Franklin County GaArchives News.....Aderhold Family 1890 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: John Mallory Land retrofit@flash.net June 6, 2004, 5:22 pm Weekly Tribune Newspaper "Clippings from an Old Paper The Weekly Tribune J. S. DORTCH, Ed[itor] & Prop[rietor] - T. H. MORRIS, Publisher A. N. KING, Local Editor [reprinted 09 APR 1920 - Lavonia Times; my corrections and additions in brackets - jml] "February 21st , 1890. "The ADERHOLD Family: The ancestors of the ADERHOLD family of this [Franklin] county came from Germany and settled in Virginia several hundred years ago. They were Quakers and left the old country on account of religious persecution. [Sic - This ADERHOLD line moved ca. 1773 from Prussia to York, PA, and in 1780 to Lincoln Co, NC. We have found no evidence that they were ever Quakers, but rather were Lutheran. - jml] The family now living in this county have very little information of their anterior to the time of John Conrad ADERHOLD [1768 Dillenburg, Prussia (now in Hesse Dist, Germany) - 1853 Franklin Co, GA ; he m. ca. 1788, perhaps in Pendleton Dist, SC, to Elizabeth UNKNOWN, ca. 1761 MD- ca. 1857? Franklin Co, GA], the grandfather of H[enry] D[avid] ADERHOLD of our town [Carnesville?]. He [John Conrad] had several children, among whom were Abram, Isaac and Lewis, all well remembered by the old and middle-aged citizens of this county. Our information in reference to the family of Isaac [Marion] ADERHOLD is very limited, and we are unable to recall any members of the family in this part of the country except Mrs. JONES who is a daughter of Dr. A [ugustus] R. JONES of Lavonia, who is a grandson of Isaac ADERHOLD. He [Isaac] died near Carnesville sometime in the sixties [NOV 1862]. Mr. ADERHOLD was a man of peculiar appearance-grave, staid and silent, and always impressed [one] with the idea that he could say many wise things if only he would. "Lewis ADERHOLD lived for a long time in Flintsville district, where there are now many of his descendants. Among his descendants are John B[urton] ADERHOLD, who lives near Carnesville; the family of [Francis] Frank M[arion] ADERHOLD, who lived in Flintsville district; Mrs. Martha [Ann] WILLIAMS, wife of J[ohn] W. WILLIAMS; Mrs. Sarah PAYNE, wife of John B[elamy] PAYNE; Mrs. Rhoda CLEVELAND, wife of Milton CLEVELAND; Mrs. [Sarah] Anna CRUMP, wife of W [illiam "Bill"] C. CRUMP; and Miss Mary ADERHOLD who has never married. Mr. [Lewis] ADERHOLD [1800 Pendleton Dist, SC-1875 Franklin Co, GA] married Miss Susan[nah Elizabeth] BURTON [1808 Hart Co, GA-1887 Franklin Co, GA, daughter of John BURTON] about 65 years ago [on 06 AUG 1827 in Franklin Co, GA]. Both have been dead for several years. "Abram ADERHOLD [almost always appears as Abraham in records], who lived in and near Carnesville for many years, was born about 1787 [sic -b. 12 DEC 1790] either in North or South Carolina, and after becoming a citizen of this state lived first in the present limits of Hart county. He married Sarah HARBER [1791 SC-1863 Franklin Co, GA], daughter of Isaac HARBER, about the year 1810 [05 DEC 1811 Franklin Co, GA], and who was related to the present HARBER family of this county. [This name also appears in records as HARBOURWAY.] Mr. ADERHOLD raised a number of children [and he d. 1872 in Franklin Co, GA]. The oldest child, Catherine, married Charles W. SEWELL, better known to our people as Woodson SEWELL. Mr. SEWELL raised a large family of children, but the only member that is now living in this county is Mrs. [Sarah Elizabeth ADERHOLD] McFARLAND [1846-1908], wife of T[homas] A[llen] McFARLAND [1841-1921], one of the best citizens and most solid and successful farmers in the county [they m. 10 SEP 1865 in Franklin Co, GA]. [William Franklin] Frank SEWELL [1842-1920, m. Mary Elizabeth OLIVER, 1847-1937], one of the oldest children, has been for several years a citizen of Habersham county and is a prosperous man. One of his [Woodson's] daughters [Katherine Eveline SEWELL] married William BRACKETT, a son of Felix BRACKETT, who was a Baptist minister and a man of [a] good deal of originality and a very executive man. Mr. BRACKETT and wife now lived in Tennessee. "[James] Abram SEWELL [b. 1845, m. Kate UNKNOWN], one of the oldest sons of C. W. SEWELL, studied medicine and graduated with distinction, settled in Texas, acquired fame as a doc[t]or, and has made a large fortune, and we learn that he is now engaged in banking or financeering. Thomas [Waldon SEWELL], a younger son than Abram [sic - Thomas (1841-1874), m. 21 NOV 1867 in Hart Co, GA, to Sarah Ann WINN (1837-1887)], studied medicine, settled in Texas, and has become famous as a physician. C. W. SEWELL died, in this county several years ago, and his widow died in Tennessee a few years later. "John H[arber, 1814-1870], the third [sic- second] child of Abram ADERHOLD, was a Baptist preacher of considerable ability, and lived and preached in this county for many years. After the close of the war he moved to Gordon county and died about the year 1870. His first wife was a Miss [Catherine Palmer] STUBBS of this county [m. 30 JUL 1839 in Franklin Co, GA] who died young [1845], leaving two children. Mrs. [Sarah A. ADERHOLD] McKENNON [b. 1843, m. 21 APR 1859 in Franklin