend)ershi]) all the .MeDo wells
and their kin in the United States and Canada. If war eunditions
do not prevent, the next National Clan fathering will be held in
some city to be selected by the Chieftain and Lxecutive Committee
during this year, 1918.
JOHN HUGH McDowell, Chieftaiji.
EXPOSITION MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM.
San Francisco, Cab, July 2-i, 1915.
The National Convention of the McDowell Clan met in Exposi-
tion .Memorial Auditorium July 23, 1915, at 10 o'clock a.m., with
the following members present:
Charter Members.
G. W. McDowell Dunsmuir, Cal.
Mrs. Helen E. McDowell Dunsmuir, Cal.
Elhel June McDowell 1G08 Lyon St., San Francisco, Cal.
Sherman McDowell 1501 Fernside Blvd., Alameda, Cal.
Mrs. Myra McDowell 1501 Fernside Blvd., Alameda Cal.
Clifford McDowell 1501 Fernside Blvd., Alameda, Cal.
.Airs. A. E. To vis Oleander, Fresno County, Cal.
Thomas I. McDowell 552 Capp St., San Francisco, Cal.
Mr. and :\Irs. W. McDowell 1524 Filbert St., Oakland, Cal
Thomas McDowell, Jr 552 Capp St., San Francisco,' Cal.
Ariel A. McDowell 704 Fourteenth St., Oakland, Cal.
Mrs. A. McDowell 1533 Sacramento St., San Francisco, Cal.
J. A. ]\IcDowell : 553 Twenty-third St., Oakland Cal.
Miss Helen McDowell Box 178, Petaluma, Cal
xMiss Florence McDowell Box 178, Beta I una Cal
Lieut.-Gov. W. W. McDowell 46 E. Broadway, Butte, Mont.
Mary Lee McDowell i46 E. liroadwaV, Butte, .Mont
Eloise McDowell Memj)his, Tenn
trances A. McDowell Mem,)his, Tenn.
Mrs. Emma Sandeford JMcDowell Memj)liis Tenn
A. E McDowell 3033 Washington St., San Francisco, Cal.
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P. H. McDowell 613 Staiidanl Oil Bldg., San Francisco, Cal.
Sadie E. McDowell :{;{ xMcsa Ave, I'iedniont, ('al.
Walter A. McDowell 2;J7 Pixk-y St., San Francisco, Cal,
Mr, and Mrs. J. E. McDowell «J272 1) St., Oakland, Cal.
J E. iMcDowell 9272 D St, Oakland, Cal.
Mrs. McDowell 9272 D St., Oaklanil, Cal.
Ceorge W. McDowell,, of San Francisco, was elect(;d a nieniher
of the National Executive ConiniittiL'. The Constitution and liy-
Laws as reported by the conmiittet! were unaniniousl}- adopted.
The Chieftain delivered his address to the Convention, and the
same was ordered filed by the temporary secretary. The National
Chieftain and Executive Committee were empowered to ai)point a
Secretary and Treasurer, to serve until the next national meeting.
J. E. McDowell was continued as Chieftain of California Clan.
(jlen. J. II. McDowell, National Chieftain, was unanimously re-
elected C^hieftaiu of the McDowell Clan of America.
P. II. JMcDowell, 613 Standard Oil Pudding, was unanimously
elected Vice-Chief.
Frances McDowell, of j\Iemphis, Tenn., was unaninn)usly elected
by the matrons National Matron.
Mrs. J. S. McDowell, of Alameda, Cal., was unanimously elected
matron of the California Clan by the matrons present.
J. E. McDowell, 9272 1) Street, Oakhuul, was uiuinimously
elected Secretary, to serve until a i)ei'manent Secretary is ai)poinled
by the Chieftain and ai)proved by the committee.
Adjourned to meet in same hall July 24, jointly, with the Irvine
Clan, by their invitation.
JOHN iiijcii McDowell,
■ • ' Chieftain McDowell Clan of America,
Puntyn, Tennessee.
' J. e. McDowell,
Secretary Pro Tem., Oakland, Cal.
(Published as a matter of information for hundred of others
who have since joined the Clan.)
HON. J. PROCTOR KNOTT.
J. Proctor Knott, the fifth child of Maria I. IMcElroy and Joseph
P. Knott, married twice; first wife, ]\Iary Froman, who died shortly
after marriage; second wife, Sallie R. AIcElroy, daughter of P. Ed-
wards and Lydia Ann Gibbs. They have no children. J. Pi'octor
had a political history, mueh of which is known to the i)resent gen-
eration of statesmen and politicians of the nation, but perhai)s not
known to the younger i)ortion of the family or clan, for whose bene-
fit alone these sketches are written. Proctor, when a lad of PJ years,
had studied law, and 'going West, settled in the town of Memphis,
Mo. His first political life began in his being elected as delegate to
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484 THE McDowells and connections *• "
the convention to frame a new constitution for the State of Missouri.
He was afterwards elected a nieniher of the Legislature of that State,
which body elected him to prosecute C. F. Jackson, then governor of
the State, on impeachment for malfeasance in office. Subsequently
he was elected attorney general for the State of Missouri. While
filling that office the war broke out. The governor and State offi-
cers of xMissouri, except. the attorney general, fled their State, leav-
ing Knott alone in liis office of all the State offices. He was made
prisoner by the government because of a refusal to take an arbi-
trary oath of allegiance, gotten up in violation of the laws and Con-
stitution of the United States. After being released he removed to
Lebanon, Ky., and ])racticed his profession for several years. He
was elected to Congress from the Fourth Congressional District of
Kentucky, in the year , aud eontiuued to rejjre.sent that dis-
trict for twelve years, after which he, in the year 1^^83, was elected
governor of Kentucky. He died June 18, I'JH.
CHRISTOPHER IRVINE.
By Martha C. Irvine.
My immediate ancestors were incumbents of (.'aslle Irvine,
County Fermanagh, Ireland, and beyond them, to Christopher Irvine,
of County Duuifries, Scotlaiul, who was bred at the Temple in Lon-
don. He had a grant of laud in County Fermanagii, Ireland, from
King James of Scotland and first of lEngland. He built ('astle Ir-
vine, Enniskellen, Ireland. My great-grandfather, whose first name
I do not remember, can easily be traced in the genealogy of the
landed gentry of England, Scotland and Ireland, by Sir Burke. He
married Jane Sj)roule, a Scottish woman, and had a large family.
My grandfather, Thomas, was the youngest of the family (bred for
the army, and served as an oficer in the King's stantling army);
born in the County Fermanagh, near Enniskellen; emigrated to
America on the 16th of .March, 1798. He was married to Tal)itha
Clarke, at Stone Valley, Huntington County, Pennsylvania, bv Rob-
ert Riddle, Escp, on April 21, 1798. His children art-
Jane Irvine, born in Huntington County, Pa., March 7, 1799;
Thomas Irvine, born in New York City, Feb, 8, 1805;
James Callender Irvine, born in Huntington County, Pa., July
12, 1807;
Clark Irvine, born in Trumbell County, Ohio, June 14, 1809;
Robert Irvine, born Jan. ;{0, 1812;
Julia Ann Irvine, born Feb, 24, 1814; '
Sarah Irvine, born June 26, 1816; '.■'' ,',',' '
\; Melcenia Irvine, born Oct. 80, 1818; ':' ''^ ''';"'"? ; •
Angeline Irvine, born Nov, 19, 1820.'
Dr. Robert Irvine, brother of Thomas, married in Ireland, an
Armstrong, and emigrated to America; settled in Western Penn-
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THE McDowells and connections 485
sylvania; had a large family. One sister, Jane Sproule Irvine, mar-
ried a Thompson, and her children (Thompson's), emigrated to
America and settled in Knox County, Oiiio, in 18IJ2.
JOHN IRWIN, OF IRELAND, AND OTHERS.
Irwin Mahan.
John Irwin was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1770— Agnes
Farijuhar was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, July 6,
177;J. Children:
1. John Seull Irwin was born Nov, 30, 1798. 2. Agnes Mary
Irwin was born Jan. 13, 1805. ;}. William Wabice Irwin was born
Sept. 16, 1806.
Children of J. S. Irwin :
1. Francis Mason Irwin was born Jan. 28, 1809. 2. David Irwin
was born Dec. 4, 1810. :]. VA'izn Irwin was born Nov. 18, 1812. 4.
x\gnes May Irwin, daughter of J. S. and Mary Irwin, was l)orn Nov.
24, 1821.
Children of J. S. and Mary Irwin:
John S., born April 4, 1825; Charlotte Rose, born Nov. 10, 1826;
Charles Fahnestock Irwin, born June 9, 1828; William Dorsey, born
Dec. 37, 1830.
William J. Rose, the ])OSthumous son of William ami Agnes
Mary Rose, was born April 26, 1826.
Children of Johji D. and Agnes Mary ]\Iahon :
1. Agnes Irwin Mahon, born May 3, 1834. 2. Irwin Mahon, born
Nov. 18, 1835. 3. Francis Everallyn, born Nov. 15, 1837. 4. James
Irwin, born Feb. 3, 1840. 5. Mary Lee. born at Eriy Hill, May 22,
1842. 6. Sophie Irwin, born Aug. 22, 1844.
Children of Wm. W. and Frances Everallyn Irwin :
1. Frances Mason, born Nov. 18, 1830. 2. John, born April 15,
1832. 3. Charlotte Wyman, born Feb. — 1834. 4. William, born
June 26, 1835.
Children of Wm. W. and Sophie Irwin :
1. Richard Diddle, born in Washington City, Dec. 30. 1845. 2.
Robert Walker, born in Copeniiagen, Denmark, Jan. 7, 1844. 3.
Sophie Dallas, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, June 30, 1835. 4.
Mary Bache, born in Washington City, D. C, Feb. 6, 1849.
Children of James B. and Agnes M. Irwin:
1. John W., born at Erin Hill, March 14, 1846. 2. William L.,
born Nov. 4, 1847. 3. James B., born Nov. 2, 1849.
Children of John S and iMartha C. Irwin:
1. Mary, born Dec. 8, 1848. 2. Joseph Gazzam, born in Madi-
son, Ind., Jan. 17, 1851. 3. John S. Irwin, born in Pittsburg, Pa.,
July 29, 1853. 4. Rose Irwin, born in Fort Wayne, Ind., Oct. 12,
1855. Martha Duncan, born at Fort Wayne, Ind., Sept. 20, 1858.
6. Agnes Derkheim, bora at Fort Wayne, Ind., April 1, 1865. 7.
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Duncan, born at Fort Wayno, Ind. 8. George llpfold, l)oi-n at Fort
Wayne.
Cliildron of Jennie and Irwin IMalion :
1. ]\Iary INlahon, boi-n in llarri.shurg. Pa., Feb. 14, 18(jl. 2. Ag-
nes Mary lAlahon, born in IIarrisl)urg, Pa., Rlareh 23, IHG.i. 3. Grace
Fahnestock, born in llarrisburg, Pa., Nov. 12, LSGIj. 4. -John Dun-
can, born in Ilarrisbnrg-, Pa., i\larch 26, 1870.
IJFUTKXANT W I Lid AM ROSIv
Lieut. Wiiiani Rose was boi'n in the citv of Xi.\v Vorl<, July 20,
1801 ' ,. ,
His Grandchihlren :
1. p]lizabeth Neill Mahon Kose, daughter of William J. and
Mary J^ee i\Ialion Rose, born at Erin Hill, July 0, 18.")!.
2. Agnes j\Iary Kose, daughter of the same, born June 21, 1853.
3. William John Kose, son of the same, born at Frin Hill, Oct.
5, 1855.
4. David Mohan Kose, son of the same, l>orn in lIol)oken, N. J.,
Sept. 2, 1857.
5. Frances Hull Kose, daughter of the same, born in Washing-
ton City, Oct. 23, 1860.
6. ]\lary Lee Kose, daughter of Wm. J. and Sarah Watts Rose,
boi-n in Harrisburg, .Pa., Oct. 1881.
7. William Watts Rose, son of the sanu', born in Harrisburg,
Pa., Oct. 28, 1883.
1. Laura Henit, daughter of James Walker and l<'i-ane(;s Rose
Benit, l)(>rn at Ohl Point Comfort, June 13, 1884.
2. William Rose Henit, son of the same, Itoi'ii l^'eb. 2, 1886, at
Fort Hamilton, N. Y.
3. Stephen Vinson, son of the same, born July 26, 1806, at
Bethlehem, Pa.
1. Frances Kverallyn Mahon. daughter of James 1). and Phoebe
Gray i\Iahon, born Sept*. 20, 1868.
2. Phoebe Gray, daughter of the same, born Sept. 20, 1868.
3. Frances Allen, daughter of the same, born on Center Ave.,
near Erin Hill, Pittsburg, Oct. 27, I860.
1. Agnes Mary Lee, daughter of Frances Lee and .Mary I). Lee,
born in Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 18. 1866.
2. Anna Eden, daughter of the same, l)orn Ai)ril 28, 1868.
3. Mary Mahon, daughter of the sanu% born May 31, 1871, at
Pittsburg.
4. Sophia j\hdion, daughtei- of the same, born May 1, 1875.
1. Eleanor Vouvieu, daughtei- of K()l)ert F. and Anna Lee
Peterson, born May 23. 1880, in Philadelphia.
2. Robert E. Peterson, son of the sanu', boi-n Aug. 2, 1891.
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1. Joan Bovieu, daughter of John Vovicii and Ann J.ee born
April 24, 1902, at 4205 Pine Street, We^t Pliiladeli)hia.
1. Ralph Irwin Ileinining, son of William K. and (iraee F. Hem-
ming, born Aug. 2, .1888, iji Denver, Colo.
William Lowry Hemming, son of the same, born in Denver,
Colo., iMay 3, 18D0.
j 1. Caroline Drury, daughter ol" James 0. and Frances Mason
Irwin i\laeton, born Dec. IG, 185G, in Pittsl)urg, Pa.
2. William Irwin, son ol" James (i. and Frances M. Jtluston,
born June 8, 1860.
:i. Frances Fverallyn. daughter ol' the same, born in 18G4.
1. Burton, son of William Irwin and Sarah 1). iMuston. !)orn
in 1885.
2. p]leanor D., daughter of the same, born in 1887.
3. Agnes Mahon, daughter of the same, born in xMay, 188'.).
4. William Irwin, son of the same, born in 1891. . .. .>f.
1. John Cady, son of -John ( !. and Phoebe Cray Parsons.
2. Philip, son of the same, born A|)ril 3, 1900.
1. Marjory Cray, daughter of F)-aidc and Fanny Allen
Harned.
2. Helen P., daughter of the same. ■ ,
3. Frank Mahon, son if the same.
1. Miwy Ii'win, daughter of Arthur F. and ]\lartha Duncan ir-
win Patterson.
2. Eugene Patterson, son of the same.
3. Edgerton Patterson, son of the same.
4. Daniel Uloise, son of the same.
Robert W. Irwin, son of William W. and Sophie B. Irwin, have
six children: Bella, Robert, Mary, Dehy, Achy and Agnes.
]\Iary Bach ]\IeCarthy and Deiuiis, daughter of William and
Sophie B. Irwin, have two children, Percy and Milieent.
Agnes, daughter of Richard Baldwin and Muston, left one
child, son.
JMarriages.
John Irwin married Agnes Farciuhar, Nov. 18, 1790.
John S. Irwin married Mary Davis, Nov. 26. 1820, bv Rev. Ma-
Ethinny, D.D.
Agnes ]\Iary Irwin mairied Lieut. William Rose, an officer of
the United States Artillery, July 6, 1825, by Rev. Francis Ilerron,
D.D., first marriage; Agnes Mav Irwin married, second time, John
D. I\Iahon, of Carlisle, Pa., Jan." 17, 1833, Rev. Francis Ilerron offi-
ciating again.
William Wallace Irwin nmrried Sophia Arabella Bache at Wash-
ington, D. C, Feb. 28, 1839, at 9 o'clock p.m.
James B. Irwin married Agnes, eldest daughter of John S. Ir-
win, M.D., April 15, 1845, by Dr. Upfold.
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Agues M. Irwin. \vi(li)\v of .lames li. Ifwiii, married Marcus
Derklieim Aug. lil, IS,')!', hy lie v. Taylor.
John S. Irwin mai-i-ied Martha ('. Mahon Sept. ;5(), 1847, Francis
Herron, D.D., oifieiating.
William J. Rose mai'ried Mary Lee Mahon, only surviving
daughter of Dr. U. N. Mahon, of Carlisle, Ta., Tuesday. May 7, 1850,
hy Kev. l)i-. Francis llerroii, at the residence of his mothei-, Mrs. John
I). Mahoi), Tenn Street, Pittsburg.
Janu's il. Muston married Frances Mason Irwin .Marcii 2U, 1856,
Kev. W. M. Paxton officiating.
Charlotte Wyman Irwin mai-ried Dr. William Taylor, II. S. N.,
at the residence of her sistci-, Mi's. James (J. Muston, hy Dr. William
M. Paxton.
liieut. John Irwin, IJ. S. N.. married Oceana B. Saint, in Wash-
ington, Fla, ^Monday, April 26, 1858, Kev. Dr. Scott officiating.
irwin Mahon nmrried Jennie, daughter of Alexander Mahon, in
llarrishurg, 1861, first marriage.
Irwin .Mahon married .Mariah Barker Stephenson, daughter of
Dr. Thomas and Eliza Duncan Stephenson, in Carlisle, Pa., ^lay 2,
1S76.
James D. ^Mahon married Phothe (iray, daughter of William
Gray, Fsq., at Spring Valley, N. Y., Dec. 1, 1864.
Mary D. iMahon, daughter of John D. and Agnes M. Mahon,
nuirried Frances Lightfoot Lee Oct. 17, 1865, in Philadelphia, h>' the
Kight Kev. Bishop Stevens.
LIEUTFNAXT JOHN IKVINE. OF VlK(iL\lA, 1780.
By i^h•s. Anderson.
At a Court hehl foi- Betlford County, Feh. 28, 178U, Charles
Cobb, captain; Hugh Mcllroy, first lieutenant; John irvine, second
lieuteimnt, and John Clayton, ensign, were recommended as proper
l)ersons to execute those offices.
At a Court held for Bedford County, the 27th of March, 1780,
John Irvine, first lieutenant in the militia of this county and Hugh
Muckleroy, second lieutenant, both (pudified according to huv.
State of Virginia, County of Bedford, to wit;
1, Cardenio C. Keeth, dei)uty for^ Samuel M. Boiling, the Clerk
of the Circuit Court of Bedford County, in the State of Virginia
(which Court, by oi)eration of the laws of the said State, includes the
records and ]iapei-s of the late County Court of tlir said County of
Bedford) do hereby certify that the foregoing are true ti'anscri})ts
from the; records of the said County Coui't of Bed lord County.
In testimony whereof 1 hereto set my hand aiul annex the seal
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THE McDowells and connections 489
of the said Circuit Court tills 30tli day of July, Anuo Domini, Nine-
teen Hundred and Eiglit.
[Seal of Virginia] C. C. KEETH, D. C,
Virginia, Hcdford County, to wit: I, J. L. Campbell, -Judge of
the Circuit Court for the County of Bedford, in the State of Virginia,
and the only Jmlge thereof, do certify that Cardenio C. Keeth, who
hatli given the preceding cei'tificate, is Deputy for Samuel j\I. Boil-
ing, tlie Clerk of the said Court, and that the attestation of the said
Keeth as Dei)uty aforesaid is in due form. Given under my hand
this lOth day of August, 1908.
J. L. CAMPBELL, Judge.
I do hereby certify that John Irvine was enlisted in November,
1782, to serve as a soldier in the Virginia Line for the term of three
years— that he was furloughed and was not called into service again
during the term.
JOHN STEELE,
Delivered, Col. L Steele. Late Lieut. Virginia Line.
I certify that this is a true copy.
H. J. ECKENRODE, Archivist. <
JOHN D. MAHON, IRVIN GENEALOGY.
By Agnes L-win Mahon.
John D. :\Iahon, born at Pittsburg, Nov. 5, 17}J6, died at Erin
Hill, Pittsburg, July :{,.1861; married Jan. 17, 18:};^, to Agues May
Jrwin Rowe, born at Pittsburg, Jan. 13, 1805; died at Wayne, Dela-
ware Couidy, Pa., Jan. L""), 1880. , , ^^
Children of Above.
1. Agnes Irwin Mahon, born at Penn St. Petersburg, May 3,
1834.
2. Irwin Mahon, born at Penn. St., Pittsburg, on Nov. 18, 1835.
3. Frances Everallyn Mahon, born at'Erin Hill, Pittsburg, Nov.
15, 1837; died in West Philadelphia, -Jan. 29, 1866.
4. James D. ]\lahon, born at Erin Hill, Pittsburg, Feb. 3, 1840;
died Jan. 15, 1872.
5. Mary Lee Mahon, born at Erin Hill, May 22, 1849.
6. Sophie Irwin ]\Iahon, born at Erin Hill, Aug. 22, 1844; died
Oct. 24, 1900.
Married.
Irwin Mahon married (1) Jennie ]\Iahon, in Harris'burg, 1861
(2) I\raria B. Stevenson, Carlisle, Pa., May 21, 1876.
James D. Mahon. married (1) Phoebe Gray, at Spring Valley,
Dec. 1st, 1861 (2) Frances L. Lee, at Philadelphia, Oct. 17, 1865.
Grandchildren.
Irwin Mahon 's children:
1. Mary ]\Iahon, born at Harrisburg, Feb. 14, 1863. 2. Agnes
Mahon, borp at Harrisburg, March 23, 1865; died March 4, 1870.
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THE McDowells and connections
'A. Grace Paehnstock xMalion, boni at Ilarrishurg, Nov. 12, 18G6.
4. John Duncan IMalion, horn at llarrishurg, Marcli L'(i 187U- died in
riiihulel])liia, 1870.
t'hihlren of James D. Mahon.
1. Thomas Kverllyn IMahon, born at Irvine, Pa.. Oct. 27, 1866;
(lied Nov. 20, 1866. 2. Phoebe I\lahon, horn at ( 'incinnati. Oliio.,
Sept. 29, 1868. 'A. Faniiy Allen I\Iahon, born at Centi'al Ave., Pitts-
burg, Oct. 27, 1869.
('hildren of ]\Iary Lee Malion.
1. A<,nie.s I\lay Lee, born at Pitt.shurg, Nov. Is, ]S(i6; died Dee.
12, 1867. 2. Anna Ldiui Lee, born at Central Ave, Pillshurg, April
28, 1868. 'A. .May IMahon Ler, borii at Pittsburg, May A], 1871.
4. Sophie ]\]aiion Lee, born at Alleghany Mav 1, l.s7r)- died Jan.
16, 1902.
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Hy Frank Irvine.
John Irvine, born at Mercer County, Ohio, h\l). 11. 182(); died
at The Dalles, July 27, 1899; married at Dalles, May 27, 1855. to
Catherine K. Keith, born at Indiaiui on Oct. 11; tlicd at The Dalles,
July 14, 1896.
Children of Above : . . '
1. Frank, born at The Dalles, Oct. 24, 1860. 2. Fmma, born
]\larch 12, 1862; died June A, 1872. 3. Elleii F., I.orn Dec. 15, 1864;
died May 20, 1866. 4. Alice, born May 12, 1868. 5. Johnnie, born
Jan. ;n, 1870; died April 16, 1898. 6. Annie Lelah, born Feb. 28,
1874; died July 3, 1902. 7. William Ilenrv, born Sept. 15, 1877;
died Ai)ril 4, 1883.
Frank married Lydia Walker at The Dalles. Alice mariied II.
n. Lorenzen at The Dall-s, Nov. 14, 1883. Anna mairied L. C.
Spencer at The Dalles Nov. 20, 1898.
Crandeliildren. .:. ■
1. Dertha E. Irvine, born at Tin^ Dalles, June 31. 1883. 2. Josie
E. Lorenzen, born Feb. 23, 1889; died June 25, IDirj. ,3. Clara IL
Lorenzen, born Feb. 10, 1896. 4. Allie E. Lorenzen. boi-n Aug 2!)
1899.
(irandt'ather.
Achilles Irvine, born at IVMUisylvania, died at Tiosa, Indiana,
1868; married Anna Gallihcr. wIud died at Tiosa, Indiana, 1870.
Children of Grandfather.
1. Andrew, born in Ohio; died in Avar. 2. l^'rancis, born in
Ohio. 3. John, ))orn in Ohio, Feb. 1, 1826; died July 27, 18!)9. 4.
Mi's. Sarah Iligley, born in Ohio. 5. Achilles, boin inOhio. 6. Mrs.
Lucinda Pall, boi-n in Indiaini.
Gi-eat grandfather had five children: Grandfather Achilles Ir-
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THE McDowells and connections , 49i
vine. 2. Decatur Irvine. 3. Marshal. 4. Mrs. Anna Cole. 5. Mrs.
Betsey Bush
JAMES McDowell.
By Isaac P. :McDowen.
James McDowell was born in the north part of Ireland, April
1st, A. D., 1747. His parents were natives of .Scotland, and came
to America on account of relij^ious i)ersecution, with two small
boys, James and John, two to four years old, and settled near the
"Eastern Shore." James and John grew to maidiood, enlisted in,
and went through the Revolutionary War. (irand father James was
wounded in the l)attle of Brandywine. At the close of tlie war he
married Sarah Gorrel, of Pennsylvania. He died in Scioto County,
Ohio, on April 11th, A. D. 1809.
Sarah McDowell was born July 26th, 1763, and died in Tippe-
canoe County, India)ia, Septem))er 5, 1834. James and Sarah
reared nine children, James, junior; i\Iary (Phillij)s), William, John,
Woodford G., Martha (Crull), Hiram, Elizabeth and Thomas G.
John JMcDoAvell, born in Woodford County, Ky., Jan. I, 1702; died
in ^Montgomery County, Indiana, Jan. 16, 1843. He married Eliza-
beth Price, Jan. 7, 181*9. Elizabeth (Price) :McDowell, born in Ross
County, Ohio, January 30, :!798. She died at Fairbury, Illinois, on
October 10, 1880. John and Elizabeth :McDowell raised nine chil-
dren; namely, Jackson, born October 28, 1819; died in Montgomery
Count)'', Indiana, February 22, 1843; Sarah Ann Russell, born in
Scioto County, Ohio, November 25, 1821 ; died in Pontiac, Illinois,
October 18, 1859; Isaac P. McDowell, born in Scioto County, Ohio,
August, 17th, 1824 (He married Jane Ru.ssell, June 10, 1855) ; Oliver
Perry, born February 7, 1827. Nelson Scott, born October 10, 1829;
died June 1, 1878; James ]\Iadison, born January 7, 1835; killed at
Vicksburg, June 15th, 1863; Mary Elizabeth Ladd, born October
30th, 1832; John Van, l)orn January 6th, 1838; died November 29,
1861 ; William Henry Harrison, born ]\Iarch 6th, 1840. Jane Russell,
wife of Isaac P. McDowell, born September 16th, 1834; died August
26th, 1890. The children of Isaac P. and Jane R. IMcDowell, as be-
low: Thomas S. 0., born Januarv 26, 1858; Lillian, born May 6,
1856, died September, 1857; Elmer E., born IMarch 11, 1862; John
Van, born February 6, 1864; lEva (Graff) born October 9, 1865;
Lutie, born November 11, 1874.
Eva ^IcDowell, born in Fairbur}-, 111., was married to Joseph C.
Graff, bom in New York City, July 15, 1862. The children of
Joseph C. and Eva Graff are Jane and I\Iarvieiu% all living in Chi-
cago.
ISAAC PRICE McDowell.
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County, Ohio. The courage, hardiness and determination of the "Mc-
Dowell" and the sturdiness of the pioneer were typified in him
Having moved witli his parents and eigiit hrothers and sisters from
OJiio to lippeeanoe County, Indiana, and finally, to lAlunt-omery
County, Indiana, where his father died in 1843, he was entrusted
with Ihe responsibility and care of his mother and family mostly
boys, of whom he was the eldest. These were among his own pupils
m the ditferent schools in which he taught in Indiana and Illinois
Mr. McDowell had a variety of interests. He succeeded as teacher,
larmer, editor, merchant and banker.
In 1853 he erected the first imj)ortant building in Pontiac, Illi-
nois, establishing a mercantile business with Messrs. Ladd and Mc-
Gregor. Their first stock of goods was the first shipped over the
Chicago & Alton Railroad to Pontiae. His most successful venture
was 111 1872, when he became one of the organizers of the First Na-
tional liank of Fairbury, Illinois, of wliieh he was elected president
a i)osition held continuously during life. '
.June 10, 1855, he was married to Jane Russell, a splendid
Chrislian woman, heloved by everyone. They ardently supported
the lAlethodist Episcopal Church, the church favored by the "earliest
.McDowells."
Six children were born to this union, four of wliom are living-
Klmer K. and Lutie, of Fairbury, 111.. Jolm Van, of Forrest 111 •
Eva (.Mrs. Jos. C. draff), of Chicago, 111.; a daughter, Lillian,' died
m mianey; the eldest sol^ Thomas Scott O'Neill, in 1<)11.
Isaac P. AIcDowell died Jan. 9, 1901, in Denver, Colo Jane
his wife, Aug. 2G, 1890, at Watseka, 111.
McDOWELL-MASTIN LINE.
By Frank Stovall Roberts.
William McDowell, of Huntsville, Ala., born Oct. 21, 1801;
died June 9, 1865 (of disease contracted in the penitentiary at Nash-
ville, Tenn., where he was imprisoned in 1863-G4, by the Federal
authorities), was of the North Carolina McDowells, and, from the
best information ohtainable, in the absence of any record left by
him, was the .son of General Charles McDowell, of the "Quaker
I\Ieadows," near Morganton, N. C, born in 1743, at Winchester, Va.,
died March 31, 1815, and is buried at "Quaker Meadows." On his
tombstone is in.scribed: "Sacred to the memory of General Charles
McDowell, a Whig of the Revolutionary War, died, as he had lived,
a patriot— 31 March, 1815, aged about 70 years."
General Charles McDowell's wife was Grace Greenlee Bowman
(the widow of Captain John Bowman, who was killed at Ramsour's
Mill, in North Carolina, June 20, 1780), the daughter of James
Greenlee, and his wife, Mary Eliza McDowell, daughter of Ephraim
McDowell, born about 1672, "who fought at the 'Battle of the
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WILLI A M M u D( ) W ELL
Hunlsville, Ala.
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Boyne,' and at 'Loiidoiuleri-}/ whose wife was Margaret Irvine;
and who came to America, irom Ir^'huul, about 1728, si;ttliiig first
in Pennsylvania, later going to Virginia, settling in -Hurdtn's
Grant.' "
(Jejieral Charles IMcDowell's parents were Josei)h iMcDowell,
Sr., and his wife, jMargai-et O'Neil, who came to America from Ire-
land about the time Ki)hriam McDowell did, settling m Frederick
County, Va. (Wincljester)', later going to North Carolina, to the
"Quarker iMeadows," on the (.'atawba river. At a very early age
William jMcDowell left his home, going to his relatives at Winciies-
ter, Virginia, where he remained some time, finally going to Ala-
bama, and settling in llunlsville. There he engaged in business in
which he was very successful, lie also conducted a cotton factor-
age business in Mobile, Ala., before and during the "War between
the States." ^
To describe the physical, and character attributes of William
McDowell, I cannot do better than to use the language on page (J4
of Creen's "Historic Families of Kentucky," describing Major ller-
vey McDowell, of Cynthiana, Ky. lie was a tall, spare built man,
"with a large, well-formed head, a high, square forehead, and prom-
inent brow ; a very large, clear, pale blue eye, that looked squarely
at you, and sometimes glittered like steel; a full jaw and chin, in-
dicating tile utmost resolution and force; with the features that are
peculiai- to his race, William McDowell coml)ined to a i-emarkable
degree the family traits. About his manner there was a <piiet re-
serve ; his a})i)earance and bearing impressed all who met him as
those of a man absolutely impenetrable to fear, and as absolutely
incaj/able of falsehood or any kind of meanness." He was a pure
Christian gentleman. Under date of July D, 191IJ, Mrs. Louise
Irvine iMcDowell, of Cynthiana, Ky., widow of ]\Iajor llervey ]\lc-
Dowell, wrote me (Frank hltovall Roberts) that she "was brought
up in Marengo County, Alabama, in what is known, locally as "The
Canebrake" region. * * '•' Here my childhood and girlhood was
])assed, 'before and during the Civil War. * * * j\IoJ)ilc was "the
city" with which the "Canebrake" peoi)le — and indeed, those living
on the Hib Tombickbee (Tombigbee) River had their business deal-
ings and social connections. j\Iy father was often in Mol)ile, as we
lived on the banks of the Tombickbee (which, by the way, is a cor-
ruption of the Choctaw "Itomba-ickabee"). When 1 was a small
child, 1 remember, he frequently spoke of liis meeting a very fine
looking and interesting g.Mitleman, named William jMcDowell, and
whose home was in lluntsville. 1 remend)er that father said he
felt sure they must be related as his general resendjlance was much
like the McDowell family — size and features, etc. But all this is
hut a faint reminiscence with me, but 1 have never forgotten his
conversations on the subject."
In 1828 he married Briscilla Wright Withers (born about 1805,
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died in 1877, in Mobile), tiaugliter of Joim Witlier.s, of Dinwiddie
County, Virginia (wlio iiioved to .Madison (\)iiiit\-, Alaliama, ahuut
18U0-1810), and his wife, .Mary llerbrrt Jones, wiio was the daugh-
ter of Frederie Jones (a great-grandson of .Major I'rlvr Junes, for
whom Petersburg, Va., was naiiK;d), and his wile, Susanna Clai-
borne, daughter of Colonel Augustine Claiborne, the eelelirated law-
yer of Virginia, whose, grandfather, ("olonel William Claiborne, had
the row with Lord Baltiau)r(; over Kent island. iSce "History of
Bristol Parish, Virginia."') Susaniui Claiborne WIiIm is, a sister of
Priscilla, married Coverjior Clement Comer Clay, of Alabama, ami
was the mother of lion. Clenu'ut Claiborne C'la}', who was i
oned at Fortress jMonroe, Va., after ''the War of the Sixties,'
President Jefferson Davis.
Jones Mitchell Withers, Major Ceueral, ('. S. A., born in
In I\ladison County, Alaljama, was the brothei- of these siste
died in 1889, in Mobile, Ala., at tb" home of bis daughter
Daniel E. lluger.
William McDowell, and his wife, Priscilla Withers, bad tiiree
children:
1. Mary Eliza, born August G, 1829, in Iluntsville, Ala., died
July 31, 1910, in Mobile, Ala., and is buried in Iluntsville.
2. Susanna Clay, boi'u in Iluntsville, nmi-i'ied Charles lloj)
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Mrs.
of jMobile; died a few }'ears after the war, lea\ing ;
who died about 1908. Mr. and jNlr" Hoi)Uiiis are bur
ily lot, in Iluntsville.
3. Maria Withers, tlu; youngest child, died \vh
years old, and is buried in the family lot.
]\Iary Eliza ]\lel)owell, married, in Iluntsville,
Claudius Henry jMastin, ]\1. 1)., LL. D., born at llu
1826; died in Mobile, Ala., Oct. 4, 1898. He is bin i.
Doctor Mastin was graduated in the iMedieal
the University of Pennsylvania, in 1849, wliieb e(
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l)ei)aitliient of
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the degree of LL. D., in 187;"). He went abi'oad in lsr)(), .studying in
II^]dinburgh, Paris and London. He was the father of the "'Con-
gi'ess of American Ph>sie ans and Surgeons,"' whieh oiganization
was completed at Washington, 1). C., in October. I.s>s7.
He served with distinction as a Surgeon in the Confederate
Army. He invented a number of surgical instruments, and was a
writer of note. His father was Captain Francis 'riiiiur Mastin, of
Huntsville, Ala., born at l^ort Tobacco, Prince (ieoiges County,
Maryland, in December, 1781, died in 1865 (who was the grand
nephew of Lord Thomas Faiid'ax. of Virginia), and his wife, Anne
Elizabeth Caroline LeVert, born in King AVilliam County, A^irgiina,
in December, 1799, died at Huntsville, Ala., in February, 1889. She
was the daughter of Dr. Ciaudius LeVei-t, l)orn at I\letz, in Lorraine,
France, in 1750, who was a surgeon in the b'reiich navy, coming to
America during the Ixe.volutionary War, with the ('ount de Roch-
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ambeaii, with whom he was .serving at tlie surrender of J.ord Corn-
wahs, at Yorktown, Va. (!See VVilliiuu atul iMar^- Quarterly.)
Dr. J^oVert's wife was Anne l.ea iMetealie, daughter of Tliomas
Metealle (of Enghmd), a wealtliy man, wlio Jived m York County
Virginia, and a stauneh Royalist, who disinherited her for marrvin^
Dr. J.eVert. '^ °
Anne Lea Metealfe (LeVert) was the grand nieee of Admiral
Vernon, of the British Navy. (William and iMary Quarterly.)
There were born to Dr. Alastin, and liis wife, Mary Eliza ^c-
Dovvell, four ehildren, all ot whom are now living (iMay 24, 1916)
VIZ :
1. Caroline LeVert i\lastin, born in Hunts ville, Ala., who mar-
ried m 1887, her eousin, (Japtain Charles J. iMastin, of Hunts ville,
Ala., a brave Confederate soldier, who served on the staff of .Major
General John C. Breckenridge, C. S. A.; being wounded several
times, one wound eausing him to limp the halanee of his life. He
died in 1895, in Huntsville, leaving a son, Edward Vernon iMetcalfe
Mastin, born in June, 1891.
2. William MeDowell Mastin, M. D., LL. D., V. A. C. S., born
in Mobile, Ala., where he now lives. He is a graduate of the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania, Medical Department. He married Miss
Margaret Louise Crawford, of Mobile, three ehildren being born to
them; viz:
1. Claudius Henry iStrae'hey, died in December, 1892, in j\lo-
bile, aged 9 years..
2. Zemula Crawford, born in Mobile, who is living.
3. Mary Margaret, born in Mobile, died there in July, 1893, aged
six years.
3. Mary Herbert Mastin, born ]\larch 10, 1855, in Mobile, Ala.,
married, December 26, 1888, Frank Stovall Roberts, born March
31, 18-16, in Macon, Georgia, the son of William Melton Roberts, and
his wife, Louisa Jane Stovall. To Frank S. and Mary Herbert (Mas-
tin) Roberts, two cliildren were born, viz:
1. Mary Louise, born April 18, 1890, in Mobile, Ala., died sud-
denly at the Cordova A])artment, Washington, D. C, October
30, 1915. She is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
2. Claudius Henry Mastin, born in ]\Iobile, Ala., Sept. 11, 1894. '
4. Claudius Henry Mastin (2nd) M. D., born in Huntsville,
Ala. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Medical
Department. He is unmarried, and lives in Mobile.
McDowell genealogy^
Bishop William P. McDowell, born at Millersburg, Ohio, Feb.
4, 1858; married at Berea, Ohio, Sept. 20, 1882, to Clotilda Lyon,
born at Gallon, Ohio, March 14, 1858.
Children of Above— Olive Vincent McD., born at Oberlin, Ohio,
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BISHOP WILLIAM FRASKll McDOVVKLL
Chaplain of the McDowell Clan
Chicago, ill.
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THE MCDOWELLS AND CONNECTIONS 499
February 18S4; died Dec. 23, l<i07. Nationality of ancestry,
Grandfather-^Iatthew McDowell, born at Cannonsburg Pa
A])ril 21st, 1801; died at Jlillersburg, Oliio, January 2 1874 'mar-
ried at Cambridge, Obio, 1823, to Nancy IlutcbiiLson, born at' Cam-
bridge, Obio, Dec. 2, 180r>; died at Killbuck, Obio Oet 5 18.j2-
buried at ivilibuck, Obio. ' ' '
Cbildren of Grandfatber— 1. Jolm ]\rcDowell, born at Cam-
bridge, 187o. 2. J. C. McDowell, born at Cambridge, Oct 2 1827
3. a. A. McDowell, born at Cambridge, Feb. 12, 1831. 4. Robert iMc-
Dowell, born at Cambridge, April 19, 1833. 5. Mattbew, born at
Cambridge, July 5, 1835 j died at Millersburg. 6. Flizabetb Mc-
Dowell, born at Killbuck, Marcb 17, 1841; died Jan 2 18b0 7
iMartlia McDowell, born at Killbuck. 8. William W McDowell'
born at Killbuck, Sept. 21, 1844; died 1895. 9. Susan McDowell,'
born at Kdibuck, Dec. 14, 1846.
BISHOP WILLIAM FRASER MeDOWELL,
National Cbaplain.
Son of David A. and Rebecca (Eraser) McDowell, was born
m Millersburg, Obio, February 4, 1858. He was educated at tbe
Obio Wesley an University and tbe Boston University wbere be re-
ceived tbe degrees of B. A., Ph. D., and S. T. B. He has subse-
(luently received from various universities the following honorary
degrees: D. D., LL. D., and L. H. D. He entered tlie ministry of the
Methodist Episcopal Church in 1882, and served pastorates in Ohio,
until 1890, when h^ becamo Chancellor of the University of Den-
ver. In 1899 he became corresponding secretary of the Board of
Education of the Methodist P]piscopal Church; and in 1904 was
elected Bishop. In 1910-11 he made an official visit to India, China,
the Pbilii)])ines and Japan. His has been an exceedingly busy life
III the Bishopric, and he is the author of valuable and lielpful books
He was married in 1882 to Clotilda, daughter of Aaron J. and
Ohve W. Lyon. IMrs. j\IcDowell has been ])resident of the Wo-
man's Foreign Missionary Society of the M. E. Ciiurcb since 1908;
has visited missions in Europe, India, China, the Philij)i)ines, Korea
and Japan, and is the author of "Our Work for the World."
THE ANCIENT ]\lcDOWELLS.
William Montgomery, of Rotermouth, in the County of Downs, '
Ireland, in his manuscri])t written between the years 1G96 and 1706,'
and found in Hanna's book "The Scotch-Irish" (Vol. II, p. 296)
says: "These McDowells, Lairds of Gartliland, near Ft.' Patrick,
have stood in that i)lace above 1,000 years, and were in the fifth
century styled Princes of Galloway by allowance of the then Kings
of Scotland."
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" ' PAUL bMiAXKIJN 1{AV,
sm.of 8.>uuel McElroy and Mn.-y Lou M.ll.r liny, was horn in Helton,
lc.xas July 2.3, 18W Atv-r conij.lrtino. tl,. 1L,|, SH.oo] Conr.e in
JJay 1!)1J ].e enteml the A. .^ M. ('..Ileyv of Trxas and graduated
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:; CHARLES NKWTON RAY, ' .,!\ ;"
soil of Samuel ]\IeElroy and Mary Lou Miller Ray, was l)orn in Relton,
Texas, 'December 28, 189*). Although handicapped from the first by
ill-liealth, he made a splendid record in his school work, starting in
at 8 years of age and finishing the High School course of eleven
4!:rades at 16. His eleainiess ami purity of life and an unusually
bright and mature mind seenu-d to nuirk him for a brilliant career in
his chosen work, civil engineering, and foi- leadership in great moral
forces. But the struggle was too much for his frail body, and on tlie
7th of March, 1917, he died of heart failure at Texas A. & M. College,
where he was a Freshman.
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lAFARY iArcDOWELL FAAAOTT
is tlie eldest child of R. W. juul Klva Neal McDowell, and was raised
on the old McDowell j)lace, where the marker of li.r -reat-f^rand-
mother, Jane Parks I^lcDowell. stands. It is a nialt.-r of pHde to
her that she is able to leave to her descendants the only marker
erected by the D. A. R. in the State of North Carolina iii honor of
a woman. . ■
JOSKPII linXTER McDOWiELL.
Joseph Hunter McDowell, probably born at I'ike County, Ga,
ill(\ (in., Ai)ril. 1871; married in'Meri-
out 1840, to Julia Ann Cr.w, hoi-n about
dietl at Saltillo. Ilopkii
about 1811 ; died at Gra
wether County, Georgia,
182;i, in Meriwether County, (ieoryi
County, Texas, Aug. 6, 1870.
Children of Above— 1 Henjandn Fraid<lin, born 1840, died 1862; 2
John Wesley, l)orn 1843, died 187G; ,'{ Francis Marion, born 1845, died
1881 ; 4 'Caroline Elizabeth, born 1846, still living; 5 Amanda Emeline,
born 1848, still living; 6 Cicero Taylor, born Dec. 17, 184!), still living,'
7 Washington ]\Ionroe, born July ;{, 1851, still livijig .
Marriages— 2 Elizabeth Ilollowell, at Saltillo, Tex., 1866; :] An-
nie Bass, at Ilutchins, Texas, 1872; 4 Jesse T. Grifith, at Saltillo,
1866; 5 Jeremiah N. RandoliJi, at Saltillo, 1868; 6 Flora Ann Coch-
ran, at Saltillo, Feb. 6, 187:5; 7 Sallie Cram', at Sallillo, Feb. 4, 1875.
Grandchildren— Dr. Joseph Ivxter. born at Saltillo, .Mav 15, 1874;
Robert Carl, born at Saltiilo, Jan. i:}, 1876; William Lvn"n. boi'u at
Saltillo, July 29, 1880; Samuel Matthew, born at Cum'by. Nov. 26,
188;{; Julia Taylor, Imrn at Cumby, Nov. 26, 188;]; Audi-e\- J;im', born'
at Cumby, July 7, 1885; Flora Elizabeth, born at ( iiinb\-. Aug. 12,
1887; Lois Sylvia, born at Cumby, July 5, 1880; Flossie Niuhtiii'galei
born at Cumby, July 15, 1894.
Grandfather— Horn in Ireland, probably died in I'ike County,
Ga.; married in Irelaiul to I'olly Hunter, born in lichind.
My grandfather's childi-en were all girls except my father, hence
they all changed their names when they married. One married Os-
born Lynch, one Jolin llasiings, one James Harper, on lirooks. one
Scroggin, all of whom lived in (ieorgia at the time.
;, r DR. WHddA:\i McDowell. ,:
»»* " By Mary McDowell (Jorham.
Dr. Wm. I\rcDowell was boi'ii in the Count \ of Cavan Ireland
•^ Feb. 4, 1762. " '
His inirents fled from Scot hind during the '' persecution " They
^ belonged to the Established <"l,ureli. Mv urandfalher 's mother a
*■ widow, married a Protestant, whieli so angered the ..hirst son of the
family (my grandfather's i-rothei', .lolin :\l(d)()w.-ll, > ihat ho went to
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THE McDowells and connections 503
his mother's home and took everytliing, even to "a horn spoon,"
which he could legally do under the law of inheritance. As my grand-
father often said, weeping bitterly, John instilled the sanu' spii-it into
the minds of the younger members of the family, and for five years
following my grandfather never spoke to his own mother, yt-t fiving
very near lier home. Then, lie said, ''No tlianks to me. I went to my
mother l)ecause suffering from an injured hand."
As my grandfather cam'e to America when 19 years of age, he
must have been young at the tinu'; T l^elirve this brotluM- .John also
came to America. I am not quite sure, but under tlie im[)res.sion
tliat he lived and died a bachelor, accumulating haiulsonu' pr(ii)erty ;
yet in my grandfather's will nu-ntion is nuide of a William or Billy
McDowell, who was cousin to my father, and my fatlicr spoke of
Billy's Iwo sons. These lived in or near Savanah, (Ja.
My grandfather nuirricd a ]\Iiss Ivachcl ^McClintock, who was
horn in Carlisle, Pa., Dee. 2.'), 1771. A daughter was 'lorn to them
in Savannah, Ga., April, 179G.
A son, John, was born in Newton, Frederick County, Virginia,
Sept. 24, 1798; James ]\IcDowell, a son, born in Newton, Va., Nov.
26, 1802.
William ]\rcDowell (my father) was born March 27, 1805. The
youngest daughter, Rachel, was born on Deer Creek Farm, Ross
County, Ohio, Feb. 14, 1812. ]\ly father was married near Port h mouth,
Ohio, Jan. 5, 1830, to Aim Fliza Clingman. Four children lived to nui-
turity— a brother, W. C. McDowell; a second brother, Charles :\lc-
Dowell (deceased) ; myself and a sister, Mrs. Aujue E. Rotel
I have been told my graiul father si)ent the first few years after
marriage at Savannah, da. Then moved to Newton, Va.,'and after-
wards to Chillicothe, Ohio, where I was born, Se))t. 19, 1839. My
grandfather lived over ten years with my father and mother, aiul
died in their home Nov. 11, 1841. Ilis wife, Rachel ^McClintock jMc-
Dowell, died in the same ])lace Aug. 13, 1831.
The ]\rcDo wells and ^NFcClintocks were associated in Virginia as
well as in Ohio, and there are other nuirriages of the two families
later on.
My grandfather. Wm. IMcDowell, was a minister of the Wesleyan
RFetliodist Church, a circuit rider, and in this capacity, or calling, first
met Rachel IMcClintock, afterwards his wife. I don't know when
he first practiced medicine,' but have heard that he attended lectures
in Philadelphia when his oldest daughter was there in school. He
stood higli in his profession as a surgeon, as well as in medical lore.
My father, William ]\rcDowell, also studied medicine, but did
not like the practice. He, with his family, moved to Green County,
Wisconsin, in 1842, aiul found much to do in development of the terri-
tory as it passed on to statehood. Father was greatly iidcrested in
all this growtii ; was twice sent to our Legislature at ]\radison, Wis.
He also wa^ deeply interested in educational growth of this pioneer
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504 THE McDowells and connections
state, and served as superiiitendoiit of schools and oji tlie school ri.,.
board as clerk and treasurer, and was also coiui1.\ Ircasiinn-. lie £'
died on tlie farm in (!larno, Wis., April 17, l.Sf)."). f.
My mother died Feb. 27, l.S!)l!, at my home iii.K'ockrod, 111. A >2
year later my father returned to llie farm and lived with my sister $
till his passing. * ^
My cousin, R. II. Peter, daughtei- of my father's youn<,'est sister, ;;;'
lives at New York Aveinu', Tacoma, Wash. She is ;iii" invalid, hut in- ^
terested in the Clan. -^
Another cousin, IMrs. i\I;.i-y W. ^rcl)o\V(dl Ki'cidcr, ohk-st daugh-
ter of my father's brother -idhn, lives al West m()ichiu<l Avenue, Los
Angeles. Her husband was Kdmund ('. Krcidci-, of J.aiHMstcr. Ohio,
and they have the history (jf more hi-anches of tin- lainiiy. The
Seotts, the ITolcoml)s and FxMinctts, pcrhajts can ^ivc history of
• others of the jMcDowells.
^ IIIICJII IIKUVKV McDOWiKLL. ; {
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Of Missouri.
Hugh Hervey JMcDowell, born at Quaker .Meadows, June 23,
]7!)2; died at Saline County, ]\lissouri, Api-il 12, IS.")',).; maried at
Augusta County, Virginia, in 1817, to l-lli/abetli .Mille, ])orn at
Mille's Iron Works, Augusra (bounty, Virginia, in 17!I7; died at Sa-
line County, ]\lissouri, in Spring of 1854.
Children of Above — 1 iMai-garet M. M(d)owell, boin at Augusta
(-ounty, Va., Sei)t. 3, ISIj: died at Saline Count v Mo., 1S72; 2
Nancy F. IMcDowell, boi-n at Augusta County, Ma\ 12, 1S17; died
in Saiine County, Mo., Oct. 15, lS-15; 3. Samuel .M.' .McDowell,' born '
Augusta, Va., Oct. 7, 1818, died at SaliiU' Coutdy, Mo., Oct. 3, 1850;
4 Elizabeth P. McDowell, i)oi-)i at Augusta Co., \'a., .hine 12, 1820,
died at Saline County, duly 12. 1845; 5 Mary S. M(d)owtdI, l)oi-n at
\ Augusta Co., Va., June 15, 1S22, died at Saline Co., .Mo., -hdv 12,
! 1845; 6 Celia C. :\lcDoweli, born at Augusta Co., Va., Dee. 21, 'l823,
died in Saline Co., Mo., Oct. ti, 1845; 7 .lose|)h 11. .M(d)owill, born at
Augusta County, Va., July 30. 1825, died at Saline; S Susan ■]. IMc-
Dowell. born in Augusta County, Va., Aug. 31, 1833, living now in
Vexington, Mo.; 9 Hugh Henry ^McDowell, boi'u in Augusta County,
: Sept 18, 1835, living now at Lees Summit, Mo.
Great-grandfather — Joseph M(d)ow(dl. born in Tyrone Count}',
> Ireland; died in Rurke County, N. C, on John's Iviver; married in
s Ireland. Nationality of ancestry, Scotch-Irish.
V Grandfather — Joseph I\IcDowell, born at Quaker Meadows, in
Burke County, N. C, 1757; was ?^la.ior in Continental Army, and in
i' the Battle of King's Mountain. He i-epre.sented his district in the
-^: United States Congress; died at (,)uaker Meadow July 11, 4801; mar-
p ried in Rockbridge County, Va., 1780, to iMargarct Moffett. born in
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THE McDowells and connections 505
Rockbridge ('onnly, Vu. ; tlied in Woodford County, K\'. ; buried at
Quaker Meadows, N. C.
Children of (Jrandfather — 1 Sarah Mi^Dovvell, horn at Quaker
Meadows, Feb. 5, 1781, died Aug. 19, 1827; 2 Eiizab.-th McDowell,
horn at Quaker Meadows, Feb. 6, 1786, died Aug. 2.'), 1821 ; 'A Mar-
garet iMcDowell, born at Quaker Meadows, Oct. 26, 1787, died March
21, 1808; 4 Hannah IMcDowell, horn at Quaker Meadows, Dec. 24,
1789, died Aug. 29, 1850; ") Hugh llervey. McDowell, born at Quaker
Meadows, Jan. 20, 17i)4, died 1864; 6 Celia McDowell, born at Quaker
Meadows, Feb. 20, 1795, died April 12, 1859; 7 Clarissa .McDowell,
horn at Quaker Meadows, Jan. 10, 1798, died 186;{; 8 Jusei)li Jeffer-
son McDowell, horn at Quaker Meadows, Nov. 1:5. 1800. died about
close of Civil War.
1 was told by my father Hugh Hcr\'ey McDowell, son of Josej)h
McDowell above mentioned, itiat my grandfather, Joseph IMcDowell,
had a cousin named John IMcDowell, who married j\[ary Moffelt, sis-
ter to IMargaret IMoffett. These two sisters were daughters of
(leorge Moffi^tt and Sarah McDowell, Sarah IMcDowell lieing a sister
of James .McDowell of Rockhridj'e ('ounty, Va. This James McDow-
ell, who mari'ied Elizabeth Preston, was the father of James Mc-
Dowell, who was a member of Congress.
Hugh Hervey IMcDowell nuirried Lizzie Hai'kley Nov. 25, 1860.
Lizzie Barkley was daughter of Isaac liarkley and Anna F. Cush of
Jessamine County, Ky. -Susie M. McDowell is the only living ciiild
of this marriage.
HON. josFPH u. McDowell.
Hon. Joseph B, ]\[cDowell was born in Scioto County, Ohio,
Sei)t. J, 1825, and died at his home in Fairbury, Neb., Jan. 14. 1916,
being a few months past 90 years, and having retained to that ad-
vanced age, to a remarkable degree, his mental faculties, and had
few physical ailments. He was one of the i)ioneers who heli)ed de-
velop the then West. In 1854 he helped in founding the town of
Avoca, 111. In 1869 he moved to Beatrice. Neb., and that part of that
city now known as West Pjeatrice was laid out on his farm. He
was a Republican in politics; served as a member of the Nebraska
State Legislature, in 1872, and was re-elected in 1874, from Gage
County. Tn 1875 he was api)ointed Register of the United States
Ijand Office at Lincoln, Neb., where he nuide his residence foi- eight
years. Prior to this time he had been interested with his brotliei'.
Woodford IMcDowell, in founding the city of Fairl)ury, Nel)., which
was named after their old home town of Fairbury, Til. To this city
he removed at the expirarion of his term of office, and there en-
gaged in milling, farming and cattle feeding. He was buried in the
family burial ground at Avoca, lib.
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50G THE MCDOWELLS AND CONNECTIONS
Joseph Blair IMcDowc'l was tlie son of William McDowell and
Sarah Dewer ^leDouell. lie was Hrst marrinl to Catherine A.
Campbell; oi' this nnion were hoi'ii six ehildern, three of them dying
in infancy; another. Reheeea Josephine, dying a few }-ears after
she was nnirried, having iio issue. Of the renniinijig two, Nelson
Lealdis jMcDowell now resides at Fairbui'y, Neh. ; Mary Frances
C^fcDowell) Hart. witV of Etlward L. Hart, resides at l";}()7 North
Tenth Street, St. Joseph, Mo. She is the nu)ther of two children,
Mthel (Hart) Reed of Afton, Okla., and Edward L. Hart, dr., of St.
Joseph, ]\ro.
Josejih H. jMcDowell's fir^t wife died April "JU, 1SG4, and in
July, 18(55, he nuirried Harriet Packer, who died in September, 1871.
To them were born three children: Fred F., i-esidence uid\nown;
Woodford 1'., residence Chicago, and day U., i-esidence Minneapolis,
]\Iinn.
Joseph B. ]\IcDowell was again mari'ied Feb. 7, lS7r). at l>eatriee,
SJeb., to (Jertrude M. McKenzie. who now resides at 1^'airbuiy, Ncib.
To this union were born: Cora C. !\lcl)ow(dl, ri'sidenee Faii-bui'v,
Nel>., and ("'lyde McDov.cll, residence Rochester, N. Y.
dOHN McDowell
Of Brunswick County, Virgiiua.
John McDowell (husband). Will Book, page !»s. 182.1.
Elizabeth (wife), l.ssue: 1 Martha, 2 Nancy, iiPatriek.
Elizabeth ]\IcDowell (wife). Will Book, page 177, 18;n. Daugh-
ters, Nancy (Causeway), Martha (Cromwell; son, Patrick (left no
will). Patrick's wife," Mary S. McDowell, Will Book (J. page 60.
Issue: .Mary I. Howell, Penina, Pattie, .Martha L. Sugg. I'^lizabeth
Kidght; son, Elisha .McDowell; granddaughter, Maiy C. Knight.
IMartha ]\lcDowell and Newsom ("romwell had one child, .Mar-
garet Cromwell, who married her cousin, Elisha Ci-omwell (the
mother of Mary S. Cromwell jNIcDowell), and had two (duldren, Eliz-
abeth C. Daniel and Elisha i'l-omwell.
John McDowell, Prunswitdv County, Virginia, 17;')."); master of
the schooner called the 'Molly Bachelor," now riding at anchor in
Cape Fear River, but of Brunswick. Ten pounds sti'rling beipieathed
Presbyterian Church at Dover, Del.; five pounds, 1-ipiscopal Church,
same i)lace. Brother, James McDowell; sister, Eleanoi* Nesbit. Will
in Secretary of State's office.
Several John ]\IcDowel!s in Colonial Records. Tradition says
the original emigrant was a shipbuilder and o\\n<:'. He evidently
was a bachelor, but James may have had childieii.
John ]\lcDowell is named for his uncle, the eldest son of Patrick
IMcDowell, named for his (Patrick's) father, John.
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^>'.- THE MCDOWELLS AND CONNECTIONS - 507
THE (^KOMWEliL TJNE.
I :. - Hy Lucy Suj;g Moore.
The records of our County Etlo:eeoinbe, N. C, show tliat John
Cromwell, during 17G0, jjureluised land, amonnting to 1,212 acres,
from Sauiulers. The origiiuil land grant was made to Saunders by
the Earl of Granville. I now hold in possession a portion of this land.
John Cromwell came from l'>ngland prior to 1800; had three
sons ami two daughters: I'iisha, his son, my paternal gramlfather;
Oliver, his son, my i)aternal great-grandfather, making John Cfom-
wcll my i)aternal great-grandfather ami my maternal gi-eat-gieat-
grand father.
lii(uit.-('ol. Oliver Cromwell Petway, a first cousin of mine, was
named for this Oliver, he being an uncle of Cinderella Petway, ('ol.
Pet way's mother and my father's eldest sister.
In old records the name appears Crowell. My aunt. Mary
McDowell, said it was done to nuike his passage clear from England.
]\ly parents were both left orphans when young, my father being
posthumous; his mother died when he was 16. His brother-in-law
was exceedingly kind. i\[y motlier's father died when she was 5
years old, and her mother when she was 14. She lived much with
Uncle Patrick McDowell,, {'.nd there she married Elisha Cromwell.
''■'-'' WILLIAM McDowell.
State of Tennessee,
Jefferson County — June Term : '' '
Wm. McDowell of the above said County this day of June ap-
peared in Oj)en Court and shewed unto the Said Court a Lieuten-
ant C^ouimission in due form and order directed to him the said M ii\.
I\lel)owell under the seal and signature of the Governor of South
Cai'olina and dated on the fifteenth day of February 1775 and be-
ing duly sworn deposeth that the said Wm. IMcDowell did faithfully
serve in the caj)acity of a Lieutenant under the said commission in
the United States Service the Brigade commanded hy General Plnck-
ney, General Oreen and others from the date of his commission to
the full end of the war and that he had the promise of a bounty o'i
land due a Lieutenant which bounty he has never received nor de
rived any benefit the same heither has he ever authorized any per-
son or ])ersons whatever to receive the same and further deposeth
that he is still deficient of three years salary as a Lieutenant which
he has never recovered for h.is services in the United States Service
and further deposeth that he had formerly uuule application for the
same and was informed that Congress had never made ])rovision for
the same but in some future da\- and that he never knew until a
few months since that there were provisions for the Same and far-
ther prayeth the court thai; the same might be permitted to Record
and was orcjered by the court.
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COMMISSION AS l.IKUTENANT.
Tlie State of South Oarolina.
To William Mi'Dowell, (lentleinan.
WiE reposing special irust and confidenee in your coui'age and
good conduct, and in you • fidelity and attaclnnent to the United
States of America, have commissioned and appointed you, and by
these presents do commissiun and ai)point you tin; said William Mc-
Dowell Ivieutenant of a Con.pany of Militia in thr lower Regiment
of Newberry County and iiududing the Dutch fork which said Com-
pany you are to lead, train, muster and exercise, according to mili-
tary discipliiu'. And you i-.re to follow and ol)ser\c ;ill such oi'ders
and instructions you shall from time to time receive from the gov-
(jrnor, the commander in chief for the time being, or aii\ of the su-
p(U-ior officers, according to the i-ules and discii)line of war, j)ursu-
ant to the laws of the State and of the United Stales. And all infe-
rior officers and others, belonging to the said Company are licreby
re(piired and commanded to obey .sou as their liieiileiiant.
This Commission to continue during I'h^asui-e.
(liven under the SEAL of the State.
Witness his Excellency William Moultrie (iovernor and Com-
mander in C/hief of the said State, this fourth day of July in the
year of our Tiord one thousand seviui hundred and ninet.\-four and
in the Nineteenth year of the Indcpendeiu-c of the I'liited States of
America.
(SEAL) WILL .MOIILTKIE.
Sccretarv's Office, (Certified by ' ' '
PETER FRENEAII. Sceietary.
WILL Ol<MllinsT()PllEH IRVIXL. . : .
Bedford Couiily, Virginia. ;
Died in i761».
In the Name of (lod, Amen, the Twenty Third Day of -luly
in the year of our Lord One Thousaiul se\-en hundred and Sixty
Three, I Christopher Irvifie of Russell parish, in lied ford County,
in the Colony of Virginia, Yeoman; being weak in body, but in
perfect mind and memory, thanks be given unto the Almighty God.
Therefore, calling to mind the mortality of my body, and knowing
that it is api)ointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain
this my last will and testauicnt ; That is to say, Principally and first
of all, I give and recomnu-nd my soul into the hands of Almighty
God that gave it; and uiy Hody 1 recommend to the earth to be
buried, in decent (.'hristian burial at the discretion of my Execu-
tors and Executrix hereafter named; nothing doubting, but at the
GcMcral Resurrection, 1 shall receive the same again by the ]\lighty
Power of God. And as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it
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THE McDowells and connections 509
has pleased God to bless ine with in this life, 1 give, devise and
disjjose of the same in the following manner and form, viz.-
Imprimis 1 give, devise and he(iiieath unto my beloved Grand
Daughter Elizabeth Irvine, daughter of my son, David Irvine, her
heirs and assigns forever, Two Hundred and Fifty acres of the Land
1 purchased of C'ol. Richard Kandolijh, called the Rich Forest join-
ing to James Gibson's line, lying and being now in the County called
Bedford (but then Brunswick).
Item. 1 give devise and bequeath unto my two sons, David Ir-
vine and William Irvine, and their heirs and assigns; to be equally
divided between them, or their heirs after my decease, Two Hun-
dred and Ninety Acres, be it less or more, being a part of the said
Tract of land called the Rich Forest ; which i purcluisetl of Col.
Riciiard Randolj)!!, joining the above Two Hundred and Fifty acres,
bequeathed to my granddaughter Klizabeth; as also my outlying
horses, mares, and colts; excejjt my five wagon horses and my rid-
ing iiorse, and also five pounds current money to each Son and their
heirs. I^astly 1 appoint my two sons, viz: David Irvine and William
Irvine, with my beloved Wife Mary, to be jointly Executors and
Executrix of this my last will and testament, utterly disallowing,
revoking and disannulling all and every other former testaments.
Wills, Legacies and requests, and lExeeutors by me in any ways
before Jiamed, willed or bequeathed; ratifying and confirming tiiis
aiul no other to be my last will and testament.
In witness whereof,. 1 have hereunto set my hand and Seal the
Day and Year above or within written.
CHRISTOR. IRVINE (L. S.)
Signed, sealed, published, pronoiuiced and declared by the said
Christopher Irvine as his last will and ti^stament in the ])resence of
us, the Subscribers.
. ,... , , STEPHEN GOGGIN,
. . , .. :. , •; >: ., ROBERT RUSSLLL,
WILLIAM BONAR.
At a Court held for Bedford County July 26, 1769.
The Avithin last will &. testament of Christopher Irvine, De-
ceased, was exhibited in Court by David Irvine, the surviving execu-
tor therein named and proved by the oaths of Stephen Goggin and
Robert Russell, witnesess, thereto subscribed, and ordered to be re-
corded, and on the motion of the said executor, who made oath ac-
cording to law and having entered into bond with security and
acknowledged the same for his due and faithful execution of the
last Last Will and Testament. Certificate is granted him for ob-
taining a probate thereof in due form of Law.
Teste: BEN HOWARD C. B. C. ;
A Copy, Teste: " JOHN M. SPENCE,
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Bedford County.
Copy made by A. M. Sea, from original attested coi)y of clerk.
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510 THE MCDOWELLS AND CONNECTIONS ""'
; ; /:''';, WILL 01'' WILLIAjM IRVJNE ; , '. . '^
' Bedfoid C.'ouiity, Virginia.
Ill the name of (iod Aiiieii. 1 Willicim livint' of I'x'dloid (Jouiity
l5eing very sick and weak 'J'ho Vet .sound and parfcrt l^ndcistand-
ing and Memory do constitute lliis ^^y Last Will ami rcslauient and
Devise it may be received as such. 1 Moust lluuil»l> iJcipicatli my
soul to Go(.l my iMakei- 'Hecheeching' his Moust (liafiuu> acccptanci'
of it Througli the All Suftu-ienl Mci'its and Mcdialion of my .Most
Compassionate Kedecmer rlcsns Christ who (lasc hiiiiscH to ht; an
a Tonement for my sius and is ahU- to save to the I Almost All that
Come unto (Jod by iiim seeing he ever Liveth to make intersession
for them and who 1 trust will ju)t Reject m-e a Returning i'entaiit
Sinner when I come to him for Merey in tliis llojx- and Conl'idence
1 render up My souls with Comfort lhunl)ly beseeching The .Most
lilessed and Glorious Trinity one (iod Most lIol_\ Most Merciful!
and Gracious to ])re])are me for the Tinu' of ni}- Dissolution ami then
to Take me to him Self in peace and Rest and IneomparaMe f'elicity
Which he has prepared for all that Love and Fear his lloiy name
Amen Blessed be God. I give my body to the Karlh from whence it
was taken in full assurance of its Resurrection from thence at the
Last Day as far my Hurial 1 Desire it may be decent without ])oinp
or State at the Dicresion of my Dear Wife who 1 doiit not will man-
age it with all Reipiisit i)ruaance Whome 1 appoint my hole ami soul
Executor. As to my Wourldly Estate I will j)ositivcly Order that
all my debts be paid and aftei- that 1 Term 1 give to my dear and
Loving Wife a Third Part of my estate R-eil and ])ercianl Dureing her
Life and All my well Beloved chihli-en To be Coe lleiis Together
Except there should be male child Born and if so be that it should
be a mail child 1 Desire and (Jive unto it an Eijual {)ait of my estate
with the Rest of my children and To Inherit his mothers Third at
Her Decease. 1 do also Hereby Disown all other wills aiid Legacies
What soever by me Heretofore made confirming tliis MV LAST
WILL & Testament as witness my baud and seal this Twelth day
of Novend)er in tju; year of Our Loi'd One Thousand Seven Hun-
dred and Sixty Six.
At a Court held for Bedfoi'd County Fieby 2511) 17b7.
The withing i)ro])orting the Last Will & Testament of William
Irvine, (Jent. Deed, was Exhibited in Coui't by Eli/abcth Irwin lExec-
■utrix Therein mentioiuHl ami David Irvine, Uobert Russell ami Rob-
ert Ilugh'cs being swoi'n depo.seth & saith that the\ heard the De-
ceased before his sickness Declai'e he I'hdended to Dispose of his
Estate as by the said Will is ilii-ected & at the Tinm of his sickju^ss
(when in his perfect sences) Aekm)wledged the said Will, &. further
saith not. And the said wi-ighting is established as his Last Will
and Testament and all ordered to be i-ecorded »t on the motion of
the said Executrix who nunle oath according to Law she having fir.st
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THE McDowells and connections 511
entered into and acknowledged liond with Security for lier due and
taith lull performance of the said will, Certificate is granted her for
obtaining a i)robate thereof according to Law.
Teste BEN IIOWAHD C B C.
A copy, Teste: S. M. BOLLING, C B C.
A copy made for the original attested copy, by A. :\I. Sea, Jr.
WILL OP REV. JOHN IRVIN ' ', =', '■
Of Campbell County, Virgina.
IN THE NAME OP COD AMEN: I John L-vin, of Russell
Parish and County of Campbell, planter, being of sound and dis-
posing mind and memory thanks be to Cod for the same but con-
sidering the uncertainty of this mortal life do make and ordain
this my last will and testament which is in maner and form follow-
ing: After the paying of all my just debts I lind to my loving
wife Margaret during her natural life my now dwilling j)hintation
and all the land thereunto belonging, to nagroes (to witej • Sam
man, and ]\lall a woman, with all remenders of my stokes of all
sortes with all my household and kitchen furniture with all my using
tools of all sorts to be at her disposal.
1 give to my Mother, Elisabeth besides what she has of her one
man negro man noamed Ned one hors worth twinty pounds two
eowes, and the iialf of the land and the side 1 now live on to
be suported with fier.wod and rales out of the hole and all the
working tools and household and kitchen furniture. J give my son
-John the other half of the land that the side he lives on and at my
wites deses the remender of my estate to be jMpially divided among
all my children. J will leave my wife and son John Exeatrs this my
last will and testament, 1 revoking all other wills by me made. And
witness 1 set my hand and seall.
JOHN IRVING (L. S.) ^
Acknowledged and published in presence of Richard Stith
James I\Iitchell, Samuel Clay tor. '
At a Court held for Campbell County April 7, 1791.
The within last will and Testament of John Irving deceased was
l)roved by the oaths of James Mitchel and Richard Stith two of the
witnesseth thereto subscribed and ordered to be recorded. And
on the motion of John Irvine the executor therein named who made
oath thereto according to Law, certificate is granted him for obtain-
ing probate thereof in due form giving security, whereupon he to-
gether with William Jordan and John IMarshall his securities en-
tered into and acknowledged their bond in the penalty of one thou-
sand pounds conditioned as the Law directs for the said Executors
due and faithful administration of the said decedent's estate and
the performance of his will, liberty being reserved the Executrix in
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512 THE McDOVVTi:LLS AND CONNECTIONS
tlic said will naiiKHl to join in the proljate when she shall think fit
Teste.
K.().AnKXANI)KK,(\C. Clerk.
ALKXAyOKR A.\l) CIlRlSTOi'IlKli IRVI.X.
' ■ li.v .Martha S. Battle.
I am j^rateful for the privile-^M- of telling' thr()u<4li this hook
sonic incidents eonneeted with oni- family, for the hcnct'it of the lui-
mei-ons grantl and f,n-eat-Mran(lchildi'cn ih)\v ^s(■attcl■c(l all ovei' our
North antl Southland, many oj' whom kjiow \ery little of the in)hlo
lives (/f their grandfathei-, Isaiah Tucker Jrvin, and his wife, Isa-
hi'lla Hankston.
My greatgrandfather, Alexamler Jrvin, married a kinsman, a
Miss (iault, aiul immiyraled to this eountry ahout 1720, hringing
with them their three hoys, William, Andrew ami Christoplu'r. They
settled in Virginia. These hoys were left ori)hans while (juite young,
and wei'e separated, heing i-eaned hy their uneles.
.My- grandfather. Christ o]>hei' Irvin, lived in Viigiiua during
the entire Revolution. A eertifieate from the War Department
states: "Christopher Irvin .verved in Ca])tain Fowler's Company,
Filth Virginia Regiment of Fort eommanded hy Josiah Parker. The
company j)ay-roll shows that he was diseharged Mai-ch 5, 1778."
Christoi)her Jrvin was married twice, his first wife heing liOuise
Tucker. To them were born two sons: Charles Irvin, horn 1781,
and my father, Isaiah Tucker irvin, horn Sept. 20, 1783. His sec-
ond wife was a j\Iiss JOchols. 1 recall the mimes of only three of
their children: ('hristoi)hcr. Catherine and -ludge David Irvin of
JMarietta, Ga. Grandfatiier moved to Wilkes Couidy, (i'eorgia, in
17i)4; died at the home of his hrotiier-in-law, Whitfield Tucker, about
four nnles from ]\Jadison, Morgan County.
Charles Irvin, son of ( hristoj)her Irvin and Louise Tucker, was
horn in Virginia, ahout 1781; nmrried, in Wilkes County, (icoi'gia,
Miss Ilanmdi ►Shiptryne, whose family wei-e people of wealth, edu-
cation and great jiietv- To them were born six children, -lolin, Rus-
sell, Daniel, I\Ialinda," Miller and Joseph.
('harles Irvin, with his two oldest sons, John and iMiller, went
West, dying while on the journey. His wife remained in Wilkes
County, on tlie plantation', and reared tin- four younger children.
I know very little of my nH)ther's family. Tluy were i']nglish;
settled first in Virginia. Her grandfather, Joseph Henderson, nmr-
ried a Miss ?.ee of Virginia, moved to Wilkes County, (Jeoi-gia, and
reared a large family. They were people of means and education,
with good business qualities. Kminently pious, and most of them
l^aptists.
i\iy mother's mother, Nancy Henderson, was married to Lau-
ren(-e Bankston in Virginia, and moved to Georgia about 1782. My
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THE McDowells and connections 513
mother, Isabella Baiikstoii, was l>oni in (icoi-gia, Feh. 22, 1784. She
was very pious and intelligent, refined, gentle ajid i'irni. She lived
to be nearly 91 years of age, and truly 'have her children I'isen u]) and
called her blessed.
My I'atber, Isaiah Tucker Irvin, was married, in Wilkes (.'ounty,
Georgia, Dee. 10, ISOl, to Isabella Hankston (daughter of Laurence
Bankston and Nancy Henderson).
Isaiah Tucker was born in Virginia Sej)!. 20, 178;}; died in
Wilkes (,'ounty, (Jeorgia, in 18r)7. My father was a self-made man,
coming to (leorgia with his father, step-mother and ciiildern when
about n years old. Wiu-n not yet 21, he married IsaDella Hankston.
He was a num well educated for his time, a tlioroughly successful
business man, exceedingly charitable to the short-comings of man-
kind; not much given to sj)eaking, hut always seeing the good and
not the bad. By his own efforts be amassed a i)ro])etry consisting
of about two hundred negroes anel several thousand acres of land
in the home ])lantation. Being a very poi)ular man, and having the
confidence and esteem of his many friends, he was sejit to the (.Jeor-
gia Legislature eleven yeai's in succession, refusing to allow his
name to be run for the twelfth session.
Father and mother lived together in the same home fifty-three
years; reared and edueaited seven children. The five gii'ls were sent
to the best schools.
The oldest son, (."harles, com])b'ted bis education in the University
of Virginia. Was admitted to the bar, but afterwards gave up the
practice of law ami entered tlie juinistiy. His three pastorates were
the Pirst Bai)tist Church of Madison, the Second of Atlanta and the
Albany Church — all in (Jeorgia. He nuii'ried Harriet Battle, and to
them were born two ehildrcn.
The younger son, Isaiah T. Jrvin, was first honor graduate of
the University of Geoi-gia; v.as admitted to the bar and became a suc-
cessful lawyer. He nuirried Lli/.abeth Joyner; to them vviere born
eight children.
I, iMartha S. Battle (the youngest child of Isabella Bankston
and Isaiah Tucker Irvin), am 85 years old, ami the only surviving
member of our large family.
Having finished sc'hool at Powelton, was married at 17 to Oliver
L. Battle. Mr. Battle was a member of a large family of Battles of
Nash County, North Carolina. His grandfather, Jes.se Battle, was
English, his grandmother French.
His father, liazurus Biiitle, married ]\Iargaret Porter of Green
County, Georgia. — iVrr'!! \'v-''
ISAIAH TUCKER IRVIN.
By Martha S. Battle.
Isaiah Tucker Irvin, ))orn in Virginia Sept. 20, 1783; died at
Wilkes County, Georgia, April, 1857; married, in Wilkes County,
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514 THE McDowells and connections
Dec;. 10, 1801, to Isa-bella Baiikstoii, born in Wilkes Coiuity, Feb. 22,
1784; (lied in Wilkes County, 1874.
Children of Above — 1. Louisa Tueker, born Nov. 14, 180;]. 2.
Lucinda, born Jan. 14, 180U. :i. Nancy, born Dee. 21, 1807. 4. Tru-
dence Echols, born Fieb. 5, 1810. 5. ('hai'les Mercer, born Nov. 11,
18i;i. 6. Mary A, born June 13, 181G. 7. l.saiah Tueker, born .May
25, 1811). 8. Martha S, bor-i July 2(J, 1821.
Marriages — 1. Louis L. Davis, in Wilkes County. Sept. 10, 1818.
A. Thoinas Favor married Oct. 29, 182;}. 4. John 1*. Johnson mar-
ried Jan. 2iJ, 1824. 5. Ivcson Brooks married in Wilkes County, Jan.
IT), 1828. 6. iMuriel Calloway married in Wilkes County, 1842. 7.
Elizabeth Joyner. 8. Oliver L. Battle, nuirricd in Wilkes Countv,
June, 1838.
Grandchildren — When Isaiah Tueker, my iatlici', died there
were 75 grandchildren, great and great-great-graiuiehildicn.
Childri^n of iMai-tha S. Jrvin ami Oliver L. Battle— 1. Reuben
Battle died 1840. 2. Charles Irvin Battle died li)i;'. ; mairied Lou
Walker. 3. Eliza Walker Battle died 1884; married John P. Fick-
lin, 1867. 4. John Tucker married RosaUe Waddey. f). Mary Belle
married John P. Ficklin, 1886. 5. Anne Porter mariied William II.
Wood, 1893.
(Jrandchildren ot" Marfha S. Irvin and 0. L. Battle — Children of
Eliza Battle and John P. Fieklin: 1. John Fiebling Ficklin. 2. Oli-
ver L. Battle. 3. Waddey W. Battle. 4. Mary Belle Battle. Children
of Anne Battle ami- W. 11 Wood: 1. Marv Belle Wood. 2. Ross
Wood. 3. Alice N. Wood. 4. Fielding F. Wood.
Great-grandchildren of Martha Irvin and O. L. Battle— Children
of Waddey W. Battle and Maud Bergan: 1. John T. Battle, Jr. 2.
Rosalie Waddey Battle. 3. Harry W. Battle.
Great-grandfather — Alexander Irvin, man-ied a Miss Gault in
Virginia; of Scotch-Irish ileseeid.
Grandfather — ('hristopher Irvin, born at Madison, Morgan
County, Georgia; married to Louisa Tucker, afterwai'ds to Miss
p]ehoIs. lie served in the Revolutionary War.
'Children of Grandfather— 1. Charles, born in Virginia. 1781. 2.
Isaiah Tueker, born in Virginia Sept. 20, 1783; died in Wilkes
County, Georgia, 1858. 3. Pavid. 4. Christoi)hei-. 5. Cat liei'ine.
<v.,., V y. HENRY IRW^IN. , ,^. ^ , ,.
i; .. IJy Clinton F. Irwin.
Henry Irwin, born at Antrini, Ireland, March 10, 1826; died at
Maple Park, 111., Aug. 1, 1880; married at Franklin Grove, 111., 1841),
to Ann p]. ]\IcNeal, born at Beilford County, Pennsylvania. 1833 ; died
at Elgin, 111., February, 181)4.
Children of Above — Thomas Henry Irwin, born at Fi-anklin
Grove, III., 1850; died 1853. Clinton ' Irwin, born at Franklin
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Grove, 111., Jan. 1, 1854. Fniuklin II. Irwin, born at Franklin Grove
1857; died 1860.
