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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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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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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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CHAPTER  2. 
John  McDowell  I,  ancestors,  descendants  and  their  kin. 

(MI  APT  Eli  W 
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. 

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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 

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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 


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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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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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14  THE     IRVINES     AND     McDOWELLS 

"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. 

Robert  de  llircwiiu'  w  ilncssctl  a  charter  of  Alexander  II  in  1226, 


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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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16  THE     IRVINES     AJ^D     McDOWELLS 

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 
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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. 

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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  : — 

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THE     IRVINTES     AND     McDOWELLS  21 

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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22  THE     IRVINES     AND     McDOWELLS 

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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THE     IRVIXES     AND     McDOWELLS  23 

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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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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THE    IRVINES    AND    McDOWELLS  29 

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- 
tion of  the  people  to  his  interests.     It  at  one  time  was  represented  in 


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THE     IRVINES     AND     McDOWELLS  33 

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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THE   irvinp:s    and    McDowells  35 

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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3ti  THE     IRVINES     AND     McDOWELLS 

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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THE     IRVINES     AND     McDOWELLS  31 

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 
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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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THIC     lRViNi;S     AND     .McHOWEI-LS  39 

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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42  THE     IHVINKS     AND     McIX)WELLS 


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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- 


■  t    "-'I)    J;!,'i.i     \'.    i'')M<i!  i/:H   i'-S')(i    ,'1,!      rtiiu,!)')- 


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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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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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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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. 

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.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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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. 
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IIIONDKKSON: 

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:{.      lluKli   llany. 

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().      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 
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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). 
]\1AKY  BARUY,  daughter  of  Elizabeth  Watson  and  John 
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, 
a  I'rcshvterian  minister. 


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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- 
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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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Son  of  John  McDoxvell  II;  tather  ot  John  llu^h  McDowell 
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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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r.4  THE    McDQW'El.LS    AND    CONNDCTIOXS 

hi.Lrlit — often  iiiaii\-  iniK-s  trom  any  ha  liitat  ion.  and  ui  a  w  ildcnu'ss 
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 


^  XAXCV   IirXTEK  IRWIN. 

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 
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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. 

1?SS. 
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. 
1-62. 
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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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THE  McDowells  and  connections  71 

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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THE    MtDOWELLS    AND    CONNECTIONS  73 

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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74  THE    iMc-DOWEl.LS    AND    CONNECTIONS 

'■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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THE  McDowells  axd  connections  75 

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. 

MARGARET  LI^CY  RERRY. 
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THE    MCDOWELLS    AND    CONNECTIONS  77 

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. 


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H,  and  his  wife,  Rebecca  Davi.s,  born  March  20,  1808;  died  Dec.  24, 


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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 
ll(JTClJIS()x\: 

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;, 
Walknp  Davis..") 

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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THK    McDOWEI.l.S    AND    CONNKCTlOXS 


MRS.   MINN  If']  R.    WALK  UP 


THE  mc1)0\vi<:lls  and   connections  81 

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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THE  McDowells  and   connections  Hi 

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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84  THE  McDowells  and  connections 

'"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 
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THE  McDowells  and  connections  85 

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 
i:  M  .AI A  J  ON  JOS  iM  c  DO  W  J<:  L  L  : 

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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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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JOHN   DAVIS   .McDOWKLL 


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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  McDOWKl.L. 
'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. 


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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. 

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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 
<.u-ner  of  real  estate,  iuid  |.re>i.h.„t  of  several  nnniu'j:  roi.,,,ai.irs    " 


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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- 

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(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.  • 

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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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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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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- 

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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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THE    M(nO\Vl<:LLS    AND    CONNECTIOxNS 


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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THE  McDowells  and  connections  115 

^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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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 


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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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THE  McDowells  and   connections  ii9 

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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THE    McDOWlCLLS    AND    CONNECTIONS  121 

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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THE  McDowells  and  connections  123 

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 
KSG2.  •  1    ■       ' 

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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124  THE    M(DO\VE]J.S    AND    CONNECTIONS 

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, 

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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 
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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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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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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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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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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, 