Co, GA, to Perry H. McKENNON, a miller] and J[ohn] H. P. [ADERHOLD, 1844-1918 Bairdstown, Oglethorpe Co, GA], who now lives in Green county [m. Anna S. UNKNOWN]. He contracted a second marriage [13 DEC 1846 in Jackson Co, GA] with a Miss WILSON [e.g. Sarah ROBINSON (nee WILSON?), b. ca. 1811] of Jackson county. Mrs. ADERHOLD, the second wife, is still living and was in Carnesville a few days ago. She has one child in the county, Mrs. [Winifred Rebecca] Winnie [ADERHOLD] BROWN [1848-1930], wife of John Dozier BROWN [1846-1912], who lives near Martin in this county, and is an excellent man [they m. 12 DEC 1865 in Franklin Co, GA]. The third [sic- fourth] child Elizabeth [1818 Franklin Co, GA- 1892 Navarro Co, TX], married [18 OCT 1838 in Franklin Co, GA] Levy SEWELL [1812 Franklin Co, GA-1897 Barry, Navarro Co, TX] and lived in this county for almost half a century. He and his wife are both living in Texas, and so far as we know we have only one child living in this county to-wit: J[ohn] A[aderhold] SEWELL [1839 Franklin Co, GA-1920 Stephens Co, GA] of Bryants District, who is a staunch and leading citizen of this part of the county. "The fifth [sic - third] child, George W[illiam, 1815-1819], was accidentally scalded to death when a very small boy. Lewis MOULDER (a brother-in-law of Abram ADERHOLD), who was a dissipated man and at the time under the influence of liquor, accidentally turned a pot of boiling water upon him and he was burned to death. "Dr. Henry D[avid] ADERHOLD [1821 Franklin Co, GA-1870 Gwinnett Co, GA], the sixth [sic - fifth] child of Abram ADERHOLD, is so well known to the people of this county that it's hardly necessary to mention him. He studied medicine under Dr. Jesse LOW, of Lawrenceville, and practiced his profession for two years in Gwinnett county. He first attended the medical college of Augusta but graduated in the Atlanta college in 1848. Dr. ADERHOLD married Miss Amanda PATRICK [1827-1853], daughter of John H. PATRICK, in 1852 [sic - m. 16 OCT 1851 in Franklin Co, GA]. She lived less than two years, leaving only one child, Miss Mary [E.], who married R[ichard] D[empsey] YOW, who is the most wealthy and one of the most progressive men in this county. Mr. YOW represented the people of this county most acceptably both in the State Senate and the House of Representatives. "In 1855, Dr. ADERHOLD married [19 OCT 1854 in Hart Co, GA] Miss [Emily Frances] Fannie JONES, daughter of Joseph H[enderson] JONES, late of this county. [They had one son, Benjamin F. ADERHOLD, b. ca. 1856.] The second Mrs. ADERHOLD died in 1857 or 1858 [she lived 1828-1856] and some eight or ten years ago, Dr. ADERHOLD married [08 OCT 1866 Franklin Co, GA Mrs. [Eliza] Jane [UNKNOWN] ALLEN and had two children-Miss Fannie Lee [b. 1868], who is now in the Female Seminary at Gainesville, and Miss Sue [b. 1876], who is a student, in Prof. MORRIS' school in Carnesville. "Dr. ADERHOLD is now verging on to three score and ten [almost 70 years old] and is a well preserved man of this age. As a physician he has been conservative, painstaking and careful and has acquired a reputation unsurpassed by any doctor in North East Georgia. "Dr. William V[andiver?], the seventh [sic - sixth] child of Abram ADERHOLD, graduated with distinction as a doctor and was professor in the Atlanta Medical College from the time of his graduation until the war broke up the college. He died seven or eight years ago in Lexington [Oglethorpe Co.], Ga. "Rebecca [1825-ca.1856, seventh child of Abram] married [20 MAR 1851 Franklin Co, GA] Cuthbert [D.] AYERS [ca. 1826-ca. 1863, son of Jedediah AYERS] and has been dead for many years. [Rebecca and Cuthbert had the following children: Frances L. AYERS (b. 1852), Sarah A. AYERS (b. 1854), and Eli E. AYERS (b. 1856). Following Rebecca's death, Cuthbert m. 08 MAY 1857 in Hart Co, GA, to Nancy ISOM.] Abram C[onrad, 1831 or 1833-1921 Archer City, Archer Co, TX], the [ninth child and next to] youngest son of Abram ADERHOLD, married [05 APR 1855 in Hart Co, GA to] a Miss [Margaret H.] JOHNSON of Hart county and is now a citizen of Texas. [Omitted from the list of children of Abram ADERHOLD are: Mary ADERHOLD (1839-1837) and Eli Jasper ADERHOLD (1834-1850's).] " The ADERHOLDS are noted for their integrity of character, firmness and fixedness of purpose. The strong religious sentiment and fervor that induced them to leave their home across the Atlantic for conscience sake and seek freedom in a new world, is still manifest in the family. The entire family are almost without exception, members of the church, mostly, if not altogether Baptists, and we have noticed the large development of veneration in many members of the family which is especially large in the head of Dr. H. D. ADERHOLD. It was also especially prominent in Abram, Isaac, John H. and Mrs. Woodson SEWELL." Additional Comments: [Note: I am a direct descendant of John George ADERHOLD (1772 Dillenburg, Prussia - ca. 1836 Carroll Co, GA), brother to John Conrad ADERHOLD of this piece. I am interested in obtaining further information on this family. I have additional material I will be glad to share. John Mallory Land, McKinney, TX <retrofit@flash.net>] This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 10.9 Kb