^larried Jnlia II. lEgan at Elgin, 111., Nov. 4, 1880.
Grandchildren— William Ilervey Harrison Irwin horn at El<nn
111, Jujie 17, 1885; died ,Se])t. 6, li)02. "^ '•
Grandfather— Henry Irwin, horji at Ireland; died at Franklin
Grove, 111., 1854; marri'ed to iMargaret Lytle, who died at Franklin
Grove, hnried at Fraid<lin Grove, III.
Children of Grandfather— 1. .Jane Irwin, horn in Irelaml. 2.
Mary Ann Irwin, horn in Ireland. A. Henry Irwin, horn in Ireland,
March 10, 1866; died 1880. 4. Olivia Irvvin, horn in Canada. 5.'
Robert L. Irwin, horn in Canada ; died at Montgomery, Ala.
6. ]\Iargaret Irwin, horn in Canada. 7. Wm. F. Irwin, hoiii at Frank-
lin, 111. 8. Eliza Irwin, horn at Franklin, HI.
JA]\IES IRWIN OF MARYLAND AND DESCENDANTS.
James Irwin, horn at Brick i\Ieeting IIou.se, Cecil, County, .Mary-
land, in 1805; died in Ironville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in
1889. His mother's name was Hannah.
Children— Hannah Irwin, horn in Ironville, April 5, 1825; died
Jan. 1, 186;i John (!. Irwin, born in Ironville, Nov. 25, 1826; died
Nov, 15, 1859. lAlary E. Irwin, born in Ironville, July 22, 1829; died
Sept. 7, 1859. William J. Irwiii, born in Rising Sun, iMd., Nov. 9,
18:n; died Oct. ;}(), 1886^. Jeivmiah Van Buren Irwin, horn in Mid-
dletown, Pa., Sept. 12, 1885; died June 15, 1847. Henrietta H. Irwin,
born in ]\Iiddletown, Pa., Dee. 18:56; died Aug. 31, 1862. Samuel V.
Irwin, born in Middletown, Pa., Jan. 21, 18;{9.
JOHN W. IRWIN.
John W. Irwin, horn in Manor Township, Washington County,
Pa., on March .'H, I860; married, in Lancaster, Dee. 25, 1881, to
Laura W. Stickler, horn at Manor Township, June 4, 1860.
Children— Harry S. Irvvin, horn in i\lanor Townshij), Aug. 4,
1883; Ennna S. Irwin, born in j\Ianor Townshi)), Jan. 12, 1888; John
S. Irvvin, born in ]\Ianor Towniship, Jan. 27, 1892; Irene S. Irwin
horn in Manor Township, Nov. 6, 1894.
Names of John W. Irwin '.s Brothers and Sisters— Chester W.
Irwin, Perryville, Cecil Coujity, Md.; Fred W. Irwin, Octoraro, Cecil
County. Md.; Harry W. Irwin, Perryville, Cecil County, Md.; Wil-
liam W. Irwin, Fox Chase, rhiladeli)hia. Pa.; Mrs. George IMoon, Fox
Chase, Philadelphia; Mrs. Lawson Norwll, Port Dejiosit, Cecil
County, ]\Id.; Mrs. Alice Norris, died at Rawlandsville, .Md. ; Eliza-
betli Irwin, died at Rawlandsville, Md.
WALTER IRVINE OF IRELAND.
Samuel Irvine, born at Jamestown, Va., on James River; died
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ill Weakley County, Tennessee, Fe)). U), 1863; nian-ied at Notaway
County, Get. 20, 1823, to Catherine C.reenliill Jones, horn in Notaway
County, Virginia. 18!)2; died in Dresden, 1897. 1. T. W. Irvine, horn
at Buekinghani (\)unty, Va., Sept. 2G, died at ]\Iemi)his, Ten'n. 2.
R. N. Irvine, horn at Buckingham County, Va. 3. Ann C. Irvin'e,
horn at liuekingham County, Va. 4. B. I). Irvine, horn at Dresden'
18,32 5. Samuel Irvine, Jr., .horn at Weakley, Tenn., June 10, 1834;
died in Weakley County, Temi. 6. Virginia Irvine, horn in Weakley
County, April 13, 1836; died in Weakley County.
Marriages— F. W. Irvine to ("lem Carnes, at Whiteville, Tenn.,
Dec. 11, 1850; R. N. Irvine to Nannie Winton, Dresden, April 10,
1853; D. B. Irvine, to Agnes IMoran, Dresden, Dec. 10, 1851 ; Samuel
Irvine. ,Jr., to Janes, at Thompson Creek, July i, 1863.
Crandchildren— C. B. Irviiu^, horn Feh. 26, 1855, 'died 18!)4;
Annie L. Irvine, horn Dec. 23, 1856, living; WaltW- W. Irvine, horn
July 4, 1858, living; William 0. Irvine, horn Nov. 17. 1861; .Mattie
Lee Irvine, l)orn 1876, died 1876; Rohert N. Irvine, Jr.
Grandfather— Walter Irvine, hoi-n at Ireland, died at James-
town, Va., in 1803.
Grandchildren— Will Winston and Clarence Winston, Paducah.
Daughter Anna nmrried Dr. Rip R. Winstoji ; daughter ]\Iattie Lee
Irvine married G. T. Taylor, Union City; grandehildren. Wood N.
Taylor, Hal Taylor, Boh Irvine Taylor.
BGNSIIAW.
The Bonshaw Towers are stout and strong.
Their high walls frown o'er wood and wave;
The tempest whirls their leaves along
Or round their heavy turrets rave.
Of Irvin's rade the stay, the pride,
Their hoast in war, their prop of glory ,
Gone like the foam upon the tide.
Their heing hut in story.
But every roek, ami tower, and tree,
Bear witness of their ancestry.
— W. S. Irving.
ERTNVEINE, ERVIN AND IRVING ANCESTRY.
"Ereinveine," the original way of spelling the name, means
strong, masterful man, which has heen contracted into many varia-
tions, such as Irwin, Ervin. Ervine, Erving, Erwyn, Erwing, Erwin,
etc., and the same in each beginning with "I" instead of "E," hut
all hear the same direct line of descent. — "Trvines and Their Kin."
When the clans of Gaclick nations came from the west coast
of Spain and settled on the east coast of Erin and in the west hills
and isles of Albin, from Sabrin to the Promontorium Orcas (now
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Farohead). which is tlie utmost point of Stn.tli Nav.-n, and the most
ishnr" ^''""'°'^'*"-' °'' ^••^^<'""<'' f'"-'^' the lO.-inveinrs .amo to hotli
They had their seat in that part of All.io.i calhMl ( lunnin-hame
and hmlt a plaee there whi.-h is now in rnins. TJi.v na.n.Ml th.. eitv'
and river otlrvH.e. Th.-v remained i.i possession 'uf their origina^l
ands and estates until. the hanishnient of ihe AllM.,n S.-uts hs the
Konians, in :m A. D., aftiM- the .h'ath of Kn-enius I th.ir kin-
They returned again, al)out 400 A. I)., with lA-iuus II "und
were restored to their fonni i ancient possessions Dnrin-.' th." rci-n
ot Malcolm II. Crine Krcvin.'. the most prominent ..ne of the Kvc-
vmes, was the progenitor oT tlu- I'ace in Scotland
lAlaleolm II. made Crin.- luwinc Seneschal of the King's rents
in Scotland and the We.st isles, and gave him his ohhsi dan-hter
Princess Beatrice, heir to the Seot.-h throne, in marria-v ]()()4 A ])'
Malcolm 11. left no male heir to the throne, so HeatTice and' Crine
'hrvine'sieldest son, Duncan 1., hecame King of SeoHan.l 1();U \ I)
Duncan T. was murdered I,y J\racl,etli, son of .Malcolm's s.'cond
daughter, the usurper,
Crine Erevine and Beatrice had a large familv of children
Some of their children moved to Dumfriesshire, Scotla'nd, wher," thev
got pos.session, hy marriage, of the princelv estates of Bonshaw
There were ten hranehes of the Krevine family (.f Scotland From
rriiip and Beatrice Krevine descended a lin,;' of kin-s that ruled
Scotland for 257 years and, in the female line, until now
_ The Bonshaw Ereviues or Irvings branch is the oldest and have
hved^at Bonshaw, Scotland, since tlie estate came into the family.
Some of the Bonshaw branch moved to Aheideen Scotland
, One member of this branch at Aberdeen was made master of the
Rolls of Scotlaml by IJobe.-t Bruce, when Bruce became King His
name was William de Irviire. For his fidelity he was given the
royal forests of Drum, in Aberdeen, in ])ossession of one branch of
the family today. A son of William de Irvine, Ab-.xander married
Fuphemia (P]ugenia) Douglas, daughter of the Kail of Angus and
granddaughter of RobcH D, of Scotland, and great-gianddau'diter
of Robei-t Bruce. The holly leaf was sele.'ted for tin; emblem on
their coat-of-arms. Thei-e are twenty or more different coat.s-of
; arms of the Ervine family of Scotland.
Earl of Angus descended from John of (Jaunt, Kuglish King
Ihe Erevine family, of Scotland, is descended fn.m AFalcolm IT
through his daughter, Beatrice. Tu the seventeenth century the'
wealth of the Erevine family of Scotland vied with the wealth of
royalty possessing thousands of retainers.
There was a Oovenantry branch and a Rovalist branch durin-r the
religious dissentions.
Alexander Irvine, the Tovenanter, chased the gat.'s of London-
derry during the seigc in Ihe face of King James' victorious army.
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There whs an article a])peared in the Edinburg Review, now in pos-
session of Mrs. Sophia Irvine Fox Sea, of Lonisville, Ky., that says
that in view of this act of Alexander Irvine, the stupendous results
to I'rotestantism secured civil and religious liberty to the British
Isles. He was one of the greatest heroes the world has ever seen.
A list of some of the great men descended from the Ervines:
(leneral Gordon.
Andrew Jackson descended thi-ough the McDowells and Ere-
vines.
Theodore Roosevelt, his grandmother was an Irvine of (Jeorgia.
She was the daugiiter of General Bullock. Dr. Bullock of Georgia
has written a 'history of the Irvine family.
(jleneral li'vine McDowell of the (Uvil War.
General William Irvine and (General Robert Irwin, of the Revo-
lutionary War.
Robert Irwin was a signer of the Declaration of Indcpendeneei
(Mecklenhurg).
President Harrison,
Washington Irving.
Dr. Christopher Irvine, living at the present time in Mountjoy,
Ireland.
iMiss Semple, Larne, Ireland.
Not alone from Malcolm II and F{*obert Bruce but from the
Keiths, the Campbells, the dohnstones and Gordons, tlie Drummonds
and the Dukes of Argyle.
Governor Francis, his grandmother was an Irvine.
dohn Rogers Glark, the greatest Indian fighter the world has
ever known, belonged to the family.
Joseph Ilasford, who was with Washington at Bunker Hill and
Valley Forge, and with Mad Anthony Wayne.
James Patterson, who.se bronze statue adorns Washington, and
'tis said the Ervin'es mostly have their features.
CHRISTOPIHER IRVINE. ;
By James J. Erwin, Chief, Irvine Society.
Tradition of the family as told me by my ancestors relates that :
"There was once a great battle where the family of our forefathers
was pitted alone against a great enemy. That it was an understand-
ing within the family that no one should desert another of his clan
while that other was in serious trouble. At the time mentioned they
remained loyal to themselvcii ])y their loyalty to each other, and de-
fended that honor until all had been slain."
That a son was born to the chief after the death of his father.
That my great-grandfather was named "('hristoplier" after the
chief who fell. That my grandfather named his first son "James"
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DU, J. N. EHVIN, D. 1).
Dayton, Ky.
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after the sou who was I)oi'm subse(]ueiit to his father's ileatli, and
that I was iiaiued after my uncle.
History and biography inform me tliat:
''Christ<3i)her Irvine, Laird of Honshaw, who was liead of the
family in the beginning of the sixteenth century, commanded a body
of liglit horsemen of tenants, retainers, elansmen, etc., iu the last
^expedition of King .James IV, into England, wliieh t-nded in the
disastrous battle of Floddea Field, Sept. 'J, 1518, where f^aird Chris-
topher fell with most of his followers.
"Here all the male Irvines of the House of Honshaw, who were
able to carry arms, were killed, and few of that house were left to
preserve the name, except those unborn.
A son who was named Janujs. was born to Christopht.'r Irvine,
shortly after his fall at P''lodden Field. He had two sons. Ro])ert
and John, who fled to Ireland in the time of the English persecution,
and settled in Glencoe.
Robert Irvine fled from Dumfriesshire, Scotland, to Glencoe,
Ireland, in ]58'4.
Robert Irvine married ]\Iargaret Wylie (probably a second mar-
riage) and had ten children born to him, viz: Thomas, w^ho mar-
ried and settled in Cusliendal, Ireland, wli'ere he lived and died, and
where his descendants now reside.
John and Robert Irvine were the sons of James, who was the
son of Christopher, who fell at Plodden Field, 1513, and who was
l)orn after his death.
Christopher Erwin Avas born in Cushendal, Ireland, in 1741,
and came to America with Abercrombie's troojis. who "left for New
Yoik early in A})ril, 1756." He nuirried Mary Pulk. One of their
sons was Jacob,, born Dec. 3, 1785, who married Elizaheth Osborn.
One of tlieir sons was Henry, born June 9, 1825, who married Eliza
Jane Squiev. Their son was Jauu^s Jay Erwin, born Jan. 30. 1850,
who married Nellie ]\I. Spencer.
This is sufficient to show that T descended from the House of
T^onshaw, through Christopher, of Flodden Field notoriety.
REV. JOHN NEWTON ERVIN.
Rev. John Newton Ervln, D. D., pastor of the First Preshyterian
riiurch, Dayton, Ky.
John Newton Ervin was born near Greenfield, Ross County,
Ohio, April 23, 1853. The first year of his life was spent on a fann.
Later lie graduated from Salem Academy. Ross Count}', and in 1885
he graduated from the University of TVoo.ster, "Wooster, Ohio, and
in 1879 he graduated from Lane Seminary, Cincinnati. In August
of the same .^^'ar he went to Dayton, Ky., and was ordained ])astor
of the First Presbyterian Clmrch. and has been their leader ever
since. The little Mission chui-eli was replaced by a new one in 1880.
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522 THE Mtl)(>\VI<:LLS AND CUNNICCTIONS
The congregation built a hi'aiit it'ul parsonage lor tin- pastor several
years ago. Dr. Kr \in re(H'i\C(i the degree ^»l' Doctor of l)i\inity
fi'oiu Center CoHege, Danvilh'. \\\ ., lor scliohirship ami lor literary
articles written and ])iiblished in the ehureh jieriodicils. His tract,
"Givest of a Dream," created (piite a stir in the litei-ary world.
• .I.VMKS IRWIN.
I5y , lames William Irwiii.
\ Janu's Irwin, horji near Chamher.shui'g. renii., .\pi-il 21, 1707;
. (lied at Savannah, Teiin., -luiie '1. 1H58, mai'rird at llni'din ( 'oiuity,
known now as Old Town, Teim., to Miss Nancy Sex km , hoiii at War-
renburg, (Jreen County, Kast Tennessee, Oct. :i(), ISOli; died at Sa-
vannah,'Tenn., Oct. 7, "1885.
Children of above: 1. Ann iMariah, boiai Febi'uaiy. 1S:{(); died
Nashville, 1900. 2. -lohn S( vier, boi-n at Savannah, lS:Vj. :5. Lewis,
born at Savannah, 1884. 4. .lames William, born at Savannah. 1835;
5. Susannah Eliz-abeth, born at Savannah, l<s:'>7. (i llaltie Laura, 7.
• Juliette Sevier. 8. Mary I)inwiddi(>, died at I'admMli. 1M.5. !). Cor-
nelia L.
Marriages: 1. to W. II. Ch.'rry, at Savannah, Tenn. 2. to Miss
^ Fannie Church, at Columbia, Tenn. 8. To Mary 11. P.aihy. in ITar-
' din County. 4. 'j'o Coi'neli;i Hroyle, at Savannah, (i. To \)v. Kobert
' A. Hardin". 8. To Edgar Cherry, i). To Daniel A. Welch.
'» Grandchildren— ^1. James Irwin Chen-y, born at Sa\annah,
Tenn.; died in infancy. .Airs. IMinnie Cherry, born at Savannah; Wil-
liam Irwin (Hierry, born at jNTemphis.
2. Annie Laurie Irwin. Savannah; -Lunes 0. liwin, Sa\annah;
Nancy VAv/.n Irwin, Savannah.
4. John Lewis Irwin, -hdia Lillian Irwin, iUrd in infancy;
Florence Elizabeth Irwin. .\'anc> (iertrnde Irwin, -lanns William
V Irwin.
6. Naue\- l']li/,abeth lLn\kins li'win, Uobert .\. irwin. Loula
li'win, Charles W. Irwin.
5. William II. Chei'rv, -lulietle li'win Ch.'rry, h'lora Cornelia
Cherry, Mary Louise Cher! y, 'l^lgar Clierrx .
Graiulfather. — lohn Irwin, born in renns.x l\ ani<i, died at Sa-
; vannah, Tiuin., about 1840. .Married Miss .\nna Dinwiddie, died at
Savainiah, Tenn., about 1S44, bui-ied at Savannah, 'l\'nn. Servetl
in United States army.
Children of Grandfatiu'i'.— 1 . William, 2. IvobeiM, 8. -lames, 4.
Hester.
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James ('allender Irinc, born in Huntington Couidy. Pa., July
,• 7, 1807; died at Mount \'ci-non, Ohio, .June 2S, ISSl ; mai-ried to
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Martha xNevins liartlott, l)oni at Salem, New York, 011 Feb. 22, 18();i;
died at Mount Vernon, Ohio, Feb. 1, 1881.
Children of Above — 1. James Clark Irvine, bom Oct. lU, 183U;
died at Oregon, iMo., 1897. 2. .^lartiiu (!. Irvine, born -June 21, 1833;
3. Ellen Amelia Irvine, born I)eeeml)er, 1834; died at Pittsburg,
1894. 4. Rebeeea Harrison Irvine, boi-ii Di'eember, 1837. T). Mary
Bartlett Irvine, born Oet. L3, 1839; died at San Diego, (i. .letTersou
J. Irvine, born Dee. 24, 184;- ; died at .Mo\nit \'im-iioii.
Marriages — 1. To v\nn K. .lobnson, at Ouiidia, N'e^b., 1859. 3. To
M. J. Heeker, at Mount N'ernon, -Ian. If). hS,').'*. 4. To Cliai-bs F.
Baldwin, at Mount V.i-non, -luly 4, 1877. f). To .Miu-y ?^Ie(Jiath, at
Mount Vernon.
(irandeliildren — 1. Leigh, 2. L(;wis, 3. Clare, l)oni at Oregon,
Mo.; 4. Martha, 5. Carl, 6. May, 7. Minnie, S. Nell, born at Pittsburg,
all dead; 9. j\Iary B. Dickinson, born at Mount V<'rnon, February,
1868; 10. Jeff, 11'. Charles. 12. Clarence, 13. Flinor, 14. Martha.
Great-Grandfatlier lr\ ine, born at Ti-omeslown,
Ireland. Married Jane Sproule. Nationality of aneiistry, Scotch-
Irish.
Crandfather — Thomas Irvine, born near Kninskillen, died at
Mount Vernon, Ohio, June, 1851 ; married at Stone Valley, Hunting-
ton County, April 21, 1798, to Tabitha Meredith (.'larkc, bom at Lit-
tle York, Pa.; died at Mount Vernon, Ohio, June, 1849: l)uried at
JMount Vernon, Ohio. Was an officer in tlie British army.
Children of Grandfatlier.— Tiiomas W. Irvine, born at Hunting-
ton County, Pa., March 7, 1799; died at Soldiers' Home, Dayton, 0.
Jano Irvine, bom in New York i'ity. Februai-y 3, 1803; died at Lon-
donville, Ohio. James Callender Irvine, born at Huntington (-oun-
ty. Pa.. July 7, 1807; died at Mount Vernon, Ohio., 1881. Clarke Ir-
vine, born in Trumhle County, Ohio, June 14, 1809; dicul at Mount
Vernon. Robert Irvine, l)orn in iMount Vernon, Jan. 30, 1812; died
at Pleasant Hill, Mo. Julia Ann Ii'vine, born in Mould Vernon, Fch-
ruary, 1814; died St. Louis. :Mo., 1843. Sarah Irvine, bom in Mount
Vernon, June 26, 1816; died at Mount Vermin, June, 184!). Melcenea
Irvine, born in Mouid Vernon, Oct. 30, 1818; died at Chicago, 111.
Angeline Irvine, horn in IMount Vernon, Nov. 19, 1824; died in Chi-
cago, 111.
Jannes Callender Irvine answered the first call for troops, April
1861, Captain Comjiany A, Tiiird Regiment, Vol. 0. V. I., served at
Camp Dennison, Ohio. Left service on account of age.
Legend of Thonms Irvine (grandfather) tliat he deserted from
Britisli service, and came I0 America May 16, 1797. Eloped with
Tabitha Clarke, A])i'il 21. 1798, and was married to her on that date
by Thonu\s Riddle, lEsij., at Stone Valley, Huntington C'ounty, Pa.
Came to IMoinit Vernon lo i-eside, March 15, ISll ; died at Mount
Vernon, Ohio, June 1851.
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V ' ;'' IKWIN IIISTORr.
lU- ('n[A. .lames \V. Irwiii, of Savaiiiiali, Tcim.
My f>randfatlier, .lolwi Irwin, ;iii,l his wilV, mx -tiiiKlmotiuM-
who was Anil Diuwiddie, li\cd near Cliaiubcrshiu'g, I'ii"
They, Avith two sons, William and Rolxu't, came to Tt'iincs.see
and settled near Savannah, about ]8;};"i. These two sons were never
married. They and their ])arent,s died Ijetween IS.'i.s ;,n<l 1845, and
. are bnried in tlic Savannali cemetery.
My ra.t'hcr, James Irwin, brotlier of William and HoIxmI, was
bom near Ohaml)ersburg. I'a., Ai)ril 1st, 1797. Hi- ram<' to Tennes-
see about 1827— nuirried Dee. 18, 1828, ]\liss Nancy Scvi.M-, cf War-
rensbnrfr. East Tennessee. She was a daufrhter of J. .In. Scvin' and
Susanna (Jonway. This John Sevier was a son of Vaicntin<- Sevier,
, wlio Avas a l)rother of Jolm Sevier, first (;ovcriu)r of Teiniessee.
Two of the Conways became Governors of Arlwinsa.s, and my
. mother's 'lirother, Ambrose- H. Sevier, was Ignited States Senatcn-
. from Arkansas. I\ly father bad one sister. Hester, ur llettir, wlu)
married John l^rotherton. Tliev lived near Wbeclin-, Va.
:, IVFv Parents first lived in Mni-freesboro. Teini.. t'lie.v moved to
, RTeMinnville. about 1830, and in 1832 moved to Savaiuiah, Teiiii..
., where my father bad considerable landed interest. He uave to
^ the town the plot of land on wliieh Savainiah is located. Tliev had
■ . ten children— nine lived to he ^I'own. Seven are vet livin<,' in Ifar-
), din Count.y, Tenn., -the yonnjrest auproaehinj,' thi'ee-sc(.re years.
Thirtv-seven descendants are nowlivijig.
:.;. My father and mother M'ore memhers of the Soiithern i\rethodist
Church, lly father's peojde were "bine sfochinu" l'resl)\ terians.
,., My mother was the conuM-stone of Southern T\lethodisiii in Sa-
, . vannah.
1 I\ry hrolher. John Sevier Trwin, lives on bis farm neai- Savan-
_., nah.
; i, ]\Tv hrother, Lewis B. Trwin, is a physician living' neai- Savan-
. nah. Tenn. He was Caotain of r(,m|.any H, h^iist Tnoiessce (:\ran-
, ney'sl Ivegiment, Infantry.
,;, James W. Trwin was C^mtain T'ompans C. First ( 'onfcdci-ate
,j,, Oavalry. T^oth .served fi'om 18(31 to the surrender. 1865.
T^TOdRAPllV OF JAMES AV. UnVINT.
Captain James William Irwin, the subject (W tliis sketch, was
born at Savannah, TIardin County, Tennessee. April 13th, 1835, and
died Fe])ruary 12tli, 1014. Ue was the third s<,n of -lames fmvin
and Nancy Sevier Trwin.
He married Mi.ss Cornelia P.royles, February 25tli, 1808.
To them were boi-n six children, two of whom died in infancy.
His wife, two sons and two dau^dders, survive him.
James W. Trwin \vas Captain of Company C. First Confederate
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CuNulry, and served rroiu Jblil lo the .siirreiider iu 1865.
lie was a meiuber ui' t.hc Southern Methodist Uhureli, filling ior
man}- years i)ositions oL" ])i'oniineiiee and trust, both m the ehureh
and Sunday sehool.
Jle was a prominent Free Masoji, a Uoyal Areh jMason, a Knight
Tem])lar, and was Grand iMaster of the Grand J^odge of .Masoius of
Tennessee.
Capt. James W. Irwin died at Savannah, Tenn., sinee above was
written.
JOHN WAKDEJJ. ERWIN.
John Wardell Erwin, for numy years a prominent and i-esi)eeted
eitizen of Hamilton, Ohio, was born in Newcastle County, J)('la\varo,
on Sept. 9, 1808, and died at Hamilton, on April 17, 188'J. He was
of Quaker stock, and his parents and grandparents were natives of
New Jersey. In 1828 he crossed the Alleghany mountains on foot,
ajid stopi)ed at Richmond, Ind., wHiere, having previously prepared
himself for the profession, he received and filled for five years iui
appointment as assistant civil engineer on the eastern division of
tile Cumberland or National road, extending from Indianapolis to
the State line east. This work was for the most of the time in charge
of Captain Hrewerton, of the U. S. Engineer C'orps. In the winter
of 18.}r)-G, he located the Hamilton, Uossville, Somerville, Newcomb
and Eaton turnpike, which was the first public work of the kind
Iniilt with gravel west of the mountains, other Ohio turniiikes were
located by him in 18137-8, and he also located hydvaulic work at
Hamilton, iVIiddleton, Franklin and Troy, in Ohio, at Goshen, Elk-
liart and Bi'istol, in Indiana, and at Constantine, in ]\lichigan. For
many years he was a resident engineer on the Miami and Erie
Catial. He was a party to the erection of the first pa])er mill built
in Hamilton, in 1847, and he built and was a part owner of the first
tb ur mill run by water furnished by tlie hydraulic comiiany of Ham-
ilton. He made the pVeliminary surveys for the Cincinnati, Hamil-
ton & Dayton, the Eaton & Richmond, and the Richmond & Chicago
Railroads. On JMay 12, IS'VA he married Ann Eliza Chadwick, a na-
tive of New Jersey, and in 1883 Mv. and INlrs. Erwin celebrated
their golden wedding.
REV. FRANK ERWIN BHANDT.
Rev. Frank Erwin Bernadotte Brandt was born at Ilamitlon,
Butler County, Obio, on August 10, 1869, where for several years
'he was a newspaper reporter. In his home city he was a vestryman
of Trinity P]piseopal Church, and a member of the Board of Trus-
tees of the Lane Free Library. In 1884 and 1885 he was a student
at the Morgan Park Military Academy at Morgan Park, 111., and iu
1888 entered the Law School of Cornell University, at Ithaca, New
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York, liei'urc liis marriage in J8.S'J ho sijciit a year in ^Soutiieru (Jali-
i'oriiia, making hi.s lionie vA Etiwanda, near Saji licrnai-.linu. [u
18;)6 he removed with hib laiiiily to Chieago, and .slutlii-d lor holy
ortlers at the Western Tlieoiogieal JSeminai-y, Troni which intsitulioii
he graduated in 1891), during which year he was orchiincd hotli dea-
con and priest, by Jit. Ke\'. Wni. E. JMcLareii, ilisjiop of Chicago.
His first charge was at St. Augustine's, Wilnictti-, 111., a suburb
of Chicago, which lie begaii to serve in ]8i)7, belore liis ordination,
and where he remained until 1!)02. Alter a brief j)ast()rate at .Mar-
shall, j\linn., during which he was also in charge ol St. Paul's
Church, Pipestone, he beeanie tiie rector of St. Janu's' {'huieli, Dun-
dee, Jll. In 1J)06 he aeceiited the charge of Christ Church, Harvard,
111., of which he is the present pastor. Socially Ah-. Hramlt is promi-
nent in masonry, being a Shriner, Knight Temi)lar, Thirty-second
Degree JMason and member of the Royal Order of Scotland. Of the
Order of Elks he is an honorary life member, and the chaplain of
the Elk Lodge at Woodstock, 111. He holds mejubershi]) in the Illi-
nois Soeiety Sons of the American Revolution, and on the mateiiial
.side is a desicendant of two soldiers of the Revolution, John IMatt, of
Hall's Delaware Keginumt and J (dm Hopping, of the i\]on-is County,
New Jersey Militia, and of the Colonial Governor Robert Treat, of
Connecticut. Politically he i;; a meml)er of the Democi-atie i)arty to
which lie is warndy attached. His work in the ministry lias been
spent almost entirely in the diocese of Chieago.
' "" SENATOR J. li. ERWIN.
(See Page 180.)
General J6hn Bratton Erwin, Senator from Lancaster Count}-,
was born in York County, on the 12tli day of October, 1834. He
entered the South C-arolina College. He left the College a member
of the junior class, and entered the University of North Caroliim,
at Chapel Hill, and there was graduated in 1850. He afterwards read
law, and was admitted to j)ractiee. He served for a time on the
staff of General Toom'bs in the Confederate Army, and after that
a private to the end of the war. Returning home from the army
he was elected President of the King's ^Mountain Railroad Company.
He then married Miss j\lary T. Barnes, only child of Colonel Dixon
Barnes, of Lancaster County, S. C, moved to Lancaster County,
settled on his plantation and has ever since engaged in the business
of farming.
General Erwin was tilie chairman of the executive committee of
the Democratic party in Lancaster Connty, in 187G, a year ever
memorable for the redemption of South Carolina ami the establish-
ment of the home rule. Tie was honored in being a candidate on
the Tilden Democratic electoral ticket, and was elected to the House
of Representativs in 1876. and took an active part in the historic
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I'veiits of the "WaJlace JIoiisc." He was a|ip<'iiil((l lin^adii-r (Joii-
^^'' cral of the State militia, and scirvcd as one (d' the n ^oiits ol' tlie
lunatic asylum. Jn all these jto.sitions lie discdiai-gi-d his duties faitli-
fully and well. General Erwin is a yood seholar, a lii.^li toned gen-
tleman, and a conservative legislator, lie thinks, ads and judges
for himself, and lie has the confidence ut his constituents. JI(; was
elected to the Senate in- 18b6, and his tei'iii of ofl'iee \\iU exrdfe in \
(hrom News and Courier, I 'liarleston, S. C.j ';
• VVKITTKN FOR TlUK S. ('. ('01d>K(;M ALlAlNi ASSOCIATION.
General John liratton Krwiii was hoi'n in the old colonial liouse 'A
of ids great-grandfather, Colonel William Hratton, of Revolutionary ■}
fame, on his father's estate at Hrattonsvilii', York District, South \
■Carolina, on Oct. 12, 18:J4. When only five years of age his father i
died and with his mother and l)rother (the only sister having I
died) he then removed to the home of his paternal grandfather in f
Yorkville, S. C. Here he was eidered at a ijrinuiry school and a few |
years later went to Greenville, S. C, from there he went to Wiinis- n
' boro, S. C, whence he entered tlic South Carolina College, which he 1;.
left in his junior year, ]854. Afterward he entered the University %
of Chapel Hill, N. C, and there graduated in 185U. He read law,
was admitted to the bar, ami the future betokened a promising
career in the practice of his chosen ])i'ofessi()n. JJut the gathering
:. war clouds broke, the call to arms was heard througiiout the land,
and the dread alarm of war was felt on every hand. He at once
proceeded to Virginia, volunteered for service, was givcji a position
oJi General Toojiib's staff, which he iield until that officer's I'esigiui-
,^ tion, when he then served as a pi-ivate to the end of the war. ';
On his return home al'ter the war General Krwin was elected
president of the King's JMonntain Railway Comj)any. Affairs were
in a very dilapidated condition, and the road luid ceased to be in op-
ei-ation. Beginning with the snuill sum of sevei'ul silver dollars,
which liis mother kanded him, he soon had the (•oja])any in shape
to put the road in operation again. The road tlu^n set in order has
never ceased to oi)eratc since that time.
In 18GG General hlrwin was married to Miss iMary T. liarnes,
;. oidy child of Colonel Dixon Harnes, of Lancaster District, and
•V thereafter gave uj) his profession and undertook the Uianagement
•■.■ of her large estates. In 3876 wdien (ieneral Hanijiton was made
<• Governor of the State he was ajjpointed Brigadier General; aiul
V also served as a member of the famous Wallace House, in ■which he
■■1 took an active part. Several times he was in the Legislature and
li'. was a delegate on the Tilden electoral ticket.
In 3893 after tke death of his wife, he moved kis family to
W^ashington, I). C, where he had accepted an apj)oiidment as com-
piler in the War Record's office. In 3898, the c(Muj)ilation of rec-
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THE McDowells anij connections 529
orcls under his tlirt'ctioji hi'iiii^- completed, and a Hepubliean adniiii-
i.stration liaving come into jjower, the ofl'ice was abolished and the
few retained cloaked under the War l)ej)artment. Since that time
General Erwin has eontinued to reside in tiie Capital ('ity, and
engaged in t'he real estate business.
COLONEL AHTllUU ERWIN.
By Helen J']rwin Oaulden.
The great-great-grandi'.ither of Helen Erwin Gaulden was Col.
Arthur Erwin, of Erwina, Pa. He was Colonel of Bucks County
i\lilitia, Pennsylvania, and the point where Washington made his
famous crossing of the Delaware lay but a few miles below where
('olonel Erwin's plantation stretched for ten miles along the Dela-
ware, about at what is now called Erwina, opposite Frenchtown,
N. J., Colonel Erwin furnished most of the boats for tiiat event,
manning them with his own slaves and tenants, and thereby making
history. He armed and equipped his company largely and hi fact
almost entirely at his own exi)ense, and himself, with three of his
sons, served as officers.
COLONEL ,JOHN BEAUPIN HiVJNG.
See portrait, page 422.
Colonel John. Beaiifin Irving, S. P., late Commander of Third
Bt- T'he ]\lanchester Regiment, "The Royal Comi)any of Archers,"
"King's Bodyguard in Scotland." Born 14: February, 1844. Stands
6 feet 41/ii inches in stockings, weighs 16 stone, i) pounds. The uni-
form, is that of the "King's Bodyguard." The medal is the one
for the Abyssinian Campaign. The direct male descendant of the
Lwings of Bonshaw. The hereditary Chieftain of the Irving Clan.
JAMES i\rcDOWELL AND DESOENDANTS.
(Miurchill Line,
By Mrs. Churchill.
Jam-es McDowell was born in the north part of Ireland, April
1, 1747. His parents were natives of Scotland, and moved from
there on account of religious persecution; they came to America
with two small 'boys, James' and John, from two to four years old,
and settled near "Eastern Shore." James and John grew to man-
hood, enlisted in, and went through the Revolutionary War. Grand-
father James was wounded in th(! ibattle of Brandywine. At the
close of the war he married Sarah Gorrel, of Penn.sylvania. He died
in Sciota County, Ohio, April Hth, A. D., 1809.
Sarah ]\icDowell was born July 26, 1763, and died in Tippe-
canoe County, Lidiana, Sei)t. 5. 183-1. James and Sarah raised nine
children:
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J -lames, Jniiioi'; 2 Maiy ( lMiillii).s;, ;} William, 4 .l.tlui, :> Wuucl-
I'ord (j., 6 MiintJia (Criill), ." liiiam, 8 l<:iizal)('lh, [) Thomas (;.
.John McDowell was l.'orii in Woodford Comity, Ky., .laii. 1,
171)2, and died in .Montgomery ('ount.\, Indiana, -lai'i. Ki,' 1843. He
married Kli/.ahcth I'ricc, .Ian. 7, 1811). Kli/aheth (riicc) .M(d)owell
was horn in i\oss County, Ohio, -Ian. .{(), 17!)8. She died at Faii'hur\-,
Illinois, on Oct. 10, 188(». John and l-lli/.ahcth .M(d)()\vcll laiscd nine
children, namely :
1 Jackson, honi Octohej-, 1811), and died in .Montgomei\ County,
Indiana, Feh. 22, ]84;i; 2 Sarah Ann Russell, horn in M(uitgomery
County, Jnd., Noveniher, 1821, and died in I'ontiac, Illinois; .} Isaac
IV i\IcI)owell, born in Montgomery County, Ind., Aug. 17, 1824; mar-
ried Jane Kussell, June lU, 18r)r); 4 Oliver I'erry, horn h'eh. 7, 1827;
5 Nelson Scott, horn Oetoher, 1821); died June 1,^1878; 0 James .Madi-
son, horn 1835, killed at Vickshurg, June 15, 186:}; 7 Mai-y iKIi/a-
))eth Ladd, born Oct. 20, 1832; 8 John Vajjn, horn Jan. (I, 1838; died
Nov. 2'J, 1861. 9 William Henry Harrison, born March 6, 1840.
Jane Kussel, wife of Isaac J*. McDowell, born September. 1834,
and died August 26, 1890. The children ol* Isaac P. and Jane R. Mc-
Dowell, as below namely:
1 Thomas S. ()., 'bom Jan. 26, 1858, and died Oct. 21, 1911 ; 2
Lillian, born May 6, 1856, and died Septemiher, 1857; 3 KImer E..
horn March 11, 1862; 4 John Vann, born Fe<hruary, 18(i4; Kva
(Graff) born Oct. 9, 1865; 6 Lutie born Nov. 11, 1874*.
Isaac P. iMcDovvoll, died January 9, 1901.
Emily ]\Iyer, wife of Oliver Perry McDowell, was born March
25, 1832, died Aug. 19, 1888.
The children of Olivei- Perry and Emily McDowell are:
1 Osiner Nepolian, bom March 7, 1854; died, 1913; 2 Laura
Catherine, born Sept. 27, 1856; 3 Emma, born Oct. 13, -1858; 4 Jo-
seph Eli Lincoln JMcDowell, horn Jan. 26, 1863; Adda Elizabeth, horn
Oct. 7, 1864; 6 Lnella, born I\larcli 7. 1870.
Emma ]\IcDovvell, daughter of Oliver Periy and Emilv ^^c-
Dowell, married Albert C. Pai^lett, Dec. 19, 1878!^
The children born to lEmma McDowell aiul Albert C. Hai'tlett
a re :
1 Cicero MeDowell Hartlett, born June 17, 1881 ; 2 Louise Part-
lett, born May 21, 1895.
Cieei-o MeDowell Hartlett and Kathrvn Shehan were married
September 12, 1904.
The children of Cicero McDowell Partlett and Kathryn Hartlett
a re :
1 Albert Cornelius Hartlett, born July 17, 1907; 2 Robert
Thomas Hartlett. born Sept. Pi, 1914; 3 Emma Louise Hartlett, born
Jan. 14, 1916.
Rose Cook, wife of Thomas S. 0. McDowell, born Sejjt. 20, 1862.
The children of Thomas S. O. and Ro.se ]\ltd)()well, are:
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1 Leuore IMcDowfll. boiii .hin. 24, 1886; inarried JoImi Tlionias
Wilcox. Jan. 12, 1910; 2 Thouia.s Scott JMcDowcIl, horn May 8, 18!)8.
Grandfather.
William McDowell, born Sept. 25, 1785, died at Avoca, 111., Sept.
6, 1834. Married Sarah Dever, Nov. 28, 1809, who wa.s 'born Oct. 9,
1787, and died at Avoca, Til., Nov. 18, 1858. lioth buried aJt Avoca,
111., Living.ston County.
Children of grandfather :
1 Mary (Hefner), born Sciota County, Ohio, Decennber 2:i, 1810;
died, 1892; 2 John, born Sciota County, Ohio, May 5, 1813, died Dec.
2, 1901 ; 3 James, l)orn Sciota County, Ohio, Sept. 21, 1815, died June
10, 1880 ; 4 Woodford G., born Sciota County, Ohio, Fel)ruary 3, 1818,
died Sept. 10, 1904; 5 Elizabeth (Felky) born Sciota County, Ohio,
Sept. 1, 1819; died IVIarch 4, 1841; 6 Hannah (Blue) born Sci(^ta
County, Ohio, Sept. 26, 182.;, died Nov. 11, 1844; 7 Jo.seph B., born
Sciota County, Ohio, Sept. 1, 1825, died Jan. 4, 1916; 8 William T.,
born Sciota County, Ohio, July 1, 1828, died October 1, 1828.
Father and Mother.
James I\rcDo\vell, horn at Sciota County, Ohio, Sept. 21. 1815,
died at Fairhury, 111., June 10, 1880; married in Carrol (bounty, In-
diana, Dec. 11, 1845, to Frances Wilson, who was ihorn near Milton,
Indiana, Wavne Counity, Januarv 28, 1824, and died at Fairburv,
111., Feb. 17, 1900.
Children of alcove :-
1 Jason Lee, born at Avoca, 111., Aug. 17, 1847 ; 2 John William,
born at Avoca, 111., Dec. 25, 1849; 3 Sarah I. bom at Avoca, Til..
Nov. 4, 1851 ; 4 Grant Y., born at Avoca, 111., July 2, 1863; 5 Lillio
E., born at Avoca, 111., June 22, 1866.
Jason Lee, married Angie Wilson at Onarga. 111., Nov. 26. 1874,
who died Aug. 25, 1876.
Jason Lee married Floreiice Wilson, at Sedalia, Mo., Jan. 26,
1881.
Children of above: 1 James Daniel, born Sejit. 10. 1884; 2 Jolin
William, born Oct. 30, 1885; 3 Angle Frances, 1)orn June 10, 1888;
4 Ruth Evalyn, born Jan. 22. 1891 ; 5 Sadie Louise, ibom Sept. 25.
1892; 6 Denzel Isaac, born July 27. 1895.
John William married Chioo Fugate, Fe'b. 13, 1877, who died
:\rarch 19, 1879.
J. W. mari'ied Luella Tanner. March 31, 1881, wlio died Aug.
2, 1901.
J. W. married Frank Wilson Finley, March 15, 1904.
Children of aI)ove : 1 Gertrude M.. born Feb. 24, 1878; 2 James
Francis, born May 10, 1886.
Gertrude married Lewi-! Henderson, Octr^ber 19, 1901, and Ihcii-
children arc Dorothy Louise, born Nov. 30, 1902; John Thomas,
born Se])t. 2, 1906, and Frances, born June 2, 1909.
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534 THE McDowells and connkctions
Sarah 1., lunrricd Hid .1. Ixaiuscy. Nov. 1, l,S7(i.
Their chihlroii arc: 1 ,{r,sMc Kraiiccs, 'horn April T) 18,S] • >> Klinor
IMaine, horn Dec. 20, 18i)2.
-Jessie married Fred h\ J'.r'.vdia, .June 17, 1!)();}, and thcv have
out' child, Marvcne, iliorn dan. 17, ]!X)7.
Elmer married Aidinc llanna. dune G, l!)14.
Grant Y. married dcnnic [)oininy, dune IS, 1S!I().
Their eliihlren ai-e : 1 danu's Lorenzo, hoi-ii .V)mmI -M, ISDl ■ 2
Afarion, horn duly 27, 1905.
^ Lillie E., married Fraids- L. ('liur(dMll. April :>, l,s!);;.
Their ehihhvu aiv: 1 Im cd Wcav.-r. h„ni .M,,v 12, IsiMi; 2 Wood-
ford McDo^vell, hoi'ii Oct. 2';, \S'.)t ■ daiucs Dch..^, Ih.rn dan.!;'), 1890;
4 Mildred, horn Dec. 11. I89!f; f. Hannah Franrrs, Im.ih duly l:i, lOoV
MRS. (dlllRCHlLL ON ANCESTORS OF FA.MILV.
dohn, son of William and Sarah M(d)(i\v.||. horn at Scioto
County. Ohio, .May o. ]8l;!; di,.,! at Harper. Kansas. Dec. 2. ]!)01;
uiarried at Indian (irove, Living.stnn County, III., Nov l(i, 1837, to
Eli/.ahelh dulian IMoore; horn at Nashville, Teiui., dime 20, 1820;
died at IMount Hope, Kan.sas, on Nov. 22, 18!).").
Chihh-eii: Sarali Angcdiiu', horn Nov. 2."), 18d!); 2 Sai'e|)ta danc
'horn April 5. 1842; 3 Mnvy Alice, horn dan. FJ, IS.")! 4 Lewis Fres-
ton, horn Oct. 15, 1859.
Alarriaf^es: 1 Sarah Angdine, to E. H. Titus, .Mai.h 5. 1857; 2
Sareprta Jane to John Vircrin, Jan. 26, 1865; 8 :\Iar\ Alice to AndreAv
R. Claudon, Nov. 14, 1877; 4 Lewi.s Frcston. to" F(d»ruarv
1878.
Ohildren of E. B. and Sarah Anjfidine Titus : 1 Elizahetli, horn
duly 14, 1866; 2 Jo.seph !\1., horn F(d>. :]. 1868; :] Idiis p, hoi-n dulv
10, 1869 ; 4 Lewi.s n., hor.i .May 18, 187:L
Children ol" John and Sarei)ta dane Vii-,-,nn : 1 Minnie Alice,
horn at Fairhury, TIL, An<;. 18, 1868; married Co(dev ; 2 Daisv Dean,
horn at Fairhury, TIL. Feh 24.1876.
Children of Amirew IL end Mar\ Alice Claudon; 1 Alice Kessie,
horn Oct. 20. 1878, nmrried .Mosimau: 2 Nelson Jax. Ix.rn :\lay 22!
1883; 3 Andrew Rertrum. horn dan. 28, 1881); 4 hMith Morie horn
Oct. 17, 1892.
Children of Lewis Fi-eston iMeDowell : 1 liertium ]\lcDowe]l,
horn at Fairlniry, 111., Feh. 7, 1880; 2 Claudon :\lcDowelL horn at
Mt. TTope. Tvansas, dulv 5, 18!)2: Henry :\lcl)o\v(dl. horn at I\rt.
Hope, Tvansas. March 15. 1!)00; 4 Flizaheth T^lcDow.dl. horn art TTar-
])er, ICansas, Nov. 22, 1903.
Children of i:iizal)et'h Tilus Chi-isliaii: 1 :\lahe] Christian, horji
dan. 2/, 1891 ; 2 Wayne IL Christian, liorn Fc'h. 7, 1S!M.
Children of dost^di .M . Titus: \ Rosa .\. Titus, horn at Ci-aiul
County, Ftah, dan. 22. 18!IS; 2 .Mar\' L Titus. hoi-ii at (.'rand Countv.
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THE MCDOWELLS AND CONNECTIONS 535
Utah, Sept ;J, ]899; 3 Elsie Titus, born at (iraiul i'oiaity, Utah,
March 15, 1901; 4 Joseph P. Titus, born at Grand Gountyl Utali,'
Aug. 9, 1905; 5 Lewis Jl Titus, born at Grand Count v, Utah Jan
20, 190S.
Sou of iMinnie V. Gooley and John Virgin Coolev, born at
Spoliane, Wash., Dec. 29, 1897.
Ghildren of Alice Bessie Claudon iMosiman: 1 Margaret Alice
Mosinian, born at Morton, 111., Jan. 27, 1900; 2 Dorotliy Moric Mosi-
man, born at Moiiton, 111., Aug. 2, 1905.
Son of Rertrum ('laudon, Dan lirewer Chiudon, born Dec.
24. 1916, at Fairbury, 111.
DK. ROBERT MelMIERSON McDOWEl.L. •'
John Ot'ho McDowell, born at Rome Township, Lawrence Coun-
ty, Ohio, on October 10, 1848; died at Delaware, Ohio, on March 12,
1890; married at Delaware. Ohio, Ai)ril 10, 1879. to Hettie WoirU-y,
born at Delaware, Ohio, Oct. 5, 1858.
Children of aibove : 1 Florence, born at DehiAvai-c, Juiif 1, 1880;
2 John Robert, born Sept. 23, 1882; died Dee. 26. 1891; 3 Annie
U-dy, l)orn June 3, 1884; 4 Mary, born Sept. 6, 1886; died Feb. 23,
1907.
Great Grandfaither : Dr. Robert McPiierson McDowell, iborn
on Oct. 26, 1799; died at Lawrence County, Dec. 23, 1851 ; buried at
Rome, Lawrence County, Ohio.
Ohildren of Grandfather: 1 Mary Agnes, born at La-wrencc
County, March 30, 1839; died June 5, 1841; 2 Lucius Palmer, born
at Lawrence County, Jan. 17, 1841 ; died Sept. 14, 1842; 3 William
Andrew, born at Lawrence County, Aug. 13, 1843; died Ai)ril 15,
1852; 4 Ann Williams, born at Lawrence County, May 10, 1846;
died Oct. 1, 1865; 5 John Otho, born at Lawrence County, Oct. 10,
1848; died March 12, 1890; 6 Arthur Bingham, 'born at Lawrence
County. June 30, 1851 ; died Oct. 11, 1852.
Roibert McPherson McDowell also married p]liza Jane (>ockran,
and they had two children, Thomas Andrew, bom Dec. 16, 1827, and
Sophia Porter, bom Dec. 20, 1824.
WILL OF ROBERT ERWINT OF ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY, VA.
(By G. A. Speed (Mrs. Austin P. Speed).
In the Name of God. Amen.
The fourteenth day of March in tlie year of our Lord one thou-
sand seven hundred and eighty-nine. Senior, in the state of Virginia
and County of Rockbridge, Beijig in i)erfect mind and memory.
Thanks he to God therefor, and knowing that it is appointed for all
men once to die do make and ordain this my last will and Testa-
nu'nt, that is to say i)rinci|)ally and first of all I recommend and
give my soul to the hands of God who gave it and as for my ibody
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THE M(,1)0\VEM,S AND CONNECTIONS
ROBERT HL'(;H ERWIN
Father <^f Mrs. Philips
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THE McDowells and connections 537
1 will recomineiid to the Earth to be hurried in a Christian like and
decent manner at the Discretion Extrs. Nothing doubting but at
the General Ressurection 1 shall receive the same again by the
mighty power of God, and as touching sucli worldly Estate as it
hatli i)leased God, to bless me with in this life. 1 give and dispose of
the same in the folloAving manner and form. Item it is my will and
1 order that all my just debts and funeral charges be paid. Item,
1 give unto Ann, my beloved wife, tlie Negro Wench luimed Phillis
and all the dresser furniture and one of Erskin's large volumes
which siie pleases and t)he large Hible and all her api)eriol for her
Back, Her bed and her Hat. 1 have in hand of hard money and her
saddle and ibridle and the third part of the remainder of my mova-
ble estate (Negroes Excepted) and I order that my son Robert give
his mother a God Maintainance for herself and her Negro Weneh
and her Horse during her .latural life, or if he does not, to pay her
seven pounds per annuam and he is to give her maintainance on the
plantation ajid in her own house where she now lives and the Negro
Wench named Phillis is to be my son's, Robert Erwin, after his
mother's desease.
Item— I give unto my beloved son, Robert Erwin, the Plantation
1 now live on containing five hundred and five acres. I likewise
give him that piece of land I bought from Patrick IMcConniel, all
whieli land 1 give to him and his Heirs and assign for ever if he has
any Heirs begotten of his body, ))ut if 'he has no issue I allow the
said land to be sold to the highest l)idder and the price thereof to
be divided to all my sons and daughters. I likewise give unto my
son Robert Erwin the negro man named Joe and the negro wench
named Rachel, and the wench named P]llis, and all the remainder of
my movable estate (Except ten pounds I give to my daughter Han-
nah Logan),
Item — I give to my beloved son Benjamin Erwin, the negro
wench named Dinah. Item— T order that all my wearing apparel 'l)e
equally divided among my three sons, Edward Erwin, Jonas Erwin
and Joseph Erwin. I likewise constitute and ai)i)oint my ibeloved
wife, Ann, and my beloved son, Robert Erwin, as my only and to
be Executors of this my last will Testament, and do hereby dis-
annul all other wills and testaments by me heretofore made and rati-
fy this and no other to .be -my last will and Testament in wittness
whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal. The day and year
first aibove written.
Signed, Sealed and Declared 'by the said Robert Erwin as his
last will and Testament in the i)resence of us the subsvril)ers.
N. H. That before signing and .sealing of these jjresents I order
that the thn-d part of my mova'ble estate that my wife has mentioned
to her above is to be given to my son Rol)ert Erwin, along witli the
rest of my movable estate, for my wife does not want it
.1 ' ROBERT ERAVIN (Seal.)
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THE McDowells and connections
UR. J. J. ERWIN
Chieftain Krwin Society of America
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Wittnesses present,
John llumiltoii.
]\Iorns Gwyn.
At a court lield for Koekbrid^'e County, Sei)tember the first,
, The within writing purpartlng the last will and Testament of
Robert Er\\an dic'd. was presented in court by Ann Erwin and
Robert Erwin therein named. Proved by the oaths of John Hamil-
ton and IMorriss Glwyn, witnesses thereto, and ordered to be record-
ed and on motion of Exts. and Exton. who made oath according to
law certificate is granted them for obtaining probate iji due form,
they having to having together with approved security acknowl-
edge bond, according to law.
'JY'st : A. Reid cl. a copy.
Test : A. T. Shields, Clerk.
My descent in America :
1. P]dward Erwin, wife Frances.
2. Robert Envin, wife Ann Crockett.
3. James Logan, wife Hannah Envin.
4. James McCampbell, wife IMargaret Logan.
5. Samuel ]\IcCampbell, Avife Jane Telford.
6. William Logan MeCamy)ibell, wife Delia Taylor Goodwin.
7. Georgia A. McCampbell, husband Austin P. Speed, ono
child, son.
8. Goodwin Speed; wife Willie Houston Hays. They have two
children, sons.
9. Austin Bronghton Speed.
Percy Hays Speed.
THE IRVINES OP GREENVILLE, S. C.
Dr. Osmyn B. Irvine was born in what was then Rutherford
County, N. C, Aug. 21, 1802. The county 'has since heen divided,
and his old home, about ten miles from Shelby, is now in Cleve-
land county. The place was afterwards sold to a kinsman, Dr. Mil-
lev, and the Irvine family moved out of the state. Before this hap-
pened—about 18.32, he was a member of the Legislature from Ruther-
ford County. Their father, Ahram Irvine, came from Virginia and
settled this place. He married Sarah Gra'ham, who was the only
child of Col. William Graham. He had also moved here from Vir-
ginia, Botetourt County. This same county Avas called Tryon Coun-
ty, when he came as he was a "Colonel of the Tryon jMilitia." Col.
Graham married a widow, Mrs. Twitty, Avhose maidiMi jiame was
Bellah, Susan Bella or Bellah. Have heard my father, Di-. 0. B.
Irvine, say she was a German, but can't find anybody living Avho
renu'mbered the family, they simply knew her as ]\Irs. Twitty. She
had several children 'hy her first husband, Wm. TAvitty, who lived
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ham's Fon^'Sir? ''"'"""' !'"'"""' "' '''' ^'^'-' ^---- - Gra-
idiii .s i^oU Ihe r bravery wlie.i attacked by Tories is related -bv
Draper lu "King's Mountain and It. Heroes" page 145 No one
seems to remember w^bat County in Virginia Abrruvi Irvine earn
roin, and no record seems to have been kept of liis father's OiaTs-
Linn1>;;t%. P ''''"' ;r"'^ l-ve fought in the Kevolution in Vr-
?bon; ^ T V \-T ^ -■'"" y'^"''^ '' ^''' ^"^' ^^'>' i^iiormation
about he Irvines ot Virginia, when I tried to trace liim in that way.
ini-I " "'"'''" Carolina with his son, ibut died in Vir-
Sarah tiVaham, the only child of Col. Wm. Graham, was iborn
he day ot the Battle of King's IMountain. Col. Graham was nJtt
tied by some neighbors that he ought to come home. His place
was olten in danger from Indians and Tories; so he reluctantly sei
out to be with fiis wife, lie heard firing when nearly there and
could not stand it any longer, he wheeled around and galloped back •
but I was too late, to his ^bitter and lifelong regret, lie did not
iie p his wite by going and was too late to have a hand in the de-
ciding battle of the Revolutionary War. It was said he would rail
at h.s cruel fate as long as he lived-and being misjudged for not
being in that battle, 'but he knew the danger his wife was in Years
alter a lory told him that he tried to kill him. He said, "I saw you
m the yard with your baiby in your arms and I could not shoot you
or tear of killing the ibaby— and somehow I just could not do that
1 was sent to hide in the })ushes and kill you."
Dr. 0. B. Irvine had two sisters, Lucretia (Mrs. Sarratt) and
Dulcinia (Mrs. Doggett) and three brothers. One of them, William
went out to Missouri and died there unmarried. He owned a large'
valuable tract of land, but tiie War between the States came on and
the s(piattei's got possession of it. The next brother, Edwin South
SIX years younger than Dr. Irvine, settled in Greenville also. He
was twice married, both of his wives were beautiful women. The
first was ]\Iaria Earle, daughter of Col. Elias Earle, of Greenville,
who killed Wm. L. Yancey in some unfortunate foolish quarrel- the
second wife was Ann J. Harris, of Abbeville, S. C. The youngest
brother, Abram (which seems to have been a favorite name of the
Irvmes— every branch of the family having one or more Abram)
moved to Georgia, having married I\Iiss Susan Service, of Charles-
ton. S. C. Her half-sister, iMiss Williford, was a missionary to Africa,
a i)ioneer missionary. Slie went with Bishop Payne and liis wife
and when Mrs. Payne died, slie married. Bishop Payne.
Dr. 0. B. Irvine moved to Greenville, S. C, and married Fran-
ces Margaret, daughter of Daniel McMahan. at Pinekneyville, Union
District. S. C, April 14, 1840. Daniel McMahan came from Cole-
ram, Ireland. His wife was Margaret Kineaid, daughter of James
Kincaid of Mill Creek, Fairfield District, S. C. James Kineaid was
a Scotch Irishman, who came to this country shortly before the
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THK :Vlcl)()\\^ELLS AND OONNRC^nONS
GKRTKLJDE lUWIN CATON SAMt^SON AND
JOHN KDWARD SAMi^SON, J II.
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Revolution, and became one of "]\Iarion's Men," with the rank of
captain. He found here some more people, also Scoteh-lrish, the
family of Wra. ]\lcMorries, and married the oldest daughter, Mary.
The home of James Kin<iaid was very eelc^brated in his day. ' It was
built of brick and situated in a bend of Mill Creek, that eommanded
a view for many miles around— a great help when they were often
invaded by British and Tories and could be apprised of their ap-
proach, giving Oapt. Kincaid a chance to disappear after the man-
ner of Marion's ]\len. Tiie garden was beautifully terraeed down
to the creek, with stone' walls five or six feet high, and stune steps
leading down from each terrace.
i)r. ^^imes 0. Furman, of Furman University, who married one
of the granddaugiiters of James Kincaid, wrote some account of
the barn, which was really more celebrated than the house. It was
probably the largest barn in the state. Sometimes Tarlton's men
would seize it and feed their horses from its ample stores— then pa-
triots would get possession and were always made welcome. After
the war it was used as a courthouse, sometimes as a church, until
James Kincaid built an A. K. P. Ohurch near his home, still known
as tile "Old Brick Church. " This old place was also noted for
having the first successful cotton gin run on it that was ever in-
vented. Whitney always gets the credit for having invented the
gin, and nothing now will ever set it right; but it was well known
in Fairl'ield District that a man at Hamburg, S. €., named Huilgen
Holmes, invented a cotton gin and ran it on Oapt. Kincaid 's place
most successfully. He had employed W'hitney and eonfided to Capt.
Kincaid tihat Whitney also had been working on a gin, but failed
to perfect it, and he was uneasy after discharging him for fear he
would come back and co])y his. James Kincaid 'being a wealthy
planter, agreed to take the gin to his home. Mill Creek, and let it
be tested. Hamburg was a more important place in tiiose days tiian
Augusta, and planters went there for sup])lies. The gin was hauled
back in wagons, no railroads then, thougii later one was run from
Charleston to Hamburg, the first in America outside of the one in
Boston. While Cajit. Kincaid was absent a man came and got a
chance to examine tiie.gin and soon after Whitney patented one
exactly like this one*" When Sherman's Army i)assed through Fair-
field they burned this gin and also the splendid old /barn.
The children of Dr. 0. B. li'vine were Daniel Pinekney, who
married lEliza'beth Harris, niece of Mrs. Edwin South Irvine — died
at his home in Marion County, Florida leaving three ehildren.
Eliza Frances Irvine married Charles Shrader, of Louisville, Ky.
Dickson Hill Irvine married Rosa Boiling, of Orange Lake, Fla.
Marianna (Mit.tie) married Paul Trapier Hayne, son of Isaac
William Hayne, of Charleston, S. C, a descendant of Col. Isaac
Hayne "the ]\Iartyr,'* who was hanged by order of Lord Rawdon
during the Revolutionary W^1r.
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Aclelhi IMcMaliaii died Ji^ed <'lcven years.
William Harris Irvine married J-^va Baker, of Ixoswell, (ieorgia.
Dead, aged 58 years. Lefi three ehiklren.
Frank Howard Irvine, not married. ' ■
Children of Daniel Pi!iekney Irvine:
Frank, married Miss Marion Negal, of Hostoii. They live in
New York.
Kineaid also lives in New York.
Annie Diekson married Walter Mauriee Jones-William.s, of Hre-
eoii, Wales.
Children of Mittie Irvine and Paul Trai)ier Ilayno:
jMinnie Shubriek, dead.
Paul Trapier, Jr., a eaptain in the Twelfth Cavalry, U. S. Army,
married Hermione Crosby, of Chieago, III., daughter of Ceo. II.
Crosby. They have one son, Paul Trapier, IJrd.
Adele Irvine, married John (iordon Heott, of I'eter.shurg, Va.
They have one ehild, Adele Ilayne.
Francis Irvine.
Isaac William, who was an ensign in the U. S. Navy, on the
battleship Charleston. Died at jMagdalena Bay, after going around
Souti. .\rQeriea with Secretary Root's party in 11)07.
Harriet Barnwell, married Dr. Emmet Houston, have two chil-
dren, Robert Emmet, Jr., and Isaac Hayne.
iMarianna (Mittie), married Henry Mclver, son of Walter Me-
Iver, of Charleston, S. C. Have two children, l*aul Trapier Ilayne
and George Walter, 3rd.
Frances McMahan. f, ,. . '. il ■ , " ,
Children of William Hai-ris Irvine:
Clifford, married Milteii (Jraham Smith, of Atlanta, Ca. Have
one child, Milton Craham, Jr.
William Harris. '
Diekson Ilayne.
Children of Annie Dickson Irvine, daugliter of Daniel Pickney
Irvine, and wife of W. i\l. Jones-Williams.
Walter IMaurice, Jr., died at Sewanee, Tenn., Aged 17.
Gladys Eliza))cth.
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Paul Trapier Ilayne was lelated to the McDowells of Charlotte,
N. C. His grandfather, Wm. h^dward Hayne, of ('liarleston (.son of
"The Martyr") married the beautiful Eloise Brevard, daughter of
Alexander Brevard, of Mecklenburg County, N. C. She was a niece
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of Ki)IincUii Jircvai-d who (ii'cw up the Mecklenburg' Dechiratiou of
Independence, and lier mollier was a dauj^hter of John Davidson,
who was also one of the signers of the i^echiratiou (see Wheeler's
History of Nortli Carolina, page 24U). Oiie of lier sisters married a
McDowell. Hence the name Jirevard iMeDowell, one of the Mayors
of Charlotte.
Dr. D. B. Irvine was also related to the McDowells, .but do not
know whieii branch of the 'family.
WHAT THE OLD RECORDS iSHOW AT CARLISLE, PA.
[iy Irwin Mahon.
It seems to be unknown when James Irvin the first came to
America. He settled in Peters Townshij) (Cumberland) now Frank-
Jin County, about 1730. His will, dated May 2t>, 177G, was probated
Aprd 21st, 1778, in which he leaves to his son Archibald the plan-
tation on which he resided.
The land is four miles east of J\lercersburg and the old house
is still standing, in his will he mentions his wife "Jean."
The old land warrant shows that an Archibald Irvin had two
hundred acres of land adjoining the old homestead in 1763. The
old land records also show that John, James, William and another
John (or the same one with two separate tracts) had lands adjoin-
ing.
There is no William mentioned in James' will, and I, therefore
conclude that he was a brother of James 1. There is no record of
William's family. If this William was a brother, it is possible the
second John mentioned was also a brother. No record of his family.
In n!)2 there was a J\Iatthew Irvin, who was iM aster of the Rolls
in the Surveyor General's office at Philadelphia. I am inclined to
thiidv he was also a 'brother of James I.
The children of James Irvin I were Archibald, married Jane
McDowell, in 1757. James, married Rebecca ; Joseph, mar-
ried Violet Parker; John, married Mary Hoge ; Mary, married Wil-
liam Nesbit; Jane, married John Pobbs; Lydia, married JMoses Por-
ter; J\lartha, married Neeley ; Margaret, married Thomas Patton ;
Elizabeth, married (1) Thos. AlcCune (2) Aaron Torence.
The Ai-chibald Irvin that married Jane McDowell, had the
following children: James, III, horn April 14, 1758, married Mary
Piper; Mary, born Feb. 14, 17G0, married M Van Lear; Mar-
garet, 'born Sept. 10, 1761, unmarried; Nancy, born April 27, 1763,
married Governor William Findlay; William, born Feb. 5, 1797,
married Mary Smith; Elizabeth, born Aug. 24, 1769, married Gen.
James Findlay; Archibald, born Feb. 3, 1771, drowned in childhood.
The James Irvin mentioned in the list was the grandfather of
the wife of Thomas A. Creigh, now residing in Omaha, Nebraska,
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and the other brother, Areiiibald, was the grandfather of President
Plarrison.
The c'hiklren of James Jrviii III, who married Mary Piper, were:
Arehihaki, born Oel. 9, 1788; died May 31, 1797; Mary ymith Irvin,
born Jan. 6, 1790; married James McCleUand; \Vm. Irvin, l)orn
Nov. 24, 1791 ; married Ann Hamilton ^ John IV., born Feb. 1, 17!)—,
unmarried; James, born Mareh 28, 1797; died I^Iareh 4, 1798; Archi-
bald, James, born Dec. 5, 1798; married Maria Hunter; iMatthew,
born Se])t. 5, 1800; man-ied Florence Wilson; Jane, iborn Jan. AO,
18U3, unmarried.
This IMatthew Irvin ^yas the faHier of Thomas A. Creigli's wife.
Some months ago there resided in Belfast, Ireland, an Archi-
bald Irvin. As this seems to be a favorite family name, close in(iuiry
may open the way to the many missing links in the Irvin family.
J AMIES IRWIN.
ivW^i By John G. Irwin. -.,
1 have a letter, which I received in 1871, written from "Acres
Bally Bay," County Monaghan, Ireland, by a cousin of my father.
The writer was Thomag Irwin, oldest son of John Irwin. He tvas
fifty-three years old at that time, and his father was living and
was eighty years old. This letter enables me to trace my descent
back to my great-great-grandfather, James^ Irwin. He is said to
have been the first of my ancestors to settTe in the County ]\rona-.
ghan, Ireland. He is supposed to have come there directly from the
County Cavan, Ireland, and his ancestors at a very remote period
from Scotland. He became the owner of the "Town Land," called
"Acres," part of which was owned and occupied by John Irwin
and his son, I'homas, in 1871. James Irwin had three sons, Samuel,
John and David. John's descendants returned to Scotland, whence
his ancestors came, and in 1871, Thomas Irwin was in correspond-
ence with some of them. Sanuiel, my great-grandfather, remained
at "Acres," and died there, and his son John succeeded him. and
was there in 187,1, as above related.
Some of the descendants of David, according to the letter of
Thomas Irwin, emigrated to America. The original Mecklenburg
Colony was composed of about three hundred Scotch-Irish emigrants,
who, according to King's Handbook of the U. S., came from the
Province of Ulster, which included the Counties of jMonaghan and
Cavan, and settled in North Carolina, a'bout 1746. The account I
have is not accurate enough to be i)recise as to dates. It is po.s.sible,
perhaps proba'ble, that a son or sons of David Irwin may have been
one of the Mecklen'burg Colony. If he was, we have a common an-
cestor in James Irwin, if not the connecting liidv is a generation or
two further back in the aiicestral line.
As to my own line of descent, I come from Samuel Irwin, oldest
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soil of Jauii's, through Samuel Jrwiii II, Avho was my grandfather.
He died a year or two after my father was born. My father was
his second son, and was horn April 17, 1811, in Ireland, and came
to this country when he was eigliteen years ohi. He came first to
New York City, where he remained a short time, a year or two, then
removed to Phila(lel])hia, and came from there toEdwardsville, in
1837. lie married my mother in Phila(leli)hia. lie died in ('lin'ton
County, 111., of cholera, during the prevalence of the cholera epi-
demic of 1849, in July of that year. His home was here, hut he was
in Clinton ('ouiity on 'business when he died. My father's ^brother
was Jose})h Irwin, Mho eanu- to this country about the same time my
father came, and died in New York ('ity, leaving a daughlfr, Isa-
bella, who is now the wife of Dr. Cliarles W. Neff, of Baltimore, Md.
I have a brother, Samuel I*. Irwin, older than myself, who re-
sides near Los Angeles, Cal. He has three sons, Joseph, William and
Samuel, and two daughters. A l)rother younger than myself, .Jo-
sej)h Francis, died in 1874, at the age of twenty-nine years. He
left two children, Frank and Clara, both of whom reside in Lincoln,
Neb. 1 have a sister, ]\Iary Dixon Lauterman, the wife of Henry
C. Lauterman. I am fifty-two years old, a widower, childless, and
my sister and family live with me. At the time Thomas Irvine
wrote me, in 1871, he said he expected soon after the death of his
father, to emigrate to Canada, he had four hrothers and two sisters,
all residing in the vicinity of Sarnia, Stanton County, Ontario. They
are there yet.
A coincidence in family history is that the maternal great-
grandmother of Jared I. Irwin was Hannah Thompson, which was
my mother's maternal grandmother's name. My mother's maiden
name was Elizabeth Thompson Powers, and the Thompson was for
her grand motiier, Hannah Thompson. The names of all related fami-
lies of the maternal side of my family are Scotch-Irish ; they are
such as Dickson, Thompson, Hamilton, Cordon, Tennant, etc. The
maiden name of my uncle floe Irwin's wife was Tennant.
IMyself and oldest brother served three years in the Civil War.
I went into the army when nineteen }ears old; was in ('ompany I
of the Ninth Illinois Infantry, which particii)ated in all the most
imi)ortant military events of the Western Army, Ft. Donelson.
Shiloh, Corinth, the Atlanta campaign, the march to the .sea, closing
its record, with the grand review at Washington after the war was
over. In Illinois we bear the distinction of the regiment which was
in more engagements than any other, and which sufferetl the heaviest
losses in killed and wounded known to the. annals of the war, ex-
cepting the losses of a Texas regiment at Antietam and Pickett's
Brigade at Cettysburg.
I was admitted to the l)ar in 18fi7, and have had my shingle out
here ever since, and have won a fair share of the honors of the
professioai.
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All riir Irviiis I linvc rvcr inrl liiic- Hicir limii
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Tliere is a branch of the family in Kentucky at f.(
Mrs. Joe IMcDowcH, of Perryville, Ky., the wi
whose plantation the battlf^ of i'erryvilie was fou
and can tell you all about the history of her bran
For a good many years, tliere was a lawyer, naiiK
County, in this State, but he died a U^w years a^M)
Missouri. There are two men. both doctors, nanu'd
County in this State. They are numerous in Sanga
in Springfield, our capital town. Then; was (iov(
was Governor of Arizona while a territory, lie
Iowa. I was over a large i-ortion of the State. T
many Irvines i)i Pennsylvania; and also in Canada
is still largely represented in Irtdand.
My father's mother came to this country whei
aiitl lived to be eighty-six. She died in hSG;").
1 notice the "booklet" by Henjamin li'win, y
Jiothing about David Irwin, so extensively and fa v.
one of the commi.ssioners, who drafted and pi-epa
Code, of 1858, being asso'ciate<l with such eminent
V. Johnson and Howell Cobb in that work. In 18!)l
prei)aratiou of that Code, was reviewed aiul high!
the American Law Kwiew. i)ublished in St. Louis.
■: '^: KRWIN (lENlOAOLOCV. - ;
By Rev. rlohn I'ressly Liuin.
J. P. Ervin, born near Sanlis Church, MeckU'iil)ui-g County, N.
C, June 1805; died at Atoka, Tipton County, Tenn., -Inly Ml is81 ;
nmrried near Sardis Church, Mecklenburg County, N. C., to Mary
Prudence Fleniken, born June 6, 1810, in North Caiolina, died near
Atoka, Tipton County, Tenn., Aug. 14, 1878.
Children of'above :
1 Alexander Osmond, born in North Carolina Sept. 14, ]S'A2,
died .March 2, 1888; Mary Llizabeth, -born Dec. 'A, IHSi, died Oct. 22,'
1840; 3 .Martha Jane, bom July 6, 1835; 4 Joamia Prudence, 'born
July 11, 1837, died Jan. 3, 1844; 5 Chas. Warren, born Nov. 28. 1838,
died June 9, 1862; 6 James Harvey, born Jan. 28. 1841, died Dec. 2!
1862; 7 Samuel, (born Jan. 31, 1843, died April 11, li)()7; 8 John
Pressly, iborn Feb. 24, 1845. married Dec. 25, l.SOG; !i Wiljiaui Tay-
lor, married May 1, 1878; 10 Mary Joanna, boiji July 13, 1850;
11 Martha Jane, married A. H. Class at Portersville. Tenn., about
i"i' III III!' I 'oinity
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I'h of the family.
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lie came from
Irwin, in ]\larion
man ( 'ounty, and
•I'lior li'win, who
went there from
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THE McDowells aiNd cunnectiums 551
ISoT; Alexander Osmond luarricil in 81ielby Count}, renncibce,
about 1858, to Mary Ciritfilli ; 12 Jolm i>. Tragg.
Grandchildren :
A. Ji. Erviue had one dauglitei-, born at I'orterville.
William Taylor had lour sons and one dauyiiter, boi-n at llazen
Station, Ark., and he died I\laivh 1, 1878. All his chiUucn arc livnig.
Mary Joanna Moore, l>oni near Koseniark, Tenn.; two daugh-
ters; living.
J. 1'. Erwin, Atoka, Tenn.; one adopted son living and his
two sons, Frank Pre.ssly and Walter Claudius.
Martha Jane Class, horn at l*orti;rsville ; living.
Laura Glass, horn about 18G0; living.
James Taylor Glas.s, horn al)out 1862; living.
Children of grandfather:
1 James, 2 Sarah, ;} Joseph Hudson.
My mother had ten ehildren, four daiighters and six sons. Pos-
sibly three daugthers and one son were born in North Carolina. Two
daug-hters died in Tennessee, at 7 years old. The other two are liv-
ing. Martha Jane Glass has a son, James Taylor, and a daughter,
Laura, living with her, not married. I\Iary Joanna, mother's 3"oung-
est child, is living with her second husband, Frank K. Moore, and
has two daughters, two girl grandchildren and one boy. One yomig-
est brother, William Taylor, nuirried Elizabeth Keid about 1870;
went to Ilazen Station, Prairie Comity, Ark.; had five cliildren, and
died. The children, vi/: Ella mari-ietl Parri.sli and removed to
Texas; John married and lives at Argenta, Ark.; Harvey married
and lives in Arkansas; Claudius married and lived in Texas, and
David, the youngest, lived in Arkansas.
• A. D. Erwin married Mary Griffith a'bout 1858; had one daugh-
ter, Anna, an only child; died as stated; his wife later, and Anna
married Jessie Keltner ; had one child, viz: Kooka Keltner, wlio mai-
ired and has one child and lives near Hazen, Ark.
J. P. Erwin married Nancy Wilson, a Pi-esbyterian, Dec 2-"),
1866; never had any children; adoj)ted James Claudius Duster {uo
kin), wdiose mother died a week after his birth. i)erha|)s in 187VL
He now has wife and two interesting lioys near us. 1 began to
preach in A. R. P. (Muireh, 1884. Alexander and William Eiwin. I
think, father's second cousins, settled in Fayette County, Tenne^see.
and two of Alexander's sons, Clay and Uriah, now \i\v near Oak-
land, Fayette County, Tennessee. John Erwin, before my lerol lec-
tion, was a merchant at Bloomington, Tenn., near Drighton, and
removed to Cayee, IMarshall County, INlississippi, with Mary's sons.
His son, Roibert, taught school at Verona, Miss., ami died of yeUow
fever in the '70s. Some time since John Erwin 's son, James, was
railroad agent at Grand Junction. Two of Uncle Jose|)h Frwin's
sons, Rufus W. and Evans, live in Mecklenburg County, North Car-
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THE McDO\\a-:L].S AND CONNECTIONS
JOSEPH FRANKLIN BUSSELLS
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^I'uuK-luhh'V' I 7^'^i:^^;^^^^^^^^';.l'^^« - ^^"Hly of ten children and
^i.iiulJiild, -n i don t know Ins pcstofrice, but Evans' is Mat-
tlH'Ws, and lie has many children.
Five of father's six sons joined the Confederate Army in 1861
Charles died of sickness in LS62 ; .huncs in 1863; Alexander was
taken to Roek Island j.rison hy Federals in 1863 and kept until
close ol war^ Samuel received two ounces of lead in his forehead
September, 1863, at Battle of Ohiekamau^a, Tenn. ; carried that
lead lorty years and five months, b-ss two davs, when the ball was
extracted from his mouth. April 11, 1907, he died at Little Rock
Ark rom the surgeons takin- out the decayed skull that he had suf-
tei'od trom for forty-three years, six months and twentv-one davs
T lost my rij^ht arm at Newho|.c Chnrch, fJa IMay 27 1864 I
'am the last livin- of five of father's sons, .vho were"in Fiftv-first
Tennessee Regiment.
Frwins are remarkable for firmness, independence, honestv so-
bru'ty, industry and Presbyterian reliijion.
THOMAS WINSTON ERWIN.
•' Erwin Genealogy.
Thomas Winston Erwin, born at West Point, Oa., April 15 1838.
died at Lisbon, Texas, 1887; married at West Point,' Oa March \s
1880, to Sara Stokes; born at Merriwether County, Oa., 1855
Children of above: ' ' '
Mary Johnston Ei-^vin, born at West Point, Ang. 18 1883- mar
ried Paul Willis Oorham ar Atlanta, Oa., June 14. 1905.'
Orandehildren:
Martha Erwin Oorham, born at Birmingham, Julv 30, 1908.
Oreat-grandfather:
Joseph Envin, horn in Rowan County. N. C, Feb. 4. 1769- died
in I\nssissippi in 1846: married Catherine" Cowan in South Carolina;
was of Scotch-Trish descent.
. 0 rand father:
TTe/.ekiah Fraiikiin Erwin. born at Rowan Countv, N. C, Feh.
11, 1811 ; died at West Point, Oa., I860; married at West Point, Oa.,
to Mary Johnston Winsto;i. born at West Point. Oa.; buried at
"Newcastle," near AN^est Point, Oa.. 1844.
Children of grandfather:
Thomas Winston Erwin. born at West Point, Oa., April 15 1838 •
died 1887, in Texas.
Annie Eliza, born at West Point, Oa., 1842.
TTowell Crthh. born at West Point. Oa.. 1855.
Mary Willis, born at West Point. Oa., 1857; died 1858.
Lucy Cobb, born at West Point. Oa.
Hezekiah Franklin Erwin was married three times. His first
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wife was Miss .JcHiksun of Savannah, Ua.; the secojid wife was iMary
Johnston Winston, dauj^hter of ('apt. Thomas Winston of Viijrijiia;
t)ie tliird wife was Alary Willis ('ol)ih, sister of (ieii. Howell ("obb
and niece of (leu. T. R. II. Cobb of Athens, (Ja.
IHVJNKS OF (iil<:()R(iIA.
By Joseph (Jaston Bnlloek, M.D.
Sir William de Irwin, of Woodhouse, eldest son of William
Irwyn, of Bonshaw, was the friend and seeretary of the renowntni
Robert liruee, who rewarded him for his services by ^nvin^' him
the estate of Drora, or Drum, in Aberdeenshire, and his arms of
('.•irriek, viz: three holly leaves. This ancient and honorable family
of Irvine of Drum is an old feudal baronial family, and one of them
had a great honor conferred upon one occasion, he being made gov-
ernor of Aberdeen, the only one who has ever had this honor exce])t
the F.arl of Aberdeen of the Gordon family, an honor greater thau
that of provost of the city. Twice the earldom of Aberdeen has
been offered this family and refused for good reasons. Allied to
the best of the nobility and gentry of the kingdom, and through the
family of Loi'd Forbes descended from the Earl of Angus of the
Douglas race and from royalty, this family is one of the most an-
cient of Scotland.