•  .  ■'-      ,|,  •  Isaae  Alexander, 

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.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, 

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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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THli    McDOWICLLS    AXl)     CONNECTIONS 


TIIH   KKCOH 


'111:   liAKKY    FAMILY 


(WlllU.T  1>.  .Mdnlv.  \\U-  Wntrr  ,,r  ll,r  f.llloXMll-  >k,-trll,  is  a  : 
,-,-,slnl  husiiH'ss  mail  ol  All.lilla,  (i.l.,  nl  ill,'  llllli  .if  Wlllii.M-  I..  M( 
i:  Co.      His  iiu.tliri-  was  KnL,h,.|Hia   Kli/aln-tli   llaiTv.) 


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Aiuli-ru  liaiTv.  I 
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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 

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150                    THE  McDowells  and  connections  ;| 

Tlu'ir   (laii^litci-.    .M;ir;j;nvt    McDowell,    mairicl    Atnlivw    Lawsoii  ij 

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(it'll.  lv()l)cit    Irwin,  supposed   to  lia\e  lieen   horn   ni   TcniisN  Ivania  it 

in    17:{S,    died    Dec.    2;;.   Js()();    married    Alar\-    Alexander,    who    died  f 

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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. 


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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. 


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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:' 

•^'  -JOHN  1IC(HI. 

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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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THE  McDowells  and  connections  159 

;].  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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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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1!H)8.      Issue:      Dau^litei'    born    iDll    (name    unknown). 
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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. " 

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THI-:    McDOWKLI.S    AND    CONXECTIOXS 


BISHOP  CtlAH.    15.   GALLOWAY 


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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. 
GKAx\I)CIIILDIH<:.\: 

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. 
-     ■•  (JUKAT  (;i{AM)FATlli:i{: 

'  '■'  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, 


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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 
.McWillie.       Issue; 


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1.  Kc'ni|)  .Ml-WiIHo,  hoi-u  ISTli;  (liitl  1!)04. 

2.  Louise  Spi-iugs,  lioni  1877. 
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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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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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5.     Harriet  K.  Diiikiiis,  iiian'i(Hl  A.  .).  HraiLsioid.  /    ' 

0.     -Joseph  K.  Diiikin.s.  dwd  uiiniari'icd. 

7.  Henry  11.  Diiikins,  uiarried  .Maggie  llareld. 

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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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17ti 


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: 

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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. 

Thonuis  M. 

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. 

G.     AVillis.  '    ■  ■  ■  ;   .  .    . 

7.     Anna.      '<  '      '•'    ^  'i   i     -  •■       ■■    : 

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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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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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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THE  McDowells  and  connections 


MRS. 'SOPHIA   FOX  SEA 
Louisville,  Kv. 


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THE  McDowells  and  connections  i83 

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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THE  McDowells  and  connections 


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, 
— beginning  on  following  page. 


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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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188  THE  McDowells  and  connections 

"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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THE  McDowells  and  connections  189 

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. 

Alberta.  ., 

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.  €. 

(I)  John  Bratton.         "'         '  '■' 

(II)  'Charlotte.  ■'■    '  '^ '''  -r:-.^   :^,i^'    ,.     .  ,    :,( 

(III)  Daughter  who  died. 

(IV)  Daughter  who  died.  ':: 

(V)  Isabelle  McCaw. 


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190 


THE  McDowells  and  connections 


(VI)      iMildrcd,  of  \V;isl)in^'t.)ii,  1).  C. 
(2)      Jaine.s  Fi'iink,  horn   IM:!;  (li< d  lS7(i;  inarriod  Lrtitia  Smith. 

I  Klizal)etli.   iiiarrnMl   Kt)li>  I'l    Xi'd y  ;  m,  I'liihlicii. 

II  William,  dir.!  in  ( 'onriMlcfatr  Army. 
■       111     Ilazol,  (lied  in  CoiircdiTatc  Ariuw 

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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THE  McDowells  and  connections  ii»;{ 

(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.  '     ;, 
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,^  THE  McDowells  axu  connections  195 

(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- 


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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.  '  ■•      ■'■        '  ■•      "■' 

Preston.  ■-  :  l:.    ■■._    ■  .'.    -  ..-.  ,  ■      -::>''■•  ■■  '■■''  -'  '  '     ' 

8anuiel.  •        .  .?.    r  ,     ..  . 