Sir William Irwin had two sons. One, Alexaiuler Irvine, or
Irwin, the eldest, married the second daughter of Sir (iilbei't Hay,
Lord High Constable of Scotland, and had Alexander Irvine of
Drum, Commander of the Lowland forces at the Battle of ITarlaw,
Anno 1411, when he and McLean of Dowart, having fought together,
both were killed. lie was succeeded by his brother, John, who, upon
inheriting his brother's interest, changed his name to Alexander and
married his I)rother's widow, Fli/.abeth, daughter of Sir Robert
Keith, Creat Marshal of Scotland. He was knighted by James 1st,
and wiis one of the commissioners appointed to treat conccn-ning the
rjinsom of that monarch.
Sir Alexander Irvine and his wife. Lady Elizabeth Keith, had
an elder son, Alexander, who married Abernethy, daughtei- of Lord
Saltoun, and was succeeded by Ins son Alexander, who married, first,
Elizabeth, daughter of Lord Forbes, and had Alexander Irvine of
Drum, eldest son, who married Janet, only daughter of Allardyce of
that ilk, and had Alexander, Iiis heir, who married l<]lizabeth, daugh-
ter of Ogilvie, Laird of Finl.iter, and falling at the Battle of Pinkie,
Anno 1547; his father, then living, left six sons and three daughters.
Of these: Alexander, the eblest. successor to his grandfather, and
(iilbei't Irvine of Colairlie; the third son, who nuirried and had
John of Must hill ; secoml son, who hail a son, Robert, who inherited
the estate known as Bellside. May 3, 1676, and was enfeoffed with
that of Cults, a neighboring property, May 25, 1680.
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C. W. VVINBRAY
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Robert Irvine of Cults, ior many years a eommissioiier of sup-
1 iuarnec, lirst, Jean Jrv.ne, a relatno, and had issue, and mar-
ned secondly Margaret Coutts (who had been married previously
U» Alexander rvn.e ol Drum), and had by her an oidy sou, Charles
rviue, who luhented Cults, lie married, in 1733, hJupheuua, daugh
.T 01 John ] ouglas of Tihvhilly aud Agnes, daughter of James
llonj, Viear ol Llg.u, and Isa'l.el, daughter of John Leslie of Pit-
capel au( Agues, daughter of Sir Gilbert Kamsey of Halmain, Baro-
ue iMipheiiim Irvnie died Dee. 21, 17(;G, aged 55 years, and Charles
ue died Mareh 28, 1779, aged H'^ years. Their tombstone at
U. Its: Here lyetii Jean Irvine Spouse to Maister Kobert Irvine of
Col Ls m hoj>e 0 a blessed resurreetion who depairted this lyfe the
21st ot ^March 1678, the .32 year of his aige. Also Kobert Irvme,
Ksque died the 10 ot April, 1728, age 89 years. Likewi.se Maiy
Coults, lis seeoiK wife who died in 1710 aged 45 years. And Charles
Irvine, Lsque., Nvho died the 2S of Mareh, 177!), aged 83 years. And
Lup leuuia Douglas his .spouse, who died the 21st of December 1766
aged bo years." ' '
Their second child, Dr. John Irvine, was born on family estate
of Cults near Aberdeen, September 15 (0. S.), 1742, and married
to Ann Lhzabeth Haillie, Sei>tember 5, 1765, at Sun'burv Liberty
(.ounty Ca. He came to Georgia before 1765, and was one among
those who, at a meeting of the inhabitants of Savannah, objected to
certain resolutions pa.ssed hy a certain Provincial Congress of 1775
upon the ground that- they were not represented in full In the
Georgia Historical Collections he is styled among others as one loyal
to the Crown. He was a memiber of one of the last royal assem-
blies of 1780. He left Georgia, leaving his wife (see records of the
courthouse) to rejiresent him. By court records it is known he re-
turned to England, and there it was he met his kinsman, the Laird
of Drum. In 1788 he was at Vigo Lane, Parish of iAIiddlesex, and
It is said that the eelebrated Dr. Mathew Baile, physician to George
3rd, asked permission of his sovereign to put some one on his place,
which being granted, Dr. Irvine was for a time during Dr. Baillie's
indisposition made physiciiin to George 3rd. He was afterwards
physician to admiralty. Subse(piently Dr. Irvine returned to Geor-
gia and became one of the founders and first viee-i)resident of the
Georgia Medical Society, and died in Savannah, Oct. 15, 1808, aged
66, his funeral heing attended hy the Georgia Medical Society. He
M-as highly spoken of as a physician, man and friend. Dr. Irvine
married, secondly, lElizabeth, daughter of Lewis Jolni.ston, his for-
mer friend and eo-partner of medicine, and formerly one of His
Majesty's Royal Council. By the last marriage he had no issue.
Dr. John Irvine's first wife was Ann Klizal)Pth, daughter of Col.
Kenneth Baillie, and by her he had the following children, as the
family Bible shows, and also the will of his wife:
1. Charles Irvine, born July 22, 1766; died Nov. 30, 1803j mar-
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6G8 THE McDowells and connections
ricd Eli7.;iil)eth l)arliii<!:. Mcinhci- of llic l.ilicfly ('(nmty Imiepend-
eiit Troop.
2 Eupheniia Ii'viiic, liui-ii .M;ircli 14, 17(i8; die, I .Inly ]4, 17G8.
3. Aiiiic Irvine, Itorn Jan. U, 1770; married, liist. Aj)ril 13,
1786, ('apt. James HuUoeh, of the Ainei-ieaii Army (eldest son of
Arehibald Bulloeli, |)re.sideiii oi' (leor^da, 177G, and Alary, daiigliter
of James DeVeaux, seiiit)i' assistant judt^e of Kin<,'"s Coni't of (ieor-
^ia in 176(3), and Anne, daiijiiiter of Riehard l''air.'l)ild and Ann,
dauf^hter of Edmiuul iUdlin^'ei-. fiist Landj^riive. or l\arl. ol' the name
in Soutli Carolina. Slu- mari'ied, sceoiuily, Janus Towell of Lib-
erty County, Ga.
4. Robert Irvine, born Jan. 4, 1772; died so(ui afterwards.
5. Robert Irvine, born Pel). Ifj, 1773; died .Noviinber 17, 1773.
6. Jane Irvine, 'l)orn Jan. If), 1775; nmrrietl, first, Alexander
Farqnharson of Seotiand, and married, .seeondiy, Jann-s Smitli of
Darein, Ga.
7. Margaret Irvine, born Feb. 23, 1777; died July 2G, 1813;
married George Ladson, Dee. 7, 1809.
8. John Irvine, born :\[arcli 8, 1779; died Au^. 30, 1781.
9. Alexander Irvine, born at Cattle Park, an estate; near Savan-
nah, Ga., July 4, 1781 ; ma'-ried June 19, 1800, Sai'aii .Ann Wingate^
daugliter of Governor Caswell of North Carolina.
10. Kenneth Irvine, born Dee. 3, 1783; died Novendnr l(i, 1814;
married June 21, 1804.
11. Elizabeth- Irvine, Ijorn January 18, 1786; married, first,
Thomas Baillie, Deeember 17, 1805, and married, sectondlv, Mr. Pow-
ell, June 23, 1813.
1. Soi)hia Irvine, born No\'em'ber 26, 1787; married William
Evans, January 6, 1803; died February 19, 1857.
13. Isabel Irvine, born Jidy 1, 1791 ; married Jidy 13, 1809. Mr.
Cuth'bert; died November 2, 1812.
DR. JOHN CALHOUN MeDOWEFJ..
Hy Mar<:aret Lrwin MCDowell.
Dr. John Calhoun MeDow.ll, boi-n at I'leasaid (iardens, McDow-
ell County, July 7, 1825; died at Rob Hill, Hurke County, on Aug. 2,
1876; married at " Belle vue," Burke County, Dee. 14, 1848, to Sarah
Ann Ervvin, born at '""Erwin's Delight," afterwai-ds Bellevue, on
Jan. 29, 1826; died at ^^lorganton Ai)ril 29, li)()3.
Ohildren of above:
1 James Erwin McDowell, born April 28, 1854; 2 :\rargaret Er-
win, born Feb. 17. 1856; 3 William B. McDowell, born Dee. 18, 1857,
died Apil 17, 1905; 4 John C. ^[cDowell, l)orn F.l.. 9, 1S6(); 5 Eliz-
abeth C. JMeDowell, born Jan. 2, 1862; 6 Fraidv Mehowell. 'born
May 30, 1865; 7 Kate McDowell, March 31, 1868, di.'d Dre. 4, 1898,
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James E. married Cordelia Krwin West at Asheville, N. C, June
17, 1S9G; William H. married Kli/ahcth Milne at iMorgajitoii, N. C,
Nov. [}, 1884; John C. married iMargaret (ijb.suii at Concord' N. C.,'
Sei)t. 6, 189L]; I^'ranlc married lEIla Jims at I.eiioir, N. ("., Srpt. 25,'
18!)5; Kate married Hugh 'J\ Newland at Roll Hill, N. (' l-c'b 28'
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MeI)o\vell,ihorn8ei)t. 12, 188() ; 2 John Callioun .McDowell, horn Oct.
y, 1888; 3 Annie Krwin McDowell, hoi'n Feh. 2-5, 181)1; 4 Hii/al)eth
Milne McDowell, born Apj-il 7, 1894.
Children of John C. and Margaret jMcDowell— 1 ,)ohn (;. Mc-
Dowell, born Jnly, 1902; 2 Frank S. McDowell, horn N()veiid)er,
1904.
Children of Kate McDowell and Hugh T. Newland— 1 Hugh T.,
born May 20, 1895, died May 26, 18<)G; 2 iKrwin McDowell, horji
Oct. 1,.]896, died April 1, 1901; ;i Margaret McDowell, hoin Jan.
15, 1898.
Ciiildren of Frank McDowell and Ella Jims— 1 Jo.se])h Cal-
lette, horn 190G; 2 Ella Jims; :i ]\lary Moffette; 4 Milliard Erwin,
M.D., Avho graduated at the ]\Iedical (k)llego at Charleston, 8. C,
,:nd practiced in and around Morganton, N. C.
JOHN IKVINE
John Irvine was horn in Pennsylvania, died in Savannah, TenA.,
1840; married Miss Ann Dinwiddic; dif'd in Savannah, T. nn.. 1844;
bui-ied in Savannah, Tenn.
Children:
1 William, born in I'ennsylvania (died in Savannah) ; 2 Robert,
;{ James, 4 Hester.
John Irvine and his wife lived near Chamhersbni'g, Pa. Willi his
two sous, William and Robert, he came to 'rennessee ami settled near
Savannali, about 18.'{5. These two sons i\ever married. They and
their ])arents are buried in I he Savannah Cemetery. All died, some-
where between 18.S5 and 1845.
James Irwin, brother of William and Ro'l^ert, came to Teinies-
see in 1827; married. Dee. 18, 1828, Miss Nancy Sevier, of Warrens-
burg, East Tennessee. She was then staying with her sister, i\Irs.
Lewis II. Brogles, at llardinville, county seat of Hardin County,
now known as Old Town. John Irwin had one sister, named Hester
or Hettie, who married Jolm Rrotherton. They lived (1856) near
Wheeling, Va. Sabse(pu>ntly three of their daughtt'rs and one son,
David Rrotherton, came to Hardin County, Teiniessee ; married and
settled there. Nancy Sevier Irwin was a daughter of John Sevier
and Susannah Conway. This Jolm Sevier was a son of Valentine
Sevier, and was first governor of Tennessee. Two of the Conways
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became governors oi" Arkansas, and Nancy ►Sevier Irwin's ibrother,
Ambrose II. Sevier, was United States Senator from Arkansas. John
Jrwiii and wife i'irst went to housekeeping in Murfreesboro, Tenu.
They kept liotel there, designated "Tlic Green Tree." In 1832
tlii'v movi'd to Savannah, Tenn., where John Irwin liad consitlerahle
laml interests, lie gave to the town the plat of land on whieh Sa-
vannah is located. The eoiwity seat was subsequently moved from
llardinville, six miles east, to Savannah. Here he engaged in mer-
cantile and farming business during life. They had ten cliildren,
one of whom died in infancy. Nine lived to be grown. Seven are
yel living in Hardin County, Tennessee, the youngest approaching
three score years. Descendants of John Irwin and Nancy Sevier
Irwin, including children, grandchildren and great-grandchihlreu,
miniber thirty-seven; are ju)W living. They reared and educated a
large family, and were very successful in life. They were members
of the Southern Methodist Church. John Irwin's i)eople were
"Blue Stocking" Presbyterians; his wife was- the ■corner-stone of
Southern Methodism in Savannah. John Sevier Irwin lives on his
fai-m near Savannah, Tenn. He was Captain of Company G, First
Tennessee (Maney's) Regiment of infantry. Confederate Army. He
was severely wounded at the Battle of Perryville, Ky., Oct. 1862.
Dr. Lewis B. Irwin lives- near Savannah, Tenn.
James W. Irwin was Captain of Company G, First Confederate
Cavalry. Both served from 1861 to the surrender, 1865. John,
Lewis and James are Royal Arch Masons. Their father was a Mas-
ter JMason. James W. Irwin was a prominent mem'ber of the South-
ern i\lelhodist Church. He was for nmny years chairman of the
l)oai'd of stewards, Sunday-school superintendent and chairman of
the Sunday-school board of the Tennessee Conference. He was prom-
inent as a Freemason and Knight Templar, and was grand nuister
of the Grand Lodge of JMasons of Ti-nnessee and a member of the
Shiloh National ]\lilitary Park C'ommission, Sliiloh Battlefield. (Jas.
W. Irwin died recently.)
SOI^IE FACTS, DATES. ETC., IN OUR FAIMILY HISTORY.
By B. II. Irwin.
My great-great-grandfather's name was James Irwin. He had a
son %vhose name was John Irwin. This John Irwin was my great-
grandfather. He was born somewhere in the north of Ireland, and
not far from the beginning of the Eighteenth (Jentury. My father,
who was au fait in the matter of our family history, is my authority
for these facts.
My great-grandfather, John Irwin, emigrated from the north
of Ireland to Augusta Cou)ity, Virginia, in the year of our Lord
1740. He married Margaret McFarland, by whom he iiad nine chil-
dren, as follows:
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1 James Irwin, still living in Nelson County, JM-ntueky^ in 1827,
single; 2 John Irwin, who niairit'd Sally Kendall in ISai; 3 Ronja-
iiiin Irwiu, who married Katy Lasley in 11\)(i ■ i Isaac Irwin, who
married (1) Hetty Kendall, (2) Nelly King, horn 1774, died IboS;
5 Joseph Irwin, who married Sally Thomj.son, l.oin .May 10, 1773,
died January, 1858; 6 CJeorge Irwin, who married I'li.M-illa llarned;
7 Margaret (Peggy) Irwin who married John :\Io()ic in 1802; 8 Eliz-
aheth Irwin, who married Jonathan Ktitli; I) Hannah Irwin, who
married William Katz.
Sallie Tohmpson's ])arents Avere James Thoiii[)Son and Cath-
erine Ilite. Nothing is known of the i)arents oi" JOleanor (Aunt
Nellie King).
I cannot speak with any degre<- of t-t-rtainty cunecrning the
children or grandehildren of either John, licnjamin. (Jcorge, ^lar-
jorie, Elizaheth or Hannah; only with reference to the dt-seendants
of my two grandjiarents, Isaac and Joseph. Elizahrth Irwin married
Jonathan Keith.
I will si)eak, first, of the descendants of Isaac Irwin, who was
my maternal grantl father, and. secondly, concerning the children
and grandchildren of Joseph Irwin, who was my pateinal grand-
father. ;My i)arents, Hardin and Hetty Irwin, were, like Ahraham
and Sarah, first cousins. (Jrandfather Isaac Irwin married Eleanor
(Aunt Nellie) King, and the following children (order not certain):
Hiram Irwin, Lewis Irwin, Peggy Irwin, Carinilla liwin. Rowan
Irwin, Isaac Irwin, horn Ai)ril 19. 1817, died Feh. 3. 1^1)7; William
Irwin, Hetty Irwin (my mother), horn Sept. 1. 1810; died Jan. 6,
1865; Smiley Irwin married ]\lary Bicknell (1 think). Sarah Ellen Ir-
win married Clifford Prittain ; Priscilla Ann Irwin married ]\Iilligan
Bratton, Charles Irwin married Mary Hansel, no children
Isaac Irwin was married, first, to ]\laria Hrittain, hy wlnnn he
had four children; second. Jane Leatherman, hy whom he had thir-
teen children, as follows: 1 Christiamia Irwin, married John Pall;
2 Sarah Ellen Irwin, married Wallace Avritt; 3 Newjx.rt. died sin-
gle; 4 Susan Irwin, married William Purlington; 5 ?ilaria Irwin,
married Thomas Reynolds; U Hetty Jane Irwin, died in infancy;
7 Mary Irwin, married CJeorge Pearson; 8 Rowan Irwin; 9 Smiley
Irwin; 10 Charles Washington Irwin, married Ada Shay: 11 Cicely
Irwin, married Thomas Ring; 12 Frances Irwin, married William
Will; 13 Rachel Irwin, died in infancy; 14 Livonia Irwin, married
Nicli Boatman; 15 John L. C. Irwin, married Liz/i.- Johes ; 16 Nora
Irwin, unmarried; 17 Porter Irwin, singh^
Uncle Isaac Irwin was horn in Hardin Couiity, Kentucky, and
died in Johnson County, Nehra.ska. He was a Primilive Baptist min-
ister. His son, Rowan Irwin, is now^ District Attorney for Kern
County, California, and John L. C. Irwin is District Attorney in this,
King's County, Calofirnia. Uncle Charles Irwin was also a Primi-
tive Baptist minister. Aunt Sarah Ellen Irwin ^Brittain) had the
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THE McDowells and connections 56;}
following chikireij, all of whom aiv drad except oiio: Kin-' Shields
Brittaiii, deacl; 2 King Hrittain; :{ Cicely iirittain, inanied J)ooley
Townscnd, died withont children; 4 hN.hert Hnltain, did in infanc}- •
5 Priscilla Ann Britlain, tlicd in inlane\-; G liuchanan I'.rittain, dis-
ai>peared in 1880, not heard from since; 7 (Jranville Clilford Hrit-
tain, nmrricd iMiss IJall; 8 -lane Brittain. married, no ehildern.
Uncle Rowan Irwin married Klizaheth and h'ail the following
children: 1 Isaac Jrwin, *2. William Irwin, ){ Tvler Irwin, 4 Jose-
l)hine Irwin, 5 Carmilla Ann Irwm, G Knth Irwin, 7 :\lalviiia Irwin
8 Mar.y Irwin, 9 Zarada Irwin, U) Chai-les Irwin.
I'j'iscilla Ann Bratton had two diildren, i|<:ilen Bratton and
I\Ianda Bratton. This is all I know of them. They lived in I'ut-
nam County, Indiana.
Uncle William Irwin had the following: 1 Matthew Irwin, 2
:Maria Irwin, '3 Charles Irwin, 4 Clara Irwin, 5 John Irwin.
I cannot give their history. They lived in I'arke County, Ind.
Uncle Smiley Irwin had tin; following: 1 Clay Irwin, 2 (Jeorge
Irwin, 3 Isaac Irwin, 4 Robert Irwin, f; Kllen Irwin. They live at
and near Lena, Clay County, Ind.
Secondly :
I\Iy great-grandfather, Joseph Irwin, 'had five children only,
'hoys: 1 Hardin Irwin (my father), horn Jan. 17, 180!), in Nelscui'
("ounty, Kentucky; 2 .lose])h Lewis Irwin (a iMi.ssionary Baptist
preacher); 3 John Irwin died in 180.'), in Putnam County*. Iiuliana;
4 Ceorge Irwin, horn in Arkan.sas in 1836, now lives at Appleton, i\Io!
Uncle John Irwin man-'ied Theresa Leatherman, and had the
following children: 1 Denman Irwin, 2 Florence Irwin, 3 Thursa
Irwin, 4 Oregon Irwin, 5 Sarah Irwin, G d(,lin Ii'win (posthumous).
Uncle Ceorgc had the following: 1 Brougham Irwin, 2 May
Irwin, 3 Grace Invin, 4 Dudley Irwin. They live in and' around
Searcy, Ark.
ITncle Benjamin Invin had the following children: 1 Josepli
Irwin, drowned when a little hoy; 2 (Jeorge Irwin, now a druggist
at Roachdale, Ind.; 3 Fred Irwin, lives in Parke (.'ounty, Indiana;
4 Clara Irwin, 5 Hardin, Holiness preacher, living in Alharta, Can-
ada; 6 Charles E. Irwin, Evarton, ]\[o. ; 7 Chauncey Irwin, Appleton
City, Mo.
i\Iy father's family Avas as follows: 1 James Thompson Trwin,
born in Putnam County, Indiana, Sept. 1, I83G, died Sept. 30. 18G1;
2 Joseph Lewis Irwin, 'born in Putnam County, Indiana Feb 21
1840, died Jan. 2, 1864; 3 Sarah Ellen Irwin, born Sept. 31, 1838,'
died Aug. 22, 1840; 4 John William Irwin, born April 9, 1842, died
March 21, 1888; 5 Isaac Denman Irwin. Nov. 20. 1844. living at Kel-
seyville, Cal. ; 6 George Irwin, horn Jan. 2, 1847, died April 24, 1874;
7 Martha Ann Irwin, horn Ai)ril 12, 1849, died Dec. 17, 1849; 8 Ben-
jamin Hardin Irwin, born in Mercer County, Missouri, Jan. 22, 1854, '
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5W THE MCDOWELLS AND CONNKCTIONS
teacher, lawyer, writer and Holiness preacher; 1) CJiaries (laymou
Irwm, born April 25, 1857, now living at Wilmar, Ark.
' - F. w. McDowell. ' ' '
p. W. McDowell, born Sept. S, 18;J7, city oi' I'hiludelpliia • son
of Joseph McDowell, paper inaniiiactur.'r, wIiom shjre.s was on
.Market, above Front Street, I'hiladelphia. -los.-ph iM(d)owcU was
one of the largest hand-making j)aper nianularLuicr.s in I'eunsyl-
vanm, and was located on the Pemiyi;acker dreck, ji, .Montgomery
County; also at Manayiud.', La. As improved niacliiiH.-iy was in--
vented Joseph McDowell added the latest iinj.ruvemcut.s to his
nulls. The writiiig paj)er mill was burned .iiiiie ;>(J, l,s:>8. The mill
at Manayunk is now managed by the son of Francis W MeDowell
Charles McDowell. Charles .McDowell received bis edueatn)ii at the
Cermantown Academy, Lhiladelpina, and also at Jfensaeller College
Troy, N. Y. After leaving college Charles McDowell tu..k up the
manufacturnig of i)aper, and has had charge of the Maiiayunk mill
for a number of years.
Joseph McDowell was the son of Thonuus McDowell who was a
soldier durnig the Colonial War; eidisted from Chester County, in
the First Maryland Regiment; served throughout the war; returiied
to Chester County; married Ruth Maclntyre, on hh mother's side
Her name was Kebekah Warren Engli.sh of Lurlington, N. J., daugh-
ter of John and Lriscilla English, whose ancestors were Orthodox
tnends, who came over shortly after William Ltuin and settled at
Mansfield, N. J., where the records of the hbiglish family are on
record.
Fi-ancis AV. McDowell learned the trade of paper-making at the
paper mill on the Pennypacker Creek, noted at that time for the
superior class of blankbook paper. After finishing his trade he
entered the store of Charles Megargce & Co., Lhiladelphia ; remained
with that firm sixteen years; then went into business at 52U Com-
merce Street. After being in bu.siness less than two years, Alfred
D. Jessup, of Jessup & .Moore, made a good offer to .Mr. MeDowell
to go out of business and go with that firm, and on .\(jv. 1, 1870,
F. W. McDowell went with Vht firm of Jessup Si .Moore. On July
5, 1878, Bloomfield II. ]\loore died. The executors formed a com-
pany out of the three mills then operated .by the late firm and formed
the Jessnp & Moore Paper Co., which was continued until July 12,
1899, when the executors of the estate of B. H. lAloore sold the stock
to Drexel & Co. F ^V. McDowell, after twenty-nine years' active
management, was not included in the j)urchase and severed his busi-
ness relations with the firjn.
Although that portion of the McJ3owell family were of Scotch-
Irish parentage, the father of F. W. McDowell was apprenticed to a
Quaker paper maker at New London Crossroails, Chester County,
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THE McDowells and c()nn"dctions 565
rVnnsylvaiiia. lie was brought up as an Orthodox Friend, and
always attended Friends meetings. His mother, Rebekali Warren
Fiigiisli. was a jnem])er of an old family of Oi-thodox Friends, so that
tlie family were early identified with' the Friends. As there were
no first day seliools at that time, Franeis MeDowell Avas allowed to
attend Oi-aee E|)iscoi)al Chnreh, on Twelfth, above Ai'eh Stn-et. As
years i-olled by he attended St. Jude's Chureh, then out in the eoun-
rry; also aided in building Zio'n Fpiseojial riiui'eh, Figlith and CulMni-
bia Avenue, also St. Peter's C'hureli. C'ermantown. Pa. .\t Lans-
dale. Pa., he gave the lot, 100x170 feet, to IToly Trinity Fi.iseo|)al
C'liui-ch, for a ehureh and j)arish house, and by his efforts was able
to ])(. at the eonsecration service of the ehureh Jan. 3, 1900.
Ml-. MeDowell lias always been aetivc; in ehureli work, fie was
a good organist, and was ever ready to assist in the musie of the
ehuiches be was connected with. lie died Mav 15 1907.
WILLIAM MeDOWFLL.
McDowell CJeneaology.
riiarles McDowell, son of AVilliam McDowell and Mary Ann
McDade, married in Jasper County, Oeorgia. Dec. 10, 1820, to FJiza-
l)etb Heard Crain, who died in Pike County, Georgia,' 'l)uried in Pike
Tounty, fieorgla, near Moline. Charles McDowell was representa-
tive.
Children of grandfather:
1 Patrick Ilenrv, born in Pike County, Oa.. Jan. 15, 1822, died
June 21. 1884; 2 Charles Jefferson. l)orn in Pike County. Ca.; 3
Ceorge Montiromery. 4 Amelia Crain. 5 Amanda Temperance, 6 Mary
Ann Susan, 7 lElizabeth L, S Marcia Van Ness. 9 Frances C.
Ccoi-ge M. was surgeon of Ceneral Bates' Division in the Civil
War; rcDresen+ative in State Legislature, from Pike County. C,a.
Father, Patrick Henry, Lieuteinint during Civil War; Judge of
Infei-ior Court. Pike County; represented Pike County, Ga., in State
Legislature. TTncle. Cliarles Jefferson, Sr., Lieutenant in Civil War;
represented Heard County, Ga., in State Legislature.
Charles Jefferson, Jr., served t'bree years as a private in BartoAv
Artillery.
William McDowell removed from Virginia to Jaspar County.
Georgia, in early manhood. -
PATRICK HENRY IMcDOWELL.
State, Georgia; County, Pike; Postoffice, Molina.
Patrick Henry McDoAvell was bom in Pike Countv, Ga., Jan.
15, 1822; died in Pike County. Ga., June 21. 1884; married in Spald-
iniT County, Ga., Oct. 10, 1844. to Sarah Jane Dickinson, wko died
in Pike County. Ga., Dec. 19, 1899.
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THE McDowells and connections 5e7
1 Chai-los .leflVr.soii, Jr., horn in Tike Co., (la., Aug. 22. 1845,
livinj^- ill Grifi'iii, Ga. ; 2 -lames Ih-iuy, horn in I'ikc County, (ia.,
Sept. 11', 1848, living in Molina, (la.; :{ Maty Ann Kli/,al)i'tli, l.orn
in Tike County, (Ja., JMay ;U, IS-'H), di.'d June 7, 180;); 4 Kniuia Imi-
genia, born in Tike Counly, Ga., S(.'i)t. .'{, 1852, living in .Molina;
5 George Montgomery, M.l)., horn in Pike County, Ga., Oi't. 15, 1855,
living in Molina; 6 John iMorgan, horn in Pike County, (Ja., b\-l). 2,
1858; (lied June 8, 1881; 7 AVilliam Franklin, horn in Pike County,
Ga., Aug. 15, 1862, living in :\lolina.
Married:
1 Minnie Gwyn, Zehulon, Ga., Dec. 2;{, 1880; 2 Henrietta .Jane
Brooks, Pike Comity, Ga., Sei)t. 13, 1874; :i unmarried, 4 unmari-ied.
Children of great-grandparents, William and Marv Ann Mc-
Dowell:
1 Daniel, married four times, livetl and (lied in -lasper County,
(Ja.; 2 .lames, married a IMiss Scudder, died in ]\li.ssissi|)pi ; .i Wil-
liam, died unmarried; 4 C'harles, married Elizabeth Heard ('rain,
who was the granddaughter of Gov. Stejihens Heard of Georgia. He
died during the California "gold fever" while en route home, date
and i)laee unknown. 5 Eleanor, married a .Joyner, died in Pike
County. Her deesendants removed to Arkansas. 6 Polly, married
Leonartf Worthy, a colonel in the War of 1812; 7 Naney mari'ied a
Malphus, died in Arkansas; 8 Elizal)eth, nuirried, first, a Pullai'd,
second a Johidison, lived and died in .lasper (-ounty, Ga. ; !) .Jane,
married a Bailey, died in Jasjiar County, Ga.; 10 ^lartha, married
a Preston, died in Jaspar County, Go.; 11 Temperance, died un-
married.
■ 'i= REV. C. II. ArcDOWELL. Jr '^ 'N^
The subject of this sketch was horn in Nicholas County, Ken-
lucky, April 20, ISdl. At the ihreaking out of the (Mvil War his
father, having died in 1857, the widow with seven children moved
to Fleming County, Ky., where he lived on a farm until lie was
18Vo years of age. Having attended the public schools and receiving
a fair common school education, he entereil the Academy at 'Carlisle,
Ky., under Prof. Todd, principal, and Prof. Boynten, assistant. In
1874 he entered Georgetown College.
Afler seeking two years to regain lost health, he was called to
the pastorate of Fairland and Bloomfield Baptist Churches in In-
diana, having been previously ordained at Georgetown, Ivy. While
at Fairland he was married to :\lary O. Hamilton of (iireensburg, Ind.
This pastorate was followed hy one at Huntington for two years;
then at Shelbyville for one year, then at South Street Church, In-
dianai)olis, for three and one-fourth years.
Dn account of failing health, he gave up the active ministry and
entered business in January, 1889. At that time there were only
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THE McDOW-ELLS AND CONNECTlOXy
four Baptist chui-clies in iiuliaiiaixjlis. Hy sj)C]i.lui..' his .Sumlays
and such other time as lie eouhl .luring the week, lie has sern the
nuni'ber grow to fourteen iiaplisl churehes, and ha,l direetlv to do
with the organization of at least six of theni; and has bren either
pastor or pastoral su])i)ly of seven of the Baptist chuirhcs of Indian-
apolis during the past twenty-three years, lit; has mci his luisiness
grow to a comforta^ble competence. Jn the nn-antmir hf has ],eeu
C'liaplain at the Centrdl Insane llosjjital for the paM ten years. He
was also active in the seeuriiiK of the land and limd.^ oi"the Craw-
ford Bai)tist Industrial School, and is oiu' of thr s, vcn trustees and
IS also seeivtary of the hoard ..f trustees. Anionu nihrr duties he
has also 'been Indianaj.olis <-orrcspondent for thr .hntriuil and Mes-
senger for many years.
CIIH.DliKN OF JOSEJ>H IMcDOWKL]..
1 Sarah Ann, ^born Nov. 19, 1852. died Nov. 22, l.S.l^- 2 Nelson
Lealdus, Iborn Nov. :i IHilG; 'A Mary Frances, born S,.j,t U 1859- 4
Josephine R., born Aug. 29, ]8G1. died Nov. 5, 189S- f, .J.'.senh ifc
])orii April 19, 18fi4, died Oct. 8, 1864; 6 Catlu'rinc borii April V)
ISG-l, died Sept. 9, 18G4; 7 Fred Fiidey, born May 5. 18G6- 8 Wood-
ford P., 'born July 28, 1867; 9 Jay B., 'born Feb. 22. 187(/- 10 Cora
(Jertrude, born IMareli 12, 1876; U Clyde Cavoui-, horn Marr-h 21.
1878.
, ' MAKY FRANCES MeDOWFLL.
Was Iborn at Avoca, 111., Se]>t. VA, iSiVJ, was married to Fdward
\j. Hart, Sept. l;{, 1882; to hrr were born two (diildrcu; Kthel Hart
born June 16, 1883, and Edward L. Hart, Jr.. born Frb. 21, 1886
( urnuarried).
Ethel ITart was married Nov. 8, 19U6, to Francis M. Reed, Jr., of
Afton, Okla. To her were jjom two children ; Francis M Reed III
Nov. 22, 3907, aiid ]\lary Margaret Reed, Sej)t. 5, 1915.
Jay B. McDowell was married to Laura BiiricU Keiaieda\- Feb
28, 1911.
AVI Id JAM ADAIR McDOWELF.
AVilliam Adair McDowell, born at AK-rcer (Ountv, K.-ntucky,
on March 21, 1795, died at Evan.sville, Ind.. Dor. ](). ]S'ui; married
at Fincastle, Va., Aug. 24, 1819, to IMaria Hawkins llarvev, bom at
B'ineastle, Va., on Aug 20, 17!)9, died at Louisville, Ky November
28, 1877. ■ '
Children of above :
1 Sarah Shelby McDowell, born at FiiKtastie, \'a., June 20, 1820,
died Aug. 2, 1901 ; 2 Mary Kyle AIcDowell, born at Fincastle. A^a.,'
Jan. 4, 1825 ; 3 Ann Irvine McDowell, born at Fineastle, A^a.. Jan. 24,
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THE McDowells and connections 5*59
1S27; ,lunl (),-t. 2S, 1H74; 4 Ma^Jalc. ll.rvey McDowell, jH,rn at Kin-
i-nsWr, \a.. May 18, 1S2!); f, Henry Clay .AieDowell, \,nvu at Fin, -as-
tir. I'H). !), Ks:{i'; ,1,,.,! \nv. S. 18!)!); .|ol,n Marshall MrDuucll l.oni
at FmeastI,', Va., .h.ly 22. I8;{r,; .lir.l .)an. 17, ISr.G; 7 WHIiam Pres-
ton McDowell, horn at Loni.svillc, Ky.. May 14, 1S(54; .li,",! Jan .'H
1!>02; 8 Edward Irvine M.-Dowll. horn at Louisvill... Kv Feh \6
1844; died May 14, 1864. " ' ' '
Marriages: 1 liland I'.allai'd, LouLsville. Ky., Dee. !({, 1846; 2
A Protestant Nun. 14 years of a-e; ;! Cyi-u.s 11. bViiI, Louisville, Ky-,
.lun(> 27, 184!l; 4 Magdalen; o Nannie Clay, at Penua Valh-v,' Ky.!
May 21. 18:)7; 6 Died unniairied, at New Orleans, La., Jan. 17, 1865 |
7 .Married Kate Wright, at Louisvile, Ky., Dee. 14, 1864; 8 Alice
Johnson, Loui.sville, Ky., Keh. 29, 1864.
<irandchildren: Children of William Preston JMcDowell : John
Wright :\IcDowell, horn at Louisville, January, 1867; William AVal-
laee McDowell, horn at Louisville. Sept. 16, "l868; Koi)in.son Adair
.M(d)owe!l, hoi-n at Louisville, Octoher; Edward Irvine McDowell,
I'orn at Louisville, April; ]\rcD()well, horn at Louisville; Annie
li'vine McDowell, horn at liOuisvilh'.
Captain Edward Irvine :\reDowell was killed in the Battle of
Resaea, Ceorgia, May 14. 1864.
(ireat-great-graiulfather: A Scotch Preshyterian and Covenan-
tei-, fought with distinction in the siege of Londonderry.
Ephriani I\reDowell, horn in Scotland, 167:5; married Margaret
Irwin, died at Kockhi'idge County, Va., aged 107.
Ci-eat-great-grandfather John .McDowell, horn in licland, mar-
ried Magdalen Wood, in Peiuisylvania, who was a daugliter of Mar-
garet Cam'hell, ^vlio was a sister of the Earl of Argyll. Nationality
of ancestry Scotch-Trisli. Thev left three children", Samuel James
and Sarah.
Creat-grandfat'her: Samuel IMcDowell. horn in IVnnsvlvania on
Oct. 27, 17H5; died at Rockhridge (\)unty, Va.; married *Mary Me-
Clung, tlie most beautiful woman in Virginia.
Children of Grandfather: (Samuel IMeDowell, who married
AniKi Tivine).
John Adair IMcDowell. was aide to deneral Shelhy in the Battle
of Thames; Ain-am Ii-vine McDowell, served during the war of 1812
under Col. Dick Johnson :-William Adair McDowell served in the
War of 1812; Alexander I\rcD()well, Magdalen IMcDowell.
Oi-andfather. Samuel IMcDowell was first TTnited States IMarshal
for Kentucky. When 16 yeai-s of age lie enlisted and served through
the Revolutionai-y War. Creat-grainlfather, Samuel l\[cDowell was
a Revolutioiniry officer, a colomj and fought with distinction in
many 'hattles. At the close of the war he moved to Kentucky and
settled in Mercer comity. Tie was ai^i^oinled 'hy Cleneral Wa.shington
first United States Judge foi- Kentucky. He was president of the
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571
first state convention ever Jield in Kentucky, called to fraiiie a con-
stitution tor the state in Danville, April 19, 1792 (See Campheirs
llistory ot Kentucky). He was one of the founders of Washington
College in Lexington, Va.
-JERRAl) IRWJN.
Daniel Jrwin, born in Hunting County, Pa., died 1S72 a-ed 73
years, at his farm, Antis Townshi]), liiaii- County, Pa ■ married" Cath-
erine Crane,^who was born in Hunting County, I'a.. and died in
1H74, aged 7o. Interred in Logan's Valley Country CenlL•ter^
' liildren of Above: 1 Adie C. Irwin, born at Antis
County; died 1877, aged 57 years. His wife, Nancy, born at WaT-
smrs. Ark, 1891 ; died, aged G8 years. 2 John Irwin, born in Antis
lownship; died 1866, aged 42 yeans. :i Sister Helinda. 4 Sister Eva-
l.vna died m 81st year. 5 A. R. Irwin, born in Antis township, Bell-
wood, in 1882 ; died aged 76. ^'
1 Married Nancy Grazier. 2 Married Jane Grazier. 3 Married
Abram McCartney. 4 J. G. Adlum. 5 Married Betanna Hileman, of
iM-ankstown, Jan. 17, 1854; died on Feb. 1, 1874.
Crandehildren of Daniel and (^atherine Irwin; children of A
\!7''\V''^ Bettana: Howard Makolni Irwin, born at Bellwood
on Nov. 16, 1854; Isadore Blanch, born Dec. 13, 1856- Harry Hud-
son Irwm, born Oct. 8, 1858- Jessie Kate Irwin, born on March 17,
ISbl ; George Brentan Irwin, born June 20, 1863; Rose LesK-y Irwin
•orn Oct. 20, 1867; Fred Bennet Irwin, born Oct. 30, 1869"; Hester
2'^ 1873'"' '"'''" ^^^''''^' ^^' '^^^' Hebecca Hileman Irwin, born Oct.
Gi-eat-Grandfather: Jerrad Irwin, born in Pennsylvania.
Grandfatiier: Mary Irwin, born at Hunting Comity Pa Aug
29, 1/93; died May 24, 1800; married Isaac Denlinger ;" Kezia mar-
ru'd Samuel Carpenter, of Greens])urg, Pa., Fel). 2, 1819- AVilliam
Ii-win married Mary Burley. Tyrone, Pa.; Daniel married Catherine
Crane. Blair County, Pa.; George Irwin married, Tyi)sey;
Jerrad Irwin, not married; .lohn Irwin, Huntijig County.
Children of Grandfather (Uncles and aunts of Abram R. Irwin
Bellwood, Blair County, Pa.) ; Mary Irwin, William Irwin, Daniel
Irwni, Kesia Irwin, (George Irwin, John Irwin, Jerrad Irwin, Jane
Irwin.
ARCHIBALD IRWIN.
' ■' By ]\rrs. Cleland M. Offley.
(See Agnew Line.)
1. Archibald Irwin of Ireland. 2 John Irwin of Antrim Township,
died January, 1796, leaving a wife. Mary, and three children, John'
Robert, Mary. 3 Mary Irwin, died Aug. 31, 1824; married David Ag-
new, April 2, 1772. 4 John Agnew. born April 14, 1777; died Oct 11
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THE McDowells and connections
1840; inarriod, 1804, Kli/.abelli I'jirk. :> .lohii I'iii-k Af^n.'w, honi Dec.
25. 181!); (lied .hiiu' 7, 181)2; marricl Alay IDtli. ISl,"., Matilda K.
Thoma.s. 6 Lciior;! A^micw, l)i)ni .Mai'cli 2(i, 1S4!); di.Ml Dec. 11), 1!)()();
laai-i-ied Nov. 25, 18()1), Areliiliald (.'iimmiIcc 7 .M,ll•^al•.■l Ajincw
("Ji-ecnlee, 'horn Se])t. 2(J, 1S7(); iiiari-icd ,lidv 14, KSDl, (uotj^ctoun,
1). ('., ("Icland M. OrrU'V. 8 .Margaret A^iicw OlTK'v, Im.i'h Nov lo'
18i)G.
The family traditions id' this line place the date of the migra-
tion from Ireland to America, at 1720, oi' thercahoiiis. 'I'lie oldest
son of a elergymaii of the estahlished ehureh left home and kin and
eamo to the C'oK)ni('S, settling in New Jersey, n<'.ir I'liiladelphin.
Later on, he married and moved into iHastern l^Mm^yl\ aula. To
this marriage were horn three children, the eldest of w horn \vas Ar-
elnhald. lie was boi-n Jan. 25, 1768, in New Jer.se\'. On reaching
manhood he married Klizaheth Fletcher, of that State, and together
they moved to Western Pennsylvania, to malce their way in life.
lie followed varions lines of activity, as was cnstomary in those
da\'s. lie was the first sehoolnnister of Jiutlor l'oniit.\, I'a., and in-
strncted some of the leading men of that State. At oiw period of
this career he w;)s a blacksmith, during which time he sliod Lafay-
ette's horse, and fi-om admii'ation for that pati-iot iiamr-d one of
his sons Marens Lafayette. To their lunon was h..rn ten children,
the second of whom was !\lai'cn.s Lafayette, liorn Aug. 21, 1805, in
Crawford County, Pa. To Marcus was hoj'u seven children, of whom
George was the fifth, lie was born in Pittsl)urg, Pa.. (October 8,
1841. lie was married to INlartha A. Morse, and thr.c children came
to their home. The thii'd wa.s Charles F. li'win. Trained in the
schools of I'ennsylvania, and an alumnus of Washinglon anil Jeffer-
son College, Cliarles F. Irwin entered the Presbyterian Ministry in
which iu^ is at ])resent engaged. He married Kmma .Muiic. uf Wash-
ington, Penn., and the father of six children: Martha, Mary, Ar-
minda, Charles F. Jr., Anna and I'A'aline. The cdiupletc I'lan lines
are as follows :
A. h-win, clergyman in North Ireland. Had tlire.- children.
B. Irwin, son of above. Came to America a hunt 17:^).
C. Archibald Irwin, son of al)ove, B. 1. 25-1 7(i^. New Jersey,
married Flizabeth Fletcher, Jan. 22. 1781); died Au-usl 14, 1846, in
Pittsburg, Pa.
To A.rchi'bald and Elizabeth Irwin, ten children were born, as
follows: 1 AVilliam Irwin, i)orn Aug. 19, 17i)0; married Miss Gra-
ham; went west. All traces lost. 2 Charles Irwin, born Oct. 10,
1791. Had four .sous and four daughters. Eliza J, Married David
Moody, Pittsburg. William.
John G. married and father of twelve children: 1 John F., living
in the West. 2 Louisa J., married to Wilson, Clinton, Pa.
3 Joseph, married, and in California, father to: 4 George. 5 Jennie,
married and in California, to Jacob Swartz. 6 W. Luther, living in
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THE McDowells and connections 513
California. 7 .Alatilda, uiarrit'd ImIwui-iI Hall, Clinton, I'a. 8 Archi-
bald. [) (Jeor^^e W., K) .James. U Mary. 12, Jsabel.
;i. John FK'tcher, l)oi'ii Aug. 20, 17!)3. Changed name to Erwin.
Moved to Illinois.
Sarah Ann, married Henry Kirk, settled in Henry, 111.
James Madison Kirk settled in Griuiiell, Iowa.
iMary C, married V. C. liarnes, Henry, Illinois.
1 Matilda Ann Kirk'. 2 Maria. 3 Matilda Pride, married Eli
Bareken, liutler, Pa. 4 Martha. 5 Kobert, Henry, 111. G C'harles B.
Wichita, Kan. 7 Kllen, married Calvin Diehl, Wichita, Kan.
4. Matilda, tlaughter of Archibald; born Oct. lb, 17;)3; mar-
ried IJavid Pride, Pittsl)iirg. Ann, mari'ied Jerome Q^'O'; consul to
Florence, Italy.
5. Pressly, son of Archibald; born April 15, 18U0; settled in
Pennsylvania.
(1) Charles Fletcher, married, settled in Steubenville, Ohio.
(2) Mary A., married Henry Kirkpatrick, Pittsburg, Pa.
(3) Elizabeth, nnirried Alonzo Buckley, Nashville, Tenn.
(4) John A., married Margaret Colvin, Pittsburg, Pa.
a Orzilla, married Charles Shaver, Butler, Pa. b Oeorge.
c Sarah, d liobei-t. e Margaret F., Evans City, Pa.
(5) Jane, married William Corbett, Nashville, Temi.
(6) Oeorge W.
(7) Orzilla. ' - • - ;:
(8)' Elvira.
(9) Ellen, married J. M. Walkei-, Cincinnati, Ohio.
(10) James B.
(11) Oliver II. ' ^'■'■'
(7) Crawford, son of Archibald, born June 17, 1802.
(8) Marcus Fayette, son of Archibald, born Aug. 21, 1805,
Pittsburg, Pa., married Mary J. McNaughton, and had seven chil-
dren.
a Archibald, b James Ross, c Agnes, d Thomas, e Oeorge, mar-
ried Martha A. Morse, Pittbsurg, Pa. Three children, f Ada
J. g Arminda B., married lEdward Stez, Ingram, Pa. h
Charles Fayette, married Emma Munce, Washington, Pa.
Six children :
i Martha E. ii Mary E. iii Arminda B. iv Charles F., Jr.
V Anna M. v'i Evaline R.
John married Mary Carlin, Pittsburg, Pa.
Mary A., daughter of Archibald, bom Nov. 8, 1807 ; married An-
drew Bogg, Evans City, Pa.
Thomas, son of Archibald; born July 5, 1812; changed name to
Erwin. Married Ann Howard, of Baltimore, Md.
Addison, married Elizabeth Barclay, Sioux City, Iowa.
Josephine, married Elliot Davis, Pittsburg, Pa.
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574 THE McDowells and connections
DAVID IRWIN.
Daviil Irwiji, son of (Jlii-istophei- Irvine, horn in VVilke.s County;
died at Marietta on Nov. 24, 1885; married at Madison to Miss Sarali
lioyston ; died at JMarietta, Octobei-, 1884.
Clnldren of above: 1 Marinis J., horn at Madison, Morgan
County. 2 Mary Elizabeth, horn in Benton ("ounty, ;j .Margaret
Isabella, born in Benton- County. 4 Julia Catiierine, horn in Benton
Couiity. 5 Mariah Kchols, h(u-n in ("obh County, ti Kohei-t C, horn in
Cobb County. 7 Thomas B., born in Marietta, Cohh County. 8 David
Jr., born in JM arietta, Cobb County.
Margaret Isabella, married (ieo. N. Lester, near Marietta, Cobb
(Jounty. Julia Catherine, married Creenlee Butler, at Marietta,
(Jobb County. Robert C, married Mary \V. Ijane, at Marietta, Nov.
14, 1867. Thomas li., marrieti Lillie Atkinson, in Cohh I'ounty.
R. C. Irwin's (.'hildren.
1. Julia Greenlee, horn in Cobb Couidy, (ia., July 31, 1868; died
June 24, 1898. 2 :Mark Anthony, born in Cobb County, Aug. 3, 1869;
died Jan. 18, 19U0. 3 ISaraii irwin, Jr., born in Cobb County, July 8,
1873; died Jan. 27, 1875. 4 lIo])e, 'born in Coibb (.'ounty, tSept. 9,
1875. 5 Mary Luey, born in Cobb County, Feb. 12, 1878. 6 Margaret,
born ill Cobb County, March 11, 1880; died A])ril 19. 1881.
Graiidehildren oi' Robert C. Irwin:
Sarali Louise Irwin, born b'eb. 23, 1893; Robert Crawford Irwin,
'born March 3, 1896; Milton Willis Irwin, l)orn Sept. 15, 18!)I); Harry
Alexander Irwin, born June 22, 1902.
.. f ' : ' , THE IRWlN FAMILY. '
By Colonel Robert Irwin, of Atlanta, (ia.
The Irwin family in America began from John and William
Irwin, who emigrated from Ireland to Virginia, about tlie middle of
the seventeenth century.
These brothers raised families whose descendants are to be
found in many of the States, viz : Georgia, Alabama, i\Iississippi,
Tennessee, Kentucky and I'ennsylvania. Among the descendants
of John Irwin was Christopher Irwin, who, after serving the Vir-
ginia troops, through the Revolutionary War, settled in Wilkes
County, Ga. Christojjher Irwin had 'l)orn to him a family of eight
sons and one daughter, John, l-harles, Isaiah T., Christo]»her, Smith,
lleflin, Catherine and David. Of these John settled in Alabama,
('harles in Tennesese and Mississippi; Christo])her. Jr., lived in
AVilkes County, reared a large family; I. T., remained in Wilkes
and also reared a large family, among them tlie late Rev. C. M.
Irwin, and the late Hon. L T. Irwin, who was drowned out West,
while Speaker of the Georgia House of Rei)resentativcs, both of
them learned men.
I. T. Irwin, Sr., liad also four daughters. Mis. Favor, Mrs.
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THE McDowells and connections 575
Davis, ]\Ii'S. Callaway and Mrs. Hattle. He comiuaiided a battalion
in the War of 1812. ATter i)eaee was declared, lie settled in Wilkes
county, where he amassed a large rortinie anel was one of the lead-
ing men of his time, hut was so oeeui)it'il with his business affairs
he seldom took an active part in polities, though he rejiresented his
eounty several times in both branches of the (.jeneral Assembly,
("liarles lived in Tennessee and Mississippi and accumulat«Hl eonsid-
era'ble ])i'oi)erty. You \yill !eai-n more of him from his descendants
around .Jackson, Tenn. Smith was a lieutenant in the U. S. Army,
and killed in the war of 1812. llfl'lin was accidi-ntally killed by a
young nnin, named Jones. Catheriui' died when about grown. David
Irwin, the yonngest of ("hristopher Irwin's 'family, was left an or-
phan with his widowed mother, when seven years old, in 1815. lie
struggled with adversities from the beginning. His father having
devoteil the greater part of liis life to service in the army, died with-
out being able to make any provision for his fauiily, eonse(iuently
the youthful energies of young David were very early taxed to en-
able his widowed nH)ther and young sister to live. Thus he was
brought up and only enabled to I'eeeive the meager advantages of
occasional attendance of an old field school. When about 19 years
old he established a boot and shoe shop at iiusheail, in Morgan Coun-
ty, which gained (piite a reputation for suj)erior (pudity of its work,
liy this means he was not oidy aide to support his mother (who was
a Miss Prndonce Echols) and his sister, but also furnished the means
of tuition of himself and sister. When twenty years old he was
elected clerk of j\I organ County. Doing his encum'beney of this
|)osition he nndertook the long cherished design of reading law. He
read law nnder the Hon. K. A. Nisbit, and after admission to the
bar he opened a law office in i\Iadison, (ia. He rose rapidly in a
eii'cnit that num'bered such men as Thomas W. Cobb, Wm. E. Daw-
son, laimjikin ami Cone, and a host of other lights. At the age of
twenty he ran against Edward Y. Hill for solicitor general, of the
circuit, and was defeated l)y one vote. He married ]\liss Sarah
Haldwin Royston, who came of a Virginia family. The })resent Hon.
Thomas Baldwin, of i\l organ Connty belongs to her family. He re-
moved from Morgan to Cass, and represented Cass County in the
State Senate. He was a partner in law there of ]\Iajor T. F. Bar-
low, also of Hon. Wm. H. Ilnderwood. While there he was appoint-
ed 'by the president as one of the commissioners for the removal of
the Indians from this State. He then moved to Marietta, Ga., on
account of his health, in 1831. In 1852 he was elected dudge of
the Blue Kidge Circuit. The W. & A. R. R. was chartered and he
was appointed by the Covernor as one oF the commissioners of con-
struction. He w'as a partner here of Hon. W. T. Winn and Judge
Noel B. Knight. He and Hon. H. V. Johnson and A. II. Stevens
were elected by the Legislature in 18G0 to codify the Georgia laws.
Mr. Johnson and Stevens resigned and were succeeded by Hon. T. R.
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57() THR MrDOWKI.LS ANI» CONNKCTIONS
K. C'ol.l) and lion. Kjcliai'.l II. (lark. .Mtn- tlic work was liuislied
-lii(l<j::e \v\\i\\ wa.s aiipninlcd Id su|.rrvi.M' nnd |.iiliii.li ii, lid'ore idt;
work was eoinplelcd Ihc war l>clwc«'ii ihc Stairs \\,,s .l.-rki rrd. Au
elfc^tion for L'i't;.sidcnl and \iir I'icsidcnl ciiinr on -liid^'c Irwin
was cliD.sen an eUu-lor lor ihc Slalc al larui'. and incNidrd (i\er ihe
electoral college, w Inch (m.-^I tin- vole of llic Sialf lor .IrlTerson
Davis and x\lexand<-r J^h'iii.cus.
1ji l.SGf) Judge Irwin w.js elccied to tlie i-oii\ en I nui to rr-i.'stal)-
lish Federal Statutes ol' ih.- Stair.
In ISGG he was again rlevird Judge of the Idiir Kidg'/ Circiiil
by a liainlsoiiie inajnrit_\ o\cr tlu' lion, (ii-orge I >. Uicc. and in'ld
the ])osiliun until reiiio\fil l,_v the h'edcral h.ixoncl^
In KS(i8 he was noinina.l cd hy the I )riii(n-ra I ic parts for (iover-
nur, and decdijied to run. I.icduse (ieinral Mead, who w a.^ in euiu-
niand, intinuited lliat he would n(il |ierinit hini lo (|ualir> if elected.
When the Legislature met In- was soheiteil hy llou. Josiiua Hill
iwho was elected to ihc I' S Si'iiaU- at ihal Iiuk. l^tiSj lo uiake
the race, as Mr. Hill said h.- was certain he ei)uld 1m- clectrd uiueh
easier than hinisrlf. l»ul deelinevl hccause he thought Mi'. Jldl could
be of luoj'e ser\iie to the Semite than hiiusell".
Judge Irwin Inul horn lo him eight children, Marcus, Jr., who
died in ISu;}. at the age of twenty three; Mary idi.ahct h, who died
in childhood; Mai'gar.-t .1., who iiiarii.nl Hon. tieorg,' .\'. Lester, lute
Attorney Cienei-al of the Stale, and also a meiiihri' of tin; Coufeder-
ate Tongress; Julia C, wlio mai'iii'd llun. (iremht; liiiiler; Mara
M., wdio is still living and never married; KoImmI ("., still living,
now a clerk in the ( 'ompl 'olhr (icneiars officr. Thonias li., law-
yer at Marietta.
Clov. Jared Irwin's faiiiil\ always claimed ihal we were the
same famil\', hut what tin- relation is we do iu)t Iviiow. There ia
another hranch of Ihr family in Wilkes ('luinty now, who sj)ell their
name Irvin.
■ ■ IKVINLS OK CANADA.
Family Data of Jean Irvine .Ma.d -aehlan, Vet l^u,ay Ciulidi. Ont.,
I 'anada.
Jessie li'vine, youngesi daughter of John Irvine, Hoiian Manor,
I'arish of Sandwu.-k, Orkney. Scotland, horn S.pt. •_!(;. l,s:i;^ Mar-
ried David Tulloidi (Jarson, of .N'eugai-, l'ari>li of Samlwick, Orkne\-,
Heotlaiid, Nov. 28, 1855.
Jean Irvine MacLaehlan. iddest daughter of Jessie lr\ine and
David Tulloeli (ilarsoii, horn at ILuian Manor, Orkney, Seotlaiid, No-
vember 4, 1856. Married Alexander ("amphell ,\1 ael.a.-hlan of
"Brecklet," Appin Argyleshire Scotland, m 1S7S.
Children of Jean Irvine and Alexander Camjil-ell .MacLaehlan:
Edna Irvine, luarried Fdward h'rowde Segram ; honald Campbell;
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THE MCDOWELLS AND C0.\NEt;T10NS
577
William Watt (iral.nm; Ian AHstair; -la.n.s S,l| (kili.-d ,n action m
V faiicc on Orl. 14. l!iH)).
' IKVINE (JKNKAJ.om-.
Agnew Line. . .
Daviil While Agnew was h.,rn in Shciiangu Countv, Pa. was
iiiaiTicd to Martlia A. Clash, in 1H;U), Nov. ;j, l«r)l Manila \ Clash
n1 r"l"lM'n^'"''/u^'^?'' ^'"^■'■"">- ^''^'"'O"- Di.'d iii Mt. Oermau,
Oet. b. hSi)(i. David W . Agnew, died in Mt. Veriion, ()., Sept 28 1U(J2
u th.in wereJ.uin. Mary A. Agnevv, n.arried to (Jenshani l>linii)tun
hnk (.son ol Hon. K. C. Kirlvj, May lL>. 1878. .S. I'limpton Kirk, died
at Mt. \ernon, Ohio, Ang. 25, IDOl Mrs. I'limpton Kirk lives in Mt
\ ei'iion, Ohio.
Children of Davici and Martha Agjiew. 1 Surah A. Agnew. 2
h. John Agnew. 'A Mane Q. Agnew, married E. A. Atkins, in 1852
lo K. A. Atkms and Marie Q. Agiiew were bom : 1 Laura A. Atkins
marned J). S. Layer. 2 Frank, married (iraee Daniels ;} Cora d'
married W. J. Wildmau. ' '
WILLIAM CLAIHOKNE AND MASTIN LINE. '
XVI. William Claihonie, horn 1587; died 167U. Came to Vir-
ginia 1621. Was Colonial Secretary, and was aj)j)ointed Surveyor
(general through the influence of his eousin, Anne, Countess of Pem-
hnXe, .sister ot Sir i>hilip Sidney ; married 16:58, Jane iinller of Eng-
land ; married 2nd. Elizabeth , of Virginia.
XVII. (k)lonel Thomas Claiborne, bom H)47. Killed by Indians
H)86; married Sarah, dangiiter of Captain Sam Fenn.
XVI II. Thomas Claiborne, bom 1()8:{ ; died 17:52; married tliree
nmes, and had 27 ehildreu. Married, 1st, (said to be Dandridge)
7,'"'' ~ — . -'^'■'J, Anne, daughter of Henry and Anne W°st
iu)x;1,orn 1684, of King William County. He lived at Romaneocke.
MX. Augustine Claiborne, born 1721; died J787- married
Mary, daughter of Huller Herbert, of Dinwiddie I'ounty. and Mary
Stith of lirunswiek. Buller llerben of "Puddledock" Dinwidde
County.
XX. Susanna, 'born Nov. 29, 1751 ; married Frederick Jones.
XXL Mary Herbert clones, born 177:^, married John Withers
a'bout 17;)4; died 1848. - '
XXII. Priseilla Wright Withers, 'born in Dinwiddie County
Va.. Feb. 5, 1804; died March 1, 1877. Married Feb. 27, 1828 Wil-
liam IMcDowell, born in Green Brier Countv, Va., Oct 21' 1801 • died
June !), 1865, in ITuntsville, Ala.
XXIII. Mary Eliza McDowell, bom in Huntsville Ala Aug
G, 1829; died July .-Jl, 1910; married Sept. 20, 1849 ; <naudius Heniy
Mastm (Huntsville, Ala.), l)om in Huntsville, Ala.. June 4. 1876- died
Ckt. 4, 1898. Their issue:
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• /"^^^^'li?''*''?^ ^^'''" '^'*'''^'"' ''^'■" ''» llui.l.v.ll., Ala mar-
ncd July, 18S7, to Captam Charlrs J. Mas,.n. law ..ou.n • lu'^n .
Iluutsville, Ala, in 18:^5; .lied Alareh. 18!):, Issue- '
All bom ill iMohile, Al-t. :
VVilliam MeDouell JMastiu; uiarrie.l Nov. 28, 1882 iMai-aret
(Vawiord, boni m .Mobile, Ala. Issue. ' ''''''°'^^^^
Claudius lleui'v Straeiiey, bora Oet. 18S;5; di,-,| Dee ]8')->
Zemula Crawford, Ijoimi Deeeui'ber, 188-i. '
Mary Margaret, borii Aug. J, 188?'; died'july ;{() 18');5
Mary Herbert Mastiu, born at Mol)ile, Ala Maivb U) 1861 •
married Dee 26 1888, Fraid. Stovall Jiobert.s, bo'ru in Maeo'n, Ca.,'
March 31, 1846. J.ssue.
Mary Louise, born in Mobile, Ala., Api-il IS, 181)0
Claudius Henry Mastiu, born in Mobil.', Ala., Scpl f, 18')4
Claudius Henry Mastin, Jr., born in Huntsville Ala
P.i Y^w-.i '"^"m'T ^''ir' ^'*'^^^^^'^'li- ^l^nighter of William and
liiseilla Withers McDowell, born in Iluutsville Ala O.t '>1 \H-V> ■
died Aug. 21, 1866; marri.-d about 1855. (Jharies Hopkins" 'issue-
Charles Hopkins.
w .^^'""'^ Y'^'"''' ^^^^'^^^'^^^'".- (laughter of William an.l I'riscilla
iWithers J\lcI)owell, horn in Huntsville, Ala Nov 18 185')- ,li.,l
Sept. 29, 1844. ' . , >. ,
Claudius Henry Mastin, M. D., LL. D., born in Iluutsville Ma
June 4, ]826, was the son of Ca])t. Franeus Turner Mastm ai<le to
beneral Andrew Jackson, in tlie war of 1812. 11,' was tlie son of
Thomas Bryan Mastin, a native of Wales, who earn.- t.. \meriea
with his uncle, Lord Fairfa.x, and settled in .Marvland.
The mollier of Dr. C. II. Mastin was Ann iKli/abetli Caroline Le-
vert, a native -of King William County, Virginia, wlio di.wl in Iluuts-
ville, Ala., in February, 1881), at the age of 90 years, ll.i- lather
was Claudius Levert; a native of Lyons, France, and a plivsieian by
profession. He was chief .surgeon of the fleet commanded' bv Couiit
Rochambcau, which came to America during the Kevolutionarv Wai-
to assist the colonies in securing their iiulependenee.
His wife was Ann Lee Metcalfe, great niece of Admiial l^lward
Vernon, after whom Mouin Vernon, the home of Wasbiiigion, was
named. Dr. Slastin received his education at the Universities of Vir-
ginia and Pennsylvania. In 1850 he went abroad and attended lec-
tures in the University 6f France, the Royal Coll.g,. „f Sui-geons of
•England and the IJniver.sity of Edinburgh. Keturning to the United
States he located in Mobile, Ala., in 1854, and entered upon the
practice of his profession and became one of the best known sur-
geons in the >South. In 1861 he entered the .«5erviee of the Confed-
erate States as a volunteer surgeon of the staff of Ceneral Ri-agg,
but was immediately commissioned as surgeon of the Confederate
States army, and oidered to i\Ianassas Junction, Va.. as surgeon of
Duit post. Tn LS02 he was transferred to the staff of (Jeneral Polk
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THE McDowells and cunnections 579
as hib corps surgeon, until t'i'ter the battle of Shiloii, and was ,then
transferred to tlie staff of CJeneral iieauregard, as medical inspector
of the army of ihe iMississippi, in which position he served until the
end of the war, when he leturiied to his practice in JMoljile. Dr.
Mastin was a member of many medical socielies and associations, in-
cluding the Boston (J3-necological Society, American Association of
Auilocologists and ;S3i)hitologists and the iSouthern ,Surgical and
gynecological Association.' lie was the founder ol the congress
of tlie American I'hysicians and Surgeons, and was one of the or-
ganizers of the American Surgical Association in IbbU. lie 'had
served this association as its second vice president in lb83-l, as its
first ijresident in 18'J0, and as a member of its council in 1891-92.
He was one of the trustees of the Pan-American Medical Cony:ress
and was a member of the International Medical Congress of 18U6.
As a member of the Central Council of the University of I'ennsjl-
vania, he was medical examiner of the University of Alabama, Flor-
ida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.
Ur. J\lastin invented several instruments and contributed to
medical journals, especially on genito-urinary surgery. The last
public function tiiat he attended was the unveiling of the Cross
statue, located in the Smithsonian grounds in Washington, where
"from the surgeons of the entire country lie was chosen to deliver
the address. This record of Dr. Mastin is found largely in "The
Memorial Record of Alabama."
7: '^rvr-. i^■■i^^- EPPES. '^ ■-' ' -''' ' '
Thomas Epps settled at City Point, Prince George County, in
lG;h"); was member of Council of Virginia and company lieutenant,
issue:
2 Francis Eppes. Issue. 3 Col. Francis Epi)es, married 1724,
Sarah Hamlin. 4 l<]li/,abeth, married Frederick <Jones, born 1719.
.'') Frederick Jones, born 1749, married Susanna Claiborne, born 1751.
G Mary. Herbert, 'born 177:i, married about 1794, John S. Withers.
7 Priscilla, born 1804; died 1877; married 1828 Wm. McDowell.
8 xMary Eliza (McDowell) born 1829; died 191U; married 1849, Dr.
C. H. Mastin, born 1826; died 1898. 9 Mary Herbert Mastin, born
1861 ; married 1880, Frank R. Roberts. 10 Mary Louise, born April
18, 1890; Claudius Henry Mastin, born Sept. 11, 1894.
JONES.
Richard Jones (Welsh) married Lady Jeffries of Ley. Settled
in Devonshire, England. Issue, Abram Jones (2) died before 1689
(Henrico i)apers) j\lajor Peter Jones (3) married Mary Wood, died
1728. Petersburg (Va.), was named for him. Mary (4) married
Capt. Peter Jones (her cousin) and founder of Petersburg, Va.
Frederic (5) born 171f>; married Betsy Eppes. Mary Herl»ert (7)
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THE McDowells and connections
married about ]7ii4, John Willioi's. I'nscilla (M hdiii 1804; died
1.S77; married William Mi'Douoll, 1S28. Mary llfilHTt Mastiii (10)
horn 1851; married Frank S. Ivohei-ts, l)eei'inl)Vr, 188,s. .M;iry Louise,
horn April 18, 18i)U; Claudius Ihiii'y .Maslin, hoi-ii Sfpt. 11, 181)4.
WOOD.
Gen. Abram Wood reju-esfiited Apiioniauehc County (as it was
then ealled) in 1644-45-4G-r)G. Was meiulM-r of Coinu-il of Virginia
1G;{7. Issue:
2 ^lary, uiari'ied Major Peter .lours, who Awd 1728. 'A Mary,
married Caj)t. Peter Jones (Ilenrieo (bounty I'ap. is, 1()47). 4 Fred-
erie Jones, horn Deeemht-r, 171!); :iiarried IJctsy Fjipcs. o Fretlerie,
of Dinwiddie (Jounty, horn 174i)^ mai-ried Susanna Ciailiorne; horn,
1751. 8 Mary Eli/a (.MeDowdl) horn 182'J; died 1!»10 luai'ried. 1849,
Dr. C.H.Mastin; died 1898.
STITH.
1. Colonel John .Stith. IJurge.ss, ltJ89-93.
2. Colonel Drury Stitli. Married 1(J8U, Susanna P.at hurst.
3. John IStith, horn 1G83 ov 4. Hurgess. 1718.
4. Mary, nuuried Huller lleri)ert, 1722.
5. JMary, nuirried Augustine Claihorne, 174;i.
6. Susanna Claihorne, l)urn 1751 ; married h'rederiek Jones,
horn 1749.
7. Mary Herbert, i)orn 1773; married, about 17;)4-5, John
Withers.
8. PriseiUa Wright, horn 1804; died 1877; married, 1828, Wil-
liam MeDoweil.
9. Mary Kli/.a (MeDowellj, borii 1829; died P)!!); married,
1849, Dr. C. U. Mastni, horn 1826, died 1898.
10. Mary Herbert (Mastin), horn 18hl ; iiiarri(.'d, 1888, Frank
S. Roberts, born 184G. ... ■.-—
11. Mary Louise IJobei'ts, horn April 18, l8:Ki
ius Henry Mastin Roberts, horn Sept. 11, 1894.
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WITHERS.
(From Henning Statutes, Vol. \'J.
Suit of William Withers and Augustine Washington, May, 1755.
John Withers of the County of Stafford, Colony of Virginia,
dying without male issue, left a eertain tract of lainl by his will,
hearing date 29th of August, 1698, to .Mi\
1 Thomas Withers of Lancaster, in (ireal Pritain; issue; 2 Ed-
mond, died <'hildle.s.s, and his heir (2) William; :; Thomas; 4 W^il-
liam, horn in Englantl 22 Feb., 1732, eaine to \'n^;inia 1748, died in
Dinwiddie County, Va., 1817, marritnl, 1761, Priseilla Wiight (Prin-
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THE McDowells and connections 581
cess iViiiie County, Va.), nun ria^o hoiuis 17G1, was private secretary
to (Jovcnior Dimviddie, issue; 5 Tlionias married l^lizabctli Walker,
John married Mary Herbert -lones; 6 Dr. K. W. Witlieis married',
1833, Mary D. Witliei;.s, (6) Triseilla \V. married William .MeDowelK
(6) Mary D. married R. W. Withers, John (5) had a num'ber of
otlier eliildren, a daugliter, Susanna Claiborne, marrying Clement
Comer Clay, who was a governor of Alabama and United States
Seirator from Alabama; his son, C. C. Clay, succeeded him in tlie
United States Senate; a son. General Jones M. Withers, C. S. A., was
a prominent officer during the war between the states. 7 IMarv Eliza
McDowell, born 1829, died 1910. married. 1829, Dr. C. II. Mastin,
born 1826, died 1898. 8 Mary Herbert Mastin, born 1861, married
PVank S. Roberts, born 1846. 9 Mary Louise Roberts, born Ajiril
18, 1S90; Claudius Henry Mastin Roberts, born Sept. 11. 1894.
JOHN IRWIN AND DESCENDANTS.
Carlisle, Pa.
By Irwin ]\Iahon.
Tlie old records at Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pa., show trans-
fers of lands 'by Irwins, Irvins and Trvines, which may be guides to
connecting links with their descendants, kindly furnished 'by Irwin
Mahon.
Regarding the transfer of John Irwin, as it appears of record
in Vol. 1., Book E, page 40, I find that on May 31, 1776, John
Irwin conveyed to Thomas Sliirley sixty-three acres and one hun-
dred and seven perches of land, in what was then the Hamilton
Township, in the County of Cumberland, State of Pennsylvania, for
150 j)Ounds sterling.
I furtlier find that on Ihe 29th day of January, 1771, William
Irwin aiul ^largaret, his wife, cojiveyed to Ro^bert Irwin, his son,
for the sum of 100 i)ounds sterling, two hundred acres and ninety
l)erches of land in Antrim Township, Cumberland County, Pa. This
two hundred acres constituted part of three hundred and seventy-
five acres and ninety perches wliich the proprietors of the Province
of Penn, by jjatent dated at Philadelphia, Pa., the 13th day of De-
cember, 1776, granted and confirmed to William Irwin, his heirs and
assigns. Patent recorded in Patent Book "AA," Vol. VIII., page
146. and of record in Vol. I., Book F, page 72, Recorder's Office, Car-
lisle, Cumberland County, Pa. Date of this record, Jan. 29, 1771.
I find further grants from various Irvines as follows:
Andrew Irvin to Margaret Armstrong, 1779.
Andrew Irvine to Ann Reacke et al., 1783.
Andrew Irvine to James Semple et al., 1783. ■ ' •
Andrew Irvine to John Iloge et al., 1783.
Andrew Irvine to Mary Campbell, 1783. ,i.. , ■
Andrew Irvine to Mary Armstrong, 1783.
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582 THE McDowells and connections
Andrew Irvine to Jolin Williamson, 17!)1.
Armstrong Irvine et al. to Hobert Leyhurn. ISO,'*.
Armstrong Irvine et al. to Andi-ew Irvine. ISOO.
Arnistrojig Irvine to .John Irvine et al., 1820.
Alexander li. Irvine et al. to James Montgoiiiciy and \vit>. 1842.
Andrew Irvine to Armstrong Irvine, IS;")!.
Andrew Irvim^ to Franees Iv'kles, trustee, et al. 18fi2.
A. li. Irvine to George A. Rest, 1868.
A. Ij. Irvine. Sr.. to Jacob R. Doek. 1860.
A. L. Irvine to Rorout^Mi of Xewville, 187:^
Alvin (!. Ii-viiie to Robert T. Paitu', tnistoe. 1IM)2.
Robert Irvine; to X'al.Miruie Kgolf, Ai)ril, 1826.
Robert Irvine to II. W. Pb\ siek.s. Admr., August, 1828.
Robert Irvine to Ileni'v Steckler, Aj)ril, 18;U).
Robert Irvine to ^Fattliew Miller. Admr., l''ebni,irv. lS2r).
Robert Irvine to David Howman's heirs. April. 1834.
Robert Irwin to (leorge Singi/er. August . 18:!1.
Ro'bert Irvine to iMieliael iroffleman. IMareli, 18:!!),
Robert Irvine to Elias .lolin. .March. 1843.
Robert Irvine to Andrew Tat man. Fcbruarv, 184:1
Robert Irvine to Carlisle Rank. April, 1850.
Ruth Irvine to I\Iary Do(d<s. Admx.. April, 1850.
Robert Ii-vine to Cai-lisle Rank. Decendier. 18.51.
Robert IT. Irvine, assignee, to Robert II. Ii-viiic. Novfiubei-, 1886.
Robert IT. Irviju' to Rammd I. Irvine. 188,^^.
James Irwin to John Elder, 1763.
Josej)]i Ii-wiii to James Irwin. Rr., i\rav, 1775.
John Irwin, trustee, et al. to James Rrandon. .\uLrnst, 1790.
James Irwin to Amlrew 'Erwin. ,\ufrust. 1780.
James Irwin to William lamonds. F.xtr., danuary. 1775.
James Irwin to AVillian, lamonds. Fxtr.. :\Ia\, 1777.
John Irvine et al. to Audi-cw Irvine, November. 1800.
James Irvine to Alexa ndrr RIaine, Fxtr.. Sopf ember, 1803.
John Irvine to ]\rordec:ii :\lrl\ iiniey. April. 1814.
James Irvine to Alexander F eekey, Fxtr.. April. 1817.
John Irvine to William Irvine et al.. Vol. 1., Rook FF. page
466, April, 1820.
Joseph Irvine to Willain Revnolds et al.. Vol. I., Rook VT\ page
430. Octoher. 1834.
Jane E. Irwin et al. to AVilliam llarkness. Vol, T., Rook TT. page
301, March, 1842.
James Irvine to C. V. R. R. Po.. Vol. I.. R;u.k YY. pa ere 540.
April. 1845.
Dr. James R. li'vine to Peter A. Aid et al. Vol II.. b^ook D.
page 117. April. 1852.
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THE McDowells and connections 583
Joseph S. K. Irvine to John B. Leidig, Vol. 11., Hook (), page 346,
Deeeiiilier, 1868.
.fames Irwin to John Shirenian, Vol. 11., Hook H, i)age ii8, Janu-
ar}-, 1864.
John Irvine to Peter \. Tritt, Vol. 111., Hook \, page 12."), Sep-
teni'her, 1868.
James Irvine, assignee, to James livine, Vol. 111., Hook N, page
;57!», bY^iii-nju-y, 1878.
•John Irvine to Joseph Jaekson, Vol. V^., Hook Z, page 568,
.Mareh, 1866.
Lillian V. Irvine to Lewis l>()l)l)s' iieirs, Vol. V., Hook I), page
8(18, .Mareh, 1894.
.Matthew irwin to Hhilip Wolf, .May, 1806.
.Matlhew Irwin to John Lcnidon, April, 1806.
Ma1th(-w Irwin to Ann London, /\|)ril, 1806.
.Matthew Ii-win to John Walker, .March, 1806.
Matthew Irvine to John Logue, Kchruary, ISll.
Matthew Irvine to Jonathan Iloge. April, 1811.
Mattliew Irvine to David Walker, Sej)teml)er. 1818.
Mai'garet. Irvine et al. to John Irwin, p]xtr., Jnly, 1827.
^largaret Irvine to Josejvh Stuart et al., August, 1852.
^lary Irvine to Eve Irviiu^ April, 1854.
Mary A. Irvine to David J. Hrougher, April, 1861.
Marg-aretta Irwin, trustee, to Samuel J. Irvine, Deeemher, 1866.
.Margaretta Irvine to Rohert ^1. Hays, Deeemher. 1866.
h^sther Irwin and heirs to Thomas Wilson, Deeemher, 1773.
Klizaheth Irvin to Ai)raham Swart/., April, 1870.
Kli/a'heth Irwin to William 0. Rhodes, I\Iareh, 1871.
Franeis Irwin to Janu\s Moore, January, 1703.
(ieorge Irwin to Neal .MeCaskey, August, 1768.
Oeorge Irwin to Cathei-ine Wairdley, A])ril, 1885.
Oeorge Irwin to ^lary i\Ie('askey, Deeem'l)er, 1768.
(leorge Irwin to Catherine Wairdley, April. 1885.
(Jeorge Irwin to Samuel Hitnei-, Extr., IMarcli, 1806.
TIenrv W. Irwin to George Enmrieh, June, 1849.
Harry S. Irwin to Augustus Ililis Est.. 1890.
William Irwin and wife to Thomas Wilson, Deeemlx-r, 1776.
William Irvine, lEs(p, to George Logue, Esq., Oeto])er, 1812.
AVilliani Irvine to John Ir.vine et al., 1820.
AVilliam Irvine, Esq., to Samuel Lairds, Extr.. Oetol»er, 1833.
William Irvine et al. to William Ilarkness. "March, 1842.
William Irwin to Philip Wainmaker's agent, Deeemher, 1838.
AVilliam Irwin to Samnel Irwin's heirs, Septemher, 1828.
William 0. Irving to Salome K. Coover's heirs, Mareh, 1889.
William G. Irvine to John TTmherger's heirs. TMareh, 1895,
Samuel Irwin to William Littlp. IMarch. 1779.
• Samuel Irwin, Esq., to John Fleming, Apnl, 1788.
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Samuel Irwin to -lani.'s Irwin, August, 1797.
Samuel Irwin to 1^1. -ii nor l{(»sel)("rg, March, ISOO.
Samuel Irvin. l-:s(i., t(. Jaiiics Irviu, March, 1SI)4.
Samuel li-vin to -lames Urown, A])ril, 1810.
Samuel Irwin to Willi.un P.lean. April, 1S27.
Samuel Irwin to -lolin l!lr;in. O.-toher, 1827.
Sarah Irvine et al. to -lohn Irvine'.s Extrs., July, 1827.
Samuel Irwiii to Willi^im N. Dunbar, December, 1S:U.
Samuel J. Irvine to Sannu'l Byors, Ajjril, 18()4.
Samuel J. Irvine to Michael Zeigler, Ai)ril. 1865. ,.
Sarah A. liwin to -lane Iv (i. Snivelv, Mav, 1S!)8.
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THE MCDOWELLS AND CONNECTIONS 535
KEN IIAHT VANDELL
(See J\.i1rait, page ;n-i)
Avo,!t7^"'r7'?f'^' r" '^' '"'^"^' ^'■- ^^- ^^- ^^"^^«ll ^^"^l Martha
.b ]hOh. He died iM Ind.'iH'i.dence, Cal., Jan. 7, 191;i. At the a-e
ot twdv. he removed from Tc.uiessee to California. At the age of
eighteen he l.egan teaching school at Warm Springs, and taught
liere for tour year.s. In mH) h, went to Silvania, where he was
bookkeeper lor a mining company. In 1894 he went to Independ-
ence, where i^' acted a.s Deputy County Clerk under his brother,
•John n^andell All ot his spare time was devoted to the study of
aw. and m lh!»., he was admitted to the bar and continued the prac-
tiee ot law until his death. He rose rajudly in his profession, and
at the lime ot his death he was regarded as one of the ablest law-
yers in Northern California.
On the ard of May, 18f);5, he was married to Miss Hirdie Levy,
daughter of H. Levy. The issue of this marriage was one son, Fred
1 andell.
Mr. H. H. Yandeirs mother was the daughter of Nathan Davis
Sandetord and Frances IMartha or Fannie (Avent) Sandeford and
the sister of :\Iary Fmina Sandeford, wife of John Hugh 2^IcDowell
(see^ |)age ;-i2l). Frances Martha or Fannie Avent was the daughter
ot Thomas Ward Avent.
Dr. W. W. Yandell was born in 1821, and died at his residence
in Milan. Teiin., Jan. 31, 1875.
' AVHJJAM OSBORNE McDOWELE
(See ]*ortrait, page 808)
AVilliam Osl)orne JMcDowell, son of Col. Augustus W. and Anna
•M. (Osborne) McDoAvell, was ))orn in New Jersey, Ai)ril 10, 1848.
He received a common school education and went into business at
an early age in New York City. He married. Nov. 17, 1878, Jose-
phine R. Timanus, daughtei' of Col. Henry Timanus, of Fernandina,
Fla. He wa.s for a long time engaged in the reorganization of rail-
roads in the North. Later he became prominent in various civic
and ])hilaiithropie movements and gained for ihimself the title of
"The Peacemaker." The Degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred
upon him in 1902.
WILLIAM H. WINBRAY LINE
William B. Winbray, a native of England, came to America in
the early i)art of the Nineteenth Century. He was a Baptist min-
ister in Bai-nesville, (la.
Reeord'of deed. Upson, Ga., 1828, page 884; l»ouglit 100 acres
of lot 14. The lawyer who drew the deed spelled the name wrong,
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586 - THE McDowells and connections
spelling liie name Wimhrey. ii should have been Winhrav as the
coiTcet spelling ot the family name.
Wililam n. Winbi-ay married (hiillea :\lo()dv. Of this union five
ehildren were horn, .John A. being the tliird 'ehihl (see sketeh of
John A).
Thomas Moody, father of (iuillea Moody, bought lot No 176
Upson County, (Jcorgia (s<-e reeords of deeds, 1827, page ;506)
Benjamin I\Ioody, fathei- of Thomas lAfoody, a native of England
John A. Winbray, son of William H. Winbray and (iuillea
.Aloody, was born in Upson County, Georgia, in 182:)"; died Dec. 16
1890, in Wynnewood, Indian Territory, and was l.u'ried with .Ala-
sonic honors.
Jolm A. Winbray Avas twice married. First, to Afary Ann Susan
AFeDowell, of wliieh union there wa.s issue, two ehildren, lunnely
diaries and Susan A. Second, to Elizabeth Neel, and of this issue
seven ehildren, Alleyne being the fifth child.
John A. AVinbray spent the latter part of his life alternately
fannnig and merchandising. lie owned a large plantation in Hop-
kins County, Texas. In th- year 1861 he enlisted in the Civil AVar,
Company C, 10th Texas Cavalry; was appointed quarter-master, and
served until the close of tho war, doing duty in Georgia, Alississippi,
Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas, under\:ol. M. F. Locke.
Charles William Winbray, son of John A. and Alary Ann Susan
AIcDowell Winbray, was born in Griffin, Ga., Sept. 29, 1849, and
died Jan. 18, 1916, jn AVynnewood, Garvin ('ounty, Oklalionui, nt the
liome of his sister, Alleyne W. Leewright.
He received his high scliool education at Gilmer, Texas, Looney
Academy; I\rorgan II. Looney. president. He entered Harvard Uni-
A-ersity, graduating tJicrefrom in 1872 with degree Al. LL. He prac-
ticed law in (Greenville, Texas, for a number of years, and from there
he Avent to St, Louis, where he became closely associated with Judge
Natlianiel Holmes. lie Avas a member of the Second Baptist Church
of St. Louis.
Charles AVilliam AVinbray was a consistent Christian. There
Avas no truer, better, aumlier man. He always used his great intel-
lect for the promotion of the Master's cause. Pure in thought and
deed, true to God and his fellow-man, he endeared himself to all who
knew him.
Charles AVilliam AVinbray is the author of the Bacon-Shakes-
peare Cipher Keys, Hints and Translations, now ready for publica-
tion.
Mary Ann Susan McDowell AVinbray, mother of Charles AVil-
liam AVinbray, was a daughter of Charles McDowell and (Elizabeth
Grain. There Avere ten children of this union, viz: Henry, Charles,
Jefferson, Dr. George, Emily, Amanda, Mary Ann Susan,' Elizabetli^
]\[arcia and Francis.
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("IIAIJLKS MfDOWKLL
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Cliai-los :\l('I)()\vrll was hoi-ii IHiJ, died ISIT). \Va-, Slate Scu-
atoi" of Noi-tli Carolina, 17SJ-8, aiul a jneiiihcr ol' the LowtT House in
hS()l)-n.
William MeDowell caine from Scotland in 1754; married Miss
]\l(d)ade. Of tins marriage ,eamc diaries McDowell, William -James,
Henry, .Jane, .Martha — eight children Charles was C. W. Winhray's
'41'andfather.
I'llizahetli Crain ^leDowell is a d.iughter of Thomas and Su>au
Ihanl.
Thomas Heard, Cai^tain in the Revolutionary War. was a son
of (iov. Stephen Hoard and lOlizahet'ii Darden. Mli/aheth Danlen
was a grandniece of CJeoi-ge Washington. (Jov. Stt'ijhen Heard was
a son of .lolin Ileai'd, of Ireland.
A]le>iu' Winbray and Jacob IT Leewriglit were nuirried in
lS8(i. Of this union there were give children, viz: Humphrey Win-
hray, now deceased; Dyall II., 22 years; i^li/ahelh, deceased; Melha
Wilhclniina, 13 yeai's, and John Weltner, aged ID years.
Alieyne W. Leewriglit is a graduate (d' the Weltnei- ("(nisorva-
tory of Music, St. Louis, Mo.
Dyall IT. Leewriglit and Virginia Tucker were married March
10, 1813. Of tliis union one child, viz: Twilight Leewright. Vir-
ginia departed this life Fel). 7, 1!)16. (Sec ilustration, i)age r)(iO.)
McDOW'F. LL a KNEW .00 Y
By Samuel R. MeDowell
(Grandfather:
William ]McDowell, born near Uall}'mony County, Antrim, about
1780; died at Hallyeastle about 1840; married at Ballycastle to Eliz-
abeth Cunningham.
ChiUlren of Orandfatlier :
1. James. 2. William. 3. Ai-chibald, born at County Antrim,
Ireland, Sept. 7, 1807; died IMay 31, 1873. 4. ]\largaret, born at.
County Antrim; died at Olenriddle, Pa. 5. Elizabeth, ti. -lobn.
7. Samuel. 8. Robert. 9. Alexander. 10. Thomas (Thomas was a
lieutenant in an Illinois regiment in the Mexican War, and died soon
after the \yar.
l^'atlier and Mother:
Samuel R. ]\IcDowell, born near Belfast on Sept. 4, 1807; died
at CJlenriddle, Pa., Mav 31, 1873; married at Philadelphia Jan. 21.
1832. to ]\larv Ann Riddle, born near Belfast, 1806, died at (Ilenrid-
dle. Pa,, Sept. 26, 1879.
( 'hildren of A1)ove :
1. Mary Ann, born at Parkmount. Pa., Nov. 8. 1832; died Dec. 25,
1835. 2. Elizabeth, born at Parkmount, Pa., June 26, 1834 ; died May
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12, 190-4. 3. SaiiuK'l K., l)oni at I'arkiiKmnt, Pa., Feb. 11, 1837, living.
4. R(.'l)t;eca, hoi'ii at raikiaoiiut, I*a., .March 5, 183*); died July 15,
18;Ji). 5. William L., honi at (jleiiriddle, Pa., Nov. 20, lcS43 ; died
July IG, li)13. 6. James R., l)orn at Glenriddle, Pa., Sept. 21.' 1841,
living.
Marriages :
2. To Josei)li lAIillcr, at .(Jlenriddle, Pa,, 185G. 3. To Anna ^l.
Tliompson, at Prandywine, Jan. 10, 18G7. 4. To Thomas U. Thomp-
son, at (jlenriddle, 187*J. 5. To Annie II. Sewell, at Vieinia. Md.,
Jan. 7, 18G9. 6. To i\lary J. Ivison, at Lima, Pa., .May 25, 1878.
(Jrandehildren:
Children of Dr. William iMeDowell: 1. Owen W. iMeDowell,
horn at Searnton, Pa., Nov. 1, 1900. 2. Ellen K. .McDowell, horn at
Seranton, Pa., Dec. 7, .1908.
Children of Samuel R. McDowell, of Media, Pa.: 1. Jennie R.
:\IeDo\vell (Dee. 31, 1891); married to Dr. Frederick W. Lange, of
Seranton, Pa. 2. Dr. Joseph ^McDowell. Media, Pa. 3. Dr. William
A. :\Icl)owell, Seranton, Pa.; married Ai>ril 28, 1900, to Florence
Owen. 4. .Mary Ann McDowell, Media, Pa.; married Oct. 18, 1910,
to Kaspar Otto Kawariek. 5. Sara II. iMeDowell, Media, Pa.; mar-
ried Sept. 2, 1914, to Isaac W. Swinehart. 6. Samuel Wilson .Mc-
Dowell, Media, Pa.
JAI\IES DOAK IRVIN
(See page 333)
The snhjeel of this sketch was horn Sept. 2, 1823, in Blooming-
ton, Ind.
lie was a son of Samuel Williamson Irvin, born in Madison
County, Kentucky, April IG, 1789, and married Feb. 1, 1821, in Jes-
samine County, Kentucky, Jaiu' Doak.
lie w^as a grandson of Samuel Irvin, bora February, 1760, near
IMiller's Iron Works, on flossy Creek, Augusta Comity, Virginia, and
nujrried Sept. 12, 1788, in Rockingham County, Virginia, Jemiett
Jane Brewster (see page 331).
lie was a descendant of a large family of Krwins (or Irvines),
who settled on Long Olade, Angusta Count}', Virginia, about 1730.
This fact is established by p.o^jitive ])roof left in our family.
lie died in Corydon, Ind., Oct. 23, 1913, at the age of 90 years.
As a citizen his honesty and uprightness were never (luestioned.
In his family he was gentle and indulgent ; ruled by the strong power
of love. In his home he sought to make happy everything that came
within its domain. Notwithstanding ihis gentle qnalities, he was
brave, courageous and poi-trayed the characteristics of the Irvines,
who, it is said, "were second to none on any battlefield." And
w^hen at the breaking out or the war between the States, and a call
was made for recruits, he raised and took to camp at Nortii Madison,
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Iml., one hundred men and liorses at his own expense, until juustcrcd
nitu service. For tiiis service he never asked or received from tlie
f,'overnment any remuneration. After being mustered in and com-
missioned Captain of Company B, Third Indiana Cav.iliv, he was
ordered to Washington, J). C. Afterwards he served in the Army of
the I'otomae.
lie was raised to the high order of iMasonry in 185;^, aiid served
a mnuber of times as Master of Pisgah Lodge No. 32, F. 6c A. .M., of
Corydon, Ind.
'"Dr. Irvin's life was a model in many ways, lie never Mid
things by halves,' and was never content with anything but the best.
This striving for the truth and the right was manifested as anmn,
as a citi/.en, as a soldier, as a dentist, as a earpentei-, as a comj)anion
and friend, 'i'herefore, in truth he is not dead, but his worthy aiul
spelndid life still lives and stands forth as a beacon light to guide
and ennoble all who came in contact with him."
The following additions are to be made to the records of the
Krwin family, found on page 276 :
Krwin Collins Merck, son of Hubert N. and Mary Eliza (Krwin)
Merck, born in (Jainesville, Ga., Aug. 11, 1904.
The following children born to William Camiibell Lanier and
Charlie Belle (Collins) Lanier:
Belle Krwin Lanier, August 12, 1903.
JSusan Cherry Lanier, Feb. 11, 1906.
Mary Frances Lanier, June 30, 1912.
Mary Frances Schutze, ilanghter of IMiilij) Tranvniell and Sarah
Lee (Krwin) Schutze was married to Albin Bingham Cates, Oct. 28,
1913.
Alvin Bingham Cates, Jr., son of Alvin Bingham and Maiy
Frances (Schutze) Cates, was horn Nov. 15, 1915.
Tliomas Krwin Schutze, son of Philip Trammell and Sarah Lee
(Krwin) Schutze, was married to Kdna Augusta Underwood Dec. 31,
1916. Their son, Tliomas Krwin Schutze, Jr., was born Jan. 26, 1918.
To accompany group picture on page 554
Levin Handy Harris Irving, born in Salisbury, ]\Id., Dec. 19,
1834. Removed to Irvingt'on, Va., a place named for him. Mar-
ried Mary Jane George of Irvington, Va., and died Aug. 28, 1907.
The children of this marriage are as follows:
1. Zii)j)orah Hooper Irving, horn in Baltimore, Md., July 17,
1862; married Joseph Franklin Bussels (see portrait, i)age 552). 2.
Adelaide Irving, married Capt. W. L. IMessiek. 3. Levin ^lonroe Ir-
ving, M.D., living in Chicago.
The children of Joseph Franklin and Zipporah II()oi)er (Irving)
Bussells are as follows; 1. Addie Bussels, married — — Jones. 2.
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Irving Bonner Hussell.s. ;{. I. aura Hooper I'.iisscls. 4. Alary Virginia
Bussells. 5. Franldin I'a-i'c niissells.
Tiio ciiildren ot ("apt. \V. L. and Adelaide (IrviiiKJ Alfssudc are
as follows: 1. xMrs. A. 1*. Kowe. i''riHli-ri(d<sl)iir<j;, .Md. •_:. li\iiin- M,.s-
sick, Norfolk, Va. 4. Clill)ert Me.s.siek, \Viliiiiii>it,,ii, N. C. 4^ Airs.
Holmes Sherman, Wilmington, X. ('. 5. Paul Messick.
The group on ])agi' f)')! I'l'picsent.s four geueiai ions.
Genealogy to aeeomi)any poi'lraits on jiages .'jdO and .')()].
William E. iMeElroy, Ikuh in \'irgiiua, J77(), died ucar Ldianon,
Ky., 1875 (see i)ortrait, piage ); mariied (seroinl wiie) Alary
Kirk.
Lucy Ann MeKlroy, I'.aughler of William l\. Alef:ir(.y; l.orn
near Eehanon, Kv., Nov. 2.'), 1,S'J7; mai'ricd Samuel T. U:i\, Aug 17.
1852.
Children of the ahove marriage: 1. Samuel Ah I'druy Kay, horn
Nov. 5, 185;i. 2. Susan .Margai-et Kay, born dan. 12, 1855. :!.".|()sejih
Kay, born May 8, 185G; died Oct. 17, 186(5. 4. I'aid iM-ankliu Kay,
boni March 2, 1860. 5. Lee Lavi^ Kay, born duly 14. iSlil. (I. Kale
Kay, born April 22, 18G7; died Se|)t. 20, 18(;8. 7. ('luiilcs 'l'a\lor Kay,
born April 3, 1870.
Samuel MclOlroy Ka\- married Alai'y Lou Alillei', at J>elton,
Texas, May 3, 1877.
Children of the abo\'e marriage: 1. Sannud Ta\lor Ka> , born
Dec. 17, 1879; died .May 17, 18S1. 2. Daisy Kay." bcrn A|)ril G,
1881. 3. Cora I^liller Kay. >boi'n Oe-t. 30, 1882. 4. William .\ddison
Ixay, born Sept. 24, 1884. 5. Samuel Alel'di'o}- Kay, Jr.. bom Sept.
13,'l88G. G. I'aiil Franklin Kay, dr., born duly 23, 181)4 isee por-
trait, i)age 500). 7. Charles .Newton Ka\', boi'u Dim-. 28, 181)1) ^see
portrait, page 501).
Samuel Mel"]lroy Kay, Jr., married .Ma\' (ilass, Jmie 17, li)13.
The following atlditions are made to the I'eeord of the eliildi-en
of Nafhan Davis and Alabel South worth (Wet more) .M(d)owell, page
97, viz:
3. Nathan Heath AleDuwell. 4. Lansing Wetmore Al(d)(.well.
To the record of the ehildi'en of Horace and Shdla (Sherrer)
]\rcDowell, on page 97. sh'oidd be added the names:
2. Stella McDowell. 3. Lredeiieka AleDowell.
To the sketch of Lieul.-ilov. W. W. AleDow.JI, of Aloidana,
should be added t'he following:
"lie was married to xMrs. Alary Le(^ Sturges t»f Chieago, Dee. 2,
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INDEX
NOTE:— A number of pages given may indicate, in some cases, more than one
person of the sume name.
ABBREVIATIONS: v — see; et, seq.— and following pages; id.— the same.
Abbay, Robert Irwin, 142
Abbay, William G., 142
Abbay, Georgia Elizabeth (Irwio) 142
Abbay. William Georgia, 142
Abell, Charles, 191
Abell, Erwin, 191
Abell, Fannie. 191
Abell, Josiah, 191
Abell, Sophie (Sims), 191
Abell, Letltia, 191
Abell. Lou, 191
Abell, Dr. Robert, 191
Abell, Robert, 191
Abell, Martha (Sims), 191
Abell, Stewart. 191
Abell, Winfred (Crawford), 191
Aberdeen, Earl of, 555
Abernathy, Alexander, 228
Abernathy, Elizaheth Milne (McDow-
ell). 228
Abernathy (Mrs.), Ellen Harry, 228
Abernathy (Mrs.) Susan, 56
Able, Leah (v. Ninian I. Shugart), 126
Adair. Miss (v. Alexander Er-
win), 189
ADAMS—
Annie Elizabeth (v. Edward White
Phlfer), 216
Charles, 360
Christopher. 350
Christopher Irvine (v. "Kit of the
Coast"), 178
Susanne (Johnston). 178
David, 349
Josephine (Johnson), 349
David. 350
Elizabeth (v. Hamilton Erwln). 212
Rev. F. L., 289
James, 178
Mary (Irvine), 178
President John. 429. 439
"Kit of the Coast" (v. Christopher
Irvine Adams). 178
Margaret (v. Watson), 66
Penelope (v. James Terrell), 178
Penelope 'Lynch (v. John An-
drews). 178
Robert. 178
Solomon, 350
Ann Monce (Johnson). 350
William Irvine. 178
Nancy (Chinn), 178
ADDICKES—
Amanda (v. Thomas Clawson), 196
Annie Lee (V. Walter Bedford
Moore), 196
Blanche (v. Robert Lindsay), 196
Clark, 190
Francis, 196
Frederick, 196
Sallie (Clawson), 196
Henning, 196
Sallie (Moore), 196
Henning. Jr.. 196
Mary (Withers). 196
Marie, 196
Mary (v. Dr. Alexander), 196
Sallie, 196
Withers. 196
iielen (Wardlaw). 196
Withers. Jr., 196
Adger, Mary Louise (v. Rev. Harry
Wilson Fllnn), 222-
Adlum, J. G.. 571
"Sister" Evalyna (Irwin). 571
AGNEW— Line, 571, 577
Agnes (v. Uchtred McDowall), 459
Col. Alexander, 459. 465
Amanda. 4G5
Andrew, 469
Sir Andrew, Bt., 459 ,
Ann (V. Natlianlel Dorsey), 465
Ann Rebecca, 463
Arthur S., 464
Mamie (Gray), 464
Augustus Harrison, 464
Mabel (Anderson), 464
Benjamin J., 467
Charles Clinton, 464
Ella J. (Dunlap), 464
Charlotte Bell, 414, 463
Dr. I>. Hayes, 415, 4(;:i
Mary Crelghton (Irwin), 463
David, 414, 459, 461, 465, 571
Mary (Irwin or Erwin), 414, 459,
461, 465, 571
David, 465
Eliza (Llghtner), 465
David Franklin, 463
(1) Amanda M. (Lightner). 463
(2) Charlotte Harvey ( Bell ),
463
David Smith. 464 '
David W.. 467
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AG NEW AUNKW
IJwight L., 464 ^' .Marie (v. Hew, IliuUi .McUowell),
Daviil White. 577 ''-'•'
MarLlia A. (Clash), 577 ^'"'i^' J • ■^*'']
Dr. Earl I.. 4ti4 Mary A., It;.
Myrtle (Hosier), 4(;i ' Mary A. (\. Cersliuni Plimpton
Edith J., 4G4 Kirk), 577
Edward Lewis, 4(1 1 Mary Hell, if, J
Edwin Irwiu, 41 C ' Mary .lean, lit;
Ellis J., 4G7 Mary Viimuia K;:;; letter from,
Elmer A., -iijl
1 I
E. .John, 577 Matil.la Hell iv. Walter CioGdman
Dr. Erwin. 415. 4GS Uoy. r.^ i. li;i
Mary Creighion (Irwin), 115 I'-^n-k, 4(;:;. 4t;i
Gilbert, 459
Margaret (McDowell), 45'J
Harry Eiglitner. \{',:i
Helen D.. 4(J4
Laura Kielinds ilUdl). iG4
Sir I'atrirU. i;i, I5:t. 1(;5
Margaret t K.-une.ly ) . 1511. 4G5
Mary C^ l v. !■; A. Atkins), 57 1"
James. 4G7 Quenlin, 1
Heijecea (Smith), 4t;7
Helx'ica (V. Ke\ , William Bald-
James of Hallow, 1(;5 . . ''^1
Eleanor ( ). 4(15
Capt. Jame.s. 41G. 45'). IGl. M,:,
Rebecca (Scott), 415. IGl liebecca A., I
Uebet ca (v. Allied itichardson),
1(,5
Col. James. 4(;7
Elizabeth Findley (Odiillree),
4G5
Col. James. 415, 41G, 151)
Mary (Ramsey), 415, 41G, 45'.J, Samuel. W-,
Sanuul, IGl. 1G( et se
Rebecca !■ raiue^ (v. Nathaniel
Harrows liiilibl. IG:;
Robert, Dr., IGo
Sadit! Al. (v. Frank H. Slosser) 4G4
4G7
Lieut. -t'.ol. James, -115, 11 G
Susan ('().\e i l';r\siu). IGl. 46'
Elizabeth (Finley), 415, 41G ' th'- Saimud
James, Jr., 465
James K., 467
Jane (v. Alexander McDowell)
459
John, 465, 571, 572
Sarah A.
Smith, IGl
Smiih II.. ig;;
Stella Al. (V. Walter K. Draper)
4G4
Elizabeth (Park), 4G5, 571, 572 W. Franklin, 4G, _ .
John, 4G7 : ';■■ 'amil.v ui 1,. et sec,
, f'-^ ^^?- \^^'l^!- }^: ''r!r;riia'Ai::;'Hn::|et eld) 464
John Park, 46.J, 4G4, 4(.o, ■> i 1 Wallace liriv IGl
Matilda Elizabeth (Thomas) 4G:'> Wallare sV 1G7
■l'^^' "l^^ '''^- . Ahl P-ele'r A..\vsJ
Rev. John Robinson, 416 ' ^^||, J.^,llL■.4 Rolieri :;T7
John Smith, 4G7 ,,^l,l' Thomas I , :177
Lenora (v. Josiah Weir), 465 \\^\^ William. :!7.'
Lenora (v. Archibald (Ireenlee), l^leaiior ilr>inei. ;;77
572 Alcorn. Andiaw 1 . 1-0
Leonora Matilda (v. Archibald Fannie 1 :. druin), 120
Greenlee), 46:5, 461 Alcorn, H.rnice, I-'O
Lillie M. (v. Horace R. McLeani, Alcorn, Irwin O , Vi:'>
4^4 Alcorn, Nancy J , 120
Lilv 463 Alcorn. Olga, 12(i
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ALEXANDER Fainil.v. :;!t2. 126 et seq
. 102
^^^ Margaret 1 h'liriettat Watson )102
, 146
. erett Demarest ). IGl
Maria Jane (v. Dr. David Stoim)
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595
ALEXANDER
t'ynthia (Williamson), 116
Dr. , l!tii
Mary (Addickes ), lUt)
Aliraliani, IKJ
Abraui, ti;;
Angelina (Davis), Ci!
Adam, 413
Anna Wilson, lilS
Ben. 194
Cyntliia (v ycott), 191
. Ed, n-i
Nannie (Pearson), 212
Col. Elias, 272
Eliza (V. Seolt), 19 1
Ellen (V. Samuel Asljiiiy Davisjtjl
Eiwin, 170
Eugenia (v. Perry), 19 1
Evan, 430
Hannah drier (v. Ceii. Williaiu
Henry Neal (or Neel), 7;!, 99
Harrison, 194
Hezekiah, 443
James. 194
Frances (Hicks), 194
Isaac, 427, 448, 451
Jane (v. Capt. \'ardry :\lcBee) 271,
• Jean, 212
Dr. John McKnitt 430 437, 4:'.9, 143,
445, 447, 433, 455, 437
Lena (v. Uaumganlner), 194
Margaret Berry, 57
Martha (v. Robert liwin), 13S
Mary (V. Devault), 19!
Mary (v. den. Robert Irwin), 137
et se(j, 150
Nellie May (v. Henry Lenoir Ev-
ans), 209
II. O., 512
Saiah (v. Alexander Tate), 194
William, 331
Elizabeth (Irwin), 331
William, 194
Sophia lErwin), 194
William G., 429
William Mason, 215
Julia Adelaide (Moore), 215
Zebulon, 150
Zenas, 99, 150
Margaret (McLeary), 99
AUardice, 39
AUardyce, Janet (v. Alexander Irvine
of Drum), 555
ALLEN—
,1 367
Sarah (Irwin), 367
A. T., 75; Mis. A. T., 52
ALLEN—
A. T.. Jr.. 75 ..,,
Claribel .McDowell, 75
l-Jleanur, 161
Elizabeth, 75 - ;,.
(Jeorge B., I61» .,,.
Mary Porter (Weakley), 161
Jame.s, 349
Frances (Erwiii), 3 19
Joseph v., Pil
Annie Lou (Weakley), 101
.Joseph v.. Jr., It.l
.Josephine R. (v. Wilson P. Er-
wine), 17:;
Marion liendri.x, 21 JS
.Jeannie Sniillu-y ( Du Bust'), 218
Marion Hendrix, Jr.. 218
Mai-y (V. t'ha)les ("rittendon Fox),
173
Thomas Porter, ItU
Allgood. , -93
( Lawson), 2It3
Allgood, Andrew Thuuipson, 293
Allgood, Deotie 2!)3
Allien, T. 11, 2S1
Fannie (Cook) , 281
ALLISON—
Adeline Elizabeth (v. John McKe-
mei White), 217
lOstliei Pliilei' (V. Samuel Elliott
Wliit<'), 217
,lohn. 195
Haltie (Orr), 195
Prof. S. B., 116
Carrie Susan (King), 116
AUston. Cliai4otte (v. .Maui ice Augus-
tus IMoore. Jr.. 199
Alnutt, Mary Gardner (v. Thomas
Jones), .S9
Alsbaugh, J. IL, 119
Margaret S. (Irwin). 119
,-\lsop, Ignatius. 311
;\lartha (Robinson), 311
Alston, Charity (v. Captain James
Jones), 89
Ambler Eli, 352
Elizabeth (Brittin), 352
Ancrum, Bet.. (v. Caleb Clark Moore).
199'
ANDERSON—
, 343
Ann (Erwin), 343
— , 409
Gertrude (McDowell), 409
Bessie Belle, 57
Bessie Barton, 23U
David Watson 57
iHorace Brockman, 57 ' '
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ANDERSON
James iHeury, 57
James Mayson, 57
Dr. James Robert, 230
Bessie (Powe), 230
Jane Cheairs-, 159
John Herschel, 57
Katherine, 57
Katie, 230
Lila, 2-30
Mabel (v. Augustus Harrison Ag-
new), 4G4
Mary Elizabeth, 57
Mary Jane (v. Watson), 5G
Maude Comfort, 57
■'■ Nannie (v Samuel Pearson), 212
Nettie (v Luther Patton), -107
Osa, 159
Jane Ruth (Moore), 159
Robert B., 230
Suzie (Brown), 230
Sallie Starr Watson. 57
Samuel Monroe, 57
Sarah Moore, 159
William P, 230
Andrews, Mrs Alice Blair, 419, 124,
portrait 420
Andrews^ John, 17S
Penelope Lnch (Adams), 178
Penelope Lynch (Adams), lla
Gov. Paul Herl)ert), 178
Andrews, Sarah Moore, lliO
Angus, Earl of, 555
Araskin, Sir Charles, 20, 21
Argyle, Earl of (the Dukes of), 519,
5G9
Armstrong, Miss (v. Dr. Robert
Irvine), 484
Armstrong, Horace A., 227
Mary Dale (CIraige), 227
Armstrong, Margaret, 581
Armstrong, Mary, 581
Arrington, Dr. W. T., Jr., 88
Edna Arundel (Freeman), 88
Arthur, Albertus Adair, 198
Arthur, Alice Elizabeth. 198
Arthur, Edward John, 198
Arthur, Harvey Moore, 198
Arthur, James Dargan, 198
Alice (Moore). 198
Arthur, John Miller, 198
Arthur, Joseph Dargan, Jr., 198
Arthur, Kathleen, 198
Arthur, Lawrence Moore, 198
Ashlin, Cornelia J., 77
Ashlin, Dicy Rebecca, or Dora (v.
Capt. Washington P. Fort-
son), 77
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Ashlin, John, 77
Margaret Lucy Berry (McDow-
ell), 75, 77
Ashlin, John McDowell 77
Ashlin, Mary Josephine, 77
Ashton, Elizabeth (v. Joseph Taylon,
300
Atkins Coat of-Arms, 3S5
Atkins, E. A., 577
Mary Q. (Agnew), 577
Atkins, Laura A. (v. D. S. Layer), 577
Atkinson, Laura (v. Willoughby Fran-
cis Avery), 210
Atkinson, Lillie (v. Thomas B. Irwin)
574
Aull, Miss (v. Robert Irwin),
123
Ausley, Edward, 147
Margaret (Barry), 147
Ausly, Laura, 147
Ausly, Monroe, 147
A vent Coat-of-Arms 313
Avent, pronunciation of name, 321
A VENT—
Miss — (V. E. T. Beasley), 319
Miss (V. Cotton), 315
Abner,
(1) -
(2) -
!15
(Ward), 315
(Brady), 315
Amy, 313
Angelina, 313
B. W., 312 et seq
Dr. W. B, 319
Benjamin Wai'd, 315
Mary (Eley), 315
Benjamin Ward, Jr., 317
Ben, 312
Betsy (V. Ben Ward), 321
Betty (V. Lanier), 311
Carrie Pillow, 317
Charity D. (v. Dr. Thomas N.
Drake), 323
Eldridge Townes, 317
Tallio (Peele), 317
Eliza (V. Barker), 313
Elmer, 312
(1) (Ward). 312
(2) — ^ (Brady), 312
Elizabeth, 312, 313
Elizabeth Buford (v. Edward D.
Loony), 317
Emily Spencer, 323
Estelle Brown, 323
Fannie (v. J. F. Johnson), 319
Fisher, 317
Eloise (Brown), 317
Frances Martha or I'^annie (v. Na-
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597
AVENT
than Davis Sandeford), 93,
321, 585
Frank Vernon, 323
Petronelle (Pate), 323
Frank Vernon, Jr., 323 >
Gilly, 315
H nry, 308, 319
Henry Evans, 315
Henry M., 323
Estelle Hunter (Brown), 323
Isham, 313
James, 315, 319, 323
P'oUy (Avent), 315
James, 321
Dick (?) (Hazlewood), 321
James, 312
(Gardner) 312
James M., 319
James Wesley, 308, 319
James Wesley, Jr., 319
James William, 323
Mary N. Taylor), 323 ■ -
John, 307, 312, 313, 321
John, 312 i' '
Mary ( ), 312' '
John, 313
N. (Gary), 313
John Andrew, 312
Helen E. (McClain), 312
John B., 323
Martha (Johnson), 323
Louise Estelle, 323
Lucy (v. William Robinson), 311
Lucy (v. Truelove), 315
Mary, 313
Mary (v. Thomas Vincent), 309
Mary Allen (v. William H. Reid),
317
Mary Claiborne (v. John-
son), 308
Martha D. (v. Junry Jones), 323
Mary E. (v. Rev. George M. Duke),
323
Mary E. (v. Gen. R. V. Richard-
son), 319
Mary E. (v. James P. Bullock) 323
Minnie (v. 1. Clarence Townes;
Z. Albert Watkins, Jr.), 317
Mourning, 315
Nancy (v. Henry Pitts), 321
Nannie P. (v. Bass), 319
Peter. 315; Will of, 313 et seq.
Mary ( ), 315
Peter, 309, 313
Polly (V. James Avent), 315
Powell, 317
Janie (gilk), 317
AVENT—
Friscilla (v. Kimball), 321
Rebecca, 315
Robert Edward, 317
(1) Callie (iMcLeod), 317
(2) Ada (Munson), 317
Rosa B. (v. Joseph M. Pearson),
323
Sarah (v. William Fox), 308, 309,
311
Sarah (v. William Ragland), 315
Thomas, 309; Portrait, 310
Thomas, 313
Rebecca ( ), 313
Thomas, 321
(Gardner), 321
Col. Thomas, 307 et s-eq. Letter
from, 308; Will of. 308 et seq
iMargaret Elizabeth (Gooch), 307
et seq 311
Thomas Eley, 317
Thomas Bernon 323
Emily Spencer (Hart), 323
Tiiomas Vernon II., 323
Thomas Ward, 321, 585 . ;,
Thomas Ward 323
Mary E. (Williams) 323
Ula Lee (v. E. A. Williams) 323
Ursula 307
Washington D. 319
William 308 309, 313, 319; Will of,
315
Major William, 312 et seq, 315 323
Sallie (Ward), 312 et seq, 315,
323
William M., 323
Aventinus, 308, 324
AVERY—
Adelaide Matilda (v. iHon. John
J. iHemi)hill), 206
Alexander, 223
Madge (McConnaughey), 223
Alfonso, 210
Alfred L, 209
Lenoir (Thomas), 209
Alphonso C, Article by, 232 et seq
Alphonso Calhoun, 209
Mary (Johnston), 209
Ali)honso Calhoun, 209
(1) Susan Washington Morri-
son), 209
(2) Sallie Love (Thomas), 209
Annie H. (V. Capt. Jos. Scales),
20G
Clark Moulton, 206
Elizabeth Tighlman (Walton).
206
Corinna Morehead (v. George Phi-
fer Erwin), 206, 213
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AVERY ., '■ AVlOliV -
1^^!^"^' :^^-l „ " ""'' Wiiloiml.hy Francis, Llo
hdwan Dolbear. 1210 ■ ,i) Al.ttie <.Jon,.s., l'Io
Edward Stanley. 1^07
Elizabeth, 207 UrJr^xlu'^u' [''^'Tlr'' "m ,
Eloise (V. Rev. James 11. Collon), •'""'"• Kelvin,, ;:,! "" '
„ ^ 207 .\viitt, Wallace, ,',r,L'
Gladys (V. Charles W. Tillctt, .Ir.), Sarah VAUn diwin) ,j(i'>
„ . :^-^ , . Aycock, Aiherl, l;i.-,
Harriet Justuia (v. , I'incknc.s .Martlii (On) \T
Brown Chambers)', -OS .\v,n.>tte' l.:u'«cnc 1.^1 '"
Hattie (V Gilmer Urenizer), lin:) .\v,nette, Felicia M iclin r,l
James, i';;;!
Joe, 223 B
Jolin Morehead, :;()(; llabbilt, Eli/.alielli {v. William Xewell
Johnston. L'O'J llolari ), :;im;
Joseph. 28;; liabc.M'k, i.<tis (v D.n i,l WriKht Pat-
Judge , 2t;(j t(ju), 107
Lsaae, 207; Isaac 11.. 207 Hache, So|ihia .Arabella (v. William
Isaac. Erwin. 207, 20'.t Wallace Irwin ». I,S7
lsaae T.. 42!» liailes. Jack, (i;;
Col. Isaac Thomas, 2<k!, 20t; l':ileii Lawrence illill), 6:;
Harriet Eloise (Eiwin), 2n:;, i^ui; liailey, , r,v,~;
lsaae Thomas, ,lr.. 207 Jane I IVlcl )t)wcll i . r,i;7
(1) Lillian Watson (Huir), 207 liailey. Jane (v. Kobeil I'arK), 405
(2) .Margaret (Du Hose). 207 Hailcy. Mary 11. (v Lewis Irwin), 522
Leah Adelaide, 2(t7 liaillie, Ann Eli/.aheib (v. Dr John Ir-
Laura, 22;; vine). .-.,-,7
Laura (v. John A. Gilmer), 207 l!ailli(!, Col. Kennel h, 5.'.7
Laura Mira, 20!> Haillie, Dr. Matthew. ,^,.-j7
Laura Pairo, 207 Haillie. Thomas, :,:,s'
Lillian, 207 u> ,, , ,■:, l';ii/,al)(>tb ili-vine). ."58
Louise, 22:5 Haird. Josepli. i:i:;
Mareus, 207 Haiid. Maiy, I'.»;;
Martha (v. George Phiter), 2i)t; I'.ainI, Myia Mara.iret (v. Cajit. David
Mary, 209 \'an(c. Ir ), II):;
Mary Ann Martha (v. Josipli liaird, Z. buhui, i:i:;
Franklin Chambers), 201 Hannah (l';rwin), V.fA
Matilda Louisa, 207 Hak<'r. Dora, :;77
McNeilly Du Bose, 207 Baker, Eva (v. William Harris Irvine),
Morrison R., 209 .',11
Moulton, 210 linker, J. j'ress, :;77
Emma (Sliarpe), 210 Baker. ,1. S.. ;J7ti
Moulton, Jr., 210 iMatti(> (I'hwiii), :;7(i
Nannie, 22;l i;;,ker .Mau-^ie Lee, :;77
Rosalie, 207
Settle, 210
Sudie (v. Kelt), 20!)
Sub-au Washin;gton (v. Tom S. M
Bee), 20;»
Theodore, 200
Theodore Horatio, 200
Thomas Lenoir. 207
Baker, Sam, ;;77
Bale!., Rev. IL-zekiab, 4 11
Baldridge, Rev. William, 110
Rebecca I A.u-new ), lid
Baldwin, <'barles !■ , .',2.]
Relieci-a llarri:-()n (Irvine). 52u
Baldwin Frant is Leorue ;;();")
.Anna Loui-e i lisvin ). :;or)
Col. Waighstill. 2;;;5. 411 Baldwin Tlmmas :,",
William Waightstill, 200, 2ir; Hablwin, Gen William H , :;oB
Corinna M. Morehead), 200, 2i:: Isabella ( IliiM. rtiebi ;, ;;o.-,
William Waighlslill, Jr., joi; F.aliol, lohu. ::7:.
Walton, 207 Hall, , i:hi
Willlaiii Erwin, 22;i Lucinda (livinej, l;)0
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509
Ball, Joiin, 562
(Miristianna (Irwin), 562
Ball, Col. William, IC.'J
Ballard, Bland. 508, 569
Sarah Shelby (McDowell), 568,
569
Balsley, George, 349
Susannah (Krwin), 349
Baltimore, Lord, 496
Bamff, Lady, 40
Bancroft, George, 432 et seq., 44 1
BANKS—
Andrew W., 402
Hannah (McDowell), 402
Bertha, 401
p:d\vard, 400, 401
Kva (V. Joseph I'yle, Jr.), 400 401
Gertrude, 401
James, 402
Mary ( ), 402
James, 400
James, Jr., 490
Sarah Ann (McDowell), 400
Josephine (v. James Quest), 4(>u,
401
Louis 400, 401
Gemima (McKee), 401
Martha (v. Rev. George Buchanan),
402
Mary Jane (v. Isaiali Sherbine),
402
Olive Virginia (v. William Jor-
dan), 402
Samuel, 412
Stewart, 401
Bankston, Lawrence, 512
Nancy (Henders'on), 512
Bankston, Isabella (v. Isaiah Tucker
Irwin), 512 et seq
Banner, Nannie (v. Joseph Erwin
Gant), 224
Barbour, Dr. -, 228
Addie (Tate), 228
Barbour, Tate, 228
Barbour, Thomas, 228
Barbour, Wistar, 228
Barcken (see Bracken), FAi, 573
Matilda (Irwin), 573
Barclay, Sir David William, 22
Barclay (see Barkley), Elizabeth (v.
Addison Erwin, or Irwin),
573
Barclay Emma Patty (v. 1. Col. Sir
Henry Fred Johnson; 2. Sir
Henry Turner Irving), 22
Barham, John, 89
Elizabeth (Jones-Williams), 89
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;13
Eliza (Avcnl), 313
Barkley, Eliza (v. William Lewis
Steele), 329
Barkley (see Barclay), Elizabeth (v.
Addison W. Irwin) 3(il
IJarkley, Isaac, 505
Anna E. (('ush), 5o5
Iktrklyy. Lizzie (v. Hugh llcivey Mc-
Dowell). .',1).')
HAHNES--
Adeline Rossii^iiol, :i21
C. C, 573
Mary C. (Irwin), 573
Edna (v. Eugene Holt), L'2l
Ella Carson (v. William Hale Bar-
rett), 221
Col Dixon 527
George, 221
Octavia (Wilson), 221
George Thomas, 220
Kate Caroline (Wilson), 220
Jolin Andrew, 221
Charlotte Rebecca (Jones), 221
Joim Andrew. Jr.. 221
Mary T. (v. Gen. ,l(jhn Bratton Er-
win), 527
May L. (v. Gen. John Bratton Er-
' win), 189
Minnie (v. Walter J. Rawlingson),
200
Robert Goodwin, 221
Barnett Coat-ofArms 3S5
Barnett family, 392
Barnett, Nancy (v. Isaac Price), 71
Barnett, R. S., 54
Rarnette, Martha Elinor harry, 55
Barnwell, Rev. Robert W., 274
Malinda McBee (Brunson). 274
Barr, Piety (v. Smith). 191
Barr, Miss (v Theophelous Ir-
win). 367
Barrett, George Barnes, 221
Barrett, William Hale. 221
Ella Carson (Barnes), 2'21
Barringer, Frederick. 280
Barringer, Frederick F.. 285
Barringer, J. Kendall, 280
Barringer, J. T., 280. 283
Miriam Gray (Kendall), 280
Barringer, John Kendall 283
Barringer, Katherine. 280
Barringer, Katlierine Luck, 285
Barringer, Miriam. 280, 285
Barringer, Paul. 429
Barrington Commodore. 14f)
Barrington, Richard, 146
Melvina Dinkins (Whitman) 146
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Barron, John. 198
Lucy (Bynum), 198
Barron, John Gray, 198
Barron, Preston, 198
Barron, Samuel, 198
BARRY—
A. (v. Edwin T. Thome), 115
Alice -(v. McWhorter), 57
Andrew, 57
Andrew, 149
Margaret (Moore), 149, 150
Andrew Lawson, 147 et seq, 149
Margaret (McDowell), 147, IjO
Ann Ataline, 55
Charlie, 57
Edwin, 147
Elinor. 55
Elinor (v. Batte Irwin), 131
Eliza (v. Richard Barry), 57
Elizabeth Watson. 57
Emma Barnett. 57
Euphemia Elizabeth (v. W'iiUaiii
Adolphus Moore), 117
Jane L.. 55
Johp. 57
John. 149
Elizabeth (Watson). 149
John, Jr., 57
Joseph, 147
Kate (V. Sloan), 57
Mary (v. HenderKon), 57
Mary (v. Col. Robert Irwin), 137
et seq
Mary, 57
Mary M., 55
Margaret (v. Alexander). 57
Margaret (v. Edward Ansly) 147
Margaret McDowell, 55
Richard. 57, 131
Eliza (Barry), 57
Richard, Sr., 55
Richard, Jr., 55
Robert Andrew, 147
Robert Irwin, 147
(1) Mary Bryant (TheutI, 117
(2) Anna Henderson). 147
Robert IJndsay, 147
Laura Augusta (Hackett), 147
Ruth Mary. 147
Samuel, 57
Sarah Ann (v. William E. Sloan),
147
William, 57
Bartlett, Albert C, 531
Emma (McDowell), 531
Bartlett, Albert Cornelius, 531
Bartlett, Cicero McDowell. 531
Kathryn (Shehan), 531
Bartlett, Emma Louise, 531
Bartlett, Louise, 531
Bartlett, Martha Novins (v. James
Calleiuler Irvine). :yl'i
Bartlett, Robert Thomas, 531
Barrow, Major T. F.. 575
Barton. Halfye Luuis (v. William Al-
len Erwin), L'lio
Barton. Mary (v. Fontaine T. Fox) 173
Baskerville, Ann, 13
Bass, , 319
Nannie P." (Avcnt), 319
Bass. Miss — — (v. Rivers Nor-
ment), 319
Bass, Annie (v. Francis Marion Mc-
Dowell), 502
Bass, J. W., 319
Mattie (Crockett), 319
Bass-. R. I'.. 319
Hates, Charles, 352
Nellie (Rice), 352
Bates, Stanlev, 352
Mat)el '(Rice), 352
Batliurst. SusaiDui (v. Col. Drury
Stith). r^so
Batte, Herbert, 2U4
Alice Matilda (Wilson). 201
Batte, Nell (v. .loliii ?,1. Booker). 205
Batte. Wilson, 2(i5
BATTLE—
(v. Irwin). 575
Anne Porter (v. William H.
Wood), 511
Charles Irvin, 511
Lou (Walker), 511
Eliza Walk.r (v. Jobn P. Fick-
lin). 511
Harriet (v. Rev. Charles Irvin),
5 1 3
Harry W, 514
Jesse. 513 ■ .
John T., Jr.. 511
John Tucker, 514
Rosalie (Waddey), 514
Lazarus, 513
Margaret (Porter). 513
Martlia L.; pa|)e)s by, 512 et seii
Mary Belle. 514
Mary Belle (v. John P. Ficklin),
514
Oliver L., 513
Martha S. (Irvin), 512, 513, 514
Oliver L. 11., 51 1 , . , .
Reuben, 51 1
Rosalie Waddey, 514
Waddey W., .,1 I
Maud (Beij^eu), 514
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601
Batz, William, 562
Hannah (Irwin), 562
Baumgardner, , 194
Lena (Alexander), 11)4
Beard, Carrie (v. Paul Neely Moore),
199
Beayley, T. E., 'A]d
(Avent), 319
Beatty, Alexander, 415
Beatty, R. R, 194
Helen (Brem), 194
Beatty, R. R., Jr., 194 , ;
Beauregard, Gen., 579
Beck, Bertha, 231
Beck, Claude, 231 . '
Beck, Lula, 231
Beck, Posey, 213
Maggie (Tate), 231
Beck, Zepphia, 231
Becker. M. J., 523
Ellen Amelia (Irvine), 523
Beskwith, John Newton, 135
Jessie Valentine (Irwin), 135
Beckwith, John Newton, Jr., 135
Belk William Henry G7
Mary (Irwin) 67
BELL—
Albert 100
Bettie Jane (Parks) 100
Angle CO
Charlotte Harvey (v. David Frank-
lin Agnew) 463
Dr. E. H. 100
Elizabeth(v. John Lycan Davis) 59
Elizabeth Roan, €0
Joseph Woods, 272, 274
Hugh Parks. 100
James, 343
Jane, 60
John, 60
Esther (Davis), 60
Col. John, 180
John B., 60
Laura Richards (v. Park Agnew),
404
Martha, 60
Mary, 60
Mary (Erwin), 344
Prudence (v. James Davis), 60
Rev. Robert, 60
Samuel K., 60
Thomas, 463
Charlotte (Harvey), 463
William. 00
Bell-Irving, John v.Irving, John Bell 21
Bellah, Susan (v. 1. William Twitty;
2. Col. William Graham) 539
Bellamy, Hargrove, 1*25
. Sarah Lyell (Erwin), 225
Bellinger, Edmund, r^.'jS
Bellinger, Ann (v. Richard p-aircliild),
558
Bellinger, William P., 14S
Eupheniia (Sloan), 148
Benbury, Mrs. Claudiu (v. Junius Fox),
194
Benedict, Selden Spencer, 113
Benit, .lames Walker, ISG
Frances Hull (Rose), ISO
Benit, Laura, 4S6
Benit, Stephen Vins-on, 486
Benit, William Rose, 4S6
Bennet, Hannah (v. Isaac Finch), 302
Bennetts, the, 504
Bent, Cyrus H., 568, 569
Ann Irvine (McDowell), 568, 569
Bergan, Maude (v. Waddey W. Bat-
tle), 514
Berkley, Edward, 156
Johnnie (Sloan), 156
Berkley, Virginia, ir.6
Berry family, the, 293
Berry. . 291
Eleanor (Birdsong). 291
Berry, Margaret (v. David Irwin), 105
et seq
Best, George A., 582
Bethea, , 191
Gertrude (Smith), 191
Betsill, D. S., 198
Mary Booth (Moore), 198
Belts, , 198
p^orida (Bynum), 198
Bibby, Irwin J., 352
Ruth Edith (Erwin), 352
BIcknell, Mary (v. Smiley Irwin), 562
Biddle, Margaret Irvine, 35
Biddle, Thomas M., 35
Bigham, Coats of Arms, 384
Biles, Katie (v. Baxter Harriett Moore)
201
Bill, Elizabeth Spencer (v Lawrence
S. Holt, Jr.), 224
Birdsong. Edwin, 291
Birdsong, Eleanor (v. 1. Berry;
2. Jared S. Irwin), 291
Birdsong, Lydia (v. William Irwin),
131, 138 et sen
Bitner, Samuel, 583
Black, Dave, 198
Emma (Bynum), 198
Black, Rachel (v. James Moore), 189
Blackman, Louisa (v. Martin Phifer
Erwin), 226
Blackwood, Joiin, 386
Blaine. Alexander, 5S2 ^ ,
Blaine, James, 469 ''
Blaine, James G., 469
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INDKX Conlieued
Hlair, Eliza J. (v. David Reznor), \22
Blair, Mrs. Josephine Wilson, portrait,
421
Blakesley, Nancy Jane (v. Jesse Ram-
sey Ii-win), 133
Blank, Josiah, 473
Elizabeth (Erwine), 473
Blean, Jolin, 584
Blean, William, 584
Blevins, James, 407
Jane (Clark), 407
Blevins, Robert Knox, 407
Amanda Kint? (McDowell), 4ii7
Blocker, Brooks, 151
Blocker, Frances (v. Jan:es Columbus
Neely), 151, 155
Blocker, Lena, 151
Blocker, Lilly Maclin, 151
Blocker, Milton, 151
Blount, , 292
Margaret (Irwin), 292
Blount, Neal, 292
Blue, , 533
.Hannah (McDowell), 533
Blue, Nannie (v. William Erwin .Mc-
Connaughey), 223
Boatman, Nich, 562
Livonia (Irwin), 5G2
Boatwright, George, 297
Elizabeth (Sessions), 297
Bobbs, John, 545
Jane (Irvin), 545
Bobbs, iLewis, 583
Bodine, Lizzie, 333
Bodine, Martha (v. Williamson Irvin,
II), 333
Boger, Derr, 213
Corinne (Erwin), 213
Boger, Derr, Jr., 213
Boger, Gertrude, 213
Boger, 'Corinna, 213
Boger, Phifer Irwin, 213
Boger, William, 213
Boggs, Andrew, 361, 573
Mary Ann (Irwin), 361, 573 ■
Boggs, James, 361
Melissa (Campbell), 361
Boggs, James, 178
Sophie (Hart), 178 -
Boggs, Matilda (v. E. L. Gillespie), 361
Boggs, William, 361
(1) Sarah (Critchlow). 361
(2) Harriet (Critchlow), 361
Boggs, Robert I., 361
(1) Mary (Hamilton), 361
(2) Emma (Schutt), 361
Boiling, Rosa (v. Dicksoii Hill Irvine),
543
Boiling, S. M., 511
Boiling, Samuel M., 4SS et seq
Bomar, Louise (v. Lynch), 204
Bomar, T. H., 204
Mary Willis ( ( Wilson), 204
Bonar, William, aioi
Bonliam. FAUn (\ llarv.v McLarty),
105
Bonshaw, 1:;, et s.q ;M
Bonsliaw, House ol, 519. 521
Bonshaw, a Poimii, .'. 1 V
Bonshaw Towers, ;:i), 375, I'icture 374
Booker, .lohn M., 205
Nell (Battc). 2ii5
Borum, Marioii i-'iaiu is (\. James Wil-
liam .Malth( \vs), 72
Bothwell Family, -1)3
Bothwell, Rev. lJa\id L.. 21)3
Bothwell, Kate, 2l'i) : ' '
Bothwell, Thomas, 22o
Harriet Adeline i Collier), 220
Boulware, James RirJinKmd, 75
Bouiware, James Richmond. Jr., 75
Boulware, John Hamilton. 75
Boulware, Mary Louise, 75
Boulware, Lois Xicj .Mi liowidl, 75
Boulware, Robert McDowell, 75
Bowen, Frances l'ain(\ 151
Bowen, J. B., 225
Addie lOrwm (.Mcjrif), 225
Bowen, J. B., Jr., 225
Bowen, S. H., 275
Elise Butler (Carson), 275
Bowers,- E, J., 146
Sarah Lee ( Diiikiii.-^), 146
Bowers, E. J., Jr., 146
Bowers, INlarie v. Alvin Irwin), 135
Bowers, Minnie l.ou, 146
Bowersox, Minnie- (,)live (v, l<]dmund
Paul Erwin), ■;4S, 353
Bowman, David, 5S2
Bowman, Capt. . 232
Grizell or (]race (McDowell) 232
Bowman, Capt. .lohn, 493
Grace (Greenlee), 493
Bowmans, the, 234
Boyd, Edward, 230
Bessie (Tale), 230
Boyd, Edward K'nox, 2:'.o
B(jyd, Ernest. 179
Boyd, Hugh, 179
Boyd, J. G. Allen, 179 ' '
Boyd, Mrs. 'L,. 471
Boyd, Lucinda, poem by. 472 et seq
'Boyd, iNancy (v. Philip Robins), 301
Boyd, William G., 179
Boyd, William G., 179
Hattie (Francis), 179
Boyden, Jane (v. Burton Craige), 226
Bracken (v. Ban-ken), Eli. 36o
Matilda (Irwin), 36o
Braden, ICdward, :;4:;
Bradley, Annie Paine, 151
Bradley, Brooke, 153
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Bradley, Cheatham. 153
Bradley, Forlie, 153
Bradley, Leila, 153
Bradley, Pauline, 153
Brady, Miss (v. Elmer Avent),
312
Brady, Edmond, 212
Nannie (Erwin), 212
Brady, Elizabeth, 212 ' '■"
Brady, Margaret, 212
Brady, Mary, 212
Bragg-, Gen. Braxton, 578 - -:• ':; •
Bragg, John, 4;!0
Brani, Lavinia A. (v. Richard M. Roz-
nor), 122
Branch, Josephine Lawrence (v. Capt.
Kerr Craige), 226
Brandon, Margaret (v. Arthur Erwin),
188, 191
Brandt, Bettie (v. John Wilkes R;in-
kin), 204
Brandt, Rev. Frank Erwin Bernadotte,
525, 527, portrait 526
Brank, Peter, 234
Bransford, A. J., 172
Harriet E. (Dinkins), 172
Brantley, Biss (v. Alexander Irwin II)
293
Brantley, Harris, 293
Brasfield, , 162
Sarah Ellen (Moore), 162
Brasfield, George M., 162
Bratton, Elizabeth (v. Maj. William
Ross Erwin), 189 •
Bratton, Ellen, 563
Bratton, Manda, 563
Bratton, Milligan, 562, 563
Priscilla Ann (Irwin). 562, 563
Bratton, Col. William, 528
Breckinridge, George, 313
Breckinridge, Gen. John C, 497
Breed, Frances E. (v. William G. Ir-
win), 121
Breed, Gleason, 116
Emily Jane (Irwin), 116
Brem, Charles, 194
Brem, Florence, 194
Brem, Helen (v. >R. R. Beatty), 194
Brem, Minerva (v. Robert L. Mayer),
194
Brem, Thomas, 194
Brem, Thomas H., 194
Martha (Fox), 194
Brem, Tad Robin (son), 194, 255
Margaret Locke (Moore), 194,
225
Brem, Walter. 194, 220
(1) Katie (Colyer), or Kate
Caroline (Collier), 194, 220
(2) Hannah (Caldwell), 194
Bremer, Laville, 197
Mary A. (Moore), 197
Brenizer, Sudie (v. Ncff), 209.
Brenizer, Gilmer, 209
Hattie (Avery), 209
Brenizer, Morrison R., 2(i9
Brett, Lucile Harrison, 151
BREVARD—
Alexander, 544
— : (Davidson), 544
Miss — (V. McDowell)
545
Capt. Alexander, 157, 436
Margaret (Connor), 157
Caro(v. Dr. Baxter Springs Moore)
200
Eloise (v. William ICdward Hayne)
544
Ephraim, 432, 433, 545
Dr. Ephraim, 436, 441, 443, 447
J. Franklin, 157
John, 157
Rebecca (v. Robert I. McDowell),
157
Hon. Theodore W., 436
Brevards, the, 426 et seq
Brewster, James, 331
Eleanor (Williamson), 331
Brewster Jennett Jane (v. Samuel Ir-
vin), 331, 589
Bridgers, Annie Preston, 229
Bridgers, Elizabeth, 229
Bridgers, Emily Norfleet, 229
Bridgers. Robert Rufus, 229 '
Annie (Cain), 229
Brittain, Buchanan, 563
Brittain, Cicely (v. Dooley Townscnd),
563
Brittain, Clifford, 562
Sarah Ellen (Irwin), 562
Brittain, Granville Clifford, 563
(Hall), 563 'i
Brittain, Jane, 563
Brittain, King, 563
Brittain, King Shields, 563
Brittain. Maria (v. Isaac Irwin), 562
Brittain, Priscilla, 563
Brittain, Robert, 563
Brittin, Elizabeth Leah (v. 1. Eli Am-
bler; 2. James Erwin or Ir-
win; 3. James Yarliam),
351, 352
Brodribb, John Henry (v. Sir Henry
Irving), 21
Brodribb, Samuel, 21
Brockeu, Hattie (v. Wallace Davis), 60
Brogles, Lewis. 559
(Sevier), 559
Brooks, , 502
(McDowell), 502
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INDPLK Continued
Brooks, Abraham, 158
Mary or Molly (Moore), 158
Brooks, Austin, 158
Brooks, Edna (v. William S. Mat-
thews), 158
Brooks, Henrietta Jane (v. James
Henry McDowell), 5G7
Brooks, Iveson (v. Charles Mercer Ir-
vin), 514
Brooks, iMargaret Erwin, 224
Brooks, 'MoUie (v. Edward McCor-
niick). 158
Brooks, Ruth, 158
Brooks, Walter, 224
Florence Elvira (Holt), 224
Brotherton, David, 559
Brotherton, James, 415
Brotherton, John, 524, 559
Hester or Hettie (Irwin). 524,
559
Brougher, David J., 583
Brown Family, 392
BROWN—
Miss — (v. Davis Bul'ord), 2;»:!
Alfred William, 219
Emmie Steele (Lemly), 219
Ann (v. Edmund Field), 177
Mrs. Ann (v. Albert Irvine), 170
Bryant, 293
(iLawson), 293
Mrs. Bryant, 293
Byron Lemly, 219
' Eloiso (v. Fisher Avent), 317
Estelle Hunter (v. Henry M.
Avent), 323
Dr. Fletcher Locke, 207
Maude (Phifer), 207
Fletcher Locke, Jr., 207
Frances, 407
F'rances (Erwin), 343
James, 584
James McDowell, 407
Joseph, 269
Lois, 407
Martha (v. Benjamin Hriltiu Er-
win), 352
Mary (v. Edward Erwin), 213
Mary Dugan, 126
Norman King, 407
■' Sallie (V. Waightstill Winthrop
Phifer), 207
Susie (v. Robert B. Anderson) 230
W. C, 407
Mary Elizabeth (Patton), 407
.,, . , William, 301
Alice (Irwin), 301
Browning, Judge, 1T8
Elizabeth (Caldwell), 178
Broyles, Cornelia (v. Capt. James Wil-
liam Irwin), 522, 524
15ruce, Robert, 471. .'.17. TilS, 519, 555
HRUNSON-
Charles, 274 , ,, ,
Jano Carson, 271 ,' \ ,,
John 'Carson, 274
Jane Malinda (Car.-^on), 272, 274
Joseph Woods, Ji., 274
'Rosa Elmore (TayU-r), 274
Mrs. M. M., 2G8 et sc'i
Malinda Mclice ( v. lt(;bert W.
Barnwell), 271
Marie Bacot (v I'hilip Alston Will-
cox), 271
Martha McBee, 274, 275
Peter A., 2T4
.Susannah I'. (Wood.s), 274
Peter Alexander. 274
Adaline (Keith). 274
Bryan, Betsy (v. Edwin Hart), 178
Bryan, Herbert Crfcnberry, 147
Annie Uertrudo (Sloan), 147
Hrydia, Fred F., 534
Jes.-ie Frauri.'s (Uaiuscy), 534
Brydia, iMarvene, 534
Hubb, Albert Hermance, 463
JUibb. 'Bessie Clark, 46:;
P.ubi), (leorgo Lasliells, 463
Bubb. iHarry Agncw, 463
Bubb, James Lewars. 463
Bubb, Nathaniel Barrows. 463
Rebecca Frances (Agnew), 463
Bubb, Nathaniel tJarrows, Jr., 463
Buchanan, Rev. George, 402
Martha (Banks). 402
Buchanan, Dr. tGeorge) Arthur, 402
Dulcie (Mc('alluni). 4o2
Buchanan, James Amir.'W, 402
Buckley, Alonzo, 573
Elizabeth (Irwin) 573
Buckley, Marion (v. Joseph Pogue),
307
Buckner, William F., 381
Buford, "Aunt," 414
Buhmer, Mary A. (v. Jared Caruthers
Irwin). 304
Bullard, , 567
Elizabeth (.McDowell), 567
Bulleit, J. J., 33S
Aniantba l':i('aiior ( ), 338
Buller, Jane (v. William Claiborne),
57T
Bulloch, Archibald, 558
Mary (DoVaux), 558
Bulloch, Capt. James, 558
Anne (Irvine), 558
Bullock, Gen. , 519
Bullock, Dr. . 510
Bullock. James P., 32;'.
Mary E. (Avent). 323
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()05
Bullock, Dr. Joseph* Gaston, paper by,
555 et seq
Burchard, Nellie E., (v. James Mar
vey Irwin), US
Burchard, Rev. W. c;., 118
Lydia J. (Irwin), 118
Burgin, Miss (v. Hon. Locke
Craig), 240
Burgin, Col. Alney, 240; Gen. Alney
240
Burgin, Major Ben, 250
Burgin, Joseph McDowell, 240
Burgin, Mrs. McD., 241
Burke, Miss , of Killcarbow, 42
Burke, Earl, 302
Stella (Moore), 302
Burke, S. S„ 301
Emmeline E. Irwin (Hogsliead)
301
Burke, Sadie (v. Thurston Everston),
301, 302
Burleigh, Alonzo, 360
Elizabeth (Irwin), 360
Burley, Mary (v. William Irvin), 571
Burlington, William, 562
Susan (Irwin), 562
Burns, Eva Hoyt (v. James Rossig-
nol Wilson), 214
Burr, Mrs. Lillian Wal'on (v. Isaac
Thomas Avery), 207
Burton, Rosa L. (v. Robert Erwin
Sims), 19C
Busby, Mrs. F. H. (v. McKes-
son), 238
Bush, , 491
Betsey (Irvine), 491
Bussells, Addie (v. Jones), 591
Bussells, Franklin Page, 592
Bussells, Irving Bonner, 592
■Bussells, Laura Hooper, 592
Bussells, Joseph Franklin, portrait, 552
591
Zipporah Hooper (Irving), 591,
portrait 554
Bussells, Mary Virginia, 592
Bussey, Sallie (v. John Frank Orr)195
Butler, Blise (v. Charles Alexander
Carson), 273
Butler, Elise Wragg Lowndes (v.
Charles Alexander -Carson),
275
Butler, Hon. Greenlee, 574, 576
Julia Catherine (Irwin), 574, 576
Butler, Dr. William, 275
Jane (Perry), 275
Butt, Dr. , 211
Kate (MpDowell), 211
Butt. Cecil, 21'1
Butt, Jelsie, 211
iUitterfield, Isabella (v. c!en. William
H. Baldwin), ?{ir,
Buttz, Mary (v. John F. Irwin), 360
Byars. Annie Irene (v. Waightstill
Moulton Chambers), 208
Byers, Samuel, 584
liynum, Mrs. — , 259
Bynum, Elma (v. Dave Black), 198
Bynum, Florida (v. Betts) 198
Hynum, James, 198
Cynthia Louise (Moore), 198
Bynum, Gen. John Gray, 238
Bynum, Judge John Gray, 223, 238
Emma Henrietta (lOrwin), 223
Bynum, Lucy (v. John Barron), 198
Bynum, Sophie, 198
C
CAIN—
Ella (v. Hamilton .McDowell), 211
William Sterling, !i2t;
Secunda Valina ( ), 229
ElizabetJi Tate (v. diaries Hin-
ton), 229
Julia Tate (v. Judge James S.
Manning), 229
Annie (v. Robert Rufus Bridgers)
229
Susan Marshall (v. J. M. Green),
229
Frederick, 229
Dr. .James F.. 229
Julia E. (Tate), 229
James F., Jr., 229
Mary Rurfin (v. R. Gilchrist Tres-
vant), 229
Minnie, 229
Robert, 229
Samuel Robert, 229
William, 229
CALDWELL—
Adelaide Pearson, 217
Charles H., 66
iHenrietta (Neel), 66
Mary, 66
Elizabeth (v. Judge Browning),
178
Elizabeth (v. Frank Simiril Neel),
66
Esther, 66
Ann, 414
Alexander, 413 'ni,:. ;■<:*' '
M. (Horgy), 413
Elizabeth (v. John McDowell, Jr )
413
Dr. Charles, 437
D. F., 429
Edward Erwin, 353
Esther (Geddes), 353
Hannah (v. Walter Brem), 194
Jane P., 174
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('ALf)WKr.L
.li rry V.. I'ii, ISl
Anna Belle (Fox), J73, LSI
Ucv. .lolui. ■.\;>:>.
IClizabeth Stewart (Erwin), ".JGM
Joseph P., 217
.Sarah Adelaide (AVillianis), 217
Lida Rivers (v. (J''0!ge Edward
Wilson, Jr.), 215 ,
Martha Leah. 35;^
Mary (v. Chi:, .hisliee James SimiJ-
son) 178
Milton, G6
Kate (Moore), GG
Rebecca, 6G
Robert, 17S
Frances or Fannie (Irvine) ITS
Sallie (V. William Edward White),
217
William Henry, 353
Calhoun. John C, 239, 42S
C'allendar, Ann, 35
Callendar (v. Gen. Irvine), 469
Callaway, , 575
(Irvine), 575
Calloway, Muriel, 514
Mary A. (Irwin) 514
Galloway, Col. Richard. 178
Galloway, l.ydia (v. Capi. Christopher
Irvine), 178
Cameron, Judge Duncan, 448, 453
Cameron, J. W., 170
Harriet Wallace (Dinkins), 170
Cameron, Mabel (v. W. E. Stevenson),
170
Cameron, Pauline, 170
Campl)ell Coat of Arms, 384
CAMPBELI^r—
Colonel, 245
, 197
Jane Adeline (Moore), 197
Catherine A. (v. Hon. Jos. Blair
McrX)well), 5()G
Charles Erwin, 276
Elsie Schuyler (v. Thomas Cowan
Erwin), 27G
Edwin Patterson, 171
Eugenia, 171 v. ; , .,
Judge J. L.. 489
Margaret, 569
Margaret (v. Moses Neely), 151
Martha (v. Otis Mills Carson), 273
Martha (v. Rev. Andrew \V. Wat-
son), 102
Mary, 581
Melissa (v. James Boggs), 3G1
Robert B., 171
Lucy (Dancy), 171
V:' Col. William, 156
William J., 27G
C.VMI'BLLL
Harriet Ashluid ( Im win), 276
Willie Belle. 276
Campbells, the, 519
Canfield, Arthur B., 118
Clarissa Liu'ilu (Irwin), 118
Canlleld, Caroline B. (v. John Irwin),
117
Cantield, Lois Eli^a, 1 18
Cannon, Helen (v. Andrew J. McMick-
en, Jr.), 25,"i
Cannon, Lilian (v. Walter Wynne
Yates), :;u6
('annoii. Thomas B., 102
Rosa (Moore), 162
Cannon, Violet (v. James Irwin Yates)
3(16
(!arey, Alice Emily, 117
(.'arey, Ann Newton, 117
C^arey, Ben Irwin, 117
Carey, Rev. Isaac E. 117
Lucie A. (Irwin ), 1 17
l^arey, John Dwigbl, 117
Carey, Esther, (v. Joe McConnaughey)
<.;arlin, Mary (v. J<jlin Irwin), 573
Carlisle, Pa., What the Records show,
545
Carlon, Amanda (v. Benjamin McDow-
ell), 464
Carlon, Joseph, 404
Sarali ( ), 404
(Carlton, Emma White, 217
Carlton, Jane Singleton, 217
(.'arlton, Philip Rahni, 217
Madeline (White), 217
Carnes, Clem (v. F. \V. Irvine), 517
Carney, Rosa (v. James Archer Moore,
Jr.), 161
Carothers Coat of Arms, 385
Carpenter, Samuel, 571
Kezia (Irwin). 571
Carroll, , 19G
Blanche (Lindsay). 196
CARSON—
Miss (V. Whitson),
243
, 243
Rachel ( McDowell l. 2 13
Adelaide Wilson, 21!)
'Caroline (v. Sydney Stanhope Er-
win), 203, 210
Catherine. 26!(
Catherine (v Dr. Thomas Duffy),
271
Catherine (v. Thomas Wilson), 271
Catherine Reiiecca, 2T3
Catherine \\'iis()n (v. William Car-
son). 270
Charles, 273
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CARSON
Cliaiies, 270
Margaret (Wilson), 270
Cliarles Alexander, 273, portrait,
454
Elise Wragg Lowndes (Butler),
273, 274
Charles, Essex, 271
Elise Butler (v. S. PI. Boweii), 275
Ella Rose (v. Byron Lemly),' 219
Franklin, 273
George, 27D
J. Logan, 240
James, 270
James Wilson, 219, 271
James, 2G8
Rebecca (Hazard), 2G8
Jane George Butler, 275
Jane Malinda, 2T2
Jane Malinda (v. Joseph Woods
Butler), 274
Jason, 270
Jason Hazard, 271
Jane (Moore), 271
John, Jr., 270
Col. John, 233, 237, 239 et seq., 248
et seq.; 268 et seq., 273
(1) Mary Molfitt (McDowell),
238, 248, 2G9
(2) Rachel (McDowell), 268
Joseph McD., 270, 272
Rebecca (Wilson), 270, 272
Joseph McDowell, 240, 429
Joseph McDowell, Jr., 273
Joseph McDowell, 272, 273
Margaret (Mills), 272, 273
Dr. Joseph McDowell, 273
Margaret, 271
Martha, 219
Martha Adaline, 275
Mary Alice, 219
Matilda, 273
Matilda (v. Dr. Robert Thruston),
271
Matilda (v. Jason Wilson),, 270
Nathaniel Calbraith, 275
Otis Mills, 273
Martha ('Campbell). 273
Rachel (v. Dr. Otis Mills), 271,273
Rachel McD., 258
Ralph P., 240
Rebecca (v. Thomas McEntyre),
270
Richard C, 219
Jlarriet Ann (Wilson), 219
Samuel, 268 et seq
(McKinnie), 268
Samuel P., 23 ?
Col. Samuel P., 239
Samuel Price, 269
Catherine (Wilson), 270
CARSON—
John M., 271
Sarah (v. Smith), 270
Sarah White, 219
Tench C, 273
Harriet (Ewell). 273
Tench Coxe, 271, 272
Martha Adeline (McBee), 271,
272
Thomas Pierce, 275
Vardry McBee, 272
William, 270
(1) Almyra (Wilson), 270
(2) Catherine Wilson (Carson),
270
Col. William, 240
Carson-Vance Duel, 239 et seq
Carter, Erwiu Green (v. Fitz Hugh H.
Wallace), 223
Carter, Laura, 223
Carter, William, 223
Henrietta (Green). 223
Carter, William. Jr., 223
Carthel, Judge, , 89
Carthel, Joseph, 89 , .
Rachel (Jones), 89
Carthey, John T., 88
I'ary, N. (v. John Avent), 313
Caswell, 439, 440
•Caswell, Gov. , of N. C., 558
Caswell, Richard, 445
Caswell, Sarah Ann (v. 1. Win-
gate; 2. Alex.-nder Irvine),
558
Cates, Alviu Bingham, 591
Mary Frances (Schutze), 591
Cates, Alvin Bingham, Jr., 591
Cathey, Jean, 386
Catnian, Andrew, 582
Caton, Gertrude Emma (v. John Ed-
ward Sampson), 363
Caton, Miss Irwin Lewis, 363; por-
trait, 366
Caton, Rev. Irwin Lewis Montgomery,
363; portrait, 364
Gertrude (Poole). 363; portrait,
365
Caton, Lewis. 363
Ann Elizabeth (Irwin), 363
Caulfield, Clark, 404
Caulfleld, John, 404
Emma Vashti (McDowell), 404
Caulfield, Mary Gyla, 404
Caulfieldd, Samuel Harold, 404
Causeway, . 506
Nancy (.McDowell), 506
Cavitt, Sarah (v. John Iivvin), 359
Cayce. Pearl (v. Edwi.i Dancy Din-
kins), 171
Chalmers, Major Hamilton, 210
Emily (Erwin), 210
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(Chalmers, Sallie, 210
CIIAMHErtS—
Anne Dewey, 208
Catlierine Lenoir (v. Dr. C. E.
Ross), 208
■Charles D., 22t> '' ; •■
Drury Lacy, 208
Edward Marshall. 209
Elizabeth l^acy (v. Lawrence S
Holt, Jr.), 208, 224
Gladys, 2U8
''■- Harriet Eloise. 209
Harriet Erwin (v. Fred Oertel)208
Harriet Eugenia (v. Frederick
Fanning), 219
Henry Waightstill, 209
Frank Avery, 208
Isaac Avery, 208
Mrs. J. Lenoir, 48 ei seq
James Harvey, 220
Sarah (White), 220
James Smith, 219
^ V Mary Erwin (Wilson), 219
John, 219
■ ' Joseph Franklin, 20S
Mary Ann Martha (Avery). 2US
Joseph Lenoir, 20S
(1) Emma (McDowell), 208
(2) Grace Single>on (Dewey),
208
Joseph Lenoir, Jr., 20S
Jnstina Corinna (v. .William Dick-
son), 208
Lizzie Adelaide, 208
Lucinda (v. Lawrence Irwin), 360
' ^ Margaret Brown (v. Richard A.
■' Evans), 209
Mary Erwin, 209
Margaret Octavia (v. Dr, Henry
' Ernest Heinitch), 219
Mary Adelaide (v. Arthur Fogar-
tie), 220
Pinkney Avery, 209
Pinckney Brown, 208
Harriet Justina (Avery), 208
Rebecca Brevard (v. Thomas H.
Wright), 208
Robert Brevard, 20S
Waighstill Moulton, 208
Annie Irene (Byars)., 208
William Pinckney, 208
,■ William White, 220
Willoughby Erwin), 209
Charles, — , 210
Daisy (Erwin), 210
'"' Chase, Charles, 112
Ann (Irwin), 112 '^
*' Chase, Charles, 116
Chase, Ann Elizabeth Irwin, 116
Chase, Jane A. (v. A. S. Dobbs), 116
Clicairs, Eldrldge Scawcll, 101
Cheairs, Jane Seawill, 101
Cheairs, John, 161
("heairs, Nat F.. ir)U
■Susan B. (McKi.ssiok), 159
Cheairs, Sallie R. (v. James McKis-
sick Moore), 159
Cheairs, Wharton J., 101
Elizal)eth (Moure). 161
(Mieatham, Dr. , 297
(Dillard), 297
Chenoweth, Halsey W., 103
Hiley Anna (Xorthway), 103
Cherry, Edgar, 522
Mary Dinwiddle (Irwin), 522
(Mierry, Cornelia, 522
Cherry, James Irwin, 522
Cherry, Juliette Irwin, 522
Cherry, Mary Louise, 522
Cherry, iMrs. Minnie, 522
Cherry, W. H., 522
Ann Mariah (Irwin), 522
Cherry, William H., 522
Cherry, William Irwin, 522
Chess, Catherine (v. Amzi Erwin),
350
Childs, Delia M. (v. Harlan Miller Ir-
win), 116
Childs, Janie (v. Thomas McGehee
Phifer), 216
Cliinn, Nancy (v.. William Irvine Ad-
ams), 178
Chrisman, , 268 i ..
iChristian, , 534
Elizabeth (Titus), 534
Christian, Mabel, 534
Christian, Wayne B., 534
Christy, Adda, 122
C!hristy, Benjamin, 122
iChristy, George, 122
Christy, Gertrude, 122 ;.; ■ , ,'
Christy, J. M., 122
Sarah A. (White), 122
Christy, Jefferson, 122
(.'hurch, Fannie (v. John Sevi
Irwin)
Churchill Line, 529 et seq
Churchill, Mrs., paper by, 529 et seq
Churchill, Frank L.. 534
Lillie E. (McDowell). 534
Churchill, Fred Weaver, 534
C!hurchill, Hannah Frances, 534
Churchill, James Delos, 534
(Miurchill, Mildred, 534 , •
Churchill, William Henry, 135
■tMara (Irwin), 13.>
Churchill, Woodford McDowell, 534
Ciley, Mrs. ,C. A., 242
Cisco, Rose (v. Bruce l^rwin), 352
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609
Claiborne, Augustine, 577. 580
Mary (Herbert), 577, 5S0
Claiborne, Col. Augustine. 49G
Claiborne, Susanna (v. Major Peter
Jones), 496
Claiborne, Susanna (v. Frederick
Jones), 577, 579. 5S0
Claiborne, Tbomas, 577
(1) — (Dandridge), 577
(2) ( ), 577 •
(3) Anne (Fox) 577
Claiborne, Col. Thom/s, 577
Sarah (Fenn),^577
Claiborne, Ursula (v.'' William Gooch),
307
Claiborne, William. 577
(1) Jane (Buller), 577
(2) Elizabeth ( ), 577
Claiborne, Gov. William, 307
Claiborne, !Col. William, 496
Claudou, Alice Bessie( v. ) Mosi-
man), 534, 535
Claudon, Andrew B., 534
Mary Alice (McDowell). 534
Claudon, Andrew Bertrum, 534, 535
Claudon, Dan Brewer, 535
Claudon, Edith Morie, 534
Claudon, Nelson Jay, 534
Clark, Carrie (v. Dr. Albertus Moore),
199
Clark, John Rogers, 519
Clark, Jonas, 443, 445, 451 .
Clark, Julia (v. William Augustus
Moore), 198
Clark, Lizzie (v. Jonathan Reid), 67
Clark, Matthew St. Clair, 434
Clark, Hon. Richard H., 576
Clark, Rufus Wheelwright, Jr., 224
Bertha Harper (Holt), 224
Clark, Rufus Wheelwright, HI, 224
Clark, Lawrence Holt, 224
Clarke, Tabitha iMeredith (v. Thomas
Irvine), 484, 523
Clash, Martha A. (v^. David White Ag-
new), 577
Clawson, Sallie (v. Frederick Addicks)
196
Clawson, Thomas, 196
Amanda (Addicks), 196
Clay, Brutus J., 177
Amelia or Ann (Field), 177
Clay, Cassius M., 177
(1) Sue (Clay), 177
(2) Patty (Lyman), 177
(3) (Harris), 177
Clay, Senator C. \C., 581
Clay, iHon. Clement Claiborne, 496
Clay, Gov. Clement Comer. 496, 581
Susannah Claiborne (Withers),
496, 581 .
Clay, Col. Ezekiel, 177
Clay, Col. Green, 177
Clay, Gen. Green, 176
Clay, Junius, 177
Clay, Martha (v. Davenport),
177
Clay, Martha (v. Robert Irwin Moore),
158
Clay, Nannie (v. Henry Clay McDow-
ell), 569
<'lay, Sallie Ann (v. Edmund Irvine),
176
Clay, Samuel, 177
Sue ( ) (v. Cassius M.
Clay), 177
Clayton, Col. , 211
'Lillie (McDowell), 211
Clayton, Lt. Col. J. W., 412
Clayton, Ensign John, 488
Clayton, Samuel, 511
Cleland, Keturah (v. William E. Mc-
Elroy), 417
Cleland, Philip, 417
Cleland, Rev. Thomas, 417
Clement, Dr. -, 73
Martha (Sherrod), 73
(Mement, Irving Sherrod, 73
Louella (McDowell), 73
Clendennin, Ellen M. (v. Robert Irvine,
Jr.), 377. 379
Cleveland, Col. , 235, 245
Clingham, George, 409
Mary Elizabeth (McDowell), 409
Clingman, Mary Ella Virginia, "Birdie"
409
Clingman, Ann Eliza (v. William Mc-
Dowell), 503
Cobb, Miss — (v. Judge Alexan-
der Erwin), 193
Cobb, Capt. Charles, 488
Cobb, Gen. or Gov. Howell, 193, 294.
550, 555
Cobb, Mary Willis (v. Hezekiah Frank-
lin Erwin), 555
Cobb, Gen. or Hon. T. R. R., 555, 576
Cobb, Thomas W., 575
Cochran, Flora Ann (v. Cicero Taylor
McDowell), 502
Cochran, Rev. , 404
Carolyn (McDowell), 404
Cochran, Anna (v. Willis Abel Mc-
Dowell), 404
Cockran, Eliza Jane (v. Dr. Robert
McPherson McDowell), 535
Cole, , 491
Anna (Irvine), 491
Cole, Roy N., 147
Mary Jane (F'owler), 147
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Cole, Sarah (Cliarles F. Irwin), liOO <'onway, Susanna(h) (v. John Sevier) A
Coleman. Miss (v. Albert Ir- r,24, 5Gi» ^-^eviei; *-
vine), 176 Cook, Ann(e) (v. l»r. Williaiii Erwin)
Coleman, Annie (v. Hough) 11)7 ;]4S, .%:; ^^'wuij.