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. 

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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. 
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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. 

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Henry. 

3.  Olive  Hill,  married  J.  C.  Lindsay  of  Rock  Hill;  survives  her 
husband.  ,  .  ^  ,    ,  . 

4.  Susan  E.,  died  unmarried.    '    ' 


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202  THE  McDowells  axd  connections  iw. 

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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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. 

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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. 

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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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THE    IMcDOWELLS    AND    CONNECTIONS  207 

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AValton   Lenoir,   married    Carrie   (ii^t   (Iraliaia   of  l\oek\    Mount, 

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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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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. 

Srttlf.  •       '  ;.'  -;. 

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  :   • 

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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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THE  McDowells  and  connections  21J 

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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218  THE    MCDOWELLS    AND    CONNECTIONa 

<).     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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220  THE  McDowells  and  connections 

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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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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'. 

Nannie.      ■   -     -  ■  •;     ■•■     ■  ■■-■■■ ,    ■         ■--     -  '     ■    ■  ■' 

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Gladys.  ■•  ;  ..    '■■[  ■  -■    ,  ■..  .:  •,,:,;;    ■^' 

(2)     ^linnie.  ;;,.,.,  .,        ,,,  ,,  :■  :,        i,'     v:.,  '  ■■  '  '    ' 

(.'})      Laura.  ,; 

(4)      Llla.         .      •:.  :■    :,.  ■-    :.        /: 

(•">)      I'^atc.  :       -  „^  ,       '.^j 

{()}      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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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,-.. 

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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;. 

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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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:5.      Mary    Wilson,   marrie.l. 

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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. 

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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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Jean, 
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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Alphuiiso. 

Mary,  maiTU'cl  Ijuryvss  SidiK'y  (Jaitht-r,  Jr. 

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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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THE  McDowells  and  connections  ::.' 


1  ■  '.■ '  1    «, 


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 


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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.'). 

TllF  corxi  IL  ().\K.     ■    '■   '":■'      '■      '■•>- 

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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2:JC  the    MtDOWELLS    AND    CONNECTIONS 

^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. 

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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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242  THE    Mt-nOWELLS    AND    CONNECTIONS 

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 

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THE  McDowells  and  connections  24;{ 

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- 
eral  Charles,   early  end)ai-ked    in    the   Wai-   of   the   Revolution.       He 


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THK    Mel  )(J  WELLS    AND    COXNECTlUNS 


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THE  McDowells  anu  connections  245 

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- 
'".•",';"   ^'"   -'■'"""'   <''^"    ■'    •'""    "<"    ^iiarant,...   rights   of  H,..   .Slat,'s 
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 
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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 
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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. 

But  why  should  we  be  suri)rised  to  find  these  two  brave  heroes 


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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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~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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THE  McDowells  and  connections  257 

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- 
soph. 

"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; 
honorable,  he  l)rought  the  chiiui  plate  to  me.  saying  h 


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THE  McDowells  and  connections  2(>i 

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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-'tJi:  THE    .McDOWKLl.S    AND    CO.XNEl'TlOXrf 

.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 


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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  ^ 

CAIJSON   AND  MrHKlv  | 

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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THE    .MclK)\VEl.l.S    AND    CONNli:t;T10.NS  273 

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 

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274  Till':   .Ml  now  i:li,s   and    ('(»x.\i-;c'ri().\s 

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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Till-:    McDOWlCLLS    AM)    t 'ONXIOCTKJXS  275  '•' 

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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    ;  ,.;  ,    • 

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276  THE  McDowells  and  r:{).\NEf;Ti().\s 

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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THE  McDowells  aiND  connections  277 

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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280  THE  McDowells  and  connectiuns 

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- 
i\(iFR. 