Coleman, Carrie (Joseph Sylvan), 1U7 Cook, Beasie (v .Inlnj F Miller » '>^o
Coleman, Joan (v. JuliusKrentzlin) I'J . o^-^ ■ . ^ >, -ou,
Coleman, Myrtle, 197 Cook, David Irwin ''79
Coleman. Samuel, 197 Cook. Fannie (v. t" H, Alhm Vick)
Coleman, Tresvant, 197 2S0 '^Sl
Coleman, William, 197 ' Cook, Henry 280 "81
Mayna (Mixon), 197 Cook, Judge flenrv, 279 280 "81
Coleman, William. 197 Elizabeth (Irwin) 279! 280, 281
.. n .. ".'^'^ (Moore). 197 Cook, Jane Smith Irwin 279
CoUett, Alice (v. James Walton, Jr), cook, Jennie (v. Rev Robert Sibley),
280 281
Collier. Amanda (v. Joseph Finch), Cook, Lawson Frwin, 28u, 281
30
Cook, Lucy Watkins, 280, 281
Collier, Harriet Adeline (v. Thomas Cook Margaret Finl'ev i
Bothwell), 220 ' " ,,,,,, i.,,,;,,/ ,,7
^'"""^Mf?;"Ker;\\vilson), 220 ^'°^^^' ^^'^ ^^ '^^'^^ ' '^--^^
Collier, Kate Caroline (v. Waiter (^cok, Martha Finley (v. Dr. Benjamin
liiein), zzo Erwin) 'A^'* 'i',.i
(^.ollins family. 392 Cook. Mattie, 28u; 2sT ' ^
Colhns. Charlie Belle (v. Wm. Camp- cook, Rose (v. Thomas S O McDow-
bell Lanier), 276, 591 eUj^ 5;^^
Collins, E. J., 276
Cooley, John Virgin, 5:15
Georgia Belle (Erwin), 276 Minnie Alic- '1 \-ii>M-n > -'m r,-i;
Collins. Emily McDowell, 75 Cooper James j 100 ' ^' ' '
Collins. Erwin. 276
Collins, F. E. (v. Ninian 1. Hancox)
120
Isabella Allen (Dickson), 160
Coover, Salome K.. 5s:;
Corbett, William,
Collins, J.Frank, 75 ja„e drwin). 57:J
Anna Lois (McDowell), 75 Corey. Rhoda (v. 1. John Stokes; 2.
Colton. Clara, 207 . . ,,„,,„ !,:,,,{„) mt
Colton, Elizabeth, 207 Cornwallis, Lord .1:;5 4:i'l 497
Colton, Henry, 207 Curpening, Albeit, 26::
Colton, James H., 207 Corpening, David, 26;i
(Bolton Rev. Henry H.. 207 Corpening, Eliza (v. Columbus Tate),
Eloise (Avery), 207
Colton, John, 479
2:51
Corry, see Curry
Colton, Mary E. (v. James Thompson Corry, Mary (v. San,uel Erwin), 349
Irvine), 479 Corry. Samuel, 342
Colton, Moulton Avery, 207 • Cosher Ahner 409
^^1!''"' Srff '' ^>!V o. " I'^ydia (McDow.ll), 409
Colton, Willoughby, 207 ,, , ^ , '
Colvin. Margaret F. (v. John A. Ir- ^ ^'^'*'''' ^'''''^ ^' •J''""'* ■ ""'^
win), 360, 573 Cothran, Dwelle, 201
Colyer, Katie, see Collier, Kale Caro- Cothran. Harold, 2i)l
line, 194, 220 Mary Morgan (Myers), 201
Comfort. Maude (v. Anderson). 57 Cothran, John Mvcrs, 201
Conanat, Mrs. (v. Dr. T. F. Mc- ,-, .. ," j >
Creary), 408 •^^'^^""' ' '^^^ ^ .,,,
Cone, ), 575 (Avent), 315
Conner, Col. , 458 Coulter, Alexander, 196
Connor, Hon. W. H., 42 (Massey) 196
Connor, James, 157 Coulter, John. 196
l^llis or Lillie (Wilson), 157 Coulter, Zedekiah, 196
Connor, Margaret (v. Capt. Alexander Rachel (Mtjorc). 196
Brevard), 157 <"ouiicil Oak. the, 234
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vine; 2. Robert Irvine of
Cults), 557
County, Charles E., 170 . ' '' .
Ruby (Mann), 170
Cowan, Dr. C. (v. John Fox Dinkins),
171
Cowan, Catherine (v. Joseph Erwin),
275, 553
Cowan, James, 339
Cowan, Thomas L., 338
Coxe, Mrs. Frank, 240
Coxe, Susan (v. Robert Erwin), 461,
468
Cragin, Helen Hartwell (v. David Ag-
new Greenless), 464
CRAIG(E) —
Agnes (V. Dr. Joseph McD. Mc-
Micken), 257
Annie, 226
Annie (v. William Irvine Fox), 173
Annie Erwin (v. John P. Allison),
227
Branch, 227
Elise (Kohlburg), 227
Branch, Jr., 227
Burton, 429
Burton, 226
Jane (Boyden), 226
Hon. Burton, 226, 340
Elizabeth Phifer (Erwin), 226,
340
Elizabeth Erwin (v. John E. Ram-
sey), 227
Elizabeth Young (v. Madison Mc-
Ferrin), 227
Francis Burton, 227
Jane (Henderson), 227
Francis Burton, 227
Frances (Williams), 227
Frank, 227
Archibald Williams, 227
Nora (Hill), 27
Major James Alexander, 226
Mary (Williamson), 226
James Alexander, Jr., 226
James Burton, 227
John Williamson, 226
Josephine (v. Dr. William Clar-
ence Kluttz), 227
Kerr, 226
Capt. Kerr, 226
Josephine Lawrence (Branch),
276
Kerr, Jr., 227
Hon. Locke, 240
(Burgin), 240
Margaret Erwin, 227 ,. .r
■ Mary, 226
INDEX Continued nil
CRAIG
Mary Dale (v. Horace A. Arm-
strong), 227
Mary Elizabeth (v. Alfred B.
Young), 227
Nannie, 226
William, 227
Margaret Brandon (Erwin,) 191
Crain, Elizabeth Heard (v. Charles •.;
McDowell). 567, 587
Crane, Catherine, 571
Crane, Sallie (v. Darlington Monroe
McDowell), 502
Crawford, , 210 " ' .>•.
Emma (Hardy), 21()
Crawford Margaret (v. 1. Pat- ♦ ••
ton; 2. Alexander Erwin) ;■
188
Crawford, Margaret (Louise), (v. Dr. .i
William McDowell Mastin),
497, 578
Crawford, R. L., 202
Pauline (Moore), 202
Crawford, Winifred (v. Stewart Abell)
191
Creigh, Thomas A., 545, 547
(Irvine), 545, 547
Crisup, John H., 89
Polly or Mary (Jones), 89
Crltchlow, Harriet (v. William Boggs)
361
Critchlow, Sarah (v. William Boggs),
361
Crocker, Mary (v. Joseph McDowell),
409
Crockett, Ann (v. Robert Erwin, Jr.) ^
539
Crockett. Audrey, 63 , ,..,,.
Hettie (Davis), 63
Crockett, James Davis, 63
Crockett, Martha Washington (v. Jas.
Park Moore), 160
Crockett, Mattie (v: J. W. Bass), 319
Cromwell, Elisha, 506, 507
Margaret (Cromwell), 506
Cromwell, Elisha, Jr., 506
Cromwell, Elizabeth (v. Dan-
iel), 506 , ,;
('romwell, John,. 507
Cromwell, Margaret (v. Elisha Crom-
well), 506
Cromwell, Mary S. (v. Patrick McEtow-
ell), 506 ;
Cromwell, Newsom, 506
Martha (McDowell), 506
v.romwell, Oliver, 507
C'rosby. George H., 544
Crosby, Hermione (v. Capt. Paul Tra-
pler Hayne, Jr.), 544
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Cioxton, Joseph, 180
Eliza (Wornai), ISO
Crull, . 491, 531
Martha (McDowell), 491, 531
Culberson, Ellen N. (v. John N. Ir-
vine), 377
Cummins, Rev. Francis, 445, 44S, 451
Cunningham, Lucy (v. David FifUl)177
Curie, Archibald, 179
Jane (Irvine), 178, 179
Curie, Clayton, 178
So^phie Hart (Boggs), 17S
Currie, Joshua T., 112
Jane (Irvin), 112
Curry, Alexander, 343
Curry, Joseph, 345
Curry, Mary (v Samuel Erwin), :141,
348
Curry, Rebecca (v. John Erwin), 341,
347 et seq
(Jurry, Rebecca (v. "Neighbor John")
350
Curry, Rhoda (v. 1. John Stokes; 2.
John Erwin), 341
Curry, Robert, 343
Curry, 'Robert, 345
Susannah (Erwin), 345
Curry, Susannah, 348
Curry, William, 342, 345
Curtis, Inez (v. Albert Sidney Mc-
Dowell), 257
Curtis, James, 191
Fannie (Smith), 191
Cush, Anna E. (v. Isaac Barkley), 505
Cuthbert, , 558
Isabel (Irvine), 558
Cutler, Florence (v. Ivan Erwin), 352
Dalton, Charles F., 216
(1) Adele White (Hutcliinson)
216
(2) Selene (Hutchinson), 217
Dalton, Parks Hutchinson, 216
Dancy, Charles James, 171
Dancy, Islalena, 171
Dancy, Lucy, 171
Dancy, Lucy (v. Robert B. C'ampbell),
171
Dancy, tRobert Campbell, 171
Dancy, William, 171
Dancy, W. E. 171
Margaret L. (Dinkins) 171
Dandridge, Miss — ; (v. Thomas
Claiborne), 577
Daniel, , 506
Elizabeth (Cromwell), 506
Daniel, Adrian, 222
Ida Erwin (Mclntyre), 222
Daniel, iClara, 222
Daniel, iOlizabetli ( v. U^.'ason \V. Ir-
win 11), 290
Daniel, Elizabetli (v, William Alexan-
der Irwin), 325
Daniel, Joe. 325
Daniel, Nathan, 222
Daniel, Silas, 290
Rebecca (Irwiii), 290
Daniels, Grace (v. I''iank Atkins), 577
Darby, , 296
(Irwin), 296
Darby. Jane (v Freciuan Orr), 296
Darby, Jared, 290
Darby, Ann (v. Benjamin Wood), 296
Darby, Oliver, 296
Darby, Rowena (v. l':ikins), 296
Darby, Sarah (v. William Wood), 296
D'Ai-cy-Irvine, Mcrvyn, 16
Darden. Elizabeth (v. Cov. Stephen
Hearld), 587
Darling, Elizabeth (v. Charles Irvine)
558
Darlington, Grace ( v. William Irwin),
367
Darlington, Lt. .loseph, 36T
Elizabeth (Iiwin). 367
Davenport. , 177
Martha (Clay), 177
Davidson. Major -, 433
Davidson, A. J.. 12(i
Fanny I. (Ham-ock), 12o'
Davidson, Benjamin, 229
Davidson, John, 51',
Davidson, .Major ,l(jlin, 14N, 451
Davidson, Luela, May. 120
Davidson, Ruth (v. Jaiuus Wilson) 271
Davidson, Samuel, 271
Davidson, Sarah 1. (v. Dr. James Ross
Irvine), ;;77
Davidson. William, 269
Davidson, Gen. William U., 417, 148,
453
Davie, Frederick William. 4 4.S
Davin, , 381
Sarah (Hal•^i^on), 3S1
DA Vis-
Miss
. 191
Sarah Robinson (l^rwin) 191
. 575
(Irwin), 575
Mrs. (v. .lames Irwin, Jr.), 144
Adelaide Eugenia, 61
Alice Octavia (v. Maj. AVilliam M.
Smith), 61 ,,^,
Alice Oliver, 61 >'', .^
Andrew, 59
Angelina, 61
Angelina (v. .\bram Alexander), 63
[V, William Mann), 60
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613
DAVIS— -'V . -
Annie West, Gl
Buford, 293
(Lawson), 21)0
Capt. Charles, 305 '' '
Cora Shorter, 151
Elijah, 59, GO ' ''■' ' •
Elizabeth Stitt, Gl
Ellen Alexander, Gl ''
Elliott, 3G1, 573 ' ,
Josephine (Erwin or Irwin), 361.
573
Esther (v. John Bell), GO
Hannah (v. Capt. Andrew Reed),
305
Hart, 61
Jane Delilah (Hill), 61
Hettie, 61
Hettie (v. Audrey Crockett), 63
James, GO, 61
James, 56
Prudence (Bell), 60 et seii.
James Elliott, 59
James H., 61
James Hilliard, 61
Jane D. (Lee), 61
James Taylor, Jr., 61
Jane, 61 - • -
Jane (v. Thomas Webb), 63
Jane Elliott, 59
Jefferson, 85, 496
John, 60
John Felix, 84 et seq.
Julia Eugenia (Walkup), 79 et
seq.
John Lycan, 59, 60
(1) Jane (Eliott), 59
(2) Elizabeth (Bell), 59
John Newton, 61
Joseph, 60
Dr. Joseph W., 60
.launita, 61
Julia (v. Marcellus L, Davis), 61
Julia Walkup, paper by, 79 et se(i.
Lelia Walkup, paper by, 76 et seq.
Lelia Eugenia, 79
Louis I-i, 514
[jouisa Tucker( Irwin), 514
Marcellus L., 61
Julia (Davis), 61 '\ i: :
Marcellus Leonidas, 61
Margaret, 61
Mariah (v. Rev. Jacob Hill), Gl
Mary, 61
Mary (v. Williamson Irwin), 331
Mary (v. Capt. Hugh Parks, Jr.), 5!)
60. 100
Mary Elinor, ^ 60 :■;, .,• : ,
DAVIS
Mary Foster, 60
Mary Warren (v. Erwin Allen Holt),
224
Judge N. H., bl
Narcissa (v. George Smith), 59
Rev. P. Y., 59, GO
(1) Eleanor (Gwln), 60
(2) Louisiana (Young), GO
(3) America (Young), GO
(1) Rachel (Hallam), 60
Ransom Gwyn, 60
Rebecca, 53
Rebecca (v. Ezekiel Dickson), GO
Rebecca (v. John Martin), 59
Rebecca (v. .John McDowell II), 59.
60
Rebecca Lycan, 53, 59
Samuel, 60
Samuel Asbury, 61
Sarah E. (v. W. M. Suddarth), GO
Sidney E. (v. Andrew Erwin), 351
Susan, 61
Wallace, 60
Hattie (Brocken), 60
Walter, 53
Walter, Sr., 59
Walter, Jr., 59, 60
Walter Young, 60
Warren, 240
William H., 59, 60
William Robertson, GO
Davison, Mary W., 19
Dawson, William E., 575
Dean, Mary (v. John Gage Irwin), 301
Dean, Sarah J. (v. James H. Finch),
302
Deaver, W. E., 192
Susan (Miller), 192
Demarest, Henry Everett, 4G4
Margaretta Linton (Agnew), 464
De Moss, James, 171
De Moss, James W., 171 , ,. i '
Sarah (Dinkins), 171
Denliger, Isaac, 571
Mary (Irwin), 571
Derkheim, Marcus', 488
Agnes Mary (Irwin), 488
Derrick, Maggie (v. Samuel Irvine
Fox), 173
Detrick, Mary (v. Charles Long), 473
Deulaney, Dr. N. T.. 112
Devault, . 19 1
Mary (Alexander), 191 - ■•
Devault, Edward, 191
Devault, Hugh, 194
Devault. Katie (v. McLean), 194
Devault,. Laura (v. Benbow Scott », 194
Devault, Sophia, 194
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Devault, William, 194 DINKINS—
Kate (Kincaid), I'Jl K^,., jeitYey. KiS
Do Veaux, Judge James, 55.S i-:d\vin Dancy. 171
Anne (Faircliild), 558 Pearl (Casct) 171
De Veaux, Mary (v. Archibald lUil- Kdwin L. 171
loch), 55S Klizabuth' (v. K A. Mann), 170
Dever, Sarah (v. William McDowell), Elizabeth A<ielaid.> (v. Dr. Charles
»06, 5:;:5 B. Calloway). IM
Dewey. Grace Singleton (v. Joseph Harriet E. (v A. J. Hraiisford), 172
Lenoir Chambers), 20S Harriet Wallace ( v. J. W, Cameron),
Dickerson, H. S., 8!) j;„
Dickerson, Charity, SH Henry fl., 17:i
Dickerson, Jessie (v. Henjamin Mdch- Magi;ie' ( Harold ), 172
er McCreary), 108 Henry Lee. 171
Dickinson, xMary B., r.2;; Rowena (Hhkiuuu ) . 171
Dickinson, Sarah Jane (v. Patrick Hcrmione 171
Henry McDowell), oQi) James. lt;7, It;;) ct sei|
DICKSON— Lucy (Kendri.k). li;7, lii'J
Augustus F., ICU James, 1G7 et se(i.
Laura (McCutcheon), liio Sue H.dlart). I(i7
Ezekiel, 60 James Alexander 170
Rebecca (Davis), flO Margaret ( Wadliiigton ), 170
Isabella Allen (v. James ,J. Cooper). James Irwin. 171
IGO John, lit;. If,',)
James A., IGO John, Itli) et simi.
Mattie (v. Jos-eph Wilson Tate), L'2i) Fannie (Henderson). l(;r)
Mary (v. William Patton), 60 .lohn, LJS. 146
Susan T., (v. Thomas Payne). 160 Mary (Irwini, -:'.s, 116
Thomas, 159, 160 John Fox, 171
Jane (Moore), 15S et se(i. C. (Cowan). 171
William, 208 John W.. 171
Justina Corinna (Chambers), 2US Joseph R.. 172
Joshua. 161)
Diehl. Calvin, 360, 573 Lewis, lii6, 170. 171. 1!»5
Ellen (Irwin), 360. 573 (1) Harriet Dorcas (Krwin). 166,
Diggle, William. 212 170. 171. lli:>
Elite Woodrow (Erwin). 212 (2) Elizabeth (Patterson), 170,
Dilliard. , 297 171.
Basha (Sessions), 297 Lewis Mercer. 170
Dillard, Miss — (v. Dr. Louisa. 170
(Cheatham), 297 Louisa Davis (v. 1. Robert Irwin
Dillard. Ethel (v. Alexander Wilson). Dinkins; 2. Alfred Calloway).
204 Luciiida (v. Lewis C. Slaughter),
Dillion, Arthur, Archbishoi) ot Har- 170
bonne, 43 Lynn Hamilton. 16^
Dillon, Catherine Fitzgerald. 44 MarcelUis L.. 171
Dillon, Margaret, 44 Fannie E. (.Muse), 171
Dillon, Theobald, 43 Margaret L. (v. \V. E. Dancy), 171
Dillon, Thomas, 44 ■ Margaret Springs (v John L. Hen-
DlNKINiS— . deison). ION
Alexander 'Hamilton. 170. 171 Marjorie W.. 171
Alexander Hamilton, 167 ^j.,,.^. , ,. ,,,^„^.,, .M<.i)owell). 171
Cynthia Dinkins (Springs), 167 ,>,",>,- ,, \,- ,- ,, . ,„„n
Anna Lola (v. Clifton Rodes Hood), Mary Delia i^. D. W . L. Parson...
171 ^'"
Anna Rose, or Minnie (v. S. S. IMelvina (v. 1 Whitman: L*.
Shipp). 172 Richard Dart iiiKlnin, 146
Claudius IL, 171 .Minnie or .\iiiki Rose tv. S. S.
Josephine (Parker). 171 Sliippp). 172
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DIN KINS
Myriaiu C'ynthi
IGS
015
(v. C. CJ. Robinson),
146
. 171
170
in;
Myrtle (v. J. H. Preston), 170
Paul, 171
Robert Irwin, 140
(Morrison), 11(J
Robert Irwin, 146
Louisa Davisi Dinkins)
Rufus Kendrick, 170
Rufus Tilliford, 170
Kli/.abeth (McDaniel), 170
Sara (v. James- W. De Moss)
Sarah, (v. William Branch),
Sarah Lee (v. E. J. Bowers),
f'apt. Sam, 169
Samuel, 1G9
• Thomas, 169
Virginia C, 171
William Leonidas, 168
Kate (Mc Willie), lOS
William P., 171
Anna (Harison), 171
Dinwiddle, Gov., 307, 5S0
Dinwiddle, Ann (v. John Irwin), 522,
524
Dishman, Sue Hodge (v. Kenneih
Gant), 224
Doak, Joseph, 331 : ■- . .
Mary (Irwin). 331
Dobbins, Rev. Alexander, 459. 461,
Mary Irwin (Agnew), 459,
465
Dobbs, Charles Chase, 116
Dobbs, Frank C. 116
Dodson, Alice (v. George Long),
Dodson, George, 473
(Caroline (Erwine), 473
Doggett, , 541
Dulcinia (Irvine), 541
Dominy, Jennie (v. Grant Y.
Dowell), 534
Donaldson, Anna (v. Lee Miller),
Dorsey, Nathaniel, 465
Ann (Agnew), 465
Douglass, Euphemia of Eugenia (v.
Alexander De Irvine). 51S
Douglass, Euphemia (v. Robert Irvine
of Cults), 557
Douglas, John, 557 '^ ' ■
Agnes (Horn), 557 ■
Douglas, Rev. John, 137, 391
Downs, Emily (v. Jared Dickey Ir-
win). 301
Drake, Abram, 395
Rachel (McDowell). 393, 395
Drake, Dr. Thomas N., 343
Charity D. (Avent), 323
465.
161,
473
Mc-
192
Draper, Daniel, 148
I'laper, Elizabeth A., 165
iJraper, Helen D., 46
Draper. Jessie, MS
Diaper, Mary. 14,S
i>rai)er, Robert, 14S
Draper, Wallace Wood, IIS
Draper. Walter E., 464
Stella M. (Agnew), 464
Draper, William, 14.s
Draper. William Wood. 14S
Emma I':iiza( Moure). IIS
Dubhghall, lonhair. 13
Du BOSE —
Albert Toombs, 21 S
Jeanie Wilson (Stovall), 21S
Boiling Stovall, 21S
Minnie (Thomas), 21S
Dudley Mc Iver, 21S
Jeannie Smithey (v. Marion Hendrix
Allen), 218
Julian Toombs, 21 S
Margaret (v. Isaac Thomas Avery),
207
Mattie Wilson. 218
Rev. Mc Neilly, 207
Robert Toombs, 218
Duckworth, , 19:;
Mary (Erwin), 192
Dudley. Bishop. Lines on death of,
472, 473
Dudley Elizabeth (v. Nathaniel Hart),
178
Duff. Alexander. 405
Alkey ( ), 405
Duff, Dorothy Mc Creary, 405
Duff. James Edwin, 405 ' '
Mary Annetta (McCreary), 405
Duff, Majorie, 405
Duffy. Dr. Thomas, 271
Catherine (Carson). 271
Duke. Rev. George M.. 323 *
Mary E. (Avent). 32^3
Dunbar. William N., .-,\1
Duncan. Mi.-^s - (v. .iohn riarl.
Jr.). ITS
Duncan. Mary (v. Willl.nu Muoirt. \C,\
Duncan. May (v. Reec o I'rjce Harry),
78
Dundas, Barbara (v. Alexander Irvine
of Drum), 15
Dunlaj), Ella J. (v. Charles Clinton
Agnew). 464
Dunn. Mary i:iizabeth Hill. 63
Dunwoodies. James. 367
Grace (Irwin). 367
Dunwoodies, Sarah (v. Samuel Lewis)
Durant, Martha, 216
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Durant, Mary, 216
Duraiit, William Gilmore, 21G
Josephine Harvey (Phifer), 21(1
Durant, Willie Gilmore (v. .lame:
(Aldeu Houston). 216
Durloo, Charles A., 29t;
— (Wood), 29G
Eakin, Miss
(v. Andrew Tlionip-
son Lawson), 292
Eakin. -, 56
Mary McDowell (Howe), ,">()
Eakin, William. 292
(1) Elizabeth Hannah (l^aw.suu).
292
(2) Lizzie (Moreau), 292
Earle, Col. Elias, 541
Earle, Maria (v. Edwin South Irvine).
541
Eastman, Mabel (v. Isaac F. Krwin),
352
Eaton, Dr. , 381
Betsey (Harrison), 3X1
Eaton, Nancy (v. Richard i.ovell ir-
win), 113
Echols, Miss — (v. Ciiristoplier Ir-
vin), 512
Echols, Prudence (v. Isaiah T. Irwin).
575
Eckles, Francis, 582
Edmiston, Anna or Anne (v. John .Mc-
Dowell), 243, 25S
Egan, Julia H. (v. Irwin), 515
Elder, Jennie (v. Samuel Class i, 40l
Elder, John. 5S2
Eley, Mary (v. Benjamin Ward AveuU.
315
Elkins. -, 296
Rowena (Darby), 29li
Elkins, (v. William J. Irwin I.
29G
Ellerbe, , 179
Mollie (Francis), 1(9
ELLIOTT—
Mrs. C. P., 51
Charles Pinckney, 74, 502
Mary Davis (McDowell), 74, 5(12
Clarence Morrow, 75
Ella Lewis (v. John E. Ewart). 75
Eunice Pegram, 75
Florence (v. James Sumter Moore),
197
Jane (v. John Lycan Davis), f)9
John McDowell. 71
Lucy (V. Isaac Shelby Hart), 17S
Mary Elvii-a, 74
Mrs. Mary D., 4 4(i
Robert Neel, 74
Ann Kirkpatrick), 74
ELLIOTT
Tom, 305
Margaret or Peggy (McDowell)395
William Pegram, 75
I':iliston, Harriet Louise (v. Matthew
H. (Juinn), IHl
Ely, William Lee, 2(j
Annie May (I':rwin), 22i;
Embry, Sally (v. Ezekiel II, Field. Jr.),
177
Embry, W. W.. 177
Mary (Field). 177
England, Eli.sha, 191
Mary Siiniaiia i Krwin), 191
luigland, Jaiiu's Sli.s^litei-, 191
Piety (Barr), i:)l
l':uglish. John. 5(il
Priscilla (- ), 504
English, Rebekah Warren (v. Thomas
McDowell), .',64
Eppes, Eli/abetli (v. Frederick Jones),
I'^ppes, Col. Francis, 579
Sarah (Hamlin), 579
lOppes, Francis, 579
Kppes, Thomas. .'.79
Erevine, Crine, 51 S et seq.
Beatrice ( ), 51S
Everine, David, 3o
Everine, Duncan 1 51S
Ervinvine, Ervin and Irving Ancestry,
517
lOrvine. see Ervine IJrwin, Erwine, Ir-
vine, Irwin, etc:.
I'^rvin, see lOrwin. 115
Ervin, Rev. .1. N , D. D., iiortrait. 520
i::rvin. Rev. John I'ressly. paper uy
530 et seq.
lOrvin, Katheiine, 230
Ervin, Laura (v. Dr. J. K. Hakl), 230
Ervin, William Carson, 241
lOrwin de Shonn, Count Eugene, 27
10 R WIN-
Miss (V. Robert Law), 343
Abdial Hiemsel, 195
Abel A., 279 "' '
Abel A,. 339, 3U)
Elizabelh (Selord), 339
Abel Alexander, 275, 27(1
lOliza Frances' (Ashford), 276
Abel Alexander, Jr.. 276
Abigail. ISS
Ada Beatrice, 352
Adelaide Simiana (v. Thomas L'ey-
ton Moore), 199, 225
Addie Aver.v i v. Willi:, in Elliolt
-"■'• AVhitei. 21:;. 217
Addison, 573
lOii/.abelh (llarelayi, 573
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617
BRWIN—
Adolphus, 233
Adolphus Lorenzo, 202, 203 et seq.
Mary Gertrude (Simianer), 20J,
203 et seq.
Agnes, '277, 339, 343
Agnes W., 279, 339
Capt. Albertus, 189
Emily (McElwee), 1S9. 196
Alexander. 187, et seq., 191, il3, 227,
340, 551, 553
Alexander, 189
(Adair), 189
Judge Alexander, 193
(Cobb), 193
Col Alexander, 1C5. 166. 188. 222
(1) Sarah (Robinson), 188, T'-J.
(2) Margaret Crawford (Pattoii),
166. 188
Alexander iHamilton, 203
Cecelia Matilda. 203
Alexander Osmond, 550, 551
Mary (Griffith), 551
Alfred Martin, 204
Alice (V. Victor Britton Hudson),
355
Alice Mary, 350, 351
Amzi. 350
Catherine (Chess), 350
Andrew, 348, 58'2
Andrew, 341, 342
Ann ( ), 342
Andrew, 344
Jane ( ), 344
Andrew, 350, 351
(1) Sidney E (Davis), 351
(2) Elvina (Kerr), 351
Ann (v. Anderson). 343
Anna (v. Jesse Keltner), 551
Anna Elizabeth (v. Robert L. Mc-
Connaughey). 222
Anne Talbot. 204
Annie (v. William Seneca Sutton),
226.
Annie Eliza, 553
Annie May, (v. William Lee Ely),
226
Annie Phlfer (v. Fred Laxton), 213
Archie, 210
Arthur, 192, 195, 212
Arthur, Jr.. 192
Arthur, 188, 191
Margaret (Brandon), 188, 191
Arthur, 189
Mattie (Erwin), 189
Arthur, 189
(Spratt), 189
Col. Arthur, 192. 529
Evelina (Terril), 192
ERWIN—
Arthur Leander, 20S, 205, 212
Eliza B. (Marable). 2i)2, 205
Benjamin. 3:^6, 341 et seq.. 348, 350,
537
Dr. Benjamin' :;47. 3r.2, :;53
Margaret or Martha Finley (Cook)
34 7, 352, 353 , ^^^ ,
Benjamin, 350
Olive E. (West), 350
Blenau, 226
Benjamin Brittin, o'jL'
Martha (Brown), 3'j2
Bruce, 352
Rose (CMsco), 352
Rev. Benjamin. 315
Mary ( ), 315
Benjamin, 346
Sarah (Brewster), 346
Bessie Smedes (v. Hamilton Cham-
berlain Jones), 225
Buena, 370
Callie. 370
Carl. 352
Jennie (Mc Dougall), 352
Carrie. 210
Catherine. 275
Catherine Amelia, 205
Catherine Campbell, 276
Catherine Reese (v. Dr. Alfred M.
Catherine (v. John Erwin), 191, 193
Galther), 203
Cecelia, 212
Charles Henry. 270
Charles Warren, 550
Charlotte, 1!S9
Christopher. 521
Mary (Felk). 521
Clara (v. Thomas Mc Intyre). 222
Claude. 352
Claudia Josephine (v. Edward Knox
Powe). 225. 230
Claudius, 551
Clay. 551
Cordelia (v. West), 205
Corinna Morehead ( v. John Quinton
Gant), 224
Corinne (v. Derr Boger), 213
Cowan, 275
Squire Cowan, 279
Cynthia (v. Dr. Stephen Fox), 194
Cynthia (v. Dr. John Fox), 170
Cyrus, 191. 19?
Hannah (Erwin). 191, 192
Daisey (v. Charles), 210
David. 551
Delia Haywood (v. J. F. E. Har-
Dorcas. 195
dy), 203
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ERWIN—
Dorcas (v. Alexander Moore), IS'J,
19G et seq.
Dorcas (B)., (v. Albert Benjamin
Roots). 350, 351
__Edna Earl, 370
Edmund, 348, 355
Dr. Edmund Paul, 348, 353
Minnie Olive (Bowerapx), 348, 353
Edward, 230, 336. 341, et seq., 348
Edward II, 341 et seq., 348
Edward III, 341 et seq.
Edward, 343
Elizabeth ( ), 343
Edward, 348, 375, 539
Frances ( ), 348, 53U
Edward. 213
Mary (Brown), 213
Edward. 344
Sarah (Percy), 344
Edward Hamilton. 205
Edward Holt, 225
Edward James. 20G
Edward Jones. 203
Elizabeth Ann (PhiferJ. 203. 213
Edwin. 348
Edwin Paul, paper by, 347 et seq.
Elam Alphonso. 203
Eleanor. 225
Eli, 275; Eli J.. 339; Eli Y.. 279
Elizabeth, 226, 343 .
Elizabeth (v. Hon. Burton Craige),
226, 340
Elizabeth (v. Robert Neely), 190
Elizabeth (v. Andrew Nichols) 343
349
Elizabeth Sharpe (v. Burges Sidney
Gaither). 203 212
Elizabeth Stewart (v. Rev. John
Caldwell). 347. 353
Ella, 370
Ella (V. O. E. Mitchell). 192
Ella (V. Parris), 551
p::ila Matilda (v. George Green). 223
Ellie Woodrow (v. William Diggle),
212
Ellinor (v. Patterson), 343
Eloise (V. Louis Brown Mct^oy). 213
Emily (V. Maj. Hamilton Chalmers)
210
Emily Martha (v. Hazel Smith), 191
Emma Henrietta (v. Judge John
Gray Bynum), 223, 265
Esther (v. Samuel Pearson), 212
Eugene Haynes, 225
Eunice, 230
Eva. 352; Evans, 551, 553
Evelyn (v. Herbert Walton*, 223
INDEX Continued
ERWIN—
Fannie, 189; Fay, 352
Fletcher Paul, 351
Floid Singleton, 22G
Frances (v. James Allen), 349
Frances, 341. 348
Frances (v. William Erwine). 345
Frances Elizalioth (v B. Pesram)
187
Francis. 341. et se(i.. 348
FYancis II, 348
Francis HI, 349
Francis. 343, 348
Jean ( ), 343, 34 S
Frank. 192
• F'rank, 189
Mary (Mooi'e). 189
. Frank, 475
Anna (SchuU/.), 475
Frank Craig, 226
_ Frank Moore, 1S9 •■ i •
Frank Pressly, 551
Gaza, 277
Gennet (v. Johnson), 343
George, 193, 227
George Bigham, 348' 353
George Phifer, 2()(;, 213
Cora Morehead (Avery), 206, 213
George Washington Phifer, 227
Laura Maragarct (Henson), 227
Georgia Bella (v. E. J. Collins). 276
Gertrude, 377
Grace. 350, 351
Guy. 377
Hamilton, 212, 265
Hamilton, 212
(1) Elizabeth (Adams). 212'
(2) Margaret (Suddarth), 212
Hannah (v. Zehulon Haird). 193
Hannah (v. Cyrus Erwin). 191, 192
Hannah (v. Logan), 336
Hannah (v. James Logan), 539
Harriet, 212. 350
Harriet (v. Lewis Dinkins). 170
Harriet Ashford (v. Win. J. Camp
bell), 276
Harriet Bratton (v. Win. Randolph
Sims), 190
Harriet Dorcas (v. Lewis Dinkins),
Harriet Eloise (v. Col. Isaac Thomas
Avery), 20r>. 206
Harriet Esther (v. James Blackburn
Rankin). 204
Harriet Evaline (v. Adelbert Rice).
352
Harvey, 551
Hattie (v. James Thomas Moore).
199
Hazel. 190
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Henry. 521
Eliza Jane (Squier), 521
Hezekiah, 277. 339
Hezekiah Franklin, 279. 339
Hezekiah Franklin, 553, 555
(1) (Jackson), 555
(2) Mary Johnston (VVinston)553
553
(3) Mary Willis (Cobb), 555
Howell Cobb. 553
Dr. Hubert Cooke, 353, 355
Hugh. 230
Isaac F. 352
Mabel (Eastman), 352
Isabella, 277, 339
Isabella Mc Caw, 1S9
Ivan. 352
Florence (Cutter), 352
J. H., paper by, 338 et seq.
Jacob, 521
Elizabeth (Osborn), 521
James, 187, 1S8, 192,. 190. 350, 551
James of Bellevue. 2G3
James of Florida, 189
James of Spartanburg, S. C, 192
James, 351, 352
Elizabeth Brittln (Ambler), 352'
James, 370
Rebecca (McKinney), 370
James. 192
Mary (Miller), 192
James, 193, 222
Margaret (Phifer), 193, 222
James, 340
Margaret Lock (Phifer), 340
James A., 370
James Claudius (Buster), 551
James Frank, 190
Isabella (Smith), 190
James Harvey, 550
James J., paper by, 519 et seq.
James Jay, 521
Nellie M. (Spencer). 521
James Locke, 225, portrait, 286
May (Taylor), 25 - .m ,,,
James Locke, Jr., 25 , .;'.,
James P., 275, 279, 339
James Rowan. 226 • \4,
Jane. 341, 348
Jane (v. Andrew Erwine), 345
Jane or Jean (v. John Erwin). 349
Jane Sarah, 348, 353
Jean. 230, 349
Jean (v. Jamison), 343
Jennie (v. J. H. Smith), 37G
Jesse Harper, 225, portrait, 286
Eleanor Dra'ne (Haynos), 225
Jesse Harper, Jr., 225
NDKX Continued
ERWIN-
619
Joanna Prudence, 550
John, 230, 248, 347, 350, 351, 353, 461,
551
John II 341, 376
John III, 348 ,
Col. John, 165
Margaret (Erwln), 1C5
Judge John, 192
John, 340
Ann ( ), 346 ) ■
John of Kilrea, 376 et seq,
Jane ( ), 376
John, 349
Jane or Jean (Erwin), 349
John. 343, 344
Mary ( ), 343, 344
John, 341, 347, et seq.. 350
(1) Rebecca (Curry), 341. 347,
350
(2) Rhoda Curry (Stokes). 341,
347
John, 191, 192, 193
Catherine (Erwin). 191, 192, 193
John. 192
(Gash), 192
John of Antrim, Pa., 414, 415, 416
(1) Sarah iHoge (Reynolds), 415
(2) (Ramsey), 415, 416
John, 461
Mary O'Caine (Ramsey), 161
John, 341, 348
Jane (Williams), 341, 348
John B. Tragg, 551
John Bulow, 204
Gen. John Bratton, 189. 527 et seq.
Mary L. (Barnes), 189, 527 '
John Bratton, 189
Isabella (McCaw). 189
.lohn Fletcher, 573
John Franklin, 352
Alice Emma (Sweatt), 352
John J., 279. 275, 339
John Mc Kemie Wilson, 195
Rev. John Newton, D. D. 521, 522,
portrait, 520
John Pressly, 550
Joseph III, 339
Rev. John Pressly, 550
Nancy (Wilson), 551
Capt. John Randoli-h. 189 ,, r
(Greer), 189
Dr. John Simiana, 204 ..,
John Warden 525
Ann Eliza (Chadwick), 525 , -
Jonas. 344. 530. 537
Joseph. 193. 225, 220, 230, 277 279,
336. 537
Joseph, Jr., 275
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Joseph, 33*J
Nancy ( — ), u'39
Joseph, ITTT), 553
Catherine (Cowan), 275, 5S3
Joseph, 338 et seii.
Elizabeth Cowan, 338 et se(i.
Job-eph, 279
Nancy (Cowan), 279
Joseph Ernest, 21:5, portrait, 280
Susan (Clark), 225
Joseph Ernest, Jr., 225
Josejih Hudson, 551
Joseph J., 199, 223 et se(i.
Elvira Jane (Holt), 199, 223
Joseph Uufus, 22G
Kate Margaret (Peters), 22(1
Josephine, 225
Josephine (v. Eliott Davis), 573
Josephine Wester, 371
Justina Louisa, 2U3
Katherine L., 279, 339
Laura (v. Capt. Martin Jones), 223
Laura Theresa (v. William Rankin),
227
Lawrence (v. At^wood Hunt), 212
Leander, 1S9
Leah Julian (v. Nathaniel ICrwin),
213
Leonidas, 189
Lewis B., 350, 351
Lizzie Maltida, 223 ■
Louise, 189
Lucy Cobb, 553
Dr. Lycurgus, 355
Sallie (Hawkins), 3355
Mamie (v. Edniond Brady), 212
Marcus, 192, 212
Marcus, 205_, 212
Margaret Erwin (Mc Dowell), 205,
212
Marcus Lorenao, 204
Margaret, 192, 196, 275, 277, 339, 318
Margaret (v. Herrin), 344
Margaret (v.. Gabriel K. Houscr), 2G
Margaret (v. Dudley Jones), 19(j
Margaret (v. L. S. Lancaster), 370,
377
Margaret (v. James Mc Dowell), 23S,
2G1
Margaret (v. Hugh Tate), 193, 228
Margaret (v. ^Thornton), 227
Margaret Bigham, 348
Margaret Bigham (v. Joel Thomas
Huffman), 353
Margaret Brandon (v. William
Craig). 191
Margaret Caroline (v. James Muffctt
Mc Dowell), 2U3, 210
INDEX Continued
ERWL\-
Margaret Clementine, 270, 3 10
.Margaret Elizabeth (v. Edwin
Thomas .lones), 220
Margaret Gordon, 212
Mrs. Maragarot H., Jr., portrait, 309
Mrs. INIargaret Hamilton, portrait,
I
30S
Margaret Hamiltoi
369
Margaret Loekt;
I, 37 1, 375, portrait
(V. Jack Glenn),
Margaret Locke. (v. Lawrence S.
Holt), 223
Margaret Matilda. 204
.Maria (v. Thoma.s lOiwin), 189
Maria Louisa (v. Major .lames W.
Wilson), 20 1
Martha Jane (v. A. 11. Glass), 550
Martin Cyril, 220
Martin Pliifer, 220
(1) Jane (Huie), 220
(2) Ix:)uisa (Hlackman), 226
Martin I'hifer, Jr., 220
Mary, 189, 192, 27."), l77, 339, 341 318,
350, 351, 377
Mary (v. I. David Agnew; 2. Rev.
Alexander Dobbin), 414, 461, 465
Mary (v. Bell), 314
Mary (v. Duckworth), 192
Mary (v. William Erwin), 349
Mary (v. Daniel Fane), 314
Mary (v. Washington Hardy), 210
Mary, of "Polly" (v. John Kilbourn),
349
Mary (v. Abrani Roach), 187 et seq.
Mary (v. Newton Robbing), 473
Mary, or "Pretty lolly" (v. Rev.
John Mc Kemie Wilson), 19:>,
196, 213 et sei].
Mary Adolphus, 204
Mary Anne. 204
Mary B., 279, 339
Mary Elizabeth, 550
Mary Elizabetli (v. Hubert N.
Merck), 270, 591
Mary Elvira, 203
Mary Frances, 343
Mary Haynes, 225
Mary Ina, 351
Mary Joanna (v. Frank E. Moore),
550
Mary Johnston (v. Paul Willis Gor-
ham), 553
Mary Jones (v. James- Mitchell Rog-
ers), 213 ,, .,
Mary Lee, 227
Mary Louise, 223
Mary Prudence (Heniken), 550
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(i2l
ERWIN—
Mary Simiana (v. Elisha England),
vn
Mary Willis, 553
Matilda (v. David Brown Miller),
192
Matilda Secilia, 265
Matthew, 341, 342, 343
Elizabeth ( ), 343
Mattie (v. J. S. Baker), 370 '
Mattie (v. Arthur Erwin), 189
Maude Wester (v. George Winkle-
man), 371
Max Frederick, 348, 353
Michael Lincoln, 275, 279, 349
Mildred, 190
Miller, 192, 370 '''
Milton Pinkney, 195
Nancy, 275, 350
Nathaniel, 187 et seq., 195, 231
Nathaniel, 213
Leah Julian (Erwin), 213
Nona, 370; Nina. 370
Omar Smith. 377
Overton, 192 ' '
Patrick, 370
Paul, 377
Paul Vliet Bowersox, 34S, 355
Peggy, or Margaret (v. Her-
rin), 344
P'hifer. 213
Polly (V. Bell), 344'
Polly Stewart, 444
Ray, 352
llichard Patton, Jr., 353
Robert. 192, 212, 341 et seq., 34S,
370
Robert, will of, 335 et seq.
Robert, 335
Anne ( ), 335
Robert, Jr.. 335, 33G
Robert E. L., 227
Ruth, 352
Ruth Edna, 353, 355
Ruth Edith (v. Irwin J. Bibby), 352
Ruth Edna (v. Dr. Hubert Cooke),
348, 353, 355
S. Cowan, 336; Sadie, 377
Sallie (v. Dr. Glenn), 210
Sallie, (v. Lewis Walker), 192
Sallie Ross (v. William A. Erwin),
201
Samuel, 212, 341, 348, 349, 550
Samuel, Jr., 230
Samuel, 341, 348, 349
Mary (Curry), 341, 348, 349
Samuel G., 376 vf'ir ,ir-.,;.. . .■:■■
ERWIN—
Lizzie (Guy), 377
Samuel, J., 230
Laura (Powe), 2:^,0
Sarah (v. Thomas Monce), 349
Sarah, 192, 348, 551
Sarah (v. McDowell), 265 •
Sarah Ann (v. Dr. John Calhoun Mc-
Dowell), 227, 22S, 203, 340
Sarah L. (v. Letcher INlann), 352
Sarah Lee (v. iP. T. Schutze), 276
Sarah Lyell (v. Hargrove Bellamy),
225
Sarah Margaret (v. Edward Reid),
223
Sarah Myra (v. Freeland Henson),
195
Sarah Matilda White (v. Dr. George
Moran), 213
Sarah Robinson (v. Davis),
Scott, 226
Sidney Bulow, Mr. and Mrs. portrait
of, 548
Sidney Bulow, 204
Ella (Keller), 204
Sofia or Sophia, ISS et seq., 350
Sophia (v. William Alexander), 194
Sophia (v. Reuben Plummer), 350
'•S(iuire John,"' 350
Slaniiope, 195
Eliza G. (Tate), 195
Susan (v. Samuel Agnew), 467
Susan Coxe (v. Samuel Agnew), 415,
461
Susan Graham, 225
Susana. 188 et seq., 195
Susannah, 343
Susannah (v. George Balsley), 349
Susannah (v. Robert Curry), 345
Susannaii (v. John Graham), 188
.Sydney Staniiope, 203, 210
'Caroline ((Larson), 203, 210 ji
Thomas, 371
Thomas, 189 • ■y / V r v
Maria (Erwin), 189 ' ;.
Thomas, 573 . : , i,
Ann (Howard), 573 • ..c
Thomas B., 275, 279, 339 !
Thomas C, 339
Thomas C, 370, 371
Margaret H. (Webster), 370 .i
Thomas Carlton, portrait, 368 ;
Thomas Chess. 350
Mary (Goodman), 350
~ Thomas Cowan, 276, 277, portrait,
278
Elsie Schuyler (Campbell) 276, 277
Thomas Cowan, Jr., 276
Thomas 'Winston, 553
Sara (Stokes), 553 ;•;.
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BRWIN—
T. C, Jr., 371; Texas, 370
Vera, 377
Verna Rowena, 226
Walter Clarke, 225
Walter Claudius, 551
William, 189, 190, 191, 192, 195, 210,
227, 275, 279, 339, 341, 347, 348.
551
William of Clarksville, -Ga., 193
William, 348
Susannah (Curry), 348
William, 349
Mary (Erwin), 349
William, 189
( Williamson), 189
Col. William, 188 et seq.
Sallie (Ross), 188
Dr. William, 348, 353
Ann(e) (Cook(e), 348, 353
Solicitor-Genferal William, 193
William Alberto, 202
William Albertus, 189
Isabella (Smith), 189
William Alfred, 204
William Allen, portrait, 286
William Allen, 225
Haffye Louise (Barton), 225
William Alleu, 225
Sadie Lyell ('Smedes), 225
William C, 351
William Chess, 351
Martha (Aveson), 351
William Crawford, 222
(1) Matilda (Walton), 222
-\ (2) Mrs. Loretta (Gaston), 223
(3) Catherine (Happoldt), 223
William F., 370
Mary (Givens), 370
William .1., 376, 377
Ella (Lancaster), 377
William Major Ross, 189
Elizabeth (Bratton). 189
William Taylor, 550, 551
Elizabeth (Reid), 551
William Turner, 226
William Walstein, 204
William Willoughby, 195, 196, por-
trait, 284
William Willoughby, 191, 209 et seq.
Matilda (Sharp), 191,-209 et seq.
Williams, 348. 249; Yala, Pa., ;i:!y
ERWINE:
Alfred, 473
Mary (Rhinard). 473 * • -
Andrew, 341
Benjamin, 341
Caroline (v. George Dodson). 473
Crynin, 375
Elizabeth (v. Josiah Blank), 473
INDICX Continued
EUWINE
Enos, 473 ' '
Eliza (Eveland), 473
John, 345
Jane (Erwin), 345
John, 341
Susan (V. Samuel Rhinard), 473
William, 345
Frances (Erwin) 345
William 473
Sarah (Siller) 473
Wilson l\. 47;{
Josephine R. (Allen), 473
Eryvinus, t^rine or Crinnor Crinus, 26,
27, 28, 30 et seq.
I<:spy, Harriet N. (v. Zebulon Baird
V'ance), 193
Evans, Anios, &. Sarah Rubbins (Ir-
win), 304; Avery Washington,
209; Emerson, :;04; Emily, 209;
George Lillington, 209; Henry
Lenoir & Xellie May (Alexan-
der), 209; Luella, 209; Marga-
ret Justina, 209; Richard A. &
Margaret Brown (Chambers),
209; Richard Chambers, 209;
William & Supine (Irvine), 558
Eveland. Eliza (v. Enos Erwine), 473
Everallyn, Frances (v. William Wal-
lace Irvin), 485
Everston, Harvey, 302; Thurston, Sa-
die (Burke), 301, 3ii2
Ewart, John E., Ella Lewis (Elliott), 75
Ewell, Harriet (v. Tench C. Carson),
273
Ewing, Eulalie Emma. SS; Morrison,
Eulalie Emma (McDowell), 88;
Pauline Randall, 88
F
Fair, H. W., & Celina E. (Moore), 197
Fairchild, Anne (v. Judge James De
Veaux, 558; Richard &. Ann (Bel-
linger), 558
Fane, Daniel, and Mary (Erwin), 344
Fanning. Elizabeth FuUerton (v. Dr.
Hamilton Moore Weedon), 219;
Frederick & Harriet Eugenia
(Chambers), 219; Frederick De-
veau, & Annie(Rawls)219; Fred-
erick Deveau II, 219; Henrietta
Marian (v. Edwin C Murray),
220; Theodora Wagner (v. 1. Ed-
win Adolphus Heart; 2. William
Montague Jones), 219, 220
Fargo, Joseph, <t Mary Wilson (Moore)
215
Farmer, — , & Annie Lou (Irwin),
290
Farquhar, Agnes (v. John Irwin of
County Tyrone). 4S5
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623
Farquharson, Alexander, & Jane (Ir-
vine), 558
Farrelly, Adelina (v. Harlan P. Moore)
158; Rt. Rev. John Patrick, 159;
Col. P., 158, 159; Patrick, & Mar-
tha Clary (Moore), 159
Faust, Andrew, 221; C. C. & Mary W
(McCormack), 221; Hazel, I.ee
Mary, Richard, Ruth and Wal
ter, 221
Favor & (Irwin) 574
Thomas & Mary (Irvin), 514
Felky, , & Elizabeth (McDow-
ell), 533
Fenn, Capt. Sam, 577; Sarah (v. Col.
Thomas Claiborne), 577
Ferguson, Charles Vaughn, & Harriet
Esther (Rankin), 204; Charles
Vaughn, Jr., 204; Francis and
Frances Lenow (McDowell), 88;
Jean, 204
Ficklin, John Fielding, 514; John P.,
and (1) Eliza Walker (Battle),
(2) Mary Belle (Battle), 514
FIELD—
Amelia (v. Brutus J. Clay), 177; Ann
(V. id.), 177
Christopher and (1) Charlotte (Mar-
tin). (2) Pauline (Rodes), 177
David and Lucy (Cunningham), 177
Edmund and Ann (Brown), 177; Eze-
kiel H. and Patsy (Irvine), 176; Eze-
kiel H.,. Jr. and Sally (Enibry), 177
Isabelle (v. Dr. Wm. Lyman), 177;
Margaret, 177; Mary (v. W. W. Em-
bry), 177
Patsy (V. J. H. Miller), 177
Susan, 177; Thomas M., 177; Wil-
liam H., Jr., 177; Willis, 177
FINCH—
Abram F. and Emma A. (Mead). 302
Alva, 303; Avrilla, 303
Charles H.. 303; Delmer, 303
Ellen (v. Isaac Wilson), 302
Frank J., 304; Fred G., 303
George and Cora (Matthews), 303;
Grace, 303; Hannah, 302;
Harry D., 303; Harry G., 304
Ida (V.William Plummer), 303; Isaac
and (1) Hannah (Bennet) (2) Cath-
erine (Obiat), 302; Isaac
FINCH—
Lucy (Irwin), 301, 302; id., and
Elizabeth (Watson), 302, 303
James, 302; James E., 303; James
H., and Sarah J. (dean), 302; James
H., Jr., and Orena (Rickel), 302;
Jennie B. (v. Frank Willis), 302;
Joseph and Amanda (Collier), 302
Kittie, 302; Laura, 303; Lucy, 302
FINCLI
Martha R. (v. George Smith), 302;
Mildred, 303; Minnie U., 304
Nellie C, 303; Nettie, 303
Owen H., 303; Ray, 303
Rosa, 303; Sarah, 302
Sarah E. (v. James Wilkins), 302,
304; Vena C, 303; William I., 303
Fincher, John, and Sarah (Irwin), 138
FINDLEY—
Miss (V. Andrew Berry Irwin)
291; Elizabeth (v. 1. Col. Ochiltree;
2. Col. James Agnew), 467
Gen. James and Elizabeth (Irwin),
380, 545; Col. John, 380; Louise, 381
Martha (v. Samuel McDowell, the
younger), 393, 399; Mary (v. Samuel
McDowell, the elder), 399
Gov. William and Nancy (Irvin), 545
Finley, Elizabeth (v. Lt. Col. James
Agnew), 415; Frank Wilson (v. John
William McDowell), 533; John, 416;
Mary (v. John Irvine), 468; 'Mary
Lyle, 416
Fisher, Abel 395; id., and Rachel (Who-
wee), 393, 394 Charles, 429; Eliza (v.
Thomas Eley Avent), 317; Judge E.
S., 317; Hannah (v. Samuel McDow-
ell), 393; John, 394, 403; Thomas,
395
Fitzgerald, Catherine, 43
Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth, 174
Flanks, Penelope (v. Hugh Lawson II)
293
Fleming, John, 583
Fleniken, Mary Prudence (v. John
Pressly Erwin), 550
Fletcher, Chalmers, 409; Elizabeth (v.
Archibald Irwin), 359, 572; George
E. and Hannah (McDowell), 409;
Robert H., 409
FLINN—
Andrew W. and Sarah (Means), 221;
Emma, 222; Rev. Harvey Wilson and
Mary Louisa (Adger), 222; Henriet-
ta Octavia (v. Albert Hurt), 222;
Rev. J. William and Jane (Smythe)
222; Jean S., 222; Margaret S. (v.
Professor George Howe), 222; Mary
E. (V. William 'H. McComack), 221;
Neely, 151; Nellie € (v. Louis W.
Gilliland), 222; Sarah Wilson (v. Mc-
David Horton), 222; Smythe, 222;
Sue, 222; W. W. and Mary (Neely),
151
Fluker, , and Mary (Sessions),
297; Benjamin, 297; Jennie (v. Au-
gustus Tarbutton), 297; Milton. 297;
Susan (v. II. T. Roborson), 297
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INDEX Continued
l-'ogartie, Arthur, and Alary Adehiido
(tniambers), 220; Mary Adelaide
(V. Ur. George W. Heintcli), 220
lolsoin, Edith E. (v. Jcliii Irwin Mv-
K. :■.•}, li I
FooU'. Rev. Dr. William H., 1 il
Forbes, Elizabeth (v. Alexander Ir-
vine), 53.')
Forbes-Irvine, Alexander, 15
Ford, , and Fannie (Orr), 195
Foiker, Julia A. (v. Samuel Irwin Mc-
Kee), 114
Fortson, Estelle, 77; Hortenae McDow-
ell, 77; Pearl Ashlin, 77; Pettie Bell,
77: Capt. Wasiiington P. & Dicy He-
Doi
(Aslilin).
por-
(S.) Ir-
beeca
trait, 76
Fosdick, Eydia A
win), 3G0
Foster, Mary (v. William Robertson
13avis), 60; Nannie (v, Paul Moore),
2U1; Sarah Fannin (v. Harvey rito-
vall), 219
Fowler, Dr. Adolphus Sherrod, and
Mary Jane (Barry), 147; Eugene
■Moore and Minnie (Riggs), 147;
Hugh. 147; Hugh Barry, 147; Jessie
Euphemia, 147; Mai'y Jane (v. Ray
N. Cole), 147; Minnie Lee (v. Melvin
Gardner), 147
FOX—
Amy (V. Kendriek), 1G9; Anna
or Annie Bell(e) (v. Jerry C. Cald-
well), 17:!, 181; Anne (v. Thomas
Claiborne), 517; Anne West (v. 1.
Jeremiah Vaughan; 2. Dr. James \V.
Mallory), 311; Charles, 194; Dr.
(Charles and Julia (McClinn), 194;
Charles C, 181; (Hiarles Crittenden,
and Mary (Allen), 173; David, and
Sophia (Gault), 173; Delpliine (v.
John McKemie Wilson, Jr.), 214;
Douglas, 194; Elizabeth Wylie, 173;
Felix Goggin, 173, 180; Judge Fon-
taine T., 173; Fontaine T., and Mary
(Barton), 173; Fontaine Talbot, and
Eliza Jane (Hunton), 173, 180; Fon-
taine Talbot, Jr., 180; Hannah Ball,
1G9; Harriet (v. Dr. Moses Manlius
Orr), 194; Henry, 321; id., and Anne
(West), 577; James aiid Margaret
(Wylie), 173; Janie, 194; Dr. John
and (1) Cynthia (Erwin), (2) Eliza-
beth (Patterson), 170; .lolm Oliver.
173, 180; Junius and Claudia (Ben-
bury), 194; Martha (v. Thomas H.
Brem), 194; Philadelphia (v. Charles
James Torrence), 194; Peter (Cam-
den, 173; Rebecca (v. Thorwell) Pee-
bles), 311; Robert and lOlizabedi
FOX —
(Wylie), 173; id., and Sallie (Wal-
ton), 311; Samuel and Rhoda (Pick-
ering), 180; Samuel Irvine and Mag-
gie (Derrick), 173; Dr. Samuel Ir-
vine, 180; Sophie Irvine (v. Andrew
McBnayer Sea), 173, 174, 180; Dr.
Stephen and Cynthia I Erwin), 194;
Thomas Hunt ami (1) Henrietta
(.!lay (Gist) (2) Mary (Moberly),
173; Thomas Hunton, 180; Uriah
Irwin, 311; William and Sophie (Ir-
vine), 173, 178, 180; id. I. and Sarah
(Avent), 308, 309, 311; id. 11, and
Martha (Rives), 311; id. Ill, 311;
Col. William, 109; William Irvine
and Annie (Craig). 173; William Mc-
Kee, 173, 180; William M(jntgomery,
174; Winifred (v. Capt. James Rob-
inson), 311
Frame, Thomas, 345
Francis, Hon. David R., 179, 519; Hal-
lie (V. William G. Boyd). 179; John
B. and Elizabetli Rowland, 179; Mary
Erwin, 343; MoUie ( v. Eller-
be), 179; Xeely (v. N. F. Harrison),
151; Sidney, 179; Thomas H., 179
Franklin, Benjamin, 455; Capt. J. D.,
land (Boatwright), 297
Freeman, Edna Arrundel (v. Dr. W. T.
Arrington, Jr.), 88; Edward Thomas
and Lizzie Arrundel (Lenow), 88;
John II. and Priscilla (Jones), 89;
Lizzie Arrundel Lenow (v. Judge
William Wallace McDowell), 88;
Judge Thomas H., 88, 89
Frey, Boyd and Fanny (Long), 473;
Lois and Mary, 473
Froman, Mary (v. Hon. J. Proctor
Knott), 483
P"'rost, William, and Sarah B. (Irvin),
331
Fugate, Chloe (v John William Mc-
Dowell), 533
Fuhes, Kate (v. Thomas Clinton Mc-
Kee), 114, 115
Fulk, Mary (v. Christopher Erwin) 521
Furgerson, Margaret, 257; Robert, 257;
W. D. and Margaret Rhea McDow-
ell), 257
Furman, Dr. James (.'.., 543
Furr, E. V., & Belle (Grier), 100
Futhey, Ann (v. Samuel Stele), 107,
111; Robert and Rutli (Steele), 111.
G
Gaither, Alfred Haywood, and Carrie
( Hoey), 212; Dr. Alfred M. and Cath-
erine Reese (Erwin), 203; Burgess
.Sidney, and Elizabeth Sharpe (Er-
win), 203. 212; Burgess, Sidney, Jr.,
k:^
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625
and Mary (Young), 231; Delia Emma
(v. Dr. >R. C. Pearson), 212; Julia,
203; William, and Mary (Mclntyre),
212
Galliher, Anna (v. Achilles Irvine), 490
Galloway, Alfred, and Louisa Davis
(l)inkins), 146; Charles Belts, 165,
171; Charles Betts, Jr., 166, 171;
Bishop Charles Betts, and Harriet
Elizabeth (Willis), 163, portrait, 164;
Dr. Charles B. land Elizabeth Ade-
laide (Dinkins), 166; Ethelbert
• iHines & Mabel (Johnson). 165, 171;
Harriet Elizabeth (v. H. B. McGhee),-
165, 171; Margaret Kate (v. A. M.
Muckenfuss), 165, 171; Willie Es-
telle (v. William P. S. Ventress) 165,
171
Gamble, Margaret (v. William Irwin
III), 291; Nancy (v. William Wirt).
268
Gamewell, , and Julia (McDow-
ell), 211; Joe, 211; Mary Lillie, 211
Canahl, Mary (v. Pleasant Alexander
Stovall), 218
GANT—
^ecil, 224; Corinna Erwin, 224; Co-
rinna Harper, 224; Edwin Holt, 224;
Elizabeth Gilmer, 224; Erwin Allen,
224; Graham, 224; Jessamine, 224;
John Quinton, and Corinna More-
head (Erwin), 224; John Quinton,
Jr., 224; Joseph Erwin, and Nannie
(Banner), 224; Joseph Erwin, Jr.,
224; Kenneth, and Sue Hodge (Dish-
man), 224; Roger. 224; Russell, 224
Gardner. JVliss (v. Thomas
Avent). 321; Dorothea, 147; John,
147; Mary (v. 1. Alnutt; 2.
Thomas Jones). 89 Melvin and Min-
nie Lee (Fowler) 147; Hon. W. H., 89
Garrison, Ada (v. William Lewis), 330;
Belle (V. Andrew Lewis), 330; Caleb.
330; Eliza (v. J. D. Hughes), 330;
J. IB., 330; Joe, 330; John and Sarah
McDowell (Steele), 330; Mary (v.
W. B. Lewis), 330
Garson, David Tulloch, & Jessie (Ir-
vine), 576
Gash, Miss . (v. John Erwin),
576
G'aston, , and Loretta ( ),
-, 428; Mrs. I^retta
223; Judge
V. William Crawford Erwin), 222
Gault, Sophia (v. David Fox), 173
Gay, Julia Ann (v. Joseph Hunter Mc-
' Dowell). 502
Gayle. Dr. Edward 'M. and Annie (Mc-
Dowell). 228 Margaret Elizabeth, 228
Gayoso, Ara (v. Thomas Hart), 178
Geddis, Esther (v. Edward Erwin Culd-
well), 353
Gee, James, and Elizabeth (Robinson),
311 ;,
George, Adam, 395; Mary Jane (v. Le- J
vin Handy Harris Irving), 591 «
Gerdina, Sarah Hunter (v. Edgeworth >
l.amkin), 218 '
Gibbon, Alice Batte, 205; Corinne Myr-
tle, 205; .lames Wilson, 205; Louise
Wilson, 205; Mary 'Rogers, 205; Dr. i
R. L. and Louise Erwin (Wilson) 205
Gibbs, Lydia Ann (v. P. Edward Mc- '
Elroy), 483
Gibson, Rev. Edward, 361; Ettie (v. i
John Calhoun McDowell, Jr.), 228;
James, and Sarah (Reed), 305; Jane
v. Capt. Edwin Reed), 305; Marga-
ret (V. John C. McDowell), 559
Gilchrist, iPhilip. and Sarah Allen
(Moore), 159
Giles, Joseph, and Wilhelmina Glen
(Phifer), 216
Gilland, Louis W., and Nellie C.(Flinn)
222
Gillespie, E. L., and Miatilda (Boggs),
361; Edith May (v. Richard Patton
Erwin). 348, 353; Harry B., 361
Gilliland, Mrs. Elizaheth (v. Dr. Sam-
uel Tate), 228
Gilmer, John A., and Laura (Avery).
207
Gist, Henrietta Clay (v. Thomas Hunt
Fox), 173
Givens, Mary (v. William F. Erwin).
370
Glancy, Flora (v. Charles Erwin
Thome), 115
GLASS—
A. H. and Martha Jane (Erwin), 550;
Dorothy Helen, 401 ; Elizabeth M.
Jane, 401; James Taylor, 550; Jane
D. (V. Samuel Pearson McCreary),
401; Joseph and .lane Findley (Mc-
Dowell), 401; Joseph Norman and
Nelle (Rodenbaugh). 401; Martha
E., (V. Ed. Reiber), 401; Martha
Jane 551. May (v. Samuel McElroy
Ray, 592; 'Laura Erwin, 551; Samuel
and Jennie (Elder), 401; William
John and Elizabeth (McMillan), 401
Glenberry, Douglas, 40
Glenn, Dr. and Sallie (Erwin),
210; Jack and Margaret Locke (Er-
win), 225; Lida (v. Charles Irwin),
359; William and Susan (Sessions),
297 ^;
Glenorchy, Campbell, 40
Goff, William, and (Orr), 293
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INDKX Contieued
and Sarah (Irvine).
626
Gogpin, —
179; Amanda F., 173; Richard, and
Anne (Irvine), 179; Stephen, 509
Golightly, John, 309
Gooch, Claiborne, 307; Margaret Eliz-
abeth (V. Col. Thomas Avent), 307;
William, and Ursula (Claiborne) 307
Goode, Edna (v. William McDowell),
228
Goodloe, Lucy Ann (v. David Irvine
Hart), 178
Goodman, Mary (v. Thomas Chess Er-
win), 350
Goodwin, Delia Taylor (v. William Lo-
gan McCampbell), 539
Goodykoontz, Wells and Irene (X'celia
(Hooper), 133, 135, 137, portrait, 136;
William M., and Lucy K. ( ),
1 35
Goosman, (George F. & Helen Ruth
(Vann), 133; Katherine, 133
Gordon, Gervaise & Madge (Walton),
211; Helen, 210; James, 210; Leith,
and Lila (Walton) 210; Margaret,
210; Lady IMary, 40; Robert, 211;
Theodore, and Lilly Wynne (McDow-
ell), 210; Waightstill, 210; Major
William, and Mary Elizabeth Mc-
Dowell (Clingham), 409
Gorham, — ■ — — , and Mary (McDowell),
502, 503; Martha Erwin, 553; Mary
McDowell paper by, 50-2 et seq., Paul
Willis, and Mary Johnston (Erwin),
553
Gorrel, Sarah (v. James McDowell),
491
Graff, Joseph C, and Eva (McDowell),
491, 493, 531; Jane, 491 ;Marvene, 491
Graham, and Maria (liwiii),
360, 373 Miss , (v. William Ir-
win), 572; Ann (v. William Ir-
win II), 359; Carrie Gist (v. Walton
Lenoir Phifer), 207; Daniel, and Mar-
tha (Irwin), 360, 573; Frances (v.
Ninlan Irwin), 119; Gen. George, 427,
443, 449, 455; Gen. J.. 433; Senator
James, 340; John and Susanna (Er-
win), 188; Gen. Joseph, 188, 447, 448,
452, 458; Mary (v. Charles Moore),
149; Sarah (v. Abram Irvine), 539,
541; Col. William and Susan Bellah
(Twitty), 539; William A., address
by, 425 et seq.
Grant, Daniel Brooks, 151, 155; James
Daniel and Jessie Pearl CNeely),
155; James Neely, 151, 155; Pearl
Neely, 151.
Gray, , and Mary (Robins), 307;
Connie (v. James Kendall), 282; Jo-
seph, 115; Joseph P.. and Mary Jane
McKee), 114, 115, and Mamie (v. Ar- •
thur S. Agnew), 464; Nellie, 115;
Phoebe (v. James D. Mahon), 486,
488, 489; Samuel, 115; Septima (v.
1. Miller; 2. Dr. John Erwin -
Plummer), 351; William, 4SS.
Grazier, Nancy (v. Adie C. Irwin), 571
Green, Bessie Cain, 229; Ella Erwin (v.
Ernest Nadell), 223; George, and
Ella Matilda (Erwin), 223; Henri-
etta (v. William Carter), 223; J. M.
and Susan Marshall (Cain), 229; J.
M., Jr., 229; John and (;ertrude(iPen-
ifks), 223; Julia Tale, 1:29; Marshall,
266
GREENLEE, or Greenless —
Anne De Courcy (v. William Thomas
Wallace, U. S. N.), 464; Archibald,
and Lenora Matilda (Agnew), 463,
464, 572; David Agnew, 464; Helen
Hartwell (Cragin), 464; George and
Mary (McDowell), 232; Grace or Gri-
zell (V. 1. Capt. John Bowman. 2.
Gen. iCharles McDowell), 232, 234.
49;;; James and Mary Eliza (McDow-
ell), 493; Margaret Agnew (v. Capt.
Cleland Nelson Offley, II. S. N.), 464,
572
Gregg, — , and Hattie (Hammond) 194
Gregory, , and Adelaide (Hein-
itch). 220
Greer, Miss (v. Capt. John
Randolph Erwin), 189; James I^Ic-
Kissick), and :\Iary (Vance), 158;
Jane Bell (v, 1 Walker; 2.
Robert Irwin Moort), 158
Grier, Belle (v. E. V. Furr), 100; Dora
McDowell, 75; Galvin E., 392; Hor-
ace and Margaret (Parks), lUO;
James Matthew, and Dora Ashlin
(McDowell), 7:.; Kate Jones (v.
Hugh Campbell Moore), 159; Laura
Yates. 75
Griffith, Jesse T., and Caroline Eliza-
beth (McDowell), 502; Mary (v. Al-
exander Osmond lOiwin), 551
Gunby, Roweuii (v, Itev. Frank Dudley
Jones), 190
Guy, Lizzie (v Samuel G. Erwin), 377
Gwyn, Eleanor (v. Rev. P. Y. Davis) 60
H
Hackett, Laura Augusta (v. Robert
Lindsay Barry), 147
Hadley, D. P., and Susan Ann (Moore),
160
Hakl, Dr. J. K., and Laura (Ervin), 230
Hall. Miss (V. Granville Clifford
Brittain). 563; Annie (v. Randolph
Sims), 190; Edward, and Matilda
(Irwin), 359, 573; John and Eliza-
.0;' M-Wni". :!fM .(Wt'-T-yA. f;! ■■:,>{• ji><,« 'Vfiiibtji ;};''( "^ • ' ^u ' ""r
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(J27
heth Ann (Watson), 102; John G..
102; Mary Belle (v. Judge Ernest
Moore), 202; Samuel, and Isabel (Ir-
win), 3r.9;Rev. W. T., 201; William
Wordsworth, and Minerva (Stem) 135
Hallani, Rachel (v. Rev. P. Y. Davis),
GO
Halliburton, Susan (v. John Thomas
Moore), 162
Halliday, Stanford, & Emily (Henitch)
220
Hamilton. Catherine, 42; Eliza T. (v.
Sam'l Miller Irwin), 112, 116; Isa-
bella (V. Lt. Col. De La C. Thomas
Irwin), 22; John, 539; Mary (v. Ro j-
ert I. Boggs), 361; id. (v. Charles
Moore), 149; Mary O. (v. C. H. Mc-
Dowell, 567; Nancy (v. Jas. Irwin),
119; Robert, 22
Hamlin, Sarah (v. Col. Francis Eppes),
579
Hammatt, Henry, and Mary (Robin-
son), 311
Hammond, Bland, 195; Eleanor, 195;
Hattie (v. Gregg), 194; Hugh,
& Blanche (Orr), 194; Hugh, Jr ,
194; Laura, 194; Sallio, 195
Hampton, Susie (v. Wm. Tucker), 102
Hancock, Josie (v. James M. Irwin)
301
Hancox, A. Sheffield, & (Tux
ford), 121; F. Anna (v. T. Mc
Laughlin), 120; Fanny I. (v. A. J
Davidson), 120; Henry, & Ann (Ir
win), 119, 120; Kate H., 121; Mercy
A, 121; William H. & (John-
son), 120
Handy, Amoret Southworth (v. Lan-
sing Gilbert Wetmore), 97
Hanks, Floyd, & Etta Gray (^'IcCon
naughey), 223; Floyd, Jr., 223; Lockn
Erwin, 223; Penelope (v. Hugh Law-
son), 293
Hannah, Orzllla (v. Geo. W. Irwin),
360
Hannock, Rhoda (v. Wm. Bryson Lo-
gan), 338
Hansel, Mary (v. Chas. Irwin), 562
Happoldt, Catherine (v. Wm. Cra-v-
ford Erwin), 223
Hardcastle, Mary (v. Rev. Alex'r Er-
win Wilson), 219
Hardin, Dr. Robert A., & Hattie Laura
(Irwin), 522
Hardy, Daisy, 210; Emma (v.
Crawford), 210; Erwin, 203; Emma
(v. Crawford). 210; Geddings,
(V. . Tennant), 210; Dr. J. F.
E., and Delia Haywood (Erwin),
210; Lady Jane, 210; Mary (v. Moul-
ton Avery Phifer), 2tJ6; Washington,
<t Mary (Erwin), 210; William, 203
Harkness, William, 582. 583
Harlan, Isabella Caldwell (v. Robert
Irwin Moore), 158
Harmon, , & Lizzie Lee (Irwin)
1'97; J. C, & — (Sessions), 297;
William, &. Franky (Jones), 89
Harned, Frank, & Frances or Fanny
Allen (Mahon), 487; Frank Mahon.
487; Helen P., 487; Marjory Gray.
487; Priscilla (v. George Irwin) 562
Harold, Maggie (v. Henry H. Dinkins),
172
Harper, James, & (McDowell),
502
Harreld, John, 170; Mary, 170; Mary,
170;' Randolph, 170; W. E., & Mal-
vina (Parson), 170
Harrimon, Rachel J., (v. Thomas J.
Irwin), 361
Harris, Miss (v. Cassius M.
Clay), 177; Ann J. (v. South Irvine).
541; Elizabeth (v. Daniel Pinckney
Irvine), 543; John, 469; Meares, &.
Fanny Hines (Johnson) 215; Meares
Jr., 215; Sarah (v. James Irvine),
468 et seq., 471; William, & Kather-
ine ( ), 471
HARRISON—
Anna (v. William P. Dinkins), 171;
Archibald Irwin, 381; Benjamin, 38^
416; Pres. Benjamin, 362, 415, 461,
519, 547; Betsy (v. Dr. Eaton), 381;
Charles, 151; Eliza Neely, 151;
p]mma, 151; Francis Neely, 151; Jas.
Findlay, 381; John Scott, & Eliza
beth (Irwin), 380, 381, 461; Mrs. Jno
Scott, 380
Kathleen, 151; Louise, 151;
N. F., 151
Richard, 151; Robert, 151;
Sarah (v. Davis), 381
W. M., & Margaret (Neely), 151;
William Henry, Jr., & Elizabeth
Findlay (Irwin), 380; Wm. Henry.
Ill, 381
HARRY—
Adrian Ernest, & Lalla (McKissick),
78; Ann Ataline Barry, 55; Arthur
Walter, & Roberta (Houston), 78
David, 55; David Richard, Fannie
(Neely), 78; Doris, 78
Edward, 78; Elizabeth Price, 7S;
Ellen, 56; Ernest, 78
Francis, 78; John F., 55; id., & Re-
becca E. (Price), 78
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BARRY HAYNE
John M., 52; John McDowell, & Min- iMarianna or Miltie (v. lleniy Mc-
nie (Olive), 78 Iver), 549; Minniu Sluil)iick, .^44
Louise, 78 Paul Trapier, (Si .Maiiauna or Mittie
Margaret E., 55; Martha Elinor, 55: (Irvine), 543, 544, 545; ('apt. Paul
Minnie Esther (v. Dr. ('harles K. Trapier, Jr., AL- Ihniuioiic (Ci'o.sbyj,
Walker), 78; Minnie Olive, 78 544
Reece, 78; Reece Price, & May (Dun- William Edward, A- ICloise ( Hre-
can), 78; Richard, 78; Richard H., 59 vard), 544
Samuel Walkup, & Annie (lienni'it •. Haynes, Gen. , it Eliza — ,
78; Sara McKissick, 78; Susan. 5(i (v. Rev. Lycan Parks), 101, 104;
William Batte, 56, 59; W. B., A- Ann Eliza (Johnson), 349,
(Lawing), 56; Mrs. W. B., 56 Eleanor Drane (v. Jesse Harper
HART — Erwin), 225: Josepii, 412
Gen. David, 386; David Irvine, AL- Hays, Robert M., 58:;; Willie Houston
(1) Lucy Ann (Goodloe), (2) Sarah (v. Goodwin Speed), 5:!9
T. (Hart), 178 Edward L., & Mary Haywood, William 11.. Jr., 429
Frances (McDowell), 506, 568; Ed Hazard, Rebecca ( v. James Carson) 268
ward L.. Jr., 506, 568; Edwin, <t Hazlewood. Dick (v. James A vent) ;i21
Betsy (Bryan), 178; Emily Spencer Heard, John, 587; Robert Goodwyn, &
(V. Thomas V. Avent), 323; Ethel (v. Elizabeth Gray (McDowell), 93; Gov.
Francis M. iReed, Jr.), 506, 568 Stephen, & Elizabeth { Darden). 587;
Fannie (v. William Irvine), 178 Thomas, & Susan ( ), 587
Isaac Shelby, & Lucy (Elliott). 178 Heart, Edwin Adolphus. & Theodora
John, & Mary (Irvine), 178; John, Wagner (Fannin^;), 219
Jr., & (Duncan), 178; Cap:. Hefner, A!: .Mary (.MrDowell) 533
John D., 167; Joseph, & Marie Heinitch, Adelaide ( v. Gregory)
(Moore), 199; Joseph, Jr., 199 --'^; Emily t v. Slanford Halliday).
Loretta E. (V. Rev. Albert B. Irvine), ^2(i; Ernestine (v. Samuel Barks-
117; Lydia (v. 1. John Williams; 2. «lale Jones). 219: Dr. Heary Ernest,
William Irvine), 178 ^ Margaret ()i tavia (Chambers).
Mary (v. 1. John Todhunter: 2. -1^; George, 220; (ieorge W., &
Thos. Irvine), 178 ^'ary Adelaide (Fugartie). 220; Oc-
Nathaniel, & Elizabeth (Dudley) ITS tavia (v. Kenney). 220
Sally Ann (v. James Steele), 178; Helm, Frank, Ai Lucy ( Le;Uliei s), 306,
Sarah T. (v. David Irvine Hart), Virginia Ball (v. Irwin iMlwin I'n-
178; Sophie (v. 1. James Boggs; 2. dcrwood), 3ii6
Clayton Curie), 178; Sophie Emmc Hemming, Ralph Irwin, 487: William
line, 167; Sue E. (v. James Dinkins), K., & Grace Fabiicstock (Mahon)
167 487; William Dowry, 4S7
Thomas, & Ava (Gayoso), 178 Hemphill, Hon. John J., ^ Adelaide
Harvey, Charlotte (v. Thomas Bell), .Matilda (Avery), 20G
463; Maria Hawkins (v. William HENDERSON-
Adair McDowell), 568 .\nna' ( v. 'liobcrt Lindsay BarryL
Hasford, Joseph, 519 I47. Annie llarrv. 52
Hastings, John, & ■ — (McDowell), -^1,.^ Baxter, 52
^t)-^ Carrie Harrv, ."(L Ciiaiifs Coolidge,
Hawkins, Sallie (v. Dr. Lycurgus Er- i^s>
win), 355 ])aisy (v. Dr Wilson), 66, 67;
Hayes, Ivy (v. James Wm. Wilson)20" David, 7: Dorothy Louise, 533
HAYNE— Ernest, 35); Eugenia Hariy, 56
Col. A. P., 436; Adele Irvine (v. John Fannie (v. John Dinkins), 169; Fan-
Gordon Scott), 544 nie Eliza, 66; Frances, 53;i
Frances McMahan, 544; F'rancis li- Hugh Harry, 56
vine, 544 Dr. J., .St Lenora ICmaliiie (Simiril),
'Harriet Barnwell (v. Dr. Emmet GO; James S., 55; John, 351; John
Houston), 544 Hamilton, 168; JdIhi Thomas, 53!;
(!ol. Isaac, 543; iCol. Isaac W., 436: Joseph. (Lee), 512
Isaac William, 543, 544 Lee Dinkins, 168;
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629
llKNDliJRSON-
Leuora Siniiril, 67; Lewis, & Ger-
ti-U(ie M. (McDowell), 53''.; Luhi
Kemp (V. Meekb), 168
Margaret H. (v. Dr. John R. Irwin),
66, 67; Margaret E. Harry, 55; Mar-
garet Harry, 56; Mary Barry, 57,
Nancy (V.Lawrence Bankston), 512;
I*, v., 67; Pauline, 16S; Pinckey C,
& Julia (Dowd), 67
Rosa Harry, 56
Samuel, &. Mary Gertrude (Plunr
nier), 351; Dr. Samuel, 447, 448
Waiter Henry, 56; William, 57; Wil-
liam Harry, 56
Henry, Hon. Lewis D., 43U, 447; Hon.