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: 

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L'.      Alice    Amanda    h-\vin,    hon 

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,(;i.,-      ;!.     Liicy   y'u'k   Irwin,  horn  in  rarroll  ('ouiilv.   .M 

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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2.   Kiilhci-iiii'.   liorii    .\'(.\,   I'li.    I'lo:!.     ;;     l-"ir,|,'i'ick,   honi 
Scpl.   IT).   1  !•().').     :.  .Miiiiiiii. 
4.     Jliirricl    Fiiiiri,'   Kendall,   hoiii    Miirdi    1,').    issd;  .Iic,|   m 
inraiii  \ . 
(JraiKlchil.lifii:" 

■  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!)!).") 
.]^vin^^ 
(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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28.M  THE    McDUWKlJ.S    A.N!)    (M  ).NNKt'TU).\S 

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\.      '[['"' 
Letter  of  (io\'eruor  dared  li'win  to  his  Daughter. 

SandersviUe.  (ia..  Feb.  11.  LS1)2. 

Mrs.  Mary  Sallie  Irwin  Wood,         _  ,^^    ^        ^ 

Savannah,  (Ja.  ,  ?  V    ,•.    i,  ;,,  ,,  , , 

My  Dear  Daughter: 

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you.  coiitaiiiiii^'  riiiui'iil  scniiuu  ol'  yoiij-  ^iMiuliiiol  licr.  .\li>.  CdIoik'I 
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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THE  McDowells  and  connections 


2<)1 


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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f  worn    hiH      /jui      ;    (to      tl  )l       i    ^h(  r  >  -<ni|j 

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2i»2  THE    MiDOWEl.LH    AXl)    (H).\N|.:("nc>N\S  •  '^ 

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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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.  , ,        ,       -, 

Second  rjeiieration :  '    '■••'■■'■■'"'"'■  "■'       ■•''■'   ■' 

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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302  THE    McDOWKLLS    AMU    CU.NNECTlONrf 

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. 

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AMllA'  Oh'  JAMKS  TAYLOK  AND  ANNA  UKKl)  IKWIN. 

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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30()  THE    McDOWEIJ.S    AND    CONNECTIONS 

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), 

1H(M.  c/i,../  :■,!.:.       . 

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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THE  McDowells  and  connections  ;}07 

.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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:{08  THE    McDOWKLLS    AND    CONNRCTlUXS 

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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310 


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^'    '■'  >  -  '     " 

liis  11.. 

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- 


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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 : 
■  '  ■'    '    ■  ;  A.  (JLAIBOKNi:.  (Mk. 

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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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. 

i;.  \v.  A\');.\T. 

\',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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^  THE  McDowells  AxNd  connections  315 

Daii^lilei'      liiu-y   TiMirloM'. 
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l)au<,ditcr   K.-hicca   A\(iit, 
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. 

TUL  AVLNT  LINE. 
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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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 


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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!), 
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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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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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(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. 


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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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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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^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 
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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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■^i-  THE  McDowells  and  connections 

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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344  '      THE  McDowells  and  connections  '"  4 

'  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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:iH>  THK    MtlJOWKLLS    AND    rONXKCTlONS 

•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:  ,  .         , 

S    y\    Uolling,    C  B   C 
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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348  TilE    MelJOWELLft    AND    CONNKCTIUNS 

(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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THE  McDowells  asd  connections  .^i, 

.!.     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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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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352 


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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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. 

"One   briglil   luenioi'y  sliiiu's   like  a   slar  ■       ■' 

111  llic  sk}'  oT  my  ,s])iriL  loreNci';  >    ^^  < 

And  over  my  jiatliwaj^-   it  llashcs  al'ar  '        ."      ' 

A    I'adianec   that    jtciishes  Jic\-ci'/' 


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 

In  i-oseate  ciiai'it\    to  llea\en's  skw  ■     ' 


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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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THE  McDowells  and  connections  359 

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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THE  McDowells  and  connections  36i 

Ivolx-rl. 

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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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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TiiK  McDowells  and  connections  36;j 

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 
\rsl.  Jhs  lauiily  aiv  ail  splcMdi.!  s,„..-iiucM,s  of  iiii,.  ohl  Sr-.trli- 
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!);{. 