Robert, 270; William, ii. Mabel (Ir-
win), 301
(lenson, Alexander, 195; Freeland, &
Sarah Myra (Erwin), 195, 227; Dr.
John McKamie. 195; Laura Marga-
ret (V. George Washington ,Fhifer^
227; Marshall, 195; Mary (v. D-'.
Lee), 195
Hepburn, Elizabeth. 126; Heplei-,
, & Elizabeth | (Irwin), 360
Herbert, Buller, & Mary (Stith), 577.
580
Herbert, Mary (v. Augustine Clai
borne), 577, 580; Gen. or Gov. Paul,
& Penelope Lynch Adams (An-
drews), 178
Herndon, Lucy (v. James Nott Moorey.
197
Heron, Edilh, 125; Fred Irwin, 125;
Paul Anderson, 125; Rufus H., &
Jennie E. (Shugert), 125
Herrin, Margaret Erwin, 344
Herron, Andrew, & Dorcas (Irwin),
131, 138; Rev. Francis, D.D., 487,
488; Mary Irwin (v. Samuel Roach).
131; May Irwin, 138
Hervey D., 266
Heydrick, Carl Irwin, 113; Christo-
pher, & Frances Helen (Irwin), 113;
Frederick Paul, 113; Harriet, li3,
Helen M., 113; Richard Irwin, 113
Hickman, Rowena (v. Henry Lee Din-
kins), 171
Hicks, Frances (v. James Alexander),
194
Higley, , & Sarah (Irvine), 490
Hileman, Betanna (v. A. R. Irwin), 571
Hills, Augustus, 583
HILL— ■'• '■ "" ■
Alexander, G., 61
Gen. D. H., 387
Edward Y., 575;
Jack Bailes), 63
Ellen Luvenia (v.
HILL
Rev. Jacob, & Mariah (Davis), 61;
■ Jane (v. Thomas Rozelle), 63; Jane
Delilah (v. Hart Davis), 61; Joh;i
Wesley, & Margaret (Kistler), 61;
Hon. Joshua, 576
Margaret Catherine (v. Jerome Mc-
Elwell), 63; Martha Lucinda (v. Ja';.
■McCoUough), 63; Mary (v. Lawson
Kistler). 63; Mary Elizabeth (v.
Dunn), 63; Mary Joanna ( v. Ball
Hoover), 63; Mattie (v. Frank Wil-
kinson), 63
Nora (V. Archibald Williams Uraige)
227
Rev. Samuel Jackson, & Jauie(Rem-
bert), 63
William Asbury, (Si Sallie (Lytle) 63
Hine, C. W., & Lucy Bell (McMicken),
257
Hines, James, & Matilda (Mclntyre),
222; James, Jr., 222; Marion, Thom-
as, & Annie Laurie (Ramsey), 222
Hinton, Bessie, 229; Charles & l<:iiz-
abeth Tate (Cain). 229; David, 2:i9;
James (3ain, 229
Hite, Catherine (v. James Thompson).
562
Hirewine. Robert de, 14 et seci.
Hockaday, Col. Ed Stephens, 179, 180:
Elizabeth (v. Wm. Irvine), 176; Ev-
elyn (v. Thos. P. Moore), ISO; Isaac,
& Amelia (Irvine), 179
Hoey, Carrie (v. Alfred Havwood Gai-
ther), 212
Hoffman, , & Amanda (Robins).
307
Hoge, Mary (v. John Irvin), 545
Hogshead, Henry, & Emeline E. (Ir-
win), 301; Maggie, 3iil
Hoke, Mitchell, 429
Holart, Lowell Fletcher, & Edith Leila
(Irwin), 306; William Newell, &
Elizabeth (Babbitt), 306
Holloway, William, & Elizabeth (Field)
176
Hollowell, Elizabeth (v. John Wesley
McDowell), 502
Hollingsworth, Warren W., <t Lillie
(Irwin), 135
Holmes, Miss (v. Gaither Pear-
son), 212; Andrew, & Nancy (Mc-
Clelland). 469; Hudgen. 543; Judge
Nathaniel. 586
Homan. Henry, & Nancy Ann or Anna
(Irwin), 120; Henry G., 120; James
I., 120; Roy Arthur, 120
HOLT—
Anne Erwin, 224 .
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INDKX Cuntinufd
BOLT
Bertha Harper (v. Rufiis Wheel
Wright Clark, Jr.), 224
Edna, 224; Elvira Jane (v. Joseph J.
Erwin), 199, 223 et seq.; Emily Far-
ish, 224; Emma Virginia (v. James
Wilson White), 217; Erwin Allen, ii
Mai-y Warren (Davis), 224; Eugene,
& Edna (Barnes), 224
Florence Elvira (v. Walter Brooks),
224
Lawrence S., & Margaret Locke (Er-
win), 223; Lawrence S., Jr.. ^- (1)
Elizabeth Spencer (Bill), (2) IMiza-
beth Lacy (Chambers), 20S, 224,2:;i;
Lawrence S. Ill, 224
Margaret Erwin (v. Howard llairr;
Lowry), 224; Margaret Ball, 224-
Marion Ball, 224
Holtzclaw, Miss (v. James Alex
ander Kirkpatrick), 101; Gen. James
101
Hood, Anna Lola, 171; Clilton Rodcs.
171; id., Jr., 171; Elizabeth (v. Isaac
Shelby Irvine), 176!
Hopkins, Charles, &. Susanna CMay
McDowell), 496,
578; William, &
gan). 338
Horton, McDavid,
(FHnn), 222
578; id., Jr., 496,
Mary Louisa (,L:J-
& Sarah Wil.-ou
Hough,
Annie (Coleman) 19";
Hooper, Irene iCecilia (v. Wells Goody
koontz), 133; Thaddeus, & Euphe
niia Estelle (Irwin), 133; William,
432, 445
Hoover, Bob, & Mary Joanna (Hill) O:;
Hopper, Frank T., & Mary Elizabt-lli
(McDowell), 404
Horn, Agnes (v. John Douglas), 5r»7;
Alton, 147; E. Barry, 147;- Emma
147; Estelle, 147;.. Rev. James, ii,
Isabel (Leslie), 557; Oscar E., \,
WMllie Emma (Sloan), 147; Rosa
Jane, 147
Hosier, Myrtle (v. Dr. Earl I. Agnew),
464
Houser, Annie Lou (v. Jodie Bell Mar
tin), 226; Elizabeth Brown tv. An-
son Blake Yeager), 226; -Erwin, 226;
Frances Burton, 226; Gabriel K., «si
Margaret (Erwin), 226
Houston, Rev. A. Y., 405; Elizabeth
Juanette, Dr. Emmett, & Harriot
Barnwell (Hayne), 544; Erwin Mc
Creary, 405; George Phit'er, 216:
Helen, 42; Isaac Hayne, 544; Jame.
Alden, & Willie Gilmore (Durant),
216; James Alden, .Fr,, 216; Jose
phine Phifer, 216; Robert Emmet
544; Roberta (v. Arthur Walter
Harry), 78; Thomas Wat.-on, & Mar
garet Alura (McCreary), 405; Vic-
tor Alexander 405
Howard, Ann (v. Thomas Irwin or Er-
win), 573; Ben, 509. 511; Nancy, (v.
David Irvine), 178
Howe, Prof. George, & Margaret S.
(Flinn), 222; Mary Watson (v.
Eakin), 56
Howell. William Fletcher, & Robbie
May (Erwin), 371
Huckin, Dr. F. PiOscoe. A: Bculah (Raw
linson), 200
Hudson, Mrs Alice Erwin, 355 et seq,
portrait, 354; Charles Britton, 355;
Hatly Lou (v. Wayne W. Evans),
355; Victor Britton, & Alice (Erwin',
354 et seq.
Huflinan, Dorothy, 222; Erwin, & Er-
win Stone (Walker). 353; George
Black), 353; Grey J., & Marietta
(Hurt), 222; Grey J, Jr., 222; Joel
Tiiomas, i> Margaret Bii;ham (Er-
win), 353; Louise, 222
Huger, Daniel E., iV;- - (Withers),
496
Hughes, J. I)., & Eliza (Garrison), 33(i;
Robert, 347, 510
Huie, Jane (v. Martin Ptiifcr Erwin).
226
Hulburt, Charles, i^- Millie (Irwin), 379
Hull, Jack, & Abigail (Irwin), 379;
Susan (v. Pliny Irwin), 379
Hunt, Atwood. & Elizabeth (Pearson),
212; Atwood, Jr., <SL' Lawrence (Er-
wii!), 212; William, 212
Hunter, Elizabeth tv. Archibald Pat-
ton), 407; Ida J. (v. Saniu-1 .McDow-
ell), 409; -Maria {\. Archibald James
Irvin), 547; Polly (v. Mc-
Dowell), 502
Huntington, Earl, :;(i2: Fred, c<>:- Ilattie
(Irwin), 301, 302; Ruth, 302
Hunton, Eliza Jam' [v. Fontaine Tal
hot Fox). 173, LSO
Hard, Jud.ge R. C,, 479
Hurt, Albert, .SL- Henrietta Octavia
(Flinn), 222; AllxTt B., 222; Anna
Moss (V. Emmett O. Turner), 222;
Petty, 222; :\Iarietta (v. Grey J
llulTman), 222
Hutchison, Addie (aldwi;!! iv. Walter
J. RawlingHon), 20n; ,\dele White
(v. Charles F Dillon), 216; Annie
Parks (V. WilliaiM !■: Parker). 217;
David Parks, vV' Sarah White (Steel)
216; ,)ane McDow.Ml, 7s; .Joel Jen
Mit.
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«31
kins, & Anne Bulow (Wilson), 20");
Joel Jenkins, Jr., 205; Louise Erwin,
205; Nancy (v. Matthew McDowell),
409; Selene (v. Charles F. Dalton),
217; Susie Nye, 217; Thomas L.. &
Esther Young McDowell (Price), 7S
seq.; William, 443, 451
I
Inglefield, Cornelia Ann (v. Wallace
Gordon Agnew), 464
IRVIN — See Ervin, Erwin, Irwin, etc.
Alexander & (Gault), 512 et
seq.; Annie E., 333; Archibald &
Jane (McDowell), 545, 547; id., Jr.,
545; Archibald James & Maria
(Hunter), 547
Bryson, 331
('atherine, 512; Charles & Hannah
(Shiptryne), 512; Rev. Charles and
Harriet (Battle), 513; Charles Mer-
cer & Iveson (Brooks), 514; Chris-
topher (1) Louise (Tucker); (2)
(Echols), 512 et seq.; id., Jr.,
512
Daniel, 512; Judge David, 512; Da-
vid Hobbs, 333
Edwin A., 416; Elizabeth, 333, 511,
583; id., (v. W. Alex.), 331; id., (v.
Gen. James Findlay), Elizabeth El-
eanor (v. Robt. Reynolds Ijogan),
333, 338
Fletcher, 333; Rev. Franklin Wood-
burn, 333, et seq., portrait, 332
Isaac B., 333; Isaiah Tucker & Isa-
bella (Bankston), 512 et seq.; Isaiah
Tucker, Jr., & Elizabeth (Joyner)513
J. J., 340; James, 331; id., & Nancy
(Sevier), 559; id., & Margaret H.
(Hobbs) 333; id., I, & Jean (- — — ),
545; id., II, & Rebecca (-^ ), 545;
id., Ill, & Mary (Piper), 545 547;
id., or Jim, 416; James Brewster,
333; James D., and Matilda (Thomp-
son). 333; Capt. James Doak. 589,
591, portrait, 590; Jane, 331, 547; id.,
(v. Seward), 333; id. (v. John
Bobbs), 545; John, 333, 512. 547: id.,
Mary (Hoge), 545; Rev. John & Mar-
garet ( ) 511; Joseph, 512; id.,
& Violet (Parker), 545
Louisa Tucker (v. Louis L. Davis),
514; Lucinda. 514
Malinda, 512; Margaret, 333, 545;
Martha, 333; Martha A., 333; Martha
S. (V. Oliver L. Battle), 513; Mary
(V. Joseph Doak), 331; id. (v. Wm.
Nesbit), 545; id. (v. M. Van Lear),
545; Mary A. (v. Muriel Calloway),
514; Mary Jane, 333; Mary Smith (v.
James McClelland), 547; Matthew &
IRV^IN—
Florence (Wilson), 547; Matthew.
Master of Rolls, 545; Miller, 512;
'Miriam F., 333; Mollie (v.
Williams), 333; Nancy (v. Thomas
Favor), 514; id., (v. Gov. William
Findlay), 545; Nellie, 333
Prudence Echols (v. Jno. P. John-
son), 514
Robert, 336; Russell, 512
Sallie (v. Rhodes}, ;!33; Sam-
uel, & Jennett Jane (Brewster), 331
et seq., 584, 589; Samuel Davis, 333,
& Sallie ( ), 333; Samuel W.,
331; Samuel Williamson, & Jane
(Doak), 589; Sarah B. (v. William
Frost), ;;3i
William, 545; id., & Mary (Smith),
545; id., & Ann (Hamilton), 547;
William de, 518; Williamson, & Mary
(Davis), 331, 333; Williamson II, &
Martha (Bodine), 333; Williamsoa
Marion, 333
Irvine of Drum, 13, 33, 355
Irvine of Lenturk, 20
IRVINE — See Irvin, Irwin, Irving, etc.
Lt. Col. , of Castle Parlagh, 34; ■>
, & Jane (Sproule), 484, 523
A. L., 582; A. L. Jr., 582; Abram, &
Mary (Dean), 414; id., & Sarah
(Graham), 539, 541; id., II, & Susan
(Service), 541; Achilles, & Anna
(Galliher), 490; Adam, & (Minerva '
(Stone). 176; Adella 'McMahan, 544;
Albert. & (1) ) Coleman), (2)
Ann (Brown), 176; Alexander, 14;
id., (1) Elizabeth (Forbes*, (2) Mar- .t-
garet (Coutts), 555, 557; id., &
(Hay), 555; id., & Elizabeth (Ogil-
vie), 555; id., & Abernethy (Saltoun)
555; id., & Sarah Ann Caswell (Win-
gate), 558; Alexander de, & Euphe- '
mia or Eugenia (Douglas), 518; Sir
Alexander, 38, 39, 40; id., & Elizabeth
(Keith), 555; Alexander of Belties,
15; Alexander the Covenanter, 518,
519; Alexander of Drum, 19, 555; id.,
& Janet (AUardyce), 555; id., & Bar-
bara (Dundas), 15; Alexander of
Lairnie, 20; Alexander of Saphock,
40; Alexander Forbes — See Forbes- ;*■
Irvine, 15; Alexander L.. 582; Alice
(V. H. B. Lorenzen), 490; Alvin G., --.
582; Amelia, 176; id., (v. Isaac ;
Hockaday). 178, 179. 180; id., (v.
William McClanahan), 177; Andrew, .^
490, 581, 582; Capt. Andrew, 469; An-
f^eline, 484, 523; Ann or Anna (v.
Samuel McDowell), 414; Ann C, 517;
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INDKX Continued
IRVINE
Anna (v. ('ole), 491; Anne (v.
1. Capt. James Bulloch; 2. James
Powell), 558; id. (v. Richard GogRin),
178, 179; Annie Dicltson (v. Walter
Maurice Jones-Williams), 544; Annie
1.., 517; id., or Anna (v. Dr. iiip 11.
Winston), 517; Annie Lelah, 490;
Armstrong, 582
IJertha E., 490; Betsey -(v.
Bush), 491
v.. B., 517; Callendar, 471; Carl, 521];
Charles, 523; id., & Elizaheth (Dar-
ling). 558; Charles of Cults, 5:.7;
Charles, John, 32; Christoplier, IS,
170. 484, 519 et seq.. 574; Will of,
et seq.; id., Ai Mary { ),
509; Dr. Christopher, 19, 27, 28.
:.(is
508,
519;
et
Capt. Christopher, Pioneer, 177
;eq.; Lydia (Calloway), 178;
Christopher, the Emigrant, 17r);
Christopher, Jr., 175; Christopher of
Bonshaw, 27, 33, 521; Christopher of
Robgill Tower, 34; Clare. 523; Clar-
ence, 523; Clark(e), 484, 523; Clif-
ford (V. Milton Graham Smith), 544
D. B., or B. D., & Agnes (Moran),
517; Daniel ,Pincl<ney, & Elizabeth
(Harris), 543. 544; David, 509. 51G;
id., & Nancy (Howard), 178, id., &
Jane (Kyle), 173, 175; id., & Susan
(McDowell), 176; David W., 176;
Decatur, 491; Dickson Hayne.
544; Dickson Hill. & Rosa (Boiling),
543; Dulcinia (v. Doggeti) 541;
Edmund, 176; id., & Sallie Ann
(Clay), 176; Edwin South. & (1) Ma-
ria (Earle), (2) Ann J. (Harris) 541;
Eleanor (v. William Ahl), 377; Eli-
nor, 523; Eliza Frances (v. Charles
Shroder), 543; Elizabeth, 509; id.,
(v. 1. Thomas Baillie; 2.
Powell), 558; id., (v. William Hollo-
way), 176; id., (v. William McClan-
ahan Irvine), 176; id., (v. 1. Thomas
McCune; 2. Aaron Torence), 54.',; id,
(V. Hail Talbot), 178; Ella, 377; El-
len Amelia (v. J. Becker), 523; El-
len P., 490; Emma, 490; Euphemia,
558; Eve, 583
P. W. or T. W., & Clem (Carnes).
517; Fannie Hart, 178; F'rances, or
Fanny (v. Robert Caldwell), 178;
Frances (v. Robert Rowland), 178.
179; Francis, 490; Frank. & Lydia
(Walker), 490; Frank. & .Marion
(Negal). 544: Frank Howard, 544:
Sir George Marcus D'Arcy, IS: Sir
Gerard, 18; Lt. Col. Gerard. 20; (iil-
IRVINE
bert of Altree, 555; Gilbert of Colair-
lie, 5.35; Isaac Sliclby, & Elizabeth
(Hood), 176
James, 521, 582, 5S4; id., Jr., 469; id..
Knight of Malta 39; James, & Sarah
( Harris), 468, 471 etseq.; Dr. James,
469; James of Aitamford, 19; James
of Brucklaw, 40; James of Inchray,
19; James Callender, <t Martha Nev-
ins (Bartlett), 522 et seri.; Capt.
James Callendt;r, 484, 523; James
Clark, (t Ann K. (Johnson), 523;
James Davidson, 377; liev. James P.,
& Maria (Thompson), 479; Dr. Jas.
R.. 582; Dr. James Ross, & (1) Sa-
rah I. (David.'^i)n), (2) Mary (John-
son), (3) Jane (Morrow), 377; James
Thompson. & .Mary E. (Colton). 479,
portrait, 480: Jane, 484, 523: id., (v.
Archibald Curie), 178. 179; id., (v.
1. Alexander I-'aniuliarson; (2) Jas.
Smith), 558; id., (v. James Ross,
LL.D.), 409; Jane Sproule (v.
Thompson), 485; Janet, :!9; id. of
Pntoch, 40; Jean (v. 'Robert Irvine
of Cults), 555, 557; Jeff. 523; Jeffer-
son J., & Mary i.MrGrath). 523; Jes-
sie (v. David Tullocii G;irson), 570;
John. 511, 521, 5.-,S, 576: id.. Ill, 469;
John, or John N. & Ellen N. (Cul-
berson) 377; John, & Ann (Dinwid-
dle), 559 et seq.; John, & Mary
(Pindley), 468 et seq.; Joiin, & Eliz-
abeth (Keith), 5.35; John, (t Cather-
ine E. (Keith), 490; John, .SL-
(Lumberton), 409; Dr. Jolm. & (1)
Elizabeth (Baillie), (2) Elizabeth
(Johnston), 555; Lt. lohn of \'a.,
489, Commission. 488; John of King-
coussie, 19: John of Mnlthill, Mur-
thill or Musthill. 20, 39, 555; John of
Saphock, 4(1; Johnnie, 49(3; Joseph,
582; Joseph S K.. 5s:'.: Julia Ann,
484. 523
Katherine. 409; Kenneth, 558; Kin-
caid, 544
Lewis, 523; Louise ( v. Maj. Hervey
McDowell), 495; Lucinda (v.
Ball), 490; Lucretia, 40; id., (v.
Sarratt), 541; Lydia (v. Moses Por-
ter), 545: Lydia Hart WMUiams, 178
Magdalena (v. 1. Bourne Price: 2.
John Pittman) 178, 179; Margaret.
35. 46, 583; id, (v. George Ladson),
558; id., (v. John Pace), 178. 180; 'id.,
(v. Thomas Patton). 545: Margaretta
5S3; Marianna or .Mittie (v. Paul
Trapier Hayne), 543: .Marion Doug-
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6;{.j
IRVINE—
las, 39; Marshall, 491; Martha, 52;i;
id., (V. Neeley), 545; Martha
C, 523; Matthew, 469. 583; Dr. Mat-
thew, 469; Mattie Lee (v. G. T. Tay-
lor), 517; Mary. 563; id., (v. James
Adams). 178; id., (v. Alexan-
der), 377; id. (v. Jno. Hart), 178; (v.
Rohert McClelland), 4G9; Mary A,
583; Mary Alexander, 377;- Mary
Bartlett, 523; Mary Ellen, 377; Mary
Mervyn. 18; May, 523; Melcenea,
484, 523; Mervyne D'Arcy(v. D'Arcy-
Irvine). 16; Minnie, 523
Dr. Osmyn B., & Frances Margaret
(McMahon), 539, 541, portrait, 466
Patsey (v. Ezekiel H. Field), 176
Rehecca Harrison (v. Charles F.
Baldwin). 525; Richard of Cairn-
field, 20; Robert, 37, 41. 175, 377,
523, 558, 559, 582; id. H, 377, 469, 558;
Robert, Sr., it Eleanor (Mitchell),
377, 469; Robert, Jr., & Ellen M.
(Clendennin), 377; Robert, 521, &
Margaret (Wylie), 521; Dr. Robert,
& (Armstrong), 485; Robert
of Bellside and Cults (1) Jean (Ir-
vine); (2) Margaret Coutts (Irvine),
(3) Euphemia (Douglas), 19, 555,
557; Robert of Fedderet, 19; Roberi
of Tillibair, 39; Robert H., 582; Rob-
ert N., & Nannie, (Winston), 517;
Ruth, 582
Samuel. & Catherine Greenhill
(Jones), 517; Samuel, Jr., & ■
(Jones), 517; Samuel Clendenning,
377; Samuel I, 682; Samuel J., 5S4;
Sarah, 484. 523. 584; id., (v.
Goggin), 178, 179; id., (v. Hig-
ley), 409; (v. Addison White), 176;
Sarah Duncan, 35; Sarah Harris, 471
et seq.; Sophie, (v. William Evans),
558; id., (v. William Fox), 173, l78,
180
Tliomas & Tabitha Meredith (Clarke)
484, 523, 549; Thomas, & Mary Hart
(Todhunter), 178; Thomas de, 15;
Tliomas W., 523
Walter, 515. 517; Walter W., 517;
William, 26. 178, 377. 469, 509, 541,
559, 582, 583; Will of, 510, 511; Wil-
liam, & Elizabeth (Hockaday), 175
et seq.; William, & Elizabeth (Ir-
win), 510; William of Aidlogy), 39;
Gen. William, & Ann ((\illendar),
469; Gen. William of Carlisle, Pa.,
32, 38, 35; William of Va., i<i- Eliza-
beth ( ), 346, 347; Judge Wil-
liam. 471; Dr- William, 469 et se(|.;
RVINK
Sir William, 38; Dr. William A., 35;
William Chalmers, 377; William G.,
517, 583; William Harris, ii. Eva (Ba-
ker), 544; William Henry, 490; Wil-
liam McClanahan. <t Elizabeth (Ir-
vine). 176; William Mervyn, 18
Irvines and their Kin, 471, 517; of
Georgia, 555 et seq.; id., of Green-
ville, 539.; id., of Canada, 550, 576,
577; id., of Pennsylvania, 550; id., of
Lentake, 39; id., of Killeleas, 34; id.,
Irish, 33 et seci.; id., of (Germany, 33;
id, of Rockfield, 33; id., Gilbert
of Callairley, 39
Irving, 471; Ancestry, 517 et seq.; Coat
of Arms, 13 et seq.; Clan, 13 et seq.;
Various Spellings, 23 et seq.; Royal
Family of Scotland, 27 et seq.; Cas-
tle of, 26; Town of, 26; House, 25
Irving of Bonshaw, 13, 25, 30, 32, 34; of
Drum, 25, 34; of Woodbouse, 18
Acheson, 35; Adelaide (v. Capt. W.
L. Messick), 591, 592; Sir Aemilius,
22; Alexander of Irvingsholm. & Ag-
nes (PatkuU), 15; Lt. Col. Andrew
Bell, 22; Beatrice of Bethoc, 26;
Ben, 375 Charles M., 21; Clark. 17;
Crine, 27; David, 347; Duncan, King
of Scotland, 27; George, 15; George
of Derrygore, 35; Sir Henry Brod-
nitt, 21; Sir Henry Turner, & (1)
Emma Patty (Barclay); (2)
Johnson), 21, 22
IRVING—
Mrs. Irvine Hardy Harris, porti'ait,
554
Col. J. B., 37; Col. John, 375; Col.
John Beaufin. 13, 25, 30 et seq,, 41,
529; portrait, 422; John Bell (v. John
Bell-Irving). 21; Sir John Henry
15rodribb. & Florence (O'Callaghan),
21
Levin Handy Harris, & Mary Jane
(George), 591; Dr. Levin Moore.
591;. Maj. L. Erskine Wentworth, 22
Mrs. Mary Jane, portrait, 450; Sir
Paulus A. K. Miles, 15
Washington, 15. 34, 375, 435 et seq.,
.-il9 William. 13; Sir William, 375;
William of Bonshaw, 24; William de,
32, 34; Sir William de, of Wood-
house, 30; William G., 583
Zipporah Hooper (v. Joseph Frank-
lin Bussells), 591
Irvinge, Sir Alexander, 25
Irvinus ab Bon-Bosco, 24; Christo-
phus, 27 , ., ,
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Miss
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(V.
Battle:
(V.
Calloway)
Davis), 575; Miss
Favor), 574; Miss
iMi.-s
Miss
V. L. J. Lark), 327; Miss (v.
George Moon), 515; Miss — • (v.
Lawson Norvell), 515; Miss
(V. John Smitli), 293; Miss
(v. Kirskey), 295— & Eliza-
beth Thompson (Powers) 549; , &
Julia H. (Egau), 515; licv. A. Sta-
ples, 37; Abigail (v. Jack Hill), 379;
Abrani R., & Betaniia (Hilenian),
571; Achy, 487; Ada J., 3G1, 573;
Adda B., 120; Addison W., 6c Eliza
beth (Barkley), 361; Adeline N..
119; Adie C, & Nancy (Grazier) 571 ;
Agnes, 37, 337, 467, 487, 573; id., (v.
Wm. Woods), 361; Agnes Derkheim,
485; Agnes Mary, portrait, 456; Ag-
nes Mary (v. 1. Jas. B. Irwin; 2.
Marcus Derkheim), 485, 487, 488;
Rev. Albert B., & Loretta E. (Hart),
117; Albert Isaiah, 379; Alexander,
41. 126 et seq., 327, 367; id.. Bishop
of Kilalea. 42; Alexander, Sr., &
(Sessions), 299; Alexander II, &
Bess (Brantley), 293; Alexaniler, &
Margaret Mooro (Lawson), 289, 325
et seq.; Rev. Alexander Staples, 41;
Alice (v. Wm. Brown), 301; id., (v.
Norris), 515; Alice Amanda,
282; Alvin, & Maria (Bowers). 135;
Amanda, Idealla (v. J. T. Lowe).
142; ("Japt. Andrew Berry, & Ilanua
(Warthen), 291; Andrew Jackson, &
Annie L. (Stevens), 291: Andrew
Stewart, 118; Ann, 116; id. (v. Chas.
Chase), 112, id. (v. Henry Hancox),
119; id., (V, John Irwin), 116. 123:
Ann Eliza (v. Asahel Lovell), 118;
Ann Elizabeth (v. Chas. Chase), 116:
id. (v. Lewis Caton), 363; Ann Ma-
riah (v. W. H. Cherry), 522; Anna.
572; id. (v. Sam'l McDowell), 569:
Anna Le Nira, 138 et seq.; Anna
Louise (v. Francis Geo. Baldwin),
305; Anna M., 573; Annie Laurie,
522; Annie Lee (v. Alexr. J. Farmer),
327; Annie Lou. (v. Fanner),
290; Annie iMarie (v. L. C. Manguui).
142; Archibald, 361, 362, 415. 571 et
seq.; id., II, 359; III, IV and V, 373;
Archibald, & Elizabeth (Fletcher),
359, 572; Archibald, & Margaret (Ir-
win), 367; Archibald (,Mary Ram-
sey), 461; Arminda (v. ICdw. Stutz),
361; Arminda B. (v. Edw. Stez), :,l:',;
IRWIX—
Arthur, 125; Arthur .May. 113; Atch-
eson, 17
B. H., paper by. 561 et seq.; Gen. B.
J. D., 375: portrait, 373; Batte, 55,
67; id., & Elinor (Barry), 131; Bella,
487; "Sister" ludinda (v. Abram
McCartney). 571; Benjamin. 550; id,,
& Kate (Lasley), 562; Benjamin
Hardin, 563; portrait, 546; Bob W.,
337; Brock, 337; Brougham, 563
Rev. C. M., 574: Calista (v. 1. John
P. Vann; 2, Jas P. Vann), 91, 133;
C'amiila, 562; Callu'rine, 123, 574,
575; Catherine (i. (v. .Mex'r Robin-
son), 121; Cecrlia 2G1: (\;lia Fran-
ces. 116: Cliarl.s V. :w,2 . id.. &
(1) Ann (WhitL'); (2) Sarah (Cole),
360; Cliarles F., Jr., 362, 572, 573;
Rev. Charles Fayette. & Emma
(Munce), 358. :!.",9. 361. 572, 573;
Ciiarlcs Fletcher, 573; Charles C.ay-
mon, 563; Rev. Dr. Charles King, 41;
Charles \V., 522; Charles Washing-
ton. <i Ada (Shay). 562: Charlotte.
476; id., (v. Wm. Mortimer), 360;
«. .larlotte Rose. 485; Charlotte Wy-
man (v. Dr. Wm. Taylor), 465, 488;
(Miauncey, 563; Chester W.. 515;
Christ ianna (v. Jolm Bell), 562;
Christopher, 574; id. of Oran. 42;
Dr. Christopher, 24; Cicely (v. Thos.
Ring), 562; Claire, 135; Clara, 549,
563; id., (v. Wm Henry Churchill),
135; Clara M., 113; Clarissa Lucille
(V. Arthur B Canfield), 118;
Clay. 563; Clinton. 564; Clinton F.,
paper by, 514. 515: Cornelia L. (v.
Daniel, A. Welch). 522; Crawford,
361. 573; Crinus, Archdeacon of Or-
rory, 34;
Daniel, 30'4; id.. & Catherine (Crane)
571; David, 25, 37. 112. 281, 485. 547,
550; id., of Carlisle. Pa., 35; David,
& Margaret (Benv). 105 et seq.: Da-
vid, vt Mary (Thompson), 361: Judge
David. & Sarah Haldwin (Royster),
575; David L., 397; Dee W. Jr.. 337; Dee
W.. & Mattie Williams), 337; Dehy,
487; Lt. Col.-De La Cherois Thomas,
a Isabella (Hamilton), 22; Denman,
563: Dorcas (v. Andrew Herron) 131,
138 et se(i.: Dudley, 563; Duncan. 486
Edith, 3(11. 306: iMlith Leila (v. Low-
ell Fletcher Hohut). 3i'6: l^dward.
17. 304; id., .^- (Woodard),
367; Edward L. 116: Edwin. 35; Ed-
win 10,. 124: lOdwiu Cnderwood, Ai
N'irgiuia Hall lllrlm). 3(i6; Eleanor.
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IRWIN —
301; Will of, 126; Eleanor, or Nelly
(V. Jas. Moore) 157, 168 el se(|.;
Elias, 125; Elijah Stewart, 117; Eli-
nor Barry, 55; Eliza, 4S5, 515; id. (v.
Asahel Lovell), 112; Eliza J. (v. Da-
vid Moody), 359, 572; Eliza R. (v.
Dr. Will. B. Shugert), 123, 124; Eliza-
beth, 112, 281, 515, 583; id. (v. Alonzo
Buckley), 573; id. (v. Alonzo- Bur-
leigh), 360; id. (v. Judge Henry
Cook), 279; id. (. Lt. Jos. Darling-
ton), 367; id. (v. Jno. Scott Harri-
son), 380, 381, 461; id. (v.
Hepler), 360; id. (v. Win. Irvine).
510; id. (v. Jonathan Keith), 563: id.
(V. Geo. Reznor), 122; id. (v. Adam
Sloan), 157; id. (v. Simon Whitaker)
298; Elizabeth Ann, 126 et seg.; Eliz-
abeth Steele (v. Richard Irwin), 118;
Elizabeth Victoria (v. Dr. McKee),
304, 306; Ella (v, Joseph Jackson),
290; Ella Annette (v. Edgar Roe),
301; Ellen, 361, 563; id. (v. Calvin
Diehl), 360, 573; id. (v. J. M. Walk-
er). 573; Elvira, 573; Emma S., 515;
Emily D. (v. R. S. Shields), 379; Em-
ily Jane (v. Gleason Breed), 116;
Emily Newton, 117; Emmeline E. (v.
1. Henry Hogshead; 2. S. S. Burke),
301; Esther, 583; Ethel, 135; Ethel
Clell (v. S. R. Leatherm.an), 142;
Euphemia Estelle (v. Thaddeus
Hooper), 133; Evaline, 572; Evaline
R., 573; "Sister" Evalyna (v. J. G.
Adlum), 571; Evelyn (v. G. G. Lark),
290; Ezekiel, 367
F. W., & Jennie M. (Steele), 119;
P^annie, 120, 476; Fannie T., 117;
Fanny E. (v. Andrew T. Alcorn),
119, 120; Fanny (v. Ninian Irwin),
123; Florence, 125, 563; Florence
Elizabeth, 522; Florence Louisa, 117;
Frances (v. Win. Will), 562; Fran-
ces or Fanny (v. Wm. Parker Mc-
Ghee or McKee), 112, 113; P"'ranceH
Helen (v. Christopher Heydrick),
113; Frances Mason (v. James G.
Muston), 485, 487; Francis, 126 et
seq., 583; Francis Huntington, 113;
Frank, 549; Frank C. 481;' Frank
Gibson, 306; Frank Wallace, & Jane
M. (Irwin), 121; Franklin H.. 515;
F'red, 563; Fred Bennet, 571; Fred
W., 515
George, 17. 379, 563, 572, 573, 58:i;
id., II, 367; George, & Priscilla (Dar-
ned), 562; George III, ^ Rebecca
(Porter), 367; George, & Jane (Mat-
INDEY Continued
IRWIN—
ock), 367; George, ii — ; (Typ
sey), 571; George Brentan, 571;
George D., 281; George Graham, & /
Ida M. (Ditchings), 120; George Orr.
305; George Robert, 22; George Up- .<
fold, 486; George W., 359, :;62, 573; ,.'
id.. & Martha A. (Morse), 361, 573; '
id, & Orzilla (Hannah), :J60; Geor- /
gia Elizabeth (v. Wm. G. Abbay), ':
142 et seij.; (Jertrude, 301; CJrace, .'
563; id. (v. Jas. Duiiwoodies), 367; ,-
id. (v. Walter F. Yates), 3ii.:; Greek ■
P., 337; Guy, 124
H. May, & Mary Louise (Leech), '.
113; Hannah, 515; id. (v. Wm. Batz),
562; id. (v. Jas. Logan). 336; Han- >-
nab G., 113; Hannah Louisa, 118;' ,.
Hardin, 563; id., &. Hetty (Irwin),
502; Dr. Harlan Miller, & Delia M.
(Childs), 116; Harriet (v. • Re-
gus), 360; Harriet Dorcas, 166; '•
Harriet Alexander, 574; Harry Hud-
.son, 571; Harry S., 575, 58:!; Harry
VV., 515; Harvey, 301, 304; Hattie (v.
Fred Huntington), 301, 302; Hattie
I., 337; Hattie Laura (v. Dr. Robert
A. Hardin), 522; Heflin, 574, 575.
576; Helen, 117; Helen E., 113; Hen-
derson, 67; Henrietta H.. 515; Hen-
lietta Helen (v. Henry Irwin), 23;
Henry, 125, 304; id., & Henrietta
Helen (Irwin), 23; id., & Margaret ,,'
(Lytton). 515; Henry II, & Ann E. ,
(.McNeal), 514, 515; Ven. Henry,
Archdeacon), 23; Henry of Mt. Ir-
win, 22; Henry W., 583; Herbert, 67;
Herbert El wood, 117; Hester, 522;
id., or Hettie (v. John Brotherton), \,
524, 559; Hester Bell, 571; Hettie (v.
Hardin Irwin), 562; Hetty Jane, 562; ^
Hiram, 562; Hiram L., 113; Hope,
."74; Howard Alfred, 118; Howard
.Malcolm, 571; Hugh, 41, 289; id., &
(1) Mary (Brantley), (2) Elizabeth
(Daniel). 299; 'Hugh King, 37
Hon. I. T., Jr., 574; Ida, 301; Irene
(V. Geo. Wood Stem), 135; Irene S., .^
515; Isaac, 562, 563; id., & (1) Maria
(Brittan), (2) Jane (Leatherwood),
562; id., (1) Hetty (Kendall), (2)
Eleanor or Nelly (King), 562; Isaac
Denman, 563; Isabel (v. Cuth- ■
bert), 558; id. (v. Sam'l Hall), 359;
id. (v. Dr. Chas. W. Neff), 549; id.
(V. Wm. Whitaker). 294, 295; Isa-
(lore Blanch, 571; Isaiah, A^; Emily
(White), 379; Isaiah T., & Prudence
(Echols). 574, 575; Israel, 367
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INDKX Continued
IRWIN—
J. J., portrait, 442; Jacli Lawson,
282; James, 112, 126 et seq., 341, 379,
415, 522, 547 et seq., 561, 562, 582; id.,
(t Georgia Irwin (Abbay), 138 et
seq. id., & Jean ( ), 459; id., Ac
Nancy (Hamilton), 119; id., &. De-
liza M. (Lumbard). 379; id., & Nancy
J. (McComb); id., & Nancy (Sevier),
522; 524; id., & (1) Mary -(Stewart),
(2) Margaret (Stewart), 118; Jame.s,
Jr.. 582, 583; id., & (1) Elizabeth
(Rogers), (2) (Knox), (3)
(Davis), 144 et seq.; James
of Missouri, 515; id., of Pa., 461;
James B., 475, 573; James H., Jr.,
485; James B., <t Agne.s Mary (Ir-
win). 845, 487, 488; James Rennet,
299; James F., 379; James Graham,
121; James Harvey, &. Nellie Iv
(Burchard), 118; James Law, 119;
James M., & Jane (Hancock), 301;
James Moore, 42; James Newton,
124; James O., 522; James Owens,
142; James Ross, 361, 573; James
Steele. 118; James Taylor, & Anna
(Reed), 304, 305; James Taylor, Jr.,
305; James Thompson, 563; James
W., 119, 561; Capt. James W., por-
tiait, 460; James William, & Corne-
lia (Broyle), 522, 524, 525; Jane, 35,
37, 294, 295, 300, 315.; id. (v. Wm.
Corbett), 573; id. (v. Joshua T. Cur-
rie), 112; id. (v. — McMillen),
301, 307; id. (v. Jos. Taylor), 301;
Jane E., 582; Jane Findlay (v. Wui.
Henry Harrison, Jr.), 3S0; Jane M.
v. Frank Wallace Irwin), 121; id. (v.
Wnr. R. Stewart), 123, 124; Jane
Smith. 281; Janet Churchill, 305;
Gov. Jared. 280. letter from, 288 et
seq.; id., & (Stewart), 293,
297 et seq., 570; id.. & Lou ( Wor-
then). 280. 290 et seq.; Col. Jared,
Jr., & Nancy (Montgomery), 363;
Jared. 289, 327; id. of Pa., 363 et
seq., 367 et seq.; Jared. & .Mary
(Laverty). 367; id., Sr., 299; id., Jr.,
299, 301; id., Ill, 295. 299; id., IV,
299; & Jane ( ), 300 et seq.;
id., Jr., & Eleanor (Taylor), 300; id.,
II, & • (Williams), 294 et seq.;
id., II, 295, 299; Jared Caruthers, &
Mary A. (Buhmer), 304; Jared Dick-
ey, & Emily (Downs), 301; Jared I.,
& Hannah (Thompson), 549; Jared
S., & Eleanor Birdsong (Berry),
291; Jefferson Alexander, & Claudi.i
A. (Taylor), 291; Jennie, 291; id
IRWIN—
(v. Jacob Swartz), 572; Jennie M. (v.
F. W. Irwin), 119; Jeremiah Van Bu-
ren, 515; Jcrrod (Jared?), 571; Jer-
rod, Jr., 571; Je.-^.so D., 337; Jesse
Ramsey, <t {1; Margaret Phoebe
(Miller), (2) Nancy Jane (Blakes-
ley), 131, 133, portrait, 134; Jessie
Kate, 571; Jessie Valentine (v. Jno.
Newton Beckwith), 135; John, 33,35,
36, 37, 41, 42, 112, 116, 117, 123, 126
et seq., 289, 291, 379, 476, 485, 547,
563, 571, 574, 581, 582; id.. & Mary
(- — ) 571;id.AL'Caroline B.(Canfield)
117; id.. & Mary (Carlin), 573; id., &
Sarah (Caviit), 359; id., & Ann Did-
widdie), 522, 524; id., & Agnes (Far-
qiihar), 485, 4S7; id, Ai Sally (Ken-
dall), 562; id., H Tiieresa (Leather-
man), 563; id., & Margaret (McFar-
land), 561; id.. A:- Emily (Newton),
112; id., & Isabella (Porter), 367;
id., & Rebecca (Sessions), 289; id.,
& Matilda (Strickland). 131; id., of
Carlisle, J^a., 35; id., of Tankagore,
17; id.. 274; Admiral John, 475 et seq,
portraits. 456, 474; Colonel John, 34;
(;apt. John, 34: Capt. John, 284;
"Lighthouse" John, 294 et seq.; Lt.
John, U. S. N., &L Oceana B. (Saint),
488 Dr. John, 131; portrait, 128; res-
idence, 132; Mrs. John, portrait, 130;
Rev. John of Kiliune, 34; John A., &
Margaret F. (Colvin), 360, 373; John
C, 515; John Duncan, 456; John Ed-
ward, 42; John F.. 472; id., & Mary
(Batz), 360; Jolm Franklin, 119;
John Fletcher, 573; John G., 572;
paper by, 547 et seq.; John Gage, &
Mary (Dean). 301; John Hart. 117;
John Henderson. 67; Jolm James, &
Mary (Irwin), 367; John King, 41;
John L. C, & Lizzie (Jobes), 562;
.John Lawson, »S: (1) .Martha Eliza-
beth (Mitchell), (2) Lucy Watkins
(Vick), 279 et seq., 285, 289; id., &
Rebecca (Sessions), 298; id., portrait
378; John Lawson, Jr., 279, 281; John
Lawson. Jr. 279. 281; John Lewis,
34, 522; John Norton, &. Aggie (Mc-
Master), 117; John Paul, 117; John
R.. 22. 67; id.. & (Findlay).
291; Dr. John R. & Margaret H.
(Henderson). 66. 67; John S., 515;
John S.. Jr.. 485; John S.. & Martha
C. (Mahon), 485, 488; Dr. John S.,
487; John Scull, & Mary (Davis),
485, 487; John Sevier, & Fannie
(Church), 522. 524: Capt. John Se-
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637
IRWIN
vier, 561; John Thomas, 291; John
W., 4S5; id.. & Laura (Stickler), 515;
John William, 563; John Wilson,
124; Joseph, 37, 112; 304. 549. 563,
582; id., & M. A. (Knight), 125. 127;
id., & Sarah (McCartney), 359; id., &
Violet (Porter), 414, 459; id., &
— (Tenoant), 549; id., & Sally
(Thompson), 562; id.. & Mary (Wil-
son), 301; Joseph Francis, 549; Jo-
seph Gazzam, 485; Joseph Lewis,
563; Josephine (v. Elliott Davis),
361; Joshua, 125; Julia, 67; Julia
Catherine (v. Hon. Greenlee Butler).
574, 576; Julia Greenlee, 574; Julia
Lillian, 522; Juliette Sevier. 522
Kate. 301; Katherine G. (v. Alex'n
iRobinson), 119; Katherine Gordon.
113; Keith Gordon. 117; Kezia (v.
Sam'l Carpenter), 571; Keziah Coul-
der, 370
Lawrence, & Lucina (Chambers).
360; Lawrence W.. 291; Leigh. 523;
Lemuel G., & C. T. (Romer), 125;
i.,enora (v. Jas. Northcross), 89;
'Leon. & Georgia (Hooper), 133; id.,
Jr., 133; Leticia. 370; Lewis. & Mary
H. (Bailey), 522, '562; Lewis B., 524;
Dr. Lewis B., 561; Lillie (v. Warren
W. HoUingsworth), 135; Lizzie Lee
(V. Harmon). 297 id. (v. •
Sessions), 290; Lizzie M., 119; Li-
vonia (V. Nich Boatman). 562; Lou
A. (V. James 'Palmer) , 290; Louisa
J. (V. Wilson). 572; Louiza
Avaline, 291; Loula, 522; Lucie A.
(V. Rev. Isaac E. Carey), 117; Lu-
cinda (v. J. A. McClintock), 125;
Lucy (V. Isaac Finch), 301, 302; id..
(V. Dr. Harvey Shannon), 281; Lucy
Ellen (V. Sam'l Kerr), 119; Lucy
Vick (V. Shannon), 282; Ly-
dia (V. Jno. Orr), 293; Lydia J. (v.
Rev. W. C. Burchard), 118; Lydia O.,
116; Lynn N.. 117
Mabel, 124; id. (v. Wm. Henry), 301;
■Mara E., 576; Marcus, 360; Marcus,
Jr., 576; Marcus F., & Nancy (Mc-
Naughton), 361, 362; Mar-cus Fay-
ette, & Mary J. (McNaughton), 573;
Marcus Lafayette, & Martha A.
(Morse), 572; Marcus Jr., 574; Mar-
garet, 63. 57. 112. 118, 289, 290,
301, 515, 574; id. (v. Blount),
292; id. (v. Archibald Irwin), 367;
id. (V. Hugh McDowell). 138. 149;
id. (V. Eph. McDowell). 569; id., or
Peggy (V. Jno. Moore). 562; Marga-
IRWIN
ret F.. 361, 573; Margaret Isabella (v.
Geo. N. Lester), 574; Margaret J. (v.
Hon. George "N. Lester). 576; Marga-
ret Jane (v. Willis B. Benedict).
113; Margaret S. (v. J. H. Alsbaugh)
118,119; Margaretta, 583; Maria, 563;
Maria (v. Graham). 360; 573;
Maria (v. Thomas Reynolds), 562;
Mariah Echols, 574; Marjorie, 563;
Mark Anthony. 574; Alartha. 572; id.
(V. Daniel Graham), 360, 573; Mar-
tua Ann, 563; Martha Duncan (v.
Arthur E. Patterson), 485, 487; Mar-
tha E.. 573
Mary. 118. 126 et seq., 301, 359, 361.
476, 487, 572; id. (v. 1. David Ag-
new; 2. Rev. Alexr. Dobbin), 459,
571; id. (v. Wm. Henry Belk), 67; id.
(v. Isaac Denlinger), 571; id.. Jno.
Dinkius). 138 et seq.; id. (v. Jno. Jas.
Irwin). 367; id. (v. Jas. Lockhart).
367; id. (v. George Pearson). 562; id.
(v. Piatt), 360; id. (v. John
Robins). 301, 307; id. (v. Richard
(Rush), 379; id. (v. Wilson),
307;
Mary A., 573; id. (v. Wm. Romer),
125; Mary Ann, 123. 515; id. (v. An-
drew Boggs), 361. 573; id. (v. Henry
Kirkpatrick). 360; Mary Bache (v.
Dennis McCarthy). 485, 487; Mary
r,. (V. C. C. Barnes). 573; Mary
Creighton (v. Dr. Erwin Agnew).
415; id. (v. Dr. Hayes Agnew). 463:
Mary Grouse (v. David Lefevre or
Levovr). 304. 306; Mary Dinwiddle
(V. Edgar Cherry), 522; Mary Dixon
(v. Henry C. Lauterman), 549; Mary
E.. 515, 573; Mary Elizabeth. 574.
576; Mary J., 119. 589; Mary Louise,
113; Mary Lucy. 574; Mary M. (v.
Albany Smith). 290; Mary Philo,
281; Mary Philomela (v. Wm. Gray
Kendall). 276; Mary Reynolds. 116;
Mary Sallie. 291; Mary Stuart. 370;
Matilda (v. Eli Bracken), 360. 573;
id. (V. Dan'l Graham), 573; id. (v.
Edw'd Hall), 359, 573; Id. (v. -- —
McLaIn). 134; Id. (v David I'rido),
360. 573; Matlli<:w, 56:!. r.K:i; Miiv,
.''.63; 1(1. (V. 1. Joliii DIiiUIiih; 2,
Williamson). 146; M( Kiillt. 67; Mil-
lie (V. Chas. Hulburt), 379; Myrtilla
(V. John Sterrett), 461;
N. Adeline. 120, 123; id. (v. Ninian
Irwin). 120; Nancy, 87; id. (v. Gor-
don Pogue), 301. 307; Nancy Ann,
120; Nancy Ann or Anna (v. Hanry
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638 IN DKX Continued
IRWIN— IRWIN—
Honian), 120; Nancy E. (v. ymiuiel Rowan, & Elizabeth ( '-). 562,
Royda) 125; Nancy Eliza, 522; Nancy 5G8;
p:iizabeth Hawkins, 522; Nancy Ger- Sadie A. (v. J. A. McClintock), 125;
trude, 522.; Nancy Hunier, 1)1. 13S; Sallie, 289; id. (v. — Miller),
id. (v. ,Ino. Davis McDowell), C;] ct 2<J2; Sam W., :'>.:i ; Samuel, 131, 300,
seq.. 131; Nathan B.. 121; Nathaniel 301, 370, 547. 549, 583; id., & Jane
of Ireland, 170; Nathaniel AL- l.eah (Miller), 111, 112; id.. & Catherine
(Julian), 187 et seq.; Newett Vicii. (Morton), 301 ; id., i^- Nannie (Heed),
2S2; Newport, 562; Ninian, 112, 12.1, 301; id. II, 549; Samuel B., 117; Sam
123; id., & Ninian (1) Frances (lira- uel D., portrait, lUcS; Samuel Dale, &
ham), (2) Mary W. (Davison), 119; Mary (Thomas), 113; Samuel M., &
id., & Fannie (Irwin), 119; Nort. Jane (Reynolds), 123, 125; Samuel
562; id. (v. Jas. Northcross), 133; Miller, ik Eliza T. (Hamilton), 112,
Oliver H., 573; Olivia, 515; OrcKon, 116; Samuel P., 549; Saumel S., pa
503; Orzilla, 573; id. (v. Chas. Sha- per by, 379 et .se(i.; Samuel \'., 515;
ver), 360, 573; Sarah, 12G et see].. 3Ul, 3ii4, 360, 563;
Peggy, 562; Pliny, & Susan (Huu
id, (v. Alkii), 367; id. (v.
379; Porter. 562; Presslev, <t Susan Amos Evans), 3U4 ; id. (v. John Fin-
(Oiler), 360, 573; Priscilla Ann (v cher, 138 et seii; Sarah 1. (v. Rev. R
Mililgan Bratton), 562; ^ McNiece), 117; Sarah, Jr 574;
,. , ,.,, ,-. , , -,..1 r. 11 11V Sarah A., 584; Sarah Ann (v. Henry
S 12 ; >Rachel.>02; Ralph, IS .,• .^- ^,^^„^^^ ^,,3 .^
alph Alexander. 117: Rea.on . 2,., ^^^^„^^^,^ ^^^..^ .^^ , ^.^.^_
Reason Whitehead i: Nanne (\\ a- Hrittain), 562; Sarah Louise,
ir"V :?'\T''- ]T^Z u L . 574; Sarah Virginia 2S2; Saul, 126
El.zal^th Daniel 290; Rebecca ; 3,, ^^^.^^^^^ ^ ^^
S.lasDaniel),29U: .25; Rebecca Hi- ^ & Mary (Bicknell), 562;
n:..''";.^ '' ?^^'!'fm 'i '; In'.; Smith, 574; Sophie. 476; Sophie Da!
23, 476, portrait 0; id ^ Han ah ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^. ,^ g^^^^^^^ ,^,
Z:^^^'\^fa:'^ Aiin %^;^?, ^-z-^'!-'-'^ ^^^ '^—' ^^'^^
105 et seq.; id., the Carpentei', and ' ^ ' '*""''
Elizabeth S. (Irwin), 119; Richard Tandy W., & Hattie ( Townsend),
Biddle, 485; Richard H., 116; Rirh 'i'^T; Theophelous, .t — ~—_ (Barr),
ard Loveli, & Nancy (Eaton). 113; -'^r, Thomas, 290. 32o 3b . o4/ .73;
Capt. Richard Steele, & Mary (Straw id ot ChUder Abbey. 17; id. ot Johns-
bridge), 118, 119; Robert, 37. 41, 112, town, 17; id., c^ Ann (Howard) 573;
126 et seq., 131, 361, 367, 476, 484, Thomas Alexander, ^ Nancy (Brant-
487 519, 522, 524, 563, 571, 573, 581. ley). 299; Thomas 15., & Lillie (At-
5Q0'. id & (\hell) 123- id kinson), 574. 576; Thomas Henry,
&7l) Elizabeth (Ray), (li) Martha 5H; Thoma. J., & Rachel A. (Harri-
(Alexander), 138 et seq.; id , ^- Eliza f,?^'>-J^\- ^^T':'": o^'^.^ov' t ^ "^
C OReznor), 122, 123, 124; Col. Rob- T.. ( Warthen). 29(., 325, 327 . 1 homas
ort, paper by, 574 et seq.; Gen. Rob- Staples, 42; Ihompson, 289, .2.;
ert, 53, 63, 89, 126 et seq., 150, 15), Thursa, 5(i3;
380, 449, 451, 519; id., tt (1) Mary Velera, 124; Vidalin, portrait, 546;
(Alexander), (2) Mary (Barry), 137 Virginia, 135; W. II., 281; W. Du-
et seq ; id.. Will of, 138; Rev. Rob ther. 572; Walter McMaster, 117;
ert of Rathcore. 23; Robert, Jr., Mai-- Wilburn M., US; Wilbur Wallace,
riage Licenses, 142, et Be(j; RobcMl portrait, 456; William. 37, 55, 63, 61,
A, 522; Robert C, & Mary W. 65,89,150,279,289,293,299,304,35,)-
(L'ane),'574, 576; Robert (.'lell, & 379 et seq., 485, 522, 524, 549, 562,
Anne Elizabeth (Owens), 142. 144; 574, 583; id., <t Margaret ( ),
Robert Clell. Jr., 142; Robert Graw- 581; id., & Lydia (Birdsong), 131,
ford, 574; Robert Hampson, ii Sue 138 et seq; id., .^ Mary (Burley),
(Kilmer), "l24; Robert L., 515; Rob- 571; id., & Grace (Darlington), 367;
ert S.. & Lydia A. (Fosdick), 300, id.. & (Graliam), 572; id., vie
693; Robert Walker, 485, 487; Rolla Ann (Hamilton), 547; id., Ai Ruth
["'I; iRose, 485; Rose Lesley, 571; (,Jones), 131, 133 et se(i.; id., Eliza
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6;n)
IRWINS
(Stewart), 112. 117; id., Will of, 127
et seq.; id., & Nancy (Whitaker),
299; id., II, & Ann (Graham), SB'J;
id., II, & Margaret (Gamble), 291 et
seq.; id. Ill, 325; id. IV, 367; id., Jr..
it Margaret (Lawson), 298; id., ol'
Carlisle, Pa., 35; id. of Duchess Co ,
N. Y. 37; id., of Arora, 42; id., of Pa.,
126 et seq., William de, 14, 555;. Col.
William Alexander. & Elizabeth
(Danlei). 290, 325; 'William Alfred,
& Mina E. (Meals), 118; Dr. William
B., & Hattie B. (Nelson), 337; Wil
Ham Dorsey, 485; William E., 121;
William P., 515; William G., 119; id.,
& (1) Frances E. (Breed), (2) El-
eanor S. (Wallace). 121; William
Caddis, 304, 306; William Henry
Harrison, 515; William J., 290, 515,
id., & (Elkins), 296; William
K., & C. (Maxwell), 125; William L..
485; William LucuUus, 89; William
M.. & Ruth (Jones), 89 (v. also 131.
133); William R., 379; William Tay-
lor, & Mary Louise (Orr), 305 Wil-
liam Taylor, & (1) Sarah (Robins).
(2) Delilah (Peple). 301. 304; Wil-
liam 'W., 515; William Wallace, 476;
id., & (1) Francis (Everallyn), (2)
Sophie ( — ■ ), 485; id., & Sophia
Arabella (Bache). 487; Willie (v.
Frank Preuit), 337; Willie, Jr.. 387:
Wintworth, & Sarah (Marshall), 379-
Irwine, ^Lt. Gen. Sir John, 18; John of
Multe, 19; Sir Gerard, 26;
Irwins of New York, 379 et seq.; id., of
Drum, 36 et seq.; id., of Taurago, 36
Irwyn. Alexander de, 36; id., II, 36:
Robert de, 36; Roger of, 15; Rogero
de, 25; William de, 33, 36. 376; Wil-
lielmo de, 25; William of Bonshaw,
555; William Alexander de, 36
Irwyne, Alexander of, 14; Reginalt
de, 36
Ivison, Mary J. (v. Jas. R. McDow-
ell), 589
J
Jessup, Alfred D., 564
Johnson, Alice (v Capt. Edw'd Irvine
McDowell), 569; Ann K. (v. James
Clark Irvine), 523; Ann Eliza (v.
Haynes), 349, 350; Billups
Phinizy, & Nell (Boiling), 218; Chas
Earl, & Mary Ellis (Wilson), 215;
Charles Earl, Jr., 215; Fanny Hines
(V. Meares Harris), 215; Francis,
159; Francis Lenox, 215; Gennett,
343; Gen. Gilbert Matier Lafayette,
349; Hammond, & Ann Barrett .,^
(Phinizy), 218; Col. Sir Henry Fred- "•"
erick, & Emma Patty (Barclay), 22;
Dr. J. F., & Fannie (Avent), 319;
John P., & Prudence Echols (Irwin),
514; Joseph, & Ruth (Moore), 159;
Josephine (v. David Adams), 349;
Martha (v. John B. Avent), 323;
Mary (v. Jas. Ross Irvine), 377,
'Mary Wilson (v. Frank M. Kimbark)
215; Michael, & Ann (Monce), 349;
Sarah, 349, 350; Uriah, & Jenira
(Monce), 350
Johnston, James, 448, 451; John, &
Mary Jennings), 407; Mary (v. Al-
phonso Calhoun ), 209; R. B.
42; Rebecca Wilson (v. Marinus
King McDowell), 407
Miss — (V. Samuel Irvine, Jr.), 517
JONES—
Abram, 579; Mrs. Addie Bus-
sells, , & Addie Bussells, 591;
portrait of, 554; Aily (v. H. D. Nel-
son), 89; Anna Emma (v. Judge Wm.
Wallace McDowell), 88
Catherine Greenhill (v. Sam'l Ir-
vine), 517; Catherine Wyman, 190;
Charity (v. H. S. Dickerson), 89,
Charlotte Rebecca (v. Jno. Andrew
Barnes). 221 Dudley, & Margaret
(Erwin), 190; Edward, & Abigail
(Shugon), 89; Edwin Thomas, 6i
Margaret Elizabeth (Erwin), 226
Elizabeth (v. 1. Wm. Alexander; 2.
John Barham), 89; Ella (v. Frank
McDowell), 228; Ellen Erwin, 226:
Ernestine (v. Frank Powell), 219;
Rev. Frank Dudley, & (1) Rowena
(Gunby), (2) Catherine (Wyman),
190; Frank Dudley, Jr., 190; Franky
(V. Wm. Harmon), 89; Frederick, &
Elizabeth or Betsy (Eppes), 579. 580;
Frederick II. & Susannah (Claiborne)
577, 579, 580; H. C, Jr., 429; Hamil-
ton. 228; Hamilton Chamberlin, &
Bessie Smedes (Erwin). 225; Hamil
ton Chamberlin, Jr., 225; Henry .
Parker. 190
Capt. James. & Charity (Alston). 89
et seq; John, & Emmie (Young),
230; John W., & (1) Betsy (Perry),
(2) (Love), 89; Rev. John
Wesley. 88; Joseph Sea well. 42B et
seq. 431; Junry, & Martha D.) Avent)
323
Lottie iLee (v. Guy Le Brie). 219
Margaret Erwin, 190; Margaret Lou-
ise, 190; Martha (v. Dr. Sam'l Tate)
228; Capt. Martin, &. Laura (Erwin(
II
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INDKX Continued
JONES—
223; Mary (v. Capt. Peter .Jones).
579, 5S0; Mary Herbert (v. John
Withers), 496, 577, 579, 5SU; Maltie
(v. Willoughby Fraucid Avery), lilU;
id. (V. Dr. Ro'bt. Alexr. Tate), 2:;it
Octavia, 219
Capt. Peter, &. Mary (Jones), 079,
5S0; Major Peter. & Mary (Wood),
579, 58U; id. & Susanna (C'lail)ornf').
496; .Priscilla (v. Jno. if.' I'Yeeniau),
89; Polly or Mary (v. Jno. II. Cris
up), 89
Rachel (v. Joseph Carthel), S9;lti(l>.-
ard, & Lady (Jeffries) of Ley, .'>79:
Rosalie Wyman, 190; Rowena tiiin
by, 190; Ruth (v. William Irwin).
89, 131
Capt. S. A. H., 294: Samuel, 219;
Samuel Barksdale, & Ernestine (Hei-
nitcli), 219; Shugon, 19; Solonio.i, S'l
Temperance (v. Jas. Knox Tate), ■2.\'>
Tlieodora, 219; Thomas, & Kali.-
(Shaw), 89, 131; id. & :\Iary f!ardu<r
(Alnutt), S9
William Montague, &: Tlieodor-i
Wagner Fanning (Heart), 2l'0; Wil-
lis & Luan (Tindall), 89
Zipporah, portrait, 554
Jones-Williams, Annie Mary, 544;
Clladys Elizabeth, 544; Irvine, r.44;
Marion, 544; Walter Maurice, & Ai'
nie Dickson (Irvine),- 544; Walter
Maurice, Jr., 544
Jordan, Miss (v. Archer Moore i
IGl; Eva, 402; Hazel, 402; William,
& Olive Virginia (Ranks), 402. 511
William Melville. & (\) Eva (l)cyn
olds), (2) Amanda (Md'onneli ), 4():i
Joyner, , & Eleanor (McDowell)
567; Elizabeth (v. Isaiah T livin).
513
Julian, Jacob, 188; Leah (v. Naihan
iel Irwin), 188
K
Kaiminer, H. G., & Blanche (.\looie),
197
Karawick. Kaspar Otto, ii Mary .\nii
(McDowell), 589
Keith, Adaline (v. Peter Alex'r Hrun-
son, 274 Arthur L., paper by, 340 ^';
seq; Catherine E. (v. John Irvine i.
490; Elizabeth (v. 1 Alex'r Irvine: 2
John Irvine), 555; Jonathan. AL- Eliz-
abeth (Irwin), 562; Sir Robert, 5.'i5
Keller, Ella (v. Sidney Rulow Erwini,
204
Kelly, Prudence (v. David Rezi:or), 122
Gray
')62; Signe or -t
Keltner, Jesse, it Anna (Erwin) 551;
Rooka, 551
Kemp, Robert, .t Lucinda (Whit
man), 146
KENDALL-
Arnold Pliilonu-la. 285; Benjamin,
279, 285; Elizabclh Rodd, 2S0, 288;
Harriet Fannie, 2^5 Hetty (v. Isaac
Irwin), 56.2
James (Gray), 2S2. 2S5 John Irwin,
& xMary Elizabeth (Smith), 279, et
seq; 2S5, 287, 2sS; John Smith, &.
Lsoline (Ruddl. 2Si), 2S1, 2SS; Jose-
phine Irwin, 280
Kate Emma, 279, 285
Lane Carter, 280, 288
Mamie Lusk, 279, 285; Mil
v. J. T. Barringen, 280
Robert, 279, 285
Sally ( v. John li win),
Sigiir, 279, 285
Unola P., 279
William Cray, A: Mary Philomela
(Irwin), 279, 285; William Gray, Jr.,
279, 285
Kendrick, , A.- Amy (Fox), 169;
Lucy (V. Jas. Dink ins), 167, 169; Sj-
phia, 174
Kennedy, 471; Dr. .loseph, 432; Laura
Burrell (v. Jay B. McDowell), 568;
Margaret (v. Sii- Patrick (Agnew),
459; Hon. Sir Thomas, .^i lOlizabetli
(McGill), 459
Kenney, , i>»:: Octavia (Heinitch),
22u; Mrs. Monlmse Davidson (v.
■Wm. White Phifei), 215
Kennon, William, 441
Kerr, David, 100; IClizabeth (v. Jamei
Erwin Wilson), 220; Mrs. ICIvina (v.
Andrew Erwin), ;;5!
Parks), 100; Sanuiel
(Irwin), 119
Ketciium, Abbie P. (v.
McKee), 115
Keys, Claudia Sim.s,
Sims, 190; Janus 1 «.
(Sims), 190; James T., 190; Jane
Abigail (V. Hugh Montgomery), 363;
'Mary L.. 190; Robert, 363
Kllbourn, Amelia. :;4'.l; John, & Mary
or Polly (Erwin), 349; Polly, 349;
Samuel, 349
Kilmer, Sue (v. R(jbt. Hampson) Ir-
win), 124
Kimball, — , it Priscilla (Avent),
321
Kimbark, Frank IM , it Mary Wilson
(Johnson), 215
Kintaid, Capt. James, (t .Mary (Mc-
Jean (v. Jno.
, (t Lucy Ellen
Rev. Wm. Jas.
190; Francis
it Claudia L.
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INDEX Continued
«4l
Morries), 541 543; Kate (v. Wm. De-
vault), 194 Margaret (v. Dan'l Mc-
Mahan), 541; McKendry, &. Junic-
(Tale), 231
King, Carrie iSusan (v. Prof. S. B. Alli-
son), 116; Craig McKee, 116; Elear
or, or "Aunt Nelly" (v. Isaac Irwin),
562; Edgar Irwin, 116; Frances Ann-
MoKee, 114, 116; Franli Forker, 116;
George, 116; Marinus, & Elizabetli
( ), 403; Mary (v. Abel Mc-
Dowell), 403; Mary Elsie Ora, 116
Kirk, Emily (v. Edw'd Moore), 202
Gershom Plimpton, 577
Harris Elliott, 221; Rev. Harris El
liott, & Helen Octavia (McCormacU)
221; Helen Lucretia, 221; Henry, &
Sarah Ann (Irwin), 36u, 573
James, 419; James Madison, 573
Mary Louise 221; Mary (v. Wm. E.
McElroy), 419 592; Matilda Ann, 57.!
Kirkpatrick, Ann (v. Uobt. Neel El-
liott), 74; Henry, & Mary Ana (Ir-
win), 360, 573; Ann (Parks), 101;
James Alexander, & (Holtz-
claw), 101; James Holtzclaw, 105;
Jane (v. — Morgan), 101; Rev.
John Lycan, D.D., & Mary (Turner)
101; John, 101; Lula (v. Jas. Pressly
Reid), 67; 'Mary 101; Thomas, 101
Judge Wallace, 101; William, 101
Kirksey, , & (Irwin), 29u
Kistler, Jane, 63; Lawson, & Mary
(Hill), 63; Margaret (v. Jno. Wes-
ley Hill), 61; Mattie, 63; Samuel, 6:;
Klutty or Kluttz, Alexander W., & Es-
ther Elice Jane (Walkup), 85 Dewitt
Talmage, 85; Jane Martin, 227; Jo-
sephine Craige, 227; Lallie, 85; Le-
now Alexander, 85; Sam'l Walkup,
85; Dr. ^William Clarence, & Jose-
phine (Craige), 227
Knight, , & Elizabeth (McDow-
ell), 506; M. A. (v. Jos. Irwin), 125:
Mary C, 506; Judge Noel B., 575
Knott, Joseph P., &. Maria I. (McEl-
roy). 483; Gov. J. Proctor, & (1)
Mary (Froman), (2) Sallie R. OMc-
Elroy), 483 et seq, portrait, 482
Knox, William, 144; Mrs. Wm. (v. Jas.
Irwin, Jr.), 144
Kohlburg, Elsie (v. Burton Craige) 227
Krentzlin, Julius, & Joan (Coleman),
197
Kreider, , & Mary W. (McDow-
ell), 504
Kyle, Jane (v. David Irvine), 173, 17j
L
Ladd, , & Mary Elizabeth (Mc-
Dowell), 491, 531 .^. 111: .,..
Ladson, George, & Margaret (Irvine),
558
Laferty or Laverty, Mary (v. Jarel
Irwin), 367
Lairds, Samuel. 583
Lamb, Fanny (v. John D. Finch), 302
Lamkin, Edgeworth, .t- Surah Hunter /'
(Gcrdine), 218; Robert William, & ;','.'
Lizzie Dearing (Stovall), 218 '
Lamonds, William, 582 '';
Lancaster, Ella (v. Wm. J. Erwin), .' ,
377; L. S., & Margarei (Erwin), 376, ';
377
Landis, Annie, 211; Dorothy, 211; Hal-
lie (v. Adolphus Ervin Wilson), 205;
Ju.seph, & Harriet (Wilson), 211;
'Margaret, 211
Lane, Mary W. (v. Robert C. Irwin),
574
Langdon, Capt. Jonathan, 337
Lange, Dr. Frederick W., & Jennie R.
(McDowell), 589
Lanier, ), & Betty (Avent), 311;
Belle Erwin), 591! Susan Cherry,
591; Mary Frances, 591; William
Campbell, & Charlie Belle (Collins),
276, 591
Lark, G. G., & Evelyn (Irwin), 290; L
J., & (Irwin), 327
Lasley, Katy (v. Benj. Irwin), 562
Latham, , & (McLarty),
104
Lauterman, Henry C, & Mary Dixon
(Irwin), 549
Law, .Robert, & — (Erwin), 343
Lawing, Miss — (v. Wm. Batt.3
Harry), 56
LAWSON—
'Miss (V. Allgood), 293;
Miss (v. Bryant Brown), 293:
Miss — : (V. — — — Brown), 293;
Alexander, 292; Andrew Thompson,
& (1) (Moore), (2)
(Eakin), 289, 292
Elizabeth Hannah (v. Wm. Eakin),
29
Hugh, & Sarah (Whitaker), 292, 293- '
id., or A. T.. & Penelope (Flanks)293
Margaret Moore (v. Alex'r Irwin)
289, 292, 325; Mary (v. Chas. Moore)
149; Mary iBerry (v. Benj. Sessions)
292, 297
.Roger, & Hannah (Thompson), 289,
292; Roger, Jr., 292
Thompson, 292; William, 292
Laxton, Corinne, 213; Erwin, 213; Fred,
& Annie ;Phifer (Erwin), 213; Fred,
■ Jr., 213; Joseph, 213; Phifer, 213
Layer, D. S., 577 Laura A. (Alkin3)577
:. !■!.,■) ,1,1. III.'
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64-J
NDKX Continued
Layton, Ed, & Dana (Sherbine), 402;
James Banks, 402; Jeanette, 402
Lea, Lethe A. (v. Thomas H. McUow
ell), 413
Leutherman, Ann Irwin, 142; Jane, (v.
Isaac Irwin), 562; Mary Abbay, H2;
Richard Abbay, 142; Ilobeit Irwii;,
142; Samuel Richard, ik lOlhel ("leli
(Irwin), 142; Samuel Ilichai'ds, Jr.,
142; Theresa (v. John Irv^iu), M:'>
Leathers, Lucy (v. Frank Helm), Ho
I>e Brie, Guy, & Lottie Lee (Joiies)21U
LEE—
, & Mary Lee (Mahon), 489,
Dr. , &. Mary (Henson), l'jr>;
Miss — ; of Va. (v. Jos. Hendei-
son). 512
Agnes May, 490; Anna Edna, 4'JO;
Anna Eden (v. Robert E. Peterson).
480; Agnes Mary, 480
I<"Yance3 L. (v. Jas. D. Mahon), 489;
Francis Lightfoot, & .^lary D. (Ma
hou), 486, 488
Jane D. (Jos. Hilliard Davis), 01;
Joan Vouvieu, 487; John Vouvieu.
t Ann ( ), 487
Mary Mahon, 486; May Mahon, 49U
iSophie Mahon, 486, 490
Leech, Jane (v. Matthias McDowell),
409; Mary Louise (v. H. May Irwin),
113; Thomas, & Prudence ( »,
409
Leewright (Tucker), 587; Elizabeth,
587; Humphrey, 587; Jacob II., <t Al
leyne (Winbray), 587, portrait, 560;
John Weltner, 587, portrait, 560.
Melba Wilhelmina, 587, portrait oSS;
Twilight, 587; portrait, 6G0; Home
of, 560
Lfcfever, David, & Mary Grouse (Ir-
win), 306; Edna, 306; Dr. Walter, 306
Leidig, John B., 583
Leigh, B. Watkins, 428
Lemly, Byron, & Ella Rose U'arson),
2i9; Byron Carson, 219; Emma
iSteele (v. Alfred Wm. Brown), 219;
Richard Carson, 219; Richard Har-
ringer, 219
Lemman, Catherine, 151; Eva Blocker,
151; Marion, 151
Lenow, Lizzie Arrundel (v. 1. Edw'd
Thos. Freeman); 2. Wm. Wallace
McDowell. 88
Lent, Samuel, &. Josephine (Pyle), 401
Leslie, Isabel (v. Rev. Jas. Horn), 557;
John, & Agnes (Ramsey), 557
Lester, Hon George T., 574, 576; Mar-
garet Isabella (Irwin), 574
LeVert. Ann Elizabeth Caroline (v.
Capt. Francis Turner Mastin), 496.
578; Dr. Claudius, & Anii(e) Lee or
Lea (Metcalfe), 496, 497, 578
Levor (v. David Letcver), 3(14
Levy, Birdie (v. Hen Hart Yaiidell),
585; H., 585
Lewis, Andrew, & Bel] (Garrison),
330; Esther Maria (v. Alex'r Wylie
Moore), 200; Jemima ( v. Davis Rob-
erts Smith), 370; Margaret (v. Capt.
'Wm. Shakespeare Moore), 201; Sam-
uel, and Sarah (l)unwidde), 370;
Samuel T.. AL- Lalla ( .McMicken),
255; \V. B., Ai Mary (Garrison), 330;
William, Ai Ada (Garri.-:on), 330
Leyburn, Robert, 5S2
Lightner, Amanda M. (v. David Frank-
lin Agnew), 463; Eliza (v. David
Agnew), 465; John, & Rebecca
( ), 463
Lightfoot, Lucy (v. Thos. Moore), 160
Lindner, , & Xannie (Moore)199
Lindsay, Blanche (v. Carroll).
196; Frank, 196; Frederica, 196; J.
C, & Olive Hill ( Moore j, 201; Rob
ert, & Blanche (Addicks),
, & Eliza
(V.
106;
(Mc-
Jos.
Rose, 196
Lindsley, Capt.
Ginnis), 102
Lineburger, Mrs. E. Caldwell
Harvey Wilson, Jr.), 214
Lipscon)be, Thomas. <t Dieudonnc
Locke (Phifer), lMO
Little, William, 583
Locke, Elizabeth (v. Martin Phifer),
Jr.), 193, 222; Col. Frank. 245; Ll.
George, 253; Col. M. F., 586
Lockeart, James, & Mary (Irviu), 267
LOGAN—
Alexander, 336; Amantha Eleanor
(v. J. J. BuUeit), 338; Ann, 336; Ben-
jamin, 337
Elizabeth, 337; Irvin, 337
James, & Hannah (Erwin). 336, 337,
539; James Hervey, & Jenie (Wal-
lace). 338; John, 336; Joseph, 337
Margaret, 336 (v. Justin Arthur Rob-
inson)., 121; Mary, 337; Mary Lou-
isa (v. Wm. Hopkins). 338; Matilda
Olivia (v. Wm. Hopkins), 338; Ma-
tilda Olivia (V. Newton Dodson), 33S
Preston, Breckinridge, & .lane (Mc-
Fall), 338
Robert, 336; Robert Irvin, & Kati?;
(Thompson), 338; Robert Reynolds.
& Elizabeth Eleanor (Irvin), 333,338
Samuel Alexander, it Catherine
(Doak), 338; Sarah Margaret or
Maggie (v. Henry M. Morriss), 338
William, 337; William Bryson, &
Rhoda (Hancock), 338
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tJ4;{
Logue, George, 583; John, !J83
London, Ann, 583; Frank O.. & Lillio
(Moore), 202; John. 583
Long, Boyd, 473; Edward, 473; Charles
<t Mary (Uetrick), 473 Fanny (v.
Boyd Frey), 473; George, & Alice
(Dodson), 473; Wilson, 473
Loony, Edward, 317; Edward U., &,
Elizabeth Fisher (v. Frank Pleas
ants, Jr.), 317 Mary, 317; Morgan H.
586; Sarah, 317; Tlionias Avent, 31":
Lorenzen, AUie E., 490; Clara H., 491';
H. B., & Alice (Irvine), 490
Love, Miss (v. Jno. W. Jones),
89; Mary (v. Jno. 'Marshall Tate).
229; Col. R. G. A., 412
Lovell, Asahel. & Ann Eliza (Irwin),
112, 118; Eliza J., 118; Marvin Hami)-
son, 118
Loving, John Mason, & Mehitable
(Mitchell), 305; Rachel (v. Daniel
Reed), 305
Lowe, Annie Elizabeth, 142; Charlie
(girl), 142; David Alexander, 75;
Dora Ashlin, 75; George Edwin, 75;
Glynde Marie, 142; J. T., & Amanda
Idella (Irwin), 142; John T., Jr., 142;
Robert Irwin, 142; Sidney Johnson,
&. Dora Ashlyn (McDowell), 75;
Xylda, 142
Dowry, Howard Haines, & Margaret
Erwin(Holt)224; Margaret Holt, 224
Lowther, George S., 18
Ludlum, 'Rebecca (v. Jas. Monce), 349
Lunibard. Deliza 'M. (v. James Irwin).
110, 379
Lumpkin, , 575
Lundy, Elizabeth (v. Jabez Morris),
311; Lizzie M. (v. Geo. W. Reznor),
122
Lycan, Rebecca (v. Davis), 53, 59
Lyle, Mary Paxton (v. Col. Jas. Mc-
Dowell), 45, 330
Lyman, Dr. William, & (1) Isabella
(Field), (2) Patty ( ) (v. Cas-
sius M. Clay), 177
Lynch, , & Louise (Bomar), 204;
Osborn, (McDowell), 502
Lyon, Aaron J., & Olive W. ( ),
490 Clotilda (v. Wm. Eraser Mc-
Dowell), 499; J. B., & Elizabeth Ju-
liet (McDowell), 257; McDowell. 257
Lyons, Nellie (v. Benj. Stark Sims) 190
Lytle, Margaret (v. Henry Irwin), 515;
Sallie (V. Wm. Asbury Hill), 63
M
■Mac Dougald. Mac Dougall, etc., 43
Mac Dubhgall, King, 43
Mac Inkart, 43
Mac Lachlan, Alexander Campbell, &
Jean Irvine (Carson), 576; Donah'
Campbell, 576; Edna Irvine (v. Ed-
ward Frowde Segram), 576
Maclin, Benjamin, & Sarah Roxana
(Neely), 151; Myrtle, 153
Macon, Hon. Nathaniel, 437, 445
Madden, — , & Harriet 'Walton
Landis (Vidor) 211; Helen, 211;
Margaret, 211
MAHON—
Agnes, 489; Agnes Irwin, 485, 489,
paper by, 489 et seq; Alexander, 488;
Dr. D. N., 488
Frances or Fanny Allen, 486, 487
49U; Frances Everallyn, 4S5, 4S6, 489
(hace Falinestock (v. Wm. K. Hem-
ming), 487, 490
Irwin, &. (1) Jennie (Mahon), (2)
'Mariah Barker (Stephenson), 32,
485, 488, 489, papers by, 485, 545, 581
Mrs. James, 199; James D. (1)
Phoebe (Gray) (2) Frances L. (Lee),
486, 488, 489; James Irwin, 485; Jen-
nie (v. Irwin Mahon), 488, 489; John
D., & Agnes Mary Irwin (Rose), 485,
487, 488. 489; John Duncan, 490
Martha C. (v. Jno. S. Irwin), 488:
Mary, 489; Mary Lee (v.
Lee), 489; id. (v. Wm. J. Rose), 485.
486. 488; Mary D. (v. Francis Light-
foot Lee), 488; Phoebe, 490; Phoebe
Gray (v. Jno. C. Parsons), 486, 489;
Mallory, Barton Lee. 151; Dr. James
W., & Annie West Fox (Vaughan),
311; Frances Neely. 151. 153; Lee
Barton, & Francis B. (Neely), 155;
William Neely, 151, 155;
Malphus, , & Nancy (McDow-
ell), 567
ISIangum, Hugh, 210; John, & Anne
(Walton), 210; L. C, & Annie Marie
(Irwin), 142 Leonidas Campbell, 142;
Robert Irwin, 142; Hon. Willie P., 427
Manly, Gov. Charles 237; Julia (v. Co!.
Jas. McDowell), 238
Mann, Arthur, 170; Cameron, 170;
Eliza (v. Richard Irwin Reznor).
122; Elizabeth 170; John, 352; Mar-
garet, 170; Mercer 170; Ruby (v.
Chas. E. County), 170; Letcher, &
Sarah L. (Erwin), 352; R. A.. & Eliz-
abeth (Dinkins). 170; Robert A.. &
Martha (Cook), 170
Manning, Annie Louise, 229; Freder-
ick C, 229; James S.. 229; Judge
James S.. & Julia Tate (Cain). 229:
John Hall, 229; Julia Cain, 229; Ster-
ling Cain. 229
Marable, Eliza B. (v. Arthur Leander
Erwin), 202
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INDEX Continued
Markham, Lila (v. EUerbe Powe), 230
Marsh, Ella J. (v. Wilson Stewart) 124
Marshall. John, 511; Sarah (v. Wint
worth Irwin), 379
Martin, Charlotte (v. Christopher
Field), 177; Mrs. Florence Steele (v
Gov. Zeb B. Vance), 193; Jodie Bell.
& Annie Lou (Houser), 22G; Jodie
Bell, Jr., 226; John, 59; Gov. Josiah,
430,' 439, 449; Margaret 'May, 22G;
Rebecca Davis, 59; William, 22G
Mason, Burton Cunningham, ii Sarah
Adams Buckley (Stovall), 218; Jo-
seph Ganahl, 218; Pleasant, 218
Massey, Miss (v. Alex'r Coul-
ter), 196; Mrs. Adeline (v. Ur. Wm.
C. Tate), 229 Bratton, & Bessie
(LMoore), 202; Bulow Wilson, 205;
•Cora, 205; James Wilson. 205; Kath-
. erine Kirkpatrick, 205; Louise (ni>
bon, 205; J. L., & Cora Avery (Wil-
son), 205
Mast, ;Paul, & Mary Gyla (Smith), 40o
MASTIN— ,^ ,. ^
Caroline Le Vert (v. Chas. J. Mastin)
497, 578; Capt. Charles J.. & Caro
line Le Vert (Mastin), 497, 578; Dr.
Claudius Henry, & Mary Eliza (Mr
Dowell), 496, 497, 577, 579, 580; Dr.
Claudius Henry II, 497, 578, uSO;
Claudius Henry Strachey, 497, ;)78,
580; Edward Vernon Metcalfe. 497;
Capt. Francis Turner, & Anne Elizn
beth Caroline (Le Vert). 496, ..7S;
Mary Herbert(v. Frank Stovall Uou-
erts), 577, 579, 580, 581; Mary Mai-
garet, 497, 578; Thomas Bryan, 578.
Zcmula Crawford, 497, 578; Dr. Wil-
liam McDowell, & Margaret Louise
(Crawford), 497, 578
Matlock, Jane (v. George Irwin), :;G7;
William, & Mary ( ). ^567
Matthews, Cora (v. George Finfh).
303- James Royce, & Jane (Stitt),
72- James Stitt, & Euphemia Pric.^
(McDowell), 72, 73 James William.
& Marion Francis (Borum), 7-;
James William, Jr., 72; John Davis
McDowell, 72; Leroy- Borum, 7L.
Lily iPrice, 72; Mattie .Jane, 72; N.
S & Mary Willis (Walkup). 85:
William S., & Edna (Brooks), 158
Maxwell, Corinna (v. 1. Wm. Irwin;
2 B. Moore), 125
May, Hannah W. (v. Rich'd Irwin),
113; Rev. Hezekiah, 113
Mayer, Robert L., & Minerva (Breui),
194; Walter Brein, 194
Mayes, Maria (v. Cairns Sterrett), 461
McAlpin, Sarah Temple (v. Jno. Mc-
Dowell), 327
MoBee, Alphonso. 2i)9; Elizabeth Hum
(v. Capus Miller Waynick). 209;
Martha A. (v. Tench Coxe Carson).
272, 273; Silas, 209; Tom S,, & Su-
san Washington (Avery), 209; Capt.
Vardry, & Jane (Alexander), 271,272
McBryde, Mary S. (v. Francis S. Sims)
190
McCallum, Dulcie (v. Dr. Geo. Arthar
Buchanan), 402
McCampbell, Georgia A (v. Austin P.
Sneed), 535,539; James, & Margaret ',
(Logan), 539; Samuel, i^ Jane (Tel- --
ford), 539; William Logan, & Delia
Taylor (Goodwin), 539
McCarthy, Dennis, i*i Mary Bache (Ir-
win), 487; Milicent, 487; Percy. 487
McCartney. Abram, & "Sister" Belinda
(Irwin). 571
McCaskey, Mary, 583; Neal, 583
McClain, — . «t Matilda (Irwin),
131; Helen E. (v. Jno. Andrew
Avent). 312; Laura, 131; Lucy, 131;
Marie (v. Robt. Fulenwider Phiferl,
207
McClanahan, Amelia (v. Jacob P.
Stonestreet, 177; Anna, 177; Eliza-
beth (v. Thos. Stone), 177; IMarga-
ret (V. Cyrus Turner). 177; Thoina.=i.
177; Willis, 177; Irvine, i^- (1) Jane
(Wheal), (2) Maria (McQuirk), 177;
Willyiam, &. Amelia (Irvine), 177
McClean, William Speight, & Rosa M.
(Sims), 190; Harriet, 190; Martha.
190; Randolpli Sims. 190; William
Speight, Jr., 190
McClelland. Jane, 469; James, & Mary
Smith (Irvin), 547; Nancy (v. An-
drew Holmes), 469; Robert Harris,
469; Robert, & Mary (Irvine), 459
McClinn, Julia (v. Dr. Clias. Fox), 194
McClintock. .F. A.. .<: (1) Lucinda C
(Irwin), (2) Sadie .\. (Irwin). 12o;
Rachel (v Dr. Wm. McDowell), 503
McClung, Mary, 46; id (v. Sam'l Mc-
Dowell), 414, C69; William, 414
McPoUough, James, .^1: Martlia Lucinda
(Hill). 63
McComb, Nancy J. (v. Jas. Irwin), 359
McConnaughey, Ella, 223; Etta Gray
V. Floyd Hanks), 223; Joe, Jr., 222;
Kate, 223; Laura, 223; INIadge (v. Al-
exander Avery), 223; :Minnie, 223;
Perkins, 223; Joe, & Esther (Carey),
222; Robert L., & Ann Elizabeth
(Er'win), 222, 223; id., & Lizzie (Per-
kins), 223; William Erwin, &. Shel-
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ton (Putnam), 222; id. LL, & Nannifi
(Blue). 223
McConcell, Amanda (v. Melville Jor-
dan), 402; Calvin, & Fannie ( )
402; ;Patrick, 335
McCorkle, Judge M. L.. 242, 261; Willie
(V. B. Neely Moore), 199
McCorniack, Andrew Flinn, & (l)Irene
( ),. (2) Nellie ( ), 221;
Annie Reid, 222; Earle, 221'; Flor-
ence Olivia (v. Dr. G. D. Waller),
221; Harold, 221; Harvey. 221; Har
vey L., Jr., 221; Helen. 221; ilelen
C, 221; Helen Octavia (v. Rev. Har-
ri.s Elliott Kirk), 221; Mary W. (v.
C. C. Faust), 221; Walter, 221; Wer
dun, 221; Marvey L., & Nellie (Sulli-
van), 221 William H., & Mary !•:
(Flinn), 221
McCormick. Capt. — . 475; Edward,
& Mollie (Brooks), 158
McCreary, Abel Edwin. & Mary Ro-
setta (Reiber), 405; Bertha. 408;
Edna, 408; Edna Gardner. 408; Eliz-
abeth King, 408; Emma Jane (v. Dr.
W. L. Smith), 405; Fletcher, 412;
Leon Averett, 401; Margaret Emma
(v. Gardner Sensing), 408; Margaret
Alura (V. Thos. Watson Houston),
4U5; Mary Annetta (v. Jas_ Edwin
Duff). 405; Mary Jane (v. Lemuel
Sensing). 408; Sadie. 405; Sarah,
(v. Lee Pyle). 401; Benj'mn Fletcher
& (1) Jessie (Dickerson). (2) Clara
Walk (Tidwell). 408; Enoch. & Mar-
garet (Pearson), 405; Samuel, &.
Elizabeth (McDowell). 405; Samuel
Pearson, & Jane D. (Glass). 401;
Dr. T. F., & (1) Margaret Emma
(McDowell). (2) Mrs. — (Con-
naut). 407, 408; Thomas, & Jan?
( ), 408
McCue. Sallie Ann (v. Gen. Joseph J.
McDowell). 255; J. N.. 570
McCune, Thomas, & Elizabeth (Irvine)
545
McDade, Mary Ann (v. Wm. McDow-
ell). 565, 567. 587
McDaniel, Elizabeth (v. Rufos Till!-
ford Dinkins). 170
McDougall, Jennie (v. Carl Erwin) 352
McDonald, Edgar L., & Julia Scott
(Sloan). 147; Eddie Cloud, 147; Julia
Irwin, 147
McDowall. Hew or Hugh, & Marie
(Agnew), 459; Margaret (v. Gilbert
Agnew), 459; Uchtred, & Agnes (Au;
new), 459
McDowell—
Miss
(V. Brooks), 502; id. (v. Jas.
Harper), 502; id. (v. Jno. Hastings .
502; id. (v. Osborn Lynch), 502; id
(V. — Scroggins). 502; Md^.
— (v. Ben Scaton), 393; A.
(Mrs.). 481; A. E.. 481; Abel, 394
397, 411; id., & Mary (King), 403,
408, 409; Abram Irvine, & Eliz i
( ), 414, 569; Abigail, 46, 56;
Adda Elizabeth, 531; Addie Estelle,
74; Albert Sidney, & Inez (Curtis •.
257; Alexander, 400, :.{][); id., £.- Jane
(Agnew), 459; id., i^- Kiizabeth (Jor-
dan), 402; Alexander K. M , 414; Al-
ice Lee. 329; Alice Tell, 329; Aman-
da. 586; Amajida Emaieline ( v, Jere-
miah N. Randolph). 502; Amanda
Temperance, 565, .567; Amanda Kins
(V. Robt. Knox Blevins), 407; Ame-
lia Grain, 565; Amoret Wetmore, 97;
Amy, 394; Amy or Emma, 399; An-
gle Frances, 533; Ann Irvine (v. Cy-
rus H. Bent), 568, 569; Ann Wil-
liams. 535; Anna, 265; id. (v. Chas.
.McDowell), 243; id. (v. • Whit-
son), 240, 243; Anna Lena, 88; Anna
Lois (v. Frank Collins), 75; Mrs.
Anne, 283; Annie, 211, 263; id. (v.
Dr. Edw'd M, Gayle), 228; Mrs. An-
nie E. (V. — Rote), 503; Annie
Erwin. 559; Annie Irvine. 569; Anni^
May, 535; Annie Ross, 329; Archi-
bald, 587; Ariel A., 48i; Arthur, 211;
Arthur Bingham, 535; Audiey .lane,
502
Benjamin. 412; id., (t Amanda (Car-
Ion). 403 et seq.; id., & Emma Sa-
mantha (McWilliams), 407; Benja-
min Franklin, 502; Bertram. 534;
Billy, 503; Blanche, 329; Blanton,
327; id. II. 327; Brevard, 545; Major
Byron Gibbs. & Marjrarer (Rhea),
257, 412. 413
C. H. (Rev). & Maro O. (Hamilton),
507. 568, portrait 566; C. Manley,
241; Caroline Elizabeth (v. Jesse T
Griffith), 502; Carolyn, 404; id. (v.
Rev. Cochran). 404; Cather-
ine, 568; Celia, 505; Celia C. 504;
Charles & Rachel ( ), 149; id.
& Anna (McDowell). 343; id.. & Eliz-
abeth Heard (Grain). 565, 567, 586.
587; id., Jr., 586; Capt. Charles, 238;
Col. Charles. 254. 264 et see).; Gen.
Charles, 243. 267; id. & Grizell or
Grace Greenlee (Bowman). 232. 23.8,
41;;. 493; Charles of Phila., 564;
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Mcdowell—
C'lmrles Jefferson, 565; id., II, 565;
id., Jr., & Minnie (Gwyn), 567; C'liar-
lie (girl», 327; Cicero Taylor ^^ I-Mo-
ra Ann (Cochran), 502; Claribel (v
A. T. Allen), 75; Clarissa. 505; Clau-
don, 534; Clifford, 481; Clyde, 506;
Clyde Cavour, 586; Cora G., 506;
Cora Gertrude, 568; Cordelia Felicia
Hemans, 65; Corneal, 327
Dancy, & Mary (Dinkins), 171; Dan-
iel, 327; 329, 567; David A., & Re-
becca (Fraser), 499; Denzel Isaac,
533; DeWitt, 409; Dora Ashlin (v.
James Matthew Grier), 74, 75
Edith Brooks, 88; Hon. Edmond An-
drews, 413; Edward, & Polly ( ),
Capt. Edward Irvine, & Alice (John
son). 569; Edward Irvine, Jr., 569;
Eleanor (v. Joyner), 567;
Eliza (V. Nicholas W. Woodfin), 23;;,
248; Elizabeth, 46, 59, 327, 329, 403,
491; 499, 505. 531, 534, 565, 586. 5S7;
id. (V. 1. Bullard; 2.
Johnson), 567; id. (v. Felky),
533; id. (v. Knight), 506; id
(v. Sam'l McCreary), 405; id. (v.
Jos. Miller), 587; id. (v. Sam Ta^-
gart), 393; id. (v. Col. Sanil Wat-
son), 56, 149; Elizabeth C. 558;
Elizabeth Craige, 228; Elizabeth
Gray (v. Robt. Goodwyn Heard). 93;
Elizabeth Juliet (v. J. B. Lyon), 257;
Elizabeth Milne (v. Alex'r Aber
nathy). 228, 559; Elizabeth P., 504;
Ella Jims, 559; Ella Jane, 74; Ellen
Irene, 257; Elmer E., 491, 498, 531;
Eloise, 228, 481; Eloise Bedell, 97,
Emma Vashti (v. Jno. Caulfield),
404; Ephraim, 46. 232 et seq; id.. .<:-
Margaret (Irvine), 493, 495, 569; id.
of Virginia. 258; Dr. Ejjhraim,
(Shelby), 176; Ernest Rivers. 477;
Esther Young (v. 1. Reece Price;
2. Thos. L. Hutchinson), 53, 77 et
seq; Ethel June, 481; Etta (v. M. S.
Zimmerman), 409; Eugene Borman,
539; Eunice Rebecca (v. Sidney
■Johnson Lowe), 74; Eu'phemia Price
(v. Jas. Stitte Matthews), 72; Eva,
(V. Jos. C. Graff), 491. 493. 531; Eve
lyn (V. W. S. Stuart), 257;
F. B., paper by, 383 et seq; F. Bre-
vard, 47 et seq; Fannie Emma Aven*-
97; Flora Elizabeth. 502; Florence.
481, 535; Flossie Nightingale, 502;
Elva, 75; Emily, 586; Emma (v. Al-
bert C. Bartlett), 531; id. (v, Pos.
Lenoir Chambers). 208; Emmi
Mcdowell— ]
Eugenia, 567; Emma Sandeford, 481;
Frances (v. —Noble), 399:
Frances A., 481, 483; Frances C,
565; Frances E., 407; Frances Le-
noir (v. F'rancis Feiguson), 88;
Francis, 586; I-'^ancis Marion, & An-
nie (Bass), 502; Francis Warren)
562 et seq., portrait, 564; Frank, 228,
265, portrait, 244; id. & Ella (Jims),
558, 559; id., & Ella (Jones), 228;
Frank Neely, 75; Frank P., 477;
Frank S., 559; Fred F., 506; Fred
Fiuley, 568; Fredericka, 592;
G. W., 481; Gaston, 211; Dr. George.
586; Dr. (jcorge Montgomery, 565;
id. III. 567; George Lueien, 477;
Gertrude J., 409; Gertrude M. (v.
Lewis Henderson), 533; Gideon, 477;
Grace, 75; Grace Greenlee. 238 e:
seq. 241; Grant Y.. & .lennie (Dom
iny), 533;
H. H., of Missouri, 267; Mr. and Mrs
H. H., portraits of, 530; Hamilton &
Ella (Cain), 211; Hannah. 399, 400,
403, 505; id. (v. And'w W. Banks),
402; id. (v. Blue), 533; id. (v.
George E. Fletcher), 409; Hannah
Maria (v. Wilson iki,xter), 4U2; Han-
nah Young, 74; Helen, 477, 481; Mrs.
Helen E., 481; Henry, 534. 586, 587:
Henry Clay, & Nannie (Clay), 569;
, Hervey, 45; Dr. Hervey, 236, 238;
Maj. Hervey.' & Louise (Irvine), 495:
Hiram, 491, 531; Hiram Carter, 477:
■Horace & Stella (Sherrer), 97. 592;
Horace Eugene. 477; Horace Sher-
rer, 97; Hugh, 53, 57. 97, 386; id., &
Margaret Irwine. 138 et seq, 149;
Hugh Hervey. 267, 5(I4, paper by, 504
et seq; id. & Lizzie (Barkley), 504,
505; id., & Elizabeth (Mille). 504:
id., Jr., 504; Hugh Neely. 88;
Ida Tutton, 329; Isaac Price, paper
by, portrait of. 470; id., & Jane (Rur-
sell), 491, 493, 531;
J. A., 481; J. C. 499; Mr. and Mrs.
J. E., 483; Gen. J. J.. & Sallie Ann
(McCue), 255; Mrs. J. S., 483; Jack-
son, 491. 531; James, 211, 243, 327.
404, 412, 503, 533, 587; id., & Sallie
( ), 477; id., H Sarah (Corel),
491, 529 et seq; id., &, Margaret ( Er-
win). 238 261; id., ic Elizabeth
Preston), 505; id.. & ( Scud-
der), 567; id., & Frances (Wilson),
533; id., of Fairbury, 111., portrait,
410; id.. Jr., 491. 531; id.. & Harrit t
N. (Petty), 477; Ool. James, 45; id..
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61'
McDowell
& Julia (Manly), 238; Id., & Mary
Paxton (Lyle), 329, 330; Hon. James,
248; James Buford, 477: James Dan-
iel, 533; James Hall, 53; James Er-
win, & Cordelia Erwin ,(West), 2Jr),
228, 559; James Francis', 533; James
Heni-y, & Henrietta Jane (Brooks),
567; James Lorenzo, 134; Jamf'^i
Karr, 72; James Madison, 491, 531,
James Moffett, & Margaret Caroline
(Erwin), 203, 210; James R., por-
trait, 566; id., & Mary J. (Ivison)5S9;
James Rhea, & Ellie (Young), 257;
Jane, 477, 587; id., (v. — Bai-
ley), 567; id. (v. Archibald Irvin),
545; Jane Findley, 400; id., (v. Jos
Glass), 401; Jane Parks, 53, 502; id
(V. Moses Neely), 151, 153 et seq;
id. (V. Jonathan Reid), 67; Jay B.. &
Laura Burrell (Kennedy), 506, 568;
Jason Lee, & (1) Angle (Wilson),
(2) Florence (Wilson), 533; Jean,
46 et seq; id. (v. Archib'd Irwin),
416; Jean Parks, 156; Jeffersor .
586; Jennie R. (v. Dr. Fred'k W.
Lange), 589; Jesse, 477; Jessie Ir-
win, 65; Joe of Perryville, Ky., v;
(Irwin), 550; Gen. Joe, por-
trait, 252;
John, 46. 52, 228, 243, 386, 477, 499.
502, 503, 533, 589; id., & Eliziibeth
( ), 506; id., & Elizabeth (Cald-
well), 413; id., & (Ely), 228:
id., & Re|3ecca (Davis). 60; id. &
Anne (Edmiston), 243 et seq., 257 et
seq, 268; id., & Sarah Temple (Mc-
Alpin), 327; id., & Emma (Neely),
74, 75; id., & Margaret (O'Neill),
243, 254; id., & (Smith), 211:
id., & Margaret (Moffett), 505; id.,
& Elizabeth Julian (Moore), 534; id ,
& Jean (Parks), 100, 149; id.. &
Elizabeth (Price), 491, 531; id., Sc
Magdalen (Wood), 569; id., & Nancy
(Wyatt), 75; id., Sr., 46, 413; id., Jr.,
74, 75, 327; id., II, 53 59; id., of Qua-
ker Mealows, 243 et seq.; Capt. John,
232 et seq.; Col. John, 151, 156, 238;
Hon. John, 248; John Adair, & Lucy
(Starling), 414, 569; John C, & Mar-
garet (Gibson), 558, 559; id.. IV,
559; John Calhoun, 262; id., Jr., &
Ettie (Gibson), 238; id.. Ill, 559; D'v
John Calhoun, & Sarah Ann Erwin
(Phifer), 205, 211, 227, 228, 263, 340,
558 et seq.; John Davis, 53, portrait,
62; id., & Nancy Hunter (Irwin),
63, 87, 91; id., & Bettie (Pulliam),
93, portrait, 92; Dr. John E., por-
McDOWELL
trait, 492; John Hugh, 481; id., &
Mary Emma (Sandeford), 65, 91, por-
trait, 90; John llunler, 93; •'Hunting
John," 232, 257, 25S. 268; John Otho.
& Hettie (Wolfley), 535; John Over-
ton, 88; John J. J., 4U7, 412; Capt.
John Lyle, 45; John Marshall, 569;
John Morgan, 567; John Robert, 535;
John Van(n), 491, 493, 531; John
Wesley, & Elizabeth (HoUowell).
502; John William, & (1) Clilue (Fa-
gale; (2) Luella (Tanner), (3) Frank
Wilson (Finley), 533; id, 11, 533;
John Wright, 569;
Joseph, 228, 232, 237, 243, 258, 394.
397. 411, 504, 5GS; id., (^ Mary
(Crocker), 409; id., & Rulii (Mac-
Intyre), 564; id., & Mary (Moffett),
24.;, 504 et seii.; id., ^: Loula (Mur-
phy), 211; id.. & Margaret (O'Neil),
413, 495; Capt. Joseph, 235 et seq;
Maj. Joseph, 235 et seq; Gen. Jo
seph, 254; Dr. Joseph, 238. 589; Jo-
seph Alberto, & Julia (Patton). 210;
Dr. Joseph Alburton, 262; Joseph B.,
533; Hon. Joseph B., portrait, 478;
Hon. Joseph Blair, & Catherine A
Campbell); (2) Harriet (Packer);
(3), Gertrude M. (McKenzie), 50"i,
506; Joseph Collette, 559; Joseph E.,
531; Dr. Joseph Exeter, 502; Joseph
(Gay), 502; Joseph J.. 236 et seq.;
Joseph Jefferson, 505; Joseph Le-
now, 88; Josephine R., 568; Julia (v
Gamewell), 211; Julia Taylor,
502;
Kate (v. Dr. Butt), 211; id.
(V. Hugh Theo. Newland), 228. 558,
559; Katherine Ann (v. Montreville
Patton), 211; King, 397
L. I., 414; Lansing Wetmore, 592;
Laura Ann (v. Robt. And'w McNeil-
ly), 65, 91; Laura Jane, 72; I.eech,
409; Lenore (v. Jno. Thos. Wilcox).
533; Lewis Preston, 534; Lillian,
491, 493, 531; Lillie (v. Col.
Clayton), 211; Lillie E. (v. Frank L.
Churchill), 533; Lily Wynne (v.
Theo. Gordon), 210; Lizzie, 72; Liz-
Theo. Gordon), 210; Lizzie. 72; Lizz-
zie K. (v. Ambrose Goff Reid), 72,
Lois Neel (v. James Richmond Boul-
ware), 74. 75; Lois Sylvia, 502; Lou-
ella (v. Irving Sherrod Clement).
73; Louisa, 266; Lucius Palmer. 535;
Luella, 531; Luke, 44 Luther, 65;
Lutie, 491, 493; Lydia (v. Abner Co-
sher), 409;
M. L., paper by, 477; Magdalen, 569;
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Mcdowell
Magdalen Hervy, 369; Maggie, 250;
Marcia, 586; Marcia Van Ness, 565;
■ Margaret, 53, 55, 131, 241, 267. 5U.),
587; id. (v. Tom Elliott), 303. 3'Ju;
id. (V. Ephraim McDowell), 495 id.
(V. Hon. Wm. F. McKesson), 238,
248; id. (v. Rev. Jesse W. Siler),
331; id. (v. Jas. Walton), 210; Mrh^.
Margaret, portrait, 328; Margaret
Caroline, 205; Margaret Emma (v.
T. F, McCreary), 407 et seq; Mar-
garet Erwin, 228, 260, 265, papers Ir;,
340, 558 et seq., id. (v. Arthur Liun-
der Erwin), 205; id. (v. Mavens Er-
win), 212; Margaret I. (v. Anil'vv'
Lawson Barry), 147 et seq., 150;
Margaret Irwin, 46, 53, 57; Mar^i^arc'
Jane (v. Samuel McDowell), 4n4;
Margaret Lucy Kerry (v. Jno. Ash-
lin), 53; Margaret M., 504; Mar^a
rot Moffett, 238 et seq.; Margarei
Rhea (v. W. D. Furgerson), 257;
Maria Withers, 496, 578; Marian,
404; Marinus King. 403 et seq., 407,
412, portrait, 406; Marion, 534; Mar
tha, 499, 587; id. (v. — Crom-
well), 504; id. (v. Crull), 491, 531:
id. (V. .— Preston), 567; id. (v
• Sugg), 506; Martha Rebecca,
402; Mary, 46, 131. 211, 263, 393, 477.
535; id. (v. 1. Gen. -Jno. Gray By-
num; 2. Chf. Justice Pearson), 238;
i(]. (v! ■ Elliott), 502; (id. v.
Gorham), 503; id. (v. George Green-
lee), 232; id. (v. — Hefner), 533;
id. (V. 1. Howe; 2.
Eakin), 56; id. (v. Phillips 1,
491, 531; Mrs. Mary. 397; Mary Ag-
nes, 535; Mary Alice (v. And'w B.
Claudon), 534 Mary Amanda (v.
Sam'l Tompkins), 404, 405; Mar/
Ann. 589; id. (v. Kaspar Otto Kara-
wick), 589; Mary Ann Elizabeth,
567; Mary Ann Susan, 565; id. I v.
Jno. A. Winbray), 586; Mary Davis.
53; id. (v. Chas. Pinckney Elliott)
74; Mary Eliza (v. Jas. Greenlee),
493; id. (v. Dr. Claudius Henry Mas
tin), 496. 577. 579. 580; Mary Eliza-
beth (V. 1. George Clingham; 2. Maj.
Wm. Gordon), 409; id. (v. Frank T.
Hopper), 404; id. (v. Ladd).
491, 531; Mary Frances (v. Edw'd L.
Hart). 506, 568; Mary Gyia, 407. pa
per by, 393 et seq; Mary I.. 506,
Mary Irvine (v. Wm. Starling). 41';
Mary Jane (v. Jas. Hodge Patton).
403, 407; Mary Kyle. 568. 569; Mary
L., 248; Mary McClung. 46; Mary
McDowell
Moffett, 228, 238 et seq., 559; Mary
Paxton Lyle, 45; Mary S., 504; Mary
W. (V. Kreider). 504; Mat-
thew, 477, 499; id., ct Nancy (Hutch-
inson). 499; Matthew Lemuel. 477;
id., Jr., 477; Matthias, 394. 397, 411.
id., & Jane (Leech), 409; id., Jr., &
Lizzie (Newliam) 409; Matilda A.,
329; Mildred, 228; Dr. Millard E"-
win, 559; Mrs. Myra, 4S1; MyrtxO
Walmsley, 477;
N. N., Miss, 255; Nancy, 477; id. (v.
Causeway), 506; id. (v.
Malphus) 567; Nancy F., 5^4; Nanc/
Hawthorne Vanne, 45; Nancy Re-
becca, 72; Nannie, 327; Dr. Nathan
Davis, & Mal)el Southwonh (Wer.-
more), 93, 592, portrait. 94; Nathan
Heath, 592; Nelson Lealdus, 506,
508; Nelson Scott, 491. 531; Nettie
Ada. 172;
O. S., Rev., portrait, 532; Oizella.
327; Olive Vincent, 497; Oliver Pe--
ry, &. Emily (Myer), 531; Osiner N.^
polian, 531;
P. H., 4S3; Pamr-lia Caroline, 53;
Patrick, & Mary ri. (Cromwell), 50i!,
507; Patrick Henry, & Sarah Jane
(Dickinson), 505; Pattie, 506; Pe-
nina, 506; IPolly (v. Col. Leonard
^Vorthy), 567; Price Watson, 72;
R. E„ 52; R. W., & Elva (Neal), 502;
Rachel, 243, 397. 503; id. (v. Joh.a
Carson, 243; 268; • id. (v. Abram
Drake), 393, 395; Rachel Ann Trim-
ble (v. And'w McMicKen), Jr.), 255.
Rachel Emma, 402; Rebecca, por-
trait, 52; id (v. Thos. H. Thomp-
son), 589; Rebecca Davis, 53, 59;
Rebecca Eliza, 53, 131; id. (v. Frank
H. Simiril), 65; Rebecca Jane, 65;
Rebecca Josephine, 506; Rebecca
Wilson Johnston, 407; Robert, 211,
327, 499; Robert Carl. 502; Robert
E., 75; Robert W., 66, 391. 587; Rob-
ert Carl, 502; Robert E., 75; Robert
W 66, 301, 587; Robert Irwin, &
Rebecca (Brevard), 157, 391; Dr.
Robert McPherson, — Jane (Coch-
ran), 535; Rol)ert Wallace, & Han-
nah Elvira (Necl), 53, 72, 73, 99;
Rosa, 44; Roxana, 65; Ruth Evelyn,
533;
S. A., 499; Sadie E., 483; Sadie Lou-
ise. 533; Sallii\ 25ii; Samuel, 46, 303
et seq., 397, 409, 411. portrait, 324;
id & Pollv (Chrisnian). 330; id., &
Martha (Findh-y), 393. 399 et seq,
id., & Mary (I'iiulley), :'.98. 399; id.
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(it!t
McDowell
& Hannah (Fisher), 393, 394; id,
& Ann or Anna (Irvine), 414, 569;
id., & Margaret Jane (McDowell^
403, 404; Col. Sanniel, & Mary (Mc-
Clung), 569; Judge Samuel, portrait,
256; Samuel Hugh, 53; Samuel I.,
65; Sam'l Irwin, & Bessie (McGow
an), 91; Samuel Houston, 477; Sam-
uel M., 504; Samuel Matthew, 261;
Samuel Moffett, 265 et seq.; S^amuel
Tilden, 477; Samuel R., & Mary Ann
(Riddle), 587; id.. & Anna M.
(Thompson), 589; Sarah, 236, 261,
327, 505; id. (v. Geo. Moffett), 5n.'j;
id., (V. Wm. Steel), 330; id. (v. Hoi-
ace Bruce Taylor), 329; Sarali An-
geline (v. E. B. Titus), 534; Sarali
Ann, 531, 568; id. (v. Jas. Banks),
400; id., (v. Russell), 491; Sa-
rah H. (V. Isaac W. Swineheart),
419, 589; Sarah I. (v. Hiel J. Ram-
sey), 533, 534; Sarah Jane (v. Rev. J.
B. Ricketts), 404; 'Sarah Margaret.
228; Sarah Salina (v. And'w Moore
Sloan), 57, 156; Sarah Shelby, (v.
Bland Ballard), 568, 569; Sarah T,
329; Sarepta Jane (v. Jno. Virgin).
534; Sherman, 581; Silas, 237, 258;
Simiril, 67; Solomon, & Matilda
(Mc].aurin), 327; Sophia Porter,
535; Stella, 592; Susan, 499; id. (v.
David Irvine), 176; Susan J., 504:
Susannah (May (v. Chas. Hopkins),
496, 578; Susie, portrait, 530; Susi'i
M., 505;
Temperance, 567; Thomas, 394, 481.
587; id., & Rebecca Warren (En-
glish), 564, 565; id., & Jane (Whoo-
wee), 399; Thomas Andrew, 535;
Thomas G., 491, 531; Thomas H., &
Lethe A. (Lea), 413; Thomas I, 481;
Thomas S. O., & Rose (Cook), 531;
Thomas Scott, 533; Thomas Scott
O'Neill, 491, 493;
Verner, 65
W., Mr. and Mrs., 481; W. C, 503;
Wallace, 477; Walter A., 483; Wash
ington Monroe, & Sallie (Crane),
502; William, 211, 327, 477. 491. 531,
587, paper by, 381 et seq.; id,, & Ann
Eliza (Clingman), 503 et seq;. id., &:
Elizabeth (Cunningham), 587; id., &
Sarah (Dever), 506, 533; id.. & Edna
(Goode), 228; id., & Ida J. (Hunter)
409; id., & Mary Ann (Mcl)ade), 565,
567, 587; id., & Priscilhi Wrigh*
(Withers), 493 et se(|.. 577 et seci ;
id.. Gov. Gen. of Scotland, 381; id,
Lt., Commission of, 507, 508; id., Col.
McDOWEEL
or Major, 238; Dr. William, & Ra-
chel (McClintock), 502, 503; Dr. Wi .
Ham A., & Florence (Owen), 589;
William Adair, <t Maria Hawkins
(Harvey), 568, 569; William Andrew.
53, 535; id., & Mary Martha (Price),
71 et seq.; William B., & Elizabet!'
(Milne), 228, 558, 559; William
Henry Harrison, 491, 531; William
James, 587; Dr. William L., &. Anna
R. (Sewell), 589; William Lynn, 502;
William Milne, 559; MaJ. William
N.. portrait, 492; William Xeel, 74:
William Osborne, &. Josephine R.
(Timanus), 5S9, portrait. 3(i8; Wil
Ham Preston, & Kate (Wright), 61;
William W., 499; William T., 533;
William Thomas, 72; William Wal
lace. 65, 88, 97, 509: id . & Sar.ili
(Smith), 211, 262; id.. Judge, & (1)
Anna Emma (Jones); (2) Lizzie
Arundel Lenow (Freeman), 87, 8S,
portrait, 86; id., Lt. Gov., & Mary
Lee (Sturges), 93, 97, 98. 481, 592'.
portrait, 96; William Walton, 241;
Willis Abel, & Anna (Cochran), 404;
Will Gray, 329; Woodford G.. 491,
531, 533; Woodford P., 506. 568.
McElroy, Harriet V. (v. Robt. Brank
Vance), 193; Hugh, 417; James, 417;
Lucy Ann (v. Sam'l T. Hay), 592;
'.Margaret Jane Sample. 5.j; Maria L
(V. Joseph P. Knott), 483; P. Edw'd,
& Lydia Ann (Gibbs), 483; Samuel.
& Mary (Irvin) 417 et se(|; S. J.. 55;
Sallie k. (V. Hon. J Proctor Knott,\
483; William E., '& (1) Kcturah
(Cleland), (2) Mary (Kirk), 417, 592,
portrait, 418
McElwee, Emily (v. ('apt. Albertus Er-
win), 189
McElwell, Jerome, &. Margaret Cath-
erine (Hill), 63
McEntyre, Thomas, & Rebecca (Car-
son), 270, 271
McFarland, Alice C, 124; Arthur H.,
124; Donald H., 124; J. D., & Nancy
J. (Stewart), 124; Mabel Irwin, 124;
Margaret (v. Jno. Irwin), 561; Rob-
ert, 345; Wendell S., 124
McFall, Jane (v. Preston Breckinridge
Logan), 338
McFerrin, Frances Craige, 227; Madi-
son. <t Elizabeth Young (Craige) 227
McGchee, Eleanor (v. Jas. (Columbus
Neely), Jr., 155; Ethel, 166; Fi'ances
A., 114; H B., 165; TLarriet Eliza-
beth, 165; 'Howard. 160; Isabella
Hunt IV. Robt Smith Phifer). 216;
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INDEX Continued
John Irwin, 114; Juliet P., 114; Mary
Jane, 114; Samuel Irwin. 114; Wil-
liam Parker, & Frances or Fanny
(Irwin). 112, 113
McGill, David, 459; Elizabeth (v. Hon
Sir Thos. Kennedy), 359
McGinnis, , & Parmelia (Parks)
102; Eliza (v. Capt. Lindtley),
102; Mary Jane (v. Johnson).
102
McGlashin, Donald. 43
McGowan. Bessie (v. Sam'l Irwin Mc-
Dowell), 91
McGown, Mary Bethell (v. Hugh Mc
Dowell Neely), 161. 155
McGrath, Mary (v. Jefferson J. Irvine),
Mcllheny, Rev. James, 197; Jane (v.
Alfred Moore), 197, 19S, 201
Mcllroy. Lt. Hug-h. 438
Mcintosh, Daniel F., & Mary Carolinr
(Parks), 103
Mclntyre, Ida Erwin (v. Adrian Dan-
iel). 222; Mary (v. Wm Gaither),
222; Matilda (v. Jas. Hincs), 222;
Ruth (v. Jos. -McDowell), 5G4; Thos
& Clara (Erwin), 222
Mclver, George Walter III, 544; Paul
Trapier Hayne, 544; Walter, 544;
Henry, and Marianna or Mittie
- (Hayne), 544
McKEE. See also McGHiee —
McKEE. See also McGhee—
Dr. , & Elizabeth Victoria (Ir-
win). 304, 306; A. Dwight, & Minnio
K. (W^ebster), 114, 115
iClarice Anna (v. W. E. Smith), 114,
115; Elsie G., 114; Eva, 306; Francer,
Ann (v. Geo. King), 114, 116;
Frankie. 114; Geniima (v. Louis
Banks), 401
Hugh L. & Jessie (Moore), 148
Irwin William, 114; Jessie, 148; Julia
Ella S. (v. F. A. Robinson) 114, 115;
Juliet Parker (v. Paul S. Thome, 144,
115; M. Fannie, 114, 115; Margaret,
148; Mary Jane (v. Jos. P. Gray) 114,
115; 'May F.. or Mary Forker, 114
115; Samuel Clark, 114; Sidney H,
114
John Irwin, & Edith E. (Folsom),114
Samuel Harris, & Martha (Sylva),
114, 115; Samuel Irwin, ,t Julia A.
(Forker), 114
Thomas Clinton, & Kate (Fuhes).
114, 115
iRev. William James, H Abbie P.
(Ketchum), 114; William Parker, &
Frances or Fanny (Irwin), 112, 11.3
McKenney, Mrs.
100
(v. Jno. Parks)
McKenzie, Gertrude M. (v. Hon. Jos.
Blair McDowell). 50G; Ca\)t. ,
& Fannie (Parks), 104
McKesson, Miss — (v F. H. Bus-
by). 288; Charles F., 238] 2G6 et seq.,
& Margaret (McDowell), 2;;8
'McKinney, Miss (v. Saui'l Car-
son), 268; Mordecai, 582; Moss, 313;
'Rebecca (v. James Erwin), 370
McKissick, Lalla (v. Adrian Ernest
Harry), 78; Lena Bell (v. Robt. Ir-
win Moore, Jr.), 159; Susan B. (v.
Nat F. Cheairs), 159
McKnight, David, & Eliza ( — ),
407; David Brown, 407; Florence Is-
abella, 407; Frances I\largaretta,
407; James Patton, 407; Mary Jane,
407; Sarah Elizabeth, 407; (Jeorge,
& Jane (Parks), 100; Thos. James,
& Florence (Patton), 407
McKoy, Louis Brcjwn, <*:• I'Jloise (Er-
win), 213
McLain, James, 415
McLarty, *Miss — (v. La-
tham), 104; Eliza Parks, 104; James
Polk, 104; John Parks, 104, 105;
Harvey. & Ellen (Bonliam), 105
McLaughlin, T., AL- 10. Anna (Hancox),
121
McLaurin, Matilda (v. Solomon Mc-
Dowell). 327
McLean of IX)wart, 555; McLean, .
& Katie (Devault), 194; Dr. Charles.
191; Horace R., <t (Lillie M. (Ag-
new), 464; John, & Annie (Sims).
191; William Speight, ^ Rosa M.
(Sims). 190
McLeary. Gen , 99; Abigail 'Mc-
Dowell), 56; Margaret (v. Zenas Al-
exander), 99; Hobert. 56, 99
McMahan, Daniel, <t Margaret (Kin-
caid), 541; Frances Margaret (v. Dr.
Osymn B. Irvine), 541
McMaster, Aggie (v. Jno. Newton Ir-
win), 117
McMicken, Andrew, & Helen (Can-
non), 255: id.. <^' Rachel Ann Trim
ble ('McDowell), 255; Anna, 257;
'Charles, 255; Lalla (v. 1. Sam T.
Lewis; 2. Gen. Benj. Piatt Runkie),
255; Lucy Bell (v. C. \V. Hine), 257;
Mary (v. W. W. Slrowbridge). 257,
Revell, 257; Dr. Joseph McDowell, &
Agnes (Craige), 257
McMillan, Elizalx'th (v. Wm. Jno.
Glass), 401; Julia Wales Erwin (v.
Jas. Patton WlL-^un), 214
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INDEX Continued
651
McMlllen, , & Jane (Irwin), 301,
307
McMorries, Mary (v. Capt. James Kin
caid), 543; William, 543
McNaughton. Mary J. (v. Marcus Fay
ette Irwin), 573; Nancy (v. Marcu--
F. Irwin), 361
McNeal, Ann E. (v. Henry Irwin), 514
McNeill, Alexander, 430; Huldah (v.
Be Neely Moore), 199
McNeilly, Robert Andrew, & Laura
Ann (McDowell), 91; portrait, 106
McNiece, Rev. R. G., &. Sarah I Irwin).
117; Renwick Sloan, 117; Theodora,
117
McPharr. Rev. Walter & Susan (Neal),
99
McQuirk, Maria (v. Irvine McClana
han), 177
McWhirter, & Eliza Lycan
Parks), 101
McWhorter, Mrs. Alice Barry, 57;
Mary (v. Tenny), 57
McWilliama, Emma Samantha (v. Benj.
McDowell), 407; James, & Anne
( ), 407
McWillie, Kate (v. Wm. Leonidas
Dinkins), 168
Mead, Emma A. (v. Abram F. French),
300, 302, 304
Meagher. Catherine (Capt. J. C. Smith)
280, 288
Meals, Mina B (v. Wm. Alfred Irwin)
118
Means, John W., & Margaret (Wilson),
221; Sarah (v. Andrew W. Flinn),
221*
Meeks, , & Lula Kemp (Dinkms!)
168
Melcebray, Frances (v. Jno. Shaw), 89
Merck, Abel Erwin, 276; Erwin Col-
lins, 591; Hubert N., & Mary Eliza
beth (Erwin), 276, 591; Hubert N.,
Jr., 276; Philip Shutze, 276; William
Campbell, 276
Merrick, Emma (v. Jno. Miller), 192
Merrimon, Miss (v. Senator
Overman or Overland), 242; Chief
Justice, 242; Judge James H., 242
Merritt, Nancy (v. Alex'r Moore), 160
Mervyn. See D'Arcy-Irvine, 16
Mervyn. Sir Audley, 18; Mary (v.
Christopher Irvine), 18
Messick, Miss (v. A. P. Rowe),
592- Miss (v. Holmes Sher-
Man), 592; Gilbert, 592; Irving, 592;
Paul, 592; Capt. W. L., & Adelaide
(Irving). 554, 591, 592
Metcalfe, Annie Lea (v. Dr. Claudnis
Le Vert), 497, 578; Thomas, 497
Michael, Dr. George W., & (1) Mary
Moffett (Carson), (2) Martha Mof-
fett (McDowell), 250, 261; John, 261
Mille, Elizabeth (v. Hugh Hervey Mc-
Dowell), 504
Miller, Miss (v. Sim-
mons), 192; Miss (v. Ram-
seur), 192; Arthur, 192; Andrew, &
Aima (Twitty), 192; David Brown, S:
'Matilda (Erwin). 192; Erwin, 192;
George, 192; J. H. & Patsey (Field).
177; Gen. James, 192; Jane (v. Sam'l
Irwin), 111, 112; John, & Emma Mer-
rick, 192; John F., & Bessie (Cook).
280, 281; Joseph, & Elizabeth (Mc-
Dowell), 587, 589; Lee, AL- Anna (Don-
aldson), 192 Lou (V. Major Spann),
192; Margaret Phoebe (v. Jesse Ram-
sey Irwin), 133; Mary. 192; id. (v.
James Erwin), 192; id. (v. James
Lawrence Moore), 198; Mary A.
v. Rich'd I. Shugert), 125 Mary Lou
(V. Sam'l McElroy), 500. 501, 592;
Matthew, 582; '.Mattie (v Lawson
Taylor), 192; Nancy Elizabeth (v.
Theo. Melvyn Smith), 192; Septima
Gray (v. Dr. John Erwin Plummer),
351; Susan (v. W. E. Deaver), 192;
William, 192
Milne, Elizabeth (v. William B. Mc-
Dowell), 228, 559
Mills, Henry, 268; Capt. Joseph, 240;
Margaret Carson (v. Jos. McDowell
Carson), 271, 272, 273; Dr. Otis, fc
Rachel (Carson), 271, 273; Sam'l 268
Mitchell, El O., 192; Eleanor (v. Robi,
Irvine), 377, 469; id. (v. Dr. Jas.
Ross Irvine), 377; Hattie May, 19*:;
James, 511; Martha (v. Jno. Lawson
Irwin), 279; Mehitable (v. Jno. Ma-
son Loving), 305; William. & Phil •-
mela (Smith), 279
Mixon, Mayna (v. Wm. Coleman), 197
Moberly, Mary (v. Thos. Hunt Fox),
173
Moffett, Col. George, & Sarah (Mc-
Dowell), 236, 254. 258, 505; Marga-
ret 237; id. (v. James or Jno. Mc-
Dowell), 505; Mary, 237; id. (v. Jas.,
Jno. or Jos. McDowell), 254, 258, 505
Monoe, Ann (v 1. Mich'l Johnson; 2.
Solomon Adams), 349, 350; Gilbert.
349; James, & Rebecca (Ludlum),
349; Jenira (v. Uriah Johnson), 350;
Milton, 349; Samuel, &
(Mounts), 349; Thomas, & Sarah
(Erwin), 349
Montgomery, Hugh , & Jane Abigail
(Keys), 363; Nancy (v. Jared Irwm.
I1J1../J /• MM'
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651:
NDEX Continued
Jr.), 363; Robert. & Sarah ( ).
363; William, 499
Moody, Benjamin, 586; David, & Eliza
J. (Irwin) 359 572; Guillen (v. \Vm.
B. Winbray), 586; Thomas, 586
Moon, George, &' (Irwin), 513;
William. & (Davis), 60
MOORE—
Misg (V. And'w Thompson
Lawson), 292
Addie, 197; Addie Erwin (v. J. B.
Bowen). 225; Albertus(us) Adair, 198;
Dr. Albertus Adair, & Carrie (Clark),
199; Alfred, 199; id., & Jane Mcll-
heny), 197, 198. 201; id. &
(Ross), 202; Alfred George, 202; Al-
exander, 189, 201; id., cfe Dorcas (Er-
win), 189, 196; id. & Nancy (Merrill)
158, 160; Alexander Leroy, & Eliza-
bel'h (Taylor), 197; Alexander Wy-
lie, & Esther Maria (Lewis), 200;
Alice (V. Jas. Dargan Arthur), 198;
Alice W., 199; Allen Jones; Andrew.
199; Ann (v. Sam'l Wornal), 180;
Anna Euphemialv. Seaborne Wright)
Wright), 148; Annie, 198; id. (v.
Wm. Coleman, 197; Annie Lou, 161-
Annie Moss, 199; Annie Wylie, 200;
Augustus, 197
B & Corinna Maxwell (Irwin), 12.>;
Baxter Harriet, & (1) Katie (Biles),
(2) Katherine (Winsmith), 201; Bax-
ter Springs, & Caro (Brevard), 20i);
Baxter Springs, Jr., 200; Be Neely,
& (1) Willie McCorkle), (2) Huldah
(McNeill), 199; Benjamin, 197; Ben-
jamin Allston, 199; Belle, 199; Ber-
tha Harben, 148; Bessie (v. Bratton
Massey), 2(?2
Bessie Neely (v. Wil-
son Tate). '225; Blanche, 201; id. (v.
H. G. Kaiminer), 197; BloomfielJ
H., 564
Caleb Clark & Bet (Ancrum), 199;
Caroline. 199; Carrie (v. David
Yates), 197; Celena E.(v.H. W. Fair)
197; id. (V. Dr. T. Sumter Means),
197- Rev. Chalmers, & Lenora Sim-
ril (Neel), 66; Charles, & Mary
(Graham, Hamilton or Lawson), 149;
iMiarles Albert Pettigrew, 199; Chas.
Louis, 199; Charles P.. &
(Murphy), 159; Charlotte Allston.
199; Corinna, 225; Cynthia Louise
(V. Jas. Bynum), 198
Dorcas Antoinette (v. Frank Rawlin-
son), 202; Dorcas Erwin, 195; id. (v.
Jas. Murphy), 198; id. (v. — ■
Pratt), 197
Edward. & Emily (Kirk). 202; Rev.
Edward Kirk, 202; Effie (v. Wm.
196. pi
215;
Hugh
Kate
MOORE—
Henry Sartor), 199; Eldridge Sea-
well. 161; Eli Peyton. & (1) Lizzie
A. (Neely), (2) Annie (Wylie), 1
199. 200; Eliza Walton. 215; Eliza-
beth (v. Wharton J. Cheairs), 161;
Elizabeth Irving, 148; Elizabeth Ju-
lian (v Jno. McDowell), 534; Eliza-
beth Timberlake. 159; Ellen Duvai,
199; Emma, 148; Emma Eliza (v.
Wm. Wood Draper). 148; Judge Ern-
est, & Mary Belle (Hall), 197, 201
Fannie ( v. Dr. Patr'U Pendelton, 159;
Felix Walker, & May (Smith), 199;
P'oster, 201; Frances Lynn, 199;.
Francis Pickens, 197; Frank C., 159;
Frank E., & Mary Joanna ( Erwin).
550, 551; Frank Wilson, 215
Harriet Ellen (v. Thos. Ptn'tcn- Weak-
ley), 161; 'Harv<;y Wilson, 215; id., &
Lucy (Jrattau cllobertson),
Helen. 162. 199; Henry, 201;
i)., 158; Hugh Campliell. (Si
Jones (Greer), 159
James. 583; id., .^- Rachel (Black),
189; id., Eleanor or Nelly (Irwin),
138,'l57; Col. James, & Mary(Moore^
189; James. Jr., & Sophia (Springs),
196, 197, 202; James Archer &
(Jordan), 158, 1(11; James Archer,
Jr., & Rosa (Carney). 161; Jas. Car-
ney. & Elsie (Wiiikler)102; Jas. Har-
lan. & Adeline (Farrelly), 158; Jas.
Lawrence, & (1) Susan (Moore), (2)
Mary (Miller), 198, 202; James Mc-
Kissick, & Sallie R (Cheairs), 15J;
James Nolt. i^i Lucy (Herndon), 19/;
James Park, .^ Martha Washington
(Crockett), 160; James Quinii, &
Janie (Seaweli), 161; James Sumter,
.iic Florence (Elliott). 197; James
Thomas, A: Hattie (Erwin). 199:
Jane, 202; id. (v. Jason Hazard^
Carson), 271; id. (v. David (Reznor),
122; id. (v Thos. Dickson), 158, 159.
et seq: Jane Adeline (V.
Campbell), 197; Jane Cynthia (v.
Joel Woodward Rawlingson), 200;
.lane Ruth (v. Osa Anderson), 159;
Jennie, 161; id. (v. (1) Dr. Burkmey-
er Patrick; (2) Wm. Orr)20r, Jessie
(V. Hugh L. 'McKee), 148; John, 157;
id , & Margaret Wallace (Robert-
son). 215; id.. & (Stewart).
158, 160; id. \- .Margaret or Peggy
(Irwin). 562; JoJm :McDowell. &
Hattie Grace (Wharton), 148; John
Miller, 198; Jolm Ross, 202; John
Springs. 199; Jolm Tluimas. iL- Susan
(Halliburton). I>i2; 1{.'V. Jolm W.
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INDEX Continued
653
MOORE
& Mary Ellen (Reid), 69; Joseph,
225; Juliet Gill, 200
225; Julia Adelaide (v. Wm. Mason
Alexander), 215 Juliet Gill, 200
Kate (v. Nathan Davis Overall), 162;
Katherine Robertson, 215; Kathleen,
19S
Lizzie (v. Dr. Torrence), 197;
Lillie (V. Frank O. London),' 202;
Lucy Gratton, 215; Lucy Sugg, paper
by, 507
Margaret, 201; id, (v. Andrew Barry)
14S; Margaret Locke (v. Tod Robin
Breni), 194, 225; Marie (v. Jos.
Hart), 199; Martha Clay (v. P. Far-
reley), 158, 159; Mary (v. €ol. Jas.
Krwin Frank), 189; id. (v. George
Simpson), 160; id. or Molly (v. Abra-
ham Brooks), 158; Mary A. (v. La-
ville Bremer), 197; Mary Booth (v.
— D. S. Betsill), 198; Mary Ella Reid,
y portrait, 70; Mary Wilson (v. Jos.
Fargo), 215; Maurice, 225; Maurice
A., 202; Maurice Augustus, & Char-
lotte (Allston),199; id. & Sophinisba
(Nott), 197; id. & (Staggers),
197; id. & Anne (Walker), 198; id.
Ill, 199; Maye Belle, 148; Morton
Kirk, 202
Nannie (v. Lindner), 199; Nathaniel
Frank, & Martha (White),. 159
Olive Hill (v. J. iC. Lindsay), 201
Paul 200; id. & Nannie (Foster),
201; .Paul, Jr., 201; Paul Neely, &
Carrie (Beard), 199; Pauline, 198,
199; id, (v. R. L. Crawford), 202
Rachel (v. Zedekiah 'Coulter), 196;
Rebecca Jane, 160; iRichard Springs.
197, 198, 200; Robert, & 'Mary (Tate)
230; Robert Brevard, 200; Robert Ir-
win, 159; id. & Sara (Cheairs), 159;
id. & (1) Isabella Caldwell (Harlan),
(2) Jane Bell Greer (Walker), 158:
id., Jr., & Lena Bell (McKissick),
159; Rosa (v. Thos. B. Cannon), 162;
Ruth (V. Johnson), 159
Moran, Agnes (v. D. B. or B. D. Irvine)
517; Annie, 213; Erwin, 213; Dr
George, & Sarah Matilda White (Er-
win), 213; Mary, 213
Morehead, Corinna M. (v. William
Waightstill Avery), 206
Morgan, , Jane (Kirkpatrick),
101; Miss (v. Mazgis Ram-
speck), 101
Morrison, Miss
(V. Robt. Irwin
Dinkins), 146; iMamie Lee (v. Hugh
Parks Northway), 103; Susan Wash-
ington (v. Alphonso Calhoun Avery)
209; Washington 427
Morrow, George W., & Bertha (iSniith)
302; Harold, 302; Jane, (v. Dr. Jas.
Ross Irvine), 377
Morse, Martha A. )v. George W. Irvin),
361. 573; id. (v. Marcus Lafayette
Irwin), 572
Mortimer, William, & Charlotte (Ir-
win), 360
■Morton, Catherine (v. Sam'I Irwin),
301
Mosiman, , & Alice Bessie (Clau-
don), 534, 535; Dorothy Morie, 535;
Margaret Alice, 535
Mounts, Miss (v. Sam'I Monce),
349
Muckenfuss, A. M., 165; Charles Gal-
loway, 166; Elizabeth, 166; Margaret
Kate, 165; Ralph, 166
Munce, Emma (v. Chas. Fayette Ir-
win), 361, 572, 573
Munson, Ada (v. Robt. Edw'd Avent),
317
Murphy, Mrs. (v. Charles P.
Moore), 159; C. P., & Cora Hannah
(Neel), 66; Euphemia (v.
Starr). 193; James, & Dorcas Erwin
(Moore), 198; Louise, 66; Loula (v.
Jos. McDowell), 211
Murray, Edwin C, Henrietta Maria
(Fanning), 220; Eugenia Fanning,
220
Muse, Albert Daniel, & Le Nora (Vann)
91, 133; Fannie E. (v. Marcellus L.
Dinkins), 171; John Thomas, 133;
William Collier, 133
Muston, Agnes, 487; Agnes Mahon,
487; Burton, 487; Caroline Drury,
487; Eleanor, 487; Frances Everal-
lyn, 487; James G & Frances Ma-
son (Irwin), 487, 488; Richard Bald-
win, 487; William Irwin, & Sarah D.
( ). 487
Myers, Eloise, 200; Emily (v. Oliver
Perry McDowell), 531; Harriet Bax-
ter, 201; John, & Mary Morgan
(Rawlinson), 200; John Springs, 201;
Mary Morgan (v. Harold Cathron),
201; Rawlinson, 200; Richard Aus-
tin, & Marguerite (Springs), 201;
Sophia Converse (v. Geo. Stephens),
200; Walter, 200; William Raeford,
& Jennie (Moore), 200; Woodward,
201
Nadell, Edward, 223; Ernest, & Ella
Erwin (Green), 223
Neal or Neel. Capt. A. G.. 392; Cald-
well, 66; Cora Hannah (v. C. P. Mur-
phy), 66; Elva or Hannah Elvira (v.
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INDEX Continued
Robt. Wallace McDowell), 99, 502;
Ernest, 66; Frank, 66; Frank Simi-
ril. & Elizabeth (Caldwell), 66;
Kate, 66; Lenora Simiril (v. Rev.
Chalmers Moore), 66; Louisa A. (v.
iRev. J. B. Watt), 99; Mary A. (v.
('apt. M. H. Peoples), 99; Mary Hen-
rietta (V. Chas. H. Caldwell). 66;
Nancy Hannah (v. Watson),
56 59; Preston A., 99; Samuel Wal-
lace, 99; Susan (v. Rev. Walter Mc-
Pharr), 99; Dr. Thomas C, & Rebec-
ca Jane (Simiril), 66, 69; W. B., 99;
William iHenry, 66; Cen. William
Henry, & (1) ^Hannah Grier (Alex-
ander); (2) Martha D. (Williamson)
73. 99, 390
Neely, , & Martha (Irvine). 545;
Eliza (v. N. F. Harrison), 151; Em-
ma (V. Jno. McDowell), Jr.), 75;
Fannie (v. David Rich'd Harry), 78;
Felicia (v. Robert Shorter), 151;
Florence, 151, 155; Frances B. (v.
Lee Barton Mallory). 155; Hannah
(v. Lucius iPaine), 151; Hugh Mc-
Dowell, & Mary Bethell (McGown),
151, 153, 155, portrait. 152; James
Columbus, & Frances (Blocker), 151,
153, 155 et seq., portrait. 154; Jessie
Pearl (v. Jos. Dan'l Grant), 155;
Lizzie A. (v. Capt. Eli Peyton
Moore), 199; Margaret (v. W. M.
'Harrison), 151; Mary (v. W. W.
'Flinn), 151; Moses. & Margaret
(Campbell), 151; id., & Jane Parks
(McDowell), 151, 156; 'Robert. &
Elizabeth (Erwin), 190; Sarah Rox-
ana (v. Benj. Maclin), 151; Sidney
Milton, & Theodora (Trezevant),
151. 153, 155; id., Jr., 155; Theodora
Trezevant, 153
Neff, , & Sudie Avery (Brenzi-
ger), 209; Dr. Charles W.. & Isa-
bella (Irwin), 549
Negal, Marion (v. Frank Irvine), 544
Nelson, H. D.. & Ally (Jones). 89; Hat-
tie B. (V. Dr. Wm. B. Irwin), 3;i7
Nesbit, - — — — , Eleanor (M(;Dowell),
506; Hon. E. A.. 574; William &
Mary (Irvine). 545
Newbold, Mary (v. Jno. Fulenwider
Phifer), 206 Dr. Thomas, & Sarah
Duncan (Irvine), 35
Newcomer, Miss , 380; Mrs. F.
S., 380
Newham. Lizzie (v. Matthias McDow-
ell. Jr.), 409
Newland. Erwin McDowell, 228. 559:
Hugh Theodore, & Kate (McDowell),
228, 559; id., Jr.. 228. 559; Margaret
McDowell. 228, 559
Newton, Dodson. &. Matilda Olivia (Lo-
gan), 3;J8; Emily, (v. Jno. Irwin),
112
Nichols, Andrew. & Elizabeth (Erwin)
343. 349
Noble. , ii Frances (McDowell),
399
Norment, Rivers, & (Bass), 319
Northcross, James, & Lenora or Nora
(Irwin). 89. 91. 133
Northway. Carrie Tucker. 103; Hiley
Anna (v. 'Halsey W. Chenowith),
103; Hiram K., & Susan Emeline
(Parks), 103; Hugh Parks, & Mamie
Lee (Morrison), 103; John Parks,
103; Mary Ruth, 103; Thomas H., &
Eva (Seay). 103; William Ralph, 103
Norris, , & Alice (Irwin), 515
Norvell. Lawson, & (Irwin). 515
Nott, Sophonisba (v. Dr. Maurice Aug-
ustus Moore), 197
Obiat, Catherine (v. Isaac Finch), 302
O'Caine, Judge Daniel. 461; Mary (v.
1. Col. Jas. Ramsey); 2. Jno. Erwin)
461
O'Callaghan, Surgeon Gen. Daniel
James, 21; Florence (v. Sir Henry
Irving), 21
Ochiltree, Col. — , & Elizabeth
(Findley). 467
O'Connor. Dennis. 42
Oertel, Fred. & Harriet Erwin (Cham-
bers), 208; Hattie, 2o8; Jean, 208;
Mary Adelaide, 208
Offley, Capt. Cleland Nelson, & Marga-
ret Agnew (Greenless). 464; Mrs.
Cleland N., paper by, 571, 572; Mar-
garet Agnew. 'oTZ
Ogilvie. l^ird of Findlater, 555; Lady
Elizabeth, 40; id. (v. Alex'r Irvine),
555
O'llart, John, 43
Oiler, Susan (v. Pressley Irwin), 360
Olive, Minnie (v. Jno. McDowell Har-
ry), 78
Oliver, Alexander. 57; James, 342
O'Neil, iMargaret (v. Jos. McDowell),
495: id. (V. Jno. McDowell). 243
O'Reilly. Don Alexander. 44; Eugene or
Owen. 44; John, 43; Col. John, 44;
Margaret, 44; Thomas of Baltrasma,
44
Ormsby, Sarah. 42
Orr, Alexander, 293; Blanche (v. Hugh
Hammond), 194; Fannie (v.
Ford, 195; Francis, 29:]; Frank, 293;
Freeman. & Jane (Darby), 293. 296;
George Burnett, &. Anna Ogden
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r)55
(Spencer), 305; Hattie (v. Jno. Alli-
son), 195; John, & Lydia (Irwin),
293; John F'rank, & Sallie (Bussey),
195; Laura Ellen, 194; Manlius, 195;
Martha (v. Albert Aycock), 195;
Mary (v. C. A. Williamson), 195;
Mary Louisa (v. Wm. Taylor Irwin),
305; Dr. Moses Manlius, & Harriet
(Fox), 194; Nathan Judson, 195;
VVhitaker and his six wives, 293;
William, & Jennie Moore ('Patrick),
201
Osborne, Adlai, 441; Elizabeth (v. Ja-
cob Erwiu). 521; James W., 428, 429
Overall, James C, 162; Kate Moore,
162; Katrina, 162; Natalie, 162; Na-
than Davis, 162; Robert M., 162
Overman, Mrs. Lee S., 242
Owens, Anne Elizabeth (v. Robt. Clell
Irwin), 142, 144; Georgiana Eliza-
beth, 144; James M., 144; Margaret
'Harrison, 151
Pace, John, & Margaret (Irvine), 178,
180
Packer, Harriet (v. Hon. Jos. Blair Mc-
Dowell), 506
Paine, Lucius, & Hannah (Neely),151;
Lee, 151
Palmer, James, & Lou A. (Irwin), 290
Parker, Col. Josiah, 512; Josephine (v.
Claudius H. Dinkins), 171;- Violet (v.
Jos. Irvin), 545; William E., & Annie
Parks (Hutcliison), 217
PARKS—
Andrew Davis, & Elizabeth D.
(Price), 104; Ann (v. Jas. Klrkpat-
rick), 101; id. (v. Capt. Jas. Reid)100
Bettie Jane (v. Albert Bell), 100
David, &: (Winecoff), 100
Eliza (V. Jas. Polk McLarty), 104;
Eliza Lycan (v. McWhorter),
101; Elizabeth (v. Jno. Agnew), 465,
572
Fannie (v. Capt. McKensie), 104
Hugh, 46; id., & (McKinney),
100; id., Sr., & Margaret (Young),
100; id., Jr., 59, 60; iCapt. Hugh, &
Mary (Davis), 100 et seq.
Isaac Haynes, 104
Jane (v. Geo. McKnight), 100; Jean,
46 et seq. (v. Jno. McDowell, Sr.),
100, 149; John, 100; id., & Jean
(Kerr), 100; John McDowell, & Hiley
(Tucker), 102
Lycan, 104; id., Jr., 101; Rev. Lycan,
& (Haynes), 104
Margaret (v. Wm. Watson), 101; id.
(v. Horace Grler), 100; Margaret
Young, 46; Mary, 104; Mary Caroline
PARKS
(v. Dan'l F. Mcintosh), 103; Mary
Davis, 59, 60
Parmelia (v. McGinnls), 102
Robert, & Jane (Bailey), 465
Susan Emeline (v. Hiram K. North-
way), 103
William, & Eliza (Haynes), 104;
William Hughes, 103
Parsons, D. W. E., & Mary Delia (Din-
kins), 170; John C, & Phoebe Gray
(Mahon), 487; John Cady, 487; Lil-
lian (V. E. E. Wallace), 170; Mal-
vina (V. W. E. Harreld), 170; Phil-
ip, 487
Pate, Petronelle (v. Frank Vernon
Avent), 323
Patkull, Agnes (v. Alex'r Irving of Irv-
ingsholm), 15
Patrick, Dr. Burkmeyer, & Jennie
(Moore), 201; Burkmeyer, 201; Wil-
liam Moore, 201
Patterson, , & Elinor (Erwin),
343; Arthur E., & Martha Duncan
(Irwin), 487; Daniel llloise, 487;
Edgerton, 487; Eugene, 487; Eliza-
beth (v. Lewis Dinkins), 170, 171;
James, 519; Mary Irwin, 487
Patton, Archibald, & Elizabeth (Hunt-
er), 407; David Wright, & Lois (Bab-
cock), 407; Florence, 407; id. (v.
Thos. J. McKnight), 407; Hannah,
(v. Herbert Pinkerton), 407; Harold
Luther, 407; James, 412; James
iHodge, & Mary Jane (McDowell),
407; John C, 262; Julia (v. Dr. Jos.
Alberto McDowell), 210; Julia Ade-
laide (v. Jos. Harvey Wilson), 214;
Luther, & Nettie (Anderson), 407:
Mrs. Margaret Crawford (v. Alex'r
Erwin), 188; Mary Dickson, 60; Mary
Elizabeth (v. W. C. Brown), 407;
Montreville, & Katherine Ann (Mc-
Dowell), 211; Sara Jane, 417; Thom-
as, & Margaret (Irvine), 545; Wil-
liam, 60.
Payne, Bishop, & (Williford),
541; Louise B. (v. A. J. Shuger),
125; Thomas, & Sarah T. (Dickson),
160
Pearson, Cameron, 212; Erwin, 212;
Elizabeth (v. Atwood Hunt), 212;
Gaither, & (Holmes), 212;
George, & Mary (Irwin), 562; Col.
Jesse A., 452; Joseph M., & Rosa B.
(Avent), 323; Margaret (v. Enoch
McCleary), 405; Nannie (v. Ed Alex-
ander), 212; Robert C, 212; Dr. Rob-
ert C, & Delia Emma (Gaither),
212; Mrs. 'R. M., 255; Samuel, & (1)
I'trHiiUHO'J i\':H."l
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Nannie (Anderson), (2) Esther (Er-
win). 212; Wiiliani, 212
Peebles, Thornwell, (t Rebecca (Fox).
311
Peele, Tallie (v. Eldriilge Townes
Avent), 317
Pegram, Alberta, 189; 15., & Frances
Elizabeth (Erwin), 189; Martha, 189
Pendleton, Dr. Patrick, .it Fannie
(Moore), 159
Penicks, Gertrude (v. John Creer), 22:1
People, Delilah (v. Wni. Taylor Irwin),
301
Peoples, Ellen, 52; Emma, 52; Henry,
52; Capt. M. H., &. Mary A. (Neal) 99
Percy. (Christian, ?A4: Le Roy, ^^ Mar-
tha Susan (Phinizy), 218; Sarah (v.
Edward Erwin), 344
Perkins, Lizzie (v. Robt. L. I^lcFonnau-
ghey). 223
Pernell, Ernestine 219; Frank, & Ern-
estine (Jones), 219; Sarah, 219
Pei-ry, , &. Eugenia (Alexander),
194; Betsey (v. Jno. \V. Jones), 89:
Jane (v. Dr. Wm. Butler), 274; Coin.
Oliver Hazard, 274
Peters, Katie Margaret (v. Jos. Rutus
Erwin), 226; R. H., (woman), 504
Peterson, Eleanor Vouvieu, 48G; Rob-
ert E., & Anna Eden (Lee), 48G
Petty, Harriet N. (v. Jas. McDowell,
Jr.), 477
Petway, Lt. Col. Oliver Cromwell, i)07
PHIFER—
Adelaide White, 21G; Alexander, 19^
Belle, 21G
Cordelia, 231; Cordelia White, 21G
Dieudonne Locke (v. Thos. Lips-
combe), 216
Edward White, & Annie Elizabeth
' (Adams), 216; Edward William, 200;
id., (Dr.), & Sudie (Presnell). 200;
Elizabeth Ann, 215; id. (v. Edward
Jones Erwin), 203, 213; Elizabeth
Walton, 206; Erwin, 193
George, & Martha (Avery), 200;
George Martin, 216; George Wash-
ington, & Laura Margaret (Henson),
195; Graham 207
Isaac Avery & Mary -(Allen), 200;
id., Jr., & Martha ((Jiddings)200, 2(i7
r James Erwin, 211; John, 529, 443;
John Fulenwider, & Mary (xNewbokl)
/ 206; Josephine Harvey (v. Wm. Cil-
|u more Durant), 216
Laura Theresa (v. Wm. Rankin),
195; Lenoir, 207
Margaret, 195, 211; id. (v. Erwm
Jones), 193, 222; Margaret Lo( ke,
v. Jas. Erwin), 340; Marlin, 340; id..
FHIFEK
Jr., & Elizabeth (Locke) 193, 203,
213, 222; Mary Hardy. 200; Mary
Lee, 195; :\lary Louise (v. Jos. Har-
vey (Wilson). 215; Mary Wilfong (v.
Donald Witlurspoon), 207; Mary
Wilson IV. .Martin Clifton Quinn),
216; Maude (v. Dr. IMetclier Locke
Brown), 207; Mimi (v. Prof.
:Sheib), 216; Moulton .\very, 200; id.,
& Mary (Hardy), 206
Rebekah, 206; Rul)ert, 195; id., Jr.,
216; Robert Fulenwider, & Marie
(McClain). 207; Robert Smith, & Is-
abella Hunt (McGehee), 216
Sarah Ann Erwin (v. Jno. I'alh'n Mc-
Dowell), 211
Thonuis Carson, 2n0; Thomas McGe-
hee, Ai Janie (Cliilds), 210
Waightstill Winthrop, and Sallie
(Brown). 207; Walter Lenoir, 207;
id., & Carrie Gish (Graham), 207;
Wilhelniina Glen (v. Jos. Giles),
210; William. 195; William Fiilen-
wider, .t Mary Martha (White),
216 William White, .^ .Mrs. -Mont-
rose Davidson (Renny), 210
Phillips, , .t Mary (.McDowell).
491, 531; Melissa Palestine (v. Jno.
Erwin Plummer), 351
Pliinizy, Ann Barrel t (v. Hammond
Johnson), 218; Rillups, .^ Nellie
(Stovall), 210; P.olling Slovall (v.
Hughes Spaldini;), 218: Louise Cal-
houn, 218; Martha Susan (v. LeRoy
Percy), 218; Nellie Stovall, 218
Pinkerton, Herbert, <.*i Hannah (Pat-
ton), 407; James Harold, 407
Pickering, Lucy, 180; Richard, 180;
Rhoda (V. Samuel Fox), 180
Piper. Marv ( v. Jas. Irvin 111), 545, 547
Pitlabo, Christena (v. Wm. L. Stew-
art), 124
Pleasants, Frank, Jr., c^- Elizabeth
Fisher (Loony), 317
Pittman, John, .^ .Magdalena Irvine
(.Price), 178, 179
Pitts, Henry, et Nancy (Avent), 321
Piatt, , & Mary (Irwin), 360
Pluminer, Erwin, 351; Gertrude. 303;
Dr James Robert, & Pauline (Smith)
351; Dr. John Erwin, i< (1) Septima
Gray (.Miller); (2) Melissa Pales-
tine (Phillips), 351; Mary Gertrude
(V. 1. Sam'l Henderson; 2. D. Port-
nell), 351; Rev. Reuben, & Sophia
(Erwin), 350, 351: Vi..la, 302; Wil-
liam &. Ida (Fiiuii). ;;o:;
Pogue, Ethel, 307; Gordon. AL- Nancy
(Irwin), 301, 3ii7; Giace, :{07; John.
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657
307; Joseph, & Marion (Buckley),
:'.07; Leila, 307
Polk, Mrs. Laura Theresa Wilson (v.
Dr. Wni. C. Tate), 229
Ponieroy, Grace (v. Jos. Harvey White)
217
Poole, Gertrude (v. Rev. Irwin Lewis
^Montgomery Caton), !!63
Porter, Elizabeth (v. Col. Jas. Ramsey)
415, 461; Isabella (v. Jno. Irwin),
367; Margaret (v. Lazarus Battle),
513; Moses, & Lydia (Irwin), 545;
Rebecca (v. George Irwin III), 367;
Violet (V. Jos. Irwin), 414, 45*J
I'ortnell, D., & Mary Gertrude Plum-
nier (Henderson), 351; Lucile, 351
Powe, Bessie (v. Dr. Jas. Robt. Ander-
son), 230; Edward Knox, & Claudia
Josephine (Erwin), 225, 230, 231; El-
lerbe, & Lila (Markham), 230; id.,
Jr., &Katherine (Tate), 230; Laura
(V. iSam'l J. Erwin), 230; Mary (v.
Jno. Marshall Starrett), 230; Wil-
liam E., & Katie (Tate), 230; Wil-
liam Tate, 230
Powell, -, & Elizabeth Irvine
(Baillie), 558; , & Elizabeth
(Morris), 311; James, & Anne Ir-
vine (Bullock), 558
Powers, Elizabeth Thompson (v.
Irwin), 549
Pratt, , & Dorcas Erwin (Moore)
197
Pressly, Anna Eleanor (v. Maj. Sam'l
Watson Reid), 69; Rev. James P.,
D.D., 69; Jane Patterson (v. Sam'l
Watson Reid), 67; Dr. William Ad-
ams, 69
Pressnell, Sudie (v. Dr. Edw'd William
Phifer), 206
Preston, , & Martha (McDowell)
567; Ada, 170, 171; Elizabeth (v. Jas.
McDowell), 505; J. II., & Myrtle
(Dinkins), 170
Preuit, Anna, 337; Blenit, 337; Frank,
& Willie (Irwin), 337; Harry, 337
PRICE—
Andrew Parks, & Battle (Wolfe), 104
Bourne, & Magdalena (Irvine), 178,
179
Elizabeth (v. John McDowell). 491,
531; Elizabeth D. (v. And'w Davis
l^arks), 104; Elizabeth Jane. 104
Isaac, & Nancy (Barrett), 71
John, 386; John McDowell, 78; Jose-
phine, 104
Margaret Annette, 104; Mary Mar-
tha (v. Wm. Andrew McDowell),
71, 72
PRICE
Minnie Parmelia Reece (v. Coi. Sam'l
H. Walkup), 78 et seq., portrait, 80
Rebetia E. (v. Jno. P. Harry), 78;
Reece, <fc Esther Young (.McDowell),
78; Thomas Kirkpatrick, 104
r-ride, Ann (v. Jerome Quay), 573; Da-
vid, & Matilda (Irwin), :!t;0, 573
Pulliani, Bettie (v. Jno. Davis McDow-
ell), 93
Putnam, Shelton (v. Wm. ICrwin Mc-
Connaughey), 222
Pyle. Annie lola (v. Thos. A. Sloan),
147; James McDowell, 401; Joseph,
.V- Sarah ( ), id., Jr.. & Eva
(Banks), 401; Josephiuf (v. Sam'l
Lent), 401; Lee & Sarah (McCreary)
401; Sarah Ethel, 401
Quay, Jerome, & Ann (Pride), 360, 573
(juest, James, 412; id., 6i Josephine
(Banks), 400, 401
Quinn, Clifton, 216; Janet, 216; Mar-
jorie 216; Martin Clifton, & Mary
Wilson (Phifer), 216; Matthew H., &
'Harriet Louise (Elliston), 161; Sara
Ann Louisa (v. Sinai Graves Moore),
161; William Phifer, 216
Ragland, William, & Sarah (Avent) 315
Ramseur, -, Ac (Miller) 192
Ramsey, Agnes (v. Jno. Leslie), 557;
Annie Laurie (v. Thos. Hines), 222;
Ella, 381; Elmer Blaine, & Aldine'
(Hanna), 534; Sir Gilbert, 557; Hiel
J., dt Sarah I. (McDowell), 533; 534;
James, & Mary (O'tJaine), 416; id.,
ii Elizabeth (Porter), 415, 461; Jes-
sie Francis (v. Fred F. Brydia). 534;
John E., & Elizabeth Erwin (Craige)
227; Kerr, Craige, 227; Mary (v. Col.
Jas. Agnew). 415, 416, 459, 461; id.
(V. Archibald Irwin), 461
Ramspeck, Maggis, Ai — (Mor-
gan), 101
Randolph, Jeremiah 'N., & Amanda
Enieline (McDowell), 502
Rankin, Adolphus Erwin, & Agnes
(Wilkes), 204; Anne Harriet. 204;
Erwin, 195, 227; Harriet Esther (v.
("has. Vaughn Ferguson), 204; Jas.
Blackburn, & Harriet Esther (Er-
win), 204; John Wilkes, & Bettie
(Brandt), 204; Margaret Geddings,
204; Thomas Simianer, ii Mary
(Blackburn), 204; William, & Laura
Theresa (Erwin), 227; id., & Uiura
Theresa (Phifer), 195
Rawlin(g)son, Addle Hutchison (v. Dr.
James Richardson Stokes). 200; Beu-
lah (v. Dr. F. Roscoe Huckins), 200;
Cammie Rhodes, 20O; Frank & Dor-
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INDEX Continued
cas Antoinette (Muore), 202; Joel
VVoodwaril, & Leonora (Sloane),
200; id., & Jane Cyntliia (Moore),
200; Mary, 200; Mary Morgan (v.
Jno. xMyers), 200; Tlioniasi C'aUhveli,
& Camniie (Rhodes), 200; Waiter, ij
Harriet (Baxter), 200; Walter Huriies
200; Walter J., & (i) Addie Cald-
well (Hutciiison), (2). Minnie (Harnes)
200; Dr. William, iii Virginia (West)
200; William Moore, 200
Rawle.s, Annie (v. Fred'k Deveau Fan-
ning), 219
Ratelille, Sir John, 180
Ray, Charles Newton, 592, portrait,
501; Charles Taylor, 592; Cora Mil-
ler, 592; Daisy 592; Elizabeth (v.
Robert Irwin), 13S; Josepli, 592;
Kale, 592; Lee Davi.s, 592; Raul
Fi'anklin, 592, portrait 5u0; Samuel
McElroy, & Mary Lou (Miller). 500,
501, 592; id.. Jr., &. May (Glass),
592; Samuel Taylor, 592; Susan Mar-
garet, 592; William Addison, 592
Read, or Reed, Capt. Andrew, & Han-
nah (Davis), 305; Anna M. (v. Jas.