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-Maude    Krwin    Winkhnian,    horn     at     Kingston,    Tenn.-    eldest 
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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 
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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- 
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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. 

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(.('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-. 

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:\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; 
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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^■. 


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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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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 

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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. 

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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    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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THE  McDowells  and  connections  387 

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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3-u  THi<]  McDowells  and  co.nnkctions  m) 

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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THE  McDowells  and  connections  391 

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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THE  .McDowells  anu  cowxectiuxs 


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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f(l  in  tin'  Ninctcrntli  ( 'en 


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  .      •       - 

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394 


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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TlllO    .MclJOWIOI.l.S    AND    CO.XNIOC'i'lDNri 


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 
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'"  •"''•  'n.nlr  of  .Invss.  Sin-  wo.v  layers  ami  lavrrs  of  what  sin-  .-allr;! 
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;■'■'•>  "";"';'  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 
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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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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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Till!:    MrDUWJOl.l.S    AND    CDNXK^'IMONS 


401 


-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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402  THE    McDOWElJ.S    AND    CO.NNRCTIONS 

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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•l;iimiir\    'Jl',    IDIL'       .Ndw    livi-s    iii 

t    woi'k  of  social  MT\  ice  in  the  r\\y 


ucl  Wok'ult  Wilson,  liorji  in 
an<l  .lanr,  horn  in  lliiladc 
:\i  w  Voi-k  City.  Is  (loijiu-  i 
of  New  Voi'k." 

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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401  THE    McDOWKI.I.S    WD    ('()NX|.:rTI().\.S 

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- 
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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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TiiK  McDowells  and  cunnkctions  409 

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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THE  McDowells  and  connections  413 

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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TWK    McDOWKl.LS    AND    (HJNNKCTIOXS 


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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THE    .McIKjWlCl.LS    AS\)    VUSXEC'VlOSS 


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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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THI.    MrDOWELl.s    AXh     ('()X.\K(  "riOX.S 


MRS.  ALICJK   P.LAIi:  ANUUKWS 
Atlanta,  (.ia. 


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TlllO    .McDOWKI.l.S    AND    CONN  ICCI'IOXS 


MRS.   JOSKPHINK  WILSON  BLAlll 


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C(JL.  JOHN    HKAUFIN   IltVlNC 

ChieftaJQ  IrviiiL;-  Socit-ly  of  the  World 

Author  of  Irvine  Hook  of  Scotland. 


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juncji':  JOHN  M(1:lk()v  vvir.soN 


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424 


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    McDowells    and    COiNNECriONS  425 

CHAPKR  V 

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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42S 


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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4;}2  THE    MtnoWKI.LS    AND    (^ONNfCCTlONS 

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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THE  McDowells  and  connections  433 

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.- 

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THE    MiDOWKLLS    AND    CONNECTIONS 


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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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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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4;5,s  THE  McDowells  and  ('(jninicctions 

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; 


<\n  u  t/  •.'•lo'-.'l  It,  "I  !(i  j'.ui  Uyiij)  .,  .-I 
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THE    McltOWKI.I-S    AND    C'.ONNECTIOXS 


MARY  ANN  SUSAN  McDuWl^LL  WlNHKl'JV 
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THE  McDowells  and  connections  445 

Joiins  Clark,  agert  61  ; 
\Io\h'v{    Rohiiison.  aji-c,]  G8. 
'  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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THE    MCDOWELLS    AND    CONNECTIONS  447 

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    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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THE  McDowells  and  connections  457 

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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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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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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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. 

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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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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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THE    MCDOWELLS    AND    CONNECTIONS  469 

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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THE  McDowells  and  connections  473 

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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THE  McDowells  and  connections  475 

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. 


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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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THE  McDowells  and  connections  477 

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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THE  McDowells  and  connections  479 

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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ment  from  business  pursuits  his  time  has  been  sjient  larKcly  in  South- 
ern California,  where  bis  married  daugliter,  .Mrs.  II.  l/  Nye,  and 
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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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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  THE  McDowells  and  connections  487 

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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'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. 

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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. 