Taylor Irwin), 304, 305; Daniel, Ai
Raehel (Mason), 505; Capt. lOrwin
E., & Jane (Gibson), 305; Franeis
M.. Jr., &. Ethel Hart, 50G, 5G8; Fran-
cis M. Ill, 568; Mary Margaret, 5t;S;
Nannie (v. Samuel ' Irwin), 301;
Sarah (v. Jas. Gibson), 305
Reese, Catherine (v. Hon. William
Sharpe), 203; David, 202; Lee Ld-
^viu, 151
Regus, , &, Harriet (Irwin), 300
Rehse, Neely Harrison, 151
Reiber, Clarence, 401; Ed, & Man ha
E. (Glass), 401; Gladys Elizabeth,
401; James Richard. 405; John, &
Rosa ( ), 405; John Leonard,
401; Kenneth King, 405; Mary Ru-
setta (V. Abel Edwin MeCreary),
405; Norman John, 405; Samuel Ar-
thur. 405
Reid A., 539; Ambrose Got'C. .fe Lizzie
K. (McDowell), 72, 73; Anna (v.
Robt. Wilson), 100; Anna ICleanor.
C9; "Aunt," 414; David, &. Mary
(Ramsey), 73; Edith Lyle, 317; Ed-
ward. &Sarah Margaret (Erwin).
223; Elise, 307; Ellen Moore, 07;
Francis Allen, 69; Jane Patterson,
69; James, 100; Capt. James, & Ann
(Parks), 100; James Pressly. c^- Liila
(Kirkpatrick), 67; John McD., 07;
Jonathan, & Lizzie (Clark), G7; id,
At Jane Parks (McDowell). 67: Laura
Jane, 69; Louisa, 67; Martin Shu-
ford, 69; .Mary Ellen (v. Rev. Jno.
W. Moore), 69; Regina, 223; Robert
McDowell, Ai Leila (Sheppard), 69;
Roberta Madeline. 317; Samuel Wat-
son, iiL Jane Patterson (Pressly), 67,
69, portrait, 68; Tlujmas, <t Kather-
ine Bethune Green (McMay), 73; Dr.
Thomas, 73; Walter Kirkpatiick, 67;
William l-Jrwin, 223; William H., &
Mary Allen (Avenn, 317; William
Lowry, 69; William W., 67
Renibert, Janie (v. Sam'l Jackson
Hall), 63
Reynolds, , ii Sarah (Hoge),415;
Eva (V. Wm. Melville Jordan), 402;
Frances (v. Jas. Erwin Wilson, Jr.),
221; George, & Anna ( ), 402;
Jane (v. Sam'l M. Irwin), 125
Reznor. Adeline I.. 123; Alexander.
122; Ann Eliza, 123; Blanche Dora,
123; Carl, 123; David, ii (1) Jane
(Moore), (2) Prudence (Kelly). (3)
Eliza J. (Blair). 122; Eliza C. (v.
Robt. Irwin). 122, 123; Elsie. 122;
Frank, 122; George, & Elizabeth (Ir-
win). 122; George H., 123; George
W., c*i Lizzie M. (Lundy), 122; Har-
riet J., 123; Irene, 123; James C,
123; James Mann, 123; John, 122;
John N., 123; Julius S.. 123; Lamont
E., 123; Mary E., 123; Milton B., &
Mary E. (Sloan), 123; Rebecca (v.
Jno. White), 122; Richard Irwin, &
Eliza (Mann), 122; Richard M., oc
La Vina M. (Brani), 122; Robert I., &
Belinda (Riiodes), 123; Thos. J., &
Martha A. (Wilev), 123; Wilson, G.,
122
Rhea, Margaret (v. Byron G. McDow-
ell), 257
Rhinard, Mary (v. Alfred Erwine) 473;
Samuel, <t Susan (Erwine). 473
Rhodes, Camniie ;v. Thos. Caldwell,
Rawlingson), 200
Rice, Adelbert, & Harriet Evaline (Er-
win), 352; (ilyde, 352; Hon. George
D., 576; Mabel (v. Stanley Bate),
352; Nellie (v. t^ias. Bate, 352;
Ralph, 352
Richardson. Alfred,
new). 465; Gen.
(Avent), 319
& Rebecca (Ag-
R. ., & Mary E.
Rickel, Oreiia (v. Ja
302
Ricketts, Rev. J. B..
Dowell), 404, 407
Riddle, Mary Ann
Dowell), 587; Rol
523
ines H. Frick, Jr.).
& Sara Jane (Mc-
Sain'l R. Mc-
4S4; Thomas.
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INDEX Conlinued
t)59
Riggs, Minnie (v. Eugene Moore Fowl-
er), 147
Ring, Tliomas, & Cicely (Irwin). 562
Rives, Martha (v. Wm. Fox ,11), :U1;
Robert, 311
Roach, Abram, & Mary (Erwin), 187,
188; Dr. E. W., 384; Samuel, & Mary
Irwin (Herron), 131; Sarah, 131
Roan, Elizabeth (v. Rev. Robt. Bell) 60
Roberson, H. T., & Susan (Fluke'r), 2Q7
Roberts, Claudius Henry Mastin &
Mary Louise (Roberts), 497, 580, 581;
Frank Stovall, & Mary Herbert(Mas-
tin), 495, 497, 578, 580, 581, paper by,
493, et seq.; Mary Louise (v. Claud-
ius Henry Mastin Roberts), 497, 578,
580, 581; William Melton, & Louisa
Jane (Stovall), 597
Robertson, Alice (v. Geo. West), 205;
Lucy Gratton (v. Harvey Wilson
Moore), 215
Robins, or Robbins, Amanda (v.
Hoffman), 307; Daniel, 307; Jared,
307; John, & Mary (Irwin), 301, 307;
Lt. John, & Sarah (Daily), 304, 305;
Mary (v. Gray), 307; Nancy
Boyd (v. James Taylor Irwin), 304;
Newton, & Mary (Erwin), 473; Phil-
ip, 307; id., & Nancy (Boyd), :;oi;
Sarah (v. Wm. Taylor Irwin), 3U1
Robinson, Adah Maude, 121; Alexan-
der, & Katherine G. (Irwin), 119,
i21; Ann West, 311; Arthur Best,
115; -'C. G., «S: Myriam Cynthia (Din-
kins), 168; Carlotta (v. James 0.
James), 312; Catherine, 188; Charles
L., 312; Darius, 311; id., & Eliza-
beth Morris (Powell), 311; Eliza-
beth (V. Jas. Gee), 311; id. (v.
Powell), 311; P. A., & Julia Ella S.
(McKee), 114, 115; Frances A., 121;
James, 188; Capt. James, & Winifred
(Fox), 311; Jas. Fox, 311; Jas. H.,
312; Jas. Jabez, & Ada (Wilkinson),
312; Jas. Lynn, 121; Jno., 313; Jos.,
311; Justin Arthur, & Martha E (Lo-
gan), 121; Kittie Ethel, 122; Lynn
Dinkins, 168; Martha (v. Ignatius Al-
sop), 311; Mary (v. Henry Ham-
matt), 311; Ninian Irwin, &Addie L.
(Wilson), 121, 122; Patsey, 311; Re-
becca, 311; Robert, 443, 445, 451;
•Robert Rives, 311; Samuel Ernest,
122; Sarah (Alexander Erwin), 222;
Susannah, 311; Tecumseh E., 312;
Vire, 115; William, & Lucy (Avent),
311
Rodd, Isoline (v. Jno. Smith Kendall),
280, 288; John E., & Florence (Smith)
280, 288
I
Rodes, Pauline (v. Christopher Field)
177
Roe, Carvell, 301; 'Dean, 301; Edgar, &
Ella Annette (Irwin), 301; Florence,
3U1; Glenn, 301; Leland, 301; Ray-
mond, 301
Itogers, Anne Erwin, 213; Edward Er-
win, 213; Elizabeth (v. Jas. Irwin,
Jr.), 144; Francis Mitchell, & Annie
(Scales), 213; James Mitchell, .t
Mary (Erwin), 213; id., Jr., 213; O.
H., 295; Thomas Morris, 213; Walter
Goodman, &. Matilda Bell (Agnew),
464
Romer, iC. T. (v. Lemuel G. Irwin), 125;
William, & Mary A. (Irwin), 125
Roots, Albert Benjamin, & Dorcas B.
(Erwin), 350, 351; Kirby Yale, 361
Rose, Agnes Mary, 4S6; Davia Mahon,
486; Elizabeth Neill Mahon, 486;
Frances Hull (v. Jas. Walker Benit)',
486; Mary Lee, 486; Lt. William, &
Agnes May (Irwin), 485, 486, 487;
William J., 485; id., (t Marv Lee
(Mahon), 486, 488; William John, &
Sarah (Watts), 486; William Watts,
486
Ross, Dr. C. E., & Catherine Lenoir
(Chambers), 208; Catherine, 208;
Charles, 208; iMajor "(Jentleman"
Frank, 188; Judge J. M., 201; James,
LL.D. & Katherine (Irvine), 469;
Martha (v. Marshall Boyce). 208;
Nancy C. (v. Wm, A. Moore), 201;
llobert. 208; Sallie, 201; id. (v. Wm.
Erwin), 188
Rossingnol, And'vv Kerr, 220; Caroline,
220; Clio, 220; Elizabeth, 220; Em-
ily, 220; Estelle, 220; Harriet Ade-
laide, 220; Henry Paul, & Harriet
Adeline (Wilson), 220; Henry Paul,
Jr., 220; Kate, 220; Louis, 220; Lou-
ise, 220; Paul E., 220.
Rote, , & Annie E. (McDowell),
503
Rowe, A, P., & (Messick), 592,
portrait. 554; Adelaide, portrait, 554;
Agnes May Irwin (v. Jno. D. Mahon)
489
Rowland, David I., & Mahala (Tyree),
179; David Pitman, 179; Edmund S.,
179; Elizabeth (v. Jno. B. Francis),
179; Hugh, 179; James R., 179; Mar-
garet S. (v. Steve B. White), 179;
Robert, & Francis (Irvine), 178, 179;
Sidney Venable, & Susan F. (Shack-
leford), 179; William S., 179
Royds, Samuel, & Nancy E. (Irwin),
125
Royston, Sarah (v. David Irwin), 574
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INDl'^X CoQlinued
Uozi'lle, Durant, 63; Jacob, 63; Thoui-
UH, & Jane (Hill), 63
Uunkle, Hen. Benjamin Piatt, ^ Lalla
Mc'Alifken (Lewis), 255
Rush, Richard, & Mary (Irwin), 379
Russell. , & Sarah Ann (Mc-
Dowell), 491; Jane (v. Isaac Price
McDowell), 531; Robert, 347, 509, 510
Saint, Oceana B. (v. Lt. Jno.. Irwin), U.
S. N.), 488
Saltouu, Abernathy (v. Alex'r Irvinft),
555; Lord, 555
Sample, David 1., 55; Hugh B, 55; J.
McD., 55; Jane L. Barry, 55; John
W., 55; Margaret Jane, 55; Martha
E.. 55; Mr. & Mrs. W. A., 55
Saini)sou, John Edward, &, Gertrude
Emma (Catron), 363, portraits, 540,
542; John Edward, Jr., & Irwin (Mor-
ris), 363, portrait, 542
Saudeford, Martha Avent (v. Dr. \V. W.
Yandell), 585; Mary Emma (v. Gfn.
John Hugh McDowell), 93, 585; Na-
than Davis, & Fannie or Frances Ma
ria (Avent), 93, 321, 585
Sarratt, — . &. Lucretia (Irvine),
541
Sartor, Frances Moore, 199; Kather-
ine Glenn, 109; William Henry, &
Elfie (.Moore), 199
Saunders, , & Addle (Wilson),
214; Annie, 214
Scales, Capt. Joseph, & Annie H. (Av-
ery), 206
Schofield, Adelaide (Niiiian J. Sliu-
gert), 125
Schultz, Anna (v. Frank Erwine), 475
Schutt, Emma (v. Robt. I. Boggs), ;;61
Scott, & iCynthia (Alexander), 194;
id., & Eliza (Ah'xaiuler ), 194;
Abram, 461, 465; Adele llayne. 544;
Andrew, 342; Beiihow, <Si Laura ( De
vault), 194; Hugh, 461, 465; John,
' 415; John Gordon, & Adcle Irvine
(Hayne). 544; Rebecca, 465; id. (v.
('apt. Jas. Agnew), 415, 461
Scroggin, , & (McDowell),
502
Scudder, Miss (v, James Mc-
Dowell), 567
Sea, A. M., Jr., 347, 511; Andrew Mc-
Brayer, & Sophia Irvine (Fox), 173,
174, 180. 181. 183. 184, 472, 511, 519,
portrait, 182
Beaton. Miss (v. — Find-
lay), 393; Ben, & Mrs. (McDowell),
393; James, 393; John. 39::; Thomas,
393
Seawell, Bldridge G., 161; Janit- (v.
Jas. Quiun Moore), 161; Susan K.,
161
Seay, Eva (v. Thos. H. Nortliway), 103
Stil'ord, Elizabeth (v Abel A. Erwin),
339
Segrara, Edward Frowde, ic Edna Ir-
vine (MacLachlan), 576
Senhouse. Jane (v. Thos. Irwin, of
Johnstown), 17; John, 17; Joseph
Tiffin, 18; Mary, 18
Sensing, Donald, 4u8; Gardner, (Si Mar-
garet Emma (McCreary), 408; Henry
408; Lemuel, & Mary Jane (Mc-
(dreary), 408; Reljecca. 408; Thur-
man, 408
Service, Susan (v. Abram Irvine II),
541
Sessions, , & i^izzie Lee (Irwin),
290; Miss (v. J. (j. Harmon).
297; Andrew Thompson, 297; Basha
(V. Dillard), 297; Capt. Ben-
jamin 289, 295; Benjamin, <t Mary
Berry (i.,a\vson), 292, 297; Benjamin,
Jr., 297; CJiarlos 1,., & (Tar-
button), 297; Elizabeth (v. George
Boatwright), 297; Joseph, 289, 296,
297; id., H, 289, 297; id., Ill, 297;
Margaret (v. Wm. Wall), 297; Mary
(V Fluker), 297; Rebecca (v.
Jno. Lawson Irwin), 289, 292, 297;
Susan (V. Wm. Glenn), 297
Sevier, Miss, — (v. Lewis H. Brag-
les), 559; Senator Ambrose H., 524,
561; Jolin, 235, 245, 559; id., & Su-
sannah ((!onway), 524, 559; Nancy
(V. Jas. Irwin), 522, 559; Valentine,
524, 559
Seward, , & Jane (Irwin), 333
Sewell, Annie R. (v. Dr. Wm. L Mc-
Dowell), 589
Shackleford, Susan F. (v. Sidney Veu-
able Rowland), 179
Sliannon, (']e(j[)atra, 282; Dr. Harvey,
i<: Lucv (Irwin). 281; Irwin, 282;
Mrs. L. I , 378; Mattie, 282; Witt, 282
Sliarpe, Emma (\. Moulton Avery),
210; Matilda (v. Wm. Wilioughby)
Erwin), 191, 202; Col. William, 191;
Hon. William, i^i I'atlujrine (Reese),
202
Shaver, Cliarles, c^^ Orzilla (Irwin). 360,
573
Shaw. Joiin, & Frances (Melcelbray),
89; Katie (v. Thos. Jones), 89; Ruby
(V. Paul Michael Wilson), 403
rihay, Ada (v. Chas. Washington Irwin)
.:62
Sheib, Prof. , & Mimi (Phifer),
216
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INDEX Continued
661
Shelby, Miss
(V. Dr. Ephr'm Mc
Dowell), 176; Gov. Isaac. 176
Shehan. Kathryn (v. Cicero McDowell
Bartlett), 531
Sheppard. Leila (v. Robt. McDowell
Reid), 69
Sherbine, Dana (v. Ed Layton), 402;
Isaiah, & Mary Jane (Banks), 402
Sherman, Holmes, & (Messick),
592
Sherrer, Stella (v. Horace McDowell),
97 592
Shields," A. T., 539; R. S., & Emily D.
(Irwin), 379
Shipp, Mrs. Margaret Busbee, 242; S.
S., & Anna iRose or Minnie (i)inkins),
172; Lt. W. A., 242
Shiptryne, Hannah (v. Chas. Irvin)512
Shorter, Robert, & Felicia (Neely), 151
Shrader, Charles, & Eliza Frances (Ir-
vine), 543
Shugert, A. J., & Louise B. (Payne),
125; Edith, 125; Eliza, 125; Guy
Sheppard, 125; Jennie E. (v. Rufus
H. Heron), 125; Leah Able. 125; Nin-
ian I., & Adelaide (Schofield), 125;
Richard I.. & Mary A. (Nutter), 125;
William, 125
ShuKon, Abigail (v. Edward Jones), 89
Shutze, Hattie Erwin, 276; Mary Fran-
ces (v. Alvin Bingham Gates), 276,
591; Philip Trammel], & Sarah Lee
(Irwin), 276, 591; Philip' Trammell,
Jr., 276; Thomas Erwin, & Edna
Augusta (Underwood), 276, 091;
Thomas Erwin, Jr., 591
Sibley, or Selby, Rev. Robert, & Jennie
(Cook), 280, 281
Sidney, Anne, Countess of Pembroke,
577; SiriPhilip. 577
Siler, Rev. Jesse Weiner, D.D., & Mar-
garet (McDowell), 330, 331, portrait,
326
Silk, Janie (v. Powell Avent), 317
Simianer, Mary Gertrude (v. AdolphUh
Lorenzo Erwin), 202,-203, 204
Simiril, Frank H., & Rebecca Eliza
McDowell), 65; Leonora Emaliue (v.
Dr. J. Henderson), 65, 66; Mary Hen
rietta, 65; id. (v. Rulus Weeks), 66:
Rebecca Jane (v. Dr. T. C.Neel), 65
Simmons, & (Miller), 192;
Robert, & Julia Davis (Wilkerson)6J
Simpson, George. & Mary (Moore), 160
("lif. Justice James, & Mary (Cald-
well), 178
Sims, Annie (v. Jno. McLean), 191;
Benjamin Stark, & Nellie (Lyons),
190; iBenjamin Stark, Jr., 190; (Clau-
dia-L. (v. Jas. L. Keys), 190; Francis
K., & Mary S. (McBryde), 190; id., i
Jr., 190; -Letitia. 191; Marion S., 190;
Martha (v. Robt. Abell). 191; Mary
Harriet, 190; Mary Stewart, 190:
Robert, 191; Robert Erwin, & Rosa i.
L. (Burton), 190; Rosa M. (v. Wra.
Speight McClean), 190; Sophie (v.
Josiah Abell). 191; Warren McBryde.
190; William iRandolph. & Harriet
(Bratton), 190; id., i^L- Annie (Hall),
190; id., Jr., 190
Sitler, Sarah (v. Wm. Erwine), 473
Sinclair, Mrs. P. J., 241
Singleton, Mary Ellen (v. Rufus Kins;
Erwin), 226
Slaiight(;r, Lewis G., <t Lucinda (Din-
kins), 170
Sloan, Adam, & Elizabeth (Irwin). 147.
157; Andrew Moore, 57, 147, 157; id.,
&. Sarah Salina (McDowell), 156;
Anne Mary, 147, 157; Annie Ger
trude (V. Herb't Greeuberry Bryan),
147; Cash, 147; Charles Andrew, &
Mollie (Morris), 157; Elizabeth I. (v.
Oscar Sloan), 147; Euphemia (v.
Wm. P. Bellinger), 148; Eva, 147;
Hugh, 156; John, & Kate (Barry),
57; Johnnie (v. Edw'd Berkley), 156;
John Hugh, & Mary C. (Winn), 156;
Julia Scott (v. Edi-'ur L. McDonald).
147; Laura Barry v. Joel Echols
Smith), 14S; Leonora (v. Joel Wood
ward Rawlingston), 200; Mary E. (v.
Milton B. Reznor), 123; Oscar, cc
Elizabeth I. (Sloan), 147, 156, 157;
Richard, 157; Robert, & Ida (Turn-
bull), 157; Robert Andrew, 147; Rob
ert Eugene, 157; Sarah, 157; Sarah
Salina, 157; Sarah McDowell, 157;
Thomas. 147; Thomas A.. & Annie
lola (Pyle), 147; William E., & Sa-
rah Ann (Barry), 147; Willie Emma
(V. Oscar E. Horn), 147; Wyman,
147
Slosser, Frank H., & Sadie M. (Agnew)
464; R. Pauline, 464; Wallace A.,
464; William J., 464
Smedes, Sadie Lyell (v. Allen Erwin);
225
SMITH— ^ _,
-^lisa (V. Jno. McDowell). 211;
, & iSarah (Carson), 270
Andrew P., 115; Anna V., 370; paper
by, 367; Albany, & Mary M. (Irwin),
290; Alma, 303; Archie. 303
Bertha (v. George W. Morrow), 302
Clio, 191
Davis Roberts, & Jemima (Lewis),
;;7o
Edgar A.. 370; Edith. 303; Elizabeth
A.
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INDEX Conlinued
SMITH
Genevieve (v. Frank Wright), 405;
Ella Frances, 115
Fannie (v. Jas. Curtis), 11)1; Flor-
ence, 302; id. (v. Jno. E. Rodd), 280;
■Franklin L., 428
George, 59; id., & Martha R. (Finch)
302; Gertrude (v. Betha), IDl ;
Guy, 302
Hazel, &. Emily Martha (Erwin), 191,
30;j
Inez (v. Ora A. Stuart), 302; lsal)ella
(v. Jas. Frank Erwin), 190; id. (v.
Wm. Albertus Erwin), 189; Iva (v.
G. W. Young), 191
J. H., & Jennie (Erwin), 37G; Janu;-,
262; id., & Jane Irvine (Farquhar-
son), 558; Jennie, 191; Joel Echols,
it Laura (Sloan), 148; John, & (1)
— (Irwin); (2) (Irwin),
293; Capt. John C, & Catherine
(Meagher), 280, 288; Julia. 115
Katie, 191
Li.ster F., 303; Lonie (v. Chas. Stu-
art), 302
Mae Lucile (v. R. E. Walker), 192:
Mary, 191; id. (v. Wni. U. Tidwell),
192; id. (v. Wm. Irvin), 545; Mary E
(v. Jno. Lawsou Kendall), 280, 2,S8;
Mary Gyla (v. Paul Mast). 405-
Maude Evelyn (v. Alex'r Erwin Wil
son), 214; May (v. Felix Walter
Moore), 199; Mildred, 303; Miltuii
Graham, & Clifford (Irvine), 544;
Milton Graham, Jr., 544
Narcissa Davis, 59
Otho, 303
Pauline (v. Jas. Robt. Plunimor), :>51
Rebecca (v. Jas. Agnew), 467
Samuel McCreary, 405; Sarah (v
Wm. Wallace McDowell), 211, 262:
Sarah Lewis, 370
Theodore Melvyn, & Nancy Elizabeth
(Miller), 192
W. B., & Clarence Anna (McKc^e),
114, 115; Dr. W. L., <t Eninia Jaiu?
(McCreary), 405; Walker H., 370;
. Will E., 115 Major William M., a:- Al-
ice Octavia (Davis), 61
Smithey, Mary Jane (v. Rev. Alex'r
Erwin Wilson), 218
Smythe, Jane (v. Rev. J. Wm. Flinn).
222
Sneed, Miss (v. Hugh McDowell
Neely), 155
Snodgrass, Edward, & Bertha (Wi'
ison), 402; George Wilson, 402; Mai^ .
402; Robert, 402
Spalding, Hughes, «t Boiling Stuvall
(Phinizy), 218; Jack Johnson, 218
Spann, Major -, Al: Ixju (Miller),
192
Sparkes, Penelope Millner (v. Frank
Wales Wilson), 214
iSpeed, Austin liruughton, 539; Austin
P., & Georgia A. (McCampbell), 235.
539; Goodwin, Ai Willie Houston
(Hays), 539; Percy Hays, 539
Spencer, Anna Ogden (v. Geo. Barnett
Orr), 305; Eleanor, 403; Frances
Elizabeth, 403; Hannah Pauline, 403,
Prof. Hermann. vV Elizabeth (Wil-
son), 403; Julian Wilson, 403; Nellie
M (v.j Jas. Jay Erwin), 521; Rich-
ard Wilson, 403
Spratt, Miss (v, Arthur Erwin),
189; Thomas. 189
Springs, Cynthia Dinkins (v. Alex'r
Hamilton Dinkins). 167; Elliott
White, 217; Harriet Baxter (v. Wm.
L. Moore), 196, 200; Leroy, & Grace
Allison (White), 217; Margaret P,
167; Marguerite (v. Rich'd Austin
Mvers), 201: Sophia (v. Jos. Moore,
Jr.), 196; William Polk, 167
Sproule, Jane (v. Irvine), 484,
523
S(iuier, Eliza Jane (v. Henry Erwin),
521
Staggers, Miss (v. Augustus
Maurice Moore), 197
Starling, Lucy (v. Jno. Adair McDow
eil), 414; William, & Mary Irvine
(McDowell). 414
Starr, , K: Euphemia (Murphy),
198; Lillian (v. (Mias. Stewart), 198;
Julian, 198; Murphy, 198
Starrett, John Marshall, & Mary
(Powe), 230; John Marshall, Jr., 230;
Louise, 230; Randell McK., 230
St. Clair, Cicely (v. D. H. Trezevant).
229
Steel or Steele, Abram C, & Margaret
Adelaide (White), 216; Ann (v. Rich-
ard Irwin), 107, 111; Anna. 323; Fu-
they, Ah Phoebe (Wilson), 100; Jas.
Ai Sally Ann (Hart), 178; Joiui. 330.
489; Ninnian, 111; Ruth (v. Robt.
Futhey), 111; Samuel. & Ann (Fu-
they), 107, 111; Samuel McDowell,
330; Sarah McDowell, portrait. 320;
id. (v. Jno. Garrison), 330; Sarah
White (v. David Park Hutchison).
216; W. L.. pcjrtrait, 31S; William,
a:- Sarah (McDowell). :!3i); William
Lewis. Ai Anna Eliza (Barkley), 329.
330
Stem, Euphemialv. Wni. Moore AVliite)
135; Georgo Wood. A^ Irene (Irwin),
135; George Wood. Jr.. 135; James
.; ,
Wi li,:-
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()()3
Batchelor, 135; Minerva (William
Wordsworth Hall), 135
Setphens, George, & Sophia Converse
(Myers), 200
Stephenson, Mariah Barker (v. Irwin
Mahon), 488; Dr. Thomas, & Eliza
(Duncan), 488
Sterrett, Cairnes & Maria (Mayes),
461; John, & Myrtilla (Irwin), 461
Stevens, Annie L. (v. And'w Jacksou
Irwin), 291
Stevenson, Maria B. (v. Irwin Mahon'".
489; W. E., & Mabel (Cameron), 170
Stewart, Miss (v. Gov. Jared Ir-
win, 297, 299; Miss (v. .Tno.
Moore), 160; Alfred Clement, 124;
Charles, & Lillian (Starr), 198; Gen.
Daniel, 297, 299; Elijah, 117, 124;
Eliza (V. Wm. Irwin), 112, 117; El-
len, 257; Eva A., 124; Lydia, 124;
Lyman, & Sarah A. (Burrows), 124;
Margaret (v. Jas. Irwin), 118; Mary,
124; id. (v. Jas. Irwin), 118; Millie
E. (v. David W. Reznor), 123; Nancy
J. (v. J. D. McFarland), 124; W. S,
<fe Evelyn (McDowell), 257; William
L., & Christena (Pitlabo), 124; W\ -
son, &Ella J. (Marsh), 124
Stetz, or Stotz, Edward & Aminda B.
(Irwin), 361, 573
Stickler, Laura W. (v. Jno. W. Irwin),
515
Stith, Col. Drury, & Susanna (Bath-
urst), 580; John, 580; Mary (v. Her-
bert Ruller), 577, 580; Richard, 511
Stitt, Elizabeth (v. Sam'l Asbury Da-
vis), €1
Stokes, Harriet 'Baxter Rawlingson,
200; Dr. James Richardson, & Addie
Hutchison (Rawlingson), 200; John,
& Rhoda (Cory or Curry), 341. 347;
Sara (v. Thos. Winston Erwin), 553
Stone, Minerva (v. Adam Irvine), 176,
Thomas, & Elizabeth (McClanahan).
177
Stonestreet, Jacob F., & Aurelia (Mc-
Clanahan), 177
Storm, Dr. David, & Maria Jane (Ag-
new), 465
Stovall, Boiling Anthony, & Martha
Sniithey (Wilson), 218; Erwin Wil-
son, 218; Harvey & Sarah' Fannin
(Foster), 219; Jeanie Wilson (v. Al
bert Toombs Du Bose), 218; Julia
Floyd, 219; Lizzie Dearing (v. Robt.
Wm. Lamkin), 218; Louisa Jane (v.
Wm. Melton Roberts), 497; Nellie
(V. Billups Phinizy), 218; Pleasant
Alexander, & Mary (Ganahl), 218;
Sarah Adams Buckley (v. Burton
Cunningham Mason), 218; Verne.
Moore, 219
Strawbridge, Andrew Hine, 257; Mary
V. Capt. Richard Steele Irwin), 119;
W. W., & Mary (McMicken), 257
Strickland, Matilda (v. Jno. Irwin), 131
Stuart, Charles, & Ixjuie (Smith), 302;
Joseph, 583; Madge, 302; Mason.
302; Ora A., & Inez (Smith), 302
Sturges, Mrs. Mary Lee (v. Lt. Gov.
W. W. McDowell), 592
Suddarth, Margaret (v. Hamilton Er-
win), 212; Sarah E. Davis, 00; W.
M., 60
Sugg, — , & Martha L. (McDow-
ell), 506
Sullivan, Nellie (v. Harvey L. McCor-
mack), 221
Sutton, Herbert Hill, 266; Lillian Fan-
cena, 226; William Seneca, & Annie
Erwin), 226
Sylva, Martha (v. Sam'l Harris Mc-
Kee), 115
Sylvan, Joseph, & Carrie (Coleman),
197
Swartz, Jacob, & Jennie (Irwin), 572
Sweatt, Alice Emma (v. Jno. Frankli.T.
Erwin), 352
Swineheart, Isaac W., & Sarah H. (Mc-
Dowell), 589
Talbot, Hail, & Elizabeth (Irvine), 178
Tanner, Luella (v. Jno. Wm. McDow-
ell), 533
Tarbutton, Miss (v. Chas. L.
Sessions), 297; Augustus T., & Jen
nie (Fluker), 297; Dr. David E., &
Josephine (Fluker), 297
TATE—
Addie (v. Dr. Barbour), 228; Alexan
der, 230; id., & Sarah (Alexander),
194
Bessie (v. Edw. Boyd), 230; Betty,
215
Claude, 225; Columbus, & Eliza (Cor-
pening), 231
Eliza G. (v. Stanhope Erwin), 195:
Elizabeth, 225
Hugh, & Daisy ( ), 229; id., &
Margaret (Erwin), 193, 228; Dr.
Hugh, & Fannie (Wood), 230; Hugh
Alexander, 229
James Knox, & Temperance (Jones)
230; John, & Sarah White (Wilson),
215; John Marshall, & Mary (Love).
229; Joseph Wilson, & Mattie (Dick
son), 229; Julia E. (v. Dr. James F
Cain), 229; Junie (v. McKendry Kin-
caid), 231; Katie (v. Wm. E. Powe),
230; id. (V. Chas. Vance). 193; Knox,
230
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INDKX Contieued
Laura Theresa (v. Alplionso Young).
230
Maggie (v. Posey lieck), 231; Mal-
lory, 229; Margaret Emma, 2:;();
Mary, (v. Robt. Moore), 230; Mary
Wilson, 228
Dr. Robert Alexander, & Mallje
(Jones), 230; Dr. Robert N. ('., &
Mary Lizzie (Wilson), 214, 228
Samuet, 228; Dr. Samuel,- & (1) Mrs.
Elizabeth Tate (Oilliland) ; (2) Mar-
tha (Jones), 214, 228; Samuel VVi3-
tar, 228; Southall, 229
Vance, 231
Dr. William C, & (1) l.aura Theresa
Wilson (Polk); (2) Adeline (Man
aey), 229; William Lucius, & Robiiut
(Willis), 229; Wilson, & Bessie Nee
ley (Moore), 225; Dr. Wistar, 228;
Dr. Wood, 230
Taylor, Anna Steel, 329; Bob Irvine.
517; Claudia A. (v. Jefferson A. Ir-
win), 291; Eleanor (v. Jared Irwin,
Jr.), 300. 301; Elizabeth, 322, 329;
id. (v. Dr. Alex'r Leroy Moore), 197;
Hal, 517; Horace Bruce, & Sarah
(McDowell), 329; Joseph, &. Eliza-
beth (Ashton), 300; id., & Jane (Ir
win), 301; Lawson, & Matt (Miller),
192; Mary N. (v. Jas. Wm. Avent),
323; May (v. Jas. Locke Erwin), 225;
Rosa Elmore (v. Jos. Woods Brun-
son, Jr.), 274; Sarah Steel, 322; W.
A., 291; William, & Lucy (Finlay),
300, 301; Dr. William, U. S, N.. &
Charlotte Wyman (Irwin), 488; Wood
N., 517
Telford, Jane (v. Sam'l McCampbell),
539
Tennant, Miss (v. Jos. Irwin),
549; , & Geddings (Hardy).
210, , & Lizzie (West), 205;
George, *205
Tenny, Rev. S. M., & Mary (McWhor-
ter), 57
Terrell, James, & iPenelope (Adams)
178; Robert Irvine Adams, ITS; Atly.
Gen. George ^\^litefield, 178
Thomas, Mary (v. Sam'l Dale Irwin),
113; Matilda Elizabeth (v. Jno. Park
Agnew), 463, 465, 572; Minnie; v.
Boiling Stovall Du Bose), 218; Sallie
Love (V. Alphonso Calhoun Avery),
209
Thome, Charles Irwin, & Flora (Clan-
cy), 115; Edwin T., & A. (Boovy),
115; Paul S.. & Juliet Parker (Mc
Kee), 114, 115
Thompson, , & Jane Sproule (Ir
vine), 485; Anna M. (v. Sam'l R. .Mc-
Dowell), 587; Hannah, 549; id. (v.
Jared I. Irwin), 549; James, & Catl:-
erine (Hite), 562; Katie (v. Rob\ .
Irvin Logan), 3:;S; Maria (v. Rev.
Jas. F. Irvine), 479; Mary (v. David
Irwin), 361; Matilda (v. Jas. D. Ir-
win), 333; Col. Robert, 479; Sally (v.
Jos. Irwin), 562; Thomas H., &. Re-
becca (McDowell), 589
Thornton, , & Margaret (Erwin),
227
Thurston, Dr. Robert & Matilda (€a.--
son) 271
Tidwell, Clara Walk (v. Benj. Fletcher
McCreary). 408; Mrs. J. E., 408;
Reuben, 192; William D., & Mary
(Smith), 192
Tillett, Charles VV., Jr., & Gladys (Av
ery), 209
Timanus, Col. Henry, 585; Josephine
R. (v. Wm. Osborne McDowell), 585
Tindall Luan (v. Willis Jones), 89
Titus, Ellis B., & Sarah Angeline (Mc-
Dowell), 534; Elizabeth (v.
Christian), 534; Elsie, 5:15; Joseph
M., 534; Joseph P., 535; Lewis B.,
535; Lewis H., 534; Mary L., 534;
Rosa A., 534
Todhunter, John, & Mary (Hart), 178
Tompkins, Daniel D., 405; Marguerite,
405; Samuel, & Mary Amanda (Mr-
Dowell), 404, 405; Willis, 405
Torrence, Dr. , &; Lizzie (Moore)*
197; Aaron, & Elizabeth Irvine (Mr-
Cune), 545; Charles, 194; f^harlea
James, & Philadelphia (Fox), 194;
Elizabeth, 381
Townes. Clarence, & Minnie (Avent),
317; Clarence Armistead, 317 ^
Townsend, Dooley. & Cicely (Brittain),
563; Hattie (v. Tandy W. Irwin), 337
Treat, Mary Bryan (v. Robt. Lindsay
Barry), 147
Trezevant. Cicely, 229; D. H. & Cicely
(St. Clair), 229; Elizabeth, 229; Jas.
Cain, 229; Julia, 229; Mary, 229; Pe-
ter J., 229; R. Gilchrist, & Mary RuE-
fin (Cain), 229; R. Gilchrist, Jr.. 229;
Theodora (v. Sidney Milton (Neely).
155
Truelove, , & Lucy (Avent), 315
Tucker, Lliley (v. Jno. Parks McDow-
ell), 102; Ix)uise (v. Christopher Ir-
vin), 512; Virginia (v. Dyall H. Lee-
wright), 587; Whitfield, 512; Wil-
liam, <t Susie (Hampton), 102
TuUoch, Jean Irvine (v. Alxr. Camp-
bell MacLachlan). 576
Turner, Cyrus, it .Margaret (McClana-
han), 177; Einmett O., & Anna Mos.s
(.:
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INDEY Continued
ms
(Hart), 222; Mary, (v. Rev. Jno. Ly-
can Kirkpatrick), 101
Twitty, Anna (v. Andrew Miller), 192;
William, & Susan (Bellah), 539
Typsey, Miss (v. George Irwin)
571
Tyree, Mahala (v. David I. Rowland),
179
Underwood, William H., 575
Urquhart of Leathin, 40
Valina, Secunda (v. William Sterling
Cain), 229
Vance, Charles, & Katie (Tate), 193;
David, 193; Capt. David, 234; Capt.
David J., & Myra Margaret (Baird),
193; Col. David, 269; Espy. 193; .Mrs.
Harriet Espy, 246; Nancy Hawthoruo
45; Robert B., 269; Dr. Robert B,
239 et seq; Robert Brank, & Harriet
V. (McElroy), 193; Dr. Robert P,
249; Ruth. 193; Thomas, & Emily
(Wheeler, 193; Gov. Zebulon Baird,
& (1) Harriet N. (Espy), (2) Flor-
ence Steele (Martin), 193; Zebulon
Baird, Jr., 193
Van Lear, M., & Mary (Irvin), 545
Vann, Calista Irwin. 91, 133; Helen
Ruth (v. George F. Goosman), 91,
133; James P., 133; James Randle-
son, 91. 133; James V., 91; John
Henry, 133; John , P., 91. 133; Nora or
Lenora (v. Albert Daniel Muse), 91,
133; William Valentine, 91, 133
Vaughan, Jeremiah, & Anne West
(Fox), 311
Venable, Dr. , & (Goggin)
179
Ventress, Charles Galloway, 166; Char-
lotte, 165; Harriet. 165; Margaret,
165; William P. S., & Willie Estelle
(Galloway), 165
Vernon, Admiral Edward, 497, 578
Vicks, Rev. Henry, 281; Lucy Watkins
(v. Jno. Lawson Irwin), 279; New-
ett, 281; T. H. Allen, & Fannio
(Cook), 280; Wesley, 285
Vidor, , & Harriet Walton (Laa-
dis), 211
Vincent or Vinson, Thomas, & Mary
(Avent), 309, 310
Virgin, Daisy Dean, 534; John', & Sa-
repta Jane (McDowell), 534; Minnie
Alice (V. Cooley), 354, 535
Waddey, Rosalie (v. Jno. Tucker Bat-
tle). 574
Wadlington, Margaret (v. James Alexr.
Dinkins), 170
Walker, Anna Stone (v. Erwin Hutf-
man), 353; Anne (v. Maurice Augus
tus Moore), 198; Dr. Charles E., &
Minnie Esther (Harry), 52, 78; Da-
vid, 583; Elizabeth (v. Thos. With-
ers), 581; J. M., & Ellen (Irwin),
573; Jane Bell Greer (v. Robi. Irwia
Moore), 158; John, 5S3; Kate Jack-
son, 78; Kalherine, 52; Lewis & Sal-
lie (Erwin) 192; Lou (v. Chas. Irvin
Battle), 514; Minnie Olive, 78; R. E.,
& Mae Lucile (Smith). 192; Rebecca,
78
Walkup, Daisie Ellen, 85; Esther Alice
Jane (v. Alexr. \V. Klutty), 85; Lelia
or Julia Eugenia (v. Jno. Felix Da-
vis), 84; Mary Willis (v. N. S. Mat-
thews), 85; Minnie Rebecca. 85; Col.
Samuel Huey. & Minnie Parmelia
Reece (Price). 78 et seq, portrait, 80;
Col. William. 84
Wallace. David C M.. 170; F. E., 170;
Eleanor S. (v. Wm. G. Irwin), 121;
Fitzhugh H., & Erwin Green (Car-
ter), 223; Janie (v. Jas. Henry Lo-
gan), 338; Lillian Parson. 170; Mar-
garet (V. Williford). 170; Wil-
liam Thomas. U. S. N . & Anne be
Courcy (Greenless), 464
Waller, Florence McCormack, 221; Dr.
G. D., & Florence Olivia (McCor
mack). 221; George Reid, 221
Walton, Anne (v. Jno. Mangum), 210;
Elizabeth Tighlman (v. Clark Moul-
ton Avery), 206; Harriet (v. 1. Joe
Landis; 2. Vidor; 3.
Madden), 211; Herbert, & Evelyn
(Erwin), 223; Hugh, 211; James. &
Margaret (McDowell), 210; James.
Jr.. & Alice (Collett), 210; Mrs.
James. 262; Julia, 211; Lila (v. Leith
Gordon), 210; Lillian (v.
Burr), 207; Madge (v. Gervaise Gor-
don), 211; Matilda (v. Wm. Craw-
ford Erwin), 222; McDowell. 211
Ward. Miss (v. Elmer Avent),
312; Ben. & Betsy (Avent). 321;
Frank. 312; Joe, 312; Sallie (v. Maj.
Wm. Avent). 312. 315 .
Wardlaw. Helen (v. Withers Addicks),
196
Warthen, Clara T. (v. Thos. Jackson
Irwin). 290; Hannah (v. Andw. Ber-
ry Irwin), 291; Lou (v. Gov. Jared
Irwin). 290; 'Nannie (v. Reason
Whitehead Irwin), 291; Richard. 293,
291; Col. Thomas Jefferson, 290; id.,
Mrs.. 289
Warwick, Charles Henry, & Annie ■
Harmon), 282; Harvey Shannon, 282;
Julia Elizabeth. 282; Lucy Irwin, 282;
Mary Shelby, 282; William Hibbitt,
282
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Waikins, Albert, Jr., it MiiinitM Avciit ),
317; Elizabetli Fisher, ::17; Aliimi;'
A vent, ;!12; paper by, ;'.17
WATSON—
Rev. Andrew W., <t Martha (Taiup
bell), 102
Carrie, 100
David, 56, 59; David McEwen, 5G;
David Samuel, 57
Elizabeth (v. Jno. Biirry)-, 57, 149; id
V. Isaac Finch), 302, 303; Fliz:ihfth
Ann (V. Jno. Hall), 102; Elizabetlj
McDowell, 56; Emma, 57
Hugh, 57; Hugh Parks, 101
James, 56; John, 56; John Anderso ,.
57; John Lycan, 102
Margaret Adams, 56, 5'J; Margarpi.
Henrietta (v. Alexander),
102; Mary (v. Wilson), 101
id. (v. Howe <t Eakins), 56; .Mary
Jane Anderson, 56
Nancy Hannah Neal, 56, 59
Sallie Starr (v. Anderson).
57; Samuel, 101; Col. Samuel, i;
Elizabeth (McDowell), 56, 14!»; Ut;v
Samuel L., 56, 59 William <t Marga-
ret (Parks), 57, 101; William Ma-
rion, 102
.Watts, Mrs. Anna Hepburn, 415; Rev.
J. B., & Louisa A. (Neal), 99; Sarah
(v. Wm. Jno. Rose), 4S6
Waynick, Capus Miller, & Elizabeth
Hunt (McBee), 200
Weakley, Annie Lou (v. Jos. V. Allen)
161; Elizabeth Carter (v. Edward
Werner), 161; Harriet Ellen, 16i;
Mary Porter (v. George B. Allen),
161; Sarah Moore, 161; Maj. Thomas
Porter, 161
Webb, Thomas, & Jane (Davis), 63
Webster, Emmie Sams (v. Fanning
Weedon), 219; Minnie K., (v. A.
Dwight McKee), 114, 115
Weedon, Fanning, & Emma SamS
(Webster), 219; Dr. Hamilton Moore,
& Elizabeth Fullerton (Fanning), 219
Weeks, Rufus, & Mary Henrietta (Sim-
iril), 66
Weidner, Henry, 243
Weir, Josiah, & Lenora (Agnew), 46u
Welch, Daniel A., & Cernelia L. (Ir-
win), 522
Werner, Edward, & Elizabeth Carter
(Weakley), 161
West, , & Cordelia (Erwin),205;
Anne (v. Henry Fox) 577; Annie, 205;
id. (v. Rev. Jno. Newton Davis), 61;
Arthur, 205; Cordelia (v. Dr. Jno.
■Calhoun McDowell), 22S; Cordeliii
Erwin (v. Jas. E. McDowell), 205,
r)."i9; Ceoigc, and Alice ( R()l)ertson),
205; Lizzie (v. Tenuant ), 205;
Lucile, 205; Olive E. (v Benj. Er-
win), 350; N'irKiuia (Dr. Wni. Raw
linson), 20o
Wester, Dr. John W., 371; Margaret H
(V. Thos. C. Krwin), 371
Wetmore, Lansing Giloert, & Amoret
Southworth (Handy), 97; Mabel
Southworth (v. Nathan Davis Mc-
Dowell), 93, 94, 592
Wharton, Hattie Grace (v. Jno. Mc-
Dowell Moore), 148
Wheat, Jane (v. Irvine McClanahan),
177
Wheeler, Emily (v. Thos. Vance), 193
Wliitaker, Hon. Benjamin, 293, 299; I's-
abella, 295; Jared Irwin, 295, 298;
John, 295; John W., it Isabella (Ir-
win), 298; Mary (v. Mabley),
298; Nancy (v. William Irwin), Sr.),
299; Sarah (v. Hugh Lawson I), 293;
Simon, & Elizabeth (Irwin), 298; Dr.
William, 298; William, Jr., 295; Wil-
liam S., paper by, 298; Willis R., 298
WHITE—
Gen. Addison, & Sarah (Irvine), i76;
Adelaide, 217; Alice Greenway, 176;
Ann (V. Chas. F. Irwin), 360; Annie
Washington, 217;
Betty Patton, 176
David Hutchinson, 218; David L, 176
Edith, 217; Edwin Holt, 217; Eli.t
J. (V. Jno. Jewell), 122; Emily, 379
Grace Allison (v. Leroy Springs),
217;
James Wilson, & Emma Virgmia
(Holt), 217; James Wilson, Jr., 217;
John, & Rebecca (Reznor), 122; Jno.
McKemie, & Adeline Elizabeth (Alli-
son), 217; Joseph Harvey, & Grace
(Pomeroy) 217; id , & Sarah (Young)
215; Madeline (v. Philip Rahm Carl
ton), 217; Margaret Adelaide (v. ^
Abram C. Steel, 2. V.o\. Thomas H.
Brem), 216; .Martha (v. Nathaniel
Moore), 159; Mary Gordon (v. John
Agnew), 467; Mary Martha (v. Wm.
Fulen wider Pliifer), 216
Newton K., 176
Samuel Elliott, Ai Esther Phifer (Al-
li.son), 217; Sara Cordelia (v. Col.
Lewis Slaughter Williams), 217; Sa-
rah (v. Rich'd W. Walker), 176; Sa-
rah A. (v. J. M. Christy), 122; Steve
B., & Margaret S. (Rowland), 179:
Susan, 176
William Edward, & Sallie (Caldwell)
217; William Elliott, &. Addie Avery
(Erwin), 213, 217; id., & Sarah Rob-
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661
WHITE
inson (Wilson), 215; William Moore,
& Euphemia (Stem), 135
Whiteman, Lewis, 381
Whitman, , Melvina (Dinkins).
146; Lucinda (v. Robert Kemp), 146
WhitsoD, Miss (v. Carson), 240;
— . & Anne (McDowell), 240,
243; Anne McDowell, 258
Whoowee, Rachel (v. Abel Fisher), 393,
394
Wilcox, John Thomas, & Lenore (Mc-
Dowell), 533; Philip Alston, & Marie
Bacot (Brunson), 274
Wildman, W. J., & Cora D. (Atkins),
577
Wiley, Marilla A. (v. Thos. J. Reznor),
123
Wilkes, Agnes (v. Adolphus Erwin
Rankin), 204
Wilkins, James, & Sarah E. (Finch),
302, 304; James R., 304; Merli.'i, 304
Wilkinson, Ada (v. Jas. Jabez Robin-
son), 312; Anne, 63; Avaris, 313;
Frank & Mattie (Hill), 63; Julia Da-
vis (v. Robt. Simms) 63; Meynar
die, 63
Will, William, & Frances (Irwin), 562
Williams. See Jones-Williams, 544
Williams, Alexander, & Elizabeth
(Jones), 89; David, 342, 345; E. A., &
Ula Lee (Avent), 323; Frances (v.
Francis Burton Craige), 227; Jane
v. Jno. Erwin), 341, 348; John, &
Lydia (Hart), 178; Colonel Lewis
Slaughter, & Sarah Cordelia (White)
217; Mary E. (v. Thos. Ward Avent)
323; Mattie (v. D. W. Irwin), 337;
Sarah Adelaide (v. Jos. P. Caldwell),
217
Williamson, Miss (v. Wm. Er-
win, 189; , & Mary Irwin (Din-
kins), 146; Alexander, 146; C. A., <t
Mary (Orr), 195; Cynthia (v. Alex-
ander), 146; Cyrus, 146; Eleanor (v.
Jas. Brewster), 331; Frederick D,
146; Gertrude (v. Zweir), 195;
John, 146, 582; Martha D. (v. Gen.
Wm. Henry Neal), 99; Mary (v. Maj.
Alex'r Craige), 226
Williford, , & Margaret ' (Wal-
lace), 170; Miss (v. Bishop
Payne), 541; Adeline, 158; Edward,
& Sarah (Moore), 158; James, 170
Willis, Mrs. Edgar, 179; Frank, & Jer-
nie B. (Finch), 302, 304; Robina (v.
Wm. Lucius Tate), 229; Sarah Lou-
isa, 304
WILSON—
Dr. , & Daisy (Henderson), 66,
WILSON
67;
— , & Louisa J. (Irwin), 572;
, & Mary (Irwin), 307; ,
& Mary (Watson), 101
Addie (v. Saunders), 214; Ad-
die L. (v. Ninian I. Robinson), 121;
Adolphus Erwin, & Hallie (Landis),
205; Alexander, & Ethel (Dillard).
204; Alexander, Jr., 204; Rev. Alex-
ander Erwin, & (1) Mary Jane
(Smithey); (2) Mary (Hardcastle).
218, 219; Alexander Erwin, & Maude
Evelyn (Smith), 214; Alexander Er-
win, Jr., 214; Alexander McDowell,
& Harriet (Noble), 402; Alexander
Millner), 214; Alfred Simianer, 20>;
Alice Matilda (v. Herbert Batte),
2U4; Amelia, 214; Angle (v. Jasoi
Lee McDowell), 533; Anna Pattoii
(v. Jas. Wm. Moore), 214; Anne Bu-
low (v. Joel Jenkins Hutchinson),
205; Annie Witherspoon, 215
Baxter, & Hannah Maria (McDowell)
402; Benjamin Franklin, 214; Bertha
V. Edwd. Snodgrass), 402
Caroline Asbury, 214; Catherine (v.
Sam'l P. Carson), 270; Cora Avery
(V. J. L. Massey), 205
Elizabeth (v. Prof. Hermann Spen-
cer), 403; Eva Rebecca, 67
Florence (v. Matthew Irvin), 547;
id. (V. Jason Lee McDowell), 533;
Frances (v. Jas. McDowell), 533:
Frank L., 214; Frank Wales, & Pene-
lope Millner (Sparkes), 214
Ceorge Edward, & Bessie (Wither-'
spoon), 215; George Edward. Jr., &
Lida Rivers (Caldwell), 2i5; Ger-
trude, 205
Hallie, 205; Hamilton Witherspoon
215; Harriet Adeline (v. Henry Paul
Rossingol), 220; Harriet Ann (v.
Rich'd C. Carson), 219; Harvey
White, 215; Helen, 67
Isaac, & Ellen (Finch), 302; id., &
(Wallace), 222
James, 204, 205, 222; id., & Ruth
(Davidson), 270; Dr. James, 100;
James Erwin, & (1) Elizabeth(Kerr)
(2) Elizabeth ( ). 220, 221;
James Erwin, Jr., & (1) Florence
(Aldred), (2) Frances (Reynolds^
221; James Patton, & Julia Wales
Erwin (McMillan), 214; James Pat-
ton, Jr. 214; James Rossingol, &.
Eva Holt (Burns), 214; James Wil-
liam, & Ivy (Hayes), 205; Maj. Jas.
W., & Mary Louisa (Erwin), 204;
Jane, 403; Jason, & Matilda (Carson)".
270; Col. Jeff, portrait, 584; John, &
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INDKX (Jontieued
WILSON
Elizabeth ( ), 402; Rev. Jno.
McKemie, & Mary "Pretty Polly"
(Erwin), 193, 213 et seq, 228; Johii
McKemie, Jr., & Delphine (Fox), 214;
Jolm McKemie III, 214; JoslijIi Hiir
vey, & (1) Julia Adelaide (I'utton);
(2) Mary Louise (Phifer) 214, 2ir. ;
Joseph Harvey, Jr., ic E. Caldwdi
(Limburger), 214; Joseph Harvey
HI, 214; id., IV, & Minnie A. (As-
bury), 214; id., V 214; Rev. Josiah.
100; Julia Adelaide, 214; Julia
Wales, 214
Kate Caroline (v. George Thomas
Barnes), 220
Lallis or Lille (v. Jos. Connor), 1G7,
Landis. 205; Laura Theresa (v. 1.
Polk; 2. Dr. \Vm. C. Tale),
229; Lily, 402; Louise Erwin (v. Dr.
R. L. Gibbons), 205
Margaret (v. Charles Carson), 27o.
id. (v. John W. Means), 221; Marllia
Smithey (v. Boiling Anthony Sto-
vall), 218; Mary, 205; id. (v. William
Brown), 100; id. (Jos. Irwin), 301;
Mary Ann (v. Dr. Robt. N. C. Tate),
214; Mary Ellis (v. Charles Earl
Johnson), 215; Mary Erwin (v. Jas.
Smith Chambers), 219; Mary Kerr
(v. Jas. Collier). 220; Mary Lizzi^!
(v. Dr. Robert N. -C. Tate), 22 S;
Mary Louise, 215; Mary Willis (v.
T. H. Bomar), 204; Matilda, 205
Octavia (v. George Barnes), 221
.Paul Michael, & Ruby (.Shaw), 4ij3;
Phoebe (v. Futhey Steele). lOO; I'il-
ma Saunders), 215
Rebecca (v. Jos. McDowell Carson).
270, 272; Robert, 307; id., .t Anna
(Held), 100; Robert Willis, 204,
Rosa, 214
Samuel, Sr., & Margaret (Jack), 157;
Samuel Walcott, 403; Sarah, 204,
Sarah Robinson (v. Wm. I'lliolt
White), 215; Sarah White, (v. Juo.
Tate), 215
Thomas, & Catherine (Carson), 26S
Winbray, Alleyne (v. Jacob H. Lee-
wright), 586; C. W..- portrait, 550;
'Charles William, 580, portrait, 444;
John A., & (1) Mary Ann Supsan
(McDowell), (2) Elizabeth (Neel),
586, portrait, 444; William M., &
Guiellea. (Moody), 586
Winecoff, Miss (v. David Parks)
100
Wingate,' , &. Sarah Ann ((!as-
well), 558
Winkelman, George, & Maude Wester ' ' •^•
(Erwin). 371, portrait, 372
W' inkier, Elsie (v. Jas. Carney Moore),
162
Winn, Mary C. (v. John Hugh Sloan),
156; Hon. W. F., 575
Winsmitli, Katherine (v. Baxter Har-
riet Moore), 201
Winston, Clarence, 517; Major Joseph,
235; Mary Jolmston (v. Hezekiah >
Franklin Ei'win). 553, 555; Nanniy ^^
(V. Rol)ert N, Irvine), 517; Dr. Rip *''
R., Ai. Anna or .\iinie L. (Irvine), 517; ,
Capt. Thomas, .".55; Will, 517 '\
Wirt, William, A:: Nancy (Gamble), 268 ]'
Withers, .Miss (v. Dan'l E. Hu- •
ger). 496; Edmond, 58U; John S, & ■
Mary Herbert (Jones), 496, 577, 579,
580, 581; Gen. Jcmes Mitchell, 496,
581; Mary (v. Henning Addicks, Jr.). r,
196; Mary D. (v. R. W. Withers), :
581; Priscilla Wright (v. Wm. Mc-
Dowell), 495 et seq; 577. 579 et seq; •
Dr. R. W.. & Mary D. (Withers), »
581; Susannah Claiborne (v. Clem- ^j,
ent Comer Clay), 496, 581; Thomas, |
& Elizabeth (Walker), 580. 581; Wil- '
liam. & Priscilla (Wright). 580
Witiierspoon, Bessie (v. Cieo. Edward
Wilson), 215; Donald, & Mary Wil-
fong (Phifer), 287; Leroy, 207
Wolfe, Bettie (v. Andrew Parks Price)
104
Wolfley, Hettie (v. Jno. Otho McDow- ,
ell), 535
Wood, Gen. Abram, 580; Alice N., 514;
Benjamin, & Ann (Darby), 296; Fan-
nie (v. Dr. Hugh Tate), 230; Field- K
ing F., 514; Col. James, 337; Jared
Oliver, 296; :\Iagdalen (v. Jno. Mc-
Dowell), 569; Mary (v. Maj. Peter •
Jones). 579. 580; Mary Belle, 514;
Mary Sallie Irwin, letter to, 228 et
seci; Ross, 514; William, & Sarah
(Darby), 290; William H., & Anno
Porter (Battle), 514
Woodard. Miss — (v. Edward Ir-
win), 367
Woodfin, Anna M., 255; Annie, 259;
Hon. Nicholas W., & Eliza (McDow-
ell), 238, 248
Woodhouse, Sir William of, 15, 36
Woods, Susannah P. (v. Peter A. Brun-
son), 274; William, & Agnes (Irwin)
361
Wornal, Eliza (v. Jos. Croxton), 180;
Samuel, i^t Ann (I\Ioore), ISO
Worthen. See Warthen
Worthy. Col. Le(jnard. A: Polly (Mc-
Dowell). 567
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INDEX Continued
669
Wright, Frank, & Elizabeth GenevieV'
(Smith), 405; Hilda, 405; Jean, 405;
Kate (V. Wm. Preston McDowell*.
5Gy; Lucius Moore, 148; Max Sea
borne, 148; Priscilla (v. Wni. With-
ers), 580; Seaborne, & Anna Euyhe
niia (Moore), 148; Thomas Barry,
148; Thomas H., & (1) Lenoir
(CUiambers), (2) Rebekah (Brevard)
208
Wyatt, Nancy (v. John McDowell), To
Wylie, Annie (v. Capt. Eli Peyton
Moore), 200; Elizabeth (v. Robert
Fox), 17;5; Margaret (v. James Fox),
173; id. (v. Robert Irvine), 521
Wyman, Catherine (v. Frank Dudley
Jones), 190
Yandell, Ben Hart, & Birdie (Levy),
585, portrait, 314; John H., 585; Dr.
W. W., & Martha Avent (Sandeford)
585
Yarham, James, & Elizabeth Leah
Brittin Ambler (Erwin), 352
Yates, David, & Carrie (Moore), 197;
Orace Irwin, 300, 306, paper by, 301;
James Irwin, & Violet (Cannon),
306, paper by, 301; James Irwin, &
Violet (Cannon), 306; James Irwin,
Jr., 306; Lizzie, 197; Meredith No-
iait, ;;06; Walter F., & Grace (Irwin)
:;05; Walter VV>niie, iS' Leila (Can
non), 306
Yeager, Ansou Blake, ^ Elizabeth
■Brown (Houser), 226; Charles Er-
win, 226
Young, Alfred B., & Mary Elizabeth
Craige), 227; Rev. Alpasa &
(Davis), 59; Alphonso, 231; id., &
Laura Theresa (Tate), 230; Annie
Craige, 227; America (v. P. Y. Da-
vis), 60; Elizabeth Craige, 227; Em-
mie (v. Jno. Jones), 230; Ettie (v.
Jas. Rhea McDowell), 257; Frances
Burton, 227; G. W., & Iva (Smith),
191; Herbert, 231; James, 343; Lou-
isana (v. P. Y. Davis), 60; Margaret
(v. Hugh Parks, Sr.), 46, 100; Mary
(v. Burgess Sidney Gaillier, Jr.)231;
Mary Erwin, 227; Sarah (v. Joe Har-
vey White), 215; Tate, 231
Zimmerman, M. S., &; Etta (McDow-
'ell), 409; Fred D., 409; Maude, 409
Zwier, , & Gertrude (William-
son), 195
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THOMAS ELY AVENT
(See page 317)
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INDEX Continued 671
ERWJNS (OR EIWIN8) OF AUGUSTA COUNTY, VA., WHO
MOVED TO OIIiIO, ILLINOIS, IOWA, MISSOURI
AND KENTUCKY.
By Margaret Emily P^rvin, of Hillsboro, Ohio.
John Ervin (or ErwiiO and wii'e, Mary, and 'l)rothers, Edward,
William and Francis, came from the North of Ireland about the
year 17G1 to America and settled first in Pennsylvania, which is now
New (Jastle County, Delaware. They lived in New Castle (Jounty
six or eight years and moved from there to Augusta County, Vir-
ginai, and settled near Staunton. The Erwins and Hells built .six
litone houses, one of wliich was used as a block house during the
jUidian raid.
John Ervin and his relatives were Scotch Presbyterians and wor-
shiped at the old Stone Church, located about ten miles from Staun-
ton, lie served in the Revolutionary War as a civil officer and as
a soldier. Records of Augusta County show that he was a consta-
ble in the year 1777, and that he was out on the expedition in 1779.
John Ervin was 'born about the year 1735, and died in 1814, as hi,-;
son Edward qualifies as' executor of his will March 23, 1814. Mary
Ervin, wife of John Ervin died in 1815, as the will was proved July
24, 1815.
The wills of John P^rvin and his wife, Mary p]rwin, show they
had the following issue: 1. Edward; 2. Margaret; 3. Mary; 4.
Thomas ; 5. John ; 6. Jean ; 7. James.
Edward Ervin, eldest son of John and ]\Iary Ervin, was born
after they came to America and died 1834 near Ililsboi-o, Highland
County, Ohio. Edward Ervin and his second wife, Mary Broughton
p]rvin, and twelve children moved from Augusta County, Va., tv)
Highland County, Ohio, in 1830, and settled on a tract of land thn e
miles east of Hills'boro — one-half of this tract of land is now owned
by W. S. Ervin and his sister, Margaret E. Ervin. ^ •
Edward Ervin was nmrried twice. His first wife was ]\lary Stew-
art. His second wife was I\Iary Broughton.
Margaret (Ervin, eldest daughter of John Ervin and his wife
Mary, married Bethnel Herring.
]\Iary or Polly Ervin, second daughter, married Francis Bell, son
of James Bell and his wife, Agnes Hogshead, who came from Ireland
and settled in Long Glade, Augusta County, 1840, They were mar-
ried in 1802, as records show that John Frvin signed the niariragc
bond. They had no children.
Issue of Edward Ervin and his first wife, ]\Iary Stewart: 1.
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672
INDRX Continued
JOSEPH Mcdowell carson
(See pages 270-272)
Illll'il}-' . <' "■*
INDEX Continued 673
John, bom April 6, 1800; 2. Mary, ))orn April — , 1802; [I. James
►Stcwai't, liorii April 4, 1804.
Issue of Etlward Erviii and liis second wife, Mary Broug:hton : 1.
Reuben Broughton, born Nov. 4, 1806; 2. Thomas, born March 11,
1808; ;{. Newton KSeott, born May 6, 1809; 4. Marguerite Bell, l)()rn
Fob. 18. 1911; 5. Peyton, l)orn May 26, 1812; 6. Hannah Jane, born
Oct. 12, 1814; 7. Francis Bell, born Nov. 22, 1816; 8. Harriet Eliza-
beth, born Dec. 28, 1819; 9. Peachy Harrison, born Feb. 28, 1821 ; 10.
P'rardi Ervin, born April 5, 1878.
WUliam A. Erwin married Myrtle Barr, Feb. 2, 1897 ; Minnie M.
Ervin married W. A. McChire, Dec. 31, 1889; Plenny Frank Ervin
married Floretta Wheeler Dee. 12, 19000.
John Fielden Ervin marrietl tlie second time to Sarah Kaiser
Jones, Jan. 19, 1911. He served in Company C, 50th Regiment, Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, from Aug. 7, 1862, to June 2, 1865.
Thomas N. Ervin married IMartha J. Ervin. He died May 12,
1911.
James Harvey Ervin married Mary F. Kirkpatrick April 24,
1890. Issue: Paul, born Aug. 13, 1891, died Aug. 17, 1891; Ruth,
born Dec. 3, 1892.
Harriet J. Ervin married Raper Christman. She died November,
1915.
Hannah J. Ervin married Thomas Hogsett in 1831. Issue: 1.
Jolm Newton, born Nov. 25, 1832; 2. James P>aneis, born Fe'b. 9,
1836; 3. i\Iary Margaret, born July 21, 1838; 4. Thomas Ervin, horn
Feb. 28, 1841.
Thomas Ervin Hogsett married Mary Mc'Coppin, June 1, 1865.
They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary June 1, 1915.
John Newton Hogsett married Hannah Ellen Hughes April 22,
1857. Issue: Thomas Hamer, born May 17, 1858; Frank Hughes,
born June 30, I860; John V., born Nov. 6, 1862; Margaret Adelia,
born February 14, 1865; Jennie Kate, born April 19, 1867; Anna
Elizabeth, born October, 1869; James Edward, born Feb. 15, 1872.
Thomas Hamer Hogsett is a prominent attorney in Cleveland, 0.
He was married to Rebecca Jones, daughter of Robert and Rebecca
Jones, born in Humeville, Bucks County, Pa., Aug. 9, 1861 ; married
June 8, 1882. To their union two children were born : Edith, born
at Ilillsboro, Ohio, Aug. 19, 1885; graduated from Vassar College,
li)08, married Howard K. Williams, of Cleveland, Ohio, j\lay 10,
1910; Robert Newton, born at Hilsboro, Ohio, Aug. 5, 1892, gradu-
ated from Dartmouth College, 1914, located in business at Bing-
hampton, N. Y.
Frank Hughes Hogsett married Iva Roush, who was born July
2, 1865 ; married Oct. 21, 1886. To this union one daughter was born :
Gladys, born April 5, 1895, married to Glenn Farris Jan. 26. 1914.
Issue: One son, John Franklin, born Feb. 17, 1915.
John V. Hogsett married Mary INIosher Nov. 29, 1887. Issue:
1. Harry L., born Feb. 7, 1889, died May 7, 1907; 2. John F., born
1' ■
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614
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(Seepage 274) • .
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._ Oct. ;n, 1882, married July 26^ 11)15, to Pauline Held.
JNlargaret Adelia Hogsett married Jacob White.
Jennie Kate Hogsett married Michael RicQ May 17, 1888. Issue:
' John Edward, born Dec. 31, 1889 ; Thomas llamer, born Feb. 8, 1891.
I John Edward Rice was married to Fannie May Richards of
I Huntingdon, W. Va., Nov. 27, 1914.
i Thomas Ilamer Rice wai? married to (Uara Newland, of Sabi\ui,
I Ohio, Nov. 25, 1914. Issue: -Robert Franklin, born Nov. 20, 1915.
j Anna Elizabeth Hogsett married ^lood ]\Iosier March 21, 1888.
j Issue: One son and one daughter, Harold 'G, born July 24, 1889;
I Helen, born March 18, 1891.
j Helen Mosier married Frank B. Reibold Aug. 11, 19{X). Harold
(i. Mosier graduated from Dartmouth College June, 1912, and from
I Harvard Law School June, 1915, and is practicing law with his uncle,
! Thomas Hamer Hogsett, in Cleveland, Ohio.
I James Edward Hogsett married Lilly Edith Filtro Oct. 16, 1900.
! To this union one daughter was^born, Elizabeth Helen, Sept. 17, 1914.
James Prances Hogsett was married to Elizabeth Filtro Aug.
. 26, 1858, and died March 14, 1865; married second time to Maria
Orange Oct. 21, 1868. James T. Hogsett died April 21, 1892. Maria
Orange Hogsett died Feb. 26, 1898. Issue by first marriage: 1. Joseph
IL, born Aug. 7, 1859; 2. Ida, born Aug. 18, 1863. Issue, second mar-
riage: 1. Edwina D., 2. William Gray, born Dec. 13, 1877
Josei)h II., married Alice Shaw Feb. 12, 1884.. Issue: 1. Lillie
May, born June 20, 1886; 2. Nettie, Blanche, born Feb. 31, 1889; 3.
Lois B., born May ,21, 1896. .
Lillie ]\Iay Hogsett married J. A. Henser Dec. 20, 1908.
Nettie Blanche Hogsett married C. II. Berryman Dec. 21, 1909.
Ida Hogsett married Bunch ('. Bragg Sept. 14, 1882; died June
14, 1915. Issue : 1. Carrie, born July 14, 1883 ; 2. Grace, iborn ]\Iarcii
26, 1885; married Gurney C. Wright Sept. 1, 1903; married William
Lockner April 20, 1905.
Edwina D. Hogsett raarrietl Elmer iK. Kendall June 2, 1897. To
this union four children were born.
William Guy Hogsett nuirried Lillian Anise Berryman Dec. 30,
1908.
]\Iary Margaret Hogsett was married to James M. Filtro April
10, 1856. She died Aug. 3, 1873. Three daughters were born to this
union: 1. Laura Alice, born ]\Iarch 10, 1857; 2. Anna, born Oct.
13, 1862; 3. Stella Florence, born Feb. 22, 1864.
Laura Alice Filtro was nuirried to Cyrus Pennington April 3,
1884; died Oct. 26. 1889. She married the second time (Miarley P..
Russell, Jan. 26, 1892.
Anna Filtro was married to Henry Newton Miller Oct. 31, 1881.
Issue : 1. Florence i\ray, born Aug. 12, 1882 ; 2. Grace Elizabeth, bom
June 22, 1886; 3. Roy Newton, born Dec. 19, 1889.
Florence Mny JMiller married John 'Coolidge Davanport June 25,
houaii'M)'") //AiVfil
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IND?:X Continued
JOHN NEWTON HOGSETT, THOMAS ERWIN HOGSETT
John Newton Hogsett and Tlioinas Krviii ilogsett were the sons
of Thomas and Hannah Ervin Ilogsett. Their lather and mother
eame to Ohio as a hride and gi-oom — eoming over the mountains from
near Staunton, Va., on lioi-sebaek — and settled on a farm near Hills-
horo, nearby where her father, l*](hvard 'lOrvin, and liis family settled.
John Newton Ho{i:sett married Hannah Kllen lluj^dies, A\)v'\\ 22,
1857. They celehrateil theii- ^'olden weddinj^ anniversary A])ril 22,
11)07.
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; .iii. »,;..'*■ ;i kI f '.'''0 ^niau-' --£!»■!«"»'.; iiiti! :'?:i^'
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INDEX Continued
,,07 Issue: Florc>uce €ooUage, born July 17, 1908-, Matilda Jan.,
''""'ut^'NowloHniler .uarried Etta En.ery Aug. U, 1910. Issue:
"=-7.;.?JrFro"«tr:Fmr^: ta^ie^f a-ohn F. UnU. who was .on. Aug.
-■ ^^rtvp i;f - Ma. ^-^:--Xni^,
S;crVer'..on;'A"^H: ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ '^^'
•^^^^^!?rF:J;;ettgi:ra:rwil.il%'.. nugUe» we. r.e.,
ii\.h' 10 1889 Issue: Rov and Lawrence. • i * i o iR<)fi
''"•,•,1 Helle Ilogsett audJolm Scott were n>-™<^^^^';"', ;, « ;
.Myrtle May llogsett marncd Nathaniel D. Spruancc Sept. ,
''''Th'r:K'Ci«td'M:ryMc<;ofti„Hogsetteelebratedthe,,-
j/olden wedding anniversary June 1, 191o.
^ Francis Bell Ervin married Mary ^^ ^f^^J^'^JS^,,.,
John Wesley, born July 17, 1840, died Apr o i o ^ ^^
born Aug. 24, 1^41 ; 3. James R^uben^^ 184^^- ^^^^ ,3
Katherine, born Oct. 6, 1844, '^-^^ f %.f ^..o . ^ Harriet Amanda.
1846- 6. Andrew Newton, born Sept 23, ^^^^^ . ti arret
1 Q ,^f 11 18^0- 8 Winfield Scott, 'born July 2o, l»oz, y. -CiUt-u
i.orn Sept. 14, 18bU , »-^^ »"^^ Margaret Emily, ^born April 24,
Elizabeth, born Aug. 8, 18o4, lU. J^i^^g^^ J' died Sept 4 1862 ; 12.
1856 • 11. Francis Gatch, born June 21, 1858, died feept. %
Sophia Victoria, born June 24 1860^ ^^^^
Nov^?lS^:ila^::ib i^" ^r^aS^rXlL la.ett Ware
Issue- 1. Frank Callahan, born March 7, 1874; 2- Anna nos ,
^^ i '. 1 S80 . '^ William Isaac Fulton, born Dec. 15, 1884
F;:ufr;i alia Ervin married Emma Armstrong. He is presi-
dent fUie Denver Pressed Brick Company of D---r €o o a.^d
^^ru■ \ V Prvin is secrctarv of the saiuc compauy. William l.i.
^Iv'iu'is a graduate otlhfscdiool of Co,„,neree. Accounts and Ft-
''"'ll'CKr *J..:U«r::nege at Oxford. Oh.o. and is a Uiu-
dergarten teacher at Norwood, Ohio.
"sarah Kathenne Ervin ".-'-'^ "7:rrM-garer "fo™ 'sep;'.
]f ,87 \' Annlt;,l"\l-Jriufa:;ey ; 3^ .enn. Vi.^r.a, .,orn
luly 24 1882 ; 4. Mildred Rosetta Young, born Dec. 27, 1884 , ,>. Lues ,
""™i; Ma'trlue Ervtu niarr.ed Calvin Had.ey Hazard.
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618
INDEX Continued
DR. HUMPHREY NEWTON ERVIN
Miami College. 1912 Alter m.e.v,,,, 1 ^ I,',, \,„i„,
;he was sent overseas.
licine he
antl was
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INDEX Continued 679
Frederick Lee, bom May 17, 1876; 3. Mary Katheryn, horn Aug. 4,
1878.
Dr. Charles Hiekle Ervin graduated from the School of Osteop-
athy, of Des iMoines. Jowa, also the Medical College of l.os Aiigele;s,
California.
Frederick Lee P^rviu married Emma Houston, Aug. 15, 1898.
Lssue: 1. Harold Lee, horn March 20, 1900; 2. Kenneth l^>ederick, '
born April 29, 1901; 8. Fra;icis Newton, l)orn June 26, 1903; 4. Le-
land James, born Sept. i:3, 190f); Emma Houston Ervin died in 1914.
Mary Katherine Plrvin married George Frederick Shields Dec.
27, 1911 ; living in Los Angeles. Harriet Amanda A. Ervin died Ai)ril
3, 1910.
Ellen 'Elizabeth M. Ervin married John Coyner 'Grove May 18,
1875. Issue. 1. Noah Ervin, born Aug. 19, 1897; 2. Mary Eleanor,
born April 1, 1883.
Noah Ervin Grove married Mary Louise Walker Nov. 13, 1919;
living at Enid, Okla.
M^ry Eleanor Grove married Forest Edgar ^loomaw Oct. 25,
1913. Issue: Eleanor Elizabeth, born July 17, 1814.
Mary Eleanor Grove Moomaw graduated from Wooster ('oUege,
Wooster, Ohio.
Sophia Victoria Ervin married James Howard Moody Hollyday
May 4, 1881. He died Jan. 24, 1908.
Harriet Eliza'beth Ervin married John Walker Lyle Sept. 5,
1839. Issue : 1. Peachy Harrison, born June 24, 1840 ; 2. William E,
born July 29, 1842; 3. Sarah E., born Oct. 26, 1844; 4. Francis New-
ton, born ]\Iay 12, 1847; 5. Margaret Belle, horn Aug. 25, 1849; 6.
Hannah Jane, horn March 1, 1852; 7. John Rankin, l)orn March 2,
1857. Harriet Elizaheth Ervin Lyle died Jan. 19, 1897.
Peachy H. Lyle married ]\lary E. Fling iNov. 16, 1865. Issue:
1. Frank ; 2. Joseph ; 3. one daughter; 4. 'Charles.
Francis Newton Lyle married Mary Campbell Feb. 18, 1875.
Sarah lE. Lyle married James Davis Sept. 9, 1878. Issue: Nora
B., horn Feb. 9, 1880.
Hannah Jane Lyle married Andrew Porter IMarch 9, 1881.
John Rankin Lyle married Addie Jackman Aug. 10, 1876. Issue:
1. Owen Peachy, horn Oct. 17, 1877; 2. Alva Galbraith, 'born Jan. 2.
1879; 3. Cora pisther, born :\Iarch 11, 1883; 4. son born Feb. 27, 1902,
died March 2, 1902.
Owen Peachy Lyle married Margaret Ethel Shaw Aprd 17, 1901.
Issue: 1. Oscar Lawrence, horn March 7, 1904; 2. Ester :\Iay. horn
A'pril 15. 1906; died Aug. 20, 1907.
Alva G. Lyle married Leota INIay Shaw Jan. 26, 1905. Issue:
Son born and died 1914; daughter, Jennie ^largaret, l)orn Febru-
ary, 1915.
Peachy Harrison Ervin married Nancy Lyle Nov. 10, 1842. Is-
sue : Harriet, born ]\Iarch 1, 1845. died Aug. 30, 1850 ; William Addi-
son, horn April 15. 1847; John Newton, born April 23, 1853; Frank
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P., born April 13, \Mi). TciK-'liy Harrison aiid liis wilV, Nancy Lyle ,k^
Ervin, lived to C('U-i)ratt' tlicir ^'olden weddinj,' Nov. 10, 18!):5. He ^i
died June 4, 189!), and his wilV died Oct. :{, 1!K).S. 4 .;
William A. Ervin married Clara Morton. Issue: 1. A^aies; \l \^
Helen ; 3. Morton ; 4. Merle. Agnes Ervin died just as she grew into
young womanhood. Morton Ervin graduated from the Dental Col-
lege in Cincinnati, and after returning to his home in Tennessee was
stricken vv^ith fever and'died.
Helen Elaine Ervin married William Edward Koheits April 8,
1!)12, who served in the IMiilippine War and was raised to fiist lieu-
tenant. He was seriously wounded and retired from tlie service.
Merle Ervin, the youngest son, was educated at Woostei' CoUeg^-,
Wooster, Ohio; now living on a fruit ranch in New Mexieo.
Rev. William Addison Ervin graduatetl from Salem Academy,
Salem, Ohio; Wooster College, Wooster, Ohio, and from Lane Semi-
nary, Cincinnati, Ohio. He was pastor of the Presbyterian Church
at Aurora, Ind. ; is now i)as1or of the Presbyterian Ch\u-cli at So-
corro, N. M.
Rev. John Newton Ervin married Liz/Je F. Mollyneau dune,
1881. Issue: Humphrey Newton Ervin, born :Mareli 18S3.
Dwight ^lollyneau Ervin. horn March, 188."); graduated from
Wooster College, 1910, and for two years was civil engineer on the
Ohio River, surveying for construction of dams for fur1hei-;ince of
navigation. He is'at ])resent a student in the Medical College of Cni-
cinnati.
Clladys Dee Ervin, born Februarv, 1887; graduated tr(,m the
University of Cinciniuiti, the Art Academy ami College of Music,
and is Supervisor of Art and Music in the 'Cincinnati Schools.
Morris Donaldson Ervin, horn February. 1S94; graduated fi-om
Woodward High School of Cincinnati, 1912. The three yeius follow-
ing was reporter on the Commercial Tribune, Cincinnati. At pres-
ent is a student of Wooster College, Wooster, Ohio.
Frank P. Ervin married Rusia A. Price Nov. 2, 1870. issue:
1. Floyd D, 'born Aug. 29, 1877; 2. (diaries K., born Aug. 7. 1879; 3.
3. Clyde P., born dan. 6, 1881 ; 4. Harley F.. horn duly 2!). 18S4; o.
Lora"Ruth, born May 7. 1891.
Floyd D. Ervin married Sarah C. Crawford Oct. 10. PtOh, Issu":
1. James Crawford, horn Oct. 24, 1908; 2. Margaret Price, horn
April 18, 1910; 3. Mary Lavinia, born dan. 4, 1!)14.
Flovd D. Ervin .served in the (^uban War.
'C;harles K. Ervin married Florence Yoiinghlut Nov. 2/, 1813.
He graduated from the :\liami Medical College. Cincinnati, Ohio, and
is practicing medicine in Cincinnati. Ohio.
Harley F Ervin married .Maude F. Rogers Dee. 7, PH)!). Issu":
1. Frances Maude, born dan. (5. 1912; 2. Helen l.atta. horn .Marc,
27, 1914- 3. daughter, horn dune 3, 191G.
Lora Ruth Ervin married (leorgc Woodhurn Nov. (.. PtP.. Issue:
1. Susan Oace, horn Nov. 1. 1914; 2. Virginia Ruth, honi Peh. 2!).
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