Isaac  Price   McDowell    was   born    August   17,    1824.   in   Scioto 


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COL.   JONES  ON  RIGHT,    MAJOR  WILLIAM   M.    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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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. 

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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 
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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) 
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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 

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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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:;  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. 


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»»*       "  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 

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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. 

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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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bOB  THE  McDowells  and  connections 

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 
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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. 
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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 
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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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THE  McDowells  and  connections  521 

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 
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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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•      THR    McIK)\VI.:!,L^^    and    CONNRCTIONS 


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. 

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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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THE  McDowells  and  connections  527 

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 
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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 
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.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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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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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 

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UR.   J.  J.    ERWIN 
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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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542 


THK    :Vlcl)()\\^ELLS    AND    OONNRC^nONS 


GKRTKLJDE  lUWIN  CATON  SAMt^SON    AND 
JOHN  KDWARD  SAMi^SON,  J II. 


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THE  McDowells  and  connections  543 

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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644  THE    McDowells    and    C0NNEf;T10NS 

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. 

Annie  Mary.  .  - 

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'■'"^'    '"  By  Mrs.  P.  T.  Hayne.  '     ''     '»     ^''' 

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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THE  McDowells  and  cunnbctions 


545 


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 
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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. 

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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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liyteriiin  Churdi  eontaitis  tlio  iiaiucs  oi"  (|niti!  a  ii 
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 


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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 
'bei-e  are  a  great 
,  and  the  fannly 

1  fifty  \'ears  old, 

oil  sent  me,  says 
)rably  known,  as 
I'l'd  the  (Jeorgia 
men  as  llerschel 
I  his  work  in  the 
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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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^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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THE    MCDOWELLS    AND    CONNECTIONS  557 

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- 
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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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THE  McDowells  and  connections  559 

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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Children  of  W.  B.  McDowell  and  Lizzie  Milne— 1  William  Milne 
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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562  ■  THE  McDowells  and  connectiuxs 

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. 
Children  of  above: 


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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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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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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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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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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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^'s  THE  McDowells  and  connectiuxs  .,:, 

•    /"^^^^'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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THE  McDowells  and  connection': 


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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THE  McDowells  and  connections  687 

("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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592  THE  McDowells  and  connections 

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 


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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 

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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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^^^  Margaret    1  h'liriettat  Watson  )102 

,    146 


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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 

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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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Continued 

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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1^^!^"^'   :^^-l  „  "     ""''  Wiiloiml.hy    Francis,    Llo 

hdwan    Dolbear.  1210  ■  ,i)    Al.ttie    <.Jon,.s.,    l'Io 

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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 

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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 

■{!■' 


Barker, 


;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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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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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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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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.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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Coutts,  Margaret    (v.    1.  Alexander   Ir- 
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 


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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 
Crowell,  see  Cromwell  ;  ; 


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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- 

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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; 

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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 
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Addison,    573 

lOii/.abelh     (llarelayi,    573 


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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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Dorcas   (v.  Alexander     Moore),   IS'J, 

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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 


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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 


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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, 
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(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 

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Dr.    John    Simiana,    204  .., 

John   Warden    525 

Ann  Eliza  (Chadwick),  525  ,  - 

Jonas.  344.  530.  537 
Joseph.    193.    225,    220,    230,    277    279, 

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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, 


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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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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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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 


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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 
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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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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- 


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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., 


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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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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- 


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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 

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(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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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 

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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) 
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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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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. 


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519; 
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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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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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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- 
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(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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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, 
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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( 


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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 


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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 
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«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 


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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 


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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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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— 


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(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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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; 
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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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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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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. 


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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. 


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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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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; 
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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) 


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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 


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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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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 


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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 


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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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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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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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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- 
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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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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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JOSEPH  Mcdowell  carson 

(See  pages  270-272) 


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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 
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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, 


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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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,,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^, 

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•^^^^^!?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 


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DR.  HUMPHREY  NEWTON  ERVIN 


Miami  College.   1912      Alter   m.e.v,,,,  1  ^  I,',,  \,„i„, 

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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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680  INDEX  Continued 

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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